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Tom Mabe, from Louisville, Kentucky, decided to take matters into his own hands when his friend passed out after his latest drinking session.read

The charges result from a newspaper sting operation earlier this year, during which the singer and former X Factor judge allegedly helped to facilitate a drug deal.read

The BBC has defended the extent to which it featured the death of the former South African president, a major news item which led bulletins around the world.read

Bernadette McDaid (pictured) was at a Nursing and Midwifery Council disciplinary hearing in Aldwych, London for a number of alleged offences.read

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch said 'all significant components were present' when the helicopter crashed through the roof of The Clutha Bar in Glasgow.read

Stoke-on-Trent, along with Leeds and Peterborough, has called off the controversial market, which angered residents when a caravan of camels got stuck on the M6.read

Michael Parr, 34, and Nathan Mann, 25, lured Mitchell Harrison, 23, pictured, to a cell at HMP Frankland before attacking him with a weapon made by melting razor blades into plastic cutlery.read

Neil Phillips, 44, from Rugeley, Staffordshire,was finger-printed and DNA-swabbed by officers after complaints were made about the online posts which he insists were harmless.read

Joyce Porterfield from Wythenshawe, Manchester claimed almost £24,000 of council tax and housing tax benefits she was not entitled to over a six-year period.read

The body of the man, thought to be in his late 40s, was discovered near the foot of a cliff in West Bay, Dorset.read

British researchers found a woman's paternal genes are pushing for an earlier menopause, while her maternal genes are trying to stall the process.read

Blackburn Rovers striker DJ Campbell (pictured) is one of six people detained in an investigation by the National Crime Agency.read

Nicole Hassall, from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire amassed the huge bill in just six hours as she voted to keep Lucy Pargeter (inset) in the ITV show.read

The move to abolish RIA Novosti and create a news agency to be known as Rossiya Segodnya is the second in two weeks strengthening Putin's hold on the media as he tries to reassert his authority after protests against his rule.read

Lord Edward Somerset, 55, admitted four counts of assault against his wife, Lady Caroline between 1990 and 2012 at Bristol Crown Court.read

Just minutes after the Commons session began, Mr Cameron’s official account released a picture of himself, with ITV’s Little Ant and Dec admiring a reindeer.read

The nation's mantelpieces have become a major political battleground, with all the party leaders determined to look like relaxed family men.read

Shoppers at the Community Shop in Goldthorpe, Barnsely, South Yorkshire, must Employment Support Allowance, and live within a certain post code.read

The decision to let grime collect on store windows has been blamed on 'financial constraints' as the big name retailers struggle in the face of competition from discount chains like Lidl and Aldi.read

The colourings and flavourings it contains, such as aspartame and phosphoric acid, could also speed up the ageing process.read

After Margaret Woodward's flat in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, was burgled several times, police set up a hidden camera and caught Patrick Reid sneaking in.read

Nussrat Khatoon (pictured), 39, was sentenced to 14 years after she set fire to her ex's home in Birmingham, killing a woman who was sleeping inside.read

The finding, made by the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover mission, suggests the lake contained carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur.read

Victoria Harrison, 17, died in her bed at Kettering General Hospital, and was so scared for her life she even texted a picture of her blood-soaked T-shirt to her boyfriend hours before she passed away.read

The furry heated boots, which cost £16.99 from firebox.com (where else?) are available in dark brown, light brown and cream.read

Speaking to Janice Turner in The Times, Princess Michael said: 'I am in very austere economic times too, thank you very much!'read

After being shipped in from Brazil, the chicken breasts are bulked up by almost a fifth in Britain. The meat is sold at Asda, Aldi and Iceland.read

Researchers from Connecticut asked students to recall what items in a museum looked like. Those who had taken photos struggled to describe the items in detail.read

CCTV shows Tao Hsiao, 38, escorting his girlfriend around a shopping mall in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, east China.read

Detectives investigating the death of Zbigniew Michniewicz (pictured) believe he was going to be buried in his back garden at Greenford, west London.read

Designer Martin Grant created the uniforms, which Australian model and Qantas ambassador Kerr, 30, first modelled in April.read

The battle against dementia should focus on the benefits of a Mediterranean diet rather than 'dubious' drugs, leading doctors have told the Government.read

