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Euthanasia case gets legal go-ahead
Monday 12 March 2012
The High Court today ruled that a paralysed man can begin legal proceedings for a doctor to end his "intolerable life".
Her Maj's top tips for business trips
Friday 09 March 2012
Yesterday the Queen set off on the first leg of her Jubilee tour. By her Maj's usual standards the 100-mile, one-hour trip from London to Leicester was nothing. She is, after all, the most travelled monarch in history having traipsed through 129 countries on 256 overseas tours – with never a day off sick. And thanks to Sir Peter Tapsell MP we now know the secret to her constitution: she never eats shellfish, watermelon or salad while abroad.
DVD: Contagion (12)
Friday 02 March 2012
Steven Soderbergh's virus thriller is blessed with the sort of starry cast – Kate Winslet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Matt Damon – that use to pop up in the finest Seventies disaster movies, but it forgoes the unhinged histrionics that made The Poseidon Adventure, for instance, such a hoot.
Travel gifts: Upgrade your Christmas list
Saturday 10 December 2011
Globetrotting friends? Sophie Lam has the perfect presents
'It's with regret that capital punishment is not a possible option,' say grieving Yeates family
Saturday 29 October 2011
"Deceitful and manipulative" Vincent Tabak was convicted of murdering Joanna Yeates yesterday, as the truth behind his sordid sex life was exposed.
Yeates's killer had fetish for strangling blonde women – but jury wasn't told
Saturday 29 October 2011
Dutchman found guilty of murdering landscape architect
Contagion, Steven Soderbergh, 106 mins (12A) Blood in the Mobile, Frank Piasecki Poulsen, 85 mins (12A)
Sunday 23 October 2011
Few thrills or spills, and not much else to detain you, in Steven Soderbergh's star-studded but curiously restrained thriller about a global virus outbreak
IT expert tracks down stolen laptop
Monday 15 August 2011
An IT expert managed to outsmart a burglar who stole his laptop during the riots, tracking him down through cyberspace.
Virgin seeks 'fairer' departure tax arrangements
Monday 18 July 2011
The Air Passenger Duty (APD) airport departure tax is resulting in long-haul flight passengers subsidising short-haul travel by £222 million a year, Virgin Atlantic Airways said today.
Tips and deals of the week: 26/06/2011
Sunday 26 June 2011
The Deal
National Express has introduced a flat-rate fare of £9 one way to more than 900 destinations in England, Scotland and Wales.
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Virgin pilots vote for strike
Tuesday 21 June 2011
Virgin Atlantic pilots have voted by a massive 97% to go on strike in a row over pay, raising the threat of summer walkouts which would cause travel chaos.
Investment Column: Aveva may be strong but it is also pricey
Thursday 26 May 2011
Innovation; Hogg Robinson
Simon Calder: High drama is a battle of competing interests
Wednesday 25 May 2011
Every compelling drama has conflict at its root. You may mistakenly have concluded that the latest ash clash pits pilots and holidaymakers against volcanoes.
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