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Sunday, 27 April 2008
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News
UK
- Abortion act: Forty years of freedom to choose
- Petrol rationed to stop hoarding as supplies dwindle on the forecourts
- Charity worker tells how rabid dog she rescued from Sri Lanka bit her on wrist, hand and chin
- The great Rock Against Racism show plays it again
- Drugs agency warns Government over reclassification of cannabis
- Britain's new national sport: Taking pot shots at Brown
- Ken seeks pact with Lib Dem voters to beat Boris
- 'Stop the massages with Carole' Lord Levy told Blair
- Stolen children: the brothers and sisters left behind
- Shocked neighbours ask: just what did happen to James?
- How do you like your eggs? Read our undercover investigation into Britain's battery farming
- The posters that celebrate cool, multi-tasking breasts
- The IoS happy list
Europe
- Parents in fatal family fire were badly injured before blaze took hold
- Russia braces itself for an invasion of the English hordes
World
- Race for the White House: It's still a long and very winding road
- Amazon could be forbidden to most foreigners
- Head of Army defends Britain's role in Basra in open letter to his troops
- Girl, 17, killed in Iraq for loving a British soldier
- Sri Lankan man held in asylum is freed after 50 years
- Storm over Australia's real-life Mean Girls
- Britain urges the UN to help bring down Mugabe
Business
- Former bosses 'tapped up' by BAA's predators
- HBOS to reveal new writedowns as investors fear rights issue
- City firms turn down Rock arbitrator role
- Bid spurs Throgmorton to seek other suitors
- EU court ruling threatens local minimum wages
- Grand Theft Auto: the fighting is real
- Packer Jnr in £400m move to add to his menu of motorway services
- As BVCA cuts half its staff, banker and economist are set to join
- 'Apocalypse' warning to company pension funds as life expectancy rises
- Train fares made less baffling
- Npower faces investigation over claims of mis-selling by sales force
- The City Diary
- Margareta Pagano: All that glisters in the deep gloom of the global markets is gold
- The return of the turnaround merchants
- A £50bn injection, but the patient won't be up and about soon
- Fly me to the moon: airport sales are right on Ferrovial's radar
- The Feral Beast
- The three musketeers revive the dying art of the deal
People
Media
- With all the swirling rings in the universe, it’s still BBC News
- Peter York On Ads: Fish fingers and Suggs come together to unite the country
- Sport on TV: Smarter than a 10-year-old? Not these parents
- Millions haven't a clue what they'll do without Humph
Opinion
Leading Articles
Commentators
- How To Be Happy: Help your son find someone else to talk to
- Jeremy Hardy: For once, Humph's sense of timing failed him
- Isabel Hilton: Latin America: the leaders change but the injustice lives on
- Matthew Bell: The IoS diary
- Paul Vallely: If we prevent Africa feeding itself, no wonder there's a food shortage
- Peter Stanford: Prisoners would not kill themselves if jails were cushy
- Micheal Williams: Readers editor
- Joanna Lumley: Be a good egg. Join me as a free-range warrior
- Nicholas Kent: Noises Off
- John Rentoul: All change at Crewe: is it Brown's Waterloo?
- Joan Smith: Medusa, bitch, witch, mad cow, DemocRAT... Why does America hate Hillary Clinton so much?
- Editor-At-Large: Debt is never the way to ease poverty
- Alan Watkins: Another fine mess of the PM's making
Columnists
Environment
Green Living
Sport
Football
- So-solid Carew takes giant strides towards goal of fifth place
- West Ham United 2 Newcastle United 2: Owen has big hand in pegging back Hammers
- Tottenham Hotspur 1 Bolton Wanderers 1: Stelios points Bolton towards safety
- Birmingham City 2 Liverpool 2: Benayoun brings Birmingham crashing back down to earth
- Manchester City 2 Fulham 3: Kamara's late double gives Fulham hope of survival
- Sunderland 3 Middlesbrough 2: Murphy keeps Sunderland up while Boro fret
- Wigan Athletic 0 Reading 0: Tension rising for Coppell as Reading are left on edge
- Chelsea 2 Manchester United 1: Ballack puts race in balance
- Tempers flare as United pay penalty for gambling
- Championship round-up: Bulls eye a higher level as Johnson stings the Bees
- Leeds case must lead to reform of rules, say chairmen
- Rijkaard in last-chance saloon
- Ballack can help Blues make history by taking final step
- Floodgates will open, says Ferguson
- Motherwell 2 Dundee United 2: Wilkie keeps United dreaming of Europe
- The Nick Townsend column: Talisman Gerrard recalls the lone heroics of Haynes
Cricket
- A game in turmoil: Plight of Zimbabwe returns to haunt Speed and his chiefs
- Lancashire 221-9 dec Somerset 238 & 262-8 (Match drawn): Lancashire in lurch as Hodge goes to IPL
- ECB want four T20 events to keep top players happy
- Yorkshire 398 Hampshire 159 & 212 (Yorks win by an innings and 27 runs): Hoggard fires Yorkshire to stake claim for England spot
- County Championship round-up: Harmison in timely nudge for selectors
- I can beat injury jinx and play for England again, says Jones
Rugby
- Bath 36 Sale 14: Stevens leads all-singing, all-dancing Bath into final
- Elissalde manages to cramp Geraghty's style in the sunshine
- Jonathan Davies: Wrong moveto tinker with a game in rude health
- London Irish 15 Toulouse 21: Ojo puts on show but no go for Irish
- Flannery thirsty for Munster success
- Sarries can complete tales of the unexpected
Golf
Tennis
Motor Racing
Racing
More Sports
- Chambers steps up for a taste of real action
- Wakefield 24 Harlequins 20: Obst just the job to steal win from Quins
- Bad sports: Come on, Mr Dee. Play up! Play up! And lose the game!
