Police hunt mystery woman who made final phone call to doomed jet captain as first picture emerges of his estranged wife and family

Captain Shah with his estranged wife, left, Chinese satellite imagery, inset, has focused the search area, right

The two-minute call was made just hours before MH370 took off. It was made from a pay-as-you-go phone bought with a fake ID. The female caller used the ID to get around security measures put in place after 9/11 in a bid to tackle terrorism. The revelation increases fears that Captain Shah may have links to extremist groups. The captain's estranged wife, pictured left with her ex-husband and two of their children, will soon be questioned in detail by the investigation. Chinese satellite imagery, inset, has created a new focal point for the international search for the missing plane, right

Pictured: 15-year-old girl 'shot dead by male friend' in East London house as three teenage boys are questioned by police

Tragic: Shereka Marsh has been named online as the victim of the shooting in Hackney Wick, East London

The girl, named locally as Shereka Marsh, was attacked in a house shortly before 4pm in Hackney Wick in East London yesterday. Three men, believed to be under the age of 18, have been taken into custody and are being questioned by detectives. Miss Marsh, who is yet to be formally identified by police, may have been accidentally shot in the neck by her male friend, according to posts on Facebook and Twitter. The teenager was a star pupil at Urswick School in Hackney - and had only last week led the Jamaican High Commissioner on a tour of the institution.

Google encrypts Gmail in an attempt to make it 'NSA proof' and stop mass surveillance

Google now encrypts all emails sent through Gmail to prevent the NSA and hackers from reading messages

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.

'A beautiful woman in chains': Police launch murder probe after mother-of-four who had devoted her life to caring for her disabled husband is found dead at home

'A beautiful woman in chains': A floral tribute left for Alison Taylor

Alison Taylor 'did absolutely everything' for her wheelchair-bound husband Ashley, 42, neighbours said, as police investigated the circumstances surrounding her death.

Scrumbag's wife quizzed by police after spray-painting word 'scum' on his Mercedes in red paint and burning his gear... now they're getting divorced

Rugby star Andy Powell has insisted he still has women throwing themselves at him - despite being branded a cheat, a liar and a scumbag by his pregnant estranged wife, Natasha Gascoine (pictured)

Pregnant Natasha Gascoine, 25, was cautioned by police after smearing estranged husband Andy Powell's house and Mercedes with 'cheat' and 'liar' in pink paint.

Not that bright: Met Police admit they spent £100 a go just to change a lightbulb

The Metropolitan Police pays £100 to maintenance firm Interservefor 'urgent' light bulb changes at a time when up to 65 police stations in London are threatened with closure and officers numbers are being slashed. Critics say it is 'a nonsense' and waste of police funding, which has fallen by 20 per cent since 2010.

The Metropolitan Police pays £100 to maintenance firm Interserve just to change a light bulb at a time when up to 65 police stations in London are threatened with closure and officers numbers are being slashed.

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'Lone-wolf' jihadists told to target Queen at high-profile sporting events, including Wimbledon and Cheltenham, in latest chilling threats from al-Qaeda

Target: Inspire magazine, published in the Arabian Peninsula, lists events attended by the Queen to target

FA Cup matches are also on the list of recommended events, with 'martyrdom bombers' advised to detonate explosives at the final whistle.

British holidaymaker 'is raped by security guard in her hotel room at Red Sea resort'

A British businesswoman, believed to be in her 40s, was allegedly raped by a security guard walker her back to her room in a five-star hotel in Sharm-el-Sheikh

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.

Jobsworths tell former Scotland Yard commander and Royal official that they can't be police volunteers... because they once lived in Spain

Decorated: Bob Marsh and wife Sandy on the day she was made a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order

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 village

TV comic 'groomed' tragic overdose teenager: 18-year-old's mystery death after star 'showered him with gifts then made sexual advances'

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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 'Mr X', and later said he felt 'dirty and used'. The star's identity has been protected under an agreement at an inquest into Ben's death, where his sister gave a statement saying 'we had concerns about him being groomed by Mr X'.

'Is he being racist?': TV pundits spark Twitter storm after referee sends off wrong black Arsenal player in Chelsea's 6 - 0 demolition of rival

Mistaken identity: Gibbs (left) is shown a red card despite Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's handball

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.

