Falling audience figures, shows that are all the same and winners who flop, JAN MOIR asks: Is the death knell tolling for the TV talent show?
Fifteen years after Will Young won the first Pop Idol and eight years after Susan Boyle first dreamed a dream on Britain’s Got Talent, haven’t we suffered enough? JAN MOIR asks. ...read
What do your pyjamas say about you? Etiquette expert William Hanson reveals all (and it may be time to ditch that onesie!)
William says we should consider what our choice of bedtime fashion says about our hopes and dreams. He claims slippers are high-class, but says that sleeping naked means you're 'oversexed'. ...read
ALEX BRUMMER: St Michael’s cup overflows as M&S celebrates a record increase in same-store clothing sales
For the first time in living memory, M&S has exceeded expectations with a handsome increase in same-store clothing sales. ...read
KATIE HOPKINS: The NHS crisis just proves that demand will always outstrip supply when you are giving something away - and that was BEFORE we decided to let the rest of the world join the queue
A free health service does not only cause the ignorant to use it like it has no value. It also actively encourages people to behave irresponsibly, writes KATIE HOPKINS. ...read
Daily drones delivering drugs, online shopping and butlers for the lags... RICHARD LITTLEJOHN says, they're having a high old time in at Slade Prison
As a spate of stories reveals the conditions in Britain's prisons. RICHARD LITTLEJOHN once again, pays a flying visit to Slade Prison to check up on what’s really going on behind bars. ...read
TOM UTLEY: Is any parental duty more nerve-racking than sitting next to your learner driver son in the car (trying to hide your terror)?
The driver in question is not me but the beloved youngest of our four sons, whom I've been trying to teach how to reverse into a parking space — alas, with little success so far. ...read
Warning: Overdone tearjerker ahead...there's buckets of pathos in this stage version of The Kite Runner, says QUENTIN LETTS
If melodramatic sagas are your bag, you may well enjoy this show, despite a few moments of frightful corn in Matthew Spangler's script. ...read
Vaz and family collect about £200,000 a year plus expenses. Worth every penny, surely, writes EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE
Controversial Keith Vaz (pictured), 60, and his sister, Valerie, 62, both sit as Labour MPs in the Commons. She said: ‘I employ my husband, Paul Townsend, as a senior parliamentary assistant.’ ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: It's not a hate crime to talk about migration
Isn't the obvious danger that by labelling as 'hate incidents' things that clearly aren't, we risk undermining the importance of genuine complaints? ...read
'Don't shine a spotlight on me', says Ruth: The Loving actress who likes to hide in plain sight
Ruth Negga likes to hide in plain sight. ‘There are amazing actors who have charisma — you don’t want to see them disappear,’ she said. ...read
Poldark girl reveals her Wilde side: Gabriella Wilde posts picture of her cleavage-enhancing costume as she films the third series
The 27-year-old, who plays aristocratic heiress Caroline Penvenen in the BBC drama, posted this picture of her cleavage-enhancing costume in the third series, which she is filming in Cornwall. ...read
James DeGale is an Olympic and world champion but this complex character is still fighting for respect in his home country ahead of Badou Jack fight
JEFF POWELL EXCLUSIVE: Ask James DeGale to identify the human behind Britain’s world super-middleweight boxing champion and these are his answers. Unexpected and revealing ...read
Graham Taylor deserves respect, as a manager he was fiercely competitive but also had a fun side
MARTIN KEOWN: I was immensely impressed with Graham Taylor from the moment I met him. I could see his determination to succeed. I remember almost word-for-word our first meeting. ...read
England 2017 Grand Slam T-shirts has lit the fuse... while grudges and hostilities keep Six Nations healthy
CHRIS FOY - WORLD OF RUGBY: They say that familiarity breeds contempt. Well, the Six Nations at once proves and disputes that old adage. ...read
Slaven Bilic was too angry for smokescreens... Dimitri Payet's betrayal of West Ham left his manager with no choice but to reveal all
MARTIN SAMUEL: When Slaven Bilic arrived for his press conference at West Ham’s training ground in Rush Green, it was not the plan to broadcast the Dimitri Payet crisis to the world. ...read
Dimitri Payet does not have the hunger he did last season... West Ham should cut the wantaway Frenchman loose
JAMIE REDKNAPP: This season Payet has looked like he doesn’t want to be there. He doesn’t seem as fit as he did last season and his body language smacks of a player who wants to leave. ...read
Chinese golf plan driven off course as takeover of the Buckinghamshire remains in limbo
CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: The purchase by a Chinese consortium of the exclusive complex was expected to have been completed on December 15. ...read
Fulham star Tom Cairney doesn't panic under pressure in possession and can pass like the late Johnny Haynes... but the playmaker must add goals to game
SECRET SCOUT: Our scout is a top football expert who attends matches each week searching for the next star. He brings you his verdict in Sportsmail. This week it's Fulham's Tom Cairney. ...read
ASK ZELDA: Our relationships expert Zelda West-Meads answers your questions
I am 35 and my relationship with my mother has been fractious for many years. She had an appalling upbringing – her mother and a procession of stepfathers abused her. ...read
How rich are you? As figures show Britain getting more equal, we dig into the financial pecking order
While we quite rightly worry about inequality, Britain’s disposable incomes are the most equal they have been in 30 years, but where do you fit in the earnings and wealth scales? ...read
ALEX BRUMMER: St Michael’s cup overflows as M&S celebrates a record increase in same-store clothing sales
For the first time in living memory, M&S has exceeded expectations with a handsome increase in same-store clothing sales. ...read
KATIE HOPKINS: The NHS crisis just proves that demand will always outstrip supply when you are giving something away - and that was BEFORE we decided to let the rest of the world join the queue
A free health service does not only cause the ignorant to use it like it has no value. It also actively encourages people to behave irresponsibly, writes KATIE HOPKINS. ...read
Daily drones delivering drugs, online shopping and butlers for the lags... RICHARD LITTLEJOHN says, they're having a high old time in at Slade Prison
As a spate of stories reveals the conditions in Britain's prisons. RICHARD LITTLEJOHN once again, pays a flying visit to Slade Prison to check up on what’s really going on behind bars. ...read
TOM UTLEY: Is any parental duty more nerve-racking than sitting next to your learner driver son in the car (trying to hide your terror)?
The driver in question is not me but the beloved youngest of our four sons, whom I've been trying to teach how to reverse into a parking space — alas, with little success so far. ...read
Warning: Overdone tearjerker ahead...there's buckets of pathos in this stage version of The Kite Runner, says QUENTIN LETTS
If melodramatic sagas are your bag, you may well enjoy this show, despite a few moments of frightful corn in Matthew Spangler's script. ...read
Vaz and family collect about £200,000 a year plus expenses. Worth every penny, surely, writes EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE
Controversial Keith Vaz (pictured), 60, and his sister, Valerie, 62, both sit as Labour MPs in the Commons. She said: ‘I employ my husband, Paul Townsend, as a senior parliamentary assistant.’ ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: It's not a hate crime to talk about migration
Isn't the obvious danger that by labelling as 'hate incidents' things that clearly aren't, we risk undermining the importance of genuine complaints? ...read
Poldark girl reveals her Wilde side: Gabriella Wilde posts picture of her cleavage-enhancing costume as she films the third series
The 27-year-old, who plays aristocratic heiress Caroline Penvenen in the BBC drama, posted this picture of her cleavage-enhancing costume in the third series, which she is filming in Cornwall. ...read
STEPHEN GLOVER: Will anyone in government have the sense to reverse the utterly idiotic decision to ditch paper road tax discs?
