Captain's Log: Twiston-Davies suffers a nasty injury in the build up to Cheltenham...
Gold Cup and Grand National winning trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies has suffered an injury in the build up to Cheltenham - but he wasn't thrown by Imperial Commander or The New One, he fell off a dustbin. ...read
Sorry RVP, you're not the MVP... and neither is Suarez, Aguero or Fellaini (you'll be surprised who is!)
Who is a team’s most important player? Every pundit and fan has their opinion but I wondered if there was a more scientific approach that could be taken. Here are the results of my research. You'll be surprised to find out who came top... ...read
JAMIE REDKNAPP: I've picked Spurs' back five in my dream team for the North London derby - that would have been unthinkable in the days of Seaman, Adams and Co
On the eve of the North London derby, with so much at stake, I've picked my composite line-up. You may not agree – so let me know your team too. ...read
Something for the weekend: Southampton win would KO QPR, Sunderland MUST start scoring, and Wolves on brink of collapse
In our regular column looking ahead to this weekend's action, Michael Walker says a Southampton win over QPR would leave Harry Redknapp's side staring at relegation and goes over the goalscoring conundrum haunting Sunderland, as well as the woes facing troubled Wolves. ...read
The Footballers' Football Column - Brian Clark: Newcastle's £28m super scout on discovering the Ameobi brothers... oh and a chubby lad called Gascoigne
Brian Clark is the 71-year-old Newcastle super scout, who discovered Gazza and the Ameobi brothers. Here, in his first Footballers' Football Column, Clark recounts how he found Paul Gascoigne and overcame Newcastle's reluctance to take a chance on the 'fat little lad with corned beef legs'. ...read
RICHARD KAY: A degree of theft at Oxford University's Magdalen College by students pilfering everything from silver cutlery to decanters
College chiefs have decided enough is enough. They have ordered the students responsible for numerous thefts to return their booty immediately. ...read
Making a bloody mess out of Shakespeare's Macbeth
James McAvoy, like the rest of the show, is full-on from the start. Boy, it’s shouty. The witches utter their lines with gas masks over their faces. They sound like Darth Vader. ...read
Trelawny Of The Wells takes its time to get to the finish line
Teenage lovely Rose Trelawny (Amy Morgan) gives up her life as a London actress to become the fiancee of respectable Arthur Gower (handsome Joshua Silver). ...read
Edith Piaf? She's more like Sybil Fawlty
No need to travel to Leicester to catch Frances Ruffelle’s performance as Edith Piaf. It is so loud that you should be able to hear it motoring up the M1 in the East Midlands. ...read
Call me an old softie, but I truly pity these poor little rich girls
When girls like Tamara Ecclestone (pictured) live in a £45 million mansion bought by Daddy, how on earth can you tell the difference between men who love you and those who want to use you? ...read
Jeff Powell: Interim? The job description for Benitez should have been Infernal Manager
Whoever dreamed up the notion of Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich getting hitched to Rafael Benitez Maudes has a highly developed sense of mischief. This could never be anything other than a marriage made in hell. ...read
BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Moody Madge snubs Oscar winner Ang Lee
Madonna snapped at Life Of Pi director Ang Lee when he introduced himself and tried to initiate a conversation at the Creative Artists Agency's (CAA) pre-Oscar bash in Beverly Hills. ...read
Hypocrisy, lies and a failure of leadership
If the bookmakers were right, by the time you read this the Liberal Democrats will have won the Eastleigh by-election. But that will not hide the fact that this has been a truly lamentable week for the party's leader. ...read
Graham Poll: Big weekend for Pawson as he prepares for Premier League debut
This weekend brings the start of March, a time to look at referees who have had a good season on the National List and who have a chance of joining the select ‘elite’ list for next season. ...read
BAZ BAMIGBOYE: To the Bazmobile! Battle of the rides at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party
John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston pitched up in a 1960 Rolls Royce Phantom. I’d argue that my ride - a white 1938 Peugeot Eclipse with red leather upholstery - was an even cooler vehicle. ...read
A 14-year-old raped by boys the same age obsessed by online porn. Welcome to the nightmare I’ve warned of for years
Can someone please explain to me how our ruling elite can sleep at night, knowing that they are doing little or nothing to stop the flood of internet pornography that corrupts impressionable young minds, writes BEL MOONEY. ...read
Sir Clive Woodward: Ranting Rafa? He's far too shrewd for that
Rafa Benitez’s comments in the aftermath of Chelsea’s win over Middlesbrough have been characterised as a rant. Having read what he said and watched the footage, I don’t see it that way. ...read
Charles Sale: Now Roy takes a tip from the oval ball game at Pennyhill Park
England manager Roy Hodgson spent a day watching his rugby counterpart Stuart Lancaster coaching at Pennyhill Park this week, with the pair forming a mutual admiration society. ...read
Martin Keown: When I faced Giggs on his debut he was just a skinny kid... now he's matched the hype and become a United legend
I had heard a fair bit about Ryan Giggs before he made his Manchester United debut. Norman Whiteside was still at Everton and we used to socialise a lot with his old team-mates at United. ...read
Ignore the sacking rumours: 'Terrified' Red Ed is 'stuck' with Mr Balls
Will Ed Miliband sack his shadow chancellor Ed Balls and replace him with his more palatable elder brother David as has been mooted? Seemingly not. It appears Ed has 'come to the conclusion he's stuck with him'. ...read
Chris Foy: Well done, Australia, your small-minded decision has just devalued the Lions tour
In exactly three months’ time, the Lions will play their first match of the 2013 tour, against the Barbarians in Hong Kong, but the Australian Rugby Union have already devalued the whole, highly anticipated event. ...read
The Lords dining room fully booked at lunch? Intolerable
The House of Lords yesterday told the Government not to create lots of new peers amid rumours that David Cameron (with Nick Clegg) may soon ‘do a Blair’ and create lots of new life peers, writes QUENTIN LETTS. ...read
It's high time this lot were downgraded
Sarah Carlson, head of a team of financial assessors that removed Britain’s AAA status, is an economist. Economists are like sportswriters: if they genuinely knew what the score was going to be, they wouldn’t need to work. ...read
Here's a question: why do pub quizzes turn me into a raging monster?
