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• Clegg steps back from lobbying reforms because of fears of conflict with his wife's work
• Speaker Bercow let the session overrun, roasting his toes on the PM's discomfort
• Such seductive offers. Pity about those 4,200% interest rates: We reveal the harrowing human stories of Britons taking out short-term loans at extortionate rates
• The perfect outfit for... Christmas drinks
• Death penalty dropped against cause célèbre and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal in racially-charged murder case
• 'We wouldn't treat a dog so badly': Nick Ross's fury over law which forced terminally ill friend abroad to die
• How to wear feathers... without looking like Big Bird
• Tevez will not go on loan to AC Milan, insists City boss Mancini
• Martin Samuel: It was like taking an iceball to the head on the first day of winter
• Game over for Manchester but Chelsea and Arsenal carry the flag in final 16
• 'It was not sexy - it was meant to be comical': Toddlers and Tiaras mom who dressed three-year-old as a hooker defends herself ahead of new series
• Italian anarchists claim responsibility for sending 'fully functioning letter bomb' to German office of 'fat cat' Deutsche Bank CEO
• The man who could torpedo Cameron: 'Bloodied' Iain Duncan Smith may become the PM's biggest enemy
• A vet with a tender heart and the saving of a skeletal, helpless horse called Hope
• Coloccini hopes to boost Newcastle with weekend return at Norwich
• LORRAINE CANDY: I'm all for bulk buying... if we're talking gin or chocolate or Hobnobs
• A Funky night out for Premiership stars: John Terry is joined by a crew of footballers for his 31st birthday
• Mad, bad and obsessed by sex... but I never stopped loving my jealous genius of a husband: Film director Ken Russell's third wife on their VERY volatile relationship
• Soldier mum jumps out of 'Christmas present' in homecoming surprise for her family
• Batten down the hatches! Hundreds of schools are closed in Scotland as 100mph gales batter Britain and snow's on the way too
• Marseille put to sword as Celtic end NextGen Group stage on high
• Council busybodies should be forced to wear bowler hats so people can spot them coming and ‘scarper’, Tory MPs say
• Silence is golden: Allen refuses to add to Hearn dispute as he goes through to last eight
• Nuns 'should take the pill to cut cancer threat' - regardless of their celibacy vows
• One man's agonisingly poignant testimony reveals... stillbirth breaks fathers' hearts too
• Why WINTER makes your eyes look 5 years OLDER!
• Flawless at 45! Stunning Cindy Crawford is still a natural beauty
• McLeish: It is time to wipe out the scourge of sectarianism
• Rooney's legal team looking for an away win at FIFA appeal hearing
• The BBC and an inconvenient truth about climate change
• Republican White House hopefuls stump for Jewish support as they rattle sabres against Iran... as they rip Obama on leadership
• 'It's because I work hard': Kardashian matriarch Kris Jenner on why she's now one of Hollywood's most powerful women
• Bedbugs sleep in your bed... and with each other: Pesky super-bug has 'special genetic gift' of surviving incest
• 'I've never been America's sweetheart': Katherine Heigl says she has a sharp tongue as she poses in smouldering shoot
• Now let's win the Europa League, says Manchester City boss Mancini
• Between a rock and a hard place: Cameron torn between mutinous Tory MPs and EU leaders pushing to save the euro through closer union
• Keane tells United to 'buck up their ideas' after Champions League exit
• Till debt do us part: Broke, stressed and at each other's throats - the couples whose money worries are pushing their marriages to the brink
• Cheeky girl! Demi Moore’s wild child Scout Willis poses on a motorbike in VERY revealing chaps
• So much for the big reveal! Lindsay Lohan's nude Playboy cover leaked online
• St Jakob's Park match zone: United sunk by Streller and Frei
• Body scanner that picks your perfect dress (...whatever your shape)
• Remember when staff knew your name, had never heard of loyalty cards and said 'much obliged' not 'have a nice day'? How shopping lost its soul...
• Performing badly at work? You can blame the 'Tiger Woods effect' where working alongside the employee of the month makes you slack off
• RICHARD KAY: Queen takes a fancy to Liz Hurley's horse
• Mac on... New deep cleavage Wonderbra
• MARKET REPORT: ICAP brings out stars to lift woe
• X Factor's Gamu back to busking on the street... but it's all for a good cause
• Cameron’s chance to prove he is a leader
• Dancing all the way to the bank! Forget the celebrities, the real Strictly winners are the judges...
• What a smashing idea! Designer turns totalled Ferrari into one-of-a-kind coffee table
• Champions League round-up: Lyon pull off seven-goal comeback to sneak through
• Police find phone, ID and jeans of missing Craigslist prostitute who vanished 18 months ago
• Martin Keown: AVB deserves credit for changing Chelsea's defensive line
• US banks to snub calls for restraint on fat-cat payouts
• Why yawning is no insult... it's a sign that someone really cares
• EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Solved, why the Queen and Prince Philip have separate bedrooms
• Nigella, Goddess of Pleasure: Erotic? How dare you says a caramel dripping Ms Lawson who furiously denies she dishes up food porn...
• Blacks: First festive casualty of High Street as it fails to secure new funds
• Federal government won't tear apart gay couple as it drops bid to deport Argentine lesbian
• Etihad Stadium Match Zone: Manchester City 2 Bayern Munich 0
• If he keeps ignoring his own people on Europe, Mr Cameron will face disaster...
