Stepping up to a cash point in central Paris on Wednesday, a woman is summarily mugged by two teenage Roma gypsies. Showing no fear or shame, and not even bothering to disguise their identities, they push her away and help themselves to cash before calmly walking away. The unidentified victim shouts out, and manages to grab one her assailants by her jumper at one point, but nobody bothers intervening in a crime that has become an everyday occurrence in the most popular tourist city in the world.

The Prime Minister, sitting next to Dickie Bird, was in Leeds - where he later attended a cricket match with England legend Geoffrey Boycott, pictured far left - to hail a deal to devolve powers to the regions. But while rehearsing how to deal with questions about the policy, he was recorded complaining about the level of animosity between different parts of the county. Mr Cameron said: 'We just thought people in Yorkshire hated everyone else, we didn't realise they hated each other so much.'

They were once a hub of activity with holiday flights and tearful reunions, but these abandoned airports are in a state of decay after years of neglect or conflict. Planes are falling apart and seats are covered in debris at Cyprus' Nicosia airport, which has not had a commercial flight since 1977. Once the pride of Palestinians, the airport in Rafah, Gaza Strip (top right) is in ruins after being bombed by Israeli forces.

The broadcaster, who lives in a leafy area of north London with her husband and two children, has written two letters urging the local council to refuse the planning application for the luxury flats. As well as 'compromising the privacy' of her property (left), Ms Bruce (top right) said the planned construction would create a 'noise disturbance' and would increase the risk of flooding in her garden. Developers have applied for permission to knock down an existing home on an adjoining road and replace it with a block of two-bedroom and four-bedroom flats. The site shares a boundary with Ms Bruce's plot (illustrated bottom right).

The unusual money-saving contraptions include a microwave made from an iron and a hairdryer (left), a hairbrush-turned-wing mirror (top right) and a showerhead fashioned from an empty soda bottle (bottom right). The photos, which were uploaded to ideas-sharing website Bored Panda, have now amassed more than a million likes.

Zainab Abbas (pictured left), who lost two children when the boat capsized off the Turkish coast, said Abdullah Kurdi (right) was the driver of the ship and had lied to the world. Ms Abbas said Mr Kurdi was speeding in the overcrowded boat, which did not have enough life jackets. 'He said: "Please don't dob me in." That was in the water,' her cousin Ms Tahseen said, translating for Ms Abbas. However, Mr Kurdi has always claimed he only took over the controls of the dinghy when the captain panicked and jumped ship. His two sons, Aylan (inset) and Galip, and wife Rehan, died in the tragedy.

Video, shot secretly by an Austrian volunteer at the flashpoint Roszke camp on Wednesday, shows 150 refugees scrambling for sandwiches being thrown at them by police wearing riot gear (main image). Women and children were pushed to the ground in the chaotic scrum as other hungry migrants desperately tried to wave and shout to get the officers' attention. Others - including young children (inset) - were forced to climb the metal barriers in a bid to catch the food and pass it on to those who had not been fed. The UN's refugee agency criticised the dire conditions at the Roszke camp earlier this week, with Hungary's hardline stance against migrants also angering other EU countries.

David Cassidy, 65, refused to discuss his finances and told Ruth Langsford to 'wait' nine times during a testy interview on This Morning. Eamonn Holmes (inset) later branded him 'rude and delusional' on Twitter. However the Partridge Family star blamed his frosty demeanour on a bad connection that meant he was hearing echoes and couldn't concentrate.

EXCLUSIVE: Bunny May Lawrence McHugh, from London, is the little girl who melted hearts in John Lewis' most recent ad - but despite winning fans around the UK, she describes the ad as 'foolish' because she doesn't wear glasses (right) in real life. Bunny, nine, is also unconvinced about acting as a career because she'd like to go the moon or Mars instead.

