'I'd like to apologise for the music festivals that have been keeping you, the deaf man and those buried in the cemetery awake': Noisy neighbours' scorching reply to woman who dropped notes over the fence begging them to stop partying

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A woman's noisy neighbour has issued a withering reply to her hand-written letter complaining about his hard-partying ways, claiming only the deaf and 'those buried in the cemetery' would have any concerns with the noise coming for his home. The man's sarcastic response comes after Lucy Gransbury wrote a two-page rant to her inner-Melbourne neighbours and threw it over the fence (left) after enduring four months of sleepless nights. Ms Gransbury followed the note up a week later with a thank you card and some gifts after she was woken again just before dawn. But after four weeks without a reply, Jershon Witehira (right) posted his sarcastic response with photos of some of the recent all-night parties he had held on his Facebook page. He also asked if she knew anyone who might want to rent their spare room.

What was on the camera? Friend of British backpacker who drowned while diving on Great Barrier Reef claims staff DELETED photos taken of the young woman moments before she entered water

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Friends of a British backpacker who drowned during a diving trip on the Great Barrier Reef claim staff deleted photos that were taken shortly before the doomed young woman entered the water for the last time. Bethany Farrell, 23, (pictured, top) died on February 17 while on her first scuba dive in Blue Pearl Bay, in the Whitsundays. Friends of the young woman, who was from Essex in London, took to Tripadvisor to slam Wings Diving Adventures for the way they handled the tragic incident. While one of the reviews criticises the way people on the boat were treated amid the panic, another makes the shocking claim that photos of the backpacker shortly before she died were deleted (pictured, bottom). Ms Farrell's father has said there is 'no excuse' if claims of the discarded pictures are true.

'I wouldn't have married her if I'd known she had deformed nipples': Man blames wife's breasts for 'doomed' marriage in attempt to reduce amount he owes in divorce proceedings 

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Actor Ryan Reynolds struck by car in hit-and-run while walking in Vancouver parking garage 

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Disturbing images of 15-year-old girl who has undergone extreme plastic surgery cause an online furore... as creepy fans claim she is 'too beautiful to look at' 

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Online predator who 'abused 28 children' faces court charged with more than 100 acts including filming child porn over 13 years

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Nine-year-old sex slave is made pregnant by 10 ISIS militants raping her says aid worker

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Is this the moment an elite private school principal was caught watching PORN in his office? Headmaster sacked after grainy photo appeared on Snapchat

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Guru who taught us women to ENJOY giving birth: As childbirth expert Sheila Kitzinger dies at 86, JENNI MURRAY pays tribute 

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Desperate mothers battle to save four young children from drowning after they are trapped by tide as onlookers film the drama on their mobile phones

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'My daughter has lost her favourite teacher, and she will never be the same': Local parents' anger over the murder of popular teacher Stephanie Scott - as kids are too traumatised to return to school

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Police begin autopsy to determine cause of Stephanie Scott's death... as their inquiries 'widen to the Netherlands' to probe alleged killer's background

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Mortein apologises for 'tasteless' post using #putyourdressout hashtag created to support family of murdered Stephanie Scott

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Heir Jordan! Spieth embraces his tearful high-school sweetheart as he's crowned the youngest Masters winner since Tiger Woods

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The lizard who speaks perfect English: Bearded dragon nods when asked if she wants something to eat

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Boy, three, 'shoots and kills one-year-old BABY after picking up loaded gun that had been left lying unattended in Ohio home'

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The 'human Satnav' that tells your legs the way to go: Scientists develop device that guides walkers using electrodes

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Crystal-studded shoes, emeralds the size of quails' eggs and a bouquet made of JEWELS: Sultan of Brunei's son celebrates wedding with mind-boggling splendour

The lavish royal wedding of the son of the Sultan of Brunei, Prince Abdul Malik, 31, and data analyst, Dayangku Raabi'atul 'Adawiyyah Pengiran Haji Bolkiah, 22, (left) took place at the Istana Nural Iman palace today. The couple exchanged vows in front of friends and family, nobility and international dignitaries at the monarch's 1,788-room palace (pictured right) in Brunei's capital, Bandar Seri Begawan. Nothing was too lavish for the pair, from the gilded throne to the bride's Swarovski-encrusted Christian Louboutin heels and thick gold anklet.

