The Mirror (London, England) back issues from January 2008:
GUNMAN ON RUN AS GIRL COPPER IS SHOT.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By JAN DISLEY A GUNMAN was being hunted last night after a woman police dog handler was blasted in a violent pub raid. Katie ...
STEVIE G CALLS IN THE SAS; EXCLUSIVE Crack security firm to protect family from raiders.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By BRIAN ROBERTS ENGLAND soccer star Steven Gerrard has hired a crack team of former SAS soldiers to protect his family after a terrifying raid. The 27-year-old Liverpool captain took drastic action after his wife Alex Curran was threatened at their pounds ...
WHO SAID THAT?(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbours, and let each ...
TODAY ON THE WEB Mirror.co.uk.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... FOOTBALL SPY VIDEO SPECIAL THE January transfer window opens today and Darren Lewis is back with the inside track on all the big moves. Log on for daily video bulletins ...
OPINION OF THE DAY.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... TODAY, at the dawn of a new year, let's be careful not to ...
DAY OF THE DAY.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... FRED West, Gloucester builder charged with ...
BET OF THE DAY.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... India ...at 11-1 on Betfair to beat the ...
SITE OF THE DAY.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/Zones GOVERNMENT ...
NEWS.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... GIVE US EXTRA pounds 40 A WEEK SAY PENSIONERS OAPs are demanding a pounds 40-a-week pay rise. The move by the National Pensioners' Convention marks this year's centenary of the OAP state payment. The group said yesterday pounds 87.30 for a single person and pounds 139.60 for a ...
The marine Martine.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By NICOLA METHVEN, TV Editor MARTINE McCutcheon looks as though she's already on the set of her new drama Echo Beach as she frolics in the waves. Former EastEnders beauty Martine, 31, cavorted happily with a mystery man. And she looked besotted ...
Leon: I'm crying off New Year; HOGMANAY GIG SNUB.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By MARK SMITH X FACTOR king Leon Jackson let down 100,000 revellers last night - as he pulled out of a massive New Year's Eve gig. The teenager, famous for his blubbing, cried off with hours to spare because he had lost his voice. His no-show at ...
GORD'S STRONG CONSTITUTION; NHS charter on bad habits.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By BOB ROBERTS Political Editor A NEW NHS constitution could insist that people have to give up smoking or lose weight before getting treatment, it was revealed last night. Gordon Brown unveiled plans to bring in the first constitution for the NHS setting out ...
We must solve the long-term problems.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: BOB ROBERTS on why the NHS needs to change to survive BEFORE the NHS started at the stroke of midnight on July 4, 1948, health care in Britain was grim. Thousands died of pneumonia, diphtheria and polio. One in 20 children died before the age of five. ...
LOUTS TARGET JETS.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By BOB ROBERTS, Political Editor THUGS are increasingly firing high-powered fireworks at planes. Airline pilots have reported 33 incidents in the past 10 years. In one, an Airbus landing at East Midlands airport was hit by a rocket. ...
Quad death woman clear.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... A WOMAN driver quizzed over the quad bike death of Elizabeth Cooke, seven, will not be charged with death by dangerous driving ...
SICK IRAQI PM IN UK; EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: by GRAHAM BROUGH IRAQ'S Prime Minister was in a London hospital last night having tests to see if he had suffered a stroke. Nuri al-Maliki, 57, was flown to London from Baghdad at the weekend after suffering blackouts and headaches. But three ...
I'M SHOT ..HOW IS MY DOG? COP KATIE BLASTED IN RAID First thing hero handler said to ambulance crew.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By JAN DISLEY and JOHN KELLY SHOT police dog handler Katie Johnson had only one worry as she was rushed bleeding into casualty yesterday - the safety of her German shepherd, Chaos. Peppered with 12 pellets and lucky to be alive, she repeatedly pleaded: "How ...
IT WAS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN; Neighbour's fears over tot killer Rottweiler.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By BRIAN ROBERTS THE Rottweiler that killed baby Archie-Lee Hirst was a ferocious beast which should have never been allowed near children, a neighbour said yesterday. Adelaide Foster, 35, described the 10st dog as an accident waiting to happen. ...
