The 39-year-old (pictured main, leaving the the Barbican Centre) made the plea after Saturday night's performance which was reportedly halted twice due to technical glitches. Addressing a crowd of fans who had gathered at the stage door despite previous warnings that the actor would not sign autographs, Cumberbatch (inset, in character), said it was 'mortifying' to be filmed by members of the audience.

When rescuers found Bobb, who had been owned by a group of homeless people in Los Angeles, they discovered his matted fur had cut off the circulation to his legs, causing them to to start to detach (left). Vets in San Diego performed a full amputation on the limbs, as well as pulling out most of his teeth because they were rotting. However, just a few months on, Bobb has made an incredible recovery and is barely recognisable after having his fur clipped away (right).

George Claudiu Albu (pictured) has also been charged with causing death by driving a vehicle not in accordance with licence and while uninsured, and failing to stop at the scene of a collision. The 31-year-old, of Porchester Road, Paddington, is due to appear at West London Magistrates' Court on Monday. The victim, who worked for grounds maintenance company Quadron and was reported to have been trying to direct traffic around his gardener's truck to prevent an accident, has not yet been named. The £120,000 Bentley Continental was said to have been abandoned in the street in Pembridge Villas, Notting Hill, after the incident (inset) at 11.50pm on Thursday.

Within the migrant camp that has become the epicentre of the Calais crisis sits a towering structure that looks out of place due to its grandeur. It is the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (left), known by some migrants as St Michael's Calais. Although St Michael's is by no means a consecrated church, it was loving built out of tarpaulin and wood by some of the migrants. Now religious services (centre) are regularly held at the church and are well attended mainly by Ethiopian and Eritrean migrants. Priest Kibrom Kasta (right) leads the Orthodox service in the Ethiopian language of Amharic, offering prayers for all the migrants in the camp and those still making the perilous journey to a new life.

The vehicle (right) was stopped by police after a passing motorist grew suspicious and called 999 while driving on the M25 in Hertfordshire yesterday. After officers flagged down the lorry on the M1 near St Albans, all 17 people travelling in the back (centre) were taken into custody. The Polish driver was also arrested on suspicion of assisting illegal entry into the UK. The incident comes after weeks of mounting tension at Calais as thousands of would-be migrants have attempted to enter Britain via the Channel Tunnel - pictured left are asylum seekers queuing for food hand-outs at the 'Jungle' camp.

Blue skies and scorching temperatures will be replaced by downpours and cooler weather this week as the mini-heatwave comes to an end. After a glorious weekend where temperatures matched those in Barcelona, showers and even thunderstorms are set to sweep in from tomorrow. Britain enjoyed beautiful skies and heat this weekend with 27.8C yesterday in Charlwood, Surrey, and 27C in Gravesend, Kent, today. But that will change tomorrow as we have a soggy start to the week, with the South West, western Scotland and Northern Ireland seeing heavy rain. Pictured today: People make the most of the weather in the waters off Old Portsmouth (left) and East Sussex (top right), while a woman enjoys a book on Brighton beach (bottom right).

Debris suspected to be from the missing MH370 flight is reported to have washed up in the Maldives (pictured). One of the pieces discovered (bottom right) shows the letters IC written in red. The rest of the marking has been scraped away. If verified, the find would support locals' claims that they saw a 'low-flying jet' on the day the flight disappeared. One airline employee claimed that the find is 'more significant' than that in Reunion, and would 'change everything' about the investigation. Police are reported to have removed the pieces for further analysis.

Two heartless dog owners have been caught on camera abandoning a dog by throwing it over the high fence of an animal rescue centre in Spain. The video shows how the first attempt to dispose of the dog ends with the animal hitting its head on the fence and rebounding into the man's hand. After climbing the fence, the man's friend handed him the dog and drops the poor creature over the top of the fence before running back to their car and escaping. The appalling footage has already been condemned by Spanish animal welfare services, who have said they will report the horrific act of cruelty to the police.

This weekend's Twins Days, a festival celebrating twins in - where else? - Twinsburg, Ohio, was the biggest jamboree yet, with about 2,000 multiples and their families turning out. 'They're our second family,' Carolyn Fertig, 28, said of seeing everyone at the gathering. 'It's like coming home every year,' her twin sister, Katherine Fertig, added. This year's theme was 'Times 2 Remember' to celebrate the 40th anniversary, with pairs coming in everything from Star Wars costumes to robot outfits,

Donnie thought the grey people carrier might be able to take on a parenting role after his mother was poached in Kruger National Park, South Africa, leaving the two-month-old to fend for himself. While being flown to a wild animal reserve in Mpumalanga province for rehabilitation, he had a cardiac arrest and the pilot had to perform an emergency landing so he could be resuscitated. He is now thriving in his new home.

