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• PAUL HARRIS: They came, they saw, they left to get bargains elsewhere
• Cash-strapped Hearts wait on Gordon windfall to keep creditors at bay
• He beheaded Blackbeard and hanged cut-throats by the dozen... the life of history's most ruthless pirate hunter
• MAX HASTINGS: Of course a recession isn't good... but there IS a silver lining
• In God's hands: British missionaries who asked friends to pray for Gambians are locked up
• Celtic stars hopeful prized asset Strachan will ignore pull of the Premier League
• Half-price Christmas: Panic in the High Street as every shop starts a sale
• Cardiff Blues 21pts Biarritz 17pts: Boot boys give Blues a tight win
• Behaving badly: The pupils hit by the recession
• Sale 36pts Montauban 6pts: Sale day as Lobbe double fries French
• Celtic's Mark Wilson says it's time he was given Scotland chance
• Wary Wilson skates on ice as cost-cutting rules delay Rally GB
• Edinburgh 16pts Wasps 25pts: Seven-up Danny saves day for Wasps
• OJ: The murders that turned a hero into a pariah
• The Ultimate Internet Gift Guide
• I'm A Celebrity was hell, but it was the best therapy I've ever had
• Women in tumultuous marriages have smaller breast tumours, report finds
• Berkeley Group is defying the odds, aiming to build cash balances
• Time for a little r-e-s-p-e-c-t: Aretha Franklin is named greatest singer of all time
• MAIL COMMENT: Plea for the victims of welfare Britain
• The braying pack of nine youths who gang raped a 14-year-old schoolgirl
• Graham Poll: Playing it by the book
• Lloyds' Daniels decides to keep HBOS brand... but will still axe 25,000 jobs
• March of the Facebook mob: The full chilling story of a ruthless internet gang and a precocious girl
• Heineken Cup: Sportsmail's guide to the weekend's matches
• The £1,500 tax demand: How Labour has made families poorer
• Geoff Foster's market report: Market shock at huge US job cuts
• Death at the cathedral: Are Britain’s trigger-happy police now lethally out of control?
• Mosley warns of more F1 victims as Toyota may follow Honda out the door
• Mandy's scheming chums and their suicidal plot to take us into the euro
• Adams back on defensive as Pompey boss looks to shore up the back line
• Poor to be hit by higher rates on personal loans
• Woolworths wields the axe as 450 corporate jobs disappear
• London life is leaving at least one of Graham Henry's horrors smiling
• Ruby's ready to sparkle again just one month after horror fall at Cheltenham
• Marriage proposal on U.S. beach turns deadly as would-be bride is swept out to sea
• Swindon hoping to Speed up search for new boss after Blades plea
• ALEX BRUMMER: The public has a right to know
• Honda crashes out of F1 putting thousands of jobs on the line
• We haven't forgotten savers, insists Brown
• Councils get higher government 'scores' if children like Shannon are left with the parents who put them most at risk
• Tingle Minded is the way: Nicholls' champion can leave rivals up the creek
• Upbeat Jags making do with the Mini Cooper as defender count down to Villa
• U.S. economy in 'free fall' as 533,000 jobs go in a month
• CHARLES SALE: Celeb-crazy BBC snooker commentator Everton
• How Shannon was betrayed by government child protection targets
• Out of The Shadows: Jet Harris isn't invited as Cliff Richard and the boys reunite for tour
• Paul Hayward: Let's bring some sanity to football's managerial pantomime
• Learning to smile: Victoria Beckham says she 'has mastered smirking' so far
• Rovers axe set to fall on Paul Ince as Allardyce and Souness wait in wings
• I have fallen for a heartless cheat and it's destroying me
• Evra's four-game ban riles Fergie as United star pays for Chelsea brawl
• FSA probe shows thousands of pensions may have been mis-sold
• Queue for Sunderland job goes right round the world, says Quinn
• No ordinary Joe: Swash is crowned King Of The Jungle as he wins I'm A Celebrity final
• Albion defender Robinson sorry for West Bromwich fan blast
• US firms are slashing 25,000 jobs a day as payrolls are hacked back at fastest pace in 34 years
• BA lost 450,000 passenger bags this summer - one in every 53 pieces of luggage it carried
• I'm no Anelka clone, says Elmander as goals flow at last
• Ray of sunshine as weathermen promise respite from the snow
• As thousands lose their jobs, Citigroup splashes out with a right royal knees-up
