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Germanwings pilot was 'locked out of cockpit before crash'

Audio taken from cockpit voice recorder that was salvaged from the obliterated wreckage of the Airbus A320 indicates the pilot left and could not re-enter, an official told the New York Times. read


William Hague to use last day as MP to make it easier to oust Speaker after election

William Hague, who is Leader of the Commons until he quits as an MP, tonight stunned opposition parties by drastically tabling the change to the rules. read


Did Allied troops rape 285,000 German women?

A new book published in Germany makes the shocking and disturbing claim that the Americans raped a staggering 190,000 women in the decade from 1945 to 1955. read


Zayn Malik is spotted for the first time since QUITTING One Direction

Zayn Malik was looking slightly shell-shocked later that day as he left his North London home in the back of a chauffeur-driven limo. read


Zayn Malik fans lash out at fiancee Perrie Edwards

Angry fans have gone as far as to compare Perrie to Yoko Ono, the widow of the late John Lennon, was infamously blamed for breaking up the Beatles. read


Zayn Malik's journey from The X Factor to heartthrob in One Direction

It all could have been so different for the Bradford-born teen, after he stepped onto the stage of The X Factor in 2010 to audition for Simon Cowell. read


Father of Lauren Richardson seen with Zayn Malik speaks out

One Direction was first plunged into crisis last week when pictures emerged of Zayn Malik cosying up to tattooed blonde Lauren Richardson in Phuket, Thailand. read


Harry Styles in tears hours after Zayn Malik confirms he has quit One Direction

One Direction took to the stage in the Indonesian capital as the news of their bandmate's decision to quit the band was revealed. read


Sacked Jeremy Clarkson faces ARREST as police demand BBC report details

North Yorkshire Police said yesterday it had asked the BBC for its report into the 'fracas' in a luxury hotel in the Dales and said action will be taken 'where necessary'. read


Zayn Malik's One Direction departure merged with Jeremy Clarkson's Top Gear sacking

News that Jeremy Clarkson has been sacked and Zayn Malik is quitting One Direction has prompted a wave of internet memes suggesting Clarkson become the boy band's fifth member. read


As Jeremy Clarkson is dropped from Top Gear, who is the blonde the star has turned to?

Phillipa Sage, 45, from Herts, has been by Jeremy Clarkson's side throughout his recent ordeal with the BBC. The pair were alleged to have started an affair in 2010 while he was married to wife Frances. read


The car crash career of Jeremry Clarkson

Jeremy Clarkson, who was dramatically dropped from the BBC yesterday after launching an assault on a producer, has grown from a bouffant-sporting young boy into an outspoken, controversial TV presenter. read


Jeremy Clarkson, your big mistake was not hitting me again says Piers Morgan

An open letter from the presenter whose feud (now settled) with Clarkson became legendary. read


Spurned by the mother I'd dreamt of meeting for 40 agonising years, writes Lindsey Bleach

Lindsey Bleach, 56, from Seaford, Lincolnshire, found an adoption order in her parents' desk age 9. Here she explains the trauma she went through when she eventually found her birth mother. read


A THIRD of women fake their orgasms to spare their partners' feelings

A new survey by Cosmopolitan has revealed the nation's female orgasm habits. The study of 2,300 women found that only half climax with their partner every time, while 67 per cent have faked a climax. read


The real truth about calories - and why counting them could be making you FATTER

A new TV programme sets out to explain how it's the type of calories we consume - and not necessarily the number - that's important. read


It's official: We're all getting happier, despite our work, social life and income showing no sign of improvement

Life satisfaction, happiness and a feeling that what we do is worthwhile is all on the rise, while levels of anxiety are falling, according to the Office for National Statistics. read


Supermarkets are refusing to cooperate with food watchdog over chicken bug fears

Supermarkets are blocking efforts by food watchdogs to tackle a lethal food poisoning bug - campylobacter - found in almost three quarters of home-cooked chickens. read


Final texts from German schoolchildren sent from Germanwings Flight 4U 9525

Many of the students, including Elena Bless, 16, (pictured) from the small German town of Haltern am See had messaged friends after boarding the flight to say they had missed their families. read


Niece of Germanwings victim haunted by last eight minutes of flight

A niece of Christian Driessens, 59, who died in the Germanwings crash, is haunted by the 'atrocious' thought that her uncle spent eight minutes knowing he was going to die. read


Black box recording to unlock mystery of Flight 4U 9525

Reports circulating on professional pilot forums suggested the black box on the Airbus A320 that crashed in the French Alps revealed that a 'structural failure' was responsible for the disaster. read


Germanwings 4U9525 crashed less than a MILE from 1953 Air France crash

The crash of the Germanwings flight close to the French village of Barcelonette appears to mirror that of an Air France plane which went down less than a mile away in September 1953 killing 33. read


