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Magnificent images of death-defying cliff divers tumbling 88 feet

The 14 divers gathered in Thailand for the eighth and final round of the annual Red Bull Cliff Diving competition today. They have all spent months preparing.read


SHAMEFUL: Fury over UK soldiers investigated after performing Nazi-style salute in Helmand

Apparently taken at an Army base, the photograph of two serving British soldiers giving Nazi-style salutes will provoke international disgust as Remembrance Day approaches.read


Charles Saatchi legal threat to tell why he and Nigella Lawson really broke up

Letter to Nigella's solicitors makes allegations about her behaviour and will apparently depict notorious argument outside London restaurant in an 'entirely different light'.read


U.S. monitored German Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone since 2002

Germany is sending senior intelligence officials to Washington amid outrage over claims the U.S. National Security Agency monitored German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cell phone.read


London rents are so high it is now cheaper to live in BARCELONA and commute in (and here's how...)

Sam Cookney, a 30-year-old social media manager worked out an alternative way to cut the cost of his commute after becoming sick of rent prices.read


Teenager killed herself after parents banned her from Facebook

Aiswarya Dahiwal, a second year college student from Parbhani, in the Maharashtra state of India, had asked her parents for permission to log on to the site on Wednesday, but they said no.read


Giggling George basking in the radiant glow of his mother's love: An utterly captivating new Royal christening portrait... released by VERY proud parents

After the christening, and with all the other photographs done, George saved his best until last letting out a burst of giggles for this gorgeous image.read


Heinz squeezed out by McDonald's as fast food chain drops its ketchup from the menu after more than 40 years

The fast food chain says that the surprising split is down to 'recent management changes' - Heinz is now led by Bernardo Hees former chief executive of McDonald's arch-rivals Burger King.read


Didn't see THAT coming! Psychic bus driver who refused to pick up children because he sensed 'something bad would happen' is fired

The clairvoyant driver, who has not been named, left the children standing at the side of the road in Dundee.read


Civilian police worker thrown in the cells by her police colleagues and told she faced life behind bars all for revealing her boss cheated the taxpayer

Irene Brown, pictured with her husband Steve, spoke out against wrongdoing and turned whistleblower on her employer, Cumbria Police, but paid a high price.read


FBI to launch investigation as it emerges cops 'shot 13-year-old boy carrying toy rifle' only 10 SECONDS after first spotting him

The FBI is investigating of the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Andy Lopez by a sheriff's deputy in Northern California after it emerged that police took no more than 10 seconds to open fire on Lopez after seeing him with a toy pellet gun.read


Duke of Cambridge says footballers can inspire the nation at FA 15Oth anniversary gala

Football Association president the Duke of Cambridge believes footballers can inspire the British nation in a similar manner to the Olympic stars of 2012.read


'You're lucky. I'm totally trapped': In his own astonishing words, what Prince Charles really thinks about his gilded cage by close confidante Selina Scott

Prince Charles told friend of twenty-five years Selena Scott that he felt straight-jacketed by his royal life and longed to be able to decide for himself what he wanted to do.read


'We've reached the end of antibiotics': Top CDC expert declares that 'miracle drugs' that have saved millions are no match against 'superbugs' because people have overmedicated themselves

Dr Arjun Srinivasan, the associate director of the CDC, said that the misuse and overuse of antibiotics have rendered them powerless to fight continuously evolving infections like MRSA.read


BBC staff in revolt as freelance deals are axed in tax row: Corporation to phase out contracts which allow workers to be taxed as companies and not individuals

The corporation has pledged to end the paying of stars, reported to include newsreader Sophie Raworth, (pictured) through 'personal service companies'.read


Saudi women get behind the wheel to protest against ban on female drivers despite warning from authorities

Activist May Al Sawyan said four women, including herself, have successfully driven in defiance of the ban. No law exists banning women from the roads but they are not issued licences.read


The high street coffees that have TEN times as much caffeine as a can of Coca-Cola

A large americano from Costa Coffee contains 370mg of caffeine. This is compared with the 32mg in a can of Coke, a drink already perceived as being high in caffeine.read


Brace yourself: 90mph winds will hit the British coast at midnight tonight wreaking havoc across the country

A vast area of low pressure is forming over the Atlantic Ocean and 'Storm St Jude' - named after the patron saint of lost causes - is expected to hit the South-West coast at around midnight before causing havoc across the South.read


