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Happy Birthday Ma'am! British pomp and ceremony at its best as the Royal Family turn out in fine style for the traditional Trooping the Colour parade saluting the Queen turning 88

Joined by all the adult senior royals, the Queen inspected 1,000 soldiers of the Household Division at Horse Guards Parade in central London.read


Harrison Ford's wife Calista Flockhart travels to be at his hospital bedside

Claista Flockhart, wife of Harrison Ford, is 'en route' to the Oxford hospital where he is being treated for an ankle injury after being hit by the door of the Millennium Falcon on the set of Star Wars.read


Where has all the sun gone? After the hottest day of the year Britain is back under grey skies and drizzle... but temperatures could rise again this evening

Glorious sunshine has made way for a drizzly start to the weekend, with scattered showers making their way across Britain.read


Disappearance of MH370 no accident, say writers who have investigated tragedy

The disappearance of MH370 has been described as ‘deliberate’ and ‘calculated’ in the latest book to be published on the tragedy by two New Zealand authors.read


'I want White Dee to be the new Rustie Lee': Benefits Street star working under French chef as she prepares for celebrity cookery programme which could bag her £20,000

The 42-year-old self styled 'dole queen' is currently in Saint-Paul-le-Gaultier, France, where she is working under a 'top chef' at the Chez Maebro bistro in the town.read


Frederick Smith, 94-year-old, becomes oldest paedophile to be jailed in UK

Judge David Goodin, pictured told Frederick Smith, 94, from Suffolk: 'This court is not in the business of passing cruel, degrading and inhumane sentences but to prison you must go,' after he was convicted of abusing a young girl 40 years ago.read


Why did MP Simon Danczuk's wife Karen post sexy selfies?

Karen Danczuk, Labour councillor for Kingsway, Rochdale, mother of two, deli owner, and wife to Simon Danczuk reveals why she took her now world-famous ‘selfies’.read


208,000 passports handed to migrants in one year

A record 207,989 foreigners were handed British citizenship last year – a huge rise on the 82,000 seen in the year 2000.read


Families' misery and the little-known immigration minister who spectacularly misjudged the gravity of the passport crisis

Despite backlog of 500,000 applications and travellers being forced to cancel holidays because of delayed papers, James Brokenshire insisted UK Passport Office was on top of it.read


Murder hunt launched by police after bomb disposal expert suddenly disappears

Mark Manning, 54, went missing from his home in West Sussex two months ago, but police have now upgraded the search to a murder investigation after failing to find him.read


Bogus bride and groom jailed for sham wedding after finding guests at a BUS STOP

Robert Horvath, 35 and Uzoma Onwuha, 30, exchanged vows at Cardiff registry office, in front of strangers they met on the way to the ceremony.read


After the hobnobbing, starstruck Hague hands Tinseltown's queen Angelina Jolie a gong

The Foreign Secretary, who has spent most of the week at the Hollywood actress’s side, bestowed the surprise accolade on her as part of the Queen’s birthday honours.read


Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis to receive a knighthood

The son of former poet laureate Cecil Day-Lewis and actress Jill Balcon will be knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours.read


Hilary Mantel becomes a Dame (and Dame Maggie gets a new award)

The popular writer, 61, is already a CBE. Oscar-winning star Dame Maggie Smith has also been elevated to a Companion of Honour.read


PLATELL'S PEOPLE: If you want to fawn over celebs, Mr Hague, just buy Hello!