• Katy Perry makes fun of husband Russell Brand with cheeky impersonation in Saturday Night Live trailer
• Manchester crisis! City and United get ready for Thursday nights on Channel 5
• Carillion set for strong profits boost but some jobs will go
• Small firms 'cannot find skilled staff' despite rising unemployment
• CITY FOCUS: As the economy looks set to shrink again, are there pockets of hope for UK industry?
• A nasal spray for norovirus: New drug reduces chance of catching bug by half
• CHRIS EVANS: Noah will never speak to me again if he finds out I let Chitty Chitty Bang Bang go
• Justin and Selena jet into Mexico as she prepares to walk down the aisle (but relax Bieber fans, she's just a bridesmaid)
• Injury blow for United as captain Vidic suffers knee ligament damage
• THE CITY INTERVIEW: LSE chief sees light at the end of euro tunnel
• Charles Sale: Cash-hungry FA stall on ITV England and FA Cup deal
• She's at it again: Veteran exhibitionist Kate Moss never tires of stripping for Pirelli calendar
• Romeu is the right man for Chelsea's midfield — for the time being
• First look inside Apple's giant 23,000 sq ft store at Grand Central station... where you can buy products with your iPhone (but without the help of a human being)
• Man crushed to death by 3000lb tortilla oven
• THE INSIDER: 'That's a good question, Piers,' said David Cameron. 'Why don't you ask those normally?'
• Don't pity us, life's so much better as an only child
• Online cycling retailer Wiggle sold to Bridgepoint for £180m
• Pav in seven heaven... but Lokomotiv leave striker waiting at the station
• Olympus cull could reopen door for former boss Michael Woodford
• What a latte love! Couple whose romance grew stronger over coffee dates get married in their local Starbucks
• Son, 20, 'beat his mother with a baseball bat because she took away his phone and car keys'
• Manchester United raid Dallas Texans for teenage striker Rojas
• Two sisters scarred for life after knifeman slashes them both across the face
• Fulham lead six-team Premier League chase to sign Bristol City star Adomah
• Beauty confidential: The secrets of sophisticated party make-up, by the experts
• Even Europe's human rights commissioner backs freedom of the Press in Britain
• IAN HYLAND: Do we have to go gaga over Gaga?
• Celtic eye January move for Halliche after taking Fulham defender on trial
• Beam me up: A tablelamp with a levitating shade
• 'Please tell me the truth, am I still your best friend?' TOWIE star Arg's jealousy over Mark's jungle bromance with Dougie
• Five troubled firms to exit the FTSE 250
• Crocked midfielder Jenas set to cost Aston Villa more than £1m in wages
• Walden reaches quarter-finals in York after pocketing stirring Williams win
• 'Honk if you're wearing a thong!' Mystery prankster's smutty sign gets cheeky with commuters
• RUTH SUNDERLAND: High Street in a cold climate
• West Ham take Habibou on trial after netting brace in friendly win over Brentford
• The giant mobile that thinks it's a tablet
• Dinner in the dark: New Manhattan restaurant serves meals in pitch black and is staffed by blind people
• As I predicted, Ireland won't have a referendum, so what happens now?
• Ellington sprints to target in 'crazy' eBay auction
• I've paid for Christmas with junk from my attic... here's how you can too
• It's LA-mpard! Galaxy gives Frank escape route after AVB's snub
• Manchester City and Eintracht Frankfurt in partnership talks
• 'It was the best part of the film!': Zac Efron, 24, gushes about his kiss with Michelle Pfeiffer, 53, in New Year's Eve
• M*A*S*H star Harry Morgan dies at 96
• LIZ JONES MOANS: If that baby starts bawling, I'll put it in the overhead locker
• Defenceless Wenger must gamble on Swiss teenager after Santos blow
• Football League set to discuss Portsmouth's financial troubles
• Lucifer over Lancashire! Cottage with cat hidden in the walls may have been witches' coven
• 'You hide my family jewels and I'll hurt yours': Wife arrested for holding on to husband's testicles for two minutes after he hid her $15k ring
• You can't rain on our parade! Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's troupe roll up for fun at the toy store
• Why is it so hard to delete old emails, texts and TV recordings?
• Gloves off for former England keeper James as Bristol City cut costs
• 'Blazing a trail to home': Commander of Space Station captures crewmates' Soyuz space capsule streaking into the atmosphere
• Is this the man who killed little Jorelys? Maintenance worker, 20, arrested after seven-year-old girl was sexually assaulted, stabbed and beaten to death
• I'm a fan of Kate Middleton: Madonna praises Duchess of Cambridge's 'elegant' style
• The Best Places To Eat In... Tallinn, Estonia's capital of history, culture and pork products
• Twilight eclipse! Kristen Stewart tops Forbes's Hollywood's Best Actor for the Buck list, while co-star Robert Pattinson comes in third
• Cyclist Mark Cavendish wins Journalists' Sportsman of the Year gong
• On the couch with... Abbey Crouch: Why did rumours she's had her lips done upset her so much?
• Morning-after pill to stay prescription only for young teens after the FDA is overruled
• Cosmic merry-go-round: Scientists discover fastest-rotating massive star ever recorded
• British Olympic Association should not be punished for drug ban stance
• Scientists map Earth's deepest point, Challenger Deep - before four rival manned missions race to the bottom
• From Countdown's maths expert to city broker? Carol Vorderman mans the phonelines, but it's all in the name of charity
• Alex Jones: Jason Donovan was my first crush, imagine what it was like meeting him on Strictly!
