SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Duchess of Cornwall's younger sister reveals their late brother Mark was 'a user and abuser'
Mark Shand’s older sister, Annabel Elliot, reveals that her sibling could be emotionally demanding in a new magazine profile, writes SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE. ...read
I, too, was spat on at a Tory conference. That was 35 years ago - and the nasty Left still think they have a monopoly on compassion, says TOM UTLEY
Armoured in self-righteousness, oblivious of the lessons of history, the militants of the Left appear to think it self-evident that they are on the side of the angels, writes TOM UTLEY. ...read
JAN MOIR: As the daughter of a policeman, I know all too well the dread that stalks their families
This time last week, Jen Phillips had everything to live for. She had a happy marriage, lovely daughters, a warm home, a future that looked secure. However, fate can be cruel. ...read
Why the Nonce Finder General Tom Watson won't ever say sorry and is as unfit for high political office as the bearded Trot Corbyn himself, by RICHARD LITTLEJOHN
Tom Watson MP, the Nonce Finder General, has been accusing top Tories of being sex offenders for years, in politically-motivated smear campaigns directed at The Left's opponents. ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Will you not now say sorry Mr Watson?
Unforgivably, Lord Brittan went to his grave a traduced man – police having failed to tell him no action was to be taken. ...read
BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Cate Blanchett and the year of the wonder women...
BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Last night, during her opening night address, Clare Stewart, who runs the British Film Institute’s London Film Festival, said this is the year of ‘strong women’. ...read
Jose Mourinho pens tribute to his idol Brian Clough in new book about legendary boss
CHARLES SALE: Struggling Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has provided the foreword for a book of the critically-acclaimed new film about Brian Clough’s glory days at Nottingham Forest. ...read
Jimmy Savile and Prince Charles' very close friendship with sex abuse bishop Peter Ball
Charles had long been an admirer of the charismatic and dedicated Anglican churchman, who slept on an old horsehair mattress on the floor of his own Gloucester residence, writes RICHARD KAY. ...read
Aston Villa prodigy Jack Grealish knuckles down in his quest to reach the top
NEIL ASHTON: When Aston Villa's Jack Grealish is picked to play for England for the first time, he will be politely asked to pull his socks up. It's a pivotal period for the promising youngster. ...read
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Jeremy Corbyn’s refusal to meet the Queen - pleading ‘prior commitments’ - seems juvenile
HARDCASTLE: Will Jeremy Corbyn also duck out of the coming state banquet for the Chinese president? Or avoid lining up with the monarch at next month’s wreath-laying at the Cenotaph? ...read
Jose Mourinho is potent in short doses and the writing may be on the dressing room wall for his second spell at Chelsea
JEFF POWELL: The perceived wisdom is that once things start going wrong you either change the manager or the players. Jose Mourinho’s track record suggests he subscribes to the former. ...read
ALEX BRUMMER: Should IMF chief Christine Lagarde be given a second term?
Lagarde is the first woman to hold the job and she also has worked enormously hard to make the IMF appear to be a kinder and gentler institution. ...read
Refusing to grate the butter and forgetting to add the sugar, Tamal and Ian handed victory to Nadiya on a plate in the final of the Great British Bake Off, by Jim Shelley
The big surprise in the final of the Great British Bake Off was that there wasn’t one - not even a soupçon. ...read
How YOU can live till you're 150: JANE FRYER meets the eccentric scientist who thinks he's found the secret. Just one problem: you'll have to give up sex!
Professor Alex Zhavoronkov works tirelessly to extend life expectancy and to evangelise about his discoveries, writes JANE FRYER. ...read
TACKLE KEOWN: Jurgen Klopp can lead Liverpool into the top four but he has to stop them leaking goals
Sportsmail columnist Martin Keown believes Liverpool can qualify for the Champions League this season under Jurgen Klopp, who is expected to take charge before the end of the week. ...read
MINOR INVESTOR: If you're going to indulge in a spot of reckless investing, a mass sale like Lloyds is probably the best excuse (but here's how the shares stack up)
‘Dear Investors, we plan to sell you a stake you already collectively own in a bank you rescued...’ is not how the Lloyds share sale offer page starts. Yet, despite their cynicism, many investors will buy. ...read
Chelsea cannot continue dispensing with good managers like Jose Mourinho the moment there is a bump in the road... but this appears to be a rather large pothole
MARTIN SAMUEL - THE DEBATE: Chelsea's abysmal start is one of the great mysteries. Today’s debate is on Jose Mourinho and whether he is still the best man for the Chelsea job. I think he is... ...read
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini's demise is long overdue... as FIFA folds, it's absurd that these rogues are still clinging to power
MARTIN SAMUEL:When the end comes, as it surely will soon, the news will be met with a disconnected shrug. We are immune to it now, this sea of effluent washing up day after day on football’s shores. ...read
Sir Clive Woodward: I don't want England job, Rugby World Cup exit was criminal, but Sam Burgess can still be a special player
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: After England crashed out of the Rugby World Cup at the group stage, serious questions have begun to be asked of Stuart Lancaster and his team. ...read
'Kill the zombie pigman' ordered the children: Lorraine Candy's children play Minecraft and she enjoys the unusual quiet
Columnist Lorraine Candy's children have discovered the online game Minecraft and Lorraine is discovering a quiet atmosphere that leaves her to watch Bake Off in peace. ...read
SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Duchess of Cornwall's younger sister reveals their late brother Mark was 'a user and abuser'
Mark Shand’s older sister, Annabel Elliot, reveals that her sibling could be emotionally demanding in a new magazine profile, writes SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE. ...read
I, too, was spat on at a Tory conference. That was 35 years ago - and the nasty Left still think they have a monopoly on compassion, says TOM UTLEY
Armoured in self-righteousness, oblivious of the lessons of history, the militants of the Left appear to think it self-evident that they are on the side of the angels, writes TOM UTLEY. ...read
Why the Nonce Finder General Tom Watson won't ever say sorry and is as unfit for high political office as the bearded Trot Corbyn himself, by RICHARD LITTLEJOHN
Tom Watson MP, the Nonce Finder General, has been accusing top Tories of being sex offenders for years, in politically-motivated smear campaigns directed at The Left's opponents. ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Will you not now say sorry Mr Watson?
