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Britain's got art talent at School of Saatchi

18.11.09
The BBC's new reality show, The School of Saatchi, will do for aspiring artists what the X Factor does for budding pop stars.... more

Daniel Keatings's silver lining

16.10.09
Daniel Keatings created gymnastics history at the O2 Arena by winning Britain's first medal in the men's all-around event at a World Championships... more

Beverley Knight oozes sex-tinged energy

04.09.09
Beverley Knight is a high-kicking, finger-pointing, charisma-oozing, hand-clapping ball of sex-tinged energy.... more

Free school meals for all go on trial in London borough

03.09.09
Every primary school child in a London borough will receive free school meals for the first time under a ground-breaking scheme... more

Goldie's son on trial over gang killing

18.08.09
The son of dance music star Goldie is accused of killing a disabled gang member... more

Marston’s cash call vote hits trouble

06.07.09
Almost one in 10 Marston’s shareholders voted against the pubs group’s £176 million cash call today... more

There will be spending cuts, Brown admits in latest U-turn

02.07.09
Prime Minister Gordon Brown continues regional tour of Britain, as Conservatives accuse him of losing the authority to govern... more

Free school meals for 30,000 Newham pupils in bid to cut obesity

01.05.09
Every primary school child across a London borough will be given free meals in a drive to cut obesity... more

Sandwich supplier runs out of bread

30.03.09
One of Britain’s biggest sandwich suppliers has collapsed into administration, in another indication of the crisis facing the food manufacturing industry... more

Moore's Numide to bring an end to Pipe's Imperial rule

06.03.09
Horse racing: Numide is ready to break the Pipe family's grip on the Paddy Power Imperial Cup and earn a crack at a £75,000 bonus prize... more

Cash-and-carry giant to shed almost 400 jobs

11.02.09
Retail: Giant cash-and-carry retailer Makro is planning to axe 378 jobs with the closure of three UK superstores, the company has said... more

The teacher who saved her pupils

23.01.09
Nursery teacher Lisa Potts saved her pupils from a knife-wielding maniac in Wolverhampton in 1996... more

100,000 stranded as rail line fails for third time in week

07.01.09
Britain's busiest railway was in meltdown with trains in and out of Euston brought to a virtual standstill... more

Future bleak after freeze takes its toll

05.01.09
Sedgefield appears the brightest prospect of any National Hunt racing being staged over the next few days following the abandonment of Leicester's Tuesday card... more

Queen Hayley is simply ton-derful in Sport of Kings

31.12.08
Hayley Turner's achievement at becoming the first female jockey to ride a century of winners in Britain has to be given the credit it is due... more

Century-chasing Turner hailed as 'Rebecca Adlington of racing'

30.12.08
Hayley Turner hailed as the "Rebecca Adlington of racing" as she closed in on becoming the first female jockey to ride 100 winners in a calendar year... more

'Saatchi of the North' show at Royal Academy

11.12.08
An art buyer dubbed "the Saatchi of the North" is to exhibit part of his collection at the Royal Academy... more

Lucky 13 Londoners compete for Costa prize

19.11.08
Thirteen London writers from first-time authors to publishing veteran Diana Athill, now 90, are in the running for the Costa Book Awards this year... more

'Stress' kills the mother of tragic TV star Speight

06.09.08
The heartbroken mother of children’s TV presenter Mark Speight – who was found dead at her home on Friday – may have died as a result of stress after his suicide.... more

Oakwood keen on mortgage exit

22.08.08
Mortgage lenders are now so desperate to escape the ailing UK property market they are effectively paying customers to take their business elsewhere... more

Judo star will throw everything into attack

08.08.08
Judo star Craig Fallon believes a strategy of all-out attack is his best chance of securing a gold medal... more

Jubilant Tories: We're no longer nasty party

02.05.08
David Cameron has buried the Conservatives' "nasty party" image, a jubilant new Tory council leader claimed... more

Father's tribute to Speight, 'Pied Piper of children's TV'

28.04.08
The father of television presenter Mark Speight has paid tribute to him as a Pied Piper figure who took youngsters on a "magical mystery tour" of art... more

A new buyer on the scene

16.10.07
Reminiscent of Charles Saatchi at his most expansive, art collector David Roberts has decided to share his work with the public.... more

The nobody who won a Novello

01.06.07
David Smyth this week looks at guitarist-turned-singer Scott Matthews, some downloadable White Stripes and Kanye West's latest eclectic offering.... more

Knight strains to capture Aretha's soul

12.04.07
While Beverley Knight's voice was technically brilliant and her appreciation of classic soul was never in doubt, her performance didn't always move you as much as it should have done.... more

Italian is still in fashion

30.10.06
It's remarkable that up-market Italian Quirinale has survived as long as it has, but this is one of the few institutions in the Westminster Village that deserves to stay in fashion.... more

Dining dens where the plot thickens

13.09.06
Forget the Commons - London's finest restaurants are where all of the real political scheming takes place, as former Labour minister Gerald Kaufman reveals.... more

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