Article Archive - 23 June 2008

23 June 2008

Europe puts the UK's 42-day rule under human rights microscope
Liverpool snub £9m Pompey bid for England striker Crouch
Bloody Sunday inquiry bill costs taxpayer £188m
Myleene Klass does Dita Von Teese as she reveals she is FINALLY marrying boyfriend Graham
Prince William's shipmate guilty of assault: British sailor forced to apologise for fondling woman's bottom
Blackburn reject £15m Villa bid for wantaway winger Bentley
Turner's Earners - Top tips for Tuesday's British racing
Kobe and LeBron take NBA to Beijing as U.S. Olympic team is announced
Power firms 'should give elderly customers a £50 rebate', say charities
Hull KR winger Peter Fox receives England call-up for France clash
Heel prick blood tests DO hurt your baby, says study
Rafa still waiting for verdict on his £50m transfer targets from Liverpool owners
McCanns to ask court to order release of police files on Madeleine's disappearance
McLaren chief has faith in Hamilton recovery at Silverstone
Bolton make club record £12m move for Swedish striker Elmander
Amy Weaver granted permission to become youngest lady trainer
'Boring' Rachel, 'annoying' Jennifer and 'repulsive' Mikey: Bitching hits the Big Brother house in full force
United winger Ronaldo takes a break from the Real wrangle
Murray: Brits must broaden horizons
New City boss Hughes signals his intent by scrapping Swiss stroll
Home fires are kept burning by nerveless Fabregas
Charles and Camilla's newly-renovated Welsh hideaway gets a visit by HRH, the hotel inspector
Honest cabbie gives back the NINE THOUSAND pounds in cash found on the back seat of his taxi
'We will scrap ALL of Labour's NHS targets,' says Cameron in radical new proposal
June 24
On this day in sport - June 24
Murray and the Magician conjure up a touch of class
Border police force plan to go ahead in new Labour U-turn
Arshavin wants Spain move
Decision on Ronaldo's United future put on hold as winger jets off on holiday
Youth, 18, on terror plot charge
Police chief Sir Ian Blair is 'biased against blacks and Asians', claims senior officer denied promotions
City bosses 'ready to cut 440,000 jobs' as economic slowdown hits bank profits
End of an era as World Match Play moves from Wentworth
Pasty looking Minnie Driver takes her huge baby bump for a dip in the ocean
Troubled rugby squad back home
Teacher accused of having sex with eight pupils on school baseball team faces 20 years in jail
Indiana Brown versus Double-O Dave in new Commons blockbuster
Half of England's cricketers would quit international game to cash in on IPL
Casillas warning for team-mates
Ballack berates Bayern for putting Germany striker Gomez out of his stride
Leisure-loving French spend too much time on holiday and long lunches, minister says
Inseparable: Another romantic weekend for Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson
Heinz mayonnaise advert with two men kissing set to become most complained of the year
Swiss meister Federer makes light work of Hrbaty in easy start to his defence
Nanny accused of shaking police officers' baby so violently he died of brain damage three months later
Councils urged to reduce snooping
Police smash people-smuggling ring which funneled hundreds of illegal immigrants into Europe
Pearce confident Wembley will work wonders for England's future stars
Farmer's wife dies after fuel raid
Yob jailed for life for 'mindless' murder of talented Muslim school boy
Baltacha sheds tears of joy after victory over Kerber gives Brits a winning start
Adebayor's odyssey as Arsenal star pledges to help African youngsters realise their footballing dreams
Galliani only has eyes for Adebayor
Lorry driver ploughed into cars killing one man and injuring two others while chatting on mobile phone
Child development grants trial
A GCSE in willpower: Pupils take character test to turn around low exam marks
Blue singer Lee's pregnant MySpace fiancée ditches sober suit for black leggings and knee high boots at road rage trial
Platt urges Barry to go for challenge of Liverpool but O'Neill wants him to stay
