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Beckford the Hero As 10-Man Leeds Win [Eire Region]

LEEDS UTD 3 SCUNTHORPE 2 LEAGUE ONE JERMAINE BECKFOD returned to the Leeds line-up with a winning brace to send his side into the top six and leapfrog their opponents in the promotion race.

De Silva's the Golden Boy [Eire Region]

BARNSLEY 2 QPR 1 ANDERSON De SILVA scored the winner to earn Barnsley their first home win of the year and further erode QPR's faltering play-off hopes.

Preston Take Honours in Play-Off Bout [Eire Region]

PRESTON 3 IPSWICH 2 PRESTON held out to win the Deepdale shoot-out with Ipswich in the battle for play-off places.

A Society in Trouble

SOMETIMES bad news turns up even in Government statistics - usually because they have not seen it coming and so have had no time to massage the figures. The appalling increase in violence among young women, recorded by the Youth Justice Board, is certainly highly inconvenient for New Labour. For at first sight it seems to coincide fairly closely with the growth of uncontrolled public drinking, triggered by the repeated weakening of licensing laws. No doubt there are many other factors involve...

Power Contest Hit by Chaos

ONE of the centrepieces of Government energy policy - a competition launched by Gordon Brown to build a 'green power station' - has been delayed by wrangling over costs, policy U-turns and interdepartmental conflicts. Two years after announcing the competition, documents that would kick-start the contest have still not been sent to the three contestants.

Penn and the Tricky Truth About Gay Power

The Yoga Teacher Who Left Mandy in a Lather ; Black Dog

PETER MANDELSON is pining for hunky Indian personal trainer Feroze Khan, left, who kept him trim as an EU Commissioner with Bikram Yoga - exercises performed at sweltering temperatures. 'It is the only thing I miss from my Brussels days,' Mandy told a friend. Out-of-work 'hot yoga' experts should send an application and CV to P.

Fury As Banks Get Tough in Fees Fight ; Customers Still Forced to Wait Despite Court Win Over Unauthorised Overdrafts

ANGER is mounting over the refusal by banks to back down and refund excessive overdraft charges to hundreds of thousands of customers who have lodged complaints. The hardline stance follows a decision last Thursday by the Court of Appeal to dismiss the banks' plea over a High Court verdict on the controversial account charges.

Don't Wait for the Pensions Switch ; Ask the Experts

H. J. writes: Can you tell me more about the Government's plans to introduce a new pension scheme for lowincome earners? A. D. replies: The new personal accounts system is due to be launched in 2012 and is designed as a low-cost pension savings scheme for everyone between 22 and State pension age. Enrolment into the scheme will be automatic, so if you do not want to take up the personal account you will have to opt out. Employers and employees will pay into the scheme.

Tough Action On Ppi...But Much Too Late

AT LONG last, the ineffectual Financial Services Authority has taken some tough, pro-consumer action. It has written to all providers of single-premium payment protection insurance, which is taken out with loans, asking them to withdraw it from sale no later than May 29, 2009. For years, Financial Mail has highlighted the robbery that is single-premium PPI. It is outrageously expensive, it is often sold to borrowers without them even knowing that they have bought it and it is lumped on to the...

A Bumper Crop of Mos Nominations

THE Mail on Sunday has received 17 nominations in this year's British Press Awards - the highest number among all newspapers. Both Live and You magazines, which last year received a unique his-and-hers joint accolade as Supplements of the Year, are on the shortlist again.

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Persimmon Confident Despite Pounds 700m Fall in Property Prices

FALLING property prices will see Persimmon write down the value of the land it owns by more than Pounds 700 million in its annual results this week - believed to be the biggest writedown by a British housebuilder. Persimmon, Britain's second biggest housebuilder, after Berkeley Group, last year said it faced writedowns of Pounds 640 million. Analysts expect it to reveal further losses of more than Pounds 100 million.

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Inside Your the Irish Mail On Sunday [Eire Region]

Review Agent Hilda Queally helped Kate Winslet make it but growing up in Ennis, the closest she thought she'd get to showbiz was herfather's set-dancing class

Nationalisation of Aib 'Inevitable' [Eire Region]

THE Government and representatives of Allied Irish Bank (AIB) are this weekend negotiating the nationalisation of the country's largest bank. A Government minister said that the nationalisation of AIB appears 'inevitable' as corporate investors have withdrawn millions over the last two weeks. He described it as a 'run' on the bank.

It's All Over, Stevie ; Benitez Admits Title Is Out of Their Hands As Liverpool Slump to Shock Defeat at Boro [Eire Region]

MIDDLESBRO 2 LIVERPOOL 0 RAFAEL BENITEZ all but conceded the Premier League title to Alex Ferguson last night when he declared: 'It is for Manchester United to lose.' The Liverpool manager blamed a shock 2-0 defeat at struggling Middlesbrough on a string of missed opportunities.

I Don'twant Sarah's Money. All I Want Is Some Connection with My Daughter ; in His First Interview, the Father of Girls Aloud Star Sarah Harding Tells of the Bitter Rift That Tore Them Apart - and His Hopes for Reconciliation [Eire Region]

ONLY the most dedicated fans would remember Sunfighter, the six- piece Seventies pop band which had precisely four minutes and 14 seconds of TV fame. In cream-coloured flared trousers and blow- dried hair, they made it on to Top Of The Pops with their single Drag Race Queen which was judged by presenter Noel Edmonds to be 'quite nice'. It was Sunfighter's only hit and shortly afterwards, the band split up. More than 30 years on, most of the band members are presumably quietly living out their...

Sinead Hits Right Note of Serious Fun ; Stars Play Inspirational Barretstown Charity Gig [Eire Region]

SINEAD O'CONNOR told the crowd to be quiet, Shane MacGowan caused a fair amount of head-scratching and Huey Morgan behaved like a Fun Lovin' Criminal again. Yes, the air was thick with nostalgia at Dublin's Academy for Friday night's Barretstown Foundation gig.