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Cheltenham Festival 2013: Pippa Middleton hits races in yellow coat, fur hat and shades

The younger sister of the Duchess of Cambridge was accompanied by wealthy banker Tom Kingston as the two arrived for the third day of the Gloucestershire race meet.read


University College London bans Islamic group iERA for segregating men and women at debate

Audience members at the public debate on the subject 'Islam Or Atheism: Which Makes More Sense?' were told to enter the chamber through either the men's or women's entrances.read


Mick Philpott: Father-of-17 charged over Derby house fire admits he never washed or wore clean clothes

Mick Philpott, 56, spent his second day in the dock at Nottingham Crown Court today describing what life was like in the Derby council house his six 'babies' had died in last May.read


British tourist, 31, brutally gang-raped metres from Spanish holiday apartment by 'three men including 70-year-old'

The 31-year-old was attacked by three men in the early hours of Sunday morning as she walked, alone, back from a night out in the southern town of Benalmadena.read


NHS chief Sir David Nicholson DOES bear some responsibility for Mid Staffs scandal, Health Secretary finally admits

Jeremy Hunt appeared to shift his defence of Sir David during a Commons debate on accountability, but refused to bow to public demands for him to be sacked.read


Wt r u on abwt: Explosion in child 'text speak' leaves 90% of parents and teachers needing help with translation

A study shows that the language barrier between generations is growing, with some parents being forced to ask their children to translate text messages for them.read


The £5million Cornwall estate left in ruins after its rightful male heir would not claim it for 40 years

The Hoblyn estate in Cornwall, which once included a manor house and 3,000 acres of valuable farmland, has at last been settled after uncertainty going back over the past 80 years.read


The man who won the lottery TWICE: Property developer beats 438,000,000-1 odds to scoop prize again

George Traykov, 45, from Ilford, Essex, has won the EuroMillions twice in three years, gaining a fourtune of £1,160,873 in total. The property developer said skydiving was more exciting.read


Motor racing legend Sir Stirling Moss, 83, in homophobia row

The veteran Formula One legend said he would like a 'masculine' actor like Daniel Craig to portray his life of 'driving cars and chasing women' in any future biopic.read


Former MP Sir Cyril Smith 'bullied police investigating claims he molested young boys'

The late Liberal MP went to Rochdale police station in 1970 demanding to speak to investigating officers and telling them to hand over the names of his accusers.read


Parents win damages against Baby P council over social workers' decision to investigate whether she was being ill-treated

A judge ruled there was no basis on which the London Borough of Haringey’s social workers should have started the inquiry - including approaching the child’s GP and her school.read


Pope Francis I: Latin America rejoices over election of Argentinian pontiff

The new Pope opened his first morning as pontiff by praying at Rome's main basilica dedicated to the Virgin Mary barely 12 hours after being elected.read


Pope Francis I labelled British 'usurpers' in the Falklands one year ago

Pope Francis I today faced his first controversy as leader of the Roman Catholic Church after it emerged he described Britain as 'usurpers' for ruling the Falkland Islands.read


Pope Francis I accused of turning his back on family in Argentina's 'Dirty War'

The De la Cuadra family appealed to the Jesuits for help when their relatives disappeared, including a pregnant woman who was kidnapped and killed in 1977.read


Pope Francis I ditches his glasses as he goes to church on first morning as Pope

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was seen yesterday wearing glasses as he was announced to the tens of thousands of Catholics who flocked to Vatican City.read


Roman Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulting teenage girl has a secret wife after marrying abroad

Bradford Crown Court heard from lawyers acting for Father William Finnegan, 59, (left) that he had confessed that he is married to Beverley Dawson (right).read


Toby Hayden spared jail for beating Loretta Butterworth after his card was declined at cash machine

Toby Hayden, 27, flew into a rage in Chippenham, Wiltshire, after being told he had insufficient funds and repeatedly battered Loretta Butterworth, 22, in the face.read