Of all the counter-productive measures brought in by governments in recent years, the abolition of the paper tax disc in 2014 should surely be put at the very top of a shameful list. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: The only hookers in this story are the cheap, lazy journalists who ran with fake Trump sleaze to urinate on his presidency
No, President-elect Donald Trump didn’t pay prostitutes to urinate on his bed in the presidential suite at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Moscow, three years ago. ...read
Our (stylish) girl in New York City to lead Brexit trade drive: UK's first woman consul-general in the City to work with Liam Fox to sell Britain abroad
Britain's first woman consul-general in New York has been appointed to one of the Government's most high-powered posts to help strike post-Brexit trade deals with the rest of the world. ...read
Resplendent in sapphire, now she - and Britain - can enjoy her gem of a jubilee: ROBERT HARDMAN on the milestone no previous monarch has ever reached
This is an important royal year. As of February 6 – the 65th anniversary of the Queen’s accession – the first Sapphire Jubilee in history will begin. ...read
Yes, I admit it, I prefer books to people! A joyously prickly encounter with the cantankerous bookshop owner who charges customers 50p for browsing
This week saw the birth of a new anti-hero in the North Yorkshire town of Hawes - Steve Bloom, 63, the wonderfully grumpy second-hand bookseller who hit the headlines for charging a 50p entry fee ...read
PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Suffering of the old and lonely puts us all to shame
Bob Lowe, 95, spoke about loneliness on Radio 4's Today programme bringing a tear to many eyes as he said he sat alone on New Year's Eve following the death of his wife six years ago. ...read
Why nothing compares to the joy of being a grandparent at Christmas, says MAX HASTINGS
Christmas is high holiday for children, but it is also the season for us grandparents, says MAX HASTINGS. Research suggests looking after grandchildren adds five years to life expectancy. ...read
Why this photo proves Charles WILL be King: RICHARD KAY explains how the new portrait of the Prince with the Queen shows the permafrost that descended as his and Diana's marriage unravelled has finally lifted
What this picture does is to give Charles, 68, the authority he has long craved, the Queen's endorsement for him as the next head of the family, writes RICHARD KAY. ...read
THE MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: It’s JAMs today for May – but it could get sticky
The Prime Minister has made very encouraging noises to the so-called JAMs, those ‘just about managing’ in our increasingly precarious society. ...read
PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Far better burkini than some outfits I saw on girls this week
One of the most striking images this week was of a woman being forced by police to remove some of her modest clothing on a French beach in ‘burkini battle’, writes AMANDA PLATELL. ...read
Shameful list will tarnish Cameron's legacy: ISABEL OAKESHOTT on how the honours system has been 'discredited more than ever before'
Never has the honours system seemed more discredited than it does today, as the former prime minister attempts to shower his friends with fancy titles, writes ISABEL OAKESHOTT. ...read
How the great and the good's Lord 'Tony' became Green's patsy: QC was reluctant to act when BHS was sold for £1 to a thrice-bankrupt
Lord Grabiner QC is chairman of Arcadia who provided a ‘veneer of establishment credibility’ to a firm Sir Philip Green treated as ‘his own personal empire’, writes GEOFFREY LEVY. ...read
PETER McKAY: The rape case that tragically misfired
What are we to make of the tragic story of Eleanor de Freitas, 22, who killed herself after a man she accused of rape won the support of the CPS in his private case against her, asks PETER McKAY. ...read
A.N WILSON: Why producing pigs with human organs demeans both our species - and theirs
Scientists in California have found a way of growing human organs inside pigs. No one can doubt their ingenuity or their technical skills. It is the morality of the exercise which we must question. ...read
ANDREW PIERCE: Bungler who thought he could be PM: Shapps thought his key role in Road Trip 2015 would catapult him to party leader
Grant Shapps privately believed his key role in Road Trip 2015 – the campaigning operation aimed at winning votes in marginal seats – would catapult him to party leader. ...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
James DeGale is an Olympic and world champion but this complex character is still fighting for respect in his home country ahead of Badou Jack fight
JEFF POWELL EXCLUSIVE: Ask James DeGale to identify the human behind Britain’s world super-middleweight boxing champion and these are his answers. Unexpected and revealing ...read
Graham Taylor deserves respect, as a manager he was fiercely competitive but also had a fun side
MARTIN KEOWN: I was immensely impressed with Graham Taylor from the moment I met him. I could see his determination to succeed. I remember almost word-for-word our first meeting. ...read
England 2017 Grand Slam T-shirts has lit the fuse... while grudges and hostilities keep Six Nations healthy
CHRIS FOY - WORLD OF RUGBY: They say that familiarity breeds contempt. Well, the Six Nations at once proves and disputes that old adage. ...read
Slaven Bilic was too angry for smokescreens... Dimitri Payet's betrayal of West Ham left his manager with no choice but to reveal all
MARTIN SAMUEL: When Slaven Bilic arrived for his press conference at West Ham’s training ground in Rush Green, it was not the plan to broadcast the Dimitri Payet crisis to the world. ...read
Dimitri Payet does not have the hunger he did last season... West Ham should cut the wantaway Frenchman loose
JAMIE REDKNAPP: This season Payet has looked like he doesn’t want to be there. He doesn’t seem as fit as he did last season and his body language smacks of a player who wants to leave. ...read
Chinese golf plan driven off course as takeover of the Buckinghamshire remains in limbo
CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: The purchase by a Chinese consortium of the exclusive complex was expected to have been completed on December 15. ...read
Fulham star Tom Cairney doesn't panic under pressure in possession and can pass like the late Johnny Haynes... but the playmaker must add goals to game
SECRET SCOUT: Our scout is a top football expert who attends matches each week searching for the next star. He brings you his verdict in Sportsmail. This week it's Fulham's Tom Cairney. ...read
Wales have a born leader in Alun-Wyn Jones... he is the first name on the team sheet and has real presence
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: The appointment of Alun-Wyn Jones needs to be viewed first in the Welsh context. Sam Warburton has captained Wales in 51 games and two World Cups. ...read
Manchester City target Ivan Rakitic is negotiating new Barcelona contract while Liverpool hold off on signing Spartak Moscow's Quincy Promes
SIMON JONES - TRANSFER COLUMN: Far from being close to joining Manchester City, Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic is negotiating a contract extension to stay in Spain. ...read
Chelsea captain John Terry had to go and Mike Dean was excellent at White Hart Lane during Tottenham's victory
GRAHAM POLL: Referee Kevin Friend was correct to dismiss Chelsea defender John Terry despite the captain's protest, while Mike Dean had was excellent at White Hart Lane. ...read
It's hard to believe things could get better for him, but this really could be... Andy Murray's moment
OLIVER HOLT: Sir Andy Murray is already one of the greats of world tennis. Anyone who wins multiple Grand Slam titles deserves that accolade. Only 85 players have done it in the history of the men’s game. ...read
George Michael would have approved of the xx's latest album I See You - pure sophisticated pop and the most fun they've had so far
With their first two albums, The xx carved out their own sound – sparse, introspective, sorrowful, supremely sorted. This time, they retain their distinctiveness while having a lot more fun. ...read
Jermain Defoe would help West Ham get the best out of Dimitri Payet... the old master guarantees you goals
CHRIS SUTTON: I've heard there are some West Ham fans who still resent Jermain Defoe for handing in a transfer request at the age of 20, the day after they were relegated. Are they mad? ...read
HOT OR NOT: Olivier Giroud scored best goal of the festive period while it was ridiculous decision by Leeds to charge Rotherham fans £42 for ticket
It's Hot or Not time again as Sportsmail's IAN LADYMAN reveals what's been making him feel warm and what's been leaving him cold. ...read
Tottenham's Danny Rose and Kyle Walker can be world class and Mauricio Pochettino's weapons in fight for the title... but what is it that makes them tick?