Every week, I turn up to my local pub quiz hoping for an entertaining night out, and every time it descends into a trivia-hurling scrum as the quizmaster and I lock horns, writes MELISSA KITE. ...read
The Midlander: Morgan's meeting will have appeased the Wolves fans, but I can't see a way they avoid relegation from the Championship
Steve Morgan spoke at a forum for Wolves fans on Wednesday night, and the owners words will have gone some way to putting them at peace. ...read
MARTIN SAMUEL - THE DEBATE: You want glory shared around but then moan if the final isn't between a Man United and a Chelsea... readers let rip on Swansea battering Bradford at Wembley
This week The Debate tries something different. Instead of revisiting columns, it is the response to the Capital One Cup final that is up for discussion. ...read
LEE BOYCE: Don't get caught like me - check your mobile bills for the Orange Mobile TV con that cost me £56
After checking through my mobile phone bill, I was shocked to see a £5 monthly charge for something called 'TV Subs' going back to March 2012 - and getting a refund was no easy task. ...read
RICHARD KAY: How Topshop boss's sister Elizabeth netted soul singer Oscar Davis
Six years after divorcing her graphic designer husband David Neville, the sister of Topshop tycoon Sir Philip Green has written a biography about a man she met on a dating website - soul singer Oscar Davis. ...read
Savers punished for the sins of the banks
The idea of the so-called 'negative interest rates' means that already-low rates on saving accounts would be slashed to virtually zero – leaving people with no incentive to save at all. ...read
Smoke signals from the Bridge suggest they need a new Pope ... and Avram Grant is normally available for this sort of thing
MICHAEL WALKER: Where Rafa Benitez is left by an intervention in which he accused those above him of 'a mistake' in giving him that interim title is Roman Abramovich’s call now. ...read
Is boastful Vince Cable 'ready for a new challenge'?
As the groping allegations surrounding Liberal Democrat ex-chief executive Lord Rennard threaten to engulf Nick Clegg’s leadership, business secretary Vince Cable is regarded as having a decent crisis. ...read
Why won't anyone speak up for Britain's beleaguered savers any more?
Everyone knows it is not worth saving any more because returns are so poor as a result of interest rates having been at a historic low for four years. But if a deputy governor of the Bank of England gets his way, it could get even worse, writes STEPHEN GLOVER. ...read
From Lloyd George to Jeremy Thorpe, there's something in Liberal DNA that breeds sex scandals
For connoisseurs of the Liberal Democrats’ innate susceptibility to scandal, the past few weeks have offered rich pickings. The strange thing about all this is that political scandals are usually bound up with power, writes DOMINIC SANDBROOK. ...read
The wicked witch and the Falklands traitor... that's all you need when you can't move
For many voters in Eastleigh, today’s by-election poll cannot come fast enough. They just want rid of a circus which scaled new heights of absurdity yesterday, writes ROBERT HARDMAN. ...read
Cleggy sat, looking as white as veal with dumplings
Wednesday began with Call Clegg, a radio phone-in programme. This sex scandal may have been unpleasant for alleged victims but it has cheered up the country wonderfully, writes QUENTIN LETTS. ...read
No, Mr Bond, I expect you to get your mitts off!
Bond’s right hand came slowly up the firm, muscled thighs, over the flat, soft plain of the stomach to the right breast of the beautiful woman. ‘That constitutes inappropriate behaviour, Mr Bond,’ she gasped. ‘There is nothing for it. I am going to have to raise concerns.’ ...read
REVEALED: Beach life for England in Rio! Hodgson's men find a quiet spot overlooking the Copacabana for Brazil friendly
The England team intend to embrace life in Rio de Janeiro at the 2014 World Cup by staying in a landmark hotel on the iconic Copacabana beach. ...read
JAN MOIR: Mark my words Waitrose: Pippa Middleton is box office poison
Replace Delia? The only thing P-Middy makes for dinner is restaurant reservations. ...read
Charles Sale: Why was Sir Geoff not at Upton Park as West Ham remembered Moore on 20th anniversary of legend's death?
Conspicuous by his absence this week from West Ham’s tribute to mark the 20th anniversary of Bobby Moore’s death was Sir Geoff Hurst. ...read
ALEX BRUMMER: Take the high road to growth with willpower and right tax policies
The relish with which critics of the Government latch onto the idea of a double-dip or triple-dip economy is egregious. ...read
LORRAINE CANDY: I've kept a diary of Daddy's suspicious movements
After eight years of doing it I’ve discovered little maternal gratification in phoning home while working away. ...read
SIMON LAMBERT: Could Italy become the first country to leave the euro - and do so out of choice?
With a disillusioned nation empowered by one of the largest protest votes ever seen, it may be that Italy simply decides it is better out of the euro than in. ...read
GRAHAM POLL: Diving, cheating and the dark arts of El Clasico... why I'm glad I never had to take charge of Barcelona v Real Madrid
El Clasico was compulsive viewing last night but it changed my opinion of this historic game. I am delighted that I was never subjected to the experience endured by referee Alberto Undiano. ...read
Northern Exposure: Boro's form went down with the Christmas decorations leaving promotion hopes hanging by a thread
Tonight's FA Cup tie was the type of game Middlesbrough used to take for granted. Even in 1997, the season they first went down from the Premier League, Middlesbrough ended up playing, and losing, the FA Cup Final to Chelsea and a certain Roberto di Matteo. ...read
ALEX BRUMMER: Negative interest rates will get cash flowing, but hit savers
The radical policy of negative interest rates would be to discourage banks from holding on to spare cash thereby forcing them to lend. ...read
The Footballer's Football Column - Carolyn Radford: Life in non-League? It's all fast cars and 70-year-old club secretaries
Mansfield Town chief executive Carolyn Radford returns for her second Footballers' Football Column. After the glamour FA Cup tie with Liverpool, she discusses the transfer window, David Beckham's move to PSG and how her husband and club chairman lost his car - but all for a good cause. ...read
RICHARD KAY: Rugby-loving songbird Laura is still looking for Mr Wright
Laura Wright (pictured) was hand-picked as the official singer at Twickenham for the Six Nations, despite Camilla Kerslake dating England captain Chris Robshaw, writes RICHARD KAY. ...read
ASK TONY: My father died with Santander owing him £10,000 - so where is it?
