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• Prince Harry captured. 600 of our soldiers killed. In this terrifying plausible account, DOMINIC SANDBROOK imagines the day the Argies retook the Falklands
• Am I embarrassing you, dear? Diane Keaton's daughter trails behind her kookily-clad mother
• Put the myrrh down and step away from the baby Jesus...
• Buble's babes: Why the swinging Puppini Sisters have become the crooner's favourite trio
• Now 1,300 patients are struck down by the vomiting bug as figure soars 60% in a week
• It's the great festive MAN-DASH! Shops do a roaring trade as men take to the streets in their droves in the hunt for last-minute gifts
• Kris-Cross! Lennon is not ruling out shock Boyd bid... and Ally considers return for talisman
• Tottenham v Chelsea - the tactical battle at White Hart Lane
• Van Persie proud at matching Henry's record but insists trophies are more important
• 'Baby brain' syndrome IS real... and it makes you a better mother
• How Prince Philip saved the Queen's Speech (...by chasing her through the palace with a set of joke teeth)
• What a pair of dummies! Boris Becker and his wife Lilly entertain their toddler Amadeus by sucking on pacifiers
• Corruption, greed, and moral squalor: The scandals of football that SHOULD be tackled
• Barcelona on cloud nine as Spanish champions romp to stunning 9-0 victory
• The man whose muscles made women faint: How Britain's first bodybuilder was the father of modern fitness
• Revealed: The criminal past of one soldier accused of tormenting Private Danny Chen to his death
• 'My wife and I will make that decision': Chris Christie says there's a slim chance he'll be the VP pick... as Bush senior 'unofficially' backs Romney
• £466 to replace a light, £242 for a new padlock and £75 on an air freshener: Labour's botched PFI deals have sent NHS costs soaring... and there's a £60 BILLION bill for taxpayers
• Forget Mr Nasty, reality TV is about to turn nice: Judges on new show The Voice have agreed to be encouraging
• Women everywhere at SPOTY, apart from the shortlist!
• Adam insists Suarez is dealing with Evra race storm well despite his suspension and fine
• DAILY MAIL COMMENT: The business verdict on Mr Cameron’s veto
• 'My mom doesn't dress ME up as a hooker': Five-year-old pageant princess blasts Toddlers & Tiaras rival Paisley, three
• The deadlock is over: Obama set for victory as House GOP cave on deal to extend payroll tax cut... leaving President free to jet off to Hawaii
• Does Michelle have a big bum? U.S. politician apologises for calling First Lady fat
• 'Where's Chloe?' Nine-year-old’s flight strands her alone for five hours in the wrong city ... and they didn't tell her mother
• D'ough! Boy, 10, punished for brandishing a gun-shaped slice of pizza
• Santa's little yelpers: Eight pups pining for new home for Christmas
• Small town refuses to turn on water to sex shop but customers keep flowing in
• Secular UK: Number of Christians is down 10% in just five years
• Traffic-stopping Ashley Greene gets festive in red coat to unveil DKNY Jeans billboard in NYC
• What a cheeky girl! Beyonce reminds fans of her bootylicious curves in racy magazine shoot taken before her pregnancy
• Charging heroic ‘big man’ with assault will deter people from doing what they know to be right
• Not a nice vice, Lindsay! Miss Lohan sneaks out for a cigarette break during family dinner
• Muted Terry rides storm at raucous White Hart Lane
• John Terry watch: Chelsea skipper makes up for early slip with goal-saving clearance
• Charles Sale: Pay cut for new England manager
• Olympic legend Redgrave honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award
• Firing Line: Out of cluck! Kean and Venky's face wrath of Blackburn fans after Bolton loss
• 'This is a landmark for cycling': Bookies' favourite Mark Cavendish named BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2011 after remarkable 12 months
• 'I was an atheist at eight': Ricky Gervais caught up in Twitter spat with Christians after saying he doesn't believe in God
• End of internet shopping rip-off: Credit card fee for buying flights, holidays and goods is axed, saving customers £300m
• As Photoshop fails become an almost daily occurrence, what REALLY goes on in a professional retouching studio
• Christina Hendricks is a sixties sex bomb as she accepts another role from that era
• Yule be sorry if you eat it: 100 year old Christmas cake celebrates milestone (and a 70 year old fruit cake is up for auction)
• Drinks boss Stuart Fletcher goes private with Bupa
• Girl, four, left with horrific burns after U.S. drone attack in Pakistan is brought to America to receive surgery
• Eusebio to stay in hospital over Christmas as Portugal legend treated for pneumonia
• Fairness, and why it's grossly unfair
• Well, he certainly has a type! Leonardo DiCaprio in new romance with Victoria's Secret model Erin Heatherton
• Is this a crib sheet I see before me? Pupils told which acts from Shakespeare plays will be in their exam
• Former Marc Jacobs executive resolves lawsuit against fashion label that claimed it was a 'sexually-charged workplace'
• MARKET REPORT: Roman Abramovich's eldest son goes shopping
• 'Goodbye': Ron Paul walks out of CNN interview after criticism of racist newsletters from 1990s
• Landed with an Asbo, the Prada-loving Pigeon Lady of Pimlico: She's banned from feeding the birds near her £750,000 home
• City is backed by the Dutch over Tobin tax
• Wenger ramps up bid to sign Bridge as Gibbs faces four more weeks out
• CITY FOCUS: Diageo's whisky business in China
• Ambitious Doncaster target triple swoop on Bamogo, Bagayoko and Plessis
• Come back! Blackpool keen to sign Puncheon when QPR loan deal ends
• Daniel Stewart posts loss as brokers face up to tough times
• Back on his throne as the Prince of Bel Air! Will Smith reunites with his cast-mates from hit Nineties show
• The mystery ball from space: Experts baffled by metal sphere that crashed to Earth in remote area of Namibia