Unforgivably, Lord Brittan went to his grave a traduced man – police having failed to tell him no action was to be taken. ...read
Jimmy Savile and Prince Charles' very close friendship with sex abuse bishop Peter Ball
Charles had long been an admirer of the charismatic and dedicated Anglican churchman, who slept on an old horsehair mattress on the floor of his own Gloucester residence, writes RICHARD KAY. ...read
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Jeremy Corbyn’s refusal to meet the Queen - pleading ‘prior commitments’ - seems juvenile
HARDCASTLE: Will Jeremy Corbyn also duck out of the coming state banquet for the Chinese president? Or avoid lining up with the monarch at next month’s wreath-laying at the Cenotaph? ...read
ALEX BRUMMER: Should IMF chief Christine Lagarde be given a second term?
Lagarde is the first woman to hold the job and she also has worked enormously hard to make the IMF appear to be a kinder and gentler institution. ...read
How YOU can live till you're 150: JANE FRYER meets the eccentric scientist who thinks he's found the secret. Just one problem: you'll have to give up sex!
Professor Alex Zhavoronkov works tirelessly to extend life expectancy and to evangelise about his discoveries, writes JANE FRYER. ...read
He painted a horizon in romantic Constable oils: QUENTIN LETTS on David Cameron's love-in with the faithful
Mr Cameron's speech was more about national attitudes than practical policies. He little mentioned the deficit, tax credits and that type of thing, writes QUENTIN LETTS. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: Ben Carson is the most brainless brain surgeon in America - I hope he gets bounced out of this race before it's too late
PIERS MORGAN: When Ben Carson first entered the political arena, I thought he might be a breath of fresh air: a black republican brain surgeon. - but then he started speaking. ...read
Dave heads from Pig Gate to Porky Gate: ANDREW PIERCE'S conference diary
Forget that infamous story about a pig's head, David Cameron's latest problem is trying to play down the scale of Ashcroft's generosity to the party, writes ANDREW PIERCE. ...read
PETER MCKAY: You can't ignore the class war mob, Dave
There’s something sulphurous in the political air. Do you smell it? Although the last century ended 15 years ago, a ‘fin de siecle’ sense of decadence and rebellion is all-pervasive. ...read
As children's favourite Peppa Pig conquers the world, ROBERT HARDMAN on the sexist pig who's made her creators £140million
Peppa Pig must be by far and away the most successful porker in history, easily overtaking Pinky, Perky, Babe and the Big Bad Wolf’s three lunching companions. ...read
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Lies, torture and the fight for Iraq truth
For more than 13 years – ever since our front page showing prisoners bound and kneeling in orange jumpsuits – The Mail on Sunday has led the way in campaigning against Guantanamo. ...read
AMANDA PLATELL: Why womb transplants make me shudder
While AMANDA PLATELL says she understands any woman’s dream to have a child, she fear this latest breakthrough is pushing the boundaries of medical science too far. ...read
Why the West MUST do business with Putin: Yes, the Russian leader's a thug who's run rings round Europe and America. But MAX HASTINGS controversially argues we can't beat ISIS without him
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is the architect of repression at home, sponsor of the mass-murdering President Assad of Syria abroad. He provided rebels in Ukraine with the missiles that 14 months ago murdered 298 innocent people aboard Malaysian airlines Flight MH17. ...read
A kinder era of politics? Who are Corbyn and his hate-filled acolytes trying to kid, writes STEPHEN GLOVER
How dangerous is Jeremy Corbyn? Needless to say, his ecstatic supporters think he is practically saintly, writes STEPHEN GLOVER. ...read
PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Men are the REAL oppressed sex today
One minute Charlotte Proudman was an unknown 27-year-old barrister finishing a PhD on female genital mutilation and the law. The next she was at the centre of a global media storm, hailed a martyr by the sisterhood and a ‘Feminazi’ by her many detractors. ...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
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
Jose Mourinho pens tribute to his idol Brian Clough in new book about legendary boss
CHARLES SALE: Struggling Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has provided the foreword for a book of the critically-acclaimed new film about Brian Clough’s glory days at Nottingham Forest. ...read
Aston Villa prodigy Jack Grealish knuckles down in his quest to reach the top
NEIL ASHTON: When Aston Villa's Jack Grealish is picked to play for England for the first time, he will be politely asked to pull his socks up. It's a pivotal period for the promising youngster. ...read
Jose Mourinho is potent in short doses and the writing may be on the dressing room wall for his second spell at Chelsea
JEFF POWELL: The perceived wisdom is that once things start going wrong you either change the manager or the players. Jose Mourinho’s track record suggests he subscribes to the former. ...read
TACKLE KEOWN: Jurgen Klopp can lead Liverpool into the top four but he has to stop them leaking goals
Sportsmail columnist Martin Keown believes Liverpool can qualify for the Champions League this season under Jurgen Klopp, who is expected to take charge before the end of the week. ...read
Chelsea cannot continue dispensing with good managers like Jose Mourinho the moment there is a bump in the road... but this appears to be a rather large pothole
MARTIN SAMUEL - THE DEBATE: Chelsea's abysmal start is one of the great mysteries. Today’s debate is on Jose Mourinho and whether he is still the best man for the Chelsea job. I think he is... ...read
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini's demise is long overdue... as FIFA folds, it's absurd that these rogues are still clinging to power
MARTIN SAMUEL:When the end comes, as it surely will soon, the news will be met with a disconnected shrug. We are immune to it now, this sea of effluent washing up day after day on football’s shores. ...read
Sir Clive Woodward: I don't want England job, Rugby World Cup exit was criminal, but Sam Burgess can still be a special player
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: After England crashed out of the Rugby World Cup at the group stage, serious questions have begun to be asked of Stuart Lancaster and his team. ...read
