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'Too many gunshot wounds to count': Doctors' horror at British mother, 48, in coma after being riddled with bullets by Tunisian gunman as tourists share their astonishing tales of survival

Tunisia attack leaves doctors horrified as British mother riddled with bullets

Riddled with bullets, she was stretchered away on a sunbed in her pink bikini - an image that has encapsulated the horror of the Tunisian beach attack. Yesterday, as she lay in a hospital thousands of miles from home fighting for her life, she was named as Briton Allison Heathcote (centre and inset), 48. Mrs Heathcote, of Felixstowe, Suffolk, who works for a shipping company and has a grown-up son, is one of five victims who survived the massacre but is now seriously ill. The British death toll in the massacre is expected to double to at least 30, sources have said. A total of 38 people were killed when a gunman opened fire on a beach in the Sousse resort on Friday. Also pictured: Tourists mourn at the site of the attack (top right) and Seifeddine Rezgui enters the beach with his Kalashnikov before picking out his victims and shooting them (bottom right).

British man who took sick selfie at scene of tourists' slaughter was LABOUR candidate - but he says 'There's nothing wrong with it'

Labour's Amran Hussain poses for selfie at site of Tunisia massacre

A Labour parliamentary candidate has sparked outrage by posing for a selfie at the exact spot where a crazed gunman massacred 38 holidaymakers including up to 30 Britons just 48 hours earlier. Amran Hussain, 29, an Army reservist who stood for North East Hampshire in the recent election, was pictured holding his selfie stick aloft (main) as he grinned in front of a pile of flowers and tributes. The politician, who has been pictured with Ed Miliband (inset), has now defended his decision saying he visited Marhaba beach in Sousse to pay his 'respects' to those who lost their lives and pointing out selfies are not 'banned'.

How we can beat these evil butchers: MAX HASTINGS says GCHQ are our best hope of keeping Britain safe from murderous Islam

The Tunisian massacre has prompted a surge of shock and revulsion throughout Britain, exactly as its perpetrator and his kind want, writes MAX HASTINGS.

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Was there a second gunman on the beach? British survivor who was shot in both legs says she was wounded by a different man using a handgun

Kirsty Murray, 25, was wounded by a man with a handgun she believes was not Seifeddine Rezgui, who was killed by police. The nursery nurse from Braintree, Essex, is in hospital.

Stunned disbelief of families torn apart: Grieving relatives pay tribute to victims of Tunisian beach massacre...as it's claimed British death toll will DOUBLE with more bodies yet to be identified

The number of identified victims has risen to 12, with the known number of Britons killed in by Seifeddine Rezgui in Sousse remaining at 15. However, authorities say the number is likely to rise.

600 officers drafted in to stop 'lone wolf' attack: Police response to Tunisia atrocity is biggest since 7/7 bombers

Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said the operation includes officers on the ground in Tunisia and hundreds at airports, looking for British witnesses of the attack.

Report your children to police if you think they're a terror threat, Theresa May as she orders exercise to 'test' emergency units

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'I lost £160,000 to a lonely hearts fraudster': Britain's oldest first-time mother, 57, gave cash to man she met online thinking it was being invested in her daughter's future

Britain's oldest IVF mother, 57, gave £160k to lonely hearts fraudster online

Susan Tollefsen, of Romford, Essex, was duped into handing over the money for an investment she thought would provide for her child's future. Mrs Tollefsen, ho was 57 when she had her daughter Freya in 2008 following IVF, has been left virtually destitute as a result of the sting - and she still owes £32,000 to friends who lent her money to bankroll the bogus deal. She is pictured left with Freya and top right in 2008 with her daughter at just three days old and her former partner Nick Mayer.

How to find a black sheep in your past: Nearly two million new ancestry records now online allow people to check if they have a criminal in their family tree

The records reveal a very different criminal justice system to modern times, when a death sentence was seen as a fitting punishment for forging money and public executions were the norm.

Many stroke victims 'could be saved by GP receptionists': Patients ring surgeries not realising they are suffering illness and are told to come back in a week

Oxford University researchers say these deaths could be prevented if receptionists were simply put through an hour's online training to teach them to be alert for warning signs of strokes.

Children to get tap-and-pay wristbands: Hi-tech Barclaycard bPay device enabling instant purchases goes on sale this week

The hi-tech Barclaycard bPay wristbands - as well as key fobs and stickers - will go on sale from Wednesday.

