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Government reveals new 'enterprise zones'

17.08.11
David Cameron announces a second wave of enterprise zones designed to kick-start Britain's economy... more

Peter Crouch marries Abbey Clancy

01.07.11
Tottenham Hotspur star Peter Crouch's romance with model Abbey Clancy hit new heights as the couple were married... more

Madeleine's parents beg Met and Cameron to help find daughter

12.05.11
The parents of Madeleine McCann have called on the Metropolitan Police to launch an investigation into her disappearance... more

We test Kate's wedding cake

28.04.11
The Evening Standard is the first to taste the wedding cake expected to be served to guests at Friday's Buckingham Palace reception... more

Horror as mother and two children found dead in home

25.02.11
A mother and two children from a 'very pleasant family' have been found dead inside their home... more

Gus converts to league as Harlequins get new chief

14.01.11
Gus Mackay, who has held leading roles within county cricket, was appointed chief executive of Harlequins Rugby League club... more

Jonathan Agnew leads team to buy Wisden Cricketer

23.12.10
A host of cricketing luminaries buy The Wisden Cricketer magazine from BSkyB ... more

Families fly out to bring back tour bus crash victims from South Africa

11.06.10
Families of the three British students killed in a bus crash in South Africa were prepare to fly out to bring their bodies home... more

Kate and Gerry McCann win fight to ban Maddy book

18.02.10
Kate and Gerry McCann celebrate legal victory after former Portuguese detective Goncalo Amaral failed to overturn a ban on his book in which he claimed their daughter Madeleine was dead... more

Lovers ‘murdered and chopped up landlord to steal his identity’

13.01.10
Two lovers murdered their landlord and scattered his body parts across the countryside in a plot to steal his identity... more

More Chinooks for Helmand 'signal another 10 years of war'

15.12.09
A huge defence shake-up to fund helicopters and vital equipment for Afghanistan fuelled fears that troops will be embroiled in the war there for years to come... more

Matthew Hoggard lifted by his surprise captaincy role

10.11.09
Matthew Hoggard is excited by the challenge of leading Leicestershire after signing a three-year contract with the Division Two county... more

Matthew Hoggard set to make decision on future

06.11.09
Former England seamer Matthew Hoggard is expected to make a decision on his future early next week as he weighs up rival bids from Leicestershire and Sussex... more

Leicestershire confident over Matthew Hoggard deal

20.10.09
Leicestershire have offered former England seamer Matthew Hoggard a three-year contract... more

Barclays customers hit by cash machine fraud gangs

20.10.09
Hundreds of Barclays customers have lost thousands of pounds after their cards were apparently 'swallowed' by the bank's machines... more

Matthew Hoggard wants talks with Leicestershire

14.10.09
Former England bowler Matthew Hoggard is keen to speak to Leicestershire and any other interested counties but as yet is in the dark over where he will play his cricket next season... more

Family hounded to death ‘are wake-up call on yob culture’

29.09.09
Latest: Home Secretary claims case of mother and disabled daughter hounded to death by feral youths was a 'wake-up call' for anti-social behaviour... more

Kent secure Division Two with the bat

17.09.09
Kent have won the LV County Championship Division Two title after picking up a fifth bonus point against Leicestershire at Canterbury... more

Ramprakash hits a double century

03.08.09
Mark Ramprakash was 271 not out at lunch for Surrey against Leicestershire with the Division Two game heading for a draw... more

Boris: Bendy buses are on borrowed time

24.07.09
When the last number 507 of the day slips into the forecourt of Waterloo Station at 32 minutes past midnight, it will mark the beginning of the end of the bendy bus... 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

Ian Bell: I'll follow Andrew Strauss out of the wilderness

28.04.09
Cricket: Ian Bell is using Andrew Strauss as his inspiration in an attempt to recover from the lowest point of his career and win back a place in the England team for the First Test against West Indies... more

Police in body parts case to reconstruct face of victim

14.04.09
Police hunting the killers of a man whose body parts have been dumped in the countryside say they want to create a facial reconstruction of the victim this week... more

Leigh glee as Ealing reach final

19.08.08
Leigh Parry took the honours as reigning champions Ealing booked their place in the final of the Evening Standard Challenge Trophy... more

Cleared McCanns shift focus to accessing files

22.07.08
Kate and Gerry McCann's desperate search for their four-year-old daughter Madeleine has gained renewed energy... more

Six young people killed as Mondeo crashes with lorry

10.07.08
Six young people were killed when the car they were travelling in hit a lorry head-on... more

The next big thing: VAN TRAMP

06.06.08
Van Tramp are winning the fans on the road.... more

Closing Kolpak loophole won't help anyone, says Leicester chief

06.06.08
"Crude protectionism" could do more damage to domestic game and England team, claims Neil Davidson... more

Holy hole in the road!

30.08.06
Batman and Robin clamber up the wall of a burning building to save a victim - this was the scene in a London street as an ingenious combination of reality and art had passers-by doing double and triple takes. ... more


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