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17 July 2008

• Part-time caddie Rees bags a round to save Mrs Calcavecchia's blushes
• Royal navy Wren faces jail over false rape claim
• England kids blow semi-final chance after goalless draw with Italy
• The next big thing: Katy Perry
• The Hold Steady: You may think we're uncool, but Harry Potter begs to differ
• It's a dry run for McDowell as leaders cash in on late start
• Westwood and Garcia forced to dig deep for a tough links test
• Hughes begins with a win as Petrov and Hamann strike down part-timers
• Britons spend more time in the shower than any other Europeans - up to 20 minutes EVERY day
• Hamilton happy to continue thriving on his big-race nerves
• Such sweet Zorro! The musical isn't a turkey - so who is the man behind the mask?
• Sandy storm: Lyle walks out as stars take a battering at Royal Birkdale
• Jordan the reigning queen of bad taste slips into a metallic catsuit at book launch
• Ronnie Wood's teenage lover: 'I love him and it's NOT over yet'
• Aussie Pattinson jumps the queue as selectors ignore Hoggard and Co
• Donkey Punch: Punch drunk from sickening sadism
• Stoke end Carson pursuit
• Derby move for King after clinching £1.75m signing of striker Hulse
• Beijing or bust - Chambers will retire if Olympic ban stands
• Pamarot vows to fight for his place at Portsmouth after snubbing Hull switch
• Inter examine options as Lampard is 'torn' between Chelsea and San Siro
• Liverpool keen to push through £20m deal for Spurs striker Keane
• Meet Dave: Eddie Murphy's script runs out of energy
• Doting dad Frank Lampard is pretty in pink again
• Turner's earners - get your weekend off to a flying start by backing a winner
• WALL-E: Family space odyssey has wall-to-wall robotic fun
• Murat trio win £800,000 in damages
• Brown promises more bobbies on beat
• TV licence will go DOWN in 2013 after digital switchover, says Ofcom chairman
• Rose treads water but is still aiming for another big splash
• Families face 66 per cent rise in gas bills - to more than £1,000 a year
• 'They are a bunch of whingers': Culture Secretary dismisses critics of Olympic's £9.3billion cost
• Kate Moss ditches the scruffy look for elegant Vogue shoot
• On this day - 18 July
• Degree system 'descending into farce' with universities 'setting their own standards'
• Heroes star Hayden Panettiere vamps up to launch her pop career
• Dame Judi Dench and Ricky Gervais lead British nominees at Emmy Awards
• Lib Dems vow to slash taxes for poorer people by cutting billions in Whitehall waste
• Fears Government plans could let EXTREMISTS seize control of local police authorities
• Sporting birthdays - July 18
• Rev Jesse Jackson at the centre of hypocrisy storm after it is revealed he used the 'N word' during a TV interview break
• Sneak peek: Christian Bale takes on the Terminator in fourth installment
• Obama's in the money after he raises $52million in one month
• Chris Evans expecting first child with golf-pro wife Natasha Shishmanian
• Russian officials are just one click away from being sacked unless they learn how to use computers
• Cavendish seals historic hat-trick as drug shame looms over Tour
• More cash for seriously hurt troops
• Banks offer best savings rates for seven years as they compete for new customers to beat the credit crunch
• Smith offers top job to pay critic
• 'Boring' Rachel finally unleashes her wrath on fellow housemates
• Sir Ian Blair faces public fight with UK's most senior Asian officer after mediation talks fail
• Kidnappers release brother of Everton defender Yobo
• Immigrants stow away in Army trucks
• Sunderland hoping sidelined Jones will not require an op
• Wenger cool over Hleb exit
• Bloated Rachel Hunter steps out with heavily bandaged knee
• Child drug abuse: A quarter of under 16s have taken illegal substances
• United facing challenge from Barcelona in the race to sign Spurs star Berbatov
• Equitable Life compensation call
• Camilla lives the Good Life as she recycles birthday outfit... and gets a giant cabbage for a present
• Angry Dyson hits out at R&A, claiming Birkdale is 'nearly unplayable'
• Snub for Ashes heroes as roof tiler gets the call from England
• Pictured: Blondie the 10-year-old pony who was stabbed 40 times and left to die by sick knife thugs
• William commander killed by Taliban bomb after delayed convoy was left without support
• Nike pulls new Air Stab trainers off the shelf in wake of knife attacks
• C diff infections increase by 6%
• Ryanair axes thousands of flights from Stansted over soaring fuel costs and airport fees
• Smith promises expansive rugby
• Hargreaves left behind as United set off for pre-season tour of Africa
• Premier League new-boys Stoke end pursuit of Liverpool goalkeeper Carson
• Loose Woman Carol McGiffin's shocking confession: 'I haven't had sex in seven years'
• Cahill blow for Everton but Arteta back in full training
• Binge Britain: Now under-21s face ban on buying alcohol
• Arshavin reiterates Barca 'dream'
• I'm with United until told otherwise - Fletcher plays down his exit rumours
• Top TV surgeon pays six-figure damages to woman who had a stroke during facelift
• Calcavecchia forced to find new caddy as his wife refuses to brave elements
• Chelsea and United on alert as Barca set to swoop for Real misfit Robinho
• THE INSIDER: Wigan have walked away from AJ deal... Toon stuttering over Spurs' Pascal... M'Bia made Toffees' top target... Plus the other gossip
• Brassed-off neighbours threaten legal action over noisy open-air rehearsals of scout band
• Pete Doherty faces arrest after he misses court date AGAIN
• Lapdance club that provoked commuter-belt fury WAS wrecked by arsonists, say police
• More funding for flood-hit areas
• Fury as speeding policeman who killed a mother-of-three is cleared of dangerous driving
• Calzaghe to continue after Jones?
