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The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
The Sunday edition of the London-based The Mail newspaper. Articles cover current events, news, business, politics, sports, arts, and entertainment around the UK and the rest of the world.
Articles from March 4, 2012
200 Applied for Just Eight Jobs, Men Wanted 'Women's Work'. the Great British KNICKERS EXPERIMENT; the Lace Wasn't Springy - They Will Just Fall Down
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Byline: Colette Foster hey told us it couldn't be done. T'It won't work,' said one major retailer. 'The skills aren't here any more,' said another. After many hours of phone calls - all of them met with sympathy - we came to the depressing conclusion...
200 Applied for Just Eight Jobs, Men Wanted 'Women's Work'. the Great BritishKNICKERSEXPERIMENT; the Lace Wasn't Springy - They Will Just Fall Down
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Byline: Colette Foster hey told us it couldn't be done. T'It won't work,' said one major retailer. 'The skills aren't here any more,' said another. After many hours of phone calls - all of them met with sympathy - we came to the depressing conclusion...
500 Million Reasons Why They Can't Afford NOT to Cut Our Taxes; When the Top Rate of Tax Went Up to 50 per Cent, the Inland Revenue's Coffers Went Down by Half a Billion Pounds. Here, a Respected Economist Presents
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Byline: EAMONN BUTLER DIRECTOR OF THE ADAM SMITH INSTITUTE SHOULD anyone be in any doubt how crucial it is for the Chancellor to keep the wealthy paying tax, let them consider this sobering statistic revealed last week; that the highest-earning...
5 of the Best BATHING GADGETS
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If your mobility is limited for any reason, many simple tasks can become onerous. One of the most crushing things about disability or chronic illness may be losing the ability to look after your own personal hygiene. Fortunately, there are a multitude...
A Cheap Way to Get Boos; CLASSICAL
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Byline: David Mellor Dvorak: Rusalka Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London ** Verdi: Aida Royal Albert Hall, London **** The good news is that after months of second-rate revivals, the Royal Opera are at last offering a new production,...
A Crash Course in Romance; ALSO SHOWING
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Byline: by Jason Solomons According to the captions at the start of new Argentine thriller Carancho (15) ****, traffic accidents are the primary cause of death among under-35s in Buenos Aires. This is the murky backdrop to an ingenious exploration...
Adele's Throat Op Cured My 'Rod Stewart' Voice
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Byline: Bonnie Estridge [bar] hen friends told Maggie Honey she sounded like 'a female Rod Stewart', she was neither offended nor surprised. The former primary school teacher was all too aware that her voice was becoming increasingly husky after...
'Advice Apartheid' Set to Hit Savers' Pensions; New Rules on Upfront Charges Are Meant to Help - but Poorer Pensioners May Be Priced out of Finding the Best Annuity by Typical Fees Up to [Pounds Sterling]1,000
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Byline: Stephen Womack Pension savers could be shortchanged by new rules that are intended to help them. A switch to a system where financial advisers must charge upfront fees could trigger 'advice apartheid' - with good advice on converting your...
Alive! the Tornado Baby Discovered 10 Miles from Home
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Byline: Stephanie Condron A TODDLER was found alive in a field after being swept away by a tornado during devastating storms that killed at least 34 people and destroyed entire communities in America's Midwest. The 20-month-old girl was reportedly...
Ally Puts the Boot into Gloating Rivals
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Byline: Graeme Croser RANGERS boss Ally McCoist last night struck a note of defiance as he fired a barely-disguised broadside at Celtic over comments emanating from Parkhead since the Ibrox club's descent into administration. Speaking in the...
Ally's No Axeman
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Byline: Graeme Croser ALLY McCOIST last night revealed that he will not be the man to deliver the bad news to those Rangers players who are set to be made redundant by the club's administrators this week. The unenviable task will instead fall...
A Mile-Long Queue Desperate for Work in Canada and Oz
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Byline: Alison O'Reilly MORE than 5,000 people turned up at a jobs expo showcasing employment opportunities in Australia and Canada. Some 50 companies are exhibiting at the RDS this weekend, looking to recruit workers across a number of areas including...
