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• Now middle class cash in on the stamp duty dodge thanks to loophole used by the super-rich
• Would you pay £10,000 for a golden ticket to dine with William, Kate and Harry?
• 'It's like a war zone': Mad Friday causes chaos for the emergency services with 250 drink related calls every hour
• Ronaldo eclipses Messi with hat-trick in Real Madrid romp at Sevilla
• Now Clegg lampoons Cameron's support for marriage as a 1950s throwback
• Bradley Manning had and his alter-ego 'Breanna': Investigators reveal strange mind of soldier behind Wikileaks scandal
• Clarifications and corrections
• Helen Mirren dazzles in a black satin dress at charity event
• A dog for Christmas is a recipe for stolen puddings, strained friendships... and glorious love and laughter
• Anger at MPs as they treat themselves to record 25-day break for Christmas
• Tess dresses to impress: Strictly Come Dancing host steals the spotlight in two glamorous dresses
• A view of things to come: The skyscraper hotel that's promising the finest vistas of New York
• Van Morrison hit by second tragedy as his 'lovechild' dies
• We have shut off! After three decades and more than 100 million miles, NASA powers down Space Shuttle Discovery for final time
• eBay Athlete James Ellington surpasses £30k sponsorship target
• Cameron sacks 'foolish' MP who joined 'Hitler, Hitler, Hitler' stag party...as it is revealed that he was the one who hired groom's Nazi uniform
• Britain in gold medal contention at sailing World Championships
• Halsall helps Europe break world record but United States wrap up convincing win
• British soldier escapes death in Afghanistan as Taliban bullet hits his backpack radio
• Chelsea paid the price for negative play, admits AVB after dropping points at Wigan
• Taking it to the next level? Camille Grammer's boyfriend gives her some meaningful jewellery during romantic date
• Anna Watkins scoops 5km endurance prize in Great Britain rowing trial
• Cherie Blair turns football fixer to boost son's career as an agent
• Family Thais: After four failed IVF attempts and 14 years of trying, couple finally conceive after exotic trip... and give birth to twins
• Christmas lights to be dimmed as tribute to heroes of lifeboat disaster on 30th anniversary
• Torres still no substitute for success as Chelsea boss overlooks £50m misfit again
• Honest enough for a lawyer? State Supreme Court will decide where 'serial liar' magazine writer Steven Glass can be trusted to practice law
• Nine top African runners to compete in London Marathon for Olympic spots
• Bieber torture: High school students encourage donations by playing his hit 'Baby' nonstop
• Retired bishop among 50 arrested as Occupy protesters stake claim on newest New York City encampment
• Huddersfield announce Paul Anderson as coach
• Dressed-down day out: Rachel Zoe keeps her designer baby Skylar casual in a striped jumpsuit and knitted beanie
• Wenger: Arsenal are back in the race for the title if we can beat Manchester City
• No horsing around: It's back to business as Katie Price unveils new equestrian clothing range
• Prince Harry in Blackberry Mugging drama: Royal races to the rescue in car as he hears friend being robbed during phone conversation
• Hospital destroys baby hopes for 34 cancer patients after discarding sperm samples
• 19,976 Premier League goals... but who will hit the historic jackpot?
• Tevez sing-song rubs it in as Manchester City await his return
• Social networking sites go local and hope to allow users to 'virtually' knock on each other's doors
• Jennifer Aniston can't bear sharing a flat with all these 'friends'
• Arsenal hot-shot Van Persie reveals the secret of his goal-scoring streak
• Do you REALLY need a duvet cycle on your new washing machine?
