Executioner 'with a British accent' beheads US journalist in the name of ISIS: Mother of slaughtered American calls on Islamist group to cease killing and pays tribute to her 'extraordinary son'

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American freelance photo-journalist James Wright Foley has been beheaded by ISIS in a video message posted today online and titled as 'A Message to America'. Foley, pictured centre and top left, has been missing since November 2012 after being taken hostage while reporting from Syria. ISIS posted the extremely graphic video to social media as proof of their barbaric action. Foley addresses the camera before he is killed and labels the US government his real killers as a man in black robes armed with a gun stands over him. The journalist then leaves a haunting message for his brother, John, who is in the US Air Force. 'I died that day, John, when your colleagues dropped that bomb on these people. They signed my death certificate'. ISIS, which has claimed control of most of northern Iraq and parts of Syria is threatening to kill Time journalist Joel Sotloff, far right, unless President Obama ceases attacks on the terror group. Foley's family including parents John and Diane, of Rochester, New Hampshire, bottom left, had publicly appealed for their son's release.

I fear our panic stricken politicians are leading us into another bloody shambles in Iraq, says GENERAL SIR MICHAEL ROSE

General Sir Michael Rose led the UN forces in Bosnia

Amid the horror stories coming from Iraq, there seems to be little constructive thought from Western politicians on how to solve the issues that confront the country, writes General Sir Michael Rose.

'Do you want us to let you die?' Nurses on home visits will ask elderly patients if they agree to signing a 'Do Not Resuscitate' form

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Nurses are asking patients sensitive medical questions, including what should happen if their health suddenly fails as part of an NHS England scheme to improve care of the elderly and keep them out of hospital. It is not clear why 'do not resuscitate', or DNR, is on the forms and medical experts fear vulnerable patients will feel pressured into giving their consent simply to avoid causing trouble

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: A callous request to sign your life away

The NHS will say there is no malice involved, but the approach is as deeply troubling as it is insensitive

There are grave concerns about a nurses' questionnaire which will ask the elderly if they agree to a Do Not Resuscitate notice - the approach is as deeply troubling as it is insensitive.

Robin Williams was addicted to 'tooth-rotting sentimentality', says Barry Norman: Film critic sparks anger among fans with his 'honest tribute'

Barry Norman during the Edinburgh International Book Festival where he talked about his memoir entitled "And Why Not?." The Book Festival is the world's biggest literary festival with appearances by over 500 authors from across the world. 



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In a column for the Radio Times, Norman, 80, said the late actor's talent 'could sometimes be spread so thinly as to be almost invisible'.

90 rapists have escaped with a caution over last four years: Critics attack culture that lets serious criminals escape with a slap on the wrist

Over the last four years UK police have issued almost 15,000 cautions for offences that would typically result in jail – including 2,279 for sexual assault, 783 for robbery and 11,347 for burglary.

Is this Britain's brainiest pupil? 18-year-old achieves perfect A-level results of 100% in maths, physics, chemistry, biology and critical thinking

Pictured - Asanish Kalyanasundaran. See Ross Parry copy RPYEXAMS. An 18-year-old has achieved staggering A-level results after scooping five A* grades - with 100 percent marks across the board.High-achieving Asanish Kalyanasundaram, who is starting Cambridge in October to study medicine, is celebrating scoring the highest possible grades in maths, physics, chemistry, biology and critical thinking. He also received an A* grade in an Extended Project Qualification, following an 
100 hour research topic and presentation after attending a summer school run by 
the Nuffield Foundation, where he was able to work at the cutting edge of medical research.

With A-level pass rates falling Asanish Kalyanasundaram, a former pupil at Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School, got top marks in five subjects.

Inside the world's most expensive apartment: Penthouse in Monaco's new Odeon Tower complete with water slide, private chauffeur and caterer will set back potential owner £240MILLION

Luxury: The infinity pool with a slide attached at the penthouse flat in Monaco's Tour Odéon

A super-rich multi-millionaire will get to enjoy this incredible five-floor penthouse with a giant infinity pool and its own slide when it goes on sale next year. The luxury flat at the top of a new skyscraper in Monaco that overlooks the Mediterranean will set its owner back around £240 million.

Victim of Wimbledon burglary reveals Prince Edward is an old university friend as he denies his cabaret bar had anything to do with horror attack

Paul Kohler was left covered with livid bruises after the vicious beating he endured at the hands of four masked raiders at his home in Wimbledon, South-West London

Paul Kohler, a friend of Prince Edward from their time together at Jesus College in Cambridge, claims the Wimbledon attack was a case of mistaken identity.

Newborn baby died of massive brain damage after midwives advised mother to stay at home when she was ill during labour

An inquest heard how Lewis Booton-White died in his mother Vicki’s arms shortly after being born at the Serenity Unit in Birmingham’s City Hospital last May.

#supermarketfail: From misleading markdowns to alcohol advertised as a 'back to school special', customers share their unfortunate grocery store discoveries

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Shoppers have called out their grocery stores with the hashtag #supermarketfail. Questionably named sandwiches, fresh food that's anything but and cupcakes without icing are among the hilarious failures spotted at supermarkets.