I discovered more than a year after my father's death that he held a Santander payment care policy to cover his mortgage payments, but now I'm having trouble claiming the £10,000 he was owed. ...read
JAMES CONEY: No more compromises in fight for right to get fair pensions for retirees
For decades widows, the sick and the poorest have been denied payouts to which they would otherwise have been entitled - but from Friday insurers start using a new code of conduct ...read
I admire Sir Elton but I do wish he wouldn't treat his son as a fashion accessory
This week, Sir Elton dragged poor Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John (who, not surprisingly, has already been ridiculed for his name) around his post-Oscars party. ...read
ALEX BRUMMER: Italian heist blows euro apart as backlash to austerity beckons
The stalemate in Italy and the return of normal chaotic politics, after the Berlin-Brussels imposed regime of Mario Monti, has exploded the myth that the euro crisis is over. ...read
Ash Wednesday: Banner amnesty at Stamford Bridge leaves Chelsea boss Benitez exposed
Chelsea's fans have been given a free pass by the club to declare their feelings for Rafa Benitez without the threat of action. ...read
Italy and the latest act in the euro tragedy
Last month, Jose Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission, proudly declared that ‘the existential threat against the euro has been overcome’. Predictably, it did not take long for his comically deluded words to return to haunt him. ...read
Charles Sale: Cheeky Torres poster outside Stamford Bridge puts Chelsea in a paddy
Shameless self-publicists Paddy Power have infuriated Chelsea with their latest poster campaign poking fun at various beleaguered Premier League footballers. ...read
Mr Clegg's voting system and the comedian who's exposed what a joke the euro is
The balance of power in the Italian legislature is now held by a party whose leader is a stand-up comedian. As a result, the third-largest economy in the eurozone appears for the moment to be ungovernable, writes SIMON HEFFER. ...read
What would Miriam say about bosses who grope?
All women — and men — know there’s a world of difference between a drunken proposition at a party, and the terrifying prospect of being groped by a man who is very much your senior during a sober discussion about your career prospects, writes SANDRA PARSONS. ...read
They listened with the happy puzzlement of terriers who had heard the pantry door squeak
To the House of Lords to hear the new Archbishop of Canterbury swear. Not like that! He was taking the oath on his introduction to the Upper House, writes QUENTIN LETTS. ...read
'You just don't mess with Miriam': Clegg had no choice but to embark on family holiday amid Rennard groping claims
Despite knowing that Channel 4 were planning to broadcast their groping claims about former Liberal Democrat chief Lord Rennard, Nick Clegg still chose to embark on a family holiday to Spain last weekend. ...read
MARTIN SAMUEL: I don't know if you can play jinxed Bale... what Fergie told Spurs (but now the United boss must see potential for a deadly trio with RVP and Rooney)
MARTIN SAMUEL: Superstitions permeate football, so it's no surprise Sir Alex Ferguson told Tottenham to bench Gareth Bale after 24 Spurs appearances without winning. ...read
That's plenty at Twente as McClaren walks away... the former England boss is USELESS
In the latest USELESS column, former England manager Steve McClaren is given the full treatment after walking away from his post as manager of Dutch outfit FC Twente. ...read
ADRIAN DURHAM COLUMN: The Scottish Premier League is ridiculous... Spurs' Bale tactics are hardly the second coming of Rinus Michels, but they're effective... Why Sunderland are Premier League padding
Sportsmail's hard-hitting columnist has a message for fans north of the border as Celtic cruise 21pts clear. Tottenham's tactics are simple: Give it Gareth Bale, let him shoot... it's not rocket science, but Spurs are deservedly third. And why Sunderland are a waste of space. ...read
SAM TOMKINS: This is the biggest year in our sport's history and I can't wait to give the Aussies a World Cup beating
Sam Tomkins is Sportsmail's latest big-name signing and he will be giving us his insight into all matters rugby league (and other sporting issues) every fortnight. ...read
Ask the doctor: Can milk stop my medicine working?
Here DR MARTIN SCURR on taking a thyroxine pill and when to operate on an abdominal aortic aneurysm, plus talking down to patients. ...read
Downgrade exposes the myth about cuts
Yesterday, Labour was revelling in the decision by the credit agency Moody’s to strip Britain of its AAA status. However, for all the preposterous bluster of Mr Balls, this verdict was certainly not a vindication of Labour’s mantra that the Coalition is cutting ‘too far, too fast’. ...read
Jasper Gerard's temperamental Jaguar engine 'spoils his seduction technique'
Liberal Democrat candidate Jasper Gerard, a former Fleet Street columnist, has been described by colleagues as a noted boulevardier who is fond of tootling around in a sporty Jaguar. ...read
A debagging for Osbo? Not so. Odd place Parliament
Before George Osborne had said a word, Labour MPs were shrieking ‘Resign! Resign!’ Ed Balls was by this point already pink. And yet this event which in anticipation we had all agreed was going to be a spanking for Osbo', proved nothing of that sort, writes QUENTIN LETTS. ...read
Charles Sale: BT Sport want to add FA Cup matches to their Premier League coverage
The coverage of next season’s FA Cup is likely to be the most contentious issue in the sale of ESPN’s UK operation to BT Sport who have already secured 38 live Premier League games. ...read
The great lie of our times: The Left wail about 'ruthless' cuts. But the reason Britain's credit rating was downgraded is that government spending hasn't fallen by a penny
The cry from Labour is that the Coalition is engaged in a ‘slash and burn’ policy that will end in the wholesale destruction of the welfare state. This is utter nonsense. Britain’s monstrously swollen state still devours almost half the nation’s output, writes ALEX BRUMMER. ...read
I pronounce you man. . . and mobile
On my recent visit to Paris, the very thing that had at first seemed normal - people walking in pairs talking to each other, and those by themselves staying silent - suddenly dawned on me as unusual. Why? The answer is simple: they weren’t on mobile phones. ...read
JEFF POWELL: Price's KO to Thompson was a 'freak stoppage' after world title hopeful suffered perforated eardrum, reveals Maloney
Frank Maloney revealed that David Price had suffered not so much a good old-fashioned knock-out as a perforated ear drum. ...read
Derek Lawrenson: Heavyweights threaten split over their choice of putter
The decision of the US Tour to throw down a gauntlet and take on the governing bodies regarding anchoring clubs means, one way or another, there will be plenty of bruised egos. ...read