The programme, developed by computer scientists at the University of East Anglia, factors in the shape of the mother's body and the position of the baby.read

Apple, Facebook, Google, AOL, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo wrote an open letter saying 'it's time to change' surveillance laws and practices in the wake of revelations about massive U.S. spying on citizens.read

Parents have described the decision by Neil Houchen (pictured) to put cameras in the toilets at Eastwood Academy, in Eastwood, Essex, as 'disgusting'.read

The online advent calendar that reveals wanted people behind advent doors shows a snowman with a carrot for a nose that is wearing Nottinghamshire police tape across its body.read

Iran's Hassan Rouhani will also be among the heads of state flying in to commemorate Mr Mandela as will U.S. President Barack Obama and former presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Jimmy Carter.read

The Broxbourne MP hit out at party leaders vowing to block a plan by expenses watchdog IPSA to announce salaries for MPs should rise to £74,000 from 2015.read

Michael Adebolajo, 28, began giving evidence surrounded by five security guards and told the jury he hoped to be accepted into Paradise as a martyr.read

Despite a return to economic growth, Britain’s debt mountain continues to grow with interest alone to rise by 50 per cent in just four years.read

The devastating famine, brought on by drought, killed more than 250,000 people across the Horn of Africa, sparking a major refugee crisis as crops withered and water dried up.read

A female fan has revealed the Lostprophets singer even offered to DJ at her child's birthday party in return for sex with the little girl.read

Using ground penetrating radar, Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina claims to have found previously undetected structures buried at the site.read

Big name stores like Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury's currently absorb the higher costs of doing business in Scotland so that prices are the same across the UK.read

A report published in ‘Nature Climate Change claims Arctic thaw is slowing movement of weather systems allowing time for extreme patterns to develop.read

The latest revelations from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden have taken a bizarre turn with the claim that American and British spies have been posing and playing as orcs and elves on the popular multiplayer online game World of Warcraft - potentially spying on up to 50 million people.read

Flora Coquerel, a 19-year-old whose mother is from the West African state of Benin, was crowned on live television on Saturday night.read

Figures from health performance experts Dr Foster showed one in five people in their 40s admitted to hospital in 2012/13 were admitted for alcohol or drug related problems.read

The warning from two leading businessmen comes after Romania’s Labour minister said Britain should be grateful so many Romanians filled jobs Britons were unwilling to do.read

Researchers at the University of the West of England found having a hangover slows reaction times and increases the number of driver errors.read

In Wells-next-the-Sea, the Prime Minister met the residents of homes which were devastated by a tide which reached the highest level for 60 years.read

Logan Fazio, dubbed the The Pin-Up Paparazzo, loves to flaunt her beach body while out on a job.read

University of Hull and Nottingham researchers found the shape of the structures determines how many fights the male fish have with nearby rivals.read

Hundreds of spectators could only stare in shock as the beast pounced on Danny Gottani's back and tried to rip him apart.read

The 15-year-old was rushed to Derriford Hospital (pictured) with a back injury after being allegedly stabbed by another pupil at Eggbuckland Community College in Plymouth, Devon.read

Although it is legal for anyone over the age of 18 to buy alcohol, over-zealous Asda workers are saying no to parents who take their children shopping with them.read

The litany of seemingly misleading practices also includes allegations that some fashion brands make items to appear exclusively on the rails of the chain.read

Maryanne Jacobs, 32, of Gorebridge, Scotland, keeps her children Rio, nine, and Bryden, eight, at home where they choose what they want to do.read

Retired company director Hassan Rafie, 49, his wife Mahnaz, 48, and her mother were thought to have been asleep when flames ripped through their three bedroom property in Bolton.read

Time Magazine revealed on Monday the finalists to become the publication's coveted Person of the Year, and the list ranges from the woman who made 'twerking' famous - or infamous, depending on who you ask - to the pope.read

Arina Durbazeva, from Grays, Essex, was taken to Basildon Hospital after having a fit and later had a heart attack, an inquest heard.read

The giant chocolate bar weighs 454 grams, has 198 grams of fat and is on sale on Firebox.com for £24.99. The sellers have recommended that it is eaten over nine servings.read

Retired teacher Ron Gordon from California is offering a prize of $1,112.13 to whoever can think of the most original way of celebrating the unique day.read