• EXCLUSIVE: Davies handed England recall for Test series against Pakistan
• Bodybuilder who claimed £2.3m for car crash that left him 'mute and brain damaged' caught on camera working out at gym
• Players need more than books about depression! Quinn in PFA blast
• Panto’s best days? They’re behind you...
• Following four days of the most extreme emotions... I’d like to say on Sunday that this one is for my dad
• Bullied to his grave by gang of feral yobs: Coroner's verdict on heart victim tormented for decades
• Fresh cancer hope after scientists find protein that plays important part in tumour spread
• 'I don't give a s*** what anyone thinks... I like what I wear': Cheryl Cole hits back at her fashion critics
• They're back, and bigger than ever: Farmers say mild winter has seen size of sprouts increase by 20 PER CENT
• Why did Sandusky's wife not come to help? Victim says he screamed knowing she was upstairs... as disgraced coach is hauled away in cuffs following new allegations
• Disgraced Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich sentenced to 14 years in prison
• Ruiz hits back at claims he wanted Spurs move and only joined Fulham for the money
• Going Viral: Occupy Wall St: The 1% fights back!
• Derham retains International Hurdle ride aboard Brampour
• 'I still wear Kelsey's diamond ring: Camille Grammer sports 10-carat anniversary sparkler despite bitter divorce
• 'Your dreams for your children are shattered at that moment': Tyler Clementi's parents were 'stunned' when their son told them he was gay
• Peterson: There's a saying that boxing saves lives... In my case it's the truth
• Pensioner decorates Christmas tree with same set of fairy lights she bought 42 YEARS ago (and she has never had to change a bulb)
• 'Their tenacity helped define the Greatest Generation': Veterans gather at Pearl Harbor to mark 70th anniversary of Japanese attack
• Frankie first, nativity play second as Dettori delights Sha Tin crowd
• Cruise profile: An Italian vibe and a certain amount of elegance with MSC Cruises
• Former Newcastle defender Diatta signs short-term deal with Doncaster
• Pearl Bloodstock invest in training's rising star Longsdon
• Hull 2 Birmingham 1: Koren boost for Barmby's managerial hopes
• Lumps in the gravy? Turkey still frozen? Supermarket launches first ever emergency Christmas dinner helpline
• Revealed: Almost 40,000 A-level and GCSE grades were marked incorrectly this year
• FC Basle 2 Manchester United 1: Streller and Frei leave United down with the also-rans
• How to stop borrowers getting ripped off by payday lenders
• Pictured: The dramatic beauty of Britain's landscapes as you've never seen them before
• Manchester City 2 Bayern Munich 0: Silva's golden but it still ends in tears
• NHS trust becomes first in the country to sign contract with a private maternity care company
• Chimps 'trade' just like humans - and some even indulge in 'the oldest profession'
• Williams pondering an extension to Ospreys contract
• World's first clinic to treat stalkers and prevent violent crime opens
• Taking his Mission to the Middle East: Tom Cruise is mobbed by fans at the Ghost Protocol premiere in Dubai
• Boots goes up against Nectar and Clubcard by giving Advantage Card vouchers based on shopping habits
• All Blacks coach Smith declares interest in joining England's new set-up
• Cereal offenders: The popular children's breakfasts that contain more sugar than a Twinkie bar in ONE serving
• Thomas 'Hitman' Hearns inducted to Boxing Hall of Fame
• Yes, we British hate our poor. That's not something to be proud of
• Caption Competition: 'Anything Dave can do, I can do better'
• Win an amazing holiday with the release of New Year's Eve
• College student mercilessly beaten by peer in campus fight filmed as other students cheered on the attack
• Cat shot with airgun drags itself TWO MILES with collapsed lung to owner's home
• Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery: Was Cheryl Cole inspired by one of her favourite shoe designers?
• 'Newt Gingrich is a hypocrite', claims ex-staffer who had affair with thrice-married GOP candidate
• 'DIY' breast implants and Quidditch sticks: 2011's most unusual internet gift searches revealed
• Spot on! X Factor judge Kelly Rowland revives trend for beauty mark
• All the top tips and best bets for Thursday, December 8
• Labour MP accused of anti-Semitism after suggesting Britain's first Jewish ambassador to Israel 'has divided loyalties'
• 'He was extremely rude and called the crew inappropriate names': American Airlines on why 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin was kicked off flight
• It's true: Sex changes the brain - and it IS different for men and women
• The North South house price gulf: London parking space costs more than a property in Middlesbrough
• Facebook finally unveils new 'Timeline' features - but only in New Zealand
• Elian Gonzalez turns 18 in Cuba at a quiet celebration with the father who fought to get him back
• Outer Hebrides tops world's most treacherous landing strips
• Osborne bids to slash pay by 10% for public sector workers in areas where the cost of living is less
• Why the Tories are foolish to assume a Lib Dem meltdown in 2015's austerity election
• Soft justice as convicted assault thug gets curfew lifted for a night... so he can go to office Christmas party
• World's first $1m perfume goes on sale (for that you could get a house, 10 Rolls-Royces or 20 thousand bottles of Chanel no 5)
• So the rumours were true! Pippa and Prince Harry pictured on a date... but all is not as it seems
• 'He was the love of my life': Lindsay Lohan's private diary details her surprise relationship with Heath Ledger
• Osborne sets the date: 2012 Budget will be in March amid gloomy forecasts of negative growth
• Police use pepper spray on high school crowd... after haka sparks riot fears
• Taking tips from Marilyn? Emma Watson shows off her womanly new figure in a sexy corseted dress
• Taking just a 15-minute walk a day halves the amount of chocolate you eat
• The race isn't over! Chelsea star Mata fires title warning to City ahead of crunch clash
• Win an Olympus Tough TG-310 camera!
