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• DOMINIC SANDBROOK: A century ago this giant of politics introduced pay for MPs. The result? Pygmies like Clegg
• A time for optimism: Damn the doomsters, says Max Hastings in his review of the year. Yes, much may be wrong with Britain- but an awful lot's right
• Under-fire Houllier: I still have the full backing of Aston Villa owner Lerner
• Manchester United plead for fans to sell tickets for home clash against Stoke
• It's official: December WAS the chilliest in 120 years
• X Factor's Wagner gets into the spirit of things by donning a kilt for New Year performance at Scotland's Stirling Castle
• Who's a VERY clever doggy! Prepare to be bow-wowed as we put Chaser, the world's brainiest dog, to the test
• Just hitched: Australian actor Chris Hemsworth proudly walks hand in hand with new wife Elsa Pataky
• DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Britain can defy the gloom again in 2011
• Hodgson's days at Liverpool numbered as owners plan for life without him
• So THAT'S what the braids are for! Kim Kardashian teases fans with sneak peek of her debut music video
• Fulham and West Ham head the chase for Grasshoppers' Salatic
• Crime gangs target dementia sufferers to con them out of thousands
• It's obscene! Holloway launches blistering attack on greedy players
• I want to learn art of management in the lower leagues, reveals Rooney (25)
• Boom in state workers retraining as teachers
• Pass the sick bag: The antics of these Imperial College medical students should worry us all
• Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt gets Murdoch Sky bid report
• Cardiff set to nab Jon Parkin from Preston and bid £1m for Middlesbrough's David Wheater
• Under-pressure Newcastle face a month without injured striker Carroll
• How 70% are planning a New Year diet (... and that's just the MEN)
• Monaco are the latest club to show interest in unsettled Villa star Ireland
• Spurs DO want to tempt Beckham back to England on loan, admits Redknapp
• Britain 'to be stuck in slow lane to recovery' as emerging nations lead the way out of recession
• Manchester City contact Anderlecht over £18m move for teenager Lukaku
• Equerry's wife leaves him after 'affair', but he's still handed new job planning wedding of Kate and Wills
• Leeds offer Woodgate loan deal as Spurs eye Sevilla's Luis Fabiano
• Bruce: I hate being called Fat Head but when under pressure I eat pork pies!
• Now GPs run out of flu vaccine: Pregnant women and elderly turned away from surgeries and told to get jab at Tesco
• Newcastle will listen to Campbell offers as Toon eye Wolfsburg's Ziani
• Des Kelly: Hodgson does a Ratner... and it's curtains for the Liverpool boss
• Happy New Year! Kylie Minogue wears skintight leopard-print dress as she sees in 2011 on Jools Holland's Hootenanny
• 'We're taking it slow': Jenny McCarthy's secret dates with American sports lawyer
• The year of the middle class squeeze: Why 2011 will be toughest 12 months since 1982
• Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick ring in the New Year early before baby Mason's bedtime
• Samba gets the Blackburn captaincy back after heart-to-heart with Kean
• Ed Miliband, the most unpopular new leader since IDS: Grim poll verdict after 100 days in office
• 'One-man crimewave' bag thief faces deportation for a FIFTH time... after we gave him £3,000 to go back to Algeria
• Portsmouth's Mokoena: This was the year that changed my life forever
• The tourists in Sydney, historically a happy hunting ground in Australia
• Wolfie still hungers for Eric Bristow's BDO world record
• Who makes Mike Gatting's Ashes dream team? Sportsmail reveals all...
