A shawl found by the body of Catherine Eddowes, one of the Ripper’s victims, has been analysed and found to contain DNA from her as well as the killer.read
Senior palace aides are increasingly concerned that the monarch will be pitched into a constitutional crisis in the event of a ‘Yes’ vote on September 18.read
George Osborne revealed that a package of measures giving Scotland sweeping new powers on tax and welfare are being drawn up in Westminster and will be published in the ‘next few days’.read
Scientists at City University London have found people could die up to 20 years early if their waist is bigger than half their height. Dr Margaret Ashwell says the test should be a new global health check.read
New Zealand faced an internet meltdown after people tried to view what they thought were new celebrity nude photos.read
A mother who beat her three year-old son to death and hid his body before telling police he had gone missing is being visited at her Scottish prison by the boy's twin sister.read
Gradually, SUSAN SWINGLER uncovered the web of lies and obfuscation created by her father and the woman he took with him from the UK to Australia when she was just a child.read
The singer, currently staying at his holiday home in Portugal, told friends he has no idea who is behind the 'completely false' accusation.read
A group called ‘Sauvons Calais’ (Save Calais) will display their opposition to some 2,000 foreigners living around the port as they try to get to Britain.read
Chinese consumer spending is predicted to triple over the next decade, according to an IHS report, taking their GDP to $28.3trillion by 2024 and surpassing the USA's expected $27.4trillion.read
The Higgs boson 'God particle' could cause space and time to collapse if it was put under extreme stress by scientists, Stephen Hawking has warned in a new book.read
With just 11 days to go until the referendum the Labour leader has urged voters to face up to the consequences of severing the 300-year-old Union.read
Moira Salmond was behind the plot to unfurl the flag behind the PM at Wimbledon, smuggling the enormous Saltire into the All England Club in her handbag.read
The lingerie tycoon was one of just a few business leaders to come out in favour of the Union but faced a momentous backlash on Twitter.read
ADAM MEMON, the head of economic research at the Centre for Policy Studies, says if Scotland votes for independence, the consequences could be vicious from John O’Groats to Land’s End.read
Daniel Mittler, pictured, is among 13,000 Germans and 120,000 other EU citizens who live in Scotland and can vote on the future of the Union.read
Olympic Committee vice president Sir Craig Reedie said Scottish athletes were highly unlikely to be able to represent their new country at the next games if the country votes for independence next week.read
A neighbour complained to the council that four-year-old Joseph Bailey, from Farnborough, was invading their privacy, claiming he could spy on them from his play pirate ship.read
BBC Springwatch presenter Chris Packham says hunters should be allowed to kill the animals in overpopulated areas to protect the environment.read
An investigation has revealed that IVF medication is being sold for a third of the normal market price on eBay. The potentially deadly fertility drugs can cause blood clots and strokes.read
A 33-year-old woman was killed and three others injured as gunfire and heavy shelling struck the strategic port of Mariupol overnight, raising fears that the ceasefire had already collapsed.read
Former Russian prime minister, Sergei Stepashin, has called Barack Obama 'a hawk who dresses up as a peacekeeper' and claims he is creating a new Cold War to force Putin out.read
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Abbas Medlej, was captured by extremist militants earlier this month when IS stormed a border town. This image, believed to depict his beheading, was shared on Twitter.read
U.S. defence official Rear Admitral John Kirby (pictured) today confirmed the country's air force had commenced strikes around Haditha Dam in western Iraq, targeting insurgents there for the first time.read
Richard Barrett, a former MI6 global counter-terrorism director, said repentant fighters must know ‘there is a place for them back at home’.read
Close friends of David Haines have criticised the British Government's refusal to negotiate with IS terrorists, saying his fate has been sealed. But his wife says she refuses to give up hope.read
The mission was said to have been doomed when aides to the President said he would not approve surveillance flights over Syria to confirm the hostages’ location. read
The Charity Commission launched the probe into the Al Manar Centre in the Welsh capital amid 'concerns' that have been raised over the mosque.read
The radical activist and father-of-four from Leytonstone, east London, said he admired the makeshift state set up by militants in Syria and Iraq, believed to be home to several million people.read
A shocking investigation has revealed that father-of-two David Haines has been struggling to hold down food and suffering from acute gastric and other health problems in his cramped captivity.read
Eight blasts tore through the north eastern region today as President Assad's army takes further steps to regain control from the extremist group, killing nine IS fighters and at least 20 civillians.read