Oh the things you can think up if you try! Imaginative homeowner transforms Alaskan cabin into 12-story 'Dr Seuss tower'

For anyone who grew up reading Dr Seuss, a hike through the snowy wilderness of Alaska may bring back some magical memories.

Just outside the town of Willow, a small sleepy hamlet about 130 kilometres from Anchorage, stands a structure affectionately known as the Dr Seuss house.

According to design website This is Colossal, the original owner decided to build the home after a forest fire swept through the area. A view of the national park and mountains beyond was the inspiration behind the location.

Hailed as one of the most imaginative minds in history, Dr Seuss created magical worlds with playful rhymes and kooky illustrations. But it seems his words have come to life near Anchorage.

Passenger dead and driver injured at Disney racing attraction after Lamborghini flies off the track into a guardrail

Driving Experience at Walt Disney World Speedway Sunday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The attraction, which allows guests to drive high-end sports cars, sits on Disney property on World Drive.

The Exotic Driving Experience attraction lets racing fans be drivers or passengers in luxurious cars such as Lamborghinis, Porsches or Ferraris.

'F*****g stop, that's me!': Horrific wounds suffered by hunter after friend mistook him for a DEER and blasted him with a shotgun

GRAPHIC IMAGE WARNING: A New Zealand hunter is lucky to be alive after a friend mistook him for a deer and shot him in the back with a rifle. Max Verschuuren, 21 (pictured hunting, right, and in hospital, left) was emptying rocks out of his boot his friend blasted his back open, thinking the dim headlight he was wearing on his head was a glint in a deer's eye. Grisly photographs (stitched up, inset) snapped in hospital show the gaping, bloody wound the bullet left. Doctors said Mr Verschuuren was very lucky to be alive and told him to 'buy tickets to the lottery'.

'This is a disgrace!' Drama unfolds on the first night of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week as furious NEIGHBOUR storms runway at Ellery show because music was too loud

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The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia got off to a dramatic start in Sydney on Sunday night, when the show was interrupted by a man who stormed the runway at the Ellery Show (pictured left and inset). As designer Kym Ellery (right) made her way down the catwalk to take her bow, a furious man understood to be a neighbour of the Carriageworks venue at Eveleigh made a very public complaint about the music. The man covered his ears with his hands and started shouting at a security guard who escorted him from the runway. Hardcore electronic tunes accompanied the show, which lasted around 15 minutes. Eye witnesses overheard the local man complaining that, 'the noise is way to loud, this is a disgrace'.

Two French tourists are charged with cruelty after 'attempting to burn a QUOKKA' with an aerosol and lighter 

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Saturday Night Live slammed for controversial sketch about a 'hot' female teacher raping her 16-year-old student

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Watch the moment a man tries to catch the world's biggest huntsman... but crashes to the floor as the spider drops on his head

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Chess grandmaster thrown out of tournament and facing 15 year ban after being caught cheating on his smartphone in the toilet

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Eating out 'raises blood pressure': Just one restaurant meal or takeaway each week can increase risk by 6%

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The boy who can't go out in the sun: Damon, 11, suffers from a rare condition which means his throat swells and he breaks out in a severe rash if he's exposed to daylight 

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'I thought I'd be going to New York': Woman who found rusty old ring while snorkeling in Bali amazed to discover that the owners live in the SAME Australian state as she does

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Inventor solves the problem of MILLIONS of coffee capsules thrown away yearly with sugar-coated pods that dissolve in water

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On the dole... but driving a Maserati! Unemployed man on benefits exploits bank loophole for crazy spending spree on luxury cars, rare artwork and a fishing boat

Luke Brett Moore, 27, (inset) overdrew $2million over three years from his St George Bank account. He was found guilty of exploiting a bank loophole earlier this year but will be sentenced on Friday. New South Wales police found a Maserati (top left), a signed photo of Top Gear hosts (top right), a power boat (bottom right) and Michael Jackson's autograph (bottom left) that had been bought by Moore with the money he had withdrawn at his West Goulburn home - in NSW's south.

