For three weeks Ricky Allen evaded capture (pictured) by some of the finest sleuths, surveillance experts and counter-intelligence brains in the country as one of the participants in Hunted on Channel 4. This groundbreaking television experiment pushes the boundaries of real-life broadcasting and thrusts our increasingly Orwellian state under the microscope. Dubbed The Bourne Identity meets Bear Grylls, the series follows 14 ordinary people who become fugitives. On their trails are a team of 30 expert 'hunters' including the former head of counterterrorism for the City of London, a CIA analyst and surveillance specialists.
'Send in Muslim troops to fight ISIS': Putin's strongman Chechen ally calls on Russian PM to expand operations in Syria to finish off 'these evil spirits'
Ramzan Kadyrov, the president of Chechnya (pictured, top, with Putin), said Moscow should massively expand its operations in Syria - which began yesterday with controversial airstrikes on anti-government rebels. He said: 'I'm convinced that not only airborne should be used there, but also infantry, because the faster we finish off ISIS, the more peacefully we'll live across the territory of global community. We Chechens as yet, unfortunately, have no opportunity to participate in the fight against these evil spirits.' Kadryov, who runs the formerly war-torn province with an iron fist and is seen as one of Putin's most loyal supporters, said Muslim fighters from Chechnya should be sent to combat the Islamist extremists. His comments come after Russia was accused of 'pouring gasoline on the fire' of Syria's civil war after it defied the West to drop bombs over the war-torn state.
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- £500,000 pay of NHS hotline fatcat: Boss behind chaotic service got £300,000 pay-off on top of his salary, as whistleblower tells of call centre 'hellhole' with 200 patients waiting
- Migration is now a major fear for over half of Britons: Issue of shoring up borders sees six point rise in a month
- Weekend surgeries? That's a cloud cuckoo land idea, says top doctor: Royal College of GPs says surgeries barely have enough funding for five-day service
- Ocado to charge 5p for carriers no one wants: Customers demand online grocer offers 'no bags' option when ordering after introduction of new laws
- Asylum bid by Libyans in sex rampage: Three soldiers jailed following night of vile assaults demand right to stay in the UK
- EXCLUSIVE: Jim Carrey’s tragic ex was a Scientologist and was taking an intensive ‘survival’ course at the religion’s celebrity center
- Bringing home the bacon: Three creators of Peppa Pig bank £47million each after selling 70% stake to global entertainment firm
- North-South house price gap hits £150,000: Difference mean average value of a property in the South has now gone past £300,000
- BBC gives up TV rights to The Open a year early as Sky Sports takes over for Royal Troon in 2016
- Headteacher who was accused of sexual abuse by a sacked teacher who wanted revenge has told how her 'inexcusable lies' left him devastated
- Mother needs hospital treatment after she was 'bitten' at London Zoo attraction which allows visitors to go inside spider enclosure
- Builder, 53, who suffered from tinnitus died after he shot himself in the head because the condition was 'driving him mad'
- Deaf police marksman who was removed from job because he 'couldn't hear the difference between "shoot" and "don't shoot"' wins disability discrimination payout
- Woman police officer is sacked after destroying evidence and creating false cover stories to keep criminal son out of jail
- Teenager who boasted of 'dying for the cause' after joining his brother in fighting for ISIS becomes fifth British jihadi added to UN sanctions list
- Amateur footballer is jailed for a year after deliberately breaking opponent's leg with a two-footed horror tackle in revenge for foul on a teammate
- The ultimate bad hair day: Woman ends up in hospital after 'confusing builder’s foam with her hair mousse'
- Undercover video: Clinton campaign worker caught breaking election law by registering Nevada Hispanics to vote with 'meme' photo of Trump that reads: 'THIS IS MY RESTING B**CH FACE'
- The 'new Playboy mansion': Neighbors fume over LA ‘party house’ which has wild all-night raves with bikini-clad women ... but the married couple who own it say they're just 'jealous'
- EXCLUSIVE: Jim Carrey’s tragic ex was a Scientologist and was taking an intensive ‘survival’ course at the religion’s celebrity center
- Jim Carrey pictured smiling and chatting to multiple women at a party the day he broke up with 28-year-old girlfriend and just two hours after she posted ominous last tweet
- Russia 'is pouring gasoline on the fire' of Syria's civil war, says America after Putin defies the West and drops bombs on non-ISIS forces fighting Assad
- Bride sends wedding guest CHECK for $75 after she didn't turn up to the reception
- Husband-killer sings Amazing Grace as she becomes the first woman in 70 years to be executed in Georgia after a last meal of nachos, three appeals and calls from the Pope and her kids to stop lethal injection
- EXCLUSIVE: How 40,000 'women' on Ashley Madison shared just six email addresses - all of them owned by the affairs website itself
- Why so glum? Miserable looking Donald and Melania Trump have date night at swanky Polo bar after family sits down for interview explaining why she doesn't campaign
- The rich are richer than ever: Forbes list of 400 wealthiest Americans reveals Jeff Bezos made $16BILLION in a single year - and Mark Zuckerberg broke into the top ten for the first time
- Body of 18-year-old missing for SEVEN years found in the chimney of an abandoned cabin less than one mile from his house
- 'Oh my God, you're real!' Woman who suffered severe burns as a baby is finally reunited with the nurse who cradled her in touching black-and-white photos taken 40 years ago
- Married father-of-four Indiana Republican lawmaker abruptly resigns 'to spend more time with his family' after explicit sex video was sent from his phone
- Kenan Thompson shares the odd sex advice Bill Cosby gave him - as three more women come forward claiming they were raped by the actor, including a former Mrs. America
- 'He’s one of those that could either be CEO of a company or head of a gang': Former teachers of clock boy Ahmed Mohamed say teen was a trouble maker who was suspended several times
- EXCLUSIVE: Power-hungry Chelsea Clinton pushed the man who was Bill's 'surrogate son' out of the Clinton Foundation and now she's even jealous of her husband Marc, who's grown closer to her father, says new book
- 'She's our shining light': Family pay tribute after death of Jim Carrey's ex-girlfriend, 28, as her body is flown home to be laid to rest next to her father in Ireland
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Jim Carrey's tragic ex was a Scientologist and was taking an intensive 'survival' course at the religion's celebrity center
The ex-girlfriend of Jim Carrey who committed suicide just days after splitting with the Hollywood star was a Scientologist who was taking an intensive 'survival' Scientology course (right in a sauna doing the Scientology detoxification program purif) DailyMail.com can reveal. Make-up artist Cathriona White (top left with Carrey) took classes at Scientology's Hollywood Celebrity Center (bottom left) and was working on her 'objectives' in the 'Survival Rundown.' The revelation comes from respected journalist Tony Ortega who has been writing about Scientology for 20 years.
