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
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
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
A model issued by respected pan-European forecaster ECMWF shows extremely low pressure above the UK on Christmas Day, suggesting turbulent conditions.read
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
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
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
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
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
The revelation comes just two weeks after David Cameron went to Beijing to seek Chinese investment to improve Britain's ailing infrastructure.read
Thousands of slaves are thought to work in nail bars, building sites and farms as well as brothels, shops and in domestic servitude.read
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
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
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
The Institute of Economic Affairs says the system would ensure that revenue ‘generated at and around an airport stays in the local area'.read
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
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
Every inch increase in a man's height directly correlated to his likelihood of being contacted by a woman according to research.read
The Sunday live final drew in an average 37 per cent share of the ratings between 7.30pm and 9.30pm.read
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
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
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
The former presenter was held on suspicion of indecently assaulting pupils at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys in Greater Manchester.read
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
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
'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
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
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
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
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
Josh Robison, 24, suddenly lost consciousness soon after holding his newborn son Logan for the very first time.read
Collins Dictionary unveiled its shortlist of words that were in the running to be named the top word of the last 12 months.read
Carl McCoid, Bridlington, East Yorkshire, has 22 portraits, lyrics and quotes from the star and says he watches all of her performances.read
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
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
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
The study done by Northwestern University in Illinois showed that the younger the users, the more abnormally their brains were shaped.read
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
Andre Villas-Boas has been sacked as Tottenham Hotspur manager following the 5-0 defeat against Liverpool at White Hart Lane.read
Follow Sportsmail's coverage of the last 16 draw in Nyon and how the 11am action unfolded.read
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
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
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
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
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
Grazing's box - priced £12.95 - intends to save companies cash and leave staff feeling less prone to pulling a sickie.read
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
Top Christmas tree decorator Sharon Creates dressed three different trees with three very different budgets.read
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
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
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 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
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
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
Ken Stehle, from St. Peters, Mo., has recently been fitted with a new technology that allows him to hear the world around him.read
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
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
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
This was more like it, writes DAVID JONES in Qunu, Eastern Cape Province. This was what the world had been waiting to see.read
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
The film industry is in mourning after legendary film actor Peter O'Toole died today at the age of 81.read
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
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
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
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
Women who self-harm by cutting, poisoning or strangling themselves are more likely to commit suicide, research shows.read
Spironolactone, usually used for high blood pressure and heart failure, could help people with osteoarthritis.read
Students at Dorrington Academy in Perry Bar, Birmingham, have had their SATs results ripped up following allegations of cheating.read
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 Hollywood icon, whose sister is fellow actress Olivia De Havilland, passed away from natural causes at her home in Carmel, California on Sunday.read
Faces may change over years, but the 10 types - including the Peak-too-sooner, Flirt, Blabbermouth, Weeper and Limpet - are ever-present.read
They believe that, despite the invasion of privacy, snooping is necessary to keep tabs on who their children engage with online, researchers say.read
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
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
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 Kyong Hui (pictured) has been named alongside top officials on a funeral committee for fellow senior Workers' Party official Kim Kuk Thae.read
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
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
High street giants, including Marks & Spencer, Debenhams, John Lewis and Selfridges have been offering as much as 50 per cent off items.read
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
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
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
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
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
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 (pictured), tells the story of Lizzie, a middle-aged woman who, bored with her marriage, decides to kill and eat her husband.read
Shops including Asda, Argos and Toys R Us have increased prices for in-demand items including Furbies, dolls and doctor play sets.read
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
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
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
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, 22, of Reading, has also been charged with perverting the course of justice and will appear at Oxford Magistrates' Court this morning.read
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
The tech giants of Silicon Valley have been splashing massive amounts of cash on lavish holiday parties throughout the festive season.read
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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