Towns and villages across England are bracing themselves for 'bombshell' news on the location of hundreds of new and upgraded gipsy and traveller camps.
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Homeowners braced for £100m plan for hundreds more gipsy sites across England
Teenager commits suicide live online while 1,500 people watch
A teenager committed suicide live on the internet while 1,500 people watched, it was claimed today.
According to reports, some viewers even encouraged him to kill himself.
Labour fires nationalisation 'warning shot' to force banks to lend to firms and families
Banks facing fury from ministers over their refusal to boost lending were today warned they could be nationalised if they refused to increase the flow of loans to firms and mortgages.
Click through today in pictures
- £100m to be spent on hundreds of permanent new gipsy camps
- Darling threatens to use the law to FORCE banks to lend to small businesses and families
- 1-in-5 property sales because owners can't afford mortgage as 130 homes a day are seized
- Teenager commits suicide live online while 1,500 people watch
- Al Qaeda terrorist sent on prison comedy course
- Morrisons slashes petrol to under 90p per litre
- British man dies in Indonesian hospital after doctors 'demanded bribe before treating him'
- EU is costing Britain £106K a MINUTE - that's £900 for each man, woman and child in the UK
- Police probe 'vigilante firebomb' attack on home of man named on BNP list
- Campaign to out the parents of Baby P grows in posters, texts and chat rooms
- British playboy convicted of murdering model by hurling her 'like a spear' from cliff top
- America in retreat: U.S. economic and military dominance 'set to wane', warns spy agency
- Despite 42,000 complaints, 'pathetic' BBC Trust says Ross is in the clear
- BBC chiefs bow to pressure and cancel £68m plan for local news websites
- Our cancer shame: '10,000 Britons die needlessly every year as GPs miss symptoms'
- Freezing winds begin to lash Britain with snow close behind
- 50,000 civil servants set be recruited despite the economic crisis
- Uproar at Cambridge University as student magazine put topless blonde on page three
- On your Marks, get set, spend.. Shoppers cash in as stores kickstart the Christmas rush
- Single mouthful of curry kills father as he watches X Factor with his family
- EasyJet 'almost ruined pioneering windpipe transplant by refusing to carry stem cells
- Why 'traumatised' babies in front-facing buggies grow into 'anxious' adults
- Failing to deliver: Streets where the post went missing for four years
- Teachers 'checking pupils' underwear to ensure they're wearing right colour bras and pants'
- I'm the forgotten survivor of World War One, says 108-year-old man
- Girl's 16th birthday party ends in chaos after 60 'Facebook' yobs gatecrash restaurant
- Burger King and McDonald's agree to cut levels of salt and fat in foods
- MORE HEADLINES
- Campaign to out Baby P's mother and boyfriend grows in posters, texts and chat rooms
- Uproar at Cambridge University as student magazine puts topless blonde on page three
- Fury over £100million plan for hundreds of gipsy sites across the country
- Camilla admits to 'letting herself go' since she married Charles.. and vows to take up tai chi as a New Year's resolution
- RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Exposed... the sinister secrets of Labour's party list
- Doctors find worm in woman's brain while operating on 'tumour'
- Labour fires nationalisation 'warning shot' to force banks to lend to firms and families
- Boy, 12, collapsed and died after 'using too much Lynx deodorant'
- Single mouthful of curry kills father as he watches X Factor with his family
- Ready for snow? Arctic blast to sweep in from north with blizzards
- I'm the forgotten survivor of World War One, says 108-year-old man
- Teachers accused of checking pupils' underwear to make they are wearing the right colour bras and pants
- Spend, spend, spend... Shoppers cash in as stores kickstart the Christmas rush
- Pictured: The Queen as you've never seen her before... wearing flares, floral blouse and a sun hat
- Text message naming 'killers' of Baby P sent to thousands
- Why 'traumatised' babies in front-facing buggies grow into 'anxious' adults
- EU is costing Britain £106K a MINUTE - that's £900 for each man, woman and child in the UK
- Pictured: The double bed base that Shannon Matthews was found 'roped' to by her 'captor'
