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26 June 2008

• Murray proves a bit special: But it's not pretty for Sharapova
• Spain find the X-Factor to cruise into final showdown with Germany in Vienna on Sunday
• Groceries for 50p: Supermarkets launch savage credit-crunch price war
• Serbian star Tipsarevic turns Roddick exit into an odd spectacle
• Last American nuclear bombs leave Britain after half a century of protest
• Joan Collins: How husband no5 threw a spectacular surprise party for my 75th birthday
• Spurs open Gomes talks after agreeing £7m fee as Young-Pyo returns to PSV
• Grammar schools growing - despite Labour laws designed to stop selective schooling
• South Africa's Smith takes an early swipe at rival skipper Collingwood
• Peacock's wary of Dragon fire as England take on France
• England's young Fisher on the march in the first round of the French Open
• Police chiefs' race row plods on
• Dutch winger De Ridder to team up again with Bruce at Wigan
• ECB lobby for Zimbabwe exclusion
• Barca make contact over Arshavin
• Maternity unit crisis: Labour accused of putting mothers and babies at risk by closing wards
• Everton look to raise urgently needed funds by selling Andy Johnson
• Hull City offer former Bolton star Giannakopoulos a Premiership lifeline
• Britons saddle up for Tour de France success within five years
• Eastlands boss Hughes keen to make Zaragoza striker Milito a City slicker
• Battling Eaton snuffed out by the notorious Brit Basher
• He has battled alcohol and depression, but as Brian Conley returns to the stage he reveals how he has overcome his demons with a smile
• Ajax challenge Portsmouth and Spurs for Liverpool's Benayoun
• Arsenal join United and Milan in chase for Lisbon's Miguel Veloso
• Chief executive Kenyon denies offering former friend £1.4m to join Chelsea
• We'll be taking fast boats to China, says Olympic hero Redgrave
• Turner's Earners - the top tips for Friday's British meetings
• Rhapsody in blue: Elizabeth Hurley dons a tiara for Elton's star-studded charity do
• Criminal freed from jail early because of overcrowding is accused of rape
• Family first for exes Jude and Sadie as they enjoy a day with their kids
• Met chief warns race-case officer
• Alexander faces Holyrood suspension
• Mr and Mrs Capello show their form on the beach in Sicily
• On this day in sport - June 27
• Chocks away! Light aircraft pilot makes lucky escape after crashing plane in fishing lake
• New checks for rail travellers
• Sporting birthdays - June 27
• New anonymity law within weeks
• Euro 2008 semi-final: Russia 0 Spain 3 - All the action from Vienna
• The Devil may wear Prada but the Pope certainly doesn't
• Bang to rights: U.S. gun owners applaud Supreme Court ruling that individuals CAN bear arms
• Italian plan to fingerprint Roma gypsy children in bid to end begging sparks uproar
• Davenport withdraws from Wimbledon
• Turbines to power new energy plans
• Donadoni leaves Italy post
• Hands-free phone driver convicted of causing death by dangerous driving
• Pietersen takes over as England captain after Collingwood handed ban
• Married couples are now in the minority as number of single and divorced people soars
• Wenger: Arsenal's victory over Milan had 'disturbing influence' on us
• Troops killed in Afghanistan named
• Kazim-Richards upset with Lahm conduct
• Germany celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Berlin airlift
• Arsenal chasing Sporting's £24m midfielder Veloso, says player's agent
• Come and be a Shore thing and join me at Pompey, Little tells ex-team-mate
• Jailed Russian oligarch is ready to plead for early release from his Siberian prison cell
• Collingwood banned for slow over-rate
• Real waiting and watching for Ronaldo
• Fresh hope in breast cancer battle
• Road deaths fall to all-time low
• QPR believes Inter Milan youngster Destro is the right man
• Viduka driven on by bringing Euro glory nights back to the Newcastle faithful
• Petrol prices to hit £1.50 a litre this summer, OPEC chief warns
• Failure to reach semi-finals sees Donadoni given the boot by Italy
• Want the safest seat on a plane? Sit on the aisle near an exit
• Patricia Routledge says BBC is run by '10-year-old children' after her detective series is axed
• Family of elderly woman who was robbed on her deathbed face red tape nightmare to see crime investigated
• Tour de Lance: Kate Hudson showers her new love with even more kisses
• EU forces market trader to pulp thousands of kiwi fruit because they're ONE MILLIMETRE too small
• Now Cameron Diaz fuels engagement rumours as she flashes huge sparkler on her wedding finger
• Entwistle to be sentenced to life
• MATT LAWTON'S EURO BLOG: Bitter Lehmann leaves a nasty taste in the mouth
• Nervous win thrills Low
• Burgess commits to Bulls
• Who will captain England with Colly banned for four games?
