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Barclays pays out £60m to conned customers after Daily Mail campaign victory

It has also been fined a record £7.7million, marking a stunning victory for a Daily Mail campaign for investors who thought their money was in low-risk funds.read


HMRC tax raid hits elderly and weak

Damning evidence that pensioners and those on low incomes are bearing the brunt of HMRC's attempts to recover tax lost through its own errors has emerged.read


Muslim woman told 'wear the hijab or I'll kill you' by cousin

Mohamed Al-Hakim, 29, allegedly phoned Alya Al-Safar to tell her she must die because of the ‘shame’ she had brought – leaving her too afraid to leave the house.read


Baby orphaned after M4 car crash that killed parents and grandfather

Six-month-old Logan Padden was pulled alive late last night from the back seat of the overturned wreckage - but was orphaned when his mother Louise, 23, (left) and father Tom, 20, (right) could not be saved.read


Statins 'may cause loss of memory and depression'

Researchers say not enough is known about the level of harm posed by statins, prescribed to prevent heart disease and strokes.read


Forget five, now it's eight portions of fruit and veg a day

A study has found that to get maximum defence against heart disease, you need to eat at least eight daily servings of fresh food.read


Electronic devices CAN interfere with aeroplane instruments to create 'perfect storm'

There's no definitive answer to whether mobile devices will affect a flight but advancing gadget technology and aging planes create a dangerous grey area.read


Gay couple win £1,800 each from Christian hotel owners who refused them double room

Peter and Hazelmary Bull were breaking the law when they denied Martyn Hall and his civil partner Steven Preddy (pictured) a room at their hotel in Cornwall.read


Foreigners take 2 out of 3 new jobs: 200k vacancies filled by those born overseas

The summer figures from the Office for National Statistics are the latest available and are understood to be representative of the whole year.read


I know why Shrien Dewani 'killed his bride,' claims South African police chief

General Bheki Cele told a TV news channel his officers knew the alleged motive for the murder and that it may be revealed at an extradition hearing in London tomorrow.read


Coca Cola's 'health' drink Vitamin Water with 5 teaspoon of sugar

While Vitamin Water appears to be healthy, advertising watchdogs yesterday banned makers Coca-Cola from boasting that the water is a 'nutritious' drink. read


Joanna Yeates murder: Crimewatch reconstruction traces her final steps

The reconstruction tracks the 25-year-old leaving the Bristol Ram pub at 8pm before stopping at a Waitrose, Tesco and Bargain Booze, then heading home to her flat in the Clifton area.read


Rate rise fears spark rush to fix mortgages: Biggest jump in cost of living since records began

The ‘fixed rate rush’ was triggered by shocking figures showing the biggest monthly rise in the cost of living since records began.read


Energy firms cash in on Big Freeze: Profit margins rise 50%

Research shows their profit margins have increased by nearly 50 per cent in the last four months alone, to the highest level for more than five years, MPs heard yesterday.read


Naomi Campbell case ruling could end huge 'win' fees for lawyers

The judgment at the European Court of Human Rights means that 'no-win no-fee' rules brought in by Labour in the 1990s will have to be rewritten to cut the amounts charged.read


Cherie Blair 'tried to use taxpayer cash for £3,500 Swedish bed'

The then-prime minister and his wife only backed down and agreed to pay for it themselves after details of the king-size Swedish-built bed emerged in newspapers.read


Nick Clegg demands local councils are given powers to impose their own taxes

Among the levies the Deputy Prime Minister is suggesting are for fuel, alcohol, office parking, landfill and even speeding.read


Iraq inquiry chairman's anger as Government blocks Blair-Bush emails

The Iraq inquiry chairman, pictured, said he was ‘disappointed’ that notes of the discussions and private memos would remain under lock and key.read


British couple sentenced to 8 months in Spanish prison for building villa on protected land

David and Janet Hartshorn illegally built a large house on protected land on the Costa del Sol town and are expected to receive a suspended eight-month sentence.read


Parents arrived 10 minutes late for baby daughter's funeral and missed burial

Michelle Mahoney, 24, and Matthew Small, 25, from Cardiff, South Wales, got stuck in traffic on the way to bury their stillborn baby, who they had named Angel.read


Angry Archers addicts flood BBC with complaints

Almost 450 devotees of the show have protested that the episode on January 2 was of ‘poor quality’ and that the decision to kill off the popular character Nigel Pargetter, played by Graham Seed, left., was wrong.read


Man flu: Proof at last as scientists find the male of the species is a wimp over colds

According to research, the working man is much more likely to succumb to a cold than his female colleague when the pressure’s on.read


CCTV: Woman rushes to save defenceless man during mob attack as onlookers watch

The woman was picking up groceries when she saw the victim being chased down the street by a gang of yobs, one on a bicycle, before being dragged to the ground in Manchester's Moss Side district. read


Robert Nay, 14, video game iPhone app Bubble Boy downloaded 2m times

Robert Nay's physics-based puzzle game Bubble Ball became the top free application in the Apple iPhone store this week. It has been downloaded two million times.read


TV star who had phone sex with single mother wins gagging order

The TV personality exchanged texts, e-mails and tweets with the woman as well as speaking on the phone. An injunction will now stop her selling her story. read


Dinner lady 'had sex with friend's 12-year-old son after seducing him by text message'

Mother-of-two Diane Pullar, 31, began picking the boy up from school and sent him secret text messages which he was told to delete, a court heard.read


Oh Lord, we've been up all night! 18-hour debate on voting reform rumbles on in Parliament as peers get grumpy