• Gary Neville: Now we can discover if the force is with Arsenal again
• Sacre is blessed with the talent to make him the next big thing
• Fergie warns 'fearless' Da Silva twins in bid to prevent them picking up more injuries
• Revealed: Duchess of Cambridge Kate is pregnant... well her toy doll could be
• Grandma Fancy likes it spicy! Daring advertising campaign sells molasses with a 'whiff of grandma's muffin'
• Banner year for McFly! Harry Judd mobbed by ecstatic bandmates as he is crowned winner of Strictly Come Dancing
• Europe wants to make our supermarkets even colder... but store bosses say shivering shoppers would stay away
• A Bridge too far for Mancini as City ignore ex-England star despite defensive crisis
• Christmas Star Kauto chases fifth victory in King George
• Jason Donovan voted out of Strictly Come Dancing final despite topping leaderboard
• Beckham's lining up a transfer for his boys: Couple looking at schools in Britain and Paris
• So dangerous you have to sign a waiver: Restaurant's 'Pasta Plate from Hell' packs a powerful (and spicy) punch
• It's Kean v Coyle for Christmas sack on make-or-break Tuesday
• Wilson looks for cure in America after season blighted by stomach ulcers
• Heavily pregnant Hilary Duff carefully steps out for dinner in six-inch stilettos
• Micah Richards: Manchester United are still title favourites
• Champion to receive top honour at BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award show
• Stop! Stop! Screamed the police. Then 20 armed men swarmed around my tuk tuk and hauled me out: Our reporter's gripping despatch from China's rebel village
• Seeing double? Photographer captures symmetrical reflections of Asia's urban icons in water
• So why is Becks considering a move to PSG... and how could they possibly afford him?
• Leinster 52 Bath 27: Statement of intent from defending champions eliminates Bath
• Barcelona striker Villa to have surgery on broken leg after returning to Catalonia
• Russians 'to quit Londongrad' if Putin loses March election
• Speaker Bercow spares himself pay squeeze pain by delaying cut for a year
• The 10 runners and riders for the 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award
• Topshop heiress Chloe Green shows off her curves in a black bikini
• Seasonal cheer as latest figures stay on target
• Father in holiday death plunge mystery had £350K debts
• Mates rates? Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi buy Brad Pitt's Malibu mansion for $12m... $2m under said asking price
• Tutu cute! Jessica Alba takes her ballerina girl out for a mother/daughter stroll
• Doubts surface over lifeline for ailing euro
• Exclusive: GB Olympics squad spot and a mega deal in Paris beckon for Beckham
• Vivid new Battle of the Bulge photos offer never-before-seen look at the war-weary soldiers braving the frigid weather as they fight off Nazi Germany's last major offensive of World War II
• Purge on the 'elf and safety' Scrooges ruining the spirit of Christmas with false edicts
• Patrick Collins: A little less Crouch and a lot more Messi should be our goal
• It's Shannan: Human remains found on Long Island confirmed to be missing prostitute
• DAN ATKINSON: Britain makes a real slog of hard work
• Nick Harris: Computer game gamble is key to Anelka's China deal
• That's the spirit! Kendall Jenner rallies her high school football team at championship game in short cheerleading uniform
• Tebow wins again! Drug sniffing dog named after the football star makes a cocaine bust
• TAKING STOCK: Topsy-turvy world in 2011 for Footsie’s winners and losers
• Can Clarke strike another blow for the nation's men of a certain age?
• Beach Boys reform after years of bitter arguments and legal wrangling to celebrate 50th anniversary
• Kean under no illusions about Blackburn future as under-fire boss targets victory over Bolton
• Gordon Ramsay hired investigator who took intimate pictures of me with his father-in-law, says one of chef's female directors
• Hopes sink for HMV as downloads soar
• Stoke boss Pulis admits Woodgate should have seen red
• Britain is owed £2bn by foreign states defaulting on their debt
• Channel 4: We'll screen shocking images of violence and child abuse that prove Syrian torture policy
• Sorry, but sticky-back plastic can only get a girl so far...