Coastguards launch search for man feared missing in the Severn Estuary

Swansea Coastguard began looking for the man this morning when the man's empty boat was found on the St Pierre Pill, near Chepstow in South Wales.read


Dinosaurs were able to grow large because of 'squishier' joints than modern mammals

Researchers believe that additional layers of cartilage connecting dinosaurs' bones enabled their skeletons to hold more weight and not buckle under their own size.read


A monster's memoirs: Never seen before, the self-pitying jail journal of Myra Hindley

The Moors murderer's warped emotions are laid bare from beyond the grave at the start of an unpublished autobiography that hows no respect for the suffering of her victims.read


That's more like it! Two friends regain their crown for brewing the world's strongest beer after customers complained their first effort was too WEAK

Scots Lewis Shand and John McKenzie spent nine months creating their latest beer, Snake Venom, with 67.5 per cent alcohol at £50 a bottleread


The Simpsons star Marcia Wallace dies aged 70

For over 20 years her laugh has been one of Hollywood's most distinctive, but Marcia Wallace passed away on Friday night.read


Woman, 28, dies of stab wounds in suspected murder suicide in Doncaster

The body of a 36-year-old man was also found at the scene in the Scawsby area of Doncaster, and detectives are not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths.read


Scientists find germs in your GUMS can reveal your ethnicity in the same way fingerprints can

Testing almost 400 different types of microbes, scientists were able to work out which had come from a white, Chinese, Latino or non-Hispanic black person.read


Bitstrips, a new app which turns faces into cartoons becomes latest Facebook sensation

Bitstrips allows users to turn themselves into a cartoon alter-ego and amuse (or perhaps annoy) their friends in the form of a digital comic strip.read


Kadir Nurman dead at 80 after 'inventing' doner kebab at his market stall in West Berlin over 40 years ago

Kadir Nurman, widely credited as the inventor of the popular fast food meal, passed away in Berlin at the age of 80.read


Heart-rending confession in rare interview with Harry Potter author JK Rowling: My desperate urge to take baby from orphanage cot

JK Rowling has revealed the heartbreaking moment she almost snatched a baby in a 'cold and frightening' so-called orphanage in Eastern Europe.read


French footballers threaten to strike over government plan to impose 75 per cent 'super tax' on clubs

The French President has said he will stand by the 75 per cent levy on annual earnings over €1m despite strike threats from football clubs.read


'I want George to be a Villa fan:' Prince William vows to take his son to see his team 'thrash' Manchester United

The Duke of Cambridge has promised to take the little prince - christened on Wednesday - to watch his team in a video message released today to mark the 150th anniversary of the Football Assocaition.read


Has Cherie had coaching to lose her Scouse tones? Barrister wife of former PM 'lost northern tones' on radio appearance

Mrs Blair has had lessons and now seems more authoritative, according to voice expert Caroline Goyder.read


Price of olives soars by 50 PER CENT as bad weather in Greece leads to shortage

Farmers have reported that crop yields are down by up to 80 per cent, meaning that anyone wanting to enjoy them in the UK will have to pay more.read


Former barrister turned farmer found dead weeks after getting married

Ben Hinchliff, 46, who gave up his job as a London lawyer to pursue his dream of being a farmer, was found dead in an outbuilding on his farm on Friday.read


Is this the decline of Wikipedia? A third of 'staff' have quit the site thanks to dumbed down software and auto-delete tools

The crowd sourced online encyclopedia has seen volunteer editorial staff dwindle by a third since it made a raft of changes in 2007.read


Police sorry after they posted 'racist' Tweet with the words 'Officers 1 Immigrants 0' following raid on suspected illegal workers

The offensive message was posted on the Guildford Police website after a successful operation which saw several people detained.read


Iranian government hangs 16 'rebels' in revenge after 14 of its guards are killed

The executions took place hours after the rebels ambushed the border guards near the town of Saravan in southeast Iran Fars agency reported.read


Al-Qaeda imprisons 60 Syrians as they try to turn the country into an Islamic state

Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) have targeted the town of Azaz near the Turkish border where 200 residents have already pledged loyalty to the group.read


£2.2m avoidance boast of Gordon Ramsay's tax expert in leaked memo

The highly damaging document, apparently written for the chef (pictured) and his former business partner, boasts of avoiding more than £2.2 million in tax.read


Can he or can't he? Ethical minefield as Boots sell Britain's first instant male fertility tests

Britain's first DIY male fertility test appears in shops this weekend enabling men – and women – to do sperm count checks at home.read