Another Eyjafjallajokull? Airlines on alert as Iceland's largest volcano threatens to erupt and create chaos for air travellers

BM1X6P Ash cloud rising from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland

Airlines are on high alert after geologists warn the Icelandic volcano may be close to eruption. The Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted in 2010, causing massive disruptions for air travel.

No more baby photos! Privacy-worried parents are keeping their children's entire identities off the internet - including Facebook

In this Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014 photo provided by Wasim Ahmad, Ahmad, left, and his wife, Lakshmi Ramsoondar-Ahmad, pose with their newborn son in Merrick, N.Y. Two days after his son was born, Ahmad bought the website domain with his son¿s name. ¿I¿m going to make it a private website with a password so family can log in¿ to see updates, he says. ¿When he gets old enough, I'll probably give him the keys.¿(AP Photo/Courtesy Wasim Ahmad, Scott Stamile)

An increasing number of parents are bucking the 'publicizing' trend by consciously keeping their children's photos, names and entire identities off the Internet.

Germany Ebola scare as Nigerian woman showing symptoms of killer disease faints in jobcentre forcing 600 people into quarantine 

As many as 600 people at the employment office building in Berlin were also stopped from leaving for several hours as emergency services sealed off part of the street.

Desperate son kept mentally ill father and brother chained up for 20 years in India because he couldn't afford the medical treatment

The father and son were chained up after they became aggressive and medical treatment couldn't be afforded

The family, who live in a remote village in Madhya Pradesh, India, look after the two but were forced to chain them up when they started becoming aggressive.

Mother got away with letting her children live in filth, surrounded by animal waste, because she 'knew how to play social workers and police off against the other'

Teachers, doctors, health professionals and social workers in Gloucestershire were all aware of the family, who lived in this squalid home, but no formal action was taken until one of the children was admitted to hospital with severe nappy rash. A serious case review has found there were five 'missed opportunities' by the authorities to intervene earlier because neglect was not treated as seriously as other forms of abuse.

Can sleeping only two hours a day make you more productive? Or will it make you a grumpy zombie? Our brave man in the stripey pyjamas put it to the test...

Writer Tom Mitchelson who has been testing various methods of sleep deprivation.
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Tom Mitchelson took part in an extreme sleep experiment for a TV pilot to see if he could live with less sleep. He could but life was not a happy experience and he is back to enjoying his lie-ins...

'Drunk' Belgium diplomat specialising in protocol is arrested for tearing full-face veil off a Qatari princess

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Jean-Marie Pire, Chief of Protocol for the city of Brussels, allegedly left a woman with cuts and bruises after pulling the full-face veil, which is illegal in Belguim, from her face.

Terminally ill pensioner with just weeks to live is mugged by gang of thugs as he walks home from the pub 

Terminally ill great-grandfather Jack Keppie, 69, from Denton, Greater Manchester, outside his local pub the Angel in Denton, after he was attacked from behind by two men in their 20s while on his way home after drinking with friends in the pub. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Tuesday August 19, 2014. The terminally ill great-grandfather, given just months to live, has branded his attackers as "cowards". See PA story POLICE  Terminal. Photo credit should read: Andy Lambert/Manchester Evening News/PA Wire

Cancer sufferer Jack Keppie, given just months to live, was attacked from behind by two men in their 20s while on his way home after drinking with friends in his local pub in Greater Manchester.

Wife of Labour MP Simon Danczuk hits back at Louise Mensch over claims she is 'cheapening women in politics' by posting Twitter 'boob selfies'

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Karen Danczuk (left) yesterday told her thousands of Twitter followers that she has been sunbathing topless on holiday after Mrs Mensch (right) publicly criticised her for posting pictures of her cleavage online.

Family who found their son ten years after he disappeared in 2004 Indonesian tsunami have now been reunited with their daughter who was ALSO swept away in the disaster

Indonesian mother Jamaliah is reunited with her missing son Arif Pratama Rangkuti in Payakumbuh town on Sumatra island on August 19, 2014. The Indonesian boy was swept away by the devastating 2004 tsunami and has been reunited with his family a decade after he was given up for dead. His sister Raudhatul Jannah was also reunited with her family on August 7, 2014.  Arif and her sister Raudhatul Jannah were carried off when huge waves struck their home in West Aceh district on December 26, 2004. AFP PHOTOAFP/AFP/Getty Images

An Indonesian couple reunited with their daughter 10 years after a tsunami snatched her from their arms claimed Tuesday to have found their son, who was also swept away in the disaster. Jamaliah and her husband Septi Rangkuti had an emotional reunion Monday with the teenager they believe is their long-lost son, bringing their whole family together for the first time in 10 years. Arif Pratama Rangkuti, now 17, was carried off with his younger sister when the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami slammed into Indonesia's westernmost Aceh province, killing more than 170,000 people there and tens of thousands in other countries.

