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Stop motion video of 1,000 photographs creates a detailed record of one woman's journey through pregnancy

Tomer Grencel took more than 1000 photos throughout his wife's pregnancy and created a fascinating stop-motion video of the whole nine months.read


Freed killer Tracie Andrews has affair with married man after meeting him at a pub where she works

Road rage killer Tracie Andrews, who was sentenced to life in prison after stabbing Lee Harvey 42 times in 1996, has seduced Gary Goldsworthy, according to his wife.read


We were RIGHT to take foster children away from Ukip couple insists social workers

Joyce Thacker, head of children's service at Rotherham Borough Council, said the three ethnic minority children were taken away from their Ukip member foster parents because of the party's views on multiculturalism.read


Staffordshire schoolgirl, 14, dies after being so violently sick her stomach ruptured while on Butlins holiday

Jessica Ashton-Pyatt, a talented writer and artist, died while on a half-term break with friends at Butlin's in Skegness when she was so ill her stomach ruptured.read


3,000 Eurocrats who earn more than David Cameron (and they get 93 DAYS holiday a year)

EU officials work a basic 37 and a half hour week, receive 18 public holidays, including 'Europe day', and are entitled to a host of other bonuses, including first class travel.read


Schoolgirl, 11, subjected to 'brutal' sex attack in Enfield, London after being dragged into park on her way home

The girl was walking along Galliard Road in Enfield, London when she was dragged into nearby Jubilee Park and subjected to a sex attack. read


Tom Cruise dons a military uniform as he touches down in Trafalgar Square in an RAF helicopter

The 50-year-old actor certainly made his presence known as he shut off the whole of London's Trafalgar Square while shooting his new movie, All You Need Is Kill, in the capital. read


We're being persecuted claim Oxford University Tories as they plead for same equal rights as ethnic minorities and gays

Young Right-wingers at Corpus Christi College who once voted for Courtney Love, pictured, to be officer for rock 'n' roll, have accused their political opponents of personal abuse and intimidation because of their views.read


Cambridge University to open 'Terminator centre' to study threat to humans from artificial intelligence

Its purpose will be to study the four greatest threats to the human species - artificial intelligence, climate change, nuclear war and rogue biotechnology. read


University exams enter the history books as coursework is blamed for grade inflation

A study has found that grades are rising as the use of coursework to assess learning increases, sparking fears that students are increasingly downloading essays and plagiarising academic work they find online.read


Home Office security chief responsible for Buckingham Palace 'viewed child porn'

David Tracey, 48,of Billericay, Essex, was arrested by police in Essex and charged with four counts of making indecent images of children.read


End of the doctors surgery? GP visits to be replaced by Skype consultations in bid to save NHS £3bn

Face-to-face appointments with GPs could be replaced with treatment via the phone and Skype under plans unveiled by health ministers this week. read


Concern over girl's medical marijuana usage as mother gives her equivalent of 10 joints a day

A seven-year-old girl suffering from leukemia is one of Oregon's youngest medical marijuana patients, with a daily dosage administered by her mother that is the equivalent of smoking up to 10 joints in 24 hours. read


Cameron set to defy Leveson on law to allow state-controlled press... for now

Lord Justice Leveson is expected to call for new legal curbs in the wake of the scandal at Rupert Murdoch’s News International, including the hacking of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler’s phone.read


Mother dies after spending year in a coma following collapse while using home dye kit

Julie McCabe, 38, had been on a life- support machine since suffering a ­suspected allergic reaction to L’Oreal Preference hair dye in October last year.read


Azerbaijan had so much oil its heiresses bathe in it... but beneath lurks very murky secrets

Azerbajian ladies who lunch lie naked in baths of crude oil, believing that the warming effects of 40C crude cure skin diseases, rheumatism, arthritis and even ‘nerves’. read


UK gives £19million aid to South Africa - its president spends £17.5million on his palace

