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Are wind farms saving or killing us? A provocative investigation claims thousands of people are falling sick because they live near them

A wind turbine in Bedfordshire; while some people have welcomed the wind farms, others say they have a detrimental effect on their health

The symptoms they claim to have suffered may vary – dizziness; balance problems; memory loss; inability to concentrate; insomnia; tachycardia; increased blood pressure; raised cortisol levels; headaches; nausea; mood swings; anxiety; tinnitus; palpitations; depression – but the theme remains the same. Here are ordinary people who settled in the country for a quiet life only to have their lives and property values trashed at the stroke of a bureaucrat’s pen, writes James Delingpole, a fierce critic of the green movement. ...read

A shot at fame: Danny O'Donoghue tests Canon's latest digital camera

On the Canon Powershot G1 x: 'I particularly liked the ten-shots-in-a-row mode, as well as the enhanced colour mode. It's way better than Instagram - it looks like a real old photograph'

He judges pop wannabes on The Voice – but what does The Script’s singer make of the Canon Powershot G1 X?

IAN HYLAND: Dallas: A yee-hah or a big yawn?

With such a lack of mystery and intrigue it's hard to see what might bring viewers back to Dallas week after week

This new Dallas is already a case of one (oil) strike and you’re out. Because we’ve seen it all before. In fairness to the story-liners, they are making no bones about that fact.

Sign of the times: John Lennon to JK Rowling - can you match these stars to their autographs and the price tags?

£850 or £4,000 - which celebrity autograph is worth what?

From £50 to £20k, other costly - and not-so-costly - signatures include those from Brad Pitt, Marilyn Monroe and Charles Dickens.

The Zeebrugge Raid to Operation Entebbe: Paddy Ashdown's top ten secret missions

Operation Entebbe showed that you could operate 'deep' in foreign territory thousands of miles away

A special forces veteran, who was leader of the Liberal Democrats in 1988-99, gives his roll call of the most daring military missions of all time.

DYLAN JONES: I'm now an island in the stream

To scare the kids: I can quickly click onto Burning Of The Midnight Lamp by the Jimi Hendrix Experience or some ferocious punk record

So when they’re down in the living room, gawping at yet another reality show, I quickly click onto Jimi Hendrix or the Buzzcocks and watch the kids jump out of their skins.

OLLY SMITH: All in good taste: If you enjoy it, drink it

Very tannic wines such as Malbec pair splendidly with richly textured food like hard cheese or steak

One of the key things wine experts look for is ‘length’. All that means is how long the flavours last once you’ve sipped it.

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Goodbye 3D, hello 4K: The sharpest TV in the world

The new Bond film Skyfall was shot on 4K cameras. The 4K screens match them perfectly - one of the first times in the history of broadcasting you can enjoy something exactly as it was filmed

The first 4K sets – Sony has one out this year, a modest 84in across – are aimed squarely at rich people who need to get out more. They’re mesmerising in person – you can squint from six inches away and not see a single pixel, and you find yourself fixated by boring things such as waterfalls and people’s scars. But the new sets are not likely to swarm into Comet any time soon. ...read

DOWNLOAD AT THE NEXT EXIT: A-Z OF NAVIGATION APPS

This autumn will see Apple introduce its own mapping software in place of Google's in the next version of the iPhone and iPad operating system, shaking things up in the field of mobile navigation. But it won't just be taking on Google - there are already plenty of ways to find your destination...

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BEST FOR: FINDING POINTS OF INTEREST

Skobbler ForeverMap

£1.19, Android; £1.49, iTunes

Verdict: Like Google Maps, except it stores maps on your smartphone/tablet, so they're available offline. The maps come from OpenStreetMap, a Wikipedia of the mapping world with over 600,000 users, meaning more obscure streets and points of interest. Actually using it can be fiddly, but it's a decent, detailed, budget back-up.

3/5

BEST FOR: THE DAILY COMMUTE

INRIX Traffic

Free on iTunes, Android, Blackberry

Verdict: Simple to use, this tracks your movements and shows traffic flow (based on data from millions of drivers) using green, amber and red lines - scroll forward in time to predict further congestion hotspots. It shows your position but isn't a true sat-nav, so it's great for journeys where you don't require turn-by-turn guidance.