Speaking at a conference in London, William Hague said: ‘I can assure Angelina that this is not the end of the road in our fight, it is just the beginning.’read


How 10,000 families are paying massive care home bills they don't need to

Families are not being informed about funding or exemptions they are entitled to — and as a result, experts believe, thousands of houses are being sold unnecessarily each yearread


Honour for boy who lost cancer battle - but inspired Britain: One month after his death, Stephen Sutton has been honoured with a rare posthumous MBE

The 19-year-old from Lichfield, Staffordshire, formally accepted the tribute before losing his fight with the illness – and declared the honour ‘awesome’.read


My new career as a Disney princess: Teen model looks exactly like Elsa from the movie Frozen

Anna Faith Carlson, 18, of Daytona Beach, Florida is a dead-ringer for the ice-queen character from Disney's Frozen.read


Facebook forced to change policy on nipples in pictures following online backlash

Following a major online campaign, Facebook has quietly changed its policy.read


Teletubbies to make a comeback 10 years after the series ended

The pre-school show, featuring Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa Laa and Po, will return for a further 60 episodes on BBC digital channel CBeebies.read


Richard Rockefeller dies in plane crash in New York

Dr Richard Rockefeller, 65, was killed when the aircraft went down shortly after 8am after hitting some trees west of the airfield, according to Westchester County Airport in New York.read


Popular teens are at greater risk of relationship and drug problems in adulthood

a comprehensive longitudinal study followed 184 teenagers for 10 years, from age 13 to 23, and asked participants a number of questions about their lives.read


Would you dare take your driving test again? These brave volunteers did - with hilariously humiliating results

We put Daily Mail writers Jenni Murray, Eve Ahmed, Ray Massey and Brian Viner — each with decades of experience on the roads — to the testread


Former Royal Marine chokes to death on pickled egg in competition

Father-of-two Gary Sims, 55, stuffed three eggs in his mouth while playing the impromptu game at the Boar's Head Inn in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, as he drank with friends in a pub.read


Nearly three quarters of tourists 'ripped-off' by car hire firms in Spain

Which? found that some 72 per cent of its members who agreed to pay their car hire firm a full tank of petrol on arrival said this cost them more than it would have at local garages.read


Nine-year-old boy fighting for his life after gun attack in West Dublin

A six-year-old boy is fighting for his life after being shot in a housing estate in Dublin. The youngster was hit following the incident in Ballyfermot in the south west of the city at 10.15pm.read


Pope Francis claims global economy is close to collapse and describes youth unemployment rates as an atrocity in damning message

The Roman Catholic leader said the 'idolatrous' economy 'cannot take it anymore' and criticised it for disregarding the young, which he says will lead to a lost generation.read


'No fear': England captain Steven Gerrard delivers stirring battle-cry as squad pose for selfie ahead of opening World Cup clash against Italy

Steven Gerrard says his young England squad have 'no fear' ahead of their clash against Italy in Brazil, as Daniel Sturridge posts a team bus selfie on his Twitter account.read


Franz Beckenbauer banned from football by FIFA for 90 days over Qatar 2022 World Cup bid

CHARLES SALE and MATT LAWTON: German football legend Franz Beckenbauer was banned for 90 days from all football activity by FIFA on Friday night after failing to co-operate with the inquiry into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.read


Bolton headteacher Mark Williams quits job to travel to Brazil for World Cup

England and West Ham fan Mark Williams told governors at High Lawn Primary School in Bolton he wanted to resign so he could go to the tournament in South America.read


England's World Cup stars have brought a team of gossip-worthy wives and girlfriends with them

The World Cup is always the perfect stomping ground for a touch of WAG glamour, and England’s rising stars bring with them a whole new team of gossip-worthy wives and girlfriends.read


How the world watched the World Cup, from rebels in Syria to astronauts in space

The World Cup began last night and the world settled down to watch. Even those in outer space wanted to join in the fun.read


Dutch fans' delight as Holland thrash world champions Spain 5-1

Top-ranked Spain faced a sensational 5-1 drubbing at the hands of the Dutch in Salvador, Brazil, as millions of jubilant Netherlands fans went beserk in a sea of orange.read


Police braced as 20m get ready to watch England's World Cup opener

Thousands of extra officers are being deployed across country for a 'mini New Year' as pubs open late for the 11pm kick-off after a day of perfect barbecue weather.read


Teachers have lost 'morality' and are cheating in exams to boost pupils' grades, claims expert

