The two minute call was made just hours before MH370 took off and increases fears Captain Shah may have links to terrorismread
A third large object spotted via a Chinese satellite and a civilian plane sighting of debris in the search zone, about 2,500 kilometres off the coast of Perth, are among 'three significant developments' in the search operation.read
Commander Hadfield, who spent months viewing the ocean from space, said the immensity of the search area was 'difficult to express' and warned the operation to cover every grid pattern was a 'really complex'.read
Like other relatives of passengers of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Wang Zheng's frustration and anger over a lack of any certain information about the fate of his loved ones continues to grow two weeks after the plane went missing.read
Ben Cowburn, a fashion student in London, met the comedian in a pub. He was showered with gifts and taken to drug-fuelled parties by the unnamed star, and later said he felt 'dirty and used'.read
A businesswoman in her 40s, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has allegedly been raped by a security guard at a five-star hotel in Sharm-el-Sheikh.read
Officers were called to an address in Hackney Wick just before 4pm today. Paramedics pronounced the girl dead at the scene. The men are being held at a police station in East London.read
Tech giant Google now says it will encrypt all messages sent through its Gmail email service to prevent prying eyes from looking at private messages.read
Alison Taylor 'did absolutely everything' for her wheelchair-bound husband Ashley, 42, neighbours said, as police investigated the circumstances surrounding her death.read
My son Sebastian, aged, four, is more than capable of walking and sometimes complains about being strapped in. But its better, writes LAUREN GEE.read
While he was chancellor Brown described Gazza's goal against Scotland in Euro 96 as one of his favourite footballing moments, but now says Gary McAllister's botched penalty left him heartbroken.read
Police were called to Leavesden Country Park in Hertfordshire following reports of loose horses, and both were shot dead in front of families.read
L’Wren Scott misled Mick Jagger about her massive debts by secretly taking out a loan against the £3 million flat he bought her and where she was found dead, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.read
Dressed in skintight jeans and cowboy hats, the two best friends jumped on to the stage in the crowded country and western bar and brought the house down with a rousing version of the 1980s classic All Night Long.read
L'Wren Scott tragically left the world in New York, but those close to her will be saying their final goodbyes to the designer in California.read
Jewellery designer Jade Jagger has flown to Los Angeles to be with her distraught father.read
Tory MPs are furious that BBC1 courtroom drama Silk has been taking a stance against proposals to cut the legal aid bill, which currently costs taxpayers £2 billion a year.read
A former Texas deputy constable who claimed he was sexually harassed by his female boss has been awarded $567,000 by a Galveston County jury.read
A 16-year-old girl is alive but in critical condition after she and her young boyfriend were hit by a train as they walked to a high school dance together at a school in northern California. Sadly, Mickayla Friend's 16-year-old boyfriend, Mateus Moore - who her family describes as her 'first love' - didn't survive.read
Warning: graphic images: A Maryland man shot dead his neighbor's dog after it wandered on to his property, and then posted a picture of its body on Facebook.read
Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo, 43, has never had a boyfriend, had few friends at school, and was nicknamed Santa - Spanish for saint - by those close to her.read
In a new series, The Widower, Sheridan Smith plays Claire Morris who was murdered by husband Malcolm Webster in Aberdeenshire. Brother Peter Morris said that the actress had captured Claire 'completely'read
Mother-to-be Hannah Bull, 28, from Brighton, found a wasp in her Tesco salad and is terrified of what could have happened to her baby if she was stungread
About 800 women will have preventive double mastectomies this year – twice the normal figure – according to a nationwide study.read
Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams joined the cast when she was just 12. The actress, from Bristol, then left school at 14 to focus on her career. She has no GCSEs to her name.read
Marc Burnett, 30, pictured, of Preston, Lancashire, swindled the money while working as a senior banking advisor for Lloyds Bank.read
