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Ooh Matron, this ginger ale just won't do! CRAIG BROWN creates his own 2014 Happy New Year Awards
The All-Runners Trophy for Most Aggrieved Reaction to Someone Else’s Inclusion in a New Year’s Honours List goes to Kenneth Williams, writes CRAIG BROWN. ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Still, the voters are ignored on migrants
Yesterday a publicity-conscious Keith Vaz visited Luton Airport to greet the first Romanian and Bulgarian workers to arrive in Britain. ...read
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Why no Damehood for JK Rowling?
Her books, and their lucrative film spin-offs, have reaped the Treasury tens of millions in taxes and increased tourism. On top of that, she's donated more than £100m to various charities. ...read
STEPHEN GLOVER: For the BBC to give airtime to such a grubby man is both cringe making and unpatriotic
For those who have been fretting about the well-being of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Radio Four’s Today programme this morning promises to be a bumper edition. ...read
JAMIE REDKNAPP: Arsenal will never have a better chance to win the title but Wenger must strengthen.... Bendtner is NOT the answer
Everyone said Arsene Wenger should have signed more players in the summer. Arsenal will never get a better chance to win the league and they need to strengthen. ...read
GRAHAM POLL: Webb was wrong not to award Young a penalty but Januzaj and Oscar deserved to be booked for their dives
Former World Cup referee and Sportsmail columnist Graham Poll runs the rule over a New Year’s Day blighted by the dark arts of diving in the Premier League. ...read
CHARLES SALE: England legend Botham accepts the fragile Ashes urn can't go Down Under
Sir Ian Botham was sitting alongside Sir Richard Branson in Sydney in 2007 when the tycoon proposed that the original urn should stay Down Under with the victors. ...read
Holmes saves Watson from being burned alive, stops Parliament from being blown up and reveals how he cheated death. Sort of. Another dazzling, dizzying episode of Sherlock by Jim Shelley
Sherlock was back, as slick and sharp, as dazzling and dizzying as ever. But it was also uncharacteristically high-octane, throwing everything in but the kitchen sink from 221b Baker Street so that at times the pace bordered on a very clever form of chaos. ...read
Goodbye Mr White! Ronnie Mitchell treats Carl to a Tarantino-style exit... JIM SHELLEY on another 'appy New Year in EastEnders
There were stomach-churning scenes on the first day of 2014 in EastEnders. Yes, Tina the lesbian and Billy Mitchell being frisky with one another after a night of passion was something none of us wanted – or expected - to see. ...read
RUTH SUNDERLAND: The people who will shape our fortunes in 2014
Every year brings its crop of figures who shape the economic and business agenda. So who is likely to shape the drama this year? ...read
LORRAINE CANDY: If I keep on chomping stilton like this I'll be bigger than Daddy Pig by Monday
Christmas has been a three-week, high-speed blur of shopping, wrapping, driving, singing, cooking and washing up — fuelled by relentless eating and drinking. ...read
BUMBLE BEFORE THE TEST: England will evolve under Flower if he continues... and there's a big difference between 4-1 and 5-0
David 'Bumble' Lloyd has his say on Andy Flower's future, debutants for Sydney and Alastair Cook's captaincy ahead of the fifth Ashes Test with England looking to avoid a 5-0 whitewash. ...read
BENITO CARBONE: I may be Italian but people should not compare me to Di Canio... I can be a successful manager in England
In his debut Footballers’ Football Column, Benito Carbone talks about his desire to manage in England - but hopes he will not be compared to his former Wednesday team-mate Paolo Di Canio. ...read
The top 20 stories of 2013...and why This is Money's wish for the New Year is that we don't have to fight your corner so much
2013 was another year of record-breaking traffic for This is Money, we reveal the top stories and our wish for the New Year ahead. ...read
The Left said Twitter gave power to the people. Now they're having to admit it's a toxic monster
A. N. WILSON: Inevitably, as with pornographic images on the internet, Twitter has turned very nasty indeed. Far from being a vehicle of freedom, Twitter descended rapidly into an excuse for extending the scope of human nastiness. ...read
ALEX BRUMMER: BT bids for media leadership as it transforms itself from landlines to broadband and pay TV
Under Lord Ian Livingston and his successor Gavin Patterson, BT has plunged into pay TV, with BT Sport spending boldly on Premiership football TV rights. ...read
PLATELL'S PEOPLE: A self-indulgent mother and the myth of 'starving' Britain
Part of the problem is that the very definition of ‘poverty’ has become so blurred that it’s hard to know who’s genuinely in need, writes AMANDA PLATELL. ...read
Is it poisoned chalice time for Theresa?
ANDREW ALEXANDER: How long before the curse of the Home Office descends on Theresa May? For the plain fact is that immigration is out of control. ...read
ANDREW PIERCE: MP for Double Standards Simon Hughes does another U-turn
Liberal Democrat MP Simon Hughes piously declared last year that he would never take a ministerial job. But lo and behold, last week he accepted the role of Justice Minister. ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Still, the voters are ignored on migrants
Yesterday a publicity-conscious Keith Vaz visited Luton Airport to greet the first Romanian and Bulgarian workers to arrive in Britain. ...read
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Why no Damehood for JK Rowling?
