Terror on the high seas: Egyptian navy vessel erupts in huge fireball as ISIS carry out rocket strike on patrol ship in the Mediterranean 

ISIS carry out rocket strike on Egyptian navy patrol boat in the Mediterranean

The Egyptian military said the patrol ship burst into flames (centre and top and bottom left) after the coastguard vessel exchanged shots with ISIS militants just two miles off the coast of northern Sinai, an area bordering Israel and the Gaza Strip. There were no fatalities among the vessel's crew in the shootout with the terrorists, although several were treated for injuries caused by the flames and smoke (top and bottom right). ISIS declared their presence on Sinai - a peninsula popular with British holidaymakers - last November when up to 2,000 members of the already established jihadi group Ansar Bait al-Maqdis swore allegiance to ISIS' leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Prince Philip does it again as he asks women at East End community centre group: 'Who do you sponge off?'

Prince Philip asks community centre group: 'Who do you sponge off?'

The Duke of Edinburgh apparently asked a group of women 'who do you sponge off?' while visiting Chadwell Heath Community Centre in Dagenham, east London, to mark its official opening today. It was after a visit to the facility that Nusrat Zamir, a trustee of the centre, claimed the royal had made an embarrassing gaffe. She said: 'The Duke said to us "who do you sponge off?" We're all married so it's our husbands. He was just teasing and it's similar to what I call my husband - the wallet.' The prince's apparent comment comes less than a week after the 94-year-old royal was caught on camera shouting 'just take the f****** picture' during a photocall for the Battle of Britain anniversary. The prince is accompanying Her Majesty (top) on an official tour of Barking and Dagenham today to mark the 50th anniversary of the local council.

How many children should YOU have? Quiz that reveals how many kids prospective mums can really handle sweeps Facebook

The interactive test poses ten multiple-choice questions to determine how many children parents-to-be can cope with based on individual lifestyles, personality and values.

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'I'm going to jump out of the window. Stay on the phone... you will hear me': Inquest hears property tycoon Scot Young's desperate final phone call to ex-girlfriend moments before he fell to his death 

Scot Young 'thought his girlfriend was plotting to kill him', inquest hears

The 52-year-old businessman was found dead in Marylebone, central London (right inset) on December 8 last year. His GP told an inquest today that he was having paranoid thoughts and believed his ex-girlfriend, Noelle Reno (pictured, right, today and, left, with Mr Young) may have been part of a conspiracy to kill him. Ms Reno told the inquest he phoned her before his death and told her: 'I'm going to jump out of the window. Stay on the phone, you will hear me'. Mr Young's GP also told the coroner he was 'stressed' at the time following his high-profile divorce from ex-wife, Michelle (inset, left).

Peter Andre was 'left distraught over false Twitter claims that he paid for sex and wanted to fly prostitutes out to Australia'

Papers lodged at the High Court, in London, claim that the singer and reality star was subject to the fake and 'very serious allegations of sexual misconduct' made by a mystery tweeter.

Chelsea fan says the black man he pushed off a Paris metro train 'was the only one using aggression' 

Richard Barklie, 50, shoved Souleymane Sylla amid chants of 'John Terry is a racist and that's the way we like it' ahead of his team's Champions League match with Paris Saint-Germain.

Husband and wife GPs are BOTH banned from driving within days of each other after being caught behind the wheel while over the alcohol limit

Dr Henry Holland, of Llanwnda, Wales, was disqualified for 12 months after he was caught drink driving in June, while his wife, Nia, was found slumped over the wheel in February.

Music teacher, 48, who had sex with a 'vulnerable' boy of 17 who she taught at a special needs school is jailed

Picture shows Caron Lewty appearing at Leeds Crown Court, Leeds, Yorkshire, See Ross Parry copy RPYTEACHER : A music teacher has been jailed for having a sexual relationship with a vulnerable teenage boy she met while working at a school for children with special needs. Shamed Caron Lewty, 48, felt flattered when a 17-year-old boy she gave music lessens too told her he had had a dream about her, the court heard. This led to discussions about their feeling and some flirty texts then, as short time later, the pair kissed.
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Music teacher Caron Lewty, 48, from Leeds, West Yorkshire, has been jailed for six months for embarking on a sexual relationship with a 'vulnerable' 17-year-old pupil.