• Drug-plagued Mexican state disbands entire police force and puts navy in charge
• Hammer time for Buddle as West Ham weigh up an offer to trialling USA striker
• Wise up, like Robin: Villa boss McLeish praises Van Persie for Hutton 'con'
• 'We do everything together!': Twins give birth minutes apart in the same hospital...and they both have boys
• Don't be a knitwit! Hipsters risk security pat-downs as their Christmas sweaters set off airport alarms
• Rangers go straight at Allan as they hope to beat West Brom to Dundee United midfielder
• Not a tracksuit in sight: Athletes Jessica Ennis and Paula Radcliffe lead glamour at Sports Personality of the Year Awards
• National Grid is poised to sell gas network to Beijing
• Made In Chelsea: Caggie and Spencer FINALLY get together as Millie and Rosie make peace in Christmas special
• Jones hope for Manchester United as starlet could face Wigan on Boxing Day
• IAG swoops for bmi with a bargain basement deal
• Manchester United interest in Arsenal target Lucas Biglia
• Still doing Sun Salutations and it's not even a stretch! Meet the 91-year-old great-grandmother who is world's oldest yoga teacher
• Williams's goal is helping with new life for two-year-old Hari through WillsWorld charity
• Hope for Tevez as City and Milan spend two hours locked in talks over striker
• Bring It On star Gabrielle Union proves she still has a cheerleader figure at 39
• Pictured: Girl who survived after being swept away in Indonesian tsunami is reunited with her father after seven years
• Security giant G4S secures arresting policing contract
• Look who's behind you: Family of mountain gorillas groom tourist while silverback watches on
• Ospreys star Gough slapped with three-week ban for dangerous tackle
• Anger of Paul McGrath as he labels Liverpool shameful over Suarez T-shirt stunt
• The mystery of Bo's 'Hawaii trip' is solved: White House says he stayed in Washington and never went on holiday with First Family
• Cat survives four-hour, 200-mile journey sitting on car's engine - after the smell of burning fur found him out
• Former Australian pro Drewett named as ATP's new executive chairman and president
• Heal's is hammered as the High Street suffers a nightmare before Christmas
• Drunk driver arrested after 'trying to take deer he hit with car to the emergency room'
• The glitch that stole Christmas: Best Buy and Barneys cancel online holiday orders because of backlogs and technical trouble
• ALEX BRUMMER: Willie Walsh's reborn flying machine
• Deputy headteacher sacked after sending sexual texts to colleague receives £10,000 compensation
• EXCLUSIVE: Ruby Walsh: I never thought Kauto Star was finished... but Long Run will be too good
• The union boss, his lady friend and a fight with a pigeon fancier next door
• That's handy for Christmas: The monkey that can do all the washing-up
• EXCLUSIVE: All my friends train camels... but can Ali Al-Habsi give United the hump?
• Mummy's little bear: Penny Lancaster's baby son Aiden wraps up in furry costume for his first festive season
• The year-end tax cut bill is the first battle for the US presidency
• 'Our trip keeps getting better!': Now Charlie Sheen takes ex wife Denise Richards and their daughters swimming with dolphins
• Real-life 'Billy Elliot' who feared he had been paralysed in street attack says he WILL dance again after miracle recovery
• Just married! Backstreet Boys star AJ McLean and new wife flash sparkling wedding rings
• It's in your genes: Scientists brussel up new research on why we either love or hate sprouts
• Chris Foy: Referees should be invisible, not tweeting the players
• Paula Zahn's tycoon ex 'wooing and dumping a stream of women he met on Match.com'
• Now even David Cameron's bargain hunting! PM spotted at the Mothercare sale
• I was born five minutes from the stadium... but some guy from Jamaica could be there instead of me
• Syria claims rebels have killed 2,000 soldiers during uprising as Arab League observers arrive in the country to seek end to bloodshed
• The Captain's Log: There is method in the madness of Kauto Star TV promotion
• Ready to rock! Jim Carrey and new mystery girlfriend wear matching leather to Guns N' Roses concert
• Meter reader who found Caylee Anthony's body sues Casey's lawyers for calling him a 'child snatcher'
• Top of the chops! The footballers who got their karate kicks on the pitch
• Navy couple found shot dead in murder-suicide after three-hour stand-off with SWAT officers
• Rocky star Brigitte Neilson rushed to hospital after being knocked down by a drunk driver
• Kean gets stay of execution and will take charge of Blackburn on Boxing Day for Anfield trip
• BBC crown Cav! Cycling ace pips Clarke to Sports Personality of the Year award
• Our marriage to the Scots could be heading for the rocks
• Blow for 'dark matter' theory as scientists find faint, undetected star
• Stewards will wear headcams to watch the crowd as John Terry takes to the field for the first time since being charged over racism allegations
• Pregnant girl aged THIRTEEN and two other teens die in crash after boy, 14, takes parents' car for high-speed joyride
• 'I'm far too busy at work for this': Wife of 60 Minutes journalist quits exclusive tennis club because her playing partner is 'too slow'
• It shouldn't be too hard to find: Life-sized aluminum rhino stolen from outside college
• 'And I said YES!' Holly Valance to wed billionaire boyfriend Nick Candy
• Back to her best! Sarah Harding channels Kate Moss' style, but not her wild ways, on glamorous dog walk
• Ladies' man Owen Wilson parties with a bevy of beauties in St. Barts
• We'll score when we want... and rampant Man City look as though they really can
• Tottenham 1 Chelsea 1: Fair and square at the Lane with honours even in quality game
• Neil Woodford back as top dog - the best income funds of 2011 and what they invested in
• The weather really has gone mad as three of the world's rarest turtles wash up on Britain's beaches
• The symmetry between Ron Paul and Obama is fearful but is Gingrich any better?