Patient at US hospital is tested for deadly Ebola virus

Quarantine: Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center, pictured, said the potentially infected patient is 'in a specially equipped negative pressure room'

Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center announced that one of its patients will be tested to see if he or she has the Ebola virus.

Mother accidentally given oven cleaner in restaurant to cure hiccups had oesophagus completely destroyed

Woman served oven cleaner ACA

Amanda Merrifield, from Runaway Bay in Queensland, has been left in excruciating pain and unable to eat after a restaurant staff member mistook the oven cleaner for vinegar.

Will Scotland lose Strictly if it votes for independence? Viewers could lose access to BBC programmes if they decide to leave

Artem Chigvintsev and Natalie Gumede performing on Strictly Come Dancing. The show may be out of reach of any Scottish public broadcaster's budget should the country become independent

Former BBC director general Lord Birt has warned a Scottish public broadcaster would struggle to afford all the BBC's TV shows if it decides to leave the UK.

Jealous son 'cheated brother out of £1.5m inheritance': He believed sibling was their mother's favourite

Peter Howes from Lechlade, Gloucester, (pictured with his wife Jane) allegedly defrauded his mother by forging her and his brother's signature on trusts and settlements.

Yet ANOTHER 'Human Barbie' emerges from Ukraine - this living doll is just 16 and claims she's had no surgery

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Lolita Richi, 16, from Kiev, Ukraine, boasts the same impossible body proportions and blank facial features as a Barbie, but maintains that her striking looks were achieved without plastic surgery, dieting or Photoshop. The outspoken high-school student, who is now temporarily living in Turkmenistan, says: 'I think I've achieved this image better than anyone else. I'm the ultimate vamp woman. I haven't even heard of Valeria Lukyanov. People have openly told me that they're jealous of me and how good I look. All of the boys at school fancy me as well but I don't like any of them. They are not to my taste.'

Want to shed half a stone? Ditch the car and take public transport to work instead

A new study by a team at University College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, found that people who get the bus or train, and those who walk or cycle weigh less than those who drive in private vehicles

Experts at University College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, found that people who get the bus or train, and those who walk or cycle weigh less than those who drive in private vehicles.

Muslim Labour frontbencher accused of encouraging 'mob rule' after joining anti-Israel protest which forced supermarket to close... then demanding goods boycott

Shabana Mahmood was involved in the 'direct action' protest which saw dozens of pro-Palestine campaigners lie down outside a Sainsbury's store in Birmingham city centre on Saturday August 7, forcing it to close for several hours. She then bragged about her actions on YouTube (right) and called for a boycott of Israeli goods - in direct contravention of Labour Party policy. Then, at a pro-Gaza rally in Hyde Park on August 9, (left, and inset) she told an audience of tens of thousands of people to take 'practical action' to join in the Israeli boycott.

Online porn is too easy to access, say 80% of 18-year-olds: Survey warns explicit material is wrecking adolescence for many young people 

Almost half (46 per cent) of the teenagers quizzed said the phenomenon of ‘sexting’, where people send explicit pictures of themselves to others, was ‘part of everyday life for teenagers nowadays’.

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Will David Cameron's decision to appoint Nick Boles as 'family czar' annoy traditional conservatives? 

David Cameron's new 'family czar' Nick Boles, pictured, who has a male partner has freed the Prime Minister of accusations of 'homophobic prejudices.

Mother-of-eight who lives off £2,000-a-month benefits says she will use a surrogate to have TWO more children

Marie Buchan

Marie Buchan, 32, of Selly Oak, Birmingham, put so much strain on her body by having her large brood that she has booked a hospital appointment for a hysterectomy. But she wants to fulfil her dream of having ten children. The extra two will see her receive £70 a week more in welfare payments, and boost her chances of getting a five-bedroom council house. She is pictured with her children (from left) Joshua, eight; Mikayla, four; Tia, 12; ten-month-old Olivia; Leah, 11; Latoya, nine; Amelia, two; and Alisha, six. Their three-bedroom semi-detached house is also pictured (inset).

Children of widow with £30m in court battle with her physiotherapist over her fortune

The children told the Court of Protection hearing that the physiotherapist helped herself to money and valuables

The two children told a Court of Protection hearing how the physiotherapist had possession of their frail 81-year-old mother's jewellery and £5 million of her money.

Lib Dems let Rennard back in: Former president can return to Lords after being cleared of bringing party into disrepute 

The Liberal Democrats were plunged into crisis after they cleared Lord Rennard, pictured, who was accused of groping female party activists.

Heartbroken archeologist killed herself four months after partner drowned on island paradise during dream round the world trip

A heartbroken girlfriend took her own life just months after her partner died overseas.\nKate Downey, 30, was found dead in a room at Newcastle International Airport¿s Premier Inn on Saturday, March 15.\nHer death came just months after boyfriend John-Paul Conley lost his life in a tragic accident as the pair travelled the world.\nAn inquest into Miss Downey¿s death, held at Newcastle Coroner¿s Court, has now ruled she died as a result of suffocation.\nThe coroner concluded she committed suicide and intended to take her own life.\n\nJohn-Paul Conley with partner Kate Downey

Kate Downey, 30, took her own life in a room at Newcastle International Airport's Premier Inn after boyfriend John-Paul Conley, 35, drowned while the pair were on holiday, a coroner has ruled.