O'Neill ups stakes in bid for Sidwell as Boro and Everton get ready to pounce
Platt urges Barry to take next step
The rising stars of Euro 2008
Female college students banned from whistling AT builders
Hammers to demand £8m from Aston Villa for Anton Ferdinand
Footballer Sol Campbell shows off his love handles in the Caribbean
Britain issues warning to Mugabe
Ribery backs under-fire France coach Domenech to keep his job
Coach Edwards salutes his side after European Union Championships
Serena serves up a fashion winner... but Maria plans to hit back in style
Shadow of ICL looms over champions league
Obama prepares himself for race-based slurs as Republicans vow for 'fair but tough' campaign
I don't deserve to be sacked, insists losing Italy coach Donadoni
Raikkonen not exhausted by French failure
Raynor injury forces Fox call-up
Tennis player Jamie Murray shows off his foxy Facebook friends
Coronation Street: Tina and David's house party gets out of control
Match-fixing threat exaggerated - Ritchie
AC Milan chief: Getting Arsenal's Ade will be hard but he's our sole target
Wrist injury forces Englishman Donald to duck the French Open
Cameron in threat over expenses
Summer of discontent starts on July 16th as Council Workers' Union fixes dates for national strikes
UK's ugliest building set to be given listed status
Foster breaks British record at 38
Rescuers battle to save wounded dolphin stranded in river
Flood-hit families to get tax help
Brown warned against GM 'quick-fix'
Hamilton is still a threat, says championship leader Massa
An English rose returns: Poignant homecoming for heroine soldier and her comrades
Suspect held over diesel raid where farmer's wife died of heart attack
David Cameron: I'll sack Tories who refuse to be open about expenses
Spain star Villa set to snub Spurs as he admits Liverpool and Chelsea appeal
WIMBLEDON DAY ONE - All the action as it happened from SW19
Spurs hope Bentley can move to Rovers exit after Ince appointment
Online Pill service launched
Accident-free zone: The German town which scrapped all traffic lights and road signs
Roxburgh raves about Arshavin's role in the Russian revolution
Mittal Monopoly: Britain's richest man buys third property on Billionaire's Row
Briton on lads' holiday to Thailand dies in freak accident after stepping on live power cable concealed by puddle
Amy Winehouse to perform at Glastonbury AND Mandela concert despite emphysema scare
Johnson adviser quits in race row
Estate agent who kidnapped and tortured her boss for seven hours after she was sacked is jailed for 10 years
Shopping trip: Sharon Osbourne nearly takes a tumble
Lothario Russell embarks on a brand new holiday romance
England flop McClaren to be unveiled tomorrow for FC Twente job
Turkey's Altintop upbeat before semi-final despite injury and suspension worries
Property market slumps by 40% in a year while fall in house prices in London is fastest in UK
Pele is robbed in car at gunpoint by youths in Brazilian slum
Amanda Holden shows her cheeky side as she recreates racy 1970s tennis poster
Ronaldo games continue
McClaren to be unveiled as Twente boss
Agyness Deyn cosies up to new rocker boyfriend Albert in New York
Chelsea and Manchester City on alert as Ronaldinho hints at moving to England
I've become a man at Arsenal: life in the Premier is spot on for hero Cesc
LMA give Blackburn's Ince two years to gain his UEFA Pro Manager's Licence
Police who boasted on Facebook about crashing patrol cars keep their jobs
LMA confirm Ince backing
Players gave everything - Donadoni
Swingers group fed five-year-old children painkillers, then forced them to perform in sex shows
Prison break: Posh and Becks escape to Alcatraz with the kids
Arsenal, City and Newcastle to miss out as Arshavin sets sights on Spain move
Chelsea boost wage offer to lure Deco away from old boss Jose
MATT LAWTON'S EURO BLOG: Turkey may regret not copying Carragher and why the England team should stay tuned to Euros
Butcher warns Birmingham striker McFadden against moving to Celtic
Council workers' strike result due