Amateur footballer is jailed for a year after deliberately breaking opponent's leg with a two-footed horror tackle in revenge for foul on a teammate
Father-of-one Nathaniel Kerr (left), 27, was playing for a pub team in Longsight, Manchester, when he launched the 'serious assault' on Stuart Parsons (right) just two minutes into the first game of the season. Mr Parsons, 30, required a pin and plate in his ankle (centre) after it was broken in two places by Kerr, who was once a promising youngster who played in the Football League for Rotherham United. Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court heard Kerr became angered after an early foul on one of his AFC Gold Cup teammates by an opposition player from Offerton-based side The Emigration.
Now THAT'S a man cave! Former businessman with MS spends £100,000 single-handedly converting an 800-year-old hobbit hole into his dream house in the most bizarre Grand Designs episode yet
Angelo Mastropietro (inset right), 37, has spent eight months single-handedly transforming the 800-year-old hobbit hole (inset middle) in the Wyre Forest in Worcestershire into a 21st century man cave, complete with running water, underfloor heating and even wi-fi. The former recruitment boss was inspired to buy the cave after being diagnosed with MS at the age of 29, a catalyst which forced him to rethink his high-flying career and the stress and unhealthy lifestyle that came along with it. He then set about carving, cutting and drilling into the sandstone hillside - including excavating 70 tonnes of stone by hand - to make his dream a reality. The father-of-two first came across the cave in 1999 when he and some friends were forced to find shelter during a rainy bike ride. Incredibly, while he was flicking through a property supplement more than ten years later, he noticed the very same cave was up for sale for £62,000. Pictured clockwise, from top left: One of the bedrooms; the cave's kitchen; the outside of the cave, complete with a terrace and the dining area.
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Neighbours put barbed wire and spikes up in their garden just to keep out our cat! Pet owner tells of horror at security measures - but the RSPCA is powerless to act
Bea Upton, 46, (pictured right) from Chandler's Ford, Hampshire, has complained to the RSPCA about the spikes her neighbour has installed on her garden wall, but the charity says it is powerless to take action unless 14-year-old Tiggly the cat (bottom left) is hurt. Miss Upton said Tiggly has already become tangled in the wire and spikes (top left) while trying to use the wall to get down to the ground.
Mother-of-five 'made £1.5m running a high-class escort agency with TOWIE's Maria Fowler on its books while claiming £117,000 in benefits'
Janine Adeleke, 42, (left) claimed state handouts while running Carltons Of London from her seaside home Bexhill-On-Sea, East Sussex. Department of Work and Pensions investigators found documents which linked Maria Fowler (right) to Adeleke's agency, and that Adeleke was paid £8,000 for an interview about the former TOWIE star. Adeleke is now facing jail after being found guilty of seven counts of cheating the revenue, fraud and money laundering at Canterbury Crown Court.
Black cab drivers bring central London to a standstill in protest at TfL licensing hundreds of new minicabs every week as calls grow for a crackdown of apps like Uber
Hundreds of black taxis brought central London to a standstill earlier today after they blocked Waterloo Bridge, The Strand and Fleet Street, pictured, in a protest against Uber. The protesters complained that Uber is operating a virtual 'e-hailing' system which effectively puts the traditional taxis at a disadvantage.
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Suicides, sects, murder and insanity: The disturbing truth about the trendy 'spiritual' hallucinogenic brew being taken by gap year backpackers in the Amazon (and even in British sitting rooms)
Ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic drink made from vines, has been used in shamanic cleansing rituals for centuries - but has recently become a major tourist draw in the rainforests where it grows, where lodges and retreats offer it 'authentic' Amazon experience. It has got a celebrity endorsement from the likes of Lindsay Lohan who said it 'saved her life'. And increasingly, there is no need to cross an ocean: it can be found here in the UK - offered at retreats and at parties thrown by the middle class in idyllic rural towns by people seeking enlightenment. But It has been linked to a string of deaths - the latest was New Zealander Matthew Dawson-Clarke, 24, who died during an ayahuasca ritual earlier this month. And for those living with the plant brew on their doorsteps reveal a terrifying side to the plant concoction, a side which is never mentioned in the tourist guides. In July, nursing assistant Deise Faria Ferreira, 41, left her home in central Brazil, to take part in an ayahuasca cleansing ceremony - and has not been seen again.
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