Determined David Cameron pulls the plug on talks over new laws for newspaper industry

The Prime Minister failed to reach agreement with Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg, who both want a new system of regulation to be written into law.read


Police arrest four journalists in probe into phone hacking at the Sunday Mirror

Former Sunday Mirror editor Tina Weaver (pictured) and James Scott, who is now the editor of the People, were believed to be among the four people arrested in south London.read


Scientists confirm they HAVE found the Higgs Boson

Physicists at the CERN supercollider (pictured) in Geneva say they are now confident they have discovered a long-sought subatomic particle known as a Higgs boson - although they still aren't sure what type of Higgs Boson it is.read


The iPhone breathalyser: Firm claims £15 mobile phone addon can be used to decide if drivers are too drunk

A San Francisco firm hopes to begin making the gadget this year, and is developing an app to track user's alcohol levels over the course of an evening - and even call them a cab once they pass the safe level.read


Little boy, 3, to have 2ft-long hair cut off for charity because he keeps being mistaken for a girl

Elijah Edney (pictured) from Portsmouth, Hampshire, has decided to have his first ever trip to the barbers in aid of charity. His hair will make a wig for children with cancer.read


Lord Ahmed suspended over claims he blamed a Jewish conspiracy for his dangerous driving jail sentence

Lord Ahmed, Britain's first male Muslim peer, faces an investigation after alleging Jewish involvement in his sentence for texting while driving at 60mph.read


Curtis Woodhouse: Shamed Twitter troll James O'Brien makes humbling apology live on TV to professional boxer

Curtis Woodhouse, the former footballer-turned-boxer, today came face-to-face with the Twitter troll who he tracked down to his home. 'Embarrassed' James O'Brien apologised live on television to Woodhouse, who he enraged so much that he put a 'bounty' on his tormentor's head and drove more than 60 miles to his street.read


Shape-shifting Jesus spent his last supper with Pontius Pilate, claims just-deciphered 1,200-year-old Egyptian manuscript

The ancient illuminated text's claim explains why Judas used a kiss to betray Jesus, since the Christian Messiah had the ability to transform his appearance.read


Grandmother, 55, gives schoolchildren as young as 13 cannabis and cake mix to bake drug-laced brownies in her home

Iris Thornton, 55, allowed five teenagers aged 13 to 15 to smoke the cannabis and make brownies supplied by her at her home in Dennyoanhead, Stirlingshire.read


The ice fields of GUERNSEY! Record-breaking cold spell sees 8ft-high snowdrifts on usually mild holiday island

The holiday isle of Guernsey was hit with huge 8ft snow drifts, bringing the Channel Island to a complete halt. They are the worst snow storms to affect the island in decades.read


Overweight Cornwall care home worker Fiona Salmon guilty of cruelty to residents

Fiona Salmon sat on one woman's legs to stop her getting out of bed and washed another woman's face so hard with a flannel she made her nose bleed.read


Budget 2013: Voters back the Coalition's cuts plan until they find out 'toxic' George Osborne is behind it

Ahead of next week's Budget, a devastating poll reveals the Chancellor's unpopularity is damaging the way people view the government's attempts to cut the deficit.read


Mind the geek: Miliband promises more help for ordinary people but looks spooked by meeting them on the Tube

Ahead of next week's Budget, the Labour leader unveils plans for regional banks, backed by public money, in an attempt to boost lending to business.read


Britain faces growing skilled tradesmen crisis after a drastic fall in the number of plumbers, bricklayers and carpenters

Figures for skilled tradesmen plummeted by seven per cent in the last year alone after being badly hit by the economic downturn and depressed housing market.read


Sex in Britain: Tuesday least sexy day, says Lovehoney

Only four per cent of people are getting frisky on a Tuesday, with Thursday coming a close second in the sexless stakes with only six per centread


Shocking moment 30 drug addicts run to dealer's car when it pulls up by playground

The extraordinary footage released by West Midlands Police shows the addicts racing after a drug dealer's car to get their fix just seconds after he pulls into a street in Birmingham at 8:30am.read


