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Students march over lack of jobs

Thousands of demonstrators are expected to gather in London on Wednesday in the first high-profile student protest since 2010.

Battersea Power Station offered for sale

One of the UK's most striking buildings is to be offered for sale on the open market for the first time in its history.

Two arrested in Anonymous and Lulzsec probe

Two men have been arrested in Doncaster and Wiltshire in connection with online attacks by hacking gangs Anonymous and LulzSec, Scotland Yard said.

Brian Viner: Kennington's venue of epic deeds

From Bradman's duck to historic wins for India and Pakistan, The Oval has seen it all

In the dock: the thieves who took goods on an industrial scale

Courts sit through the night to hear 2,000 cases as police raids continue to recover massive hauls

Through the keyhole: Self-storage units aren’t just for stashing junk

They're cheap and convenient, if not spacious – no wonder we're using self-storage units for more than just junk. Nick Harding uncovers a mini-boom in box rooms

100 years on, the man so great he was given the Cup to keep

Fine dining and bling are easily affordable to millionaire footballers such as Ashley Cole. Yet while the Chelsea and England full-back broke Lord Arthur Kinnaird's record of five FA Cup winners' medals last May, it is highly unlikely that he, or any player involved in this weekend's ties, will ever take the silverware home as his own property after a banquet in his honour.

Brasserie Toulouse-Lautrec 140 Newington Butts, Kennington, London SE11

Ah Piaf, Lautrec, l'escargot... It's enough to give 'the armpit of London' a good name

Labour selects candidate for Barnsley seat

The Labour Party has chosen its candidate for the expected by-election in Barnsley Central.

MP Eric Illsley resigns after expenses shame

Disgraced Eric Illsley said today that he was quitting as an MP after being convicted of dishonestly claiming more than £14,000 in expenses.

Alice Barnard: Hunting for a new political strategy

The Countryside Alliance's new chief executive wants it to move beyond marches to make itself heard, she tells Jonathan Brown

Police failings found in murdered girl probe

Independent investigators highlighted a series of police failings today that preceded the brutal murder of a 15-year-old girl by her violent and obsessive ex-boyfriend.

Outside The Box: Everton get with programme and transfer rare gem to United

A friendly gesture from Everton, who have allowed the Manchester United museum to borrow what is claimed to be the oldest known United programme. It is for a game in April 1889 between Everton and Newton Heath, forerunners of United, who went bankrupt some 13 years later.

Brough and ready Giants take huge step towards final

Warrington Wolves 22, Huddersfield Giants 34
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Sri Lankan cuisine is light, sunny, wonderfully spiced – and so easy to cook from scratch. Just as soon as you've broken into the coconut, that is.
Sir James Dyson’s latest project: Cleaning up hospitals

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One man returns to Argentina's town that drowned

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Gordon Ramsay's worst nightmare: A restaurant he cannot save

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