'Children shouldn't lose their mummies because of sun beds': Mother of three, 27, has just weeks to live after going for tanning sessions three times a week for two years gave her skin cancer

Mother, 27, has weeks to live after using sun beds gave her skin cancer

A young mother-of-three has just weeks to live after her use of sunbeds three times a week for two years led to a diagnosis of malignant skin cancer. Louise Cook (main picture and left) received the shocking diagnosis when she was nine weeks pregnant with her daughter Chloe (pictured top right with Louise). The 27-year-old's worst fears were realised 15 weeks later when she was told it had spread to her ovaries and brain, and was terminal. She now has just two months to live, and friends and family have rallied around her as she tries to stay strong for the sake of her husband Martyn (pictured inset with Louise) and children Chloe, Mason, Summer (pictured right).

Seventy firefighters tackle huge fire engulfing mosque in south London which is the largest in western Europe

70  firefighters tackle huge fire engulfing south London's Baitul Futuh mosque

Plumes of smoke could be seen rolling from the Baitul Futuh mosque in Mordern, south London, which is said to be the largest mosque in western Europe. The cause of the blaze remains unknown. Friefighters expected the burning to continue for hours yet because of its huge size. One man was taken to hospital for smoke inhalation.

Terrified shoppers dive for cover as man is shot dead by gang of three men outside east London shops

The victim was shot dead on Chatsworth Road in Hackney shortly before 1.15pm while the street was full of shoppers. No arrests have yet been made. A murder investigation has been launched.

German 'murder victim' Petra Pazsitka who disappeared 31 years ago turns up alive and well and living in Dusseldorf 

Petra Pazsitka, then a 24-year-old computer science student in Braunschweig, Germany, hit the headlines in 1984 after she was reported missing when she failed to show up at her brother's birthday.

Corbyn's conspiracy theory: 9/11 attacks were 'manipulated' to make it look like Osama Bin Laden was responsible, says Labour leader

The Labour leader made the assertions in a number of articles, criticising Tony Blair and George W Bush for using the September 11 attacks to go to war. In others he wrote about a 'New World Order.'

Who says romance is dead? Woman politely declines a second date... so her miserly beau demands a bank transfer for the £4.50 he spent buying her a drink

London woman turned down a second date - and was asked to repay £4.50 drink

The conversation between the unknown woman and her shockingly cheap date, which appears to have taken place in London earlier this year, has been shared on social media. After she very politely declined to meet up for a second time, her date became the definition of 'sour grapes' and even had the cheek to ask her to pay back the money for the drink bought for her - which cost just £4.50.

'Despicable' Saudi prince 'sexually abused multiple women during three-day party at his $37m Beverly Hills compound' 

The graphic new allegations against Majed Abdulaziz Al-Saud, 28, were filed by his alleged victims on Friday night. They describe his behavior as 'extreme' and 'despicable'.

Gogglebox posh couple Steph and Dom thrown out of The One Show's green room after downing too many cocktails

Steph and Dom Parker, known as 'the posh ones', on Channel 4's success show Gogglebox, admitted to enjoying a little too much of the BBC's free alcohol when appearing on The One Show.

German nurse faces eviction from council block where she brought up her children to make way for asylum seekers

D117M2 Stadtpanorama von Nieheim, katholische Pfarrkirche Sankt Nikolaus und evangelische Kreuzkirche, Weserbergland, Teutoburger Wald,

Bettina Halbey, 51, has been told that she has until May next year to move out of her home-of-16-years in Nieheim, west Germany as the block of flats is being turned into a refugee shelter.

Mother saddled with £2,100 credit card debt after her children ran up huge mobile bill watching Netflix during caravan holiday - despite being told there was a £50 cap

£775 phone bill in the UK

Maria Dorsett, 17,  from Watford, Hertfordshire, had paid to have a £50 cap on her contract, and that she was not given any warning that she had exceeded the cap before receiving a£800 bill.

