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BFI London Film Festival: Pick of the day - The Snows of Kilimanjaro

24.10.11
The Snows of Kilimanjaro is a film which celebrates life at the same time as it questions the values of a society focused on money - a great way to start the week... more

City Spy: Too eager to cash in on Libyan recovery

12.09.11
Graham Hand, boss of the lobby group representing UK construction consultants, British Expertise, threatens to throttle Foreign Office officials for preventing his members from re-taking their positions in Libya... more

Hold tight! We're heading for a new credit crash

09.09.11
Eurozone crisis: As the G7's central bankers and finance ministers meet in Marseille, here is some food for thought... more

The Lyttelton, SW1 - review

18.08.11
Despite attempts to modernise, tradition is still the trump card at famous London hotel, The Lyttelton... more

Ryanair pilot quits after being sent to ‘dreadful’ Lithuania

07.12.10
A Ryanair pilot who said his boss Michael O’Leary should be replaced with a flight attendant to save money has quit after being moved to Lithuania... more

Victory for Nicolas Sarkozy over French retirement age

10.11.10
French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s reform raising the retirement age from 60 to 62 becomes law despite mass protests... more

Les Deux Salons is as bold as the best brasserie

28.10.10
Seating 150 over two floors, with a magnificent bar and theatrically lush decor, Les Deux Salons off the Strand captures the spirit of Paris and the joy of French cooking ... more

Passengers abandon cars as protesters shut French airport

21.10.10
Lady Gaga is forced to cancel concerts in Paris concerts as riots and strikes continue in France... more

French strikes slide towards chaos

19.10.10
Protests in France reach stalemate as unions and Nicolas Sarkozy refuse to back down... more

Don’t blame the Tate Modern for putting safety first

18.10.10
How much trouble can a few truckloads of porcelain chips cause? Quite a bit, according to health-and-safety experts at Tate Modern... more

City Spy: Why Tory table manners upset the Square Mile

13.10.10
Much grumbling in the boardrooms at the treatment of big business at this year’s Conservative Party conference corporate dinner... more

Loic Remy close to Marseille switch

19.08.10
Spurs target looks poised to join Ligue 1 champions for £12.4million... more

The Londoner who’s a Wimbledon doubles champion – and he doesn’t have a sponsor

05.07.10
Britain at last celebrated a victory at Wimbledon - even though it was just the boys' doubles... more

Broady and Farquharson triumph in boys' doubles

05.07.10
Liam Broady, 16, and 18-year-old Tom Farquharson became Britain's first winners of the boys' doubles title for 15 years... more

Hotel Review: Crillon Le Brave, Provence

20.05.10
I can’t take my eyes off the view from the terrace at Hotel Crillon le Brave, a chic country retreat set on a Provence hilltop... more

Hammerson calls halt to new projects in Britain and heads to France

22.02.10
Property giant Hammerson — owner of the Brent Cross and Birmingham Bullring shopping centres — will not start projects until there is clearer evidence of an upturn in the economy... more

ATP back Andy Murray following withdrawal

16.02.10
Tennis officials have backed Andy Murray's decision to pull out of this week's Marseille Open... more

Qataris are billed £100m for Candys

18.11.09
The already high stakes in the battle between the former partners in the £3 billion redevelopment of the Chelsea Barracks site are set to get even higher ... more

Glenn Hoddle reveals bomb threat to England

08.10.09
Glenn Hoddle has revealed how England's footballers escaped a bid to assassinate them at the 1998 World Cup in France... more

Boudewijn Zenden goes on trial at Sunderland

06.10.09
Boudewijn Zenden has joined Sunderland on a week-long trial... more

Football Pundit Gaffes

05.10.09
With commentators prone to making cringing errors we recall 5 of the most outrageous offenders... more

Lorik Cana named new Sunderland captain

04.09.09
Albania international Lorik Cana has been appointed Sunderland's new captain... more

Foreign Legion starts blaze

23.07.09
More than 300 people were evacuated from their homes near Marseille after the Foreign Legion started bush fires with tracer ammunition during an exercise... more

Madonna cries for Briton killed as stage collapses

17.07.09
Madonna broke down on stage as she paid tribute to a Briton and a Frenchman killed as they prepared a stadium for one of her concerts... more

Deep in the saddle in Camargue

01.07.09
Famous for its white horses and fighting bulls, the Camargue is unlike the rest of the South of France... more

Nigella Lawson: Football stirs me

26.05.09
Ahead of this week's Champions League final, football fan and chef Nigella Lawson reveals how she fell madly in love with the beautiful game... more

Police arrest 300 in Paris riots over economic crisis

20.03.09
More than 300 rioters were arrested in Paris as baton-wielding gangs clashed with police in protests over President Nicolas Sarkozy's handling of the financial crisis... more

Virus forces Murray out of quarter-final

26.02.09
Tennis: Andy Murray has pulled out of his Dubai Championships quarter-final against Richard Gasquet because of a virus... more

Revenge not on agenda for Aussies

12.11.08
Australia coach Robbie Deans has played down suggestions his side will have World Cup scores to settle when they take on England at Twickenham on Saturday.... more


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