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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 February 3, 2008
10 Red Hot Facts about Tomatoes
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We may strive to consume our five portions of fruit and vegetables eachday but the tomato stands out as the most valuable to our health. According topharmacist Ron Levin, who has spent most of his career with medical researchcompanies, and science...
11 Storeys Up in a City Centre.The New Home Thats Ideal for a Family; HIGH LIFE: The Murrays Wanted Their Children to Grow Up Streetwise
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Byline: Richard Holledge Alex and Jo Murray have found their ideal family homeit has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a big living/kitchen area. But the homes location is unusual11 storeys up in a new development right in the centre of Leeds....
(1) GETHIN UNCOVERED (2) I Can See My Heartbeat on the MRI Scan; - LIGHT-FOOTED: Gethin Lost 20lb on Strictly Come Dancing -
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Byline: GETHIN JONES You have beautiful arteries, says the ultrasound lady. This, I think, isa compliment. But then I have been probed, tested, scanned, scrutinised andanalysed today all in the nicest possible way so anything sounds good. Such...
(1) the Black Kennedy (2) Just like the Omen, Anyone Who Got His Met in Way a Nasty End. (3) Those Who Laud Him Now Will Be Flinging Abuse at Him in Two Years
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Byline: Peter Hitchens CAMPAIGN TRAIL: Obama relaxes as he travels between rallies. Left: Peter Hitchens outside the Obamas Chicago home YOUTH APPEAL: Barack Obama, then known as Barry, his 1979 high school year book - FAMILY MAN: Obama at home...
30,000 REASONS TO SAVE BRITANNIA! MESSAGE FOR MR BROWN: Reporter Simon McGee and Our Britannia Model Deliver Some of the 30,000 Protests, Pictured Right, to No10 INSPIRATION: Jean Ironside, Who Modelled for Britannia, and Her Husband Christopher Showing His Designs to Prince Philip
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Byline: SIMON MCGHEE, RHODRI PHILLIPS GORDON BROWN was under massive pressure last night to reverse hisdecision to remove Britannia from the countrys coins. More than 30,000 Mail on Sunday readers and dozens of MPs have joined ourcampaign to...
6 THINGS YOU MUST DO IN...CHICHESTER; TUDOR HERITAGE: Chichesters Market Cross Lies at the Centre of the City
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Byline: GARETH HUW DAVIES THIS attractive little Georgian city at the foot of the South Downs isthe perfect short-break destination. A list of easily-walked-to delightsincludes a theatre where megastars perform, a 900-year-old cathedral, and someof...
A Brummie Homesick for. Okefenokee; WILDLIFE HAVEN: The Huge Okefenokee Swamp Seems to Go on for Ever. Right: Savannahs Timeless Southern Architecture; TRIBUTE: Confederate
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Byline: David Hurst ASIDE from marriage and fatherhood, my trip to Georgia ranks alongsidethe most profound experiences of my life. But it was also unsettling in moreways than one. My latest novel, A Quiet Belief In Angels, has been selected forthis...
Abuse Fears over Capital Gains Change
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Byline: DAN ATKINSON, JENNY LITTLE ALISTAIR Darlings controversial rethink of capital gains tax could bewide open to abuse after it emerged that the authorities will be trustingalmost entirely in the honesty of small business people. Revenue...
A Caravan of Bikes on the Silk Road; PURE DRAMA: A Stunning Section of the Silk Road Cycle Tour
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Byline: Tom Chesshyre ALEXANDER the Great ventured to its western limit 300 years before thebirth of Christ. The Romans successfully began to trade with China along it.Genghis Khan passed along with his Mongols in the 13th Centuryon their way to...
A City Office, Oil Options and a Regulator.They're All Fake
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G. R. writes: I bought oil options over the phone for [pounds sterling]5,000 from WillowTrade Limited of Priory House, Threadneedles Street, London EC2R 8DY. After thesale, salesman Roger Allgate called each week or so to tell me how the marketwas...
Adebayor in Bubbly Mood as Arsenals Champagne Style Flows; THE VIRTUOSI: Adebayor Fires His Second Goal (Top Right) and Responds to the Fans (Left). Eduardo (Right) Swivels and Blasts the Gunners Second. England Boss Fabio Capello (above) Appreciates the Quality on Show Pictures: PAUL LEWIS, JON SUPER, REUTERS and PA
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Byline: JOE BERNSTEIN MAN CITY.......1 ARSENAL........3 ARSENAL produced the type of magical football that will have neutralseverywhere cheering them on as the title race reaches its climax. Quite rightly, the whole country will share the...
A Field of Dreams as Welsh End Their Long Wait; PARTY BEGINS: Lee Byrne (Left) Gets the Welsh Revival Back on Track with a Try. Lesley Vainikolo and Iain Balshaw (Right) Combine to Subdue Shane Williams. Wales Start Wild Celebrations (above) after Their Victory at Twickenham
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Byline: Patrick Collins ONCE upon a time, they saved all year, drank all morning, swarmed on thetrains at Waterloo and then spent the afternoon praying for a miracle. Itrarely happened. True, there were the halcyon days of the Seventies, when...