The heart-warming moment a little lion cub practised his roar for tourists... only to give himself a fright with the tiny sound

Lion cub practised his roar for tourists in video

Captured in a short video in an unknown location, the tiny creature emerges from the long grass and takes a few tentative steps forward before attempting to roar loudly (main). However the noise it makes is nothing more than a tiny squeak, and adding to the humour, it appears to give the cub a fright (inset).

Our toilet breaks are so short we have to pee in the water fountains, complain staff at internet shopping giant Asos

EWC9BT ASOS PLC Warehouse, Park Springs Rd, Grimethorpe, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK. Picture: Scott Bairstow/Alamy

Workers at ASOS's distribution centre in Barnsley, South Yorkshire are under such pressure to prepare orders that they don't have time for toilet breaks, according to the GMB trade union.

Hospital told RAF sergeant to leave waiting room in case his uniform upset other patients 

Sergeant Mark Prendeville (pictured) was taken to the A&E; department at Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital in Margate, Kent, when he was supposedly told to leave the waiting room.

Fury as Saudi's hajj chief blames AFRICAN pilgrims for stampede that killed 700 - as country's top cleric says it was 'beyond human control'

In what was the worst disaster in a quarter-century to strike the annual event, 717 people died when a stampede broke out in Mina, during the symbolic stoning of the devil ritual.

Astonishing moment a BBC reporter is sexually harassed... while she films a report about sexual harassment

BBC reporter Sarah Teale sexually harassed while filming report about sexual harassment

Sarah Teale, a presenter and journalist for BBC East Midlands Today, was performing a piece to camera outside Nottingham Conference Centre on Thursday when the heckling occurred. Sitting on a wall, Ms Teale said: 'An online study found a shocking 95 per cent of people said they had been harassed, either jeered at or had obscenities shouted at them in the street.' Seconds later, a man (not pictured) could be heard shouting 'sexual obscenities' in her direction. Ms Teale responded by gesturing toward the unidentified man (main) and saying angrily: 'Yeah, like that'. She later took to Twitter to express her fury over the incident (inset).

Spot the Welshman! Wales get set to face England in crucial Rugby World Cup clash with a squad that includes NINE Englishmen

Remarkably, of the 31 players selected for the wider Wales squad, 11 are foreign-born players - nine of which come from England, and one Australia and one Tonga.

The number of TEENAGERS getting risky cosmetic procedures is soaring, with children as young as 14 getting their lips 'plumped'

Some dentists and beauticians across the UK have been found to be offering cosmetic procedures to children as young as 14. Calls have been made for stricter industry regulations.

Something borrowed for the tenth time: Bride will be the 11th member of her family to get married in the same wedding gown that's been handed down for 120 years

Pennsylvania woman is the 11th bride in her family to wear the same wedding dress

Abigail Kingston (left), 30, will wear the century-old dress when she marries her fiancé on October 17. The first bride to wear the dress was her great-great-grandmother in 1895, and the last was in 1991. It has been worn by 10 other members of her family. Abby, who recently moved from New York to Charlotte, North Carolina, feared she would not be able to continue the charming family tradition. However, after 200 hours of restoration work, Abby will now be able to wear the dress when she marries next month.

CCTV catches the horrifying moment convicted paedophile spies his next six-year-old victim playing on her bike - before bundling her into the boot of his car

This chilling footage shows the moment convicted sex offender Imran Khan, 34, cruises the streets looking for his next victim - and locates a six-year-old girl riding her bicycle.

The sweetest revenge! Dyslexic entrepreneur, 17, who was severely bullied at school is set to be a millionaire by 20... and five of his classmates have asked to work for HIM

Budding businessman Ollie Forsyth, from Pury End, near Towcester, Northamptonshire, was bullied so badly at school that he 'wanted to end his life' - but now he's having the last laugh.

