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26 May 2008

• A new tax on every household to pay for community policing
• Pupils can take an A-level in being a teenager under new exam board plans
• Fishier and fishier... Now boat captain voices doubts over shark couple's 'ordeal'
• Inter Milan to appoint former Chelsea boss Mourinho this week
• Why men HAVE to conquer the Xbox
• The crew of HMS Lusty let their hair down...the day after a visit from the Queen
• Pictured: The fleet of 'mobile cages' to round up illegal migrants ... it's just one truck
• MP seeks meeting after jail report
• Hatton holds out for perfect venue
• Come in No.39: Premier League summit puts extra game back on the agenda
• Woolies spins CDs into the past as it plans to stop selling singles
• Man critical after street stabbing
• Tottenham in fight with Chelsea and Liverpool for want-away Bentley
• So why HAS Jodie Foster left her lesbian lover of 15 years?
• Hape set for Bath switch
• Why American tennis pin-up Ashley has the naked ambition to succeed
• Impatient Blackburn Bentley driven by a burning ambition
• Families ration their fun as the credit crunch bites by cutting back on beer and eating out
• Ronaldo 'happy' at United
• Reading winger Stephen Hunt ruled out of Ireland's clash with Colombia
• Health and safety zealots tell youngster her 2ft paddling pool needs a lifeguard
• Woolworths to stop selling CD singles
• Rooney to play role in the hole for England against USA at Wembley
• Barry should join Liverpool - Rogers
• British Telecom pay £1.75million for call-centre fraud
• Unsafe conditions play havoc as falls mar meetings at Leicester and Redcar
• Educating Macca... Sir Paul awarded honorary music degree by Yale University
• Turner's Earners - The top tips for Tuesday's racing
• Tighter consumer protection laws
• I'd Do Anything to be Madonna: The 'Nancys' as you've never seen them before
• Weld to make Casual Conquest Derby decision on Thursday
• Pictured: Amy lashes out at photographers after missing prison visit with Blake
• Girl, 13, killed by falling tree as she played with friends in Bank Holiday sunshine
• BBC plans to send more than 100 staff, including 'wally in a brolly' Steve McClaren, to Euro 2008
• Taxi driver arrested as young mother dies falling out of moving cab after row over fare
• Fancy seeing you here: Jack Tweed follows ex-girlfriend Jade Goody to Marbella on 'lads holiday'
• Fire service that held 'non-white' open days hires just ONE ethnic minority recruit
• Bentley relishing challenge
• Olympic hopeful, 12, dies after falling from horse at cross country event
• Grandmother of murdered Harry Potter star says 'Britain is spiralling out of control' as man is charged with murder
• Browne hails progress in Afghanistan on the same day as another British soldier is killed on duty
• Torrential rains make UK's mud-covered race to become the big cheese a dangerous sport
• G8 ministers urge 50% emissions cut
• Strauss leads the way as England's top six get the job done
• Pictured: Is this the tackiest Big Brother house yet?
• Every adult in Britain should be forced to carry 'carbon ration cards', say MPs
• Chip off the old block: Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin's daughter Ireland looks just like her mother
• Strauss leads record-breakers to Old Trafford triumph with sublime century
• Gannon's Wembley jinx is over as Stockport reach League One
• Strauss guides England towards win
• Mugabe 'would accept run-off defeat to Tsvangirai'
• Quartet withdraw from Scotland including Spurs star Hutton and City striker McFadden
• USA's Beasley hoping to get one over England's old City pal Joe
• Call to adopt 'carbon credits' plan
• Fuel duty convoy to jam the capital
• Rain fails to dampen cheese rolling
• Sporting on this day - May 27
• Man drowns in Bank Holiday dinghy accident after wife tips over boat trying to retrieve rucksack from water
• Sporting birthdays - May 27
• Worse for wear Naomi Campbell parties at close of Cannes...and reveals her bald patch
• Howard: Toffees must splash the cash
• Promotion is O'Driscoll's cup of tea
• England bowling legend Gough says first-class career is nearly over
• Tory jobless youth 'boot camp' plan
• Pictured: Monty Don makes his first public appearance following stroke and insists he 'will make a full recovery'
• Guilty: The illegal immigrant who murdered student with a cricket bat just weeks after being released by police
• Minister slams Children's Commissioner for talking 'nonsense' about knife crime
• Hospital set to make £3million charging patients and relatives for parking
• We've moved on from the Champions League final and Chelsea skipper Terry will come back even stronger, says England team-mate Hargreaves
• Move over Becks, the new DB is ready rule on England's right flank
