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The view alone is worth the money: Incredible £7.5million seven-bedroom home on the Devon coast with a private beach that was once used by smugglers

Redlap House in south Devon has private access to the sea, where in the 18th Century a corrupt governor used to smuggle in goods.read


'Come on down to pay a premium for meat from Asda': Chef 'sacked for asking for Christmas Day off' hijacks pub's Twitter account to vent his anger

Jim Knight, 28, used the official Twitter account for the Plough Inn pub in Oxford to inform followers he had been sacked for requesting time off to spend with his baby daughter.read


Judges quit theatre awards after Dame Helen Mirren won Best Actress in 'rigged' vote

The organisers of the Evening Standard Theatre Awards said Dame Helen (pictured) won the award after a judge who works for the sponsor revised their vote.read


It'll be stormy, this Christmas! Long range weather forecasters predict high winds and rain to cut across Britain on December 25th

A model issued by respected pan-European forecaster ECMWF shows extremely low pressure above the UK on Christmas Day, suggesting turbulent conditions.read


April Jones' murderer Mark Bridger has launched an appeal say her heartbroken family

The girl's parents, from Machynlleth in Wales, have spoken of their anger at the murderer's 'disgusting' court bid to have the sentence reduced or overturned.read


Sex assault on young artist at National Gallery: Woman attacked as she sketched masterpiece

The 20-year-old told security staff she had been sexually assaulted in a room full of some of the prestigious gallery’s best-known works.read


BBC criticised for cutting to Andy Murray before he won Sports Personality of the Year Award

Critics said Gary Lineker 'killed the suspense' after he introduced the Wimbledon champion 'just in case' he won about five minutes before the result, but did not refer to any of the other nominees.read


Three members of cash-strapped Spanish family 'die after eating out-of-date supermarket giveaways'

Enrique Caño, 61, his wife Concepción, 50, and their daughter Tamara, 14, were found dead at their home in Alcalá de Guadaíra, near Seville, on Saturday morning.read


Ban on chemical irritant used in skin creams after explosion in cases of allergic reactions and eczema

A preservative called Methylisothiazolinone (MI or MIT), is routinely added to moisturisers, creams, shampoos and wipes but experts claim it is the source of skin reactions.read


Why ARE we giving China £27m in aid?

The revelation comes just two weeks after David Cameron went to Beijing to seek Chinese investment to improve Britain's ailing infrastructure.read


Home Office report says there could be more than 10,000 slaves in Britain

Thousands of slaves are thought to work in nail bars, building sites and farms as well as brothels, shops and in domestic servitude.read


Caught on camera, the chilling moment girl, six, is led away hand-in-hand by monster who raped and killed her

The grainy image shows the girl, nicknamed 'Nong Cartoon', walking hand in hand with a man through the lobby of Bearing skytrain station in Bangkok ten days ago.read


End of Christmas tipping? More than half don't give to postmen, binmen or milkmen

Just over a fifth of people tip their hairdresser, while postmen are the next most like trade to receive a festive tip (22 per cent) followed by binmen (15 per cent).read


Pensioners are twice as likely to vote to leave the EU as the under-25s

Just 32 per cent of 18-24 year olds would consider voting to sever ties with Brussels in a referendum, compared to 60 per cent of the over-65s.read


People who live near airports should pay less tax says think tank

The Institute of Economic Affairs says the system would ensure that revenue ‘generated at and around an airport stays in the local area'.read


Police launch search for girl, 6, and teenage aunt who went missing in Croydon

Zeenat Abdala, 16 (left), and her niece Lutfiya Salum were last seen at around midday yesterday as they left their home in Croydon, south London, to go to the library.read


Caught on CCTV: Moment gunman opens fire in the street during 'big fat gypsy feud' between rival travelling families

Gypsy crimelord Eugene Price, 34, pictured, and his gang terrorised the streets of St Helens, Merseyside, during an eight-month vendetta with a rival clan.read


Size matters in online dating: Short men get less interest from women than their taller counterparts - and those at 6ft have the most luck

Every inch increase in a man's height directly correlated to his likelihood of being contacted by a woman according to research.read


Sam Bailey win draws in worst X Factor ratings for nearly a decade

The Sunday live final drew in an average 37 per cent share of the ratings between 7.30pm and 9.30pm.read


The online guide to living longer

The new website will use a mathematical formula to calculate how the lives of users will turn out and what steps they can take to alter their future.read


