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• Fares soar by 40% as rival airlines seek to cash in on BA strike
• ALEX BRUMMER: The sacrifice of public service
• Look out Liverpool: Villa fit to break into top four - and they're built to last
• Robin Hood trailer released giving first glimpse of eagerly awaited Russell Crowe movie
• Christmas gifts galore for the family of six on £23,000 benefits
• ‘I was an idiot,' admits Julien Dupuy ahead of eye-gouge hearing
• Chester players threaten strike action by Friday over unpaid wages
• SFO to carry out criminal probe into Icelandic bank
• BA cabin crew feel online strike backlash as passengers vent fury on Facebook
• Why did Jude Richmond kill herself and her disabled daughter? Her close friend reveals what drove this brilliant woman to such desperation
• Rugby star Euan Murray puts Sabbath before Scotland
• JAMES SLACK: The sentencing rules that tied a judge's hands over Vanessa George
• Wigan pounce for Ponce: Martinez eyes move for Velez Sarsfield star
• DAILY MAIL COMMENT: For sanity's sake, pull BA back from disaster
• Running man Peterson charges as Minnesota Vikings seal play-off berth
• Conor O’Shea the shock choice for Director of Rugby at Harlequins
• PATRICK MERCER: Is the homeowner jailed while the burglar he attacked walks free a vigilante? No, a victim of an immoral justice system
• Strikes threaten to land BA £1bn loss
• Board departures stir hornet's nest as crisis Watford deepens
• Britain's Danny Williams to fight Sam Sexton at Wembley Arena
• Why equal pay does not equal happy employees
• India secure thrilling three-run victory over Sri Lanka in first ODI
• In need of a woman's touch? Why smaller fingers mean women are more sensitive than men
• Sorry chaps, but shoes ARE sexier than men! (And I should know, I've got 700 pairs)
• Barnet's Fab talent Hive impresses Capello and Sir Trevor Brooking
• RBS chief blames ministers as billions of pounds are wiped off bank's share price
• Savers see nest eggs fall in value as inflation rises and interest rates stay low
• HOCKEY: England drawn with old foes Australia in World Cup pool
• Holiday outrage: MPs take 3-week Christmas break... just 38 working days after their 3-month summer vacation
• Why Schumacher will return to F1 - despite red faces at Mercedes
• 500 Club: Someone will bag a record strike in the Premier League this week
• Dannii Minogue jets home to Australia for Christmas... and straight into the arms of her 'lovely man' Kris Smith
• March of the wardens: Town hall 'enforcers' with police powers increase by a fifth in a year
• Boot Room extra: Get the lowdown on Wednesday's Premier League fixtures
• ALLISON PEARSON: My husband would kill to defend our family... so why has Munir Hussain been jailed for protecting his?
• Fab concern over Owen: Ferguson should use United striker more often
• How to make a quick exit? It's elementary, my dear Wills
• Race to charge MPs in expenses scandal: Looming election forces early deadline on the DPP
• THE LAST WORD by TONY HAZELL: Hypocrisy of Barclays
• Arsene Wenger insists Cesc Fabregas is NOT going back to Catalonia
• Fined £600 over credit card rules we didn't even know existed
• INSURE IT: I saved £2,000 on my bunnies' funny tummies
• Avram Grant: Abramovich blamed me for Terry's Champions League howler
• Stuart Broad: The waiting's over - let's see just how good a Test side we are
• MONEY ADVICE: I lost £1,500 holiday when my mother-in-law died
• Pretty in pink Geri Halliwell stands out at military awards bash... as everyone else wears black
• ANDREW ALEXANDER: Brown and his mad, last-minute shopping spree
• Benitez insists Torres will stay as Reds boss vows to finish in the top four
• Hacker Gary McKinnon's mother urges Queen to stop extradition
• Safety first for England: Four-man attack is a big let-off for South Africa
• Rotating Roy Hodgson lauds European impact of Fulham fringe players
• Why won't Barclays help us save our family home?
