Sad Nigella moves into hideaway after Saatchi files for divorce
As Charles Saatchi made his brutal announcement over the weekend that he was filing for divorce, his once-beloved wife, Nigella, was starting life afresh, writes RICHARD KAY ...read
Treasure trove that's a first-class secret: As it finally prepares to go public, a rare glimpse inside the breathtaking museum hardly anyone knows about
Some collectors would sell their entire families for the keys to this vault within a vault, beneath a deceptively dreary British Postal Museum & Archive near London’s King’s Cross station. ...read
WORLD OF GOLF: Donald is the trump card for Major Tom
Tom Lewis looks like a young Luke Donald, employs Luke’s brother Christian as his caddie and has now turned to the former world No 1 for advice on rebuilding his career. ...read
Ask the doctor: How can I conquer these panic attacks?
Here DR MARTIN SCURR explains how prolonged trauma can cause 'fight or flight' hormones, and why the Houses of Parliament should be alcohol-free zones ...read
Miliband must show us who runs Labour
As the scandal over union seat-rigging deepens, this is the day Ed Miliband needs to give a convincing answer to the question: who runs Labour? ...read
Olympian Campbell's set for his pro bow... and he can remind undercard fighter Brook of the stage his career could still have
JEFF POWELL: More than half a century after the most ballyhooed professional debut in boxing history, Luke Campbell is about to be given the rare privilege of topping the bill on his first appearance in a prize-ring. ...read
A glorious victory. But to give Andy a knighthood at 26 would be politics at its most cynical
Many may think he deserves it. But a knighthood for Andy Murray, aged just 26, after only his second grand slam victory, is grotesquely premature, writes STEPHEN GLOVER. ...read
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Another drug dealer bites the dust - good!
Azelle Rodney was a violent drug-dealer on his way to rob a rival gang at gunpoint when he was shot dead by police. Oh dear, how sad, never mind, says RICHARD LITTLEJOHN. ...read
'British' Andy is a sporting citizen of the world, not a public relations asset
Hothoused as a teenage tennis tyro in Spain, Miami-based Murray’s triumph was in London, where he enjoyed a No 10 reception with David Cameron as ‘British’ Andy yesterday. ...read
Cool Mrs May sounded as if she was ticking off her dog...
Plenty to shock yesterday, but the most rare of all was that the Home Secretary came to the despatch box to announce – hear hear hear! – that Abu Qatada had been deported, writes QUENTIN LETTS. ...read
How wily Jacko bamboozled Ron and Nancy
There have been a number of strange collisions between presidents and pop stars, but this remains one of the oddest of all, writes CRAIG BROWN. ...read
CHARLES SALE: Pietersen hooks up with BBC's rivals as he goes into bat for talkSPORT
Kevin Pietersen has risked alienating both the ECB and the BBC by helping to promote talkSPORT’s coverage of the Ashes. ...read
Where does Murray's win rank? The Scot's historic Wimbledon victory was a glorious moment for British sport but the '66 World Cup still gets the vote - and Jeff Powell's seen them all down the years
There were gentlemen and ladies who went to bed on Sunday night proclaiming they would die happy in their sleep if their maker decided their hour had cometh. ...read
JAMES SALMON: Chancellor’s reforms too little too late
The Chancellor has come under fire for ducking key reforms designed to improve the culture and safety of Britain’s scandal-prone lenders. ...read
ALEX BRUMMER: Charmed life for bad bankers
Five years after the financial crisis, and more than a year after the Libor, money laundering and sanctions busting scandals, Britain is to have the legislation it needs to jail bad bankers. ...read
In defence of Holly Willoughby: Why we should let the daytime presenter carry on speaking her mind, by JIM SHELLEY
I can’t say I’m Holly Willoughby’s biggest fan. But sometimes, you can't help thinking even our most famous, over-paid TV personalities can’t win. ...read
The long goodbye: as the show's eighth and final series begins, Dexter's problems prove it's not easy being a serial killer
Dexter is back for one last series and as original and twisted as ever. The title may have been A Beautiful Day, but episode one showed Dexter’s problems are quickly mounting: it's not easy being a serial killer. ...read
EDGE OF THE BOX: EastEnders ending... but this was a happy ever after one for Andy and Kim
It was no E20, but SW19 still managed to deliver plenty of action, suspense, laughter, tears and a brand new Golden Couple. Not so much Den and Angie, of course. But Andy and Kim. ...read
RICHARD KAY: Fashion duo still fighting a cold war
David and Elizabeth Emanuel, who designed Princess Diana's wedding dress, could not put their differences aside for a party at Kensington palace marking the start of a royal dresses exhibition. ...read
Rowan Pelling's sex advice column: Do I tell him that he's not a sex god?
My lover has a tendency of telling me how his previous lovers have said he's amazing in bed. I think he's a bit clumsy, but am wondering how honest I should be with him. ...read
The day that confounded doomsayers like me: Like millions of British people, Max Hastings has found a spring in his step after Andy Murray's win
Andy Murray fought his way through this championship like a gladiator whose life hanged on every match. Who could fail to raise a glass to his historic achievement? ...read
They're both bottom-pinching wits, but as a Tory grandee compares London's Mayor to one of our greatest PMs, QUENTIN LETTS says ... Boris the new Disraeli? Pull the other one!