• Well it wouldn't be Glastonbury without a bit of mud, would it?
• Mugabe dismisses Mandela's criticism as of 'no consequence' as he prepares for 'sham' vote
• Murray wary of Malisse malaise
• Kruse control: Wild cards stop King Richard sitting on the fence
• England's World Cup '66 win was fixed by referees, claims ex-FIFA president
• Actress Emma Thompson introduces her 'adopted' refugee son at Mandela party
• Schoolboy found hanged after his father confiscated his new Wii
• High-interest loan deals double as rising cost of living takes toll
• The two-year-old boy who will only eat yoghurt
• Latvian seeks £4m payout after being jailed for killing Nazi sympathisers
• Now unpopular Sylvia sparks a row with Big Brother's Luke
• Fans have fallen out of love with greedy modern-day players, says Pele
• Doctor faked prescriptions to give growth hormones to son so he wouldn't be bullied
• Turkey's Fatih Terim set to step down following galling Germany defeat
• Ramos eager to seize chance
• Rejected again: Sylvia's second attempt at a Big Brother romance falls flat after turning her attention from Stuart to Dale
• Poortvliet to take Southampton hotseat following Dutch FA ruling
• WIMBLEDON DAY FOUR - All the action live from SW19
• Calderon says Real are mere 'passive spectators' in the Ronaldo saga
• EastEnders' Jim Branning makes brave return to Albert Square in wheelchair after crippling stroke
• 'Beautiful angels' laid to rest in two white coffins ... as father who gassed them to death is buried just six miles away
• Barca line up £20million bid for Arsenal's Russian target Arshavin
• Separated at birth: Can you tell the difference between Kelly Osbourne's boyfriend and Lindsay Lohan's lesbian lover?
• Viennese swirl could cost UEFA millions after Euro 2008 TV coverage rebooted into touch three times
• Look Hugh's back: Grant takes former girlfriend Jemima Khan out for dinner
• Turkey's Kazim-Richards accuses Germany of flaunting fair play
• Ivanovic counts her blessings
• Bump in the night: A heavily pregnant Kirstie Allsopp blooms at Tatler summer party
• Barca fan Arshavin aims to repay coach Hiddink by helping Russia reach final
• Els brings back good luck caddy Roberts for Open campaign
• Families facing an extra £260 on their annual energy bill to pay for £100bn green energy expansion
• Kerry Katona ordered to pay £157,000 tax bill in six weeks or face bankruptcy
• Spurs new boy Dos Santos vows to wow fans with his 'special qualities'
• Childhood IQ link to dementia risk
• Blackburn's Ince relishing return to Upton Park cauldron
• Like mother like daughter: Kate's daughter Lila makes a mini fashion statement
• Road deaths falls to record low - but more motorcyclists are killed
• Killed by the Budget: Pensioner, 92, electrocuted himself because of taxes
• Bank chief Mervyn King: Ask for a pay increase and interest rates will rise
• Catalans coach Potter insists: England will be far too strong for France
• I won't be Eaton by fear, says Chris ahead of biggest game of his career
• Bush takes North Korea off his terror blacklist as 'axis of evil' country cooperates over nuclear programme
• HBOS shareholders vote on cash plan
• Dog-breeder dubbed Cruella De Vil kept 50 Dalmatians in 'appalling conditions'
• Georgia on Grant's mind?