Newsnight reporter Duncan Weldon is facing calls to step down after attempting to cover up his involvement with the BNP. Mr Weldon took part in a racist leafleting campaign in 2000.read
Adam Pearson, 26, has the genetic disorder neurofibromatosis, but that did not stop him from shedding his clothes in front of Scar-Jo.read
More than a dozen men and women have described a 'culture of silence' preventing them from reporting claims of sex attacks and rapes.read
Sheila Roberts and Brian Adair, who work for the National Crime Agency, have been arrested and charged with data protection offences.read
Joanna Trollope wants to ensure her works stay in England by donating them to her old university library, Bodleian Library in Oxfordread
Communities and Local Government Minister Stephen Williams, who sits on the expenses committee, claimed £319.50 for an employee's glasses.read
The dinner will be a big moment for the couple, who have been dating for two years. The dinner will be to honour the friends Prince Harry made in his trek to the South Poleread
Mark Williams-Thomas, a former Surrey Police officer who gave evidence to the BBC's investigation into Jimmy Savile's crimes, said the panel will never uncover the whole truth about the DJ's wrongdoingsread
A report by Visit Scotland praised what it called 'the novelty of Luddism!' - but the plan was criticised by the Scottish Tourism Alliance.read
The spending spree will be fuelled by changes announced in last Wednesday's Budget, allowing people to use cash to buy a house or flat instead of taking an annuity.read
Bob Marsh, 74, and wife Sandy Henney, 61, have both been cleared to work with the Royals but were turned down by the local force in their Sussex villageread
The extraordinary transformation of the Duchess of York (pictured) from frump to magazine cover girl has made her the envy of millions of would-be dieters.read
Colin Chisholm the Third and his wife Lady Andrea, (pictured) of Deephaven, Minnesota, allegedly illegally obtained more than $165,000 in food stamps between 2005 and 2012.read
It is claimed the firm is also mulling a streaming service to take on Spotify to help stem the tide of falling sales for the firm's iTunes store.read
Chief Coroner Peter Thornton faces probe by judicial watchdog. Thornton criticised the prosecution of the leader of the paedophile group at the time.read
Education Secretary Michael Gove could face a dressing down after naming a Tory-bashing rapper as one of his favourite modern musicians.read
Spirited and independent, Elizabeth Scarboro was staunchly anti-marriage – but when she fell head over heels for cystic fibrosis sufferer Stephen, life rewrote all the rules.read
Jennifer Ouellette from California noticed the French company Thierry Lasry stocked a $435 pair of 'thin-framed' shades called the 'Anorexxxy.'read
It is thought that the on-off approach stops the body from finding ways to compensate for the lack of calories and so ensures the pounds keep falling off.read
Matthew Whittaker, 41, underwent then-experimental transplant surgery as a boy, and today he is Britain’s longest-surviving child recipient of a donor liver.read
The figure, which was revealed by a Freedom of Information request, is up more than £3.8 million – or 43 per cent – on the previous 12 months.read
Mother-of-two Kristen Tavares, pictured, has been left in a coma after having routine dental surgery in Hawaii to remove her wisdom teeth.read
Father Donald Minchew (pictured) admitted entering into a civil partnership as a favour to a family friend desperate to work in Britain.read
Pope Francis, right, made the stark warning following the death this week of two-year-old Domenico Petruzzelli, left, his mother Carla Maria Fornari and her partner Cosimo Orlando near Taranto, Italy.read
Derek Rossi, 58, lifelong criminal, had his first conviction at age 13, and has been handed three life sentences since 1984, with most counts including armed robbery and attempted murder.read
Mark Bushnell, a 50-year-old married father of three, parked his car at a seaside picnic spot two weeks ago, having left the family home in Durham, and has not been seen since.read
Nicole Murphy, from Worcestershire, died in hospital on December 27 last year after her father found her unresponsive in bed.read
'he strike wasn’t about being famous for a few minutes or about making trouble for my school, it is about my prospects and the success' - SARAH OLIVER talks to Aaron Parfitt, the striking schoolboy.read
Born into immense wealth, the four daughters of Tsar Nicholas II grew up largely hidden from public view and little was known about them – until now. Author Helen Rappaport reveals how, just when they were able to start engaging with the wider world, events in Russia overtook themread