• INTERVIEW: Stand by for shoes and iPads, says Yodel boss Jonathan Smith
• Worcester want exiled Richards to be next director of rugby
• Electrodes in the brain put Alyce back in the saddle: Pioneering op offers normal life to young rider who had 100 epileptic seizures a day
• Tory MP Hands preaches a tax-free sermon
• MIDAS EXTRA: It's not all gloom as Eros puts on 13%
• MIDAS: Crisis in eurozone rattles key Midas share tip for 2011
• Easter makes his case for England Six Nations captaincy
• The chemo-proof Christmas dinner: Chef Jim Fisher creates a specially adapted menu for cancer sufferers to enjoy their food
• As real as you can get: The amazing driving simulator built by one video game fanatic... who has no shortage of free time
• Creditors at troubled Jarvis Hotel chain likely to lose £32m
• MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Reality has finally caught up with our cosy elite
• Landlord's crisis sparks alarm over Birmingham landmark
• Could there be an upset? Jason Donovan turns things around to top the leaderboard during Strictly Come Dancing final
• Rugby in the summer just won't work, warns Cotton
• NatWest sued for £29m over hotel's collapse
• You won't get down that chimney, Santa! The cosiest Christmas Eve scene you will ever see - in a cabinet just 20 inches wide
• 'I'm feeling good': Giuliana Rancic at home recovering after double mastectomy
• National Geographic opens new store in former food hall of Harrods
• I'm to blame for Bolton's predicament and we must start winning, says Coyle
• 'The Bookmaker and a murky plot to seize The Gate': City chiefs accused in £1m High Court writ
• Britain's youngest bobsleigh team unfazed by 75mph ice charge at first-ever Youth Winter Olympics
• THERESA MAY: The lessons I learned from the report on the summer riots
• A bit too much revelry? Britney Spears emerges from engagement celebration looking a little worse for wear
• LISA BUCKINGHAM: Trackers spell trouble for the LSE's big idea
• 'This is the best gift I could get!': Dancing With The Stars J.R Martinez's girlfriend pregnant with couple's first child
• 'It's about eighty per cent real': 'Reality star' Mario Falcone dishes the dirt on TOWIE
• No 10 carol singers raise their voices to the (shoeless) saviour
• Miracle of the M5 crash survivor: Girl whose whole family died in motorway horror speaks of her extraordinary recovery... and how she plans to be back in high heels for her wedding
• Gloucester 23 Connacht 19: Darling studs of May help Cherry and Whites blossom
• Accountant to the stars launches attack on the Revenue
• Beckham to jet in and watch PSG in action as move to megabucks club edges closer
• Midsomer Murder at the Panto: A sparkling festive thriller specially written by scriptwriter Michael Aitkens
• Ho ho ho: Coronation Street's Catherine Tyldesley gets in the Christmas spirit
• Newcastle legend Shearer joins Speed family for emotional tribute to tragic star
• How Kate's following in Diana's footsteps, by the Ballet Pump Queen...and why British women's feet are getting bigger!
• A bad year for Blackberry: Catastrophic comedown of the CrackBerry
• League One round-up: Wednesday and Huddersfield in eight goal thriller while Oldham deny Charlton
• Montpellier 13 Glasgow Warriors 13: Lamont marks return with try for heroic Scots
• Crackdown on apprentice training fiasco
• League Two round-up: Crawley widen gap at top while Shrewsbury boost promotion hopes
• Olympic hope Williams jumps to Christmas Masters glory at Olympia
• 'Whatever' reigns supreme as most annoying word for the third year in a row
• Don't forget they cheered Chamberlain's 'victory' too
• Spending that Playboy cash? Lindsay Lohan hits the ultra chic shops... just hours after nude pictorial hits the newsstands
• Chancellor George Osborne poised to back Vickers banking curbs
• London Irish 19 Racing Metro 25: Wisniewski puts boot into Exiles
• MP Davis steps up the pressure over Arch Cru
• We need homes, Mary, not artisan bakeries
• Justin thrills 'Beliebers' at underprivileged school as he takes to the stage and donates $100,000 during charitable visit
• Pictured: The judge blasted by Mayor Bloomberg over 'turnstile justice' that put 'cop killer' back on the streets after drug bust last month
• Checking out chicken pays £45m dividend for Nando's owner
• 'I want to be an opera star': Charlotte Church confesses dream to return to her classical music roots
• Bloody hell, you ARE a Floyd! The words spoken days before his death that ended chef Keith's estrangement with his daughter Poppy
• Desperate retailers set for 75% discounts in a bid to pull in shoppers
