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Daily Mail (London)
A daily newspaper and online news service serving Britain and the United Kingdom. Stories cover news, politics, sports, and business updates of national importance. Additionally, the paper carries exhaustive celebrity news.
Articles from March 22, 2001
A Nightmare Chamber Full of Esther Rantzens. Aaargh!
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Byline: QUENTIN LETTS THINGS are getting so statesmanlike around here that even John Redwood is speaking in a meek, tweetiebird voice, saying 'please' to Labour Ministers. Shades of a sharp-fanged circus lion elegantly unwrapping an after-dinner...
Are Drivers Paying for BP Bosses' [Pounds]18million Bonanza?
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Byline: DARREN BEHAR;CHRISTIAN GYSIN;BRIAN O'CONNOR BP was accused yesterday of fleecing motorists to fund the astronomical [pound]18million salary and bonus package it has awarded to its top six executives. The oil giant, which is raking in...
At First We Threw the Dead Overboard. Then We Realised We Needed to Eat; Shipwreck Survivors Tell of Cannibalism as They Drifted for Weeks in the Caribbean
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Byline: SARAH CHALMERS SURVIVORS of a shipwreck ate the bodies of their fellow passengers during three weeks adrift, it emerged yesterday. In the end only two were left alive out of 60 who set out on a 75-mile trip in the Caribbean. They were...
Back Door Reform Fear; Law Plan Will Let Ministers Bypass Democracy, Say Opposition MSPs
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Byline: ISABEL OAKESHOTT JUSTICE Minister Jim Wallace last night failed to allay fears that Ministers could exploit new powers to bypass parliament. He tried to reassure opposition politicians that new laws would only be used in exceptional circumstances....
Banana Skin for Republic; Spy Whelan Warns McCarthy about the Threat from Cyprus
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Byline: JOHN GREECHAN RONNIE WHELAN yesterday warned Republic of Ireland manager Mick McCarthy not to take Cyprus lightly. Whelan, the former Republic midfielder who coaches Olympiakos Nicosia, is keen to help his compatriots see off his adopted...
Big-Time Goram; at 36, Andy Is on His Way to Help United in [Pounds]100,000 Deal
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Byline: SIMON JONES ANDY GORAM will sign for Manchester United on loan today after answering an SOS call from Sir Alex Ferguson. The 36-year-old former Scotland goalkeeper was finalising personal terms last night after United agreed to pay Motherwell...
Bitter Memories; United Striker 'S Blast for Former England Bosses
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Byline: MARTIN LIPTON ANDY COLE allowed six years of international frustration to boil over last night as he launched a scathing attack on his former England coaches, Glenn Hoddle and Kevin Keegan. The Manchester United striker felt undermined...
Blank Cheque Promised to IAAF in 2005
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Byline: NEIL WILSON THE Government is willing to sign the blank cheque that the International Amateur Athletic Federation is demanding as a condition for bringing the 2005 World Championships to London. Just 24 hours after Cabinet Office minister...
Bottom of the Class; Television Mail
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Byline: PETER PATERSON TWO national institutions not in a particularly good state at the moment, teaching and the police, occupied prime time last night without much restoring our faith in either. In Teachers, a new Channel 4 comedy, the profession...
Bright Idea Brings Sunny Spells Home
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Byline: TOM RAWSTORNE FOR a nation sick of the sight of grey skies, any opportunity to brighten our homes is only too welcome. And thanks to an ingenious innovation available at the Daily Mail Ideal Home Show we now have the chance to make those...
Brown Talks Up Scots' Big Match
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Byline: BRIAN SCOTT SCOTLAND'S Craig Brown indulged in some slick salesmanship last night, touting their crucial World Cup qualifying tie with Belgium on Saturday as potentially Europe's match of the day. The sides are tied on seven points at...
Caddick Treble Lifts England One-Day Hopes
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Byline: MIKE DICKSON ANDREW CADDICK delivered a sparkling hat- trick against a President's XI yesterday, but the treble England are really after for the rest of this tour may prove more elusive. Tomorrow they play the first of their trio of one-day...