Her books, and their lucrative film spin-offs, have reaped the Treasury tens of millions in taxes and increased tourism. On top of that, she's donated more than £100m to various charities. ...read
As the Labour leader reacts angrily to our critique of his Marxist father... We repeat: This man did hate Britain
GEOFFREY LEVY: At his death aged 70, in 1994, Ralph Miliband had not given up the cause to which he, so passionately, had sworn an oath 54 years earlier. ...read
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: We deserve the truth on immigration
Trying to suppress debate on immigration only helps troublemakers and rabble-rousers, who are then free to exaggerate and spread panic. ...read
MAX HASTINGS: Mr Cameron is deluded. The tragic truth is that Britain accomplished NOTHING in Afghanistan
There has been the expenditure of hundreds of billions of pounds, and the loss of hundreds of American and British lives and tens of thousands of Afghan ones. ...read
MELANIE PHILLIPS: No one has a human right to hide from justice behind a veil
A liberal society should permit cultural or religious minorities to wear distinctive clothing - but only if that doesn’t get in the way of an institution’s ability to enforce basic standards of security. ...read
PETER MCKAY: Why Becks' knighthood has gone to extra time
Andy Murray and David Beckham are not, as had been expected, to receive knighthoods in the New Year Honours List, it is reported, writes PETER MCKAY. ...read
QUENTIN LETTS: Mrs M's stare makes you feel like a vole in a kestrel's sights
Latest of the Tory women to achieve lift-off is Nicky Morgan at the Treasury. Gosh, she’s loud. The confidence is terrifying. ...read
RICHARD KAY: Has Prince Harry turned to asparagus to cure his bald patch?
After years of teasing his older brother about his hair loss, Prince Harry has had to face some uncomfortable truths about his own thinning thatch. ...read
Littlejohn's makes you proud to be British quiz 2013: Coppers in monkey onesies, Oompa Loompas and bondage lessons in the village hall...
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN tests your knowledge of the year's most memorable, bizarrely British news stories... and reminds us of a few that some would rather forget. ...read
Don't let Mr Pickled Shark ruin our town: First he gave them this grotesque statue. Now Damien Hirst plans another treat for sleepy Ilfracombe, a £100m housing estate
The world’s wealthiest artist has made such a mark on this delightful chunk of seaside that it’s already being described as Hirst-On-Sea. ...read
STEPHEN GLOVER: For the BBC to give airtime to such a grubby man is both cringe making and unpatriotic
For those who have been fretting about the well-being of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Radio Four’s Today programme this morning promises to be a bumper edition. ...read
TOM UTLEY: My Christmas party conundrum: should I have corrected the TV star who greeted me cheerfully 'Good to see you, John'?
My moment of the week, as they say on BBC One’s This Week political review, came when I was introduced to its presenter, Andrew Neil, writes TOM UTLEY. ...read
ADRIAN DURHAM: Wilshere, Lukaku and Sterling make my top-six stars so far this season, but who is No 1? And who joins Bassong and Nolan in my worst three?
These six players don’t always grab the headlines, others may have scored more goals, others might actually be better, but pound-for-pound, for me, the following players have either improved dramatically or they’ve had a bigger impact for their team than anyone else. ...read
BEN KAY: It's fast forward for maturing pair Lawes and Hartley
England's biggest plus is the emergence this autumn of Courtney Lawes and Dylan Hartley into world-class forwards. ...read
BRAD GILBERT: Skinny kid Evans now has the power to progress towards the top 50
During my spell working for the Lawn Tennis Association, I remember this skinny kid as a junior with a dream single-handed backhand — Dan Evans. ...read
CHARLES SALE: England legend Botham accepts the fragile Ashes urn can't go Down Under
Sir Ian Botham was sitting alongside Sir Richard Branson in Sydney in 2007 when the tycoon proposed that the original urn should stay Down Under with the victors. ...read
WORLD OF RUGBY: Referees are damned if they do and damned if they don't refer
CHRIS FOY: The latest round of Aviva Premiership matches provided conclusive proof that the game is being tarnished by an officiating crisis. ...read
DALEY THOMPSON: Mo's brilliant but he needs to break world records to be a great like Seb, Sally and me
I thought Mo Farah’s achievement in Moscow, winning 5,000m and 10,000m gold to add to his two Olympic titles, was brilliant. ...read
BUMBLE BEFORE THE TEST: England will evolve under Flower if he continues... and there's a big difference between 4-1 and 5-0
David 'Bumble' Lloyd has his say on Andy Flower's future, debutants for Sydney and Alastair Cook's captaincy ahead of the fifth Ashes Test with England looking to avoid a 5-0 whitewash. ...read
WORLD OF GOLF: A shootout between Tiger and Rory turned into Scott's and Rose's paradise... a look back at 2013
It was supposed to be the year of Tiger versus Rory but, instead, this was the season where nice guys showed conclusively they can finish first. Adam Scott and Justin Rose claimed their first majors and Henrik Stenson emerged as the player of the year. ...read
MERSEY BEAT: Is Baines the best around? On this form, Roy has no choice but to leave Cole on the bench for England
DOMINIC KING: With England's World Cup ambitions still on a knife edge, would Roy Hodgson be so bold to leave Ashley Cole on the bench? He should do. ...read
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GARY NEVILLE: We have to act now to stop the grass-roots of our game withering
Earlier this month I visited Gigg Lane, the ground of my home-town club, Bury. If I have Manchester United in my soul, then Bury has a place in my heart. When United were away, this is where me and my brother, Phil, would go to watch football. ...read
GEORGE NORTH: Wales have lost eight in a row against Australia but we have to win on Saturday
I'm a competitive person who hates losing and we've lost eight in a row against Australia. So enough is enough — we have to win on Saturday. ...read
GRAHAM POLL: Webb was wrong not to award Young a penalty but Januzaj and Oscar deserved to be booked for their dives
Former World Cup referee and Sportsmail columnist Graham Poll runs the rule over a New Year’s Day blighted by the dark arts of diving in the Premier League. ...read
JAMES ANDERSON: I'm so determined to win back the Ashes
Thinking too far ahead is hard at this time, when the first thing on our minds is trying to get over the disappointment of losing the Ashes. ...read
JAMIE CARRAGHER: My wishes for 2014 - I want Ronaldo to win the Champions League (in Portugal), the Premier League to go to the wire... and Messi to clean up in Brazil
The next 12 months in football promise to be very exciting and with so much to look forward to, I’ve listed the five things I hope will come true. ...read
JAMIE REDKNAPP: Arsenal will never have a better chance to win the title but Wenger must strengthen.... Bendtner is NOT the answer
Everyone said Arsene Wenger should have signed more players in the summer. Arsenal will never get a better chance to win the league and they need to strengthen. ...read
JEFF POWELL: Mayweather tops my pound-for-pound list but where does Pacquiao fit in, and is there room for Froch?