Benefits cheat took £29,000 from taxpayers despite having property in France and America and owning a YACHT

Graham Axford, 60, conned his local authority into paying the rent for his council flat South Norwood, south London, while failing to disclose land he owned in South Carolina and Wales.

Mother wins bitter two-year legal battle with 'appalling' local council to educate her 11-year-old son at home

Sophie Sotello hits out at local council after two-year legal battle to home school

Sophie Sotello, 46, took her legal fight to the Old Bailey after she was found guilty of ignoring a school attendance order for her 11-year-old son Gabriel. Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea officials refused to accept that her youngest son was being properly educated and issued the notice forcing her to send him to Park Walk Primary School, off the King's Road. Ms Sotello refused to comply with the order and claimed the council was pursuing a vendetta when she was taken to court and convicted in March this year. The conviction was overturned on appeal today.

Bigamist who married his third wife without divorcing his second one is caught out after she spotted wedding pictures on Facebook

Simon Keeton, 47, of Warrington, Cheshire, failed to tell the register office that he was still married to Tina Pierce, who had paid for the wedding, reception and honeymoon.

Father told his daughter to keep window open at her new house but hours later she was dead from carbon monoxide poisoning

Kimberley Jones, 25, moved into the semi-detached home in Cwmbach, South Wales, early to begin cleaning and decorating the house and nursery for her six-month-old son.

Stable manager was crushed to death by a one-tonne horse jump that rolled off the back of a trailer at an equestrian centre

Kate Matthews was helping to load the 3m-long logs onto a flatbed truck when the fatal accident took place at the equestrian centre in Northamptonshire where she worked.

Mother urges Calvin Klein to redesign their shop displays after her daughter, two, hooked her eyelid on an underwear rail

Mother urges Calvin Klein to refit shop after daughter hits eye on rail

Poppy Cooper, two, was out shopping with her parents Jenny and Ryan (together left) when she walked into the low-level rack at a Calvin Klein store at the Ashford Designer Outlet, Kent. Her left eyelid became stuck on the upturned hook at the end of the rail and as her mother tried to pull her free, her eye began to bleed (inset). She was eventually freed from the rail and taken to A&E; at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, where a scan revealed a cut inside her upper eyelid. She had surgery to repair the damage and stayed in hospital overnight but doctors have warned she not be able to open her eye fully. Her parents are now calling for a review of the shop's layout (right) as they fear another child will get hurt.

Surprise surprise! West Wales town where all the parking meters have been out of action for a month sees shopping boom

After thieves smashed all four parking machines in Cardigan's main car parks last month, custom in local stores soared by up to half. Council can't find £22,500 repair bill, allowing drivers to park as they wish.

TV licences could be means tested: Middle-class families may pay more as part of Government reforms of the BBC 

A green paper will be published by Culture Secretary, John Whittingdale, today in the latest stage of the battle over the renewal of the broadcaster's royal charter.

Number of rapes shoot up by 42% to a record high as latest crime figures reveal increases in sexual offences, internet fraud and knife crime 

The Office of National Statistics said the rise in recorded sexual offences was partly down to 'a greater willingness of victims to come forward to report such crimes'

Body of banker who plunged to his death from Lake District mountain lay undiscovered for four days when hotel staff failed to notice he was missing despite him leaving a note 

Michael Flanagan, 45, who was originally from New Zealand but lived in Wimbledon, south west London, suffered fatal injuries when he fell from Helvellyn mountain while walking alone.

Toxic air syndrome may have claimed life of BA steward: Parents say second post-mortem found levels of specific toxins linked to condition in son's body

Matthew Bass, of Clapham, south-west London, who also worked for easyJet during a 15-year career, died suddenly at a colleague's house in Slough, Berkshire, in January last year aged 35.

Children who begged judge to let them stay with their father in the UK are told they must go to live with their 'penniless' mother in Australia 

The siblings, aged nine to 13, all said they liked living with their wealthy father in the UK - but have now been told by a judge they must return to Australia where they had been living with their mother.

