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A VERY expensive pile of rubble! Couple's £500,000 dream home is bulldozed - because it was built 6ft too high

The four-bedroom house, in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, was flattened in just a day after it was built 6ft higher, 9ft longer and 4ft wider than originally applied for.read


Midwife Jeanette Matthews allegedly threatened expectant mother on labour ward

Jeanette Matthews allegedly threatened the expectant mother at Airedale General Hospital in Keighley, West Yorkshire, in February 2011.read


Marilyn Greenhill's husband thought he watched wife die after turning off life support but discovered she was still alive THREE DAYS later

Malcolm Greenhill, from West Bromwich, West Midlands, thought he'd watched his wife Marilyn, 65, die after he made the decision to turn off the machines which were keeping her alive.read


Tube driver suspended after angering colleague by putting up a picture of the QUEEN in office

London Underground has removed the framed A4 image and another picture on a desk from an Essex depot while they investigate the complaint.read


Drinkable sun cream Harmonised H20 UV goes on sale from Osmosis Skincare

Harmonised H20 UV claims to provide holidaymakers with up to factor 30 protection, meaning sunbathers could be able to soak up the rays for longer without fear of getting burned.read


How to SMILE your way to a promotion: Expert reveals which expressions make you look more powerful, honest, and flirty

EXCLUSIVE: An Oxford-based body language expert has revealed six types of smiles that can make you look flirtier, submissive, honest, secretive and dominant.read


Huddersfield Man arrested after woman dies from stab wounds and four children injured in 'domestic incident'

Officers were called to this house in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, where they found a 37-year-old woman, named locally as Emma Mansell, with stab wounds.read


Grieving son beaten-up and robbed as he lay flowers on his parents' GRAVE by mugger who crept up behind him

Terence Boyle, 68, was ambushed in Gorton Cemetery in Manchester on Saturday lunchtime as he tended his parents' grave on the anniversary of his mother's death.read


Rolf Harris trial hears alleged teenage victim 'thought she was going to be raped'

A woman told Southwark Crown Court that she met Harris, 84, from Bray, Berkshire when, aged 18, she was on holiday in Malta with her boyfriend in 1970.read


What MailOnline readers said about Europe, immigration, tax and gay marriage in online survey of 40,000 people

A clear majority want work restrictions on migrants coming to the UK, back gay marriage and fracking but they are split on whether Britain should leave the EU.read


BBC Panorama's Chris Rogers gave Hitler salute as he filmed anti-Semitism documentary

Chris Rogers was caught marching with one finger under his nose, as crew reportedly looked on. The BBC Panorama documentary Euro 2012: Stadiums of Hate, was filmed two years ago ahead of the tournament in Poland and Ukraine - but details of the gaffe have only just come to light.read


The ultimate in down and out living: How the poor carve out a living in the SEWERS of Eastern European city

Beneath the Baroque mansions and iconic squares of central Bucharest, Romania, lies a second city that no tourist gets to see - an underground kingdom of outcasts and drug addicts living in the city's vast network of sewers.read


But WHY are you single? 'Invasive' new Facebook button lets you ask about friends' relationship status

The 'ask' button appears on the profiles of users who have left their relationship status blank, and includes a note section to explain why you're inquiring.read


Facebook may be gunning for Snapchat as reports claim tech giant is working on a video app

Sources claim Facebook could release a video-messaging app this month. Dubbed Slingshot, it would be a direct competitor to Snapchat and Vine.read


Miliband unveils new plan to hike minimum wage, but official figures show it could leave five million workers 20p an hour WORSE off

Business Minister Matthew Hancock claimed the minimum wage had 'never been higher' as a proportion of wages, suggesting that Labour's proposal would hit low earners.read


More young women would vote for Joey Essex to be Prime Minister than say they admire Nick Clegg

All of Britain’s party leaders proved so unappealing for female voters aged 18-30 that most would rather vote for politicians who are from other countries or dead.read


