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The Queen joins Prince Harry and Kate Middleton at Kensington Palace

The Queen (centre) joined Carole Middleton (bottom right) and Zara Tindall (top right) for Prince George's first birthday party in London.read


Love Island: Giglio beauty, 22, is swept off her feet by British salvage expert, 36, working on Costa Concordia - and now she's moving to Kent to having his baby

Romance has returned to the Italian isle of Giglio - with many of the salvage workers striking up relationships with local girls.read


Queen's racehorse Estimate tests positive for morphine after 'eating contaminated food'

Estimate, which won the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot in 2013 and came second in the same race this year, is a five-year-old filly trained by Sir Michael Stoute.read


Stoke policeman suspended after caught on camera threatening woman

The incident - which took place in Trinity Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, just after 2am on Sunday - was caught on camera phone by the boyfriend of 22-year-old Nikki Wright.read


Palestinian civilian 'shot dead by Israeli sniper as he desperately searched for family'

The harrowing footage was captured by an activist from the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement in the Shijaiyah neighbourhood of Gaza City.read


ALL U.S. flights to Israel cancelled: FAA bans travel to Tel Aviv as Delta plane turns back at last minute after rocket attack near airport

Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and a growing number of European air carriers have suspended service to Israel until further notice, citing reports that a rocket landed near Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport.read


Israeli hits targets in Gaza with airstrikes after soldier confirmed missing

Military officials said the missing soldier, Sergeant Oron Shaul, 21, was among seven soldiers in a vehicle blown up by Hamas militants during close-quarters fighting over the weekend.read


Anti-Semitic attacks against Jews on the rise across Europe in wake of Gaza conflict 

In a joint statement the ministers said that 'anti-Semitic rhetoric and hostility against Jews, attacks on people of Jewish belief and synagogues have no place in our societies'.read


Day of anger: Pro-Palestinian protestors descend on Israel's London embassy as death toll in Gaza rises

Pro-Palestine supporters carried placards with the message 'End Israel's attacks on Gaza' outside the Israeli embassy in Kensington, west London.read


Where are all the bodies? Australian air force plane and refrigerated trucks arrive in Holland to wait for MH17 victims - but Ukraine says there were only 200 recovered from the crash site

The train pulled into a tank factory (pictured) in Kharkiv, where Dutch investigators leading a probe into the disaster are due to take charge of the bodies.read


Francois Hollande hits back at Cameron attacking France selling warships to Russia

French President Francois Hollande has vowed to press ahead with selling warships to Russia, despite criticism from David Cameron who said the deal was 'unthinkable'.read


Did Russia kill Alexander Litvinenko? Britain increases heat on Putin with public inquiry

Home Secretary Theresa May drops opposition to a probe into Mr Litvinenko's death in 2006 after he drank tea laced with radioactive polonium-210 at a London hotel.read


Russia's ambassador says grieving MH17 families should NOT blame Putin

Lyudmila Vorobyeva said Russian President Vladimir Putin had been 'demonised' by the West and MH17 families should not blame Russia for the delay in access to the crash site during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.read


Does MH17 wreckage prove that it was shot out the sky by a warhead?

Photographs show pieces of the Boeing 777 which have small holes indicating small pieces of shrapnel entered the aircraft externally.read


Is MH17's black box useless? Experts say data will reveal nothing

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman told a press conference, 'there is information [the rebels] did certain things' to the recorders (pictured), but didn't elaborate.read


Is this BUK missile launcher that downed MH17?

A pro-Kiev website carried the image with the headline: 'Right before the crash of Boeing 777, a terrorist from Donetsk People's Republic proudly posted his pictures in front of BUK.'read


Tories pressured to give back £160k from Putin minister's wife to play tennis with Boris and Dave

Lubov Chernukhin won the Tory party auction, but she is married to billionaire oligarch Vladimir Chernukhin, who was deputy finance minister to Vladimir Putin during his first term as President.read


Sky News' Colin Brazier apologises for rifling through MH17 passenger's case

Sky News reporter Colin Brazier has apologised for rummaging through MH17 crash victims' possession live on air, saying it was a 'serious error of judgement'.read