Female school worker charged after 'having sex with 14-year-old boy in the backseat of her car as her friend drove them around'

A Pasco County charter school employee under arrested for allegedly having sex with at least two teenage boys, the sheriff?s office said.

Diane Blankenship, 45, New Port Richey, was arrested Friday afternoon at her home. She is an employee of Dayspring Academy.

Blankenship is accused of having sex with a 17- and 14-year-old boy. She allegedly had sex with the 14-year-old in the back seat of her vehicle while one of the boy?s friends drove them around, deputies said.

She allegedly had sex with the 17-year-old at the victim?s house in his bedroom.

Suzanne Legg, an administrator at Dayspring Academy, sent a message to the media late Friday saying Blankenship has been placed on unpaid administrative leave, and no Dayspring students were involved.

Diane Blankenship, 45, allegedly had sex with a 14-year-old boy in the back of her car while her friend drove them around Tampa, Florida, in December last year, and later with a 17-year-old boy at his house.

'You wanna get slapped?': Shocking reaction of Burger King employee caught on camera following customer's complaint about the milkshake

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A quarter of Australians now choose to live alone... and the women who do are more likely to have a better job

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Mass grave may hold Anne Frank: Holocaust survivors help pinpoint new site near concentration camp which may contain diarist's remains 

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'I'm ur worst nightmare': Teen taunts police on Facebook while on the run for a string of burglaries

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Jake Castner (pictured), 19, is on the run after police issued a warrant for his arrest in relation to a string of thefts. The teen from Ballarat, Victoria, was last year labelled a 'nightmare' by a magistrate. His Facebook page is littered with drug references including offers of 'bud for cash' and an image of him smoking a glass pipe (right). He boasted on the social media site on Sunday: 'We don't talk to police!'

Lee Rigby's fiancée finds happiness with cadet major who was a friend of the murdered soldier

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Man found dumped at bottom of a well may have been defending his vegetable garden from a leek thief, say French police

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Hundreds of Armenians line the streets to get a glimpse of their most famous daughter Kim Kardashian - as Pope acknowledges their 'genocide' for the first time

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Irish coffee with cheese, glazed doughnuts with Americano and marshmallows with a mocha: The best desserts to pair with your favourite caffeine fix revealed

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Child safety boss and former Catholic brother charged with sexually abusing two 12-year-old boys loses his bid to hide his identity to save him from 'embarrassment' 

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Darwin man impersonates a police officer to hunt down his wife and son at a women's refuge but avoids jail

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Frail elderly woman, 82, drops five kilograms in five days after doctors told her to fast for medical tests she never had

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'She isn't going to know': Chilling words of students accused of sickening 'gang rape' at Spring Break in video 'which shows jeering crowd pouring beer on her'

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Police officer has glass removed from his HEAD after bottles were thrown when authorities shut down huge rave in Sydney that over 1000 people attended

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Man convicted 26 times for drink driving to be released from prison... even though he says he is still a 'danger to the community'

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'Everyday Americans need a champion': Wealthy Hillary Clinton enters race to be president with video telling middle class voters 'the deck is still stacked in favor of those at the top' of the economy

'I wanted to make sure you heard it first from me - it's official: Hillary's running for president,' Clinton chief of staff John Podesta wrote to donors. 'She is hitting the road to Iowa to start talking directly with voters.' Her campaign handlers are planning small-scale 'listening tour' stops like those that opened up her successful 2000 Senate campaign in New York, a state where she had never lived before she campaigned there. Iowans know her just as sparsely today: She has been to the state just once since her 2008 presidential campaign crashed and burned, touched off when a first-term Illinois senator named Obama lit the fuse.

