Only one in 15 online child porn suspects is arrested: Chief constables accused of treating offences as a 'low priority'

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Child protection experts alerted police to 2,866 suspects last year but just 192 were detained. The shocking figures sparked calls for more action to tackle a menace that chief constables apparently see as a low priority. The arrest figures were released by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (inset), which is responsible for child safety on the internet.

Internet giants could end up in the dock if there is another horrific case like April Jones

Victim: April Jones¿s killer was an online child porn addict

As David Cameron told Google and other web giants to do more to remove vile images, Claire Perry, his adviser on childhood, suggested failure to do so could lead to prosecution.

140,000 claim disability cash for a BAD BACK: Ministers warn one in 17 people will be claiming benefit by 2018

Reforms:

Tens of thousands of people have been awarded disability benefits for back pain. Others are claiming the cash for problems such as drug or alcohol abuse and asthma (left).

Top business leaders' pay packets rise by 10%: Bosses of top companies now enjoy £4.3million in pay and perks

Angela Ahrendts was the highest paid boss last year, scooping £16.9million in pay and perks

Leaders of FTSE 100 firms continued to enjoy salary hikes last year - like Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts, left, who scooped £16.9m in pay and perks - while ordinary workers endure pay freezes or meagre increases.

Bloated welfare system and poor performing schools are strangling us in the 'global race', says Cameron

 David Cameron

David Cameron is announcing today that our 'bloated welfare system' is strangling British growth and is one of three ‘national weaknesses' that he plans to radically reform.

Looking radiant, the bride who will be Britain's first black marchioness (and she still managed a smile despite father-in-law snubbing the ceremony)

Longleat wedding

The future Marquess of Bath yesterday married Emma McQuiston (pictured), who says she has been snubbed by the British elite because of her ethnicity and background. Meanwhile, the Marquess of Bath, 80, (inset) appeared to boycott the wedding of his son, which took place at Longleat House yesterday afternoon.

Stop tip-toeing around race of grooming gangs, say MPs: Committee says police and prosecutors must be able to raise issue without being accused of racism

MPs warned against stereotyping offenders

MPs warned against stereotyping offenders because there is no straightforward link between race and child sexual exploitation but said a dangerous trend of Pakistani men grooming young white girls does exist.

Britain is our first choice for a job abroad, say thousands of young Romanians ahead of border controls being scrapped

Britain is the first choice for young Romanians, pictured at a camp in Marble Arch, who want to work abroad and it has sparked concerns that hundreds of thousands could flock here when border controls are scrapped

A poll by a Romanian think-tank suggests that 720,000 people could relocate when restrictions on employment are lifted. Britain has overtaken Germany as the most popular destination to emigrate to.

Horrific death of the young Indian nurse who had acid flung in her face as she waited on a train platform

Preeti Rathi died last Saturday following an acid attack at a Mumbai train station

Preeti Rathi was targeted as she stood alongside her father Amar Singh Rathi at the station on May 2.

When will Prince Philip get a royal visitor? No family member has been to see Duke of Edinburgh in hospital since his abdominal operation

Prince Philip, pictured last week before his operation, will mark his 92nd birthday in hospital today

Prince Philip underwent abdominal surgery on Friday and was said to be ‘progressing well’ but he has not received any visits from the Royal Family since he was admitted to the London Clinic on Thursday.

Wealthy French shepherd whose marriage to blonde Parisian estate agent was heckled by neighbours had 'cut wife out of his will weeks before he died'

Marcel Amphoux

Toothless landowner Marcel Amphoux, 68, who owned five shepherd's huts on valuable Alpine land, has left nothing to his wife Sandrine Devillard, 42, according to reports. Their wedding (above left) caused controversy around France after residents turned out to boo and whistle throughout the ceremony and speculated on Devillard's motivation for marrying Amphoux, who lived in a hut with no running water or electricity.

