A lorry burst into flames at around 1.30am between junctions 12 and 13 of the M6 (right), causing the road to melt meaning it will be shut southbound today until at least 4pm for emergency repair work (left). Tailbacks are already stretching for 11 miles with delays of up to an hour with traffic slowing to a standstill at some points. Part of the M20 is also closed to tourist traffic after lorries attempting to cross into France ended up stacked along the side of the carriageway. The news will spell misery for millions of holidaymakers taking to the roads for their summer getaway.
Schoolgirl, 10, barred from boarding her bus home by driver who refused to accept her £10 note - because it was WET
Mia Worms, pictured, was trying to get home from school in Newhaven, near Brighton, but the bus driver refused the note. Her sister then arrived and gave her a ticket - but he said that was too crumpled. Her mother is furious and had branded his behaviour 'disgraceful'. The family claim that Mia was thrown off the bus but the bus company says the driver never told her she had to leave.
- Slow start to the summer getaway: Misery for thousands of families as M6 is closed after lorry fire MELTS the road causing 11-mile gridlock
- Schoolgirl, 10, barred from boarding her bus home by driver who refused to accept her £10 note - because it was WET
- Jeremy Clarkson blasts BBC bosses for 'not running corporation properly' in stinging attack on 'luvvies' letter' of support orchestrated by Danny Cohen
- M&S; banishes Percy Pig and Colin the Caterpillar sweets from its checkouts after calls for customers to cut sugar intake by half
- Let shoppers park for free in ALL town centres to save the high street from the rise of online shopping, says government minister
- Shocking video emerges of British couple having sex in Magaluf street in latest example of sordid debauchery in Spanish party resort
- 'The Sun has sunk to a new low': British public reacts with fury after tabloid publishes 80-year-old pictures of the seven-year-old Queen and the Queen Mother being taught a Nazi salute
- What colours do YOU see when listening to these songs? Take the test that could reveal your inner synaesthesia
- School to use all five of its inset days in one week so that parents can take their children away on cheap term-time holidays
- Teachers now get end-of-term presents worth £300 because half of parents feel pressured into giving
- Revealed: The £75,000 annual bonuses paid out to half of NHS consultants as Jeremy Hunt demands more reform days after forcing them to work weekends
- We relax for only 11 days a year: Average Brit spends half their annual holiday on chores, appointments and caring for ill relatives
- My guide to having it all, by the £12m Dragons' Den mum of four: Sarah Willingham reveals how she juggles high-flying career with raising children
- Hilarious memes mock The Sun over Queen pictures with images of other famous faces in spoof Nazi salutes
- Hillary is outdone in first major Iowa test as Bernie Sanders calls for a 'revolution' and Martin O'Malley has some Clinton partisans on their feet -- and she talks mostly about HERSELF
- 'The Sun has sunk to a new low': British public reacts with fury after tabloid publishes 80-year-old pictures of the seven-year-old Queen and the Queen Mother being taught a Nazi salute
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- ISIS film a CHILD carrying out a beheading for the first time: 'Cub of the Caliphate' is the first seen executing a prisoner by decapitation as the terror group increasingly use boys to kill
- Woman who was 'slut shamed' after her public threesome at Calgary Stampede went viral says she is has no regrets - in video seen by 3.4million
- 'Mistress' of NFL star kidnaps his wife before shooting her dead and killing herself in the middle of a highway in jealous rage over their vacation plans
- Husband films pregnant wife calmly giving birth AND delivering a 10lb baby in the car as they rush to hospital
- EXCLUSIVE: Family members gather and wipe tears from their eyes at Bobbi Kristina's hospice after police and a lawyer arrived on the scene and a hearse is spotted backing up to a mysterious tent erected outside
- 'I love you': Girlfriend shares tragic last texts with boyfriend killed in Chattanooga as the bodies of the four slain Marines are taken in a procession to Dover, Delaware
