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• How divorce shatters the whole family: So mum and dad split – but what about the others caught in the emotional fall-out?
• 'I miss being a brunette': Redhead Demi Lovato sports bobbed wig in Twitter snap
• Sicknote Whitehall: Civil servants' 15 extra days off every year with four ministry staff taking a staggering 37
• Half of new smaller Post Offices refuse to send parcels weighing more than 6kg
• 'I will miss listening to your heartbeat': 19 Kids and Counting star Michelle Duggar releases message to miscarried daughter
• Single-parent Britain: One in five children lives with just mum or dad - more than in most of Europe
• Ledley has the head for heights! Welshman puts Bhoys top to leave Lennon delighted
• The floating dead: Floodwater sweeps away coffins and disturbs graves
• Don't put the wart remover in your eye! FDA issues warning over similarly named drugs after 'serious harm' caused to patient in pharmacy mix-up
• Sealed with a kiss: LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian heat up the slopes with a lingering smooch
• One in four hospital patients 'would be better off if they were treated in their own home'
• Assistant principal arrested for 'secretly videotaping school boys showering'
• The Wanted and the girlfriends: Leggy Michelle Keegan leads the band's lucky ladies in Barbados as she jet-skis with fiance Max George
• Brussels rules let 11,000 migrants a year slip into the UK by the back door
• Number of elderly taken to A&E soars to 1.2m a year, figures reveal
• Everyone makes mistakes! Hunt bears no grudge against controversial ref Attwell
• 'There is no doubt in my mind this is where I should be': The college student who closed her Facebook account, traded her jeans for a nun's habit and joined a convent
• £15,000 a year on toys? It's a ruff life: Meet six very pampered pooches
• Brucie's new co-star: Entertainer teams up with granddaughter on latest album
• Women at their peak at 52? On their knees, more like!
• How a California girl spends Christmas: Bikini-clad Maria Menounos poses in the pool
• Fergie at 70: Who can fill the boots of the most successful manager ever?
• Better hurry up! $206m Mega Millions payload remains unclaimed as $77m Powerball jackpot winner fails to cash in
• MAIL COMMENT: Mr Cameron’s duty to protect the family
• Labour has failed to spell out its deficit plans, admits Miliband
• BBC re-heats its festive offerings: The Christmas shows repeated within hours
• Well what else would one wear on a $4m break? From $2,000 dress to $1,000 skirt, Michelle Obama's lavish Hawaii wardrobe revealed
• Cuts 'spell a care crisis for the elderly': Charity chief warns that 900,000 won't get support next year as councils slash funding
• McCoist bemoans goal that wasn't after Wallace is denied in Old Firm clash
• Don't steal my swagger! Cher Lloyd battles with Alan Carr in the street as he mimics the star for his New Year Specs-tacular
• You can be sure of a frosty reception here! The Romanian hotel made entirely of ice (including the glasses)
• EXCLUSIVE: Arsenal offer club legend Henry two-month loan deal
• Baby goggles syndrome: The single and childless 40 - something women who let their hunger for a family wreck their chances of finding love
• 'It went perfect': Brother of woman who lost 135 pounds so she could give him her kidney tells of new lease of life
• Hospital bugs hit an all time high: Number of patients picking up life-threatening infections has doubled in just two years
• Colts quarterback back to the playing field in Indianapolis hours after his wife delivers TRIPLETS six weeks early in Philadelphia
• Film industry in crisis as movie audiences plummet to lowest level in 16 years
• It's not brain surgery, guys! Scrubs stars Zach Braff and Donald Faison struggle to attach Jeep roof as their giggling girlfriends watch on
• Former Chelsea boss Ancelotti set to take over at Paris Saint-Germain... with Alex in next
• 'We're going to be OK': Man who survived Christmas Day fire that killed partner's three children and parents breaks his silence... as family tell of 'devastation'
• Has Newt's bubble burst? Gingrich plummets in the polls as Romney and Paul lead Iowa field (but Rick Santorum is closing in)
• Liverpool look to bolster Uruguayan contingent with bid for Porto's Fucile
• Vidic quit fears denied as Serb's agent insists Man United skipper will come back stronger
• Shirtless Joe Jonas in top form again after bouncing back from heath scare
• Campbell offered Blackpool loan return six months after leaving Bloomfield Road
• Yaya begs to stay in England for an extra week ahead of Cup of Nations
• Soaring London properties 'a law unto themselves' as average prices jump 10 per cent in a year
• Stoke determined to keep Marshall after rejecting bid from Huddersfield
• Still ghostly white! Even after Harry Potter Tom Felton struggles to tan- though his girlfriend is browning up nicely
• Millionaires' Row: The 185 British streets where the average home is £1m-plus
• Thirty years of Channel 4 and the coarsening of British life
• Boro planning raid for Forest's Miller as fears grow over Emnes departure
• He's one lucky guy! Maroon 5's Adam Levine watches his favourite sport with Victoria's Secret lover by his side
• Neat freak fulfills his dream of opening $6M 'Museum of Clean' (complete with interactive exhibits on window washing and bed making)
• Does the world want a £570,000 plug-in Roller?