Shoppers win Flora taste fight: Margarine performs embarrassing U-turn after customers complained about new taste

Consumers seemed to shop with their feet as value sales of Flora spreads fell 12 per cent since the classic recipe was changed

After 17 months of poor sales, the new recipe of Flora will be scrapped in favour of bringing back the original after shoppers did not enjoy the lower fat taste.

Teenager turned down for job at The Body Shop in Cambridge because she 'did not speak Chinese'

Zoe Churchman took her CV into a branch of the Body Shop, and the manager asked if she spoke the language

Sixth-former Zoe Churchman, 18, claimed a manager at the Cambridge branch told her they need a Chinese speaker as 'all our customers are Chinese students'.

One in four angina patients 'get the wrong treatment': 'Flawed' test affects 25 per cent of those checked for the disease

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Angiograms, the test most often used to diagnose the condition, are inaccurate a quarter of the time, says expert cardiologist Professor Nick Curzen.

Three senior Oxford University academics will pay to be deep frozen when they die so they could one day be 'brought back to life'

Stuart Armstrong, his wife Miriam and Anders Sandberg have signed up to be frozen after their death

Stuart Armstrong (left with wife Miriam), Anders Sandberg (right) and have all opted to be frozen immediately after death and paid up to £50,000 each in the hope they can see the future.

Golden girl athlete Donna Hartley dies sunbathing: Former Olympic star, 58, found by husband

Donna Hartley

The former 400m runner and bodybuilder (above performing and earlier this year, inset) is said to have had a heart attack at her Sheffield home. After retiring from athletics, she lead line dancing classes and was working as a spa and leisure manager at a local hotel.

Angry protest or just a PR stunt? I was furious at having to mime, says BGT egg-thrower who had Simon Cowell in her sights

Musician: Talented violinist Natalie Holt said she wanted to protest against Simon Cowell and miming on television

Violinist Natalie Holt (left), who pelted Simon Cowell with eggs in the live final of Britain's Got Talent (right), said she was protesting at his domination of the music industry and performers miming on television. But in turn, the musician, 30, who lives with her boyfriend in Covent Garden, London, was accused of targeting the music mogul during Saturday's show as part of a publicity stunt to raise her profile.

Spy chiefs used U.S. to run secret snoppers' charter, claims Cable after it emerges GCHQ trawled through private information

'Snoopers' charter': Vince Cable admitted the Government had used a U.S. spy programme to monitor people's internet use

Business Secretary Vince Cable made the claim after it emerged GCHQ trawled through private information, including emails, photographs and social networking pages, harvested by a secret U.S. programme.

NSA contractor who leaked details of surveillance scheme reveals himself: The 29-year-old hiding out in Hong Kong after he stole secret data

Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former CIA technical assistant living in Hawaii, says he passed the classified information that blew open a number of intense surveillance operations

Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former CIA technical assistant, says he passed the classified information that blew open a number of intense surveillance operations, to the media because he doesn't 'want to live in a society that does these sort of things.'

I worked in the NHS for 30 years. Dad died in the worst ward I'd ever seen: Daughter's fury at 'filthy and understaffed' hospital

James Bollen, with wife Susanne, contracted three illnesses including boils

James Bollen, 92, (pictured with wife Susanne) died last week at Weston General Hospital in Somerset. His daughter Jane Gill said: 'I have never seen such disregard for patients, relatives and a lack of cleanliness.'

Father spent 20 years trying to discover what caused excruciating pain after doctors failed to spot he had a BROKEN BACK

Nicky Sutherland with his wife Gillian who has supported him throughout his ordeal

Despite numerous appointments, X-rays, MRI scans and operations over 20 years, doctors failed to diagnose Nicky Sutherland, from Lanarkshire. The 42-year-old became dependent painkillers.

