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  Friday 20 February 2009  

• Swail battles past Maguire in marathon match for place in Welsh Open semis
• Market report: New depression hits Wall Street
• Brown could face a ticking off by MPs over failing to declare £1,600 in rent
• Celtic star Caldwell: We silenced our doubters before and we'll do so again
• Rangers boss Smith hits out at the bore-draw dissenters
• Baby P staff paid £30,000 NOT to work by bosses
• INVESTMENT EXTRA: End of ride for Lynch's punters
• 'Now I'm ready to go to heaven': Tearful Jade Goody returns home alone without Jack after 'happiest day' of her life
• Whitehall spends £1bn cutting staff - then takes on 15,000 (the number it axed)
• A tax efficient way to avoid interest rates
• The boy who became a father at 12 and now calls a jail cell home
• Charles Sale: Tories cry 'foul!' over FA tactics
• 'Crazy' market prevented new signings, says Celtic supremo Dr Reid
• After the case of baby-faced Alfie: The girl pregnant at 13 who got a hatful of exams and a place at university
• Sale 32 Bristol 13: Hill steps aside as Sharks go for the kill
• Slump forces Anglo American into a dividend freeze
• Newcastle 13 Saracens 9: Sarries left out in the cold
• Graham Poll: Now for something completely different in World Cup year
• ALEX BRUMMER: Borrowing the Swedish model
• Hull Kingston Rovers 10 Leeds 19: Rhinos hit by injury crisis
• Daylight robbery: Schoolboy gang in rush-hour raid on West End watch store
• Wigan 22 Castleford 28: Noble on brink as Warriors fall short
• Laidlaw faces shareholder fallout over nuclear deal
• He's not ready! Talk of Scotland call-up for Fleck is crazy, insists Ferguson
• Asian fire sale for state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland
• MAIL COMMENT: How our liberties have been destroyed
• The quick Lerner: Randy is helping to bring the good times back to Villa
• Little Arshavin backed to be a big hit by Gunners boss Wenger
• The ECB scrap all deals with disgraced billionaire Allen Stanford
• Why are so many foreign patients allowed to come here and take organs donated to the NHS?
• Thank heavens for Tiger times: Woods return has golf buzzing
• Marcia Cross and cancer-stricken husband mark twin daughters' second birthday
• Hiddink planning to win back Abramovich's much-needed love for Chelsea
• Closed all hours: Why the village store that has traded for 152 years is shutting up shop for good
• We can catch 'untouchable' United! Rafa insists Liverpool can still win title
• Crocked Flintoff looks a non-starter: Swann also doubtful for fourth Test
• Degrading, disgusting, and demeaning: I'm ashamed of modern women's magazines says a former Cosmo editor
• Children as young as two 'must be tested for obesity'
• Nasser Hussain: Who is in charge? England made a mess of winning call
• Sir Alex salutes United old guard as veteran Neville pens contract extension
• Des Kelly: Smart money says Hughes has problems at City
• Tories launch campaign to save the 'Great British pub'
• Jade among the jackals: Is anyone in the circus around the tragic star fit to care for the sons she will leave behind?
• AMANDA PLATELL: Schooling children to hate our values
• Ireland's rallying cry for struggling City to end away day blues
• PETER OBORNE: Treachery, sleaze and a Prime Minister in denial. This is a Government in collapse
• Turner's Earners - All the best bets for the weekend
• Your weekend guide to the Super League matches
• Everton boss Moyes backs inspirational Neville to become top Toffees coach
• Ten years after Macpherson, police race quotas are axed
• JAN MOIR: Are we so desensitized that watching a woman's death is acceptable entertainment?
