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  Tuesday 29 December 2009  

• The Data Bank: All the best bets for Wednesday, December 30
• ALEX BRUMMER: Not much equity in shares
• DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Where is the new Margaret Thatcher to rescue us?
• The vengeful wives who want to wipe the floor with Mr Sheen
• Your risk of cancer - at the click of a mouse: How new software will spot early signs of disease
• £38,000 spent on Labour spin to justify its scheme to concrete the South
• PETER OBORNE: The lessons Dave must learn from a ruthless but truly great leader
• Sochaux declare interest in Rangers striker Kris Boyd
• PC Brigade's threat to your fire service: Harriet Harman's 'equality' drive will hit middle-class areas
• Liverpool in bid to sign Van Nistelrooy on six-month loan from Real Madrid
• Graham Poll: The offside rule explained for Hansen, McCarthy and the rest of us
• Celtic start cold war: Kilmarnock blamed for call-off in big freeze
• Gosh, Posh, is this you in 2020? How our favourite celebrities might look in ten years' time
• Burnley close in on deal to sign Algeria captain Yazid Mansouri for just £1m
• RICHARD KAY: Jagger's son, Jimbo the Mutant
• If Russell Crowe can be a knit, so can I! How one man tried knitting lessons to cure his clumsiness
• Preston target Darren Ferguson for manager's hot seat at Deepdale
• Paris Hilton: 'My boyfriend and I cuddle up to my micro-pig in bed'
• 'Santa rally' sends the FTSE soaring to a 15-month high: Dealers claim festive spirit is behind stock market surge
• Injured Cesc Fabregas backs Wenger's gamble to play him against Aston Villa
• UK homeowners pay back £4.9bn of mortgage debt
• Former Wimbledon manager Allen Batsford dies aged 77 of heart attack
• Gaddafi's playboy son 'attacked model wife in £4,000 Claridge's suite'
• Christmas on the edge of the abyss: How wartime families made the festive holiday special
• Bolton 2 Hull City 2: Pressure point - Brown and Megson draw no comfort
• Sales boost as VAT rise looms
• Alberto Aquilani is the nowhere man failing to fire for Liverpool
• SIR ANDREW GREEN: 10 reasons our visa system is rotten to the core
• A woman's ultimate fantasy? That her old jeans fit
• Cristiano who? Fergie insists he's doing fine without Real Madrid star Ronaldo
• Oligarch eyes Hong Kong for Rusal flotation
• Billions face identity fraud threat after hackers crack secret mobile phone codes
• Wild Rover: Let me go, says Blackburn early bird Benni McCarthy
• ALLISON PEARSON: Should we mothers stop trying so hard at Christmas?
• Chelsea players urging Ancelotti to spend as dressing-room fears grow
• The 30 year papers: How Maggie handbagged the world in just eight months
• Welcome to hell: Celebrity Big Brother house is unveiled... and it looks like a tacky private members' club
• Lawrence Booth's: The essential analysis from day four at Durban
• The worst decade: Why even the Major years were better than Labour's Noughties
• Aston Villa 0 Liverpool 1: Torres too hot as Spaniard catches Villa cold
• Pub landlords plan supplier showdown over beer costs
• Spanish star Sergio Garcia to see a specialist over his injured hand
• Winter of Discontent led Callaghan to brink of calling in the Army, 30-year papers reveal
• The proof that power corrupts (and no, it's not MPs' expenses)
• FTSE on a high after bumper cash calls
• Capello: 'I look into the player's eyes. That's the way to understand his mind.'
• One mother's devastating revenge on the 52-year-old paedophile who groomed her child on Facebook
• Investors should look East for a more prosperous New Year
• How Doctor Who (with a little help from Hamlet) took over the BBC
• Meet the mini Monet: Seven-year-old boy sells paintings for £900 each
• Nasser Hussain's daily dossier: Bowlers have Ian Bell to thank
• England's hockey men face tough World Cup opener against Australia
• EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Birmingham radio station Binns comedian Tom after Christmas show disaster
• How Kevin Jonas presented his bride Danielle Deleasa with glass slippers to make her feel like a princess
• Heart to Hart places Birmingham keeper Joe in frame for an England call
• ANDREW ALEXANDER: Is Boy George really the man to save Britain?
• Good riddance to the Noughties!
• How to survive in a world without cheques
• Simon a Shaw thing to feature for Wasps until 2011 and beyond
• Look to the East for the best investments
• Money Mail's guide to a world without cheques
• How many people does it take to change a probation service lightbulb? Only one ... but he has to drive 175 miles to do it!