Brendan Rodgers was too much like David Brent to succeed at Liverpool... it was three years of excuses, blame-shifting and bizarre motivation techniques
ADRIAN DURHAM: Rodgers was so David Brent that there were times when I expected him to turn up for a post-match interview in an ostrich costume while talking about The Corrs ...read
A week to savour with England back on the golfing map
DEREK LAWRENSON - WORLD OF GOLF: Look down the list of the players who have won the British Masters and it underlines what a scandal it was that it ever lost its place on the European Tour schedule. ...read
Sacked Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers paid the price for four bad home results
JAMIE CARRAGHER: I don’t like the fact Liverpool are getting rid of Brendan Rodgers so soon into the season but when you look at his time in charge as a whole, he was given a fair crack of the whip. ...read
Southampton suffered more than Chelsea in refereeing decisions... Jose Mourinho gained by Bobby Madley's officiating
GRAHAM POLL: Sportsmail runs the rule over the big decisions made by referee Bobby Madley during Southampton's 3-1 win against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. ...read
JAMIE REDKNAPP: Jurgen Klopp would add character to the Premier League and too many of Brendan Rodgers' signing failed to make the grade at Anfied
JAMIE REDKNAPP: Of course Sergio Aguero was the star of the show against Newcastle, but I’ve been so impressed by Kevin De Bruyne. He has slipped effortlessly into the starting line-up. ...read
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: England's Rugby World Cup dream is over but we must lose with dignity and maintain this legacy
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD AT TWICKENHAM: England's World Cup dream ends a week before the end of the Pool stages and as we swallow our disappointment let's not waste time with excuses. ...read
Chelsea Ladies can show Jose Mourinho the way... Women's Super League title win would be a perfect riposte after spat with former club doctor Eva Carneiro
OLIVER HOLT: There was a decent crowd at the City Football Academy stadium in Manchester last Sunday. It was a beautiful day and it felt as if there was much to be optimistic about with women's football. ...read
PSG captain Thiago Silva adamant that club's Champions League dream can be realised this season
EUROVIEW: PSG defender Thiago Silva is convinced that his side have what it takes to win the Champions League. The Brazil international defender wants them to dominate Europe. ...read
Jamie Vardy has showed his qualities and deserves England chance but nomination for Arsenal's calamity keeper David Ospina makes mockery of FIFA Ballon d'Or
HOT OR NOT: Sportsmail's IAN LADYMAN runs the rule over who has enjoyed a good week in the world of sport and who has had one to forget. This week features both rugby codes and Jamie Vardy ...read
Floyd Mayweather can be replaced by Kell Brook as welterweight boxing's Special One... he will go on to dominate the division
EDDIE HEARN: Floyd Mayweather is stepping away, or so he says, and now it is time for Kell Brook to show he is the Special One of welterweight boxing. ...read
Chelsea are already out of the Premier League title race, the stats suggest... even if they matched their record-breaking points ratio from 2004/05 in their remaining games
KIERAN GILL - THE NUMBERS GAME: Even if Chelsea matched their ratio from a decade ago, when they were crowned champions with 95 points, history tells them they would still not win the title. ...read
ITV set their Rugby World Cup stall out early and delivered an effective opening evening
EDGE OF THE BOX - MARK WEBSTER: There can be no doubt the experience ITV have built with this sport over recent years is really paying dividends here, at home, and on the biggest stage. ...read
David Lloyd: Mum used to belt my backside with the accuracy of Glenn McGrath!
David Lloyd has brought up his half-century in cricket and now the Sportsmail columnist reveals all in his brand new autobiography 'Last in the Bath' ...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
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
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
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
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
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
Lizzie Armitstead wins Commonwealth Games gold in the Women's Road Race with Emma Pooley claiming silver
Lizzie Armitstead and Emma Pooley combined for an English one-two in a gripping women’s road race on Sunday when Glasgow threw the worst of its weather at the men’s race. ...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
BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Cate Blanchett and the year of the wonder women...
BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Last night, during her opening night address, Clare Stewart, who runs the British Film Institute’s London Film Festival, said this is the year of ‘strong women’. ...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
JAN MOIR: As the daughter of a policeman, I know all too well the dread that stalks their families
This time last week, Jen Phillips had everything to live for. She had a happy marriage, lovely daughters, a warm home, a future that looked secure. However, fate can be cruel. ...read
'Kill the zombie pigman' ordered the children: Lorraine Candy's children play Minecraft and she enjoys the unusual quiet
Columnist Lorraine Candy's children have discovered the online game Minecraft and Lorraine is discovering a quiet atmosphere that leaves her to watch Bake Off in peace. ...read
My boyfriend hates that I'm in contact with my ex - is this immature and jealous and what should I do? ROWAN PELLING advises
My husband and I separated two years ago when our son left home. We live apart, but remain close. I recently started a relationship, but my boyfriend hates the fact I spend time with my ex. ...read
BEL MOONEY: I long for a baby, but my man won't even commit to a holiday
This week Bel Mooney advises a woman, who at (nearly) 46 wants to have a baby more than anything. Research tells her that using a donor egg might be the only realistic way. ...read
LIZ JONES: Poor Mrs Hughes: I know exactly what she can expect from Carson
Last week Elsie Hughes, the housekeeper, had an awkward conversation with Mrs Patmore, the cook – like Mrs Hughes a never-been-married virgin (both having taken the title ‘Mrs’ to fit their roles). ...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: How can I stop feeling so dizzy?
