'I hope you die before me': What Carla Bruni told Francois Hollande after they were forced to sit next to each other at funeral of 'French Elvis' Jonny Hallyday
Former French First Lady Carla Bruni has never seen eye-to-eye with socialist Francois Hollande, who won the presidency from her conservative husband, Nicolas Sarkozy. ...read
MAX HASTINGS: Whatever happened to British gumption?
A Martian who descended upon Britain this week would gaze in awe upon a society half-paralysed, locked down by the elements. Except that it is all nonsense. ...read
She won loud rhubarbings of support... the crisis has passed: QUENTIN LETTS hears Theresa May give her Brexit statement
There was no mistaking a lift in the Government’s mood when Theresa May came to the Commons to make a statement about her Brussels agreement, writes QUENTIN LETTS. ...read
It is not Alan Partridge who's the EU dinosaur: RICHARD LITTLEJOHN on why he is no fan of self-regarding celebs who sneer at the masses
The other night I was invited to a gala Christmas dinner in London. At the next table was Steve Coogan, of Alan Partridge fame, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN. ...read
Eleven points clear at top of Premier League but Pep Guardiola must still answer to Manchester City chiefs
MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: One would imagine that, 11 points clear, Pep Guardiola does not have to spend much time justifying his methods to his employers. ...read
Manchester United to beat Sevilla but Chelsea will pay the price for finishing second: Jamie Redknapp's guide to the Champions League Last 16 draw
Sportsmail's JAMIE REDKNAPP analyses all eight games to come in the Champions League Last 16 and predicts the victors, with four out of five English teams set to qualify. ...read
Only a fool would write off Alastair Cook... he's come through 149 Tests and still fighting hard for England
NASSER HUSSAIN: The greatest compliment I can pay Alastair Cook on the eve of his 150th Test cap is that if I wanted an England player to bat for my life it would be him. ...read
Football Association raise eyebrows as paparazzi-linked SilverHub become new official England photographers
CHARLES SALE - THE SPORTS AGENDA: The FA, who like to keep England’s training under wraps, have snappers who work for the same company as the world's biggest paparazzi agency. ...read
CITY DIARY: The Dastardly Mr Deedes is in New York to dish the dirt on Wall Street
The liberal elite’s loathing of President Trump here in New York is eclipsed only by their disdain for Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin’s Scots-born wife Louise Linton. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: It's true, we've NEVER had a president like Trump - he actually keeps his promises. No wonder the liberal media can't stand him
To say Trump is ‘polarizing’ is to massively understate the sheer enormity of hatred that exists toward the billionaire tycoon who won the White House just over a year ago. ...read
RACHEL JOHNSON: If there’s no booze or snogging at my office party, I’m not going!
Getting drunk and embarrassing yourself used to be part of the Christmas party season job description but there has been an unwelcome crackdown festive fun and those days are over. ...read
My energy firm docked 5% VAT off my Warm Home Discount - but shouldn't I get the full £140?
The Department for Work and Pensions has awarded me a ‘Warm Home Discount’ payment of £140. When my electricity bill came in this payment was shown on the bill as being £133.43. ...read
High time you rewarded your 'rock', Theresa: ANDREW PIERCE says Graham Brady should be brought into the Cabinet in a New Year reshuffle
After her triumph in Brussels on Friday morning and full steam ahead now for Brexit, May has been enjoying her best headlines since the General Election. ...read
HEALTH: Nature's medicine for sore joints
When financier John Carey, then 35, woke up one night in 2002 with a searing pain in the ball of his left foot, the last thing on his mind was gout ...read
By using the Grenfell catastrophe to score political points, the Left just make it less likely the families will get to the truth, writes STEPHEN GLOVER
Most people probably have very little idea what the Equality and Human Rights Commission either is or does, and I suspect they don’t really care, writes STEPHEN GLOVER. ...read
Michael Oliver is the best referee in the Premier League... he got most of his calls right in the Manchester derby
Confident enough to caution Kyle Walker in the fourth minute for a poor challenge on Ander Herrera and good enough to turn down close penalty calls. Oliver’s best quality is his calmness. ...read
Why order of the boot can be vital: Last weekend's action showed us why kicking is one the most important aspects of modern rugby
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Yes, rugby is a handling, running game but never underestimate the importance of kicking and how it can contribute to good, attacking rugby. ...read
Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling is now a complete player... as Dejan Lovren's clumsiness cost Liverpool dear in Merseyside derby
MARTIN KEOWN: Raheem Sterling proved he has come of age by showing smartness to keep the ball in the corner as the end neared, while Dejan Lovren had an afternoon to forget. ...read
Ederson has turned Manchester City from pretenders into Premier League champions-elect... they could never win a title with Claudio Bravo in goal
CHRIS SUTTON - MY VERDICT: We can all marvel at Manchester City’s array of attacking talent. What has really transformed them into champions-elect is their goalkeeper, Ederson. ...read
England face another Ashes whitewash: Their big guns must fire if they are to avoid complete humiliation
GLENN MCGRATH: I heard what Joe Root said after Adelaide about his side still being in the series, but the reality is that if England fall behind in Perth, we’re looking at a whitewash. ...read
'I hope you die before me': What Carla Bruni told Francois Hollande after they were forced to sit next to each other at funeral of 'French Elvis' Jonny Hallyday
Former French First Lady Carla Bruni has never seen eye-to-eye with socialist Francois Hollande, who won the presidency from her conservative husband, Nicolas Sarkozy. ...read
MAX HASTINGS: Whatever happened to British gumption?
A Martian who descended upon Britain this week would gaze in awe upon a society half-paralysed, locked down by the elements. Except that it is all nonsense. ...read
She won loud rhubarbings of support... the crisis has passed: QUENTIN LETTS hears Theresa May give her Brexit statement
There was no mistaking a lift in the Government’s mood when Theresa May came to the Commons to make a statement about her Brussels agreement, writes QUENTIN LETTS. ...read
It is not Alan Partridge who's the EU dinosaur: RICHARD LITTLEJOHN on why he is no fan of self-regarding celebs who sneer at the masses
The other night I was invited to a gala Christmas dinner in London. At the next table was Steve Coogan, of Alan Partridge fame, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: It's true, we've NEVER had a president like Trump - he actually keeps his promises. No wonder the liberal media can't stand him
To say Trump is ‘polarizing’ is to massively understate the sheer enormity of hatred that exists toward the billionaire tycoon who won the White House just over a year ago. ...read
High time you rewarded your 'rock', Theresa: ANDREW PIERCE says Graham Brady should be brought into the Cabinet in a New Year reshuffle
After her triumph in Brussels on Friday morning and full steam ahead now for Brexit, May has been enjoying her best headlines since the General Election. ...read
By using the Grenfell catastrophe to score political points, the Left just make it less likely the families will get to the truth, writes STEPHEN GLOVER
Most people probably have very little idea what the Equality and Human Rights Commission either is or does, and I suspect they don’t really care, writes STEPHEN GLOVER. ...read
PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Hollywood egos and the #MeToo bandwagon insult the real victims of sexual attacks
The #MeToo protest movement, which encouraged women to post details of sexual harassment and assault online, went viral round the world. ...read
ALEX BRUMMER: Rise of the internet economy is driving end-of-year surge for bids and deals
Several strategies are in play. There is the ‘two drunks holding each other up’ ploy, in which badly placed enterprises embrace in the hope they will be stronger together. ...read
TOM UTLEY: Is it so wicked to gush with rapture over a Christmas gift of a revolting tie or undrinkable brandy?
