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By i paper | Notebook | Wednesday, 9 March 2011 at 1:26 pm

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By Alice-Azania Jarvis | Notebook | Wednesday, 9 March 2011 at 1:05 pm

Rugby League: Hull KR’s best ever signings

So, welcome to Super League, Willie Mason…
You’ll be good copy. You already have been. You’ve already put bums on seats with fans paying to listen to you at a press conference!
You will put bums on seats at matches, home and away, and you’re probably the only forward in the game of whom that could be [...]

By Dave Hadfield | Sport | Wednesday, 9 March 2011 at 12:55 pm

So where was the Foreign Secretary?

Amid the assembled ranks of the Cabinet in the Commons for PMQs today – there was one notable exception: Foreign Secretary William Hague.
Normally if a subject within a minister’s brief is likely to be brought up at PMQs he or she will be there at the Prime Minister’s side – especially if that subject is [...]

By Oliver Wright | Eagle Eye | Wednesday, 9 March 2011 at 12:52 pm

What fair access really means

This is nothing if not a radical government. In just 300 days it has transformed the landscape of Higher Education, trebling fees, slashing funding for the arts and ending the historic partnership between the state, the university and the student. This week’s letter from the Office for Fair Access to Universities is another moment on [...]

By David Lammy | Notebook | Wednesday, 9 March 2011 at 12:28 pm

Why grassroots feminism has its voice on the urban underground

This week saw the centenary of International Women’s day – a day to document the development of the female experience focusing on both what we’ve achieved, and how far we have yet to achieve. This is a time to focus our gaze inwards to look at the state of young women now. So is [...]

By Kieran Yates | Notebook | Wednesday, 9 March 2011 at 10:14 am

Online House Hunter: Saving for a mortgage

Let’s hope it never rains judging by the few people able or willing to save these days. Our Online House Hunter points those squirrelling away for a deposit on their home in the right direction.

By Alan Cleaver | Property | Wednesday, 9 March 2011 at 8:03 am

Top 5 European Festivals

Whether you want to ski down into the action, or roll over from the beach into the crowd – it’d be tough to find anything like this in the UK. From Spain to Austria, we take a look at the best festivals across Europe.

By Laura Davis | Notebook | Wednesday, 9 March 2011 at 6:00 am

iBet: Attack is the best form of defence for Tottenham

Spurs v AC Milan, Champions League, tonight 7.45pm

Lay under 1.5 goals at 2.8 to one with Betfair
Another tremendous Champions League night awaits with Spurs taking on Serie A leaders AC Milan at White Hart Lane. The Spurs team and manager put in an expert performance to beat Milan 1-0 on their home territory, but knowing [...]

By Gareth Purnell | Sport | Wednesday, 9 March 2011 at 1:00 am

David Cameron’s ‘diplomatic’ gunboats misfire in India and Libya

If the Indian government looks as if it’s in a spiral of never-ending crises, come to London (where I am this week) and have a look at Britain’s maladministration headed by David Cameron.
There is the UK’s failed “diplomatic” (actually MI6 spies) mission to woo Libyan rebels, the royal crisis over Prince Andrew’s links with a [...]

By John Elliott | The Foreign Desk | Tuesday, 8 March 2011 at 9:14 pm