• Drama over BBC's decision to reschedule Little Dorrit with Shannon Matthews documentary
• United cash beat Wenger charm, says Arsenal boss over Ronaldo
• Fleeced by the power giants: Gas, electricity and oil prices plunge - but your energy bills are STILL higher than ever
• A warm welcome for England but India may be too hot to handle
• It's not my fault, says Big Phil Scolari, I've only spent £8m at Chelsea
• Centrica calling out to British Gas small investors again
• Azinger could be retained as America's Ryder Cup captain for Celtic Manor match in 2010
• DEBORAH ROSS reflects on the Miss University London beauty pageant
• A million Christmas presents go missing in the post each week... their only hope is a dedicated team of elfish Santa Detectives
• Time to deliver: Keane faces Liverpool axe over lack of goals
• Dean Windass: My Teesside tales about Alen, Elaine and Gazza
• Pacquiao relying on his own opinion as he prepares for De La Hoya showdown
• In Fergie's shadow: Bruce tells why Class of 94 find it tough being in charge
• Pavlyuchenko savours English football, but can't stand the food
• INVESTMENT EXTRA: How to stop the savings rot from biting into your monthly income
• Now have your say
• Bling bling! The £1m mobile, hand-crafted in solid gold and encrusted with jewels - just don't leave it on the train...
• Determined Jenas puts lasagne back on the menu ahead of Hammers trip
• Time to put a spring in your step with bright colours
• Residents left in the dark after council's promised Christmas light spectacular proves 'too good to be true'
• Martina Navratilova has to get used to being No 2 after missing out on the I'm A Celebrity title
• Gentleman of the jungle George Takei comes third in I'm A Celebrity... but leaves with 'friends to treasure'
• 'I wanna be like you': A Junglebook jolly as toddler Emily and baby orangutan Rishi monkey around together
• Free CD of ACM Gospel Choirs' Christmas album in today's Mail on Sunday
• UK Athletics signs a new long-term contract with BBC
• Tat's life: Rotherham striker has 145- word Mandela speech tattooed on his leg
• Reader, he called me
• Mudbound: Our winning book group speaks out...
• Liz Jones's Diary
• Press-ups punishment teacher is reinstated - but gets a final warning
• CSKA open door for Manchester City striker Jo to return on loan
• Car bomb kills 20 and injures dozens in Pakistani city of Peshawar
• Intelligent men have better quality sperm, research finds
• Terror as school children are evacuated from fire-ravaged classrooms minutes after roof collapses
• Moyes has eye on 'everybody' as Everton boss looks to beef up squad
• Top Score: the best games for Christmas 2008
• Richard & Judy's New Writers Book Club Choice: Loving Frank
• Torres is on track for festive return from injury, insists Liverpool boss Benitez
• Zola ready to offer Hammers Ilunga a permanant deal despite defender's 'second-rate club' jibe
• Carlisle appoint Abbott as new first team boss
• End of the road for Inmate 02648927: How O.J. Simpson didn't really get away with murder after all
• Carvalho set for Chelsea return in a fortnight from hamstring injury
• US jobless leap is worst for 34 years
• Firefighter jailed for stabbing his wife to death hours after she text a friend saying 'he wouldn't do anything to me'
• Women stressed BEFORE pregnancy 'are more likely to have a premature baby'
• Davis admits Pompey can only blame themselves for UEFA Cup disaster
• 50 Cent left red-faced as team of security guards break into his Rolls-Royce with coat hanger after locking keys inside
• Ince has still got the Blackburn dressing room, says Rovers skipper Nelsen
• Solar car completes first ever round-the-world trip at UN climate talks
• Better than the real thing? Our pick of the best artificial Christmas trees to add sparkle to your home
• Selina Scott settles age discrimination claim with Channel Five for £250,000
• Gloria Hunniford: Christmas without Caron
• WEST HAM v Spurs: Bowyer fighting to be fit for Zola's men
• Newcastle boss Kinnear eyes £12m January spending spree
• Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor prepares to tell the Pope he's ready to step down as head of the Catholic Church in Britain
• Extract from Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
• Shock US jobless leap is worst for 34 years
• Angry MP insists FA must review decision not to punish Morgan for horror challenge on Hume
