BREAKING NEWS: Former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy dies at his home aged 55

Charles Kennedy, former Liberal Democrat leader, dies at his home aged 55

The Scottish ex-MP's death was not believed to be suspicious and the cause of death has yet to be confirmed. Mr Kennedy lost his seat in the Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency to the SNP's Ian Blackford in last month's general election. He had for years battled a problem with alcohol and friends said that he had been 'heartbroken' not to be re-elected as an MP and feared for his safety without the 'support' of Parliament. In 2010 he divorced with wife of eight years Sarah (pictured left), with whom he had a 10-year-old son. Mr Kennedy is pictured centre on April 27th in East Dumbartonshire during the election campaign. The shock news prompted a wave of tributes this morning from across the political divide.

Revealed: The master butcher who was filmed launching expletive-laden tirade at cyclist he told to 'get in the f****** cycle lane you c***'

Shocking moment Priory Lane driver and cyclist have furious row in Roehampton

The expletive-laden rant was caught on camera by the cyclist, after the Land Rover Discovery 4 driven by master butcher Jason Wells (pictured) appeared to attempt to overtake him in south-west London. A torrent of abuse between the cyclist and Mr Wells, who owns cafe chain Brew, then breaks out as he accuses him of hitting his car on Priory Lane in Roehampton, heading towards Richmond Park. The video appears to show the driver of the 4x4 slowing down to allow the cyclist to catch up before closing the space between them.

Now cut our power bills: New Energy Secretary warns 'Big Six' providers they MUST pass on 20% fall in gas and electricity costs

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The warning from new Energy Secretary Amber Rudd comes amid forecasts of a particularly harsh winter that would hit families in the pocket.

England rugby star Danny Cipriani held on suspicion of drink-driving after 5am collision involving his Mercedes

The 27-year-old sportsman's £60,000 black Mercedes was involved in a collision with another car in Chelsea, West London, early yesterday morning.

Office workers 'should stand for two hours a day': Doctors say constant sitting is leading to health issues including cancer and Type 2 diabetes  

Office staff should spend at least two hours a day on their feet to combat health problems, according to official recommendations. But experts say it's up to employers to set a 'daily quota' of standing time.

Are YOU living life to the full? Only one in five have enough excitement... and the rest of us should skydive and swim with sharks for starters

Although half of people claim to have a zest for life, the reality is that the majority of us long for more excitement in our lives. New survey compiles list of the ultimate life-fulfilling experiences.

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Great-grandad with black belt in martial art sends armed robber packing after bashing him with BASEBALL BAT as he tried to rob his jewellery shop 

Devon Great-grandad David Bruce chases off thief with baseball bat

David Bruce was working alone when the thug stormed his jewellery shop in Barnstaple, Devon, wearing sunglasses and a latex mask. He held he 71-year-old at gunpoint, demanding that he empty the tills after slamming a bag on the shop counter. Pretending to go to open the till, Mr Bruce produced a baseball bat from beneath it and smashed it onto the thief's hand, breaking his wrist. He fled the scene seconds later (right) and is now wanted by police.

Badger protesters target Sainsbury's on milk sales: Leader of animal rights group threatens 'mayhem' if chain sells milk from areas where culls are planned

Animal rights fanatics are threatening to create 'havoc' in Sainsbury's supermarkets in an attempt to halt the badger cull.

France and Germany reject EU migrant quota plan and say Italy and Greece need to do more to strengthen their borders 

France and Germany have slammed the European Commission plan to redistribute migrants around Europe. They insist the plan doesn't take into account their previous efforts to admit migrants.

Curbs on NHS fat cats - thanks to the Mail: Hospital chiefs banned from retiring for a day...then returning on even higher pay

Jeremy Hunt will today unveil a package of tough measures to end the scandal of NHS fat cat pay. He is warning that the salary and perks pocketed by some executives are unjustifiable.

