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'British go to hell': Public gallery erupts as student inspired by Al Qaeda who tried to knife MP to death is jailed for life

Choudhary has been found guilty of trying to murder Labour MP Stephen Timms. Today it can be revealed she had a hit list of politicians

After the sentence was passed, a group of men began shouting in the public gallery 'Allahu akbar' ('God is great'), 'British go to hell' and 'Curse the judge'. A demonstration was also taking place outside the court.

Outrage as new Lloyds bank chief executive in line for £8.3m benefits package

Looking pleased: Antonio Horta-Osorio has just been appointed the new chief of Lloyds bank - but his arrival benefit package has caused outrage

Antonio Horta-Osorio, the current UK boss of the Santander, will join early next year when he takes over from current chief Eric Daniels, who is due to retire.

'Coalition plot to blow up education': Nick Clegg faces student leader's anger at £9,000 cap on tuition fees

Clare Solomon meets with Nick Clegg to express her opinion on the student fee hike

Furious student leaders met with the Deputy Prime Minister to discuss the three-fold increase in the current £3,290-a-year limit for the cost of courses.

Mother, 28, dies moments after being handed her newborn baby due to rare allergic reaction

Julie Welsh suffered a cardiac arrest when the fluid surrounding her son in the womb seeped into her blood stream and caused an allergic reaction. Her partner Peter Brown (also pictured) was at her side

Julie Welsh only had enough time to hold and kiss her newborn son before she suddenly fell unconscious. She had suffered a fatal amniotic fluid embolism, an inquest heard.

Oil millionaire's ex-wife goes back to court to demand a bigger pay-out... after only landing £5m the first time

Family home: The house where Victoria Jones lives in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, worth £2.1 million. Her ex-husband Gareth owns a Scottish castle

Millionaire Gareth Jones told the Court of Appeal the pay-out to his former wife Victoria, who lives in a £2.1 million home, pictured, is fair following a troubled 10-year marriage. But she says the £5million settlement was 'far too low'.

Woman teacher 'shared shower with girl pupils' and sent one more than 1,000 text messages

Claim: Debbie Lloyd-Jones was said to have showered with pupils with whom she is accused of having inappropriate relationships with

Music department head Debbie Lloyd-Jones faces being struck off after allegedly having improper relationships with girls aged 13 to 16 at the school in Blackwood, South Wales.

'I don't believe it!': Judge hits out after father charged with kidnap for teaching bullies a lesson

Disbelief: Judge Peter Bowers couldn't believe the severity of the charge

Judge Peter Bowers admitted he felt like Victor Meldrew as he questioned why Kevin Moore, 44, faced a charge which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

Too clingy for class: School bans 'unsightly' Miss Sexy trousers because they are 'unhelpful to learning'

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Teachers say the Miss Sexy branded garments are unacceptable because of the way they 'cling' to girl students.

Father of baby born to gypsy girl, 10, in Spain was 13-year-old boy

New home: Town hall in Lebrija, home to 25,000 people, where Elena and her baby are staying with relatives in an immigrant sector

Romanian youngster, called Elena, has named 6lb 6oz girl Nicoletta and ended relationship with the father. She is staying in the south-west town of Lebrija, pictured

The tunnel people of Las Vegas: How 1,000 live in flooded labyrinth under Sin City's shimmering strip

Austin Hargrave Las Vegas tunnels

'I need to do a better job': Humbled Obama offers olive branch to Republicans after disastrous mid-term defeat

Barack Obama facing mid-term results

Obama looked noticeably chastened as he stressed he was prepared to work with political opponents to revitalise the economy and push through reform.

Housing market loses £500m as 'desperate' sellers slash prices amid fears of another property plunge

Sign of the times: Homeowners are reducing the price of their properties in order to increase the chance of selling

Research found more than one in three sellers have cut the asking price 'at least once' since it was put up for sale this year.

