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David Batty Hairdresser Vidal Sassoon in Los Angeles with Ronnie, his fourth wife. Photograph: Richard Young / Rex Features Celebrity hair stylist Vidal Sassoon, who revolutionised women’s cuts in the 1960s with his sharp

Gunman tells Oslo court he would rather face capital punishment than the maximum sentence of 21 years Anders Behring Breivik would rather be executed than receive Norway’s “pathetic” maximum

Oliver Laughland ‘Of the lung-cancer patients I deal with, around 90% are smokers,’ says oncologist Adam Dangoor. X-ray shows cancer in a 71-year-old smoker. Photograph: © Kallista Images/Visuals Unlimi The breast specialist Tena Walters,

40 Days for Life activists outside British Pregnancy Advisory Service clinic in London challenged by demonstrators It made a strange chorus: on the one side, a small crowd of

Natasha Faith, the founder of La Diosa. Image: Philip Hollis Despite the demands of running your own business, it seems to be an increasingly appealing option for many. The rise in university fees means

Syrian president’s wife, mother, sister and sister-in-law have their assets frozen and are banned from travelling in EU The European Union has sought to punish Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad,

Ben Quinn Pro-choice campigners march in London earlier this year in protest against a proposal by Conservative MP Nadine Dorries that girls aged 13-16 be taught the ‘benefits of abstinence from sexual activity’. Photograph:

Joanna Moorhead Mariana Lopes and Simon Brooks, who donated baby Joseph’s cord blood. Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian It is mid-morning in the delivery suite at King’s College hospital in London, and midwife

Rosario Dawson’s acting break came when she was just 15, in Larry Clark’s troubling film Kids. She’s built a thriving career since, but it’s her work as a political

Remember back before Christmas when Twitter redesigned their interface with new “discovery” oriented pages? Remember how it made finding DM’s and mentions harder by burying them a level deeper? Well if you’re one of