As his people struggle in squalor, South African president Jacob Zuma has sparked outrage by spending £17.5 million to upgrade his rural family home.read


More than 150,000 forced off benefits after refusing to participate in Iain Duncan-Smith's back-to-work scheme

One in ten long-term unemployed on the Government’s flagship back-to-work programme opted to go without benefit rather than accept help to get them a job.read


Six-foot wide beach hut set to become Britain's most expensive as it goes on sale for £245,000

The single storey one-bedroom wooden property in Shaldon, south Devon, boasts under floor heating, a marble wet room, wireless internet, and electric windows which automatically close when it rains.read


Met's £3.5bn shopping list: Force under fire for wasting money on supplies everything from weapons to sandwiches

The huge sums will be scrutinised when Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe appears before a powerful group of MPs on Tuesday, with Scotland Yard under pressure to save more than £500 million.read


City tackles wee problem: People urinating in public will have to take 'walk of shame' to inspect damage to historic sites

Chester Council has joined forces with police to introduce a 'heritage awareness' course in an attempt to combat the public nuisance, which officials say is corroding the city's buildings. read


'Gangnam Style' overtakes Justin Bieber's 'Baby' to become most watched YouTube video of ALL TIME

With more than 808 million views, 'Gangnam Style' has become the most popular video on YouTube. It beat out Justin Bieber's 'Baby' for first place.read


Microsoft looks to the future as tech giant set to to create their own 'Google Glasses'

Microsoft has jumped on the visual device bandwagon and now plans to create their own eyeglasses. read


Frank Lampard evicts his children's 100-year-old great-granny from £200-a-week flat

The Chelsea and England midfielder has given Teresa Canete notice that she has just days to move out of a four-bedroom flat in Barcelona that he bought for her in 2008.read


Cameron ignores the Cabinet warnings to forge ahead with ban on cheap alcohol

He is due to authorise a Home Office consultation on forcing retailers in England and Wales to sell alcohol at a fixed minimum price in an attempt to curb problem drinking.read


'Some will say PM's fixer is racist': Top Tory attacks Cameron's chief over foul-mouthed rant at Muslims

Former Conservative deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft told friends that outspoken Australian Lynton Crosby’s remark about 'f****** Muslims' was a major error of judgment.read


Woman, 21, killed and 2 injured by falling tree as hurricane-force winds batter Britain

The three were injured when a large spruce tree collapsed in Western Way in Exeter. Meanwhile, people were forced to flee their homes as flood water caused 'serious threats to life' in Cornwall.read


One doctor a month dodges serious misconduct charges such as assault by retiring early

Nearly 100 doctors who faced probes over the past seven years have been erased from the medical register, some without any admission of guilt, according to the General Medical Council. read


Kazakhstan dictator axes paper critical of Blair's £8million job as adviser

Respublika, an opposition newspaper in Kazakhstan, has been ordered to close by the country’s president Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has hired the former Prime Minister to advise him.read


Yasser Arafat's remains to be exhumed to test for polonium after claims former leader of Palestine was poisoned by Israel

Arafat died in November 2004 in a French military hospital. Palestinian officials claim he was poisoned by Israel, but have not presented evidence. Israel has denied such allegations. read


Gambler found dead in bookies toilets after being locked in cubicle for FIVE DAYS

The body of 39-year-old Marc Smithers was found sprawled in the cubicle by Coral staff in Stanwell, Surrey, after customers noticed that the toilet door was bolted shut.read


La Esperanza: Inside the hell of El Salvador: Stark images from notorious La Esperanza prison capture a world of despair in a place called Hope

Translated from Spanish, La Esperanza means 'hope,' but looking through a series of photos from the infamous men's prison in El Salvador that bears that name, one sees nothing but anger and hopelessness.read


Terrified girl clutches picture of father who was publicly executed and dragged through streets by Gaza motorbike lynch mob

