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The Mirror (London, England)
A daily newspaper based in London, England. Stories cover current events, culture, sports, and entertainment of local, national, and international significance. Special attention is given to celebrity news.
Articles from May 5, 2007
100,000 Ways the Vote Went Wrong; Elections 2007
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Byline: By MAGGIE BARRY A PROBE is to be launched "as a matter of urgency" into the problems which beset the Holyrood elections. With a new method of counting votes and a new voting system for council elections, it was meant to take Scotland...
3AM: MACCA MINE A DOUBLE; Paul Takes a Shine to Heather Lookalike
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Byline: Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley YOU'D think Sir Paul McCartney would be sick of the sight of his ex-missus - but he's been bowled over by someone who's the spitting image of her. The former Beatle has been smitten by the ample charms...
'AL-QAEDA GANG' IN JAIL POOL CUE RIOT; EXCLUSIVE 4 Warders Battered by Thugs
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Byline: By GREIG BOX and STEPHEN MOYES FOUR prison officers were battered with pool cues by al-Qaeda terror suspects in Britain's toughest jail yesterday. The warders were all taken to hospital following the riot at Belmarsh, which was triggered...
ARE YOU THE WEAKEST LINK? Can You Complete Anne Robinson's Quiz? If You Score below 10 ...Goodbye!
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Byline: Anne Robinson 1 What A is a severe pain in the chest caused by narrowing coronary arteries? 2 In mythology, the Egyptian god Ra is shown with the head of which bird of prey? 3 In an alphabetical listing, which Commonwealth country...
ASPARAGHAST; Pounds 10k Vegetable Crop Is Dug Up by Blundering Farmhand
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Byline: By JEREMY ARMSTRONG A FARMER returned home to find a dopey tractor driver had ploughed up pounds 10,000 worth of asparagus. Jim Hadwin's two-acre crop of the vegetable - hailed as a delicacy and a superfood - is usually harvested for...
'BAD SHOT' GUNMAN IS JAILED FOR LIFE; Thug Missed Injured Guard
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Byline: By ABIGAIL RIELEY A MAN who shot a security guard in the head at a shopping centre was jailed for life yesterday. Darren Larkin, 23, was convicted earlier this month of attempting to murder Jordanian Akef Alquasar on February 20, last...
BBC'S NEIGHBOURS MOVES NEXT DOOR; EXCLUSIVE ITV's EUR152 Million Deal to Snatch Supersoap
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Byline: By NICOLA METHVEN, TV Editor BOSSES at ITV are poised to snatch Neighbours in a EUR152million deal after the BBC dropped out of a bidding war for the soap. Beeb chiefs threw in the towel yesterday because distributor Freemantle raised...
BBC'S NEIGHBOURS MOVES NEXT DOOR; EXCLUSIVE ITV's Pounds 104 Million Deal to Snatch Supersoap
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Byline: By NICOLA METHVEN, TV Editor BOSSES at ITV are poised to snatch Neighbours in a pounds 104million deal after the BBC dropped out of a bidding war for the soap. Beeb chiefs threw in the towel yesterday because distributor Freemantle raised...
BBC'S NEIGHBOURS MOVES NEXT DOOR; EXCLUSIVE ITV's Pounds 104 Million Deal to Snatch Supersoap
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Byline: By NICOLA METHVEN, TV Editor BOSSES at ITV are poised to snatch Neighbours in a pounds 104million deal after the BBC dropped out of a bidding war for the soap. Beeb chiefs threw in the towel yesterday because distributor Freemantle raised...
Boxing: Classy Oscar to Weather an Evil Storm
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Byline: BARRY McGUIGAN THE numbers tell their own story. Oscar de la Hoya's showdown with Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas tonight could turn out to be the most lucrative fight in boxing history. Tickets at the MGN Grand sold out inside three hours...
Boxing: Classy Oscar to Weather an Evil Storm
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Byline: BARRY McGUIGAN THE numbers tell their own story. Oscar De La Hoya's showdown with Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas tonight could turn out to be the most lucrative fight in boxing history. Tickets at the MGN Grand sold out inside three hours...
BRANDS HATCHERS; People Behind Famous Names Knorr
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IT'S the "best ingredient ever", according to top chef Marco Pierre White. Praise indeed, for the humble Knorr stock cube. And not what you'd expect to hear about a product invented to provide quick meals for factory workers during Germany's industrial...
BYE SON; Thousands Mourn 'A Great Little Fella' Struck Down by Bus
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Byline: By MIRROR REPORTER THOUSANDS gathered yesterday to say their farewells to school-boy Padraig McGillivray killed when he was hit by a bus. The 10-year-old sports fanatic was cycling to training at his local GAA club when he was struck...