Towns have spent just 7% of Mary Portas' £10million fund to rescue High Streets... and most of it went on reindeer and Peppa Pig costumes

Councils are accused of 'fiddling while Rome burns' after it emerged they have spent just a fraction of a £10million fund championed by the retail guru.read


Morrisons turns to upstart Ocado for help with online launch

The supermarket chain, which blamed a disappointing Christmas showing on its absence from the internet, is in talks with Ocado about a deal to share its operating knowledge.read


Is this the ugliest shark ever? Close-up of a terrifying Mako features among incredible photos of ocean's deadliest hunters

A Mexican photographer has set out to prove that the world's 'deadliest' sharks are misunderstood - and the former matador should know a thing or two about danger.read


Underworld gunman unmasked after keeping pictures of him posing with a revolver on his iPhone

Marcel Maden, of Salford, Greater Manchester, took photos of himself playing with a Smith & Wesson revolver in the mirror - before storing them on his phone.read


Xi Jinping becomes president of China with promise to use 'Chinese Dream' to become more powerful than U.S. and Europe

The new leader was given his title by the rubberstamp national legislature in Beijing, taking over from Hu Jintao. The 59-year-old previously served as vice-president.read


Body of Hugo Chavez cannot be embalmed for permanent viewing because decision was made too late

The Venezuelan president died on March 5, but the decision to preserve his body permanently was only announced two days later, by which time decomposition was underway.read


France and Britain ready to arm Syrian rebels amid rumours Assad regime is planning a mass military draft

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said lifting the current EU arms embargo on Syria is the only method that will 'move things politically'.read


Desperate family appeals for urgent help raising the £200,000 needed to allow their son to have last-chance cancer treatment in the U.S

Sam John, 16, from Fareham, Hants, has been battling an inoperable brain tumour since he was nine-years-old. His last chance is proton beam therapy in the U.S.read


Terminally ill teacher falls 350ft to her death from Argentinian waterfall as shocked tourists watch her commit suicide

Monica Patricia Heck, 37, (top left) was filmed clambering over the side of the edge (bottom left) of Argentina's Iguazu Falls (file picture right) and leaping 350ft to her death. It is believed the teacher had a terminal illness.read


Man died after injecting heroin contaminated with ANTHRAX, say health officials

The death of the middle-aged man, from Glasgow, may have been due to contaminated heroin, or a contaminated cutting agent mixed with the drug.read


The strange phallus-shaped creature which scientists say provides the crucial missing link to marine evolution

Fossilised remains of the creature dubbed Spartobranchus tenuis were unearthed in Canada's Burgess Shale fossil beds, in the Yoho National Parkread


Carnival cruise ship Dream has 'overflowing toilets' after sewage system fail in St Maarten

Carnival announced on Thursday that guests were being flown off the island of St Maarten in the Caribbean where the ship is moored. Passengers had been reportedly held on the boat despite the fact toilets were overflowing and unusable on Wednesday. The cruise ship has a capacity of 3,646 passengers and 1,367 crew.read


'Maternity hotel' allowing Chinese women to give birth to U.S. citizens is claimed to be operating in the back of a popular California motel

The touristy Santa Anita Inn in Arcadia, pictured, is reportedly operating as a maternity hotel. The motel allegedly offers a birth service for Chinese women who travel to the U.S. so their children can be born American citizens.read


North Korea uses live artillery in drills near border as Kim Jong Un continues threats

The exercise was personally supervised by leader Kim Jong Un, who has issued a series of inflammatory threats against South Korea and the U.S. in recent days.read


Paris battles wave of naked models and erotic film-makers sneaking into catacombs

The guardians of Paris's historic catacombs (pictured) are battling against a growing wave of people using the underground chambers as backdrops for nude artwork.read


House of Commons put up for sale on eBay for just 99p (but it's the lifesize film set used in The Iron Lady)

The House of Commons set, measuring 5,000 sq ft, joins sets used by Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law and Rachel Weiz for sale on eBay after being put up by by the Wimbledon Studios, in south west London.read


Unique scrapbook of paintings and photographs reveal pleasant life of German POWs in Britain

A scrapbook documenting life in the German prisoner of war camp in New Forest, Hampshire was found in a bedroom cupboard by the son of first lieutenant Max Mueller.read


Could TEXTING be the latest way for doctors to diagnose strokes?