CALL ME WHAT YOU LIKE, BUT ONLY ENGLAND WILL KEEP ME ON TOP OF THE WORLD FOR YEARS TO COME.. SQUASH SPECIAL No1 Unrepentant at Switch as Diplomatic Battle Commences
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Byline: RICHARD EATON WORLD squash champion Peter Nicol said he is prepared to put up with the insults his change of allegiance to England will attract, just as long as he maintains his place at the pinnacle of the sport. The Inverurie star yesterday...
Cameron Setting a Course for Goal; Bright Spark Colin and an On-Form Don Are out to Find Back of the Net at Hampden
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Byline: BRIAN SCOTT HE'S the last player to have scored for Scotland at Hampden, in a European Championship qualifier against Lithuania in 1999. Might the same man, Colin Cameron, also be the next? The wiry, little Hearts midfielder, given...
Campaign Victory over Silicone Implant Surgery
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Byline: ISABEL OAKESHOTT TOUGHER new controls on silicone implant surgery are to be introduced following a ten-year battle by a woman who was crippled by an operation. Margo Cameron developed multiple sclerosis and a serious disease of the nervous...
Can Voodoo End Swansea's Hoodoo?
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Byline: ROBERT HARDMAN WHEN you are a professional football club stuck 12 points deep in the relegation zone, you can be excused some radical decisions. You might dispense with the 4-4-2 formation and opt for an 8-1-1.You might sack the manager,...
Celtic Go All Brann; Norwegian Pair under Microscope in Friendly
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Byline: PETER JARDINE NORWEGIAN youngster Erlend Hanstveit emerged as a surprise transfer target of Celtic last night as Brann Bergen clinched a play-usand-pay-us friendly in Glasgow. The powerful 20-year-old left-back has caught the eye of Martin...
CLASS WARRIORS or Why Mothers Are Having to Resort to Desperate Tactics to Get Their Children into the Best Schools; Femail Forum
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Byline: RACHEL JOHNSON GOING through my bank statement the other day, one entry was like a little stab to the heart. 'Bute House Preparatory School', it said, next to the date, '[pound]60'. It all came back to me. My daughter and I had taken...
'Cruel' MP Sends Back Dyslexic's Letter with Corrections; Labour Man's Reply Reduced Me to Tears Says Stunned Constituent
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Byline: JAMES TOZER WHEN a dyslexic constituent wrote a letter of complaint to his MP, he composed it to the best of his ability. Stephen Halsall knew he had not conquered his 'word blindness' and worked hard to make his point to Labour's Neil...
Curse of Political Correctness, by Judge
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Byline: STEVE DOUGHTY A RETIRING judge delivered a devastating attack on political correctness in the law yesterday. Neil Denison, the Common Serjeant of London, called the thinking behind it 'sinister' and claimed it eroded free speech. The...
Dallaglio: I'll Sign the Deal to Save Our Futures
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Byline: PETER JACKSON LAWRENCE Dallaglio today reveals why England's 300-plus professionals have joined forces in a massive show of solidarity for their clubs, even if it means jeopardising their international futures. The Wasps captain claims...
Dettori Weighs in with a Daughter; Frankie Is So Delighted with Perfect Family
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Byline: COLIN MACKENZIE FRANKIE DETTORI may have ridden the Magnificent Seven but yesterday he was celebrating a Sensational Double after the birth of his daughter Ella. The 5lb 3oz girl, conceived less than three weeks after Dettori survived...
Diary of a BIG SPENDER; Femail Bodytalk
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Byline: BEVERLEY BLOOM HAVING returned from Paris Fashion Week, I'm ecstatic. Not only because I had the chance to preview such great collections, but because I've managed to tick off a few must-have items from my extensive shopping list. My...
Dr Greenspan Fails to Cure the Patient
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Byline: GEOFF FOSTER ALAN Greenspan's medicine didn't work this time. Markets were as sick as a parrot as the Fed's half-point cut in US interest rates failed to appease desperate dealers who had pinned their hopes on an unprecedented three- quarter...
Femail Lifelines
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Byline: HELEN PRIOR Twiggy's beauty secrets... BEST known as the world's first supermodel, Twiggy's philosophy in life is simple: 'To look good, you must feel good.' With this in mind, she has launched a new range of skincare for the senses....
