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John Bercow rebukes clapping Scottish Nationals for breaking strict Commons rules

SNP MPs broke strict Parliamentary rules today by breaking into applause on at least three occasions as their Westminster leader Angus Robertson delivered his response to the Queen's Speech. read


Ex-Thomas Cook boss to give £2.9million of her bonus to charity

Thomas Cook's former chief executive was branded 'shameless'  after it was revealed she is set to receive a £10,507,730 bonus. Now Harriet Green is set to donate a third of the money to charity. read


Daughter of dying millionaire 'launched brutal attack on his partner of 20 years including kicks and punches in bitter row over his will' 

Susan Roche, 48, yelled 'you greedy b*****d' as she beat Angela Marcantonio, 64, at the family mansion in County Durham, it is claimed, in a row over dying Robert Howey's estate. read


Scientists discover how to stop breast cancer spreading to the bones  

Secondary tumours in the bones cause roughly 85 per cent of deaths from breast cancer. Now Sheffield scientists have found a drug which may stop cancer penetrating the bones. read


M25 motorway shut in both directions causing massive tailbacks after major crash involving three lorries and a tanker

Emergency services were called to the collision between junction J21 shortly after 2pm this afternoon after the multi-vehicle crash between St Albans and Potters Bar. read


Ukip MP Douglas Carswell targeted by 'murderous lynch mob' as anti-austerity protesters clash with police outside Parliament 

Mr Carswell, who defected from the Conservatives last year, was surrounded by demonstrators as he stood outside the Houses of Parliament. He had water thrown over him before he was escorted to safety. read


Islamic State shoots dead 20 in Palmyra amphitheatre - monitor

The men - accused of being government supporters - were shot dead in the second century ampitheatre, which had been restored and was used for an annual festival in Palmyra. read


Queen's Speech sees David Cameron lay out plans for Tory-only government

David Cameron today signalled he will drive through a raft of new laws within months as he seeks the capitalise on his political honeymoon after forming the first Tory government for 18 years. read


Vote 'Yes' to stay in European Union: Conservatives to unveil referendum question

The Queen's Speech, unveiled today, confirms that legislation paving the way for a referendum by 2017 will be once of the first laws passed by the Tory government. read


David Cameron tells SNP to get on with it as he hands Nicola Sturgeon new powers over tax

David Cameron this afternoon warned the SNP they could no longer whinge about decisions in Westminster as he unveiled a package of new powers for the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. read


War on the trade unions: David Cameron launches attack on funding for Labour

Business Secretary Sajid Javid is to lead the biggest changes to rules industrial action since the 1980s, designed to end disruptive strikes being called on low turnouts. read


David Cameron vows no income tax on minimum wage in boost for 30million workers

The Prime Minister pledged to enshrine in law that workers on the minimum wage will pay no income tax, as he ruled out tax rises for the next five years. read


David Cameron bans families from claiming more than £23k in benefits

A Full Employment and Welfare Benefits Bill will be brought forward introducing a raft of new measures which aim to slash the annual benefits bill, pushing more people into work. read


David Cameron delays Human Rights replacement to avoid early clash with rebels

The Conservative manifesto promised to introduce a new 'British Bill of Rights' to curb the power of European judges and stop the abuse of human rights laws by foreign criminals. read


George Osborne smiled as Queen's Speech discussed 'Northern powerhouse'

The clip of the Queen announcing Tory economic plans for the north of England - and the Chancellor's reaction - has become an unlikely internet hit. read


Harriet Harman ignores David Cameron as they walk to hear the Queen's Speech

They are fierce political opponents who rarely have anything nice to say about each other, but today David Cameron and Harriet Harman had to make polite small talk with each other. read


Firms to be hit with new tax for hiring foreign workers instead of young Brits

Home Secretary Theresa May is to consult on a new visa levy which would be used to fund apprenticeships for young people from Britain and the rest of the EU. read


Britain opts out of EU call to take in migrants from Italy and Greece but may still have to take in 2,300 from non-EU countries

The UK will resist calls to take in the share of 20,000 non-EU migrants proposed for it by the European Commission, and has opted out of taking any of 40,000 migrants from Italy and Greece (pictured). read


FIFA officials arrested in Zurich over Russia and Qatar World Cup bribery

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has promised to kick corrupt officials 'out of the game' after U.S. prosecutors today laid bare widespread allegations of rampant corruption at football's governing body. read


FBI probe into FIFA corruption accuses officials of bribery in $150m US sportswear company deal with Brazil team

Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Wednesday in New York that corruption involved bidding for the World Cup in 2010 and Brazil's sponsorship with a major U.S. sportswear company. read


FIFA deny Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022 World Cups are under threat despite corruption arrests and insist presidential election WILL go ahead

FIFA insist there will be no re-vote for the hosting rights to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, despite the arrest of seven officials and the launch of two corruption investigations into the organisation. read


PIERS MORGAN: You're done, Blatter: Thanks, America for finally taking down the corrupt, poisonous toad of FIFA who's been sucking the life out of football for years

