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ANYONE listening to David Cameron's promise at the weekend to produce the most 'pro-growth budget' this month that the country has ever seen could be forgiven for thinking the Prime Minister is being optimistic to say the least. Haven't successive...
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Byline: ANNABEL VENNING MADONNA suffered an injury to one while rehearsing for her last tour. Actress Angelina Jolie twisted hers while pregnant in 2008. As for David Beckham, an ankle injury almost ended his career. But you don't need to be...
Byline: Jenny Hope Medical Correspondent ACUPUNCTURE can help women suffering from the most common symptoms of the menopause, it is claimed. A study suggests the ancient Chinese needle therapy can curb the severity of hot flushes and also relieve...
Byline: Jenny Hope Medical Correspondent ACUPUNCtUre can help women suffering from the most common symptoms of the menopause, it is claimed. A study suggests that, received regularly, the ancient Chinese needle therapy can curb the severity of hot...
Byline: Brian Carroll A [euro]50MILLION lawsuit is being launched on behalf of the victims of the Cork plane crash in which six people died last month. Stewarts Law, based in London, is to serve papers in a Texas court next month suing Fairchild...
Byline: ISLA WHITCROFT STANDING in the shower, musician Chris Singleton flinched as he turned the tap on to full. 'I knew what was coming,' he says. 'If I was lucky, I could bear ten seconds under the water before the urge to switch it off became...
Byline: ISLA WHITCROFT STANDING in the shower, musician Chris Singleton flinched as he turned the tap on to full. 'I knew what was coming,' he says. 'If I was lucky, I could bear ten seconds under the water before the urge to switch it off became...
Byline: Tamsin Brown FORTH Ports, Britain's last quoted ports operator, could soon set sail for the private world after receiving a [pounds sterling]746m takeover approach from its biggest shareholder. The Tilbury docks owner fought off a trio...
Byline: ADAM WISHART THE BABY girl, born four months early, weighs just a pound. She is so underdeveloped her ears are not formed -- they're still only bits of stubby tissue. Within 20 seconds of her birth, this fragile little thing is placed...
hOW dare Kirsty Young (Mail) insult my wife of 58 years, and thousands of other women who chose to stay at home and rear their children instead of getting a job or attempting to forge a career. She of all people, a tV presenter on Crimewatch, is...
Byline: Senan Molony Political Editor FINE GAEL will get twice as many Cabinet places as Labour in the new Government. The senior party, which has 76 Dail seats to Labour's 37, will have ten Cabinet places. That will leave Labour with five. ...
Byline: by Geoff Foster THE once great Wall Street behemoth Goldman Sachs may have had some disastrous Initial Public Offerings in recent times but AZ Electronic Materials is definitely not one of them. In complete contrast to the mega-flops...
Byline: ROGER DOBSON HAVING a balloon inflated inside your stomach can lead to significant weight loss with few side-effects, according to one of the largest-ever studies to assess the technique. The new research suggests a silicone balloon --...
Byline: ROGER DOBSON HAVING a balloon inflated in the stomach can lead to significant weight loss with few side-effects, according to one of the largest-ever studies to assess the technique. The new research suggests a silicone balloon -- which...
Byline: Lucy Farndon IN the world according to Bob Diamond, Barclays has 'found a good balance between being responsible and being commercially competitive' on the thorny issue of pay. Why is it, then, that most observers, including the bank's own...
Byline: FRANK KENT Portadown 2 Bohemians 0 (Portadown win 4-1 on aggregate) THERE will be a new name on the Setanta Sports Cup this season after holders Bohemians crashed out at Shamrock Park last night. A 2-0 defeat on the night --...
Byline: Dundee United 3 Aberdeen 1 By PETER JARDINE ABERDEEN manager Craig Brown insisted last night's loss was even worse than his side's recent capitulations to Celtic. The Dons were beaten 4-1 by the Parkhead club in the Co-operative Insurance...
OVARIAN Cancer is the most lethal gynaecological cancer worldwide. Approximately 330 women in the Ireland develop the disease each year. Two out of three women who get this type of cancer die from the disease, very often because by the time it's caught,...
Byline: by Tom Leonard tHE WILD West as it really was rather than how Hollywood has imagined it is re -vealed in this extraordinary collection of pictures. The grainy photographs, taken in the late 19th century in and around the notorious gold...
Byline: by CHRIS WHEELER Blackpool 1 Chelsea 3 WHEN Roman Abramovich forked out [pounds sterling]50million for Fernando Torres in January it is unlikely the Chelsea owner expected to be relying on defenders to keep his team in the Premier League...
