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Travellers to get benefit windfall

Travellers to get benefit windfall

A JUDGE sparked fury yesterday after insisting a group of travellers who “invaded” a picturesque...

Hull v Arsenal: Phil Brown puts faith in bust-up pair Jimmy Bullard and Nick Barmby

Hull v Arsenal: Phil Brown puts faith in bust-up...

HULL manager Phil Brown is set to retain Jimmy Bullard and Nick Barmby in his squad for the visit of...

Pink Floyd wins web music ban

Pink Floyd wins web music ban

ROCK giants Pink Floyd yesterday won a landmark ruling at the High Court which will bar record...

Stoke v Aston Villa: Ricardo Fuller, Glenn Whelan & Danny Higginbotham back for Tony Pulis

Stoke v Aston Villa: Ricardo Fuller, Glenn Whelan &...

STOKE trio Ricardo Fuller, Glenn Whelan and Danny Higginbotham could come into contention for the...

Now bag handlers threaten British Airways strike

Now bag handlers threaten British Airways strike

HOLIDAYMAKERS could face a second wave of strikes after British Airways baggage handlers threatened...

Sunderland v Manchester City: Black Cats lose Lorik Cana

Sunderland v Manchester City: Black Cats lose Lorik...

SUNDERLAND will be without suspended skipper Lorik Cana for Sunday’s Barclays Premier League clash...

Public pensions cost us £500 a year

Public pensions cost us £500 a year

PUBLIC-SECTOR pensions cost each taxpayer more than £500 last year, a report reveals today.

Chelsea v West Ham: Carlo Ancelotti ready to hand Ross Turnbull start against Hammers

Chelsea v West Ham: Carlo Ancelotti ready to hand...

CHELSEA rookie keeper Ross Turnbull could start against Wets Ham after Hilario was ruled out with...

Tories scoff as minister vows ‘no more tax rises’

Tories scoff as minister vows ‘no more tax rises’

SENIOR Treasury Minister Liam Byrne sparked disbelief last night by ruling out any further tax rises...

Chelsea v West Ham: Danny Gabbidon and Benni McCarthy boost for Gianfranco Zola

Chelsea v West Ham: Danny Gabbidon and Benni...

WEST Ham manager Gianfranco Zola welcomes back Danny Gabbidon and Benni McCarthy for tomorrow’s...

Wife divorces cheating Seaman

Wife divorces cheating Seaman

HE was famously nicknamed “Safe Hands”. But former England goalkeeper David Seaman let a second wife...

Liverpool v Portsmouth: Ricardo Rocha back for Pompey

Liverpool v Portsmouth: Ricardo Rocha back for Pompey

PORTSMOUTH boss Avram Grant welcomes defender Ricardo Rocha back from a two-game ban for the trip to...

14 miles on the bus just to get across the road

14 miles on the bus just to get across the road

A GRANDMOTHER makes a 14-mile trip to reach the post office opposite her home – because there is no...

Liverpool v Portsmouth: Rafa Benitez waits on Yossi Benayoun

Liverpool v Portsmouth: Rafa Benitez waits on Yossi...

LIVERPOOL Midfielder Yossi Benayoun will face a late fitness test ahead of Monday’s Barclays Premier...

Bottled: A breath of fresh air

Bottled: A breath of fresh air

THE National Trust’s new promotion is a breath of fresh air, quite literally.

Bolton v Wigan: Mario Melchiot only setback for Roberto Martinez

Bolton v Wigan: Mario Melchiot only setback for...

WIGAN manager Roberto Martinez has reported no fresh injury worries ahead of his side’s trip to...

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Bulger mother finally meets Straw over prison recall

Bulger mother finally meets Straw over prison recall

JACK Straw met James Bulger’s mother yesterday to explain “as fully as he could” the circumstances...

Tottenham v Blackburn: Younes Kaboul boost for Spurs

Tottenham v Blackburn: Younes Kaboul boost for Spurs

TOTTENHAM duo Younes Kaboul and Kyle Walker are back in contention for the Barclays Premier League...

