Mother of Britain's biggest family is pregnant again with her SEVENTEENTH child - at the same time her eldest daughter is expecting her second (but none of them is on benefits)

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Sue Radford, 39, of Morecambe, Lancashire, who has nine sons and seven daughters, is looking forward to her family’s newest addition after finding out she was pregnant in March. Mrs Radford - who featured on Channel 4 show 16 Kids and Counting - is expecting her 17th baby in November, while her daughter Sophie, 20, is excited for her new arrival due five weeks earlier. The Radfords, who run a bakery and are completely self-sufficient, receive no state benefits. The mother and daughter are pictured together (left). Sophie's scan is pictured (top right) and Mrs Radford's scan is seen (bottom right). Sue and Noel Radford are parents to Chris, 25, Sophie, 20, Chloe, 18, Jack, 17, Daniel, 15, Luke, 13, Millie, 12, Katie, 11, James, ten, Ellie, nine, Aimee, eight, Josh, seven, Max, five Tilly, four, Oscar, two, and Casper, one. Sophie is also mother to Daisy, one.

Boyfriend held by detectives over stabbing of girlfriend in front of her two young boys is former police officer

Jonathan Sutton, 39, is under police guard in hospital after his partner Emma Mansell, 37, was stabbed to death - it emerged today that he is a former officer with West Yorkshire Police

Jonathan Sutton, 39, left, is under police guard in hospital in Huddersfield following the death of his partner, special needs teacher Emma Mansell, 37, right. She was pronounced dead in hospital on Sunday after police were called to reports of a domestic incident at the house Miss Mansell shared with Mr Sutton, her partner of 18 months, and four children. A window at the property, right, had what appeared to be a bloody handprint on it. It emerged today that Mr Sutton was an officer with West Yorkshire Police from May 2003 until his resignation in November 2004.

Notorious gangster arrested on suspicion of raping a man just two weeks after his big wheel protest stunt brought Manchester city centre to standstill

Arrest: Police said a 49-year-old man was arrested yesterday afternoon in the city centre and remains in custody for questioning. It is understood the suspect is notorious criminal Domenyk Noonan (pictured)

Police said a 49-year-old man - understood to be gangster Domenyk Noonan - was arrested yesterday in Manchester city centre and remains in custody.

Don't use your phone in public and never argue with muggers: World Cup fans given fresh warning over Brazil crime epidemic as police go on STRIKE

Strike: Policemen stand guard inside the Maracana stadium

Muggings, robberies, kidnappings and gang violence make Brazil one of the most criminalised countries in the world, with about 28 murders per 100,000 residents.

First-time mother was told her baby was dead... but he started breathing 36 minutes later and was rushed to intensive care

Tragedy: The parents of Luke Weaving-Shorrocks were told he was dead, only for the baby to be rushed to intensive care 36 minutes after his traumatic birth

Victoria Weaving-Shorrocks's son Luke was born at Wigan Infirmary after a traumatic 15 hour labour, an inquest at Bolton Coroner's Court was told.

Revealed: Why millions WON'T get the £155 new state pension they're expecting

Short fuse: The devastating blows, which throw into chaos the plans of those within two years of retirement, have been revealed in a Money Mail investigation into the small print of the new pension

The devastating news, which throws into chaos the plans of those within two years of retirement, have been revealed in a Money Mail investigation.

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Father drove his neighbours to brink of despair by clapping and swearing non-stop for three months

Outside court: Iftikhar Hussain, 48, of Birmingham, chanted obscenities at all hours of the day and night

Iftikhar Hussain, of Birmingham, chanted obscenities at all hours of the day and night - as soon as his Asbo for battering another householder with a broomstick had been lifted.

'Showrooming' threat to shops: Half of consumers admit using their mobiles to browse for deals online while looking around visiting stores

As more and more people spend time on their phones, people even shop on their phones while in a store

Online shopping revenues rose 10 per cent last year to more than £10billion while high street takings fell 3 per cent.