Meet the Aussie television star that you've never heard of who is in the running for a top comedy award... in the Philippines 

Darwin's Natalia Moon is a surprise TV sensation in the Philippines with a legion of adoring fans in southeast Asia and an award nomination for her role in a local sitcom which requires she speaks Tagolog.

The happiest meal of their lives! Man pops the question to girlfriend inside McDonald's restaurant

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Are these the nation's most incompetent thieves? Four men rob a service station by filling a DOONA cover with $38,000 worth of cigarettes...but can't fit the stash in the car 

A group of four men are wanted for a series of five break-ins in Melbourne. The men have been caught on CCTV footage forcing their way into a service station in Tecoma in Melbourne's outer east and filling a doona cover with $38,000 worth of cigarettes. During their getaway the men lost about a third of their loot as they dragged the massive sack alongside the car.

Blackout at the British theatre awards! Nicole Scherzinger oozes sex appeal as Gillian Anderson and Downton's Laura Carmichael follow suit in sexy strapless dresses

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The stars were out in full force as they arrived at London's grand Royal Opera House for the Olivier theatre awards, formally known as the Olivier Awards with MasterCard. Nicole Scherzinger (left), Gillian Anderson (centre) and Downton Abbey's Laura Carmichael (right) all opted for sex strapless dresses. Nicole look sensational in an outfit that highlighted her lean and slender frame to perfection. Gillian Anderson added some star appeal to the night's proceedings as the Hollywood star stepped out in a sheer black dress.

'There was blood on his teeth, six men pulled him off and I had to get 56 stitches': Melanie Griffith's brother describes their dangerous and bizarre upbringing in Tippi Hedren's home shared with LIONS

The man whose father married Tippi Hedren and who spent years living with Melanie Griffith as her stepbrother is opening up about the infamous lion film the two made with their parents, Roar. They worked, and lived, with lions (above) for the 11 years they made the film, and now, John Marshall (inset), son of director Noel Marshall who was married to Hedren, is saying of his father's decision; 'Dad was a f**king **hole to do that to his family.' He then added; 'It seemed like a really cool idea at the beginning, but it was dangerous.'

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Cui Hongfang, from Heilongjiang Province in north-eastern China, hit the back of her head on a corner of the stone wall after she collided with the 38-year-old Canadian woman.

Chaos caught on camera: Some of the most dramatic moments ever caught on film revealed in new show

Chaos Caught on Camera premieres on the Science Channel on Monday, April 13. The show reveals fantastic phone footage (examples pictured) shot by people in the middle of real-life dramas. Viewers get an intense experience as if they're actually there in disaster zone and the incredible facts behind each freak catastrophe or survival are explained afterwards.

Teenage sisters savagely kicked, punched and stomped in massive park brawl as dozens of onlookers pulled out their phones to shoot video and egg them on

Destiny Cooke, 16, and Lajahia Cooke, 17, were beaten by a mob in Trenton. Lajahia said one girl ripped out her earring and then the girl's mother threw a rock at her ear, which required 12 stitches.

Man confronts woman for hitting crying young boy in the face with a tablet in shopping centre parking lot

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Yvonne Camargo, 39, of Victorville, California, was arrested on suspicion of willful cruelty to a child on April 3 after she was identified from the video. It is unknown as to if she was charged. She can be seen wiping the young boy's face as he cries. She loads him into the back seat of a Chevrolet sedan, where he continues to cry, before she hits him with the tablet.

Girlfriend of victim of Germanwings crash refuses to blame killer co-pilot: 'I cannot hate someone for being sick'

Anneli Tiirik, 23, of Estonia, said she did not blame Andreas Lubitz for the death of her boyfriend Paul Bramley, 28, who was flying home via Dusseldorf from a holiday in Barcelona.

