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Hercule Poirot gets new lease of life, 38 years after being killed off
Belgian detective who met his end in Curtain to follow in footsteps of Bond and Holmes after Agatha Christie estate commissions Sophie Hannah to write new Poirot novel
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Full border passport checks hit illegal migrant screening and drugs seizures
Push to check all passports at UK borders means other duties are being neglected and staff are afraid to speak out, reports say
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Obama hints at larger strategy to topple Assad in effort to win over Republicans
President suggests strikes could lead to longer-term mission as tough White House rhetoric begins to win over Republicans
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Monkeys make a meal of a dog's breakfast
Simon Hoggart: Commons tackle modern lobbying bill with 96-character title, leaving no space for whinging tweets
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Five new JD Salinger books on the way
Liz Bury: No publisher has been confirmed for books that include A World War II Love Story, based on his marriage to a Nazi collaborator
Top stories p2
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Nail varnish sales boom points the way beyond the lipstick effect
Sales of polish to eclipse lipstick for the first time as celebrities and sport stars trigger surge in nail art
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Nail art reaches new heights in fashion and popular culture
From the painted talons of music maven Rihanna to sporting star Rebecca Adlington − nails are now big business
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Wonga joins ranks of top UK lenders
Controversial company's profits leap by a third to £62.5m as 1 million customers take out nearly 4 million payday loans
Top stories p3
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Parliamentary attempts to access online pornography revealed by FoI request
Daily average of more than 800 'attempts to access websites categorised as pornography' made by devices linked to network
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Breast cancer drug could save lives of more than 400 women, study shows
Tamoxifen prescribed to 13,000 females a year – but many don't finish course because of extreme side effects
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Police referrals of domestic violence cases drop 13%
Fall in number of cases being sent to Crown Prosecution Service to be considered for charge coincides with police staff cuts
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Caroline Criado-Perez says culture must change as malicious messages continue
Feminist campaigner who called for greater representation of women says she is still harassed and police can do nothing
UK news p4
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L'Enclume restaurant hailed best in the UK by 2014 Good Food Guide
Cumbrian venue nabbed the top spot in annual top 50 ranking with cuisine that is 'not science but nature'
UK news p5
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Osborne's policies have done long-term damage to economy, claims Balls
Shadow chancellor cites youth unemployment and 'stalled deficit reduction' in call for 'balanced and sustained recovery' plan
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Teenager jailed over assault on man who complained about noise
Brandon Fisher jailed for 27 months for his part in attack that left Andrew Toseland in a coma for two months
UK news p6
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England's seven-year-olds better at reading than Welsh peers
Pupils in England are also improving faster than their counterparts in Scotland, research shows
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Councils face shortage of primary school places, says LGA
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'Walkie Scorchie' building developers say they will erect temporary scaffold
Local business owners blame the London skyscraper for starting fires and causing damage by reflecting the sun's rays
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Whooping cough led lorry driver to black out in crash that killed four
Lorry driver Owen David sobs as he tells inquest of events leading up to collision in which four members of a family died
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Malala Yousafzai opens new Birmingham library
Teenage girl shot by Taliban in Pakistan says pens and books are weapons to defeat terrorism, in seven-minute speech
UK news p7
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Microsoft buys Nokia handset business for €5.4bn
Deal delivers Europe's last big handset maker into US ownership and moves Microsoft firmly into device-manufacturing business
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Microsoft can now make its own phones - but it might be tough going
Acquisition of Nokia instigated by the departing Steve Ballmer aims to propel Microsoft in battle for smartphone market share
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How Nokia went from wellies to world-beaters before the world caught up
Valued at £200bn at the apparent height of its success, the Finnish firm was eventually eclipsed by the launch of the iPhone
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Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia 'has big symbolic value,' says Finnish minister
Jan Vapaavuori says impact of sale is more emotional than financial as country begins to adapt to shift
UK news p8
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Microsoft buys Nokia: what does it mean for rivals?