Cricket: MARC II; EXCLUSIVE Trescothick: I Was a Shambles but I'm Back.And My England Days Are Not over Yet
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Byline: By MIKE WALTERS GRAVEYARDS usually offer their residents rest in peace, but Marcus Trescothick decorated his comeback with a fusillade of 19 sixes which was almost enough to wake the dead. Trescothick's 256 off just 117 balls in a preseason...
DUTCHY HUNTED EUR4M CONMEN; EXCLUSIVE Police Suspect Holland of Being Part of Snatch Plot
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Byline: By JIMMY CUNNINGHAM POLICE suspect Patrick "Dutchy" Holland was part of a gang trying to recover EUR4million swindled from Irish criminals when he was arrested. Police sources said they are still probing Holland's links to the London...
Dylan's Women; Hollywood to Expose Dylan Thomas's Love Triangle
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Byline: By RICHARD SMITH IT is no secret that Dylan Thomas had a roving eye, was riddled with debt and liked more than the odd tipple. Or that his marriage was a bit on the stormy side. But now a little-known tale of infidelity, lesbianism, threesomes...
Er, Anyone Seen My Landslide? THE LOCAL ELECTIONS 2007 TORIES FAIL TO INCREASE VOTE SHARE ENGLAND
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Byline: By OONAGH BLACKMAN, Political Editor and ROSA PRINCE, Political Correspondent DAVID Cameron tried to put a brave face on Tory election results yesterday as his hopes of a landslide failed to materialise. He made gains in council seats...
Er, Anyone Seen My Landslide? THE LOCAL ELECTIONS 2007 TORIES FAIL TO INCREASE VOTE SHARE ENGLAND
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Byline: By OONAGH BLACKMAN, Political Editor and ROSA PRINCE, Political Correspondent DAVID Cameron tried to put a brave face on Tory election results yesterday as his hopes of a landslide failed to materialise. He made gains in council seats...
Er, Anyone Seen My Landslide? THE LOCAL ELECTIONS 2007 TORIES FAIL TO INCREASE VOTE SHARE ENGLAND
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Byline: By OONAGH BLACKMAN, Political Editor and ROSA PRINCE, Political Correspondent ROSA PRINCE, Political Correspondent DAVID Cameron tried to put a brave face on Tory election results yesterday as his hopes of a landslide failed to materialise....
FILL YER BOOTS; Shoppers Queue at 5am for 'Miracle' Cosmetic
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Byline: By SARA WALLIS (One bottle and it's NOT for sale) IT'S 5am and most people are tucked up in bed getting their beauty sleep. But outside Boots stores hundreds of bleary-eyed women - and men - are already queuing, desperate to get their...
FILL YER BOOTS; Shoppers Queue at 5am for 'Miracle' Cosmetic (One Bottle and It's NOT for Sale)
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Byline: By SARA WALLIS A SO-CALLED miracle wrinkle cure has sold out across Ireland after women queued to get their hands on a bottle. The Boots No 7 Protect and Perfect Beauty Serum was launched amid frantic scenes in Ireland and Britain. ...
FIRST PAST THE POST; ELECTIONS 2007 but Alex Still Has to Do a Deal
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Byline: By MARK SMITH LABOUR suffered an historic defeat yesterday - as the SNP beat them for the first time ever in a Scottish election. It was the first time in 50 years Labour failed to win in Scotland. And Jack McConnell's future as Scottish...
Football: Another Landmark Beckons for Noel; Linfield V Dungannon, Windsor Park, 2.45
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Byline: By DARREN FULLERTON LINFIELD captain Noel Bailie will set eyes on another memorable milestone in his stellar career if the Blues defeat Dungannon Swifts this afternoon. Bailie, 36, who played his 900th game for the Windsor Park club against...
Football: A Split Decision Will Breathe New Life into the SPL; TWO LEAGUES IS THE BEST WAY FORWARD
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Byline: SMITH AT a time when there has been a lot of talk about SPL2 and the possibility of play-offs to and from the SPL, there is a radical change which should be considered. Scotland should be looking at a system where the season splits halfway...
Football: BACKLASH; PREMIERSHIP as Cashley Heads for Emirates Fury but Arsenal Fans Got It All Wrong Says Cole Arsenal V Chelsea TV: LIVE ON SKY SPORTS 1. TOMORROW, KO 4PM Lehmann Has Kept Only Three Clean Sheets in 17 Home League Games This Season Chelsea Have Only Once Failed to Score in a London Away Game under Mourinho
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Byline: John Cross ASHLEY COLE returns to Arsenal for the first time tomorrow insisting it is time to "move on" after the most turbulent year of his life. England defender Cole, 26, joined Chelsea last August after one of the most protracted...
