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Time to put a cap on booze culture

NEW figures show that the 24-hour drinking laws are helping to shove the crime rate from late night to early morning. Read

Where there's a will there's a Wayne

IT ISN'T on the football field that Wayne Rooney is being tamed but rather, it appears to me, in the living room. Read

Rise and fall of a man who's too nice

ONLY rich men who know what they are doing or fools who don't lavish fortunes on football. Read

All that talent - and she sings as well

MADONNA is many things to many people but, for me, anyway, her greatest talent isn't in showbiz, it's in business. She's so good she even made conical bras commercial. Read

...And the rest will be history

ACROSS the Atlantic, there's a contest ten times more interesting than the Superbowl and a lot more unlikely than Charlie Wilson's War. Read

Leslie a winner but we lose out

LESLIE Ash may feel she is entitled to the £5 million compensation awarded to her for the near-fatal effects of catching a superbug during treatment at a London hospital. Read

Dangers of too much information

BIG Brother is watching you -that was the horror version of the state constantly monitoring its citizens, a system much favoured by Communist nations and now successfully updated for a TV series. Read

First lady hopeful is last to hide from view

CRIKEY, ooo-la-la, whatever next. Read

Rare chance for a little daydreaming

DESERT Island Discs is perhaps the only programme you dream of appearing on and then dream when you're on it. Read

It's time we had an English market

MONTHLY farmers' markets have been a big success in out-of-city centres like Moseley, Harborne and Kings Norton. Read

Top 10 tips for feeling doomed

EXCUSE me, I'm feeling a trifle dizzy. I've just learned that there's something else I mustn't eat if I hope to survive until tomorrow. This time it's bacon. Read