Aim Chiefs Silent over Firms Irregularities; FORMER CHIEF: Mark Worthington and the Staff Memo from Worthington Nicholls Current Boss Simon Beart
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Byline: SIMON FLUENDY PROVOCATIVE and swaggering, John Thain, then boss of the New York StockExchange and now head of investment bank Merrill Lynch, caused uproar last yearwhen he lambasted his London rival over lax regulation in its juniorAlternative...
Airdrie Enjoying Thrill of the Chase
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AIRDRIE UNITED boosted their promotion hopes with a 3-0 win over Raithin the clash of the two clubs chasing Second Division leaders Ross County. But manager Kenny Blacks side rode their luck during the first half as Raithstruck woodwork twice but...
Airlifted to Safety. the Captain from del Monte; CALM AFTER THE STORM: The Horncliffyesterday FRUIT CRUSH: Boxes of Melons from Smashed Containers Litter the Deck. Below: The Captain Is Rescued
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Byline: Nick Constable A HEROIC ships captain was airlifted to safety yesterday after sufferingsevere neck, spinal and internal injuries trying to save passengers when hisvessel nearly capsized in a Force 10 gale. The master of the 12,887-ton...
Albion Stay on Course by Taking Roman Road; STAYING ON TOP: Roman Bednar Gets Enough Height to Head the Ball Home and Score the Winner for Albion
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Byline: Chris Moore WEST BROM 2 BURNLEY 1 ROMAN BEDNAR kept West Bromwich Albion in pole position in the Championshiptitle race by maintaining his remarkable scoring record. Promotion rivals Burnley threatened an upset when former Albion midfielderJames...
All the Aces Are in Buyers Hands
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Byline: SEBASTIAN O'KELLY Needless to say, those who make money out of property believe that, allthings considered, interest rates should come down dramatically this week. Something like the US Federal Reserve slashing 1.25 per cent off interest...
Also Showing
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Byline: Angie Errigo Battle For Haditha (15) **** , my film of the week, is a searing IraqWar drama torn from the headlines by British director-producerwriter NickBroomfield. Its based on true events: the roadside bombing of Americans at Haditha...
...And the Tory Who Employs Ex-Lovers Daughter at Commons; ON THE PAYROLL: Ashleigh Sharp Was Paid [Pounds Sterling]5,500 Last Year VALUE: Bob Spink Also Employs His Ex-Wife and Daughter
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Byline: GLEN OWEN A SECOND Tory MP was dragged into the row over Commons staff last nightfor employing his lovers daughter when she was still a sixth-form pupil. Ashleigh Sharp has been Bob Spinks parliamentary assistant since 2006, when shewas...
An MP Is Paid Less Than a Commons Sous Chef
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Byline: SIMON WALTERS SCANDAL-HIT Tory MP Derek Conway has hit back at critics who haveaccused him of using his Commons expenses to feather his familys nest andinsisted: I am not a crook. In his first interview since being suspended as anMP after...
A Pearl on the Seafront; SHIPSHAPE: The Boat House Bought by Ellen Kent, Inset, Was Given a Cape Cod Makeover; PUSHING THE BOAT OUT: The [Pounds Sterling]345,000 Overhaul Included Burgundy-Oak Flooring throughout. Right: The Shell House
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Byline: Mark Hughes-Morgan Whitstable is the latest seaside town to be saddled with the tagChelsea-on-Sea. It has a new arts centre, highly rated restaurants and streetsfull of upmarket boutique clothes shops to entice the traditional Volvo-loadsof...
Apology Comes Tragically Late
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Mrs D. B. writes: My terminally ill mother decided to give [pounds sterling]3,000 eachto my two children. I paid her cheques into their Abbey accounts and my sons[pounds sterling]3,000 was credited to him. But when my daughters account was next updatedthere...
Asian PCs Blocking Crackdown on Honour Killings
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Byline: DANIEL BOFFEY, MILES GOSLETT SOMEAsiansinthepoliceandin Governmentjobsareblockingthe crackdown against so-called honour killings, according to a report. It is alleged they are not only failing to help desperate women trying to fleeabuse...
A Tropical Climate, Stunning Beaches, World-Famous Resorts.Welcome to Paradise; INDIAN OCEAN IDYLL: Mauritius Combines Blindingly White Sand and Clear, Azure Seas
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SHOULD you be asked to design a tropical island paradise, you wouldprobably end up with something looking remarkably like Mauritius. Situated inthe Indian Ocean between the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn, Mauritiuslies about 500 miles east of...
A War on Terror,drugs ...and Common Sense; FUGITIVE: Police Believe That Sean Lupton Has Fled to Cyprus with Millions TERRIFYING: A CCTV Photo of the Gang Threatening Staff during the Raid LIVING IN FEAR: Therese Lupton and a Mock-Up of the Terrifying Letter She Received Accusing Her Husband. Left: Their 1984 Wedding
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Byline: SUZANNE MOORE IF IRAQ is viewed by almost everyonenowastheunpopularwar, what is Afghanistan seen as? A popular and successful mission? In the pastcouple of weeks alone we have seen the unravelling of Nato, with Canadathreatening to bring...