I can’t think of a BETTER day for football in my entire 45 years of loving the game. Make no mistake, this is the beginning of the end of the despicable, despotic reign of FIFA President Sepp Blatter. read


Tony Blair quits as Middle East peace envoy after claims he had no credibility

The former prime minister took up the role, representing the 'Quartet' group of the UN, the US, the EU and Russia, soon after leaving Downing Street in 2007. read


Is this the world's oldest MURDER case? 430,000-year-old skull was struck twice before being dumped in the 'Pit of Bones'

The nearly complete skull (pictrured) was found on the site of Sima de los Huesos in Spain. It shows two penetrating lesions on the frontal bone, above the left eye read


Coffee limit should be 4 cups a day in guidelines on caffeine consumption

The risk is particularly high for pregnant women - who should have a maximum of two cups a day - and young people, the EU food safety authority said today. read


Mary Portas says Catholic priest refused to baptise her son with lesbian partner

The Queen of Shops star shared the story while reading excerpts from her memoir – Shop Girl – at a festival in Wales. She said the priest asked her to pray for him after refusing to baptise her son Horatio. read


'Get back to the classroom': David Miliband tells Labour they need a lesson in how to win elections again

The former Foreign Secretary, beaten by Ed to the party leadership in 2010, said the party needed to learn how to win elections again, after this month's disastrous general election defeat. read


Teaching assistant, 35, 'had sex with boy of 13 on her marital bed after confiding him about relationship problems with her husband' 

Mother-of-two Louise Aspinall, a teaching assistant at Swinton High School in Manchester first kissed the boy when they 'wrestled' over a mobile phone after being left alone together, a court heard. read


Holidaymakers' misery as boat people from Syria and Afghanistan seeking asylum set up migrant camp to turn popular Greek island of Kos into 'disgusting' hellhole

Migrants who have arrived from Afghanistan and Syria have turned the popular Greek island of Kos into a refugee camp, angry British holidaymakers say read


Jed Allen's victim's surviving children write poem to their dead father

Philip Howard, 44, was stabbed to death by his girlfriend's 21-year-old son, Jed Allen, at their home in Didcot, Oxfordshire, on Saturday, alongside his six-year-old daughter Derin and partner Janet, 48. read


Eight-year-old boy crushed to death by falling tombstone in Glasgow cemetery 

Ciaran Williamson, pictured, was playing with two friends in the Craigton cemetery in the Cardonald area of Glasgow last night when he was crushed and killed by a falling grave stone. read


Why you should always go FOURTH in an interview: Hiring managers will give you more time to impress, says study

Researchers from Old Dominion University in Virginia found decision-making takes around five minutes for the first interviewee and increases to around eight minutes by the fourth applicant. read


Spanish air traffic controllers confirm four days of strikes in June 

Spanish air traffic controllers have called partial strikes over four days in June as the summer season kicks off, echoing traffic chaos they caused in 2010, leaving 600,000 tourists stranded. read


Yasmin Gasimova who stopped shaving legs age 11 says she's proud of thick body hair

Yasmin Gasimova, 19, from Reading, admits to shaving only when she is on holiday or going out on the prowl. She now wants to encourage other women to ditch their razors to normalise going au naturel. read


Women stop trying to get to the top after just TWO years because they are turned off by having to sacrifice everything to get to the top at work 

A new study in America shows that females find it 'demoralizing' by having to be on call 24 hours a days and that they opt out of going for top jobs so they can have a better work life balance. read


U2 tour manager Dennis Sheehan found dead inside LA hotel room 

Dennis Sheehan, a celebrated live show guru, was found early Wednesday at the Sunset Marquis Hotel in West Hollywood after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest. read


Singapore Airlines plane plunges 13,000 FEET as Rolls-Royce engines fail

As the Airbus A330-300 made an unexpected descent the pilots followed 'operational procedures' and managed to restore power to both Rolls-Royce Trent 772 engines, the airline said. read


Shopper is charged £223,000 for six bottles of ale at his local off licence 

The 28-year-old had been expecting to pay £22.30 for the beers from Kris Wines in Islington, north London, but a mishap at the till led to him being charged the price of a four bedroom house. read


Father Gareth Reeve killed himself after his daughter was attacked by burglars 

Gareth Reeve, 47, was a 'happy-go-lucky' truck driver who changed completely after witnessing the brutal assault on his daughter, Jessica, Winchester Coroner's Court was told. read


Apple TEXT bug can cause handsets to freeze and reboot

The message (pictured and partly obscured) contains the words ‘Power’ as well as some Arabic and Marathi characters and the Chinese character meaning 'redundant'. read


The top kitchen hacks to make cooking simpler

Sometimes it pays to cut corners. From freezing rice or mash potato, to making a fast, but healthy, breakfast, this infographic will make home cooking much simpler for those who are pressed for time. read


Group of 40 squatters given marching orders to leave Mayfair property

The group, who have been squatting in an office block at 16 Grosvenor Street, in the Mayfair area of London, had been granted more time to take legal advice - but today a judge ordered them to leave. read


