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• He's a super bowler! Verne Troyer scores a strike at the ten-pin alley as he plays game with schoolchildren in Belfast
• Leave your cellphones - and your food allergies - at the door: Why gluten-free diets are not welcome chez Martha Stewart
• Cry rape slap on the wrist: Teenage girl whose lies left one man in prison and another savagely beaten up gets off with an £80 fixed penalty notice
• Pin-up boy Cliff puts Bieber in the shade: Justin's calender sales haven't got a Millennium Prayer against the perennial pin-up
• Troubleshooters to target 120,000 families as Cameron pledges £448m to change lives of problem group
• At least there aren't planes on deck (yet): Satellite captures first picture of China’s aircraft carrier which it claimed is just for ‘research’
• Dressage riders warm-up for London 2012 with impressive victories
• The obesity files: Believe it or not, these women were all once clinically obese. So how did they finally regain pride in their bodies?
• Betrayal: Delaying care reforms for elderly is wrong, says the man who planned them
• Kind Spice: Geri Halliwell joins Matt Smith at No 11 Downing Street for special Christmas party for terminally ill children
• It's back to the day job for TOWIE's Lauren Pope as she gets back in her DJing groove
• He tonked Miliband out of the Oval and over the gasometer
• Electricity bills to rocket by 25% because of 'green' targets, says Government
• Aspiring crime writer 'tried to hire hitman to kill her husband offering her wedding ring as down payment for his fee'
• Selby knocks out Simpson inside five rounds to retain featherweight belts
• Take it or leave it! AC Milan will not budge on loan offer for Tevez, Galliani warns City
• Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester's mother drops $3m damages lawsuit against actress daughter
• Has there ever been a time when so many politicians were both stupid and dishonest?
• New RFU chief Ritchie is a hardheaded boss with no baggage
• Police catch 12-year-old burglar... after he left his math homework at the scene
• Bloomberg lashes out at judge who freed 'cop killer' after it is revealed Virginia store that sold gun linked to ANOTHER grisly New York killing - from 21 YEARS AGO
• MAIL COMMENT: Honest Hutton puts Miliband to shame
• Gold-plated pension pots in the private sector will be 'extinct in a decade'
• Teacher John Rhode is named The Biggest Loser after shedding 445 lbs and nearly 50 per cent of his body weight
• Jol gutted as Fulham's Europa hopes vanish after injury-time stunner
• 'He went straight from marrying me... to raping me': Elizabeth Smart speaks publicly for first time on horrific details of kidnap
• O'Neill is keen on hit man Jelavic as Sunderland boss seeks fresh firepower
• Two-year ban for Fallon's jockey partner Milczarek after BHA corruption probe
• 'He's Jewish... and a businessman': Joan Rivers insists she is delighted her daughter is dating celebrity sex tape king Steven Hirsch
• Frankenmoth: Health fears over plans to release millions of GM insects designed to destroy pests
• How to live the Downton dream in a one-bed flat!
• Don't fail us! Lennon hopes fans will be on best behaviour as Celtic face Udinese
• Help for middle class 'mortgage prisoners': Banks to be told to ease restrictions on the thousands caught in negative equity
• After a miserable year, this verdict made it a good day for the sport
• Iron supplements 'could help stave off DVT and other life-threatening blood clots'
• Exclusive: Bench-warmer Carroll pockets £150k bonus... despite scoring just four goals
• 'The show just sucked': Now travel website Kayak.com pulls adverts from TLC's All-American Muslim
• Probe into £2bn car insurance scandal as soaring premiums are linked to inflated cash claims
• How very merry! Selena Gomez slips into a racy red festive romper as she belts out Christmas tunes at a concert
• Pulis won't take action against Besiktas after fans pelt Fuller and Pennant
• EUROPA LEAGUE LIVE: Shamrock 0 Tottenham 4, Birmingham 1 Maribor 0 and Udinese 1 Celtic 1 - as it happened
• MARKET REPORT: Footsie puts the boot into miners
• 'You have offended the entire nation': Families left outraged after members of U.S. Air Force 'play dead' in open casket
• Where's the baby weight? Queen of the Scousers Alex Gerrard leads the Liverpool glam squad at Christmas party in see-though dress
• How to wear metallics... without looking like you're wrapped in tin foil
• 'I became very disturbed by this man': How one lesbian who considered accepting Republican politician Bill Johnson's sperm freaked out and revealed all to the press
• Plié back in time: Philip Glenister is reunited with Ashes to Ashes co-star Keeley Hawes as they attend the Christmas ballet
• To say emotional abuse is as bad as violence insults every battered wife
• Man who spent 25 years behind bars for crime he didn't commit faces losing $4 million compensation to ex-wife who divorced him while he was in prison
• 'She's already cracking jokes': Giuliana Rancic in good spirits after undergoing double mastectomy
• Redknapp fears an exodus if Spurs kids suffer early exit from Europa League
• Just take us seriously! Stars put blinkered Beeb in the picture
• Redknapp lauds 'special' Tevez, but admits Spurs are unlikely to sign Manchester City rebel
• Jessica Biel's brother takes a cheap shot at Justin Timberlake in video for tequila company (but it's just for laughs)
• Royal flush of success for Zara owner Inditex as it bucks High Street gloom
• Now THAT'S festive spirit: Matt Damon dons garish Christmas cardigan on Today Show
• Hughton sees it through: Birmingham boss eyes progress ahead of Maribor crunch
• Redknapp puts England to one side, saying focus is on Champions League
• Victoria's shameful secret: Luxury underwear is made from cotton picked by 'abused child slaves’
• Lloyds backs the Co-operative Group to snap up branches
• Obama's campaign trawls for Republican email addresses as his 'unfavorable' rating hits a high
• Charles Sale: FA look to keep hold of Bernstein
• Pizarro's: A lesson in sharing from a banquet-laden negotiating table
• Logica axes 1,300 after third profits warning
• No thanks! Barca and Real turn down the chance to rescue misfit Torres
• Can we ever love the Europa League? Two great cups have merged into a dud
• Just like Dorothy: Leona Lewis adds a splash of colour to her tame ensemble in bright red heels with bows
• Jenny Seagrove: I'd like to act my age - but film directors won't let me
• CITY INTERVIEW: Sodexo serving up UK success
• Are they REALLY just good friends? Just-separated ski star Lindsey Vonn already rumoured to be dating Tim Tebow
• Angry dad arrested for 'punching his eighth-grade son after he lost basketball tournament'
• Lost and hound: Missing dog found after almost FOUR YEARS thanks to microchip
• 'I wish I was one of those cute pregnant girls in skinny jeans, but I just gain weight,' admits Jennifer Garner
• Shamrock boss O'Neill eyes Northern Ireland job after Tottenham clash
• Thousands of migratory birds crash land... after mistaking Wal-Mart car park for the sea
• Can your sixth sense tell when a loved one has died miles away?
