You will NEVER want to buy a bag of supermarket salad again: How migrant farmworkers picking vegetables for major stores are treated like 'slaves' and live in filthy conditions

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Migrant workers producing vegetables exported to Britain say they are denied basic hygiene facilities while working and are forced to use bushes near where the vegetables are being grown as toilets. They are not provided with soap or water to wash their hands, while some live in filthy shacks made of wood and plastic sheeting near the fields in southern Spain. They claim they are treated like slaves by agencies who hire them to produce the salads and vegetables that end up on supermarket shelves in Britain. They also say they are made to work around dangerous pesticides - causing some to fall ill - and are routinely left unpaid for hours they have worked. Pictured: Workers picking food for Agroherni (left), their living conditions (centre and right) and a mini romana lettuce (inset).

Revealed: Man who went home with missing Glasgow student hours before she vanished who police say is not a suspect

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Relatives of Alexander Pacteau (bottom left) yesterday confirmed Karen Buckley (top left) went back to his flat from a nightclub before she disappeared. Police have said Mr Pacteau is not being treated as a suspect, as Miss Buckley left his flat around 4am on Sunday. The family of Miss Buckley, who is from Cork in the Republic of Ireland, have flown to Scotland to help with the search for the Glasgow Caldeonian University student, who studies occupational therapy.

How so-called health apps could actually be causing us stress: Doctors warn 'untested and unscientific' apps make us worry we are abnormal or unhealthy

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Housing fat cats' hypocrisy: Furious backlash at PM's right-to-buy revolution... from housing chiefs with lavish homes and six-figure salaries 

The pledge to extend the dream of home ownership to 1.3million social tenants was the centrepiece of Tuesday's Tory manifesto launch. But housing associations responded furiously - with one board member lambasting the proposal as the 'right to steal'. There were even threats of a legal challenge, potentially under European human rights laws. But the bosses of housing associations, which are not for profit, were themselves in the dock after details emerged of their lavish salaries. Eighty pocket more than Mr Cameron's salary of £142,500. David Bennett of the Sanctuary Group (inset top left) is reported to earn £314,000 a year and owns a home (top left) bought for £295,000 in 2003. Jane Ashcroft (inset top right) of the Anchor housing association earns £332,000 a year and owns a home bought for £750,000 in 2005. Simon Dow (bottom left) of the Guinness Partnership earns £264,000 a year and owns a home valued at £750,000 while Darrell Mercer (inset bottom right) is said to earn £247,000 a year and owns a home bought for £732,500 in 2006.

Sturgeon's right to buy betrayal: Her parents bought their council house for £8,000 in 1984. So why won't Nicola Sturgeon allow aspirational Scots the same privilege today?

Paradoxically, despite her hatred of all things Conservative, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's parents bought the family home under the Tories' original right-to-buy policy.

Relatives of son of Labour councillor also accused of trying to sneak into Syria are arrested after being flown back to the UK

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They were among eight relatives stopped at the Turkish border with Syria on April 1 with university student Waheed Ahmed, pictured, the 21-year-old son of Labour councillor Shakil Ahmed.

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Talk over dinner? But I've just got to check my smartphone: Fifth of 16 to 34 spend mealtimes checking their mobiles

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Nearly a fifth of Britons aged between 16 and 34 spend family dinners checking their mobiles instead of talking to their nearest and dearest, compared to 1 per cent of those aged over 55.

Proof that 'pupil-led' trendy teaching lowers standards: Study of Scandinavian techniques shows performance in countries has steadily declined over past 50 years 

Progressive education experts in the UK have long pushed for our system to emulate the group work and independent study that is popular Finland, which has regularly topped international league tables.

How divorce can cost you in old age: Person who has never been through break-up can expect retirement income 13% higher than someone who has

For those who kept their marriage intact or who have never married, it means an extra £2,100 a year - £17,800 rather than £15,700, while the debt of a divorced retiree averages at £22,100.

Under-fire BBC chief 'to quit her HSBC role': Director tells shareholders she will stay on for 'further one-year period' before leaving the board 

HSBC director Rona Fairhead will apparently quit her role at the bank in a year's time. The under-fire BBC boss is said to have announced her departure in a letter to shareholders.