1.5million cars in Britain face recall over Volkswagen scandal as questions mount over how much ministers knew in advance

CHICAGO, IL - SEPTEMBER 18:  Volkswagen Passats are offered for sale at a dealership on September 18, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has accused Volkswagen of installing software on nearly 500,000 diesel cars in the U.S. to evade federal emission regulations. The cars in question are 2009-14 Jetta, Beetle, and Golf, the 2014-15 Passat and the 2009-15 Audi A3.  (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Diesel cars sold in this country by the German carmaker are believed to have been fitted with illegal software that allows them to cheat emissions tests.

Switzerland BANS Volkswagen diesel cars rigged to cheat emissions tests

Details of investigation conducted by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre was published in 2013 but no immediate action was taken to prevent car manufacturers like VW from cheating the system.

Is this the greatest company in the world to work for? Staff can work from anywhere they want in the world, take three-day weekends and pick their own hours

Is Christian Mischler's HotelQuickly the greatest company in the world to work for?

An entrepreneur has created a company offering what many would consider their dream job - an office of your own choosing, working the hours you wish to work. Swiss start-up founder Christian Mischler runs his company from his laptop, spending an estimated 250 nights of the year on the road (pictured left, right and inset). Even more remarkably, his 100 staff are encouraged to do the same. They are allowed to work whenever and wherever it suits them - be it on a beach, a hotel, or in bed.

Revealed, the 10 best stress busting foods - and the good news is chocolate's on the list!

Stress can make us crave junk food and increase our levels of fat-promoting stress hormones, says nutritionist Charlotte Watts. But foods such as berries, nuts, liquorice and kale have been proven to help.

Are you one of life's worriers? Your parents could be to blame for passing on anxiety through their genes 

A US study at the University of Connecticut found therapists could break the cycle of anxious behaviour within families by helping parents not to pass on their worries to their children.

Why do our eyes twitch when we're tired? What causes dark circles and bad breath? Experts reveal the reasons for our bizarre body quirks..

From what causes us to jolt as we're falling asleep, to how stress can trigger a twitchy eye, leading experts explain what happens when we slip into the land of nod.

'Is he high or just freaking weird?' Fans express concerns for David Arquette after he slurs his words and appears 'awkward' on The Ellen DeGeneres Show 

Fans express concerns for David Arquette after  The Ellen DeGeneres Show appearance

David Arquette has caused concern following a TV appearance in which he appeared to slur his words. The actor, 44, appeared on Friday night's episode of Ellen DeGeneres' chat show, but viewers were quick to point out on Twitter that it was an overall awkward display, and his words were almost incoherent. He was on the chat show along with actress Wanda Sykes, and got into the swing of things with the host as they played a game of Never Have I Ever.

Sexist online trolls are putting women off joining Labour, warns failed leadership candidate Yvette Cooper

Internet trolls who are posting sexist and abusive comments directed at women are putting off a generation of females from joining the Labour Party, Yvette Cooper will warn at a conference today.

We'll have to balance the books like the Tories, Corbyn's shadow chancellor will tell Labour conference 

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell will tell Labour conference in Brighton that the country must 'live within our means.' He will propose Labour signs up to George Osborne's fiscal charter.

Don't disrespect Jeremy - he's going to be in charge for at least a decade, Corbyn's deputy Tom Watson warns unruly Labour backbenchers 

Deputy Labour leader Tom Watson (right) has called for unity on the eve of Labour's autumn conference in Brighton. He asked party members to respect the mandate Corbyn has been given.

Baby's best friend! Pet Labrador adopts the role of mum and gently tucks newborn into bed with his nose

Pet Labrador adopts the role of mum and gently tucks baby into bed with his nose

The heart-warming video, which is believed to have been filmed in America, shows the baby catching up on his sleep with his face down on the sofa. The attentive pet Labrador approaches, and after noticing that the baby does not have his blanket wrapped around him, sets about putting that right with his nose.

