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  1. Colin Firth and Ralph Fiennes speak out on threat to Art Deco cinema http://bit.ly/ifvyA4 about 1 hour ago via twitterfeed
  2. SAS unit could use Ark Royal as Pool of London base http://bit.ly/eNjIwe about 1 hour ago via twitterfeed
  3. Cleaning up: Official royal wedding souvenir tea towel goes on sale at £7.95 http://bit.ly/eqQ7nB about 1 hour ago via twitterfeed
  4. 'Big Society' centre praised by Sam Cam faces closure http://bit.ly/gOZLcG about 1 hour ago via twitterfeed
  5. Usher brings anti-knife crime team to London http://bit.ly/i61ldj about 1 hour ago via twitterfeed
  6. Killer Raoul Moat 'had secret gay affair' http://bit.ly/gYFNPn about 1 hour ago via twitterfeed
  7. Bullingdon student's 'punch-up with love rival over girl' http://bit.ly/i3i7g2 about 1 hour ago via twitterfeed
  8. Payouts over phone-hacking could cost news group £100m http://bit.ly/gOPglw about 1 hour ago via twitterfeed
  9. Our gratitude to 7/7 surgeon, by mother of boy in pitbull attack http://bit.ly/hCR32q about 2 hours ago via twitterfeed
  10. Election rival 'branded Lib-Dem MP a paedophile in campaign flyer' http://bit.ly/gpM1Pp about 3 hours ago via twitterfeed
  11. Sales of ale up as younger like bitter better http://bit.ly/eC7SzQ about 3 hours ago via twitterfeed
  12. Huge fall in number of schools where pupils must study a language http://bit.ly/fIMAB6 about 3 hours ago via twitterfeed
  13. 17 plucked from blazing flats block in central London http://bit.ly/i3diU3 about 3 hours ago via twitterfeed
  14. Bribery Act lawsuits 'could ruin bosses' http://bit.ly/eJZf1u about 3 hours ago via twitterfeed
  15. Dine like a 19th-century aristocrat: Michel Roux recreates luxury of another age at £350 a head http://bit.ly/ehWPMn about 3 hours ago via twitterfeed
  16. Charity begins at school: Pupils learn value of philanthropy http://bit.ly/h4T4yK about 4 hours ago via twitterfeed
  17. David Cameron paves way for privatisation http://bit.ly/i99Lcn about 4 hours ago via twitterfeed
  18. Pensioner, 71, warned over threats to ruin aristocratic wedding http://bit.ly/hydh4E about 4 hours ago via twitterfeed
  19. Liam Fox in MoD costs crackdown after projects run £8.8 billion over budget http://bit.ly/iiLeb7 about 4 hours ago via twitterfeed
  20. BBC probes fraud 'actors' in Real Hustle http://bit.ly/gxhn80 about 4 hours ago via twitterfeed