If you are constantly on your mobile phone, most onlookers might think you have lots of friends and a busy social life. However, those attached to the phone are likely to be less happy than those who can resist a ring.read

The patient's ordeal was revealed in new findings which show that hospitals routinely keep ambulances waiting outside for hours.read

Dr Marinus Klijnsma admitted all charges at the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (pictured) in Manchester after the panel heard of his 'dysfunctional habit' of swearing at colleagues.read

The terrifying snaps of a man wearing a blue mask and coat were taken on the underground system in Beijing, China.read

Aron Ralston, 38, faces one count of assault and one count of 'wrongs to minors' after being arrested at his home in Denver, Colorado.read

The man has endured years of legal fighting with his ex-partner, who has refused to allow contact between him and their 14-year-old daughter.read

The Work and Pensions Secretary was grilled by MPs about combining benefits into a single Universal Credit which has already seen millions written off.read

The man realised his six-year marriage was over when his wife posted a picture of herself on Facebook in skimpy underwear, Exeter Crown Court (pictured) heard.read

A Freedom of Information request revealed the large expenditure. The Welsh government said the increased spending was 'due to the increase in size of the Welsh Assembly Government's administrative estate'.read

The study of lemon sharks in the Bahamas claims the behaviour could be prevalent in other shark species, but they researchers are yet to uncover the reason why.read

Jill Johnston, from Derby, was left shaken after she was mugged by a gang for her phone. When she checked her online photo account, she realised pictures of some youths were being uploaded on to the internet.read

The author praised for her faithful rendering of Tudor life has admitted her tastes are less high-brow - and included the BBC show criticised for a litany of historical inaccuracies.read

The study by Michigan University suggests these microbes may have survived in isolation from the Earth’s surface for billions of years.read

Pope francis has revealed in a new book that his life was saved by a nun when he was aged 21 because she tripled his dose of antibiotics for a lung problem.read

The Northumberland National Park will be named the largest 'dark sky' zone in Europe, it has emerged, escaping the light pollution that plagues big cities.read

Jang Song Thaek was removed from number two position in North Korea's leadership because he dared to 'dream different dreams', the government said.read

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: A Brazilian football match was stopped on Sunday as fans began fighting in the stands, leading to a helicopter landing on the pitch to airlift a seriously injured man out of the stadium.read

The Ukrainian capital was brought to a standstill for a third week by rebels angered by President Viktor Yanukovych's decision to shelve a treaty with the European Union in order to focus on ties with Moscow.read

Carole Cadwalladr (pictured) goes undercover to work in the online retail giant's Swansea warehouse for a week as a temp, hand-picking items ordered by customers and delivering them to the packers.read

An explosion in the popularity of German Christmas markets means that the traditional British Christmas treat has been shunned in favour of the Tuetonic treat of stollen.read

The 16-year-old girl took a balaclava selfie with her unidentified partner in crime shortly before robbing a fast food restaurant in Halmstad, Sweden.read

Stephen King has joined Twitter, gaining 30,00 followers in three minutes, despite the prolific author being almost immediately being struck with writer's block.read

Effie the gorilla has been enjoying a daily dose of multivitamin supplement Vitabiotics Perfectil Plus Skin at her home in the London Zoo.read

The 78-year-old said she smacked Thomas, Annabel and William with kitchen utensils if they were naughty. She also revealed her husband Paul preferred his mother's cakes to her own.read

BBC pundit Alan Hansen attracted attention for his appearance on Match of the Day 2 on Sunday - but rather than his criticism of 'woeful defending' or any ill-advised predictions involving 'kids' it was the current state of his eyebrows that caused a stir.read

British company Fuel claims to have distilled all the flavours of the traditional fry up into a protein-packed breakfast milkshake.read

Scientists at two U.S. universities claim to have perfected a slow-release mechanism to combat the disease which has thwarted researchers for 50 years.read

Puppy Theo started taking naps with toddler Beau right after being adopted by the Shyba family in Santa Cruz, California last month.read

Npower chief executive Paul Massara said the country's amount of spare generation at peak times had fallen from 15 per cent to five per cent this year.read

Sir Paul Coleridge said would-be parents should give children a stable environment and relationships which do not endure marriage would not endure children, either.read