BA expert ‘helped plot  jet terror’

BA expert ‘helped plot jet terror’

A BRITISH Airways computer expert was in court yesterday accused of helping to plot suicide terror...

Birmingham v Everton: Leon Osman misses Blues clash

Birmingham v Everton: Leon Osman misses Blues clash

EVERTON will be without midfielder Leon Osman at Birmingham tomorrow with a groin problem that is...

Britain must ban 'offensive' burkha in public says MP

Britain must ban 'offensive' burkha in public says MP

MINISTERS were yesterday urged to “seriously consider’’ banning burkhas in public as a Conservative...

Burnley v Wolves: Stefan Maierhofer boost for Mick McCarthy

Burnley v Wolves: Stefan Maierhofer boost for Mick...

WOLVES boss Mick McCarthy could name an unchanged side for the fifth successive match for Saturday’s...

£750m Cost of housing asylum seekers...while 1.8m Britons languish on waiting lists

£750m Cost of housing asylum seekers...while 1.8m...

MORE than £750million of tax­payers’ money has been spent on ­providing homes for asylum seekers...

Hull v Arsenal: Gunners wait on Cesc Fabregas

Hull v Arsenal: Gunners wait on Cesc Fabregas

ARSENAL look set again be without captain Cesc Fabregas (hamstring) for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier...

Fury over Labour’s £30bn ‘flawed’ high speed rail network

Fury over Labour’s £30bn ‘flawed’ high speed rail...

GORDON Brown was last night accused of saddling cash-strapped Britons with a £30billion bill for a...

Birmingham v Everton: Lee Bowyer back for Blues

Birmingham v Everton: Lee Bowyer back for Blues

BIRMINGHAM midfielder Lee Boywer has recovered from illness and should be available for the home...

Let-off for Mr and Mrs Expenses

Let-off for Mr and Mrs Expenses

THE Labour MP couple branded “Mrs and Mrs Expenses” yesterday escaped serious punishment for abusing...

Burnley v Wolves: Steven Fletcher set for Clarets return

Burnley v Wolves: Steven Fletcher set for Clarets...

BURNLEY'S top-scorer Steven Fletcher could make his return from injury for the visit of Wolves...

Expense-row MPs plead: Don’t treat us like crooks

Expense-row MPs plead: Don’t treat us like crooks

THREE Labour MPs accused of expenses fraud ran a gauntlet of hate when they appeared in court for...

Stoke v Aston Villa: Martin O’Neill waits on Gabriel Agbonlahor

Stoke v Aston Villa: Martin O’Neill waits on...

ASTON Villa’s leading scorer Gabriel Agbonlahor is expected to be fit for the Barclays Premier...

Philip to the barmaid...do you work in a strip club?

Philip to the barmaid...do you work in a strip club?

GAFFE-prone Prince Philip yesterday asked sea cadet trainer Elizabeth Rendle if she worked in a...

Manchester United v Fulham: Clint Dempsey set for United start

Manchester United v Fulham: Clint Dempsey set for...

FULHAM forward Clint Dempsey could be in line to make his first start for two months in Sunday’s...

How Bomber Harris planned Dam Buster raid on Mussolini

How Bomber Harris planned Dam Buster raid on Mussolini

BRITAIN’S wartime flying chief Arthur “Bomber” Harris wanted to use the famous Dam Busters to...

Bolton v Wigan: Tamir Cohen back to face Latics

Bolton v Wigan: Tamir Cohen back to face Latics

BOLTON Midfielder Tamir Cohen returns to the squad for tomorrow’s relegation home crunch with Wigan...

3 years' jail for organic eggs scam

3 years' jail for organic eggs scam

A FOOD supplier who passed off millions of battery-farmed eggs to supermarkets as organic and...

Sunderland v Manchester City: Kolo Toure in line to face Black Cats

Sunderland v Manchester City: Kolo Toure in line to...

MANCHESTER City defender Kolo Toure is pushing for a place in the starting line-up against...

Facebook stalker kills mum after police ignore her pleas

Facebook stalker kills mum after police ignore her...