• Keogh's move to Leeds a no-go as Whites can't meet asking price
• Has Debra Messing moved on from 10-year marriage? Will and Grace actress linked to new co-star
• Arsenal and Chelsea poised to pounce for unsettled Barca youngster Cuenca
• Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green hold court in matching outfits at the basketball
• Bolton looking to strengthen survival bid by signing Hungarian Toszer
• Passengers' panic on Southwest flight as two plane tires 'explode' during take off
• Pregnant Rachel Uchitel asks friends for $1029 stroller and $300 nipple pumps on gift registry for baby daughter
• Pavlyuchenko ready to quit Spurs and join Anzhi's Russian revolution
• The destructive myth of equality
• A fish-rich eating plan 'could help prevent Alzheimer's disease' by stopping brain from shrinking
• Jol looks to bring in PSG hitman Hourau for Johnson and eyes move for Millwall's Trotter
• IAN HYLAND: Sir David's right royal carve-up
• Parents of bullied schoolgirl Phoebe Prince who killed herself get $225,000 from school district
• 'I won't let it beat me:' Venus Williams opens up about being diagnosed with incurable Sjogren's syndrome at 31
• The perfect outfit for... New Year's Eve
• Happy to be home for the holidays! Lindsay beams as she poses for festive snap with the Lohan clan
• Could you forgive your rapist, your father for murdering your mother or a drunk driver for killing your husband? These brave women did...
• DYLAN JONES: How to be an Artful Dodger
• London eyes a new order: Can Spurs take over as kings of the capital?
• How to be a bag lady
• Muy caliente! Audrina Patridge gives a teasing glimpse of her bikini body as she frolics on Mexico beach in tasselled kaftan
• CHRIS EVANS: I got the unwrappable present - the one that says my wife and I meant to be together till hell freezes
• I'm the better diver! Cristiano Ronaldo splashes around with his new dolphin friend in Dubai
• A blaze of glory? The e-reader that thinks it's an iPad
• Clash of the talent schools: How top clubs are following Barcelona's brilliant blueprint
• Midnight magic! Stylish looks to see in the New Year
• Brother of man found stabbed to death at Christmas day party charged with his murder
• What a cheek! Russia criticises U.S. for its human rights abuses
• Saudi women given vote in 2015 will no longer need male approval to run for election
• Man armed with a cow's femur bone goes on rampage at Hawaii bar injuring four
• MasterChef's Mr Tasty: Gallic charm, twinkly eyes, and he does the cooking at home! No wonder Britain’s women love him
• 'I failed that beautiful animal': Reformed heroin addict's cat is euthanised by Humane Society after he couldn't pay on the spot
• Make your own moisturiser: It could save you a pretty penny – but can it beat the High Street’s best?
• Journeyman Harewood to return to Forest until end of the season after successful trial
• Is Beyoncé about to give birth? Star's mum and sister shop in New York as hospital 'prepares labour suite for VIP'
• Is blaster Bale on his way to becoming Spurs' very own Ronaldo?
• LORRAINE CANDY: And so my back-to-work countdown begins... with a lock on the biscuit tin
• Aston Villa's striker shortage eased as scan relief leaves Bent fit for crunch Chelsea tie
• My husband is having a reverse midlife crisis
• Still going strong: World's oldest triathlete continues to swim, run and bike-ride - at the age of 90
• RightMinds's most significant events of 2011
• If you really want to save money – avoid the sales!
