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Labour MP 'faces police probe' over expenses

Reports suggest that Harry Cohen being investigated, as three Labour MPs and a Tory peer prepare to appear in court

Arab League puts peace talks on the brink

The Palestinian President said he would boycott them because Israel refused to halt construction on the occupied territories

Chief exorcist says Devil is in the Vatican

Sex abuse scandals are proof that Satan has infiltrated the highest levels of the Roman Catholic church, says Pope's chief exorcist

Business news  

EMI chief walks away and bands may be on the run

ITV boss Charles Allen to be elevated to executive chairman, replacing chief executive at the end of the month

Northern Rock boss defends executive bonuses

Gary Hoffman says payouts totalling £14.9m are just reward, after state-owned bank cuts losses by £500m more than expected

Malcolm Calvert guilty of insider dealing

Former Cazenove partner convicted on five counts at Southwark Crown Court and is facing a sentence of up to seven years in jail

Sport News  

Nugent helps Burnley make their point

Burnley 1 Stoke City 1: forward earns relegation-threatened side a valuable point with impressive second-half equaliser

• Reality bites as Pompey lay off 85 staff

• Savage unable to check Reading festival

England must solve first-Test puzzle

Subplot ahead of first Test dominated by probable inclusion of only two seam bowlers and Kevin Pietersen's problems

• Chittagong? Manchester at night is worse

• Pietersen weak spot becoming a worry

Top drivers facing slow-motion hazards

Drivers of faster cars face potential danger in form of slower machines fielded by Lotus, Virgin and Hispania

Comment  

If interest rates rise, our prospects plummet

Fighting inflation used to be the touchstone of economic policy. But this dusty old orthodoxy must go

• Anatole Kaletsky

Prepare for the fourth transport revolution

Britain needs it and can afford it. There is no reason to hold back high-speed rail

• Andrew Adonis

Sacrificing justice to the voice of the angry voter

My Week

• Matthew Parris

Life and Style  

Jamie Oliver’s pukka ware party

Throw out your Tupperware — ‘Jamie Oliver at Home’ parties are the latest culinary craze coming to your living room

Stella McCartney mocks Tiger Woods

The opening of the Philo rival’s Paris show was irreverant, but the collection that followed was seriously stylish

Six of the best value Chilean wines

Tim Atkins picks six of of the best value Chilean wines

Arts & Entertainment  

Katherine Jenkins disappoints live

Her middle-of-the-road drift was reflected in the choice of pop tunes for her set, a depressingly conservative selection

Corey Haim dies, aged 38

The Eighties teen heart-throb and Lost Boys star was pronounced dead at an LA hospital in the early hours of this morning

Five stars for La Fille mal gardée

From the moment the chickens started their little dance an evening of whimsy and humour lightened winter’s grey spirits