EXCLUSIVE: 'Putin is behaving just like Hitler', says Charles. Prince's controversial verdict on Russian leader's invasion of Ukraine

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Prince Charles likened Putin to Hitler while speaking to a woman in Nova Scotia, Canada, who fled there with her Jewish family when she was just 13.

It's not over until the lady sings: Opera world erupts with anger at 'sexist' comments by critics calling soprano star 'stocky' and 'chubby'

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Tara Erraught, from Louth in Ireland, was described in the Daily Telegraph as 'dumpy' while the Financial Times said how her character is a 'chubby bundle of puppy-fat'.

Court translator costs double in a year: Taxpayers' bill now more than
£15million after service was outsourced in move branded as 'shambolic' by MPs

Rise: The cost to the taxpayer of hiring court interpreters has almost doubled to £15.5million in just one year, according to official figures

The cost to the taxpayer of hiring court interpreters has almost doubled to £15.5million in just one year, according to official figures.

Is global warming going to send the cost of your breakfast soaring? Report claims cereal prices will surge 44 per cent

Costly: Oxfam has warned that the price of cereals such as Corn Flakes could surge by as much as 44 percent in the next 15 years because of climate change

Oxfam has warned the 'Big 10' food and drink companies they could face financial ruin if they do not do more to tackle climate change.

Now Lloyds limits mortgage to four times your salary: Britain's biggest lender caps loans over £500,000

Ban: The new rules from Lloyds Banking Group mean borrowers will need a single or combined salary of £125,000 in order to take out a mortgage for £500,000

Lloyds Banking Group, including subsidiaries Halifax and Bank of Scotland, has now banned all loans of more than £500,000 with immediate effect.

Plebgate enquiry 'heard policewoman's boast that she could topple the government' - but Scotland Yard says it WON’T release the transcript

Tory MP Andrew Mitchell became caught up in the 'Plebgate' row during an exchange in September 2012

The explosive claim was made by one of those who barred former Tory chief whip Andrew Mitchell from riding his bike through the gates of Downing Street.

Ukip and Labour pose threat to the economy because they want to 'pull up the drawbridge', Osborne warns

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Britain's status as a free-market nation is at risk from ‘the forces of pessimism’ who are waging war on big business, the Chancellor will claim today.

£750k 'fine' for energy giant that ripped off its customers by forcing them to pay £180 fee each year if they didn't pay by direct debit

The £180 fee is thought to have hit Scottish Power's elderly customers particularly hard, because they are more likely to want to pay by cash or cheque

The high charges were part of a drive to persuade customers to pay automatically by direct debit. Customers who opt not to can be charged a fee to cover the extra expense.

Northern convicts THREE times more likely to return to life of crime after being caught than southerners

Almost all of the worst areas for reoffending are in the north east of England. The local authorities with the best records for turning criminals' lives around are all in the Midlands and the south east

In the north east, up to one in six criminals reoffend within three months of being convicted. But in the south east and Midlands, just one in 18 convicted criminals return to crime.

Use all-women shortlists for top jobs to solve chronic shortage of female executives, says Cable

Business Secretary Vince Cable says headhunters should submit all-women shortlists of candidates for top jobs to solve Britain¿s chronic shortage of female executives

Just one in five top jobs in the FTSE index of the UK's 100 biggest public companies are held by women.

Red Ed's day from hell: First Miliband blunder over cost of shopping - then doesn't even know his local party boss

The Labour leader appeared tired during his 7.24am appearance as the grueling campaign for this week's European elections appeared to have taken its toll

The Labour leader's nightmare day continued with a disastrous radio interview on BBC Radio Wiltshire, hours after making a gaffe on the cost of a weekly shop.