Bank Set for Interest Rate Cut to 5.25%
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Byline: DAN ATKINSON BANK of England Governor Mervyn King is expected this week to hand morethan [pounds sterling]30 a month to the average homeowner in an attempt to stave off recession. He and his eight colleagues on the Monetary Policy Committee...
Banks Wont Accept Any Lack of Effort at Tynecastle; LOTS TO PLAY FOR: Steve Banks
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Byline: Fraser Mackie STEVE BANKS has warned that any team-mates who believe the season isover for Hearts after elimination from the CIS Cup are directly answerable tohim. And the serious intent in his voice suggests it will be a brave Tynecastleplayer...
BBC in Race Law Row over Advert for a Zany Asian
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THE BBC last night launched an inquiry into a job advertisement thatappeared to flagrantly breach the Race Relations Act by seeking an Oriental orAsian person to front a new series. The makers of a ten-part BBC2 science programme sent a wish list...
BBCs Huge Bill for Media Group Stake
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Byline: JON REES, NEIL CRAVEN BBC Worldwide may have to pay hundreds of millions of pounds to retaincontrol of 2 entertain, its successful music and film distribution jointventure with Woolworths. The operation was set up to distribute and sell...
Beautiful Cheetah Cut Open and Skinned Leaving Cubs Orphaned; WILDLIFE SOAP: Presenters Simon King, Saba Douglas-Hamilton and Jonathan Scott Had Been Tracking the Progress of Honey and Her Cubs, Top
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Byline: MIKE BEHR, ELIZABETH SANDERSON ONE of the animal stars of the BBCs Big Cat Diary has been killed aftera tragic blunder. Honey, a seven-year-old cheetah, died last February after a vet shot her in thewrong place with a tranquilising dart....
Beckham: Ill Fly World for 100th Cap; CENTURY CHASER: David Beckham CHEERLEADER; FABIO CAPELLO AT MANCHESTER CITY YESTERDAY
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Byline: Bob Cass DAVID BECKHAM will embark on a 28,000-mile odyssey in a bid to prove hismatch fitness to England coach Fabio Capello and win his 100th England capagainst France next month. Beckham, left out of Capellos first England squad to...
Big Six Turn on Charm for Shareholders
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Byline: Lisa Buckingham FOR once, the navel-gazers among the worlds bean counters have movedperilously close to the mainstream. In more balmy times, the change in nuancemight well have gone unnoticed. But at the recent New York gathering of the...
Blackburn Draw a Blank in Scrap to Break the Everton Jinx; (1) HEAD TURNER: Reid Gets to Grips with Evertons Fernandes (2) THE CHEEK OF IT: Benni McCarthy Muscles in on Lee Carsley
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Byline: JOHN HELM BLACKBURN.........0 EVERTON.............0 IF EVER evidence were needed that the Big Four are in a league of their own, itwas provided by this stalemate involving two clubs with genuine ambitions ofplaying in Europe, but a million...
Breakaway Bolton Pile on Misery forCoppell; PROMISING START: Helguson Congratulates Scorer Kevin Nolan
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Byline: James Wrigley READING 0 BOLTON 2 Nolan (33), Helguson (58) READING slipped into the bottom four as their worst Premier League run wasextended to six straight defeats. Gary Megsons Bolton, who had not won in the League since January...
British Gas to Unveil [Pounds Sterling]630m Record Profit
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Byline: TOM MCGHIE BRITISH Gas is set to provoke a public outcrywhenitunveilsasix-fold increase in profits this month, only weeks after hitting its 16million customers with a 15 per cent rise in prices. The results, due on February 21, will showannualprofitssoaringtoa...
Bureaucrats Drive Alex Up the Pole
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ALL is not rosy at the court of King Alex. First Minister Salmond isunable to fly his personal standard (the Saltire) outside his palace inEdinburghs Charlotte Square. In his speech announcing a bonfire of the quangosor merging a few, without actually...
Bushs Billionaire Friend Sold [Pounds Sterling]100m of Shares Just Days before Scandal Broke; DENIALS: Robert Day with His Wife Kelly
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A BILLIONAIRE ally of President George Bush could face a criminalinvestigation into insider share dealing after selling [pounds sterling]100million of sharesjust days before Societe Generales rogue-trader losses were reported. Robert Day, a member...
BUTCHER HAS THE PASSION TO RISE ABOVE CONTROVERSY SAYS MALPAS; Pride and Prejudice Malpas Is Adamant Tat Former England Skipper Butcher Has Allthe Necessary Qualities to Make Him an Honoury Scotsman
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TERRY BUTCHER can well recall an infamous welcome afforded to MauriceJohnston when the ex-Celt arrived at a Rangers training camp in the summer of1989, but there are no fears that the new Scotland assistant manager will begreeted as an outcast at Loch...
