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• Eighty MPs refuse to pay back expenses and half of them have no evidence to back claims
• MP's arrest 'nearly drove Met chief Sir Paul Stephenson to quit on day one'
• QUENTIN LETTS: Breakfast will never be the same again as Wogan gives away the breakfast shift
• Redknapp hails rampant Tottenham as they put shoddy Man City to the sword
• Arsenal's injury crisis deepens with hamstring victim Fabregas sidelined
• EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: What is it about 'big open spaces' Hugh Grant loves so much?
• Now Blair's key Iraq war aides desert him: Spy chief and top envoy tell inquiry of their doubts
• Jessica Simpson becomes latest woman linked to shamed Tiger Woods
• STEPHEN GLOVER: 50 days to save the world? I might listen to the doomsayers if they weren't such ludicrous hypocrites
• Gay man who tried to poison lesbian neighbours over three-legged cat kidnapping faces jail
• It will take silly money to land my stars, insists Celtic boss Tony Mowbray
• Bloated public sector gets 23,000 more staff... and their pay rises are almost three times higher
• Manchester City star Robinho frozen out on big stage
• Emma Watson's magic touch makes her the decade's highest grossing actress
• BA cabin crew warned not to wear uniform in public after female steward was spat at
• Santa a bad role model 'because he promotes obesity and drink-driving'
• The Data Bank - all the best bets for Thursday, December 17
• Need urgent help? Dial 111, but you may have to pay
• Of course my little sister's nicer than me - that's why I tried to poison her and burn her at the stake!
• CHARLES SALE: BBC playing rough on England games at World Cup finals
• Catherine Zeta Jones steals Victoria Beckham's style in leather trousers and fur jacket
• Where can I find... Britney Spears' shoes and Princess Beatrice's dress?
• Was pop singer Jessica Simpson another of Tiger Woods's birdies?
• Turkeys from Brazil: Asda imports are 'shameful betrayal' of British farmers
• The BA comrade in California: £50k a year union activist who lives in LA and hasn't flown for a year
• Lewis cranks up battle on M&B board
• Brighton boss Poyet offered chance to take charge at Real Zaragoza
• Lewis cranks up battle on M&B board
• CHRISTOPHER MEYER: Foreign affairs? Yes please. Our former Man in Washington says FO chappies have always been partial to bedroom diplomacy
• Let's get the party started: How to glam up for the festive season
• Roll up for Everton reserves: Moyes names fringe side for Europa League tie
• You're not worthy: Council snubs move to honour British Army's most decorated regiment
• The bespoke cancer 'cure': Patients could get specially tailored drugs after UK scientists decode damage to DNA
• Macrobiotic Madonna tucks into a plate of pasta... but it's just an advert for Dolce and Gabbana
• Storm over BBC online debate on 'killing gays'
• MARKET REPORT: Tomkins buzz thrills punters
• Bullied in our own bedrooms: Vicious cyber-bullying is driving young girls to their deaths
• FTSE in-depth: Tomkins buzz thrills punters
• CITY INTERVIEW: Christmas tills ring for Rose's last hurrah
• Who are you calling a carrot top, Tesco? JANE ASHER speaks out in defence of redheads
• Cadbury boss takes battle to Wall Street
• Hart set to take over at QPR as Magilton leaves after players back Buzsaky
• Nasser Hussain's daily dossier: It's a huge mistake to gamble on the attack
• New banking rules to prop up government's finances
• Lawrence Booth's match zone: The essential analysis from day one
• MK gets the OK: Town which did not exist in 1966 is one of World Cup hosts
• Alas, Smith and Jones have moved as British names shift away from their traditional homes
• Graeme Swann's shout puts England under review at Centurion
• Why men can never forgive a wife's affair... even though they'd expect YOU to forgive them
• COMMENT ALEX BRUMMER: Cracking down on fraudsters
• LORRAINE CANDY: I thought turning brunette would make me feel refreshed... but it's been nothing but stressful!
• Britain's 2012 hope Alistair Brownlee wins top BOA award
• Anelka eyes new Chelsea contract before finishing his days in the MLS
• Man, 31, charged with murder of 15-month-old boy and 26 child cruelty offences
• Tiger Woods named Athlete of the Decade by US sports editors
• Supermarkets are battling to sell you the cheapest Christmas feast - so which is the tastiest?