Minister: Put fans on board; EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: by JAMES LYONS SPORTS Secretary James Purnell wants professional football clubs to give fans a seat on the board. He fears they are forgetting loyal supporters and putting money matters first. And giving fans a say in how clubs are run could head ...
Pilot's 3rd escape in air plunge.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By JEREMY ARMSTRONG A PILOT has escaped death for a THIRD time after his aircraft nosedived 1,000ft and bounced off trees. Jim Martin, 48, and copilot Jon Ker, 35, plummeted after their microlight engine cut out above a golf course - but survived because the ...
He saved the kids but could not save his pregnant wife; DAD'S FIRE ORDEAL.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By AIDAN MCGURRAN A HERO dad rescued his three children from their blazing house yesterday but was unable to save his seven-months pregnant wife. Charlene Henry, 25, who was expecting her fourth child, died in the inferno which began shortly after 9 am. ...
FOXY'S LADY; Billie weds actor Laurence.. and this time does it in style.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ROBERT STANSFIELD and NICOLA METHVEN FIRST time round she said "I do" wearing flip-flops, a sarong and baggy shirt in the tacky surroundings of a cheap Las Vegas wedding chapel. But yesterday, when Billie Piper tied the knot with Gosforth Park actor ...
VOICE OF THE DAILY Mirror: Look in to the future with hope.(Leaders)
Jan 01, 2008 ... SOMETIMES our world seems a dark and dangerous place. A revered leader is assassinated by fanatics in Pakistan. Terrorists drive a bomb into a British airport and try to kill families going on holiday. A little girl is snatched from her parents' Portuguese ...
What's the story sofa? We investigate the soft furnishing fever that grips Britain at New Year.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By MATT ROPER ARE you sitting uncomfortably? Maybe not as comfortably as you'd like but still ... we'll begin. You're probably at home, nursing a sore head after last night's festivities. There's rubbish on the telly - and every 15 minutes or so, ...
Refit for Corrie's Rovers; EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: by BRIAN ROBERTS CORRIE'S Rovers Return is set for a shock New Year makeover. Cellarman Vernon Tomlin - wed to pub landlady Liz McDonald - will try to bring the 105-year-old boozer up to date with wine bar-style decor. And dippy Vernon gets a ...
Fearne's teetotally 'brilliant'.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By FIONA CUMMINS TV's Fearne Cotton is off the booze - and not just for the New Year. The 26-year-old Xtra Factor presenter's resolution to give up alcohol began three months ago. And now she says: "I feel bloody brilliant." Fearne ...
Lubbock father: I'll fight on.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... THE father of Stuart Lubbock has spoken publicly for the first time since he nearly died - to say his New Year's resolution is still to win a second inquest into his son's death. Terry Lubbock, 63, who collapsed with a brain seizure on December 9, is confident because senior ...
HAPPY BLUE YEAR.. It's going down to minus 17c.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By MARTIN FRICKER THE skies above the iconic Harbour Bridge explode into a riot of colour as Sydney welcomed in the New Year with its traditional massive fireworks display yesterday. Thousands of revellers packed the harbourside to join the celebration as others enjoyed ...
SHELLEY ViSiON: TV HiGHS.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: JIM SHELLEY 1. The Sopranos' finale 2. Cranford 3. Janice Dickinson in I'm A Celebrity ... 4. David Platt (Jack P Shepherd) in ...
SHELLEY ViSiON: TV LOWS.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: JIM SHELLEY 10. Extras Christmas Special 9. Ricky Gervais' Concert For Diana debacle 8. Steven Beale in EastEnders 7. ITV comedies (Sold etc) 6. Sharon ...
SHELLEY ViSiON: 07 QUOTES.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: JIM SHELLEY "I AIN'T come from no fish" - Tre puts Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution in their place (The Apprentice) "MURDERERS do not play tennis" ...
SHELLEY ViSiON: 2007: A year of hell and heaven.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: JIM SHELLEY RACISM, rip-offs and fakes ... 2007 was a terrible year for the TV industry. It started with the racist bullying of Shilpa Shetty (remember her?) by the vile Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara. During the year, GMTV, Channel 4, ...
SHELLEY ViSiON: THE ANNUAL SHELLEYVISION AWARDS.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: JIM SHELLEY THE ROBBIE WILLIAMS 'AREN'T I GREAT?' AWARD Michael Parkinson for telling us about all the great interviews he's done THE KYLIE MINOGUE 'WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GROW UP?' AWARD Davina McCall for still getting excited about her ...
