SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Look away, Harry! It's getting serious for Cressida and her new actor boyfriend
If Prince Harry is hoping to win back Cressida Bonas, he’d better not dally too long. For her relationship with is going from strength to strength, writes SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE. ...read
PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Why I fear Strictly's getting too sleazy
If the blizzard of pre-publicity for Strictly is anything to go by, something has changed - and not for the better. This year, the pre-show gossip has been about sex, sex, sex, writes PLATELL. ...read
Roy Hodgson's backroom staff shielded from FA job cull, while England prepare to use Watford's training ground ahead of Euro 2016 qualifier against Switzerland
CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: The FA are doing all they can to ensure their mass redundancy programme doesn’t affect Roy Hodgson's backroom staff. ...read
England's clash with Ireland is not a drill... it's our last chance to show we can shake the world
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Make no mistake, England’s starting XV against Ireland on Saturday is the team inked in to play Fiji in the World Cup’s opening game. ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Chilcot bullying only adds insult to injury
After years of interminable delay, the saga of the £10million Chilcot Inquiry today takes an even more shameful twist. ...read
BEL MOONEY: Should I confront my husband's lover over their affair?
This week, BEL MOONEY advises a mother-of-two whose husband had an affair with a work colleague, a fellow Christian - and wants to know if she should meet the other woman. ...read
EastEnders' nastiest character: The auntie who used to sell babies, Aunt Babe is back, by Jim Shelley
Friday night's episode proved that the most unpleasant, callous, character in the series is actually… Aunt Babe, and not Phil Mitchell or Shirley Carter, it turns out. ...read
The longest walk to the promised land: ROBERT HARDMAN witnesses the frenzied attempts of thousands of refugees as they march from Hungary to Austria
This might be the sort of scene we associate with far-off Third World disasters, with war and revolution. But with Friday afternoon rush hour in a European capital? writes ROBERT HARDMAN. ...read
Posh past of the Sexpot Trot: How Corbyn was brought up in a seven-bedroom home, went to prep school and even played polo
Comrade Corbyn is like so many other Left-wingers who have enjoyed a privileged background themselves only to deny it to others by pulling up the ladder to social mobility, writes ANDREW PIERCE. ...read
ALEX BRUMMER: US rate hike is around the corner - and Britain may not be far behind
Unless there is a significant worsening of the stock market crisis in Shanghai between now and September 17 there will no excuse for holding rates. ...read
RUTH SUNDERLAND: It's time to rethink hefty taxes on challenger banks
The Chancellor is replacing the bank levy with an 8 per cent corporation tax surcharge, which catches the minnows in his net while the big-bank sharks swim free. ...read
Man City are ahead of the game just three years on from their first Premier League title... they have become Manchester's better-run club
NEIL ASHTON: Before Manchester City committed £52million to sign Kevin De Bruyne, the club’s executive committee examined more than 50 scouting reports on the Belgian midfielder. ...read
TOM UTLEY: If you must bring your children to the pub, do tell the little swine to sit still and shut up
No wonder the latest edition of the Good Pub Guide, out this week, finds that its reviewers’ most common complaint is against noisy and ill-behaved children taking over their haven. ...read
SIMON LAMBERT: It's tempting for investors to try to dodge a bear market but that's a risky cure for the summertime blues
For all the wisdom on ‘time in the market, not timing the market’, who wouldn’t want to dodge a 30 per cent drop and buy back in relatively unscathed on the other side? The problem is it probably won't work. ...read
The transfer window must be shut for good. It is making a mockery of the game we love
JEFF POWELL: The time has come for someone to smash this accursed transfer window to smithereens. It is ruining the game. Not least by prostituting the old profession of management. ...read
UK does more than rest of EU put together: JAMES SLACK's analysis of the millions Britain gives in aid
David Cameron’s critics overlook one ineluctable fact: Britain is providing more aid to Syrians in crisis than most other countries in Europe combined, writes JAMES SLACK. ...read
The pity is, we can't help them all: MAX HASTINGS says a purely emotional response could put at risk our very way of life
The current migrant crisis is a spectacle such as Europe has not witnessed since the dark days following the end of World War II, writes MAX HASTINGS. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: Don't shut your eyes to this picture because WE did this. Now we have to make it right
One pin-sharp image of a three-year-old boy washed up on the shoreline and we stop and shudder in collective horror, writes PIERS MORGAN. ...read
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: This child's death was tragic but it was not our fault
If this stark picture graphically illustrated the tragic human cost of the tidal wave of migrants trying to enter mainland Europe, the reaction to it has been deranged, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN. ...read