• Forget bulky panels on your roof - could the future of solar power be a coat of 'solar paint'?
• Recipe: Smoked venison salad
• French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe calms tensions with UK saying he has 'not an ounce of doubt' relations will thaw
• 'We'd lose Family Friday Pizza Night': Obama trots out sob stories of what $40 means to Americans in payroll tax cut extension bid
• Pictured: Chaz Bono's ex Jennifer Elia looks distraught as he moves out of their home following split
• Recipe: Thai broth withprawns and noodles
• The Arabic school textbooks which show children how to chop off hands and feet under Sharia law
• Hubble discovers 'building blocks of life' on Pluto's surface
• Jonathan Ross show forced to pull comedian's song comparing Jesus to a zombie 'for fear of offending Christians'
• Recipe: Spiced butternut and couscous salad with raspberry vinaigrette
• Could inheritance tax be charged on those who benefit rather than estates?
• £170m private jet and a £3m round of golf: The billionaires' Christmas wishlist unveiled
• Katie Price hits a bum note as she steps out for festive drinks in just tights and knickers
• Joy for girlfriend of Royal Marine killed in Afghanistan as she gives birth to 'daddy's little girl'
• Former model dumped by £19bn Dubai sheikh who branded her a 'courtesan' wins court fight to prove she DID marry him
• There are considerably fewer garish lights on homes this Christmas - I'm blaming (or thanking) Chris Huhne
• Time to meet the parents! Ryan Reynolds takes Blake Lively home to Vancouver for the holidays
• Food: Pure pleasure
• Remember me? Davis ready to make Bolton comeback after two-year injury lay off
• The Best Places to Eat in… Denmark's oh-so cool Copenhagen
• My England career's over - it's time for new blood, says Hape
• Ramsay 'vindicated' after winning £250,000 in legal battle against wife Tana's family
• You CAN get up on the wrong side of the bed: Sleeping on left 'makes you more cheerful and positive'
• Want some Christmas cheer? Then don't download The Death App
• DKNY gets a sporting chance to give New York Rangers' kit a fashion makeover
• Israel warns Middle East peace process could be in jeopardy if PLO forms truce with 'terrorist' Hamas
• 'Kick in the teeth' did Taarabt the world of good, says Warnock
• Emotional ties with jewellery designer Monica Vinader
• Albrighton 'climbed a mountain' to hit landmark achievement, says McLeish
• 'They made a terrible mistake': Emily Blunt claims she is the wrong choice as face of YSL
• Ivanka Trump forced to deny claims that shoe from her line was 'blatantly and intentionally copied' from Derek Lam design
• We need an end to permissive policing, not live rounds for rioters
• He's no scaredy cat: Amazing pictures of brave moggy as he chases away curious fox
• They're all anyone would want for Christmas: Cute Filipino air hostesses perform safety demo to festive Mariah Carey tune
• Business backs PM over euro veto row: Clegg proved wrong as 77% call for looser relationship with EU
• How your pension took a hit in 2011: We recap the woes and wins
• Are our girls suffering from 'Princess Syndrome'? Disney heroines teach us to trade on our looks and value material things, claims new book
• 'We all just get p****d and abuse each other': St Paul's protest leader's astonishing confession
• Cloudy with a chance of tantrums: Watch this TV weatherman storm off set after being asked to do an interview AND give the forecast
• Man City may top the tree at Christmas... but the title's not won yet
• Is Twitter making us depressed? Analysis of tweets reveals 63m users are becoming more unhappy
• Horse-riding, ball gowns and a different uniform for every activity: Welcome to a Russian finishing school (funded by the government)
• This bird will take a lot of stuffing! Farmer rears giant FOUR-STONE turkey... that will feed 50!
• We've got the belief and momentum to survive, claims Martinez
• Free Hotel Room when you buy a Theatre ticket...
