It's Harry-mania! Michelle beats hundreds of adoring women to get closest to Britain's most eligible bachelor as he arrives in DC

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The 28-year-old flew to Dulles International Airport in Virginia by commercial airline, touching down this afternoon before heading to Washington D.C. for the first of his many engagements. As well as meeting Sen. John McCain at Capitol Hill, he was met by a bevvy of grinning female staffers - who were promptly ushered back inside by police. In the course of his visit that will take Harry of Wales from coast to coast, the high-born guest will meet with wounded veterans, take part in charity events benefiting inner-city youths and promote British business and tourism.

The net closes in on super rich tax dodgers: Spies expose how hundreds of Britons are 'hiding billions' in foreign tax havens

Ultra-wealthy Britons are being investigated over claims they are hiding cash in secret offshore accounts in places like the Cayman Islands (pictured)

International spy agencies are thought to have helped obtain a 'goldmine' of data that names high-profile multi-millionaires and their financial advisers. The files show how the rich have hidden billions in Singapore, the British Virgin Islands and the Caymans (pictured). More than 100 individuals have been identified so far – and have already been sent warning letters by HM Revenue & Customs.

Name the lead singer or you don't get in: Police deny fans entry to Vaccines gig unless they pass band quiz to flush out pickpockets

Come Of Age is one of the albums by the indie rockers, which police expected fans to know

Six people waiting to see indie rockers The Vaccines at Venue Cymru in Llandudno, north Wales, were unable to answer some of the questions, so had their £18.50 tickets confiscated.

Filthy takeaway fined £2,250 after staff were forced to manually flush their broken toilet using bare hands... and then go back to make pizzas without washing them

Flying pizza

Food hygeine officers also found there was no hot water for those preparing food at Flying Pizza in Swansea, South Wales.

'Where winners eat'? Subway meals can be UNHEALTHIER than those from McDonald's

Meals bought from Subway contain nearly as many calories as those from McDonald¿s

The chain may promote itself as the ‘healthy’ fast food restaurant but the new study, carried out by UCLA, suggests that it is not much healthier than McDonald’s, and in terms of salt it is worse.

Women have £2,000 worth of beauty products in their bathroom cabinets - but only use £327 worth (and one in five is never even opened)

Nearly three per cent of women have over £5,000 worth of cosmetics stored in their bathroom cabinet

A new survey has revealed the contents of the average British woman's bathroom beauty cabinet is worth an incredible £1,964.30 - but only £327 worth of them are used regularly.

Devastated father discovered his son, 13, had been killed in car crash when £30,000-a-year boarding school posted tragic news on its website

Christopher Avery-Wright

William Avery-Wright's father Christopher (pictured with his son centre) was racing to hospital from his office when he started receiving calls, texts and emails of condolence after his death outside Worth School (bottom left) near Crawley in West Sussex. Friends had seen the school's announcement which had been made before police had formally informed Mr Avery-Wright of his talented son's death. The tragic detail emerged as Mr Avery-Wright, 48, and his wife Lisa (top left), 43, decided to sue the school for alleged failures in their duty of care to their son.

Imagine Hitler as one of the Mr Men: Michael Gove slams history teaching in scathing attack on 'play-based' lessons

Students were told to imagine Adolf Hitler as a Mr Men character

Education Secretary tears into Labour's national curriculum, which including using Mr Men to learn about World War Two and studying Disney films for lessons on the Middle Ages.

Police officer wins £5,000 claim for hurting thumb removing cannabis from drug den - and taxpayers have to foot the £150,000 legal bill

Compensation claim: Kerry Ann Taylor, 34, won just under £5,000 compensation from her employers at Hampshire Police

Kerry Ann Taylor, a Hampshire Police officer, will receive £4,837 damages after her employers today lost a bid to overturn the compensation order in the Court of Appeal.

Fantasist posed as policeman to subject Travelodge staff and guests to six-hour ordeal in which he handcuffed man to lift and made receptionist bend over desk

Sick: Fantasist Miley Byrne, 25, posed as a policeman, handcuffed a hotel guest to a lift then offered the receptionist £50 to remove her knickers

Miley Byrne, 25, handcuffed a hotel guest to a lift and then offered the receptionist £50 to remove her knickers during the bizarre ordeal at a Travelodge in Chelmsford, Essex.

Carer, 29, who dismembered paralysed ex-boxing champ with chainsaw before storing body parts in freezers and stealing £25,000 is jailed for life

Guilty: Thomas Dunkley has been found guilty of murdering ex-WBA light-middleweight boxer Shaun Cummins

Thomas Dunkley, 29, of Leicester, was told he must serve at least 34 years for the gruesopme murder of ex WBA light-middleweight champion Shaun Cummins.

The streets of 'Britain's Atlantis' seen for the first time in centuries: 3D scans reveal the 'drowned' medieval town of Dunwich

Chapel of St Katherine

University of Southampton researchers used ultrasound scanning to create a 3D map of the area - and found the underwater town is as big as the City of London, and contains several churches including St Katherine's (pictured). Although Present day Dunwich is a village 14 miles south of Lowestoft in Suffolk, it was a thriving port until coastal erosion and flooding left it 10M underwater.

Woman, 34, who claims she was raped by newspaper tycoon Eddy Shah as a teenager says she was asked to have his baby

On trial: Eddy Shah is accused of repeatedly raping a teenage girl in luxury hotels

Shah's alleged victim, who says she was just 14 when the abuse began, said that escort Susan Davies told her she should get pregnant with Shah's child in order to get money from the businessman.

Olympic security shambles firm G4S handed contract to guard world's most powerful leaders during G8 summit in Northern Ireland

G4S security staff have been drafted in by the government to protect the G8 summit in Northern Ireland, despite last year's fiasco where it failed to provide enough guards for the London Olympics

UK government defends using the company which failed to recruit enough guards for the London Olympics to provide security at next month's G8 summit in Northern Ireland.