Cameron: Posh Is So Skinny I Could Put My Arms Right Round Her; SVELTE: Victoria Beckham Last Week
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Byline: JAMES TAPPER YOU dont get to be leader of the Conservative Party without showing acertain degree of perspicacity. Yet David Cameron appears to be endlessly surprised that Victoria Beckham is,shall we say, a touch on the slim side. ...
Capello Is Wrong to Deny Beckham His Farewell
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Byline: PATRICK COLLINS DAVID BECKHAM is an affable fellow, frequently daft, childishlycalculatingand prone to the odd foot-stamping tantrum, but largely inoffensive. Yet stillhe manages to divide opinion like no other figure in modern English sport....
COCKY ENGLAND FALL APART; TRYING TIME: Lesley Vainikolo Cheers on Toby Flood to Englands Try, but Wales Had the Final Word after Scrum-Half Mike Phillips Second-Half Touchdown (Far Left)
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Byline: Ian Stafford JAMES HOOK inspired a Wales side, seemingly dead and buried athalf-time, to a sensational comeback which stunned an injury-ridden England toclaim their first win at Headquarters for 20 long years. What was supposed to be...
Crooked Rooms with a View; FAN: Rupert Supports Arsenal
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Byline: CAROLINE REES Actor Rupert Graves, 44, has starred in A Room With A View and TVs TakeA Girl Like You. His latest film Death At A Funeral is out on DVD on February25. He lives in Islington with wife Susie and their three children. Ive...
Crouch Comes in from the Cold to Ease Benitez Pain; TALL ORDER: Peter Crouch Outleaps Sunderlands Defence to Give Liverpool the Lead at Anfield
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Byline: MARK FLEMING LIVERPOOL 3 SUNDERLAND 0 PETER CROUCH dug manager Rafa Benitez out of a hole with the goal that setLiverpool on the way to a much-needed victory. Crouch has spent much of the season on the benchapparently not the man who...
Cup Specialist Gives Queens a Regal Touch; QUEENS KING: Stewart Laps Up His Goal
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Byline: Ewan Smith MORTON 0 QUEEN OF STH 2 OConnor (46), Stewart (87) GORDON CHISHOLMS growing reputation as a coach was further enhanced yesterdayas he steered Queen of the South into their second consecutive Scottish Cupquarter-final. Chisholm,...
DEFOE DELIGHT; INSTANT DIVIDENDS: Jermain Defoe Celebrates after Scoring for Portsmouth on His Debut
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Byline: Malcolm Folley PORTSMOUTH 1 CHELSEA 1 JERMAIN DEFOE created an instant impression on an afternoon when Harry Redknappgave the discarded England striker what he most craved a game of football. At [pounds sterling]9 million, Defoe has...
DNA Paternity Tests Cannot Be Relied on, Says Top Judge; CRITICAL: Judge Hayden Highlighted Deficiencies
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A SENIOR judge has cast serious doubt over the reliability of DNApaternity and maternity tests used by closed Family Courts. He also identified problems with key evidence in more than 120 hearings in thecourts, raising fears that children may have...
Dogs Are Led Astray by the Ailing Banks; HARD TIMES: Ian Cheshires Kingfisher Yields Seven per Cent
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Byline: JOANNE HART THE past three months have been little short of extraordinary. Back inNovember the mood in the financial markets was already sombre as brokers andeconomists worried about banks lending too much money to people who were unableto...
Donald Sutherland: How I Faced Death after Diving on the Barrier Reef; AGONY: Sutherland Was Taken Ill While Lunching with His Wife
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Byline: GILL PRINGLE VETERAN Hollywood actor Donald Sutherland revealed yesterday how he wasstruck by crippling chest painsand feared he was going to dieafter filming underwater scenes for his latest movie on the Great Barrier Reef. The 72-year-old...
Donald Sutherland: How I Faced Death after Diving on theBarrierReef; AGONY Sutherland Was Taken Ill While Lunching with His Wife
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Byline: GILL PRINGLE IN LOS ANGELES VETERAN Hollywood actor Donald Sutherland revealedyesterday how he was struck by crippling chest painsand feared he was going to dieafter filming underwater scenes for his latest movie on the Great Barrier Reef....
Dont Allow Sipps to Be Next Scandal
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Byline: Jeff Prestridge ASELF-invested personal pension is the hot financial product of themoment. Last week, insurance giant Standard Life took time out from imposinggardening leave on executive Trevor Matthews,whoisboundfor Friends Provident,...
Drug Cheat Chambers Puts Himself in the Frame for Olympics; CUTTING A DASH: Dwain Chambers Races to His Comeback Victory in Birmingham Yesterday
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Byline: Rob Draper DWAINCHAMBERS produced an impressive display of sprinting that will spark a seriesof conflicts with athletics authoritiesbut could end in him representing Britain at the Beijing Olympics this summer. Chambers, who was banned...
EASTERN PROMISE IN A CITY OF LIONS; OLD AND NEW: Raffles Hotel and Skyscrapers in the Booming Financial Centre, Right
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Byline: JEFF PRESTRIDGE PICKING YOUR PORTFOLIO HUGH Young has seen it all in his 23 years managing Far Eastern investmentfunds, first at Sentinel and since 1988 at Aberdeen Asset Management. He hassurvived numerous market crises and watched from...