If you want a seat for your bag madam, buy an extra ticket! QUENTIN LETTS accuses the women revolting over 'manspreading' on trains of being hypocrites
Following an article accusing men of space-hogging - of taking up too much room, particularly in railway carriages - QUENTIN LETTS is ready to 'man' the defences. ...read
SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Look away, Harry! It's getting serious for Cressida and her new actor boyfriend
If Prince Harry is hoping to win back Cressida Bonas, he’d better not dally too long. For her relationship with is going from strength to strength, writes SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE. ...read
PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Why I fear Strictly's getting too sleazy
If the blizzard of pre-publicity for Strictly is anything to go by, something has changed - and not for the better. This year, the pre-show gossip has been about sex, sex, sex, writes PLATELL. ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Chilcot bullying only adds insult to injury
After years of interminable delay, the saga of the £10million Chilcot Inquiry today takes an even more shameful twist. ...read
The longest walk to the promised land: ROBERT HARDMAN witnesses the frenzied attempts of thousands of refugees as they march from Hungary to Austria
This might be the sort of scene we associate with far-off Third World disasters, with war and revolution. But with Friday afternoon rush hour in a European capital? writes ROBERT HARDMAN. ...read
Posh past of the Sexpot Trot: How Corbyn was brought up in a seven-bedroom home, went to prep school and even played polo
Comrade Corbyn is like so many other Left-wingers who have enjoyed a privileged background themselves only to deny it to others by pulling up the ladder to social mobility, writes ANDREW PIERCE. ...read
ALEX BRUMMER: US rate hike is around the corner - and Britain may not be far behind
Unless there is a significant worsening of the stock market crisis in Shanghai between now and September 17 there will no excuse for holding rates. ...read
TOM UTLEY: If you must bring your children to the pub, do tell the little swine to sit still and shut up
No wonder the latest edition of the Good Pub Guide, out this week, finds that its reviewers’ most common complaint is against noisy and ill-behaved children taking over their haven. ...read
The pity is, we can't help them all: MAX HASTINGS says a purely emotional response could put at risk our very way of life
The current migrant crisis is a spectacle such as Europe has not witnessed since the dark days following the end of World War II, writes MAX HASTINGS. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: Don't shut your eyes to this picture because WE did this. Now we have to make it right
One pin-sharp image of a three-year-old boy washed up on the shoreline and we stop and shudder in collective horror, writes PIERS MORGAN. ...read
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: This child's death was tragic but it was not our fault
If this stark picture graphically illustrated the tragic human cost of the tidal wave of migrants trying to enter mainland Europe, the reaction to it has been deranged, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN. ...read
If you want a seat for your bag madam, buy an extra ticket! QUENTIN LETTS accuses the women revolting over 'manspreading' on trains of being hypocrites
Following an article accusing men of space-hogging - of taking up too much room, particularly in railway carriages - QUENTIN LETTS is ready to 'man' the defences. ...read
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Telling taxi drivers to keep Downton fans away from famous estate is a sensible idea
Lady Carnarvon (pictured) has furnished taxi drivers at nearby Newbury railway station with an official letter requesting that no one is brought to the Downton estate on days when it is closed to the public. ...read
STEPHEN GLOVER: Before Germany lectures us about refugees, perhaps it should reflect on its own past
When the German government starts lecturing the British Government about proper behaviour, my immediate reaction is not always very positive, writes STEPHEN GLOVER. ...read
A stronger PM still faces his toughest test
Who better than a distinguished headmaster to provide the definitive report on David Cameron’s first term? Sir Anthony Seldon’s powerful new book on Mr Cameron’s years in office. ...read
Attacking Jeremy Corbyn will only increase his popularity... especially since he wisely refrains from responding in kind, says PETER MCKAY
Isn’t the anti-Corbyn uproar now in danger of increasing his popularity, especially since he wisely refrains from responding in kind? ...read
PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Is the illicit fling website the biggest cheat of all?
Ashley Madison richly deserves its current humiliation. Having exploited matrimonial trust for commercial gain, how perfectly piquant that the company itself has now lost consumer trust. ...read
Sunbathing. Swimming. And getting sozzled! So are Britain's bobbies doing ANY crime fighting in Magaluf?
Britain's most famous bobbies swapped their dreary plod around Birmingham's Bull Ring for sunny Magaluf. JAYNE FRYERS went to find out exactly how much crime fighting is being done. ...read
ANDREW PIERCE: A broadside for Corbyn - from the Left!