• After three children and 17 years Heidi Klum's still got her supermodel looks
• Sportsmail's guide to this weekend's Guinness Premiership fixtures
• Australia ace Jace on Wales crusade in Super League
• Scu picks three: The eight-time champion's three best picks of the day
• No leniency for Stevens as the England prop faces cocaine drug ban
• To Hull and back: At last I've scored my 200th...now for my 250th
• Northern Ireland's Maybin at the centre of a murder scene in Australia
• Au revoir le dream... British expats in 'Dordogneshire' are now desperate to come home
• The bloodiest mutiny ever: The day the cruellest captain in the British Navy pushed his long-suffering crew too far
• Harmony Brig out to extend his unbeaten Newcastle run
• Cavendish celebrating a second successive stage win in California
• He has tinkered in Turin, mixed it with Mourinho. . .now it’s back to the Bridge
• The car that believed it could fly
• THE BROWSER:// Some people deserve to be left with a red face(book), especially the sad romantics in our midst
• Pickering told he needs big performance to earn Turin ticket
• Bullard had knee problem before £5m Hull move, says Hodgson
• DEBORAH ROSS: Stand aside, Posh... I'm in vogue! Our non-designer goddess unveils her catwalk collection
• The Champions League lowdown: Inter Milan v Manchester United
• The Champions League lowdown: Real Madrid v Liverpool
• The monster of chintz: Laura Ashley's husband Bernard was a bully who reduced her to a sobbing wreck
• North America Destination Guide
• ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Boom or bust, the mini is always in
• I saw the horrors of Guantanamo, reveals former Camp X-Ray guard
• Butch is out to Bok his place and stick the boot into Lions
• BEL MOONEY: My past has left me too scared to carry this child
• Prince of Wales does a double take over Harry lookalike
• Hammers flop Faubert is left out in the cold at Real Madrid
• Pictured: The couple arrested in Venezuela 'with cocaine' appeared on Jeremy Kyle
• Richard and moody: Judy Finnigan cuts a glum figure as TV ratings drop
• Can jumbo elephants really paint? Intrigued by stories, naturalist Desmond Morris set out to find the truth
• Beattie boosts Blades' firepower as Blackwell lands West Brom striker
• The Champions League lowdown: Chelsea v Juventus
• Blazing a trail: The artist who makes striking sculptures from matchsticks
• Small fortune: Sportsmail pays tribute to Maradona, Zola, Wise and the rest of the diddy men who made a big impression
• Kids go free to see Grease at London's Piccadilly Theatre!
• Europe Destination Guide
• Schoolboy rapist who attacked pregnant woman at knifepoint is jailed for six years
• Rooney raring to go against Blackburn with one eye on United's Inter clash
• Victoria Beckham's denim range dropped by American department store after 'poor sales'
• Mother with post-natal depression jailed for four years after shaking baby boy to death
• CARLOS TEVEZ TALKS: On his United future, the West Ham affair, Maradona...
• Hawk kestrel manoeuvres in the park: Thousands of starlings form the shape of a giant bird of prey in spectacular dawn sight
• Benitez braced for the 10 days that will define Liverpool's season
• Asia Destination Guide
• Wenger confident Gunners are going great (just don't mention they're fifth)
• Catch me if you can - Susie Stoddart on the world of racing cars
• Patient readmissions for emergency treatment soar 20% in last four years
• Guantanamo torture Brit to be returned to UK next week... and he will be allowed to settle here
• Man City on alert as Roque reveals he can leave Blackburn for £20m
• Liverpool v MAN CITY: Dunne dilemma for City boss Hughes
• LIVERPOOL v Manchester City: No Gerrard or Alonso for Reds
• Free complete garden collection worth over £100 - Week 2!
• Genus to link with China scandal firm
• Man who killed himself and his two children left 'Bitch' note rigged up to homemade bomb for his wife
• And the winner is... Kate (That's if an Oscar list leak is to be believed)
• Blow for Saints as Graham and Cayless miss Huddersfield trip
• Tree surgeons claim to see 'giant cat the size of a labrador emerge from the bushes'
• HULL v Tottenham: More frustration for Fagan
• Science Fiction
• Centaur Media eyes more cuts as ad sales slide
• Crusaders boss Dixon hopes to make it third time lucky against Hull
• Teenager boasted 'I'm the man' after knifing 16-year-old to death in row over Xbox
• And the budget award goes to... BBC presenter Susanna Reid, who's wearing a £50 Oxfam dress to the Oscars
• Newcastle v EVERTON: Saha back in the mix for Moyes
• Should we clear our credit card debts?
