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• Tea and coffee retailer Whittard saved from collapse at 11th hour by sale to private equity firm
• How 284,000 gamblers in Britain have racked up debts of £5billion
• 'Ashamed' broker who lost aristocracy £1bn in Madoff fraud dies after slashing wrists in New York office
• SFA extends New Year transfer window to avoid weekend finish
• Judge quits after causing collapse of rape trial by phoning prosecution barrister to pass on advice
• Nine out of 10 shoppers to cut spending in New Year despite record post-Christmas rush
• British American Tobacco's smoke and mirrors policy shame
• I don’t care which goalie takes Parkhead Pole position, says Leo Beenhakker
• My blueprint for the future: Walter Smith wants Old Firm put in brand new league with likes of Ajax and Benfica
• Cups no consolation for dream that died, reflects Rangers boss Smith
• Smith's European dream: Let Old Firm escape to the Continent — and leave their ‘B’ teams playing in Scotland
• As Kate Winslet goes naked on the big screen, Femail launches the great derriere debate: What DOES make the perfect female bottom?
• Austerity be damned! We're all cutting back, but ANDREW MARR says that's the reason to make this Christmas special
• Santa to cost City a sackload, says Big Sam - but he'll sell him for right price
• Morse And The Mystery Of The Drunken Driver - part one
• Tumbling demand leads to decreasing worker output
• EXCLUSIVE: Pennant blows dream Madrid move... now he's set for Wigan
• Credit cards at the ready! Your ultimate guide to the Christmas sales
• Crocked Celtic star Maloney facing six weeks out but captain McManus is back
• Olazabal names Dougherty and Larrazabal in his Royal Trophy team
• Blair's in vogue at Armani
• Officers Club is latest to fall into administration
• Arsenal on alert as Newcastle winger N'Zogbia insists: I must leave!
• DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Christmas message of hope amid the gloom
• Worried about the in-laws? Spare a thought for the royals - whose festive lunch comes with rancour and vintage sour grapes
• Chelsea delight at early Christmas present as Alex escapes three-game ban
• MARKET REPORT by Geoff Foster: Energy suppliers play Scrooge
• I could have earned more money at City but I wanted Real move, reveals Diarra
• Big Phil's turning from Avram to Jose... and it could be just what Chelsea need
• The blind man who can 'see' - and how he shows that humans really DO have a sixth sense
• Leeds chairman Bates rebuffs legal threat over Blackpool boss Grayson
• CITY FOCUS: 2008 - The great credit boom finally goes bust
• Zola pins his hopes on West Ham not selling club's star players in January
• Defiant Wenger: Arsenal will maintain title tilt despite Cesc setback
• Newcastle striker Owen wants to repay Toon with survival before moving on
• Upmarket furniture chain Heal's loses £3.4m
• Lay off my Kauto: Nicholls backs Star to defy critics and become chasing great
• Punjabi all the rage for Christmas as Nicholls chases more glory
• ALEX BRUMMER COMMENT: Hope amid ashes of greed
• Turner's Earners - all the best best for Friday, December 26
• French kisses at Christmas: How one woman's evocative diary keeps 1942 as alive as if it were yesterday...
• SPORTSMAIL ONLINE'S BUMPER 2009 CALENDAR: JULY-DECEMBER
• EXCLUSIVE: Voy can take star billing on Boxing day, says jockey Thornton
• Annus horribilis: Shepherd could quit after pro darts financial flop
• Ethiopia's double Olympic champion Dibaba to run indoors in Birmingham
• Smith backing successor Booth to lead London Irish Premiership title charge
• Defeat but not as we know it: Acclaim for KP but England must rise to Test
• THE LIST: 30-21 of the most atmospheric stadiums in football
• Nasser Hussain: Vaughan must wait for recall to England's tour of West Indies
• The big 2008 TravelMail quiz - the answers
• Warning to elderly as flu cases rocket 150 per cent in ONE week
• Cech on Scolari: We are happy with the tactics and fighting for the manager
• MoD to face lawsuit over Nimrod deaths
• So what can you do with those not-so-perfect presents? Return to Santa!
