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Robin Gibb hospitalised with stomach pains

14.10.11
Bee Gees star Robin Gibb has been rushed to hospital with "severe" abdominal pains ... more

David Cameron: Schools in rich areas are coasting

09.09.11
Hundreds of schools in middle-class areas such as Surrey are 'coasting' and delivering poor results, the Prime Minister says... more

21-year-old charged with double murder

06.09.11
A 21-year-old man is to appear in court charged with the murder of two women believed to be mother and daughter... more

21-year-old questioned over double murder

05.09.11
A 21-year-old man is being questioned by detectives after a knifeman killed two women and left a third injured at a house... more

Youth workers on strike in David Cameron's constituency

23.08.11
Youth workers in the Prime Minister's constituency have gone on strike in protest at public sector spending cuts... more

Restaurant winner back serving troops in Helmand

25.07.11
A Royal Marine whose culinary skills on BBC show The Restaurant persuaded Raymond Blanc to offer him a gastropub has quit and is now working in Afghanistan... more

Down the cakehole: Feastivals

30.06.11
Festivals tend to be about music but this summer it's about what you eat while you're listening to it. This weekend is Jamie Oliver's first Big Feastival in Clapham Common... more

Snoop Dogg to perform at Kate Moss' wedding

23.05.11
Snoop Dogg is set to perform at Kate Moss' wedding on July 2 in Oxfordshire as the supermodel wants a "festival-style" vibe for her nuptials... more

Speed cameras turned back on again

01.04.11
Speed cameras in one county which were switched off last year due to spending cuts were switched on again today... more

Radioactive iodine from Japan found in Oxford and Scotland

29.03.11
Low levels of radioactive iodine from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan have been detected in Britain ... more

How snow can sort the men from the boys

21.12.10
So how have we adapted to being an arctic island, colder than Canada?... more

Man held over double murder

13.12.10
Police launch a double murder inquiry after a man in his twenties and a woman in her forties were found dead at a house in Banbury... more

More drivers speeding after speed cameras switched off

11.08.10
The number of people speeding increased in a county where speed cameras were deactivated... more

More than 100 immigration centre detainees go on hunger strike

03.08.10
More than 100 people in an immigration centre go on hunger strike as UK Border Agency officials confirm they are 'monitoring' the situation... more

Best garden operas in London

19.05.10
From champagne at Glyndebourne to picnics with Puccini in the park, Nick Kimberley picks the best of this summer’s garden operas.... more

Viva festini fever

10.05.10
Festivals too big and impersonal? Try a small one for size, says Jasmine Gardner.... more

4,000 southern homes without power

07.01.10
About 4,000 homes in southern England were without power as snow and ice caused major disruptions to electricity supplies... more

Golf officials ban sexy caddy escort service

02.09.09
Models have been banned from providing a sexy caddy escort service by golf officials who accused them of damaging the reputation of the sport... more

Once upon a time, five fathers read a bedtime tale every night

07.07.09
Five fathers who feared they were missing out on reading bedtime stories to their children have come up with a hi-tech solution... more

Pilot cheats death in collision with RAF plane

15.06.09
A glider pilot narrowly cheated death in a mid-air collision with an RAF plane that left two dead... more

Debts force top banker Roddie Fleming to sell farms

19.03.09
One of the City's highest-profile bankers is selling the family farms to pay debts... more

Widow farmer is tipped to succeed Boris as Henley MP

27.05.08
The Tories will this week select a candidate to replace London Mayor Boris Johnson as MP for Henley, the Standard can reveal... more

Guitarist discovers what happens on a night out with Amy... as he ends up sleeping in her garage

13.05.08
Sadie Frost's on/off boyfriend Kristian Marr was taken away by police in the early hours of this morning after breaking into Amy Winehouse's garage. The Towers of London bassist, 24, was left outside Amy's London home after the pair shared a car home from Henley, Oxfordshire, where they had spent the weekend with friends ... more

Amy Winehouse cuddles up to a guitarist in the park (and he's almost as thin as she is)

12.05.08
Amy Winehouse’s husband may still be behind bars in Pentonville prison, but the troubled star isn’t short on male attention. The Rehab singer, who shocked onlookers with her emaciated frame, was spotted cuddling up to Sadie Frost's sometime boyfriend Kristian Marr while soaking up the sunshine in a park behind a recording studio in Henley, Oxfordshire, on the weekend... more

Amy Winehouse will no longer sing the 007 theme tune after a furious bust-up with her producer pal Mark Ronson

03.05.08
Amy Winehouse will no longer perform the new 007 title track for Quantum of Solace following a furious bust-up with producer pal Mark Ronson. The singer has been recording with Mark in his studios in Henley, Oxfordshire, but the plug has now been well and truly pulled on the project... more

Fireball pilot was 'hero for averting crash into big estate'

31.03.08
The pilot of a private jet which crashed into a suburban street has been praised as a hero for avoiding greater carnage... more

La Cenerentola shows off vibrant Glyndebourne

19.06.07
Another production of Rossini, La Cenerentola, features zany ensembles and the sharp energy showed Glyndebourne at its vibrant best ... more


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