• Worst ever decade for investing nears end
• Simples! Meerkat catchphrase leads tweetups, jeggings and staycations as word of 2009
• How 77million books a year are turned into pulp fiction
• The moment Iranian protesters cut down two prisoners from the gallows
• Dressed-down Christina Ricci puckers up with her boyfriend in a very public display of affection
• Sport in the Noughties part six - Golf: Scarlet women and man in a red shirt
• Fergie's Gold card: Friend cut for Cup tilt after lifting the Lexus
• Switch on the wallpaper: Glow in the dark paper could replace conventional light bulbs within a decade
• South Africa v England - Second Test, Day Five as it happened: Tourists claim famous victory as Graeme Swann takes five and Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson strike
• LIVE: PREMIER LEAGUE - Fernando Torres snatches a late victory for Liverpool and Hull fight back to draw with Bolton - all the action as it happened
• 'Kindly grandmother' vandalised our £20,000 Mercedes with her keys
• Fit as a fiddle! David Beckham wins World Cup boost from AC Milan doctor
• How to make budgeting a top resolution
• Make budgeting a top resolution
• 'You've bankrupted my dad': Girl sues CSA after legal battle left father with crippling debts
• Guus Hiddink's agent dismisses reports that former Chelsea boss is ready to take over at Italian giants Juventus
• How Queen sent condolences to grieving pensioner ... over death of his 13-year-old dog
• Jet bomber wrote about family troubles, love of Liverpool FC and desire for 'great jihad' on internet forum before attack
• HMS Twitterer: Ark Royal becomes first Royal Navy ship to sign up to Twitter
• Avatar blitzes box office on biggest weekend in Hollywood history
• Taking gingko to improve your memory? Forget it, says study
• Dawson would do Fab job for England! Ledley tells Capello to pick team-mate
• Wootton Bassett weeps again: Three more soldiers repatriated after being killed in Afghanistan
• SCREAMER LIVE: Wigan sign keeper Stojkovic - plus more football news
• From the Twin Towers to Baby P, 30 stunning pictures of the decade
• The great tax return: Berlusconi's controversial tax amnesty reveals 95billion Euros in hidden assets
• Recipe: Wild mushroom, bacon and barley broth
• More than Marrakech: Tantalised by Tangiers, Morocco's other great city
• Everton star Arteta still months away from making his comeback from injury
• Lenders forced into court for repossessions
• Silvio Berlusconi goes for the sympathy vote by using pictures of his battered face on party advertising campaign
• Drop in crime on Isle of Man attributed to Europe's only non-smoking prison
• Mother-of-three Davina McCall reveals her hope of adopting a child
• Ask Frank: Your questions answered
• FTSE enjoys festive surge as it recovers pre-Lehman Brothers high
• Couldn't stop eating this Christmas? Blame your hormones
• TV soaps give Lucas and Maisie growing appeal among parents choosing baby names
• Chelsea boss Ancelotti shrugs off star striker Drogba's month out in Africa
• Ballack ready to sign new two-year Chelsea deal despite 2010 quit threat
• Tiger Woods 'had plastic surgery after wife battered him with a nine-iron,' claims leading American sportswriter
• UK cruises: Sampling a little luxury on Scotland's tiny Hebridean Princess
• Wish you were here... hang on a minute, I was! Woman receives 21-year-old postcard featuring picture of herself as a toddler
• Dossena agent rules out Napoli move as Liverpool flop eyes Spanish switch
• Need an excuse for overeating at Christmas? Blame it on your hunger hormone
• Man City owner Mansour is not about to buy us for 1bn euros, insist Real Madrid
• Ronaldo dreams of Champions League final revenge over Barca in Madrid
• World markets gain on Japan news
• Britney Spears dyes another day as she switches to mature brunette look
• 'Hello, police? My cat's doing my head in': Woman called 999 to complain about her pet
• 'Happy New Year... we're going to bulldoze your homes': British ex-pats in Spain face having houses torn down
• Alan Irvine sacked as Preston North End boss following woeful loss of form
• Man City's £18m bid for Kjaer accepted by Palermo but rejected by the player
• Five-year-old boy killed on motorbike was junior racing champion
• Broad and Swann blitz South Africa to put England on the brink of victory
• Hotel review: An Inspector Calls at the Ebury Hotel in Canterbury, Kent
• Gary Lineker's wife Danielle Bux shows off some nifty footwork of her own on the beach as she gives him a kick up the backside
• What will happen to the economy in 2010?