Lazy teens 'have muscle strength of a pensioner': Children immobilised for just two weeks lost third of their power and had walking ability of someone 50 years older

The study by a team at Copenhagen University's Centre for Healthy Ageing and Department of Biomedical Sciences involved healthy people immobilised by a pad attached to their leg.

The under 16s battling high blood pressure: Admissions treble in ten years amid concerns they are eating too much salt

The figures, obtained by Channel 4's Dispatches from 29 NHS trusts, show that 1,064 children under 16 were admitted to hospital for high blood pressure between 2012 and 2014.

NHS to slash safe drinking limits after new evidence reveals how alcohol is linked to certain cancers including breast and bowel

Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies is to overhaul the guidelines on the maximum daily and weekly amounts of alcohol that should be consumed by men and women later this year.

Filmed from a hotel balcony, the chilling moment ISIS gunman is seen sprinting across Tunisian beach after killing 38 innocent tourists

Tunisian gunman Seifeddine Rezgui seen running away from Sousse beach

The 55-second clip shows Seifeddine Rezgui, who was carrying grenades and an assault rifle, dressed in black and running along the edge of the sea before he made his way up the beach (right) and into the town. A Tunisian policeman revealed he later found the ISIS militant praying in a side street. The unnamed officer shot the 23-year-old twice (inset).

'My son's brain was ruined by fanatics': Father's shame over Tunisian terrorist who slaughtered 38 in beach massacre

Hakim Rezgui described his anguish at having raised the extremist saying he felt as though he had 'died along with' his son's defenceless victims on Friday at the beach in Sousse.

What turns young men into such barbarians? As another attack claims British lives, MAX PEMBERTON asks why so many have been drawn to such savagery

While there can be no excuse for such craven acts of sickening brutality as the Tunisian massacre, we need to find answers to why so many young men are drawn to extremism, says MAX PEMBERTON.

'You must kill us first, but we're Muslim': Tourist reveals how hotel workers formed 'human shield' to stop gun maniac shooting more dead as Britons tell how they played dead to survive

A survivor of the massacre in Tunisia has revealed Muslim hotel staff members formed a human shield on the beach in a heroic bid to protect Western tourists from the terrorist gunman.

Jihadi's 25-minute rampage: ISIS killer landed on shore by dinghy, fired upon holidaymakers on the beach, then sprayed bullets through the hotel lobby

Pulling up to the beach in a Zodiac speedboat, gunman Seifeddine Rezgui chatted with holidaymakers before pulling an AK47 from a parasol, beginning a 25-minute spree that would leave 39 dead.

Tunisian police searching for 'accomplices': Authorities believe gunman 'had help' slaughtering 38 sunbathing tourists as they question terrorist's father and friends

On Sunday the Tunisian government said it was 'sure' Seifeddine Rezgui, 23, who launched his killing spree after hiding a Kalashnikov in a parasol, was not acting alone.

Tell us if our loved ones are dead or alive! Fury of families forced to plead for help on internet as calls to Foreign Office helpline go unanswered

Billy and Lisa Graham (pictured) from Bankfoot, Perthshire, have not been heard from since Thursday. Their daughter, Holly, says she has phoned the Foreign Office 20 times.

CNN confuses black and white flag covered in sex toy symbols for that of ISIS during London Gay Pride parade

CNN has mistaken a flag displaying sex toy symbols for that of terrorist organisation Islamic State in a report it aired on London's gay pride parade.

British beautician survived gunman's hail of bullets on the beach only to be killed by a grenade blast minutes later in the hotel lobby

Carly Lovett, a 24-year-old university graduate from Lincolnshire, was one of 15 British victims who was killed in the terror attack in Sousse, Tunisia, on Friday. She was travelling with her fiance.

Miracle of wife saved by her sunglasses: Grandmother who survived the rampage screamed to her husband 'I've been shot' as gunman marauded along beach

Christine Callaghan, 60, described the incredible moment when a bullet destined for her stomach ricocheted off her sunglasses case and hit her leg as she ran from a Tunisian terrorist.