• JAN MOIR: The year I fell out of love with Planet Celeb
• Masked robbers release hostages and surrender after police and SWAT team surround Texas bank in shoot-out and siege
• Record numbers to turn 65 in 2011... but baby boomers face bleak financial future, experts warn
• Charles Sale: World Cup bid row rumbles on Down Under
• Wenger: I simply couldn't do without 'reliable, fantastic and trustworthy' Rice
• One's in the money! Why Prince Charles's secret 20-year campaign could make him the richest king in history
• Rapist Briton's victory on 'right' to starve himself to death
• Men for all seasons: England are in the mood come rain or shine
• No Westlife wipeout! Kian Egan can more than hold his own on a surfboard as he takes to the waves in Barbados
• Teen Mom Amber Portwood spends some of her $280k salary on a New Year's Eve outfit
• Gwyneth Paltrow to team up with Cee Lo Green for new duet after Glee performance
• No shame in seeking EU bailing says International Monetary Fund
• Why going to a gym may scupper your chances of getting a mortgage
• BBC says sorry to Wolves fans, blaming power cut for MOTD farce
• MARKET REPORT by GEOFF FOSTER: Year-end rally grinds to a halt
• So DID Michael Jackson commit suicide? That's what his doctor is set to claim when he goes on trial for manslaughter next week. But the truth may be more sinister
• New skipper Michael Clarke will do Australia proud, says Brad Haddin
• Fashion designer Mary-Kate Olsen wears yet ANOTHER scruffy outfit
• Catching a cold aged my body 50 years: Graduate, 24, suffers from crippling arthritis
• Gloucester ban Attwood for two weeks ahead of ERC hearing on stamping
• Oprah Winfrey's empire bags its own TV channel called OWN
• 'She was beautiful already': Husband's agony as wife dies after plastic surgery to make her 'look good for 2011'
• Tornado death toll rises to seven as thousands begin sifting through wreckage of their homes
• NEW YEAR COMMENT by ALEX BRUMMER: Why Britain is well placed in the coming year
• Cardiff Blues 27 Ospreys 25: Warren Gatland boosted by return of his Lions
• '2010 was not my best year': Jennifer Saunders looks ahead to 2011 as she discusses end of her breast cancer treatment
• Fluffy the grumpy lounging lizard is found freezing in a London park
• Weekend guide: Sam Turner's top tips for this weekend's TV races
• The 5 ages of peak health: All the guidance you need to look your best... whatever your age
• The price I paid caring for my alcoholic mum from the age of ten
• 'I've had a 50-year bachelor party': Hugh Hefner claims he's finally ready to settle down
• Happy new ear! Years of wearing heavy earrings gave Kay Goddard droopy lobes...until she turned to the experts
• How 'hybrid' surgery saved little Annabelle
• Your OWN show: Oprah Winfrey introduces the contestants competing for a dream job on her new network
• It's a stick up! Store raided by attacker armed with a massive branch
• DR ELLIE CANNON: How NOT to catch winter vomiting bug
• Welcome to 2011! Malaysian capital puts on a Kuala-ful firework display for New Year as America gets ready to party
• The killer cells that robbed me of four babies: TV star Sally Meen on her struggle to have two healthy daughters
• Rebus returns: Detective faces 200 Santas on the run in the final part of our story
• SINCLAIR MCKAY: Never record an audio book when your tummy's rumbling
• WILLIAM REES-MOGG: Peaches, Lord Tom... and an internet riddle
• Amber, the It-Girl who doesn't rely on Daddy
• Determined Jennifer Ellison vows to lose even more weight in 2011 through rigorous diet and exercise regime
• PETRONELLA WYATT: Wearing fur gives me a warm feeling
• Love at first bite: The incredible story of how BBC cameraman filmed world's deadliest bears - and ended up introducing them to his children
• World Championship Darts... a perfect party, through the eyes of a first-timer
• From bundled to bare... (brrrr!) Some style-conscious stars just don't seem to be bothered by the Arctic temperatures
• Sportsmail's guide to the weekend Aviva Premiership action
• Anderson sticks up for Moores after Ashes hero Pietersen's attack
• Big fun in the sun: Chris Noth, aka 'Mr Big' shows off his expanding waistline
• Nasser Hussain: Target Clarke and grind Australia deep into the dirt
• Aston Villa loan out No 2 keeper Guzan to Championship side Hull
• WEST HAM v Wolves: Avram Grant boosted by the return of Valon Behrami
• The $100,000 trip: New York Jets fined after coach floored Dolphins cornerback
• Where's your loyalty? Alex Gerrard sports Alan Shearer-style stripes... but shouldn't she be dressed in Liverpool red?
