A minister claimed more than £10000 from the taxpayer to repair window frames at the 18thcentury mansion he designated as his second home.

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Four men have been killed in a crash in the West Midlands after a car travelled the wrong way up the motorway.

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Allegedly allowed reporters to gain access to Buckingham Palace.

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A former Cabinet minister spent more than £30000 of taxpayers' money giving his house a makeover.

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Buckingham Palace is investigating allegations that a royal chauffeur allowed undercover reporters into Buckingham Palace in exchange for money.

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MPs representing seats in outer London and the Home Counties have provoked public anger by claiming tens of thousands of pounds in expenses for second homes closer to Westminster.

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Keith Willans 75 has been left unable to care for his wife after a botched knee operatoin.

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An MP who employs his wife to work in his constituency office billed the taxpayer for bailiff fees after the property's rent fell into arrears.

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Fusilier Petero Suesue described by colleagues as "legendary" and full of Pacific Island charm.

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Government officials are failing to attend benefits tribunals where claimant tried to increase their benefits payments or overturn decisions that had reduced the amount they receive.

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A former Tory minister charged the taxpayer nearly £10000 for the cost of starting and running her website - a price an expert claimed was more than seven times the normal market rate.

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Sir Peter Viggers the Conservative MP who was forced to give up his seat after his expenses claim for a "duck island" has confessed that his ducks never took to their floating home.

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Sun worshippers can look forward to temperatures of 23C 73F.

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David Barrie director of The Art Fund one of the UK's most influential arts bodies talks about his mission to broad the audiences that can enjoy art as he prepares to step down from his job after 17 years.

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A former ministerial aide's expense claim included £16.50 towards the cost of a poppy wreath he laid at a war memorial during Remembrance Sunday commemorations.

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Michael Clapham a Labour backbencher submitted a receipt for the pair of glasses bought for his wife Yvonne from an opticians in Barnsley for a claim on his annual office allowance in December 2006.

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Reporters gained access to Buckingham Palace's garages.

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An MP elected in 2005 spent nearly £11000 over two years on setting up a second home in London.

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A Conservative MP drove a Chesterfield sofa 85 miles to have it reupholstered for £881 at taxpayers' expense.

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An MP who used his expenses to claim almost £2000 for a double bed and more than £1000 for a television said he did not have time to shop around for good deals.

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The parents of the UK's only naturally conceived sextuplets spent yesterday trying to come to terms with the "miracle" of their new arrivals.

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Spinster has a worldwide following.

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MP who was expelled from the Conservative Party last year over payments to his two sons spent thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money on two family homes.

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Before she won the coveted role of Professor of Poetry at Oxford University Ruth Padel was quick to distance herself from the smear campaign that had been run against her main rival Derek Walcott. Mandrake can disclose that it was however Padel who alerted the media to the allegations of sexual harassment against the Nobel laureate.

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When Kate Middleton was photographed with Prince William at the polo earlier this month she was described by one newspaper as the "lesserspotted Kate" because of the length of time that had passed since their last appearance together. However according to the BBC the couple will soon be announcing their engagement.

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Known for guarding her privacy jealously Barbra Streisand has seen off a former boyfriend who planned to publish a "kiss and tell".

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While most wives would be only too pleased to be invited to luncheon at Buckingham Palace with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh Nancy Carlson was apparently happy for her husband Sir Timothy BernersLee to take another guest.

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Full details of how MPs and their families have taken advantage of the taxpayerfunded expenses system have been disclosed.

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National museums and galleries could be forced to reintroduce admission fees to survive the recession according to the man who led the campaign to scrap them.

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The chief executive who presided over one of the worst hospital scandals in NHS history will walk away with more than £400000 and a £1 million plus pension pot it can be revealed.

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Millions of people who suffer from back pain are to given the right to demand free acupuncture on the NHS under controversial new guidance.

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Students who graduate from university this summer should look for jobs in call centres shops and restaurants according to the Government.

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Tony Blair viewed his decision to go to war in Iraq and Kosovo as part of a "Christian battle" according to one of his closest political allies.

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One of Britain's biggest police forces has been dragged into a racism row over allegations that its ethnic minority officers were humiliated and harassed.

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"Unduly lenient" sentences of trio including mother's 5yrs challenged.

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I was in Thetford Forest in Norfolk to enjoy the dawn chorus only to find my peaceful morning drowned out by the fire of artillery and fighter jets.

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A Christian hospital worker is facing the sack because she wears a gold crucifix around her neck.

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Tens of thousands of householders have been paying too much council tax for years because of government errors which ministers tried to cover up it can be revealed.

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A nurse has lost his job after he advised two "patients" to find God during a role play session on a training course.

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An episode of Radio 4's flagship soap The Archers has infuriated fans by including an outburst of bad language.

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Dozens of elderly people were left in pain and requiring further surgery after botched work by Scandinavian surgeons brought in to reduce NHS waiting lists an investigation has found.

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Every week chartered planes deport dangerous foreigners back to their countries of origin. Alasdair Palmer is the first journalist to accompany them.

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Motorhomes are enjoying an unprecedented boom in popularity as holidaymakers try to cut costs in the recession.

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A childminder has become the first in the country to defy the Government by refusing to comply with its controversial "nappy curriculum".

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Benefit claimants suspected of abusing the system are being handed back millions of pounds in docked welfare payments because the Government is failing to contest their appeals.

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Lichens that have evolved to survive the intense sunlight that leaks through the hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica could be used to produce a new generation of more effective sunscreens.

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Senior Liberal Democrat MP Malcolm Bruce claimed for thousands of pounds towards the running of both his London flat and his constituency home his expenses reveal.

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Mandrake hears that the former British Number One is however becoming increasingly proficient in another sport - golf.

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Tory MP Andrew MacKay is to stand down at the next general election after becoming embroiled in the scandal over parliamentary expenses.

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A talented young sportsman who dreamed of becoming a professional footballer died in the street after he was stabbed in the neck.

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Senior politicians and church leaders have urged the Telegraph to continue its investigation highlighting the MPs' expenses scandal.

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