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Romantic retreats: One-room wonders
Wednesday 13 February 2013
A castle of your own? A treehouse just for two? A private castaway island? Aoife O’Riordain reveals that small is beautiful when it comes to romantic retreats
Six Nations: Pitch invader during Wales' victory over France revealed to be George North's father
Monday 11 February 2013
Father ran on to pitch in Paris to celebrate his son's try
Cycling: Wiggins set fair for Paris-Nice after second place in the rain
Monday 05 March 2012
Bradley Wiggins' chances of becoming Britain's first Paris-Nice winner in more than four decades got off to a near-perfect start as he took second place in the race's opening time trial, one second off the pace.
Stay The Night: La Reserve, St-Jean-de-Luz
Sunday 04 March 2012
Swim, golf, surf – or just Basque in the sunshine. The revamped, cliff-top La Réserve is full of patriotic local colour – and don't miss the chef's l'oeuf piperade
Boxing: Klitschko faces small problem
Saturday 03 March 2012
Wladimir Klitschko will be aiming for his 50th career knockout when he defends his world heavyweight titles against French challenger Jean-Marc Mormeck tonight.
France full-back Maxime Medard out for nine months
Thursday 01 March 2012
France's RBS 6 Nations hopes have been rocked by the news that full-back Maxime Medard has been ruled out for up to nine months with a serious knee ligament injury.
Jeremy Laurance: The regulator needs to recover its grip, fast
Wednesday 29 February 2012
Whatever the true risks and benefits of these implants, this does not inspire confidence in the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) – the body charged with ensuring medical devices are safe. Why did it take a television programme and the British Medical Journal to prod it into action over this latest threat?
Blair is restored but it's Laidlaw moving to No 10
Saturday 25 February 2012
Remember the clamour for Blair to be installed at No 10?
Something To Declare: Dover-Calais; scams in China; Norway by sledge; East Anglia by train
Friday 17 February 2012
Bargain of the week: Dover-Calais
Agenda: Clarks; Soko; David Lynch; Jack White; The Thirsty Bear
Sunday 05 February 2012
Fashion: Clarks goes back to the bronze age
Profit warning hits Flybe founder in the pocket
Wednesday 11 January 2012
Jim French, Flybe's founder and chief executive, was nursing losses of more than £550,000 yesterday as the regional airline's second profit warning in three months sent the shares to a record low.
Breast implant boss linked to second firm
Saturday 31 December 2011
The French manufacturer of defective breast implants had tried to set up a new factory
Evra: Unique spirit will help us win League
Wednesday 28 December 2011
When Patrice Evra starts talking about Manchester United's "team spirit", he is usually up to something. Last season he ramped up the pressure on the pretenders to their title, Manchester City, and with Boxing Day's 5-0 dismantling of Wigan evidence that United have turned the corner of an underwhelming season, he did it again, claiming United will finish top of the pile come May.
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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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