• ALEX BRUMMER: Horta-Osorio's return as chief executive at Lloyds is an act of great bravery
• 'Vivienne's so elegant, Shiloh loves quad bikes and Pax will get into trouble': Angelina Jolie's brood in her own words
• Parnaby hoping to win deal at Leeds as former Birmingham defender seeks club
• Would YOU turn your brown eyes blue? A new laser promises to do just that but critics say it's reckless vanity
• LORRAINE CANDY: Cold mince pies for breakfast. Babycham for elevenses... I’m in hog heaven!
• Newcastle plan Taiwo swoop after PSV warn Magpies off Pieters
• Romanian 'witches' charged with blackmail and extortion after promising celebrities they 'would help them break curses'
• 'She can have a blank check': Obama reveals what Michelle gets for his second campaign and explains why his girls aren't allowed to use Facebook
• How to steal Gwyneth Paltrow's dogtooth style
• Preston eye former Forest boss Davies as replacement for sacked Brown
• LIZ JONES MOANS: Giving animals to the Third World is cruelty NOT charity
• 'She's a nice girl, but...': The Bachelor's Ben Flajnik on why he rejected unlucky in love Jennifer Love Hewitt
• Juve jump to head of queue for Reds target Reges as Porto reject bid
• LIZ JONES: Why has Kate got a Scouse Brow?
• A quarter of U.S. women suffer violent attacks by their partners - and one in FIVE is raped, shocking new figures reveal
• Let's not play pretend. We wrecked a country and now we are walking away
• Does your husband ever see you as truly sexy after having a baby?
• Fashion model tells court how mega-rich Saudi Prince 'raped her on yacht in Ibiza'
• British tennis is on slow road to recovery, says chief exec Draper
• Markets in meltdown over fears of another recession
• KO Ward or you'll lose: Khan's warning for Carl as Peterson appeal goes in
• Thomas Cook interim chief hits out at predecessor's errors
• The best thing my mum ever did was cancel Christmas
• Meet the 'organic' sperm donor from Silicon Valley who has fathered FOURTEEN children... but could soon end up in jail for his efforts
• 'It's shown me people in the world still care': Woman receives kidney from stranger after posting ad on Craigslist
• Christmas capsule wardrobe: Ten items, five looks
• 'Let's pray together': The heart-breaking plea by kidnapped college student to her captors - just minutes before they executed her
• The fight to stop England's international talent pool running dry
• Carla Bruni shows even ex-supermodels feel the strain of motherhood with first public appearance since giving birth
• Revealed: The $30million London town house owned by bankrupt American Airlines
• Beauty Confidential: Save or splurge? You choose – ALL these gifts are beauties
• Close shave for Matthew McConaughey as he lops of his trademark golden locks
• Britain's biggest mining company faces £1.2million payout over safety breaches in deaths of four miners
• Barclays may use bonuses to pay £1bn PPI mis-selling claims
• All wrapped up! Alexandra Burke strikes a pose in dress made from electrical cable
• 'I love him sooo much': Lucy Mecklenburgh gushes about on-off boyfriend Mario as he teaches her to ice-skate
• The day I finally realised marriage matters: After ten years and three children, Ali had a revelation...
• 12 brain operations, kidney and liver failure and blind in both eyes, but boy, 5, is only person in Britain to recover from deadly strain of E.coli
• The rebranding of Mrs Gingrich: How Callista transformed her look from young professional to aspiring First Lady
• Caption Competition: Seen the opinion polls, Nick?
• 'What am I, a Kardashian?' Megan Fox tells Sacha Baron Cohen she won't accept rubies for sex in a scene from his new film The Dictator
• 'The PM is sexist, bigoted and arrogant': Former French justice minister launches scathing attack on Francois Fillon
• All present and correct: Quirky gift ideas for the whole family
• Beer money to £5m bullseye! Darts goes cash crazy as PDC World Championship begins
• CHRIS EVANS: There's no need for that last-minute jewellery purchase. Straw and hen pellets is the way forward
• Froch fighting fit: Yoga in and Guinness out but don't think that the Cobra's lost his bite
• No Mr Bond, I expect you to tweet...