A patient has been attending a balance clinic and doing exercises for labyrinthitis. She asks: Why doesn't it go away and why is there no cure? Dr Scurr explains. ...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
MINOR INVESTOR: If you're going to indulge in a spot of reckless investing, a mass sale like Lloyds is probably the best excuse (but here's how the shares stack up)
‘Dear Investors, we plan to sell you a stake you already collectively own in a bank you rescued...’ is not how the Lloyds share sale offer page starts. Yet, despite their cynicism, many investors will buy. ...read
JAMES CONEY: We should all thank the planning Nimbys for trying to preserve Britain's green belt
I can’t help wondering whether in a few years we’ll be grateful towards local people trying to preserve our green belt when the Government wants a building revolution in the UK. ...read
ASK TONY: I've paid £28,000 for life cover on a plan I bought in 1985 – so why is it now worth only £2,000?
I have a life cover plan with Old Mutual Wealth to pay out on the first death of my wife or myself. When I bought it on October 1, 1985, the premium was £15 per month with life cover of £27,757. ...read
DOGBERRY: Can MySale Boss Carl Jackson really widen his 'online proposition' let alone leverage his existing assets
Constable Dogberry in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing mangles every word he utters - and so do many business leaders. ...read
SALLY HAMILTON: As the cut to savings compensation looms, get moving to ensure ALL your accounts are protected
Do you remember what you were doing when it was revealed that Northern Rock was in serious trouble? That shock showed why we must protect out money. ...read
PPI mis-selling was inexcusable, but putting a deadline on claims is the right thing to do, says SIMON WATKINS
At last the FCA is to consider setting a deadline on payment protection insurance claims – a date by which anyone who believes they were missold a policy will have to act. ...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
Current accounts: How to beat fees, charges and overdrafts
This is Money shines a light on the hidden fees charged by your bank when you stray into the red, a cheque bounces or you use your card abroad. ...read
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: City enforcer or puppet of the Treasury? FCA boss Martin Wheatley was tough on crooked bankers and good for consumers... so he's been given the boot
It is all change at the Financial Conduct Authority. Martin Wheatley, chief executive from the start, has exited stage left after being told by the Treasury that his contract would not be renewed. ...read
TONY HETHERINGTON: I paid £2,195 to have a will written then the law firm ceased trading... but its director had already set up another law firm
Anyone can draft a will or a trust deed, with no qualifications or training. And if they go bust, taking clients’ money with them, they can set up a new company the next day. ...read
It's time to debunk the myth – Copenhagen is not an expensive spot to visit and has all the ingredients for a top city break, says LEE BOYCE
Before and after a recent weekend city break to Copenhagen, the first question friends, family and acquaintances have asked is: so, just how expensive was it? ...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
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
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
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
PETER HITCHENS: Which side are we really on in this war of the awful against the evil?
I don’t think the British or American governments really want to fight the Islamic State. They just want to look as if they are doing so, writes PETER HITCHENS. ...read
RACHEL JOHNSON: Rich, cute, posh and clever... you've got to pity poor Zac
Like a Jane Austen heroine, Zac Goldsmith MP is handsome, clever and rich. So handsome that he was once described as having a face ‘carved out of caramel by angels’, writes RACHEL JOHNSON. ...read
LIZ JONES: Get your pudgy, messy hands off MY illness, Mr Hollywood
The Great British Bake Off’s brilliantined Paul Hollywood has revealed he suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, admitting he sometimes cleans his Aston Martin every two hours, writes LIZ JONES. ...read
BLACK DOG at the Labour Party Conference... Horrified John misses his cue
Jeremy Corbyn galloped to the rescue of a party activist whose wheelchair became mysteriously wedged in the stage as she tried to leave, writes BLACK DOG at the Labour Party Conference. ...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
BEAUTY BUZZ: Michael Boadi is back
When the Duchess of Cambridge needed a perfume to suit her wedding day perfectly, she called fragrance master Michael Boadi, creator of her chosen Illuminum White Gardenia Petals. ...read
BEAUTY CLINIC: Do you know any natural shampoos?
I like to use dry shampoo occasionally – well quite often really! – when I am in a hurry but some of the ingredients in mainstream ones put me off. Are there any natural dry shampoos you know of? ...read
HOROSCOPES: Don't hurt your friends, Libra
SALLY BROMPTON: Your forecasts for the next seven days ...read
Our relationships expert Zelda West-Meads answers your questions
Our relationships expert Zelda West-Meads answers your questions ...read
LIZ JONES'S DIARY: In which I have mixed feelings about my birthday treat
Should I be upset, given he paid for dinner and the hotel? I paid for the Hospital Club, and dinner, and breakfast. I drove. On his birthday, I took him to Heston Blumenthal and bought him a Burberry suit. ...read
HEALTH: Looking good did make me feel better
Social worker Suzanne Wright, now 42, was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2013, two months after her only son’s wedding. Today, she is well and back at work – and indeed gorgeous. ...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: I don’t like the Tories' braying toffs but what terrifies me is their Eurosceptics
You can be sure that whenever you see the PM or the Chancellor, they will be carefully surrounded by attractive young men and women from diverse ethnic backgrounds, writes CHRIS DEERIN. ...read
Refusing to grate the butter and forgetting to add the sugar, Tamal and Ian handed victory to Nadiya on a plate in the final of the Great British Bake Off, by Jim Shelley
The big surprise in the final of the Great British Bake Off was that there wasn’t one - not even a soupçon. ...read
SARAH VINE: I'd lose my spark wed to ghastly Tom Jones
I remember Tom Jones telling me rather wistfully how his early success as a singer had offered an escape route from a life of hard grind in South Wales, writes SARAH VINE. ...read
DOMINIC LAWSON: Cameron ready to call for an EU exit? Pull the other one - it's got bells on!