• Cracking down on fraudsters
• Near miss at crumbling Buckingham Palace
• New banking rules prop up public's finances
• Hospitals 'are wrong to ban flowers as a health threat,' say researchers
• Shareholders deal blow to Punch pay
• The day Johnson rode his 2,000th winner and kept McCoy in the shade
• Pay revolt piles pressure on Punch to beef up its board
• Investigate EVERY crime report, police are ordered in new crackdown on 'no crime' scandal
• Landon Donovan agrees 'deal in principle' to join Everton on loan
• View from planet bloke: Why I will never mind if my son hits me
• Being Becky: Adlington's year so different after her Olympic heroics
• Hughes hints at January spend with Lescott sidelined by knee surgery
• Can a haircut make you look 10 years younger?
• Basle 2 Fulham 3: 'The scorer' Zamora at the double to book place in last 32
• Let there be light: Herschel telescope images show birth of stars 1,000 light years from Earth
• QUENTIN LETTS: MPs toil like lab mice. Often with the same ill-fated result
• CRAIG BROWN: Crunch time for cheese and onion crisps
• England scrum-half Harry Ellis rushed back to give Leicester a kick start
• Waterworld planet discovered just 40 light years away
• What you'd look like in... Kelly Brook's dress
• Two boys, aged 10, charged with raping eight-year-old girl in park
• Peaches Geldof 'almost killed' in 'full on car crash' on way to Disneyland
• LIZ JONES: The fox shrug and leather pants say it all... Posh has blown it again
• PICTURED: Huge herd of reindeer gather for spectacular show of force days ahead of Christmas
• Alistair Darling in cover-up scandal as he is accused of not revealing full extent of Britain's debt
• Tottenham 3 Manchester City 0: Three and easy for Spurs as Lennon shines
• Liverpool 2 Wigan 1: Torres and Ngog prove ideal tonic for gambler Rafa
• 4,000 prisoners given 'absolutely revolting' perk of having satellite television in cells
• Accountant murdered girlfriend and kept body in freezer for seven months so he could go back to ex-wife
• Chelsea 2 Portsmouth 1: Lampard's late penalty spoils Grant's return
• Burnley 1 Arsenal 1: Alexander on the spot as Gunners frustrated
• Dutiful American returns library book more than 99 years late... and librarian waives the fine
• PREMIER LEAGUE LIVE: Chelsea retake top spot, Burnley hold Arsenal, Spurs stick three past City and Liverpool beat Wigan - as it happened
• Amanda Holden: I need therapy to treat my weakness for bargains
• Championship strugglers Reading part company with manager Rodgers
• Convicted killer jailed for life after re-enacting brutal rape he committed 22 years ago
• Coroner warns of dangers of ice after death of six-year-old who fell into frozen pond
• Air force officers face jail over 'failings' that led to 14 deaths in 2006 Nimrod plane explosion
• X Factor winner Joe McElderry outsold by Rage as bookies suspend betting on Christmas no 1
• Scotland's biggest airline goes bust affecting up to 5,000 passengers
• Johnny Ball booed off stage by liberal audience after anti-climate rant
• Basle 2 Fulham 3: Cottagers seal Europa League last 32 spot - as it happened
• Healthy and safety killjoys remove village Christmas tree... in case it distracts motorists
• Eurostar's UK staff to stage Christmas walkout...but French drivers step in
• VIDEO: Everton boss David Moyes to protect his players in Europa League clash with BATE Borisov
• Milton Keynes chief's delight in town that didn't exist during last World Cup
• BA strike: private jet bookings double as rich families make a quick getaway
• Meet the flexible septuagenarian who can do a workout that defies her age
• Zenit St Petersburg set to turn to former Chelsea star Adrian Mutu after losing patience with Spurs over Roman Pavlyuchenko deal
• Romanian city marks 20 years since protest sparked revolution that led to fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu
• Noisy TV ads face volume crackdown after U.S. takes legal action
• Jamie Cullum on Sophie Dahl, Clint Eastwood and the perfect playlist for Christmas
• English-based Americans facing club v country row in run-up to the World Cup
• Microsoft ends decade long fight with EU over web browsers
• Fed Reserve boss Ben Bernanke named Time's Person of the Year after saving US from depression
• Over 90 per cent of women own an item of clothing with the tags still on
• A peek in the life of a female pawnbroker: Since the recession, it's one of the most popular ways to borrow
• Council bosses head to Iceland to demand 'every penny back' of £1 billion lost during country's collapse
• THE LIST: Top players of the decade in the Premier League - Nos 20-11
• Peaches Geldof kicks off her shoes on the Hollywood Walk of Fame after a night of partying
• Serial killer Robert Black charged with murder of fourth schoolgirl
• Chloe Madeley plans to give up smoking on reality TV show
• Children eat up to 6,000 calories on Christmas Day
• I think my 15-year-old daughter's teacher is trying to seduce her - what should I do?