• It's a celebration! Madonna enjoys a family night out in NYC to fete her two Golden Globe nominations
• TV Dragon Theo Paphitis offers to put fire back into La Senza
• After panic Saturday, it's chaos Sunday! Christmas shoppers spend £1.5million-a-minute in last-minute dash to the stores
• The tiny coffin of Belgian killer's youngest victim is heart-wrenching focal point of memorial service for Liege dead
• Woman contracts first case of rabies in South Carolina in 50 years after likely being bitten by bat in her house
• Hockey commentator and former NHL brawler arrested for assaulting player, 12, during pee-wee game
• Hallelujah! We may be a nation of unbelievers but with influences like Gareth Malone traditional Christmas Carols have never been more popular
• Plastic surgery fan Melanie Griffith looks surprisingly fresh faced
• Has your child got Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome? New condition 'makes children unable to cope with ANY demand'
• Tax raid to hit small firm retirement nest eggs
• LAPD Angel: Lucy Liu sheds her glamour girl image for the gritty police series Southland
• The liver twins: Different ages, races and backgrounds but they have one thing in common - the transplanted organ they share
• MPs hear how classes in finance can pay off as all-party group calls for compulsory lessons
• Bah humbug! Congressmen not allowed to wish constituents 'Merry Christmas' in mail
• Banker who swapped glass towers of Canary Wharf to work in prison
• 'This has really taught me some things': TOWIE's James Argent tweets shock after terrifying car crash in Scotland
• Cannington Brook makes light work of heavy conditions to land Tommy Whittle
• TONY HETHERINGTON: OFT investigates mail order firm's cash ultimatums
• A 20-minute laser made my feet look ten years younger
• Kim Kardashian faces more backlash as she's named the Most ill-Mannered Person of 2011
• Last year for sex discrimination over insurance as EU order will send women's premiums rocketing
• Aironi 20 Ulster 46: Six of the best send McLaughlin's men top of Pool Four
• Long Walk continues to be an easy stroll for Big Buck's
• Children's tsar says smacking is not 'reasonable punishment' and should be outlawed
• Leicester 23 Clermont 19: Tigers roar back to rescue hopes of Heineken Cup glory
• 2011 REVIEW: Highs and lows of the year ... Goodbye to all the gloom, we are working to improve our future
• Never mind I'll find somewhere like you... Adele moving out of London over fears that the smog is harming her voice
• 'I thought I was dying but luckily dad kept his cool': Petra Ecclestone talks about her suffering when she was diagnosed with meningitis
• Council warehouse contained 2,800 cannabis plants worth £2m
• Senate approves bill to extend payroll tax cuts for two more months... while forcing Obama to approve new oil pipeline
• What happened to your beautiful blonde locks? Amanda Seyfried is almost unrecognisable as she slips on a brunette wig
• Rapper Slim Dunkin gunned down outside Atlanta recording studio before video shoot
• Flaunt it! Kate Beckinsale shows off her endlessly long legs in hotpants and boots on sexy cover
• 'Don’t Mess With Texas': State's Attorney General goes to war with atheists... over nativity scene
• Houses sheltered from the storms as home insurance claims jump
• Home rules for Dalglish as Liverpool boss brushes off poor Anfield record
• Cheese sandwich, a banana but definitely NOT hair of the dog: Our experts give you the best hangover cures
• Defense secretary urges unity in historic Libya visit as new government struggles to pull together militia factions
• JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Advice role for shamed bank boss is wrong
• Woman loses 6st... and lands a job as a Marilyn Monroe lookalike
• 'We wish you peace, love and healing in 2012': Heartfelt tributes left for Jo Yeates' family one year after she was murdered
• Woman wins Scottish Labour Party election in first round after getting union backing
• You can have a healthy festive holiday if you plan ahead and be well prepared
• Good news... you don't have to put up with that bad back
• Scarily skinny Ulrika Jonsson fails to fill out super-tight drainpipe leather trousers
• 'Colossal waste of time and money': BBC criticised over training video that's like something from The Office
• Happy families! Elizabeth Hurley and son Damian join Shane Warne's children to watch cricketer in action
• Rangers 2 Inverness 1: Sub Lafferty keeps his nerve to keep Gers on a roll
• Banks set to miss deadline on paying billions of compensation for mis-sold PPI insurance – but they do have A MILLION complaints to cope with