• FA Cup damaged as trophy takes a nosedive (just like Portsmouth)
• I missed out on being cuddled by my mother: Rape case cabbie tells why he craved attention
• Ask Amy De Vine: Bottled knowledge from our vixen of the vintages
• Buses should be for poor who can't afford cars, says Harman (forgetting they're meant to entice drivers onto public transport)
• FULHAM v West Brom: Johnson and Konchesky back to boost Cottagers
• I've lasted longer than most managers: Sir Bobby's humour shines through
• Liverpool boss Rafa refuses to risk Gerrard against Manchester City
• British backpackers tell of ordeal at the hands of Brazilian robbers armed with grenades
• Health notes
• HISTORICAL FICTION
• Uproar over plans for giant wind farm off Dorset's Jurassic coast
• ARSENAL v Sunderland: Arshavin ready for Gunners bow
• Dawson tips Tottenham to see off Shakhtar despite pain in Ukraine
• My Body and I: Television presenter Claudia Winkleman
• A case for the frying squad? Police in chemical suits rush to mystery spillage... that turns out to be HP Sauce
• Paperbacks
• MAN UNITED v Blackburn: Fergie to hand Rooney a start
• Denise Richards and Belinda Carlisle leads the C-listers competing in Dancing With The Stars
• Fulham striker Kamara to end eight-month injury nightmare against the Baggies
• Hull v TOTTENHAM: Captain Keane among big guns back for Spurs
• London Fashion Week kicks off in style with a wearable collection by Paul Costelloe
• Dowdy Duffy polishes up for ANOTHER night of celebration
• Drunk British soldier arrested in Germany for stealing two armoured vehicles and running military police off the road
• Bolton v WEST HAM: Trip too soon for Hammers striker Cole
• Fulham v WEST BROM: Simpson welcomed back by Baggies
• Brazilian Belletti prefers to go Dutch as he reveals Chelsea training is more fun under Guus
• Labour ducking polygamy issue, says Muslim peer
• Chelsea old boy Lassana Diarra out for revenge on Liverpool with Real
• MIDDLESBROUGH v Wigan: Same again for Southgate
• Gavin and Stacey stars Horne and Corden recreate famous scene from Ghost in hilarious new show
• Things you don’t know about... A catwalk show
• HATCHET MAN: At least the pressure will be off air-grabber Gomes in the empty stadia that host Spurs reserves
• Man United v BLACKBURN: Samba sitting out for Rovers
• Shock BNP council win brings fear of rise in extremism
• STOKE v Portsmouth: Duo banned but Sidibe in line to return for Potters
• What a slice! Stray golf ball discovered buried inside felled tree
• HATCHET MAN: 'Loyal' Parker praised for staying at West Ham - so the £80k a week he was offered had nothing to do with it then?
• It worked! Unemployed engineer who resorted to sandwich board advertisement by motorway lands a job
• That Was The Sporting Week: Chelsea talking double Dutch; new laws put cricket on a sticky wicket; and Spurs boss Harry reveals a little too much
• Veterans United: Neville joins Giggs in signing new deal at Old Trafford
• Paperback reviews
• 'You're a failure if you don't own a Rolex by the time you're 50,' claims Nicolas Sarkozy's best friend
• The car that believed it could fly
• Investment advice for a widow
• Sophie Kinsella: Confessions of Shopaholic's creator
• Girl, 15, gives birth to twins... fathered by her classmate
• The dog with phobia of men who had to be rescued by a woman after falling 80ft down rocky cliff
• HATCHET MAN: Given and Bridge cost a packet but even they can't plug all the holes in City's dismal defence
• Aston Villa v CHELSEA: Hiddink's defence worries ahead of Villa showdown
• Does my bum look big in this? Halle Berry shows off her billowing behind... but don't worry, it's only the dress
• In a taxi with. . . Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall
• Move over Pixie & Co: Kurt Cobain's daughter Frances is on her way to join London's brat pack
• Paperbacks
• EXCLUSIVE: Benzema delivers shock snub to United as striker plots his exit from Lyon
• Will lump sum affect my state benefits?