The accusation coincided with revelations that whistle-blowers have reported to watchdogs incidents of teachers ‘telling learners what to write’ and ‘completing students’ coursework’.read


Computers to replace teachers in the classroom by 2016

One of England’s biggest academy chains - Ark Schools - wants to use a new 'blended learning' model – which will see children taught over the internet for large chunks of the day.read


Call to arms: Hundreds of volunteers answer plea by Iraqi cleric to join fight against jihadists as army deserters are threatened with the death penalty

Young Iraqi men have streamed into volunteer centres across Baghdad, answering a call by the country's senior Shiite cleric to join the fight against Sunni militants advancing in the north.read


SAS may be sent in to help Iraq army

Foreign Secretary William Hague has ruled out direct military involvement but said they are looking at ways to help out as the country heads towards civil war.read


Iranian government could co-operate with U.S in attempt to stop Iraqi militants

During a press conference in Tehran, Hassan Rouhani said he would consider helping if Washington intervened, but claimed he was unlikely to send troops.read


Obama RELEASED warlord head of ISIS extremist army five years ago

Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi was among the prisoners released in 2009 from the U.S.'s now-closed Camp Bucca near Umm Qasr in Iraq.read


Think Iraq's bad? Read this terrifying dispatch from 'liberated' Libya

Three years after Gaddafi's overthrow, Libya is awash with drugs, warring gangs and Al Qaeda terrorists, writes ANDREW MALONE.read


ISIS boast of slaughtering 1,700 soldiers after posting beheading video of Iraqi policeman

Security sources said the towns of Saadiyah and Jalawla had fallen to the insurgents, as well as several other villages around the Himreen mountains.read


Fraudster Juliette D'Souza stole at least £1million from her victims

Silver-tongued Juliette D’Souza, who was jailed for ten years at Blackfriars Crown Court last week, is thought to be the most successful female fraudster in British legal history.read


Nearly half a million BBC iPlayer users avoid paying licence fee

Viewers who use the service to watch catch-up programmes online for free can escape the £145.50 annual charge by declaring they do not own a television set or see live shows.read


Can a £1,000 wedding from M&S give you the day of your dreams?

Wedding season is upon us, writes GEMMA CHAMP. With the average British affair costing more than £18,000, getting hitched can be an eye-wateringly expensive affair.read


Michael Schumacher 'moved out of intensive care to rehab' 4 months after skiing accident

It comes four months after doctors announced they would begin the process of awaking him from the artificially induced coma he was placed in following a ski accident in the French Alps on December 19 last year.read


Weekend lie-in helps you slim: Even just 90 minutes extra in bed helps to beat hunger pangs and stop off fatty food cravings

Researchers from the University of Chicago studied 10 overweight people in detail and found those who spent longer in bed reduced their cravings for snacks by 62 per cent.read


Nearly 17k patients left waiting longer than recommended wait time for cancer tests

The NHS recommends that no one should wait longer than six weeks after being referred by their GP for a diagnostic test.read


Ed Miliband humiliated as he apologises for The Sun pose

The Labour leader, who boasted of standing up to Mr Murdoch during the phone hacking scandal, attempted to mend fences in the run-up to the election by posing with a World Cup edition of the tabloid.read


That's one way to clear your student debt! Graduate, 91, is let off £4,500 fine for giving library book back 61 YEARS late

Ron Webster borrowed Professor AR Radcliffe-Brown's Structure and Function in Primitive Society from the University of Liverpool in 1953 and failed to return it by the due date.read


I knew this would happen, City boss told pregnant trader Woman claims she was bullied for taking maternity leave from her £150,000 job

Emilie Gregg, pictured told a tribunal she was ‘bullied, harassed, victimised and blatantly discriminated against’ for taking maternity leave from her £150,000-a-year job. The 33-year-old trader, who worked at Troy Asset Management, also claims she was demoted after the baby was born.read


'The day I learnt my mother tried to kill me': For a new documentary Lorraine Pascale gained access to her adoption records - and what she found shocked her to the core

