The collision between two black BMW cars happened shortly before 2.40am on the southbound carriageway between junctions five and four, near Watford, Hertfordshire.read
'Worst living conditions I've seen in 22 years': Seven-year-old boy's parents and grandmother admit neglect at Plymouth Crown Court (pictured).read
Ian Taylor was amazed when he had to give paramedics directions to Addenbrooke's Hospital, in Cambridge, which was just three miles from his home. read
Christian Noyer questioned why the City of London remains Europe's main financial hub, saying the eurozone should control its own transactions and bypass the UK. read
Monster Steve Wright, who carried out his killing spree over five days in Ipswich, Suffolk, is attempting to overturn his conviction and subsequent life sentence.read
Producers of the Cambridge Theatre show in London's West End are accused of taking advantage of the ambitious youngster playing the lead role.read
Naomi Hampson (pictured), 27, only found out she had fallen victim to sick Robert Fryer, who took photos of his revolting attacks, when police raided their Nottingham home.read
There will be no escaping live coverage of Premier League football next season wherever you are in the world even in the air or at sea.read
Papers have been lodged with the Court of Appeal with in in the hope of securing a decision on the 52-year-old terror suspect by Christmas.read
Warning comes as Home Secretary Theresa May (pictured) stepped up her controversial call for more powers to to track all email and internet use.read
Chris Grayling (pictured) has vowed to jail anyone who uses a knife to threaten others in public after it was revealed that only 22 per cent of arrests lead to prison.read
Helen McEvoy was waiting for Mark Davis and Elaine Turner when they flew into Birmingham Airport and then confronted them in front of shocked holidaymakers.read
Conservative MP Bob Stewart says his constituents are furious at the minister's demands for 100,000 new homes a year, half of which are needed for immigrants.read
Members are threatening to leave the prestigious Queen Victoria Wimbledon Park Golf Club (pictured) unless a star player accused of cheating and foul language is thrown out.read
Death rates at 12 NHS hospitals are also worryingly high, according to the Dr Foster report, which is published annually. read
Junior officials in William Hague’s Foreign Office took 24.4 sick days - the highest across Whitehall - whilst the Department for Business junior civil servants averaged 19.6.read
Whether laughing as she drives her children, beaming as she boards a plane beside her husband, or captured half-smiling in glamorous official pose, this is Queen Elizabeth II as we have rarely seen her before. read
The successful applicant must also be able to maintain shrub, herbaceous and rose borders in line with 'good organic horticultural practices.'read
Andrew Lyall Pointon, 47, was wearing only a pair of shoes when he was spotted by a woman while running at 8.30am in a forest near Tauranga in New Zealand in August last year.read
Visitors have been able to take a tour of Aldwych Tube Station, one of London's closed Underground stations, including a climb down an old spiral emergency stairs and a walk along a platform which stopped operating in 1914.read
Janee Parsons, pictured with her husband, Andrew, was found with serious injuries at family home in Bicester, Oxfordshire, after neighbours heard screams.read
The new film, staring Ian McKellen (top left), Martin Freeman (bottom left) and Richard Armitage, has been shot using new high-speed techniques but some fans said it gave them migraines. read
DAVID THOMAS: The average Briton now sends around 50 texts a week and is more likely to text friends and family than talk to them. Here are some of the most outrageous, newsworthy, moving and shocking texts from the past two decades.read
Its study found that 90 per cent of 16-24-year-olds text daily to communicate with friends and family, compared to only 63 per cent who talk face to face.read
Joseph Gallagher, 84, and Dorothy Womersley, 71, were given an Asbo for the abuse they meted out to another couple near their home in Grimsby, Lincolnshire.read
Keith Johnson, 58, and his 44-year-old wife Andrea were discovered by police after neighbours in Roughton, near Cromer, Norfolk, called emergency services. read
The 2006 X Factor winner attacked the 'sexual objectification' of women in pop music and claimed the show that made her name was an exception to the rule. 'The X Factor is about voice and personality. read
Cleo Lloyd, 14, of Anglesey, Wales, died when her life support machine was turned off - but her family gave permission for her organs to be used in transplant operations.read
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, pictured, has admitted that there may still be ‘pockets’ of poor care like that revealed in Mid Staffordshire in 2008, where hundreds of patients died needlessly.read
The woman has been refused IVF treatment by her local primary care trust - East Berkshire PCT. It is believed to be the first time new age-discrimination laws have been used to fight for fertility treatment.read
The plucky beast became the lion's prime target for dinner, after it ran directly into a hungry pride at the MalaMala game reserve, in South Africa.read
The Somerset village of Muchelney, which aptly means 'Big Island' in Saxon, has been cut off since November 22 after roads flooded - and residents are being taken by boat to buy essential items.read