• Donald trumps the housing slump by selling his mansion for £50million 4yrs after he bought it for £20 million
• Mourinho still chasing Lamps
• Hospital staff banned from making tea - because bosses want to cut electricity bills
• Reid set for Thailand post
• McGeady snubs move south of the border to commit to Celtic
• Caught on camera: The moment a fearless grandmother used a broom to fight off hammer-wielding robbers
• Blackburn boss Ince makes double swoop for Castillo and Andrews
• England will be expansive by November vows Johnson's king of attack
• Manchester City linked with Villanueva as Chilean plots Premier League move
• 'Police blunders' mean parents of drug-addicted Rachel Whitear will never know how she died - official report
• Corrie's Ken and Roy come a cropper as the cops wade in
• Devoted head teacher is escorted from school and asked to leave... for working too HARD
• Back-from-dead canoeist 'in affair'
• Murat wins £600,000 libel damages
• 'Hey, you in the mask, have you got a light?' How divers helped a shark in need
• Top U.S. golfer left looking for an emergency caddy at the Open after his blonde wife decides the weather is well below par
• Sharon Osbourne's rage at TV comic's 'fat and ugly' attack on daughter Kelly
• Chambers finds out his Olympic future on Friday as judge defers decision
• Saunier Duval withdraw from Tour de France after Ricco fails doping test
• Nigerian man, 21, gets life for stabbing to death promising A-level student who came to England for a better future
• Pope attacks consumer culture for scarring and squandering the world's natural resources
• I could end up at Arsenal, Chelsea or Spurs but I want to go to Barcelona - Russian playmaker Arshavin
• Everton boss Moyes targets Cameroon star M'Bia as his new midfield 'enforcer'
• Ramos insists: I'm happy to sell players like Keane and Berbatov and bring in 'younger and more talented ones'
• It's a wrap: Joely Richardson makes a splash poolside in a black bikini and pink sarong
• BOA face protracted Chambers fight
• Ramos denies move for Garcia but he hopes capture of Modric and Giovani will help Spurs compete against the best
• Home-owner hit with compensation claim after postwoman 'slipped on his step'
• Carry attack alarms and don't listen to music: Crime charity issues first ever advice to MEN
• British teenagers jailed in Ghana over cocaine smuggling walk free after one year behind bars
• VIDEO: Team GB sprinters, Sotherton and Farah on their Beijing dream
• Milan prepare to unveil Ronaldinho
• Dunne promises Euro adventure
• Newcastle boss Keegan misses out again as Argentina's Aimar joins Benfica
• Jordan exposes her scarred cleavage during wild night out without Peter (and her wedding ring)
• Pictured: Proud parents show off their million-to-one black and white twins
• Is pneumatic model Jodie Marsh wearing the most hideous outfit ever?
