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Rafa Benitez congratulates his Chelsea players last night

Rafa Benitez: Five goals – but we can still improve in attack

There were further anti-Benitez songs among the away support

Father whose baby son died after television fell on his head admits neglect

A man has admitted neglecting his four-month-old son who died from “catastrophic injuries” when a television weighing five stone dropped on his head.

Capital One Cup: Leeds v Chelsea match preview

A look ahead to tonight’s Capital One Cup fixture at Elland Road

Warnock: Leeds relishing chance to do a Bradford

Eight days after Bradford City upset Arsenal, the Leeds United manager, Neil Warnock, hopes for another triumph of Yorkshire over London in the Capital One Cup tonight.

Chelsea midfielder Oscar

Rafael Benitez insists there is no issue with Oscar after Brazilian's omission from Club World Cup final

Chelsea midfielder was not used in defeat to Corinthians

Neil Warnock: Leeds relishing chance to do a Bradford over Chelsea

Eight days after Bradford City upset Arsenal, the Leeds United manager, Neil Warnock, hopes for another triumph of Yorkshire over London in the Capital One Cup tonight.

Leeds manager Neil Warnock

Neil Warnock has no regrets over turning down Chelsea job

Leeds manager takes on Blues this Wednesday

A series of blunders: Social worker left papers containing sexual abuse allegations in plastic bag on train

A social worker left papers containing sexual abuse allegations in a plastic bag on a train in one of a series of blunders that saw fines for data breaches at councils hit £1.9 million.

Chelsea manager Rafael Benitez

Chelsea prepare to count cost of Club World Cup failure

Will trip to Japan impact on domestic season?

Bradley Wiggins, 32, created history this summer by becoming the Tour's first British winner of the Tour de France.
Just 10 days later he stormed home to win Olympic gold in the men's time trial.
Wiggins has now won seven Olympic medals, including four golds.
Wiggins of Chorley, Lancashire, has now returned to training after he was knocked off his bike on November 8.

Tour de France departs to Yorkshire for 2014

Leeds expected to hold two stages, including the opening prologue

Homes, G4S style: Rubbish, rising damp... and 'roaches'

Another shambles as security giant leaves asylum seeker living in squalor

Time for an economics lesson, Mr Mackenzie

An avowed Thatcherite, he seems to believe there's no such thing as society

Marlon King celebrates after scoring his first goal last night

King pair checks Middlesbrough and lifts the gloom for Birmingham City

Birmingham City 3 Middlesbrough 2

Chris Robshaw ‘is doing a great job,’ claims Stuart Lancaster

England search for quick fix for New Zealand showdown but stand behind Chris Robshaw

Lancaster gives firm backing to under-fire captain as Flood is ruled out of All Blacks game

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Female aristocrats battle to inherit the title

A passionate protest is gathering pace among the women of Britain's aristocracy, who believe that men should no longer automatically inherit the family pile and title.
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In pictures: JFK's visit to Berlin in 1963

Photographer Ulrich Mack accompanied Kennedy on the entire trip. The results are an astonishing record of a watershed moment.
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Mark Hix gets creative with English peas

English peas and their offsprings, such as mangetouts and sugar snaps, are great tossed into a salad, says our chef.
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Chef Martin Morales: Ceviche with a smile

Morales has turned South America's elegant cuisine into one of London's hottest food trends
Incredible edible: Guerrilla gardeners are planting veg for the masses in West Yorkshire

Incredible edible: Guerrilla gardeners

Holly Williams joins the volunteers who have turned a small town into a thriving community with a guerrilla gardening scheme that has provided a blueprint for sustainability.
Seasoned to taste: The restaurants that draw happy diners back year after year

Seasoned to taste: Food institutions

In an industry famed for short-lived success and pop-up pretenders, it takes something special to stick around.
Anatomy of a waiter: Service staff spill the secrets of their trade

Anatomy of a waiter: Staff spill their secrets

Next Sunday is the first ever National Waiters' Day. To celebrate, we share tales from the restaurant trenches by those in the front line.
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Drink in the sun: The season's best wines

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