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Last night's viewing: The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England, BBC2
Friday 07 June 2013
David Walliams: Snapshot in Time, ITV
Oscar Pistorius murder trial: Documentary set to undermine evidence on row on night Reeva Steenkamp was killed
Sunday 02 June 2013
Barristers will pick over the evidence against the athlete accused of murdering Reeva Steenkamp
Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon
Wednesday 27 March 2013
David Farr's new take on Hamlet takes place in what looks like the fencing gym of a run-down public school.
Bart Simpson faces Mr Burns in court - but this is real-life Warwick, not Springfield
Thursday 21 March 2013
Judge Mr Recorder Burns gives company director Barton Simpson community order for attempting to board flight with antique hand gun
B&Q's sales are really under the weather
Thursday 21 February 2013
Kingfisher's DIY chain B&Q has followed rival Wickes in reporting a slump in UK sales after January's heavy snowfall.
The Insider: Last-minute gift inspiration
Sunday 16 December 2012
You don't need to spend a fortune on a present from a glossy design store to satisfy your interiors-mad friends…
Kingfisher boss criticises 'clunky' youth employment plan
Thursday 29 November 2012
The chief executive of B&Q-owner Kingfisher has criticised a government plan to get young people back into work as being “too clunky” and called on Chancellor, George Osborne, to help get first-time buyers onto the property ladder in next week’s Autumn Statement.
Baseball: Ready, Teddy, go! Nationals aim to follow the mascot into history
Saturday 06 October 2012
Washington DC has long been a backwater for baseball, but finally has a team to be proud of
Julian Knight: Stop sheltering dodgy freeholders, Mr Shapps
Sunday 19 August 2012
A report out this week will agree with millions of leaseholders and consumer campaigners: it's time for a system fit for purpose
It's the end of the road for dashing chief executive who lived the Lotus life
Saturday 09 June 2012
Company sacks boss over claims he gave away sports cars, reports Margareta Pagano
The White Swan Inn, Market Place, Pickering, North Yorkshire
Saturday 26 May 2012
Pickering in North Yorkshire is a country town with exactly the right sort of attractions: 12th-century castle; bustling steam railway; church with medieval wall paintings admired by Pevsner and, not least, a quietly handsome inn on the high street.
Tottenham midfielder Tom Huddlestone faces further surgery
Wednesday 15 February 2012
Tottenham midfielder Tom Huddlestone expects to miss the rest of the season after undergoing further surgery on his ankle problem later this week.
Homespun wisdom: How to redo every room in the house without breaking the bank
Sunday 12 February 2012
Think you can't afford to give your home the update it needs? Think again, says Selina Lake.
China buys into Thames Water for £500m
Saturday 21 January 2012
China has made the first of an expected flurry of investments in Britain's ailing infrastructure, buying nearly 10 per cent of Thames Water, the UK's largest water and sewage company.
- 1 Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
- 2 Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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