• Wife of bigamist former Church Minister 'absolutely delighted' her 'despicable' husband is behind bars
• Mother refuses to send her daughter, 8, to school because of earring ban
• FULHAM v Manchester City: Baird is only doubt for Cottagers
• HSBC buys back Canary Wharf HQ at £250m less
• The future's orange as England go Dutch on friendly date in Amsterdam
• FA end their investigation into unusual betting patterns on Norwich v Derby
• I despised religion - then my mum became a vicar
• West Ham picture special: Will the Hammers survive? It's a fair bet
• EVERTON v Aston Villa: Moyes facing striker crisis with only Anichebe fit
• You don't need to be knee-deep in needles: Monty Don's Christmas tree tips
• Fiorentina star Melo insists Arsenal are a bigger club than their rivals Chelsea
• Blackburn v LIVERPOOL: Torres still missing for Benitez's side
• Obama's 'New Deal': Barack lays out 'blood transfusion' for U.S. economy that could cost up to $1trillion
• Puppy love: Playful baby seals have their first taste of beach life in England's biggest colony
• New target for the anti-terror spies: Village paperboys - for not having the correct paperwork
• Top-secret laboratories outsourced by Defra
• 'My mum thinks I'm over-bonded with my baby, but I don't care,' says devoted Nicole Kidman
• Osborne rules out Tories ever joining euro as he attacks 'fanatics' in Labour government
• X Factor's Diana Vickers goes from grunge to glam ahead of the semi-final showdown
• Actress Cherie Lunghi: 'There are no losers on Strictly'
• Spiderman Trailer
• Wenger insists: Gallas is going nowhere - he's too important to Arsenal
• Anger as Fiona Bruce accuses Antiques Roadshow fans of bringing 'tat' to the programme
• St Joseph's sense glory after boost of tasting the big stage at Wembley
• Lily Allen shows off her playful side in surreal new video
• London Zoo mourns sudden death of its poster boy gorilla Bobby
• Everton v ASTON VILLA: O'Neill sweating on fitness of Young
• Edmonds ends White Nile's hunt for oil and turns farmer
• The surprising images that show the Red Planet turned blue
• American jailed after killing three men because he drove on the right-hand side of the road
• Broadmoor nurse 'had sex with convicted rapist in the shower'
• Ivybridge into sixth round of U15 Cup and set their sights on going all the way
• Beating Spurs' record of away wins doesn't concern Chelsea boss Scolari
• NEWCASTLE v Stoke City: Magpies set to be unchanged at St James'
• Ellesmere impress in U18 Cup with three wins on their travels
• CEO of top Swiss bank dies suddenly, sparking rumours of suicide
• Hampton hope to follow old boy Browne and make it all the way to Twickenham final
• ARSENAL v Wigan: Gallas missing for Gunners with calf injury
• Teenage girl who won £2m Lottery jackpot is arrested in cocaine raid
• Outrage as U.S. health centre offers 'abortion gift certificates' for Christmas
• RGS High Wycombe wipe away years of heartache with win over Colston's
• WEST BROM v Portsmouth: Mowbray's men get clean bill of health
• Val Hennessy's pick of 2008: Watching The Door by Kevin Myers
• How garden moss that smells like cannabis attracted police raid on pensioners... and the local drug gang
• Farrell just one of the boys as St George's see off Richard Hale
• Edmonds ends White Nile's hunt for oil and turns farmer
• Peter's pick of 2008: MIRACLES OF LIFE by J G Ballard
• With Beckham on way to Milan, Italian claims: Serie A stars pay me for sex
• Footnotes and fairy tales from Dumbledore: THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD by J.K. Rowling
• Blunderland II: First the New Forest fiasco... now muddy Lapland Midlands fails to open
• Recipe: Sugar and spice nuts
• Recipe: Smoked salmon blinis with beetroot and dill cream
• Oil price plummets below $45 a barrel and experts say it could reach $25 if recession hits China
• Curl up with these and go wild: NATURE STORIES FOR CHRISTMAS
• Recipe: Parmesan stars
• 'I'm pregnant,' reveals Kym Marsh after six-month whirlwind romance with Hollyoaks star Jamie Lomas
• Recipe: Mini festive toads-in-the-hole
• Beckham can inspire us to league and euro double, says AC Milan star Kaka
• Richard and Judy's Book Club: Wild passion and high society in Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
• 'I refuse to learn the details of my cancer,' admits Jade Goody in emotional TV interview
• I'm not sure when Keane will return to football, says old boss Fergie as Cascarino claims Roy's career is finished
