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Syrian and Afghan migrants walk through Kos as 1,200 arrive in two days

Almost 1,200 migrants - some crammed onto overcrowded inflatable dinghies - have been picked up by Greek authorities in the eastern Aegean Sea in the past two days. read


Moment Philip Dunning hears news he won £8m lottery jackpot

Dismayed Philip Dunning, 44, of Falkirk, Scotland, was left speechless after learning he had become a millionaire, before composing himself enough to thank the Lottery call handler. read


Jeffrey Spector's interview one day before he died at Dignitas

Jeffrey Spector, 54, who died at the Dignitas assisted suicide clinic in Zurich after deciding he no longer wanted to live due to a tumour on his spine said he would still be alive if UK laws were changed. read


Pregnancy hormones alters the effect of HRT and raises Alzheimer's risk

The study by the University of British Columbia found motherhood permanently alters the brain, affecting the parts responsible for memory and spatial awareness. read


ISIS burn woman alive for refusing 'extreme sex act', reveals UN official

Zainab Bangura discovered the gruesome extent of crimes against women – particularly from Iraq's Yazidi community (pictured) – after collecting information from Syria, Iraq and Jordan. read


David Cameron humiliated as France and Germany tighten grip on Europe

A pact between Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel was leaked this morning ruling out the need for EU treaty change – a key plank of the Prime Minister's planned EU renegotiation. read


Police confirm Jed Allen was known to officers before Didcot murders

Thames Valley Police has refused to say what he had done and if the 21-year-old from Didcot, Oxfordshire, pictured, had a criminal record that could have pointed towards his killing spree. read


Atheist mother bans her children from school trips to churches and mosques

Claire Baker, 32, of Middleton, Manchester, believes an atheist upbringing is as much a choice as being brought up with a religion - which she does not want for her son and daughter. read


City trader Tom Hayes accused of being 'ringmaster' in Libor-rigging fraud

Tom Hayes (pictured) appeared at Southwark Crown Court for day one of his trial in which he denies eight counts of conspiring to defraud. He is said to have manipulated lending rates between banks. read


Car attempted to load onto a ship using two thin planks

A cargo crew transporter has been filmed attempting to load a large pickup truck on to a ship, using just two flimsy planks to cross over the water. The video has already been viewed over half a million times. read


Annegret Raunigk who gave birth to quads says she is fine

Annegret Raunigk, 65, became the world's oldest mother of quadruplets last week, having already had 13 other children. She has shared part of her incredible story for the first time on German television. read


Travel more than 20 minutes to work? If so, you're at risk of burnout

For those travelling by car, the bigger the city, the more stressful the commute. Surprisingly, cyclists in rural areas were more anxious than city bikers, say University of Montreal experts. read


Men who masturbate will get their hands PREGNANT says Islamic preacher

Turkish preacher Mucahid Cihad Han made the astonishing claim that those who masturbate will find their hands pregnant and be forced to raise the offspring in the afterlife. read


16-year-old rapist who attacked boys aged 8 and 9 is spared jail

The two young victims, who are eight and nine years old, have been left mentally scarred after being attacked by the 16-year-old at their home in Canvey, Essex. read


Foreign criminals freed from prison in Britain tops 5,000 for the first time

At the start of 2014, 4,247 foreign criminals released from jail were living in Britain, up from just 3,800 in 2011. But by the first three months of this year the number had hit 5,053, figures showed today. read


Taylor Swift becomes youngest person to make Forbes' most powerful women list

Forbes says Taylor 'has not only broken record sales and captivated the world with her fantastically honest lyrics, but she has proven herself as an impressive businesswoman.' read


Brain surgery's earliest patients revealed: Haunting images of disfigured skulls and brains discovered in a university basement 

The images, found at Yale University, show Dr Harvey Cushing's patients between 1990-1930. The collection includes haunting images of babies with distended skulls and scar-filled heads. read


Kenneth Clarke, William Hague and Nick Clegg attend Leon Brittan's memorial

A host of decorated former politicians, current MPs and public figures gathered together in West London today for a memorial service for Leon Brittan. read


O2 customers without mobile signal advised to 'turn phones off and on again'

As several masts went down across Britain, users in Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham, Glasgow and parts of Northern Ireland and London complained about the service. read


