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Sophie Jones, 19, from Eastham, near Liverpool, was initially told she had Crohn's Disease after going to the doctor saying she had bad stomach pains.read

One half of the TV cookery duo, Two Fat Ladies, Miss Dickson Wright died in Edinburgh on Saturday, her agent confirmed this morning.read

Five super-rich families in Britain own more money than the poorest 12 million people in the country combined, according to new research, confirming the gap between rich and poor.read

The actress has complained she was ‘hounded’ by collectors despite not owning a TV for years, and admits she watches BBC shows for free on iPlayer.read

Father-of-seven Kelvin 'Kelly' Hewitt, 40, was found blood-soaked last week beside the A66 near Middlesbrough, and was taken to hospital.read

Pressure is mounting on George Osborne to raise the 40p tax threshold – after he reportedly said that people did not mind paying the higher rate because it made them feel like a ‘success’.read

Californian researchers found that the more frequently a mother breastfeeds her child after the age of two, the more likely the child is to have severe tooth decay.read

CCTV footage captures Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, pilot of the Boeing 777 flight, being frisked while walking through security at Kuala Lumpar International Airport.read

The aviation engineer is Mohd Khairul Amri Selamat, 29, a Malaysian who has said on social media he had worked for a private jet charter company.read

An image has emerged of the pilot of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet wearing a T-shirt with a 'Democracy is Dead' slogan as it has been revealed he could have hijacked the plane in an anti-government protest.read

The move came as Malaysia appealed for radar data and search planes to help in the unprecedented hunt through a vast swath of Asia stretching north-west into Kazakhstan.read

Friends and family of missing Malaysia Airlines 370 pilot and suspected hijacker Zaharie Admad Shah say he is a 'good hearted' man who loved cooking.read

Anti-terror expert Dr Sally Leivesley said a remote device, such as a USB stick, could override the flight's security software and alter its altitude and direction.read

Mum-of-three and almost 40, Rachel didn't have high hopes of finding a match online. After a whirl-wind romance, Rachel was cheated on and contracted HIV.read

The modern man, given the choice, would allow sex to be their biggest and longest activity of the day, saying that on an 'ideal day' they would pledge 4 hours to the activity.read

Sales of cleansing wipes have doubled in the past year as busy women enjoy a simple way to remove make-up. But could they be doing long-term damage to your skin?read

One of the world’s top cancer specialists, Dr David Argus, gives you the top tips on how to live a long and healthy life.read

Dr Peter Gray said 'free play' - where children are left to their own devices - is the primary means by which children overcome narcissism.read

'I will haunt you day and night after I'm dead,' jojostai1012, from Shanghai, told her ex on Instagram before sharing a photo of her belongings burning and another of her legs dangling perilously out a window.read

Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women. But cold case reviewer Chris Clark believes he may have killed five more women in the Midlands in the 1970sread

The new stage production, written by comedian Harry Hill, is an irreverent send up of talent show The X Factor – with former EastEnders star Nigel Harman playing a very camp version of Simon Cowell. But executives at the West End theatre are said to have vetoed a portion of the script.read

Taxpayer-funded building work at the four-storey, 20-room Apartment 1A of Kensington Palace (pictured) far exceeded initial estimates and is set to dwarf the £1.1million already spent.read

Fans of Chelsea FC directed their anger at the six times Olympic champion after referee Chris Foy sent off two of their players and ordered manager Jose Mourinho from the bench.read

Officers from Greater Manchester Police kicked down the door of the house in Worsley, Salford, during the raid, but nobody was at home.read

The little girl - believed to be aged between four and six - popped her head out of the car as it approached a roundabout in Gillingham, Kent.read

‘Ghost gazumping’ sees unscrupulous estate agents persuading sellers to increase their house price just days before the exchange of contracts.read

The new garden city will be built at Ebbsfleet in Kent, which will initially provide 15,000 homes, Chancellor George Osborne said.read

Stricter immigration controls and abolishing the principle of 'ever closer union' featured in Mr Cameron's plans, as he claimed public support for EU membership is now 'wafer thin'.read

The measure is good news for large working families after warnings that the cost of childcare exceeds monthly mortgage payments.read

