Bush bails out US mortgage giants

The Bush administration ripped up its laissez-faire economic policies last night and launched a government takeover of two of the most powerful mortgage companies in the US.

Andy Murray is the first Brit to reach the US Open final in 11 years

Murray, king of New York

Andy Murray last night completed his triumphant victory over Rafael Nadal in New York to sweep to his first Grand Slam final.

Study finds huge differences in regional health spending

Cancer patients in the metropolitan borough of Knowsley, near Liverpool, may be unlucky to have the disease, but they live in the area with the highest spending on cancer treatment in the country.

Pupils could be put in for tests when they are ready for them, along the lines of music examinations, under an exams overhaul

Balls signals end for SATs after 'fiasco' over marking

Next year's national curriculum tests for 1.2 million 11- and 14-year-olds in England could be the last, the Schools Secretary, Ed Balls, signalled yesterday.

Britain counts the cost of weekend's deadly deluge

The heavy rains that caused severe flooding and killed at least eight people across Britain began to ease in many parts of the country yesterday.

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Palin power helps McCain draw level in race for the White House

The introduction of Sarah Palin as a running mate and a week of sustained attacks on Barack Obama from the Republican National Convention have helped John McCain draw level in the latest opinion polls.

Hamilton victim of stewards' farcical decision

The decision to demote Lewis Hamilton to third place here yesterday will long be remembered as being farcical and disgraceful by all in motor racing.

Tommy Lee Jones says he was promised 'significant box-office bonuses'

No Money for Old Men: Tommy Lee Jones sues studio for $10m

As sheriff Ed Tom Bell, he risked death in the fight for justice, pursuing Javier Bardem's psychotic murderer across the desolate and lawless landscape of west Texas. Now Tommy Lee Jones is taking his love for the letter of the law a step further – albeit for more self-serving reasons.

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US banks face losses after giant mortgage bail-out

Dozens of small regional banks in the US could be plunged into financial difficulties as a result of the government bail-out of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Pollution can make you fat, study claims

Children exposed to pesticide in womb twice as likely to be overweight, refuting idea of sole personal responsibility.

Electronic smog 'is disrupting nature on a massive scale'

Scientists deduce the key to finding love: declare it

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Raise taxes to stub out smoking by 2025, say doctors

Britain's oldest and most powerful medical college today calls on the Government to set a target to eliminate smoking by 2025.

Field's collection for M&S hits stores in mid-October

Sex & the city near you: Carrie's stylist brings Manhattan to M&S;

If the highs and lows of Marks & Spencer are one of the retail world's favourite soap operas, then the British chain has just revealed its most daring plotline so far. On Saturday night, in New York, at the start of the city's fashion week, the Sex and the City stylist Patricia Field showed the collection that will appear in M&S; stores from next month.

Punk wars: McLaren accuses his son of selling fake clothes to dealers

Will power: The Daily Telegraph editor talks tough

With its move to full colour complete, The Daily Telegraph is enjoying a 'new golden age', according to its editor-in-chief. Yet while he may be keen to praise his team (and himself), there are stormy waters ahead, he tells Ian Burrell

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More children say they cannot complete exam scripts in longhand

Handwriting standards blamed as pupils ask for exam 'scribes'

Thousands of teenagers need "scribes" to help them write their A-level and GCSE papers because they are incapable of answering questions in longhand themselves, a study has revealed.

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Julia Goldsworthy was the youngest MP in Parliament, just 26, when she was elected in 2005

Julia Goldsworthy: You Ask The Questions

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Forthright: Rooke in 1980, as chairman of British Gas Corporation

Sir Denis Rooke: Engineer and chairman of British Gas

The Queen bestows the Order of Merit only on a few who have achieved exceptional distinction. Denis Rooke, OM, Fellow of the Royal Society, pioneer of liquid petroleum gas, and chairman of British Gas plc and under its previous nomenclatures from 1976 to 1989, richly deserved the honour.

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