Sean Heiss who strangled mother to death caught on camera fleeing to Spain

Ex-Waitrose worker Sean Heiss, 30, of St Mark's Hill, London, allegedly killed his mother Margaret Sheehy, who was known as Margot, on the afternoon of June 12, 2012 before fleeing to Spain. read


How to make McDonald's French Fries at home using FIVE ingredients

TV host and vlogger Brandi Milloy, from LA, said she was inspired to release her own recipe after it was revealed the fast-food chain uses 14 ingredients to make the potato snack in the US. read


Fenton Hogan's grandmother says she will never forgive Kelly Emery

Dudley toddler Fenton Hogan was two weeks away from his second birthday when he died of a methadone overdose. The drug was given to him by his addict mother Kelly Emery, 34. read


ISIS video shows inside Palmyra tourist board-style

A short video released by the local pro-ISIS media company Aamaq News shows thick black smoke rising over Roman ruins that have stood for thousands of years in the central Syrian desert city. read


ISIS fighters 'set to move into Jordan'

Having conquered the historic Syrian city of Palmyra and Ramadi in Iraq, ISIS could be using its vast territory to enter Jordan (pictured) where refugees could be at risk, military sources said. read


Burka-clad woman turned away from Saudi mall for 'indecently' exposing hands

Video footage of the incident, which took place at Barzan Mall in the northwestern city of Hail, shows a bearded man wearing a red headdress shouting at the woman and demanding she leave. read


Imam's son Zakariya Ashiq found guilty of preparing acts of terrorism 

Zakariya Ashiq, 20, from Coventry, claimed he travelled to the Turkish-Syrian border with his father when he became stressed studying for his A-Levels, and denied he was trying to enter Syria. read


Jonathan Rhys Meyers issues a public apology after drunken appearance

The actor, 37, released a statement via his fiancee Mara Lane's Instagram account, insisting he was 'embarrassed' of his appearance earlier this month when he was seen drinking vodka neat. read


David Cameron prepares for first Tory Queen's Speech in 20 years

A series of 'blue collar conservative' bills, appealing to ordinary working class families, are expected to form the centrepiece of the Queen's Speech to be delivered tomorrow morning. read


Downing Street gardeners go on strike after bosses take away Christmas hamper

Members of the GMB union employed to manage London's Royal Parks and the Downing Street gardens downed tools for 24 hours over a series of changes to their pay and benefits. read


Nicola Sturgeon calls for England to suffer MORE cuts than Scotland

Ms Sturgeon today demanded that the impact of George Osborne's austerity drive to eliminate the UK's £90billion deficit should be 'lessened' north of the border after the SNP's election triumph. read


Ukip official David Soutter faces allegations he tampered with selection process

Senior party official David Soutter, a close ally of Nigel Farage, is under increasing pressure to step down as Ukip’s head of candidates over claims he had a relationship with Natasha Bolter. read


Can vegetarian food ever REALLY taste as good as the real thing? One carnivore finds out

FEMAIL's Anucyia Victor blind-tested meat, vegetarian and vegan options in an attempt to see if non-meat versions could be as satisfying as their meatier alternatives. read


Adult ACNE on rise 200% due to stress, poor diets and pollution

A survey of 92 dermatology clinics in the UK found a 200 per cent rise in adults seeking treatment. The majority, like sufferer Cameron Diaz, are women and aged over 35. read


Danish radio DJ Asger Juhl beats rabbit to death with a bicycle pump live on air

Asger Juhl chased Allan the rabbit around the studio before killing it and taking it home to eat. He claimed he did it to raise awareness of 'the hypocrisy of animal welfare.' read


Lib Dem grandee defends Alistair Carmichael over Whitehall leak scandal

Former Lib Dem MP Sir Malcolm Bruce insisted Alistair Carmichael (pictured) should not quit for lying about a leaked memo - because there would be no MPs left if all politicians followed suit. read


Expenses claims and a sex scandal wiped from MPs' Wikipedia pages by computer users inside Parliament before election 

More than a dozen entries were edited from computers traced back to Parliament in the run-up to the election, with Tory Robert Blackman's page changed to remove details of an 11-year affair. read