How very unbrotherly Left-wing Labour can be. Not all of them have rallied to defend their bearded poster-boy Jeremy Corbyn against attacks from the likes of Tony Blair, writes ANDREW PIERCE. ...read
Such a very profligate luvvie: Charity scandal raises troubling questions about BBC boss who loves spending your money by GEOFFREY LEVY
Alan Yentob (pictured with Camila Batmanghelidjh) is celebrating 47 years at the BBC. And with a salary of £330,000, it's easy to see why he has never left, writes GEOFFREY LEVY. ...read
From the church to the godparents, Princess Charlotte's christening was so perfect, Diana might have planned every step says RICHARD KAY
From the official photographer to the style of Prince George’s charming red-and-white outfit, the christening of Princess Charlotte echoed with references to her late grandmother. ...read
Lecherous. Racist. But my friend Philip Larkin deserves his spot in Poets' Corner, says A.N. WILSON
Philip Larkin, who died 30 years ago this December, is to be commemorated in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey. In spite of all the controversy, he deserves his place, writes A.N. WILSON. ...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
Roy Hodgson's backroom staff shielded from FA job cull, while England prepare to use Watford's training ground ahead of Euro 2016 qualifier against Switzerland
CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: The FA are doing all they can to ensure their mass redundancy programme doesn’t affect Roy Hodgson's backroom staff. ...read
England's clash with Ireland is not a drill... it's our last chance to show we can shake the world
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Make no mistake, England’s starting XV against Ireland on Saturday is the team inked in to play Fiji in the World Cup’s opening game. ...read
Man City are ahead of the game just three years on from their first Premier League title... they have become Manchester's better-run club
NEIL ASHTON: Before Manchester City committed £52million to sign Kevin De Bruyne, the club’s executive committee examined more than 50 scouting reports on the Belgian midfielder. ...read
The transfer window must be shut for good. It is making a mockery of the game we love
JEFF POWELL: The time has come for someone to smash this accursed transfer window to smithereens. It is ruining the game. Not least by prostituting the old profession of management. ...read
Manchester United have overpaid for Anthony Martial, Morgan Schneiderlin AND Memphis Depay - TACKLE KEOWN
After another breathless transfer deadline day MARTIN KEOWN reflected on how the Premier League - including Chelsea, Manchester United, City, Arsenal and Liverpool - fared. ...read
It's time for Jim White's yellow tie and Sky Sports' deadline day circus to move on
EDGE OF THE BOX: Neil Ashton summed it up perfectly. This transfer deadline day was going to need a lot more than Jim White’s bright yellow tie if it was going to light up our telly screens... ...read
Celtic's success over the last three years has been 'fake'... the real challenge will come when Rangers return to Premiership
ADRIAN DURHAM: Celtic going top of the league at the weekend was small consolation for the total embarrassment of yet another season without making the Champions League proper. ...read
Predicting Europe's Ryder Cup team for Hazeltine is a serious gamble
DEREK LAWRENSON WORLD OF GOLF: In the past, you could have picked more than half the team. This time, for me, there are only two certainties: Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose. ...read
JAMIE REDKNAPP: Forget Kevin De Bruyne, offering Manuel Pellegrini a new deal was Manchester City's best signing
With Kevin De Bruyne joining on Sunday, Manchester City have now spent more than £150million this summer. But their best deal by far has been giving Manuel Pellegrini a new contract. ...read
Red cards galore, penalty chaos and a diving storm on manic weekend for referees
GRAHAM POLL: This weekend was full of controversy with six red cards in ten games, penalty storms and a diving incident. Here, the former referee gives his verdict on the decisions ...read
Sevilla made history by becoming the first team to qualify for the Champions League via its little brother... something is stirring at the club once again
GRAHAM HUNTER'S EUROVIEW: The day after the Champions League draw paired them with Monchengladbach, Juventus and Manchester City, Sevilla received a message from Schalke. ...read
Is Stuart Lancaster just a naive coach taking another high-risk gamble? No, we should cheer his bold search for the X-factor
OLIVER HOLT: In a sporting era where pragmatism so often rules over principle and caution so often triumphs over boldness, it is hard not to like the guy’s style. ...read
Portland against Seattle is an intense derby, last time we played Clint Dempsey was sent off for ripping up the referee's notebook
LIAM RIDGEWELL: My entire family came out to stay over the summer. Hectic doesn’t describe it. It was my two kids, Mum and Dad, my two brothers, their wives, and my two nephews and a niece. ...read
Long-ball Liverpool? Think again! Brendan Rodgers isn't getting his players to lump it to Christian Benteke... they're averaging fewer crosses and long passes than ever
KIERAN GILL - THE NUMBERS GAME: Almost expected Christian Benteke to become Liverpool's target man after signing, but he has shown himself to be a versatile striker for the club so far. ...read
Sam Burgess: I'm not arrogant, I just strongly believe I'll deliver for England at the World Cup... I was thrilled and proud when Stuart Lancaster said I'd made it
SAM BURGESS: When I met Stuart Lancaster at 9am on Thursday, to find out if I was in the World Cup squad, I told him that I hadn’t slept much. I’d even had a dream about not being picked. ...read
Wayne Rooney and John Terry are the last of a dying breed. We should cherish them before they are gone for good
JAMIE CARRAGHER: He isn’t ‘back’. That needs to be clear. Wayne Rooney may have enjoyed his best night for some time with a Champions League hat-trick in Bruges — but don’t take that as a sign he is ready to roll back the years. Yet, just as importantly, he isn’t finished. He never was finished. ...read
Tottenham close in on £21.9m move for Bayer Leverkusen forward Son Heung-Min as doubts grown over Saido Berahino deal
SIMON JONES - TRANSFER COLUMN: Son Heung-Min is at Tottenham on Thursday ahead of his proposed £21.9million move from Bayer Leverkusen. ...read
HOT OR NOT: Ander Herrera really does care... but mumbling Thierry Henry fails again on Sky Sports
It's Hot or Not time again as Ian Ladyman reveals what's been making him feel warm and what's been leaving him cold inside. This week Ander Herrera and Thierry Henry draw very different views. ...read