• Are we becoming more stupid? Human brain has been 'shrinking for the last 20,000 years'
• It's top secret! Aston Villa assistant manager McAllister is put on the spot
• Intrigue in Ambridge: Archers fans promised shocking twist to celebrate show's 60th anniversary
• Girl, 6, who had tumour the size of an orange is now fighting fit after 18-month cancer battle
• West Ham v WOLVES: Kevin Doyle amongst absentees to miss battle at the bottom
• Boost for investors as FTSE rises 9% in 2010 but experts fear markets will struggle in 2011
• First glimpse of make-up free Fergie's new reality show Finding Sarah
• Ronnie Wood reveals he's helping musician son Jesse through rehab
• Meet the 30 new single women competing to win Bachelor Brad Womack's heart
• Andy Townsend's boot room: Clash of the day - Tottenham v Fulham
• CITY FOCUS by RUTH SUNDERLAND: Mind games retailers play in January sales
• Rooney unwrapped: United striker on boss ambitions, quit saga... and SuBo!
• PICTURE SPECIAL: Goodbye 2010 - it's been a knockout year of sport
• DNA breakthrough traps child killer who cheated justice on death row as 'cold case' police nail him for 1974 murder
• Club-by-club guide to every Premier League transfer deal during January
• Young and Downing are staying! Houllier firm on Villa duo's future
• Birdie, eagle... clay pigeon? Golfer smashes unusual target on the dunes of Dubai (and becomes an internet hit)
• Mother quizzed by police after son, 12, is poisoned
• End of year cheer for investors as FTSE 100 grows 9%
• William Hague backs use of military force to oust Ivory Coast president, but rules out British troop deployment
• 'I'm a very good shot': Femme fatale spy Anna Chapman named Russia's Woman of the Year
• Snooki welcomes in 2011 'like a hamster' as she's lowered in a giant ball at Jersey Shore
• Paul Nicholls: Your essential guide to all the weekend racing
• Jolly Goodfellow! Racemail man Turner is Fleet Street's top tipster AGAIN
• May heatwave, X Factor and Cleggmania top Facebook index of our happiest moments in 2010
• Talent factory: Who says they can't match the big clubs at Charlton?
• Redknapp told to splash the cash on stellar names as Tottenham chase title
• 75 lightning strikes, 24 rat bites and people falling off the TOILET: The bizarre injuries seen in A&E departments this year
• Third teenager dies after car ploughs into tree in New Year horror crash
• Vernon Kay and Tess Daly jet out of Britain to celebrate seeing the back of 2010 - their annus horribilis
• Ex-Newcastle chief Jimenez leads takeover at Charlton Athletic
• Recipe: Mini panettone
• One of Britain's top 'Madmen' advertising execs who created the Tetley Tea Folk dies
• Valencia targets Copa America as he bids to return for United by February
• Nintendo tells parents: 'Don't let your under-sixes use our 3D DS'
• Family friendly Morocco: A new purpose-built resort will attract a different type of buyer to Marrakesh
• Who's the reel deal? Heston Blumenthal, Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver take on the villains of the fishing world
• Pique stokes Cesc talk by dreaming of 2011 alongside star at Barcelona
• Schoolgirl, 14, dies of septic shock just 24 hours after complaining of having a sore throat
• CHELSEA v Aston Villa: Carlo Ancelotti faces a dilemma with Branislav Ivanovic suspended
• Simply magical: Emma Watson shows off stylish airport chic as she jets off to LA for New Year
• Unfinished business: Anderson eager to see off Aussies with win in Sydney
• No forgiveness: Legendary gun slinger Billy the Kid DENIED a pardon 130 years after his death
• Happy New Year Dave, from Boris: London Mayor attacks PM over migration cap and 50p tax
• Two lurchers found hanged from countryside bridge in 'barbaric act of cruelty'
• Get in on the action: Conditions in the Alps are perfect and there are swish new homes serving the slopes
• Nicki Minaj lipstick goes on eBay for over four times its original value after selling out in minutes
• TOTTENHAM v Fulham: William Gallas to fill in for suspended Younes Kaboul
• All the President's men: Obama given a 20-MAN motorcade to visit childhood friend in Hawaii
• WEST BROM v Man United: Chris Brunt returns but Baggies short on defensive options
• Savage eyes coaching role if he fails to earn new contract at Derby
• Liverpool v BOLTON: Paul Robinson among absentees with Trotters down to the bare bones
• £100,000 loo with a view: The disused public toilet perched on a cliff to be converted into a holiday home
• Wossy and family have a wizard time at Harry Potter theme park
