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16 June 2008

• We knew the Group of Death was going to be good, but not this good.
• Our 'arrest-shy' police: They make half the number the Americans do, warns think-tank
• Now Britney Spears plans to quit Hollywood for good
• Leona Helmsley's dog finds itself £5m poorer after late billionaire's grandchildren contest her will
• A wounded Tiger is too tough to tame at US Open
• Villa's O'Neill set to agree £5m fee for Chelsea midfielder Sidwell
• BBC unveils 30ft glass memorial for fallen journalists
• Poles apart: Croatia rest nine but Bilic still has the midas touch
• Rangers move into lead in race to capture Burnley's Lafferty
• Broken foot rules hot prospect Williams out of the Olympics
• Rome is where the heart is as Riise prepares for Liverpool exit
• Ballack rides to the rescue: Chelsea star makes up for howler by Gomez
• Chelsea connection helps the Lakers fight on in NBA Finals
• Chelsea's goalkeeper Cech glad to see the back of his annus horribilis
• Spanish authorities warn Real over Ronaldo but Fifa let them off the hook
• Would you sell a bank to Richard Branson? Why the Virgin tycoon lost out in the Northern Rock collapse
• Tragedy strikes Hollyoaks' Max Cunningham on his wedding day
• Ince's bid for Blackburn job turns into a university challenge
• Muamba makes Bolton move
• The police officers that collect full pay... for working one HOUR a day
• Williams: Rovers appointment imminent
• Rob Andrew gets shirty over All Black McCaw's rule-breaking
• It's as bad as the 70s: Food prices up 20 per cent in a year as oil crisis and credit crunch bite
• Crooked cucumbers and bendy bananas back on supermarket shelves
• Cecil plots to lord it over dual Guineas winner Henry in Palace
• Celebrations hit Big Brother as Mohamed rings in his 24th birthday
• Muamba's £5m move to Bolton 'good business' for City, says McLeish
• Group B latest: Austria v Germany/Poland v Croatia
• Turner's Earners: Royal Ascot Day One - Fleeting Spirit to land King's Stand
• Mauresmo struggles but finally manages to lick Cornet at Eastbourne
• Sad homecoming: The latest casualties of the war in Afghanistan return to Britain
• FIFA reject United complaint over Real Madrid's interest in Ronaldo
• Big Brother Jennifer flirts up a storm with Dale as judge condemns her for missing divorce hearing
• Brown insists it's up to the Irish to resolve turmoil created by their 'no' vote
• Jerry Hall: I'd never let my daughters marry a man like Mick Jagger
• June 17 - On this day in sport
• 'Quit drugs or die': Doctors' chilling warning to hospitalised Amy Winehouse
• Call the fashion police: Sting joins band of ageing rockers with his old man grey beard
• June 17 - Birthdays
• City lawyer 'faked nervous breakdown to claim record £19m sex discrimination payout'
• Peacock primed to be World Cup leader
• Brown pledges hundreds more troops for Afghanistan after Bush summit
• Pictured: Ulrika Jonsson introduces baby Malcolm - her fourth child by a fourth father
• The love boat: Naomi Campbell hits the high seas with new beau Marcus
• Brown praises Bush 'resolution'
• Flintoff ready to return
• US OPEN LIVE: Follow the action at Torrey Pines as it happens
• Jurors shown bloody pyjamas in trial of Briton accused of killing wife and daughter
• Buddies first up for Celtic
• Estate agents should be forced to take exams to protect homebuyers
• Man remanded over girl shooting
• Wells pens new Quins deal
• Comeback Kids (On The Block): New Kids hang tough again after 14 years
• Sheridan out of second Test
• Woods forces play-off at the last
• Peacock named England captain
• I can match the bigs guns at Wimbledon, insists Murray
• Jailed for 16 years: Neo-Nazi paedophile found guilty of planning race war
• More UK troops set for Afghanistan
• Ecclestone opens door to breakaway
• Oh, what a knight! Harry and Kate have a laugh at Wills in his robes as he joins ancient Order of the Garter
• Terim is full of praise for Turkey after bouncing out the Czechs
• 'Georgemania' sweeps nation as SAS guards are hired to protect teenage Britain's Got Talent winner
• It will be a long time before I'm fit to come back - Rosicky has doubts over pre-season return for Arsenal