One was a high-collared dandy, dark, exotic, so chic that when he entered a room its occupants would part ‘like the Red Sea’. The other is a wart-hoggish goofball, ill-kempt, crumpled, eyes a-gleam to the next self-publicising jape. ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Well done, Mrs May ... now for the others
Theresa May and her advisers deserve huge credit for driving out the al-Qaeda hate preacher. For almost a decade, Abu Qatada made fools of our seemingly impotent political class – defying attempts by five Labour Home Secretaries to kick him out. ...read
JANET STREET PORTER: For a clever man, Charles Saatchi has behaved like an idiot
I always thought Charles Saatchi was a highly intelligent man. ...read
BRAD GILBERT: The pressure's off Murray now – expect to see him and Djokovic in many more finals
Andy showed a lot of class and a lot of fight on Sunday. His dismantling of Novak Djokovic was a thing of beauty to watch. From the first ball, the crowd was engaged. I thought that was the most important factor. ...read
LIZ JONES FASHION THERAPY: No wonder I couldn't get a date in the Eighties - it was the decade that style forgot
So now I know why I never got a date with a man until I was in my 30s. I was 22 when the Eighties began. By the time the decade was over, so were my ovaries and my optimism. ...read
From the commentary box, volley after volley of cliches: Jan Moir's view from the sofa
Andrew Castle and Tim Henman scrapped over the available tennis clichés and served them up again and again without embarrassment. No inanity was left unturned. ...read
At last! The moment Andy Murray ended Britain's 77-year Wimbledon wait
Good God, what must have been going through his mind? It was 11 minutes past five when Andy Murray sat by the side of Centre Court and placed a towel around his heaving shoulders. ...read
Bilge, but one hell of a page turner: Inspired by Dante, it's the year's most hyped novel. So what does A. N. WILSON think of Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown's new epic?
A. N. Wilson can't put down Dan Brown's new novel - but still thinks it's 'twaddle' with a plot written for the big screen. ...read
ALEX BRUMMER: Charmed life for bad bankers
Five years after the financial crisis, and more than a year after the Libor, money laundering and sanctions busting scandals, Britain is to have the legislation it needs to jail bad bankers. ...read
Drunken teens and a betrayal by teachers
Why the picture posted on Facebook by a pupil from Biddick Academy in Washington, Tyne and Wear, is one that should chill the heart of any parent, by AMANDA PLATELL. ...read
ANDREW ALEXANDER: Nuts? The HS2 scandal is truly off the rails
First it was the Groundnuts Scandal, part of the Attlee terror of 1949-51. Then the grand airliner scandal of Concorde, and now we're dealing with the HS2, writes ANDREW ALEXANDER. ...read
Pickles puts Prezza's folly out to grass
ANDREW PIERCE: Last week, the admirable local government secretary Eric Pickles quietly, and without fanfare, scrapped the bureaucratic 186-page ‘Diversity and Equality’ guide. ...read
Miliband must show us who runs Labour
As the scandal over union seat-rigging deepens, this is the day Ed Miliband needs to give a convincing answer to the question: who runs Labour? ...read
'British' Andy is a sporting citizen of the world, not a public relations asset
Hothoused as a teenage tennis tyro in Spain, Miami-based Murray’s triumph was in London, where he enjoyed a No 10 reception with David Cameron as ‘British’ Andy yesterday. ...read
Bolt from the blue by the hardliner with a soft heart: The Cardinal who was known as 'God's Rottweiler' loved cats and cried when UK opened its arms to him
Some will see the lightning strike on the dome of St. Peter’s as divine intervention after Pope Benedict VI stunned the Catholic world by announcing he was standing down, writes GEOFFREY LEVY. ...read
So Jacob, did you really go canvassing in a Bentley with your nanny? No! It was mummy's Mercedes: JANE FRYER meets the poshest man in politics
He has recently been described as the ‘mini Boris'. And despite his penchant for nannies, Bentleys, ridiculous private loos and preposterous poshness, I would love Jacob Rees-Mogg to be my MP, writes JANE FRYER. ...read
The day that confounded doomsayers like me: Like millions of British people, Max Hastings has found a spring in his step after Andy Murray's win
Andy Murray fought his way through this championship like a gladiator whose life hanged on every match. Who could fail to raise a glass to his historic achievement? ...read
A vicious crime boss, his corrupt police cronies and a scandal that could have been buried for ever
MELANIE PHILLIPS: The Metropolitan Police is descending into what is possibly the most serious crisis in its existence. It is being all but swamped by one claim of misconduct or cover-up after another, which add up to a devastating and fundamental indictment of the force. ...read
Forget MPs' pay, BBC fat cats are the real scandal
PETER MCKAY: We are invited to fulminate again this week when the proposal to raise the salaries of MPs by £10,000 to £75,000 is made official. But why is an ex-Labour MP, James Purnell, worth four times more, £295,000, to the BBC? ...read
Cool Mrs May sounded as if she was ticking off her dog...
Plenty to shock yesterday, but the most rare of all was that the Home Secretary came to the despatch box to announce – hear hear hear! – that Abu Qatada had been deported, writes QUENTIN LETTS. ...read
Sad Nigella moves into hideaway after Saatchi files for divorce
As Charles Saatchi made his brutal announcement over the weekend that he was filing for divorce, his once-beloved wife, Nigella, was starting life afresh, writes RICHARD KAY ...read
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Another drug dealer bites the dust - good!
