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• Just like Mummy! Sinitta's daughter Magdalena is every inch a little fashionista as she copies her mum with matching hat and bag
• KATIE NICHOLL: Birthday girl Scarlett swaps celebrity bash for a trolley dash
• 'One shot... then the killer laughed': Gunman was furious after girls in victim's group spurned his bid to 'chat them up', police told
• Ohio finishes the year with ANOTHER earthquake as fears grow it was caused by oil drilling
• 'She dug her own grave': Love rival's threatening messages about Michelle Le sent days before her death
• KATIE NICHOLL: Caroline and her toyboy reach for Skype
• Have you been Herman the Germanned? How the culinary version of the chain letter is ripping so many friendships apart
• She's all white! Maria Menounos shows off her incredible figure in flirty light bikini in Miami
• KATIE NICHOLL: Brad takes plunge with a waterfall dream home
• Stores are switching chocolate coins back to Sterling as taste for euro takes a nosedive
• Platini at odds with Blatter as UEFA chief slams idea of video technology in football
• How a routine jab sent me so mad I sobbed (and saluted) through the Royal Wedding - then became convinced I was the Messiah...
• Cannabis users 'born with smaller front part of brain' affecting memory and decision-making
• 'These women are an inspiration to us all': Alesha Dixon makes her musical comeback in single written for WeightWatchers advert
• A family left in pieces: Body found in hunt for mother of three who vanished after Christmas party
• Wenger considers Bridge loan for injured Vermaelen at Arsenal
• MP's 'Nazi' stag party: Now restaurant boss complains to the police
• Spies get bonuses to halt Google poachers who pay three times as much as GCHQ
• Review of the year - Sportsmail looks back at an action-packed 2011: December
• Newly-wed British lawyer falls 100ft to her death down Caribbean cliff in Christmas Day tragedy
• Taxman blitz on super-rich footballers: HMRC investigates secret perks given to stars and their families
• He's snow angel! Seal strips off in the freezing cold after losing bet with wife Heidi Klum in Aspen
• Incredible escape after car crashes through railway bridge into path of steam train
• Clegg clashes with PM over fears of top Mandarin's 'bias' in Cameron's favour
• Corrections and clarifications
• We took out bank loans to send Anuj to the UK. We had so many dreams for his life: Parents of murdered student speak about the heartbreak of losing their son
• Player cam? A close shave as Skycam falls to earth, just missing Iowa's quarterback
• Family matters: Wayne Rooney dropped from Manchester United game after Boxing Day dinner with Coleen
• Cable refuses to back knighthood for Tory hedge fund millionaire who made money from fall of Northern Rock
• Going for a ride: Angela Simmons dons lifejacket as she takes friend for jetski trip in Miami
• I hear Mum's voice every Christmas. I feel so lucky: Kirsty MacColl's son relives the day she died in his first ever interview
• New Ron Paul video attempts to paper over racist news letters with advert showing him aiding African American
• Beyoncé set to perform at New Year's Eve ball drop... will she have a baby on board?
• In the pink: The twins joined at the head who beat odds of ten million to one to survive surgical separation
• Taxman blitz on super-rich football stars: HMRC investigates secret perks given to players and their families
• Why did Samsung use Apple's little girl to model their new tablet?