• More trouble for Tiger: Woods linked to Canadian drugs probe doctor
• Snow's on the way . . . it's time to dig out breakdown cover
• MARTIN SAMUEL: Will Spurs be left at the altar again?
• I won £715 interest from Abbey
• 70,000 angry Halifax customers rebel over £1-a-day overdraft fee
• Property pair Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer set to leave Channel 4 for the BBC
• How much interest your Isa paid in 2009
• My victory over the Standard Life bullies: Insurance giant pays pensioner compensation
• Halifax loses 70,000 over bank charge hike
• The Data Bank - all the best bets for Wednesday, December 16
• Moore talent as Josh follows Ryan and Jamie in joining the family firm
• Redknapp fears Spurs are just two injuries away from a 'disaster'
• I won my Standard Life 'cash' fund battle
• X Factor's Simon Cowell: I've done you all a favour and saved you from horrible Christmas No.1s'
• Why stable relationship hit the rocks
• Arsene Vesuvius! ‘Job is like living on a volcano’, says Arsenal manager
• Pensions gaffe hits thousands of workers
• Boeing 787 Dreamliner finally takes to the skies in first test flight - two years later than originally planned
• 'I'm sorry but we blew up your laptop': Girl arrives in Israel to find security officers have shot her MacBook
• 'Baffling' new card rules hurt small firms
• Sir Liam Donaldson quits NHS... but critics say resignation is two years too late
• My gynaecologist 'abused me on the examination table', patient claims
• Hypocrisy of Barclays is made clear
• Pioneering stem cell technique stops climber from losing leg
• How to save with a pet insurance policy
• British spiritual healer 'hit woman with frying pan then strangled her during meditation session'
• Get car cover to beat the festive snow
• Crusader challenge for Noble to build Wrexham team in just six weeks
• PREMIER LEAGUE LIVE: United stroll past Wolves, Villa jump up to third, Rob Green's howler sinks the Hammers and Birmingham win again - all the action as it happened
• Bolton 3 West Ham 1: Robert Green drops Zola deeper into the mire
• Barclays refuses to help family save home
• Sunderland 0 Aston Villa 2: James Milner is magic at the Stadium of plight
• Birmingham 2 Blackburn 1: Jerome at the double to keep City strolling
• EastEnders' Rita Simons reveals her exercise obsession - but explains why she won't step on the scales
• Alcohol-related hospital admissions soar 47% to a million in five years
• Manchester United 3 Wolves 0: It's lambs to the slaughter at Old Trafford
• QUENTIN LETTS: Bob Ainsworth's jargon is enough to confuse even the most fluent anglophones
• Inexperienced Tottenham are no threat to the big boys, says Harry Redknapp
• Michelle Heaton falls flat on her face as she unveils 'slick, stylish and attractive' Ford Fiesta
• Millions to spend Christmas Day shopping online as stores launch early festive sales
• Boeing 787 Dreamliner finally takes to the skies for flight tests
• Burial cloth found in Jerusalem cave casts doubt on authenticity of Turin Shroud
• Harry Redknapp slams attitude of Tottenham Hotspur flop David Bentley
• VIDEO: Carlo Ancelotti insists Chelsea must wipe out their defensive errors
• VIDEO: Wenger reveals why he was right to rant at his Arsenal stars
• Newspaper and magazine share tips
• How to make a mortgage complaint
• SPORTSMAIL SPECIAL: The top five moments from a decade of sport
• BA Christmas strike: Airlines and rail companies aim to keep Brits travelling
• Care misses no more matches as Quins scrum-half lands one-week ban
• Gallery admits 'most important' portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie is actually of his brother
• NORTHERN EXPOSURE: Returning Lee Cattermole lifts the clouds over Sunderland for Steve Bruce
• Body talk with Judi James: Angela Merkel and Hillary Clinton
• Fashion forward: Dressing up versus dressing down...