So what does the REAL Margo Leadbetter think of Cameron's vision of The Good Life? Woman who lives in home in which 1970s sitcom was set delivers HER verdict

Sheila Elkan (left), 84, who lives in the house (centre) that featured as the Leadbetters' home in the classic 1970s TV series, backed David Cameron today after he launched his 'Good Life' manifesto. The great-grandmother-of-five has lived in the home in Hillingdon, north-west London, since 1986. She told MailOnline today: 'From what I have seen I think Cameron is the best man to give the good life. That's my personal opinion.' Also pictured: Penelope Keith (right), who played Margo Leadbetter in the sitcom.

Cameron pledges good life for all: PM says Tories aren't just party of cuts as manifesto offers lifetime of security 

David Cameron put childcare, home ownership, lower taxes and an end to death duties at the centre of a deliberately optimistic pitch to remain in power yesterday.

Dave gave a pumpy lipped nod of defiance: QUENTIN LETTS sees a PM brimming with can-do spirit 

By my counting David Cameron said 'the good life' (as in the TV comedy about self-sufficiency) nine times as he launched his party's manifesto yesterday, writes QUENTIN LETTS.

Boost for Tories as UK economy overtakes France to become second largest in the EU 

The UK clocked up growth of 2.8 per cent in 2014 - the strongest in the Group of Seven industrialised nations and seven times higher than France's 0.4 per cent.

Labour to give grans time off for childcare: Party plans to allow working grandparents to take four weeks off unpaid to look after their grandchildren 

The party's deputy leader Harriet Harman, in an interview with the Daily Mail, said grandparents would be allowed to take up to four unpaid weeks off per year in order to help with childcare.

The real secret of happiness is... clean sheets! Two-thirds of respondents say a fresh bed is one of their favourite feelings in a list of top 50 things that feel great 

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Over-50s women are now biggest buyers of beauty products: Rise fuelled by older brand ambassadors including Helen Mirren 

Total average expenditure on cosmetics products for women from the age of 50 to when they turn 70 is now up to £43,446 - which makes this age group the biggest spending for the first time.

BBC's iPlayer loses the plot: Frustrated fans say catch-up service is cutting off vital last minutes of radio dramas 

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Frustrated listeners say the vital last minutes of numerous shows have been left off versions uploaded to the iPlayer service.

Google accused of abusing its web dominance by the EU: Search engine to be served with charge sheet setting out how it breached competition laws

Brussels will say that Google has used its massive dominance as a search engine to divert internet users from rivals to its own services, which include YouTube and the Google+ social network.

Leading head tells 'dervish' parents to keep their distance: Teacher believes anxious mums and dads should be less hands-on to allow children to develop naturally

Parents need to keep their distance instead of being 'dervishes ready to battle with anyone and anything on behalf of their child', one of Britain's leading head teachers has said.

Parents on Facebook deters kids: Third of people aged 16-34 delete their accounts because they no longer see site as 'cool' 

Youngsters seem to be deserting Facebook in droves as it is now so popular with their parents and grandparents. A survey found 16-to-34-year-olds are leaving as over-55s sign up.

Britons spend £138,000 on bills in lifetime: Typical household now spends £30,000 each on gas and electric after prices surge over past decade 

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Typical households spend £36,875 on council tax, £30,555 on gas bills, £30,472 on electricity, £21,819 on water, and £18,226 on TV, phone and broadband packages.

'I was hunkered in my Treasury bunker... I knew I had to come out and fight': George Osborne on how being booed at the Olympics affected his children 

George Osborne speaks to the Mail on Sunday on the campaign trail in the South West about how being booed at the Paralympics became a defining moment in his five years in the Treasury.

Osborne asked 18 times: How will the Tories find the extra £8billion for the NHS they have promised

Appearing on the Andrew Marr Show, Mr Osborne said it would come from the Conservatives' 'balanced plan' for the economy, but declined to go into further detail.

Tories won't find £12billion in the 'grubby hands of scroungers', says Clegg as he sets out Lib Dem plans to balance books

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The Lib Dem leader promised to 'spread the burden' of deficit reduction, with cuts to welfare and Whitehall budgets along with tax rises aimed at the very wealthy.