EGO IS A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND; STAR-STRUCK: Kathleen Turner, Pictured in 1990, Is Her Own Biggest Fan
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Byline: Craig Brown Bookof the Week Send Yourself Roses By Kathleen Turner with Gloria FeldtHeadline [pounds sterling]18.99[pounds sterling]17.10 inc p&p (0845 606 4213) ** Thetitleofthisattimes exhaustingbookcomes from Kathleen Turners habit...
Endless Cigarettes, Three Typewriters and a Plan to Discombobulate the Pompous How My Father Wrote Flashman; DADDYS GIRL: Caro Playing with Her Father When She Was a Child. Above: Georges Immortal Flashman. Below: Caro Today
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Of all the tributes paid to my father, George MacDonald Fraser,following his death early this year, my favourite is that written by MaxHastings. He knew my father, so he could go beyond the familiar territory ofthe Flashman novels, the other books...
Enter the DUCK; A STAR IS BORN: Patos Impact since Making His Milan Debut Has Underlined the Belief He Has the World at His Feet
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Byline: GRAHAM HUNTER WELL, we told you he was coming. Alexandre Pato has hit the groundrunning & and everyone else is trying to keep up. In the last episode of theSandy the Duck show (yes, that really is what his name means), AC Milan paid$22m...
Even Their Pet Poodle Was Put on Expenses
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Byline: Christopher Leake DISGRACED Tory MP Derek Conway once tried to claim [pounds sterling]10 expenses for anovernight stay in a hotel by his wifes pet poodle. The claim, which Mr Conway withdrew after it was queried, was made when he wasthe...
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW:Wife of Villain Wanted for [Pounds Sterling]53m Securitas Raid Tells Why She Believes He Was Murdered - by the Sinister 'MR X'; FUGITIVE: Police Believe That Sean Lupton Has Fled to Cyprus with Millions TERRIFYING: A CCTV Photo of the Gang Threatening Staff during the Raid LIVING IN FEAR: Therese Lupton and a Mock-Up of the Terrifying Letter She Received Accusing Her Husband. Left: Their 1984 Wedding
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Byline: IAN GALLAGHER PEOPLE stop and stare whenever Therese Lupton so much as goes to theshops for a loaf of bread. They nudge each other and sometimes point. Shes theone whose old man got away with all those millions, she hears them mutter. ...
Facespace NIGELLA LAWSON; HADDOCK HIJACK: Me Telling Damien to Give Back My Fish Art CHOCS AWAY: I Cant Resist Temptation but I Wont Let My Lovely Mr Guzzle Have a Bite!
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Byline: Sinclair McKay The queen of gastro-porn reveals her inner thoughts on art andinheritance, or so wed like to believe ... 7.45am Could it be any earlier in the morning? But thats what a strong workethic is all about. My children have to...
FA Probe [Pounds Sterling]300,000 Bet on Redknapp Job; JOB MOVE: Pompey Boss Harry Redknapp
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Byline: DANIEL KING A HIGH-PROFILE football figure is to be investigated by the FootballAssociation over allegations he betand lost at least [pounds sterling]300,000 on Harry Redknapp becoming Newcastle manager. There are reports that the huge...
Final Fling Can Sway Barry; SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? Nicholson Has Still to Decide Whether to Remain at Aberdeen or Move to England
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Byline: Ewing Grahame ABERDEEN manager Jimmy Calderwood is hoping a win against Dundee Unitedin Tuesdays CIS Insurance Cup semi-final will help persuade Barry Nicholson tostay at Pittodrie. The 29-year-old midfielder is out of contract at the...
First Hain, Then Conway.Now the Wintertons
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YOU have to admire their ingenuity. By handing their mortgage-free hometo a trust, paying the trust a rent and then claiming it back from thetaxpayer, Nicholas and Ann Winterton are notstrictly speaking breaching Commons rules. But their privileged...
First Novels
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Byline: Max Davidson The Hartlepool Monkey by Sean Longley Doubleday[pounds sterling]14.99 [pounds sterling]14.99 (0845 6064213)Longleys sparkling debut is based on a celebrated episode in the Napoleonicwars, when a monkey dressed in French uniform...
Five Hours after the Crash They Found Me Caught under Awheel. I Was the Last to Come out Alive; TRAGEDY; BILL FOULKES RETURNS TO SCENEOF THE DISASTER ON THE DAY AFTER THE MUNICH AIR CRASH
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Byline: Ian Ridley KENNY MORGANS was never one of the greatest names of Manchester Unitedsvivid red history.Butonadarkand snowy afternoon, 50 years ago this coming Wednesday, he was caught up inthe tragedy that became a touchstone for the most famous...
Flintoff Offered Indian Fortune; LEAVE ME OUT: Andrew Flintoff Has Wisely Decided to Opt for Long-Term Fitness Rather Than Short-Term Gains
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Byline: PETER HAYTER ANDREW FLINTOFF has been offered a six-figure payday for six weeks workby the billion-airesoftheIndianPremier League. But Englands iconic all-rounder has turned down an approachfrom the IPL, who are paying Shane Warne and Adam...