Azelle Rodney was a violent drug-dealer on his way to rob a rival gang at gunpoint when he was shot dead by police. Oh dear, how sad, never mind, says RICHARD LITTLEJOHN. ...read
Treasure trove that's a first-class secret: As it finally prepares to go public, a rare glimpse inside the breathtaking museum hardly anyone knows about
Some collectors would sell their entire families for the keys to this vault within a vault, beneath a deceptively dreary British Postal Museum & Archive near London’s King’s Cross station. ...read
A glorious victory. But to give Andy a knighthood at 26 would be politics at its most cynical
Many may think he deserves it. But a knighthood for Andy Murray, aged just 26, after only his second grand slam victory, is grotesquely premature, writes STEPHEN GLOVER. ...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
My Tube ride with braying lawyers and the fracturing of Britain into self-serving tribes
Stuart Prebble must surely be right to suggest that the more like-minded people gather in one place the more like-minded they become. And it's not just BBC journalists who are guilty of this, writes TOM UTLEY. ...read
ADRIAN DURHAM: Rooney or Suarez? It's a no-brainer. Looking good in the most average Liverpool side in my lifetime does not constitute a top-level player… People forget how good our Wayne actually is
You're Carlo Ancelotti. You’re deciding who would be the better signing – Wayne Rooney or Luis Suarez. It’s a no-brainer. Rooney is miles ahead. ...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
Referee Poite points the way for Jones and Corbisiero to dominate the scrum
Leigh Halfpenny might have been named man of the series but the success of the whole Lions tour hinged on the performance of Alex Corbisiero and Adam Jones at scrum-time on Saturday. ...read
BRAD GILBERT: The pressure's off Murray now – expect to see him and Djokovic in many more finals
Andy showed a lot of class and a lot of fight on Sunday. His dismantling of Novak Djokovic was a thing of beauty to watch. From the first ball, the crowd was engaged. I thought that was the most important factor. ...read
CHARLES SALE: Pietersen hooks up with BBC's rivals as he goes into bat for talkSPORT
Kevin Pietersen has risked alienating both the ECB and the BBC by helping to promote talkSPORT’s coverage of the Ashes. ...read
CHRIS FOY: Gatland holds breath over Lions in final showdowns with O'Driscoll among the potential casualties
The lunacy of the Lions predicament will be laid bare tomorrow, when up to 14 of the tour squad will hurl themselves into ferocious, title-chasing combat just 48 hours before setting off for Hong Kong. ...read
Northern Exposure: Sunderland are still a club in transition with Paolo Di Canio ready to instill radical changes
Paolo Di Canio does things differently. So it should be no surprise that he has called his final pre-match press conference of the season five days before the match. ...read
BUMBLE AT EDGBASTON: Let's make the Champions Trophy happen again... only next time with a reserve day for the final
DAVID LLOYD: This was supposed to be the last Champions Trophy but I think there will be an about-turn.The only thing you’d add next time is a reserve day for the final… ...read
WORLD OF GOLF: Donald is the trump card for Major Tom
Tom Lewis looks like a young Luke Donald, employs Luke’s brother Christian as his caddie and has now turned to the former world No 1 for advice on rebuilding his career. ...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
DOMINIC KING: Martinez has promised Champions League football but the new Everton boss has plenty to do to make that a reality
Roberto Martinez made his grand entrance into Goodison Park on Wednesday and immediately set his sights on taking Everton into the Champions League. Here, DOMINIC KING looks at his in-tray. ...read
Gary Neville on his best friend: Playing football is Beckham's only driving force
When I went to Paris last week to interview David Beckham as he announced his retirement from football, there was much to talk about and memories such as that one. But what resonated with me was that when I asked him how he would like to be remembered, he replied: ‘As a hard-working footballer.’ ...read
GEORGE NORTH EXCLUSIVE: Blinded by bubbly, a visit from James Bond... no wonder I'll still be smiling when I reach 110
LIONS WING AND SPORTSMAIL COLUMNIST: Winning Lions! It is something all players dream about achieving but very few get to experience. I feel privileged to be a part of this group. ...read
Graham Poll: Mourinho claims that he has matured. I hope that's the case
He says he has changed, that he has matured from his experiences. I hope so. The Special One is a conundrum, a real Jekyll and Hyde character. ...read
JAMES ANDERSON: I'll spend an hour a day imagining the perfect ball to bowl to each Australian
When he is awake, Jimmy Anderson can visualise the perfect ball he intends to bowl to every Australian batsman this Ashes summer. When he is asleep, it is a different, darker story altogether. ...read
Jamie Carragher: No-one can write off Dortmund... they're just like we were against AC Milan in 2005
This could be one of the closest finals we have seen in recent years and Dortmund are not the 7-2 shots that bookmakers suggest. If anything, Bayern will be the more apprehensive of the two sides. ...read
JAMIE REDKNAPP: New fixtures, new managers (and one we've seen before). It's a season that promises to be a Special One
The landscape of English football has changed. Instead of looking to the technical area for the genius of Sir Alex Ferguson, the combustible Roberto Mancini or the last man standing at Chelsea, we have a new dug-out cast. It's great to see Jose Mourinho back, isn't it? ...read
Where does Murray's win rank? The Scot's historic Wimbledon victory was a glorious moment for British sport but the '66 World Cup still gets the vote - and Jeff Powell's seen them all down the years
There were gentlemen and ladies who went to bed on Sunday night proclaiming they would die happy in their sleep if their maker decided their hour had cometh. ...read
LAURA WILLIAMSON: Inverdale presented the ugly face of sexism when he said Bartoli is 'never going to be a looker'
Let's cut straight to it, shall we. Do you think Marion Bartoli, Wimbledon champion, is hot or not? Never mind the fact this wonderfully quirky, incredibly determined athlete has just won Wimbledon. ...read
THE TOP SPIN: Australia's late swing towards orderly chaos will not please England
The vibe around the Australian camp with only eight days to go before the start of an Ashes series most observers expect them to lose is that Mickey Arthur had to go. The mood seems to be: things could hardly have got any worse, and so they must get better. ...read
Captain's Log: Another Sangster in racing as teenager hopes to make his mark at York
A member of a famous racing family takes his first step on the racing stage in the final race at York on Saturday. Ollie Sangster – full name Oliver Robert James Sangster – rides Capitol Gain for trainer Brian Meehan. ...read
EDGE OF THE BOX: EastEnders ending... but this was a happy ever after one for Andy and Kim
It was no E20, but SW19 still managed to deliver plenty of action, suspense, laughter, tears and a brand new Golden Couple. Not so much Den and Angie, of course. But Andy and Kim. ...read
MARTIN KEOWN: Hart is a great keeper, but his kicking must improve if we're going to use him so much
It was interesting to see how often we passed the ball back to Joe Hart in the first half. I fear good teams will watch that and know that if they press England hard then they will play the ball back and ultimately lose possession. ...read
MARTIN SAMUEL: Gatland's genius was to ignore all the romantic guff and axe Lions legend O'Driscoll
Warren Gatland got it. He understood the worth of the British Lions, he appreciated the challenge of maintaining their place in a changing world. He had to do whatever it took to win. ...read
MARTIN SAMUEL - THE DEBATE: No Rooney, no Higuain but a French kid to take the Capital One Cup by storm... You Can't Always Get What You Want, Arsene
A little aside on the difficulties Arsenal face in the transfer market this summer, provoked the biggest debate response this week. Enjoy the debate... ...read
Wigan have won the FA Cup... but just wait 92 days and it begins all over again
MICHAEL WALKER: As the whistle blew at Wembley to announce Wigan Athletic’s triumph, hundreds of miles away in a social club on Tyneside, someone said: 'Aye, if only we’d beaten Birtley.' ...read
WORLD OF TENNIS: Poor state of British tennis highlighted by Wimbledon junior wildcard handouts
Andy Murray and Laura Robson have helped cover up the lack of depth in British tennis so far at Wimbledon, and Kyle Edmund might be expected to do the same in this week’s junior event, which sees him as fifth seed. ...read
NASSER HUSSAIN: With Ashes fever set to grip the country, here's my dream team (sorry, Alastair... there's no room for you)
As Ashes fever takes over from Murraymania this week, I have selected a team of England and Australia greats who I played with or against at the highest level. ...read
ASH WEDNESDAY: Spurs used to go for the full English... so, why have they now lost their homegrown appetite?