What will the takeover mean for companies such as Apple, HTC, BlackBerry and Samsung – and for countries? By Charles Arthur
UK news p9
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Andrew Lansley hints at concessions as MPs criticise 'sinister' lobbying bill
Leader of the house suggests openness to changes on wording but appears instransigent on election campaigning restrictions
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Cliff Richard announces 100th album
Singer says The Fabulous Rock 'N' Roll Songbook has taken his career in full circle
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Michael Le Vell case: mother recounts when child revealed alleged sex abuse
Woman says daughter was initially calm when she told her she had been repeatedly raped as a child by Coronation Street actor
UK news p10
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James Bulger killer reportedly freed from prison again
Jon Venables, who was convicted of killing toddler in 1993, has been released from jail for second time, according to the Sun
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University of London's plan to sell rare Shakespeare plays condemned
Library plans to auction Shakespeare's first four folios to raise £3-5m for research collection
UK news p11
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Fourth plinth hopefuls square up for next commission
Shortlist of six to produce next artwork for Trafalgar Square includes British artists David Shrigley, Mark Leckey and Marcus Coates
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Turkish wine finds place on UK supermarket shelves
Waitrose becomes second UK supermarket to sell wine from one of the world's oldest wine-producing regions
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Ex-News of the World and Sunday Mirror journalist to be charged
Dan Evans accused of conspiring to intercept voicemail messages of 'well-known people and their associates'. By Josh Halliday
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Shark spotting in Essex: 'It was like a scene from Jaws'
A year after the search for the 'Essex lion', another unusual species is seen in the English county
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Al-Sweady inquiry: British soldiers to accuse colleagues of abusing Iraqis
Official confirmation that army witnesses among those making claims over killing and abuse of civilians at Camb Abu Naji
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Gravedigging criminals may have been looking for jewellery, say family
Police investigate after hole dug then disguised next to Henry and Betty Brazil's plot in Gloucester cemetery -
Vicar refuses to allow lesbian couple to both be named as child's mother
The Rev George Gebauer says he feels sorry for gay people and believes there is something wrong with their make-up
UK news p12
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Over-50s make up third of inmates at prison for sex offenders
HMP Bure near Norwich has specially adapted cells, wheelchair pushers and 26 bowls teams, inspectors' report reveals -
Soca chief given ultimatum over list of firms linked to rogue investigators
Select committee chair Keith Vaz says Serious Organised Crime Agency must publish list by Monday or he will do so
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Brecon Beacons deaths: police to interview almost 100 army personnel
More than 20 detectives working on inquiry into deaths of three army reservists in July heatwave, pre-inquest hearing told
UK news p13
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Under the Skin – Venice 2013: first look review
A sexy space alien hunts men in Scotland in this extraordinary malarial dream from Jonathan Glazer, writes Xan Brooks
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Under the Skin serves up Venice film festival's Marmite moment
Scene where undercover Scarlett Johansson falls over in Glasgow city centre gets a mixed reaction
UK news p16
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Syrian conflict brings sectarian tensions to Turkey's tolerant Hatay province
Erdogan's Islamist government accused of exploiting religious divisions in Antakya, long renowned for its ethnic diversity
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Israeli test of anti-missile defence system causes jitters across region
Launch of target missile to test ballistic shield seen as warning to Syria despite US and Israel playing down exercise as 'routine'
International p18
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Nine Tory MPs who did not back Syria strike received Assad's hospitality
MPs speak of their experiences on trips over past 10 years, and decisions to abstain or vote against motion for military action
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William Hague to meet Syria rebel leaders for talks on further aid
Foreign secretary insists that practical help given to opposition will not extend to arming their forces
International p19
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Nazi massacre village Oradour-sur-Glane: where ghosts must live on
France fears for ruins of wartime atrocity – in which 642 died – that De Gaulle said should forever bear witness to brutality
International p20
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Vanity Fair celebrates 100-year anniversary with Kate Upton cover
Graydon Carter brings together heavyweight writers and photographers, and creates online 'anniversary hub'
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Japan earmarks £300m+ for Fukushima cleanup
Tokyo unveils measures to decontaminate toxic water at nuclear power plant as Tepco struggles to prevent leaks into Pacific
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Mexico police launch manhunt for vigilante 'huntress of bus drivers'
Bus drivers in Ciudad Juárez fear for their lives after claims that middle-aged woman killed two as revenge for past sexual crimes
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Afghanistan's forces losing more than a few good men. And women
Army and police bleeding recruits due to Taliban threats, lack of pay and apathy as west prepares to reduce security role
International p21
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Bettencourt butler and five journalists to stand trial for breach of privacy
