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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 October 19, 2005
32 Polish Dentists Hired to Stave off Crisis in the NHS
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Byline: STUART NICHOLSON THIRTY-TWO Polish dentists are being drafted in to ease the crisis shortage in the profession in Scotland. Thousands of Scots have been left without NHS cover as more dentists go private. And recent talks aimed at...
Abbey's Shabby Habit; Money Mail Tony Hazell Has the Last Word
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Byline: TONY HAZELL IF YOUwent to a cash machine to see if your wage cheque had cleared and the screen showed the money was available, you might think it reasonable to spend some. That's what Money Mail reader Terry Ammon did, but as we explain...
ALIVE; Boy, Three, Survives for Two Weeks Trapped in Flat with Mother's Body
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Byline: GORDON TAIT;GRAHAM GRANT A THREE-year-old boy survived on scraps of food for two weeks as his mother lay dead beside him. The body of Anne- Marie McGarrity, 33, was found in her home with her distraught son Michael nearby. The emaciated...
A Millionaire's Life for a Mere [Pounds Sterling]3m? Don't Make Me Laugh! as Coutts Declare You Need [Pounds Sterling]3m to Be a True Millionaire
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Byline: MICHAEL WINNER COLE PORTER, in the 1950s, wrote the famous lyric, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? I certainly don't. A million pounds today is utterly meaningless - as verified yesterday by Coutts, bankers to HM The Queen and me. Chief...
A Mix of Intrigue, Betrayal and Socks; Quentin Letts Samples the Atmosphere in the Committee Corridor
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Byline: QUENTIN LETTS UP FLICKED 17:30 on the 24-hour clock of Parliament's TV screens. Down, whoosh!, came the glint of unforgiving blade. Poor Ken Clarke's head went rolling to the gutter, cigar still clamped in those stained old teeth. ...
An OBE but Golden Oldie Midge Is Still the Top of the Pops
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Byline: GORDON TAIT HE was supposed to be the centre of attention as he picked up an OBE from the Queen for services to humanitarian work and music. But yesterday, Midge Ure was upstaged by his stunning family as he happily posed for pictures...
Are You a Bright Young Thing? Money Mail Enterprising Young Brits Awards
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Byline: JUSTIN HARPER TEENAGERS are full of brilliant and creative ideas. Make yours count by taking part in our Enterprising Young Brits competition. It doesn't matter whether you've started your own business in your bedroom, had an idea...
Benefits Cheat Took a [Pounds Sterling]20,000 Concorde Flight to New York
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A MAN claiming [pounds sterling]56a-week unemployment benefit spent [pounds sterling]20,000 on a Concorde luxury break to New York, a court heard yesterday. Malcolm Bingley, who has not worked for 17 years, went supersonic on one of Concorde's last...
Bond Offers a Licence to Sell; CITY COMMENT
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Byline: ALEX BRUMMER IN the world of superegos that is British retailing, the name of Andy Bond hardly rolls off the tongue. But the chief executive of Asda/Wal-Mart - who has the courage to wear his own George brand faded jeans - could be the...
Branagh Premiere Hit by Fowl Play as 'Star Is Stolen'
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Byline: HELEN MINSKI;STEPHANIE CONDRON SHE has been in constant training for the last eight months in preparation for her starring role in tonight's opening performance of the West End's latest show. But last night, performing duck Daphne was...
CBBC Stars Told to Mind Their Language; Governors Say Poor Grammar Is Creating Generation with Weak English Skills
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Byline: ANIL DAWAR;MATT BORN BBC bosses have warned children's programme makers about the deteriorating quality of language used by presenters, it emerged yesterday. The corporation's governors say slang and poor grammar used by its stars are...
Charges for Overdrafts Are Soaring; Money Mail
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Byline: JAMES CONEY BANKS have hiked their charges for current accounts and overdrafts by over 15 pc in the last year. The figures were unearthed by think-tank the Centre for Economics and Business Research trawling through October's inflation...
Coca-Cola Strike Talks Turn Sour; News in Brief
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AROUND 200 Coca-Cola workers at a site in Milton Keynes are set to strike after yearlong talks over pay finally broke down. The GMB Union said up to 2,000 employees nationwide could join the action unless the drinks giant improved its below-inflation...
