Takeover tittle-tattle engulfing the internet gambling industry provided a welcome distraction on an otherwise miserable morning in the markets today... more
The oil price ease slightly ahead of a crunch meeting of the Opec cartel in Vienna as worries mount over the impact of high energy costs on the world's biggest economies... more
Heather Mills has been injured in a skiing accident. She sustained the injury to her leg when skiing at 100 kilometres per hour during a 24-hour race... more
Lindsey Vonn plans to resume training despite a shin injury which left her in excruciating pain and threatens to wreck her bid for double gold at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver
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Real-life Polish cleaning ladies get the chance to do more than shake a brush when they star in an international arts festival in Chelsea today.... more
Thierry Henry has urged his France team-mates to do their utmost to get the fans back on their side during the World Cup qualifiers against the Faroe Islands and Austria... more
After his recent exhausting scandals, Silvio Berlusconi has been prescribed a Tyrolean spa regime to recharge his batteries — and you can get the same treatment in London... more
A conservative priest whose promotion to bishop has polarised the Catholic Church in Austria has asked Pope Benedict to revoke his appointment because of the uproar it caused... more
EU finance ministers have pledged to prevent any major European bank from going bust and announced a new minimum savings guarantee that will protect depositors across the Continent... more
Tennis: Lawn Tennis Association chief executive Roger Draper has stressed Davis Cup captain John Lloyd will not be sacked after the defeat by Austria... more
Matthew Norman gives his views on Steve McClaren covering Euro 2008, the showdown at the bridge, John Arne Riise and British tennis' greatest loser... more
Ageing actress Demi Moore has made the startling claim that she has a weakness for leeches - not people after her money, the real kind. The 45-year-old told David Letterman that her youthful good looks were all down to leech therapy in Austria, where 'highly trained medical leeches' sucked her blood from her belly button, and, of course, nothing at all to do with her recent £220,000 head-to-toe revamp... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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