• A £1bn black hole develops at Olympus as it issues five years of corrected statements
• THE INSIDER: Jane Fonda's appearance borders on the miraculous... 'You're making me blush, Piers!'
• GB women defeat Holland to reach World Championship semis in Perth
• Going Viral: Get your own Liam Fox business card for Christmas!
• Looking for a Flickr of recognition? Scotland Yard uses photo-sharing website to release images of 213 people still wanted over summer disturbances
• Need a bit of help there? Imogen Thomas struggles with a box while attempting her Christmas shopping in a neck brace
• Hope you got paid a lot for that! Christina Hendricks cheesily promotes whiskey at a Christmas holiday party
• Animal RESCUE couple 'killed puppy and fed it to their dogs'
• Yardy ends difficult year on positive note by signing new Sussex contract
• Mother 'broke her daughter's leg after the 4-year-old wet herself and refused to take her to the hospital'
• Landlord defies civil rights commission over 'White Only' sign she posted by swimming pool to keep black teen out of the water over 'hair chemicals'
• H&M forced to defend Girl With The Dragon Tattoo fashion line after rape victim accuses chain of glamorising sex attacks
• Google 'to create' rival to Apple's Siri voice control - named after voice of Starship Enterprise
• Bloated Lindsay Lohan rolls up to court looking fuller-faced in gaping cardigan
• All the top tips and best bets for Thursday, December 15
• QE2 to throw down the gangplank for first time in three years as Dubai hosts exclusive New Year's Eve party
• Titterell joins Sale on loan as Cliff and Davies head in other direction to Leeds
• Macclesfield 1 Chelmsford 0: Tremarco fires Silkmen through to Bolton clash
• Fulham 2 Odense 2: Cottagers' Europa dream shattered in final second
• Besiktas 3 Stoke 1: Potters knocked off top spot after Upson sees red in Istanbul
• Former Wimbledon champion Krajicek withdraws from race to be new ATP chief
• Saviour of 2,000 Afghans who saved a baby's life executed by the Taliban
• Rare bottle of 55-year-old single malt whisky fetches £46,000 to set new world record
• Tickled pink: Amanda Holden's girlfriends throw her a surprise baby shower as she looks forward to birth of daughter
• Big could be beautiful! Reade ready to eat her way to Olympic BMX glory
• Mother who looted Argos with her baby in her arms during London riots spared jail
• The average Briton eats 2,500 takeaways in their lifetime(... that's 46 per year!)
• Day-night Tests and fewer one-dayers can revive cricket, says India legend Dravid
• Have your very own American Horror Story: 1930s mansion featured in creepy TV show is listed for $4.5m (ghosts not included)
• Championing Chicago: A long weekend in the most American of cities
• Is this the least spendthrift footballer in the world? Mario Balotelli racks up £55,000 bill
• I want to be just like Mummy! Alyson Hannigan and look-alike daughter wear matching fur gilets
• Dour Yorkshiremen are Britain's best jokers telling at least seven a day
• Family cat savaged to death by 27 hunt hounds was killed because she 'panicked and tried to run away' says huntsman
• Ambitious Baggies defender Olsson stalls over new deal at Hawthorns
• The truth about Nick Clegg's 'proud' Russian ancestry
• Who wore it better? Bikini battle as Lindsay Lohan slips into same two-piece modelled by Victoria's Secret beauty Maryna Linchuk
• 'It requires bravery, but I can't be part of the lies': Bisexual Amber Heard urges other Hollywood stars to come out of the closet
• I’m an Avon Laddie! Salesman, 21, is part of the new breed of men muscling in on door-to-door trade
• Beaten Khan returns to Bolton determined to finalise rematch with Peterson
• 'Cheaper to buy than rent in 47 out of 50 British towns'
• 'It's easy money but I don't like it': Mick Jagger's son James says he hates modelling and only does it for the cash
• Reality TV royalty: Kendall Jenner the prom queen puts her model figure on show in playful frocks
• Call off the search, Mr Perfect does not exist: Poll of 2,000 women failed to find ONE woman who was completely happy with her man
• O'Donnell backs Romney as new poll reveals he would do better than Gingrich against Obama
• Toro Rosso boot out both drivers to bring in Ricciardo and Vergne
• Elevator had maintenance work hours before Madison Avenue ad executive was crushed death as boyfriend says: 'She’s a beautiful person and I loved her'
• Scientists hope to catch first glimpse of 'sleeping' black hole at heart of our galaxy - as it devours nearby gas cloud
• Occupy fail! Brighton anti-capitalist activists leave camp after tents are ravaged by bad weather and set alight
• Google donates $11.5m to fight modern slavery around the world
• The brightest kind of supernova spotted just 11 hours after it exploded… the best for decades
• 'I'm proud to finally say these two words – welcome home': President Obama marks the end of Iraq war with tribute to troops
• BEAT THE SYSTEM: How to slow the rise in your car insurance premiums
• Fulham dealt blow with Schwarzer set to miss hectic festive period with spinal injury
• One step closer to her Essex man! Emily Scott finally meets up with one of the TOWIE crew after the jungle... but it's Lydia Bright not Mark Wright
• Peddling, pirate treasure and passionate tortoises in the surprising Seychelles
• Gnome snobbery row grips upmarket town as attempt to brighten up roundabout is blasted as 'tacky'
• 'Cruel' mother who microwaved neighbour's kitten to death in revenge for boyfriend being reported to police is jailed
• Now you can wear that backless dress with confidence: Ultimo unveils 'miracle' bodysuit
• Key Newt Gingrich adviser forced out after calling Mormonism 'a cult'
• Alexander Bell's experiments with audio-recordings heard for first time (complete with a 19th century technical glitch)
• 'Shrilk' is a lab-grown version of insect armour which could replace plastics - but it's made from old shrimp shells
• A minimum price is only part of the solution for reducing our dependency on alcohol
• Pensioner lost on the M25 for TWO DAYS after going missing as he tried to find his daughter's house
• The bullboards charging to a road near you: Iconic Spanish Toro advert set to go global
• NBC's chief political reporter Chuck Todd in 'bird' flap... as he flashes middle finger during live TV broadcast
• Afghan rape victim jailed for 'adultery by force' is finally released - but will she still marry her attacker?