With beds and refreshments provided to sustain the august members of the House of Lords, some of the participants appeared to be succumbing to tiredness.read


Laws on Royal succession favouring male heirs could be ripped up

In a move that is said to have caused the Queen concern, the Prime Minister is consulting Commonwealth leaders on whether the 1701 Act of Settlement should be changed to stop favouring boys.read


Lawyer's wife secretly filed for divorce hours before her top-cop lover torches his car and blames it on his rival, a court hears

Karin Gray started proceedings to end her marriage while her husband was away after conducting a clandestine 20-month affair with Chief Superintendent James Trotman, the jury was told.read


Segway rider fined after court decides you CANNOT ride them on pavement

Phillip Coates's prosecution was seen as a test case by users of the distinctive two-wheeled devices - but District Judge Michael Rosenberg ruled the Segway is a motor vehicle.read


Ronnie Barker's son misses mother's funeral on the run over child porn claim

Adam Barker, wanted by Scotland Yard over child porn allegations, stayed away from the service following Joy Barker's death after a short illness earlier this month.read


Canoe conman John Darwin freed after serving half sentence, could get £20k benefits

John Darwin is holed up in a former mining town just miles from where he vanished in March 2002 following his release yesterday morning.read


New James Bond and Sherlock Holmes novels to be published this year

Holmes will return in the first authorised novel since death of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1930 and U.S. thriller writer Jeffrey Deaver is to write a James Bond story 46 years after the death of creator Ian Flemingread


Antidepressants 'reduce hot flushes' for women going through menopause

The severity and number of hot flushes was halved in a trial comparing the drug Cipralex with a dummy pill. It appears to work by damping down the reactions of blood vessels. read


Mother and daughter arrested after torturing and killing dozens of animals in home

Faith Ross, 54 and Francesca Maselli, 23, are said to have turned their New York home into a ‘house of horror’ through their appalling neglect of the cats, dogs, birds and ferrets. read


Police chief body loss power to run undercover unit after Mark Kennedy scandal

The Association of Chief Police Officers, a private company which is unaccountable to the public, will also lose all other 'operational' duties.read


CHannel 4 Grand Designs project resulted in divorce and 2 heart attacks

But by the time Dean Marks had finished converting an 18th century church into a family home his life had become something of a demolition site.read


'Lesbian style' sex shows and women dressed as nurses: New allegations in Berlusconi prostitution probe

Women said to have been paid to have sex with Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi dressed in nurse and police uniforms and performed stripteases for him during parties he hosted.read


50 Iraqis killed in suicide bombing in queue to become police officers

Police said the bomber joined a crowd of more than 100 recruits and detonated his explosives-packed vest in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit.read


Pakistan earthquake: Tremors lasting 20 seconds felt as far away as Dubai and New Delhi

The quake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale struck at 1:30am local time in Baluchistan province near the border with Afghanistan.read


'Alarming' rise in global pirate kidnappings, warns maritime bureau, with nearly 1,200 reported last year

The figures for the number of hostages and vessels taken are the highest ever seen, according to a global maritime watchdog.read


Facebook grants developers access to users' phone numbers and addresses

The social networking site announced the change on its blog, saying: 'We are now making a user's address and mobile phone number accessible.'read


Mac on... Damages payout for gay couple

'Isn't that romantic, George, dear? Mr and Mr Smith would like the bridal suite.'read


Fears for British lobster industry after diseased Canadian crustaceans found off Devon coast

The Canadian lobsters have a disease called gaffkemia - or pink tail - which could kill native lobsters in their millions and potentially wipe out a lucrative industry.read


NHS short of 4,500 midwives, health service boss tells PAC

The NHS is short of 4,500 midwives after Government planning was not 'quite as it should have been', the head of the health service said today.read


Pakistani TV executive Muzzammil Hassan on trial for beheading wife in US

Muzzammil Hassan is accused of stabbing and decapitating Aasiya Hassan in 2009 inside the studios of Bridges TV, the Muslim-targeted network he founded.read


Asylum seeker who killed Amy Houston, 12, in hit and run 'should be deported'

Aso Mohammed Ibrahim knocked down Amy Houston, 12, and fled the scene leaving her under the wheels of his car.read


Narrow escape for shoppers as driver ploughs through store-front while parking Mercedes

Amila Thilaksha managed to jump out of the way just in time as the automatic car ended up wedged by the counter of the Best-One supermarket in Bletchley.read


Outrage as Martin Luther King superimposed on 20% off black products advert

Thalia Surf Shop in Laguna Beach superimposed the civil rights leader’s face over a picture of a man in a wetsuit holding a surf board for its Martin Luther King Day sale.read


Joyrider killed student while on the run from police 'like something from a video game'

Police tried to stop David Gaskell, 21, from Liverpool - even attempting to smash the stolen Audi's windows with batons. But he drove off and collided with student Andrew O'Neill. read


Sarah Palin defends herself as poll shows Americans disapprove of 'blood libel' rhetoric

The potential Republican presidential candidate spoke for the first time since the controversy erupted over her response to the Tucson shootings. read


Caligula's tomb found after police arrest raider trying to steal statue

Italian police said the discovery was made after a man was arrested trying to smuggle abroad a statue of the Roman emperor which had been stolen from the site.read


Scientists finally discover the area of the brain which tells us to be terrified

Daily Mail Science Editor Michael Hanlon underwent an MRI scan to locate his 'anxiety centre' and determine his basic stress levels.read


Wildebeest goes nose to nose with lioness before he's taught lesson by lion

A young wildebeest reaches the safety of the riverbank and then fends off a hungry lioness. But there is no similar reprieve when an enormous lion moves inread