JAMIE CARRAGHER: Messi and Ronaldo are the best... of enemies. Like others before, their rivalry drives them on to greater things
JAMIE CARRAGHER: They are the best players in the world but they will never be best friends. When Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi go head-to-head, there will be a brief acknowledgement but nothing else. ...read
ALEX BRUMMER: Traders shrug off the dismay after Moody's downgrade
In the light of the massive task Britain has in restoring the public finances, the downgrade must be regarded as no more than a blip. ...read
GRAHAM POLL - The Official Line: The 'new' handball rule explained and why Newcastle got lucky with Fox penalty
It's not just the offside law which has left some football fans scratching their heads this season. The change to handball decision-making has left many fans puzzled. When is an arm in an 'unnatural' position? When is a handball 'deliberate. Former World Cup referee GRAHAM POLL explains... ...read
ALEX BRUMMER: The downgrade is of little consequence - but the Chancellor is being hoist by his own petard
Britain will always be regarded as a good credit risk. This is because the average age of the nation’s bonds or gilt edged stock that issued is for 15 years – far longer than other nations. ...read
The Footballers' Football Column - Zesh Rehman: The best manager I played for was Chris Coleman at Fulham, but Robbie Fowler will go onto be a top boss... he has great man-management skills
Zesh Rehman was the first British Pakistani to play in the Barclays Premier League, making 30 appearances for Fulham. He went on to play for Brighton, Norwich, QPR, Blackpool, and Bradford, before moving to Thailand to play for Robbie Fowler. He now plays for Kitchee FC in Hong Kong. ...read
RICHARD KAY: Ambitious Pippa raises party profile
Pippa Middleton is upping her profile on her parents' Party Pieces website. The younger sister of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, has started using her name and photograph to promote products. ...read
Charles Sale: World Cup faces Wembley Grid lock as NFL showpiece causes clash
Wembley, looking its best for Sunday’s Capital One Cup final, is the latest venue causing problems in the fraught scheduling of the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England. ...read
Edge of the Box: On the night the stars came out for the Oscars, Beckham steals the show in Paris
ESPN chose to show the ‘Le Classique’ live on their Classic channel. Whether that was to reflect that the game would immediately become the stuff of legend, or that Golden Balls was seen as perfect ‘Football Gold’ was yet to be decided. ...read
Who can trust Nick Clegg ever again?
Despite Nick Clegg’s vehement but thoroughly unconvincing denials, evidence is mounting of an organised cover-up of allegations of sexual misconduct at the very heart of his party. ...read
A.N. WILSON: How the torrid Tudors saved the sanity of the genius who makes history sexier than Fifty Shades of Grey
Hilary Mantel is the first woman to win the Man Booker prize twice, and she's probably sold more copies of her books than most Man Booker winners added together, writes A.N. WILSON. ...read
ALEX BRUMMER: Take the high road to growth with willpower and right tax policies
The relish with which critics of the Government latch onto the idea of a double-dip or triple-dip economy is egregious. ...read
Two mums, 21 children and one big difference
AMANDA PLATELL: It’s not just the financial burden of supporting this feckless woman that is so outrageous, it is the inestimable damage being inflicted on her children. ...read
How Osborne is muzzled by his watchdog
ANDREW ALEXANDER: Politicians shoot themselves in the foot so often that you might think they enjoyed it. As Osborne sweats away at next month’s Budget, he must regret the decision to set up a watchdog to oversee his own plans. ...read
I admire Sir Elton but I do wish he wouldn't treat his son as a fashion accessory
This week, Sir Elton dragged poor Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John (who, not surprisingly, has already been ridiculed for his name) around his post-Oscars party. ...read
Hypocrisy, lies and a failure of leadership
If the bookmakers were right, by the time you read this the Liberal Democrats will have won the Eastleigh by-election. But that will not hide the fact that this has been a truly lamentable week for the party's leader. ...read
Ignore the sacking rumours: 'Terrified' Red Ed is 'stuck' with Mr Balls
Will Ed Miliband sack his shadow chancellor Ed Balls and replace him with his more palatable elder brother David as has been mooted? Seemingly not. It appears Ed has 'come to the conclusion he's stuck with him'. ...read
Bolt from the blue by the hardliner with a soft heart: The Cardinal who was known as 'God's Rottweiler' loved cats and cried when UK opened its arms to him
Some will see the lightning strike on the dome of St. Peter’s as divine intervention after Pope Benedict VI stunned the Catholic world by announcing he was standing down, writes GEOFFREY LEVY. ...read
The loveable lunatic in a 10-gallon hat: How Larry Hagman rode a motorbike wearing a chicken suit, made love flying a plane, put bourbon on his cornflakes - and was TV's most shameless rogue as JR in Dallas
The Texas-born star had an off-screen life that often rivalled that of his alter-ego JR Ewing in terms of excitement and entertainment. ...read
The speech of his life! And if the PM can follow through, he might just seal a historic triumph
His was a strong speech, a bold speech, and almost certainly the best of David Cameron’s life, delivered with a passion so often missing from his performances, writes MAX HASTINGS. ...read
Cover-up culture and a political class that's rightly held in contempt
Are we really to believe that Mr Clegg’s office knew about the claims of sexual impropriety with number of women by Lord Rennard, but that he himself did not, and that Lord Rennard had been asked about only the vaguest of concerns? Writes MELANIE PHILLIPS. ...read
'I didn’t know enough' isn't an improvement on 'I didn't know'. It's a prompt to find out more, not a get-out-of-jail card
Nick Clegg didna ken that Lord Rennard had been accused of groping a string of women colleagues. Mark Thompson didna ken there were stories about Jimmy Savile ravishing young women on the broadcaster’s premises. Didn’t know — or, didn’t want to know? ...read
Making a bloody mess out of Shakespeare's Macbeth
James McAvoy, like the rest of the show, is full-on from the start. Boy, it’s shouty. The witches utter their lines with gas masks over their faces. They sound like Darth Vader. ...read
RICHARD KAY: A degree of theft at Oxford University's Magdalen College by students pilfering everything from silver cutlery to decanters
College chiefs have decided enough is enough. They have ordered the students responsible for numerous thefts to return their booty immediately. ...read
After this farce, Huhne must wish that he'd pleaded not guilty too!