Stuart Lancaster will be judged on the inclusion of Sam Burgess and omission of Danny Cipriani should England falter at the Rugby World Cup
CHRIS FOY: Stuart Lancaster will be judged on the success or failure of two high-profile selection decisions – the inclusion of Sam Burgess and omission of Danny Cipriani. ...read
West Ham's Olympic Stadium move means we still have a home for heroes, but it doesn't sit there doing nothing for 50 weeks
MARTIN SAMUEL - THE DEBATE: After a tour around the Olympic Stadium with Karren Brady, have West Ham mugged the taxpayer; have West Ham helped save a national treasure? I know what I think... ...read
Badly run clubs like QPR and Blackburn ruin themselves. They don't need to be punished any more
MARTIN SAMUEL: Finally, the Football League came to their senses over Queens Park Rangers. Being a bad football club is punishment enough. It does not need extreme action from above. ...read
Ignore deluded Australian revisionists, England were worthy Ashes winners and re-engaged the public too... but Alastair Cook still has plenty of problems to solve
THE TOP SPIN - LAWRENCE BOOTH: England won Tests by margins of 168 runs, eight wickets, and an innings and 78. You're living in a parallel universe if you think they've been diddled. ...read
Alastair Cook's England now have to win away from home to show they're a great team after 3-2 Ashes victory
NASSER HUSSAIN: England deserve great credit for winning back the Ashes after starting the summer being written off - some said they wouldn’t win a single match against New Zealand or Australia. ...read
BUMBLE AT THE TEST: Jos Buttler is England's star footballer, Joe Root needs to sit out some of the ODI series and Australia's selection has been a shambles
BUMBLE AT THE TEST: David Lloyd reviews the fourth day of the fifth and final Test of this Ashes series between England and Australia at the Kia Oval ...read
Danny Cipriani lit up a poor England display against France in Paris but he won’t make World Cup squad
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: England were very poor in the first half in Paris on Saturday night — and that’s being kind — but I’m not going to get too morose about this defeat. ...read
Callum Smith or Rocky Fielding could face James DeGale for title... and there have been Kell Brook vs Timothy Bradley talks
EDDIE HEARN: There was a time when a promoter would hold a fighter back and wait for the big fights but these days, with the pressures of social media and the rest of it, you just have to take a chance. ...read
Lewis Hamilton far superior to Nico Rosberg despite Hungary horror show... it will take a miracle for the German to claim his crown
F1 COLUMN - JONATHAN MCEVOY: It was a superlative race in Hungary but there was one nagging concern: the lack of Nico Rosberg’s form and Lewis Hamilton's dominance ...read
Usain Bolt is carrying an entire sport on his back! Sprint king seeks to banish the drug cheats again with his genius
PATRICK COLLINS: Bolt, Ali, Woods, Pele, Bradman and a precious few others — Jack Nicklaus, certainly, and, in time, Lionel Messi — constitute an elite on whom the term ‘genius’ sits lightly. ...read
Paul Nicholls: If I had a bag of carrots I would save the last for Kauto Star
I have trained some wonderful horses but Kauto Star was extra special – probably the most important horse in my life. He was also a mate. ...read
Who will be the king of Wimbledon 2015? Brad Gilbert on the men to watch at SW19
Sportsmail's tennis guru Brad Gilbert gives his expert analysis on the 10 men to watch as the Wimbledon Championships get under way at the All England Club on Monday. ...read
I'm sorry Mo Farah, there are no excuses for missing two drugs tests
DALEY THOMPSON: Who misses two drugs tests? Two? I know it must be a real pain to have to give your whereabouts for an hour every day but it’s your job. It’s simple: it’s your life, your career. Everything. ...read
Royal Ascot Day Five Tips: Brazen Beau worth a peep to fly Aussie flag in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes
The Aussie cricketers have arrived on our shores to defend the Ashes and fellow antipodeans BRAZEN BEAU (Ascot, 4.20) and Wandjina will be bidding to knock their rivals for six. ...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
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
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
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
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
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
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: Wayne Rooney's passion and talent make him perfect to lead England
Wayne Rooney is a natural leader. Aside from being a top player, Wayne is passionate about representing his country and won’t be fazed by the responsibility. ...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
Tom Daley believes English divers such as Matt Dixon have a great future
Tom Daley has backed the next generation of English divers to follow in his golden wake, picking out ‘mini me’ Matt Dixon as a special talent to keep an eye on. ...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
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
Wolf Hall star's tragic new role: Lydia Leonard to appear in Ibsen play which focuses on death of a child
Lydia, who portrayed Anne Boleyn in Wolf Hall on stage at Stratford, followed by runs in the West End and on Broadway, has been picked by Richard Eyre to star in Little Eyolf. ...read
As family member says he's been fighting a secret year-long battle against crack cocaine addiction, can anyone save George Michael from himself?
The singer, who dropped out of public view after releasing an album last spring, was said to be smoking crack cocaine instead of class B cannabis, writes ALISON BOSHOFF. ...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
BEL MOONEY: Should I confront my husband's lover over their affair?
This week, BEL MOONEY advises a mother-of-two whose husband had an affair with a work colleague, a fellow Christian - and wants to know if she should meet the other woman. ...read
JAN MOIR: My sympathy for whining Cheryl is wearing thin
Forget the collapse of the Chinese stock market, the iniquities of our justice system, migrant children dying on beaches. Someone has said a Bad Thing about wee Cheryl and she wants it to stop. ...read
I would rather give birth naked in public than go shopping with teenage girls: Lorraine Candy shops with her daughter
This week the Elle Magazine editor and mother-of-four takes her teenage daughter on a shopping spree. The trip ends up reminding her that her daughter is growing up and is no longer a child. ...read
My husband told me he's no longer attracted to me. Is there something I can do? ROWAN PELLING offers her advice.