Sergeant Alexander Blackman - believed to be the only British serviceman ever convicted of murder on the battlefield - was locked up as a 'political scapegoat' for failings by top brass, say supporters. Today a campaign spearheaded by legendary thriller writer Frederick Forsyth is being launched to mount a fresh legal appeal to free the 41-year-old. Blackman was a highly experienced Marine destined for promotion when, on September 15, 2011, he led a patrol to check on a Taliban gunman who had been mortally wounded while attacking a British outpost in Helmand Province. It was near the end of a horror-filled tour of Afghanistan in which seven fellow Marines had been killed and 40 more injured by the Taliban. Blackman is pictured top and bottom left with wife Claire. He is shown bottom right on the fatal day of the shooting.

Jacqueline Patrick (left) tried to murder her husband Douglas (inset) by slipping anti-freeze into his festive cherry Lambrini. The 54-year-old, from Gipsy Hill, south London, was so desperate to ensure he was killed that she handed a typed DNR note to paramedics (right), claiming it had been written by her 72-year-old husband. But Mrs Patrick was rumbled when detectives realised the word 'dignity' had been spelled incorrectly. When they tested her by asking how the word was spelled, she penned it 'dignaty' - the same as on the note. Mrs Patrick, who was said to be trying to find an 'extreme way out' after an alleged violent 26-year marriage, has now pleaded guilty to attempted murder. Her daughter Katherine, 21, with whom Mrs Patrick orchestrated the plot, admitted inciting another to administer a noxious substance. They will be sentenced in November.

They welcomed their first daughters just over a year apart. And sisters Tamara and Petra Ecclestone made sure to take their little girls for a play date as they pushed them around in pink cars whilst out in West Hollywood on Thursday. Racing their daughters through a toy store whilst out shopping at Farmers Market, the heiresses showed off their lean legs in tiny shorts.

The controversial British designer was accompanied by fellow anti-fracking campaigners as she stormed through David Cameron's home village in the white tank. Mr Cameron was, however, in Leeds today at the the time of the protest where he caused a storm of his own, 'joking' that people from Yorkshire 'hate everyone else - and each other'.

A picture posted on sharing forum Reddit was uploaded with the title 'Simply Ham Sandwich Epic Fail', showing a decidedly measly attempt at a sarnie bought by a London shopper. The picture features two lonely looking slices of meat that together take up no more than a third of the sandwich area. The shop's packaging describes the £1 lunch snack as 'delicious', insisting that it was 'created by food lovers exclusively for Boots'.

An Imgur user posting under the moniker phillyalex shared grabs from his phone which document his year-long effort to get a woman to return his beloved sunglasses. During the 12-month span he sent dozens of texts and selfies to the girl, before finally getting a response.

This tiny pad has just 72 sq/ft of space - which is around a twelfth of the size of the average new home in England - is available to rent for £895 per week. Concealed behind a mirrored wall is the kitchen, which comes in the form of a microwave, sink, hob and fridge. There is just about enough space for a single bed and there is a separate, very narrow room which houses the shower and toilet.

Shakira Silom has been put into isolation at Ormiston Venture Academy in Gorleston, near Great Yarmouth, because the heels and soles of her flat shoes are a light brown. Her parents Jason and Gillian Silom have refused to comply with the school's 'ridiculous' rules and so Shakira has been separated from her classmates and is being taught on her own.

Los Angeles-based artist Andrew Tarusov shared sexy portraits of Ariel, Belle, Jasmine and seven other Disney leading ladies on Instagram. The sultry illustrations, which show a naked Ariel swimming with Sebastian and Flounder to a scantily-clad Snow White in bed with her dwarf Dopey, are definitely not G-rated.

Kennedy Kirkland had just gotten back from a college football game, where she developed a crush on her uncle's roommate, who plays on the team. When the tiny Millry, Alabama resident tells her parents that the young man, who is named Jared, is her boyfriend, her dad contradicts her. The little girl cries when she is told that Jared is not her boyfriend and that she isn't allowed to date until she is 50.

