Hands gripping the steering wheel, I am perched in the front seat of a garish white Mercedes so enormous it makes me feel like one of the Borrowers, writes SARAH RAINEY. read
Julian Lewis, Tory chairman of the Commons Defence Select Committee, stepped into the row by saying Sir John had failed to give ‘straight answers’ about the reasons for the delays. read
Reg Keys, 63, whose son Lance Corporal Thomas Keys was killed in June 2003 in a mob ambush, said he cannot cope with the pain anymore and that the victims' family need answers. read
Pensioners face a postcode lottery with terms of the deal – as some councils offer interest-free loans, while others charge set-up fees and up to 2.5 per cent interest a year. read
Natacha Bouchard, pictured, made the threat as the repeated demands for millions of pounds in compensation from Britain as the port town struggles to deal with around 5,000 migrants living there. read
Only this week, we learned that a Staffordshire copper is threatening to sue a gay nightclub in Stoke-on-Trent after claiming his hearing was damaged by a burglar alarm, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN. read
The online map of the UK enables mobile phone users to check their signal coverage across EE, Vodafone, Three and O2. It has been launched by regulator Ofcom. read
New Research from the University of Nottingham, pictured, shows that 14 times as many babies die due to premature birth in the UK as they do in Sweden. read
The chilling development came as a 12-year-old rape victim in Iraq told how her attacker insisted that what he was doing was not sinful - because she practised a religion other than Islam (file picture). read
Despite objections from the country's PM, Court of Appeal judges have upheld the decision to remove the child after she was found alone in dirty conditions in a London flat aged just 21 months. read
Uggie, star of the Oscar-winning film The Artist, was not the only much-loved Jack Russell despatched to eternal rest a week ago today, writes TOM UTLEY. read
The former bodyguard, 35, was said to have been arrested as well as a group of men following a car jacking in Bushey, Hertfordshire last month. read
Christina Sethi, 25, from Torquay, assaulted three vulnerable patients while working as a night shift carer at the Devon care home, before sending the sickening videos to her boyfriend. read
Lorraine Crighton-Smith said she felt 'violated' after she received the graphic image of a stranger's genitalia on her smartphone via Apple's Airdrop feature while on the train in south London. read
The former Labour peer and MP was ordered to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London in relation to 22 charges spanning a period from the 1960s to the 1980s. read
The controversial comments were made by Evan Davis during the programme last night ahead of a discussion about the impacts of dating apps read
Alex Dyke said that it was 'unnatural' and a throwback to the Stone Age during his show on BBC Radio Solent on Wednesday prompting complaints on social media and a petition read
The first trailer has come out ahead of the movie’s release next February - featuring Catherine Zeta-Jones leading an all-star cast that includes Bill Nighy, Michael Gambon and Blake Harrison. read
Firefighters attempted to rescue the young girl, whose head had become stuck in the lift at an address on Emmadale Close (pictured) in Weymouth, Dorset, but were unable to save her. read
The 19-year-old Scot revealed she had more than 100 cookbooks after saying she had never heard of an arlette biscuit. which contestants were asked to bake in the technical round. read
Scientists at the University of East Anglia found when asked to provide solutions to a problem, such as uses for a paper clip, people with autism were more creative in their ideas. read
A study by Lund University in Sweden has found that the wealth of an adopted child before receiving an inheritance is similar to that of their adoptive parents, rather than their biological ones. read
Melanie Armsden, of Leeds, West Yorkshire, spotted a picture she had posted on the internet on a T-shirt being sold online. She has now been given all of the remaining garments read
MATT LAWTON: Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho screamed ‘son of a b***h’ during his heated touchline row with Dr Eva Carneiro. Video footage released by Sky Sports shows a visibly angry Mourinho shouting the Portuguese term ‘filho da puta’. read
It's emerged that airport stores are checking boarding passes to pocket VAT rather than save customers money, yet even though the scam has been unveiled, they have still not altered their prices. read