• Tanker drivers' pay talks resume
• Three charged in anti-Bush protest
• Blow for Sunderland as striker Jones faces lengthy spell on the sidelines
• Tighten your belts or face spiralling prices, Darling warns as inflation overtakes pay rises
• Harrier jet crashes into field, narrowly missing village houses seconds after pilot ejects
• Black Caps add Grant Elliott to one-day squad after their opening defeat
• Church faces gay clergy row
• Brown praises Bush 'resolution'
• Hickersberger: We're not wetting our pants over Germany task
• No great leap for Westwood despite his third-place finish at US Open
• Don't jail young thugs, give them 'intensive fostering'
• Lindsay Lohan turns 'pregnancy author' in new film as she shows off her faux bump
• Northern Ireland boss Worthington tipped to take over at Leicester - again
• Dando accused was 'acting suspiciously outside her house hours before she was killed'
• Pietersen slams 'ridiculous' criticism
• Six-hitting Pietersen could see his 'switch shot' banned by MCC
• 'Amy Winehouse's husband offered me £20,000 to beat up Pete Doherty for having an affair with her,' says fellow prisoner
• Deco reveals: Chelsea want me but I have not discussed a move with Scolari
• One in four trusts fails on hygiene
• Windy Spice: Geri Halliwell's bad hair day as she shops for daughter Bluebell
• Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan confirm Chelsea star Lampard is their top target this summer
• Daddy dearest: Harrison Ford shows his softer side as he dotes on Calista's adopted son
• TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud admits plagiarising four articles for his book
• Police probe Father's Day tragedy
• I don't want to play for Wolves anymore, I'd prefer Cardiff City, insists Eastwood
• LEAGUE TWO FIXTURES: Shots and Grecians start life back in the fold with long trips while Cherries take on Gills
• Same again for Brown as Hull manager prepares his assault on Premier League
• LEAGUE ONE FIXTURES: Foxes get an early chance to look at Ince - Dons begin season at Walkers Stadium
• Ocean's two: George Clooney messes about on the water with a pair of beautiful brunettes
• Mother tells of terrifying moment her daughter was knocked down and injured by cyclist
• Rose's Ryder Cup debut in jeopardy as he drops two places after US Open exit
• Primark cuts ties with Indian suppliers for using child labour
• Agyness Deyn reveals unsightly bruised legs after week of non stop partying
• F1 breakaway championship is still a possibility, admits supremo Ecclestone
• Cameron wants us to measure up to the neighbours on energy bills
• Sloppy Australia give Windies hope of victory as they chase record target
• Now mobile phone users could be charged to RECEIVE calls in the UK
• Terrier sucked up and killed by street sweeper in 'freak' accident
• Deco eyes Scolari link-up
• Henman reveals: I've only played tennis three times since retiring
• Chip and bin farce: 'Pay-as-you-throw' pilot scheme is axed after fly-tipping soars and computers crash
• Barclays hints at foreign cash deal
• Bogdanovic vows to repay LTA chiefs for the faith they've shown in him
• City's Dickov could be next to follow Becks across the Atlantic
• Spain may rejig team against Greece as Puyol, Cazorla and Silva are all injured
• Tougher community penalties planned
• Villa happy to hold out for £18m for Barry as Liverpool plan fourth bid
• Westwood close to major breakthrough
• Baltacha insists: Eastbourne injury will not keep me out of Wimbledon
• Caretaker sues school for £50,000 after fall because he 'was not trained how to use stepladder'
• Nihat hails 'unbelievable' win
• No hard feelings: Apprentice runner-up Claire lunches with Lee
• Wake up and smell the lavender: Posh goes organic as she shops down the market
• UEFA to replace rain-ruined pitch in Basel ahead of Portugal's quarter-final
• Becks in corking form as he puts some fizz in LA Galaxy's performance
• So macho...Harry Potter's all grown-up with stubble on his face
• Brown and Bush in Downing St talks
• The coach is counting on him - Valencia say they don't have to sell David Villa
• Terror threat in UAE raised to 'high' as Foreign Office warns of indiscriminate attacks