Byline: by CHRIS WHEELER Blackpool 1 Chelsea 3 WHEN Roman Abramovich forked out [pounds sterling]50million for Fernando Torres in January he had every reason to expect a little bang for his buck, both in the Spaniard's goals output and also in...
Byline: by CHRIS WHEELER Blackpool 1 Chelsea 3 WHEN Roman Abramovich paid out [pounds sterling]50million for Fernando Torres in January he had every reason to expect a little bang for his buck, both in the Spaniard's goals output and his ability...
Byline: by CHRIS WHEELER Blackpool 1 Chelsea 3 WHEN Roman Abramovich forked out [pounds sterling]50million for Fernando Torres in January it is unlikely the Chelsea owner expected to be relying on defenders to keep his team in the Premier...
Byline: by ROB ROBERTSON GRAND SLAM hero Craig Chalmers is hoping that English arrogance will prove their undoing in Sunday's Calcutta Cup clash. The former Scotland stand-off had to endure boasts from south of the border ahead of the famous...
Byline: Paul Harris reports AT the ripe old age of 70, he's about to embark on a new chapter in a remarkably long career. But someone already seems to have turned the pages back on Cliff Richard as he tries to storm the charts again. There...
Byline: Niamh Lyons Political Correspondent THE incoming Government has vowed to review the austerity package imposed by the EU-IMF deal, after two years - and found itself with an unlikely ally in European monetary affairs commissioner Olli Rehn....
Byline: Barney Rock EOGHAN O'GARA will probably struggle to see the silver lining in the cloud that is hanging over him right now, but his eightweek suspension may well draw a line under the GAA's insane and out-dated timebased suspensions policy....
I try to make my patients feel relaxed before they have laser eye surgery, writes Professor Dan Z. Reinstein. But over the years -- and I've done more than 18,500 procedures -- so many of my patients have harboured unfounded fears about the procedure...
Byline: Steve Doughty Social Affairs Correspondent ONE of the country's highest-paid town hall chiefs accepted free trips to the U.S. from a company with a controversial multi-million-pound contract with her council. Andrea Hill went on two week-long...
LEGAL DRAMA Silk, 9pm, BBC1 EPISODE three, and Silk is running very smoothly, delivering a satisfying mix of courtroom drama and behindthe-scenes action. This week, Martha (Maxine Peake, pictured) defends a vulnerable boy on an indecency charge --...
LEGAL DRAMA Silk, 9pm, BBC1 EPISODE three, and Silk is running very smoothly, delivering a satisfying mix of courtroom drama and behind-the-scenes action. This week, Martha (Maxine Peake, pictured) defends a vulnerable boy on an indecency charge --...
LEGAL DRAMA Silk, 9pm, BBC1 EPISODE three, and Silk is running very smoothly, delivering a satisfying mix of courtroom drama and behind-the-scenes action. This week, Martha (Maxine Peake, pictured) defends a vulnerable boy on an indecency charge --...
Byline: Wilma Riley A HUSBAND accused of murdering his wife in a car accident was seen 11 days before the fatal crash near the spot where she burned to death, a court heard yesterday. Former dairy manager Ian Hardie spoke to police after recognising...
Byline: EXCLUSIVE By LAURA WILLIAMSON JERMAIN DEFOE has revealed he thought about quitting Tottenham in January after being left out of Harry Redknapp's team for key games. And the England striker is worried he will drop to the bench again for...
Byline: LAURA WILLIAMSON JERMAIN DEFOE has revealed he thought about quitting Tottenham in January after being left out of Harry Redknapp's team for key games. And the England striker is worried he will drop to the bench again for the crucial...
Byline: JOHN GREECHAN PSV EINDHOVEN have been backed by Hibs midfielder Edwin de Graaf to kill off Rangers' Europa League hopes in 90 free-scoring minutes on Thursday night. De Graaf, currently on loan at relegation strugglers Excelsior, insists...
Byline: Fay Schlesinger BILLIONAIRE paedophile Jeffrey Epstein paid off the Duchess of York's debts within days of Prince Andrew flying out to visit him in New York. Sarah Ferguson was in negotiations with the disgraced American financier for...
Byline: Fay Schlesinger BILLIONAIRE paedophile Jeffrey Epstein paid off the Duchess of York's debts within days of Prince Andrew flying out to visit him in New York. Sarah Ferguson was in negotiations with the disgraced American financier for...
