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A photograph issued by Avon and Somerset Police of Joanna Yeates, who was 25

Arrest in Jo Yeates murder probe

A 32-year-old man was held early today on suspicion of the murder of the 25-year-old landscape architect.

One Hyde Park cost $250m to construct

Buyers still wanted for world's dearest address

Rob Sharp: The long-awaited One Hyde Park development is finally open. Now for the hard part – finding enough billionaires to occupy it.

Helpline Britain gets its kicks from sexed-up sorrow

Julie Burchill: Is there anything that isn't grist for the dramatic mill?

Honeymoon man suffering from stress new

Shrien Dewani, 31, is accused of hiring a hitman to kill his wife on their honeymoon in South Africa.

The coffee that's bigger than the human stomach

Martin Hickman: Even a nation as obese as the US expressed surprise as Starbucks introduced the Trenta receptacle.

The worst football transfer in the world?

Shaun Walker: Ex-Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit now runs the Chechen warlord's team. Does he know what he's getting into?

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Horoscopes: A sign of the times   new

Whether you're a believer or a sceptic, the allure of horoscopes is hard to ignore. But new findings suggest there may be more to the zodiac than meets the eye. By Genevieve Roberts

Say it loud: Specialised help with communication can transform the lives of pupils such as Rachel, left and Sarah

Could the success of The King's Speech boost efforts to help children with communication difficulties?

She was a quiet baby, and a quiet child. But it was not to an extent that was particularly alarming. I remember sitting in the garden with my husband, saying: 'This time next year, we won't be able to shut her up.'"

President Kennedy hands Shriver the pen used to sign the Peace Corps bill in the White House in 1961

Sargent Shriver: Politician and diplomat who ran for the White House and founded the Peace Corps

Some people knew of him because of his connection with the Kennedy clan, and as father of Maria Shriver, broadcaster and then first lady of California by dint of her marriage to a former bodybuilder and film star named Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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Adrian Hamilton: Putting caution before ideology

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