• Keegan begins £8m legal battle over controversial Newcastle exit
• Woman medical student died in crash after driver bolted wheel-nuts too tightly
• Canute's victory: Campaigner wins the right to protect his home from falling into the sea
• Baby shaken to death by violent father after series of blunders by social services
• Avalanche of businesses going under 'will run into next decade'
• Passive smoking 'increases risk of fertility problems and miscarriages'
• BLACKBURN v Liverpool: Ince waits on Emerton and Santa Cruz
• Casillas happy at Madrid: Real keeper dismisses £129m City switch
• Can I challenge tracker mortgage collar?
• Young, gifted and lost for 40 years: Bernard Braden and his remarkable record of the Sixties
• 'I hate my boobs,' reveals Britney Spears after nearly falling out of her birthday dress
• Magistrate and his lecturer wife tried to dodge £60 speeding fine by changing car number plates
• Newcastle v STOKE CITY: Faye set to return for Potters
• We're just friends, honest! A-Rod attempts to shoot down rumours of romance with Madonna
• Bloomsbury bowled over to catch Wisden
• Shock of office boss whose paperweight turned out to be a live WWI shell packed with TNT
• Party food: Guest-pleasing Christmas nibbles you can make in advance
• Fulham v MANCHESTER CITY: Elano out for 10 days with groin strain
• Resolution to stalk strugglers with £600m
• West Ham v SPURS: Modric set for late fitness test
• Resolution ready to stalk strugglers after raising £600m
• Happiness is contagious and spreads quickly between friends and family, say scientists
• On the road with... Portsmouth: Bless Germany, where trains run on time, the welcome is warm and football hasn't lost touch with the fans
• The 79-year-old Woolies Christmas tree that's set to outlive the store it came from
• Halifax cuts SVR by just 0.25%
• The strong arm of the law: 19-stone body-building policeman is Britain's hardest copper
• All dressed up: From Upstairs, Downstairs to Pride and Prejudice, the show that celebrates the TV costume drama
• Money men wake up to new mood of giving, not grabbing
• Eduardo nears Arsenal return as Clichy issues title challenge
• MANCHESTER UNITED v Sunderland: Fergie leaves Scholes on the sidelines
• Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury bowled over to catch Wisden
• 'Did Gordon Ramsay get my leftovers?' asks Jim Davidson as he admits to bedding Sarah Symonds
• Facebook users hit by 'Koobface' virus that seeks out credit card numbers
• From darling cupcakes to cute pictures of Suri Cruise... what's hot on the web this week
• Peter Hain escapes charges over 'dodgy' £100,000 donation to deputy leadership campaign
• Bolton v CHELSEA: Blues banking on Joe Cole return
• Romance is a walk in the park for Ronnie Wood and his 20-year-old lover
• Barrister 'bit policeman and stripped naked after going berserk at officers who searched her car'
• Diamonds are a thief's best friend: Armed robbers in drag steal £75m from Paris store
• 'Completely humiliated' Gallas hopes to escape Arsenal for AC Milan - reports
• Hundreds out of a job at Woolies' London head office
• Ince helped me at Liverpool but I won't do him any favours, warns Carragher
• Hull v MIDDLESBROUGH: Huth back in frame for Southgate's men
• Get Arshavin - Pavlyuchenko calls for Spurs to sign his Russia team-mate
• Boy George warned by judge he faces jail for falsely imprisoning male escort
• Credit card holders still pay up to 17%
• Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Alexy II dies
• Off the scale: Biologist finds 4ft 88lb salmon in Californian creek
• Robinho has to be patient, we can't be winners overnight, says City's Dunne
• Man bleeds to death from picking his nose too much, inquest hears
• Hundreds out of a job at Woolies' head office
• U.S. police officer tickets woman in labour as she rushes to hospital
• Nationwide will not impose tracker floor
• Cancer sufferer takes Halifax to court after the bank 'harassed' him with 762 phone calls
• West Brom v PORTSMOUTH: Traore is a worry for Pompey
• Keegan, Shankly, Clough, Revie and Coppell - Sportsmail looks back at managerial departures that rocked the football world
• Channel 4 risks storm by poking fun at Princess Diana's death
• With the help of Eric Clapton, Frank Skinner has been off the booze for 20 years. So why does he still yearn for a cosy pint?