• No more long-lost relatives: Now computers can work out who you're related to... just from a photo
• Patch of paradise: Luxury island on sale in Florida Keys (for those with $12m to spare)
• Board of Olympus Corp signals they will all quit over $1.7bn accounting fraud
• 'Bill doesn't care about my breasts': Giuliana Rancic's husband rallies around wife as she prepares for double mastectomy
• Bungling council workman destroys five historic homes after setting fire to roof with a blowtorch
• Blings of the road: The Japanese 'light trucks' so bright they're banned from the highway
• Buy an apple, get a banana free: Force shops to offer healthier deals, health experts urge government
• Father who punched his baby son to death because 'he wouldn't stop crying' is jailed for nine years
• Elementary school teachers 'caught having sex in stadium restroom at Buffalo Bills game'
• Taiwan's dog poo lottery offers residents the chance to scoop up a fortune
• The Attenborough effect: Frozen Planet causes Arctic holiday bookings boom
• Adlington and Cavendish land top awards to cap stunning 2011
• UK set for five 'lost years' of no growth: 2013 before economy will be back to size it was in 2008
• Marc Anthony 'refuses to film talent show with Jennifer Lopez after explosive row over toyboy'
• Award Arctic convoy veterans a medal - and then set Andrew Robathan’s ministerial career adrift on a very cold sea
• 'I don't feel guilty': Syria's President Assad laughs when asked if he feels responsible for killing 4,000 of his people
• From writing a letter to reading a map, the top 50 tasks that have been wiped out by technology
• Fourth time lucky? A girly Sinead O'Connor marries online boyfriend of three months in quickie Vegas wedding
• Married teacher 'had sex with student after luring him to her car during football game'
• Hacker steals $500,000 from real estate tycoon after breaking into email account and posing as her
• Grandfather stunned when dental X-ray shows pellet that was shot into his jaw when he was TEN
• Backlash grows against iPhone's Siri voice control - and tech experts question if Apple has lost its golden touch
• Simon's Cat's Christmas: Exclusive look at the YouTube sensation's newest video
• Call for HMRC to pay equal interest on refunds as taxpayer pays on late bills
• Moody out for three months as former England captain is sidelined after shoulder surgery
• In-season testing brought back for 2012 F1 season but teams allowed only one per year
• A brief history of... Lego: Computer programmer makes Stephen Hawking and other famous faces from building blocks
• Father has finger bitten off in parents' brawl at school NATIVITY PLAY, as Christmas spirit evaporates
• She's certainly a prize worth fighting for! Amy Childs to star in The Bachelorette
• The cost of love: Boy, 14, runs up £900 phone bill in just ONE MONTH speaking to his girlfriend
• Celtic's UEFA hearing into Rennes chants delayed until Friday
• Two kittens stuffed inside cat food bag and dumped in road are rescued... by a dog
• Ex-factor: One in four men still dreams about past girlfriends (while women dream about their mums)
• Mexico foils 'international plot to smuggle Gaddafi's son into country under false name'
• 70 years since Pearl Harbor, Americans are still wondering who was to blame
• Cosy-nation street! Ryan Thomas stuns co-stars as he arrives on set dressed in a OnePiece
• V for Victory: Italian police punch air with delight after bulldozing into secret bunker to capture mafia boss on the run for 15 years
• Move over white, red and rosé, there's a new drink in town: Orange wine is sommeliers' hippest new tipple
• 'He just lay down like he was having a rest': Shock as high school lacrosse player dies after collapsing during practice
• Giddy in love! George Clooney treats smitten Stacy Keibler to a romantic dinner date
• We must act to stop the payday loan spivs ruining poor people's lives
• DIRECTORS' DEALINGS: The big movers and shakers on the Aim
• Cruyff joined by Stam and Overmars at court in bid to block Van Gaal from Ajax post
• Are Jon Stewart and Larry the Cable Guy faces of American polarization? Survey shows how liberals and conservatives watch different TV shows
• Is Dancing with the Stars' Rob Kardashian dating hot to trot model Rita Ora?