Mother, 28, is banned from going out at night after 'animalistic' oral sex with her boyfriend in a McDonald's car park in Swansea

Lisa Gray, 28, (pictured) was spotted by staff in the fast food giant's drive-thru in Morriston, Swansea as she performed a sex act on boyfriend Rhys Higgins, 24, at 4.30am.

PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Feminazis will never stop men being men

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 21:  Sophie Hunter and Benedict Cumberbatch attend the Burberry Womenswear Spring/Summer 2016 show during London Fashion Week at Kensington Gardens on September 21, 2015 in London, England.  (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images for Burberry)

Can there be a woman in the country who didn't go weak at the knees at the sight of doting dad Benedict Cumberbatch cradling his beautiful new baby Christopher?

Clash of the titans: Meet the two rugby giants going head-to-head for England and Wales in Twickenham battle 

At the heart of the brutal contest tonight are two giant lumps of muscle who will go head-to-head in the inside centre position. Sam Burgess, pictured, for England, and Wales's Jamie Roberts.

Amazed police find a FOREST of cannabis the size of a football pitch with plants towering over officers growing in south London 

Police officers came across the marijuana plants in Kingston upon Thames just a few streets away from university halls of residence and a sixth-form college on Thursday morning.

Can YOU spot a love cheat from their face? Scientists say you can - now see if you can tell which of these people were unfaithful 

UWA scientists say you can spot a love cheat from their face

Researchers in Australia say that people can tell a love cheat from just their face 59 per cent of the time - so look at our volunteers and see whether you think they are faithful or not. Among these faces are a self-confessed philanderer and lovers who were bored, drunk or just reckless. Some of them ruined their relationships for ever - while others were forgiven and are still with their partners today.

Ken Livingstone's neighbour repeatedly hit him in the face in row over garden clippings and a noisy fan 

Liam Kelly, 60, from Cricklewood, North West London was trying to overturn his assault conviction after he struck the former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone in the face.

TV property expert and a 'hair-pulling catfight at yacht club': Women accused of brawling after their husbands started a row 

Celia Sawyer (pictured), star of the BBC's Your Home in Their Hands and Channel 4's Four Rooms, allegedly had chunks of her hair pulled out during the spat at the Sandbanks Yacht Company in Poole.

Unteachable! Schools struggle to cope with unruly pupils who are suspended up to 50 times a year

AFAK6M teacher telling pupil off

Figures from the Department for Education, disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act, show that 1,169 children were temporarily excluded on at least ten occasions last year.

Uber passenger's fury after he was charged £93 for five-minute cab ride because driver billed him for someone else's journey

EXCLUSIVE: Jonny Bee, who recently moved to London, ordered the cab for the short distance from Tottenham to Highbury in north London last Friday night and was later charged £92.50

Touching moment Pope Francis stopped his motorcade to kiss and bless a 10-year-old disabled boy waiting with rosary beads

Pope Francis stopped motorcade to kiss and bless 10-year-old disabled Philadelphia boy

The pope stopped his motorcade in Philadelphia to kiss and bless a 10-year-old disabled boy. Michael Keating, who has cerebral palsy, was waiting on the tarmac with his mother and father, his able-bodied twin brother Chris, and his 13-year-old sister Katie to watch the pontiff arrive. To their astonishment, as the papal Fiat drove past, Francis stopped the car, got out, and walked over to embrace Michael.

How birth, privilege and Eton have never mattered more: DOMINIC SANDBROOK says Cameron's antics have revealed the enduring power of class in Britain

David Cameron (pictured) must be praying that the public are in a forgetful mood as there a decent chance he will forever be associated with a dead pig's head, writes DOMINIC SANDBROOK.

Sam and Frances are a tad frosty: Prime Minister's wife said to have 'very different personality' to Chancellor's partner who reportedly feels the 'disparity' between them

According to a new unauthorised biography on David Cameron by Lord Ashcroft, there is no great love lost between Samantha Cameron and George Osborne's wife Frances.

