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  Tuesday 22 December 2009  

• 27,000 firms go bust (and the same again are at risk)
• CITY FOCUS: Why Britain is still in recession
• 'Only middle classes will get married': Warning from senior Tory as party unveils its plans to bolster families
• Tragic Brittany Murphy pictured on set of her final movie months before death
• Kraft will face bid competition says Cadbury boss Stitzer
• A skinflint's guide to serving Christmas drinks: How to keep YOUR glass full while palming off guests with as little booze as possible
• Michael Schumacher returns! German legend roars back into F1 with a £7m Mercedes deal
• Heroism, actually: The story of how Hugh Grant's grandfather defied orders during WWII is the one film he longs to make
• Newcastle's finance boss Wilkinson stands down
• Parting shot: Dundee United fury with SFA as Craig Levein deal is finalised
• Pamela Anderson invites her new BFF Vivienne Westwood to the pub after panto performance
• Mandelson's two-year fast-track degrees: Slash tuition time to cut costs, universities told
• Lebanese businessman's £100,000 donation to Tories: Billionaire caught up in Aitken's sleaze scandal
• £10bn of rip-off overdraft charges won't be refunded
• Liverpool star Torres laments: We simply can't afford the best players
• Bank of England could deliver new £25bn cash injection
• EXCLUSIVE: Don't move yet: Man City may not keep me, warns boss Mancini
• Chelsea defender Ivanovic is turning heads at Spanish giants Real Madrid
• TRANSFER WINDOW GUIDE: The lowdown on every club this January
• NHS target time is exposed as a sham
• You're lazy: Roberto Mancini to kick out Manchester City slackers
• BEL MOONEY: How CAN so many families leave their grandparents all alone at Christmas?
• Surf brand Hot Tuna enjoys share price surge
• Fabio Capello is on top of the world, says Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti
• The serial offenders continuously getting away with serial cautions
• MARKET REPORT: Gem Diamonds regains sparkle
• Champagne on a budget: Ten fabulous festive fizzes for under £20
• Yob crime blights life in Britain once every second
• EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Underdog Gordon Brown hopes for some Rage magic in elections TV debate
• Wolves keeping tabs on Celtic's £1.5m-rated winger Niall McGinn
• DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Devil's advocate
• Christmas presents stuck in the snow: After blizzards cause chaos on roads and rail, now another headache...
• Gary O'Neil pens new two-year contract extension at Middlesbrough
• Darts star James Wade still a novice in the fame game
• Everton pondering loan deal for former Arsenal star Jose Antonio Reyes
• Saudi prince plans to buy George Gillett's stake in Liverpool
• DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Outlaw the rip-offs
• The secret of a perfect roast potato? Not a lot of people know that (but Michael Caine does)
• Eurostar chaos opens door to rival operators
• England boss Capello ponders shock call-up for Sunderland's Henderson
• Can Flash Barry turn the nation snooker loopy all over again?
• Barrister facing jail for stealing £85,000 from child charities to pay for her daughter's private school
• DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Why it's right to have a political X Factor
• SANTA SPEAKS: It's the interview they all wanted. But JAN MOIR (who's been a very good girl all year) has bagged the one - and guess what, Mr Claus isn't as cuddly as you'd think
• Anger greets competition watchdog's concert ticket U-turn
• Roman's £54m retreat: Chelsea owner's stunning Caribbean hideaway
• Wasps fight to keep Paul Sackey as French big guns close in on winger
• Setback for BA's joint venture with American Airlines
• Pictured: Harrowing ordeal of the baby elephants bound and beaten to become circus stars
• Dangerous drivers to face five years in jail as maximum sentence is more than doubled
• COMMENT: Why 2010 will see a reversal of our debt binge
• My darling wife didn't have to die - medical staff failed her, says Colin Hendry
• Prince Andrew's pal fights cancer
• Black role models in cricket are vital. And I still want to be one, says Tudor
• Bribed to quit Britain: Foreign criminals offered up to £5,000 if they agree to go home
• Romero geared up for outdoor pursuit as she chases London Olympic glory
• Manchester United top of the crime league...but football related arrests fall
• Andrew Gale named Yorkshire's youngest captain for 75 years
• 650 repairs carried out every day to crumbling army homes
• Ravi Bopara accused of ball-tampering by Dermot Reeve
• Bargains all the way as early sales cash in on Christmas
• Sport in the Noughties Part Two: Thank the Stars for a memorable decade
• Getting the ump: Flower wants end to review system, but backs Stuart Broad
• I'm allergic to Christmas: Every December when the tree goes up, Lisa goes down with a bout of 'pine flu'
• Terry's judgment already in question, now he says Ballack is world's No 2!