Steve Areen's otherworldly Thailand dome home was built in six weeks -- for a mere $9,000. Areen was invited by a friend to build a dome home on a Thai mango farm in 2011. The cost for the basic structure was under $6,000, but went up to include finishing details and furniture.read

Lola Page, 13 months, who was last seen on Friday, was found with her mother, Stacey Ball, 18, at an address in Willenhall, West Midlands, at 1am today, police said.read

Alexandra Shulman, who has edited the publication since 1992, also said she was ‘fed up’ of questions about thin models and the fashion industry.read

Over five months, the Duchess of York has managed to lose three stone – and says she is determined to keep the weight off this time round.read

Michelle Edwards, 43, of Poole, Dorset, felt like she needed to give something back to society - and has now become a volunteer dog trainer.read

Police found the man yelling and damaging public property: 'Bad moves all round. Some people should not drink and dance.'read

Thousands of pro-Russian Crimeans have been celebrating in the regional capital of Simferopol after a vote overwhelmingly back leaving Ukraine and joining Russia.read

More than one in six managers and administrators given payouts worth as much as £650,000 are now back working in the health service.read

The money spent by NHS Trusts went on items such as reinforced operation tables, super-sized beds and extra-large bedpans for patients weighing up to 70 stone.read

The ladybird has often been seen as an intimidating insect, but now new research at Hull University reveals that they can zoom around faster, and travel higher, than previously thought.read

The hit HBO show True Detective drew its inspiration from a Satanic cult run by a pedophile church pastor in Louisianaread

It looks like a scene from a desert, a solitary snake, a venomous sidewinder slithering across the desert, but it's actually a common adder slithering across a Cornish beach.read

Anna Mazover, 29, and Diana Nicholl-Pierson, 24, claim they were told they would get promoted if they had sex with married Darren Scott, 55.read

Twenty minutes of high intensity exercise every day can ward off flu-like illnesses, claim researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.read

Researchers from North Dakota State University found people who displayed signs of anger were more likely to choose the colour red in a series of images.read

The unknown pilot of the Victoria, a £1 million Princess V57 motor yacht, was unable to stop the craft smashing into the west London bridgeread

Research released by the Church of England reveals that large numbers of parents are probably feigning faith to help secure good school placesread

Research carried out by University College London found we often look but don't see. Objects that we aren't focused on appear dimmer, as if the light were turned down.read

Kat and Steve Turner, from London, set off from New Zealand in April 2012 and have spent 674 days pedalling the same bike home across three continents. Today they arrived home.read

A person has stepped forward to pick up a EuroMillions prize of £107,932,603.20p. A spokesman for the lottery said that the person could go to collect the winnings from the bank from tomorrow.read

The handyman persuaded the confused and vulnerable woman to sign an agreement that he should control all her bank accounts, savings and property.read

Aga unveils a modern take on its traditional design, trying to take this cornerstone of rural life into the heart of the cityread

America has always lagged behind Canada in terms of visitor numbers for Niagara Falls, but now it is planning to go upmarket and tempt the big spenders south of the border.read

London-based researchers polled UK parents and children. A third of the children said they check their phone several times an hour.read

A compilation identifies Skipton as the ultimate location, ahead of Newnham in Cambridge, Monmouth in Wales and Falmouth in Cornwall.read

Racing journalist Roger Mortimer wrote dozens of gloriously funny letters to his three children. Here, from the latest volume, we share his wry and despairing accounts of married life...read

It is foolish to the Chancellor can do anything much to solve what Ed Miliband calls ‘the cost of living crisis’. But it is already being addressed - by very large retailers reducing the costs of their goods.read

Desposits in Sussex, Surrey, Kent and Hampshire could equal a third of the resources in the North Sea but fracking would have to be used in order to extract them.read

Research shows second hand smoke can react with indoor pollutants to become a new carcinogenic compound.read

The new Free From Frizz 6 week Blow Out is the UK's first home-based keratin treatment which claims to eliminate frizzy hair for more than 40 days.read

