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• JAN MOIR: A bit of early morning crackle has gone for ever
• Surrey borough voted best place to live in Britain for second year running
• British Lions rugby legend Gareth Thomas reveals: 'I'm gay'
• McCarthy blasts Wenger but admits: 'I've taken the heat off poor old Tiger'
• AMANDA PLATELL: A majestic example to the Prince of hypocrisy
• BBC hires news veterans to help recruit women over 50
• Standing firm! McGeady: I'll stay out of trouble at Hearts for Rangers derby
• MP condemns plan to build a 'Muslim Eton' for girls
• Minister Sion Simon faces sleaze probe for using taxpayers' money to pay rent to his sister
• Magnificent work in Help Heal Our Broken Heroes appeal
• The empty chair at Christmas: Courage of Wendy whose son was killed by the Taliban this summer
• DES KELLY: Our big fat zero without sport
• DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Thanks to Brussels, we are bordering on disaster
• Scent of a woman: Now you can smell like Beyonce as she launches her own perfume
• Tory top team repay £71,000 to 'take the lead' on expenses
• Sulieman Benn banned for heated row with Brad Haddin and Mitchell Johnson
• Model Jaime Jungers 'took photos of Tiger Woods naked
• Millionaires' Row 2009: How hundreds of families get luxury homes on benefits far beyond the means of most working people
• Manchester United defender Patrice Evra: Bring on David Beckham
• DAILY MAIL COMMENT: The Lord Chief Justice knows the value of life
• PETER OBORNE: It's the question troubling the Tory leader. Why isn't he doing better in the polls?
• BA 'unable to close final salary fund'
• ALEX BRUMMER: The Old Lady's iron resolve
• Everton boss David Moyes kicks off at early kick-off for Sporting Lisbon clash
• Making sense of the Cadbury bid
• Crisis point: If Manchester City lose to Sunderland, Mark Hughes is on his way
• Beckham goes back to Manchester United in dream last 16 draw
• INVESTMENT EXTRA: Why the risk takers got their rewards in 2009
• British Lions rugby legend Gareth Thomas: 'It's ended my marriage and nearly driven me to suicide. Now it's time to tell the world the truth - I'm gay
• Sunderland boss Steve Bruce: We need to handle the pressure
• Mining boss pockets £24m share windfall
• How I failed the citizen test (the questions were mostly about political correctness and how to claim benefits...)
• Analysts predict merrier Christmas for retailers
• Staunton fighting the desperation as Darlington reach new low
• The Blair rich project: How ex-PM pays accountant for 'cloak of invisibility' on £15m earnings
• 'I'll be the one to decide if I'm finished' - Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce
• Charles Sale: Andrew Cole's tribute to his old enemy Teddy Sheringham
• Investment banker Mack knifes bonus
• Have The Stones dumped Ronnie Wood over his tawdry romance?
• MARKET REPORT: Olympic effort from Aggreko
• Did his father's tangled sex life make Tiger Woods a love cheat?
• How Arsenal mould the latest batch from Arsene Wenger's talent factory
• Wenger: Can new breed fight, sacrifice and suffer to become winners?
• Burnley beating all the odds - Coyle demands more respect for Clarets
• Failed skills quango pays £30m bonuses while losing taxpayers hundreds of millions
• Fulham striker Bobby Zamora: Now I'm getting my rewards
• JANET STREET PORTER: Tis the season to be a grumpy old cow
• Fancy seeing you here: Lindsay Lohan runs into party pal Leonardo DiCaprio at Hollywood bash
• New deal Ryan Giggs looks ahead to more trophies with Manchester United
• Yesterday's trading: Olympic effort from Aggreko
• Wolves keen to land West Bromwich midfield ace Koren in January
• Brain gym for pupils is pointless, admits Balls
• BA 'unable to close final salary fund'
• Manic Sunday follows Panic Saturday as traders anticipate £4BILLION sales
• The Old Lady's iron resolve
• Inside Arsenal's talent factory: Emmanuel Frimpong's case study
• Analysis: Making sense of the Cadbury bid
• Carragher: The one-club defender who has lived and breathed Liverpool
• Wigan rocked by Diame injury as midfielder suffers damaged knee ligaments
• Lawrence Booth's match zone: Analysis from day three at Centurion
• Mining boss pockets £24m share windfall
• Nasser Hussain: Stuart Broad's tantrums must stop right away
• Analysts predict better Christmas for shops
• The Data Bank - all the best bets for the weekend
• Investment banker Mack knifes bonus
• Harry's won her back - but she hates the idea of being a princess. So how long before the royals scare Chelsy off again?
