The Mirror (London, England) back issues from December 2008:
YOU SLAPPER; EXCLUSIVE Ramsay's rage as 'mistress' makes shock claims She says they romped 7 times and had phone sex.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By TOM BRYANT, Showbiz Reporter GORDON Ramsay yesterday branded Sarah Symonds "a slapper" after she broke her silence on their alleged affair. Symonds, 38, claimed she slept with the TV chef seven times and had phone sex with ...
IRELAND'S METEORITE NEAR MISS; EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... A METEORITE which hit Earth with enough force to destroy a city just missed Dublin. Scientists said if it had entered our ...
WHO SAID THAT?(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Run for office? No. I've slept with too many women, done too many drugs ...
FURY AS COWEN OPENS NEW COCA-COLA PLANT AS OLD ONE LIES EMPTY; Labour blasts power of soft drinks firm.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY NAOMI McELROY THE Government was last night accused of wasting taxpayers' cash on a new Coca-Cola factory while an identical one lies empty. Brian Cowen yesterday thanked the Coke company at the official groundbreaking ceremony of the Wexford factory and ...
Jobs joy at medical plant.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... THERE was good news on the jobs front yesterday with 60 new jobs announced by Renishaw Ireland. The firm said it is expanding in Swords, Co Dublin, with a new research and development ...
Jacqui Smith.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... 'We'd dearly love to see the back of binge drinking - kids brawling and ...
WE'RE BOTTOM OF EU.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By EOIN REYNOLDS IRELAND'S economy is in worseshape than any of our EU counterparts, former Taoiseach John Bruton claimed yesterday. The Fine Gael man said the death of the Celtic Tiger has put Ireland at the bottom of the European league table. He ...
A stiff sentence.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... A stiff sentence for the laser user found guilty of endangering an ...
TODAY ON Mirror.co.uk.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... FOOTBALL SPECIAL Pictures from the big games at mirror.co.uk/sport/pictures QUO EXCLUSIVE See the rockers' new Christmas video at mirror.co.uk/celebs BAD ...
150 whales die on reefs; AROUND THE WORLD.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... ALMOST 150 whales died yesterday after being stranded in a remote coastal area of Australia. Many of the long-finned pilot whales had been badly ...
Gunmen kill drug rivals; AROUND THE WORLD.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... A GROUP of masked gunmen killed eight people at a restaurant in Mexico yesterday. Police said the gang arrived in three cars, ...
Death toll 400 in Jos; AROUND THE WORLD.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... UP to 400 people have died in two days of clashes between Muslims and Christians in Jos, Nigeria. Rival ethnic mobs have burned homes, shops, ...
One dead in silo blast; AROUND THE WORLD.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... A FIREFIGHTER has been killed and seven rescue workers injured when a malt silo exploded, German police said yesterday The firefighters were ...
Bleak news as Christine gets tango'd; STRICTLY.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By TOM BRYANT ONE Show host Christine Bleakley became the 12th celebrity to leave Strictly Come Dancing last night. Her tango with dance partner Matthew Cutler failed to thrill the judges and she lost the dance-off against singer Rachel Stevens. ...
Gladiators' headache after fight; SUSPENSION.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By CLEMMIE MOODY HIT show Gladiators is in turmoil after its big star Tornado was suspended over a fight in a nightclub. Sky One bosses reacted swiftly to the bust-up between the athlete, real name David McIntosh, and another man in London's Funky Buddha. ...
Britney jeers.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY TOM BRYANT IT was meant to be her glorious comeback. But Britney Spears has been blasted as a "joke" for miming on the X Factor. And straight after Saturday's show, the singer, who is 27 tomorrow, was jeered for failing to sing during a personal appearance ...
20 TOP SECRET LEAKS BEFORE GREEN ARREST; EXCLUSIVE New Home Office claim as Smith refuses to apologise.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY JASON BEATTIE DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR TORY MP Damian Green's arrest followed the leaking of 20 top secret documents, it was revealed yesterday. Home Office sources claim so many sensitive papers were taken - including those on terrorism - that police had to ...
Gardai plan crackdown on hooligans; SOCCER.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By VICTORIA MURPHY SOCCER hooligans have been banned from stadiums across Ireland in a major crackdown on violence. Thirty League of Ireland supporters have been told not to turn up to games because they will be refused entry. The FAI confirmed ...
TOON FANS: FIND US A BUYER NOW ASHLEY; EXCLUSIVE Fury as club admits 'no new players this season'.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY JEREMY ARMSTRONG AND SIMON BIRD LONG-suffering Newcastle United supporters yesterday demanded to know why Mike Ashley has not found a buyer for the crisis-hit club. Fans were shocked to hear all potential bidders were likely to wait until AFTER the January ...
