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Carte Blanche, By Jeffery Deaver
Sunday 29 May 2011
The 10 best picture frames
Thursday 26 May 2011
From recycled materials, to digital screens, to bling that could rival a royal tiara, there’s a frame style for everyone. Get the picture?
Baby girl found dead at waste site
Thursday 19 May 2011
The body of a newborn baby girl has been found at a waste management site.
The Sketch: Willetts' policy debacle managed to make even the Lib Dems look good
Wednesday 11 May 2011
"Right – increasing Lib Dem self esteem. Proposal one. Let's get some ministerial monkey to say he's writing a White Paper for the return of apprenticeships for separating litter, or getting the homeless to build their own hovels on landfill sites. Give him a day of media. Then let Nick Clegg demand the policy gets pulled – result!"
The 10 best kitchen bins
Thursday 05 May 2011
Whether your focus is recycling, simple disposal or an odour-free environment, these are the best bins to suit the needs of the most demanding of kitchens...
Anarchy erupts in Greece as austerity bites
Sunday 17 April 2011
Violence spikes in Greek rebel town
Saturday 16 April 2011
As explosions boom, the town's loudspeakers blare: "Attention! Attention! We are under attack!" Air raid sirens wail through the streets, mingling with the frantic clanging of church bells. Clouds of tear gas waft between houses as helmeted riot police move in to push back the rebels.
Leading article: Country for hire
Saturday 16 April 2011
One might have assumed that renting an entire country would be the most extortionate of transactions. But the Principality of Liechtenstein is allegedly available for a remarkably reasonable £40,000 a night.
Newborn girl's body found near path
Wednesday 13 April 2011
The body of a newborn baby girl has been discovered in undergrowth close to a footpath.
Recycling reward schemes shunned
Sunday 10 April 2011
Financial incentive schemes designed to encourage householders to recycle more are being shunned by the majority of councils, research suggested today.
'Long Island Ripper' may be linked to old murders
Saturday 09 April 2011
The hunt for a suspected serial killer in Long Island took a dramatic new turn yesterday when the discovery of eight bodies were linked to murders of four prostitutes in Atlantic City, in neighbouring New Jersey, in 2006.
American beauty
Monday 04 April 2011
- 1 Diary of Second World War German teenager reveals young lives untroubled by Nazi Holocaust in wartime Berlin
- 2 Breaking the Silence: In the reality of occupation, there are no Palestinian civilians – only potential terrorists
- 3 Uri Geller psychic spy? The spoon-bender's secret life as a Mossad and CIA agent revealed
- 4 Viral video straps colt .45 handgun to a home-use drone
- 5 Vice pulls 'breathtakingly tasteless' fashion shoot glorifying the suicides of famous female authors from Sylvia Plath to Virginia Woolf
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