SHELLEY ViSiON: ...AND ON THAT BOMBSHELL.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: JIM SHELLEY 'I don't like pizza' ...
Airport strike is off after 8hr talks.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ALLISON MARTIN THE first of three strikes by airport workers was called off last night after a breakthrough in talks. The news is a huge relief for millions of holidaymakers who faced chaos if next week's walk out had gone ahead. Thousands of ...
CHANGING VOICES.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... WALES' Treorchy Male Voice Choir has broken tradition by ...
AGAINST ALL ODDS; EXCLUSIVE He works in a metal factory for pounds 5.25 an hour and plays with a set of darts his sister gave him when he was nine.. tonight Kirk could be world champion.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By REBECCA EVANS HE still lives with mum and dad, earns pounds 5.25 an hour in his day job and can't afford a car. Yet darts whizkid Kirk Shepherd stands on the brink of glory tonight - as he bids to become the unlikeliest of world champions. The ...
3AM: PARIS HIT ON.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley ANOTHER night, another shameless bout of flirting from Paris Hilton. This time the venue was the ironically-titled Pure Night Club in Las Vegas where she was all over another mystery man. One fella who DID ...
3AM: Alex Turner.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley THE Arctic Monkeys are taking their New Year resolutions very seriously. Drummer Matt Helders ...
3AM: Bri to quit says dad.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley DELTA Goodrem's dad has told former Westlife star Brian McFadden to forget about marrying his daughter until he gives up the cigs. Brian says: "He gave me the 'dad speech' and said I could wed Delta but there was a condition - ...
3AM: Justin Timberlake.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley IS Justin Timberlake the new face of Givenchy perfume? The singer is in the frame to join Liv Tyler, who fronts ...
3AM: ALOHAN AT LAST.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley NO sniggering. Lindsay Lohan receives an award for her contribution to cinema at the Capri Hollywood Film Festival. And the 21-year-old, who ...
3AM: Doesn't ring a Bel.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley MR Mel B Stephen Belafonte was left out in the cold at Rihanna's Wembley gig when staff couldn't find his name on the guest list. Our mole who witnessed the action tells us: "He ...
3AM: SURVELLANCE.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley EMMERDALE'S Roxanne Pallett (right) enjoying a glass of sake at Geisha restaurant in Liverpool ... footballer Jermaine ...
3AM: AMY Winehouse.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley AMY Winehouse is going cold turkey in Mustique but the tales keep coming. The superstitious diva leaves a beehive in her dressing ...
3AM: New Kate for 2008; EXCLUSIVE LIVE-IN NANNY TO HELP HER CLEAN UP LIFESTYLE.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley KATE Moss is desperate to clean up her act for 2008 ... by making it the year of the family. The supermodel has decided to move her new nanny into her new home in a bid to curb her own hell-raising lifestyle. She is ...
3AM: PETE Doherty.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley PETE Doherty has denied that he's going to spill the beans on life with his ex, Kate Moss. There have been reports that the rocker is telling all ...
3AM: WICKED WHISPER.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley WHICH singer dumped his girlfriend when ...
3AM: SISTER SOLA.(Features)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley TWO Bey or not two Bey? No, it's Beyonce with her sister Solange. And we're lucky to see the girls together here, in Vegas, ahead of the opening of Jay-Z's 40/40 club tonight - as the huge party was nearly cancelled. ...
SUSPICIOUS KATE: MURAT MUST TELL US THE TRUTH; Madeleine suspect 'has questions to answer'.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: PAUL BYRNE in Praia da Luz, Portugal KATE McCann has told friends she is still suspicious of Robert Murat after another person claimed he saw him the night her daughter Madeleine vanished. Ex-pat Murat, 34, was the first official suspect in the case. But he ...
Diabetes sleep risk.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... LACK of sleep in healthy young adults increases the risk of diabetes, according to new research. A study by the University of Chicago found that losing three nights' deep sleep significantly reduces the body's ability to regulate blood ...
