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Mick Jagger's face etched with grief after he heard of L'Wren Scott's suicide

The first pictures have emerged showing the Rolling Stones frontman leaving an upscale Perth restaurant just moments after he learned of the tragic death of his longtime love on the other side of the globe.read


I saw first hand how much he loved her: BAZ BAMIGBOYE on how L'Wren Scott and Mick Jagger were a 'lovey-dovey' couple who were 'happy together'

It was on Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s yacht moored in Cannes on the French Riviera that L’Wren Scott and Mick Jagger seemed most in love, writes BAZ BAMIGBOYE.read


Mick Jagger's women's troubles: Overdoses, broken hearts and divorce

Though suicide attempts have been a constant motif in Jagger’s prodigious love life, until now his relationships seemed to have left few scars on him.read


Mick Jagger's daughter Georgia cancels runway appearance at Melbourne Fashion Week following death of L'Wren Scott

She was set to appear on the way for local fashion label Camilla this week.read


Martin Amis accused of 'glorifying sexual violence'

Martin Amis, 64, said that the only way a heroine could have sex in an early novel was if she was drugged, which ties in with the female fantasy of being ravished.read


Our TV shows are far too white, says Lenny Henry

Lenny Henry said it is a shame so many black English actors are leaving the UK to find work in America because there are so few role for them in the UK.read


Parents of newborns who die in intensive care should be allowed to donate their organs, say Great Ormond Street doctors

Current protocols are at odds with those in place in other developed countries, said the researchers from Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.read


EuroMillions £108m jackpot winner is car mechanic from Surrey

So far, all that is known about the lucky player - who won £107,932,603.20 on Friday - is that he is a racing driver and mechanic from Coulsdon, Surrey.read


'Change rules' to help Boris be Tory leader: London mayor's father says his son must be allowed to stand even if he isn't an MP

Former Tory MEP Stanley Johnson said it would be unreasonable if his son was not able to make a pitch for the Tory party’s top job after the 2015 general election.read


Statins: Millions of healthy Britons are set to be prescribed them, but why do many GPs say they won't take statins?

Muscle pain is the most frequently reported statin side-effect. With seven million Britons taking statins, that could mean up to 1.5 million are being affected.read


Stamp duty thresholds blamed for forcing homeowners to sell properties for less

Zoopla estimates around 37,300 homeowners, whose property is worth a figure just above one of the thresholds, have lost around £7,000 each over the last two years.read


Was Malaysian Airlines MH370 co-pilot's last message to base a secret distress signal?

First Officer Fariq Abdul Hamid, 27, calmly said ‘All right, good night’ shortly before Flight MH370 vanished ten days ago.read


Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 hijackers used low altitude 'terrain masking' manoeuvre

Using a manoeuvre typically deployed by combat aircraft, the plane would have burnt far more fuel flying in the denser lower air.read


Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah's daughter Aishah lives in Melbourne and has fled back to Malaysia

The 27-year-old and her boyfriend Hazwan Anuar studied together at the International Islamic University of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur before moving to Melbourne.read


Working parents' tax break will be worth £2,000 a child... but STILL there's no help for the stay-at-home mothers

David Cameron and Nick Clegg agreed yesterday to ‘put rocket boosters’ under the new scheme - which could disadvantage many stay-at-home parents such as Laura Perrins (pictured).read


DANIEL JOHNSON: Osborne, 40p tax and the Marie Antoinette moment that could cost the Tories dear

He didn't quite say ‘Let them eat cake’, but the Chancellor’s reported statement that many families enjoy paying higher-rate tax...read


Teacher's relationship with boy, 16, exposed when they visited sexual health clinic

Kelly Ann-Marie Burgess, from Newport in Gwent, admitted a series of sex offences against a teenage pupil at North Somerset Courthouse this morning.read


Saturated fat DOESN'T cause heart disease after all

Researchers at the University of Cambridge found no link between saturated fat, such as butter, and heart problems.read


St John's wort herbal remedies can block contraceptive implants, warn doctors

Two women accidentally got pregnant while using 'more than 99 per cent effective' implants at the end of last year, and doctor's suspect herbal remedies may be to blame.read