Travellers pitch their cars and caravans in Woodingdean, Brighton cemetery

Travellers arrived in a fleet of cars, lorries and more than a dozen caravans at the Lawn Memorial and Woodland Valley Natural Burial Site in Warren Road, Woodingdean, Brighton & Hove. read


Man climbed into Polish zoo's bear enclosure and it tried to bite his arm

The foolish stunt was captured on camera by a passer-by who spotted the man climbing over a protective fence and heading towards a female bear at a zoo in Warsaw, Poland. read


Pensioner George Robson dies from a stomach ulcer due to 'medical neglect'

George Robson, 75, of Shirley, south east London, died after staff at King's College Hospital failed to prescribe the correct medication, a coroner ruled. read


Michael Jopson and his son killed in Bank Holiday car crash in Cumbria

Loving father Michael Jopson, 25, and his son Tony, 18 months old, from Old Tebay, Penrith, died after a crash on Monday and two-month old Logan was seriously injured but is now stable. read


Terrible twos? Why the bacteria in your child's gut may be to blame for bad behaviour 

The abundance and diversity of certain bacterial species can impact a child’s behaviour, particularly that of boys, according to a study from Ohio State University. read


British 'Neets' numbering 500k who don't even want to work

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have warned that Britain’s Neets have ‘lost touch and hope’, and find themselves ‘far from the labour market’. read


Taxi passenger stunned by £33 fare for four-mile trip posts video

Caroline Coyle, 45, had been on a night out in Nottingham on Saturday when she got a cab back to her home in nearby Arnold and was ordered to pay three times more than she was expecting. read


Transport for London staff's families given '£22M' worth of free travel

More than 8.4million journeys were taken for free last year by people living with TfL staff members - which could even include lodgers, according to figures obtained by the Tories. read


Humans will be left 'defenceless' by killer drones: Flying AI robots pose a serious threat to our lives, expert warns

The warning came from a professor at the University of California. He said that deadly drones were the 'endpoint' of autonomous weapons (image from Terminator shown). read


Etiquette expert William Hanson on how to avoid wedding disasters

William Hanson gives advice on how to have a sophisticated ceremony and reception without causing offense with the guest list and avoiding a gaudy wedding cake. read


Kamil Dantes stabbed parents to death during psychotic episode after smoking cannabis for years

Kamil Dantes, 28, left his disabled father, Leszek Dantes, and mother Malgorzata, both 54 and originally from Poland, with more than 30 wounds each at their home in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. read


Auschwitz bookkeeper Oskar Groening tells how gas chamber pesticide was used

The trial of a former SS guard has heard how the Nazis used a lethal pesticide known as Zyklon-B (pictured) to slowly and kill its victims, who took longer than half-an-hour to die from it. read


New android on google's agenda

Google is expected to unveil the new version of its Android operating system as well as discuss driverless cars and virtual reality at its annual I/O conference in San Francisco. read


'The car is the ultimate mobile device': Apple's operations boss drops biggest hint yet firm IS working on an electric vehicle

Apple's operations chief Jeff Williams has dropped the biggest hint yet that the firm is developing a car. read


Epilepsy charity's 'Seize the Day' slogan sparks criticism from Katie Hopkins

Epilepsy sufferer and controversial TV pundit, Katie Hopkins branded the slogan 'odd', telling people 'we don't need to laugh at ourselves to fit in'. The Epilepsy Society said it was intended as an 'empowering message'. read


Paedophile Alan Chater caught by Leeds police abusing two boys under 13 in car

Alan Chater, 65, (pictured) had forced the boys, both under 13, into his car after he spotted them playing on the street in Leeds, West Yorkshire, and drove them to a nearby car park. read


The best bikinis for EVERY body shape this summer

FEMAIL has constructed the ultimate guide for finding a bikini or swimsuit to flatter your frame. You're welcome. read


Brothers Dwight and Derrell 'murdered 17-year-old by crushing him against railings'

Dwight Callender and his brother Derrell, murdered Johnson Ndjoli, pictured, by ramming him with their white van and crushing him against railings in south east London, the Old Bailey heard. read


Vast majority of new fathers are too scared to ask their bosses for extra paternity leave under Government's new shared parenting rules

New rules allow couples to split up to a year off work after the birth of their child. The aim is to help mothers return to the workplace and allow fathers to be more involved during the first year of a child's life. read


UK weather: The summer is nearly here! Next week could see the hottest day of the year so far

Bursts of sunshine today will see temperatures reach highs of up to 20C (68F), with the South expected to enjoy the best of the weather. read


Perfect strawberries and cream formula served up by scientists

Supermarket Morrisons teamed up with Dr Stuart Farrimond to uncover the science behind the classic summer dish.The research found the fruits shrink after 2 minutes 50 seconds of being covered in cream. read


Ryan Cross survives lightning strike to the head that shredded his clothes

Ryan Cross, 34, from Nampa, Idaho, was left with a vicious red scar down his torso after the bolt entered the top of his head and exited through the base of his back. read