KIERAN GILL - THE NUMBERS GAME: Just as Chelsea were flying high, Tottenham came along and clipped their wings. They did so with their not-so-secret weapons in Danny Rose and Kyle Walker. ...read
Liverpool find another way to beat Manchester City by sitting deep
GLENN HODDLE: In what we always expected to be a tactical battle between two of the world’s top coaches, Jurgen Klopp came out on top. He got it spot on, with Liverpool sitting deeper than usual. ...read
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is the star man in Anfield title bid
JAMIE CARRAGHER: Who is the star of this Liverpool team? It is a question I’ve asked myself repeatedly in the last few days when making comparisons with the past. Jurgen Klopp has influenced this team. ...read
Robbie Savage takes on the Brownlee brothers and Kadeena Cox in festive Robot Wars special... but how does colourful pundit fare in the arena?
MARK WEBSTER - EDGE OF THE BOX: Me, I'm quite partial to a robot. I can't wait to see what familiar old clockwork killers and brand new mechanical marvels the next series of Doctor Who will bring. ...read
Football supporters complain left, right and centre... but they shouldn't have a problem when a manager gets a fantastic offer to move
MARTIN ALLEN: Football supporters complain left, right and centre if their team are not winning and want the boss sacked. On the other hand, they shouldn't moan when they get a chance to leave. ...read
JONNY BAIRSTOW: England players are gutted by what happened in India but there's plenty to be proud of... and we want Alastair Cook to stay
JONNY BAIRSTOW - EXCLUSIVE: We've had some pretty tough series to contend with. Yes, losing eight Tests in a year doesn't look good. But I don't believe it tells the whole story. ...read
India vs England - Nasser Hussain's series PLAYER RATINGS: Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow impress but Alastair Cook faces some hard decisions
England fell to a humiliating defeat in Chennai, as India completed a resounding 4-0 series win with an innings victory in the fifth Test. Sportsmail columnist NASSER HUSSAIN gives his series ratings. ...read
TOP SPIN AT THE TEST: England concede highest total for 139 years as Alastair Cook's men struggle
LAWRENCE BOOTH: England conceded their highest total in 983 Tests stretching all the way back to March 1877. India’s 759 for seven beat the 751 for five by West Indies in Antigua in April 2004. ...read
Dereck Chisora crossed the line when he threw a table at Dillian Whyte... and why Anthony Joshua is ready to avoid a knockout shot from Eric Molina
EDDIE HEARN: There is a fine line between hyping a fight and going against the codes of conduct of the sport. Dereck Chisora went too far and now there will be a British Boxing Board of Control meeting. ...read
MCC have missed a trick here... cricket needs yellow cards too
DAVID LLOYD: Well done MCC on your proposal to bring in red cards for the most serious offences on a cricket field... but you have missed a golden opportunity to go much further. ...read
England coach Eddie Jones is hungry for success, he is a truly irresistible force of nature
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: What an amazing year and an extraordinary game of two halves. This time last year England rugby was as low as at any point I can remember in the professional era after the World Cup debacle. ...read
I'm not dead yet! After 470 days Tiger Woods is back and eager to prove he still has plenty in the tank
Twenty years after his ‘Hello, world’ proclamation that introduced an era of unprecedented dominance, Woods heralded his return with another announcement. ‘I’m ready.’ ...read
Stuart Broad is the complete Test bowler... we can both be grumpy, but we both desperately want to win
JAMES ANDERSON: I will miss not playing with Stuart this week because we have developed a good relationship on and off the field as England team-mates. ...read
Gary Neville: I would gladly pay £5,000 fine for celebration against Liverpool again a hundred times
So in the 90th minute, Ryan Giggs is standing over the ball and all I remember is him bending it into the box, Rio Ferdinand rising up and the ball hitting the back of the net. ...read
Jessica Ennis-Hill became a track giant and is comfortably among all-time five greatest British female athletes
DALEY THOMPSON: Ennis-Hill would be among the five greatest British female athletes of all time and, had she not suffered a few injuries over the years, she could have been one of our best athletes in history. ...read
CHRIS MEARS: Olympic gold is only just sinking in with LA escape following the post-Rio whirlwind
CHRIS MEARS: I'd done so many interviews that I hadn't had a chance to think about what it really meant. After getting back from Rio, I did press and media for 48 hours then flew straight out to LA. ...read
Sam Allardyce the English saviour of England? Odd then that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was the FA's first choice...