Mother of girl, 7, who battled cancer is facing jail for keeping her off school without permission when she felt ill

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Kerry Capper, whose daughter Libby attends Paget Primary School in Birmingham, has been summoned to appear in court for failing to pay a £60 penalty fine.

Let Press see secret court files, says top family law judge: Sir James Munby believes it would help reporters understand sensitive cases and prevent miscarriages of justice

Sir James Munby, the UK's top family law judge, said allowing the press to see court files would allow a better understanding of sensitive cases – and help safeguard against miscarriages of justice.

Why pygmies are only five feet tall: Researchers find height allows tribesmen to travel through the thick rainforest easily

A Ugandan pygmy hunts monkeys in Semili national park in Bundibugyo district, west of the capital Kampala, August 8, 2006. The United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 49/214 on December 23, 1994 declaring August 9 of every year as International Day of the World's Indigenous People. Picture taken August 8, 2006. REUTERS/James Akena (UGANDA))

Penn State researchers say that all African pygmys do not have the same genetic change, suggesting the adaption is relatively recent.

A young love doomed: Hand in hand, girl of 15 and Turkish sweetheart run into path of train fearing family would never approve of their relationship

Charleigh Disbrey (left), 15, known as CJ to her friends, died alongside 18-year-old Turkish boyfriend Mert Karaoglan (right) in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, on June 17 last year. They climbed a 6ft fence to get on to the tracks and were struck by the empty train.

More stroke patients die at weekends as they are admitted to badly staffed wards

Stroke patients admitted to hospital at the weekend could have a higher risk of dying wards with fewer nurses, new research suggests

A study of 56,000 stroke patients in the UK found the worst staffed wards saw an extra death for every 25 patients within a month of admission.

Couple forced to leave their council home a week after moving in after it was overrun by giant rats 12 inches long (and they caught 11 in just seven days)

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Jade Newborn and Chris Walley (pictured) moved into the house in Stoke-on-Trent on August 12 after waiting months for a home. But the couple were horrified to discover the vermin all over the property. Mr Walley, a self-employed builder, has spent days tearing the house apart to find the vermin after pest control only put two pots of poison down. Within a week they caught 11 rats - some of which were 12 inches long.

Man 'kidnapped couple and threatened them with gun over £40,000 cannabis theft while wearing an electronic tag'

Emmanuel Okubote, 22, is accused of  taking Colette Brown and her boyfriend Tabare Garcia hostage after his cannabis factory in Thamesmead, south east London was burgled.

Police who raided Cliff might have broken law: Warning from lawyer... As Cilla backs star in sex claim battle

Cilla Black, pictured with Sir Cliff Richard at Wimbledon this year, has come out in defence of her friend, insisting she is 'absolutely positive' he is innocent of claimed sexual abuse

A senior lawyer has warned the raid on Sir Cliff Richard's home may have been illegal, while his longtime friend Cilla Black has rallied to his defence.

Ministers won't block Bercow's 'Canberra caterer': Downing Street fears a constitutional crisis if they get involved despite cross-party anger at appointment

Carol Mills, secretary of the Department of Parliamentary Services, Canberra Australia.

Despite all parties in the House being unhappy with the appointment of Carol Mills, it seems unlikely that Number 10 will block her appointment despite her knowing nothing about parliamentary procedure.

Teacher at £30,000 public school, 30, 'made teenage pupil perform a sex act on him during secret meeting'

Russell Woolwright, from Bristol, was working at a public school in Dorset when he kissed the alleged victim and then 'caused or incited' her to carry out the lewd act in an alleyway it is alleged.

Tesco store swaps salad for spirits as it piles up thousands of litres of Jagermeister and beer into aisles ahead of Reading Festival

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Shelves at the Reading West Tesco store in Berkshire, which is a 15-minute walk away from the entrance to the festival site, were packed with Jägermeister and Fosters (top right), as well as Strongbow and other alcoholic drinks (left). The store has set up a 'festival shop' area and is expected to sell more than 30 pallets of tents this weekend, along with other important items (top right) such as sandwiches, water and camping chairs.

The NHS X-ray that prevents blindness: 250,000 older patients could benefit 

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Monthly injections to treat age-related macular degeneration could become a thing of the past if the NHS adopts the X-ray – called Oraya Therapy. And the £700 cost is financially more effective.