Welsh girl managed to conceal 6lb breast tumour for eight months

The girl came to a breast clinic in Wales with a huge rugby ball sized tumour on her left breast, which was found to be benign. Doctors removed the 6lbs (2.7kg) mass. read


World's oldest identical twins Florence Davies and Glenys Thomas pass away weeks apart

Devoted sisters Florence Davies and Glenys Thomas shared more than 103 years together before dying within a month of each other. read


Cyclist's widow face-to- face with Clive Keegan who killed her husband

Clive Keegan, 59, met Valerie Bamford after he was spared jail despite admitting causing the death of her husband, Martyn, 62, who was dragged under his lorry in Bristol in March last year. read


Is this the coolest office in Britain? Firm spends £2.7million to treat staff to open-air cinema, swings, pool table, free breakfasts - and even their own BEACH

Car hire firm Rentalcars has transformed its 38,000 sq.ft. Manchester office into a modern-day fun house, turning boring meeting rooms into games meccas, indoor parks and cinema rooms. read


Jerri Lee buys kids under two £6k worth of designer dresses

Jerri Lee, 30, (right), from Greenwich, London, is having a custom-made wardrobe built for daughters Valentino, eight months, and Milan, 20 months (left), who never wear the same outfit twice. read


Kenyan lawyer offers 50 cows, 70 sheep and 30 goats to marry Barack Obama's daughter Malia

Felix Kiprono Matagei, who is originally from Kenya but is studying at Oxford, said he will put the marriage proposal to President Obama when he visits Kenya next month. read


Porn maker Erika Lust would be happy for her DAUGHTERS to join the industry

Director Erika Lust, 38, who is based in Barcelona, is determined to change the porn world with her art house flicks by asking fans for their fantasies, casting 'relatable' stars and using a nearly all-female team. read


Are your children naughty? They may have the 'CEO gene': Genetic sequence linked to mild rule breaking is found in good leaders

Psychologists from Kansas State University discovered the influence of a gene called DAT1, which when found in children, leads to 'mild' bad behaviour (illustrated in a stock image). read


The signs that you're a true grown up include acing a job interview

A new list of 20 chores and experiences dictate whether you've reached adulthood. They include filling out a tax return and assembling flat pack furniture. read


Man who has had 191 surgeries in a bid to become a human Ken doll goes under the knife yet again... to get a set of WINGS

Slovakian-born Justin Jedlica, 34, has spent £150,000 in his quest to look like a human Ken doll. His most recent surgery involved having bespoke back implants designed to look like a pair of wings. read


Dog walker Andrew McGeown drowned after jumping into the sea to rescue his pet

Andrew McGeown, 32, drowned after selflessly plunging into the sea to save his Staffordshire bull terrier Arnold, who had been sucked in while the two were walking around South Bay in Scarborough. read


Foster father honoured on Trisha molested teenage girls in his care

Bill Rathbone, from Middlesborough, tried to prevent the abuse coming to light by threatening to kill himself if his victim exposed him as a paedophile, a court heard. read


Aberdeenshire teacher 'lost it' when he called 'really small' pupil a dwarf

Christopher Butcher, 61, (pictured) admitted shouting at the secondary pupil at Fraserburgh Academy, Aberdeenshire, grabbing him by the shoulder and pushing him after the boy misbehaved. read


Sailor brain-damaged from fall off yacht owned by Chelsea's Roman Abramovich's pal

Engineer Jacob Nicol, 22, is undergoing lifesaving treatment at a hospital in Shropshire. His loved ones yesterday released traumatic pictures of Jacob lying in hospital surrounded by tubes. read


Chinese woman builds crazy glass box extension between two apartment blocks

Photographs of the makeshift extension have provoked huge controversy online as Chinese social media users dub it the "craziest illegal structure" in Chonquing read


Burglar removes a WINDOW so he can carry out house raid in video

Career criminal Mark Donaldson, 26, is facing jail today after he failed to notice a neighbour filmed him breaking into the house from across the street in Burnley, Lancashire. read


Paedophile immigrant jailed for using Facebook and Whatsapp to groom schoolgirl

Subayer Ahmed had used WhatsApp and Facebook to groom two teenagers, telling him he loved them, a court heard. He then booked a hotel room for him and one of the girls at a Manchester Travelodge. read


Delay in cutting a baby's umbilical cord make them more intelligent

Waiting a few minutes to clamp the umbilical cord after birth is tied to better motor and social skills later in childhood - especially for boys, suggests a new study from Uppsala University in Sweden. read


Eric Joyce spared jail despite being found guilty of attack on two teenage boys

The 54-year-old scuffled with the boys, aged 14 and 15, after they pushed past him while he browsed the drinks cabinet of a Camden off licence, in north London. read


Artist Richard Prince under fire after using people's Instagram photos in exhibition

Painter and photographer Richard Prince, 65, blew up screenshots of Instagram photos for his series titled New Portraits. The 38 pictures reportedly sold for more than $90,000 each at Frieze New York. read


