Rory McIlroy out to prove why he is world No 1 at US Open as tournament favourite embraces the crazy Chambers Bay course
MARTIN SAMUEL: Rory McIlroy believes the US Open venue, Chambers Bay, has the ability to separate the wheat from the chaff - even if some are struggling to separate greens from fairways. ...read
Premier League announce shock departure of general secretary Nic Coward as summer of upheaval in football continues
CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: The Barclays Premier League added to this summer of upheaval in world football by announcing the departure of general secretary Nic Coward. ...read
Prince Of Wales Stakes win for Free Eagle could boost Dermot Weld's iconic status
Dermot Weld has earned the reputation of a master trainer for his exploits around the world and victory for Free Eagle in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes would enhance his legendary status. ...read
Spencer and Caggie, Spencer and Cheska, Louise and Eminem... The revelations flow as stars of MIC past and present celebrate 100 episodes of Made In Chelsea, by JIM SHELLEY
Made In Chelsea was celebrating its 100th episode, which is more than those poor unfortunates like myself who’ve seen them all were. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: I identify Rachel Dolezal as a lying, deluded idiot
Nothing, I repeat NOTHING, has ever amused me quite as much as the preposterous statement this morning by civil rights activist Rachel Dolezal: ‘I identify as black.’ ...read
Neymar as at the same level as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo after his brilliance for Brazil and Barcelona
ADRIAN DURHAM: Forget the Lionel Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo debate, there is a new contender. Neymar has had a ridiculously brilliant season for both club and country. ...read
OLLY SMITH: Wines of the Commonwealth: Which vino dazzles on parade
For sheer popularity New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc grabs the Commonwealth crown, but other white grapes such as Pinot Gris and Riesling also show great promise. ...read
ASK THE DOCTOR: Could taking statins be to blame for my nosebleeds?
Dr Scurr explains secondary prevention - treatment to stop a disorder from getting worse or recurring. ...read
SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Naomi's random act of rudeness
Liz Hurley memorably came up with the disparaging term ‘civilian’ to refer to a non-celebrity. Now Naomi Campbell has coined another, writes SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE. ...read
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Queen will avoid speaking German during trip to Berlin
To avoid stirring up pesky republicans, the Queen’s visit to Berlin next week (June 24 – 26) won’t see the monarch doing much ‘Deutsch sprechen’, as they say locally, writes EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE. ...read
The BBC prefers splurging cash on bloated army of jobsworths says MAX HASTINGS
The BBC is far too big and has fallen into the hands of a mass of managers more fit to run a local Jobcentre than a great public broadcaster. Bring on the guillotines. ...read
Joining jihad? Don't forget your toothbrush. As two Britons die as terrorists overseas, RICHARD LITTLEJOHN says: Let them go and then pull up the drawbridge
Two young British men died at the weekend fighting for Islamist terror groups overseas. One (pictured) self-detonated in Iraq, the other was shot by soldiers. Good, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN. ...read
Andre Ward hasn't fought for 19 months... Paul Smith will fancy his chances of shocking ring-rusty American who 'doesn't have the power to damage me'
JEFF POWELL: It is 19 months since Andre Ward last fought. If Paul Smith Jnr can start fast on Saturday night he could enjoy a measure of early success while Ward is shaking off the ring rust. ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Euro judges mock the spirit of the Magna Carta
Like King John, the judges of the European Court of Human Rights are unelected. Like him, most are intellectually third-rate. But like him, too, they make up the law as they go along. ...read
Coasting? Vision? The jargon makes me want to howl at the Moon: QUENTIN LETTS on Yesterday in Parliament
Mr Gove had the glorious knack of saying things in a memorable, provocative, amusing manner. You could give that man the shipping forecast to read and he would make it controversial and comical. ...read
CRAIG BROWN: Snorting ants? Now THAT'S rock'n'roll
Today’s rock stars seem more keen to replicate the lives of retired Home County colonels, investing in new saucepans like Rick Parfitt of Status Quo (pictured), CRAIG BROWN writes. ...read
ALEX BRUMMER: How British technology can boost productivity - and recharge UK economy's batteries
Productivity will be boosted if public and private sectors invest in the best UK technology and government overcomes sclerotic decision making. ...read
CHRIS DEERIN: Why I’ll be voting to stay in the comic, wasteful, inefficient mess known as the EU
Some of my best friends are Eurosceptics, writes CHRIS DEERIN. They have come to the conclusion – often with reluctance – that Britain would be better off going it alone. ...read
ANDREW PIERCE: A silent lord who should quietly retire
Tory peer Peter Palumbo has spoken in the Upper House only twice in the past 15 years. He has taken part in fewer than 14 per cent of the votes in the past 12 months, writes ANDREW PIERCE. ...read
DOMINIC LAWSON: The truth in black and white: today, victimhood's seen as morally superior
Columnist DOMINIC LAWSON writes that Dolezal is part of a growing phenomenon of people posing as victims - thinking they will be seen as more virtuous because they have been oppressed ...read
PIERS MORGAN: I identify Rachel Dolezal as a lying, deluded idiot
Nothing, I repeat NOTHING, has ever amused me quite as much as the preposterous statement this morning by civil rights activist Rachel Dolezal: ‘I identify as black.’ ...read
SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Naomi's random act of rudeness
Liz Hurley memorably came up with the disparaging term ‘civilian’ to refer to a non-celebrity. Now Naomi Campbell has coined another, writes SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE. ...read
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Queen will avoid speaking German during trip to Berlin
To avoid stirring up pesky republicans, the Queen’s visit to Berlin next week (June 24 – 26) won’t see the monarch doing much ‘Deutsch sprechen’, as they say locally, writes EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE. ...read
The BBC prefers splurging cash on bloated army of jobsworths says MAX HASTINGS
The BBC is far too big and has fallen into the hands of a mass of managers more fit to run a local Jobcentre than a great public broadcaster. Bring on the guillotines. ...read
Joining jihad? Don't forget your toothbrush. As two Britons die as terrorists overseas, RICHARD LITTLEJOHN says: Let them go and then pull up the drawbridge
Two young British men died at the weekend fighting for Islamist terror groups overseas. One (pictured) self-detonated in Iraq, the other was shot by soldiers. Good, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN. ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Euro judges mock the spirit of the Magna Carta
Like King John, the judges of the European Court of Human Rights are unelected. Like him, most are intellectually third-rate. But like him, too, they make up the law as they go along. ...read
Coasting? Vision? The jargon makes me want to howl at the Moon: QUENTIN LETTS on Yesterday in Parliament
Mr Gove had the glorious knack of saying things in a memorable, provocative, amusing manner. You could give that man the shipping forecast to read and he would make it controversial and comical. ...read
ALEX BRUMMER: How British technology can boost productivity - and recharge UK economy's batteries
Productivity will be boosted if public and private sectors invest in the best UK technology and government overcomes sclerotic decision making. ...read
ANDREW PIERCE: A silent lord who should quietly retire
Tory peer Peter Palumbo has spoken in the Upper House only twice in the past 15 years. He has taken part in fewer than 14 per cent of the votes in the past 12 months, writes ANDREW PIERCE. ...read
Harriet's the ideal man for Labour... So why has she not offered herself as a candidate for the party's leadership, asks PETER MCKAY
Some will say that times must be bad if I suggest that Harriet Harman is looking better than the existing candidates for the Labour leadership. ...read
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Now there can be NO doubt over Rolf Harris
The prison letter penned by Rolf Harris, pictured, is a powerful the fact all criminals are in love with themselves because it comes from the mind of a highly intelligent and talented man. ...read
PLATELL'S PEOPLE:The most ungrateful migrant in the world
South London’s leafy district of Kennington is one of the city’s best-kept secrets. In this quiet area famous for its Georgian architecture, the average house price is more than £1 million, writes Amanada Platell. ...read
How Savile seduced the royals: As it's claimed he nearly became godfather to Harry, how the predatory DJ wormed his way into the very heart of Palace life
Just as with the psychiatric hospitals and prisons where he preyed on the vulnerable, the serial paedophile also had a licence to roam in the Prince of Wales’s London base. ...read
I reckon doubts at the altar make a marriage STRONGER (and, sorry Mrs U, I had them too!) writes TOM UTLEY
What? Only half? Such was my reaction yesterday when I read that 49 per cent of men and women who divorce admit they had doubts on their wedding day, while two-thirds of these had considered calling off the ceremony, writes TOM UTLEY. ...read
Bashing all bankers is stupid - but too many are STILL behaving like crooks, writes STEPHEN GLOVER
There is no reason whatsoever to believe that banks or the people who run them have changed their ways or turned over a new leaf. Far from it, writes STEPHEN GLOVER. ...read
Gurkhas are coming! A fine tribute to 200 years of fierce loyalty: ROBERT HARDMAN witnesses a spectacular pageant at the Royal Hospital Chelsea attended by the Royal Family
As the Gurkhas’ most famous cheerleader, Joanna Lumley, admitted, it was very hard ‘not to start blubbing’ at such a moment as 200 years of Gurkhas service was celebrated in London. ...read
PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Mother, 59, who needs help with grief - not an IVF baby
The death of a child — whatever their age — is a sorrow that no parent should have to endure. I feel compassion for the 59-year-old woman who lost her beloved daughter to bowel cancer aged 28. ...read
The man the royals love to HATE: So what HAS the BBC's Nicholas Witchell done to upset them so much?