• Ronaldo: La Liga relies on skill and technique and is better than the Premier League
• First creatures to walk on land weren’t brave explorers – they were swamp-dwelling scavengers
• Sheila Hancock: I know sporty cars aren’t environmentally friendly, but they are my one indulgence
• Warm weather brings a fit of the cauli wobbles: Britain's topsy-turvy weather means vegetables arrive three months early
• And finally... What NOT to do before 2012
• Owen Wilson reports for daddy duty after partying with bevy of women in St Barts
• He's the monster No 8 born in England and wanted by Wales. It's the battle for... Big Ben
• Andy's still handy: Dalglish and Pardew back Liverpool's Carroll to turn it around
• Lipstick and laundry! Miley Cyrus spices up her chores with an impromptu sexy photo shoot
• Beauty Confidential: The 2011 beauty awards
• Derek Lawrenson: 2011 was the year when we marvelled at magic and mourned at loss
• New flame? Ashton Kutcher spends Christmas in Italy with Demi Moore lookalike Lorene Scafaria
• Daddy Cool! How baby Lexie Rose helped Chisnall bring down The Power
• Too saucy for Sussex! Playboy chair displayed in shop is banned by police after customer complains
• How the Arctic is to blame for no snow this winter - but cash strapped cities are giving thanks
• Mom charged for trying to strangle son, five, in fight over video games he got for Christmas
• Robert Pattinson spends Christmas with best friend's ex in London pub as Kristen Stewart is with family in LA
• I beat Froch with one arm! Superstar Ward reveals he fought with broken hand
• It doesn't make sense! Barca president Rosell hits out at UEFA policy on agents
• Celtic 1 Rangers 0: Ledley's king of Glasgow as Celtic roar to the summit
• All the top tips and best bets for Thursday, December 29
• Van Persie focused on points not plaudits as Arsenal striker faces last chance saloon
• Why aren't police looking for their OWN dispatcher who went missing a WEEK ago? (Now they've found her burned-out car)
• 'I feel closer to my husband than ever before': The military wives turning to the Bible for marriage advice... whatever their faith
• Lara Stone gears up for a quick getaway for Mercedes Benz campaign
• New calendar proposes to make every year identical - and we'd all save money too (so long as we could stand Christmas falling on the same day)
• Guinness for strength: Extraordinary moment woman steals CASE of beer before hiding it between her legs and walking away
• Fury of judge forced to go easy on a serial burglar who thanked him for giving him lenient sentence
• Going Viral: Czech president 'steals' pen during state visit to Chile
• Katy Perry and husband Russell Brand 'had a massive fight' before deciding to spend Christmas 7,000 miles apart
• Sangakkara shines as Sri Lanka look set to level series against South Africa
• Gentlemen look away: Angler snares deadly fish that killed two men by biting off their testicles
• Punters' fury as Betfair refuses to pay out millions after mistakenly offering 28-1 mid-race odds on huge favourite
• From balmy to blustery! Northern Britain battered by winds of 90mph (and brace yourself for a big freeze)
• Man arrested after woman's body is found in canal on Christmas Day
• It's lights out for Christmas as the world's festive decorations are packed off to massive recycling zones in China
• 'We're basking in dirty nappies!' Michael Underwood tweets his delight as wife Angellica Bell gives birth to son Elijah Joseph
• Girl who gave up job in chemist to become Duchess of Cambridge lookalike sheds Midlands accent to live like a Royal
• Smelling lemon, distant prayer, and energy healing: How $1.4bn of taxpayers' cash was spent on alternative medicine research
• Champion Lewis marches into last eight as title defence gathers momentum
• Unravelling the mystery of twins: Stunning photographs capture enigmatic beauty of identical siblings... as they try to explain their strange connection
• Eustace calls time on career as neck injury forces Northampton forward to retire
• Flexible Anne Hathaway goes to extreme lengths to honour Meryl Streep by doing the splits in a full-length gown and heels
• A little late on the presents aren't you? Daisy Lowe clutches a belated gift as she walks her beloved dog Monty
• Olivia Munn strips off for steamy sex scenes in the shower, under a table and in a car for upcoming film The Babymakers
• Now that’s what you call a goalmouth scramble: Elephants have a kick-about playing jumbo football
• Chicago teen's dead body found burned in trunk of a car in Mexico during visit to family and girlfriend over Christmas break
• Granny is my wingman! How blog relating online dating experiences of one girl and her grandmother became internet hit
• Put aside any anger - and any sympathy: Judge's warning to Stephen Lawrence jury as they prepare to consider their verdicts
• Dateline NBC star Chris Hansen 'still cheating on his wife with mistress while his loyal wife stands by him'
• Thinking inside the box: The television you can 'reach inside' to grab things on screen
• Big rise in number of U.S. police officers killed while at work
• At least someone kept their New Year's resolution: Britain's fattest orangutan has lost nearly four stone after her successful diet
• The Internet's Got Talent? YouTube launches new weekly video contest, YouTube Slam
• How to survive, thrive and prosper in 2012: Part II
• Alex Rodriguez goes in for experimental German knee therapy... thanks to medical advice from Kobe Bryant
• Betfair face backlash as punters miss out on millions after in-play betting error
• Plano, Texas revealed as America's safety city to live in for second year in a row
• Auntie's bear-faced cheek: BBC names Sweetie the panda as one of its female 'Faces of the Year'
• Couple who met for just ten minutes when they were children marry online (and finally share their first EVER kiss three months after the big day)
• Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak wheeled back into court on hospital trolley to face charges of corruption and ordering deaths of protesters
• Anyone for tennis? Bill Gates enjoys relaxing day on court during festive break Down Under
• Rihanna's steamy Armani adverts voted the sexiest of 2011 (and let's not forget Miranda Kerr's and Kate Moss too)
• Watch out for those extra 40 calories! New diet reveals weight-loss tips specifically for SHORT women
• How did anyone survive this? Not one of 70 on board plane killed after plane flips on landing
• Happy Easter (on Boxing Day): Tesco is already selling eggs
• How can the West counter Iran's apocalyptic mindset?