French Open final stopped by gay marriage demo: Protester brandishing lit flare broke on to court feet from champion Rafael Nadal

Court invasion at French Open

Rafael Nadal (top left) looked on in shock after a protester who was stripped to the waist, wearing a mask and carrying a lit flare was bundled away by a security guard (right). The incident followed a protest against same-sex marriage in the stands (bottom). After the intruder was led away, Nadal shook hands with his bodyguard before resuming play and beating fellow Spaniard David Ferrer to win his eighth French Open title.

Best-selling author Iain Banks dies of cancer at 59, just weeks after marrying his girlfriend when he realised he was terminally ill

Iain Banks

The Scottish author shocked fans around the world in April when he revealed he was terminally ill. Banks asked his partner Adele Hartley (inset, right) to do him the honour of 'becoming his widow' after learning of his illness. The novelist, whose books include The Wasp Factory and The Crow Road, was able to complete his final work, The Quarry, before his death.

One million children are growing up without a male role model: Report blames single-parent families and lack of men in classrooms

Doing it alone: In parts of the North of England, 75 per cent of families are headed by a single parent. Most of them are mothers

A report from the Centre for Social Justice shows 75% of families in parts of Sheffield, Liverpool and Birmingham are single-parent families.

Outrage as Ed Balls reveals Labour plan to 'cap state pension' in three year freeze on welfare expenditure

Ed Balls' remarks on pensions seemed to take some in his own party by surprise

Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls announced he may cap the state pension if Labour wins the 2015 general election - a suggestion that took many of his own party by surprise.

Nuisance calls nightmare: Blocking service 'fails to stop' phone pests

Which? research found households registered with Telephone Preference Service

Households signed up to the Telephone Preference Service still receive twice as many telemarketing calls as those who haven’t registered, research has found.

Friend calls on Mandela family to 'let him go' as he spends second night in hospital for lung infection

Health issues: The former South African president, seen in April as he recovered from a previous spell in hospital, is being treated for the recurrence of a lung infection

Andrew Mlangeni, 87, one of Nelson Mandela's oldest friends, said once the family 'release' the anti-apartheid hero then the rest of South Africa will be able to as well.

It's a cinch! I got my miniscule 16-inch waist by sleeping in a corset for THREE years (and I'm determined to get it even smaller)

***EXCLUSIVE - NO ONLINE USAGE UNTIL 0:01 MONDAY

Michele Kobke, 24, from Berlin, Germany, has shrunk her waist by an astounding ten inches - from 25 to 15. By comparison, the average British woman has a waist that measures 33.43 inches - equivalent to a dress size 14. Although Kobke's waist is guaranteed to raise a few eyebrows, the German believes she has the perfect feminine figure.

Britain's minute meals: The average adult only spends 23 minutes A DAY eating breakfast, lunch and dinner

Minute meal: The average Brit eat breakfast, lunch and dinner in 23 minutes

Britons are too busy to eat, spending an average nine minutes to finish dinner, consuming all their meals in under half-an-hour.

Alien-hunting telescope could be ready in five years: 250ft Colossus will be trained on planets 70 light years away

Alien hunter: Astronomers want to build this Colossus telescope that could spot signs of alien life up to 70 light years away from Earth

Astronomers believe that the best way of finding extraterrestrial life could be to look for the heat that other civilizations produce using a mega telescope.

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Inside the GP clinic that WILL see you out of hours: It's £70 an appointment and open all weekend. No wonder Britons flock to Polish practice taking on the NHS, writes SUE REID

Nela Molik aged 25 and Lucas Molik aged 24

My Medyk clinic, in Hanger Lane, West London, (pictured bottom left) offers a lifeline to patients forced to use over-burdened hospital casualty departments at weekends, evenings and night times because GPs no longer work out of hours. Set up in 2008 by two Polish doctors, it has 6,000 Britons among the 30,000 patients on its books, all attracted by same-day GP and specialists' appointments that last half an hour and cost £70 - far less than rival private medical services. Among its happy patients are Nela, 25, and Lucasz, 24, (pictured top right). The surgery's manager Radek Przypis (pictured right) said: 'All patients want is to come to one surgery that they know and get treatment fast from a doctor that they trust.'