• They're behind you! Police race to Pamela Anderson's rescue as she tries to escape fans at panto
• Civil servant shamed into losing 22 stone after being forced to buy TWO aeroplane seats
• West Brom v MAN UNITED: Sir Alex Ferguson to opt against risking Nani
• LIVERPOOL v Bolton: Under fire Roy Hodgson waiting on Joe Cole fitness
• Woman, 41, drowns trying to drive across flooded road as natural disaster in Australia reaches 'biblical proportions'
• Chelsea v ASTON VILLA: Ashley Young and Emile Heskey set to come into starting XI
• The great Christmas bins crisis: Month long collection delay leaves mountains of waste
• HARRY PHIBBS: Honours for the most deserving will help build Big Society
• How I saved £1,000 and lost nearly three stone - by giving up shopping for a year
• Transsexual's fight for implants lands the taxpayer with a bill for £18,000
• Shapps 'wants a rethink' on mortgage clampdown
• Bay City Roller discovers imposter is earning gigs on the Costa Blanca by pretending he is the Bye Bye Baby star
• Oil be damned! It's the iPad Van Gogh. The finger-painting Realist portraits that are often mistaken for photographs
• Police officer's wife and daughter 'carried out sex acts on the SAME underage boy'
• Stoke v EVERTON: Phil Jagielka and John Heitinga provide slight doubts for David Moyes
• Morley welcomes Burgess move to Australia's National Rugby League
• Strong stock market performance gave a boost to pension schemes
• Celtic prepared to offer flop Samaras in exchange for Sporting star Caneira
• Arsenal recall Ramsey from loan as Wenger lines up return from broken leg
• Oxus shares plunge on investment doubt
• Preston in turmoil! Now Pulis follows pal Fergie by calling back loan duo
• Welcome to the Titanic, Estonia! Former Soviet Republic set to become first to adopt euro
• Kate Middleton's friend interviewed under caution by police after 'joke' about shooting illegal immigrants
• Anglo avoids penalties over Oz rainfall
• How to sort out your pension in 2011
• Passion play: Celtic new boy Freddie reveals fans persuaded him to join
• Bollywood star furious over Elle magazine cover 'skin-whitening' scandal
• 'I lost half my body weight hula hooping in the nude': Dancer slims down from 22 stone after being mistaken for actress Lisa Riley
• A bridge too far? China unveils world's longest sea bridge which is five miles LONGER than the Dover-Calais crossing
• End of an era: Last roll of Kodachrome film developed as digital revolution brings 75 years of camera history to a close
• It's getting serious! Christina Aguilera introduces her son to new man Matthew on a family day out
• WIGAN v Newcastle: Charles N'Zogbia suspended while Antolin Alcaraz faces fitness test
• 300 jobs saved as Sir Tom rescues Cruise
• Families forced to use lemonade to flush toilets as fury mounts over workers who refuse to cancel New Year holidays to repair crumbling pipes
• Happy 2011! London sees in the New Year with Eye-catching display on the Thames
• Birmingham v ARSENAL: Cesc Fabregas returns from ban but Abou Diaby set for a spell out
• Spiralling costs of dementia care trigger government inquiry
• Cameron is left £300,000 by his father... and it's tax free
• Euro given '20% chance of survival'
• Too tall to fly: 6ft 7ins passenger 'forced to stand for two-hour flight'
• IDA 16
• Don't worry boy, you'll be fine: Fergie backs son to get over Preston axe
• Nationwide house prices up in December
• Sunderland v BLACKBURN: Mark Bunn to deputise for Paul Robinson in goal
• Housing minister warns FSA crackdown on mortgage lending 'risk shutting out house buyers'
• Ferguson rules out January signings but reveals loan plans for young stars
• Wigan v NEWCASTLE: Striker Andy Carroll ruled out but Shola Ameobi is likely to return
• Clarke will inspire Aussies Ashes recovery, insists new deputy Haddin
• Coalition proposes higher air tax from South-East airports to beat congestion
• We're flogging our presents on eBay
• 'The most complicated operation': America helps Ukraine dispose of two bombs' worth of uranium
• STOKE v Everton: Tony Pulis with concerns over Jon Walters and Matthew Etherington
• Comment: Pitfalls of sheltering business
• Alexis Sanchez alerts suitors Manchester United with Premier League dream despite Inter Milan weighing up bid
• Finally! Universal phone charger just months away as mobile firms back micro-USB design
• Bankers confident in a 2011 recovery
• Tottenham v FULHAM: Moussa Dembele expected to miss London derby
• Crocked Carroll has tests on thigh injury as striker faces spell on sidelines
• Rays of hope for US economy