Football: BARCLAYS PREMIERSHIP the Weekend's Games at a Glance
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Aston Villa v Sheff Utd Villa Park, today, 5.15pm; Referee: P Walton; Tickets: Sold out ASTON VILLA are without forward Shaun Maloney (ankle), with manager Martin O'Neill expected to retain the starting lineup who won away to Manchester City...
Football: BATES MASTER STROKE; 3.15pm: Leeds Go into Administration, Earning 10pt Deduction and Relegation 3.37pm: Bates' Newly-Formed Company Buys Back Club, Wiping out Pounds 35m Debt
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Byline: By DAVID ANDERSON KEN BATES' decision to buy back Leeds after putting them into administration was last night branded as "morally" wrong by fans. The Leeds board called in the administrators yesterday afternoon with the club pounds 35million...
Football: Coca Cola CHAMPIONSHIP - Tomorrow's Team News Kick-Off 1pm
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Burnley v Coventry Clarets boss Steve Cotterill has a doubt over Chris McCann, who limped off at Sunderland. Joey Gudjonsson is set to come into the side. Fellow midfielder James O'Connor will not be considered due to a head injury. City are...
Football: Cole: I'll Take a Bite out of Yorkie; Coca Cola FOOTBALL LEAGUE THE BATTLE FOR THE TITLE 'WE WON THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TOGETHER ..NOW I WANT TO BEAT HIM TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP'
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Byline: By JAMES NURSEY ANDY COLE admits that winning the Championship title with Birmingham will realistically be the last silverware of his distinguished career - and he is determined to triumph at the expense of best pal Dwight Yorke. Four-time...
Football: DICKO PLANS TO MARK AMENDS; Linfield V Dungannon, Windsor Park, 2.45 Blues Striker to Exorcise Ghost of 2005
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Byline: Darren FULLERTON LINFIELD striker Mark Dickson has plumbed the depths of humiliation and regret on Irish Cup final day before - and he is determined not to return there this afternoon. Dickson was a leading member of Jimmy McGeough's...
Football: DON'T KOP OUT; DROP OF SWEAT Two Games to Go and It's Getting Tense at the Bottom Pardew Begs Rafa: Play Fair against Fulham to Give Addicks Hope
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Byline: Neil McLEMAN ALAN PARDEW last night told Rafa Benitez he has a "responsibility" to pick a strong Liverpool team to face Fulham today. Last weekend the Kop boss sent out a shadow side to defeat at Portsmouth and the Spaniard could again...
Football: Giggs: Prem Title Will Be Springboard to Glory; EXCLUSIVE MANCHESTER DERBY Is This the Weekend United Clinch Title? Man City V Man United, Today, Kick-Off 12.45pm
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Byline: David Anderson WHEN Ryan Giggs held aloft the Premiership trophy for the first time in May 1993, it opened the door to the most glittering period in Manchester United's glorious history. The 33-year-old believes winning the title again...
Football: I'M CROCK SOLID; BARCLAYS PREMIERSHIP Newcastle V Blackburn, Today, 3pm Roeder Warns Rivals for His Job: With All Our Injuries,nobody Would Have Done Better Than Me
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Byline: Simon BIRD GLENN ROEDER has come out fighting to save his job and taken a swipe at rival bosses lining up to replace him at St James' Park. Sam Allardyce heaped the pressure on Roeder by resigning as Bolton boss and emerging as the most...
Football: I'M CROCK SOLID; Roeder Warns Rivals for His Job: With All Our Injuries, Nobody Would Have Done Better Than Me BARCLAYS PREMIERSHIP Newcastle V Blackburn, Today, 3pm
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Byline: Simon BIRD GLENN ROEDER has come out fighting to save his job and taken a swipe at rival bosses lining up to replace him at St James' Park. Sam Allardyce heaped the pressure on Roeder by resigning as Bolton boss and emerging as the most...
Football: I'M IN NO RUSH TO QUIT HEARTS; CRAIG GORDON EXCLUSIVE
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Byline: By IAIN CAMPBELL CRAIG GORDON has insisted he is ready to see out his two-year contract as the atmosphere at Hearts shows signs of improving. The Scotland keeper told Mirror Sport that links with Arsenal and Manchester United while "flattering"...
Football: INCEY WINCEY; LEAGUE 2 SPECIAL Guv'nor in a Survival Fight Macc Lads on a Knife Edge
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Byline: By LEE WEST WHILE Roy Keane and Steve Bruce can crack open the champagne this weekend, it's a different story for their former Manchester United team-mate Paul Ince. Keane and Bruce have guided Sunderland and Birmingham back to the Premiership,...