Why do people squeal with 'well-bred rapture' like Joanna Lumley on a travel show when they unwrap mundane gifts from their family members on Christmas morning, asks TOM UTLEY. ...read
Will William and Harry refuse to let Camilla be Queen? Charles is thrilled about the engagement... but trouble may be brewing, writes RICHARD KAY
It’s perfectly possible that if people were asked who should be the next monarch today, Harry would top the poll. But that will never happen, and Charles will carry on regardless anyway. ...read
He knew she was The One the moment he saw her: ROBERT HARDMAN witnesses an (understandably) nervous moment for the happy couple at Kensington Palace
Even for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, both naturals in front of a crowd, their first official appearance together in front of the cameras was a nervous moment, writes ROBERT HARDMAN. ...read
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Police should enforce the law, not change it
Chief Constables are not hired to change the law. They are hired to enforce it. Mike Barton, the Durham Police chief, needs to be sharply reminded of this, THE MAIL ON SUNDAY says. ...read
The market town that refused to die: Community comes together to save the library, bus service, post office and garage
They do things differently in Hawes — a market town wedged between the rugged splendour of Wether Fell, Fleet Moss and Stags Fell, deep in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. ...read
I'm not surprised the absurd Church of England says boys can wear tiaras to school. All common sense has been lost in the gender debate, writes A.N. WILSON
Nursery bosses believe it will be good for children to meet people who 'defy rigid gender restrictions' but I would humbly suggest they should be learning to add up and spell words correctly. ...read
PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Is wheelchair-bound George Bush, 93, REALLY a sex pest and would these claims be made if he wasn't a former US President?
Can former President George Bush really be a serial sex offender — in his 90s? That’s the extraordinary claim now being made in these febrile days of the Harvey Weinstein scandal. ...read
KATIE HOPKINS: My wedding dress and why Brexit isn’t the only unfair divorce blighting Britain
I divorced my first husband, who married me despite this dress in which I am told I look like a transsexual body builder, and we did it with some efficiency, writes KATIE HOPKINS. ...read
Vince, patron saint of U-turns is at it again: Lib Dem leader makes opposition to Brexit his priority.... despite having very different views not long ago
Vince Cable has made a career out of U-turns so it's not surprising that the new Lib Dem leader should be accused of yet another screeching about-face. First, he moved from the Labour Party. ...read
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Former Labour leader and current MP Ed Miliband misses State Opening of Parliament to pursue his new DJ career
Ed Miliband (pictured) used to disapprove of MPs seeking additional employment. ‘We’ve got to settle the issue of MPs taking second jobs once and for all,’ he declared in 2015. ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Labour's mask slips on this 'Day of Rage'
If Corbyn truly believed in democracy, he’d roundly condemn today’s ‘Day of Rage’, organised by the storm troops of the hard Left to bring London to a halt and help overthrow the Government. ...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
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
Eleven points clear at top of Premier League but Pep Guardiola must still answer to Manchester City chiefs
MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: One would imagine that, 11 points clear, Pep Guardiola does not have to spend much time justifying his methods to his employers. ...read
Manchester United to beat Sevilla but Chelsea will pay the price for finishing second: Jamie Redknapp's guide to the Champions League Last 16 draw
Sportsmail's JAMIE REDKNAPP analyses all eight games to come in the Champions League Last 16 and predicts the victors, with four out of five English teams set to qualify. ...read
Only a fool would write off Alastair Cook... he's come through 149 Tests and still fighting hard for England
NASSER HUSSAIN: The greatest compliment I can pay Alastair Cook on the eve of his 150th Test cap is that if I wanted an England player to bat for my life it would be him. ...read
Football Association raise eyebrows as paparazzi-linked SilverHub become new official England photographers
CHARLES SALE - THE SPORTS AGENDA: The FA, who like to keep England’s training under wraps, have snappers who work for the same company as the world's biggest paparazzi agency. ...read
Michael Oliver is the best referee in the Premier League... he got most of his calls right in the Manchester derby
Confident enough to caution Kyle Walker in the fourth minute for a poor challenge on Ander Herrera and good enough to turn down close penalty calls. Oliver’s best quality is his calmness. ...read
Why order of the boot can be vital: Last weekend's action showed us why kicking is one the most important aspects of modern rugby
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Yes, rugby is a handling, running game but never underestimate the importance of kicking and how it can contribute to good, attacking rugby. ...read
Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling is now a complete player... as Dejan Lovren's clumsiness cost Liverpool dear in Merseyside derby
MARTIN KEOWN: Raheem Sterling proved he has come of age by showing smartness to keep the ball in the corner as the end neared, while Dejan Lovren had an afternoon to forget. ...read
Ederson has turned Manchester City from pretenders into Premier League champions-elect... they could never win a title with Claudio Bravo in goal
CHRIS SUTTON - MY VERDICT: We can all marvel at Manchester City’s array of attacking talent. What has really transformed them into champions-elect is their goalkeeper, Ederson. ...read
Manchester City under Pep Guardiola look more like a Sir Alex Ferguson team than Jose Mourinho's United
GLENN HODDLE: It will hurt Manchester United fans to hear this but their neighbours Manchester City, so often subordinates in the past, have the look of an Alex Ferguson team. ...read
How can Margaret Court say she spreads love when she is stoking so much division, dismay and anger?
OLIVER HOLT: Applause is coming from the small hall at the Victory Life Centre in Perth, Western Australia. A young, impassioned clergyman called Pastor Israel is preaching to a crowd of 70. ...read
We're not feeling sorry for ourselves we're still in the hunt for the Ashes despite Adelaide defeat seeing us go 2-0 down with three to play
STUART BROAD: Yes we are two down but this feels completely different to last time at this stage when we were in Australia. Four years ago we were getting heavily beaten, but in this series we’ve competed. ...read
They're still the champions! Queen may try too hard to be dynamite with a laser beam but the hits come shining through on stage in Nottingham
How do you replace the irreplaceable? That’s been the question for Brian May and Roger Taylor ever since Freddie Mercury died in 1991. And their answer is: with an almost winner of American Idol. ...read
How Manchester United's giants can hurt Manchester City's magicians... Jose Mourinho's side look up the table at rivals but on the pitch the tables have turned on Pep Guardiola' side
KIERAN GILL - THE NUMBERS GAME: The statistics show Guardiola’s City are the second worst in the league for winning aerial duels, beaten only to the wooden spoon by Liverpool. ...read
Lee Selby's array of animals have kept him calm and collected in the build-up to the fight with Eduardo Ramirez
JEFF POWELL: It sounds like a spinoff of The Twelve Days of Christmas as Lee Selby rattles off the menagerie of animals he keeps at his house in south Wales. ...read
Never forget derbies are the days legends can be made... things couldn't have gone better the first time I played for Liverpool against Everton
PETER CROUCH COLUMN: How can I best explain the feeling of playing in a derby? Given the clashes in Merseyside and Manchester, it’s got me thinking about the battles I’ve been involved in. ...read
HOT OR NOT: Saturday night football is natural for the Premier League and Arsenal's Hector Bellerin must learn to tackle before he gets seriously injured
IAN LADYMAN: Much of what the former England star says continues to reek of undimmed self-regard but Kevin Pietersen is a natural TV analyst and never scared of pertinent topics. ...read
THE SECRET SCOUT: Leicester young defender Darnell Johnson has all the physical attributes but needs to be sharper on his feet
THE SECRET SCOUT: Looking closely at this young centre back, I see a big, square-shouldered, physical presence hat may intimidate some strikers — not unlike his club captain Wes Morgan. ...read
JONNY BAIRSTOW: Yes I’ve been sledged, but I’ve not lost any friends
JONNY BAIRSTOW: It’s been an interesting couple of weeks. Let’s clear up the business I got caught up in at the end of the first Test. A headbutt, to me, is something that has malicious intent. ...read
Joe Root needs to up his conversion rate and Jonny Bairstow is wasted at No 8 - BUMBLE ON THE TEST
DAVID LLOYD: England flopped on the final day of the second Ashes Test, crumbling to hand Australia a 2-0 series lead. Here, our Sportsmail columnist reflects on day five in Adelaide. ...read
With Roy Hodgson in charge there is no way Crystal Palace will be relegated this season... and why Alan Shearer still owes me a tenner!