(And His Car Was Free for Three Months)
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Byline: John Lee and Ken Foxe EDUCATION Minister Ruairi Quinn submitted full claims for mileage expenses despite being given his car for free at the time. Under Dail rules, mileage is submitted to cover both fuel and costs associated with depreciation...
And I'll Tell You to Your Face
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Byline: EXCLUSIVE By Ian Stafford You're a CHEAT IT IS a beautiful, early spring day and Bath's Royal Terrace, bathed in golden sunlight, looks magnificent. Dai Greene, taking time out from his preparations for London 2012, is there to enjoy the...
... and Talking of Me, Did I Tell You about My Crystal Swing Song?
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Byline: John Waters of the past. My advice to them on Friday night was: be yourselves. For all its many faults, Fianna Fail is the party which finds the truest harmony with the deeper psyche of the Irish people. It began as a popular movement, and,...
And the Oscgrrr for Best-Dressed Canine Goes To
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Byline: Lara Gould SHOWBUSINESS EDITOR WHEN you're an underdog in the race for the Oscars, turning out in just a flea collar simply won't do. A canny dress designer has come up with the perfect solution for pets who want to imitate the success...
An Example to Us All. Greyhound Boss Take Note
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Byline: Mary Carr CONGRATULATIONS to John Diver, manager of the Sandhouse Hotel in Rossnowlagh, Co. Donegal, for picking up the hotel at auction for a bargain basement [euro]650,000. After allowing himself a welldeserved pat on the back, his...
Angry Whelan Demands Answers
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Byline: ByJohn Helm ROBERTO MARTINEZ faces crisis talks with Dave Whelan tomorrow after the Wigan owner branded the defeat by 10-man Swansea as their 'worst performance in four or five years'. Whelan took to the airwaves to publicly criticise...
Angry Whelan Demands Answers
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Byline: John Helm 0 WIGAN ATHLETIC 2 SWANSEA CITY Sigurdsson (45, 54) ROBERTO MARTINEZ faces crisis talks with Dave Whelan tomorrow after the Wigan owner branded the defeat by 10-man Swansea as their 'worst performance in four or five years'....
Anne Gildea
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Byline: ANNE GILDEA anne.gildea@mailonsunday.ie Arghh. Oh dear. Oops... Some of the sentiments running through my mind as I write this. Did I say 'going through'? I mean stuck there, blowing so loud I can hardly think. Or only think one thing: 'Oh...
Anti-Semite Scandal Threatens to Derail Germany's Progress
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Byline: WorldSOCCER Ben Lyttleton SOCCER AROUND THE GLOBE IT HAS NOT been a great week for Germany. The national team lost 2-1 at home to France, and while it was an under-strength side, perhaps the realisation came that the new generation, featuring...
A Rest Is as Good as a Change
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Byline: Fraser Mackie GARY MACKAY-STEVEN peered at what might have been last Sunday as he watched former team-mates Martin Kelly and Jay Spearing celebrating Liverpool's Carling Cup success at Wembley. However, a Clydesdale Bank SPL Young Player...
Are You a Base Rate Winner? after Three Years Stuck at 0.5%, We Look at How the Record Low; Has Affected Family Finances
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Byline: Stephen Womack TOMORROW marks a key anniversary for millions of savers and borrowers. It is three years to the day since the Bank of England base rate was cut to 0.5 per cent, a record low. Since then it has remained stubbornly stuck at...
A Silent Town Hiding a Killer
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Byline: Andrew Anthony Blood On The Altar by Tobias Jones Faber [pounds sterling]16.99 ? [pounds sterling]14.99 inc p&p In September 1993, a 16-year-old girl called Elisa Claps went missing in Potenza, the capital of Italy's poorest region,...
A Thatcherite with Polo Shirt and No Shoes; ANALYSIS
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Byline: JAMES FORSYTH THE man who made David Cameron a different kind of Tory is leaving Downing Street. It is hard to overstate the importance of Steve Hilton to the Cameron project. He was the grit in the oyster, the one who could make Cameron...