Some believe Prince William declined to comment outside St Mary’s Hospital following the birth of daughter Charlotte last week simply because the BBC's royal correspondent was present. ...read
'You will protect our great island!': Tory minister Sajid Javid reveals the astonishing moment ex-PM Margaret Thatcher took him by the hand and gave him 'a message'
We are running an hour late, he is wearing rather strong aftershave and pretending to be a giant green fluffy duck, writes JANE FRYER. ...read
Rude and relentless... but my friend Ruth Rendell was world's greatest crime writer, says A. N. WILSON
Novelist and life peer Ruth Rendell, who has died aged 85, wrote persistently rather than rapidly and once said of writing: ‘It is absolutely essential to my life. I don’t know what I would do if I didn’t write.’ ...read
How crafty Marr outfoxed Prime Minister: ANDREW PIERCE with the stories the spin doctors DON'T want you to read: Yoicks!
During an otherwise confident performance on the BBC's Andrew Marr show this weekend, the Prime Minister stumbled badly when he was challenged over fox hunting. ...read
Rise up against the tyranny of the safety Nazis: Persecuted people of Britain! You've had your lives ruined by petty, nonsensical 'safety' rules. Now a brilliant new book explodes the myths
TRACEY BROWN AND MICHAEL HANLON looks at the way in which the seemingly unanswerable interests of ‘safety and security’ are being used and abused. ...read
ANDREW ALEXANDER: Rebels, ploys and a matter of life and death
David Cameron is running out of ploys to make backbench Tories feel part of the Government machine. The whips are very worried — that is to say, those whips who are not already EU sceptics themselves. ...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
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
The sharpest tongue in the West: The waspish wit and elegant controversy of Gore Vidal
ROY HATTERSLEY: Gore Vidal was entitled to claim that he was the wittiest and most elegant writer of his time. And claim it he often did. For modesty was not his principal virtue. ...read
In my days as Tory party chairman, donor-gate could never have happened
The most worrying thing about the sorry tale of Peter Cruddas is that it is yet another example of a failure by the Conservative leadership to think things through, or to have any regard for the way in which things were managed in the past. ...read
Who says we get happier with age? I'm grumpier than ever - and proud of it!
Grumbling should never be well-mannered or under control. It should be full-blooded. It should be rampant, writes MICHAEL WINNER. ...read
JOHN KETTLEY: It may have been one of the mildest Novembers on record - but now prepare for snow
By November 24 last year most of the country was already frozen over, with widespread severe frosts, deep snowfall and travel chaos. ...read
Rory McIlroy out to prove why he is world No 1 at US Open as tournament favourite embraces the crazy Chambers Bay course
MARTIN SAMUEL: Rory McIlroy believes the US Open venue, Chambers Bay, has the ability to separate the wheat from the chaff - even if some are struggling to separate greens from fairways. ...read
Premier League announce shock departure of general secretary Nic Coward as summer of upheaval in football continues
CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: The Barclays Premier League added to this summer of upheaval in world football by announcing the departure of general secretary Nic Coward. ...read
Prince Of Wales Stakes win for Free Eagle could boost Dermot Weld's iconic status
Dermot Weld has earned the reputation of a master trainer for his exploits around the world and victory for Free Eagle in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes would enhance his legendary status. ...read
Neymar as at the same level as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo after his brilliance for Brazil and Barcelona
ADRIAN DURHAM: Forget the Lionel Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo debate, there is a new contender. Neymar has had a ridiculously brilliant season for both club and country. ...read
Andre Ward hasn't fought for 19 months... Paul Smith will fancy his chances of shocking ring-rusty American who 'doesn't have the power to damage me'
JEFF POWELL: It is 19 months since Andre Ward last fought. If Paul Smith Jnr can start fast on Saturday night he could enjoy a measure of early success while Ward is shaking off the ring rust. ...read
Jack Wilshere has it all... just like Bryan Robson, but I feel sorry for Nathaniel Clyne
MARTIN KEOWN: People say English footballers aren’t technically gifted - Jack Wilshere proves they are. The precision of his strikes were magnificent and almost made a fool of keeper Samir Handanovic. ...read
England got it wrong... but it's better than playing with fear like they used to
NASSER HUSSAIN: We’ve had years of England plodding along in one-day cricket so let’s not knock them when they get it slightly wrong playing with this new carefree attitude. ...read
Why are so many trying to belittle the women's game? Sport is about the struggle and the contest, not just about what’s better
OLIVER HOLT, CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: When the women’s World Cup kicked off in Canada, a few hundred thousand dinosaurs were unearthed with misogynistic views. ...read
Iker Casillas has come to a crossroads in his career but will he follow the Xavi route?
GRAHAM HUNTER - EUROVIEW: These have been quite a couple of weeks for the Glimmer Twins of Spanish football: Iker Casillas and Xavi Hernández. ...read
HOT OR NOT: Matt Prior retired too soon, Brendan Rodgers is isolated at Liverpool and Lionel Messi showed the difference between himself and Cristiano Ronaldo
HOT OR NOT: Sportsmail's Ian Ladyman runs the rule over who has enjoyed a good week in sport and who has had one to forget. This week features Matt Prior, Brendan Rodgers and Luke Donald. ...read
Of 44 coaches taking their UEFA A Licence at St George's, 41 were white and male... without more BAME candidates, we'll never change the face of English football
NEIL ASHTON: Two weeks ago of the 44 delegates studying part one of the UEFA A Licence, 41 were white and male and three black males. Asian? None. Women? None. ...read
ITV outgunned by Sky as both networks wave goodbye to live Champions League coverage with Barcelona-Juventus clash
EDGE OF THE BOX: Both ITV and Sky waved goodbye to live Champions League football on Saturday night - but only one channel succeeded in giving the final proper treatment ...read
Manchester United set to make £30m bid for Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema after Gareth Bale declares he's staying in Spain
ROB SHEPHERD'S FOOTBALL GRAPEVINE: Rafa Benitez would want to keep Karim Benzema in his squad but it seems the club are ready to cash in on the Frenchman to bolster their transfer funds. ...read
Golf MUST get tough on hecklers after Justin Rose was distracted during his swing in final round of the Memorial Tournament
DEREK LAWRENSON: Justin Rose did not make a big thing of the disgraceful heckling that cost him over the final holes at Muirfield Village on Sunday but what he did say spoke volumes. ...read
Red Bull boss Christian Horner is the man to run Formula One... but Bernie Ecclestone is not ready to give up his role just yet
JONATHAN McEVOY: Bernie Ecclestone is not ready to step down from running Formula One, but when he does leave, young, energetic, articulate Christian Horner is the man to replace him. ...read
Barcelona vs Juventus: The Champions League final that will decide who wins the eighth major treble in history, but how do they compare to Manchester United in 1999, Bayern Munich in 2013 and the rest?