There was a time when Tottenham were considered to be the vanguard for buying young, English talent. It was a deliberate strategy by chairman Daniel Levy. And then the well dried up. ...read
The Midlander: Unpopular owners, a stadium dispute and disgruntled fans, so what now for Coventry City?
The sense of foreboding in the statement issued by administrator Paul Appleton was almost palpable. 'I appreciate the end result of the sale process will not necessarily be welcomed by a large number of Coventry City fans,' it read. You could almost hear the bloke gulp. ...read
Nick Harris: Murray and Co chase £1.5m as Wimbledon chiefs raise prize money to record £20m
The prize pot at this summer’s Wimbledon championship is set to leap by 25 per cent to a record £20million after the All England Club bowed to demands from players that they needed a greater share of the tournament’s spoils. ...read
Patrick Collins: Why the Lions are so much more than a rugby team…
Sixteen years on, and still the words of Ian McGeechan carry stirring resonance. They were addressed to a silent group of formidable men. And they were spoken by the ultimate Lion. ...read
WORLD OF CRICKET: It seems brutal but England were right to change openers
PAUL NEWMAN: It was England’s decision not to enforce the follow on against New Zealand at Headingley that did for him. It was the moment that Nick Compton’s Ashes dream would come to an end. ...read
Scu's view: It's no good just relying on honesty - the BHA should ban all horses from countries where steroids are legal
The British Horseracing Authority should ban all horses from countires where steroids are allowed during training - how is it a level playing field if they don't? ...read
ADAM GEMILI: I'm not 100 per cent yet... but when I hit the heights I will soar towards Rio
British sprinter Adam Gemili talks to Sportsmail about regaining confidence after returning from foot surgery and the wonder of having such a supportive network around him ahead of a pivotal stage in his career. ...read
Sam Turner weekend betting box: Kazeem to eclipse rivals
The presence of Mukhadram, Declaration Of War, The Fugue and Mars makes this another tough examination for AL KAZEEM. ...read
SAM TOMKINS COLUMN: BOD is a rugby God and I'm shocked he's been dropped by the Lions - but they'll still take the series, Murray will win Wimbledon... and I can't wait for my Italian job
Brian O’Driscoll has been dropped for the Lions decider on Saturday and I have to say I was shocked when the news was announced. What a player he has been. ...read
TERRY SKIVERTON: Premier League clubs need to let young English players go out on loan and learn their trade... it did Beckham and Lampard no harm
Terry Skiverton has been at Yeovil for 14 years as player, captain, coach, manager and now assistant manager. In his debut Footballers' Football Column, the former defender discusses the future of football in England and how the loan market can benefit young players. ...read
Not a single victory - England stuttered, Wales and Northern Ireland choked and Scotland are officially OOT... British football really is USELESS
Oh, what a night! Not in the way Frankie Valli banged on about late December 1963 but we almost need to go back that far to remember a time when the home nations were good. ...read
An unashamedly blingtastic bash: What happened when Branson's son wed Harry's girlfriend's sister
ALISON BOSHOFF: The groom wore white, the best woman took centre stage and Prince Harry’s girlfriend serenaded the bride (while flashing her midriff). ...read
BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Girl of the decade, but which one? Hayley Atwell will flash back and forth in trans-generational love triangle
Hayley's love triangle concerns Alexi Kaye Campbell’s play The Pride, which is seen through two lenses: a late Fifties prism of never daring to utter the word gay and a present-day view, where there’s freedom to debate same-sex issues. ...read
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Northern lights can shine even brighter after another epic win on that same Sydney turf
The deciding Test of this series brought a magnificent performance from the Lions on what was a wonderful occasion for the game. ...read
BEL MOONEY: I'm having a fling with my dead friend's husband and I feel so guilty
This week, BEL MOONEY advises a woman in a complicated relationship with her late friend's husband and a man who wants to help a friend who is addicted to porn. ...read
From the commentary box, volley after volley of cliches: Jan Moir's view from the sofa
Andrew Castle and Tim Henman scrapped over the available tennis clichés and served them up again and again without embarrassment. No inanity was left unturned. ...read
JANET STREET PORTER: For a clever man, Charles Saatchi has behaved like an idiot
I always thought Charles Saatchi was a highly intelligent man. ...read
LIZ JONES FASHION THERAPY: No wonder I couldn't get a date in the Eighties - it was the decade that style forgot
So now I know why I never got a date with a man until I was in my 30s. I was 22 when the Eighties began. By the time the decade was over, so were my ovaries and my optimism. ...read
LORRAINE CANDY: Gracie's turned into Gnasher the Beano dog!
