Deputy Transport Minister Abdul Aziz Kaprawi made the announcement after air crash investigators yesterday said they have 'a high degree of confidence' the wreckage came from that type of aircraft. The discovery fuelled hopes in Malaysia and across the globe that one of aviation history's greatest mysteries could move closer to being solved. Aviation investigators are now heading to the island to verify the findings after identifying the six-foot long piece of debris as a 'flaperon' from the edge of a plane's wing. Mr Kaprawi said: 'It is almost certain that the flaperon is from a Boeing 777 aircraft. Our chief investigator here told me this.'

A chart created by oceanographers one year ago (pictured main) predicted debris from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 could end up on the island of La Reunion. Aviation experts say it is entirely possible a piece of airplane debris found on the island (pictured inset), located off the coast of Madagascar and about 5,600km (3,500 miles) from the MH370 search site, belongs to the doomed plane. Oceanographers from the University of Western Australia (UWA) say the location of the newly-discovered aircraft debris is 'entirely consistent' with a graphic they created 12 months ago showing the potential drift patterns of the missing plane.

He was named Cecil after Cecil Rhodes, the British mining magnate, having first been spotted in 2008 at a place called White Man's Watering Hole inside Zimbabwe's famous Hwange National Park. But he was tricked earlier this month into leaving his sanctuary after pieces of meat were left as a trail. Horrifically maimed by an arrow fired by American dentist Walter Palmer (inset), Cecil managed to stay alive for 40 hours. But Palmer, assisted by other hunters and guides, eventually caught up with the exhausted animal after following its trail of blood. The so-called King of the Jungle was then shot dead, skinned and his head hacked off for a trophy. Professional hunter Theo Bronkhorst (top left) and local landowner Honest Ndlovu (bottom left) allegedly assisted Palmer.

Tory donor Sir David Scholey, a former director of the Bank of England, posed by the bloodied corpse of a male lion he apparently shot for fun in Zambia (right). Confronted with the pictures, the defiant former governor of the BBC (top left) defended the kill as 'an entirely personal matter'. He admitted hunting wild animals legally all over the world, and has also been photographed next to elephant tusks and the skulls of a cape buffalo and kudu antelope (pictured bottom left). Animal rights campaigners launched a petition calling on the Prime Minister to strip him of his knighthood because of his participation in the hunts. It comes after US dentist Walter Palmer, 55, from Minnesota, went into hiding over the death of Cecil, a famous lion in Zimbabwe.

Kenzie Kilpatrick from Birmingham has been dubbed 'the Sperminator' by one radio station. At this rate the 26-year-old single gay man could father 300 children in a decade. Pictures: Top left, Kenzie with Tylan, also pictured with his mums Charlene Allen, left, and Gemma Berry. Right, twins Samuel, left, and Alfie.

Can any woman past the youthful age of 20 ever look good in a bikini? Don't even try it, says Janet Street-Porter, who has proudly upheld a self-imposed bikini ban for the past two decades. Here she explains why even Pamela Anderson wore a one-piece in Baywatch. Pictures: Left: Janet wearing a bikini in her younger days. Right: The writer now says she has a self-imposed 'bikini ban'

When writer Ben Westwood, 39, lost his wife of 14-years Carolina to cancer, he didn't think it would be his five-year-old daughter, Isabella, encouraging him to move on. But can he find new love online? The dating landscape has changed dramatically since was last single. Pictures: Left: Ben (centre) with his two children Jake (left), now 9, and Isabella (right), now 7. Top right: Carolina with Isabella (left) and Jake (right). Bottom right: Carolina and Ben at a party together.

Randa Armstrong, 31 (left), and her civil partner Stephanie, 25 (together right), are expecting their babies just three months apart after conceiving through a 'shy' 24-year-old science student they found on a website. Earlier this month, Randa - who has previously worked as an underwear model - had her 12-week scan which confirmed she was expecting. Stephanie, meanwhile, is now 29 weeks pregnant with a boy. The couple, who met through the internet in 2009, had originally wanted to have IVF but were told the faced a three-year wait on the NHS. So they turned to an online forum called Known Donor Registry where they found a single man who does not drink and smoke - and did not want a fee for his time. The couple, who live in Galashiels, invited the man - who lives 35 miles away in Edinburgh - to their house on three separate occasions. They then inseminated one another.