• Poortvliet given Saints green light
• Bocanegra's snapped up by Rennes after Fulham exit
• Miami police pull over the world's first 'brothel-on-wheels'
• German No 1 Lehmann slams Wenger for 'difficult season'
• Matt finished: Crocked prop Dunning to miss Saturday's French Test
• River plunge baby girl dies
• BBC iPlayer revamped with better quality picture
• Becks takes his 'Mini-Me' boys for a run in the Roller... and meets a nice young lady
• Obama slams the U.S. Supreme Court for outlawing execution for child rapists
• Bruce ready to smash Wigan's transfer record for Johnson
• Striker Drogba surprised after AC Milan insist he's 'staying at Chelsea'
• Terim: Turkish delight will continue
• Now Tesco are caught up in child labour row over suppliers who pay only 16p an hour
• Digital switchover 'a mystery'
• Bombs kill four U.S. soldiers in spike of violence against American forces
• Sir Ian Blair warns Muslim race row officer to step into line
• Wenger questions Scolari timing
• Lee the key in Spurs bid for PSV's goalkeeper Gomes
• Over and out: Go-slow England skipper Collingwood banned for four matches
• Agents' dispute threatens to throw Spurs' capture of Gomes into disarray
• Arsenal in shock move for Crouch as Wenger prepares to sell Adebayor
• Exclusive: I'd snub Serie A to stay a Celt, says City loanee Samaras
• Brown battles to keep Henley deposit on his first anniversary as Prime Minister
• RONALDO LATEST: I'll be back, Cristiano calls United from holiday
• BBC may seek compensation from UEFA after storms knock out TV coverage during nail-biting Euro 2008 semi-final
• Pryce is right for Smith
• Mathias reveals Ince methods
• Kiwi skipper Vettori insists: We won so let's move on from Colly-gate and concentrate on the cricket
• Spurs to offer Lennon as makeweight in £15m deal to lure winger Bentley
• Blackett to head RFU tour probe
• Collingwood eases strained relations
• What have you got stuck to your foot, Bea?
• Djokovic slumps to Safin defeat
• Taylor nears new Magpies deal
• What the back pages of the papers say - June 26
• Ivanovic comes through epic ordeal
• Zimbabwe tour scrapped
• Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs set for release next July
• Eco-towns 'could become slums'
• Weah urges Milan to sign Adebayor
• Kiwis edge last-ball thriller
• Federer sweeps past Soderling
• Lahm sends Germany into final
• Mugabe stripped of knighthood
• Man charged over farm diesel raid
• UK must be prepared for flood risk
• Watchdog probes ministers' expenses
• Tycoon hopes to win Treaty appeal
• HMRC slammed over major data breach
• Progress in school tests 'slows'
• Labour leader broke donation rules
• Two UK soldiers killed within a day
• The Nelson Mandela touch charms Her Majesty at Buckingham Palace
• What credit crunch? Super-rich still showing an 'unquenchable appetite for luxury items'
• Thousands still confused about digital switch and are buying 'obsolete' TVs
• The have-yacht and have nots: Labour has 'failed to stop widening gap between rich and poor'
• 'Sidelined' officer in race discrimation claim against Met chief Sir Ian Blair
• New United kit for a new season ... but hang on, where's Ronaldo?
• Is Agyness Deyn taking Kate Moss's crown?