Germanwings pilots REFUSE to fly after French Alps plane crash

Reports revealed the Airbus A320 aircraft had suffered technical issues, including a landing gear problem, just a day before it was due to fly from Barcelona to Dusseldorf. read


British victims of Alps crash named as student, family man and baby boy

Martyn Matthews was returning from a business trip, Paul Bramley (pictured) had visited Barcelona and Julian Pracz-Bandres was with his Spanish mother when the plane crashed read


Dog walker who spent two years thinking he'd found lump of WHALE VOMIT worth £100,000 stunned to learn it is worth absolutely nothing

Ken Wilman, 52, thought he had found 'floating gold' when he stumbled across what he believed was a 3kg lump of the highly sought-after ambergris on the beach in Morecambe, Lancashire. read


Teenager's chest sliced wide open in stabbing as he left a party

WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT. Tyler Gane, 16, and his brother Loui were with friends at a roundabout in Dilton Marsh, Wiltshire, when a man approached them. read


European Jews are 'living in fear like in the 1930s' claims Ronald Lauder

Ronald Lauder told a congressional committee in Washington that America must take the lead against the surge in anti-Semitic incidents in Europe in order to 'defeat the new flame of Islamic terror'. read


Adam Bojelian who composed poems through blinking dies at 15

Adam Bojelian from Edinburgh was born with cerebral palsy and lost all ability to move his body at just ten months old, leaving his only form of communication through blinking. read


Man finds whole potato in packet of Aldi's steak and onion crisps

When Richard Bootman, 25, opened a packet of Snackrite steak and onion crisps from Aldi for his morning snack in Suffolk, he did not expect to find a whole potato inside - and no crisps. read


Common antibiotic taken in pregnancy may double risk of epilepsy or cerebral palsy

Researchers from Great Ormond Street Hospital and University College London have called for a thorough safety review over erythromycin in light of their study's findings. read


Poldark's Truro, Cornwall is really Corsham in Wiltshire

We take a look at how the team behind BBC's success series Poldark transformed the modern market town of Corsham in Wiltshire into 18th-century Truro in Cornwall. read


Egg sales soar thanks to popularity of high protein diets

Egg consumption rose by 2.4 per cent or an extra 700,000 a day in 2014, with the rise attributed to the popularity of protein-rich Paleo and Atkins diets, according to retail analysts Kantar Worldpanel. read


How to cut and core a bell pepper without getting seeds everywhere

Thanks to a new 'life hack' video from YouTube user Rumble Viral, a pepper is opened up in a matter of seconds without disrupting any of the pips. read


Tactics used by airlines and banks where customers have to 'opt out' to be outlawed

The City watchdog has said it wants to ban companies from ‘opt out’ selling – where customers have to untick a box in the small print if they want to avoid buying insurance. read


Landmark DNA study in Iceland reveals new insights into evolution and disease

Reykjavik-based DeCode Genetics has sequenced the largest ever set of human genomes from a single nation, revealing surprising genetic mutations in Icelandic people. read


Moment thugs stamp on shopkeeper's head in Nottingham newsagent raid

The shocking CCTV footage shows shop owner Naresh Nagarajah, 36, being mercilessly attacked during the 'traumatic' robbery in Arnold, Nottingham. read


Hero cyclist Alex Sweeting chases down Leyton bike thieves in video

This is the dramatic moment a brave cyclist chased down three thieves who had just stolen another rider's bike in Leyton, east London - and prevented the crime. read


'Handsome' policeman in China gets mobbed by HUNDREDS of female marathon runners

A handsome policeman caused delays to a marathon in China as hundreds of runners stopped to have their picture with the good looking officer. read


Thief Tomas Drungelas who has burgled 200 homes walks free from court

Tomas Drungelas, 33, of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, was spared a prison sentence despite victims telling the judge that they would ‘be angry’ if he was treated leniently. read


Elon Musk claims artificial intelligence will treat humans like 'labradors'

Elon Musk's comments were made in an interview with New York-based scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson, who added that computers could choose to breed docile humans and eradicate the violent ones. read


Husband reveals why he let his wife have sex with STRANGERS five days a week

Scott Mansfield, the former husband of writer Robin Rinaldi, who recently revealed all about the couple's open marriage experiment, has spoken out for the first time about the year that split them up. read


Coronation Street's Trevor Smith killed himself after father died

Trevor Smith, known by his stage name Trevor Hancock, was found drowned in a lagoon at a disused quarry near his home in Derbyshire on January 6 this year. read


Adam Cullen accidentally hanged himself when his hoodie got caught on garden gate