A NO-WIN FOR LABOUR.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: PAUL ROUTLEDGE HOME Secretary Jacqui Smith's refusal to apologise for clodhopping Met officers undermines the Government. She endorsed the "professional judgment" of Big Brother policemen who ransacked a shadow minister's home in front ...
Film 'perk' for former politicians; ECONOMY.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By VICTORIA MURPHY FORMER politicians are being paid EUR30,000 a year to watch X-rated films, it emerged yesterday. Fine Gael Justice spokesman Charlie Flanagan said the "assistant classifiers" earn EUR182 per day plus expenses for deciding what age ...
20 TOP-SECRET LEAKS BEFORE TORY ARREST; EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: by JASON BEATTIE, DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR TORY MP Damian Green's arrest followed the leaking of 20 top secret documents, it was revealed yesterday. Home Office sources claim so many sensitive papers were taken, including those on terrorism, that police had to ...
Curry king urges 10yr entry block; IMMIGRATION.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... BRITAIN should stop all immigration for up to 10 years to prevent racial unrest, an influential Indian-born businessmen said yesterday. Ready-meals millionaire Sir Gulam Noon, known as the Curry King, said a ban would help stop extremists such as the British National Party ...
'I was worried for her, she began to talk about taking drugs as normal ..this turned the public against her' EXCLUSIVE KATY'S UNTOLD STORY By the journalist who knew tragic model best.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY PAUL MARTIN SHOWBIZ REPORTER ONE night in October last year, Katy French told me something I found deeply troubling. We were having a conversation about increasing drug use on the celebrity scene when the model nonchalantly said: "I took lots of coke." ...
Whitehall blow to ID card checks; SECURITY.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... SECURITY checks on the new ID cards cannot be carried out because there are no scanners to read them. The first cards were issued last week to workers from outside the European Union. But Home Office officials have not issued police, hospitals, councils and colleges ...
CHEATING WITH ME SAVED HIS MARRIAGE; Ramsay fury as 'mistress' makes extraordinary claim.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY TOM BRYANT SHOWBIZ REPORTER BRAZEN Sarah Symonds has given lurid details of the affair she claims she had with Gordon Ramsay - even cheekily insisting it may have saved his marriage. Symonds, 38, said she has slept with Ramsay at least seven times and ...
CHEATING WITH ME SAVED HIS MARRIAGE; Ramsay fury as 'mistress' makes extraordinary claim.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY TOM BRYANT SHOWBIZ REPORTER BRAZEN Sarah Symonds spoke for the first time yesterday about her alleged seven-year affair with Gordon Ramsay - even cheekily insisting it may have saved his marriage. Symonds, 38, said she has slept with the TV chef at least ...
Eton aid for poor pupils; EDUCATION.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... POSH private school Eton yesterday launched a bid to bring in more workingclass pupils. Former head Sir Eric Anderson, 72, aims to raise pounds 200million to help ...
When she went public about taking cocaine it was like pushing the career suicide button; EXCLUSIVE KATY'S UNTOLD STORY How tragic golden girl's career began to unravel.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY PAUL MARTIN SHOWBIZ REPORTER I BEGAN noticing a change in public opinion towards Katy, much of it motivated by outright jealousy, some of it fuelled by her controversial public persona. One such instance was when we spent a day together before she ...
Army check device find; SECURITY.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... THE discovery of two suspicious objects sparked a security alert last night. The items were found in the Hillview Road area of North Belfast. ...
Kung-fu kid is raid hero; BURGLARY.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... A TEENAGER used his kung-fu skills to take down a machete-wielding burglar during a family holiday. Redmond Lee, 13, charged the masked prowler and snatched his 2ft ...
Kung-fu kid is raid hero; BURGLARY.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... A TEENAGER used his kung-fu skills to take down a machete-wielding burglar during a family holiday. Redmond Lee, 13, grabbed the masked raider's 2ft blade inches above ...
Woman is held hostage; CRIME.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... A WOMAN has been held hostage by a gang, police revealed yesterday. The raiders demanded money from a filling station manager relative but did not get any ransom. ...
OAP HOME CASH WOE.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By RUKI SAYID, Consumer Editor ELDERLY homeowners who planned to sell their properties to provide an income for retirement are now living on basic state pension, which is pounds 7,000 less than the national minimum wage. Research suggests around 1.7 million ...
OAP HOME CASHWOE.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By RUKI SAYID, Consumer Editor ELDERLY homeowners who planned to sell their properties to provide an income for retirement have been hit by the crash in prices. It has left many of them unable to move and living on a basic state pension of pounds 4,732, ...