• House prices continue to fall
• There's been no contact with Blues and Mancini is happy at Inter, claims advisor
• Taxpayers pay £1,000 a week to store 15,000 wheelie bins in a field - while councillors decide what to do with them
• Introducing the new line in home security - Titan the £65,000 pure bred guard dog
• Skydiver's 130,000ft space plunge foiled ... after his giant balloon floats off without him
• First model of the Titanic built from ship's original plans will set you back a cool £1.3m
• Reclusive Michael Jackson parties with Britney and Fergie... but refuses to sing
• Pictured: The amazing portraits of Elvis and Madonna made entirely from bar codes
• Strauss scores 50 again as England head towards Second Test triumph
• Pompey boss Redknapp watches French Cup final as he eyes his summer targets
• Angry lorry drivers bring traffic chaos to London roads with capital's largest-ever fuel protest
• Former Celtic target Lafferty joins Derby's Miller back on Rangers' radar
• Leotards and fishnets: Girls Aloud don day-glo lycra for raunchy onstage look
• Monty the man for resurgent England
• SCREEN BREAK: Give me the golf, no sleepers and a Brucie bonus
• Yeung still keen on taking full control of Blues, says right-hand man Yu
• Agent rules out Guus Hiddink move to Chelsea after Grant sacking
• Ronaldo: I'm happy at United; I dream of playing in Spain one day but sometimes dreams don't come true
• Teenager's body found in park
• Schools slam under-fives curriculum
• Woman with brain disorder arrested and locked up because police thought she was drunk
• Pictured: Jumbo jet splits in two as it tries to take-off
• Look away, Owen... Kate Hudson goes public with new love Lance Armstrong
• Barry shouldn't miss out on joining a top-four club, says ex-coach Rogers
• Brown writes letter of sympathy to John Terry over Champions League agony
• Hip hop fuels gun crime, says star
• Outsourcing work abroad cuts UK pay
• Bikini-clad Mel B swills champagne and chain-smokes on romantic holiday in Miami
• LIVE TEST CRICKET: Day four from Old Trafford - England have a target of 294 to beat the Kiwis
• Agent: Sven close to Mexico move
• Schoolboys and man remanded over savage park murder of teenager as his family say he was the light of their lives
• Frank Lampard drowns his sorrows with a mystery blonde
• Boss Walter Smith insists that Rangers striker Boyd has future at Ibrox
• Beckham launches 70-yarder to beat his 1996 United effort against Wimbledon
• Danielle Lloyd in a whirl as she cosies up to new Gladiator Tornado
• Emotional tribute to murdered son
• Call over council workers' pay
• Party time for Hamilton
• Saints see off battling Hull
• Sporting birthdays - May 26
• What the back pages of the papers say - May 26
• Nail bomb suspect released from hospital as police raid home of Kurdish men 'linked' to plot
• Tony Blair is barracked over Iraq by students at Yale
• On this day in sport - May 26
• Malignaggi next for Hatton
• Murray makes it through after scare
• Labour rallies around Brown
• Secret's out: Leona Lewis flashes her 'engagement' ring
• Mystics face checks in blitz on swindlers to protect public
• Queiroz in frame to succeed Ferguson
• Life on Mars? Crystal clear images which give us our best ever view of the red planet
• Jimenez claims play-off success
• Bath claim European triumph
• Hayter puts Rovers in the Championship
• Bomb suspect still in hospital
• Vending machines ban to cut smoking
• Wogan backed over Eurovision attack
• Concern over Muslim gangs at prison
• Pressure increases on Burmese junta
• Rachel voted off I'd Do Anything after losing tense semi-final to bitter rival Samantha
• Prince Andrew, the £15m house sale and an energy mogul from Kazakstan
• Doncaster are up to the Championship but it's agony for McAllister's Leeds
• A&E admissions for cocaine use rise
• Man dies in police pursuit crash
• Man dies as dinghy capsizes
• Cabinet members: What they say, and what they are really thinking
• This will always be my greatest win, says Lewis after taking the crown in Monaco
• Borthwick's parting gift in Challenge Cup final ends 10-year wait for Bath
• Hamilton will have his name on this race for years, says Frank Williams
• Brown faces new backbench tax rebellion - this time over duty hikes on 'gas guzzling' cars
• Work with Brady or you can stay at home, Trapattoni tells Ireland rebels
• Hard labour for Murray as he needs five sets to beat youngster ranked 390
• Unions demand inquiry as City bonuses hit a record £12.6bn - despite credit crunch
• Trinny towers over Susannah in massive heels - but slips into flats when she's off camera
• Weld plans Curragh workout for Casual Conquest as vibes look good for Derby
• Banks' new payment system is 'an invitation to fraudsters'