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Why you really should kiss and make up before bedtime

Why you really should kiss and make up before bedtime

THE old wives’s tale that you should never let the sun set on an argument has been proved right.

Andy Robinson: I won’t make it personal

Andy Robinson: I won’t make it personal

ANDY ROBINSON, Scotland’s ex-England coach, yesterday dismissed all suggestion of a personal agenda...

Cancer: Hidden killer robs children of mother

Cancer: Hidden killer robs children of mother

Mother-of-three Katie Pratt died of skin cancer last month aged 37. Her GP husband Giles said the...

Jenson Button: No1 looks good on  my car

Jenson Button: No1 looks good on my car

Jenson Button has warned his critics not to write him off as a one-title wonder.

Sticking plaster that can cure skin cancer

Sticking plaster that can cure skin cancer

A STICKING plaster which can treat skin cancer was unveiled yesterday by British scientists.

Lewis Hamilton unsure of pace

Lewis Hamilton unsure of pace

Lewis Hamilton emerged from his first blast around Bahrain’s circuit in second place and called the...

National rail chaos looms after second union votes for walkout over job cuts

National rail chaos looms after second union votes...

BRITAIN’S rail network faces its first national strike in 14 years just in time for Easter after a...

F1 head-to-head to thrill heroes past and present

F1 head-to-head to thrill heroes past and present

Turn a corner in the Bahrain paddock and you bump into an F1 world champion.

7 day BA strike to ruin a million Easter holidays

7 day BA strike to ruin a million Easter holidays

NEARLY a million British Airways passengers face travel chaos over the Easter holidays after...

Alessandro Diamanti won’t bottle it at West Ham

Alessandro Diamanti won’t bottle it at West Ham

Alessandro Diamanti has a bottle of wine back in Tuscany that has pride of place in his rather...

What to do if you are planning to fly on the day of the BA disputes

What to do if you are planning to fly on the day of...

BRITISH Airways passengers face a nervous wait to see if the strikes go ahead, prompting a ...

Joe Cole’s Chelsea gamble

Joe Cole’s Chelsea gamble

DESPERATE Joe Cole is prepared to put contract talks with Chelsea on hold as he embarks on a...

David Cameron: Samantha is secret weapon

David Cameron: Samantha is secret weapon

DAVID Cameron admits his wife Samantha could be a key asset to get him into No 10.

Pascal Chimbonda ready for cold shoulder

Pascal Chimbonda ready for cold shoulder

THE gloves will be off for Pascal Chimbonda this afternoon as he goes back to the place where his...

Loophole lets peer escape prosecution

Loophole lets peer escape prosecution

A LABOUR peer who pocketed around £100,000 in expenses will face a Parliamentary probe after...

Mark Halsey ready to return

Mark Halsey ready to return

THE fitness test for elite referees is daunting enough for any 48-year-old. But when you have just...

Outcry over Home Office ‘pandering’ to Muslim police

Outcry over Home Office ‘pandering’ to Muslim police

HOME Office chiefs were last night accused of pandering to Islam after it was revealed that they...

Graham Alexander wants Burnley to avoid drop

Graham Alexander wants Burnley to avoid drop

GRAHAM Alexander has gone through the last 13 seasons without getting relegated so he is not about...

Nicolas Sarkozy fury as he is quizzed on 'affairs'

Nicolas Sarkozy fury as he is quizzed on 'affairs'

FRENCH president Nicolas Sarkozy exploded with fury yesterday when he was quizzed about rumours...

O'Neill backs Young and Agbonlahor for England

O'Neill backs Young and Agbonlahor for England

MARTIN O’NEILL has encouraged Ashley Young and Gabby Agbonlahor to turn a negative into a ­positive...

The secret of keeping fit? Do less exercise

The secret of keeping fit? Do less exercise

ALL those hours pounding the streets or pumping iron in the gym may be no better for you than a...