Jab that lowers blood pressure for up to six months 'could replace daily tablets'

Japanese researchers found that injecting a DNA vaccine into rats reduced blood pressure for six months at a time, reducing damage to the heart and blood vessels as a result. read


Could HERPES halt the spread of skin cancer? Virus 'kick-starts the immune system and kills diseased cells' 

A landmark study at 64 research centres across the world found a viral immunotherapy based on the herpes virus helped extend the lives of those patients diagnosed with malignant melanoma. read


Ted Dockray's family in Jermaine Beckford shirt snatching forgive Vickie Timbrell

Schoolboy Ted Dockray (in yellow), eight, managed to get his hands on Preston striker Jermaine Beckford's shirt, only for it to be taken from him by Vickie Timbrell, 31. read


David Braddon beat Conner Marshall to death at Porthcawl caravan park

David Braddon admitted murdering 18-year-old Conner Marshall (pictured), as the teenager made his way back to his caravan at Trecco Bay holiday park in Porthcawl, south Wales. read


Filipino child who was filmed being dragged on a LEASH is taken into care

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. The naked young boy is crouched over a bowl of what looks like dog food. Campaigner Lurleen Hilliard spotted the horrifying images on Facebook. read


Hyde woman nearly DIED from taking diet pills she bought on Amazon

Natalie Penney (pictured), of Hyde, collapsed at home after taking tablets containing ephedrine which she'd been able to buy online. The lethal pills have since left her with permanent heart damage. read


Jake Samuel Andrews drowns while snorkelling with friends off Malaysia coast

Jake Samuel Andrews was swimming with six friends at the Shark Point diving site in the Perhentian Islands when he got into difficulties at 11am local time yesterday morning. read


How Judy Garland smiled as she slit her left wrist down to her artery, set herself on fire before a concert and tried to have lesbian sex in the back of her limo with her 20-something assistant, revealed in new memoir

Stevie Phillips became Judy Garland’s ‘shadow’ in 1960. In her shocking new book, Phillips details the star's suicide attempts, and drug hell, calling her 'a demented, demanding, supreme talented addict.' read


Sunderland girl Sarah Clerkson found hanged at house party

Sarah Clerkson, pictured, was drinking heavily and was 'very drunk' at a house party in Spennymore, Co Durham on the night she died in December 2013, according to an inquest into the schoolgirl's death. read


Sikh Samaritan Harman Singh says saving boy's life has helped him with father's death

Harman Singh, the student who broke strict religious protocol to help save a young boy's life in Auckland, New Zealand, said he hopes his father would be proud of him. read


The new weight-loss pill that 'sets fat on FIRE': Drug accelerates speed at which calories are burned off, experts claim

Scientists from Bonn University found an enzyme which triggers the conversion of food into more brown fat than white fat. Brown fat burns calories to generate heat, leading to weight loss. read


Charlie Charlie Challenge has children try to summon Mexican demon

The Charlie Charlie Challenge is a Mexican supernatural ritual that allegedly makes it possible to contact a ghost by writing 'Yes' and 'No' twice on a sheet of paper and asking questions. read


Margam Country Park's Frozen 'rip-off' superhero fun day

Scores of parents have complained about Margam Country Park's Bank Holiday Superhero Family Fun Day, in Wales claiming it was poorly run and a 'rip- off'. read


VladimirPutin orders mass drill of 12k soldiers after Nato's 'Arctic Challenge'

The Russian manoeuvres - which began in the Ural mountains and western Siberia yesterday - have been widely interpreted as a direct response to Nato and its allies' own military exercises in the Arctic. read


BBC spends £100k a week on PR firms who advise on health, safety and 'talent'

The corporation spent £5.5m last year on hiring firms to advise on health, safety and 'talent' - including whether the likes of Graham Norton and Gary Lineker are worth their generous salaries. read


Dehydration causes tiredness as 1 in 5 'don't realise how much water is needed'

A survey of GPs revealed it is ‘surprisingly common’ for appointments to be taken up by patients suffering from dehydration, complaining of symptoms including tiredness and concentration problems. read


NSA testing smartphones that can tell who you are by the way you write: Handwriting recongition system

Researchers say that everyone uses a phone in a different way, and by sensing the forces when we draw a gesture of sign something, we can be accurately identified. read