• 'Final push' as shops start Christmas sales
• Unwrapped: The Queen's secret Cadbury's chocolate
• EXCLUSIVE: Martin Allen's shock at being tainted as a racist
• What to do with unwanted Christmas gifts
• How scrooge banks rip-off young savers with paltry savings rates
• Banks break the rules on PPI complaints
• Single mother who benefited from £46,000 ‘crash for cash’ scam spared jail to look after her son
• Sex by 16 'can harm academic prospects' because teens grow up too quickly
• Wootton Bassett mourns once more as the bodies of three soldiers killed in Afghanistan are welcomed home
• Hark! The PC brigade wants to re-write our Christmas carols
• Women ski jumpers lose last bid to be able to compete at Vancouver Olympics
• I fear for the future of horse racing, says jockey Richard Dunwoody
• Unwanted Christmas gifts: What to do with that hideous present
• The Michael Jackson FBI files: Authorities feared singer could be terrorist target during child molestation trial
• Man convicted of Meredith Kercher murder has jail sentence cut by 14 years... but is still 'not happy'
• Brave four-year-old boy battles 'worst case of meningitis' to spend Christmas at home
• Rejected husband who stabbed his wife to death on Friday the 13th jailed for 18 years
• Now that is scary! Marilyn Manson goes make-up free on night out with girlfriend
• Where to save children's Christmas money
• Banks still breaking the rules on PPI complaints says watchdog
• Ex-defence secretary John Hutton admits he said Gordon Brown would be 'f***ing disaster' as PM
• ANDREW ALEXANDER: Will these 'three wise men' pull in the viewers?
• LEO'S LONDON: Harry's handling of Christmas bash has been spot on
• Father jailed for encouraging teenage son to rape and marry his cousin, 12
• Struggling West Ham to make January move for Rangers star Nacho Novo
• Head over heels! The Giant Panda who did a roly-poly in his sleep
• Illegal immigrants 'used loophole to create sham marriages' for the right to live in Britain
• Coroner furious after a grandmother dies in 'burning agony' following NHS injection blunder
• Brussels sprouts ice-cream, anyone? Two mums set out to restore the hated veg's image with new recipe book
• Flavio Briatore struggles out of a boat while his pregnant wife Elisabetta looks helplessly on
• Off the hook: Nasri and Barmby in the clear over angry clash at Emirates
• Ship carrying £375m of cocaine 'bound for London' seized
• Third British soldier killed this week in Afghanistan
• Donovan's Everton move given the green light as US star wins work permit
• Peter Andre gets his skates on as he treats his children to a day out at a Winter Wonderland
• Tennant and Tate festive double act crops up twice (and it's not a repeat)
• Royal Mail puts stamp prices up 2p, but will the service improve?
• We've gone soft! Bruce hits out as FA ban Turner for four matches over elbow
• O'Neill and McLeish slam Manchester City's treatment of Hughes
• Karzai's teenage cousin murdered in revenge for 'honour killing' of another of the Afghan president's relatives 30-YEARS ago
• How to save for children without CTFs
• The very merry Christmas wine guide: Decanter lists a tipple for each festive moment
• Anthea Turner and her husband resort to selling Christmas trees (but it's nothing to do with new money woes... just for charity)
• Body language: How we reveal all without saying a word...
