Lena Corner reports on her struggle to turn her three-bed into a 2012 money-spinner.

Second-hand clothing retailer Beyond Retro is gearing up for UK expansion and has signed up for a fourth store.

A few sore heads around here yesterday after our little shindig to mark the 100th issue of i.

The musician and songwriter can teach all cramped city dwellers a thing or two.

Being a liberal means sharing – schools, streets and jobs. The uncomfortable truth is that most of us forget our high-minded principles when it gets close to home, says Bill Tuckey

"What," asks the teacher, "have Sir Elton John, Alexander the Great, William Shakespeare and Clare Balding got in common?"

Two men were jailed for a minimum of 19 years today for stabbing a young father and running over his body.

There were obviously mixed emotions in the Miliband household last Saturday night after the afternoon's shock result; whoever would have thought that David's favourites Arsenal would be beaten at home by West Bromwich Albion? No wonder he was having to put on such a brave face for the cameras. Ed, of course, was in much better form, after Leeds' late winner in the Yorkshire derby with Sheffield United, for we can confirm that it is at Elland Road where his heart lies (he might not have been feeling quite so smug after the astonishing 6-4 defeat at home to Preston in midweek). The Miliband family lived in Leeds during the 1970s and Ed is now a Doncaster MP. As Leeds followers sing whenever they play Donny: "You're just a town full of Leeds fans." Of the five candidates for the Labour party leadership, only Diane Abbott did not declare her football allegiance, although as the representative of Hackney North and Stoke Newington she could reasonably choose between Tottenham and Leyton Orient (tough call, Di). Andy Burnham, who recently said he would rather play for Everton in the FA Cup final than become Prime Minister, had a bad day last Saturday as he finished fourth out of five and the Blues hit rock bottom in the Premier League; the other candidate, Ed Balls, was also in mourning after Norwich managed to lose 2-0 at home to Hull.

First person: Not paying people favours rich kids whose parents can support them

Two baby sisters were seriously ill in hospital last night after an apparent fox attack at their home.

Diane Abbott yesterday put herself forward as a left-wing contender to succeed Gordon Brown, arguing some of her rivals for the role had been "more focussed on winning the leadership battle" than on helping defeat the Tories in the election.

It is no surprise, more than 30 years later, to have it all but officially confirmed that the police caused the death of Blair Peach

Letter to <i>The Independent</i> reveals concerns about Conservative policy