• Q and A with hypnotist Paul McKenna
• Mitt Romney says he would deport Obama's drunk driving, illegal immigrant uncle Omar
• Council tenants to be offered discounts of up to £50,000 on their homes in shake-up of Right to Buy scheme
• D'oh! Stunned couple unearth '800-year-old' stone head in their garden... and it looks like HOMER SIMPSON
• Turkey retaliates over Paris genocide bill on Armenia by claiming France 'burned Algerians in ovens'
• Is Michelle Obama's spending 'spiralling out of control'? First Lady 'insisted on $4m trip to Hawaii when her husband wanted local vacation'
• 'This does not come naturally': Molly Sims reveals the secrets to her hard-earned bikini body
• DO YOU STILL CHUCK SPEARS AT EACH OTHER?
• Kate might be changing five times... but 48 per cent of Brits will stay in their pyjamas on Christmas Day
• What a slip up! Gritter slides on black ice and ploughs into pensioner's garden
• Everton boss Moyes blasts 'disgusting' Blackburn fans over Kean vitriol
• Teens iced a birthday cake with human feces and tricked classmate into eating it
• Adoption is a trial by fire. Can't we please think of the children?
• Horoscopes
• 'I'd never ever use my children in a photoshoot': Ed Balls in thinly-veiled attack on Labour leader Miliband for fluffy newspaper interview
• Skinner gets two-week ban after his red card against Toulouse
• Go! Manchester City multi-million pound super-base given green light by council
• Cost of the average Christmas dinner goes up £7.50 on last year as basket of goods to cook traditional meal soars to £107.32
• 'It came out of nowhere': Glee star Naya Rivera named as the face of Proactiv as she reveals she struggles with adult acne
• Your problems answered
• A perfect ten! Flexible Stephanie Seymour puts her impressive gymnastic skills on show on the beach
• Glittering 'Diamond weevil' wings are built just like the actual jewels, say scientists
• Readers edge the experts: Pundits predicted FTSE 100 would finish the year above 6000
• Filipino woman gives birth to miracle baby on roof of medical centre submerged by typhoon floodwaters
• Where will the FTSE 100 end 2012? Pundits make their stock market predictions
• Not such a smooth criminal! Michael Jackson impersonator jailed for planning £75,000 bank swindle
• Mother 'tried to sell her 8-year-old daughter into prostitution for $100'
• Paris Hilton the snow bunny wraps up in a pink Pucci coat as she hits the shops (not the slopes) in Aspen
• New BM Savings 4.05% two-year bond tops tables… but for one night only
• Agger pledges to focus on the football despite the Suarez sideshow
• If women want a female Sports Personality of the Year, why don't they go and create one?
• The cub who simply can't bear waking up: Super-cute polar bear rejected by mother his mother is the new Knut
• Health: Anti-ageing: the inside view
• So much for taking it slow! Kerry Katona and her new boyfriend look at rings on Christmas shopping trip
• Pardew predicting tough time on Tyneside as Newcastle boss plans January market moves
• Party tricks! Roasted tomato and basil soup shots
• Residents of recession-hit Spanish town conga down the street after winning £332,000 EACH on 'The Fat One' lottery
• Police marksman beat his wife after discovering there was no bread in the house to make toast
• We're still gunning for the title! Wenger and Van Persie insist race is not won yet
• Body talk: Kate meets her mismatch
• Barry sets aim to top the table in May - not just for Christmas
• Unemployment drops to lowest level in four years... but Wall Street gains held back by lower-than-expected summer U.S. growth
• We're in brilliant form but that's the standard we set for ourselves, says Giggs
• Frankie Cocozza gets an understated new tattoo... a GIANT etching of 'the king' Michael Jackson
• Not ready for my close-up! Terri Seymour emerges from a beauty salon looking washed out
• 'A modern-day miracle': College student feared to be brain dead RECOVERS hours before life support due to be switched off
• Justin Lee Collins to face trial over accusations of six-month harassment campaign against his ex-girlfriend
• Union's Boxing Day Blackmail: Sales and sports in chaos as judge refuses to ban Tube strike by staff who want £365 just to turn up for work
• Bent's back! Striker's fitness boosts Villa's Boxing Day hopes
• Blacks shares jump on talk of bid from Edinburgh Woollen Mill
• Bella Blissett's Beauty Buzz
• Now THAT'S what we call well-heeled! The shoes that will take you from desk to dancefloor thanks to adjustable height
• Large Hadron Collider has first confirmed sighting of new particle (but it's not the Higgs)
• Elementary school janitor, 47, charged with raping nine-year-old girl
• New deal for Tottenham's turbulent teenage winger Townsend
• Why does it not mention Christmas? Palin fury at Obamas' 'holiday' card that doesn't even have a Christmas tree (but at least Bo's on it)
• 'I don't see myself running for mayor': Alec Baldwin abandons political ambitions after plane meltdown
• I'm Britain's oldest goalie! Pensioner, 72, has spent 66 YEARS playing the beautiful game... and has no plans to hang up his gloves
• Hedge fund manager to pay for funeral of woman set on fire in elevator - even though they never met
• Fashion: Just add sunshine!
