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Cycling: Chris Froome stays out in front on Tour of Romandie
Thursday 25 April 2013
Team Sky's Chris Froome stayed safely out of trouble to hold on to the overall lead in the Tour of Romandie.
Davis Cup: GB reward for Russia victory may be tie against Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer
Tuesday 09 April 2013
Leon Smith's team will learn their next opponents on Wednesday
Pound climbs after MPC holds off printing money
Friday 08 March 2013
Sterling rallied yesterday as the Bank of England shrugged off fears of a triple-dip recession and held fire on pumping billions extra into the UK's flatlining recovery.
Wanted: Police reveal list of 17 high-risk foreign criminals believed to be hiding in UK
Monday 04 February 2013
A wanted list including a rapist, robbers and pimps all thought to be on the run in Britain was revealed today.
'Don't come to Britain, it's horrible and wet': New advertising campaign aims to put Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants off a new life in the UK
Monday 28 January 2013
Government ministers are contemplating running a negative ad campaign to put off eastern European immigrants who plan on coming to Britain, reports have claimed.
Lithuanian prosecutors open investigation into multi-million dollar tax fraud by Russian organised crime group
Monday 21 January 2013
Prosecutors in Lithuania have opened an investigation into a multi-million dollar tax fraud carried out by a Russian organised crime group which used the Baltic nation’s banks to launder some of their money.
New immigrant total impossible to predict, says David Cameron
Monday 14 January 2013
David Cameron insisted today that it was currently impossible to predict immigration levels from Bulgaria and Romania when access restrictions are lifted at the end of this year.
Jonas Mekas, Serpentine Gallery, London
Thursday 06 December 2012
"Just images, just images," murmurs the narrator of Jonas Mekas’ new 80 minute film Out-takes from the Life of a Happy Man (2012).
Hearts agree settlement to pay back taxes
Tuesday 04 December 2012
The dispute related to players loaned to Hearts from Lithuanian club Kaunas.
IoS classical review: LPO/Jurowski, Royal Festival Hall, London
London Sinfonietta, Purcell Room, London
LSO/Bychkov/Kavakos, Barbican Hall, London
Sunday 02 December 2012
Death and grief prompt searing scores, interpreted with pathos and passion
Last night's viewing - Jewish Mum of the Year, Channel 4; Fresh Meat, Channel 4
Wednesday 10 October 2012
Hard on the heels of a rebuke from the Advertising Standards Agency for an "irresponsible" and "offensive" campaign that "reaffirmed negative stereotypes" of the Traveller community, Channel 4 continues its proud commitment to minority caricature with the barely credible Jewish Mum of the Year. Let's get the mitigating circumstances out of the way first, since it won't take long.
Shoppers rush to pay credit card bills
Friday 31 August 2012
Nervous shoppers are paying off their credit cards at the fastest rate for nearly six years, the Bank of England said yesterday.
Paralympics: Goalball gets underway at the Copperbox
Thursday 30 August 2012
When the Copperbox played host to the handball during the Olympic Games it quickly gained a reputation for being one of the park's more raucous venues. Today the atmosphere was markedly more sedate. But when you play goalball, silence is golden.
China secure first gold medal of the London 2012 Paralympic Games
Thursday 30 August 2012
China's Zhang Cuiping won the first gold medal of the London Paralympics as the Shooting got underway at the Royal Artillery Barracks today.
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