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Fare rise off the rails

9:48am Saturday 3rd January 2009

WE are entering a year in which we have repeatedly been told we will all have to make sacrifices.

Changing room SOS

Changing room SOS

10:37am Friday 2nd January 2009

Lisa Haynes looks at some of the red-carpet underwear secrets stars employ to disguise their flaws WE’VE all been there.

Money for Beginners: How to make your pennies go further

10:40am Friday 2nd January 2009

HAPPY New Year! Let’s keep it that way... Now the New Year hangover has begun to clear, it’s time to clear the financial hangover too. That might take just a little longer. So, bearing in mind that we are still feeling a little fragile, let’s keep it very simple.

January 2nd, 2009

10:31am today Friday 2nd January 2009

Reader’s question

You wannabe an MP?

THE TOP JOB CLUB: Joining the ranks of MPs on the green benches of the House of Commons can be an arduous business

10:12am Friday 2nd January 2009

New year, new job? What about becoming an MP in 2009 and trying to change the world? Owen Amos speaks to the three main parties and some candidates to find out how it’s done.

Everyone’s a loser

10:11am Friday 2nd January 2009

A YEAR ago hardly any of us had heard of deflation. The prospect certainly was not on the radar of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, nor the Treasury.

Time to take stock

10:15am Friday 2nd January 2009

WATCHING sport and watching people are my two main hobbies, though these days, I get little time for either.

No frills fitness

RIGHT TRACK: Denise Lewis, founder of Results For Life, Bishop Auckland, with two of her star  customers, Graham Douthwaite, left, and Arthur Simpson

10:27am Friday 2nd January 2009

January is always a good time to try to shed those extra pounds

Jaw-dropping

FAST FOOD: A great white shark leaps out of the water at 30mph to take its prey

10:43am Friday 2nd January 2009

Natural World: Great White Shark – A Living Legend (BBC2, 8pm)

Man of Steel?

10:18am Thursday 1st January 2009

As the world steps into an uncertain new year, Chris Lloyd looks at the superhuman tasks that confront the new President of America and our superhero expectations of him.


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