Researcher from Southampton found that recalling events from our past can actually make us feel physically warmer - and listening to old music has the same effect.read
Doctors are being recruited to work up to 12 hour sessions in service across Oxfordshire from now until New Year.read
Between 1995 and 2010 the number of women with a driving licence grew by 23 per cent, a rise of 2.6million to 13.8million. read
As much as £465million could be spent over the internet amid a frantic search for Christmas bargains on what will be the busiest web shopping day ever.read
Li Hao, 35, from China's Henan province has been sentenced to death after he was convicted on charges including murder, rape, organised prostitution and illegal detention.read
The fight was triggered when Gary Shackleton, pictured, and Andrew Dixon clashed outside their homes in Newcastle and then went indoors to find weapons.read
Temperatures for the rest of the week across the country are expected to reach 6C (43F) during the day, but plunge to -4C (25F) overnight.read
Chancellor George Osborne, (pictured right with Ed Balls left) warned that tackling the vast deficit left by Labour would take longer than predicted, involving further years of spending cuts and tax rises.read
Seen first-hand witnessing his father’s arrest in their home, a young rabbit named Sketch recounts his devastating ordeal step-by-step as well as his lingering confusion.read
Lib Dem Danny Alexander says the u-turn by the fir, which has paid just £8.6million in corporation tax in the UK over 14 years, is the result of 'public pressure'.read
Today’s report by the Commons Public Accounts Committee accuses HM Revenue and Customs of being ‘way too lenient’ on big companies in terms of tax payments.read
The shoot appears to be some sort of response to last month's vote by the Church of England's governing General Synod, which decided against allowing women to become bishops.read
The decision, communicated by Major General David Cullen, means all barracks, Territorial Army buildings and other military sites will be closed for almost a month.read
Mark Else, 23, lost his temper with his Staffordshire bull terrier after it had bitten him in the face during the early hours of the morning in Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire.read
Sue Gregory, the inspectorate's National Director of Education, claims funding has been spread too 'thinly' and should be targeted at the poorest families. read
Alan Gair's two pets escaped from the home he shares with partner Joanne Simons in Newcastle Upon Tyne. They were picked up by a dog warden who assumed they were strays.read
Amanda Smith, a full-time carer from Swadlincote, Derbyshire, has undergone pioneering surgery to remove 10lbs of saggy skin so she can wear a Christmas party dress for the first time.read
The petition, launched by Gerry McCann, urges the three party leaders to implement every word of Lord Justice Leveson’s 2,000-page report on press standards.read
Shami Chakrabarti, one of six independent ‘assessors’ advising Lord Justice Leveson on the inquiry, warned that the proposal would be illegal under human rights laws.read
The chemical, which is also present in commonly-available pesticides and household items, may weaken food tolerance in some individuals, according to a studyread
The drug, which costs £1.30 a day, has been found to slow the growth of tumours and prevent them spreading.read
When Emine Ziyatdinova, a 25-year-old photographer from Ukraine living in Ohio, visited New York's Brighton Beach she felt instantly at home again.read
Venus is covered in hundreds of volcanoes, but whether they remain active today is much debated, providing an important scientific goal for researchers studying the planet.read
The British issued a statement saying they had made clear they would not support strong Israeli retaliation to a U.N. vote last week that gave the Palestinians de facto recognition of statehood.read
An Israeli decision to cut off a cash transfer to the financially troubled Palestinian Authority failed to put a damper on the celebrations.read
Two new studies show that women who don't have enough vitamin D as they hit middle age are at greater risk of going into mental decline and developing Alzheimer's.read
The 10m Neuron craft took off for the first time in France, and is set to undergo trials in Italy and Sweden to prove its next generation technology works.read
Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey are preparing to bore down to the subglacial Lake Ellsworth, deep beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet.read
The 24-year-old classical singer grew up in New Zealand and sang the country's anthem before the game, which England went on to win 38-21.read
Clergy were originally served with a council notice prohibiting the old bell chiming between 11pm and 7am after a complaint from new residents in north Somerset.read
NatWest has closed its West Norwood branch, which opened in 1896, after armed raiders threatened staff for the seventh time in 11 years. read
A Stanford professor has determined that a flipped coin is more likely to end up facing the same direction as when it was tossed than otherwise.read
The Howard League for Penal Reform said that 2,117 children aged 10 and 11 were detained in England and Wales in 2011.read
Five humpback whales have been spotted feasting on native shoals of sprat and herring off the coast of Cork but these unfortunate tourists were looking the wrong way when this one surfaced.read
Sergeant Danny Nightingale, 37, is eager to return to his Special Forces regiment after being free by judges at the Appeal Court who reduced his sentence last week. read