4/5

BEST FOR: WHEN YOU MUST GET FROM A TO B

TomTom UK & Ireland

£50, iTunes

Verdict: A very big app at 348MB, but the closest thing to a dedicated sat-nav for your iPhone. It can take a few seconds to find a satellite and it's pricey, but the ultra-slick guidance and Usain Bolt-like rerouting make it all worthwhile.

5/5

BEST FOR: 'PROPER' BUDGET SAT-NAV

Sygic UK & Ireland

£15.69, Android; £9.99, iTunes

Verdict: We could fill this gallery with Sygic's features; it's certainly a generous package. Using TomTom maps, its rerouting speed is good, but the cartoon-like graphics (which look like they were created by the designers of the 2012 logo) could be, for some, rage-inducing when lost in a city, making you wish your phone's screen was twice the size.

3/5

BEST FOR: JOURNEY PLANNING

Google Maps Navigation

Free, Android

Verdict The heavyweight champ to Apple's unknown young pretender almost feels like it's trying to do too much. Like Sygic it has an astonishing amount of features, but unlike the TomTom app, it doesn't guide you around complex junctions with any confidence. It's very early days for this work in progress, but currently it's a bit like using Google Street View as a sat-nav. Great price, though.

3/5

BEST FOR: EASE OF USE AND STYLE

Nokia Drive 3.0

Free with Nokia Lumia 900 and other models

Verdict: One click takes you into the stylish world of Nokia Drive. The Lumia's 4.3in screen provides vivid, pin-sharp detail, the smooth pinch-and-zoom mapping is a great touch and searching for points of interest (with a data connection) is a doddle. On-screen info is minimal compared with others on test, but all in all this is very slick.

4/5

What's up Doc? How Matt Smith and Karen Gillan discovered that breaking up is hard to do

On Matt Smith: 'One of the things I'll miss most about him is his practical joking. He used to hide in the cupboard of my trailer, jump out at me and attack me with a giant shoe horn,' said Karen Gillan

The new season of Doctor Who is more eagerly anticipated than most: consisting of 14 self-contained episodes, it will be the final series before next year’s 50th anniversary. However after three years as TV’s golden couple, the show’s leading couple prepare to go their separate ways. How will they ever survive? ...read

How does the chef at the British Antarctic Station feed 90 people when the nearest supermarket is 4,000 miles away?

Amazing photographs, taken by the chef for the British Antarctic Survey, Antony Dubber, capture one of the most remote, dangerous and beautiful places on Earth.

Planes, rain and automobiles - nothing can put a damper on CarFest

Around 20,000 festival-goers descended on CarFest

Do Spitfires, stunt drivers and 007’s supercars set your pulse racing? Live knows one place where you can find them all.

What makes you proud to be British: Helen Mirren, Russell Brand and Frank Lampard on what this country means to them

'If you wanted to teach someone who knew nothing about the British people, guide them to Shakespeare,' said Helen Mirren

As a new landmark Sky Atlantic documentary celebrates the history of Britain, a host of stars tell us what they find remarkable about this country.

Here's one for the road: How much whisky does the world buy?

Perhaps unsurprisingly the U.S. tops the charts for sheer amount of Scotch drunk

Scotch whisky sales are booming around the world, as the French, Singaporeans, Arubans and more develop a taste for a wee dram.

They fought for their country - now they're taking their battle to the sporting arena - the wounded heroes heading up Paralympic Team GB

From left: Discus thrower Derek Derenalagi, cyclist Jon-Allan Butterworth and rower Nick Beighton

These men were all injured in the line of duty. Now they are representing Great Britain again - at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

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JAMES MARTIN: A top speed of 50mph, no radio, no heater...and oh, no windows. But is the Renault Twizy Technic the car of the future?

