A woman who had given him a hard time told him: “I think you’re doing a grand job.”The other allegation being thrown at Mr Blair is that he is out of touch and in denial about Iraq. When the residents of a Birmingham council estate outlined the problems caused by yobs, drug addicts and [...]

Ever since Dr Kildare I’ve longed to be part of what I’ve always imagined to be the romantic hospital ethos. With any luck my generous donation will make me as familiar and revered a figure in my local hospital as the lady with the lamp.I’ve never understood the thinking behind anonymous donations But then [...]

He checked to his satisfaction, and decided to publish or be damned; he has ended up damned.The ramifications of the Mirror’s misjudgement were unusually grave, because of the subject matter and the climate in Iraq. In an unreserved apology, it said that the paper had been the subject of a “calculated and malicious hoax”.
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“Our economy is in a bad state.” Another, magnanimously seeking common ground, told me Deco would have to “learn to stay on his feet” in the Premiership. Football can do that to a nation.
Television endlessly replayed the celebrations around the country. In Lisbon, people had responded to the shoot-out victory over England by thronging [...]

The Portuguese keeper Ricardo becomes a national hero as he saves Darius Vassell’s kick before beating David James from the spot himself.. The then 18-year-old Michael Owen puts England in the lead with a brilliant solo goal Javier Zanetti’s equalises in first-half stoppage time David Beckham is then sent off for kicking Diego Simeone. [...]

“Then I told him, ‘You’re going to stop these shots and we’re going to win’.”Ricardo, who unusually was not wearing gloves, saved a penalty from Darius Vassell with the score level at 5-5, then converted the spot-kick that sent the hosts into the last four.Eusebio, a former Benfica player, was among the first to [...]