MARTIN ALLEN: I watched Crystal Palace take on Stoke recently and Roy Hodgson's team were — as you'd expect — well-organised, hard to break down, and there is no way they will be relegated. ...read
Exeter's Rob Baxter has to be made Eddie Jones's heir and take charge of England after the next World Cup
WORLD OF RUGBY - CHRIS FOY: The RFU’S new chief executive should drive to Devon and only come back when Rob Baxter has agreed to take charge of England after the World Cup. ...read
Rugby must take the lead from football to help the Pacific Islands rise again... and it's certainly time England paid a visit to Samoa, Tonga and Fiji
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: World Rugby must decide how badly they want Samoa, Fiji and Tonga to remain part of the Test scene as meaningful competitors. ...read
Mohamed Salah is the new King of Anfield and is banging in goals with Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane… but they have some way to go to match the famous trio of Raheem Sterling, Daniel Sturridge and Luis Suarez
MERSEY BEAT: Quietly they are making their presence felt, fired primarily by the feats of their flying front three. Goals are what transform sides in the Premier League. ...read
It won't get easier for Pep Guardiola's top dogs as teams will adopt similar tactics to Huddersfield's
ALAN PARDEW: This is what Manchester City can expect now. They’ve set their mark. But what I also saw in their performance away to a tigerish Huddersfield is that they can come from behind. ...read
Anthony Joshua wants Joseph Parker and his belt... if the Kiwi's camp are serious they should make a deal before the opportunity of a lifetime slips away
EDDIE HEARN: There’s been a lot of fun and games from Joseph Parker’s camp and they are doing a great job in driving up interest in a massive unification fight with Anthony Joshua. ...read
Final-round duel between Justin Rose and Sergio Garcia at the Masters was the highlight of a thrilling year
DEREK LAWRENSON - WORLD OF GOLF: After another absorbing golf year, let’s look back on the biggest, best and worst bits featuring Garcia, Rose and Jordan Spieth. ...read
MARTIN SAMUEL: Man United made a point at Liverpool but so did Sevilla and Burnley… it’s only a good result if Jose Mourinho's ambition is to finish above Liverpool
THE DEBATE this week is all about Man United’s draw at Liverpool and my assertion it might not prove a good away point for Jose Mourinho. There's also some blinding reggae from Bangladesh. ...read
Anthony Joshua proves he has his feet firmly on the ground in engrossing BBC documentary 'The Fight Of My Life' as he relives Wladimir Klitschko victory with blow-by-blow account
MARK WEBSTER - EDGE OF THE BOX: Much like he did on the night he beat Wladimir Klitschko, Anthony Joshua does not disappoint in BBC One documentary 'The Fight Of My Life'. ...read
Ben Stokes joins elite club on Lord's honours boards and becomes a true all-rounder after taking six wickets
TOP SPIN AT THE TEST: Ben Stokes became the sixth England player to appear on the Lord’s honours boards both for scoring a century and now taking five or more wickets in an innings. ...read
Manchester United keeping track of Fulham teenager Ryan Sessegnon as Tottenham turn their attention to Estudiantes defender Juan Foyth
SIMON JONES - TRANSFER COLUMN: Manchester United remain admirers of Tottenham target Ryan Sessegnon. The 17-year-old continues to impress scouts with his Championship displays. ...read
Jo Konta may have a quirky serve... but it is the one part of her game that gives her the edge over Venus Williams
BRAD GILBERT: You can easily be distracted by the quirky routines in Jo Konta’s serve, those little skips and the odd way she bounces the ball — but don’t be fooled. ...read
Zinedine Zidane retaining the Champions League with Real Madrid will see him match up to Brian Clough and Bob Paisley
JAMIE CARRAGHER: Zinedine Zidane was a genius as a player, one of the greatest we have ever seen, but so far his career in the dugout has passed without significant acclaim. ...read
Investec Derby tips: Classy Cliffs of Moher to fly at Epsom as colt looks to hand Aidan O'Brien a sixth winner
SAM TURNER: Cliffs of Moher (Epsom, 4.30) is named in honour of one of Ireland's most picturesque natural wonders and the equine version could be poised to deliver a performance of beauty. ...read
The Prediction Challenge: Sportsmail's experts go head to head on this weekend's Premier League matches... Martin Keown vs Jack Gaughan
Welcome to The Prediction Challenge. It's what millions of us do every day - predicting what the score will be in a Premier League match. ...read
My time in the Indian Premier League is coming to an end... it's been frustrating at times but certainly an experience that I won't forget
TYMAL MILLS: I am doing my best to feature in our last game away at Delhi on Sunday so I can at very least contribute to the team one last time before I head home. ...read
One For Arthur winning the Grand National was like a dream... but things did not go quite so well in training
PETER SCUDAMORE: Almost every aspect of One For Arthur’s training programme had been thoroughly documented on our stable website by my partner Lucinda Russell — except one. ...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
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
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
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
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
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
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: 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
Sexist japes are behind us, says panto boss: Director explains why he has toned down his shows following inappropriate behaviour allegations
Seasonal pantomimes will have a little less sauce this year because of the furore over inappropriate behaviour, writes BAZ BAMIGBOYE. ...read
How a British schoolgirl became her family's $6.5m breadwinner: The incredible rise of Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown,13, whose parents were living on handouts before she landed the dream role
She's the elfin English girl whose middle-class parents gambled everything to realise her dream of stardom, moving their four children from Bournemouth to Los Angeles. ...read
JACI STEPHEN: Sublime camerawork ...but a script all at sea
f anyone could change my mind about fish, surely it would be Sir David Attenborough, veteran broadcaster and naturalist and an altogether adorable man ...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
LIZ JONES: Stuff the snooty theatre and people squeezing past your knees because they're incontinent... I've a box set to binge-watch!