Pope infuriates Turkey by describing mass killings of Armenians 100 years ago as 'genocide'

Pope Francis holds the pastoral staff as he celebrates an Armenian-Rite Mass to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican Sunday, April 12, 2015. Historians estimate that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I, an event widely viewed by genocide scholars as the first genocide of the 20th century. Turkey however denies that the deaths constituted genocide, saying the toll has been inflated, and that those killed were victims of civil war and unrest. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Turkey said Pope Francis has caused a 'problem of trust' after describing the mass-murders of up to 1.5million Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915 as 'the first genocide of the 20th century'

Liverpool football star Raheem Stirling caught puffing on a shisha pipe 'as strong as 200 cigarettes' on night out with friends

The 20-year-old Liverpool footballer has been photographed puffing on a shisha pipe on a night out with his mates with the words '1 down another 3 to go', to the condemnation of fans online

Pimps, prostitutes - but not a selfie stick in sight: Times Square of the 1970s as seen through the eyes of bartender who worked there 

Sheldon Nadelman, 80, was working as a bartender when he captured thousands of images of New Yorkers that would seem out of place in the glitz of today's Midtown Manhattan.

World's youngest DJ is just two years old but already has a dedicated following of thousands of fans

Oratilwe Hlongwane, from Johannesburg, South Africa, whose DJ name is AJ, is still learning to put together words but is already able to play music from a laptop, making him a worldwide phenomenon. The two-year-old's ability to work a mixing deck has earned him special appearances and sponsorship deals with fans desperate to hear his bass-heavy house music. His mother, Refiloe Marumo, credits his success on the DJ set to an iPad app which she said he used to learn how to play and mix songs. Despite still wearing nappies and learning how to talk, the young DJ already has nearly 25,000 Facebook fans. His parents said they won't force him into a DJ career but believe he will end up doing something involving computers, adding: 'I can see a future Bill Gates here.'

Driverless cars more likely to make you travel sick says new study - unless you are lying down

A study from the University of Michigan found between six and 12 per cent of people riding in the so-called 'robocars' will experience 'moderate to severe' motion sickness.

Property developer's nine-year-old son demoted in Little League 'to punish dad for trying to build affordable housing' in one of America's richest towns

In this April 6, 2015 photo, Christopher Stefanoni poses at the Darien Little League park in Darien, Conn., Stefanoni is suing the Darien Little League in federal court, saying league officials demoted his 9-year-old son to a lower-level team as retribution for his affordable housing proposal. Lawyers for the Little League deny the allegations. (AP Photo/Dave Collins)

Christopher Stefanoni, from Darien, Connecticut, a town of 21,000 with an average income of $200,000, says his boy was put in a lower-ranking team after he put forward the plans.

Fans travel thousands of miles to bid farewell to the real-life 'Up' house set to be demolished despite owner who refused millions and fought until her death to save it

 Similarities: The Seattle-based property's (pictured) nickname is based on its resemblance to the house in the Disney movie 'Up'. In the film, an old man does not want to move into a retirement home, so he attaches balloons to his tiny wooden house and flies away

The real-life 'Up' house (top right) in Seattle, Washington, will likely soon be demolished following the death of its 86-year-old owner, Edith Macefield (inset). And so, in tribute to the pensioner's unwavering strength and love, hundreds of visitors (left) are flocking to the 600-square-foot bungalow to bid it farewell. Upon their arrival, the tourists - some of whom have traveled thousands of miles - attach balloons and heartfelt notes to the property's fence (bottom right).

Two-year-old boy falls into cheetah enclosure after his mother dangled him over the edge at zoo - and is then rescued by parents who jumped in after him

The boy's mother was holding him and another child when he slipped and fell into between 10 to 12ft and into the pit on Saturday around 3pm at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, officials said.

Girl, 4, raises the alarm after finding both parents dead in murder suicide

Mother-of-three Georgina Rojas-Medina, 41, was shot and killed by her common-law husband, Gerardo Tovar, 44, who then turned the gun on himself, according to police in Tulare, California.