AVB Let Down by Old Guard Again
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Byline: 1 WEST BROM McAuley (82) 0 CHELSEA By Patrick Collins ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS confronted his crisis with a remarkable display of dignity and candour last night. He answered every question, accepted every criticism and took personal responsibility...
Avb Nears Exit Door
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Byline: Rob Draper and Bill Thornton RAFA BENITEZ is on the brink of being appointed the new Chelsea manager and could be in place for Tuesday's FA Cup fifth-round replay against Birmingham. Andre Villas-Boas's team slumped to another embarrassing...
Baby Found Alive after Being Swept Away by Tornado
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Byline: Stephanie Condron A TODDLER was found alive in a field after being swept away by a tornado during devastating storms that killed at least 34 people and destroyed entire communities in America's Midwest. The 20-month-old girl was discovered...
Balotelli Atones for Nightclub Escapade
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Byline: Joe Bernstein THERE was no celebration nor T-shirt message this time. But Mario Balotelli eventually rewarded Roberto Mancini's decision to pick him with a goal that confirmed City's five-point lead at the top of the Premier League. Balotelli,...
Balotelli Atones for Nightclub Escapade; but Mancini Vows to Tear Strip off His Naughty-Boy Striker
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Byline: Joe Bernstein 2 MAN CITY Steinsson (23 og), Balotelli (69) 0 BOLTON THERE was no celebration nor T-shirt message this time. But Mario Balotelli eventually rewarded Roberto Mancini's decision to pick him with a goal that confirmed...
BANNED in Chelsea; Diamond-Mine Heir Who Dated Emma Watson Is Suspended from Show for Repeated Lateness - and Rest of Cast Given Strict Warning over 'Extremely Unprofessional' Behaviour
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Byline: Lara Gould SHOWBUSINESS EDITOR THEIR lives of champagne-fuelled excess have turned them into television stars. But the well-heeled cast members of 'scripted reality' series Made In Chelsea appear to be pushing their partying a little...
Bare Bones of a Spine-Chilling Story
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Byline: by Gavin Burke A film about a paedophile was a hard sell to begin with, but writer/director Markus Schleinzer made it even harder, as Michael (club, ) is delivered in the cold, austere style of fellow Austrian Michael Haneke and fails to...
Beauty Bulletin
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Byline: L AU R ABERMINGHAM BEAUTY TIPS, STYLISTS' SECRETS, HOT NEW PRODUCTS HEALTHY NAILS Good news! There could be a cure to unsightly, embarrassing nail fungus. The condition affects many people, particularly the over-50s. Treatment up to now...
Be Va-Va Verdant!
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Florals were a flourishing trend at the 2012 shows, with summer bloom shades defining the key beauty looks, too. Inspired by an English country garden, Dior's UK make-up ambassador Andrew Gallimore has created four dreamy looks to see you through the...
Bilingual Road Signs Row Takes a Turn for the Norse
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Byline: Mike Merritt IT was the foreign tongue first heard in Scotland centuries ago when Viking invaders arrived to rampage and pillage. But although old Norse has long-since died out, a new bid has been launched to use the language on modern...
BlackRock Mining Trust to Boost Divi Further; FUND FOCUS
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Byline: Stephen Womack COMMODITIES have been one of the investment success stories of recent years. Strong demand from emerging markets has forced up their prices over the past decade along with miners' share prices. BlackRock World Mining investment...
Blame the Boys in Blue for Starving Us of Oxegen, Says Furious Caroline
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IF OXEGEN ever returns, one thing's certain: the headline act won't be the Police. Promoter Caroline Downey, wife of MCD boss Denis Desmond, has launched a stinging attack on the Garda, claiming the cancellation of this year's festival is down to...