BRITISH former child bride sold to Yemen tells of abuse by father and husband

Gabriella Gillespie, now 50, from Bristol, was born and raised in Wales but was sold to a violent husband in Yemen by her father.read


Dying mother must wait to see if she has passed cancer to her son in womb

Dani Maloney's six-month-old son Jayden will have tests at Birmingham Children's Hospital this week to discover if the skin cancer which ravaged her body during pregnancy was passed to her son.read


Elephants have the best sense of smell among mammals - and they can even detect water from miles away

Researchers at Tokyo Medical and Dental University in Japan studied genes of 13 mammals. They found African elephants (pictured) have the greatest sense of smell, while humans have the worst.read


Josie Cunningham angry on Twitter after pound shop 'pulls deal to sell DVDs of baby's birth'

The heavily-pregnant mother, from Leeds, who provoked outrage after getting a boob job on the NHS, had apparently been in talks to sell DVDs of her third child’s birth.read


Couples losing their virginity today have a 'better experience than those 25 years ago'

Researchers from Illinois State University followed more than 5,000 people over a 23-year period and found the first time had improved for both men and women.read


Bobby, Sherilyn and Madyson Jamison family disappearance

Five years ago Bobby Jamison, Sherilyn Jamison and their daughter Madyson, six, mysteriously vanished. It wasn't until more than four years later that their decimated, skeletal remains were found on a remote Oklahoma mountainside, lying side-by-side, face down, three miles from their abandoned truck.read


Russian teenager and her lover both kill themselves after finding out she was pregnant

The bodies were found hanging from trees in woodland next to Zmeevo village on the outskirts of the western Russian town of Tver after the pair had vanished.read


Blind Jihadist is pictured with ISIS militants in Syria and urges others to join him

Taymullah al-Somali, a Dutch national who is believed to have travelled to the Middle East earlier this year, has been photographed numerous times alongside ISIS militants in the Syrian city of Raqqa.read


'Bill Clinton's phone sex calls with Monica Lewinsky were intercepted by Russia'

A new book by Weekly Standard editor Daniel Halper exposes some of the Clintons' dirtiest secrets. According to the book investigators for Monica Lewinsky compiled a dossier of hundreds of pages of documents on Clinton's dalliances and misdeeds.read


Bill Clinton 'has a busty mistress nicknamed "Energizer" claims Ronald Kessler

Bill Clinton's mistress has been nicknamed 'Energizer' by his security staff and frequently visits his New York state home, a new book alleges.read


Bradford husband Danish Irfan battered his sleeping wife to death with a hammer

A court heard that Danish Irfan, 22, attacked wife Ridda Zanab, 21, (pictured) at their home in Bradford, West Yorkshire, before fleeing to Pakistan on a fake passport.read


Trojan Horse school teachers sent messages claiming Lee Rigby's murder was HOAX

Messages exchanged by teachers using WhatsApp were revealed to an inquiry into attempts by hardline Muslims to gain control of the governing bodies of a small number of schools in the city.read


Mayor of Eastwood Brian Griffin who claimed he could barely walk in benefits scam

Brian Griffin, the mayor of Eastwood, in Nottinghamshire, was caught on film conning taxpayers out of £13,000 when he was filmed by fraud surveillance teams.read


Bristol City Academy pupils to repeat year after teacher left with coursework

The sixth form students had to redo coursework after the unnamed member of staff stopped teaching at City Academy in Bristol - and now can’t be found.read


Fake Sheikh 'offered Tulisa cash for sex in botched drug sting'

In documents, Tulisa's barrister claimed Mazher Mahmood and his team used tactics to entrap Tulisa, including ‘sex for payment’ with the journalist.read


Former Soviet Union's abandoned barracks, cinemas and fighter jet graveyards

Photographer Rebecca Litchfield , 32, from south-east London, travelled to nine countries that were part of Soviet Union or accepted as satellite states for her book 'Soviet Ghosts'.read


Pensions hit by controversial changes slipped in by Government before summer break

At present, anybody can decide to delay claiming their State pension - and get a bonus worth around 10 per cent a year on their unclaimed State pension.read


Joy as Ricki Graves and daughter Juliana BOTH defy odds to survive

When Riki Graves was eight weeks pregnant doctors revealed a lump in her breast was cancerous. Reeling from her diagnosis, the 38-year-old was dealt another blow at her 20-week scan - her unborn daughter Juliana was seriously ill and might not survive.read