Green party wants 60% tax on people earning more than £150,000... and the Grand National could be banned

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Green leader Natalie Bennett said the plan would raise £2billion to fund extra public services, as she warned that there has been too much focus on the deficit

Charge drunks who keep turning up at A&E;, says Farage (who admits he tries to have a pint every lunchtime)

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The Ukip leader, who says he is finding the election campaign knackering, said that it was a 'reasonable proposition' to charge people who end up in hospital more than once after drinking.

I trapped shoplifter for 3 hours ... then police just let her go: Owners tell of anger at delays before thief was only given a caution as clothing they stole was only worth £1 

Katie Cope,17, (pictured above, right) said she feared being assaulted by the agitated thief as she waited for three hours for the police to arrive at the vintage clothing store in Nottingham city centre. Katie detained the light-fingered woman after spotting her pocket a £1 pair of knickers in her mother's store (pictured, main store owner Eve Cope with assistant, Sol, who helped Katie). The teenager said she was really 'disappointed' after police deciding not to prosecute the thief.

Grandmother 92, reveals how she saved her friend, 75, from a mugger by ramming him with her mobility scooter as she shouted 'oh no you don't'

Margaret Seabrook, 75, (left) and Eileen Mason, 92, (right) pose for a portrait near where they were attacked in Swindon. April 14 2015. The pair fought off a would-be thief.  See SWNS story SWSCOOT; A 92-year-old woman told yesterday (tues) how she saved her 75-year-old friend from a mugger - by ramming him with her MOBILITY SCOOTER. Plucky pensioner, identified only as Eileen, was with her friend Margaret on their way back from a lunch club when they spotted a man peering through a wire fence. The pair, who do not wish to be fully identified, said the man did not move until they both trundled past on their mobility scooters. He then eyed up the contents of Margaret's basket before grabbing Eileen by the arm and reaching for her carrier bag.\n

Eileen Mason, 92, and Margaret Seabrook, 75, had been to a lunch club meeting in Swindon, Wiltshire, when an 'evil looking' man tried to rob them of the contents of their scooter baskets.

British graduate crushed to death by falling tree in front of her sister in Bolivia during round-the-world trip

Graduate Louise Shepherd killed in freak accident during jungle storm on dream trip round the world

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Louise Shepherd, 31, from Cobham, Surrey, had been hiking through the remote Madidi national park in the north-western part of the country when a tree toppled onto her during a storm.

Primary school teacher, 23, dies after being mowed down by car in Mexican resort just hours after texting that she was having 'best time ever' 

Alix Bussey, 23, from Durham was hit by a car and died on holiday in the Mexican resort of Riviera Maya. It was her first trip abroad with her boyfriend Jonathan Boyle, 23.

Find our girl, plead parents of missing student: Desperate appeal for information after she vanished from nightclub after telling friends she was going to the toilet 

Karen Buckley, 24, an occupational therapy student has not been seen since leaving a man's house in the Kelvindale area of Glasgow after enjoying a night out with friends at a nightclub.

Two-year-old girl savaged by Jack Russell as she played in children's park tunnel with her father - and the owner ran away 

Toddler Libby Jane Wilson was enjoying a day at Yarrow Country Park in Chorley, Lancashire, with her father Alex Knight when she was pounced on by the pet, which bit her on the face.

The superhero who beat cancer: Boy, 5, wins the battle against disease by donning a Ninja Turtles costume to help him feel brave

Harley Renshaw, five, from Manchester, is overjoyed to find out he is free of cancer, after battling an aggressive and rare neuroblastoma for a year. He donned a Ninja Turtles mask to feel brave during radiotherapy.

Night-shift worker died in head-on crash seconds after sending text message at the wheel of Audi A4 on his way home from speed awareness course 

Shaun Worthington (pictured), 29, from Bridlington, East Yorkshire, was killed instantly after his car veered into the path of a truck. His mother has called for people not to use their phones while driving.

Father's finger chopped off with an AXE in 'horrific' attack that left him needing 38 staples to seal wounds all over his body 

WARNING: Graphic content. James Ward, 31, of Burnley, Lancashire, was left with a severed finger and wounds all over of his body after being attacked at his home by axe-wielding intruders.

Man in his 60s killed after ride-on lawnmower he was using overturned into farmhouse pond and trapped him underneath

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A man, named locally as 62-year-old Richard Clements, has died after the ride-on lawnmower he was using to cut grass at a farmhouse property in Wattisham, Suffolk, overturned into a pond.

