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30 May 2008

• Oh sister! Serena and Venus crash out of the French Open
• New Zealand's 'terminator' Collins in the mood to rumble England
• Even the BBC Trust thinks its big name TV and radio news presenters are paid too much
• From classical to street: Scala and Nemesis are last to make finals of Britain's Got Talent
• Ponting joins 10,000 club
• Leicester Tigers hoping to wreck the fairytale for Wasps star Dallaglio
• How the BNP shamefully tried to create a 'white martyr'
• Man's job for the boring kid - Haskell's chance to pay back Dallaglio
• Be NICE to Mr Huntley: Prison guards told to treat Soham child killer like he's part of the family
• FA keen to put Beckham at the heart of 2018 World Cup bid
• Herceptin hope for cancer sufferers
• Early exit for Serena
• Capello to warn Rooney
• Eriksson set for exit - report
• Health workers reject pay offer
• Burley tastes defeat for first time as Scotland boss as Czechs show class
• How bribery set heptathlete Jessica Ennis on the road to Beijing
• Itandje wants out of Liverpool as Riise ponders future
• Man arrested over Jersey sex abuse
• Padraig plans a few days away after missing cut at Wales Open
• Finnan, Ireland and O'Brien give Trapattoni the cold shoulder
• Watched-as-you-throw: One in five wheelie bins microchipped as councils prepare for bin taxes
• Hannon goes on Major mission with rising sprint star Cadeaux
• Evra agrees four-year contract with United at 55k per week
• Boateng expects Old Firm talks
• Pompey in late 5m bid to hijack Dunne's move to Tottenham
• Irish dog Tyrur Kieran in 1m Wimbledon Greyhound Derby bid
• At war with her family, shunning her mother's funeral, and dumping her agent: Davina's mid-life crisis
• Spurs capture teenager Bostock much to chagrin of Palace chairman Jordan
• Beckham in frame to lead out England against Trinidad & Tobago
• Turner's Earners - Saturday: Follow the Trail for another triumph
• EXCLUSIVE: Ben Johnson, the most reviled drugs cheat in history, claims to be the victim of an American conspiracy. Now he says he has the evidence on tape. Deluded fantasist or whistleblower? - you decide
• Rock doubles debt management staff
• Crunch summit for PM as party unrest worsens
• Lily Allen takes a break from partying to get her hair done
• Founding father of transfers George Eastham finds it's a different ball game
• Rapper 50 Cent's 1.2 million home burns in 'suspicious' fire
• Guantanamo detainee in plea to PM
• EXCLUSIVE: Cash never drove my desire to join Spurs, says wonderkid John Bostock
• Cheat Chambers given a chance to resume 100m career
• Harrington on course to miss cut
• Myleene's mudbath after Somerset festival is a washout
• Shirley Bassey leaves hospital after stomach surgery
• Hillary 'needs a miracle' despite ANOTHER Obama-priest controversy
• Roman Abramovich rules Chelsea with a cold heart, complains Avram's wife Tzofit
• Brown is 'less popular than Foot'
• Angelina Jolie's spokesperson denies reports she's given birth early
• Joey Barton cleared of criminal damage - but still has to return to prison
• Health and safety killjoys tell pensioner to get rid of his doormat - in case someone trips over it
• New law to help OAPs with fuel cost
• Pupils will soon be able to download lessons directly into their BRAINS, schools chief claims
• Exclusive: Sven to be sacked by Man City before taking up Mexico job
• Sex and the City backlash continues as street artist 'decapitates' Carrie
• Hundreds wake to flood-hit homes
• Rangers flop Sionko on song to deflate Scotland hopes in Prague
• Dutch pair take Saints helm
• Rags to riches? EastEnders' Miller family discover winning lottery ticket
• Are you coming out to play, Auntie Amy? Young fans flock to Winehouse's front door
• Jailed footballer Joey Barton in court again - but is cleared of vandalising a taxi