• Owen Coyle braced for battle as Burnley boss tries to lure Jack Wilshere from Arsenal
• Ronnie Wood gets off with caution after attacking former girlfriend Ekaterina in street
• Death camp survivor, 88, tells Demjanjuk trial: The Ukrainian guards were worse than the Waffen SS
• VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Olympic legend Michael Phelps talks to Sportsmail
• Health special: Your 2010 commandments
• Cheap champagne offers: where to buy
• Kim Kardashian manages to turn a simple salad advert into a reenactment of her sex tape
• Mind-reading brain implant could allow paralysed to turn their thoughts into instant speech
• A trophy for Wenger, a fit player for Moyes, waterwings for Martinez, no Man Ure for Rafa and beach balls for Bruce - the Premier League Christmas wishlist
• First Lady and the tramp: Parisian homeless man tells of his unlikely friendship with Carla Bruni-Sarkozy
• Gareth Bale poised for Spurs chance as Benoit Assou-Ekotto heads for Africa Cup of Nations
• Muslim defendant hurls shoe at Old Bailey judge while he is being tried for murder of former Somalian prime minister's son
• Fury of Luton Airport passengers forced to sleep in the terminal
• Boy George loses his High Court appeal to make an appearance on Celebrity Big Brother
• Cesc Fabregas determined to make quick Arsenal return against Aston Villa
• Pubs pressure group to fight beer tie ruling
• Paris by eBook? We review Time Out's City Guides series
• Wenger eases Van Persie fears to insist crocked Gunner will be back to his best
• THE LIST: Sporting moments of the year - Nos 30-21
• GBL should be a Class A drug, says mother of student who died after taking 'legal high' on eve of Government ban
• Pair of top directors quit in wake of Student Loans Company shambles
• House prices to fall next year, say experts
• Judge says wife-beater should be 'paraded in the streets and pelted with rotten vegetables'
• U.S. hedge fund manager set for $2.8billion payday... because he bet the banks WOULDN'T fail
• Defensive crisis deepens for Mancini as Onuoha is ruled out for a month
• Holly Valance: I use porridge as a face mask to calm my skin
• Stamp prices hiked by more than inflation
• Levein set to be named as the new Scotland manager within next 24 hours
• City workers defy recession as pub and restaurant sales rise
• SCREAMER LIVE: Heskey allays KO fears - plus more from world of football
• Brawn GP avoid legal row as F1 team settle £80m sponsorship dispute out of court
• Newspaper and magazine share tips
• Have your say on how banks should change
• Banks to restrict access to savers' cash
• Householders face A MONTH without recycling bin collections as councils refuse to reschedule Christmas rounds
• Only Fools And Horses claims title of most watched programme of the Noughties
• Dannii Minogue tucks into festive treats as she relaxes in Oz with friends
• Former England batsman Trescothick pens new three-year Somerset deal
• Prince William sleeps rough in freezing back alley: But at least he had a protection officer to help him highlight plight of homeless
• Eye-for-an-eye: Pakistani brothers to have ears and nose chopped off for doing the same to woman who rejected one of them
• Jilted lover who stabbed ex-girlfriend to death was released by judge despite vowing to kill her
• Interiors: It's so next year…
• Simon Cowell's brother reveals music mogul WILL quit American Idol next year
• £10 Christmas pension bonus is 'a joke'
• House prices will FALL by up to 10% in 2010, top economists warn
• Grant plans to remind friend Fabio that injured James is still England's No 1
• Prince Charles's former crack addict harpist Jemima Phillips spared jail after 'complete transformation'
• Brown pleads for 'disturbed' Briton on death row in China
• Temperatures plunge to -16C as Arctic weather causes Christmas getaway chaos
• It's Phillip Snowfield! The This Morning presenter shows off his wintery Oxfordshire wonderland as his electricity is cut off
• Disgusted Cornish complain to race chiefs about being called 'inbred'
• Casting off your clothes on a naked cruise set to be new trend in 2010
• Go-ahead for Live Nation-Tickemaster merger
• SNP threatens legal action to stop TV debates after being left out of prime-time election clash
• I really do feel your pain: How feelings of sympathy can be so strong they actually hurt
• Fashion: Winter's wonderland
• Nationwide stepped rate pays up to 5.25%
• Kim Peek, the savant who inspired Rain Man, dies at the age of 58
• The last known wild tiger in China killed and eaten by villagers
• Major coup for League One Colchester as ex-Toon star Solano arrives on trial
• Father who had two children with his OWN DAUGHTER jailed for nine months
• Police appeal to uncover full extent of serial killer Peter Tobin's murderous past
• Vote farce: Terry picks Ballack as No 2 player in the world (but snubs Messi)
• England still have faith in Ian Bell as coach Andy Flower insists: He'll be fine
• HARRY PHIBBS: British politics may be about to get a bit more American, but it's welcome debate
• Jack Tweed denies two counts of rape but will spend Christmas in prison awaiting trial
• Real deal: Spanish giants Madrid circle Chelsea for £9m utility man Ivanovic
• Are bank charges a victory for usury?