• 'Billion-to-one' power surge may be to blame for Madison Avenue elevator tragedy, as repair company's safety record is called into question
• 'I want to ride in it': Teacher pulled pupil with muscular dystrophy from wheelchair so he could have a go
• Philander makes light work of Sri Lanka as South Africa cruise to victory in first Test
• NY Giants linebacker Michael Boley under investigation for 'repeatedly abusing five-year-old son'
• Wickham's £12m price tag was too costly for us, says Redknapp
• Britons told to 'stay away' from Philippines after Typhoon Washi kills 652 and leaves hundreds more missing
• Splat! Prank at 'Last Supper' before Strictly final leaves James Jordan and Holly Valance's boyfriend Nick Candy covered in shaving foam
• Double trouble! Desperate Scousewives Gill and Debbie O'Toole are loud in leopard print for the show's Christmas party
• 'I have let so many people down' - Bendtner issues apology after police run-in
• Dashing through the mud: First ever reindeer derby at Kempton Park (but Rudolph was too sick to take part)
• The inspirational boy who lost his fingers... and decided to take up card tricks
• United in potential Champions League reprieve after FIFA threaten Swiss FA
• Westwood sees his lead slip to four shots as Schwartzel cranks up the pressure in Thailand
• 'I've got a surprise for you': Husband blindfolds his wife.... and then chops off all her fingers to stop her studying for a degree
• Extra dimension: artist's stunning 3D street art in new book
• Are you my mummy? Tiny flame-haired monkey who's being hand-reared after his mother rejected him
• Dream Big! Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes enjoy a family night out as they take daughter Suri to the circus
• Mancini: Title fight is between Man City, United and Tottenham
• Does he ever say no? Frankie Cocozza kisses his way around Revenge nightclub, signing X Factor records as he goes
• Scandal-hit lobbying firm hires the son of Prince Andrew's closest aide
• Scandalous cost of justice: £861 a night to lock up young crime suspects... £650 to stay at the Ritz
• Caught on camera: Female human rights activist handcuffed and dragged along ground for sitting on a roundabout (and now SHE's been charged with assault)
• VW's huge vote of confidence in UK: German manufacturer chooses a City bank to look after its international business
• Caught grinning on CCTV: The teens wanted by police after ticket inspector was knifed in the back when he challenged a pair of fare-dodgers
• Wilkinson extends Toulon contract after calling time on England career
• A star is born: Off-duty police man delivers his daughter under family's Christmas tree
• Wigan 1 Chelsea 1: Gomez pounces to land late blow on AVB and check Blues revival
• Military wives choir reveal touching letters from the front line that helped inspire them
• Wolves 1 Stoke 2: Crouch propels Potters to fourth straight win
• Daily dose of Vitamin B 'can fight memory loss and help protect against Alzheimer's'
• Blondes DEFINITELY have more fun! TOWIE's Maria Fowler gets lighter locks in pursuit of the 'Abbey Clancy look'
• Newcastle 0 Swansea 0: Swans ride their luck to deny Magpies
• Fulham 2 Bolton 0: Ruiz stunner eases Euro pain but heaps more misery on Coyle
• Everton 1 Norwich 1: Osman on target to rescue a point for Toffees
• Blackburn 1 West Bromwich 2: Late Odemwingie stunner turns screw on Kean
• West Ham 1 Barnsley 0: Collector's item from The Wardrobe gets Hammers back to winning ways
• 'Claudia never had affairs or met men online': Heartbroken father prepares for third Christmas without his missing daughter
• Peterborough 1 Coventry 0: Sinclair strike sinks hapless Sky Blues
• Leeds 0 Reading 1: Royals on the rise thanks to Church's early strike
• Ipswich 1 Derby 0: Andrews quick off the mark again to sink Rams
• Trapped in their homes: Families cannot afford to take second step on housing ladder
• Hull 2 Millwall 0: Smith own goal hands happy Barmby Christmas boost
• Sales panic Saturday: Stores slash prices by 65% as families rein in spending
• Doncaster 2 Leicester 1: Sharp shooter Billy puts Foxes in a hole
• Cardiff 2 Middlesbrough 3: Mowbray's road show drives on as Haroun edges thriller
• Drivers hit for £1.3bn in parking fees as councils rake in record takings
• Vince Cable and Mrs Clegg 'could be called as witnesses in Chris Huhne speeding trial'
• Bristol City 0 Nottingham Forest 0: Robins fail to end 37-year hoodoo
• Students to undergo background checks as universities seek to break 'middle-class monopoly'
• Brighton 0 Burnley 1: Double sending off scuppers Seagulls as Trippier does the business
