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The pair were ambushed by passers-by as they sat, in high visibility vests, pointing a camera towards the busy road in Glasgow. After being quizzed by the men on foot, the officers drove off.read

A section of the M25 in Essex was shut causing 'severe' delays after a lorry carrying waste caught on fire, damaging the road surfaces, the Highways Agency said.read

Aldi has cleaned up in the washing-up wars after new research found its own brand washing-up liquid performs better than its competitors and it is more than half the price of its nearest rival.read

The celebrity chef bought the Pear Tree Inn in Whitley, Wiltshire in 2011 but came under fire from locals for charging high prices.read

Shajul Islam, from Stratford, was accused of being a ‘key figure’ in a militant group that abducted British photographer John Cantlie and a Dutch journalist, but the case collapsed.read

A Pageant mother from Florida fed her teenage daughter tapeworms to help her slim down for a competition. She purchased the eggs, which hatched after her daughter ingested them, in Mexico.read

Shocking pictures show the star holding a bottle of gin and cans of lager outside his home in Sandbanks, Dorset before being led away by police and ambulance crewsread

The Met said that four officers investigated over sexual relationships during their covert missions could still face misconduct proceedings.read

Jessie Nizewitz, a 28-year-old model from Long Island, New York, said the producers repeatedly assured her none of private parts would be shown in the episode.read

Researchers from top US university suggest that  the scanner can be tricked by covering contraband beneath simple plastic shields and under clothing.read

Yoko Ono is again fighting to keep the man responsible for murdering her late husband, John Lennon, behind bars. Mark David Chapman has met with parole officials and a decision is expected as early as next week.read

Stacey Parker, a mother-of-one, counts off the seconds until her torture is over by thinking about her next holiday and making shopping lists — anything to distract her from the pain.read

Scientists at the University of Birmingham discovered 100 potentially dangerous bacteria and fungi lurking in each square centimetre of car seat, compared to 50 bugs in the same area of the average toilet.read

Klaus Zapf died this week from a heart attack aged 62 while on his third honeymoon. The 'mad millionaire' owned one of the largest removal firms in Europe, which was based in Berlin.read

The regulator said complaints rose by 30 per cent when a new IT system was installed in 2011, but EDF did not have appropriate procedures in place to handle the influx.read

Police stopped Stephen McLaughlin’s Volvo lorry, allegedly carrying an Afghan stowaway, on Tuesday in Northern Ireland where he lives with partner Ann-Marie Harkin, 32, and their four children.read

Luis Troyano, 42, a self-proclaimed ‘perfectionist’, said he put off his entry by a year to hone his skills and maximise his chances of winning the contest, which aims to find the best 'home baker'.read

Russell Woolwright, 30, (pictured) spoke out after he was found not guilty of allegations of making the teenager perform a sex act on him during an encounter in an alleyway in October.read

David Foster, 44, was struck off after making inappropriate comments while teaching at Derby Moor Community College in Derby, pictured.read

A 37-year-old woman from Iowa was arrested after an investigation revealed that she failed to stop Jacob White, 24, from sharing her then-11-year-old daughter’s bed.read

Households that need a powerful vacuum cleaner should 'act quickly' before all of the models currently available sell out, consumer watchdog Which? warned.read

Aafia Siddiqui - knows as 'Lady al-Qaeda' - is currently serving 86 years in a Texas jail. She was named by Foley's captors on a 'laundry list' as a person they wanted in a prisoner swap.read

The former captives said the Islamic State fanatic they knew as 'John' was the ringleader of a macabre gang that held them for months in appalling conditions.read

Lord Dannatt’s remarks came after the French President Francois Hollande appeared to blame Britain for the rise of Islamic State – also known as ISIS or ISIL.read

General John Allen has warned that if ISIS is allowed to build a stable base of power in Iraq and Syria it will be able mount more attacks on Americans and American interests.read

Hagel said that 'we must prepare for everything. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey added ISIS has an 'apocalyptic strategic vision that will eventually have to be defeated'.read

Downing Street was forced to admit plans to prevent youths being brainwashed by jihadists, ordered following the horrific murder of Lee Rigby, have been gathering dust for months.read

Chris Hobbs, who intercepted suspected criminals at UK airports for more than ten years, said repeated calls to bolster border controls had ‘fallen on deaf ears’.read