- Failing to deliver: Streets where the post went missing for four years
- Pictured: Kitten with two heads that meows out of both mouths
- MOST READ IN DETAIL
EDITOR'S SIX OF THE BEST
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RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Exposed ...The sinister secrets of Labour's party list
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JAN MOIR: Grow up Jacqui, it's your law that belongs in the gutter
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'I've eaten human flesh,' caller tells stunned radio DJ
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JOHN HUMPHRYS: It's made John Sergeant a star but I don't regret turning down Strictly TWICE
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Scientists a step closer to creating 'elixir of life'
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Nuclear flashpoint: PETER OBORNE travels to the Pakistan badlands to witness the massacre of innocents
FEMAIL TODAY
- Guy celebrates with his sons as he and Madonna are granted 'quickie' divorce Guy celebrated his divorce by taking his sons to dinner
- We're swell, just like Nigella: What happened when we tried THAT dress The domestic goddess knows how to dress to impress
- Dressed for a drenching: I'm A Celebrity ... WAGs wage wet battle of the bikinis Nicola McLean, Dani Behr, Carly Zucker and their itsy-bitsy swimwear
- Get Us Out Of Here: Stars EVACUATED as gales batter jungle camp The celebrities were bounced out of the I'm A Celebrity set sooner than expected
- Kylie is joined by 2,000 celebs at £20m 'freebie of the century' in Dubai Kylie topped the bill before a fantastic firework display
- Aren't you a little too old to be STILL stripping off in public, Katie Price? 30-year-old mother-of-three's tacky Asda underwear show
- Was Mrs Sergeant behind John's Strictly exit? He was the unlikely star of the dancefloor but his wife Mary didn't relish the 'fame game'
- It's lonely being Leona: The X Factor winner on the life she left behind Two years ago she was an East End receptionist, today she's the biggest pop star in Britain
- Kate Hudson struts it on the catwalk in boots that were made for dancing The actress's knee-high boots for her seductive routine in Nine
- Kelly Brook sparkles on Bond Street as she turns on the Christmas lights The actress looked a million dollars dripping in diamonds from Asprey
- I am soooo happy for you, honest: Kate Garraway puts on a brave face and welcomes Sky's Emma Crosby to the GMTV sofa
- Camilla admits to 'letting herself go' since she married Charles The Duchess of Cornwall vowed to take up tai chi and pilates as a New Year's resolution
- 'My husband dropped a bombshell on the eve of our fifth anniversary - he was gay' How one woman coped with a confession after five years of marriage
British playboy convicted of murdering model by hurling her 'like a spear' from cliff top
A British-born playboy has been convicted of murdering his model girlfriend by hurling her from the top of a cliff. Gordon Wood, 46, was found guilty today of killing 24-year-old model Caroline Byrne and now faces life in prison. Miss Byrne's body was found 'wedged like a spear' at the bottom of the Gap, a notorious 100ft cliffside suicide spot at the entrance to Australia's Sydney harbour in June 1995. ...read
Uproar at Cambridge University as student magazine puts topless blonde on page three
A Cambridge undergraduate has caused uproar by becoming the first to pose topless in a student magazine.
Boy, 12, collapsed and died after 'using too much Lynx deodorant'
A boy of 12 collapsed and died after using 'copious' amounts of deodorant in a cramped bathroom, an inquest heard.
British man dies in Indonesian hospital after doctors 'demanded bribe before treating him'
A British holidaymaker died in an Indonesian hospital after doctors refused to treat him until they received hundreds of dollars in bribes, an MP has claimed.
Jail forced to scrap comedy course for Al Qaeda terrorist
A stand-up comedy course for a convicted Al Qaeda terrorist and other maximum-security prisoners has been halted by Jack Straw, who branded it 'totally unacceptable'.
Why 'traumatised' babies in front-facing buggies grow into 'anxious' adults
Baby buggies which face forwards may stunt children's development and turn them into anxious adults, according to a study. Infants suffer more stress in modern buggies with seats facing away from their parent.