Jeremy Clarkson accused of 'racism' during Top Gear series finale in Thailand

Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson has found himself at the centre of an alleged racism row following a comment he made during the final show of the series.read


Clarissa Dickson Wright: QUENTIN LETTS raises a last glass

She will be remembered by millions as a TV chef, but Miss Dickson Wright was more influential and complex than that plastic term suggests.read


Countryfile women at war! Miriam O'Reilly's fury over Julia Bradbury's comments

Miriam O’Reilly (right) and Julia Bradbury, both former presenters of Countryfile, have become involved in a row over age discrimination on the show.read


Big Bang expansion found in cosmic microwave background

The finding by the BICEP2 telescope in the South Pole could rank among the greatest discoveries about the universe over the last 25 years.read


Pope Francis cancels meeting with Noah's Russell Crowe over leak fears

Pope Francis was due to meet with the Hollywood actor and the entire creative team behind the biblical movie to give his blessing for the film, reports suggest.read


Is this the end of use by dates? Patch gives warning when food is off

The tags, created by Chao Zhang, of Peking University in Beijing, cost a fraction of a penny and can be used to monitor freshness of foods, drinks and medicines.read


Weetabix woos China with green tea flavour: Brand aims to crack market by adapting cereals to accommodate preference for savoury tastes

The iconic cereal brand is hoping to crack the overseas market by adapting the traditional cereal to the Chinese preference for savoury tastes.read


Colorado house where JonBenet Ramsey was murdered is listed for $2million - and the eerie listing INCLUDES a photo of the basement where her body was found

Six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in the basement of the Boulder, Colorado home the day after Christmas in 1996.read


Channel 5 rapped for Big Brother scene in which Daley grabbed Hazel's throat

In an episode screened last year, Daley Ojuederie grasped Hazel O'Sullivan's neck and pinned her to a bed after a heated argument.read


It ain't half daft for the BBC to ban my show for being racist: Dad's Army creator JIMMY PERRY on the BBC's refusal to show repeats of his other greatest hits

Dad’s Army is repeated every Saturday and gets audiences of 2.2 million. But my favourite sitcom of all, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, will never be screened again.read


Give me a pay rise, demands Mugabe: Zimbabwean president hints he wants an increase weeks after blowing £3m on his daughter's wedding

President Mugabe has made the duel pledge of increasing pay for public sector workers and stamping out corruption in state-run industriesread


Why did United Arab Emirates refuse to let British nuclear submarine dock?

HMS Tireless spent a week in international waters while it sought permission to dock before deciding to divert to Goa in India.read


Chinese couple riding through red light on tricycle killed by a car

Authorities have released the graphic photograph in attempt to shock people into following traffic laws in Linhai, in the Zhejiang province, China.read


Sugar: Zero calories - and totally natural. But is the 'miracle' new sugar substitute too good to be true?

You may well already have had some. Look on the label of a can of Sprite and you’ll notice stevia in the ingredients — that’s why it’s now 30 per cent lower in sugar.read


SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Palace for hire again as bank bosses dine at Buck House

Five months after he was criticised for hosting a Buckingham Palace dinner paid for by the American bank J. P. Morgan, Prince Andrew is at it again.read


Were families of Harold Shipman's victims misled by police over their remains?

A whistleblower has accused Greater Manchester Police of misleading the families of Shipman's victims over the destruction of their loved ones' remainsread


Max Clifford's penis is 'freakishly small', the jury at his trial hears

A woman, who is not one of the publicist's seven accusers, spoke about the size of his manhood after conflicting claims earlier in the trialread


#FindLee! Internet campaign to trace good Samaritan

Natalie-Jane Davey returned to her car after parking it in Richmond, London on Friday afternoon to find the note on her windscreen.read


Dyson recalls one MILLION heaters over fire risk fears

The worldwide recall of the AM04 and AM05 models was issued on their website after 'a small number' short circuited, causing a small internal fire.read


Sam Callahan's friend Chloe Allan bombarded with death threats on Twitter

Chloe Allan (pictured), 15, from Aberdeenshire, began messaging singer Sam Callahan before he appeared on the show last year, and has attended a number of his gigs since.read


Archaeologists find 3,200-year-old skeleton with cancer

Researchers from Durham University said the discovery will help to explore underlying causes of cancer in ancient times.read