Adam Cullen, 17, is believed to have died within seconds after the bow he had tied on the drawstring on his hooded top caught on a latch of his rear garden gate in Beeston, Nottingham. read


British tourist struck down with the bends on Maldives diving trip died after it took nine hours to get her to decompression chamber

Melanie Stoddart, 38, of Prestwich, Manchester, was struck down by divers' disease on a scuba diving trip in the Maldives. She died after it took nine hours to get her to a decompression chamber. read


Harrowing images reveal pain of jailed mother as her baby is taken away from her

This is the heartbreaking moment that Laura Strange, 25, kissed her newborn daughter goodbye in order to return to Valley State Prison, California, hours after giving birth. read


Men use flamboyant facial hair as a badge of dominance to attract females

The University of Western Australia in Crawley say men are using beards as a badge of dominance, which is attractive to women. A similar technique is seen in the monkey world. read


Families of NHS patients given infected blood slam 'whitewash' report

A six year inquiry said the trauma suffered by thousands of people in the 1970s and 80s was the 'the stuff of nightmares', but insisted 'all that could reasonably be done was done'. read


Empty-nesters throw out up to £2,000 of their child's belongings

Research by the Big Yellow Self Storage Company has found two-thirds of young adults leave belongings behind when they leave home, putting them all at risk of being disposed of. read


Students told to wave 'jazz hands' at conference speakers - because whooping and clapping might be too scary 

Hundreds at a Solihull National Union of Students conference were asked to wave in silence because other people found 'whooping' to be 'super inaccessible'. read


Grandfather 'murdered Amelia Rose Jones over grudge against her father'

Grandfather Mark Jones, 45, allegedly murdered his granddaughter, Amelia Rose Jones, as he babysat her because he strongly disliked her father, Newport Crown Court has heard. read


Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito 'fearing the worst' as they await new appeal verdict

Raffaele Sollecito appeared at Italy's highest court in Rome today as he continues to wait to hear if he and Knox are to have their convictions for the murder of Meredith Kercher upheld. read


Inside 'Sangatte 2': New Calais immigrant camp that will provide food and beds

Fifty desperate women and children previously sheltered by charity groups will be taken to the Jules Ferry camp near Calais today. read


How to shuffle cards like a pro shown by a mathematician

A mathematician at Stanford University, California, compared the efficiency of shuffling techniques and said the 'riffle' shuffle (pictured) is the most effective and random if done well. read


Woman forks out over £7,000 being a bridesmaid at SEVEN weddings in 14 years

Lynsey Littlefield, 35, from Brighton, East Sussex, has been part of a wedding party so often she has joked about advertising her services as a 'bridesmaid for hire'. read


Military unit bid farewell to devoted K-9 before the dog had to be put down for cancer

MWD Daysi waorked in narcotics detection with with Security Forces Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas, but was recently found to have an aggresive form of cancer and tumor. read


Benedict Cumberbatch to read specially written poem at Leicester reburial of 'distant relative' Richard III

The Imitation Game star is a distant relative of the last Plantagenet king and is due to star in a forthcoming BBC television series about the monarch, The Hollow Crown, to air in 2016. read


New bracelet changes colour to warn when you're close to getting sunburnt

The bracelets, invented by experts at Queens University, Ireland, contain a blue dye which absorbs UV light and gradually turns clear, warning a person to get out of the sun. read


Facebook opens up Messenger app in bid to boost usage

Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the new features at its annual developer conference in San Francisco, for the first time allowing developers to create apps that function inside Messenger . read


FEMAIL tests digital make-up mirror which lets users 'apply' beauty products via video 

The ModiFace Mirror is built into an iPad and uses facial recognition technology to capture the user's features, allowing her to 'apply' thousands of products to her 3D video reflection. read


General Election 2015 voters' verdicts on the party leaders revealed

EXCLUSIVE: For the first time voters have been captured on video by polling firm Populus making clear what they really think of the people bidding to run the country. read


As David Cameron pledges no rise in VAT, a bombshell is ready to go off under Ed Miliband

This election campaign David Cameron will argue that Labour has £15billion of unexplained tax cuts, having voted to back Government plans to save £30billion over five years. read


David Cameron floors Ed Miliband with vow not to increase VAT

At the final Prime Minister's Questions before Parliament is dissolved, Mr Cameron stunned Ed Miliband by immediately agreeing that the shopping levy will not rise under the Tory government. read


Labour-SNP coalition voted the WORST possible outcome for general election 2015

Six out of 10 voters said they would be 'dismayed' by a Labour-SNP alliance after the general election. This compares with 54 per cent who said they did not want a Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition. read


Ed Miliband makes his boys the subject of another photo opportunity

Ed Miliband yesterday took the 'Hello-isation' of general election coverage to a whole new level yesterday when he invited ITV's breakfast telly to accompany him on the school run. read