The Prime Minister would have us believe he is prepared to lead the forthcoming referendum campaign on the side of those calling for Britain to leave the European Union. No, really. ...read
A very highbrow bruiser: Whether punching Roy Hattersley or quoting sonnets, Denis Healey was a giant who shames today's Labour pygmies
It says it all about Labour in the Eighties that they turned their back on the greatest leader they never had - and picked Michael Foot instead, writes DOMINIC SANDBROOK. ...read
RUTH SUNDERLAND: Cameron must show some steel if he's serious about building a northern powerhouse
The sincerity of the Prime Minister’s commitment to rebalancing the economy is facing its first major test in the plight of the 2,000 steelworkers facing redundancy from the SSI plant in Redcar. ...read
MICHAEL BURLEIGH: Sinister yes, but it's right to to use these spies on the sky
By all accounts the drone strike in Syria on the two British jihadis Reyaad Khan and Ruhul Amin – as well as a third person in their vehicle – was ruthlessly clinical writes MICHAEL BURLEIGH. ...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
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
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: Keep on losing your dog? You need Labradar!
Following the recent addition of new words such as 'twerk' (illustrated by Miley Cyrus) and 'crowdfund' to the Oxford English Dictionary, here CRAIG BROWN offers a further selection. ...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
Brendon McCullum: Steve Smith will live to regret Ben Stokes dismissal... he missed chance to strike blow for spirit of cricket
BRENDON MCCULLUM: It’s probably too early in Steve Smith’s captaincy career to appreciate this but one day he’ll look back at the Ben Stokes dismissal at Lord's on Saturday. ...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: Q the applause: You’d love a Range Rover but would never really put it to the all-terrain test. So what do you buy instead? The awesome new Audi Q7
The driving position enjoys the kind of wrap-around ergonomics one might expect in a high-end sports car. Everything to hand but never claustrophobic, never oppressive. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: ‘All beautiful women in the UK love me,’ I explained to Cheryl Fernandez-Versini. ‘It’s only their ugly blokes who hate me’
Plus, the best three-letter heckle of my life... to Boris Johnson. He was at the Pride of Britain Awards to present an award to Alice Burke, a 78-year-old Neighbourhood Watch crusader in East London. ...read
From Cate Blanchett's lesbian love story to Colin Farrell transforming into an animal: 10 films to catch this Autumn
Devastated by Downton’s demise? Hankering for a new History Boys? Then let Event critic Matthew Bond find a movie to suit you ...coming your way via this week’s BFI London Film Festival. ...read
OLLY SMITH: Portuguese? Yes please: From the Douro to the Dao, the bargain bottles that will bring a burst of mellow fruitfulness to your autumn
While supermarkets have a reasonable spread, if you’re prepared to delve more deeply, Portugal’s cavalcade of single varietal wines can offer some of Europe’s finest bottles. ...read
TOM PARKER BOWLES: Spice: the final frontier. And where is this corner of south Indian magnificence? In deepest... Nottingham
It’s my first time in this city of dastardly sheriffs and mighty football managers, and I like it immediately. Especially after lunch at Kayal, a Keralan restaurant of verve and vim. ...read
DEBORAH ROSS: Tree TV? It’s like waiting for the bell in double biology
The schedules are packed with formats and the schedules are packed with formulas and in my search for something different, I opted to devote myself to Oak Tree: Nature’s Greatest Survivor. ...read
After his Wolf Hall brush with Henry VIII, Mark Rylance hits the high notes as a truly dotty king
Spun from a real-life chapter of 18th century history, Farinelli And The King is the story of a young castrato named Farinelli, the greatest singer in Europe. ...read
CRAIG BROWN: What made the director of Withnail And I waste 12 years of his life and £500,000 of his own money to prove that Jack the Ripper was really a Victorian Paul McCartney in disguise?
There are five or six books a year published about Jack the Ripper. In They All Love Jack: Busting The Ripper, Bruce Robinson contends that Jack the Ripper was a successful Victorian songwriter. ...read
Linn has made speakers so high-end you can buy a range of decor-matching ‘coats’ to dress them in. Trouble is, you’ll need to be Dolce or Gabbana to afford them...
