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Knox and Sollecito have 'lost battle but not war'

Lawyers believe the Kercher jury's failure to impose life sentence and a lack of 'plausible motive' will lead to acquittal

Keep away from our memorials, town tells MPs

Wootton Bassett wants politicians to stay away from a filming of Question Time which is expected to focus on the Afghan confict

Newlywed arrested after wife's body found in garage

Michael Roberts, who gave police the slip as they searched his home, was held 30 miles away after a tip-off

Business news  

Minister in talks with Saudis to protect creditors

Bankers are furious that two defaulting Saudi conglomerates appear to be favouring local banks over foreign in repaying debt

MPs back third Heathrow runway

Report that will argue for countrywide high-speed rail links to support an anticipated surge in demand for air travel

• Whitehall hid evidence on Heathrow expansion

• Gatwick buyer sends ‘black-belt’ squad to fix woes

Tesco challenges rivals with price cuts

Supermarket will take on M&S by heavily discounting Finest range and adding to it 200 more luxury items

Sport News  

Khan: ‘fighters will think twice about fighting me’

The Bolton boxer is aiming to make an immediate impact on America as the next step along his glittering career path

• Mitchell dodges bombs to break Prescott’s heart

• Bell ringing after his bruising encounter

Defoe penalty miss hands Everton vital point

Everton 2 Tottenham 2: David Moyes's side fight back from two goals down before Tim Howard saves injury-time spot kick

England in difficulty as Anderson struggles

Andy Flower has only four fully fit bowlers in his team with the first Test against South Africa fast approaching

Comment  

Fantasy world fuelled by sex and drugs

The bravado of the ‘sexually adventurous’, such as Amanda Knox, masks the real damage caused by a life of endless flings

• Libby Purves

Would outsiders make better chief constables?

Policing is changing and new leaders might help to get the right balance between crime-fighting and community work

• Andy Hayman

Darling can’t please Brown and do his own job

The Prime Minister wants to win an election, the Chancellor has to borrow £175 billion, and never the twain shall meet

• William Rees-Mogg

Life and Style  

AA Gill reviews Winter Wonderland

Biting through the surprisingly tough skin, it wasn't quite the worst koch I've eaten but it was pretty awful

Can low-alcohol wine sparkle after all?

New techniques can cut the hangover risk, but what about the fun? We put them to the test on a girls' night in

New home buyers: High risk and on the shelf

Anyone with a less than conventional job may find it difficult to secure a mortgage if new rules go ahead

Arts & Entertainment  

In bed with the Pajama Men

The American comedy duo took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm, but just what is that makes their bizarre act so funny?

Shady lady: The truth about pop's Lady Gaga

Our writer teases some home truths out of the shamelessly loud, brash, trashy and sexually ambiguous self-publicist

Paul McCartney: in love and back on the road

He is in the best place he has been for years. If only John Lennon were here. "We were really good mates again," he says