The Selfie Queen goes solo: Karen Danczuk and 'devastated' Labour MP Simon Danczuk split after 'drifting apart' in recent years

Simon Danczuk splits from his selfie-loving wife Karen over 'distance'

Labour MP SImon Danczuk, 48 (right), has confirmed the split from wife Karen, 31 (left and right), as a family friend said the pair had 'drifted apart' over recent years, and are not seeing other people. The rift between the couple is believed to have started after Karen began posting revealing cleavage pictures on Twitter, gaining fame and slots on chat shows, and even hiring an agent. Meanwhile her husband rose to prominence as a backbencher after helping to expose Cyril Smith as a serial child abuser.

Four decades on, Chris Evert is still a glamour girl: Former tennis champion looks as svelte as she did in her playing heyday after return to Wimbledon

The former tennis star, 60, still looks as svelte today as she did in her tennis whites - and matching ribbon - aged just 19 while playing in Los Angeles in 1973.

Don't call me a cheat, blasts Novak Djokovic: Defending Wimbledon champion admits top tennis players get advice from their teams while on court

The Serbian admitted that top tennis players get advice from their teams while on court which he said he thought was 'fine'.

In the hot seat, a daring ladies champ: Petra Kvitova reveals her naked ambition by recreating iconic 1960s image of showgirl Christine Keeler

Straddling a chair naked wearing only a pair of black stilettos, the 6ft Czech star is captured recreating the famous 1960s image of former showgirl Christine Keeler.

How your first car outshines your first kiss: More people remember the colour of our first motor than the person we kissed first

It seems motoring passion is such that 79 per cent of us can remember the name we gave our first car, whereas just 75 per cent can recollect our first kiss, research by a car buying website has revealed.

Tax bill on UK homes with full-time mums is highest in the West: Families with one earner 'pay a third more'

Charity CARE said households where one parent works and the other looks after children have been heavily penalised since David Cameron first entered Downing Street.

You're going to need some deuce! Experts predict Wimbledon will have the hottest day EVER recorded - as security also hots up in SW19

Hundreds of tennis fans have already started queuing outside Wimbledon as the tournament is expected to see the highest temperature ever recorded in its 138-year history.

Clarkson in a filthy mood and a host of weary gags... his last Top Gear was as worn out as a bald tyre, says CHRISTOPHER STEVENS

Jeremy Clarkson's last Top Gear was as worn out as a bald tyre

Thank goodness that's over, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS. The demise of Top Gear, at least in its classic 'three grumpy blokes' format, must be celebrated - for Jeremy Clarkson's sake. As he featured on the show for the last time, in an edition that must count among the very worst of its 175 episodes, he was plainly loathing every moment of it. The million-plus fans who petitioned the BBC to recall Clarkson should be ashamed of themselves. They wanted Beeb director-general Tony Hall to forgive the presenter for punching a producer. But to recall him would be downright sadistic.

'Do they not want big ratings?' Clarkson attacks BBC for 'talking down' last show of Top Gear last night as it emerges he will go head-to-head with Chris Evans with new series for ITV

Jeremy Clarkson tweeted: 'Strange that BBC News is talking down the last Top Gear tonight. Do they not want big ratings for some reason?'

Aren't you meant to be watching the show? Jeremy Clarkson is distracted by pretty female friend at British Summer Time gig

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 26: Presenter Jeremy Clarkson (L) and guest attend The Who performance at the Barclaycard British Summertime gigs at Hyde Park on June 26, 2015 in London, England.

The former Top Gear presenter was seen chatting away after bagging a place in London's Hyde Park to see The Who perform at British Summer Time festival with friends.

Pressure on law chief over failure to charge Lord Janner as decision is expected to be overturned on Monday

Alison Saunders will face a fight to stay in her job after the U-turn in the Lord Janner case is announced on Monday. An independent inquiry found she was wrong not to charge the Labour peer.

Conman who tricked people into believing he was the Queen's doctor is jailed for four years after swindling people out of £160,000

Australian-born Joseph Valadakis, of Tottenham, North London, said he had helped celebrities like actress Liz Hurley and Jackie Collins, the author, as well as street artist 'Banksy'.

The yappy little tyrant who stole the heart of a lifelong dog hater, by JANET STREET PORTER

JANET STREET PORTER reveals the new male in her life, who smothers her in kisses the moment she wakes up. Her partner? No, her new boyfriend is a cheeky border terrier called Badger.

Post Offices to stop Premium Bond sales: Latest setback for struggling branches as 60-year tradition comes to an end

The Post Office has been selling the bonds since 1956, and around one in five are still purchased from its counters.