The latest figures by the Department for Transport reveal a record total of 314.6 billion vehicle miles covered by cars, vans and lorries in the 12 months to June. read
According to the new figures, the Greek economy posted zero growth in the first quarter of the year after having contracted 0.2 per cent in the last quarter of 2014. read
Global stockmarkets rallied as officials at the People’s Bank of China dismissed concerns that it plans to cut the yuan more aggressively - triggering a global ‘currency war’ as other countries follow suit. read
We are told that 43-year-old Michelle Mone will travel the country looking into the barriers that disadvantaged young people face in setting up their own companies, writes MELISSA KITE. read
The funeral service for Cole, best known as loveable rogue Arthur Daley from the TV series Minder, is being held today at Reading Crematorium, Berkshire after he died aged 90 earlier this month. read
The star was ‘in high spirits’ right up until his death in the early hours of yesterday at a care home in Wanstead, east London, where he had lived for the past three years. read
Yvette Cooper, pictured, is telling voters that she is the 'real radical' choice as she bids to beat left-wing candidate Jeremy Corbyn and become the first female leader of the Labour party. read
It is a key part of his strategy for cutting net migration and for stopping British workers being ‘undercut’ - but 0two of the biggest departments in Whitehall have voiced opposition to the move. read
Another video has emerged of tennis bad boy Nick Kyrgios delivering a vile sledge towards opponent Stan Wawrinka at the Rogers Cup in Canada. read
Senior doctors said Government plans for patients to be able to get an appointment seven days a week were ‘undeliverable’ due to the scale of the recruitment crisis. read
Waiting times for some procedures are at their worst for seven years according to a wave of figures released which paint a shocking picture of services within the NHS. read
Analysis of birth and death records in England show the number of stillbirths fell by eight per cent after the smoking ban was imposed, equating to 1,500 babies' lives saved. read
Psychologists asked dozens of students to report whenever they felt a craving and how strong the feeling was, before reporting back again in 15 minutes. Some participants played Tetris. read
Darren Aveyard, 48, from Mirfield, West Yorkshire, was stunned to see the giant 22ft structure blocking their skyline, as work on a new housing estate continues. He said it affects his wife and kids. read
The 49-year-old former middleweight boxing champion had spotted a commotion going on above the busy M23 near Crawley, West Sussex, when he pulled over to try and help. read
Stella Kambi and Bonheur Musungay drowned yesterday afternoon at Thorpe Marshes Nature Reserve in Trowse, Norfolk, while they were enjoying a day out at the lake with their families. read
Staff at Sheffield's Northern General hospital said removing titanium takes specialist equipment and could mean the blood supply to the finger may be cut off for longer while staff remove the ring. read
Christopher Hurd, of Swinton, near Rotherham, took almost £21,000 from her bank account to wager it online. However, as he kept on winning he put most of it back. read
Ministers led by David Cameron want to allow energy company EDF to spend the best part of ten years building a new nuclear power plant next to an old one at Hinkley Point, Bridgewater. read
Amir Mohammed was enjoying a night out with his female friend at Antalya in Rusholme, Manchester, when he says he was shocked to be told 'you can't kiss in this coffee shop'. read
Oh Fergie, not again! The Duchess of York was back on American television this week, flogging the cheapo juicer she claims to be responsible for her latest dramatic weight loss, writes JAN MOIR. read
Australian skin experts have weighed in on just how bad it is for your skin to wear make up to the gym - and reveal foundation can block pores and cause acne. read
Researchers in Canada found happily married women were more sensitive to their husband’s unexpected positive emotions than to their negative ones. read
SARAH VINE: Vogue, which can produce intelligent journalism, too often dances to the tune of designers, and not the other way around. It's like the lunatics have taken over the asylum. read
The child was just ten when she was allegedly raped but the Paraguayan government refused her mother's request for an abortion because strict laws only allow it if the mother's life is in danger. read
The car was parked near Oval in London and a passer-by took a picture after spotting the abuse spray-painted on the dies of the £50,000 BMW 5-series GT. read