• Sport images of the year... 2011
• Computer hackers 'could bring rail network to a standstill' warns security expert - but would we even notice?
• Police farce: Thames Valley tops list of crime-hit forces... with 88 thefts from patrol cars and two from its stations
• Make-up free Katie Holmes looks exhausted as she heads to the gym to burn off those Christmas calories
• Justin Bieber's grandparents involved in serious car crash
• Forrest Gump and Bambi among 25 movies immortalised in world's largest film archive
• Gap, Sony and Toys 'R' Us give 'worst customer satisfaction'... but shoppers are delighted with Amazon, Apple and J.C. Penney
• BB's new bad boy: Michael Madsen set to join famous faces in Celebrity Big Brother house next month
• Sports images of the day: Our picture editor's selection
• Something to smile about: Woman banishes migraines... by having frown muscle removed
• SMALL CAP REVIEW 2011: A closer look at the best performing shares of the year
• Coe can't wait for New Year's Day as it signals the start of the Olympic year
• Couple find missing engagement ring 36 years after losing it down the toilet
• Top four finish remains Gunners' goal despite Wolves setback, says Mertesacker
• 'She can literally feel Lauren's pain': Mother of model who lost her eye and hand in a plane propeller claims special 'connection' allows twin to share her sister's injuries
• Awarding Bombardier a £188m contract does not excuse the Thameslink contract travesty
• McDonald's horror as pregnant mother is gunned down in parking lot by her ex-husband as her three terrified children wait inside
• Three top Midas Extra tips for 2012, chosen from three very different sectors
• Shamed former congressman Anthony Weiner wanted threesome with ANOTHER MAN, 'sext mistress' claims
• January transfer window: Club-by-club guide to all the Premier League deals
• Misha B hits back with original rap following Jessie J complaint about her performance of Who You Are on The X Factor
• Frugal shoppers are set to slash spending on non-essentials in 2012
• Photos that aren't to be sniffed at: Amazing rainbows captured when candles are blown out
• 'Working class becomes less white': Research shows image of traditional labourer changed
• 'Savage and fragile': How Monty Halls was overawed by Australia's Great Barrier Reef
• Cooper's back at Hartlepool as former boss returns to replace Wadsworth
• Mother of slain Aliahna Lemmon overcome with grief as it emerges she worried about neighbours in trailer park before entrusting her nine-year-old daughter to 'killer'
• Enjoying the A-list life already! Rachel Zoe's bouncing baby boy Skyler joins his parents in St. Barts
• Santa got me an assault rifle for Christmas: Record numbers of guns bought by Americans during the festive season
• Harry overtakes Oliver in baby name charts after just one year at the top... But Olivia is still top girl's name
• New car seat recognises driver's unique 'bottom-print' - and could spell an end to fiddling for keys
• Along came the muscles: Ben Stiller shows off his bulky arms and toned stomach as he enjoys a day of paddle boarding
• Cameron’s New Year resolution No.1: Kiss goodbye to a dying Europe
• Fifty-four Chinese rail bosses to be 'punished' over train crash that killed 40 people
• Woman, 75, dies six months after her neighbour's dogs left her limbs 'hanging by threads'
• 'They wouldn't let me go in the middle!' Man jailed after calling 911 to report two prostitutes who left him on the sidelines
• Revealed: John Edwards wants court delay because 'he has terrifying heart condition and thought he was dying'
• 'Thanks for all ur support at a difficult time': Lingerie queen Michelle Mone signs off from Twitter after collapse of her marriage
• McDonalds to give customers free coffee 'as helping hand in challenging economic climate'
• YouTube parody 'Sh*t Black Girls Say' collects one million views... and a lot of controversy
• British shoppers set for new year debt crisis after record £4.3billion is spent over the last two days in sales
• Former Shamrock Rovers boss O'Neill confirmed as new Northern Ireland manager
• Christopher Columbus DID bring syphilis back to Europe after all
• Russian courts to rule on whether text for peace-loving Hare Krishnas is 'extremist'
• Oil prices predictions: What moved the oil price this year and and what will 2012 hold?
