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The Retail Ready People project means the future of the high street is in your hands
There are more empty shops on our high streets than ever before, says another report into the state ...
A changing of the guards in English football: From Sir Alex Ferguson to Jose Mourinho
The guard has changed at Old Trafford for the first time in 26 years. Meanwhile, down the road, the ...
The Fall ‘Darkness Visible’ – Series 1, episode 2
There is a good many moments in the second episode of this psychological thriller that deserve refle...
‘Vicious’ – Series 1, episode 4
The opening titles squeal ‘Never Can Say Goodbye…’. Oh Lord how I wish I could heave this series off...
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That's some guestlist! Stunning images show huge dynastic wedding between Ultra-Orthodox Jewish families which attracted 25,000 guests
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Anonymity order lifted for triple child killer David McGreavy jailed in 1973
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World news in pictures
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Far-right French historian, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, commits suicide in Notre Dame in protest against gay marriage
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Video emerges of Pope Francis reportedly performing an exorcism in St Peter’s Square
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'Soldier beheaded' in street as two shot in suspected terrorist attack near Woolwich barracks - 'attacker' shown in video saying 'We will never stop fighting you'
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Gay couple beaten in park urge MPs to moderate language on gay marriage
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After woman sells virginity for $780,000, here are the results of our prostitution survey
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China agrees to impose carbon targets by 2016
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Far-right French historian, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, commits suicide in Notre Dame in protest against gay marriage
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Watch out Watford: Here comes the secretive Bilderberg Group
A meeting of global power brokers in a Hertfordshire hotel is exciting conspiracy theorists, but what are they really about?
'The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system'
Microsoft finally unveils its Xbox ONE console
Plenty of sleaze
Dating website pulls intimate 'hook-up' section to curb harassment
The Freemasons’ Code
Dan Brown reveals the message that told him door to the lodge is open
Not secure any more: G4S boss heads for exit at last
Nick Buckles survived the Olympics débâcle and a £5bn bid fiasco but a profit warning finally triggered his downfall
How to say ‘I’m a sellout’
Tumblr’s David Karp’s message of reassurance to his staff sounded very familiar
Why clubs are keen to take a stand
There's a real desire around the grounds for safe standing. But will the authorities listen?
In the end the fans decided Tony Pulis had made a pig's ear of the job at Stoke City
Disillusion with a siege mentality and negative playing style made change inevitable
James Lawton: The James Hunt I knew is the subject of a new F1 movie
British driver was fascinating man whose epic duel with Niki Lauda in 1976 was typical of an era of glamour and glory – but also the ever-present threat of death
Stuart Hogg: Ready to climb his own Everest
Lions' cub, 20, joins long line of players from Scottish borders club Hawick given opportunity to make his mark at highest level
Steve Bunce on Boxing
Carl Froch handed rare chance of revenge with dream rematch against Mikel Kessler
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
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