Disloyal. Petulant. Flaky. But Tarzan Heseltine's biggest flaw is he can't handle having a woman boss, writes DOMINIC LAWSON
For a moment, it seemed Theresa May could enjoy a weekend of favourable headlines, writes DOMINIC LAWSON. But that was to to forget the unflaggingly colossal ego of Michael Heseltine. ...read
Is Newsnight to face the axe under frivolous Evan? Internal review of the programme under way at the BBC, reveals ANDREW PIERCE
ANDREW PIERCE: When it was in its heyday, BBC2’s Newsnight was essential viewing for anyone interested in current affairs. Presenter Jeremy Paxman was a forensic interrogator. ...read
Italy's 'anti-rucking' might not be to Eddie Jones' taste but I'm a fan... It was guerrilla warfare and gave England something to think about
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: What we did see at Twickenham was a very gutsy and clever, if ultimately unsuccessful, response from a wounded Italy side that felt under pressure. ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: BBC shamed by these TV license fee bullies
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: The ruthless and underhand methods used by the BBC’s hirelings to enforce this tax have become positively Orwellian. ...read
Manolo Gabbiadini was robbed of EFL Cup final hat-trick... it was bad offside call to rule out Southampton opener
GRAHAM POLL: Southampton's quick start was spoiled by assistant referee Stuart Burt, who incorrectly indicated that Manolo Gabbiadini was in an offside position when he scored in the EFL Cup. ...read
Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas is a manager's dream with his attitude... and Stoke City seem to be caught in an identity crisis
JAMIE REDKNAPP: I am so impressed with Cesc Fabregas’ attitude. He has been restricted to 20-minute cameos by Antonio Conte this season but has made a big impact when called upon. ...read
Why would Roberto Mancini dance with Leicester City now their glory days are gone?
MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: What could Roberto Mancini, or any successor to Claudio Ranieri, achieve that would match the euphoria of last year at Leicester City? ...read
Looking for a wine that's a perfect pairing for pancakes? These will hit the sweet spot
Happily, where wine is concerned it’s easy to navigate – ignore the pancake and pair to the stuff in the middle. ...read
Amir Khan and Manny Pacquiao announce April 23 as date for 'super fight'... but will it be the Dust-Up in Dubai or the Aggro In Abu Dhabi?
JEFF POWELL: Amir Khan will fight Manny Pacquiao on April 23 in a 'super fight' both men have announced on Twitter. The pair revealed earlier in the week that negotiations were underway. ...read
Tiger Woods is drawing closer and closer to retirement... golf have had plenty of time to prepare for his exit but is still nowhere near ready
OLIVER HOLT: Ten days ago, Woods could not even make his Press conference at the Genesis Open, the tournament the Tiger Woods Foundation hosts at the Riviera Club in Pacific Palisades. ...read
Tom Hardy sealed the BAFTA for Most Mesmerising Actor of 2017, not to mention Trendiest Goatee & Tattoos in 1814. The voodoo Poldark triumphed in the series finale of Taboo, by Jim Shelley
The final scene of the series’ finale saw James Delaney sailing into the sunset, not just free but triumphant. ...read
Check out my £1,000 shopping bag! LIZ JONES on how Meghan Markle, Michelle Collins and Kim Kardashian are among a growing number of stars with accessories the size of HIPPOS
What we are seeing is a charm offensive that means the French trunk maker Goyard is poised to go global with its luggage, including the suddenly ubiquitous £980-£1,140 St Louis tote. ...read
PETER HITCHENS: A fight for equality? No, it's a plot to wipe out marriage
The campaign to get rid of marriage has not gone away. Civil partnerships for heterosexuals were not thrown out by the Appeal Court last week, only put off till later. They will come. ...read
RACHEL JOHNSON: Helen Bailey's killer reminds us you never REALLY know your partner
What the murder of Helen Bailey in Royston, Hertfordshire, tells us above all is that she didn’t know Ian Stewart. She didn’t know that he was a conman who never loved her. ...read
Claudio Ranieri was a victim of football’s loss of loyalty after Leicester sacking... but it's nothing new
GLENN HODDLE: It is hard to say exactly when football changed, when some of the romance and loyalty were replaced by hard-headed commercialism. But it wasn’t last week. ...read
My dogs wouldn't attack your obnoxious kids...but I might, writes LIZ JONES
I recently experienced trouble finding a property to rent, even in a National Park, simply because I have dogs. My feeling is that, if you have an aversion to collies, don’t live in the Yorkshire Dales. ...read
BLACK DOG: Meet the Tory MP who's a ringer for Apple Tree Yard's big Ben
A gaggle of female MPs say Tory MP James Morris is a lookalike for hunky Ben Chaplin who played mysterious Mark Costley in the BBC thriller about a couple who have sex in the Commons crypt. ...read
Juan Mata and Jose Mourinho have buried the hatchet and the Spaniard is pivotal to Manchester United's success this season
THE NUMBERS GAME - KIERAN GILL: Three years ago, Mata was cast aside at Chelsea and told he could find a new club. Now under the Portuguese manager at Manchester United, that's changed. ...read
ASK ZELDA: Our relationships expert Zelda West-Meads answers your questions
Seven years ago, my fiancée of 83 days tragically committed suicide. She was 42 and left behind a son and daughter. Since then, I have become her stepfather. ...read
HOROSCOPES: You're on your way at last!
Today’s Solar Eclipse in your birth sign is a clear indication that the higher you aim, the more you will achieve. So aim for a target you thought was forever out of reach. ...read
Is Newsnight to face the axe under frivolous Evan? Internal review of the programme under way at the BBC, reveals ANDREW PIERCE
ANDREW PIERCE: When it was in its heyday, BBC2’s Newsnight was essential viewing for anyone interested in current affairs. Presenter Jeremy Paxman was a forensic interrogator. ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: BBC shamed by these TV license fee bullies
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: The ruthless and underhand methods used by the BBC’s hirelings to enforce this tax have become positively Orwellian. ...read
SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Pippa Middleton plans a bridal BIKINI with her sister Kate's swimwear designer
SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: The Duchess of Cambridge’s younger sister found herself centre stage at the Royal Wedding thanks to that famously figure-hugging bridesmaid dress. ...read
PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Sorry, but if you date in a virtual world where crooks and conmen flourish then it's at your own peril
On the face of it, 44-year-old teaching assistant Anna Rowe is a sensible woman but she was duped by 'Antony Ray'. His Tinder profile was fake and featured a photograph of a Bollywood actor. ...read
ALEX BRUMMER: Final push to save the London Stock Exchange as former chancellor, Lord Lawson, and 40 bigwigs join the fight
More than a year has passed since London Stock Exchange Group chairman Donald Brydon cooked up the idea of a £20 billion ‘merger of equals’ between Europe’s two largest share markets. ...read
KATIE HOPKINS: The day Britain became a one party state thanks to the two biggest clowns in politics
Today was the day UKIP died. Most of the blame sits with Paul Nuttall, who thought he could pretend to be down with the people by saying stuff they might like to hear, writes KATIE HOPKINS. ...read
STEPHEN GLOVER: Why should we spend hours sorting our rubbish if councils just dump it in landfill and incinerators?