Sources have confirmed Mehdi Nemmouche (pictured) had been questioned about the British terrorist after it emerged the Frenchman himself tortured Western hostages in Syria.read
Like an island in the middle of the sugarcane country of south Florida, Miracle Village is a small religious colony of bungalow-style houses for people who were found guilty, and have usually served a prison sentence, for a sex crime.read
The five-year-old, who is suffering from a brain tumour, is currently in hospital in Malaga, southern Spain, with his parents, Brett and Naghmeh (pictured), by his bedside.read
Brisbane's Ben Slater had a radio-frequency idenfication microchip injected into his left hand (pictured) through a syringe two weeks ago at a Melbourne tattoo parlour.read
Police and Crime Commissioners can currently only be removed at the ballot box every four years, but a series of scandals has prompted a rethink.read
South Yorkshire Police and Crime commissioner Shaun Wright has been targeted in the wake of the report which revealed that 1,400 children were sexually exploited in the town over 16 years.read
The Metropolitan Police have confirmed that a suspect is in custody after officers received new information concerning the missing 14-year-old, who has not been seen for 10 days.read
Singer Monica Michael, 24, told of her devastation after her step-brother Savvakis Georgiou, 18, drowned in a filthy hotel swimming pool in the Cypriot party town of Ayia Napa.read
Reddit shut down online forum The Fappening - which was created to view, post and share leaked naked photos of celebrities - with visitors to the page now confronted with a 'banned' message.read
Russia contests Canada, Denmark, Norway and US for the right to exploit mineral wealth of Arctic Circle - estimated to hold 22 per cent of global recoverable energy resources.read
Writing in today's Mail on Sunday, Jacob Rees-Mogg urges for 'peace deal' before the election next year as fellow Tory Andrew Brigden said it was time to 'sup with the devil'.read
The stark warning is issued in this article in today's Mail on Sunday insisting a post-election deal is no good - and only a peace pact will stop Labour splitting the vote and getting into No 10.read
James Budd, 48, of Worthing, West Sussex, had been writing about dogs to Dennehy, 31, and asked her to marry him, despite them never having spoken.read
Carol Howard (pictured at her home in Surrey, right) saw her dream job turn to ashes after falling victim to workplace discrimination. After two years of fighting for justice she has finally been vindicated in court.read
Police have arrested three people in connection with the murder of 47-year-old Penelope Davis who was stabbed while tending to her two horses in a field near her home in Beaulieu, Hampshire.read
A Pakistani sailor, serving on navy vessel, PNS Nasr, has appeared to jump ship into crocodile infested waters, while participating in war games off the Northern territory coast.read
The study in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood examined 300 women and those with a history of anxiety had babies who cried for longer.read
Newcastle Crown Court heard how Tony Marsden, 23, from Whitley Bay, became 'infatuated' with the girl last year. He tried to lure the teenager with sickening messages.read
Exhibition in Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is open to visitors of any age and displays plants including cannabis, the hallucinogen peyote, and poppies - used to make opium.read
Nick Turner, 51, his wife Joy, 52, and their children Lizzie, 20, and 14-year-old Robert were asleep in their £65,000 Swift Kon-tiki motorhome when thieves used the gas during a raid.read
Prince Harry has revealed that staging the Invictus Games has been much harder than he had anticipated. The Games will see more than 400 war wounded compete across various sports.read
A private photo should remain private, but the furore over the leak, the admonishments by feminists and the sort of men who pee sitting down not to click on the photos, is missing the point.read
Marical Boo, the head of the Independent Standards Authority, is reported to have said the hike would go ahead despite the Prime Minister's warning it would be 'unacceptable'.read
Where will Douglas Carswell have an office if he wins re-election? Who is the phantom muffin nicker? And which MP''s children are big fans of Sam Smith?read
Marcello Marino, a 44-year-old hairdresser, became an instant hate figure when he launched attacks on the other four contestants in 2011 - but has been plagued with abuse ever since.read
From September 19, Sierra Leoneans will be told to stay indoors or around their homes but medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières claimed today that the measures would not work.read
A leading academic has warned that university students could be at risk from the deadly ebola virus – because 21,000 students from countries in the affected region are about to arrive in the UK.read
James Clarke, 22, who was paralysed in a motorbike accident, choked on a feeding tube after it became blocked in this throat as carers neglected him at his home in Walsall, West Midlands.read
Boris Johnson's inimitable father Stanley writes in the final part of our serialisation of his memoirs how he met his wife Jenny and how they came to marry.read