Farmer Tony Martin - who shot burglar dead at his remote cottage in 1999 - says he won't return home in case history repeats itself

Farmer Tony Martin's derelict home in Emneth Hungate, west Norfolk.(file photo). A farmer jailed for shooting dead a burglar said he hasn't returned to his home in 15 years - because he fears he could kill again. See Masons story MNMARTIN.  Tony Martin, 69, turned his shotgun on two burglars who broke into his rural farmhouse in Norfolk in August 1999. He killed 16 year-old Fred Barras and left accomplice Brendan Fearon, then 28, seriously injured. Martin was convicted of murder by a jury but in 2003 it was reduced to manslaughter and his sentence was cut to five years by the Appeal Court. He said yesterday he has still not moved back into the isolated farmhouse at Emneth because he fears history may repeat itself. The farmer said he has lived with friends and in hotels since his release from prison and accused police of failing to tackle rural crime. He said: "I still haven't been back in my house. I don't relish the idea of going back in there, getting arrested and going to prison ag

Tony Martin, the farmer who became a household name after shooting a burglar dead at his house (left) in 1999, has said he won't move back there because he fears he could do it again. He revealed that he hasn't lived in a fixed address since leaving prison 11 years ago, and stays with friends, in hotels or sleeps in his car. He said: 'If I was in Bleak House and someone came in again, then I'm not going to just stand there and let him hurt me. I'm going to act.'

Chinese drinks firm accused of adding VIAGRA to its spirits after customers complain of 'unusual' side effects 

The businessman added 130mg of sildenafil to 100ml of Bailiu spirit at his factory in China's Hubei province before selling adulterated drink for £3 a bottle.

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The merry widows' club: When Yvonne lost her husband, she yearned to talk to others who REALLY understood her grief and isolation. So she came up with a truly life-enhancing idea

The merry widows' club: When Yvonne lost her husband, she yearned to talk to others who REALLY understood her grief and isolation. So she came up with a truly life-enhancing idea

Yvonne Vann, from Weston-Super-Mare, lost her husband Vic to MSA, a neurological condition. After years of crippling loneliness, she came up with the idea of Jollie Dollies - a social network specifically for widows, which now has groups all over the country. Mrs Vann said: 'A widow's grief, even for those with supportive families like mine, can be so isolating. You long to talk and be understood without the burden of explanation; to show your pain, and not hide it for the sake of others who are grieving, too, and find your suffering unbearable to witness.'

Kate Bush urges fans not to film her comeback gigs on their phones because she wants them to concentrate on enjoying the music

Pop icon Kate Bush has asked fans not to film or take pictures of her comeback gigs, that start at London's Hammersmith Apollo next week. She said: 'It would mean a great deal to me.'

Man arrested on suspicion of people smuggling after lorry containing 15 immigrants from Eritrea and Kashmir suffering from dehydration found at service station

Several people rung police after hearing noises coming from the back of a lorry off the A303 in Ilminster, Somerset today, where officers found 15 people inside including a 15-year-old boy

Several people rung police after hearing noises coming from the back of a lorry off the A303 in Ilminster, Somerset yesterday, where officers found 15 people inside including a 15-year-old boy. The group were treated by paramedics at the scene for possible dehydration but there are no ongoing concerns over their health and wellbeing. A man from Germany has been arrested on suspicion of facilitating the unlawful entry of people into the UK.

House prices rocket 10% over last year, with average house now costing all time high of £265,000

House price Soar Over Past Year

Property values in London have continued to increase around twice as quickly as those across the UK, with the capital seeing a 19.3 per cent jump in prices in the 12 months to June.

Travellers blamed for 'Grand Canyon of rubbish' dumped on playing fields in revenge for being moved on

The group allegedly went door-to-door collecting doors, toilets, furniture and rubble before leaving mountains of mess on Ashburton Playing Fields in Croydon.

Three-holidays Dave and his very dubious choice of footwear: PM poses in a battered pair of sandals as he chillaxes on another break

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When it comes to holidays no-one can accuse Mr Cameron of not being true to his word. After being questioned about his habit in 2012, the Prime Minster said he was a ‘great believer’ in politicians taking holidays, adding: ‘If you don't think politicians ought to have holidays, I think you need to have a serious think.’

Suspected rapist escapes from court building and goes on the run minutes before he was due in front of the judge

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Christopher Adjei, 29, from Ramsgate in Kent, had been charged with attempted rape and was just about to go before a judge at Canterbury Crown court when he escaped from police custody.

Hamas military chief's wife and daughter 'killed in fresh air strikes' as heavy fighting resumes in Gaza after rockets are launched into Israel

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Palestinians said Israel launched 35 air attacks, one of them hitting a house in Gaza City and killing two women and two-year-old girl, according to health officials, while a further 21 people were injured in a separate strike. The target of the air strike wasn't immediately known. However, in Cairo, Moussa Abu Marzouk, a senior Hamas leader, said the dead included the wife and a child of Mohammed Deif, the Islamic militant group's elusive military chief, who has escaped numerous Israeli assassination attempts in the past. There was no immediate confirmation from Hamas leaders in Gaza. (Main image: A rocket is launched by Hamas. Inset: A Palestinian is dragged from the rubble of his home following an Israeli air strike.)

Woman jailed for throwing boiling water at her boyfriend's groin after accusing him of sleeping with her daughter...but they're back together after she sent him a card begging forgiveness

Peter Bailey, pictured, said he has forgiven his girlfriend Helen Corbett after she scalded him with boiling water at their home in Gateshead. Corbett, 45, was jailed for 15 months at Newcastle Crown Court.