Mail Online columnist Stephen Glover has been talking about the stresses of sorting your rubbish for recycling but has raised the question why should we spend so long if councils dump it? ...read
If only Jihad Ronnie had been blown up by a drone years ago, we would have saved ourselves a great deal of aggravation and money, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN
Pity we weren’t using drones to target British jihadis fighting abroad a few years ago. We’d have saved ourselves a deal of aggravation and money, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN. ...read
If a crystal ball told me I was about to die I'd treat Mrs U to a holiday. But in truth I really don't want to know what the future holds, writes TOM UTLEY
A party was thrown by a dear friend, not yet 50, who has been told by her doctors that they can do no more to stop the spread of her cancer, and she has only months left to live. ...read
'Quel horreur, quel elephant!': Yes, Boris looks ludicrous. But, QUENTIN LETTS asks, is it all a ploy to fool the French?
Foreign diplomats will be earnestly analysing this image of the British Foreign Secretary and scratching their brows. ...read
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Dutch king is far more indulgent of his subjects than the House of Windsor
King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands, 50 in April, is choosing 150 guests by ballot to join him and his Queen for dinner – all at his own expense. The House of Windsor isn’t so indulgent of its subjects. ...read
And the award for envy goes to . . . Is the real reason Hollywood's snowflakes hate Trump so much because he's become more famous than any of them will ever be, asks PIERS MORGAN
Which star can win the most coveted prize for Best Celebrity Trump Hater on the Planet at the Oscars? This is the big one for all those hysterical Hollywood liberal snowflakes. ...read
Brexit snub for business boss who said Leave: Former Chamber of Commerce chief is rejected for role in the Department for Exiting the EU without an interview
The Whitehall old boy's network is alive and well in the case of John Longworth, writes Andrew Pierce. Ardent Remainers have snubbed his chance at a new post helping to organise Brexit. ...read
THE MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Profiteers are bleeding the NHS to death
One of the most powerful arguments for a National Health Service is that it can use its huge buying power to keep its costs down. Amazingly, the NHS has completely lost this advantage. ...read
JANE FRYER: Rocker Rick Wakeman's wild lifestyle led to three heart attacks and four wives and he lost 42 friends last year, so how is he still alive?
Rick Wakeman is enormous. Six foot three — and sort of half-man, half-hairy-walrus-in-a-wig, with a huge fleshy face, gigantic nostrils and impressive girth, writes JANE FRYER. ...read
Violence, vandalism and race hate in Britain's grubbiest by-election: ROBERT HARDMAN is horrified by the poison he finds in Labour's stronghold of Stoke which Ukip hopes to steal
The police are now almost as busy as the candidates in what is fast-becoming the grubbiest by-election of modern times. And we still have six days to go before the Stoke Central by-election. ...read
Fasten your seatbelts: Trade war with China? Real war with Iran? Nato torn apart? Ahead of Trump's inauguration, MAX HASTINGS says he'll be glad to get through four years without facing a global slump... or being blown up
Next Friday noon, I shall be among hundreds of thousands of spectators in Washington DC as Donald Trump is inaugurated as President of the United States. ...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
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
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
Italy's 'anti-rucking' might not be to Eddie Jones' taste but I'm a fan... It was guerrilla warfare and gave England something to think about
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: What we did see at Twickenham was a very gutsy and clever, if ultimately unsuccessful, response from a wounded Italy side that felt under pressure. ...read
Manolo Gabbiadini was robbed of EFL Cup final hat-trick... it was bad offside call to rule out Southampton opener
GRAHAM POLL: Southampton's quick start was spoiled by assistant referee Stuart Burt, who incorrectly indicated that Manolo Gabbiadini was in an offside position when he scored in the EFL Cup. ...read
Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas is a manager's dream with his attitude... and Stoke City seem to be caught in an identity crisis
JAMIE REDKNAPP: I am so impressed with Cesc Fabregas’ attitude. He has been restricted to 20-minute cameos by Antonio Conte this season but has made a big impact when called upon. ...read
Why would Roberto Mancini dance with Leicester City now their glory days are gone?
MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: What could Roberto Mancini, or any successor to Claudio Ranieri, achieve that would match the euphoria of last year at Leicester City? ...read
Amir Khan and Manny Pacquiao announce April 23 as date for 'super fight'... but will it be the Dust-Up in Dubai or the Aggro In Abu Dhabi?
JEFF POWELL: Amir Khan will fight Manny Pacquiao on April 23 in a 'super fight' both men have announced on Twitter. The pair revealed earlier in the week that negotiations were underway. ...read
Tiger Woods is drawing closer and closer to retirement... golf have had plenty of time to prepare for his exit but is still nowhere near ready
OLIVER HOLT: Ten days ago, Woods could not even make his Press conference at the Genesis Open, the tournament the Tiger Woods Foundation hosts at the Riviera Club in Pacific Palisades. ...read
Claudio Ranieri was a victim of football’s loss of loyalty after Leicester sacking... but it's nothing new
GLENN HODDLE: It is hard to say exactly when football changed, when some of the romance and loyalty were replaced by hard-headed commercialism. But it wasn’t last week. ...read
Juan Mata and Jose Mourinho have buried the hatchet and the Spaniard is pivotal to Manchester United's success this season
THE NUMBERS GAME - KIERAN GILL: Three years ago, Mata was cast aside at Chelsea and told he could find a new club. Now under the Portuguese manager at Manchester United, that's changed. ...read
I thought Jonny Wilkinson would be a one-off, but Owen Farrell can become a great like him
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: It seems like only yesterday that Owen Farrell was making his England debut, against Scotland at Murrayfield in 2012. Here he is winning his 50th cap. ...read
Adele thinks she's 'sublime' and she's won more Grammys than any other singer so will her new album bring Alison Krauss the fame she deserves?
