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Market Report: Trio of newcomers steal the limelight

The market's newest arrivals continued to impress, with Crest Nicholson, esure and Countrywide all making gains.

Phil Jagielka blocks Coutinho’s shot at Anfield

James Lawton: Carragher's final hurrah cast into shadow by bout of penalty-box 'wrestling'

The game offered few suggestions it would be a contest

Big brother meets little brother: The liberty of all football fans is threatened by the dogma of demonisation

The Last Word: Orwellian curb on fans' entry is ID system by the back door

Kettled, filmed, banned – supporters are under attack. But Brighton and Palace have gone further

Worcester's Shaun Perry forced to quit by injury

Worcester's former England scrum-half Shaun Perry has been forced to retire because of a persistent knee injury.

Get your summer started with British Military Fitness

The UK’s biggest and best loved outdoor fitness classes

Coventry taps into mineral wealth for UK’s tastiest water

The debate about which British region boasts the tastiest tap water has finally been settled with an unlikely winner: it comes not from “hard” northern or “soft” southern waters but from the middle of Britain – in Coventry.

Wolves teetering on brink of relegation from the Championship - a second drop in as many years

Molineux witnesses angry scenes as famous old club slips closer to place in League One

Latitude 2013: Five minutes with... The Noise Next Door

Brighton comedy troupe The Noise Next Door aren't just five handsome dudes in smart ties - they're also improv comedians par excellence. We asked them a few questions ahead of their appearance at this year's Latitude festival.

People enjoy a picnic on Wednesday in warmer weather in Regent's Park, London

Lovely weather for a picnic - but not at the weekend

Parts of Britain basked in warm spring weather today but forecasters warned that temperatures are set to drop in the coming days.

David Flatman: I hope Sale look after a valuable asset like Henry Thomas

From the Front Row: He will be under real pressure and that is tough on the body

Crystal Palace 2 Leicester City 2 match report: Defensive frailties on show at Palace

Crystal Palace's manager Ian Holloway is struggling to defend himself. His gung-ho style has had some success after Dougie Freedman's passing game travelled 230 miles north to Bolton. But three points from a possible 21 has taken Holloway's side from automatic promotion contention to clinging on to the top six.

Paperback review: Cheek By Jowl - A History of Neighbours, By Emily Cockayne

Cockayne might have relished the grisly story of 17th-century Mary King's Close in Edinburgh, where neighbours of those suffering the plague were apparently bricked up alongside them and left to die.

A family photo of Alfie Buck, aged seven, who suffered catastrophic brain damage after a 'catalogue of errors' at his birth

£8.5m payout for boy whose brain was damaged in 'catalogue of errors'

A seven-year-old boy who suffered catastrophic brain damage after a "catalogue of errors" at his birth is to receive a compensation package worth £8.5 million.

‘Drug consumption rooms’ already operate in 10 countries around the world, including Canada, Australia, Germany and Spain

'Shooting galleries': The drug plan that could be too liberal even for Brighton

Plans for Britain’s first legal ‘consumption rooms’ are unsettling the resort widely touted as a prime location

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Watch out Watford: Here comes the secretive Bilderberg Group

Watch out Watford: Here comes the secretive Bilderberg Group

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'The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system'

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Dating website pulls intimate 'hook-up' section to curb harassment
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Not secure any more: G4S boss heads for exit at last

Nick Buckles survived the Olympics débâcle and a £5bn bid fiasco but a profit warning finally triggered his downfall
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How to say ‘I’m a sellout’

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Why clubs are keen to take a stand

Why clubs are keen to take a stand

There's a real desire around the grounds for safe standing. But will the authorities listen?
In the end the fans decided Tony Pulis had made a pig's ear of the job at Stoke City

In the end the fans decided Tony Pulis had made a pig's ear of the job at Stoke City

Disillusion with a siege mentality and negative playing style made change inevitable
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
Stuart Hogg: Ready to climb his own Everest

Stuart Hogg: Ready to climb his own Everest

Lions' cub, 20, joins long line of players from Scottish borders club Hawick given opportunity to make his mark at highest level
Carl Froch handed rare chance of revenge with dream rematch

Steve Bunce on Boxing

Carl Froch handed rare chance of revenge with dream rematch against Mikel Kessler
'There is a battle going on inside us that is never discussed'

Masculinity in crisis?

'There is a battle going on inside us that is never discussed'
Have US shock jocks gone too far?

Have US shock jocks gone too far?

An incendiary remark from Rush Limbaugh may be the beginning of the end for outspoken right-wing US broadcasters
The ‘Beverly Hills’ of Surrey pays more income tax than big cities of the North

The ‘Beverly Hills’ of Surrey

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Heavenly Bodies

Heavenly Bodies

Michael Landy's artistic marriage made in heaven... and hell