In 2007, 'Back to Black' by Amy Winehouse was top of the charts - the year that Tony Blair departed

Amy Winehouse's status as a cultural icon looks set to be canonised as plans to install a life-sized statue of the "Back to Black" singer in her native Camden are approved by the local council in the same week the Jewish Museum announces an exhibition dedicated to her.

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Amy Winehouse's home robbed after her death

Amy Winehouse's home has been robbed.

Kanye West's onstage 'Hitler' rant

Kanye West claimed people treat him "like Hitler" during his headline show at The Big Chill festival on Saturday.

Dionne Bromfield wanted to honour Amy with concert

Amy Winehouse's goddaughter Dionne Bromfield decided to play a concert on the day she died in honour of her.

Festival tribute: Dionne praises 'amazing Amy'

Amy Winehouse's 15-year-old goddaughter paid an emotional tribute to the singer at the Big Chill music festival in Herefordshire yesterday.

Julie Burchill: Men, leave the cleaning to me

I suppose that as a card-carrying, man-mauling, moustache-twirling feminist, I should have dropped my blowtorch in sheer molten glee at the news this week that, over the past 30 years, men have upped their housework contribution some 60 per cent, according to a new survey from Oxford University. Instead, I thought, "Poor emasculated swine – now that's two genders rather than one who've been domesticated. Whoop de doo!"

Steve Richards: MPs find their voice at last

New Labour wanted a Parliament that caused it not a flicker of concern. Such manoeuvring is impossible now

Amy Winehouse's family to take a break

Amy Winehouse's family and boyfriend Reg Traviss are to go on a ten day holiday to mourn her.

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When Britons had the ride of their lives

Mark Steel: Alcohol can be a problem, as can doctors

Britain is getting drunker than ever, apparently, with a government "consultation" expected to reveal the shocking statistic that, compared with 20 years ago, there are 80 per cent more documentaries or news items showing a clip of a girl in a short skirt being sick on a bench while a lad with no shirt makes a noise like a werewolf as he's thrown into a police van.

Rehab needs a fix

Mitch Winehouse's plan to open a rehab centre in memory of his daughter has shone a spotlight on the scandalous state of treatment for young addicts in Britain. Nina Lakhani reports

Lady Gaga couldn't talk for 48 hours after Winehouse's death

Lady Gaga was so devastated by Amy Winehouse's death she couldn't talk for two days.

Amy Winehouse 'secretly engaged'

Amy Winehouse was secretly engaged to boyfriend Reg Traviss at the time of her death, according to reports.

Amy Winehouse's father urges MPs to help young addicts

Mitch Winehouse, father of the singer Amy who died last month, has urged politicians to do more to help young people with drug and alcohol problems, at a Westminster meeting.

Amy Winehouse's father in drug help units plea

The father of Amy Winehouse today pleaded with the Government to reform drug rehabilitation centres for youngsters in memory of his daughter.

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'The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system': Microsoft finally unveils its Xbox ONE console

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Dating website pulls intimate 'hook-up' section to curb harassment
Inferno author Dan Brown 'honoured' to be invited to join the Freemasons

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Nick Buckles survived the Olympics débâcle and a £5bn bid fiasco but a profit warning finally triggered his downfall
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In the end the fans decided Tony Pulis had made a pig's ear of the job at Stoke City

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James Lawton: The James Hunt I knew is the subject of a new F1 movie

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