The mother of the bride had assured us it would only take two-and-a-half hours - 'three at the absolute maximum' - from our home in Saint-Tropez: 'You can find the directions on Amy and Chris's wedding website.' When I suggested to the man of the house, my husband Percy Gibson (pictured together main), that he do this, he was adamant that it wasn't necessary.

As the menopause takes its natural course 90 per cent of women will gain 12lb to 15lb in weight - with most of it ending up round our midriffs. Exercise can help but, says Sam Taylor, there's an easy way to reclaim your waist.

Reddit users have been sharing their first (top left and right) and last (below left and right) images of their pets. Many of the original photos capture the owners as children who have since grown up with their four legged friend. As well as the pictures the heartbroken owners shared heartfelt messages for their departed animals.

It's streets and homes have featured on TV sets around the globe for thirty years.   But now fans of iconic Australian soap Neighbours explore the set in person, with the TV show listing its famous homes for rent on Airbnb as part of a special promotion.  The special listing offers a winner and a friend the chance to stay in Erinsborough, the fictional Melbourne suburb where the series is set, for five nights - hosted by actor Alan Fletcher, who plays Karl Kennedy.

Constables Alex Prentice and Debbie Wishart had been called out to a property in Corby, Nottinghamshire, when they were confronted by knifeman Lee Vickers (pictured), who was brandishing a large kitchen knife. As the two officers shouted at Vickers to put down the blade, he lunged at them with the terrifying exchange captured on a camera mounted on PC Prentice's uniform.

At age 73, after 22 years in the wild Welsh home where she raised her children and lived with her late husband, food writer Elisabeth Luard has decided it's time to move on. But leaving a house so steeped in beautiful memories is a bittersweet experience. 'Every step, every glance around my rambling old rectory-turned-farmhouse triggers a host of memories,' she writes. Pictures: Elisabeth at her home and, right, with her grandchildren

Courtney Randles (top), 26, lived a champagne lifestyle in a luxury apartment in Liverpool while her boyfriend Christopher Kenny worked as a major drug dealer across the UK. Despite earning an £18,000 salary, Randles posted selfies from transatlantic flights and bragged about her shopping sprees online, posting photos of bursting Juicy Couture bags (bottom right). When police raided the couple's flat, they also found £62,000 (bottom left) stashed behind a bathroom mirror. Randles has now been jailed for three years and four months after pleading guilty to money laundering. The court heard how the council worker was aware of her boyfriend's trade and tried to flee the country with him, while carrying £7,000 in her handbag. She even contacted a Euromillions winner to see if she would help launder money on the couple's behalf, the court was told. Kenny was sentenced to a life term earlier this year after stabbing Anthony Duffy, another drug dealer, to death.

With its sleek design, custom paint job and turbocharged engine, this stripped-down two-seater looks just like Batman's iconic Batmobile. But it was a young man (pictured) - not the masked superhero - who was spotted sitting behind the wheel of the eye-catching convertible as it cruised through the streets of Knightsbridge today. The KTM X-Bow, which costs upwards of £73,000, is the latest in a string of ostentatious vehicles that have been spotted in the city in recent weeks - a sign that supercar season is in full-swing in the capital.

Police found the shocking diaries of a killer after arresting Tatiana Samsonova, 67, pictured, who was caught on CCTV carrying the body parts of an elderly victim in plastic bags. They contain details of how she dismembered victims and scattered their body parts all over the city in St Petersburg. They have since found diaries in three languages detailing a series of brutal murders over two decades which police are now cross-referencing with unsolved cases.