The Prime Minister insisted he would continue to monitor the developing crisis in Iraq, but his decision to leave Downing Street will spark controversy.read

What message does Call Me Dave's swift return to his holiday in Cornwall send to the barbarians of the ‘Islamic State’, watching events in England unfold, asks RICHARD LITTLEJOHN.read

Khadijah Dare – one of her many post-conversion pseudonyms – grew up in Lewisham, south London, as a non-Muslim. An acquaintance said she had been 'very endearing and sweet'.read

John and Diane Foley were trying to raise millions of dollars for their son's release right up until the moment his ISIS captors sent a taunting last email saying he was going to be killed.read

'Awlaki', who claims to have joined IS fighters, defended attacks on British soldiers and said the only reason he would return to the UK is to 'plant a bomb'.read

Aiden Feeney, 24, was so angry at being rejected by Scarlett O'Connor he paid a teenager £850 to put firelighters through the window of her home near Salford, Greater Manchester.read

A study by property website Rightmove has found house sellers' asking prices in Cambridgeshire, Berkshire, Surrey and the capital have made the strongest gains.read

More than 490 fake Disney children's dresses and bags featuring characters from hit film Frozen were discovered by officers at Stansted Airport, Essex, after they arrived from China earlier this month.read

The channel’s chief executive David Abraham said billionaire media tycoons and production companies want to invest in this country to avoid tax in the US.read

A new study shows the modern British woman is now so confident in her appearance that she thinks she looks five years younger than she really is.read

A recent survey put the cost of a woman's 'reinvention' post divorce at £13,000 - but LUCY CAVENDISH thinks this is a bargain.read

The Top Gear presenter still 'doesn't see the problem' with using words like 'n*****' and 'slope' despite causing widespread outrage, TV controller Danny Cohen said.read

Tony Hall, the BBC's Director General, said the £145,50 annual fee, dodged by nearly half a million Britons, could be modernised to take account of online services as well.read

Hundreds of schools suffered shock falls in top GCSE grades yesterday as a culture of repeated resits was brought to an end – though the A* to C pass rate rose for the first time in three years.read

Dessie Quinn, pictured, was found dead this morning at his parents' home in Mountcharles, Co Donegal. The father-of-one had recently returned from Sierra Leone where he was working.read

A fed-up girlfriend was forced to drag her boyfriend across a Beijing subway by his cellphone after he refused to stop playing with his prized iPhone. Onlookers captured the feud on their phones.read

Each year, on January 23, the inhabitants of Pitcairn, Britain's smallest colony, burn a model of His Majesty's Armed Vessel Bounty.read

Currently codenamed Threshold, it is expected to include a 'mini' Smart Menu and separate Windows for its controversial Metro-style 'tile' applications.read

Workers should stand at their desks for at least an hour a day to prevent obesity and heart disease, according to a top public health expert.read

Those with the condition have too many synapses - places where where neurons connect and communicate - in their brains, say Columbia University researchers.read

Those long, hot, sleepless nights of July may well seem like a distant memory. Night-time temperatures have plunged as low as around 2C (35F) – leaving Britons shivering in bed even though it is officially still summer.read

Consumers' switch from expensive supermarkets to cheap discount chains such as Aldi and Lidl has triggered the first annual drop in supermarket spending for 25 years.read

Under plans to relieve pressure on the Health Service, the 'physician associates' will work in local surgeries and casualty wards.read

It is the latest internet craze that has seen dozens of celebrities and sports stars have freezing cold water poured over themselves for charity. But Pamela Anderson has refused to take part in the Ice Bucket Challenge - in aid of the ALS Association, which helps sufferers of motor neurone disease (MND) - on ethical grounds.read

Ladies wearing short skirts and skyscraper heels arrived at the course in a bid to take the best-dressed racegoer prize and win a trip to Dubai.read

Pilots approaching Edinburgh Airport have been asked to avoid the airspace over the local zoo as Tian Tian the panda is expecting a cub by the end of August.read

The raid on the pop star’s penthouse caused controversy when the corporation broke news of the search, with a film crew reportedly arriving on the scene before the police.read

Paramedic Robert Toney raced to the Plymouth address but on arrival made no attempt to give the baby oxygen and did not use a resuscitation kit.read