• High Street icon Millets faces oblivion as parent company's value is halved in a day to just £1.3m
• Is your network spying on you? There's an app for that: New Android software detects Carrier IQ 'spyware' in your phone
• Sports Direct upbeat about 2012 prospects with the European football tournament and Olympics taking place
• Khloe Kardashian 'set to start IVF treatment' in desperate bid for a baby
• Suarez in the dock again as FA charge Liverpool striker over finger to Fulham fans
• The middle-aged should do it just once a fortnight! Doctors urged to limit patients' Viagra pills
• Pictured: 'The cardboard coffin woman' who was 'buried alive by her ex'... and the engagement ring she used to free herself
• Dubai World Championship leaderboard: Keep up to date with the latest scores on day four
• Dubai World Championship: Keep up to date with the scores on day three
• Dubai World Championship leaderboard: Keep up to date with the latest scores on day two
• THIRD elderly woman complains of 'traumatising' heavy-handed searches by JFK airport security
• Ipswich striker Chopra handed driving ban after being caught speeding at 106mph
• Dubai World Championship leaderboard: Keep up to date with the latest scores on day one
• Sky Sports raid BBC line-up to beef up broadcasting team ahead of F1 debut
• Bright lights, bright future: Marcus Collins joined by mentor Gary Barlow during dazzling hometown appearance
• Cameron’s ducking and diving over Europe is all about dodging a referendum
• Organs row hospital ‘is no longer a national leader’ finds damning report after probe is prompted by two whistleblower doctors
• 'Skank, ho, rodent': How the female role models of Jersey Shore teach teenage girls to hate themselves
• The final insult to British taxpayers, courtesy of Mr Huhne
• 'I had your sister last night': Prince Charles left bemused by Peter Kay's humour as comedian recalls meeting Princess Anne
• Rita Hayworth's grandson 'did not commit suicide', claim devastated loved ones
• Fast car, slow learner: Teen driver with L-plates parks £140,000 Bentley across two bays (and can no doubt afford a few more lessons)
• The top Drog! Striker Didier will go down as one of Chelsea's best signings
• To catch a pirate: The British ex-servicemen battling to protect international shipping from the clutches of Somali pirates
• Monye sets sights on England after wing commits future to high-flying Quins
• She's playing games with us: Wife of app-makers arrives for Finnish state dinner wearing an Angry Birds dress
• Road to recovery! Adele appears to have lost weight in her first sighting since throat surgery
• How NOT to get a second date (but maybe a restraining order): Banker's 1,615 word email to woman who didn't call him back
• The ultimate iPod dock? Golden 'alpine horn' turns your smartphone into a gramophone
• Masters of disguise: The gecko that resembles a leaf and nature's other camouflage experts
• Looking great, Dawn - but how about ditching the black? Slimline Miss French plays it safe again in her favourite colour
• Playground dismantled... by order from Europe: Slide and swings 'broke safety standard EN1176'
• Church fury over opening of McDonald's on Christmas Day as Muslim manager is drafted in
• E-readers to iPod docks: The Christmas gift guide Part Three
• 'There's been a murder': Chat show presenter Matthew Wright forced to apologise after Taggart 'joke' about killing of 16-year-old boy
• The X-rated gold rush: Virtual red light district ready for business as 100,000 porn websites go live on .xxx domain
• Storey's Olympic dream crushed as cyclist is dropped from team pursuit squad
• 'My dad never criticises my performances': The world according to Jaime Winstone
• Sensational collection of Christmas cards sent by Royal family reveal poignant moments throughout life at Buckingham Palace
• Arsenal must learn from Olympiakos nightmare, warns midfielder Benayoun
• 'Losing The X Factor was the best thing that could have happened': How JLS became Britain's biggest boy band
• You'll laugh! You'll cry! You'll fall in love... But does The Artist herald a new era for silent movies?
• Rough night? Scruffy Cameron Diaz looks to be in need of some beauty sleep - but still slips on her high heels to totter along in
• Welcome to Scotland: Edinburgh considering £2-per-night 'tourist tax' to generate extra revenue
• TOM PARKER BOWLES: Stuff the turkey and eat what you want!
• OLLY SMITH: Ten tasty reasons to celebrate 2011
• JAMES MARTIN: When I imagined the car of the future as a kid, this is what it was like
• DYLAN JONES: Defeated by the digital world
• Vintage Rolls Royce presented to Marlene Dietrich as a gift from her studio bosses expected to fetch £350,000 at auction
• Is this an alien spacecraft parked next to Mercury? Giant object the size of a planet has astronomers baffled
• Pakistan president in Dubai hospital amid rumours he could resign after 'minor heart attack'
• Amelia Lily puts Fix Factor claims behind her as she makes a rapturous return to her Middlesbrough roots
• Kim Kardashian is in a spiky mood as the sullen star throws herself back into work tottering in heels
• Sacked council fatcat who has cost taxpayer £2m launches bid for MORE pension cash
• Bahrain and Austin grands prix approved for F1's 2012 calendar despite troubles
• Dying people at risk in nursing shortage crisis as 500 posts remain empty
• One careful owner (deceased): Pacemakers from dead Americans being removed and cleaned before being sent to Third World
• School head held hostage by parents demanding a 'tyrant' teacher is sacked
• 'That nick's not right': Rebekah Brooks was given advice on which police station to be arrested at by lobby firm at centre of access to politicians scandal
• Amlin Challenge Cup final to be held at Twickenham Stoop as part of European double header
• Make no bones about it, this is Britain’s scariest cave! Photographer captures eerie skull in rock face of remote diving spot
• 'If there are worse places, God help them': Headteacher launches scathing attack on his own school nicknamed 'shed city'
• 'I've never done double entendre in my life': says a caramel-covered Nigella Lawson as she claims her intentions are purely innocent
• Production slump raises double-dip concerns for UK economy but no further QE expected from Bank yet
• Warning over 1,000 per cent rates as millions consider taking out payday loans just to get by
• FBI question England World Cup 2018 bid team in computer hacking probe