TV and computer games could wreck family life and leave your child obese, study warns

Researchers at Deakin University, Melbourne, and Oregon Social Learning Center, found excessive screen time also disrupts family life and causes poorer emotional wellbeing.read


Schoolboy, 14, excluded from lessons for organising mass walkout over a LACK of homework

Aaron Parfitt was excluded after leading 100 fellow pupils on a mass walkout at Bispham High School in Blackpool last Wednesday over concerns about teaching.read


Man who looks EXACTLY like missing baby Paul Fronczak comes forward

The search to find Paul Fronczak - the baby stolen from his mother's arms at a Chicago hospital in 1964 - received its strongest link yet when Steve Miller contacted authorities. The Dallas dad only recently discovered he was adopted after trying to find a kidney donor to help him with a life-threatening disease.read


VE Day letter describes couples having sex outside Buckingham Palace

Diana Carnegie wrote the letter to her officer husband, James Carnegie, whose father was Sir Lancelot Carnegie, the son of an Earl and a former ambassador of Portugal.read


Downing Street gets date WRONG on letter to schoolboy, 10

Schoolboy Alex McTeer, 10, from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, was shocked when he received a reply from 10 Downing Street, but the date was out by 12 months.read


Redditch boy Richard Fellows, 15, drowned at busy beauty spot

Emergency services managed to pull Richard Fellows (pictured) from the water, and performed emergency resuscitation, but he was pronounced dead when he arrived at Alexandra Hospital, Redditch.read


Doctors only gave paracetamol to vet who had been trampled by COW

Amy Jennings almost died after staff at Kings Mill Hospital in Nottinghamshire failed to take X-rays that would have revealed she was suffering three broken ribs and a collapsed lung.read


Jerry Barrett painting on sale for £180,000... all thanks to a shoe

A family turned detective to prove a painting they owned was a lost masterpiece and worth 20 times more than it was originally valuedread


The no frills IVF treatment costing under £1,000

Dr Geeta Nargund, of the Walking Egg foundation, who is bringing the procedure to Britain, believes it will allow the NHS to pay for more of the treatments.read


Mother-of-two breaks out in a rash every time she walks into her lounge after B&Q paint job

Karen Johnson says she breaks out in a rash every time she goes into the room to watch television after using white emulsion paint from B & Q on the walls.read


Teenage model dies from cervical cancer after doctors refused to give her a smear test because she was too young

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


Tens of thousands of NHS patients are 'shunted like parcels' by hospitals in the night

Some 195,372 people at 58 trusts in England were moved between the hours of 11pm and 6am last year, a Freedom of Information request found.read


Scientology recruitment school where Suri Cruise was headed

Picture Exclusive: The elite Scientology recruitment school, where Suri Cruise was headed, feeds kids scraps, forces sick students into isolation rooms and inflicts humiliating punishmentsread


Baroness Warsi joins the war on old Etonians in No 10

Baroness Warsi appeared on television with a spoof newspaper front page fuelling the 'Eton Mess' row.read


Defiant Putin paves way for Crimea grab: He ignores Western sanctions after 'sham' vote

The Russian president signed an order saying Crimea should be allowed to stand alone after a referendum paved the way for it to become part of Russia.read


Pictured: 'Reckless idiot' cyclist who rode through a train tunnel causing 14 HOURS of delays for commuters

Police are hunting for a selfish cyclist who caused 14 hours of delays after riding his bike off the end of Caerphilly railway station and into a nearby tunnel.read


Mother of conjoined twins born in India has yet to meet her babies

The twins, who were born last week, each have a head, neck, spine and oesophagus. But they share a heart and stomach and have only one lung each.read


Now we can't even deport a Mafia don to Italy: Their crowded jails 'would breach his human rights'

Domenico Rancadore, 65, who spent nearly 20 years living a secret life on the run in suburban Uxbridge, walked free today after the shock ruling at Westminster Magistrates' Court.read


RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: The Godfather Part IV... they made him an offer he COULD refuse

For the past 20 years, Domenico Rancadore has been on the run, holed up in Uxbridge, Middlesex. An Italian request to extradite him was slapped down because of - yep, you guessed - his human rights.read