• Bankers Investment Trust: Defensive dividend payer looking overseas for quality firms
• 'Family New Year fun is better than any night out!' Danielle Lloyd shuns big party to spend time with fiancé Jamie O'Hara and their sons
• The Christmas banshee : Hilarious video of little boy who got EXACTLY what he wanted for Christmas
• Duke and Duchess mark their first New Year in a reindeer herder's tent
• Against All Odds: Paul Connolly who didn't learn to read until he was 25 tops e-book charts
• Soldier arrested 'trying to take explosives on plane' was demolitions expert and served in Afghanistan
• Wenger backs Van Persie to continue to find the back of the net in 2012
• Transfer window guide: We assess what should be coming in and going out at your club
• Russell Brand and Katy Perry split after 'she put fame ahead of children'
• Twitter crashes after 16,000 New Year tweets a SECOND lead to meltdown
• We won't eat halal meat, say MPs and peers who reject demands to serve it at Westminster
• CAMPAIGNING TRIUMPHS: MPs rally to our call to help Arch Cru victims
• No wonder she said yes! JLS' Marvin Humes proposed to Rochelle Wiseman with a stunning £50,000 ring
• Another reason to kick the habit: A hospital in Pennsylvania won't hire smokers and screens for nicotine
• Patrick Collins: Kenny Dalglish needs a few home truths… not more flattery
• Don't be surprised about Rooney, this row has been brewing for ages
• CAMPAIGNING TRIUMPHS - Tony Hetherington: Another good haul netted by the scourge of crooks and conmen
• Rooney axed over Boxing Day night out: Ferguson fury as United star enjoys dinner with Coleen
• Van Persie: I love London and watching my kids grow up here
• 'I thank God for the strength': David Arquette celebrates one year of sobriety
• This could be the most combustible fight of Sir Alex's career
• CAMPAIGNING TRIUMPHS - card sting: 'Concert tickets were dear enough without a big fee'
• The terrible despair that blighted my career, by Freddie the Ashes hero
• CAMPAIGNING TRIUMPHS - annuity reforms: At least my health worries have boosted the pension
• Month-long detox to get over alcohol-fuelled Christmas 'can do more harm than good'
• Phil Jones: Sorry, Sir Alex, we let you down on that special day
• 2011 REVIEW PART II: A year of campaigning triumphs but more challenges lie ahead
• CAMPAIGNING TRIUMPHS: Cheques - why paper beats plastic in the wild
• Gary Neville: Now City must seize their moment, they'll still need a big lead to hold off United
• Saints still have plans for Ashton as winger prepares to return from four-week ban
• 'Don't ignore stomach trouble, it's cost me my life': Judith McGuinness thought she had IBS but now she is dying from bowel cancer
• Have you got change? Man attempts to go shopping at Walmart with a million dollar bill
• Arsenal look to Germany and £10m bid for Cologne star Podolski
• Queen Elizabeth ll... the beacon who will guide us through the fog of 2012
• Nick Harris: Blackburn face fire sale as £10m deadline is missed
• Terminally ill Etta James taken off respirator and set to be discharged from hospital after suffering breathing difficulties
• Jet skis and walks on the beach in December? Winter barely rears its head in unseasonably warm weather
• AP kept in hospital for tests as champion jockey faces fight to regain fitness
• Not so europhoric now: How the BBC has changed its tune after ten years of the single currency
• You're so vain! Jersey Shore star Pauly D has festive fun as he DJs at his perfect Las Vegas club Vanity
• If your GP is a 'Doc Martin' why not give him the boot and find someone who is willing to listen
• Brave Sotherton is displaying real backbone as she targets dream comeback at Games
• New mortgage rules will hurt: Buyers obliged to borrow less in future
• JEFF PRESTRIDGE: It may catch on... a fund that's fair to investors
• Classy Djokovic sees off Ferrer in Abu Dhabi to end the year in style
• Credit card price war: How to slash the cost of borrowing to zero
• James Anderson: We have to blank out the corruption and get on with winning
• Mancini trusts his City slickers to go the distance for a title celebration
• Once Upon a Time star Ginnifer Goodwin enjoys bewitching holiday at Harry Potter attraction
• Churchill's mission to rescue the war horses and how he made officials bring tens of thousands home
• Now Ed Miliband gets tough with onslaught against 'evil' of benefits scroungers
• Strolling to the bank from his taxpayer-funded home, the 'disabled' father who has claimed nearly £300,000 in benefits from Britain AND Denmark
• Get a haircut, Marler, or we won’t let you play for England, Quins prop is warned
• Iran delays missile testing as it prepares to enter talks over nuclear programme
• Coyle remains convinced Cahill will join Chelsea as he denies transfer snag
• England axe Tindall and this time it's for good as Lancaster prepares to rings changes
• Dawson to end injury nightmare with first appearance since August in the FA Cup
• It's a time for wellies, and walks through a loopy land
• Would you spend £34,000 to be 3 INCHES taller? Your thigh bone sawn in half, then months hobbling with a frame
• DAN ATKINSON: Wishful thinking on the euro's survival
• My phantom crash, jobsworth police - and the reason your car insurance is SO expensive
• ALL luxury $103,000 Fisker hybrid sports cars recalled for fire hazard
• Golf cart horns, efficient light bulbs and the end of happy hour: The 40,000 new laws set to go into effect at midnight
• TAKING STOCK: Fear dominates as the world economy faces uncertain year
• THE INTERVIEW: Property developer Nick Capstick-Dale on how a chance meeting launched an empire
• Great flirtations! Are pillow-lipped Pip and Estella enjoying a real-life romance?