Femail Relationship Doctor
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Byline: VANESSA LLOYD PLATT Q I SHARED a house with a friend for ten years, but due to differences left 18 months ago. I now live in a flat and am struggling to pay both rent and mortgage. Recently, she presented me with a bill for more than...
Ferdinand Flourishes by Putting Old Head on Young Shoulders
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Byline: IAN MCGARRY THEIR average age is the same as their average number of caps - 26. They are talented and ambitious, but can Sven Goran Eriksson's England answer the [pound]50million question and beat Finland? The FA estimates that jackpot...
French Mistress 'Forced out by Pupils' Race Jibes'
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A FRENCH-BORN teacher told yesterday how racial abuse from pupils forced her to resign. Frederique Ganneval claimed youngsters hurled insults at her both in and out of school. As well as being called a 'French whore' and a '******* frog', she...
Gerrard All Clear; He Returns with the Good News after Trip to French Specialist
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Byline: MARTIN LIPTON STEVEN Gerrard gave Sven Goran Eriksson the news he wanted to hear last night when he declared himself fit to take on Finland at Anfield on Saturday. The Liverpool midfielder flew back from seeing his orthopaedic specialist...
Get a Grip Tiger.Or You'll Suffer like I Did, Warns Sutton
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Byline: DEREK LAWRENSON THE eyes of the world will be on Tiger Woods at Augusta in two weeks' time - and he will be feeling the pressure in a way he never has before. That, at least, is the belief of Hal Sutton, and he speaks with the wisdom...
Gloom Spreads across the Globe
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Byline: ALEX BRUMMER FEARS of a world recession grew last night after share prices fell again in Britain and around the world. In London, the FTSE index tumbled 106.1 points to 5540.7 - it is now down 11 per cent on the year - and Wall Street...
Going for Walkies with the Smartest Pet on the Planet; RoboDog Can Spot Burglars and Read Emails - and He's All British
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Byline: PAUL KENDALL ANY labrador worth its dog biscuits can fetch the morning newspaper in its teeth. But only one is capable of reading out its owner's latest emails . . . while standing on its head. This labrador's name is RoboDog. Designed...
Goram at the Double; Champions League and Old Trafford Now on Menu after Goalie's Unlikely Move
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Byline: PETER JARDINE BOUNTY-HUNTER Andy Goram walks into Manchester United today primed for elevation to European football's centre-stage and a [pound]250,000 jackpot if he completes a Champions League and Premiership Double under Sir Alex Ferguson....
Goram Defying the Odds Again with Return to the Big Time a Real Tale of the Unexpected
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Byline: PETER JARDINE ALAN McLAREN took a lingering look round the Hampden dressing room as Rangers toasted their 1996 Scottish Cup Final victory over Hearts and made Andy Goram odds-on favourite to be first into early retirement. Yesterday,...
Hamed off to Flier in Bid for Global Respect
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Byline: JEFF POWELL NASEEM HAMED is sparing no expense in his bid to prove himself the best current pound-for-pound fighter in the world. The Prince of the prize-ring has put a private jet at the disposal of his American trainer Emanuel Steward...
Heart-Swop Hannah Is Back in Life's Swing
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Byline: SUSIE BONIFACE WITH a delighted smile, Hannah Pudsey plays on her garden swing. In her stylish jacket and trainers, the pretty 13-year-old is the epitome of a happy-go-lucky youngster. But up to a few weeks ago, she was frail and fighting...
He Had Cancer, She's Dying of It. but Nothing Could Stop Them Marrying
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Byline: TIM BUGLER WHEN Lorna Campbell and Daniel Wilson met eight years ago, he was just getting over cancer. They fell in love and she helped him through the difficult, final stages of his recovery, which involved intricate facial surgery....
How DO You Act the Second Time around?; Femail Extra
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Byline: MAUREEN FREELY CAN a 35-year-old mother-of-two who is marrying her third husband get away with wearing white? If a man has left his wife to marry another woman, is he being kind or very cruel if he asks his daughter to be the bridesmaid?...
How Widow, 81, Fell through Her Bedroom Floor
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Byline: JAMES TOZER ONE minute May Clark was enjoying an early morning cup of tea sitting in front of the fire. The next she knew, the 81-year-old widow was plunging through the floor in a terrifying fall. Rotten floorboards in a downstairs...