Until very recently, TV chef Lorraine Pascale refused to delve too deeply into her complicated past. When you look at the bare facts of her early life you can understand why.read


And you thought YOUR dad was weird! The newest installment of Awkward Family Photos - Father's Day edition

In new images from the popular series, dads get up to all sorts of strange antics, from eliciting hilarious faces from their children to striking a pose in outlandish outfits.read


Drunk passenger on transpacific flight pleads guilty to punching flight attendant while traveling to celebrate honeymoon with new wife

A Japanese passenger plead guilty Friday to assaulting a flight attendant while in a drunken stupor on a flight from Osaka, Japan, to Honolulu, Hawaii. Kenji Okamoto, plead guilty in federal court to interfering with the duties of a flight attendant with violence.read


DNA diet could help you lose 33% more weight

Scientists behind the method claim our individual genetic make-up means our bodies process fats and carbohydrates differently, so some of us put on more weight than others even when we eat the same foods.read


Civil servants enjoy Isle of Wight regatta despite passport crisis

Up to 128 employees from a range of government departments took part in the six-day, taxpayer subsidised ‘team building’ regatta on the Isle of Wight.read


Masked robbers who killed Shammi Atwal jailed for total of 70 years

The gang made up of five Lithuanians and a Qatari-born Briton stormed the Glen & Co cash-and-carry run by Shammi Atwal, 45, in Barking, Essex, wielding iron bars and sledgehammers.read


Hollie Robinson, Miss Anti-Bullying, who was targeted by 200 bullies is now beauty queen

Hollie Robinson, 22, from Blackpool, was kicked, punched and verbally abused every day at high school for nearly two years from the age of eleven.read


Ketan Somaia fleeced wealthy investors of £12million

Ketan Somaia, dubbed ‘King Con’, from Bayswater in London, wooed his victims with luxury trips on private Learjets, champagne parties, extravagant dinners and expenses paid trips to Dubai, Kenya and South Africa.read


Could giant oceans under the surface of Pluto's moon harbour alien life? Giant cracks on Charon hint at once warm tidal seas

Pluto's giant moon Charon (pictured) could be hiding a once warm ocean under the surface, Nasa has claimed.read


Daughter asked to be induced so she could bring her newborn to hospice

Cancer patient Ann Walters (centre) feared she would not live to see her pregnant daughter Kimberley (left) of Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, give birth.read


Just 1% of new dads using extra paternity leave backed by Clegg: Introduced right to take extra paid leave while partners go back to work

Additional Paternity Leave was introduced in 2011 as part of ‘shared parenting’ plans promoted by the Liberal Democrats, which Nick Clegg, pictured claimed would revolutionise family life.read


Cameron will put a female minister in every department with Esther McVey along those being heavily tipped for promotion

David Cameron is expected to put a female minister in every Government department to counter claims that he has a ‘woman problem’.read


Want to make your meetings more productive? Chuck out the chairs and stand, say scientists

Washington researchers say standing during meetings can make them more less confrontational and more creative.read


Aleem Iqbal, millionaire teen has £500k fleet of luxury supercars destroyed

Aleem Iqbal, 19, from Solihull, West Midlands, pictured, had four cars torched by arsonists in two separate attacks in the space of just five days.read


China's middle classes are snapping up British homes

Prime homes are snapped up at a vast property expo in Hong Kong where one agent said attendees spend 'as if they were shopping in Tesco!', writes DAVID JONES.read


ROBERT HARDMAN: What Paxo wishes he could ask Hitler - and why he thinks the French are a bunch of spongers

On Wednesday evening, Jeremy Paxman will say a final 'goodnight' to viewers of Newsnight. After 25 years, wherever he's heading, it'll be anything but dull.read


SIMON HEFFER: A world in flames - yet STILL we cut out Forces

Libya slips into anarchy. Iraq descends into blood-soaked chaos. And Russian tanks roll into Ukraine. Suddenly, it feels as though the world is as dangerous a place as it has been for a long time, writes SIMON HEFFER.read