Councillor, 73, flew into a jealous rage and stabbed his wife, 47, eight times with seven inch kitchen knife 'when he discovered she was having an affair with the postman'

Joseph O'Riordan stabbed his wife of ten years Amanda (left) with a seven inch kitchen knife eight times

Army recruiting sergeant 'raped teenage cadet from Sierra Leone after claiming he'd call Home Office to secure her a visa'

Edwin 'Jock' Mee allegedly told the 18-year-old, from Sierra Leone, that her visa application had been delayed in order to persuade her to have sex with him.

Dramatic dashcam footage shows moment police chase driver in 'stolen BMW' in 80mph chase through the streets of Birmingham 

Yassir Ali, pictured, sped off from police who suspected the BMW he was driving was stolen in Birmingham in February. Ali, 29, was jailed for 14 months for dangerous driving.

Teenager was dubbed 'Holly Bin Laden' after teaching assistant used her email account to send hoax threat to blow up school 

Holly Littlefield, 16, was arrested and held in a police cell for 14 hours after Zoe Gregory (pictured), 26, hijacked her email account to issue the threat to blow up the school.

Consultant 'groped nurse's breast after she asked him about chest X-rays - then put his hand down her tights while discussing her pulse'

Dr Ram Manohar (pictured), 38, is facing sexual assault allegations from two separate nurses. The offences allegedly took place while he was working at Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral in 2013.

By George! Who is this tattooed prince of bling? New satirical puppet show depicts royal toddler as rascal who runs around shouting 'Oi Oi! Hello treacle'

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Teasers for ITVs new puppet show Newzoids - which starts Wednesday at 9pm - show the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge worrying that their son has turned out a little, well, common. A doctor is called to assess his condition and the young prince bounces on screen with a big, gold 'G' pendant around his neck.

Kate gets 10% off for giving birth for second time at same hospital: Duchess's 'loyalty' discount as police install signs banning press from gathering outside 

The Duchess of Cambridge will get a 10 per cent 'loyalty' discount for giving birth a second time at the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London, it has been revealed.

I don't give this one out very often! Queen pins the VC on hero of Taliban firefights: Para braved hail of bullets to save wounded comrade

Lance Corporal Joshua Leakey, 27, from Hampshire, played down his actions and paid tribute to his regiment and the Army after receiving the honour at Windsor Castle

Bake Off star Sue Perkins quits Twitter following death threats from Top Gear fans after she was linked to Jeremy Clarkson's job 

Sue Perkins (pictured) is taking a break from Twitter after men began sending her death threats in response to her becoming favourite to replace Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear.

Businessman friend of the Colonel who brought KFC to Britain admits he has only tried it once and will never return because he thinks 'it's dreadful' 

The man who brought KFC to Britain has admitted he has only eaten there once and won't again as he thinks it's 'dreadful'. Raymond Allen, 87, opened the first franchise in Preston in 1965.

Hunt for mystery benefactor who left plain brown envelope at abbey - with £1.5MILLION inside

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Laura Brown, 48, who is overseeing a £20million restoration project at Bath Abbey, said she had to read the letter twice before she could be sure it was real, and hopes it will inspire others to donate.

Neighbourhood Watch official banned from talking to his neighbours after bitter row over their garden gate

Married couple John and Karen Copleston claim neighbour Paul Phillips, 67, constantly harassed them in a petty dispute after they moved a gate at the back of their £210,000 house in Poole, Dorset.

Hidden in forests and fields around the world, the mysterious car graveyards home to rusting old vehicles worth up to £82,000 if they were restored 

German photographer Dieter Klein, from Cologne, travelled the world to find vintage cars left to crumble in leafy forests and fields, and came across a Jaguar XK120 worth £82,000 if restored. The 57-year-old photographed a Citroen truck dumped in a bush six years ago and became hooked. Many of the cars, often with doors, tires or windows missing, are parked on forest floors where nature has taken them over.

Through the gates of hell: Horror of Belsen is captured in never-before-seen photos taken by British troops as they liberated infamous death camp 70 years ago

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: British Reverend Charles Martin King Parsons, from Leicestershire, took these pictures in the days after the Bergen-Belsen camp was liberated.