Is smiling Dewani now mentally fit to face trial? Suspect seen sharing joke with staff member at psychiatric hospital after being extradited over wife's murder during their honeymoon

Is smiling Dewani now mentally fit to face trial? Suspect seen sharing joke with staff member at psychiatric hospital after being extradited over wife's murder during their honeymoon

Murder suspect Shrien Dewani was seen smiling and joking in the grounds of a Cape Town psychiatric hospital. The 34-year-old Briton is believed to be flanked by a guard and a nurse who is helping to treat him for mental health problems, including depression and post-traumatic stress disorder at Valkenberg hospital. Earlier this month, the Western Cape’s High Court heard Dewani’s mental condition has improved to the extent that he could soon face trial. Dewani has been at the hospital since being extradited from Britain last month accused of masterminding the murder of his wife, Anni, during their honeymoon in South Africa in November 2010.

Ukip scraps 'carnival' to prove it's not racist after steel band refuses to play in front of 'Love Colour' sign and Farage stays away

The party pulled the plug on its 'bold and vibrant' event in Croydon, with council candidate Winston McKenzie branding the town 'unsafe' and a 'dump'.

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Inflation rises for the first time in 10 months after airlines hiked ticket prices by 18% for the Easter holidays

The Consumer Prices Index rose to 1.8 per cent in April, dashing hopes of an early end to the squeeze on family incomes.

BBC cooking show throws away £4,000 of Michelin-star quality food after homeless charities rejected it

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Aiden Byrne says he was forced to bin £70 Cumbrian veal cutlets, £50 steaks and £29 turbot fillets because homeless groups in Manchester turned them down on health and safety grounds.

Divorce dirty tricks: How one in ten exes turn mutual friends on each other

Dirty tricks: One in ten people going through a divorce try to turn mutual friends against their partner, a study by Slater and Gordon has found. It also said half try to cheat their husband or wife over the financial settlement

One in ten people going through a divorce try to turn mutual friends against their partner, a study by law firm Slater and Gordon found yesterday.

Thousands of M&S; workers to miss out on bonuses after profits fall for the third year running due to fall in clothing sales

Struggle: M&S boss Marc Bolland, pictures with Rosie Huntingdon-Whiteley, will lose his bonus after his business posted a fall in profits for the third year running

Boss Marc Bolland, pictured with Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, has decided that nobody deserved one because the High Street giant's results for the past year were so poor.

Devastated staff break down in tears as A&E; department closes its doors for the last time after treating patients for 50 years

Tears: Emotional nurses gathered in the ward after their final night shift on Monday

The casualty department at Frenchay Hospital in Bristol closed its doors after decades of service on Monday night - overwhelming some staff members with emotion.

Police battling to stop Eastern Europeans binge drinking in public put up signs in POLISH warning them alcohol is banned

Warning: Police constable Alex Denny (pictured) and his colleagues have put up posters around Worcester warning in both English and Polish that drinking in the streets is banned

Officers in Worcester had the message translated to represent the 'multi-cultural' nature of the city, following complaints migrants were getting drunk in public.

Golfer Rory McIlroy breaks off his engagement to tennis player Caroline Wozniacki - just days after they sent out invitations to sports wedding of the year 'because he is not ready for marriage'

The pair looked deep in thought as they strolled hand-in-hand through Sloane Square in London last Thursday

Golfer Rory McIlroy (right) has broken off his engagement to tennis player Caroline Wozniacki (left) just days after sending out wedding invitations. The major winner and former world number one confirmed the relationship had ended after he realised he was not ready for marriage. The pair, who were seen together in Sloane Square, London, last week (centre), had been together for two years before McIlroy proposed on New Year's Day.

Forget money... health, family and well-being are our top priorities: Recession has put an end to 'greed is good' culture, says study

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We are now more likely to bake a cake than go nightclubbing as our priorities have shifted from material wealth to family and wellbeing, researchers suggest.

Led Zeppelin STOLE Stairway To Heaven from us, claim band who toured with them three years before hit song was released

Led Zeppelin and, inset, Randy California

A band called Spirit are attempting to block the track's re-release after claiming their late guitarist Randy California should be given a writing credit on the 1971 track.

Gone in 105 seconds: Jailed sex attacker Max Clifford's marriage to wife of four years ends after divorce hearing lasting less than two minutes

Max Clifford's wife Jo, left, has initiated divorce proceedings against the convicted sex abuser, right

The public relations expert and wife Jo were granted a decree nisi by a judge sitting in the Central Family Court in London.