• Tragic British doctor helped 2,000 Afghans before she was ambushed and executed by insurgents
• Just 4ft 8ins and seven stone: Meet Britain's smallest and lightest Olympic weightlifter
• Why not drop in for a coffee... Amazing high-speed caffeine splashes that look like mushrooms, flowers and jellyfish
• Not such a big day: Overweight couple lose 20 STONE between them to slim down for wedding
• She's not perfect after all... Scarlett Johansson reveals lipstick-stained teeth during Letterman interview
• It's a bug's (day to day) life: When they're not preying, these mantises spend their downtime in the bath and frying flies
• All I want for Christmas is booze: Britain's biggest brewery prepares to shift 19 MILLION pints ahead of festive party season
• You've got a job on your hands! Tennis chief Ritchie is the new ace at Twickenham
• Teen in anger management class 'stabbed classmate in the neck after fight over Dr Phil DVD'
• Chinese police lay siege to village after riots over butcher who died of 'cardiac failure' while in police custody
• Nazi-hunters mount 'Operation Last Chance' to round up surviving war criminals before they all die
• Celebrate Christmas with a bit of Disney magic...
• 'If you could rape someone, who would it be?' College fraternity suspended for offensive survey
• Watch your step! Modern Family's Sofia Vergara stomps around in towering clumpy boots
• Now WORDS can count as domestic violence as 'emotional abuse' is recognised in legal shake-up
• Tesco Bank ends inflation-linked bond after ten days of huge interest sees it sell out and more
• Van hire firm with 35% of its business in Spain may struggle as the eurozone crisis continues
• Doing the walk of shame: Group of girls leave hotel behind Frankie Cocozza and Jonjo Kerr following night of drama at the X Factor wrap party
• Woman dies after 16-year anorexia battle in 'worst case' that doctors had ever seen
• Max Mosley's attempts to force Google to wipe false 'Nazi orgy' references 'would backfire as millions would go online to read about his legal battle'
• Euro losers? It's a close run thing between Clegg's calamitous Lib Dems and the Continent's headless chickens
• Still feeling summery! Melanie Slade adds a splash of colour at the Arsenal Christmas party with beau Theo Walcott
• Iran steps up nuclear threat from bunker underneath a mountain
• Daughter of Chelsea pensioner drained his account of £70,000 life savings by forging signature on cheques
• A gold producer with a mine in Fiji could be an excellent recovery play over the next year
• Doctors keep donated lungs 'breathing' until they can be transplanted into patient's body in revolutionary new approach
• News of the World's ex-legal manager insists he DID show James Murdoch evidence of phone-hacking in 2008
• Sloping off... Barnet to leave Underhill after 104 years over council dispute
• Quinn, Milczarek, Fairley and Doe found guilty at BHA corruption hearing
• Caught on camera: Shocking moment police officer tasers schoolgirl, 14, seconds after she puts her hands up
• Mertesacker admits to Arsenal struggles but tells fans he's getting better and better
• The chance of a 'Santa' rally erodes by the day as the FTSE continues to trade in a sideways fashion
• 'These babies are all mine!': Buxom Miley Cyrus denies boob job rumours
• Jeep on the cheap: Chef builds 'off-road' vehicle for just £400 (although it did take three years)
• Arctic ice melt is reversible: Glaciers can reform in a 'geologic instant'
• 'Cameron behaved like an obstinate kid at Brussels summit,' sneers Sarkozy
• That's what you call an in-flight meal... hawk drops mouse to its partner in mid-air
• DYLAN JONES: King Leer? It's an unfair cop...