KIERAN GILL - THE NUMBERS GAME: It is about 379 miles from Barcelona's Nou Camp to Turin's Juventus Stadium. On the pitch, the gulf between Barca and Juve may be even greater. ...read
JAMIE CARRAGHER: Xavi has been the real star of Barcelona's season... captain's pep talk helped Lionel Messi rediscover form and now he hopes for dream ending with Champions League
Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar have been superb this season, but they haven't done anything like Xavi, who will play the 767th and last game of his glorious Barcelona career on Saturday night. ...read
Juventus vs Barcelona: Jamie Redknapp picks out the three key battles ahead of Champions League final showdown
JAMIE REDKNAPP: Patrice Evra won’t get much sleep on Friday night. That is what playing against Lionel Messi can do to you. Saturday will be a huge challenge for the Frenchman. ...read
Sepp Blatter is FIFA chief no more... but I fear he's stuffed it good and proper for any talented chap that might follow
MARTIN SAMUEL: There is only one topic on THE DEBATE agenda this week, as I’m sure you will expect. It's Sepp Blatter - FIFA president when we started this thing but gone not long after. Enjoy... ...read
I use my battered old van to recruit players for Barnet and Brentford would have been promoted to the Premier League if they'd delayed the Mark Warburton announcement
Martin 'Mad Dog' Allen returns with his latest column for Sportsmail. The Barnet manager talks about player recruitment at the club and Brentford's mistake in letting Mark Warburton go. ...read
Amir Khan is wrong to turn down Kell Brook fight... and Anthony Joshua is destined to dominate the heavyweight division
EDDIE HEARN: Everyone knows my opinion on Amir Khan for not wanting to fight Kell Brook. Sometimes you have to accept that people will make decisions that do not make sense. ...read
Matt Henry hitting Stuart Broad for six was a fitting parting shot for New Zealand
TOP SPIN: It felt appropriate that New Zealand’s final scoring shot in this helter-skelter series was a six over midwicket by their No 10 Matt Henry. ...read
BUMBLE AT THE TEST: Joe Root didn't really mean England would go for their 455-run target against New Zealand... we've all said things before in interviews we regret
DAVID LLOYD: Some folk were moaning about the wind and the cold at Headingley on Tuesday, but they don’t know they’re born! ...read
Andy Murray can end his David Ferrer jinx on clay in their French Open quarter-final
BRAD GILBERT INSIGHT: Wednesday's French Open men's quarter-finals will see two tantalising battles with Andy Murray up against David Ferrer, while Rafael Nadal faces Novak Djokovic. ...read
Sir Clive Woodward on the fly-half showdown: George Ford vs Owen Farrell
England World Cup winning coach Sir Clive Woodward delivers his verdict on the showdown between Bath fly-half George Ford and Saracens No 10 Owen Farrell at Twickenham. ...read
Sam Burgess: I’m going for another final win... but hopefully I won't have to do it with a broken cheekbone again!
SAM BURGESS - EXCLUSIVE: It will be a special occasion for me this Saturday, playing in my second grand final in eight months. ...read
Christian Wade could spin World Cup squad snub into potential Sevens gold at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro
CHRIS FOY'S WORLD OF RUGBY: Christian Wade may soon come to the understandable conclusion that his best shot at international glory will be in Rio next year, rather than in London this year. ...read
Cesc Fabregas HAD to be sent off and referee Mike Jones was also right not to dismiss Darren Fletcher
GRAHAM POLL: What possesses a professional footballer to smash the ball across the penalty area forcibly towards a group of opponents? Cesc Fabregas was rightly sent off by Mike Jones. ...read
Andrew Strauss says Kevin Pietersen and ECB lack trust... but still the cricketing world has to read between the lines as we are denied a full, proper explanation
PAUL NEWMAN: The wait goes on. Still the public are denied a full, proper explanation as to why the leading runscorer in England's history in Kevin Pietersen will never play international cricket again. ...read
John Carver might be a true Geordie but he is out of his depth in the Newcastle job
MARTIN KEOWN: John Carver would have us believe he’s the best coach in the Barclays Premier League. Right now he is showing none of the qualities associated with being a top coach. ...read
I have never voted for Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho as Premier League Manager of the Month - and it's a compliment to him
LAURA WILLIAMSON: I have never voted for Jose Mourinho as Barclays Manager of the Month. His sides are very, very good, so the bar is set very high for an 'exceptional' sequence of results. ...read
Gareth Bale hoping to remain at Real Madrid amid interest from Chelsea and Manchester United as agent blasts criticism from 'people who have failed in management'
TRANSFER NEWS COLUMN: Gareth Bale intends to ride out the storm at Real Madrid - for at least one more season. The talented Wales star had an anonymous night against Juventus. ...read
Ticking off his bucket list is AP McCoy's next hurdle...but it won't include a ringside seat to Mayweather versus Pacquiao
MARCUS TOWNEND: It was a simple slip of the tongue, instantly corrected minutes after his last ever ride at Sandown on Saturday. It was also the moment he realised he was an ex-jockey. ...read
LIAM RIDGEWELL: Walking onto the pitch with Kaka was a real privilege but I'm not sure he understood me
Portland Timbers defender Liam Ridgewell writes his second column for Sportsmail with the 2015 Major League Soccer season well under way in the United States. ...read
Peter Scudamore picks his top 10 AP McCoy moments as the 20-time champion jockey prepares to say farewell at Sandown
Peter Scudamore rode an incredible 1,678 winners but has seen his achievements dwarfed by AP McCoy. Here, he identifies what he believes are the 10 finest achievements of McCoy. ...read
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: An avalanche of points and adventure mean England can build on Six Nations experience
England were fantastic against France at Twickenham on Saturday and if they can draw from the experience, this can be a fantastic year for English rugby. ...read
Stoke are playing better football under Mark Hughes and are being ignored, they deserve more credit and exposure for their results
MICHAEL DUBERRY: Stoke were hated under Tony Pulis, but having improved in all areas under mark Hughes they are being overlooked ...read
Sally Brown: I've had a few setbacks with my foot injury but you're always going to have days like that... I'm getting there slowly
We’ve just got back from a training camp in South Africa and that was a really good experience. It was hot – about 35C every day – so it was really warm and great for training. ...read
Super Bowl puts on a stunning show for the fans even if they don't like the game... it engulfs an entire city and we must try and do this back home for the FA Cup final
VERNON KAY: The way that the NFL builds a city around an American football event is phenomenal. Imagine if we could make a bigger spectacle out of the FA Cup final. ...read
Charlton fans chant 'You don't know what you're doing' at Guy Luzon's first home match... I doubt he's going to be at SE7 long enough to collect a testimonial
PATRICK COLLINS: Charlton are owned by a chap who is apparently the 18th richest man in Belgium, however the Championship outfit are just his bit on the side. ...read
SEBASTIEN BASSONG: It was hard falling out of favour at Norwich but I've found my touch again at Watford... and Cameroon's World Cup was an 'embarrassment'
In his second appearance in the Footballers’ Football Column, Sebastien Bassong talks about last season at Norwich, Cameroon’s terrible World Cup and his hopes for the future. ...read
GEORGE NORTH: I can't wait to face the New Zealand haka... if players can't handle it, they're in the wrong sport
The Northampton wing and Sportsmail columnist gives his views on Wales' showdown with 'the world's best team' New Zealand at the Millenium Stadium on Saturday. ...read
NICO ROSBERG COLUMN: I need some help from Lewis Hamilton in Abu Dhabi to win the F1 title… and I am going to push him as hard as I can
Lewis Hamilton has been making some mistakes recently, he spun in Brazil for instance, so maybe there is a chance that he will help me out and that is what I am looking for. ...read
Steven Gerrard is the real deal and Liverpool HAVE to give the best player in their history a new contract
During the summer, it was intimated Steven Gerrard signing a new deal was a formality but, two and a half months on, there is an element of uncertainty starting to swirl around. ...read
STEVEN GERRARD: I just had to send a chilling message to my 'roofer' pal Craig Noone
The ice-bucket challenge has been making more headlines and, as someone who found themselves nominated to do it, I can confirm it is not something you would want to do twice. ...read
Everton striker Chris Long could force his way into Roberto Martinez's plans as Spaniard gives youth a chance
Roberto Martinez has been left scratching his head by Everton's pre-season form but one shining ray of light has been the emergence of 19-year-old striker Chris Long. ...read
Commonwealth Games 2014: Dazzling, daring and plenty of tears... Sportsmail's experts give their verdicts
Sportsmail's experts give their verdicts on the Commonwealth Games including their favourite memeory from the event and their Brit to watch in Rio. ...read
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says he's finished his summer spending as he vows to let the youngsters have their chance
After signing Cesc Fabregas, Diego Costa and Felipe Luis Jose Mourinho says there will be no more additions this summer as he insists he will give his U-21 stars a chance to get into the team and develop. ...read
James Rodriguez to sign for Real Madrid in £60m deal with World Cup Golden Boot winner's arrival sparking Premier League rush for La Liga giant's stars
The star of the 2014 World Cup, James Rodriguez, will sign for Real Madrid this Wednesday for £60million in a transfer that will push several players towards the Premier League. ...read
Gus Poyet confident of signing Fabio Borini for £14million, with Sunderland boss willing to fly Liverpool forward back from America
Sunderland manager Gus Poyet is still confident he will land Fabio Borini in a £14million deal, despite the striker boarding the flight to Liverpool's tour to the States. ...read
James Rodriguez's volley, Arturo Vidal's crazy hair and Danny Murphy's jumper... it's time for Rio Ferdinand's World Cup awards!