NATO says Russian tanks in Ukraine would be 'serious escalation'

Military sources claimed two out of three tanks and three armoured vehicles that crossed the frontier from Russia yesterday had been taken out in a string of battles that have swept eastern Ukraine.read


Russians claim Ukraine town hit with banned white phosphorus fire starter bombs

The city of Slavyansk came under fire overnight on Thursday and residents told Russian media that incendiary bombs were dropped on the city.read


Burning down the house! Texas homeowners burn down luxury 4,000-foot mansion

A Texas couple burned down their vacant luxury home teetering atop a crumbling 75-foot cliff over a Central Texas lake on Friday. The owners, Denise and Robert Webb, vacated the property and decided to burn the home.read


Cities with bike sharing schemes see rise in accident risk

Washington researchers say having a bike sharing scheme can increase the risk of head injuries among cyclists by 14 percent.read


Banks block savers from moving cash to super Isas: Denied the chance to make more than £500 extra a year

Savers across the UK investing in the new tax-free Super Isas are being blocked from receiving the most attractive interest rates, it has emerged.read


Channel 4's Going to the Dogs, documentary about dog fighting, receives 4,000 complaints

Going to the Dogs, which aired last night on Channel 4, has been slammed by viewers for glamourising the controversial sport of dog fighting.read


WWII tank being started inspires pro-Russian rebels to raid Ukraine's MUSEUMS

The rebels are desperately short of arms and after seeing the way the WWII tank had started up despite being exposed to the elements for decades on a plinth in Kostiantynivka, eastern Ukraine, they started scouring museums in nearby Donetsk.read


Plane crashes, cannibalism and mistresses: How Rockefeller dynasty has been plagued with tragedy and scandal

The Rockefeller family are one of America's best known dynasties but among the tales of business acumen and astounding wealth are stories of tragedy.read


Crayfish suffer from stress and anxiety in the same way humans do

Scientists at the University of Bordeaux in France found that anxious crayfish could be calmed down when given a drug normally used to treat human anxiety.read


Bowe Bergdahl lands back in US after 5 years captivity in Afghanistan

The deeply controversial POW landed at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio after midnight.read


Prisoner Christopher Weston hitched a lift after escaping from Kirkham prison with policeman

Christopher Weston, who is serving life for attempted murder, went on the run to visit his sister after jumping the fence at HMP Kirkham in Lancashire.read


Ricky Hatton 'moves out family home after holiday bust-up with Jennifer Dooley'

Ricky Hatton, 35, has reportedly moved out of his £3million family home in Hyde, Greater Manchester, following the bust-up with his fiancée Jennifer Dooley.read


The carnage after D-Day

The truth is that casualties on D-Day were fewer than expected. The real carnage came later, inland, during the battle for Normandy, writes ANTONY BEEVOR.read


New fathers 'need more supportive bosses and maybe higher paternity pay'

EXCLUSIVE: Shadow minister Lucy Powell calls for a change in workplace culture, and hinted paternity pay might need to rise to ensure more dads take time off with babies.read


Paul Costelloe branded 'repugnant' for saying Irish emigrants are 'damaging' English virgins

The top designer, who now lives in London, told a live radio show in his native Ireland that his countrymen were 'damaging' English virgins - 'and good luck to them'.read


Schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram may never be found, say ex-president Obasanjo

The warning will dismay parents who have now waited 60 days for any news of their daughters, taken from a school in the village of Chibok in northeast Nigeria.read


Gang smuggled Nigerian woman to UK to work as sex slave

Three people including Johnson Olayinka, 45, (right) and Florence Obadiaru, 48, (left) were convicted of smuggling a 23-year-old from Nigeria in to London to work as a sex slave.read


Incredible footage captured of giant pod of 150 bottlenose dolphins catching waves in Western Australia

Filmmaker David Riggs captured stunning footage of a huge pod of bottlenose dolphins surfing near Observatory Beach, Western Australia, after he sent his quadcopter out on a perfect winter's day.read


