The Mirror (London, England) back issues from June 2008:
I'M GLAD DAD SHOPPED ME; Son turned over to cops for hiding a gun and live ammo.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By GREIG BOX TURNBULL A TEENAGER facing certain jail for having a gun and ammo praised his dad last night for shopping him to police. Paul Metcalfe's father Neil, 43, turned him in for hiding a gun and 11 live bullets in his room. Paul, 19, now faces up to ...
WHO SAID THAT?(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent we don't possess, ...
TODAY ON THE WEB Mirror.co.uk.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... ENGLAND GALLERY ALL the big pictures of Becks and Co taking on Trinidad and Tobago at Mirror.co.uk/sport/sportpix NEW ON VIDEO BRITISH heptathlete star Kelly Sotherton on her ...
OPINION OF THE DAY.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... EVEN profitable post of fice branches are under threat of closure ....
DAY OF THE DAY.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... QUEEN Elizabeth II was ...
BET OF THE DAY.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Excape WELL worth a punt in ...
SITE OF THE DAY.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... www.streetdanceinternational.com GEORGE Sampson won ...
NEWS.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BOTTLING UP FEELINGS 'BEST WAY OF COPING' KEEPING your feelings close to your chest after a shock event may be best, a study suggests. A team quizzed people over how they dealt with the 9/11 attacks, comparing those who expressed thoughts with those who did not. They found those ...
Jason in marriage surprise; WEDDING.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By STEPHEN WHITE FORMER Neighbours star Jason Donovan has married his long-time partner Angela Malloch in a surprise ceremony. Jason invited friends and family to Bali, saying he was holding an early 40th birthday party - and when they got there told them it ...
Kensit: I'd be a good wife now; WEDDING.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By MARK JEFFERIES THREE-times divorced Patsy Kensit reckons she is finally ready to make a go of marriage at the age of 40. The actress is well-known for her failed celebrity match-ups with rockers Dan Donovan, Jim Kerr and Liam Gallagher. But now ...
Isn't that just so Roomantic? WAG WEDDING: 12 DAYS TO GO INSIDE WAYNE'S ITALIAN VENUE.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: BY TOM BRYANT SHOWBIZ REPORTER THIS is the palatial Italian villa where Wayne Rooney and Coleen McLoughlin will marry in 12 days' time. The ornately decorated room in Villa Durazzo in the resort of Santa Margherita Ligure features an ornate marble floor and is ...
Booze kids face rehab in a bid to cut crime; PARENTS WHO MAKE A STAND.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: BY JAMES LYONS POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT UNDER-age drinkers could be sent to rehab in an effort to cut the health problems and spiralling crime caused by youngsters hooked on booze. And parents face being hauled before the courts and even jailed if their ...
I'M SCARED OF GOING TO PRISON BUT I FEEL DAD SAVED ME; EXCLUSIVE Gun boy backs parent who called police PARENTS WHO MAKE A STAND.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: BY GREIG BOX TURNBULL A WAYWARD teenager told last night how he believed his dad had saved him from a life of crime by telling police he was hiding a gun and ammo. Paul Metcalfe, 19, could be jailed for up to five years later this month after being convicted ...
Mum meets sons' victim; EXCLUSIVE PARENTS WHO MAKE A STAND.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: BY SARAH JELLEMA BRAVE mum Carol Saldinack, who shopped her two violent sons, met their victim for the first time yesterday. In an exclusive meeting, set up by the Daily Mirror in a London hotel, Carol, 51, and father-of-two Marc Parkinson, 36, embraced and ...
WIN 100 tickets for the BGT tour.(Competition/Offers)
Jun 02, 2008 ... MISSING Britain's Got Talent already? We're giving away more than 100 tickets to see winner George Sampson and all the other finalists from the hit show LIVE ON TOUR! Stephen Mulhern, presenter of ITV2's behind-the-scenes show Britain's Got More Talent, will host the ...
King George; EXCLUSIVE HE'S GOT THE WORLD AT HIS FEET TEEN STAR TO DANCE HIS WAY TO pounds 1M PAY DAY.. AND BEYOND.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: BY TOM BRYANT and KATE JACKSON HE danced his way into viewers' hearts with his determination, raw talent and winning smile. After defeating his rivals on Britain's Got Talent, George Sampson could earn pounds 1million within a year, say industry experts - or ...