• London Olympics, Euro 2012, Six Nations and more... this could be our BEST sporting year ever
• 'Did the Jews' kill Jesus?': Fury at online poll forces Fox TV to apologise
• Nothing I've done will matter if I don't win in London: Olympic gold and eight world titles but Pendleton fears failure in 2012
• Unreliable and inconsistent: FA's verdict of Luis Suarez's evidence in race row
• 'It was the longest six weeks of my life but now I've got the perfect smile': Pioneering device which can straighten teeth in a fraction of the time traditional braces take
• Student Investor Challenge: Students battle it out with virtual 10,000
• League Two round-up: Shrimpers close gap as Crewe pile pressure on Rovers
• MIDAS: Share tips for 2012 include Futura, Burberry and Wolf Minerals
• Nicolas Sarkozy becomes Angela Merkel's tipsy butler in 'Dinner For One' YouTube satire
• Online gamblers aim to strike it lucky in US via transatlantic joint ventures
• Warren Jeffs bans sex, voids every marriage and claims the apocalypse is imminent and his prison walls will crumble down
• 1000 jobs at train-maker Bombardier are still at risk despite new orders
• Exeter 9 Harlequins 11: Clegg ensures Quins return to summit with late penalty
• Ocado in fiasco after Christmas deliveries leave online shoppers furious
• Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? Rod Stewart shows off his Handbag and Gladrags at the airport
• From baby princess to the Big 3-0: A picture for every year of Kate's life as she prepares to celebrate her birthday
• The remarkable surgery that enabled doctors to use cartilage from 10-year-old Olivia's rib to give her a new ear
• Man dies after his penis is bitten off by rats while in hospital
• Car makers racing to overtake the boom days of 1972
• Pictured: Russell Brand looks glum leaving London hotel a day after filing for divorce from Katy Perry
• League One round-up: Blades go second with comprehensive win over Hartlepool
• What a dapper daddy! David Beckham is every inch the multitasking father as he totes baby Harper... while Victoria shines in tartan sequins
• Meow! Buffy actress Michelle Trachtenberg slays the shops in frisky feline sweater
• Tudiesche says Tamgho Olympic victory would be 'medal of shame' after ban
• LISA BUCKINGHAM: Perhaps they have a point in Tent City
• The tortured child bride: Horrific ordeal of Afghan girl, 15, rescued from toilet prison after husband's family mutilated her for refusing to work as a prostitute
• Arsenal youngster Frimpong joins Wolves on-loan for rest of the season
• Unreliable and inconsistent! Suarez blasted as FA release details of race row evidence
• Suzanne Moore: Sorry Meryl, not even your apple pie can make me love Maggie
• Poor response to Osborne's offer of tax holiday to help start-ups
• Double duffle! Kym Marsh and Jamie Lomas step out in matching black coats
• Newcastle 14 Northampton 32: Saints go third after Foden brace clips Falcons' wings
• PETER HITCHENS: Welcome to 2042 - the year when Britain is no more than a memory
• I had to have sex with eco-warriors to keep my cover: Undercover officer's lovers sue over 'degrading deceit'
• £300,000 for one share: Allders' boss is ahead of a retail restructuring trend
• PREMIER LEAGUE LIVE: Sunderland 1 Manchester City 0 - the action from the Stadium of Light as it happened
• Midsomer Murder at the Panto: Barnaby and Jones come face to face with the killer in the final part of the festive thriller written by Michael Aitkens
• Disaster! Ferguson hits out at United flops but refuses to blame De Gea for Blackburn loss
• Blackburn boss Kean hopes stunning United win can silence Ewood Park critics
• LVMH Asian offshoot keeps an eye on Watches of Switzerland
• Bankers' fears cast a shadow over beleaguered eurozone
• PREMIER LEAGUE LIVE: West Brom 0 Everton 1 - the action from the Hawthorns as it happened
• Obama hopeful economy will improve in 2012... as he distances himself from Congress
• Falls are 'worst since the war': Stand by for year three in big squeeze
• Shouldn't you be in New Jersey? Runaway Jon Bon Jovi sees in 2012 with his family in the tropical paradise of St Barts
• Arch Cru battle: No giving up vows campaigning group despite High Court knock back
• Is that all you've got? Google ends 2011 on a low with simple Doodle of letters at a party
• Uninsured bargain hunting Groupon for health care ...with some savings better than insurance!