• Hundreds of sick babies turned away by hospitals due to beds shortage
• The Becks factor: David to join X Factor star Leona Lewis in Beijing closing show
• Under-fire captain Ballack says he's still the right man to lead Germans
• Al Gore breaks his silence to give Obama his backing in race for the White House
• Baby born with eight limbs takes her first steps after life-saving surgery
• Sugababes' sexy stage show gives festival crowd an eyeful
• Screen Test: Selection issues are a problem in the studio, too
• CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURES: Reading start with trip to promoted Forest
• Scolari rues selection mistake
• MATT LAWTON'S EURO BLOG: Rogue mobile lets ex-Chelsea boss Avram Grant know just how much I miss him... but not as much as my phone
• 'I want three or four children,' reveals Wayne as he and Coleen start planning a family
• Fritzl's wife visits his secret lair as she returns to the 'house of horror' for FIRST time
• Nadal crowned king of Queen's
• No bids for Villa, insist Valencia
• So in love: WAG Alex Curran and Steven Gerrard enjoying wedded bliss poolside in Miami
• Celtic boss Strachan can't afford the men he dismisses as Euro 2008 flops
• Britain threatens to block Zimbabwe's electricity supply if Mugabe rigs poll
• Federer claims fifth Halle title
• House price recovery may take years
• KP fires England to win
• Probe after three found dead in car
• Suspected Nazi war criminal, 95, found relaxing with football fans at Euro 2008
• Mischa Barton's short skirt reveals how she's losing her battle with cellulite
• Rangers told to pay up for United midfielder Gomis
• Cameron vows to defend green agenda
• Second day for fathers' rights demo
• Two teenagers knocked down and killed by car as they walked home
• Boruc bust-up: 'Emotional' Pole kicked out panel in dressing room after Webb's late penalty decision against Austria
• What the back pages of the papers say - June 16
• Davis by-election bid 'not a push for Tory leadership'
• Criminals 'will be forced to wear high visibility bibs while carrying out community service'
• Dennis sits housemates down for 'the talk'
• Rocco hails Tiger's never-say-die spirit - world No 1 dazzles Mediate
• William to receive Garter honour
• Yakin at the double for Swiss
• Turkey progress after late win
• Smith faces Commons summons
• Man and children found dead in car
• 'Let children stay in care longer'
• Fuel prices 'could hit recruitment'
• Boy, 3, drowns in garden pond
• Brown accused of 'gutlessness'
• Cyclist shot dead after chase
• Hull romp to win
• Eye injury rules Andrew Sheridan out of second New Zealand Test
• Tiger claws it back to force play-off at US Open
• Woods primed for final-day charge
• Second set of secret papers left on a train
• Cech admits his late blunder is the reason the Czechs are out of Euro 2008
• Burrell denies Diana allegations
• Forest Gate Two awarded £60,000 damages from police
• Scolari admits Abramovich made him an offer he just could not refuse
• Housing market will dive by 20% and take four years to recover, warn experts
• Bentley looking to leave Blackburn
• Saudi wife arrested after going for an illegal drive
• Chelsea cruel to sack Grant - Carvalho
• How Wii cause £20million worth of damage working out
• Berlusconi sends in troops to tackle street crime
• George Bush left a carbon footprint the size of Wales
• Will England follow Scotland in raising age for buying alcohol?
• Stress levels rise across Whitehall under Gordon Brown (but not at the Treasury now he's left!)
• Rail strike ends
• Hadden again considering his future as Scotland coach despite record win
• Smile! Sick tourists turn Fritzl's sex dungeon house into ghouls' paradise
• Foreign Secretary David Miliband accuses Mugabe of 'sadism' in Zimbabwe
• Got it licked: Big Brother housemates fail crisp task
• Families face shock rise in holiday costs as charges soar by hundreds of pounds
• Ballack fights his corner
• Chelsea given warning over Villa
• Climbié social worker 'won't go back to job'
• Water gets a makeover with reusable bottles
• Who's in and who's out
• What we must do if we want another Wimbledon winner
• Commentary: Why do we have to pay a tennis tax?
