DAILY MAIL COMMENT: The Mail is no great admirer of Trump. But to all his hysterical critics we say: Oh do calm down!
A strong supporter of Brexit, Donald Trump (pictured) has said repeatedly that he wants to strengthen America's links with Britain and see it prosper after the UK withdrew from the EU. ...read
KATIE HOPKINS: If Trump’s state visit to Britain is met with mass idiot protests it won’t be the Queen who’s embarrassed, it will be the silent majority of decent Brits
The shouting masses in London, Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham and Cardiff have too much spare time on their hands, writes KATIE HOPKINS. ...read
Why we, not the State, should look after elderly parents: SARAH VINE says it's a moral duty to care for them
For this new generation of baby boomers, the idea of co-existing with those whose values they were so busy rebelling against seemed anathema. The irony is, of course, that it is they who now need help. ...read
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Why did no Labour MPs sign Early Day Motion which paid tribute to veteran campaigner Tam Dalyell?
No Labour MPs signed it despite the fact that Labour man Dalyell was a former Father of the House, a resolute campaigner and a man of huge principle. Why not? ...read
Purple and quavery, Clarke let out a pitiful harrumph - and was clapped by Labour: QUENTIN LETTS watches the parliamentary Brexit process get under way
QUENTIN LETTS was in the press gallery at the House of Commons to witness the start of the parliamentary process which will lead to Brexit. ...read
Model pro Frank Lampard is the perfect fit for a club like Leeds United
MARTIN SAMUEL: Ask yourself this. It’s a penalty in the last minute of the play-off final at Wembley. Is there anyone you would rather see standing over that £100m shot, than Frank Lampard? ...read
Former Premier League referee Mark Halsey believes Richard Scudamore is behind recent axed 5Live appearance: 'I don't understand why the Premier League are so against me'
CHARLES SALE: Halsey, who is struggling to find work in football since his retirement from refereeing, believes Scudamore's broadside is behind the Beeb dropping him from a booked appearance. ...read
DAN HYDE: Rethink this terrible tax on our livelihoods, our high streets and our communities
It's all very well for banks, supermarkets and coffee chains to moan about the taxes they pay - but they have it easy. The real victims are your local greengrocer, baker and cornershop owner. ...read
ASK TONY: TalkTalk put the phone line in my bedroom - now the TV doesn't work
I moved home last August and kept my TalkTalk account. An engineer came to set it up, but he put the main socket in my spare bedroom along with the broadband router. ...read
Trump's State Banquet - Pussy Riot at Stringfellows: RICHARD LITTLEJOHN proposes the itinerary for presidential visit
More than a million people have 'signed' a petition opposing Donald Trump's State Visit to Britain. No, they haven't. They've just pressed a button on their computer or a link on their iPhone. ...read
There's no engine, no gears and you can't actually own one. But is this sleek little car the shape of motoring to come?
Being engine-less, gearbox-less and driveshaft-less, immediately the Rasa starts to score brownie points. ...read
ROBERT HARDMAN: Ripping up Trump's invitation would be an idiotically naive act of national self-harm
The future of the special relationship between the UK and US is much too important to be left to the barometer of Twitter and Facebook, writes ROBERT HARDMAN. ...read
'My breathlessness is causing me to panic when stressing with any task': Our expert reveals how YOU can help your lungs take up more oxygen
Terry Duncan from East Yorkshire used to smoke 30 cigarettes a day, which caused him to develop COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This limits the airflow to his lungs. ...read
My wife is a retired teacher still saving into a private pot, will she be hit by new 'pension recycling' tax trick limit? Steve Webb explains
My wife is a recently retired schoolteacher and also has a private pension that she has paid into for many years. Will she be hit by new rules that aim to stop the 'pension recycling' tax trick? ...read
SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: New Earl's luxury furniture business gets a £2million cash boost
David Linley, 55, became the 2nd Earl of Snowdon on the death of his father earlier this month. The latest annual return reports an increase in shares held by David from 66,880 to 90,006. ...read
Ever wondered how your coins are made? LEE BOYCE takes a trip to the Royal Mint in Wales to find out (and discovers they are actually pickled...)
The Royal Mint, in South Wales, has opened a £9m visitor centre. It's a treasury trove of history and I think it is one of the most interesting visitor attractions in Britain. ...read
West Ham striker Andy Carroll opens up to Jamie Redknapp: 'I don't really like watching football! I had to Google some Liverpool players when I signed'
It has been quite a start to 2017 for Andy Carroll. After being dogged by injuries, the West Ham striker is finally back fit and scoring goals. Here, he sits down with Sportsmail's Jamie Redknapp. ...read
Alien sex? It’s history but not as we know it, writes CRAIG BROWN
It can’t be long before The History Channel comes up with a show in which Nostradamus and Bigfoot jointly pilot a UFO to Atlantis to have sex with ancient aliens, writes CRAIG BROWN. ...read
After Farmers Insurance Open win Spanish kid Jon Rahm looks like he can be the next Seve Ballesteros
DEREK LAWRENSON: Quite why the Spaniard was placed in such rare company was fully demonstrated as he claimed the Farmers Insurance Open in just his 13th start on the PGA Tour. ...read
Liverpool need to rescue season and Sadio Mane can be their lifesaver against Chelsea
MARTIN KEOWN: After a disastrous week in which they lost at home to Swansea and were knocked out of both cups, Liverpool need something to lift the mood. ...read
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: The Mail is no great admirer of Trump. But to all his hysterical critics we say: Oh do calm down!
A strong supporter of Brexit, Donald Trump (pictured) has said repeatedly that he wants to strengthen America's links with Britain and see it prosper after the UK withdrew from the EU. ...read
KATIE HOPKINS: If Trump’s state visit to Britain is met with mass idiot protests it won’t be the Queen who’s embarrassed, it will be the silent majority of decent Brits
The shouting masses in London, Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham and Cardiff have too much spare time on their hands, writes KATIE HOPKINS. ...read
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Why did no Labour MPs sign Early Day Motion which paid tribute to veteran campaigner Tam Dalyell?
No Labour MPs signed it despite the fact that Labour man Dalyell was a former Father of the House, a resolute campaigner and a man of huge principle. Why not? ...read
Purple and quavery, Clarke let out a pitiful harrumph - and was clapped by Labour: QUENTIN LETTS watches the parliamentary Brexit process get under way
QUENTIN LETTS was in the press gallery at the House of Commons to witness the start of the parliamentary process which will lead to Brexit. ...read
Trump's State Banquet - Pussy Riot at Stringfellows: RICHARD LITTLEJOHN proposes the itinerary for presidential visit
More than a million people have 'signed' a petition opposing Donald Trump's State Visit to Britain. No, they haven't. They've just pressed a button on their computer or a link on their iPhone. ...read
ROBERT HARDMAN: Ripping up Trump's invitation would be an idiotically naive act of national self-harm
The future of the special relationship between the UK and US is much too important to be left to the barometer of Twitter and Facebook, writes ROBERT HARDMAN. ...read
SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: New Earl's luxury furniture business gets a £2million cash boost
David Linley, 55, became the 2nd Earl of Snowdon on the death of his father earlier this month. The latest annual return reports an increase in shares held by David from 66,880 to 90,006. ...read
Will it be leaner times for the bloated Lords? Long overdue work to reduce the size of the upper chamber to begin this week, writes ANDREW PIERCE
Long overdue work to reduce the size of the House of Lords begins this week. A new committee, chaired by Lord Burns, will start taking written evidence. About time writes ANDREW PIERCE. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: More Americans were killed last year by toddlers with guns than by Muslim terrorists, Mr President – where is the executive order to stop THAT?
This is wrong. Whichever way US President Trump tries to justify his executive order on banning immigrants and refugees from seven war-ravaged countries, it makes no sense. ...read
PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Glamorous? No, affairs just cause misery...
The pictures of Rory McGrath’s loyal wife Nicola hugging him and smiling at him outside court this week showed a very public display of affection. ...read
TOM UTLEY: Of course we get grumpier as we get older - there's so much today that's REALLY infuriating!
