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Cut, W1 - review

08.09.11
Carnivores heading for the first London outpost of celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck's international food empire will need deep pockets... more

Neil Warnock hopeful of signing Southampton winger Jason Puncheon

02.08.11
Want-away Saints midfielder looks set to join Queens Park Rangers as boss Warnock seeks to strengthen squad... more

Remembrance Day grapples political turbulence

24.03.11
Remembrance Day is a play with a dense historical background, yet it's fundamentally about the clash between idealism and pragmatism... more

MPs' fury as EU scraps migrant benefit curbs

03.03.11
David Cameron faced renewed calls for a referendum on Britain's EU membership today after it emerged that benefit restrictions on former Soviet-bloc migrants are set to be scrapped... more

Squatters laugh as they get boot from £10m Highgate home

17.01.11
Gang of 30 squatters who invaded a £10 million house in north London have finally been evicted, it emerged today... more

City Spy: Poll dashes hopes for future CEOs

07.12.10
Note to Matthew Cousens, Kevin Murphy, Rose Chamberlayne, Manvir Nijhar, Emily Porter-Lynch and Karen Ward: be afraid. The Sunday Times has named you 'The CEOs of tomorrow'... more

Latvian couple held after running off from Michelin-starred restaurant without paying £572 bill

16.11.10
Couple who ran off without paying a £572 bill at a Michelin-starred restaurant were arrested by police after being caught in the act last night... more

Chang given tough lesson by Caroline Wozniacki

03.09.10
Last year's beaten finalists wraps up victory in just 47 minutes... more

Gus Poyet: Spurs have the quality to prove they can mix it with Europe’s best

25.08.10
There is so much at stake for Spurs tonight that it has to be regarded as the club’s most important match of the last 20 years.... more

Met officers visit Latvia to investigate killing of mother and daughter

16.08.10
Two Metropolitan Police officers fly to Latvia as part of investigations into the killings of a mother and daughter in south-east London... more

EU's eastern economies in first gains since financial crisis

16.07.10
Economies of the 10 eastern nations that have joined the EU since 2004 are expanding for the first time since the global downturn, the World Bank says... more

State school joins the choir elite

08.07.10
State school is joining the ranks of the great choir schools, such as St Paul’s and Westminster, with a concert at Southwark Cathedral... more

Milovan Rajevac: Ghana starting XI not settled yet

08.06.10
Coach insists none of Ghana's World Cup-bound players are guaranteed a place in his starting XI ahead of their opening match against Serbia on Sunday... more

Ghana upbeat despite heavy defeat to Netherlands

02.06.10
Milovan Rajevac refused to be downbeat after his Ghana side were beaten by Holland... more

Now more than ever, we need Strongbow spirit

18.05.10
New Labour grew squeamish about the working class - they should watch the adverts for Strongbow cider... more

Murray bounces back to form

28.04.10
British No1 proves reports of his demise have been exaggerated by easily defeating Andreas Seppi 6-2, 6-4 at the Rome Masters to end a three‑match losing streak... more

Andy Murray bounces back to form

28.04.10
Scot proved reports of his demise had been exaggerated by easily defeating Andreas Seppi at the Rome Masters... more

It's not all Greek for us yet, but much will hinge on post-election budget

14.12.09
These are anxious, strained times for those who manage Britain's finances. It's not the current figures that are causing the worry but where they might be heading... more

Latvia's Iron Lady enters EU race with attack on male chauvinism

18.11.09
A new face emerged in the race to become the EU's first president as the former president of Latvia launched an attack on the selection process and challenged her male rivals to an open contest... more

‘Lucky’ Luqman is on the loose

14.10.09
Shaid “Lucky” Luqman, once one of Britain’s richest men, and Ernst & Young’s Young Entrepreneur of 2004, has walked free from prison after serving six months of a second sentence for contempt of court ... more

Latvia: NHS buys our doctors in bulk

02.09.09
Latvian health chiefs have blamed the NHS for an exodus of doctors from the Baltic state... more

Ten countries could need lifeline from IMF

10.07.09
The International Monetary Fund is in talks over providing aid programmes to at least 10 European governments... more

Despite the urge, this is no time for us Brits to indulge in masochism

05.06.09
An Indian businessman who travels the world asked a pointed question at a meeting this week. He wanted to know why the people in Britain were so much more depressed than the people in all the other countries he visited ... more

Aleksandrs Cauna’s patience paying off at Watford

08.04.09
Football: Watford manager Brendan Rodgers has vowed to give Latvia international Aleksandrs Cauna every chance to make his loan move permanent in the summer... more

Chinese slowdown ‘threat to Party rule’

22.01.09
Economics: Fears are emerging that the rapid slowdown in Chinese growth may begin to threaten the stability of the country... more

Three are still critical after fatal coach crash

19.08.08
This is the dramatic aftermath of a fatal crash in which a coach carrying more than 70 passengers plunged down a steep embankment and into a garden... more

From singing turkeys to fire-breathing devil worshippers: This year's Eurovision entrants

18.05.08
In the finest tradition of the Eurovision Song Contest, it will feature all kinds of everything. But with so many new countries in Europe, some appear to have found great difficulty in finding new ways to present their entries in the passionately fought competition... more

Moody film noir requires patience

29.09.06
Fred Kedelmen's Krisana (Fallen) is like a European film noir with existentialist knobs on. It's dark and moody but requires more than a little patience.... more


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