Doctors at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, diagnosed a patient with a potentially fatal stroke because, despite being able to talk and write, he was sending garbled texts.read


Mother-of-four's miraculous survival after she is speared in the face by barrier in high-speed Porsche crash

Katrina Taylor, 34, lost control of her Porsche after hitting standing water at 50mph on the A14 in Northamptonshire and smashed into the central reservation.read


Les Mis saved me from a double lung transplant: Cystic fibrosis sufferer increases lung capacity 20% by singing

Bianca Nicholas, from Beckenham, Kent, was facing a life-saving double lung transplant but says that singing has increased her lung capacity by 20 per cent.read


Face of grandfather savagely beaten by yobs for daring to confront them as vandalised his local park

Account manager Mark Earnshaw, 51, was almost left in a coma after he went outside his Blackpool home to remonstrate with youths who were overturning bins.read


Rape suspect boarding flight to London gets past JFK Airport security carrying the stun gun he allegedly used in attack

Prodromos Vasilopoulo, 23, was found to be carrying a 3,800-volt weapon similar to this (stock picture) after being stopped inside the airport's Terminal 4 building.read


Tonee Walker: 22-year-old blonde caught on camera sticking up petrol station gets four years in jail

Tonee Walker, 22, was dubbed the 'Buxom Bandit' after she was caught on CCTV robbing a petrol station in Australia wearing a strikingly low-cut top.read


Prince Charles reveals he's been having Arabic lessons for six months so he can read the Koran

Being able to read Arabic would enable the Prince, who is passionate about encouraging dialogue between different religions, to read the holy book in its original form.read


Water-stained violin proven to be the one played by brave bandmaster as the Titanic sank

The violin and its box were used by its owner Wallace Hartley as a buoyancy aid after the ship went down and since it was pulled from the water it has changed hands several times.read


'My bagpipes gave me pneumonia': Musician catches deadly fungal virus from his beloved instrument

John Shone, 77, from Wiltshire, spent four weeks in hospital fighting the infection after he breathed in germs from his bagpipe that he hadn't cleaned in 18 months.read


The tricks of the trade: How fuel economy figures for new cars are not as good as you think

A damning report accuses car makers of regularly using techniques such as taping over door cracks and grills to prevent wind resistance, which manipulate their results. The Transport & Environment campaign group said: 'For some individual models the real-world emissions are now 50 per cent higher than the test results.'read


Millions of cars being damaged by 'pothole plague' that has left one in five roads 'crumbling'

A new study has found the number of highway craters has soared by nearly a third to more than 2.2 million and one in three drivers have had their cars damaged by one in the past two years.read


Schoolboy, 14, arrested after sickening video of attack on pupil is posted on Facebook

The Facebook clip appears to show a teenager from a school in Hull, East Yorkshire, repeatedly hitting another boy, lashing out six times with his fists and headbutting him twice.read


'A city reborn': Venice allows Benetton to convert 500-year-old palazzo into £45million megastore

The 13th century Fondaco dei Tedeschi, overlooking the Rialto Bridge, is set to be turned into a shopping centre despite fierce protest from conservationists.read


Black people are three times more likely to face the death sentence in Houston than whites, study finds

A study by a criminologist at the University of Maryland, said there have been 116 executions in the modern era in Harris County, which incorporates Houston, the largest city in Texas.read


600 year old coin found proves China was trading with East Africa BEFORE Europeans arrived

The 600-year-old Chinese coin found on the Kenyan island of Manda that rewrites the history books on international trading.read


