The Emirati royal, 33, died of a heart attack on Friday according to the Zabeel Palace in Dubai but Rashid, who was stripped of the title of Crown Prince in 2008, has long been an enigmatic figure. Rashid, pictured top left in 2006 with his father Sheikh Mohammed and bottom left in an official portrait, has been beset by allegations of drug taking in recent years and was reportedly sent to rehab by his family in 2009. His brother Hamdan, pictured main photo right, is now Crown Prince while another brother Maktoum, main picture left, has been made deputy ruler of Dubai.

Dr William Petit was the sole survivor of the shocking home invasion murders that claimed the lives of his family in 2007. Now a new book reveals the details of the grisly killings of his wife Jennifer, 48, daughters Michaela, 11, and Hayley, 17, as well as how he is moving on with his life. Dr. Petit can't help but wonder 'What if that lock on the bulkhead door had been working properly?' That was the door through which evildoers Joshua Komisarjevsky and Steven Hayes entered the Connecticut home.

Built for Russian billionaire Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko, 'Sailing Yacht A,' which Mr Melnichenko is thought to have named 'A' to ensure it is listed first in shipping registers, is taking its test voyage in Kiel, northern Germany. The ship is believed to have cost over £260million and is the world's largest sailing yacht. At 468ft in length, with masts nearing 300ft high, the 'mega-yacht,' has eight floors and has an underwater observation room.

Howard, 92, is seen singing the love song You'll Never Know to his dying wife, 93-year-old Laura, as she lies on a hospital bed in hospice care. The couple's granddaughter, Erin Solari, captured the tender moment in a Facebook video, which has earned more than 3.6 million views since she posted it on September 12.

Model and Big Brother star Sallie Axl today spoke of her horror at being sent home from hospital with her dead baby in a plastic bag 'like a takeaway'. The 27-year-old, famous for her tattoos and glamour modelling, took to her Facebook page to vent her anger at the treatment she received after miscarrying earlier this year. Seven weeks after the devastating event she claims she was given her child in a box and a plastic bag. Ms Axl also accused staff at St Mary's Hospital in Manchester of treating her with no compassion and claims she nearly died from an infection she contracted after the miscarriage. She wrote on her profile: 'On the 17th of July I received my dead baby at hospital in a box and a plastic bag ...!! With that another bag of medicines and sent on my way home to grieve. My dead baby was treated no more than someone handing me over a takeaway. This is the first time I have been able to talk about this as my ordeal was disgusting.'

Coleen Nolan wrapped her arm around veteran comic Jimmy Tarbuck, 75, as he opened up about his arrest for historic sexual abuse on ITV's Loose Women today. The funny man said he found out who his 'real mates' were after his home was raided by 14 police officers. Tarbuck spent a devastating 11 months on police bail, before the Crown Prosecution Service ruled there was no case to answer.

Simon Vaughan (right, with his mother and carer Lynne Baugh today), 31, was awarded the seven-figure sum after he was left severely disabled when his vehicle was hit by a Taliban roadside bomb in Helmand Province in December 2008. After hundreds of thousands was ploughed into buying him a specially-adapted house, his wife Donna (left) is now demanding he pay her nearly all of the remaining money in a divorce settlement. Telford County Court heard today how Ms Vaughan is demanding Cpl Vaughan gives her a total £185,000 lump sum and a further £1,500-a-month in child maintenance payments.

The British couple who caught a burglar at their Algarve villa and restrained him in a choke hold before he died while being arrested were last night named locally as Trevor and Jill Taylor (pictured left and right). Their son Scott, who describes himself as the owner of the property (bottom centre), was named as the other Brit involved in pinning down the thief. Police sources said the British woman was waiting in the garden for GNR officers to arrive who discovered her husband and son grappling with the intruder when they entered the £1.5million detached villa on the outskirts of Vilamoura. Today the homeowners were pictured returning to the villa, one of whom bore visible grazes on his arm (top centre).