Top Gull! How a seabird joined the Red Arrows: Image showing bird as latest recruit to flying team becomes massive internet hit

A photograph that appears to show a seagull flying in formation alongside the world-famous RAF aerobatics team has become a massive internet hit. read


BBC axe Never Mind The Buzzcocks after 19-years on air

The pop music panel quiz - recently hosted by comedian Rhod Gilbert - will not be returning after almost 20 years on air after the BBC decided to axe it. read


Walsall man with illegal tattoo is forced to get laser removal by fiancée

Tom, a 31-year-old plasterer from Walsall, is desperate to have the inking removed after his fiancée Jennifer presented him with an ultimatum. He also has another four unwanted tattoos. read


Is BONE BROTH the new coffee? Fans of the meaty soup claim it boosts energy more than caffeine - and reduces insomnia

Bone broth is low calorie and nutritious as it is rich in calcium and collagen. Here, we reveal the 6 key rules to cooking up a delicious and super healthy batch. read


Babies getting fat in the WOMB is causing the obesity epidemic to spiral out of control, warns top child doctor

Professor Neena Modi, the UK’s most senior children’s doctor, claims Britain's obesity strategy ‘is failing’ because babies begin to become fat in their mother’s womb. read


What type of friend are YOU?

Only 29 per cent of people would tell a good mate if their other half had been spotted doing something bad, says the research, which examined 1,700 friendships across the UK this year. read


Study reveals that a third of Brits are set in their ways by 25

Some 38 per cent of 25-year-olds say they don't want to try anything new with a quarter saying that a fear of being laughed at is the main reason they avoid trying out hobbies. read


How size 22 Tess Holliday survived a trailer childhood bullied for her weight, her mom getting shot and left to die by a boyfriend and dropping out of high school and working at Walmart to become the world's biggest supermodel

The family of Tess Holliday - real name Ryann Hoven - reveals how she rose to become a size 22 supermodel despite a tough upbringing in Laurel, Mississippi. read


Transsexual police worker Helen Doe who hit brother with iron bar 'was sleep walking'

Helen Doe, 53, allegedly beat Kenneth Doe, 64, originally said she felt 'overwhelming hatred towards him after the attack at their shared house in Mitcham, Surrey, last year. read


Drunken carer Georgina Lowe who bit a bouncer's arm is spared jail

Carer Georgina Lowe, who bit a bouncer and a policeman on the arm in a drunken rampage in Manchester, will not be jailed because she is 'well spoken of', a judge ruled. read


Christopher Henry Barker jailed for stealing £300k from hparents to pay off his debts

Christopher Henry Barker, 48, of Ripon, North Yorkshire, felt betrayed that they had ignored him after he advised them not to set up an amusement park at the family’s arable farm. read


Bride spent her £28,000 dream wedding day in hospital after party was struck down with diarrhoea and vomiting bug at five-star Dominican resort 

Katie Sims and her husband Ben travelled to a five-star resort in the Dominican Republic for their dream wedding, however, more than half of their party of 20 were struck down by illness. read


Prince William wants George and Charlotte to support Aston Villa

The Duke of Cambridge says he hopes Prince George and Princess Charlotte will grow up to become Aston Villa supporters. The Duke made the comments in a new BBC interview. read


William Paterson who stalked former Miss Scotland contestant faces jail

William Paterson, pictured, was told he was 'deluded, controlling, jealous and possessive' by Stirling Sheriff's Court after he was convicted of stalking his former girlfriend Jay Goodwillie. read


Son of China's richest man bought two Apple Watches for his dog 

Wang Sicong, the only son to Chinese tycoon Wang Jianlin, dotes on his dog so much that he's bought not just one, but two Apple Watches for her. Photos of the husky wearing the watches sparked outcry. read


Charis Featherstone drowned after epileptic fit in the bath without medication

Charis Featherstone, 21, from Salford in Greater Manchester, was known to have fits that could last up to three hours but died during a 20 minute window when she was in the bath. read


Royal marine who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan sleeps in car in Glasgow

Desmond McLaughlin, 61, was a royal marines commando for almost two decades and also served in the reserves for 19 years - but claims he cannot afford a flat in Glasgow. read


