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20-year-old bargain hunter has festive food, decorations and even presents covered for under £100

Emma Mumford, 20, from Weymouth, Dorset is a self confessed coupon queen who spends less than £5 per week on food.read


Lostprophets paedophile Ian Watkins described child sex abuse crimes as 'mega lolz'

The former rock star pleaded guilty to a series of charges last month and will be sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court this morning.read


Man is blinded at site of the Battle of Hastings by two thugs who shot him in the eye with a catapult

Isaac Fuller, 25, was visiting the famous landmark when he was hit in the left eye with a projectile fired by Eli King (pictured) and Anthony Adams, both 23, in Battle, East Sussex.read


Kate Winslet threatens to sue Fathers4Justice over ad campaign

Kate Winslet's solicitors Schillings have issued Fathers4Justice with a legal letter claiming that an advert the group were about to publish were 'misleading and seriously defamatory'.read


Nigella Lawson 'called me a fantasist - but I'm not' insists aide

Anthony Metzer QC, defending, suggested to the jury at Isleworth Crown Court that Charles Saatchi is using the case to 'attack Miss Lawson by proxy'.read


England cricketer Graeme Swann sparks outrage by describing loss of the Ashes as 'being a*** raped'

The spin bowler made the controversial remarks during a conversation with his brother Alec on Facebook just hours after crashing to the embarrassing defeat against the Aussies.read


Ronnie Biggs is dead: Great Train Robber passed away after long illness

The notorious criminal spent decades on the run after breaking out of prison, and returned to Britain in 2001. He suffered from poor health in his last few years.read


'You're sitting next to a turkey!': Cameron ridicules Miliband over warning Ed Balls has nine months to save his job

A Shadow Cabinet source said Mr Balls had until Labour’s conference next September to come up with a credible economic plan or face the sack.read


British boy, 16, killed in avalanche while skiing off-piste with his twin brother and father in Austria

The family, who have not been named, had been skiing with a ski instructor when the avalanche struck in the exclusive Austrian resort of Lech am Arlberg (pictured).read


Record 30million people in work but jobless rate falling to 7.4% could trigger early rise in interest rates

The Bank of England had vowed not to even consider changing interest rates from their historic lows until the jobless rate fell to 7 per cent, which now looks set to happen much sooner than expected.read


IBM predictions for our world in 2018 include password-free email accounts

In its 5 in 5 report, the New York-based company has predicted by 2018 machines will be more human, classrooms will be smarter and medical treatments will be more refined.read


Madeleine McCann advent calendar costume worn by man in club

The stunt, condemned by a local MP as ‘particularly distasteful’, was used to advertise an event at Uprawr, in Birmingham.read


Meet the 'Bradford Barbie' who spends FOUR HOURS every day perfecting her living doll look

Lhouraii Li, 21 from Bradford, West Yorkshire, says her appearance is inspired by Japanese style, unicorns and pink princess Barbie.read


Samsung files patent for a phone with TWO SCREENS for easier reading, gaming and conference calls

The firm has filed a patent for a phone with two interconnected touchscreens that can display two independent applications.read


Are Facebook and Google buying cable networks to stop governments spying on them?

The web giants have been buying miles of unused fibre optic cables in the U.S., Asia and Europe so it can send whatever traffic it wants over these private networks.read


Female Indian diplomat's strip-search following arrest in New York is 'despicable and barbaric'

India was ready to retaliate against American diplomats in India by threatening to downgrade privileges and demanding information about how much they pay their Indian household staff.read


Landlord at historic pub is ordered to put out his fires

Graham Rowson (pictured), 60, has traditionally lit three fires for customers at the Black Horse, in Preston, to keep them warm over the Christmas period.read


Prince Harry shows off bushy beard on visit to South Pole research centre

Prince Harry finished his 200mile race to the South Pole on Friday, and made sure he fit in a stop at a research centre before heading home for Christmas.read


Soldier's anti-tank missile 'souvenir' exploded blowing his friend's legs off

One of the 43-year-old's comrades lost both of his legs, another is expected to go completely deaf and the third lost his foot and a testicle in the blast in Caen, north-west France.read


