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Heath Hall: Super-mansion built for Tate & Lyle sugar magnate goes on sale for a staggering £100m

Heath Hall was constructed on London’s most exclusive street, The Bishops Avenue in Hampstead, London, in 1910 for William Park Lyle.read


Empire State shooting: First picture of shooter as video shows moment police gunned down Jeffrey Johnson

Jeffrey Johnson, 53, shot his former boss dead outside his workplace on Friday morning, sparking early-morning chaos and multiple other injuries near the iconic New York City skyscraper.read


Why I'm convinced Israel will bomb Iran in weeks: Netanyahu is running out of patience and is 'closer than ever' to launching a strike

MICHAEL BURLEIGH: I am increasingly convinced that nothing will stop Israel. Shortly before the U.S. elections, and most likely in October, I believe Israel will launch air strikes on Iran. read


Samsung ordered to pay Apple more than $1BILLION after jury says they STOLE patented iPhone designs - and now faces having to pull ALL their cellphones and tablets from the U.S.

Apple has been awarded more than $1 billion in damages as it prevailed in its patent-infringement case against Samsung.read


Horror as bride plunges to death in her wedding dress while posing for photos on a waterfall

The 30-year-old Canadian, who has not been named, was posing for her wedding pictures on a rock when her gown became wet and the weight of it dragged her into the the Ouareau River near Dorwin Falls, north of Montreal, at around 2.30pm. Her body was found by a local diver around 6pm.read


Prince Harry Vegas: A sleazy club, a nude blonde and the truth about those pictures

At 4am in Room 2401 of the Encore Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, the night is still young for party-loving Prince Harry. read


Prince Harry summoned by Charles for crisis talks after naked photos in Vegas

Royal sources stressed that 27-year-old Prince Harry would not be getting a 'dressing down' but Charles was keen to discuss his concerns.read


Prince Harry Vegas pictures: Palace has not complained over Sun front page

So far more than 850 people have officially complained about it but none of those protests came from the prince or the royal household, MailOnline is told.read


My family beat me and hacked off my hair for kissing a white boy

Shamima Akhtar, 19, was attacked by her two sisters sisters Nazira, 29, Nadiya, 25, and brother Mohammed-Abdul, 24 at her 18th birthday party in Basingstoke, Hampshire for kissing partner Gary Pain, 23.read


How the fashion for bigger wine glasses fuelled surge in drink driving women with numbers up 36 per cent in 20 years

It was once an almost exclusively male crime but the statistics from the Ministry of Justice show that the share of women convicted has trebled since 1990 to one in six offenders.read


Minister risks coalition rift by backing third runway at Heathrow Airport

Tory housing minister Grant Shapps has risked stoking Coalition tensions after signalling support for expansion at Heathrow - which is vociferously opposed by Lib Dems.read


Happiness gene discovered ¿ but it only works for women

Ladies, this may make you smile. Gents, you may want to look away now. Scientists have found a gene that makes people happy – but it only works in women.read


Schoolboy rescues girl from rolling car before busy Dalton road junction

Seamus Buckley, 14, leapt into action when he heard a four-year-old screaming and banging on a car window as it rolled toward a busy junction in Dalton, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire.read


Say cheese!: The world's WORST yearbook photos range from strange to scary to just plain hilarious

Yearbook pictures are rarely flattering but these high school photographs truly take the cake. From disastrous hairdos to offensive clothing choices and painfully uncomfortable poses, these 20 school portraits capture the excruciating awkwardness that, for most, goes hand in hand with being a teenager.read


Hundreds of scouts, guides and police cadets to be sent into deprived areas to 'help cut crime' in £10m scheme

Ministers want to bring youngsters (not ones pictured) in to inner cities in a joint initiative between the Government and Youth United, an umbrella organisation for uniformed groups.read


Cambridge student Marcus Hughes-Hallett dies in cave swim after losing his way while snorkelling in Malta

The man, named locally as Marcus Hughes-Hallett, was snorkelling in Santa Marija Bay off the coast of the Maltese Island of Comino when he got lost in a cave.read


Guide to dating posh girls at Oxford causes uproar after warning that upper-class women have so much sex they have 'worked their way through the Eton rugby team'