• Caught out: The woman who hid in a homeowner's cupboard for a year
• Eyes off! Hatton keeps a wary eye on lothario Best as he talks to his girlfriend
• PM urged to 'strike motorist deal'
• Lonely Cheryl Cole cuts a gaunt figure on tour
• Joining Real Madrid would be a big mistake for Ronaldo, warns Robbo
• Diddy day care: Doting hip hop star holds court...in the sand pit with his twin girls
• Judge expresses sympathy for businessman who destroyed offices of firm that delayed payment
• Leicester legend Martin Johnson hails 'amazing' career of Dallaglio
• Thousands of violent prisoners released to 'free up jail space'
• British grandmother jailed by Turkish police for two days with no food or water ... for teaching a boy to speak
• 'Dance version of Rocky' George Sampson is crowned winner of Britain's Got Talent
• Hodgson insists: This is my big England chance and I won't blow it
• Portsmouth striker Defoe's bid to be the main man in England's spearhead
• Forssell makes Hannover switch
• Not much for Andy Murray to write home about as he crashes out in Paris
• Pictured: The monkey mother who lost her baby ... then adopted a puppy dog instead
• Living in Britain is now more dangerous than the Balkans, report reveals
• Gilbert O'Sullivan's Not Getting Any Younger...but his face and trademark frizzy perm haven't aged a day
• Republic's players were scared of me reveals new manager Trapattoni
• McLeish frightened by job of steering Birmingham back to the top flight
• Chambers prepares for first 100-metre race in two years
• Two dead as crane collapses on New York apartment building
• British holidaymaker wins compensation because his hotel was full of Germans
• Two boys arrested over alleged rape of 15-year-old girl in school
• Mowbray tells 'money-grabber' Phillips: You can take our offer or leave Albion
• Police 'focus on soft crime'
• Mafia 'capo' surrenders to police after being featured on the TV show America's Most Wanted
• Pictured: The rare 'albino' foal that's become a star of the New Forest
• Clay-fired Murray seeks momentum
• Death row inmate gets legal reprieve because his victim had cheated him of 10 at cards
• Julia Roberts and husband enjoy a Roman Holiday moment
• Prescott to make his acting debut after landing part in BBC radio play
• Rams snap up Watford pair
• Test wicketkeeper Ambrose called up to England one-day squad
• Pop art idol: Another bad hair day for Andy Warhol lookalike Sarah Harding
• The two faces of Sarah Jessica Parker... from glamour queen to slummy mummy
• Picture of hope: How a 10-year-old girl fought back after losing all her limbs to meningitis
• Jones gunning for revenge over England after declaring himself fit for Trinidad & Tobago friendly
• Father jailed for shaking his three-week-old son to death
• Schoolchildren at risk of being drawn into crime by extremists
• Consumer confidence at 18-year low
• Wasps don't do sentiment: Dallaglio's farewell is nothing to us says Lewsey
• Warriors seek to slay Dragons memories
• Beckham hails captaincy candidates
• Army axes recruitment video after claims it made Malaysians look like terrorists
• Dallaglio relishing final game
• Wonderkid Bostock agrees 5m Spurs switch but Palace deny deal is done
• Doh! Jade Goody burgled to tune of 56,000...'after leaving window open'
• Forget to floss? Jon Voight flashes his toothy grin... and a bit of leftover lunch
• FIFA thumbs-up for 'six-plus-five rule'
• Jumbo job for eco-tourists on 4,500 holiday ... moving elephants hundreds of miles to African sanctuary
• Serena Williams crashes out to Srebotnik but Ivanovic advances
• FA support FIFA rules to stop foreign players dominating the Premier League in bid to strengthen the English game
• Caught on camera: Brave postmistress, 67, fights back after being attacked by thug armed with metal bar
• Probe into Army helicopter crash
• Taxi driver banned from driving... because he can't use apostrophes
