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Fayed: Diana and Dodi were ‘murdered’
The Harrods owner Mohamed Fayed opened his evidence at the inquest into the deaths of his son Dodi Fayed and the Princess of Wales this morning by
claiming that the couple were "murdered" because Diana was pregnant with Dodi's child and was about to become engaged... [continued]
Burrell admits lying to Diana inquest 
Burrell ‘admits lying’ to Diana inquest
Paul Burrell, the former butler to Diana, Princess of Wales, has admitted lying at the inquest into her death, according to a report in the Sun. The
newspaper claims to have uncovered a three-hour video tape, shot in a New York hotel room, on which Burrell says: "I was very... [continued]
Fayed takes witness stand
Fayed's Diana theories collapse in court
A tribute to Michael Mansfield QC
Black is back, Armani decrees
Giorgio Armani kicked off the Milan autumn/winter women's wear season on Sunday with a showing of his younger Emporio Armani line. Above-the-knee skirts and evening dresses
shimmering with spangles of silver and mirror-ball mosaics (above) recalled the disco era. But the overall message from the show was... [continued]
Westwood rocks London Fashion Week
In pictures: the best of London Fashion Week
Can Rocket Ron save the Rock?
Now that the Rock has been nationalised, the government is banking on 'Rocket Ron' to sort out the ailing institution. The new chief executive chairman of Northern Rock, Ron Sandler,
is a corporate troubleshooter credited with saving the insurance market in the late Nineties when he was... [continued]
Northern Rock: memories of Rolls Royce
Streep’s campus killer film to go ahead
The release of a new Meryl Streep movie about a campus killing spree, which was postponed last year after the shooting of 32 people at Virginia Tech, will not be delayed again –
despite the recent spate of campus killings, including the gunning down of five students... [continued]
How to stop the next campus killing
Video: see the 'Dark Matter' trailer
Gapper’s cyber travels go badly wrong
An extraordinary row has developed involving an English travel writer Paul Gogarty and his 19-year-old son Max. A Guardian Unlimited travel blog written by Max, a gap-year student who has just embarked on a two-month trip around India and Thailand, had to be shut down... [continued]
Sally Hawkins wins best actress at Berlin Film Festival
The English film director Mike Leigh, one of the favourites to win the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival on Saturday for his comedy Happy-Go-Lucky, lost out to
Jose Padilha and his controversial movie about police violence in Rio de Janeiro, The Elite Squad. But Sally Hawkins (above) won... [continued]
Stones toast Scorsese movie at Berlin festival
Ken Livingstone and the lab rats
Ken Livingstone, campaigning to hold on to his job as Mayor of London in the face of a concerted effort from his Tory opponent Boris Johnson, has a blast from the past to contend with: two former colleagues have been talking about the years Ken spent in his twenties working... [continued]
ENO understudy steps out of shadows
An English National Opera understudy became the star of the show on Saturday night - despite giving his performance from the wings. Bass-baritone Paul Whelan found himself singing
the lead part of Raimondo in the opening night performance of Lucia di Lammermoor offstage, when bass Clive Bayley... [continued]
Anna Netrebko finally breaks Covent Garden curse