The £45 pamper kit that won me a six-figure salary: Mother who owns three houses and an Audi convertible reveals how she turns over £3MILLION a year... selling Body Shop products at parties

Mother reveals how she makes £3MILLION a year selling Body Shop products at parties

Mandy Philpott (right), from Cheshire, grew tired of working 60-hour weeks when a chance encounter with a neighbour led her to become a consultant for The Body Shop At Home, selling beauty products to friends - earning about £55 a night. The 53-year-old, who is married to husband Bruce (pictured together top left) and now manages a team of 1,000 people, turning over millions of pounds a year, owns three properties, drives a luxury Audi convertible and goes on five-star holidays around the world (inset). Pictured bottom left celebrating with other Body Shop consultants.

Russell Brand accuses member of his audience of being a 'young Nazi' only to find out he is Jewish 

The controversial millionaire comic heckled a member of the 160-strong crowd during a gig at the Proud Archivist venue in east London.

Child of 11 and pensioner are victims of revenge porn: Surge in cases over past six month sees both pupils and adults being blackmailed 

Figures uncovered using Freedom of Information laws show that between January 2012 and June 2014, eight police forces across the UK dealt with 149 incidents which involved revenge porn.

The identical twins who really ARE mirror image of each other: Boys have their hearts, liver and spleen on opposite sides of their bodies

Lucas and Louie Cooke, from Newcastle, are not only identical, they are mirror-image - which means Lucas has his heart and some other organs on the opposite side of his body.

Big charities to reveal how many complaints they receive after being caught using 'boiler room' tactics to take money from dementia and Alzheimer's sufferers

As part of moves to rein in the outrageous tactics of charity fundraisers, large charities will have to document the number of complaints about fundraising carried out by them or on their behalf.

It's Countryfile Live! BBC hope to cash in on show's popularity with four-day festival held in Oxfordshire with 'Aladdin's cave of content' 

Since it first aired 27 years ago, Countryfile has established itself as a ratings juggernaut and the BBC is hoping to capitalise on the popularity of the show by staging a four-day spin-off event.

Aga, symbol of Middle England, is sold to the US: Kitchen products specialist agrees to pay £129m for British firm 

Kitchen products specialist Middleby Corporation, from the United States, has agreed a fee to takeover historic AGA Rangemaster and its 2,500 workforce, based across Shropshire and Warwickshire.

Heathrow and Gatwick report record travel numbers for June as the bitter fight over the UK's next major runway intensifies

The busy summer travel period got off to a big start at both airports in June, with Heathrow reporting a record 6.68million passengers and the smaller Gatwick reporting 3.8million.

'Did BBC Breakfast just show a naked woman?': Shocked viewers get an eyeful when report on 1970s train advert appears to show nude blonde waving from InterCity 125

Shocked BBC viewers watch report on 1970s train advert which appears to show nude blonde

The image of the woman waving from an InterCity 125 for a 1970s advert (centre) - promoting the train as a fast and modern way of travel - was broadcast in a report on BBC One shortly before 7.30am. Transport correspondent Richard Westcott did not mention the woman as he spoke about its new Japanese replacement - but the BBC later confirmed she was wearing a flesh-coloured bikini. Viewers including Tony Wood (right), from east London, were shocked by what they thought they had seen live. He tweeted: 'Did BBC Breakfast just show an advert of a naked woman advertising a train?' Presenters Bill Turnbull, 59, and Sally Nugent (left), 43, also carried on without mentioning the woman.

Did Harold Wilson quit over sex smear paranoia? Prime Minister feared he'd be a target for foreign spies ahead of shock resignation, archive reveals

The files from the National Archives at Kew, London, show the PM became increasingly paranoid that South African agents were plotting to discredit leading British politicians who spoke against apartheid.

Maggie's perfect planning... down to her daily outfits: Secret files reveal how Mrs Thatcher wrote list of dresses to take with her during 1985 tour of Asia

The Prime Minister's itinerary for the April trip includes a page - in her own writing - of outfits to take to India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei.

PM wants to pack the Lords with his Tory pals: Cameron set to appoint up to 35 peers in dissolution honours list to help get his policies through Parliament 

At least 35 new Conservatives are set to be appointed to the House of Lords by David Cameron as part of a desperate bid to get his policies through Parliament.

Osborne draws a 'red line': Chancellor vows to block £700million in UK cash being used to bailout Greece but will Brussels listen?

