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Hindu guru wins open-air cremation battle

It took four years of complex legal wrangling, nearly bankrupted an ailing Hindu guru and has cost the British taxpayer tens of thousands of pounds.

Olympics: London Olympics cost rises

Sweet, sour, salty, bitter ... and now it's the fifth taste, in a paste

Two British supermarket chains are to start stocking a paste that is said to create the sense of umami - an esoteric flavour first identified by a Japanese scientist 102 years ago.

<i>Gwynne Dyer:</i> Ignorance Blair's worst war crime

Fear of 'tidal wave' of business failures as tax help scheme ends

Temperatures give exotics a warm welcome

Kiwifruit, peaches, grapes and nectarines could soon be grown in the Garden of England due to climate change, according to a new report.

The teams, the players, their strategies: It's all in the game

Soccer: All eyes now on Rio

Former Immigration boss pleads guilty to false CV

Former Immigration head Mary Anne Thompson admits fraudulently using her CV to secure top public service jobs.

Olympian to sell controversial brothel

You don't have to be bipolar to be a genius - but it helps

Scientists have for the first time found powerful evidence that genius may be linked with madness.

Britain's language gap years for primary school pupils

Sending children as young as 9 overseas for six months is a growing trend in the UK, where it's seen as one of the best ways to learn a second language.

No charges against Madoff's UK operation

No one from the UK arm of Bernard Madoff's fraudulent investment business will face prosecution, the Serious Fraud Office has decided.

Muse, Stevie Wonder to headline Glastonbury

Stevie Wonder and Muse are to headline this year's Glastonbury Festival.

Rebel yell

Rockabilly beauty Katherine Gould talks us through her carefully constructed look.

Soccer: Capello must reject England's disgraced captain