Alexander Blackman will need same prison protection as paedophiles, court hears

The country's top judge said the Ministry of Justice would be 'aware' of the threat to Sergeant Alexander Blackman from Islamic extremists and 'take steps to minimise it' as they did with child abusers.read


Doctors perform emergency C-section on woman with empty womb

The 37-year-old woman had been accompanied by midwives from Cabo Frio, southeast Brazil, since the beginning of her pregnancy.read


People in vegetative states DO recognise friends and family

Scientists at Tel Aviv University in Israel say the ability to process images and link it to memories is previously unheard of in vegetative patients.read


Schoolboy takes selfie with Prince Charles on his mobile

The boy, a member of the Coptic Orthodox Church Centre, in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, asked for a picture while the Prince of Wales chatted to the congregation.read


Police searching for missing Jayden Parkinson examine grave next to church

Thames Valley Police said the hunt for Jayden (left) had led them to the Great Western Cemetery by All Saints' Church in Didcot, Oxfordshire (right).read


Cigarette packets will carry larger health warnings under EU rules

Most e-cigarettes will be sold as consumer products from 2016 rather than as more-tightly regulated medical devices, as governments had initially wanted, under new EU rules.read


Benefit controls rushed through before expected influx from EU migrants

The Prime Minister will say he understands the concerns of voters worried that incomers should not be allowed to take advantage of Britain’s benefits system and public services.read


Acrobat breaks neck trying to break world record for jumping through panes of glass

Jesus 'Half Animal' Villa, from Las Vegas, broke his neck in several places in July attempting to break a world record. The daredevil now hopes to raise $100,000 to help pay for his 'ultimate comeback'.read


School children evacuated after false leg sparks paedophile panic at leisure centre

Mistaking the prosthetic for a peeping tom, teachers quickly ushered the children out of the Larkfield Leisure Centre in Aylesford, Kent, while workers investigated.read


Should you insure yourself against getting breast cancer?

U.S. giant AIG Direct is offering a policy for the disease for less than £1 a month. But women in their 50s will actually have to fork out from £6.99 to £16.99.read


Girl, 12, battles rare condition which means she vomits up to 40 times a DAY (and doctors were so baffled they thought she might be pregnant)

Jayde Pitt, from Hereford, suffers from a condition known as Cyclical Vomiting Syndrome and spent up to 18 hours a day vomiting in her bathroom.read


Western nations admit they CANNOT remove Assad from power in Syria

The message, delivered to senior members of the Syrian National Coalition at a meeting of the anti-Assad Friends of Syria alliance in London last week, was prompted by rise of al Qaeda and other militant groups.read


British doctor Abbas Khan, jailed while volunteering in Syria, dies in prison

Abbas Khan, 32, an orthopaedic surgeon from London, travelled to Aleppo last year to help treat wounded children.read


Bitcoin value HALVES after China announces restrictions on exchanges

BTC China, a Bitcoin and Yuan trading platform, announced that that local payment companies have been blocked from providing it with clearing services.read


Scientists 'print' new eye cells that could be used to treat blindness

The study, by the University of Cambridge, found that printed eye cells were able to grow normally and can be kept healthy.read


The filthy, overcrowded prison where 'Peru Two' are serving six-year sentence

Michaella McCollum (pictured) and Melissa Reid - the 'Peru Two' - were yesterday taken to Santa Monica prison in Chorrillo following their sentences of more than six years for drug smuggling in Peru.read


Zookeeper mauled to death by rare tiger at Shanghai animal park

The victim was a 56-year-old man with the surname Zhou. Colleagues said he went into the 9-year-old male south China tiger's enclosure and 'did not come out again'.read


Robert Mugabe orders Victoria Falls to be renamed 'the smoke that thunders'

The president of Zimbabwe believes Victoria Falls does not reflect its liberation heritage. Locals already refer to the landmark as Mosi Oa Tunya - which means 'the smoke that thunders'.read


Nearly 1% of women believe they have had a 'virgin birth'