MP's should be forced to read poetry, says Andrew Marr as he laments politicians lack of life experience

The BBC presenter (pictured), said he believes that too many MPs enter the House of Commons without having read any poetry or building up a proper career.

Did the PM trick his party into the coalition? The battle for No.10 was on a knife edge. But many Tory MPs feel Dave wilfully misled them to get their backing

Britain's new Prime Minister David Cameron, (R) and Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, arrive to host a joint news conference in the gardens of 10 Downing Street in central London on May 12, 2010.  Prime Minister David Cameron vowed a "seismic shift" in the way Britain is governed Wednesday, unveiling a coalition deal that he said would launch an all out assault on the country's budget deficit.    AFP Photo/Christopher Furlong/Pool (Photo credit should read Christopher Furlong/AFP/Getty Images)

Following the election, David Cameron claimed that his decision to aim for a coalition with the Lib Dems was the result of a 'fairly epiphanous moment', but in truth, it had been in the mix for months.

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Germany in a state of SIEGE: Merkel was cheered when she opened the floodgates to migrants. Now, with gangs of men roaming the streets and young German women being told to cover up, the mood's changing 

Germany in a state of SIEGE after Angela Merkel opened floodgates to migrants

Thousands of economic migrants are trying to claim asylum to reach Europe. But there are claims the rising numbers are making Europe a more dangerous place to be, with violence rife in migrant camps. This week, David Cameron said Europe must send failed asylum claimants back to their own countries, while European Council president Donald Tusk has warned that millions more migrants are on their way and 'the policy of open doors and windows' must be scrapped. They are tough words, but it's action that is needed.

British and American students killed in kayaking tragedy in icy New Zealand lake

Authorities in the New Zealand capital, Wellington, named the students as James Robert Murphy, 21, from London, and 21-year-old Daniel Thomas Hollnsteiner from New York.

Shut the **** up! How the lady mayor dealt with an online critic who slammed her pleas to welcome refugees on Facebook 

Weymouth and Portland Mayor Christine James, pictured, went on a rant on Facebook after coming under fire from residents. She told her accuser to talk to her 'face to face' or 'shut the **** up.

Cancer drug 'lets terminal patients live normal lives' even if they've been given just months to live

Nivolumab targets kidney cancer, which is difficult to treat and leads to 4,300 deaths a year in the UK. Some patients who had just months to live got so well they could go back to work.

Sellers said my riverside home would never flood! Buyer wins £150,000 legal victory after previous owner lied about risk 

After a six-year battle, former owners John and Norma Bradshaw face a huge bill after a court ruled they should have told Cesar Basanta (pictured) their Tetbury home had flooded just years earlier.

What's eating Posh & Becks? She's tipsy. He's stony-faced. And these days they're spending more and more time apart 

David Beckham and Victoria spend more and more time apart

Super-couple Victoria and David Beckham have been spending less and less time in each other's company, sparking rumours that there is trouble in paradise. Entering Victoria's London boutique to celebrate the shop's first anniversary earlier this week, both wore expressions somewhere between irate and thunderous. And on their way out, nearly six hours later, with Posh pale, unsteady on her feet and sporting an unsightly wet patch on her jeans, David Beckham seemed crosser still, appearing to drag his wife out by the wrist.

The VERY hungry caterpillars obliterating Britain's box hedges: For centuries it's defined the nation's gardens. Now box hedging, that's taken decades to grow, is being wiped out in days 

Across London and the south, hedges are under attack like never before. The culprit is the cydalima perspectalis, aka the Asian box caterpillar, which is such a voracious eater it can strip plants in days.

Fancy a drop of Whopper Wine? Burger King launches a bottle of red to go with its trademark burger 

The Miami founded Home of the Whopper is now the home of Whopper Wine - a flame-grilled vintage rouge aged in wooden barrels after being broiled just like the meat.

38,000 migrant children starting school this year creating a 'perfect storm' for primaries forced to absorb the new intake 

Charity bosses have warned that record immigration is creating a 'perfect storm' for cash-strapped primary schools that must absorb rising pupil numbers amid 'unprecedented pressure'.