As I settled down to write a few minutes ago, an email popped into my inbox, purporting to come from Amazon. A blatant attempt to defraud me, writes TOM UTLEY. ...read
HAMISH MCRAE: Theresa May needs the art of the deal - our Brexit future is depending on it
HUG them close. That was what the departing Bill Clinton told Tony Blair to do with the incoming administration of George W Bush, advice he took too enthusiastically. ...read
Desert Island all at sea: While still a loyal fan, STEPHEN GLOVER deplores the cult of vacuous celebrity (and music) taking over Desert Island Discs
It a testament to the genius of Roy Plomley's idea — and the continuing support of the BBC — that Desert Island Discs should have survived almost unchanged in its format for three-quarters of a century. ...read
Fasten your seatbelts: Trade war with China? Real war with Iran? Nato torn apart? Ahead of Trump's inauguration, MAX HASTINGS says he'll be glad to get through four years without facing a global slump... or being blown up
Next Friday noon, I shall be among hundreds of thousands of spectators in Washington DC as Donald Trump is inaugurated as President of the United States. ...read
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: The false gods of the NHS that are now starting to fall
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Lord Lawson, when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer, ruefully said that the Health Service was ‘the nearest thing the British people now have to a religion’. ...read
Yes, I admit it, I prefer books to people! A joyously prickly encounter with the cantankerous bookshop owner who charges customers 50p for browsing
This week saw the birth of a new anti-hero in the North Yorkshire town of Hawes - Steve Bloom, 63, the wonderfully grumpy second-hand bookseller who hit the headlines for charging a 50p entry fee ...read
Why this photo proves Charles WILL be King: RICHARD KAY explains how the new portrait of the Prince with the Queen shows the permafrost that descended as his and Diana's marriage unravelled has finally lifted
What this picture does is to give Charles, 68, the authority he has long craved, the Queen's endorsement for him as the next head of the family, writes RICHARD KAY. ...read
PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Far better burkini than some outfits I saw on girls this week
One of the most striking images this week was of a woman being forced by police to remove some of her modest clothing on a French beach in ‘burkini battle’, writes AMANDA PLATELL. ...read
Shameful list will tarnish Cameron's legacy: ISABEL OAKESHOTT on how the honours system has been 'discredited more than ever before'
Never has the honours system seemed more discredited than it does today, as the former prime minister attempts to shower his friends with fancy titles, writes ISABEL OAKESHOTT. ...read
How the great and the good's Lord 'Tony' became Green's patsy: QC was reluctant to act when BHS was sold for £1 to a thrice-bankrupt
Lord Grabiner QC is chairman of Arcadia who provided a ‘veneer of establishment credibility’ to a firm Sir Philip Green treated as ‘his own personal empire’, writes GEOFFREY LEVY. ...read
PETER McKAY: The rape case that tragically misfired
What are we to make of the tragic story of Eleanor de Freitas, 22, who killed herself after a man she accused of rape won the support of the CPS in his private case against her, asks PETER McKAY. ...read
A.N WILSON: Why producing pigs with human organs demeans both our species - and theirs
Scientists in California have found a way of growing human organs inside pigs. No one can doubt their ingenuity or their technical skills. It is the morality of the exercise which we must question. ...read
ANDREW PIERCE: Bungler who thought he could be PM: Shapps thought his key role in Road Trip 2015 would catapult him to party leader
Grant Shapps privately believed his key role in Road Trip 2015 – the campaigning operation aimed at winning votes in marginal seats – would catapult him to party leader. ...read
Rise up against the tyranny of the safety Nazis: Persecuted people of Britain! You've had your lives ruined by petty, nonsensical 'safety' rules. Now a brilliant new book explodes the myths
TRACEY BROWN AND MICHAEL HANLON looks at the way in which the seemingly unanswerable interests of ‘safety and security’ are being used and abused. ...read
ANDREW ALEXANDER: Rebels, ploys and a matter of life and death
David Cameron is running out of ploys to make backbench Tories feel part of the Government machine. The whips are very worried — that is to say, those whips who are not already EU sceptics themselves. ...read
MELANIE PHILLIPS: No one has a human right to hide from justice behind a veil
A liberal society should permit cultural or religious minorities to wear distinctive clothing - but only if that doesn’t get in the way of an institution’s ability to enforce basic standards of security. ...read
Obama jokes Jack Lew's loopy signature could 'debase our currency' as he makes him official pick for Treasury Secretary
‘Jack assures me that he is going to work to make at least one letter legible in order not to debase our currency should he be confirmed as secretary of the Treasury,’ Obama said, naming Lew as the man he wants to succeed Timothy Geithner. ...read
The sharpest tongue in the West: The waspish wit and elegant controversy of Gore Vidal
ROY HATTERSLEY: Gore Vidal was entitled to claim that he was the wittiest and most elegant writer of his time. And claim it he often did. For modesty was not his principal virtue. ...read
In my days as Tory party chairman, donor-gate could never have happened
The most worrying thing about the sorry tale of Peter Cruddas is that it is yet another example of a failure by the Conservative leadership to think things through, or to have any regard for the way in which things were managed in the past. ...read
Who says we get happier with age? I'm grumpier than ever - and proud of it!
Grumbling should never be well-mannered or under control. It should be full-blooded. It should be rampant, writes MICHAEL WINNER. ...read
JOHN KETTLEY: It may have been one of the mildest Novembers on record - but now prepare for snow
By November 24 last year most of the country was already frozen over, with widespread severe frosts, deep snowfall and travel chaos. ...read
Model pro Frank Lampard is the perfect fit for a club like Leeds United
MARTIN SAMUEL: Ask yourself this. It’s a penalty in the last minute of the play-off final at Wembley. Is there anyone you would rather see standing over that £100m shot, than Frank Lampard? ...read
Former Premier League referee Mark Halsey believes Richard Scudamore is behind recent axed 5Live appearance: 'I don't understand why the Premier League are so against me'
CHARLES SALE: Halsey, who is struggling to find work in football since his retirement from refereeing, believes Scudamore's broadside is behind the Beeb dropping him from a booked appearance. ...read
West Ham striker Andy Carroll opens up to Jamie Redknapp: 'I don't really like watching football! I had to Google some Liverpool players when I signed'
It has been quite a start to 2017 for Andy Carroll. After being dogged by injuries, the West Ham striker is finally back fit and scoring goals. Here, he sits down with Sportsmail's Jamie Redknapp. ...read
After Farmers Insurance Open win Spanish kid Jon Rahm looks like he can be the next Seve Ballesteros
DEREK LAWRENSON: Quite why the Spaniard was placed in such rare company was fully demonstrated as he claimed the Farmers Insurance Open in just his 13th start on the PGA Tour. ...read
Liverpool need to rescue season and Sadio Mane can be their lifesaver against Chelsea
MARTIN KEOWN: After a disastrous week in which they lost at home to Swansea and were knocked out of both cups, Liverpool need something to lift the mood. ...read
Amir Khan fighting to keep business and family separate as he bids to show he is still a big draw in boxing
JEFF POWELL: The former two-division world champion is painstakingly healing the rift which has torn his family asunder. He is also challenging the perception that at 30 he is washed up as a boxer. ...read
Sir Clive Woodward's guide to the Six Nations: Eddie Jones' England could finally lose, Ireland and Scotland could be special... Wales, who knows?
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Sportsmail's expert rugby analyst Sir Clive Woodward profiles each country, assesses their chances and highlights the key players at this year's Six Nations. ...read
David Beckham may not be the ideal desert island candidate but he's a damned decent all round human being
MARK WEBSTER - EDGE OF THE BOX: In the the battle for a nation's heart, David Beckham is never going to be all-conquering, it seems. For some reason, it's just the way it is with him. ...read
So long, Bernie Ecclestone... and thanks for turning Formula One into the greatest show on earth
OLIVER HOLT: When Ecclestone was replaced as F1’s boss last Monday as Liberty Media completed their takeover of the sport, there was a general feeling that it was about time. ...read
Elbow's new album Little Fictions is just as guitarist Mark Potter says: 'the sound of four people who love what they do, and each other'
For a long time, the five men from Manchester known as Elbow were second only to the four men from Dublin known as U2 as the most durable of rock bands. ...read
JAMIE CARRAGHER INTERVIEWS FRANK LAMPARD: Foul-mouthed clashes, Steven Gerrard's emotional bouquet and why ex-Chelsea man still hasn't retired
A fierce rivalry resumes on Tuesday when Liverpool tackle Chelsea. JAMIE CARRAGHER met his old friend FRANK LAMPARD at a Central London hotel to discuss the Anfield showdown and more. ...read
HOT OR NOT: Souleymane Doukara challenges Tony Yeboah but Jurgen Klopp's hectoring is wearing thin
It's Hot or Not time again as Sportsmail's IAN LADYMAN reveals what's been making him feel warm and what's been leaving him cold. ...read
Can the real France please stand up? This Six Nations tournament needs a shot of the old Gallic spirit
CHRIS FOY - WORLD OF RUGBY: The barren era has gone on far too long. From this side of the Channel, a genuine plea; can the real France – the daring, dangerous France, please come back? ...read
Peterborough's Leonardo Da Silva Lopes is clever on the ball and settling into life in England... he just needs to bulk up and get games under his belt
Our scout is a top football expert who attends matches each week searching for the next star. He brings you his verdict in Sportsmail. This week it is Peterborough United's Leonardo Da Silva Lopes. ...read
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger should receive six game ban for unacceptable outburst against Burnley
GRAHAM POLL: Arsene Wenger should be banned for at least six matches for abusing referee Jon Moss and pushing fourth official Anthony Taylor after his sending off against Burnley. ...read
All change for the good of the game: Simplify offside, move penalty shoot-outs and scrap bad habits
GLENN HODDLE: Marco van Basten has come out with some fairly extreme suggestions for changes to the laws. I can't say I agree with any of them but I'm not one of those who wouldn't touch the rules of football. ...read
Chelsea beat Manchester United in what was seen as a £21m steal by Jose Mourinho before the winger struggled last season... but now the Pedro of Barcelona is back for Antonio Conte
KIERAN GILL - THE NUMBERS GAME: Last season was one to sweep under the carpet. Not only for Pedro but also for Chelsea. Now, though, they have the Pedro of Barcelona back. ...read
Dr Sherylle Calder opened the England rugby team's eyes to bigger picture - there is no reason why she can't help coach a third World Cup winning side
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: If I was still coaching a Test rugby team today, one of my first coaching appointments would be Dr Sherylle Calder. Sherylle helped England win the 2003 World Cup. ...read
Premier League predictions challenge: Sportsmail's experts go head to head on this weekend's fixtures... Nasser Hussain vs Paul Newman
Welcome to The Prediction Challenge. Each week, we'll ask one of our star columnists to go head to head with one of our top team of reporters. And you can get involved by leaving a comment. ...read
Alastair Cook will know in his heart what to do but there's no need to rush any decision on England captaincy
STUART BROAD: There’s so much time before the next Test in July that I don’t see any reason for him to rush any decision and whatever he decides, he will have my full support. ...read
My three-point plan to capture Virat Kohli's wicket: Bore him, bounce him and work on his ego
NASSER HUSSAIN: England might be starting to think: ‘How on earth do we get Virat Kohli out?’ But you always have to believe there is something you can do, otherwise there is little point going out there. ...read
Manchester City target Ivan Rakitic is negotiating new Barcelona contract while Liverpool hold off on signing Spartak Moscow's Quincy Promes
SIMON JONES - TRANSFER COLUMN: Far from being close to joining Manchester City, Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic is negotiating a contract extension to stay in Spain. ...read
Jermain Defoe would help West Ham get the best out of Dimitri Payet... the old master guarantees you goals
CHRIS SUTTON: I've heard there are some West Ham fans who still resent Jermain Defoe for handing in a transfer request at the age of 20, the day after they were relegated. Are they mad? ...read
Football supporters complain left, right and centre... but they shouldn't have a problem when a manager gets a fantastic offer to move
MARTIN ALLEN: Football supporters complain left, right and centre if their team are not winning and want the boss sacked. On the other hand, they shouldn't moan when they get a chance to leave. ...read
JONNY BAIRSTOW: England players are gutted by what happened in India but there's plenty to be proud of... and we want Alastair Cook to stay
JONNY BAIRSTOW - EXCLUSIVE: We've had some pretty tough series to contend with. Yes, losing eight Tests in a year doesn't look good. But I don't believe it tells the whole story. ...read
TOP SPIN AT THE TEST: England concede highest total for 139 years as Alastair Cook's men struggle
LAWRENCE BOOTH: England conceded their highest total in 983 Tests stretching all the way back to March 1877. India’s 759 for seven beat the 751 for five by West Indies in Antigua in April 2004. ...read
Dereck Chisora crossed the line when he threw a table at Dillian Whyte... and why Anthony Joshua is ready to avoid a knockout shot from Eric Molina
EDDIE HEARN: There is a fine line between hyping a fight and going against the codes of conduct of the sport. Dereck Chisora went too far and now there will be a British Boxing Board of Control meeting. ...read
MCC have missed a trick here... cricket needs yellow cards too
DAVID LLOYD: Well done MCC on your proposal to bring in red cards for the most serious offences on a cricket field... but you have missed a golden opportunity to go much further. ...read
Stuart Broad is the complete Test bowler... we can both be grumpy, but we both desperately want to win
JAMES ANDERSON: I will miss not playing with Stuart this week because we have developed a good relationship on and off the field as England team-mates. ...read
Gary Neville: I would gladly pay £5,000 fine for celebration against Liverpool again a hundred times
So in the 90th minute, Ryan Giggs is standing over the ball and all I remember is him bending it into the box, Rio Ferdinand rising up and the ball hitting the back of the net. ...read
Jessica Ennis-Hill became a track giant and is comfortably among all-time five greatest British female athletes
DALEY THOMPSON: Ennis-Hill would be among the five greatest British female athletes of all time and, had she not suffered a few injuries over the years, she could have been one of our best athletes in history. ...read
CHRIS MEARS: Olympic gold is only just sinking in with LA escape following the post-Rio whirlwind
CHRIS MEARS: I'd done so many interviews that I hadn't had a chance to think about what it really meant. After getting back from Rio, I did press and media for 48 hours then flew straight out to LA. ...read
Sam Allardyce the English saviour of England? Odd then that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was the FA's first choice...