James Rodriguez's superb volley, Arturo Vidal's crazy hair and Danny Murphy's jumper have been just a few of the stand-out moments of the 2014 World Cup, but what else? ...read
Germany 1-0 France PLAYER RATINGS: Veterans Bastian Schweinsteiger and Philipp Lahm prove solid as Joachim Low's men earn place in World Cup semi-final
Germany saw off France in a dramatic World Cup quarter-final to book their place in the final four. ...read
Susie Wolff 'massively disappointed' after lasting only four laps on full F1 debut
Susie Wolff has expressed her disappointment at completing only four laps on her full Formula One debut. ...read
Andy Murray is moving in one direction as Wimbledon hero feeds off his star treatment
MIKE DICKSON: Andy Murray knew things had changed a week ago when he walked out on Centre Court to the kind of pop star reception not witnessed since the exceptional days of the London 2012 tennis event. ...read
Richard Schaefer leaves Golden Boy promotions after 14 years as CEO
MARTIN DOMIN: Richard Schaefer has announced his decision to leave the world’s biggest boxing promotional company, Golden Boy. ...read
JOHNNY NELSON: George Groves and Carl Froch are like two lovers... all they can think about is the other - they consume each other's lives
I’ve never really given George Groves the credit he deserves. I didn’t before he fought James DeGale and when you look at the development of both fighters since then, Groves has come on tenfold in terms of his confidence and self-belief. When he boxed Carl Froch last year, I thought he had no chance but he shocked everybody. ...read
Ben Kay's big moments from the game: Care's stunning start blew Wales away, Gatland's men couldn't catch up
Danny Care showed confidence and cheek to get the first try, catching Wales off guard when back pedalling in defence. His buzz is infectious. Long may it last. ...read
GARY NEVILLE: City remind me of United's title winners... watching them beat Tottenham gave me a sinking feeling in my stomach
At the end of last season, many people in English football were talking about the potential of Spanish and German clubs to dominate the Champions League in the future. On the back of a poor season for English clubs in that tournament, the dominance of Bayern Munich and the impact of Borussia Dortmund, it might have seemed as though the Premier League was being left behind. ...read
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Join Sportsmail's Football 9-5 service, where we bring you the latest news as it happens throughout the day with all the best pictures and hard-hitting opinion. ...read
JAMES ANDERSON: We let our captain down, now none of us knows if we'll play for England again
I am not privy to the plans of England’s management, coaches and selectors but to me, our 5-0 defeat in Australia feels like the end of one era and the beginning of a new one. ...read
Australia 7-0 England: Morgan scores a century but Cook's tourists STILL can't win as Aussies sniff 13-0 tour annihilation - England are absolutely... 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 - AGAIN - to be handed the dubious honour... ...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
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
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
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
DES KELLY: Well, nothing lasts forever... it's been a blast! Sportsmail's brilliant columnist bows out after almost a decade at the top
It's time to bid you a fond farewell. This is my final column for Sportsmail. It has been an absolute privilege and an honour to be allowed to sound off on this page without compromise. ...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
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
THE INSIDER: Carroll holds up Liverpool bid for Llorente as Sunderland eye loan move for Rose
Simon Jones is Sportsmail's man on the inside of all the major transfer moves this summer. Don't miss your daily Insider instalment here for Thursday, August 30. ...read
Clinton McKenzie: A pay day, but no pride for Britain as Haye's downfall is complete
In 2010, David Haye was heralded as the ‘Lord of the Ring’ by Sky Sports. It seemed he was the answer to all the ills of British boxing. So how has it come to this? ...read
Paul Nicholls: Kauto is raring to go and ready to Star in the Gold Cup
A couple of weekends ago my gut feeling was that Kauto Star would not make it to the Gold Cup. When my head lad Clifford Baker told me that he thought Kauto was only ‘50-50’, my heart sank. ...read
BAZ BAMIGBOYE: The Mission Impossible star with REALLY killer thighs
Rebecca Ferguson, 31, plays Ilsa, a mysterious assassin in the new Mission Impossible film, Rogue Nation (out here on July 30), writes BAZ BAMIGBOYE. ...read
Liz's unchanging looks! As she turns 50, how Liz Hurley's stuck with three VERY familiar styles through thick and thin
As Liz Hurley reaches her milestone 50th birthday, what better time to celebrate her position at the very apex of showbiz show-stoppery. Can you think of anyone else who has got so far on so little? ...read
Soap watch: JACI STEPHEN's ultimate insight into the week's soaps
Has Coronation Street employed a Head of Hotness in casting? While the show has always been terrific in promoting stunning, sexy women, it’s generally fallen down in the male department. ...read
Sorry it's only me! William apologies to Malta as Kate forced to stay at home
He may be a future king but he’s certainly not as glamorous as his wife – and yesterday Prince William clearly felt the need to apologise on a visit to Malta. ...read
Rowan Pelling's sex column: Should I have a fling with my cleaner?
This week Rowan helps a 51-year-old man who has just hired a 38-year-old cleaner who he has taken out for dinner and spent the weekend with. But, his daughter says she's using him for his money. ...read
BEL MOONEY: I despair that my husband doesn't earn more
This week, BEL MOONEY advises a woman who feels she made the wrong decision in allowing her husband to start his own business because he does not earn enough money. ...read
JAN MOIR: I've little sympathy for today's gap year hedonists
I have only a bee-drop smidgen of sympathy for Eleanor Hawkins, the 23-year-old British gapper from Derby who has been threatened with jail in Malaysia ...read
LORRAINE CANDY: I said kiss your little sister... not lick her eyeball!
This week Lorraine Candy talks about the recently released photos of Prince George and Princess Charlotte and how if it had been her children they would have been messy and covered in stains. ...read
A peaceful Bank Holiday? Forget it. From leaf blowers to thumping car stereos... Britain's become so darned noisy! says JANET STREET-PORTER
Open spaces across Britain are blighted by the sound of leaf blowers. And Leaf Blower Man is just one of the unnecessary noise pollutants in modern life, writes JANET STREET-PORTER. ...read
LIZ JONES: Forget lying about your age, only money gets you power
Maggie Gyllenhaal, a movie star and therefore not deserving of too much sympathy, was recently turned down for the part of the love interest of a much older man, writes LIZ JONES. ...read
I'm so lucky to be here. But there'll always be anger that the doctors missed my cancer: As he's rushed back to hospital, dying cancer boy whose appeal raised £3.2m reveals the blunders that haunt him
Stephen Sutton (pictured and with his mother Jane inset) doesn’t believe in miracles. Or at least, he didn’t. ‘I am so lucky and so fortunate to be here,' he tells REBECCA HARDY. ...read
The web's a dark place but there is one glimmer of hope
SANDRA PARSONS: Today's young woman has a wider selection of men from whom to choose — but if she isn't lucky enough to find her Mr Darcy at university or the office, she’s increasingly unlikely to meet him at all. ...read
ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Why I'm mad about the midi skirt
Demure but sexy, grown-up yet on-trend, the midi is a style to suit all women. ...read
ASK THE DOCTOR: Could taking statins be to blame for my nosebleeds?