• British pensioners living in sunshine abroad to receive winter fuel payments... costing taxpayers more than £10m
• Travel pictures of the week
• Broadband users to get clarity on speeds
• Calamity for pound after banks went bananas
• HULL CITY v Middlesbrough: Tigers wait on fitness of Dawson and Marney
• Barry Mani-glow: Singer looks like the Incredible Hulk as he turns a shade of green on stage
• Friday market close: FTSE finishes down for the week as hard times are predicted for train operators
• Property abroad: Dubai sees a slowdown
• Credit card holders still charged up to 17% interest as banks refuse to pass on rate cut
• Arsenal v WIGAN: Zaki set to return for Latics
• HATCHET MAN: Heskey worth £10m? No team is that desperate
• Insolvencies 'will run into next decade'
• Ocado launches budget range to combat crunch
• As the musical genius with a killer disease, Alex Stobbs won the public's heart. But what happened next?
• Britain must help Zimbabwe out of this crisis, says Mugabe
• The 'bulletproof' Briton who escaped death in Mumbai four times... thanks to his wife's Prada glasses case
• Berkeley boss in home loans action plea
• BOLTON V Chelsea: Trotters back to full strength for visit of Blues
• Home video of toddler biting big brother's fingers becomes latest YouTube sensation - with 65 million views
• HATCHET MAN: James' latest calamity shows Fabio he must find a new England No.1 and fast
• Manchester United ace Cristiano Ronaldo admits: I nearly joined Arsenal, I'm still a big fan of Wenger (and so is my mum)
• Who's that girl, Russell? Mystery brunette pays a week-long visit to Brand in Hawaii
• O2 Arena is on song with £27m sales
• Banks: We can't afford to help borrowers
• HATCHET MAN: Strachan may be slightly unhinged but surely he is not daft enough to take the Sunderland job
• Leaseholders: Beware of small print trap
• British pensioner dies from cold while on holiday in Majorca
• Manchester United v SUNDERLAND: Anton set to face older brother Rio
• Natural beauty: At home with Maria Hatzistefanis and her sumptuously decorated Chelsea abode
• Battered sterling tumbles towards parity with euro
• What credit crunch? Banker throws £10,000-a-head party for George Clooney and friends to raise £10m for Africa
• Thierry Henry pays ex-wife Claire £8m to avoid court replay
• Mortgage rate rip-off: banks stand accused
• Spurs boss Harry takes another look at Appiah and could go back to Portsmouth for Johnson
• Sterling faces worst week ever against euro
• Pictured: Taking their first steps, the rare leopard cubs born in Kent
• Mortgage holidays
• Chelsea star Lamps: We need to make Stamford Bridge a cauldron again
• Dubya Dunrulin': From White House to bungalow, George Bush downsizes for retirement
• Introducing the world's first personal supercomputer
• Recipe: Mulled wine cocktail to get you in the Christmas spirit
• HATCHET MAN: It may hurt his feelings, but former Spurs ace Anderton is 'sick note'
• Shannon 'friends' pestered McCanns for money but couple were warned off by police
• As America postpones Mars mission, China and Russia team up to probe the Red Planet
• Lynne Spears: I'm to blame for my Britney's meltdown
• Grief stricken bride-to-be hangs herself three months after fiancé dies in the same way
• O2 Arena's owner on song with £27m sales in first six months
• Retailers in crisis: The end of The Pier
• Balfour Beatty to go nuclear in reactor deal
• Tourists evacuated from cruise ship after it runs aground in Antarctica
• Sir Nigel heads for Invensys boardroom
• PICTURE SPECIAL: Where's Beckham? All Blacks show Kaka & Co their skills
• Banks begin to run out of ammunition
• Texas Pacific eyes Ford's Volvo firesale
• Leaving on a jet plane: airport karaoke launches at Houston's airport
• Berkeley boss in home loans action plea to Government
• What does rate cut mean for homeowners?