• Rare glimpse of 1890s Paris
• New superstars will lose their harmony with fans
• Keyboard helps fight superbugs
• Olympics 'will boost sex trade near stations'
• Bee population threatened by killer disease
• Antenatal teacher starts class early with birth in school car park
• How Boris can save an easy £500m
• Nadal gets in the swing for shot at Wimbledon glory
• Junior doctors protest over renting rooms
• First-time buyers now need to find a deposit of £32,500
• Lampard soaks up sun on crowded Ibiza beach
• Walk-in wardrobe with flat thrown in ... for £8.8m
• Lily Allen gives paparazzi the run-around
• Sir Alan's sidekicks 'hired' for Strictly...
• Cech carries the can as Turks fightback ends season of hell
• Stop calling us failures, says top head made a Sir
• Comment: I won't back Gordon's great Heathrow con
• We should be happy to stay in the EU slow lane
• London, you've changed for the better
• Scolari will face Harry at Bridge
• Comment: the Blue case for going green
• Comment: tennis, anyone?
• Met pays £60,000 to terror raid brothers
• Beckham to join X Factor star in Beijing closing show
• Lost rivers of London to resurface in Boris plan
• I'd do it all again says vicar after gay church 'wedding'
• Barclays' worries ease as wealth funds stump up
• 'Care was top notch, the problem was space'
• Sick babies turned away by hospitals
• Cheer for investors in AIG as chief goes
• Cashback of £460m as De La Rue break-up goes ahead
• Oligarchs seek a BP stake swap to settle Russian row
• Street left baffled by nine waste collections
• PM faked the case for third runway claims Cameron
• £17m profits corker as Majestic defies rivals
• 'Posh and Becks' in Croydon ... it must be a new mecca for fashion
• 'Worst to come' as petrol stations start to run dry
• Nigel Kennedy signs up to Davis's freedom rally
• Comment: public response to my stand proves this debate is vital
• Bush demo police 'were blood hungry'
• £18m lifeline plan for Land of Leather
• Babcock consults lenders after week of share turmoil
• Harry eager to wreck Scolari's home party
• Tiger's feat won't shatter Lee's dream
• Chapple-Hyam's Tariq can repel international challenge
• Benbaun can stand tall for Brits
• We have plenty in reserve, says Simic
• We have plenty in reserve, says Simic
• BlueBay offer to cut fees as profit growth hopes vanish
• Soco makes new gas find in Vietnam
• InBev warns Bud away from Mexico
• Rio warns offer blind to boom
• Ban on smoking leaves many pubs with a monster hangover
• Why watchdog's right to pull hedges up short
• £150,000 for NHS spin team
• Inquiry after girl, seven, drowns at council pool
• 500,000 cycle in the capital every day
• Party like it's 2012 in the Mall
• Working mothers are still in the doghouse
• I can match big guns at Wimbledon, says Murray
• Pietersen 'switch' could be banned by MCC
• Lamps our No1 target, say Inter
• Lamps our No1 target, say Inter
• I messed up big time, says Scolari
• Tough calls to make on clean-up of the banks
• Growing old without Grace
• 'Lies' of £19m City lawyer
• Oil prices keep on soaring
• Win tickets to The Sunday Night Project
• JPMorgan warns of worst crisis since 1990s
• KP switch shot facing MCC ban
• Party like it's 2012 in the Mall
• Rival black cab for London
• Huge sell-off in Babcock shares
• Corn hits high after US floods
• Plenty of life in Cafe Boheme
• Little Britten Grows Up
• A Night worth waiting for
• Ballet lacks Hollywood ballyhoo
• Massive Attack set the standard
• Bearded wonder in a league of his own
• Thrilling Chiller brings foreboding to the stage
• Festival holds few highlights