Tesco beats Asda for cheapest Christmas for first time in 5 years

A survey of the price of 33 'essential' seasonal products – from turkeys to satsumas – by a trade magazine found Tesco’s basket cost £135.80 – 41p cheaper than Asda.read


British holidaymaker died after fall from Tenerife hotel balcony after 'stag party fight'

Electrician Lee Mairs, 24, suffered a fractured skull and bleed to the brain after falling onto some concrete steps outside his hotel in Playa de las Americas in the Canary Islands.read


TV weatherman Fred Talbot arrested for 'historic child sex abuse'

The former presenter was held on suspicion of indecently assaulting pupils at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys in Greater Manchester.read


British Christmas dinner ranked unhealthiest in the whole of Europe

A new survey has revealed that our lunch on December 25 will contain 30 per cent sugar, 69g of fat and 211g of carbohydrates.read


Hunger for latest tablets and phones produced 48.9 MILLION tonnes of waste last year

This is 11 times the weight of the Pyramid of Giza in Egypt or 200 Empire State Buildings, according to the global Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP) Initiative.read


Splashing out on an HD TV this Christmas? Don't bother: Experts say people are paying for more pixels than they can actually see

'Ultra HD' TVs have four times as many pixels than an ordinary HD TV, but in many cases, the human eye cannot notice the difference, U.S. experts have said.read


The tiny home built from scratch for $11,000 by architect

In one small swoop, Idaho architect Macy Miller has opted out of paying rent or even a mortgage with her perfectly formed 'Tiny House' - that cost her only $11,416.16 and which she broke her back building.read


Grave robber stole twin babies bones to use in Ultimate Magical Knight spell

Police arrested Resi Rokhis Suhana (pictured) in the south of the main island of Java for possessing bones, ripped white burial shrouds, women's underwear and a sickle, police said.read


Man whose hand was severed has it attached to his ANKLE for a month to keep it alive before being reattached

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Xiao Wei, from China's Hunan province, hand the hand attached to his ankle for a month before doctors reattached it.read


Middle class criminals of the genteel city of Bath in Victorian times

The Victorian rogues’ gallery, compiled by Bath police between 1892 and 1922, includes one fraudster bizarrely dressed as a knight and scores of other villains from all walks of life.read


New dad slips into coma and dies just hours after holding his newborn son and his only symptom was a headache

Josh Robison, 24, suddenly lost consciousness soon after holding his newborn son Logan for the very first time.read


Collins Dictionary unveils its shortlist for Word of the Year

Collins Dictionary unveiled its shortlist of words that were in the running to be named the top word of the last 12 months.read


Miley Cyrus fan covers his body with 22 TATTOOS of the singer

Carl McCoid, Bridlington, East Yorkshire, has 22 portraits, lyrics and quotes from the star and says he watches all of her performances.read


Nick Clegg warns capping immigration from EU would be 'illegal disaster'

The Deputy Prime Minister accused the Tories of trying to ‘pull up the drawbridge’ to the rest of Europe, instead of concentrating on tracking who is entering and leaving Britain.read


Immigrant influx 'will put a strain on schools': Ofsted chief says Government has 'big job' in ensuring there are enough quality teachers to cope

Sir Michael Wilshaw said he has concerns about the expected influx of migrants from Bulgaria and Romania and said schools need to have 'enough teachers to teach them and resources available'.read


Nazi war crimes prosecutor launches new probe into 24 former death camp guards

The central authority for the prosecution of Nazi war crimes, based in Ludwigsburg, has sent out files on 24 more wartime suspects who served at some of the most hellish places on earth, including Auschwitz, pictured.read


Teenagers who smoke cannabis have 'poor memory and abnormal brain structures'

The study done by Northwestern University in Illinois showed that the younger the users, the more abnormally their brains were shaped.read


Parents' fury at skinny Santas and plastic ice rink

The event in Milton Keynes, which opened yesterday, was advertised as a chance to pet reindeers and huskies, go skating and meet Father Christmas.read


Villas-Boas sacked! Tottenham manager leaves post after Liverpool thrashing

Andre Villas-Boas has been sacked as Tottenham Hotspur manager following the 5-0 defeat against Liverpool at White Hart Lane.read


CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW LIVE: City, United, Chelsea and Arsenal find out last 16 fate

Follow Sportsmail's coverage of the last 16 draw in Nyon and how the 11am action unfolded.read


Did someone order deep fried fish fingers? Chef draws crowds to street restaurant with ability to plunge his hand into a vat of 200C boiling oil

Prem Singh, 65,pictured, has become famed in the backstreets of Old Delhi for his unique ability. He regularly uses his bare hands to pluck fried fish from the vat - which is heated up to 200C.read


'A culture of cronyism and broken leadership': The withering verdict of MPs on BBC over payoffs debacle

MPs said they feared some senior BBC figures - including its £332,900-a-year human resources director Lucy Adams - may have deliberately misled the inquiry.read


Small to charge 5p for every plastic bag for charity

The Association of Convenience Stores – which represents more than 33,500 small shops and takeaway outlets – has decided to adopt the charges, which are due to become compulsory in larger stores in England from October 2015.read


The real joke about today's foul-mouthed comedians? They're just not funny...