• Pavlyuchenko and Bale set for Lisbon loan as Spurs target swoop for Veloso
• Forget it, Wenger! Arsenal target Chamakh reiterates staying stance
• Canadian skiing: Kicking Horse in British Columbia is not just for experts
• Now Maisie's mother loses fight for life after ex-lover shoots her and daughter in custody bloodbath
• The shape of things to come? M&S launch body-slimming underwear for men
• Checking In: TV's Emma Forbes on Venice, New York and Bournemouth
• FTSE 100 recovers to pre-Lehman high
• Israeli nuclear whistleblower Vanunu arrested... for having a Norwegian girlfriend
• Vladimir Putin: U.S. plans for missile defence shield are blocking agreement on reduction of nuclear weapons
• Prospective Tory candidate Norsheen Bhatti earns £260 an hour as a BELLY DANCER
• Collina rejects video technology and calls for critics to be more forgiving
• Who needs Tuscany? John Stapleton explores Puglia, Italy's unspoiled heel
• Growth in the Noughties 'weakest since the war'
• Pictured: The pub landlord who lost 46 STONE after he kicked his addiction to food
• Drop of Coco anyone? Ice-T's wife shows off her womanly curves on the beach during a family break in Miami
• MANCHESTER UNITED v Wigan: Defensive boost for Sir Alex as Neville returns
• Ref Ovrebo confesses he will not become a Monk to forget THAT Chelsea game
• Britain's most expensive street where homes cost an AVERAGE of £5.4m
• Pennant could be back in England as winger is offered to Aston Villa
• Abou Diaby targets starring for France in the World Cup - now he's fighting fit
• Van Morrison becomes a father for the fourth time at the age of 64
• Portsmouth v ARSENAL: Fabregas a certainty to miss out but Rosicky could return
• How women love their mobile phones... more than their boyfriends
• Aer Lingus braced for Ryanair bid
• Family's anguish for man, 22, who vanished after night out ten days ago
• Iran threatens Britain with 'a slap in the mouth'
• A lie-in or a lion? Kay Burley takes her teenage son on the safari of a lifetime
• 'BT quoted me £22,000 to keep my old number when I moved TWO miles'
• Sir Alex demands more from United strike pair Berbatov and Owen
• Spoiler alert: The Bill airs shocking scenes as a huge explosion rocks Sun Hill
• New Year walks: Great British strolls to work off the December excess
• Still the best job in the world? Paradise island Briton's narrow escape after being stung by deadly jellyfish
• 'Big bloke' Hart is England's No 1, says Birmingham boss McLeish
• THE TOP SPIN ANNUAL AWARDS: Goodbye 2009, you were weird and wonderful...
• Ex-policeman who killed his wife by stabbing her 96 times is released from prison after serving just FIVE YEARS
• Everton boss Moyes faces battle with Atletico Madrid for Rennes star Fanni
• Mother expecting triplets told to prepare for QUADS... after baby was hidden in first scan
• New Look considers a float or sale
• The schoolboy who NEVER stayed at home: Pupil lasted 2,660 days without a sick note
• Brown takes top job at Motherwell following the sacking of Jim Gannon
• Economic growth in Labour's Noughties was 'weakest in any decade since the war'
• Police hunt motorist who blew up speed camera with a BOMB
• China introduces women-only car park... with extra wide spaces to cater for their 'special needs'
• Kym Marsh rules out Celebrity Big Brother appearance as she commits to Coronation Street
• Free holidays to Mexico for volunteers willing to test 'holiday tummy' remedy
• Sexual shame of a bomber: What 'lonely terrorist' wrote about his family, women ... and his love of Liverpool FC
• Real Madrid prepare £20m swoop for Manchester United defender Vidic
• Liverpool to spend £10m on Turan once Babel, Voronin and Dossena are sold
• Balotelli set for reunion with Mancini at City after falling out of favour at Inter
• Icelandic bank 'owes RBS £500million'
• O2 apologises after 'explosion' of smartphone apps jams network
• £500m bill to fight illegal file sharers
• Wanted: Volunteers for free trip to Mexico in return for blood tests and possible diarrhoea
• A beaming Catherine Zeta Jones looks sexy and chic as she wraps up warm against New York's sub-zero temperatures
• United place Van der Sar on indefinite compassionate leave to stay with wife
• The Botox backlash: 'British Bardot' says it left her looking like a creature from Planet Of The Apes
• Inter Milan line up swoop for Gerrard to take advantage of Liverpool's misery
• Corus boss: UK 'must spend'
• Banksy in graffiti war with fellow street artist after painting over 24-year-old mural
• 2009: The financial quiz
• Brrrangelina: Jolie and Pitt wrap up their kids in New York as temperatures fall to -5C