Modigliani nude sells for record $69m in New York's biggest art buy in two years

A real looker: Modiglian's Nu Assis sur un Divan (La Belle Romaine), which sold for $68.9m in New York last night

Five bidders, believed to be from Russia and Asia, competed to buy Modigliani’s Nu Assis sur un Divan (La Belle Romaine) aka Nude Seated On A Divan.

Middle-aged mothers between 35 and 54 are 'more likely to go broke'

The number of women aged between 35 and 54 who are being declared bankrupt or another type of insolvency is rising faster than any other age group

Bankruptcy and other types of insolvencies are said to be rising faster in this age group than any other as women struggle to balance family life with a job.

The 3D Star Wars revolution: Hologram breakthrough means images can be sent in real-time

A refreshable holographic image of an F-4 Phantom Jet created on a photorefractive polymer that can be viewed without 3D glasses

The breakthrough could revolutionise television, movies and computer games - and see the introduction of 3D advertising billboards on street corners.

Fresh outrage as Cameron puts his WebCam filmmaker on public payroll

Appointment: This photograph of David Cameron speaking on the telephone from inside Number 10 Downing street was taken by stills photographer Andrew Parsons

The revelation comes just a day after it emerged that the PR-obsessed premier had also found a job for the man who was his personal photographer in opposition.

Agony of the little boy who hasn't eaten anything in FOUR years

Battler: Daniel Harrison' calm demeanor hides a struggle for survival with a rare condition that prevents himself from eating or drinking

Daniel Harrison suffered a sever case of acid reflux when he was a baby and the painful memory has developed into a phobia of food passing his lips.

Soaring demand for gold-plated bling poppies sees one go for £175 on eBay - but British Legion is missing out

Sold: One of the Buckley Poppy Brooches, which fetched £175 on eBay

The limited-edition poppy brooches sold out at £9.99 but many have been snapped up by eBay vendors who are selling them on for huge profits.

Solicitor jailed over notorious sex scandal is handed Asbo banning him from pubs

Angus Diggle

Angus Diggle became a cause celebre in 1993 after he was convicted of attempted rape while wearing his frilly dress cuffs. Now he has been hit with an Asbo.

Twitter starts including 'Promoted Tweets' from advertisers in users' personal timelines

The new Promoted tweets will appear in a user's individual timeline and are paid for by advertisers

Until now these paid-for inserts only appeared in Twitter’s search function but the new move is likely to alienate many of the site’s young users.

Was ink bomb plot planned in UK? Suspect linked to failed cargo plane attack was arrested in Britain months ago

Terror warning: Home Secretary Theresa May speaks at the Royal United Services Institute in London today

The Home Secretary said the suspect was allegedly a member of Al Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula, the group linked to the printer cartridge bombs found last week.

Greece halts international deliveries after deadly mail bomb addressed to Silvio Berlusconi intercepted

Shutdown: Bologna airport was shut on Tuesday after a cargo plane was held on the runway and searched for a parcel, believed to be a mail bomb, addressed to Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi

Packages were directed to the embassies of Bulgaria, Russia, Germany, Switzerland, Mexico, Chile, the Netherlands and Belgium, as well as Italy and France.

Don't make me laugh! Scientist with rare condition collapses 100 times a day every time she gets the giggles

Claire Allen, 35, from Cambridge, collapses every time she feels a strong emotion. Each episode can last anywhere between 30 seconds to five minutes.

For scientist Claire Allen, they can trigger an extraordinary reaction in which she falls into a trance-like state unable to see or move.

Gazza drink-drive trial put on hold as lawyer withdraws from hearing

On trial: Former England star Paul Gascoigne arrives at Northallerton Magistrates' Court in North Yorkshire, accused of drink driving

The trial of former England footballer Paul Gascoigne, who is accused of driving at four times over the legal alcohol limit, has been adjourned following hours of legal wrangling.

Iconic film studio MGM files for bankruptcy and could merge with former rival

Iconic: MGM Studios, home to the James Bond franchise, filed for bankruptcy in a Manhattan court today

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc, which controls the blockbuster James Bond franchise, could now merge with Spyglass Entertainment as part of reorganisation proposals.