POLICE were condemned yesterday for “shocking” failures after a crazed stalker murdered a terrified...

Manchester United v Fulham: Michael Carrick returns for Cottagers clash

Manchester United v Fulham: Michael Carrick returns...

MICHAEL Carrick returns to the Manchester United squad for Sunday’s Premier League encounter with...

Energy price cuts con

Energy price cuts con

ENERGY firms were savaged yesterday for bringing in such meagre price cuts that households will...

Tottenham v Blackburn: David Dunn boost for Rovers

Tottenham v Blackburn: David Dunn boost for Rovers

DAVID Dunn will be available for Blackburn against Tottenham tomorrow after coming through a reserve...

Store staff’s 15% bonus

Store staff’s 15% bonus

JOHN Lewis and Waitrose staff are to be rewarded with bonuses worth nearly eight weeks’ wages after...

Today's racing tips 12/3/10

Today's racing tips 12/3/10

BEV SWINGELL is the principal tipster for the Daily Express and Sunday Express, and for the last 20...

Thousands of parents cheat for school place

Thousands of parents cheat for school place

THOUSANDS of parents resorted to underhand tactics to try to get their children into their...

El-Hadji Diouf solicitors issue attack statement

El-Hadji Diouf solicitors issue attack statement

SURELY El-Hadji Diouf must recognise an appallingly shaky defence, having played for Blackburn all...

Diana died in ‘botched bid to scare her’

Diana died in ‘botched bid to scare her’

PRINCESS Diana died after an attempt to frighten her into leaving lover Dodi Fayed went horribly...

Fulham's Roy Hodgson rues third Juventus goal

Fulham's Roy Hodgson rues third Juventus goal

FULHAM boss Roy Hodgson admitted his men face a huge challenge to reach the last eight of the Europa...

More at heart attack risk

More at heart attack risk

FAR more people are at risk of having a heart attack than previously feared, according to British...

Andy Murray: Give power to players

Andy Murray: Give power to players

GIVE the power to players – that is Andy Murray’s solution to Britain’s current tennis woes.

Drink threat to obese

Drink threat to obese

OBESE women who drink just a glass of wine a day are at double the risk of dying from liver disease...

Tiger Woods to return 'in days'

Tiger Woods to return 'in days'

THE guessing game over when Tiger Woods will return continued last night as a US TV channel said...

Men turning to surgery to win back a waistline

Men turning to surgery to win back a waistline

MEN with a paunch are increasingly turning to cosmetic surgery to rid themselves of unsightly...

Liverpool: Rafa Benitez slides to new low

Liverpool: Rafa Benitez slides to new low

RAFA BENITEZ put a brave face on Liverpool’s latest defeat and insisted his team will overturn last...

A ‘true gent’ tormented to death by gang of yobs

A ‘true gent’ tormented to death by gang of yobs

A DOTING son with learning difficulties is believed to have been killed by fright after yobs who...

Benitez is hit by fluke of Hazard

Benitez is hit by fluke of Hazard

LILLE 1 LIVERPOOL 0

‘Test doctors for English’

‘Test doctors for English’

OVERSEAS doctors should be forced by law to have their English-speaking skills checked to protect...

Fulham brought low by the Old Lady's charms

Fulham brought low by the Old Lady's charms

JUVENTUS 3 FULHAM 1

Pink Floyd wins web music ban

Pink Floyd wins web music ban

ROCK giants Pink Floyd yesterday won a landmark ruling at the High Court which will bar record...

Is the Earth being torn apart?

Is the Earth being torn apart?

WE ARE barely three months in yet 2010 is already shaping up to be the year of the earthquake.

Corontation Street star Beverley: My 'lost' five months

Corontation Street star Beverley: My 'lost' five months

CORONATION Street star Beverley Callard yesterday revealed she has been receiving treatment for...

Crab curry penne pasta

Crab curry penne pasta

AN amazingly tasty Thai influenced curry crab pasta with a tasty tomato chutney. Serves 2.