TV TEARS OF HOME ALONE DAD; EXCLUSIVE HE'S GOT THE WORLD AT HIS FEET.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: BY JAN DISLEY GEORGE'S dad Brian yesterday blamed his ex Lesley for his not being at the final - because "she simply didn't invite me". The window fitter, 40, sat alone at home in Warrington, Cheshire, weeping into his white wine as he saw his younger son's ...
Comeback Kid rain-danced; HE'S GOT THE WORLD AT HIS FEET.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: POLLY HUDSON OMG I could not be more thrilled! "You've been voting in your millions," Ant and Dec said just before the result was announced - and they were right. I had. And by George, he did it! The Comeback Kid rain-danced his way into ...
VOICE OF THE DAILY Mirror: Dad's tough love works.(Leaders)
Jun 02, 2008 ... IT takes amazing courage to turn your child over to police but equal bravery for that son or daughter to admit it was right. Neil Metcalf showed the same steely resolve as Carol Saldinack when he discovered that son Paul was hiding a gun and ammunition in his bedroom. ...
VOICE OF THE DAILY Mirror: Crazy closing.(Leaders)
Jun 02, 2008 ... POST office closures are vital to stop the network haemorrhaging cash, we have been told. With losses running at pounds 500,000 a day, no one would argue that something has to change. But now it turns out the 2,500 branches earmarked for closure could just be the ...
VOICE OF THE DAILY Mirror: Macca's back.(Leaders)
Jun 02, 2008 ... PAUL McCartney thrilled fans with an amazing set at Anfield last night. The ex-Beatle put years of bitter public rows ...
Bag a credit crunch bargain; EARLY SUMMER SALES IN SHOPS.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: BY MATT ROPER THE bad news is we're in the middle of an economic downturn. The good news is the summer sales have come a month early. So if anyone actually has any money left after the supermarkets, energy giants and oil companies have all taken their cut, ...
She looks great so let's leave her alone.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: BY ANNE DIAMOND TV star who lost nearly four stones with a gastric band ONLY ignorant, unfeeling snobs would call Fern a cheat for getting a gastric band to sort out her body. Last week we all loved her for her new, healthy look and her radiant face. So ...
Fern's loss cause; EXCLUSIVE Star's TV showdown as tum op secret revealed.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: BY TOM BRYANT SHOWBIZ REPORTER FERN Britton faces her viewers on TV today after admitting her drastic weight loss is due to a gastric band - not healthy eating and exercise as she claimed. The host of ITV's This Morning, who shed five stone, was forced to ...
Wad a lot of money we found; TREASURE.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By LOUISA PILBEAM TWO builders stumbled on a hidden pounds 200,000 wad of cash - and handed it to police. The Polish pair found the bundle of money in an air conditioning pipe in a posh tower block. Police searched an apartment and are conducting a ...
Smith MP plea over terror law; REBELLION.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By JAMES LYONS JACQUI Smith will meet Labour MPs tonight in an effort to win over opponents of new anti-terror laws. The Home Secretary is desperately trying to stop a Commons defeat on plans to hold suspects for up to 42 days without charge. ...
THEY LIVED TOGETHER ..THEY DIED TOGETHER; 4 best mates killed in smash.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: BY REBECCA EVANS and MARTIN FRICKER FOUR best friends who grew up together were killed yesterday in a horrific crash at an accident blackspot. James Bowyer, Ed Manders-Naden, Kirk Nokes and Lee Grimshaw, all 18, died instantly when the Ford Fiesta they were ...
DAD IN M5 TRAGEDY.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... A GIRL of 11 was recovering in hospital yesterday after a horrific head-on motorway smash which killed her 44-year-old dad and two others. The girl's seriously injured mum was cut free from the black Mitsubishi Colt after it was hit by a white VW van. It ...
3am: Gucci bags at dawn?(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Clemmie Moodie & Danielle Lawler COULD this be Gucci bags at dawn? Sarah Jessica Parker was appalled to discover that the Nina ...
3am: the charts.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Clemmie Moodie & Danielle Lawler CONGRATS to Usher. The new father has more to celebrate after sealing his return to the charts with No 1 album Here I Stand. CONGRATS to Usher. The new father has more to celebrate after sealing his return to the charts with No 1 album ...
3am: Cam's hair has seen better Diaz.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Clemmie Moodie & Danielle Lawler WAVING around an oversized clutch isn't going to hide those wispy strands from us, Cam. Clearly, even Hollywood stars have days off from their ceramic straighteners. Miss ...