It's a scandal how little is spent on lung cancer research, says Robert Peston: BBC economics editor speaks out as he tells of 'terrible shock' at losing wife to the disease

BBC economics editor Robert Peston has described his 'terrible shock' at losing his wife Sian Busby to lung cancer and blasted the lack of spending on researching cures for the disease.

Clampdown to end the £3.3bn agency staff 'rip-off': Hunt to impose maximum hourly rate to prevent doctors earning up to £3,500 a shift

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said he would set a maximum hourly rate to prevent situations where agency doctors cost hospitals as much as £3,500 for a single shift.

Axing brutal SAS hike that killed three men was 'too much bother': Inquest told of 'red tape excuse', lack of water on blistering day and how victim wasn't found for 2.5 hours

Army reservists died on SAS exercise were on hottest day of the year 

Bryher Dunsby (left) today attended the start of a four-week inquest into the deaths of three men, including her husband, who died in July 2013 following the SAS exercise on the Brecon Beacons. During evidence on the opening day of the hearing, the coroner heard how Corporal James Dunsby (bottom, left), Lance Corporal Edward Maher (bottom, middle) and Lance Corporal Craig Roberts (bottom, right) carried 49lb backpacks in 27C (81F) temperatures before they collapsed (march shown, right). Giving evidence, Mrs Dunsby - who arrived at the hearing with her wedding ring around her neck - described how her 'handsome and charming' husband had an 'exceptional level of fitness' before his death. In emotional scenes, she then turned to the coroner and said: 'I have to do right by him.' Meanwhile, the relatives of Lance Corporal Craig Roberts described asking an officer why the 24-year-old was 'sent up there in that heat'. An unnamed commander then replied: 'There would be too much paperwork',' according to the family statement. The inquests into their deaths continues.

PM must walk away if EU deal is poor, says Boris: Re-elected MP uses maiden speech in the Commons to outline his Eurosceptic credentials 

Boris Johnson warned David Cameron last night that he must be prepared to 'walk away' from Europe if he fails to get a good deal for Britain.

PM 'may have no choice on prisoner votes' if he does not quit European Convention on Human Rights 

Jonathan Fisher spoke out as ministers confirmed they had dropped a threat to sever ties with Strasbourg, as revealed by the Mail last week.

Child benefit STAYS while I'm PM: Cameron slaps down Iain Duncan Smith plan to limit hand-out to two children

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The Prime Minister said he would honour his election pledge to protect child benefit for the next five years, despite pressure to find £12billion in savings from the welfare budget.

Disgraced ex-child protection chief loses her £1,000 a day consultancy job after contract breached Government rules

Deputy children's commissioner Sue Berelowitz has lost the contract for breaching Government rules. She received a £134,000 redundancy payoff in April.

Tell Sid! RBS shares go on sale this year: Osborne to reveal privatisation plans seven years after taxpayers bailed out bank

George Osborne will lay out plans for privatising the bank in his Mansion House speech next week, nearly seven years after it was rescued by the taxpayer, sources say.

I don't want to force mothers back to work, just give them a choice, says Cameron as he doubles free childcare to 30 hours

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The Prime Minister admitted it will 'take time' to get plans right to offer 30 hours free childcare per week to three and four -year-olds when they come into force early from September next year.

The bottom's fallen out of the car market! TWENTY vehicles plummet through Audi dealership's first floor onto workshop

20 cars fall through Milton Keynes Audi dealership first floor onto workshop

The vehicles crashed through a 100ft by 65ft section of the upper floor at the Audi dealership in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, but staff were evacuated before the collapse and escaped unhurt. Employees spotted the danger and activated the fire alarm, prompting everyone to vacate the building in the Northfield area of the town about 20 minutes before the collapse at 12.30pm. The fire service - which sent one engine to the scene - isolated the gas and electricity supplies, and Milton Keynes Council confirmed building control inspectors were investigating what happened.