• Now Oxfam charity shops are struggling as hard-up consumers hang on to their unwanted clothes
• How voters are turning against Brown's bid to spend Britain out of trouble
• 'Christmas miracle' as woman is found buried alive in snow - THREE days after going missing
• Spurs fail in loan bid to bring Finnan back to England from Espanyol
• Pope accused of spreading fear about homosexuals
• Blow for Villa as Laursen is ruled out of Arsenal clash with knee injury
• Dutch university faces demands to return African tribal chief's head
• Fulham boss Hodgson bemoans paucity of 'unpolished diamonds'
• Tory treasurer faces shares deal inquiry
• Student, 18, dies in Russian hospital after contracting meningitis on a school trip
• Father dies from rare flesh-eating infection after getting tiny cut on his arm
• Supermodel mother-of-four Stephanie Seymour shows off the figure that charmed rocker Axl Rose
• Bruce signs up Figueroa on permanent Wigan deal for Honduras star
• Firefighters told to take down their Christmas lights ... because they're a 'fire hazard'
• 'Under pressure' Wenger's wrath cuts no ice with defiant Poll
• Cook's confidential: Sound advice from Amy De Vine
• Cameron gives in to his Cabinet 'moonlighters'
• Relief for thousands of families as they see gas supplies restored in time for Chritsmas
• Anna Friel stars alongside Will Ferrell in her first role since her TV show was axed
• Wenger labels Poll an 'embarrassment' for support of ref Dowd over Terry red card
• How to travel in 2009: holiday types
• Personal loans dry up as APRs treble
• The shape of things to come: What new gadgets will be
• Wenger goes quiet on Arshavin but Gunners could be ready for £20m bid
• SPORTSMAIL ONLINE'S BUMPER 2009 CALENDAR: JANUARY-JUNE
• Two Britons charged with manslaughter of 121 who died in 2005 Athens air crash
• Hammers midfielder Quashie extends loan spell at Birmingham
• Probe into cosmetic surgeon who 'powered his 4x4 with his patients' excess flab'
• Southern Comfort: Why chili con carne is almost a religion in some parts of the world
• England's friendly against Spain will go ahead in Seville on February 11
• Coleen Rooney goes for terrace chic as she embarks on some last minute Christmas shopping
• Top ten travel destinations for 2009
• The big 2008 TravelMail quiz
• A hat-trick for Fulham in Championship Manager's Team of the Week
• Vitamin D deficiency makes Caesarean more likely
• How will you travel in 2009?
• 173 people stranded for more than six hours on world's largest ferris wheel
• Hollyoaks beauty Louise dies in mysterious circumstances after holding groom Warren at gunpoint
• Russians forced to destroy anti-Nato shield missile after it veers off course during test
• Bees acts as bodyguards for flowers by protecting them from munching insects
• Royal Mail to put 3p on a first-class stamp
• QPR 0 Burnley 0: No romance in the air at deserted Loftus Road
• Portsmouth 0 Bristol City 0: Adams eyes recruits as Pompey draw a blank
• Russian billionaire Usmanov wades into the Arsenal boardroom row
• Millwall 2 Crewe 2: Shelley secures unwanted replay for Railwaymen
• Fitness company launches men only slimmers groups
• Investment banks' fees slashed as M&As fall by 29%
• Suspected killer Amanda Knox issues her Christmas wish list
• Man jailed after walking into police station and confessing to having sex with 11-year-old girl... 20 YEARS ago
• Sportsmail has the inside story on new Leeds United boss Simon Grayson
• Middlesbrough 2 Barrow 1: Wasteful Boro escape FA Cup giant killing
• Pictured: The moment missing horse is hoisted out of a 10ft-deep open well
• Taylor Wimpey gets house in order with lenders
• Wife foils pistol-whip robbery gang by pretending to have a heart attack
• Amazing pictures as helicopter rescuers struggle to pluck motorists from raging flood
• Man City 0 Nottingham Forest 3: Pemberton's glorious end spells nightmare for Hughes
• Customs officers seize 33,000 boxes of fake Ferrero Rocher chocolates worth £223,500
• HATCHET MAN: United stars are not that stupid, are they?
