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16.07.11 Contents FASHION AND BEAUTY 8 Fashion forward Extra-special sunshine accessories 10 Mimi Spencer on why shopping is less stressful in cyberspace 12 All that jazz Taking inspiration from the Roaring Twenties? Yes, it looks set to be a vintage...
Byline: ROBIN WIGGS ANOTHER CHANCE TO SEE Inspector Alleyn Mysteries 1PM, 7PM, YESTERDAY *** Weekly repeats of this fine mystery series begin, opening with an episode featuring the late Anna Massey. Patrick Malahide is Alleyn, a steely gentleman...
Byline: RW HARD-HITTING REALITY SERIES Teen Mom 7PM, VIVA *** The sequel to 16 And Pregnant, this series is about American girls - many from small towns - who have recently become mothers. It's like a soap opera that adults couldn't write,...
Byline: RW ANOTHER CHANCE TO SEE Samantha Who? 3.30PM, E4 **** The first of a weekday repeat for Christina Applegate's deliciously sharp sitcom. The premise is this: Applegate's career-obsessed nightmare suffers amnesia, wakes up nice and...
Byline: RW LIFE AGAINST THE ODDS Kellie: The Girl Who Played With Fire 9PM, BBC3 *** A rather crass title (taken from the Stieg Larsson book, of all things) for this hopeful documentary about a burns victim. Kellie is 22 and going to college...
Byline: RW SEE IT FROM THE START Star Trek: The Next Generation 8PM, CBS ACTION *** Patrick Stewart, who would never have joined if he'd known it would last for seven years, raised the bar for the entire cast from this very first episode....
Byline: RW FOR CLASSICAL BUFFS BBC Proms 2011 7.30PM, BBC4 **** Mark Elder (left) conducts The Halle in the first of the BBC4 Proms, one that builds via Sibelius and Bartok to the glories of Janacek's Sinfonietta. A 'conductor cam' with commentary...
Byline: RW JUNIOR I'M A CELEBRITY... Camp Orange 5PM, NICKELODEON ???? British children go to Australia, and take on I'm A Celebrity-style challenges in this new, six-part series. It's exciting - especially for them - and executed with ambition...
QUESTION When was the first car ferry between Ireland and the UK? THE first car ferry between Ireland and Britain came into service on the Larne-Stranraer route in July 1939. However, the new service was short-lived. The Princess Victoria was requisitioned...
Byline: Andrew Levy THE multi-millionaire owner of a company that makes Segway scooters died after moving out of the way of a dog walker and plunging off a cliff on one of the machines. Jimi Heselden, 62, was riding a rough terrain version of...
Byline: SARAH STACEY [bar] reader asks why she often wakes up with a headache. 'I wake at the usual time and feel I have slept enough but the pain can be quite disabling. I have to take over-the-counter painkillers regularly which I'd prefer not...
Byline: Jim McBeth ONE of Scotland's most senior QCs has accused former Lord Advocate Elish Angiolini of not being qualified to act for clients in court. Dame Elish, who stepped down from her role in May this year, plans to enter legal chambers...
Byline: Jim McBeth ONE of Scotland's most senior QCs has accused former Lord Advocate Elish Angiolini of not being qualified to act for clients in court. Dame Elish, who stepped down from her role in May this year, plans to enter legal chambers...
RICK STEIN might be a jolly good fellow. He may even be an inspired chef and businessman who deserves to have his name printed on everything, from bottles of wine to pots of sugary sauces. But parts of his all-invasive empire in the once quaint, sleepy...
Byline: JOHN GREECHAN HE never tires of telling us how much The Open has given him over the years. Well, let's just call it even, shall we? Because Tom Watson's contribution to this tournament more than compensates for any riches -- financial, professional,...
Byline: Mary Greene Throughout the First World War, when serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps, artist Stanley Spencer sustained himself with memories of Cookham, the Berkshire village where he grew up. He wrote of how he ached to go to the...
Byline: Sara Nathan HE has managed to win back Cheryl Cole, much to the dismay of many of her friends and family. But Ashley's reunion with his ex-wife may not be as straightforward as he hoped. At least three girls are set to claim they enjoyed...
Byline: by ALAN FRASER GIVEN a decent tail wind, the bold line at the 5th hole at Royal St George's is Ramsgate, or more precisely the R of Ramsgate. Rory McIlroy, true to his shillelagh-buckling adventurous spirit, waited until the green was...
Byline: MIMI SPENCER I went shopping at 6.05am today (we have a new puppy in our house and, let's just say, Diggory is an early riser). So, rather than throw balls and eat toast for an hour, I went shopping and bought a new nozzle for the garden...