When driving with a cold is as bad as being drunk

Your health and well-being could be compromising your safety behind the wheel. The RAC recently reported that one in 20 drivers unknowingly suffers from a sleeping disorder.read


Cameron and Clegg's Rose Garden love-in was 'sick-inducing', claims Lib Dem adviser

Julia Goldsworthy, who has quit the Treasury to stand for election, said activists would have been appalled the Tory and Lib Dem leaders ‘hamming it up’ in the sunshine in 2010.read


David Cameron claims he is watching what he eats but is pictured eyeing up CAKES

Downing Street confirmed that David Cameron is watching what he eats, after it emerged he ate a dairy-free meal on a flight from Tel Aviv.read


Spellbinding winners of 2014 Sony World Photography Awards

From bleak to tender, dark to dazzling, these are the winners of the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards. The top ten shots were selected from more than 70,000 entries.read


Diamond armour suit with built-in AIR CONDITIONINg

The bulletproof and waterproof garment is described by its Zurich-based creators as 'world's most expensive men's dress suit'.read


Twitter can tell when you're hungover or running late for work

The San Francisco-based company analysed the use of different English words and phrases in 2013 to find that people were particularly hungover on Fridays in November.read


TripAdvisor names Rhossili Bay in Wales the best beach in the UK - and the ninth most amazing in the world

Rhossili Bay in the Gower has beaten off competition from Dorset, Cornwall and Scotland to secure the top spot in the UK, and Spain, Greece, Italy and Turkey to keep its third-place ranking in Europe for the second year running.read


Teenage neo-Nazi accused of plotting Columbine-style massacre 'downloaded Mujahideen Poisons Handbook to his phone'

Michael Piggin, 18, stored weapons and terrorist manuals in his room as he drew up a ‘hit list’ of pupils and teachers he wanted to attack, jurors heard.read


HS2 boss scraps plan for direct rail link from the North of England to Europe

A £700million connection had been proposed between Euston - from where HS2 will depart - and the HS1 Channel Tunnel Eurostar terminal at St Pancras.read


Rioters passed PC Blakelock's helmet around 'like a trophy' after his death during 1985 Tottenham riots

PC Keith Blakelock was killed in the Broadwater Farm disturbances on the estate in Tottenham, north London, in October 1985.read


Charity which pleads for donations to help the elderly loans £80,000 to its £110,000-a-year chief executive

Age Concern's Birmingham chief executive Shirley Goode – is already believed to earn upwards of £110,000-a-year – but still asked for a hefty £84,000 loan.read


Time could be running out for historic market town's clocktower which has chimed every 15 minutes for 140 years after ONE noise complaint from new resident

The historic market town of Knighton in central Wales has heard every quarter of an hour rung out day and night since the clock was built in 1872.read


The end of expensive eye tests? Smartphone gadget takes photos of your retina

Researchers from Stanford University, California, believe their adapters make it easy for anyone with basic training to take a picture of the eye and pass it on to experts.read


Could CHOCOLATE pill prevent heart attacks and strokes?

Researchers at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston, will test the effectiveness of pills containing cocoa flavanols.read


Is this an end to LA's earthquake drought? Southern California shaken by biggest tremor in four years with fears that more could be on the way

The magnitude 4.4 earthquake that rolled through Southern California on Monday morning could mark the beginning of the end for L.A.'s years-long 'earthquake drought,' warn experts.read


Would you ride the HALFBIKE? Bizarre invention claims to make city cycling more practical

The Arizona team behind the Kickstarter project say the invention combines running and cycling.read


Apple iWatch app leaks - and will track everything from how much you drink to your blood sugar

Blog 9to5mac claims the 'Healthbook' app could be unveiled at the firm's annual developer conference in June.read


John Terry's father Ted accused of racist attack at train station

Ted Terry, 59, is also accused of headbutting and racially abusing an Asian man in a drunken row over a cigarette near Fenchurch Street Station in London.read


Andrew Marr uses a FES - but some NHS trusts won't pay for them

The device, usually worn below the knee, provides functional electrical stimulation (FES) — firing electrical signals at the nerves that control the paralysed muscles.read


Asheborough House Care Centre matron 'took sex toy to work'