3am: No morning cigness as Brit lights up.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Clemmie Moodie & Danielle Lawler PUFFING on a fag isn't the recommended way of finishing a workout but Britney has always done things her own way. The singer, 26, effectively ended pregnancy rumours when she lit up on ...
3am: wicked whisper.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Clemmie Moodie & Danielle Lawler WHICH sporting hero is keeping three birds on the go at once? The ...
3am: Me share crisps? Not Aloud!(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Clemmie Moodie & Danielle Lawler FINALLY. Cheryl Cole proves Girls are Aloud to eat - by tucking into a big bag of Doritos all on her own. The stunning 24-year-old Geordie's weight plummeted after her recent marriage crisis with hubby C-Ashley. We ...
3am: What's it all about ..Alfie? HUGE BUST-UP WITH JAIME AT PARTY.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Clemmie Moodie & Danielle Lawler JUST a week ago, Alfie Allen's on-off romance with Jaime Winstone looked very much on as she cheered his last night in the play Equus. But we can reveal the young lovers are back to their old ways after they had a furious ...
3am: clocked.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Clemmie Moodie & Danielle Lawler REESE Witherspoon (right) mopping her Tshirt after spilling Vitamin Water all over ...
3am: Glastonbury? Bling it on, says Jay-Z.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Clemmie Moodie & Danielle Lawler JAY-Z isn't letting the Glastonbury sniping get him down. When his billing was announced in April, Noel Gallagher said hiphop was "wrong" for the Somerset festival. So Beyonce's other half has gone out of his way to rub Noel's ...
3am: Chelsea captain John Terry.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Clemmie Moodie & Danielle Lawler FUN-loving Chelsea captain John Terry, 27, must have been worried about slipping ...
3am: Prime ministers of Greece.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Clemmie Moodie & Danielle Lawler WATCH out, Amy Winehouse. Livan's a former druggie who's been shot and jailed - despite having two ...
He's never felt bet-ter; SURVIVOR.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... A MAN who beat doctors' predictions that he had months to live has collected pounds 5,000 from bookies. Jon Matthews, 58, from Milton Keynes, Bucks, was told he ...
Rate blow for homes; ECONOMY.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... HOMEOWNERS face more bad news this week with interest rates set to be left unchanged at five per cent for another month. Experts had been certain a few weeks ...
THE DUMB SQUAD; Safety fears over bungling armed cops who let off guns by accident EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: BY RYAN PARRY ARMED police have fired their guns more times by mistake than in the line of duty. A Daily Mirror investigation revealed officers have shot each other, hit patrol cars and blasted a range of household items in a twoyear catalogue of blunders. ...
MORE GUNS MEAN MORE BLUNDERS; ANALYSIS.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: BY ROGER GRAY FIREARMS training is rigorous. Re-qualification in handling and tactics is undertaken every five weeks but the policy of creating highly trained officers is being overrun by increasing need. While there are negligent ...
Terry: UK last due to racism; EUROVISION.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By TOM BRYANT TERRY Wogan blamed "racist" east European countries yesterday for Britain's abysmal last place in the Eurovision Song Contest. He described British entrant Andy Abraham's colour as the "elephant in the room" and added: "East of the Danube they ...
ZARA FILLIP.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... ZARA Phillips is Celebrity Hat Wearer of 2008 - beating her royal cousin ...
Viva diva Christina.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... CHRISTINA Aguilera gives new meaning to the phrase "just popping out for the evening" as she arrives at a Las Vegas club in ...
3 STABBED KIDS' DAD FREED AS MUM HELD; Baby is fighting for life.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: BY WILL PAYNE POLICE have freed a man who arrived home to find his children stabbed but they detained his wife last night under the Mental Health Act. Navarajah Navaneethan was allegedly arrested for hitting wife Sasikala, 35, when he got home from work to ...
4,000 MORE POST OFFICES IN CLOSURE THREAT.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: BY JAMES LYONS POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT FOUR thousand more post offices could be shut to save cash, a hardhitting report warns today. Around 2,500 branches are already being closed in a bid to stem its pounds 500,000 a day losses as its chief executive Adam ...
Beauty's drink drive war.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... THIS is one of Britain's most beautiful women with her face horribly disfigured for a campaign against drink driving. Paola Mereu says she had the computer-altered picture done in memory of her dad Paolo, killed by a drunk driver in Italy. Paola, 22, the new Miss Bradford and a ...