When Adele performed in Nashville, she could have praised dozens of singers, but she chose just one: ‘If any of you know her, let her know how much I love her.’ She was talking about Alison Krauss. ...read
Leicester should be building a statue of Claudio Ranieri... I'm so furious and I hope the players are ashamed
JAMIE CARRAGHER: Why sack Claudio Ranieri now? True, almost every other team in the relegation zone has sacked their manager but I could understand them. I am furious about this one. ...read
BIG MATCH ANALYSIS: Southampton new boy Manolo Gabbiadini looks a bit special... Manchester United need to keep him quiet in the EFL Cup final
MARTIN KEOWN: These days the big teams all want to win a trophy, so credit to Southampton for making it to the EFL Cup final. The Saints have impressed me by simply reaching it. ...read
Fabian Cowdrey row over playing time at Kent throws into doubt the most famous family association in cricket
CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: The most famous family association in cricket is in danger of being severed after 67 years, with Fabian Cowdrey in dispute with Kent over his future. ...read
The Prediction Challenge: Sportsmail's experts go head to head on this weekend's Premier League matches... Chris Sutton vs Jack Gaughan
It's what millions of us do every day - predicting what the score will be in a Premier League match. Well, now we've challenged Sportsmail's experts to test their prediction power. ...read
Sunderland starlet Joel Asoro has what it takes to partner Jermain Defoe... his physique is perfect for a front man
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 is Sunderland's Joel Asoro under the microscope... ...read
Dustin Johnson's redemption is complete as he takes over from Jason Day as world No 1
DEREK LAWRENSON - WORLD OF GOLF: For anyone who loves a story of a man gratefully accepting a second chance it was all there on the 18th green at Riviera on Sunday for Johnson. ...read
Sutton's cramped Gander Green Lane was an intense setting for Arsenal's FA Cup clash as BBC embraced packed non-League ground for coverage
MARK WEBSTER - EDGE OF THE BOX: This was one of those rarely seen, and always slightly surreal scenes on the telly. A football vista not consisting of soaring banks of seats and towering floodlights. ...read
Manchester City must keep it tight against deadly Monaco strike force of Radamel Falcao and Kylian Mbappe
CHRIS SUTTON'S BIG MATCH ANALYSIS: After watching Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain put their ties to bed, Manchester City have the players going forward to do the same. ...read
Russia 2018 World Cup boss in new doping scandal: Vladimir Putin's ally accused of silencing discus thrower whistleblower who lifted lid in 2012
SPECIAL REPORT BY NICK HARRIS: The man who led Russia's 2018 World Cup bid and a key ally of Vladimir Putin is facing a new scandal over claims he silenced a drugs whistleblower. ...read
It's time for the establishment to stop ignoring Georgia... they are Europe's sixth-best team, so why they are not part of the Six Nations?
CHRIS FOY - WORLD OF RUGBY: The time has come for rugby to decide what sort of sport it wants to be. Open or closed? Elitist or meritocratic? Global or colonial? Visionary or reactionary? ...read
Joe Root must be his own man as England captain and keep scoring
NASSER HUSSAIN: From what I've seen of Joe as an England player the signs are good. From the moment he made his Test debut, he's shown that all-important mental toughness captains need. ...read
'Joe Root always stood out as someone who'd go all the way': Jonny Bairstow reflects on England appointing his friend as the new Test captain
JONNY BAIRSTOW: I met him when we played for Yorkshire Under 12s. I remember a small, talented guy a year younger than me. He always stood out as someone who'd go all the way. ...read
I'll miss Alastair Cook the captain... but it's great he can be part of future under a fresh young England regime
Alastair Cook called me on Sunday to tell me in person and explain his decision to stand down as England captain. I have to admit I was really disappointed he had made that call. ...read
HOT OR NOT: Demarai Gray deserves to start for Leicester but their fans need to check the history books
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
Kell Brook isn't scared of fighting Errol Spence, only Amir Khan can scupper that bout... meanwhile people write off Tony Bellew but he's not the one sunning himself in different timezones
EDDIE HEARN: Social media is a funny thing. I was bemused to see comments on Twitter this week that Kell Brook wants to swerve a fight with Errol Spence – pretty odd as he fought Gennady Golovkin. ...read
Joe Root is more of a natural leader than Alastair Cook... he will make England funky again
DAVID LLOYD: What are we going to see different from the England team? Well, we are going to see them be a bit more dynamic and play a bit more off the cuff. ...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
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
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
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
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
Rock flops, drug trips and Bowie stealing his women: As Mick Jagger says he's forgotten writing his memoirs, if only he could wipe all this from his memory!
From the failed marriage to Jerry Hall to his sexual rivalry with David Bowie over model Marianne Faithfull, this is a catalogue of some of Mick Jagger's most outrageous exploits. ...read
Philippa Coulthard is sprinkled with stardust as Howards End gets the TV treatment in four-part adaptation
BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Australian actress Philippa Coulthard has won a star-making role in a new television version of the E. M. Forster novel Howards End. The 24-year-old from Brisbane will play Helen. ...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
'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
Loneliness and why so many bright older women fall for appalling conmen, by JAN MOIR
'Fifty-one-year-old Helen Bailey was murdered at the hands of her fiancé, Ian Stewart, a man unworthy of her affection and who cynically abused her trust' writes Jan Moir for the Daily Mail. ...read
Do YOU have an upper-class home? Take etiquette expert William Hanson's quiz to find out if you're truly posh
Etiquette expert William Hanson insists that decanters, canteens, bellboards and even horses are necessary to be able to call your home upper-class. ...read
BEL MOONEY: My lover's confided that he was sexually abused by a neighbour as a child for two years
This week, BEL MOONEY advises a woman whose boyfriend confided that he was sexually abused by a neighbour as a child, which went on for around two years from the ages of seven to nine. ...read
I have seen racier episodes of Pingu: LIZ JONES tells how she felt patronised by Fifty Shades Darker
'Never underestimate the libido of the post-menopausal woman. Problem is, that’s exactly what the filmmakers have done' writes LIZ JONES after watching 50 Shades Darker. ...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
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
'I've had a niggling cough for 20 years. Could it be acid reflux?' Apart from heartburn, our expert reveals the complaint can contribute to a number of seemingly unrelated symptoms
Kirstine Jackson from Sheffield has struggled with a chronic cough for more than 20 years, and has been prescribed asthma medication for the symptoms. Dr Martin Scurr advises on treatment. ...read
DR ELLIE CANNON: Lack of sleep has left me shattered
The Mail on Sunday's GP discusses insomnia during menopause, post-nasal drip, depression, e-cigarettes and lack of health literacy in the UK in this week's column. ...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
Got a pension through work? Take cover now before the Chancellor really gets going, says JEFF PRESTRIDGE
This year Budget Day is Wednesday, March 8, and we will have a new Chancellor posing before Number 11 Downing Street before trotting off to the House of Commons to deliver it. ...read
TONY HETHERINGTON exposes the 'Sky' protection racket that the regulator must bring to an end
F.F. writes: I received a phone call from Sky Protect about renewing cover for our Sky TV system. The caller asked me to confirm my bank details, which I gave. ...read
Stop agonising over the likes of RBS and Lloyds - just sell-up: SIMON WATKINS on the banks burdening taxpayers
If the Government finally got shot of its stakes in Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group, it is hard to know who would be more pleased. ...read
SIMON LAMBERT: It's not just about being 'considerably richer than you'... are you on the right side of the savings divide?
A look at the savings divide is more than just an exercise in helping to establish ‘I’m considerably richer than you’ bragging rights. It highlights the issues our divided society faces. ...read
My wife is a retired teacher still saving into a private pot, will she be hit by new 'pension recycling' tax trick limit? Steve Webb explains
My wife is a recently retired schoolteacher and also has a private pension that she has paid into for many years. Will she be hit by new rules that aim to stop the 'pension recycling' tax trick? ...read
DAN HYDE: Give our hardest hit shopkeepers a break or watch our high streets crumble
Business rates are based on the rent that the building could generate if it was let to a tenant. Shopkeepers in areas where the property market has boomed face tax hikes of up to 3,000 per cent. ...read
ASK TONY: A friend asked me to hand out £45k in his will - but his sister won't touch it because she doesn't want to lose her benefits
I was executor for a friend who died. Once the legalities were completed and the property sold, there was £90,000 to be shared equally between his son and daughter, as per his will. ...read
If chocolate bars got costlier while cocoa prices fell there would be public outcry. So why isn't it the same for broadband while wholesale costs fall?