Sharon Talbot allegedly revealed her underwear and spoke about her sex life in the presence of staff at the Asheborough House Care Centre in Saltash, Cornwall.read


Stephen Hawking claims this century will be the true space age

The comments were made by the renowned astrophysicist during last night’s Live from Space programme on Channel 4.read


Gary Davies, 25, 'slashed and sawed girlfriend's neck with kitchen knife'

Gary Davies, 25, locked Robyn Clegg-Gibson, 19, in her bedroom at Lancaster University, climbed on top of her and hacked across her throat - narrowly missing her blood vessels, a court heard.read


Breck Bednar's parents bury son on day he would have turned 15

Breck Bednar was attacked in Grays, Essex, 30 miles from his home after travelling to meet a man he knew online, it has been claimed.read


Drivers stuck in traffic jam strike up spontaneous game of scissors-paper-stone

Two drivers found a novel way of keeping entertained and a video of the spectacle has become a online hit, receiving more than 360,000 viewsread


Woman whose baby has just 1% chance of survival continues pregnancy

Lisa Tilbury, 22, from East Lothian, was devastated when doctors broke the news that her baby had a 10p-sized tumour at the top of a kidney.read


Banker who earns £100,000-a-year 'not really rich' claim judges

The girl's mother complained that she and her 'bright and talented daughter' had been condemned to inhabiting a tumble-down London home, while the father lived it up in Geneva.read


Rise of SELFIE STICK: Amateur photographers using 'arm extenders'

A number of companies, including Gala in the Philippines, are selling 'arm extenders' that not only hold the camera but are also used to take the shot and even focus.read


More Brits are online dating than ever yet 84% don't believe it's the best way to find love

Only 14 per cent of singletons trust someone's online dating profile and many are reluctant to even try internet dating.read


Paul O'Grady reveals his dog Olga has had chemotherapy and surgery for cancer

Paul O'Grady was heartbroken when his dog Buster died of cancer in 2009. So when vets discovered his pet Olga has the same condition, he decided to do everything he could.read


Amanda Knox rides bike before Meredith Kercher murder conviction appeal

The 26-year-old was pictured riding her black-and-purple bike to a Goodwill store in Seattle, Washington, on Saturday.read


Cleric's hate sermons from the village hall: Firebrand can broadcast to Middle East on his satellite channel because Ofcom is powerless to act

Sheikh Yasser al-Habib, 34, is accused of stirring up sectarian tensions in the Islamic world via his UK-licensed satellite channel, based in a former Christian church hall in Buckinghamshire.read


Auschwitz woman faces justice at 90: Proseuctors want guard to stand trial on charges of aiding mass murder

The woman, known as Gisela S, worked at the camp under her maiden name Demming. If convicted, she will be one of just a handful of female prison guards to face justice.read


Quantity surveyor, 42, died on beach in front of his wife and children after diving head-first into shallow water

Stephen Fidler, 42, was on a beach break with his wife Samantha (both pictured) and children in the Middle Eastern country of Qatar when the accident happened.read


Four arrested as police find missing toddler Lola safe after she vanished when her mother visited her in foster care

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


London flat filled with rubbish and dirty laundry goes on sale for £285k

The images of the two-bedroom home in Tulse Hill, London, which could 'benefit from an upgrade', show the kitchen, living room and bedroom in terrible conditions.read


Gardener relives accident where he almost drowned on Queen's Sandringham estate

Lee Abel, 33, was cutting the grass at Sandringham when his machine slid down a grass verge into a lake, pinning him underwater for 10 minutes.read


Chinese woman hit by bullet 48 years ago has it removed from skull

The 62-year-old woman, identified only by her surname Zhao, went to see doctors after suffering constant headaches and discovered she had a bullet in her skull.read


Horse meat scandal inquiry says lives could be put at risk as food safety tests are cut

Professor Chris Elliott, who heads the Institute for Global Food Security, says anticipated cuts of 40per cent to the UK Trading Standards Service could compromise consumers' safety.read


Are your home appliances making you SICK?