Farmer whose ribcage was shattered by a two-tonne bull has it rebuilt thanks to pioneering 'Meccano' surgery

Lawrence Haygarth, 70, from Tebay, Cumbria, suffered life-threatening injuries when he was attacked by his prized two-tonne bull.read


Sheffield salon boss 'vowed to only employ fat, gay and lesbian stylists'

Company director Andrew Rodgers, 34, who runs a chain of salons called Funky Divas in Sheffield, was accused of being a sexist bully by hairdressers who used to work for him.read


Genetic disorder means James Edgar, 11, always looks happy - even though he can't speak

James Edgar, from Caernarfon, North Wales, was born with Angelman syndrome - a chromosome disorder that causes severe learning difficulties - but a permanent smile on his face.read


Toddler whose feet turned out at right angles takes her first steps - after having both her legs broken during surgery

Sophie Parker, from Redhill, Surrey, was born with dislocated hips due to a rare condition called Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH).read


Scots put English to shame as they donate more per head to charity and give a THIRD more than richer Londoners

The Ipsos Mori poll found Scottish households gave away £356 last year. This made Scotland the most generous nation in the UK on average, followed by Wales on £328 and England on £285.read


Is history wrong about the Wright Brothers? New evidence suggests German immigrant flew TWO YEARS before pioneers took off at Kitty Hawk

Several historians say Gustave Whitehead's first recorded flight took place in August 1901 in Bridgeport, Connecticut.read


Horror as mother jumps to her death from eight-floor apartment in upscale Harlem co-op with baby son in her arms - but the child survives

Neighbors say Cynthia Wachenheim, 45, a New York attorney, had an argument with her husband two hours before she leaped out the window of her apartment with her 10-month-old son in her arms.read


PanSTARRS comet: First pictures as it makes an appearance over the skies of Britain

Paul Kingston managed to capture comet C/2011 L4 PanSTARRS in almost clear skies above the Irish Sea as it graced the western horizon trailing a blaze of fire.read


Police called to school after teacher brings in antique gun to show pupils

Police are investigating the incident which took place at a school for children with special needs in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.read


New drug that may help reverse autism is to be tested on children for the first time after successful clinical trials on mice

Preliminary results show that the drug called suramin, which is already used to treat sleeping sickness in Africa, corrects autism-like symptoms in mice.read


Benefits cheat who sailed his private YACHT across the Atlantic and owned a French farmhouse is jailed for £30,000 fraud

Graham Axford, 58, who was exposed in a BBC Panorama programme, secretly owned a property in Wales and part-owned a French farmhouse in Normandy, which he restored, Croydon Crown Court heard. The benefits cheat was jailed for four months for taking the handouts.read


Russian police investigating the mysterious death of man shot dead by a lethal 007-style gun disguised as a pen

Alexei Tolmachev, 35, from Tambov, was found slumped on the floor at his friend's office in Moscow, killed by a shot to his right temple.read


Husband broke into ex-wife's house and tried to kill her in knife attack 10 years after they split

Debbie Walerysiak was sitting in the kitchen of her home in Woodplumpton, near Preston, when ex-husband Paul Walerysiak launched his vicious attack.read


After Richard III's discovery, now knight from the Middle Ages is found buried under car park

Only months after the king’s 500-year-old corpse was found in Leicestershire, the grave of a medieval knight has been uncovered in Edinburgh.read


Richard III to be interred in 'a place of simple dignity' in Leicester cathedral

A new dispute emerged yesterday over how grand the tomb for Richard III, whose remains were found under a Leicester car park, should be.read


Councils using their spot fines to milk the public, says Pickles, as the number handed out increases five-fold

Eric Pickles launched an attack on town halls claiming that they were using the public as 'cash cows'. This comes after a report revealed that the number of spot fines issued has increased five-fold in a decade.read


How local democracy is being crushed under the jackboot of the Government's Mr Concrete

