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Thursday, 21 August 2008
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News
UK
- East European immigration levels falling
- Invasion of the libel tourists
- Cautious middle classes cut back on spending
- Clegg reveals his grand vision on renewable energy
- Brown ends holiday by dismissing talk of crisis
- Johnson distances himself from Cameron
- Gang chases teenager to 100ft death fall
- Life sentence for son who killed wealthy father
- Katona made bankrupt over tax bill
- Former minister backs campaign to save Bletchley
- Henry VIII's benevolent side emerges with a £1m chain
World
- Spain mourns young victims of air disaster
- Court bid for Liverpool fan jailed in Bulgaria
- Russia military not quitting Georgia
- Parents of US student at centre of Kercher murder inquiry vow to clear her name
- Madrid crash: The holiday flight into hell
- The Survivors: They missed the flight by just three minutes
- The Witnesses: 'Nothing remains... everything is burned'
- The Investigation: A systems failure – or did pilots panic?
- Government loses Guantanamo ruling
- Peru's army on standby as jungle unrest grows
- Obama goes on the offensive as McCain surges into lead at polls
- Obama's half-brother is tracked down to Nairobi slum
- Glitter on flight back to UK
- Japanese discontent voiced in novel sales
- Taliban bombers kill 70 after Pakistani border strike
- Karzai teases Brown on Afghanistan visit
- Glitter 'agrees to return to UK'
- Dozens killed in Pakistan suicide blasts
- Brown praises 'hero' troops in Afghanistan
- Shunned Glitter returns to Thailand
- Kim Jong-il: School days of a tyrant
- Glitter is refused permission to enter Hong Kong
- Farewell my beautiful Zimbabwe: how paradise turned to poverty
- Russia stops co-operation with Nato allies
Business
- Firms hike energy prices
- Surprise rise in shop sales
- Persimmon sees pre-tax profits tumble
- BAE secures £3bn ammunition contract
- New House of Fraser management boosts sales and profits
- EBay slashes fees in attempt to attract more big retailers
- Churchill censured for misleading ads
- Freddie Mac battles to remain independent
- Four firms shortlisted for South Central train franchise
- Bank of England hints at move towards rates cut
- BAA must sell three airports
- Fraudster raids bank accounts of HBOS chief executive
- Wholesale gas prices soar by 14% in a day after North Sea pipeline leak
- How Mr Darling is going to do his best... to make the figures add up
- David Prosser's Outlook: BAA's mauling from the competition watchdog looks more like a massage
- Market Report: Broker buoyancy helps Tullow Oil flare up
- The Investment Column: Xaar nobbled by undercutting licensees in Japan
People
Science
Education
- Teenagers notch up record GCSE results
- Trio of boy twins secure 48 top-grade GCSEs
- GCSE results reveal 'two-tier' schools
- Private schools boycott 'meaningless' league tables
- Grades slashed to fill science courses
Obituaries
- Hua Guofeng: Successor to Chairman Mao
- Harry Lange: Oscar-nominated film designer
- Leo Abse: Labour MP whose parliamentary Bills helped liberalise British society
Opinion
Leading Articles
- Leading article: The obsession with results harms children's education
- Leading article: Sell off Heathrow, too
- Leading article: Citizen jurors
Commentators
- Peter Melchett: Don't believe the GM apologists
- Andrew Buncombe: On the unfinished road to democracy
- Joey Cheek: The Olympics are about so much more than sport
- Simon Calder: Our fears are irrational: it's more dangerous to cycle
- Dan Tench: UK courts offer a warm welcome
- World Focus: Al-Qa'ida keeps its promise to be 'bone in crusaders' throats'
- Adrian Hamilton: It's economics, not politics, that will influence Russia
- Johann Hari: John McCain and his secretive plot to 'kill the UN'
- Steve Richards: The Tories are learning from Blair
- Janet Street-Porter: Sex tourism blitz is just opportunist
Columnists
- Cooper Brown: They're denying me free expression and blocking press freedoms