The toddler was struck by the vehicle as it reversed at Oaks View Caravan Park in Upper Arncott, Oxfordshire, at 4.55pm yesterday.read

Tom Rob Smith, who will write new BBC drama London Spy, is the lover of the Corporation’s controller of drama commissioning, Ben Stephenson.read

Ofsted’s verdicts are only as reliable as flipping a coin - with many relying on personal preference, think-tank Policy Exchange claims.read

The Chancellor is said to have shed significant amounts of weight by cutting his calorie intake to just 500 on two days of the week. David Cameron is also believed to be on the diet.read

Self-taught photographer Sarolta Bán, from Hungary, decided to turn her talents of transforming everyday scenes into magical pictures to help re-home abandoned animals.read

The offensive word - which has been added under the 'c' section - joins nearly 900 other terms newly added to the reference collection.read

The Communities Secretary said it had taken Labour ten years to ‘destroy’ the traditional weekly service and suggested it would take as long to restore it.read

Scarlett was one of the many Hollywood actors named in the open letter by Dylan Farrow that was published in The New York Times last month, and the Captain America actress has labelled the criticism 'irresponsible'.read

It's already the most successful song from a Disney film in 20 years. And a university student from Texas has given Let It Go from Frozen even more of a cartoon flavour, by singing it in the voices of 21 different Disney and Pixar characters.read

The Revisionist Beer range consists of 'old world’ continental beer styles, such as Belgian Saison, to ‘new world’ beer flavours like an American Rye Pale Ale.read

Buy-to-let landlord Brian Smart says heavy-handed treatment from state-owned Mortgage Express has robbed him of his retirement income and ruined his life.read

Sharon Schulte, 76, had a wish in life to walk her daughter Sandy to Heaven's gate. And she got it. The Minnesota mom died less than 24 hours after her eldest child, who suffered from Down Syndrome and was 57. Then three days later, her husband Thomas also passed away from lung cancer.read

The father-of-three, who won two golds at 2012 London Games, fell awkwardly around the six-mile mark but carried on and finished second.read

Under cover of darkness, the elite team of commandos swooped onto the The Morning Glory from a helicopter after tracking it down to a bolt hole some 18 miles southwest of the island nation.read

Television presenter Noel Edmonds has claimed today that he would be prepared to buy the BBC - with the help of financial backers - in order to save it from 'disaster'.read

The 83-year-old underwent tests for several days last week before being discharged in time to attend the memorial of close friend Sir David Frost.read

The dog was taken to a Taiwanese dog pound to die, but a charity set up by Sean McCormack rescued him and now he has been recognised by the RSPCA.read

Fascinating new images have led researchers to conclude the planet Mercury is shrinking, now measuring up to 8.6 miles smaller in diameter than it was nearly four billion years ago.read

A new study says that global industrial civilization may collapse in mere decades due to unequal wealth distribution and increased strain on the planet's resources. In both scenarios, poor 'Commoners' fall first, followed by wealthy 'Elites.'read

Priced at £25, sTitch leggings are inspired by celebrities such as Russel Brand and Justin Bieber, who both favour meggings.read

Shoppers can now take selfies trying on clothes in store changing rooms and send them to their friends for a second opinion.read

Rachel Hayes, of Carmarthenshire, West Wales, thought she was going to die as she choked on a strawberry sweet while sitting in her kitchen.read

A 16-year-old boy at £30,000-a-year Westminster School, whose former pupils include Nick Clegg, has been arrested after allegedly posting a sexual photo of a girl online.read

People in Britain between the ages of 16 to 30 have a bigger desire to be their own boss rather than earn tons of money, according to a new survey.read

Ashton Hutcheson, three, was fitted with the HeartWare device to keep him alive until an organ becomes available for transplant.read

Jack, 6, pictured with parents Alex and Andy, from Chorley, Lancashire, was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in 2011.read

College student Leah Frost, from Leeds, has shunned most other foods since she was a child, despite the best efforts of her mother, Yvonne.read

The carnival-like holiday is marked by parades and costume parties with participants dressing up in masks and fancy dress outfits across the world.read

After the wettest winter since records began, experts say there is a 75per cent chance the summer could be among the hottest ever.read