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: In the Vicky Pryce case, it wasn’t a failure of empathy or an inability to understand her social circumstances that caused the trial to collapse — it was the fact that a significant number of jurors couldn’t even understand plain English. ...read
The wicked witch and the Falklands traitor... that's all you need when you can't move
For many voters in Eastleigh, today’s by-election poll cannot come fast enough. They just want rid of a circus which scaled new heights of absurdity yesterday, writes ROBERT HARDMAN. ...read
Why won't anyone speak up for Britain's beleaguered savers any more?
Everyone knows it is not worth saving any more because returns are so poor as a result of interest rates having been at a historic low for four years. But if a deputy governor of the Bank of England gets his way, it could get even worse, writes STEPHEN GLOVER. ...read
Obama jokes Jack Lew's loopy signature could 'debase our currency' as he makes him official pick for Treasury Secretary
‘Jack assures me that he is going to work to make at least one letter legible in order not to debase our currency should he be confirmed as secretary of the Treasury,’ Obama said, naming Lew as the man he wants to succeed Timothy Geithner. ...read
Thank heavens that horrid meanie Paxo wasn't there when I fell flat on my face on a BBC quiz show
How my heart goes out to Tom Tyszczuk Smith, the medical student on this week’s University Challenge. For I, too, have made a fool of myself on a BBC quiz programme, writes TOM UTLEY. ...read
ADRIAN DURHAM COLUMN: The Scottish Premier League is ridiculous... Spurs' Bale tactics are hardly the second coming of Rinus Michels, but they're effective... Why Sunderland are Premier League padding
Sportsmail's hard-hitting columnist has a message for fans north of the border as Celtic cruise 21pts clear. Tottenham's tactics are simple: Give it Gareth Bale, let him shoot... it's not rocket science, but Spurs are deservedly third. And why Sunderland are a waste of space. ...read
Andy Townsend: It's a nerve-wracking experience being behind to a minnow, but that's where you see real character
I know exactly how those Aston Villa boys will be feeling as they line up in the tunnel before tonight’s game. Nervous, excited... it might have been almost two decades ago, but the situation I faced in 1994 was uncannily similar. And the feelings of the players won’t have changed. ...read
Ben Kay: No panic for the pack - England's scrum creaked against France, and masterful prop Domingo, but it's not all doom and gloom
England have no need to press the panic button over the problems caused by Thomas Domingo, France’s master scrummager. ...read
Brad Gilbert: Even after a four hour bout with Federer, Murray will edge out Djokovic too
After a four-hour match against Roger Federer, Andy Murray has a day less to prepare for the final than Novak Djokovic. But Andy is a very fit guy, and I’m not sure it makes that much difference. ...read
Charles Sale: Now Roy takes a tip from the oval ball game at Pennyhill Park
England manager Roy Hodgson spent a day watching his rugby counterpart Stuart Lancaster coaching at Pennyhill Park this week, with the pair forming a mutual admiration society. ...read
Chris Foy: Well done, Australia, your small-minded decision has just devalued the Lions tour
In exactly three months’ time, the Lions will play their first match of the 2013 tour, against the Barbarians in Hong Kong, but the Australian Rugby Union have already devalued the whole, highly anticipated event. ...read
Northern Exposure: Boro's form went down with the Christmas decorations leaving promotion hopes hanging by a thread
Tonight's FA Cup tie was the type of game Middlesbrough used to take for granted. Even in 1997, the season they first went down from the Premier League, Middlesbrough ended up playing, and losing, the FA Cup Final to Chelsea and a certain Roberto di Matteo. ...read
Daley Thompson: Despicable cheat Armstrong has shattered dreams and ruined his sport
We all want to believe that some people can fly. That’s why we love sport. But Lance Armstrong has shattered that illusion. He has cheated sport - not just cycling. ...read
David Lloyd: He was a lovely man and a gentle soul...we will all miss him terribly
I first worked with CMJ on Test Match Special in 1990. He was a terrific colleague and a good friend. All of us in cricket will miss him so much. ...read
Derek Lawrenson: Heavyweights threaten split over their choice of putter
The decision of the US Tour to throw down a gauntlet and take on the governing bodies regarding anchoring clubs means, one way or another, there will be plenty of bruised egos. ...read
Des Kelly: If Swansea win at Wembley they may lose Laudrup... but Jenkins has a coping strategy
Michael Laudrup has been touted as the next boss of a number of major European clubs. If he wins the Capital One Cup, he might leave Swansea, but chairman Huw Jenkins has the ideal infrastructure to cope. ...read
Dominic King: Almost four years ago, Liverpool were winning in Madrid and jousting with United for the title. Now they're 29 points behind
Circumstances can often mean certain defeats are felt more acutely than others. Just 48 hours before their greatest rivals’ showdown with Real Madrid, the last thing Liverpool needed was a chastening experience against West Brom. ...read
Gary Neville: Football needs to act now. The game is sleepwalking towards a crisis over agents
My views about agents are fairly well known. I’ve criticised them before. But I feel their influence in recent years has grown to a level that means football needs to act to address the situation and find ways to curb their influence. ...read
GEORGE NORTH: I've taken a hammering since my dad invaded the pitch after France try
Every morning when we meet for the first session, somebody asks if my dad is coming to training. Then after every try in training somebody shouts: 'Look out for George's dad!' ...read
Graham Poll: Big weekend for Pawson as he prepares for Premier League debut
This weekend brings the start of March, a time to look at referees who have had a good season on the National List and who have a chance of joining the select ‘elite’ list for next season. ...read
James Anderson: You've not seen nothing like our mighty Finn...
What Steve Finn could achieve is nothing short of frightening. He is so good at just 23 and, with luck over form and fitness, has so many years at the top ahead of him that he could not only set bowling benchmarks for England but seriously threaten world records as well. ...read
JAMIE CARRAGHER: Messi and Ronaldo are the best... of enemies. Like others before, their rivalry drives them on to greater things
JAMIE CARRAGHER: They are the best players in the world but they will never be best friends. When Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi go head-to-head, there will be a brief acknowledgement but nothing else. ...read
JAMIE REDKNAPP: I've picked Spurs' back five in my dream team for the North London derby - that would have been unthinkable in the days of Seaman, Adams and Co
On the eve of the North London derby, with so much at stake, I've picked my composite line-up. You may not agree – so let me know your team too. ...read
Jeff Powell: Interim? The job description for Benitez should have been Infernal Manager
Whoever dreamed up the notion of Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich getting hitched to Rafael Benitez Maudes has a highly developed sense of mischief. This could never be anything other than a marriage made in hell. ...read
Laura Williamson: Sickening response of UEFA to plight of travelling Spurs fans
Less than 24 hours before Tottenham kicked off at Lyon in the Europa League on Thursday, a gang of 50 hooded and masked yobs, some making Nazi salutes, pinned around 150 Spurs fans inside a pub. ...read
The Top Spin: Let's all hope England teach India a much-needed lesson in Nagpur
India may yet square the series at Nagpur on a pitch that, it’s safe to say, won’t be produced with the fifth evening in mind. But the best thing for them would be a bit of tough love – and another loss. ...read
Captain's Log: Twiston-Davies suffers a nasty injury in the build up to Cheltenham...