Revealed: The satellite photos that prove Putin is still arming Assad to shore up his embattled regime in defiance of the West 

These satellite images show the extent to which Russian President Vladimir Putin is still propping up his dictator ally Basher al-Assad, with a host of jets, tanks and armoured personnel carriers.

'I am sorry I failed you': Classmate who tried and failed to save US teenager with his First Aid writes heartbreaking apology letter to the boy's parents

University of Central Florida first responder's heartbreaking apology letter goes viral

A first responder has apologized to the family of an 18-year-old freshman after he tried and failed to save his life. Michael Namey had a seizure on Monday during a pre-calculus class at the University of Central Florida. When he fell, his classmate Manny Ballestas, who is trained in first aid, rushed to perform CPR.

Teenager with cerebral palsy and autism is kicked off a flight to Mauritius for 'not sitting in his seat properly' 

David Bysooa, 16, from Surbiton, south-west London, was escorted from an Air Mauritius flight at Heathrow airport when he became upset after being moved at the last minute.

Could the Nazi gold train treasure hunters be JAILED before getting their hands on the loot? Two men who 'found' mystery train face arrest in Poland for 'illegal' search

The head of the regional conservation authority for Walbzrych, Barbara Nowak-Obelinda, has filed a complaint with prosecutors, claiming Richter and Koper did not have permission to search.

GCSE papers could go to China for marking because there aren't enough examiners left in the UK 

Newham Sixth Form College - 
Exam Hall.

The plan is being considered by OCR, it emerged yesterday. In July, OCR warned of a shortfall of 5,000 markers because the shift towards end-of-year exams has led to a surge.

Having a ball! Stunning Michelle Obama and pregnant Priscilla Chan steal the show at state dinner for Chinese president

Michelle Obama and Priscilla Chan steal the show at state dinner for Xi Jinping

A dazzling Michelle Obama and pregnant Priscilla Chan stole the show as President Obama threw a spectacular state dinner for Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The black-tie affair was not only attended by top-level politicians from both countries, with the likes of Facebook and Apple bosses Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook joining Empire creator Lee Daniels and Disney chief executive Bob Iger at the glitzy event. While most of the 200 guests will be used to dressing up for glamorous get-togethers, it was Obama himself who needed a hand preparing himself to greet the first arrivals, with wife Michelle helping to straighten his bow tie.

Give me £50,000 or I'll poison your pumpkins! What Bitcoin blackmailer told farmer who produces half the UK's supply 

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FILE PIC SHOWS FARMER DAVID BOWMAN  AT HIS FARM IN SPALDING,LINCS.
 A lorry driver who attempted to ruin a Lincolnshire farmer after threatening to poison his crops has been jailed for eight years at Lincoln Crown Court.
Michael Young demanded £50,000 from Spalding grower David Bowman warning that he had injected the farmerís pumpkins with deadly potassium cyanide.
Young struck just a week before Mr Bowmanís business was about to harvest the crop for sale.
Stuart Lody, prosecuting, said ìThere is no evidence whatsoever that cyanide was ever used. The pumpkins contained water.
ìThe defendant sent photographs of pumpkins being injected with a substance and articles about potassium cyanide obtained from the internet.
ìA letter said that the pumpkin crop had been selectively poisoned and warned Mr Bowman not to attempt to harvest or sell a single pumpkin until the blackmailerís demands were fully met.î

Michael Young wrote to David Bowman, from Lincolnshire, saying he had contaminated some of his pumpkins and would destroy them all if he did not pay £50,000 within seven days.

The shocking moment four cops shoot dead 'armed' man in a wheelchair is caught on video - but his distraught family call the killing 'unjust' 

WARNING GRAPHIC: Officers responding to reports a man tried to shoot himself, arrived in Wilmington to find Jeremy McDole 'armed with a gun.' One was recovered at the scene.