Reda el-Fouly arrested for 'inciting debauchery' in Egypt with music video

Singer Reda el-Fouly is due to appear in court in Giza after posting the clip on YouTube, showing her shaking her breasts at the camera, while police are hunting her boyfriend Wael Elsedeki. read


Video of starving Syrian boy so hungry he's eating GRASS to survive

The footage, thought to have been taken in Aleppo, shows the boy, who appears no more than five, telling the interviewer he has not eaten for two days, has not tasted bread in 'a long time'. read


ISIS offers fighters $1,500 starter home bonus and free honeymoon

The incentive emerged after a recently married Syrian ISIS fighter, Abu Bilal al-Homsi, spoke to journalists via Skype from the capital of the extremist group's self-proclaimed 'caliphate'. read


Civilians fleeing ISIS in Ramadi rounded up and arrested in Iraq

Harrowing footage shows hundreds of civilians who fled death and destruction in Ramadi, shackled together, being led single file through Anbar province by militia forces who suspect them to be ISIS. read


Need a concentration boost? Just look at this picture for 40 seconds: Researchers say even just looking at a green roof can improve your brainpower

Researchers say that simply looking at nature from your desk for 40 seconds can boost your brainpower. Even people looking at a picture of screen of a meadowlike green roof saw an effect. read


Christian preacher Rob Hughes arrested and held in a cell after false homophobia claims

Rob Hughes, 38, was speaking in Basildon, Essex, when the woman said she was ‘gay and proud’ and he should ‘get down off your pedestal, you judgmental ****'. read


Christian social worker 'convinced schizophrenic she was possessed'

Anneth Bryan (pictured) was working for a London fostering agency when she was accused of telling a child she was a pastor. Speaking to another, she is said to have convinced her she was possessed. read


'My lodger snorted my mother's ASHES': Host's fury after learning woman cut her dead parent's remains into lines and took them like cocaine

Jacqui Tierney (pictured) says friends watched on in horror as Natalie Hawes scooped her dead mother Hilda's ashes from their urn before vacuuming them up her nose at her Dundee home. read


Lenka Tanner walks on water but is it really all that it seems?

Slovakian synchronished swimmer, Lenka Tanner, 30, who lives in Nottingham, East Midlands, performs the trick by diving beneath the water before pacing across the surface upside down. read


Mysterious fossils reveal new species of early HUMAN: Thick-jawed hominid lived alongside 'Lucy' 3.4 million years ago

Scientists at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History have named the new species, which was discovered in Afar, Ethiopia, as Australopithecus deyiremeda. read


Harley Street skin expert launches 40-minute face lift that lasts 18 months

The treatment devised by Lee Garrett and trialled by Sue, 45, in London, involves injecting Botox and fillers into strategic points on the face, to lift, volumise and hydrate skin for up to 18 months. read


China 'HAS put weapons on its new artificial islands'

Tensions over the South China Sea are set to escalate after it was revealed China has set up weapons on its artificial islands that are still being constructed (pictured) in the much-disputed region. read


Is Britain's Hardest Grafters reality show a new low for BBC?

The programme, which has the working title Britain's Hardest Grafter, will see 25 people compete in a series of challenges with the aim of being crowned the hardest worker. read


Are YOU a super multitasker? Take the online test that could reveal if your brain is wired for organisation

The test, by Oregon-based Silver Bay Labs, follows research that found real multitaskers – those who can carry out multiple tasks with equally well – make up just two in 100 people. read


Fake music producer from MTV's Catfish 'made terror threats against President Obama and the DC Metro system 11 times in five months'

Jerez Nehemiah Stone-Coleman, also known as 'Kidd Cole', allegedly called 911 to report bombs planted at Metro stations throughout Washington D.C read


Oxford 'sex-crazed' nun among 90 skeletons dug up near Medieval priory

The skeleton of one lady at Littlemore Priory was found face down, and researchers believe she may have been one of the infamous 'sinner nuns' who forced the nunnery to shut down in 1524. read


Screentendo app turns ANY site into a playable Mario level

A London-based developer has created Super Mario code for Macs. Called Screentendo, it uses a window to change a website into 'blocks'. Mario can then be controlled around the stage (shown). read


Scotland's most expensive property this year goes for £2.25m

The owner could make up to £50,000-a-week by renting out the end of terrace house (pictured left) - which also boasts views over the first fairway - during major competitions at St Andrews. read


World's largest yacht 'Double Century' is size of two football fields and costs $770m

Called Double Century, she has an incredible nine decks, will rise 88 feet above the water and will be 130-feet longer than the current record holder, the Azzam, owned by the President of the UAE. read


Magic mushrooms and LSD 'should be used to treat anxiety and addictions'

Psychiatrist Dr James Rucker, of King's College London, says legal restrictions imposed on psychedelic drugs make clinical trials into their benefits 'almost impossible'. read


Apple Watches, phones and tablets about to make 'real money' a thing of the past

A new study has claimed cash could be olsolete withing the next ten years and will be replaced with smartphone, credit card and tablet transactions. read