Dr Scurr explains secondary prevention - treatment to stop a disorder from getting worse or recurring. ...read
ASK DR ELLIE: Lorraine Kelly doesn't need this kind of exposure
Lorraine Kelly is a knockout in a bikini at 55. But am I the only one who thinks that she looks a bit uncomfortable? ...read
JANE CLARKE: Why you can ignore what's on the label
This week, in her final column, Jane explains how food labelling can be hugely misleading. ...read
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: NEVER stop jumping up and down to make these pension changes work, Ros
Last week Pensions Minister Ros Altmann said the pension reforms should be given time to bed in before providers were held to account for dragging their feet. ...read
SIMON WATKINS: Boeing's aggressive marketing sparks debate - should we be in defence of the realm - or jobs?
It is a debate that comes around regularly in Whitehall and we can see it again in the case of Apache helicopters that American group Boeing is aggressively marketing to the Ministry of Defence. ...read
SIMON LAMBERT: Nationwide's decision is shocking.... it has raised my savings rate
Savers have suffered years of cuts and weasel excuses as banks and building societies have raised margins. Could Nationwide's surprise rate rise be a sign we've seen the bottom? ...read
Why won't Halifax let me replace my deceased wife as the signatory of my son's £4,000 savings account unless I pay £2,000 for a Court of Protection letter?
My son has severe learning difficulties, so my wife operated a joint Halifax savings account with him. It currently holds about £4,000. This worked well, but in January she passed away. ...read
JAMES CONEY: The Government wants you to take responsibility for your savings, but the insurers won’t let you
Pensions Revolution? Pah. The only thing that is revolting in pensions is the treatment of loyal savers by the insurers and policymakers. ...read
RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: We'd better invest in our energy infrastructure right now - I saw in South Africa what happens when the lights go out
South Africans are addicted to a mobile phone app that tells them the black out schedule for their neighbourhood so they know when they will next be plunged into darkness. ...read
TONY HETHERINGTON: I've worked at Royal Mail for 14 years and have never been allowed to join the pension scheme
When you joined Royal Mail in your mid-50s, you were told that with retirement then at 60, you were already too old to sign up. ...read
Plug-in hybrid car sales are soaring but are they really the future? We a green SUV to the greenest hotel in Britain to find out...
The thought of an eco holiday filled Lee Boyce with dread. But would a Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV and a trip to Green House Hotel in Bournemouth prove a winning formula? ...read
DOGBERRY: 'Through the lens of humanity'? We have no idea what Starbucks boss Howard Schultz means...
We put the worst offenders in the dock for crimes against the English language. ...read
There's nothing weird about getting a veg box delivered - especially when the amount it saves us each year gets my family to the Caribbean...
They thought I was odd when I revealed my best money-saving tip involved a cabbage - but it saves me enough each year for a family holiday in the Caribbean. ...read
ED MONK: A messy election result could deliver at least one benefit - a Pensions Minister who actually wants the job
The constitutional mess that this election threatens at least makes one outcome more likely - Steve Webb may continue as Minister of State for Pensions. ...read
SAM DUNN: Home for cheats, cheap deals and shoddy customer service - that's what we're hearing about eBay
Many of my friends, colleagues and neighbours swear that the online auction site is the best — nay, the only — way to get rid of junk they thought no one would ever want to buy. ...read
'Sorry for the delay to your train, this is due to a driver shortage!' How can we stop ridiculous excuses from Thameslink and other rail companies?
Driver shortages, broken down trains and infrequent services feel more regular than the timetables for some commuters - especially Marc Shoffman's fellow Thameslink sufferers. ...read
'Shopping around added £3,500 to my fashion boutique's bottom line': Four ways to cut your business expenses if you work from home or own a small firm
Every penny counts when you are running a small business, particularly for those just starting up. Here's This is Money’s four step plan to lowering essential costs ...read
Factory slowdown threatens UK growth and rate hike must be delayed, warns BCC
The recovery in manufacturing has run out of steam and could sound the first alarm bell for the UK economy, according to the British Chambers of Commerce. ...read
Slimline Aga for city living: Manufacturer unveils 60cm version of its cast-iron cooker to fit in small urban kitchens - and it's a snip at £5,000
The Aga City60, promoted by model Daisy Lowe, is 60cm wide - which means it will fit into a standard kitchen cabinet space - and costs £4,995. ...read
MARKET REPORT: Halfords punctured by broker downgrade for European retailers
After a recent strong run helped by interest in the Tour de France’s visit to Britain, some cautious broker comment caused the chain to come off for bicycle and car parts retailer Halfords. ...read
Customers due compensation for mis-sold card protection must act now as they have two weeks left to file claims averaging £188
Seven million people targeted with these policies were sent compensation claims forms in February by their bank or credit card company. But many have yet to respond. ...read
Savers handed new tax-efficient way to get at their pension pots as officials flesh out upcoming retirement freedoms
People in work pensions are to be given a new tax-efficient option to take lump sums out of their savings pots when they wish as they approach retirement. ...read
Money Morals: Is a Lidl store's ten minute free parking with a £90 fine if you overstay and don't buy anything fair?
Anyone who doesn't buy something in the shop gets hit with a £90 fine if they stray over. Is this fair? Have your say in out latest Money Moral. ...read
Blow to drivers as AA warns whiplash law will push up the price of insurance premiums
Insurers started to cut prices after the Government unveiled measures to reduce fraudulent whiplash claims but premium falls may rise again unless tougher measures are brought in. ...read
The great British pension savings chasm: Millions face stark choice of working into old age or surviving on far less than they think
A study into Britain's savings habits has found that many are falling drastically short when it comes to giving themselves a chance of a decent retirement income. ...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
RICHARD DYSON: The house prices generation gap means the Bank of Gran and Grandad is good for £1trillion
The Bank of Mum and Dad is going bust, but the Bank of Gran and Grandad is flush with property wealth, a further sign of the great generational divide. ...read
DAN ATKINSON: Downturns may have prevented bust
Gordon Brown was committed to ending the cycle of ‘boom and bust’. Perhaps one or two small downturns may have saved us from the very large one that started in 2008. ...read
DAN HYDE: Annuity changes are welcome but insurers have forced a selfish compromise that will hurt thousands
Insurers are finally cleaning up their act over a £1 billion pensions rip-off but their self-interest has stopped the ABI from going the whole hog, leaving thousands to fall through the cracks in the code. ...read
LISA BUCKINGHAM: Time to take a long hard look at the predatory payday loan gang
The OFT is about to write to the 50 largest payday lenders to point out where it thinks they may be falling short, but such moves are not enough. ...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
Barclays carries on regardless
Barclays' rewards appear all the more farcical because it was ex-boss John Varley who spearheaded the much-trumpeted Merlin deal, writes Lucy Farndon ...read
JAMES FORSYTH: Osborne's on a roll as he takes another big stride towards No10
On Wednesday, George Osborne will show us the future. Or rather, what he hopes will be his future… when he stands in for David Cameron at Prime Minister’s Questions, writes JAMES FORSYTH. ...read
BLACK DOG: BBC's Jeremy Vine whines at Tory triumph after exit poll predicted David Cameron's election night victory
BBC swingometer king Jeremy Vine, pictured, reacted with dismay when the exit poll announcing David Cameron's imminent election victory was announced ,according to colleague Nick Robinson. ...read
Jail in Malaysia? It's a a small price to pay for the ultimate gap year yarn, says RACHEL JOHNSON
The case of the penitent, red-eyed Hawkins reveals there is a clear and present new danger abroad, and it is the internet-enabled smartphone. ...read
LIZ JONES: Ferrari? My pension will only buy me hole in the ground
It always provokes hollow laughter when I read or hear about the Government’s plans to allow those over 55 to release money from their pension pots, writes LIZ JONES ...read