• Sven Goran Eriksson vows to stay at Notts County after boss Backe quits
• VIDEO: Liverpool boss Rafa desperate to return to winning ways against Wigan
• Elin Woods parades her daughter as she 'refuses to speak to Tiger and prepares to move out'
• Ex-policeman who killed family in drink-driving crash walks free because 'he serves his sentence in his head every day'
• Horoscopes
• Fashion: Christmas spirit
• Travel insurance with best cancellation cover
• Over-protective parents sleeping on floors of halls of residence 'to help their children settle in at Uni'
• Anti-fraud squad 'wastes' £700 hiring Christmas tree (when it could have bought one for £70)
• Mum's the word: Coleen Rooney, Gwen Stefani and Jools Oliver wrap up warm on buggy duty
• Chelsea v PORTSMOUTH: Younes Kaboul suspended for trip to face leaders
• Queues at post offices ARE longer: One in five customers wait more than ten minutes, says watchdog
• Man City boss Hughes admits Liverpool are the target as he aims for fourth spot
• Flirtatious men have better chance of 'pulling' when women are at the peak of their fertility
• Police hit back in 'terror' photo row by releasing footage of 'bomb plotters filming targets in London'
• Spurs manager Redknapp won't punish Assou-Ekotto for bust-up with fan
• Pamela Anderson pops to the pub for chips after her opening night in panto
• Benitez: I still trust in my methods and guarantee we will finish in the top four
• Your problems answered
• Lives of the nice and nasty: NON-FICTION ROUND-UP
• Annuities vs income from savings
• Riesgo eyes Spurs deal after Spanish keeper impresses Redknapp on trial
• THE LIST: Top 50 players of the decade in the Premier League - Nos 30-21
• Revealed: The nursery of 30 baby solar systems captured by Hubble
• Oaks champion Sariska returns to training after six-week break
• Capello insists Manchester United crock Hargreaves can still make World Cup
• Giles Barnes earns chance to win Birmingham City deal as Alex McLeish hands trial to former Derby midfielder
• Cited Stade Francais duo apologise for gouging Ulsterman Stephen Ferris
• In which I realise my ex was right: I'm incapable of being happy
• Didier Drogba injury rocks Chelsea after star striker is crocked in training
• Coffin of boy killed by pitbull is carried into funeral by uncle arrested for his manslaughter
• 'I'm so nervous about stage comeback,' admits Julie Andrews after winning her battle to sing again
• Interiors: Festive jette set
• Crusaders saved after being taken over by Wrexham Football Club
• Not so swift (but trying): Injured Sisso gets safety harness so he can learn to fly again
• Vitali Klitschko reveals that agreement is in place for showdown with David Haye
• Inconvenient truth for Al Gore as he's caught exaggerating the threat of global warming... again
• <strong>Analysis: </strong> China - the next boom and bust?
• Costa owner Whitbread seals Coffeeheaven International deal
• Health notes: Seven steps to a happier new year
• LIVERPOOL v Wigan: Javier Mascherano expected to win fitness battle
• TOTTENHAM v Manchester City: Poisoned Jermaine Jenas a major doubt for Spurs
• Makeup masterclass: Utterly fluttery
• Emmerdale's Roxanne Pallett pulls out of panto after death of her best friend
• Iraq probe accused of cover-up after the first session in secret
• Tottenham v MANCHESTER CITY: Shaun Wright-Phillips sits out crunch clash
• Three British soldiers killed by U.S. 500lb bomb in Afghanistan 'due to confusion over map references'
• French chief wants Domenech sacked before next summer's World Cup finals
• CHELSEA v Portsmouth: Didier Drogba giving Blues cause for concern
• Two teenagers who beat baby deer to death 'for a laugh' will NOT be locked up
• Council renames Christmas festival 'Midwinter Celebration' sparking PC row
• Adriano set to snub West Ham as Brazil striker eyes more glory with Flamengo
• Free Art Deco inspired Windsmoor brooch for you!