Have YOU had a coregasm? The awkward rise of the exercise-induced orgasm

An ‘exercise induced orgasm’ (EIO) or ‘coregasm’, as it is known by the leagues of gym-addicted fans on the internet, has gained scientific backing.read


It DOES matter if you're black or white: Controversial research claims black people age more quickly

USC researchers say that the study could shed new light on higher mortality rates in black people.read


Police called to children's playground after parents spotted two boa constrictors slithering between the swings... and one was EIGHT FEET long

Two boa constrictors were hauled from the bushes at the children's playground in Plashet Park, in East Ham, London, after they were spotted by terrified parents.read


Van driver Trevor Allen's 'head crushed after lorry drove over him in road rage murder'

Trevor Allen (pictured), 56, was murdered after he stood in front of the DAF truck and trailer driven by Mark Slater, Chester Crown Court heard.read


Bus driver Darren Morley died after his vehicle's doors closed on his neck

Darren Morley, 50, was killed as he tried to fix one of the two passenger doors after it got stuck when his last customer alighted. His body was found by a dog walker in Wigan.read


Homeless Chinese mother saved when she attempted to drown herself and her disabled baby 

The woman's desperate actions were stopped when passers-by saw her walking into the water in the city of Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province.read


Vladimir Putin signs new law to abandon 'summer time' experiment

The move by the Kremlin leader means most Russians will switch their clocks back on 26 October - but then not move them forward one hour next spring.read


Pencourage online diary site proves irresistible to nosy Brits

An experiment commissioned by the online diary site, Pencourage.com, found 60% of us would read someone else's private diary. No wonder we're all logging on.read


M&S launch first non-wired style for DD+ breasts

Introducing the new 'compressed cup technology' bra, fresh from the M&S lingerie laboratory, which creates the lift without any underwiring.read


Exoplanet with the longest year discovered: Kepler-421b orbits its star every 704 days - and this changes what we know about gas giants

Researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics discovered Kepler-421b (illustration pictured) using data from the Nasa Kepler spacecraft.read


Melissa Stowe takes 4-hour journey to get daughter Olivia to school after rejection from local primary

When Olivia, 4, starts school in September her mother Melissa Stowe, 22, will need to take buses to get from their home in Methley, Leeds, to Allerton Bywater.read


Junk food could destroy your sense of SMELL, scientists warn

Scientists at Florida State University found a link between high-fat diets and major structural and functional changes in the nasal system.read


An A-Level in SELFIES: Sixth-formers will now study the culture of social media photographs...but the exam board insist it is not a 'soft option'

The qualification has been drawn up by English exam board OCR, which argues that the subject should not be seen as a 'soft option'.read


Wealthy bankers outbid for swanky central London pads by foreign students

More than 40 per cent of undergraduates have swapped halls of residence and cramped bedsits for flats in some of central London’s most exclusive addresses, according to research by the London Central Portfolio.read


Grandparents told they owe power company £500m

Nigel and Linda Brotherton from Roughlee, near Burney, Lancashire, were sent the huge bill after they switched suppliers from Scottish Power to npower (pictured).read


Always hungry? You need more UMAMI in your life: Study finds so-called 'fifth taste' in sauces and meat helps us feel satisfied

Research published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found umami - known as the fifth basic sense of taste - helps us feel fuller sooner.read


Casablanca piano to sell for at least $1M at Bonham's Auction House in NYC

The classical piano from the triple Oscar winning film Casablanca will be auctioned off in New York in November and is expected to sell for at least $1 million.read


UK weather sees Britain bask in 30C heat

The Percheron horses had a much-needed cooling splash in a stream at the end of a hard-working day on a farm near Ringwood in Hampshire.read


June joins May as hottest on record as experts warn 'this is what global warming looks like'

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that last month's average global temperature was 61.2 degrees, which is 1.3 degrees higher than the 20th century average.read


Global warming ISN'T slowing down, research shows

Study claims temperature changes in the Pacific (shown) can help explain climate models. Experts were confused as to why warming was over or underestimated.read


Is climate change ruining your SAUVIGNON BLANC? Temperature shifts could be causing wines to become corked

