Ali Dizaei says it's always been his vocation to be a policeman, but as the Met's most controversial officer faces yet another trial Sarah Sands asks when is enough enough?... more
An Indian anti-corruption campaigner whose arrest sparked mass protests has been allowed to fast in a New Delhi park for two weeks, an aide says... more
Cricket has always been considered a highly moral game. To get decisions, players have to appeal to an official. Without that, the umpire will not do anything in certain situations such as leg-before-wicket or run-out. This is not so in other sports... more
Here is an unusual approach to playing the top end of the London property market from agent Knight Frank, which is offering tips on how to spot the next Mayfair, Belgravia or Knightsbridge... more
Having run out of interesting things to say about the Budget - not difficult - the Treasury has resorted to tweeting the fact that it is running a survey to "help us improve our website and other digital channels"... more
Owner of south London curry house tells how Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth was 'laughing and joking' with ringleader of plot to topple Gordon Brown... more
It is exactly a week since the ridiculous mass hysteria first erupted over the death of MJ (as he is now being called). For seven days the nation has been deluged with little else but the ceaseless outpourings of grief... more
Michael Howard’s call for the Financial Services Authority to investigate the source of Robert Peston’s story about confidential talks between banking chiefs, the Chancellor and Bank of England Governor Mervyn King that sparked a plunge in bank shares on Tuesday morning is interesting.
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Ten young Conservatives - billed as the party's stars of the future - have been transformed from dour political animals to fashionable clothes horses... more
Here, in the third part of our exclusive serialisation of his autobiography, he tells how the strict regime of his loving father set him - and his brothers - on the path to success.... more
Gandhi my father is a decently acted but slow-paced story of the life of Gandhi's son Harilal, which fortunately manages to avoid the clichés of Bollywood.... more
Deepa Mehta's superb Water, the final part of her notable Elemental Trilogy, follows the plight of a young Indian widow in 1938 trying to escape her fate for a better life.... more
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