Watch out Miley! Group of Siberian twerkers become internet sensation with 30 MILLION watching their dance video

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Dubbed Siberia's greatest export the dancers of Fraules Dancing Centre, in Novosibirsk, gained a global audience after a video of the training regime of the some of the dancers was posted on the internet. The international spotlight on Yelena's school came as a result of a video made by Zhenya Remizovskiy, which has now amassed more than 30 million hits on YouTube.

'No urine was drunk and no leaves were eaten, at least not by us...': Sisters who floated for 18 hours in the Indian Ocean after ferry disaster reveal details of their ordeal

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Katherine Ostojic, 21, and her 19-year-old sister Alice, from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, were backpacking across Indonesia when the tour boat sank off the island of Lombok on Saturday. They had been with 23 other passengers on their way to see Komodo dragons on Komodo Island when the boat hit a reef and overturned in rough seas. Some of the passengers were rescued by a lifeboat while the others had to swim for eight hours to a nearby uninhabited island. Some survived by drinking urine and eating leaves before a passing fisherman saved them and took them back to safety.

Care home worker 'put a plastic bag over head of resident with dementia and laughed at her as she was on the toilet'

Susan Larkin, 35, denies placing a bag used for incontinence pad disposal over the head of Celia Handley, who was in her seventies, at Peel Gardens care home in Colne, Lancashire.

Polish minibus driver 'killed cyclist in crash moments after being seen looking at pictures he had taken of a vintage car despite being behind the wheel'

Owain Richard James, 30, A cyclist was killed by Polish bus driver Andrzej Wojcicki, 44, after he was looking at photos of expensive cars on his mobile phone, a court heard.
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Andrzej Wojcicki, 44, pictured, is accused of causing the death of Owain Richard James, 30, who was knocked down and killed on the A472 at Newbridge, South Wales last July.

Pope Francis's great-nephews aged two and eight months and their mother killed in car crash in Argentina

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Their car collided with a truck carrying grain just after midnight near Cordoba, central Argentina, just after midnight, according to the Vatican and local media. One great-nephew was two, the other was only eight months. Emanuel Bergoglio, the pope's nephew, who was driving the car, is in a serious condition in hospital. Vatican spokesman the Reverend Federico Lombardi said 'the pope was informed about the tragic accident. He is deeply pained.'

You can say no, so long as your name's Castro: Fidel's niece Mariela becomes 'first ever person to give a 'no' vote in Cuban parliament'

Precedent: Mariela Castro gave the thumbs-down to a workers' rights bill that she felt didn't go far enough to prevent discrimination against people with HIV or with unconventional gender identities

Mariela Castro, daughter of current president Raul Castro, voted against a workers' rights bill she felt didn't adequately prevent discrimination against those with HIV or unconventional gender identities.

Ukrainian air-traffic control sent doomed flight MH17 over the conflict zone in Donetsk region, says Russia

The Russian envoy to the UN Security Council has demanded Kiev release all records of its air-traffic communications with the plane, whose downing is the subject of a major diplomat crisis.

Vulnerable women using Match.com 'were conned out of £220,000 by pair who set up fake profile claiming to be attractive heir awaiting £100m fortune' 

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The group, from Hampshire, created false profiles on Match.com and bombarded their victims, including Suzanne Hardman (left), with gushing messages - convincing one woman to hand over £174,000. They invented a story about needing money to 'free up' a £1.5million inheritance locked in an Indian bank account to press the 'vulnerable' singletons for cash, prosecutors said. Monty Emu, 28, Eberechi Ekpo, 26, Adewunmi Nusi, 37, (right) and Brooke Boston, 28, allegedly pocketed the proceeds.

Three children hospitalised after chemical leak in swimming pool at popular UK holiday park

Emergency services were called to Woodland Holiday Park in Trimingham, Norfolk, just after 11am as the crowded pool was evacuated. The youngsters are aged two, five and nine.

'Women aren't as interested in politics': The 19-year-old UKIP member who doesn't look like your stereotypical supporter - but her views may still enrage some

UKIP member Laura Howard

UKIP follower Laura Howard, 19, from Birmingham, has given an interview in which she said she hopes to debunk the myth that the party is a just 'bunch of old white men'.

Female bosses earn 30% LESS than their male colleagues and would have to work until they're 80 to catch up

A woman manager would have to work until the age of nearly 80 to earn the same amount of money as a man is paid by the age of 65, a damning investigation reveals today

Experts yesterday warned of 'depressing' treatment of women in the UK workplace, many of whom are not aware their male colleagues earn so much more money

Is this the proof Putin is already moving heavy artillery into Ukraine? Russian trucks carrying tanks towards the border are seen returning empty the next day

Tanks were delivered to an area near the Ukraine border

New pictures show a military transporter convoy heading back from the Russia-Ukraine border empty of the tanks they were seen carrying towards it yesterday. The transporters, seen carrying T-90 tanks and infantry fighting vehicles towards the Ukrainian border in Russia's Rostov region (main picture), have number plates matching the trucks photographed heading in the opposite direction today (inset). The images are certain to alarm the West which fears Putin's forces are supplying fighters and weaponry into rebel-held areas of Ukraine.