Woman who moved to Tunisia to marry Facebook lover is broke and wants to move back to Britain with him

Deborah Chniti, 43, left Stoke-on-Trent in 2012 to marry Ala, 27, but now wants to return with him to the UK because she is broke.read


Messages from the dead: The drowned son who returns for bedside chats. The astronaut who spoke to his father's ghost. Impossible? This spine-tingling series may make you think again

Thought death was clear but? A new book, Opening Heaven's Door, will callenge your views. In the second part of our serialisation, bereaved people recall visits by dead loved ones, writes PATRICIA PEARSON.read


Latest edition of Collins English Dictionary could include Twitter slang words adorkable and fatberg

The dictionary makers have taken to Twitter to find new words for the next edition of the lexicon - asking users to choose which words should make the final edition.read


Broad Plain Boys' Club offered £1m for their Banksy because it comes with a LETTER from the mystery artist

The painting, Mobile Lovers, had appeared overnight on a plank of wood screwed to a wall close to the Broad Plain Boys' Club in Banksy's home town of Bristol.read


US drug firm Pfizer increases its takeover bid for British rival AstraZeneca to 'final' £69 billion

The American company last night offered the board of the British company £55-a-share but said this would be their best and last offer. But it emerged this morning AstraZeneca has formally turned it down.read


Sleep deprived children are more likely to be OBESE: Infants who miss out on nap time more likely to be fat by age seven

A study carried out at Mass General Hospital for Children in the U.S. found 'compelling evidence' that getting less than recommended amounts of sleep in early childhood are more likely to be obese later in life.read


Blogger 'bombarded Labour MP with abusive tweets branding her a witch after she supported campaign to feature Jane Austen on the £10 note'

Bristol's Peter Nunn, 33, (pictured) retweeted 'menacing' messages threatening to rape Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy and branding her a 'witch', prosecutors allegeread


Bingo addict Wendy White left nursery on verge of bankruptcy stealing £2k to gamble only has to pay back £1

Wendy White, 35, stole thousands of pounds from the pre-school after her habit of playing an online version of the game left her massively in debt.read


Carnage bar crawl fills Liverpool's streets with hundreds of drunk students

Groups of students took to the streets of Liverpool dressed in floral garlands and Carnage t-shirts, as they spent the night hitting the bars in the city centre while celebrating the end of the university term.read


'Sex without love isn't worth it': Virgin schoolboy tells fellow pupils they should not have casual relationships because it won't make them happy

Phil Lyman, 18, a pupil at £30,000-a-year Wellington College, Berkshire, said he was 'going public' because of the pressure on young people to have sex.read


Killer Arnold Pickering recaptured by police after he went on the run from open prison while on day release

Arnold Pickering, 44, pictured, who stabbed a blind man to death, has been held at an address in Oldham for being unlawfully at large, police have said.read


Ministers to 'tear up' soft touch day release system for criminals as figures reveal 100 lifers are let out of jail every DAY

Justice Secretary Chris says the system will be overhauled after murderer Arnold Pickering, 44, went missing on Saturday - and was only rearrested today.read


The food industry should be regulated like tobacco: Experts say rising obesity levels pose greater health risk than smoking

The World Obesity Federation and Consumers International will call on governments around the world to impose stricter rules at the World Health Assembly in Geneva this week.read


New Yorker files world's largest ever lawsuit seeking $2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000 in damages over a dog bite

Anton Purisima, 62, claims that his middle finger was bitten off by a 'rabies-infected' dog on a city bus and now he is suing a long list of defendants including the City of New York, Au Bon Pain and Kmart.read


Today's the hottest day of the year so far with 26C expected

The highest temperature of the day was the 26.3C (79F) recorded at London Heathrow Airport this afternoon - hotter than Rhodes, Rome and Madrid.read


How quickly can YOU solve the Rubik's Cube? Google launches interactive doodle to celebrate the puzzle's 40th birthday