• Rachida's Revenge: Sacked French justice minister to pay Nicolas Sarkozy back with TV movie 'Dati: The Ambitious One'
• Bentley warns Spurs to stars not to take it easy for fear of missing Wembley
• Arsenal v SUNDERLAND: Ben Haim to start as Bardsley misses Emirates trip
• HATCHET MAN: Whinging, out-of-form Drogba pledges his future to Chelsea - because nobody else wants him
• 'You have the wrong person:' Prisoner's last words as he is dragged into execution chamber
• FREE High School Musical 3 DVD-ROM
• Oxford students make hundreds of pounds selling work on the internet 'for others to copy'
• Beauty news with Sarah Barclay: Everything's vine and dandy
• Saab seeks protection to avoid bankruptcy
• Mother of two-year-old who drowned in sea 'vows to stand by husband who let go of buggy to kiss his mistress'
• They think it fell over: FA Cup damaged after excited children topple it off table
• BOLTON WANDERERS v West Ham United: Duo return for visit of Hammers
• Cornish, Manx and Irish among 2,500 languages facing extinction, says UN
• Birmingham boss McLeish says Taylor has no need to apologise to Eduardo
• Who's for a punch then? Corrie's Fiz Brown takes on the badboys who've been bullying her younger brother
• Pictured: The timeless piece of history which stopped working when its owner drowned in Titanic sinking
• Burning issue for banks as eastern Europe faces crash
• Ordeal for mother driven 120 miles to three hospitals before she can give birth
• Anarchists plan City demo for day G20 leaders arrive in London
• I was caught in a smoking scandal with the Prime Minister and the Health Secretary
• China urges foreign banks to up lending
• Green scene with Sheherazade Goldsmith: Eco cooking ideas
• NEWCASTLE UNITED v Everton: Jonas return eases Hughton's injury woes
• Tevez's future thrown into doubt as United fail to meet deal deadline
• China urges foreign banks to up lending
• Paratrooper cleared of assault after punching officer who 'racially abused him'
• Ministers accused of cover-up over NHS imported blood scandal
• Galaxy chief blasts Milan's 'ridiculous' £2m David Beckham offer and insists
• Credit crunch sees BBC One Show presenter Christine Bleakley take a pay cut
• Now even Playboy falls victim to the credit crunch as company considers sale
• Market slumps after week to forget
• U.S. to stay on Swiss 'hidden funds' trail
• Anglo to axe 19,000 as prices nosedive
• Make-up masterclass: Drama queen
• Stoke City v PORTSMOUTH: Hart to stick with winning line-up
• Arsenal boost as Fabregas sets sights on Champions League comeback
• The Slumdogs are coming: Child stars of hit film head to Hollywood for the Oscars
• British Gas
• Motorists face on-the-spot points and loss of licence for careless driving offences
• Footsie back on a downer as miners take a drubbing: Friday morning from London Stock Exchange
• £43,000 drinks bill for City banker clearly not feeling the credit crunch
• Pru in bullish mood with £2.5bn surplus
• This Charming Man: Gentle Guus wins over his first audience as Chelsea boss
• £43,000 drinks bill for banker clearly not feeling the crunch
• Middlesbrough v WIGAN: Valencia out for Latics
• Cole's recovery from a knee injury could give Hammers boss Zola a selection headache
• Firm apologises to blind man for calling him 'Mr Blindman'
• Anglo to axe 19,000 jobs as prices take a nosedive
• Your problems answered
• Clint Eastwood film 'Dirty Harry' inspired couple to kidnap and kill girl, 10, for ransom, court told
• Work canteens to be forced to cut half of pastry from pies in new Government healthy-eating drive
• Colt Telecom set for £178m rights issue
• Pru in bullish mood with £2.5bn surplus
• Ecclestone: We're all pulling together to help Virgin rescue Honda
• WORLD CUP 2010 TICKETS: How much will it cost and what happens if my team doesn't make it?
• Lawyer made redundant six months ago finally gets a job interview... after 872 attempts
• Prototype of Microsoft's secret 'iPhone killer' mobile stolen from executive's pocket
• Shock profits warning sparks Cattles stampede
• Fashion for life: Why Madonna’s missing the point
• ALL THE WEEKEND'S PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM NEWS
• Backstage brawl at the Brits: US rockers Kings of Leon come to blows
• More gloom at Rentokil as divi is ditched
• Home repossessions rose 54% in 2008
• Jack Straw is voters' favourite to take over from Gordon Brown
• Cattles shock alert sparks a stampede out of shares
• Man who has spent 16 years in jail for pregnant wife's murder was at work at the time of her death, new evidence reveals
• Inter keep Jenas in limbo at Spurs while Palacios keeps him on the bench
• Hundreds of British Saab employees face uncertain future as car-maker 'reorganises'
• Record gamma-ray blast with power of 9,000 exploding stars spotted in space
• Shivering in a new credit climate
• Britain's borrowing binge
• Mayhem in Moscow as protesters target new Chelsea boss Hiddink
• Beckham back in a Galaxy shirt!