I’ve been with my husband for 26 years and thought we’d done well to keep our sex life going. But last week he told me that he’s no longer attracted to me, even though he loves me. ...read
LIZ JONES: Want to know why men cheat? Just have a look in the mirror
Maybe men are cheating for one very good reason. Us. Women are only appreciative of and loving towards men when forced: due to financial reliance and supporting children, writes LIZ JONES. ...read
The yappy little tyrant who stole the heart of a lifelong dog hater, by JANET STREET PORTER
JANET STREET PORTER reveals the new male in her life, who smothers her in kisses the moment she wakes up. Her partner? No, her new boyfriend is a cheeky border terrier called Badger. ...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: My insomnia pills worked, why can't I still have them?
Earlier this year a patient was in India where they were prescribed Lorazepam. It worked wonderfully with no side-effects. But the medicine is banned here. Dr Scurr advises. ...read
Jamie Oliver is right to call for higher taxes on junk food and fizzy drinks, says DR ELLIE CANNON
Jamie Oliver has again been saying all the right things: that junk food and drink should be prohibitively expensive, highly taxed, and shouldn’t be advertised on prime-time television. ...read
Jane Clarke on braces: Blend in well for easy eating
Every Tuesday, Britain's leading nutritionist explains how to eat your way to health. This week Jane tackles braces and malted brown bread. ...read
SIMON LAMBERT: It's tempting for investors to try to dodge a bear market but that's a risky cure for the summertime blues
For all the wisdom on ‘time in the market, not timing the market’, who wouldn’t want to dodge a 30 per cent drop and buy back in relatively unscathed on the other side? The problem is it probably won't work. ...read
ASK TONY: I asked for a block on my granddaughter’s phone - but was billed for £212
I asked Carphone Warehouse for the block to avoid excessive spending. This bill left me no money to pay for my groceries. ...read
SAM DUNN: Leasehold is a lucrative way to stop people owning their home outright - it's time for a crackdown
There simply isn’t enough protection in place for leaseholders, despite the sterling work of the Leasehold Advisory Service. ...read
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Ignore all the white noise, save hard - and ensure your investments are diversified
If we want a financially secure retirement, we – not the State – have to lay down the foundations. ...read
TONY HETHERINGTON: Between the Rock and a hard place in binary fiasco
I was recruited to Lbinary, a binary options trading firm. I invested £300 which I lost. I decided binary options were not for me, but Lbinary took a further £4,000 from my bank account. ...read
JON REES: George Osborne should put us out of our misery as soon as he can - and get out of banking
The cost of legal actions and fines will have been factored into RBS’s share price, so Osborne got the best deal he could when he sold the first lot of our shares in the bank - he should sell the rest quickly. ...read
DOGBERRY: Jimmy Choo chief executive Pierre Denis' words will be perfectly understood by fashionistas but to man on street it comes across as pretentious jargon
Constable Dogberry in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing mangles every word he utters - and so do many business leaders. We put the worst offenders in the dock. ...read
SALLY HAMILTON: Keeping your fingers crossed doesn't pay - you need protection insurance
When an accident or illness strikes, finance is not the first thing on victims’ minds. If the worst happens, how do families cope without the income from a breadwinner? ...read
SIMON WATKINS: Interest rate rise saga is like the boy who cried wolf - but remember the wolf turned up eventually
Rising rates are coming and the sooner we all adjust our financial expectations to meet that rise the better. Mixed messages have turned this into a boy who cried wolf tale though. ...read
Got some dates booked off work? Then bag a European break for £17 return with this online cheap flight finder, says LEE BOYCE - as long as you don't mind WHERE you go...
I love a city break, but for ages I've been bemoaning the fact I am willing to go anywhere, and want a search tool to show me where the cheapest flights can be obtained. ...read
The figures in the property market don't add up: Heed the warning signs of a house price crash, says JAMES CONEY
A lot of the figures in the property market don’t add up to me. House prices continue to bob along nicely — yesterday, Nationwide reported they were up 3.5 per cent over 12 months. ...read
Cost of cancer: What it's like to find out you're seriously ill - and how to deal with the financial fallout while undergoing treatment...