Benefits father of FOURTEEN claims £70k a year to keep family running

Tom Shaw, 39, from Nottingham, gave up work ten years ago to help his wife Stacey bring up their super-sized brood of 14. The couple claim an estimated £70,000 in benefits each year. read


Up to 99% of Everest's glaciers could be gone by 2100

Glaciers in the Everest region (file photo shown) could shrink at least 70 per cent or even disappear entirely by the end of the century as a result of climate change, scientist have said. read


Fraudster who pocketed £70,000 in benefits while enjoying an exotic foreign holiday and Sky TV is jailed for two years 

Mother-of-three Catherine Jardine, 44, of Blantyre, Lanarkshire, was convicted of fraud after falsely claiming that she was a single parent and the sole provider for her children. read


Drug driver Neil El-Komboz was so intoxicated he could not drink a cup of coffee

These are the amazing scenes where drug driver Neil El-Komboz from Brighton was so intoxicated that he was unable to drink a cup of coffee and instead allowed the hot drink to dribble down his chin. read


Stag-do groom Lee Forrester is stuck to Manchester lamppost in underwear 

The rest of the stag party - who travelled to Manchester from Chesterfield - enjoyed a pint in a nearby pub while they watched groom-to-be Lee Forrester squirm while stuck to the traffic lights. read


Forget the megayacht - here's the FLYING yacht: Concept reveals boat with a top deck that transforms into a jet plane

The Russian designer behind the project believes the luxury craft will take to the water - and the skies - in 2050. read


Student 'diversity' officer Bahar Mustafa who tweeted #killallwhitemen KEEPS job

Bahar Mustafa, 27, student union Welfare and Diversity Officer at Goldsmiths University in London, was caught in the centre of a racism and sexism row. read


20st man Justin Gomersall BANISHED from marital bed for snoring drops 6st in a year

Justin Gomersall, 43, from Northampton, tipped the scales at 20 stone. His weight meant he snored, leading wife Frankie to ban him from bedroom, so he lost six stone after taking up exercise. read


Lord Stevens is investigated by watchdog over Stephen Lawrence inquiry 

The murdered teenager's father Neville last month made a complaint about former Met commissioner Lord Stevens over claims he withheld evidence from the Macpherson Inquiry. read


Aldi beats Tesco to become eighth-biggest retail brand in the WORLD

The supermarket's brand value has soared 22 per cent compared with last year while Tesco plummeted 37 per cent to £6.1million, according to research published today. read


Robots learn to recover from damage in minutes

Researchers from Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris and the University of Wyoming created robots (pictured) that adapt and recover from injury in less than two minutes. read


Liz Hurley INCREASES the price of her country estate to £9million

After putting her Cotswold home, Ampney Knowle, on the market for £6million in June last year, the actress has now hiked up the price by £3million, but she has also increased the size of the plot on offer. read


Brain surgery's earliest patients revealed

The images, found at Yale University, show Dr Harvey Cushing's patients between 1900-1930. The collection includes haunting images of babies with distended skulls and scar-filled heads. read


Elephant seal indulges in some petting with one of his 100 female mates

Gold Harbour Beach, located on an Island between South America an Antarctica, is home to a huge colony of elephant seals, with males aggressively protecting their harem of females. read


Flower beds used to grow MARIJUANA in Kazakhstan capital

Hundreds of the illegal plants have been found growing in Astana City, the capital of Kazakhstan, with authorities at a loss to explain how they got there or who planted them. read


Elephant charges Indian group who threw firecrackers at it

The Asian elephant charged a group of villagers and forest guards near the small town of Rakamjote, in West Bengal, after they threw firecrackers to try and scare it away. read


Shenzhen Airlines plane cabin fills with steam due to high humidity

Those on board the Shenzhen Airlines plane on Saturday became alarmed when steam spread quickly through the cabin after the air conditioning was switched on. read


Ancient Egyptian techniques to preserve human legs copied by modern scientists

Researchers from the Democritus of Thrace in Xanthi, Greece, took daily scans and samples to study how the tissue changed (pictured) as they copied ancient Egyptian techniques. read


'Walter Mitty' Muslim extremist Zakariya Ashiq who claimed MI5 repeatedly snatched him off the streets of Coventry is jailed for six years

Zakariya Ashiq, 20, from Coventry, left the UK last year on a bus from London Victoria station and travelled via Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Bulgaria to Jordan. read


Receding waters reveal at least 19 dead while 13 still missing as relentless storms parked over Texas threaten even MORE flooding

Several more inches of rain were expected through the weekend in already soaked Texas and Oklahoma. read


Michelle Leathem staggers down the street due to Ménière's disease

Michelle Leathem, 32, from Warrington, Cheshire, suffers from the rare Ménière's disease. She is struck by eight hour spells of vertigo, and has been told she may completely lose her hearing. read


Window cleaner perches on ledge four storeys up in video

This is the shocking moment when a window cleaner risked his life working high above a Glasgow street without using any form of safety equipment while walking along a narrow ledge. read