British teenager feared drowned after being swept away while swimming off Brazilian island

Accident: Elliot Newton, 14, was swept away while swimming off Lopes Mendes beach, on the island of Ilha Grande

The 14-year-old, named in local newspapers as Elliot Newton, was swept away by strong current at a beach on a popular tourist island off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state.

Armed robber threatened female William Hill cashier at knife-point... disguised as Ali G

In da house: An armed robber dressed as Ali G stole an undisclosed amount of money from a bookies in Greater Manchester on Saturday

The unidentified masked man and an accomplice robbed the William Hill shop in Flixton, Greater Manchester, and ran off with an undisclosed amount of cash.

San Francisco bans Happy Meals: Restaurants no longer allowed to give away free toys with unhealthy food

Thing of the past? San Francisco has passed a law that cracks down on giving away of free toys with unhealthy restaurant meals for children

The move means that kids favourite, the McDonald's Happy Meal, can no longer be sold in its current state at McDonald's restaurants in the city.

Privacy campaigners furious after watchdog says Google Street View cars DID break the law... but firm goes unpunished

Privacy breach: Google has admitted that its Street View cars also took people's emails and passwords

The Information Commissioner office has instead ordered Google to delete all of the stolen personal information, re-train staff and agree to an audit at a future date.

Advertisers to use hi-tech anti-piracy cameras to monitor cinema audiences and analyse their emotions

3D imaging software will analyse people's faces in a cinema audience and use the information to help advertisers

The project will use 2D and 3D imaging technology to capture emotion on people’s faces and how the entire cinema audience reacts as a whole.

40 days awake: Man claims he set world record by not sleeping for 968 hours

Tyler Shields claims to have stayed awake for 40 days

Photographer Tyler Shields, 28, from Los Angeles said during his wide-eyed marathon he overcame fevers, headaches, eye pains and the loss of feelings in his legs.

The Roman Del Boy: Cleaner finds ancient fake coin with wrong emperor and Egypt mis-spelled on it

The silver denarius was made 2,000 years ago but is a terrible fake, with spelling mistakes and even the wrong Emperor

The silver denarius, an average day's pay for a Roman worker, was made by someone who was 'barely literate', an expert said.

Cheap is no longer chic as retailers warn soaring cost of cotton will force clothing prices to rise by 8 per cent

Rising costs: Fashion chain Next has joined a list of retailers and manufacturers warning that higher cotton prices are about to hit the high street

The warning came from fashion chain Next, which has joined a list of retailers and manufacturers warning that higher cotton prices are about to hit the High Street.

Why 50 really is the new 40: Britons follow in the footsteps of vibrant by throwing off their inhibitions

Felicity Kendal

According to a new study, we are so much more youthful than previous generations that by the time we hit middle age we feel ten years younger.

The conveyor belt of death: Secret footage shows how millions of unwanted British chicks are killed every year

EXCLUSIVE: Undercover filming by the campaigning welfare group, Viva, has captured the every day reality of factory farm chickens thrown alive into mincing machines, or gassed.

How to handle a kerb and weave through a cone slalom: Britain's first driving course for mobility scooters puts pensioners through their paces

Easy does it: Supervisor Penny Carpenter puts Dick Catt through his paces on a ramp during the three-hour course scooter driving safety course

Political heavyweights: Ministers forced to postpone Afghanistan visit because 49inch body armour was too small

Heavy artillery: Lord Maginnis was forced to postpone a trip to Afghanistan

Lord Ken Maginnis, who is 18st, (pictured) and Northern Ireland MP David Simpson, who is 17st, had been scheduled to visit Irish troops on Monday.

Airport security worker plants fake cocaine on passengers for a prank

An unnamed TSA worker pranked airport passengers by pretending to have found cocaine in their luggage

The bomb appraisal officer at Philadelphia airport, who has since be sacked, targeted passengers as they collected their baggage from X-ray scanners.

