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Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn was snubbed by Sex Pistols legend John Lydon, who turned down an offer to appear on the animated band’s Plastic Beach album.

Retailer offers a three-year bond where the return is paid in deliveries of chocolate over the period.

The designer will create the kit for the British Olympic team, working in conjunction with the sportswear label Adidas.

Britain's National Health Service is to be slimmed down, smartened up and democratised.

The Independent's Susannah Frankel contemplates buying a little white dress for the European summer.

Leading doctors in Britain will today demand tough government action to curb the nation's addiction to unhealthy food.

Sebastian Vettel has snared pole position for the British Grand Prix.

Fugitive British gunman Raoul Moat died after shooting himself following a six-hour stand-off with armed police.

Fugitive Raoul Moat had a 'mate' yesterday during his final hours - troubled former football star Paul Gascoigne.

A New Zealand fruit distributor is behind efforts to secretly grow kiwifruit in southern England.

The British public is being urged to suggest their own spending cuts as the Government steps up its search for billions of pounds of savings.

As armed police continue their manhunt for accused killer Raoul Moat, life goes on in rural Rothbury.

'If I was to make an appeal I would say he would be better dead,' said the mother of armed fugitive Raoul Moat, wanted for two killings in the UK.

Opening Auckland's film festival tonight, I Am Love marks Tilda Swinton's return to arthouse movies after excursions in Hollywood. She talks to HELEN BARLOW