Hughes Logs on and Finds the Answers
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Byline: IAN LADYMAN FOR EVIDENCE of Sven Goran Eriksson's commitment to the task of managing England, it is necessary only to take a look at his petrol receipts. To find proof of Mark Hughes' dedication to the equally taxing job of managing Wales,...
It's Bloomin Spring; Femail Fashion
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Byline: MARCIA BRACKETT LOVERS of anything feminine and girlie will adore all the latest floral prints arriving in the shops for spring, offering a softer alternative to this season's sharp tailoring and stark black and white. But don't for one...
Knee Agony Led Depressed Mols to Brink of Quitting. PETER JARDINE Hears a 'Fed-Up' Striker Remain Hopeful
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Byline: PETER JARDINE MICHAEL MOLS admitted last night that he has contemplated quitting football during his near 18- month struggle against injury, but refused to give up on his Champions League dream. The Rangers striker is staking his career...
Labour Facing Two New Sleaze Probes
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Byline: DAVID HUGHES EX-MINISTER Geoffrey Robinson is to be investigated by Parliament's sleaze watchdog over [pound]200,000 he received from Robert Maxwell. Standards Commissioner Elizabeth Filkin launched the inquiry after revelations in the...
Letting His Boy Down Hurts Knox Most
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Byline: JIM BLACK KEITH KNOX yesterday recalled his post-fight heartache when he telephoned his biggest fan to discuss the details of his IBO light-flyweight championship defeat by Colombian Jose Garcia at Bellahouston, Glasgow on Tuesday evening....
Levene Sets Cap at More City Triumphs
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Byline: ALEX BRUMMER THE former Lord Mayor of London was not best pleased a week ago, when greeted at breakfast with a Financial Times headline - 'Deutsche Bank to axe Lord Levene' - which has subsequently proved to be untrue. As a City grandee...
Lording It over MPs; Labour Chiefs Offer Peerages to Free Up Safe Seats for Blairites
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Byline: HAMISH MACDONELL LABOUR Party bosses are offering peerages to veteran MPs to surrender their constituencies for Blairite loyalists, it was claimed last night. An offer of a seat in the Lords is a device used by parties to persuade their...
Low Fat Recipe:trifle; Femail
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FULL-FAT VERSION 41g fat per serving (serves 6) 1 Victoria sandwich, preferably stale Good quality raspberry jam 4 tbsp sherry 2 tbsp brandy For the custard: 290ml/1/2 pint milk 5 egg yolks 2 tbsp caster sugar 2 drops...
Making of a Female Rapist; Femail Special Investigation
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Byline: NATALIE CLARKE HER mugshot, cold, harsh and indifferent, gazed defiantly out of the front pages of the newspapers at the weekend. Eighteen-year-old Claire Marsh had been found guilty of being party to the gang rape and brutalisation of Delphi...
Making Your Mark; Career Mail
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Byline: LUCIE CARRINGTON FORGET the ink-stained fingers of yesterday's printers - today it's a highly technical and fast-moving business. What's more, if you're a self-starter, willing to get the right qualifications, there are jobs waiting to...
Marriage U-Turn in New Sex Guide for Schools
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Byline: EDDIE BARNES MINISTERS will today stage a climbdown in the battle over sex education guidelines in schools. The Scottish Executive says it will place far stronger emphasis on the benefits of marriage than expected in the advice to teachers...
McLeish Likes the Sound of Arpinon Ambition for Hibs; Fellow Frenchmen Help Lure Troyes Midfielder to Easter Road
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Byline: ALAN DOUGLAS HIBS yesterday boosted their flagging fortunes and added to their growing French connection when they completed the free transfer of Troyes midfielder Freddie Arpinon. The 31-year-old had been close to signing for Alex McLeish's...
Mother's Day Gift Guide; from [Pounds]10 to [Pound]100, We Help You Find the Perfect Present for Every Pocket
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Byline: JANE DANBY Orchid, [pound]14.99, Marks & Spencer, 020 7268 1234 Japanese ornate mirror, [pound]28, Butler and Wilson, 020 7409 2955 Vanity Case, [pound]45, Lulu Guinness, 020 7221 9686 Lavender bath oil, [pound]6, Marks &...