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, second left, speaks with Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, right, as Finnish Finance Minister Alexander Stubb, second right, during a meeting of EU finance ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Tuesday, July 14, 2015. British Treasury chief George Osborne arrived to a EU meeting of finance minister with a clear message, don't expect Britain, which is not part of the euro, to pay for any of Greece's rescue money. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

The Chancellor had claimed the idea was a 'non-starter' but the European Commission has vowed to press ahead with plans to provide the Greeks with finance using money from all states.

Number of days lost to strikes DOUBLES as militant unions ramp up campaign to level not seen since the 1980s 

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Overall, British workers spent a total of 788,000 days striking last year - up from 444,000 in 2013 and just 249,000 in 2012, official figures released by the Office for National Statistics showed today.

Boris humiliated as Home Secretary vetoes police using the water cannon he blew £200,000 on importing from Germany

Mayor of London Boris Johnson, sits in the House of Commons as he listens whilst Home Secretary Theresa May announces that police will not be able to use water cannon to control serious public disorder in England and Wales. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday July 15, 2015. The move could pave the way for a row after London mayor Boris Johnson approved the purchase by Scotland Yard of three of the cannons second-hand from German police last year at a cost of more than £200,000. See PA story POLITICS Cannon. Photo credit should read: PA Wire

Home Secretary Theresa May told MPs this afternoon that she would not lift the ban on police using water cannon because it it was too dangerous and would damage public trust.

Soft EU rules let 265,000 move here: Foreign nationals from outside Europe are getting citizenship elsewhere before using laws to travel to the UK 

A report has found that the number of EU passport-holders born elsewhere in the world - including Africa, Asia and South America - but now working in the UK had tripled in just a decade.

Mrs May blasted heckler Boris off his feet: QUENTIN LETTS Yesterday in Parliament 

Theresa May announced she was blocking the Boris' bid to let the police use a water cannon. The London Mayor is proving more of a water pistol, with Mrs May effectively blasting him off his feet.

War on ISIS 'is new Battle of Britain': Michael Fallon's declaration as he sends a spy plane to Syria to help pinpoint targets for other countries to bomb 

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon will announce the deployment of a £700million Rivet Joint spy plane (pictured) today as Britain steps up its role in the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

Watch the hilarious moment a thief grabs a bike and makes his getaway - only to ride straight into a car park barrier 

Watch the hilarious moment a thief grabs a bike and makes his getaway - only to ride

Police are hunting for the suspect who was caught by the bike shop's CCTV riding away before ploughing straight into the car park gate in Blackburn, Lancashire. Footage shows the thief nonchalantly cycling away from the scene having grabbed the bike. But seconds later the suspect, wearing black trousers and a navy waterproof top, is knocked sideways after colliding with the barrier.

Now too much standing is bad for you: Being on your feet for long periods of time at work can lead to painful back and muscle problems in later life 

Up to half the world's employees spend 75 per cent or more of their working day on their feet and the long-term effects they suffer could be painful back problems to muscle damage, researchers say.

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Is North Sea cod back on the menu? 'Record high levels' of stocks could see it taken off 'fish to avoid' list 

Falling cod supplies left many fearing for the future of their fish and chips, but tight controls on stocks in the North Sea have seen the fish's population grow so rapidly it could soon be firmly back on the menu.

Welcome to Iceworld: Stunning first hi-def image of Pluto reveals huge 11,000 foot mountains made of water ice and a geologically active surface 

An image of Pluto with 10 times the resolution of anything ever seen before has been unveiled by Nasa, after the New Horizons probe made a successful flyby of the dwarf planet yesterday.

The butt of the joke: Internet wags poke fun at Pluto with a wave of out-of-this-world memes including comparing it to Kim Kardashian's rear

Within hours of the photographs being released by NASA, online jokers took to Twitter and other social media to spread manipulated images of the dwarf planet.

Being your own boss is falling out of fashion: Number of self-employed people downs by 131,000 in past 12 months 

The number of self-employed people has fallen at its fastest rate for 17 years after dropping by 131,000 in the last 12 months - meaning 2,500 fewer people work for themselves every week.

Plan to force big companies to publish details of how men earn more than women will create 'more bureaucracy, more forms'

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More than 10million UK workers will be covered by the rules. At present the gender pay gap stands at 19.1 per cent - meaning a woman, on average, earns around 80p for every £1 earned by a man.