Sorting out your personal finances can be difficult at the best of times. But what's it like when you're seriously ill? ...read
Don't miss out on FREE money... £4.5bn in loyalty points that could be spent on flights, holidays or days out lies unclaimed
Billions of pounds worth of retail loyalty points that could be spent on flights, holidays, days out or groceries are sitting idle on forgotten cards in wallets and purses. ...read
SMALL BUSINESS BLOG: George Osborne side-stepped the elephant in the room for small retailers in his Budget - business rates, says Financial Mail's Vicki Owen
Amid the excitement and apprehension over George Osborne’s Budget last week, one barrier to the growth potential of businesses in Britain was overlooked: our antiquated business rates system. ...read
RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: Ofgem's meddling put an end to green energy tariffs - and I hope it gets thoroughly told off for it
A couple of years ago most energy suppliers offered one, for those who wanted to take some control of where their energy came from. Now there are only a few on the market, and none from the big six. ...read
ED MONK: Do landlords really have a tax advantage? Yes and no - Will it be removed? No chance
Not everyone agrees there is a true advantage for landlords. That's because in another important way landlords pay more than the rest of us. ...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
ALISON KENNEDY INTERVIEW: Standard Life Investment's quiet Scot making a big noise over pay
Alison Kennedy caused a stir when she stood up at Barclays' annual general meeting in April and announced Standard Life would vote to reject its pay policy. ...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
Can this trick really give you an extra £1,600-a-year of pension? Workers on brink of retirement could boost pots by putting off state pension
Spending your whole pension pot in the space of a few years while deferring your state pension could help people squeeze an extra £1,600-a-year out of your retirement pot. ...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
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
Bricklayer or student? Guess which I want my boy to be, asks RACHEL JOHNSON
Every single child I know is going to university. In fact, quite a few of them are going to do courses at top Russell Group universities that they’ve never shown interest in, writes RACHEL JOHNSON. ...read
PETER HITCHENS: Fixing the Lords is easy: just get rid of ALL the politicians
The new baroness Michelle Mone has an enjoyably complicated private life and has had what I believe is politely called a chequered business career, writes PETER HITCHENS. ...read
BLACK DOG: The beast shows his softer side...
When Labour’s Dennis Skinner failed to aim his customary barb at Black Rod when the Queen’s chief flunky in the Lords attended the Queen’s Speech in May, cynics said he'd lost his fangs. ...read
JAMES FORSYTH: It's Dave's summer barbecue - with Labour on the grill
The Opposition are in the middle of the most disastrous leadership contest . Tories can barely contain their glee that the shock new frontrunner is Jeremy Corbyn, writes JAMES FORSYTH. ...read
I'm helping anorexics - not putting ideas in their heads, writes LIZ JONES
After it was reported that Emma Carpenter, 17, died weighing 4st, having hidden weights in her clothing to fool nurses, Liz Jones received an anonymous letter blaming her for Emma's death. ...read
LIZ JONES'S DIARY: Finally, I'm tackling my fears...thanks to Valium and Bear Grylls
It's strange what prompts you to get help. On Monday, I was watching Bear Grylls’ Wild Weekend, of all things, in which he took Miranda Hart down a glacier in the Swiss Alps. ...read
Our relationships expert Zelda West-Meads answers your questions
Our relationships expert Zelda West-Meads answers your questions ...read
Beauty clinic: Can you help me find a suitable solution for my skin troubles?
I really need your help in finding a skincare range that doesn't make my formerly normal skin break out, says one reader. ...read
HOROSCOPES: Virgo, wait before embarking on anything new
This week's forecast, by Sally Brompton ...read
Health: Nobody's perfect, honestly! How to stop worrying
While four out of five women feel they are never quite good enough, the remaining 20 per cent believe they are always good enough. So how do you get to this way of thinking? ...read
Bella's beauty buzz: Make-up with a softer focus and your fragrance escape
Luckily, as the texture of the catwalk season, suede is inspiring beauty’s most sumptuous versions, and If you’re back at your desk tomorrow without a holiday in sight, let Panorama be your fragrance escape. ...read
Mimi Spencer's fabulous 5:2 beach diet: Straight to plate ideas
Not recipes so much as great flavour combinations, these trios can be grabbed from your fridge and kitchen cupboards on days when you just don’t want to think too hard about food. ...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: Waterways that shaped our cities have been sold down the river
It is surely a blessing to have a great river on your doorstep, an immortal flowing giant, that was here long before us and will outlast us. Why turn your back? asks CHRIS DEERIN. ...read
EastEnders' nastiest character: The auntie who used to sell babies, Aunt Babe is back, by Jim Shelley
Friday night's episode proved that the most unpleasant, callous, character in the series is actually… Aunt Babe, and not Phil Mitchell or Shirley Carter, it turns out. ...read
RUTH SUNDERLAND: It's time to rethink hefty taxes on challenger banks
The Chancellor is replacing the bank levy with an 8 per cent corporation tax surcharge, which catches the minnows in his net while the big-bank sharks swim free. ...read
UK does more than rest of EU put together: JAMES SLACK's analysis of the millions Britain gives in aid
David Cameron’s critics overlook one ineluctable fact: Britain is providing more aid to Syrians in crisis than most other countries in Europe combined, writes JAMES SLACK. ...read
Anna Ford and proof that age cannot wither true beauty: The stunning presenter, 71, has bright eyes and a healthy glow
Anna Ford, 71, looked stunning when she was photographed at a Labour Party address this week. Sarah Vine admires the ex-presenter and says she is proof that age cannot wither true beauty. ...read
DOMINIC LAWSON: I've never been able to picture my wife in my mind - and now I know why
Although I had never given the matter any thought until now, I am one of those who has no ability to generate an image in my head: that is, I have no mind’s eye, writes DOMINIC LAWSON. ...read
Why does Dave revere brassy women? The PM loves making glamorous women tsars to fix everything from trade to teaching. But why do they have to be so brash?