• Gem Diamonds does deal to sell in Tiffany's
• Meet 'Giant George' the 7ft-long blue great dane who could be the world's tallest dog
• Parents pose as their 11-year-old daughter to snare Facebook paedophile grooming her for sex
• Treasury chiefs branded Scrooges for giving pensioners a bonus of just £10
• Ikea recalls faulty highchair after child is injured in fall
• Kevin Jonas - with a different kind of commitment ring - enjoys a sun-kissed honeymoon after his wintry wedding
• Renée Zellweger and Bradley Cooper enjoy a night at the movies as their relationship continues to grow
• Second-best Manchester City sack the boss, rock-bottom Liverpool persist with Rafa while Spurs top the Premier League improvement table
• Tony Fernandes rules out making a bid for struggling West Ham United
• Pyjama party at John Lewis! Scores of stranded customers spend night in bed department after being snowed in
• Online gaming site 888 buys Wink Bingo for £60m
• VIDEO SPECIAL: Cristiano Ronaldo wins Puskas Goal of the Year award for his rocket for Manchester United against Porto
• Makeup masterclass: Renew you
• Auschwitz criminals re-enact theft for puzzled police as museum vows to restore original 'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign
• 'Life is crazy, but I welcome the chaos': Sarah Jessica Parker on her hectic Hollywood life
• Neville predicts tightest title race ever - but has no sympathy for Chelsea
• Christmas travel news: Latest advice on roads, rails and airports
• Stem cell treatment allows the blind to see again
• Hundreds of pagans turn up at Stonehenge for the winter solstice... on the WRONG DAY
• Keane on the way as Spurs look for swap with Celtic keeper Boruc
• 'Beautiful women are just too complicated for me,' says Adrian Chiles (or maybe they're just not that into you)
• Parents hail 'miracle' house where the walls started to weep oil after Australian teenager died in a car crash
• Bruce makes £8m bid to take Spurs defender Dawson to Sunderland
• Paris promotes Prosecco: Italian wine outselling Champagne this Christmas
• Boy, 15, charged after teenage artist is stabbed to death in 'Facebook disrespect row'
• Credit crunch products
• Royal Free Hospital cancels all non-emergency hospital due to electrical fault
• Hammerson's spending spree in Scotland and France
• Eurostar chaos: Trains finally resume service - latest advice for passengers
• Russell Brand and Katy Perry wrap up warm - and snuggle up close - as they go Christmas shopping in London
• LSE builds bridges with Turquoise stake
• MPC man Posen applies pressure on banks
• Pound dips as six-quarter slump confirmed
• China eyes Shell's Nigerian oil fields
• Computer giant IBM to run Tory council in £5bn deal which could see 'thousands of job losses'
• Plus-size Crystal Renn takes on a typically slim model to prove fashion CAN flatter any figure
• Britain STILL stuck in recession in further blow to Brown and Darling
• Wayne Rooney carries baby son on shopping trip with Coleen... and a shop assistant helps with the bags
• Portugal star Ronaldo back England's chances of glory in South Africa
• Wildlife Photographer of the Year winner claims he is victim of malicious internet campaign
• £10bn of rip-off overdraft charges won't be refunded
• House prices to rise in 2010, says RICS
• West Ham offered Chelsea flop Kezman as Zola eyes January sales
• Kate Beckinsale rocks a very tight miniskirt... with a pair of very uncool white stilettos
• Pictured: The baby-faced teenage girl who stabbed driver six times with an ICE PICK in row over parking spot
• O'Neill hopes Villa don't come down with the Christmas decorations - again
• Interview: Why Britain has avoided a lost decade
• Are women being conned about the benefits of breast cancer screening?
