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This time it's John Terry who refuses to shake hands as Chelsea captain snubs FA chairman David Bernstein at Champions League trophy handover
Saturday 20 April 2013
Chelsea captain in public rebuke of FA chairman during handover of trophy
'Cheer team if not Odemwingie,' says West Brom manager
Thursday 21 February 2013
Steve Clarke has urged West Bromwich Albion supporters not to let their feelings towards striker Peter Odemwingie affect their backing for the team in Saturday's home game with Sunderland.
Steve Clarke asks West Brom fans not to let Peter Odemwingie anger affect team
Thursday 21 February 2013
Striker tried to push through move to QPR
Altmann quits Saga for independent role
Wednesday 13 February 2013
Ros Altmann has stepped down as director general of Saga, the group that offers advice and financial services to the over-fifties, after only two and a half years.
Saga Zone: Social website for elderly shut down over 'racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic' comments
Wednesday 06 February 2013
An online forum for elderly people has been shut down because of “racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic comments” – proving that you’re never too old to become an online troll.
'Total victory' for Iceland over UK in saga of Icesave depositors
Tuesday 29 January 2013
Editorial: What about Britain's tax havens?
Friday 04 January 2013
The implications of the closure of Wegelin for the rest of Switzerland's secretive banks are far reaching indeed.
Prepare to die all over again as Dark Souls 2 announced
Monday 10 December 2012
From Software's follow-up out to 'surprise and delight' its fans
I'm glad Danny Nightingale's out of prison - but even for a member of the elite SAS, keeping a pistol is asking for trouble
Friday 30 November 2012
No matter how elite you are, it's bludgeoned into every soldier - watch your ammo
Judge who upset Chávez claims she was raped in prison
Tuesday 27 November 2012
The trial of Maria Afiuni, who has been in detention for three years, could begin today
Editorial: Only total transparency will do, Prime Minister
Sunday 04 November 2012
If there is one thing the Prime Minister should learn from the latest revelations about his text message exchanges with Rebekah Brooks, it is that suspicions about their unpublished communications are not going to go away. However harmless, however innocent the content, the drip-drip of such missives into the public domain will be interpreted as evidence that there is more, and that somewhere there lurks damaging information that is being deliberately concealed.
Outrage as former head of benefits agency Lord Bichard says the retired should take up community service or have their pensions docked
Wednesday 24 October 2012
Lord Bichard said older people had to make 'a more positive contribution' to reduce the burden they place on the state
Steve Richards: A cock-up but not a conspiracy
Tuesday 23 October 2012
Not for the first time the BBC turns a manageable drama into an unmanageable crisis. The original allegation that senior managers organised a cover-up over Jimmy Savile because they were planning to broadcast a hagiography was absurd, wrong and could have been addressed easily.
Ferdinand disobeys angry Ferguson as racism row refuses to go away
Sunday 21 October 2012
Various Premier League players break ranks with Kick It Out campaign as Chelsea stay loyal to Terry
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- 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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