Baby blues more likely four years after birth: First year of motherhood is not lowest point, research reveals

Mothers are more likely to experience post-natal depression four years later due to relationship problems, a study claims

Research carried out in Australia found almost one in three first-time mothers reported depressive symptoms at least once between pregnancy and four years after giving birth.

‘Did you call Angela Merkel a lard-a***?’: Extraordinary moment Silvio Berlusconi is quizzed over his gaffes by Jeremy Paxman

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Tonight the presenter will stun Silvio Berlusconi when he asks the former Italian prime minister whether he did call Angela Merkel an ‘an un****able lard-a***?’.

62 Labour MPs are employing workers on zero hours contracts despite the party campaigning against them

Labour leader Ed Miliband campaigns against zero hour contracts despite his MPS employing workers on them

More than 60 Labour MPs are employing staff on zero hours contracts despite the party's campaign against them.

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

Ed Miliband unveiled his minimum wage policy to Labour supporters today. In a radio interview this morning he claimed raising low pay would be the next Labour Government's 'mission'

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.

We'll need £65,000 new kitchens to run Clegg's free meals plan, say head: Schools are being forced to raid teaching and equipment budgets to pay for the scheme

The government has pledged £2.30 per pupil for free lunches, but heads are complaining the money isn't enough, with one having to use £10,000 out of his existing budget to fund them

One head is having to find £10,000 out of his existing budget to fund a fridge to store dozens of free sandwiches, despite claims the policy is well funded.

Britain has heard enough of 'appalling' Ukip, says Cameron: Prime Minister launches scathing attack on rival party's 'politics of anger'

David Cameron said Ukip leader Nigel Farage's comments on Romanians was 'frankly unpleasant'

In a wide-ranging interview with the Daily Mail, Mr Cameron said Ukip have condemned themselves with a series of unpleasant remarks during the campaign for European and local elections.

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

Triple killer Ian McLoughlin last year murdered a man while on day release from prison

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

Executive in 500ft Canary Wharf death leap was in turmoil after split from girlfriend: He used bolt cutters to reach the roof

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American Gabriel Magee, a vice-president at JP Morgan, plunged to his death as people were arriving for work at the 33-storey Canary Wharf tower in January, bottom. His ex-girlfriend Lucy Pinches, right, said Mr Magee was had an obsession with the concept of parallel universes and a suicide pact of two US students. 'It was to do with quantum physics and suicide, the two students were linked up to lethal injections which were operated by lottery numbers,' she said, adding 'the only universe they would wake up in would be the one they both won the lottery in. That was something Gabe thought about a lot'. Mr Magee's family from America, including father Bill, left, were at the inquest.

Flotilla of 40 private boats joins search for missing British yachtsman as U.S. coastguards cave in and resume the hunt after huge petition

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The news comes after more than 40 private boats vowed to start their own search for Andrew Bridge, Paul Goslin, Steve Warren and James Male who have been missing in the Atlantic since Friday.

Is this the moment Ed realised that the man who sold him this bacon sandwich is voting Tory? Labour leader's nationwide tour gets off to a difficult start

As the Labour leader embarked on a nationwide tour to woo voters for tomorrow's elections, his very first photo opportunity at 6.30am ended in disaster.

Homeless man rescued after making his bed on top of an 80ft cliff... and rolling over the edge in his SLEEP

A 33-year-old Romanian immigrant had to be rescued after falling off a cliff in his sleep

A homeless Romanian immigrant had to be rescued by a coastguard helicopter after falling 80ft down a cliff in Torquay, Devon, in the early hours of this morning.

Singer, 21, sectioned after attempting suicide six times in three weeks killed herself after hospital staff let her out unescorted

Tragic: Samantha Maritza was sectioned in May 2010 after six suicide attempts but died during two hours of unsupervised release

Samantha Maritza was killed when she stepped in front of a train travelling at 125mph in June 2010. It was just hours after the 21-year-old was released from St George's Hospital in Stafford on unescorted leave.