• Liverpool star Johnson to be quizzed by police over alleged assault
• Cook buys the rest of travel firm Gold Medal
• Cahill laments Bolton's night off but insists: Business as usual at Burnley
• FTSE close: Cairn, LSE, Royal Dutch Shell up
• Escaped prisoner taunts police on Facebook, boasting his home is 'warmer than the Caribbean'
• Could these be the worst family photographs ever?
• UK regulator gives go-ahead for Live Nation-Tickemaster merger
• California court rejects Roman Polanski's bid to dismiss child sex charges
• Middle class professions suffer in recession
• New boss Mancini wants record buy Robinho to write Man City's history
• Yelping Jessica Simpson posts video on Twitter of her 'ear candling' experience
• England skipper John Terry warns the fans not to catch World Cup fever
• So what DO we call the next decade?
• Tycoon David Tepper's £1.6bn bonus
• Eurostar top job on the line amid fiasco
• EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Throwing toys out of the pram? Writers are the worst offenders
• Lehman puts BarCap into the big league
• FTSE in-depth: Early Christmas gift from Cairn
• OFT admits defeat on bank charges
• Capello will have final say over Terry, say FA on under-fire Chelsea captain
• British children's fitness levels fall thanks to more time being spent in front of computer screens
• Unilever replaces WPP with Omnicom for its key China market
• What the back pages say: Craig Bellamy and Shay Given to quit City, Spurs to sign Keane to Celtic and sign Boruc, Chelsea to spend £55m in January
• MICHAEL WINNER: A pill to get rid of wrinkles? When my friend Charles Bronson had his removed, he turned into Frankenstein!
• FTSE 100 preview: GDP in focus as shares gain
• Discovered: Dinosaur the size of a turkey that stopped prey with poisonous bite
• MPC man Posen tells banks to stop moaning
• Christmas post threat from stamp lottery
• Team who save our heroes: They're the specialist medics who treat soldiers evacuated from the frontline with horrific injuries
• Lonely this Christmas, the one million grandparents on their own
• Brown set to block release of letters between Buckingham Palace and the Government
• Celebrity pill poppers who risk death
• Architects and quantity surveyors head dole queue as professionals are hit hardest by middle class recession
• The magic number: 250 new species found in Kew Gardens 250th anniversary year
• Christmas card postage lottery: Why your relatives could end up paying £1 fee because you chose wrong envelope
• How our man sold £27,000 of cakes on TV in an hour
• Roberto Mancini the new boss but Italy split on man with fashion passion
• Ronnie Wood's girlfriend Ekaterina Ivanova 'was cheating on him with male model'
• A migrant a minute registers with GPs: Huge increase puts doctors under pressure
• The Data Bank: All the best bets for Tuesday, December 22
• Roberto Mancini has some shopping to do: But who's on the wanted list?
• Health News: A libido-enhancing plant, early signs of a heart attack and dry eye treatment
• Christmas casualties: Exploding lights, carving mishaps and zip injuries ... 'tis the season to be careful
• HARRY MOUNT: Come on in - the water's brrr-acing! The hardy eccentrics who swim outdoors whatever the weather
• Huge haul of prescription drugs found in Brittany Murphy's bedroom is revealed
• Boldly growing: William Shatner reveals his expanding waistline on the beach
• Middlesbrough set to swoop for Leeds striker Jermaine Beckford in January
• The secret to a healthy life? Try tomato seeds
• DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Mr Austere flips to Mr Sunshine
• Robinho is a problem...so what will you do about him, Roberto Mancini?