Breast cancer drug 'boosts survival rates by 40%': Thousands could benefit from two drugs that can eradicate tennis ball-sized tumours in just three months

Experts hope NHS rationing body NICE will approve the drugs soon - despite their cost - to enable more women to live longer with the disease and possibly be cured.

You can give HRT to menopausal women with high blood pressure, doctors are told 

Thousands of women are thought to have been unfairly excluded from using hormone replacement therapy because GPs worry the drug might raise the risk of heart problems.

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That's enough sun, wristband will warn us: Band will help us enjoy the rays safely by telling us when we have soaked up enough 

A potentially life-saving wristband, developed by UK researchers, will tell us when we have soaked up enough rays. Experts warn that fear of skin cancer is actually stopping us getting enough vitamin D.

The hedgehogs with road sense: Last colony in London have survived because they are scared of crossing the road 

There are 15,000 hedgehogs, killed on UK roads every year. Numbers have dropped from 30million in the 1950s to about 1million.

A big family 'is the key to a happy life': Two thirds who live in household with three or more children consider themselves to be satisfied with their lives 

Members of large families say they are more satisfied with their lives than others, and have stronger personal relationships, according to the latest official research into the causes of contentment.

NICK ROBINSON: Battling cancer. Asked to spin for Ed. And what they REALLY tell me when we turn the cameras off!

Here, in a remarkable new diary of his life, NICK ROBINSON describes with touching candour the terror of his battle and his determination to continue telling the truth about our elected leaders.

Labour leadership race FINALLY gets nasty: Yvette Copper lashes out at rivals for 'stigmatising' the poor and 'swallowing the Tory manifesto'

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Ms Cooper, appearing on the BBC's Andrew Marr show, said she still believed the Conservative manifesto commitments were wrong, despite this month's thumping election victory.

Revealed: How amount raised by green taxes DOUBLED in 20 years to £44.6billion

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Taxes on fuel, flights, cars, landfill and energy bills netted £44.6billion for Chancellor George Osborne last year, a rise of more than 150 per cent on 1993.

Cameron finally loses patience with Whitehall: PM sets up TEN Downing Street crack squads to get things done

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The Prime Minister said the 10 new policy enforcement units, chaired by a minister, will have to report to him directly and explain why key policies are not being implemented.

Ukip would have EIGHTY MPs if we scrapped Britain's 'archaic and divisive' voting system, says report

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The Electoral Reform Society, which has spent 130 years campaigning for proportional representation, claimed last month's election result was the most disproportionate in history.

Ex-soldier survives 'hardest week of his life' in a life raft with barely any water or food to raise £9,000 for Great Ormond Street

Ex-soldier survives 'hardest week of his life' in a life raft with barely any water or

Former Staff Sergeant Wayne Ingram, 45, has survived the 'hardest week of his life' in a life raft with with only one day's food and water to raise funds for charity. He spent seven days and nights in the raft in Portland Harbour, and ate raw fish and their eyeballs during the gruelling challenge. Mr Ingram, who admits to suffering from sea sickness and claustrophobia, lost a staggering 8kg (17lb) in the fund raiser for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. Speaking to MailOnline, the father-of-four said: 'It was the most difficult thing I have ever done, harder than being in the military. It was not only physical but also a mental challenge.'

Father killed on level crossing because he couldn't hear train's horn through his motorcycle helmet

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Paul Martin, 37, was pushing his bike over the railway tracks in Gloucestershire when he was hit by the passenger train, which had sounded its horn three times.

'Your stares me make me feel trapped and uncomfortable': Teenager with cerebral palsy creates heartwarming cartoon video to explain her condition to classmates

In her animation, Tegan Vincent-Cooke, 13, from Bristol, describes how she feels anxious and isolated when other pupils at school stare at her due to her cerebral palsy.

'I was terrified of being a bald bride after clumps of hair starting falling out', says hairdresser diagnosed with alopecia months before her wedding day

Terrified of being a bald bride, Ellie Baker, 35, from Plymouth, was forced to use clever hair extensions to cover gaping bald patches after her hair began falling out in clumps.