Queen of the world! HMS Lancaster welcomes a very special visitor 24 years after she launched it

Figurehead: The Queen stands at the bow of HMS Lancaster as crew members stand behind her with the ship in dock at Portsmouth in Hampshire.

The crew welcomed Her Majesty on board the Royal Navy Frigate as it stopped off at Portsmouth Naval Base.

Schoolgirl died in her sleep after doctors 'failed to give her routine brain scan after suffering severe headaches and slurred speech'

Tragedy: Lauren Walker, 13, died last October of a fatal gastric haemorrhage, which may have been preventable

Lauren Walker, 13, of Richmond, Sheffield, was rushed to hospital with severe headache and slurred speech, but her condition was treated as a migraine.

Disabled man died of internal bleeding three years after he swallowed his own FALSE TEETH which severed a major artery

Tragic: Brian Holland, 44, died of internal bleeding three years after he swallowed his own false teeth

Brian Holland, 44, from Offerton, Manchester, died from internal bleeding after the dentures severed a major artery, an inquest has heard.

Little girl whose TONGUE wouldn't stop growing prepares for first day at school after three corrective operations

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Olivia Gillies, from Welwyn Garden City, was born with the rare overgrowth condition Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome, which affects one in 15,000 births in the UK.

'Too proud to claim benefits': Tragedy of unemployed gardener who 'killed himself after applying for 40 jobs in three months with no success'

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Martin Hadfield (pictured with his mother Annie O’Gorman), 20, of Tottington, Greater Manchester, felt 'put down with no self worth' by his period without work.

Britain's shameful incompetence: Hook's family CONTINUE to live off the State and have cost taxpayer £3m in upmarket housing and benefits... and we can't expel his sidekick because of human rights laws

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The hook-handed cleric Abu Hamza (bottom left) is expected to die behind bars after a federal court in New York found him guilty of aiding the taking of hostages in Yemen and seeking to set up an al Qaida training camp in the U.S. David Cameron and other politicians welcomed the fact that - 16 years after three Britons died in the Yemen attack – the hate-preacher had finally been brought to justice. Hamza’s second wife Najat Mostafa, 55, (left) with whom he has seven children, lives in a £1.25 million five-bedroom council house in Shepherd’s Bush, West London. His eldest son Mohamed Mostafa, 32, was jailed for his part in planning to blow up churches in Yemen on Christmas Day 1998 (inset, second from right). He was jailed again in 2008, along with his brother Hamza Kamel, (inset third from right) now 27, for their part in a £1 million luxury car scam. Hamza’s fifth son Imran Mostafa, 20, (far right) was jailed for 11 years in 2012 for armed robbery.

DJ David Lowe says 'N-word' song that he lost his job over is on the BBC's approved list of music which is 'okay to play'

David Lowe, who was sacked after he played an old version of The Sun Has Got Its Hat On, claims the show was pre-recorded - but no one at the BBC approved it for transmission before it was played

Lowe, 68, was asked to leave last weekend after 32 years with the BBC after playing the 1932 version of The Sun Has Got His Hat On, which features the line: 'He's been tanning n*****s out in Timbuktu.'

'London's new emblem': Shard is named best skyscraper in the world

The Shard has been named the best skyscraper in the world after claiming first place in an international competition

The 306-metre tall building in London was praised by judges for its glass fragment-shaped form and sophisticated architecture.

Not so grim up north! Harrogate beats northern towns including Stockport and Inverness to be named happiest place to live in the UK

Harrogate has been named the happiest place to live in the UK for two years running (file pic)

Shrugging off the stereotypical north-south divide, Harrogate in North Yorkshire was named the happiest place in the UK, with East London being the least happy.

Divers begin £70,000 quest to salvage treasure from ship mysteriously blown up 350 years ago off Southend coast

A computer generated image of what the wreckage of the HMS London looks like on the sea bed off Southend, Essex

English Heritage is funding a two-year excavation at the wreck of HMS London, which sank in 1665 not far from where Southend Pier now stands.