Andrew Lloyd-Webber's allure of the Phantom never dies

Andrew Lloyd-Webber's allure of the Phantom never dies

ANDREW Lloyd-Webber made it a family affair in the West End last night for the premiere of his...

Mothers Pride

Mothers Pride

Celebrate Mothering Sunday in style in the latest leisure wear and florals to suit all ages

Sky Sports host's tweets too saucy for her bosses

Sky Sports host's tweets too saucy for her bosses

SHE has been reprimanded for using sexual innuendos on her Twitter page – but has picked up an army...

Pampered Pets: New law aims to end the mistreatment of rabbits

Pampered Pets: New law aims to end the mistreatment...

Q MANY years ago when I was 12 I was given a rabbit in a cage but had no instructions on how to feed...

Yasmin’s girl Amber is the model of her mum

Yasmin’s girl Amber is the model of her mum

BOTH have that big, glossy hair and those bewitching hazel eyes.

Jennifer Aniston fans flames of romance with Gerard Butler

Jennifer Aniston fans flames of romance with Gerard...

THEY remain coy about the exact nature of their relationship but Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler...

Mr & Mrs Sarkozy are both accused  of having an affair

Mr & Mrs Sarkozy are both accused of having an affair

FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy and his glamorous wife Carla Bruni are both having affairs,...

A dog's life

A dog's life

TIA, a lively nine-year-oldBorderterrier cross, is brought to Battersea by an elderlycouple who...

Frank Lampard tries to keep up with Christine Bleakley

Frank Lampard tries to keep up with Christine Bleakley

JUDGING by this photograph, Christine Bleakley is wearing the trousers in her not-so-secret...

Niamh braced for bashing of Opera sequel

Niamh braced for bashing of Opera sequel

WHILE Andrew Lloyd Webber receives mixed reviews for his long-awaited world premiere of Love Never...

Growth for Morrisons

Growth for Morrisons

SUPERMARKET chain Morrisons pledged to continue its expansion into southern England as it served up...

Avatar kille Cineworld blues

Avatar kille Cineworld blues

THE blue-skinned denizens of 3D box-office smash Avatar helped cinema chain Cineworld defy the...

Barrels of hope for BP's £4.7bn oil deal

Barrels of hope for BP's £4.7bn oil deal

BP yesterday moved into one of the hottest regions for oil exploration with a $7billion...

Astra signs deal with Indian firm

Astra signs deal with Indian firm

ASTRAZENECA yesterday signed a deal with Indian group Torrent Pharmaceuticals to beef up its...

JD’s breakfast boost

JD’s breakfast boost

JD WETHERSPOON is planning to open its entire chain of 746 pubs from seven in the morning to boost...

Waitrose bags essential gain

Waitrose bags essential gain

COST-conscious shoppers buying cheap food at upmarket grocer Waitrose helped parent John Lewis...

Wild Planet

Wild Planet

COMPARE the meerkats. These two are taking a break from the pressures of filming to consider a snack...

The Good Food Producers Guide 2010: Rose Prince

The Good Food Producers Guide 2010: Rose Prince

I'M A great admirer of Rose Prince both for the quality of her recipes and for her emphasis on...

Health: Four-legged friends

Health: Four-legged friends

FROM loading the washing machine to predicting a seizure, dogs can help the disabled in an amazing...

Superfoods that can help to safeguard vision

Superfoods that can help to safeguard vision

SAFFRON has been hailed as a weapon in the fight against one of the UK’s most common causes of sight...

Stroke: Hands-on approach to tackling the effects

Stroke: Hands-on approach to tackling the effects

CATHERINE Shelley had just set out on a run when she noticed a tingling in her lip. She ignored the...

Crohn's disease: Why I won't let it control my life

Crohn's disease: Why I won't let it control my life

MUSICIAL Rick Parfitt Jnr, 35, the son of Status Quo's legendary rocker, talks about the illness he...

The secret to being cool

YOU'VE got it or you haven’t. Or can you learn the art of being cool? Ruby...