The dozen models were forced to huddle underneath brightly-coloured umbrellas in central London as they promoted TanOrganic's alternative to sitting on the beach. read
A contract, currently hanging at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago reveals how one woman would be given '1.2 pieces of silver and 36 bags of grain every year for the rest of her life.' read
Heinz Schumi claims Boris’s world-famous blond mop, pictured, is a forgery. ‘I’m telling you, it’s bleached,’ said the stylist, whose client list includes actress Jenny Agutter and novelist Jilly Cooper. read
The student had been sitting in a lecture hall at a university, believed to be in Sydney, with his headphones in as he appeared to be engaging in the lesson while typing away at his laptop. read
Prosecutors in Stockholm said they would continue with investigations over a further allegation of rape against Assange, also made in 2010. read
The NHS has missed its targets for cancer referral, ambulance response times and discharging patients on time, according to figures from NHS England. read
Fighting among themselves to board sweltering, standing room-only carriages at Gevgelija train station on the Macedonian-Greek desperate families clamber on to the train. read
The rant was posted on Plymouth man Marty Stephens' (pictured) Facebook page and issued a call to arms for a 300-strong gang to travel with him to violently resolve the migrant crisis. read
The move to offer steamed fish rather than the traditional battered version has led to raised eyebrows in Rochdale, where people have eaten battered fish and chips since the 1880s. read
Blake, 24, listed his hobbies on the dating app to mirror those of Tom Hanks' character in the 1994 blockbuster Forrest Gump - and comically one woman failed to spot the connection. read
The binmen told police they were forced to leave because of the ‘extreme level of intimidation’ from some locals in Ashford, Kent following the row over a recycling bin which contained non-recyclables read
Officers were scrambled after George Clifton (pictured) dialled 999 to complain that neighbour Russell Shurmer, from Cheltenham, had placed his 'stinking' bin too close to his living room window. read
Angela Myers, 48, Hunmanby, near Filey in North Yorkshire, was worried the bin collectors would not be able to get her bin down the drive with her red Vauxhall Frontera in the way. read
The event in Salisbury, Wiltshire, was to mark the 50th anniversary of Sir Edward Heath becoming leader of the Conservative Party but guests say it has been marred by recent allegations. read
Pakistani military courts have sentenced seven Islamic militants to death over a series of attacks, including an assault on a school that killed more than 150 people in Peshawar last December read
Lakhdar Djelloul, 51, his British Muslim convert wife Janice, 53, and their three teenage girls were arrested when officers swooped on their East London home. read
At least 50 people have been killed and a further 700 injured after a huge explosion hit a shipment of explosives in the north-eastern city of Tianjin, China, at 11.30pm local time. read
Standing outside the main hospital in decimated China port city of Tijuan, CNN reporter Will Ripley had just started speaking to the camera when the mob began to form around him. read
Michiel Van Der Klooster, 44, (pictured outside court) allegedly attacked Dr Victoria Owen three times in the space of five months at their three-bedroom terrace house in Notting Hill, west London. read
Samsung unveiled its larger Galaxy S6 Edge+ handset in London, which bears some resemblance to the iPhone 6 Plus, as well as another phablet - the Note 5. read
Scientists at the University of Exeter and the University of Cambridge claim to have found the definitive answer for what caused woolly mammoths and other ice age giants to become extinct. read
The London Mayor's remarks come despite Mr Cameron last week insisting he would 'be PM for the next five years'. Before the election he said he would not stand for a third term. read
While just 13 per cent of voters reveal misgivings about an ethnic minority candidate – some 31 per cent admitted they would not be happy about a Muslim replacing Boris Johnson. read
Lucia O'Neill, 3, (pictured) was stood waiting with mother Beverley for 25 minutes as the chemist at Lloyds in Clydebank sorted her prescription after her doctor issued her an order for antibiotics. read
Officers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (pictured) said Ikki Kodukai may have been acting out of revenge over his wife's romantic involvement with the 42-year-old victim. read