Football: John: Cork Fans Are Ryan Shame; SAINTS BOSS FURIOUS OVER 'JUNKIE' TAUNTS
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Byline: By GARRY DOYLE St Pat's boss John McDonnell last night blasted Cork City's fans for subjecting his keeper, Barry Ryan, to a torrent of abuse. Ryan was barracked all the way through the second half of Thursday's game between the two sides...
Football: JOY FOR LARNE IN IFA ROW
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Byline: By DARREN FULLERTON LARNE were last night saved from relegation when an appeals panel ruled in their favour over the Padraig Gollogley affair. The Inver Park club had their 16 points deduction for fielding Gollogley without international...
Football: JUST ANOTHER QUIET SEASON! MIKE WALTERS MEETS.. Promotion-Hunting Bristol City Manager Gary Johnson Two Stars Jailed, the Pounds 1million Winger Sold with an Hour to Go on Deadline Day, Players Fighting Each Other in a Match ..and Still They Can Go Up Today
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Byline: MIKE WALTERS GARY JOHNSON began the season with two of his players banged up in prison after a nightclub brawl and another sent off for trying to head-butt a Bristol City team-mate. Then he received an offer he could not refuse from Wigan...
Football: LEAGUE ONE; Coca-Cola Team News Coca Cola FOOTBALL LEAGUE
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Bradford v Millwall Bradford are without striker Eddie Johnson, who has an abductor muscle problem. Millwall have no fresh injury problems and striker Ben May (ankle) could figure for the Lions. Bristol City v Rotherham City captain Louis...
Football: LEAGUE TWO; Coca-Cola Team News Coca Cola FOOTBALL LEAGUE
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Barnet v Wycombe Barnet duo Ian Hendon and Andy Hessenthaler could play their final games for the club. Wycombe are without top scorer Jermaine Easter following his red card against MK Dons last week. Bury v Mansfield Andy Bishop is Bury's...
Football: LENNY'S GOT NO PEN PALS; RANGERS V CELTIC Big Two Look to Put Down Marker for Next Term Caldwell: Don't Bother Backing Skipper for a Farewell Spot-Kick. We Wouldn't Let Him near It!
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Byline: By MICHAEL BAILLIE BOOKMAKERS may have slashed the odds on Neil Lennon scoring in his final Old Firm showdown but Gary Caldwell reckons anyone backing the Celtic captain would be throwing their money away. Caldwell had a wry smile on...
Football: Mac's Scott the Lot on This TV Set; Sport on TV
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Byline: ALAN McKINLAY OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS had a clapometer to measure audience approval. The announcement Angus Scott and Steve McManaman are to be the face of Setanta football would have had it fluttering between polite applause and standing ovation....
Football: MOYES: WE CAN'T COPE IN EUROPE AND ON THE HOME FRONT; Everton V Portsmouth TV: TONIGHT, MOTD 10.30PM K-O 3PM Everton Have Scored Only Five Goals from outside the Box This Season Portsmouth Have Not Won a Premiership Away Game in 2007
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Byline: David Maddock EVERTON boss David Moyes has admitted that his club is simply not equipped for a European campaign. The Goodison side host fellow UEFA Cup hopefuls Portsmouth today with the Blues manager conceding he will have to invest...
FOOTBALL STAR JAILED FOR PIZZA SHOP RAID; Ards FC Teenager Armed with Hammer
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Byline: By MIRROR REPORTER A RISING Irish League star was jailed for two years yesterday after he tried to rob a pizza parlour. Belfast Crown Court heard Ards FC's Robert Jay Magee burst into his local pizzeria with a hammer and demanded cash...
FOOTBALL STAR JAILED FOR PIZZA SHOP RAID; Irish League Teen Armed with Hammer
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Byline: By MIRROR REPORTER A RISING Irish League star was jailed for two years yesterday after he tried to rob a pizza parlour. Belfast Crown Court heard Ards FC's Robert Jay Magee burst into his local pizzeria with a hammer and demanded cash...
Football: Strachan Is a Worthy Winner of Boss Gong Says Walt; RANGERS V CELTIC Big Two Look to Put Down Marker for Next Term
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Byline: By SAM McLEOD WELL, what else can you conclude when Gordon Strachan picked up the most votes for manager of the year and Shunsuke Nakamura collects player of the year from the football writers'? Hell, even the winner of the young player...
Football: The Goal Is This Way, Fellas; MANCHESTER DERBY Is This the Weekend United Clinch Title? If City Fail to Score Today They'll Have the Worst Home Record in HISTORY
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Byline: By DAVID ANDERSON RICHARD DUNNE admits Manchester City are desperate to emerge from today's Manchester derby without their names going into the record books for all the wrong reasons. City must score against Manchester United to avoid...