• Don't you know who I am? Tori Spelling left fuming after she's blocked from New York Fashion Week party
• Predictions 400,000 families could lose their homes as unemployment skyrockets
• More gloom at Rentokil as dividend is ditched
• Leggy Cindy Crawford oozes glamour at 43 (even while filling the car up with petrol)
• Banned Alonso warns Rafa: It wouldn't be intelligent to pick Gerrard to face City
• Kate Beckinsale reprises her sexy leather Underworld look at New York Fashion Week
• Boy, 16, arrested in gangland killing amid warnings of 'race war'
• 3i's desperate dash for more cash
• Focus: Rights issues are back in fashion
• The latest City bonus ... old hamburgers from the boss
• Pictured: Tiny meerkat pups that fit into their keeper's hand
• Teacher sacked two hours into job ... for 'calling pupils retards'
• What the back pages say: Taylor should feel no guilt over Eduardo tackle, Drogba backs Guus to win things at Chelsea, Villans O'Neill and Petrov taunt lacklustre Blues
• Great Alan Green debate: Is Five Live commentator most annoying in Britain?
• Drogba hails Hiddink as the man to propel Chelsea back into the title race
• Tooth decay now the 'THIRD most common reason children are admitted to hospital'
• Patients must pay £7 a day for phone and TV
• Revealed: The 'big-drinking' son who is in line to inherit control in North Korea
• Treasury's tax take collapses by £7bn
• Send for Healey the man O2 want to make grassroots rugby bloom - on ITV!
• The footwork of ministers is 'more John Sergeant than Fred Astaire', says Bank boss
• Pensions increase will be wiped out by inflation, Tories warn
• Atlantis revealed at last... or just a load of old Googles?
• Fears for 100,000 jobs if car plant goes
• FTSE drops after Dow Jones slumps to six-year low
• Pictured: The 13-year-old girl on a hospital drip after vodka binge... who is now missing
• Stock market report: Friday close
• Romeo Beckham bends it just like dad... but adorable little Cruz plays to his own rules
• Yesterday's trading: All ears on the man at the Pru
• Slumdog Millionaire's Dev and Freida spotted 'shopping for a ring'
• Pictured: Rihanna's horrific injuries after alleged bust-up with Chris Brown
• ITV plans to pull plug on dividends
• Wigan aim to get off the mark and ease the pressure on under-fire Noble
• BoE man slams Brown and FSA over crisis
• Two stage wins in a row for Cavendish in California on the flat
• Watchdog presenter Julia Bradbury to take time off as police probe '£20,000 Air Miles scam'
• Roof-stunt archbishop in line to conduct Jade's wedding
• BAZ BAMIGBOYE on Kate Winslet, Dev Patel, Marion Cotillard, Christian Bale and much more
• WILLIAM SITWELL: Why I hate Starbucks (And, gawd help me, love Lord Mandy)
• As the credit crunch brings an allotment boom, Monty Don explains 'my plot to save Britain'
• Iran 'has enough fuel to build nuclear bomb'
• SEGA MEGADRIVE ULTIMATE COLLECTION: Old school classics make an ultimately hollow experience
• Torture case 'cover up': Foreign Office officials 'spent months colluding with U.S. to hush up claims'
• GRAND THEFT AUTO IV: Delivering everything fans would want
• The other Winslet girls: It's not easy being Kate's struggling actor sisters
• STREET FIGHTER IV: We still love that street fighting man
• Muslim schools in Britain 'make children despise the West (especially cricket and Harry Potter)'
• The FBI are the least of Sir Allen Stanford's worries - now he is on the run from Scarface
• Grab the joys of spring early with a palette of fresh greens for your home
• Keothavong fights back to book a place in Memphis semi-final
• Brad's with the boys in Vegas, Angelina's got the girls in New York... so where are the twins?
• Binge drinking? Britons just work hard then play hard at the weekends, says psychologist
• Imagine you are a 7/7 terrorist, pupils of 11 are told in government-promoted exercise
• Too good to be true: Warning over weight-loss chocolate and other 'miracle' cures
• Bloodhound supercar on the trail of 1,000mph record for Britain
• SPL2 moves a step closer as Gold vows it will save full-time football
• So close: The lights go out on England’s victory bid as Flintoff goes lame
• Pictured: The moment a hungry (or grumpy!) hippo took a bite at a stricken wildebeest
• PETER OBORNE: Borrowing to save the economy is like trying to sober up a drunk by giving him a large whisky