Brilliant, but I Still Don' 'T Know If MY Bum Look Ks Big in It
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Byline: by Patrice Harrington IAM ONLINE gazing at my wonderfully perky virtual bottom, which would quite literally leave my scrawny real-life version in the shade. My virtual bosom, too, is noticeably superior to my actual one, leading me to grudgingly...
BROTHERS in ARMS
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Byline: Ian Stafford THE scene was a Yorkshire park. Two young brothers were cornered by a group of older boys and ordered to hand over their pennies. 'Get lost,' responded the older brother and promptly ran off. His younger brother attempted...
Burns Trusts His Blind Ambition
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Byline: BOXING By Jim Black WORLD lightweight champion Ricky Burns will go in blind against Paulus Moses at Braehead Arena this weekend, rather than start forming any preconceived ideas about the Namibian's strengths and weaknesses. Burns, 28,...
Cabinet in Revolt over Move to Ban Cheap Booze
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Byline: Glen Owen POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT CABINET Ministers are in open revolt against David Cameron over a planned ban on cheap alcohol that is expected in this month's Budget. The Prime Minister is determined to end what he describes as the...
Cabinet in Revolt over Move to Ban Cheap Booze
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Byline: Glen Owen POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT CABINET Ministers are in open revolt against David Cameron over a planned ban on cheap alcohol in England and Wales that is expected in this month's Budget. The Prime Minister is determined to end what...
Cable Blasts Sick Leave Proposal as 'Nonsense'
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Byline: Brendan Carlin POLITICAL REPORTER VINCE CABLE has vowed to fight 'non-sense' plans to give workers extra time off work if they fall sick on holiday. Ministers say the proposed changes to the working time directive - which will cost employers...
Cable's New Mission to Avert Threat to Vauxhall; Plea to GM Bosses in Geneva over Astra Plant
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Byline: TOM McGHIE VINCE Cable has unexpectedly decided to fly to Geneva to plead with General Motors executives not to axe Vauxhall's giant plant in Ellesmere Port where the Astra is built. This will be the second GM crisis mission in a week...
Can Fergie Cut It as a Lion Tamer against the Pride of Bilbao?
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Byline: EUROVIEW with Graham Hunter PRIDE of place in the Athletic Club boardroom in Bilbao is a full-sized adult African lion which, although shot and stuffed some 30 years ago, still bears a menacing glint in its eyes and stands alert, as if ready...
Can I Still Join the Race for Games Tickets?
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Byline: Ask Frank Barrett Q I MISSED out in the ballot for London Olympics tickets but I'm still desperate to treat my ten-year-old son to an Olympics visit - he's been talking nonstop for the past couple of years about seeing the Games. Can I still...
Can't All Companies Follow Nationwide's Lead on Complaints?
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Byline: byJeff Prestridge PERSONAL FINANCE EDITOR How companies respond to complaints is a good barometer of just how committed they are to treating customers fairly. Nowhere is this more so than in financial services, and people should take this...
Catch a Falling STAR
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Byline: Mark Gallagher IN THE immediate aftermath of Dublin's thrilling All-Ireland football final victory last September, one of the most striking images doing the rounds was that of a dejected Kieran 'Star' Donaghy, sitting alone on a Croke Park...
CATCH THE HEAT WAVE; Long, Hot Days Call for Laid-Back, Lightweight Pieces in Sun-Bleached Shades - with a Dash of Vintage Va-Va-Voom
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Byline: CAROLINE BAKERs COTTON JERSEY DRESS, [pounds sterling]290, and SILK LUREX JACKET, [pounds sterling]485, both MaxMara THIS PAGE CASHMERE JUMPER, [pounds sterling]2,461, and SILK CREPE SHORTS, [pounds sterling]1,226, both Chanel. SANDALS,...
Chelsea's Old Guard Let AVB Down Again; Albion Punish Feeble Show So Will Troubled Boss See out Another Week at the Bridge?
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Byline: Patrick Collins 1 WEST BROM McAuley (82) 0 CHELSEA ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS confronted his crisis with a remarkable display of dignity and candour last night. He answered every question, accepted every criticism and took personal responsibility...
