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Where have property prices been reduced most in the UK?
Plus how much you need to earn to rent in London, and new homes figures
Is Rushcliffe the best place for families to live?
Plus where The Apprentices live, house price growth outside London, and househunter numbers
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Heading for America? Prepare for the longest US immigration queues ever
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Boxing: Carl Froch slams fellow Brits for sparring with Mikkel Kessler
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You thought Ryanair's attendants had it bad? Wait 'til you hear about their pilots
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David Cameron goes to war with press over 'swivel-eyed loons' slur
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It’s official: thanks to Stephen Hawking's Israel boycott, anti-Semitism is no more
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BMF is the UK’s biggest and best loved outdoor fitness classes
Visit York
Find out what The Independent's resident travel expert has to say about one of the most beautiful small cities in the world
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Business videos from commercial thought leaders
Watch the best in the business world give their insights into the world of business.
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
The real thing?
Historian publishes Coca Cola's 'secret formula'
Gordon Ramsay's worst nightmare: A restaurant he cannot save
The pugnacious chef finally met a shambolic restaurant he couldn't save. John Walsh on when TV makover refuseniks fight back
Join Ryanair! See the world! But we're only paying you for nine months a year
Glamorous myth of the flight attendant lifestyle undermined by angry employee's claims of 'exploitation'
Braising saddles: How to cook horse meat
Did the recent furore scupper sales of horse meat? Neigh, far from it! Will Coldwell hoofs it to the kitchen.
Why bitters are back on the bar
A few little drops pack a big punch in cocktails. No wonder we're learning to love them again...
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