Rogue wheel-clamper whose staff terrorised motorists into paying fines told to reimburse victims (but he avoids jail)

End of the road: Lee Peacock 'acted dishonetly' in setting up a rogue wheel-clamping company

Company boss Lee Peacock, 44, is one of the first clampers to be prosecuted under new laws for aggressive trading.

'The lowest point in my presidency': George W. Bush hits back at Kanye West's race slur

George W. Bush says he resents Kanye West calling him a racist in the aftermat of Hurricane Katrina.

The former President says in his new memoir Decision Points that the rapper claiming 'George Bush hates black people' because of his handling of Hurricane Katrina was 'disgusting'.

Teenage belly dancer claims Berlusconi has marble statue of him as Superman as call girl claims PM paid 10,000 euros for sex

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi

Karima Keyek, 18, claims the Berlusconi showed off the statue on a night when he entertained ten women, some famous, at his home.

Mac on... The Entente Frugale

'Sorry to bother you, m'sieu. But if you're not using it can the British Navy borrow the aircraft carrier tonight?'

'Sorry to bother you, m'sieu. But if you're not using it can the British Navy borrow the aircraft carrier tonight?'

Napolean III-era claret that 'probably tastes like vinegar' fetches record £147,000

Big bucks: Three bottles of Lafite 1869 fetched a total of £441,060, setting the world record for any wine at auction, in Hong Kong

The 1869 Chateau Lafite-Rothschild was sold in Hong Kong to Chinese investors, along with a series of other vintages. A 2009 blend fetched £3,600.

Here's one we never saw coming... a successor to the psychic octopus, Paul II

Paul II replaces World Cup oracle Octopus Paul, who died last week

A five-month-old octopus, also named Paul, tentatively explored his new tank at the Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen Wednesday.

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Triple world surfing champion Andy Irons found dead in his hotel room at just 32

Champion: Andy Irons, 32, was found dead in a Dallas hotel room after withdrawing from a surfing competition in Puerto Rico

He stopped in Dallas enroute to Hawaii after failing to show up for a competition in Puerto Rico. One report claims methadone was found in his room

Give it to me NOW! Why being angry can make you want something more

Being angry can increase motivation a new study has discovered

Being angry activates an area on the left side of the brain that is associated with many positive emotions, according to a new study.

Head of Belgium's Catholic church sparks fury after he brands gays a 'travesty of nature who deserve Aids'

Controversial: Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard celebrating a mass at the Sacre-Coeur in the Wolume-Saint-Lambert area of Brussels

Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard claimed the AIDS virus was 'intrinsic justice' for homosexuality and said priests suspected of paedophilia should not be criminally punished.

Gap year voluntourists 'can do more harm than good' in third world countries

Thousands of gap year students volunteer in the developing world but could be damaging long-term development goals

A new paper says gap year students undertaking temporary work overseas can damage local economies and risk exploiting victims of poverty.

Campaign for women bishops 'just like 1939': Fury as Church row is compared to Nazi crisis

'Challenging situation': Bishop Benn compared the prospect of women bishops to the start of WWII in 1939

The Right Rev Wallace Benn, Bishop of Lewes, said church traditionalists were in a similar situation to those who faced the Nazis in January 1939.

Children born by Caesarean are calmer, claims study

The Chinese study found babies born with the aid of forceps were more likely to be aggressive as young children, but Caesarean babies were calmer

During pre-school years children born by Caesarean were less likely to suffer problems such as anxiety, according to a Chinese study.

Dead Drops: Bizarre new artwork embeds USB sticks in buildings for filesharing with strangers

One of the USB sticks that has been cemented into a wall in New York

The initiative in New York, known as Dead Drops, is the creation of architect and artist Aram Bartholl.

Talented sportsman's death plunge on his 25th birthday at the end of an all-day drinking session

Rugby player Daniel Egan

Daniel Egan had been drinking since mid-afternoon with his older brother before going to meet friends in Fulham on August 28.

Look no hands: Robots perform delicate pancreas transplant in amazing world first

Precise: The surgeons said they performed the transplant making only three small holes and a three inch incision