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'Small business Saturdays' to aid local stores

Britain should emulate the US by holding a "Small Business Saturday" to encourage people to shop in local independent stores, the shadow Business Secretary has said.

Simon Calder's Holiday Helpdesk: Out-of-towners seeking advice on Euro exchange deals

Every day our travel guru answers your travel questions

Tom Cruise tops the Forbes list, earning $75m in the past year

A Few Good Naan? Tom Cruise goes for a curry in St Albans

Mission Impossible star, thought be worth £160 million, visits restaurant for a 'quiet evening meal'

Tory fundraiser Lord Fink faces inquiry into Lords dinner for Amex clients

The Conservative Party treasurer is to face a full Parliamentary inquiry into allegations that he broke anti-sleaze rules.

Lord Fink says there was never any possibility of him profiting from sponsoring the private dinner

Lord Fink: Top Tory treasurer faces standards investigation over AmEx dinner

The Conservative Party treasurer was facing a parliamentary standards investigation last night over his role in sponsoring a private dinner in the House of Lords for paying American Express cardholders.

Five Questions About: Rewards credit cards

What are rewards credit cards?

Five Questions About: Cashback credit cards

How do cashback cards work?

'With reward card APRs at around 20 per cent, be sure to pay in full each month'

Have yourself a cashback Christmas

Credit cards and discount websites can keep costs down if you look carefully

Brighton excited to begin season at new stadium

Brighton's managing director Ken Brown has welcomed the club's opening-day npower Championship fixture against Doncaster with open arms.

Paul Newman: South Coast rivals set fair on journey out of the doldrums

The Football League Column: Brighton have enjoyed a wonderful year in Gus Poyet's first fullseason in charge

The business on...Jamie Dimon, CEO, JPMorgan Chase

Another fat-cat banker?

Mr Dimon is a bit different, to be fair, having enjoyed a good war during the credit crisis. President Obama subsequently said of him: "Jamie Dimon ... I don't think should be punished for doing a pretty good job managing an enormous portfolio."

Caught in the Net: This is it, and we hope it's not awful

Nick Valensi, guitarist for The Strokes, recently told Pitchfork (ind.pn/fQYH7L) that the fractured process of making the band's new album was "awful – just awful".

Hammers fans must get used to life on wrong side of the track

What's it like playing in a ground with an athletics track and no atmosphere, where the far goal is 160 yards away? Nick Szczepanik heads for Brighton to experience 'the worst view in England'

Wolves reveal plans to develop Molineux stadium

Wolves have announced they are to proceed with the first step in the redevelopment of Molineux at the end of the current season with the £16million pound construction of a new two-tier stand.

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Special report: How my father's face turned up in Robert Capa's lost suitcase

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The great war photographer was not one person but two. Their pictures of Spain's civil war, lost for decades, tell a heroic tale
The unmade speech: An alternative draft of history

The unmade speech: An alternative draft of history

Someone, somewhere has to write speeches for world leaders to deliver in the event of disaster. They offer a chilling hint at what could have been
Funny business: Meet the women running comedy

Funny business: Meet the women running comedy

Think comedy’s a man's world? You must be stuck in the 1980s, says Holly Williams
Wilko Johnson: 'You have to live for the minute you're in'

Wilko Johnson: 'You have to live for the minute you're in'

The Dr Feelgood guitarist talks frankly about his terminal illness
Lure of the jingle: Entrepreneurs are giving vintage ice-cream vans a new lease of life

Lure of the jingle

Entrepreneurs are giving vintage ice-cream vans a new lease of life
Who stole the people's own culture?

DJ Taylor: Who stole the people's own culture?

True popular art drives up from the streets, but the commercial world wastes no time in cashing in
Guest List: The IoS Literary Editor suggests some books for your summer holiday

Guest List: IoS Literary Editor suggests some books for your summer holiday

Before you stuff your luggage with this year's Man Booker longlist titles, the case for some varied poolside reading alternatives
What if Edward Snowden had stayed to fight his corner?

Rupert Cornwell: What if Edward Snowden had stayed to fight his corner?

The CIA whistleblower struck a blow for us all, but his 1970s predecessor showed how to win
'A man walks into a bar': Comedian Seann Walsh on the dangers of mixing alcohol and stand-up

Comedian Seann Walsh on alcohol and stand-up

Comedy and booze go together, says Walsh. The trouble is stopping at just the one. So when do the hangovers stop being funny?
From Edinburgh to Hollywood (via the Home Counties): 10 comedic talents blowing up big

Edinburgh to Hollywood: 10 comedic talents blowing up big

Hugh Montgomery profiles the faces to watch, from the sitcom star to the surrealist
'Hello. I have cancer': When comedian Tig Notaro discovered she had a tumour she decided the show must go on

Comedian Tig Notaro: 'Hello. I have cancer'

When Notaro discovered she had a tumour she decided the show must go on
They think it's all ova: Bill Granger's Asia-influenced egg recipes

Bill Granger's Asia-influenced egg recipes

Our chef made his name cooking eggs, but he’s never stopped looking for new ways to serve them
The world wakes up to golf's female big hitters

The world wakes up to golf's female big hitters

With its own Tiger Woods - South Korea's Inbee Park - the women's game has a growing audience
10 athletes ready to take the world by storm in Moscow next week

10 athletes ready to take the world by storm in Moscow next week

Here are the potential stars of the World Championships which begin on Saturday
The Last Word: Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale's art of manipulation

The Last Word: Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale's art of manipulation

Briefings are off the record leading to transfer speculation which is merely a means to an end