David Reid stole money from 50 victims who lost their homes, live savings and pensions. In one case a boy with downs syndrome missed out on a trip to Disney Land after his parents were duped.read
Anti-austerity protesters demonstrating against government cuts in the Spanish capital of Madrid have clashed with police leaving six riot officers injured.read
The Budget pension pot windfall for millions of older people has led to a dramatic 'grey power' surge in Tory popularity, reviving David Cameron’s hopes of winning a second term in power.read
Only stopping to drink one of the many pints of ale, Nigel Farage reveals his rage to his detractors and addresses the recent UKIP worries in conversation with SIMON WALTERS.read
Last week saw a successful Coalition budget. One less publicised move was a crackdown on people using high-value property to make easy capital gains from property inflation and then dodge tax, hiding behind a corporate façade.read
The rush to extol the virtues of legs eleven and two little ducks comes after the Tories were accused of patronising working class people with an ad saying ‘they’ just like to drink beer and play bingo.read
The Church's figure for 'usual Sunday attendance', the method used since the 1930s to measure congregations, found CofE churches had 795,800 worshippers on Sundays in 2012. The numbers were 9,000 down on the previous year.read
The brutal assault at Pokryshkin airfield at Belbek, which left up to four wounded, was the first real clash since the Russians invaded the region four weeks ago.read
For too long, the serial bad behaviour of Putin’s Russia has been ignored – a combination of naivety, wishful thinking, poor analysis or a simple lack of willingness to enforce our international duty, writes LIAM FOX.read
Our PM is puffing himself up like a bullfrog, and busily creating a new Cold War that will benefit nobody except spies and weapons-makers, writes PETER HITCHENS.read
The shift, which ends a six-century tradition, has been branded 'officious'. Gardeners were notified via an official letter but government can't agree who the order came fromread
Stephen Kinnock, husband of Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, is running as an MP for Aberavon, another in the pattern of Labour heirs moving to safe seats.read
Ben Kingsley was ‘hilarious’, Bob Hoskins ‘obviously bored’, and in a new collection of her work, Gemma Levine reveals her most at-ease subject, the ‘warm and gracious’ Diana,read
LIZ JONES takes on trolls, former friend Julie Birchill and India Knight (pictured), as well as the world of online comment and torment.read
Ed Miliband has backed George Osborne's decision to let pensioners cash in retirement pots, but MP Austin Mitchell has said it will leave the elderly open to fraud.read
Researchers from Louisiana discovered microbes in the gut that feast on cocoa fibres. This ferments into an anti-inflammatory that is absorbed into the bloodstream.read
A major new book serialised in the Mail reveals how you can transform your life by getting the sleep you need.read
Attached to the HMS Astute, the mini pod can carry up to around eight commandos and is designed to be as stealthy as possible for covert ops including counter intelligence.read
Suleman Maknojioa (pictured) from Blackburn was given a 40-week suspended sentence for the abuse, sparking dozens of complaints from members of Muslim women's groups.read
Ted Terry, 59, had been accused of headbutting Amarjit Talafair and calling him a 'f****** P***' after a drunken row over a cigarette at The Windsor Pub near Fenchurch Street station in London.read
Tom Acton, 16, hanged himself after he was falsely branded a rapist by fellow pupils at the 1,700 pupil Poynton High School and Performing Arts College after pulling out of a playground drug dealing racket, an inquest heard.read
Morgan Halstead, 14, terrorised residents in Grantham, Lincolnshire, for more than a year. The unusual Asbo orders his mother or father to go with him if he meets more than two friends in public.read
After champagne breakfast served up by her attentive husband, the Duchess of Cambridge welcomes herf family to dote on the baby George for a Mother's day celebration.read
Lakhbir Singh, 26, is the latest person to be imprisoned over the assassination attempt on Lieutenant General Kuldip Singh Brar, 78, (pictured) in London in 2012.read
EXCLUSIVE: Researchers from the University of Sheffield and the University of Bath found that birds living in populations with a biased sex ratio are more likely to be promiscuous.read
Shahrokh Mireskandari, 53, has been given until April 4 to pay more than £230,000 in additional costs after being condemned by a leading judge for 'wholly abusive, unreasonable and manipulative conduct'.read
Experts in London have proved it is possible to use drones (stock image pictured) to tap into a smartphone's Wi-Fi settings 150 times in one hour.read