An animated version of the popular puzzle has been created by Google engineers allowing anyone to solve the frustratingly-difficult game.read


Mystery of the UFOs found in fields in China: experts probe whether space junk is from exploding Russian satellite

Metal apparatus fell in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Friday - the photos were released today.read


The 9/11 Memorial Museum gift shop's tasteless souvenirs you can buy

Survivors and families of the victims of the September 11 tragedy are outraged over the souvenirs which will be on sale at the 9/11 Memorial Museum gift shop.read


Britain's most elderly escort, 85, says she will not give up world's oldest profession - despite health problems and being disowned by her family (including former X Factor star Katie Wassiel)

Sheila Vogel-Coupe from London's St John's Wood, whose granddaughter Katie Waissel shot to fame on the X-Factor, says she has no plans to give up.read


Lucy Hennessy gives up City career to create balloon art

Lucy Hennessy, 38, from Essex, won four categories at the World Balloon Convention 2014 in Denver, Colorado, beating more than 100 entrants from all over the globe.read


Has Brooklyn Beckham taken a weekend job in a coffee shop?

Victoria and David Beckham's eldest child Brooklyn, 15, is thought to have done a couple shifts at the West London coffee - with one of his colleagues saying he 'got on well' with other baristas.read


Cambridge's statue of Talos covered by swarm of bees in busy city centre

Thousands of the insects settled on the figure of Talos in the crowded centre of Cambridge, forcing a nearby restaurant to close its doors and windows as a precaution.read


Teenage twin hooligans caught fighting in barbaric street brawl where they threw a PORTABLE TV at rival family are both jailed - because police can't tell them apart

Ryan and Grant Seymour, both 19, were caught on CCTV taking part in mass violence, in Biddulph, Staffordshire, on July 6 last year.read


Fay Harryman sues NHS for 'appalling mistakes' in her care

Fay Harryman, from Kent, was told her smear test was normal but she soon developed bladder problems and abnormal bleeding and further tests revealed a tumour.read


The killer pimple: Doctors warn of aggressive form of skin cancer which is six times more likely to kill if it is not removed within two months

Dermatologists have raised the alarm on an aggressive form of melanoma that looks like a harmless pimple but kills hundreds of Australians a year.read


Pilot parachuted to safety and landed on a ROOF after his glider nose-dived into a field after dramatic mid-air collision at 3,000ft

Onlookers saw the aircraft 'corkscrew' out of the sky, tumbling into a field after it struck another glider above the village of Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire.read


CIA knows something about missing Flight MH370, says former Malaysian PM Dr Mahathir

Mahathir said the missing plane may have had its airline markings removed and air-sea debris search is 'a waste of time and money'.read


Brother-in-law denies MH370 pilot plotted to bring down the flight

MH370's 53-year-old pilot has been under intense scrutiny since the flight disappeared March 8, but brother-in-law Asuad Khan rubbished rumours of tension at home, saying Zaharie was still happily married when the flight vanishedread


Housekeeper, 58, 'stole £500,000 of antiques and artwork including Picasso sketch while working for countess'

Kim Roberts, 58, of Colyton, Devon, is accused of taking valuable items from the Dowager Countess Bathurst, while working at her grand Cotswolds estate and Kensington home.read


Pictured: Smiling and laughing, the last time the four sailors missing in the Atlantic were seen together -as U.S. Coast Guard warns they had a 20-hour survival window

The sailors are seen on stage in the image, holding trophies on the last day of the event they'd sailed the 40-foot Cheeki Rafiki in - the Antigua Regatta.read


Grandfather discovers he has lung cancer after Ninewells Hospital sends test results to his home address instead of his doctor

Ian MacDonald, 78, discovered he had 'bi-lateral carcinoma of the right lung', after a six-page report was sent to him by Ninewells Hospital in Dundee. The letter should have been sent to Mr MacDonald's doctor.read