• Macclesfield 0 Everton 1: Osman leaves Macclesfield fans cold
• Celtic midfielder Crosas declares himself fit and ready to face Rangers
• 'House price fall will be 35% before a rise'
• HATCHET MAN: Sunderland fans deserve more than PR babble
• Tata faces $1bn bill to revive UK car brands
• Welcome home! Gwyneth and Stella enjoy a girls' night in with Madonna as she jets back for Christmas
• Mortgage approvals at lowest since 1997
• Devastated parents whose two sons were killed by drink-driving footballer plan to adopt
• Motoring news: Drinking and driving, Skoda's sleigh bells and a big festive thanks to you!
• City punters bet on banks bouncing back
• So you think you know about cars? Try this end of year quiz...
• Bloke in a billion: How the simple charms of Adrian Chiles won over 1.04bn viewers - more than any other TV presenter
• Walk-out on Strictly as TV chiefs make a shambles of Christmas special vote as well
• Airlines slash fares to lowest level since 1980s as BA and Virgin launch price war
• Woodgate in doubt for Tottenham's Boxing clash with Fulham
• Britney Spears's father gets a 60% pay rise and $16,000 a month to look after her affairs
• 'Working in a hospital at Christmas is quite jolly': The highs and lows of life as an A&E doctor
• I really don't like music, says Anastasia (who happens to have sold 20m albums)
• The 1801 games that made Britain great: For sale, a long-lost guide to old pastimes
• Comment: Rules make it hard to know what to reveal
• Joy for parents as meningitis boy takes first steps on new legs
• Why I celebrate Christmas, by the world's most famous atheist
• Economic outlook 2009: Recession, rates and sterling - what's in store?
• Half glass of wine a day could boost memory and reduce chances of dementia
• HATCHET MAN: Moaning at refs and snubbing the media is not big, Phil
• Miracle Christmas for brave toddler two years after doctors told his parents: 'Give him a final cuddle - he won't survive'
• Leonardo DiCaprio: Swimming with sharks and back in deep water with Kate Winslet
• Guilty: Animal terror gang who raised £1million rattling tins on the high street
• Fat boys slim: WeightWatchers launches men-only slimming classes
• New U.S. unemployment benefit claims hits highest weekly total for 26 years
• Blackpool threaten legal action as Leeds make Grayson their new boss
• PICTURE SPECIAL: Davis pimps Pompey's ride - Robin Reliant goes from Del Boy to A-Team thanks to training plonker Sean
• Tata to pump £670m into car giant Jaguar Land Rover
• Christians watch midnight mass live from Bethlehem through internet webcasts
• HATCHET MAN: Hughes can do better than stroppy Santa and bad-boy Bellamy
• King of the jungle Joe Swash pulls out of pantomime after being struck down with the flu
• Make it a vintage New Year with these Scotch whiskies
• 'Tom Cruise is distractingly bad': Star's latest movie is savaged by US critics
• Hannover warn Celtic off Hungary star Szabolcs Huszti
• England skipper Pietersen admits: We've got a lot to learn after series defeat to India
• Prince Harry forced to give up his partying ways as he faces one-year booze ban to train as pilot
• Rottweilers savage postman as he delivers Christmas cards
• Global recession fear batters price of crude oil
• What Christmas truce? Carol service for our troops on the Afghan frontline ends with a blast of reality from the Taliban
• How the credit crunch saved me £50k
• A cup of coffee works just 10 minutes after you drink it and has greater impact on men
• Kinnear eyes Betis veteran Juanito to add bite to his Newcastle back line
• Your stars for 2009: Part two
• Teenager handed life sentence for Oxford Street knife killing of 'gang rapist'
• Woman who didn't know she was pregnant gives birth just 10 minutes after hospital dash with stomach pains
