Londoner Hamzah Parvez, 21, claims he has been fighting for the violent extremists for five months, and calls on other Muslim Britons to give up their weekly Nandos and 'come to the land of jihad.'

Sir Richard Ottaway, chair of the Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee, said there would be support for arming the Kurds – including carrying out air strikes if they request them.

University of Cambridge researchers found women without educational qualifications beyond the age of 15 had significantly higher levels of 'bad' cholesterol.

A damning report into the Rotherham scandal revealed a unit which deals with serious sex crimes spent a great deal of time trying to ‘disprove the word’ of some of the victims.

The Prime Minister said that Shaun Wright, police and crime commissioner for South Yorkshire (pictured with Ed Miliband in 2012), should ‘resign and take full responsibility'.

Just five months ago Joyce Thacker (pictured) insisted that ‘a sense of proportionality’ was needed with regard to 'child sexual exploitation' in Rotherham.

Wednesday night’s show descended into chaos when bearded competitor Iain Watters (right( binned his pudding after the ice cream (left) melted in the 25C heat and stormed out of the tent.

The 10g and 20g gold bars were buried on the Outer Harbour beach in Folkestone by German artist Michael Sailstorfer. The gold can only be recovered during low tide.

Adverts offering the chance to buy a vote in the September 18 ballot were spotted and quickly removed by the online auction site as Police Scotland confirmed today they were investigating.

Anthony Marsh (pictured) earns £232,000 as head of both the West Midlands and East of England ambulance services - £90,000 more than the Prime Minister.

Jackie Murphy, right, only had £10 in her purse when she handed over a fiver for the lucky scratchcard in Shawbury, Shropshire. Now she plans a free bar to wed fiance John Potter, left.

Peter Williamson, 69, flagged down a cab while he was on his way to see the open air opera in Holland Park, west London and told the driver he would need to stop for cash.

Donna Tithecott, 54, from Lifton in Devon failed to tell the authorities she part-owned three properties in Spain whilst claiming benefits - which are expected to take her '130 years to repay'.

Sophia Cahill said she was so shaken up by the attack by Ian Gough that she fled in tears back to the south London home she shares with 1990s singer Dane Bowers.

Mr Juncker indicated Britain could expect a lowly European Commission post because of the Prime Minister’s nomination of Lord Hill of Oareford, pictured.

Tony Blair has been branded ‘disgraceful’ for advising notorious dictator, Nursultan Nazarbayev, on how to ‘spin’ a massacre of civilians by his regime.

Critics said that an SNP 'rent-a-mob' were allowed to loudly challenge leader of the No campaign Alistair Darling, while First Minister Alex Salmond escaped tough questioning.

Cameron McKenzie, eight, and Ben Stewart, nine, from West Lothian, are unlikely to survive beyond their teenage years, having been diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy as toddlers.

Residents in Higher Broughton, Salford, Greater Manchester, have spent the last five years decorating their gardens but have now been told their flowerpots are an 'obstruction'.

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WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Darren Pidgeon was horrifically injured in what police believe was a completely unprovoked assault as he drove through Rayleigh, Essex earlier this summer

The 20-year-old woman had been drinking all evening when she went back to her London halls of residence with currency trader Archie Read, also 20, and suggested he stay the night.

Samantha Adeokun, from Silverdale, Lancashire, is accused of killing her partner Peter Davegun, 42, in a brutal attack at his home in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire on December 23 last year.

Mark Yeeles, 20, was jailed for six years at Newcastle Crown Court for after forcing the girl and her friend to perform 'depraved and sickening acts' over webcam.

Pub boss Barry Birch stepped in when jockey Sean Quinlan and his two friends sparked the bar brawl in The Priory pub in Leek, Staffordshire in February

As the storm moves across the Atlantic, it is set to create an area of high pressure, bringing settled conditions to the UK next week. But heavy showers are expected to last until Monday.

Dozens of energy-sapping electrical devices could be struck off next spring to meet Brussels' targets after it was announced powerful vacuum cleaners would be banned from next week.

Dorothy 'Doris' Taylor is one of the many residents of the Tilsbury Estate in Stockton, Teesside, hoping to appear on the next series of Channel 4's Benefits Street.

Holy man Avtar Singh Mauni, from Patiala, in the Punjab, wears a turban that measures a staggering 645m. If could well be long enough to land him a Guinness World Record.

The over-confident young elephant was refreshing himself at a watering hole in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, when he unwisely attempted to scare off his new drinking companion.

Spanish pilot Jordi Martin Garcia has produced a series of stunning photos of the world below as he sees it from the seat of his aircraft.

When faced with a lioness clawing at its flimsy cage, most of us would do a runner. But Valentin Gruener calmly approaches the cage - and lets the beast run wild in Botswana, Africa.