Byline: Fay Schlesinger What, me worry? The grinning duke yesterday on a visit to an East London school BILLIONAIRE paedophile Jeffrey Epstein paid off the Duchess of York's debts within days of Prince Andrew flying out to visit him in New York....
Byline: Fay Schlesinger BILLIONAIRE paedophile Jeffrey Epstein paid off the Duchess of York's debts within days of Prince Andrew flying out to visit him in New York. Sarah Ferguson was in negotiations with the disgraced American financier for...
Byline: Fay Schlesinger BILLIONAIRE paedophile Jeffrey Epstein paid off the Duchess of York's debts within days of Prince Andrew flying out to visit him in New York. Sarah Ferguson was in negotiations with the disgraced American financier for...
Byline: by Tessa Cunningham NOT SO long ago, arriving at a swanky restaurant with a scrunched-up piece of paper asking for money off was tantamount to draining the left-over bottle of wine on the next table. Not any longer. According to consumer...
Byline: by Tessa Cunningham OT SO long ago, arriving at a swanky restaurant with a scrunched-up piece of paper asking for money off was tantamount to draining the left-over bottle of wine on the next table. Not any longer. According to consumer...
Byline: Pixie McKenna I WAS in a car crash a few weeks ago. Fortunately, I felt fine straight afterwards but then began to feel sore the following day. Now I have neck pain and pins and needles in my arms. Do you think I could have broken something?...
Byline: by JOHN GREECHAN THE 1pm kick-off may be a sign the police have raised their standard public-order concerns, worrying that a traditional 3pm start would create a window for pre-match boozing and inevitable violence. On balance, though,...
Byline: Simon Creer IT WAS an Irish victory over the old enemy that defied all the odds. No, not last week's historic upset in the cricket - this one comes courtesy of a bookmaker. England's failure to beat both the U.S. and Algeria in last year's...
Byline: by Jenny Friel FRANKLY the headquarters of Ireland's biggest-selling glossy magazines are something of a disappointment. A red-brick building on the busy Dundrum Road in south Dublin, from the outside it looks like a large detached house...
Byline: LAWRENCE BOOTH reports from Chennai ENGLAND have replaced one 'worldclass' batsman with another after summoning Eoin Morgan to take Kevin Pietersen's place in their World Cup squad. That was the view yesterday of England coach Andy Flower,...
Byline: James Tozer CALLOUS teenagers used Facebook to trick a schoolgirl into believing she had an online boyfriend - then lied that he had committed suicide and accused her of being responsible. In an elaborate case of cyberbullying, the two...
Byline: James Tozer CALLOUS teenagers used Facebook to trick a schoolgirl into believing she had an online boyfriend - then lied that he had committed suicide and accused her of being responsible. In an elaborate case of cyberbullying, the two...
Byline: Sandra Mallon FACEBOOK has created a pioneering scheme to battle the scourge of suicide among young people. For the first time the social networking site will allow users to get help for a friend they believe is struggling to cope or...
Byline: Olivia Kelleher THE landmark Murphy's World of Wonder toystores brought joy to countless children over the years... now it has become the latest victim of the credit crunch. The popular chain has been forced to close, putting 30 loyal...
Byline: Sandra Murphy A RAmbo-style raider who blasted a father and son to death at their home was a former family friend who had brooded over a 'perceived slight' for more than a year, a court heard yesterday. Thomas barrett, now 33, was 'treated...
Byline: Jonathan Brocklebank, Dave Finlay A WARNING sent by fax from a judge to social workers arrived too late to save the lives of three children killed by their own mother, a court has heard. Theresa Riggi yesterday admitted stabbing her twin...
Byline: From Stephen Wright in Palm Beach, Florida DETAILS of the disturbing lifestyle led by Jeffrey Epstein emerged last night after the Daily Mail uncovered logs of telephone messages left at his Florida child sex den. Schoolchildren were...
Byline: JOHN GREECHAN TODAY'S peace summit to bring Celtic and Rangers into line is facing a major stumbling block before it even begins. Plans by police to move the Old Firm fixture to a midweek date will be met with stubborn opposition from...
Byline: Leah McDonald FIVE non-Catholic primary schools will be built over the next two years to serve growing populations in Dublin's commuter belt. Three will be run by multi-denominational body Educate Together and two Irish-speaking schools...
Byline: LAWRENCE BOOTH reports from Chennai ENGLAND coach andy Flower has expressed His disappointment at Kevin Pietersen's departure from the World Cup for a hernia operation, after hoping his star batsman would 'take pain killers and bite the...