RIRA FEAR STALLS PSNI.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By MICHAEL MCHUGH THE PSNI are taking longer to respond to emergencies because of the threat from dissident republicans, the chief constable said last night. Sir Hugh Orde added in some areas officers were having to use armoured vehicles for their own safety. ...
Agents told city would be attacked; After the Mumbai attacks come the shockwaves and questions COCK-UP 1.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... INDIAN security forces were warned weeks ago Mumbai would be attacked by terrorists on boats in November, it was confirmed yesterday. Intelligence agencies intercepted calls revealing the ISI - Pakistan's notorious spy agency - trained dissidents in navigation of the waters with ...
Plane fiasco held troops up for 10hrs; After the Mumbai attacks come the shockwaves and questions COCK-UP 2.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... INDIA'S crack troops took 10 hours to get to the Mumbai massacre because they have no aircraft, it emerged yesterday. It took four-and-a-half hours to find them a plane and another three to fuel it. When the 200-strong National Security Guard unit finally touched ...
MY DAD WAS 'FEARLESS' After the Mumbai attacks come the shockwaves and questions.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... THE family of the only Brit killed in Mumbai Andreas Liveras yesterday paid tribute to a "fearless man". They told how Andreas, 73, evaded the gunmen for eight hours at the Taj Mahal hotel and reassured them he was safe by phone after he was taken to a basement room with others ....
I'VE DONE NOTHING WRONG.. After the Mumbai attacks come the shockwaves and questions What surviving terrorist told police.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY NIKHITA MAHAJAN in Mumbai THE sole surviving member of the terror group that brought carnage to Mumbai has told police: "What I did was right. I have no regrets." Officers are interrogating Azam Amir Kasav, 21, to try to discover how the murderous rampage ...
Smith: We'll learn lessons; After the Mumbai attacks come the shockwaves and questions.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By JASON BEATTIE Deputy Political Editor JACQUI Smith ordered a review of terror defences yesterday following the Mumbai attacks. The Home Secretary said she had to ensure hotels, public buildings and other "crowded places" were protected and any lessons must ...
VOICE OF THE DAILY Mirror: Don't just bottle out.(Leaders)
Dec 01, 2008 ... BINGE drinking is a scourge the responsible majority would dearly love to see the back of. Young people fighting in the streets or vomiting in doorways after knocking back cheap booze is a modern social ill. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's package needs to be carefully ...
IRISH DAILY Mirror COMMENT: Help those who need it most at Xmas.(Leaders)
Dec 01, 2008 ... WE are all well used to hearing about the gap between the haves and have-nots in this country. It is, unfortunately, a situation we will have to battle for years to come. But a darker cloud than usual hangs over many families this Christmas. Worsening ...
'Justice seen is justice done..' CRIME TSAR DEFENDS 'VESTS OF SHAME' FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFENDERS.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By LOUISE CASEY Neighbourhood, Crime and Justice Adviser who helped launch the scheme last week THE Prime Minister asked me last year to look into what would encourage the public to get involved in helping the police to fight crime. What I found when I asked ...
VOICE OF THE DAILY Mirror: Laser use is just dim.(Leaders)
Dec 01, 2008 ... THE stupidity of some people really beggars belief. As if pilots don't have enough to worry about dealing with the threat of terrorist attacks, changing weather conditions or technical mishaps. Any one of which could prove catastrophic as they try landing a plane full of ...
VOICE OF THE DAILY Mirror: Nick it in bud.(Leaders)
Dec 01, 2008 ... THE Government cannot win the public row over the arrest of Tory Home Affairs spokesman Damian Green. Far better to announce an inquiry today instead of being forced to do so on Wednesday by a Commons rebellion. As we argued on Saturday, ...
IRISH DAILY Mirror COMMENT: Invest in a bit of caution.(Leaders)
Dec 01, 2008 ... ANYONE thinking of investing in a pension scheme now needs their head examined. Now and then, the Government feels the need to scare everyone who has not already prepared for the future. But what's the point if unscrupulous fund managers in the various institutions ...
Crime jackets of the celebs.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... MODEL Naomi Campbell, 38, was given 200 hours' community service for assaulting a police officer and cabin crew at Heathrow. She did five days cleaning in New York for assaulting her maid. ...
VOICE OF THE DAILY Mirror: Not bootiful.(Leaders)
Dec 01, 2008 ... MAYBE Delia Smith has the cleanest car boot in Britain. Because not many people would want to store ...