- Boxing: Arthur's big night is off but Calzaghe has Jones Jnr within reach
- Sailing: Pioneer Caffari in her element even when the whole world goes wrong
- Inside Lines: Why won't Boris reveal his Games plan?
- Outside Edge
- Snooker: No table manners as Higgins hits out at 'bouncy cushions'
- Fishing Lines: I've had a lot of grief being offered as an auction prize
Life & Style
Fashion
- Asda bosses will rue dumping Coleen for glamorous Carla
- Black is finally in fashion at Vogue
- Wizard of Oz: The fashion world is cottoning on quick to Josh Groot's bold, flowing knits
Food & Drink
- Restaurant Hélène Darroze, 4 Rue d'Assas, Paris
- Go with the grain: Skye Gyngell's rice recipes are anything but boring
- Little globe artichokes with Calasparra rice and Parmesan
- Black rice with tomatoes, crème fraîche and horseradish
- Rice pudding
- Sardines with sweet and sour dressing and jasmine rice
Health & Wellbeing
House & Home
- Scatter brains: Wherever boutique owner Anna Park lays her cushions, that's her home
- Jolly green giant: Euphorbias are the perfect plant for gardeners who never have enough time
Motoring
- Car Choice: The old advice to buy new and update regularly now needs trading in
- On The Road: Honda Accord
- Road Test: Volkswagen Passat CC
Arts & Entertainment
Film & TV
Music
- Come on Amy, get a grip on yourself
- Emmanuel Jal: 'A cold heart is my protection'
- Punch and Judy, Young Vic, London
Atalanta, Britten Theatre, London
Acis and Galatea, Wilton's Music Hall, London - Sam Sparro, Camden Crawl, London
Ipso factor, Camden Crawl, London - Album: Bruckner, Symphony No 3 - Norrington/Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR (Hänssler Classic)
- Album: Melingo, Maldito Tango (Manana)
- Album: Portishead, Third (Island)
- Album: Jamie Lidell, Jim (Warp)
- Album: Sam Sparro, Sam Sparro (Island)
- Album: Steve Winwood, Nine Lives (Sony BMG)
- Album: Schubert, Quartettsatz/Der Tod und das Mädchen – Jerusalem Quartet (Harmonia Mundi)
- Album: Various artists, In The Name of Love: Africa Celebrates U2 (Wrasse)
- Album: Jazz Warriors, Afropeans (Destin-E)
- Album: Madonna, Hard Candy (Warner)
- Album: E.L.B. Dream Flight (Air)
- Album: Cajun Dance Party, The Colourful Life (XL)
- Royal Ballet triple bill, Royal Opera Houselondon
Art & Architecture
Theatre
Books
- Book extract: The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
- Pauline Hyde: Back with a bonkbuster
- Midnight cowboy: John Rechy recalls 40 yeas of hustle
- The Atomic Bazaar, By William Langewiesche
- Cathedral of the Sea, By Ildefonso Falconestrs Nick Caistor
- The Seven Days of Peter Crumb, By Jonny Glynn
- Pandora in the Congo, By Albert Sánchez Piñoltrs Mara Faye Lethem
- Renegade: The Life and Times of Mark E Smith, By Mark E Smith
- Slam, By Nick Hornby
- Teenage: The Creation of Youth 1875-1945, By Jon Savage
- Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: the Rise and Fall of Phil Spector, By Mick Brown
- Pocket Money, by Gordon Burn
Travel
News & Advice
- Food Of The Week: If your bodyclock's in a spin, it must be time for brunch
- This Week's Tips Gor Travellers
- Are We There Yet? Dig out the wellies for the festival season
Americas
- Hotel Of The Week: In Miami, a Tuscan tower can scrape the sky
- Pack the bucket and spade, we're off to Porto Santo
Asia
UK
- Is the tide about to turn for Southport?
- Around The UK
- Hold the tartan! This new look scores a hole in one
Money
Invest & Save
- Consumers scent victory in the battle over charges. But they could still lose the war
- Data tsar raises alarm at 'inexcusable' loss of personal information
- Julian Knight: The lesson is, you can't make up tax as you go along
- The man who said 'no' to bank charges
Loans & Credit
Mortgages
- It's winter for credit, so should you take a home-loan holiday?
- Buy-to-let keeps the housing blues at bay
- New lending plummets
Insurance
Tax
Extras
The New Review
- Bites: Dining goes back to the 1990s
- Close-up: Jim Threapleton
- Close-up: Tristan Sharp
- Credo: Josephine Hart
- Culture: Never trust a politician who speaks from the heart
- Essentials: Katharine Hamnett, Fashion designer
- Fashion: That's a bit Bally racy
- How We Met: Robyn & Johan Renck
- Parties: Stars flock toculture Clash
- Trends: Any chance of a quick précis?
- Why I love: Grasping the nettle
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- Blood money: the MPs cashing in on Zimbabwe's misery
- A Glastonbury legend is born
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- No 10 demands U-turn on car tax increases
- Double blow to Brown in Scotland after Wendy Alexander resigns
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