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Nick Clegg: Cancel the Queen's Speech

Writing in The Independent, the Liberal Democrat leader issues a call for this week's speech to be replaced by an emergency programme of reform designed to "clean up politics once and for all".

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Arifa Akbar: Years of guessing end as sex writer Belle de Jour is revealed as a scientist from Bristol.

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Cosmetic surgeons demand ban on own trade ads

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Johann Hari: Would-be extremists who had a change of heart.

Bruce Anderson: Why the public are wrong over our mission in Afghanistan

A fight for Tory future

Andy McSmith : Deselection vote tonight in struggle between 'Turnip Taliban' and 'Notting Hill set'.

Tim Montgomerie: Key test for Cameron's belief in localism

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National Gallery: Put on the red light

In a life-size take on Amsterdam's sex district at the National Gallery, there's plenty of sleaze – and puritanism, too, finds Tom Lubbock

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Charles Kennedy: You Ask The Questions

The MP and former leader of the Liberal Democrats answers your questions, such as 'So, were you betrayed by Vince Cable?' and 'Do you want your own chat show?'

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Newsflash: it's time to face up to disfigurement

Five's lunchtime bulletin is to radically test prejudices about the looks of newsreaders, reports Ian Burrell

Countdown to Copenhagen: The President's dilemma

Michael McCarthy analyses the role of the US ahead of the UN climate change summit.

Leaders plan a 'two-step' environment deal

Evidence of water found on moon

Steve Connor: Scientists announced tonight that they have discovered "buckets" of water on the Moon following data analysis.

Mystery of Bangladesh's mass arsenic poisoning solved

Researchers have pinpointed the source of what is probably the worst mass poisoning in history, according to a study published Sunday.

Free social gaming and voice chat application for PSP owners worldwide

Sony PlayStation's official North American and European websites announced on Friday afternoon that the socially oriented adhocParty application, currently in use in Japan, will be made available for free download "soon". Many industry commentators are interpreting that to coincide with a PlayStation 3 firmware update expected later this month.

Starting at 22, Britons have talent

Britons have got talent – it just doesn’t emerge until they are 22, says a report published today.

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Robert Enke: International goalkeeper who committed suicide

The goalkeeper Robert Enke, who was widely tipped for the No 1 position in Germany's team for the World Cup finals in South Africa next year, was killed by an express train on 10 November. J�rg Neblung, Enke's friend and adviser, confirmed that "Robert took his own life."