Fury of son, 10, at 'evil' middle-class mother who shaved his head, put him in a wheelchair and said he had cancer so she could pocket £85,000 benefits

Lies: Emma La Garde shaved her son's head and eyebrows to pretend he had cancer in a sick benefit fraud

As she meets her idol Donny Osmond in Las Vegas, Susan Boyle says she may have conquered her demons but now she's terrified it may all disappear

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This one, now believed to be worth an impressive £22 million, certainly does, and while in Vegas she gambled some of that well-earned fortune.

Edible fairy lights, tasty tinsel and pork baubles! Heston Blumenthal goes Christmas crackers at the Fat Duck (and so could you for £300)

Edible fairy lights, tasty tinsel, pork baubles and a partridge in a pear tree! Chef Heston Blumenthal goes Christmas crackers at his Bray restaurant (and so could you for £300)

The chef is hosting a 12-course feast in Bray at the three Michelin-starred Fat Duck, over three Sundays in December (2, 9, 16). His two pubs over the road will also be laying on festive treats.

Abandoned as a baby, adopted, then given up again - model turned TV chef Lorraine Pascale tells how her upbringing drove her to succeed

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The candles are poised to go on Lorraine Pascale's birthday cake - she turns 40 today - but when she says she's already had a 'mini mid-life crisis' it's tempting to scoff.

Woman whose soldier fiancé battered her with a dumbbell and slashed her throat to 'make her look ugly' reveals how she has rebuilt her life

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Natalie Allman, 26, appeared on This Morning and recalled her ordeal to presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby.

They were the teen pop stars who, between them, went on to win Strictly and I'm A Celebrity, as well as battle drugs and depression. Now, McFly want to be taken seriously

After selling over eight million records since they became the youngest band ever to have a debut album go straight to No. 1 in 2003 ¿ beating The Beatles

After selling over eight million records since they became the youngest band ever to have a debut album go straight to No. 1 in 2003 – beating The Beatles – the teenagers had grown into men before our eyes and seemed to be pursuing their own careers.

What did the TSA expect to find in Solange Knowles' afro? Singer tweets her outrage after airport staff searched her hair

Humiliated: Solange Knowles Tweeted her outrage this week after claiming that TSA officers at Miami airport searched her afro for explosives

The singer wrote 'I kid you not. This just happened to me', and posted a link to a news article about a woman who was left humiliated after a hair pat-down at the Hartsfield-Jackson International airport in Atlanta, last year.

A big white wedding - every little boy's dream: Men now TWICE as likely as women to want fairytale nuptials

A big white wedding, every little boy's dream: Men now TWICE as likely as women to want fairytale nuptials

In a reversal of the traditional image, it is now the groom-to-be who wants to break the bank for a grand event with all the trimmings, and his fiance who wants a cheaper 'do' without all the fuss.

Freddie Flintoff: 'We lost the Ashes and it was my lowest point professionally. I carried on, but I was never the same player again.'

Freddie has played cricket for England, won Sport's Personality Of The Year, battled depression and is now pursuing boxing

When I was just 16, in 1994, former England cricketer David Lloyd came to our house and offered me a contract to play for Lancashire County Cricket Club.

The most germ-riddled spots in a restaurant? Beware menus, lemon wedges and the rim of your wine glass

Germ traps: The biggest germ traps in restaurants have nothing to do with undercooked meat or day-old seafood - it's the menu and the seats customers sit on should be worried about

Investigating the horrifying bacteria hidden in restaurants' most unlikely places, ABC News Consumer Correspondent Elisabeth Leamy went undercover at 10 restaurants in three U.S. states.

Tenko turned us anorexic! Thirty years on, the stars of the women's prison camp drama reveal the toll the series took on their lives off screen

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Tenko's first episode was broadcast in October 1981 but the experience for the almost exclusively female cast of appearing in so iconic a programme clearly still goes deep.

What is Honey Boo Boo REALLY made of? New portrait realises child star in Sketti, Go-Go juice and 25lbs of garbage

Using the seven-year-old's trademark 'sketti', as well as butter, cheese balls, chicken nuggets and the infamous Go-Go Juice, artist Jason Mecier re-imagined her as a pile of garbage.

