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?'
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.
Luvvies' letter defending the BBC and signed by dozens of celebrities WAS organised by its £325,000-a-year boss, reveals Michael Palin
- Terror on the high seas: Egyptian navy vessel erupts in huge fireball as ISIS carry out rocket strike on patrol ship in the Mediterranean
- Prince Philip does it again as he asks women at East End community centre group: 'Who do you sponge off?'
- How many children should YOU have? Quiz that reveals how many kids prospective mums can really handle sweeps Facebook
- Luvvies' letter defending the BBC and signed by dozens of celebrities WAS organised by its £325,000-a-year boss, reveals Michael Palin
- The Voice, Radio 1 and 2 under threat as ministers take aim at 'ratings driven' BBC (but Strictly Come Dancing is PRAISED)
- British holidaymakers set for continent get best exchange rate in nearly eight years as pound hits euro high not seen since 2007
- '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
- Peter Andre was 'left distraught over false Twitter claims that he paid for sex and wanted to fly prostitutes out to Australia'
- Chelsea fan says the black man he pushed off a Paris metro train 'was the only one using aggression'
- 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
- Music teacher, 48, who had sex with a ‘vulnerable’ boy of 17 who she taught at a special needs school is jailed
- Benefits cheat took £29,000 from taxpayers despite having property in France and America and owning a YACHT
- Workers being laid off by tyre giant Goodyear in the Midlands are enraged after the firm offers them alternative jobs - 5,000 miles away in a crime-ridden Mexican city
- Mother wins bitter two-year legal battle with 'appalling' local council to educate her 11-year-old son at home
- It's not us, it's the Chinese! Iran's supreme leader mocks Obama with letter warning some of the 'other' countries that signed his nuke deal 'are not trustworthy'
- EXCLUSIVE: Holly Madison was a 'weirdo' who had such a 'Single White Female' obsession with Hugh Hefner she dressed like him, ate the same meals and participated in kinky sex acts other girls refused to do, bunny housemate claims
- A hearse is spotted backing up to a mysterious tent erected outside Bobbi Kristina's hospice
- 'Trans people deserve something vital: your respect': Emotional Caitlyn Jenner delivers moving 10-minute speech after winning Courage award in front of nine of her children at the ESPYs
- What are you looking at! Grumpy gorilla flips his middle finger at visitor trying to take his picture at Bristol Zoo
- The glamour model whose T-shirt was too rude for the Pope: Footage shows the moment guards moved woman on when she tried to see Francis... because she wasn't wearing a bra
- REVEALED: Caitlyn Jenner's reps 'demanded ESPYs award in exchange for PR plugs and Diane Sawyer interview'
- Pictured: Three-month-old baby who died on first day at an unlicensed daycare in trendy New York district of SoHo
- '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
- Rush to convert your green cards into votes against Trump and other 'bullies and bigots': Puerto Rican congressman tells millions of Hispanics to become citizens
- Macy’s 'inundated' with complaints from Donald Trump fans as 'tens of thousands of customers cut up their store cards in protest'
- Bird strike! Dramatic three-way fight between a bald eagle and two gulls is caught on camera (but there was only one winner)
- Donald Trump is worth $10 BILLION, says his campaign as he files a presidential financial disclosure -- including $213 million he was paid to do 'The Apprentice'
- ISIS child executioner ignores prisoners' pleas to spare them... and shoots them in the head without hesitating: Shocking footage shows how Islamic State's evil has spread to the next generation
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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
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).
Chelsea fan says the black man he pushed off a Paris metro train 'was the only one using aggression'
Mother wins bitter two-year legal battle with 'appalling' local council to educate her 11-year-old son at home
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.
Mother urges Calvin Klein to redesign their shop displays after her daughter, two, hooked her eyelid on an underwear 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.
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
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.
'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
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.
Watch the hilarious moment a thief grabs a bike and makes his getaway - only to ride straight into a car park barrier
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.
HOW THE WORLD LOOKS FROM WESTMINSTER
WESTMINSTER TODAY
- I'm the only 20-year-old Osborne will help with housing: Applause in the Commons as SNP's Mhairi Black, 20, uses maiden speech to tear into Tories and Labour
- Labour WILL back scrapping tax credits for more than two children, says Harriet Harman in challenge to party over welfare
- 'Andy, we lost that debate. You may have noticed we lost the election': Harman's stinging rebuke to leadership favourite Andy Burnham amid claims he is 'tacking left' to defeat Jeremy Corbyn
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
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.
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 (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).
'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
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.
Mother whose 14-year-old son was killed playing internet 'choking game' warns other youngsters against trying the latest deadly craze
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.
Once-glorious Victorian mansion where Everest pioneer George Mallory learned to climb is being sold on the cheap after falling into ruin
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.
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THE WORLD AT A GLANCE
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 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.
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