Mothers Who Really Deserve a Makeover; Femail Mothers Day Special
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Byline: ANDREA COTTEE RACHEL HARDY, 39, who lives in Lincolnshire, nominated her mum Sheila Bratley, 65. Rachel and her husband Richard, 40, a sales manager, have three children, Alexander, 13, Matthew, 11, and Katherine, nine. Sheila and her husband...
My 78-Year Work Epic; David Is Still Doing the Job He Loves at 91
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Byline: ROBIN HUTCHISON WHEN David Drybrough left school in 1923, the dance craze was the Charleston and Stanley Baldwin was Prime Minister. With an apprenticeship at a linen mill and a weekly wage of 14 shillings (70p), the 13-year-old had his...
MY MOTHERS A SUPERSTAR! to Celebrate Mother's Day, These Three Famous Daughters Pay Charmingly Indiscreet Tribute to Their Very Famous Mothers
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WRITER Carol Thatcher, 46, lives with her boyfriend, ski instructor Marco Grass, 31, in Klosters and London. Her mother, Lady Thatcher, 75, was Prime Minister from 1979-1990. Carol says: AS MUM was dubbed the Iron Lady throughout her political career,...
My Top-Rate Tax Pledge, by Portillo
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Byline: PAUL EASTHAM MORE than 500,000 people would be freed from paying top-rate income tax if the Tories come to power, Michael Portillo will indicate today. The Shadow Chancellor aims to restore his party's tax- cutting reputation by significantly...
New Deal Boss Admits Harassing Former Staff
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Byline: ADAM POWELL STANDING shoulder to shoulder with Tony Blair at the launch of Labour's 'New Deal' employment programme, Ray Porter appeared the perfect boss. His was a real rags to riches story of a man who had built up a multimillion pound...
New Mothers Feel Let Down by the NHS 'Conveyor Belt'
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Byline: DON HUNTER A SURVEY of new mothers painted a shocking picture of Health Service childbirth last night. More than half said they were unhappy with the care they received, complaining of constantly changing midwives, an alarming battery...
New Track Cracks Up; Faults Are Found in Sections of Rail Installed since the Hatfield Crash
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Byline: DARREN BEHAR CRACKS have been found in new railway track laid since the Hatfield disaster, it emerged yesterday. Engineers have discovered gauge corner cracking - the problem responsible for October's crash - at a 'handful' of sites,...
Nicol Is Defiant over Switch in Allegiance as Legal Battle Beckons
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Byline: RICHARD EATON SCOTLAND and England may go from the squash courts to the law courts as they battle over world champion Peter Nicol. The 28-year-old Inverurie star and world No1 confirmed yesterday that he will switch allegiance and turn...
[Pounds]5bn Monopoly Money; Banks Face Huge Windfall Tax Bill to Break Their Stranglehold on Business
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Byline: DARREN BEHAR THE big banks could be hit with a [pound]5billion windfall tax to break their stranglehold on small businesses, it emerged yesterday. The tax was among the proposals unveiled by the competition watchdog to give customers...
Price Is Peace; Clubs Demand [Pounds]15m to Release England Players
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Byline: PETER JACKSON THE future of Martin Johnson's untouchable England rugby squad is hanging on the RFU paying [pound]15million for the players' guaranteed release next season. The price of peace plunged the Twickenham hierarchy into emergency...
Probe Demand of MMR Jab's Safety
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Byline: EDDIE BARNES A PARLIAMENTARY health committee is demanding further studies into the potential dangers of the MMR vaccine. The unanimous call by the cross-party group of MSPs is certain to add weight to fears among parents of a link between...
Rate Hawks Ignore the Bears
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Byline: ALEX BRUMMER THE HAWKS were very much in the ascendancy at the post-Budget session of the Monetary Policy Committee when rates were left unchanged at 5.75pc. Instead of focusing on global downturn and the bear market in shares, the MPC...
Reed Stays at His Computer as Sexton Returns to the Fold
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Byline: STEVE CURRY LES REED, Kevin Keegan's eyes and ears in assessing England's opposition, has been replaced by the veteran Dave Sexton in Sven Goran Eriksson's backup team. But although Reed was yesterday working with the Under 18s, 200 miles...