Father started killer blaze after daughter planned to wed lover he didn't approve of

Mohammed Inayat flew into a rage when his daughter Kalsoom Bibi (pictured) told him she planned to move to Dubai to marry a policeman.read


From 'arguido' to 'assistente': McCanns apply for prosecutor status which will let them see all Portuguese case files if any suspects face trial

Portuguese police have finally admitted that Kate and Gerry McCann are no longer suspects more than five years after the original investigation, according to the couple's Portuguese lawyer.read


Police smash high class prostitution ring that paid well known Brazilian models £60,000 a WEEK to 'service' clients around the world

Police chief Luiz Tempestini, who led the investigation, said many of the women, who have not been named, worked as dancers, models or actresses on popular Brazilian TV shows.read


Teenager, 18, sentenced for biting officer while being arrested for wearing a niqab appears in French appeal court

Louise-Marie Suisse was stopped by two police officers near a mosque in the centre of Marseille in late July, for wearing a niqab - full-face veil - in breach of a ban introduced last year.read


Mayor of Calais claims British anarchists fuel chaos by helping army of migrants targeting UK

Natacha Bouchart said the number of people trying to make it across the Channel was becoming 'untenable' and radical action was needed.read


X-Factor and Miss Dynamix star Jeanette Akua reveals horror of kidnappers ,Johannesburg,South Africa,

Miss Dynamix singer Jeanette Akua, 21, was in Johannesburg in her native South Africa when the attack happened.read


Pictured: Woman police suspect 'robbed elderly patients taking jewellery and stealing thousands from their bank accounts'

The woman is pictured strolling down a corridor in St. Peter's Hospital in Chertsey, where it is believed she lied to patients claiming that she worked there.read


Pigeon racing rocked by doping scandal as Belgian birds are found with traces of painkillers and COCAINE in their system

Five birds tested were found to have Mobistix - a painkiller used to combat fever and inflammation - in their blood.read


Matthew Dillon escaped from jail as he was 'fed up' fathered two children on the run

After staging the simple escape, Dillon found love and was living with his unwitting partner - who had no idea he was on the run - and their two children when police finally tracked him down.read


Top law firm sends email to female employees telling them to 'learn hard words' and to stop giggling and showing cleavage

Clifford Chance circulated the memo, entitled 'Speaking Effectively', to its U.S.-based female lawyers, who have accused the firm of singling out women as unprofessional and absent minded.read


Bus 'perverts' claim their hobby is being ruined by rude hand signals from abusive drivers who don't want their photos taken

Bus enthusiasts Harry Blakeway and Martin Anderson say they get called ‘bus perverts’ when they take photos and drivers threaten to smash their £300 cameras.read


'You shouldn't be out the house with a baby this young': What Sainsbury's worker told new mother who tried to take her six-week-old baby into the shop

Sainsbury's has apologised to Sabina Latto after a female member of staff made the comment having approached her in the Hedge End store in Hampshire.read


Parents of teacher missing with her daughter, 5, face jail for refusing to reveal where she's hiding following tug-of-love court battle with the child's father

A High Court judge ruled that Brian and Patricia Davies, both in their 70s, and the couple's other daughter Melanie Williams, were in contempt of court after not revealing all they knew about Jacqueline Davies, 49, (right) and daughter Alice's (left) disappearance.read


Women behaving badly: Ladettes are blamed for rise in females with broken noses

A study of English hospitals found that the number of young women having their noses reset rose almost nine-fold in seven years.read


Police hunt for mother who abandoned newborn son in Holland two years after she left a baby girl in Germany

The boy (right) was found in the city of Roermond on June 18 this year, 62 miles away from where a baby girl (left) was abandoned in Huerth, Germany in October 2011.read


Now Royal Mail plans to swamp you with cold calls

The recently privatised firm is putting barcodes on letters, allowing it to tell firms when their marketing messages have been delivered.read


Almost half of Britons are too busy to enjoy a lie-in while only a quarter 'regularly' sleep through the night, according to survey

A survey by bed manufacturer Silentnight found that Britons yearn for more sleep, but don't want to give up other things to get it.read


Peers: We didn't get a say on Press curbs

Controversial plans to impose a Royal Charter on the Press next week are ‘inconsistent with our democratic traditions’, senior peers warned last night.read


The head who expelled Harry Reid says the five-year-old is the naughtiest boy she has ever taught. His mum Debbie insists he is a victim. So who is right?