PATRICK COLLINS: It should be remembered that the FA's initial instinct was to approach Arsene Wenger, a worthy if futile attempt to hire the very best. But then, absurdly, they changed tack. ...read
France were weighed down by burden of expectation after Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo limped out of Euro 2016 final
BOJAN KRKIC: France had started the Euro 2016 final well but they became disorientated when Ronaldo went off. That can happen when the opposition loses their best player. ...read
ALAN PARDEW: I still have faith in this England team and Wales manager Chris Coleman is a class act
ALAN PARDEW: The celebration of Euro 2016 finalists France as a football team is fair enough, but I still think four or five England players could get in their side. ...read
Dimitri Payet is staying at West Ham even if the big clubs come in... and I hope to see him fire France to glory at Euro 2016
SLAVEN BILIC: With his success, speculation about Payet's future will follow. I have even seen one report suggesting I don’t want him to do well in case it leads to him leaving West Ham. ...read
The worst English England manager is better than the best foreign England manager, because one sticks to the principle of international sport, and the other abandons it for cold pursuit of glory
MARTIN SAMUEL - THE DEBATE: How do you know there isn’t a capable English manager? We’ve tried one guy since 2008 – and because he couldn’t do it, the rest are incompetent, too? ...read
Martin Keown's Euro 2016 big match analysis: 'France and Germany are the two best teams, I hope this is more free-flowing'
This could be an epic. These are arguably the best two teams left and I’m hoping this is the defining match of the tournament. France cruised through beating Iceland 5-2, while Germany won on penalties ...read
England must embrace the dark arts if they want to win the European Championship
ADRIAN DURHAM: Cheating isn’t great, diving isn’t a positive for the game, but it happens, and so it puzzles me why people bang on and on about Jamie Vardy ‘winning’ penalties. ...read
Monchi is the master behind the scenes as Sevilla go for yet more glory
GRAHAM HUNTER – EUROVIEW: Sevilla’s sporting director is the only link between monstrously successful, European-dominant football factory and the humble second division club in Spain. ...read
F1 should turn drivers against team-mates in qualifying while the late Alan Henry was given deserved send-off... and documentary about Wolfgang von Trips to be released
JONATHAN McEVOY: Whether it is meant as such or not, Formula One's extraordinary squabbling over qualifying is a PR masterstroke. ...read
Cheltenham-bound Victoria Pendleton is racing's own version of Jamie Vardy
PETER SCUDAMORE: Alan Hill, husband of trainer Lawney Hill, has been tutoring Victoria Pendleton since her switch to racing. He says... nearest thing to her story is Jamie Vardy. ...read
LIAM RIDGEWELL: Walking onto the pitch with Kaka was a real privilege but I'm not sure he understood me
Portland Timbers defender Liam Ridgewell writes his second column for Sportsmail with the 2015 Major League Soccer season well under way in the United States. ...read
MICHAEL BISPING: Anderson Silva was very condescending at the open workout, but he’ll soon find out I’m not messing around next week
We had our open workouts in Los Angeles last week when I came face to face with Anderson Silva. I was walking by and said hello and wished him luck for London but he was very condescending. ...read
Lynsey Hipgrave right to confront abusers after BT Sport presenter received shocking sexist abuse on Twitter
NEIL ASHTON: Perhaps the most worrying aspect of Lynsey Hipgrave’s brush with Twitter this week is that she should have regrets about highlighting the sexist abuse on her timeline. ...read
Johanna Konta must focus on Anqelique Kerber's weak serve and not her own bid to make history to reach Australian Open final
BRAD GILBERT: The attention on Jo Konta will only multiply if she takes what I think is a realistic opportunity to beat Angelique Kerber and make the Australian Open final. ...read
SAM BURGESS: I couldn't do anything right. I was fighting a losing battle playing rugby union in England... my heart just isn't in it
EXCLUSIVE: My decision to leave Bath and move back to Australia was for personal reasons, but it was also because I wanted to spend the rest of my career playing the game that’s in my heart. ...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
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
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
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
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
Super Bowl puts on a stunning show for the fans even if they don't like the game... it engulfs an entire city and we must try and do this back home for the FA Cup final
VERNON KAY: The way that the NFL builds a city around an American football event is phenomenal. Imagine if we could make a bigger spectacle out of the FA Cup final. ...read
SEBASTIEN BASSONG: It was hard falling out of favour at Norwich but I've found my touch again at Watford... and Cameroon's World Cup was an 'embarrassment'
In his second appearance in the Footballers’ Football Column, Sebastien Bassong talks about last season at Norwich, Cameroon’s terrible World Cup and his hopes for the future. ...read
GEORGE NORTH: I can't wait to face the New Zealand haka... if players can't handle it, they're in the wrong sport
The Northampton wing and Sportsmail columnist gives his views on Wales' showdown with 'the world's best team' New Zealand at the Millenium Stadium on Saturday. ...read
NICO ROSBERG COLUMN: I need some help from Lewis Hamilton in Abu Dhabi to win the F1 title… and I am going to push him as hard as I can
Lewis Hamilton has been making some mistakes recently, he spun in Brazil for instance, so maybe there is a chance that he will help me out and that is what I am looking for. ...read
Steven Gerrard is the real deal and Liverpool HAVE to give the best player in their history a new contract
During the summer, it was intimated Steven Gerrard signing a new deal was a formality but, two and a half months on, there is an element of uncertainty starting to swirl around. ...read
STEVEN GERRARD: Wayne Rooney's passion and talent make him perfect to lead England
Wayne Rooney is a natural leader. Aside from being a top player, Wayne is passionate about representing his country and won’t be fazed by the responsibility. ...read
Everton striker Chris Long could force his way into Roberto Martinez's plans as Spaniard gives youth a chance
Roberto Martinez has been left scratching his head by Everton's pre-season form but one shining ray of light has been the emergence of 19-year-old striker Chris Long. ...read
Tom Daley believes English divers such as Matt Dixon have a great future
Tom Daley has backed the next generation of English divers to follow in his golden wake, picking out ‘mini me’ Matt Dixon as a special talent to keep an eye on. ...read
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says he's finished his summer spending as he vows to let the youngsters have their chance
After signing Cesc Fabregas, Diego Costa and Felipe Luis Jose Mourinho says there will be no more additions this summer as he insists he will give his U-21 stars a chance to get into the team and develop. ...read
James Rodriguez to sign for Real Madrid in £60m deal with World Cup Golden Boot winner's arrival sparking Premier League rush for La Liga giant's stars
The star of the 2014 World Cup, James Rodriguez, will sign for Real Madrid this Wednesday for £60million in a transfer that will push several players towards the Premier League. ...read
Gus Poyet confident of signing Fabio Borini for £14million, with Sunderland boss willing to fly Liverpool forward back from America
Sunderland manager Gus Poyet is still confident he will land Fabio Borini in a £14million deal, despite the striker boarding the flight to Liverpool's tour to the States. ...read
James Rodriguez's volley, Arturo Vidal's crazy hair and Danny Murphy's jumper... it's time for Rio Ferdinand's World Cup awards!