• Man’s life saved after he was shot at all-night sex and drugs party and doctors treating him discover a tumour in his lung
• You're my main squeeze: Flavio Briatore gets hold of his wife Elisabetta's fabulous figure
• New bank launches FOUR best buy fixed-rate bonds to grab Christmas savings charts number one
• Sainsbury's and Fortnum & Mason try to preserve goodwill after festive delivery glitches
• SOAP WATCH: The ultimate insight into the week's soaps
• Merry Christmas (but you might not remember it)! The average adult will spend £75 on alcohol over the festive season
• Celtic trio receive 2012 Olympics invitations for Team GB
• March of the megastore: Fears for high streets as the Big Four supermarkets expand at record rate
• Revealed: Father of woman who shot her three children and boyfriend 'murdered his wife in 1971'
• For sale, Victorian mansion blighted by horror: £2million property empty seven years after knife killing
• Workers face charges for allowing dirty public swimming pool to stay open while mother's body lay at bottom for TWO DAYS
• Boyd to Celtic? Lennon would welcome former Rangers star across Old Firm divide
• From airport green tax to the European Arrest Warrant - welcome to ‘justice’, EU-style
• A Christmas message to David Cameron: Let's be more robust about our Christian faith
• Nato blames bad maps for drone strike that killed 24 Pakistani troops on the Afghan border
• In the shallows: The never-before-seen moment fishermen feed shrimp to giant whale sharks by HAND
• 'I tried to stop Tottenham youngsters from rioting,' says England footballer Jermain Defoe
• Bracelet reveals amazing craftsman's skill from 7500BC (so good it couldn't be bettered today)
• Sherlock's back - and this time a woman's involved
• Bernard Matthews bugged my car, claims animal welfare campaigner
• Hubble picture shows 'space rose' flowering - actually two galaxies colliding 300 million light years away
• 'She did a great job': Mother, 35, and daughter, 17, give birth to boys six hours apart in same hospital with same doctor's help
• Just call me Mother Christmas: There may be no Royle Family this year, but that hasn’t stopped Sue Johnston bagging her annual bittersweet festive drama...
• Mrs Claus for a cause! Pregnant Chantelle Houghton is a sexy Santa as she ditches the lettuce leaves for festive Peta protest
• Coleen Rooney ensures her hair is perfect for Stereophonics gig... but is less prepared when it comes to cash
• FA appoints first ever female board member... it's only taken 148 years!
• Adulterer, lousy father, all-round rotter...Dickens makes Scrooge seem cuddly!
• Now French prosecutors launch criminal inquiry into Tory MP's Nazi stag party at Alpine ski resort
• Virgin furious after British Airways owner buys BMI giving them the lion's share of Heathrow takeoff slots
• Plants no longer to be given Latin name 'so they can be classified before they die out'
• Now migrants flooding OUT of Europe in search of jobs as tens of thousands flee Portugal, Ireland and Greece
• Christmas comes early at K-Mart: Tears of joy as 'layaway angel' pays off $16,000 of accounts at K-Mart store
• It's a little Weiner! Disgraced Congressman Anthony and wife Huma welcome baby boy
• We didn't know you were a fan! Rihanna poses for a photo with TOWIE star Sam Faiers after one of her record-breaking shows
• George Michael 'flying back to England' after spending five weeks in Austrian hospital
• Christmas has had nothing to do with religion for decades, so why put Jesus on cards?
• Check under your floorboards! Boxing Day’s new version of The Borrowers rings so true you’ll believe they really do exist, says its star-studded cast
• Man, 33, admits to abusing mentally disabled 'sex slave' who was bound, burned and tortured on film
• Argentina claims Britain wants to seize natural resources 'anyway, anyhow' as they appoint first ambassador to London in three years
• Front row: The fashion news and views that are making our week
• Kakuta will be sent to France as Chelsea prospect fails to make Premier League impact
• Living the boyband dream! One Direction cheered on by thousands of female fans as they kick off their UK tour
• Virgin Atlantic furious as BA owner IAG confirms purchase of bmi for £172.5m
• World's first bronze statue of Steve Jobs is erected - well, at least the Hungarians SAY it's him..