Chelsea's Old Guard Let AVB Down Again; Albion Punish Feeble Show So Will Troubled Boss See out Another Week at the Bridge?
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Byline: Patrick Collins 1 WEST BROM McAuley (82) 0 CHELSEA ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS confronted his crisis with a remarkable display of dignity and candour last night. He answered every question, accepted every criticism and took personal responsibility...
Clinical Hearts Ruin an Ibrox Swansong
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Byline: Graeme Croser 1 RANGERS Davis (45) HEARTS 2 Black (58), Hamill (79 pen) By Graeme Croser FOR the second home match in a row, Rangers were defeated then applauded off the pitch by a sympathetic crowd who know that losing a game of football...
Clock This
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Byline: Rob Waugh We're well into the 21st century and 'wakeup' technology remains so primitive that many earthlings still resort to desperate measures such as radio alarms blaring their favourite shock jocks. So while alarm clocks remain stuck...
Coco, Marilyn and All That Jasmine
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It's incredible to think that when you dab on Chanel No 5 you're inhaling the very same bouquet that wooed legendary women from Coco herself to Marilyn Monroe. That's because a huge amount of effort goes into keeping the fragrance as close as possible...
Complaints May Be Legit' but Our Lucky General Is Still the Right Man
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Byline: Matt HOLLAND WEDNESDAY night's game was everything we expected it to be. It was tight and tense with the focus purely on the result. Giovanni Trapattoni didn't alter the style of play and there were no surprises with his team selection....
Concordia Captain Couldn't See Radar 'Because He Wasn't Wearing His Glasses'
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Byline: From Nick Pisa IN GROSSETO, ITALY THE captain of the Costa Concordia was not wearing his glasses when the cruise ship crashed into rocks off the Italian coast, leaving more than 30 people dead, it was revealed yesterday. According to...
Concordia Captain Couldn't See Radar 'Because He Wasn't Wearing His Glasses'; Damning Claims of Doomed Cruise Ship's First Officer
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Byline: From Nick Pisa IN GROSSETO, ITALY THE captain of the Costa Concordia was not wearing his glasses when the cruise ship crashed into rocks off the Italian coast, leaving more than 30 people dead, it was revealed yesterday. According to...
Connemara Castle Where I Get Away from It All
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Byline: ROSLYN DEE Award-winning travel writer ros.dee@assocnews.ie The Abbeyglen Castle Hotel in Clifden in Connemara is something of an institution - in the best possible way. If you have ever stayed there, then you will know exactly what I mean....
Cook with Jamie
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[bar] or me, the heart of good food is friendship and being able to share delicious dishes. So, with that in mind, I've pulled together some recipes from me and my two great friends and mentors, Gennaro Contaldo and Antonio Carluccio. I first met...
Cool Down Boys! TV Bosses in Bid to Avoid Live Row on the Voice
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Byline: Eoin Murphy ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR VOICE Of Ireland producers are hoping to pour cold water and not wine on the explosive spat between Brian Kennedy and Kian Egan. The show's executive producer Larry Bass has ordered staff at the show to...
Could McCulloch Be the Cut-Price Rock upon Which Rangers Rebuild after Meltdown?
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Byline: Fraser Mackie LEE McCULLOCH signalled to the Rangers bench, seconds before kick-off, with what appeared to be a light-hearted complaint about his oversized jersey. It looked as if Broxi Bear had been parading about in the No 6 shirt all...
Councillor Who Lives 5,000 Miles Away.But Still Pockets His [Pounds Sterling]10k
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Byline: George Arbuthnott A COUNCILLOR is representing voters in a British city despite living 5,000 miles away in California. Conservative Neil Fitzgerald is still receiving his taxpayer-funded [pounds sterling]10,000 annual allowance for sitting...
Cowboys and Daytrippers
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Byline: Sheila Flynn [bar] he wooden doors keep swinging at the entrance to Big Nose Kate's Saloon, briefly allowing rays of sunlight into the eccentric, dimly lit bar. It's 2pm on a Monday afternoon, and, over by the wall, two guitarists are playing...