Japanese staff told to take more holiday and work shorter days

Japanese workers were eligible for 18.5 days of paid leave and public holidays last year, but took an average of just nine, while staff also pulled an average of 173 hours of overtime, data shows. read


Dortmund man caught in tram coupling has arm ripped off and both legs amputated

Jan Norman, 20, left a trail of blood through Dortmund after becoming trapped upside down between the couplings when he attempted to leap between two cars to reach the doors. read


Anthony Granata kept Dutch backpacker as a sex slave in a hotel for SIX WEEKS

The 23-year-old Dutch backpacker who was kept hostage for six weeks by Alfio Granata (pictured), 48, says the depraved Australian man chopped off her toenails and stabbed her repeatedly. read


Robber who murdered Miss Venezuela and her British partner jailed for 25 years

Gerardo Jose Contreras Alvarez has been jailed for 25 years for his role in the killing of British expat Thomas Berry and his ex-wife, former Miss Venezuela Monica Spear (pictured together). read


Jobless mother of four blows £20,000 of child benefit on plastic surgery and is planning more because 'growing old just isn't for me'

Andrea Dalzell, 48, from Workington, Cumbria, has saved up to have a boob job, a full face lift, an extensive neck and eyebrow lift, Botox and fillers and even a 'designer vagina'. read


Ukrainian beauty Anna Klimovets is crowned Little Miss World 2015

Anna Klimovets, from Lutsk, was crowned the winner of Little Miss World 2015, in a ten-day contest in Bodrum, Turkey. The young model showed off in ballgowns, sporty styles and historical fancy dress. read


Uncle Sam's Great American Circus motorcycle riders crash in Ipswich

Miroslav Ivanob, 31, and Abraham Medina, 30, collided  during a performance of Uncle Sam's Great American Circus in a packed big top tent in Chantry Park, Ipswich, yesterday. read


Indian mother puts a lonely hearts ad in the paper for her gay son

Padma Iyer (left), 58, an Indian housewife and the mother of popular gay rights activist Harish Iyer (right), placed India’s first advert seeking a partner for a same-sex marriage. read


The Luft-wafer: Ice cream cone named after Adolf Hitler on sale in India sparks anger in Germany 

Germans are outraged by the ice cream cones on sale in India. Hitler's face and name are plastered across the packaging, but his furious eyes are completely at odds with the sweet treat. read


Drunk Rowhedge man rescued by RNLI from River Colne

The 45-year-old (circled) left the Anchor pub on the banks of the River Colne in Rowhedge, Essex and tried to row home in a 10ft boat, only to fall overboard and get stuck in the mud. read


Air Force confirms work on terrifying new weapon

Champ, or Counter-electronics High-powered microwave Advanced Missile Project, is now an 'operational system already in our tactical air force', according to Major General Thomas Masiello. read


Kim Jong-Un declares North Korean submarine missile launch test a miracle

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has hailed the recent test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile as an 'eye-opening miracle', despite the West labelling the images as false propaganda. read


Can LAUGHTER yoga get you toned for summer?

Laughter yoga is the work-out of choice for fitness insiders who want to get in shape and have a giggle with their friends at the same time. read


Parents upload 973 photos of their child on social media BEFORE they turn five

Nearly 1000 photos of kids are posted online by parents before they turn five and 17 per cent admit they don't check Facebook privacy settings, creating a digital footprint the child has no control over. read


How Sandbanks went from windswept wasteland to millionaire's row

A century ago, Sandbanks was largely deserted with just a handful of wooden holiday homes. Now the peninsula in Portland, Dorset is thought to be worth a combined £933 million. read


Periscope launches on Android, two months after iOS launch

Twitter officially launched Periscope on iOS and the desktop in March and has now made it available to Android phone and tablet users as well (pictured). read


Hardwick man to pull down treehouse because he had no planning permission

Andrew Eddy of Hardwick, Gloucester, pictured, has been ordered to demolish his children's tree house because he did not apply for planning permission for the £400 structure as it was more than 30cm from the ground. read


Chuka Umunna supports Liz Kendall in Labour leadership bid

Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna said Ms Kendall was the candidate who could move the party 'beyond our comfort zone' after this month's disastrous election defeat. read