PATRICK COLLINS: It should be remembered that the FA's initial instinct was to approach Arsene Wenger, a worthy if futile attempt to hire the very best. But then, absurdly, they changed tack. ...read
France were weighed down by burden of expectation after Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo limped out of Euro 2016 final
BOJAN KRKIC: France had started the Euro 2016 final well but they became disorientated when Ronaldo went off. That can happen when the opposition loses their best player. ...read
ALAN PARDEW: I still have faith in this England team and Wales manager Chris Coleman is a class act
ALAN PARDEW: The celebration of Euro 2016 finalists France as a football team is fair enough, but I still think four or five England players could get in their side. ...read
Dimitri Payet is staying at West Ham even if the big clubs come in... and I hope to see him fire France to glory at Euro 2016
SLAVEN BILIC: With his success, speculation about Payet's future will follow. I have even seen one report suggesting I don’t want him to do well in case it leads to him leaving West Ham. ...read
The worst English England manager is better than the best foreign England manager, because one sticks to the principle of international sport, and the other abandons it for cold pursuit of glory
MARTIN SAMUEL - THE DEBATE: How do you know there isn’t a capable English manager? We’ve tried one guy since 2008 – and because he couldn’t do it, the rest are incompetent, too? ...read
Martin Keown's Euro 2016 big match analysis: 'France and Germany are the two best teams, I hope this is more free-flowing'
This could be an epic. These are arguably the best two teams left and I’m hoping this is the defining match of the tournament. France cruised through beating Iceland 5-2, while Germany won on penalties ...read
England must embrace the dark arts if they want to win the European Championship
ADRIAN DURHAM: Cheating isn’t great, diving isn’t a positive for the game, but it happens, and so it puzzles me why people bang on and on about Jamie Vardy ‘winning’ penalties. ...read
Monchi is the master behind the scenes as Sevilla go for yet more glory
GRAHAM HUNTER – EUROVIEW: Sevilla’s sporting director is the only link between monstrously successful, European-dominant football factory and the humble second division club in Spain. ...read
F1 should turn drivers against team-mates in qualifying while the late Alan Henry was given deserved send-off... and documentary about Wolfgang von Trips to be released
JONATHAN McEVOY: Whether it is meant as such or not, Formula One's extraordinary squabbling over qualifying is a PR masterstroke. ...read
Cheltenham-bound Victoria Pendleton is racing's own version of Jamie Vardy
PETER SCUDAMORE: Alan Hill, husband of trainer Lawney Hill, has been tutoring Victoria Pendleton since her switch to racing. He says... nearest thing to her story is Jamie Vardy. ...read
LIAM RIDGEWELL: Walking onto the pitch with Kaka was a real privilege but I'm not sure he understood me
Portland Timbers defender Liam Ridgewell writes his second column for Sportsmail with the 2015 Major League Soccer season well under way in the United States. ...read
MICHAEL BISPING: Anderson Silva was very condescending at the open workout, but he’ll soon find out I’m not messing around next week
We had our open workouts in Los Angeles last week when I came face to face with Anderson Silva. I was walking by and said hello and wished him luck for London but he was very condescending. ...read
Lynsey Hipgrave right to confront abusers after BT Sport presenter received shocking sexist abuse on Twitter
NEIL ASHTON: Perhaps the most worrying aspect of Lynsey Hipgrave’s brush with Twitter this week is that she should have regrets about highlighting the sexist abuse on her timeline. ...read
Johanna Konta must focus on Anqelique Kerber's weak serve and not her own bid to make history to reach Australian Open final
BRAD GILBERT: The attention on Jo Konta will only multiply if she takes what I think is a realistic opportunity to beat Angelique Kerber and make the Australian Open final. ...read
SAM BURGESS: I couldn't do anything right. I was fighting a losing battle playing rugby union in England... my heart just isn't in it
EXCLUSIVE: My decision to leave Bath and move back to Australia was for personal reasons, but it was also because I wanted to spend the rest of my career playing the game that’s in my heart. ...read
Paul Nicholls: If I had a bag of carrots I would save the last for Kauto Star
I have trained some wonderful horses but Kauto Star was extra special – probably the most important horse in my life. He was also a mate. ...read
Royal Ascot Day Five Tips: Brazen Beau worth a peep to fly Aussie flag in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes
The Aussie cricketers have arrived on our shores to defend the Ashes and fellow antipodeans BRAZEN BEAU (Ascot, 4.20) and Wandjina will be bidding to knock their rivals for six. ...read
Manchester United set to make £30m bid for Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema after Gareth Bale declares he's staying in Spain
ROB SHEPHERD'S FOOTBALL GRAPEVINE: Rafa Benitez would want to keep Karim Benzema in his squad but it seems the club are ready to cash in on the Frenchman to bolster their transfer funds. ...read
Andrew Strauss says Kevin Pietersen and ECB lack trust... but still the cricketing world has to read between the lines as we are denied a full, proper explanation
PAUL NEWMAN: The wait goes on. Still the public are denied a full, proper explanation as to why the leading runscorer in England's history in Kevin Pietersen will never play international cricket again. ...read
I have never voted for Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho as Premier League Manager of the Month - and it's a compliment to him
LAURA WILLIAMSON: I have never voted for Jose Mourinho as Barclays Manager of the Month. His sides are very, very good, so the bar is set very high for an 'exceptional' sequence of results. ...read
Ticking off his bucket list is AP McCoy's next hurdle...but it won't include a ringside seat to Mayweather versus Pacquiao
MARCUS TOWNEND: It was a simple slip of the tongue, instantly corrected minutes after his last ever ride at Sandown on Saturday. It was also the moment he realised he was an ex-jockey. ...read
Stoke are playing better football under Mark Hughes and are being ignored, they deserve more credit and exposure for their results
MICHAEL DUBERRY: Stoke were hated under Tony Pulis, but having improved in all areas under mark Hughes they are being overlooked ...read
Super Bowl puts on a stunning show for the fans even if they don't like the game... it engulfs an entire city and we must try and do this back home for the FA Cup final
VERNON KAY: The way that the NFL builds a city around an American football event is phenomenal. Imagine if we could make a bigger spectacle out of the FA Cup final. ...read
SEBASTIEN BASSONG: It was hard falling out of favour at Norwich but I've found my touch again at Watford... and Cameroon's World Cup was an 'embarrassment'
In his second appearance in the Footballers’ Football Column, Sebastien Bassong talks about last season at Norwich, Cameroon’s terrible World Cup and his hopes for the future. ...read
GEORGE NORTH: I can't wait to face the New Zealand haka... if players can't handle it, they're in the wrong sport
The Northampton wing and Sportsmail columnist gives his views on Wales' showdown with 'the world's best team' New Zealand at the Millenium Stadium on Saturday. ...read
NICO ROSBERG COLUMN: I need some help from Lewis Hamilton in Abu Dhabi to win the F1 title… and I am going to push him as hard as I can
Lewis Hamilton has been making some mistakes recently, he spun in Brazil for instance, so maybe there is a chance that he will help me out and that is what I am looking for. ...read
Steven Gerrard is the real deal and Liverpool HAVE to give the best player in their history a new contract
During the summer, it was intimated Steven Gerrard signing a new deal was a formality but, two and a half months on, there is an element of uncertainty starting to swirl around. ...read
STEVEN GERRARD: Wayne Rooney's passion and talent make him perfect to lead England
Wayne Rooney is a natural leader. Aside from being a top player, Wayne is passionate about representing his country and won’t be fazed by the responsibility. ...read
Everton striker Chris Long could force his way into Roberto Martinez's plans as Spaniard gives youth a chance
Roberto Martinez has been left scratching his head by Everton's pre-season form but one shining ray of light has been the emergence of 19-year-old striker Chris Long. ...read
Tom Daley believes English divers such as Matt Dixon have a great future
Tom Daley has backed the next generation of English divers to follow in his golden wake, picking out ‘mini me’ Matt Dixon as a special talent to keep an eye on. ...read
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says he's finished his summer spending as he vows to let the youngsters have their chance
After signing Cesc Fabregas, Diego Costa and Felipe Luis Jose Mourinho says there will be no more additions this summer as he insists he will give his U-21 stars a chance to get into the team and develop. ...read
James Rodriguez to sign for Real Madrid in £60m deal with World Cup Golden Boot winner's arrival sparking Premier League rush for La Liga giant's stars
The star of the 2014 World Cup, James Rodriguez, will sign for Real Madrid this Wednesday for £60million in a transfer that will push several players towards the Premier League. ...read
Gus Poyet confident of signing Fabio Borini for £14million, with Sunderland boss willing to fly Liverpool forward back from America
Sunderland manager Gus Poyet is still confident he will land Fabio Borini in a £14million deal, despite the striker boarding the flight to Liverpool's tour to the States. ...read
James Rodriguez's volley, Arturo Vidal's crazy hair and Danny Murphy's jumper... it's time for Rio Ferdinand's World Cup awards!