Welcome to Britain...you really didn't need to try so hard to get in
The world's poor have discovered that there's no way to stop immigrants getting into the EU, writes PETE HITCHENS. And it's so difficult to get them out, the steady flow of migrants will continue. ...read
Beauty Bible Beauty Clinic: Hayfever is giving me dark, puffy under-eye bags
I have suddenly developed dark circles and puffy eyes, which are a bit sore, just over the last few weeks. Someone suggested it could be hay fever – could this be right? And what can I do? ...read
Horoscopes: Stay cool, Gemini, and make the right moves for the right reasons
What do the stars have in store for you? Britain's most trusted astrologer Sally Brompton looks at your horoscopes for the week ahead ...read
Health: The benefits of broth, plus your beach body plan top-up
The latest craze for health-conscious New York fashionistas is a steaming cup of nutrient-dense, calorie-light bone broth. British chef sisters Jasmine and Melissa Hemsley are big fans. ...read
Our relationships expert Zelda West-Meads answers your questions
Zelda gives advice to a mother of two who wonders whether to leave her marriage to be with her lover, and to a teenage student who is in a dilemma about going away to university. ...read
Liz Jones's Diary: In which the wedding planning begins…
I’ve made a guest list. To do this, I had a look at the list I made the first time around. Of the 60 or so people, I am only in touch with two. Two! So, they are on the list: my sister and my friend Sue,. ...read
Bella's beauty buzz: Have you got BRONDE AMBITION? Plus, get SUMMER READY
Go easy on the bleach with the new brown-blonde - bronde, a la Cara and Suki; plus it's tani, mani, pedi time for summer! ...read
Mimi Spencer's fabulous 5:2 beach diet: Chicken and mango salad
A light, bright and totally tasty update on coronation chicken – made in minutes and probably demolished in seconds (though I would advise relishing every forkful). ...read
Abandon ship! Moyes and his men are sinking without trace so don't let them take you down too... and prepare for 'aerial playmaker' Carroll's return
FANTASY FRIDAY: Welcome to Sportsmail's weekly Fantasy Football column which will try to help you get the edge on your friends, family and Jamie Redknapp. ...read
CHRIS DEERIN: Why I’ll be voting to stay in the comic, wasteful, inefficient mess known as the EU
Some of my best friends are Eurosceptics, writes CHRIS DEERIN. They have come to the conclusion – often with reluctance – that Britain would be better off going it alone. ...read
Spencer and Caggie, Spencer and Cheska, Louise and Eminem... The revelations flow as stars of MIC past and present celebrate 100 episodes of Made In Chelsea, by JIM SHELLEY
Made In Chelsea was celebrating its 100th episode, which is more than those poor unfortunates like myself who’ve seen them all were. ...read
DOMINIC LAWSON: The truth in black and white: today, victimhood's seen as morally superior
Columnist DOMINIC LAWSON writes that Dolezal is part of a growing phenomenon of people posing as victims - thinking they will be seen as more virtuous because they have been oppressed ...read
RUTH SUNDERLAND: Britain's productivity puzzle? Middle class jobs are disappearing due to automation and too many new jobs are low value and low skilled
Three minor revolutions happened this week. They were so discreet that even ardent readers of the financial pages may have missed them, but they are significant nonetheless. ...read
So sweet! But is this the moment Prince George realised: Now I have to share Mum's love with my new sister Charlotte
George probably doesn’t realise it quite yet, but he holds in his arms the instrument of his demise; the person with whom he is henceforth going to have to share his mother, writes SARAH VINE. ...read
Churchill gay? What poppycock! A distinguished biographer has claimed in the Mail that statesmen from Churchill to Enoch Powell were gay. Here, leading historian DOMINIC SANDBROOK offers his trenchant response
Top biographer Michael Bloch has claimed Churchill (pictured) was a 'closet queen' and three other Prime Ministers - including Edwardian Tory Arthur Balfour and the late Edward Heath - were likely gay. ...read
As tenacious and clever as they are savage, can ANYONE stop ISIS tearing the Middle East apart?
The U.S has conducted 20 air strikes around Ramadi in the past few days, But it is clear their £430m F-22 Raptor fighters do not have the capability to stop the jihadis' advance, writes MICHAEL BURLEIGH. ...read
Goodbye to the man who could never admit he got it all wrong: SIMON HEFFER on how Ed Balls never shed his reputation for slipperiness and political thuggery
He was one of the architects of Labour’s economic policy that helped engineer the worst crash since 1931, with public debt doubling and the stock market plunging, writes SIMON HEFFER. ...read
PICTURED: Horrific moment a car is written off trapping the driver inside after smashing into the back of an ambulance on the way to a call-out and pushing it into a tree
The sedan driver, who pushed the ambulance off the road and into a tree in Alice Springs, had to be cut out of his car over several hours before he could be rushed to hospital for treatment. ...read
Cheers, but more pain is to come: JAMES SLACK'S budget analysis says there are more severe cuts to come
In order for George Osborne to put Britain back in the black, the cuts will be more severe in the early part of the next Parliament across several Whitehall departments, writes JAMES SLACK. ...read
How do you pass off a vast deficit as triumph - and get away with it...? Why George Osborne's cunning genius would make Machiavelli proud
George Osborne’s plea is that his task is only half-done and you simply can’t trust Labour to complete it, writes MARK LITTLEWOOD, director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs. ...read
Feminists? No, men wearing this T-shirt insult women and I don't believe Ed Miliband or Nick Clegg's protestations for a second says MELISSA KITE
Both leaders had put on T-shirts produced by The Fawcett Society, which campaigns for equal rights for women - but MELISSA KITE asks how can a man claim to be a feminist? ...read
I’ll stand against Salmond in the Scottish Parliament over NHS 'lies' says Gordon Brown
The former PM said: ‘If he continues to peddle this deception then I will want to join Johann Lamont in fighting him and securing the return of a Labour Government as quickly as possible.’ ...read
Greece, glorious Greece: Finding family holiday heaven on Halkidiki's 'middle finger'
Sithonia, the so-called middle finger of the peninsulas which hang down from the northern Greek mainland, is an ideal place for a family break, as Jack Doyle discovers. ...read
The pretty perfection of Palm Springs: Charlize, Sinatra and the timeless sophistication of California's desert classic
It is the corner of California that has long lured the stars - from aces of the tennis court to cinematic greats. Glenys Roberts finds a car and goes east to Palm Springs. ...read
Revealed: The revolutionary rub-on hormone gel that can banish depression and transform the lives of countless women
'My best friend Chloe tried to kill herself twice. Another suicide attempt and two admissions to the Priory later, she is fine,' writes HARRIET SERGEANT. ...read
'I only had my daughter for eight years': Mother who lost TV executive husband and child in speedboat horror speaks about the tragedy for the first time revealing how 'perfect life was pulled from under me'
Victoria Milligan, from Wandsworth, south-west London, was enjoying a holiday in Cornwall with her husband Nick and their four children when they were all thrown overboard. ...read
Secret court jails gran who hugged her granddaughter: Pensioner sentenced to three months after disobeying order she should not see the teenager
Kathleen Danby, 72, from Orkney in Scotland was jailed for three months by the secretive Court of Protection in Birmingham, despite not being at the hearing. ...read
A living bereavement: When ESTHER RANTZEN spoke up for couples denied access to their grandchildren, she triggered a flood of heart rending stories revealing the agony of family breakdown's forgotten victims
Being told she could never her toddler grandson again, would leave Esther heartbroken. Yet Jane and Mark Jackson (pictured) have not seen their granddaughter for seven years. ...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
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
'Gordon the Gopher could've done a better job!' Phil and Holly's funeral coverage falls flat for ITV and Sky's man gets a handbagging
Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby were out of their depth while covering Baroness Thatcher's funeral, says PAUL CONNOLLY - but Sky News's Tom Parmenter fared even worse. ...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
The Lord Chief Justice has failed us all miserably by cutting the sentence of this vile child rapist
ANNA SMITH: Child sex monster Paul Wilson filmed himself raping a three-year-old girl. He should be viewed as a candidate for chemical castration, not clemency. ...read
Damian Green is dragging the dysfunctional student visa system into the daylight. About time too.
