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Paris Menswear: Top 10...

Over the past week there's been a candlelit catwalk, an homage to Amish barn building and a torchlight tour of the Natural History Museum. As Paris menswear fashion week comes to a close, the Observer's...

Abramovich's urge for...

Consistency may be one of the Chelsea owner's virtues but it causes a rapid turnover of managers, and at quite a cost

To understand the way Roman Arkadievich Abramovich goes about...

Arsenal 2-0 Montpellier

Jack Wilshere has revelled in the buzz of his Arsenal return after a 17-month injury lay-off. Now, he has once again felt the unique charge of a goal. The midfielder's timing was in here, and not only...

Student march ends in eggs,...

NUS leader Liam Burns shrugs off criticism from rival group after only 3-4,000 make trip across centre of London

The National Union of Students president, Liam Burns, has been...

Border Agency condemned...

UKBA accused of misleading MPs after report says more than 100,000 items of post relating to cases remained unopened

Senior UK Border Agency officials have been accused of...

Assassin's Creed 3 – review

PC/PS3/Wii U/Xbox 360; £39.99; cert 18+; Ubisoft Montreal

One has to be careful of taking the beauty in Assassin's Creed 3 for granted. This is a thought that occurred to me about...

Vatican paper's Bond review...

Catholic church mouthpiece devotes five articles to 007 film Skyfall, praising 'beautiful Bond girls' and 'essential vodka martinis'

He is known for the violent retribution he...

Modern music degrees strike...

You were in a band at school. You'd love a career in music. You're allergic to Mozart. Considered a degree in modern music?

Katy B, the Kooks and James Blake may sound pretty...

Polish singer faces two...

Poland's supreme court rules that Behemoth's Adam Darski 'offended religious feelings' by ripping up a Bible on stage

Poland's supreme court has issued a landmark judgment against...

Nico Hulkenberg confirms...

Sauber have unsurprisingly moved to sign Nico Hulkenberg, who has long been linked with a race seat since Sergio Perez announced his forthcoming switch to McLaren.

Hulkenberg...

Liverpool captain Steven...

Steven Gerrard has backtracked on his claims that Everton play like Stoke, admitting he went too far with his comments.

Speaking immediately after Sunday's controversial 2-2 draw...

Barclays faces further...

Barclays reports third-quarter loss as US authorities mull fine over energy trading and Middle East fundraising faces scrutiny

Barclays is facing further scrutiny by regulators,...

Campaigners report Tony...

Graduate Fog passes evidence of possible minimum wage infractions to HM Revenue and Customs

Tony Blair's private office may face investigation by tax authorities for breach of...

Robert McCartney murder:...

Killing of Belfast father of two in 2005 provoked international campaign with sisters claiming Sinn Fein and IRA involvement

A man has been arrested in connection with the one of...

BBC lines up six sitcom pilots

BBC1 to adapt US series It Takes a Village and shoot Mark Watson sitcom, while BBC2 shows include Ed Bye comedy

BBC1's hunt for its next hit sitcom will see it adapt US gay dad...

James Bond: why 007 games...

Rip-roaring adventure, memorable enemies and beautiful women, the Bond movies should make great games. But they've only made one. Here's why

I can remember my first experience of...

Pietersen makes frenetic...

Kevin Pietersen marked his much-anticipated return to England colours with a frenetic innings which came to an appropriate end at the Brabourne Stadium on Wednesday...

Savile 'spent nights with...

Leeds general infirmary worker says BBC star arrived in early hours of morning with teenagers and took them to nurses' rooms

Jimmy Savile annexed bedrooms reserved for surgeons...

Christmas toys 2012: Furbys...

New versions of old toys feature on this year's Toy Retailers Assocation list of 13 biggest Christmas toys

Parents up and down the country will be rushing to get their hands on...

Smashed Nirvana guitar...

Nirvana's Zen-On bass guitar from 1991 Smells Like Teen Spirit video to go under the hammer at Christie's in London

The remnants of a smashed bass guitar from Nirvana's Smells...

Tehran Symphony Orchestra...

Iran's music veteran of almost 80 years could fall silent amid conservative suspicion, protests and west's sanctions

It was a VIP audience for what was likely to be the last...

Serbia police charge...

• Police in Krusevac charge 12 people in all after fracas
• Under-21 match marred by allegations of racial abuse

The Football Association has vowed to stand by two unnamed...

All change for Manchester...

Roberto Di Matteo and Sir Alex Ferguson will make significant changes to their Chelsea and Manchester United sides for Wednesday evening's Capital One Cup tie at Stamford Bridge, where...

Andy Murray matched with...

Andy Murray will open his campaign in Paris on Wednesday against Paul-Henri Mathieu after the French wildcard held his nerve to beat the Spanish qualifier Roberto Bautista-Agut 6-4, 7-5...

Liverpool issue apology to...

Liverpool have issued a written apology to Sean Cummins, the fan responsible for creating the now notorious spoof journalist Duncan Jenkins, for the actions of their communications...