It was supposed to be a treat. It turned into the night from hell, writes LIZ JONES. A friend bought two tickets to a play, and persuaded me, against my better judgment, to go along. ...read
BEL MOONEY: I’ve lost my wife of 50 years and the pain is becoming unbearable
This week, BEL MOONEY advises a man whose wife died in April. He thought she was going to pull through, but she lapsed into a coma and it was too late. ...read
JANET STREET PORTER: Macho medics condemned Brenda to a literal living hell. So stop planning the perfect funeral you’ll never see and make sure YOU die in the most dignified way you can
Brenda Grant was a considerate woman who had given a lot of thought about how she wanted to die, but she was treated like a premature baby or a vegetable, writes JANET STREET PORTER. ...read
From mastering the dress code to her over-enthusiastic wave, etiquette expert William Hanson reveals what Meghan got right (and wrong) during her first public appearances with Prince Harry
British etiquette expert William Hanson says Meghan should adopt the more restrained 'Windsor wave', which is less tiring, However, he says that her outfit on Friday was 'on point'. ...read
Why would a wife NOT pick up her husband's dirty socks? JAN MOIR says Barbara Taylor Bradford was simply dispensing the wisdom of another age
JAN MOIR: Barbara Taylor Bradford opined that wives should pick up their husband’s socks if he leaves them lying on the floor. As the words left her lips, a thousand feminists per acre fainted. ...read
As a racy magazine for midlife women hits the news-stands, its editor ROWAN PELLING says... Yes! 60 is the new sexy
When I first became a so-called ‘sexpert’, I was 28. Back then, I was editor of a journal called The Erotic Review. Two decades later, I can see I was painfully young to claim much expertise about sex. ...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
The web's a dark place but there is one glimmer of hope
SANDRA PARSONS: Today's young woman has a wider selection of men from whom to choose — but if she isn't lucky enough to find her Mr Darcy at university or the office, she’s increasingly unlikely to meet him at all. ...read
ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Why I'm mad about the midi skirt
Demure but sexy, grown-up yet on-trend, the midi is a style to suit all women. ...read
ASK THE DOCTOR: Wearing a sports bra makes my chest pain worse: DR MARTIN SCURR answers readers' health questions
Jane King, from Bagshot, Surrey, has unexplained chest pain which is made worse by any sort of restriction, such as wearing a sports bra, as well as exercise. ...read
ASK DR ELLIE: Why do I have itchy arms in the autumn and is Insomnia a warning of Dementia?
Insomnia is a huge problem for many people in Britain, with more than 15 million prescriptions for sleeping tablets issued each year. But tablets are not a solution, writes Dr Ellie. ...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
CITY DIARY: The Dastardly Mr Deedes is in New York to dish the dirt on Wall Street
The liberal elite’s loathing of President Trump here in New York is eclipsed only by their disdain for Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin’s Scots-born wife Louise Linton. ...read
My energy firm docked 5% VAT off my Warm Home Discount - but shouldn't I get the full £140?
The Department for Work and Pensions has awarded me a ‘Warm Home Discount’ payment of £140. When my electricity bill came in this payment was shown on the bill as being £133.43. ...read
England face another Ashes whitewash: Their big guns must fire if they are to avoid complete humiliation
GLENN MCGRATH: I heard what Joe Root said after Adelaide about his side still being in the series, but the reality is that if England fall behind in Perth, we’re looking at a whitewash. ...read
TONY HETHERINGTON: 'I paid £3,000 to a debt collector to get our missing £20,000 back - now the firm's shut up shop, how can I get my money back?'
There is no proper system of licensing in the UK where business debts are concerned. This means that anyone can pocket fees and then shut up shop, writes Tony Hetherington. ...read
If you need monthly income, it is time to fill your boots with National Savings guaranteed income bonds, says JEFF PRESTRIDGE
Although a financial tool of the British Government, National Savings remains much loved by savers because of the one big advantage they have over the nasty banks - savings are rock solid safe. ...read
'I cashed out my Isas and lumped half of it in Bitcoin': LEE BOYCE on a conversation with a taxi driver that reveals how far the boom has reached
Recently, a taxi driver told me how he had taken money out of his Isas - and turned to Bitcoin and Premium Bonds instead. A foolish strategy - or a genius move? ...read
SIMON LAMBERT: Forget 'millennial railcard' gimmicks, here's an easy way to ease the pain of commuters paying £4,000 a year to get the train to work
There is a simple solution that could at least ease the pain of people paying thousands of pounds a year to get to work – officially allow people to salary sacrifice their season tickets. ...read
My eBay iPhone delivery was signed for but never arrived - I got a refund but now the seller is furious
I bought an iPhone 6 on eBay for £200 plus £5 postage. The seller sent the phone to me straight away via Royal Mail's 'signed for' service. On the day it was apparently delivered I was out. ...read
DAN HYDE: Steelworkers must be told the truth and get the pension protection they deserve
Steelworkers are being told they can have hundreds of thousands of pounds right now — an alluring prospect — if they give up a steady pension income in the future. ...read
I fought the L'Or and the L'Or won. RICHARD BROWNING spots another sneaky trick on the supermarket shelves - this time in the coffee aisle
Another installment in the series Don't Mess With My Brand sees Carte Noire replaced with a noisy new name, an apostrophe and a sneaky new jar size. ...read
The world's first economics and comedy festival showed me there's little more funny than money, says RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS
Economics and comedy. Not a conventional pairing.But after spending a weekend at the world’s first economics and comedy festival, I can tell you they’re a match made in heaven. ...read
SALLY HAMILTON: With the Budget in 10 days time Hammond should keep the few tax breaks the majority enjoy
The Paradise Papers have all week been revealing how the rich are getting ever richer. The published investigations reveal the murky world of financial advice for high rollers. ...read
How to fix our broken housing market and help savers? SARAH DAVIDSON suggests a new national housing bond backed by government ...
A national housing bond would take the pressure off the banks to lend to builders. It would also provide much needed funds to pump into building more affordable housing. ...read
LAURA WHITCOMBE: I've not been overcharged for my mobile but I still want out of my contract, so I'm going SIM-only. Here's how you can too
I may not be one of those mobile customers who's been ripped off by being overcharged for their handset but I still want out of my contract. I'm going SIM-only and here's how you can too. ...read
Mike Ashley announced he is willing to sell Newcastle in instalments... this smacks of desperation
JAMES CONEY — FINANCE EDITOR: Newcastle United should be a red-hot prospect for anyone wanting to buy a football club - a vast, loyal fanbase, giant stadium and high-profile manager. ...read
Austerity was a blunt mistake and Brexit can’t cure these self-made ills, says SIMON WATKINS
History is on my mind because this will be my final column as City Editor of The Mail on Sunday and I am reflecting on my years at this paper reporting on financial affairs. ...read
JON REES: From the poor to the rich, to the political parties, who pays the biggest price for inflation?
Prices have risen since the referendum on Brexit last year and as we report below there is more to come with package holidays set to cost us all more, too, writes Jon Rees. ...read
MONEY MORALS: Can I ask my daughter to pay me for my time spent looking after my grandchild?