Tonkey, pictured, lives in Alberta, Canada, and despite being just four months old and being on Instagram for only eight weeks, the bearcoat Shar Pei probably has more followers than you. Her owners adopted her in May and wanted to share her adorable features with the world. They say she can be stubborn and hard-headed, but she loves cuddles and meeting new people.

It has been submerged in water for more than 80 years. But now, following this summer's record drought, Lake Mead has almost completely dried up, revealing entire towns that disappeared decades ago (pictured). And tourists are flooding in. The reservoir - America's largest - is home to St Thomas, an Old West town which was lost in 1938 when the government built a dam to create a lake. Many residents of the historic town in Colorado, near the Grand Canyon, refused to leave until the very last minute when water consumed their homes. It reached peak water levels in the 1970s (inset) and early 1980s. Now, however, people can revisit the stone ruins and even walk across parts of the lake bed, which has lost 60 per cent of its contents.

The ever-so adorable Darren and Phillip (left) are social media star thanks to their obsessed owners. Known as the Blueboys, the English Staffordshire terriers have almost 40,000 followers on Instagram and more than 5,000 fans on Facebook. Both runts of the litter (inset) - only weighing about 16kg which is small for their breed - the fluffy duo are now having the last laugh as their besotted masters, Jennifer McLean and fiance Lachlan, has turned them into foxy fashionistas by dressing them up in baby clothes and capturing some seriously precious, and at times hysterical, moments (right). The Queensland couple bought Darren from a breeder four years ago, then adopted Phillip from a family friend a year later - and the cute canines have proved to be anything but camera-shy.

Trying to cover facial flaws can be stressful, and chances are you have been doing it all wrong. Melbourne-based make-up artist Heidi Hamoud said orange and green concealers (left) work best to cover uneven skin tones to achieve a flawless foundation look (top right). The vlogger says that orange work to correct discolouration in skin with blue and purple undertones, while green counteracts the red of blemishes.

Police Scotland has confirmed it is carrying out an investigation to identify the youngsters after receiving complaints from other visitors at the Wick Gala, in Caithness, Scotland. A picture which has been circulating on social media since the event shows three youngsters - who appear to be two girls and one boy - wearing black curly wigs, with black faces with white around their eyes.

Photos of the bizarre techniques being used to avoid the footplate at the end of escalators have emerged from China. A Facebook video shows people leaping and jumping (left), keeping their children away from the metal plate (centre) and using sticks (right) to check the foot plate is intact before getting on. The reaction comes after video footage emerged of a Chinese woman falling to her death through an escalator footplate in a shopping mall on Monday.

Great explorers like Sir Douglas Mawson owe much of their fame to Frank Hurley's (inset) work but the photographer responsible for stunning images from World War I trenches and Antarctic expeditions (seen above) died a lonely man. Hurley's extraordinary and controversial life has been told in a novel by author Tim Griffiths. He calls him 'Forrest Gump with a camera' because he turned up at major events across the 20th century.

Sportswomen and celebrities, including Olympians Sophie Hitchon (right) and Samantha Murray (centre inset) and the TV presenter Kirsty Gallacher (left) reveal what they are most proud and insecure about in their bodies. They are among eight inspiring women who each discussed why they are proud of their bodies, not just for their beauty, but their strength, power and imperfections.

These breath-taking pictures were taken by Polish photographer David Kaszlikowski, whilst hiking near K2, the second highest mountain in the world. He used a camera-mounted drone to capture the ever-changing Concordia, where the Baltoro Glacier and the Godwin-Austen Glacier come together in the Karakoram range of Pakistan (pictured above). The Polish photographer described melting ice-field as 'special.' He said: 'Nobody will ever see it the same way.'

Magali Beauvue (inset), from France, transforms her face into both men and women just by using makeup. (Clockwise from to left) Nikki Minaj, Prince, Morgan Freeman and reality star Caitlyn Jenner. Magali replicates reality television star Jenner's arched brows, slim nose and high cheekbones using just contouring. She tops off her transformation with a sleek brunette wig.