Byline: Alistair Grant JUST when we were getting used to what passes in Scotland for summer, the bad news is: autumn is here. After a few days of pleasant sun and a cheering absence of rain, weather forecasters warned the weekend is going to...
Byline: Senan Molony Political Editor IRISH banks yesterday sailed through European Bank Authority stress tests of financial institutions across the EU - but only because the taxpayer here has consistently ponied up to recapitalise them. The...
Byline: by SHANE McGRATH IT SHOULD be more complicated, but a century has made normal the strangest living arrangement in Irish sport. Andy Moran, the Mayo vice-captain, will sleep in a bed tonight in a GAA town passionately behind him and his team-mates...
Byline: Paul Harris reports THEY are young, gifted... and Brits. One is the most exciting fresh hope for decades to swing a golf club; the other is a piano maestro widely regarded as a genius. And despite a combined age of just 39, golfer...
Byline: ROBIN GOODFELLOW, SAM TURNER NAP SELECTION KEYS (Newbury, 5.10) TRIPLE bumper winner KEYS has yet to get his head in front on the level but he looks on a reasonable mark for his inaugural run in handicap company today. The step up...
Byline: ROBIN GOODFELLOW, SAM TURNER NAP SELECTION KEYS (Newbury, 5.10) TRIPLE bumper winner KEYS has yet to get his head in front on the level but he looks on a reasonable mark for his inaugural run in handicap company today. The step up...
Byline: Rob Davies BHP Billiton boss Marius Kloppers is hoping a [pounds sterling]7.5bn bid for US oil and shale gas firm Petrohawk will prove fourth time lucky, after three mammoth deals fell by the wayside. The natural resources titan has raised...
110 The Open 2011 9.25am: Huge roars as Tom Lewis, cool as you like, takes to the first tee. His first shot rolls into the rough but he pars the hole. 9.44am: Talk about a turnaround. Darren Clarke bogeyed the seventh on day one but sinks an...
Byline: Rupert Steiner BLACKS Leisure has been forced to go cap in hand to its lenders as it warned dire trading has caused its debt pile to spiral. The camping and outdoor clothing retailer is the latest to sound the alert that plunging consumer...
Byline: Victoria Allen FOR any road accident victim, getting back into a car can be a nerve-wracking feat. For Danielle O'Connor, who was partially paralysed in a crash, it was terrifying. But now the 16-year-old has overcome her fears - and...
Byline: BY RAY MASSEY MOTORING EDITOR BRITISH Olympic gold medal contender Jessica Ennis (-pictured) is out to prove she's as super-efficient a driver as she is an athlete -- and attempt to save more than [pounds sterling]1,000 a year on her fuel...
Byline: Ben Todd, Sara Nathan HE MAY be a familiar face to fans of the Beckhams, but 12-year-old Brooklyn has never been intentionally thrust into the spotlight - until now. The schoolboy was officially welcomed into the fold of 'Brand Beckham'...
Byline: STEPHEN McGOWAN STEVE BRUCE has told Celtic target Craig Gordon that he still has a Sunderland future -- if he can get fit and stay fit. Currently scouring the market for a goalkeeper, Celtic boss Neil Lennon has declared an interest...
Byline: INTERVIEW by Frances Hubbard RON ULLAH has a word of expert advice for husband and wife Colin and Chris Weir of Largs in Ayrshire, Britain's [pounds sterling]161million EuroMillions Lottery winners -- but first he must finish the delicate...
Byline: IntervIew by Frances Hubbard RON ULLAH has a word of expert advice for husband and wife Colin and Chris Weir, Britain's [pounds sterling]161million EuroMillions Lottery winners -- but first he must finish the delicate task of aligning the...
Byline: by Mark Howarth MONEY, the fuel that keeps the economy moving, is in short supply. As banks tighten up on lending, even blue-chip firms are feeling the squeeze. So imagine how much worse it would be if you are a youngster, maybe from a troubled...
Byline: NIAMH O'DEA I've never had nail, hair or boob extensions. I've never bought a bag emblazoned with the name of a designer who clearly had nothing to do with its existence. And I've never, ever, bunged an M&S ready meal into the oven for...
Byline: Ali Bracken Crime Correspondent THREE children who suffered years of horrific physical and psychological abuse at the hands of their mother are to sue the HSE. The 47-year-old woman was jailed for 24 years yesterday for cruelty and neglect...
Byline: JOHN GREECHAN STEPHEN GALLACHER expects a battle for survival on a wild and wet Open weekend. The Scot, who finished five strokes off the lead after a second round of one-over 71, was within a shot of top spot for a while yesterday. And,...