Pleased to be getting back on dry land? Moment a pet dog is rescued by a lifeboat crew after his owner's boat was swamped and capsized in Poole Harbour

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The shaggy dog, called Leo, and its owner found themselves struggling to keep afloat in the sea off Poole Harbour in Dorset after their 15ft sailing boat ran into difficulty yesterday evening.

Mother terrified of dentists used SUPERGLUE to stick her teeth back in her mouth for 10 years - eroding her jaw bone

Angie Barlow, 48, from Altrincham, Greater Manchester, was forced to seek treatment after the toxic chemicals in superglue meant she lost 90 per cent of the bone in her top jaw.

Furious shopper who was stuck for three hours in queue to leave gridlocked car park is FINED £70 for overstaying the time limit

Finance manager Dionne Russell, 46, was trapped in Central Six retail park in Coventry as she tried to make her way home after shopping for 40 minutes.

Respected solicitor who swindled £600,000 from pensioners to spend on antiques, sex lines and prostitutes after being diagnosed with Parkinson's is jailed for four years

Cheadle solicitor Andrew Taylor who swindled £600,000 from pensioners

Andrew Taylor (left), 58, plundered more than £600,000 from the accounts of 13 pensioners whose affairs he was looking after, many of whom were in care homes or had dementia. He then 'frittered away' the cash on antique pens, pottery and cricket memorabilia as well as sex chat lines and escorts leaving one victim unable to pay her for funeral. Taylor, from Cheadle, Greater Manchester, was a pillar of the community before launching his bizarre thieving spree in 2011, a court heard. He had set up his firm Andrew J Taylor Solicitors (right) in 1990.

Mother who would argue with her husband over whose turn it was to abuse children in their care is jailed for 12 years

Barbara King and her husband, Tommy, took in two young girls aged seven and 11 at different times around 50 years ago to abuse in their home in Litherfield, Merseyside.

TV Robin Hood star banned from driving after refusing breath test and saying he was only slurring his words because he'd drunk cough syrup 

Jonas Armstrong, 34, was arrested after police saw his black Audi S5 Coupe with its engine running outside a garage in Blackpool in January.

Violin teacher at world famous music school 'used his power and influence to rape female student, 18, on trip to Cornwall'

Malcolm Layfield, 63, Castlefield, Manchester, is said to have committed the offence in the back of his car during the trip after he plied his alleged victim with alcohol in the early 1980s.

Ex-fireman 'killed adopted son with scaffold pole and tried to dump body in the Thames - but was caught because the tide went out'

Colin McSweeny, 59, is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of murdering Shaun McSweeny at the family home in Thornton Heath, south London.

Nurse ordered to pay back the £92,000 benefits she lied to get and then blew on luxury holidays, a jet-ski and a pony 

Cheryl Henwood, 48, of Wirral, Merseyside, ripped off £92,000 by pretending she was a single parent and that two of her three children were receiving the highest level of disability living care allowance.

Jealous ex-boyfriend who stabbed his former lover in the heart after she started online dating is jailed for 15 years

Peter Adlington, 50, of Newport, was convicted of the attempted murder of Michelle Williams, 48, just hours after she told him their 20 year relationship was over. He was jailed for 15 years at court yesterday.

London Underground worker falsely accused accountant she met at nightclub of rape after he left her waiting for a lift home outside McDonald's for 45 minutes

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Comfort Yinusa, 23, from Tilbury, Essex, will be sentenced on Friday after admitting making up the claim that she was raped by an accountant and sexually assaulted by his friend in central London.

Drunken mental health worker downed half a bottle of vodka before ramming car in McDonald's queue shouting 'I want my chips!'

Kayleigh Wye, 29, shunted the car ahead of her in a McDonald's (pictured) drive-through three times as she grew impatient following a vodka binge, Blackpool Magistrates' Court heard.

