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Nurse arrested on suspicion of poisoning

A nurse was arrested on suspicion of poisoning two colleagues at a hospital, it was revealed today.

Tristan und Isolde, Wagner, Glyndebourne Festival Opera

For this third revival of Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s mesmerisingly still and stylised 2003 staging, all ears were on Vladimir Jurowski, conducting his first Tristan und Isolde in the theatre. Perhaps not surprisingly (the process is a slow one) his reading was not yet the sum of its parts. You might speak of it being at the stage of discovery where aspects of its realisation are more studied than organic; but already he is feeling the febrile pulse of the opera and, equally importantly, is ready to lose himself and us in those moments of stasis that are so daringly out of time and space.

Armed man shot with Taser

A man was shot with a Taser stun gun by police at Gatwick Airport early today after being spotted carrying a handgun.

Police chief quits after shoplifting probe

A senior police officer has resigned almost a year after being arrested over allegations of shoplifting wine with a colleague, a force said today.

Round-Up: Tight win puts Sussex on top

Sussex delivered a psychological blow ahead of the Friends Provident Trophy final with a narrow victory over Lord's opponents Hampshire in the First Division of the Pro40 League at Arundel yesterday

Rusalka, Glyndebourne, Sussex<br>L'Amour de loin, Coliseum, London

Dvorak's tale of forbidden fruit in the forest is impressively sung and bewitchingly staged

Joyce fires Sussex to thrilling victory

Sussex 326-7 Gloucestershire 292

Couple who jumped with dead son are named

A grieving couple who placed the body of their dead son in a rucksack before plunging to their deaths from cliffs at Beachy Head were named today by police.

Parents leap to death with body of son

A couple killed themselves by jumping to their deaths from a notorious suicide spot with the body of their five-year-old boy in a closed rucksack. The parents were said to have been unable to come to terms with their son's death, believed to be the result of an illness.

Dead child found with Beachy Head bodies

The bodies of a man, woman and child were found at the foot of a cliff today, police said.

Handel, Giulio Cesare, Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Hail the conquering heroes. The British are coming – again.

Close-up: Danielle de Niese

The hot young soprano loves Glyndebourne so much she's about to marry the boss

Gunman holding wife is shot dead

A pensioner holding his wife hostage at gunpoint in their retirement home was shot dead by police marksmen yesterday.

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