Football: THERE'SNO DON DEAL; CITY PLAY HARD-BALL WITH O'DONOVAN SUITORS Richardson Prepared to Hold out for Ransom for Roy and Risk Rebel's Current Deal Running Out
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Byline: Garry DOYLE Chief Soccer Writer CORK City will not sell Roy O'Donovan in July - unless they get an of fer of EUR700,000 for the Irish B-international striker. City are basing their decision on the knowledge that they're guaranteed to...
Football: This Is Our Chance to Make Swift History SAYS DUNGANNON'S RODNEY McAREE; JJB Sports Irish Cup Final
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Byline: Darren FULLERTON DUNGANNON Swifts midfielder Rodney McAree spent four years at Liverpool as a teenager - but he has hailed today's JJB Sports Irish Cup final as the "biggest day" of his career. McAree, 32, who will undergo surgery on...
Football: THIS IS SIMPLY WRONG; Sickened Strach Set to Appeal .. as SFA Finally Tell Him What He's Done! RANGERS V CELTIC
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Byline: By MICHAEL BAILLIE GORDON Strachan will appeal against his sending-off against Hearts - allowing him to lead Celtic out for the Scottish Cup final. Strachan launched a scathing attack on the SFA yesterday - claiming he still had no idea...
Football: WENGER'S SORRY FOR SUFFERING MOURINHO; PREMIERSHIP as Cashley Heads for Emirates Fury
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Byline: By JOHN CROSS ARSENE WENGER last night admitted he feels sorry for Jose Mourinho - but claims Chelsea have been made to suffer for trying to win everything. Mourinho's title hopes could be ended if they slip up at Arsenal tomorrow just...
Football: WE SHOP AS A TEAM! IAIN CAMPBELL MEETS.. Scotland and Hearts Star Craig Gordon How Hearts Have Boosted Morale after Season of Sackings, Poor Form and Chaos
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Byline: IAIN CAMPBELL RANGERS famously raised team morale in the 1990s by going on drinking sessions together. Hearts though have turned to a different tactic in a bid to improve the morale which was battered so badly earlier in the season. ...
Football: You Can't Be League Champs and Win the Champions League; PREMIER CHIEFS KILLED OFF FERGIE HOPES
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Byline: LAWRO SIR ALEX Ferguson won the Treble in 1999 - and no one will ever emulate that piece of history. And they will certainly never do it without the help of the Premier League, whose refusal to help English clubs in Europe is not only...
'For Me It Is like She Was Killed Twice, First When She Was Murdered Then When Her Reputation Was Destroyed' - ANGELIKA'S FATHER WLADYSLAW KLUK; ANGELIKA'S GRIEF-STRICKEN FATHER HITS OUT AT COURT SEX QUESTIONING
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Byline: By MAGGIE BARRY THE father of Angelika Kluk last night told of his fury at the way his girl's name was dragged through the mud during her murder trial. Wladyslaw Kluk, 51, said: "For me it was like she was killed twice - first when she...
FREE Flowers ..FOR EVERY READER IN OUR COOL SUMMER GARDEN OFFER
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FILL your garden with a heady cocktail of colour and fragrance with our wonderful summer garden collection - FREE for every reader. Imagine sitting with a glass in your hand drinking in the early evening warmth and gazing at the giant fuchsia "Voodoo",...
GANGS WILL FIRE ROCKET AT GRASSES; EXCLUSIVE Warders Fear Bomb Attack on Inmates
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Byline: By PAT FLANAGAN in Sligo TERRIFIED prison officers fear criminals are plotting a rocket attack on gangsters who betrayed their bosses. Warders believe it is only a matter of time before they get hurt in an assassination attempt. It...
Hoff Exposed, Filmed and Put on Internet as a Hopeless Drunk.BY HIS DAUGHTER
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Byline: By VANESSA ALLEN THESE are the shocking scenes as David Hasselhoff is slumped on a floor pathetically drunk - while his young daughter begs him to quit booze. The alcoholic TV star, 54, is such a shambling wreck that he tries to eat a...
Horse Racing: At Last! Jim Plays It Fair by Punters; STEAMING! NEWSBOY GETS IT OFF HIS CHEST
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WHAT was your first reaction when you heard Teofilo hadn't been declared for today's 2,000 Guineas at Thursday morning's 48-hour stage? Was it to curse the very name of his trainer, Jim Bolger? I'll be honest with you - mine was. Here we go again,...
Horse Racing: Cheer to Pay for the Beer; WINNER MACHINE SATURDAY SPECIALS
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Byline: By GRAHAM WHELDON of the Racing And Football Outlook and Raceform Update NEWMARKET is too competitive for us angle-finding folk - although I'm following in Value Scope and backing Diamond Tycoon in the Guineas. All proper bets want holding...