The Mail on Sunday can today reveal that the dead man in the photograph is 37-year-old father-of-five Ribhi Badawi, a Palestinian prisoner in Gaza.read


Undercover PC to sue Scotland Yard for £100,000 'because they did nothing to stop him falling in love with an activist'

Mark Kennedy, 43, pictured, is claiming damages due to police 'negligence'. The landmark case is due to be heard at the High Court next year.read


Foreign Office fury as Argentina allows thugs to smash up Falklands tour office and U.S. travel firm cancels holidays

Police were nowhere to be seen as masked thugs wielding clubs smashed plate glass windows, scrawled graffiti and upturned dustbins in the Buenos Aires. read


Jailed SAS sniper whose wife has asked the PM to intervene led Cameron's elite anti-terror helicopter squad

Sgt Danny Nightingale, 37, (pictured with his wife) led a sniper team that was on 30-minute emergency standby at the height of a scare involving a plot to shoot civilians on the streets of a British city.read


A horrific car crash left her locked in a face that couldn't move... then Bethan was given a 'smile transplant'

Bethan Robertson-Smith suffered facial paralysis after a car crash that almost killed her, but thanks to an operation she can finally smile again.read


Drivers speeding at 100mph face being banned for longer and being ordered to take extended driving tests before they're allowed back on the road

This will be done by increasing the number of offences where the courts can require a motorist to take an extended test – lasting twice as long as that faced by learner drivers.read


Thousands 'not getting the best cancer treatment because of lack of doctors trained to use latest radiotherapy technology'

One in four cancer patients who receive radiotherapy in hospitals would benefit from the latest techniques, but most hospitals do not offer the treatment.read


Social workers tried to 'colour match' our beautiful baby like a pot of Dulux paint: Foster parents say their happiness is tempered by memory of a bitter battle for Sasha

Marie Crean-White was asked by social services in Camden, North London, to look after a newborn girl as neither the baby's troubled Jamaican mother nor her African father were able to look after her. read


Cadbury's Willy Wonka invention - chocolate that doesn't melt! Sweet giant's patent on bars that stay solid in 40C heat for three hours

Cadbury has developed a way of breaking down sugar particles into smaller pieces, reducing how much fat covers them and making the bar more resistant to heat. read


Iraq to be quizzed on background of Alps massacre family as detectives investigate whether Saad al-Hilli may have been murder target

It follows claims that the Al-Hillis, of Claygate, Surrey, may have had links to a multi-million pounds fortune hidden around Europe by the late dictator Saddam Hussein.read


Camels for sale: Britain's biggest herd on the market for up to £13,000 each - just in time for those nativity plays

Owner Stuart Oates, 28, pictured at Rosuick Organic Farm near Helston, Cornwall, is selling 14 camels. He first invested in the animals because he wanted to start camel treks.read


Congestion survey cut short after it causes nine mile queue in rush hour

Norfolk County Council was forced to apologise yesterday after furious drivers were stuck in a huge rush hour queue on the A47 Norwich Southern Bypass.read


Man jailed for five days for assaulting wife with his penis after she refused to have sex with him

Fred Thomas, 62, from Cushing, Maine, U.S., was sentenced to five days in jail by Justice Jeffrey Hjelm (pictured) after pleading guilty to the assault.read


Is this picture proof that Bigfoot exists? Vermont man claims the mysterious monster is the ape-like creature but wildlife officials say it's just an owl

A Vermont man, Frank Siecienski, is convinced that Bigfoot is roaming through his apple orchard at night...and he claims to have footage to prove it.read


My dream zoo has become my worst nightmare: TV presenter Anna Ryder Richardson heartbroken after £100,000 court fine for accident at her animal park

Anna Ryder Richardson opens up about the terrible accident, the court case, the reason why the tree fell and how the entire incident has been 'deeply hurtful'.read


Police 'fined' for locking up too many criminals: More yobs now let off with cautions as force fights to save money