Man is charged with assaulting teenage boy at North Wales care home in the 1980s as part of investigation into historic child abuse

Richard Daffyd Vevar, 62, has been charged with two offences of indecent assault against a boy aged 13 and 16, the National Crime Agency has said.read


Ukip's Janice Atkinson tells local activists to 'f*** off'

The photograph of UKIP MEP candidate Janice Atkinson giving a one-fingered salute at local activists in Ashford, Kent, has been shared 55,000 times on Facebook.read


Nigel Farage 'used N-word to dismiss black vote': New race row hits Ukip

Professor Alan Sked said a storm of controversy provoked by Mr Farage’s remarks last week about Romanians 'backs up what I have always said' about the Ukip leader's private views on race.read


Mumps hits students at David Cameron's old Oxford college as summer exams begin

Students at Brasenose College in Oxford started to fall ill with the virus last week, just as summer exams began, and it is thought at least 30 students have been affected.read


'Women AREN'T governed by their menstrual cycle': Study quashes theory that choices and decisions vary at different times of the month

Researchers at the University of Southern California say women are attracted to the same men regardless of the time of the month.read


Fancy living near David Cameron? Wealthy foreigners expected to snap up £100m flats dubbed 'mini One Hyde Park' just a stone's throw from Downing Street

A former government building in Westminster is set to be transformed into a set of luxury properties, expected to reach around £5million each when soldread


Facebook remove lesbian kiss posted online to mark anti-homophobia day

The photo of two women kissing was posted on Facebook on Saturday by Carlotta Trevisan, a 28-year-old mother of one from Italy.read


British couple's terror as they are evacuated from Kenya just one day into dream holiday

Neil Allison and his wife, from Redcar, Yorkshire, had their trip cut short just one day into their break after the Foreign Office warned against travelling to beach resorts along the coast.read


RAF ace who took part in first dogfight of the Second World War by MISTAKE and was last survivor of the Battle of France dies aged 93

Wing Commander Peter Ayerst, from Beckenham, Kent, survived combat operations in the Battle of France, Battle of Britain, El Alamein and D-Day.read


Starbucks fanatic 'Winter' aims to go to every branch of in the world

The caffeine fan, who calls himself Winter, still has 10,000 branches to visit around the world if he is to complete his task.read


Dymchurch holiday home in Kent has INDOOR BEACH where visitors can get a tan and set the temperature to 33 degrees

Bringing the tropics to Dymchurch, Kent, Karl Emanuelsson has transformed his home into a luxury Caribbean style retreat - complete with real sand, palm trees and deck chairs.read


Forget economic growth and measure 'birdsong and lollipops' instead, top UN academics urge ministers

Governments should look beyond profits and economic growth and take into account benefits which are less easy to measure, the global body said.read


Google 'right to be forgotten' requests include actor who had affair with teen

David Cameron believes there is a major difference between wanting falsehoods taken down from the web and trying to ‘hide factually correct information’.read


'My film isn't a documentary so don't complain if it's not historically accurate' says Mike Leigh, director of Secrets & Lies

The 71-year-old British director, pictured, spoke out at the Cannes Film Festival, where his new biopic, Mr Turner, is a strong contender for the prestigious Palme d'Or prize.read


Ladykillers: Crime writers reveal women love reading about other women being murdered... especially if the killer is female

Many readers of violent novels such as The Girl With A Dragon Tattoo, made into a film starring Noomi Rapace, are young women, according to authors.read


Thomson tells wife of man with terminal cancer it won't refund Spanish anniversary holiday and suggests she takes SOMEONE ELSE

Chris Quick, 58, and her husband Keith, 61, of Southsea, had booked and paid for a trip to Benidorm next month to celebrate their 38th wedding anniversary.read


Inside top-secret Criggion station which played key roles in the WWII, Cold War and Falklands War

Criggion station, not far from Welshpool, Powys, was once key to Britain's naval communications and played an important role in many momentous military decisionsread