Oxford University accused of 'betraying' alleged victims of sex attacks by hushing up reports of assaults carried out by students and professors

Oxford University has been accused of 'betraying' alleged victims of sexual assault by hushing up their reports

More than a dozen men and women have described a 'culture of silence' preventing them from reporting claims of sex attacks and rapes.

Environment Agency blows £13million on expenses for staff leading to claims flood bosses are 'out of control'

Environment Agency staff claimed £12.8 million in expenses last year. Just half of that rise could have covered the cost of river dredging that may have saved the Somerset Levels from flooding (Moorland pictured)

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.

Patients' records found in the street 40 miles away from hospital where they were supposed to be kept

The records of 49 patients from Frenchay Hospital, in Bristol, were found blowing around in a street in central Cardiff, more than 40 miles from where they were supposed to have been kept

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.

Fury as council has stray horses shot dead in park in front of horrified witnesses

Upsetting scene: Police were called to Leavesden Country Park in Hertfordshire following reports of loose horses, and both were shot dead

Police were called to Leavesden Country Park in Hertfordshire following reports of loose horses, and both were shot dead in front of families.

Second top judge faces probe over 'defence' of paedophiles after links with controversial campaign group are exposed

Police hold back outraged mothers as they attack members of the Paedophile Information Exchange with eggs, stink-bombs and rotten fruit as they arrived for their first open meeting in London

Chief Coroner Peter Thornton faces probe by judicial watchdog. Thornton criticised the prosecution of the leader of the paedophile group at the time.

British snipers killed Afghans in pointless 'turkey shoot' and boosted support for the Taliban, says major who revealed how troops died due to lack of equipment

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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, when British soldiers pointlessly killed hundreds of armed villagers in Afghanistan who posed no imminent threat, according to a former officer.

Britain's super-sub: Navy unveils James Bond-style mini submarine carried on board HMS Astute which can launch from under water

The miniature submarine atop the HMS Astute, as manufacturers look on at its installation

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.

Fred the Shredded Hedge: Shamed bank boss Goodwin has his treasured 25ft Leylandii hacked down to size by angry neighbours

The 25ft hedge stood tall at the back of Fred Goodwin's Edinburgh home before neighbours chopped it back with a chainsaw

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.

'Cold-hearted' conman blew £3.5 MILLION of vulnerable victims' savings on fast cars, high living and a speed boat

David Reid, 50, has been jailed for six years after admitting conning friends and vulnerable people out of £1.3million

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.

BBC probe into Savile 'won't find truth' says child abuse expert who gave evidence to inquiry

An expert has claimed that the BBC's investigations into Savile's crimes is 'too narrow' to uncover the whole truth

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 wrongdoings

BBC in bias row as Silk stars back the 'fat cat barristers' campaigning against cuts to legal aid

Attack: Maxine Peake on Silk, accused of backing 'fat cat lawyers'

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.

Metric zealots axe 600-year-old rules on allotments and force holders to stop using traditional terms

Central and local government cannot agree on who ordered the switch from imperial to metric measurements

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 from

Revealed: L'Wren Scott misled Jagger over secret loan but was told there's no 'bottomless pit of cash' - and now her family and his camp are at war over her grave

Memorial: L'Wren's name etched on the headstone of her parents

L’Wren Scott misled Mick Jagger (both pictured right) about her massive debts by secretly taking out a loan against the £3 million flat he bought her and where she was found dead (bottom left), the Mail on Sunday can reveal. Meanwhile, L’Wren's final resting place is at the centre of a bitter dispute between her relatives and supporters of Jagger. Her devout Mormon sister Jan, 53, insists that L’Wren should be returned to the family plot to lay beneath a granite memorial alongside her mother and father (top left).

My best friend Luann, the high school misfit who became lonely L'Wren: Childhood pal of Mick's girlfriend pays tribute to tragic designer

Cynthia Brimhall and Luann Bambrough (later known as L'Wren Scott) 'instantly bonded' over being misfits in a small town of deeply religious conformists in Roy, Utah

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.

Revealed: Prince George's Spanish nanny who was nicknamed 'The Saint' and nearly became a nun

Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo, Prince George's new nanny, was tipped to become a nun had she not followed her passion of caring for children

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.