Gold Cup and Grand National winning trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies has suffered an injury in the build up to Cheltenham - but he wasn't thrown by Imperial Commander or The New One, he fell off a dustbin. ...read
EXCLUSIVE: After being criticised in these pages by Martin Samuel, the QPR manager responds in his own words... 'I'm angry, the whole club's angry, so now WE MUST WIN
MARK HUGHES: Make no mistake, Saturday's game with Southampton is massive for both sides and a potential launch pad for us in the Premier League. ...read
Edge of the Box: On the night the stars came out for the Oscars, Beckham steals the show in Paris
ESPN chose to show the ‘Le Classique’ live on their Classic channel. Whether that was to reflect that the game would immediately become the stuff of legend, or that Golden Balls was seen as perfect ‘Football Gold’ was yet to be decided. ...read
Sorry RVP, you're not the MVP... and neither is Suarez, Aguero or Fellaini (you'll be surprised who is!)
Who is a team’s most important player? Every pundit and fan has their opinion but I wondered if there was a more scientific approach that could be taken. Here are the results of my research. You'll be surprised to find out who came top... ...read
It's high time this lot were downgraded
Sarah Carlson, head of a team of financial assessors that removed Britain’s AAA status, is an economist. Economists are like sportswriters: if they genuinely knew what the score was going to be, they wouldn’t need to work. ...read
MARTIN SAMUEL - THE DEBATE: You want glory shared around but then moan if the final isn't between a Man United and a Chelsea... readers let rip on Swansea battering Bradford at Wembley
This week The Debate tries something different. Instead of revisiting columns, it is the response to the Capital One Cup final that is up for discussion. ...read
Something for the weekend: Southampton win would KO QPR, Sunderland MUST start scoring, and Wolves on brink of collapse
In our regular column looking ahead to this weekend's action, Michael Walker says a Southampton win over QPR would leave Harry Redknapp's side staring at relegation and goes over the goalscoring conundrum haunting Sunderland, as well as the woes facing troubled Wolves. ...read
Nasser Hussain's insight: We knew Smith was heading to The Oval but the recruitment of Ponting takes things up a notch. The pair will leave a cultural legacy
Make no mistake, Wednesday was a huge day for Surrey and English cricket. The county are trying to change the culture of their team by bringing in two mighty serious players, two of the great leaders of the last 20 years. ...read
Ash Wednesday: Banner amnesty at Stamford Bridge leaves Chelsea boss Benitez exposed
Chelsea's fans have been given a free pass by the club to declare their feelings for Rafa Benitez without the threat of action. ...read
The Midlander: Morgan's meeting will have appeased the Wolves fans, but I can't see a way they avoid relegation from the Championship
Steve Morgan spoke at a forum for Wolves fans on Wednesday night, and the owners words will have gone some way to putting them at peace. ...read
Nick Harris: If Oscar has a dark side, then he did well to hide it, says friend Iwan Thomas
Oscar Pistorius and Iwan Thomas have trained together, socialised together and been firm friends for the best part of a decade. ...read
England show their true colours after French go for the throat
Some spoke of a Slam. Others announced that they would be satisfied with a simple title. But there were no such thoughts within the camp itself. ...read
Scu's View on the Cheltenham Festival clues from the weekend
I don’t think we saw too many Festival winners at Kempton on Saturday but the best hope may be Nicky Henderson’s Forgotten Voice. He could go well in the County Hurdle on decent ground. ...read
We're on the road to Rio! Meet the seven young British athletes who Sportsmail will follow all the way to the Olympics in 2016
They are seven brilliant young athletes with the same mouth-watering ambition — winning gold at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Sportsmail will be following their journey to Brazil. ...read
SAM TOMKINS: This is the biggest year in our sport's history and I can't wait to give the Aussies a World Cup beating
Sam Tomkins is Sportsmail's latest big-name signing and he will be giving us his insight into all matters rugby league (and other sporting issues) every fortnight. ...read
The Footballers' Football Column - Brian Clark: Newcastle's £28m super scout on discovering the Ameobi brothers... oh and a chubby lad called Gascoigne
Brian Clark is the 71-year-old Newcastle super scout, who discovered Gazza and the Ameobi brothers. Here, in his first Footballers' Football Column, Clark recounts how he found Paul Gascoigne and overcame Newcastle's reluctance to take a chance on the 'fat little lad with corned beef legs'. ...read
That's plenty at Twente as McClaren walks away... the former England boss is USELESS
In the latest USELESS column, former England manager Steve McClaren is given the full treatment after walking away from his post as manager of Dutch outfit FC Twente. ...read
BAZ BAMIGBOYE: To the Bazmobile! Battle of the rides at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party
John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston pitched up in a 1960 Rolls Royce Phantom. I’d argue that my ride - a white 1938 Peugeot Eclipse with red leather upholstery - was an even cooler vehicle. ...read
Sir Clive Woodward: Ranting Rafa? He's far too shrewd for that
Rafa Benitez’s comments in the aftermath of Chelsea’s win over Middlesbrough have been characterised as a rant. Having read what he said and watched the footage, I don’t see it that way. ...read
A 14-year-old raped by boys the same age obsessed by online porn. Welcome to the nightmare I’ve warned of for years
Can someone please explain to me how our ruling elite can sleep at night, knowing that they are doing little or nothing to stop the flood of internet pornography that corrupts impressionable young minds, writes BEL MOONEY. ...read
Call me an old softie, but I truly pity these poor little rich girls
When girls like Tamara Ecclestone (pictured) live in a £45 million mansion bought by Daddy, how on earth can you tell the difference between men who love you and those who want to use you? ...read
Janet Street-Porter explains exactly why women (herself included) don't want to be MPs...