• Stuart Broad: I was right to quiz umpires after South Africa referral dismissal
• EXCLUSIVE: We back Hughes! Tevez hits out over pressure on boss
• American captain Pavin wants Woods back for Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor
• Peter Scudamore: The faces who'll be making headlines this weekend
• 'I breathed water and, oh God, the panic... then the tsunami tore my daughter from my arms'
• Tranquil start: Kick-off festive season with five cracking bets
• Their royal lownesses (Or why, at 6ft 3in, Prince William towers over his titchy royal ancestors)
• BEL MOONEY: Should I forgive my cruel family just because it's Christmas?
• Blazing brandy on Christmas Eve and cherry beer as you wrap presents: The perfect drink for every festive moment
• Man jailed for drunken rampage in stolen bus that left a £250,000 damage bill and injured two
• Keane is Spurs' odd man out as Harry admits he favours Crouch and Defoe
• Andy Townsend's Boot Room: Zola doesn't need executive stress
• Schumacher's all set for a sensational return to Formula One... in a Mercedes
• Ledley King could make Fulham Boxing Day return, reveals Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp
• Six houses across the world, a seat in the Cabinet and a Sainsbury's heiress wife. Just why IS Labour's multi-millionaire turncoat so jealous of Cameron the toff?
• Watford set to avoid administration after lifeline from ex-chairman Jimmy Russo
• The champagne 'con': Half-price deals are a cheat, says wine expert
• THE RUGBY INTERVIEW: The Bath Bok who didn't hold his tongue
• Fury in Sweden after company offers to grind up bodies of 291 drowned reindeer to make biofuel
• QUENTIN LETTS: Guess who's in a lather about Dame Suzi Leather
• Catholic Bishops clash as child abuse scandal rocks Irish church
• Even Tiger Woods will thank me for my ten changes, jokes McCarthy
• How to hint your way to the perfect Christmas gift
• Tinsel Taliban strike as Court Service ban staff from decorations to avoid offence
• Sunderland in pole position to sign Wigan defender Maynor Figueroa
• Teenage soldier killed in nightclub brawl day before he was due home for Christmas
• Phillip Schofield braves the snow to go for dinner... in Bordeaux
• Erykah Badu hosts exclusive listening party as she prepares for release of fifth album
• Ex-wife wins £27,500-a-month divorce deal from 'broke' property tycoon
• Boy, 4, lucky to be alive after he is crushed between two escalators
• Rafa seeks silver lining to Liverpool's season with victory in Europa League
• Telegraph chief David Bond replaces Mihir Bose as BBC sports editor
• Sight for sore eyes: Dupuy banned for six months for gouging Ferris
• Holiday Giveaway
• Why mum's still a girl's best friend... even at the age of 25
• Spurs plan to gazump rivals Arsenal and snap up Chamakh for free
• Serbia 'set to apply for EU membership next week'
• Proud Archbishop of York conducts his own daughter's wedding ceremony
• Soldier given suspended sentence for handing shotgun to police 'should have been given award instead'
• ASTON VILLA v Stoke: Martin O'Neill has no new concerns ahead of Potters test
• Puffed-up and preposterous, but Piers is the Pepys of the celebrity age: 2009 DIARIES
• General Motors to wind down Saab after it fails to find a buyer
• Spoiler alert! Hollyoaks' Ricky Whittle to leave as his character is shot dead on wedding day
• Pamela Anderson is mobbed by fans as she arrives for work wrapped up against the cold
• Blooming Bucharest: The affordable capital that oozes Parisian style
• VIDEO: Unhappy Rafa hungry to send fans home happy with lunchtime win