• Blackpool 0 Watford 0: Dogged Hornets hold off Holloway's men at Bloomfield Road
• Local hero Ogilvy overtakes Poulter to take the lead at Australian Masters
• It's been a big year for you! Pregnant Una Healy rounds off 2011 as she gets engaged to boyfriend Ben Foden
• Call for special branch! Trail of pine needles leads police to Christmas tree thieves
• What the back pages say: Pearce rules out Euro 2012 players and Newcastle want Zaha
• Brother of Little Mix's Jesy Nelson is 'exposed as cocaine dealer' in Class A drugs bust
• No more 'liar loans': Self-certified mortgages to be banned
• Nice ice! Delighted Britney Spears shows off her stunning engagement ring after Jason Trawick pops the question
• When J-Lo's toy-boy Casper Smart was EVEN younger! A glimpse inside his school yearbook
• 16-year-old transferred to adult court to face four murder charges in Craigslist job ad killings
• Outrage over Rutgers University email for 'whites only' movie screening
• What a fashionable family! The Beckhams showcase their style as arrive at LAX en route to their very British Christmas
• WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning in court: The soldier blamed for the largest leak of state secrets in American history turns the guns on his military accusers
• Dead Sea scrolls take New York in 10 day exhibit featuring the largest biblical collection outside Israel
• Pictured: Mother who 'wrapped baby daughter in a blanket and shot her in front of neighbours after gunning down the rest of her family'
• Man dies in horrific accident after getting stuck in food grinder at hummus plant
• Pictured: Boss killed by office worker who went on deadly shooting rampage because he 'did not like management'
• She's a Supermom! Ali Larter carries her son with one arm as she run errands
• A little overdressed, Tara? Ms Reid dons skintight red mini-dress and towering heels to do her chores
• Mission accomplished: Ex-POW Jessica Lynch graduates - a decade after she enlisted in the army to fund her studies
• Florida A&M University student's death ruled a homicide after drum major died from band hazing
• 'He just saw what he wanted to see: ' Kris Humphries' family had 'reservations about Kim from the start'
• Finally a bright idea: Traditional light bulbs saved after last minute U-turn by Congress
• Now it's personal! Republican attacks female senator... for not being married or having children
• Perfect pins: Ashley Tisdale shows off her stunning figure as she goes on post break-up shopping trip
• Just like Daddy! Jennifer Garner admires three-year-old Seraphina's (temporary) Christmas tattoo
• It's a date! First lady accepts Marine's invitation to the ball...but he has to check with her husband first
• Kobe Bryant's wife files for divorce from the LA Lakers star after ten years together
• We're ready for our close-ups: Britian's two new pandas go on show to the public for the first time
• Synchronised nibbling! Image of nine caterpillars eating same leaf among the winners of RSPCA's young photographer award
• My daughter's nightmare buying a bra online and why we're mad to let the High Street go bust
• Filling in the blanks of a drunken blackout: How we turn to unreliable sources to help us remember
• Bad Santa taunts autistic boy, six, in crowded shopping centre
• Once-wealthy widow faces £40,000 payout in dispute over piece of land 'the size of a dining table'
• Las Vegas girls are reem! TOWIE's Joey Essex cosies up to a local girl called Brittany as he parties in Sin City
• 'Oh, how I've missed Essex': Amy Childs jets home in time for Christmas in festive red boots after a week in LA
• Victory or bust! She's a minor soap star but is Strictly finalist Chelsee on the brink of stardom as big as her surgically enhanced bosom?
• One man dead and another seriously injured after being crushed by floating pontoon at docks
• Children must learn times tables by age nine under tough new curriculum plans
• Edinburgh 19 Cardiff Blues 12: Scots end Blues unbeaten run and go top
• First hearing for Wikileaks soldier Bradley Manning after 19 months locked away
• VW's huge vote of confidence in UK: Symbol of German manufacturing might chooses a City bank to look after its international business
• Hospital blamed for death of asthma boy 'who would have survived with basic medical attention'
• Is old-fashioned romance the secret to Downton Abbey's success? Star Dan Stevens certainly thinks so
• Stocking up for Doomsday: As economists predict meltdown, meet the families ready for the worst
• Power play: Essien watches 15-time darts champion Taylor ease through