A Hull of a winner..(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... A FOOTBALL punter won pounds 28,622 for a pounds 1 stake by predicting the results of 14 matches at the weekend. The 45-year-old's bonanza payout relied on Hull City beating Sheffield Wednesday on Sunday after his 13 Saturday selections came ...
TEARS OF PHIL WIFE.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... THE weeping wife of soccer star Phil O'Donnell, who died after collapsing during a match, visits the sea of tributes left by fans yesterday. Mum of four Eileen and her sister Jacqueline Brown walked among piles of flowers, cards, scarves ...
ALONE ALONE ALONE; EXCLUSIVE Call for police officers to go on solo patrol.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By BOB ROBERTS, Political Editor POLICE officers should be forced to patrol the streets alone under a crime-fighting plan put to the Government. The report claims stopping beat officers going out in pairs would be a simple but effective way of doubling ...
A DAY IN THE LINEKER..(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By LOUISA PILBEAM IF you're dating a gorgeous model almost half your age, time together is precious. But Gary Lineker, 47, coped well with a hectic Christmas schedule of home and away games as he jetted across the world and back to keep his BBC1 bosses as ...
TIME TO REPAY A DEBT OF HONOUR; HONOUR THE BRAVE DAILY Mirror Vet's medal plea.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By JEFF PICKETT A FORMER Special Forces officer has urged the Government to listen to the public and back the Mirror's campaign for medals for troops killed or injured in combat. Sergeant Thomas "Bing" Crosbie, 77, said: "I commend the Daily Mirror for ...
OLLY IN DOCK.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... RUGBY star Olly Barkley yesterday denied assaulting a fellow guest at a wedding. The 26-year-old England and Bath player is alleged to have attacked Simon Cole following a reception at Stowe School, Bucks, in July. He pleaded not guilty to ...
Natalie's fit DVD is a thinner; EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: by RUKI SAYID A FITNESS DVD showing how former EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy dropped four dress sizes has become a bestseller. Natalie's Then and Now Workout, costing pounds 13.97, has outsold those by fitness queen Rosemary Conley, TV presenter Davina ...
I lost 8st to join in kids' fun.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By JEREMY ARMSTRONG SUPER slimmer Michelle Emmerson shed nearly 8st in 20 months - so she could play with her children. The teaching assistant ballooned to 17st 6lb and was struggling to get into her size 24 clothes on a fast food diet of frozen pizzas, ...
HERO DRIVER: I RACED BENAZIR TO HOSPITAL IN BLAZING DEATH CAR; EXCLUSIVE BHUTTO ASSASSINATION Javed's grief over murder.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: VICTORIA WARD in Islamabad BENAZIR Bhutto's driver rushed the dying leader to hospital in her blazing, bomb-damaged car. Javed Rehman was at the wheel when a gunman opened fire at her from close range as she stood waving to supporters through the sunroof after ...
HUNDREDS KILLED IN POLL FURY.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... AN armed cop savagely beats an opposition supporter in Nairobi yesterday as bloodshed erupts after Kenya's disputed presidential election. Hundreds died in running battles across the country after police were ordered to shoot to kill. Trouble had been simmering since Thursday's ...
RAIL OUTRAGE; Fury as fares soar by up to11per cent.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By BOB ROBERTS, Political Editor MILLIONS of passengers will be hit by New Year rail fare increases of up to 11 per cent from tomorrow. They have been condemned by furious passenger groups and opposition MPs as "unjustified" and "unfair". ...
France & Germany axe cigs.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By BRIAN ROBERTS SMOKING bans start today in both France and Germany. In France it will be illegal in restaurants, bars, cafes and clubs, to the fury of owners who face pounds 100 fines for allowing it. Smokers face pounds 50 fines. It was already ...
600 hero troops in payouts.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ALLISON MARTIN NEARLY 600 troops have shared pounds 5million in payouts after being wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. The largest of the MoD awards so far has been pounds 201,250, payable for losing both legs, arms or eyes. But Shaun Rusling of ...
7 HEROES LIFT CAR OFF TRAPPED BABY; Drinkers save tot's life.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By RICHARD SMITH SEVEN pub drinkers were praised as heroes yesterday after they lifted a crashed car off a baby boy trapped in his pushchair. Jackie Stephens, 61, was taking her four-month- old grandson Luke for a walk when the car hit the kerb and ploughed ...