Brian Smith's plan lacks finish

Brian Smith's plan lacks finish

EVERYTHING may fall into place as England intend at Murrayfield this evening and then the “attack”...

Mum forced to buy vital kit for Army son’s birthday

Mum forced to buy vital kit for Army son’s birthday

THE mother of a teenage soldier heading to Afghanistan has told how she was forced to buy basic...

Glass half full in Dan Park's life

Glass half full in Dan Park's life

Dan Parks reaches the landmark of 50 Scotland caps today at Murrayfield. As Test half-centuries go,...

Alert after snipers’ deadly toll

Alert after snipers’ deadly toll

BRITISH troops are on heightened alert for Taliban sharpshooters after an apparent shift in...

Mark Cueto: Scots can be great levellers

Mark Cueto: Scots can be great levellers

IF there is one thing you can take for granted, it is that England will not takeanything for granted...

Judge’s anger as law forces him to free torture yobs

Judge’s anger as law forces him to free torture yobs

A TOP judge has attacked the justice system for tying his hands with “ridiculously short sentences”...

Sense of occasion has Brian O'Driscoll smiling

Sense of occasion has Brian O'Driscoll smiling

Wales have a problem today, which revolves around Brian O’Driscoll’s taste for occasion. Ireland’s...

Christine Bleakley hops on water skis

Christine Bleakley hops on water skis

PLUCKY TV presenter Christine ­Bleakley overcame her fear of water to cross the Channel on...

Alastair Cook hits century, as Kevin Pietersen misses out

Alastair Cook hits century, as Kevin Pietersen...

ALASTAIR COOK scored the most serene of centuries in his first day on the job as Test captain to...

Derelict barn fetches £900k

Derelict barn fetches £900k

THE dilapidated shell of a barn sold for a record £900,000 at auction yesterday.

Jenny Meadows making hay

Jenny Meadows making hay

ANOTHER medal at these World Indoor Championships and Jenny Meadows might stop pinching herself.

Teacher jailed for 3 years for having sex with pupil, 15

Teacher jailed for 3 years for having sex with...

A TEACHER whose wife was pregnant with their first child when he lured a 15-year-old pupil into bed...

Philip Hobbs' Qaspal to Power home

Philip Hobbs' Qaspal to Power home

PHILIP HOBBS must have heaved a sigh of relief when Qaspal made the cut for the Paddy Power Imperial...

15 years for evil mother who starved girl to death

15 years for evil mother who starved girl to death

THE cruel mother of tragic Khyra Ishaq was jailed for 15 years yesterday for starving the little...

Bobby Zamora hedges bets for summer

Bobby Zamora hedges bets for summer

BOBBY ZAMORA has booked his summer holiday in Las Vegas – but Fulham team-mate Paul Konchesky rates...

Hanged 8-year-old alone for four weeks

Hanged 8-year-old alone for four weeks

THE mother and stepfather of an eight-year-old girl found hanged in her bedroom pleaded guilty...

Rio Ferdinand keeps it strictly business at United

Rio Ferdinand keeps it strictly business at United

Rio Ferdinand has provided a revealing insight into Manchester United’s collective mentality as...

Victoria's treasures reveal her passions

Victoria's treasures reveal her passions

THEY are intimate gifts that reveal for the first time the passionate relationship between a Queen...

Alex McLeish banks on Cameron Jerome

Alex McLeish banks on Cameron Jerome

ALEX McLeish has demanded Cameron Jerome increase his goal output at Birmingham to save him...

Opera singer 'murdered husband for £5m fortune'

Opera singer 'murdered husband for £5m fortune'

AN OPERA singer has been accused of murdering her wealthy husband and then hiring an impersonator to...

Cesc Fabregas: I'll play through pain barrier to help Arsenal win title

Cesc Fabregas: I'll play through pain barrier to...

CESC Fabregas has vowed to play through the pain barrier to maintain Arsenal's Champions League and...

Spice girls cut the mustard

Spice girls cut the mustard

BRITAIN is becoming an increasingly saucy nation, according to new research.