Byline: MARK WILSON RANGERS want an answer from Carlos Cuellar in the next 48 hours about whether he is willing to take the hefty wage cut required to secure a return to the SPL champions. Ibrox manager Ally McCoist is, however, likely to drop his...
BOURNEMOUTH Bournemouth has long been the star of the South Coast, but recently a new air of surfer cool has added an extra element of charm. Down at Boscombe Overstrand, the Urban Reef cafe and restaurant opposite the artificial surf reef is...
Byline: EWING GRAHAME SOME boxers find it beneficial to attend anger-management classes. For Nicky Cook, the Dagenham boy who challenges Scotland's Ricky Burns for his WBO superfeatherweight title at the Liverpool Echo Arena tonight, it's a question...
Byline: by Max Hastings SATURDAY ESSAY THE resignation of Rebekah Brooks as chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's News International represents a new eruption in the phonehacking scandal that has damaged the media, police and the Cameron government....
Byline: by Max Hastings ESSAY THE resignation of Rebekah Brooks as chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's News International represents a new eruption in the phonehacking scandal that has damaged the media, police and the Cameron government. Yet...
Byline: BEL MOONEY DEAR BEL HAVING read your replies so many times, I can already guess your answer to my dilemma. How many times do we judge others and say, 'Oh how stupid is that?' and 'How could they be so foolish?' The older woman falling...
Byline: BEL MONNEY bel HAVING read your replies so many times, I can already guess your answer to my dilemma. How many times do we judge others and say 'Oh how stupid is that?' and 'How could they be so foolish?' The older woman falling for a young...
Byline: BEL MOONEY DEAR BEL HAVING read your replies so many times, I can already guess your answer to my dilemma. How many times do we judge others and say 'Oh how stupid is that?' and 'How could they be so foolish?' The older woman falling...
Byline: Political Editor DAVID Cameron hosted Andy Coulson at his official country residence two months after he resigned as Downing Street's director of communications, it emerged last night. In a sign of his determination to stand by the man...
Byline: Graham Grant Home Affairs Editor THE leader of a Scots council shamed for lavish credit card spending called yesterday for the public to be kept in the dark about abuse of taxpayers' money. Bob Myles, chief of cashstrapped Angus Council,...
Byline: Graham Grant Home Affairs Editor THE leader of a Scots council shamed for lavish credit card spending called yesterday for the public to be kept in the dark about abuse of taxpayers' money. Bob Myles, chief of cashstrapped Angus Council,...
Byline: ALAN FRASER DO NOT call Pete Cowen a 'swing guru', call him a golf coach. And do not ask him about Colin Montgomerie receiving the BBC Sports Personality Coach of the Year award last year. Sorry, the question is irresistible. 'It's a...
Byline: STEPHEN McGOWAN STEVE BRUCE has told Celtic target Craig Gordon that he still has a Sunderland future -- if he can get fit and stay fit. Currently scouring the market for a goalkeeper, Neil Lennon has declared an interest in the Scotland...
Byline: Alan Roden Scottish Political Reporter A SCOTS arts quango backed by millions of pounds of taxpayers' cash is being heavily criticised for funding hip-hop dancing in China, Facebook games and mobile phone 'apps'. Creative Scotland also...
Byline: MARK WILSON CARLOS CUELLAR is set for key talks with Rangers to learn how much of a financial hit he will have to take to secure a return to the SPL champions. The Spanish centre-half (right) is a leading target of Ibrox boss Ally McCoist,...
Byline: Alistair Munro THE son of a Labour councillor accused of a [pounds sterling]43,000 benefit fraud branded his father a liar in court yesterday. Sean Holden, 39, took the unusual step of contacting the procurator fiscal halfway through...
Byline: GARETH MAHER SHAMROCK ROVERS are on course for a difficult Danish test after being drawn against FC Copenhagen in the third round of qualifying in the Champions League. The Hoops need to first overcome Flora Tallinn, who they lead 1-0...
Byline: Geoff Foster IT is a big weekend for Simon Wolfson's Next. The doors of its 550 fashion stores in the UK and Republic of Ireland will open at 5am this morning so that thousands of customers can hopefully grab clothing and homeware bargains...
Byline: PHILIP QUINN reports from Terryland Park Galway Utd 0 Sligo Rvrs 8 THE Connacht football final may be the chief sporting gig this side of the Shannon this weekend, but try telling that to the conga-dancing Sligo Rovers supporters singing...