• Sports images of the day: Our picture editor's selection
• Saved by mother's instinct: As a drunk's car sped at her two-year-old son, Yazmin leapt in its path. Now she is crippled for life... while the driver just got 18 months
• Women who mix day and night shifts 'have a greater risk of type 2 diabetes'
• Dinosaur skull dismissed as 'rubbish' for 90 years is new species - a 'missing link' in the triceratops family
• Carpet retailer suffers sales slowdown as consumer confidence remains fragile
• 'Don't you think I've had enough f****** s*** from you lot over the years': What Michael Barrymore told police as they tried to quiz him about car crash
• Virginia Tech survivors to relive horrors in court as judge rules if school was too slow to notify students gunman was on the loose
• That can't be you! Jonah Hill proves just how dramatic his weight loss is as he poses next to old picture of his bigger self
• Mother arrested trying to throw gatecrashers out of her own HOME endures 20-month court battle to clear her name
• There's life in the old Drog yet, insists Terry with Chelsea star's future up in the air
• Arsenal face full-back crisis after Wenger admits injured Santos faces lengthy time out
• Russia is so corrupt that it'd be cheaper to pave the roads with Louis Vuitton bags and foie gras
• Stem cell therapy poised to transform medicine as dozens of clinical trials show early success
• Sun, fun and everything inbetween
• Harry Potter heads to Hollywood as new Universal Studios theme park plans are unveiled in California
• Roy Orbison's widow Barbara dies of cancer aged 60
• Residents who set up protest next to traveller site face eviction THEMSELVES after being told their camp is illegal
• Stagecoach ramps up Megabus expansion plans as budget service is a hit both sides of Atlantic
• Food: Merry making
• Metrosexual kings David Beckham and Shane Warne swap shirts (beauty tips) in Australia
• Australian Muslim making pilgrimage to Mecca sentenced to 500 lashes for blasphemy
• Internet software firm will continue to seek suitable targets to support its organic growth strategy
• Ignore the sabre rattling: The Falklands would be a tough nut for Argentina to crack
• Leo's London: You're not safe yet AVB, you still have to face Manchester City
• Lloyds TSB ends cash machine ban for basic current account holders
• Graham Chadwick: My favourite image of the week... ice-cold keeper
• Pictured: One Direction singer Harry Styles, 17, leaves 32-year-old Xtra Factor host Caroline Flack's home after sleepover
• Goodfellow's dossier: Racemail's No 1 tipster on the week's standout runners
• A Royal farce! Variety Performance is hit by a series of technical glitches and power cuts - and takes four hours to record
• Recipe: Christmas crumbles
• Running the country is good for your health... you just look older: U.S. presidents live longer but age TWICE as fast in office
• Police watchdog launches probe after soldier collapses and dies as he is put in handcuffs
• Drunk teenager killed by flesh-eating piranhas in Bolivia after he jumps in river as police suspect suicide
• NFL legend Jerry Rice launches lawsuit after sale of $11million home goes into overtime
• 'I wasn't scared... then the current set in': Emmerdale actor James Thornton on terrifying moment he saved wife Joanne Page's dog from river drowning
• NBA London games cancelled as New Jersey v Orlando falls victim to labour dispute
• Start saving for NEXT Christmas now with new Yorkshire BS account
• So where do they actually WORK? Google opens a new floor in its London office… but it looks more like the Big Brother house
• Recipe: Potted cheddar with port
• 'You're executing an innocent man' says former Israeli president as he begins seven-year jail term for rape
• Kesa Electricals loses £22m in six months as consumer spending squeeze takes its toll
• The human icicles: Climbers tackle the world's hardest climb to become first to scale 450ft Canadian waterfall
• Three million cases, four miles of conveyor belts... and enough food to fill 267 tennis courts: The gigantic supermarket warehouse gearing up for Christmas
• Ex-British ambassador criticises 2014 withdrawal as Karzai accuses terrorist group in Pakistan for attack that killed 59
• Manchester clash heads live FA Cup action as derby set for Sunday lunchtime
• Rise of the climate change sceptics: More than a third of people now think global warming claims are exaggerated
• Traditional Italian Christmas Panettone
• They're not accessories SJP! Sarah Jessica Parker matches her twins' outfits with her bright blue tights
• Spurs set to offer Pavlyuchenko in bid to land Marseille hot shot Remy
• Payments to three credit cards with different banks have all gone missing
• Birthday boy Terry parties with Premier League pals after Chelsea ease through
• Rovers turn to former Ghana captain Appiah as midfielder claims deal is close
• Halifax won't close down critical illness policy with ex-girlfriend as it needs her authorisation
• Shanghai Shenhua set to Nic Anelka from under West Ham manager Allardyce's nose
• Worth holding off from buying an iPad this Christmas? Cheaper Kindle Fire 'to hit UK in January'
• How romantic! Shoplifter caught with items for a candlelit dinner for two stuffed down his pants
• 30 SECOND GUIDE: Bonus targets
• Blacks Leisure facing shares wipeout as it calls for buyer to rescue it from collapse
• Man, 40, charged with golf club murder of teenager Rachel Manning 11 years ago (after fiancé served six years in jail before being cleared)
• Megan Fox gets lippy as she shows off her perfect pout while going casual for lunch
• Confessions of a fashionista: Men, if you are going to plaster on the products, be prepared to man up and own up
• Seriously ill cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy could face 'back to work' tests or have benefits removed
• Drowning in debt: Warning over 4,000% interest rates as 3.5m people say they will be forced to take out 'payday' loans in the next 6 months
• Private investigator Glenn Mulcaire 'arrested for phone hacking and perverting the course of justice'
• 'It puts everything in perspective': Camilla fights back tears as she invites disabled children to deck the halls of Clarence House
• Adams, Henry and Chapman are Arsenal legends set for statues
• Daddy's girl: Reese Witherspoon spends some quality time with her father over a laid back lunch
• Are we all paying too much for e-books? Apple and five publishers under investigation for price-fixing