In the past six years wholesale line rental costs fell by 25 per cent yet average line rental costs have risen by nearly 40 per cent in the same time - where's the justification for these hikes? ...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
LEE BOYCE: The train line I use is closed at weekends about as often as it's open - so why do I have to pay for a seven-day ticket?
This week, there were a number of changes made to train fares which are in the right direction, but still misses out those who use them most – commuters. ...read
VICTORIA BISCHOFF: NS&I may offer the best rates - but it also seems to be offering the most headaches
The Government-backed savings organisation will allow the bereaved to withdraw only up to £5,000 from a loved one's account without going through the lengthy and arduous process of probate. ...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
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
'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
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
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: A fight for equality? No, it's a plot to wipe out marriage
The campaign to get rid of marriage has not gone away. Civil partnerships for heterosexuals were not thrown out by the Appeal Court last week, only put off till later. They will come. ...read
RACHEL JOHNSON: Helen Bailey's killer reminds us you never REALLY know your partner
What the murder of Helen Bailey in Royston, Hertfordshire, tells us above all is that she didn’t know Ian Stewart. She didn’t know that he was a conman who never loved her. ...read
My dogs wouldn't attack your obnoxious kids...but I might, writes LIZ JONES
I recently experienced trouble finding a property to rent, even in a National Park, simply because I have dogs. My feeling is that, if you have an aversion to collies, don’t live in the Yorkshire Dales. ...read
BLACK DOG: Meet the Tory MP who's a ringer for Apple Tree Yard's big Ben
A gaggle of female MPs say Tory MP James Morris is a lookalike for hunky Ben Chaplin who played mysterious Mark Costley in the BBC thriller about a couple who have sex in the Commons crypt. ...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
Check out my £1,000 shopping bag! LIZ JONES on how Meghan Markle, Michelle Collins and Kim Kardashian are among a growing number of stars with accessories the size of HIPPOS
What we are seeing is a charm offensive that means the French trunk maker Goyard is poised to go global with its luggage, including the suddenly ubiquitous £980-£1,140 St Louis tote. ...read
ASK ZELDA: Our relationships expert Zelda West-Meads answers your questions
Seven years ago, my fiancée of 83 days tragically committed suicide. She was 42 and left behind a son and daughter. Since then, I have become her stepfather. ...read
HOROSCOPES: You're on your way at last!
Today’s Solar Eclipse in your birth sign is a clear indication that the higher you aim, the more you will achieve. So aim for a target you thought was forever out of reach. ...read
HEALTH: Gluten-free cooking
My friend’s 11-year-old daughter has coeliac disease. She is a keen cook and I would like to find a cookery book for her. ...read
BEAUTY CLINIC: How to fix disappearing make-up
I am at my wits' end because, whatever products I use, my foundation disappears within a couple of hours. Can you suggest anything please? ...read
Beauty Buzz: Perfect the new plait, plus pay lip service to Red Nose Day
Get twisty with this season's undone plaits, update your blush collection and the solution to adult eczema. ...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
Disloyal. Petulant. Flaky. But Tarzan Heseltine's biggest flaw is he can't handle having a woman boss, writes DOMINIC LAWSON
For a moment, it seemed Theresa May could enjoy a weekend of favourable headlines, writes DOMINIC LAWSON. But that was to to forget the unflaggingly colossal ego of Michael Heseltine. ...read
Tom Hardy sealed the BAFTA for Most Mesmerising Actor of 2017, not to mention Trendiest Goatee & Tattoos in 1814. The voodoo Poldark triumphed in the series finale of Taboo, by Jim Shelley
The final scene of the series’ finale saw James Delaney sailing into the sunset, not just free but triumphant. ...read
Now the Tories are the party with the common touch: DOMINIC SANDBROOK says there is a vacuum at the heart of British politics where the Labour Party used to be
DOMINIC SANDBROOK: For the past few years, most of us have known that the Labour leadership lived on a different planet. But it wasn't until yesterday that I realised they lived on a parallel universe. ...read
Why men like Paxo pay a high price when they follow their egos into bed with a (much) younger woman, by SARAH VINE
The revelation this week that Jeremy Paxman has left his partner of 35 years, Elizabeth Clough, for a blonde books editor 30 years his junior is, to my mind, completely baffling. ...read
What's the truth about Gina Miller? A loss-making company. False claims about a law degree. And critics who say she's a shameless self-publicist...
Gina Miller is a former model turned businesswoman who 'won a political victory over Brexiteers'. But others see her as a shameless publicity seeker, writes RUTH SUNDERLAND. ...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
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
How Nelson and I nailed it at Trafalgar: Ukip leader Paul Nuttall solves your problems... as told to CRAIG BROWN
The Ukip leader answers all of your household problems. He recalls his time on the HMS Victory with Admiral Nelson, fighting at Dunkirk and working shifts with Florence Nightingale. ...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
Looking for a wine that's a perfect pairing for pancakes? These will hit the sweet spot
Happily, where wine is concerned it’s easy to navigate – ignore the pancake and pair to the stuff in the middle. ...read
Despite decent performances, Patriots Day feels like a real-life tragedy cynically turned into a conventional commercial thriller
Not quite four years ago, two brothers packed pressure cookers with explosives, nails, razor blades and ball bearings, and left them among the crowds close to the finish of the Boston Marathon. ...read
Kazan soprano Aida Garifullina shows she has a fine future ahead of her with this excellent debut album featuring an alluring combination of arias
Aida Garifullina won Plácido Domingo’s 2013 Operalia competition and, on the basis of this excellent debut disc, has a fine future ahead of her. ...read
Calendar Girls-inspired musical The Girls is heartwarming and wholesome, with plenty of laughs and catchy songs penned by Take That's Gary Barlow
If ever there was a story crying out to have a song and dance made of it, it is surely the one about the gutsy gang of Yorkshire Women Instituters who dared to disrobe. ...read
The Samsung A5: VR helmet not included!
Having had its – ahem – fingers burned with the unfortunately explosive Galaxy Note 7 last year, Samsung has brought us a much quieter and more modest beast, the A5. ...read
TOM PARKER BOWLES: Mad about the grill: A 'carnivorous cavalcade' in Mayfair (but have I bitten off more than I can chew?)
The Guinea Grill peeks out from its immaculate Mayfair mews like a silk handkerchief tucked in the top pocket of an Anderson and Sheppard suit. ...read
DEBORAH ROSS: If only ve had vays to make zem speak up
Well, my dears, what did we think of SS-GB? Your poor old, tired TV critic had to watch it twice as she could make neither head nor tail of it the first time. ...read
CRAIG BROWN: The bizarre tale of how Rorschach’s inkblot psychological test became a worldwide phenomenon – and even sparked a bitter battle for supremacy between the Nazis on trial at Nuremberg...