- Dom Joly: Americans unable to win hearts and minds in battle of hands and feet
Letters
Environment
Nature
- Discovered - The snails that hid from history
- Where the wild things are: You don't need to go far to see animals up-close - you just need a tent
Sport
Cricket
- Prior determined to make sure the gloves fit for good
- Kent 241-7 v Lancashire: Jones mounts salvage operation to earn unlikely bonus for Kent
Football
- Benitez makes peace with Parry
- Giggs urges United to match drive of Chelsea
- Keegan happy to play waiting game over Owen return
- David Gill favourite to succeed Barwick
- Barwick signals 'new chapter' for FA
- Assault victim issues damages claim against Barton
- Return of knee injury forces Stubbs into retirement
- Barwick falls as Triesman coup ends the FA's power struggle
- Richards keen to make senior England return after impressive U-21 display
- Lithuania Under-21 0 Scotland Under-21 3: Stark reminder as young Scots close down leaders
- England 2 Czech Republic 2: Cole grabs late leveller but boos ring out for lamentable England
- Wales 1 Georgia 2: Georgia too skilful for Toshack's weakened Wales
- Norway 1 Republic of Ireland 1: Keane strikes to extend Trapattoni's unbeaten start
- Scotland 0 Northern Ireland 0: Scotland's limitations revealed by 10 men
- Capello defends tactics against critical attack by scornful Redknapp
- I will be at Rangers for the long haul, insists Aaron
- Portsmouth complete Traore loan deal
- Bolton admit Bullard interest
- Answer is simple for Berbatov
- Manchester City bid accepted for Kompany
- Sunderland medical for Healy
- Davis completes move to Rangers
- Thomas signs permanent Portsmouth deal
- Robinho could still leave Madrid says agent
- Pay dispute hits Shevchenko's Milan loan
- Sunderland sign Cissé as Keane looks for three more
- Transfer news and speculation, 21 August
- Silvestre heads for Arsenal in search of new challenge
Olympics
- 'I let country down' laments Pickering
- Shot across the bows for exuberant Bolt
- A brother's tribute consoles US
- Silver anti-climax hurts for Idowu
- Davies makes a splash in more ways than one
- Disappointment for Idowu
- Suspension undermines boxing team
- GB and US teams out of relay
- IOC suspends Blonska for doping
- Olympic horses fail drug tests
- Thrilling gold lifts GB to new heights
- Brabants in double gold bid
- Head coach blasts boxing suspension
- Star class! Percy and Simpson sail home with GB's 17th gold
- Rain delays BMX star Reade's bid
- Silver medal winner Davies soaks Chinese official
- David Ashdown's sports picture diary: Beijing Olympics - Volleyball
- On the Beijing Beat: China's curtain-raiser in line to break the billion barrier
- Sprinting in the blood of Jamaica's champions
- Bolt: 'Everything came together tonight. I blew the world's mind!'
- James Lawton: Time stands still as Lightning Bolt strikes for a second time
Racing
Rugby
Life & Style
Health & Families
Gadgets & Tech
- iTunes blocked in China over protest songs
- Britons bid to blow away world speed record
- Sony to launch new version of PSP handheld
Arts & Entertainment
Music
Classical
- Preview: Prom 48: Gürzenich Orchestra/Stenz, Royal Albert Hall, London
- Prom 34: BBC Philharmonic/Noseda, Royal Albert Hall, London
Films
TV & Radio
Theatre & Dance
Comedy
- Contenders named for Edinburgh comedy award
- Julian Hall's Edinburgh Festival diary
- Fear of flyering: Why are so few of the Edinburgh festival flyers actually funny?
- Susan Calman: Maybe It Is Your Fault, The Stand, Edinburgh
- Pete Firman: Flimflam, Underbelly, Edinburgh
- Jamie Kilstein, The GRV, Edinburgh
- Dan Nightingale: Geronimo, Underbelly, Edinburgh
Books
- New Bond book set in Sixties 'too much of a period piece to be filmed'
- Signing off: the weird world of book signings
- The Big Question: Should Enid Blyton be hailed as the best writer for children?
- In Person: 30 Poets, Edited by Neil Astley, filmed by Pamela Robertson-Pearce
Travel
News & Advice
Student
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