'Britain's FBI' rocked by allegations that two officers have been using their position to access secret documents and intelligence reports on criminals under investigation

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Sheila Roberts and Brian Adair, who work for the National Crime Agency, have been arrested and charged with data protection offences.

One of Britain's most obese men who weighed 66 stone at the age of just 22 has died from a heart attack

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Liam Johnston (right when he weighed 40 stone and inset as a child) had become a virtual recluse at his home in Livingston, West Lothian (left), where two fire crews had to cut away part of a door to remove his body. Last year he spoke poignantly of wanting to lose weight before it killed him, blaming his issues on a period when he was unemployed and homeless. Mr Johnston had gained another 26 stone in less than a year after he appeared in court for buying £120 of Domino's pizza with stolen credit card details.

Top novelist Joanna Trollope saves her manuscripts for England... by giving them away to Oxford library

The novelist wants to ensure her works stay in England

Joanna Trollope wants to ensure her works stay in England by donating them to her old university library, Bodleian Library in Oxford

My sister was killed by The Widower but Sheridan Smith brought her back to life: Brother of murdered bride pays tribute to actress who portrays her

Malcolm Webster (left) murdered his wife Claire (wife) eight months after their wedding. Her brother Peter Morris said that Sheridan Smith 'captured Claire completely'

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'

'Cluck, cluck, cluck': Piers Morgan calls Jeremy Clarkson a chicken for refusing to fight him in boxing ring

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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.

Eureka! How a magic doughnut that fakes the sun could save our planet (but the Chinese will get it first)

Nuclear fusion - zero carbon electric power produced from sea water in a doughnut-shaped reactor that imitates the sun - is also far closer to a reality than people think. It could stop man-made global warming once and for all - and give the world limitless clean energy for eternity

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.

Tories cash in on pensions joy: Dramatic poll reveals parties neck and neck after Budget boost

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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.

Pregnant woman with wasp allergy discovers one of the insects buzzing around in her supermarket SALAD

The live wasp was found in the £2 salad bag bought at a store in Hove, East Sussex

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 stung

Pensions revolution is charter for Nasty Nick fraud, says Labour MP: Crooks 'will prey on the elderly just like villain in EastEnders'

'Nasty Nick' tried to poison Dot in EastEnders to take her pension money, and a Labour MP has warned that new pension rules could mean similar fraud becomes much more common

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.

Spectacular excess! MPs charge the taxpayer hundreds of pounds for designer glasses

Expensive: Communities and Local Government Minister Stephen Williams, who sits on the expenses committee, £319.50 for an employee¿s specs

Communities and Local Government Minister Stephen Williams, who sits on the expenses committee, claimed £319.50 for an employee's glasses.

Neil Kinnock's son is the latest Labour heir to stand for Parliament as he is selected to fight safe seat 1,000 miles from his selfie-loving Danish wife

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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.

Make your mind up, Gordon! Former PM who once spoke of joy at seeing England score against Scotland in Euro 96 now says the game actually left him heartbroken

On a visit to Scotland Gordon Brown has spoken of his heartache while watching Scotland lose to England during Euro 96, despite previously praising Gazza's wonder-goal as one of his favourite footballing moments

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.

Gove's favourite rapper revealed: Minister professes love for 'chap hop' star who mocks the Tories

Michael Gove, right, has identified Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer, left, as one of his favourite musicians

Education Secretary Michael Gove could face a dressing down after naming a Tory-bashing rapper as one of his favourite modern musicians.

Rebel Catholic priest who was too conservative for the CofE confesses he secretly 'married' a Muslim man in sham ceremony to help him stay in the UK

Father Minchew

Father Donald Minchew (left) – a former Anglican who converted to Catholicism after attacking the Church of England’s loss of traditional values – admitted entering into a civil partnership (certificate inset) as a favour to a family friend desperate to work in Britain. Last night the Home Office said it was ‘determined to crack down on immigration offenders’ and Mustajab Hussain (right) now faces an investigation and possible deportation.

'John was a tower of strength': Ted Terry thanks Chelsea captain son for his support after walking free from court following the latest brush with controversy for the family

Edward 'Ted' Terry said he was 'relieved' after being cleared of racially-aggravated assault at the Old Bailey in Central London yesterday

Ted Terry, 59, pictured, had been accused of headbutting Amarjit Talafair and calling him a ‘f****** P***’ after a drunken row over a cigarette in London.