Wayne Rooney goes green

Wayne Rooney goes green

WAYNE ROONEY came face-to-face with football’s ultimate prize yesterday and revealed he has gone...

Petrol bills soar £625 in a year...  with yet another tax rise to come

Petrol bills soar £625 in a year... with yet...

FAMILIES’ monthly petrol costs have rocketed by £53 on last year after unleaded smashed through the...

Hull v Arsenal: Phil Brown puts faith in bust-up pair Jimmy Bullard and Nick Barmby

Hull v Arsenal: Phil Brown puts faith in bust-up...

HULL manager Phil Brown is set to retain Jimmy Bullard and Nick Barmby in his squad for the visit of...

Crooked drugs PC is jailed

Crooked drugs PC is jailed

THE wife of a crooked policeman mouthed “You’re dead” at him in court yesterday as they were both...

Stoke v Aston Villa: Ricardo Fuller, Glenn Whelan & Danny Higginbotham back for Tony Pulis

Stoke v Aston Villa: Ricardo Fuller, Glenn Whelan &...

STOKE trio Ricardo Fuller, Glenn Whelan and Danny Higginbotham could come into contention for the...

£270m to bail out Vauxhall

£270m to bail out Vauxhall

LABOUR yesterday announced a £270million loan guarantee to car giant General Motors to help secure...

Sunderland v Manchester City: Black Cats lose Lorik Cana

Sunderland v Manchester City: Black Cats lose Lorik...

SUNDERLAND will be without suspended skipper Lorik Cana for Sunday’s Barclays Premier League clash...

Conservative MP defects to Nick Clegg

Conservative MP defects to Nick Clegg

A FORMER Tory Euro-MP expelled from the party earlier this year yesterday joined the Lib Dems.

Chelsea v West Ham: Carlo Ancelotti ready to hand Ross Turnbull start against Hammers

Chelsea v West Ham: Carlo Ancelotti ready to hand...

CHELSEA rookie keeper Ross Turnbull could start against Wets Ham after Hilario was ruled out with...

How Vera Lynn helped girl singer land a recording deal

How Vera Lynn helped girl singer land a recording deal

A SINGER who scraped a living singing Vera Lynn classics in retirement homes and hospitals has been...

Chelsea v West Ham: Danny Gabbidon and Benni McCarthy boost for Gianfranco Zola

Chelsea v West Ham: Danny Gabbidon and Benni...

WEST Ham manager Gianfranco Zola welcomes back Danny Gabbidon and Benni McCarthy for tomorrow’s...

Judge bans BNP from recruiting members

Judge bans BNP from recruiting members

A JUDGE yesterday ordered the British National Party not to recruit new members after ruling that...

Liverpool v Portsmouth: Ricardo Rocha back for Pompey

Liverpool v Portsmouth: Ricardo Rocha back for Pompey

PORTSMOUTH boss Avram Grant welcomes defender Ricardo Rocha back from a two-game ban for the trip to...

Pink Floyd wins web music ban

Pink Floyd wins web music ban

ROCK giants Pink Floyd yesterday won a landmark ruling at the High Court which will bar record...

Lynda Bellingham: I found my real mum at last but still can't respect her for giving me aw

Lynda Bellingham: I found my real mum at last but...

FOR most of her long career, Lynda Bellingham has been either the sort of mum we wanted to be or the...

Corontation Street star Beverley: My 'lost' five months

Corontation Street star Beverley: My 'lost' five months

CORONATION Street star Beverley Callard yesterday revealed she has been receiving treatment for...

The German who became a British hero

The German who became a British hero

IT is a moment that has become sporting legend. Seventeen minutes from time in the 1956 FA Cup...

Andrew Lloyd-Webber's allure of the Phantom never dies

Andrew Lloyd-Webber's allure of the Phantom never dies

ANDREW Lloyd-Webber made it a family affair in the West End last night for the premiere of his...