By spraying obscene words around as if they were aerosol, many of today’s comedians have robbed English of a potent weapon, writes LAURENCE MARKS.read


Russian torchbearer Vadim Gorbenko dies carrying Olympic flame in torch relay for 2014 Winter Games

A torchbearer died of a heart attack after carrying the Olympic flame as part of Russia's torch relay leading up to the Sochi 2014 Winter Games in February.read


The Christmas hangover cure delivered to your door!

Grazing's box - priced £12.95 - intends to save companies cash and leave staff feeling less prone to pulling a sickie.read


Scientists create collection of essays answering questions about the subject

The unlikely hit is No.4 in the Sunday Times paperback non-fiction bestseller list ahead of the autobiographies by Miranda Hart and footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic.read


Which Christmas tree cost £1,000 to decorate - and which just £10?

Top Christmas tree decorator Sharon Creates dressed three different trees with three very different budgets.read


Brussels sprout harvest jeopardised as birds devour December crop

The birds' appetite for the brassica has become so keen that growers calculate the annual cost to them could run into millions of pounds.read


British Police fly out to tell Romanians: Don't come to UK and commit crime!

Officers warned people in rural northern Romania that if they arrive looking for jobs on the black market they are likely to be exploited or become victims of crime.read


Senior NHS doctors who refuse to work weekends face the sack

Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS England medical director, also plans to impose fines of around £12million on hospitals where patients experience poor care on Saturdays and Sundays.read


Female students banned from speaking at Islam seminar at University of Leicester

Female students were asked to walk through a 'sisters only' entrance at the Queen Mary University seminar, in a similar way to those who attended a Leicester University event in February (pictured).read


One in twenty children in some parts of England are neglected or abused

Statistics show English councils started 127,060 investigations into children thought to be at risk in 2012-13. This is a 42.3 per cent increase since 2009-10.read


Serial burglar covered hands and feet to avoid prints, but STILL got caught

Joshua Smith, 21, has been jailed for 32 months after a police officer recognised him from the footage of the break-in at a house in Ipswich, Suffolk.read


Father hears daughter sing for the first time after being fitted with new hearing aid

Ken Stehle, from St. Peters, Mo., has recently been fitted with a new technology that allows him to hear the world around him.read


Pensioner care cap could hit £150,000 says Labour

Labour warned that the total bill faced by thousands of pensioners could be more than double the £72,000 'cap' the Government has promised to introduce.read


Girl Guide group told to ditch God or be expelled: Troop faces removal from national body after leaders rejected new rules

Glynis Mackie (centre) who has been leading the 37th Newcastle Guide Unit in Jesmond for more than 25 years said the new pledge 'sidelined' Christianity.read


Italian student who kissed a riot policeman's visor during a protest accused of sexual harassment

Nina de Chiffre, 20, from Milan, was photographed kissing the officer during a protest on November 16. However a union which represents Italian police officers, has lodged a complaint with Turin prosecutors.read


Nelson Mandela funeral: A poignant and dignified day but VIPs edge out relatives at farewell

This was more like it, writes DAVID JONES in Qunu, Eastern Cape Province. This was what the world had been waiting to see.read


Military honor guard escorts Nelson Mandela's casket to its final resting place as funeral takes place for anti-apartheid leader

Nelson Mandela was today buried in the remote village where the anti-apartheid icon grew up after his four-hour state funeral this morning.read


Peter O'Toole dies at 81: Film legend and Hollywood hellraiser who shot to fame as Lawrence of Arabia had suffered from long illness

The film industry is in mourning after legendary film actor Peter O'Toole died today at the age of 81.read


Avatar director James Cameron announces he will shoot THREE sequels to hit film in New Zealand

The films, which will be made by Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox, have been welcomed in the country and the first sequel will be released in 2016.read


Niece of steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal gets married in lavish, three-day ceremony

Shristi Mittal, 26, was surrounded by hundreds of staff and had a national museum closed to the public during the extravaganza which brought Barcelona to a standstill.read


Decline of Christmas pud: These days, we'd rather eat the dreaded sprouts!