The Renault Twizy Technic's scissor doors open like a McLaren's, swinging up and forward for easy access

Think of it as a sort of promenading machine, like the sit-upon motorcars of the 1900s, and you’re on to a winner. In fact it is quite basic inside. There’s a Drive/Neutral/Reverse selector, a pull handbrake, a key ignition, a speedo, a charge meter, a glovebox; that’s about it. ...read

If trains leave you railing, Ford's latest frugal addition could be a cheaper way to criss-cross the UK

The Ford Focus's handling has always been its trump card and with a lighter engine, I'd say the 1.0 is even better

Power-wise it's no Ferrari, but there's surprising oomph for overtaking - although it won't be so good heavily laden, or up steep hills.

My classic cars: I'll be at CarFest with my four-wheeled family

Generally I get my cars from private sales

Sometimes you look at it and think, 'What the hell did I buy that for?' The good news is, you get your money back when you sell it. And then you get another car.

OBJECTS OF DESIRE - THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE GADGETS

A clock that weighs 120kg and costs £249,400? It must be a wind-up...

Dials on the layered face show your time, the time in your home port, the time in your destination port, GMT and whether it's day or night

The Régulateur Nautique clock isn’t the shy and retiring type: it’s three feet tall, two feet wide and made of granite and brass, with a floating clock made of steel, brass and ruby.

The world's sexiest supercar: The £840k Pagani (we can but dream)

The Pagani Huayra comes with front and rear aileron-style flaps, which adjust during cornering and braking to increase the car's downforce

It’s the second car to hail from the imaginarium of Horacio Pagani, following the incredibly successful Zonda (in all its many evolutions), and it makes its predecessor look positively restrained.

All aboard the BBQ boat: Now you can hold a barbie on the water

The 11ft-wide umbrella can be neatly retracted while cooking, to avoid funnelling smoke back down into the vessel

The Barbecue Dining Boat from Hammacher Schlemmer is entirely safe. Thanks to a 30-watt electric motor, it will propel you and nine friends at the stately speed of 2.5mph while you cook up a storm on the charcoal grill in the centre.

TOM PARKER-BOWLES ON FOOD

Try my unsung hero of the sea

Firm of jaw and torpedo sleek, the mackerel is a seriously handsome fish. And its iridescent coat of many colours makes Joseph's seem like a Trappist cowl

All that glittering blue and metallic green provides perfect oceanic camouflage, as the mackerel dart and dash a few feet below the waves.

Happy to be an outsider: When al fresco eating can be unbeatable

We love the idea of the picnic, all pastoral idyll and romantic escape. But are foiled, again and again, by the vagaries of our climate

It frees us from the shackles of indoor niceties, and allows lunch to melt merrily into dinner, fuelled by an endless flow of crisp white, or the very palest pink rosés.

I'll have the coq au van: How Britain fell in love with meals on wheels

BRAITHWAITES: braithwaitescreamtea.co.uk, 07986 504 499; Serves Tea & cakes; Star dish Traditional Cream Tea; Price £4.99

In these financially straightened times, food vans offer proper flavour, pure edible satisfaction for a very reasonable price.

THE INSIDER... ALL THE LATEST CELEBRITY GOSSIP WITH PIERS MORGAN

Tragically, my movie debut lasted 22 seconds. 'Congratulations, Dad,' said my youngest son, Bertie. 'You're a film star...'

On the hour, I suddenly appeared on the big screen - a very weird moment to experience in a crowded cinema, I can tell you

I'd spent several hours earlier this summer in my CNN studios in both New York and Los Angeles filming whole scenes for a cameo role in The Campaign.

If Mo Farah, who fled from war-torn Somalia, can become our greatest athlete, then so can any schoolkid

Mo Farah came to the UK, penniless and helpless, from war-torn Somalia as an eight-year-old boy and turned himself into the greatest athlete we've ever had

Fit, competitive, occupied kids don't feel the same burning need to binge-drink, take drugs, impregnate underage girls, or loot, shoot and stab things.

I was one of the only two people Usain Bolt tweeted (Richard Branson was the other), saying: 'You called it, man'

Usain Bolt duly beat Yohan Blake by two metres in the 100m final and smashed the Olympic record

What I didn't call was the revelation that he ate a McDonald's before the race, and partied until 4am with the Swedish female handball team.