North Carolina researchers interviewed 7,870 women and found that 0.5 per cent of them who said they were virgins had also given birth - without the help of IVF.read


Software scans your Facebook PHOTOS and customises the adverts you see

By scanning photos for elements linked to sub-cultures, such as bikers or goths, Californian researchers were able to categorise Facebook photos into groups.read


Widowed husband recreates wedding album in photo series with three-year-old daughter

Ben Nunery, 34, from Cincinnati, Ohio, lost his wife, Ali, in 2011 to a rare form of lung cancer, just one year after they had celebrated the birth of their first child.read


Save the Chinese Tigers charity couple at war over assets after marriage breakdown

Chinese conservationist Li Quan says money put into the Save China’s Tigers charity was used to fund her and her husband Stuart Bray's personal lives.read


Policeman jailed for blowing off man's testicles with stun grenade

The Catalan officer had been tasked with arresting two extortionists with a history of violence who refused to get out of their car.read


Christmas wrapping paper with pictures of cold and flu viruses raises money for homeless charity

At first glance the designs on the paper sheets look like snowflakes - but on closer inspection the patterns are made from common cold, influenza and pneumonia viruses.read


The 'smart bra' that could give your diet a boost

Scientists at the University of Southampton, have developed the bra which is fitted with sensors which monitor heart and skin activity.read


Flipper gets flipped! Gigantic killer whale sends dolphin somersaulting 20ft into the air

An unfortunate dolphin finds itself in the path of a killer whale in Santa Cruz, California and is sent somersaulting through the air by its giant fin.read


Nathaniel Flynn admits murdering his grandmother and trying to kill nine-year-old boy

Nathaniel Flynn, 26, stabbed to death retired headmistress Louisa Denby at their shared home in Shipley, West Yorkshire.read


Killed by a single punch: Caught on film, moment love tangle ended in tragedy in a country club car park

Train conductor Alexander Frew, 44, from Garforth, West Yorkshire, felled Matthew Welford , moments after being warned to stay away from the victim's wife.read


Why an apple a day could be as good as a statin for over-50s: Doctors believe prescribing fruit would prevent 8,500 heart attacks a year

Healthy over-50s who add a daily apple to their diet can benefit as much as those who start taking a tablet, Oxford University researchers claim.read


Why DO we follow celebrity health advice? Doctors blame the 'herding effect' and warn against trusting the often dangerous fads

Scientists from McMaster University, Canada investigated how celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow gain credibility as health advisers.read


How a fatberg made from your Christmas dinner could clog the sewers of London

According to deputy chief sewer flusher Danny Brackley (pictured), London's sewers cost £12 million a year to repair.read


Bullied children are more likely to suffer from psychosis by the time they are 18: Pupils picked on at school can suffer serious mental health problems later in life

A study by Bristol and Warwick universities shows teachers should stop bullying in primary school to avoid problems later in life.read


Chimps can ape culinary skills

A study by Portsmouth University found just as people learn cookery techniques by watching, chimps learn skills from observing also.read


Demi-Leigh Mahon told she wouldn't live past age two defies the odds

Demi-Leigh Mahon, from Shropshire, was left incredibly susceptible to infection after her lungs and heart failed to develop properly in the womb.read


Transgender murderer Paris Green moved from women's prison after sex with inmates

Murderer Paris Green, 22, who was previously known as Peter Laing, was allowed to serve his 18-year sentence in Cornton Vale women’s prison, in Stirling, because he says he is transgendered.read


Prince Charles says Christians in Middle East need our help

The Prince of Wales told a reception for Middle East Christians at Clarence House in London that people with a 'vested interest' were destroying the relationship between the two religions.read


Foreign criminal who attacked friend with knife freed under Human Rights Act

Abdi Ismail, 33, has been convicted of a string of crimes since arriving in Britain in 1993, including racially aggravated threatening behaviour and assault on police.read


Greenpeace protesters and Pussy Riot band members could be freed from Russian jails tomorrow under Moscow amnesty bill

The 26 non-Russians of the so-called Arctic 30 could now be free to return home as soon as they are given exit visas by the authorities after the Russian government passed a new law.read


SARAH VINE: Why I'm a member of Generation Joyless...