For the first time, the public is seeing inside the bullet-ridden movie theater where a demented James Holmes opened fire, reigning terror on hundreds of innocent lives. Holmes, 27, was sentenced to life in prison last month for the mass shooting which killed 12 and injured more than 70 three years ago. Now that the trial is over, prosecutors decided to release hundreds of evidence photos on Thursday that show the aftermath of the theater bloodbath, as well as the booby-trap Holmes set up for police back at his apartment. The heartbreaking photos taken by investigators tell a story of how the violence on-screen quickly turned to reality for the innocent theatergoers gathered for a midnight screening of The Dark Knight rises on July 20, 2012.

Tambu Makinzi, 27, from South Africa, was diagnosed with the rare bone cancer chondrosarcoma four years ago. It devoured her nasal and upper jaw bone, leaving her months from death. But after travelling 6,000 miles to London, leaving her husband and daughter behind, Tambu was treated by Professor Iain Hutchison at Barts Hospital in London. After 39 hours in surgery a team of six specialists removed the tumour and using tissue from Tambu's ribs and back rebuilt her face. Speaking after her surgery, the mother-of-one said: 'It's a long process, I'm not 100 per cent but I am getting there. 'If it wasn't for Pearl, I don't think I would have fought as hard as I have. I told myself I have to do this for my daughter.'

The cottage, Potts Corner, would be fit for any self-respecting hobbit, complete with a free standing bath and luxurious mattresses, and is just the place to return to after a day spent wandering around the Shire. The cosy retreat is the first of seven Tolkein inspired hideaways to be built by Carol Hopkinson and her partner Karl Wragg as they create an entire village of fantasy houses on the Yorkshire Moors.

One-year-old Doberman Zeus from Ohio has won a nationwide competition to find the most bizarre things pets have eaten after the dog chewed and swallowed a total of 26 golf balls, top and bottom left. Other pets commended in the contest was a Labrador retriever puppy from North Carolina, centre, who gobbled a fishing pole and a cat who was found to have 30 hair ties, bottom right, in its stomach as well as another dog, who swallowed three fishing weights, top and bottom left.

Multi-millionaire writer E.L James (pictured, inset) has been granted planning permission to demolish the 106 sq m Cornwall home (top) she bought for £1.13million and erect a five bedroom mansion in its place. The new build (bottom) - which at 706sq m is almost seven times as big as the single-floor detached house which currently stands on the site - will come complete with a sauna, cinema and sun terrace. Plans by architect JC Starr even suggest the author - who's raunchy novels have earned her a £75million fortune - will use her new abode to turn to a new hobby away from writing, surfing.

The cave is located near Vietnam's Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park and is believed to be an extension of a previously discovered cave called Hang Tien. The jaw-dropping pictures were snapped by adventure photographer Ryan Deboodt, 32, on August 31, after the cave was discovered for the first time by locals just one month ago.

Matt Finch, 29, from Hollywood, Birmingham, penned the very catchy tune that he's calling 'Ivy's song' in just 20 minutes, then recorded himself singing it with a guitar to his tiny baby (inset, left). He said his wife Abigail (centre) loved the intimate performance. The amateur musician said: 'I like to think Ivy helped. I was looking after her until about 11pm and she was nodding to the bits she liked and stopped at the bits she didn't.'

Putu Edie, a volunteer with Bali Reptile Rescue in Indonesia (inset before the kiss), was spotted crouching to give the snake a kiss as he used a bamboo stick to balance himself (main image). The incredible pictures were taken by Barry Goldsmith, who runs a wildlife shelter in Victoria, Australia. He described the moment the pair locked lips as 'incredible'. Cobras mainly eat other snakes, birds and small mammals, and they typically do not attack people.

On the eve of the 14th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, stunning photos show a rainbow appearing to originate from the World Trade Center in New York City on Thursday. From certain vantage points, the rainbow appeared to cover Manhattan in its entirety.