Conservatives Crave New Blood; COMMENT
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FOR the last Big Beast in the Tory Party, it was poignant that it should all end with a whimper, not a bang. Ken Clarke's ejection from the leadership race in yesterday's first ballot removes the man Labour fears most and the country likes best...
County's Set Fair after Win Double; Sussex Pairings Clean Up at Final Reckoning
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Byline: GRAHAM MARSDEN THE Daily Mail Foursomes Finals turned into a celebration of Sussex golf yesterday when Cowdray Park lifted the women's title and Willingdon captured the men's crown. Leading the charge was 17-year-old Hannah Ralph, who...
Dogs Sniff out Bird Flu at Airports
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Byline: FIONA MACRAE SNIFFER dogs have gone on duty at Britain's airports as the first line of defence against bird flu. They are searching for banned poultry, eggs and feathers being carried in by passengers from Romania and Turkey, where outbreaks...
England's Best; Unstoppable United Show the Wonder of Warnock
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Byline: DUNCAN CASTLES WHILE Sam Allardyce, Alan Curbishley and Steve McClaren all seem keen to catch the eye of the FA, probably the most inspired native contender of all for the post of England manager is being roundly ignored. If a large dash...
English Flock North for Cheaper Degree; Thousands of 'Fee Refugees' Apply to Scots Universities
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Byline: GRAHAM GRANT STUDENTS from England are flocking north of the Border to avoid paying thousands of pounds in top-up fees. From next year, those attending English universities face paying an extra [pounds sterling]3,000 per course. As...
Ephraim HARDCASTLE
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Byline: EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE BA CHAIRMAN Lord King used to say his personal assistant, Jayne Sheek, ran the airline. But Ms Sheek, 55, wasn't at his recent funeral. Nor will she be at the reception in the Savoy following his memorial service next...
FACES OF THE VANISHED; They're among the Growing Number of Teenagers Who Simply Disappear. Now, as Technology Reveals How They May Look Today, the Parents of Four Such Children Tell Their Anguished Stories
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EVERY year 100,000 children disappear from their homes. The vast majority return safe and well, but others appear to vanish into thin air. For the families left behind, time stands still. In a desperate effort to uncover the truth, staff at the...
FAI Chase Big Names after Kerr Is Ditched
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Byline: COLIN YOUNG THE Football Association of Ireland officially started their search for a new manager last night when Brian Kerr was finally relieved of his duties. Kerr met officials for several hours in a desperate bid to hold on to his...
FA Red Faces; Essien Has to Be Let off as FIFA Pull Rank
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Byline: ALAN BIGGS ENGLISH football's disciplinary system was thrown into turmoil last night by a FIFA ruling which could stop clubs appealing against 'wrongful' red cards. Michael Essien's unexpected escape from suspension for his dangerous...
Farewell Johnny, Gentleman Giant of a Game Long Gone
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Byline: JEFF POWELL WHEN Gentleman Johnny Haynes died last night, one of the last links to a lost age of elegance in football died with him. The timing of his passing from life was especially poignant, coming as it did in the hours after Monday's...
Farrell Forced to Delay Debut Again
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Byline: PETER JACKSON ANDY FARRELL'S painfully slow initiation into rugby union is to be delayed yet again with the estimated time of his arrival now put back until shortly before Christmas. The player, in whom the RFU have invested more than...
Faulty Tower; Five Years Late, [Pounds Sterling]11m over Budget - and on the Big Day Its Glass Lift Gets Stuck 100ft Up
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Byline: BILL MOULAND IT was the moment that celebrated a triumph over adversity - completion of a 560ft sail-shaped edifice promising astonishing views across land and sea. Originally planned to mark the Millennium, the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth...
Fourteen per Cent Discount? Now That's a Bargain!
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Byline: SEAN POULTER WITH many stores offering nonstop sale prices, it can be difficult nowadays to decide what amounts to a bargain. But yesterday a leading price comparison service claimed to have put a figure on it - at 14 per cent. That...
Gambling with Our Future; COMMENTARY
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Byline: ALEX BRUMMER THE Government climbdown over public sector pensions reform, in the face of union opposition, will stick in the craw of everyone who works in the wealth-creating sector of the economy. Indeed, Trade Secretary Alan Johnson's...
