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Ministers ready to control banks as crisis worsens
Treasury is prepared to take controlling stakes in UK's biggest banks and put government representatives on their boards.
IMF warns of world financial system 'meltdown'
International Monetary Fund warns world financial system stands on the "brink of systemic meltdown", despite international efforts.
Revealed: Blair's role in the Ecclestone Affair
Secret government documents show Tony Blair personally intervened to secure Formula One's exemption from the tobacco advertising ban just hours after meeting Bernie Ecclestone.
North Korea taken off US terrorism blacklist
The US will remove North Korea from its terrorism blacklist after the secretive communist state agreed to US demands over nuclear inspections.
Taliban offered official role
Hamid Karzai offers positions in government in bid to end fighting.
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China's debates economic future
China's leaders are locked in an ideological battle over the future direction of the country's economy in the wake of the world financial crisis.
Merger may close grammar school
A grammar school and a secondary modern are to merge for the first time since the decimation of the selective system in the Seventies.
Vince Cable: Sage of the credit crunch
When the man who predicted the collapse of Northern Rock received word of another impending financial catastrophe he had to make a tough judgement call.
Prince Charles saves gardeners from eviction
With just a little friendly persuasion behind the scenes, the Prince of Wales appears to have got his old friend the Earl of Arran to have a change of heart about evicting the allotment holders of High Roding in Essex from his land.
Twins separated forever by drowning tragedy in Spain
![Sam [left] and Lauren Cullen](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01007/SamLaurenCullen_1007848g.jpg)
For more than 14 years, they have been inseparable: twin sisters and best friends. Now a freak accident in flash floods means Samantha Cullen will never see her sister Lauren - or their mother - again.
Blackadder 'lined up to be Sixties entrepreneur'
He has blundered his way through four different centuries and Edmund Blackadder's fifth outing could have seen him return as a 1960s entrepreneur, writer Richard Curtis has revealed.
Homosexuals 'welcome to serve in the Army'
The head of the British Army has made military history by addressing a conference on homosexuality, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal.
Straight furrows at ploughing championships
To you and I it was a scrape of mud in an empty field, but to the crowd at yesterday's British National Ploughing Championships it was a thing of wonder and beauty.
Bouncers run extortion rackets
Door security staff who have been licensed by the government are running protection rackets against pubs and clubs.
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Tories want 'divisive' 42-day dropped
The Conservatives have made a fresh call to Gordon Brown to dump controversial plans to allow police to detain terrorist suspects for up to 42 days.
Travolta-style dancing is the way to a woman's heart
His dancing style has inspired cringeworthy moments at weddings and nightclubs, but it seems John Travolta knew what he was doing when he strutted his stuff in Saturday Night Fever.
Swap shop: Britons turn to bartering
British consumers are turning to bartering in a bid to cope with the worsening economic crisis.
The future is female, job figures show
For generations, women have struggled to make their way in the top professions, their path blocked by tradition and prejudice.
The scientist, the jellyfish protein and the Nobel prize that got away
It is the ultimate story of what might have been.
Two-thirds of drivers caught speeding escape penalty points in some areas
Motorists face a speed camera lottery with their chances of getting points on their licence varying spectacularly across the country.
Lebanon and Israel in food fight
The lowly chickpea, a staple of Middle Eastern cooks, has become the subject of a heated battle between Lebanese foodies who claim hummus and falafel as their own, and Israeli companies marketing the dishes with great success in European shops.
'Metric martyr' convicted for selling fruit by the pound
A market trader convicted of selling fruit and vegetables using imperial measures has spoken of her "outrage" at the decision.
Peru's Shining Path as terror movement kills 19
Peru's rebel movement, the Shining Path, long thought defeated, has ambushed a military convoy killing 19 as it increases in power thanks to the drugs trade.
Weatherman proposes on air
A weatherman stunned his presenter girlfriend by proposing on television.
St Pancras gets 'offensive' sculptures
St Pancras International train station has been graced with a series of "offensive" sculptures including a man sticking up his middle finger.
Sumatran deer last seen in 1930 found
A small deer that fell into a hunter's snare in 2002 has been identified as a Sumatran muntjac - more than 80 years since the animal was last seen.
Wheel Deal: Audi Q5
The team give their verdict on Audi's latest SUV, the Q5. Is it as groundbreaking as Audi claim?
Stars on Stage
With David Tennant currently staring in Love's Labours Lost and David Walliams appearing in No Man's Land, Charles Spencer reports on the current trend of casting screen stars on stage.
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Worst is over? Think again
After a week of ever more cataclysmic news, Dan Roberts warns that the domino effect of the crisis still continues.
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