Tracy Austin has also been suspended for speaking out about the harsh punishments at the Duke of York’s Royal Military School, Dover, where Chris Russell (pictured) is headmaster.read
After Baroness Butler-Sloss was forced to quit over conflicts of interest, it can be revealed that her replacement has links to Lord Brittan.read
Jorge Mendes, 48, has masterminded transfers worth £1,068,370,548 over the course of his 18-year career as a football agent. He has negotiated £208.5 million worth of signings in the last two months.read
Paparazzi drones have terrorised celebrities including Miley Cyrus and Jennifer Garner who spotted the unmanned aircraft hovering above their homes.read
It's become fashionable to deride Tony Blair, yet the people who despise him mostly continue to support the policies that destroyed him, writes PETER HITCHENS.read
Rona Fairhead, 53, will appear before a Media Select Committee, which will decide whether she is suitable to lead the BBC while benefiting financially from their business activities.read
Critics argue that the Government’s Deregulation Bill could let convicted sex offenders pick up passengers in minicabs as they will be able to drive a licensed vehicle without vetting.read
Protesters claimed staff at Morton Hall in Lincolnshire had delayed calling a doctor after a 21-year-old complained of headaches. By the time an officer got to him, he had hanged himself, it was claimed.read
CCTV footage showed Nicholas Salvador eating in a cafe in Edmonton, north London, where he walked out without paying then returned to settle the bill with staff.read
The move would drive through the convention at Westminster that sitting Commons Speakers are never challenged at General Elections by candidates from the three main political parties.read
The party asked the bizarre question in a survey ahead of the by-election triggered by their MP Douglas Carswell’s defection to Ukip. read
A lorry driver has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after a cyclist died following a collision on the A38 near Plymouth, Devon, on Friday morning.read
An 11-year-old and a 12-year-old have reportedly jumped from an apartment building in Tokyo, Japan and plunged to their death in a joint suicide.read
The 31-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of murder after the 10-month old boy was rushed to hospital after being found unresponsive at a home in Barnet, north London say Scotland Yard.read
The study published in the journal PLOS One connected a person in Mumbai, India, with another in Paris who wore headsets connected over the internet.read
The Queen was seen giggling and cheering on competitors at the Braemar Highland Gathering in Aberdeenshire earlier today.read
The four-hour work stoppage across Italy forced Ryanair to ground almost 100 flights to and from Italy, while easyJet cancelled up to 60 flights, including 20 into and out of the UK.read
The victim, in her 20s, was out running close to her home on a bridleway near to the A34 in Drayton in Oxfordshire, pictured, on Thursday, when she was pulled to the ground and attacked.read
Comedian Roy 'Chubby' Brown, pictured, from Middlesbrough is on the cusp of a driving ban after he caught for his third motoring offence since July.read
Angry faces have developed by natural selection over generations to make us 'look tough' scientists say, and helped people scare off physical opponents.read
Across the 13 days of Wimbledon 2014, the BBC gave out 382 free passes. The broadcaster treated hundreds of politicians, wealthy businessmen and its own staff to the free tickets.read
The 1.5-inch long clip was designed by Israeli-based Dafna Ariely. It attaches to any standard arm on glasses and the clip (pictured) connects via Bluetooth to a smartphone app or keychain.read
Vasille Georgiou, 48, was driving his Audi A4 sports car at 59mph in 40mph limit in Plymouth, Devon, when he made the gesture at a speed detection officer, a court heard.read
The uprising kicked off when three North African soldiers stationed at barracks in Cambridgeshire were detained after breaking orders not to go to the village supermarket.read
The disgraced entertainer, 84, previously enjoyed eating curried lobster and roast quail, but now has to make do with low-fat chicken curries and tuna salads at HMP Bullingdon, Oxfordshire.read
Peter Vacher, 72, of Oxfordshire, painstakingly restored the plane to working condition a decade ago after buying it for £25,000. But he is now selling it through an American dealer.read
Ashley Watson, from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, was bullied after he was born with no cartilage in his ears - but he's now gone back to school much happier after surgeryread
Tory MP Anne Main said families were being forced to pay stamp duty on ‘ordinary homes’. She said the levy had become a ‘middle class postcode tax’.read
The man, who has not been named, was killed after a fire started on the seventh storey of the block of flats in the Kingsdown area of Bristol.read
Police say the 20-year-old was lying on the ground when he was hit by 'definitely one and possibly two' vehicles on the southbound carriageway of the A3 at Hurtmore in Surrey.read
The singer reportedly passed away early Friday morning at her home in Los Angeles.read
The man in China was taken to hospital after being electrocuted and falling onto a metal spike. But doctors managed to remove the rod and improve the unlucky builder's day.read