Look at the legacy those born just after World War II have left their children, i.e. my generation. Generation joyless. Generation left-to-pick-up-the-pieces.read


Three spacewalks planned to fix problem on the International Space Station

NASA astronauts plan to perform three spacewalks, culminating in one on Christmas Day, to repair the International Space Station's coolant system.read


'Grossly obese' man weighing 40stone who only ate burgers and pies died when he fell out of his chair and couldn't get back up

Fire crews were called to hoist Samuel Cann (pictured), 35, after he slipped from the chair he spent 24 hours a day in at his home in Stone, Staffordshire.read


Fracking firms invited to drill under half of the UK

Stretching from Devon to Aberdeen, the map, published yesterday by the Government, shows the extent of the new areas under consideration for exploratory work.read


Afghanistan war: Max Hastings: Mr Cameron is deluded. The tragic truth is that Britain accomplished NOTHING in Afghanistan

There has been the expenditure of hundreds of billions of pounds, and the loss of hundreds of American and British lives and tens of thousands of Afghan ones.read


Just half of women now drink alcohol every week

Since 2005 the proportion of people who say they have at least one alcoholic drink in seven days has fallen from 64.5 per cent to 58 per cent last year and just 52 per cent among women.read


Bank of England set to make announcement on future of plastic bank-notes currency

Since 1853, bank-notes have been made from cotton paper but the Bank has carried out three years of research on switching to polymer notes.read


Trainee legal clerk died after swallowing opiate painkiller patch that gave him nearly 14 TIMES the recommended safe dose

Joshua Makin from Manchester ate the nicotine patch-style painkiller fentanyl not realising it would give him 50 times the safe dose. He was found dead the next morning by his girlfriend.read


Lord Patten blocks release of report about BBC's £100m IT disaster

A review by accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers is expected to be sharply critical of the BBC's management of the project, which was meant to digitise the BBC’s archives.read


Prisoners 'should get the vote but only six months before release'

The vote should be given to all inmates entering the final six months of their sentence, no matter how heinous the crime, a committee says.read


Half of Britain go bargain hunting at Aldi or Lidl

Aldi and Lidl’s success comes on the back of their concerted effort to target middle Britain with high-quality food, wine and spirits at discount prices.read


Right to die: My husband begged me to help him die. Thank God I didn't

Bruce Gyngell was bedridden and immobile as he battled brain cancer for more than a year. However for his wife Kathy, helping him end his life was inconceivable.read


Mother fulfils weight loss promise to her late daughter by losing six stone to walk up the aisle

Bride-to-be Lynne Wakefield, 44, from Dukinfield in Tameside, was dangerously overweight when she vowed to slim in the run up to her wedding to Rachael's father.read


Heather Mills abandons attempt to compete skiing in Winter Olympics

The former model, 45, was told she must wear a cover over her boot and prosthetic leg to meet international regulations at the games in Sochi, Russia, in March 2014.read


Burying your head in the sand? You're feeling guilty

Psychologists at the University of Sheffield say the 'ostrich problem' - ignoring information that can help us - arises because of the need to avoid negative feelings.read


Ministers' emergency stop on driving test reforms

Transport ministers had wanted to impose night time curfews and other restrictions on ‘novice’ drivers in a bid to cut the death toll among inexperienced motorists.read


In the arms of the law... canoe man is held after trip to find a new bride: Darwin arrested after breaching early release order

John Darwin, 63, who was jailed for six years for faking his death for a £500,000 insurance payout, was understood to be in Durham Prison last night.read


Mansion inspired by Palace of Versailles goes on sale in New York

Even for the Upper East Side, which is no stranger to luxury living, an opulent $114 million, 20,000 square foot mansion with sweeping views of Central Park and the Manhattan skyline has set new standards.read


Stressed shop owner who ground her teeth has titanium jaw fitted

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Toni Lovell-Clarke, 50, from Nottingham, developed muscle dystonia, which left her jaw jammed shut so she could not speak or eat.read


