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Premier League chief quits World Cup bid

Sir David Richards steps down from 2018 World Cup campaign team, ten days after Lord Triesman attempted to end turmoil

Victim's family attack Straw over escaped royal aide

Family of man murdered by a royal aide who has absconded from her open prison attack Justice Secretary Jack Straw

Bid to still frenzy over Israeli soldier release

Israeli and Hamas play down anticipation that Gilat Schalit will be freed in exchange for Palestinian militants

Business news  

Recovery uncertain as investment falls

The total money invested by businesses was 3 per cent lower in the third quarter than in the second

Cuts loom over UK’s nuclear clean-up budget

The Government is sharpening the axe for Britain’s £4bn budget and planning spending cuts at contaminated sites

Federal Reserve forecasts better growth next year

The Fed expects economic recovery to be gradual, with real GDP growing at a moderate pace

Sport News  

Hart sacked as Portsmouth manager

South Coast club have parted company with their manager after he failed to lift them from the foot of the Premier League

• Fuller makes Portsmouth pay penalty

• Club stand by Storrie over tax evasion charge

Blatter calls crisis talks after ‘Hand of Henry’ goal

Fifa president arranges emergency meeting to discuss the outcry over France striker's controversial goal against Ireland

Murray can use crowd to his advantage

O2 has been a tennis venue for only 48 hours but its atmosphere can help the Briton overcome the world No 1

Comment  

To save the planet, strike a deal with Big Oil

A breakthrough on Copenhagen is quite simple. It depends on four US senators and a wave of new rigs off the Gulf coast

• Giles Whittell

How to stop the Queen picking the next PM

You can blame it on the Canadians and the Lib Dems, but a constitutional crisis is much closer than you might think

• Daniel Finkelstein

Bankers think it’s all over. Time to think again

Financiers think they are indispensable to Britain. But times have changed. They face opposition at home and abroad

• Alice Thomson

Life and Style  

Were Cheryl Cole’s hair extensions worth it?

The furore over Cheryl Cole’s L’Oréal ads showed us that fake hair is now ubiquitous. Bridget Harrison gave it a twirl

How to be a whizz at quizzes

Olav Bjortomt, the Times’ quiz-setter and quiz-winner extraordinaire, reveals his formula for winning

Easy British recipes: Slow-roast shoulder of lamb

This recipe from Tom Aitkins is a real winter warmer, with onions, thyme and balsamic vinegar and it's a one-pot wonder

Arts & Entertainment  

One star: Damien Hirst at White Cube

After another set of derivative paintings, this time at the White Cube, it’s time for Damien Hirst to give it a rest

Four stars for Corinne Bailey Rae comeback

In her first public performance since the death of her husband, she performed songs soaked with his presence and absence

Cast Offs actress: I’m happy that my face fits

No more clichés, says Victoria Wright, one of the disabled stars of Channel 4’s new drama series Cast Offs