Given that many posh speaker systems are bought by bonus-happy bankers, I usually assume that all such technologies are pure hocus-pocus – but the effect of the Series 5 felt like a wake-up call. ...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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- Nicole Kidman 'did not know' her Scientologist daughter Bella Cruise was getting married... but is 'very happy' for her 'Totally fine with it'
- Model with vitiligo Winnie Harlow, 21, looks leggy in claret kimono mini and sexy boots at London jewellery launch after being linked to Mariah Carey's ex
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- He's back! Mark Darcy finally reunites with a very pregnant Bridget Jones as Colin Firth and Renee Zellweger film third instalment Back into character
- Feeling the strain: Make-up free Jennifer Garner and tired Ben Affleck look glum as they're spotted on solitary outings in LA Looking downcast
- Flower Power: Lindsay Lohan rocks swinging sixties look as she attends launch of upmarket fish restaurant in a floral mini
- Pregnant Jaime Winstone conceals her blossoming baby bump under a chic leopard-print coat as she and beau James Suckling attend a River Thames boat party
- One hell of a package! Mark Wahlberg gives fellow Calvin Klein model Justin Bieber pat on the back...after THOSE naked photos of the singer went viral
- 'No dad, Jesus!' Ireland Baldwin shares hilarious text with father Alec after he teases her about rumours she is dating Olivia Wilde's ex-husband
- Fiery salami, sweet chargrilled peppers and authentic Neapolitan sourdough: M&S launches new gourmet pizza range - and Aldo Zilli tries them out! SPONSORED
- Suited and booted: Colin Farrell shows his suave style in a three-piece suit at Lobster's Dublin premiere Looked dapper in his home-land
- Has Keira bitten off too much? Make-up free Keira Knightley steps out in NY before 'pulling out of Broadway play due to minor injury'
- Jack Black reveals he turned to cocaine aged 14 after devastation of losing his beloved brother to AIDS Troubled teen who found happiness with his wife
- Natural beauty Jenna Dewan-Tatum goes topless AND make-up free in TBT photos taken by husband Channing Tatum
- Absence makes the heart grow fonder! Jennifer Aniston spends time with a pal in NYC while Justin Theroux works in Austin... but they're still infatuated In the honeymoon phase
- He used to be a girl but now lives the life of 'Riley': EastEnders casts soap's first transgender actor to play a transgender role Riley Carter Millington, 21, will play Kyle
- Millie Mackintosh dons her usual boho style in thigh-skimming dress and sexy over-the-knee boots for River Thames boat party Looked fantastic
- Carey Mulligan cuts a slim and stylish figure in a plunging trouser suit for first post-baby TV appearance Promoting Suffragette on the Graham Norton show
- She's money hungry! Emma Stone chows down on cash as she makes her music video debut for Will Butler's Anna
- Pretty in pink! Katharine McPhee looks stylish in blush-coloured trousers as she promotes Breast Cancer Awareness Spreading the word
- She's got range! Dame Helen Mirren screws up her face in mock disgust as she wows in pink satin coat dress and matching hat at Trumbo premiere
- Drake denies rumours he's set to to marry Serena Williams saying claims of a romantic proposal are false A trip down the aisle is not on the cards
- Kelly Brook pops out her curves as she cuts an enviable hourglass shape in spray on jeans and a sparkly top for footwear launch Positively glowing
- It's tough to keep up with Kylie! Woman who lived like Ms Jenner for a week, copying everything from her make-up to her clothes, says the process was 'emotionally draining'
- Has there been a meth up? Walter White impersonator with glasses and a goatee stops Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston in his tracks on red carpet
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- Vogue Williams puts in an elegant appearance at jewellery launch in a soft pastel dress and nude heels Flying solo again
- Delta Goodrem looks sensational as she flashes her long legs in slinky crimson gown and racy heels at music fundraiser Draped leather jacket
- Jamie Dornan and Nick Frost discuss Peter Andre's hair on Strictly over pints and pizza as preview for celebrity Gogglebox special is unveiled
- Great British Bake Off's Nadiya 'has done more for race relations in the UK than any posturing politician' Show is steeped in traditional British values
- Taylor Swift scintillates in a clinging brown number over a black string bikini on her first-ever cover for GQ Clean-cut singer sexing up her image
- EXCLUSIVE: My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding star Danielle Mason reveals she's been celebate for EIGHT MONTHS as she flaunts her ample assets in bikini in Ibiza
- 'One hot mama': Scott Disick posts picture of naked ex Kourtney Kardashian after spending time with 18-year-old model What he's missing?
- Michelle Keegan shows off her incredible curves in figure-hugging gown as the doting wife watches husband Mark Wright play host at charity ball
- Bikini-clad Shakira is the ultimate multi-tasking mum as she brings son Milan to her belly-dancing beach commercial shoot Working mother
- It's a very Mariah Christmas! Carey, 45, steps behind camera looking youthful while filming scenes for upcoming yuletide movie
- Toughing it out! Reese Witherspoon does not let a shoulder injury stop her as she sprints around her neighbourhood Strapping helped her
- Immaculate Nicole Kidman pulls off an effortlessly chic look in a LBD for first television appearance following her daughter Bella's 'low-key' wedding
- Sir Bruce Forsyth has been hospitalised following a fall resulting in facial cuts and minor concussion Has pulled out of a presenting gig
- Matthew McConaughey hides his bald patch with a cap on date night with wife Camila after having his crown shaved for film role
- Michelle Heaton and Casey Batchelor flaunt their incredible figures in glimmering black gowns at charity soirée Stunning double act
- Gabi Grecko claims Geoffrey Edelsten threatened to 'make Australia hate' her for leaving him... but the businessman says he still loves her and misses her 'madly'
- PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: The £3million drag race! Jeremy Clarkson challenges James May and Richard Hammond to race three rare supercars for new show
- It's a bit unusual! Sir Tom fails to mention his affairs (or love child) in autobiography Confessed to sleeping with 250 women a year at the height of his fame
- 'Everything froze': John Boyega recalls the unforgettable moment J.J. Abrams told him he'd landed Star Wars role
- Putting in the hard yards! Kate Upton shows off physique after working on her body beautiful at gym session Looked like she had hardly broken sweat
- 'Nadiya's husband has the most beautiful skin I've ever seen in my life': Twitter in a frenzy over Bake Off winner's 'dreamboat' partner Abdal is winning fans
- 'I'll cry at the drop of a hat': Miranda Hart to show her emotional side as she joins her sitcom co-stars for Celebrity Gogglebox
- Scruffy Simon Cowell kicks back in slouchy tracksuit bottoms as he jets into LAX with Lauren Silverman and mini-me son Eric No high-waisted jeans
- Lucy Mecklenburgh shows off gym-honed curves in revealing new shoot as she bares all for Cystic Fibrosis Trust Pills and tablets protecting her modesty
- Sarah Michelle Gellar goes business chic as she beams while signing autographs for fans... after saying she's 'kind of old' for Buffy The Vampire Slayer reunion
- Make-up free Elle Fanning wears elegant white sundress as she totes bag made from recycled materials in Hollywood Got her priorities in order
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Fashion darling Kendall Jenner poses topless after emerging from shower in new Paris photo shoot
Says she's 'washing away her sins'
- Oh Baby! Justin Bieber goes full-frontal NAKED as he enjoys a skinny dipping session in Bora Bora with British 'love interest' Jayde Pierce He's body confident!
