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16 August 2008

• Mercedes makes Rooney its £1m face - but will Germans pay the penalty for chavving down?
• Emergency Caesarean saves baby after mother is attacked by burglars as she slept
• Pictured: The crows that attacked a koala bear for straying too close to their nest
• It's raining cats and dogs (and frogs): John Ketley explains some weather curiosities
• Teenager stabbed to death by 'drunk racist' during bloody weekend that claimed two lives
• Bolton's first-half blitz spoils Stoke celebrations at return to top flight
• Script adviser for Guy Ritchie's new mob movie on £100,000 cocaine and cannabis charge
• Mido exposes flaws in the Ramos revolution at Tottenham
• Nasri scores winner in Arsenal debut
• Hull off to winning start
• Rovers claim late win
• Torres helps Reds to win
• The bride wore ... a napkin on her head - the bizarre wedding of Peaches Geldof
• Baby joy for couple whose children were stolen by social workers
• Nasri gets off the mark but Albion give Arsenal plenty food for thought
• Britain rockets to third place on the Olympics medal table as the gold rush continues
• Texas school allows teachers to carry guns to protect against campus attacks
• New fears for Countdown as C4 tests rival quiz shows
• Sharia car insurance: For the first time, Muslims can buy policies in line with Islamic law
• The great expenses cover-up: Now MPs quietly change the FOI act to keep details secret
• Rebecca rules the waves: Adlington smashes world record to win gold again
• Spurs beaten at Boro
• Heathrow owner BAA will be asked to sell one of its London airports after competition probe
• Flower stars for Essex
• 'Immune' to cancer: The astonishing dwarf community in Ecuador who could hold the key to a cure
• Protest demo targets BNP festival
• Three held over body on bonfire
• PICTURED: The prehistoric-looking great white pelican with a 7ft wingspan and gigantic beak
• Unearthed after 2,500 years, the gold earrings that could have been made yesterday
• Team GB's Rebecca grabs second gold
• British men's four strike gold
• Double cycling gold for Britain
• 573,639: The disturbing number of Britons with no criminal record but now registered on Labour’s DNA database
• Cricket hero Marcus Trescothick reveals the crippling 'black wings' of depression that destroyed his career
• I went home crying every night after ending dreams of hopefuls says new judge Cheryl as X Factor kicks off with a bang
• Phelps equals Spitz record
• Kate Moss: My red hot kiss with Ol' Blue Eyes
• You're grounded, FO tells the envoy accused of groping ex-minister's wife
• Georgia Jagger's plea to Jerry Hall: 'You can't go out in that miniskirt! God, Mum, you ARE 50...'
• Clinical Rhinos impress McClennan
• Hargreaves: Rivals gunning for United
• Hoyte completes Boro switch
• Wok on! How I lost my appetite for Chinese food - but found it again with the help of TV chef Ching-He Huange
• The credit-crunch bride who wore a £50 wedding dress says she felt like a 'million dollars' as she weds her man
• A spoonful of baking soda DOES speed you up, say scientists
• Sotherton hopes still alive
• Yes, we were the original Spinal Tap, says Rick Wakeman of Seventies prog-rock supergroup
• Thirty residents lift five-tonne school bus off pregnant woman to save her baby son
• Bronze double for rowers
• Super stylish Agyness Deyn gets caught by the wind as she goes shopping in New York
• Hippy chic for Coleen as she helicopters into V Festival in wellies
• Keegan: No Milner sale
• These Harvard business gurus will ruin us all
• Gavin, Stacey ... and Dave - Cameron's secret crush on comedy star
• Scolari backs Terry for England role
• Carew targets Champions League
• Ellen DeGeneres marries lesbian partner Portia de Rossi in sunset LA ceremony
• Fergie intends to get best from Rooney
• Newton secures bronze
• 'Prime suspects' quizzed on deaths
• All GB final for women cyclists
• Pregnant Gwen looks ready to pop as she steps out in style with protective Gavin
• UK cash pledge for Georgia crisis
• Leeds secure top-two finish
• Wiggins set for gold
• Axing of marking contract welcomed
• More homes face repossession threat
• Sotherton medal hopes fade
• Serb protest rejected
• Fitness fanatic Madonna hits the gym just hours after all-night 50th birthday party
• Campbell misses out
• Old hands hail dynamic newcomer
• Faye joins Stoke
• Barry saga not my fault - Benitez
• Airport strikes to disrupt holiday
• Coloccini joins Newcastle
• Rangers pounce for Pedro
• Shooting report criticises training
• Sotherton not satisfied with third
• Athlete Reeds the riot act
• Ainslie closes in on gold
• Team GB's Rebecca grabs second gold
• Magnificent seven: Phelps equals Spitz's Olympic record in dramatic style
• Sinn Fein backs Omagh police probe
• It might not be fashionable but could save life: UK police women could soon be wearing bullet-proof bras
• Unborn baby saved by surgeons after bus crash horror
• Oath of allegiance to the Queen should be scrapped, say campaigners
• Baby died after breathing tube stuck in her throat, inquest told
• Gantry protest causes M25 chaos
• Sporting birthdays - August 16
• On this day in sport - August 16
• Another final for Nadal as Spaniard faces Gonzalez for Olympic gold
• Yard chief 'trying to silence Paddick' with bid to block his testimony at De Menezes inquest
• Cameron: Why I wouldn't stop women having abortions if their babies were disabled
• World's oldest mother, 70, is pleased at male heir but declares daughter 'a burden'
• Mathers off for Wigan but play-off place is secured despite Wakefield tenacity