Grandmother, 55, arrested on suspicion of accidentally suffocating three-week-old baby by falling asleep on him while drunk 

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Police believe the grandmother had been watching TV and drinking when she dropped off and smothered the baby - named as George Charnock - at a home in Oldham, pictured.

EastEnders' storyline featuring Carol Jackson's battle with breast cancer is blamed for hospital missing waiting targets

The West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust's chief executive, Samantha Jones, partly blamed its worsening performance on the soap's story line, featuring Carol Jackson, pictured

Watford General Hospital said the storyline featuring character Carol Jackson's battle with the disease has caused a surge in referrals by a third from 70 a week to 95 each week since January.

Fireball erupts as two Italian fighter jets collide during training mission: Four crew missing after planes narrowly miss village

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It isn't known whether the two pilots and two navigators managed to eject from the Tornado jets. They are now believed to be missing after the crafts crashed into a hilly, wooded area, near Ascoli. Witnesses reported seeing a fireball as the jets collided and erupted in flames. An air search is now being conducted for the missing crew, the air force said. A witness said he saw 'an enormous ball of fire that lasted about five seconds, and then (the planes) crashed into the hillside'. A firefighting helicopter has been scrambled to extinguish the blaze, whose flames and dark smoke were visible for miles.

That's one way to get a job! Graduate held up sign advertising himself during morning rush hour at Waterloo station - and got an interview for yesterday afternoon

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Alfred Ajani, 22, has applied for over 300 positions since getting a degree in marketing earlier this summer - but says he has struggled in the crowded graduate labour market. Determined to land his dream job, he decided to hand out CVs to company bosses commuting into the City of London through Waterloo Station yesterday morning (left). Alfred (right) stood at the entrance to the busy station holding a sign stating: 'Marketing graduate (BA Hons 2:1 Coventry Uni) Ask for CV.'

Four children, one arthritic labrador and an internet match made in heaven: How one mother made her VERY modern 'blended family' work

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Bringing together two separate sets of children is never easy but author Julie Lawson Timmer, from Michigan, has managed it. Here, she reveals how she did it.

The tiny victims of West Africa's ebola epidemic: Death toll soars above 1,200 after highly infectious disease kills 84 people in just three days

The World Health Organisation said the death toll had now risen to 1,229 from among the 2,240 reported cases in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone

The death toll comes as 17 patients - including a 10-year-old boy - suspected of having Ebola who disappeared after a health centre in Liberia was attacked by a mob have been traced. But local clinics are refusing help to those who have been found, for fear they will be infected with the deadly virus - despite none of the patients having been tested for the disease. Ten-year-old Saah Exco is among the patients who was pulled out of the holding centre for suspected Ebola patients. Locals in a back alley of the West Point slum in Monrovia, Liberia, gathered around the child as he was stripped naked and sat on an upturned bucket, overcome with fever.

'We're moving around the block': How Tehran has come up with ultimate space-saving feature - MOVEABLE rooms. And it's all at a push of a button

The Sharifi-Ha house in Tehran, Iran, is seven storeys and has three rooms which can rotate out at the touch of a button, creating terrace space and allowing it to adapt to the seasons.

Can chicken wings make kids rowdy? Children more aggressive when given drumsticks compared with pre-cut pieces

Children acted less aggressively when given pre-cut chicken pieces

Researchers from a number of centres including London Metropolitan University were investigating whether the way we eat influences behaviour.

'How to talk Australians': Web comedy shows Indian migrants learning how to fit in... but parody sparks accusations of racist stereotyping from Aussies

A new comedy web series teaches How To Talk Australian

In a new comedy series, students at an Indian call centre training college learn how to talk true-blue Aussie - with an emphasis on expletives and put-downs (bottom right). The first episode, created by Australian film director Tony Rogers and writer Rob Hibbert, opens with the line: 'G'day Gibbo, how you going, you long piece of pelican s**t?'. Maharji, nickanmed Davo (top right), is cooking up some steak on the barbie and using a boomerang as a utensil as he talks to his mate Rajiv 'Gibbo' on the phone. One student (top left) queries why baby kangaroos are called Joey. And others get a lesson in keeping their beer cool (bottom left).

Russian beauty queen claims her country's flag was smeared with paint at pageant because of her loyalty to Putin

Russian bikini model Marina Sashina, 26, claims her tricolour flag was 'desecrated' with yellow paint during a rehearsal for an international beauty pageant in Beijing.

How fast does it go 0-sssssixty? Woman finds 3ft boa constrictor in boot of second hand car she bought online

Charlie Wise, 23, from Thatcham, Berkshire, was cleaning the boot of the Volkswagen Golf, which she had bought for £200, when she spotted what she thought was a rubber toy.