• Consultants hired to help improve police 'were each paid up to £3,000 a DAY'
• Go-Ahead's bus division drives business as rail profits suffer
• City boss Hughes could face FA charge after calling Bellamy red card laughable
• Rage Against The Machine currently winning the Christmas number one race - but don't rule out Joe McElderry just yet
• Polish driver who killed four family members speeding wrong way down M1 'may have been on suicide mission'
• BURNLEY v Arsenal: Clarets manager Owen Coyle has plenty of options
• Taliban kill 22 in Pakistan marketplace blast 'aimed at local politician'
• Young Brits Emily Blunt and Carey Mulligan go up against veteran Helen Mirren at the Golden Globes
• Burnley v ARSENAL: Denilson and Armand Traore ruled out of trip to Turf Moor
• Tottenham revive interest in Pletikosa as Harry looks for new goalkeeper
• Yob who yanked off Muslim woman's headscarf ordered to pay her £1,000 compensation
• Co-op worker mistakenly paid £1.4m hands back the money... and is rewarded with a £10 crate of beer
• Marriage is good for your health but just watch out if it all ends in tears
• Can I get compensation for BA strikes?
• Confessions of a fashionista: I find it hard to bond with my colleagues, so where do I begin with Miss Perfect?
• In a taxi with…The Hills' lad-at-large, Brody Jenner
• RBS bailout gets shareholder backing
• Pregnant Nicola McLean squeezes into velvet dress for Z-list party
• Barcelona to decide if they need to sign 'non-essential' Man City stay Robinho
• Headteacher rapped by 'food police' for keeping a box of Kit-Kats to reward well-behaved pupils
• Stephen Ireland and his WAG go toy shopping .... and needs a Bentley and a Porsche to get haul home
• Judge expresses sympathy for Christian registrar sacked for refusing to marry gay couples
• Cash-strapped Championship side Plymouth hit with transfer embargo
• Repossessions up but arrears are falling
• Fashion for life: Oh, what a decadent decade!
• My Body & I: Actress and daughter of Bruce and Demi, Rumer Willis
• Stoke players speak same language - even Pulis and Beattie, insists Delap
• HARRY PHIBBS: Peers should serve the nation, not be in it for the money
• Britons choose far-flung destinations for 2010 holidays
• Woman named Merry Christmas forgot to be festive after being arrested for 'screaming'
• Killer Peter Tobin 'joked that he was digging a sandpit... when he was making a shallow grave'
• Almost half of all fathers don't get home until their children are in bed
• Girl, 13, who bullied a vicar's daughter to death locked up for eight years
• Shareholders back plan to prop up Royal Bank of Scotland
• This Life: Rachel Roberts returns to her childhood care home
• Israeli fury after British magistrate issues arrest warrant for Tzipi Livni after she defended Gaza War
• Schoolboy, 8, has painful ear-pinning operation after bullies brand him 'FA Cup'
• Wenger to block Fabregas from charity match as five Gunners are left out
• Channel 4 drops controversial Hollyoaks storyline that bore similarities to Jamie Bulger killing
• Thailand uses picture of Hebridean island to promote beach resort
• From Calendar Girls to panto: Kelly Brook camps it up to play Sleeping Beauty in Paul O'Grady's panto
• Paint by numbers dress makes its mark on fashion scene for Christmas
• Driver wrestles with car for 30 terrifying minutes as it gets stuck in cruise control at 50mph on busy motorway
• Bowyer keeps his fingers crossed that Gold and Sullivan can revive West Ham
