A court in the French town of Grasse ordered the clinic to pay the compensation to the families including Sophie Serrano, pictured right after giving birth, who discovered her daughter Manon, left, was not her biological child. The mix-up happened in 1994 when a nurse unwittingly switched Manon and another child after they were both put in the same incubator when suffering from jaundice after birth.

More than 600 people gathered to pay their respects to 'strong' and 'brave' charity fundraiser Jak Trueman, 15, days after he lost his fight with a rare form of cancer. Among the mourners was his girlfriend Hannah Boyd (left), 14, and memories were shared during a touching ceremony at the Kirk of Calder Church in his home village of Mid Calder, West Lothian. More than 200 pupils and teachers at West Calder High School watched him fulfil a vow to take his girlfriend Hannah to the prom a fortnight ago (right). Pictured (centre): Jak's Rangers-themed coffin being carried into the church today.

Mitzi Rosanna Steady (left) was walking hand-in-hand with her grandmother in when the 32-ton lorry careered down a busy road and crashed onto the pavement. Two of the other three victims were today named as executive taxi driver Stephen Vaughan (right, with wife Sian) and father-of-two Phil Allen (inset), who died when the truck collided with the car they were travelling in. Witnesses said they believe the lorry's brakes failed causing it to veer out of control on the hill in Bath, Somerset. The truck involved (inset) was removed from the scene last night and a church service was held for the local community today.

Local journalist Jack Shahine (top right) fled Kobane as the rampaging ISIS militants closed to within three miles of the city centre. Four months later he returned to the destroyed city (bottom right) only to find a dead terrorist in his back garden (circled main image) who had been using his home as a base, sleeping on his mattresses and cooking in his kitchen.

She is renowned as a natural beauty but Uma Thurman was almost unrecognisable at the premiere party for her new miniseries The Slap on Monday in New York City. The 44-year-old actress turned heads for all the wrong reasons as she stepped out with a suspiciously smooth forehead and puffy face along with an extremely tight smile.

Yaron Ivry, 59, and his wife Sigal, 49, spent almost £80,000 jacking their property in Wraysbury, Berkshire, up onto stilts (left), and filling in the gaps with breeze blocks after it was wrecked by floods last winter. Over the course of ten days, a team of engineers lifted the 80-ton building up into the air, using a steel cradle and 28 computerised hydraulic jacks underneath the house (bottom right) which pushed the building upwards at a rate of three inches an hour. Now, a year after their home was devastated by floods last January, work is almost complete with the house protected from the waters of the Thames, and the basement underneath covered up with reclaimed bricks to match the rest of the property (top right).

At about 7pm local time, some 500 people filled the Amphitheater at Riverdale Town Center for a vigil in Bobbi's honor titled Shining a Light for Healing. Supporters of the Brown family, some of whom were in attendance, prayed and sang gospel songs together while waving flashlights in the air, asking God to perform a miracle for Bobbi,. The family is reportedly considering turning off Miss Brown's life support after her grandmother Cissy Houston suggested they do so on Wednesday so the 21-year-old could die on the same date as her late mother Whitney Houston.

After being dubbed Westminster's strangest couple last summer, Angelina Jolie and William Hague were back side-by-side in London today to help launch a new research centre. A team based at the new London School of Economics-based facility will analyse violence against women in conflict zones, as part of Ms Jolie's campaign to wipe out rape as a weapon of war. She was in the capital last June alongside the former Tory Foreign Secretary to take part in a global summit on the issue.

Miss Harman will travel the country with other Labour MPs on a women's-only battle bus, aiming to reach thousands of female voters across the country. But Miss Harman's decision to choose a bright pink minivan was ridiculed as an 'embarrassment'.

The ex-pat, named locally as estate agent Devinder Kainth (left), 40, was enjoying a family meal in the millionaire's playground of Sotogrande in Spain when he noticed the German man filming the girl. The father repeatedly asked the man, named as Sandro Rottman (inset), 43, to stop, but he continued so Mr Kainth, said to be a boxer, grabbed the iPad. When Mr Kainth discovered pictures of his daughter on the tablet, he threw it on the floor and allegedly punched Rottman in the head before leaving the restaurant. According to witnesses, Mr Kainth, also known as Victor, and his partner, Gemma Hawkins, were eating with their three children (centre with Ms Hawkins) when they started chatting to Rottman.

The Queen hosted a party in honour of the Earl and Countess of Wessex and work they do to support a wide range of charities at Buckingham Palace this evening, which was attended by 375 guests. Shortly before the event started, the Duke Of York uploaded a photo of his mother, brother and sister-in-law onto Facebook with the words: 'A family photo before we join the guests.'

Andy Donaldson, from Aberdeen, stumbled across the awful pictures while looking for a new flat in London in 2013 and decided to set up a hilarious blog to show friends his discoveries. They feature a house with a toilet in the utility cupboard (inset) and pictures with the family pet (top right) and even one of the residents (top left) in the frame. Others show a room with a pig sprawled on the floor (bottom left) as it rests its head on a sofa and another has an armchair and rug in the middle of a bathroom (bottom right). He has now turned the photographs into a book called Terrible Estate Agent Photos and the UK version sold out over Christmas.

You don't need helicopters or diamond rings to have fun - that's according to a group of Romanians who have spoofed the Rich Kids of Instagram with pictures featuring replacements for their flashy goods. They include a toy helicopter replacing a real one, an old style rotary telephone instead of a jewel-encrusted smartphone and a plaster with a diamond drawn on it rather than a diamond ring.