US Marine and his emotional bride-to-be saying a prayer together before wedding

US Marine Corps Corporal Caleb Earwood and his fiancee Maggie, both from North Carolina, kept their eyes closed and turned away from one another so they didn’t see each other before the ceremony. read


Baby boy born with 12 fingers and 12 toes leaving doctors clueless

Jacob Duffy, seven months old, from Leeds, was born with four extra digits. He also has a hole in his heart, a dairy allergy and a range of eye problems, but doctors do not know what is causing the defects. read


The best wines to drink with takeaway food revealed

FEMAIL speaks to Asda's Master of Wine Phillipa Carr and M&S winemaker Belinda Kleinig to discover the best plonk to pair with takeaway dinners for the nights when you want to stay in. read


Ever wondered why the iPhone's clock reads 9:41 in Apple adverts?

Former Apple Co-Founder and CEO Steve Jobs wanted the original iPhone to show the same time in the adverts as when he announced it and now the phones always read 9:41 (pictured) . read


Waitress floors customer after he gropes her at Russian bar 

The shocking footage, which has been watched more than three million times, shows the waitress fighting back against her attacker with the only thing she had to hand - a menu - in a bar in Russia. read


Boy, 3, fights for life in hospital after being crushed between two cars when one rolled downhill into the other on family holiday 

The unattended Vauxhall Astra started rolling down a hill in a private car park at Glynn Barton Cottages near Bodmin, Cornwall, and careered into a parked car, trapping the toddler in the middle. read


Toblerone truck thieves jailed for 25 years over Dover theft

Six thieves were jailed today for their individual roles in three thefts totalling £264,000 which took place in the Dover area in April 2013. Darren Price (pictured) and others targeted hauliers. read


Drunk beauty queen Miss Swansea punched victim in ladies' toilet

Chloe Stephenson, who was crowned Miss Swansea in 2012, has vowed to give up alcohol and stay out of trouble after a judge handed her a 12-month suspended prison sentence today. read


Pope Francis wants to be remembered as a 'good guy'

His wishes may appear understated, but they echo the description of Jesus's life in the Bible by Peter, who said Christ 'went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil.' read


Russia plans to use prison labour to drive down the cost of World Cup 2018

Politician Alexander Khinshtein says he is planning to submit proposals to President Putin which would see prisoners taken to work in factories producing materials for the games. read


River Mersey woman rescued after falling 30ft and breaking her back in two places

The 32-year-old was living with her partner in a network of caves in Stockport, Greater Manchester, where homeless people often seek shelter. read


Anorexic actress Rachael Farrokh thanks the public for fundraising $200k

In the YouTube video,  Rachael Farrokh reveals that the $186,000 raised by members of the public has paid for a 'handpicked' team of medics to treat her at her bedside in San Clemente, California. read


Paraglider footage sees cords tangle plunging him into France's Lake Annecy

This is the dramatic moment a man plummeted into Lake Annecy in the east of France after falling into his canopy and then his parachute while practising paragliding acrobatics. read


Ebola's 'Achilles heel' is identified, paving the way for new treatments to defeat the deadly virus

Experts at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York found the virus can only invade host cells by attaching itself to a specific protein. If it loses access to the protein it cannot infect and kill its victims. read


iPhone's to get Android-style back button through smart case Halo Back

Halo Back (shown) was created by Tianyuan Zheng from San Francisco's Haloband. It adds a circuit layer that leads current from where the user presses to the top of the screen. read


Yorkshire's Gaping Gill cave opens Britain biggest cavern to amatuer cavers

Gaping Gill was formed by the action of a stream, Fell Beck, which flows from the flank of 2,373ft Ingleborough, the second highest mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, on to limestone rocks. read


Free FA Cup final tickets will be blasted to edge of space and fall to earth

The Football Association will blast two FA Cup final tickets to the verge of space from the centre circle of Wembley Stadium at 6am tomorrow offering fans the ultimate stratospheric treasure hunt. read


Pictured: The 3-year-old boy found dead in a playground swing being pushed by his mother as it's revealed his father had filed for sole custody days before

James Lee went to court in Maryland to get sole custody of three-year-old Ji-Aire (pictured) because he was deeply worried about the mental health of the child's mother, Romechia Simms. read