MAX HASTINGS: All over Britain, communities find themselves confronted with draconian demands from central Government to accept new housing — far in excess of anything local plans recognise as acceptable — which threatens to change their areas beyond recognition.read


Back street garage forced to switch off its radio for the first time in over 30 years after being slapped with £140 licence bill

Jeff Parkins and Mick Collinson have refused to pay an extra £43.20 a year to listen to their radio at their two-man workshop in Scarborough after they had already paid £139.read


Apparently the conversation was a little prickly! Fox and hedgehog filmed dining together in housewife's back garden

The bizarre pairing were spotted happily side-by-side enjoying a meal in Sue Massey's back garden in Leicester. The 60-year-old was taking a video of a hedgehog lapping from a bowl in her garden in when a fox decided to join in.read


Treaty signed to protect endangered sharks as China continues to kill hundreds of millions for fin soup

Five species of sharks including the porbeagle (pictured) which is native to British waters were given protection under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites).read


ePad Femme: Is this the most sexist technology EVER? Twitter storm over first Tablet for women

The developers behind the $190 Android-powered ePad Femme are certain that women think tablet computers are too complicated so have created this to make the world of technology a less daunting place.read


Girls as young as five rescued from squalid conditions after illegal children's home is raided in India

Police officers and representatives from the Child Rights Commission found 29 girls, all aged between five and 14, living in squalid conditions in the home in Jaipur, the state capital of Rhajasthan.read


The original Instagram! Photographer achieves faded effect using a Polaroid camera and film from the 1970s to capture seaside scenes

Photographer Jon Nicholson spent 18 months capturing seaside images in Blackpool, Bournemouth and Great Yarmouth using a Polaroid camera and old fashioned film.read


The Swiss space shuttle that launches from the top of a plane: Pioneering plans for low cost satellite launches revealed

Swiss Space Systems says the system will be a far cheaper way to launch satellites - and says it can sell launches for £7m, around a quarter of the price currently charged.read


At least 28% of South African schoolgirls now HIV positive compared with just 4% of schoolboys

The country's health minister Aaron Motsoaledi (pictured) said the statistic 'destroyed his soul' and claimed that 'sugar daddies' were targeting young girls.read


The feet that saw the world: how one couple documented their life through photos of their feet

Tom Robinson and Verity Carberry started their project with a photo of their legs on Brighton beach in 2005. Since then they have travelled to 31 countries and introduced a third pair of feet with their daughter Matilda.read


Mac on... sick leave

Mac on... sick leaveread


Rage of the mohicans: Chinese twins in tears over matching good luck dragon haircuts

The youngsters, from Huaibei City, East China, were having the traditional good luck trim on 'Er Yue Er' the second day of the second lunar month which is known as 'a time for the dragon to raise its head'.read


Porn in captivity: Pandas are shown videos of the bears mating in a bid to get them to breed

Vets at the Panda Breeding and Research Base in Chengdu, Sichuan province, Southern China, were worried when inexperienced five-year-old female Colin kept rejecting her mate, Yongyong.read


Douglas Bader: Incredible footage of WW2 fighter ace who fought Nazis with false legs goes on display

Bader, Britain’s best-known fighter ace, lost his legs in a pre-war flying accident and was invalided out of the Royal Air Force.read


Michelle and William Parker: Couple brings two kids along for Utah bank heist at Wells Fargo branch

Police in Tooele say Michelle Parker and William Parker, both 27, were arrested after holding up a Wells Fargo branch with their 5-year-old and 2-year-old children in the backseat of their car.read


What's for dinner dad? YOU! Cannibal crocodile filmed eating one of its own

Tourists on a wildlife cruise in the Daintree River in Queensland. Australia, came across the two-metre crocodile chewing on a younger juvenile.read


Acrobat Christopher Kazungu breaks back after crashing through safety net at Russian show

Shocking video shows Kenyan acrobat Karo Christopher Kazungu, 22, plummeting to the ground during a complex aerial gymnastics display last night.read