• Madonna and Gwyneth enjoy a girlie night out...without their husbands
• Arsenal want Premier League boss Scudamore to be their chief executive
• Christian groups call for Starbucks boycott after chain relaunches bare-breasted mermaid logo
• Consumer confidence in the economy hits lowest point since 1990
• Kerry Katona stuffs her face with a burger and Coke... then resorts to sucking in her belly
• Earl banned from holding weddings at his 600-year-old castle for refusing to allow a gay marriage
• Webb pens new Rhinos deal
• There are Twente good reasons why I should not have been England boss, reveals Holland-bound McClaren
• Trinidad & Tobago v England: Head to head
• Top Democrats say they are ready to declare a winner ... and it is unlikely to be Mrs Clinton
• Briton hailed world's greatest fisherman after catching 27 different types of fish
• Gang of 70 youths battered Blunkett bobby 'like sharks in a feeding frenzy'
• Ferguson and Giggs should be next for Old Trafford statues, insists Sir Bobby
• More than 10,000 passengers face travel chaos after luxury airline Silverjet grounds flights
• The Nancy who can do anything: 17-year-old Samantha Barks
• Everton line up 8m swoop for City's Michael Johnson - the new Gerrard
• Seeds tumble in Paris
• New Ireland out of the traps
• Maloney: My stay at Aston Villa is not doing my career any good
• Assistant coach Steve Clarke next to get the Stamford Bridge axe
• Fergie's romantic night out with multi-millionaire Findus tycoon
• MoD denies compensation to Territorial Army sergeant injured by 'wrong kind of bomb'
• Labour plans fuel help for poor
• Mother shopped her thug sons after they blinded man in vicious attack
• 'You're too big to be Nancy' - what show producer said about hopeful Jodie
• 'Err... there's a Mr Brown on the phone for you': Voters beware, Prime Minister is cold-calling
• Scotland boss is sure Sunderland's Gordon can become new Europe No1
• Ten Cate exits Blues
• Charlton hails long-serving pair
• Anyone can be England captain, insists former skipper Beckham
• Liverpool hand Torres 4m pay hike to head off interest from Stamford Bridge
• More women face breast cancer risk
• Talk to al Qaida, says top officer
• Mole links R. Kelly to underage sex tape, prosecution claims
• Number of foreign players in Premiership teams to be limited under FIFA's 'six plus five' plans
• Baggies star Morrison: If Terry Butcher can be a Scot then why not me?
• Barca boy wonder Giovani heading to White Hart Lane in 12m move
• Calderon: No Cristiano conflict
• Chelsea 'interested' in Scolari
• JCB driver killed after digger plunges 50ft down cliff onto busy road
• The end is nigh for Gretna as demotion signals death knell for the club
• I was right to leave Spurs for Pompey, insists England starter Jermain Defoe
• Government faces backlash over plans to tackle fuel poverty by giving individuals' financial details to energy firms
• Geri and Emma arrive in US to see Mr Spice get spliced
• All American WAG: Eva Longoria cheers on her basketballer husband
• Gunners: Nasri not signed yet
• FA ponder appeal
• Texas polygamy sect MUST get their children back, court rules
• May 30 - What the back pages of the newspapers say
• Council workers to vote on strikes
• Poverty-stricken earthquake survivors forced to scavenge from the ruins
• End of the line for Premier League foreigners as FIFA vote to bring in the 'six plus five rule' by 2012
• Capello has faith in midfield axis
• Kiely stands tall in Irish win
• Northern Rock 'doubles staff in debt management arm' as it braces for rush of mortgage defaulters
• South West hit by flash floods
• Common bugs linked to cot deaths
• Controlled bus blast follows arrest
• Two killed in Army helicopter crash
• Ministers to concede on terror laws
• Youth held over drug dealer murder
• More time for bomb probe police
• Last British resident in Guantanamo Bay begs Gordon Brown to help set him free