• 'It's a bitter-sweet occasion for me and my family': Brooke Kinsella dedicates MBE for anti-knife campaigning to brother who was stabbed to death
• Some spiders are so clever their brains extend down into their legs
• Virgin Mary and the positive pregnancy test: Church launches controversial advert campaign in time for Christmas
• Shoe campaign will leave you Spelbound: BGT winners contort bodies to create incredible human trainer
• 'He was like that kid from The Omen': Simon Cowell's brother Tony says growing up with rebellious Syco boss was 'hell'
• Female bosses are better! Women more tolerant of staff checking Facebook or doing personal chores in office hours
• 'It's not a priority right now!' Angry Demi Moore responds to questions about why she hasn't changed married Twitter name
• Party poopers! Little Mix members Jesy Nelson, Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall snub X Factor wrap party after private gig
• Why won't they save Adam? Parents furious after NHS Trust refuses to fund potentially life-saving cancer treatment
• Global investors turn to US and emerging market equities as they brace themselves for low growth in 2012
• 'He was at home making toast': Mother of Gary Dobson offers alibi for Stephen Lawrence murder suspect
• Husband kills himself in protest after his wife refuses sex
• Leo's London: To be Frank, competition for places is good... unless my place is under threat
• The Help leads Screen Actors Guild Awards honours with four nominations
• Now that's puppy love! Blake Lively takes Ryan Reynolds's beloved dog Baxter for a stroll with her pet pooch Penny
• Suarez-Evra hearing underway as crucial verdict in race row edges closer
• Anger as Environment Secretary announces badger cull trial to go ahead in two areas
• The Tube drivers' union is hurting the poorest with its bullying Boxing Day blackmail
• Oil and gas explorer stock could prove richly rewarding for those who fancy a pre-Christmas gamble
• Liverpool midfielder Shelvey out to impress manager Dalglish
• Football wagers over mobile phones help Betfair score profit increase
• Graham Chadwick: My favourite image of the week... Thomas Sorensen
• 'It's a super disgusting part of our culture': Now Jonah Hill takes aim at the Kardashians
• Prayers for miracle answered as conjoined twin girls are successfully separated after 18-hour op by 25 surgeons
• Maddie investigators 'looking at eight important new leads' from tranche of Spanish evidence
• Rollercoaster, sushi bar and glow-in-the-dark bowling: Meet the parents spending $40,000 on their children’s FIRST birthday parties
• Free shopping! Japanese fad for the stores where you don’t pay a penny hits the UK
• Ho, ho, ho! Comedian Michael McIntyre on his star-studded Christmas TV special – and why he bailed out of Britain’s Got Talent
• John Edwards 'attempts reconciliation with former mistress by asking her to move in with him' a year after wife died
• The Borrowers to Doctor Who: Your must-record guide to TV for December 25-31
• Santos star Neymar inspires Club World Cup win to earn Barca final
• From warzone to classroom: POW Jessica Lynch set to finally fulfill her dream of becoming a teacher - a decade after she enlisted to pay for her education
• Making up for lost time: Amanda Knox and musician boyfriend 'are attempting trial marriage'
• Mission Impossible 4: It's not deep or meaningful... but the stunts are pretty awesome
• Wolves manager McCarthy vows to keep hot shot Fletcher
• Cold Christmas: Paris brings in ban on begging to 'protect' shoppers during festive season
• Thomas Cook posts £398m loss as it confirms 200 shop closures
• Score one for the 99 per cent: 'The protester' beats out general who ordered bin Laden raid for Time's 'Person of the Year'
• 'Organic' celebrity gardener sparks eco row after saying 'it's good to use peat in your garden'
• My haven: Actress Susan Penhaligon, 62, lets her cares drift away in her houseboat moored on the Thames in London
• The Simpsons to Take That: Your must-record guide to TV for December 18-24th
• Make mine a jumbo: Early man 'lived on' elephant meat - so much so we wiped them out in the Middle East
• Off we go: Breath-taking images capture daredevil climbers risking life and limb for a thrill at Yosemite National Park
• Obesity crisis in schools: How one child in three is too fat by the age of 11
• Wrong turn! Satnav leads truck driver along narrow Tudor lane into a £115,000 mistake
• Beware the chundergraduates! Oxford students to be given compulsory alcohol lectures after freshers' week event gets VERY messy
• So students are turning to prostitution? There's nothing new about the oldest profession
• 'The masks were stupid,' admits Paris as she discusses father Michael's attempts to protect his children on Ellen
• You're winning, Leon Panetta tells U.S. troops as he hands out purple hearts on flying visit to Afghanistan
• Stop excusing greedy rioters looking for instant gratification Theresa May tells LSE
• Walkies! Dog can wander for miles on two legs wearing specially-designed mini trainers
• First look! Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan exude chemistry in official stills from The Great Gatsby
• By gum! Sinitta dressed for winter in fur coat and wellington boots... but still manages to flash some flesh in minidress and bare legs
• It's Christ-mush dinner: Warning over roasting potatoes that disintegrate before they reach the festive dinner table
• Scientists discover 'master switch' that stops cancer cells from growing
• Animal lover builds backyard climbing tower for pet goats... if they feel so inclined
• One to watch: My Week with Marilyn actor stars in the new Burberry campaign
• Sexuality professor who helped youths in foster care systems is arrested on child sex charges
• Gang of nine who beat autistic teenager so badly she was off school for 10 months escape without ANY punishment
• Who wants a happy retirement when you can be difficult, rude and mean, and nobody can object to it?