Transgender woman in landmark legal battle to force government to 'forget' her identity as a man before sex change

A 44-year-old transgender person is fighting for the right to have their previous gender forgotten at London¿s High Court

The case of C, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, is being seen as a landmark case concerning the rights of transgender persons across the UK.

Families priced out of cinemas after ticket prices soar by 26% since 2007

A family of four in Kingston, Surrey, will be set back more than £50 for travel, popcorn and tickets

Tickets at the Odeon in Kingston, Surrey, work out at £12.70 for an adult or £36.40 for a family of four. Once you add in the cost of transport, popcorn and drinks, the cost could quite easily top £50.

Mass brawl erupts between rival groups of youths in area where former Home Secretary David Blunkett warned of rioting due to influx of Roma immigrants

The former Home Secretary warned last November that tensions between local people and Roma migrants in the Page Hall area of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, could escalate into rioting

The former Home Secretary warned last November that tensions between local people and Roma migrants in the Page Hall area of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, could escalate into rioting unless action was taken to improve integration. Tensions came to a head last night when more than 25 people got involved in the mass disturbance which broke out in the residential area at around 8pm.

'I felt really bad about all this bloody abuse': Australian woman 'molested in a pub by Rolf Harris aged 15 said she almost killed herself by taking laxatives, drinking and not eating'

Alleged victim Tonya Lee, who has waived her right to anonymity, claims that Harris touched her after she travelled to Britain for a theatre tour in 1986

Alleged victim Tonya Lee, who has waived her right to anonymity, claims that Harris touched her after she travelled to Britain for a theatre tour in 1986

Moment teenage boys are caught on camera throwing a CAT over an 8ft fence to a pair of dogs

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CCTV footage shows the thugs walking along a pathway behind homes in Bradford, West Yorkshire, before picking up the black and white feline by the neck and hurling her.

Jailed gangster who made almost £750,000 from dealing cocaine is ordered to pay back just £1 - because the money's all gone

Daniel Chisholm was jailed for 12 years for his part in the 'cocaine factory' in Sunderland - but only has to pay £1 of the £750,000 earned

Daniel Chisholm was handed a 12-year jail sentence earlier this year after being convicted of conspiracy to supply cocaine. He earned £742,814 in the scam, but has only been ordered to pay back £1.

Made in Chelsea star Jamie Laing arrested after he refused to stop using his mobile phone in the quiet carriage of train

Done in Peterborough: Made in Chelsea star Jamie Laing, 25, pictured during a promotional bungee jump this weekend, was arrested on a train from Leeds to London after refusing to turn his phone off

Laing, 25, was arrested on a train from London to Leeds and later cautioned for 'offensive and unacceptable behaviour' after failing to give police his details.

Parents forced boy, 5, to live apart from his siblings in a room shut off by a gate because 'he didn't fit into the family'

Judge said the local authority with responsibility for the children was Lancashire County Council (pictured)

Mrs Justice Russell did not identify the couple but said they had lived in the Lancashire towns of Burnley and Blackpool.

Three held and village sealed off by '40 armed police' after man dies in suspected shooting

Humberside Police said three men were arrested at the scene and were helping with inquiries

Officers from Humberside Police were called to Melton, a small village just west of Hull, at around 5pm after reports from the public of a disturbance, possibly involving a gun.

Eton classics teacher caught with child porn on school computer killed himself a decade later after struggling to cope with the shame of his conviction

Conviction: Former Eton classics teacher Ian McAuslen killed himself a decade after he admitted child pornography charges

Ian McAuslan, 68, (pictured) admitted possessing indecent images in 2004 after 200 were found on his computer during an IT upgrade at the school in Berkshire.

Sex offender raped disabled woman FIVE DAYS after being released on bail awaiting trial for other rape charges

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David McDougall, 31, from Fife, Scotland, has been jailed for 10 years after being convicted of 14 charges dating back to 1998.