Byline: Leah McDonald AS MAITRE d' in The Restaurant, John Healy has to stay calm while all around him is chaos, but behind his affable facade the stress of the job has taken a heavy toll. Aged just 45, he has suffered two heart attacks, leaving...
Byline: NO FADS FITNESS BY KARL HENRY IN THESE straitened times, businesses are always looking for ways to improve employee productivity and cut costs. Companies are catching onto the idea that to have an efficient workplace, you must have healthy...
Byline: BY AMANDA REVELL WALTON they'd spoken to the professor in charge of the trial and that they couldn't ring him because it was 2am.' In fact, over the course of the entire weekend, no one was able to find out anything about the trial. they'd...
Byline: AMANDA REVELL WALTON WHEN Andy Witney agreed to be a 'human guinea pig' for a cancer drug trial, he hoped that even if the experiment didn't prolong his life, it might go some way towards finding a cure for his disease. Andy had mesothelioma,...
Byline: CHRIS FOY ENGLAND'S quest to claim a first Grand Slam since 2003 was given a major boost yesterday when Courtney Lawes and Tom Croft were recalled to the squad after recovering from injury. The return of Northampton lock Lawes and Croft,...
Byline: DEREK LAWRENSON the world of golf THERE was a time not so long ago when you walked along the practice ground at a big event like this week's shindig in Miami and Jim Furyk would stand out like... well, like an octopus falling out of a tree....
Byline: DEREK LAWRENSON the world of golf THERE was a time not so long ago when you walked along the practice ground at a big event like this week's shindig in Miami and Jim Furyk would stand out like... well, like an octopus falling out of a tree....
Byline: MAIL FOREIGN SERVICE CHECKED MuaMMar Gaddafi was reported last night to be ready to quit after 41 years in power. The dictator is said to have proposed a meeting of the Libyan parliament to agree a transition period to pave the way for...
Byline: Mail Foreign service CHECKED MuaMMar Gaddafi was reported last night to be ready to quit after 41 years in power. The dictator is said to have proposed a meeting of the Libyan parliament to agree a transition period to pave the way for...
Byline: From Stephen wright in Palm Beach, Florida DETAILS of the disturbing lifestyle led by Jeffrey Epstein emerged last night after the Daily Mail uncovered logs of telephone messages left at his Florida child sex den. Schoolchildren were...
Byline: Hugo Duncan A SENIOR Goldman Sachs economist was yesterday appointed to the Bank of England's monetary policy committee as the row over interest rates intensifies. Ben Broadbent will replace the hawkish Andrew Sentance in June with rate-setters...
Byline: Georgina O'Halloran A GOLF ball was found inside a man's throat by funeral directors, an inquest has heard. The sick prank was described as a 'malicious intrusion into a death investigation' by the coroner. Kevin O'Doherty of Whitethorn...
Byline: Becky Barrow and Lucy Farndon BARCLAYS bosses awarded themselves pay and share packages worth up to [pounds sterling]47million a head yesterday, but insisted the bumper windfalls were 'in the interests' of Britain. The bank was accused...
Byline: Becky Barrow and Lucy Farndon BARCLAYS bosses awarded themselves pay and share packages worth up to [pounds sterling]47million a head yesterday, but insisted the bumper windfalls were 'in the interests' of Britain. The bank was accused...
Byline: CHRIS FOY Rugby Correspondent IT HAS been a productive start to the year for James Haskell, in both his familiar guises. Haskell the rugby player has relaunched his Test career in the RBS Six Nations, while Haskell the social media 'junkie'...
Byline: CHRIS FOY ENGLAND flanker James Haskell insists he is fully focused on the Six Nations clash with Scotland despite his love of life as a social media 'junkie'. The 25-year-old has made a telling contribution to England's wins over Wales,...
Byline: Richard Kay FROM the day he inherited 6,000-acre Tapeley Park in Devon, he has run the Georgian mansion, its woodland and parkland as a hippy commune, not least because of the guilt Hector Christie felt about inheriting such a grand place....
THE Hanrahans are an ordinary family, with one ordinary car. But, thanks to the surging cost of petrol, they are now spending more per week on their car than they are on food. Father-of-one Cian Hanrahan and his wife Edel use their car every...
Byline: Irish Daily Mail Reporter NEW clues have come to light in the case of a woman who disappeared more than a decade ago. Sandra Collins, 28, was last seen at a take-away in her hometown of Killala, Co. Mayo, on December 2, 2000, before she...
Byline: Sally Hind A WOMAN broke down and had to be taken to hospital as she told a court of her memories of being involved in a crash that killed a mother and her two children. Isabell McLachlan wept as she told a Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI)...