• A load of hot air: Why spending £100bn on windfarms to please the EU is Labour's greatest act of lunacy
• There are too many ethnics on TV, says Asian BBC chief
• A slave to love: The bizarre Victorian Upstairs Downstairs romance between a wealthy barrister and his maid
• Rise of Britain's nowhere man: How Chris Eaton, who drives a battered Astra and earned just £46 prize money this year, has a shot at glory at Wimbledon
• MAIL COMMENT: Now let's strip the tyrant of his power
• Helping the desperate or prolonging their misery? The British firms doing business with Zimbabwe
• The folly of Colly: Quite frankly, this just isn't cricket
• Murderers will escape justice without new laws to end 'secret witness' ban, Straw warns MPs
• Keane makes £10m offer for Everton's Johnson in bid to replace crocked Jones
• Hell for Ellen as Olympic chiefs end Beijing showjumping dream
• Swapping partners: Big Brother love square gets more complicated as Sylvia goes for Dale
• Harman vows to force through 'true equality' in the workplace, as bosses call plan 'a nightmare'
• The one-night stand blues: How girls are left to regret brief encounters
• 'Facebook generation with little regard for secrecy' blamed for losing MoD's 130 laptops to theft
• Mugabe stripped of his knighthood after Queen gives her backing and Brown calls on businesses to pull out of Zimbabwe
• Slowdown to hit BlackBerry sales
• Yacht industry is weathering crisis
• SOS: save our sparrows
• BarCap won't sell off Endemol debt
• Shopkeeper hands in 400 knives to prevent teenage stabbings
• Skyscrapers must blend in and be built in clusters, says Mayor
• £13 million recycling plant will green M&S
• Unruly teenagers need tough love, says Boris
• Anheuser 'to shun bid and get back to basics'
• 'My brother cried out... no one helped'
• Renaissance at Hampstead Theatre after funding boost
• Fuel-price strategy is paying off for Arriva
• Brown blocks huge wages rise for inner London MPs
• Air chiefs tell Cameron: Heathrow must expand
• Willie Walsh: Don't underestimate value of transfer passengers
• Ban puts Paul Collingwood's captaincy at risk
• England go-slow adds to Collingwood's woe
• Unlucky-in-love Robbie Williams loses out again
• Why Labour can't keep playing the racism card
• Tube bosses are giving us nothing but hot air
• Chris Eaton: We're in with a shout if fans cheer us on
• Only Sarah can unlock the real Gordon
• Evening Standard comment: Equal rights and the City
• City firms must reveal pay rates in war on 42% gender gap
• Celebration as Sotheby's sale tops £100 million
• Unhappy anniversary: Brown battles to keep Henley deposit
• Green tax to hit gas bills
• Turkey lost but we were heroes
• Pray and display: the new religious parking permit
• Hail, the new London cab
• Baby pulled from Thames dies in hospital
• Postcode lottery blocks free IVF to infertile couples
• Dark horses make hay in SW19's sun
• 'Doctors told me I was too fat to be a mother'
• Tesco 'slave labour' row
• Balkan beauty Ana finds a beast within
• Sanjeev Bhaskar is king of comedy
• Sharapova can't take lead Games role
• Fall into line or you're out, Blair tells Muslim race row officer
• DSG orders staff to shape up in bid to head off crisis
• Regent Inns boss heads for exit after a new profit alert
• Forget falling house prices - land is booming just like oil
• Germans' secret is safe with Jens
• Lee the key in Spurs bid for Gomes
• Steve Redgrave wants six of the best
• Drogba left confused as Milan claim he's staying
• Aragones brushes off move talk
• Keeper's final blast at boss Wenger
• Builders on slide after 'worse than Nineties' warning
• City leans on B&B to look at Cowdery's cash scheme
• Pain limited at Standard Chartered
• Let's be minus rating agencies
• New blow for pubs as MPs roll out a probe
• Hohn loses fight on J-Power divi
• Bank chief: Interest rates on hold to fight inflation
• Gunman Tasered after shots fired at police car
• Dogs and X-rays to speed Tube screening
• Situation vacant: speechwriter for the PM
• QPR chase teenage ace from Inter
• Barclays' way is better, but it's still pretty grim
• PM ally tells Darling to 'sort it out' at Treasury
• Venus shows she's on another planet
• Brown in clear over donations as Yard focus on Labour staff
• Eat Your Heart Out: Why The Food Business Is Bad For The Planet and Your Health by Felicity Lawrence
• The Great Western Beach: A Memoir of a Cornish Childhood Between the Wars by Emma Smith
• Shadows of the Workhouse: The Drama of Life in Post-War London by Jennifer Worth
• Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees by Roger Deakin
• Beach Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones & Anonymous
• Candide is lost in translation
• Prince Caspian is too charming
• Babe amongst beasts in wanted
• Marriage must pass French test
• Divas leading ladies astray
• Special subjects at School for gifted children
• The four jazz tenors
• The silk road is cracked
• Chris Waitt is a Likeable loser in love
• Self-righteous take on Female Agents
• Ben Folds conducts Shepherds Bush crowd