Harry Reid was expelled from St Ambrose Barlow Catholic School in Hall Green, Birmingham, after the headmistress branded him ‘the naughtiest child I’ve ever dealt with’read


photographer Bruce Jackson's Inside The Wire shows life Southern prisons in the 1960s and '70s

Documentary photographer Bruce Jackson has created a striking photographic record of Southern prison farms of the 1960s and '70s, when he was given unsupervised access to prison grounds, guards and prisoners themselves.read


NHS to be banned from using 'toxic' metal hip replacements after failure rate soars to four in 10 cases

The guidance was issued by a health watchdog following the research of 17,000 patients who had some of the implants.read


Will less-fat Kit Kat taste the same? Snack about to have its recipe changed as part of new phase of public health drive

The Nestle snack will change the oil used to make the wafer filling to cut saturated fat. But makers insist that taste will not be compromised.read


Battersea power station chimneys set to be top wedding venue in billion-pound development plan

The iconic site, which has lain unused for three decades, is set to become the backdrop for brides and grooms with money to burn in London, developers claim.read


Disabled man died after plunging head first down staircase in his wheelchair after drinking 10 pints

Council worker David Henley had drunk ten pints with friends in a hotel but took an exit leading to six steps instead of a wheelchair ramp.read


Turning back time: Keepers of Big Ben tasked with five-hour mission to move the most famous hands in Britain back one hour

A five-strong team work a two-day marathon shift to turn the hands of London's iconic Big Ben back as we say goodbye to British Summer Time and revert to GMT.read


Disabled pensioner is banned from using Sainsbury's home delivery service 'for calling their driver a coloured gentleman'

Marian Burke, 73, from Highgate, north London, says she used the term entirely innocently to refer to a ‘lovely’ deliveryman who works for the supermarket.read


Jack Straw to step down as an MP at the next general election

The former home secretary, foreign secretary and lord chancellor broke the news to his constituency Labour Party in Blackburn, the Lancashire town which he has served as MP since 1979.read


Police are using high-voltage Tasers on children as young as 11 almost every day, new figures reveal

New figures released after a parliamentary question revealed more than 320 uses in a year - an 11-fold increase since they were first approved.read


Football fans spending FOUR TIMES more for hotel and ticket packages cheaper to buy them separately

EXCLUSIVE: A study by consumer champion Which? looked at the price of 12 packages with the travel giant Thomas Cook for some of the biggest games of the season.read


Compound found in eggs and chocolate credited with increasing feelings of trust

Chaps, if you fear your wife doesn’t entirely trust you, get on her good side by whipping up an omelette. And to really make an impression, serve chocolate mousse for dessert.read


First-time mother goes into labour in her SLEEP... and wakes up to see the baby's head has already emerged

Sarah Pearson woke at home in Barnsley to find she was in the final stages of labour leaving her boyfriend Graeme Smith to deliver their son, Charlie.read


Britain's on the path to prosperity! Say the Tories as growth hits its fastest rate since general election

The Chancellor has warned that voters cannot expect big giveaways in the coming weeks, and more difficult decisions on spending cuts will have to be made.read


Energy bill hikes are 'morally wrong', Cameron warns as he takes aim at power firms' profits and green levies pushing up costs

The Prime Minister is locked in negotiations with his Lib Dem deputy Nick Clegg over the future of green levies which push up bills by more than £100-a-year.read


A new front line: Moving photographs of the wounded warriors adjusting to life at home, marked by the horrors of war

New Jersey-based photographer Tom Sperduto spent a year capturing wounded warriors returning from war and transitioning to their new lives at home.read


How Peter Sissons received Homebase apology over £90 parking ticket

The former Question Time presenter (pictured) left his car in a retail park while he went shopping with his wife Sylvia at Pets at Home and Homebase in Sevenoaks, Kent, on Monday afternoon.read


Your chance to snap up a new home in Britain's 'blingest' street... that's if you have a spare £65million to spend

As the Saudi Arabian Royal family sell off their 10 houses in The Bishops Avenue, Hampstead, the next generation of the super-rich are preparing to move in.read


Eerily tranquil images taken by brave spitfire pilots sweeping the French coastline in 1944 show the German-occupied Normandy coastline just before to the D-Day landings

The photos were snapped by highly-skilled Spitfire pilots who recorded the landscape as seen from the sea ahead of the pivotal beach invasion.read


Hilarious 'Married' Kama Sutra sketches depict life as part of a couple

Cleaning, work stresses, child rearing and even bodily functions are all issues that can creep into sour married life and are wittily depicted in the book.read