Oliver Wotherspoon, from Bolton, Greater Manchester, returned from holiday to find that the energy giant had taken the money directly from his account.read

Myrtle Avenue, located in the London borough of Hounslow, is believed to be one of the noisiest in Britain - as it's just a stone's throw from Heathrow Airport.read

A security official said the 11 suspects were killed at the Gaza City police headquarters (pictured) after they had previously been sentenced by Gaza courts.read

Germany is suing Swiss bank Julius Bar for 91million Euros over claims it allowed money to be withdrawn illegally in 1989 as the Berlin Wall came down.read

The bank said it was encouraged by its progress and while it remains in the red, the six-month loss remains a significant improvement on the £845million a year ago.read

Culture vultures visiting the UK capital can expect to pay higher prices than in any other European city, according to a survey by Post Office Travel Money.read

Trinity Island has a four-bedroom property, a staff house and a playground. The untouched eco-paradise comes with 350 olive trees, a bar and a boathouse.read

Krystina Butel, 30, from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, has had five breast augmentations, lip injections, botox, teeth whitening and semi-permanent make-up.read

While interviewing deputy director of news and current affairs Fran Unsworth, James Naughtie did not ask about BBC coverage of police searching Cliff Richard's home.read

Jeremy Goring, 48, (right), owner of the five star Goring Hotel in Belgravia, has split up with his wife of 16 years Karla and fathered a child with Lucy Ewart-Perks, 36 (left).read

Islamic State fighters began a long-anticipated offensive to seize Tabqa air base in the northern province of Raqqa, the last position held by the Syrian government in a province that is a IS stronghold.read

British full-time staff may feel as though they don't get enough time off, but when compared globally, the 28 days of paid leave - not including public holidays - is as good as it gets.read

Home and business owners in the plush pocket of west London have begun taking early precautions to ward off the pulsing crowds by boarding up windows and shop fronts.read

Two-year-old Louis Mathurin, from Middlesex, was born with bent bone dysplasia syndrome, a potentially lethal skeletal disorder which causes breathing and feeding problems.read

Is it right or fitting for the singer's local council to erect a statue of Amy in the middle of a local market and tourist attraction, asks JAN MOIR.read

John Mehmet, 30, of Ham, east London, was given the undesirable title by a judge at Blackfriar's Crown Court today who stated it was 'difficult to imagine a worse case of driving' over the high-speed incident.read

Coffins draped in the Malaysian flag were carried to hearses by soldiers in the first repatriation ceremony for victims from the countryread

Amara Chiedozie from Romford, Essex left her mum speechless when she grabbed her bottle during breakfast and started drinking. She now feeds herself every day.read

The Fianna Fáil politician served as taoiseach for just under three years and played a key role in creating the Downing Street Agreement signed in 1993read

The movement of heat in the Atlantic and Southern Oceans is thought to explain why the rapid rate of climate change has ground almost to a halt, according to a study by Washington University.read

In the first four months of the financial year, from April to July, the amount of money paid in stamp duty to the Government has soared by 26.5 per cent to £4.8 billion. read

Families who fly abroad are being punished with a stealth 'holiday tax' bill of nearly £365 each, a new report reveals.read

Elle Randall, of Thornaby, North Yorkshire, vowed to finish her studies after having baby Ava two years ago at the age of 14 - and soon found herself juggling nappy changing with school work.read

Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign suggests that travel 'minimizes perceptions of risk and long-term consequences.'read

The Piper P-38 Tomahawk aircraft, pictured, came down in a field just north of Padbury, Buckinghamshire instantly killing the pilot who was in his 60s.read

Donna Barbara Moore allegedly had several chances to assess 15-year-old Helena Farrell, from Cumbria, before the pupil hanged herself in a woodland area near her home on January 4 2013.read

An officer is heard shouting ‘he’s gonna hit us’ as the Honda Jazz speeds towards them at 50mph in the dark on the northbound carriageway of the M6 toll near Lichfield, Staffordshire.read

Franzie the cat may be the world's cuddliest kitty and his owners have posted countless videos of him giving his signature paws-spread-wide hug when his owner picks him up.read

Carla Maclean, 19, from Abbeydale in Gloucestershire, is regularly out of breath, suffers palpitations and headaches and lives in fear of 'dropping dead', after being diagnosed with a hole in her heart three years ago.read