Crunch Time
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Byline: Fraser Mackie RANGERS' administrators last night manoeuvred into position to instigate swingeing playing staff cuts -- after condemning a short-term alternative by PFA Scotland as unviable for financial health at Ibrox and unattractive to...
Dark Circles
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Byline: L AU R ABERMINGHAM BEAUTY TIPS, STYLISTS' SECRETS, HOT NEW PRODUCTS Dark undereye circles are one of the most irritating parts of ageing. Celtic skin makes them more obvious and they manage to make us appear tired, unwell and even older,...
David Felt That He Wasn't Coping When He Was. Extremely Well; A Personal Memory of Raoul Moat's Final Victim - by a Man Who Knows the Anguish and Frustrations of Blindness Only Too Well
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Byline: DAVID BLUNKETT NO ONE can ever know what goes through the mind of someone on the edge of taking their own life. In the case of David Rathband, the seriously injured police officer, it is clear that his life and dreams were haunted by Raoul...
Defeat, but McCain Has Every Right to Believe in Ballabriggs
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Byline: Ed Watson A TRIP to the Borders ended in another defeat for Ballabriggs, but last season's Grand National winner still negotiated a significant hurdle on the road back to Aintree. Trainer Donald McCain admitted it was a case of 'job done',...
Defiant Trapattoni Fights Back
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Byline: David Sneyd CLASS IS permanent, as they say. And Giovanni Trapattoni has it in spades. After an hour spent dissecting Wednesday night's 1-1 draw against the Czech Republic with television, radio and daily newspaper reporters, the Italian...
DEMENTIA VILLE; Aristocrats with Dementia Waited on by 'Servants'. Working Class Sufferers Rolling Up Their Sleeves with 'Mates'. A New Experimental 'Town' Is Taking the Elderly Back to Their Healthier and Happier Pasts - with Astonishing Results
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Byline: by Edna Fernandes RAIN is lashing the windows on a gloomy winter's afternoon in the suburbs of Amsterdam. It is not quite five o'clock - a bit early for cocktail hour - yet Lex Jacott and Henk de Rooy are enjoying a giggle over a glass of...
Desert City at the Centre of a Brutal Tug-of-War
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Desert city at the centre of a brutal tug-of-war BENGHAZI was at the centre of the struggle for power in North Africa between the Allies and the Axis powers, Germany and Italy. the final time. On November 20, 1942, Benghazi was captured by the Eighth...
Diamond Has Truly Lost His Grip on Reality
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Byline: byLisa Buckingham EDITOR, FINANCIAL MAIL Earth calling Bob Diamond! Whatever planet the Barclays boss is on, he now appears so out of kilter with public opinion that it is not off beam to question whether he is becoming a liability for the...
Did I Get the Scoop on the Knitting Win? No Comment
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Byline: Eithne Tynan ONE of the first skills you learn in journalism - that is, if you learn journalism the old-fashioned way (but more on that in a moment) - is how to make a story out of nothing. 'Man Bites Dog' may be the conventional test of...
Did You Hear the One about the Wireless Headphones? It's a Long Way from the Hi-Fi and the Home Cinema Amp to the Sofa, So Don't Trail Wires All over the Lounge - Go Wireless; LIVE FOR GADGETS
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If you're tired of tangled, trailing headphone cables, there are several ways to go wireless. You'll pay a premium for the convenience - wired rivals offer better sound per pound - but the top-rated models here close that performance gap. Bluetooth...
Dodgy 'Debt' Demands of US Payday Loan Firm; THE READERS' CHAMPION
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Byline: by Tony Hetherington P. D. H. writes: My wife and I are wrestling with a demand for [pounds sterling]112 that she received from a loan company called QuickQuid. The letter is a 'Notice of Payment Past Due', but we fortunately have no need...
Does the ESB Low Use Charge Apply to Pumps on My Farm?