Cometh the New Year, cometh the rankings which lay the foundation for the first tranche of big fights in 2013. The most intense argument centres upon Manny Pacquiao and his rightful place in that listing. ...read
ON THE ROAD: Karanka's facing a special kind of challenge at Middlesbrough
Aitor Karanka began life as Middlesbrough’s first overseas manager with a 2-1 defeat at Leeds on Saturday. 13 years on from his last visit to Elland Road. ...read
THE TOP SPIN: It could and should be curtains for Bresnan, Carberry and Panesar... and Bairstow already has Buttler breathing down his neck
When England lost all 10 second-innings wickets for 114 on Saturday, comparisons were made with the darkest hours of Ashes contests in the 1990s. Those comparisons were wrong. This was worse. ...read
EDGE OF THE BOX: Tired of all this festive sporting action? ITV has the right answer - even if Adlington and Rutherford don't
MARK WEBSTER: With all this live football, wall-to-wall darts, the Blunder Down Under and more, it was surely time for some lighter Christmas fare. Step up ITV on Saturday night. These fellas know how to churn out the shiny floor entertainment. ...read
MAD DOG ON MONDAY: Rodgers was right to rant about Mason... Anelka celebration beggars belief... and why is it always the manager's fault?
Martin 'Mad Dog' Allen returns with the third of his new weekly columns for MailOnline Sport. The former Gillingham boss does not hold back with his views on current issues in football. ...read
LUKE BARNATT: I used to sleep on the floor of the gym, now I'm going to win a UFC title
Luke Barnatt is barely six months into his UFC career - but he has already mapped out his route to the title. The Cambridge middleweight takes on Andrew Craig in Manchester on October 26. ...read
TACKLE KEOWN: Transfer window re-opens for business... so who needs what? And should players swap shirts at half-time?
The transfer window re-opens for business on January 1. With a lively battle for honours at the top and a real scrap for survival at the bottom, what does your Premier League club need to see out the season on a high? MARTIN KEOWN is ready to answer the all-important questions. ...read
MARTIN KEOWN: In the squad we trust is the mantra now for Premier League bosses
The festive football calendar is always tough, but with so many games crammed into a few days, it’s a great indicator of who is best equipped to go for the title. ...read
MARTIN SAMUEL: Anelka should be banned for 16 games... this was twice as harmful as Suarez baiting Evra or Terry targeting Anton when you consider the thought behind it
What Luis Suarez said, what John Terry said, was for private consumption, no matter how unpalatable. It was abuse, horrid, racist abuse but ultimately meaningless. The words may be offensive but they do not go anywhere. Nicolas Anelka's gesture does. It introduces people to a cynical way to deny the Holocaust. ...read
MARTIN SAMUEL - THE DEBATE: AVB driven out by the media? No, he needed to learn how not to go down 11-0 to Man City and Liverpool... Still, sacking him without allowing a full season to mould this squad was harsh
Well, he’s gone. That’s two for two in English football for Andre Villas-Boas. Over-promoted? Under-supported? Harshly treated? Wrongly indulged? I had my say earlier in the week then you had yours. Now it’s my turn again. ...read
On the road: 'Sat-nav' coaching is driving the Scottish game down a cul-de-sac
Question: can you name the Scottish Footballer of the Year? The answer is a 22-year-old striker who may be Scotland’s No 9 at Wembley and who scored twice on Saturday. ...read
Murray's Wimbledon sanctum, the fall from grace of Swedish tennis and Fognini's £7,000 rant at umpire
MIKE DICKSON: Where did Andy Murray go when he wanted a haven of peace and quiet to himself at Wimbledon? ...read
NASSER HUSSAIN'S ENGLAND RATINGS: The batsman need to take a long hard look at themselves after two big collapses
Nasser Hussain gives his verdict on the England side after their fourth Test defeat in Melbourne and says the batsman need to have a hard long look at themselves. ...read
ASH WEDNESDAY: Seven subs is a luxury for top managers.... but all these big names on the bench is doing nothing for the Premier League
NEIL ASHTON: Having seven substitutes in each team is a luxury for managers at the top end of the table and they can feed their faces on all that talent. ...read
The transition was painful, but Lambert finally has Villa bursting with energy... will they keep progressing or stagnate?