Meltdown as the shutters stay locked at Greek banks: Branches may stay shut until July 7 as ministers draw up plan for capital controls

Greek banks stay shut until July 7 to impose capital controls

Ministers in Greece were drawing up plans on Sunday night to impose 'capital controls', but it was reported that banks could be closed until July 7 and people limited to taking out 60 euros (£42) a day. A Greek banking source said only 40 per cent of automatic teller machines still had money in them. Locals and holidaymakers formed long queues at those still dispensing cash in Athens and Crete at the weekend, and £1billion in euros is believed to have been withdrawn in just 24 hours.

Now Brussels tries to ban selfies at landmarks: New law could force tourists to ask permission to picture sites like the Eiffel Tower even if it's just in the background

Tourists hoping to snap themselves at the Eiffel Tower in Paris or Trevi Fountain in Rome, could soon be thwarted - by an EU ban on pictures of public buildings.

Seven in 10 Brits are unhappy with their homes with concerns over its size, decor and location the biggest gripes

The study of 2,000 adults in the UK found 72 per cent are not happy with their home, with half saying it needs re-decorating. Size, location and bad neighbours were other gripes.

Three in four school leavers 'are struggling with maths and literacy': Companies taking months to fill junior roles because many teenagers lack 'crucial skills'

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants warned that the skills shortage is costing businesses and dragging down productivity.

Bin-diving 'freegan' couple who scavenge supermarket leftovers miss court appearance - because they've got food poisoning

Paul Barker, 39, and wife Kerry, 30, from Hetton, Sunderland, were due to appear in court on Tuesday over the theft of nine bottles of wine worth £89.91 but failed to arrive for their 10am hearing.

Girl, 6, run over and killed by a tractor driven by her vet father during a family holiday in Wales

An investigation has been launched into the death of six-year-old Teal David (pictured) after she was hit by a tractor driven by her father while on holiday in north Wales.

Boys of 5 already lag behind girls: Experts warn early gender gap means many youngsters never catch up

Researchers warned that an early gender gap in language and communication skills means many boys never catch up. There are calls for better nursery education to improve it.

I know Glasto is bonkers - but why's the Dalai Lama got a T-shirt on his head? JAN MOIR pays her first visit to a middle-class mecca and finds it even madder than she thought

Glastonbury is bonkers but why's the Dalai Lama got a T-shirt on his head

JAN MOIR heads to Glastonbury for the first time - and finds the 44th annual boho love-in an overwhelming experience, not least when she spots the Dalai Lama with a T-shirt over his head (centre). There's also the celebrity spotting, not just on stage but among the crowds - with Alexa Chung (left) and royals favourite Cressida Bonas (right) among the mix. Glastonbury is wild and wacky - but it's thoroughly British.

Today's children have stronger bonds with their fathers: Study reports modern dads are more hands-on and less afraid of showing emotion than previous generations

The research, by childcare provider Care.com, found that 60 per cent of modern dads said their own fathers had been too busy with work to be heavily involved in their upbringing.

British universities slammed for allowing foreign students dictionaries in exams because their English isn't good enough

England Education Secondary School Exams Boys and girls sitting or taking GCSE A Level Examinations.

EXCLUSIVE: Among the dozens of institutions which give finalists access to a dictionary are some of the country's most prestigious universities, including 12 members of the elite Russell Group.

Holidaymakers falling ill from youngsters deliberately pooing in hotel pools: Inbetweeners 2 waterslide scene blamed for 'abhorrent craze' of 'logging'

In Egypt tourists have been put on drips after becoming unwell at a holiday village in Sharm El-Sheikh. 'Logging' is inspired by the scene in the 2014 film when Neil poos down a waterslide.

Police files on sex abuse at Gordonstoun where Prince Philip and Prince Charles were educated have vanished

Scotland's Crown Office said files on the case of a teacher accused of sexually assaulting children at Gordonstoun in Moray in the 1990s could not be found despite being passed on by the police.