Pensioner, 74, arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife in apparent 'mercy killing' after she was found dead at their suburban home

Death: Detectives said the pensioner's body was discovered inside a large £390,000 gated property (pictured) in quiet Millfield Drive, Market Drayton at around 8.20am this morning

Detectives said the pensioner's body was discovered inside a large £390,000 gated property in Millfield Drive, Market Drayton at around 8.20am this morning.

Ukippers are used to being insulted, but to be called an Etonian! QUENTIN LETTS braves conflict at the Ukip carnival

Ukip carnival on Croydon high street is halted after protests

Rule one when organising a carnival: keep the band sweet. In this basic test, Ukip had a bit of an oopsie yesterday. The Endurance Steel Orchestra of South Norwood was just a few bars into its ankleswinging opener, 'Mister Fete', when there was the musical equivalent of a squeal of brakes.

Where do you think YOU'RE going? Incredible moment black bear saves her tiny cub from oncoming traffic as he wandered on to edge of road

Phew: Just in time, the mother bear, pulls her little one over the cement boundary and hauling it to safety

The adorable baby bear was at Kootenay National Park, which is located in southeastern British Columbia in Canada when it found itself on the wrong side of a highway.

Now one in ten says they have tried a legal high: Study finds Britain is now one of the worst-affected countries in Europe

The unprecedented rise in the number of potentially toxic new chemicals has left police and drug agencies in the UK struggling to keep up. The UK is the only country to control mephedrone (pictured), a former designer drug known as 'meow meow'

The unprecedented rise in the number of potentially toxic new chemicals has left police and drug agencies in the UK struggling to keep up.

Caught on video: Shocking moment angler hooks 30st porbeagle shark just ONE MILE off Devon beach

Mr Pullen refuses to reveal the exact location of the catch for fear of upsetting tourism chiefs, but confirmed it was just one mile of a popular holiday beach in North Devon

Graeme Pullen, 62, from Hook, Hampshire, was fishing for pollock off the North Devon coast when the 8ft long porbeagle shark took his bait.

Caught on video: Shocking moment angler hooks 30st porbeagle shark just ONE MILE off Devon beach

Mr Pullen refuses to reveal the exact location of the catch for fear of upsetting tourism chiefs, but confirmed it was just one mile of a popular holiday beach in North Devon

Graeme Pullen, 62, from Hook, Hampshire, was fishing for pollock off the North Devon coast when the 8ft long porbeagle shark took his bait.

Rumble in the Bronx: Fists fly at New York zoo as two young gorillas throw punches and brawl with each other

One gorilla gets the upper hand and start to rain punches down on his brother

The two brothers took it in turns to throw punches as well as chase, bite and push each other around in their enclosure at the Bronx Zoo in New York.

More than he can handle! Owl makes brazen attempt to carry off badger twice its size – who doesn't give a hoot

More than he can handle! Owl makes brazen attempt to carry off badger twice its size ¿ who doesn't give a hoot

The brazen mission was carried out in Badlands National Park, South Dakota, as the badger approached its nesting site.

Chilling unseen photograph emerges of Hiroshima mushroom cloud taken from U.S. bomber just one MINUTE after atomic bomb was dropped

On board the Necessary Evil: Chilling unseen photograph emerges of Hiroshima mushroom cloud taken from U.S. bomber just one MINUTE after atomic bomb was dropped

The black-and-white image was taken from the window of one of the U.S bombers on the top-secret raid and is the only unofficial photo of the bombing known to exist.

Not so happily ever after! Disney characters battle poverty, natural disaster and pollution as artist imagines them in the 'real world'

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New York-based animation artist Jeff Hong, 35, has imagined some of the company's most popular characters battling the grim conditions of the real world.

Photos shows incredible moment lightning struck Port-au-Prince and was perfectly reflected in pool of water

New photographs show the moment lighting hit Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and was perfectly reflected in water

New photographs show the moment lighting hit Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and was perfectly reflected in water.

Two Boko Haram-style car bombs rip through busy Nigerian bus terminal and market, killing at least 118

At least 118 people have been killed in the Nigerian city of Jos in a car bomb attack

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: According to a relief agency, at least 118 people have died after two car bombs detonated in the central Nigerian city of Jos today. The second explosion was timed to go off half an hour after the first in order to kill rescue workers, a tactic which bears all the hallmarks of Boko Haram.