I'm a better cook than Nick, no contest! Miriam on life in the Clegg household and how she fell for her 'dish' of a husband

The Lib Dem leader’s wife mocked Ed Miliband’s two kitchens, spoke about her Catholic faith, and revealed how she won the battle to give their three sons Spanish names. read


We'll tax the English to fund £1billion spending splurge in Scotland, vows Labour

Labour Scottish leader Jim Murphy said the party would hit bankers with a new ‘bonus tax’ and slash the amount wealthy savers could pay into their pensions tax free. read


Battalion of Syrian women commandos in clashes with rebels in Damascus 

Four years ago, it would have been unheard of for a woman to be part of the Syrian Army, but these women are now part of the regime's most elite force, the Republican Guards. read


Bi-racial granddaughter of Nazi portrayed in 'Schindler's List' reveals the horrifying moment she discovered her ancestry after being given up for adoption

Jennifer Teege was 38 when she came across a book in a Hamburg library written by her mother and learned that she was the granddaughter of SS Commander Amon Goeth. read


Can cracking your knuckles cause arthritis? One man cracked the joints on one hand for 60 YEARS to find out...

Donald Unger, 68, from California, was wary of his mother's warning over knuckle cracking. For six decades he cracked his right knuckle but not his left to find out once and for all if it caused arthritis... read


'Chameleon' smart shoes change colour at the touch of a button: App transforms the look of high heels using flexible displays

The shoes (pictured) were designed by Lithuania-based iShuu Technologies. Each shoe has flexible e-ink displays on the left and right sides which connect via Bluetooth to a smartphone app. read


Tracey Cox reveals ways to tell if it's worth the wait with someone who doesn't want to marry you

How long it takes you to get married is entirely individual but when one person is gagging to get up the aisle and the other has no intention of going there, there are questions to answer says TRACY COX. read


US student's enchanting Instagram photos reveal fairytale life at Cambridge

New York-born Caroline Calloway, 23, who is studying history of art at Cambridge, has 300,000 followers on Instagram and regularly blogs about the 'bizarre but wonderful' culture of Cambridge. read


Why 'eating for two' when you're pregnant could leave you at risk of diabetes

FEMAIL asked the experts including Annabel Karmel MBE, who has helped millions of parents feed their children healthy food with her popular recipe books. read


Anger after Granary care home bans relatives from installing hidden cameras

Footage from a camera installed by the family of Gladys Wright, 79, showed her being pushed, shoved and pulled by staff at The Granary Care Home near Wraxhall, north Somerset. read


Elderly woman died after waiting in ambulance outside Glan Clwyd hospital for FOUR HOURS

Lilly Baxandall, 95, was taken to Glan Clwyd Hospital, north Wales (pictured), on September 1 last year after a fall, but died after waiting four hours in an ambulance to be admitted to A&E. read


Kudzu vinen from China looks just like Guardians of the Galaxy's Groot

Pan Yi went digging with a friend in the mountains in Shiyan, Hubei province, central China, and unearthed a massive tuber which looks just like Groot from the 2014 Marvel film. read


Marvin Gaye's family feud after $7.4m 'Blurred Lines' payout

Marvin Gaye's sisters and widow have told Daily Mail Online of the bitter rift between them. It has exploded after the singer's estate won a $7.4m copyright payout from Robin Thicke and Pharrell. read


Tracy Lockett, 54, who split with Turkish toyboy takes ANOTHER lover from the country

Tracy Lockett, from Manchester, fell for Bulent Dohan, 31, after meeting him online but their relationship turned sour over money but now she's talking marriage with another younger man. read


Romanian woman advertises on FACEBOOK for a man to impregnate her

Adelina Albu, 25, from Timisoara, in western Romania wants a baby but doesn't want a boyfriend, so has resorted to paying for sex. She is offering £350 to a man who can get her pregnant. read


Hull couple Frank and Alison White become first husband and wife to be Bishops

The appointment Alison White (right), 58, as Bishop of Hull means she joins husband Frank (left), 65, the current acting Bishop of Newcastle, at the top level of the Anglican Church. read


Horror injuries suffered by sleeping Cumbria couple after party guest stabbed them

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Today Rob Plevin and Sally Roythorne, from Cumbria, look like any other couple happily posing with their new baby. read


Female munitions workers building shells in armaments factory in WWI

The woman are seen at an electrical engineering firm owned by Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti in Oldham, Greater Manchester, that diversified and began to employ female workers in 1915. read


Hung out to dry: Cruel uncle punishes his six-year-old nephew's bad behaviour by leaving him on a fence post 