Research led by University of Lisbon says quality of corks is decreasing. They say this is due to thinning bark on the trees that produce wine corks (shown).read


George Harrison memorial tree killed by BEETLES

The pine tree in Los Angeles' Griffith Park fell victim to voracious bark beetles and growing near the famous observatory for 10 years.read


Yorkshire home-owner fined £3k after neighbours complain about his yard

Neighbours became infuriated with Andrei Jonski (right), 48, and his wife Angi, who moved into their dream home in Driffield, East Yorkshire, eight years ago and complained to the council.read


Is Antarctic sea ice really expanding as quickly as scientists claimed? Data error found in key climate change data

Antarctic sea ice may not be expanding as rapidly previously thought - with much of the increase potentially down to a data error, San Diego scientists have said.read


Disease-resistant wheat created by 'cutting' genes: Chinese researchers cure plant's fungal infection by deleting parts of its DNA

The work, carried out by researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, could someday eliminate the need to use chemicals to control disease.read


Driver pulled over because dashboard said 'Fire' but it was title of Adele song playing

The mix-up, caused by the title of the hit song by the singer (pictured), is one of number highlighted in a safety campaign to stop people needlessly causing a hazard on Britain's roadsread


Mystery fire at specialist car dealership destroys fleet of classic Land Rovers worth £100,000

Fire crews were called out to the Land Rover Centre in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, a leading supplier of restored Land Rovers.read


Teenage armed robber who pointed a shotgun at shopkeeper and her seven-year-old daughter walks free from court because HE is 'young and impressionable'

Jack Phillips, 18, aimed the weapon at Ranvir Bassi, 35, and her daughter, seven, as they were shutting up their shop in Stafford.read


HMS Illustrious sails into home port for last time before she is retired

The Royal Navy's helicopter carrier arrived at Portsmouth Naval Base in Hampshire for the final time today ahead of it being retired next month.read


Crocs plans to close 75 to 100 stores and lay off up to 5,000 employees

The shoemaker has announced plans to close between 75 and 100 stores and lay off about up to 5,000 employees in the coming years.read


Nike founder Bill Bowerman's daughter-in-law Melissa 'sexually abused school athlete she coached'

Melissa Bowerman was arrested at her Oregon home after police received a tip that she'd been involved with an inappropriate relationship with a student.read


Parts of Chinese city quarantined as resident dies of BUBONIC PLAGUE after being bitten by rodent

Around 30,000 residents have been told they cannot leave Yumen in Gansu province following the death of a 38-year-old last week.read


Inspiring image of mother Ariane Grabill cradling 3-year-old son with cancer

Zach Grabill took the photo of his wife Ariane and son Aiden last year in Boca Grande, Florida, after he was diagnosed with a 2lb Wilms' tumour and had to have his right kidney removed.read


Interactive map lets you cyberstalk cats using 1 MILLION geotagged photos on social media

The project was set-up by data analyst and artist Owen Mundy from Florida who wanted to highlight the risks of putting location data on the photos people take.read


The one that got a weigh: Biggest fish ever caught on Britain's shores is heavier than a gorilla

Fisherman Daniel Bennett, 26, from Whitby, North Yorkshire, caught the 208lb skate off the Isle of Skye and spent two hours reeling in the giant fish.read


Life coach Lydia Frempong, employed by Channel 4, exposed as benefits cheat

Lydia Frempong, from Cheam, Surrey, claimed the money by pretending she was unemployed, despite boasting of her 'extensive work' in the life coach sector.read


Teenager beat up and raped his female friend at gunpoint because she didn't reply to one of his texts

Daniel Plater, 19, from Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, turned up at his teenage victim's home with an air pistol before forcing her to perform a sex act.read


'Sexist' cartoon posted on official West Midlands Police twitter feed

Advocacy groups have hit out at a 'sexist' cartoon (pictured) showing a woman being gagged that was posted on the West Midlands Police official twitter feed.read


Eating probiotic yoghurt could lower blood pressure and protect against heart disease

Australian scientists examined data from nine trials and found the bacteria lowered people's blood pressure levels - particularly in those with higher readings.read


Mother lost HALF body weight after having to ask for extra-large seat belt on plane