Gracie has always been a wonderfully spirited child - her emotions are on the surface, visible for all to see. She is the polar opposite of her calmer elder sister Sky. ...read
Rowan Pelling's sex advice column: Do I tell him that he's not a sex god?
My lover has a tendency of telling me how his previous lovers have said he's amazing in bed. I think he's a bit clumsy, but am wondering how honest I should be with him. ...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
Ask the doctor: How can I conquer these panic attacks?
Here DR MARTIN SCURR explains how prolonged trauma can cause 'fight or flight' hormones, and why the Houses of Parliament should be alcohol-free zones ...read
ADAM UREN: Why aren't dodgy pension liberators hit with bigger charges than the vulnerable people they dupe?
It should be the pension liberators who take on the bulk of the risk if they feel the need to breach tax regulations, not the pension holder. ...read
DAN ATKINSON: Downturns may have prevented bust
Gordon Brown was committed to ending the cycle of ‘boom and bust’. Perhaps one or two small downturns may have saved us from the very large one that started in 2008. ...read
DAN HYDE: Annuity changes are welcome but insurers have forced a selfish compromise that will hurt thousands
Insurers are finally cleaning up their act over a £1 billion pensions rip-off but their self-interest has stopped the ABI from going the whole hog, leaving thousands to fall through the cracks in the code. ...read
JAMES CONEY: State leaving bereaved families to fend for themselves just as they are starting to get back on their feet
From 2016, families who lose one parent will be deprived of a benefit from the Government called Widowed Parent’s Allowance. The one-off lump sum will rise, but the additional monthly allowance will stop after a year. ...read
JAMES SALMON: Chancellor’s reforms too little too late
The Chancellor has come under fire for ducking key reforms designed to improve the culture and safety of Britain’s scandal-prone lenders. ...read
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Spare workers from greed of pension chiefs
Though it’s still early days for auto-enrolment with only the biggest companies so far required to take part, it is right that politicians are striving to make the initiative as watertight as possible. ...read
LEE BOYCE: 'A tip for bad waiters. No, I won't simply roll over and accept the rise of the evil 'optional' service charge'
An increasing number of bars and restaurants sticking on an 'optional' service charge, typically 12.5% - but you shouldn't pay if the service hasn't been good. ...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
If we're in a 'global race', Mr Osborne, how will we know when we've won?
Three times in his Budget statement, the Chancellor took time to remind us we’re in a 'global race'. The Prime Minister uses the phrase so often it's starting to look like a verbal tic. But where are we racing to? ...read
Is Halifax a bank we're supposed to take seriously or just an angry old man struggling to cope with the 21st century?
'Halifax messed up my junior Isa, last year's Isa and this year's Isa - but I am in the monthly bingo, said the call centre man who didn't cut me off,' says Richard Browning. ...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
SAM DUNN: While pet insurers reject valid claims and milk policyholders it's the poor old customer who's paying the price
While the City regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, is not investigating pet policies specifically, it says it is concerned about this sort of insurance. ...read
SIMON LAMBERT: The trap that stings families buying a £250k home with a stamp duty bill designed for a £700k property
Today's buyers of a £250,000 home pay the tax bill of someone who would have bought a £700,000 property when the much-loathed slab tax was ushered in. ...read
SIMON WATKINS: Beware a recovery fuelled by debt
Last week new Bank of England Governor Mark Carney pretty much spelt out what he and his fellow interest rate setters believe – we are not out of the woods yet. ...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
ASK TONY: My nine-month battle with BT, who botched my broadband and called me a liar
I had problems after having broadband installed. I had to pay £99 for what BT said was my faulty wiring, but turned out to be a botched installation. And I felt BT questioned my honesty regarding engineers' visits. ...read
TONY HETHERINGTON: Returns of 60% or 70%? What a load of fertiliser
The Mail on Sunday's consumer champion looks into cases including a fertiliser investment promising a 60 per cent return. ...read
BLACK DOG: Farewell to the Ozer Miliband!
Just as Ed Miliband is at his lowest point, Labour’s great and good will be out in force at London’s trendy Ozer Turkish restaurant on Tuesday for a farewell bash for sulky brother David, who is moving to America. ...read
JAMES FORSYTH: Dear Sir Humphrey, Please stop churning out pompous, windy letters. Yours sincerely, Michael Gove
Every Minister has something they are punctilious about. For Liam Byrne, it was when his coffee was served. For Michael Gove, it is how letters are written. ...read
LIZ JONES: I am NOT a troll (but you're right Rihanna, I am a mess)
Earlier this week, I was gleefully alerted by the world’s media that pop star Rihanna had responded angrily on Instagram to my piece in the Daily Mail. ...read
Dave HATES despots (so why's he sipping whisky with one?)
PETER HITCHENS: This has been a great week for humbug and hypocrisy. First we had David Cameron in Kazakhstan, a corrupt and despotic country as weird as North Korea, but with oil and gas. ...read
RACHEL JOHNSON: Have a great birth, Kate - but never try to be a perfect mum
The pavement opposite the Lindo Wing at St Mary’s, Paddington, has been divided with duct tape into squares for the TV networks. ...read
Beauty buzz with Bella Blissett: Pull your look together and boost your confidence with these amazing products
There are some products that have the power to pull your look together and instantly perk up your confidence. These are the ones that have made it through my testing process and taken up long-term residency in my bathroom. ...read
Beauty Bible beauty clinic: Help! My skin is full of lines and broken capillaries...