• Husband accused of strangling UBS wealth manager wife a day before she planned to cut him out of her will
• OLLY SMITH: The party season is over… time for a little light relief
• TOM PARKER BOWLES: My recipe for a healthy New Year
• Manhunt for florist who masterminded £1.3m Barclays bank fraud with help of a mole
• A Grand Day Out At... The Dickens exhibition, London
• Sailing scandal: Sydney-Hobart race winner accused of using ABC helicopter to 'spy' on rival
• Tiote: Chelsea, United and Spurs can forget bidding... I'm happy at Newcastle
• Slime that can 'think' its way through a maze could turn our idea of intelligence upside down
• The Battle of Bethlehem: 100 rival priests clash at church built to mark birth of Jesus
• Fancy a pet cat? Think again... moggies 'double the risk' of developing allergies
• JAMES MARTIN: Renault engines power the Red Bull F1 cars, but can it distil this power into its newest hot hatch?
• They met for the first time at a party and within minutes, one had offered to donate her kidney to the other
• Ajax v AZ cup tie to be played behind closed doors after fan attack on keeper
• How to live in 2012: Live's magnificent seven present the best ways to survive, thrive and prosper
• Monster from the deep... on the Norfolk coast: 40ft sperm whale washes up on East Anglian beach on Christmas Eve
• Cameron's assault on ordinary drinkers will not protect the self-destructive minority
• Round up of 2011 stock picks - and one to watch as we go into 2012
• Hi-de-Shanghai! £50m holiday resort complete with signs in Mandarin... to be built in Wales
• 15 men, 50 years of service and 25,000 shouts: The three generations of one family who have all worked as firemen at same station
• Nelson Mandela's grandson and political heir marries for second time in two years... after ignoring court order from first wife
• Katie Price rants about a '2-sided' and 'evil' man on Twitter... can't imagine who she's talking about?
• Voters to decide if porn stars in Los Angeles should be forced to wear condoms
• Suarez banned AGAIN! Liverpool bad boy punished over finger at Fulham fans
• Frances Fisher pockets a lucky penny after enjoying pedicure with Clint Eastwood's daughter Francesca
• Strong winds force Motherwell to postpone Dunfermline SPL clash
• Three brothers charged with beating their sister's husband to death on Christmas Day
• Anyone fancy a holiday?... Firm offers its employees unlimited time-off
• Tiger Woods' former mistress Rachel Uchitel announces she's five months pregnant
• Beauty on the beach: Sun, sand and the Caribbean sea on the Riviera Maya
• Wolves appeal to FA against Milijas' 'unfair' sending off by ref at Arsenal
• Where there's muck ... there're no drug dens: Pig manure stops teenagers drinking and smoking drugs in the woods
• Free at last! Russian fishing ship trapped in Antarctic begins 2,200 mile trip back to port behind Korean ice-breaker
• Steven Tyler's family 'furious' over engagement to Erin Brady... who at 38 is just four years older than daughter Liv
• Clegg is even more in need of a 'rescue mission' than our battered economy
• Back to the future: Samoans to lose a day of their lives as South Pacific island skips back over international dateline
• Those abs are not expendable! Sylvester Stallone proves he's still got the body to play an action hero in Bullet To The Head
• Angry Birds to Talking Tom Cat: The world's most popular iPhone apps
• Happy Christmas! Mystery man hands out wads of £50 notes in supermarket after 'coming into some money'
• 'You could call me a feminist - so long as feminism means being a girl's girl': The world according to Sam Faiers
• Simoncelli and Speed dominate our coverage: MailOnline's top sport stories of 2011
• 'I think my worst habit is excessive seriousness': Ed Miliband on his image, why he'll be prime minister and the ongoing rift with his brother
• Meet the man who loved Harrier jump jets so much he bought his own and lovingly restored it to working order
• Girl, 12, with rare vomiting illness is sick up to 40 times a day
• Found by her mother in a pool of blood: Teen may have been stabbed to death in front of young children she was babysitting
• Listeners outraged as Radio 4 broadcasts Woman's Hour Christmas special... on female masturbation
• The Panda that eats MEAT! Panda caught on infra-red camera having midnight feast of dead antelope
• Why we must change our way of measuring time to stop GPS and stock markets crashing