So few readers saw the funny side of the six-point guide that the student newspaper Cherwell was forced to remove it from its website hours after it was put there.read


I wish he'd got 21 years for each of his 77 victims: Mother of teenager slain by Breivik attacks sentence that could see him free in a decade

Anders Breivik was yesterday sentenced to 21 years in prison for the murder of 77 people. The Norwegian right-wing fanatic, who set off a bomb in Oslo then went on a gun rampage at a youth camp last summer, could be out in as little as ten years.read


Child sexting victims left suicidal after explicit images are shared without consent, warns charity

The NSPCC warned yesterday that growing numbers of girls become distraught or even suicidal after regretting giving in to pressure to send explicit photos and videos of themselves.read


How the Queen sabotaged my passionate affair with her cousin: Zsuzsi Starkloff tells the story of how Prince William of Gloucester fell for her and scandalised the royals in the process

Hungarian born Zsuzsi Starkloff tells the story of how she could have been Duchess of Gloucester were it not for the Queen sabotaging her relationship with Prince William of Gloucester. read


Thomas Briggs: Thug dodged justice after battering girl in vicious attack that left her needing a wheelchair

Thomas Briggs, 31, a menacing career criminal with a string of convictions for assault to his name, knocked Nikki Brewer unconscious on a night out in Colchester, Essex.read


GCSE results 2012: 'Grade-fixing' scandal grows as headteachers threaten legal action and demand remarks

In a furious letter to Education Secretary Michael Gove, they called for an urgent inquiry into the 'manifest unfairness' of 'appalling' marking in this summer’s GCSE English exams.read


Doctors can let anorexic woman die as judge rules force-feeding to keep her alive is 'not in her best interests'

While she has stated that she does not want to die, the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, refuses to eat because of a ‘morbid fear’ of putting on any weight.read


How UK households spend £45 a week less than before the recession

The £45 drop follows a toxic combination of soaring prices, high unemployment and muted wage growth or even pay cuts.read


Teen assassin stabs girl to death for £16 over Facebook row... but only faces a year in jail due to his age

Joyce Winsie Hau, 15, was murdered in her home in Rotterdam, Holland by a teenage boy hired by her best friend who planned her murder as punishment for posting unfavourable comments on Facebook.read


Water Wigs: Hilarious images of bald men getting hit by exploding water balloons

Rounding up a group of bald guys and throwing water balloons at their head, one photographer has managed to create the illusion that the follicly challenged men have wigs made of water.read


Rembrandt etching worth $8,600 is lost in the post after gallery decides couriers are too expensive

The Soli Brug Gallery near Oslo bought Rembrandt's 'Lieven Willemsz' for an exhibition and wanted to save money on couriers and insurance by having it delivered in the post. read


David Wyn Jones: Mentally-ill father who thought his son was the devil knifed toddler and his wife to death

David Wyn Jones, 42, of Tremadog, Gwynedd, a former insurance salesman, was sent to a secure psychiatric unit by a judge at Caernarfon crown court. read


50-stone woman who had been stuck inside her home for EIGHT YEARS is rescued by 20 paramedics and firefighters

It took a team of 20 rescue workers two hours to carry Caroline Williams-Jones from her home near Bridgend in South Wales - which she had not left in eight years.read


Celebrity lawyer 'Mr Loophole' says women drivers get off speeding tickets more easily because they cry

Famous for representing Andrew Flintoff, Jeremy Clarkson and Sir Alex Fergusson, Freeman insists that women benefit from being ‘complex, emotional, hormonal and different’ in court.read


You're SURE they're not Great Whites, daddy? The look of terror on youngsters faces as family in kayak are circled by sharks in Cornwall

Surrounded by the sharks as they went out for a paddle near Sennen Cove in Cornwall it turns out the family had nothing to worry about, as the dorsal fins seen poking out of the sea belong to harmless basking sharks. read


Ruth Ellis death penalty: Callous and blinded by lust, the men who killed the last woman to be hanged in Britain

It's a story that's never lost its power to disturb. Now a forensically researched book casts a haunting new light on the fate of Ruth Ellis - the last woman to be hanged in Britain.read


Man who raped girl, 13, after plying her with drink and drugs is jailed

Rawad Bastawi, 31, raped and sexual assaulted a 13-year-old girl whom he plied with drugs and alcohol 'for days' in December last year. He was jailed for eight years at Lewes Crown Court today.read