• Adebayor reveals Euro vision as Spurs striker has no worries over top-four finish
• Premier League stars come up with shoddy excuses for losing (video) games
• Sports images of the day: Our picture editor's selection
• Two police officers sacked for brutality after dragging men from a car leaving one with serious injury
• French Muslim jailed for punching nurse who tried to remove wife's burqa during childbirth
• Not quite letting her hair down: Nicole Scherzinger takes her quiffed do to club after part one of the intense X Factor final
• Pensioner dies after THREE-HOUR wait for ambulance following slip on black ice
• Winning fights increases aggression, even in crickets
• 'He couldn't speak English, didn't pass any exams and was obsessed with basketball and computer games': Kim Jong Un's Swiss school days revealed
• The cruise that recreates the Titanic's voyage (everything bar the iceberg, of course)
• Sir Peter Housden - Whitehall’s own Scottish nationalist
• 'I've sold the Lamborghini, given up alcohol and cigarettes and got a proper haircut': Top Gear's Richard Hammond on his reverse mid-life crisis
• World-famous golf course The Belfry goes up for sale six years after it was bought for £186MILLION
• Army-town Tesco retreats on Military Wives after claiming 'We haven't got the space to sell charity single'
• 'The Praying Rapist' who stalked the suburbs preying on elderly women over two decades is finally brought to justice
• Dear Santa, Please bring me a Sindy house! Seven-year-old’s letter to Father Christmas penned 25 years ago is found behind fireplace
• Sense of touch could be thanks to 'hair follicles in our skin'
• Is nothing sacred? Raiders go on a church-wrecking spree just days before Christmas
• Pietersen commits to Surrey as England batsman aims for successful 2012
• Wal-Mart pulls powder milk formula from shelves after newborn baby dies
• Huge demand sees best buy 3.2% savings rate pulled by AA Savings
• Winter Solstice? There's an app for that - Stonehenge Experience lets you explore in peace
• Bring Boyd back! McCoist confirms he's keen to re-sign Ibrox favourite
• Swansea to pip Merseyside duo to signing of Northern Irish teenage striker Donnelly
• All I want for Christmas is... What the Premier League clubs will be hoping they receive from Santa
• Back to the day job: The Military Wives return to work as single Wherever You Are continues to race toward Christmas top spot
• Allan heading for West Brom as Dundee United boss Houston hints at January move south
• I am THIS excited about Christmas! Susan Boyle poses animatedly outside her home as she gets into the festive spirit
• It is simply inconceivable that Argentina could take the Falklands
• Bristol City spark transfer scramble as striker Maynard is put up for sale
• Travel trends 2012: Why Spain's a fiesta and Mexico's holiday magic for the year ahead
• Father 'stabbed his toddler in the neck and killed wife and older son before setting house alight a day later'
• Have an ICE stay: Finland's eskimo-tel where you can cosy up in your very own igloo
• Newcastle keen on move for Ajax defender Vertonghen to ease injury woes
• We WILL go to the Sports Personality of the Year awards! BOA chiefs in boycott U-turn
• No holiday traffic problems for these three: Astronauts blast off for the International Space Station in time for Christmas
• Hearts in mutiny! SPL club lurches from one crisis to the next as Stevenson quits
• Bank of America pays $335m damages for charging minorities higher interest rates
• Scrooge civil service bosses ban Christmas decorations from government office for being 'inappropriate in a modern, diverse workplace'
• Walking in a winter wonderland: Snow queen Goldie Hawn is cosy in fur for a romantic stroll in Aspen with Kurt Russell
• GDP was higher than expected in third quarter but second showed no growth at all
• Strike hits Eurostar and 19m take to the roads as Christmas getaway begins
• Are Justin and Jessica engaged? Timberlake 'proposes to Biel during romantic Christmas holiday'
• 2012 will be an 'excellent year' claims druid after Solstice ceremony at Stonehenge (and Christmas Day will be a warm 14C)
• Speed read: Get sparkly in super-sized sequins
• A fierce snowstorm paused, the sky glowed red and ice on a volcanic lake cracked: How North Korea reported Dear Leader's death
• 'Jetlag and vodka = blackout': Adam Lambert looks serene as he's pictured just hours before arrest for fighting with boyfriend
• Redknapp impressed with Terry strength in troubled times for Chelsea skipper
• Hansen forced to apologise after viewers slam pundit for making race gaffe TWICE on MOTD
• Model held by police at Rome airport after £250k of cocaine found hidden inside fake breast implants
• Racism in football is finally being kicked into touch
• Awkward Christmas family photos part II: Feast on these outfits, cheesy grins and just plain wrong festive poses
• How a brain scan can identify those at risk of Alzheimer's BEFORE any symptoms appear
• Rambo is dead: One of Britain's oldest and fiercest swans - who notoriously drowned two DOGS - dies aged 30
• EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Would it be fair to suspect that the military prioritise Cameron’s visits?
• Now Hansen caught in race storm: Match of the Day pundit says sorry for calling black players 'coloured'
• 'I can't tolerate that kind of rudeness': Miley Cyrus defends foulmouthed response to fan
• New telescope will be 'second biggest structure created by mankind' after Great Wall of China
• Downton's merry Kissmas: There will be plenty of puckering up... and not all of it under the mistletoe
• Will Saab bankruptcy mean that its models will fall in value and parts will be harder to find?
