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Fate of the nation: will election day save Britain?

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Britain is in serious trouble, the mood is sombre, and voters heading for the polls have a momentous decision to make

'Worst ever' oil spill leaves ecosystem in peril

Fishermen and professional spill handlers lay vast booms across the ocean, as scale of disaster is seen overtaking Exxon Valdez

President’s death may spark power struggle

President Yar’Adua of Nigeria, whose long illness plunged Africa’s most populous state into a constitutional crisis, has died

Car bomb suspect is son of air force chief

Faisal Shahzad, who was arrested on a Dubai-bound flight, was unremarkable and there was little to suggest his plans

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A riot policeman falls after being ihit with molotov cocktail near the Greek parliament in Athens

Black day for Greece as riots rage on

Witnesses relive harrowing scenes as a fire started by protesters’ petrol bombs engulfs a bank in Athens, killing three workers

£1m smash-and-grab raid at Westfield centre

Police cars chase gang who used sledgehammers to break through fire doors in early morning raid on De Beers and Tiffany

Soldiers charged for mobiles they can’t use

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Scorer of the winning goal Tottenham?s Peter Crouch celebrates after his team?s win over Manchester City

Spurs beat Man City to clinch fourth spot

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Tidjane Thiam, the Prudential chief executive

How the Prudential dream turned sour

The company’s bid to become Asia’s biggest insurer was thrown into doubt by one call from the Financial Services Authority

Ian Dyson to leave M&S for top job at Punch

Marks & Spencer’s finance director announces resignation on Marc Bolland’s second day as the retailer’s chief executive

Bear Stearns ‘a goose about to be eaten alive’

Jimmy Cayne, the banking group’s former chief, has told an inquiry that it was torn apart by hedge fund wolves

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Roberto Mancini will need to impress very quickly next season to keep his job

Mancini may pay for failure to buy success

The Manchester City manager will almost certainly start next season in charge at Eastlands but his long-term future is unsure

Morgan gives England hope of reaching semis

Andy Flower and his side optimistic that they are bound for the World Twenty20 semi-finals despite not winning a game yet

Capello decides to forgo presidential suite

England manager relieved that £27 million training complex in Rustenburg has been officially opened after an anxious wait

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Matthew Etherington celebrates scoring the winner against Fulham

Defeat fails to spoil Craven Cottage party

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Unsure how to vote? I can help

I agree that it’s time for a change. Electoral reform is my top priority. So guess who am I going to vote for?

Call in the IMF to tell us how bad it really is

The next government needs the backing of the big boys to drive through cuts. It’s much worse than we think

Don’t write the Restoration out of history

The 350th anniversary of the return of the monarchy must not pass without celebration

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Walls to walls: walk from stately Arundel Castle to the battlements of Amberley

South Downs: the UK's new National Park

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50 summer adventure holidays

Time travel: the Nile valley at Minya, the river craft and the tomb decorations are little changed since Flaubert's voyage

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Life and Style  

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How to make the perfect cream tea

An intrepid journalist goes in search of the perfect English cream tea

Tana Ramsay: ‘My dinners are always a bit haphazard’

The cookery writer and wife of Gordon Ramsay prefers her home to be a sanctuary with informal dining and good friends

The best wines to drink on election night

Election night gives me the excuse to truffle through my cellar in search of wines from previous general election years

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Three stars for Holding the Man

David Berthold’s production is overlong, but it’s staged with brio and has a good stab at evading issue-play stodginess

Morecambe and Wise just weren't funny

The material Jon Culshaw played in Morecambe and Wise: the Garage Tapes didn't do enough to make Chris Campling laugh

Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings

It was a delight to see these veterans gainfully employed in a task that brought them and their audience much pleasure

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