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World’s tallest tower suffers identity crisis

Dubai is forced to swallow its pride and rename the Burj Dubai after its financial rescuer — the ruler of Abu Dhabi

Brooklyn wins Costa Novel Award

Colm Tóibín’s sixth novel, about an Irish immigrant in 1950s New York, named as the favourite to win Costa Book of the Year

Migrant IT workers 'deprive Britons of jobs’

Arrival of 30,000 staff fuels suspicion that foreign companies are bypassing UK labour markets to pay lower wages

Sport News  

Capello is ruled off duty by knee operation

England manager is likely to be out of action for six weeks after having surgery to replace his left kneecap tomorrow

• World Cup raising hopes of united South Africa

• Capello: United’s ‘war machine’ has slowed

Bolton Wanderers in hurry for Coyle

Burnley begin the search for new manager having resigned themselves to losing Scot to relegation rivals

South Africa bowlers find rich seam of form

South Africa v England: half-centuries from Alastair Cook and Matt Prior keep tourists in hunt after pacemen dominate

Business news  

High-street hopes rise as John Lewis surges

Strong Christmas sales suggest possible consumer comeback, while retailer's staff may be in line for bumper bonuses

Economists see recession nearing end in UK

Figures for manufacturing point to return to growth in fourth quarter, but recovery will not be ‘particularly vigorous’

‘Coshed’ banks consider London exit over tax

City bankers returning to work this week are considering relocating parts of their businesses to friendlier jurisdictions

Comment  

Caesar & Cicero: Balls & Mandelson

More than one election campaign is at stake in the bitter power struggle between Brown’s chief allies

• Rachel Sylvester

Bully's rant merits more than a rap on the knuckles

Alex Ferguson is the growling embodiment of today’s entitlement culture. Above all, though, he is simply boring

• Patrick Kidd

Heroes of the moral resistance

We forget that Germans opposed to Adolf Hitler were motivated by a powerful religious impulse

• Ben Macintyre

Life and Style  

Dear Tanya: I can’t control my daughter

I really feel I am losing the plot with my daughter who 9, going on 15 and acts as if she knows it all. What can I do?

Think yourself slim with our hypnodiet podcast

The hypnotist to the stars explains how her techniques can bring you slimming success this January

Why British children are pushed too hard

British children are pushed too hard, too early at school. One writer explains how daughters read less but learnt a lot more in Africa

Arts & Entertainment  

The Bond girl done good

Since her debut with 007, Gemma Arterton has resisted the starlet trap and opted for surprisingly gritty roles

Three stars for Miracle

A Chekhovian drama about a 1930s theatre troupe borders on melodrama before moving into an almost metaphysical dimension

Sir Ian McKellen on breaking through

The actor, who is presenting the Times Breakthrough award at the South Bank Show Awards, on the benefit of early recognition