Flagship free school in £86,000 'fiddle': Embarrassment for ministers after spending inquiry

Kings Science Academy in Bradford, visited by David Cameron last year, was given £86,335 in funding that had 'not been used for its intended purpose'.read


Jimmy Savile's former chauffeur appears in court charged with series of rapes of young girls

Ray Teret, 72, who was also a flatmate of the disgraced DJ, spoke only to confirm his name and address during the 30-minute hearing at Manchester City Magistrates' Court.read


A lot less of a lotto win: Work syndicate sees £1.5m taken off jackpot after blunder by Camelot

Gina Nolan (pictured) and 11 colleagues from Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, in her work syndicate matched six numbers on the National Lottery last Saturday.read


Lah-dih-dah and airy-fairy: Cameron's swipe at the Guardian as he defends intelligence services over eavesdropping claims

The Prime Minister said his fellow EU leaders should stop complaining about snooping by GCHQ and the NSA because British spies have saved their citizens from terrorist attack.read


Was ISRAEL behind the hacking of millions of French phones and NOT the U.S.? Extraordinary twist in spying saga revealed

In the latest extraordinary twist in the global eavesdropping scandal, Israeli agents are said to have intercepted more than 70 million calls and text messages a month.read


'It's my first time, I'm sorry': What sex attacker told victim who tried but failed to rape her because of his drunken impotence

Sudan-born Khalid Abdullah held a knife to his victim's throat, saying he 'needed sex', but could not carry out the rape and later apologised.read


Coursework axed as 'easy' A-levels are made harder and students return to studying traditional subjects

In English literature pupils will focus on eight instead of 12 texts, while in history they will examine a broader sweep of crucial events to better prepare them for university.read


Anna Friel accused of 'distorting facts' in charity film to save Virunga National Park

The Rochdale-born actress said she would have 'loved' to cross the border into Virunga National Park, but was not allowed to due to the 'armed conflict'.read


Japan earthquake: Tsunami warning for area near crippled Fukushima nuclear site following tremor of magnitude 7.3

The 7.3 magnitude tremor hit at 2.10am on Saturday (5.10pm GMT today) near the crippled Fukushima nuclear site.read


Grangemouth saved from closure after humiliating climbdown by unions to save 800 jobs at huge plant

Unite, the union whose strike threat triggered the crisis at the oil refinery, has accepted a three-year pay freeze and committed not to strike during that period.read


Sun unleashed one of its strongest solar flares, sparking temporary radio blackout

Solar flares this week knocked out radio transmissions and had the potential to disrupt satellite communications and possibly harm astronauts in orbit.read


999 call handler is sacked 'after getting the giggles' with man who phoned to report a member of his own family for drink-driving

Sue Heeney, 38, who worked for Essex Police, says she chuckled with the caller to 'help him relax' as he tried to give her the car's registration number.read


Hiker carries dog to safety after he was shot and left on mountain

An early morning hike turned into a rescue mission for an Arizona mother after she stumbled across a dog that had been shot and abandoned on a mountain.read


Sarah Palin taunts Piers Morgan with picture of bear she shot dead and posted on Facebook

Sarah Palin found a novel way to turn down an interview request from Piers Morgan, posting a picture on Facebook of a bear she shot and saying she was busy.read


Police admit decomposing body found in garden of family home is 'likely' to be public schoolboy who vanished two months ago after he'd 'stolen valuable items from his mother'

Officers searching for public schoolboy Miller Redpath, 18, said the body found his family home in Wenhaston, Suffolk is 'likely' to be him.read


The great saturated fat delusion: 80% of Britons have no idea how much they should be eating

A poll conducted by Sainsbury's also revealed that one in five adults in Briton think all types of fat are bad for one's health.read


How marriage DOES benefit your wealth, health and children... by think tank that used to say it didn't matter

The Institute of Fiscal Studies report said they are more likely to own their home, have better jobs and be more highly educated.read


Chelsea house, former home of painter of Whistler's mother up for rent

The three bedroom house is the former home and studio of the American born Victorian artists James Whistler.read


Tablet computers from Tesco and Argos 'put children at risk of porn'

Newly-released tablet computers from Tesco and Argos do not come fitted with filters, an expert warned last night.read


£200 NHS levy on foreigners 'will attract more health tourists': Top cancer surgeon claims move would be a 'disaster'

Professor J Meirion Thomas said the planned surcharge would create the 'best travel insurance on the planet'read