EasyJet 'almost ruined pioneering windpipe transplant operation by refusing to carry stem cells on flight'
It was a scientific breakthrough that could change the future of medicine - but the revolutionary procedure almost failed to take off.
Police probe 'vigilante firebomb' attack on home of man named on BNP list
A suspected BNP member was the victim of a firebomb attack last night. The attack comes after a list of 12,000 members of the nationalist party was published on the internet.
Failing to deliver: Streets where the post went missing for four years
To say that Moira Ellice's post was erratic is something of an understatement. Nothing would arrive for days, then a bundle of letters would turn up.
One in five property sales because owners can't afford mortgage as 130 families a day have homes seized
One in five homes on the market is being sold because the owner can no longer afford mortgage payments.
Spend, spend, spend... Shoppers cash in as stores kickstart the Christmas rush
Shoppers descended on the high street yesterday to take advantage of massive sales that retailers hope will kickstart the Christmas shopping season.
Campaign to out Baby P's mother and boyfriend grows in posters, texts and chat rooms
A growing campaign to out Baby P's mother and her sadistic boyfriend has seen them named on internet sites, through text messages and now in posters. The impetus has come from parents and campaigners angered by a court order banning the media from naming the pair. However, police have now begun investigating the websites which list the names of the 17-month-old boy's mother, her boyfriend and lodger. ...read
EDITOR'S SIX OF THE BEST
The kitten with two heads that meows out of both mouths
Vets were stunned when they delivered a kitten with two faces
- RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Exposed ...The sinister secrets of Labour's party list
- JAN MOIR: Grow up Jacqui, it's your law that belongs in the gutter
- TOM UTLEY: Heard the joke about my son who's had a priceless education but wants to be a comedian? It's not funny but, again, it seems it's all my fault
- It's made John Sergeant a star but I don't regret turning down Strictly twice, says JOHN HUMPHRYS
- Indian teenager thrown under train for writing a love letter to a girl from a different caste
DON'T MISS
- Are you sharing the same hairdresser? Supermodel Heidi takes her mini me dog out for a spin The model and her chum sported matching locks
- Unhappy campers Van Day and Mallett released from jail... and straight into an argument over sleeping arrangements Eighties singer refuses to sleep in cave
- 'Hero' Kilroy-Silk wins 12 stars in most horrific trial yet - and falls out with Timmy Mallett in the process TV host subjected to spiders and cockroaches
- Angelina Jolie gives film fans a rare glimpse of her tiger tattoo The actress showed off the design she had done in Thailand as Wanted is released on DVD
- Glowing Winona Ryder bounces back to receive fashion award after health scare Elfin actress looks picture of health at Marie Claire bash
- Giddy up! Tara Palmer-Tomkinson gets ready to take on Jodie Kidd in riding challenge TPT got some practice in ahead of her equestrian debut
- Like mother like daughter: Rock chick Kate Moss takes her mirror-image mum to boyfriend's gig Family affair for party-loving supermodel
- 'I'm not ready to marry Jake,' says Reese Witherspoon as she sparkles on the red carpet at film premiere Once bitten, twice shy for divorced actress
- Why GERMAINE GREER says Cheryl Cole is too thin to be a feminist icon The Female Eunuch author maintains: 'A healthy girl is a fat-bottomed creature'
- Chloe Madeley's fashion faux-pas: Did Richard and Judy never suggest wearing a bra? Chloe Madeley may be taking her quest for attention a step too far
- On a wedding diet? Kelly Osbourne shows off her newly slimline figure The DJ looked very trim - but paler than ever - as marriage rumours grow
- Can Seventies sci-fi classic Survivors do a Doctor Who? Three decades on and in the midst of another economic crisis, the BBC revives Survivors
- Billie Piper and the look of exhaustion every new mother will recognise... Judging by her shattered expression, Billie is finding motherhood her toughest challenge yet
- Down in the dumps Kerry Katona emerges from house as hopes of singing comeback left in tatters MTV scrapped her show over health concerns