Inflation-busting wage rises, looming strikes and soaring food prices undermine Chancellor's desperate plea for pay restraint
Thai PM battles for survival as street protesters lay siege to his office
Murray won't win but reaching quarters would be a big success, insists Henman
Agar backs Yeaman for international clash
Bus spotter forced to give up 40-year hobby after being labelled terrorist and paedophile
She ain't heavy...she's been on Big Brother: Tipsy Jade Goody gets a lift from a friend
Wolves hunt Lyon
Pictured: The puppy born without front legs who uses toy wheels to get around
Cameron hints at giving civil liberties role to 'big beast' David Davis - but won't have him in shadow Cabinet
Nothing gets between WAG Alex Curran and her shopping
Hired? Apprentice's Sir Alan touted as 'next Labour Mayor'
June 23 - Sporting birthdays
On this day in Sport - June 23
Love all: Kate Hudson and Lance Armstrong serve up romance on the tennis court
Cricketer Glenn McGrath mourns British wife after she loses 11-year cancer battle at the age of 42
Tottenham set to sign £10m PSV goalkeeper Gomes
Kooky Kelly Osbourne steps out in a rather Ugly (Betty) look
Murray in no hurry
Rangers veteran Weir not ruling anything out just yet
Roma, Valencia and Celtic are options for Kewell
EU needs to forget adding new states until treaty crisis is fixed, Sarkozy tells summit
John Terry and his Wonderbra model wife hit Barbados
Tsvangirai takes refuge in the Dutch embassy after police raid Zimbabwe opposition HQ
Now passengers have to pay £1 to use airport luggage trolleys
Sectarian clashes rock Lebanon
Ronaldinho eyes English switch
What the back pages say - June 23
Two boys stabbed in robbery bid
33 survivors discovered after Philippines ferry disaster feared to have claimed 800 lives
Kaymer claims play-off victory
Police dealing with more youths
Network Rail unveils plans five new high-speed lines in biggest track expansion since 1800s
Guilt-stricken Sylvia's in tears after confessing her crush on new Big Brother housemate Stuart
Kelly Brook looks pencil thin for new TV show in her tight-fitting skirt
Massa the master at Magny-Cours
Warren: Amir not there
Injured Nihat flies home
Ince handed Rovers reins
Pryce feels right for France clash
Schuster eager for Ronaldo deal
Fabregas spot-kick puts Spain through
'Parents failing on child safety'
800,000 claim decade of incapacity
Teenager charged with stabbing boy
Oil chiefs 'agree prices too high'
Darling calls for lower pay deals
Zimbabwe reaches 'critical moment'
MPs face expenses reforms
Schoolboys stabbed in robbery bid
Andy won't be changing his ways - but he won't be swearing in front of Gran
Sharapova is selling us short as she warms up for another Wimbledon title
Rattled Roger rounds on the doubters who claim he’s no longer the greatest on grass
Weight-loss ops 'cut cancer risks'
Broad highlights England's pressure points after another one-day failure
'800,000 on sicknote benefits have been claiming for more than 10 years'
Cancer-stricken Paul Newman is frail but full of fight
The unfolding of an African tragedy
As mystery plague threatens to wipe out bees, scientist reveal: our survival depends on them
Andrew says there is no chance he will quit despite poor tour performance
Floods rebuilding effort goes on
Former soldier arrested over gun ambush on estranged wife and her lover
MPs may receive £150 a day for turning up at the Commons
A third of secondary schools have a sex clinic
Sailor's sex charge on Navy 'party boat' casts shadow on drugs mission of Prince William
New diplomas undermine traditional subjects and should be scrapped, says the CBI
Mayor's aide quits in racism row after saying Caribbean immigrants should go home if they didn't like life under Boris
Sex scandal England rugby stars return from botched tour
A victory for tyrant's thugs: Tsvangirai abandons bid to oust Mugabe
UK hostages 'may still be alive'
School meals 'near collapse' as soaring food costs and lack of Government funding take toll
The children's books and classics adults secretly adore
Penalty jinx lifted at last - it's fourth time lucky as Spain go through
