Obituary: Dame Alicia Markova
Dame Alicia Markova, who has died in Bath aged 94, was the UK’s first prima ballerina of the modern age,…
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Leisure group Rank could unveil plans to demerge its film services unit and sell its media business, reports claim. Rank,…
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Scotland v Italy (Sat)
Murrayfield, Edinburgh Saturday, 26 February 1400 GMT BBC1, Five Live and this website Victory for the Azzurri in Rome last…
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Parties build up poll war chests
The Labour Party received more than £5m in donations in the final quarter of 2004, new figures show. This is…
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Pixies take on Reading and Leeds
Pixies, Foo Fighters and Iron Maiden will headline this summer’s Leeds and Reading festivals. The trio of rock heavyweights will…
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Tokyo says deflation ‘controlled’
The Japanese government has forecast that the country’s economic growth will slow to 1.6% in the next fiscal year starting…
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Safin relieved at Aussie recovery
Marat Safin admitted he thought he was suffering another Australian Open final nightmare when he lost the opening set to…
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India’s Maruti sees profits jump
India’s biggest carmaker Maruti has reported a sharp increase in quarterly profit after a booming economy and low interest rates…
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Holmes urged to compete at Worlds
Jolanda Ceplak has urged Britain’s Kelly Holmes to continue competing at the major championships. Double Olympic gold medallist Holmes has…
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Drive to ‘save’ festive holidays
Efforts are being made to ‘protect’ workers’ days off on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Support is being sought…
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