How the wanted gang of four was on the run so long it became a gang of five

The child was held in the arms of Veronika Doulova, 36, when she appeared in the dock of a court in the western Russian city of Novgorod this week.read


Bigamist's illegal second wife is accused of poisoning two of her own children and first wife's grandson in the house they all shared

A police probe that lasted forty days discovered that the killer was actually the second woman in a bigamous relationship, and the mother of two of the girls that died.read


'I used to be a convicted rapist but thanks the compensation I got for being wrongly jailed for 20 years, women are flocking to me': Innocent Chinese man sees marriage offers flood in after being cleared

Wang Benyu, 60, received 1.5 million Chinese Yuan (£142,000) in compensation from the Chinese government after spending nearly two decades in prison for a crime he did not commit.read


Surrogate Tara Sawyer so addicted to 'buzz of pregnancy' she won't stop until her 'womb falls out'

Tara Sawyer, 37, from Wimblington, Cambridgeshire, loves the feeling of being pregnant and refuses to take any payment for surrogacy.read


Ryanair's second carry-on bag promise under fire as passengers forced to check in extra luggage

The pledge, launched as a charm offensive, only applies to the first 90 bags, meaning other holidaymakers have to queue as suitcases are checked in on flights – causing delays.read


Ryanair suffers first fall in profits in five years as it insists customer service is improving 'rapidly'

Michael O'Leary's budget airline has today revealed its post-tax profits were £426.5million to the end of March 2014 - down around £37million on a year earlier.read


The quirkiest hotels to stay with your dog revealed in Phileas Dogg's Guide to Dog-Friendly Holidays in Britain

Writer Jane Common and her dog Attlee travelled the country to find the best dog-friendly digs for their book Phileas Dogg's Guide to Dog-Friendly Holidays in Britain.read


Cebu Pacific holiday advert that only appears in wet weather to announce 'it's sunny in the Philippines'

Spray-painted onto pavements, the clever advert is invisible until it starts to rain, when waiter droplets roll away to reveal the message.read


Louise Hitchen jailed for stealing £100k from clients to 'live like a TOWIE girl'

Louise Hitchen, 27, from Merseyside, syphoned compensation money for clients of a Payment Protection Insurance claims firm into her own bank account.read


Marina d'Or: The virtually empty giant Spanish holiday resort

This is the Marina d'Or 'Holiday City' in Oropesa del Mar, north of Valencia on Spain's Mediterreanan coast, which was to be one of the biggest high-density real estate projects of the country's boom.read


Grandson of infamous Nazi Rudolf Hoss urges voters to shun extremism after Ukip candidate's Third Reich tattoos exposed

Rainer Hoss, whose grandfather Rudolf Hoss was the infamous commandant of Auschwitz, warned that he fears the rise of neo-Nazi extremists all across Europe.read


Ted Heath's listed pile re-opens to the public after his former private secretary stepped in to save it

The former Conservative leader stated in his will that the property, next to Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, should be open for public viewing after his death in 2005.read


Bannatyne is fined for using mobile in his car: Entrepreneur admits he had been 'very stupid' after being caught as he dropped his son at a cricket match

The entrepreneur revealed on Twitter that he was stopped by police for using the device in his car while dropping his son at a cricket match.read


'The crook is going to prison': Rogue trader who lost 4.9 billion euros arrested when he returns to France after epic walk through Italy and begging Pope for forgiveness

Former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel was shown in footage broadcast on French television crossing the border from Italy to France by foot late last night.read


Son banned from visiting mother in hospital after complaining about standard of care

George Simpson, 62, has been embroiled in an escalating row with staff over the care of his mother Morag, 85, at the Ferryfield House hospital, Edinburgh.read


Syria's true death toll is 160k and counting, warns human rights group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

The harrowing claim was made by the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which says it is the true death toll for the three-year conflict.read