Tim Aker, head of the party’s policy unit said he had looked into public sector pensions, adding ‘I have, and then got very scared and ran away.’read

Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd, 41, was the victim of a movie-style heist at Porte de la Chapelle, in the north of the French capital on Sunday night.read

More than 7,000 Which? members were asked to rate airports on a number of categories, including including pick-up and drop-off, seating provision, queues and security, passport control.read

Donation site JustGiving compiled its list based on the number of givers and the amount donated in relation to populations. Cambridge and Reading were second and third.read

Three men and a woman appeared at the Old Bailey for sentencing after pleading guilty to fraud offences after police uncovered a 'fraudster's utopia' in Harrow, Middlesex.read

Brustchom Ziamani, 19, was arrested in East London on Tuesday with a rucksack containing weapons, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard today.read

Custody sergeant Richard Evans, 46, allegedly led the woman into the room in Carephilly, South Wales, to give her water, but instead stripped her and had unprotected sex, Cardiff Crown Court heard.read

Texan professor Donald Olson believes has calculated the time the sunrise in Claude Monet's Impressions, Sunrise appeared.read

Saleh al-Arouri, a long-serving militant who founded the Qassam Brigades, said Hamas was behind the kidnaps, on which the group has until now refused to comment.read

Siberian shoppers have been asked to buy Russian reindeer meat as the growing trade row between Moscow and the US is intensifying over the crisis in Ukraine.read

Three-year-old Oliver Akenhead was playing outside with his sister when he stumbled onto a manhole cover that instantly gave way underneath him (pictured).read

Married comedy legend Bill Cosby broke up with a 'longtime' mistress and decided to stop womanizing after suffering with a bout of middle-aged angst, a new book claims.read

Anthony Offord (pictured) collapsed after arriving at a friend's home in Sheffield in April. The 35-year-old waited more than 20 minutes for care from Yorkshire Ambulance Service.read

The article from July 2007 about Kyle Ivison, from Clitheroe, Lancashire, is one of many that Google has started to remove from its search results.read

Geeta Basra, 30, has starred in three major Bollywood films - but when she's not on a set or red carpet, she's happy to help out at her parents' newsagents in Portsmouth.read

Three boat hands from Sailaway St Anthony boat hire in Manaccan, near Helston, decided to paddle out to help the blue shark, despite its deadly reputation.read

Oscar Silva, 30, had fallen asleep when his partner Sophie Rosser (pictured together) returned from a party and saw smoke billowing from their apartment building in the Isle of Dogs, East London.read

The cost of filling a car with petrol has fallen by almost £5-a-tank, new figures released by the AA have shown. The welcome relief comes as fuel prices have fallen to levels last seen in 2011.read

It has emerged tragic Robin Williams ashes were scattered at San Francisco Bay just a day after his suicide last weekread

The employee, who doubles as the only civil protection officer for the airport on the island of Milos, tried to work through the pain but had to leave his post and go to hospital for treatment.read

Self-confessed geeks Becky and Steve Mear from Derby had planned a traditional wedding until the bride lost her job.read

Stella Birdsall, 48, ordered a £3,000, vacuum-sealed, navy blue metal casket (pictured) for her father Colin, 72, but his funeral in Knottingley, West Yorkshire was halted last Thursday.read

Researchers at Columbia and North Carolina universities compared 16-year-olds who got less than six hours of sleep a night with those who got eight.read

The annual rock pilgrimage got started in earnest as the gates were flung open to the public at 8am, with a seemingly endless stream of people pouring into town.read

Sheila von Weise-Mack, who was founded dead inside a suitcase in Bali, was paid $800,000 in a lawsuit settlement in 2011 - of which $500,000 was meant for her daughter and suspected killer.read

The Transcrime research centre found evidence that Camorra and two other gangs, the 'Ndrangheta and the Sicilian Mafia, have operations in the UK - namely Aberdeen (pictured).read

Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe from the University of Buckingham has claimed life on Earth is of extraterrestrial origin, based on finding of plankton on the ISS this week.read

Swedish researchers say men who used marijuana more than 50 times before the age of 18 were 30% more likely to go on disability in later life.read