• Hillary Clinton lost £9m of own money... by lending it to her failed presidential campaign
• Australian police slammed for mistakenly charging doctor over Glasgow Airport terror attack
• Found: flats where prices are actually on the rise
• Vagner's desire to come to England is music to Everton boss Moyes' ears
• Ricky Sbragia has two games to prove he can be the saviour of Sunderland
• The £4billion Airfix Kit: Behind-the-scenes at Britain's biggest warships
• England dig deep and avoid defeat in Mohali - but India clinch series victory
• Expert stock tips for 2009 (part 1)
• £400m road project win for Balfour Beatty
• Cipriani's stay at No 10 is threatened by Wasps' veteran super-sub Walder
• Leicester 0 Crystal Palace 0: Warnock's men are outfoxed by goalkeeper Martin
• Skinny Cheryl Cole makes plans to go on a New Year diet... to GAIN weight
• Italian giants Juventus hope to seal deal for West Ham defender Valon Behrami
• Afghan mother of seven to spend Christmas in her £1.2m house... and taxpayers will foot £12,500-a-month bill
• It's a Man's World: Peter Crouch
• Order your 2009 holiday brochures!
• Kettering 2 Eastwood Town 1: Graham's golden touch lifts Kettering
• Big investor gave a warning that 'Madoff could abscond'
• Global recession fears batter oil price
• Islamic militants sentenced to death for grenade attack that wounded UK diplomat at Bangladesh shrine
• India v England: Mohali final day scoreboard
• Astronauts complete five-hour spacewalk to find electronic fault on space station
• MP3s at dawn in the battle for the iPod
• Ipswich 3 Chesterfield 0: Spireites fail to take advantage of reprieve
• Finally, some good news for Scolari as Michael Essien steps up recovery
• RBS climbs but it's a long haul ahead: Tuesday closing report from London Stock Exchange
• Hull 0 Newcastle 0: Given's heroics keep Tigers at bay
• Pixie Geldof gets cheeky in a pair of bottom-hugging shorts as she falls out of a nightclub AGAIN
• Prices plunge 25 per cent in airline price war
• Tombs of ancient Egyptian court officials found in 4,000-year-old cemetery
• PICTURE SPECIAL: Meet Saint David - Milan's new God Beckham stars in nativity scene
• Hartlepool 2 Stoke 0: Potters meet their Waterloo at hands of Nelson and Foley
• Sale of the century! Biggest Christmas bargains in history as shoppers go on £60million spending spree
• Forest Green 3 Derby 4: Rams frightened by terrific Rovers show
• Britain prepares to pull out of Iraq by January 1 after country delays troops vote
• Coventry 2 Kidderminster 0: Sky Blues through as Leons roar in derby clash
• Tory fund-raiser Spencer kept quiet about using shares as loan guarantee
• Airlines told to pay for delays
• Great Christmas getaway: Millions are left stranded by rail standstill
• Chelsea 1 Southend 1: Scolari caught out as last-gasp strike forces a replay
• Man City's £10m Toure raid will fund Arsenal's swoop for Arshavin
• Espanyol tell Spurs and Fulham: We won't let keeper Kameni leave on cheap
• Millions for Racal bosses in sale to US
• Charlton 1 Norwich 1: Sweet 16 Shelvey earns Addicks a replay
• Afghan parents being forced to sell their sons to care for the rest of their family
• Cardiff 2 Reading 0: McCormack makes his mark by dispatching Coppell's men
• Being just seven pounds overweight can raise the risk of heart failure
• £400m road project win for Balfour Beatty
• Why next year could be as bad as 1947
• Doctor Loo: Actress who plays new Time Lord's assistant was cleaning toilets this time last year
• Airlines slash fares to tempt back passengers
• Ain't life a drag, Simon? Cowell enjoys cigarette without taking a break from his jet-skiing
• Budget airlines increase price of food by 600%
• Spurs boss Harry fears 'crazy prices' could undermine his revival at the Lane