Nicu Borila, 30, was pictured hanging his six-year-old nephew from a fence post by his shirt in a bid to stop him from running away at the family's home on the outskirts of Bucharest. read


Black holes cause BLASTS in the cores of galaxies

Astronomers in Maryland have found the first observational evidence that supermassive black holes cause huge outpourings of material from the centre of galaxies (illustration shown). read


Lioness and her six cute cubs play together in the Masai Mara

The proud mother was spotted playing with her six young cubs - thought to be about six weeks old - in the Masai Mara, in Kenya, by photographers Laurent Renaud and Dominique Haution. read


Canadian pranksters pose as Apple employees and promote Microsoft before quitting

The amusing video shows the pranksters giving customers bad advice and promoting Microsoft products before they are confronted by actual members of staff inside a Toronto mall. read


Facebook adds support for 360 degree 'transportation' videos

Facebook is to begin supporting virtual reality on its newsfeed, with users able to put on a headset and explore a virtual location, the firm revealed at its F8 conference in San Francisco. read


British tourist trapped in Benidorm hospital as NHS doesn't have a free bed for him

Chris Carr, 62, from Melksham, Wiltshire, was rushed to hospital with severe stomach pains. Spanish doctors say he needs treatment in the UK - but he was told there were no free beds. read


Ifield teen killed by stepping in front of a train after being told his grades weren't good

Michael Platt, 18, had been studying in the first year of sixth form at Ifield Community College in Ifield, West Sussex, and had left the school just ten minutes before he was struck by a train and killed. read


Overtly sexy album artwork from Madonna to Lady Gaga censored in the Middle East

Saudi Arabia and its neighboring Middle East countries are notorious for censoring 'sexual' album covers by female artists. Record companies are producing 'modest' versions to avoid offence.. read


Sportswoman with heart condition collapsed and died at the age of 28

Sporty Jemma Rozier, 28, from Swindon Village in Gloucestershire, was found slumped in the driver's seat of her stationary car after suffering a fatal heart attack while driving to a party on March 14. read


Father-of-three who has lived in Britain for 53 years faces deportation to the States as he is caught up in immigration crackdown

Robert Carl Jordan, 56, has until April 6 to appeal a Government decision to send him back to the U.S, because they say he does not have the right paperwork to prove he can stay in the UK. read


Police make fresh appeal 40 years after murders of Eve Stratford and Lynne Weedon

Police investigating the historic murders of Eve Stratford (pictured), a 22-year-old who worked at London's Playboy club and schoolgirl Lynne Weedon, 16, have launched a fresh appeal for information. read


Pyranha Moulding fined £200k over death of worker inside industrial oven

Alan Catterall, 54, died while carrying out cleaning work at Runcorn-based Kayak company, Pyranha Mouldings in December 2010. read


Have we finally found DARK MATTER?

Physicists at Carnegie Mellon, Brown and Cambridge universities say the 'Reticulum 2' galaxy 98,000 light-years away has provided the most convincing signal of dark matter yet. read


Jacqueline Crane exposed as bogus psychology doctor

Jacqueline Crane, 52, of of St Austell, Cornwall, claimed to be a professor of psychology and accredited to train people to become counsellors, but her students became suspicious. read


Retiring MPs in line to make £9 MILLION in profit by selling their taxpayer-funded second homes

Around 30 MPs leaving Parliament at the election have kept their second homes which were funded by taxpayers until the expenses scandal broke in 2010. read


Chinese snipers shoot flies from 100 metres away in training

The Chinese army has gathered top marksmen to train for the Sniper World Cup. Trainees are asked to shoot images of flies hidden among other insects from 100 metres away to improve precision. read


Luxury 18th Century home goes on the market for £2million 

Kemeys Folly, in Langstone, near Newport in South Wales, starred in popular property show Grand Designs six years ago. Its owners have now put the unusual home up for sale. read


Locked in cages and whipped with toxic stingray tails: The Burmese slaves forced to catch fish that ends up in supermarkets, restaurants and pet shops across America

Burmese men are being kept in cages on a tiny Indonesian island and forced to fish - or risk being kicked, beaten and whipped with stingray tails. read


Will Samsung's Galaxy S7 fold in HALF?