Geri, Her Baby and the Geek They Call Mr Sperm Donor
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Byline: PAUL BRACCHI;NICOLE LAMPERT HE MUST, she insists, be 'sexy, good-looking, funny, affectionate (but not a lapdog) dependable, kind, and straight (in a nonsexual way). Caring? Obviously. Loyal? Absolutely. We do not know, of course,...
Ghost Towns; Rise of the Supermarkets Could Shut Down 20,000 Small Stores, MPs Told
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Byline: SEAN POULTER FOUR out of ten small stores could be wiped out within a decade creating 'ghost towns' across Britain, it was claimed yesterday. MPs were told Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons are effectively putting small rivals out...
GP Faces Prison for Nuisance Calls to the Wife He Assaulted
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Byline: STUART MACDONALD HE was once a respected GP with a loving family, luxury home and an MBE to his name. But last night Dr Christopher Rowlands' career lay in tatters after he was warned he faces jail for pestering his estranged wife. ...
Henry All Wright on the Night; Supersub Puts on Record Show after Reyes Is Crocked
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THIERRY HENRY last night became Arsenal's record goalscorer but in reality his two stunning goals did so much more than win his side a Champions League game. They resuscitated a team dying on their feet. He loped on to the pitch having barely run...
In Seine Behaviour; PETERBOROUGH
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Byline: PETERBOROUGH MY WIFE and I recently took a four-day golden wedding break in Paris with Eurostar, organised by a well-known travel company (Daily Mail promotions). We were escorted around the city by our excellent guide, Richard, who gave...
IVF Study Finds Gene Defects in Eggs from Women of All Ages
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Byline: JENNY HOPE EMBRYOS created in fertility clinics have far more genetic defects than previously thought, even if they involve eggs donated by younger women, experts warned yesterday. The discovery has led specialists to suggest that all...
Joking Jerry Takes the Mick out of Romeo Jagger; Model Has Celebrities in Stitches as She Mocks Stone about His 'Fillies'
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Byline: RICHARD SIMPSON IT'S been all over for six years now. But that didn't stop a giggling Jerry Hall making a few well-aimed digs at the expense of her philandering ex-husband. The 48-year-old actress and model spoke frankly of Mick Jagger's...
Jose Alive to Perils Posed by Bold Betis
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Byline: IAN MCGARRY JOSE Mourinho is determined his team will do themselves justice in this season's Champions League, starting tonight against a Real Betis side whom he identified as the silent assassins of Group G. Beaten 2-1 at home by Liverpool...
King Thierry Rules Supreme, but Will He Keep His Head?
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Byline: JEFF POWELL A GOAL fit to set before the crowned heads of European football announced the return of a measure of nobility to the team from the marble halls of the English game. Arsenal, humbled at lowly West Bromwich just three days before,...
LABOUR CAVES IN ON PUBLIC SECTOR PENSIONS; Millions Can STILL Retire at 60 - despite the Private Sector Having to Work Longer Pensions U-Turn
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Byline: JAMES CHAPMAN;BECKY BARROW MINISTERS performed a humiliating U-turn over public sector pensions yesterday. They dropped plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 65 for existing NHS staff, teachers and civil servants. The change,...
Labour MPs in Rebellion over ID Cards
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TONY Blair's majority was slashed by more than half last night as Labour backbenchers rebelled against plans for a national system of ID cards. Despite fresh concessions from Home Secretary Charles Clarke, a succession of Labour MPs lined up with...
Land of Oat Cuisine; Travel Scotland Cookery Lessons in Glasgow? Aye, and It's Not All Deep-Fried Mars Bars, Says NORMAN MILLER
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Byline: NORMAN MILLER AT LAST, an easy way to make money. Just tell people you're going to Glasgow to learn about classic Scottish cooking, and then demand payment from everyone - and it was everyone - who immediately mentions deep-fried Mars bars....
Leeds So Grateful to Keep Theo Out
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Byline: PETER FERGUSON THE most misleading scoreline of the season suggests that Kevin Blackwell's fortune is turning after luckless Saints battered promotion-chasing Leeds in embarrassing fashion at Elland Road. Southampton were still scratching...