Donna McKenna, 32, from Portsmouth, was jetting off to Gran Canaria when she found she could not stretch the safety belt across her lap as the plane prepared to take off.read


Five children and adult killed in crash on French road between minibus and lorry

The minibus which crashed near Troyes, the capital of Aube, was carrying seven children and two teachers from the Seine-et-Marne department, east of Paris.read


Teen racer who killed passenger and paralysed another in crash jailed for 4 years

Harry Smith, 18, from Tangmere, West Sussex - who had already received two police warnings for his driving - killed Jasmine Elkasmi after losing control of his Vauxhall Corsa.read


Assault on defenceless dad by group of youths in Rockhampton, Queensland

A father who was brutally bashed by four young adults after an evening out at a nightclub in Rockhampton, Queensland, has told A Current Affair he thinks his attackers were let off too lightly.read


Family home nearly destroyed after the outdoor HOT TUB exploded causing a massive fire

The fire ripped through the semi-detached home in Openshaw, Greater Manchester, and quickly reduced its conservatory and kitchen to a smoking ruin.read


Mansion buyers have grape expectations - more and more country mansions come with vineyards as domestic wine production soars

One such property is this five-bedroom house in the West Sussex village of Kingscote, near East Grinstead, which is on sale for £1.6million.read


Padlock Clam Bag that sounds an ALARM if thieves try to tamper with it on the beach

Lynn and Martin Mulholland, from West Yorkshire, came up with the idea for Clam Bag when their belongings were stolen during a holiday to Spain.read


Junk food addict loses 11 STONE to be crowned Slimming World's man of the year and pursue his dream of becoming a pilot

Brendan O’Donnell, 31, from East Yorkshire, has dreamed of fulfilling his ambition to learn to fly for years but was always too heavy for light aircraft.read


Hull families in brawl after daughters fell out over One Direction tickets

Lucy Brough and Chloe Warley had previously been close, but after the teenagers argued at their school in Hessle, Hull, East Yorkshire, their parents also fell out.read


GP travels from Germany to Wales in grandfather's PORSCHE tractor

Arthur Niesser travelled 1,000 miles from Bussmannshausen, Germany, to his home in Porthmadog, Wales, on a tractor he learned to drive as a 7-year-old boy.read


Rescuers search for eight explorers who've gone missing in French Alpine cave

The men set off on Monday lunchtime to explore the Cuves de Sassenage, near Grenoble. They were due back at midnight, but failed to return.read


Forget the iWatch, Apple's wrist-worn device may be called the iTIME

The patent was filed by the Californian-firm in 2011 and awarded today. It details a band fitted with a touchscreen the same shape as a 2010 iPod Nano (pictured in the iWatchz band).read


Share button plugins reveal personal information each time you visit sites

Researchers from KU Leuven scanned the top 100,000 websites and found evidence of 'canvas fingerprinting' on 5.5%, including the White House (pictured).read


Queen Letizia and King Felipe of Spain meet French President Francois Hollande

The 41-year-old royal and King Felipe greeted the French President at the Elysee Palace in Paris; it marked the Spanish royal couple's first official visit to France.read


Hungry leopard makes a meal out of a pair of unsuspecting terrapins

Photographer Hendri Venter, 54, captured the moment as the leopard spotted the terrapins in the water in the Etosha National Park, Namibia.read


Florida fisherman helps stingray he caught give birth to pups on board his boat

Calvin Conger, 18, helped a stingray give birth to two pups on board his boat in Port Charlotte, Florida, after catching the pregnant animal while out fishing.read


Police face fresh questions over close relationship with Arsenal FC

Dozens of officers and staff took advantage of six Arsenal season tickets provided by the wealthy North London club.read


'Girls are not property; they have the right to determine their destiny': UK's first Girl Summit aims to end child marriage and female genital mutilation

Celebrities including Jennifer Hudson, Cat Deeley, Stephen Fry, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Melinda Gates and Dawn O’Porter have all shown their support for the campaign.read


Has the mystery of proton 'spin' been solved?