I am 43 and finding my skin is full of fine lines. I also have broken capillaries and some redness over the last year. It’s quite sensitive too. Can you suggest any treatments or products that I could use to help my skin look a little younger? ...read
Liz Jones's Diary: In which the Rock Star propositions me
'At the end of dinner, when he told me I would be going back with him, I told him to bugger off'. ...read
Mimi Spencer hits the Marrakech shopping express and falls back in love with buying
Mimi Spencer hits the Marrakech shopping express and falls back in love with buying ...read
Horoscopes: Cancerians, now is the time to prove yourself both at work and in your personal life
Sally Brompton's weekly astro round-up ...read
Health with Sarah Stacey: Meet Nina Barough, who started Walk the Walk for breast cancer. Plus the benefits of cranberries, exercising while pregnant, and coping with allergic reactions
Our Health Editor Sarah Stacey rounds up this week's must have products and must try health tricks. ...read
Dear Zelda: On unfaithful spouses, coming out to your family and difficult fathers
Zelda offers balanced advice on your worries and concerns ...read
A Conservative-Referendum Party: the vindication of Sir James Goldsmith
It is to Jimmy Goldsmith who we owe the final conversion of the Tories to the Conservative-Referendum Party – a coalition of undoubted philosophical coherence with clear political intent, by ADRIAN HILTON. ...read
Inquiry mania! From Leveson to Iraq, our leaders are obsessed with inquiries. But, says a historian, they are vastly expensive buck passing exercises used by weak politicians to avoid taking tough decisions
DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Modern politicians are besotted with public inquiries. There have never been so many; yet never has so much public money been wasted on such futility. ...read
Analysis: Losing the 'right to reside test' could cost the UK economy up to £2bn a year, as EU says it 'discriminates against migrants'
The EU says the UK's rules are discriminatory and therefore illegal because British citizens automatically pass the right to reside test. ...read
Yes, minister, nurseries ARE bad for children. So why don't you do more for stay-at-home mums?
At last, after years of the liberal establishment insisting that nurseries are perfectly fine, a Government minister has dared to tell the truth about them. But will Elizabeth Truss's proposed solution get to the heart of the problem? ...read
MELISSA KITE: Cameron's chums DO despise the grass roots
Try as it might, there is no honourable way for the Tory leadership to draw back from the fact it thinks that grassroots Conservatives are swivel-eyed loons. ...read
Tyranny, torture and a coup that should chill naive Western leaders
After this dramatic coup in Egypt, what is to stop the army and angry public from rudely ejecting the next democratically elected leader in Egypt if one ever takes office? Asks MICHAEL BURLEIGH. ...read
RUTH SUNDERLAND: Breaking up is hard to do...Right decision on RBS split into 'good' and 'bad' bank crucial for economy
So long as RBS remains hobbled, it will continue to undermine confidence in the banking system and will be unable to play a full role in restoring growth. ...read
A brain drain that will cripple Europe
We keep being told the eurozone crisis is over, but it manifestly isn’t. The refusal to admit that the euro can’t survive in its present form is poisoning the whole European economy, writes SIMON HEFFER. ...read
How wily Jacko bamboozled Ron and Nancy
There have been a number of strange collisions between presidents and pop stars, but this remains one of the oddest of all, writes CRAIG BROWN. ...read
CHRIS EVANS: Aston Martin's new family car: Four doors, howls like a banshee and goes like the clappers. Your kids are going to love it...
Aston Martin should give guard dogs lessons in how to growl. If you select sport mode, that is – something you have to do on a permanent basis if you want to prevent the threat of narcolepsy. ...read
CRAIG BROWN: Don't make me sound like a nympho, honey: Secret Conversations with Ava Gardner
Peter Evans' book is a finely crafted book about the strange push-me, pull-you struggles of a writer and his subject. ...read
Carry on nurse: Strauss's magical Ariadne Auf Naxos is revenge for the war
The finest operas bring together a great composer and an outstanding librettist, and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s partnership with Strauss is up there with Mozart and Da Ponte. ...read
DEBORAH ROSS: White Queen bags five stars of awfulness
The BBC’s highly anticipated, fantastically expensive new Sunday-night historical drama series, The White Queen, is both one star and five stars. ...read
It's a bling thing: Michael Douglas camps it up as sequin-suited cabaret star Liberace... but Matt Damon as his toyboy lover? Puh-leaze!