Arsenal defender Kieran Gibbs was sent off the pitch after Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain handled the ball during the Gunners' 6-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge.read
Ethnic Russians took over Crimea tonight as they celebrated that the area has voted to join with neighbouring Russia.read
EXCLUSIVE: Tiffany Crawford, 45, from Scarborough, lived with a constantly bloated stomach and persistent pain down her right side, which left her feeling miserable.read
Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said the Mumbai court delivered the maximum punishment to the trio and another man after finding them guilty of rape, unnatural sex and abduction.read
Susan Edwards, 55, and husband Christopher, 57, have admitted burying her parents in the back garden of their home in Mansfield nearly 16 years ago but deny their murder.read
Nigerian and Cameroonian singer Dancia said 'white means pure' while defending her skin-bleaching cream 'Whitenicious', insisting it is only supposed to cover dark blemishes.read
Construction on the crude model, described by U.S. officials as a glorified barge, appears to be in full swing at a ship yard near Bandar Abbas, as shown in newly released commercial satellite images.read
Long-suffering neighbours of shamed former Royal Bank of Scotland boss Fred Goodwin took a chainsaw to the massive hedge at his exclusive Edinburgh home.read
Journalist Sardar Ahmad was killed alongside his wife and children when four teenage Taliban gunmen attacked the Serena hotel in the Afghan capital of Kabul. The attackers used miniature guns hidden in their socks. The setting was the Serena hotel - dubbed the 'safest' place in the city.read
Ministers believe that by giving people information about the levels of happiness enjoyed by different lifestyle they can make choices to improve their own wellbeing.read
Researchers at Tel Aviv University found that fat cells in the buttocks expand when people spend a lot of time sitting down.read
Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust has launched the app as part of the Put Yourself In The Picture campaign which aims to address falling screening take up levels.read
Critics said Grant Shapps (pictured in internet parody) reinforced the idea that the Tory Party is out of touch with ordinary voters after 'trying to court working class voters' by highlighting Budget cuts to bingo.read
To highlight the negative effects that drugs and alcohol can have on a user’s appearance, Recovery.org compiled 100 mugshots to create the average male and female face for abusers of marijuana, alcohol and meth.read
In a sensational new book, Major Richard Streatfeild condemns the ‘turkey shoot’ tactics that led to the ‘repetitive slaughter’ of people that UK troops were supposed to protect.read
Personal information from roughly 49 patients were found in Cardiff, more than 40 miles from Frenchay Hospital in Bristol where they were supposed to be kept.read
The five-star Palacio Nazarenas, set in a tranquil plaza behind Cusco's main square in Peru, came out on top of nearly 900,000 online hotel reviews.read
Katy Gammon, 27, left her five-year-old boxer Roxy alone to die in the kitchen of her home in Bristol while she spent six days at her mother's house.read
Henrik Eide Dahl, 14, of Norway, was in the hospital for 13 days after his caffeine binge.read
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt was expected to announce today that the Government is going to fund the Bexsero vaccine.read
The Work and Pensions Secretary said more jobs were now going to people born in the UK after years of cheap labour from overseas undercutting Brits.read
Nuclear fusion – zerocarbon electric power produced from sea water in a doughnut-shaped reactor that imitates the sun – is also far closer to a reality than most people think.read
Speaking at teacher conference in Birmingham, Professor Tanya Byron expressed concerns about the 'moral panic' that surrounds young people and the web.read
Just days after finding out she was pregnant, Diane Mullineux was given the devastating news that she had developed cervical cancer.read
Liverpool players Luis Suarez, Lucas Leiva and Jose Enrique have partnered with Arsenal stars Mikel Arteta and Santi Cazorla to invest in Manchester-based Capital and Centric Investments LLP.read
Dramatic video has emerged of a smash and grab raid on Watches and Jewellery of Bond Street, London, in which robbers wielded an axe and a sledgehammerread
Jiang Tseng was driving his taxi illegally in the city of Chengdu, southwest China. When he was cornered by police he hid under his cab and refused to come out. Police had to call for back-up to drag Tseng out.read