• Girl, 12, dies of septicaemia after 'doctors were too busy to do simple blood tests'
• Oxford Street murder victim faced jail for 'robbing BlackBerry' from teenage boy
• Insurers warn 200,000 homes may be left without flood cover unless government offers help with premiums
• Times are tough, and we need to rethink our relentless consumer culture
• Cleverley could give United the edge in title race, insists Wigan boss Martinez
• Anyone fancy a holiday?... Firm offers its employees unlimited time-off
• Jilted boyfriend who stabbed his partner 15 times with kitchen knives jailed for 10 years
• Graham Chadwick: My favourite picture of the year
• That's a rap! Man City striker Balotelli stars in Tinchy Stryder grime track
• X Factor fan’s face balloons after suffering severe reaction to hair dye she’d picked to make her look like Cheryl
• Bats out of hell: The super-cute little orphans that have survived on a wing and a prayer
• An island is born: Amazing pictures show Red Sea underwater volcanic eruption creating new land
• Massive solar storm 'could knock out radio signals' over next three days, warn scientists
• Who turned out the lights? Polar bear cub melts hearts of zoo visitors playing with Christmas gifts
• Finally covered up! LeAnn Rimes put the bikini away at last as she hits the slopes with Eddie Cibrian and family
• It's not autumn, it's winter! Jessica Alba dresses for the wrong season but still manages to look effortlessly stylish
• That's something blue sorted! Manchester City fanatic weds in dress made from old football shirts
• Escalation in Nigerian 'religious war' as Christian couple and their one-year-old baby are shot dead by Muslims
• Seals with damaged flippers and hair loss 'are being killed by radiation from Fukushima plant', biologists warn
• Caption Competition: A special delivery arrives at Downing St
• £26m paid out as 74,000 Britons hit by holiday collapses in 2011
• Find the black ties! How Prince Philip's heart scare plunged BBC newsroom into panic
• We know marriage can change you, but surely not THAT quickly! Sinéad O'Connor sports grey hair and tired expression after glamorous wedding in Las Vegas
• Successful Italian bond auction calms eurozone worries and lifts euro
• Serrano is Real deal as Spanish midfielder ends Latics adventure
• What's to be ashamed of? No homecoming parade for troops from Iraq
• Critics need to lay off Carroll, insists Dalglish (well, he's only hit five goals since record £35m move a year ago...)
• Syria releases hundreds of detainees as Arab League observers say situation in flashpoint city of Homs is 'reassuring'
• Lost down the back of the sofa: The $41bn 'black hole' left by unused Christmas gift cards
• Hot mama! Ruud Gullit's wife Estelle avoids making turkey sandwiches as she basks in winter sun and flaunts her sunkissed body
• Pupils can benefit from 'magic' of smartphones and e-readers in class, says new schools chief... but they could spell the 'death' of the textbook
• Watson insists she'll be fit for Australian Open despite Auckland withdrawal
• Montpellier value Giroud at an incredible £50m and say Newcastle is not a big enough club for him
• Transsexual builder who had £10,000 sex change to sue health bosses for refusing her breast implants on the NHS
• Leo's London: Van Persie proved us wrong but whether he'll be an Arsenal icon... time will tell
• Taking off! Online holiday bookings set to boom as post-Christmas blues set in
• Former Chelsea boss Ancelotti seeks Malouda reunion... and Pato's on his list, too!
• 'Great timing luv': Footballer Joey Barton plays a game while girlfriend is in labour (but makes it in time for the birth!)
• Newcastle rule out January swoop for striker despite loss of hitman Ba
• Are we looking in the wrong place for ET? Scientists suggest 'footprints' on moon could be best place to look for alien life
• Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has thyroid cancer
• The extraordinary life of Arthur Owens who became Britain's first double agent in World War II
• How to party like a billionaire: The stars jet in for Roman Abramovich's £5million annual New Year's Eve bash in St Barts
• Priest accused of 55 child sex crimes in Ireland is deported from Brazil after eight years on the run
• Still dreaming of a white Christmas? Ali Larter steps out in toasty Los Angeles wrapped up and ready for snow
• Ben Arfa tells Newcastle boss Pardew: Now let me loose against Liverpool!