Researchers using a collider in New York say they have solved the mystery of how a proton 'spins' (illustrated), which has persisted since an experiment in 1987.read


Grunting DOES make you better at tennis, study finds

Tennis stars such as Maria Sharapova (pictured) who grunt during matches could be giving themselves an advantage, claims the University of Nebraska.read


Home Office squandered £347m on botched immigration IT programme

Ministers introduced the flagship Immigration Case Work (ICW) project in 2010 to make it easier for officials to deal with asylum, visas and residency applications by foreigners.read


Man wants Specsavers to give him half price eye tests as he only has one eye

David Rainsford, from Cramlington, near Newcastle, claims it is 'discriminatory' he must pay optician fees that are the same price for those having two eyes checked.read


Video shows four cobra snakes protecting sleeping baby

In the video, a baby is seen sleeping on a cot as four cobras take a defensive stance all around the child, who appears to be only a few months old. Some believe the animals have had their fangs ripped out and their mouths sewn shut.read


Ohio's Jordie Callahan who enslaved woman and daughter in SNAKE PIT gets 30 years

For nearly two years, 27-year-old Jordie Callahan and his girlfriend Jessica Hunt, 31, kept Shannon Eckley and her daughter locked up in their Ashland, Ohio, apartment.read


Pregnant mother, 21, set to become youngest in Britain with TWO sets of twins

Annie Gladstone, 21, had her first pair of twins four years ago and is set to become the youngest mother in the UK to have two sets, when she welcomes her next set of twins due on September 11.read


Genetically-modified babies with three parents could be made in British labs next year

The Government is to push ahead with plans to allow IVF doctors to make babies free of devastating diseases that can kill within hours of birth.read


What to do when diagnosed with cancer

Dr Ranjana Srivastav's new book So It's Cancer: Now What? gives tips and advice to the patient, their family and their friends.read


High-speed car chase between police car and Russian driver ends in tragedy when fleeing motorist smashes through roadworks barrier and into pit

Fedor Drukov, 30, a married father-of-one, was killed instantly after he drove his car through a roadworks barrier and into a giant pit in Blagoveshchensk, Russia.read


Florida couple caught on camera having sex on beach in front of children

Elissa Alvarez, 20, a waitress from Bradenton, and 39-year-old Jose 'Ben' Caballero, a personal fitness instructor, were taken into police custody on Cortez Beach Sunday on charges of felony lewd and lascivious exhibition.read


Beauty queen Lacy Lund was beaten up by boyfriend so badly she needed new NOSE

Lacy Lund's nose was so damaged in the attack by Dean Campbell, 22, that the 19-year-old from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, needed rhinoplasty to rebuild her face.read


NYC gives the green light to the building of apartments with a 'poor door'

The City of New York approved a proposal by one of the largest real estate developers in the city to build in a 'poor door', or a separate door for residents living in affordable housing to enter their building.read


Duchess of Cornwall gets the giggles as she is offered a seat on a Scottish bakery manager's knee

The Duchess of Cornwall was at the Shortbread House of Edinburgh when manager Anthony Laing offered up his knee during a photoshoot.read


Student beats anorexia after eating disorder left her unable to walk and on the brink of death

Ally Stableford, 26, from Leyland in Lancashire was taken into hospital after dropping three stone in four months, leaving her so weak she couldn't walk to lectures.read


11 parents of kidnapped Nigerian girls have died since mass abduction without knowing the fate of their daughters

Seven fathers were among 51 bodies brought back to Chibok earlier this month after an attack by Boko Haram while another four have died of other illnesses.read


New exhibition reveals how chocolate was morale booster for soldiers in WW1

A unique exhibition has been unwrapped at York’s Chocolate Story, North Yorkshire, where visitors will be able to see previously unseen artefacts, footage, photographs and letters.read


Couple spend £6,000 converting van into a mobile home to travel across Europe in

Former Leeds students Stuart Humphreys, 24, and Claire Bragg, 25, spent £6,000 and two years transforming their second-hand van into what will be their home while they travel around Europe.read


Rebekah Brooks boasted David Cameron 'would be riding Met Police horse'

The tale of Raisa – and whether or not the Prime Minister had ever ridden her – became one of the most bizarre episodes from the fallout of the hacking scandal.read


South Korean ferry boss Yoo Byung-eun's body found 3 months after he went on the run

Police have said the body was found in an agricultural field in the southern South Korean city of Suncheon on June 12. DNA and fingerprint tests showed they matched those of Yoo Byung-eun.read