- EXCLUSIVE: Muslim Marine murderer's father 'sexually assaulted wife and beat his son' - and wanted to take second wife 'because it was allowed under Islamic law'
- Life inside a real-life ghost town: Amazing images of a remote community where 120 'colourful characters' live without electricity and is only accessible by a 'secret' dirt track
- The innocent victims abandoned in Sin City: Inside the red-light Filipino slum filled with children fathered by Australian sex trade tourists who get young women pregnant before disappearing
- Florida closes ALL store-front army recruitment centers amid terror fears as GOP front-runners demand 'targeted' staff are armed - and one rifle-toting vigilante even begins a one-man guard
- Think George is a little monkey? You were WORSE, Wills: The pictures that show how little terror prince is taking after his naughty daddy
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'The Sun has sunk to a new low': British public reacts with fury after tabloid publishes 80-year-old pictures of the seven-year-old Queen and the Queen Mother being taught a Nazi salute
The publication of the 17-second film has outraged thousands across the nation who believe the Queen cannot be held responsible for her actions as a girl playing with her family. The shocking 1933 footage shows Edward VIII teaching the Queen and her sister Margaret how to do the Nazi salute, in the gardens of Balmoral. The publication of the footage, which appears as part of a 17-second clip, has infuriated Buckingham Palace. The Queen, aged just seven when the photograph was taken, cannot be held responsible for her actions as an innocent girl playing with her family. Last night Buckingham Palace slammed The Sun, saying: 'It is disappointing that film, shot eight decades ago and apparently from Her Majesty's personal family archive, has been obtained and exploited in this manner.'
Hilarious memes mock The Sun over Queen pictures with images of other famous faces in spoof Nazi salutes
Scores of hilarious memes were posted online after the newspaper released archive footage showing Edward VIII teaching The Queen Mother, seven-year-old Elizabeth, and Princess Margaret, three, the controversial salute. Twitter users posted images of Rupert Murdoch (top right), whose company News UK owns The Sun, raising his hand, labelling it a 'shocking photo of Murdoch Nazi saluting'. Other amusing pictures show other famous faces 'saluting', including John Travolta (centre) dancing in Saturday Night Fever, Alan Shearer's trademark goal celebration (top left), as well as Sooty (bottom right) and Prince George (bottom left)
Lesbian couple celebrate the birth of twin boys after using free sperm from a gay donor who advertises his services on Facebook
Rebecca and Vikki Lomax (pictured above, main with their twins) of Bolton didn't think having a family would be possible until they came across Kenzie Kilpatrick, 26, (pictured above, inset) who had set up a Facebook page offering his services. Demand for Mr Kilpatrick's sperm has been so great he has tried to help 50 women with the result of fathering ten babies by nine of them. Rebecca, 27, who gave birth to the little boys, added: 'Having our twin sons is a dream come true.'
Touching moment retiring primary school teacher is reduced to tears by her pupils performing a playground flashmob send off to Lion King song
Margaret Gabica spent quarter of a century at St Julian's Primary School in Newport, South Wales, but she wasn't prepared for such a memorable send-off as her pupils broke into a flashmob dance. The schoolchildren spent three weeks learning their routine to The Lion King's 'He Lives in You', being careful not to let their secret out of the bag. Mrs Gabica, 62, who announced her retirement earlier this year, was presented with a card, flowers and presents at a special assembly on Wednesday morning before she went out for the final break duty of her career. As she stood in the middle of the playground, teachers switched on the music and around 350 schoolchildren, aged three to seven, broke into a spontaneous but choreographed dance.
Debauched banker who makes the Wolf of Wall Street look like a pussycat... but are his tales of excess all they seem? And why is Wayne Rooney threatening to sue him?