Diver Daley dazzles with record score to confirm he will be heading to Beijing
Elderly to get equal rights as government plans to make age bias as bad as racism
I can't let my Sophie die in vain: Mother of 'feral gang' victim speaks out
Baggies set to complete £2.5m move for Newcastle striker Ameobi
European Cup glory for Britain's men with just a small note of caution
McFadden wants to leave Birmingham, but McLeish says he's 'not for sale'
Why more of us are picking up a plantain or two (and other exotic produce filling supermarkets)
Mark Thatcher could face police inquiry over failed Equatorial Guinea coup
Dreams of Oranje squashed as Van Basten's men blow it again
Hiddink revolution takes Russia to uncharted territory
Amir needs to work on his boxing basics before he Khan become King
Holland Park school design 'is like a slab block'
Patients vote against NHS shake-up plan
Who's in and who's out
Modest hero of Gallipoli
Career girl gives up love and City life to sail around the globe
Grant cuts force closure of blind workers' factory
Revealed: the biggest new homes crash in 70 years
Michelle will be a fine feisty First Lady
Let's forget Comeback Ken and go for Oona
Comment: on the plinth
Steel tycoon buys third property on Billionaire's Row
Cameron: No shadow job for Davis even if he wins
Hairspray makes profit in record 29 weeks
The people's plinth in Trafalgar Square
Sir Alan Sugar lined up to keep out Ken Livingstone
City 'must move to stay ahead'
Boris Johnson's race row aide quits
'Don't expect too much from Andy'
Slump gives City mental health crisis
London property prices now falling faster than rest of UK
Health risk warning as Pill goes on sale online
Tottenham set to sign �10m PSV goalkeeper
Parents urged to stop the holiday spread of measles
Anyone for tents?
Twin threat to Darling's appeal for pay restraint
There is a glimmer of hope for Gordon
Taking a last view from Henman Hill
'Black eye' Kay Burley may face legal action
Back to the day job: Naomi returns to catwalk
Amy suffering from lung disease emphysema
Hamilton is still a threat in title fight, says Massa
Ambitious Khan gets a wake-up call
Idowu jumping for joy after leading Britain to Euro glory
Chelsea aim to lure Deco
New date is planned for Match Play
Goldman and Citi add to job loss pain
Philippines goldfield battle back on as Xstrata ups bid
Rock boss Sandler seeking a successor
Oil price on rise despite Saudi pledge to lift output
Dresdner a bad bet for Lloyds
Rio eyes 95% ore price rise
Private equity feels the gloom
Prudential adds to Vietnam fund
D-day for Astra on blockbuster
Djokovic can play lead role in classic fortnight of drama
It could be over and out for troubled Mauresmo
Business leaders reject academic diplomas plan
Comment: exam pressure
Cool head needed for probe into crisis-hit England
Ince will be 'outstanding'
Broadly speaking, Colly's men must do better
Gigs of the week
Noseda has blank week after Royal Ascot failure
Toseland left reeling by Donington crash
Daley's best books his Beijing dream
Comment: Drop Dibley - City must get in tune with the times
Jinx-buster Cesc is just fab for Spanish
Councils told to curb spy tactics
America's epidemic of mortgage fraud
Andriy: I'm set on Spain
Nelson Mandela's back in town
Teen thugs stab fleeing boys aged 10 and 12
Tory MEPs told to publish expenses or face ban
Aide was link to Central Office and a big hitter
Service-sector setback surprise
Gunman gets 20 years for crossfire murder of nurse
Estate agent who tortured her former boss is jailed
Robert Mugabe rival takes refuge
FSA's new short-sell rules fail to deter funds
UEFA bid to cut Euro cash for 'Big Four'
Baltacha's tears of joy are boost for the Brits
Normal service resumed for Fed
What to do in London this week
Public service workers' strike signals summer of discontent for Labour
Great Queen Street is simply the best
Neil Diamond takes a chance
Pilgrim's Progress brought to life
In awe of My Bloody Valentine
Chalk Garden in praise of older women
Sea Power finds a place in history

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