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Justin Webb on the medical advances in tackling heart disease
BBC journalist Justin Webb talks about his experiences of the advances in preventing heart attacks a...
Record home price rises (and not just in London)
Plus the Property Power 100, and the best day to sell your home
Dementia Awareness Week: Should we keep an open mind to spiritual solutions?
Nobel Peace prize winner Albert Schweitzer once quipped: “Happiness is nothing more than good health...
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The 10 Best Scotch Whiskies
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Xbox 720 and PS4 go head to head: Speculation rife ahead of Microsoft launch - and rumour mill goes into overdrive
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Masculinity in crisis? 'There is a battle going on inside us that is never discussed'
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You Fitch! The case against Abercrombie
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Privatised service 'puts patients at risk' with lack of out-of-hours GPs
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The ‘Beverly Hills’ of Surrey pays more income tax than big cities of the North
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Austerity has hardened the nation's heart
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Tottenham to smash pay scale with £150,000-a-week contract in attempt to tie Gareth Bale to club
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The moral case on tax avoidance is overwhelming - and we all know Google wants to do the right thing
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Sam Wallace: The second coming of Jose Mourinho at Chelsea will be a reunion that can only end in tears
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Masculinity in crisis?
'There is a battle going on inside us that is never discussed'
Have US shock jocks gone too far?
An incendiary remark from Rush Limbaugh may be the beginning of the end for outspoken right-wing US broadcasters
The ‘Beverly Hills’ of Surrey
Elmbridge pays more income tax than big cities of the North
Heavenly Bodies
Michael Landy's artistic marriage made in heaven... and hell
'He will always be a friend'
Jackie Stewart backs Roman Polanski
The price of pacifism
From the Second World War refusenik to the 19-year-old Israeli, Holly Williams talks to five people who risked shame and suffering to take a stand as conscientious objector.
Jason Isaacs: Groupies, theatre bores and James Bond
To millions, Jason Isaacs is one of Harry Potter's arch enemies – but his wife prefers him as a Scottish TV detective.
Sealand: 'Micronation' or illegal fortress?
Thomas Hodgkinson spent a week at the tiny platform off the Suffolk coast to find out.
Mark Hix cooks with cutlets and ribs
If you ignore cutlets and ribs, you'll risk missing out on some delicious and easy meals, says our chef.
The experts' guide to summer
From getting fit for the beach to recreating that Olympic buzz
Legend of James Hunt has set Hollywood hearts racing
Early glimpses of Ron Howard's film Rush suggest it will portray Hunt as a high-living lothario, with an insatiable appetite for partying.
Macklemore: 'I don't have moderation'
The next Vanilla Ice or the next Eminem? Macklemore doesn't have a record contract – but he does have the UK's biggest-selling single of the year.
Don't be shy: Bill Granger's Sri Lankan recipes
Sri Lankan cuisine is light, sunny, wonderfully spiced – and so easy to cook from scratch. Just as soon as you've broken into the coconut, that is.
Sir James Dyson’s latest project: Cleaning up hospitals
Doctors are hailing the revamp of a Bath neonatal unit, where babies sleep more and feed better, as the model for patient care
One man returns to Argentina's town that drowned
Epecuen was submerged under 10 metres of water in 1985. Now the floods have gone – and 83-year-old Pablo Novak has moved back in
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