James Rodriguez's superb volley, Arturo Vidal's crazy hair and Danny Murphy's jumper have been just a few of the stand-out moments of the 2014 World Cup, but what else? ...read
Germany 1-0 France PLAYER RATINGS: Veterans Bastian Schweinsteiger and Philipp Lahm prove solid as Joachim Low's men earn place in World Cup semi-final
Germany saw off France in a dramatic World Cup quarter-final to book their place in the final four. ...read
Susie Wolff 'massively disappointed' after lasting only four laps on full F1 debut
Susie Wolff has expressed her disappointment at completing only four laps on her full Formula One debut. ...read
Andy Murray is moving in one direction as Wimbledon hero feeds off his star treatment
MIKE DICKSON: Andy Murray knew things had changed a week ago when he walked out on Centre Court to the kind of pop star reception not witnessed since the exceptional days of the London 2012 tennis event. ...read
Richard Schaefer leaves Golden Boy promotions after 14 years as CEO
MARTIN DOMIN: Richard Schaefer has announced his decision to leave the world’s biggest boxing promotional company, Golden Boy. ...read
JOHNNY NELSON: George Groves and Carl Froch are like two lovers... all they can think about is the other - they consume each other's lives
I’ve never really given George Groves the credit he deserves. I didn’t before he fought James DeGale and when you look at the development of both fighters since then, Groves has come on tenfold in terms of his confidence and self-belief. When he boxed Carl Froch last year, I thought he had no chance but he shocked everybody. ...read
Ben Kay's big moments from the game: Care's stunning start blew Wales away, Gatland's men couldn't catch up
Danny Care showed confidence and cheek to get the first try, catching Wales off guard when back pedalling in defence. His buzz is infectious. Long may it last. ...read
FOOTBALL 9-5: Follow all the news with Sportsmail's live rolling service
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
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
'Don't shine a spotlight on me', says Ruth: The Loving actress who likes to hide in plain sight
Ruth Negga likes to hide in plain sight. ‘There are amazing actors who have charisma — you don’t want to see them disappear,’ she said. ...read
JACI STEPHEN: Soggy bottoms latest... Pope Jude hasn’t got one
Pope Lenny is something of a loose cannon, among a lot of not-so-loose canons. He won’t let his image be used for commercial purposes. ...read
So can Britain's first reality TV pop star ever find happiness? After Will Young's dramatic walkout from Strictly ALISON BOSHOFF says his story shows the fake promise of instant fame
ALISON BOSHOFF: Amid the fallout of his shock decision to abruptly waltz away from Strictly, Will Young insisted he was ‘just dandy’. Indeed, jokingly... ...read
'No woman can be hit like this and stay with her man': Lindsay Lohan speaks out as dramatic pictures show star being chased by her Russian playboy ex who fights her for a phone in drunken rage
This is the moment actress Lindsay Lohan, 30, got into a heated argument with her fiance Egor Tarabasov - who chased after her before violently grabbing her on a beach in Mykonos, Greece. ...read
Falling audience figures, shows that are all the same and winners who flop, JAN MOIR asks: Is the death knell tolling for the TV talent show?
Fifteen years after Will Young won the first Pop Idol and eight years after Susan Boyle first dreamed a dream on Britain’s Got Talent, haven’t we suffered enough? JAN MOIR asks. ...read
What do your pyjamas say about you? Etiquette expert William Hanson reveals all (and it may be time to ditch that onesie!)
William says we should consider what our choice of bedtime fashion says about our hopes and dreams. He claims slippers are high-class, but says that sleeping naked means you're 'oversexed'. ...read
BEL MOONEY: My partner is threatening to leave me because I fell out with his mum
This week, BEL MOONEY advises a woman who is upset with her mother-in-law as she never gets a response to spending time with her daughter and doesn't know what she's done to upset her. ...read
After years juggling demanding children with an even more demanding job, FEMAIL’s Lorraine Candy reveals in her last column how she finally found the secret of HAVING IT ALL
When she began writing a weekly working mum column for Femail seven years ago, Lorraine Candy had three children: Sky, then aged six, Gracie, five, and Henry, two. ...read
LIZ JONES: Something vital has vanished from TV - grubby reality
LIZ JONES: In December 2010, after the news that Jo Yeates had been murdered in Bristol, I had the bright idea of retracing her last steps for an article. Pictured: detectives investigating Jo's death. ...read
How I had to fight for 20 years to get my rapist jailed: Mother-of-two who was raped eight times in her own home was forced to BEG police to pursue her attacker
Mother-of-two Lynda Donnelly said she felt 'ridiculed' and treated 'like a fantasist' by London's Metropolitan Police as she fought to bring her rapist Pierre Bate to justice. ...read
My husband’s faking passion in bed: Rowan Pelling advises on a sexual dilemma
This lady's husband told her he never wants to have sex again. She is disappointed, and was shocked when he told her. Rowan advises talking sensitively to him - and being honest. ...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
'Will going vegetarian lower my cholesterol?' Our expert reveals how adjusting your diet can reduce your chances of getting heart disease or stroke
Richard Eddington from Berks was recently diagnosed with high cholesterol. His doctor recommends a diet of fish, fruit and vegetables. But would going vegetarian be more effective? ...read
DR ELLIE CANNON: I'm warming to cryosurgery to fix my foot
Morton's neuroma is a very painful and incapacitating condition that affects one of the nerves running between the toes. It tends to happen to women over 40 with a history of wearing high-heel shoes. ...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
How rich are you? As figures show Britain getting more equal, we dig into the financial pecking order
While we quite rightly worry about inequality, Britain’s disposable incomes are the most equal they have been in 30 years, but where do you fit in the earnings and wealth scales? ...read
Biography: Richard Browning, This is Money
Richard Browning is This is Money's Development Editor and author of How to Survive the Credit Crunch. ...read
My wife has a short time to live and we are trying to make sure I get as much of her state and private pensions as possible - how do we keep hold of her savings? Steve Webb replies
Former Pensions Minister Steve Webb is This Is Money's Agony Uncle. This week, he seeks to help a husband trying to sort out the finances of his wife, who is dying of cancer. ...read
ASK TONY: Utility Warehouse sent me the wrong gas bill, then cut off my mobile phone
I had my gas, electricity and mobile phone services with Utility Warehouse but when I changed energy supplier, I was cut off first from my phone and then from my gas. ...read
DAN HYDE: Tie the railway giants in knots until they provide an acceptable service
Enough of this shoddy service: it's time we all took a stand against the ghastly firms running our railways. As any Southern Rail commuter will testify, the most infuriating part is the helplessness you feel. ...read
TONY HETHERINGTON: Bank's euro draft bungle cost me £1,500 in just one month
I went ahead with the property sale abroad, believing that clearing the draft would take about five days. But when I went to the branch with the draft, I was told it would take four to six weeks. ...read
JON REES: Why were the experts so wrong about the impact of Brexit on the economy?
Did Osborne politicise the Treasury, or were the Treasury economists just wrong like so many of their peers? ...read
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Investors shouldn't have returns denuded by excessive fund fees
Slowly but surely some funds are becoming more consumer focused. Others must follow. ...read
'The year we discovered Britain is a nation of secret coin and note lovers': LEE BOYCE reveals 2016's ten most popular money stories
This year will be remembered by many as one of the most interesting in recent times - and also the one in which we discovered our readers are a nation addicted to coin and notes.... ...read
The robots that could soon be delivering your food: Just Eat boss reveals the future of takeaways
You might not think the holiday season is the best time of year for takeaway food, but according to David Buttress, chief executive of Just Eat, you’d be wrong. ...read
SIMON WATKINS: We need a smooth Brexit in order to make the most of the business opportunities that lie ahead
Most of Britain’s leading retailers, domestic banks and builders have seen their shares fall by at least 10 per cent and often by 20 per cent or more. ...read
'I DOUBLED my pension money': How one man found out he deserved £19k a year - not £9.5k - after reading policy small print
Christmas has come early for John Begley – thanks to his financial adviser saving him from being locked into a pension income half the amount he was entitled to. ...read
Does your annuity have small print that says you can sell it? We found one example and experts say there’ll be more
Insurers are flouting the small print in their own contracts by refusing to let savers cash in their small annuities, Money Mail can reveal. ...read
RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: What if customers wrote the Ts & Cs? That would get companies to sharpen up
As consumers, we are endlessly signing contracts. But we’re the ones engaging companies, not the other way around. So what if it was we who wrote the terms and conditions? ...read
MYRA BUTTERWORTH: Letting fees ban won’t lower costs for renters - I’ve got a better solution…
The policy is designed to help the thousands of tenants paying hundreds of pounds in upfront fees But it will end up hurting the people it was designed to protect. ...read
Sheer joy of being a miserable old miser! JAMES CONEY on why he's proud to be a penny pincher
From the moment I became Money Mail editor, I became a tyrant of scrimping and saving. I despise waste, and I hate the profits that many firms make out of our apathy. ...read
Er, heard of ISIS, Jeremy? Hapless Corbyn says he doesn't understand why MI6 needs to recruit a thousand more spies
The Labour leader said he could not see why it was 'necessary' for MI6 to boost numbers and also dismissed the need to increase the defence budget. ...read
MONEY MORALS: My younger daughter's university fees are £17,000 higher than those of her elder sister. Should I pay the difference?