Kim Jong-Un poses with children at hospital as he cannot sleep over Pyongyang tower block disaster

The undated picture was released by the North Korean's official news agency which said that the photo shows the 31-year-old touring a hospital specialising in the treatment of soldiers and their families, at an undisclosed location in North Korea.read


Bank chief Mark Carney wants ban on people ortgage borrowing many times their salary

Mark Carney said he was prepared to take action on mortgages of more than four and a half times a borrower's salary as fears of a housing bubble threaten the recovery.read


House asking prices rise by 8.9% meaning the average property now costs £272,003

Asking prices have soared by £9,409 in the last month - the largest ever monthly leap - according to property website Rightmove, which says demand is still outstripping supply.read


The most 'liked' airports in the world according to Facebook

British airports couldn't compete with Singapore's Changi Airport, which has its own butterfly garden and took the top spot on Facebook.read


Welcome To New York starring Gerard Depardieu loosely based on Dominique Strauss-Khan

Welcome To New York, an American film starring Gerard Depardieu based on the sex-scandal that engulfed Strauss-Khan in 2011, has premiered at Cannes to mixed reviews.read


Roman military camp found in Germany offers clues to how troops prepared for battle

The camp was discovered near the town of Hachelbich in Thuringia, Germany, and is thought to have housed 5,000 Roman troops.read


National Trust may buy Bantham village in Devon to stop it being developed

The pretty coastal village of Bantham, which has its own beach, is up for sale and there has been interest fro around the world.read


Prince Harry pays tribute to the heroes of 'forgotten battle' of World War Two before surprising sightseers by joining public tour of Rome's Colosseum

Young royal cut a solemn figure as he viewed British war graves on the second day of his tour to Italy.read


Gluten DOESN'T cause bloating but FODMAPs foods do, doctors claim

Researchers at Monash University, in Melbourne, say bloating is probably caused foods such as these fermenting in the bowel.read


Josephine Mulry BIT OFF club worker's ear in drunken attack walks and now walks free from court

Josephine Mulry repeatedly punched 21-year-old Callum Budden and then bit off his ear lobe. The bloody piece of flesh was then apparently eaten by another club goer, Dorchester Crown Court heard.read


Publishers are using Twitter to identify new dictionary terms

Twitter users are being asked to vote on new words for the 'Twictionary'. The winning word will be entered into the October 2014 Collins English Dictionary.read


Drunks have turned me off stand-up comedy says Paul Merton

The performer and TV presenter, who has appeared on Have I Got News For You for more than two decades, claims drunken hecklers have ruined the atmosphere of stand-up.read


La Liga finale chaos after Osasuna fence falls as Alfred N'Diaye rescues kid from danger

Real Betis midfielder Alfred N'Diaye cradled a young fan to safety from the wreckage after the collapse of a fence in the stands of Osasuna's El Sadar Stadium.read


Carole Graham has preventative op after test shows she carries killer BRCA2 gene but she's ALREADY had the disease

Carole Graham, from Durham, was tested for the killer cancer gene after her mother died from the disease and one of her six sisters was diagnosed. Doctors carrying out a preventative hysterectomy discovered she already have ovarian cancer, which could have gone unnoticed.read


The cosmetic surgery tourism hotspots revealed as more Brits are travelling abroad for elective procedures

Forget jetting away to find sun and tropical beaches, millions of Brits are now using their holidays as an opportunity to undergo cosmetic surgery.read


BBC spends £30m on hotels in just three years including one room costing £633-a-NIGHT

Despite the corporation promising to cut costs, the bill is up by 32 per cent in the past year, with up front costs of the upcoming World Cup in Brazil and Commonwealth Games in Glasgow being blamed.read


School bans pupils from getting free ice-cream with their friends if they have taken even ONE day off sick

Pupils at West Horndon Primary School in Essex with a 97 per cent attendance record at the end of each half-term are rewarded with membership of 'The 99ers Club'.read