Byline: by PHILIP QUINN IN A county where the hurl is the preferred sporting implement, Giovanni Trapattoni yesterday flailed a metaphorical 'stick' across the shins of his players, insisting he would no longer 'be made fun of'. In a firebrand...
Byline: BY IAN LYALL THE practice of short selling gained notoriety during the financial crisis when hedge funds supposedly used the tactic to destabilise the banking system. Looking back, it was the incompetents in charge of Northern Rock, HBOS...
Byline: Daily Mail Reporter A DOCTOR whose anorexic daughter was found drowned in a river said yesterday that he hoped the tragedy would alert others to the 'deeply pervasive' nature of the illness. Alice Vulliamy, 24, was being treated for severe...
Byline: Daily Mail Reporter A DOCTOR whose anorexic daughter was found drowned in a river said yesterday that he hoped the tragedy would alert others to the 'deeply pervasive' nature of the illness. Alice Vulliamy, 24, was being treated for severe...
Byline: JACKIE CAHILL reports from Semple Stadium MUNSTER U21 HC S-FINAL Cork 4-19 Tipperary 1-21 CORK kept their inter-county hurling season alive last night by scoring a deserved sevenpoint victory over defending Munster and All-Ireland...
DREADING the moment you hit the beach this summer? Does even packing your swimming costume fill you with terror? The new Dukan Holiday Diet, starting exclusively in today's Mail and continuing all next week, could be the answer to your prayers....
Byline: BRIAN MARJORIBANKS HIBS manager Colin Calderwood has again failed to dispel speculation that he is desperate for an Easter Road exit, with just eight days remaining until the start of the new season. The former Scotland defender left...
Byline: by Marianne Power WHILE GAA clubs at home are blaming the recession for the loss of quality players, clubs in London have never had it so good. Last month the London team beat Fermanagh in a historic win that marks their first victory in...
Byline: BRIAN MARJORIBANKS LEFT-BACK is a position that has driven Celtic fans and managers to distraction since the departure of Jackie McNamara to Wolves in 2005. Many supporters argue that only now, in Emilio Izaguirre, are they seeing a true...
Byline: Hugo Duncan EIGHT European banks failed 'stress tests' on 90 lenders, in another blow to the embattled single currency bloc. The European Banking Authority said five banks in Spain, two in Greece and one in Austria are not strong enough...
Byline: Emily Andrews, Ryan Kiesal, Neil Sears THEY eat out at their local chipper three times a week and occasionally splash out on a bottle of Coca-Cola. But Colin and Christine Weir are destined for a champagne lifestyle after they hit the...
Byline: ALEX BRUMMER City editor ONLY the European Union could have contrived to issue the results of its 'stress tests' at 5pm on a Friday after one of the most turbulent weeks for the euro area. The fact that just eight banks out of 90 failed...
Byline: CHRIS WHEELER THERE are fresh concerns over Scotland captain Darren Fletcher's health after it emerged last night that the Manchester United midfielder has still not returned to pre-season training. Although Fletcher was left out of United's...
@prospector87 There's gold in them thar hills! @prospector88 @prospector87 Actually, it's in the river! #goldrush @seattlesentinel Read all about it! Gold discovered in the Klondike! Stampede underway! Please RT! @minor.miner22 Where is...
Byline: by ALAN FRASER RORY McILROY, true to his adventurous spirit, waited until the green was clear at the 419-yard par-4 5th to launch a drive over the dunes and far, far away. The US Open champion landed pin high in the wispy rough, just...
Byline: by ALAN FRASER RORY McIlroy, true to his shillelaghbuckling adventurous spirit, waited until the green was clear at the 419-yard par-4 5th to launch a drive over the dunes and far, far away. The US Open champion landed pin high in the...
Byline: by ALAN FRASER RORY McIlroy, true to his shillelaghbuckling adventurous spirit, waited until the green was clear at the 419-yard par-4 5th to launch a drive over the dunes and far, far away. The US Open champion landed pin high in the...
TO THE bean counters of the HSE, the impact of hospital cutbacks and A&E closures is measured out in endless graphs and pie-charts. But for every stark statistic there is a real person - and, far too often, a real story of personal suffering and...
Byline: BRIAN MARJORIBANKS HE graced the lush turf of the Emirates as Celtic were blown out of Europe by an incredible Arsenal. For Willo Flood, however, facing the relatively more modest Polish outfit Slask Wroclaw in the Europa League with Dundee...
[bar] LIVERPOOL have joined the chorus of disapproval over Manchester City's record [pounds sterling]400million stadium naming rights. Managing director Ian Ayre questioned whether City's tie-up with Etihad Airways and the Abu Dhabi Royal family...