James Rodriguez's superb volley, Arturo Vidal's crazy hair and Danny Murphy's jumper have been just a few of the stand-out moments of the 2014 World Cup, but what else? ...read
Germany 1-0 France PLAYER RATINGS: Veterans Bastian Schweinsteiger and Philipp Lahm prove solid as Joachim Low's men earn place in World Cup semi-final
Germany saw off France in a dramatic World Cup quarter-final to book their place in the final four. ...read
Susie Wolff 'massively disappointed' after lasting only four laps on full F1 debut
Susie Wolff has expressed her disappointment at completing only four laps on her full Formula One debut. ...read
Andy Murray is moving in one direction as Wimbledon hero feeds off his star treatment
MIKE DICKSON: Andy Murray knew things had changed a week ago when he walked out on Centre Court to the kind of pop star reception not witnessed since the exceptional days of the London 2012 tennis event. ...read
Richard Schaefer leaves Golden Boy promotions after 14 years as CEO
MARTIN DOMIN: Richard Schaefer has announced his decision to leave the world’s biggest boxing promotional company, Golden Boy. ...read
JOHNNY NELSON: George Groves and Carl Froch are like two lovers... all they can think about is the other - they consume each other's lives
I’ve never really given George Groves the credit he deserves. I didn’t before he fought James DeGale and when you look at the development of both fighters since then, Groves has come on tenfold in terms of his confidence and self-belief. When he boxed Carl Froch last year, I thought he had no chance but he shocked everybody. ...read
Ben Kay's big moments from the game: Care's stunning start blew Wales away, Gatland's men couldn't catch up
Danny Care showed confidence and cheek to get the first try, catching Wales off guard when back pedalling in defence. His buzz is infectious. Long may it last. ...read
FOOTBALL 9-5: Follow all the news with Sportsmail's live rolling service
Join Sportsmail's Football 9-5 service, where we bring you the latest news as it happens throughout the day with all the best pictures and hard-hitting opinion. ...read
Australia 7-0 England: Morgan scores a century but Cook's tourists STILL can't win as Aussies sniff 13-0 tour annihilation - England are absolutely... USELESS!
Your striker fluffs a sitter, your defender shanks a clearance, your winger misses a try or your hot tip falls at the first fence.... All together now: 'USELESS!' Our man delivers the verdict with real feeling. Today's it's the England cricket team's turn - AGAIN - to be handed the dubious honour... ...read
The transition was painful, but Lambert finally has Villa bursting with energy... will they keep progressing or stagnate?
It is almost 18 months now since Paul Lambert swept into Villa Park with a vision of a very different future. So, where are we? How is "The Project"? Asked to buy into a new-look club by owner Randy Lerner, the Scot set about his task with zeal. ...read
SAM TOMKINS COLUMN: I'm desperate to add the World Cup to my Grand Final and Challenge Cup triumphs... and I can't wait to beat Australia in the opener at Cardiff
There are only a few days to go before we take on Australia at the Millennium Stadium. I’m incredibly excited by the prospect of walking out in front of a big crowd and singing the national anthem. ...read
On the road: 'Sat-nav' coaching is driving the Scottish game down a cul-de-sac
Question: can you name the Scottish Footballer of the Year? The answer is a 22-year-old striker who may be Scotland’s No 9 at Wembley and who scored twice on Saturday. ...read
DES KELLY: Well, nothing lasts forever... it's been a blast! Sportsmail's brilliant columnist bows out after almost a decade at the top
It's time to bid you a fond farewell. This is my final column for Sportsmail. It has been an absolute privilege and an honour to be allowed to sound off on this page without compromise. ...read
Andy Townsend: It's a nerve-wracking experience being behind to a minnow, but that's where you see real character
I know exactly how those Aston Villa boys will be feeling as they line up in the tunnel before tonight’s game. Nervous, excited... it might have been almost two decades ago, but the situation I faced in 1994 was uncannily similar. And the feelings of the players won’t have changed. ...read
EXCLUSIVE: After being criticised in these pages by Martin Samuel, the QPR manager responds in his own words... 'I'm angry, the whole club's angry, so now WE MUST WIN
MARK HUGHES: Make no mistake, Saturday's game with Southampton is massive for both sides and a potential launch pad for us in the Premier League. ...read
THE INSIDER: Carroll holds up Liverpool bid for Llorente as Sunderland eye loan move for Rose
Simon Jones is Sportsmail's man on the inside of all the major transfer moves this summer. Don't miss your daily Insider instalment here for Thursday, August 30. ...read
Clinton McKenzie: A pay day, but no pride for Britain as Haye's downfall is complete
In 2010, David Haye was heralded as the ‘Lord of the Ring’ by Sky Sports. It seemed he was the answer to all the ills of British boxing. So how has it come to this? ...read
Why Breaking Bad's Bryan is going to be 'mad as hell': Actor to make his London stage debut in theatre version of the film Network
The Breaking Bad actor Bryan Cranston is to make his London stage debut in a theatre version of the film Network. He will take on the role of fictional newsman Howard Beale from the 1976 film. ...read
JACI STEPHEN: Soggy bottoms latest... Pope Jude hasn’t got one
Pope Lenny is something of a loose cannon, among a lot of not-so-loose canons. He won’t let his image be used for commercial purposes. ...read
So can Britain's first reality TV pop star ever find happiness? After Will Young's dramatic walkout from Strictly ALISON BOSHOFF says his story shows the fake promise of instant fame
ALISON BOSHOFF: Amid the fallout of his shock decision to abruptly waltz away from Strictly, Will Young insisted he was ‘just dandy’. Indeed, jokingly... ...read
'No woman can be hit like this and stay with her man': Lindsay Lohan speaks out as dramatic pictures show star being chased by her Russian playboy ex who fights her for a phone in drunken rage
This is the moment actress Lindsay Lohan, 30, got into a heated argument with her fiance Egor Tarabasov - who chased after her before violently grabbing her on a beach in Mykonos, Greece. ...read
BEL MOONEY: How can I get my cheating ex out of my life?
This week, BEL MOONEY advises a young woman how she can tell an ex-boyfriend and the first man she's ever fallen in love with that past is the past and that he has to move on. ...read
I begged Jerry Hall to forgive me: The model whose pregnancy ended Mick Jagger's marriage reveals how she wrote a letter of apology to his wife - and secretly went to see her on stage
When Luciana got pregnant with Jagger’s son it proved to be the last straw for his wife, the long-suffering Jerry Hall. She says he now as more perspective, being married herself. ...read
What do your pyjamas say about you? Etiquette expert William Hanson reveals all (and it may be time to ditch that onesie!)
William says we should consider what our choice of bedtime fashion says about our hopes and dreams. He claims slippers are high-class, but says that sleeping naked means you're 'oversexed'. ...read
After years juggling demanding children with an even more demanding job, FEMAIL’s Lorraine Candy reveals in her last column how she finally found the secret of HAVING IT ALL
When she began writing a weekly working mum column for Femail seven years ago, Lorraine Candy had three children: Sky, then aged six, Gracie, five, and Henry, two. ...read
LIZ JONES: Something vital has vanished from TV - grubby reality
LIZ JONES: In December 2010, after the news that Jo Yeates had been murdered in Bristol, I had the bright idea of retracing her last steps for an article. Pictured: detectives investigating Jo's death. ...read
How I had to fight for 20 years to get my rapist jailed: Mother-of-two who was raped eight times in her own home was forced to BEG police to pursue her attacker
Mother-of-two Lynda Donnelly said she felt 'ridiculed' and treated 'like a fantasist' by London's Metropolitan Police as she fought to bring her rapist Pierre Bate to justice. ...read
My husband’s faking passion in bed: Rowan Pelling advises on a sexual dilemma
This lady's husband told her he never wants to have sex again. She is disappointed, and was shocked when he told her. Rowan advises talking sensitively to him - and being honest. ...read
The web's a dark place but there is one glimmer of hope
SANDRA PARSONS: Today's young woman has a wider selection of men from whom to choose — but if she isn't lucky enough to find her Mr Darcy at university or the office, she’s increasingly unlikely to meet him at all. ...read
ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Why I'm mad about the midi skirt
Demure but sexy, grown-up yet on-trend, the midi is a style to suit all women. ...read
'My breathlessness is causing me to panic when stressing with any task': Our expert reveals how YOU can help your lungs take up more oxygen
Terry Duncan from East Yorkshire used to smoke 30 cigarettes a day, which caused him to develop COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This limits the airflow to his lungs. ...read
DR ELLIE CANNON: Steps to relaxing your restless legs
Restless legs syndrome is a difficult condition to treat as the underlying cause is not fully understood. Sufferers usually have an irresistible desire to move, twitch or jerk their legs, particularly at night. ...read
Jane Clarke on braces: Blend in well for easy eating
Every Tuesday, Britain's leading nutritionist explains how to eat your way to health. This week Jane tackles braces and malted brown bread. ...read
DAN HYDE: Rethink this terrible tax on our livelihoods, our high streets and our communities
It's all very well for banks, supermarkets and coffee chains to moan about the taxes they pay - but they have it easy. The real victims are your local greengrocer, baker and cornershop owner. ...read
ASK TONY: TalkTalk put the phone line in my bedroom - now the TV doesn't work
I moved home last August and kept my TalkTalk account. An engineer came to set it up, but he put the main socket in my spare bedroom along with the broadband router. ...read
My wife is a retired teacher still saving into a private pot, will she be hit by new 'pension recycling' tax trick limit? Steve Webb explains
My wife is a recently retired schoolteacher and also has a private pension that she has paid into for many years. Will she be hit by new rules that aim to stop the 'pension recycling' tax trick? ...read
Ever wondered how your coins are made? LEE BOYCE takes a trip to the Royal Mint in Wales to find out (and discovers they are actually pickled...)