The sobbing girl in China's Zhejiang Province was cut out by firemen using an electric blade in a careful rescue which took 15 minutes before being handed to her mother for comfort.read
Naturally gleaming teeth like MIC's Millie and Binky are always preferable to the artificial, fully veneered finish favoured by the TOWIE lot, says Dr Mervyn Druian.read
Holly Merrick, 68, a retired sales manager from London, had teeth implants in October 2012 after separating from her husband of 15 years.read
An American football fan has been called a spoilsport and the worst fan ever after he grabbed a beach ball being passed around a stadium by children and adults and destroyed it with his foot.read
The family of Doris Paver, 79, pictured, claim staff failed to monitor her care, leaving her in pain, in soiled bedding, at St James's Hospital in Leeds in the months leading up to her death.read
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT David Holmes, 38, was killed when a car turned into his path on the A47 in Honingham, Norfolk, in June last year. His last word, uttered seconds before impact, was 'whoa'.read
It's not the most obvious treatment plan for the serious eye disease glaucoma but symptoms could be improved by eating chocolate and drinking red wine.read
Scenes in Dame Helen's The Hundred-Foot Journey were shot at La Durantie, a belle epoque chateau where you can now buy holiday homes in the grounds.read
John Van Wisse, a swimming coach from Melbourne, completed his 20 year dream by being the 18th person to finish the brutal triathlon - becoming world record holder.read
EXCLUSIVE: Plans can be revealed for Charing Cross Hospital in Fulham, whose casualty unit is to be replaced with an 'urgent care centre' and moved four miles away.read
Fire chiefs have been accused of ripping off taxpayers by a Cabinet Minister over secret deals that let them retire at 50, take tax-free pension payments and then return to their old jobs.read
Based on analysis of rock in the Singhbhum Craton of Odisha, geologists at Trinity College Dublin claim that oxygen-producing lifeforms began flourishing much earlier.read
Rachael Owhin thought her dreams of going to Oxford University were over when she was turned down for a scholarship, but came up with an ingenious idea to pay for her fees.read
Hospitals across the Midwest - especially Kansas City - are being inundated with children infected by a bizarre virus, which first comes on as a common cold before developing into severe respiratory distress.read
More than 50 vessels, including 11 magnificent square-sail ships, descended on the south east corner of the capital for the Royal Greenwich Tall Ships Regatta. read
Richmond, California is the latest police department to adopt the practice of 'John shaming'.read
University of Michigan researchers say following dietary guidelines could increase greenhouse gas emissions. They say certain guidelines do not have environmental impacts in mind.read
The two dugouts have been painstakingly recreated by a dedicated group of volunteers in a field outside Chauconin-Neufmontiers, a town southeast of Paris.read
Igor the bulldog was not looking forward to spending time away from his family, so they brought in their couch and painted the kennel walls the same shade of grey as they are at home.read
Dennis France, 65, was two days away from retirement when he drove around the barriers at the level crossing in Athelney, Somerset. His car was crushed by the train (pictured).read
Shweta Prasad (pictured), best-known for her lead role in 2002 film Makdee at the age of 11, was arrested in Hyderabad, India, on Sunday after becoming involved in the sex trade.read
The three projectiles travelled an estimated 130 miles before crashing off the North Korean coast. Defence experts said Kim Jong Un has increased the frequency of missile tests in recent months.read
A lustful squirrel enjoys a light snack in the grass before setting its attention on the small camera, which it mistakes for a female squirrel in an unusual moment of passion.read
A flight from Malaga was left stranded on the runway for more than two hours when an 'agitated' passenger started taking photos of the cabin crew and plane. The man was led off in handcuffs.read
Brown University scientists in Providence found that pre-human extinction rate was 10 times lower than scientists had believed, which means that the current level is 10 times worse.read
London-based Daniel Johnson has cut hair for the England football team, and N-Dubz singer Dappy - but now his clippers and trimmers have turned to the shag on clients' chests.read
The shots were taken by Anchorage-based photographer Josh Martinez, who travelled by helicopter to Alaska's Knik Glacier.read
Grade I listed Ogle Castle, near Ponteland in Northumberland, is on the market for £1.5million. King David II of Scotland was locked up in the Pele Tower after his defeat at Neville's Cross in 1346.read
Two thirds (65 per cent) of blokes boast about their knowledge, but women think they have a thing or two to learn.read
Luckey Palmer, the 21 year old co-founder of the LA firm promised the headset is 'going to be as cheap as possible.'read
San Francisco firm Coin is about top let the first testers try its $100 smart card.read
The Haus am Bogensee, nine miles north of Berlin, is where Goebbels indulged in a number of affairs, and is the last Nazi residence still standing 69 years since the end of World War II.read