It doesn’t feel fair that one daughter is starting out in life with that extra burden through no fault of her own. But also I worry it might not seem fair to give one daughter £17,000 more than the other. ...read
REBECCA RUTT: Dear Broadband Providers, please stop treating us like morons, we're not as stupid as you think
Drum roll please…Vodafone has announced it has abolished the ghastly line rental charge and has freed its customers from paying it. But won't all providers have to do this soon? ...read
LAURA WHITCOMBE: I ordered a Warren Evans bed but only three-quarters of it turned up, so why was I told I'd have to wait ten days for the rest?
I spent last weekend frantically decorating my spare room ahead of the delivery of a new bed. Sadly - and frustratingly - things didn't to go to plan. ...read
MARC SHOFFMAN: Should we be worried about the 'institutionalisation' of crowdfunding and peer-to-peer?
Small businesses and individuals are flocking to the crowd to get projects or enterprises funded. But now big financial companies are muscling in. Is it all about to get too corporate? ...read
Bringing the Miami heat! Bethenny Frankel, 45, shows off her fit figure in strapless bikini as she enjoys her Florida beach vacation
The 45-year-old reality star looked to be in the best shape of her life as she walked on the beach. The Real Housewives Of New York vet had on a strapless bikini ...read
DOGBERRY: Barclays boss Jes Staley calls £200m loss on Italian bank branches a 're-shaping' of company
Constable Dogberry in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing mangles every word he utters - and so do many business leaders. We put the worst offenders in the dock. ...read
How to avoid a banking nightmare: Your rights, fraud and how to complain when things go wrong
Bank accounts are something most of us rely on every day but what happens when things go wrong? This is Money looks at your rights, fraud and how to complain. ...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
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
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
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
MARKET REPORT: Halfords punctured by broker downgrade for European retailers
After a recent strong run helped by interest in the Tour de France’s visit to Britain, some cautious broker comment caused the chain to come off for bicycle and car parts retailer Halfords. ...read
Customers due compensation for mis-sold card protection must act now as they have two weeks left to file claims averaging £188
Seven million people targeted with these policies were sent compensation claims forms in February by their bank or credit card company. But many have yet to respond. ...read
Savers handed new tax-efficient way to get at their pension pots as officials flesh out upcoming retirement freedoms
People in work pensions are to be given a new tax-efficient option to take lump sums out of their savings pots when they wish as they approach retirement. ...read
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
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: Save Britain from bloodsucking lawyers who squeeze £440m out of the NHS every year
Last week we learned ambulance-chasing ‘no win, no fee’ lawyers are sucking £440mout of the NHS every year. Lawsuits in total cost the Health Service more than £1.5 billion a year. ...read
RACHEL JOHNSON: The last thing I need is a robot peering at my mother's toes!
I am all in favour of the NHS becoming faster, better, cheaper and more efficient – but I’m not yet ready to be diagnosed by a robot, says RACHEL JOHNSON. ...read
BLACK DOG: Burt buttoned up on trousers
Pro ‘Soft Brexit’ Tory MP Alistair Burt was treading on thin ice after being caught up in the ‘toxic text’ war between Theresa May’s aide Fiona Hill and ex-Cabinet Minister Nicky Morgan over ‘trousergate’. ...read
LIZ JONES: Grumpy old men sitting around in dad jeans... that's great TV?
To sum up for women who are too busy running the world to watch it, this is basically a TV show about old men sitting down. Because that is precisely what this generation of men do. ...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
ASK ZELDA: Our relationships expert Zelda West-Meads answers your questions
I am 35 and my relationship with my mother has been fractious for many years. She had an appalling upbringing – her mother and a procession of stepfathers abused her. ...read
HOROSCOPES: Time to feel positive, Capricorn
Optimism is in the air for Capricorn, but what does the week ahead have in store for your sign? Britain's most trusted astrologer gives her forecasts. ...read
BEAUTY BUZZ: make-up to motivate
If you’re detoxing, exercising and generally feeling deprived, some January payday make-up treats may be the way to maintain your motivation. ...read
LIZ JONES'S DIARY: In which I move house
I’ve moved. It was the longest day of my life, and that’s saying something. Even though I wasn’t taking very much to my new rental property at A SECRET LOCATION, it was a nightmare. ...read
HEALTH: Here's to a happy new year
When mother of two Nicola Elliott, 38, found that her life as a ‘crazy, 60-hour-a-week’ magazine journalist was making her constantly anxious, she retrained as an aromatherapist and nutritionist. ...read
BEAUTY CLINIC: Supplements to brighten older faces
Can you suggest a good supplement to help skin quality please? I am mid-40s and my complexion is beginning to show signs of ageing - a few more lines, a bit more sagging etc. ...read
Mimi Spencer's fabulous 5:2 beach diet: Super-simple fridge gazpacho
As fine a summer soup as you could imagine. It matters that the tomatoes are ripe and flavourful. It matters that you eat this fresh from the fridge. After that, nothing else matters at all. ...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
I've joined ghastly Corbyn's Labour. And if you believe in democracy, you should do the same
Scottish Daily Mail columnist CHRIS DEERIN has just joined the Labour Party. He says the 'abomination that is Jeremy Corbyn's leadership' has forced him to declare his hand. ...read
Kate, meet the world's SCARIEST mummies! SARAH VINE on the creme de la creme of tiger mums the Duchess will face when George starts prep school
After years of relative tranquillity in the countryside, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are moving to Kensington Palace in time for Prince George to start at one of London’s top pre-preps. ...read
DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Fat cat pay IS obscene. But Corbyn's solution is deranged...and would bankrupt us