The desolate 468-acre Dungeness Estate (left, from above; and right) in Kent could now be yours for £1.5million after it went on sale for the first time in 50 years. The estate on Romney Marsh has been owned by a family trust since being established in 1964 - but the trustees are now selling up. The landscape is so barren that it has become an well-known landmark and unlikely tourist spot, attracting one million visitors annually. The sale with S tr utt & Parker includes 22 properties - mostly converted railway cottages, which are subject to 99-year leases.

Martin Cantrill was three and a half times over the legal alcohol limit when another motorist filmed him careering across multiple lanes in his white Rover. The footage shows him swerving around, spinning in a circle and almost crashing into a lorry, then speeding down the hard shoulder before he finally came to a stop. The terrifying incident was filmed on a dashboard camera by Tom Cafferty while he was driving on the A14 near Kettering in Northamptonshire in November last year.

Grieving families have been warned not to bring carnations and chrysanthemums to Earlham Crematorium in Norwich because their high sugar content is attracting the rodents. It has become such a problem that Dignity, the company which runs the site, have put up signs warning visitors about the squirrels. Retired postman George Barrett, 67, has filmed the squirrels munching on flower heads repeatedly and wants tougher action taken to stop them. His daughter Karlene died in 2003 and he walks through the crematorium regularly to visit her memorial. 'It's soul-destroying to see them nibbling away,' he said. 'I like wildlife but you have to draw the line somewhere and something has to be done.'

The Hatfield and McCoy descendants came armed - with digging tools. Side by side, they worked together to help archaeologists unearth artifacts from one of the bloodiest sites in America's most famous feud. The leader of the dig says they have pinpointed the place where Randolph McCoy's home was set ablaze in the woods of eastern Kentucky during a murderous New Year's attack by the Hatfield clan. Two McCoys were gunned down in the 1888 ambush on Randolph McCoy's homestead. It marked a turning point in their cross-border war waged in Kentucky and West Virginia, led by family patriarchs William Anderson 'Devil Anse' Hatfield and Randolph 'Ole Ran'l' McCoy.

Dairy farmers sparked chaos by walking two Friesians into the Asda store in Stafford as part of the escalating row over the price they receive for producing milk. Footage shows two boys walking the cows through the aisles as announcements are made for all managers to report to the shop floor. A protest spokesman then tells baffled shoppers: 'The reason we are doing this is that milk is far too cheap. It's 89p for four pints. It was the latest stunt in an on-running row over the price farmers are paid by supermarkets for producing milk.

New images reveal the very different state of dog shows in England between 1900 and 1940 - when they were beginning to gain popularity. The competitions were seen as stylish and social affairs, where women wore their finest items of clothing (main) and prize-winning dogs were seen as status symbols (bottom right).

The all-star cast of a new film based on the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege have been shooting scenes in London (above). Actor Jamie Bell, who previously starred in Billy Elliot and Hallam Foe, has taken the lead role in the film '6 Days', based on the dramatic six-day siege. Mark Strong and Australian Abbie Cornish will star alongside Bell in the film, which is set for 2016 release. Director Toa Fraser is taking his inspiration from the real events (centre inset) of the 1980 siege, when six armed gunmen took over the Iranian Embassy in South Kensington, London. The gunmen took the 26 people inside the building at the time hostage, prompting a tense six-day stand-off.

Erik Lang, 29, swapped skyscrapers and celebrity parties for outdoor showers and compost toilets when he moved to Sunseed, an non-hierarchical eco-community in Spain. He's just one of a group of volunteers who live off-grid at Sunseed (bottom right), working to restore the land and grow their own produce. Pictured: Erik playing a ukulele in El Salvador (left), with a friend in Guatemala (top middle) and in his former office in Dubai (top right).

The annual Festival du cochon in Canada is now in its 37th year and takes place in Sainte-Perpétue, which is 150km northeast of Montreal. As well as the pig race, there is an event which sees participants attempt to place plastic rings around boars' necks. While plenty of people seem to enjoy watching and taking part, the pig race has been slammed by animal rights activists , who say the game is cruel.

Paul Cadden, from Glasgow, uses his incredible eye for detail to recreate photos in black and white, often using only a graphite pencil or watercolours. The 50-year-old's latest subjects were taken on a trip to China and depict everyday life in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, a huge metropolis located in the south of the country. He captured a woman laughing (left) and an elderly gentleman relaxing on a stool (inset). The busy cultural capitals of London and Barcelona also feature in his work, including one of his girlfriend at Boqueria Market (right). From the wrinkles on a gentleman's face, a cloud of cigarette smoke or waves lapping onto the beach, Mr Cadden's drawings - which employ the technique known as hyperrealism - look unbelievably realistic. They take between three and six weeks to produce and are considered so niche that they can sell at galleries for up to £5,000 each.