• The lowest of the low: Woman caught on CCTV 'stealing flowers from schoolboy's grave' after family were forced to install camera in cemetery tree
• Dual blow at Tesco ahead of update as another senior exec jumps ship
• 'My hair was my calling card': Model describes her heartbreak at discovering she was going BALD
• Mouchel appoints another chairman in bid to drag firm back to profit
• Ridsdale set to make big cuts at Preston with Mellor and Hume lined up for first exits
• 'Our sandwiches were disgusting and we were sitting around watching Sky News': Thousands of police complain in the wake of the London riots
• Once more with feeling: New touchscreen tech adds 'tixels' - screen textures you can feel
• Merkozy action plan to save euro already under strain as Germans admit deal might not be signed until Christmas
• No lying, chaps! Company sells custom-made condoms in 95 different sizes for the perfect fit
• Running marathons 'could permanently damage the heart'
• A taste for posh men! Geri Halliwell steps out with club entrepreneur Louis Buckworth
• One in ten pensioners over-75 still paying off their mortgage
• Online Christmas shoppers warned about buying fake goods
• 'Glaciergate' UN scientist repeats warnings of Himalayan melting
• Baggage handler fired for refusing to load sick dog on plane offered her job back
• MONEY MAIL EDITOR: Only callous money-driven vultures could steal from these pensioners
• Red hot mama! Jacqui Ainsley shows off her post-baby body in a slinky gown just THREE MONTHS after giving birth
• How to avoid the Christmas party lech: Choose sexier friends
• Haunted by the burglar I killed: Grandfather tells how he ‘still sees the face’ of raider he stabbed to death with a kitchen knife
• Disgraced former RBS boss Sir Fred Goodwin accused of watering down report into bank's collapse
• Juventus ready to offer Luiz £15m way out of Chelsea during AVB's winter clear-out
• Lehman gets permission to exit bankruptcy three years after catastrophic collapse
• College runner who took off into Alaskan wilderness and ended up losing feet set off on run because he was 'despondent', reveals report
• FTSE CLOSE: Market optimism reversed as split emerges over eurozone solutions
• HSBC insider tells how the elderly became targets as soon as they entered bank
• Chelsea to tempt Bolton into Cahill sale by offering McEachran on loan
• Library of Congress to archive EVERY tweet ever made
• 1,170 'business deaths' A DAY last year as company closures hit record high
• England warned Poland training base could derail Euro 2012 bid
• High school musical: Glee meets Grease as the cast get some summer loving and recreate famous scene from the hit film
• 'Miracle' mother saved by 88 donors during birth of child after losing three times the amount of blood in her body
• RICHARD KAY: Is love in the air for Donna?
• Bank of England 'crisis lending' floods economy to hold off new credit crunch
• The Ivy, the Katie Price way! Model wears skimpy shorts and thigh-high boots for lunch at favourite celebrity haunt
• Donald on verge of historic double as world No 1 bids to see off McIlroy challenge
• The girl with... no tattoos: Fresh-faced Noomi Rapace looks worlds away from Lisbeth Salander at Sherlock Holmes 2 premiere
• Council workers facing huge swathe of redundancies after pay bill rose by a FIFTH in just five years
• Muslim Miss USA 'was weaving through traffic with half-empty bottle of champagne' when she was arrested for drink driving
• We're nothing like my past Euro flops, insists Fergie ahead of do-or-die Basle clash
• Amy Winehouse's Hidden Treasures tops album chart more than four months after her death
• Surge in online Christmas shopping triggers warning of delivery chaos
• Now credit agency S&P downgrades EU bailout fund in blow to mooted rescue package
• American finance chiefs fear euro crisis will damage fledgling economic recovery in U.S.
• What the back pages say on December 7: Villas-Boas blasts back at doubters as deadly Drogba is Chelsea's Euro star
• Wenger reveals Neymar interest as Arsenal boss admits he'd love to sign Brazilian starlet
• Magnifique! Freida Pinto is a vision in blue as she embraces her love for Chanel in a shiny chiffon dress
• Hangar on tight! Willow Smith gets a piggyback from father Will as they attend charity event at JFK Airport
• Nice shot, boys: Mythbusters crew shoots a cannonball through a HOUSE and a van as stunt goes terribly wrong
• Lady Gaga visits the White House to talk about beating the bullies... and almost manages to avoid the cameras
• More bad news for homeowners: Stagnant home prices predicted through 2013
• Manchester City step up their interest in the 'Croatian Lionel Messi'
• BYO Bond Girl: Gary Oldman's young wife is racy in lace at LA premiere of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
• Roma ready to rival Real Madrid for Tottenham defender Walker
• All grown up! Chloe Moretz looks very ladylike and older than her 14 year as she attends Hugo screening
• Shoppers warned as 'dangerous' fake goods flood in to the UK and rip off Christmas spenders
• Wall Street activists occupy foreclosed homes in protests in several cities
• Party political broadcasts on budget day are 'outdated' says BBC Trust, as it proposes viewers catch up online instead
• A high school football player cost his team their 'Super Bowl championship' after breaking single rule of 'no celebrating'
• Women's rights advocates hail the FBI's new definition of rape
• Good enough to eat! Model Jessica Hart is delectable in red velvet at the New York party for Pirelli's 2012 calendar
• Escaped prisoner who vowed revenge is captured after five days on the run in North East
• Boy oh boy! Robert Downey Jr and pregnant wife Susan share red carpet kisses at Sherlock Holmes 2 premiere (after actor 'accidentally' reveals sex of unborn child)
• Furious carol singers gatecrash secular governor's party to protest at him calling his Christmas tree a 'holiday tree'
• Husband jailed for trying to hire reluctant handyman to kill his wife - then asking a hitman to murder both of them
• Cost of old age care is 'a juggernaut coming at you' leading economist warns MPs
• 'Have fun in the f***ing street!' Jenelle Evans is made homeless after mother discovers she's still seeing deadbeat beau in Teen Mom 2 season premiere
• Mormon college bans skinny jeans as 'they violate religious dress code'... but then backs down
• 'Recipe for chaos': Will Lansley's 60-step NHS plan save 10,000 lives a year?