Diabetes drugs taken by thousands linked to cancer of the pancreas and other serious health problems

blood sugar

The man-made version of hormone that helps to control blood sugar (pictured) and can help patients lose weight was approved for use in 2009. 25,000 prescriptions of the drugs are issued in the UK each year.

'Happy-clappy' vicar forced to quit after elderly parishioners objected to his modern church services

Rev. David Dickinson has quit as vicar of The Holy Trinity Parish Church in Hoghton, Lancashire, after parishioners disliked his evangelical style

Rev David Dickinson caused a wave of resentment at the Holy Trinity Church, Hoghton, Lancashire for introducing family friendly ideas like clapping. The popular vicar, who held the position for eight years, boosted numbers particularly family members, at the church.

1970s sex abuse victims must share blame says Irons: Those Top of the Pops girls were 'goers', actor claims

Jeremy Irons, pictured in London in May, has sparked controversy again by expressing sympathy for high-profile figures accused of sexual offences

The Brideshead Revisited actor expressed sympathy for high-profile figures accused of sex offences in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal and described the alleged crimes as ‘relatively innocuous’.

‘Murdering old terrorist’: BNP leader Nick Griffin’s Twitter insult about ailing Nelson Mandela sparks fury

Nick Griffin, BNP Leader

BNP leader Nick Griffin (pictured) has posted a series of offensive messages about Nelson Mandela, while the 94-year-old former South African president fights a lung infection in hospital.

A recipe for health - by our TV chefs! How the nation's celebrity cooks drink, smoke and overindulge outside the kitchen

CELEBRITY CHEF MARCO PIERRE WHITE

The nation's celebrity chefs drink, smoke and overindulge with abandon but amazingly their tastebuds still seem to be in working order. From Ed Baines (bottom right) and Marco Pierre White (centre) to Antonio Carluccio (bottom left) and Paul Hollywood (top left) they all enjoy a sneaky cigarette after a hard day in the kitchen - or of course they are still peckish, like Masterchef's Gregg Wallace (top right).

Gun owners to face rise in licence fee to fund £19m gap in firearms control scheme

Backdoor move: Sporting gun users accused the police of trying to cut the number of gun owners

The current £50 fee has remained flat for the past ten years and only overs 25 per cent of the estimated £200 cost to process the certificate and maintain security.

Rules being considered on private CCTV cameras to stop homeowners spying on their neighbours

I spy: Private CCTV users may need to follow new rules after surge in complaints about spying neighbours

Private CCTV systems may themselves come under surveillance following a recent surge in complaints about spying neighbours, a Government official has warned.

130 people forced to flee from Islamic school after 'suspicious' fire breaks out in middle of the night

Attacked: Darul Uloom, a Muslim madrassa or religious school, set in the pretty Kent village of Chislehurst, was target of suspected arson

Mustafa Musa, principal at Islamic school Darul Uloom in Chislehurst, Kent, said they are 'deeply saddened' by the suspected arson attack shortly before midnight on Saturday.

Danube reaches record levels as historic capital Budapest goes on ‘high alert’ for river to burst its banks

The River Danube in the centre of Budapest in Hungary is nearly 29ft higher than normal

The Danube is threatening to flood the historic capital Budapest in Hungary, as locals desperately tried to protect themselves today by making sandbags to keep the river down.

The purr-fect spy? After Freya the cat's mysterious vanishing act, No.10 insiders are asking if Osborne's roving tabby has returned as a Chinese agent

Concerns have been raised as Freya has gained access to some of the Government's most sensitive buildings

George Osborne's wandering pet Freya has sparked claims of dastardly foreign espionage tactics after breaching security at some of the Government's most sensitive buildings. Senior figures have warned the Chancellor that his highly inquisitive feline may have developed 007-style leanings since she mysteriously reappeared in Downing Street after a curious two-year absence.