Arctic heroes honoured at last in ceremony by the sea: Veterans gather to collect medals and lay wreaths at memorial

Proud: Bill Bannerman, 89, served on four Arctic Convoys in 1944

Described by Winston Churchill as the 'worst journey in the world', the heroes who risked their lives running a gauntlet of German warplanes and U-boats to keep the Red Army fighting on the Eastern Front were honoured at Loch Ewe, Scotland, yesterday.

'Harry shoved off knowing his ancient parents were here': Prince Charles jokes as soldier son misses out on service medal by flying to US for royal tour

Prince Charles told the troops: 'I think we owe the families here an enormous debt of gratitude'

As the 28-year-old prince was en route to Washington DC, Prince Charles, was visiting his son’s airbase at Wattisham in Suffolk to honour Harry’s unit, 662 Squadron.

Dental surgery receptionist, 28, was threatened with the sack for eating an APPLE at her desk

Dental nurse

Rachel Carr, 28, (pictured left) was disciplined by managers at the Smile By Smile dental surgery (right) in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, for snacking on the fruit while she worked. She claimed that she was hounded out of her job, leaving last September after her health deteriorated as a result of 'double standards' at the practice where she said that her manager would snack on chocolate nearby.

Hop it! You could be a criminal: What police told girl, 10, who chalked hopscotch grid on the pavement outside her home

Lilly-May did not understand what she did wrong and is now reluctant to play outside, according to her father

Lilly-May Allen had marked out a grid in chalk - which washes away in the rain - when she was apparently approached by two officers outside her home in Ramsgate, Kent.

Killed by a mushroom picked from the garden: Wife's fatal death cap error

Killer: A British woman died after eating death cap mushrooms from her garden (file photo)

Christina Hale, 57, picked mushrooms from her garden in Bridgwater, Somerset to add to a shop-bought soup she planned to share with her husband on November 15 last year, West Somerset Coroner's Court heard.

Civil servants paid thousands in extra allowances for being good at typing, knowing first aid or not driving a car

Civil servants can receive more than £1,000 for 'proficient typing' under a raft of extra Whitehall allowances

The taxpayer is spending around £1million a year funding the bonuses at the Department for Communities and Local Government and its agencies, it emerged today.

Disgraced police chief's detective wife quits after being arrested on drunk and disorderly charge

Cleveland Police Detective Chief Inspector Heather Eastwood's husband Sean Price was the first chief constable to be sacked in 35 years last year.

Cleveland Police Detective Chief Inspector Heather Eastwood's husband Sean Price was the first chief constable to be sacked in 35 years last year.

Ariel Castro on suicide watch in prison after appearing in court with his two brothers - who were later released from custody

The three Castro brothers, from left Onil, Pedro and Ariel, appeared in court this morning on separate charges

As Ariel Castro's charges were read out, the prosecutor said the tables were now turned on the alleged abductor who was now the one being held in captivity. His brothers Pedro and Onil appeared along side him for outstanding misdemeanor warrants on unrelated cases. Police said yesterday that there was no evidence to tie them to the abduction of the three girls.

'I'm so sorry, I want you to meet my children': Ariel Castro's daughter and best friend of one of his 'victims' pleads for her forgiveness for what father 'did'

Best of friends: Arlene Castro (right) was the last person to see Gina DeJesus (left) in 2004. Arlene's father Ariel has been charged in her abduction

Arlene Castro had been the last person to see Gina DeJesus, then 14, before she was allegedly snatched by her father, Ariel Castro, in 2004 and imprisoned in his Cleveland home.

'What kind of monster does this?' Video of Ariel Castro being heckled and led from police station wearing handcuffs

Locked up: Brothers Onil, Pedro and Ariel Castro (l-r) were all arrested on kidnapping charges after it is believed that they held three young women at a Cleveland home for ten years

Ariel Castro hid his face with his blue prison jump suit as he was led out of the police station in cuffs yesterday.

Floor plans reveal that some of the tiny rooms the kidnapped girls lived in for a decade were not much bigger than closets

The whole house was 1,400-square feet with four bedrooms and one bathroom

The floor plans of the Cleveland house where three women were kept captive for a decade show that the rooms that they were kept were likely no larger than a closet.

Ariel Castro 'kept his WIFE chained up in the basement where he later locked his victims and whipped her with dog chains'

Nilda Figueroa

Castro allegedly beat Nilda Figueroa and kept her captive in the basement, foreshadowing the horrific crimes he would later allegedly inflict on the three women imprisoned in his home.

Vantastic! Head-turning camper opens up to reveal secret compartment at the flick of a switch

Impressive: This camper van is guaranteed to turn heads after engineers used Thunderbirds-style technology to double living space at the touch of a button

The new invention transforms the T5 Doubleback into a 26ft long home on wheels and doubles the living space. The inside of the 'pod' reveals luxurious seating for five people which can be rearranged to make a huge bed, with a foldaway table.

Is UK economy now out of the woods? Leading think tank forecasts growth of 0.8% for the last three months

Graph showing how the current economic downturn compares to the previous five recessions (Source: NIESR)

The boost to the outlook for gross domestic product follows official figures that showed growth of 0.3 per cent in the three months to the end of March.

Can how well we read and count at seven REALLY predict how successful we will be in later life?

Researchers saying being good at maths age seven could add £5,000 to your salary in later life - and claim success could be genetic

British researchers analysed data from over 17,000 people in England, Scotland, and Wales over a span of 50 years - and say being good at maths and reading at seven could add £5,000 to our salary in later life.

