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Regional editors to give evidence at Leveson Inquiry

Ian Hislop will be amongst those set to give evidence to the Inquiry next week.

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Charlotte Church sues over "drunken proposal" claims

The singer claims the photograph used in the piece was taken four years before the story was printed.

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Shame (18); Margin Call (15)

Stories of sex and finance reveal New York’s seamy side.

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What would Scottish independence mean for Trident?

The UK would struggle to find a new home for its nuclear weapons system.

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Morning Call: pick of the papers

The ten must-read pieces from this morning's newspapers.

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Ed Balls makes concessions on austerity and pay restraint

The shadow chancellor has endorsed Osborne's public sector pay freeze and said that Labour would not reverse coalition cuts.

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New Girl: not so much a sitcom, more a new front in the war on twee

It's not technically impossible to fight patriarchy in a Hello Kitty thong, although it might be a little uncomfortable.

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Eurozone crisis: ratings agency downgrades nine countries

Standard & Poor's deals heavy blow to French economy by removing AAA credit rating.

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Morning call: the pick of the papers

The ten must-read pieces from this morning's newspapers.

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Eroticism and war in Angelina Jolie's directorial debut

In the Land of Blood and Honey is a partial success, says Grace Jennings-Edquist.

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Ed Balls' surrender is a political disaster

The shadow chancellor's capitulation on cuts and public sector pay offers vindication for the Tories' economic strategy, even as it is proven to fail.

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Ed Miliband's home for recycled jokes

The Labour leader practises gag austerity.

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You win nothing in politics just for being right

If the Tories were a private company, their shareholders would be furious. So why are voters more lenient?

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Why prostitutes are living in a "climate of fear"

Police crackdowns on brothel-keeping mean that sex workers are unwilling to report intimidation and violence.

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Israel's law keeping Arab families apart

The human consequences of the decision to ban thousands of Palestinians who are married to Israelis from living in Israel.

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Kelvin’s honest amorality, Mitt’s weird faith and Toby’s school rules

Peter Wilby offers a guide to interpreting the red tops, worries about Mitt Romney, is alarmed about free schools and advises you to water the babies.

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The Doors

Greil Marcus’s latest foray into criticism fails to persuade that the bloated “tragic” myth of Jim Morrison and the Doors merits all the attention it gets, writes Stuart Maconie.

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Sport Italia: the Italian Love Affair with Sport

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Love Labour’s lost

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The significance of Stephen

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