India battles against the heat of 50C temperatures leave over 800 people dead

A troop of macaque monkeys which live in the Galtaji Temple, in Jaipur, have been pictured taking water from tourists and swimming in its sacred pools to keep cool in the midst of a 50C heatwave. read


Glastonbury announces The Women's Institute serving tea and cake in 2015

The Women's Institute will make its debut with a tea and cake stand in the Green Fields area of the festival at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset. It's part of the charity's centenary celebrations. read


Arise Sir Stockfish! The bizarre 'Knights' tour Italy protecting ancient recipe for mummified fish delicacy

The Venerable Confraternity of Stockfish, based in Sandrigo in northern Italy, 'knight' their new members with a mummified metre-long stockfish in a bizarre ceremony. read


Caterpillars disguise themselves as bird POO to avoid being eaten - and it triples their chance of survival 

Biologists in Japan have found that birds actively avoid eating caterpillars of moths like Macrauzata maxima and Apochima juglansiaria (pictured) when they contort their black and white bodies. read


BBC spends £130k a year buying copies of The Guardian

Official figures from the BBC reveal that it buys more copies of the Guardian than any other newspaper, purchasing at least 300 copies every day. read


Ryanair reaps benefits of being nicer to customers with 66% jump in profits

The budget airline - famed for its off-hand treatment of passengers and sneaky fees - dramatically changed its tune after a series of profit warnings last year. read


Kisspeptin could fight infertility, diabetes and make IVF even safer

Scientists think it stimulates the production of gonadotropin-releasing hormone, in turn boosting follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone creation by the brain's pituitary gland. read


Child sex abuse victim Esther Baker claims politician assaulted her as police stood guard

Esther Baker told the police she was a among a group of children who were regularly abused by the politician on Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, during the 1980s and 1990s. read


Felicity and Scott Mcloughlin's wedding turned into karaoke video

Felicity and Ben Mcloughlin, from Codsall, Staffordshire, mimed and danced along to Five's 'If Ya Gettin' Down' on their wedding day with the help of their enthusiastic guests. read


Floating farmswhere fish and crops harvested on ocean rigs could feed Earth

A team from Barcelona has designed floating farms (illustrated) that could feed the world in upcoming decades. The multi-levelled structures would be used to catch more than 1.7 million fish a year. read


Malaysian human trafficker camp where people were caged and left to die

The grim discovery is the first of what police predict could be several hundred corpses they will discover as they work their way through a cluster of remote camps on Malaysia's border with Thailand. read


Video of WWII plane in emergency landing during VE Day flyover

On May 8, the unnamed pilot was taking part in the Arsenal of Democracy flyover above Washington DC when 'smoke' began to fill the cockpit. read


Mexican politician to fight crime by campaigning in a 1960s BATMOBILE

Valentin Gonzalez is running for mayor of the crime-hit Nezahualcoyotl municipality on the eastern outskirts of Mexico City. read


Freediver Joost van Uffelen captures beautiful underwater photos with sea lions

The thousand-strong group of sea lions mobbed Sandy van Water and partner Joost van Uffelen as they slipped into the water off the coast of Mexico's Isla Santa Margarita. read


'Human Barbie' Angelica Kenova's parents choose her clothes

Angelica Kenova, a 26-year-old model from Moscow, Russia, still lives with her hyper-controlling parents, who have been honing her drastic look all her life, and have never let her have a boyfriend. read


Zelda wedding at Pennsylvania GameStop held for Robert Piazza and Christa Slayton

Robert Piazza and Christa Slayton met at a store near Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Piazz proposed to her at the store in October and they got married while dressed as Nintendo characters Link and Princess Zelda. read


Fake Minecraft apps may have scammed millions of users for bogus software

A security researcher in Slovakia found more than 30 malicious apps that looked like add-ons (pictured) for Minecraft in the Google Store but were instead malicious applications. read


Dog that savaged Lancashire girl, 8, should NOT be put down angering family

Annie Ramsay, eight, (pictured with mother Becki) suffered 'life changing' injuries after the springer spaniel lunged at her face as she played near her home in Whittle-le-Woods, Lancashire. read