According to the World Health Organization, 40 per cent of Europe’s population is exposed to noise levels in excess of 55dB - enough to raise blood pressure.read


We hacked Camilla's son, News of the World royal editor reveals

The tabloid’s former royal editor, Clive Goodman, admitted he hacked Tom Parker Bowles’s voicemails, along with those of an equerry to princes William and Harry.read


BBC Panorama breached guidelines sending undercover team into North Korea

The corporation's Trust said producers of the programme had not ensured the students were aware of the risks involved in the trip which saw reporter John Sweeney spend eight days in the pariah state.read


Anne Frank's former home suffers smoke damage after fire breaks out

Firefighters were called last night to the block on Merwedeplein in Amsterdam where the teenage diarist lived between 1934 and 1942.read


Sudanese paedophile sues Britain because his parole hearing was DELAYED and his human rights were 'breached'... and he's already cost the taxpayer £125,000

Adil Aboulkadir, then of Dartford, Kent, was handed an open-ended jail term - with at least four years behind bars - after he was convicted of rape and three counts of sexual activity with a child at Maidstone Crown Court in May, 2008.read


Ex-police officer admits exposing himself in supermarket, corner shop and POLICE STATION

David Salsbury committed his first offence inside the police station in Brixham, Devon, when he unzipped his police-issue leathers in the building's lobby.read


Skull Chapel, Czermna polan is made from thousands of human bones

Located in the old town of Czermna, Poland, the skeletons were placed in the walls and ceilings of the chapel between 1776 and 1804.read


MP Nigel Evans arrives at court with former Coronation Street star Vicky Entwistle to face rape and sexual assault trial

Evans, the former deputy speaker of the House of Commons, is alleged to have groped a young man, a bi-sexual Westminster worker, who was sleeping on the settee at his home in Pendleton, Lancashire.read


Private William Cecil 'Billie' Tickle is commemorated on stamp bearing his image

Private William 'Billie' Tickle was just 15 when he signed up, convincing recruiters he was 18. Two years later he died at the Battle of the Somme while charging enemy lines.read


Names of future look to nature with Everest, Beach and Nile among predictions

Pamela Satran, the woman behind the website Nameberry.com, believes that the world map will be a major source of inspiration for future baby names.read


Simon Cowell send up I Can't Sing edited... because it 'mocks' Palladium owner Andrew Lloyd Webber

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


North Korea is as bad as the Nazis, says UN - but China tells it to mind its own business

In a report based on testimony from hundreds of victims and defectors, investigators said North Korean security chiefs and even Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un should face international justice.read


Billie Jean Dunn's anger as police fail to release daughter Hailey's remains

Hailey Darlene Dunn, 13, went missing from her home in Colorado City, West Texas, in December 2010. Her remains were discovered in March last year.read


Video of moment Professor Andre Lindei is told his Big Bang inflation theory is correct

The Stanford video shows assistant professor Chao Lin Kuo visiting the home of Professor Andre Lindei (pictured), who came up with the theory of cosmic inflation.read


Anger at London Midland train train conductor's gipsy jibe

The London Midland service was stopping in Shropshire on Saturday when the announcer said: ‘Now approaching Telford Central. Beware of gipsies and pickpockets.’read


So why wasn't he charged? Outrage over gardener who 'fleeced' widow, 89: MPs criticise secret court that let him get off scot-free

The handyman used a ruling by the controversial Court of Protection to convince the confused 89-year-old to sign over control of her finances.read


Politicians are good liars 'because they convince themselves they are telling the truth', study reveals

Italian researchers found it's easier for politicians to convince the public because they believe their own lies. Bill Clinton denied his affair with Monica Lewinsky.read


'Bitcoin creator' Satoshi Nakamoto hires a lawyer in fight to clear his name

Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto - who Newsweek claims developed a complex form of electronic cash that is now the world's most recognized digital currency - is now going up against the magazine.read


Altai mountains' 'original skiiers' use one pole and horse-hide skis

This remarkable set of photographs chronicle the hardy people of the Altai mountains in the far northern corner of Xinjiang Province.read


Ancient moss brought back to life after 1,500 by scientists who just sprinkled it with WATER

This is the first time plant life has been found to be able to survive for so long and helps us understand how it can recolonise an area after an ice ageread


Royal Charter 'a major error that will curb press freedom'

The charter was drawn up by politicians and approved by the Queen in the wake of the Leveson Inquiry into alleged wrongdoing by journalists.read