• Freddie ready to reach his peak
• Pictured: Catherine Tate on crutches after twisting her ankle in nasty fall
• New boy Ramsey set to make his debut for Gunners at Barnet
• Mourinho plays the waiting game as he dreams of being reunited with Lampard
• Sprinter Dwain faces Olympics D-Day
• Brothers who joined army on same day become first twins to be awarded identical MBEs
• Drugs scandal hits Royal school after students are suspended in cannabis crackdown
• Anfield target Barry spared showdown with O'Neill on return to training at Villa
• Canoe wife: 'I considered suicide on the beach where my husband faked his death after he refused to come clean'
• Wacky Justin Timberlake dons wig as he impersonates Jessica Simpson in her 'Daisy Dukes'
• Fears grow for Barry Manilow as he drops to SEVEN STONE
• Barrichello targets Hockenheim podium but dares not dream of victory
• Millionaire puts £3.7m divorce details on the internet to prove to village gossips he's not 'tight'
• Hospitals are winning the war on MRSA, but C. diff is making a comeback
• Harrington starts Open defence
• Lyle admits he 'chucked it' as former champion pulls out after ten holes
• Home Secretary offers a job to the police chief who called for her sacking
• Welcome to one of the most dangerous places on earth: Iraq launches itself as the hot, new holiday destination
• Harman roof protesters due in court
• Retire? No chance - I want to fight Pavlik insists Calzaghe
• GB stars charged with assault
• I want to stay in Argentina - Falcao dismisses possible Arsenal link
• Boy, 8, dies after accidentally hanging himself on rope swing in back garden
• Engineer wins Lottery jackpot after finding winning numbers in a fortune cookie
• 'Stabilisation' plan for forces
• 12 in court over fatal stabbing
• Brown promises more bobbies on beat
• Arsenal boss Wenger cool over Hleb's departure to Barcelona
• Brown rejects 50% 'super-tax' on £100,000 wage-earners
• 'Free' ringtone websites investigated for misleading marketing
• Curbishley's recipe for pre-season Hammers harmony meets trip from hell
• TV viewers face weekend of prime-time repeats as over 60% of programmes have been shown before
• Feng shui City turn Eastlands into a crystal palace to energise their players
• Rugby League pair on assault charge
• Father's fury over 'scandalous' report on how social workers left his mentally ill wife free to murder their two children
• Britain's most popular TV shows branded 'too white' by black and Asian viewers
• We're not going to throw away our European chance, says City's Dunne
• Scandal of the SATs: How exam paper littered with grammatical errors scored HIGHER than literate paper
• Newcastle, Everton and ex-Spurs boss Jol locked in battle for £4m Chimbonda
• Nailed! Security guard and three police officers interrogated grammar girl who painted one fingernail in Boots
• Picture special: Leiva and Voronin on target as Swiss stretch Liverpool
• This is the best I've ever felt - Celtic star Hartley raring to go
• Condoms should be advertised BEFORE the watershed - health experts
• Revealed: Houses of Parliament at risk from deadly asbestos
• Rangers snub plea by Watford striker Shittu to restart talks
• Figures to show true knife stats
• Move over Posh & Becks! There's a new soccer star in LA as Ronaldo hobbles down the red carpet
• From scrawny schoolboy to beefcake: Teen star Zac Efron bulks up
• Watchdog orders compensation over Equitable Life scandal - but millions of victims get nothing
• The ring's back on: Is Kelly Brook finally ready to marry Billy Zane?
• Pro40 makes way for Twenty20 league
• Gilberto receives rousing welcome
• The Open 2008 - Live coverage from Royal Birkdale
• U.S. ready to send diplomats to Iran for the first time in 30 years
• Five illegal immigrants discovered at Army base after sneaking into UK aboard British military vehicles
• Ghana to release young drug Britons
• No tee party for early birds
• What the back pages of the papers say - July 17
• Ex-world record holder Jackson insists: Life should mean life for Chambers
• Flintoff: no worries over fitness
• Fuel duty freeze a 'political fix'
• D-Day looms in Madeleine case
• Drogba decision on future 'in 10 days'
• Harrington 50-50 for Open defence
• Barca seal Hleb capture
• Pension warning to equity firms
• Soham inquiry report 'not enforced'
• Price hikes at pumps slowing
• MPs' expenses limit cut proposed
• Council workers strike in pay row
• Accused wife 'was emailing Darwin'
• British holiday jet in emergency landing after drunk passenger tried to 'open door at 50,000ft'
• Co-op in £1.56bn Somerfield buy-out
• Gardening is glorious, but don't expect perfection! Rachel Billington shares her secrets
• The black father 'crisis': Cameron backed by black mums and organisations
• Jobseeker claimants at 15-year high
• Harman roof protesters face charges
• American Beauty star Mena Suvari engaged to music producer
• 'I know my Katia slept with Ronnie': Furious mum attacks Wood's relationship with teenage daughter
• The Nazis' final atrocity: Why, as they were surrendering, did one unit wipe out an entire village?