Girl, 5, with 'Rapunzel syndrome' has huge HAIRBALL from stomach removed

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: After the 125g mass was removed, the girl, from Adelaide, Australia, was sent for therapy to stop her eating her own hair - a condition called Rapunzel syndrome. read


Leopoldo Lopez announces hunger strike in video smuggled out of prison

Calling on the Caracas government to release all political prisoners in the country, Leopoldo Lopez urged Venezuelans to take to the streets in a 'massive and peaceful' anti-government protest. read


Peeping Tom in China disguised as a woman is caught lurking in toilets

The culprit - identified only as Zhang - was seized while lurking in a women's toilets in China's Shangdong province. But snapshots posted on the internet suggest this isn't his first time. read


Welcome to Fordlandia, Henry Ford's lost city deep in the Amazon rainforest

The relic of the Ford empire was part of his vision to create his own rubber plant to feed his Michigan factories. But the town he established, near the northern city of Santarem, soon failed. read


Teen Toby Fairclough collapsed and died after 'taking MDMA' on playing fields

Toby Fairclough, 17, suffered a cardiac arrest in the early hours of Saturday morning after taking MDMA on playing fields in Buckinghamshire. His family described him as the 'life and soul of the party'. read


Tourism bosses slam 'Gove effect' calling for term-time holiday reclassification

The new rules, introduced by former education secretary Michael Gove in 2013, mean families can be fined up to £60 a day for taking their children out of school. read


Tynemouth woman believes 'maternal instinct saved her son's life'

Six-month-old Jenson Baldwin is back at his Tynemouth home after being struck by the killer brain bug seven days ago. His mother Natalie spotted the tell-tale rash when changing his nappy. read


Passenger attempts to film take-off only for WINDOW PANE to come off

Eduardo Caram attempted to attach his GoPro camera to a TAM Airlines aircraft window - only for the entire protective layer to come away in his hands. read


Chinese Star Trek fan build office in shape of the USS Enterprise

A Chinese millionaire and self-confessed Star Trek fan has boldly gone where no man has gone before with the design of his company headquarters. read


8ft 1in Indian reveals he is struggling to find love because of his height

Dharmendra Singh, from Meerut in India's Uttar Pradesh, stands head and shoulders above his fellow countrymen and is just two inches shy of the world record. read


Fat cat removed from owners addicted to watching The Great British Bake Off

Animal rescuers stepped in and took Tiger (pictured) to London's Mayhew Animal Home, where he has lost half of his original weight. But he still longs for cake - having become hooked on the BBC show. read


Mac on... Grandmother, 65, who gave birth to quads

'Cooee, Norman. You sexy beast... beddy byes!' read


India's poorest slum in Kolkata where children play on train tracks

Photographs of a slum constructed around active train tracks in India show the astonishing living conditions facing 1,000 people who cook, clean and play amid the dangers of onrushing trains. read


Chinese lets ONE MILLION bees swarm over his body for world record

Bee-lover Gao Bingguo, from Tai'an in China's northern Shandong province, smashed the previous world record by allowing a skin-crawling 109kg (240lb) of bees swarm over his body. read


Dog Trust dog Beau refuses to go out in the rain without his coat and umbrella 

Nine-year-old crossbreed Beau will only go for a walk when it's raining if he has his coat and a human companion to carry an umbrella, staff at a dog rehoming centre in Huyton, Merseyside say. read


Indian man with 'rubber' arms holds the title for smashing CDs

Rammehar Punia, a 35-year-old farmer from Panipat, India, can also wrap his left hand around his neck so far that he can grab hold of his left ear. read


Warmest year on record as 2015 starts at record high, warn climate scientists

Scientists at the Met Office in the UK have warned January to April has already been the warmest start to a year on record. The picture shows temperature anomalies since the start of the year. read


Peter and Eileen Crichton have travelled the world in their Land Rover

Peter and Eileen Crichton, 72 and 65, from Loughborough, have clocked up over 200,000 miles in their 3.5 V8i 1991 Land Rover Discovery, named Rabia. read


Duck wearing a bow tie sat in a car in Tesco car park 

Shoppers at a Tesco supermarket in Crediton, Devon were stunned to see an Indian Runner Duck, pictured, sitting on a tartan cushion in the front of a Ford Ka in the supermarket's car park. read