Teacher jailed for running brothel is banned from teaching... but he may be back in the classroom in just three years

Tim Blake-Powell, 51, pimped out six women - including his ex-wife - and also worked as a prostitute himself from a flat in the well-heeled cathedral city of Canterbury, Kent.read


Obesity epidemic leads to three-fold increase in number of people with diabetes in 15 years

Alarming new figures have shown how the number of severe diabetics in Britain has rocketed as a result of the country's obesity crisis.read


You CAN get good wine for under £7

We asked expert and former leading supermarket buyer Angela Mount — who once had her tastebuds insured for £10 million — to taste the cheapest bottles in the supermarkets. read


Injection of nanoparticles could help save lives of victims of serious brain injury such as soldiers in battle

Combined polyethylene glycol-hydrophilic carbon clusters - which are already being tested to enhance cancer treatment - can help restore balance to the brain's vascular system by stabilising bloodflow.read


How carrots helped RAF hero nicknamed 'cat's eyes' down a German bomber without firing a single shot

The legendary World War 2 airman John ‘Cat’s Eyes’ Cunningham inspired generations of children to eat carrots by claiming his deadly accurate eyesight was down to his love of the vegetables. read


Britain's washout summer brings a plague of mosquitoes and fleas to the UK

The pesky bloodsuckers have thrived after a wet spring followed by the recent muggy spell, sending demand for bite and sting relief creams soaring across the UK.read


Father who stabbed his children, wife and three others to death in killing spree found guilty of manslaughter

Damian Rzeszowski knifed six people to death after his wife Izabela admitted having a two-month affair with another man in Jersey, but was cleared of their murders.read


Slovenia hot air balloon crash: Pilot of craft that crashed and left four people dead did not have a licence

Six people are still in a critical condition after the balloon hit a tree and burst into flames near the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, leaving 28 injured.read


Antiques dealer accused of selling pensioner's set of rare first edition books for £172k after claiming they were water damaged found not guilty

Jess Morris (pictured), 37, from Brighton, was said to have sold the books when he took them from 85-year-old Raymond Haworth on the pretext they were to form part of an exhibition.read


Measles cases 'double in a year' following major outbreaks

In England and Wales there were 497 cases in the first six months of 2011. But this year that figured has soared to 964 over the equivalent period, the Health Protection Agency revealed.read


Man who jumped on pregnant women's stomachs and tried to throttle them is jailed for life

James Paterson of Fife, Scotland, had earlier been found guilty of three murder attempts, two rapes and assaulting a three month old baby, during a catalogue of violence over the course of five years.read


He volunteered to fight for Britain. Now this soldier faces deportation and jail... all over a speeding fine

Poloko Hiri (pictured), originally from Botswana has had his application for citizenship rejected by the UK Border Agency who claimed the single offence was a sign of ‘bad character’.read


Radio receivers will be fitted to a thousand ants in world first experiment probing their habits and means of communication

The three-year project by researchers from the University of York will take place on the National Trust’s Longshaw Estate, Derbyshire, a hotspot for the northern hairy wood ant.read


The last XXIV hours of Pompeii retold on Twitter: Catastrophe relived (almost) exactly 1,933 years after eruption of Vesuvius

The minute-by-minute reconstruction of the city's fate is based on the tale of Pliny the Elder, the Roman admiral who took command of the city's evacuation.read


Number 10 under fire after Prime Minister hosts king of Bahrain in 'beneath the radar' meeting

The Prime Minister this week hosted Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, whose brutal regime has been widely condemned after at least 40 people died since a crackdown on anti-government protests last year. read


The giant 'wall of wind' that can simulate a HURRICANE

It is an astonishing sight, and the only place in the world where a man made hurricane can be summoned on demand from 12 giant fans.read


UK weather: Torrential rain and flooding for a wet and windy bank holiday weekend

Forecasters are predicting torrential rain and localised flooding with only glimpses of sunshine throughout the weekend.read


The minibar whiskey may be urine and why you don't want to drink from the glasses: staff dish hotel secrets

A discussion on online community site Reddit has revealed a series of gripes and confessions by hotel workers. It followed a recent question posted by user Smadisond.read