We are told that 43-year-old Michelle Mone will travel the country looking into the barriers that disadvantaged young people face in setting up their own companies, writes MELISSA KITE. ...read
DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Forget Greece. It's the financial crisis in China that could plunge the world into meltdown
While the attention of the British public was fixed on the Labour leadership contest and refugee chaos in Greece, China, perhaps the greatest economic success in modern history, was grinding to a halt. ...read
Forget the Greek crisis or Britain's referendum, this tidal wave of migrants could be the biggest threat to Europe since the war, writes MICHAEL BURLEIGH
Yesterday, we revealed the Mediterranean boat crisis has now reached Britain, with police figures showing a 200 per cent increase in the number of migrants making it to our shores over the last year. ...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
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
Tamara Ecclestone's ex-lover arrested over claim he stole her gems and tried to sell them
Businessman Omar Khyami, 40, whose two-and-a-half year relationship with the socialite ended in acrimony in 2012, was detained after theft allegations were made to police this week. ...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
Ministers reject food banks' 20million meals figure: Charities in row with Government after it emerges half of meals are handed out to good causes such as lunch clubs
Sources close to Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith have disputed the charities’ figures, which claim 500,000 children are not receiving an acceptable diet. ...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
Wake up, America! Justice must be done for Trayvon Martin
LINDSAY JOHNS: Every American should be incensed and repulsed by the shocking case of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed teenager slain by a neighbourhood watchman. ...read
The tragedy of children condemned with drug addict parents
ANNA SMITH: We cannot begin to imagine the final hours of little Declan Hainey. How many more have to die before the policy is changed not to give drug addict parents their children? ...read
The Liberal Democrats, with or without Dr Cable at the helm, would steer us onto the rocks
DR ROBERT LEFEVER: Dr Cable should resign from his Cabinet post, standing for the leadership and then returning to the position that he occupied before ...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
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
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: The Queen? She's just like Andy Warhol
The Queen and Andy Warhol shared very much the same approach to conversation, which was to express a generalised enthusiasm while giving back very little in return, writes CRAIG BROWN. ...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
Dangerous England have shaken up the world order with Ashes upset of Australia
BRENDON MCCULLUM: England's goal at the start of the Ashes — when most people reckoned they were underdogs — was to win three Tests, and they’ve ticked that box. Good on them. ...read
PAULO COELHO: The wisdom of the old
An old blackbird found a piece of bread and flew off with it. When they saw this, the younger birds pursued him in order to attack. Confronted by imminent battle, the blackbird dropped the piece. ...read
CHRIS EVANS: R you ready for this? Honda has transformed a car as sexy as a shopping trolley into ‘a race car for the road’. Oh, and there’s room for the shopping too...
It’s almost impossible to over-emphasise the amount of effort that’s obviously gone into making this thing look like a statement of intent. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: My wife appeared on TV this morning and announced she’d been a member of the cheaters’ website Ashley Madison... for research purposes
She had, it transpired, once interviewed Ashley Madison’s founder and former CEO Noel Biderman. And the newspaper she works for insisted she set up a bogus membership. ...read
A Prince among paupers: Benedict Cumberbatch is Sherlock-sharp in his intelligent and sensitive portrayal of Hamlet... but he’s let down by his underwhelming co-stars
He delivers beautifully spoken, spotlit soliloquies with sensitivity and intelligence, while the rest of the characters freeze and then, in slow-mo, fade into the background. ...read
Genesis of a new era: And lo, it came to pass... thou shalt not need an iPhone any more as the OnePlus 2 is just as good – but a lot cheaper
In a world where Apple and Samsung adverts look like they’re selling eternal life rather than phones, OnePlus is the equivalent of a supermarket own brand. It’s about time. ...read
DEBORAH ROSS: My ode to Joy, the Gareth Malone of great teachers
Joy Ballard is a sensational educator because she understands that not everyone’s trajectory to success will be straightforward. Plus, she can do that believing thing. ...read
CRAIG BROWN: Can you stomach another slice of Bacon? This is the fifth biography of the camp, catty and irresistibly caustic artist... and yet the story survives retelling again and again
I approached Michael Peppiatt's new book with scepticism. Francis Bacon died in 1992. Peppiatt’s 400-page biography of him came out four years later, with a revised version appearing in 2008. ...read
The 45-year itch: Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay are made for each other on screen... but will their characters live happily ever after?