The 50-year-old was taken to Carlos Holmes Trujillo Hospital, Colombia, when the metal rings got stuck on his manhood. But the medics didn't have the right equipment to release his member. read
A court in Lagos (file photo) heard that Olufade Adekoya, 57, wanted to divorce his wife Olusola because she refused to serve him on time but she claims he wants to be with someone else. read
Frank Blades was left shocked when he noticed the fee on top of a £6,000 charge from funeral directors following the burial of wife Violet at a cemetery in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. read
Sarah Jamar and Nuha Al-Sahli, both 18 year-old students who live with their parents in Ealing, in London, removed security tags from the luxury goods and stuffed them into their bags. read
Israr Hussain, 32, right, and Shazad Shad, 30, left, were jailed for four-and-a-half years at Bradford Crown Court for selling the details of accidents that never happened to law firms. read
The junior soldiers marked the completion of a year of military skills training and vocational qualifications at the Army Foundation College in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. read
The two West Midlands Police officers posted to Magaluf to help Spanish authorities have been spotted taking selfies with tourists, amid critique that their trial trip is a 'waste of time'. read
British Transport Police officers arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of possession with intent to supply of a Class B drug at around 3pm at the station in central London. read
Seven droughts between 1520 and 1920 are documented in the graffiti, found in the a cave in the Qinling Mountains of central China which tells of starvation and social unrest spanning centuries. read
A woman from Urumqi, northwest China, has avoided going to jail on corruption charges for the last ten years by getting pregnant on 14 separate occasions. read
The airline hopes that connecting the Middle East with Panama's largest city will open up Central America, South America and beyond. read
A cyclist captured a shocking video of a fellow bike rider jumping six red lights and narrowly avoiding a collision with another cyclist on one mile stretch of road in west London. read
These pupils from Merchant Taylors' Girls' School in Crosby, Merseyside, are among some 3,000 students who received their A-level results today. read
New figures show entries for ‘facilitating subjects’, which include maths, the sciences, English, geography and history, by British students have risen by 13 per cent since 2010 to 435,583. read
It is believed that the man suffered a heart attack while under the water at a campsite lake, pictured, in Lac du Marandan, south east France, but the exact cause of death is not yet known. read
Relatives of Warren G Harding revealed on Wednesday that he did indeed father a daughter in 1919 with his longtime mistress Nan Britton. read
Nasa has successfully completed the penultimate hot fire test of an RS-25 engine - one of four engines that will power the Space Launch System in 2018. read
Elisa Bellandi, now 14, survived an abortion when her mother fell pregnant with her when aged 43. Her parents, Giuseppe and Aurora, from Rimini, Italy, are suing the hospital that carried it out. read
The raiders forced open the gate leading to the house in Kibler Park, Johannesburg, South Africa, before kicking the door open and threatening the couple inside with guns. read
The 51 finalists of Miss England took part in a gruelling sports round ahead of the pageant. Miss Leicestershire Holly Desai was crowned the fittest while celebrating her 24th birthday. read
Sophie Drozdzik was delighted after receiving a distinction in her BTEC from Warwickshire College. Hours later her body was discovered in a canal in Dickens Heath in Solihull, West Midlands. read
Nearly one in three British parents would be prepared to take children out of school for six to 10 days. Many parents said they would not be put off the action by the threat of a fine for truancy. read
Last year, forces in England and Wales shut down 80.2 per cent of investigations into break-ins without identifying a suspect, official figures revealed today. read
Willard Hurley, 61, the father of PGA Tour golfer Billy Hurley III who went missing for 12 days last month, has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, his family have said. read
Kerry Launders, 29, photographed this faceless figure (circled) during day out with her partner Simon Tobb, 30, and her children to Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk, last month. read