Horse Racing: DANCE THE TUNE; GUINEAS SPECIAL Adagio's in Step to Give Stoute the Joy of Six in Guineas
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ADAGIO can give Sir Michael Stoute an incredible sixth victory in the 2,000 Guineas by outgunning 23 rivals to the first Classic of 2007 at Newmarket today. The defection of the two winter favourites for the Guineas - Teofilo and Holy Roman Emperor...
Horse Racing: THIS WEEK'S FIVE TO FOLLOW
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HUM THE TUNE: Runner-up to Smarty Socks in a Thurles maiden on his only juvenile start, this Khalid Abdullah-owned colt caught the eye on his seasonal debut at Gowran on Sunday. Dermot Weld's charge never threatened the leaders but kept on well...
Horse Racing: Tip Your Haat to Top Filly Beo for Big Race Joy
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Byline: MICK KINANE I'M hoping that both of my Guineas mounts Duke Of Marmalade and Arch Swing will be in the shake-up at Newmarket. The 2,000 Guineas, a race I've won three times, on Tirol, Entrepreneur and King Of Kings, looks wide open now,...
Horse Racing: Tycoon Has Got It Made; VALUE SCOPE
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Byline: By DAVE MITCHELL IT'S Guineas weekend, so we can forget about three mile chasers until December 1 to concentrate on the joys of sorting out race tactics and draw preferences on the Flat. To be honest, the 2,000 is going to be all about...
Horse Racing: UPS AND DOWNS! THE LEGENDARY CHAMPION JOCKEY WRITES EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE MIRROR Kentucky Derby Is for Real Party People
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Byline: RICHARD DUNWOODY THE most raucous indiscretions you will find at Newmarket this afternoon will be like the Queen's garden party compared to what happens in the infield at Churchill Downs tonight. While the well heeled, including Her Majesty...
Horse Racing: VINCENZIO IS ONE TO WATCH IN PARK TRIAL; Lyons and Galilei to Provide Some Classic Hints
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Byline: Peter O'HEHIR Racing Correspondent BANK on Vincenzio Galilei to lose his maiden tag in the PricewaterhouseCoopers Classic Trial at Gowran Park tomorrow. Ger Lyons' colt shaped like a certain future winner on his debut at Leopardstown...
I Am a Muslim and I'm Spying for MI5; EXCLUSIVE
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Byline: By JON CLEMENTS Crime Correspondent LYING awake in a cold sweat after another night tossing and turning over the July 7 London bombings, Mohammed decided he had to talk to somebody. Next morning, the young Muslim from a deeply religious...
I Want to Press Charges against Barton; MAN CITY PUNCH-UP EXCLUSIVE ANGRY DABO'S DEMAND TO POLICE
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Byline: By LOUISA PILBEAM FURIOUS football star Ousmane Dabo yesterday told police he wanted team-mate Joey Barton charged over his vicious attack during a training ground bust-up. The 30-year-old Manchester City midfielder is still livid at...
KNICKED! EXCLUSIVE Fan Makes off with Westlife Lads' Fresh Underpants
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Byline: by PAUL MARTIN A CHEEKY Westlife fan caused chaos when she broke into Westlife's backstage area at The Point and nicked their underpants. The teenage girl sneaked in among a crowd of competition winners who were meeting their idols -...
McDOWELL WOBBLES ON BERTIE; MAY 24 GENERAL ELECTION AND THEY'RE OFF Coalition Cracks Show over Cash Claims
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Byline: By AINE HEGARTY THE FIRST cracks appeared in the Fianna Fail/PD coalition last night after Tanaiste Michael McDowell backtracked over Bertie's cash allegations. As an opinion poll revealed both Fianna Fail and the PDs, and Fine Gael and...
Motor Racing: CAN YOU HEAR MY HEART THUMP FERNANDO? Mirror Man Mike Enters Merc-Y World of F1 Star Alonso
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Byline: Mike Walters FORMULA One king Fernando Alonso's father is an explosives expert in the mining industry, so there was always genetic scope for him to blow away his rivals on the track. And after going for a tootle in the passenger seat...
MUM'S ARMY; A Total of 30,000 Joined the Home Guard in the War, Yet the Government Refused to Acknowledge Them
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Byline: By NICK WEBSTER CAPTAIN Georgina Mainwaring asking her platoon of aging female troops to, "Gather round, ladies," could have been comedy gold - and a more accurate memory of Britain's Home Guard. But, as Private Frazer might have said,...
