Alison Taylor (pictured, left, with husband Ashley, 42, and top right, with Ashley and their four children) was found dead at the house (bottom right) in Maidenhead, Berkshire, at around 8pm on Friday. Police arrested a man on suspicion of murder, but he was released on bail today. Mrs Taylor, 41, and her husband, who has been unable to walk for the past three years, were said to have been a reclusive couple who had been together since they were teenagers. Neighbours described them as 'childhood sweethearts' - adding that Mrs Taylor was a 'beautiful woman in chains' who did 'absolutely everything' for her partner. A post-mortem examination has proved inconclusive.

The two-bedroom flat is in Grosvenor Square, London's most expensive, and the buyer of the 1950s property would also have to spend £2.7m extending its lease. Despite the drawbacks, London's housing market means estate agents are 'inundated' with interest in the property, they said. The flat has a 24-hour porter and an underground parking space - but a £16,767-a-year service charge for the privilege. Inset: The flat from outside.

The attack on the plane - from which the pilot ejected - happened in a border region where Syrian rebels have been battling President Bashar al-Assad's forces. The rebels have been fighting for control of the Kasab crossing, the border region, since Friday, when they launched an offensive which Syrian authorities say was backed by Turkey's military.

NEW She has been in the role just over two months, and Zara Phillips seems to be taking to motherhood with no mess nor fuss. The Royal equestrian, 32, carried baby girl Mia, who was born January 17, over her shoulder as the pair headed out to see daddy Mike Tindall play rugby yesterday. Zara was clad in a comfortable pair of boots and warm beanie and jacket as Mia wore a cute onesie. Mother and daughter had cause to celebrate as Mike, 35, captained Gloucester to a 40-33 victory over Newcastle Falcons.

NEW The 49-year-old was pictured filling the dark green car, which boasts an 'I Love Scotland' sticker on the back and a couple of sizeable dents in the boot. A member of the public asked if the car was his and he replied: 'Yes it is. Would you like to buy it?' Mr Johnson has repeatedly voiced his objection to Scottish independence.

At least 1,500 candidates queued around the block for just 40 positions now available at Aldi stores across the Midlands. Each candidate was given a mini-interview with management teams from branches of the supermarket before handing in their CV and contact details.

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.

John Roberts (pictured with his son William, three, originally from Bolton, set up AO 14 years and has seen it grow to take a 24 per cent share of the online market for major domestic appliances in the UK. When it was listed on the London Stock Exchange in February it was valued at £1.2bn, netting him the incredible sum. But the 40-year-old is determined to follow his own father's example and ensure his children make their own way in the world.

Jessica Elikowski (pictured left, with Lexi and her mother Barbara), of Blurton, Staffordshire, even underwent keyhole surgery six months into her pregnancy after suffering back and knee pain - caused by her unborn child growing near her spine. She had been off sick with back trouble from college - where she is studying to become a nursery nurse - but woke up to go to the toilet and, after feeling an urge to push, gave birth to 7lb 6oz Lexi.

The girl (left), named locally as Shereka Marsh, was attacked in a house (right) shortly before 4pm in Hackney Wick in East London yesterday. Three men, two aged 16 and one aged 15, 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.

Parts of the north including County Durham (inset) woke up to snow today and hailstorms battered the south, including Gloucestershire, Hampshire (left) and Wiltshire (right). Two men aged 25 had to be rescued from Snowdon after they got caught up in a snow storm yesterday. It comes days after Britain basked in warm weather on the spring equinox - which helped the world's only mute swan sanctuary in Abbotsbury, Dorset, have its first egg of the year.

A 19-stone part-owner of a fitness company underwent an amazing transformation after overhearing colleagues referring to her as 'that big heavy girl'. Mother-of-two Laura Ferguson, 38, from from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, went from a size 24 to an 11-stone size 10 after being stung into action by the cruel remark. Husband Paul, 35, is delighted but is now shedding a few pounds himself, after rashly promising to buy her a designer handbag for every stone she lost.

Six hundred workers are processing government pension papers in an underground bunker entirely by hand in a staggering example of state inefficiency that is costing taxpayers millions. Staff at what has been dubbed the 'Crazy Cave' take up to 61 days just to deal with one single case because of the archaic process that is the same speed as 37 years ago.