• Copenhagen climate change summit: Will your home make £1,000 a year from daylight in 2010? It's down to the Govt. Oliver Heath, TV presenter and eco-designer explains
• Manchester City star Bridge ready to be back in action for start of 2010
• Recipe: Chestnut and madeira soup with crispy sausage
• Gold price slides ahead of Fed meeting
• SCREAMER LIVE: Everton lead Gago race - plus more from football world
• I, Robot: Buy your own android double for Christmas
• Spice on the ice: Emma Bunton confirmed as judge for Dancing On Ice
• You've got to pick a pocket or two: Cast change for West End's Oliver! as Griff Rhys Jones takes over as Fagin
• Recipe: Chocolate nougatines
• NatEx rights issue gets 90% approval
• Just a fifth of poor white boys attain good GCSEs
• Eight killed in Taliban suicide blast at Kabul district popular with Westerners
• Recipe: Mont Blanc in a glass
• Shamed student caught urinating on war memorial quits university before disciplinary hearing
• Recipe: Easy sherry trifle
• Virgin Racing finally converts Richard Branson's Brawn into £40m of F1 brain
• 'At the end of the day...' named as the most infuriating office cliche
• Chelsea refuse to give Portsmouth more time to pay up over Johnson deal
• Husband 'shoots terminally ill wife and drowns himself because he could not bear to live without her'
• West Ham owners to reject £50m bid from Birmingham duo Gold and Sullivan
• Businessman faces £300,000 bill after losing High Court battle with neighbour over 7sq yds of 'worthless' land
• Northern Rock 'to become a mutual'
• Rated X: Rihanna's naughty makeover continues with topless GQ covershoot
• Cosmen family agrees to take up National Express rights
• Recipe: Coronation turkey
• EXCLUSIVE: Sven Goran Eriksson's Notts County future in doubt as pal Hans Backe quits
• Take that! Great White shark leaves teeth behind after savaging oar on lifeguards' rowing boat
• The Politics Factor: Now Simon Cowell unveils plan to launch election debate show
• Can I claim IHT allowance after 27 years?
• BA Christmas strike: Latest travel advice and your questions answered
• Hargreaves lacking confidence to beat psychological hurdles in comeback
• King Edward VII's custom-made shotguns sell for £50,000 at auction
• Petrol price rises push inflation up to 1.9%
• Bobby Moore would turn in his grave: Russell Brand steps out in West Ham shorts... and pink socks
• Soaring petrol prices push inflation to 1.9%... even though food and mobile phone charges are cheaper
• Di Santo set to stay at Blackburn as Chelsea give deal the green light
• Recipe: Spicy tree biscuits
• Liverpool fearing more misery as England's 2018 host cities are set to be unveiled
• Help! I've bought the wrong shares
• BA Christmas strike: prices rise as passengers try to keep plans in tact
• 'No school today': What a 12-year-old boy said after three car bombs rip though Baghdad city centre, killing five people
• Carpetright enjoys strongest growth since 2004
• Teacher slips to his death attempting to rescue fallen climber on Scottish mountain
• Bentley ready to beg Redknapp for a January ticket out of Tottenham
• Giggs breaks news no rival fan wants to hear... Fergie will do another five years!
• Mother of 13: 'I want IVF for Christmas so I can have my 14th baby'
• Kelly Osbourne celebrates the end of Dancing With The Stars with couples holiday in Miami
• Greek tragedy: Greece's debt problem
• Kraft hits back at Cadbury's 'no surprises' defence
• Benayoun fires Liverpool warning: Start winning or forget Champions League
• Ferguson insists it's nothing personal as Birmingham eye Blackburn scalp
• BA strike action: Can you get compensation?