Turkey PM vows to beat 'looters' and says he will not back down during defiant speech on an open-top bus

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan greeting his supporters at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul on Friday

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned his opponents as ‘looters’ today, making it clear he has no intention of backing down over anti-government protests in Istanbul.

Taliban suicide bomber who tried to assassinate Afghan Intelligence Chief got past security agents by hiding bomb inside his body

Assassination:

Security officials were stumped as to how the attacker managed to blow himself up after he was strip searched in Kabul. Asadullah Khalid (pictured) was injured in the blast.

'I listened to Marilyn die': Private eye who bugged Monroe's house reveals details of her final hours in his diary

'Passed around': President John F Kennedy and his brother Bobby (left) with Marilyn Monroe

Documents belonging to the late Fred Otash, suggest Monroe had a sexual relationship with President John F Kennedy and his younger brother Bobby and complained about being 'passed around like a piece of meat'.

Obama makes climate change agreement with China as he presses leader on cybersecurity and North Korea

Agreement: U.S. President Barack Obama, pictured right, confronts China President Xi Jinping on cybersecurity but both agree to tackle climate change and take action on North Korea

The U.S. President confronted China President Xi Jinping over allegations of cyber theft yesterday but they did agree to tackle climate change and work toward 'denuclearizing' North Korea at their Californian summit.

Son suspected of killing mother and sister 'had begged to stay locked up in mental hospital'

Katie Jenkin, left, brother John Jenkin, right. John arrested on suspicion of murder

John Jenkin, 23, (right) had been sectioned after an apparent suicide attempt in the week before the double murder. His sister Katie (left) and mother Alice McMeekin were found dead at their home in Millom. According to a relative, John Jenkin had a history of mental health problems and had pleaded in vain to be kept locked up because he feared harming himself or someone else.

Typical! Men won't ask for help to improve driving: Just 22% sign up for free course

Stubborn: Only 22 per cent of people signing up for a free course to improve driving are men

The AA has offered 2,000 free lessons to help drivers improve their skills - but fewer than a quarter of people who took advantage of the offer were men.

Collector makes it into the Guinness Book of Records for owning a whopping 45,000 fridge magnets

 magnetic attraction

American Louise J. Greenfarb lives in Henderson, Nevada, and started gathering fridge magnets in the 1970s.

Buckingham Palace is caught in row over MPs' plans to allow same sex weddings in Parliament chapel

Queen Elizabeth pictured with the Dean of Westminster, The Very Reverend Dr John Hall

MPs are demanding that the chapel, the main place of Christian worship in the Palace of Westminster, can be used for the same sex ceremonies - a controversial move which has the support of Speaker John Bercow.

Royal family's armed bodyguards threaten to sue Scotland Yard over plan to buy out their overtime with £15,000 lump sum

Protection: Protection officers, one pictured intervening when a fan tried to hug the queen, said they are being singled out and should be paid fairly for their work

Members of Scotland Yard’s SO14 royalty protection team claim changes to their pay means they are being treated differently to other officers. They have been offered an annual lump sum instead of claiming overtime

A woman riding three horses... 3,000 sheep walking down the middle of the road: The bizarre way Marseille celebrated becoming European Capital of Culture

Transhumance

The incredible images were taken yesterday during festivities to celebrate Marseille-Provence being named the 2013 European Capital of Culture. The visually-stunning parade was called 'TransHumance', after the seasonal migration of people with their livestock when herds are moved to new grazing grounds.

The £1,500 Lloyds and RBS shares 'giveaway': Taxpayers could be offered no-risk stake in banks

i30 per cent of shares in Lloyds would be distributed to taxpayers who are able to apply for them at no initial cost

The scheme has been devised by think tank Policy Exchange and being studied closely by the Treasury. Taxpayers would take the profits from any rise in the share price above the floor price but would not lose any money if the share price dropped.