San Francisco-based artist, Jason Mecier, who has previously made junk portraits of Donald Trump, Andy Warhol, and Phyllis Diller, used the seven-year-old superstar as inspiration for his latest project.

No time to teach children to tell the time! Or ride a bike, or tie their shoelaces … stressed parents spend spare time doing chores

Many parents blame their long working hours from stopping them having time to teach their children skills

Working parents now say they are too busy to properly teach their children important skills such as telling the time, tying their shoelaces and riding a bike.

Former BBC2 controller Jane Root on her most ambitious TV project yet – condensing the entire history of the human race into just 12 hours

Jane's new TV series Mankind: The Story Of All Of Us on the History Channel tells the whole story of humankind in 12 hours

My new TV series Mankind: The Story Of All Of Us on the History Channel sets out to answer this question. It tells the whole story of humankind in 12 hours.

Men are pants at buying knickers! £100m of underwear bought as gifts lie unworn in our drawers because men keep getting it wrong

Men are pants at buying knickers! £100m of underwear bought as gifts lie unworn in our drawers because men keep getting it wrong

The nationwide study reveled that men splash out an average of £42 per underwear set for their partners, yet one in five women have never worn the gift, and 23 percent said they’d worn it only once.

Miracles can happen! And if one was going to turn up on TV, it was always going to be on feelgood pastoral hit An Island Parish...

On an island three miles long and a mile and a half wide, it must have been a godsend for the crew to discover not just one church, but two - and both led by women

As the Reverend Gill, at that time, was vicar of a deprived housing estate in Kent, and An Island Parish favours idyllic locations such as the Scilly Isles and the Outer Hebrides, it seemed unlikely that the Lord had that vocation in mind for her.

Nanna Patty Hearst! Publishing heiress 'horrified' and 'thrilled' at news her daughter Gillian is expecting first child

Nana Pat: Patty Hearst, 58 (right) is going to become a grandmother for the first time - her eldest daughter, Gillian Hearst-Simonds, 31 (left), is expecting her first child according to The New York Post

Gillian, 31, is the society editor at her family company's title Town & Country. She married lawyer Christian Simonds, whose clients include Jersey Shore star Deena Cortese, in 2007.

CELEBRITY STYLE WATCH...RITA ORA

BlackBerry Bold She burst onto the music scene with her hip hop beats but it isn't just her music that has heads turning. Whether she is rocking cool casual wear in the studio or stunning red carpet frocks, Rita Ora is certainly one to watch. Here we show you how to get her look for a fraction of the price...

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'I'm choosing life over beauty': Miss America contestant to undergo double mastectomy as a preventative measure, after losing mother to breast cancer

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Allyn Rose, 24, who is set to represent Washington, D.C., in the January 12 pageant, made the decision after discovering she carries a gene linked to an increased risk of the disease. Talking about her decision she told People: 'Breasts don't define your life. I'm choosing life over beauty... I'm not going to let my fear of losing this part of my femininity stop me from living.'

Think back pain is normal? It is not - and you CAN end it, says TenPilates founder David Higgins - but it's prehab NOT rehab that is the key

Prehab, not rehab: The right sort of regular exercise can prevent back pain from starting, says David Higgins of TenPilates

We Brits have a reputation for suffering in silence. But as it's reported 90% of us suffer back pain, refusing to speak out could be costing us our health.

WATCH: Rare audio of Marilyn Monroe declaring her love for Chanel No 5 is released in a stylish video tribute to the star

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In the 1950s the glamour of Chanel No. 5 was reignited by the celebrity whose unsolicited endorsement of the fragrance provided invaluable publicity.

Bumble and Bumble salon mogul arrested over allegation that he tried to hide $29.6m from the IRS

Bumble and Bumble founder Michael Gordon has been arrested for alleged tax evasion and money laundering, it was claimed today

According to the New York Post, Michael Gordon, 61, failed to notify the the Internal Revenue Service about the $29.6million he received after selling a stake of his company to Estee Lauder in 2006.

Red carpet deja vu: The celebrities who know what poses work, and stick to them!

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Most of us don't have to make regular appearances on the red carpet but, come Christmas party season, the cameras come out and it's time to strike a pose. Take your cue from these signature celebrity red carpet poses, perfected by stars.