Follow My Guide to Avoid a Burn-Out
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Byline: Carole Caplin Whether youve decided to run the marathon, join the gym, skate, dance ortake up a sport, there are some invaluable guidelines that I always offer toprofessional athletes, experienced gym-goers and complete novices alike: ...
Friends in Bid to Free Hell Jail Mercenary; GRIM: Simon Mann and the Stark Cell He Will Call Home
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Byline: Barbara Jones, Andrew Wilks FORMER SAS officer Simon Mann was yesterday spending his first eveningin solitary confinement in Africas most notorious prison. The Old Etonian and friend of Mark Thatcher was being held in Black Beach Jailin...
Gadfly
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Houseboom? Only in C4s fantasy world RECENT news from the housing market has been grim, with reports of tumblingproperty prices, rising mortgage rates and repossessions. Channel 4 and its partner, property investment firm Inside Track, offer...
G-ARDEN - of Shattered Dreams; (1)Disgusted Carolyn Wallace (2) - Design Genius Colin McALister and Justin Ryan Planned a Greeen Haven
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Byline: Jane Simpson WHEN one of Scotlands toughest housing schemes was handed over to two ofthe nations campest designers, their grand vision included a garden for innercity residents. But a year after Colin McAllister and Justin Ryans social...
Gerrard Will Be Fabios First Captain as Terry Has to Play Waiting Game; LEADERS: Injured John Terrys Armband Goes to Steven Gerrard
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Byline: IAN RIDLEY STEVEN GERRARD is set to be named as Englands captain for Wednesdaysfriendly against Switzerland, but Fabio Capello will keep current skipper JohnTerry in limbo for seven months before making a permanent appointment. Gerrard,...
Give Energy Firms the Shivers Turn Down the Heating
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Have we all in this country lost the will to fight? Do we always have tosit back and take any price rises that power suppliers or petroleum supplierschoose to impose upon us? The less action we take, the more they will keep ontesting our pockets. ...
Go to Barbados & Thats an Order; FEELING VALUED; ABI CROWLEY AND HER COLEAGUES' WORK IS RECOGNISED AND REWARDED BY THEIR BOSS
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Byline: NIC PATON EntrepreneurLaraMorganspent [pounds sterling]50,000 flying 30 of her staff to the Caribbean for an all-expenses paidholiday in Barbados two years ago. And the owner of the luxury hotel toiletriesfirm Pacific Direct, which has offices...
Great Escape
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Byline: IAN RIDLEY TOTTENHAM.........1 MAN UTD.............1 LUCKY Manchester United salvaged a priceless point in the dying seconds atWhite Hart Lanebut it was not enough to keep them at the top of the Premier League. Tottenham defender Michael...
GREAT ESCAPE; SAVIOUR: Carlos Tevez Wheels Away in Delight after Snatching a Point for United
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Byline: IAN RIDLEY TOTTENHAM.........1 MAN UTD.............1 CARLOS TEVEZ rescued a priceless point for Manchester United with virtually thelast kick of the game at White Hart Lanebut it was not enough to keep them at the top of the Premier League....
Haddens Men Ready to Make Their Mark; Redy to Shine De Luca(right) and Henderson Can Provea Formidable Partnership
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Byline: IWAN TUKALO THE launch of a fresh Six Nations campaign fires the imagination withits rich range of possibilities, hopes and fears. And this one has added zestas, following so closely on the heels of the World Cup, it gives an earlychance...
Hammers on the Ropes as Kilbane Lifts Wigan Hopes; ECSTATIC: Kilbane Scores for Wigan
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Byline: DEREK HUNTER WIGAN.......1 WEST HAM..1 KEVIN KILBANE delivered a massive blow to West Hams hopes of hosting UEFA Cupaction next season after his first goal for 10 months gave Wigans survivalprospects a timely lift. The Republic of...
Heskey out for England as Kilbane Lifts Wigan; GLEE CLUB: Kilbane Scores for Wigan and Celebrates with Paul Scharner
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Byline: DEREK HUNTER WIGAN........1 WEST HAM...0 EMILE HESKEY was forced to pull out of Fabio Capellos provisional England squadlast night as Wigan overcame West Ham on a tip of a pitch. Wigan manager Steve Bruce confirmed Heskey will play...
Hounded by the Blundering CSA
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A. S. writes: In 2003 I separated from my now ex-wife. I was very illand was admitted to a psychiatric hospital. I paid nominal child maintenanceplus household bills for the former matrimonial home and agreed to increasemaintenance when it was sold....
How Could the Mitford Girls Have Hated a Place like This? INSPIRATION: Nancy Mitford Drew on Asthall Manor for Her Alconleigh SLEEPY SWINBROOK: But Life in the Village Was Far from Happy for the Mitford Children Nancy, Diana, Tom and Pamela, on the Wall, and Unity, Jessica and Deborah in Front Pictured with Their Parents There in 1934
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Byline: Miranda Seymour A RECENT marriage to a man who isnt familiar with the Englishcountryside has provided a perfect chance to rediscover it myself, and totransform each local trip into a small adventure. An invitation to speak at the Cheltenham...