As a pensioner I don't have a huge income and I'm considering asking my daughter if she would give me some money for the days I look after my grandson. ...read
VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Why your data is priceless...and why it's essential you protect it
It's easy to forget just how much mobiles have changed the way we live. While once you used to carry around an A to Z, address book, camera and cards - all this is now on your phone. ...read
REBECCA RUTT: Virgin Media, stop charging customers £240 when they move home - it's not their fault your broadband isn't available
Virgin Media charges customers who move home up to £240 to cancel their contract if they cannot get Virgin services at their new address. ...read
From flavoured pork scratchings to spicy Indian tea, food start-ups battle it out in Virgin StartUp’s 2017 competition
Nick Coleman, co-founder of flavoured pork scratchings brand The Snaffling Pig Co, and spicy Indian tea brand Tuk Tuk Chai, founded by husband and wife Rupesh and Alexandra Thomas ...read
Confusing charges on holiday: Roaming may now be 'free' - but you can still get CAUGHT out
Phone users are being warned that a new crackdown on roaming charges in Europe could land them with higher bills. ...read
The Green Party has at least one thing right, says ADRIAN LOWERY: a four-day working week would increase our quality of life more than any amount of economic growth
Common sense tells me that five-to-two is just too big a ratio. More than twice as many days spent working as not working? Hmmm. ...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
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
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
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
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
RACHEL JOHNSON: If there’s no booze or snogging at my office party, I’m not going!
Getting drunk and embarrassing yourself used to be part of the Christmas party season job description but there has been an unwelcome crackdown festive fun and those days are over. ...read
PETER HITCHENS: How do we save British politics? Make MPs get the bus to work
How clever of the Defence Ministry to tell Chancellor Philip Hammond to pay his overdue bills if he wants to carry on flying in RAF planes, writes PETER HITCHENS. ...read
With EU funds drying up post-Brexit, now is the time to take stock of the London Stock Exchange, says RUTH SUNDERLAND
The London Stock Exchange is being treated like a plaything by a hedge fund manager and trying and failing to merge with its German counterpart, writes Ruth Sunderland. ...read
BLACK DOG: PM pulled off Punch and Judy diplomacy after seeing Christmas show for children at Downing Street
During Thursday evening’s tense Brexit negotiations, Theresa May headed upstairs to her Downing Street flat to start her all-night power-broking calls. ...read
LIZ JONES: Don't check my PC now, officer. I just finished a 50 Shades review!
The accusation that Theresa May’s deputy Damian Green had thousands of legal, but still X-rated images on his work computer made me wonder how he had the time, writes LIZ JONES. ...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
HEALTH: Nature's medicine for sore joints
When financier John Carey, then 35, woke up one night in 2002 with a searing pain in the ball of his left foot, the last thing on his mind was gout ...read
BEAUTY CLINIC: I'm looking for an oil-free eyelid base
I would like to wear eye shadow and liner but even the smudge/water proof ones end up down my cheeks ...read
ASK ZELDA: Our relationships expert Zelda West-Meads answers your questions
Our beautiful three-year-old daughter has recently been diagnosed with a rare chromosome disorder that causes learning difficulties ...read
LIZ JONES'S DIARY: In which I stay at David's (very damp) flat
So, on Monday, I had to be in London for work. That weekend, I’d had a text from David. ‘I’m in Scotland visiting my mum, but please do stay at my flat. Prudence will be pleased to see you.’ ...read
HOROSCOPES: You are tinged with genius
With Mercury, planet of the mind, in your birth sign favourably linked to the Sun, creative Venus and ingenious Uranus, your ideas will be tinged with genius ...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
The blue triumph and humbling of the SNP: CHRIS DEERIN says Sturgeon must up her game or be out on her ear as Davidson's triumph means 'Tory' is no longer a dirty word in Scotland
Where Theresa May fell short, the seemingly unstoppable Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, delivered in spades. ...read
Prince Philip’s reputed infidelity, the Duke of Windsor’s connections with the Nazis, and Princess Margaret’s role as the royal family’s Amy Winehouse... Claire Foy as the Queen dazzles in Season Two of The Crown, by Jim Shelley
The Crown is high-class television, however you feel about the Monarchy or choose to watch it. ...read
A paradise for paedophiles: How young girls use live chat app that lets them speak to strangers who pay them to flaunt themselves - and worse
This is the strange and often sinister world of Live.me, the new chart-topping social networking app that has become a huge hit with children and teenagers in Britain, writes SARAH VINE. ...read
They've no idea what hardship really meant: DOMINIC SANDBROOK says arguments about social mobility and inequality lack a sense of perspective
It was no surprise to see Alan Milburn flouncing out of his job as the Government’s social mobility tsar with rhetoric about our supposedly divided country, writes DOMINIC SANDBROOK. ...read
DOMINIC LAWSON: Why pompous Milburn is so wrong about Britain's haves and have nots
When Alan Milburn was appointed social mobility tsar he said: 'We live in a country, where, invariably, if you're born poor, you die poor.' But it is - and was -completely untrue, writes DOMINIC LAWSON. ...read
Knee-touching MPs? I took advantage of men to get ahead at Westminster: By Spectator columnist MELISSA KITE, who admits flirting shamelessly to get scoops
I took advantage of men to get ahead and because I enjoyed it. And, yes, Michael Fallon (pictured) was one of them. ...read
RUTH SUNDERLAND: Why Noel Edmonds is no longer laughing as he takes on HBOS and Lloyds
TV star Noel Edmonds is one of a small army of entrepreneurs who say their lives have been ripped apart by the banks that were supposed to be backing them. ...read
Why I weep for the grandparents robbed of life's greatest gift - a tiny warm hand in yours. By ESTHER RANTZEN who's just welcomed twin girls to her brood of grandchildren
Last week I was introduced to Florence and Romilly Wilcox when they were just a few hours old Kelly, their mother, looked exhausted, happy and rightly thrilled that she had produced twins. ...read
Why no man ever gets over the unbearable pain of losing his mother: Their love is unconditional. And when Paul Connolly’s mother died recently it unleashed an avalanche of grief that will resonate with so many
Paul Connolly's world collapsed when his mother died last Christmas. He realises no man is ever too old or too young to be poleaxed by the loss of his mother, as Princes William and Harry demonstrated. ...read
An economy built on shopping: 'boosting productivity and infrastructure in the UK are essential to our prosperity'
Britain has to stop leaning on the consumer to prop up its economy and the Chancellor must use his Budget this week to take some dramatic steps to help us do that. ...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
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
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
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
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
Hypochondriac wins The Great British Ache Off: CRAIG BROWN predicts next year's news today (part 2)
Iain Duncan Smith will propose in July the secret to a smooth Brexit will be everyone 'having a jolly good snooze' as it will be 'better for the country', writes CRAIG BROWN. ...read
Sleep, the final frontier: Astronauts suffer serious insomnia while in space - and it could be putting their lives in danger
The Harvard study found that around 75 per cent of astronauts resorted to sleeping pills during spaceflight, raising concerns about the effect the drugs may be having on their performance. ...read
MARKET WATCH: The student fees hike is bursting a rental bubble
The great university bubble is deflating fast as one in ten A-level students say higher tuition fees next year have put them off the whole idea. ...read
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
DEBORAH ROSS: True or not, wun relly feels it’s orfully good
It takes you over, this series. It could so easily have been a long, dry slog through recent, familiar history but instead it’s properly captivating ...read
That's using your noodle: Healthy food you actually want to eat? Yes, it's really true at Itsu
It may seem like fast food for the fickle and faddy, yet it’s far cleverer than that. Itsu cuts through the usual suburban smog like a fresh breath of spice-scented Eastern air. ...read
Bigger. Chunkier. Sportier. BMW's upgrade of the X3 won't win any prizes for creativity, but if you're looking for understated brilliance... X marks the spot
'You either like the look of BMWs or you don’t.’ That seems to be the deal the Bavarian Motor Works made with its customers about a million years ago ...read
'Whitehall stared at me, his little eyes pulsating with alarm'
I milked his agonising discomfort like an avaricious dairy farmer, as the audience, ironically, laughed uproariously ...read
A nomination-worthy Jake Gyllenhall and a brilliant Miranda Richardson as a Boston Marathon bombing victim & his mother lend wider appeal to Stronger
We’ve already had one film this year about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, and I wasn’t really in the mood for another, an uncharitable feeling that I blame on that first film, Patriots Day. ...read
With inspired casting and atmospheric staging, this revival of Cavalleria Rusticana And Pagliacci is well worth it if you want a bit of lust in the dust
Damiano Michieletto’s production of William Tell was notorious. This one, which appeared a few months later, is more irritating than offensive. ...read
Bubbles... without blowing a fortune
The season of silliness is almost upon us, and with it comes our annual quest for the best-value bubbles ...read
Pump up the (TV) volume: Rob Waugh gets some 'ridiculous woofs and booms' from the Sky Soundbox
I had a feeling of dread as I turned on Sky’s Soundbox. When you test speakers, it’s always best to play something you know very well, just so you can hear the difference ...read
Like wading through cold porridge - what's the most striking thing about Gordon Brown's embittered memoirs? Their utter dreariness (and I've read Norman Fowler's)
Peter Mandelson advised Tony Blair to place a sign on his desk with the inscription: ‘Remember: the Chancellor is mad.’ ...read
Never mind the politics - where is the talent in Tate Modern's exhibition marking the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution?
