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Recession remains fact of British life
Britain is on the brink of emerging from recession, business leaders predicted yesterday.
Tatler magazine celebrates 300 years
Tatler magazine, which began as a publication to carry coffee house gossip during the turbulent reign of Queen Anne, will next week celebrate its 300th anniversary.
Man given smoker's lungs in bungled transplant
A young war veteran dies after receiving cancerous lungs from a heavy smoker in a transplant.
Bed-wetting Hasselhoff whacks doctor
'The Hoff' drunkenly wet his bed and then punched a doctor, according to British press.
Tights for blokes: Men warm to 'mantyhose'
UK department store Selfridges has begun selling a range of male tights.
<i>Little Britain</i> star quits play over ex-partner's death
Matt Lucas has pulled out of his debut performance in a West End play following the sudden death of his former civil partner.
Jack the Ripper 'may have been mortuary attendant'
Historian Mei Trow claims to have uncovered another potential suspect, until now, overlooked by "Ripperologists".
Cleese vents rage at ex-wife in show
John Cleese launches his one-man comedy show with a series of nasty digs aimed at his ex-wife Alyce Faye.
Spotlight on UK sex offenders
Child sex abuse by women is more widespread than realised, say experts, who believe there could be 64,000 female offenders in Britain.
UK police secretly reopen inquiry into NZer's death
Family of man killed in Britain 30 years ago shocked to hear case was reviewed a decade ago.