• Swaddling: The age-old technique for getting your baby to sleep is making a comeback
• Mademoiselle Reese Witherspoon gets glamorous for Paris photo shoot
• Hughes begins his City voyage in the Faroes but without Ronaldinho
• Major General: Government is 'careless' with the military
• We want to be just like Jordan: Shocking stories of teens who want to follow in the glamour model's footsteps
• Parents pay £500 to get their children trained for university entrance exams
• Mother Nature holds the key to a home victory, claims Rose
• Hammers may need to sell players to raise cash, warns Zamora
• The inner city turns green
• £100m plan for hospital three storeys under Lord's ground
• With new casinos on way, the first NHS clinic for addict gamblers
• Report on killings of children by mentally ill mother 'is scandalous'
• It's Mock Last Week as TV viewers face weekend of repeats
• It's not just what the LDA did but what it failed to do
• Britain's great for hols, if you avoid MPs
• Comment: Park life
• Comment: Fatal mistakes
• Seconds from disaster, woman who wouldn't use a railway bridge
• Catholics pray all day for end to gang violence
• Wenger cool over Hleb's departure
• Thames Water fined £8,000 for dangerous holes
• Asbestos danger to MPs and Parliament visitors
• Broadcasters 'perpetuate ethnic racial stereotypes'
• Katie Holmes revisits Eighties for new role
• Tube lift faces axe as cost hits £100m
• Rumer Willis lets it all hang out on red carpet
• Tory MPs use expenses to fund Commons research unit
• 'I know my Katia slept with Ronnie, says mum
• 'Pimps' forced me to quit, claims Ray Lewis
• Ken chalked up £13,000 expenses in his last year
• Horror Open
• O'Meara: US stars must earn stripes
• Win exclusive iTunes Festival tickets to The Music
• Chambers must wait 24 hours for Games judgement
• Equitable Life policyholders 'were failed by Government'
• MPs to block rise for man who exposed perks
• Brown rejects 50% tax on £100,000 wage-earners
• Chelsea Barracks site 'will be an example of urban politeness'
• Traders ask Mayor to save Latin-American market
• Bowler Freddie scares Arthur
• Foundations dug for 2012 aquatic centre
• Official: London tap water is the best in Britain
• Tradition is trampled in charge for Twenty20 gravy train
• New blow for DSG as finance chief goes over to rival
• Rose eager to hunt for gold
• Tiffin buys Bombay Bicycle Club from Clapham for £4.4m
• Comment: Tests betray our children
• Lloyd's set for biggest profits fall since 2002
• Crude takes breather after big tumbles
• My husband does it all, admits equal rights chief
• Equitable holders face new delay in cash fight
• Glam campers bring a ray of sunshine at Blacks
• Faldo's in search of his Euro stars
• 20 knife crimes a day make London the crime capital
• Lily Allen becomes the Mayor's latest adviser
• Online sales boost for Mothercare
• Mayor backs ban on alcohol for under-21s
• Superbug risk is lowest in the capital
• Sats results chaos is the worst ever say headteachers
• Credit crunch? Not if you're a super-rich Selfridges shopper
• Punters not put off by absent Tiger
• WSJ axes 50 editorial staff as production is revamped
• Reasons to believe oil prices may ease soon
• Pension change gathering pace
• Microsoft faces China pirate hit
• eBay springs a £232m surprise
• Choi well poised for maiden major
• Stars at odds with each other over new 17th green
• Risks of putting up barriers to sovereign wealth fund saviours
• FBI in £500m IndyMac probe
• It's easy to fall for judo
• It's time to bid farewell to Fannie and Freddie
• Smith plots new attack for England
• Rubens out to gatecrash party again
• Tour drugs test comes up negative
• VW on the road back to the US
• Zamora raring to go
• Dunne on a mission
• China pace cools as exports slow
• Win Puma Ducati gear
• Oil-price spiral lifts Woodside
• Landmark victory for carer mother
• Win a family break with Charmin
• TV surgeon pays damages to woman who had a stroke during facelift
• Please stop the killings, begs father of boy knifed in the heart
• Children are turning their backs on drink and cigarettes
• Shops feel crunch as 17p in every £1 is now spent online
• From M&S to a £4.4m Bombay food dream
• Race claim officer pulls out of talks with Met
• Tears of canoe man's wife
• Westwood struggles to hang on as awful conditions bite
• Harrington battles on through the pain
• Runner of the week: Karen Wright
• Charity of the week: Parents for Children
• 20 knife crimes a day? It's more than that, says the Mayor
• Rose shows touch of the old magic
• Tour in turmoil as third rider fails drugs test
• Pattinson receives shock call
• Winterflood will fight FSA charges after record fine
• Ramos warning over star strikers
• JPMorgan notches up $2bn but is downbeat on future
• Ryanair grounds quarter of its planes at Stansted
• Brit Energy shows hand on N-sites
• New Menezes report 'very critical' of Blair
• Wall-E is not so rubbish
• Every baby needs good neighbours in Puffball
• Female of species has mind of its own
• Sex, drugs and ultra-violence in Donkey Punch
• Bad times for bad Wu-Tang boys
• Hinson gives heartfelt performance
• Revenge is still a tasty dish in tragedy
• Inside Abu Ghraib
• Guns rule Rio in City of Men
• Meet Dave is in another world
• Ikiru is a masterpiece
• Summer Hours is a gentle reminder
• Mad Detective has wide appeal
• Neil Young voices opinion in CSNY