If Mr Corbyn ever had the chance to put such a plan into effect, most of the players in the Premier League would move abroad. As for the wider economy, the damage would be grievous. ...read
DOMINIC LAWSON: What Britain's grumpiest bookshop owner can teach us about the NHS crisis
The 63-year-old has gained notoriety well beyond his Yorkshire Dales town of Hawes, as a result of his rudeness to customers. He has become known as 'the Basil Fawlty of bookshops'. ...read
Murder and madness, incest, slavery, and witchcraft… It wasn’t just the presence of Tom Hardy that made Taboo a dark, disturbing, break with tradition, by Jim Shelley
Dark and disturbing drama Taboo lived up its name and proved nothing is sacred any more – not even the most comforting conventions of that great British tradition: Saturday night television. ...read
Going in would have been a calamity: MICHAEL BURLEIGH says it is nonsense that Britain holds some responsibility for the horrors in Syria after not intervening
The violent endgame in Aleppo is 'dreadful', but Britain being responsible for 'not intervening three years ago' is 'nonsense', writes MICHAEL BURLEIGH. ...read
Who knew Ed could be so charming? ESTHER RANTZEN says it's been a ball watching the unlikely Strictly star
Which programme dominated the schedules this weekend? No prizes for guessing. Strictly reigned supreme. Why? One unfair advantage. Strictly had Ed Balls, writes ESTHER RANTZEN. ...read
Article 50 WILL trigger economic pain and uncertainty, writes pro-leave advocate MARK LITTLEWOOD, as he calls for end to 'Brexit blame game'
Last week’s Autumn Statement was dominated by the same story that has overlayed every piece of economic news and activity since the decision by the British people to vote Leave back in June. ...read
How 'child' migrants are straining the care system - and British children are paying the price
Some time ago, I was sitting at a table with ten foster parents in West London and learned that nine of them were looking after asylum-seeking children, HARRIET SERGEANT writes. ...read
It's too late for my dad but my home town Middlesbrough is finally fighting back, RUTH SUNDERLAND returns to Teesside
For young people on Teesside, the future looked utterly bleak. Like many, I left as soon as I could in search of better prospects down south. I returned to see how it has changed. ...read
JAMES SLACK: If this was a 'good night', then the Left's in a very dark place
Jeremy Corbyn’s (pictured) own rather desperate analysis of the election results was that Labour ‘hung on’. This is just about true, writes JAMES SLACK. ...read
Boss who's an old hand at the dark arts of PR: Like her heroine Elizabeth I, British business chief possesses striking copper hair and a deft political touch
Once asked to name her favourite historical figure, British Chambers of Commerce president Nora Senior named Elizabeth I, describing her as ‘a most able politician, passionate about her people.’ ...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
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
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
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
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
Sharks have feelings too, Mr Spielberg: CRAIG BROWN has more furious letters from wild animals
Ever since Spielberg’s hurtful and derogatory propaganda film Jaws (1975), sharks like myself have been treated as pariahs. ...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
Brilliant costumes and cameos, but this reinterpretation of Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier falls short of the success Covent Garden craved
In Act Two directorial misjudgments begin to flow thick and fast. The worst of them, the Presentation of the Rose scene, the heart of the work, being played out in front of a group of distracting dancers. ...read
Stream machine: Monitor Audio’s S150 is a Bluetooth speaker with no gimmicks - just a brilliant sound
Few are better value than Monitor Audio’s S150, recently reissued in gold for the brand’s 30th anniversary. ...read
La La Land, starring a wonderful Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, is the all-singing feelgood start to the movie year that had at least one reviewer standing up to cheer...
In less than five glorious minutes, two crucial basics have been established – it’s a musical and it’s a promisingly good one. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: 'Imagine if I'd died eating a saucy chipolata!' James Corden laughed. 'It would be so humiliating'
James Corden and his wife Julia threw a delightful cocktail party tonight at Little House in Mayfair, for all the mates they’ve barely seen since they moved to Hollywood. ...read
The painter who found heaven in hell: Loveable painter Stanley Spencer reveals the depth of his artistic vision
Stanley Spencer’s prose lacks the consistency of his painting. It can be tangled and opaque, straggly and shapeless. But it shows at all times the profundity of his artistic vision. ...read
Taco of the town: A blast of Mexico City chilli in the chilly heart of London. Ay caramba!
I close my eyes, lips aflame with chilli, head abuzz with mescal, belly filled with tacos. Real tacos. For a minute, I could be back in Mexico. My greedy dreams have, at long last, come true. ...read
DEBORAH ROSS: Oh, Sherlock... you've really lost the plot now
There was a time when Sherlock was the smartest, most dazzling, most exhilarating and inventive show on television, and it is certainly still full of itself. ...read
Tipples for the top! English fizz will keep on sparkling. And oaky Chardonnay is set to rise again (yes, really!)
My crystal balls, or at least wine glasses, are clanging together and the future of 2017’s flavour resonates deep within. ...read
Bernard Shaw's arguments fail to ignite in Saint Joan, despite a fine cast and a near miraculous performance from Gemma Arterton
While the play’s preoccupations with male hegemony, born-again patriotism and religious fanaticism sound loud and clear, the updating often feels forced and doesn’t always make sense. ...read
The Q2? It's just QI.... There's absolutely nothing wrong with Audi's new SUV, says Chris. Except that it's only Quite Interesting
When the barman at my local saw the Q2 outside, he enquired: ‘How much is that then?’ ‘With options, £28,655,’ I said. ‘Way out of my league,’ he giggled. ...read
Male pattern boldness: This curious selection of colourful but lesser-known artists displays some vibrant talents. But why no women?