Islamic teacher who sexually abused schoolgirl but was spared jail because his wife can't speak English to have sentence reviewed after backlash

'Unduly lenient': Suleman Maknojioa got a 40-week suspended sentence

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.

Newsnight reporter faces call to quit over secret links to BNP: Controversial Left-winger tried to cover up role in racist demonstrations

The article Duncan Weldon wrote about his time at Oxford with the BNP. He wrote under the false name Sam Healey and admitted being involved in a number of BNP events

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.

Two-week on, two-week off diet 'is the best way to lose weight because it stops your metabolism slowing down'

Do both: Studies show that mixing up your diet with weeks or days with normal, balanced eating habits, means losing more weight

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.

Financial adviser stole £226,508 from six pensioners to blow on FOOTBALL ACCUMULATORS

Marc Burnett, 30, from Preston, Lancashire, swindled £226,508 in 45 false transactions while working as a senior banking advisor at Lloyds Bank

Marc Burnett, 30, pictured, of Preston, Lancashire, swindled the money while working as a senior banking advisor for Lloyds Bank.

Mother who was abused on Mumsnet by TEACHERS for complaining her daughter was studying a play with 400 swear words calls for age restrictions on school books

Horrified: Gerardine Stockford says children around the country are being exposed to school texts which contain foul language and explicit material

Gerardine Stockford, 52, from Richmond, London, says children should not be studying this sort of material at school, claiming if there is a watershed on TV there should be similar controls in the classroom.

I'm just an ordinary boy who wants more homework... from teachers who turn up to class on time: Pupil who went on strike at school speaks out for the first time

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'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 from Blackpool, about the reasons behind his strikes and his potential future.

Would you let your 14-year-old daughter quit school and all her GCSEs for a shot at TV stardom? This mother did... and now Maisie Williams is a killer in Game of Thrones

Maisie plays warrior Arya Stark in Game of Thrones. 'When I see her on the red carpet, she handles it really well and that's a good set of skills to have in life. If she needs to go back and do GCSEs she can, and will also have the money to get tutors to help her to do it,' mother Hilary said

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.

'Angelina effect' has doubled breast ops as star encourages women to undergo cancer screenings

Inspiration: Actress Angelina Jolie underwent preventive double mastectomy last year

About 800 women will have preventive double mastectomies this year – twice the normal figure – according to a nationwide study.

I keep my healthy four-year-old in a buggy - because it's easier for me! Defiant mother scoffs at warnings that stopping children from walking is harmful - but is she wrong?

Pushed to the limit: Lauren Gee, from Loughton, Essex, believes transporting her four-year-old son Sebastian in a buggy is the the best way to save time on the school run

My son Sebastian, aged, four, is more than capable of walking and sometimes complains about being strapped in. But its better, writes LAUREN GEE.

I'm 41, but my liver is just turning 30... and it's all thanks to Esther: Three decades later, the first British child to survive a liver transplant, tells of the debt he owes to star

Pioneer: Britain's longest surviving liver transplant recipient Matthew Whitaker, 41, with his mother Irene

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.

'It was a bigger deal for her than me': Neurofibromatosis sufferer beats prejudice to film nude with Scarlett Johansson

No joke: Adam Pearson stars alongside Scarlett Johansson in Under The Skin where they both shed their clothes

Adam Pearson, 26, has the genetic disorder neurofibromatosis, but that did not stop him from shedding his clothes in front of Scar-Jo.

Baroque to the future: The mini palace of Versailles - lurking inside an unassuming block of flats

Behind the door of jewelry designer Caroline Haelterman's flat lies a baroque palace. The flat, in Borough, South-East London, was purchased in 1997 by the former interior designer. The decor is inspired by her passion for 17th century art and design

The 17th century two-bedroom 'baroque-style' flat, tucked away in Borough South-East London, is now on the market for £1.25 million.

'White means pure': African singer defends 'Whitenicious' skin-bleaching cream after being accused of encouraging people to change skin tone

Critics have branded the cream an 'abomination' saying it will make 'girls of colour' ashamed of having dark skin

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. Critics have branded the product and advertising campaign, which features Dancia with visibly lightened skin, an 'abomination' saying it teaches 'girls of colour' to be ashamed of their dark skin.