Obama rules OUT sending troops back into combat in Iraq but promises to review military options

The president said Friday that his national security team will soon provide him with a list of 'selective actions by our military' to help push back a terrorist horde marching through Iraq, but insisted that 'we will not be sending U.S. troops back into combat' there.read


British Muslim who 'died' in Syria appears in UK court accused of training with ISIS terrorists

Imran Khawaja, from Southall, west London, allegedly received firearms training at the base run by associates of ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (flag pictured).read


Daughter's heartbreak at learning dad's Taliban killer was released

Alison Spann was just nine when her father, Johnny Micheal Spann, was killed during a prisoner uprising at a compound where he was interrogating Taliban fighters in 2001.read


Bowe Bergdahl was held in six-foot box for TWO YEARS

Taliban POW Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was kept locked in a metal box in solitary confinement for two straight years, senior defense officials with knowledge of his ongoing treatment said on Friday.read


Ancient coin that could explain murder of would-be king fetches £78,000 at auction

Darrin Simpson, pictured, who found the coin in a Sussex field in March using a metal detector, will split the sale price with the farmer who owns the land.read


British toursts taken for a ride by holiday car-hire con artists

Thousands of British tourists are being routinely ripped off by car-hire companies abroad, a report claims today. Three-quarters of holidaymakers surveyed had been hit with hidden or surprise charges by the firms, a consumer watchdog found.read


Wedding war tears apart Aspen town: New York couple's extravagant plans including a custom built chapel and 27,000 square foot marquee causes bitter backlash from locals

The battle lines have been drawn in an environmentally-conscious Aspen community after Alexandra Steel and James Scott built an elaborate wedding reception at Little Annie Basin, a pristine sub-alpine meadow on the backside of Aspen Mountain.read


Saying like, is, like, so clever

The theory comes from researchers at the University of Texas who analysed recordings made of more than 200 men and women as they took part in conversations.read


How most soap characters wouldn't be able to afford their homes in real life

The National Housing Federation compared characters' salaries to home costs and found the same applied to the Yorkshire Dales in Emmerdale and Chester in Hollyoaks.read


Pope backs Scottish NO vote on independence after Hillary Clinton, Obama and JK Rowling

Pope Francis, the leader of the world's Catholics, said 'all division worried him' after being asked about the growing independence movements in Europe.read


The poor need free food says Rowan Williams: Former Archbishop of Canterbury attacks the Government's benefits policy

Lord Williams spoke out after Cambridge Food Bank, of which he has patron, released figures claiming the number of people fed by its five centres had doubled in a year.read


Ruby Cooper breaches restraining order for the second time

Ruby Cooper, 52, of north London, bombarded RBS chairman Sir Philip Hampton with emails and phone calls and threatened to stab a member of staff if she didn't receive her money.read


Woman has emergency surgery after swallowing wire bristle that got stuck to grilled chicken

Karen Dunlap, from Texas, had to be rushed to hospital after mistakenly swallowing a piece of wire brush thinking it was actually crispy barbecue chicken.read


South African doctors remove a CELL PHONE from patient's mouth

The clip sees an unidentified patient at a hospital in Klerksdorp, South Africa, lying in bed sedated with a group of medics crowded around.read


Are these Dance Moms the world's pushiest mothers?

A reality TV show goes behind the scenes at Pittsburgh's renowned Abby Lee Dance Company, owned and operated by the formidable Abby Lee Miller.read


Zulu battle first-hard account written on actual paper from Rorke's Drift up for auction

Walter Dunne's letter on January 24, 1879 describes how he and a brave band of British soldiers successfully defended an outpost in South Africa against 4,000 Zulu warriors.read


90 prisoners on the run from Ford Open Prison in West Sussex

Armed robber David Blood, pictured, is the latest to abscond from Ford Prison in West Sussex - the second time he has done it in two years.read