• Downton Abbey, Strictly Come Dancing, Doctor Who...: Your essential guide to TV over Christmas and the New Year
• Ream returning to New York as Red Bulls warn Bolton and West Brom off January bid for defender
• Business banking: Growing your business through employment
• Teenage girl faces criminal charges for paying man to punch her pregnant belly to try to abort her child
• Rockin' around the Christmas tree: Now hear this £6,000 valve amp
• Walt Disney would turn in his grave: Inside the deserted Chinese replica of Disneyland that never opened its doors
• 'What I don't want for Christmas? A German Fourth Reich': David Jason on Europe, X Factor and returning to the BBC
• Incredible Viking hoard could 'fill in the blanks' about a murky period in British history
• Blackburn supporters urged to back truce with under-fire owners Venky's
• Now the snow reaches the South: Winter weather sweeps across the country as storms bring record-breaking waves to Irish coast
• Hell hath no fury: 28 Italian mobsters arrested after Mafia boss's girlfriend turns police informer
• Hands off! Chelsea have no chance of buying Villa, insists Barcelona boss Guardiola
• The police may be foolish to take freebies, but that does not make them corrupt
• Fashion: Good golly, Miss Holly
• Ridsdale wields the axe as Brown sacked by Preston after less than a year in charge
• £50,000-a-year Tube drivers' Boxing Day strike... after their demands for triple pay are turned down
• REVEALED IN FULL: Versace's Cruise collection for H&M is to be Donatella's second - and last - for the high street store
• Car insurance premiums to be probed after replacement car costs help add 9% to costs this year
• Is that a good idea? Joan Rivers' daughter Melissa 'dating celebrity sex tape king Steven Hirsch'
• Muslim radical who sold extremist books and DVDs to 7/7 bombers is jailed for three years
• Bazooka blast on Syrian army tank captured on camera as death toll mounts up in day of terror
• 'She has an inner calm': New documentary reveals how confident Kate charmed America - and royal insiders - on her first tour with William
• Still feeling sexy: A heavily-pregnant Beyoncé stocks up on luxurious underwear during a shopping trip to Agent Provocateur
• All Black Williams gunning for New Zealand's heavyweight boxing crown with 2012 bout
• Everything must go: U.S. army 'trophies' on sale in Baghdad market as Obama winds down war in Iraq
• Sports images of the day: Our picture editor's selection
• Player of the Year Donald eyes winning end to 2011 at Australian Masters
• Short story: The winter carousel
• Hong Kong hailed as world's top financial centre, knocking UK and US down rankings
• Copper thieves halt 100 hospital operations after stealing power cables from generator
• You don't have the curves for those bootlegs! Painfully thin LeAnn Rimes fails to fill jeans with her tiny frame
• Google donates £500,000 to restore derelict huts where British mathematicians cracked the Nazi Enigma code
• The sulk's back! Clegg joins Cameron for final and boisterous session of PMQs in Commons (and it looks like he'd rather be elsewhere)
• Comet harpoon is being developed by Nasa to collect samples
• Mother and daughter who flouted council ban each fined £500 for feeding pigeons in their garden
• A dispiriting end to a promising year in Egypt
• 'One of the greatest feats in human history': Norway's PM hails Amundsen's Antarctic journey on 100th anniversary of reaching the South Pole
• The death of American marriage: Only a half of US adults have tied the knot (and those who do are leaving it later than ever)
• Underwear retailer La Senza calls in accountants in bid to save ailing stores
• Slurring news reader says she was 'sick, not drunk', after mixing her words during broadcast
• Iniesta wants to rule world with Barcelona and forget about Japan 2006
• Woman with kidney failure defies doctors to have a baby despite risk to her own life
• 'Twitter all you like!' Top judge gives reporters the right to tweet or email from courtrooms in historic decision
• 'A walking foul!' Hot-head Mohsni blasted by his own boss after latest red card shame
• Rosicky heading for Emirates exit as Wolfsburg prepare playmaker swoop
• My Girl is all grown up! Former child star Anna Chlumsky hits the red carpet at The Iron Lady premiere
• Danny's made to care as Quins fine England scrum-half over drunk arrest
• This won't make these punks' day: Rock fans have heads shaved and get 'cleansed' in river in Islamic law crackdown
• PPI claim with NWS Trust hits a brick wall as Black Horse says its never heard of it
• Co-op Bank wins race for 632 Lloyds branches to create new force on the High Street
• Hong Kong muscles UK and U.S. out of way for FIRST TIME to claim top spot in survey of world's financial systems
• Freed at last: Farmer releases caged bears he harvested for their 'strength-giving' bile
• Britain needs to plan its Great Escape from Europe
• Professor Richard Dawkins makes a festive vow to 'destroy Christianity'
• SuperGroup shares soar 10 per cent despite news that warehouse blunder will cost firm £9 in lost profits
• That's more like it Amy: Essex star is back to her best in skintight leggings and a low cut top as she goes for dinner in LA
• Northern Irish sensation Donnelly on the brink of Swansea switch after clubs agree fee
• The ultimate day-to-night outfit: £50 dress that will take you from the school run to the Christmas party in style
• TV comedian Justin Lee Collins 'shocked' after being charged with harassing an ex-girlfriend
• Unemployment hits 17-year high as young and female jobless totals show big rises
• The Beatbox Bible: Rapping vicar rhymes the story of Nativity and becomes internet hit
• 'I have to lose this extra 10lbs': Frighteningly thin Peaches Geldof sparks concern as she brags about her dangerous diet
• Mile-high matchmaking: KLM to let passengers choose their seat-mates through Facebook
• Tired Rihanna rests her head on girlfriend's shoulder after evening glued to new 'addiction'
• Duchess of Paradise: South Sea island welcome for Kate and Wills on tour to mark Diamond Jubilee
• Driver trapped in small car after massive sink hole opens up on city street
• British rower spends terrifying night in a life raft in the middle of Atlantic storm after boat sinks
• Half-drunk bottles of pop, a over-ripe banana and a potato... The 'terrible' Christmas gifts Jimmy Kimmel persuaded parents to give their offspring as a prank
• It's raining apples! Traffic grinds to a halt as 'mini tornado' dumps a hail of fruit
• Fears that UK is facing new £30billion eurozone bailout bill after IMF increase agreed at summit
• Chelsea lead Liverpool in Villa pursuit as Blues consider swap deal with Torres
• Adios, Ola! Strictly professional Jordan axed from live tour with husband James as pair are told they 'won't be needed'
• 'My brain made me do it': What would 'lie-detector' scans mean for criminal responsibility?