A chance to shape the way our country is run? After all, we can hardly complain women’s views aren’t heard if we don’t get stuck in at the coal face. ...read
Liz Jones: Why I've finally forgiven design genius Ossie Clark for nearly destroying my career...
As a new exhibition of the man and his work goes on show, it’s clear Clark was as influential in how we all dress today as Yves Saint Laurent, and then some. ...read
LORRAINE CANDY: I've kept a diary of Daddy's suspicious movements
After eight years of doing it I’ve discovered little maternal gratification in phoning home while working away. ...read
Rowan Pelling's sex advice column: I'm jealous of my friend's sex life
A good friend is always going on about how much sex she has with her husband. I’ve been with my partner for 14 years — like my pal and her spouse — and we’re lucky if we make love once a month. ...read
What would Miriam say about bosses who grope?
All women — and men — know there’s a world of difference between a drunken proposition at a party, and the terrifying prospect of being groped by a man who is very much your senior during a sober discussion about your career prospects, writes SANDRA PARSONS. ...read
How to repel the dreaded winter vomiting bug, the norovirus
The Norovirus infection spreads easily from person to person through contaminated hands and surfaces, so hygiene is critical. ...read
Ask the doctor: Can milk stop my medicine working?
Here DR MARTIN SCURR on taking a thyroxine pill and when to operate on an abdominal aortic aneurysm, plus talking down to patients. ...read
ADAM UREN: Getting answers about discrepancies on payday lender Easy Finance Club's website was anything but easy
After it was reported last week that Easy Finance Club was charging interest at a rate of 68,300% APR, I took a closer look into the payday lender. What I found was startling, and getting a reasonable explanation was an exhausting and ultimately fruitless task. ...read
A final farewell: Three million readers helped us build up a website that's making a difference
Much has changed since I was made Editor of This is Money seven years ago. These seismic financial times help to explain a rise in readership from 300,000 to 3m. ...read
DAN ATKINSON: Will we pay a higher price than the £375bn in QE for Bank of England's drive to devalue sterling?
Sterling's current slide is taking place at a time when inflation is running 0.7 of a percentage point above its two per cent target, and has not been on target for more than three years. ...read
DAN HYDE: Is Metro Bank any different to the big banks after all?
I was impressed with Metro Bank when it launched on British high streets in the summer of 2010. But two and a half years down the line, I've been left with serious doubts following a string of disappointments. ...read
ED MONK: David Cameron is claiming a victory over energy prices - but has he delivered on his promise?
A triumphant David Cameron today tweeted: 'My promise to ensure energy customers get the lowest tariff is being delivered, despite Labour saying it couldn’t be done.' But has he actually achieved this? ...read
JAMES CONEY: No more compromises in fight for right to get fair pensions for retirees
For decades widows, the sick and the poorest have been denied payouts to which they would otherwise have been entitled - but from Friday insurers start using a new code of conduct ...read
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Given the banks' own feet-dragging behaviour it is rich for them to lobby for 2014 PPI deadline
It seems a bit rich for the banks to be asking the regulator to impose a spring 2014 deadline for the public to submit all PPI claims. ...read
LEE BOYCE: Don't get caught like me - check your mobile bills for the Orange Mobile TV con that cost me £56
After checking through my mobile phone bill, I was shocked to see a £5 monthly charge for something called 'TV Subs' going back to March 2012 - and getting a refund was no easy task. ...read
AAA blow gave George a bloody nose - but it needn't be fatal
The Chancellor George Osborne was always facing a difficult balancing act between austerity and growth. ...read
The High Street may not be dead yet but it's falling apart
Everyone got greedy and the High Street as we know it is dead, says one of the country's top retailers, Bill Grimsey. Is he right and what should replace it? ...read
RICHARD DYSON: FSA's dirty deal lets Capita off the hook for its part in Arch Cru investment scandal
The Financial Services Authority, no doubt, will claim that it was a ferocious guardian of investors' interests. Others would say it behaved like a poodle colluding in a stitch-up. ...read
SAM DUNN: These changes to current account switching should help customers take advantage of banks' product offers
This should help galvanise those disgruntled at lousy service and deals – and encourage them to take advantage of the offers tumbling out of banks at the moment. ...read
SIMON LAMBERT: Could Italy become the first country to leave the euro - and do so out of choice?
With a disillusioned nation empowered by one of the largest protest votes ever seen, it may be that Italy simply decides it is better out of the euro than in. ...read
TAKING STOCK: Mixed picture in the City as stocks soar while brokers suffer
It is a bitter irony that as the London Stock market enjoys its strongest rally for years, it emerges that one of the City’s best-known stockbrokers is battling to stay afloat. ...read
How can we find 'inner peace' with HMRC when we're all left hanging on the telephone?
The HM Revenue & Customs social media team is trying to spread messages of 'inner peace', try telling that to those left waiting ten minutes on a premium rate phone number. ...read
ASK TONY: My father died with Santander owing him £10,000 - so where is it?