• MS sufferer commits suicide at Dignitas clinic aged just 42
• Snow in the desert: Now the U.S. West Coast is hit by storms as blizzards, hurricane-strength winds and rain shut roads and cut power
• Boring Brits: Half of us expected to shun cold and fog and stay at home tonight
• Italy bans use of plastic shopping bags as retailers warn of chaos at the checkouts
• Financing is finally reaching firms
• West Ham agree salary with Keane but hit stumbling block over loan fee
• Female Chinese students resort to eating roundworm eggs to ensure they look thin for job interviews
• Boris: 50p tax rate 'can't go on forever'
• Roman Abramovich's glittering St Barts bash revealed: Is this the world's most star-studded New Year's Eve Party?
• SUNDERLAND v Blackburn: Lee Cattermole and Asamoah Gyan are likely to miss out
• He didn't recognise you Danielle! A make-up free Miss Lloyd gets parking ticket on shopping trip with Jamie and baby Archie
• RICHARD KAY: New Year and Maggie is home alone
• Savings safety net at £85,000
• Father-of-two killed by swine flu ten days after marrying 'love of his life'
• Agbonlahor happy to gym and bare it with Villa boss Houllier
• Man City v BLACKPOOL: Elliot Grandin ruled out but skipper Charlie Adam returns
• A cosy Cornish bolthole: Japanese-inspired wooden houses have star quality and eco credentials
• Angry Liverpool fans launch petition demanding Roy Hodgson to be sacked
• Metals end record year on a high
• FTSE close: Flat finish despite retail gains
• BIRMINGHAM v Arsenal: Alex McLeish to go with same XI for Gunners clash
• Fofana move to Villa off after Houllier concedes defeat in bid to land starlet
• Most gifts can't hold a candle to Amazon's Kindle
• Glencore is set to ignite stock flotations boom in New Year
• Double tax blow to send petrol soaring: Duty and VAT rise add 3.5p to litre of unleaded in a WEEKEND
• Scammers and the Square Mile
• Fortunate first-time buyers: Desperate developers are offering 15% loans for new homes
• Away we go: Form from home key to title charge, says United star Fletcher
• 600,000 claimants pay price of refusing jobs
• Divorce calculator puts price on your marriage
• MANCHESTER CITY v Blackpool: Captain Carlos Tevez set to return for title hopefuls
• 300 jobs are saved as Sir Tom rescues fashion firm
• Tiny Chihuahua makes miraculous recovery after sick thug shot him with crossbow
• A brighter outlook: It isn’t an entirely gloomy forecast — we can expect a slow but stable property market in 2011
• RBS offloads Grosvenor to Indian buyers
• Stores slash prices again to kickstart sales
• Winner of Alaska Senate race is finally announced after two months of legal argument
• New drivers must decide if they want to donate their organs when they apply for their licence
• Supermarket giants enjoy festive bonus as shoppers stock up on food
• Foreign drivers parking illegally 'costing councils millions of pounds'
• Penalised for living in the South East: Passengers flying from UK's busiest airports could pay higher taxes
• Wigan bolster defence by bringing in Spaniard Lopez on a free transfer
• West Ham want Owen: What the back pages say, December 31
• Glencore is set to ignite float boom
• House prices falling in 8 out of 10 regions
• DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Mr Miliband and an unpatriotic message
• CBI: Economy will be on track again
• All the latest Premier League team news ahead of the weekend fixtures
• Denise Richards proves it's easy being green as she returns to beach in another stylish bikini
• Oil spills, government cuts and a shameful World Cup performance: What a funny old year it's been
• Cameron: 2011 will be hard but the future is bright
• FTSE in-depth: Blockbuster deal coming to IMAX
• The last mud-horse: Lone fisherman practising centuries-old shrimping method fears tradition will die out when he retires
• Knighted, man who sold out Cadbury
• FTSE 100 preview: Shares strive for 6,000
• TOM UTLEY: With my taste for the bottle and Marlboro Reds, I doubt I'll reach 100 - but I worry for those of you who will
• Wealthy pensioners hit hardest by VAT rise
• Treasury's £150m contractor costs
• Dicing with death? A third of students have tried 'legal highs'
• Mac was the year that was: The highs and lows of 2010 - as seen through the eyes of the Mail's incomparable cartoonist
• Once bitten: Cheryl Cole confronts malaria fears by jetting out to Africa again with 'close friend' Derek Hough
• Ryan O'Neal and daughter Tatum's beach walk as they rebuild relationship in new reality show
• Facebook passes Google as the most popular website in the U.S.