They like to moo-ve it! The Swiss village that celebrates the arrival of autumn with colourful costumes and a procession of goats and cattle

In Urnaesch, Switzerland, located in the rural Appenzelerland region, traditionally-dressed farmers lead their cattle and goats down the mountain in celebration of autumn each year.

Harry v William: Rugby-loving Princes to support opposing teams in England-Wales showdown ... but they're still sitting together 

Prince Harry is an avid England fan and honorary president of England Rugby, but his older brother, the Duke of Cambridge, is vice patron of the Welsh Rugby Union.

Inside the website tearing monogamy apart: The REAL men and women using Ashley Madison to cheat on their partners... and the husband who got found out

The REAL men and women using Ashley Madison to cheat on their partners

A disturbing new TLC show reveals the men with roving eyes and the heartbroken spouses who have seen their lives destroyed by infidelity sites like Ashley Madison (inset, bottom) that make cheating so easy. Sex, Lies and Online Affairs, which airs on Tuesday, includes unapologetic mistress 48-year-old Karen Marley (main picture, on a date with a married man), a divorcee from North Yorkshire, and Tony Williams, 58, and Debbie Dowsett, 42 (inset top), from Essex, who have been together for the last 17 years but both openly sleep with other partners.

Sepp Blatter is quizzed by Swiss prosecutors over criminal mismanagement and making a 'disloyal payment' to Michel Platini as criminal proceedings begin against FIFA president

The Swiss attorney general's office said Blatter is suspected of criminal mismanagement or misappropriation over a TV rights deal he signed with former Caribbean football chief Jack Warner in 2005.

Iranian protesters take to the streets to blame Saudi 'incompetence' for causing the Hajj stampede which killed 719 pilgrims

The disaster, which also left several hundred people wounded, happened when two giant waves of Muslims collided at an intersection near a holy site in Mina.

Six-year high for asylum claims as more than 4,300 refugees reached Britain in a single month 

July saw 4,305 applications in total, more than in any month since figures began to be compiled in 2009. Figures come as EU leaders continue to struggle with the migrant crisis.

Last British resident held at Guantanamo Bay Shaker Aamer cleared for release after 13 years behind bars

Undated handout photo issued by Reprieve UK of Shaker Aamer as David Cameron has raised with President Barack Obama the issue of British resident Aamer, who is detained at Guantanamo Bay, the Foreign Office.
Shaker Aamer is a Saudi Arabian citizen and the last British resident held by the United States in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba.
 


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Shaker Aamer, the Saudi born Guantanamo Bay inmate, will be flown back to Britain after spending 13 years behind bars at the controversial detention centre in Cuba.

Yours for £725,000... Dawn French's 15-bed holiday home: Comic puts Cornish house which holds 33 guests on the market

Dawn French's 15-bed Cornwall holiday home goes on the market for £725k

Clipper House boasts stunning views (top left) over the picturesque harbour in West Looe, Cornwall, and can sleep (one of the 15 bedroom pictured top-right) a veritable army of guests. But potential buyers will have to overlook the old-fashioned exterior and the fact it is divided into three self-contained units, ideal for letting out to holidaymakers, as Miss French (centre) has done.

Jeremy Corbyn STILL considering snubbing the Queen by refusing to kneel and kiss her hand when sworn into the Privy Council 

The Queen

The 66-year-old Labour leader is expected to officially join the Privy Council early next month when the Queen returns for her annual break in Balmoral, Scotland.

He's a stripper, gran! Group of pensioners in care home club together to celebrate their birthdays with a raunchy show

The group of residents - whose birthdays all fell in the same week - clapped and cheered as the stripper got down to the bare essentials in the communal dining room at the Pembrokeshire home.

