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Review: The Dairy, 15 The Pavement, Clapham Old Town, London
Sunday 28 July 2013
Chef might be too busy to pop over, but his food rules, says Lisa Markwell.
Families keep McDonald’s UK sales on the rise
Tuesday 23 July 2013
McDonald’s UK has said that some British families are “running out” of cash ahead of payday, despite it posting another quarter of rising sales and enjoying its “busiest-ever” day of trading last month.
The 10 Best natural skincare
Sunday 21 July 2013
Chemical nasties can be a concern for all skin types but these brands boast the best of what mother nature has to offer
Benefit cuts sends number of food bank users soaring
Thursday 11 July 2013
New figures emerge a week after Lord Freud, the Welfare Reform Minister, questioned whether there was a link between the two events
M&S clothing sales fall again - for eighth successive quarter but Marc Bolland upbeat
Tuesday 09 July 2013
Marks & Spencer boss Marc Bolland today insisted things were starting to improve despite the struggling retailer posting an eighth successive quarter of falling clothing sales.
Food banks row: Bishop of Truro hits back at Lord Freud
Thursday 04 July 2013
'A lot of evidence some people have to use them because of benefits system glitches'
Apprentice 2013: It's tweezer-gate! This week's sacking raises eyebrows as Alex Mills denies having them plucked
Thursday 27 June 2013
The Apprentice hopeful Alex Mills told how TV's most talked-about eyebrows were all natural after he became the latest contestant to be trimmed from the show.
'Hunger striking' Moors murderer Ian Brady's diet: toast for breakfast and packet soup during the day
Tuesday 25 June 2013
The Moors murderer Ian Brady, who claims to have been on a 14-year hunger strike, makes himself toast for breakfast and regularly cooks soup from packets, a tribunal heard on Monday.
A cute sense of irritation: What's 'wackaging'? It's when food packaging treats consumers like idiots or children
Sunday 23 June 2013
The vogue for cutesy widdle phwases on the back of products, as pioneered by Innocent Smoothies, isn’t going away. It’s known as ‘wackaging’ – and it’s driving Will Coldwell mad
Agenda: Hirata buns; Skins; Father's Day; Google Glass; John McEnroe; restaurant menus
Sunday 16 June 2013
Middle-class problems: Restaurant menus
The 10 Best Body Scrubs
Sunday 09 June 2013
Whether you’re prepping for fake tan or are aiming for super-smooth skin, there’s a scrub to suit you
Food safety testing to be beefed-up
Sunday 02 June 2013
Standards agency calls for tougher testing and monitoring by councils after horsemeat scandal
Rhodri Marsden: Why it's not overly healthy to compare oneself to David Bowie
Tuesday 28 May 2013
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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