• Win! A 15 night Caribbean cruise holiday for two on Ventura
• EVERTON v Birmingham: Jack Rodwell on the missing list for City clash
• Swann flies to the rescue: England spinner leads fightback
• Everton v BIRMINGHAM: Alex McLeish unlikely to make any alterations to his side
• PORTSMOUTH v Liverpool: Younes Kaboul returns to the fray for Reds clash
• VIDEO: Ancelotti admits Zola joined Blues because he didn't fit at Parma
• Portsmouth v LIVERPOOL: Glen Johnson right back in the side to face Pompey
• VIDEO: Wenger ready to let wonderkid Wilshere go on loan to Burnley
• London Irish boss Toby Booth calls for good clean play from Brive's bad boys
• Model Jaime Jungers 'took photos of Tiger Woods naked and said she would sell them if they ever broke up'
• MANCHESTER CITY v Sunderland: Nigel De Jong banned for Black Cats match
• Lily Allen pulls out of charity concert... then has a night out with dad Keith
• Independent News in talks with Evening Standard owner Alexander Lebedev
• FULHAM v Manchester United: Andy Johnson not yet ready to make his return to action
• Aussie star Quade Cooper to undergo counselling to stop him misbehaving
• ARSENAL v Hull: Denilson back in the midfield to tame the Tigers
• Google Books project found guilty of violating copyright by French court
• Italian job: United must beat Milan for the first time over two legs in Europe
• West Ham v CHELSEA: Didier Drogba back up front for derby day
• Mark Wilson set to leave Celtic in January transfer window
• Moyes clinches Donovan loan and tips Everton new boy for instant impact
• WEST HAM v Chelsea: Matthew Upson returns to boost Hammers
• VIDEO: Losing Champions League was better than winning it, says Fergie
• Speaker cuts down MPs' three-month summer holidays
• Blackburn v TOTTENHAM: Luka Modric ruled out as Spurs head for Ewood Park
• Furious Redknapp to punish Spurs stars who held secret Christmas party
• Pictured: Fiery bubbles of molten lava fill the ocean in first ever images of deep-sea volcanic eruption
• Expenses MP Julie Kirkbride to quit parliament
• Shrek Forever After trailer released ahead of 3D release of fourth animated film
• Former Khmer Rouge president charged with genocide for 'killing fields' reign of terror
• Snow almost stops bride getting to the church on time... until some kindly villagers step in
• Catalonia to become first Spanish region to ban 'sadistic spectacle' of bullfighting
• Husband who killed his wife by throwing TV remote at her head after cocaine binge is jailed for three years
• Return of the special one: The highs and lows of Jose Mourinho's three dramatic years at Chelsea
• Flights from Gatwick, Luton and Stansted delayed and cancelled as snow shuts airports across UK
• Retired PC and police worker arrested over alleged Stephen Lawrence cover-up
• THE INSIDER: Lily Allen put her arm around mine and said, 'Piers, I've never been so in love as I am right now...'
• Melanie Griffith sports a black eye after skin cancer surgery
• Jacques Chirac charged with embezzlement over creating 'fictitious' jobs for allies
• Davina McCall tweets from her snow-bound car as journey home takes epic TEN hours
• The amazing belt buckle that expands with your waistline as you enjoy that Christmas blowout
• Government plan to ban logos on cigarette packets is put on hold as Mandelson intervenes
• As David Beckham prepares to return to Old Trafford Sportsmail relives the highs and lows of his memorable Manchester United years
• Monica Lewinsky: Bill Clinton lied under oath about our relationship
• Is this £1 coin legal tender?
• How long can an agent keep deposit?