Manager who stole £160,000 to take her boyfriend on holidays and stop him dumping her has to pay back only £10,000

Case: 'Broken woman' Caroline Woollen stole nearly £160,00 from her employers to bankroll a series of expensive holidays for her boyfriend

Caroline Woollen, 33, tricked her Danish employer, Nordic Offshore, into believing she had secured lucrative contracts for them with Shell and Siemens, Hull Crown Court heard.

Mother's fury as council refuse to give back her runaway dog because they had already rehomed it just six weeks after it went missing

Mother's fury as council refuse to give back her runaway dog because they had already rehomed it with a new family

Deborah Parrott was told she could not get her pet dog Rocko back even though only six weeks had passed since he vanished from their garden in Norwich, Norfolk.

BT sparks TV war with Sky by offering
FREE live Premier League football matches to broadband customers

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Clare Balding and Jake Humphrey (pictured left) are to anchor the new channel that was launched today. Tottenham midfielder Gareth Bale (pictured right) showed his support at the launch. He will be joined by Joe Hart and Daniel Sturridge as the channel's promotional faces. Despite paying £736million for the rights, in a shock announcement BT broadband customers will get them free through their set top boxes, computers, phones and tablets. Non-broadband subscribers will have to pay up to £15 to access its three sports channels.

Tory MPs to force Commons vote on EU referendum after Cameron accused his critics of being 'pessimists'

Prime Minister David Cameron today took aim at 'pessimists' about his Europe strategy

The Prime Minister is coming under increased pressure to offer an early vote on severing ties with Brussels, after it emerged that Lady Thatcher backed withdrawal form the EU.

70 MPs to repay thousands made in profit on homes bought with Commons expenses

The expenses watchdog Ipsa has reached deals with 70 MPs to repay some of the profit from homes bought with taxpayers' money

The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority is to release details of 70 politicians who have returned cash gains on taxpayer-funded mortgages.

'Exemplary' postmistress who stole £114,000 to keep struggling store afloat rather than lay off staff is jailed

Scam: Anne Manger, 55, carried out the fraud so she did not have to lay off her staff in Oakham, Leicestershire

Anne Manger, 55, whose father was a postmaster, was a well-respected member of the community but turned to fraud when money worries hit, Leicester Crown Court heard.

German opera featuring Nazi uniforms and massacre of Jewish family is cancelled after audience stages walk-out

Anger: Many members of the audience walked out in disgust at the interpretation of Wagner's 'Tannhaeuser'

Audience members began leaving director Burkhard C. Kosminki's interpretation of Wagner's classic 'Tannhaeuser' after only 30 minutes.

Old lags to be paid to stop new generation of criminals reoffending when they leave prison in new bid to cut crime

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling, pictured earlier this year on a visit to Pentonville Prison, wants ex-inmates to mentor other criminals

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling today defended the idea of giving public money to ex-offenders to work as mentors under plans to open up probation services to private firms and charities.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's 'action hero' Ed Miliband who helped rescue a cyclist who had fallen off her bike

Ella Phillips

Ed Miliband might struggle with comparisons with Superman, but today he was hailed as an 'action hero' after coming to the rescue of a cyclist. The Labour leader lept into action after Ella Phillips, 29, was thrown over the handlebar of her bike in North London.

'I'm not like Ian Huntley': Tia Sharp's step-grandfather told prison officer she died falling down the stairs and tried to pin blame on Somali neighbours

Tia Sharp murder

Stuart Hazell (bottom right), 37, denied that 'anything sexual' had happened between himself and Tia Sharp (top right), whose mother Natalie, 32, and grandmother Christine Bicknell, 46, are pictured left outside court today. He also apparently tried to pin the blame on his Somali neighbours after the schoolgirl’s body was found in Hazell’s attic which stretches across their row of terrace houses. He also accused them of being sex offenders, the Old Bailey jury heard.

Man accused of abducting April Jones 'spotted carrying a black bin bag "with something in it" on morning after she vanished'

April vanished while playing with her friend near their homes in Machynlleth, Powys, Mid Wales, on October 1 last year.

A witness told Mold Crown Court that Mark Bridger, accused of abducting and murdering April Jones, was spotted clutching a black bin bag on a hill the day after the cerebral palsy-suffering youngster disappeared.

Eastern European gang who stole £200,000 worth of gadgets in John Lewis warehouse iPad raid are jailed for more than 15 years

John Lewis robbery

A gang of four Eastern European men have been jailed for more than 15 years for robbing £200,000 worth of electronic goods from a John Lewis warehouse in Brackmills, Northampton.

Family of boy killed in Boston bombings reveal heartbreaking moment they told daughter, 7, she had lost her leg and that her brother was dead

Torn apart: The Richard family has revealed that Jane, 7, (pictured front) has awoken from surgery and was told that her brother Martin (right) was killed in the Boston bombings on April 15

Jane Richard (pictured), who lost her leg in the attack in the April 15 attack, awoke to learn that her brother Martin had been killed and that her parents had suffered injuries in the April 15 blast.

Holiday couple 'threw themselves overboard' as luxury cruise liner prepared to dock in Australia

Search: Police arrive at Sydney's Circular Quay - the alarm was raised when the couple did not disembark and a search of the ship failed to find them

Paul Rossington, 30 and Kristen Schroder, 27 were discovered missing when the Carnival Spirit liner arrived in Sydney today.

Named and shamed for first time: Pair of 15-year-old thugs including father-of-two who killed a pensioner for her handbag

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Jiervon Bartlett (top right) and Nayed Hoque (bottom right), both 15, knocked Paula Castle, 85, to the ground and snatched her bank cards in Greenford, west London. The pair then used her bank cards to buy takeaways, mobile phone top-ups and Nike trainers. They were initially charged with murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter shortly before they were due to go on trial. Mrs Castle is pictured centre and left, on CCTV moments before the attack.

