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Thursday, 8 May 2008
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News
UK
- Huge landslide hits Dorset's Jurassic Coast
- Smith tightens laws on cannabis
- London Mayor bans alcohol on Tube
- Inheritances of well-off double under Labour
- BAA chief executive 'sorry' for Heathrow's T5 fiasco
- Hooray Henry! Loving the limelight
- Attempt to outflank SNP over Scottish independence backfires on Brown
- 'I love my wife dearly' – final words of lawyer killed by police
- 'Lie detectors' will help catch benefit fraudsters
- Colossal ideas... or the makings of a white elephant?
Europe
- The Big Question: How does the French honours system work, and why has Kylie been decorated?
- Solitary lives of Europeans are leading continent into old age
- Medvedev sworn in, but Putin still holds power in Russia
- I am a victim, not a monster, says Josef Fritzl
- Nazis in, Becker out of German hall of fame
World
- Superdelegates desert her, but Clinton refuses to throw in towel
- Obama calls for end to primary fight
- Interrogator of the stars dishes dirt in memoir
- Israel: From independence to intifada
- Front line of a disaster: Inside Burma's dead zone
- Deadly virus threatens China's children
- Mbeki residence targeted by thieves
- Dingo fence has damaged sacred sites, say Aborigines
Business
- Anglo Irish Bank defies property malaise
- Grand Theft Auto IV hits record of $500m sales in first week
- Kloppers focuses City minds on BHP's oil prospects
- Pension buyout market to be worth £10bn
- BAE seeks review of corruption inquiries
- Fed set to pay interest on banks' deposits
- Savills warns sales of expensive homes are down by 40% in London this year
- Fall in industrial output raises hopes of rate cut
- Enterprise on Reit track as shares jump 29%
- Business allies rally to Brown in row over tax exodus
- Building societies' systemsare too slack, says FSA chief
- Government clashes with Europe over carbon permit revenue
- Legal risks put firms off taking on Northern Rock valuation
- EasyJet to raise fares after fuel costs lead to £57m first-half loss
- TNK-BP wins record tax rebate in Russia worth almost £215m
- Charcol asks founders for fresh funds as credit squeeze hits brokers
- Outlook: Ministers cannot win case for green taxes if they won't apply them to green causes
- Outlook: Business must again make case for Europe
- Outlook: A knighthood for Glaxo's JP, please
- Market Report: Stake-building rumours drive M&B; higher
- The Investment Column: BAT strikes it lucky with steady market of a billion smokers
People
Science
Education
- Saudi prince gives universities £16m for study of Islam
- Independent schools chief warns of 'sectarian divide'
- Steve McCormack: Schools can't cope with all these languages
- Education Diary: National Association of Head Teachers' conference
- Leading Article: Testing headache for the minister
- How the Government's plans to end child poverty were botched
- Diary of a Primary School Mum: 'Four books a week? Now that isn't funny'
- Education Quandary: 'I'm a PE teacher in an inner-city school. How do I get reluctant teenage girls exercising?'
- Letters: Cuts hit all learners
- Stark message in the sky: Funding dries up for British astronomers
- Leading Article: Pay the lecturers
Robert Fisk
Obituaries
- Bebe Barron: Co-composer of the first electronic film score, for 'Forbidden Planet'
- Professor Graham Higman: Leading group theorist
- Mildred Loving: Civil rights pioneer
Opinion
Leading Articles
- Leading article: Time for the Democrats to rally around Mr Obama
- Leading article: Running out of excuses
- Leading article: Throw-away morality
Commentators
- Robert Verkaik: Don't blame Mr Loophole. He's performing a service
- Sarah Churchwell: Hang on in there, Hillary. It's too soon to quit
- Carola Long: Why we choose to scale the heights
- The Sketch: Tired and lonely gorilla is an endangered species
- Johann Hari: The loathsome smearing of Israel's critics
- Steve Richards: The last thing Gordon Brown needs now is a referendum on Scottish independence
- Janet Street-Porter: Deep in rural England, fresh fields for the BNP
Columnists
- Cooper Brown: He's Out There
- Miles Kington Remembered: Need a divorce? Ask a composer – he'll know the score
- Pandora: Beauty and the Labour beasts
Letters
Environment
Green Living
Nature
Sport
Football
- Chelsea have more to say on Evra fracas
- Signs that Wenger's sums may not add up
- We will buy a powerful centre-half, says Wenger
- Keane ready to step up attempts to lure Hunt from Reading
- Eriksson talks to Benfica in anticipation of City sacking
- Today in the Premier League
- England call-up to cap Hart's meteoric rise
- Blatter seeks quotas in light of English dominance
- SPL ruling on Rangers is wrong, says Burley
- Rangers 1 Motherwell 0: Ferguson strike keeps Rangers on title course
Cricket
- Why cricket forced batsmen to give up scientific advances
- Angus Fraser: How Lillee's failed test of metal caused controversy at the WACA
- Lancashire 143 Durham 114: Another golden duck leaves Flintoff with egg on his face
- Nottinghamshire 202 Kent 33-4: Sidebottom on cue to stun Kent
- County Championship round-up: Tomlinson paves way for Hampshire march
- Key expects his hopefuls to give Kiwis stern test
Rugby
- Kidney agrees Ireland role as Tigers stalk coach Muir
- Newcastle 13 Wasps 32: Wasps' play-off ambition lifted by Sackey flourish
Golf
- It's not just about limiting the clubs, golf will have to keep its eye on the ball
- Sawgrass rivals deny Woods' absence lifts victory expectations
Tennis
Racing
More Sports
Life & Style
Fashion
Food & Drink
Health & Wellbeing
Arts & Entertainment
Film & TV
Music
- Minnie adventure: Miss Driver turns her attention to country music and motherhood
- Roberto Alagna, Barbican Hall, London
- The Pet Shop Boys/Madness, Heaven, London
- Preview: Blacksand, Channel Four, 'Rockfeedback'
- You write the reviews: Bandstand, Old Billingsgate, London
Art & Architecture
- An artist at play: the unseen side of Picasso
- Faux feminisim: Is comtemporary art paying too much attention to work that should be ignored?
Theatre
- Ballet National de Marseille Dome, Brighton
- Breakin' Convention, Sadler's Wells, London
- The Lady from the Sea, Arcola Theatre, London
Books
Student
Career Planning
- Accountancy may be seen as dull, but nothing could be further from the truth
- The Careers Adviser: 'I'm not being tested; should I change course? And am I too old to become a psychologist?'
- Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Piers Morgan, broadcaster and former editor
- My Way: Pearl & Dean's Kathryn Jacob gives her tips for success
- I Want Your Job: Woodkeeper
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