Accidental millionaire given £3.4m by bank error caught as international fugitive

Hui 'Leo' Gao from Rotorua, New Zealand triggered an international manhunt after he transferred millions of dollars to overseas bank accounts on discovering Australian bank Westpac had made the error.read


Arrest Assange 'under any circumstances': Police gaffe as top-secret document reveals how WikiLeaks founder will be dealt with if he tries to leave embassy

The document - headed 'Restricted' and 'Decisions - Supporting Rationale' suggests what will happen to the 41-year-old Australian if he tries to leave Ecuador's embassy in London.read


King Richard III: Archaeologists dig under council car park for monarch killed in Battle of Bosworth

Archaeologists are hoping to find the lost grave of a medieval monarch in a dig which got under way today. read


Fafane Daniel: Vegas-bound plane stops in New Orleans after female passenger launches mid-flight fistfight

In a scene not too unlike one in the hit movie Bridesmaids, pictured, the Southwest Airlines flight had to make an unscheduled stop to remove an unruly woman who got in a fistfight with another passenger.read


'It's for religious reasons': Mitt Romney says he won't release tax records beyond two years because of donations he made to Mormon Church

Mitt Romney has said that the reason he doesn’t want to release any more than two years of tax returns is that he doesn’t want to reveal how much he has ‘tithed’ to the Mormon church.read


Britain's bravest teacher: Despite vicious assaults by a pupil AND a parent, headmaster refuses to give up on the children he's devoted to

He's been throttled, punched and kicked. His face is held together by metal plates and he's deaf in one ear but Kieran Heakin (pictured), a headteacher in Burnley, has no plans to quit the job he 'loves'. read


Angela Merkel: 'Deeds must follow words': German Chancellor dashes Greek hopes of a reprieve over cuts

The German Chancellor sought to reassure Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras over the country’s future in the single currency as it lurches closer to the abyss.read


Sex education has little impact on teen pregnancy as figures have remained unchanged over last 40 years

Academics say pregnancies among under-16s in England and Wales have proved 'resilient' over the last 40 years, despite Government policy initiatives.read


Suspended chief constable facing fresh inquiry after failing to tell bosses his inspector wife had been arrested 'for being drunk and disorderly'

Chief Constable Chief Price will be quizzed over the arrest of his wife, who is also a police officer. He is already being investigated as part of a corruption probe.read


Jeremy Clarkson's outburst after Top Gear filming is interrupted by police after complaints about 'boy racers'

TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson, pictured, was mistaken for a boy-racer as he filmed for the latest Top Gear DVD in Darlington with fellow host James May and The Stig.read


Boris takes a swipe at Cameron 'the Politburo PM' just days after telling him to stop 'pussyfooting around' on the economy

Aides insisted the reference to the Politburo – the sinister ruling body for the former Soviet communist party – had been ‘misunderstood’ after he took the swipe at the lighting of the Paralympic cauldron. read


Sheep rustlers first to be convicted for 25 years after stealing pregnant ewes

A pair of sheep farmers from Lancashire are the first men in Britain to be convicted of castle rustling in a quarter of a decade.read


James Holmes: Accused Colorado shooter 'threatened to kill people' four months before massacre

He had the conversation with a classmate at the University of Colorado-Denver. The student was not identified and the threats were not reported to police.read


Madeleine McCann: Top Scotland Yard cop hints the hunt for missing girl may be wound down unless Government commit to funding it

Scotland Yard commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe has asked the Government for reassurances that financing for the inquiry into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann will be continued.read


Child Obesity: Fat children up to six times more likely to develop gallstones, researchers warn

Overweight girls are at the highest risk from the condition, which has been generally regarded as an adult disease, according to a study by scientists in California.read


Teenager filmed hitting his face after failed attempt to jump across canal is fined after telling police he was stabbed in the chin and thrown in

The red-faced youth has now been fined £80 for wasting police time after footage was discovered of the jump which shows him coming a cropper in Coseley, Dudley.read


That is something to lose sleep over: How millions of Britons suffer insomnia every year

People are diagnosed as acute insomnia sufferers if they have had problems sleeping for less than three months - chronic insomniacs suffer for longer.read


Morse code in its tyre tracks and a lucky penny - Nasa reveals the secrets it has hidden on the Curiosity rover