Autistic children see movement TWICE as quickly as those without condition

Autistic children see movement twice as quick

Researchers at the University of Rochester and Yale University think the findings may explain why some people suffering with autism are sensitive to bright lights and loud noises.

'Friends and fun' reduce the PHYSICAL pain of breast cancer, says research

The study found that women with a number of good friends experienced less pain - both physical and emotional - when undergoing treatment for breast cancer

The study, carried out by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, is among the first to examine exactly how social relationships influence quality of life in breast cancer patients.

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A red rose and a kiss from soldier's pregnant widow: Mourning wife says goodbye to husband killed in Afghanistan

Lyndsey Savage

Lyndsey Savage (left), 27, had been looking forward to the birth of her first child with husband Corporal William Savage (inset), 30, a British soldier serving in Afghanistan. Yesterday she planted a tender kiss on the hearse (right) carrying his body after he died when he was hit by an IED in Helmand Province.

Police launch crackdown on pension scams which have fleeced pensioners of £400MIILION and become Britain's fastest growing fraud

Dozens of officers swooped on a dingy rented office in the City where 40 people were working 12 hours a day to rip off unsuspected clients

Dozens of officers swooped on a dingy rented office in the City where 40 people were working 12 hours a day to rip off unsuspecting clients.

Father who went begging with a 'homeless and hungry' sign was actually living in a terraced house while claiming £370 a week in benefits

Andrew Dawick

Andrew Dawick (pictured), who lives at his home in Blackpool with his family, was targeted by authorities who wanted to remove 'professional' beggars from the seaside resort.

Boy, 16, nearly dies after swallowing bristle from BBQ brush

Boy nearly dies after swallowing part of a grill brush

After Tristin Beck, 16 of Edmonds, Seattle unknowingly swallowed one of the metal bristles earlier this week, severe stomach pains sent him to hospital.

Cardinal reveals 'shock' at declining health of Pope Emeritus Benedict that has left him 'half his previous size'

This picture taken last week shows Pope emeritus Benedict, left, being welcomed by Pope Francis as he returns at the Vatican from the pontifical summer residence of Castel Gandolfo

A German cardinal who visited him said he was 'shocked' at how his state of health had deteriorated.

Ten months in prison for police sergeant who tried to sell a story about Katie Price's daughter to the News of the World

Jailed: Former Sussex Police sergeant James Bowes arrives at the Old Bailey today where he was sentenced to 10 months behind bars

James Bowes, 30, contacted the now defunct Sunday tabloid newspaper and told a journalist that police child protection officers had gone to the home of Price's former husband Peter Andre in Brighton.

Accident and emergency services have 'deteriorated significantly', NHS officials have conceded as they set out plans to improve the service

NHS England said the number of organisations failing to meet waiting time targets has doubled over the last year

NHS England said the number of hospitals failing to meet waiting time targets has doubled over the last year. In the first part of this year two thirds of hospitals failed to meet the targets.

We had a dream stop-over in Abu Dhabi: Airport unveils cocoon-like sleep pods where passengers can nap for £8 an hour

Abu Dhabi Airports Company

Travellers and tourists finding themselves stuck in the departure lounge at Abu Dhabi International Airport are now able to catch up on some shut-eye in a futuristic-looking 'sleeping pod'. Unveiled this week, the 'GoSleep' pod offers time away from noise, light and crowds of the airport and only costs £8 for one hour's alone-time.

The end of stitches? Surgeons pioneer 'human welding' technique using lasers and gold

Welding wounds together using lasers improves the healing time and reduces the chances of permanent scarring.

American scientists have successfully tested a gold-based solder that can be welded onto surgical wounds using lasers. It could provide an alternative to stitches and sutures.

Dramatic moment a paraglider miraculously survives after crashing into electric cables and feels the charge through his body

Dramatic moment a paraglider miraculously survives after crashing into electric cables and feels the charge through his body

The 30-year-old daredevil, known only as Daniel, misjudged his approach to an airfield in March, Cambridgeshire, and slammed into the power lines.

Candace Bushnell targeted by 'Guccifer': Cyber-attacker leaks 50 pages of Sex And The City writer's new novel

Targeted: Candace Bushnell has been hacked by the cyber-attacker 'Guccifer' who leaked details of her new novel online

The Sex And The City writer was targeted when the first page of her book was posted and a series of frantic messages appeared on her Twitter account. Ms Bushnell, 54, is the latest high profile figure to be hacked Guccifer.

Judge delivers hilarious warning to Charlie Brown actor as he jails him for a year for stalking his ex-girlfriend and her plastic surgeon

You're jailed, Charlie Brown: Peter Robbins was sentenced to a year in jail for threatening his former girlfriend and stalking her plastic surgeon

Peter Robbins, 56, was handed a 12-month jail term and five years on probation followed by a stern Peanuts-related warning from the judge to 'not be a blockhead'.

Could eating WALNUTS be the key to cutting cholesterol?

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Research carried out by the University of Pennsylvania found that eating whole walnuts or consuming the oil helped lower cholesterol and improve blood vessel function.

Scientists discover protein that can REVERSE ageing in the heart

Scientists have discovered a protein that reverses the symptoms of ageing in the heart

GDF-11 reduces the size and thickness of older hearts. A treatment using the protein could help millions of elderly people diastolic heart failure.

Battered Britain: Drivers warned to watch for fierce cross-winds as 60mph gale sweeps in from the Atlantic

Fascinating: This satellite photo taken by NASA shows today's enormous storm battering the UK

As this satellite image clearly shows, left, Britain's weather took a dramatic turn for the worst today. Much of the UK has been affected by the unseasonable weather, with western parts of England hit hardest. Women attending Ladies Day at the Boodles May Festival at Chester Racecourse, bottom right, were left in desperate need of umbrellas. The strong winds are causing these enormous, choppy waves on the seafront at Southsea, top right.