Life in the Freezer; Warnings of Power Cuts and Travel Chaos as the Met Office Forecasts Coldest Winter for a Decade
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Byline: SEAN POULTER;TAHIRA YAQOOB BRITAIN can expect its coldest winter for at least a decade, the Met Office warned yesterday. Sustained icy weather threatens to kill thousands and cause travel chaos. Coupled with a shortage of gas, it could...
Make a Great Save! WE'RE PUTTING AWAY MORE MONEY. . . BUT ARE WE HITTING THE TARGET? Money Mail
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Byline: CHARLOTTE BEUGGE BRITONS are saving the most they've done for years, ploughing cash into National Savings & Investments, building society savings accounts and investment funds. But are we putting our money in the right places? CHARLOTTE...
'Miracle' That May Create a British Saint
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Byline: NICK PISA;SIMON CALDWELL A MIRACLE has set Cardinal John Henry Newman on the road to becoming Britain's first new saint for 35 years. Newman, who died in 1890, is said to have been behind the complete recovery of a disabled man in Boston,...
Morientes Has Staying Power, Vows Rafa
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Byline: JOHN EDWARDS THE prospect of an escape route to Seville might have its attractions for Fernando Morientes, but Rafa Benitez insisted yesterday it had been closed off with the Spain striker's full approval. Images of Morientes putting...
Mother Attacks Girl over Haircut Prank; Child Is Bruised after Being Grabbed in School Playground
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Byline: ROBIN YAPP IT started as a childish prank when little Annis Taylor and a school friend decided to play at hairdressing and cut each other's hair. But her friend's mother Linda Parker was furious by the results of the children's Saturday...
MPs to Investigate Sky's Cricket Deal
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Byline: CHARLES SALE CAMPAIGNERS fighting for Test cricket to return to terrestrial television have won a significant victory by forcing a Westminster probe into Sky's monopoly deal. The select committee of the Department of Culture, Media and...
No Hiding Place for Abuse or Violence
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Byline: ALLAN MASSIE IS our society more violent than it used to be? There is a good deal of evidence to suggest it is. The latest comes from NHS Greater Glasgow. Its records show there are some three assaults on staff every day - that's more than...
Parade of Champions Puts Audley on the Ropes
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Byline: PAUL HAYWARD FOR the 54th year in a row, a lot of scarily tough men assembled in a ballroom at The Savoy to eat, drink and talk about violence and friendship. Across the tables, the eye could pick out Frank Bruno, no longer sectioned...
Part-Time Students' Tuition Fees Could Soar
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Byline: LAURA CLARK HUNDREDS of thousands of part-time students face an unlimited rise in their tuition fees. Ministers announced yesterday that there will be no limit on what universities can charge for part-time courses, even though fees for...
[Pounds Sterling]1,300; ... Just to Change a Few Church Light Bulbs. Thanks, Naturally, to the EU Working at Height Directive
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Byline: CHRIS BROOKE CHANGING light bulbs at St Benet's Roman Catholic Church used to involve the local electrician and some long ladders. He'd be gone after a couple of hours, leaving the nave brightly lit and a bill for around [pounds sterling]200....
Quentin Letts First Night Review
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HEROES By Gerald Sibleyras, Wyndham's Theatre OH, the emptiness of the firstnight glamour crowd. They push in, determined to laugh loud at every half-joke, 'doing their bit' for Trevor or Kevin or whichever fashionable pasha of production...
Rates Cut on Equity Release for Elderly; Money Mail
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Byline: LIZ PHILLIPS THE cost of boosting your income in retirement by releasing equity in your home is tumbling as competition hots up. This week Prudential and new lender Just Retirement launched flexible lifetime mortgages and Northern Rock...
Razzle Dazzle Darius; Scots Singer Confounds His Critics Yet Again as He Gets Set to Make His West End Debut in Hit Musical Chicago
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Byline: GORDON TAIT WHEN he first appeared on our screens it seemed his ambition far outstripped his talent. But now it looks as though Darius's faith in his own abilities has paid off. With two albums and a number one single to his name, the...
Savings Account That Suits You, Sir; Money Mail
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Byline: SYLVIA MORRIS SAVERS can double their return by switching out of dinosaur accounts. A string of top-paying accounts aimed at specific savers pay as much as 10 pc if your face fits. CHILDREN HALIFAX Children's Regular Saver is perfect...