Byline: Ray Managh A HOUSe has lost [euro]500,000 in value since a family launched a bitter legal wrangle over its ownership. The 110-year-old property is now set to go on sale for [euro]350,000 - less than half the [euro]850,000 it was worth five...
Byline: PETER JARDINE No red cards, no touchline tantrums and only minimal tribal chanting from the two sets of supporters. The New Firm took the Scottish football spotlight last night and restored a semblance of sanity after the old Firm mayhem...
Byline: by Harriet Sergeant WHEN Peter Crook took over as the new 'super-head' of a sink school in South London, he was delighted to find the children 'hungry to learn.' After all, Warwick Park, in Peckham, was hardly the best of environments....
Byline: Louise Eccles A WOMAN who woke to find a man having sex with her has told of her disbelief at his acquittal on rape charges after he claimed he had stumbled into the wrong bed. Haydor Khan, 22, said he was so drunk that it was not until...
Byline: LOUISE ATKINSON A 45-MINUTE catnap helps lower blood pressure, American researchers reported last week. They said a daytime snooze could improve heart health, particularly if you're not getting as much sleep as you should at night. This...
Byline: LOUISE ATKINSON A 45-MINUTE catnap helps lower blood pressure, American researchers reported last week. they said a daytime snooze could improve heart health, particularly if you're not getting as much sleep as you should at night. This...
Byline: James Chapman, Daniel Martin DOWNING Street desperately tried to restore relations with Buckingham Palace yesterday after calling into question Prince Andrew's future as a special trade envoy. A chaotic day saw mixed messages emerging...
Byline: James Chapman, Daniel Martin DOWNING Street desperately tried to restore relations with Buckingham Palace yesterday after calling into ques t ion Pr inc e Andrew's future as a special trade envoy. A chaotic day saw mixed messages emerging...
Byline: James Chapman and Daniel Martin DOWNING Street desperately tried to restore relations with Buckingham Palace yesterday after calling into question Prince Andrew's future as a special trade envoy. A chaotic day saw mixed messages emerging...
Byline: Sara Nathan AS she got bigger and bigger during her pregnancy, so did her feet. But while Denise Van Outen has returned to a svelte size ten, her feet, unfortunately, have not followed suit. The 36-year-old singer and actress has gone...
Byline: Sara Nathan Showbusiness Editor AS she got bigger and bigger during her pregnancy, so did her feet. But while she has returned to a svelte size ten, her feet, unfortunately, have not followed suit. The 36-year-old singer and actress...
Byline: Sara Nathan Showbusiness Editor AS she got bigger and bigger during her pregnancy, so did her feet. But while Denise Van Outen has returned to a svelte size ten, her feet, unfortunately, have not followed suit. The 36-year-old singer...
Byline: David Derbyshire BRITAIN is so dependent on the GPS navigation system that cyber terrorists could cripple banks, send ships on to rocks and bring death to the roads at the click of a mouse, engineers warn. Satellite navigation technology...
Byline: David Derbyshire BRITAIN is so dependent on the GPS navigation system that cyber terrorists could cripple banks, send ships floundering on to rocks and bring death to the roads at the click of a mouse, engineers warn. Satellite navigation...
Byline: LOUISE ATKINSON A 45-MINUTE catnap helps lower blood pressure, American researchers reported last week. they said a daytime snooze could improve heart health, particularly if you're not getting as much sleep as you should at night. This...
Byline: by Max Hastings THERE is one of them at every rugger club stag night, among the last revellers to leave the party: the rich yob who insists that everybody listens to his awful jokes, who thinks it a scream to pull off somebody's trousers...
Byline: by Max Hastings THERE is one of them at every rugby club stag night, among the last revellers to leave the party: the rich yob who insists that everybody listens to his awful jokes, who thinks it a scream to pull off somebody's trousers...
Byline: ARLENE HARRIS last month amanda Holden, the bubbly actress and tV presenter, was left devastated when, having only recently announced her pregnancy, she was rushed to hospital. at seven months pregnant, she delivered a stillborn baby boy....
Byline: MATT LAWTON ACCORDING to a much respected member of the French media, Mathieu Flamini is a typical Corsican. Cultured and yet combative is roughly how he describes him. 'Like Napoleon,' he says. The former Arsenal midfielder, relaxing...
Byline: THE MATT LAWTON INTERVIEW ACCORDING to a much-respected member of the French media, Mathieu Flamini is a typical ACorsican. Cultured and yet combative is roughly how he describes him. 'Like Napoleon,' he says.It feels like dangerous territory....