ROMEO ROBINSON'S SEXUAL PREDATOR; She Was, Literally, Worth Her Weight in Gold. but Joska Bourgeois, the Rich Older Woman Who Bankrolled the Career of Labour Minister Geoffrey Robinson, Was as Interested in Men as She Was in Money. and despite Being Married, His Own Appetite for the Opposite Sex Was Just as Strong
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Byline: TOM BOWER IN YESTERDAY'S instalment of our devastating series on former Labour Paymaster General Geoffrey Robinson, we examined the scandal-scarred history of his personal business empire. Investigative writer Tom Bower revealed how the...
Scots Bodies Will Unite to Oppose Nicol Defection; Impasse Casts a Doubt on Commonwealth Ambitions
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Byline: GRANT ROBBINS THE Scotland Squash Association yesterday confirmed they will veto any attempt by world No1 Peter Nicol to defect to Squash Rackets Association, the English governing body, and have already been guaranteed full support by the...
Scouse Pride Key to Beating Finns; Dalglish Won't Let Me Ever Forget the Night Scotland Defeated Us
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Byline: JOHN EDWARDS JOEY JONES drew on his own bitter experience at the hands of Kenny Dalglish to issue a World Cup warning to England's Liverpool-based players. Former Wales full back Jones believes England boss Sven Goran Eriksson would be...
Sir Alex? Aye, Right Coisty. Why Don't You Get Lost!
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Byline: GEORGE GRANT MAISIE'S Bar in Lanark is always a popular place but yesterday afternoon the watering hole swelled with punters anxious to congratulate their local hero on his Manchester calling. Andy Goram's partner Miriam Wylie is the...
Solicitor Told Me to Keep Lying, Claims Leeds Star; Defender Accused of 'Shopping' His Friend to Take His Place in the Team
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Byline: CHRIS BROOKE LEEDS United star Michael Duberry wanted to tell police the truth about a team-mate's involvement in a vicious street attack but was told to continue lying by the club's solicitor, a court heard yesterday. The 25-year- old...
Solving a Jigsaw Puzzle Poser
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Byline: KEITH WATERHOUSE WITH so much important intelligence blowing in the wind, you may have missed the relatively insignificant news that jigsaw puzzles have been dropped from the retail price index. If you did catch the item, perhaps you wondered...
Sour Note over Opera's Latest Cash Handout
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Byline: EDDIE BARNES MILLIONS of pounds of public money used to ease the financial crisis at Scottish Opera could have paid for five hospitals to install crucial cancer equipment. But Culture Minister Sam Galbraith angrily refuted accusations...
SO WHAT DOES [pounds]1M BUY?
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Byline: GLENDA COOPER;ANNABEL VENNING GERI HALLIWELL is so devastated by the ransacking of the [pound]1 million maisonette she bought earlier this year in London's Holland Park that she is said to have instructed estate agents to find her a new...
Spurs Ignored the Rules, Says Sacked Graham; Graham Turns Tables on ENIC
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Byline: CHARLES SALE;IVAN SPECK ADVISERS for former Tottenham manager George Graham believe they have strong evidence that the club did not follow correct procedure when they sacked him last week. Graham, officially warned by former chairman...
The Last Five Big Things on My Credit Card; Femail Forum
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Byline: NIGEL PLANER THE LAST 5 BIG THINGS ON MY CREDIT CARD ACTOR and author Nigel planer, 48, is best-known for playing Neil in The Young Ones and Baz in The Grimleys. He is currently starring in the play Feelgood, which is touring the UK before...
The Nurse Who Was Arrested in Baby Deaths Hospital Probe
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Byline: NICK CRAVEN THIS is the nurse arrested after the suspicious deaths of four babies in hospital. Evelyn Brace, 52, was suspended from her job on Ward 24 at Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, after paediatricians raised concerns over...
The Poll Must Go on, Insists Blair
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Byline: PAUL EASTHAM;SEAN POULTER TONY BLAIR signalled yesterday that it was all systems go for a May 3 General Election. He told MPs that he would 'listen to representations' for a delay over foot-and-mouth. But he indicated strongly that,...