The new film 45 Years is thoroughly lovely, albeit in a misty, melancholic way that seems to herald the onset of autumn in more ways than one. It’s wonderfully well acted too. ...read
TOM PARKER BOWLES: Pigging out on the beach: The menu was delectable, the company joyous, the view... phew! No wonder we left giddy with food, wine and bonhomie
Apparently, our menu has been chosen for us, as part of the ‘package’, something that would usually send me into a blind rage. Tonight, though, it doesn’t seem to matter. ...read
OLLY SMITH: Last of the summer wein: Zingy, fruity, low on alcohol – now is just the time for Riesling from Germany’s Spätlese (late harvest) grapes
Spätlese applies to ripe grapes usually picked a week or so after the rest of the harvest, giving concentration to the wines. They can vary from light to rich, dry to surprisingly sweet. ...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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- Another day, another workout! Gigi Hadid seems to have the blues as flaunts trim waistline in crop top on way to gym
- Australia bound! Drew Barrymore set to head Down Under for Miss You Already premiere in first visit since becoming a mother Glowing with health
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- PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: That's amore! Mariah Carey puts on a busty display in a low-cut black maxi dress as she enjoys Italian date night with beau James Packer
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- It's a boy! Country singer Jessie James Decker and football star husband Eric welcome second child and post that they're all 'doing great'
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- Angelina McJolie! Star has Scottish lookalike who has turned down a modelling career in favour of an office job Student Chelsea Marr
- Flawless! Beyoncé debuts new bangs as she shares photos on her website... just in time for her 34th birthday A happy birthday treat
- The Essex boy made good: Jamie Oliver buys a £10million home in the heart of north London luvvie-land Bet he feels at home
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- PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Enjoying a pizza the action! Mariah Carey tucks into tasty Italian lunch as she treats twins to a day of sightseeing in Portofino
- Kendall Jenner and Justin Bieber cosy up at Travis Scott album release party in New York... months after sparking romance rumours
- Diane Kruger looks exquisite in a red velvet ribbon gown as she holds hands with beau Joshua Jackson at the Black Mass premiere Looked divine
- 'We love you with all our hearts!' Gwyneth Paltrow wishes bestie Beyoncé a happy 34th birthday with flashback photo featuring daughter Apple
- 'Sobbing buckets!' Myleene Klass shares a heartwarming snap as she kisses youngest daughter Hero goodbye on her first day of school
- Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson, 57, echoes Michael Douglas as he blames stage three tongue cancer on sexually transmitted HPV virus
- Bronzed beauty Nicole Scherzinger shows off her ample assets in a sexy blue bikini as she shares a series of snaps during idyllic beach break in Cannes
- Broadway actress, 51, dies in Manhattan apartment fire despite Spider-Man actor Dylan Baker's attempt to get her out of the burning home
- Caitlyn Jenner 'refuses to answer questions in civil case' as she waits to see if she faces criminal charges over fatal car crash
- Bikini-clad Hilary Duff shows off her cleavage in a striped-two piece as she takes a selfie during day of fun in the sun Revealing snap
- Who needs Antonio? Melanie Griffith beams as she poses next to hunky Broadway star Christopher Jackson The blonde seemed to be in good spirits
- Can't be short of cash! Multi-millionaire Michelle Mone appears on QVC to sell new line of imitation diamond jewellery All smiles
- Oh Jen, did you overdo the honeymoon dinners? Newlywed Aniston slips back into workout gear after relaxing her diet in Bora Bora
- UnREAL star Freddie Stroma joins cast of Game Of Thrones as Samwell's brother Dickon Tarly for season six Joining the Wall?
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- Charles takes on more of Queen's foreign trips as monarch approaches her 90th birthday The Queen has privately made it clear that her days of foreign travel are numbered
- Laura Whitmore accentuates her curves in a form-fitting black dress with bright panels as she hosts fashion lunch Return to Irish roots
- Emotional Gail Porter pleads with Chloe-Jasmine Whichello and Janice Dickinson to make peace in as tensions mount on CBB Spoke her mind
- Dakota Johnson exudes movie star glamour in a striking semi-sheer gown as she joins Johnny Depp for Black Mass photocall at Venice Film Festival
- Fashion designer Nicole Farhi is told to tear down the 'ugly' sculpture studio she built in her garden after neighbours complained 18ins too high
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- Ed Sheeran and his pretty school friend Cherry Seaborn enjoy yet ANOTHER late night date in NYC Spending more and more time together
- Why so shy? Diane Kruger hides her face as she heads out in Venice with no make-up on and a head of wet hair A tad camera shy
- Brian Austin Green is spotted with his wedding ring STILL on at grocery store two weeks after Megan Fox filed for divorce Not letting go yet
- Stylist reveals Tess Daly picks her Strictly outfits after swapping ideas on WhatsApp (and she always consults Claudia about clothes before the show)
- 'My mum did everything': Mummy's boy Brian McFadden admits he only learned to use a washing machine when second marriage fell apart
- Ben Affleck can't stop smiling alongside estranged wife Jennifer Garner... following a two-hour couples therapy session Working things out?
- Nautical but nice! Newlywed Nicky Hilton shows off her honeymoon tan in a chic blue striped dress as she hits The Hamptons Glowing with happiness
- Pregnant Sophie Ellis-Bextor proudly displays her baby bump in an elegant lace panel dress at the Scottish Fashion Awards Expecting fourth child
- Something to hide? Miley Cyrus covers up in a black midi-dress as she attempts to go incognito after night out with Cody Simpson She's not usually shy!
- Behind the scenes at Venice Film Festival! Diane Kruger tucks into a plate of pasta... as Alessandra Ambrosio larks around her hotel room in candid snaps
- Off-duty Elizabeth Banks wears stylish monochrome outfit as she enjoys another sightseeing day in Venice Never goes wrong
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- Mr Bean enjoys a spin outside Buckingham Palace atop his iconic lime green Mini as the sitcom celebrates its 25th anniversary As hapless as ever
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- Not a hair out of place! Hugh Jackman's coiffed locks are immovable as he executes the coin toss and a cheeky ball bounce before AFL match
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