Despite holding a passport stating she is female Aeris Houlihan, 32, has been told she can only play for her local men's team in Leeds, Yorkshire.read

Mandy Shepherd, 27, from Preston, Lancashire, suffered from Mitochondrial Disease, giving her slurred speech and drooping eyelids.read

An elderly motorist managed to leap between the two sides of a lifting road bridge in Poole, Dorset, as it rose into the air – all at 20mph.read

Researchers from University of California Riverside found mosquitoes use mouth sensors to detect human to detect body odours - especially the smell of feet.read

Taken from a height of 423 miles, this is a fascinating view straight down into the caldera of Italy's snow-covered Mount Vesuvius.read

These amazing images, taken by a marine photographer off the coast of Hawaii, shed light on the fascinating world of rarely seen seahorses.read

The brazen blonde pulled up at the charity bin in the affluent Oxfordshire village of Sonning Common and spent nearly ten minutes stuffing the bags into her blue Vauxhall Corsa.read

Cigarettes and expensive alcoholic drinks were also banned from official receptions, according to a decree by China's Communist Party's Central Committee and the State Council.read

A study led by the University of British Columbia suggests people who have coped with divorce and bereavement are better at savouring life's small pleasures.read

Valerie Walston (pictured) claims she was sexually harassed by former Santa Barbara undersheriff Jim Peterson while working for Search and Rescue.read

Cheryl Wray, 22, from Essex, thought she had strained a muscle while working in a supermarket but Stephen Kittles, 27, insisted she see her GP.read

These hilarious photographs show the youngster wrestling with a cheeky long-tailed macaque as they try to dine on a feeding platform at Gunung Leuser National Park on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.read

The construction of the High Line park in New York's Chelsea neighborhood may have brought with it an Asian species of cockroach not seen in the city before.read

Elian Gonzalez, the little boy who was the focus of a bitter international custody dispute after he was rescued at sea as a child, left Cuba on Friday for the first time since 2000.read

The classics were dumped ny a primary school near Accrington, Lancashire, because they had 'inappropriate ethnic stereotypes' with references to gypsies, golliwogs and a dog with a name starting with 'N'.read

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority said it is the first time the plumbing of a 10th century fountain has been found near complete in Ramla, Israel.read

Around 30,000 Argentinians 'disappeared' between 1976 and 1986 and were presumed murdered by the military regime.read

A dog owner has captured the excitement of his pet corgi as he bounds tirelessly around on a roundabout.read

Richard Walton, 32, from Basingstoke, Hants, kept Milo the marmoset in a faeces-covered birdcage where he had little daylight and no toys to play with.read

Ten police officers were injured in the violence in Singapore's Little India district, sparked when an Indian worker was hit and killed by a bus.read

Of the 11 million people heading to parties this week, those aged between 24-34 are the most likely to get lucky.read

Ellie Bishop, 13, from the West Midlands, developed meningitis and septicaemia when she was just five years old.read

Krystle Wright, who has travelled the world in the pursuit of her dangerous stunts, suffered multiple injuries while taking pictures in Pakistan.read

Avril Rowlands, 68, and husband Christopher, 69, from Inkberrow, Worcs, bought the small fir for just £6 from a garden centre in 1978.read

Blog Me In My Place depicts scantily-clad women lolling around immaculate houses. Chloe Dykstra decided to show a more accurate depiction of what women do at home, called 'Me ACTUALLY In My Place.'read

It carried hippies through the 1960s, hauled surfers in search of killer waves during endless summers and serves as a workhorse across the developing world, but the Volkswagen campervan's epic journey has reached the end of the road.read

Some government agencies are still using floppy disks to submit paperwork to the Federal Register - the daily journal of the U.S. government.read

Milton Everett Olin, Jr., 65, a prominent lawyer and the former COO for the music sharing company, was hit by the Los Angeles county sheriff's vehicle on Sunday.read

Matthew Webb, 23, and Audrey Mayo, 24, are officially a couple after Webb accidentally shot Mayo in the leg during a hunting trip in Lafayette, Georgia.read

Photographer Jari Peltomaki, 48, captured the scene in his native Finland by putting up hundreds of nesting boxes in the forest and waiting until owls arrived.read