Mum Went to Check on Kids .. and Ran out SCREAMING
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Byline: MARTIN FRICKER in Praia da Luz and ROD CHAYTOR THE appalling news that three-year-old Maddy McCann was feared kidnapped from her holiday flat came in a distraught phone call early yesterday from her dad. Heart specialist Gerry McCann...
Mum Went to Check on Kids .. and Ran out SCREAMING; MADDY, 3 GOES MISSING
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Byline: MARTIN FRICKER in Praia da Luz and ROD CHAYTOR THE appalling news that three-year-old Maddy McCann was feared kidnapped from her holiday flat came in a distraught phone call early yesterday from her dad. Heart specialist Gerry McCann...
Mum Went to Check on Kids .. and Ran out SCREAMING; MADDY, 3, GOES MISSING
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Byline: MARTIN FRICKER in Praia da Luz and ROD CHAYTOR A LOVING family holiday turned into a nightmare when little Maddy McCann disappeared from her bed. Mum Kate went to make a regular check on her children in their holiday apartment but found...
My Brit Squad Will Sort Spears
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Byline: POLLY HUDSON YOU know how it was revealed that Gillian McKeith became a "doctor" via some correspondence course? The same honour was awarded to a cat a few days later. (Possibly someone trying to prove a point... possibly a feline with...
Now Stu to Get Kicking; the 3pm Betting Boys
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Byline: By Kevin Price & John Curle MAN CITY v MAN UTD BOTH these clubs know all about kickings ... United got one from Milan and City's Dabo from Joey Barton. Which team's going to get one today? Well, it's surely going to be City but...
PANEL BEATER; LAST WEEK: Plymouth Boss Ian Holloway and Our Steve Anglesey Drew with 2 Points
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WIN pounds 50 in our tipping challenge by predicting the results of three key games against a pro and a Mirror writer. Today James Simpson, 30, an Owls-supporting maths teacher from Sheffield goes up against former Liverpool legend and No.1 football...
Poll Win Is Tainted; the Local Elections 2007 Scotland
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Byline: By MARK SMITH THE Scottish National Party hailed a historic victory last night - but its triumph was marred by a vote-counting fiasco. It kicked Labour out of power and humbled Tony Blair to an embarrassing defeat. And it dealt a humiliating...
Pot LUCKY; GARDENING 8 STEPS TO GROWING GREAT VEG
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Byline: PIPPA GREENWOOD AS far as I'm concerned you can forget DIY but GYO (grow your own) is something different entirely. Whether it's vegetables, fruit or just a few herbs, more and more people are putting tasty, just-picked homegrown produce...
PUT EUR15K ON YOUR HOME; Your Cut-out-and-Keep Bank Holiday DIY Guide
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Byline: By DAVID EDWARDS PUT the des in your res with our insider DIY tips this weekend without breaking the bank or your back. Channel 5's Interior Rivalry expert Ann Maurice says: "People think you need a fortune but there are many quick, inexpensive...
PUT Pounds 10K ON YOUR HOUSE; Your Cut-out-and-Keep Bank Holiday DIY Guide
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Byline: By DAVID EDWARDS PUT the des in your res with our insider DIY tips this weekend without breaking the bank or your back. Channel 5's Interior Rivalry expert Ann Maurice says: "People think you need a fortune but there are many quick, inexpensive...
RESULT!: Not Loss Vegas on Fight Night; IN ASSOCIATION WITH Betfair.Com
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Byline: DEREK McGOVERN WHENEVER there's a mega-boxing bout it's always in Vegas. It costs big dollars to stage a fight like tonight's Oscar de la Hoya v Floyd Mayweather dust-up - what's in it for the MGM Grand Casino? I'll tell you what's...
Rugby League: CONNACHT SCORCHED BY DRAGONS; Dragons 23 Connacht 0
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DRAGONS booked their place in a Heineken Cup play-off through the Magners League, if Europe's leading competition actually goes ahead, by beating Connacht and ending a losing streak. But it was Connacht who came out fighting from the kick-off. ...
Rugby Union: I NEVER LOOK BACK; Defiant Corry in Mood for Treble EXCLUSIVE GUINNESS PREM SEMI-FINAL: LEICESTER V BRISTOL, TODAY, KICK-OFF 5.30PM
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Byline: Alex SPINK MARTIN CORRY has this season lost the England rugby captaincy and survived the sporting equivalent of 31 car crashes. Yet today he will happily put his body on the line again when Treblechasing Leicester play Bristol for a...
SCRUM AND GET IT; Munster's Historic Cup Final Ball Going for EUR3k
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Byline: By PAT FLYNN THE ball Munster's Peter Stringer kicked into the stand as the whistle blew on last year's Heineken Cup Final is on sale for EUR3,000 on eBay. The seller Brian Watson was in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium last May to witness...