- F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone's wife confirms £2bn divorce as 24-year marriage hits the skids Slavica today confirmed she's leaving him
FANCY THAT
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HERE KITTY, KITTY: CAT WITH TWO HEADS
The kitten can only eat with one of its mouths, due to a cleft palate - but it meows simultaneously through both -
GAMBLER WINS £2M ON WEB FRUIT MACHINE
A lucky punter collected more than £2million after a 50p stake yesterday - the biggest single payout to a British gambler -
MAN POSTS HIMSELF OUT OF JAIL IN BOX
German authorities are desperately searching for a conman who posted himself out of jail in a giant FedEx box -
iPHONE CONFUSED BY BRITISH ACCENTS
Google's new voice recognition search engine for the iPhone has hit a glitch - it is stumped by British accents -
AUSTRALIA SEX PARTY LAUNCHED
A new political party has been launched in Australia - and response has been 'overwhelming', officials admit -
KAYAKERS RIDE DOWN THE DAM OF DOOM
Brave kayakers launched themselves down Llyn Brianne in Wales - Britain's tallest dam - at speeds of around 40mph -
RESTORED: FIRST PICTURE OF EARTH FROM SPACE
A photograph of Earth has been turned into a crystal-clear image -
MEET YOUR KANGAROO COUSINS
The Australian marsupials are closely related to humans, a study into their DNA has found -
HERE KITTY, KITTY: CAT WITH TWO HEADS
The kitten can only eat with one of its mouths, due to a cleft palate - but it meows simultaneously through both -
GAMBLER WINS £2M ON WEB FRUIT MACHINE
A lucky punter collected more than £2million after a 50p stake yesterday - the biggest single payout to a British gambler
IN FEMAIL TODAY
- FASHION: We're as swell as Nigella: What happened when we asked four writers to try that magic dress
- REAL LIFE: After five years of marriage and one son, Ellen was devastated when her husband told her he was gay
- GERMAINE GREER: The author says Cheryl Cole and Katie Price are too thin to be feminist icons
- HEALTH: Doing aqua-aerobics during pregnancy can ease the pain of childbirth, research shows
- BEAUTY CONFIDENTIAL: Stuck in a make-up rut? Celeb make-up artist LISA ELDRIDGE solves your cosmetics dilemmas
Despite 42,000 complaints BBC says £6million-a-year Ross is now in the clear
Jonathan Ross is expected to escape further sanction over the obscene calls scandal - and retain his £18million contract. The BBC is thought to have concluded his three-month suspension was sufficient punishment for a broadcast that sparked 42,000 complaints from an outraged public. ...read
Pictured: The double bed base that Shannon Matthews was found 'roped' to by her 'captor'
This is the double bed base where schoolgirl Shannon Matthews was found hiding when police ended her 24-day ordeal.
EU is costing Britain £106K a MINUTE - that's £900 for each man, woman and child in the UK
The European Union is costing Britain a staggering £106,000 a minute, a think-tank has revealed.
Are we the miseries of Europe? You must be having a laugh...
If the world seems a gloomy place at the moment, then it's time to take heart.
U.S. economic and military dominance 'set to wane', warns spy agency
America is likely to see its economic and political clout decline over the next two decades, spy agencies warn. The world is also likely to become a more dangerous place, with food and water supplies dwindling.
Our cancer shame: '10,000 Britons die needlessly every year as GPs miss vital symptoms'
More than 10,000 people die needlessly each year because their cancers are not diagnosed in time, a study says.
HAVE YOUR SAY...
ARE THE JUDGES TAKING 'STRICTLY' TOO SERIOUSLY?
When viewers are asked to vote they are told to vote for their 'favourite' not who the judges liked the best. It is only that some viewers and the judges that have now come to view it as a competition. To me it's always been a 'light entertainment' show.
dreamrose
When viewers are asked to vote they are told to vote for their 'favourite' not who the judges liked the best. It is only that some viewers and the judges that have now come to view it as a competition. To me it's always been a 'light entertainment' show.
dreamrose
TODAY'S POLL
Misprint in GCSE paper throws 119,000 pupils' exams into chaos
A GCSE physics exam was thrown into chaos for 120,000 teenagers when all the possible answers to multiple choice questions emerged as wrong.