Byline: by David Leafe AS THE July sun sets over a Shropshire smallholding, sheep graze quietly in the fields, horses doze contentedly in their stables, and hawks circle majestically in the skies above. This rural scene is like something out of...
Byline: by David Leafe AS THE July sun sets over a Shropshire smallholding, sheep graze quietly in the fields, horses doze contentedly in their stables, and hawks circle majestically in the skies above. This rural scene is like something out of...
Byline: by JONATHAN McEVOY Olympics Correspondent FRAN HALSALL dreams of dazzling London twice. She wants to become the most successful British swimmer in Olympic history and then fulfil an ambition she hatched while sitting in front of her television....
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Byline: Hannah-Louise Dunne Showbusiness Editor MILDRED PIERCE is leading the charge at this year's Emmy Awards - and Brian F O'Byrne is one of the show's main hopes. The Cavan actor, from Mullagh, is up against Guy Pearce and James Wood, among...
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Byline: TOM DOORLEY ANNIE'S 89 Sunday's Well Road, Cork Tel: 021 439 8384 www.annies.ie THE Irish pub, they say, is dying on its feet. And I'm not at all surprised, given what most of them are like. Some publicans blame the smoking ban, most...
Byline: NEIL WILSON LAWRENCE OKOYE is frank about why he spends his days throwing the discus, a sporting skill that inspired remarkable marble statues in ancient times but not much public interest today. It is the London Olympic Games. Had the Games...
Byline: COPA AMERICA By FRANK KENT TRYING to mark Argentina's Lionel Messi is a waste of time so Uruguay will concentrate on their virtues of grit and self-belief to win their Copa America quarter-final, according to coach Oscar Tabarez. The great...
Byline: BEL MOONEY A MONTH ago I printed a sad letter from 'Iris', consumed with guilt and grief because her daughter Sally had committed suicide. She wrote: 'I feel so guilty. I should have been able to help her. I'm her mother. I knew she suffered...
A MONTH ago I printed a sad letter from 'Iris', consumed with guilt and grief because her daughter had committed suicide at Beachy Head. Many of you wrote, moved because of her words and my reply. Some people sent emails and letters for Iris, but...
Byline: BEL MONNEY A MONTH ago I printed a sad letter from 'Iris', consumed with guilt and grief because her daughter had committed suicide at Beachy Head. Many of you wrote, moved because of her words and my reply. Some people sent emails and...
Byline: DEREK LAWRENSON Golf Correspondent MOVE over Rory. Step aside, G-Mac. If Darren Clarke hasn't spent his time in front of the media talking about one of his fellow Northern Irishmen these past 18 months, it has been the other. Well, for...
Byline: DEREK LAWRENSON reports from Sandwich MOVE over Rory. Step aside, G-Mac. If Darren Clarke hasn't spent his time in front of the media talking about one of his fellow countrymen these past 18 months, it has been the other. Well, for one...
Byline: DEREK LAWRENSON Golf Correspondent MOVE over Rory. Step aside, G-Mac. If Darren Clarke hasn't spent his time in front of the media talking about one of his fellow Northern Irishmen these past 18 months, it has been the other. Well, for...
Byline: DEREK LAWRENSON Golf Correspondent MOVE over Rory. Step aside, G-Mac. If Darren Clarke hasn't spent his time in front of the media talking about one of his fellow Northern Irishmen these past 18 months, it has been the other. Now, for...
Byline: Nick McDermott THE cowardly killer who stabbed a British teen on an idyllic Greek island yesterday hid in shame as he faced a court. Flanked by police officers, Stelios Morfis, 21, covered his face with a T-shirt as he was led up the...
Byline: From David Gardner in Los Angeles HACKERS working for a foreign government stole more than 4,000 top-secret files from the Pentagon in a single cyber strike, officials admitted yesterday. The audacious heist earlier this year was just...
Byline: Sean Poulter Consumer Affairs Editor DESPERATE holiday firms are slashing their prices by hundreds of pounds amid a collapse in bookings and profits. Savings of 50 per cent and more are available, including for the peak summer school...
Byline: Sean Poulter Consumer Affairs Editor DESPERATE holiday firms are slashing their prices by hundreds of pounds amid a collapse in bookings and profits. Savings of 50 per cent and more are available, including for the peak summer school...
Byline: Sean Poulter Consumer Affairs Editor DESPERATE holiday firms are slashing their prices by hundreds of pounds amid a collapse in bookings and profits. Savings of 50 per cent and more are available, including for the peak summer school...