Investigative website Mediapart and news weekly Le Point obtained butler's tapes of L'Oreal heiress's private conversations
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Unilever apologises for 'homophobic' Flora advert in South Africa
Margarine commercial appeared to suggest finding out your child is gay is like being shot through the heart
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Libya at a crossroads as strikes threaten oil supplies
Production slumps as workers seize ports in protest at Tripoli's failure to revive moribund economy despite bumper oil revenues
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Diana Nyad 'through with the ocean' after Cuba-Florida swim
American woman says she intends to raise money for charity with further endurance swims – in swimming pools
International p24
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Tour de France riders live longer, say researchers
Study found mortality rate among riders in gruelling bicycle race was 41% lower than average for other French men
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China bans officials' use of public funds for buying mooncakes as gifts
President Xi Jinping bans usage of public money ahead of Mid-autumn festival in fight against corruption and waste
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Israel orders school textbook publishers to remove sex education material
Critics say amendment of content on human reproduction and contraception is capitulation to ultra-Orthodox extremism
International p25
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White South Africans' move to black township draws praise and accusations
Hewitt family say move to Mamelodi highlighted problem that tourists see more of black South Africa than white locals
International p26
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UK economy upgraded by OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development gives vote of confidence, revising growth forecast from 0.8% to 1.5%
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Tesco rapped for implying horsemeat scandal affected whole food industry
Supermarket's ad at height of crisis tarred all food retailers and suppliers when relatively few instances had been identified, says ASA
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GSK ran hospital bribery programme, say Chinese police
State media report claims wrongdoing was part of GlaxoSmithKline's corporate strategy and not caused by rogue salespeople
Financial p27
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Eyewitness: Hyderabad, India
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Photographs from the Guardian Eyewitness series
Eyewitness p28
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HMRC to use consumer payments data in business tax clampdown
Data on all card payments to UK firms and traders will be made available to the Revenue to verify the number and value of transactions completed by specific traders
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Alitalia calls in boutique investment bank to advise on cash crisis
Italian airline, which has been bailed out repeatedly by the state, needs to raise more than €400m to stay afloat
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Payday lending: Wonga's business model is slick despite moral qualms
The company's post-tax profits rose 36% in six years to £62.5m and four million loans totalling £1.2bn were advanced -
GlaxoSmithKline's tussle with China is getting messier and riskier
The significance is that – if proved – it would be harder for GSK to argue that it is the victim of a few rogue elements
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Spanish jobless total falls – by just 31
August unemployment figure drops for first time in 13 years but remains close to 4.7 million, or a quarter of the workforce
Financial p30
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Burberry launches fragrance for men
Burberry has launched Brit Rhythm a perfume for men its first fragrance since taking its beauty business in-house in April
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Property firms back calls for revamping business rates
UK income from business rates was nearly €35bn in 2010 compared with €15bn in France, says British Property Foundation
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South African gold miners strike over 'slave wages in white man's economy'
80,000 miners walk out in industrial action that will cost country £22m a day as government admits it can only plead for solution
Financial p31
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English sparkling wine deal turns Ashcroft into fizz magnate
Tory peer's acquisition of retired orthopaedic surgeon's 'turnip patch' is latest sign of rising confidence in English fizz after perfect summer
Financial p32
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Prom 68: Oslo PO/Petrenko – review
The Oslo players found colour in Tchaikovsky and Szymanowski but lacked fire, writes Andrew Clements
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Elton John – review
The Brits icon award concert showed Elton in expansive form – storytelling and striving for perfection, writes Caroline Sullivan
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Rudresh Mahanthappa – review
Free improv was at the heart of Mahanthappa's effortlessly multilingual set, writes John Fordham
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William Tyler – review
Imposing visions of natural beauty came to the fore as Tyler built an entire guitar orchestra from one instrument, writes Mark Beaumont
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The Be Good Tanyas – review
A new lineup veered uneasily between the exquisite and the pleasantly soporific, writes Robin Denselow
Reviews p33
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I marvel at Vasily Petrenko's bravery. But generalisations belong to bigotry
Simon Jenkins: Minorities like women conductors have made welcome strides – as a result of merit, not positive discrimination
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Two quarters of growth don't mean George Osborne's policy has worked
Ed Balls: Talk of an economic recovery rings hollow to ordinary families in Britain, who are still seeing their living standards fall
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The agony of no school places for five-year-olds: how did we come to this?