BLAIR MAY BE ALL TALK.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Tony Parsons OUR beloved former leader launched his charity, The Tony Blair Faith Foundation, in New York last week and vowed to "spend the rest of my life" seeking to unite the world's religions. Amen! This was brutally ironic as few people have done more ...
We need guts for knife fight.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Tony Parsons MY guess is that there are plenty of otherwise decent teenagers in this country who carry knives. We're all in danger from rampant knife culture but nobody is more likely to be stabbed by a blade-toting teenager than another teenager. ...
Talent gives real hope to our kids.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Tony Parsons DANCING sensation George Sampson and shy choirboy Andrew Johnston, who finished first and third on Britain's Got Talent, both come from the kind of home that seems more likely to produce disaster, not success. Broken families. Being brought up by ...
McCANN POLICE ARE GUILTY OF CRUELTY.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Tony Parsons KATE and Gerry McCann could still face charges of neglect, according to the first published court ruling on the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine. Official documents in Portugal show that the police there have not yet ruled out bringing ...
Sharon Stone babbles...(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Tony Parsons ...that "bad karma" explains why 70,000 Chinese have died in earthquakes. But what do you expect from a woman whose ...
Anfield gig underlines Paul's place in rock and roll history; MACCA ROCKS HOME EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: GEOFF BAKER Paul McCartney's friend and former publicist on last night's concert PAUL McCartney went home to sing to Liverpool last night and remind the world who he actually was. The concert by the legend at the legendary Anfield was billed as the high point ...
He's back to where he always belonged; MACCA ROCKS HOME.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: BY DANIELLE LAWLER PAUL McCartney made a triumphant return to his home city of Liverpool last night in front of 36,000 ecstatic fans. And new girlfriend Nancy Shavell joined his daughters Stella and Mary and son James to sing along at Macca's Liverpool Sound ...
Very hot property; CRIME.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... A POLICE worker has been arrested for allegedly setting fire to a station property store after stealing pounds 2,000 in cash. Detectives suspect the 43-year-old woman was ...
New book not novel; LITERATURE.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... IAN McEwan read fans a preview extract from his latest tale - and one said they had already seen something similar in print. The shocked Atonement author told fans ...
BODY DUG UP IN CASE.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By ALLISON MARTIN THE body of a 62-year-old missing man has been found buried in a suitcase. Richard Henry Emery disappeared on April 29. The case was dug up by the side of a footpath 50 yards from Mr Emery's flat on Saturday after a tip-off to murder cops. ...
King gone; GIANT KONG MODEL TORCHED IN UNIVERSAL STUDIOS BLAZE.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: BY ANTON ANTONOWICZ US CORRESPONDENT A MASSIVE blaze caused millions of pounds of damage at Hollywood's Universal Studios yesterday - destroying film sets, master copies of movies and a giant model of King Kong. The fire began on a set featuring a backdrop of ...
I was told I'd never have kids.. then I gave birth to four in 16 MONTHS; EXCLUSIVE MIRACLE MUM WHO PROVED THE DOCTORS WRONG TO HAVE AN INSTANT FAMILY BEST FOR REAL LIFE.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: BY BETH NEIL and NICK HARDING CONFIDENTLY feeding and changing her baby daughters, Naomi Kesterton looks as though she was born to be a mother. But a house full of children was once a distant dream for Naomi, 30, who years before was told she had practically ...
KILLED TRYING TO DEFEND HIS SHOP; Raider shot dad as he went for bat.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: BY STEPHEN WHITE A SHOPKEEPER shot dead at his till had gone for a baseball bat to try to defend his small store. Father-of-six Abdo Saeed Al-Selwi, 47, who was blasted in the chest, is believed to have been targeted by thieves at least three times since he ...
Stars net bingo aid; FUNDRAISING.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... TV STARS joined Mirror Bingo players on the internet to help raise more than pounds 13,000 for children with leukaemia. GMTV host and Mirror columnist Fiona Phillips and Birds of a Feather's Linda Robson played and ...
WW1 vet honoured; BIRTHDAY.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... EUROPE'S oldest First World War veteran will be honoured with a Battle of Britain fly-past on his 112th birthday on Friday. Great-great-great grandad Henry Allingham is the sole surviving founder member of the air force ...
Drug trial is cancer 'lifeline' MEDICAL.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... A NEW drug may offer hope to people with advanced kidney cancer - one of the deadliest forms of the disease. Trials of the drug Sutent show the life expectancy of seriously ill patients is extended by six months. And in 11 cases patients went into remission, ...