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News in Brief: Wimpey grows

Wimpey is to build more than 150 homes in Haringey, after landing a pounds 6m contract. The homes for rent will be built in Palace Road and Perth Road for a consortium of housing associations and should be completed next year.

Newsbrief: Money business

A new Labour council has awarded itself a 40 per cent pay rise. Councillors in Haringey, north London, made the extra money their first executive decision. Labour, which has 57 of the 59 seats on the council, raised the attendance allowances.

Council 'stalls' HIV sacking claim

A gay man who claims he was sacked for being HIV positive and is suing for wrongful dismissal believes his former employer, Haringey council, is delaying proceedings so he becomes too ill to fight the case.

Disabled voter makes her mark in London's local government campaign

Stella Doritis being helped into a polling station in Haringey, north London, yesterday after a promised ramp failed to arrive. She travelled on a Dial-a-Ride bus, which arrived at 2.30 as ordered. 'I was offered a postal vote but wanted to go myself,' she said

Education: Think big, start small, and hey presto: An inner-city scheme for schools aims to turn 'could do better' into reality for teachers and pupils, writes Karen Gold

How do you make schools better? By combining external scrutiny and in-school commitment, hard-headed analysis, thorough planning and inspiration. Or so London University's Institute of Education will argue when it launches a School Effectiveness and Improvement Centre later this year.

Schizophrenic mother killed her children: Woman responded to voices in her head telling her to kill, court told. Marianne Macdonald reports

A MOTHER who had a history of mental illness killed her children after a council took no formal steps to remove them from her care despite knowing that they were at risk, an Old Bailey court was told yesterday.

Dog attacks PC

A police constable was attacked by a pitbull terrier when he stopped to question two men on the Broadwater Farm estate in Tottenham, north London. The men were taken into custody but the dog ran off.

Man accused of severing hand

A man from Haringey, north London, was charged last night with the attempted murder of Detective Sergeant Bob Window, 39, whose hand was severed during a house search. Peter Gilchrist, a warehouseman, will appear before Haringey magistrates today. Surgeons were hopeful that they had saved DS Window's hand.
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Johnny Marr talks relationships and reunions

He's worked with Modest Mouse, the Pet Shop Boys and Beck, to name a few, and recently released his first solo album. So why, wonders Johnny Marr, do people still hark on about The Smiths?
After the flood: From Haiti to Britain, one man has captured the devastation of our increasingly deluged lands

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From Haiti to Britain, one man has captured the devastation of our increasingly deluged lands
Death becomes her: Meet the very modern mortician who champions 'cool' funerals

Death becomes her: A very modern mortician

Ever considered baking a loved one's remains into a cake or putting their ashes in fireworks? If so, talk to Caitlin Doughty, champion of the alternative death industry.
How long can the 'Keep Calm' trend carry on?

How long can the 'Keep Calm' trend carry on?

At first it seemed clever and cute. Then the 'Keep Calm' motif went mad, spawning endless offshoots.
The man who built Brum: A lament for the demise of John Madin's Brutalist Birmingham

John Madin: The man who built Brum

The architect's buildings were supposed to leave an indelible, futuristic mark on his beloved hometown but they are now being inexorably torn down.
School of chop: Learning the art of butchery at the Ginger Pig

School of chop: Learning the art of butchery

How do you butcher a lamb? Or make Mexican street food in a British kitchen? Christopher Hirst finds out.
James Pembroke: The man who's eaten everywhere

The man who's eaten everywhere

Few people know more about restaurants than James Pembroke, who only spent five mealtimes at home during his entire childhood.
A Berliner in 1963 – but did John F Kennedy once admire Adolf Hitler?

A Berliner in 1963 – but did John F Kennedy once admire Adolf Hitler?

The young JFK praised 'superior' Nordic races during visits to Germany
Banned Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof to attend Cannes Film Festival 2013, his first public appearance since prison

Banned Iranian director to attend Cannes Film Festival

Mohammad Rasoulof to make his first public appearance since being imprisoned three years ago
Seeing the larger picture: Inspiring images of space

Seeing the larger picture: Inspiring images of space

An exhibition explores images how photography has shaped astronomy
Eat Spam and carry on: Wartime pamphlets could teach us a thing or two about healthy, thrifty eating

Eat Spam and carry on

Wartime pamphlets could teach us a thing or two about healthy, thrifty eating
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Cat beards and the purrrsuit of excellence
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The 10 Best salt and pepper sets

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Ferran Soriano: Predicting success if Manchester City 'vision' is followed

Ferran Soriano: Predicting success if Manchester City 'vision' is followed

Chief executive says trophies will come if a 'core' of suitable players is in place
Thomas Müller: We couldn't handle losing a Champions League Final again

Thomas Müller: We couldn't handle losing a Champions League Final again

The Bayern Munich forward tells Tim Rich his side have to shed chokers' tag after two recent final defeats