Visitors view Gerhard Richter's 'Domplatz, Mailand (Cathedral Square, Milan)'

A 1968 oil painting by German artist Gerhard Richter sold for $37 million (£24 million) at Sotheby's contemporary art auction - a new record for a work by a living artist.

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Letters: Independent schools

Charity ruling will make schools more exclusive

Fear and loathing at equality central

Discrimination, conflicts of interest, financial irregularities: allegations against Trevor Phillips and his commission are building.

Julian Knight: Why we have to ring the changes in life insurance

And, while we're about it, let's get rid of commission-based selling, too

Scotland 'should levy its own income tax'

The Scottish Parliament should be given sweeping new powers to levy income tax in an effort to make it far more accountable to its electors, a major review of devolution concluded yesterday.

Letters: Campaign for Democracy

For true political reform, the people must have a say

Women occupy just a third of the top jobs in fashion

It's a female-dominated industry yet it discriminates against women, paying them 15 per cent less

Iraq faces the mother of all corruption scandals

Allegations of kickbacks rock key government department as 1,000 officials face arrest and Trade Minister is forced to resign

I Want Your Job: Postman

'We sing along while we work'

You're blameless, Labour tells MPs as poll shows damage done

Party sends email to members exonerating them in expenses scandal

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Grand Old Duke: The greatest scandal never told

Sex, bribery, betrayal, a royal feud and more sex – the only thing missing from the story of Mary Clarke and the Grand Old Duke of York was a tabloid press to titillate the nation, reports Andy McSmith

Newcastle get £8m Keegan claim

Kevin Keegan's legal representatives are believed to have submitted papers to the three-man Premier League tribunal that will rule on Keegan's claim for constructive dismissal from Newcastle United in early September.

The woman who sexed up Radio 2

Lesley Douglas, who resigned last night from the BBC, was not only the most powerful woman in British radio, she was also, in the view of some, the most influential person in this country's music industry.

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