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Four cleared of plot to defraud investors in iSoft
Tuesday 23 July 2013
Three former directors at the technology group iSoft were yesterday cleared of defrauding the company’s investors.
Crackdown on disability benefits costs taxpayer £66m in appeals costs
Sunday 21 July 2013
Appeals bill soars over claims Atos ‘is getting more decisions wrong than ever before’
Album: Boards of Canada, Tomorrow's Harvest (Warp)
Saturday 08 June 2013
Having cultivated a devoted following and an aura of mystical reclusion, Boards of Canada went silent seven years ago.
Grace Dent - On a roll with Greggs: More Than Meats the Pies
Friday 24 May 2013
This is a show that soundtracks the power on a sausage-roll-making machine with the epic Kashmir by Led Zeppelin
Doctors in dispute: What exactly is normal human behaviour?
Friday 17 May 2013
The fifth edition of the psychiatrists’ bible, DSM V, reignites the row over the massive growth in mental disorders
Why the object of exercise is not just a physical one: Regular exercise lowers depression risk by up to 30 per cent
Sunday 12 May 2013
Just 10 minutes’ brisk walking can improve your emotional state, according to a report being released by the Mental Health Foundation to mark the start of Mental Health Awareness Week.
Film review: Our Children (15)
Thursday 09 May 2013
Based on true events, this sombre Belgian drama begins in a low key that swells sickeningly into tragedy. Murielle (Emilie Dequenne) and Mounir (Tahar Rahim) fall in love and marry, their domestic arrangements quietly controlled by the latter's adoptive father (Niels Arestrup), a well-off family doctor.
A cure for my spider phobia? That doesn't have legs
Monday 06 May 2013
London Zoo must immediately stop sending me emails inviting me to get up close and personal with eight-legged freaks. Otherwise known as spiders.
BBC issues anti-harassment guidelines to combat a 'strong undercurrent of fear' and bullying
Thursday 02 May 2013
The BBC today moved to address a culture of bullying and fear within the organisation by issuing new anti-harassment guidelines to staff and removing “gagging clauses” from contracts.
Stroke survivors and their families feel abandoned by health services after being left to deal with the emotional impact alone, says report
Wednesday 01 May 2013
Stroke survivors and their families feel abandoned by health and social services after being left to deal with the emotional impact of stroke alone, a report reveals today.
Harriet Walker: 'I'm the world’s most neurotic narcissist'
Sunday 28 April 2013
On feeling a bit angsty. On lying awake remembering all the times you've made an idiot of yourself. On doing a full-body cringe on a packed bus at the thought of a faux pas 15 years ago that the people you were with may or may not have even noticed.
Studies find heart can affect how we feel fear
Monday 08 April 2013
Fear may be felt in the heart as well as the head, according to a study that has found a link between the cycles of a beating heart and the likelihood of someone taking fright.
Brighton fans call for action after releasing details of alleged homophobic abuse
Wednesday 03 April 2013
Supporters' group claims fans have been abused by at least 72 per cent of opponents they have faced this season
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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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