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Byline: Colm Rapple Q Will the new ESB low usage [bar] charge apply to private pumphouses supplying water to a house and to farm sheds? I had to install separate meters in both my sheds and for my water pump. The electricity usage in both cases...
Don't Be Taken for a Ride by 'Home Stay' Cowboys ... THE CRAFTY; TRAVELLER
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Byline: Fred Mawer ONE weekend last April, I rented a cottage in Pembrokeshire that I found on a website called homeaway.co.uk. Communicating with and paying the owner was hassle-free, the cottage surpassed its billing, and the owner turned out...
Drink in the Atmosphere on a Luxury River Voyage; ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE
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WITH spring in the air, and the promise of better weather, now is the time to be thinking about a river cruise. And the specialists are doing their best to give us as much choice as possible. Scenic Tours are giving their guests the chance to enjoy...
Driving Mr Bertie
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Byline: Philip Ryan FOR almost two decades, he was chauffeured around the country in top-of-therange Mercs and Chryslers by specially trained Garda drivers. But now, former taoiseach Bertie Ahern is back in the driving seat and spinning around...
Education Minister Launches Attack on Jedward as 'Muck'
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Byline: Philip Ryan JUNIOR Education Minister Ciaran Cannon has gone on Twitter to brand Jedward's Eurovision entry 'inane muck'. Mr Cannon, whose department is responsible for the education of thousands of Jedward's loyal teenage fans, is bound...
Essential Nutrients to Help You Beat the Symptoms of Endometriosis
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Byline: Henrietta Norton Endometriosis affects ten per cent of women - about two million in Britain. The condition is an often painful disorder of the female reproductive system and affects women of childbearing age. It occurs when endometrial...
Essex Comedy Is King at the Court; ALSO PLAYING
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Byline: by Georgina Brown The Royal Court's artistic director, Dominic Cook, has often said that he wants to stage plays that hold up a mirror to the middle classes on the theatre's doorstep in Chelsea, West London. With his production of David...
Everything You Always Wanted to Know about IVF ... If You're a Man; Male Infertility Makes Sufferers Feel Useless, but Diet and Lifestyle Can Overcome It
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Byline: Michael Saunders I have accepted that I am never going to be any good at football, that I cannot drink more than a couple of pints of beer without falling asleep and that a Formula 1 team is unlikely to enquire whether I would care to take...
Federer Lights Up the Fireworks as Murray Sparkler Fizzes Out
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Byline: Malcolm Folley ANDY MURRAY was reduced to the role of spectator as Roger Federer celebrated his 72nd title and a firework display lit the coal-black desert sky in his honour in Dubai last night. Twenty four hours earlier Murray had been...
Federer Lights Up the Fireworks as Murray's Sparkler Fizzes Out
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Byline: Malcolm Folley ANDY Murray was reduced to the role of spectator as Roger Federer celebrated his 72nd title and a firework display lit the coal-black desert sky in his honour in Dubai last night. Twenty four hours earlier Murray had been...
Federer Provides the Fireworks but Murray Can't Find His Sparkle
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Byline: Malcolm Folley ANDY Murray was reduced to the role of spectator as Roger Federer celebrated his 72nd title and a firework display lit the coal-black desert sky in his honour in Dubai last night. Twenty four hours earlier, Murray had been...
Fenlon So Struck by Strength ofSamson
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Byline: ByIan Broadley HIBS manager Pat Fenlon insisted keeper Craig Samson denied them the win which would have eased the pressure in their fight for survival. 'Their keeper had a fantastic early save from a corner. If that had gone in, it would...
Fergie Braced for Final Duel with Redknapp
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Byline: Joe Bernstein THEY first opposed each other in February 1989 when Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United side were held to a 1-1 draw by Bournemouth in the FA Cup, a feather in the cap for the Dorset club's young emerging manager Harry Redknapp....
Fergie Braced for His Last Duel with Harry; Spurs Told: You'll Be Starting Again When He Gets England Job
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Byline: Joe Bernstein THEY first opposed each other in February 1989 when Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United side were held to a 1-1 draw by Bournemouth in the FA Cup, a real feather in the cap for the Dorset club's young emerging manager Harry...