The unnamed eight-year-old had been walking with his mother, Xie Shih, 30, in Fengcheng Town of Anxi County, in east China's Fujian Province, when the ad board came crashing down. read
Promoters selling tickets for London night club sent out a message to people on their VIP list, outlining the stringent rules for entry - one of which read: 'do not bring any big/fat girls/guys.' read
Annie Marston, 25, from Brownhills, West Midlands, lost her cancer battle before she could celebrate her marriage to Scott Benton with family and friends at a celebration funded by donations. read
One day before the historic reopening of the U.S. Embassy in Cuba, former President Fidel Castro said the U.S. owes the island country 'millions of dollars' as reparations for a decades-long embargo. read
The typical British family home contains £35,486, was likely to be built in the 1930s, paid for with a mortgage and most likely named The Cottage, according to a study. read
Grandmother Rosemary Crosland, 72, from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, had braved the stormy January weather to take her sheepdog, named Casper, out for a walk. read
She was just 20-years-old when she was forced to hand over her baby to the Nazi authorities but now an Italian grandmother has been reunited with her daughter for the first time in 71 years. read
Francesca Martire, 61, is being questioned by officers in the southern city of Taranto who believe she used the beads to suffocate and choke frail Marria Luigia Magazzile. read
Scientists at the London School of Economics found by analysing twins that 95 per cent of the link between intelligence and lifespan is down to a person's genetics, not the choices they make in life. read
Over the last decade, the number of people under 35 who admit they are deeply suspicious of those around them has increased by more than 50 per cent, the British Social Attitudes survey found. read
Two Olympic athletes, one UFC fighter, one fitness instructor, and CrossFit competitor Christmas Abbott (pictured) discussed how they feel about their bodies and ways they've been made to feel bad. read
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Brody Curtis, four, of Charlestown, Indiana, suffers from epidermolysis bullosa. His body is covered with painful, blistering wounds that will never heal. read
A ball of fire and a huge black cloud of smoke engulfed Moscow River after a suspected rupture to an underwater oil pipeline caught light. read
Dr Gary Armstrong rented out his parents' three-bedroom property in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, in November last year - with a strict ban on keeping pets. read
Scientists from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney diseases, pitted a low-carb diet against a low-fat one and concluded cutting out fat is better for overall health. read
The stylish apartment, which featured in fashionista chick flick Devil Wears Prada, is on the market with the cool price-tag of $23,000 a month in Soho, New York. read
The parents of a grumpy baby captured some hilarious footage of their young toddler scowling at them despite their best efforts to make him grin in Mexico. read
Each flicker during Rapid Eye Movement sleep – the period when we experience vivid dreams – then signifies a ‘change of scene’. Neurons in the medial temporal lobe burst into action. read
A Brazilian prankster pulled off a horrendous trick in which he feigned suffering from diarrhoea inside an elevator before spraying pretend poo on the people inside. read
A caretaker at a lodge in South Africa's Kruger National Park who was fed up with nightly raids on his pantry fitted the cupboards with thick pieces of wood in a bid to keep them secure. read
Where the Catatumbo River meets Lake Maracaibo, 260 storm days each year create around 28 lightning strikes hitting the lake each minute. read
Photographer Mauro Maione captured the images of insects as they rested on flowers in the meadows of Castelli Romani Park, close to Rome. read
Denis Carbonaro, 46, built the mammoth after he was told by council inspectors to clear up the cypress branches from in front of his semi-detached home in Dalgety Bay, Fife. read
The photographs, which include a series of captivating behind-the-scenes shots, will be displayed at the Getty Images Museum in London from October before going on tour. read
Christian Carollo, from Philadelphia, has travelled nearly 20,000 miles and even met people who were photographed by his grandfather, Herb Connellan, while snapping the same images. read
Creative networking site Hiive has created a series of revealing photographs that imagine the most private belongings of big and small screen stars, including hapless singleton Bridget Jones. read