Tiger cub at Russian zoo endlessly pesters his mother by climbing on her face

The touching series of photographs - revealing that a tiger's motherly instincts are not all that far removed from our own - were recently taken at a zoo in Russia. read


Alarm clock wafts aromas of espresso and the seaside wake you up gently

The SensorWake alarm (pictured), invented by a French teenager, is designed to be an effective, but more relaxing way to wake up. read


Kristian Alexander Kirk caught by 'Paedophile Hunter' Stinson Hunter

Kristian Alexander Kirk, 25, of Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, admitted attempting to meet a fictional 14-year-old boy for sex. He was caught out in a sting by the self-styled 'Paedophile Hunter'. read


India's heatwave is now so hot it causes the roads to MELT

Road surfaces in New Delhi, India have started melting as temperatures hit a blistering 45 degrees Celsius - and forecasters have warned it will get even hotter. read


Vatican cardinal says Ireland's gay-marriage referendum is 'defeat for humanity'

The comments by the Italian-born cardinal, Pietro Parolin, a veteran Vatican diplomat, underlined the shock created by the landslide vote in traditionally Catholic Ireland. read


Guy Claxton says erasers should be removed from classrooms over mistake shame

Guy Claxton, visiting professor of learning sciences at King’s College London, said rubbers wrongly encourage children to feel ashamed of their mistakes. read


Pollution increases autism risk in babies study finds

Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh found exposure to air pollution during pregnancy and the first two years of life, may increase the risk of a child developing autism spectrum disorder. read


Top tips for travelling while pregnant include being insured for premature birth

A new infographic promises to take the fear out of travelling while pregnant by offering simple tips to stay safe and comfortable on the move. read


Remains of dead stellar gas seen in the distant constellation Horologium

Astronomers in Australia have spotted a galaxy devouring others. NGC 1512 (seen in the middle), 38 million light-years away, is 'eating' a smaller dwarf galaxy, but may have eaten others before. read


Girl with Down Syndrome drowns in Ibiza hotel after wandering off at 3am

The child, whose parents are German and Russian, was discovered lying face down in the hotel's swimming pool by a security guard about 3am. read


Mother who bought an island for just $15,000 from Cambodian locals

Melita Koulmandas Hunter purchased Song Saa, which is 18 miles off the coast of Cambodia, in 2006. She and her husband have now built a 27-villa luxury resort. read


A43 Corby bypass is a road without traffic as it doesn't appear on sat navs

The A43 Corby bypass in Northamptonshire (pictured) opened to great fanfare last May, but a year on officials have admitted that vehicle useage was just half of what had been expected. read


Forget ink, this pen lets you write with wine and beer - but only if you're willing to waste alcohol

An Oregon-based designer has created a pen that sucks up liquid. Called the Winkpen, it does not need to use regular ink to write. Instead, any liquid with a staining property such as wine (shown) can be used. read


Terminally ill Ed Schwartz in race against time to fly to Hawaii for final days

Ed Schwartz, 47, from New Jersey, was diagnosed with terminal leukaemia in November 2013 and is desperate to spend his final days in Maui with his wife of six years, Julie Tung, 48. read


Nottingham Trent Uni student designs lingerie inspired by wartime letters

Chloe Bampton, 21, from Dullingham, East Cambridgeshire, drew on her grandfather's years as a Japanese POW along with his enduring love for his wife, in her delicate range with a feminist twist. read


Northumberland woman left with a BLACK EYE after botched £350 Botox treatment

Kate Saunders, a business developer from Northumberland, wanted to banish her wrinkles before her wedding anniversary cruise and birthday celebration, instead she was left with a 'real shiner'. read


Christine Riley ordered to repay £100k in 'tainted gifts' from loan fraud

Christine Riley, pictured, has been ordered to repay almost £100,000 in gifts she received from her husband Peter who ran an elaborate £4 million fraud along with socialite conman Edward Davenport. read


Tom Hayes 'urged brother to ply HSBC colleague to fix rates'

Tom Hayes (pictured arriving at London's Southwark Crown Court today) is denying eight counts of conspiring to defraud. He pocketed more than £4m while earning his employers tens of millions. read


Male comedian tries and fails to make sense of women's underwear while examining a black thong on camera 

Robbie Sherrard's video has received more than 900,000 views since it was posted on his YouTube channel yesterday. In the clip, he compares a lace G-string to everything from a lanyard to a weapon. read


Mexico protesters set cop on FIRE as violence erupts over missing 43 students

Violence erupted in Mexico City yesterday as families of the missing students continue to wait for answers. The government says they were passed to a drug gang by corrupt police. read


Italian mafia boss Pasquale Scotti arrested after 30 years on the run

Feared Camorra crime boss Pasquale Scotti, 56, has been found living a new life in Recife after spending 30 years on the run from Italian authorities, police say. read


Drunk Briton woke in Switzerland after falling asleep in bus in Munich

Jordan Adams, 33, from Ealing, west London, was left stranded in Zurich with no money, phone or passport after crawling into the vehicle compartment when he became separated from friends. read