- Yolanda Foster makes her first red carpet appearance in a year after operation to remove silicone implants in battle against Lyme disease
- 'You and I are basically the same age:' Khloe Kardashian grills Corey Gamble, 34, about his intentions with her mother Kris Jenner, 59 Three years difference
- Who needs a horse and carriage? Katie Holmes dresses up like a princess but roughs it on the train at gritty Penn Station in NY Stunning in ball gown
- Caught on camera! Amy Schumer films comedy sketch for Saturday Night Live with a selfie stick attached to her Hammed it up
- Princess Beatrice and Queen Rania of Jordan join powerful females as they bring a regal touch to Women In The World Summit
- Don't mess with this squad! Beyoncé, Jay Z, Rihanna, Kanye West, and Pharrell SUE fashion brand for using their names and faces without permission
- Top model with vitiligo skin condition Winnie Harlow, 21, steps out in London amid rumours of a romance with Nick Cannon, 34 Baseball cap topped with fluffy blue ball
- 'Break the internet, Justin!' Twitter explodes with scores of cheeky memes after full-frontal nude shots of Bieber go viral online Eggplant emoji
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- Lauren Goodger poses for sweaty bust-baring workout selfie after angering fans with 'embarrassing' anti-feminism rant Selfie obsessed?
- Repeat performance! Jared Leto carries on his jazzy Joker style in recycled poncho and harem pants while stepping out in NYC Same outfit last week
- English actress Melanie Liburd is cast as yet another Red Priestess in HBO's Game Of Thrones Carice Van Houten fans were seeing red
- Janet Jackson nominated for next year's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame alongside N.W.A, The Cars, and Nine Inch Nails
- Shakira can't stop smiling as she enjoys a family day out with her hunky beau Gerard Piqué and their cute young sons Out in Barcelona
- 'I would play this role until I'm 80': Norman Reedus would 'hate' to be killed off in The Walking Dead as he shows softer side by cuddling up with horse
- FIRST LOOK: Krysten Ritter in titular role as Marvel antihero Jessica Jones in teaser trailer for upcoming Netflix series Already seen smashing clocks or swigging shots
- Looking blue-tiful! Geri Halliwell cuts a chic figure in jeans and an edgy leather jacket as she visits a flower shop Understated yet stylish
- Keeping it Real! Newly single Adrienne Bailon shows off ample cleavage in tight black tank top after calling Rob Kardashian a 'great guy' Sultry ensemble
- 'Cheryl's a nasty, horrible human': X Factor star Katie Waissel lashes out at her former mentor yet again in explosive rant Her mentor in 2010
- Shane, you've been Warne-d! Ed Sheeran tells Australian cricketer to 'be careful' with dating app Tinder when he's in the US Dating advice
- 'You're keeping control of the knife': Cheryl Fernandez Versini posts cryptic Instagram picture after Sarah Harding rants about being snubbed by Girls Aloud
- He's got pecs appeal! Liam Hemsworth shows off toned torso and ripped abs while surfing in Australia Hunger Games star showed off a honed physique
- SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Duchess of Cornwall's younger sister reveals their late brother Mark was 'a user and abuser' Emotionally demanding
- Bleary-eyed Jess Woodley suffers an EPIC wardrobe malfunction as she staggers out of Made In Chelsea party with a pint of booze in one hand
- Karlie Kloss hits the right note in sophisticated coral gown as she attends New York Philharmonic performance
- Hot to trot! Australian model Jennifer Hawkins puts on a busty display as she flaunts her washboard abs in a sexy tribal print bikini in latest photo shoot
- Eminem surprises 10-year-old amputee who has Slim Shady prosthetic legs with a special gift for his bravery Teejay Stainer was born without a calf bone
- Pregnant Kim Kardashian shares her own Cosmopolitan cover where she flashes cleavage (and that diamond) after family posed together
- In need of some romance? Britney Spears brings along tawdry Danielle Steel novel to lunch as she plays with her tangled hair extensions .
- Braless Scout Willis exposes her bare bust in sheer jumpsuit as she champions Free the Nipple campaign at Rihanna bash Rather daring outfit
- He lost his job, but has THE VOICE: Tom Jones's album Long Lost Suitcase has no excess baggage, writes ADRIAN THRILLS
- Peter Andre is a liar, says judge in TV dispute trial: Strictly star accused of fabricating evidence in contract dispute between ITV2 and reality TV producer
- Back together? Kelly Bensimon spotted out with on-off boyfriend Nicholas Stefanov who she was once arrested for assaulting
- Awkward moment Today weatherman Al Roker revealed his colleague's engagement live on air... and she didn't seem too happy Gaffe-prone presenter
- Matt Bomer discusses his 'modesty pouch' for bloody foursome with AHS: Hotel co-star Lady Gaga on Ellen Plays pop diva's lover
- BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Will Glenn Close make a song and dance upon her return to the West End? How much dressing room space will she want?