• Top police chief: 'We must start negotiating with Al Qaeda now to stop terror'
• Only a 'hopeless romantic' could imagine Labour winning in Crewe, admits campaign chief as Brown sinks to new poll low
• On tour now: FOO FIGHTERS
• Top ten downloads
• Misery as house prices fall by 2.5%
• Top ten albums
• The next big thing: WHITE LIES
• Union 'dismayed' at PM's leadership
• Letter targets missed after strikes
• Jersey tests confirm remains find
• Jersey police make third arrest as parts of 'at least two children' confirmed in cellar of children's home
• Tens of thousands of letters and parcels delayed as Royal Mail misses nine out of its 12 targets in the last year
• Daily Mail Comment: The NHS and its great white elephant
• From poison to posing: How Britain's Got Talent's dancing dog narrowly escaped death
• MPs' plan to win over Middle England voters
• Breast cancer rate may rise to one in seven by 2024
• Nancy who can do anything
• Church loses battle to halt lapdance bar
• Posh goes for the Amy Winehouse look
• Bill Murray branded a 'sex and drug addict'
• The towers high on Boris Johnson's agenda
• Tories unveil another mayor called Johnson
• Out of pocket: shop owner whose clothes aren't the real McCoy
• Danger: these street lamps may fall on you in 2023
• Common bugs linked to cot deaths, say scientists
• NHS pays over the odds for private operations
• Guantanamo 'Londoner' in plea to No 10
• T5 starts long haul next week
• The families who fought back against teen killers
• Surgeon: one in three of trauma patients has been knifed
• Deputy mayor who takes a tough line
• Victims' parents join City Hall summit to search for solution
• RBS £12 billion cash call is stern test for Sir Fred Goodwin
• Get out there – 20 ways to enjoy the summer
• Tory sparks anger with 'poor' jokes
• Phil Vickery's shock final comeback
• Party time on the Tube before drink ban begins
• Arsenal target Premier chief Scudamore
• Watchdog warns of delays to vital link at Stratford station
• Rail bosses blame Tube chiefs for bridge collapse
• The crunch has freed us from those bags of bling
• Comment: dealing with knife crime is an urgent task
• Blatter bid to put limit on foreign players wins FIFA backing
• The Standard's Beat Knife Crime charter
• Clive Woodward sends Lawrence Dallaglio one final message
• Second best just won't do after such a difficult year
• Capello will benefit from Windies trip, says Graham Taylor
• Jamie in plea for Andy to prove his prowess on clay
• Lost in the East at Tate Britain
• Worldwide probe into 'rigging' of oil market
• Bonus millions at New Star to keep hold of key staff
• Rock takes on new staff to deal with customers' loan troubles
• Off the record
• Boss of Brewin Dolphin says conditions worst for 35 years
• Top cop: why we should now talk to al Qaeda
• CDs of the week
• Win VIP tickets to the Sid Vicious: No-one is Innocent launch party
• Tracksuit party will jog your hip hop memory
• Please let it be any nation but Germany for glory at Euro 2008
• United and UAL merger on hold
• Eads ex-boss is bailed in probe
• Deutsche mulls bonuses change
• Explosive British Energy issues
• Silverjet is grounded as it fails to land cash
• Labour's gay pride snub loosens grip on pink vote
• Prescott: Boris brilliant and Labour complacent
• Surprise as Origin shuns BG's £6bn bid
• 'We saw boy fleeing gang the night Martin, 14, died'
• Christie's opens its doors to 300 years of Brit art and furniture
• HSBC under fire over £120m bonus scheme for execs
• Spurs to sign Giovani
• Steve Clarke next out of door at Chelsea
• Leicester thrive under pressure, says Goode
• Paul Collingwood will find it hard to get into the swing at Third Test at Trent Bridge
• Music before glamour for Black Keys
• Hard Hearted Hannah was won on the hoof
• Macho the day for Rock
• The Cookers are switched on
• ENO are almost triumphant