• Sack the stylists! Nicky Minaj and Ke$ha compete for worst dressed (it's a tie)
• Not exactly low-key: Miley Cyrus makes sure she doesn't go unnoticed in tiny Daisy Dukes and cowboy boots
• Rocker John Mellencamp and wife split after 20 years
• Luke who? Kelly Osbourne co-ordinates geeky look with new mystery man
• Preening Paris Hilton is a strutting peacock on the beach in Mexico
• New mother Alicia Keys glows as she shops up a storm in St Barts with husband Swizz Beatz
• Retail giant Costco stocks shelves with alcoholic chocolate milk
• Girls Gone Wild's Joe Francis admits split from wife after just two months of marriage
• JAN MOIR: How long before the shops begin this frenzy of greed on Christmas Day itself?
• Going back to work? Beware the 'social jet lag' that will leave you sluggish and sleepy
• Is that a diamond ring on Ashley Greene's wedding finger? Joe Jonas and actress look very in love
• Lottery couples' £4.6m Christmas: Plumber and joiner win festive jackpot
• Osborne sacked. Clegg a Brussels commissioner. Riots a way of life. Let's hope it won't happen - but a historian imagines a worst case scenario for... Britain in 2015
• Forced out by village hate mob: 'G-string' firewoman wins case but has to move house
• Pretty in pink: Molly Sims shows off her incredible bikini body
• Only in Essex! Sam Faiers celebrates turning 20 with a spray tanning party... and then posts a saucy picture on Twitter
• Shops bank on 'big ticket' white goods sales for as customers rush to beat 20% VAT hike
• 'I ran to my PC and checked the ratings for my show': Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen laughs off death hoax reports
• Poirot star David Suchet and Annie Lennox lead the parade of honours in the showbiz world
• EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Culled from my celebrity caravanserai of 2010, the Annual Quiz
• Under-fives will NOT be given flu jab despite explosion in cases
• Knighted, the man who sold out Cadbury: Tycoon behind U.S. takeover also masterminded huge rise in gas bills
• A year to remember (or forget) as seen by the peerless Quentin Letts
• The job refuseniks: How 750,000 of the dole queue have turned down or quit work
• Sorry Santa, but we're flogging the pressies on eBay: We discover the stories behind those unlikely bargains
• Not your best look Kim: Kardashian shows off new Predator style braided hairdo
• Starry Eyed Ellie Goulding looks back on 2010 as she prepares to welcome the New Year
• Middle-class pensioners to be hit hardest by VAT rise
• Revealed, dark side of the gentler sex: Women are 'volatile' (but men are arrogant)
• Australia lose again! Whitlock knocked out of World Darts Championship
• New Motherwell boss Stuart McCall set to call upon troubled Steve Jennings
• Are you a 'Lodder'? Singletons now prepared to travel average of 23 miles for their first date
• Holloway says Premier League battle saved Arsenal from investigation
• Wolves eyeing move for Portsmouth midfielder Michael Brown
• Why 2011's crop of movies proves today's profit-obsessed studios are merely returning to old hits