Chinese 'baby postbox' closed after three are abandoned every DAY

The latest project in Guangzhou City in Guangdong Province in southern China follows on from 25 similar projects that have opened up in 10 other Chinese provinces.read


'I spend £2,000 a month 'furjazzling' my dogs': Pet fanatic gives pups manicures, hair extensions

Daniela Forshaw, 37, from Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, dedicates her life to her five dogs, spending thousands on their upkeep.read


Newcastle's Millennium Bridge gets stuck in mid-air after a technical fault

The Newcastle bridge, which tilts twice a day to allow boats through, got stuck about 1.30pm today for the first time in its 15-year history.read


Delta plane's WING comes off mid-air and lands with no passengers injured

Passengers on board Flight 2412, from Orlando to Atlanta, were shocked when they looked out of the window to see a large panel missing from the wing, exposing a tangle of wires and hydraulic machinery to the elements.read


Paris traffic-chaos as police enforce even-number plate driving ban to ease smog

A new policy introduced on Monday means drivers in the French capital can only use their cars every other day - alternating for cars with odd and even number plates - in a bid to make the air cleaner.read


Woodland ants fire foul-smelling acid at predators

The tiny ants' aggressive behaviour was captured on camera in Wareham Forest, Dorset by a wildlife photographer. The creatures squirt formic acid from their abdomens.read


Trombone player SNEEZES into his instrument mid concert

It is any musician's worst nightmare - feeling the need to sneeze mid-performance. And for this poor trombone player, that nightmare became a reality.read


Kiss me, I'm Irish! Revellers flood the streets of Dublin for St Patrick's Day

Some men were clearly feeling the luck of the Irish today, winning a kiss from girls in green as huge parades were seen in Dublin and New York, despite tensions over LGBT participation.read


Burial for the 400 Chinese soldiers from Korean war

These extraordinary pictures show the remains of 437 Chinese soldiers at a cemetery in Paju, South Korea - all of whom were killed in the Korean War.read


Two Herne Bay women got stuck WAIST deep in mud trying to save dog

The women, aged 70 and 43, had been walking their Alsatian-cross dog at Herne Bay in Kent when the animal got stuck in the quagmire.read


Isabella Vallance's parents deny 'murder' of their baby daughter

Isabella Vallance was injured and died in December 2012. Her father, Tyler Vallance, 20, denied murdering her, and mother Jessica Wiggins, 19, (pictured) denied charges of causing or allowing her death.read


Mac on... Mafia don escaping extradition

There were many reasons - human rights, possible ill-treatment after deportation and also finding a horse's head in my bed this morning.read


Gianni Versace's Miami mansion reopens as luxury hotel Villa by Barton G

Reopening fully by the end of March, the 10-suite Villa by Barton G boasts 54-foot 'thousand mosaic' swimming pool lined in 24-carat gold, which was designed by Versace.read


Scuba diver wearing GoPro camera attacked by shark... and POKES it with a spear

Jason Dmitri came face-to-face with the aggressive beast while hunting lionfish in the Caribbean Sea. Footage of the terrifying encounter was posted online last week.read


Meet Brusselkale - a hybrid of Brussels sprouts and kale - set to be a supermarket hit

A new vegetable that fuses Brussels sprouts and red kale may soon be hitting your supermarket shelves.read


3-quarters of shoppers will abandon store if forced to wait longer

The survey also showed that nearly a third of customers will only hang around for two minutes, while another 56 per cent run out of patience after four minutes.read


App Virtusize lets you see how clothes will fit based on items you already own

Swedish Virtusize app directly compares clothes in your wardrobe, with similar items online. Shoppers measure clothes first, but these measurements are stored in the cloud.read


River Zin is REBORN in Israeli desert to the delight of locals

The re-birth of the river Zin, after years of drought, has been captured on camera in the Negev desert in Israel (pictured).read


Men who move their head and right leg are seen as more attractive (according to ladies)

Researchers from Northumbria filmed 19 men aged 18 to 35 as they danced to music. A total of 35 women were asked to rate each dancer on a scale of one to 10.read


Posters nagging Britons to be clean and healthy are part of new book which reveals nanny state in post war era

The posters show successive British governments' attempts to control and influence every aspect of the lives of citizens through visual messages.read