Have YOU ever tracked your partner online? Half of us believe it's acceptable to use phones to spy on loved ones

The study was conducted by Melbourne's VicHealth organisation, which surveyed 1,923 people aged between 16 and 24 about their attitudes towards relationships

How to save a holiday in Mexico: The beaches of hipster haven Tulum are covered in seaweed, but there are amazing treasures to be explored from secret lagoons to Mayan ruins

Tonnes of the brown, smelly ocean matter have been piling up on the Yucatan Peninsula since at least March but this could be the perfect opportunity to explore Mexico's other treasures.

EXCLUSIVE SPOILER ALERT: Kit Harington spotted filming Game Of Thrones on set in Belfast... and Jon Snow is very much alive! 

Jon Snow's 'alive' as Kit Harington spotted filming Game Of Thrones in Belfast

Dressed in his blacks, the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, was standing tall with his sword on his hip as they filmed on the remote Northern Ireland hilltop on Friday. Kit, who has been spotted in Belfast on several occasions over the past few weeks, was surrounded by several members of the crew as they took a break between scenes.

PETER OBORNE: Why I'm cheering for Corbyn... even though I utterly disagree with much of what he says! 

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves home this morning to attend after controversy over an altercation between his government driver and a cameraman on Tuesday.

Every rich and powerful person in Britain desperately hopes that Jeremy Corbyn will fall flat on his face at the Labour Party conference, which starts in Brighton tomorrow.

Family arrive at Spanish Airbnb villa... to find another group already staying there

Family arrive at Airbnb villa in Spain to find guests already there

Kate Murphy and husband John (not pictured), along with children Tom, 15, and Gisele, 9, booked a 10-day stay in August with the accommodation-booking website. But their excitement turned to despair on arrival at the villa in Majorca (pictured inset) when they discovered it had been double-booked. The family, who paid £3,145 for their August 4-14 stay, were put up in another house by the villa's owner for free. They then stayed for a night in an out-of-town hotel.

'Neighbour from hell' HGV driver drove a JCB through a couple's garden causing £7,000 damage in a row over a boundary hedge 

Martin Lewis drove the digger into Simon and Elizabeth Meaton's garden in Sevenoaks, Kent, on August 12, 2013. He admitted criminal damage and was handed a one-year suspended sentence.

Cod is back on the menu! Britain's favourite fish is officially fine to eat again as watchdog removes it from endangered list

BDCCY8 fish and chips to take away

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) yesterday said that North Sea cod has been given a new 'amber' rating, which takes it off the critically endangered list.

Travelling in style... sort of: Passenger is collected on the tarmac in a stretch limousine - after getting off a Ryanair flight

Photographed by a passenger waiting in the terminal building for a flight back to the UK, the plane had landed at Berlin Schoenfeld in Germany around 4.10pm local time yesterday.

Council gives teachers and parents power to issue parking tickets to selfish school run mothers who clog the roads

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Lions roar, hyenas laugh and giraffes HUM: Graceful giant of the African grasslands spend evenings humming to each other 

Biologists at the University of Vienna analysed 1,000 hours of recordings at three zoos and discovered a weird low frequency humming noise was produced by the animals at night.

Door-to-door sales should be banned! One VERY passionate mother argues the case after 'aggressive' incident leaves her shaken

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Grief-stricken tennis coach gets engaged to his student girlfriend AFTER she dies suddenly - and posts a photo of her wearing her ring on Facebook 

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The glider that plans to hitch a ride to the edge of SPACE using nothing but polar air currents and 'stratospheric mountain waves'

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Double-O heavens! Is this exclusive Bond image the most amazing real-life movie stunt ever?

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It’s Bollywood’s Jack Bauer: India launches its own Hindi version of 24

Bollywood screen legend Anil Kapoor, right, has launched an Indian version of 24 where he plays the Indian version of Jack Bauer. The original hero was played by Kiefer Sutherland, inset, for eight series. Kapoor, left, starred in the final US series playing the President of a fictional Islamic Republic who is threatened by terrorists. The Indian version features all the same techniques and drama of the original series, but all of the characters and storylines have been changed to work with a local audience.

   

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