Property developer's nine-year-old son 'demoted in Little League to punish dad for trying to build affordable housing in one of America's richest towns'

In this April 6, 2015 photo, Christopher Stefanoni poses at the Darien Little League park in Darien, Conn., Stefanoni is suing the Darien Little League in federal court, saying league officials demoted his 9-year-old son to a lower-level team as retribution for his affordable housing proposal. Lawyers for the Little League deny the allegations. (AP Photo/Dave Collins)

Christopher Stefanoni, from Darien, Connecticut, a town of 21,000 with an average income of $200,000, says his boy was put in a lower-ranking team after he put forward the plans.

International Space Station gets Italian espresso maker so astronauts can have a break from instant coffee to 'boost spirits'

The experimental espresso machine, is intended for International Space Station astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy so she could get relief from the station's instant coffee.

That's going to leave a mark! Brave woman poses with venomous tarantula and allows it to BITE her hand

Exotic pet owner Kayonna Cole, from Los Angeles, proved she is no arachnophobe when she posed with her pet tarantula in a video that will make some viewers cringe. She remained calm and didn't flinch as the venomous spider dug its fangs into her skin several times. She later suffered a reaction to the spider's venom, including redness of the skin and soreness.

 
   

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Soldiers watching your every move, high-fiving fans and a ban on cameras at the North Korean marathon: Inside the world's strangest road race 

Around 650 foreign entrants,  three times more than last year, joined in today's Pyongyang marathon under the close watch of Korean soldiers. The event - which only opened its doors to non-local amateurs in 2014 - was founded in 1981 in the single-party country, which is now led by brutal dictator Kim Jong un.One of this year's entrants Duncan Erasmus (right) a 23 year-old software firm owner from Auckland who ran the full amateur marathon, told MailOnline he was aware of being constantly watched but said the atmosphere remained jovial.

Brother of China's final emperor who was the last of the Qing dynasty dies in Beijing aged 96

Puren was the youngest brother of Puyi (pictured), who ruled for four years from 1908 until 1912. He died on Friday after being taken to hospital with pneumonia in February, his family revealed.

New aerial photos show devastation left by tornado which flattened a strip of suburban homes - but left neighboring properties intact

Residents from Fairdale, an unincorporated town 80 miles northwest of Chicago, were told they could return to their homes on Saturday to salvage what they could. But buildings in the settlement were virtually flattened when the vortex slammed into the area at around 7pm on Thursday night. Officials reported that 17 of the 50 buildings in the town are completely destroyed, while the other 33 have all been damaged in some way. Geraldine M Schultz, 67, and Jacklyn K. Klosa, 69, were killed in her home by the storm, authorities announced, while around a dozen people were injured.

How DOGS can help diagnose prostate cancer: Canines SNIFF out disease with 98% accuracy

Experts at the Humanitas Clinical and Research Centre in Milan found two dogs were able to detect the majority of prostate cancer cases after sniffing the urine samples of 900 men, 360 with cancer.

'Cat ladies are cute, not crazy!' New York photographer captures portraits of women with their beloved pets in an attempt to debunk the feline-focused stereotype 

A new photo series by New York City-based photographer BriAnne Wills shows beautiful and stylish women interacting with their pets in order to show female cat owners in a new light.

Phileas Dog's ruff guide... to the world! Pet visits 23 destinations and travels 25,000 miles following her owner across the globe

Leaving a favourite dog in kennels while travelling abroad can be a source of profound guilt. But one owner was so overwhelmed with anxiety at the thought of being parted from her pet, she decided to take the dog on her frequent journeys overseas. As a result, May Wong's four-year-old cockapoo, Miss Darcy, has travelled the globe - visiting 11 countries and 23 destinations including New York, Berlin, Stockholm, Milan and Paris. She takes more trips with her owner every year than the average Briton and has covered nearly 25,000 miles since 2011 - making her a real-life Phileas Dog.

   

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