Former minister Tim Yeo faces call to quit in new lobby scandal

Filmed: Former minister Tim Yeo was filmed appearing to boast that he had previously coached a paying client in private

Tim Yeo, the chairman of the powerful Commons energy and climate change committee, was filmed apparently bragging that he had privately coached the director of the firm.

How one in three of us gambles with our health by ignoring 'use by' dates on food

Danger: A third of people eat food that is past its 'use by' date despite tests showing food poisoning bacteria is found on two thirds of fresh chicken sold on the high street (FILE PHOTO)

A third of people would happily eat 'use by' foods - despite tests showing food poisoning bacteria can be found on two thirds of chicken sold on the high street.

A third of women in their late 20s miss their smear test despite cancer being most common in this age group

According to the research women are too embarrassed or busy to make an appointment

Research has found that many women are too embarrassed to have the tests or too busy to make an appointment. Each year there are around 2,800 new cases of cervical cancer and 900 deaths.

'We have an idiot on the show': Ranting conspiracy theorist is ridiculed by Andrew Neil after outburst on BBC's Sunday Politics

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U.S. radio host Alex Jones (right) was on BBC One's Sunday Politics with journalist David Aaronovitch to discuss the secretive Bilderberg Conference, which has been taking place over the past week in Hertfordshire. But Mr Jones, 39, launched into a noisy rant about the theories available on his website about the U.S. government 'disappearing people', which led to him eventually being cut off by Andrew Neil (left), 64.

Rapists are posting sickening trophy videos of attacks online, charity warns

Terrified: Rape victims whose horrific ordeals were filmed by their attackers may find the footage posted online, after a reported surge in such crimes

Research by Rape Crisis found attackers bragged in up to 100 cases of rape in last year they would post footage online. Charity urges government to change law loophole permitting 'acted' rape.

Boy, 4, dies after mirror falls on his head at Hugo Boss store

Police are appealing to shoppers who may have seen the incident at the Huge Boss store

The boy was taken to John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford on Tuesday evening but died in the early hours of this morning. Thames Valley Police has issued an appeal for witnesses to come forward.

Ex-Emmerdale star investigated over claims he raped 13-year-old boy in the 1970s

An ex-Emmerdale star is being investigated over claims he raped a 13-year-old boy at his home in the early 1970s

A man has come forward to say he was attacked by the actor in the early 1970s. The claims were made to Operation Yewtree officers investigating the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal.

New call for Met chief to resign over Plebgate 'media leak': Mitchell supporters accuse top officer of 'undermining the judicial process'

Accused: Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe faces calls to resign over claims he leaked details

Scotland Yard Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe faces calls to resign over claims he leaked details on the progress of an inquiry into the controversy. He is also accused of not recording meetings with journalists.

Who's the daddy? How that cute moonwalking pony turned into a lothario with the ladies (and in true celebrity style is already facing a paternity suit!)

Socks, the dancing Shetland pony from the Three adverts, is at the centre of a paternity dispute

Socks the dancing Shetland pony (top) who shot to fame after he was featured on adverts for mobile phone network Three is at the centre of a DNA dispute over whether he fathered a foal. He swam across a loch to meet mare Kimberley (bottom left), who was intended for another stallion Nuggett (bottom right). Now she has given birth to colt Scamp (bottom centre), Socks's owners are testing to see which male is the father.

Easter Island's mystical statues may have been 'walked' into place using ropes by mysterious civilisation

Doubt has been cast on a theory that the Stone Heads of Easter Island, pictured, were 'walked' into position

One thing has always led to debate: how exactly did the tribe move the 'moai' to their final destinations without the benefit of modern technology?

Monster mosquitoes 20 TIMES the size of a normal bug invade central Florida after heavy rains

Ouch: The giant gallinipper mosquito, pictured, is invading central Florida

Entomologists at the University of Florida had predicted the massive insects, known as gallinippers, would descend on the sunshine state this year in record numbers.