Fireman Sam and the Day Freedom Went Up in Smoke
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Byline: Peter Hitchens HERE are the most sinister and hopeless words I have ever read: 'I was told that we now live in a different time and some things are not to be said.' They should be carved on the tombstone of the Country Formerly Known as...
Firms 'Waste [Pounds Sterling]7billion a Year in Tax Breaks'
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Byline: Helen Loveless SMALL businesses risk wasting [pounds sterling]7 billion this year - an average of [pounds sterling]1,600 each - in unnecessary tax payments, according to a new report by professional advice website unbiased.co.uk. Sole...
Forget about the Old Bunk
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Byline: Bob Cass O'Neill tells side to look at the bigger picture in his first Tyne-Wear derby MARTIN O'NEILL will preface his Tyne-Wear derby debut today by urging his players to remember the immortal phrase of the late Henry Ford: 'History is...
FORGET HISTORY! O'Neill Tells Side to Look at the Bigger Picture in His First Tyne-Wear Derby
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Byline: Bob Cass MARTIN O'NEILL will preface his Tyne-Wear derby debut today by urging his players to remember the immortal phrase of the late Henry Ford: 'History is more or less bunk'. It will be a message that will carry even more significance...
* FREE 36 Petunias and Gardening DVD POSTAGE APPLIES *
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FILL your pots, hanging baskets and borders with cascades of vibrant, scented petunias this summer - with our sensational collection of 36 FREE* petunia plants. The 36 plants will easily fill several average-size containers - and each collection...
French Job Is Great but It Kills Me Being Away from My Kids, Reveals Davidson
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Byline: Liam Heagney JEREMY Davidson is amused to think Irish people found it so bitterly cold in Paris three weeks ago. Aurillac, the south-central city where he lives, has a reputation for being the coldest in France - and they experienced...
From Morecambe & Wise to Jekyll & Hyde; after a Lifetime Writing Gags for the Comedy Greats, Mike Craig Was Hit by a Frightening and Rare Form of Dementia. Here His Widow Tells How It Turned the Man She Loved into a Stranger; What Is Pick's Disease?
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Byline: Roz Lewis It was an 'off-the-cuff' after-dinner speech that comedy king Mike Craig had given countless times. He would recount anecdotes about his days writing gags for Morecambe and Wise - most famously, Angela Rippon's high-kicking dance...
Frontline Hero without a Gun; ART
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Byline: Mark Hudson Shaped By War: Don McCullin Imperial War Museum, London, until April 15 ***** Don McCullin is war photography. Or it tends to look that way from a British perspective. Far and away our most famous war photographer, McCullin...
Game Group on Alert as Fans Are Urged to Switch; Warnings on Web to Cash in Gift Vouchers
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Byline: NEIL CRAVEN BRITAIN'S biggest video game retailer is braced for a new blow this weekend as gaming fans threaten to cash in gift vouchers and switch to online rivals. The Game Group said last week a supply agreement had broken down, cutting...
Gardyne Digs out Victory as Classy County Eye Title
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ROSS COUNTY 2 QUEEN OF THE SOUTH 1 ROSS County manager Derek Adams praised his side last night as they moved six points clear at the top of the table -- with two games in hand. A second-half strike by Dundee United-bound striker Michael Gardyne...
Geggan Lifts Ayr as Pressley's SPL Dream All but Dies
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Byline: AYR UNITED 1 Geggan (73) FALKIRK 0 ByJames Melville ANY lingering hopes Falkirk had of clinching the title were probably killed off by this defeat to an Ayr United side who gave their own survival hopes a timely boost. The Bairns went...
Giants under Fire for Starting Late Pay Ripple Effect; Small Firms Forced to Delay Settling Bills
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Byline: HELEN LOVELESS LATE payment by big business is having a critical knock-on effect with more than 60 per cent of small companies admitting that they in turn delay paying their suppliers. Initial research by the Forum of Private Business...