Teachers accused of checking pupils' underwear to make they are wearing the right colour bras and pants
A row erupted today over claims that teachers were checking pupils' underwear to make sure they comply with a new school uniform policy.
Burger King, McDonald's and KFC agree to cut levels of salt and fat in foods
Six of the biggest fast-food chains have pledged to serve more salad and cut the levels of fat and salt in their products.
Freezing winds begin lashing Britain ahead of predicted snow storms and heavy rain
Freezing winds have begun lashing Britain ahead of predicted snow storms and heavy rain.
WORLD NEWS
- U.S. economic and military dominance 'set to wane', warns spy agency
- Teenager commits suicide live online while 1,500 people watch
- British playboy convicted of murdering model by hurling her 'like a spear' from cliff top
- Barack Obama to nominate Hillary Clinton as secretary of state 'as early as next week'
- British man dies in Indonesian hospital after doctors 'demanded bribe before treating him'
- Oil tanker pirates warn of 'disastrous' action unless Saudis pay £17m ransom
- FTSE continues to slide after Wall Street slumps to 11-year low
- Iran 'has enough uranium to make ONE atom bomb', say nuclear experts
- Mother tells court how MySpace cyber-bullying 'led to her 13-year-old daughter's suicide'
- Foxy Knoxy's parents release new pictures of her on fund-raising website as she faces trial for Meredith's murder
- Conman posts himself out of prison in giant FedEx box
- Bing Bang! Iceland children's TV show Lazy Town is bombarded with applications from redundant bankers
- £1.4bn rescue loan approved to help stabilise Iceland banking crisis
- American funeral thrown into chaos after undercover officers use stun gun on dead man's son
- Teenager lives for record 118 days without a heart before having transplant
- The desperate plight of starving families as Zimbabwe self-destructs
- 'We're serious about sex': Australia's newest political party, the Sex Party, is launched
- Billionaire's body stolen from Austrian cemetery in 'extortion attempt'
OTHER SHOWBUSINESS HEADLINES
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Britney Spears admits she married Kevin Federline 'for the wrong reasons'
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Kiss... you're on camera: Lewis Hamilton and girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger share a loving kiss
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Aussie hunk Hugh Jackman is voted Sexiest Man Alive... as 007 Daniel Craig follows close behind
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It'll be a Thriller: Michael Jackson to give evidence at London's High Court
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Pictured: George Clooney dribbling on film set (but only with a basketball)
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The Jade Goody smile that says 'I've got three weeks off from chemotherapy'
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Glum Paris Hilton leaves bar alone as ex Benji parties with friends across town
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Pea is for princess as youthful Sarah Brightman climbs into bed for fairy tale role
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Full of hot air? Lily Allen films her new video clip surrounded by hundreds of balloons
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Can Seventies sci-fi classic Survivors do a Doctor Who?
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Internet first for Paul McCartney as he launches latest album on MySpace
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'Dad's death became my inspiration': Dido pays tribute to her father in third album
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TV fans can watch BBC One and Two live online from next week
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Yahoo! founder Jerry Yang quits after rejecting Microsoft buyout
FANCY THAT
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WOMEN'S HIPS MADE US SMART
Human's owe their intelligence to women's childbearing hips -
REVEALED: MARTIAN ICE AGE
Vast glaciers, up to a mile thick and tens of miles long, have been discovered on Mars -
WANT A FLING? CHECK OUT MEN WITH SCARS
Women look for men with scars for a fling, researchers find -
WELCOME BACK 'EXTINCT' PYGMY
The tiny primate that's popped back after 80 years -
ARTISTS CREATE A SEA OF COAL
Matthew Conford and David Cross spent two days creating a work that is supposed to fuel the mind rather than the stove -
FIRST IMAGES OF NEW SOLAR SYSTEM
The infrared images show a family of three giant worlds orbiting a young hot star in the constellation of Pegasus -
THE MOST REALISTIC ROBOT EVER MADE
Scientists have created the first robot that can mimic the facial expressions of a human being -
MATERNITY UNIT, PHILLIPINES-STYLE
Lying seven to a cot, maternity wards in Manila would seem to be a little overcrowded. -
WOMEN'S HIPS MADE US SMART
Human's owe their intelligence to women's childbearing hips -
REVEALED: MARTIAN ICE AGE
Vast glaciers, up to a mile thick and tens of miles long, have been discovered on Mars
I'm the forgotten survivor of World War One, says 108-year-old man
A man of 108 has come forward to claim he is Britain's fourth surviving soldier of the Great War. A man of 108 has come forward to claim he is Britain's fourth surviving soldier of the Great War. Although he didn't attend the 90th anniversary ceremony, Mr Hughes claims he signed up at the end of the 1914-18 campaign. ...read
Single mouthful of curry kills father as he watches X Factor with his family
A father died after a single mouthful of curry triggered a nut allergy as he watched television with his family.