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Wearing their art on their sleeves! Women's World Cup is sporting catwalk of David Beckham-inspired tattoos as female players show inked arms aren't just for the boys

American goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris, left, Canadian goalkeeper Stephanie Labbe, top and American striker Sydney Leroux, bottom, all have an extensive collection of body art

Station described as 'squalor pit of Europe' to get £1bn facelift: Plans for Paris' Gare du Nord include overhead concourse and a Eurostar terminal that's twice as big

Last year the managing director of John Lewis described Paris's Gare du Nord station, where Eurostar services from London terminate, as 'the squalor pit of Europe'.

Pictured: Bus driver grandfather-of-five killed in Belgium horror crash that left boy, 13, with fractured skull while carrying 34 children from £31,000-a-year Essex private school

British coach carrying 34 children from Essex school crashes in Belgium

Grandfather-of-five James 'Geordie' Chance from Co Antrim, Northern Ireland (pictured inset) was killed in today's bus crash on the motorway near the town of Slijpe in Belgium, after the coach hit a bridge pillar. The coach was carrying 34 pupils from private Brentwood School in Essex when it crashed on the E40 motorway near the town of Slijpe in Belgium while taking children to a theme park in Germany. The fee-paying school has a number of famous alumni, including footballer Frank Lampard and broadcaster Noel Edmonds. The driver of the coach, from Richmond Coaches in Northern Ireland has died and the other driver on board is seriously injured. One child is also in intensive care with serious head injuries after suffering a fractured skull.

Paraguay hero Derlis Gonzalez suffers family tragedy as his uncle dies from heart attack celebrating striker's winning penalty

epa04822049 Paraguayan striker Derlis Gonzalez celebrates after scoring in the penalty shoot-out during the Copa America 2015 quarter-final soccer match between Brazil and Paraguay, at Estadio Municipal Alcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo in Concepcion, Chile, 27 June 2015. EPA/FELIPE TRUEBA

Paraguay's Copa America shootout win over Brazil turned to tragedy when the uncle of winning penalty taker Derlis Gonzalez died of a heart attack while celebrating his nephew's goal.

'I don't trust doctors - they all give you different opinions': Duke of Edinburgh reveals why he dislikes hospitals

The 94-year-old Duke of Edinburgh said he 'wouldn't see any doctors at all,' given the choice, while talking to medical student Bastian Rosner, 24, in Berlin.

Drunk driver writes 'thank you' letter to police officer who arrested him for stopping him 'going down the wrong path'

The unnamed driver was arrested in Upminster, Essex, last year. He wrote to Met Commission Hogan-Howe to say the officer, Martin Gillett, was a credit to the force and had taught him a valuable lesson.

Paedophile maths teacher jailed after he abducted an underage schoolgirl and ran away to France with her now wants to rekindle his relationship on his release

Jeremy Forrest, who was jailed for five and a half years in 2013 for abducting and having sex with his pupil in East Sussex, is due to be released from prison next month after serving half his sentence.

Father of ten children by nine different women: Sperm donor reveals how he has helped women have children and one even ended up with twins

Kenzie Kilpatrick, 26, from Birmingham, has revealed how he donated his sperm to nine different women after advertising his services through Facebook. He charges just travel and hotel 'expenses'.

Fifty Shades writer made £20million from her sex saga trilogy last year - and that's before the film and new book are taking into account

Fifty Shades author EL James, a west London mother-of-two, has made a vast fortune from her literary sex sensation trilogy, and is doing all she can to keep the money coming in.

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Tories under Heathrow flightpath set to BLOCK third runway as Gatwick emerges as favourite to get a new strip Industry sources expect the Airports Commission to recommend expansion at Heathrow Airport as the best option for the British economy when it finally reports to ministers this week.

The ghost army of the House of Commons: More than 350 former MPs still have passes to the Palace of Westminster

Included in the group of 356 ex-politicians given a Former Members' Pass are disgraced former MPs who have been involved in sex and expenses scandals and over a dozen who lost at the General Election.

George Harrison and Gordon Brown were right about tax, Chancellor, so cut the 45% rate and get Britain booming, writes Tory veteran JOHN REDWOOD

I believe George Osborne should use next week's Budget to bring the top rate of tax back down from 45 to 40 per cent, writes JOHN REDWOOD, Tory MP for Wokingham.

JAMES FORSYTH: Now home-grown terror is at the top of Dave's agenda

JAMES FORSYTH writes David Cameron is 'inclined to be more robust than ever' about the need to tackle the ideology that underpins terrible terrorist attacks, laying out that British Muslims have.