It is almost 18 months now since Paul Lambert swept into Villa Park with a vision of a very different future. So, where are we? How is "The Project"? Asked to buy into a new-look club by owner Randy Lerner, the Scot set about his task with zeal. ...read
BT reach for the Sky but have a long way to go in multi-billion fight
It's 11am at the BT Sport (BTS) studios in Olympic Park, east London, and there's a nervous excitement around the place only partly related to the new kids on the football broadcasting block kicking off the Premier League season by showing their first live Premier League game - Liverpool versus Stoke. ...read
PATRICK COLLINS: Wilshere knows he did wrong... but football's real abuse still goes unpunished
Jack Wilshere was wrong to raise a finger to his tormentors last week. Yet he deserves a twinge of sympathy. For the serious problems remain. And football has yet to scratch the surface. ...read
PAUL NEWMAN: England must win 4-0 to keep Australia down, so rest Anderson and let Tremlett loose on his patch
It is desperately important that England go on to win the Ashes 4-0. They cannot give Australia a break, not with the return series coming hot on the heels of this one. ...read
Don't underestimate Hurricane Fly... His longevity at the top level makes him my favourite for the Champion Hurdle
There seems to be a never-ending queue of people who want to knock Hurricane Fly but I’ve been on his side for a while and he remains the one I’d like to ride given the choice for the Champion Hurdle in March. ...read
'I was ready to conquer the world... instead I almost quit athletics'... Sprinter Brown reflects on injury pain after sparking start
SAM CUNNINGHAM: Remember the famous song by The Specials about doing Too Much Too Young? The same could, perhaps, be said for 18-year-old Paralympian Sally Brown. ...read
FOOTBALL GRAPEVINE: United's £30m Koke deal back on... with Alonso also wanted by Moyes' boys, Saint Luke could be Spur of the moment and north London Cup derby stirs memories of Gazza
ROB SHEPHERD: Manchester United’s hopes of signing Atletico Madrid midfielder Koke appear to be back on. Reports in Spain on Saturday suggested United have tabled a £30million bid for the 21-year-old. ...read
THE TRANSFER COLUMN: Liverpool lead chase for 'the Egyptian Messi' Salah and Barcelona set sights on United target Gundogan
This is the Transfer Column, where Sportsmail delivers the very latest news, gossip and rumours from around the football world three times a week. In today's column: In-demand Basle winger Mohamed Salah could be on his way to Liverpool after being spotted at Anfield, Barcelona have joined Manchester United and Real Madrid in the chase for Ilkay Gundogen and Yohan Cabaye still has eyes for PSG. ...read
Sam Turner weekend betting box: Kazeem to eclipse rivals
The presence of Mukhadram, Declaration Of War, The Fugue and Mars makes this another tough examination for AL KAZEEM. ...read
SAM TOMKINS COLUMN: I'm desperate to add the World Cup to my Grand Final and Challenge Cup triumphs... and I can't wait to beat Australia in the opener at Cardiff
There are only a few days to go before we take on Australia at the Millennium Stadium. I’m incredibly excited by the prospect of walking out in front of a big crowd and singing the national anthem. ...read
BENITO CARBONE: I may be Italian but people should not compare me to Di Canio... I can be a successful manager in England
In his debut Footballers’ Football Column, Benito Carbone talks about his desire to manage in England - but hopes he will not be compared to his former Wednesday team-mate Paolo Di Canio. ...read
Battered in Brisbane and in despair Down Under - after that Ashes collapse, England's batsmen really are... USELESS!
Your striker fluffs a sitter, your defender shanks a clearance, your winger misses a try or your hot tip falls at the first fence.... All together now: 'USELESS!' Our man delivers the verdict with real feeling. Today's it's the England cricket team's turn to be handed Sportsmail's dubious honour... ...read
Troubled souls Trinny and Saatchi are made for each other says ALISON BOSHOFF as the odd couple are spotted out together two nights in a row
The pairing seemed so unforeseen that, even after a couple of dinners together earlier this month, few could believe that romance was on the menu, writes ALISON BOSHOFF. ...read
Chiwetel in the danger zone: Star tells of the 'dark moment' he had to 'whip' actress in new film 12 Years A Slave
Chiwetel Ejiofor plays the real-life Solomon Northup in Steve McQueen's masterpiece 12 Years A Slave, which opens in January, writes BAZ BAMIGBOYE. ...read
JACI STEPHEN: 'Sit', 'Heel'...educating the dogs and the kids
Dogs are remarkable creatures, so I was always going to love The Wonder Of Dogs. The series opened in the Oxfordshire village of Brightwell, which houses 1,500 people and 120 dogs. ...read
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: England can win the World Cup with this pack... but not these backs
England v New Zealand just reinforced the lessons that were plain to see when Wales took England to the cleaners earlier this year. ...read
BEL MOONEY: Must I give up nude modelling because I'm getting married?
This week, BEL MOONEY advises a woman who has been asked to stop her nude modelling job by her husband-to-be. ...read
Not even Shirl's marmalade hair brightened up this dreary Downton Abbey Christmas Special
The costumes were gorgeous, the grand houses were glorious, writes JAN MOIR. But something important was missing. A plot! ...read
Janet Street-Porter: Never, EVER trust a celeb who tries to tell you that they're normal
'Why is it that famous people like Miranda Hart and Gordon Ramsey always claim they are having a "normal" Christmas in their luxury surroundings?' ...read
LIZ JONES FASHION THERAPY: Think angora is the only cruel fabric on the High Street? Think again...
This is my 2014 campaign: for every big High Street brand to label its clothing clearly, saying which animals are used, where they lived, and how they were farmed and killed. ...read
LORRAINE CANDY: If I keep on chomping stilton like this I'll be bigger than Daddy Pig by Monday
Christmas has been a three-week, high-speed blur of shopping, wrapping, driving, singing, cooking and washing up — fuelled by relentless eating and drinking. ...read
ROWAN PELLING'S SEX COLUMN: How can he end it when there’s such electricity between us?
I despaired of finding love until I fell for an old college friend (who had just exited a bad marriage) as we both turned 42. ...read
Ask the doctor: Embarrassing problem men won't talk about
Dr MARTIN SCURR on Peyronie's disease and dealing with recurring mouth ulcers, plus why he pities those eating Christmas lunch in hospital. ...read
ADAM UREN: State pension rises show why young people need to vote so that they aren't an open goal for austerity
The rising retirement age is sensible but it doesn't make it any less of a downer to millions of young people who have constantly been hit by austerity Britain. ...read
'The energy market might be dysfunctional - but Cameron is still right on the extra sweater'
Offices and most High Street premises. are overheated every winter. And it's rarely I go round to other people's houses without having to strip off down to shirtsleeves. ...read
ED MONK: Consumers are stupid, feckless and lazy - but they're the only consumers we've got
Our officials should not regulate according to how they hope consumers will behave, but to how they actually do behave - stupid, feckless, lazy and all. ...read
JAMES CONEY: I can't understand why everyone doesn't join the cashback cult
Despite my initial scepticism, this has not proved to be some fictional pot of cash that is impossible to get your hands on, or a false economy. ...read
JAMES SALMON: Are the Chancellor's banking reforms really tough, or too little too late?