Mother tells court how MySpace cyber-bullying 'led to her 13-year-old daughter's suicide'
A grieving mother has told a court how her 13-year-old daughter hung herself with a belt after being 'cyber-bullied' on MySpace.
Multi-millionaire thief cut pages from rare British Library books to store in personal collection
A wealthy historian is facing jail after stealing hundreds of pages from priceless ancient books for his personal collection.
THE BEST OF THE WEB - DIGESTED
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Surgeons discover live worm in woman's brain
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Wife dumps husband after hi-tech excuse for sending another women explicit picture on his iPhone is exposed as a lie
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Male and female prison inmates crawled through roof-space for illicit sex
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Cyclist loses leg in 'road rage row' with cabbie
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Father shoots dead six-year-old daughter while cleaning his guns . . . drunk
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Six sex myths explained by science (contains some profanity)
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World's oldest arabic inscription may solve centuries-old Koran riddle
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Zoo cleaner commits suicide by feeding himself to the tigers
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Artist wants to replace her lost eye with a webcam
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Unhappy people watch more TV
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Maradona blocks Google returning results about him in Argentina - along with 110 other famous names
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The secret of the elderly with superbrains
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The woman who woke up with a different accent
Boy, ten, arrested after girl is shot in the leg with airgun at school
A boy of ten was arrested yesterday after a nine-year-old girl was shot in the leg at a primary school.
Doctors find worm in woman's brain while operating on 'tumour'
Doctors carrying out an operation to remove a woman's 'brain tumour' got a surprise - when they came across a live worm instead.
BEST OF OUR BLOGS
- BENEDICT BROGAN: Game on: Cameron promises less spending
- PETER HITCHENS: God, schools and the influence of television
- KATIE NICHOLL: Simply a degree of truth from Peaches
- PAUL REVOIR: No sky high salary for Ross
IN OUR OPINION
- MAIL COMMENT: Baby P and the hidden victims Baby P was not an aberration. A major review is now imperative and this time it must make a difference.
- ANDREW ALEXANDER: Has Obama got the mettle for the Middle East? The temperature is rising, the number of 'incidents' multiplying
- QUENTIN LETTS: Burble, burble, burble went John Denham The political elite has fallen on the word 'apprentice' and is trashing it
- LITTLEJOHN: Exposed: The sinister secrets of Labour's party list Last night's party list revelation shatters the illusion that Labour is a broad-based movement.
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- EXCLUSIVE: Furious Hughes punishes City rebels Ball and Hamann The duo felt the wrath of Mark Hughes after they refused to warm up at Hull on Sunday
- Civil war: Gallas points finger at Arsenal troublemaker Gallas blasts teammates for their lack of bravery, before slamming the main culprit
- Hot Scot! Fined Everton boss Moyes spoiling for a fight After a £5,000 fine for improper conduct, Moyes derided FA chiefs as 'a law unto themselves'
- Am I past it? Hatton poses the question everyone's asking 'Have the hard times finally caught up with me?' said Hatton. We are about to find out