Changing of the AAAARGH! Embarrassing moment Buckingham Palace sentry slips and falls on manhole cover in front of hundreds of tourists during daily ceremony 

The Queen's Guard sentry slipped on a manhole cover during the popular Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace last week. Unfortunately for him, the entire incident was caught on camera.

In his own little world! Photographer transforms British parks, villages and beaches into tiny planets with mind-bending 360-degree shots 

Photographer Anthony Barbour, 33, from Liverpool, takes his camera with him whenever he goes and spends hours taking these surreal pictures and carefully editing them together.

How long is family time? Just 34 minutes as eight in ten parents say they don't spend enough time with their children due long hours and commuting

Average Brits spend just 34 minutes a day together as a family, new research says. Eight in ten parents say they don't spend enough time with their children, according to a study by Highland Spring.

Why meals make tricky topics easier to digest: Study finds people get on better with each other when they eat together 

People get on better with one another over a meal, according to researchers in Canada and the Netherlands who said it makes everyone from work colleagues to children seem more pleasant.

Russian TV journalist suffers severe head injuries after stepping on landmine trip wire while reporting conflict in Ukraine

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Andrei Lunev reportedly walked on a tripwire while reporting on recent fighting in Shyrokyne, a village near Mariupol in East Ukraine, and suffered serious head and lower extremities wounds. Mr Lunev, reportedly from Donetsk, Ukraine, received first aid at the scene by medics and visibly shaken colleagues, before he was taken to hospital.

We can see Ju sneaking out! Wife of Kim Jong-un is seen for the first time this year as the dictator takes her to watch a football match 

A grinning Ri Sol-Ju, wearing what appeared to be a wedding ring on her left hand, was pictured clapping next to her smiling husband Kim Jong-Un during a football match.

Russia bans internet pornography: More than 100 sites already blocked under international convention signed more than a century ago 

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The crackdown comes after a court in Tartarstan's Apastovksy district ordered the state-controlled internet watchdog to block 136 websites hosting 'pornographic material' within the next two days.

Twenty people injured after Asiana Airlines plane makes crash landing and skids off runway at Japanese airport

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A passenger jet has crashed upon landing in Japan leaving 20 people injured, it has been reported.

Asiana flight OZ162 landed at Hiroshima Airport today but as it did the rear of the fuselage smashed into the runway.

According to reports in Japan, frantic passengers reported seeing sparks fly up as the plane overshot the runway in its landing.

Fire crews raced to the scene to take care of those on board, but it is being reported in Japan that at as many as three passengers were injured.

There were believed to be 74 passengers and seven crew members on board the Asiana Airlines flight OZ162 when it was reported to have made a tailstrike and skidded off the runway.

His race's last hope: Only surviving male northern white rhino is put under armed guard 24 hours a day

Sudan is guarded day and night by a group of rangers in Kenya who risk their lives on a daily basis as they try to keep the rhino from poachers lured by the thousands of pounds to be earned from ivory.

Memorials to British colonials attacked across South Africa as protesters demand statues honouring 'racist' figures from its past are removed 

CAPTION CORRECTS INFORMATION ON DEFACED STATUES - In this photo taken Friday, April, 10, 2015, a statue of Britain's Queen Victoria, outside the Port Elizabeth city library in South Africa, after being splashed with green paint. Excrement thrown at the statue of British colonialist Cecil John Rhodes began a wave of vandalizing protests in South Africa. Memorials to South Africaís colonial past were rejected as symbols of oppression by mainly young black protesters, as statues of British monarchs Queen Victoria and King George V were splashed with paint, in the cities of Port Elizabeth and Durban respectively. (AP Photo/Michael Sheehan)

Memorials to South Africa's colonial past were defaced by mainly young black protesters as statues of Queen Victoria and King George V were splashed with paint in the cities of Port Elizabeth and Durban.

Russian TV network gives Hillary Clinton's campaign video an 18 rating - because it shows two men holding hands 

Dozhd TV gave the rating to avoid falling foul of Russia's 'gay propaganda' laws, which can land companies with fines of up to £13,200 for 'promoting' homosexuality to under-18s.

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DAILY MAIL COMMENT: At last, the PM puts a tiger in the tank

David Cameron's speech at the launch of his manifesto was much more than an exercise in self-congratulation, It was the vision of a leader looking ahead.