Julianne Moore is just hitting her peak

JULIANNE Moore is just hitting her peak – and a new erotic thriller shows...

Fiona Phillips: Life as I know it

FIONA Phillips, 49, lives in London with her husband Martin and their...

Beverley Knight: In the closet

WITH hundreds of pairs of killer heels, singer Beverley Knight has a...

Coronation Street

Coronation Street

So, do we feel sorry for Molly? Just a little perhaps?

First Cut: White boy, black nanny

First Cut: White boy, black nanny

In the latest of these excellent First Cut films, up-and-coming documentary director Mark Rossiter...

DEBATE: Should prisoners receive sick pay and dole money?

DEBATE: Should prisoners receive sick pay and dole...

THOUSANDS of prisoners who can’t find work in jail are claiming millions of pounds of tax-payers’...

Debate: Is Gordon Brown's appearance at the Iraq inquiry a waste of time?

Debate: Is Gordon Brown's appearance at the Iraq...

GORDON Brown has opened the Iraq inquiry by insisting Britain was "right" to go to war, as he...

DEBATE: Do MPs deserve a pay rise?

DEBATE: Do MPs deserve a pay rise?

MPs are to be handed a pay rise worth nearly £1,000 a year from next month, it was today disclosed.

Debate: What is the point of the BBC?

Debate: What is the point of the BBC?

THE BBC will "reprioritise" £600 million-a-year into higher quality programming, in a radical...

WEIRD FACT OF THE DAY
Weird fact of the day

Frog

The town of Vittel in France is headquarters to the Brotherhood of Frog Thigh Tasters and holds an annual Frog Eating Festival. The EU imports more than 6,000 tonnes of frogs' legs from Asia every year.

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Prince Charles may be too unpopular to succeed the Queen as head of Commonwealth

Prince Charles may be too unpopular to succeed the...

IN Westminster Abbey on Monday, I watched Prince Charles and Camilla join the Queen and Prince...

Parenting blog: Where to take the kids for a birthday party they'll remember

Parenting blog: Where to take the kids for a...

There are many places I never imagined visiting in a million years – until I became a parent.

Shutter Island review and trailer

Shutter Island review and trailer

NOBODY is more steeped in film history than Martin Scorsese.

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo review and trailer

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo review and trailer

IS there anyone who hasn't read the Stieg Larsson Millennium trilogy? They are the kind of...

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Zombieland review and trailer

Zombieland review and trailer

ENTERTAINING horror comedy blessed with a dry wit and the appealing double act of wacky Woody...

A Serious Man review and trailer

A Serious Man review and trailer

IDIOSYNCRATIC, overrated Coen Brothers film set in the summer of 1967 when a tidal wave of...

Dorien's plea for the grieving

Dorien's plea for the grieving

A WIDOWER is calling for the strict rules governing bereavement allowances to be relaxed - so...

Various: Glee: The Music, Volume 2 (Epic) album review

Various: Glee: The Music, Volume 2 (Epic) album review

YOU don’t have to appreciate the finer points of camp to enjoy Glee, the TV show where for once the...

Joan Armatrading: This Charming Life (Hypertension) album review

Joan Armatrading: This Charming Life (Hypertension)...

THE hard-to-categorise Joan Armatrading has been around for nearly 40 years now and is moving well...

London Assurance: National Theatre, London

London Assurance: National Theatre, London

THE Irish dramatist Dion Boucicault was the theatrical toast of London on March 4, 1841, with this...

DANCE: The Sleeping Beauty - Royal Ballet, Birmingham Hippodrome

DANCE: The Sleeping Beauty - Royal Ballet,...

THE BRB’s first production in the year of its 20th anniversary could hardly be more auspicious. Sir...

Sir Terry Wogan wins radio personality of the year

Sir Terry Wogan wins radio personality of the year

SIR TERRY Wogan scooped a gong for digital radio personality of the year today, beating off stiff...

Video: Heroine of French Resistance dies aged 105

Video: Heroine of French Resistance dies aged 105

A HEROINE of the French Resistance who saved over 100 lives has died at her nursing home aged 105.