The Royal Mint, in South Wales, has opened a £9m visitor centre. It's a treasury trove of history and I think it is one of the most interesting visitor attractions in Britain. ...read
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Why it is right to shine a light on the good, the bad and the ugly insurance companies
I am all for greater transparency in the financial world, be it in terms of the charges taken from our pension funds or the propensity of an insurer to meet a claim on a policy. ...read
Britain's credit boom is heading into dangerous territory again, says SIMON WATKINS
Retail sales held up well in the last three months of last year – helping the economy along and allowing some to argue we have enjoyed a boom. ...read
'I received a £4k tax rebate for dodgy investments - but now HMRC wants it back': TONY HETHERINGTON investigates
'I dealt with Mis-sold Shares Limited, which recovered money for me from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, but now the tax office says this was a mistake and wants it back'. ...read
MINOR INVESTOR: Gold isn't an investment, it's a bet on people freaking out... but I wonder if it's time to buy that insurance
I get the reasons for buying gold, from a long-term store of value, to investment insurance policy, but I've never bought some. Recently, I've wondered whether it might be time to. ...read
Biography: Richard Browning, This is Money
Richard Browning is This is Money's Development Editor and author of How to Survive the Credit Crunch. ...read
VICTORIA BISCHOFF: NS&I may offer the best rates - but it also seems to be offering the most headaches
The Government-backed savings organisation will allow the bereaved to withdraw only up to £5,000 from a loved one's account without going through the lengthy and arduous process of probate. ...read
JON REES: Why were the experts so wrong about the impact of Brexit on the economy?
Did Osborne politicise the Treasury, or were the Treasury economists just wrong like so many of their peers? ...read
The robots that could soon be delivering your food: Just Eat boss reveals the future of takeaways
You might not think the holiday season is the best time of year for takeaway food, but according to David Buttress, chief executive of Just Eat, you’d be wrong. ...read
'I DOUBLED my pension money': How one man found out he deserved £19k a year - not £9.5k - after reading policy small print
Christmas has come early for John Begley – thanks to his financial adviser saving him from being locked into a pension income half the amount he was entitled to. ...read
Does your annuity have small print that says you can sell it? We found one example and experts say there’ll be more
Insurers are flouting the small print in their own contracts by refusing to let savers cash in their small annuities, Money Mail can reveal. ...read
RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: What if customers wrote the Ts & Cs? That would get companies to sharpen up
As consumers, we are endlessly signing contracts. But we’re the ones engaging companies, not the other way around. So what if it was we who wrote the terms and conditions? ...read
MYRA BUTTERWORTH: Letting fees ban won’t lower costs for renters - I’ve got a better solution…
The policy is designed to help the thousands of tenants paying hundreds of pounds in upfront fees But it will end up hurting the people it was designed to protect. ...read
Sheer joy of being a miserable old miser! JAMES CONEY on why he's proud to be a penny pincher
From the moment I became Money Mail editor, I became a tyrant of scrimping and saving. I despise waste, and I hate the profits that many firms make out of our apathy. ...read
Er, heard of ISIS, Jeremy? Hapless Corbyn says he doesn't understand why MI6 needs to recruit a thousand more spies
The Labour leader said he could not see why it was 'necessary' for MI6 to boost numbers and also dismissed the need to increase the defence budget. ...read
MONEY MORALS: My younger daughter's university fees are £17,000 higher than those of her elder sister. Should I pay the difference?
It doesn’t feel fair that one daughter is starting out in life with that extra burden through no fault of her own. But also I worry it might not seem fair to give one daughter £17,000 more than the other. ...read
REBECCA RUTT: Dear Broadband Providers, please stop treating us like morons, we're not as stupid as you think
Drum roll please…Vodafone has announced it has abolished the ghastly line rental charge and has freed its customers from paying it. But won't all providers have to do this soon? ...read
LAURA WHITCOMBE: I ordered a Warren Evans bed but only three-quarters of it turned up, so why was I told I'd have to wait ten days for the rest?
I spent last weekend frantically decorating my spare room ahead of the delivery of a new bed. Sadly - and frustratingly - things didn't to go to plan. ...read
MARC SHOFFMAN: Should we be worried about the 'institutionalisation' of crowdfunding and peer-to-peer?
Small businesses and individuals are flocking to the crowd to get projects or enterprises funded. But now big financial companies are muscling in. Is it all about to get too corporate? ...read
Bringing the Miami heat! Bethenny Frankel, 45, shows off her fit figure in strapless bikini as she enjoys her Florida beach vacation
The 45-year-old reality star looked to be in the best shape of her life as she walked on the beach. The Real Housewives Of New York vet had on a strapless bikini ...read
DOGBERRY: Barclays boss Jes Staley calls £200m loss on Italian bank branches a 're-shaping' of company
Constable Dogberry in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing mangles every word he utters - and so do many business leaders. We put the worst offenders in the dock. ...read
How to avoid a banking nightmare: Your rights, fraud and how to complain when things go wrong
Bank accounts are something most of us rely on every day but what happens when things go wrong? This is Money looks at your rights, fraud and how to complain. ...read
SAM DUNN: Leasehold is a lucrative way to stop people owning their home outright - it's time for a crackdown
There simply isn’t enough protection in place for leaseholders, despite the sterling work of the Leasehold Advisory Service. ...read
Don't miss out on FREE money... £4.5bn in loyalty points that could be spent on flights, holidays or days out lies unclaimed
Billions of pounds worth of retail loyalty points that could be spent on flights, holidays, days out or groceries are sitting idle on forgotten cards in wallets and purses. ...read
ED MONK: Do landlords really have a tax advantage? Yes and no - Will it be removed? No chance
Not everyone agrees there is a true advantage for landlords. That's because in another important way landlords pay more than the rest of us. ...read
ALISON KENNEDY INTERVIEW: Standard Life Investment's quiet Scot making a big noise over pay
Alison Kennedy caused a stir when she stood up at Barclays' annual general meeting in April and announced Standard Life would vote to reject its pay policy. ...read
MARKET REPORT: Halfords punctured by broker downgrade for European retailers
After a recent strong run helped by interest in the Tour de France’s visit to Britain, some cautious broker comment caused the chain to come off for bicycle and car parts retailer Halfords. ...read
Savers handed new tax-efficient way to get at their pension pots as officials flesh out upcoming retirement freedoms
People in work pensions are to be given a new tax-efficient option to take lump sums out of their savings pots when they wish as they approach retirement. ...read
Unemployed 18-year-old applies for £300 payday loan and is offered £500 - is this responsible lending?
He applied for a £300 loan through Cash Lady as an unemployed eighteen-year-old presuming that he’d be turned down. The result? They arranged a £500 loan. ...read
RICHARD DYSON: The house prices generation gap means the Bank of Gran and Grandad is good for £1trillion
The Bank of Mum and Dad is going bust, but the Bank of Gran and Grandad is flush with property wealth, a further sign of the great generational divide. ...read
DAN ATKINSON: Downturns may have prevented bust
Gordon Brown was committed to ending the cycle of ‘boom and bust’. Perhaps one or two small downturns may have saved us from the very large one that started in 2008. ...read
LISA BUCKINGHAM: Time to take a long hard look at the predatory payday loan gang
The OFT is about to write to the 50 largest payday lenders to point out where it thinks they may be falling short, but such moves are not enough. ...read
A final farewell: Three million readers helped us build up a website that's making a difference
Much has changed since I was made Editor of This is Money seven years ago. These seismic financial times help to explain a rise in readership from 300,000 to 3m. ...read
Barclays carries on regardless
Barclays' rewards appear all the more farcical because it was ex-boss John Varley who spearheaded the much-trumpeted Merlin deal, writes Lucy Farndon ...read
PETER HITCHENS: Putin already knows Trident is an obsolete monster. The real question is: DO YOU?
If Trident missile launches are so secret, why was I invited by the British Embassy in Washington to go and watch one in 1994?, asks PETER HITCHENS ...read
Enough with the steward's enquiry over the huntsman who said he'd like to 's***' a hunt saboteur who confronted him... it is NOT a crime to channel Jilly Cooper
For some reason, there is currently a stewards’ enquiry after footage of an exchange between a hunt saboteur and a huntsman went viral, which is ridiculous, writes RACHEL JOHNSON. ...read
BLACK DOG: BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg paid the price for the corporation's new-found parsimony as she was stuck in the cheap seats on her flight to the US with Theresa May
BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg paid the price for the Corporation’s new-found parsimony while accompanying Theresa May on her flight to the US last week after being having to st in the back. ...read
Wanted: A bitchy, rabid rottweiler to run Vogue (in case you're in any doubt, that's ME!), writes LIZ JONES as she warns that the influential magazine's new editor has a huge responsibility
When Alex Shulman announced last week that she was stepping down as editor of Vogue after 25 years, I started to feverishly search online for names rumoured to be in the mix as her successor. ...read
JAMES FORSYTH: It's Dave's summer barbecue - with Labour on the grill
The Opposition are in the middle of the most disastrous leadership contest . Tories can barely contain their glee that the shock new frontrunner is Jeremy Corbyn, writes JAMES FORSYTH. ...read
ASK ZELDA: Our relationships expert Zelda West-Meads answers your questions
I’ve suffered five years of abuse from his now ex-wife – the police have been involved many times. Imagine the worst sort of emotional torture in a psychological thriller and multiply it by a thousand. ...read
HEALTH: What is beauty parlour stroke syndrome?
The problem is caused when a blood clot forms due to pressure from the rim of the backwash basin damaging an artery at the back of the neck. ...read
BEAUTY CLINIC: TLC for 40-something dry ageing skin
It’s my birthday tomorrow - 40-something - and I’m feeling every one of those years. I am desperate for skincare to help my dry ageing skin. What do you advise? ...read
LIZ JONES'S DIARY: In which I realise what’s wrong with me
I feel this way because I’ve been stressed, for years. What has happened to me has been traumatic. It’s complex. ...read
HOROSCOPES: Time to be self-assertive!
