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In the dock: developer accused of £56m fraud

14.10.11
On property: Achillea Kallakis appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday. Here, the 43-year old property investor is standing trial, accused of defrauding Allied Irish Bank of £56 million... more

'Racist couple murdered parents then crossed US hunting for Jews'

12.10.11
A white supremacist couple face the death penalty after allegedly being caught on their way to kill 'more Jews' following a two-week manhunt in which at least three people were murdered... more

'Fly Mo' ready to find that cutting edge again in 2012

05.09.11
Londoner is not about to rest on his laurels with the countdown to London Games beginning, in his mind, the moment he crossed the line yesterday ... more

CDs of the week: Jay-Z and Kanye West and Nero

12.08.11
Our critics round-up this week's biggest music releases...... more

US tribe votes for gay marriage

03.08.11
A tribe of Native Americans in Washington state recognises gay marriage... more

Tyson hits trouble but stays on track

24.06.11
Tyson Gay survived a sluggish start and painful hip to qualify second in his 100metres heat at the trials for America's World Championships squad to race in Daegu in August... more

Usain Bolt's royal appointment

03.03.11
Sprinter accepts an invitation from Prince Albert II of Monaco to race in the principality next July ... more

CDs of the week: Mariah Carey, Annie Lennox and Glee

17.12.10
There is festive cheese with bells on from Mariah Carey's Merry Christmas II You... more

US mosque torched after terror bomb arrest

29.11.10
Mosque in Oregon set ablaze two days after one of its worshippers was accused of trying to bomb a Christmas tree ceremony... more

Wayne Rooney’s US 'escape'

05.11.10
Manchester United to send striker for a week’s conditioning work in America... more

BFI London Film Festival reviews: Meek's Cutoff and Loose Cannons

18.10.10
Kelly Reichardt’s spare and defiantly realist western, Meek’s Cutoff, is set in 1845 in the earliest days of the Oregon trail... more

Money talks at The Ledbury but so does quality

23.09.10
The Ledbury in Notting Hill, which gained its second Michelin star in January this year, fits its moneyed environment in the best sense, and the food is both imaginative and brilliantly executed... more

Jesse James' moving plan approved

21.07.10
Jesse James has been granted permission to move to Texas with his daughter... more

Kleinwort Benson chief blames current RBS bosses for bonus tax hitting banks

14.07.10
Robert Taylor manages the wealth of the rich and famous — and he is not afraid to criticise his fellow bankers... more

Frustrated Shelly-Ann Fraser quits Commonwealth Games

05.07.10
World and Olympic 100metres champion to miss Delhi event because it starts too late in the season for her... more

Furry Vengeance is a flop

07.05.10
Brendan Frasier's new animal comedy is a candidate for the worst film of the year.... more

Where The Wild Things Are premiere isn't a washout despite rain

03.12.09
The young star of new film Where The Wild Things Are said he felt like he was back home in Oregon as heavy rains washed out the red carpet.... more

CDs of the week

29.05.09
Elvis Costello returns to Nashville, Paolo Nutini, unites the whole with his ragged old man croak and Patrick Wolf gives us his fourth album.... more

Love across the border in The Burning Plain

12.03.09
The Burning Plain is a dramatic and sometimes melodramatic story, full of a raw kind of truth about families and tragedy.... more

Wendy and Lucy is a small gem

05.03.09
Kelly Reichardt's touching tale of a young girl and her lost dog, Wendy and Lucy, deserves plaudits for making something of almost nothing. ... more

Up to 6000 jobs axed at Intel as sales drop

22.01.09
Technology: Bellwether technology company Intel is slashing up to 6000 jobs — more than 6% of its workforce — after a fall in fourth-quarter sales... more

Democrats could miss their 'super-majority'

05.11.08
The Democrats made a series of gains in the Senate elections but seemed certain to fall short of the "super-majority" they were hoping for... more

Pictured: Heath Ledger's ex fiancée Michelle Williams with new love Spike Jonze

31.07.08
Michelle Williams has found love again with director Spike Jonze seven months after the tragic death of her former fiancé Heath Ledger.... more

Prom Night: A night to forget in a hurry

06.06.08
Packed with talentless nonentities who are killed in no particular order, and it's another formulaic chiller about a madman preying on high-school students. ... more

CDs of the week

25.05.07
Some Pumpkins-lite grunge, a solo release from one of James Brown's backing singers and catchy tunes in Arabic and Spanish are among the week's standouts.... more

Off the record: David Smyth

16.03.07
David Smyth ponders over Starbucks' move into the music business, the coffee company's imminent signing of Paul McCartney, and Steven Seagal's upcoming Shepherds Bush Empire gig.... more

Find a little soul in The Motel Life

14.02.07
Giving their best, Richmond Fontaine got the best out of their Dingwalls audience as they boldly played songs from their new album, says Phil Sutcliffe.... more

A welcome touch of sophistication

13.11.06
This Sunday-section of the London Jazz Festival was reserved for sophisticates who like their jazz long on intelligence, sensuality and melody.... more

Downloads of the week

10.11.06
The new Bond theme is released, fans can get their hands on a free The Hours track and the NPR website offers some great gig recordings.... more

Far from magnificent seven

17.08.06
Apart from a small technical glitch, this West End production of Seven Brides For Seven Brothers went like clockwork, but there's nothing like watching a clock to make the hours go slow.... more


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