JANICE ATKINSON-SMALL: Listening to the BBC's grilling of Damian Green, one would think HE was the one here on an illegal visa. ...read
Keeping debt problems secret won't cure them. We need to strip away the shame around financial struggles
DOMINIQUE JACKSON: The longer people struggle on alone with unmanageable debt, the more unmanageable it is bound to become ...read
The Paralympics celebrate the strength of disabled people – as do all the protests that accompany them
SONIA POULTON: Let us remember that away from the splendour of the Olympic Stadium, our disabled people have been treated as anything but heroes. ...read
Tax the rich or the 'cohesion of Britain' will go up in flames: Nick Clegg is literally playing with fire this time
DR ROBERT LEFEVER: By the 'cohesion of Britain', Mr Clegg must be referring to the possibility of a repeat of last summer's riots. But the Lib Dems are comfortable with protest because that is what they do. ...read
Dumas: 'Without euro exit, Germany will soon be in big trouble'
M E SYNON: A new analysis by the totally excellent economist Charles Dumas of Lombard Street Research suggests Germany should not, perhaps cannot, afford the euro. ...read
Paul Ryan's rousing speech in Tampa has cemented Medicare as the big issue splitting voters
DIANA FURCHTGOTT-ROTH: Ryan's attack on President Obama and his defence of Republican principles has the Democrats wishing that Hurricane Isaac had hit Tampa instead of New Orleans. ...read
Is there life on Planet Clegg? Yes, but it cannot add up
NICK WOOD: The so-called Deputy Prime Minister has today come out with another bucket of moonshine. Only a few months after signing off a cut in top rate income tax, he now wants a new wealth tax, intended to get the rich to cough up billions. ...read
America's middle class is shrinking. So who is to blame?
BRIAN DARLING: Some partisans will try to blame President George W. Bush. Some others will try to blame Obama. Yet the answer is much more complicated than putting the blame on one party, or one president. ...read
Patients missing appointments - maybe they never needed them?
JULIA MANNING: The figures for the number of people not turning up for NHS appointments were revealed over the bank holiday weekend – one in ten people don’t attend an appointment. ...read
Brace yourselves: Argentina's president Cristina Kirchner is on the political attack
DAVID HARDING: As her popularity falls even lower, Argentinian president Cristina Kirchner is looking to exploit anti-British feeling. This may not be her proudest moment... ...read
Don't look now Dave and Damian - but your crew is mutinying
NIGEL JONES: The Titanic is an apt metaphor for where the Tories are heading under Captain Cameron's leadership. His maiden voyage, the Coalition, is steering straight for the iceberg. ...read
Romney/Ryan turn back the magical thinking of Obama
JAMES LUCIER: Romney/Ryan have taken the line of common sense, the line of reality-based thinking, as opposed to magical thinking. This is a line which says, "I am, therefore I think." ...read
Why won't the BBC come clean over its bias against Israel - a moral country that deserves our support?
ALEX SINGLETON: Almost the entire Left-wing establishment in this country, including the BBC, has an warped and profoundly wrong view of the Middle East. ...read
Greece moves closer to the Eurozone’s exit door
RUTH LEA: Over the next few years the Eurozone could shrink to a “core” of rich nations or it could break up altogether. The dream of European unity would then lie in tatters. ...read
The Syrian uprising is an opportunity for the Israeli Air Force
ALLAN MALLINSON: With the Assad regime imploding, Syria's air defences could be seriously degraded, and Southern Syria may well now be the IAF’s most feasible route into Iran via Iraq. ...read
Am I the only person who thinks Pussy Riot should have been jailed?
MARK DOOLEY: Imagine that rather than invade a Christian church, Pussy Riot decided to perform their 'punk prayer' in a mosque. Do you think Western politicians would be queuing up to support them then? ...read
The Government must keep fighting the Big Brother state - starting with a review of the last decade's surveillance orgy
MATTHEW ELLIOTT: The Coalition parties made surveillance a key issue before the election. Now they are running out of time to finish the reforming work they have started - and protect our privacy. ...read
The Tories need renewal not reshuffle
SIMON RICHARDS: With the Coalition floundering, there's no doubt that a reshuffle is long overdue, but, of course, the heads which ought to roll will emerge unscathed from the rearrangement. ...read
Many a man needs killing and many a lie needs to be exposed, but killers and tale-bearers do not necessarily deserve respect
THOMAS FLEMING: So far as I am concerned Julian Assange should be prosecuted for treason: he was not only disloyal to his country but he violated the rules of the game. ...read
The South African miners' massacre raises the ghosts of apartheid - and fears for South Africa's future
LINDSAY JOHNS: The disgraceful massacre at the Marikana platinum mine could and should have been avoided. ...read
Over the next few years, George Osborne might not be Mr Popular, but he may be Mr Right
MITCH FEIERSTEIN: In February 2010, twenty economists published a letter in the Sunday Times calling on George Osborne to begin spending cuts a year earlier than planned. ...read
The Cabinet needs a reshuffle: It's time for the PM to stand up to Ken Clarke
CHRIS MONCRIEFF: If the Prime Minister wants to reshuffle his Cabinet, he should do it his way and not allow himself to be influenced by stubborn colleagues, however venerable and illustrious. ...read
Fans of England cricket will miss Kevin Pietersen's runs. But they won't miss him
HENRY DEEDES: Kevin Pietersen should be the most popular cricketer in England, but fans have never taken him to their hearts. In fact, he is reviled more than revered. ...read
Lord Morris’s Disability Act stands as an exceptional example of political compassion and humanity
ABHIJIT PANDYA: One of the first duties of man, beyond himself and his family, is to the welfare and improvement of common humanity. Lord Morris’ legislation was one of the finest examples of this. ...read
Tony Nicklinson is paying a high but necessary price for a civilised society that protects its most vulnerable
GEORGE PITCHER: Yesterday's High Court judgment is first and foremost a terrible blow for Tony Nicklinson, who is paralysed from the neck down after a stroke and can communicate only by blinking. ...read
Whatever your views on gay marriage, the debate should be dignified and sensitive
Last night RUPERT MYERS saw the Catholic journalist Milo Yiannopoulos argue bravely and honestly for a number of things, including against gay marriage. ...read
Cameron ditches House of Lords reform, and it's going to play havoc with the Coalition
KIRSTY WALKER: At a time when the country is gripped with Olympic fever, few ordinary people will be interested in the latest developments on House of Lords reform and boundary commission changes. ...read
Wrong questions, Mr Hammond. You are asking the wrong questions
WILLIAM FORBES: Mr Hammond is reported as saying that he "would rather fire soldiers than go to war with poor equipment" – but that is not the choice. ...read
People will happily borrow to pay for the trappings of the modern wedding, but all you really need is a pledge of love
FRANCESCA PREECE: Getting married is not about paying for a lavish ceremony. Maybe McCartney was right all along... Can’t Buy Me Love, everybody tells me so. ...read
Soon all sex offenders leaving jail will have to take a lie-detector test. How long until someone cries 'human rights'?
STEPHEN LEVINSON: The Government believes the law is bomb-proof, but unless great care is taken it could wind up facing claims of privacy infringement. ...read
The state makes for a bad parent. The number of children it brings up should be kept to a minimum
HARRY PHIBBS: As children leaving care are more likely to end up in prison than university the Government has rightly confirmed its determination to reduce the number of children in care. ...read
This summer of patriotic fervour suggests a change in the tone of British culture
PETER WHITTLE: With the Jubilee celebrations behind us and the Olympics round the corner, what is this summer of celebration telling us about the state of British patriotism? ...read
Ireland has now passed the point where it can honestly be deemed an independent country
A sober-minded observer of Irish history is unable to watch Ireland’s elective slouch into Euro-mediocrity without profound dismay. Ireland’s ‘Yes’ to the fiscal compact is its ‘No’ to the more strenuous but more honourable path of recovering the responsibilities of self-government. ...read
Ignore reports that say otherwise, Mitt Romney is winning big after Super Tuesday
CHARLIE WOLF: Where has this perception - myth even come from? The perception that Mitt Romney hasn't sealed the deal. Yes, he may have won the all important Ohio Primary by just 1 percentage point, but a win is a win. ...read
PHILIP NORMAN: What IS Sooty doing in The King's Speech?