There is a time to be open-minded and a time to push your own beliefs for all they are worth. This is one of the latter. ...read
BEAUTY BUZZ: make-up to motivate
If you’re detoxing, exercising and generally feeling deprived, some January payday make-up treats may be the way to maintain your motivation. ...read
Mimi Spencer's fabulous 5:2 beach diet: Super-simple fridge gazpacho
As fine a summer soup as you could imagine. It matters that the tomatoes are ripe and flavourful. It matters that you eat this fresh from the fridge. After that, nothing else matters at all. ...read
Abandon ship! Moyes and his men are sinking without trace so don't let them take you down too... and prepare for 'aerial playmaker' Carroll's return
FANTASY FRIDAY: Welcome to Sportsmail's weekly Fantasy Football column which will try to help you get the edge on your friends, family and Jamie Redknapp. ...read
I've joined ghastly Corbyn's Labour. And if you believe in democracy, you should do the same
Scottish Daily Mail columnist CHRIS DEERIN has just joined the Labour Party. He says the 'abomination that is Jeremy Corbyn's leadership' has forced him to declare his hand. ...read
Why we, not the State, should look after elderly parents: SARAH VINE says it's a moral duty to care for them
For this new generation of baby boomers, the idea of co-existing with those whose values they were so busy rebelling against seemed anathema. The irony is, of course, that it is they who now need help. ...read
DOMINIC LAWSON: Mr and Mrs Shah's corner shop and a tax rise that could leave us all poorer
DOMINIC LAWSON's local corner shop, run by Nita and Kishore Shah, is a hub of the community and featured in the film The Iron Lady, pictured. Now, it is about to receive a shattering blow. ...read
Reckless romantic or victim of her own self-destruction? 5 questions we want answering after this week’s mesmerising episode of Apple Tree Yard, by JIM SHELLEY
Inevitably episode two of the BBC’s stylish, steamy, thriller Apple Tree Yard left us as hungry for more as its heroine. ...read
What's the truth about Gina Miller? A loss-making company. False claims about a law degree. And critics who say she's a shameless self-publicist...
Gina Miller is a former model turned businesswoman who 'won a political victory over Brexiteers'. But others see her as a shameless publicity seeker, writes RUTH SUNDERLAND. ...read
Daring. Decisive. A hint of steel. Truly, May's momentous speech was like watching the Iron Lady in full flight, writes DOMINIC SANDBROOK
If Theresa May’s actions live up to her fine words, if her optimism proves well placed and if Britain does indeed prosper after 2019, then she will surely command a high place in our national story. ...read
Going in would have been a calamity: MICHAEL BURLEIGH says it is nonsense that Britain holds some responsibility for the horrors in Syria after not intervening
The violent endgame in Aleppo is 'dreadful', but Britain being responsible for 'not intervening three years ago' is 'nonsense', writes MICHAEL BURLEIGH. ...read
Who knew Ed could be so charming? ESTHER RANTZEN says it's been a ball watching the unlikely Strictly star
Which programme dominated the schedules this weekend? No prizes for guessing. Strictly reigned supreme. Why? One unfair advantage. Strictly had Ed Balls, writes ESTHER RANTZEN. ...read
Article 50 WILL trigger economic pain and uncertainty, writes pro-leave advocate MARK LITTLEWOOD, as he calls for end to 'Brexit blame game'
Last week’s Autumn Statement was dominated by the same story that has overlayed every piece of economic news and activity since the decision by the British people to vote Leave back in June. ...read
How 'child' migrants are straining the care system - and British children are paying the price
Some time ago, I was sitting at a table with ten foster parents in West London and learned that nine of them were looking after asylum-seeking children, HARRIET SERGEANT writes. ...read
JAMES SLACK: If this was a 'good night', then the Left's in a very dark place
Jeremy Corbyn’s (pictured) own rather desperate analysis of the election results was that Labour ‘hung on’. This is just about true, writes JAMES SLACK. ...read
Boss who's an old hand at the dark arts of PR: Like her heroine Elizabeth I, British business chief possesses striking copper hair and a deft political touch
Once asked to name her favourite historical figure, British Chambers of Commerce president Nora Senior named Elizabeth I, describing her as ‘a most able politician, passionate about her people.’ ...read
Why does Dave revere brassy women? The PM loves making glamorous women tsars to fix everything from trade to teaching. But why do they have to be so brash?
We are told that 43-year-old Michelle Mone will travel the country looking into the barriers that disadvantaged young people face in setting up their own companies, writes MELISSA KITE. ...read
Goodbye to the man who could never admit he got it all wrong: SIMON HEFFER on how Ed Balls never shed his reputation for slipperiness and political thuggery
He was one of the architects of Labour’s economic policy that helped engineer the worst crash since 1931, with public debt doubling and the stock market plunging, writes SIMON HEFFER. ...read
PICTURED: Horrific moment a car is written off trapping the driver inside after smashing into the back of an ambulance on the way to a call-out and pushing it into a tree
The sedan driver, who pushed the ambulance off the road and into a tree in Alice Springs, had to be cut out of his car over several hours before he could be rushed to hospital for treatment. ...read
Tamara Ecclestone's ex-lover arrested over claim he stole her gems and tried to sell them
Businessman Omar Khyami, 40, whose two-and-a-half year relationship with the socialite ended in acrimony in 2012, was detained after theft allegations were made to police this week. ...read
I’ll stand against Salmond in the Scottish Parliament over NHS 'lies' says Gordon Brown
The former PM said: ‘If he continues to peddle this deception then I will want to join Johann Lamont in fighting him and securing the return of a Labour Government as quickly as possible.’ ...read
Greece, glorious Greece: Finding family holiday heaven on Halkidiki's 'middle finger'
Sithonia, the so-called middle finger of the peninsulas which hang down from the northern Greek mainland, is an ideal place for a family break, as Jack Doyle discovers. ...read
The pretty perfection of Palm Springs: Charlize, Sinatra and the timeless sophistication of California's desert classic
It is the corner of California that has long lured the stars - from aces of the tennis court to cinematic greats. Glenys Roberts finds a car and goes east to Palm Springs. ...read
Ministers reject food banks' 20million meals figure: Charities in row with Government after it emerges half of meals are handed out to good causes such as lunch clubs
Sources close to Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith have disputed the charities’ figures, which claim 500,000 children are not receiving an acceptable diet. ...read
How can the high priestess of abortion support the barbarity of terminating a baby just because she's a girl?
KATHY GYNGELL: How can the so-called feminist 'sisterhood' defend the destruction of female foetuses being aborted because of their gender? ...read
Why doesn't Stephen Fry call for a ban on Russian music, theatre and all performing arts?
ADRIAN HILTON: 'An absolute ban on the Russian Winter Olympics of 2014 on Sochi is simply essential,' says Stephen Fry in an impassioned letter to the Prime Minister and the International Olympic Committee. ...read
The teacher who changed my life: In this moving tribute to his old English master, who's just died, CLIVE ASLET says his one regret is he never thanked him
A fortnight ago I heard that the English master who taught me at school, the great Frank Miles, had died, aged 92. I say great — he was great to us, the ones for whom reading came to matter so much as a result of his highly individual influence. ...read
'Gordon the Gopher could've done a better job!' Phil and Holly's funeral coverage falls flat for ITV and Sky's man gets a handbagging
Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby were out of their depth while covering Baroness Thatcher's funeral, says PAUL CONNOLLY - but Sky News's Tom Parmenter fared even worse. ...read
On the 20th anniversary of the first mobile phone text message... How texting made history but ruined our language- and plenty of marriages!
DAVID THOMAS: The average Briton now sends around 50 texts a week and is more likely to text friends and family than talk to them. Here are some of the most outrageous, newsworthy, moving and shocking texts from the past two decades. ...read
Wake up, America! Justice must be done for Trayvon Martin
LINDSAY JOHNS: Every American should be incensed and repulsed by the shocking case of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed teenager slain by a neighbourhood watchman. ...read
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ANNA SMITH: We cannot begin to imagine the final hours of little Declan Hainey. How many more have to die before the policy is changed not to give drug addict parents their children? ...read
The Liberal Democrats, with or without Dr Cable at the helm, would steer us onto the rocks
DR ROBERT LEFEVER: Dr Cable should resign from his Cabinet post, standing for the leadership and then returning to the position that he occupied before ...read
Damian Green is dragging the dysfunctional student visa system into the daylight. About time too.
JANICE ATKINSON-SMALL: Listening to the BBC's grilling of Damian Green, one would think HE was the one here on an illegal visa. ...read
Keeping debt problems secret won't cure them. We need to strip away the shame around financial struggles
DOMINIQUE JACKSON: The longer people struggle on alone with unmanageable debt, the more unmanageable it is bound to become ...read
The Paralympics celebrate the strength of disabled people – as do all the protests that accompany them
SONIA POULTON: Let us remember that away from the splendour of the Olympic Stadium, our disabled people have been treated as anything but heroes. ...read
Dumas: 'Without euro exit, Germany will soon be in big trouble'
M E SYNON: A new analysis by the totally excellent economist Charles Dumas of Lombard Street Research suggests Germany should not, perhaps cannot, afford the euro. ...read
Paul Ryan's rousing speech in Tampa has cemented Medicare as the big issue splitting voters
DIANA FURCHTGOTT-ROTH: Ryan's attack on President Obama and his defence of Republican principles has the Democrats wishing that Hurricane Isaac had hit Tampa instead of New Orleans. ...read
Is there life on Planet Clegg? Yes, but it cannot add up
NICK WOOD: The so-called Deputy Prime Minister has today come out with another bucket of moonshine. Only a few months after signing off a cut in top rate income tax, he now wants a new wealth tax, intended to get the rich to cough up billions. ...read
America's middle class is shrinking. So who is to blame?
BRIAN DARLING: Some partisans will try to blame President George W. Bush. Some others will try to blame Obama. Yet the answer is much more complicated than putting the blame on one party, or one president. ...read
Patients missing appointments - maybe they never needed them?
JULIA MANNING: The figures for the number of people not turning up for NHS appointments were revealed over the bank holiday weekend – one in ten people don’t attend an appointment. ...read
Brace yourselves: Argentina's president Cristina Kirchner is on the political attack
DAVID HARDING: As her popularity falls even lower, Argentinian president Cristina Kirchner is looking to exploit anti-British feeling. This may not be her proudest moment... ...read
Don't look now Dave and Damian - but your crew is mutinying
NIGEL JONES: The Titanic is an apt metaphor for where the Tories are heading under Captain Cameron's leadership. His maiden voyage, the Coalition, is steering straight for the iceberg. ...read
Romney/Ryan turn back the magical thinking of Obama
JAMES LUCIER: Romney/Ryan have taken the line of common sense, the line of reality-based thinking, as opposed to magical thinking. This is a line which says, "I am, therefore I think." ...read
Why won't the BBC come clean over its bias against Israel - a moral country that deserves our support?