How Jean-Do , My Butterfly, Escaped His Diving Bell at Last
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Byline: PETER ALLEN MOVING PICTURE: Mathieu Amalric as Jean-Dominique and Marie-Josee Croze as speech-therapist Henriette Durand in a scene from The Diving Bell And The ButterflyELLES ANGEL: Jean-Dominique Bauby enjoys life before his stroke. His...
How One Mothers Son Personified the Waste of So Many Young Lives; SO PROUD; DUNCAN EDWARDS MOTHER CHERISHED THE MEMORIES OF HER FAMOUS SON
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Byline: Patrick Collins THE old ladys house was full of memories. There were scrapbooks andletters, pictures and postcards, all the poignant minutiae of a short andshining life. She handled each item tenderly, with the pride of a mother.Several...
HOW ROD'S BAD LAD LANDED DAD IN TROUBLE; (1)Hellraiser Sean Stewart Did Not Attend the Wedding of His Father and Penny Lancaster,Right (2) Step Brothers Sean and Liam Rod's Son from His Marriage to Rachel Hunter
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Byline: JANE SIMPSON THEIR relationship has always a rocky one, with trouble never away, butnow the bond between Stewart and his offspring Sean to be tested further. The 63-year-old rocker has been named as a defendant in a civil action in whichhis...
Hows That for Openers in Rhinos Late Escape; HELP ME OUT: Shaun Briscoe (above) Looks Round for Support. Danny McGuire (Left) Goes over for Leeds Final Try Pictures: MAGI HAROUN
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Byline: Richard Bott Leeds 20 Hull KR 12 LEEDS RHINOS hauled themselves back from the brink of a shock defeat in theopening game of the new Super League season at Headingley. They scored three tries in the last 13 minutes, two of them from...
How the Worlds Worst Stripper Became Spielbergs Stole Protegee, Another Womans Husband and Might Just Win an Oscar; (1) NAKED AMBITION: Former Stripper Turned Scriptwriter Diablo Cody (2) TOO MUCH, TOO YOUNG: Ellen Page and Michael Cera as Teenage Parents in Juno
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Byline: Peter Sheridan Pregnant 16-year-old Juno MacGuffis about to enter an abortion clinicwhen she meets a protester waving a banner declaring, ungramatically: No BabiesLike Murdering. Your baby probably has a beating heart, says the demonstrator.It...
HOW TO ENJOY THE GOOD LIFE BUY A CROFT; the GOOD LIFE as Portrayed on TV
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Byline: Kurt Bayer THE traditional Highland croft, passed down from generation togeneration, was once in danger of dying out. Now crofting is in the grip of a remarkable boom as young families flock to theHighlands and Islands seeking a healthier...
How to Stem the Burst Pipe Tears
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Byline: JO THORNHILL HOUSEHOLD leaks are one of the biggest causes of home insurance claims,particularly at this time of year when a cold snap can result in burst waterpipes. Average claims for water damage are high at [pounds sterling]2,000more...
How to Take Stunning Safari Pictures ... in Kent; FOCUS GROUP: Photographers Get Up Close to Lumurs and Snow Leopard on the Day Course
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Byline: Rob Davies IT CAN be galling when friends return from exotic climes with gigabytesof stunning safari pictures. After all, not all of us have the wherewithal orthe time to go chasing herds of okapi across the Serengeti. But you dont haveto...
How We Rebuilt Our Love, and Ruins in Spain; PASSION FOR PROPERTY: Sara and Tony Are Selling Can Canet, above, for [Pounds Sterling]1.45million IN EASY REACH: Cheap Flights to Girona Have Opened Up the Surrounding Area to British Buyers in Search of Old Country Houses
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Byline: Zoe Dare Hall Some people will go to extraordinary lengths to renovate a ruin, usuallydue to planning woes or errant builders. But Sara Wilson, from Devon, and herCatalan husband Tony Ridaowho met as teenagers in the Seventies before spending...
Husband of MP Probed by Police over F-Word Phone Rant
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Byline: JASON LEWIS ALABOUR MPshusbandisatthe centre of a police investigation into abusive late-night phone messages heleft for other politicians. Officers were called in after a local councillorcomplainedaboutacall from Tony McCarthythe husband...
Icelanders Offer 6.5% Online for UK Savers ; HIGHLY RATED; KEVIN MOUNTFORD WELCOMES THE OVERSEAS SAVINGS BANKS
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Byline: JO THORNHILL ICELANDIC-owned Kaupthing Edge, an online savings provider, has becomethe latest foreign bank to launch an account aimed at British savers. It follows several new names into the savings market, including IcelandicIcesave,...
Id Love England Job One Day, Says White the World Cup Winner
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Byline: Bill Day JAKE WHITE gave the RBS Six Nations Championship an explosive launchyesterday by declaring his ambition to become Englands next head coach. South Africas World Cup-winning coach spared Brian Ashton the indignity oflaying immediate...