Bodies of 13 people are found and 50 more are feared dead after asylum seekers' boat capsizes in Australian waters

Many asylum seekers hope for a better life in Australia and surrounding territories - sometimes with devastating consequences. This boat was driven on to the rocks surrounding Christmas Island in December 2010, 2010.

The group had been sailing from Indonesia to Christmas Island, which is in Australian territory, when their leaky fishing vessel came to grief.

'John Malkovich saved my life': Famous actor comes to the rescue of an elderly man in Toronto

Actor John Malkovich came to the rescue of an Ohio tourist who slipped and fell outside of his hotel in Toronto

Actor John Malkovich came to the rescue of an elderly man who slipped and fell and slit his throat outside a Toronto hotel

Hero dog who helped save owner after 450ft mountain fall is found after surviving for TEN DAYS on Snowdonia without food or water

Sutty had not been seen since he helped raise the alarm when his owner fell 450ft on the mountain

Black spaniel Sutty had built himself a nest on a tiny ledge about 2,000ft high and survived for 10 days without food or water until two walkers heard him whimpering and found him near Atlantic Slabs in Snowdonia. It is believed he had been scared away by the sound of an RAF helicopter that rescued his 60-year-old owner after the fall in Ogwen Valley. Sutty is pictured with one of his rescuers Sian Williams.

Girl, 16, who suffered back injury which confined her to wheelchair makes astonishing recovery... after getting stuck in a TOY CAR

Olivia Johnston-Wilder

Olivia Johnston-Wilder, of Coventry, West Midlands, was left paralysed from the waist down after a fall fractured her back and left her unable to feel her legs, leaving her wheelchair-bound. The girl - who has bipolar disorder - said she 'gave up' at one point during her recovery after the accident in February 2011, but suddenly felt feeling in her legs after getting stuck in the toy.

Need a break? The American companies that allow their workers to BUY extra vacation time

Clocking in for extra time off

Some companies allow their workers to buy and sell vacation time, a perk that gives workers more flexibility in managing their time off.

Say goodbye to coffee rings on your table! Ingenious new mug prevents spills from staining

Designer Kim Keun Ae has created a coffee mug with an ingenious twist that makes you wonder why it hasn¿t been invented before

Designer Kim Keun Ae has created a coffee mug with an ingenious twist that makes you wonder why it hasn't been invented before. The Drop Rest Cup stop drips of coffee creating a stain on your furniture or newspaper.

Lesbian housemaid who falsely accused Tory MP boss of trying to lure her into a threesome claims her life has been ruined

Anne Lyndoe-Tavistock falsely claimed Richard Drax, 55, and wife Elsebet groped her and tried to perform a sex act on her

Anne Lyndoe-Tavistock falsely claimed South Dorset MP Richard Drax, 55, and wife Elsebet groped her and tried to perform a sex act on her.

Missing diary of Hitler confidant which 'sheds new light on the Third Reich' is discovered in New York 70 years after disappearing at the Nuremberg trials

Harrowing tales: A diary has been recovered which belonged to Hilter confidant Alfred Rosenberg

The 400 pages belonged to Alfred Rosenberg, a high-ranking Nazi who played a central role in the extermination of millions of Jews and others during World War Two.

A tale of two tigers: South African loves big cats so much he's adopted two... and don't they look right at home?

Tiger man

Michael Jamison shares his home in South Africa with two-year-old Bengal tiger Enzo (pictured with him, left) and seven-month-old Siberian tiger Ozzy (seen in the kitchen, right). Ozzy is a rescue tiger and he suffers from deformed legs and feet as a result of malnutrition.

 
   

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He's a bit hen-pecked! Photographer catches moment bird is given a squawking-to by his female mate

Hen-pecking: A female gives her mate a good squawking-to in the Costa Rican jungle

This is the moment a bird is given such a severe henpecking he appears to almost fall off his perch in the Costa Rican jungle as the pair are captured by Hungarian wildlife photographer Csada Godeny. Quarrels between the sexes are common during the mating season and the birds' antics attract hoards of keen wildlife photographers.

