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Cambodian officers search the wreckage after the factory collapse

New fears over safety standards as two workers die in Cambodian factory collapse

Taiwanese-owned factory was making sports shoes Asics

Theatre production 'Mess' offers an informative and witty account about anorexia

Theatre review: Mess, The Nightingale, Brighton Fringe

An informative and witty account of anorexia that constantly prods away at the strangeness of its subject matter

A woman who managed to find toilet paper at a private store in Caracas, Venezuela

Toilet rolls run out: An inconvenience or move to destabilize Venezuela?

President blames anti-government forces for causing shortages

Sophie Lau has become the third casualty of the boardroom in The Apprentice 2013

The Apprentice 2013: You're fired, Sophie Lau! The candidate who claimed she was better at teamwork because she went to university

Sophie Lau has become the third casualty of the boardroom in series nine of The Apprentice.

Today's Google Doodle celebrates train model maker Frank Hornby

Frank Hornby: Google Doodle tracks down story of toy maker behind train sets and Meccano to celebrate 150th birthday

The search engine Google is celebrating the 150th birthday of visionary toy maker Frank Hornby, whose model railways, Meccano sets and Dinky toys are still being played with by children today.

The eight-storey building Rana Plaza which collapsed and killed at least 1,127

Bangladesh factory collapse: Gap refuses to back safety deal

Attempt to improve conditions for textile workers frustrated by American retailer

The Business Matrix: Tuesday 14 May 2013

High rollers knock 5% off Rank profits

Reshma Begum at a hospital in Savar, Bangladesh

'I will not work in a garment factory again': surviving seamstress Reshma Begum tells of her 17-day ordeal in rubble of collapsed Dhaka building

Reshma Begum, the 19-year-old seamstress rescued from the Rana Plaza last week, said on Monday that she would never again work in another garment factory.

Creations from Prada’s Fall-Winter 2013-2014 collection

Is Prada posher than Primark? Not in the service stakes

The designer label has slipped down the shopping chart since last year

Inundated companies set bar higher for job seekers

The labour market has become a "battleground" for job seekers, with 45 applicants chasing every low-skilled job and 29 candidates fighting for higher-skilled posts, according to new figures.

Sir Alex Ferguson wipes a tear at an emotional Old Trafford farewell

'Thanks Gaffer': Sir Alex Ferguson's complicated relationship with Manchester United fans meant they rarely had any songs for him

Stretford End provides send off for Ferguson, a manager Manchester United will miss more than anyone knows

David Ranta, centre, spent 23 years in prison for a murder he did not commit

Did the NYPD's star homicide detective rig evidence to secure dozens of convictions?

Louis Scarcella’s investigations are being re-examined after witnesses have recanted

Arty-tarty: Annabel Scholey and Oliver Cotton in Peter Nichols's Passion Play

Theatre review: Passion Play - Can I speak to the real operator?

An adulterous husband, a fragile wife, and their alter egos unravel in another Peter Nichols revival

Tahmina Akhter Sadia was lucky to escape, but now has no job

'They slapped us if we argued. We wiped our tears and went to work': The brutal existence of a Bangladeshi garment worker

Tahmina Akhter Sadia was in the Rana Plaza when it collapsed. She describes how the disaster unfolded

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National archives: Edward VIII’s phone calls - and how MI5 bugged them

Edward VIII’s phone calls - and how MI5 bugged them

Newly unearthed papers reveal a shocking extra dimension to the constitutional crisis over monarch’s abdication
Sent down at the Old Bailey: A tour of the world's most famous court

Sent down at the Old Bailey

A tour of the world's most famous court
Hollywood's random acts of red-carpet kindness

Hollywood's random acts of red-carpet kindness

The Hangover actor Zach Galifianakis’s date for his movie premieres isn’t arm candy  – it’s his 87-year-old friend who he saved from homelessness
British football scores an own goal

British football scores an own goal

Many managers barely survive a year in post. Martin Baker talks to experts who make a case for clubs using forensic business skills to find the best staff
James Lawton: Sergio Garcia cracks as major fault line opens up again

James Lawton

Sergio Garcia cracks as major fault line opens up again
Dylan Hartley: Northampton have spent the season proving all our critics wrong

Dylan Hartley talks tough

Northampton have spent the season proving all our critics wrong
Watch out Watford: Here comes the secretive Bilderberg Group

Watch out Watford: Here comes the secretive Bilderberg Group

A meeting of global power brokers in a Hertfordshire hotel is exciting conspiracy theorists, but what are they really about?
'The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system': Microsoft finally unveils its Xbox ONE console

'The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system'

Microsoft finally unveils its Xbox ONE console
Plenty of Fish dating site founder pulls 'Intimate Encounters' option to ward off sleazy men

Plenty of sleaze

Dating website pulls intimate 'hook-up' section to curb harassment
Inferno author Dan Brown 'honoured' to be invited to join the Freemasons

The Freemasons’ Code

Dan Brown reveals the message that told him door to the lodge is open
Not secure any more: G4S boss heads for exit at last

Not secure any more: G4S boss heads for exit at last

Nick Buckles survived the Olympics débâcle and a £5bn bid fiasco but a profit warning finally triggered his downfall
How to say ‘I’m a sellout’: Tumblr’s David Karp’s message of reassurance to his staff sounded very familiar

How to say ‘I’m a sellout’

Tumblr’s David Karp’s message of reassurance to his staff sounded very familiar
Why clubs are keen to take a stand

Why clubs are keen to take a stand

There's a real desire around the grounds for safe standing. But will the authorities listen?
In the end the fans decided Tony Pulis had made a pig's ear of the job at Stoke City

In the end the fans decided Tony Pulis had made a pig's ear of the job at Stoke City

Disillusion with a siege mentality and negative playing style made change inevitable
James Lawton: The James Hunt I knew is the subject of a new F1 movie

James Lawton: The James Hunt I knew is the subject of a new F1 movie

British driver was fascinating man whose epic duel with Niki Lauda in 1976 was typical of an era of glamour and glory – but also the ever-present threat of death