The Chancellor has come under fire for ducking key reforms designed to improve the culture and safety of Britain’s scandal-prone lenders. ...read
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Treasury is a Scrooge over child savings
It's taken an absolute age, but Treasury officials have finally awoken to the fact that Child Trust Fund savers are treated shoddily by the financial services industry. ...read
LEE BOYCE: Why is it okay for my mobile operator to send me spam messages and ignore my option to make them stop?
In the last six months EE has decided to bombard me with marketing texts offering me information about beer and Sky Sports subscriptions – and a range of other useless titbits. ...read
MARC SHOFFMAN: My Bitcoins have rocketed from £10 to £100 in four months, is it time to take this cryptocurrency seriously?
My Bitcoins have become ten-baggers as the value of a single coin broke through the $1,000 barrier for the first time this week. ...read
Money Morals: We had to spend £3,000 fixing our boiler and now we're skint - is it too late to cancel Christmas?
We had managed to put aside about £500 for Christmas but our boiler packed up and now we have no money. Should we tell the kids? Have your say in Money Morals. ...read
RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: Ode to my electric throw (and why it knocks the socks off an electric blanket)
It costs about £40 - plus a penny a day to run. But I often use it instead of turning on the heating so it will pay for itself several times over. ...read
Cash, plastic, your mobile phone, your face, your 'bits', or something even newer: what will money look like in future and will Wonga still be here?
Richard Browning went on the trail of the self-styled financial disruptors to see if the array of modern alternatives to money will win the public trust that the banks have lost ...read
SAM DUNN: Mark Carney has no qualms about helping borrowers and turning the thumbscrews on savers
Despite evincing what he called ‘tremendous sympathy’ for those who’d laboured to build up a nest-egg, he made clear that ‘raising interest rates is not the answer’. ...read
The top 20 stories of 2013...and why This is Money's wish for the New Year is that we don't have to fight your corner so much
2013 was another year of record-breaking traffic for This is Money, we reveal the top stories and our wish for the New Year ahead. ...read
SIMON WATKINS: Sorry, but I can't drink to this economic recovery
More must be done to encourage real productivity in the economy for that to feed through to household finances. And this matters to industry. ...read
Unemployed 18-year-old applies for £300 payday loan and is offered £500 - is this responsible lending?
He applied for a £300 loan through Cash Lady as an unemployed eighteen-year-old presuming that he’d be turned down. The result? They arranged a £500 loan. ...read
ASK TONY: Have I said adios to the £570 pension I'm paid in Spain?
I did not receive my September pension because it was paid to my old account. PPF are trying to trace the money, but have not had any reply to date. ...read
TONY HETHERINGTON: Timeshare boss relents in spite of fighting talk
We are timeshare owners at Macdonald Resorts' Dona Lola club in Spain. We no longer want the timeshare but cannot sell it. ...read
BLACK DOG: It's the ghost of Chris Huhne's past
Nick Clegg's Christmas festivities couldn't help but refer to the former minister - when the deputy PM put his foot in it by saying motoring offenders should still get to vote, writes BLACK DOG ...read
JAMES FORSYTH: Cameron's headless chickens are in for another roasting
The arrival of thousands of Romanians and Bulgarians in January will link Europe and immigration in voters’ minds like never before. ...read
LIZ JONES: Did you hear the one about the unfunny, smug, male comedians?
The sort of pompous, male humour imposed on us over Christmas by the likes of Jimmy Carr and Jack Whitehall (pictured) is about as funny as the jokes inside my crackers, writes Liz Jones. ...read
PETER HITCHENS: You can't prosecute Nigella - cocaine's been legalised
The police should leave Nigella Lawson alone. It would be ridiculous and stupid to pursue her over her admissions of illegal drug use, writes PETER HITCHENS. ...read
RACHEL JOHNSON: My Christmas was absolutely perfect... for three seconds
At some point over the ‘festive period’ 2013, I posted a picture of our Christmas tree on Instagram. Maybe I was trying to keep up with Cara Delevingne. ...read
Bella Blissett's Beauty Buzz: Diaries at the ready - you won't want to miss these 2014 hits
Create larger-than-life lashes and the perfect pony tail. ...read
Beauty Bible beauty clinic: Am I using too much product on my eyes?
I am using three eye products together – an intensive wrinkle reducer, a wrinkle filler which also claims to reduce wrinkles and a serum for the eye area and lashes. Will they all work well together or is this too much? And is there any danger to my eyes? ...read
LIZ JONES: Be polite, and give up your seat for a child-free grafter
Equalities Minister Jo Swinson, who is seven months pregnant, was made to stand for 20 minutes in Parliament while hundreds of MPs, sat around her. ...read
Mimi Spencer: 'I nearly fell off my chair when I read that Gwyneth Paltrow likes a cheeky ciggie once a week'
Well, sorry folks, me too. Once in a while, I have a rollie – usually when perched on the step in the garden once everyone’s asleep. If you have ever smoked, you’ll know why. If you haven’t, I needn’t try to explain because you’ll never understand how such a filthy, smoggy, antisocial, appalling habit could put a smile on the face of someone who is quite into down dog and the joy of borlotti beans. ...read
Horoscopes: Prepare for your domineering side to come out this week, Capricorn
Sally Brompton's 7 day forecast ...read
This week’s issues and info by Sarah Stacey
This year, as always, I have come across wonderful experts with practical advicefor health and wellbeing. Here are three of the best tips for 2014… ...read
Dear Zelda: Our relationships expert Zelda West-Meads answers your questions
The misery of working life and affair regrets ...read
Fantasy Friday: Forget Ramsey, Ozil and Giroud, Walcott is Arsenal's star man... and with the suspension cut-off date approaching, will anyone on this list be stupid enough to get themselves booked?