Beauty queen sues pageant organisers after they say she was not the winner because they mistook her for another Indian girl

Synthia Nath thought she was the 2014 Miss Globe New Zealand until organisers told her 'another Indian girl' had actually won the pageant.read


On your bike! Spanish cyclist Eloy Teruel celebrates winning Tour of California stage one lap early... and ends up finishing 56th

Eloy Teruel screamed and pumped his fists in the air as he crossed what he thought was the finishing line of the prestigious event's seventh stage in Pasadena.read


Chinese hospital tries to give patient care a lift by making its nurses dress as air hostesses (and it calls it a PILOT project!)

The idea is being introduced as a pilot project at Lianshui County Chinese Medicine Hospital in east China's Jiangsu province where all staff working in the Chinese medicine ward are required to dress in the air hostess outfits.read


One million affected by devastating Balkans floods which have brought destruction 'as bad as the war' to Bosnia

Comparing the 'terrifying' destruction to that of the country's 1992-95 war, authorities said the extent of the devastation became apparent in neighbouring Serbia too.read


Urine is NOT sterile: Study debunks myth after finding healthy people do have bacteria in their bladders

Researchers at Loyola University Chicago say the findings may also help the 15 per cent of women who suffer from overactive bladder syndrome.read


Archivist David Langbart unearths letter written to FDR by London stockbroker who saved hundreds of Czech children from the Nazis

Nicholas Winton, who saved the children on the eve of World War II, later received a letter saying that U.S. immigration laws meant that nothing could be done.read


Chelsey Jay achieves modelling dream despite being in a wheelchair due to condition that causes her to faint when she stands up

Chelsey Jay, 23, from Witham, Essex, suddenly became confined to a wheelchair, and was forced to quit her modelling dreams.read


Newborn cheetah cub saved by Oregon's Wildlife Safari zookeepers after being abandoned by his mother

The scrappy puss, who has not yet been named, was born at the Wildlife Safari in Oregon on May 8 - the 174th birth at the park since 1972, when their cheetah breeding program began.read


Orphan orangutans separated from mother face an uncertain future as habitat is cleared for palm oil plantations

The pair had been separated their mother in Kutai National Park, a vast expanse of supposedly protected tropical rainforest on the east coast of Borneo.read


Poppy is the world's oldest cat at 24 (that's 114 in human years) and she is partial to the odd kebab

Poppy the tortoiseshell cat from Bournemouth, Dorset, who was born in February 1990 and lived through five British prime ministers, has picked up the title.read


Iris Ohyama's smart fan follows you around the room and turns itself off when you leave

Japanese manufacturer Iris Ohyama has made a fan that tracks movement. The 'Human-sensing Oscillating Fan' uses infrared to point towards people.read


The mystery of Norway's Hessdalen lights may be solved as expert claims natural 'battery' creates the light show

Orbs of light hovering above Hessdalen, Norway, (pictured) could be explained by metallic rocks and a sulphurous river running through it.read


Video shows Phoenix, Arizona father throw his two-year-old daughter into wimming pool

Corey McCarthy of Phoenix, Arizona, has been charged with two counts of child abuse after he threw his daughter Mia into a swimming pool. He claims he was trying to teach her a lesson.read


The food of love: Females are more likely to have sex if they're 'wined and dined' first (among bush crickets at least)

Evolutionary biologists from Sussex, England, believe male bushcrickets treat their partner to dinner to prolong sex sessions and sperm transfer (pictured).read


Meet the dog who has saved his owner's life TWICE (and also does the washing and answers the door)

EXCLUSIVE: Billy is an eight-year-old Jack Russell who lives with Carol Willacy, 45, in Lancashire. Ms Willacy has severe arthritis so Billy helps her with day to day tasks.read


Crackdown on drinking at Gatwick Airport in bid to reduce alcohol-related air rage incidents

The airport has reported a 'significant reduction' in alcohol-fuelled air rage incidents thanks to increased police patrols and cooperation from bars.read


Is your brain 'wired' for sex?