Like almost every ‘period’ film nowadays, and certainly every British one, Philip Norman argues that the King's Speech is riddled with preposterous historical distortions, over-simplifications and out-of-period anachronisms. ...read
CRAIG BROWN: Snorting ants? Now THAT'S rock'n'roll
Today’s rock stars seem more keen to replicate the lives of retired Home County colonels, investing in new saucepans like Rick Parfitt of Status Quo (pictured), CRAIG BROWN writes. ...read
Sleep, the final frontier: Astronauts suffer serious insomnia while in space - and it could be putting their lives in danger
The Harvard study found that around 75 per cent of astronauts resorted to sleeping pills during spaceflight, raising concerns about the effect the drugs may be having on their performance. ...read
MARKET WATCH: The student fees hike is bursting a rental bubble
The great university bubble is deflating fast as one in ten A-level students say higher tuition fees next year have put them off the whole idea. ...read
PAULO COELHO: Fragments of a diary: A few entries from the author’s journal
I am able to have my publisher Masao Masuda to finally invite me to the traditional tea ceremony. He thinks I won’t understand it right. “Nothing special happens there,” he says repeatedly. ...read
OLLY SMITH: Wines of the Commonwealth: Which vino dazzles on parade
For sheer popularity New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc grabs the Commonwealth crown, but other white grapes such as Pinot Gris and Riesling also show great promise. ...read
Classic Jurassic: A cynical rehash of a winning formula? No, the fourth in the dino franchise is spectacular and scary
Jurassic World, against all the odds, is fantastic, more than capable of standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Spielberg’s original and undoubtedly the blockbuster picture of the summer. ...read
CHRIS EVANS: Well, that was some X-perience: Yes, I’ll never forget watching my mum lap the Top Gear test track in her mobility scooter. Oh, and Seat’s agile (but pricey) new estate isn’t bad either
The Seat Leon X-Perience is by no means perfect, but she’s OK and does try, like when she flashes up seemingly random information on the dashboard, as if to remind you that she’s still there. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: ‘Missed you last night,’ said Mark Wahlberg. ‘I’m always available,’ I said. ‘I know,’ he replied...
Milking the Entourage publicity udder like a deranged dairy farmer, I did a U.S. TV interview this morning with Jeremy Piven, who plays brilliant, foul-mouthed super-agent character Ari Gold. ...read
CRAIG BROWN: Her mother shot herself. Her friends kept disappearing. Even the family parrot was executed: So how DID Stalin’s daughter survive and defect from Soviet Russia... twice?
Never have I read a biography that reminded me more of a picaresque novel, with its heroine bouncing like a pinball from one location to another, from one bizarre situation to another. ...read
TOM PARKER BOWLES: It's still a quacker! Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck has flown to Australia. The verdict?
This particular Fat Duck took flight from Bray, in Berkshire, a few months back, nesting halfway around the world in an Australian casino. Tables, only available by ballot, filled in moments. ...read
Can you spotify the difference? Apple’s launching a new music-streaming service... so how does it stack up to the rest?
Apple hasn’t made anything hugely new with its Apple Music streaming service, but it marks the moment when music streaming is really, definitely here to stay. ...read
DEBORAH ROSS: If JK Rowling's the new Dickens, I'm a pork pie!
Every character in The Casual Vacancy is a box-ticking exercise and is either irredeemably ghastly or blessedly good (no ambiguity; not even a sniff) while exemplifying a particular moral position. ...read
And...cue the music! How to recreate the scores to Hollywood's best-loved musicals
Once upon a time there was an 11-year-old Geordie kid who didn’t like sport. So what did he do on wet Saturdays? He watched old movies on BBC2 and fell in love with Hollywood musicals. ...read
Show of the week: Splash hit at the Tate
Walk Through British Art tells the story of its country’s art over the past 500 years; it is extraordinarily complete and compelling. ...read
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- PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Ariana Grande and 'love interest' Niall Horan dine out in Barcelona together for pal's birthday Things are hotting up
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- PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon put their differences behind them to treat twins Moroccan and Monroe to a day of desserts
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- Blooming beautiful! Cara Delevingne spruces up in ladylike floral dress and killer heels as she steps out in Spain Very glamorous
- Pregnant Hilaria Baldwin covers up her baby bump but flashes bare legs as she returns home with husband Alec Headed out in New York for family day
- 'Spirit animals for sure!' Zac Efron dives with dangerous Tiger Sharks for a SECOND time as he continues to film in Hawaii It's a hard life!
- Jennifer Lopez shows her tough side as she's handcuffed and hauled away while filming gritty scene for Shades Of Blue Plays an FBI agent
- It is the happiest place on Earth! Evan Rachel Wood beams while holding hands with musician Andy Tongren as they enjoy Disneyland date
- How embarrassing! Fashion house Armani schools Kim Kardashian on the correct spelling of the designer's name after a misspelled tweet - it's Giorgio, not Georgio
- Baby joy for shark attack survivor Bethany Hamilton: Pro-surfer and husband share first picture of newborn son The pro surfer tweeted happy news
- Aging gracefully! Bo Derek, 58, looks young and radiant as she glows in an all-white ensemble in Monte Carlo She's timeless
- Pitch Perfect star Anna Kendrick is a bathing beauty in plunging pink swimsuit while filming new comedy in Hawaii Another big role
- Chickening out! New mom Mila Kunis shows off post-baby figure in skinny jeans as childhood friend drops lawsuit claiming she stole her farm animal
- David Furnish and Elton John are dapper as they're reunited at London Collections fashion party Pair looked suave in contrasting suits
- Comedian Amy Schumer left a $500 tip on a $49 meal for a struggling student waiter who works two jobs just to make ends meet
- Hilary Duff flashes her toned tummy in cropped yellow fringed top and ripped jeans before covering up in navy silk blouse Promoted new album
- North the dancing baby turns two! Kim Kardashian's friends and family share video and well wishes on daughter's birthday So cute
- Pregnant Jaime King puts a twist on maternity wear with playful denim mini-dress on outing with husband after Taylor Swift throws her a baby shower
- 'I am the luckiest man in the world': Ex-TOWIE star Dan Osborne and EastEnders actress Jacqueline Jossa are engaged Follows daughter's birth
- 'It's thirsty work': Tamara Ecclestone posts intimate picture of herself breast-feeding daughter Sophia in a swimming pool Latest break for the star
- Stripping down in style! Katy Perry bares her killer body in latest Moschino fashion campaign images - but she doesn't skip out on the accessories
- Lamar Odom's late best friend Jamie Sangouthai 'was wanted by the police at time of death' with warrant issued over 'meth case'
- Samuel L Jackson and Lewis Hamilton lead the dapper men at the London Collections closing party Partied at the Massimo Restaurant & Oyster Bar
- Mixing up their style: Little Mix's Jade Thirlwall tries to avoid a wardrobe malfunction in flirty mini skirt as Perrie Edwards goes casual for radio visit
- Happy birthday, North West! From making her modelling debut at 13 months to rocking Balmain at ballet, how Kimye's daughter, 2, became a style icon
- Welcome back, Clangers. You're dotty TV magic in a dull digital age: CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV
- Penny Lancaster reveals she keeps Rod Stewart out of the kitchen because cooking dinner would 'take his masculinity' Traditional views
- 'Being strong is beautiful': Selena Gomez named new face - and hair - of Pantene as she takes fans behind the scenes at her glamorous photo shoot
- Pretty as a petal! Amanda Holden cuts a stylish figure in a white blouse and floral patterned skirt as she films This Morning Ready for her close up
- Melanie Sykes shows casual clothing can be flattering as she highlights her enviable long legs in slim-fitting sweat pants on shopping trip
- Baring it all! Bethenny Frankel, 44, poses in bikini as she admits her 'gut' told her not to marry Jason Hoppy (but Andy Cohen talked her into it)
- Will the force be with him? Forest Whitaker, 53, 'in talks to co-star with Felicity Jones in Star Wars stand-alone film Rogue One'
- Lindsay Lohan puts her legal woes behind her as she unveils playful new fashion collection 'inspired by her own wardrobe' For brand Lavish Alice
- It pays to be famous! Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson side-swiped a car and didn't have to pay a dime because the owner was a fan He can afford it
- 'I'm a very hands-on mom': Eva Mendes reveals she does NOT have a nanny for the daughter she is raising with Ryan Gosling Has daughter Esmeralda
- McBusted's Tom Fletcher posts cute snap with his baby son Buzz as they enjoy a day of exploring the countryside Father son time
- 'With the most glamorous screen mummy ever': Elizabeth Hurley and Joan Collins glitter in matching diamonds as they shoot The Royals
- Kate and the miracle top that makes ANY woman look slim: The secret behind the nautical number which almost stole the show from Prince George
- Wrinkle free Courteney Cox doesn't appear to have aged since Friends ended 11 years ago... as she attends book launch just days before 51st birthday
- Europe's royal families unite for official wedding portrait from Swedish prince and his ex-topless model bride's big day (so how many do YOU recognise?)
- SPOILER ALERT: Game Of Thrones fans left reeling as a host of main characters are killed off in the explosive season five finale Airs in UK Monday night