IRISH DAILY Mirror COMMENT: It's all over, Roy.(Leaders)
Dec 01, 2008 ... POOR old Roy Keane. Now even his loyal Leesiders seem to think he should throw in the ...
HOW THE VEST WAS WON.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... SHAMING offenders by making them wear easily identifiable clothes for community service may be new to Britain, but it is not unusual in the USA. And in some states judges don't stop at high visibility vests. Shoplifter Lisa King Fithian was forced to wear a sandwich ...
VOICE OF THE DAILY Mirror: Not bootiful.(Leaders)
Dec 01, 2008 ... MAYBE Delia Smith has the cleanest car boot in the UK. Because not many people would want to store ...
JUST HOURS FROM.. ARMAGEDD ON! EXCLUSIVE Experts reveal how meteorite came close to smashing into central Dublin.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY EOIN REYNOLDS AND PAT O'BRIEN A GIANT meteorite which smashed into the Earth with enough force to destroy a city narrowly missed Dublin, the Irish Daily Mirror can reveal today. A spectacular picture shows the fiery ball of super-hot rock as it hurtled to ...
Justice seen is justice done.. CRIME TSAR DEFENDS 'VESTS OF SHAME'.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By LOUISE CASEY Government Neighbourhood, Crime and Justice Adviser THE Prime Minister asked me last year to look into what would encourage the public to get involved in helping the police to fight crime. What I found when I asked 10,000 members of the public ...
Crime jackets of the celebs..(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... SUPERMODEL Naomi Campbell, 38, got 200 hours' community service, a pounds 2,300 fine and had to pay compensation for assaulting a police officer and savaging cabin crew after her luggage was lost at Heathrow's Terminal 5 fiasco. She should really have known better than to be ...
Man killed by car thief in getaway; HUNT.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... A THIEF killed a man who tried to stop him stealing his car by knocking him down and reversing over him. The victim, in his 60s, was left dying in the road from head and chest injuries. Eyewitnesses said the robber deliberately attacked the man to make sure he got ...
Cops shoot suspect in gun alert; FIREARMS.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... POLICE gunned down a man during a town centre stand-off yesterday afternoon. The victim was shot at 3pm after officers responded to reports of a man brandishing a weapon. It was still not clear last night whether he had been carrying a firearm. The ...
Brits on top for loving casual sex; RELATIONSHIPS.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... BRITS are now the most promiscuous of any major western nation, according to new research. A study of our attitudes to casual sex shows Britain ahead of Australia, the US, France, Italy and Germany. And researchers believe changes in society mean women are having ...
GUNNED DOWN AT THE OMEN CHURCH; Cops shoot man after stand-off.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY JENNA SLOAN A MAN was gunned down by armed police yesterday in the grounds of the church where horror movie The Omen was filmed. The victim, 39, had apparently been terrifying shoppers with a weapon when officers were called. They chased him and ended up in ...
pounds 2,500 FINE FOR BOOZING IN STREET; Crackdown on binge-drinking culture CAN IT! STOP KIDS BOOZING A DAILY Mirror CAMPAIGN Powers to take away kids' alcohol 2 for price of 1 deals to be banned.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY JASON BEATTIE YOBS caught boozing in the street will be hit with a fine of up to pounds 2,500 under sweeping new laws to be unveiled today. The crackdown will also see an end to two-for-one promotions in pubs and bars and tougher penalties for anyone ...
'I GOT AMY ON CRACK'.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... AMY Winehouse's husband says he will end their marriage to stop her killing herself with drugs. Blake Fielder-Civil, 26, has admitted for the first time that he got her hooked on heroin and crack cocaine. He said: "I have to let her go to save her life. I am not ...
EUR30BN PENSION PAIN; Hanafin warns Cabinet of collapse Elderly face wipe-out of life savings.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY EOIN REYNOLDS IRISH pension schemes are going bust and tens of thousands of workers face losing all their savings, a leaked Government document revealed yesterday. The shocking memo was sent to Cabinet colleagues by Social and Family Affairs Minister Mary ...
Baby P care report due; NEGLECT.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... A REPORT into how social workers failed to prevent the death of Baby P will be published today. The urgent probe was ordered after the boy suffered ...
Design gift to fight Aids; CHARITY.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... IRISH designers John Rocha and Aideen Bodkin have combined to back the work of Irish Aids body, The Rose Project. Rocha, Helen Cody, Bodkin, Fiona Hanley and Maree Hensey have each designed a print ...
2 serious after blast; EXPLOSION.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... TWO men are seriously ill with burns after a gas blast destroyed three flats. The victims, aged 26 and 43, were rescued from the blazing rubble. Six others were also injured when the explosion ...