Rayleigh PC Hannah Notley 'failed to investigate a rape allegation'

Hannah Notley, 30, who was based at Rayleigh Police Station in Essex, committed a 'gross breach of trust,' Westminster Magistrates' Court heard.read


Racist killer who murdered pensioner within five days of entering UK told he will serve minimum of 40 years in prison

Pavlo Lapshyn, 25, killed Mohammed Saleem as the 82-year-old made his way home from evening prayers and later bombed three mosques in the West Midlands.read


Forget Google Glass - now Samsung's making spectacles: Patent reveals tethered eyewear that plugs into a smartphone

By drawing power from a smartphone’s battery, the South Korean company's design could have a longer life and be lighter than Google Glass.read


'Sexist and ignorant' CEO sparks furious response on Twitter by suggesting women in high heels are not intelligent

Jorge Cortell, of Katnerson Systems, posted a photo of a women's stiletto pumps while at Reverse Demo Day, a conference for entrepreneurs in New York City.read


Oxford University rugby party invite encouraged students to spike female first years' drinks

The crude claim was sent to members of Pembroke College Rugby team for their 'Crew Date', a night where they were asked to bring a 'positive pregnancy test'.read


Boy, 16, who threw acid at a woman on her doorstep leaving her with horrific burns is jailed for eight years

Liam Robert Sibbons, 16, squirted Tara Quigley, 28, with chromic acid solution at the front door of her home in Romford.read


Police may have jumped the gun with claims they found first 3D gun factory

Greater Manchester Police recovered a 3D printer along with plastic components which they believed were part of a handgun during a series of raids.read


British Soldier who acted as Mr Fix in arms plot to supply guns to the Scottish underworld is jailed for eight years

Private William Dempsey was a 'facilitator' in a £3,500 deal to sell a Uzi sub-machine gun - which can fire 600 rounds a minute - and other weapons to Scottish criminals.read


Alps murder victim 'was seen arguing for half an hour with someone he knew the night before family were gunned down'

Saad al-Hilli was reportedly in a heated discussion with an unidentified man at his campsite the night before he was gunned down last year.read


Mac on... high-risk hospitals

'Before we start, put out of your mind any rubbish you may have heard about high-risk hospitals.'read


Teenager who drowned after diving from ferry on New Year's Eve 'jumped for £100 bet with friends'

Jordan Cobb, 16, leapt from the boat as it travelled from Devonport in Devon to Torpoint in Cornwall last year.read


What is the truth about Steatoda nobilis? A guide to Britain's most dangerous biting spider

The false widow is the most dangerous of the 12 species of biting spider known to be in Britain - and cases of people being bitten by the venomous creature have been on the rise in the last few months.read


Britain's most expensive ever council house on sale for £2.3million

Southwark Council is selling the Grade II listed building, which covers numbers 21 and 23 in Park Street, Borough, in a bid to cash in on its value.read


'I'm a little person living in a giant hoard': Woman with dwarfism opens the doors of her alarmingly cluttered home

Jessica, 21, who appears in the new series of TLC's Hoarding: Buried Alive, says: 'Being a little person and living in a giant hoard is extremely challenging.'read


Harrods Christmas hamper costs £20,000

Most of the world may be struggling through another year of hard times, but, it seems, no one has told Harrods.read


Celebrity chefs turn up the heat in Christmas book wars - but who will rise to the top?

Jamie Oliver's cook books have topped the Christmas bestseller list for the last two years so can he retain his title of top TV chef?read


Downfall of a real Del Boy: Dodgy dealer and family ordered to repay £200,000 from tobacco scam

'Del Boy' Trevor Wales, 56, and his son Richard, 30, were jailed in 2011 for selling counterfeit cigarettes during a six-year scam.read


Castle fit for a king: House once owned by Henry VIII up for sale for £2.6million has a wedding venue in the back garden

Henry VIII seized stunning Westenhanger Manor, near Folkestone in Kent, in 1523 from Sir Edward Poynings, who had served as a diplomat under Henry VII.read


Were they painted by a drunk driver? Locals baffled after council paints wiggly white lines down the middle of road

A Labour councillor has stood by the bizarre new scheme in the village of Arnprior, Stirlingshire, which have been met with scorn by baffled localsread


Could we all soon be sleeping with the fishes? Designer creates incredible futuristic city where people live beneath the waves

Phil Pauley says that he has dreamed about building an underwater city for the past 20 years, and has now released images of what the futuristic development might look like.read