In the aftermath of the Second World War, the 24 most prominent surviving Nazis awaiting trial at Nuremberg were assessed by a psychiatrist called Douglas Kelley. ...read
'Frankly, I’ve got better things to do than stand on a stage being booed and heckled'
I was announced as the presenter of this year’s prestigious Royal Television Society Programme Awards. In response, a campaign was promptly started to have me banned. ...read
Almost gorgeous on the outside, totally sumptuous on the inside. Peugeot's new SUV is a real... lounge wizard
To drive, the 3008 GT Line is verging on exciting, which is almost unheard of for a car in this class, and certainly one packing such relatively feeble power. ...read
Finally, an exhibition of one's own: Vanessa Bell emerges from the shadow of her sister Virginia Woolf in this Dulwich Picture Gallery's show
Vanessa Bell was at the centre of that compelling group of writers, artists and creative thinkers known as the Bloomsbury Set and she was the sister of the most famous of them all, the novelist Virginia Woolf. ...read
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- The golden girls! Jessica Biel, Emma Stone, Chrissy Teigen and Dakota Johnson sparkle in metallic gowns on star-studded Oscars red carpet
- 'You look like a goddess': John Legend raves wife Chrissy Teigen as she stuns at the Oscars in high-slit gown (and manages to hide a burn on her leg)
- 'They've been spending time apart': Claims Hugh Jackman and wife Deborra-Lee Furness are 'living increasingly separate lives'
- Frock horror! Actress Blanca Blanco left over-exposed on the Oscars red carpet in VERY revealing gown slit to the hip Oops
- Felicity Jones channels her inner ballerina while Naomie Harris flashes her abs in unconventional cropped dress... as they lead British stars at Oscars
- Scarlett Johansson flashes sideboob and rarely seen tattoo in revealing gown as she goes solo on the Oscars red carpet...after split rumours
- Aliens and Titanic star Bill Paxton, 61, dies unexpectedly due to complications from heart surgery Passed away on Saturday
- Who wore it better? Michelle Williams and Emma Roberts wear very similar low-cut designer gowns at 89th Academy Awards Seeing double
- Ravishing in red! Best Actress nominee Ruth Negga stuns in one-of-a-kind Valentino gown with a flowing train as she conquers the Oscars red carpet
- 'I owe her everything': Dev Patel brings his mum Anita as his date to the Academy Awards as he hopes for glory in the Best Supporting Actor category
- 'They are delighted': Hollyoaks actress Jennifer Metcalfe is 'expecting her first child with former Geordie Shore star Greg Lake' Baby joy
- PICTURED: Pregnant Cheryl packs up her home to move into Liam Payne's multi-million pound Surrey mansion as they get ready to welcome their first child .
- Red hot! Denise Van Outen puts on a VERY eye-popping display in plunging swimsuit as she flaunts her figure on Dubai holiday with her daughter Betsy
- The £1m babysitters: Ronnie Wood buys a cottage for his in-laws down the road from his own mansion... so they can help with nappy duty Keeping his family close
- Naomie Harris displays toned physique in cropped dress... as she attends the star-studded 89th Academy Awards with her mother Carmen on her arm
- Taraji P. Henson flaunts her cleavage in an off-the-shoulder gown as she leads the glamorous stars of Hidden Figures at the Oscars
- Get a room! Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban share VERY passionate kiss as he cheekily pats her bottom during PDA-packed Oscars red carpet appearance
- Newly-engaged Kirsten Dunst brings vintage glamour in black Dior gown while enhancing assets in bullet bra at the 89th Academy Awards
- Sheer beauty! Hailee Steinfeld stuns in see-through pink floral gown which reveals her svelte figure at 89th Academy Awards Elegant
- Matt Damon rocks navy tux as wife Luciana Barroso simply stuns in quicksilver satin gown with plunging neckline at 2017 Oscars In sync
- Très Jolie! Angelina dazzles in new perfume campaign...days after speaking out about 'difficult' split from Brad Pitt for the first time Stunning shoot
- What a little cutie! Mel Gibson shares FIRST picture of his newborn baby boy on Oscars red carpet as couple dress up their son in miniature tux to celebrate awards
- 'Is that a baby bump I see?' Charlotte Crosby's fans speculate she is PREGNANT after she posts misleading video online... but her fashion label hits back
- Brian McFadden's girlfriend Danielle Parkinson shows off her enviably toned figure in skimpy floral bikini as they enjoy romantic break in Barbados
- Color clash catastrophes, accidental exposures and garish gowns... FEMAIL spotlights the stars suffering style disasters at Oscars
- 'I'm celebrating my natural hair!': Halle Berry rocks voluminous curly locks as she arrives at the Academy Awards Natural look
- Looking Marty Mc-Fly! Michael J Fox and wife Tracy Pollan make a handsome couple on the red carpet as he prepares to present Oscar
- Going to the chapel? Megan McKenna stuns in ivory bridal inspired gown alongside suit-clad beau Pete Wicks as TOWIE celebrates 20th series with couple shoot
- 'Oh s**t!' Sharon Horgan drops the S-Bomb live on Channel 4 cooking show Sunday Brunch after accidentally dropping a carrot
- Dozens of storm chasers pay tribute to Twister actor Bill Paxton by spelling out his initials using GPS map coordinates in the heart of Tornado Alley
- Abbey Clancy displays her slender figure and impossibly flat stomach in a caged sports bra and tiny shorts as she works up a sweat in Dubai
- 'I haven't heard from him since': Top Gear's Matt LeBlanc reveals he hasn't spoke to former co-host Chris Evans since he dramatically quit the show
- 'That's karma!' The Voice viewers rejoice as boastful Kit Rice loses Battle to Jack Bruley... and tells Jennifer Hudson she made 'wrong choice'
- Pregnant Amal Clooney showcases her blossoming baby bump in a flower-embellished dress as she leaves Paris with doting dad-to-be George Clooney
- Champions! David Beckham and his sons punch the air with excitement in special family moment as Manchester United win the EFL Cup
- PICTURED: Domestic goddess TV chef Nigella Lawson is seen on a secret date with a man wrongly convicted of the IRA murder of a police officer in 1970s
- PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: 'Pregnant' Danielle Bux conceals her figure in floral dress as she steps out in LA with boyfriend Nate Greenwald
- Family feud! Insiders claim Miley's brother Trace Cyrus 'blew up' at the star's fiancé Liam Hemsworth while accusing the Australian hunk of being 'lazy'
- Fairy tale romance! Ginnifer Goodwin in lacy red gown and dapper Josh Dallas bring elegant style to the Oscars Once Upon A Time stars
- Beyonce and Jay Z are 'looking to snap up Formula One heiress Petra Ecclestone's Los Angeles estate for $105million' New abode
- Tom Hanks shares a heartfelt tribute for his Apollo 13 co-star Bill Paxton who died at the age of 61 due to complications from surgery
- It's a knockout! Gavin Rossdale, Jennifer Hudson, Sir Tom Jones and Will.i.am's final The Voice teams are assembled Head to head
