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Gareth Bale celebrates his goal for Tottenham

Tottenham forward Gareth Bale just beats Robin van Persie to the Football Writers' Footballer of the Year award

Welshman was named the PFA Player of the Year last week

Sam Wallace: Ruben Loftus-Cheek - a £1.7m contract for the 17-year-old Chelsea player? Why not?

The promise of Ruben Loftus-Cheek, the 17-year-old Chelsea academy and England junior international, has been well known in football for some time.

Hacking scandal: clouds gather over Trinity Mirror as another ex-editor is quizzed by police

Britain’s second biggest newspaper group, Trinity Mirror, was facing a growing crisis tonight after former Daily Mirror editor Richard Wallace was questioned by police.

Steven Gerrard

Steven Gerrard is Liverpool's 'greatest ever player' says Jamie Carragher

Liverpool captain receives award from football writers

Mirror studies new hacking claim

The newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror has included the Countess of Wessex's former business partner in its internal investigation into allegations of phone hacking at the company's national titles.

Daily Mail and the Daily Mirror fined £10,000 each after causing an attempted abduction trial against Milly Dowler's murderer Levi Bellfield to collapse

Two newspapers that caused a trial for attempted abduction against Milly Dowler’s murderer Levi Bellfield to collapse have been fined £10,000 each for contempt of court.

Brady furious at being resuscitated

The Moors murderer Ian Brady's heart stopped for several minutes after he suffered a fit in hospital but medics resuscitated him against his wishes, it was reported yesterday.

Jeremy Hunt defends chancellor's record

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt today defended George Osborne's record in office after a poll suggested nearly half of Britain's voters believe the Chancellor should be ousted.

Mirror and Star journalists arrested in payments probe bailed

Two journalists arrested by detectives investigating corrupt payments to public officials have been released on bail, Scotland Yard said.

Police swoop on Express and Mirror journalists

Scotland Yard's probe into the alleged bribery and corruption of police and public officials dramatically widened yesterday with the dawn arrests of two journalist from the Mirror and Express groups.

Murdoch became friends with Clarke and exploited his theories on satellites at BSkyB

NOTW editor 'spiked paedophilia scoop on Arthur C Clarke for fear of Murdoch'

Ex-reporter claims story never ran because the sci-fi author was the proprietor's friend

Roy Hodgson admits a lack of back-up may force him to stick with his midfield pairing

England manager Roy Hodgson leads tributes to football writer Danny Fullbrook

England manager Roy Hodgson last night led the tributes to Danny Fullbrook, the chief football writer of the Daily Star who has died from cancer at the age of 40.

Bailey pays the price for clinging on to her bonus

Sly Bailey, one of the most powerful women in the British media, quit her post as chief executive of Trinity Mirror yesterday after a revolt by shareholders who demanded that she cut her lucrative bonus package.

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Rupert Cornwell: What if Edward Snowden had stayed to fight his corner?

The CIA whistleblower struck a blow for us all, but his 1970s predecessor showed how to win
'A man walks into a bar': Comedian Seann Walsh on the dangers of mixing alcohol and stand-up

Comedian Seann Walsh on alcohol and stand-up

Comedy and booze go together, says Walsh. The trouble is stopping at just the one. So when do the hangovers stop being funny?
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Edinburgh to Hollywood: 10 comedic talents blowing up big

Hugh Montgomery profiles the faces to watch, from the sitcom star to the surrealist
'Hello. I have cancer': When comedian Tig Notaro discovered she had a tumour she decided the show must go on

Comedian Tig Notaro: 'Hello. I have cancer'

When Notaro discovered she had a tumour she decided the show must go on
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Our chef made his name cooking eggs, but he’s never stopped looking for new ways to serve them
The world wakes up to golf's female big hitters

The world wakes up to golf's female big hitters

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The Last Word: Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale's art of manipulation

The Last Word: Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale's art of manipulation

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