In a full-page advertisement in several newspapers, including Lebanon's leading An-Nahar and Jordan's Al-Rai, the government said 'the strongest possible action is taken' against people who attempt to enter Hungary illegally (pictured bottom left). The news comes as the German interior minister proposed plans the European Union to take in a fixed number of refugees directly from crisis-hit areas, in the hope of calming the crisis-hit Balkans states and limiting the number of refugees risking their lives at sea to reach Europe.

The babies arrived on Eftalou beach on the Greek island of Lesbos today in a rubber dinghy after crossing the Aegan Sea from Turkey with their parents after they fled from Syria. The children and their parents were among the hundreds of people who have made the journey across the Mediterranean in recent days to continue their journey to Europe. A total of 13 migrants died in the Turkish waters in recent days trying to reach Lesbos, with six of those killed believed to have been children, with another 20 having to be rescued.

Grant Walker, 24 (top right), and Wayne Marsh (top centre), 33, stormed Grosvenor Casino in Walsall, West Midlands, while armed with a machete and a hand scythe before threatening staff and stealing cash. They made off with money stolen from the tills during the 60-second rampage before being driven away from the casino in a stolen Audi A5 by getaway driver Andrew Warley, 41 (top left). Terrifying CCTV footage shows Walker and Marsh raiding the casino and brandishing the bladed weapons (bottom left and right) at staff during the attack. The trio were jailed for a total of 26 years at Wolverhampton Crown Court today after admitting conspiracy to commit robbery.

Burberry was packed with celebrities, models and it girls, while the front row of its hotly anticipated spring/summer 2016 show was a Who's Who of British fashion and acting talent. Cara Delevingne and US rocker St Vincent are the newest power couple on the fashion circuit, while new parents Benedict and wife Sophie Hunter took time out from baby duties to survey the collections.

Constables Jonathan Webb, Joanne Parr, Paul Birch and Mark Higgins (pictured left to right) were driving through Liverpool in a police car when they were stopped by David Markey, the deputy manger of a nearby Tesco Express, who asked them for help as his colleague Shaun Rigby struggled to detain a thief. However, a police misconduct hearing in Wavertree, Merseyside, was told that Pc Webb, who was sat in the front passenger seat, wound down his window but declined to help saying he was not 'kitted up'.

Without a doubt they are one of the most famous couples in the world. So it came as quite a surprise to locals in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire when Victoria Beckham made a quick stop at a corner shop in the town as her husband David waited outside for her in his car. Spotting the superstars, three young fans were quick to capture the random occurrence on Saturday and posed for pictures with the fashion designer, 41, and ex football player, 40.

Four-year-old JoJo has revealed in a hilarious YouTube video that she takes her flower girl duties so seriously that she wants to make sure her dad does not embarrass her on the big day. 'You're going to see what weddings look like,' JoJo tells her dad in the 96-second clip, which has attracted more than 600,000 views since it was posted on September 14.

Homeless and desperate, this hermit crab has resorted to using a toothpaste lid to protect its body. It's a heartbreaking scene which reveals the harsh reality of plastic pollution and what it's doing to Earth's sea creatures. According to recent estimates, the ocean is filled with eight million tonnes of garbage - enough to fill five carrier bags for every foot of coastline on the planet. The image was uploaded by Reddit user Hscmidt after his girlfriend spotted the tiny crab roaming a beach in Cuba.

Soldier Dave Curnow, 20, died today from injuries he sustained in a brutal assault in the early hours of Sunday morning, outside The Zone nightclub in Redruth (inset). Two men have been charged with his murder. He suffered serious head injuries in the attack, and was taken by ambulance to the Royal Cornwall Hospital because being transferred to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, where he died. Friends have taken to Twitter to pay tribute to the young soldier, calling him a 'hero', and expressing their sorrow at his death.