• Don't move a muscle! Snowboarder balances just inches from edge of cliff
• Dying to look good: French king's mistress killed by drinking gold elixir of youth
• Samantha Cameron shelters under selfless David's jacket as they dodge the snow
• Elderly holiday sisters took FOUR days to die after being entombed under collapsed bed
• Fergie defends Wolves boss McCarthy after he fielded reserves at Old Trafford
• Horoscopes
• Deutsche Bank to 'globalise' bonus pain
• Bank charges announcement next week
• BLACKBURN v Tottenham: David Dunn a doubt as Rovers take on Spurs
• Flops Liverpool will take on Petrescu's Unirea Urziceni in the Europa League
• DYLAN JONES: New York - so good they sang its praises
• West Indies scent victory at the WACA as Australia collapse
• Eurozone fiscal fears favour the pound
• Wolves v BURNLEY: No change needed for Owen Coyle's side
• UK car production rises for the first time in a year
• War torn: ‘Post-traumatic stress disorder ruined our relationship’
• Health notes: Bright ideas for dark January days
• WIGAN v Bolton: Mohamed Diame down and out for Trotters test
• Flyglobespan goes bust: Rival airlines step in to help stranded passengers
• LIVE: EUROPA LEAGUE DRAW - Liverpool face Unirea Urziceni, Everton have Portuguese opponents Lisbon and Fulham clash with Shakhtar
• Top judge declares war on drunken street killers
• Ferdinand and Hargreaves set for Man United return by end of January
• Giggs will play for Man United aged 37 after signing new deal at Old Trafford
• The story behind the Huddlines: A FART IN A COLANDER BY ROY HUDD
• Burnley boss Owen Coyle keeping eye on Jack Wilshere if Arsenal star is available to sign on loan in January window
• Liverpool launches plan to become major UK cruise hub
• Fulham v MANCHESTER UNITED: Nemanja Vidic a cause for concern ahead of Cottagers clash
• How can I fight credit card penalty?
• Wigan target Waldo Ponce eyes Europe - and will be a snip at just £300,000
• Deutsche Bank to 'globalise' bonus pain as Bank of England says City exodus is 'price worth paying'
• Less is more: Fab recipes using just four ingredients
• Mortgage lending down 10% in November
• When good things come in small packages: CHRISTMAS FICTION
• YBS mortgage will refund stamp duty bill
• Graham Taylor hits out at former Watford chairman Jimmy Russo: You're a 'bad man'
• Car production higher for first time in a year
• Death sentences in the US hit lowest level since 1976
• Russell Brand kisses girlfriend Katy Perry goodbye... but is that her T-shirt he's wearing?
• 'Parasitic' career criminals who shot dead postmaster's son to serve at least 34 years
• This life: Annabel Goldsmith on the tragic death of her son
• Police slammed for 'failing to assess risk' to mother murdered by ex-partner
• CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW: David Beckham goes back to Manchester United, Jose Mourinho seeks Chelsea revenge and Arsenal pull Porto for last 16
• Gynaecologist's three-year ordeal ends as 'fantasist with excessive libido' drops her case and pays HIM £30,000
• Confessions of a fashionista: What drives a gorgeous twenty-something superstar to exist on nothing but boiled egg whites?
• Gianfranco Zola insists: I must be the one to blame for West Ham's demise
• Rio de Janeiro beach crackdown for World Cup and Olympic Games
• Manchester City v SUNDERLAND: Lorik Cana on the sidelines for trip to Manchester
• Danielle Bux reveals brand new bob as she enjoys a romantic dinner with husband Gary Lineker
• 'Iranian Cyber Army' hackers take down Twitter in early-morning attack
• VIDEO: David Moyes facing nervy wait over Everton youngster Jack Rodwell
• LIVE: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW - David Beckham set to face former club Manchester United with AC Milan, Chelsea to clash with ex-boss Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan and Arsenal draw Porto
• How you can spot Mr and Mrs Made It
• Wigan v BOLTON: Fabrice Muamba misses match at DW Stadium
• Jens Lehmann comes clean: My behaviour in last two weeks has been 'embarrassing'
• Theo Fennell enjoys 38% sales boost after the return of company founder
• Greenspan in US debt crisis warning
• Mesmerising meteors: Cosmic firework lights up the sky above the Mojave Desert
• UK debt hits new high but beats forecasts
• WOLVES v Burnley: Mick McCarthy to make the changes again as Clarets come to Molineux
• Before she was famous: Alicia Keys as a curly-haired four-year-old on the Cosby Show
• Pressure mounts on Darling as public borrowing hits record £20.3 billion
• Dark matter discovered? Scientists believe they have found elusive particle that makes up 90% of Universe
• Herd the one about the cow that jumped onto the roof?
• Man United star Vidic not bothered by demands of festive programme
• THAT WAS THE SPORTING WEEK: The unsung heroes not honoured despite lighting up the Premier League since it started...
• BA strikes: What happens in the New Year?