• Dramatic artwork by US soldiers shows a century of war through their eyes
• Horror as U.S. soldiers blow up a dog in Iraq (and film it)
• Glimmer of hope as car makers on road to record high for exports
• Warning over EU battery hen ruling: Forty million eggs produced in illegal cages
• You're 'damaging' my name: Lindsay Lohan threatens legal action over Dubai NYE party claim
• Westlife singer Mark Feehily splits from boyfriend Kevin McDaid after seven years
• Seeing in the New Year in the sun! Jamie-Lynn Sigler flaunts her toned legs while lounging in Miami Beach
• Little girl, 7, saved by first aider after her heart stopped during carol service
• Getting stuck in: Bridal Weddington boot company going from strength to strength
• 3,000 women in UK at risk from faulty breast implants as Government finally orders review of risks of ruptures from cheap silicone
• Hopes rise on the High Street as John Lewis reports 'cracking' December trading
• Murray appoints eight-time grand slam winner Lendl as full-time coach
• Try the wittiest quiz of 2011: What makes Ed Balls cry... and is Jeremy Clarkson really being sold off to the Natural History Museum
• British soldier killed in an explosion in Afghanistan
• Three men arrested over stabbing of teenager after fight on Oxford Street
• That's one way to see in the New Year! Pixie Lott gets ready to welcome in 2012 with boyfriend Oliver in Mauritius
• 'I'm so sorry': Mother wakes to find 'boyfriend shot two-year-old son dead in the mouth'
• Daddy cool! Proud father delivers BOTH his children at home after wife gives birth prematurely
• Eyes on the ball, lads! AC Milan players get a little distracted by bikini-clad women on beach training session in Dubai
• Baby formula NOT tainted with deadly bacteria say Feds
• Bird flu is back: Bus driver dies of disease in China sparking fears of fresh outbreak
• A bag of bones! Emma Roberts looks skeletal in skinny jeans
• Lookout! The moment a Skycam crashed onto the field at the Insight Bowl... and nearly crushed Iowa's quarterback
• Britney Spears planning 'small, traditional country wedding' to fiancé Jason Trawick
• Fears animal-born disease will spread as quarantine laws are relaxed to fit EU guidelines
• Only Boy In Her World? Fans go all a-Twitter over Rihanna and Chris Brown 'love' tweets
• 'We were laughing, having fun. And Patrick wasn't even supposed to be alive': The story of Swayze's courageous last battle by Lisa, his wife of 33-years
• Mother loses 8st after seeing picture showing her bigger than garden snowman
• Liverpool youngster Wilson agrees to join Blackpool on loan
• Wife of NFL star dies of lung cancer just weeks after her wedding - even though she wasn't a smoker
• Last try: Man's New Year's Resolution to stop buying lottery tickets wins $1M on final scratch
• Sports images of the day: Our picture editor's selection
• 'I love you': Paralysed son says his first words in 19 years to devoted mother
• 4 Words... Happy New Year Taio! Is Cheryl Cole seeing in 2012 with rumoured new beau Cruz?