Typewriter sales boom in Germany to avoid U.S. spies in wake of NSA allegations

German typewriter companies are reporting a jump in sales as people downgrade their technology in the hopes of increasing security in the wake of allegations about American spying.read


Does this make you hopping mad? Moment postman opened a postbox to find thieves had dumped a stolen RABBIT inside

The family pet was shut inside the hot Royal Mail post box in Maltby, South Yorkshire, but survived its ordeal.read


Medals belonging to heroic Second World War airman on sale

A collection of medals belonging to British fighter pilot Ted 'Daisy' Sismore are expected to fetch £50,000 when they go under the hammer at a London auction.read


The BBC effect? Properties prices in Salford up 12% in six months

The average home in Britain increased in value by £90 per day in the first six months of the year to reach £260,488 according to the latest report from Zoopla.read


Aldi co-founder Karl Albrecht dies aged 94

Karl Albrecht and his brother built up the business after the Second World War, when they started selling bread and milk cheaply from a shop in Essen, Germany, where he died this weekread


New DNA hope on schizophrenia

About one in 100 people will develop schizophrenia but there have been no new types of drug treatments for 60 years.read


Electronic cigarette causes explosion and fire at home after being plugged into wrong charger

A woman escaped unharmed after the blaze at her home in Ringwood, Hampshire, which was believed to have started in a USB plug charging an e-cigarette.read


Chinese man trying to con driver into thinking she'd run him over, is run over

The bizarre incident took place in Fuzhou, capital of southern China's Fujian province, and was captured by the dash cam of a nearby car.read


Son of Romania's 'King of the Gipsies' set to marry fiancée

Bogdan Cioaba, 20, is expected to marry his fiancee Andreea in Romanian in autumn after she has turned 18. The pair were engaged to each other as children and already have twins together.read


The little girl who can't go on holiday because the slightest scratch or bite could kill herLittle girl could die on a summer holiday because heat and bruises harm her body

Isla Todd, 3, from Glasgow, suffers from the rare condition lymphoedema, which causes swelling in the body's tissues.read


Dolphins leap out of the water yards away from tourists in Scottish Highlands

A group of tourists managed to get a closer view when these bottlenose dolphins began chasing salmon near the coast in Chanonry Point, Cromarty in the Moray Firth inlet in the North Sea.read


British tourists spend 22 MILLION hours a year lost while on holiday

Just 14 per cent of people carry their mobiles with them on holiday, preferring to keep them safe in the hotel, meaning they spend hours getting lost.read


Jet2 and Wizz Air rated WORSE than Ryanair for hidden charges

A global study found that Ryanair only ranked fifth for extra charges, which bring in 25 per cent of its revenue, while Wizz Air came second and Jet2 fourth.read


Brazil welcomed more than 1.35 MILLION tourists for World Cup

In the month leading up to the tournament and during the competition itself, Brazil welcomed 70 per cent more visitors than even the best estimates expected.read


Thomas Berger, Little Big Man author, dead at 89

Berger's literary agent said Monday that he died in Nyack Hospital in a New York City suburb on July 13, just days before his 90th birthday.read


The MAN MADE Crystal Lagoons beaches that rival Mother Nature

Crystal Lagoons now expect to obtain a second Guinness World Record with the 12.5 hectares mega lagoon of the Citystars Sharm El Sheikh tourist complex.read


Vintage rail posters to raise a fortune when they go on sale in New York

They are the images that recall another era - romantic posters advertising simple holidays in UK seaside towns. And they are about to go up for auction in New York.read


Cuchini camel toe prevention device claims to prevent dreaded fashion faux pas

The product is a reusable, triangular, adhesive pad that women can put in their underwear or bathing suit bottoms for a smoother appearance.read


Online tool uses your selfie to reveal a face with exactly the opposite features

Chicago researchers Robert Woodley and Adelheid Mers used software to find 60 facial dimensions, which were plotted on 1,000 photos to create an average (pictured).read


Beauty Mirror PHONE app lets you Photoshop your face in real-time

New York-based Modiface has unveiled an app that changes your looks. Called Beauty Mirror (shown) it enables you to alter your appearance on the go.read