The autobiography by British-born bond trader John LeFevre (pictured, left and top right) caused outrage this week, with its tales of decadent dinners and alcohol and drug-fuelled nights out. Straight to Hell claims to be a 'tell all' of his time at Citigroup, one of the world's largest banks. Most colourfully of all, LeFevre claims to have received a 'lifetime ban' from a Hong Kong nightclub after starting a fist fight with Wayne Rooney (bottom far right), who was visiting on a pre-season tour with Manchester United. The 36-year-old - who lives in a relatively modest home in the suburbs of Houston with his wife Trine (bottom right) shot to notoriety last year for penning an anonymous Twitter feed of 'things overheard in the Goldman Sachs elevator', only to be exposed as never having worked for the bank.
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WESTMINSTER TODAY
- Tim who? Man you have never heard of is elected Lib Dem leader: Farron vows to rebuild his party after general election humiliation
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Pop a pod in your garden: Introducing the new must-have haven for stressed families if you can spare £19,000, that is
Garden spheres and circular pods are the must-have for the garden this summer and JILL FOSTER meets three families to find out why sales have soared by 59 per cent. Lorna Staunton and her family (pictured above, left) enjoy alfresco meals in their pod, whilst Elspeth and Mark Timmans (pictured above, top right) use theirs as a high-tech office space. Barbara and Max Edensor (pictured above, bottom left) have only had her sphere for a week and are already in love with it.
'The solar system saved the best for last': Nasa releases stunning flythrough of mountains and vast icy plains in Pluto's mysterious 'dark heart'
Remarkable, high-definition images of Pluto have been released showing the vast icy landscape of the dwarf planet. 'I'm a little biased, but I think the solar system saved the best for last,' New Horizons principle investigator, Alan Stern, said during a press briefing. The stunning images were unveiled alongside two incredible animations of the dwarf planet, showing flyovers of the plains (inset) and mountains of the frozen world.
Is justice about to catch up with Mrs Goldfinger? She was never your average gangster's moll. Now, after the murder of one of Britain's richest crooks, his lover is alone - and facing a showdown in court
The woman who answered the intercom on the black metal gates of the secluded Essex residence wanted to make one thing clear: she was not Christina Ketley (pictured left) nor did Miss Ketley live here. 'You have the wrong place,' insisted the female voice at the end of the buzzer. Christina Ketley is not a typical resident of the village of South Weald. She lived with John 'Goldfinger' Palmer (pictured right with first wife, Marnie), the underworld boss shot dead in the back garden of his home just over three weeks ago.
How the Blitz sent Britain sex mad: New book reveals Hitler's bid to bomb us into surrender had another startling effect
According to the book, the Blitz in London intensified sexual desire. It sparked a sexual revolution - one which would, significantly, prove to be a forerunner of the mores by which Britons live today. It was not just the risk of death that made this first sexual revolution possible. The blackout offered anonymity and excitement. The arrival of foreigners - coinciding with the departure of husbands - offered hitherto unheard-of temptation, while the evacuation of children left mothers suddenly free from their parental responsibilities and with unexpected time on their hands.
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Perfect for her prom, the 16-year-old girl on a high after operation to correct her curved spine left her in constant agony
Megan Roberts,16, (pictured above, far left) achieved her dream of wearing a backless dress to her school prom in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, after undergoing a major operation to straighten her spine. The teenager had spent years suffering from a twisted spine (pictured above, centre the before x-ray). The condition meant she was in constant agony and struggled to move. Doctors inserted metal rods and bolts to straighten her back (pictured above, right) The teen said: 'The surgery didn't just change my life, it saved my life.'
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Tickets please! Chaotic scenes as hundreds of migrants clamber on board packed trains in Macedonia in desperate bid to start new life in Europe
Legs in the air, desperately trying to cram through a tiny carriage window in Macedonia, one migrant is dragged inside a train bound for Serbia. Meanwhile hundreds of other people jostle beneath him, attempting to clamber on board the packed train at Gevgelija station, near the border of Greece and Macedonia. Once in Serbia, they believe they will be one step closer to western Europe, as they look for a better life in Britain, France or Germany. These photographs reflect how the European community is still struggling to address the ever-growing migrant crisis, as thousands of people flee wartorn areas of the Middle East and Africa for the continent.
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