Welcome to Sportsmail's weekly Fantasy Football column which will try to help you get the edge on your friends, family and Jamie Redknapp. RIK SHARMA considers the key issues in the game. ...read
Why doesn't Stephen Fry call for a ban on Russian music, theatre and all performing arts?
ADRIAN HILTON: 'An absolute ban on the Russian Winter Olympics of 2014 on Sochi is simply essential,' says Stephen Fry in an impassioned letter to the Prime Minister and the International Olympic Committee. ...read
The teacher who changed my life: In this moving tribute to his old English master, who's just died, CLIVE ASLET says his one regret is he never thanked him
A fortnight ago I heard that the English master who taught me at school, the great Frank Miles, had died, aged 92. I say great — he was great to us, the ones for whom reading came to matter so much as a result of his highly individual influence. ...read
DOMINIC LAWSON: Power cuts, flight chaos - then I got a truly uplifting Christmas surprise
The scene at Gatwick Airport on Christmas Eve, if not quite the Black Hole of Calcutta, was not far short, writes DOMINIC LAWSON. ...read
50 years ago a new elite came to power in Britain. We're still paying the price for their contempt for ordinary people, writes DOMINIC SANDBROOK
Looking back, the extraordinary thing about life in Britain in 1964 was the sharpness of the juxtaposition between old and new, writes DOMINIC SANDBROOK. ...read
How can the high priestess of abortion support the barbarity of terminating a baby just because she's a girl?
KATHY GYNGELL: How can the so-called feminist 'sisterhood' defend the destruction of female foetuses being aborted because of their gender? ...read
So alluring. So very cynical. Why we should ban Wonga's 'family friendly' TV ads
Why the gulf between the highly manipulative advertising of Wonga and the reality of the product it pushes is a social evil we can no longer ignore, writes MELISSA KITE. ...read
MICHAEL BURLEIGH: Stalin's gulags and his Left wing British apologists
In Hampstead parlours, intellectual apologists for Stalin like Ralph Miliband’s great friend Eric Hobsbawm loved talking in abstractions as millions died in horror. ...read
RUTH SUNDERLAND: The people who will shape our fortunes in 2014
Every year brings its crop of figures who shape the economic and business agenda. So who is likely to shape the drama this year? ...read
Sorry sisters, but girls who get blind drunk ARE risking rape
Sex without consent, whatever the circumstances, is always a crime, writes Sarah Vine. ...read
OLD HEFFER'S ALMANAC 2014: Three chumps pose for Cenotaph selfie, China buys Afghanistan... and Andy Murray defects to England
If you thought our politicians’ behaviour in 2013 was beyond satire, read Simon Heffer's predictions for next year... ...read
The series of headline-making royal security scandals and why one Commander has escaped the cull
STEPHEN WRIGHT: Few doubt last week’s shocking break-in at the most famous royal residence in the world is a matter of enormous public interest. ...read
Ooh Matron, this ginger ale just won't do! CRAIG BROWN creates his own 2014 Happy New Year Awards
The All-Runners Trophy for Most Aggrieved Reaction to Someone Else’s Inclusion in a New Year’s Honours List goes to Kenneth Williams, writes CRAIG BROWN. ...read
CHRIS EVANS: The Honda CR-V is so dull and sexless that it probably comes in... Fifty shades of grey
Honda has done away with four-wheel drive in certain incarnations of this new model – which tells us all we need to know. ...read
CRAIG BROWN: Vegas or bust! Don't expect many laughs in Johnny Vegas's gripping memoir
Jokes are thin on the ground in Becoming Johnny Vegas, and you will find more showbiz anecdotes in The Highway Code. ...read
DEBORAH ROSS: What bounders! They've murdered Jane Austen
The BBC’s three-parter, Death Comes To Pemberley, a sort of sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride And Prejudice, was rather fun until death did come to Pemberley. ...read
From Daniel Radcliffe in Kill Your Darlings to Robert Redford in All Is Lost: The London Festival films you won't want to miss...
The Harry Potter actor's role as Beat Generation poet Allen Ginsberg in his latest film is just one of the memorable films being shown at the festival. ...read
OLLY SMITH: Forever flowing bubbles: You can have a fizz-fuelled New Year's Eve without being fleeced
Usually, I’d be advising you to open your best bottle first, but New Year’s Eve is the one night of the year when this rule can be broken with glee. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: Why Katy Perry, Madonna, Lance Armstrong and Sandra Bullock all get a Morgan
It’s that time of year. My annual Morgan Awards – granted to the people who have kept me most amused, horrified and entertained in 2013. ...read
Appy news year! From fine art to addictive games, here are the 40 best apps
Got a new tablet for Christmas? Then fill it up with apps! From Yahoo Weather and Netflix, to The Room and Marvel Comics. ...read
TOM PARKER BOWLES: The Empire bites back: Pukka colonial surroundings, food fit for an Indian prince... a restaurant to worship and adore
Despite all that talent in the kitchen, there’s no resorting to comedy plates, edible soil and micro-herbs. Gymkhana is straight-faced in exactly the right sort of way. ...read
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- George Lucas, 69, dotes on daughter Everest as she is pictured for the first time on family holiday in St Barts
- 'Uh oh, she's going down!' Kim Kardashian wipes out on the slopes while trying to ski between Kourtney's legs Speeding down a slope in Utah
- Bikini clad Bethenny Frankel puts divorce troubles behind her to enjoy a dip with hunky mystery man in Miami Reality TV, 43, star looked fabulous
- Katie Holmes slips her toned figure into bikini top and cut-offs as she sunbathe with daughter Suri in Miami Tom Cruise had their daughter for Christmas
- Princess Beatrice kicks back at the beach with friends as she enjoys New Year holiday in St. Barts with boyfriend Dave Clark
- Party hoppers Beyonce and Jay-Z roar up to Diddy's NYE bash in Miami on scooter after first letting loose at the Versace mansion
- Real jealousy in Beverly Hills! Housewives 'green with envy at attention drunken Brandi Glanville is receiving' Green-eyed monsters
- Is he being serious? Now Shia LaBeouf hires a plane to write an apology in the sky as he continues daily plagiarism
- Time to fight the Flubber? Comedian Robin Williams works off his holiday weight gain with a bit of snorkeling in Hawaii
- Reality star Josie Goldberg squeezes her voluptuous figure into leopard print bikini as she unveils new line on beach in Miami
- Well she IS Rihanna! Singer puffs on suspicious looking cigarette as she plays hostess at New Year's Eve dinner party Loves to glorify cannabis
- So THAT'S what he's getting up to in rehab! Chris Brown welcomes the New Year by putting on a PDA with Karrueche Tran Love knows no barriers...
