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Carphone tycoon interviewed over 'assault'

David Ross, co-founder of Carphone Warehouse and Tory donor, interviewed under caution after woman's allegation

Tories in retreat over marriage tax break

Conservatives forced to clarify commitment to £5bn measure after David Cameron softens pledge in interview

Labelling 'to lead farming revolution'

Government promises a new approach to food labelling aimed at empowering consumers and transforming food production

Business news  

Kraft sweetens £10.3bn hostile Cadbury bid

US foods group will use proceeds of a $3.7 billion frozen pizza sale to Nestlé to fund a part-cash alternative

Credit Suisse sued for $24bn over failed resorts

Investors in property in ski and golf resorts say the bank defrauded them by burdening them with too much debt

Asda takes on Tesco in grocery price war

The supermarket retailer cut prices as UK grocers continue to react aggressively to falling food price inflation

Sport News  

Smith puts South Africa in impregnable position

South African captain hits an unbeaten 162 to take the third Test beyond England on the third day

• Stuart Broad in the spotlight in ball row

• South Africa v England: follow it with Hawk-Eye

Carling Cup semi-finals fall victim to big freeze

Blackburn's tie against Aston Villa and tomorrow's Manchester derby have been postponed because of bad weather

Coyle on brink of joining Bolton

Burnley confirm they have begun discussions over compensation and admit their manager wants to join his former club

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  

Lose it with British Military Fitness

It may be cold, muddy and painful but thousands are volunteering to be shouted at by soldiers in their local parks

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

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?

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