- Jeremy McConnell 'set to come face-to-face with Stephanie Davis' scorned ex Sam Reece as he's confirmed for Ex On The Beach' Awkward
- Hollywood's must have Oscars red carpet accessory: Karlie Kloss among several stars to protest Donald Trump's travel ban by wearing blue ribbons
- Fringe benefits! Olivia Culpo takes the plunge in figure-hugging tassel gown with extremely low-cut neckline at the 89th Academy Awards Silver stunner
- SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: It's Takeaway night for Jamie's family: Chef poses with his wife and daughters as they head to watch Ant and Dec
- Jamie O'Hara packs on the PDA with girlfriend Elizabeth Jayne Tierney after claims he 'BATTERED and STRANGLED' ex-wife Danielle Lloyd
- CBB's Heavy D, 43, and Bryony Anne Harris, 21, confirm they are expecting a baby... after breaking off their engagement on Christmas Day
- Is it just me? Or are today's pop stars insufferably boring? SARAH VINE wonders why modern performers like Adele have ditched the rock 'n' roll lifestyle
- 'F*** off Louis!': Caprice rages at gymnast Smith as she and Emma Parker-Bowles slam his 'arrogant' attitude on The Jump
- Good luck daddy! Jimmy Kimmel gets fist bump from daughter Jane, two, as he prepares to host 2017 Oscars Cute
- Going to prom? Pixie Lott slips into shimmering dress and crown for Milan Fashion Week debut alongside fiancé Oliver Cheshire in Dolce & Gabbana show
- Olivia Palermo shows off her style credentials in burgundy fur jacket and leather miniskirt at Salvatore Ferragamo's Milan Fashion Week show
- Carnival in Rio! Candice Swanepoel rocks a plunging breton top as she cradles baby son Anacã during celebration in Brazil Stunning
- Kisses! Bella and Gigi Hadid pucker up to Mickey Mouse at Disneyland in France ahead of Paris Fashion Week Family fun
- 'I've had the time of my life': Bradley Wiggins bids official farewell to The Jump... before Spencer Matthews and Gareth Thomas collide in Ski Cross without him Fmor
- Teen Mom 2 star Kailyn Lowry says her two young sons are 'excited' over her new pregnancy Thrilled to become big brothers
- Posh Poppy, queen of social media plugs: Her little sister Cara's one of the world's top models. But Poppy Delevingne's built a nice little earner of her own
- 'Getting these bangers back!': Danniella Westbrook hints she is planning breast augmentation next month Makeover
- What's cooking, good looking? Celebrity chef Katie Lee flaunts her incredible body in colorful bikini during Miami getaway Beach babe
- 'He was one of my best friends': Arnold Schwarzenegger nearly breaks down in tears as he talks about 'wonderful' Bill Paxton who has died at age 61
- Sorry Harry... Meghan's much more popular at parties than you! Harry's girlfriend comes fourth in Tatler's list of the most popular guests
- 'I was terrified I had ruined my chances of having kids': Lily Collins opens up about secret eating disorder battle admitting 'insecurities stem from father Phil'
- Where the magic happens! Kylie Jenner brings fans inside her makeup room, the place she dreams up Lip Kits and Kyliners Beauty queen
- Skimpy and chips, please! Lisa Appleton lashes her assets in a very racy tartan outfit to open new chippy in Blackpool Cod awful
- Preparing for the big night! Jessica Biel shares a photo from her glam room as she gussies up for the 89th Academy Awards Getting ready in style
- 'There is nothing better than skiing for toning up your legs and arms': Model Caprice Bourret admits she's lost more than a STONE on reality TV show The Jump
- Oscar host from 2015 Neil Patrick Harris says current host Jimmy Kimmel LIED to him about taking on the Academy Awards Keeping it quiet
- She almost looks naked! Jennifer Lopez, 47, wears semi-sheer nude dress as she poses backstage at her Las Vegas show Glamorous
- She nailed it! Kelly Ripa dresses up as Audrey Hepburn from Breakfast At Tiffany's before getting glam for the Academy Awards Seeing double
- Spencer Matthews ruled out of final race after injuring his shoulder during painful fall on The Jump... as Jade Jones is the next star to be eliminated
- She's a total knockout! Mariah Carey can barely contain her cleavage as she attends Floyd Mayweather's birthday with boyfriend Bryan Tanaka
- George Michael's £18 million Highgate mansion 'was used for gay porn while he and boyfriend Fadi Fawaz were away on holiday' Without his knowledge
- Flirty lady! Selena Gomez goes bra-free in a tiny white halter top as she shares her very FIRST Instagram slideshow Social media sensation
- Blonde bombshell Elsa Hosk struts her stuff on the catwalk at Trussardi show in 70s inspired leather ensemble for Milan Fashion Week Catwalk queen
- As TV drama The Replacement shows how office rivals move in when you take maternity leave, LINDA KELSEY says... watch your back
- 'They were shocked': Adele's relatives 'disappointed' to learn the singer 'secretly wed long-term partner Simon Konecki without inviting them'
- The Beatle who vanished: He stood in for Ringo on their first world tour. But as a new film will reveal, Jimmie Nichol's brush with fame wrecked his life
- TOWIE's Jasmin Walia looks stunning in sexy suede thigh-high boots on a girl's night out in Mayfair with Ex On The Beach pal Kayleigh Morris
- Reese's nieces! Witherspoon beams as she works up a sweat at a yoga session after sharing cute snaps of the mini-me girls Lookalike nieces
- Pregnant Danielle Lloyd claims her ex-husband Jamie O'Hara 'BATTERED her with a shoe and STRANGLED her in front of their son' but he insists he would 'never touch a woman'
- W7ft 7in British actor who played Game of Thrones giant Mag the Mighty and was the UK's tallest man dies of heart failure, aged 36 Suffered heart failure
- 'I made it up': Marnie Simpson says she fabricated claims love rat Lewis Bloor 'sponged' £25k from her... as she hints they are back together
- Meryl Streep glows alongside Amy Adams at exclusive Night Before the Oscar party in LA... after accusing Karl Lagerfeld of 'lying and defaming' her
- 'About last night!' Vernon Kay playfully photobombs wife Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman as they party with the Strictly 2017 cast
- Fifty Shades of Suave: Jamie Dornan looks dapper in navy suit as he attends glitzy pre-Oscar dinner with wife Amelia Warner Dapper
- We see what he likes in her! Bobby Flay's Masters Of Sex actress girlfriend Helene Yorke looks lovely in a bikini while taking a dip in Miami
- Sam Faiers flaunts her cleavage in a 1920s-style white fringed jumpsuit as she attends pre-Oscars party with beau Paul Knightley Set to crack Hollywood
- Hitting the Hollywood parties! Pregnant Beyoncé shows off her cleavage as she holds hands with Jay Z at Weinstein's pre-Oscars bash
- Look at me! Dev Patel shares a joke with adorable Lion co-star Sunny Pawar at Weinstein Company dinner ahead of potential triumph at the Oscars
- Spoiling her mini me! Kim Zolciak throws her daughter Brielle Biermann a splashy 20th birthday party in West Hollywood Celebrating in style