- Khloe Kardashian's BFF Malika Haqq arrested for DUI after crashing her car on LA freeway
- 'I'm a little scared': Strictly Come Dancing star Carol Kirkwood reveals she's starting to lose her sight and is facing eye surgery Presenter scared
- Watch it! Penelope Cruz oozes elegance in stylish tweed red dress as she poses up a storm at accessory photocall in Madrid Sexy senorita
- Leggy Chrissy Teigen goes braless in a sheer lace top and tiny hotpants on romantic date night with John Legend Lacking support
- Milk Tray Man may be... a lady: Cadbury searches for new star of the adverts ahead of their screen return Absent for 13 years
- Flower power! Cate Blanchett continues the promotional trail for new film Truth wearing stunning floral chiffon and lace dress Leaving a meeting in NY
- Smiling Danielle Lloyd showcases toned physique in skin-tight gymwear as she embarks on a mission to get fitter than ever Getting life back on track
- Ellie Goulding puts her unique spin on the nation's favourite TV theme tunes as she leads a host of stars taking part in Make Some Noise fundraiser
- Urban Outfitters sparks outrage after asking employees to 'work for free' on weekends - under the guise of a 'team-building activity'
- Mama June bonds with Honey Boo Boo as estranged daughter Anna 'Chickadee' reveals name of her second child on way... after falling out over molestation scandal
- How Peter Sellers tried to swap a Ferrari for Ryan O'Neal's wife! And that's not the only weird story his daughter Sarah has to tell
- 'Feeding my sweet boy': Country star Jessie James Decker shares breastfeeding photos as she snuggles up to baby son Eric Decker III
- 'Don't throw paint at me!' Dr Foster's cheating husband DEFENDS his character's flaws - but admits he's looking over his shoulder
- 'We love you so much!' Jessica Alba throws surprise birthday party for her mother in Los Angeles Picture perfect daughter
- Amy Childs puts on a brave face as she shows boyfriend Bradley Wright what he's missing in not one but THREE glamorous outfits at book launch
- Woman spends $22,000 to have liposuction, a tummy tuck, and a boob job all in one day as part of a 'mommy makeover' to restore her body confidence after having kids
- Caroline Flack shares hilarious throwback photo of her and The X Factor judge Nick Grimshaw sporting a moody pout and a PERM How embarrassing
- Kate Winslet shows off her slim figure in leather trousers as she heads to JFK airport after promoting movie Steve Jobs in NYC Actress heading home
- The lingerie that needs a bodyguard! Models take to the stage in diamond encrusted Victoria's Secret Fantasy Bra... that has a $2m price tag
- SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Jaggers' birthday game of snap... Jade Jagger posted a picture of her one-year-old son Ray admiring his birthday cake
- Animal attraction: Blake Lively is the picture of Hollywood glamour as she wears leopard print coat on set of Woody Allen movie
- All-star cast, tantalising twists... but the plot was murder to follow: CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV ITV's Unforgotten was outstanding
- Single suits her! Kourtney Kardashian looks incredible in white skinny jeans and a bright T-shirt as she enjoys girls' night out Scott who?
- Toy Story 4 is delayed by a year and won't hit theaters until 2018 as Disney-Pixar reveals Cars 3 and Incredibles 2 release dates
- Marvel Studios announces sequel for Paul Rudd movie Ant-Man... which is set to fly into cinemas in summer 2018
- 'WTF!' Missy Elliott spotted recording new music video prompting speculation she is gearing up to release first album in a decade Wait could finally be over
- Hermione has gone from Potter to potty in confusing Regression, says BRIAN VINER Emma Watson hasn't shrugged off breakthrough role
- 'It was one of the best moments of my life': Bake Off winner laps up her success after '#Nadiyators' backing immigrant's daughter helped make the final the most watched show
- Agent Emily's not just a pretty face in the gripping thrill Sicario, says BRIAN VINER Uncompromisingly violent but stylish
- 'Jim, I love you. Please forgive me. I'm not for this world': Suicide note of Cathriona White revealed as Jim Carrey is expected to fly to Ireland for her funeral
- 'How do you get those years back?': Kelly Rutherford talks about lost time with her children as she continues bitter custody dispute
- Queen Maxima is in high spirits as she visits former mining region of Limburg with King Willem-Alexander Chic dress
- Pregnant Imogen Thomas showcases her bump as she reunites with Big Brother co-stars Aisleyne and Nikki at baby shower Mini-reunion for stars
- Greek epic? This version of The Odyssey is more like Doctor Who, writes QUENTIN LETTS This is an odd but lively production
- 'I'll throw my hat into the ring': Homeland star David Harewood admits he'd love to take over from Daniel Craig as James Bond Secret agent ambition
- Golden opportunity! Tori Spelling treats herself to gold face mask to plug new beauty kit on a spa day with daughter Stella
- Little more than an X-rated high school movie themed with identity politics: PATRICK MARMION reviews Teddy Ferrara
- Ashley Benson emerges for the first time since apologising for her 'tasteless' Cecil the Lion Halloween costume Regrets causing upset
- It gets my vote: Spirited. Moving. And not TOTALLY anti-men... Suffragette is a stirring women's rights drama, writes BRIAN VINER
- When the Cold War went icy: Red Army is an absorbing documentary about the evolution of the Soviet ice-hokey team, writes BRIAN VINER
- That 70s style: Florence Welch enjoys a retro throwback as she steps out in flares and crushed velvet on day off from US tour She's a fashion machine
- Make-up free Amanda Seyfried looks in sprightly spirits as she touches down in Japan... weeks after 'splitting' from boyfriend Justin Long
- Elizabeth Hurley, 50, showcases hourglass figure and plenty of cleavage in a form-fitting black lace dress as she heads to book launch at Christie's
- Mark Wright takes centre stage in garish fitted tee as he teams up with the Rock Choir for the Make Some Noise fundraiser Doing his bit for disadvantaged kids
- Sack the make-up artist! Taylor Swift suffers an unfortunate beauty blunder as she forgets to blend in her white concealer Not her finest moment