Only 54 per cent of adults like the fruit-filled dessert created in the 14th century as a porridge, making it less popular than Brussels sprouts, which 64 per cent enjoyread


Markit Household Finance: Families faced with further pressure on budgets

Although the Markit Household Finance Index picked up to 39.7 during December, almost 30 per cent reported their financial situation worsened over the month.read


A quarter of female prisoners are self-harming

Women who self-harm by cutting, poisoning or strangling themselves are more likely to commit suicide, research shows.read


14p a day tablet could ease pain for millions of arthritis sufferers without dangerous side effects

Spironolactone, usually used for high blood pressure and heart failure, could help people with osteoarthritis.read


Dorrington Academy's exam results ripped up amid allegations of cheating in SATs

Students at Dorrington Academy in Perry Bar, Birmingham, have had their SATs results ripped up following allegations of cheating.read


Plants flower as warm and wet weather tells wildlife it's springtime

The Met Office has issued a severe weather warning for southern counties as up to half the month’s rain is expected, bringing a risk of flooding and travel disruption.read


The lifelong feud with her sister that Hollywood starlet took to her grave: How Oscar-winner Joan Fontaine failed to heal bitter rift with Olivia de Havilland before dying aged 96

The Hollywood icon, whose sister is fellow actress Olivia De Havilland, passed away from natural causes at her home in Carmel, California on Sunday.read


Are you a Dancer, Kisser or Houdini? The 10 characters at every staff Christmas party revealed

Faces may change over years, but the 10 types - including the Peak-too-sooner, Flirt, Blabbermouth, Weeper and Limpet - are ever-present.read


Most parents snoop on their children online: 60% admit checking Facebook messages, emails and texts

They believe that, despite the invasion of privacy, snooping is necessary to keep tabs on who their children engage with online, researchers say.read


'Spy planes could have taken picture of Madeleine's abductor': Military expert makes extraordinary claim that suspect could have been pictured by Nato

The bizarre claim was made by military expert Philip Burden who says pictures were taken of the Portuguese coastline on the day the child went missing.read


Great housing divide widens as prices in London soar by 40 per cent while homes elsewhere tumble by 20 per cent

House prices in Britain's capital have soared by more than 40 per cent, while the cost of living in Wales, the Midlands and the north has plummeted.read


So who else wants to go sleeping with the fishes? North Korea's Kim Jong Un tours frozen food factory - days after he executed his uncle

Pictures showed crowds kneeling outside the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, which houses the embalmed bodies of Kim Il-Sung, the country's founder, and of his son Kim Jong-Il who died on December 17 2011.read


Kim Jong Un's aunt survives unscathed: Dictator's relative keeps her influence as she is chosen for funeral committee for a fellow official

Kim Kyong Hui (pictured) has been named alongside top officials on a funeral committee for fellow senior Workers' Party official Kim Kuk Thae.read


Police discouraged prosecutors from pursuing child sex abuse claims against Jimmy Savile following 2009 interview

The former BBC DJ (pictured) was interviewed under caution at Stoke Mandeville Hospital after a woman claimed she had been abused as a girl at Duncroft Approved School for Girls in Staines in the 1970s.read


Mary and Joseph Nativity characters ordered to wear crash helmets in case they fall off their donkey in open-air church play

Libby Dorman, eight, and her brother Reuben, five, were made to wear the helmets in case they fell off their donkeys as they rode through Neath, South Wales.read


Savvy shoppers set to spend £12bn in last-minute dash for Christmas presents and festive food

High street giants, including Marks & Spencer, Debenhams, John Lewis and Selfridges have been offering as much as 50 per cent off items.read


A guide to this year's best and VERY expensive watches

What do you get a zillionaire for Christmas? This year, the perfect present is . . . a very expensive watch. And more than just about any other city in the world, London has become the international hub of ludicrously expensive timepieces.read


Hitler outranks Churchill in program showing how significant historical figures are

Nelson Mandela ranks just 356th in a table of people’s historical importance created by a Google engineer using similar systems to the way the search engine ranks web pages.read


Noah's Ark was a coracle made out of reeds and bitumen, reveals Babylonian text

An expert in deciphering cuneiform script, Dr Irving Finkel, has managed to piece together information on Noah's Ark from a 3,700-year-old clay tablet.read


I'll never forget you my little Princess: Mother's letter to baby taken in forced caesarean

