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‘Balderdash’ – expert’s damning verdict on the latest claims of discredited MMR scaremonger Andrew Wakefield
Saturday 13 April 2013
The discredited doctor who triggered the MMR scare 15 years ago has pinned the blame for the outbreak of measles in south Wales on the Government.
Meat Loaf: Last at Bat Tour, O2 Arena, London
Thursday 11 April 2013
Meat Loaf staggers, hunched and panting, around the stage like a wounded hog. It's disquieting and to start with the burly singer, perspiring profusely, is more like a hedgehog out of hell for his farewell tour. However, with the considerable assistance of his brassy “backing” singer Patti Russo, a willing audience - there are lifetime Loafers here, with T-shirts to prove it - and some sensational, Jim Steinman created soft-rock ballads the 65-year-old showman pulls through.
The Masters 2013: in numbers
Wednesday 10 April 2013
Ahead of the action in Augusta, we select 18 poignant figures
The Masters 2013: Ian Poulter paired with defending champion Bubba Watson
Tuesday 09 April 2013
The two have history from the Ryder Cup
The Masters 2013: Rory McIlroy insists he's '100 per cent there' with new Nike equipment
Tuesday 09 April 2013
World number two appears to have arrested his recent slump
The Masters: Jamie Donaldson aiming to come good at Augusta
Saturday 06 April 2013
Personal fan club will support 37-year-old who has overcome injury to make his Georgia debut
Masters 2013: Winning green jacket would 'mean everything' to Rory McIlroy
Friday 05 April 2013
The world number two is out of form heading to Augusta
Lance Armstrong's pulls out of return to competitive sport as swimmer
Thursday 04 April 2013
American was due to compete in the Masters South Central Zone Swimming Championships in Texas
It won't get you clean, Lance: Armstrong returns to competition as a swimmer
Thursday 04 April 2013
This disgraced sportsman should let go of his addiction to racing
The Masters 2013: Tiger Woods under threat as chasing pack bare their teeth
Tuesday 02 April 2013
Stellar list of in-form players will vie for a slice of Masters glory at Augusta next week
Cycing: Why the shadow of Lance Armstrong still hangs over Pat McQuaid
Sunday 31 March 2013
Will Ireland turn against its own as he bids for third term as UCI chief?
Also showing: GI Joe Retaliation, One Mile Away, King of the Travellers, We Went to War and Point Blank
Saturday 30 March 2013
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (110 mins, 12A)
Rory McIlroy faces nervous wait to make cut
Friday 29 March 2013
Second-round 70 leaves former World No 1 on cusp of elimination in Masters warm-up event
Britain's search-and-rescue helicopter service to be taken over by US-based Bristow Group
Tuesday 26 March 2013
Deal spells the end of the use of Sea King helicopters - flown by the Duke of Cambridge
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Diary of Second World War German teenager reveals young lives untroubled by Nazi Holocaust in wartime Berlin
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Breaking the Silence: In the reality of occupation, there are no Palestinian civilians – only potential terrorists
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Uri Geller psychic spy? The spoon-bender's secret life as a Mossad and CIA agent revealed
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Viral video straps colt .45 handgun to a home-use drone
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Vice pulls 'breathtakingly tasteless' fashion shoot glorifying the suicides of famous female authors from Sylvia Plath to Virginia Woolf
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