Skating Legend Dean Gives Scots Pair an Olympic Edge; Brother and Sister Tipped for Games Glory after Studying with Their Idol
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Byline: STUART NICOLSON WHEN ice dance champions John and Sinead Kerr approached one of their idols to help them achieve their Olympic dream, they expected a frosty reception. But now the Scottish brother-and- sister pair have been tipped for...
Slickers Accused of Pocketing Thousands
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Byline: NICK MOSS TWO former Daily Mirror journalists pocketed thousands of pounds after dishonestly tipping shares, a court was told. James Hipwell and Anil Bhoyrul were accused of 'ramping' the prices of a number of shares in the newspaper's...
Space for Improvement
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Byline: PETER PATERSON Supernova (BBC2); The Closer (C4) THE WORLD may need a good scientific comedy, but I'm not sure it has arrived with Supernova, despite the presence of the marvellous Rob Brydon. The set-up is excellent, with the star...
Speaker Clears the Way for Byers Sleaze Inquiry
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Byline: TIM SHIPMAN STEPHEN Byers has a case to answer over claims that he lied to Parliament, the Speaker of the Commons ruled yesterday. Michael Martin cleared the way for MPs to debate accusations against the former Transport Secretary today...
Spotlight Is Falling on Bank of England Loan Rate Setters
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Byline: EDMUND CONWAY ASK any City expert worth their salt what Gordon Brown's greatest achievement in office has been - and his worst failures - and they will probably give you the same answers. His biggest coup, they will say, was giving the...
Talk of Emblaze Debut Sets the Market on Fire; MARKET REPORT
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Byline: GEOFF FOSTER SHARES of cash-rich, Israeli-based mobile technology company Emblaze could soon be on fire. Industry gossip suggests it is on the verge of making its long-awaited breakthrough into the UK market by signing a 'significant'...
The African Chief, His Angry Ex and Scottish Judge's Trip to Paris
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Byline: BRIAN HORNE THEIR dedication to upholding the law is legendary. So when a Scottish judge was offered an expensespaid trip to Paris to help settle a court case, he could not refuse. Lord Macphail had the chance to hear evidence in the...
The Botched-Op Bill; NHS 'Bears the Multimillion Cost' of Bungled Plastic Surgery
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Byline: COLIN FERNANDEZ BOTCHED plastic surgery operations carried out at private clinics are costing the NHS millions of pounds to repair, a study claims. More and more people are paying for cheap cosmetic surgery in this country and abroad...
The Killer? I'm Looking at Him Now; Court Drama as Girlfriend Faces Man Accused of Outback Murder
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Byline: RICHARD SHEARS JOANNE Lees came face to face with the man accused of killing her boyfriend yesterday and dramatically identified him as the Outback murderer. She choked on her words and broke down in tears as she told a jury of her terror...
The Many Things I Hate about Britain, by Gwyneth; Actress Attacks Dirty Streets and Poor Service
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Byline: NICOLE LAMPERT SHE once found fault with British men before, a year later, marrying one. Now Gwyneth Paltrow has turned her critical gaze on Britain itself. And the American actress, who has lived in London since her wedding to rock...
The Missing Link; No Rooney, No Spark ... and Scholes Is Sent Off
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Byline: MATT LAWTON A PROUD night for South Korea was rather more embarrassing for Paul Scholes and all but one member of a mediocre Manchester United side. If the sight of Ji-Sung Park wearing the captain's armband sparked a wave of excitement...
The New Schools That Will Eat Up '180 Football Pitches'
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Byline: GRAHAM GRANT By Graham Grant Home Affairs Editor SCOTLAND is set to lose enough playing fields to cover 180 football pitches due to councils hiring private companies to build new 'superschools'. And last night there were calls for action...
The Scot Honoured by Enemy Pilots as RAF's 'Gentleman Flyer'
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Byline: STUART NICOLSON IT was an act of mercy that earned him the admiration of his enemies - and the nickname 'the Gentleman Flyer'. After shooting down two of the Luftwaffe planes which had killed two of his comrades, Flight Lieutenant Johnstone...