Damon, best known for playing the uber-macho action hero Jason Bourne, is 42 in real life. When his character Thorson first met Liberace in 1977, he was barely 18. ...read
OLLY SMITH: Cheap thrills...or how to drink like the other half without going bust
These days, fine wine (albeit at the lower end of the spectrum) can be found in the likes of Tesco and Sainsbury’s. But what is a ‘fine wine’ anyway? ...read
Show of the week: Splash hit at the Tate
Walk Through British Art tells the story of its country’s art over the past 500 years; it is extraordinarily complete and compelling. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: Life ain't fair, and the sooner you realise the better
Billy Ray Cyrus’s new autobiography has a chapter entitled Life Ain’t Fair. A breakout singing phenomenon himself, he then helped guide his daughter Miley through the travails of teenage superstardom. ...read
A table PC? I'll stick to the tablets
Sadly, the Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon is lacking a few basic features – there’s no DVD drive, and you only get two USB ports. ...read
TOM PARKER BOWLES: Veg out: Vegetarians rejoice - I've found a place where meat-free doesn't mean measly
At Grain Store, Bruno Loubet's new restaurant sitting in the centre of the revitalised King’s Cross in London, he’s taking on vegetables as the star of the show. ...read
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- The look of love! Shirtless Ryan Seacrest gazes into 'new girlfriend' Dominique Piek's eyes as they sail around the South of France
- 'I love Rob!' Kristen Stewart climbs into her truck without realising a fan has declared her love for ex Pattinson in the dust Recent split from R-Patz
- 'Happy 15th birthday!' Kylie and Kris Jenner celebrate Jaden Smith's big day on Twitter by posting intimate photographs So 'grateful' they met him
- Like mother like daughter! Sarah Ferguson and Princess Eugenie pose together in full-length gowns at tennis gala Girls' night out
- Honing those curves! Modern Family's Sofia Vergara hits the gym to tighten up her legendary hourglass figure She's been looking slimmer of late
- He's just magic! Channing Tatum spends time with fans and airport workers before jetting out of Vancouver Just try to find a reason not to like him
- That's bra-ve! Alyssa Milano goes without support in tangerine dress promoting new show Mistresses Looked fantastic at New York junket
- 'Doing the siren': Former supermodel Paulina Porizkova, 48, tweets photo of her sensational body on Miami Beach vacation Tweeted the image
- What a silhouette! Brooke Burke-Charvet shows off her incredible figure on fun-filled grocery run with her youngsters in Malibu Hid from harmful rays
- Biggest Loser star Tara Costa sued by fitness firm for regaining 'far too much weight' after huge 155lb loss The 23-year-old is facing legal action
- Country star Randy Travis in critical condition in hospital with heart condition The country music star was hospitalised in Dallas, Texas
- Sheer imagination! Diane Kruger lights up the red carpet in stunning see through dress at The Bridge premiere Stealing the show
- Naked and unafraid: America's top athletes proudly show off impeccably toned physiques for fifth ESPN 'The Body Issue' Hits newsstands July 12
- All change! Heidi Klum is pretty in peach... before becoming a lady in black for outing with boyfriend Martin Kristen Supermodel changes her look
- Blonde bombshell! Rosie Huntington-Whiteley dons skintight leather skirt as she sizzles in sultry new photo shoot Returning to modelling
- A walk on the dark side! Gisele Bundchen hides her trademark blonde tresses with short black wig in boudoir-themed photo shoot
- Sad Nigella moves into hideaway after Saatchi files for divorce Once Saatchi's beloved wife, celebrity chef is starting life afresh, writes RICHARD KAY
- It's a love match! Mena Suvari and her pint sized tattoo artist boyfriend coordinate in all-black outfits to meet a friend Not dressed for a summer's day
- In need of some support? Real Housewives star Kyle Richards buys crutches during outing in Beverly Hills But was walking unaided
- Maternity where? Halle Berry is the epitome of chic in neutral vest and trouser ensemble livened up with statement necklace No shapeless tents
- Feeling zen! Bare-faced Selma Blair sports a serene smile as she dons yoga gear for lunch with friends Recently fired from Anger Management
- Peace! Eddie Murphy signals that life is good as he is seen strolling happily with gorgeous Aussie model Paige Butcher One lucky man
- Mariah Carey is 'fine' after she is rushed to hospital with a dislocated shoulder following music video accident Recovering at home
- Bring your dad to work day! Liv Tyler gets a surprise visit (and massive hug) from rocker father Steven on set of new HBO drama Aerosmith star came by
- Skinnygirl Bethenny Frankel parades her pins in a vibrant mini-dress as she picks up daughter Bryn from daycare Rvealed her thin pins
- She's a wild thing! Courtney Stodden puts her surgically enhanced cleavage and long legs on display in a tiny leopard print dress Out for retail therapy
- From America's sweetheart to gypsy girl: Catherine Zeta Jones tries out new bohemian look at the airport Looks far younger than her years
- Get shorty! Alessandra Ambrosio reveals her endless legs in a pair of brightly coloured hot pants Made an arresting sight in New York
- Kate Hudson and Naomi Campbell channel gothic glamour at first Novak Djokovic Foundation gala dinner Hollywood meets the tennis elite in London
- Watts going on here? Naomi reveals her baby bump on the set of her new movie... but it's only a prosthetic Working on movie St. Vincent De Van Nuys
- Happy in The Hamptons: Katie Holmes and her growing girl Suri Cruise bond at the beach during summer getaway Fourth of July break
- Pretty in Pink: Extra host Maria Menounos wears flirty summer dress for egg and spoon race with Mario Lopez Wore an off-the-shoulder pink mini dress
- Getting set for summer! Vanessa Hudgens works on her bikini body by hitting yet another Pilates class It is lucky acting is not a 9 to 5 job
- Minnie Driver, 43, shows off her pert posterior but keeps covered up on top as she beaches with son Gives younger models a run for their money
- Daddy's little airplane! Kelsey Grammer holds baby Faith aloft as he treats loved ones to a very Hollywood family day Out to lunch
- Got a Love Hangover? Evan Ross looks weary while leaving Ashlee Simpson's home as their relationship continues to heat up Growing closer
- Only she could pull this off! Mother-of-three Camila Alves covers her post-baby body in a denim-on-denim ensemble Smiling in New York
- Thinking about anyone in particular? Kristen Stewart looks glum as she arrives for work on new film Camp X-Ray Split from R-Patz recently...
- What rehab? Cheerful Farrah Abraham hits the beach in a bikini and goes jogging during break from alcohol abuse treatment Teen Mom star
- Who needs tennis whites? Goldie Hawn hitches up her gown as she challenges daughter Kate Hudson to a match in their heels at Novak Djokovic Foundation gala
- What a transformation! Michelle Rodriguez ditches the tough girl look to go glamorous in plunging monochrome dress Hollywood tough girl
- Girl time! Big Bang star Kaley Cuoco leaves boyfriend Henry Cavill at home to spend quality time with a friend She just unveiled the romance
- Too hot to handle! Justin Theroux desperately clutches mini fan as he sports wool police suit on muggy set of TV pilot Plays police chief
- Rooney Mara plays a spirited screen siren in moody new Calvin Klein commercial Is the star chosen to advertise the latest fragrance Downtown
- Taking the red carpet by storm! Octavia Spencer sports elegant dress to join leading man Michael B. Jordan at Fruitvale Station premiere
- Bare-faced chic! Cameron Diaz is stunning sans make up as she enjoys a rare day off from filming The Other Woman In The Hamptons
- 'No beer for six months!' Chris Pratt goes from flabby to fit as he posts shirtless snap of muscly torso for new film role Married to Anna Faris
- Lea Michele shares snaps of her bikini body as she relaxes in poolside paradise Life just keeps getting better for the 26-year-old Glee star
- 'We got married today': Wiz Khalifa reveals that he legally wed longtime girlfriend Amber Rose... and says formal wedding will be this Fall Twitter annoucement
- LeAnn Rimes goes on a juice cleanse... then sweats it out in 45min boxing session The singer was seen clutching $9 bottle of Suja fruit juice
- Blonde ambition! Julianne Moore unveils lighter locks after ditching her trademark red on the set of her new film Shooting in Toronto
- Pregnant Halle Berry beats the heat in flowing optical illusion dress as she dines out with fiancé Olivier Martinez Holding hands with her French fiancee
- Ditched the diet then? Kevin James displays bulkier frame while being schooled by Salma Hayek in Grown Ups 2 promo Had honed his physique
- Selena Gomez jets into Berlin ahead of her Adidas campaign launch amid rumours of a reconciliation with Justin Bieber Back together?