Father who blamed dog for killing his baby son found guilty of murder

Michael Beaumont from Hoyland, near Barnsley, was convicted of killing his son, Kadan, by a jury at Sheffield Crown Court today.read


Peer who clocks in and out of the Lords in 30 minutes to claim £300 a day (... and he says dozens are at it)

Yesterday Lord Hanningfield defended himself saying that ‘at least half’ of all peers were abusing the system – before going even further and claiming: ‘They all do it.’read


Why women are happier if they have the last word

A group of husbands had to agree with every opinion and request expressed by their wives without complaint, even if they thought they were wrong.read


Footage shows Lampedusa shipwreck survivors were forced to strip naked

In scenes reminiscent of World War Two concentration camps, the footage (pictured) obtained by Italian television shows migrants at the detention centre on the EU’s southern-most landfall, standing naked in the open air, while waiting to be sprayed for scabies.read


Open fires in Greek homes create cloud of smog above Athens

Millions of Greeks have been forced to burn wood in their homes after the country agreed to increase the price of heating oil by 48 per cent.read


Terrified families flee Big Sur homes as wildfires engulf nearly 1,000 acres and close in on celebrity resort where Facebook billionaire held $5m wedding

The fire in Los Padres National Forest in the mountains of the Big Sur region near state Highway 1 had consumed 769 acres by late last night, with only a few areas contained by firefighters.read


Boris Bike spotted being ridden by a man 3,000 miles away in The Gambia

A photograph of the man in West Africa was shared on Twitter by Oxford-based Oxfam campaigns and policy director Ben Phillips this morning.read


The revolving door for NHS managers: 3,200 get pay-offs... then return in new jobs

Some have received packages of £605,000 and then landed a job with a six-figure salary just three months later.read


David Cameron's surprising likenesses, from Catherine the Great to Bob the Builder

This week politics student Sophie Gadd spotted a painting in a Berlin museum of Catherine the Great which bore an uncanny similarity to the Prime Minister.read


RAF pilot unleashes hell on Taliban from the comfort of an armchair in Lincolnshire

Experienced ‘pilots’ from XIII Squadron guide Reapers at 50,000ft above Helmand Province via satellite from high-security RAF Waddington, near Lincoln.read


Top judge hits out at campaign to gag forced caesarian mother

Sir James Munby, the country’s leading family judge, said the attempt to silence the mother was an ‘affront not merely to the law but also ... indeed, humanity itself’.read


Mount Etna lights up the sky in its largest eruption for months

These spectacular images captured the moment lava burst into the sky as Mount Etna erupted on Sunday night, with the resulting ash cloud causing flights in Catania, Sicily, to be cancelled.read


Canada's richest woman Sherry Brydson worth $6.5bn

She comes from one of Canada's wealthiest families but little is known about Sherry Brydson, who has just been named as the country's richest woman.read


Thank you for your son's donor heart

Will Pope, 21, was able to shake the hand of Steve Ince, his donor's father, and find out about the man to whom he shall always be indebted.read


Police identify Harvard hoaxer who 'emailed bomb threat to get out of taking an exam' as 20-year-old student Eldo Kim

The FBI says Kim has confessed to emailing bomb threats to two school officials and the Harvard Crimson newspaper.read


Presentation Date Night sees singletons wooing mates with PowerPoint

Rahul Saggar, from Brooklyn, New York, started Presentation Date Night after a woman showed interest in him when she heard a PowerPoint he gave at work.read


Alaska glaciers over the decades show proof of climate change

Alaska's glaciers have radically changed over the past two centuries. One of the methods used to depict the change has been repeat photography - the art of taking a picture and the returning to the same place decades later to take the same picture.read


Adonis Ortiz born with intestines formed outside his body is recovering after having FIVE organ transplants

Adonis Ortiz, 3, of Tampa, Florida, underwent the multivisceral transplant in October, receiving a new liver, pancreas, stomach and small and large intestines.read


Photographer Bruce Davidson captures images of 1950s Brooklyn gang

The collection, titled Brooklyn Gang, were taken by renowned photographer Bruce Davidson, who has dedicated his career to documenting New York City life and culture.read