The average life: Images created from thousands of search results show what everything from wedding snaps to cars look like when combined into one picture

Berkeley researchers used new software to scour the internet and create 'average' snaps of everything from wedding days (top left), to Santa (top right), a yacht (bottom left) and a car (bottom right). They say the software could also help online shoppers find what they want, and help facial recognition systems.

What a steel! Sheffield is crowned best bargain break while Edinburgh trumps London as UK's most expensive city

TripAdvisor compared the cost of two people booking a one-night stay in a four-star hotel in August, with the overall cost of the trip including a pre-meal cocktail, a meal out and a short taxi ride.

How NOT to accept the Ice Bucket Challenge: Don't use a container that's too big, don't release the bucket from the roof and don't rely on your friends

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These videos reveal the most embarrassing ice bucket challenge fails so far. One man is hit on the head with a garbage can and a woman slips over in the bath after drenching herself in icy water.

Mother kept her son alive for TWELVE minutes using chest compressions after his heart stopped when he choked on a biscuit

Debbie Eggenton thought 19-year-old Keegan (pictured) was dying when he went into cardiac arrest at their home in Westcliff, Essex, and began pumping his chest until paramedics arrived.

Moment daredevil teenager strapped a camera to his head and filmed himself climbing to the top of 120ft cathedral (and his parents are fine with it)

Jack Bellis from Wrexham, north Wales, has been doing parkour - a form of free running- since he was 13, climbing trains, buildings and obstacles wherever he finds them to practise.

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Has Google's Street View car knocked down a DOG? Canine collision caught in Chile

Google said it was 'reviewing' the images which appear to show it's Street View card hitting and knocking over a dog on a road in Chile. Google's Street View mapping cars were recording Meza Bell 2815-2861 in the Quinta Normal, Región Metropolitana area of Chile.

Flashy fiance pops the question: Moment couple get engaged in photobooth is caught in series of shots

Becky Kidner and Matt Taylor from Shipley, West Yorkshire, were having a romantic weekend away in Manchester when they decided to visit an old-fashioned phot booth.

Mind the gap.... and the swimming lanes: China gears up for Youth Olympics with sport themed flooring on the trains 

Commuters in Nanjing, China are stepping off the platform and into sporting arenas as a subway train has been decorated to resemble swimming pools, football pitches and basketball courts.

'I donate my eggs for money': Mother-of-two sells them for £750 a pop and spends the cash on treating her children to toys and days out or decorating her house

Emma Frost, 25, from Romford has made a total of £2,250 from donating her eggs to a fertility clinic. It has helped her to deck out bedrooms for kids Bailey and Mia (pictured) and re-carpet her home.

The lake made of LAVA: Daredevil photography reveals incredible patterns of fire created at the heart of Congo's Mount Nyiragongo

The lake (pictured) in Democratic Republic of Congo was captured by Mikhail Korostelev, 32, who lives in Moscow, Russia after climbing 11,400ft (3.47km) up Mount Nyiragongo.

Nice day for a wet wedding! Newlyweds engulfed by giant wave while posing for sunset photographs

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For richer, for poorer, in sickness and ... at sea? Moments after tying the knot, Gina Pageot and Sergio Capozzi's love was tested when a giant wave crashed over them as they posed for a sunset snap on August 9. The newlyweds were saturated as they embraced by the ocean in La Jolla, California.

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Doggy dialysis: 11-month old Labrador is first to survive mystery disease that killed dozens of family pets after pioneering treatment at London animal hospital

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When Alba the labrador was diagnosed with a mysterious illness that has been killing dogs around the country, she was given just hours to live, left. Her devastated owners were handed one last hope, however: an eight-hour operation that vets warned might kill her. Now their pet, right, has undergone an amazing recovery.

Catching some rays: Underwater photographer is warmed by hundreds of mobula rays when huge school streams past him 

Freediver Eduardo Lopéz Negrete took the incredible pictures while on a trip off the coast of Baja, where he was helping to unhook sharks caught in fisherman's long-lines.

Moment daredevil teenager strapped a camera to his head and filmed himself climbing to the top of 120ft cathedral (and his parents are fine with it)

Jack Bellis from Wrexham, north Wales, has been doing parkour - a form of free running- since he was 13, climbing trains, buildings and obstacles wherever he finds them to practise.

How to conquer your fear of flying! Pilot launches Boeing replica so passengers with phobias can learn to LAND a plane

Emma Kaye, 38, left, piloting the Boeing 737-800 simulator as it is on final approach

Former airline pilot Andy Wilkins is offering a new course to help people conquer aviophobia, using a jet simulator, which recreates the experience of flying an aeroplane.

Climbing the greasy pole - Jakarta style: Bizarre celebration rituals make up 69th anniversary of independence from Dutch colonial rule 

Indonesian men clamber on top of each other in a bid to climb to the top of a greased pole to win a range of prizes from food, clothes and even bicycles. The  Panjat Pinang competition was introduced by the Dutch in the 1700s as a form of entertainment for the colonists.

   

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