The Saatchi Gallery’s premise for its new show, Painters’ Painters, is rather weak and borderline euphemistic. Isn't a 'painters' painter' just a good creator who has never appealed widely? ...read
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- Front and centre! Cover girl Olivia Culpo stuns in plunging white gown at magazine party She revealed she was a 'chubby' child in this month's edition
- Johnny Depp's ex Vanessa Paradis cosies up to her boyfriend Samuel Benchetrit as they enjoy dinner date in Paris Helped him on crutch
- 'It was just a large dinner!' Jenna Bush Hager fires back at rumors that she is pregnant after she wore a form-fitting gown to the Golden Globes
- Taxi! Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi sports retro inspired outfit as she hails a cab in New York Showed off a big smile and stunning physique
- 'I love you as you are': Penny Lancaster says Rod Stewart persuaded her not to have cosmetic surgery after breastfeeding their two sons left her insecure
- Doting mum Danielle Lloyd lavishes her three cut sons with attention after taking legal action against their 'pathological liar' father Jamie O'Hara
- Controversial Stephen Bear sparks speculation he could be returning to CBB thanks to cryptic tweets... following Ray J and Brandon Block's shock exits
- 'I'm an animal in bed!': Jamie O'Hara boasts about his sexual prowess under the sheets... and CBB co-star Stacy Francis is extremely impressed
- Ex relationship goals! Andrew Garfield declares himself Emma Stone's 'biggest fan' saying it has 'been bliss' to see his former girlfriend succeed
- Emily Blunt and John Krasinski look more loved-up than ever at Manchester By The Sea screening in London Certainly are a handsome pair
- Breaking the internet! Zoella and her brother Joe top up their fortune by launching their own range of merchandise (and it's nearly ALL sold out)
- 'It was the worst 30 seconds': Horrified Ayda Field reveals she got intimate with Robbie Williams while their dogs watched on the bed Not exactly puppy love
- 'Polly is a gift from Archie': Emotional Kym Marsh reveals tragic loss of her baby made her feel like a 'rubbish mum'... as she talks about Corrie storyline
- 'My life has changed massively!' James McAvoy reveals impact of split from Anne-Marie Duff... and cut down on whisky because it made him 'fighty and leery'
- He's unbreakable! Nick Jonas flexes his big biceps in sleeveless tank after a grueling session at LA gym The singer showed off his muscular frame
- Saving the best for last! Buxom bombshell Kate Upton looks every inch the retro pin-up as she plays hide and seek in lingerie for final LOVE advent video
- Put your money where your mouth is! Channel 5 'will still pay Ray J a high six-figure fee' despite leaving Celebrity Big Brother in light of dental issues
- 'That just came out!': Cringing Reese Witherspoon accidentally admits she had to quit film for failing a Scottish accent in awkward interview
- Michelle Williams dons faux fur coat on NYC stroll with daughter Matilda The 36-year-old actress enjoyed some quality time with her daughter
- Back at it! Olivia Wilde hits the gym in NYC two months after welcoming daughter Daisy Is hard at work on her fitness, weeks after giving birth
- Cindy Crawford goes for dressed down chic as she enjoys a shopping trip with her mini-me daughter Kaia Gerber and husband Rande
- 'It was a disgusting racist comment': EastEnders fans are outraged as Danny Dyer's character Mick Carter uses derogatory slur for Italians
- 'Sometimes you've got to run away for a bit' Georgia May Foote goes make-up free in busty bikini selfie... but there's no sign of new boyfriend George Alsford
- 'It gets in the way of kissing': Single Nick Knowles, 54, hints at romance as he moves on from wife Jessica, 28... while discussing his recent health woes
- Ed Sheeran sends Twitter into meltdown as he announces his third album Divide will be released in a matter of weeks Cause fan-demonium
- Stranger Things, Atlanta and The People Vs OJ Simpson duke it out in Directors Guild TV nominations while HBO dominates remaining main slots
- FX renews American Horror Story for an eighth and ninth season The seventh season of the popular American show will be premiering later this year
- Getting in shape for your first holiday together? Meghan Markle hits a yoga class ahead of her romantic getaway with Prince Harry
- 'Whatever comes our way!': Mother-of-three Jennie Garth, 44, reveals it would be amazing to have babies with hubby Dave Abrams
- Baby on the way! American Idol alum Danny Gokey and wife are expecting their third child Broke the news to PEOPLE on Thursday
- Jessa Duggar donates baby shower gifts to pro-life group and guests prepare care packages with bible verses for other pregnant women
- Gabrielle Union gives a peek at taut tummy in coat and crop top on date night in New York with Dwyane Wade Enjoyed a night out with the athlete
- What's her secret? '90s Neighbours pin-up Emma Harrison, 42, stuns as she shows off her incredible bikini body on the beach in Australia
- Make-up free Cara Santana shows off her natural beauty as she arrives at LAX in a lavish faux fur coat Swapped her glam Golden Globes look
- Suspects held over the Kim Kardashian jewellery raid in Paris are 'beginning to admit their involvement', police reveal 17 arrested so far
- Kylie Jenner and boyfriend Tyga spend a relaxed date night together... after humorous photo fail left her with a 'third nipple' on her knee
- Family beach day! Jada Pinkett Smith and daughter Willow, 16, show off their bikini bodies on Hawaiian getaway Hitting the beach
- 'It makes me want to vomit': Enraged Paris Jackson is 'incredibly offended' at Joseph Fiennes being cast as father Michael in comedy show
- 'Don't mess with your boobs!' Victoria Beckham expresses regret over getting cosmetic surgery... as she admits it was 'a sign of insecurity'
- 'You feel helpless': Simon Gregson reflects on his wife's 11 miscarriages after stillbirth storyline with Kym Marsh on Coronation Street
- Hello boys! Celebrity Big Brother star Nicola McLean displays her incredible cleavage as she poses for sizzling coastal glamour shoot Hard to miss
- 'I could sit and play with you forever': Dallas icon Linda Gray, 76, puts on a VERY flirty display with Ben Shephard as she talks about her new role on Hollyoaks
- Kim Kardashian matches a MUCH more modest wedding ring to her faux lip piercing as she jets to Dubai for first gig since £3.5m sparkler was snatched
- Kourtney Kardashian hits the gym for gruelling workout... as rumour of baby number four with Scott Disick surfaces Back with baby daddy?
- 'They have their love of music in common': Perrie Edwards is 'helping new boyfriend Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain launch a career as a DJ'
- EXCLUSIVE 'People tweet to say it's s**t!' Will Best slamsDance Dance Dance critics following show's debut... and gushes about 'glam' co-host Alesha Dixon
- Daddy-to-be Liam Payne leaves pregnant girlfriend Cheryl at home as he touches down in Los Angeles for work Getting back to business
- Bella Hadid unfollows Selena Gomez on Instagram after her ex The Weeknd hugs and kisses the singer on romantic dinner date The ultimate snub
- 'He's dedicated to clean living and eating right': How Brad Pitt lost weight and got his mojo back after Angelina Jolie split Never looked better
- Former RHOBH star Brandi Glanville, 44, displays a suspiciously taut appearance and a plump pout as she goes full-on bombshell at Fox party
- Look away now, Jasmin! Ross Worswick moves on from TOWIE's Walia with busty Harriette Harper in steamy Ex On The Beach preview
- How DO celebrities manage to step off the plane looking so fresh-faced? Jennifer Lopez's make-up artist reveals her travel beauty hacks Secrets revealed
- 'You've done Archie so proud': Kym Marsh's daughter Emilie, 19, leads Twitter praise for Corrie's stillbirth storyline... after she endured same tragedy
- A chip off the old block! Michael Pena and Dax Shephard star in over the top action-packed trailer for remake of 1970s cop comedy CHIPS
- She's fighting fit! Kylie Jenner shows off her tiny waist and ample cleavage in a sports bra for bathroom selfie All those selfies are a workout themselves
- Nice gym bag! Taylor Swift teams $2,290 Gucci tote with her fitness gear for work-out session in LA The 27-year-old looked casual yet chic
- Stepping out of the shade! Queen Letizia stuns in a bold patterned outfit as she attends an official engagement in sunny Madrid Looked elegant
- Michelle Keegan sports face full of make-up as she's fussed over by glam squad in sexy Instagram clip... after THAT barefaced TV appearance
- PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Amal Clooney covers up in a loose sweater as she links arms with husband George for a romantic stroll... after 'pregnancy' debate
- Stealing the spotlight! Coco Austin shows off her VERY ample cleavage in a typically low cut dress at Law & Order celebration bash Colourful ensemble
- Sienna Miller gets up close to co-star Ben Affleck as they snuggle under his coat and party into the early hours... after their shock NINE HOURS of sex scenes
- 'I'm f***ing mental!' Geordie Shore newbie Zahida Allen flaunts her figure in a purple bikini as she sets her sights on a new man in Ex On The Beach preview