• FSA rules aim 'to rein in boom lending'
• Tom Chambers on how it took 20 years to win his wife - and why he cancelled their honeymoon for Strictly
• The dramatic moment climber stranded on NZ mountain for a week is plucked to safety by helicopter
• Interest rates 'are headed for 0%'
• Quick fix scheme may only worsen crisis
• Yet more delays for Boeing 787 Dreamliner
• Spurs boss Redknapp hopes to have Modric and King back for Hammers trip
• Allardyce throws his hat in the ring and declares: I'd be interested in managing Sunderland
• 1939: When a semi in the South cost £400
• Hold the front pages: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes get Forties makeover and separate front covers for style mag
• Savers: 'We've been forgotten in the rate cuts'
• What the back pages say: Keane quits by text, Allardyce wants Black Cats job, Spurs fans win tickets battle, Keegan launches £8m Newcastle legal fight, Blackburn players back Ince, Honda quit F1
• Oil prices are heading for $25 a barrel
• Bump in the night: Heavily pregnant Mel C joins a star-studded evening at the ballet
• Now the Tories feel the pinch as party sacks 10% of staff because of credit crunch
• Savers lose again as Bank slashes rates
• EVERYTHING MUST GO! Shoppers besiege Woolies 'closing down sale' but fail to find half-price bargains
• Stock market report: Friday close
• Wogan quits Eurovision after 35 years... and is replaced by Graham Norton
• Strictly's backstage secrets: Which dancer asks for a shorter dress every week?
• Can red wine mimic the health effect of oily fish?
• Yesterday's trading: Markets spooked by job figures
• Will Carreras lose his cool? No way, José! The nicest man in opera just won't see red
• Retailers in crisis: Who will go bust next?
• Bank seeks some new tools
• Women spend £1,000 a year on their wardrobe but only wear 30% of their clothes
• BAZ BAMIGBOYE on Rachel Weisz, Kate Winslet, Judi Dench and much more
• QUENTIN LETTS: We may not run an Empire any more, but by God the British Establishment can still organise a stitch-up
• With the base rate tumbling, what do the cuts really mean for homeowners?
• Labour 'must end recycling obsession' and turn rubbish into green energy
• My pals Clooney and Rooney: Stereophonics singer Kelly Jones spills the beans on fame and his superstar friends
• JACI STEPHEN'S JUNGLE WATCH: Celebrities discover the joy of teamwork (even if it meant being nice to David)
• Scotland fury as new date for World Cup qualifier gets the nod from FIFA
• 1939: The days of bombs and blackouts... and the last time interests rates were just 2%
• The next big thing: Metro Station
• ALEX BRUMMER COMMENT: Quick-fix scheme may only worsen crisis
• Reid v Smith: War of the home secretaries as Government calls in the detectives
• Interest rates head for ZERO per cent... and millions of savers will pay the price
• 70 per cent of university graduates 'will be girls' in seven years
• High earners are still waiting to be paid by struggling Hearts
• City watchdog rules aim 'to rein in boom lending'
• McGregor seeks to enjoy another festive flourish as Rangers attempt a fightback
• Transporter 3: Jason Statham at his action star best
• Pressure mounts on Brown as banks fail to pass on full interest rate cut to customers
• Geoff Foster's market report: Markets spooked by US job figures
• Calamity James is the fall-guy again as late blunder sends Pompey to defeat
• Kinnear plans winning recipe for Toon critics as he sets sights on long haul
• Zilly mistake Villa .. but it is still OK as O’Neill’s men reach last 32
• The Girl In The Park: A parent's worst nightmare? No, it's mine!
• Celtic keep close tabs on Bosnian midfielder Stilic