Now 20 SS concentration camp guards face justice almost 70 years after their crimes at Nazi prison which killed 360,000 Jews

Around 20 former guards at the Majdanek death camp (pictured) could face charges in Germany, following a widespread probe of the Nazi SS men and women who served there

Federal prosecutor Kurt Schrimm, who heads Germany's special Nazi war crimes office, said he expects to turn the cases over to state investigators within two weeks for them to pursue accessory to murder charges.

Students in running battles with police in Kenya who use batons and tear gas in riots sparked by tuition fee hike plan

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University students threw rocks at police in Kenya's capital Nairobi on Tuesday as authorities fired back with tear gas in protests over tuition fees.

Pictured: Horrific burns suffered by Filipino maid after Saudi boss ‘threw boiling water at her’ which have caused storm among country’s servants

Attack: This is the 23-year-old who was burned after her boss's mother allegedly threw boiling water at her

The 23-year-old was scolded after her employer's mother in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, became enraged at the time it was taking to brew coffee, it is claimed.

Inside homes shattered by Ukraine’s unofficial civil war: Destruction from weeks of fighting revealed as country’s richest man calls for end to violence

Anguish: Yekaterina Len, 61, cries inside her ruined house

Her hand covering her mouth, her face contorted with anguish, Yekaterina Len stood sobbing this morning in the kitchen of her shattered house in Slavyansk, east Ukraine.

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At least 118 people have been killed in the Nigerian city of Jos in a car bomb attack        

Is it Un-Direction? Kim Jong-Un gets all the applause at his hand-picked girl group's concert - as experts warn he is also working on more dangerous plan for nuclear missiles

Kim Jong Un is determined to press ahead with presenting a 'cuddly' image to his people- this time he has been photographed at a concert of North Korea's answer to the Spice Girls - seen here in their signature white performance clothes

The leader was pictured attending a show of the all-girl act, named the Moranbong Band in Pyongyang - the group consists of five singers (all chosen by Kim) and a backing band.

Month of 'sanity' tests for Pistorius: Judge formally orders outpatient assessment at psychiatric hospital to decide if he is capable of knowing he did wrong

Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria

Judge Thokozile Masipa told Pistorius he must report to Pretoria's Weskoppies hospital, one of South Africa's top mental institutions, as an outpatient for up to 30 days.

The East is red again: Vladimir Putin turns to China for new alliance with Russia’s biggest neighbour and 'reliable friend' in sign of renewed Cold War

President Vladimir Putin met with China's president today in a diplomatic boost for the isolated Russian leader

Putin, shunned by the West over Ukraine, met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a start of a two-day meeting on Asian security with leaders from Iran and Central Asia.

Britain (and sadly the PM) is losing its collective good sense over one football boss's vulgar email

Off the hook: Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore escapes further disciplinary action

The wagons are still circling for Richard Scudamore. And, very surprisingly, sitting on one of them, popping away merrily, is David Cameron.

Feed your family of four for just £80 a week? What tripe!

Mr and Mrs Average? Ed, Justine and their boys claim to represent the 'squeezed middle'

If you have £80 to spend for a family of four, breakfasts will consist of cheaper cereal brands, no fruit and nut-rich muesli.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Tories can win if they stop demonising Ukip

Figurehead: The party¿s ebullient and plain-speaking ¿ if terrifyingly accident prone ¿ leader Nigel Farage understands the electorate¿s frustration

The EU is now so corrupt, wasteful, unaccountable, and grotesquely self-serving that it has become an affront not only to democracy but to decency itself.

SARAH VINE: Why I have taken my daughter's phone away

Pandora's box isn't some mythical relic. It comes in five colours and fits in your coat pocket

A few weeks ago I did something really stupid. I bought my 11-year-old an iPhone. Only now, I realise, I might as well have bought her a case of whisky, or handed her the keys to the car.