Vegetarian private school with £30,000 fees where pupils are allowed to wear their own clothes and call teachers by their first name in court battle over racism claims

St Christopher School, in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, is being sued by parents who claim their son was subjected to 'racist bullying'

St Christopher School, in Letchworth, Hertfordshire - known as 'St Chris' - differs from similarly-priced traditional boarding schools, such as Eton and Harrow.

Binmen barred from carrying rubbish bags even a few yards to their trucks in the latest barmy health and safety rules

Binmen in parts of Canterbury. have been banned from carrying rubbish bags just a few yards to their trucks - for health and safety reasons

Council officials in Canterbury, Kent said the bags would only be picked up if the rubbish truck could drive directly to them.

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Living like the Young Ones: This pigsty student house is on the market for £285,000 in Bath... and the tenants clearly need one!

Messy house

Complete with a sizeable garden, minutes away from Bath's town centre, this five-bed family home seems too good to be true. But step inside, and all becomes clear.

'Surf and turf' property package offers buyers chance to own London flat and holiday home in surfing hotspot Newquay for just £325,000

Surf: Dubbed Pebble Beach village, the Newquay site will have an large artificial surf wave machine and swimming pool and will be just a few yards from the famous Fistral Beach

Galliard Homes launched the scheme this morning to capitalise on the £120million-a-year UK surfing market, much of which centres on the Cornwall coast.

Lucky lie-in: Royal Mail lorry destroys house ... but homeowner escapes because he spent an extra 10 MINUTES in bed

Crash: Len and Anne Wiles had to be rescued from the upper floor of their home in Gosport, Hampshire after a 7.5 tonne Royal Mail lorry crashed into their property at around 5.40am today

Len and Anne Wiles had to be rescued from the upper floor of their home in Gosport, Hampshire, after the lorry crashed into the property.

Wedding bells and threat of shells in Crimea: Two soldiers marry in bizarre ceremony at the last Ukrainian-occupied army base just before the Russians steam in and shoot at least two troops

Crimea

At least one Ukrainian soldier is reported to have been shot and explosions have been heard at the Belbek base near Sevastapol after a tank broke through the gates. Ukrainian forces had backed a lorry against the entrance to stop an advancement, but pro-Russian forces managed to break through. There were scenes of panic and chaos as people did not know whether soldiers were shooting at others or just firing warning shots. The compound was one of the last strongholds in the region and means the Ukrainian military presence in Crimea has almost come to an end.

A discarded cigar box full of syringes, a filthy rag and a stamped out cigarette: The tragic new pictures giving fresh insight into Kurt Cobain's 1994 suicide

New evidence: Police in Seattle have announced that new photographs of the scene of Kurt Cobain's suicide have been uncovered and developed

Seattle police have released two never-before-seen images taken at the scene of Kurt Cobain's death after they announced they were re-examining evidence in the two decade-old case.

Final farewell: The heartbreaking moment a giraffe gives dying zoo worker a kiss goodbye

Special bond: The giraffe approached the man's hospital bed, and appeared to give the 54-year-old a kiss goodbye

The 54-year-old maintenance worker, who’s suffering from a terminal cancer, asked that his hospital bed be wheeled into the giraffe enclosure at Rotterdam’s Diergaarde Blijdorp zoo.

There were five dogs in bed and the little one said... Group of basset hounds pile into one doghouse in hilarious home video

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Gretchen Hoey from Bellingham, Washington, has no problem getting her brood of basset hounds to use their kennel, as she reveals in a hilarious home video.

My kind of town: Long-lost footage of Chicago from 1940s surfaces at yard sale, offering rare glimpse into the Windy City 70 years ago

My kind of town: Long-lost footage of Chicago from 1940s surfaces at yard sale, offering rare glimpse into the Windy City 70s years ago

The rare color footage was discovered by chance at a sale in the city's Auburn Gresham district by professional film and video colorist Jeff Altman.

Honey I shrunk the world: Photographer’s amazing images of ANTS living like humans

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Irina Kozorog, who took the pictures and made them into bizarre pieces of art, used sweet treats to attract the ants before using them as models in human scenarios.

Monkeying around: German zoo's adorable baby gorilla plays the clown as it climbs all over its mother before getting a hug

Jengo was born in December at Leipzig Zoo and has recently been joined by another baby which was born during the night between 10 and 11 March

Jengo was born in December at Leipzig Zoo and has recently been joined by another baby which was born during the night between 10 and 11 March.