Villagers win 30-year battle to remove 40ft Leylandii hedge in their neighbour's garden that towers over homes completely blocking the light

Buchlyvie villagers win 30-year battle to remove 40ft Leylandii hedge

Residents in the village of Buchlyvie, Stirlingshire, have been in dispute with Catriona MacGregor over her overbearing Leylandii after she stopped cutting them in 1983. Since then the tree has grown over fencing, blocking any view from beyond the house. It is pictured above in 1989 (right) and today (left).

Revealed: Master butcher who was filmed launching expletive-laden tirade against cyclist he told to 'Get in the f***** cycle lane you c***'

The expletive-laden rant was caught on camera by the cyclist, after the Land Rover Discovery 4 driven by master butcher Jason Wells appeared to attempt to overtake him in south-west London.

James May and Richard Hammond 'offered £1m deals to return to BBC with Have I Got News For You-style format' for Top Gear

It had been thought the trio would all leave the BBC after Jeremy Clarkson was dropped by the corporation for his now-infamous 'fracas' with a producer over a hot dinner

Aldi scoops top whisky prize with £12.99 bottle - alongside another tipple costing SIX times as much

The Highland Black 8 Year Old Scotch Whisky was among several bottles sold at the budget supermarket which have been given a string of awards at two high-profile competitions.

Woman is jailed for two weeks for having sex so loudly it upset her neighbours

Gemma Wale (pictured), from Small Heath, Birmingham, was said to have 'screamed and shouted' for ten minutes while having sex at a 'level of noise' which offended another resident.

Police division with 6,500 unsolved crimes is only investigating THIRTEEN of them 

North Somerset police had 9,722 reported crimes in 2013, two thirds of which remain unsolved. Victims' groups say the fact that just 13 are still being investigated is a 'tragedy'

Fifty Shades of Grey author EL James re-writes erotic novel to tell the story from Christian Grey's perspective

The book, called Grey, is a reworking of the original book by British author EL James which was a worldwide hit and inspired a hit film and a surge of erotic  'mummy porn' novels.

Kebabs for breakfast, no chick flicks and four pubs within 25 minutes' walk: Hilarious flatshare advert offers a lads' dream home

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The laddish flat might seem perfect for a party animal - as long as the new resident is happy to live in the genteel spa town of Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Train strike is OFF as two planned walkouts are cancelled after Network Rail table new pay deal to unions

Union workers were due to walk out for 24 hours from 5pm on Thursday and for 48 hours next week but have called off the strikes after receiving a 'revised offer' from Network Rail.

First Great Western training boss filmed telling staff NOT to offer customers cheapest train tickets available 

Those learning how to work in stations were told that informing customers of a deal to save them £2 a day travelling from Reading to London would 'cause problems' if 'everybody did it'

Perfectly preserved 1929 Bentley that has been left gathering dust in a barn for 30 years is worth £300,000 

1929 Bentley left gathering dust in a barn for 30 years is worth £300,000 

The Bentley 4½ was bought by the grandfather of the current owner in 1935 and he would often take the luxury saloon on family holidays around the UK (pictured in Cornwall, right inset) even towing a caravan behind. It has remained in the same family since then, but in 1985 was taken off the road and parked in a barn in Surrey (left inset) where it remained until six weeks ago.The current owner thought it would be worth around £30,000 but a car specialist from auction house Bonhams believes it could fetch ten times as much when it's sold.

Opposites attract! Kammer the chameleon and Winston the Labrador are the unlikely best friends that do everything together

Winston, a six-year-old yellow Labrador and one-year-old lizard Kammer from Oklahoma do everything together, including eating their meals in matching bowls and playing in their garden.

'Tutti Frutti' house with garish multi-coloured interior will become one of the world's most expensive one-bedroom houses when it sells for £3.75MILLION 

Don't be fooled by its muted exterior, this £3.75million Knightsbrige mews house is called 'Tutti Frutti' and every one of its rooms is covered in brightly coloured stripes.