The images, named 'Soldiers’ Inventories' and taken by London-based photographer Thom Atkinson, show the brutality of war as well as more everyday items used during battle.read

Grant Pain, 41, posted the 11-minute video on to Facebook showing the camera operator in Rhondda, South Wales covering his face to avoid being recognised.read

They had their pre-wedding party at Versailles in France and tied the knot at a fort in Florence, Italy.read

Michigan researchers say verbal mistreatment and demeaning emails are 'toxic' and can spread through the workplace.read

North Carolina State University researchers have developed a way to electronically control the flight muscles of moths.read

Young Iranians are having pre-marital sex, including homosexual relations, in far greater numbers than the regime in Tehran would like to acknowledge, a report reveals. Temporary marriages have been suggested as a solution.read

Colouring in has become enormously popular across the Channel where it has been embraced as the ultimate stress-buster.read

Thousands of rescuers combed through wreckages Hiroshima's homes in the slim home of finding survivors of devastating landslides which have claimed at least 39 lives.read

Dealers tried to bring in 1,100 fake Mulberry bags worth £752,000 to Manchester Airport from Hong Kong. They were seized by Border Force officers in a crackdown on fake goods.read

American Matika Wilbur set out to photograph every recognised tribe in the United States, fundraising the 60,000 mile trek via a Kickstarter project.read

The 'shamefully funny' incident in Lancashire was captured on CCTV installed by neighbour Bobby Stacey - who was stunned when he played it back.read

John and Faith Dyson’s property in the picturesque village of Brugairolles, close to Carcassonne, in the south west Aude department, was ruined by their rivals during a row over privacy.read

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Forces have seized control over a large part of the separatist stronghold of Luhansk and are nearly encircling Donetsk, the largest rebel-held city.read

One-year-old Joey Ziadi from Northampton, has Diamond Blackfan Anaemia - a condition which affects just 800 people across the world, and means his body cannot produce red blood cells.read

The teenagers, aged 14 and 15, were found dead in a mango tree in the village of Katra in Uttar Pradesh state in May in a crime that sparked global outrage.read

The purpose is to avoid California-based Google's car (shown) being significantly slower than speeding vehicles around it, which would increase the risk of an accident.read

In Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy, the female lead Daphne Blake gets 'cursed' during an adventure and is horrified to see her body morph from a size 2 to a size 8.read

Michel Hagege scooped the top prize in the Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers Nature's Secrets competition with this picture of a baby monkey in a Japanese hot spring.read

More than 16,000 animals - including gorillas, llamas, baby crocodiles and tiny snails - had their statistics recorded, to be shared on a global zoo database.read

The owner of 'Spybooth', which appeared on the outer wall of an end-of-terrace house in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, in April, believes the attempt to steal it was an inside job.read

'I thought when he retired he'd at least go off occasionally and play golf...'read

Hungry bears fish for salmon at Brook Falls in the Katmai National Park, Alaska, battling each other for the prime sports before sitting back and relaxing in the icy waters to enjoy their fishy prizes.read

Michelle Cotton filmed the lively sea creature called Juno pulling funny faces through his tank window during a visit to the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut.read

The drawing (left) was created 80 years ago when the cartoon artists were asked to come up with a princess for his first ever feature-length film but Disney wanted a more wholesome image (right).read

A dog isn't just man's best friend - this gentle pet has a close bond with his toddler owner Weiwei, who cuddles her massive Tibetan mastiff like he's a giant teddy bear.read

The Ring Cam looks like any other ring box - but it has a tiny camera hidden inside, so loved-up couples can capture their special moment on film with just one click of a button.read

Russian photographer, Anatolih Evgenii, 48, captured this strong snail practising pull-ups on an improvised bar made of sticks. He waited hours and took 50 photographs to get the perfect shot.read

Tyson has to be kept away from the other dogs in his litter at their home in Keal Cotes, Lincolnshire, after being rejected by the pack. The tiny puppy is carried around in a hamster cage, and is fed by a pipette.read

The IndiGo Airbus A320 arriving from Mumbai was carrying 147 passengers and six crew members who were ordered to disembark when air traffic controllers informed the captain of the incident.read

Campbellsville, Kentucky firefighters Tony Grider, 41, and Simon Quinn, 22, remain hospitalized after the incident.read