• Disgruntled Wolves supporters could claim for a refund after Old Trafford debacle
• Jilted husband kills court official in shooting spree after hunting for judge who granted his wife a divorce
• Drivers face speed-camera blitz as more road limits are reduced to 20mph
• Mick McCarthy joins Sir Alex Ferguson, Rafa Benitez, Bryan Robson and Harry Redknapp in the 'held in reserve' hall of shame
• He's tossed it: Strauss punished by classy Kallis after putting in Proteas
• Mail-o-meter: Why Tiger Woods is up (Yes, indeed) and Monopoly is down
• Policeman who killed four in drink-drive crash walks free from French court with £180 fine
• Greg Rusedski escapes the winter weather on a sunshine break with his young family
• Robbie Williams, Katherine Jenkins... What to tune into this Christmas
• Two men jailed for setting fire to man's beard as he slept on train
• Tiger Woods' wife Elin Nordegren 'prepares to move out' of Florida home
• As wife who tried to kill husband gets six years' jail, he admits: 'I still love her and can't wait for her to get out'
• World Cup set for Milton Keynes! Bristol and Plymouth also on England 2018 bid list, but Derby, Leicester and Hull miss out
• Harlequins name ex-Ireland full back O'Shea as new director of rugby
• Speed Read: Set hearts a-flutter with the latest luscious false eyelashes
• Etched by trucks in the desert sand: At 9 miles around, gargantuan circle is the world's largest artwork
• Red Bull boss Horner delighted to be keeping Renault engines
• Gold and Sullivan dealt blow in bid for West Ham are handed debt lifeline
• Susan Boyle's I Dreamed A Dream audition tops list of most watched YouTube video this year with 120m hits
• Cattles gives up on plan to restart Welcome Finance
• Second couple gatecrash White House party... this time by accident after turning up early for a tour
• Pletikosa desperate for Tottenham deal after holding talks with Redknapp
• Hospital bans Jeremy Kyle Show from waiting room televisions because it is 'upsetting the patients'
• My infatuated patient: Sex-case gynaecologist tells of gifts... and saucy text
• Welcome Finance bids farewell after restart fails
• Like father, like son: Tiger Woods 'was traumatised by his dad's many affairs'
• Paul Gascoigne arrested for being drunk and disorderly in Newcastle
• Why Brian doesn't feel blessed to be working with Pamela Anderson
• Charles Dickens' ivory toothpick sells at auction for £7,000
• Farmer calls for ban after 'killer' Chinese lantern fells another cow
• How I won back £715 from Abbey
• Beauty confidential: Our guide to choosing your perfect perfume
• Premier League demand answers from Wolves over side that lost at United
• Paul Gascoigne arrested for being drunk and disorderly
• Countdown traffic light could end road rage, claims designer
• Star Trek, Quantum Of Solace, Australia... Which films to watch this Christmas
• Courtney Love brands daughter Frances Bean 'deceptive and deluded' on Facebook after losing custody
• Serial killer Peter Tobin convicted of murdering teenager Dinah McNicol... but how many more did he kill?