Russians storm in: A dramatic despatch from inside the last Ukrainian base in Crimea as it was smashed by Putin's forces

Storming in: Russian forces crash through the gates of the Belbek airbase in Crimea

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.

Wedding bells and threat of shells in Crimea: Two soldiers marry in bizarre ceremony at the last Ukrainian-occupied army base just before the Russians steam in

Stand off: A Russian military officer (back) talks to Colonel Yuli Mamchur (left) demanding Ukrainian servicemen to leave a military base in the Crimean town of Belbek near Sevastopol

At least one Ukrainian soldier is reported to have been shot and explosions have been heard at the Belbek base near Sevastapol after a tank broke through the gates.

Chaos returns to the streets of Madrid as protesters clash with police in huge anti-austerity demonstrations

Protesters have clashed with riot police in Madrid throwing bottles and bricks, leaving six officers injured

Anti-austerity protesters demonstrating against government cuts in the Spanish capital of Madrid have clashed with police leaving six riot officers injured.

'Give us back our loved ones': Distraught Chinese relatives of lost MH370 passengers cry cover-up as Malaysians refuse to answer questions

'You can't leave here!' Angry relatives of flight MH370 passengers

Family members in Beijing accused a Malaysian delegation of 'concealing the truth' and 'making fools' out of the families after they left a meeting without answering questions.

Haul of shame: This shocking photo shows for the first time the biggest stockpile of illegal ivory on earth

Pictured here Emilian Mhelela, a game scout at the Selous game reserve. Selous had 70,000 elephants in 2006. Barely 13,000 survive. At the peak of the onslaught rotting carcasses defiled the reserve¿s woodlands, savannahs and swamps, and tourists could hear shooting from their lodges

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.

U.S. Navy hands over North Korean-flagged oil tanker Morning Glory to Libya after seizing it from rebels in dramatic raid

Homecoming: North Korean-flagged tanker the Morning Glory, pictured here on March 8 docked at the Es Sider export terminal in Ras Lanuf, was returned to Libya Saturday by the U.S. Navy, which had seized it last week

Last week, U.S. Navy SEALs captured the ship off the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, stopping an attempt by a Libyan militia to sell its shipload of crude oil in defiance of Tripoli.

Venice votes to split from Italy as 89% of the city's residents opt to form a new independent state

Residents of Venice have voted 89 per cent to leave Italy and become an independent state in protest at high taxes levied on the wealthy in order to prop up the poor and crime ridden Mezzogiorno south

Venice has voted to split from Rome and form an independent 'Repubblica Veneta' in protest against high taxation being used to support the poorer south.

Troupe of topless Femen protesters get dragged kicking and screaming out of Berlin's Islamic Week meeting

'Dialogue': The women were dragged out of the event, at a Berlin town hall, after revealing their stridently anti-Islam views

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.

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Shameless appeasement of a thug and a bully: Ex-Defence Secretary blasts at Putin - and says it's time to send fighter jets to vulnerable Baltic states

Putin's government is a thugish and bullying regime, says former defence secretary Liam Fox

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.

PETER HITCHENS: We're being dragged into a new Cold War by a puffed-up bullfrog (and I don't mean President Putin)

Our Prime Minister is puffing himself up like a bullfrog, and busily creating a new Cold War that will benefit nobody except spies and weapons-makers, for a cause he doesn¿t understand and can¿t explain, writes Peter Hitchens

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.

JAMES FORSYTH: Nigel's got the Tories so worried, it's no wonder they're going grey

Motivation: Chancellor George Osborne's latest Budget included a pension reform designed to appeal to the elderly - UKIP's core supporters

As shown in George Osborne's Budget, with its radical pensions shake-up, UKIP is dominating Tory thinking. The party hopes the feel-good factor will help stymie Nigel Farage.

LIZ JONES: If trolls are such a joy, why do I wake up scared every day?

India Knight, who writes for The Sunday Times, wrote  on Twitter Liz Jones 'sexually abuses cats and called her a ¿rancid c***¿.

LIZ JONES takes on trolls, former friend Julie Birchill and India Knight (pictured), as well as the world of online comment and torment.