Alert issued on neonicotinoids pesticides which may damage brains of children

The suspect chemicals are used around the world on farms growing grapes, strawberries, lettuce, tomatoes, tea and oranges.read


Heel No Pain spray set to revolutionize how women wear high heels

A new numbing spray, Heel No Pain by Biochemistry, relieves foot pain for up to three hours; and is set to be released in the U.S. just in time for New Years Eve.read


Red faced and sweating, crack-smoking Toronto mayor dances (sober) to Bob Marley's One Love in the middle of council chambers

Toronto mayor Rob Ford mopped his brow with a handkerchief after throwing himself enthusiastically into dancing during Christmas festivities in the city's council chamber.read


Copywriter dies after tweeting about working 30 hours and energy drinks blamed

A young Indonesian woman literally worked herself to death this week shortly after bragging online about how long she had been in her office.read


Wally the otter finally gets his appetite back after being shot in the face and flippers and undergoing seven weeks of intensive dental work

Wally the otter was brought into Vancouver Aquarium Marine Animal Rescue Centre two months ago with serious injuries to his flippers and face.read


British Muslim Ifthekar Jaman who joined Al-Qaeda fighting in Syria is killed

Ifthekar Jaman, 23, left his home in Portsmouth, Hampshire, earlier this year to join the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant group battling against Syrian leader President Bashar al-Assad.read


Mother's bid to find son Joshua's stolen pony Tic Toc

Can you help find Tic Toc? Mother's desperate bid to find her son's stolen pony after it was taken from its paddock before he finds outread


Last photo on your phone in New York and Los Angeles

Artist Ivan Cash has done a series looking at what the last photos random strangers have on their phones as a way to take a sneak peak into their personal lives.read


Kim Jong Un's wife Ri Sol-Ju wheeled out looking thin and nervous

Kim Kyong Hui, sister of the young despot's father, was not present at any of the state ceremonies marking the second anniversary of her brother's death.read


Blogger Taylor Adele Smith illustrates 5 ways to fake a thigh gap

In an effort to highlight just how absurd the 'thigh gap trend' really is, video blogger Taylor Adele Smith created a YouTube video Five Ways To Fake a Thigh Gap.read


Mac on... Mayor Boris's objection to a third runway at Heathrow

'If that's Boris Johnson see if you can get his autograph'read


The world in infrared: Landmark pictures given an otherworldly red hue as photographer experiments with rare film

Sean Lynch, from New York, originally shot infrared images through digital camera but decided to try and take similar shots with special film rolls which pick up the that range in the light spectrum.read


The families pulling out all the stops to turn their homes into winter wonderlands

Plastic Santas and flashing lights may not feature in the Nativity story but it's hard not to conclude that these souls embody the true spirit of Christmas.read


Could crows hold the secret to understanding ALIENS?

Neurobiologists have demonstrated how the brains of crows produce intelligent behavior, the same as humans, despite our lack of a common ancestor.read


'Reptiles could inherit the Earth': Unusual breathing in lizards could make them more likely to survive a global catastrophe

Researchers at the University of Utah have found that the savannah monitor lizard breathes like a bird through a one-way loop.read


Police force watchdog says there is an 'incentive' to make performance look good

Tom Winsor, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary, told the Home Affairs Select Committee 'in anything that gets measured' there is an 'incentive, resisted by many, to manipulate the process to make your own performance look good'.read


PETRONELLA WYATT and spoilt dog pick the ultimate Christmas gifts

Two years ago, I was in a slough of utter loneliness, writes PETRONELLA WYATT. So, on the advice of a friend, I bought a puppy: a white papillon called Mini and ever since I have pampered her shamelessly.read


The mesmerising interactive map of the wind: Website beautifully shows up-to-date currents across the globe

Simply called 'Earth Wind Map', the website shows the winds that traverse our planet as snaking lines, with outlines of the continents beneath.read


Snow leopard delights visitors on public debut as he frolics with his mother

The cheeky chappie used the new-found camouflage to hide away before pouncing on his mother Sarani n their enclosure at Brookfield Zoo in Chicago.read