The trip to the Great Wall came on the third day of a weeklong visit to the country aimed at promoting educational exchanges between the U.S. and China. Mrs Obama, Sasha and Malia were left alone to explore the Mutianyu section of the historical landmark in the northern Beijing suburbs though Chinese police officers looked on protectively. The three walked a stretch of the wall that looks out to a massive rock inscription on a hillside that reads in Chinese: 'Loyal to Chairman Mao.'

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).

An academic stumbled upon a vague sketch map of the camp (centre) by an RAF pilot from 1918, and spent four years using Google Earth to trace its exact location. When they arrived at the camp in Jordan, archaeologists looked down and to their amazement found broken gin bottles (top left) and spent cartridges (bottom left). TE Lawrence (right and inset played by Peter O'Toole) stayed there to launch daring guerilla raids on Turkish troops in 1918. Project director Neil Faulkner told MailOnline: 'It's the closest we can get to finding Tutankhamun's tomb.'

NEW CAT scans on eight mummies featuring in Ancient Lives: New Discoveries, a new exhibition at the British Museum, revealed Ancient Egyptians suffered from high cholesterol and dental issues. One female, aged between 20 and 35 and found in Sudan in 2005, sported a tattoo of Archangel Michael on her inner thigh.

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. Before killing the one-year-old dog, named Tank, Kenny Woodburn, left, had posted a warning on social media saying if it strayed in his yard again it would die. The dog's owner, Richele Ince, who bought Tank as a gift for her four-year-old daughter, right, has started an online petition calling for Woodburn to be charged.

The Baikal Ice Marathon is one of the world's toughest endurance challenges, with participants from over 50 countries competing in freezing Siberian temperatures. The event, now in its tenth year, forces runners to endure the biting northern winds and the harsh, unpredictable climate.

NEW The photos were taken a bird singing contest in the Rueso district in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat this weekend. The birds are kept in ornate bamboo cages draped with elaborate and colourful cloths but when the competition begins the cages are hoisted onto hooks suspended around three metres high on the metal grid.

Cutting an uncanny resemblance to the novelty features used in arts and crafts, the playful appearance of these dusky langurs attracts quite a crowd of tourists to Kaeng Krachan National Park.

Krishnan Kutti, owner of New Lucky Restaurant in Ahmadabad, India, claims business is flourishing at his cafe built at an old Muslim cemetery. The coffins, which are sealed off by iron grills and lie inside the restaurant, are thought to belong to followers of a 16th Century Sufi saint, whose tomb is situated nearby.

Ed Cox, 26, an adventurer from Southville, Bristol, arrived in Brisbane to a welcome party of his parents and long-term girlfriend Lavinia - excitedly holding up a Union Jack flag before declaring: 'No more'. Mr Cox - whose journey saw him cycle across northern Europe, Turkey, the Middle East and the Far East - has been raising money for research into Alzheimer's disease and has so far amassed £8,600. Mr Cox is pictured arriving in Brisbane (top), leaving Bristol (bottom right), and during his journey - in Indonesia (bottom left).

The hand-written manuscripts, discovered among the family and estate papers of the Nostell Priory in Wakefield, West Yorks, detail perfected instructions and illustrations on how to cook an array of historic dishes. Among the delights are a traditional Quaking pudding from the 1700s, which was rumoured to have 'cured the plague', cakes created from sheep's brain, and a recipe to 'alleviate a mad dog's bite'.

A Georgia photographer has managed to preserve those fleeting moments of joy enjoyed by every mother in a series of beautiful images that show her children growing up. Kate Parker has evoked an almost timeless portrayal of childhood, as she captures her daughters Ella and Alice laughing, playing and taking in the world. From giggling while playing music in the garden, to more tender moments, the images reflect the beauty and mess of Parker's family life.

Friends Ivor White, 85, from North Tyneside, and Dennis Picton, from Australia, have traced the family of a German soldier killed in 1914, whose wallet was found on the battlefield. Belonging to Herman Karl Ernst Musold, the wallet contains a German Iron Cross, a picture of Kaiser Wilhelm II and payment coupons.