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Victoria Beckham visits some of poorest children in US

16.11.09
Victoria Beckham has spoken out about childhood poverty after taking her eldest son to visit some of the poorest children in America.... more

Fashion round-up

27.10.09
Expensive shoes from H&M and check out what we're loving this week... more

The cubist: how Jay Jopling created the artist as superstar

16.10.09
Nearly everything that happens in London's contemporary art scene has been influenced, if not dictated, by Jay Jopling. From his White Cube HQ, the superdealer brokers sales, spots talent and dreams up sell-out shows... more

Cameron vows not to use recession as excuse to ignore world’s poor

13.07.09
David Cameron vowed that a Tory government would protect the poor despite the spending squeeze caused by the recession... more

Chaotic start to Berlusconi's G8 summit

08.07.09
G8 summit got off to a chaotic start with its host Silvio Berlusconi being accused of failing to fulfil his pledges on overseas aid... more

Labour MPs rubbish Darling’s ‘optimistic’ recovery forecasts

06.05.09
Alistair Darling’s confident forecast of a return to economic growth next year was blasted as “optimistic” in a cross-party report... more

Madonna's worthy to adopt second child says Malawi minister

02.04.09
Madonna's bid to adopt a second child from Africa was backed by the Malawian government... more

Madonna signs for adoption but court orders her to wait

30.03.09
Madonna was told she must wait until Friday to find out whether her bid to adopt a second Malawian child has been successful... more

Wanted man Bashir expels aid agencies from Darfur

05.03.09
Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by an international court on war crimes charges, danced and waved a cane defiantly in front of thousands of supporters... more

Charity's plea: remember India's real Slumdogs

23.02.09
People were urged not to forget the children living in poverty in India after the hype surrounding the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" died down... more

UN probes claims of massacre

07.11.08
UN officials are investigating reports that rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo are slaughtering civilians as the region descends into chaos... more

Finance

08.10.08
Britain will look to the Square Mile to pull it out of the economic mire, and these are the big names who will deliver the recovery. ... more

London schools are best if you're poor

20.08.08
London is the best place in the country for the poorest children to go to school, a report claimed... more

I will gladly donate my unloved rice to Oxfam

15.08.08
Two friends to stay - "I'll cook tonight," she said, and so she did, rice pudding after other things. Out of the oven it came, its tight skin brown and slightly caramelised, wrinkling in the lower temperature... more

My holiday with Princess Anne and how I had a nose job to look like Audrey Hepburn by Valerie Singleton

28.06.08
Following last week’s sensational confessions, Valerie Singleton tells all about Princess Anne, bad feeling at Blue Peter and that baby elephant.... more

Is this the new Vettriano?

04.05.07
"You can stuff Madonna, she didn't even see the paintings before she bought them." Artist John Lowrie Morrison, who hits London next week, has little time for his celebrity admirers.... more

Brick Lane fry-up for Pancake Day

29.01.07
In time-honoured tradition, the Great Spitalfields Pancake Race will be marking Shrove Tuesday with a pancake flipping relay race.... more

Stand-out CDs of 2006

22.12.06
The music world had something for everyone in 2006. Our pop critic David Smyth reveals the year's stand-out CDs.... more

Get your skates on, the ice rinks are back

09.11.06
It's the season of red noses, mulled wine and bumped knees as Londoners gets their skates on across the capital.... more

This week's CD reviews

13.10.06
New releases by P Diddy, Badly Drawn Boy, an album for Save The Children, a new collaboration for Pat Metheney and some political world music.... more

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    Spread of the Jedhead

    Jedward, voted off the X-Factor this weekend, are the most obvious proponents of the sticky-uppy look - but the style crosses boundaries of age, gender, sexuality and taste, says Nick Curtis

Sky in plot to hire students on the cheap

Sky News is currently recruiting students as reporters for its coverage of next year's general election. However, the opportunity doesn't quite seem so appealing

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