Toddler Tiya Chauhan who choked to death 'was not being supervised'

Tiya Chauhan, aged 22 months, fell unconscious during a ‘free flow’ play session at the Dicky Birds nursery in Wimbledon, south London.read


Young cancer victim given six months to live after doctors revealed her 'clumsiness' was in fact a brain tumour is still alive a year on

Amy Howarth, 20, was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour last April, having thought her symptoms were just clumsiness.read


Former Bucharest mayor facing ruin for renting out property 'which turned into illegal brothel'

Viorel Lis and his wife Oana were initially targeted by Romanian police but were cleared when it became obvious they were unaware of what was happening at the property.read


'King Con' tycoon jailed for fleecing investors out of £13m

Ketan Somaia, 52, of Bayswater, west London, wooed his victims with luxury trips, champagne parties and expenses paid trips to Dubai, Kenya and South Africa.read


WATCH baby squeal as he plays fetch with pet dog

Playing fetch with a dog can get tiring. But one baby boy can't get enough of the game as an amusing home video shows. It is not known where it was filmed.read


Coyote smugglers reveal costs involved in smuggling child migrants to the U.S.

The unprecedented numbers of unaccompanied minors and women with children migrating from Central America to the U.S. has cast a spotlight on the network of smugglers known as ‘coyotes,’ who are helping these migrants enter the United States.read


White House denies the Obamas bought Californian mountain home

According to gossiping realtors in California's Coachella Valley, the President and his wife Michelle are buying a $4.25million property in a gate community in Rancho Mirage which once counted Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby as residents.read


Feline defensive? Confused cat scratches mirror and 'attacks' its own reflection after mistaking it for a rival pet

A comical video shows the feline catching a glimpse of itself in a long floor mirror before springing up on its back legs. It isn't known where the footage was captured.read


Massive mayfly swarm that emerged along Mississippi was so huge it lit up weather radar, caused traffic collisions and blacked out the sun

The mayflies were concentrated near La Crosse, Wisconsin, often a focal point for annual swarms, and this year they did so with panache.read


Mexican police officer forced to quit after going on endangered animal hunting spree wearing his uniform and using gun provided by employer

Sickening images of Wilfer Geovany Contreras Rosado, 38, posing in his police uniform with the bloodied corpses of rare deer, falcons and alligators in the state of Campache went viral after being posted online last week.read


Daytona Beach Police defend father who beat accused child molester Raymond Frolander

Police defended the actions of a father who infamously beat a man into a 'bloody puddle' after walking in on him sexually molesting his 11-year-old son as the suspect made his first court appearance Monday.read


Rory McIlroy's lingerie model and his British Open victory

'Be reasonable, dear. Do you want me to win next year's Open or not?'read


Hedgehog has to be cut free after getting stuck at Marcus Trescothick's home

The Somerset star found himself stumped when a hedgehog wandered into his Taunton garden and got stuck in his gate.read


Meet the Indian snake charmer who risks his life every day to remove some of the deadliest species in the world from people's homes - and he's allergic to most anti-venoms

M.S. Balasubramaniam catches up to 10 snakes a day in Mysore, southern India, and insists: 'Snakes are not as poisonous as humans. They are our friends'.read


Five-metre crocodile eats a three-metre crocodile

Warren Smith, who works as a fishing guide on the Tiwi Islands north of Darwin, took the amazing photographs during a fishing tour on Saturday.read


Marilyn Monroe's lost model shots revealed

The images of the star in relaxed mode were taken during film shoots in the 1950s and were gathered from the collections of five photographers over two years.read


Chinese woman solves family problem of providing care for her grandmother by taking her to WORK with her every day

Huang Lihua, 24, from China’s Chongqing municipality she frequently stayed with her grandmother, who took her everywhere. Now she is returning the favour.read


Indian students cram into overcrowded train after sitting railway recruitment exam

Students who had just finished the Railway Recruitment Board exam at Allahabad Railway Station on Sunday tried to push their way on to the carriages and even climbed through windows to get on to the overcrowded train.read


Slide The City water slide takes over three blocks in Salt Lake City, Utah

Water slides tend to be found in theme parks, right? Not so with the Slide The City attraction - a 1000ft monster that is being laid out in US cities this summer.read