The Women Denied a Life Saving Drug; MoneyMail
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Byline: LIZ PHILLIPS MEDICAL insurers are condemning women with breast cancer to die by refusing to pay for groundbreaking treatment. This is the opinion of top cancer specialist Dr Maurice Slevin. Insurers, such as Axa PPP Healthcare and Legal...
This Woman Wouldn't Serve a Manwho Viewed Porn on Her Library's Computers. Now She May Face the Sack
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Byline: JAMES MILLS A LIBRARIAN felt well within her rights turning away a man who had used the library computers to look at pornography. He had written explicit sexual fantasies about librarians on a chatroom website and been banned from using...
Tories Back Hope over Experience; Tactical Voting Puts Paid to 'Old Man' KenAs MPs Vote for Their Leader, Young Pretender Cameron Caps an Amazing Fortnight by Emerging as the Favourite - While the Davis Campaign Falters
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Byline: BENEDICT BROGAN DAVID Cameron's campaign for the Tory leadership looked unstoppable last night after Conservative MPs brought down the curtain on Kenneth Clarke. The young pretender capped a remarkable political fortnight by securing...
Under-16s Could Be Reported for Taking Sex Advice
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Byline: KHUSHWANT SACHDAVE CHILDREN who seek sex advice before they are 16 could be reported to the police and social services under proposals being considered by the Government. Current guidance says advice given on sexual health to young people...
Up for Auction, Sky Rights to Football
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Byline: MATT BORN TELEVISION companies are expected to launch a bidding war for the rights to live Premiership football after the way was cleared to end Sky's monopoly yesterday. In talks with the European Commission, the Premier League offered...
We'll Still Be Boring, Say [Pounds Sterling]10m Lotto Couple
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STILL wearing his regular flat cap and raincoat, Michael O'Shea was adamant that a [pounds sterling]10million lottery win would not change his life as he celebrated with his wife Jean yesterday. 'We won't be moving - we've been in the same home...
We Must End the 'Secrecy' of Family Courts Says Judge; Adoption Heartbreak Couple Welcome Call for More Openness
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Byline: FIONA BARTON ONE of the country's most senior judges called yesterday for greater openness in the Family Courts. Lord Justice Wall said the lack of public access could lead to accusations of 'secret justice'. The judge spoke out in...
WE WON IVF TWINS COMPETITION IN A; Lydia and Will Won the Worst Taste Game in Newspaper History. but Is the True Scandal That Desperate Couples Are Driven to Take Part in Such Stunts Because of the Unfairness of NHS Fertility Treatment?
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Byline: JENNY JOHNSTON EVEN her own GP was speechless. When Lydia Stark made an appointment to have some crucial consent forms signed by her family doctor, she proudly explained the circumstances behind her impending fertility treatment. 'I was...
What I Hate about Being in Britain, by Gwyneth
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Byline: NICOLE LAMPERT SHE once found fault with British men before, a year later, marrying one. Now Gwyneth Paltrow has turned her critical gaze on Britain itself. And the American actress, who has lived in London since her wedding to rock...
When Frank Met Elvis; Answers to Correspondents
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Byline: JAMES BLACK;CHARLES LEGGE QUESTION Did Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley ever meet? And, if they did, what was their opinion of each other? ELVIS and Frank met at 6.15pm on March 26, 1960, to record a Welcome Home Elvis special on the Frank...
Will Jude Rekindle an Old Flame?
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Byline: RICHARD KAY BY ANY standards, it would be the greatest reconciliation since the second marriage of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. But in showbusiness circles there is a growing belief that actor Jude Law could be on the verge of...
Will Sending a Rural Letter Cost Us More?
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Byline: BECKY BARROW ROYAL Mail bosses yesterday raised the prospect of letters sent to rural addresses costing more than those sent from city to city. They told MPs that ending the postal monopoly in January will have dramatic consequences for...
Wonder Boy Is a Huge Gamble, but Who's the Alternative? COMMENTARY
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Byline: MAX HASTINGS THEY cut the safety net in Commons Committee Room 14 last night. If David Cameron cannot fly, the Tories are likely to plunge to Earth. Yesterday's vote among Conservative MPs, which expelled Ken Clarke from the leadership...
