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Where to go after a September city break in Rome – seaside or countryside?
Tuesday 23 July 2013
Q. We are hoping to go to Rome in September for a long weekend. How easy would it be to extend the stay with a few days by the beach or in the countryside afterwards, to combine some culture with recharging the batteries? Claire Allard, Southampton
Eight injured as two trains crash into each other in Norwich
Sunday 21 July 2013
Greater Anglia service travelling at "low speed" hit an East Midlands train parked in station
The 10 Best beach gear
Tuesday 16 July 2013
Here's all you need to make sure your day by the sea is stylish and problem free... just make sure to bring them home with you
Book review: The Misunderstanding, By Irène Némirovsky
Friday 12 July 2013
Wisdom of obsessive love, found in precocious youth
British and Irish Lions Tour 2013: Jamie Roberts, Mike Phillips and Alex Corbisiero making good progress in bid to be fir for third Test against Australia
Tuesday 02 July 2013
The British and Irish Lions are hopeful that Jamie Roberts, Mike Phillips and Alex Corbisiero will be passed fit for Saturday's series decider against Australia at ANZ Stadium.
Poor children are being let down by schools, warns Ofsted
Thursday 20 June 2013
The TeachFirst initiative is narrowing the attainment gap between rich and poor pupils
Man and teen drown in disused quarry in Northern Ireland
Sunday 02 June 2013
A man has drowned in a vain bid to rescue a teenage boy in a disused quarry in Northern Ireland.
Tips and deals of the week: The English Seaside by Peter Williams, 76 Main in Nantucket and Air Europa to Uruguay
Saturday 01 June 2013
The book
Film review: The Look of Love (18)
Thursday 25 April 2013
Michael Winterbottom's biopic of Soho porn and property baron Paul Raymond (Steve Coogan) is a Janus-faced affair. On the one hand, it's a bit of a romp.
Houston, we have an escape: discover the pleasures of the Texan Riviera
Saturday 06 April 2013
Follow the lyrics of a great songwriter to discover fine beaches and rich heritage. Simon Calder is a fellow down Galveston way
Could shock death of David Hockney's friend and studio assistant Dominic Elliott
cause Bridlington's most famous resident
to end domestic exile in Yorkshire?
Tuesday 19 March 2013
Tragedy has brought unwanted media attention to the remote doorstep of the Pop Art pioneer
Appleton out to upset Holloway's applecart
Friday 07 December 2012
Michael Appleton, the Blackpool manager, wants to get the better of his predecessor at the club, Ian Holloway, in today's trip to Crystal Palace in the Championship.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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