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Sir Alan Sugar facing backlash over rant at small firm 'moaners'

04.11.09

Gordon Brown's business tsar Lord Sugar faces calls to be fired after reportedly branding some small firms as 'moaners' who live in 'Disney World'... more

Two killed in helicopter crash

22.09.09

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City Spy: Byers’ deal for Rover was a bit hit and myth

14.09.09

Poor Stephen Byers wasn’t left with much of a choice when in 2000, as the Government minister in charge, he was responsible for sealing the fate of MG Rover... more

Trading places.... bankers taste the sharp end of working life

24.08.09

Two former bankers have swapped their high-flying lives for a taste of life at the sharp end of the recession... more

Dozens rescued from roller coaster

12.08.09

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Wootton Bassett bells toll for Helmand’s latest dead

10.07.09

Hundreds of mourners lined the streets in the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett today as the coffins of five British soldiers who have died in Afghanistan in the past week were driven past... more

Gordon Brown set for fresh attack over Tory spending cuts

16.06.09

The Prime Minister is expected to launch a fresh attack against the Conservatives over cuts to public sector spending... more

CDs of the week

05.06.09

Little Boots arrives fresh out of Blackpool, Kasabian and The Black Eyed Peas return and Diana Krall sounds more fulfilled.... more

Kate and Gerry McCann to help raise plight of missing children

18.05.09

The parents of Madeleine McCann will join families of other vanished youngsters to mark International Missing Children’s Day... more

Check into the jet set's new comfort zone

10.05.09

You get sleek design and all mod cons when you wing in to Farnborough, home of the air show, says Jo Fernández... more

It’ll be a bright bank holiday ... just avoid taking a train

01.05.09

Rail passengers were warned of disruption on virtually every major rail line out of London over the bank holiday weekend... more

Little Boots, big kick

16.02.09

Little Boots suggested, with her all‑too‑brief Shepherds Bush show, that the wait for her debut single will be worth it. ... more

Mick McCarthy's philosophical after late drama

30.12.08

Wolves missed the chance to move nine points clear at the top of the Championship after Blackpool snatched a 2-2 draw... more

Leeds name Simon Grayson as new manager

23.12.08

Leeds have named current Blackpool boss Simon Grayson as their new manager... more

Off the record

07.11.08

A new wave of up-and-coming young women singers are digging out their sparkliest dresses and unashamedly going back to pop basics.... more

Off the record

10.10.08

African music is about to be very big in London — and it’s all thanks to Damon Albarn, says David Smyth.... more

Officials set to protest at race re-run

09.09.08

Paralympics: British team officials are weighing up whether to contest the International Paralympic Committee's decision to demand a re-run of the women's T54 5,000 metres final... more

Revealed: Strictly's Craig Revel Horwood's alter-ego is a 7ft dancing drag queen named Lavish!

05.09.08

As a 20-year old dancer, I invented my alter ego, Lavish. I was dancing in heels every night in La Cage Aux Folles - a musical about drag queens - so a glamorous, female alter ego was a fitting way for me to shine.... more

Shy and retiring Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen beams his life-size image at the Blackpool Illuminations

01.09.08

He is not known for understatement. But even by Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's standards it was an audacious moment of self-indulgence.... more

Turn off the text - why a postcard has the edge

22.08.08

Posting cards from holiday is back in fashion. We are rediscovering the real poetry in their handwritten messages, says one enthusiast... more

Too many bankers and not enough real wealth

04.08.08

A year on from the advent of the credit crunch, the financial sector must not be shielded from the consequences of a crisis likely to last until the next decade ... more

Windsor Castle is a rare treat

03.06.08

The Windsor Castle pub resembles Aladdin's Cave but it isn't just a place for tourists. It has its regulars too.... more

I'd Do Anything to be Madonna: The 'Nancys' as you've never seen them before

26.05.08

The three remaining contestants in BBC talent show I'd Do Anything briefly stepped into Madonna's shoes to recreate some of her most iconic images. ... more

Balfour amid airports action

06.05.08

Controversial construction giant Balfour Beatty could be limbering up for a piece of the action should Gatwick and Stansted airports come on to the market... more