London curators have been more political recently, and now Tate Modern is marking the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution with highlights of the collection of David King. ...read
Ian McKellen reigns supreme in Jonathan Munby's clear, thoughtful, terrifically well-paced revival of King Lear in Chichester
It’s often said that by the time you are old enough to play Shakespeare’s King Lear, you’re past it. Recently, Sir Antony Sher needed a cart to carry the body of his daughter. Not Sir Ian McKellen. ...read
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- Swimsuit model Joy Corrigan reveals too much as she poses completely topless before grappling with her assets in a TINY bikini in Miami
- 'Erm, that's very distracting!' Gigi Hadid flashes her 'armpit hair' in skimpy gym wear for LOVE Advent calendar... but divides fans with her 'au naturel' look
- I'm A Celebrity: Viewers in hysterics over Iain Lee and Dec's extreme height difference after host mocked Dennis Wise for being 'a very small man'
- She (Geordie) Shore looks incredible! Vicky Pattison puts on VERY busty display in red bra as she strips down to semi-sheer briefs for sizzling snap
- Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to 'host' Harry and Meghan over the festive period as Ms Markle prepares to spend first Christmas with the royal family
- 'It's heartbreaking not seeing them together': Fans react as Strictly couple Karen and Kevin Clifton choose different partners for opening sequence
- PICTURE EXCLUISVE: Looking Perrie Perrie hot! Little Mix's Edwards sizzles in VERY plunging bustier as she braves chilly climate for girls' night out
- Daddy duties! Louis Tomlinson cradles his young son Freddie during hand-off with babymama Briana Jungwirth Rare sighting
- Corrie SPOILER: Troubled Adam Barlow attempts suicide after learning Billy Mayhew killed his mother... as Christmas on cobbles takes sinister turn
- From tennis-playing teen to Queen of the Jungle: Inside MIC star Georgia Toffolo's meteoric rise to I'm A Celeb victory with potential to pocket £5M
- From Sixties wild child to a life of solitude: Marianne Faithfull, 70, opens doors to Paris apartment she reveals she has 'no nostalgia' for life with Mick Jagger
- Jessica Chastain 'surprised' by Golden Globe nomination after fearing her comments about Harvey Weinstein would hurt her career
- Keeping Up With The Kardashians: Excited Kim announces she and Kanye are expecting a girl... as she admits having a baby via surrogate is 'frustrating'
- The Walking Dead: Midseason finale ends with major shocker involving an original cast member of AMC series Spoiler alert
- Proud dad Bobby Cannavale reveals son's name is Rafa after being inspired by tennis champ Rafael Nadal... three weeks after Rose Byrne gave birth
- Zoe Ball, 47, is seen on a 'date' with businessman in London... in 'first romance since death of boyfriend Billy Yates seven months ago'
- Red hot! Olivia Munn shows off her pert derriere and ample cleavage in plunging scarlet swimsuit while on beach vacation in Hawaii
- Doting mum Natalie Portman parades her slender figure as she cradles her daughter Amalia while enjoying coffee with husband Benjamin Millepied
- 'Maybe we can be friends': Yazmin Oukhellou has buried the hatchet with Danielle Armstrong ahead of first anniversary with James Loc
- That's one way to lilo! I'm A Celeb's shirtless Stanley Johnson, 77, launches himself on huge inflatable as he relaxes at luxury hotel poolside following finale
- I'm A Celebrity's Amir Khan FINALLY reveals the reason he called off divorce from pregnant wife Faryal Makhdoom... as he admits he's now closer to family
- Harry's flexible fiancee! Meghan Markle shows off a range of yoga positions after declaring that the discipline is 'in her blood'
- 'Last Christmas was the worst of my life': Jean-Christophe Novelli reveals son Valentino, 1, will be pageboy at his wedding to Michelle Kennedy... a year after 'very dark' cancer battle
- TV adventurer Ben Fogle and former Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton joke about having a 'midlife crisis' as they reveal plans to conquer Everest
- Harvey Weinstein is 'highly unlikely' to face charges for 'twice raping actress Paz de la Huerta seven years ago' Prosecution 'unlikely'
- I'm A Celebrity: Queen of the Jungle Georgia 'Toff' Toffolo, 23, can't contain her smile as pal Stanley Johnson, 77, welcomes her back to their hotel following win
- 'All hail the new queen!' I'm A Celebrity fans go WILD on social media with excitable memes in tribute to 'absolute sweetheart' winner Georgia Toffolo
- 'She's brought us closer': Ronaldo's girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez, 22, says they are 'happier than ever' as she introduces baby girl Alana Martina
- Weeping Mollie King, 30, shares tender embrace with 'hero' AJ Pritchard, 22, as they leave just shy of Strictly final... amid rumours of 'off-screen romance'
- 'He was punching me repeatedly': Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace left in 'lots of pain' after being 'battered' by a man following night out in London
- Beaming Chloe Green helps beau Jeremy Meeks celebrate his son's birthday... as Hot Felon's estranged wife claims he has stopped paying child support
- Toff wins I'm a Celeb: 'I didn't think anyone would like me!' Gobsmacked Georgia Toffolo, 23, crowned Queen of the Jungle 'and set make £5m'
- She came to sleigh! Topless Rachel McCord displays her sensational body in a skimpy ensemble as she poses for sexy Santa-themed shoot on LA beach
- Trim Simon Cowell, 58, flaunts results of his revitalised lifestyle as he basks in Barbados with his son Eric, 3... one month after mogul's near-fatal stairs fall
- Myleene Klass shares a VERY steamy PDA with boyfriend Simon Motson in the street as she stuns in yellow at a friend's wedding in London
- 'Couldn't love her more!' Dame Judi Dench celebrates her 83rd birthday with a £7 Colin the Caterpillar cake for CHILDREN (and her fans love it)
- Deliciously Ella flaunts toned physique in striking red swimsuit as she cosies up to husband on Caribbean Island where they tied the knot last year
- 'The world can be a sick place sometimes': Bella Thorne reveals she is a survivor of sexual abuse... and fans flood actress with messages of support
- 'She wants a unicorn!' Tamara Ecclestone reveals the present money CAN'T buy for daughter Sophia, 3... as she and Jay vow to not 'go nuts' at Christmas