• Redknapp relieved as Assou-Ekotto escapes punishment over fan bust-up
• Elin Woods pictured without wedding ring on as she emerges for the first time since Tiger admitted cheating on her
• FTSE close: BA down, RBS up
• Parents' fury as nursery paedophile Vanessa George gets just seven years' jail - and anonymity when she's released
• Liverpool v WIGAN: Hendry Thomas poised to come in for Jordi Gomez
• Rics: House prices strongest for 3 years
• MPs to quiz Treasury over 'secret loans'
• Liverpool boss Benitez to make New Year swoop for West Ham star Parker
• Mouchel soars on bid approach
• Kate Garraway shows off her curves in satin at first party since baby Billy's arrival
• Green insists Hammers must not lose their basement clash with Bolton
• Dunelm founder's £34m share transfer
• Austrian kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch to meet her abductor's mother
• Berbatov still weighed down by his £30m move from Spurs to Man United
• Shed Media screens buy-out deal
• I'm sorry, attacker tells battered Berlusconi after he assaulted him with a statue of a cathedral
• 'It's all just a joke', declares minister shamed over £20,000 bell-tower expenses claim
• Ten Alps climbs on profit boost
• BAE wins battle against US army
• Thousands of villagers evacuated as lava, rocks and smoke shoots from Philippines' most active volcano
• Ebay fraudster made millions from fake golf clubs
• Will you join the regifting club this Christmas?
• FTSE in-depth: Gulf rescue lifts investor gloom
• O'Neill tells Milner: I'm no Villan for making you play in central midfield
• FTSE 100 preview: Inflation in focus as shares rise
• £200 a day to turn up for work at the House of Lords? It's an insult, say peers
• Cadbury on quest for white knight
• Reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian gives birth to a bouncing baby boy
• BA's £500m strike bill may destroy airline
• What the back pages say: David Bentley begs Tottenham to let him leave, Chelsea plan swoop for Hammers keeper Robert Green, Liverpool go for Scott Parker
• Facing the sack, councillor who claimed £3k 'expenses' while living in India
• Sex And The City's Kim Cattrall proves her feud with Sarah Jessica Parker is finally over as she shows support at premiere
• Mother's fury at Tesco Christmas card that pokes fun at ginger children
• Fireworks boss found guilty of killing two firemen in massive explosion at factory
• Cash-strapped NHS bosses spend £2,500 on office Christmas tree
• Jail for blundering bank robber who used his own BMW with personalised number plate to set up £100,000 raid
• Woman labelled 'predatory paedophile' for abusing young girls in toilets is jailed indefinitely
• Conservative lead over Labour is reduced to single figures, new poll shows
• Courtney Love loses custody of teenage daughter Frances Bean Cobain
• How Outnumbered captures the way middle-class children delight in humiliating parents like me
• RAY CONNOLLY: Irritating, antisocial - why not just bin MP3 players?
• United face battle with McClaren to sign Milan striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
• Buy Elton's old suit? You must think I'm dotty!
• Are first shoes really closer to a girl's heart than her first kiss?
• ROBERT HARDMAN: More drips than a melting iceberg - if this is how to save the planet, we really are all doomed
• Me-me-me-memoirs... read 'em and weep! Another Christmas and another stockingful of hilariously naff celebrity books
• NHS maternity services in meltdown: A former midwife reveals how understaffed wards are sinking into chaos
• From Mary and Joseph to King Herod: How to decode your child's nativity role
• X Factor success... enjoy it, Joe! Next year it'll be panto with The Krankies
• All sex offenders must face court, insists Jack Straw
• Benni to quit Rovers to save 2010 dream and pal Pedersen could join him
• Former Manchester United ace Cole set to strike for 2018 World Cup bid
• It's the biggest midweek of the season... just feel those nerves jangle!
• RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: And over on BBC1 it's Ready Steady Yentob!
• And the winner is... Simon Cowell: After the most-watched X Factor final ever, he's set to be TV's first billionaire
• Sunderland star Cattermole ready for Villa clash after remarkable recovery
• Electric shocks retrain throat muscles and help stroke victims to eat again
• Cool again: Hot water bottles and electric blankets back in fashion as winter chill and downturn bite harder
• Forcing the bailed-out banks to pay back the taxpayer is not a priority, says Treasury chief
• Injured Wolves midfielder Edwards faces 10 weeks on the sidelines
• Early Christmas sales: the Great Stand-off
• Third raters: Gers midfielder Thomson scoffs at rivals Dundee United and Hibs