Make Mother's Day with a gift that counts

Make Mother's Day with a gift that counts

TOMORROW is the day that can make or break your reputation for the rest of the year. Be warned,...

Sky Sports host's tweets too saucy for her bosses

Sky Sports host's tweets too saucy for her bosses

SHE has been reprimanded for using sexual innuendos on her Twitter page – but has picked up an army...

Treat your soil to a top coat

Treat your soil to a top coat

IT may not be deckchair weather just yet but once weeds start germinating, that’s the vital sign...

Yasmin’s girl Amber is the model of her mum

Yasmin’s girl Amber is the model of her mum

BOTH have that big, glossy hair and those bewitching hazel eyes.

Football stars bicker on

Football stars bicker on

IT IS still handbags at dawn for the world’s top football legends.

Mr & Mrs Sarkozy are both accused  of having an affair

Mr & Mrs Sarkozy are both accused of having an affair

FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy and his glamorous wife Carla Bruni are both having affairs,...

Jackie Collins to write  autobiography

Jackie Collins to write autobiography

SHE has based many of her characters on Hollywood stars but could Jackie Collins finally name names...

Frank Lampard tries to keep up with Christine Bleakley

Frank Lampard tries to keep up with Christine Bleakley

JUDGING by this photograph, Christine Bleakley is wearing the trousers in her not-so-secret...

Nick Hornby on the Oscars

Nick Hornby on the Oscars

AFTER his first outing to the Oscars, British author Nick Hornby lifts the lid on what really went...

Tony chalked up text-book share listing

Tony chalked up text-book share listing

A BRITISH company with world-leading classroom technology has executed its £400 million stock market...

Rupert Murdoch bid talk boosts BSkyB

Rupert Murdoch bid talk boosts BSkyB

BSKYB had speculators switching on yesterday amid talk that the satellite broadcaster was set to be...

Streetwise deal nets cool £105m

Streetwise deal nets cool £105m

STREETWEAR fashion retailer SuperGroup yesterday revealed its heavily oversubscribed flotation will...

‘Gimmicks’ masked Lehman’s debt woes

‘Gimmicks’ masked Lehman’s debt woes

BLUE-chip accountant Ernst & Young faces the prospect of expensive lawsuits after it was accused of...

Big boost for Barclays in $5bn lawsuit

Big boost for Barclays in $5bn lawsuit

BARCLAYS' defence against a $5billion (£3.3billion) lawsuit brought by Lehman’s creditors appeared...

Storms hit Luminar

Storms hit Luminar

BAD weather at the start of the year deterred party­goers from stepping out and hit sales at...

Wild Planet

Wild Planet

COMPARE the meerkats. These two are taking a break from the pressures of filming to consider a snack...

The Good Food Producers Guide 2010: Rose Prince

The Good Food Producers Guide 2010: Rose Prince

I'M A great admirer of Rose Prince both for the quality of her recipes and for her emphasis on...

Health: Four-legged friends

Health: Four-legged friends

FROM loading the washing machine to predicting a seizure, dogs can help the disabled in an amazing...

Superfoods that can help to safeguard vision

Superfoods that can help to safeguard vision

SAFFRON has been hailed as a weapon in the fight against one of the UK’s most common causes of sight...

Stroke: Hands-on approach to tackling the effects

Stroke: Hands-on approach to tackling the effects

CATHERINE Shelley had just set out on a run when she noticed a tingling in her lip. She ignored the...

Crohn's disease: Why I won't let it control my life

Crohn's disease: Why I won't let it control my life

MUSICIAL Rick Parfitt Jnr, 35, the son of Status Quo's legendary rocker, talks about the illness he...

The secret to being cool

YOU'VE got it or you haven’t. Or can you learn the art of being cool? Ruby...

Julianne Moore is just hitting her peak

JULIANNE Moore is just hitting her peak – and a new erotic thriller shows...

Fiona Phillips: Life as I know it

FIONA Phillips, 49, lives in London with her husband Martin and their...

