It took time to find enough people willing to take the jobs - and make sure there were more men and women - but after 48 hours as Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn finally named his shadow cabinet.

As Labour splits over the new leader's policy plans were laid bare, Mr Umunna claimed the hardline left-winger wanted to keep the option of the campaigners who want to leave the EU.

Half a dozen names were linked with the key role, taking on Tory heavyweight Defence Secretary Michael Fallon, before Maria Eagle was persuaded to take on the difficult brief.

The 66-year-old leftwinger emerged from Parliament late last night after naming key positions in his team, but repeatedly refused to answer why there were not more women in senior roles.

Despite admitting he was started, Matthew Field, 42, spent the afternoon sat in his garden in Whitstable, Kent, listening to the radio - with the spider under his chair. Experts said it was a Segestria Florentina.

People in London and in cities across the US are becoming full-time taskers can can earn up to $7,000 (£4,547) a month, according to odd job service TaskRabbit.

The former Another Level singer, 35, told Croydon magistrates' court that he hit Sophia Cahill on the nose by mistake while trying to defend himself by flailing his arms.

The comical YouTube video was created by Dublin-based filmmaker Facts. Four men were asked to explain how to use tampons, liners and maxi pads. It has had more than 380,000 views.

Researchers at the Riken Brain Science Institute in Japan have developed a new technique for creating transparent tissue that can be used to illuminate 3D brain anatomy at very high resolutions.

For more than three weeks, Haydn and Samantha Marshall from south-east London have been bombarded by angry shoppers who want to complain about their Amazon deliveries.

Amir Haider, 22, confirmed previous allegations that Abdullah Kurdi (pictured), who lost his wife and two children in the tragedy, was at the helm of the boat until it sank off the coast of Turkey.

Five-year-old Syrian orphan Zahara has found shelter in an orphanage in Turkey, after her home was flattened in an airstrike. Up to a million children have lost one or both parents in the conflict.

But the spiritual leader, speaking in Oxford today, said that countries must put aside their own interests to help the displaced people left 'crying, starving and asking for help'.

James Battrick, 21, of Cadnam, Hampshire, was 'showing off' and driving his Mazda RX-8 at high speed when he lost control and crashed into a wall killing two of his 19-year-old passengers.

These days everyone considers themselves a gastronome but now there is a new breed of expert on the market; the Ultimate Foodie. Take our 50-question quiz to find out if you measure up.

Malcolm Turnbull has ousted Tony Abbott as Liberal leader, and will be Australia's 29th prime minister.

Baby swap mum Mercedes Casanellas has hit back at claims in El Salvador that the 'blunder' was a compensation plot by both sets of parents to switch their babies and sue the hospital.

Researchers from Leeds University plan to use their models in future studies in order to help architects design hospitals that will reduce disease transmission.

Scientists at the University of Miami working with Darpa have developed a robotic arm (pictured) that can allow patient's to'feel' by sending tiny electrical signals to an implant in their brain.

Mohammad Ali Jawad, who treated acid attack victim Katie Piper and featured in an Oscar-winning documentary, drank vodka with a female patient at his practice in central London.

Lorraine Kekana, 30, had an argument with her husband but thought it was resolved until she received the harrowing call from her husband, who slit her sons' pictured, throats in South Africa.

A number of senior politicians, including three MPs on the defence select committee, have demanded the troubling case of Sergeant Alexander Blackman be reopened.

Military chiefs are plotting to cover up a damning report that could help free Sgt Alexander Blackman jailed for murder with top brass planning to 'sweep under the carpet' evidence that could clear the Marine.

A screenshot (pictured) from a promotional video played at the iPhone 6s' unveiling at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, shows the new handset has a 1,715mAh battery.

Sergeant Peter Lower (pictured), of Banwell, North Somerset, denies 12 charges in total, including three counts of rape, said to have taken place while he was an officer with Avon and Somerset police.

The body of Nina Paunova, a fashion and marketing student, was discovered by police in a secluded spot near to her abandoned car near Etton, in the Yorkshire Wolds, last Tuesday.

A passenger jet was flying over Fresno, California when one of its engines failed shortly after take-off, raining debris over a neighbourhood.

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology hope finding out how capsaicin kills prostate cancer cells will help pave the way for new drugs to treat the disease in future.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Daniel Platt was playing in goal for West Midlands side Halesowen Town when the sickening collision took place in front of shocked spectators.

While a Mediterranean diet with plenty of olive oil was found to significantly reduce the risk of the disease, the same effect was not seen with nuts, University of Navarra researchers found.

Leon and June are retired schoolteachers from Liverpool who dote on their grandchildren, love the theatre and plant petunias in their hanging baskets. They are also the stars of Gogglebox

The group - which includes Lloyds, Halifax and the Bank of Scotland - emailed its customers in the UK over the weekend to explain how to set up the service.

The frightening incident took place at the Gorumara National Park in Lataguri, India after the giant mammal wandered onto the highway from the surrounding forest.

The cut-price fares will be available for travel on selected dates between 1 October to 15 December 2015 and 10 January to 10 March 2016.