Fiona Millar: The crisis in English primary school provision has been made worse by recent policies. Local authorities must be given back full control
Comment & debate p34
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Diary: were the cops watching Bernie Grant? Seems so
Hugh Muir: The curtain lifts on Tottenham's past. Just a bit
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Enough of playing Hamlet: Obama needs to act now
Jonathan Freedland: The indecisive US president has shown that he is as torn as the rest of us over intervention in Syria. But his credibility is at stake -
Steve Bell on Barack Obama's Syria strategy – cartoon
Cartoon:
US president aims to strike at Assad regime's overall military capacity
Comment & debate p35
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Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange: our new heroes
Slavoj Žižek: As the NSA revelations have shown, whistleblowing is now an essential art. It is our means of keeping 'public reason' alive
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Humanitarian crisis: Syria's nightmare
Editorial: The UN, as the number of refugees passed the 2 million mark, has declared Syria the 21st century's worst crisis -
In praise of … Ireland's literary life
Editorial: Seamus Heaney's death has been a national event, a tribute to the poet and to the way literature continues to infuse Irish life -
Superstar pay: the economics of Gareth Bale
Editorial: When it comes to the transfer of the 24-year-old former Spurs footballer, the superlative sums just flow
Editorials & reply p36
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HSE's regulatory role in the health service
Letter: Our regulatory role in the health sector concerns cases in which there is evidence of safety management failings
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Celebrity chefs of the 1930s
Letters: Florence Enid Stoddard RA gained access to some of London's greatest kitchens in the 1930s and persuaded their chefs to sit for her
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David Frost, Tony Blair, Richard Nixon, and Mr Tompkins
Letters: I was in the same class as David Frost in the sixth form. We always thought his mannerisms were a perfect 'takeoff' of our history teacher, Mr Tompkins
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Below the listening domes the turf is sprinkled with late summer flowers
Country diary: Morwenstow to Bude, Cornwall: Vertiginous cliffs hem boulders and choppy water, but turf on the cliff-land is sprinkled with stunted flowers
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Political pantomimes
Letters: The real problem about parliamentary sittings is the timing of the autumn pantomimes – otherwise known as the party conference season
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Corrections and clarifications
General Dunford | Misidentified birds | Will Straw | Syrian oil production -
The Levellers and Egypt's Islamists
Letters: The Levellers weren't 'religious puritans' as Giles Fraser claims. Their proposals for government were secular and liberal
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Cold war legacies that hamper the search for a solution in Syria
Letters: The Syrian conflict has made it clear that there is no such entity as 'the Muslim world'. On the contrary, it has made it obvious that the end of the cold war was proclaimed prematurely
Editorials & reply p37
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Bastoy: the Norwegian prison that works
Erwin James: Arne Kvernvik Nilsen, the departing governor of a prison with a reoffending rate of just 16%, shares the secrets of his remarkable success
Society p38
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Fairness commissions: is it possible for politics to play fair?
Anne Perkins: Whether led by councils or local groups, fairness commissions are an idea easy to sign up to but harder to make agents of real change
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The NHS has a vital role to play in end-of-life care services
Alison Benjamin: The health service is geared to saving lives, but if it had targets to meet that made patients better informed about end-of-life care services, perhaps Mum would have had a 'good' death
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Where are the voices of the healthcare assistants in mental health?
Clare Allan: Amid the scandals, the best healthcare assistants do a remarkable job on psychiatric wards. What they lack is professional recognition and adequate pay
Society p39
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The personal element in transacting public business is vital
David Walker: Many public services cannot be digitised or rationalised, and their quality will always depend on a face and a voice
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Safe houses offer sanctuary to LGBT youngsters in Manchester and London
Claudia Cahalane: First safe houses open for young gay people rejected by their families and facing threats of physical abuse
Society p40
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What have booze, fags and TVs got to do with benefits?
Frances Ryan: Edinburgh council's decision to inspect how much a person drinks and smokes when awarding discretionary housing payment's, sadly, comes as no surprise
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Charles Walker MP: 'Mental illness is not a weakness'
Hélène Mulholland: The Conservative MP who came out as an obsessive compulsive says he won't rest until mental health discrimination ends
Society p41
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Frederik Pohl obituary
Popular and prolific American science-fiction writer
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David Jacobs obituary
Juke Box Jury chairman who went on to keep leading politicians in line on radio's Any Questions?