- She's 'Off Duty'! Teen Mom Maci Bookout puffs on a cigarette and swigs a drink as she relaxes in a bikini on Miami Beach
- Survivor stars Rob and Amber Mariano reveal they're expecting fourth child with an ultrasound picture
- Hello two-thousand and phwoar-teen! Joanna Krupa slips into sexy cutaway dress to ring in New Year Turned on the heat
- She has a type! Bikini-clad Demi Moore, 51, flaunts her body and her new toyboy boyfriend in Mexico Her new flame looks barely 30
- New year, new start! Rumer Willis reconciles with boyfriend and puts rift with mother Demi Moore behind her on family holiday in Mexico Spotted with Jayson
- Kaley Cuoco is no blushing bride as she grooves in long gown and heels during first dance with husband Ryan Sweeting at wedding reception
- Introducing the Sweetings! Kaley Cuoco wears strapless pink gown to wed fiancé Ryan in New Year's Eve ceremony after six month courtship
- 'A fairytale engagement!' Bones star TJ Thyne proposes to model girlfriend in a candlelit heart at a German castle
- 'Sucks to read b*******!' Olivia Munn slams 'poisonous behavior' digs as Newsroom creator Aaron Sorkin comes to her defense
- 'Happy New Year!' Pink and Carey Hart snuggle up with daughter Willow in front of the fire in their mountain hideaway Pink is in the mountains of Mammoth, California
- An artist at work! Rihanna displays her hairdressing skills as she pampers supermodel pal Cara Delevingne ahead of New Year's Eve night out
- What a year! Katy Perry sees out 2013 by performing a private gig at Caesars Palace with boyfriend John Mayer in attendance
- 'She said yes!' Olivia Palermo engaged to German model Johannes Huebl after he proposes with huge rock on romantic St Barts holiday
- What a tease! The Amazing Spider-Man 2 trailer reveals deadly new villains and even bigger battle scenes
- She don't wanna wait! Katie Holmes wants to 'make amends' with co-star Michelle Williams in a Dawson's Creek reunion
- What she REALLY wanted for Christmas! Sharon Osbourne rings in the New Year with shopping spree in Beverly Hills
- Why we NEVER let our husbands see us naked: Four wives tell how crippling body shyness affects their love life - while their men reveal how they feel about it
- Imitation Of Life star Juanita Moore dies aged 99 Was nominated for an Academy Award
- What's going on hair? John Travolta's bouffant locks almost outshine wife Kelly Preston's mane as they party with Sultan of Brunei Looked his best on NYE
- Ryan Phillippe keeps it casual in a white tank top and cargo shorts as he rings in the new year in Miami alongside girlfriend
- Fresh Prince Of Bel Air star James 'Uncle Phil' Avery dies aged 68 from complications following open heart surgery He fell ill this year.
- Iron Man lends helping hand to Braveheart! Robert Downey Jr. wants to get Mel Gibson back on track with a role in an upcoming Avengers film
- Forget selfies, here are the ill healthies! Now stars tweet from their sickbeds They are the very epitome of narcissism
- Isn't that where Juliet is supposed to be? Carrie Diaries Romeo Austin Butler learns his lines on the balcony of his apartment
- Mummy and me! A make-up free Petra Stunt demonstrates the art of multi-tasking as she takes baby daughter Lavinia on a hike
- Real Housewives' Yolanda Foster, 49, gives husband nude photobook of HERSELF for sexy anniversary present He was shocked
- A bit too transparent! Steven Tyler gives fans a revealing look at his physique as he dons a see through shirt while performing alongside other legendary rockers
- 'Too obscene to show?' Ke$ha strips down to see-through mesh top and G-string during grungy dance for Dirty Love video She plays a stripper
- Ivanka Trump rings in the New Year with an adorable photo of baby Joseph and Arabella, 2, snuggling in bed Socialite was out with husband last night
- Mammoth in... Mammoth! Gwen Stefani dresses her huge bump in animal print sweater and keeps her pout perfect pink in ski resort Expecting third child
- Ring out the old, rock in the new! Fergie stuns in black sequined one-piece as she joins Slash and wife Perla for their disco-themed New Year's Eve bash
- 'Happy New Year, love The McDermotts!' Tori Spelling cuddles up to husband Dean for family photograph as they put reports of his infidelity firmly behind them
- 'You can't beat a good selfie on Christmas Day': What William said to stunned schoolgirl, 12, as he took her phone to pose for a photo at Sandringham
- Jordana Brewster wears sexy frayed skirt for romantic New Year's Eve dinner outing with husband The 33-year-old actress in West Hollywood
- Those boots were made for... pumping gas: Dressed down Kristen Stewart goes on pe-trol in unflattering woolly footwear Twilight star in LA
- Rockin' bod! Jennifer Hudson shows off her svelte figure in mini dress and fishnets for performance on Dick Clark NYE show Singer looked great
- 'It was an amazing year!' Kim Kardashian posts picture of baby North holding her diamond engagement ring, while sisters Khloe and Kylie party into 2014
- Beyoncé and Jay Z unveil matching slim bodies after 22-day vegan diet... then celebrate end with a seafood feast Couple in Miami
- Ice king and queen! Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt hold hands as they join the children for day of skating at Australian rink Cold inside, hot outside
- That's a bit much! Jenny McCarthy and boyfriend Donnie Wahlberg share over the top kiss as she hosts New Year's Rockin' Eve Get a room!