Shadrack Smith, 89 (top right), from Leicester, died on January 13 after breaking his hip on New Year's Eve and developing pneumonia. After his death, his bereft family paid £2,500 for three plots at the multi-faith cemetery in Lychgate Lane Cemetery, Burbage, Leicestershire. They buried him with his grave (bottom right) facing towards his home - a Romany tradition. But they were left shocked when a Muslim family who owned a plot next to Mr Smith's grave (left) complained to the council about their relative being buried next to a 'non-believer'. The family have been warned Mr Smith's grave may have to be moved, but have vowed to fight any exhumation 'tooth and nail'.

She's known for her flirtatious and friendly manner in interviews. So it's no surprise Susanna Reid appeared completely bowled over as she interviewed David Beckham on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday. The coquettish presenter appeared incredibly taken with sporting icon as he discussed his new initiative with UNICEF.

The three women who had slogans scrawled on their half-naked bodies jumped on the vehicle carrying Dominique Strauss Kahn, right, as he arrived at court in Lille, northern France to face trial before being detained by police, left. The 65-year-old is testifying for the first time at the court today for his role in sex parties with prostitutes after being charged with 'aggravated pimping.' Giving evidence he said he had only been to 12 orgies in three years and that there frequency had been 'exaggerated'.

At 21 stone, Gemma Wright, 21, from Liverpool, was horrified when her aunt asked her to be bridesmaid at her wedding in May 2013. She turned down the offer, hiding at the back of the church in a baggy black dress. As she watched her aunt exchange her wedding vows, Miss Wright made a promise of her own - and went on to lose 8st through diet and exercise.

The stone built property in Wales is still full of belongings, from a black and white photograph of a smartly dressed couple to a chest of drawers topped with ornaments But the cottage has been abandoned for years - untouched since the moment its previous owners picked up and vanished.

In a demonstration flight in La Queue-en-Brie, east of Paris, the mesh-wielding flying machine was shown snaring a DJI Phantom 2 drone - the same brand as one which crashed onto the White House lawn last month. The U.S. Secret Service was sent scrambling by the unexpected intrusion, but France has already faced dozens of drone overflights over sensitive sites. Mystery drones have buzzed nuclear plants, military installations and even the presidential palace in recent months, as fears run high of terrorist attacks linked to the Middle East's Islamic State insurgency.

A new poll has revealed the ten greatest love letters of all time. Johnny Cash (left) takes the top spot with his moving tribute to his wife June (pictured inset), followed by Churchill's note to his 'darling Clemmie' and John Keats (right), who wrote to his neighbour Fanny Brawne. Henry VIII's heartfelt missive to his doomed second wife Anne Boleyn comes in seventh.

Intrigued by a bargain, FEMAIL put the budget chain's new fashion line for 'savvy style hunters' to the test on a weekend away to ascertain whether you can style a three-day break for under £50. Lidl's new collection, which hits stores on February 26, is inspired by Venice and can be styled for a lunch, left, a country walk, centre, and a night out, right - for less than £30 per look.

Mark Davis grew up believing he was the adopted son of Sammy Davis Jr and his wife May Britt, the Swedish actress (left). He knew nothing about his life until he was two (top right) but as he got older people in the Rat Pack member's circle would point out Mark's physical resemblance to his adopted father. On his death bed in 1990 Sammy told him: 'I am your father.' But it was only two years ago that the truth emerged when Mark (bottom right) was shown his birth certificate for the first time, naming Sammy Davis as his real father. It also named Britt as his mother, which he knows to be impossible, meaning he still has no idea about his mother. He revealed his astonishing story to Daily Mail Online and said: 'I am a huge living question mark.'

A gun was fired and an innocent teenage girl was battered with a hammer as children watched on in horror while the group of thugs brawled in the streets of Wolverhampton on April 9 last year. Footage taken on a mobile phone captured the horrifying scenes as they unfolded outside the Britannia Hotel.

The bride, named on social media as Theresa Egan, was standing outside the Firkin Doghouse pub in Plymouth, Devon, when Google Street View captured her on her big day in August 2012. In the images Mrs Egan, wearing a white dress with pink flowers sewn on to it, can be seen walking out of the pub with her back turned while guests stand around outside. The image may not be available online for much longer, however, as Google says it replaces the images roughly once every three years.

Headcam-wearing Lee Oliver flung himself from his bike - smashing into a van which had a dashboard camera - after he and friend Lee Cunningham had filmed themselves reaching 130mph on country roads in East Sussex. The 38-year-old, who escaped with minor injuries, received a four-year driving ban and an 18-month suspended jail term at Lewes Crown Court after police viewed footage from the van (main images) and his own headcam (inset).

With the sound of slot machines blurring out the noise, more than 4,000 pounds of explosives were used to demolish a Las Vegas hotel before sunrise Tuesday. The 12-story Clarion casino-hotel, which opened its doors in 1970 and was briefly owned by actress Debbie Reynolds, became the 13th hotel to gain implosion infamy in Sin City. However, despite the high-power blast, one tower remained standing on the end of the building and a second demolition job is expected.

Initially three lionesses attacked three young males who were feeding on the carcass of a gnu. In the frenzy, one of the males was specifically targeted and left severely injured on the floor. From the resulting noise, another male was alerted to the wounded lion and moved in for the kill. One of the original attacking lionesses (inset) then defended the wounded big cat by landing a huge right paw to the lion's face. The images were taken by French photographers Laurent Renaud and Dominique Haution while on safari in the Masaï Mara National reserve, Kenya.