Councils face extra £1 BILLION budget cut to pay Town Hall workers Osborne's £9 'living wage'

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Town Hall chiefs said the cost of implementing the national living wage announced by the Chancellor in the Budget should be taken into account when council funding levels are set.

Cameron vows not to copy the last PM who increased his majority... and died having SEX with a maid on a billiard table

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, British statesman, 1846 (c1905). Palmerston (1784-1865) served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid 19th century. Print published in Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith, (London, c1905). Original painting by John Partridge, 1846. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

After winning more MPs and votes in May, David Cameron joked that he was drawing a line at the comparisons with Liberal election-winner Viscount Palmerston, the last PM to gain seats in 1865.

Stormin' Corbyn on course to WIN the Labour leadership as veteran socialist surges into the lead

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Mr Corbyn, a veteran socialist who believes Ed Miliband was not left wing enough to win the election, is understood to be leading rival candidates by up to 15 per cent in the first round of votes.

Fury as MPs handed 10% pay rise worth £7,000 a year just a week after Osborne ordered four year public sector wage cap

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The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority said the issue of politicians' salaries could no longer be 'ducked' and it is pushing ahead with the increase from £67,060 to £74,000.

Master of the Hunt becomes a woman at the age of 54 and marks her last day as a man by going bowling and enjoying a burger with her sons

Master of the Hunt, 54, has cut-price gender reassignment surgery in India

Successful businessman Graham Pascoe swapped life living as a man on a 40-acre farm in North Yorkshire with his wife and two children, to become Sue after being diagnosed with gender dysphoria in August 2014. The keen horse rider was left devastated when doctors told her she would potentially have to wait up to four and a half years to have gender correction surgery on the NHS.

It's just another day in the office for Prince William and his Kate lookalike doctor as they fly to the rescue - but it's one to remember for the hospital's nurses

Medics dashed to the scene, including the East of England Air Ambulance being flown by The Duke of Cambridge, 33, on his first rescue mission since starting his new job this week.

The day William (almost) got a kiss from top novelist: Kathy Lette reveals she left Prince blushing after asking if he 'wanted tongues' 

The Australian author told of the moment during an appearance on Lorraine. It happened during a polo match at which she was due to present the prizes. Prince Harry found the whole thing hilarious.

Moment a drink-driver deliberately drove at crowd of revellers outside a club and pinned a DJ against a wall, leaving her wheelchair-bound

Leigh Robinson, 32, has been jailed for nine years for deliberately driving at a crowd of revellers outside Four Six One Bar in Withington, Manchester, while drunk and high on cocaine.

Canadian businessman flies to UK in quest to find his D-Day veteran father's long-lost Scottish love 

James Clark is desperate for information about an Edinburgh woman called Mary who his father - Sergeant Fraser Clark (pictured) - had a love affair with at her family's farm in the early 1940s.

Seaside town comes to a standstill as former footballer and his wife who both died in the Tunisia massacre are laid to rest

Mourners at Fairhaven United Reformed Church in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, remembered former Birmingham City player Denis Thwaites, 70, and his 69-year-old wife Elaine.

Homeowner chops down leylandii in her front garden and finds 13th Century chapel on site recorded in the Domesday Book

Mary Hudd uncovered some brickwork beneath the front lawn of her home in Wiltshire during the evacuation of some trees, which was later found to be a mix of Saxon and medieval structures

Grieving parents of seven-year-old girl who collapsed and died at school claim doctors said 'stop wasting our time' when she fell ill in the weeks before her death

Esmee Polmear's parents claim doctors said 'stop wasting our time' before she died

Esmee Polmear (left), from Perranporth in Cornwall, collapsed suddenly in class on the hottest July day on record and despite attempts to revive her she was pronounced dead in hospital. Mark Polmear, 44, and his wife Lynette, 37, (inset) claim their concerns about her deteriorating health in the months leading up to her death were ignored. And the couple have been left desperate for answers as to how she died after a post-mortem examination proved inconclusive - although medics confirmed it was not weather-related. On Saturday hundreds of people gathered for a balloon release tribute in an emotional goodbye (right).

'I'd like us to get back together': MP Simon Danczuk admits he wants a reconciliation with selfie-loving wife Karen - and no longer believes she had an affair

The Labour MP for Rochdale and his 32-year-old wife split at the end of last month amid allegations they had 'drifted apart' and that she was having an affair with her personal trainer.