Sussex Police was charged extra by Reliance Secure Task Management after the number of detainees in their custody centres soared. read


Bear Grylls backs school that says: 'Be prepared... for failure'

Pupils at the independent Perse School in Cambridge are being challenged with physical and academic tasks that teachers do not expect them to achieve.read


Pensioner saves bus passengers by grabbing the wheel after its driver passes out

Alfred Throop, 67, was on a bus in Northfields, Leicestershire, when the incident happened. Realising the driver was unconscious, he grabbed the wheel and steered it to the side of the road.read


McDonalds testing THREE new Quarter Pounders in lieu of disappointing sales

McDonald's is testing three new Quarter Pounders after reporting its first monthly sales drop in nine years earlier this month.read


'Eat in ironed underpants and peel peaches for ladies': How to dine like the future King - with a little help from his (sacked) butler

As Prince Charles’s former under butler patiently guides me to my butter knife, this is as close as I will ever get to hosting a Highgrove dinner party.read


Children's hopes dashed for cure to rare disease after 'donor' who pledged £1m disappears

Little Jack Baird (pictured) is one of 20 children who were selected for a drugs trial which was to be supported by the donor pledging money to the Society for Mucopolysaccharide Diseases.read


Zara Phillips to open up about how she met Mike Tindall in a bar in Sydney when he was drowning his sorrows

Miss Phillips, 31, also revealed that it was Prince Harry who introduced the drunk rugby player to her in the popular Manly Wharf bar.read


Editor of the Irish Daily Star tabloid quits over printing topless pictures of Kate

Michael O'Kane (pictured) had been suspended from his role in September while an internal investigation was carried out into the tabloid's decision to run pictures of Kate and Prince William sunbathing on holiday in France.read


2,000 elite young teachers are parachuted in to tackle Britain's toughest schools

A multi-million-pound funding scheme to train top graduates will be announced by Education Secretary Michael Gove on Monday. It has been awarded to charity Teach First.read


Cocaine baron: Hunting one of Britain's most elusive drugs lords

A scrap of paper with a Spanish mobile number was all the police needed to track down one of Britain’s most devious drug barons.read


Tablets set to outsell laptops over holiday season

In the fourth quarter of 2009, sales of tablets in North America are expected to exceed laptop purchases by as much as 50 per cent as millions invest in the gadgets as gifts for their loved ones.read


Greg Dyke: BBC can 'rebuild trust' but Lord Patten has no relevant experience

Greg Dyke (pictured) has attacked the chairman of the BBC Trust in a newspaper column as he commented on the challenges facing the corporation.read


Rebecca Blake: British woman jailed in Dubai for having sex in the back of a taxi pleads not to be sent to prison

Rebecca Blake, 29, (pictured) is currently on bail but faces three months in a Dubai jail before being deported along with Irishman Conor McRedmond.read


Is Britain suffering a brain drain? Thousands of new graduates take jobs abroad

Figures have revealed almost 5,200 university leavers sought employment in mainland Europe, the Far East and North America last year. That is up by 1,000 since the downturn started.read


Cat feels better! Adorable video of kitten giving his feline friend a well enjoyed massage

Stretching out, the white and black cat flicks his tail with pleasure as his friend gets to work on his lower back, pushing every little claw into his thick coat.read


Dead man found in a ditch in sleepy Surrey village named as police hunt murderer

The body of 33-year-old James Lambert was discovered at Imber Cross, in Thames Ditton, Surrey on Friday morning by a police officer after he was reported missing. read


'World is committing suicide on a grand scale': Prince Charles warns of doomed planet unless we solve green issues

In very strong language, Prince Charles claimed the planet was doomed to an 'unimaginable future' if the problems of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere, intensive farming and the depletion of natural resources were not addressed.read


Debenhams shuts its grottos after too many Santas 'confuse' children

The store has decided that its grottos will go, after feedback showed youngsters were left bewildered by seeing one Santa in one store, and another elsewhere.read