ALEX SINGLETON: Almost the entire Left-wing establishment in this country, including the BBC, has an warped and profoundly wrong view of the Middle East. ...read
Greece moves closer to the Eurozone’s exit door
RUTH LEA: Over the next few years the Eurozone could shrink to a “core” of rich nations or it could break up altogether. The dream of European unity would then lie in tatters. ...read
The Syrian uprising is an opportunity for the Israeli Air Force
ALLAN MALLINSON: With the Assad regime imploding, Syria's air defences could be seriously degraded, and Southern Syria may well now be the IAF’s most feasible route into Iran via Iraq. ...read
Am I the only person who thinks Pussy Riot should have been jailed?
MARK DOOLEY: Imagine that rather than invade a Christian church, Pussy Riot decided to perform their 'punk prayer' in a mosque. Do you think Western politicians would be queuing up to support them then? ...read
The Government must keep fighting the Big Brother state - starting with a review of the last decade's surveillance orgy
MATTHEW ELLIOTT: The Coalition parties made surveillance a key issue before the election. Now they are running out of time to finish the reforming work they have started - and protect our privacy. ...read
The Tories need renewal not reshuffle
SIMON RICHARDS: With the Coalition floundering, there's no doubt that a reshuffle is long overdue, but, of course, the heads which ought to roll will emerge unscathed from the rearrangement. ...read
Many a man needs killing and many a lie needs to be exposed, but killers and tale-bearers do not necessarily deserve respect
THOMAS FLEMING: So far as I am concerned Julian Assange should be prosecuted for treason: he was not only disloyal to his country but he violated the rules of the game. ...read
Over the next few years, George Osborne might not be Mr Popular, but he may be Mr Right
MITCH FEIERSTEIN: In February 2010, twenty economists published a letter in the Sunday Times calling on George Osborne to begin spending cuts a year earlier than planned. ...read
The Cabinet needs a reshuffle: It's time for the PM to stand up to Ken Clarke
CHRIS MONCRIEFF: If the Prime Minister wants to reshuffle his Cabinet, he should do it his way and not allow himself to be influenced by stubborn colleagues, however venerable and illustrious. ...read
Lord Morris’s Disability Act stands as an exceptional example of political compassion and humanity
ABHIJIT PANDYA: One of the first duties of man, beyond himself and his family, is to the welfare and improvement of common humanity. Lord Morris’ legislation was one of the finest examples of this. ...read
Tony Nicklinson is paying a high but necessary price for a civilised society that protects its most vulnerable
GEORGE PITCHER: Yesterday's High Court judgment is first and foremost a terrible blow for Tony Nicklinson, who is paralysed from the neck down after a stroke and can communicate only by blinking. ...read
Whatever your views on gay marriage, the debate should be dignified and sensitive
Last night RUPERT MYERS saw the Catholic journalist Milo Yiannopoulos argue bravely and honestly for a number of things, including against gay marriage. ...read
Cameron ditches House of Lords reform, and it's going to play havoc with the Coalition
KIRSTY WALKER: At a time when the country is gripped with Olympic fever, few ordinary people will be interested in the latest developments on House of Lords reform and boundary commission changes. ...read
Wrong questions, Mr Hammond. You are asking the wrong questions
WILLIAM FORBES: Mr Hammond is reported as saying that he "would rather fire soldiers than go to war with poor equipment" – but that is not the choice. ...read
People will happily borrow to pay for the trappings of the modern wedding, but all you really need is a pledge of love
FRANCESCA PREECE: Getting married is not about paying for a lavish ceremony. Maybe McCartney was right all along... Can’t Buy Me Love, everybody tells me so. ...read
Soon all sex offenders leaving jail will have to take a lie-detector test. How long until someone cries 'human rights'?
STEPHEN LEVINSON: The Government believes the law is bomb-proof, but unless great care is taken it could wind up facing claims of privacy infringement. ...read
The state makes for a bad parent. The number of children it brings up should be kept to a minimum
HARRY PHIBBS: As children leaving care are more likely to end up in prison than university the Government has rightly confirmed its determination to reduce the number of children in care. ...read
This summer of patriotic fervour suggests a change in the tone of British culture
PETER WHITTLE: With the Jubilee celebrations behind us and the Olympics round the corner, what is this summer of celebration telling us about the state of British patriotism? ...read
Ireland has now passed the point where it can honestly be deemed an independent country
A sober-minded observer of Irish history is unable to watch Ireland’s elective slouch into Euro-mediocrity without profound dismay. Ireland’s ‘Yes’ to the fiscal compact is its ‘No’ to the more strenuous but more honourable path of recovering the responsibilities of self-government. ...read
Ignore reports that say otherwise, Mitt Romney is winning big after Super Tuesday
CHARLIE WOLF: Where has this perception - myth even come from? The perception that Mitt Romney hasn't sealed the deal. Yes, he may have won the all important Ohio Primary by just 1 percentage point, but a win is a win. ...read
PHILIP NORMAN: What IS Sooty doing in The King's Speech?
Like almost every ‘period’ film nowadays, and certainly every British one, Philip Norman argues that the King's Speech is riddled with preposterous historical distortions, over-simplifications and out-of-period anachronisms. ...read
Alien sex? It’s history but not as we know it, writes CRAIG BROWN
It can’t be long before The History Channel comes up with a show in which Nostradamus and Bigfoot jointly pilot a UFO to Atlantis to have sex with ancient aliens, writes CRAIG BROWN. ...read
Sleep, the final frontier: Astronauts suffer serious insomnia while in space - and it could be putting their lives in danger
The Harvard study found that around 75 per cent of astronauts resorted to sleeping pills during spaceflight, raising concerns about the effect the drugs may be having on their performance. ...read
MARKET WATCH: The student fees hike is bursting a rental bubble
The great university bubble is deflating fast as one in ten A-level students say higher tuition fees next year have put them off the whole idea. ...read
Brendon McCullum: Steve Smith will live to regret Ben Stokes dismissal... he missed chance to strike blow for spirit of cricket
BRENDON MCCULLUM: It’s probably too early in Steve Smith’s captaincy career to appreciate this but one day he’ll look back at the Ben Stokes dismissal at Lord's on Saturday. ...read
PAULO COELHO: The wisdom of the old
An old blackbird found a piece of bread and flew off with it. When they saw this, the younger birds pursued him in order to attack. Confronted by imminent battle, the blackbird dropped the piece. ...read
There's no engine, no gears and you can't actually own one. But is this sleek little car the shape of motoring to come?
Being engine-less, gearbox-less and driveshaft-less, immediately the Rasa starts to score brownie points. ...read
With superb acting from Andrew Garfield and extraordinary battle scenes, Hacksaw Ridge is a brilliant return to form for director Mel Gibson
Everyone knows that Hollywood loves a comeback. Even so, the rehabilitation of Mel Gibson is astonishing. Ten years ago his career seemed over. But slowly he's clawing his way back. ...read
All wheat and no chaff: Why the wonderful Wheatsheaf has been luring me back for six years
The Wheatsheaf is that rarest of pubs, a place so dependable that you can set your watch by it. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: 'My 21st appearance on Question Time. Do I get a carriage clock or something?'
It was a fun, feisty show notable for the fact I never once got booed, even when I defended Donald Trump. In fact, highly unusually, I got loudly applauded for virtually everything I said. ...read
DEBORAH ROSS: Gosh, Emily watch out for those germs!
The first episode’s ending comes and smacks you round the chops. Don’t want to say too much, in case you’ve yet to watch, but it’s truly shocking and you won’t see it coming. You won’t. ...read
The time lords: The gadgets ruling the smartwatch market look just like the real thing
After years of smartwatches that look like Star Trek communicators, guess which ones are actually selling? Yep, it’s watches that look like actual watches. ...read
Wagner: A mesmerising composer. A monstrous anti-Semite. And, says Simon Callow in his delightful biography, a self-destructive rebel
Wagner is loved and loathed in roughly equal measures. His music has been compared by the doubters to the noise of a finger rubbed round the edge of a glass, or a cat scampering over a piano. ...read
Deft staging and some smouldering duets can't disguise the flat-footed storytelling that sucks the life out of Death Takes A Holiday
If only this charming chamber piece had dared to go for the jugular. Trapped between death and life, it is nothing like deadly nor animated enough. ...read
The Pierre Fournier Edition provides almost the entire popular cello repertoire superbly played in good sound by the 'aristocrat of cellists'
The Pierre Fournier Edition celebrates the life of a great musician known as the ‘aristocrat of cellists’ because of his graceful playing and nobility of bearing. ...read
Alsatian with serious bite: What do you drink with a big spicy curry? An intense fruity wine from Alsace of course
The vineyards of Alsace are like the hidden album of an iconic band that deserves greater acclaim. ...read
Male pattern boldness: This curious selection of colourful but lesser-known artists displays some vibrant talents. But why no women?