First case of SARS-like virus confirmed in France

A 65-year-old French man who recently returned from Dubai has the virus. It has also spread to Britain, Germany, Jordan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates

A 65-year-old French man who recently returned from Dubai is in a critical condition in hospital suffering from coronavirus, a disease that has killed 18 people worldwide.

Greece's youth unemployment rate hits a terrifying 60%

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Greece's jobless rate has almost tripled since the country's debt crisis emerged in 2009 and was more than twice the euro zone's average unemployment reading of 12.1 percent in March.

Coroner calls for zip-wires to be regulated after boy, 11, was killed in fall at adventure park due to safety harness error

A coroner has called for permanent zip-wires to be regulated after Bailey Sumner, 11, died in a fall from one at a children's adventure park

Bailey Sumner (pictured), of Blackpool, died when he plunged from the new 475ft-long Swampflyer ride at GreenWood Forest Park near Caernarfon, Gwynedd, north-west Wales in April 2011.

A massage, a take-away and a quiet pint: Modern life's little luxuries revealed

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A survey into life's luxuries shows that having a bubble bath (pictured) a pint after work or a weekly take-away are considered important treats. People indulges in these luxuries twice a month.

Terrifying moment a pod of 20 killer whales follows boat of couple on wedding anniversary trip

Killer whales follow boat

Rich and Laura Howard from Lutz, Florida were diving off the coast of Mexico when their dive instructor saw the 5ft dorsal fins and signalled for them to return to their boat. Obeying his instructions, the keen ocean photographer and his wife discovered to their disbelief that they were fast being approached by a group of huge killer whales. Mrs Howard filmed the incredible sighting on her Flip Cam.

Mortgage costs in Scotland will soar if country breaks away from UK, Treasury will warn as support for independence slumps again

As Alex Salmond's referendum on independence draws closer, more people say they want to stay in the UK

The Westminster government is to step up its warnings about the impact on Scots of voting Yes in next year's referendum, focusing on housing, energy and pensions.

Every prisoner to be monitored for a year after leaving jail: Justice Secretary pledges to 'turn the tide of crime'

Chris Grayling wants to 'put a stopper in the revolving door of the justice system'

The measures set out by Chris Grayling include compulsory drug testing, GPS tags for rapists, and former convicts will have to seek permission to move out of their local area to ensure they stick to community orders.

Lloyds axes Southend office - taking total of jobs lost from banking industry this year to 5,500

Jobs axe: Lloyds Banking Group has cut a further 850 jobs today, mainly in Southend-on-Sea

Lloyds Banking Group has axed 850 staff, mainly in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, meaning it has cut 2,750 jobs since the start of the year.

Mother left with SEVEN-INCH forceps inside her body for three months in shocking toll of 750 NHS blunders

Donna Bowett, 42, went to Alexandra Hospital in Worcestershire to have her gallbladder removed, but suffered 'excruciating' pain afterwards, not knowing doctors left an instrument behind

Donna Bowett (left), 42, went to Alexandra Hospital in Worcestershire to have her gallbladder removed, but suffered 'excruciating' pain afterwards, not knowing doctors left an instrument behind (right). New data shows Ms Bowett was one of hundreds who suffered because of 'basic' mistakes by the NHS since 2009, which included having surgical instruments left inside them or operations being carried out on the wrong body part.

Boston bomber buried at midnight in secret ceremony after mystery benefactor claims his body

Tamerlan Tsarnaev has finally been buried at an undisclosed location outside of the city of Worcester, Massachusetts

The elder Boston marathon suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been secretly buried under cover of darkness at an undisclosed location outside of the city of Worcester, Massachusetts.

Forty-year fight for justice by British woman whose brother was killed by Pinochet's thugs ends in victory as officers are jailed

Missing: Michael Woodward is presumed to have been murdered by Pinochet men in 1973

Michael Woodward, a 41-year-old Roman Catholic priest, disappeared days after Pinochet seized power Chile through a military coup in September 1973.

Facebook and Apple in billion dollar battle to buy satnav start-up Waze

Waze uses satellite signals from members' smartphones to 'crowdsource' maps and traffic data, and can run on Apple or Android handsets and tablets

Waze uses satellite signals from members' smartphones to 'crowdsource' maps and traffic data, and can run on Apple or Apndroid handsets and tablets.

A bright idea: The astonishing glow-in-the-dark GM plants that could one day replace street lamps

A bright idea: The astonishing glow-in-the-dark GM plants that could one day replace street lamps

Scientists from California have developed bacteria than can make plants glow-in-the dark. The doctors are hoping that luminescent trees could one day replace electric street lighting.

The ultimate baby snap? Hologram that shows unborn child's first smile from INSIDE the womb set to be offered to expectant parents

The holograms show an unborn baby in 3D, and are created from ultrasound scans taken in hospitals. Currently they are only available in Japan

Japanese firm Pioneer has shown off the prototype system in Tokyo which can print a wallet-sized holographic card from a 3D ultrasound scan.

Farting charge? Server Pookie Sexbomb? The most hilarious receipts you'll ever see

This server deserves an especially large tip just on account of their name

This collection of hilarious receipts should encourage everyone to spend more time looking at the bits of paper you get back at restaurants, bars and stores, because they might be just as funny.

London really is THE millionaires' playground: More 'ultra-high net worth' individuals live in English capital than any other city on Earth, new figures reveal

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The UK capital is home to more multimillionaires than any other city in the world according to new figures. London boasts a staggering 4,224 'ultra-high net worth' residents - people with a net worth of more than $30million, or £19.2million. Tokyo is in second place with 3,525 multi-millionaires, with Singapore in third with 3,154 and New York City in fourth with 2,929, reveal figures from WealthInsight. Oligarch Alisher Usmanov (inset left) is the UK's richest man while Nick Candy (inset right with wife Holly Valance) shares a £330million fortune with brother Christian. Both Usmanov and Candy have homes in London.