A report hints that a fully foldable smartphone (stock image) by the South Korean firm could be ready as soon as next year and that foldable screens may also feature in laptops and wearables. read


Europe and Cuba to restore relations by the end of the year

19 years after the European Union cut diplomatic ties with Cuba, it wants to restore relations with the Caribbean island and its president Raul Castro (pictured), who met with an EU official today. read


What ARE they doing? Indian police track down couple pictured in compromising position on moving motorbike while on the highway 

The Indian couple were fined 1,000 rupees when they were traced by police, after a politician posted the snap on his Facebook page. In the picture the driver is only wearing his socks and a t-shirt. read


Military vehicle delivered to Ukraine from Britain failing to drive up and over small mound 

The all-terrain Saxon could be seen trying and failing to get up and over a mound of earth in the Ukraine while a Russian-made amphibious patrol car completed the same task untroubled. read


British Al Qaeda jihadi filmed complaining about 'having to go natural' to the toilet

The unnamed man, who speaks with a southern English accent, is filmed complaining about a lack of toilets as he stands in a trench - believed to be somewhere in the forest outside Lattakia city. read


PC Christopher Higgs conned four vulnerable women to fund gambling habit

PC Christopher Higgs, 30, of Helston, Cornwall, was in relationships with four women between 2009 and 2012 and defrauded them of a total of £38,307 in order to fund his gambling addiction. read


Twitter's 'Quality Filter' set to rid the site of abuse

The tool (pictured) works in a similar way to the California-based site's 'tailored notifications' and involves scanning tweets for abusive or offensive words, threats or signs of harassment. read


Danielle Pisani stole £17,000 from her dead best friend's business

Danielle Pisani, 34, of Little Clacton, Essex, was a manager at Moors Health and Beauty and best friends with its owner Sharon Moor. But when Ms Moor died Pisani began overpaying herself. read


Women reveal why they had ovaries removed like Angelina Jolie

Sue Kittow, 57, of, Cornwall and Frances Haworth, 44, of London, reveal how they coped with the devastating diagnosis and subsequent operations, as Jolie says she is now in menopause. read


The sun rises again: Japanese navy gets new helicopter carrier that is its biggest warship since WW2

Japan's navy today took delivery of its biggest warship since the Second World War as it continues expanding its military capability in an attempt to shed its post-war pacifism. read


Rio de Janeiro's mayor says Brazilian city's waterways WON'T be clean by Olympics

Eduardo Paes has acknowledged that Guanabara Bay, where Olympic sailing events are due to take place, may still be strewn with rubbish and sewage when the Games begin next year. read


Three holidays a year, three slap-up meals a month and a glass of wine every day: It's no wonder 70% of pensioners say they aren't feeling their age!

Researchers found the majority of pensioners are making the most of their later years with a packed diary of social engagements, days out, short breaks, holidays and shopping. read


Granny in Bromley pimps her mobility scooter with white bodywork and exhaust

Teenager David Richards took a photo of the elderly driver, who was wearing a purple head scarf and cream coat, as she waited at a zebra crossing in Orpington, south east London, yesterday. read


Damian Ayles defecating on Kent neighbours doorstep during campaign

Damian Ayles, 23, from Twydall, Kent, posted used tissues through the family's letterbox after committing the act. He also smeared excrement across the family's car, as part of the vendetta. read


Iran film portrays the Prophet Muhammad, drawing criticism

The £30million project filmed in Iran called 'Mohammed, Messenger of God' , tells the story of the prophet's childhood through the movie's other characters and never shows his face. read


Boris Berezovsky 'murdered as he was about to hand Vladimir Putin evidence of coup plot'

Sergie Sokolov, Beresovsky's former head of security says he did not commit suicide but was murdered by Western secret services over a plan to overthrown President Vladimir Putin. read


M&S suede skirt that's split Britain, what does Jane Asher think? 

The A-line skirt has had people all over the country talking this week. We asked Jane Asher to try a pick of the best suede items on offer and give her opinion on this season's trendiest material. read


Austen Harrison crushed to death by Hugo Boss mirror was an 'accident waiting to happen'

Austen Harrison (left) from Crawley, West Sussex was shopping with his parents Simon and Irina Harrison when he was crushed by a mirror (right) at the Bicester outlet village in Oxfordshire (insert). read


Scientists are close to developing a healthier GM potato

Scientists at the publicly-funded Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich claim they have designed a potato which takes eight genes from other varieties. A stock image is shown. read


Dominatrix Laura Lee challenges Northern Irish law that will make it illegal to pay for sex

Scotland-based dominatrix, Laura Lee, 37, has stated that the new legislation will put women's lives into danger by driving prostitution underground. read


How Pretty Woman REALLY should have ended (if the scriptwriter had got his way)

As the romantic comedy celebrates its 25th anniversary this week, the film's original scriptwriter, JF Lawton, reveals that the ending of Pretty Woman could have been very different. read


The US Navy's 'ghost hunter' hit the water: Robo-boats set to track down silent enemy submarines for months at a time

The ACTUV will be able to operate for several months at a time scouring the seas and coastal areas for silent, diesel powered enemy submarines, and is being tested in Mississippi. read


Norwegian facing jail for cutting off his beard and gluing it to another man's head