• Brave baby girl with kidney cancer back home from hospital just in time for Christmas
• Glimmer of hope for Osborne as economy bounced back with 0.6% growth in third quarter
• 'We were running out of air': Terrified couple and their five- year-old daughter stranded for TWO DAYS in car buried deep in ice and snow
• Bigger, whiter and straighter than ever! Lauren Pope shows off her gleaming new veneers at Christmas party
• 'Penniless' screen legend Anita Ekberg, 80, appeals for financial help after hitting hard times
• Mother and six children whose house burnt to the ground have Christmas saved as Facebook friends rally round
• Out of the so-called bonfire rises a grotesque new super quango: Public Health England
• Arsenal face fixture pile-up after Tube strike forces Wolves clash to be pushed back
• Was he selling rotten fruit? Curse on a humble greengrocer found on ancient tablet
• Supermodel mum Janice Dickinson treats her daughter to a designer spree... but teen looks less than thrilled
• Review of the year - Sportsmail looks back at an action-packed 2011: April
• British Airways owner warns its BMI deal will mean job cuts - while Virgin vows to block it
• Great Little Trains of the Rhine Valley from £579
• Girls Scout troops in Louisana disband to protest at seven-year-old transgender child being able to join group in Colorado
• Beer and fries please: White Castle burger chain to introduce alcohol
• Get up or I'll kill you! Pensioner's chilling ultimatum to his wife before he beat her to death with a walking stick
• Teenage girl who slashed face of love-rival and left her needing 400 stitches in 'showdown' over boys is locked up
• Suarez to risk longer suspension as Liverpool striker decides to appeal race ban
• Farrell will be top international just like his dad, claims Hodgson
• The ref was wrong! Kung Fu keeper given red card for defending himself after thug ran onto pitch has decision reversed
• Hubble offers glimpse of dawn of time - a galaxy full of stars being born just after Big Bang
• That's quite enough careful driving from me! Motorist makes it through the village... but immediately flips car onto the verge
• How will one cope? Upper crust misery as IT meltdown means hundreds of Fortnum & Mason hampers will not arrive for Christmas
• The baby monkey that's as thirsty as a dog: Caring mongrel suckles chimp separated from family back to health
• It's Santa on safari: Chimps go nuts as Father Christmas drops in early with a special delivery
• Cricket legend Warne immortalised in statue as Liz Hurley joins star for unveiling
• How the Mediterranean diet can add 3 years to your life... even if you don't start until you're 70
• Residents force Taylor Wimpey to tear down 24 homes built on historic land without planning permission
• Like father, like son: Prince William proves he's a chip off the old block as he shows off his urban 'swag' dance
• Pensioners left hundreds of pounds out of pocket in parcel delivery phone scam
• AZ players walk off against Ajax after keeper is dismissed for booting pitch invader
• Shops go 24-hour in bid to cash in on £6billion of last minute Christmas spending
• Hansen under-fire after BBC pundit makes race gaffe TWICE on MOTD
• 'Tis the season to be saucy! Britain's biggest collection of bawdy Christmas cards goes on display for first time in 70 years
• 'Thanks for wasting everyone's time': Facebook backlash after missing Muslim teenager Aisha Khan is found - and says she was NOT abducted by stranger
• Third month of public borrowing falls in a row leaves Government on course to meet £127bn target
• FTSE CLOSE: Santa rally finally gets off the ground; third-quarter GDP revised up to 0.6%
• Boho babe Vanessa Hudgens perks up after indulging in a pre-Christmas pamper session
• 'He's underweight now': Sculptor's shock as a slimmer Shane Warne arrives with Elizabeth Hurley to see paunchy bronze statue unveiled
• Desperate European banks snap up £400bn of emergency as OECD warns Germany now in recession
• Now we know how United feel! Mancini resigned to facing stubborn rivals
• EU green tax to add drive air fares higher after airline challenge is thrown out
• Thanks for all your support! Tulisa toasts her close knit crew as she takes them for drinks to celebrate her PA's birthday
• Fourteen bomb blasts in Baghdad kill 63 and injure dozens more in co-ordinated attack... just five days after U.S. forces withdrew from Iraq
• Villas-Boas remains keen on Modric but Chelsea boss rules out January swoop
• UK could face break-up within a few years warns country’s most senior civil servant
• United triumph marred as Jones and Young suffer injuries in Fulham thrashing
• No girls allowed! Prince Harry parties with David Beckham and James Corden on boys night out
• What the back pages say: Terry to be prosecuted as Liverpool back banned Suarez
• Missing college student, 23, survives TEN DAYS lost in Arizona wilderness
• Chelsea and Liverpool suffer blow in Ocampos chase as River rule out sale
• Accountant overseeing reclusive heiress' $400m estate resigns as it is revealed tax fraud could cost $50MILLION in penalties
• Nice Ascot: Curvy Rose McGowan looks hot to trot in tailored outfit as she shops in Beverly Hills
• Stoke watch Hoilett ahead of £8m January swoop for Blackburn starlet
• Pregnant Beyonce steps out in sexy animal print leggings... as her bare thighs grace cover shoot
• Has Little Britain Got Talent? David Walliams 'to sign £300,000 deal to join BGT panel'
• Are there any skeletons in your family closet? One in 20 Britons has a criminal in their bloodline
• Race to sign Chelsea flop Torres hots up as Milan and Malaga eye Spain striker
• Bah humbug! Postman stripped of his Christmas Santa suit for not following dress code
• Forget the Ferrari! Foo Fighters rocker Dave Grohl cruises around Beverly Hills in a vintage red Kombi van
• Welcome back! Kris Humphries booed as he returns to the court with the New Jersey Nets (... and his team lost the game too)
• Golden State Warriors captain sued for sexual harassment over 'unwanted sexts' that 'cost team employee her job'
• The mill's tale: From rotting monument to gleaming landmark... the 10-year miracle restoration of England's last five sail windmill