Legal chambers' 'shock' after human rights lawyer calls for age of consent to be lowered to 13 and an end to the 'persecution of old men' in wake of the Savile scandal

Top barrister Barbara Hewson has claimed the age of consent should be lowered to 13 to protect older men in the wake of the Jimmy Savile sex scandal

Barbara Hewson, a barrister at Hardwicke chambers in London, described the arrests of celebrities in the wake of the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal as a 'grotesque spectacle'.

Teenagers with HIGH blood pressure are happier and more successful at school

German scientists found a correlation between blood pressure and academic achievement. Those who had high pressure performed better at school and were happier

Researchers at the University of Gottingen also found that pupils with hypertension were more emotionally balanced and less likely to behave badly.

Urban Outfitters under fire for selling shot glasses and flasks made to look like prescription pill medication

Critics say hip flasks like this one sold by Urban Outfitters are trivialising prescription drug abuse

An anti-drug group says the products belittle abuse of prescription drugs which is the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S.

Could he be the first man on Mars? Buzz Aldrin reveals scheme to colonise the red planet by 2035

The second man to walk on the moon, Buzz Aldrin, wants the US to colonise Mars and believes there will be a settlement on the red planet by by 2040

Buzz Aldrin, the 83-year-old astronaut who was the second man to walk on the moon, has said he wants the US to permanently 'settle and colonise Mars.'

Opera lover hanged himself aged 100 when his eyesight failed and he could no longer enjoy music on his laptop

Opera: A music lover has hanged himself after his eyesight became too bad to watch online videos (file photo)

Gordon Crisp's relatives bought him a laptop when he was struggling to cope with his wife's death in 2007, an inquest in Somerset has heard.

Drug dealer, 25, killed new bride and her unborn child in high-speed police chase when he smashed into her car

Ahtia

Javad Malik was trying to escape police in his Renault Megane which was full of class A and B drugs when he crashed into 28-year-old Ahtia Tabisim's Ford Fiesta in Birmingham in January.

Inside Marks and Spencer's mega e-commerce HQ which is the size of 11 football pitches (and with enough space to store 2.3billion Percy Pigs)

Giant storage space: Marks & Spencer opened its new 900,000 sq ft distribution centre in Leicestershire yesterday

Marks & Spencer opened its new 900,000 sq ft distribution centre yesterday in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, to handle all of the company's online orders and store deliveries. Eventually the centre's neck-achingly high floor to ceiling storage system will be packed with around 16million items of clothing and food. Fully automated 'robots' will collect goods from the vast shelving stack, which stands at 25 metres high, as it is ordered. The first customer orders were shipped out from the warehouse last week and it is hoped that the centre will process up to a million items every day.

An in-tents holiday experience! Architect designs incredible floating tents which 'hover' several feet off the ground

Wacky: The tents are designed to be suspended at chest height

These tents are designed for floating camping - and are perfect for those who don't fancy getting up close and personal with the bugs on the forest floor.

Council paints double yellow lines down a cycle path which is too narrow for a car to drive through

You definitely can't park here! Council paint double yellow lines down a cycle path which is too narrow for a car to get down

The cycle lane in Nottingham is just over four feet wide - so even the smallest cars are unable to squeeze down there and park. However, the council say the lines are needed to protect cyclists.

Eating peppers twice a week could reduce the risk of Parkinson's Disease by a THIRD

Eating peppers twice a week could help reduce the risk of developing Parkinson's disease by up to a third

Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle, U.S., found that foods that contain an edible form of nicotine give some protection against the condition.

Could the Cinnamon Craze give you LIVER damage?

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The study, published in journal ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, discovered that a compound found in the cinnamon could inflict damage of those with sensitive livers.

'Please catch the coward who scarred me': Acid attack victim, 28, reveals dreadful injuries as police release e-fit of doorstep attacker

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Tara Quigley, 28, (above and bottom right) opened her door (top right) in Romford, London, to a man who threw the corrosive chemical in her face before running away. Speaking for the first time today Miss Quigley, who is being treated in a specialist burns unit said: 'I don't understand why this has happened to me'. Her dog, which she was carrying at the time, was blinded and may have to be put down. Scotland Yard has today also released an efit of the suspect (bottom left) they are hunting for. They say he is white, short and about 20 years old. He was wearing black clothing.

Green 'fireball' meteor spotted shooting across the UK at 150,000 miles per hour

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A green-tinged meteor was spotted shooting across England and Wales Wednesday night. Experts believe the meteor may have been formed from debris from Halley’s Comet.

Morning, world! Breathtaking image of the first light of dawn over the South Pacific captured from the International Space Station

The sun is about to come up over the South Pacific Ocean

The stunning shot was captured by one of the crew of the space station as they passed a few hundred miles east of Easter Island.

Benetton admits it made clothes in illegal Bangladesh factory that collapsed killing 900 workers

Benetton, Primark, Matalan and Mango all had connections to the unsafe eight-storey factory

Biagio Chiarolanza, chief executive of the label, said the company bought shirts from New Wave Style, which was based at the building in capital Dhaka that collapsed two weeks ago (pictured).

Eight killed in fresh Bangladesh clothing factory tragedy

At least eight people have died in the fire that swept through a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Fire brigade officials said the blaze at the building in Dhaka broke out last night and crews found eight people dead, including a police officer and the factory's managing director.

US woman accidentally harpooned by husband through mouth and spine miraculously survives

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Brazilian woman, Elisangela Borborema Rosa, 28, (left) miraculously survived after her husband accidentally shot her in the mouth with a harpoon. Officials said that the woman's husband was cleaning his spear gun when it went off, firing a harpoon that hit her spine (right).