Pictured: U.S. college gunman John Zawahri, 23, who went on shooting rampage killing four because he was angry at parents' divorce

Pictured: John Zawahri, 23, in his Santa Monica High School yearbook. Zawahri killed four and was himself killed by police after a 15 minute shooting spree Friday that ended at Santa Monica College

A high school yearbook photo of 23-year-old John Zawahri has been revealed after a shootout in Santa Monica that ended with four dead and Zawahri killed by police.

Boy, 11, found dead in same U.S. hotel room two elderly people died in two months ago from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning

A boy, 11, and his critical mother were found dead in the same Best Western, Boone, hotel room in which an elderly couple died in April

The boy's mother is in hospital in a critical condition after the suspected carbon monoxide leak in their Best Western, Boone, hotel room yesterday.

Girl, 2, nearly dies from undiagnosed cancer after parents were turned away FOUR times by GP who insisted she just had a cold

Cancer: Parents Zoe and Daniel Stanton took daughter Sofia, two, to their GP four times but were told each time she had a cold or chest infection

Worried parents Danny and Zoe Stanton took their daughter Sofia to see her GP in Ashford, Kent, four times in a month with wheezing and breathing problems. They were given antibiotics and told she had a cold or chest infection every time. It was only when the little girl turned blue at a family party and was rushed to hospital that she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

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Local soldiers prepare a makeshift dam against flooded water of River Danube on Margareth Island        

Extremely rare 50ft Giant Oarfish that lives up to 3,000ft underwater caught on camera in its natural environment for the first time

oar fish

Louisiana State University marine biologists captured five new observations of the giant oarfish on film off of the Gulf of Mexico, in a partnership with offshore oil drillers. Scientists believe this is the first time that the giant oarfish has been caught on film

Helicopter smash in Russia caused by pilot letting drunk passenger take the controls

Accident: A Robinson R44 helicopter, similar to the one that crashed after a drunk pilot apparently let a passenger, also drunk, fly the aircraft

A US-made Robinson R44 went down in a forest near the town of Solnechnogorsk, northwest of Moscow, on the afternoon of December 8.

Photograph used in secretive NSA programme logo taken by British broadcaster Adam Hart-Davis

The logo of data-mining programme Prism uses a picture taken by British broadcaster Adam Hart-Davis

The image used in the controversial National Security Agency Prism logo appears to be a close-up of historian Hart-Davis' picture that has then been inverted.

American woman stabs man to death with stiletto heel

'Killer' heels: a Houston woman allegedly turned footwear into a lethal weapon

A man is dead and a woman is charged with murder in a bizarre stabbing incident in Texas - the suspected murder weapon is a stiletto shoe.

Westminster's world heritage status in danger from London's newest skyscrapers

Westminster could be placed on the endangered list for world heritage sites if towering developments south of the Thames go ahead, according to Unesco

Unesco has been asked by advisors to consider putting Big Ben, Parliament and Westminster Abbey on its endangered list at its annual meeting next week in Cambodia.

Another lost President Lincoln document found, this time on a closet shelf - the second in a week

Retiring President of Pennsylvania's Lycoming College was cleaning out his office closet when he stumbled on a historical document signed by President Lincoln that had been lost for years.

Retiring President of Pennsylvania's Lycoming College stumbled on the certificate signed by the President when he was clearing out his office.

Flying fish - to your table! Sushi restaurant offers diners a taste of the future with gadget designed to deliver food at 25mph

A sushi restaurant is trialling the delivery of food to customers' tables with the world's first flying tray

Japanese firm YO! Sushi claims its waiters can now whizz the bizarre iPad-controlled iTray over tables and between chairs at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour, or six times faster than they usually walk. According to the chain's CEO Robin Rowland, staff at a central London branch will use iPads with a flight control app to make the unlikely-looking tray take off vertically to the height set by the user.