BLACK DOG: Whips are out for Tory rebel Steve Baker

Ex RAF man Baker planned to use a rally in his High Wycombe constituency on Friday to launch an anti-Brussels crusade. Now it has been mysteriously 'postponed'.

Tory rebellion as new Ministers join Brian May's war on hunting... and he claims top figures secretly backed badger campaign

The Queen guitarist, pictured, has recruited Sports Minister Tracey Crouch and up-and-coming MPs Dominic Raab and Caroline Dineage on his campaign to oppose the 'bloodsport'.

England's Lionesses: From the star player who used to sleep on the street to the City analyst in defence, the VERY colourful women footballers putting our useless male prima donnas to shame

England's Lionesses putting our useless male footballers to shame

They have lit up the world football stage in a manner their male counterparts can only dream of. England has made it to the semi-finals of the World Cup. RICHARD PRICE introduces the Lionesses including (left to right) captain Steph Houghton, left-back Claire Rafferty and forwards Toni Duggan and Fran Kirby.

Jimmy Greaves reveals how he was left unable to speak or walk following a stroke but is fighting back to fitness after promising his grandchildren he would watch them play rugby

The former England striker, 75, has revealed he is lucky to be alive after collapsing at his home and suffering a stroke, which left him unable to speak or walk, as he recovers at a hospital in Essex.

Bargains are our big obsession: Britons like to boast about saving money so much that 10% of us even think it is better than sex

One in five people boast about deals and saving money a few times a week - with the main topics of conversation being around holidays, clothes and groceries, the poll claimed.

Britain sends two MILE fence to France to stop migrants hiding in lorries boarding Channel Tunnel trains

A train emerges from the Eurotunnel, 13 July 2006 in Coquelle, northern France. Eurotunnel was to "place itself under the protection of the Paris Tribunal of Commerce" after a failure in negotiations on its debt with its creditors, a Eurotunnel spokesman announced today. AFP PHOTO DENIS CHARLET Euro tunnel
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Security around the train line at Coquelles and the ferry port of Calais is being stepped up after a dramatic escalation in the number of people trying to sneak into Britain.

Twin is left paralysed down one side of his face after brain tumour surgery: Now, he hopes op to put LEG muscles into his cheek will help him regain movement

Cory Davison, 11, from Blyth, defied the odds to survive a rare and aggressive form of cancer, diagnosed when he was just six. But the surgery damaged his sight, hearing and balance.

Heartwarming moment paralysed man who has been in wheelchair for more than two years walks again thanks to robotic suit

Simon Kindleysides has been in a wheelchair since April 2013, and has lost all feeling from the waist down, suffering from FND (Functional Neurological Disorder).

Has anybody seen my python? Panic as 10ft snake goes on the loose in Kent

Eleven-year-old snake Zombie (pictured) is believed to have escaped through his owner's conservatory door. He's since been out and about in Kent, and is believed to be near a Tesco store.

C4's latest reality stunt... arranged marriages: Makers of Married At First Sight claim practice is 'hundreds of times more likely to succeed' than conventional union

Married At First Sight makers claim arranged marriages are more successful

Married At First Sight, which starts on Channel 4 on July 9, assessed 1,500 volunteers before sending three couples down the aisle. Those who wed must live as husband and wife for five weeks. Emma Rathbone (left) married fellow contestant James Ord-Hume (right) for the programme and said: 'I don't know what the future holds but I haven't done this for a laugh ... I believed in the experts matching us.' But critics have accused the programme's makers of 'profoundly misunderstanding' commitment.

TV ownership at 40-year low: More than one in 20 households say they do not have a set as younger viewers avoid paying licence fee

New figures show that 93.7 per cent of people say they have a television in their house, down from more than 96 per cent just two years ago.

Couple who were part of family cocaine ring blew £40,000 on wedding and took lavish holidays in the Maldives and Dubai while claiming benefits

Carl Honey-Jones (left), 31, wife Donna, 32, and four relatives appeared in court today for their part in flooding the streets of Swansea with cocaine. Mr Honey-Jones was today jailed for nine years.

I live with the gay mother of my baby and my boyfriend couldn't be happier: Meet the millionaire who wants to become London Mayor and his VERY modern family

Multi-millionaire Ivan Massow is living with the gay mother of his child and has a 20-year-old boyfriend. He hopes to be the Tory candidate for the Mayor of London elections.