Baby trapped in a scorching car when her grandmother was locked out is rescued by a five-year-old superhero dressed as Batman

Zavi Ahmed came to the rescue after police were unable to free the trapped child from the Volkswagen Beetle at a Tesco car park in Uckfield, East Sussex, despite smashing the rear window.

Daughters selling tickets for a 'girls night out' to pay for their motor neurone disease-stricken mother to travel to Dignitas and die 

Jackie Baker, 59, from Morriston, Swansea, started to develop motor neurone disease in February but her condition has deteriorated rapidly and she's been left wheelchair-bound.

Thug who killed teenage boxer by stabbing him through the heart with a ten inch knife as he tried defend his friend from being attacked is jailed for life 

Richard Johnson (pictured) knifed boxing star Joshua Bradley in the heart with a hunting knife he'd taken with him on a night out in Nottingham when the teenager tried to help his unconscious pal.

'Seagulls pecked my dog to death': Family devastated after birds swoop down on Yorkshire Terrier playing in their back garden and inflict fatal head injury

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: The family said the kitchen looked like a 'murder scene' when they found Yorkshire Terrier Roo, pictured, after the attack in the back garden in Columb Minor, Cornwall.

Schoolgirl, 16, is rushed to hospital from her school prom and suffers 'eight hours of hell' amid fears her drink was spiked 

Kelsie Perkins was enjoying the glittering evening at the Haynes International Motor Museum in Sparkford, Somerset, to mark the end of her time at secondary school when she fell ill.

Drunken teenagers led away by police after crackdown on inappropriate behaviour at Facebook parties held at Scottish beach

Officers lined the entrance to Troon beach, Ayrshire, as train carriages full of youngsters descended on the seaside, carrying bags full of alcohol, after 5,500 teenagers caused carnage in the area.

Fake soldier pretended to be a US Army Captain in Afghanistan on Match.com dating site to trick lonely women out of £400,000

Tosin Femi Olasemo, 37, was allowed into Britain on a student visa, where he set up a Match.com profile from his Cardiff home, pretending to be an American serviceman.

'You were a joy to be around and I will never forget you': Poignant tribute to singer Nick Cave's son who fell 60ft from cliff to his death is left at the scene by his 15-year-old twin brother

Nick Cave's son Arthur died after falling from Ovingdean Gap

In a heartbreaking note (pictured left) left alongside a floral tribute, Earl Cave (pictured top right with his family) called his brother Arthur a 'joy to be around', adding: 'You were the best brother I could ever ask for'. Arthur was found on a coastal path at the foot of Ovingdean Gap in Brighton, East Sussex, at 6pm last night. The touching bouquet was left at the scene after Earl visited the cliff alongside his singer father (bottom right) and his mother, model Susie Bick (inset left), to pay tribute to the 'beautiful, happy and loving boy'. It is not yet known how the teenager died, but police sources said Arthur, described by his father as a keen drummer, may have died following a tragic accident not a suicide. This afternoon, it also emerged that Arthur had taken a selfie photograph just yards away from the cliff where he fell to his death.

Man 'was allowed to leave a KNIFE with Houses of Parliament security after he produced a fake ID card claiming he was a diplomat' 

Peter Herod (pictured) is said to have presented a card with the UN logo at the Houses of Parliament in London and fooled police into believing he could not be arrested for carrying the blade.

Hit-and-run trucker who killed 95-year-old driver while over the limit was caught after his number plate fell off at scene of the crash 

Hit-and-run truck driver Darren Kettley, 47, admitted drink driving and fleeing the scene after a collision which left 95-year-old Charles Mayes dead in Kirby Cross, Essex.

Dementia sufferer, 99, was 'immersed in scalding hot bath by care worker in bad mood' at home where 8 elderly residents 'were mistreated' 

Dementia sufferer, Margaret Wheatley,99, suffered extensive burns to her legs and feet after allegedly being immersed in a scalding hot bath at Briarwood Rest Home in Preston, Lancashire.

Bungling robber tried to disguise himself by putting a Londis plastic carrier bag over his head - but left a large slit that people could see him through 

Luke Martin, 28, from Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, walked into two separate convenience stores on different days whilst wearing the gaping bag and brandishing a knife.