• Hollywood arsonist hits for third night as city celebrates New Year's Eve
• There's something fishy about this computer: Photographer creates acquariums out of old iMacs
• Anne Diamond: Thirty years of wearing an earpiece for television has made me deaf
• One in five Britons 'think money is more important than friends and family'
• Royal fever sees William and Harry top list of most popular names for newborn baby boys ... with Isabel favourite for girls
• Sir Alex eyes three more years at Old Trafford as United manager celebrates 70th birthday
• Life of a popstar! Simon Cowell may spend his life making wannabes famous... but the fans in Barbados only want to pose with him
• Man, 18, remanded in custody over death of teenage girl stabbed to death
• Surgeon who failed to spot writer Ruth Picardie's fatal breast cancer is struck off medical register 14 years later
• Swansea 1 Tottenham 1: Sinclair seals a share of points as Swansea hold back Bale
• 'I can't wait to be Mrs Humes!' Rochelle Wiseman and JLS star Marvin announce New Year's engagement
• Stoke 2 Wigan 2: Drama at the Britannia as Watson denies Potters with late penalty
• Watford 4 Doncaster 1: Sordell at the double as Hornets sting 10-man Donny
• Reading 1 Ipswich 0: Royals end year on high after Pearce goal earns win
• Nott'm Forest 0 Cardiff 1: Miller bolsters Bluebirds' hopes to signal red alert for Forest
• Millwall 0 Crystal Palace 1: Easter ensures Freedman's men end 2011 on a high
• Norwich 1 Fulham 1: Jackson leaves it late but fails to lift Lambert
• Middlesbrough 1 Peterborough 1: Rowe's late leveller prevents Boro making it five in a row
• Leicester 1 Portsmouth 1: Nugent strikes against old club but Foxes extend winless streak
• You've messed with the wrong motorist! Drink driving thug rams car three times... only to be chased down by professional kickboxer who was at the wheel
• UK firms must tackle lack of women on company boards in 2012, says business leader
• Chelsea 1 Aston Villa 3: Night on the boos gives Villas-Boas a headache
• Derby 2 West Ham 1: Resurgent Rams strike a blow to Hammers' promotion hopes
• Coventry 2 Brighton 0: More Seagulls woe as Sky Blues climb off the bottom of the table
• Burnley 1 Hull 0: Paterson strike earns all three points as Clarets close in on play-off spots
• Bolton 1 Wolves 1: Super Fletcher grabs the equaliser as Wolves hang on against Wanderers
• Birmingham 3 Blackpool 0: Ferguson sees red as Blues cruise to victory
• Flock of endangered Corn Bunting birds gives renewed hope for breed
• Barnsley 4 Leeds 1: Hat-trick hero Vaz Te piles pressure on Grayson
• Arsenal 1 QPR 0: Van hits 35 but Shearer's record still stands - Gunners marksman beats Henry's club best but that magic mark is out of reach
• Manchester United 2 Blackburn 3: Rovers spoil the party as Yakubu and Hanley make it unhappy 70th birthday for Ferguson
• It's not Ascot, love! Melanie Griffith is centre of attention in winter hat with oversized flower
• Arise Sir iKnight: Apple designer Jonathan Ive gets a KBE
• Running errands... literally! Kourtney Kardashian battles festive indulgence with a jog and green vegetable smoothie
• London 2012 Games 'will not be austerity Olympics': Jeremy Hunt vows to use event to kick start economy
• The hottest party: Britain warmer than Morocco as country set to enjoy record New Year's Eve temperatures
• Liverpool don't fear City, claims Gerrard after scoring in Newcastle win
• 'Katy Perry wanted Russell Brand to file for divorce so she did not have to be the one to end their marriage'
• Here comes 2012! Big Ben lights up the sky with firework display to ring in Olympic new year
• Body found in lake after search for teenager who disappeared following Christmas party
• Sportsmail calendar: All the key dates for your diary in 2012
• Suspects will face lie detector tests in groundbreaking scheme by British police
• Death of a dictator, the Arab Spring... and THAT kiss: Most stunning pictures of 2011
• All she needs now is a catwalk! Maria Menounos rivals top supermodels as she flaunts incredible figure in skimpy bikini
• Level of pension saving by private sector workers falls to its lowest level for ten years
• Internet robbery boast of Damilola killers' cousin awarded OBE
• So much for the party! A third of Britons will SLEEP at the start of the New Year
• Surf's up! Emily Blunt and husband John Krasinski hit the waves with Jimmy Kimmel
• Liverpool ready to swoop for £7m Cahill as Chelsea deal hits the skids
• Finally some good news (but not until 2050): British economy will be biggest in Europe in four decades, say experts
• Doctor Who star David Tennant ties the knot in New Year's Eve ceremony to former Timelord's daughter
• What the back pages say: Liverpool eye Cahill deal as City offer De Rossi £160k-a-week
• Ouch! The average cable TV bill has tripled in the last decade