The Norwegian man who glued his beard to another man's head claims his victim requested the hairpiece because he was bald, but prosecutors say he was in breach of a restraining order. read


Rory Seager tried to rob a bookmakers' with a tin of PILCHARDS

Rory Seager, 18, has been spared jail after he tried to rob a William Hill bookmakers in Essex by claiming a tin of pilchards in his hand was actually a deadly bomb. read


Pope Francis meets wife of Alan Henning and brother of David Haines 

Alan Henning, 47, a father-of-two, was beheaded after he was taken hostage by Islamic State. Today his widow, Barbara Henning (pictured) met Pope Francis at St Peter's Basilica in Rome. read


Boko Haram abducts hundreds of Nigerian civilians

The Islamic militants took adults and children from primary schools in the north-eastern town of Damasak as troops from Niger and Chad approached a month ago, an offical confirmed. read


Strange Love's bearded woman considers shaving her face for first time in years

Annalisa Hackleman, from Sunnyvale, California, was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome, a hormonal condition that causes an increase in hair grown on her face and body. read


Ex-L'Oreal chairman Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones forces Val-d'Isere snack shop to close

Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones - a Welsh-born Oxford graduate who stepped down as head of the cosmetics giant in 2006 - had demanded the eatery close because it was an 'olfactory nuisance'. read


One corned beef sandwich for mankind: How astronauts took forbidden food onto Nasa's first two-man spaceflight 50 years ago

The Gemini 3 mission of 23 March 1965, launched from Florida, was shrouded in controversy when astronaut John Young snuck a corned beef sandwich (pictured in a museum) on board. read


Working class families priced out of holidays by rules banning term-time breaks

Poor children are at risk of missing out because their families cannot afford the high cost of travelling during school breaks, the National Union of Teachers said. read


Kraft Foods and Heinz announce merger to create $28 BILLION food and drink giant

H.J. Heinz Co. is buying Kraft Foods, creating one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world with annual revenue of about $28 billion. read


Most British parents would take their children out of school to avoid high prices on holidays

With the Easter holiday approaching, a growing number of parents are considering taking their children out of school to avoid the inevitable high prices, a new survey has found. read


Move over Baywatch: Lifeguard drone could save swimmers in distress

Ryptide converts drones into a flying life-guard that can drop up to four inflatable rings to swimmers in trouble. It is being developed by students in Stamford, Connecticut. read


China uses waste cooking oil from restaurants to fuel commercial airline flight

Hainan Airlines completed China's first commercial flight using a biofuel made from the country's plentiful waste cooking oil. The 'gutter oil' is mixed with normal jet fuel at a one-to-one ratio. read


Lionel Messi tops football rich list as Barcelona star takes home nearly £1m-a-week

Lionel Messi is the highest paid footballer on the planet, banking nearly £1million a week last year in wages and sponsorship deals. In all, the Barcelona hero earned an eye-watering £47.8m read


Swedish learner drivers asked if alcohol is 'a mitigating circumstance' during rape

Swedish learner drivers undergoing a compulsory theory course are invited to discuss if it is 'an aggravating or mitigating circumstance' is a woman is drunk during sexual assault. read


The Last Photos of John Lennon and Yoko Ono revealed

Before John Lennon was murdered in 1980, his days with Yoko were captured by photographer Kishin Shinoyama. John had been obsessed with alcohol, women and drugs, until Yoko. read


Ramen noodle baths, cactus massages and a 'womb room' among weirdest spa treatments

Hotel spas are pushing the boat out when it comes to providing cutting-edge treatments. Guests can be scrubbed down by a cactus, lathered in marmalade, and rolled by golf balls. read


Inside Uniworld's S.S. Maria Theresa Baroque-inspired super ship

The S.S. Maria Theresa, a luxury riverboat dedicated to the Habsburg dynasty's only female ruler, is undergoing its final touches before it sets sail on its maiden voyage from Amsterdam. read


City financier plans basement under £11m home of John Galsworthy

Caspar Berendsen, a partner in city firm Cinven, is planning to build a vast basement extension under the Hampsted house once owned by Nobel Prize-winning author John Galsworthy. read


Luke Skywalker's Star Wars home is close to ISIS' Tunisian stronghold

The desert cliffs around the Tunisian town were once the backdrop for much of the 1977 classic, including Skywalker and his foster family's igloo home (pictured), now 60 miles from ISIS in Libya. read


Yemeni president flees Aden palace as rebels seize control of city

Yemen's president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi fled the country by sea today as Houthi rebels seized control of the southern port city of Aden and offered a $100,000 bounty for his capture. read