- He's still her number one! Novak Djokovic casts aside his Wimbledon defeat as he and model girlfriend Jelena Ristic host a star-studded dinner
- Curls gone wild! Heidi Klum reveals crazy hair after taking out her Bahama braids The 40-year-old posted a picture on her Instagram following vacation
- Happy birthday Penelope! Scott Disick celebrates daughter's first birthday by having a posh lunch... with HIS friends No sign of kids
- Stiller's stellar wife Christine Taylor, 41, sizzles in sexy bikini as she takes to Hawaii surf with Ben and children Lilac bikini for a day at the beach
- 'We'd love to have a big family!' Broody Ryan Reynolds reveals he and wife Blake Lively want lots of children Couple married last year after meeting on set
- George Clooney and Stacy Keibler 'split after two years because he refuses to have children' Former wrestler Keibler, 33, ended the relationship with actor
- 'Barack and Michelle Obama are ugly': Now Amanda Bynes targets President and First Lady with her signature Twitter insult Troubled 27-year-old
- That's not like you, Matthew! Days of jogging shirtless on the beach seem over as McConaughey covers up Disappointing fans the world over
- The never-ending honeymooners! Tamara Ecclestone and husband passionately kiss in the Bahamas on THIRD holiday since wedding Non-stop fun for heiress
- Moving in with your boyfriend? It feels a step closer to marriage but he might just be postponing that proposal Aversion to commitment
- She 'would never put baby at risk': Zara aides defend decision to stay in saddle at 3 months pregnant Queen's granddaughter
- I know how to work the camera too mommy! Miranda Kerr's giggling son Flynn shows he's a model in the making Following in some very fashionable footsteps
- North West's first family outing! How Kim Kardashian and Kanye West took their newborn to Malibu beach party Soiree was at Bruce Jenner's summer rental
- Keeping it in the family: Kendall Jenner does her best to make brother Rob Kardashian's sock line look cool as she models for his new line 17-year-old posed up
- Heather Locklear, 51, shows off her toned body in a white bikini on Hawaiian break Former Melrose Place star looked at home on the beach
- What split? Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux put on a show of togetherness as they are spotted for first time since postponing their wedding
- How Leonardo DiCaprio played cupid and set mother up with new boyfriend The Great Gatsby actor played matchmaker
- 'I won't tell you it won't happen!': Beaming Kris Jenner hints that daughter Kim Kardashian WILL reveal baby North on her new talk show
- 'He told me I was his soul mate': Ex-fiancee of gay NBA star Jason Collins opens up about losing the man she loved Carolyn Moos was with Collins for eight years
- Her big return: Sophia Loren shoots scenes for son's new feature film in first big screen leading role for a decade Started her career six decades ago
- Pretty in pastels! Olivia Munn looks stunning in a simple but sophisticated turquoise dress for TV appearance Newsroom star seen in New York
- Doting parents Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth take it in turns cuddling up to blue-eyed boy Tennessee at friend's party At Santa Monica bash
- Kate and William's baby will be the first ever Prince or Princess of Cambridge, royal officials reveal Due date is thought to be this Saturday
- Overweight party girl horrified by pictures of herself in swimwear loses 42lb to take part in Miss Galaxy Universe BIKINI contest Dramatic transformation
- They're all heart! One Direction's Harry Styles and Liam Payne pose in new shoot as they launch campaign for youth cancer charity Pop stars doing good
- The love boat! Newlywed couple Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger are the picture of marital bliss as they enjoy their honeymoon in Portofino
- Posh falls out of her nightie in the not so Royal Box at Wimbledon The former Spice Girl sported her risqué attire to watch Andy Murray's historic win
- Mommy's boys! Angelina Jolie jets into Hawaii with her eldest sons by her side as she returns to work after elective mastectomy Directing second film
- And the bride wore black... From Avril Lavigne to Shenae Grimes, how Vera Wang's 'Divorce Collection' took the Goth look mainstream
- New eyeballs please! Overzealous autograph hunter accidentally pokes Murray in the face with programme as he heads home after meal with girlfriend Kim
- 'Today was awesome': Rob Kardashian posts picture of his multiple arm tattoos as he cools off poolside with bikini-clad girls Uploaded to Instagram
- 'I don't have a son anymore': 50 Cent launches into foul-mouthed tirade during text conversation with 16-year-old son Stream of text messages
- Elijah Wood swaps his Los Angeles home for $1m Victorian mansion in Austin, Texas Lord of the Rings star prefers the Southern hospitality
- Move over, girls! Nicki Minaj puts on a racy lap dance of her own at strip club Singer has an uncanny ability for stealing the limelight
- 'Love ISN'T a drug': Helena Bonham Carter's Elizabeth Taylor struggles with addiction in first look at TV movie Dominic West plays Richard Burton