• New enemy infiltrates U.S. ranks: Use of synthetic pot that causes day-long hallucinations and schizophrenic symptoms 'skyrockets' in military
• 'It's been too long ... no word, no clues, no anything': Family fears the worst as police still mystified over missing dispatcher
• Man burnt down topless coffee shop after waitress girlfriend 'left him for the owner'
• Kim Jong Un consolidates power as he is named Supreme Commander of North Korea army
• Victoria Silvstedt's white bikini barely contains her ample curves as she struggles to position herself on a sunlounger
• 'Only a 1% chance of finding Ayla': Expert doubts whether missing Maine toddler will be found as police say 'foul play' was involved in disappearance
• A glittering diamond! Mariah Carey flaunts her stunning curves in a clingy outfit as she visits mother's jewellery shop
• Lettuce removed from hundreds of stores across seven states after salmonella scare
• PETA demands installation of highway memorials for COWS
• Mystery trust claims $14.3 million lottery jackpot with less than two hours to go
• Man critical after contracting first case of rabies in Massachusetts in 75 YEARS after being 'bitten by infected bat'
• Halle Berry slips on a happy face jumper for lunch with boyfriend Olivier Martinez and daughter Nahla... but can hardly raise a smile
• Meet Trouble, the world's tallest cat (who is part African wildcat but is docile as a kitten)
• Red hot Elle Macpherson, 47, shows off 'The Body' in a scarlett bikini as she hit the waves again
• Is Romney's son a birther? He suggests candidate will release tax records 'when Obama publishes his birth certificate'
• Human remains found at lake where American was shot by Mexican pirates
• Found! Stolen monkey Banana Sam is discovered roaming San Francisco and returned in time for 2012
• Desperately trying not to fall off! Housewives star Marcia Cross hops on a mini BMX to teach her daughter how to ride
• Peace and Goodwill? Over seven Christmas days, 14 people have met violent deaths in Britain. Could there be a sorrier reflection of our 'civilised' society
• Pictured together for the last time: Father with three daughters days before they burned to death in Christmas Day inferno
• Pope to attack 'moral vacuum' that caused summer riots in New Year's Day speech
• Man kicked off jury for Facebook friending the attractive female defendant
• 'Just in time for the new year!' Actress Rebecca Gayheart gives birth to a baby girl
• Was it Katy Perry's partying that led to Russell Brand filing for divorce? New claims suggest He told HER to tone her lifestyle down
• Warning to New Year revellers over toxic fake vodka that can 'make them ill or blind'
• After a year of ups and downs: Stocks end 2011 back where they started
• Did you WASH that? Ryan Gosling jets out with Eva Mendes wearing same T-shirt he worked out in the day before
• An ugly spat over the kids: The lowdown on the Christmas Day tug of war between an England football star's ex, their children and Christine Bleakley
• Battle for the Vice Presidency: Gingrich panders to Palin and Christie stumps for Romney as GOP heavyweights fight over running mates
• Southampton 0 Bristol City 1: Pearson trips up Saints at last
• Muhammad Ali's daughter Laila dotes all over her gorgeous baby daughter during a girly shopping spree
• From Anne the elephant saved by Mail readers to Boo, the world's cutest dog. 2011 was the year of animal magic
• Finally putting her feet up! Heavily pregnant Jennifer Garner takes daughter Seraphina for pamper session at nail salon
• It's Mrs Motivator! I'm A Celebrity's Fatima Whitbread named new fitness expert on This Morning
• Insight into smoking in football: Why it remains the great taboo
• Coming out of your comfort zone? The usually dowdy Katie Holmes dons skinny jeans for meeting
• 'Statins can cut prostate threat': Medication for cholesterol can reduce risk of cancer
• Bottom of the Pops! Rod Stewart and Abba in top ten least wanted LPs
• Motor City's perishing parishes: Haunting pictures of abandoned Detroit churches paint desperate picture of life in America
• 'He died a hero': FBI agent drowns after rescuing swimmer in distress
• Sexy senorita! Amy Childs shows off her curves in a pretty polkadot bikini as she hits the surf in Spain
• Anfield Match Zone: Kop drown out the boos for ex-Toon star Bellamy
• Des Kelly: My vision for 2012? Boris Johnson in a bowler hat with sparklers
• Online pet detectives solve case of the stolen spaniels to retrieve their dogs outside travellers' camp
• Crowning of a style queen: From haute couture to the High St, Kate hasn't put a foot wrong in the fashion stakes this year
• Going out with a tune: Pat Butcher's death to be marked with special EastEnders theme music
• Finches feeding on kitchen scraps. The churchyard alive with birdsong... Oh, the joy of January in an English village
• It's New Year's Steve! Gerrard adds sparkle after Bellamy double
• How the real life Downton heir plotted to kill his father