Traditional British fry up freshly made in the lab: Scientists develop high-tech food and synthetic eggs will be on sale in Tesco this August

Just Mayo, which contains eggs made from plants, is coming to Tesco in the UK in August. It is part of a high-tech food craze taking the US by storm which includes the development of test-tube burgers.

Schoolgirl who was left needing 15 stitches on her face after she was attacked by a dog has now beaten thousands to make final of beauty pageant

Georgia Robinson, 12, from Newcastle, was left with a punctured lip and scars after being attacked by a dog three years ago but has now landed a place in the Little Miss Teen Great Britain final.

Millionaire philanthropist 'dragged police officer who stopped him for speeding 30 yards along dual carriageway from the door of his Jaguar'

Sir Harry Djanogly, 76, who was knighted for his services to charity, has appeared at Hammersmith Magistrates Court accused of dangerous driving and assault.

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One of the most astonishing things in a high-speed car crash is how slowly things move as you hurtle towards a sickening and very hard crunch, writes RAY MASSEY (inset). Your senses sharpen, your hearing intensifies, and your eyesight and powers of observation move into overdrive. For a few awful fractions of a second, you can see exactly what will happen - and you know it's really not going to be very nice. It's even worse when you have absolutely no control because you're riding shotgun - as I was on Saturday, with Wing Commander Andy Green, 52.

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Mother who ate banana at the wheel while she was stuck in gridlocked traffic 'is treated like a criminal' and fined £100

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A motorist was astonished when a policeman pulled her over and fined her £100 - for eating a banana in a traffic jam.
Elsa Harris, 45, had already half-peeled the fruit before she set off to work but took the chance to lower a piece of skin further while her car was stationary.
Moments later a police officer stopped her in Christchurch, Dorset, for not being control of her vehicle.

Elsa Harris, 45, who works as a carer, said it is 'ridiculous' that she was pulled over and fined £100 for peeling and eating a banana while behind the wheel in gridlocked traffic in Christchurch, Dorset.

Five-star hotels, business class flights and their own chef...but many of the England Women's football team's stars 'can't afford' to fly family out to share World Cup success

The Lionesses are in the World Cup semi final and are enjoying five-star accommodation and the care of a 19-strong team. However, many have admitted their families can't afford to watch live.

How to become a stuntman when you've failed your driving test FOUR times: Former Stig and James Bond driver Ben Collins reveals the key to performing doughnuts and handbrake turns in a Ford Mustang

MailOnline's Chris Irvine was put through his paces at an abandoned airbase in Ipswich, driving a brand new Ford Mustang, taught tricks by famous race driver and stunt expert Ben Collins.

Could breast cancer be wiped out by 2050? A poignant charity drive claims it will be... yet sceptical doctors warn women that exercise and healthy diet are as vital as ever

Experts have questioned Breast Cancer Now's new campaign film (pictured) which features women pledging to eradicate breast cancer deaths by 2050, claiming a complete cure may be further away.

Start me up? Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman sells 1966 Mercedes and 1971 Citroen Maserati for £82,000 at auction

Wyman drove the cars to studios during the recording of several Stones albums, including Beggars Banquet (1968), Let It Bleed (1969), Exile on Main St. (1972) and Tattoo You (1981).

THE WORLD AT A GLANCE

'I saw lots of people whose skin was gone': Witnesses describe 'hell' of Taiwan water park explosion that injured at least 500

Taiwan water park explosion witnesses describe 'hell' that injured 500

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Eyewitnesses have described the 'hellish' scene at Formosa Fun Coast water park near Taipei in Taiwan after fire tore through the crowd, injuring 500 people. Shocking footage of the accident shows flames engulfing hundreds of people - many dressed just in swimwear - as they desperately tried to flee after an explosion during a 'colour party'. Coloured powder suddenly ignited as it was sprayed into the crowd during the dance and music event, leaving 519 people injured, including 200 seriously hurt. One male student, who sustained minor injuries, described the scene as 'hell' while another witness said: 'I saw lots of people whose skin was gone.' Pictured: Victims were carried away from the flames on inflatables (centre), while relatives broke down in tears as they visited injured family members in hospital today (top left).

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Is this TV's cruelest prank? Egyptian show films screaming and weeping Paris Hilton on private jet as pilot sends it plummeting to the ground claiming they are going to crash

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