Moths can hear sound frequencies 100 times higher than the whiniest human voice and discovery may revolutionise mobile phone techonology

Pardon?: The greater wax moth can hear up to 300,000 kHz, 100 times higher than the highest human voice

The great wax moth has the best hearing in the animal kingdom. Scientists at the University of Glasgow say studying how its ear works may change microphone technology.

Top Chinese director investigated by authorities for breaking country's one-child policy by having SEVEN children

Zhang Yimou is accused of fathering seven children with four women and is under investigation by Chinese authorities

Online gossip that he has fathered children with four women led to the investigation of Zhang Yimou, who directed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

At least she wasn't born in a Corsa! Parents name baby girl Zafira after her mother gave birth in Vauxhall people carrier

Inspiration: Corin and Paul Stokes gave their daughter the unique middle name of Zafira after she was born in the popular Vauxhall people carrier on the way to hospital

Corin Stokes, 31, gave birth to Lyla May Zafira Stokes on her way to Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Isn't she supposed to be a communist? Mao Zedong's granddaughter appears at 242 on Chinese rich list with fortune of £525MILLION

Rich legacy: Kong Dongmei, right, granddaughter of the father of Communist China, Mao Zedong, is the 242nd richest person in China - a country with a population of nearly 1.4 billion

Kong Dongmei, 41, the granddaughter of Chairman Mao, is believed to have made part of her fortune selling publications about her famous grandfather.

The £55 phone designed for FOUR YEAR OLDS - and designed so they won't get mugged or be cyberbullied

The 1stFone, from manufacturer OwnFone, has been specifically designed for four to nine-year-olds. It doesn't have a screen.

The 1stFone, designed specifically for four to nine-year-olds, can only make and receive calls to preprogrammed numbers, and has no screen. The credit card-sized gadget is designed to reduce the risks of text or cyber bulling, finding inappropriate material online, 'sexting' or being mugged.

Who needs a horse? Free-runner completes Badminton Horse Trials course on foot... but it did take him more than four hours

Free runner Mat Armitage completes the Badminton cross country course on foot

Mat Armitage, a 22-year-old professional free runner from Basingstoke, Hampshire, successfully cleared all 28 jumps that were open to the public at Badminton Horse Trials on Monday, including the double brush fence in the water where Zara Phillips had crashed out the day before.

Terrorists kidnap son of former Pakistan prime minister in middle of campaign rally, killing one and wounding five

Ali Haider Gilani

A police official, Abdul Rehman, said gunmen stormed the rally in the town of Multan, opened fire and seized Ali Haider Gilani.

Electioneered to its death: Rare white tiger used as Pakistani campaign mascot dies of dehydration in 30C heat

The white tiger has been a frequent sight at rallies for the political party Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz - but died following 30C heat

The tiger, a mascot of the conservative Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party, often appeared at events led by the party chief's daughter Maryam Nawaz.

Coin with corners goes into circulation in Australia... and its worth $80 more than its $5 face value

The coin's shape mimics the building's flag mast and has a flagpole design on its back

The $5 coin mimics the shape of the triangular flag mast on top of the Canberra building and shows a view of the flagpole in the design on its reverse.

Job seekers in Denmark who literally put themselves in the shop window

Window seat: One of the 15 unemployed academics have taken his place in the window for project 'Exhibit? Too clever to sit in a window?'

The display allows 15 job seekers to take a seat in a shopfront on a busy Copenhagen in the hopes that potential employers will walk by.

Private moments of the last Russian Tsar and his family captured on camera before they were executed by the Bolsheviks

The photographs show the royals in the months and years before Nicholas II was forced to abdicate

The photographs of the Romanovs include Nicholas II teaching his daughter, Grand Duchess Anastasia, to smoke and his heir Alexei in naval regalia. The emperor and his family were shot dead by the Bolsheviks in 1918, supposedly on the orders of Soviet founder Lenin.

Mummified human head discovered by Californian recycling plant workers in pile of debris

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Workers at the California Waste Solutions in West Oakland discovered a mummified head on Wednesday, as police now search for more body parts.

Two elderly women accused of being witches die after drinking poison to 'cleanse their souls'

The women collapsed within moments of drinking the poison in a rural village in Zimbabwe's Midlands province (file photo)

Jersey Mutero, 83, and Erita Bhebhe, 73, collapsed moments after swallowing the poisonous drink during a ceremony near their homes in Zimbabwe's Midlands province (file photo).

Double trouble for teacher! Tiny village school with just 61 pupils has FIVE sets of twins

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A Cumbria primary school with only 61 students has five sets of twins. Three-year-old Harry and Reuben Fife have joined Crosthwaite Primary near Kendal. One sixth of the village school's student population is a twin.

Cruise passengers left high and dry for eight hours after ship gets stuck on sandbank

Stranded: 136 passengers were stuck on the Lady Busum for eight hours after it managed became marooned on a sandbank

The Lady Busum landed on a beach near the small island of Trischen in Germany but was left marooned when the tide went out.

Our little pony! Miniature horse Mr P lives in house with loving owner (and always joins them in the living room for tea)

High life: Mr P is fond of a nice bit of cake washed down with a cup of tea

Mr P follows owner Katy Smith, 52, from Middleton St George, County Durham, everywhere - even to local cafes for a spot of tea. Standing at just 28 inches tall, the chestnut and white American miniature considers himself a fully domesticated human. He even walks along the local high street and helps Ms Smith with her shopping.

Russia's show of strength: Vladimir Putin flexes military muscle with massive army display to marks 68th anniversary of victory over Nazis

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Fighter jets screamed over Red Square and heavy tanks rumbled over its cobblestones as Russia flexed today its military muscle on the anniversary of its costly victory over Nazi Germany in the Second War War.

