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Snooker: World No 2 Neil Robertson crashes out of World Championship
Thursday 25 April 2013
Robert Milkins produced a stunning upset by knocking Australia's Neil Robertson out of the World Championship at the Crucible. In a first round that has seen a host of shocks, the win of the 37-year-old from Gloucester against the world No 2 was among the biggest.
Snooker: Dechawat Poomjaeng has it all to do against Michael White
Thursday 25 April 2013
On a night of comedy and high farce at the Crucible, the joke was on Dechawat Poomjaeng.
Snooker: Mark Davis punishes sloppy John Higgins
Monday 22 April 2013
Four-time winner John Higgins crashed out of the Betfair World Championship today as Mark Davis sent the Scot packing.
Snooker: Ronnie O'Sullivan's back – after a few hours' practice with a delivery driver
Tuesday 26 February 2013
'The Rocket' will defend his world title despite not playing at top level since quitting last May
Snooker: Ronnie O'Sullivan will return to defend world title
Tuesday 26 February 2013
O'Sullivan has been on sabbatical
Dark heart of teen drama will be hard to beat
Wednesday 19 December 2012
A TV remake of high-school movie Heathers won't touch the original, says Sarah Hughes
Why the dark heart of teen drama will be hard to beat
Wednesday 19 December 2012
A TV remake of high-school movie Heathers won't touch the original
'Whatever you do, just don't call me an England legend'
Wednesday 14 November 2012
A century of caps, captain for club and country, but Steven Gerrard remains his own harshest critic, writes Sam Wallace
Style shrinks: Our experts analyse Emma Watson's good-girl-goes-grunge chic
Sunday 29 April 2012
The hair/make up
Snooker: Hendry hits his groove at start of heavyweight duel
Saturday 28 April 2012
Stephen Hendry hit the front in his long-awaited first Crucible meeting with his fellow Scot John Higgins in Sheffield.
Snooker: O'Sullivan storms back to end barren run
Monday 06 February 2012
Ronnie O'Sullivan brought the house down at the Tempodrom in Berlin last night with a magnificent comeback win to beat Scot Stephen Maguire in the final of the German Masters.
Foxfinder, Finborough Theatre, London (4/5)
Thursday 15 December 2011
There hasn't been a bumper yield of great new plays this year, but now, at the eleventh hour, comes this spell-binding dystopian parable by Dawn King.
OMG's profits sink after Stan Lee project hits the rocks
Friday 02 December 2011
OMG, the British company whose technology is used in top-selling films and video games including Call Of Duty, saw it full- year profits fall 80 per cent after a project drawn up by Stan Lee of Marvel Comics hit the rocks.
Screen Talk: No fairytale ending in sight
Friday 02 September 2011
Fans of Melissa Marr's novels Wicked Lovely will have to wait a while longer to see them on the big screen.
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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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