Rising tuition fees means choices for students have narrowed, with the number of courses listed by UCAS falling from 43,360 to 35,501 in just two years.read
A British couple have been arrested on the Spanish island of Majorca on suspicion of selling their daughter, now 15, for sex with a pensioner over a five-year period.read
Professor Les Ebdon said teens should not feel pressured to apply for the most academic courses when they might be better suited to a vocational degree.read
California photography and film professor Cy Kuckenbaker filmed 60 different planes which landed at the international airport between 10.30am and 3pm and edited them all together to fit into a 25-second video.read
Surveys reveal the depth of isolation affecting many over-65s, whose wellbeing is at greater risk during the winter.read
Belize national police confirmed to MailOnline on Sunday that the whereabouts of the multimillionaire software developer are still unknown.read
One of the Birmingham doctors, Dr Vijay Bathla, was paid £809,053 thanks to contracts that were intended to improve services and provide greater patient choice.read
As more and more home improvement enthusiasts tackle their own plumbing issues, fish and water-based plants are dying off, experts have warned.read
Bugarach - population 176 - has been earmarked by doomsday cults as the only place in the world which is going to survive Armageddon, scheduled for December 21 this year by an ancient Mayan prophecy.read
Drivers were trapped since Thursday in a huge traffic jam on a major freeway connecting Moscow and St. Petersburg. At its worst point it stretched 150 miles.read
The supervisor is facing gross misconduct proceedings after the victim suffered the ordeal while her children were listening in the next room. Hampshire Assistant Chief Constable David Pryde, pictured, said he was 'deeply sorry'.read
An ancient book which lists the names of women 'prostitute' convicts that were shipped to Australia in the 18th century has been found. read
It's one of the BBC's more sedate dramas, popular which viewers young and old.read
Chris Dennis, from Anglesey, North Wales, was in an early incarnation of Pink Floyd, ringed centre. Mr Dennis remained in music industry and built up a valuable collection of guitars, right. read
Some say they have been ‘too busy’ balancing the demands of their work and social lives to tackle other issues. It means many landmark events like getting married and having children now happen later in life.read
A new study has revealed the importance of smell in relationships, with scientists discovering men born without a sense of smell have far fewer partners than those with.read
Over 100,000 people flocked to the Rodrigo de Freitas to watch a six minute fireworks show, which included the lighting of the 85-metre high tree.read
Mayor Gerard Plée brought in regulations requiring all visitors to speak politely to staff at the town hall, pictured, in Lhéraule, situated north of Paris, in the Oise region. read
John Austin, 70, captured the moment a large chunk of rain soaked clifftop plunged 100 feet to the pebbled beach below at Sidmouth, east Devon.read
A Jolly Roger flag, flown on top of wartime submarine HMS Tantalus has been found by Gordon Brown, pictured, of Gosport, Hampshire, after going missing for forty years.read
The findings put a new spin on previous research in which scientists found that women are inclined to choose partners whose faces resemble those of their fathers.read
The rubber runway was installed as part of Russian art exhibition Archstoyanie 2012 - and lets visitors bounce along the full length of the road.read
According to new reports about the final moments on board the doomed ship, the experienced sea captain at the helm was not behaving in his normally cautious, level-headed and patient manner.read
Shackleton's boat, the Endurance, became trapped in the Antarctic ice and was eventually crushed and sank. His attempt to raise the alarm is considered by many to be one of the greatest journeys ever made.read
Hatim Kadim Salman, 59, has already spent £15,000 on the flying machine, the first of its kind in the country. The helicopter is named Diyala 1 after its home province. read
Private letters, donated to the Victoria and Albert Museum by the Redgrave family, detail parents of the actress were horrified by her engagement to Gavin Welby.read
After playing up for excited zoo visitors in Indonesia calling out his name and taking pictures, the tired ape decided enough was enough and went for a rest.read
Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, was illuminated by candles carried by choristers on Saturday during the annual 'darkness to light' procession to mark the start of advent.read
Winter wonderland: Rosemary Brailsford's sons bought thousands of lights and a £150 snow machine in last year's sales to create this festive scene at her home in Bristol. read
One year after coming to Edinburgh Zoo, Tian Tian and Yang Guang have made more than half a million new friends. But staff hope 2013 will be the year they finally hear the patter of tiny panda feet.read
Its elegantly calligraphic ciphers show history's famed general at one of his weakest moments, telling Paris of his last, desperate order against the Russians.read
Squadron Leader Charlton Wilson was awarded the George Cross for saving countless lives by defusing 200 bombs in the Wiltshire and Gloucestershire area.read
Researcher say galaxy ESO 318-13, seen by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space, is one of the brightest and clearest ever spotted.read