Chelsea fans allegedly involved in Paris metro racist incident

Souleymane Sylla, 33, was trying to board the busy train at Richelieu-Drouot station, ahead of the club's match against Paris St Germain, when supporters twice forced him back onto the platform. read


How to make an Easter egg in an hour

FEMAIL heads to Hotel Chocolat's School of Chocolate in Covent Garden to learn how to make an Easter egg from chocolatier Kiri Kalenko. read


Conjoined twins born in Indonesia with completely attached chest and abdomen

The girls born in Java, Indonesia fall under the most common type of conjoined twins who share a single heart, making it 'nearly impossible' to separate them and save both babies. read


Children of smokers are 'up to four times more likely to get heart disease later in life'

The dangers still exist even if smokers try and limit their child's exposure to second hand smoke - so the only way to protect children is to not smoke at all, say Finnish researchers. read


Why seaweed is now at the top of the superfood table

The nutrient-packed seaweed contains 46 minerals, 16 amino acids (protein building blocks) and 11 micro-nutrients. It can be consumed in its raw form, in salads and sushi or added as a powder. read


Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna offering visitors the chance to stay overnight

For all those dreaming of a holiday fit for royalty, look no further than the Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria, which has now opened its doors to overnight visitors in a luxurious suite. read


The moment the world turns from grey into shades of the rainbow: Moving video shows colour blind people seeing normally for the first time

New glasses by EnChroma correct colour blindness by helping distinguish between colours. People are seen viewing flowers, sunsets and their children's crayon drawings for the first time in their lives. read


Will Google's self driving cars have airbags on the OUTSIDE to protect pedestrians? 

Google's self driving car could have airbags both inside and  out, a new patent granted to the Mountain View firm has revealed. read


'Robot on reins' could soon replace guide dogs

The robot (pictured), developed at King's College London is equipped with sensors. A sleeve on the user's arm interprets signals sent back from the robot using micro vibrations. read


Angry mob STOPS Wildlife SOS rescuers from treating abused elephant 

A mob of up to 300 people in the Indian town of Lalganj surrounded a team who were attempting to rescue Mohan, a performing elephant who is shackled with heavy chains around his legs. read


Morrisons brings back human staff as it ditches 'pointless' hi-tech queuing system

The Intelligent Queue Management (iQM) system has been scrapped by the Bradford-based supermarket's new CEO, David Potts, after receiving feedback from customers and staff. read


Tasha David says NOT vaccinating her kids was the best decision

Tasha David, an Australian mother of eight from Bungalow in New South Wales, has six vaccinated children who suffer with autism, ADHD, language disorder, and severe mood swings. read


New Land Rover Defender designed by British fashion icon Paul Smith

Paul Smith used 27 colours on the bodywork of the Defender, inspired by the countryside and British Army, and coated the interior in bespoke leather and fabric he makes for a luxury American firm. read


Woman embarks on round-the-world trips over two years to overcome 'inner emptiness'

Leigh Ann Henion, from Boone, North Carolina, chronicled her journey in her new memoir Phenomenal: A Hesitant Adventurer’s Search for Wonder in the Natural World. read


Chinese army commander saves trainee after a GRENADE slips out of cadet's hand 

A military police trainee was lucky he wasn't seriously hurt or killed after he dropped a live grenade during an exercise drill in Guangzhou, China. The video shows Xiao Zhang being pulled to safety. read


Mac on... The burial of Richard III

'Yeah I fink I read about it. They found him in a car park shoutin', swearin', and beating up a producer.' read


Dramatic moment mother antelope clashed horns with a rhino at Longleat Safari Park

The stand-off at Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire saw the antelope refuse to back down when the beast approached her calf - and at one point even clashed horns with it. read


Treasures from Lauren Bacall's Manhattan home on display before they are auctioned off

Items from Lauren Bacall's sprawling Manhattan mansion, which is on the market for $26 million, are set to go under the hammer at Bonhams New York on March 31 and April 1. read


Brazilian minibus falls in sinkhole and is then swept up in furious torrent

Filmed in a remote area of Para state in the north of the country, the clip shows the stricken vehicle plunging into a massive sinkhole before being washed away by the raging deluge below. read


White House florist Laura Dowling 'escorted from the building' after quitting'

Laura Dowling, who had overseen flower decorations at the White House for six years, ended her employment with no notice according to sources with 'close ties to current residence staffers'. read


Portable balconies that extend 30ft in the air offer '15-minute holidays' without having to travel

German designer Goetz Schrader believes the extendable balconies eliminate the need for snap holidays and would be ideal for London, New York and other cities where space is limited. read


Ponies chase off wild boar as it charged Belgian couple in video

The dramatic footage shot in the Belgian countryside shows a wild boar beginning to charge at the couple before a group of three small ponies come to their rescue, chasing it off into a nearby field. read