• Strictly's Excess Factor: A behind-the-scenes peek with Brucie, Tess and the gang at their end-of -series Christmas party
• Wolves chief Jez Moxey defends tinkerman Mick McCarthy after Old Trafford controversy
• End of the cheque: Historic method of payment phased out by 2018... spelling woe for millions of pensioners
• The moment 'dregs of the earth' career criminals shot dead postmaster's son as he tried to protect his parents
• Prince William reveals his bald patch as he helps celebrate charity's 40th anniversary
• Andrew Flintoff insists England remains his number one priority despite his freelance status
• Ban the turkey: It's time to listen to your inner Christmas rebel
• Cheques will be scrapped by 2018 deadline
• China's iconic Bird's Nest Olympic stadium is transformed into a winter wonderland
• France set to compromise over burka ban by only outlawing them in public buildings
• Loose Women's Sherrie Hewson and Hannah Waterman clash over Come Dine With Me dinner
• Get carried away powdering your nose, Nicole Kidman? Actress suffers a 'make-up malfunction' at Nine premiere
• BA Christmas strike: Alternative travel options for passengers
• Once a crook, always a crook: 12 years on, Canal Boy jailed as serial burgler
• Isas 2009: You give them £10,000 and they pay you £11 interest
• Backe's decision to quit Notts County is no surprise, admits Sven's pal Grip
• Faith schools 'may face ban on selecting by religion' after court finds Jewish school racially discriminated against applicant
• Renault to stay in 1 - despite selling 80 per cent of itself to the Genii
• Beverley Knight: I go to the hairdresser every two weeks
• South India: a spiritual awakening in this fascinating country's secret backwaters
• Black magic fears as boy, 2, is hospitalised with 50 sewing needles inside his body
• Ribery closer to £45m Chelsea move as Bayern reveal fears over his contract
• United legend Macari slams Wolves for fielding reserves in Old Trafford loss
• Stuttgart keeper Lehmann handed three-game ban for stamping on Bance
• LEO'S LONDON: It's time the FA came down hard on the likes of Benoit Assou-Ekotto
• Top Cat: Ms Deeley swaps the Hollywood Hills for the slums of Brazil
• Freed Lockerbie bomber goes missing after British authorities lose track of him
• Tear gas fired at climate talks: Police make 230 arrests as protesters storm Copenhagen summit
• It's all my fault! Zola's No 2 Clarke takes blame for Hammers' plight
• Laura Ashley bucks the trend with 9% sales jump
• Doctor Who, Catherine Tate... Your complete Christmas guide starts here
• Britney Spears does not look F.A.B in Thunderbirds-style glasses
• Sarah Jessica Parker proudly shows off photo of six-month-old twins Marion and Tabitha
• Man arrested as he tries to enter Berlusconi's hospital room
• Nicolas Anelka aiming to put one over former Chelsea manager Avram Grant
• SCREAMER LIVE: Neymar waits for Chelsea - plus more from football world
• 'Outstanding' Joe Hart has no chance of leaving City, insists boss Hughes
• 'Offensive' pornographic Gillray cartoons banned for more than a century uncovered in museum
• Firefighters cut free seriously injured passengers from overturned double decker bus as lorry driver is arrested
• Kraft bid: What should Cadbury shareholders do?
• Nationwide can't find our £400 cheques
• Female armed robber stripped, beaten and set alight by lynch mob
• Stacey Solomon takes a tumble as the X Factor contestants are reunited for a celebration bash
• Mourinho admits he insulted Italian journalist but insists he did not hit him
• Embarrassing dad dance routine is 'down to evolution'
• Beyond the fringe: Beyoncé hides behind the hair but she's happy to show off the body
• Liverpool set to win Van Nistelrooy race as Benitez lines up January loan swoop
• No Christmas cheer for Punch Taverns as trading remains tough
• Shock fall in unemployment benefit claims
• Co-op won't pay up on travel insurance
• Images of Great War's lost generation preparing to head off to the Western Front - captured by the UK's first female Press photographer
• AC Milan loan star Beckham wants to face Man United in Champions League
• Knife woman shot by U.S. police after walking into school playground
• BA strike: passengers told to sit tight as walkout hangs in the balance
• UK Championship winner Ding Junhui donates his body weight in pies to charity
• Punch gives £2m a month to hard-up pubs
• NatWest handed Al Qaeda terrorist 100% mortgage to buy £93,000 home he turned into a bomb factory
• Sales improve but Comet still posts losses
• Stowaway tomcat turns up 500 miles away in Spain after hitching a ride on cross-Channel ferry
• The sacrifice of public service
• Brown warns of further sanctions after Iran test-fires long-range missile
• Jessica Alba and Cash Warren put on show of unity following claims he shared tryst with Lindsay Lohan
• Hicks set to sell Rangers sparking hope of fresh investment for Liverpool
• Judge big-spending Spurs same way as us, insists Man City boss Hughes
• You wouldn't want this on your toast: 100-year-old pat of butter found at Scott's Antarctic base
• FTSE close: Rentokil up; United Utilities down
• Facebook founder denies being caught out by site's new privacy settings after 300 personal photos appear on his profile
• More festive travel misery on the cards as Eurostar drivers join BA cabin staff in Christmas walkouts
• Kate Hudson takes mum Goldie Hawn as date to Nine premiere... after 'split from baseball ace A-Rod'
• Jongleurs returns as Highlight club
• Coffeeheaven boss cashes in on sale
• VT urges rival Mouchel to explain rejection
• Lindsay Lohan rips up the fashion rule book with laddered tights
• BA chief turns to courts to halt strike
• England's World Cup 2018 hopefuls ready to discover who will host games
• Rank hits jackpot with £25.9m rebate
• Carpetright piles on interim dividend
• Final chapter looms for Borders' staff
• 'Disaster' looms for Spurs as defenders set for month at Africa Cup of Nations
• Teenage dole toll soars by a third
• B&B boss to lead 'bad half' of the Rock
• Drogba is the world's best striker, says Portsmouth boss Avram Grant
• Focus: Hester lambasts meddling Labour
• Post Office closures see queues lengthen
• Behind you! No, with Pamela Anderson they're most definitely in front...