Sadistic teen is jailed for life after slicing off ear of victim who died four days after week-long Reservoir Dogs-style torture ordeal

Jack Smedley, 18, from Bristol, was sentenced to life in prison today while his accomplices were jailed for a total of 36 years for the 'savage and evil' assault on 49-year-old recluse Simon Bowring.

Mother whose 14-year-old son was killed playing internet 'choking game' warns other youngsters against trying the latest deadly craze

Mother whose son, 14, died playing internet 'choking game' warns others

Selina Booth, left, found her 14-year-old son Jack Pickles, right, dead in his bed at home in Yorkshire after he was apparently inspired by videos on YouTube and other social media. In the wake of his tragic death, she is now trying to stop others from suffering the same fate by raising awareness of the game.

Teddy bears and balloons are placed on Daniel Pelka memorial for what would have been his eighth birthday - 24 hours after his abusive mother 'killed herself' in prison

Locals have laid floral tributes, cards and balloons on his memorial at St Paul's Cemetery in Holbrooks, Coventry. His mother, Magdalena Luczak, was found dead in her prison cell yesterday

Bungling robber tried to disguise himself by putting a Londis plastic carrier bag over his head - but left a large slit that people could see him through 

Luke Martin, 28, from Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, walked into two separate convenience stores on different days whilst wearing the gaping bag and brandishing a knife.

Only fools and divorces: Court battle of millionaire market trader couple dubbed 'real-life Del Boy and Rodney' ends in victory for ex-wife... but who gets to keep the yellow Reliant Robin?

Michael Harris (pictured) and Linda Capehorn, of Bedfordshire, transformed a market stall into a successful frozen food business which turned over nearly £2million-a-year but ended up in a bitter divorce

Angry residents of quiet English village in battle to get new music festival banned because gangster rapper Snoop Dogg is performing

Residents are up in arms over the Mutiny festival in Fontwell, West Sussex, with Snoop (pictured), which they claim will cause parking chaos and 'send expletives' echoing through the village this weekend.

Dumped boyfriend trashed ex-girlfriend's house and poured bleach on her clothes - then left her a note to say sorry

Liam Hope, 23, invaded and 'completely trashed' her home in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, after a drink and cocaine binge following the end of their relationship.

Once-glorious Victorian mansion where Everest pioneer George Mallory learned to climb is being sold on the cheap after falling into ruin

Victorian mansion where Everest pioneer George Mallory grew up is being sold

The 10-bedroom Hobcroft House (top left), in the village of Mobberley, Cheshire, is where George Mallory (inset) honed his climbing skills as a little boy - ahead of his ill-fated pioneering trip to Mount Everest in 1924. However, today the 19th century estate - complete with an adjoining coach house, stables and paddocks - lies derelict (bottom) after years of neglect following a compulsory purchase by nearby Manchester Airport. The four-storey property - which boasts five bathrooms (top right) and three reception rooms) - is thought to have remained empty for four years after two tenants moved out in 2011 and it became overrun by squatters who ransacked the house and plundered its period features. It has now gone on the market for just £500,000, despite being situated in a rural millionaire's row where similar properties cost up to £3million.

Top secret plans for D-Day landings which belonged to one of Britain's most decorated sailors are to be sold with his medals at auction for £30,000

The nautical maps and orders show where the huge Allied armada was to meet in the English Channel before heading for the Normandy coast.

The house that doubles as a POWER STATION: Three-bedroom positive energy home has solar panels and a heat pump

The low-cost three-bedroom family home, designed by experts led by Cardiff University, integrates technology to reduce energy demand, while generating and storing renewable energy.

Young family win their three-year planning battle to live in the 'Hobbit house' they built in the Welsh countryside

Charlie Hague and Megan Williams, both 27, used natural materials to build their unique home in a secret location in the countryside in Pembrokeshire, West Wales.

House untouched by time goes up for sale - complete with the fixtures, fittings and even wallpaper from last time it was renovated in 1952

The house in Stockton-on-Tees was never redecorated by Robert and Freda Close after they bought in 1952. It is now up for sale after Mrs Close died at the age of 97.

A virtuous investment? Lavish mansion on country estate once owned by Elizabeth I's favourite suitor Robert Dudley goes on the market for £10MILLION 

Honiley Hall, pictured, has been totally rebuilt with classic Elizabethan style but modern comforts on the estate once owned by the man who is said to have had an illicit affair with the Virgin Queen.