• Ryanair cancels huge Boeing order
• Russian internet sensation: Giant triangular 'UFO' filmed hovering above Kremlin
• City Focus: Lenders warned to curb excesses
• Aston Villa v STOKE: Robert Huth sidelined for Villa clash
• Drunk boy, 4, found in street at 1.45am sipping a beer, wearing a dress he'd stolen from under neighbour's Christmas tree
• ALL THE WEEKEND BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM NEWS
• The Party's Over, TOGs: Sir Terry Wogan fights back the tears on his farewell breakfast show
• John Wood Group 'remains strong'
• Ryanair pulls out of talks with Boeing over plans for 200 new aircraft
• More challenges for Clapham House
• Savills raised profit forecast for the year
• Rafa Benitez to start with Fernando Torres as Liverpool look to pile on the misery for rock-bottom Pompey
• Glimmer of hope at Travis Perkins
• Inchcape boost from new car sales
• The festive lull
• Luminar faces the music as shares fall
• Arriva passenger numbers recover
• FTSE close: Lloyds down; Vedanta, Ryanair up
• Spurs stars in 'secret' Ireland jaunt amid Redknapp's Christmas party ban
• Aguero convinced he can fit right in at Chelsea ahead of Premier League move
• Schoolboy must don a 'space suit' every day to protect him from the Sun
• Enter Guus? Man City approach former Chelsea boss Hiddink over switch
• Furious banks turn against 'growth fund'
• West Indies spinner Sulieman Benn banned for two games after clashing with Aussies Brad Haddin and Mitchell Johnson
• Go to a cheap supermarket or pay more for petrol
• Shame of minister repaying £21,000 expenses he used to pay rent to his SISTER
• Bidders eye Clydesdale and Yorkshire branches
• Carragher snubs England again! Kop hero turned down invitation from Fabio
• Punch under pressure to beef up its board
• Care fees: Mum paid taxes all her life. She'd be heartbroken
• Investor group intervenes in M&B bust-up
• 'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign over Auschwitz is stolen, prompting fears Nazis took it
• LIVE: South Africa v England - Tourists take early scalp after Swann batting heroics
• What the back pages say: Jamie Carragher turns down England again, Chelsea want £25m Bastian Schweinsteiger, Manchester City want Arsene Wenger
• 3,000 a year sell home to fund care
• FTSE 100 preview: Commodity rally after falls
• Blizzard that sliced the country in half as eight inches of snow falls on Britain... and there's more on the way
• UK hit hardest by bank bailout
• McCanns' anguish as they face their third Christmas without missing Madeleine
• Blake Lively makes arresting appearance at New York premiere of Sherlock Holmes
• Labour Minister who paid rent to sister forfeits £21,000
• British backpackers jailed over 'fraud' will be home for Christmas after being acquitted
• Vatican declines traditional UK pomp for the Pope's state visit
• Two dead and dozens of people missing - including British sea captain - after cargo vessel sinks
• BBC apologises for causing offence with online 'gay execution' debate
• Sprouts make a resurgence as Brits prepare to tuck in on Christmas Day
• The lawyers who get TEN times more than victims in NHS blunder cases
• Cherie Blair's pas de deux with student daughter she misses so much
• Revealed: How Nora Batty was alive and bossy 1,000 years ago
• Who's the greatest doctor of them all? As David Tennant leaves the Tardis, there'll be tears before bedtime
• BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Gemma Arterton's journey from home to Hollywood and back again
• Police investigate Solicitor-General after row over her 'failing to pick up dog's mess at railway station'
• DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Wellcome news as British scientists crack genetic code of two cancers
• DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Time to talk as BA strike is called off
• Strictly half-naked: Forget the dancers... the real stars have been those impossibly skimpy costumes
• Australia cuts a royal tie ahead of Wills's visit
• DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Why does Britain betray the elderly?
• Charles Sale: Sam Hammam's deal resolves Cardiff City dispute
• Taylor's power crazy: Phil confident of landing 15th world title
• Heat is on Hughes: Man City boss has to lift the gloom at Eastlands
• ESTHER RANTZEN: Yes, the BBC's ruined Strictly (but it can be saved... and here's how)
• Tommy Bowe escapes spear sanction: Ospreys' Irish Lion spared suspension
• Chris Foy: French salary cap should stop the Channel hopping
• Blake: Why ladies of a certain age want THIS boyband in their stockings for Christmas
• Olympic champion Michael Phelps back in at the deep end in Manchester
• Fergie Jnr favourite to succeed sacked Rodgers in vacant Reading hotseat