Obituaries p48
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Novak Djokovic destroys Marcel Granollers to reach US Open quarters
The world No1, Novak Djokovic, hailed his performance as 'flawless' after he beat Marcel Granollers 6-3, 6-0, 6-0, in just 79 minutes at Flushing Meadows
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Good Friday tradition under threat from all-weather expansion plan
British Horseracing Authority are likely to approve a plan which could end the traditional Good Friday break
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Roger Federer watches an era of domination ebb away
Kevin Mitchell: After 36 consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final appearances, Roger Federer has now missed two in a row and doubts are creeping in
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Andy Murray committed to Davis Cup but GB ponder best doubles pairing
Andy Murray says he is "100%" committed to Great Britain's Davis Cup tie against Croatia but questions remain over the best doubles partnership
Sport p49
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Sorry Surrey fight to avoid the drop and regain credibility
Barney Ronay: The aggressively big-spending Surrey are keen to preserve their status to match their customary swagger
Sport p50
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Tim Groenewald takes five wickets as Derbyshire skittle Somerset for 103
Derbyshire have done their prospects of avoiding relegation no harm at all on the first day against Somerset
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Mark Stoneman defies Sussex to keep Durham rolling towards title
Mark Stoneman scored 96 off 129 balls to help Durham to 245 all out before Sussex slipped to 60 for three in reply
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Eoin Morgan eases England home after former team Ireland's good start
Centuries for England's captain, Eoin Morgan, and Ravi Bopara secured a six-wicket win in Dublin after William Porterfield's ton and Tim Murtagh's early wickets for the hosts
Sport p51
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Greg Dyke ready to urge English football to unite behind national side
Greg Dyke, the new Football Association chairman, will on Wednesday issue a passionate call to arms for English football to unite behind the national team
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Saudi prince buys 50% stake in Sheffield United
Sheffield United's owner Kevin McCabe has sold a 50% stake in the club to Prince Abdullah bin Mosaad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who becomes the joint owner
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Carlton Cole close to joining West Ham two months after quitting club
Carlton Cole has had a medical and is close to joining West Ham only two months after quitting the club
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Gareth Barry believes Everton move can lead to England recall
Gareth Barry believes a fresh start at Everton can deliver a place at next summer's World Cup, should England qualify
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Brendan Rodgers plans to give Luis Suárez a wide berth at Liverpool
Brendan Rodgers has decided Luis Suárez will operate out wide when he returns from a 10-match ban, with Daniel Sturridge immovable as Liverpool's main striker
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England keeper Joe Hart 'victim of his own success,' says James Milner
James Milner said the England goalkeeper Joe Hart is 'a top keeper and we're lucky to have him'
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Gareth Southgate gives up ITV pundit role to focus on new England job
Gareth Southgate has given up his job as an ITV pundit to focus on his new role as England Under-21 manager
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England look to Theo Walcott for inspiration in Wayne Rooney's absence
Theo Walcott has said he feels ready to take on more responsibility for an England facing Moldova and Ukraine without Wayne Rooney
Sport p52
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Everton's transfer deadline day transformed in 60 minutes
The Everton chairman Bill Kenwright showed an astute business head as three signings were completed at the eleventh hour
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Newcastle's Joe Kinnear fails to woo any stellar deadline-day recruits
Louise Taylor: All the talk about enhancing a squad which finished two places above the relegation zone last May came to nothing – but all is not lost for Newcastle United
Sport p53
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Manchester United inquest begins after David Moyes era opens in farce
Owen Gibson: Manchester United's transfer deadline day humiliation left the Old Trafford club looking indecisive and ill-informed and the supporters wanting answers
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Ander Herrera's Manchester United move: what made the deal collapse
Manchester United missed out on signing Ander Herrera owing to their failure to understand Spanish buyout clauses, according to sources at the Spanish league
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Mesut Ozil will be the star attraction at Arsenal, his home from home
Mesut Ozil will find a team playing his brand of football, two international team-mates to keep him company and a manager who can explain his ideas in German
Sport p54
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Mesut Ozil: I'll repay Arsenal for showing faith after Real forced me out
The Arsenal record signing Mesut Ozil said he had no doubts he can take his game to a new level under Arsène Wenger