A video of a test of Topmix Permeable concrete, developed by Birmingham based Lafarge Tarmac, shows 880 gallons of water vanishing without trace(main picture). The pioneering concrete could help to tackle flash flooding in paved urban areas by preventing water from running off the surface. It could also combat puddles on pavements and cyclepaths as the porous top layer allows water into a rubble layer below, which helps to 'store' the water (as illustrated in the graphic on the top right)

Nadia Menaz, 24, (left) was found dead at her home in Oldham, Greater Manchester, five months after taking out a court order to stop her family from forcing her to marry, Rochdale Coroner's Court heard. The mother-of-one had already married in an Islamic ceremony, but the union was not recognised under English law, and her family, including father Sabir Hussain, 60, (top right) and mother Ruksana Kousar, 55, (bottom right) did not approve of her husband, Umar Rasool, Oldham Coroner's Court heard.

The pair, named locally as Simon, 50, and Shelley Saxton-Cooper, 45, were found dead in the bedroom of the house they had lived in for 25 years on Valley View Road in Riddings, Derbyshire yesterday. Derbyshire Constabulary announced this afternoon that they are treating the death of Mrs Saxton-Cooper as murder because they believe she was wounded before the explosion and subsequent fire. A floral tribute left at the scene today (inset) said: 'Hearts are broken. Married many years and now you are at peace together. A tragedy your lives should end this way. God Bless, Lynn and Richard.'

A 42-year-old woman arrived at Saint Francis Hospital in Rotterdam with leg sores (pictured bottom left) due to cocaine being cut with Levamisole, known to rot human flesh. Levamisole is normally used as by vets as a livestock de-wormer. Its use in humans was discontinued after its skin rotting effects were discovered (pictured top left and right). It was also found to lower people's white blood count, meaning they catch more infections. Around 80 per cent of cocaine shipped into the US and UK is now cut with Levamisole.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: A man has shared a graphic video of the injuries he suffered after being attacked by a shark. Braxton Rocha of Kapaau, Hawaii was spearfishing approximately 60 yards off the coast on Sunday afternoon when a 13-foot tiger shark bit him on the leg. The 27-year-old then somehow managed to swim safely back to shore and get help while also filming a video of the very big - and very deep - gash on his leg.

Soiled mattresses, gag-inducing blocked toilets and a deluge of festering takeaway dishes; these are the sickening scenes left behind after a series of guests. In one incident, six fraternities and sororities at a hotel in Michigan caused an estimated half a million dollars worth of damage by smashing ceilings and destroying furniture.

The heart-warming footage was captured by a group of tourists to the Kruger National Park in South Africa and shows the moment the elephant calf decides to show his mettle. In the clip the baby runs out from the long grass and goes in for the kill before stopping in his tracks and fleeing into the safety of the long grass and later underneath his mother.

Last week, Nasa released stunning new images of Pluto majestic mountains, frozen nitrogen rivers and low-lying hazes. Now, the space agency has combined these panoramas to create a spectacular flyover of the dwarf planet, revealing its icy terrain in incredible detail. The animation begins just above the mountains dubbed Norgay Montes region at a height of about 120 miles (200 km) (top left). It then flies north over Pluto's Sputnik Planum and Cthulhu Regio regions (bottom left and right).

The dramatic video shows Australian Defence Force F/A-18A Hornets honing in on targets in Iraq including weapons warehouses and safehouses used by the militants. The strikes were carried out between April and August 2015, and show before and after images of the destruction of buildings which housed Islamic State Militants, and a car bomb factory being blow to pieces.

New York City is well-known for its rats and its pizza and one industrious rodent wanted to bring the two iconic Big Apple images together. Introducing: Pizza Rat. Not only does this very hungry vermin unite two things synonymous with the city, it does so on the New York City subway. A straphanger with an iron stomach and a cell phone camera recently caught the cunning critter as it labored to drag a full slice of New York City pizza down the subway platform stairs.