• Uproar at the Royal Academy as Tracey Emin is made Professor of Drawing
• Dos Santos eyes end to Spurs hell as midfielder pins hopes on Sevilla switch
• He who tries hardest does get the girl: Persistence (and a thick skin) are the secret of success with women
• Two teenagers charged with murder over the death of former BBC journalist in New Zealand
• Cleverley kept faith! Manchester United midfielder always knew City would stumble
• 30 SECOND GUIDE: The IMF bail-out
• Increasing number of students turning to the sex industry to pay their way through university, NUS warns
• Supercomputer runs biggest-ever simulation of universe - 'building' the lot took 20 days
• Euro slips below $1.30 and Italy pays record interest to borrow as new doubts emerge over EU's rescue deal
• Unemployment crisis warning as businesses fail to hire growing army of redundant state workers
• Stopping smoking DOESN’T make you more stressed, say successful quitters
• Unwrap me! Kelly Brook makes the most alluring Christmas present as she undresses for sexy advent calendar video
• Spread-betting firm IG Group's winning gamble on volatile markets
• Teen Tomic complains of 'police harassment' after being stopped in his bright orange sports car
• Homecoming for Burns as lightweight champion prepares for Glasgow bout in March
• Going undies? Lingerie retailers La Senza could be next festive High Street casualty
• The airiest of air kisses for Elizabeth’s ex Arun: Hurley awkwardly embraces Nayar, as Shane Warne has nothing to worry about
• Rewarded for failure: FSA chief was handed £114,000 bonus AFTER making disastrous RBS decision that led to £45bn taxpayer bailout
• Pull the other one! Chinese actress bares her bra in Beijing when awards show host 'accidentally' stands on her dress
• City target Chelsea teenager Hunte after midfielder shines for England U16
• Thomas Cook to axe 200 stores after racking up near £400m annual loss
• Cohabiting couples could get same rights to inherit as married couples if one dies without making a will
• Tomkins staying at West Ham as Allardyce rejects £2.5m Newcastle bid for defender
• Isn't the sex show over? Nancy Dell'Olio wears her black PVC dress again but this time it's not so appropriate
• Could hackers develop a 'computer virus' to infect the human mind?
• Turbulent times: 1,000 jobs could go at Thomas Cook after £398million loss... as its airline is voted even worse than Ryanair
• Australia's lesbian finance minister announces her partner's birth of donor baby
• 'It was priceless': The moment angry Pearl Harbor veterans gave the stars of Hawaii Five-O a mass one-fingered salute
• Improving diabetes care could save 24,000 lives EVERY YEAR
• BOA chiefs threaten BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards boycott over shortlist
• Woman of the hour! Tulisa takes the limelight at the X Factor wrap party- and boyfriend Fazer is only too happy to let her
• All things bright and brew-tiful: Landlord transforms pub into sparkling grotto with thousands of Christmas lights
• Lack of skilled British workers forces businesses to hire migrants
• Hurricane forecasters give up trying to predict summer storm season in December – because they can’t do it
• Give me my presents or Santa gets it! Girl, 13, demands presents or says 'Santa will die... and I'll cook his reindeer'
• Dressing Downton: What a difference 80 years makes!
• 'He did the right thing': Father of Big Man who threw foul-mouthed student off train stands up for his son
• Desperado: Cowboy tasered by police after three people ride horses into Safeway and Starbucks during 10-hour town crawl
• Spurs launch shock £20m bid to sign City striker Tevez as Redknapp chases the title
• Strikers are 'pointing a gun at taxpayers' heads' warns Lord Hutton as he calls for reforms
• Another rugby bad boy in the dock after Kiwi star banned for naked, drunken rampage
• Sandro to weigh up Italian job as bench role leaves Spurs midfielder frustrated
• What a circus! TOWIE's Sam Faiers and Lydia Bright don sexy showgirl outfits for Christmas cabaret shoot
• Beauty queen who lied to police about her identity rumbled when officer saw her picture in newspaper
• Contract where 1/10th of Apple was sold for $800 fetches $1.6 million at auction... more than 10 times its estimate
• HMS York scrambled to Scotland in security scare as Russian fleet comes within 30 miles of Britain for the first time in 20 years
• You can hide your face, but we'd recognise that hair anywhere! Frankie Cocozza causes carnage at X Factor party - as new sidekick Jonjo Kerr lashes out in his defence
• FTSE CLOSE: Mood turns 'ugly' as euro plunges and dashed hope of US stimulus knocks stocks
• Euro falls to 11-month lows as new doubts emerge over EU states' stamping of rescue deal
• What the back pages say: Chelsea flop Torres for sale and Spurs plot Tevez move
• Savers are right to be angry at low rates to prop up borrowers, says Bank of England man Dale
• Richards fit for timely return as Manchester City boss Mancini prepares for Arsenal
• Froch: I'm best in Britain and I'll show Ward that I'm the best in the world
• Injury-hit Manchester United poised to sign Juventus winger Krasic on loan
• Rail passengers may not benefit from higher fares because operators 'will pocket the profits', watchdog warns
• I'm a sleigh, for you! Britney Spears gets into the festive spirit by transforming California mansion into magical grotto
• Colorado mayor celebrates 50 years in office to seat he 'never ran for and was dumb enough to go agree for'