The bill - paid for by the UK taxpayer - was racked up by eight ministries, including the Ministry of Justice and the Department of Health.read

Dirty cages, small enclosures and depressed animals (pictured) have made the Split zoo in Croatia a 'terrible' place to visit, and now after eight years of campaigns it is set to close.read

The British Combat Logistics Patrol were pictured arriving at the gates of Camp Bastion in Afghanistan after departing from operating bases across Helmand Province.read

The rockets (similar to those pictured) were fired from an area on the east coast and flew about 42 miles over the Sea of Japan, reports suggest.read

The painkillers, based on a tiny protein found in cone snails' venom, could one day lead to the development of a drug to treat severe and chronic nerve pain.read

Eryn Howie, of Fenham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was born without functioning kidneys - and her parents thought they would not see her grow up.read

The Ukip leader was last week forced to deny claims he had both his wife Kirsten, and his former mistress Annabelle Fuller, on his Brussels payroll.read

Former merchant banker Christopher Shaw was the fourth husband of Cressida's mother, Lady Mary Gaye Curzon and played a big part in Cressida's upbringing until she was 11.read

In a 52-year-old tradition, the Chicago River glowed a bright emerald green Saturday as the city kicked off its St. Patrick's Day celebrations.read

The organizers of the 250-year-old New York parade have banned gay marchers from carrying signs identifying their sexuality.read

The Global Financial Centres Index surveys global business leaders in order to rank the world's commerce centers.read

The introduction of the drastic measure follows a grey smog settling over the French capital from the middle of last week.read

Two teenage California golfers may soon be giving Tiger Woods a run for his millions, that is if couples golf ever becomes a sport.read

The 27-year-old had been working on a Horrible Histories film for the BBC at Bolton Castle (pictured) since last month, and was injured after falling out of a truck near Redmire, North Yorkshire.read

The child of Mekumi Yokota, a Japanese schoolgirl who was abducted in 1977 by North Korea, has finally met her grandparents, 35 years after her mother was taken.read

A New York woman is planning to file a lawsuit against a Queens restaurant after finding a huge bug in her bowl of soup.read

Three teenagers got into difficulty in a lake in Redditch, prompting the scambling of an ambulance chopper and hazard team. One of the teenagers died after revival attempts.read

Video has emerged of the moment a Playboy was hit in the buttocks with a golf club be a radio host at a 2012 golf outing sponsored by the magazine.read

Its the second most common suicide site in the world, and authorities are now getting serious about upping safety measures on the San Francisco landmark after 2013 was reportedly its deadliest year.read

Watched by President Putin, 460 performers took part in a closing ceremony which featured wheelchair dancers, trapeze artists, skateboarders and a huge fireworks display.read

The Cubestormer 3 (pictured) solved the cube in a speedy 3.253 seconds in front of a crowd at the Big Bang Fair, held at the NEC in Birmingham.read

Neil Harbisson, of Camden, London, was born with achromatopsia, a rare condition which means he can only see in black and white.read

The hilarious footage captures the enthusiastic antics of a young pit-bull who simply couldn't resist embarking on a frenzied case of joyfully rubbing himself all over his owner's bed.read

Li Housheng, 52, is determined to get his DIY helicopter off the ground in Ganzhou Village of Baitang Township in Miluo, China.read

Emma Wilkinson, 32, and Gary Marshall, 42, were told their son Calvin was unlikely to survive emergency heart and stomach operations in the weeks after he was born.read

The newest recruit to the LAPD fleet is a 2014 Lamborghini Gallardo that is worth $182,000 and goes up 199 mph. But you won't spot this demon racing after criminals on the 101 freeway.read

Days before she was named Miss Congeniality at a Washington pageant, Chloe Curry was accused of attempting to shoplift cosmetics from the Chehalis Walmart.read

A Baptist church in a Kentucky town that was the site of high school shooting is drawing controversy with its gimmick of offering to give away steaks and guns to congregation members.read

The picture was taken by the space agency’s Cassini probe during a flyby past the planet's largest moon Titan when it was about 1.6 million miles (2.6 million km) from Saturn.read