British consumer confidence soars to 9-year high means households happy to spend

With the number of people feeling positive about their personal finances and job prospects improving, Neilsen's UK Consumer Confidence Index hit 97 in the first quarter of this year. read


Airlines are making in-flight safety videos sexy from French chic to memes

Airlines are conjuring up more and more outlandish ways to hold the attention of their passengers: from sexy models in swimwear to the stars of YouTube hit Charlie Bit my Finger. read


Active volcano Mount Nyiragongo crater reveals lakes of lava

Italian geologist Francesco Pandolfo travelled to Africa to study the volcanic activity on Mount Nyiragongo. He abseiled into the crater to examine the lake of molten lava that sits on top of it. read


Baby bears wrestle on Yosemite road as stunned tourists watch

The adorable black cubs were caught on video brawling in the middle of a road at Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park, California, by stunned tourists. read


Match.com hires Laila Swann to go on dates around the world

Laila Swann, from London, is embarking on a tour to cities such as New York, Rio de Janeiro and Paris to find out how the rest of the world dates, all with the aim of turning Britons into better daters. read


HALF of Brits choose second cheapest bottle on menu to avoid faux pas

Almost half of Britons admit to feeling completely out of our depth when it comes to trying new wines, a survey by Asda revealed with a fifth admitting to feeling intimidated by wine lists and price tags. read


Perth parents spend $50k on lavish Disney party for daughter's THIRD birthday 

Eric Lembo and Trang Nguyen invited 220 people to help celebrate their daughter Lauren's third birthday in Perth last weekend - complete with oysters and French champagne. read


Watch clubbers turn curry house into a RAVE as they dance amid the poppadoms and bhajis until 6am 

The Shalamar Tandoori in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, became the site of an impromptu rave when it was overrun by youngsters not wanting to go home after a student club night in the town. read


Disney princesses copy Kim Kardashian's sauciest self-portraits in clever illustrations created in honor of the reality queen's book Selfish

The clever drawings created by Boston-based artist Isaiah Stephens show Ariel, Pocahontas, Jasmine and more mimicking the racy selfies that were first created by Kim. read


Chinese woman swallows 30cm long kitchen spatula to clear her throat

Guan Hsuing, 31, was rushed to Kanghua Hospital in Dongguan, China, after putting the 30cm (12 inches) long spatula in her throat in an attempt to soothe an allergic reaction. read


Man holds on for life after employee forgets to attach him to zip line in Thailand

An American tourist was left holding on for dear life after an instructor failed to attach him to a zip line in Thailand's popular Chiang Mai area. read


Close encounters of the Texan kind: UFO-shaped clouds seen over parts of state following severe weather

The stunning pictures, taken by M. Davis, show rare lenticular clouds in the skies over Robertson and Leon Counties following the storms which have caused widespread flooding and devastation. read


Egyptian Goose takes dislike to drone and wipes it out in the air in video

An Egyptian goose showed off just how territorial its species can be when it attacked a drone flying over Oudorperpolder, in the city of Alkmaar, and took it out of the sky. read


Lamborghini Urus will have 600 horsepower and a lightweight shell

Called the Urus, the sleek but tall car (pictured) is expected to be built in Italy, having been rumoured to be put into production for years. It is expected to go on sale in 2017. read


Mac on...study saying traffic noise raises obesity risk

'Bleedin' motorists! We wondered what was causing it.' read


Watch the amazing moment that a baby elephant collapses on a busy road - and the herd comes to its rescue 

A herd of elephants invaded a busy road in the Kruger National Park in South Africa to rescue a young elephant who had collapsed in the middle of the tarmac, forcing the traffic to stop. read


Shocking footage shows toddler in control of MOTORBIKE on China road

This is the shocking moment a toddler was filmed in control of a motorbike moving at speed along a road in China. In the clip her grandfather sits behind her as a pillion. read


Dog climbs 6ft chain-link gate to visit friend next door in video

A dog showed off its intelligence and athleticism by successfully climbing a 6ft chain-link gate in an incredible video that sees the pooch reunite with its friend. read


Grand Canyon tourist bitten while trying to stroke a squirrel in video

A tourist to the Grand Canyon left with a painful souvenir after attempting to interact with the wildlife. Holding out his hand, the man beckons a squirrel over only to get bitten on the finger. read


I thought the engine was making a strange humming noise! Motorist returns home to find her car infested with 5,000 bees

Kelly-Marie Knowles, 26, was attacked by a hive as a child so was shocked to return back from a walk to find literally thousands of the insects on the back of her red Peugeot 206 (pictured) in Cornwall. read


Sea lion shot with a homemade harpoon finally rescued in California

The search was launched on May 23 after a person at Oxnard's Peninsula Yacht Marina saw the lion resting on a pier with a large blade sticking out his side and took a photo. read


Blackpool Dance Festival sees performers from around the world

The world's largest ballroom competition - celebrating its 90th anniversary - has received a boost thanks to Strictly Come Dancing, and attracted 20,000 competitors in 2014. read