The Saatchi Gallery’s premise for its new show, Painters’ Painters, is rather weak and borderline euphemistic. Isn't a 'painters' painter' just a good creator who has never appealed widely? ...read
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- 'It's my worst nightmare': Bianca Gascoigne's boyfriend CJ Meeks reveals he was planning to PROPOSE before CBB tryst with Jamie O'Hara
- 'It means the world to me!': Mischa Barton thanks fans for their support following her shocking 'meltdown' Mischa Barton has written a heartfelt post
- Helen Flanagan insists motherhood won't prevent her from doing glamour shoots... as her returning Corrie character Rosie Webster is set for fling
- 'It's my new bald pussy': Cheeky Katie Price shocks as she welcomes new feline to the family... but says she's kept it a secret from husband Kieran
- Taking centre-stage! Billie Piper looks chic in flirty semi-sheer dress as she scoops Best Actress at The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards in London
- 'I'll have a plate of pancakes before I go out': Pregnant Natalie Portman talks eating for two as she shows off baby bump at Jimmy Kimmel Live
- Effortlessly stylish! Rebecca Gayheart keeps things comfortable in pinstripe dress and sneakers for solo outing Spotted flying solo
- She's no stick in the mud! Queen Maxima smiles as she embraces the great outdoors during a visit to a wind farm in the Netherlands Queen of Netherlands
- Style princess! Mary puts on a strong sartorial display as she joins designers at Copenhagen Fashion Week Royal was resplendent
- EXCLUSIVE 'The diva demands are off the scale': Jonathan Cheban has Celebs Go Dating producers in a spin as he insists on jets and a five-star hotel
- 'I am so proud!': Khloe Kardashian posts smoldering closeup to announce launch a second collection for 'all sizes' Good American brand
- PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Amber Rose puts on an eye-popping display as she shows off her curvaceous derriere in a thong bikini on the beach in Hawaii
- No one getting happy anymore? David Cassidy blames diminishing Partridge Family royalties for bankruptcy as court looks to end Chapter 11
- 'People are so quick to judge!' Maria Fowler SLAMS trolls who claim she altered bikini snaps showing off two and a half stone weight loss after giving birth to Evie
- 'It won't be like Charlene's': Kylie Minogue talks about wedding to Joshua Sasse as she insists her bridal gown won't mimic 80s Neighbours creation
- 'Red hair wannabe': Olivia Newton-John's daughter Chloe Lattanzi, 31, debuts new fiery red hair in ANOTHER busty selfie Emulating Ginger Spice
- Karlie Kloss 'cancels' TV appearance after no guarantee they WON'T ask about Taylor Swift... but the model seems carefree as she steps out in Sydney
- Carrying on the Dylan dynasty: Bob Dylan's hunky grandson Levi opens up about his burgeoning fame as he stars on the cover of V Man
- 'Simon Cowell told me we would break up after two weeks': Bachelorette vet Trista Sutter reveals many doubted she'd stay with Ryan
- Casual class! Kate Beckinsale, 43, cuts an effortlessly stylish figure in slouchy cardigan, leggings and biker boots as she steps out for shopping trip
- Make-up free Jennifer Garner cuts a casual figure in plaid shirt and jeans as she strolls along with James Corden Unlikely friends
- 'I was really anxious': Charley Webb discusses returning to Emmerdale after maternity leave... as she teases dramatic upcoming storyline
- 'Caben gave me something to live for': Stephanie Davis admits Friday 13th baby pulled her back from suicide... as she reveals paternity test is booked
- Going natural! Kendra Wilkinson looks far different from her Playboy days as she's seen makeup-free after gym session Got noticed as a teen
- EXCLUSIVE 'He's looking forward to getting his side across': Jamie O'Hara enjoys post-CBB night out with dad as he vows to tell all on ex Danielle Lloyd
- 'Mom': Evan Ross the artist draws Diana Ross days after sketching wife Ashlee Simpson Revealed a lovingly detailed drawing of his famous mother
- Winona Ryder cuts a low-key figure as she's spotted for the first time since sending the internet into a frenzy with wild facial expressions at SAGs
- EXCLUSIVE: Mary Tyler Moore was tormented by a string of medical emergencies and 'domestic disputes' with husband Dr. Robert Levine in her final years
- Loose Women's Saira Khan blasts Nigel Farage for defending Trump's travel ban as viewers mock 'out of her depth' Katie Price for staying silent
- 'It was hurtful to my career': Sienna Miller wishes she had been 'savvy and smarter' during her party girl days Only just recovering
- 'It feels like we are jumping off a cliff!' Morgan Freeman weighs in on his hopes for the Trump presidency He has played POTUS twice
- PICTURE EXCLUSIVE Wet and wild Kim! Kardashian squeals with shock as she attempts to take a dip in a waterfall while wearing a bikini
- 'Worst day of my parenting life': Pregnant Helen Skelton reveals she was 'asked to leave' a playgroup in France after her 19-month-old suffered a screaming fit
- Rip up your invite, Bella! The Weeknd takes relationship with Selena Gomez to the next level as he 'makes her his official plus one for Grammys weekend'
- Pucker up! Jemma Lucy and Chantelle Connelly are uncharacteristically dressed down in baggy jumpers as they share a cheeky kiss on night out
- Cheers to us! Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt pucker up on romantic date night after leaving CBB house The Hills stars couldn't keep their hands off
- Lauren Goodger's jailbird boyfriend Joey Morrison 'once dated Bianca Gascoigne and her TOWIE co-star Billi Mucklow'... AND he has a secret daughter
- A walk on the wide side! Camila Cabello shows off toned figure in baggy trousers and crop top as she promotes solo career in London after Fifth Harmony exit
- Prima ballerina! Former dancer Hailey Baldwin slips back en pointe for photo shoot She wore the pink shoes in a behind the scenes snap
- Model in training! Heidi Klum looks chic in silky black top as she goes shopping with lookalike daughter Leni, 12, in West Hollywood In a silky black camisole
- Giddy-up! Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards shares photos from Santa Barbara horse ranch getaway with daughter
- The ring's on again! Leggy Charlotte Dawson packs on the PDA as she puckers up to beau Matt Sarsfield during date night in Manchester Sporting huge diamond
- 'I lived in my car for a couple of weeks': Emmerdale's Natalie J Robb reveals she was homeless in her early days as a struggling actress in London
- Sensational in her strapless top! Keke Palmer shows off cleavage in teeny bustier as she makes Today appearance Working it
- Prankster put Drake's lavish mansion up for sale for $20 million in scam property listing after pretending to be rapper's manager Take care, Drake
- 'Women like me are NOT represented here': Radio 1 DJ Clara Amfo accuses top braiding salon of 'cultural appropriation' after they offer her free styling
- 'If you're intelligent you'll read between the lines': Ray J discusses infamous sex tape that catapulted Kim Kardashian to fame... as he calls Kris a 'hustler'
- Paris Hilton's tycoon ex-boyfriend is cleared over claims he broke his word over an £11.5m deal 'made with an ex-Guards officer over dinner'
- 'I want smaller breasts - but my husband says he'd divorce me!' Amanda Redman reveals she hates the ageing process and WOULD get surgery
- Love Island's Malin Andersson shows off her stunning two stone weight loss in an array of stylish bikinis following her cheating humiliation
- Did Bianca Gascoigne and Jamie O'Hara have sex in the CBB house?Jedward declare 'condoms are missing' amid reports intimate scenes weren't aired
- Undateables fans hail returning star Richard a 'hero' after he flexes his muscles and jokes his 'handicap is autism' on mini golf date His 'handicap is autism'
- Courtroom queen Judge Judy suits up in royal purple for dinner to celebrate pal Alan Alda's 81st birthday The legal celebrity looked a million dollars
- Ryan Reynolds jokes about going to Disneyland WITHOUT his daughter after trip there with wife Blake Lively 'Obsessed with Mickey'
- Camilla cuts a glamorous figure in her trusty tweed coat for a charity engagement in rainy Bath Opted for her favourite tweed coat dress
- 'I was too fat for Australia's Next Top Model': I'm A Celebrity's Tegan Martin reveals her 'borderline eating disorder' and admits she 'starved herself'
- Looking al-RITA! Ora looks pretty pleased with her new balayage tousled hairstyle as she loses a few inches at salon in West Hollywood Changing up her look
- Shamed Made In Chelsea's Olivia Bentley teases a glimpse of cleavage as she reunites with co-star Tiffany Watson following drugs shame
- 'It was one of the most painful things ever': Piers Morgan urges men to wear them so they can 'tower over women even more' Foot in mouth
- Kanye West, Justin Bieber and Drake 'all plan on boycotting this year's Grammy Awards' Artists believe the awards are not 'relevant or representative'
- SPOILER ALERT: Geordie Shore's Aaron makes SHOCK entrance to EOTB as ex Maisie is forced to REMIND him of their one-night stand... before binning her
- Cheer up, she's on her way home! Kanye West looks glum following dinner with pals... as wife Kim Kardashian returns from family weekend in Costa Rica
- 'He can't be gone': Bianca Gascoigne left devastated as love interest Jamie O'Hara is handcuffed and EVICTED from the CBB house in shock twist
- 'I cried for 24 hours': Phil Neville's wife Julie reveals how the couple pledged to give their daughter 'every chance' after cerebral palsy diagnosis
- Getting cosy? Charlotte Crosby and shirtless Stephen Bear heat up their 'friendship' as they giggle and cuddle up in bed for steamy Snapchat
- 'Stick to real issues whilst wearing see-through clothing': Spencer Matthews takes cheap swipe at former MIC co-star Ashley James
- Sheer beauty! Amber Heard steps out in see-through white blouse and skinny black jeans in LA Divorce was finalised just weeks ago
- Three's a crowd! Cara Delevingne nails casual chic as she cosies up to actor Stephen Dorff and Ryan Ross at Wheeler after-party in Los Angeles
- Megan McKenna dazzles in retro silk shirt as she steps out with her glam co-stars to film TOWIE in Tenerife... alongside estranged beau Pete Wicks
- How Stavros Flatley's Demi lost more than THREE stones on ITV's Sugar Free Farm after an MRI scan of his famous belly showed it could kill him
- Interrupting date night? Iggy Azalea is spotted sneaking out the back of a Beverly Hills eatery with rumoured new beau LJay Currie A week after making out
- Getting Legolas? Orlando Bloom joins Elijah Wood and Dominic Monaghan as he reunites with the Lord Of The Rings cast to shoot arrows with cutlery
- Doctor Who? James Bond actor Ben Whishaw is among those tipped to take over from Peter Capaldi but who else is in the running?
- 'It's happening!': This Is Us star Mandy Moore announces TV version of her hit animated movie Tangled will debut in March on Disney Channel
- Pamela Anderson, 49, puts on a sizzling display as she showcases her famous assets in a plunging fishtail dress during night out in Germany
- Cover girl Caprice reveals her figure still has plenty of va-va-voom as she flaunts her curves in sexy lingerie from her latest collection
- Robin Thicke 'has only seen son Julian, six, once' since judge awarded temporary sole custody to ex Paula Patton Supervised visits
- Gambling addiction. An ex-wife who wed a stranger. Now's he's dating his children's nanny. How Jeremy Kyle's own life is as bizarre as his TV show