I discovered more than a year after my father's death that he held a Santander payment care policy to cover his mortgage payments, but now I'm having trouble claiming the £10,000 he was owed. ...read
TONY HETHERINGTON: Bank of India official phoned on a mobile to ask about my wife's cash
Readers' champion Tony Hetherington says: 'I do find it odd that anyone from the bank should use a mobile phone to make enquiries about your wife's savings.' ...read
Black Dog: Farage's bid to rock the vote
As UKIP’s vote appears to be surging in the Eastleigh by-election, party leader Nigel Farage is trying every trick to maximise his advantage. ...read
Forget the triple A: It's the NUM (National Union of Ministers) that terrifies George
The Chancellor is facing awesome challenges both economically and politically. ...read
LIZ JONES: The answer to groping? It's in the hands of flirty women who are desperate for the approval of their bosses
Oh dear, Jeremy Irons. In an interview for the Radio Times in 2011, he was quoted as saying: ‘If a man puts his hand on a woman’s bottom, any woman worth her salt can deal with it. It’s communication.’ ...read
PETER HITCHENS: Only Left-wingers could think killing and maiming is a giggle
Why has so little attention been paid to the cruel, bloodstained words of John O'Farrell (pictured), the official Labour candidate in the Eastleigh by-election? ...read
RACHEL JOHNSON: You can rule the world, girls: just don't forget to have babies too
I had been brought up among brothers, and my first job was at a pink newspaper where almost all the other journalists were male, and played cricket, all of which suited me fine. ...read
Bella's beauty buzz: Jessica Biel's hair maestro, cellulite busting jeans and cheating your way to chiselled cheekbones
Get the ultimate haircut to make you feel your most fabulous you, and rediscover your cheekbones with a nifty trick... ...read
Beauty Bible Beauty Clinic: How to disguise grey hairs, naturally
My mid brown hair is just beginning to get a few grey hairs and look less vibrant than it used to. I don't want a big colour job but years ago you used to be able to buy Hint of a Tint shampoos. Is there anything similar that will also be good for the condition of my hair? ...read
Liz Jones's diary: In which I have to 'regroup'
The thought of RS either taking me home with him or disappearing at the end of the night was too terrifying to contemplate. ...read
Mimi Spencer: I've never had a bestseller before. Since New Year, though, I've had a bestselling book - The Fast Diet
People have been popping my book into their trolleys in Tesco. Radio phone-ins discuss it. Sarah Millican, Steve Wright, Emma Freud, Mariella Frostrup – all kinds of people are chatting about the diet and the book in print, on air and online. ...read
Horoscopes: Pisces, it's down to you to out a smile on everyone's face. Sally Brompton's weekly forecast
Don't worry about the irrational behaviour of loved ones around the time of tomorrow's Full Moon, Pisces. With affectionate Venus in your sign from Tuesday, you’ll be able to make them smile again. ...read
Health with Sarah Stacey: Is there a safe solution to teenage acne? Plus coping with recurring hayfever, and the book you need to read if you're pregnant
Health journalist of the year, Sarah Stacey offers advice on this week's most pressing health concerns ...read
Dear Zelda: Our agony aunt on the cost of divorce to children, jealousy and university stress
Zelda offers advice to Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce to beware the messy divorce to protect their son, Peter. ...read
CHRIS EVANS: I suspect our confidence is gone, never to return to the supermarket giants
The meek independent butcher shall inherit the once-corporate Earth. How does that sound? ...read
The biggest rock tour in history: Behind U2's gigantic £450 milllion live performances
The band's 360° tour has had a 200-ton arachnid forming the stage, a million-piece video wall, 300 crew and a budget of $750,000 a day. ...read
IAN HYLAND: Surely it's time to kill off this monster...
By airing yet another spurious, gypsy-themed programme on Monday night, My Big Fat Gypsy Valentine, Channel 4 weren’t just flogging a dead horse. ...read
JAMES MARTIN: Premier League footballers love this car, but don't let that put you off a Bentley Continental
If the Bentley Continental GT were driven by High Court judges, everyone would think it was very refined, but it's hard to pretend it's an intelligent choice. ...read
OLLY SMITH: Low alcohol wine? Don't knock it until you've tried these
High-alcohol wines can be fun, but have a tendency to swamp the flavours of a meal and can leave you feeling giddy - especially if you're skiing down a mountain. ...read
THE INSIDER: I'd been stitched up for Ant and Dec's new Takeaway series, and it was in monumentally embarrassing fashion
The two famous TV presenters were transformed so skilfully into ageing art dealers that I genuinely didn’t recognise them. ...read
Turn right? There's an app for that: The latest smartphone apps help you drive and park your car
Mounts such as Proporta’s GripStick let drivers enjoy a lot of this technology right now without forking out for a preposterously expensive American car the size of a main battle tank. ...read
TOM PARKER BOWLES: Urban spiceman: In the kitchen with a ghee whizz curry pioneer
Atul Kochhar is not only one of the pioneers of high-end Indian food, he’s also the grandmaster of spice, more magician than mere cook. ...read
On the 20th anniversary of the first mobile phone text message... How texting made history but ruined our language- and plenty of marriages!
DAVID THOMAS: The average Briton now sends around 50 texts a week and is more likely to text friends and family than talk to them. Here are some of the most outrageous, newsworthy, moving and shocking texts from the past two decades. ...read
From Lloyd George to Jeremy Thorpe, there's something in Liberal DNA that breeds sex scandals
For connoisseurs of the Liberal Democrats’ innate susceptibility to scandal, the past few weeks have offered rich pickings. The strange thing about all this is that political scandals are usually bound up with power, writes DOMINIC SANDBROOK. ...read
An accident waiting to happen and a political class in paralysis
JAMES SLACK: Brussels is not going to fling us out. The other countries have too much to lose — not least the billions we pour into the EU’s coffers every year. Mr Cameron must call the EU’s bluff. ...read
But why pick on mothers who stay at home?
KATHY GYNGELL: David Cameron has diminished both the status of mothers who choose to raise their own children with his ill-judged and shambolic changes to child benefit payments. ...read
Here's a question: why do pub quizzes turn me into a raging monster?
Every week, I turn up to my local pub quiz hoping for an entertaining night out, and every time it descends into a trivia-hurling scrum as the quizmaster and I lock horns, writes MELISSA KITE. ...read
Deadly message from one-eyed master of terror behind the heavily-armed 'Signed-In-Blood-Battalion'
Veteran jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar is behind the heavily-armed Islamist group which stormed the gas facility in eastern Algeria. His nickname is The Uncatchable, writes MICHAEL BURLEIGH. ...read
RUTH SUNDERLAND: Swiss cheesed off by 'bloodsuckers'
Many would not associate the Alpine nation with populist revolts against excessive pay, but next month there is to be a referendum on lavish executive pay. ...read
Mr Clegg's voting system and the comedian who's exposed what a joke the euro is
The balance of power in the Italian legislature is now held by a party whose leader is a stand-up comedian. As a result, the third-largest economy in the eurozone appears for the moment to be ungovernable, writes SIMON HEFFER. ...read
No, Mr Bond, I expect you to get your mitts off!
Bond’s right hand came slowly up the firm, muscled thighs, over the flat, soft plain of the stomach to the right breast of the beautiful woman. ‘That constitutes inappropriate behaviour, Mr Bond,’ she gasped. ‘There is nothing for it. I am going to have to raise concerns.’ ...read
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- Jennifer Aniston renovating '$21M Los Angeles mansion' as days wind down to her wedding with Justin Theroux Ready to say 'I do'
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- Halle Berry rocks tight black dress to premiere of The Call... but will it help her break her run of flop films? Box office success has evaded her