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Poppy Delevingne, the latest NYLon sensation

06.11.09
Poppy Delevingne is a brand ambassador for Chanel, Sienna Miller's flatmate and the toast of New York. Hermione Eyre encounters a rising star...... 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

Andy Murray takes a fall but Ernests Gulbis rolls over

02.09.09
Andy Murray avoided serious injury as he fell heavily on court last night while easing into the US Open second round with a 7-5, 6-3, 7-5 win over Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis... more

Andy Murray enjoying his taste of the Big Apple ahead of opening test

01.09.09
British No1 admits he feels at home on the hard courts of Flushing Meadows as he prepares for tonight’s first-round clash in the US Open... more

Russians arrest eight 'pirates' over riddle of missing ship

18.08.09
Eight men were arrested on suspicion of hijacking the Arctic Sea freighter which disappeared near Sweden last month in circumstances that baffled marine authorities... 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

Andy Murray vows to get even better as bid for title takes off

26.06.09
Andy Murray pledged to improve still further despite a near-flawless performance in powering past Latvia's Ernests Gulbis on Centre Court... more

Andy Murray in blistering form as he powers into third round

25.06.09
Andy Murray's tennis game matched the sizzling heat on Centre Court as he powered into the third round of Wimbledon in ruthless fashion... 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

Recession means the boomerang generation keep coming back home

15.04.09
Record numbers of young adults are refusing to leave home and instead stay at the “hotel of mum and dad” for years to save money... 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

UK shows steepest drop in house prices as downturn continues

05.03.09
The credit crunch has triggered property price falls in nearly every housing market across the world, with the UK seeing some of the steepest drops, research has shown... more

Burning issue for banks as eastern Europe faces a full-scale crash

20.02.09
Analysis: Necks are craning eastwards to spot the next stage of the global financial crisis... 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

Murray’s on the march in St Petersburg

22.10.08
Andy Murray resumed where he left off in the Madrid Masters by starting his defence of the St Petersburg Open title with a straight-sets win... more

Discovering the lost City

26.09.08
The City's Heritage exhibition at the Guildhall tracks artefacts that began life in London but ended up elsewhere.... 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

Murray out of Queen's but not Wimbledon

13.06.08
Andy Murray pulled out of his Artois Championships quarterfinal clash with Andy Roddick at Queen's but says the thumb injury will not ruin his Wimbledon chances... more

Zamora set to become a loan Ranger

13.06.08
Bobby Zamora will snub offers to remain in the Premier League by joining Queens Park Rangers... more

UK may quit Eurovision amid fears tactical voting is turning competition into a farce

29.05.08
TV viewers may not see the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest final next year it has been revealed.... more

Hutchins serves up a shock British victory at Roland Garros

29.05.08
Young Londoner joins forces with Aussie to cause a big upset after being inspired by Andy Murray's impressive triumph on clay... 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

Chelsea fans face £5,000 bill and red tape on way to Moscow

01.05.08
Chelsea fans could pay a total of £5,000 to watch their team play Manchester United in the Luzhniki Stadium on 21 May... more

Heading home, half of capital's migrants

30.04.08
Tens of thousands of eastern European immigrants who arrived in London in the last four years have gone home, population experts say... more

Memoirs of a pop princess: Kylie gets the geisha look as she gears up for world tour

29.04.08
She looks like she's just stepped out of a Tokyo tea house. With her elegant kimono, bird's nest hairstyle and porcelain pale complexion, this lady is classic geisha material. But underneath the white foundation and heavy eyeliner is Kylie Minogue experimenting with her latest look. The singer - known for her stunning costume choices - looks breathtaking in a red kimono as she poses as a geisha in a shoot to promote her forthcoming world tour. The tour begins in Paris on May 6th and will reportedly cost more than £10million to stage... more

Off the record: David Smyth

23.02.07
David Smyth discusses Michael Jackson's new track, Aerosmith's return to the UK, and a terrifying, house-shaking album about to be released.... 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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