Nasa has begun reveal the secrets its engineers hid in the Curiosity rover currently driving on the surface of Mars. Engineers used morse code to spell out JPL (Jet Propulsion Lab), the lab where the rover was put together.read


Force is strong with these ones: Drugs that make superbugs 'as harmless as a naked Darth Vader' offer hope of a cure

Rather than trying to kill bacteria outright, Université de Montréal researchers have discovered superbugs can be tackled with a treatment that weaken them, allowing the body's immune system to take over the fight.read


Murder hunt after pensioner Clement Desmier was found dead in Bradford home

A murder investigation has been started following the discovery of a 68-year-old man's body at his home in Bradford. read


Blushing police left stranded after wedging their van between two buildings

Two of Cornwall's finest found themselves in a bit of bother after their vehicle became trapped between two buildings on a narrow lane in the coastal town of Looe. read


Now that's how to doodle: The incredible pictures that look like photographs drawn with a ball point pen

It may be hard to hard to believe but these pictures are created using standard ballpoint pens. They're drawn by Portugal-based attorney Samuel Silva, who describes his art as a hobby.read


Lost interview with Martin Luther King revealed

A newly-discovered interview with Martin Luther King from 1960 can be heard for the first time, revealing a rarely-heard insight into the civil rights leader's time in Africa.read


Fitness guru 'beds clients then dumps them via Facebook' according to lawsuit filed by his business partner

Renee Linnell claims Body Evolutions founder Billy Macagnone (pictured) ‘severely damaged’ their Manhattan business through his ‘abuse and betrayal of women.'read


Time capsule opened after 100 years in great fanfare contains flags, letters and historical records

The 'time capsule' was left nearly 100 years ago in Otta, central Norway with strict instructions for it not to be opened until 2012. After generations of waiting, its secret was unveiled today.read


The amazing map that shows all of the world's recorded hurricanes in a single image

It is an astonishing view of the swirling paths hurricanes and tropical storms have taken across the globe since 1851.read


Nick Drake's Pink Moon and Portishead's Third albums re-imagined as 3D 'sound sculptures'

Design studio Realitat transformed five music collections into 'microsonic landscapes' by re-imagining soundwaves as sculptures - and appear to take the shape of cities, mountains and volcanic craters.read


Picture spotted by 11-year-old boy on Google street view leads to suspect being arrested THREE YEARS after caravan theft

A picture taken by the street-level imaging site shows a mystery figure lurking outside the family home in Linton, Derbyshire, at about the time the white Abbey Aventura vehicle vanished. read


Boy, 7, fighting for his life after ¿dying¿ for 30 minutes in holiday swimming pool accident

Doctors spent 30 minutes reviving lifeless Callum Wingate, 7, who slipped into the two metre area of the pool on his first holiday in Majorca. He is fighting for his life at Leeds General Hospital, where his parents Robert and Lorraine are keeping vigil, pictured.read


Circus lions tigers stuck in customs Argentine Paraguay border

The protected animals have been sitting in their cages in Puerto Falcon, Paraguay after Argentine officials refused their re-entry after a new law banning live animal acts.read


My brother was killed by cannabis, jack it in: Magistrate tells addict of her family's pain to help him quit the drug

Yvonne Davies (pictured) issued a stark warning to cannabis grower Christopher Duncan, 55, at Manchester Magistrates Court by giving a harrowing account of how the drug killed her brother Glen Harding.read


Poor harvest lets wonky fruit and misshapen veg back in shops

Wonky carrots, stunted parsnips and imperfect apples will all make a return to supermarket shelves after Britain's dismal weather conditions affected the harvest.read


Could a simple eye test spot the early stages of Alzheimer's?

British researchers found sufferers of the disease struggled with light tracking part of eye test, and say 'Potentially exciting' results could lead to new screening process.read


Great White shark devours seal off the coast of Cape Cod

The shark appeared to have been tagged by wildlife officials. Massachusetts marine biologists have affixed several sharks with radio tags so that they can track their whereabouts. read


Monster cut a hole in pet's paw and put a jar on his head to use him as blood bait for other dogs

Pappy the mixed Labrador was starving and covered with scars when he was found wandering the streets of Dallas, Texas.read