US officials said that the T-90 tanks, pictured, have been strategically placed on the airfield in what is being seen as another move by Russia to back President Bashar al Assad in the ongoing civil war in Syria.

Staff have hit back at the ticking off from from the Care Quality Commission saying that the residents like the informal terms, especially those who have no relatives to visit them.

The satirical French magazine published a series of cartoons mocking the death of the three-year-old Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi, whose body washed up on a Turkish beach this month.

Chantelle Jones became Britain's youngest mother when she gave birth to a son in 2006 - aged just 12 - after being raped by her mum Beverley Bale's (pictured) lover Russel Tovey.

With one in eight women facing the prospect of developing breast cancer, preventative measures are important. Professor Mohammad Keshtgar advises on the diet that could stop cancer.

Claire Darbyshire, 36, allegedly murdered her dad Brian, 67, at their home in this street in Dagenham, Essex.

Parvez Sharma, from New York, used an iPhone to film his journey to Saudi Arabia where homosexuality is punishable by death.

Some people are nicotine 'avoiders' while others are nicotine 'choosers', and which group a person falls into is down to genetic and metabolic differences, scientists from John Hopkins University found.

The classic BBC show, which made a household name of its star, Christopher Timothy, was based on semi-autobiographical books penned by real-life countryside vet Alf Wight.

The touching image, which is believed to have been taken in Vancouver, Canada, has been shared on websites such as Imgur, Reddit and 9Gag. It has attracted more than three million views.

Homeowners living in the street in Glastonbury complained that youngsters were making too much noise and leaving toys strewn across the road when they played outdoors.

Melissa Poll, six, from Beswick, Manchester, was 'delighted' to receive a reply from Her Majesty's lady-in-waiting wishing her a 'lovely time' with her family and friends later this month.

Scotland Yard detectives have been investigating the 85-year-old after a further 20 women came forward after he was jailed for child sex offences last year.

Adrian Grenier, 39, made the post on Friday where he remembered the 2,996 Americans who died on September 11, 2001 and also paid tribute to 'innocent Iraqis who died during the US invasion'.

Police have now put out an appeal to find the two men after the incident in Dagenham, east London on Sunday June 21.

Leicester lad Westley Cooper (pictured), who has been potting balls since he was five, has been talent-spotted by an American TV channel after posting jaw-dropping trick-shot videos online.

Lynne Potts (pictured), who earns £124,000 a year as head of resources at the Greater Manchester force, has no police powers and it is believed she has never been called to an emergency.

Sally Ann John, pictured, was just 23 when she vanished on September 8 1995. She was last seen alive in the Aylesbury Street area of Swindon, Wiltshire. Now police are searching for clues.

While they may look like scenes from a post-apocalyptic zombie movie - the building is in fact located in Akron, Ohio, and has simply been left to decay since it was abandoned in 2008.

Riaan Nysschens was at a safari lodge in South Africa when he managed to picture the snake spitting deadly venom through the air - even though the liquid could have easily killed him.

Sue McKenzie, 64, from Scunthorpe, was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma after her cat Tom kept tapping at her neck. After becoming concerned she discovered a lump in her neck.

Known as the Buko King, the local legend lives on the island of Bohol in the Philippines and spends his days tearing at the husk of coconuts before extracting the delicious milk filling.

On Wednesday 30 September, 24 fixed-rate deals come to an end, including those from British Gas, First Utility and Scottish Power.

Rachel Warman, 36, from Bromsgrove, says she has finally overcome the addiction which caused her to inject heroin throughout her pregnancy and she is now trying to be a good mother.

Pauline Elfreda Barrett, 55, from Ashford, Kent, convinced her bosses to cough up thousands of pounds in fabricated tax bills before channeling the funds into her own account.

This adorable footage first appeared on Facebook after it was posted to the internet by the mother of the youngster, Marcelinha Dos Santos Iwama, who lives with her daughter in Brazil.

Ben Hulme, 35, pictured, was more than three times the legal drink-drive limit when he took the keys to Debbie Charlton's car after a night out at The Fox pub in Ripponden, West Yorkshire.

These pictures show the remarkable moment a hawk stared out an owl before aggressively flapping its wings to try and move it on - only to discover it was a replica figure in Novi, Michigan.

Heartwarming images show a group of brown bear cubs playing for the first time in the Russian wilderness, after they were cruelly left for dead by hunters who shot their mother.

A fisherman caught the enormous swordfish last week in eastern China's Yellow Sea. The jumbo creature was immediately bought by a fishmonger in Qingdao at the price of 19,000 Yuan (£1,930).

Sandwiched between two giant Yorkshire puddings the burger contains 20oz burger patties, 2lbs of diced chicken breast and comes smothered in mozzarella cheese and gravy.

For the first time ever, National Geographic Traveler is inviting readers to shoot their cover image. Triggering wanderlust, here is the first selection of breathtaking photography submissions.

Manchester United have been sweeping their team hotel for bugs in a bid to stop Louis van Gaal's team talks being listened in on. Security staff checked over the Lowry Hotel before the 3-1 win over Liverpool.