• Khloe Kardashian parades her curves in skin-tight animal print and thigh-high boots
• NINTH Sandusky accuser steps forward and says the Penn State coach gave him liquor and then abused him on campus
• China and Mugabe set to benefit from Zimbabwe's 'blood diamonds': Gems back on sale after international ban lifted
• You're going to the mall not the ball! Teen bride Courtney Stodden overdresses AND over does it on the PDA as she goes shopping with husband Doug Hutchison
• What will daddy say this time? Wayne Gretzky's daughter Paulina is back with a racy photo on Twitter
• Santa's Little Helper! Hills star Audrina Patridge shows off her super slender figure in festive outfit at Hollywood party
• FAA head Randy Babbitt resigns after 'driving drunk on the wrong side of the road'
• Might want to pick a new area of crime! Arsonist catches his own arm on fire before fleeing down the street with arm ablaze
• 'Something will turn up': Micawber quote on Dickens bicentenary coin is more than apt for our own Hard Times
• How not to wear leather trousers: Ali Larter has a fashion fail as she steps out in a pair of unflattering slacks
• Mac on... the rehearsals for the Olympics opening ceremony
• 'The Holy Grail of regenerative medicine': British researchers create first stem cells with potential for human therapy
• 'We're having a boy': Robert Downey Jr accidentally lets slip the sex of his unborn child
• Fabulous fifties: Michelle Pfeiffer proves beauty can be timeless (without the ubiquitous frozen Botox face)
• Gunned down in her own backyard: Wife of high school football coach shot dead after disturbing masked burglar
• Spot the spot: X Factor's biggest talking point is Kelly Rowland's migrating mole!
• Some really can have their cake and eat it... scientists identify a 'cream gene' that rapidly clears fat
• It's a time when most want to ease up. So meet the inspiring couples who are fostering instead of retiring
• Wish you'd worn your flats, Sigourney? Giant Alien actress dwarfs Sarah Jessica Parker
• As NHS cuts back, thousands are forced to pay for their operations
• Gary Speed's widow says thank you to the public for floods of tributes paid to her husband ahead of private funeral
• Still in jungle mode Mark? I'm A Celeb runner-up left stranded after forgetting to put petrol in his car
• Fearless father wrestles knife-wielding burglar to the ground after catching him stealing kids' Xbox and PlayStation
• 'We can get close to cantankerous Vince': New claims over lobbying firm amid calls for inquiry
• 'This time it's serious': Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills star Kim Richards's second rehab visit is to treat 'severe issues'
• Don't drink and click, internet shoppers are warned... as drunk purchases are usually unwanted the morning after
• One in ten over-75s is still paying off a mortgage with an average debt of £52,000
• Man says lender destroyed his marriage after 'sexual-scandal blackmail'... but he was the one with the girlfriend on the side
• Directors head for exit of unfashionable New Look
• Quentin Letts: First night review: Fragile, yes, but perhaps not regal enough for a Richard
• BP boss Bob Dudley warns of high oil prices
• Highest number of 'business deaths' ever as 1,170 firms a day are forced to shut down
• 'She's lying': Terrence Howard rejects estranged wife's death threat claims after she secures restraining order
• Treasury in multinational biggest tax rethink
• Anything she can do: Lizzy Cundy and Gemma Collins battle to bare the most in plunging gowns with thigh-high splits
• Ashes of sailor who survived Pearl Harbor attack laid to rest with his lost crewmen as 100 survivors return for 70th anniversary
• MARKET REPORT: Whisky galore cheers Diageo
• Murder plot trial of multi-millionaire and his dominatrix mistress is mysteriously called off
• JAMES CONEY: So many victims suffer in silence
• It's not just down to fate: How simple lifestyle changes can prevent four in 10 cancer cases
• 'I will babysit and change a diaper or two and then give it back:' Kelly Rowland's not feeling broody over Beyonce's baby
• Stigmatised for being single: More women are choosing to live alone but they're becoming irritated at being pitied and patronised by their married friends
• Treasury to to force banks to reveal details of 'fat cat' bonus deals
• Britain turns to conservative values as recession bites: We want the State to stay out of our lives and sympathy for benefit claimants has evaporated
• Fred the Shred 'tries to dilute RBS report': Banker's lawyers challenge criticism of his role
• Woman's Hour presenter Jenni Murray is made a Dame
• CITY FOCUS: Buddy, can U.S. spare a dime for Europe?
• Former aide to the Queen Mother 'stripped after being carjacked at knifepoint'
• Police probe plot to blackmail Tamara Ecclestone: Mystery man demands 'six-figure sum' or he'll reveal details of relationship
• Mystery: Lost U.S. Drone was on TOP SECRET CIA mission before crashing in Iran