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QPR 1 Arsenal 2: Arsene Wenger praises 'mental strength' of strikers Alexis Sanchez and Olivier Giroud in win over QPR
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Newcastle 0 Manchester United 1: Louis van Gaal describes performance as 'maybe our best match of the season'
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Cristiano Ronaldo: Real Madrid superstar 'sends his hair stylist to look after his waxwork once a month'
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Newcastle vs Manchester United match report: Ashley Young scores late winner as Angel Di Maria fails to shine yet again
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Brooklyn Beckham to be released: Why Arsenal could regret letting David Beckham's son depart
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What happens to your body when you give up sugar?
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Drugs Live cannabis trial: Hash is less harmful than any other drug, expert claims
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Turkish Airlines flight TK 726 crash-lands on Nepal runway amid dense fog
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Penis size: Study revealing 'what's normal' sends international media into meltdown
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Have sex with your iPad thanks to the new sex toy no-one asked for
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Durham Free School: 'Creationism taught at' free school facing closure
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Nearly 100,000 of Britain's poorest children go hungry after parents' benefits are cut
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Ukip would cut billions from Scottish budget to fund English tax cuts
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End of the licence fee: BBC to back radical overhaul of how it is funded
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Ukraine crisis: Top Chinese diplomat backs Putin and says West should 'abandon zero-sum mentality'
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Boris Nemtsov shot dead: Outspoken Putin critic who had expressed fears for his life is killed near the Kremlin
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Baghdad fights to win back Tikrit from Isis – but then what?
Patrick Cockburn reports from Kirkuk on a conflict which sectarianism has made intractable
What is it like to live with Alzheimer's?
Depicting early-onset Alzheimer's, the film 'Still Alice' had a profound effect on Joy Watson, who lives with the illness. She tells Kate Hilpern how she's coped with the diagnosis
Setting in motion the Internet of Things
British salesman Kevin Ashton gave real-world items a virtual life
Election 2015: A dead heat between Mr Bean and Dick Dastardly!
Lord Ashcroft reveals latest polling – and which character voters associate with each leader
Cult competition The Moth goes global
The non-profit 'slam storytelling' competition was founded in 1997 by the novelist George Dawes Green and has seen Malcolm Gladwell, Salman Rushdie and Molly Ringwald all take their turn at the mic
Pakistani women come out fighting
Hard-hitting new play 'No Guts, No Heart, No Glory' focuses on female Muslim boxers
Surreal deal: Leonora Carrington
The artist transcended her stolid background to become an avant garde star
Education: LGBT History Month
Pupils have been discussing topics from Sappho to same-sex marriage
Go bold this season: 11 best gel eyeliners
Use an ink pot eyeliner to go bold on the eyes with this season's feline flicked winged liner
Cricket World Cup runs riot to make the event more hit than miss...
The tournament has reached its halfway mark and scores of 300 and amazing catches abound. One thing never changes, though – everyone loves beating England
Katarina Johnson-Thompson: Ready to jump at first major title
After her 2014 was ruined by injury, 21-year-old Briton is leading pentathlete going into this week’s European Indoors. Now she intends to turn form into gold
Climate change key in Syrian conflict
And it will trigger more war in future
How I outwitted the Gestapo
My life as a Jew in wartime Berlin
The nation's favourite animal revealed
Women like cuddly creatures whilst men like creepy-crawlies
Getting young people to vote
From #VOTESELFISH to Bite the Ballot