- 'Apparently it's OK to be a bully': Fans furious as Iain Lee places third in I'm a Celeb BEHIND Jamie Lomas... as he shoots down 'game playing' accusations
- Newly-single Amber Davies reunites with ex-boyfriend Sonny Hall on Essex night out... just days after split from Love Island beau Kem Cetinay
- Celebrating his first birthday, Mick Jagger's youngest son: Rolling Stone's ballet dancer partner posts picture of blue-eyed Deveraux
- Coast-to-coast love affair! Sofia Richie, 19, shows off abs in crop top while out with boyfriend Scott Disick, 34, in LA... after packing on PDA in Miami
- Can't keep this elf on the shelf! Lady Gaga shows off her figure in VERY sexy green Christmas costume for holiday party Feeling festive
- SSSssave some spotlight for Rebekah: Glamorous Mrs Vardy overshadows I'm A Celebrity's new Jungle Queen as she's draped in snakes
- 'Dan's like a young Adam': Jacqueline Jossa compares new husband Osborne to Ian Beale actor... as she poses with EastEnders co-stars before exit
- Beaming Alicia Vikander shows off enviable figure in frilled floral dress as she promotes Tomb Raider film at Comic Con 2017 in Brazil
- Awkward! Camila Cabello performs separately from Fifth Harmony at Jingle Ball... after leaving girl group to launch her solo career
- Playboy pin-up Claudia Romani teases her eye-popping curves in plunging sheer maxi dress as she steps out in Miami Glamorous
- Outlander: Claire Fraser's conflict with fellow time traveller Geillis reaches fever pitch in Jamaica for nail-bitting season three finale of Starz series
- Armie Hammer says sorry to Casey Affleck after questioning why he won the Best Actor Oscar when he was accused of sexual harassment
- You've got to sea it to believe it! Imelda Staunton, 61, and Rula Lenska, 70, strip NAKED and pose with fish to raise awareness for marine conservation
- Olga Kurylenko shows off her slender waist as she joins Natalie Dormer and Vicky McClure at star-studded British Independent Film Awards
- Taylor Swift flaunts her toned legs in a tiny co-ord as she leads performers at Capital FM Jingle Bell Ball in her ONLY UK gig of 2017
- Jordana Brewster highlights her svelte figure in camisole top and statement trousers... as she enjoys romantic date night with husband Andrew Form
- Strictly Come Dancing: Elated Alexandra Burke thanks fans for their support after avoiding third week in the dreaded dance-off... as this year's four finalists are confirmed
- Justin Bieber dons baggy sweats as he shares a laugh with preacher pal Chad Veach during leisurely day out in Los Angeles Laid back
- SPOILER ALERT: Fans take to social media to react to huge shocker from The Walking Dead's mid-season finale Shocking
- Angelina Jolie goes incognito in floppy wide-brimmed hat as she takes children Shiloh, Knox and Vivienne for low-key shopping trip at Pasadena flea market
- 'Life puts you to the test once more': Premier League ace Jese Rodriguez posts heartbreaking photos of him with his premature baby in an oxygen mask
- Cally Jane Beech shares bathtime snap with baby daughter Vienna... as she confirms she IS back on with Love Island ex Luis Morrison in defiant post
- Wheel-y in love! Hilary Duff kisses on-again boyfriend Matthew Koma before spin class...after getting tattoo of Bette Davis quote
- 'My children keep me grounded': Kristen Bell shares hilarious snap of Christmas ornament with her Frozen character's head snapped off
- 'Hoping everyone gets out safe!': Rob Lowe forced to evacuate Santa Barbara home as California wildfires continue to escalate Safety measure
- 'She's scary': Ex-Strictly professional James Jordan accuses Karen Clifton of being 'confrontational' with his wife Ola... amid claims she 'warned Louise Redknapp off husband Kevin'
- Queens of the Stone Age guitarist Josh Homme apologizes after he kicked a female photographer in the head during a show in Los Angeles
- 'He's gonna fall out of me any time now!' Pregnant Jessica Alba brings maternity pillow to WeHo gym after baby shower Expecting third child
- 'She's lovely': Former X Factor winner Matt Terry fuels romance rumours with Love Island's Montana Brown as he admits 'we're hanging out'
- Louisa Johnson flaunts her washboard stomach in a yellow crop top and shorts after making a quick change out of a white minidress on the Capital FM Jingle Bell Ball stage
- Ellen DeGeneres snaps up charming Montecito estate for $7.2M next door to Oprah... as wildfires threaten her portfolio of coastal California homes
- Super mom! Make-up free Olivia Wilde has hands full with her two kids as fiance Jason Sudeikis loads luggage in car after Hawaiian vacation
- 'Xstinct': Kim Zolciak's daughter Brielle reignites feud with NeNe Leakes by throwing shade on 'girl group' Instagram snap
- Pajama party! Iskra Lawrence swaps curve-hugging grey leggings for festive nightwear as she celebrates gal pal's birthday in Miami
- Tis the season! Kourtney Kardashian looks chic in shades as she takes kids Mason, Penelope, and Reign to a friend's house for some holiday fun
- Wildfires force Ellen DeGeneres and Portia DeRossi to evacuate from their $18.6million property near Santa Barbara, California
- Jolly Olly's Christmas streak: Merry Murs displays his peachy bottom as he hilariously dances in a festive jumper and pants to celebrate UK snowfall
- Glamorous Allison Williams collects the gong for indie film Get Out with co-star Daniel Kaluuya as they lead the winners at British Independent Film Awards in London
- Leona Lewis shows off her toned legs in a festive minidress as she leaves Christmas party hand-in-hand with boyfriend Dennis Jauch
- 'This angers me!': Renowned foodie Chrissy Teigen is playfully upset at cooking video of pancakes that won't 'absorb syrup'
- In sync! Mandy Moore and fiance Taylor Goldsmith sport matching shades on coffee run in Los Angeles Low key
- 'I am utterly terrified': Jane Fonda admits she never thought she would still be fighting for women's rights as she approaches the age of 80
- Cheeky Louisa Johnson flashes her black pants and fab abs in a see-through tracksuit as she leads Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball red carpet arrivals
- Pregnant Chrissy Teigen displays her blossoming baby bump in a pink velvet dress as she rests a playful hand on dapper husband John Legend's bottom at Nobel Prize Banquet
- Real Housewives Of Atlanta: Kenya Moore enjoys jokey wedding with cardboard cut-out of husband Her Mr Right?