• Patients must be served healthy food that meet stringent standards (but only if they live in WALES)
• Unemployment will rise again in 2012... and won't peak until 2013
• Obama named America's most admired man - despite recent approval ratings hitting an all-time low
• Hammers face battle from Betis to land Valencia defender Costa in January
• Enrique has confidence in Carroll as defender backs Reds pal to justify £35m price tag
• Cyclist who became Paralympics champ after training crash now faces life in wheelchair after breaking his back in SECOND smash
• More than half of Twitter and Facebook users risk jail EVERY DAY
• Bigamist Emily Horne dressed as 'husband number seven' to dupe doctors into giving her drugs
• Bombardier overcomes Thameslink disappointment to win £188m Southern trains deal
• Neymar boost for Chelsea and City as Santos president rules out secret Barca deal
• 'Whisk away Wednesday' is busiest day of year for online holiday bookings
• A Russian Fairy Tale: Natalia Vodianova looks all loved-up as she enjoys a game of golf with her new beau Antoine Arnault
• Jealous much? Irina Shayk flaunts enviable figure and taut stomach in lingerie shoot... as everyone else fights the festive flab
• Record-breaking Star Wars epic is first to beat World Of Warcraft at its own game
• Bolton boss Coyle to bid £2m for USA defender Ream as he prepares for life without Cahill
• Drogba offered more than Eto'o's £350,000 a week as Chinese look to make Chelsea star world's richest player
• Families desperate for cash pawn yachts, guitars and fine art as average loans rocket
• Banks make record deposits in ECB safe haven amid fears of a 'domino effect' collapse of financial institutions
• Cassius Joseph Barton... QPR star Joey becomes father for the first time
• Welcome back: Commuters face travel chaos as trains are hit by delays
• It's iCam! Prime Minister has special iPad app created to keep him up to date with Government news
• So who's going to get the lawnmower this time: Fearsome grumpy crocodile steals machines from hands of park keepers
• David Beckham's £700,000-a-month salary should be capped demand outraged French left
• 'We will not tolerate it': U.S. talks tough with Iran over threat to close oil shipping lane following nuclear arms row
• Now it's 'whisk away Wednesday'! Today is busiest for holiday bookings as we try to beat the post-Christmas blues
• Kate Middleton's Midas touch strikes again as 'Duchess effect' helps Reiss double its profits
• Blonde bombshell! Kelly Brook lightens up her locks
• Wenger admits Arsenal legend Henry could make sensational return to the Emirates
• Tweeting the word 'drill' could mean your Twitter account is read by U.S. government spies
• Jobless toll 'will hit 2.85m in 2012' with 'severe' pay restraints for those in work
• Looking after your teeth 'could reduce risk of pneumonia'
• India on top despite Hilfenhaus heroics as Aussie openers fail on day three
• Sure you don't fancy Chelsea v Aston Villa, Roman? Blues owner Abramovich prepares for £5m New Year party on luxury island
• From Downton to Downsize! How mini manor house inspired hit TV show
• Hitting the sales? After a stressful Christmas Day cookalong, Gordon Ramsay FINALLY spends some time with his family
• 'As funny as a bad case of the Trotters': Sir David Jason's comedy The Royal Bodyguard slammed by disappointed fans
• Hope they're not watching the Great Escape! Prison vans to get flatscreen TVs and DVD players 'to keep anxious prisoners calm'
• Anonymous hackers to publish U.S. security firm's 2.7m client emails... providing a 'smoking gun for number of crimes'
• Villas-Boas sounds out Higuain about leaving Real Madrid for Chelsea
• Bleak warning as every job vacancy in UK has at least 23 applicants
• Boxing Day sales see £4.3bn spent in record spree but at least three High St chains on last legs
• UK prepares for euro collapse with plan to block rush of cash that would push pound to unsustainable levels
• Only City can afford Bale... and they're not having him! Redknapp warns rivals
• Hart: We're feeling Man United heat but City are still team to beat
• Cheetah the 1930s Tarzan chimp dies aged 80 – but was he the real star and even that old?