Beverley Knight: In the closet

WITH hundreds of pairs of killer heels, singer Beverley Knight has a...

Casualty

Casualty

Now that May has agreed to a date, Yuki can't wait to shout it from the rooftops.

Six Nations Rugby

Six Nations Rugby

In the first of this afternoon's Six Nations encounters, Gabby Logan is at Dublin's Croke Park to...

DEBATE: Should prisoners receive sick pay and dole money?

DEBATE: Should prisoners receive sick pay and dole...

THOUSANDS of prisoners who can’t find work in jail are claiming millions of pounds of tax-payers’...

Debate: Is Gordon Brown's appearance at the Iraq inquiry a waste of time?

Debate: Is Gordon Brown's appearance at the Iraq...

GORDON Brown has opened the Iraq inquiry by insisting Britain was "right" to go to war, as he...

DEBATE: Do MPs deserve a pay rise?

DEBATE: Do MPs deserve a pay rise?

MPs are to be handed a pay rise worth nearly £1,000 a year from next month, it was today disclosed.

Debate: What is the point of the BBC?

Debate: What is the point of the BBC?

THE BBC will "reprioritise" £600 million-a-year into higher quality programming, in a radical...

WEIRD FACT OF THE DAY
Weird fact of the day

Fruitcake

Assumption Abbey in Ava, Missouri, in the Ozark mountains, is the only Trappist monastery in the world that sells fruitcakes on the Internet. Of the world's 171 Trappist monasteries, seven produce beer.

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Prince Charles may be too unpopular to succeed the Queen as head of Commonwealth

Prince Charles may be too unpopular to succeed the...

IN Westminster Abbey on Monday, I watched Prince Charles and Camilla join the Queen and Prince...

Parenting blog: Where to take the kids for a birthday party they'll remember

Parenting blog: Where to take the kids for a...

There are many places I never imagined visiting in a million years – until I became a parent.

Shutter Island review and trailer

Shutter Island review and trailer

NOBODY is more steeped in film history than Martin Scorsese.

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo review and trailer

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo review and trailer

IS there anyone who hasn't read the Stieg Larsson Millennium trilogy? They are the kind of...

DVD
Zombieland review and trailer

Zombieland review and trailer

ENTERTAINING horror comedy blessed with a dry wit and the appealing double act of wacky Woody...

A Serious Man review and trailer

A Serious Man review and trailer

IDIOSYNCRATIC, overrated Coen Brothers film set in the summer of 1967 when a tidal wave of...

Dorien's plea for the grieving

Dorien's plea for the grieving

A WIDOWER is calling for the strict rules governing bereavement allowances to be relaxed - so...

Various: Glee: The Music, Volume 2 (Epic) album review

Various: Glee: The Music, Volume 2 (Epic) album review

YOU don’t have to appreciate the finer points of camp to enjoy Glee, the TV show where for once the...

Joan Armatrading: This Charming Life (Hypertension) album review

Joan Armatrading: This Charming Life (Hypertension)...

THE hard-to-categorise Joan Armatrading has been around for nearly 40 years now and is moving well...

London Assurance: National Theatre, London

London Assurance: National Theatre, London

THE Irish dramatist Dion Boucicault was the theatrical toast of London on March 4, 1841, with this...

DANCE: The Sleeping Beauty - Royal Ballet, Birmingham Hippodrome

DANCE: The Sleeping Beauty - Royal Ballet,...

THE BRB’s first production in the year of its 20th anniversary could hardly be more auspicious. Sir...

Sir Terry Wogan wins radio personality of the year

Sir Terry Wogan wins radio personality of the year

SIR TERRY Wogan scooped a gong for digital radio personality of the year today, beating off stiff...

Video: Heroine of French Resistance dies aged 105

Video: Heroine of French Resistance dies aged 105

A HEROINE of the French Resistance who saved over 100 lives has died at her nursing home aged 105.