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Planning reforms 'put economic growth before environment'
The Coalition's planning reforms are biased in favour of developers and create an “inevitable” risk of more development on the greenest parts of England, a cross-party group of MPs has warned.
Cameron warned over Forces pay freeze
David Cameron warned in report that government plans to freeze pay in the Armed Forces is causing concern
Piers Morgan : 'unaware of hacking at Mirror'
Former tabloid newspaper editor tells Leveson Inquiry he was unaware of any phone hacking when in charge at the Daily Mirror.
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Nancy Dell’Olio loses court action over "man eater" newspaper comments.
Nancy Dell’Olio has lost a High Court libel action over a newspaper article that referred to her as a “man eater”.
Frankincense may 'disappear'
Frankincense could disappear from Christmas church services after ecologists warned that trees producing the festive incense could soon be wiped out.
Bringing balance to the planning debate
Telegraph View: A committee of MPs is right to urge the Government to look again at its proposed planning reforms.
Piers Morgan: 'The Leveson Inquiry is like a rock star's worst hits'
Piers Morgan: 'I did not hack Ulrika Johnson's phone'
The former tabloid editor denies advising Ulrika Johnson to change the PIN number on her mobile telephone because they were being accessed.
Piers Morgan 'unaware of phone-hacking in 1998'
Former tabloid editor Piers Morgan dismisses suggestions he knew about phone hacking as early as 1998, despite a member of the public alerting the paper to the practice.
Bringing balance to the planning debate
Telegraph View: A committee of MPs is right to urge the Government to look again at its proposed planning reforms.
My perfect weekend: Caggie Dunlop
'Made in Chelsea’ actress Caggie Dunlop shares her favourite weekend.
New Jersey plane crash kills investment banker and his family
An investment banker died with his wife and two children when their small plane crashed on to a busy highway in New Jersey.
Kim Jong-il dies aged 69
World leaders call for reform after Kim Jong-il, the leader of North Korea, dies of a heart attack on a train in Pyongyang.
Syria conducts war games to deter attack
Syrian state television broadcasts what it claims is footage of the nation's air force and navy holding live-fire exercises aimed at deterring any attack on the country.
Obama warns tax increases imminent
Barack Obama says that Republicans must pass a bill to extend the payroll tax cut or see taxes on American households rise in 11 days.
Kim Jong-il dead: eerie silence falls on border between North and South Korea
In the wake of the death of Kim Jong-il and uncertainty over what Kim Jong-un's regime will resemble, an eerie silence fell on the North Korea side of the border with the South.
Britain and EU powers 'dismayed' by new Israeli settlements
European Union powers led condemnation by UN Security Council members on Tuesday of Israel's increased settlements in the occupied territories and growing attacks by settlers on Palestinians.
Who wouldn’t hitch their wagon to Hitchens?
Two hours of the great controversialist's time could never be cause for regret, says Rowan Pelling.
Frankincense may 'disappear'
Frankincense could disappear from Christmas church services after ecologists warned that trees producing the festive incense could soon be wiped out.
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Has modern architecture become old hat?
The Lloyd’s Building, designed by Richard Rogers, has achieved heritage status, says Stephen Bayley.
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