Amazing moment U.S. soldier is sucked out of plane when parachute accidentally opens

Amazing footage shows the U.S. paratrooper being sucked out of the plane but he survives unhurt

Footage has emerged of the U.S. paratrooper kneeling on the open ramp when he is suddenly pulled from the back of the plane. Amazingly, the man landed safely and was not injured.

Two-year-old boy with cerebral palsy takes first steps after parents raise £50,000 for life-changing operation

Abe Astur, 2, (pictured with his sister, Thea, 4, and parents Leigh and Gavin) was born with spastic diplegia which tightens his leg muscles and restricts his movement

Abe Astur, from Winchester, had surgery in America to sever the nerves in his spine that sent messages to paralyse his leg muscles.

Factory worker murdered wannabe Essex gangster in brutal pick-axe attack

Murder victim: William 'Billy Boy' Martindale, 39, who was knocked unconscious before being bludgeoned with a pick-axe

Paul Groves, 34, was today found guilty of murdering William 'Billy Boy' Martindale, 39, (pictured) in a savage attack on his remote smallholding in High Ongar, Essex.

Elephant gives leopard a good hosing-down as he uses his trunk to spray big cat who came too close to the herd

The leopard was spotted by Swiss photographer Mark Müller, in Etosha National Park in Namibia

The big cat tried its luck against the herd of 15 elephants by stalking the group and sipping from the same water hole in the Etosha National Park, Namibia. But one of the herd decided the leopard was being far too bold and squirted a stream of water in its direction to shoo it away.

 
   

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Clinging on for dear life: Desperate workers hang from windows as giant blaze sweeps through 13-storey government building in Pakistan leaving at least four dead

 A man is seen perched at the window on an elevated floor moments before being overcome by fumes and falling out of a window

A huge blaze has engulfed the LDA Plaza building in Lahore after originating on the seventh floor. Several people were pictured jumping from the building and dozens more are feared trapped. A helicopter is on the scene in an attempt to airlift workers to safety. Pictured left: A man is seen perched at the window on an elevated floor moments before being overcome by fumes and falling out of a window.

This really IS puppy love! Couple sacrifice summer holiday so beloved DOG can marry her toyboy lover in lavish £500 ceremony

This really IS puppy love! Couple sacrifice summer holiday so beloved DOG can marry her toyboy lover in lavish £500 ceremony

Sheena, a six-year-old German Spitz from Kettering, Northants, has married her toyboy sweetheart Gethin, a one-year-old Pomeranian

Cracking deal Gromit! Wallace and co-star spearhead £4m ad campaign to boost British tourism

Wallace & Gromit's 'Great Adventure'

Wallace and Gromit are to star in a £4 million ad campaign to show off the best of Britain this Summer. The campaign shows the beloved animated characters at top UK holiday destinations. We see the pair find fun at Blackpool Pleasure Beach (pictured)

Mac on... Sir Alex Ferguson's resignation

'We face ruin. Alex Ferguson has retired!'

'We face ruin. Alex Ferguson has retired!'

The 'semisub' pedalo that lets you explore the ocean floor without getting wet

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A South Korean manufacturer has designed a compact semi-submarine called 'Penguin' which has floating hulls and an underwater viewing cabin. The vessel's official name is the EGO SE 450 and it can either be steered using joystick controls, or driven wirelessly. It can accommodate up to five passenger.

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They HAVE reinvented the wheel: New system abandons spokes for springs to give a smoother ride

The Loopwheels will go on sale in September for £600, and their inventor claims they can make riding on a bumpy road 'like riding on velvet'

The £600 Loopwheel is set to go on sale in September. 44 year-old Nottingham engineer Sam Pearce came up with the idea after watching a pushchair struggle to get over a kerb. It uses large springs instead of spokes to create a wheel with built in suspension.

The hills are alive with the sound of folk music: Villagers in tiny Catholic corner of Germany celebrate Ascension Day with full costume and song

Three young boys dressed in Bavarian folk costume carry a religious symbol in the Chiemsee region to commemorate Ascension Day

With religious flagpoles hoisted above their heads and dressed in their best lederhosen, men and women of all ages parade through their picturesque mountain villages to commemorate Ascension Day.

India's missing children: Haunting portraits of 'disappeared' generation as government reveals child of FOUR has been raped

Seven-year-old Mansi poses with a photograph of her missing three-year-old sister Muskaan

Photographer Mansi Thapliyal met families of missing children in Delhi to highlight the issue facing the country. This year alone 725 children have disappeared in the city.

Doga: The Costa Rican yoga for dogs and their owners where everyone can do the downward facing dog

Working out: A doga devotee holds her dog in the air as she stretches

Marcela Castro, 29, from San Jose, Costa Rica, has been running Doga classes for 3 years after taking one of her six dogs to a yoga class with her.

Rare albino seal shunned by her mother for being 'too ugly' nursed back to health at rescue centre

Seal pup

An albino seal pup who was made an outcast and abandoned by her mother because of her looks, is now the main attraction at a Linconshire sanctuary. Junior has an unusual milky coat and blood-red eyes.

Pink elephant on parade: Rare albino spotted among herd in Thailand national park

A rare Asian albino elephant was spotted having a drink at a stream in Kaeng Krachan National Park

The baby was pictured drinking from a stream at the Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi province with a herd of common Asian elephants.

Man buys second-hand book and discovers 25-year-old postcard that his BROTHER sent to his MOTHER from the United States

25-year-old postcard

Grandfather-of-five Peter Dodds (right), 70, was staggered to discover the card addressed to his late mother Nellie (left) in a biography of Winston Churchill he bought at a charity shop in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The card had been sent by his brother, Ian McCollum (centre), 65, in 1988 - and Mr Dodds believes his mother had used it as a bookmark inside the book which had belonged to his late father.

   

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