Italian Alessandra Pacchieri begged the Daily Mail last night to pass the letter to her 15-month-old girl, now being cared for by Essex social services.read


Emergency services pushed to the limit in the run up to Christmas as partygoers enjoy a night out on the town

While Christmas drinks may be a fun time for partygoers, for police and ambulance crews it was hellish, as thousands of office workers hit the pubs and clubs of Birmingham.read


British Library uploads more than a million images to Flickr

The Unseen Illustrations project has seen a huge variety of images, previously only available to dedicated researchers, thrown open to the whole internet.read


Season To Taste by Natalie Young set to be hit book of 2014

Season To Taste, by Natalie Young (pictured), tells the story of Lizzie, a middle-aged woman who, bored with her marriage, decides to kill and eat her husband.read


The great Christmas rip-off: Shoppers end up paying 50% more for must-have toys as retailers increase prices

Shops including Asda, Argos and Toys R Us have increased prices for in-demand items including Furbies, dolls and doctor play sets.read


Bone of contention: Druids and archaelogists in row over putting human remains on display at Stonehenge

While the archaelogists say coming face-to-face with our ancestors provides a vital link to our past, while the druids want the bones to be respectfully reburied.read


Home Office 'to slash the number of EU migrants allowed into the UK and limit their access to benefits'

A leaked document has shown the Government could propose that the cap on the number of migrants from EU countries allowed into the country is cut from 106,000 to 75,000 a year.read


Heartwarming videos taken by dad of 25 years of his children on Christmas morning

Watch the video a father filmed of his children running down the stairs towards their Christmas presents every year for more than two decades.read


Dogs' ability to understand us is ever growing and they can even predict human behaviour

The study, led by scientists at the University of Abertay, Dundee, shows that a dog’s ability to understand humans is innate - it does not depend upon training.read


Ben Blakeley charged with murder of 17-year-old Jayden Parkinson

Ben Blakeley, 22, of Reading, has also been charged with perverting the course of justice and will appear at Oxford Magistrates' Court this morning.read


Three people arrested after revellers dressed as Father Christmas run amok during annual Santa parade

Scotland Yard said the London arrests were for theft, robbery and public order offences during SantaCon - which saw thousands walk through the streets of the capital as well as other cities across the world.read


Golden nuggets, 'liquid nitrogen ice cream', unlimited drinks and star performers: Inside Silicon Valley's outrageous holiday parties

The tech giants of Silicon Valley have been splashing massive amounts of cash on lavish holiday parties throughout the festive season.read


Couple travel 17,000 miles across 16 countries in classic Triumph they bought for £500 from eBay

Clive, 54, and Gillian Raven, 53, of Sheffield, who have been together for 33 years, travelled for 127 days in a blue 1968 Triumph 1300.read


Airpane Suite at Teuge Airport can be yours for £300 a night

The Airport Suite at Teuge Airport, in the Netherlands, is a luxury two-person getaway built into a disused 1960s aircraft and comes with a sauna and hot tub.read


Britain's only herd of reindeer pictured roaming across snowy hills

The 150-strong Cairngorm Reindeer Herd is the last remaining in Britain. Around 50 animals can be found ranging the Cairngorm Mountains, such as these pictured, while the remainder stay on the Glenlivet Estate - some 30 miles away.read


McLaren confirms it's developing new wiper-free windscreens

McLaren is designing a sports car that uses a system adapted from fighter jets to keep a driver’s vision clear in bad weather without the need for blades.read


Genius who's turned finger painting into an art form: JOANNA MOORHEAD sits for the iPad artist who amazed the world with his portrait of Morgan Freeman

Kyle Lambert is the 26-year-old whose astonishingly life-like portrait of the Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman caused a huge stir on the internet this month.read


Beatrix Potter photograph reveals the real rabbit behind Benjamin Bunny

Benjamin Bouncer, as the brown Belgian rabbit was known, lived with the author in the late 1880s and early 1890s, and features in her Peter Rabbit books.read


All the US Armys secret bases mapped on Google maps

The location of 650 off-limits, secret U.S. military bases have been charted and pictured thanks to satellite images collected by Google and Bing.read


In no mood for mercy: Crocodiles savage helpless zebra foal after it slipped when crossing river with its herd

Zimbabwe-born amateur photographer Michael Olsen, who captured the event in the Maasai Mara National Reserve described how close the foal came to escaping.read


Photographer captures the moment a crazed cow charges at helpless farmer

The 1,543lb beast charged at the terrified man who was armed with just a stick in the Liangdun village of Nangang township, in the Anhui province.read