The Scent of Spring; Femail Bodytalk
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Byline: PENNY SMITH SPRING may be the season when a young man's fancy turns to love but, judging by the dramatic rise in fragrance sales at this time of year, this is also the season when women start to think about changing the way they smell. ...
The Show Goes on; Flat Season Starts with 124 Runners
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Byline: ROBIN GOODFELLOW;BRIAN GILES WITH mystery and uncertainty surrounding the jumps season and Cheltenham's Festival meeting still in doubt because of foot-and-mouth disease, the new Flat season starts at Doncaster today not with its usual roar,...
Tracy's Happy to Stay in the Warm and Play the Armchair Admiral
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Byline: ROBERT HARDMAN AFTER last year's Olympic triumphs, followed swiftly by Ellen MacArthur's round-the-world achievement, British yachting is on something of a high, particularly when it comes to women. So it is good to hear that one of the...
Traditional Butchers May Have Given Thousands CJD
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Byline: JAMES CHAPMAN AN INQUIRY into the first cluster of deaths from the human form of mad cow disease has raised fears that thousands more people could be struck down. Shoppers who bought meat from traditional, family butchers could be at...
Two-Timing Charity Man Home with Teen Bride and Baby
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Byline: JAYA NARAIN DISGRACED charity worker Bob Sutton is back in Britain with the Romanian girl he fell for when she was 14. The 50-year-old, sacked by the charity after intimate letters to schoolgirl Andreia Belenisi, has married the girl,...
Vijay Faces His Past; 'How Could I Pay off Bills I Owed in Australia? I Was Flat Broke'
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Byline: DEREK LAWRENSON He has won two of his last five tournaments and finished second, third and fourth in the others. In a fortnight's time he will drive through the gates at Augusta as the defending Masters champion. This week, in his adopted...
War Threatens England's Trio to the Balkans; Violence Threatens Albian Trip
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Byline: MARTIN LIPTON War threatens England's trip to the Balkans ENGLAND'S World Cup trip to Albania next week could be called off if the latest outbreak of Balkan violence escalates. Fierce fighting between ethnic Albanians and government troops...
We're Sorry, Say S Club 7 Boys in Drugs Shame
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Byline: MARK REYNOLDS THE wholesome image of S Club 7 was shattered last night after three members were arrested for using drugs. Bradley McIntosh, 18, Jon Lee, 19, and Paul Cattermole, 24, were spotted smoking cannabis in a back street off Leicester...
What the PM Should Learn from Charles
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Byline: STEPHEN GLOVER LAST week, the Prince of Wales gave [pound]500,000 to help farmers ruined by the effects of foot-and-mouth disease, a gift immediately matched by the Duke of Westminster. A few people suggested that, for a very rich man, this...
Why I Fear Yet Another Year of Examination Hell
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Byline: LISA MACPHAIL WITH weeks to go before 70,000 pupils sit their Higher and Standard Grade examinations, the Scottish Qualifications Authority has refused to give assurances about its ability to avoid a repeat of last year's marking chaos,...
Why I'm Scared of Life without Tom, by Nicole
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Byline: ALISON BOSHOFF NICOLE Kidman has spoken of her future as a single mother after the collapse of her marriage to Tom Cruise. The Australian actress said she was 'scared' at the prospect of life alone. The end of her ten-year marriage...
Why I Now Believe Astrology IS a Science; Following an Anonymous [Pounds]500,000 Pledge to Fund an Astrology Degree Course
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Byline: COLIN WILSON A MYSTERY woman donor has upset Britain's academic establishment by giving [pound]500,000 to fund a university degree course in astrology, a subject that most scientists regard, at best, as a pseudo-science. She has decided...
Young Strike Pair Asked to Show a Sign of Things to Come for Scotland
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Byline: JIM BLACK ALEX SMITH, the Dundee United manager who doubles up as overlord of the country's fledgling international stars, will unveil an Under-21 partnership at Dunfermline tomorrow night which may ultimately become Scotland's first-choice...
Your House Is Illegal but It's Your Human Right
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Byline: CLARE KITCHEN A [pound]750,000 house condemned as 'the most flagrant breach of planning permission' has been saved from the bulldozers so as not to infringe the human rights of the owner. Planners ordered Ken Duffy to demolish his five-bedroom...