Is this REALLY the best house in the world? It looks like a wartime bunker but this three-bed Oxfordshire home has been named number one by the architects' bible 

Despite being a far cry from a grand mansion, the futuristic house near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, has beaten off competition to be crowned the best new home by The Architectural Review.

A school, library and affordable housing: How the shortlisted buildings in the running for UK architecture's biggest prize offer a snapshot of what our communities need

A school, library and affordable housing: How the shortlisted buildings in the running for

Manchester's revamped Whitworth gallery (bottom right) is in the running to be named the best new building shortly after it was hailed as museum of the year. It is one of six buildings shortlisted for the 2015 Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize, with the winner revealed on October 15. The other nominated buildings include Burntwood School (bottom left) in Wandsworth, south-west London, and a Maggie's cancer care centre in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Also on the shortlist is an affordable housing apartment block (top left) in Whitechapel, east London. And it is completed by tower blocks at NEO Bankside (top right) on London's South Bank and a library building (centre) at the University of Greenwich in south-east London.

Amazing moment a springer spaniel rescues a baby dolphin that was washed up on a Welsh beach 

Leia, a working cocker spaniel, found the dolphin, pictured, on a beach in Wales and his owner, Rich Wilcock, helped the mammal get back to deeper water and out to sea.

Amazing time lapse photos capture storm clouds gathering over the Grand Canyon before incredible lightning bolts strike 

The sequence of pictures taken by LA-based photographer Evan Halleck show the thunderstorm approaching before the rain begins to pour and lightning bolts strike.

Had they run out of nuts? Drunk squirrel causes hundreds of pounds worth of damage at private members club after turning on beer tap and knocking over dozens of glasses and beer bottles 

Sam Boulter, 62, the branch secretary of the club, thought the bar in Evesham, Worcestershire, had been ransacked by burglars when he opened up at 8pm on Sunday evening.

Hilarious moment a stork is lucky to escape after appearing to get its head stuck in the mouth of a greedy crocodile that snatched its meal 

The yellow-billed bird was fishing in the Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania when it inadvertently got into a battle with a crocodile after spotting the head of a tiger fish floating in the shallow water.

Who are you calling a lazy toad? Laid back frog takes things at a snail's pace

An Indonesian photographer has captured the magnificent moment a Javan Tree Frog climbs on top of an unassuming snail for a short - and very slow - journey.

Angela Merkel is condemned as heartless after bringing a Palestinian child to tears on TV when the girl asks why she must be deported and the German leader says 'you can't all come' 

Angela Merkel is 'heartless' after making Palestinian child cry over deportation

Angela Merkel made the comments during a discussion with a group of schoolchildren at an event about 'living in Germany'. The girl, known as Reem, surprised the Chancellor when she revealed her family could be forced to leave the country because her father could not continue his welding work on a temporary residency permit. Merkel (inset) hesitated for a minute before replying: 'You know, in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon there are thousands and thousands [of people]. If we now say "you can all come"... we just can't manage that.' The answer left Reem, who has studied for four years in Rostock and is fluent in English and German, in tears (main picture) with the Chancellor attempting to comfort her by stroking her hair.

Greece prepares for another night of violence as thousands take to the streets again to voice their anger of the country's austerity measures 

Demonstrators threw petrol bombs at police riot police after surrounding the Athens parliament ahead of the final deadline for the country's €86 billion bailout deal yesterday evening.

Music-loving mother who abducted her children was caught in Mexico after police used Spotify records to trace the family

Brittany Nunn, pictured, and her husband Peter Barr were charged with felony counts of custody violations and unlawful flight from law enforcement after a friend spotted her Spotify usage which led them to her.

Farmer arrested for electrocuting three elephants in Thailand after putting up electrified fence to stop the animals jumping in his pond 

This photo taken on July 15, 2015 shows Thai officials inspecting three dead elephants at Kaeng Krachan national park in Prachuap Khiri Khan province. A Thai farmer was arrested on July 16 after he confessed to erecting an electrified fence which killed three elephants close to a national park, police said. AFP PHOTOAFP/AFP/Getty Images

The three pachyderms - one male and two females - were found dead yesterday near a village pond outside Kaeng Krachan national park in Prachuap Khiri Khan province.

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