'Happy couple seek newborn or infant': The rise of private adoption as would-be parents use Craigslist to find unwanted babies

Craigslist babies: Tracey and Dan Citron of Minnesota posted an ad on Craiglist, saying they were interested in adopting a child, six-weeks later they got a response and now have two little boys

While people have been used newspaper classified ads to find adoptive children for years, prospective parents across America are now connecting directly with birth mothers online.

'I basically got out of the plane, right onto the propeller': Lauren Scruggs reveals horrific moment she lost her arm and eye (but shows how she can still do push-ups)

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For the first time, the 24-year-old former model from Dallas, Texas, spoke about the December 3 accident - where she walked into a still-spinning plane propeller - in the lead up to a Dateline interview that airs Friday November 16 at 10pm.

EXCLUSIVE: Want to know what happens at the end of the Boots Christmas ad? Three alternative endings revealed...

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The endings to the tantalising stories have been revealed for the first time and are set to capture the hearts of viewers.

Never play Brad Pitt at Boggle or get in Barbra Streisand's way when she needs the loo: Owain Yeoman – Office star Lucy Davis's ex-husband – on life as Hollywood's hottest Welshman

'I was basically going from being in the school play to auditioning for a £100 million movie,' says Owain

Owain Yeoman was barely 25, an Oxford graduate and fresh out of RADA when he got his very first audition, for a part in a swords-and-sandals war film based loosely on Homer’s Iliad.

My haven: Nicholas Parsons the Just A Minute presenter, 89, relaxes in the sitting room of his Buckinghamshire home

Nicholas Parsons 'Haven' is the living room of his Buckinghamshire home

My mother made a needlework copy of the family crest and had it mounted on this fire screen. The crest dates back to our Scottish ancestry – though no one’s ever explored it in any detail.

Sex on the first date? No thanks, say MEN: Women are now happier to jump into bed with a new partner than men are

Almost half of the men questioned said they would be turned off by a woman who wanted to have sex on the first date, but only 39 per cent of women felt that way about a man who did the same

It's men who are desperate to leap into bed with the woman after a date, right? Wrong, according to new research from dating website Parship that suggests things are now the other way around.

Pensioner passion: Sex-loving sixty-year-olds are the most caring and generous lovers, and one in four owns a sex toy

Adventurous: More than half of the over-65s questioned in a poll said they liked to experiment and try new things in bed (posed by models)

Hilary Boyd's hit novel poses the question 'does love always come with a sell-by date?' And according to a poll on the sex lives of Brits the answer is a resounding 'no'.

Christmas Countdown: Wow your way through the festive season with FEMAIL's pick of the best party dresses and accessories

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The Christmas party season is fast approaching, Whether you're at an office bash, out on the town or celebrating with a cocktail party at home, add sparkle with FEMAIL's festive fashion picks.

Meet Hollywood's hottest hair and make-up pros as they pose alongside Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristen Stewart and Drew Barrymore

Secret weapon: Kristen Stewart and hairstylist Adir Abergel photographed at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills

Vampy! YouTube make-up artist Tanya Burr shows you how to get Bella Swan's Twilight look in step-by-step video tutorial

Tips and tricks: Tanya explains that Bella's skin is very fresh and pale and she has very brown eyeshadow before showing us how to build up the look

YouTube sensation Tanya Burr shows Twilight fans how to achieve Bella's supernaturally sexy look with her latest web make-over

Make-up time machine: How warpaint can help you look nearly TEN years younger

Carol Vorderman goes bare-faced

A survey has revealed that three quarters of women believe that make-up makes them look dramatically younger - and say that made-up, Carol Vorderman, 51, looked nine years younger.

New site promises to be Netflix for nail polish... But would you use second-hand lacquer?

Novel idea: Nail polish subscription service Lacquerous launched today giving lacquer addicts three designer shades to play with every month

The U.S. company warns subscribers that they can only use use each polish a maximum of three times before returning them, and it will monitor the level of paint in each bottle.

Apart from the eye lift, boob job and Botox, I haven’t had a thing done!: Jane Seymour on how she looks so ageless at 61

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Seymour accepts that her looks and her career have always been intrinsically linked, and now the former bond girl confesses the secrets behind her youthful looks and svelte figure.