Snooker: Selby Has Performed like Champ Already; in Association with Ladbrokes.Com
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Byline: KEN DOHERTY WORLD CHAMPION IN1997 YESTERDAY I spoke about the difficulty that Mark Selby would have had in switching to the one-table format. That was evident in the first session of his semi-final with Shaun Murphy (above), coupled with...
The Living Dead; Meet the Stars Who've Been Killed off before Their Time
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Byline: By KEVAN FURBANK THE news spread among impressionable teenage girls like wildfire. Dishy Zac Efron, star of Disney singalong High School Musical, was dead - killed in a limo crash in Hollywood. But a quick search of the internet shows...
The Priest the Lover and the Golfing Sheriff; TRAGIC ANGELIKA'S LAST DAYS
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Byline: By MAGGIE BARRY FRESH-FACED Angelika Kluk was overjoyed when Father Gerry Nugent offered to let her stay in his chapel house at St Patrick's. The Polish student had asked the priest if any of his parishioners could put her up for the...
The Teflon Coating Is Wearing a Bit Thin
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Byline: Lord Henry VIEW FROM SLANE CASTLE BERTIE has a mantra he trots out to the general public. When asked about his personal finances he announces, "Can I tell you all these issues will be dealt with in the appropriate place - the Mahon Tribunal?"...
Things Did Get a Sight Better; (EXCEPT FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S EYES, THAT IS!)
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Byline: FIONA PHILLIPS WHEN the Prime Minister 'sat down to talk to me for his 10th anniversary interview on Tuesday, it was a grim reminder of how we'd both aged over the decade. "That's one thing that's happened," he chuckled as we leafed through...
THOUSANDS FACE OP CANCEL CHAOS; NURSES PAY PROTEST Hospital Workers Threaten to Make Stoppages Longer
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Byline: By LYNN JOLLY THOUSANDS of operations and appointments will be cancelled at hospitals next week if nurses step up their strike action. They and midwives downed tools for an hour at 22 hospitals yesterday and have threatened to increase...
TRAVEL: Blues, Beer and Blarney; BRILLIANT CHICAGO'S GOT IT ALL
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Byline: By IAIN MAYHEW THERE'S a mist drifting in from Lake Michigan, its scrawny fingers twirling around the tops of the North Side skyscrapers. On Michigan Avenue - the "Magnificent Mile" - a sea of umbrellas scurries from one posh store to...
TRAVEL: MAYDAY.. MAYDAY.. Calling All Parents! We've Got Some Great Ideas to Save You from Bank Holiday Boredom
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IT'S not every week you look forward to Monday, but the next one is a little bit special. It's a bank holiday. The sun will be shining and the kids will be whining about what to do. The theme parks will be packed but there are plenty of smaller...
TRAVEL: My Kinda Town; CHICAGO HAS IT ALL. MOBSTERS, BALLS, BEER.. NOT TO MENTION ALL THAT JAZZ
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Byline: By IAIN MAYHEW THERE'S a mist drifting in from Lake Michigan, its scrawny fingers twirling around the tops of the North Side skyscrapers. On Michigan Avenue - the "Magnificent Mile" - a sea of umbrellas scurries from one posh store to...
Travel: Oi, Geyser! Geneva's So Much More Than Jetset and That Jet
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Byline: By HENRY BRENNAN HEADING to Geneva for a bit of a dander and a night on the sauce may seem an unusual concept to people from Northern Ireland. But the arrival of cheap flights to just about anywhere in Europe has thrown up some strange...
Travel: Razzle Dazzle Retail
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Byline: SUE CARROLL IF you're the sort of person whose stomach does a flip at the thought of shopping then Chicago is your kind of town. America's first-ever shopping mall, Market Square, was built in a suburb of the city in 1916 and as satisfied...
Travel: Razzle Dazzle Retail
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Byline: SUE CARROLL IF you're the sort of person whose stomach does a flip at the thought of shopping then Chicago is your kind of town. America's first-ever shopping mall, Market Square, was built in a suburb of the city in 1916 and as satisfied...
TRAVEL: SUNK BY HIGH PRICES; Navigate Round the Extra Costs of a Holiday for One
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Byline: DOC HOLIDAY Q I WOULD like to go on an adventure holiday on my own later in the year, including some white-water rafting and mountain-biking. However, every brochure I have seen insists on a single-room supplement, which makes the holiday...
TRAVEL: SUNK BY HIGH PRICES; Navigate Your Way Round the Extra Costs of a Holiday for One
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Byline: DOC HOLIDAY Q I WOULD like to go on an adventure holiday on my own later in the year, including some white-water rafting and mountain-biking. However, every brochure I have seen insists on a single-room supplement, which makes the holiday...