The homes that come with a concierge from HARRODS: £100m luxury flats development by Hyde Park to boast 24 hour service from department store 

The lavish London apartments in the Grade II listed development will allow residents to call on a Harrods concierge day and night to fetch luxury items from the upmarket store (pictured).

Three meals on trays a day, an hour for exercise and a hard bunk for sleep: Inside the Swiss prisons holding FIFA suspects

Inside the Swiss prisons holding the FIFA suspects

At the oak-panelled Baur au Lac lakeside hotel (above) in Zurich, you can find spacious kingsize beds in luxurious rooms costing more than £400. But the seven FIFA officials arrested on corruption charges are now experiencing a rather different life - being held in jails in the Swiss capital where they are sleeping on prison bunk beds. FIFA vice-president Jeffrey Webb (bottom left) and his colleagues - who face 20 years in prison if convicted - are also allowed to spend an hour in the exercise yard and served food on trays three times a day. Pictured: Prisons in Kloten (left), Dielsdorf (top right) and Pfaeffikon (bottom right), all in the canton of Zurich.

Archaeologists discover 18th century wreck of slave ship that sank off the South African coast in disaster that killed more than 200 

Long-buried artifacts from the wreck of the Sao Jose-Paquete de Africa, a Portuguese vessel which sank off the South African coast on its way to Brazil in 1794, are due to be unveiled in Cape Town.

Fury as rape victim's two attackers are sentenced to be hit with a shoe five times each for sexually assaulting 15-year-old girl in India 

The 15-year-old victim's family is outraged by the leniency of the punishment and has demanded a police investigation. Despite 2013 anti-rape laws, sexual assault is still a serious problem.

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Summer's here... and the Un has got his hat on! North Korean dictator dons jaunty headgear for farm visit 

Jong-Un wore the white straw hat, which is tied with a brown ribbon at a jaunty angle as he overseas the fields and takes a trip round the factory in Pyongyang.

Now ISIS prisoners are burned alive: Video claiming to show Islamist tied up over a fire and taunted by 'Iranian-backed forces'

The clip, shared on social media with the hashtag 'burning a young Sunni' shows a partly-dressed young man tied up by his hands and feet and suspended over a fire in Iraq.

ISIS could get their hands on a NUCLEAR weapon from Pakistan, warns Indian minister of defence 

Speaking at a Singapore security conference, Rao Inderjit Singh (pictured) said that with billions in the bank and contact with Pakistani arms dealers, it is feasible that ISIS could buy a nuclear bomb.

American woman dragged to her death by a lion and another person seriously hurt after leaving their car window open during South African safari

The incident is the third big cat attack in just four months at the safari park near Johannesburg but officials say visitors are told to keep their windows closed - but ignore the warnings.

Road lorry, yellow lorry: Driver is covered in paint after his truck crashes into a vehicle being used to paint road markings in Russia

A collision between two trucks on the M-4 Don highway in Russia saw one of the vehicle's cargo of road marking paint explode, covering the road and one of the drivers in the thick yellow substance.

Pope condemns the 'scourge' of abortion and praises the 'heroism' of parents who choose to keep children who show signs of major illnesses in the womb 

Francis attacked the 'scourge' of abortion after meeting severely ill children and their parents in the Vatican, where he praised the families, saying terminations are a 'false solution.'

And finally, the big blond beast made it to the crease: QUENTIN LETTS yesterday in parliament 

All the House wanted to hear was the 'second maiden' speech from Boris Johnson (Con, Uxbridge). It would not be quite so maidenish - so virginal - as last time round, but perhaps that was only apt.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Mr Hunt goes to war against NHS fat cats

In a resounding victory for the Mail, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt pledges a crackdown on scams used by hospital bosses to milk the NHS of millions.

DAMIAN THOMPSON: No, God ISN'T male. But calling Him a 'She' is unholy twaddle

A group of leading feminists in the Church of England are calling for God to be referred to as a woman in Anglican services, writes DAMIAN THOMPSON.