My father was a brilliant surgeon — to the Royal Family no less — and a passionate raiser of funds for cancer charities. But he was also an explosive and violent alcoholic.read
Footage from the Ellacoya Country Store in Gilford, New Hampshire shows a glass cake tray flying off of the table once employee Bonnie Boyd leaves the room.read
Ajay Kainth, 30, from Woodford Green, developed the idea in his kitchen growing up and now makes three flavours including peanut butter and chocolate.read
The Asian outlet opened to a hungry crowd on Feb 8, and within 24 hours had served almost 22,500 customers.read
Matthew Ames, 38 (bottom left), from Thundersley, Essex (top right) has been jailed for 40 months after being found guilty of defrauding people of their life savings and pensions.read
Ryan MacDonald, 20, and Stevie McMullen, 32, masterminded a plot to have the prison van held up while on their way to court in Manchester in April last year.read
In a series of lab tests, University of Warwich researchers found happiness made people around 12% more productive.read
Domenico Rancadore has been posing as Mark Skinner (main image)while living in the West London suburb, hiding his past as a bloodthirsty former Mafia don (inset).read
The 17th century two-bedroom 'baroque-style' flat, tucked away in Borough South-East London, is now on the market for £1.25 million.read
Joyce, 53, hurled abuse at Edinburgh Airport staff and racially insulted a black policeman. 'My instinct is to stay but I don't know how I will feel in a few days', he said outside court.read
The balls resemble wedding ceremonies, with the girls wearing white gowns and dancing with their fathers who promise to ‘protect’ their daughter’s chastity.read
The 1937 painting, Woman in Blue in Front of a Fireplace, has been the centerpiece of the Henie Onstad Art Center near Oslo since 1968.read
A policeman who was convicted of stealing and selling drugs must hand over all of his assets to the court - totaling £250,000, despite make more than £1 million from his crimesread
The event, designed to promote discussion between religious groups, was disrupted by the three protesters, who wrote messages attacking Sharia law across their bare chests.read
The ruling will further delay the formation of a new government after months of street protests aimed at bringing down Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.read
TV presenter Piers Morgan last night called arch-enemy Jeremy Clarkson a chicken after the Top Gear man refused to face him in a boxing ring.read
Retired Frank Cooper, who organised the trip, was shocked to discover drivers Glen and Gary Wheatley from Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, were using their coach company to import Class A drugs.read
Karl Swift, 25, pretended he had been robbed at a bookmakers in Wigan after getting into 'desperate financial straits'. He was jailed for 12 monthsread
In a special report, the Mail On Sunday reveals the scene behind the doors of the Dar es Salaam warehouse, Tanzania - the world's largest ivory stockpile.read
The snow was captured falling through the air and settling in a fine sheet on the ground in Middleham in Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, today.read
Michael Piggin, 18, asked friends to film him hurling the homemade bomb at a wall behind a Loughborough leisure centre where he had spray-painted the phrase 'no more mosques', the Old Bailey heard.read
The heir to the throne has demanded urgent action to stop the annual 'barbaric slaughter' of half a million migrating songbirds at a British Army base in Cyprus.read
The veteran criminal, who was implicated in the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin, has fled his native Ireland and is said to have sought refuge with relatives in Birmingham.read
A Middle-East firm that is co-owned by the powerful al-Thani royal family paid a knockdown £557million for 1,400 flats in the Athletes Village in 2011.read
The ambitious engineering project would see the passageway built 1,100ft under the North York Moors national park to move a mineral used in fertilisers.read
As all big brothers should, Corbin Crawford, 12, was looking out for his younger sibling Dylan, 7, when the pair found themselves in a slippery situation on an Iowa river on Thursday.read
Anne, Britain's last circus elephant, is set to retire to a luxury elephant haven which includes underfloor heating a 'spa' to take the weight off her arthritic legs.read
The unidentified man speaks with a London accent when he calls for his ‘brothers and sisters’ in Britain to join in Syria’s civil war.read
An Illinois father is dead, his teen daughter and her friend are injured after a plane he was piloting nose-dived into a residential neighborhood Saturday morning in Florida.read