Ambulance boss outed as a murderer after breath test blunder when he crashed response car into a shop

Robert King, 48, had failed to tell South Central Ambulance Trust that he killed a gay man in a homophobic attack at a public toilets in 1980.read


Legendary life revealed: Stunning behind the scenes pictures show Elizabeth Taylor as child star, blushing bride and Hollywood icon

As Lindsay Lohan is preparing to unveil her take on Elizabeth Taylor in a new TV biopic, a series of vintage photos from Life magazine take a look at the late screen siren who had inspired a generation with her beauty and talent.read


Man dies after hotel balcony fall at Butlins holiday camp

The 23-year-old has been identified locally as Timothy Wall, from St Leonards, Dorset, and police say they are not treating his death as suspicious.read


How much it costs train companies to carry their passengers (and the results may surprise you!)

For the first time, the Office of Rail Regulation has officially disclosed how much it costs each of the 19 companies to carry a passenger one kilometre.read


Nick Crews 'I'd be mortified if they ever needed benefits': Father whose frustrated email to his adult children went viral says he cannot regret voicing his views

Addressed to his three children including his youngest Emily (pictured), Nick Crews says he does not regret sending the email bemoaning his 'bitter disappointment' of his offspring. read


Water bills set to soar in more misery for families after gas and electric hikes: Suppliers claim new industry rules will push up prices

The predicted increase means bills will rise by £33 each year until 2045 – so the average bill will be £1,000 higher. read


Shocking moment woman leaves little girl on her own outside betting shop tied to reins as she goes in to place a bet

Office workers in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, couldn't believe their eyes when they saw the girl being left outside the door of a branch of the bookmaker Ladbrokes.read


Samantha Busch prank: Young woman terrifies her mother with prank photo showing her falling into Grand Canyon

Westmont, Illinois, mother Rebecca Busch almost had a heart attack when her 22-year-old daughter Samantha texted a photo of herself plunging into the attraction.read


Bangladesh factory fire: More than 112 dead and scores injured after fire rips through clothing factory in Bangladesh

The fire at the nine-story factory in the Ashulia industrial belt started on the ground floor and quickly spread. Firefighters took nearly five hours to extinguish the flames.read


Hallowed hollows: Breathtaking chapel housed in 500-year-old Colombian salt mine

This architectural masterpiece situated in the salt mine in Nemocon near the capital Bogota is situated 800metres below the ground. read


Baby Leo: Adorable video captures baby fighting not to fall asleep in car seat

Smiling toward the camera despite his head falling heavier into his chest, baby Leo fights to keep his eyes on his mother with a twitching smile before catching his near fall and popping back up, wide-eyed, like a daisy.read


Queen ditches horse-drawn chariot for Ford Crown Vic in amusing collection of photos pairing classic cars with their famous namesakes

Art director Jimm Lasser and his photographer pal Ray Gordon came up with the idea of pairing classic cars with the people they were named after.read


Madeleine McCann news: Did paedophile Raymond Hewlett take secret of her disappearance to his grave?

Police want to speak to a couple who the child molester befriended and allegedly told them gypsies had approached him asking to buy children.read


Lisa Gant and Alex Pelling: Couple tie the knot for the 29th time... with more than 20 MORE weddings to go

Last June, Lisa Gant, 30, and Alex Pelling, 32, of Manchester, England, embarked on a mission to travel the world and wed in every place they visit, and this weekend, they came to South Carolina for their 29th ceremony. read


NASA's ingenious moon simulator that helped prepare Apollo astronauts to land where no one had gone before

How do you prepare to land a space craft on the surface of a moon that no one has ever gone to before? read


Brad Wilson photography: Ready for your close up? Elephants, tigers and lions from just a few FEET away

While some may avoid working with children and animals, photographer Brad Wilson deliberately sought out something 'a little less predictable'.read