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Prince Michael of Kent backs charity set up by pretend hero of Mumbai siege
PRINCE MICHAEL of Kent has lent his name as a patron to a charity run by a British businessman who...
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Speed-camera clusters to police 20mph residential zones
A NEW generation of average speed cameras will police 20mph zones in residential areas for the first...
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University chiefs enjoy lavish free housing as staff face job cuts
UNIVERSITY vice-chancellors are living rent-free in multi-million-pound “grace-and-favour” homes...
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Mr and Mrs Jonesmith: modern couples mesh surnames
WHEN Richard Harland and Louise Anderson married this spring in front of 200 guests at a...
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Think tank: National service for 7-year-olds
‘Broken Britain” has become a broken record. Politicians and commentators sketch a society consumed...
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Crash, bang, wallop, what a picture . . . - yesterday
Next time you prang your car, do not be surprised if the driver or cyclist you have unfortunately...
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Times guide to the big beasts of the City - 22 hours ago
The dealmaker
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At leisure: ‘You need both the practitioners and the politicians to work together’ - 22 hours ago
We are sitting in Jo Valentine’s drawing room on a Sunday afternoon, drinking tea and sheltering...
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To buy or not to buy, that is the question - 22 hours ago
Pique is an unfortunate emotion, one that could be costly for millions of bruised Lloyds...
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Game may be up for the Christmas turkey - 22 hours ago
Middle England may be losing its taste for the traditional turkey and sprouts. Waitrose, the...
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Sales the key as Ineos juggles £5.9bn debt - 22 hours ago
In a village, deep in the New Forest, four men are taking apart and putting back together a chemical...
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French gulp as global warming alters wines
Forget about melting ice caps and traumatised polar bears. The French are up in arms about the...
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Australia's 'Mad Monk' deals blow to eco-campaign
THE new leader of Australia’s opposition, Tony Abbott, was celebrating two by-election victories...
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Chinese pay toxic price for a green world
Just outside the heavily polluted industrial city of Baotou, Inner Mongolia, surrounded by...
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Colton Harris-Moore, the barefoot boy bandit, outfoxes sheriffs
In the forests and remote islands around Seattle, police are setting traps for a barefoot teenage...
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Pooch platoon gives traumatised troops new life
WHEN John Landry takes his romanian sheepdogs for a walk along the boardwalk of Old Town Alexandria,...
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Nenad Milijas earns Wolves first win in ten games
THIS was better by Wolves, but the cheer with which the drained home supporters greeted the final...
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Correspondents: the rise of virtual tourism - 22 hours ago
Where did you click to on holiday? Virtual tourism is the new next big thing, enabling us to visit...
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The world's best Christmas shopping - 22 hours ago
“Chocolate is a much-loved indulgence; now that we know it keeps the skin young, I keep buying it....
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Copenhagen: Europe's greenest city - 22 hours ago
The receptionist at the Danish Design Centre in Copenhagen was a woman of few words. “This will...
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Seeing Santa’s bones in bustling Bari - 22 hours ago
Bari’s atmospheric centre, a honeycomb of cobbled lanes, historic churches and intimate corners, is...
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Sir Steve Redgrave skis Olympic Whistler - 22 hours ago
It had snowed heavily the previous night and the powder was 2ft deep. We stood at the top of the...
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More than 1,200 UK shopping websites shut down - yesterday
More than 1,200 illegal internet shopping websites that have made millions of pounds for criminals...
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MySpace enters net music fray with ads-free service - 2 days ago
Spotify, the internet music streaming company, is facing its biggest threat yet with the start of a...
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In your Facebook. Daughter of GM chief Fritz Henderson takes online revenge - 2 days ago
If anybody needed a lesson on what not to do when dad loses his job, Sarah Henderson, daughter of...
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Eastern European organised crime recruits British ‘mules’ to launder stolen millions - 2 days ago
Organised criminals from Eastern Europe are duping British jobseekers, including accountants and...
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Coders, exploits, nics and drops – welcome to the world of web crime - 2 days ago
The image of online criminals as amateur hackers, breaking into computer systems for kicks, has been...
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Police investigate forged Tracey Emin festive circular - yesterday
The note that dropped through letterboxes in Spitalfields a few weeks ago appeared at first sight to...
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The world’s smallest snowman, walking in the hair - yesterday
The world’s smallest “snowman”, measuring about a fifth of the width of a human hair, has been...
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Robots enlisted by British Library to help preserve nation’s memory - yesterday
The British Library’s huge new automated storage centre was opened yesterday. Much of the sorting...
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£40m offer to buy Blackpool Tower and Winter Gardens - yesterday
Blackpool Council is trying to buy the town’s landmark Tower and Winter Gardens, as part of a plan...
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East Germany's little green man makes a name for himself in the West - yesterday
A squat, sprightly little man with a rimmed hat and a bit of a tummy, he hurries along, his short...
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Vegetables to die for help Montacute’s men to reach ripe old age - yesterday
A little village in Somerset has been identified as Britain’s safest place for old men to grow even...
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Celebrity Watch: Easy Tiger Woods! - yesterday
Down. Tiger Woods
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