• Wild thing! Demi Lovato expresses her inner rebel in ripped animal-print tights
• Salute to a hero as his 'killer' looks on: Police officers applaud partner of NYPD cop shot dead as 'gunman' faces court
• Plane crazy! Stoke feel the strain as Turkey nightmare adds to Euro marathon
• 'I would have married her': Boyfriend of murdered Joanna Yeates tells of his pain as he faces Christmas without her
• 'He's treated like Hannibal Lecter': Murray's newly-appointed civil defender slams prison security as it is revealed Jackson doctor is too poor to fund appeal
• Christiane Amanpour axed from This Week for return of former host George Stephanopoulos
• Republicans muscle payroll tax cut through Congress but keep the oil pipeline tacked on
• Final F-22 rolls off the assembly line... because its technology is 'too secret' to sell to other countries
• 'It's totally bonkers': Cambridge University dons warned not to shake hands with Muslims or disabled people in case it offends them
• Mismatched Sandra Bullock sports trainers and gym gear with smart coat
• Mini Meryls: Actress Streep joined by her lookalike daughters at Iron Lady premiere
• 'I said if he can do it, I'm gonna try': The incredible story of 98-year-old first-time author who overcame illiteracy at 91
• American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino is a mother again as she gives birth to baby boy
• Ho ho ho-rrifying! Christmas comes but once a year (but awkward family photos last a lifetime)
• Mother encourages son to set up bank account that incurs $229 in fees within two weeks despite not touching it
• 'I want answers:' Teen Mom's Leah is devastated as baby daughter is booked in for MRI scan to detect suspected brain abnormalities
• One in 50 babies has a birth defect as detailed new study shows numbers nearly DOUBLE previous estimate
• Murder victim Jorelys Rivera is buried in Puerto Rico as her home town turns out in an outpouring of sympathy
• Happy Solstice!: 'Non-religious' messages replace nativity scenes after atheist groups win right to display signs in California lottery
• A Bewitching property: Elizabeth Montgomery's spellbinding California house is put on the market for $1.2million
• Royal Mail lorry driver dies in pile-up with three lorries and two cars as M5 is hit by sleet and snow
• When Hollywood comes calling... The hilarious story of what happened to an Ohio man who wound up with a celebrity's hand-me-down phone number
• Shivering AnnaLynne McCord slips into cutaway swimsuit to film 90210 hot tub scene... then covers up in big blanket
• Boy, that's a transformation! Glamorous Glenn Close is all woman at Albert Nobbs premiere (after masquerading as a man in the film)
• You can't beat the classics: 60% of families will choose board games over 'unsociable' video games this Christmas
• The 'dynamic' Top Ten of most over-used business buzzwords found in LinkedIn profiles
• Manchester United star takes break from football to battle career-threatening bowel condition
• Teenager who murdered New York radio journalist in 'S&M thrill kill' jailed for life
• Reforms that would let elderly keep their homes are shelved for a decade
• FIRST NIGHT REVIEW: Noises off
• Live-in lovers could get right to inherit if one dies without making a will
• Marine Corp mistakenly sends purple heart ornaments to 1,500 dead servicemen
• Keen as mustard! Yellow-clad J-Lo leads the way as the American Idol judges head to the first auditions of season 11
• Happy to be a flatty: They endure years of sniggers - from both sexes. But women with small busts have the last laugh when others hit the floppy forties, says SUZANNE TAYLOR
• Well that's one way to be remembered! Amelia flashes her knickers while Sophie's chest is on show at X Factor wrap party
• Hard work pays off for a young star of journalism
• RICHARD KAY: Duke's pride over royal role in British Raj
• Will the cast and crew be able to keep Downton's Christmas secret under wraps?
• Banning 'pocket money-priced alcohol' could save thousands of lives, say doctors
• 'I loved her very much,' Robert Wagner's poignant words about dead wife Natalie Wood as he makes first public appearance
• 'Sexist' signs go at Hamleys as pink and blue is replaced by toy categories instead
• 'It's utter rubbish': David and Victoria Beckham hit out at claim they moaned about sitting at the back at the Royal Wedding
• Is this Cheryl Cole's new toy boy? The Girls Aloud beauty moves on with music producer
• Never mind Misha being 'too black' for X Factor. I wasn't black ENOUGH for Blue Peter
• Lysette Anthony and a love drama in court: Lover denies actress ‘was punched and slapped in row over sexual details of alleged affair’
• Real reason buttercups glow yellow... and it has nothing to do with your love for butter
• Clarifications & Corrections
• Elderly cancer victims 'failed by NHS ageism' with patients written off as too frail for treatment
• A hairy body can mean the bed bugs won't bite (because they can't get to the skin)
• MARKET REPORT: Cove Energy proving a port in a storm
• Tarnishing of The Iron Lady? Friends and foes of Lady Thatcher give their verdict on Meryl Streep's film portrayal
• Boeing soars with £12bn deal with Southwest Airlines
• Liz Taylor's jewels fetch $115millon as famous La Peregrina pearl given to her by Richard Burton goes for record $11million
• Survivor's first winner Richard Hatch pitches reality TV show about his sperm donor children
• Now I'm ready for my close-up: Khloe Kardashian brings out the war paint as she hits the gym
• ALEX BRUMMER: Day when Mary met Kirstie