- fWhat a difference a few days make! Abbey Clancy and her lookalike mum Karen stun in black cocktail dresses after boozy Brit night Just days ago she looked worse for wear
- 'They've decided to go down the surrogacy route': Claims Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are 'actively looking' for a carrier for baby number three
- 'Te amo': Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen celebrate eight-year wedding anniversary with sweet Instagram posts Loved up
- 'You were b****y brilliant!': Scarlett Moffatt leaves viewers 'in stitches' with her 'hilarious' guest role on Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Won over the audience
- Pregnancy cravings! Amal Clooney 'is eating pasta and risotto' as husband George has been 'indulging with her' as they prepare for twins
- Luvvies unite! Lily Cole, Damon Albarn and Mariella Frostrup join activists supporting Iranian director boycotting Oscars over Trump's travel ban
- Kris Jenner reveals she will be working the red carpet at the Oscars as she shares flashback photo with Giuliana Rancic and Ryan Seacrest
- 'I do not take this lightly': Meryl Streep blasts Karl Lagerfeld for 'defaming' her after claiming she demanded money to wear a Chanel dress to the Oscars
- Is she fur real? Naomi Campbell makes a statement in head-turning coat as she flaunts her toned pins at Milan Fashion Week Supermodel style
- The night before the transformation! Stars such as Jennifer Aniston, Amy Adams and 'The Rock' rehearse for the Oscars, make-up free in jeans and sweatpants
- Teresa Palmer shows off her stunning post baby body in a slinky metallic gown at the Oscars after giving birth to son Forest TWO MONTHS ago
- Party girls! Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi giggle as they hold hands while leaving a pre-Oscars bash Celebrations
- Braless Nicole Scherzinger flaunts her assets in very sexy plunging fairytale gown as she joins a host of stars pre-Oscars dinner She's known for her eclectic sense of style
- 'I don't want her to sing about ME!': Perrie Edwards' beau Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain reveals he's 'nervous' he'll get targeted in a Little Mix lyric if they split
- Sam Faiers enjoys a blissful day at Venice Beach with her boyfriend Paul Knightley and their baby son... amid claims she's 'launching a career in LA'
- Imogen Thomas rocks white blouse with black skinny jeans as she joins Kimberly Wyatt and her adorable family at Teletubbies 20th anniversary bash
- A reminder of Harry? Meghan Markle shows off a new bracelet as she settles back into Toronto life after two months with her prince Following an extended visit to the Prince
- That's just booty-ful! Amber Rose flaunts her enviably perky posterior in skintight colourful leggings as she leaves dance class in Los Angeles Amber Rose looked chic
- Britain's got booty! Amanda Holden shows off her pert posterior in 50s clinging white dress as she glams up to film TV talent show In the midst of filming for Britain's Got Talent
- It's Cheering Sheeran! Ed gets major boyfriend points as he takes selfies with fans while supporting girlfriend Cherry Seaborn at hockey match Melted hearts
- Sweater weather! Makeup-free Chloe Moretz looks comfy in dark striped pullover as she heads out with pals in Los Angeles Chloe Moretz looked comfy
- Are you Friel-ing OK? Braless Anna pulls a series of comedy poses in plunging black maxi dress as she attends the screening of latest film Tomato Red In a playful mood
- Britney Spears flaunts her fabulous figure in peach tank top and sweats as she heads to dance class in LA The 35-year-old singer looked in fantastic shape
- Au revoir? Ian Thorpe's model boyfriend Ryan Channing moves to France WITHOUT the Olympian after the pair's one year anniversary
- Poppy Delevingne teams baby pink and black feathered skirt with patent leather jacket at pre-Oscars bash in Hollywood She has designers desperate to dress her
- They look so Funny Girl! Sheridan Smith looks kooky in snazzy snakeskin leggings as she and her mother take their dogs for a walk in Manchester during rehearsal break
- Zach Braff says it's time for Alec Baldwin to 'suit up' and step in for Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner Trading places
- From boardwalk to catwalk! Pamela Anderson wows in a demure floral dress with elaborate gold sunglasses as she attends Dolce & Gabbana show
- How low can she go? Shanina Shaik stuns in a plunging gown complete with daring thigh-split as she attends pre-Oscars bash with model pal Jasmine Tookes Shanina Shaik is used to catching the eye
- How I faced up to my fear of death and learned to love myself at 50: Breakfast TV star KATE GARRAWAY tries bizarre life hacks including 'throat chakra' to turn back time
- Peep show! Ariel Winter puts her cleavage on display in plunging sheer lingerie bustier for a new shoot The 19-year-old left little to the imagination
- 'What do people think goes on?': Michelle Keegan fires back at rumours her marriage to Mark Wright is in trouble... but rules out sending him nudes for fear of getting hacked
- 'Why is she so miserable?' Fans slam Michelle Keegan's 'dull and dreary' appearance on Ant And Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as show goes embarrasingly wrong
- Svelte Vicky Pattison sizzles in tight red satin dress as she takes boyfriend John Noble on a double date with Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash in Essex
- Ferne McCann glams up in TWO slinky outfits for brave return to Celebs Go Dating... as she gets over embarrassment of suffering bowel problems during TV date
- Looking Good, man! Reality star Chloe shows off her fabulous figure in a pink suede ensemble as she dines out with sister Lauryn... after undergoing 'booty makeover'
- 'She's thrilled and SO happy': Gary Lineker's ex-wife Danielle Bux 'is expecting her first child with boyfriend Nate Greenwald' A year after they split
- 'I had NO idea!' Little Mix's Jade Thirlwall is left red-faced and 'howling' with laughter after fans point out she was wearing her dress back to front all day
- Someone's in bloom! Pregnant Amal Clooney covers her growing baby bump in floral print minidress as she steps out for romantic dinner date with George
- Hailee Steinfeld looks sublime in pussybow blouse and leather trousers as she steps out at Pre-Oscar dinner The 20-year-old actress showed off her fashion credentials in leather
- I need a One Shop! Superstar rapper Drake leaves locals baffled as he pops into Co-Op near Birmingham to buy some sweets in late-night trip
- Who's who in Meghan's crew: meet the British social set of Prince Harry's girlfriend Who will she be hanging out with if she moves to Kensington Palace
- Dancing queens! Daisy Lowe bares her enviably flat abs in a black crop top as she enjoys night out with Louise Redknapp following Strictly tour
- Chic and classy! Lily Collins cuts a sophisticated figure in an off-the-shoulder top and pencil skirt as she steps out at Charles Finch and Chanel pre-Oscars bash
- Jeremy Kyle's ex-wife says their nanny 'morphed' into her during years with the TV host's family by copying clothes, hair-style and even her POSES before stealing her husband