- Heel, boy! Britney Spears leaches boyfriend as he joins her on stage for New Year's Eve gig Singer enlisted his help for 'Freakshow'
- New year, new do! for Hillary Clington debuts bangs for 2014 The 66-year-old former Secretary of State showed off at New York mayor's inauguration
- Margot Robbie reveals she 'shocked' Leonardo DiCaprio while filming sex scene for Wolf Of Wall Street... as she dons hot pants in sultry new shoot
- Madonna says her New Year's resolution is to 'f***ing own it'... after sharing lewd picture of her penis-shaped bong Singer, 55, started 2014 on a blue note
- The morning after the night before: Naomi Campbell gets 2014 off to a glamorous start as she slips into a fuchsia bikini for a day at sea with friends
- Naomi Campbell dazzles in an ethereal white beaded gown as she rings in 2014 in Kenya with former flame Flavio Briatore and his wife Elisabetta
- Is VODKA the secret to Eva Herzigova's hair? Supermodel, 40, says a daily rinse keeps her blonde locks lightened She also swears by drinking lots of water
- That beats a Bic! The $50,000 18 carat yellow and white gold PEN The Jack Row Jaali pen, available at Harrods, should probably be locked in your safe
- The ecret ways to stay warm but still look slim and stylish this season: FEMAIL presents the ultimate guide to chic dressing in cold weather
- From Sienna Miller's green fur to Rita Ora's red collar, the small accessories label behind the style set's high-glam winter look Meet Charlotte Simone
- 'Sorry you felt the need to publicly fat-shame me': Alyssa Milano's classy response after Jay Mohr mocks her post-pregnancy figure Celebrities at war
- 'My year was mostly summer!' Bar Refaeli shares her favorite bikini shots on the beach in montage video Spent most of 2013 enjoying sun and sand
- 'Underneath it all, I still got my birthday suit on!' Bundled up Demi Lovato gets flirty during NYE show in chilly Canada Performing in Ontario, Canada
- What's age got to do with it? AnnaLynne McCord, 26, and boyfriend Dominic Purcell, 43, look happier than ever as they take a New Year stroll
- A giggly Chloe Green covers up her bikini body in a chic semi-sheer kaftan as she heads on a Barbados beach stroll with boyfriend Marc Anthony
- See something you like Nick? Cannon gets a little distracted by his wife Mariah Carey's VERY low cut New Year's Eve dress Luckily, she doesn't mind
- 'Things are going to stay as they are:' Amber Portwood's ex rules out shared custody of their daughter due to fears the Teen Mom star could relapse
- So that's her secret! Miley Cyrus is spotted spritzing her tongue with throat spray ahead of NYE performance Protecting her most valuable asset?
- Karina Smirnoff takes a gamble in racy green dress as she rings in NYE with a game of black jack Dancing with the Stars champion flaunted body
- Now this deserves attention! Army wife loses 115 pounds while husband served in Afghanistan - and he didn't recognize her when he came back
- Better hit the gym A-Rod! Torrie Wilson shows up her sportsman beau as she bares her ab-tastic stomach on the beach
- The Love Factor! Simon Cowell and his pregnant girlfriend Lauren Silverman look the picture of happiness lying on the sand in Barbados
- That outfit is sure to distract! Paris Hilton pulls out all the stops for New Year's Eve DJ set in plunging figure-hugging dress In Las Vegas
- That's a scary career move: Former Spice girl Mel B promotes online bingo in Godzilla-style TV commercial Singer towers over London landmarks
- Anything Paris can do! Lindsay Lohan gets tips from DJs Diplo and Major Lazer as she toys with following in frenemy Hilton's footsteps
- Make-up free Julianne Hough shows some barefaced cheek as she kisses gal pal on lunch outing Professional ballroom dancer, 25, spotted in LA
- The Fall and Rise of Sherlock Holmes: The seven top theories on how the Great Detective survived his dramatic plunge as season three looms
- Last workout of 2013! Kate Hudson shows off her slim figure in eye-catching red leggings as she hits the gym on New Year's Eve Actress loves yoga
- 'It's 31F in NYC - obviously I'm not there!' Coco Austin leaves little to the imagination in G-string bikini while sunbathing in the Caribbean
- Khloe Kardashian opts for red sparkly hat and silly glasses as she welcomes in New Year with sister Kylie Jenner Sisters showed off their silly side
- 'This is the most clothes I've worn this year': Miley Cyrus dons gold to close out 2013 with a performance at New Year's Rockin' Eve in New York
- Cara Delevingne spends New Year's with Rihanna who celebrates in a gangster fur coat and white veil No chance of RIhanna catching a cold in NYC
- Will it be handbags at dawn? Designer Sophia Webster accuses Nasty Gal of copying her $500 clutch with a $48 knock-off Designers face off
- Rob Kardashian 'moves away from his family to Florida to escape the spotlight' He moved to the Sunshine State three months ago, it's claimed
- Former Scientologist Leah Remini's half- sister dead at 35 following cancer battle Dancing With The Stars actress is in mourning
- Plaits, sequins and plenty of leg! Black Eyed Peas star Fergie wears stunning sequinned gown with thigh length slash during New Year's Eve extravaganza
- RICHARD KAY: Has Prince Harry turned to asparagus to cure his bald patch? After years of teasing his older brother William about his hair loss...
- 'Arthur and mom love our girl!' Selma Blair and friend Jaime King ring in 2014 with a celebratory smooch Selma's son Arthur looked on
- Beach bum: Lady Victoria Hervey shows off YET ANOTHER bikini on the beach in Barbados The third swimsuit she's worn this week