• California woman caught 'funneling money to Pakistani terrorists while also trying to flee the US'
• 'Fulfill the Irish giant's deathbed wish': Museum told to stop displaying skeleton of Charles Byrne who begged to be buried at sea
• In a rush? Busy Kate Bosworth ditches the hair dryer as she hits the petrol station with wet tresses
• Abandoned asylum that treated patients with electroshock therapy, cold-water baths and offered lobotomies now a booming tourism business (ghosts included)
• Mitt Romney: Unplugged! GOP candidate loses cool in unearthed 2007 radio interview as he defends his Mormon faith
• 'Buzz Lightyear saved my foot': Toddler's favourite Toy Story boots come to the rescue after hit and run
• Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and boyfriend Jason Statham take a walk down the aisle... at the grocery store
• Syracuse coach's third accuser pleads guilty to sexually abusing 13-year-old boy
• Police warn free toy gun given away by magazine is so realistic armed officers could shoot children carrying it
• 'It's too close to call': X Factor USA finalists get star power as they duet with Alanis Morissette, Avril Lavigne and R. Kelly for last stunning performances
• And now for the real competition: Quiffed X Factor USA judge Nicole wows in short keyhole dress as Paula covers up in black
• Top U.S. Army general issues stern warning on Iran… as Defence chief says they could have nukes within a year
• Mother sends husband on errand... then 'shoots her father, 10-year-old daughter and herself in shotgun horror'
• No licence needed to thrill: Jessica Alba buys Honor a bright pink Barbie car for Christmas
• Idyllic landscape... or naked body? Artist photographs 'bodyscapes' using miniature figures and nude models
• Out of this world: Winners of National Geographic competition capture stunning images of nature at its most beautiful
• Guns and Shanks gang who stabbed pupil to death outside school are caged for 76 years
• What a doubleact: Justin Bieber shares the stage with toddler sister Jazmyn for homecoming concert
• She's a gold-fingered monster! Lady Gaga dons embellished gloves to make her famous claw pose to Tokyo fans
• Man tries to shoot mouse but hits friend in chest... then cops arrive and find girl, 13, locked in closet and arrest roommate on child sex abuse charges
• Dressed Down-town girl: Make-up free Jennifer Love Hewitt hides her famous curves in a coat and and baggy jeans
• 'Get up or you are going to die': Jealous lover who tortured rival to death with 'sadistic pleasure' for sleeping with his girlfriend is jailed for 30 years
• Pregnancy power lifting? Kourtney Kardashian totes around two-year-son Mason... and her burgeoning baby bump
• Boxer 'Pretty Boy Floyd' sentenced to 90 days in jail for 'punching ex-girlfriend he accused of cheating'
• Single cells, single cells, plankton all the way... Incredible Christmas card made from sea creatures
• Tory MP pictured at Nazi themed stag party apologises for his 'crass and insensitive' behaviour
• Marky Mark and his fun bunch! Doting daddy Wahlberg has a ball with his brood during family day out
• A 10% 'fat tax' on soft drinks would help keep us trim, say experts
• Mummified remains of husband and wife found left in mortuary for TEN years after legal wrangle with relatives
• Earth has always had two moons: The discovery of mysterious tiny asteroids which constantly circle our planet
• Do you hold the missing piece? McCanns release jigsaw image of Madeleine as they speak of 'continued hope' at Christmas
• There's no stopping Welsh wizard Giggs as goal at Fulham extends remarkable record
• Pictured, two years after being sent home to die, the Lockerbie bomber STILL clinging to life
• At least 250 women to sue British clinics over silicone breast implants involved in cancer scare
• What jet lag? Miranda Kerr shows no signs of fatigue as she arrives for first Australian Christmas with her boys
• Stoke striker Crouch's £4.5m Cheshire mansion targeted by burglars
• Red sky at night, starlings' delight: Spectacular display above Brighton's West Pier marks start of winter solstice
• We're Ant and Dec...Get Us Out Of Here: I'm A Celeb presenters finally take on a Bushtucker trial all in the name of charity
• 'I love him unconditionally': Joran Van der Sloot's 'guardian angel' - who has donated $20,000 to his defence - speaks out in new interview
• Eusebio illness 'not life-threatening' after Portugal legend rushed to hospital
• Why can't I eat them? Hungry frog nips at touchscreen insects (and then its owner) in hilarious video
• Lowering the price of hard drugs will REDUCE crime, study says
• 'We said we would do it!': McFly pose naked on Twitter as they honour bet on Harry Judd's Strictly win
• Count the calories in your festive treats: How to choose wisely if you're watching your waistline
• How hundreds of bears were legally killed by hunters as young as 13 just a few miles from New York
• Just as it seems life couldn't get gloomier, along comes Christmas in Albert Square
• SPOILER ALERT: Dying Pat Evans sees in the New Year with familiar faces from her past
• The Turin Shroud DOES have miraculous powers... whether it is genuine or not
• I'm ready for my close up: Behind the scenes of golden girl Paris Hilton's Vanity Fair photoshoot
• Life's a beach for strictly toned Donovan: Dancing star shows off physique as he relaxes in Australia
• Whitlock and Part through to second round in impressive style at Alexandra Palace
• The perfect outfit for... a Christmas carol service
• Suarez is not racist! Liverpool get shirty with FA as appeal is confirmed
• Lawrence suspect's racist rant was no worse than Jeremy Clarkson, claims QC for alleged killer
• THAT'S what you call a Scouse brow! Amanda Harrington pokes fun at Liverpool trend with stick-on facial hair for wrap party
• Owners ponder Kean's fate as Blackburn boss skips training to spend time at home
• Gloucester is the 'cougar capital' of Britain as survey shows more than half of UK women want a toyboy
• There's no need for any tears! Paterson bows out in blaze of glorious reflection
• Sizzling up the high seas! White hot lovers LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian show off their beach bodies on romantic yacht ride
• Woman drowns after SLEEPWALKING down street and falling into a lake