- 'It's not 2000. Battle rapping is dead' Azealia Banks slams Remy Ma for saying rap was 'nothing but tumbleweeds' after her prison release
- Anna Faris wears tiger tee and ripped jeans as she enjoys casual Sunday with son Jack, five, and new boyfriend in LA
- At least he's got stabilisers this time: Ed Sheeran is seen back on a bike for the first time since road accident left him with two broken arms... in funny Capital FM Jingle Bell Ball skit
- Baby it's cold outside! Sarah Hyland and new boyfriend Wells Adams get cosy for the holidays as they decorate Christmas tree by roaring fire
- Feeling bullish! Gina Rodriguez dazzles in pretty strapless gown at premiere of animated movie Ferdinand
- Make-up free Bella Hadid lands at JFK wearing $154 LAPP tracksuit... after whirlwind London trip
- Beaming Louise Redknapp enjoys night out with pals amid martial woes... after Strictly's Karen 'warned Jamie to keep her away from husband Kevin Clifton'
- Rocking around the Christmas tree! Doting mom Christina Aguilera takes daughter Summer and son Max to meet Santa Claus
- Brave Georgia Toffolo fights back tears as she's faced with giant spiders while Iain Lee chows down on a pig's vagina as I'm a Celeb finalists endure dreaded solo Bushtucker Trials
- 'All I want for Christmas is you': Victoria's Secret model Shanina Shaik gets into the holiday spirit as she kisses fiancé DJ Ruckus in festive snap
- A cheeseburger with prawns, a pint of lager and a full Christmas dinner: I'm a Celeb finalists Georgia Toffolo, Jamie Lomas and Iain Lee indulge their strangest cravings in one last bug-free supper
- Terrified Jamie Lomas is surrounded by 40 SNAKES in locked chamber for final Bushtucker Trial... as soap hunk hints at EastEnders return
- 'Jaw-dropping, gripping, unpredictable, insane': Twitter reacts to Star Wars The Last Jedi as it's billed 'best movie since Empire'
- Cindy Crawford's model son Presley Gerber, 18, emerges from the sea with another bikini-clad beauty... before appearing to vape on Miami Beach with pals
- Liam Payne debuts shaved head and sports quirky bald eagle t-shirt at Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball... as he reveals Christmas plans to spend 'beautiful time' with baby Bear and Cheryl
- Why Olympic star Nick Skelton is the talk of the horsey set: Gold medallist showjumper's friendship with ex-wife of City banker sets tongues wagging
- Busty Rita Ora looks androgynous in a plunging trouser suit at AOL studios in NYC... as she brushes off 'date night' controversy with Conor McGregor
- Will Smith wows the crowd at Sao Paolo Comic-Con as he promotes his new Netflix sci-fi thriller Bright in Brazil Centre stage
- 'You make me proud to be a young woman': Former I'm A Celebrity winner Scarlett Moffatt is close to tears as she passes crown to Georgia Toffolo
- Swedish royals put on a dazzling display for glittering Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm (as Norwegian Princess gets emotional during Peace Prize reception in Oslo)
- Braless Ruth Wilson looks daring in a negligee-inspired satin slip dress as she walks the red carpet at British Independent Film Awards in London
- 'She has such funky style!' Jenna Dewan Tatum bonds with 'unicorn' Everly at farmers market... after revealing her daughter dresses herself
- Carrie Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd and assistant Corby McCoin clash over late actress's beloved dog Gary
- Taylor Hill smoulders in racy lace nude bodysuit as she shows off her acrobatic moves and pert posterior on the gymnastic rings in LOVE advent video
- Having a ball! Cindy Crawford and mini-me Kaia Gerber bowl for a good cause at Best Buddies fundraiser
- Katie Price puts on a brave face as she emerges following de-stressing spa session... after being 'distraught' over texts love rat husband Kieran Hayler sent to pony club girl
- Bonding time! Gwen Stefani goes casual cool in fringed grey sweater as she takes her three sons to church
- Model behavior! Hailey Baldwin gets saucy as she showcases enviable figure in plunging white lingerie
- Braless Charlotte Crosby looks glum as she hits the town with busty pals Sophie Kasaei and Holly Hagan... after splitting from Stephen Bear AGAIN
- Gleeful Chloe Green showers her beau Jeremy Meeks' young son with kisses as she plays doting step-mum during family outing in LA
- Sunday best! Jennifer Garner looks chic in black skinny jeans and a striped sweater while taking kids Sam and Seraphina to church
- Puppy love! Vanessa Hudgens sports faux-fur coat while walking her dog with boyfriend Austin Butler
- 'This isn't just a game': Amazing new trailer for Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One is packed with four decades of pop culture
- All bundled up! Katie Holmes keeps warm in a chic scarf as she braves the snow after shopping in New York City
- Kate Mara puts on an edgy display in quirky semi-sheer gown on glitzy date night with husband Jamie Bell at British Independent Film Awards
- Leggy Joanne Froggatt flaunts her sensational figure in jewel embellished bustier and sheer skirt at British Independent Film Awards in London
- Malibu Barbie! Joanna Krupa looks sensational as she models lingerie-style bikini for beach photoshoot
- 'I call it the love diet!' James Packer's ex-fiancée Tziporah Malkah sheds a whopping 19kg thanks to her new boyfriend...after tipping the scales at 120kg
- 'A dream come true for Olivia': Newton-John's daughter Chloe Lattanzi 'secretly weds fiancé of seven years James Driskill'
- 'This is ridiculous': 'Pregnant' Kylie Jenner is slammed by fans after revealing her new make-up brushes will cost $360
- Selena Gomez beams with pride as she attends her little sister's ballet recital accompanied by her friend and kidney donor Francia Raisa
- Shirtless Ant McPartlin frolics on the beach in yellow swimshorts with Dec's wife Ali and her lookalike assistant... ahead of I'm A Celebrity final
- Amir Khan chows down on a burger from McDonald's before indulging in a pedicure following I'm A Celebrity exit... as he vows to stay with wife Faryal forever after tough few months
- 'I like to look after them': Peter Andre hits back at 'diva' claims as he insists the majority of his 41 outrageous rider demands were for his dedicated crew
- What's not to LOVE about that? From cars, to food and Christmas presents for the kids: Tennis legend Lleyton Hewitt and actress wife Bec Hewitt appear to flaunt freebies online
- PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Supermodel Bella Hadid collects her booze haul from upmarket Selfridges... but plumps for a park bench in Primrose Hill to chug beer from the bottle
- Modelling is in her jeans! Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner share another sneak peek of their holiday card featuring Kourtney's daughter Penelope, 5 .
- Doting mum Rebekah Vardy stands out in the Australian sunshine in a bright lime green dress during stroll with son Finley and daughter Sofia... ahead of I'm A Celebrity final
- Newly-divorced Petra Ecclestone flaunts her lithe legs in mini silver slip dress and racy thigh-high boots as she parties the night away with pals
- Nod to a legend! Hilary Duff gets a tattoo of Bette Davis' advice for driving in Hollywood Swirling letters on her wrist can be seen in the photo reading: 'Take Fountain'.
- Truly timeless! Cindy Crawford, 51, rocks BIG hair as she channels some of her iconic looks from 1990s heyday in beachside retro photoshoot
- Ski star Lindsey Vonn withdraws from race after spinal joint injury during World Cup in Switzerland two months ahead of Winter Olympics
- Ex-page three glamour model Samantha Fox says David Cassidy grabbed her breasts and put hand up her skirt in restaurant toilet
- Kirsten Dunst covers up her figure in loose-fitting T-shirt... before clutching at her tummy as she spends the day sorting through her wardrobe
- Business as usual! Meghan Markle's mother Doria, 61, is spotted picking up her dry cleaning as her daughter settles into Royal life