• Interest on UK's debt 'to reach £87bn'
• SFO: Ciminal probe into Icelandic bank
• 'I can't stand it anymore': Rachida Dati overheard making whingeing phone call about being an MEP
• Credit Suisse faces £335m Iran charge
• FTSE in-depth: Takeover talk lifts Fiberweb
• War of words as Kraft blasts Cadbury claims
• Last delivery for Annie, 84: Britain's longest serving sub-postmistress retires after 61 years behind counter
• Watford face administration as club's former chairman calls in his £5m loan
• Air fares soar by 40% as BA rivals cash in
• Commuter chaos as heavy snow falls on many parts of Britain
• Hero's last Christmas card home: A day later squaddie died preventing bomb carnage
• 5m homes are owed £89 each on gas bills
• FTSE 100 preview: Shares quiet ahead of Fed news
• England ban on arthritis drug is 'devastating news' for sufferers
• As it happened: South Africa v England - England toil as centurion Kallis puts South Africa in the driving seat
• Boost for England as South African strike bowler Dale Steyn ruled out of First Test
• Strikes threaten to land BA £1bn loss
• Youthful Madonna rekindles Like A Prayer days at Nine premiere (and Lourdes copies Eighties style too...)
• BA strike victims face travel insurance blow
• 'Four-year campaign of abuse from parishioners' forces vicar and his family from their home
• What the back pages say: Fabio Capello blames Sir Alex Ferguson for Michael Owen's World Cup worries, Wolves face backlash after fielding reserves at Old Trafford
• Cameron teams up with top stores to offer homeowners cut-price deals on 'green' schemes
• MPs to get first creche, at £400,000 cost to taxpayer
• Blossoms found in dig reveal Bronze Age people left flowers at graves
• NHS trusts face fines if they fail to eliminate mixed-sex wards by next year
• 'Sharp decline' in faith as number of Christians in Britain falls to half
• Evel Knievel's son plans to attempt double-decker bus stunt that ended his late father's daredevil career
• Hope for organ donor shortage as first UK patient give 'reconditioned' lungs
• Doctors should have right to help patients to die, say MPs
• How Chardonnay grape is 'mother' to today's most popular wines
• Cop faces 35 years in prison for having sex with a woman he pulled over... and then throwing away her tickets
• Mac on... BA strikes
• Record 6.6million 'half-timers' now working reduced hours as bosses struggle to pay full wages
• Do come in but we won't be turning off the telly: Whatever happened to good manners?
• EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Brandreth mocks Cameron over homosexual call
• Electoral Commission launches investigation after Tory candidate Zac Goldsmith gives £264,000 to local party
• MARKET REPORT: Takeover talk lifts Fiberweb
• Brown to make 'impassioned' plea for climate change deal as Copenhagen summit teeters on a knife-edge
• The price must be right for Bentley and Pavlyuchenko, insists Redknapp
• B&B boss to lead bad half of Northern Rock
• Whitehall's £8m stress ball splurge: Ministers lavish cash on promotional gimmicks
• CITY FOCUS: Hester lambasts meddling Labour
• The green hypocrites: Prince Charles and Gordon Brown take separate jets... to lecture the world on global warming
• Tony Adams touted for St Etienne hot seat as his first job since Portsmouth
• Dundee United 0 Rangers 3: Rampant champions reign on Tayside
• VIRGINIA IRONSIDE: A curse on these smug types who buy you a goat in Africa for Christmas
• Boxing Day sales shoppers face parking charges chaos
• Easy does it: Rangers roar back to the top thanks to a Kenny Miller double
• Aad de Mos and Walter Zenga chase vacant Scotland post
• Taking the Mick: McCarthy defends changes after Man United crush Wolves
• MAX HASTINGS: Budget chaos that betrays our services
• Charles Sale: Multi-millionaire Ross playing ball with 2012 legacy
• Olay rapped over Twiggy's lying eyes: Advert banned for retouching 60-year-old model
• Interest on UK's debt 'to reach £87bn'
• How does your Isa compare to last year?
• Five million homes owed £89 each in gas bill overpayments