• Mortgage approvals plummet to new record low as they fall by 60% in just one year
• Arsenal 3 Plymouth 1: Wenger toasts Cup win then lays into the fixture list
• 'Historic' recession fear as forecasts dive
• Guinea military coup leaders name ruling council despite PM's claim government 'still functions'
• Investor gave Madoff warning to clients
• Nicole Kidman: I've finally got a leading man who measures up to the job
• Michael Jackson silences rumours of money trouble by renting a $100,000 a month mansion
• Chelsea defender Alex escapes FA action over stamp on Cahill
• Real challenge in the banking crisis
• Pictured: 'Drunk' pilot arrested at Heathrow moments before he was due to fly to India
• Zokora 'flattered' by Real Madrid interest but happy to stay at Tottenham
• From the Sao Paulo slums to the Cheshire WAG-belt, Manchester City star Robinho snaps up a £2.5m country pile
• Ex-Sopranos actor cleared of murdering off-duty policeman
• Spencer kept quiet about shares as loans
• I'm a pacifist but my terrorist friends duped me, says man cleared over airport attack
• Putin sends a shiver to Britain with warning: 'The time of cheap gas is coming to an end'
• City Focus: Downturn hammers new builds
• More misery for Arsenal as skipper Fabregas is ruled out for four months
• Moral hazard – part II
• Budget airlines that cost if you're hungry
• A covert Norman conquest
• What the back pages say: City close in on targets, Scolari confronts ref, Fabregas out for three months, Adebayor accuses Liverpool players, American set to buy Sunderland
• 5m to shop online in Christmas Day sales
• Barbie girl Paris Hilton treats herself to a £135,000 pink Bentley for Christmas
• Richard Branson the health guru blasts NHS bugs battle
• Bank admits easy mortgages were crazy
• Lethal warning over fat-busting drugs bought on the internet
• Airlines will be forced to pay out for delays
• Panda diplomacy charms Taiwan as Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan jet in to Taipei
• Whittard could be next High St name to vanish
• Scottish Fritzl who fathered children by his daughter is found guilty of rape and sexual assault
• Stock market report: Tuesday close
• Sex-on-beach Briton re-arrested as he boarded flight home at Dubai airport
• India v England: How the last day in Mohali unfolded over-by-over
• King's ransom in jewels for Condi Rice as Arab leaders lavish U.S. officials with gifts
• Poll boost for Cameron as the Tories take a five-point lead
• PHILIP NORMAN: Keep your snuffles to yourself!
• 'Cyber-bully' charged over abusive text messages to love rival
• With only two shopping days to go, bag these High Street discounts fast
• Police called to 10,000 violent cases in schools in a year
• Briton wins share of £2.2billion 'El Gordo' Spanish lottery prize
• Old rival Terry backs boss Strachan over row with McGeady
• Celtic confirm Lukasz Zaluska's Parkhead switch is a done deal
• 'Wear high heels to embrace your feminity': Legal firm's advice to female lawyers
• Web stores post a mountain of 'unnecessary' packaging for Christmas gifts
• Terry storm: 'You're afraid!' boss Scolari rages at ref Dowd after skipper is sent off
• Teach pupils creationism at school, say third of staff
• On the 12th day of Christmas, my TV gave to me... a feast of misery and violence
• Yesterday's Trading: Slimming drug fattens shares
• Russian oligarchs facing financial ruin
• Even I think Aiden has overstepped the mark, says bad boy Frank McAvennie
• Commander in briefs: Obama shows off his war chest on holiday in Hawaii
• Online retailers prepared for £100m sales blitz with 5million planning to log in on Christmas Day
• Revealed: How budget airlines increase price of airline food and drink by up to 600 per cent
• Germans fired up over EDF gas plant sale
• Union boss 'clinging to power to take advantage of job perks'