- Flawless Sofia Richie shows off her toned tummy under slogan sweater as she enjoys a casual outing in Milan amid Fashion Week The 18-year-old budding fashionista
- The Voice contestant Linda Jennings is left 'hurt' as she's accused of being a 'former heroin addict who once sold her friend's guitar for drug money' Hit out at accusations
- 'She did her very best and I love her with all my heart!' Linda Lusardi pays tribute to daughter Lucy Kane after she is eliminated from The Voice following sing-off with Nadine McGhee
- Did they just have a ROW-IE? TOWIE lovebirds Megan McKenna and Pete Wicks are seen looking tense after 'getting into an argument in public'
- Looking Foxy! Vivica Fox sips red wine and strikes sexy pose in slinky white dress at Floyd Mayweather Jr's birthday party Glamorous
- SPOILER ALERT! EastEnders' Denise Fox is on the brink of signing her baby over for adoption... but can she go through with it? Gave birth to Phil Mitchell's lovechild
- No sore head here! Princess Beatrice looks bright-eyed as she leaves the Chiltern Firehouse at 3.30am after a night of partying The princess looked fresh-faced
- Pascal Craymer struggles to contain her ample assets in a scarlet bodycon dress with VERY revealing cut-outs as she joins former TOWIE co-stars at Essex salon launch
- Lauren Goodger continues to flaunt her 10lb weight loss in sexy mini skirt... as TOWIE's Amber Dowding bares her cleavage in very skimpy top at Essex beauty salon launch
- Uma-ma! Actress Thurman enjoys a day out at New York City's Central Park with daughter Luna following bitter custody battle with ex Arpad Busson
- Lottie Moss puts on a leggy display in a dove grey mini dress as she parties at Bvlgari's pre-Oscars bash at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont
- Playboy bunny Carla Howe goes braless in an extreme plunging skintight maroon catsuit Carla, 26, flaunted her flesh in a figure-hugging all-in-one
- 'We've been through so much': James Arthur confirms he is back with ex Jessica Grist... and gushes she is 'special' after supporting him through glass attack
- 'Just what I needed': Pregnant Danielle Lloyd shows off her bump during relaxing spa day with fiancé Michael O'Neill... as feud with Jamie O'Hara rages on
- One is not amused! Jenna Coleman cheekily pokes her tongue out on the set of Victoria in royal finery, as eagerly-awaited second series of ITV's hit royal drama begins filming
- Make-up free Heidi Klum nails off-duty chic in stylish navy tunic and snakeskin boots Heidi Klum headed to a Beverly Hills beauty salon for some pre-Oscar's pampering
- 'Step back and take a look at your life': Danny Dyer's aunt urges the troubled EastEnders star to get a grip for the sake of his wife and children
- 'Honey P!' Peter Kay dresses as X Factor rapper Honey G while filling in for Robbie Williams as guest judge on Let It Shine finale He made an entrance
- LOCK-ing in another business venture! Katie Price takes to Twitter to reveal beauty salon opening... after admitting she relies on wigs and extensions due to hair loss
- Nigella Lawson 'enjoys a candlelit date' with an author and film producer who was falsely jailed for the IRA murder of a policeman in the 1970s
- 'It was one of the best nights I've ever had': Spandau Ballet's Martin Kemp admits he enjoyed an eight-hour drug spree with Steve Strange in his youth It was GOLD!
- Bright and beautiful! Nicole Kidman is chic in cream satin while BFF Naomi Watts cuts a colourful figure at Charles Finch and Chanel pre-Oscar dinner
- Lily Allen reveals she's bipolar and tells her Twitter followers she suffered post traumatic stress disorder after her son was stillborn Told Twitter followers
- Beaming Mariah Carey looks relaxed and happy as she returns to LA with boyfriend Bryan Tanaka and her twins after Dubai trip Returned to LAX with her travelling companions
- Life's a beach! Model Jesinta Campbell flaunts STUNNING bikini body on romantic holiday with husband Buddy Franklin Documenting their loved-up trip on Instagram
- Kristin Cavallari shows off slim figure in black as she enjoys shopping trip ahead of red carpet hosting gig at the Oscars Enjoyed a day of shopping
- Focusing on family! Oscars-snubbed Amy Adams enjoys walk with husband Darren Le Gallo and daughter Aviana Spotted enjoying a stroll in Los Angeles
- Loving the single life! Flip Or Flop's Christina El Moussa shows off her toned legs in mini dress after split from Gary Anderson Beaming
- Nicky Hilton shows off her lean legs in skinny jeans as she takes daughter Lily for a stroll through NYC She's made sure to keep active after welcoming daughter Lily in July
- 'It's going to be hectic': Celine Dion gives pregnant Beyonce advice on raising twins but adds 'she knows what she's doing' The 48-year-old singer gave heartfelt advice
- Missing Harry? Meghan Markle seeks comfort in a pal as she is spotted in Toronto afte extended stay at Kensington Palace with Prince Harry
- 'I will give her a back rub': Chrissy Teigen offers to give Alicia Vikander a massage after finding out she is sitting behind the actress at the Academy Awards
- Legs eleven...out of ten! Josephine Skriver and Toni Garrn showcase their sculpted stems at Bulgari pre-Oscar bash Bulgari threw a cocktail dinner
- Academy Award favorite Viola Davis takes her six-year-old daughter Genesis to a gifting lounge ahead of Oscar night At the GBK Pre-OSCAR Luxury Lounge
- Busting out! Pia Muehlenbeck flaunts VERY ample assets in a skimpy bikini poolside at luxurious Bali resort Instagram royalty Pia Muehlenbeck flaunted her ample assets
- Katherine Heigl cuddles with her three children and husband in sweet Instagram snap a day after her CBS show was cancelled Enjoying precious quality time with her family
- Caitlyn Jenner steps out for retail therapy after criticising Donald Trump for reversing transgender bathroom bill Stepped out with a friend for a day of retail therapy
- What a sweetheart! Katharine McPhee treats herself to ice cream backstage at the Independent Spirit Awards
- No Scandal here! Kerry Washington is joined by hubby Nnamdi Asomugha in rare outing together at Independent Spirit Awards Appeared to be a special occasion
- Ooh la la! Keri Russell leaves little to the imagination in lacy blazer as she attends The Americans premiere with boyfriend Matthew Rhys
- Abbey Clancy oozes glamour in backless black gown as she makes elegant appearance at the Emeralds and Ivy Ball... following her wild night out at the BRITs
- Look out La La Land! Moonlight SWEEPS Independent Spirit Awards by winning SIX gongs including top honor Best Feature... as Oscars loom
- Former TOWIE star Frankie Essex flashes her cleavage in thigh-skimming playsuit as she attends salon launch... after losing more than two stone
- Giddy up! Farm girl Kylie Jenner spends the day with horses and goats in playful Snapchat posts The 19-year-old was joined by Jordyn Woods
- Head judge Jason? Strictly stalwart is tipped to waltz into Len Goodman's ballroom shoes Chief choreographer Jason Gilkison is tipped