Drunken Chinese fireman sacked after taking new £500k fire engine for spin

Chen Huangxin left a trail of destruction in his wake after getting behind the wheel of the vehicle in Yunlin County in south-eastern China after a night of heavy drinking.read


Psst... I know where the bananas are! Newly arrived African mangabey monkeys move in with the apes at Dublin zoo

Soon after they were introduced, the red-capped African mangabey whispered something into three-year-old gorilla Kituba's ear at Dublin zoo.read


Hitler wanted to bring back prehistoric wild Auroch cows from the dead

The Nazis planned to bring back wild Auroch cows (portrait featuring a skull with an armed Nazi, main) to hunt in ancient forests across Europe, new research has uncovered.read


My miracle twins: Surgeons perform rare life-saving operation on baby girls... while they were still in their mother's WOMB

A rare life-saving operation performed in Melbourne on Australian twins in the womb of Hiranthi Wijesinha has seen the girls survive birth.read


The four most joyous words any man can hear: Daddy, I love you:

A survey has revealed that one in four adults in the UK has never said the words 'I love you'. In response, four fathers have opened up about their relationship with their children.read


Police officers egged at Isle of Wight festival to help raise money for cancer sufferer

Officers stood with riot shields and helmets and invited passers-by to pelt them with eggs in exchange for donations towards the treatment of a boy with a rare form of cancer.read


The world at your finger tips: From scaling Mount Everest to visiting Captain Scott's hut in Antarctica - The INCREDIBLE tours you can take for FREE (and you don't even have to leave your sofa)

I've you've ever wanted to spot wild and wonderful creatures on the Galapagos islands, scale Mount Everest or visit Captain Scott's hunt in Antarctica, but don't have the budget, all you need to do is log on.read


Teenager has Addison's disease where organs shut down if she gets too excited

Hannah Bowness-Major, 13, from Cheshire, has Addison's disease, which means her adrenal glands do not produce enough of the hormone cortisol.read


Cleaner becomes top model after one of her clients refers her to agency

Aleksandra Naranowicz, 27, made ends meet with a modest £250-a-week job as a cleaner in Bristol but her luck changed when her client spotted her model looks.read


Aladdin the miniature horse nuzzles and licks his puppy friend Tara

The foal named Aladdin - who lives on a farm in the Netherlands - is seen affectionately nuzzling Tara the dog, who thinks she's one of the horses.read


Maryland couple creates bucket list for beloved dog dying of cancer

A Maryland couple has created a bucket list of fun activities for their dog - who is suffering from cancer - to enjoy.read


Buzzard flies straight into a B-2 stealth bomber

The buzzard was hit and killed by a US Air Force B-2 stealth bomber as it quietly landed at RAF Fairford in Swindon, Wiltshire.read


The world's 10 sexiest beaches and World Cup city Rio takes the top spot

The beaches in Brazil are an added bonus to the 1.9 million or so football fans traveling to South America for the World Cup.read


Brave pig leaps from moving truck on way to the slaughterhouse

The hoofed animal was filmed en route to a slaughterhouse in South America, by a motorist traveling behind its crammed delivery truck.read


TweetDeck crashed after Austrian teen made a HEART symbol

The teen, whose name is Florian, said he discovered that '&hearts' made a heart symbol in HTML and in turn created an opening in TweetDeck's software. This allowed someone to inject computer program commands via a tweet, in other words a software bug.read


Former watch tower which features TURRET goes on market for £250,000

The small residential building in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, has gone on the market for £250,000 and even features a turret for stunning countryside views.read


New Zealand sailors find stranded dog floating helplessly ona log after being washed out to sea

The dog was spotted by the crew of the New Zealand Navy ship Hawea in Smokehouse Bay, east of Auckland, after a fierce storm on Tuesday.read


Barack looks impressed as Michelle catches her dress before suffering a 'Marilyn' moment while departing Air Force One

The first couple were stepping off Air Force One at the Palm Springs International Airport on a balmy Friday evening when a gust of wind nearly blew up the voluminous skirt of Mrs Obama's green-and-black frock.read