If You Don't Start Scoring Soon, Michael YOULL BE NEXT - NEXT; 1) WASHED UP? Soccer on the Beach in Brazil Hardly Did Beckham (Left) Any Favours and Did Not Impress Capello (Far Right), While Owen Is Running out of Time in His Bid to Be an England Fixture Again RISING STARS: Edwards and Robson Get in Heading Practice in 1957 -
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Byline: Sir Bobby Robson THIS really is a make-or-break few days for Michael Owen. If he hits thegoal Ttrail against Middlesbrough today and for England on Wednesday, he can goon to break Peter Shiltons record of 125 England caps. But if he continues...
Im in the Land of the Free,sowhy Cant I Mock Tony Blair? DELUDED: A Youth on a CND March in 1966
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Byline: PETER HITCHENS THE Land of the Free is a lot less free than Britains ancient monarchy.There is nothing likeadiveintoAmerican politics to remind you that eventhe most successful republic in human history has its drawbacks. Now, I am...
Individual Errors Cost Us the Match but We All Share the Blame; MAN DOWN; MIKE TINDALLS GAME ENDED WITH A RIB INJURY
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Byline: PHIL VICKERY THISEnglandteamlearned some harsh lessons last night and now it is time for us to pulltogether, be honest and spare no-ones feelings. We saw some of the best of theEngland team against Wales and some of the worst. Our backs...
INSTANT IMPACT; NEW BEGINNING: Celtic Signing Georgios Samaras Hails His Debut Strike Which Rounded off the 5-1 Thrashing of Kilmarnock WHAT A START: Georgios Samaras Makes a Dream Start with His Debut Goal for Celtic
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Byline: Fraser Mackie GARY CALDWELL last night admitted that just the sight of manager GordonStrachan returning from his January shopping expedition had been enough to liftCeltic to yesterdays 5-1 thrashing of Kilmarnock. Only one of the five...
INSTANT IMPACT; NEW BEGINNING: Celtic Signing Georgios Samaras Hails His Debut Strike Which Rounded off the 5-1 Thrashing of Kilmarnock WHAT A START: Georgios Samaras Makes a Dream Start with His Debut Goal for Celtic
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Byline: Fraser Mackie GARY CALDWELL last night admitted that just the sight of manager GordonStrachan returning from his January shopping expedition had been enough to liftCeltic to yesterdays 5-1 thrashing of Kilmarnock. Only one of the five...
In the Morning, Chris Barker Was Told His School Was One of the Best in England. in the Afternoon, He Was Told It Would Be Closed; CLASS WAR: Chris Barker Is Being Made Redundant despite His Success
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Byline: Matthew Engel The alpacas always seem to have this strange expression: it might bemild befuddlementits a long way from the High Andes to Herefordshire, after all. But sometimesit looks like alarm, as though all along they have known something...
In the Wild Heart of Zulu Heaven; A STRANGE AND HAUNTED PLACE: Wild at Heart Star Hayley Mills and a War Memorial at Isandlwana, Where the British Were Massacred in 1879 DRUMMING UP A STORM: Hayley and Driver Hodges MILITARY DISASTER: 850 British Soldiers Died at Isandlwana, Captured in a Painting by C.E. Fripp FIRESIDE TALES: The Patio at Fugitives Drift Lodge, above, with Its Breathtaking Views and, Left, the Lodges Relaxing Lounge
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Byline: Hayley Mills WE FINALLY set off at 10.30am, an hour late, so all a bit tense. Therewere five of us in a large, comfortable Mercedes vanme and my friends Susie, Vanessa and Julie B, with Hodges, my wonderful 6ft 5inXhosa driver at the wheel....
Its Cold Comfort but McCall Is Relieved to Earn Second Chance; ON THE SLIDE: Livingstons Robert Snodgrasss Progress Is Halted by This Challenge
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Byline: Ewing Grahame IT WAS an afternoon so cold that a repeat of the 1970 World Cup Finalepic between Brazil and Italy might have had its work cut out in distractingthe spectators from the inclement conditions. Sadly, this was no classic and...
Jamie Saves the Blushes as Dons Stumble through; SO PRECIOUS: Aberdeens Blushes Are Spared as Diamond Coolly Slots in the Winner
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Byline: Ian Broadley ABERDEEN 2 HAMILTON 0 JAMIE LANGFIELD denied Hamilton an historic win and a place in thequarterfinals of the Scottish Cup which would have been thoroughly deservedafter such a spirited display. It was harsh justice on...
Jerome Just Wasnt Capable of This by Himself, Says His Very Close Friend the Bank Brunette; FUN: Corinne Bourset Is Happy in Nightclubs or Looking after Children, as Her Pictures on Facebook Show
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Byline: DANIEL COCHLIN THE closest companion of rogue trader Jerome Kerviel has broken hersilence to defend him to the hilt over his role in the worlds biggest bankingfraud. Corinne Bourset claimed her friend wasnt capable of pulling off the...