• FTSE CLOSE: Italian debt auctions fail to ease eurozone fears; retailers lifted by post-Xmas sales
• What the back pages say: Redknapp hails 'unplayable' Bale and Coyle has month to turn Bolton round
• Tax changes and increases to car, food and energy bills add £5 a day to family living costs
• From Gold Digger to haute couture! Kanye West moves to London in bid to be taken more seriously as a fashion designer
• Corinthians' Tevez ambitions alive despite AC Milan interest in outcast City striker
• That's one Elle of an outfit: Teen star Fanning's quirky style is in full bloom
• City eye United youngsters as Pogba and Morrison's contracts run down
• Ricky Perry admits his 'transformation' to opposing abortion in all cases
• 'We love Humphries...' But even support from Jay Z and fans cannot stop Kris' Nets being humiliated in home debut
• It's a love-love match! Boris Becker's wife Lilly bonds with ex Barbara on joint holiday, before flaunting her bikini body in the pool
• She's still got it! Baywatch star Brooke Burns, 33, raises the temperatures as she shows off her bikini body in Hawaii
• Rovers Kean on January move for on Fulham's £2m-rated striker Johnson
• Get on your bike... and come a cropper: Recessions cause a rise in cyclists deaths, research suggests
• Riding in style: Heidi Klum and her snow bunnies get chauffeured around the slopes
• Obama kicks back with 'FOB#1' (Friend of Barack): First Family enjoys Hawaiian vacation with President's best buddy
• 'Totally outside the mainstream of every decent American': Newt gets nasty as he brands rival Ron Paul worse than Obama
• Dusting off their swords and sandals: Sam Worthington and Liam Neeson return in Greek myth epic Wrath of the Titans
• 'Get past the defence and into a one-on-one': Oxford University guide uses rugby tactics to teach freshers how to pull
• Tourist finds severed human leg washed ashore in Florida
• 'The people are crying tears of blood': Millions of wailing North Koreans line snow bound streets in display of state-controlled grief for Kim Jong Il's funeral
• Pictured: Ryan Reynold meets Blake's 'Lively' family as they share festive dinner
• That's money well spent: How MPs blew £80,000 on asking each other how to make life at the Commons easier
• No lingerie required! Victoria's Secret supermodel Miranda Kerr appears in new campaign for Swiss fashion house Bally
• The crooks who stole a family's Christmas: Hunt for burglars caught on camera stealing presents in daylight break-in
• Oh la la! Gérard Depardieu rumoured to play shamed Dominique Strauss-Kahn in big screen adaptation of his summer sex scandal
• Another bundle on the way: Victoria's Secret supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio expecting second child with fiance
• Ridulous new battle dress makes us look like Action Man, claim soldiers
• 'Forgive and be forgiven': Advice of couple celebrating 70th wedding anniversary on Christmas Day with 4 generations of family
• Disgraced former Penn State coach Sandusky has trouble with boundaries, says ex-neighbour
• GOP poised to regain control of the Senate as Democrat Ben Nelson retires
• Puss In (snow) Boots! Antonio Banderas and his leading lady Melanie Griffith hit the slopes in Aspen
• Marc Jacobs and ex-boyfriend show off their incredibly toned beach bodies as they get broody over Rachel Zoe's baby
• Girl, 14, fights for life after being injected with heroin by man, 26, 'because she didn't want to use needle herself'
• Double date! Emily Blunt and Jimmy Kimmel jet off on holiday with their other halves
• She's just Jenny from the Block: J-Lo goes back to her hip hop roots in tracksuit
• Those boots were made for shopping: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley wears killer heels while out with Jason Statham
• Still life from stationery: Bright and beautiful creatures made from a single sheet of paper
• Filipino police have their gun barrels taped shut to stop NYE celebratory gunfire
• Good night, was it? TOWIE's Jessica Wright looks a bit worse for wear as she heads out to continue the Boxing Day party
• Celebrating a legend: Michael Jackson's mother poses for eerie photo with impersonator
• Tuck that shirt in and stand up straight! Scruffy teachers to be criticised by inspectors as Ofsted chief targets staff professionalism
• No jokes about holy socks, please! Image of Jesus Christ miraculously appears amid laundry
• Lady Gaga eyes up cosy $1.7m Pennsylvanian pad in boyfriend's hometown
• Two guesses what they got for Christmas! Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck visit their girls' lemonade stand
• Cameron orders alcohol be given minimum price in bid to curb binge drinking
• Four in five doctors insist NHS cuts are affecting patient care
• Giant venomous gila monster shows up in family's front yard (and it didn't look too happy)
• Back in the saddle? Aerosmith star Steven Tyler set to wed for a third time after 'proposing to girlfriend'
• Speedy recovery! Brave Giuliana Rancic returns to work two weeks after undergoing a double mastectomy
• No time to be a festive sloth! Jennifer Nicole Lee proves you have to work hard to maintain a fabulous body
• Toddler killed after her cousin accidentally shoots her in the head through a wall
• Daddy of a dilemma for Guinness girl: Which one of her three fathers will walk her down the aisle?
• A romantic Christmas getaway: Michelle Keegan and fiance Max George get cosy in Barbados
• Made in Britain: It's time we were reminded of the heroes and heroines who have made our country great
• Bolton set to beat Villa in loan chase for Chelsea starlet McEachran
• Former Newcastle flop Boumsong keen for second crack at Premier League
• First look: Fans get a sneak-peak at scenes from The Amazing Spider-Man featuring Andrew Garfield in his web-spinning glory