• Girl, 12, trapped in body of an 80-year-old, defies the odds to complete first term at school
• Chelsea will win the title as United can't cope without Cristiano, says Jose
• Unemployment expected to peak at 2.8m - less than previously thought
• French hotels to receive new star rating in bid for more luxury visitors
• Artur Boruc tells Spurs: Come and get me - I'd love to come to London
• Somali pirates hijack British chemical tanker in Gulf of Aden
• Cowell's £15m holiday villa nightmare
• Man United goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar left 'deeply shocked' as wife suffers suspected stroke
• FTSE close: Antofagasta up, Next down
• Obama health scare as ambulance dashes to beachfront holiday home
• Rangers striker Kris Boyd eyes Scotland return under new boss Craig Levein
• Six killed as Big New Year Freeze takes deadly grip of Britain
• Sales record on High Street
• JP Morgan office row
• Careful the wind doesn't change: Lindsay Lohan pulls a scary face during a shopping trip in NYC
• Olympic heroes can reach for the sky at Tour de France predicts Thomas
• Amelle Berrabah puts trouble past firmly behind her as she holidays in Barbados with fellow Sugababes
• Unemployment will be less than thought
• Who was Gnagflow Trazom? How many weird and wonderful questions can YOU answer in our Great British Pub Quiz?
• Megson bullish ahead of Bolton's relegation six-pointer with Hull
• One hundred diabetics a week lose a leg as amputations double in a decade
• Floyd Mayweather Jr: Blood testing row is proof Pacquiao is running scared
• For sale: 'Unopened Christmas presents from my cheating boyfriend'
• Bywater for England! Clough backs his Derby keeper to solve Capello's crisis
• We shouldn't be in the dark over Russian threat
• World markets gain on Japan news
• At last, 'tax on the sick' hospital parking charges face the axe
• Chelsea legend Jose in Premier League return vow - but not until next season
• Aquilani gives boss Benitez a headache as £20m midfielder struggles to fit in
• Quinn aims for revamped QinetiQ
• CRAIG BROWN: Be warned, Max - have no truckle with any Stilton
• Inheritance tax will hit 4m, say Tories
• Charlie Sheen's wife Brooke Mueller steps out for the first time after actor 'held a knife to her throat'
• FTSE 100 preview: Commodities shine on quiet day
• Arsenal are strong enough without Cesc and Van Persie, insists Vermaelen
• BA faces more pain in security shake-up
• Boost for England as X-rays reveal Collingwood has not broken his finger
• £11bn VAT rise confusion for shops
• Ministers accused of 'secret plan' to swallow up charitable gifts to NHS in health budget
• What the back pages say: Martin O'Neill fears Liverpool resurgence, Dimitar Berbatov insists United will win the title, Fabio Capello WILL take David Beckham to the World Cup
• What a drag! Craig Revel Horwood puts his bad guy reputation to good use to play an evil panto queen
• South Africa v England - as it happened: Broad and Swann blow Proteas away to put tourists on brink of victory
• Big in Japan: SuBo's dream continues as she lands in the Far East and prepares to duet with opera legend Andrea Bocelli
• Consumers to pay £500m bill to fight illegal file sharers
• Paedophile was allowed access to boys at abbey school even after repeated abuse claims
• Government defends £870,000 wine cellar, after value booms by £85,000 in just eight months
• Is Tiger Woods still playing around with Rachel Uchitel?
• Boys as young as three could be pushed to learn to write
• GEOFFREY WANSELL: China, where you can be shot for tax evasion
• Ministers could swipe £2billion in NHS assets as they move to 'nationalise' charity donations
• Under the microscope: How the grapefruit diet left Ruby Wax needing a stomach pump
• Charlie Sheen held knife to my throat when I said I wanted a divorce, says wife
• How often should a man in his 50s have sex? Our fun health quiz of 2009
• Don't nag graduate children into a job...but don't be too nice either, says nanny state
• EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: The government's way of distancing itself from the city after the banking scandals
• An injection of gas could help you lose weight
• Birds of an exotic feather flock here: rare birds making their way to our shores
• DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Terror and a decade of complacency
• Riddle as body of missing British graduate Myles Robinson is found near Swiss ski resort
• The rise of the sub-lebrity: The non-entities of the Noughties awards
• DANIEL JOHNSON: When taking a picture of the Queen is a crime
• Pacquiao's fight with Mayweather is off due to blood-testing row