How intensely a person responds to sexual images can be linked his or her number of sexual partners, according to a new study.read


Imperial College London scientists work out how to turn light into MATTER using a very powerful laser

The idea was first dreamt up in 1934 by two physicists, but they never expected anybody to be able to physically demonstrate their prediction.read


Will Boots be snapped up by the Americans?

The High Street stalwart, which is part of the Alliance Boots group, could be taken over by rival Walgreens in a matter of months shaving millions off the tax bill of its US suitor.read


Colombian police display 2 ton haul seized from ONE boat worth $125m

Authorities laid out their haul for the cameras in a bid to reinforce their determination to crack down on illicit drugs in the South American country, which was long the world's leading cocaine producer.read


Artist Quentin Devine carves portraits of English football heroes

Quentin Devine, from Surrey, used just a scalpel and magnifying glass to engrave the portraits of Paul Gascoigne, David Beckham, Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Wayne Rooney.read


Robot rock band Compressorhead takes the stage at international android exhibition in Moscow

German robot rockers Compressorhead comprises Four-armed Stickboy on drums, Bones on bass, and 79-diggited Fingers plays the guitar.read


Inside the exquisite estates of the woman who inspired Jackie Kennedy: Photos give a rare look at the homes and gardens of late heiress Bunny Mellon

Photos inside the estates designed by Bunny Mellon reveal the exquisite and inspired tastes in home and garden decor that made her the apple in Jackie Kennedy's eye.read


Scientists find largest dinosaurs Titanosaur fossil

Paleontologists in Argentina's remote Patagonia region have discovered fossils of what was likely the largest dinosaur ever to roam the earth.read


Trashy travel?: German company turns garbage truck-like heavy vehicle into a 'home on wheels'

Ever wonder what would happen if a garbage truck got converted into a mobile home? Well, the engineers at Germany heavy vehicle maker UNICAT have, creating a line of unusual-looking recreational vehicles that are definitely worlds away from a Winnebago.read


Python crushed my dog to death in Hong Kong park

Art dealer Katie Heyring (right with her other pets) was on a countryside hike with daughter Kaia, seven, son Kaspar, five, and their five dogs when the snake struck her puppy Charlie (left).read


San Francisco pranksters hack road sign to warn drivers of Godzilla attack

The sign was set up last week to flag potential delays caused by a fun run, but instead the ominous messages 'Godzilla Attack' and 'Turn Back' were displayed.read


Derrick Lin's miniature figures capture everyday ups and downs of working in the office

Taken by photographer and brand strategist, Derrick Lin, 38, from Columbus, Ohio, each scene gives a snap shot into the everyday goings on of a busy marketing agency.read


Woman who tried to beat parking ticket by claiming she was beaten up is caught on camera attacking officer so badly he's hospitalized

Niu Tuan, 35, launched into a frenzied assault on Zhang Mintong when she saw him writing out a ticket for her illegally parked car in Haikou City, southern China.read


Daredevils scale 540ft-high Diga di Luzzone dam as they turn it into world's tallest climbing wall

It’s considered the Everest of wall climbing. But these daredevils make scaling the 540ft Diga di Luzzone in Blenio, Switzerland, look easy.read


Sylvester the cheetah has become his trainer's constant companion after being orphaned as a cub

Sylvester the cheetah has formed a heart-warming bond with its trainer after being rescued as an orphaned cub. The four-year-old will happily sit side-by-side with 31-year-old Ed Oelofse, from Zimbabwe.read


Five of the worlds top wingsuit athletes take a death-defying plunge to soar over the Manhattan skyline

Forget the Top of the Rock or the Empire State - the best view of the New York City on Sunday was from the air, as members of the Red Bull Air Force Wingsuit Flyers accomplished a dream of gliding over Manhattan.read