EXCLUSIVE: 'I wasn't invited to the funeral': The FIRST Mrs Benaud reveals her troubled relationship with Richie, life in a housing commission flat and her very public court battle with second wife Daphne - the woman she calls 'Coogee'

Richie Benaud's first wife reveals her troubled relationship with him

NEW They are cricketing legend Richie Benaud's first family, leading a life far removed from the spotlight and the glittering media career he built after his days as the Australian cricket captain were over. Marcia Lavender, 85, (above centre) and her son, Greg, 60, (top right) live together in a public housing flat on the Central Coast, north of Sydney and six months after Richie Benaud's death, they are suing his multi-million dollar estate. In an exclusive interview with Daily Mail Australia, Marcia Benaud spoke about her devastation when Richie left her and how she struggled financially while he divided his time with second wife Daphne between their beachsisde apartment in the Sydney suburb of Coogee, a house in France and the luxury hotels they stayed in while he worked as a commentator at the great cricket grounds of England. A younger Richie Benaud is pictured, left, with the two sons he had with Marcia, Greg (right) and Jeffrey (left).

'The more people you kill, the more you're in the limelight': The 26-year-old college gunman who was 'filled with hate,' lived with his mother and asked victims their religion before he shot 10 dead in rampage

Oregon college shooter Chris Harper-Mercer asked if victims were Christian in rampage that

The gunman who opened fire on students at Umpqua Community College has been identified as 26-year-old Chris Harper-Mercer according to law enforcement sources . 'He appears to be an angry young man who was very filled with hate,' one source told The New York Times .  According to his profile on a dating site , Harper-Mercer is 'mixed race,' a 'conservative Republican,' and 'not religious.' State Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and other officials said 13 people were killed in Thursday's shooting earlier in the day, though that number may have been too high. 'At this time, we are reporting and can confirm 10 fatalities in the shooting,' Douglas County sheriff's deputies, Sheriff John Hanlin said Thursday evening. 'This number is the best, most accurate information that we have at this time.' Harper-Wallace's motive is still not known at this time.

It's the trendiest food around, but are you throwing out the healthiest part? Avocado SEED makes up 70% of its nutritional benefits - if you know how to eat it

NEW While many are happy to just ditch the seed of an avocado, it actually has more antioxidants in it than most fruit and vegetables and more soluble fibre that oats and other foods.

'A cheap bit of pimped-up nature treated as if it were real art': Art critic blasts spectacular wedding photograph - and is instantly branded a snob

NEW Critic Jonathan Jones launched a scathing attack on Sydney photographer Sam Yeldham's picture of a betrothed couple holding hands in front of an approaching storm.

Australia's spring SCORCHER! We're heading into an October heatwave with the AFL Grand Final set to be the hottest in 30 years

NEW A Spring heat wave is responsible for sizzling temperatures soaring to almost 40C over the long weekend across the eastern interior of WA through South Australia and into western NSW,

'He made them beg for their lives': Australian basketball star at Oregon college reveals horrifying details of the mass shooting - and says he only escaped because he was five minutes late for class 

Australian basketballer Staci Robinson narrowly escapes Oregon college shooting

NEW Australian basketballer Staci Richardson (left), 20, was running five minutes late for class at Oregon's Umpqua Community College (pictured right are students comforting each other) when a gunman opened fire in the same building he was meant to be in about 10.30am local time on Thursday. The student's father said he was relieved his son was alive who had told him students watched their teacher die after she was shot in the chest three times.

'He told Christians they would meet God in one second - then shot them': Harrowing survival story of student who played dead in college massacre

'He told Christians they would meet God in one second - then shot them': Harrowing story

NEW Anastasia Boylan was in a classroom on her fourth day studying at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg when Chris Harper-Mercer entered and shot her professor dead point-blank. She told her family that he told his victims to stand up and declare the religion, before telling them: 'Good, because you're a Christian, you're going to see God in just about one second.' He then shot his victims, including Anastasia, who told her father she survived by playing dead before she underwent surgery on her spine. Her father Stacy Boylan told CNN that Harper-Mercer was targeting Christians. 'He came in and there was gunfire. He secured the room and got their attention. He shot her professor point-blank. One shot killed him.'

Your early 20s really ARE your happiest years: Misery plagues middle-age as money and job worries take over (but the good news is life gets better at 65)

Happiness in life follows a U-shaped curve, tailing off in your mid-20s as money and job worries as well as children fuel concerns. But Australian experts say the good news is satisfaction increases at 65 and peaks at the age of 80.

Furious Telstra users hit out at the communications giant after download speeds ground to a halt on Apple products

The telecommunications giant has acknowledged the problem and claimed it stems from an undersea cable cut connecting Australia with Singapore.

Amal and the celebrity bunion brigade: Mrs Clooney's not the only star with tootsie trouble... So is there a cure for this bugbear?

Geoge Clooney's wife Amal's not the only star with bunion trouble

The sight of Amal Clooney's (top left) gnarled feet will have had us mere mortals flinching in sympathy but she is not the only celebrity afflicted by bunions. David Bowie's wife Iman (top right), supermodel Naomi Campbell (bottom right) and even Victoria Beckham (bottom left) have been struck down by the unsightly deformity. So what are these unsightly podiatric protrusions - and how can you get rid of them?

'Get this over with': Serial killer who claimed to be mentally disabled executed in Virginia 

This undated photo provided by the Virginia Department of Corrections shows inmate Alfredo Prieto. Virginia is poised to execute Prieto, a serial killer, who claims heís intellectually disabled using lethal injection drugs from Texas because the stateís supply of another controversial drug will expire the day before the execution is supposed to take place. (Virginia Department of Corrections via AP)

Alfredo Prieto, 49, twice-condemned serial killer who claimed he was intellectually disabled was executed in Virginia on Thursday after a series of last-minute appeals failed.

'My baby cousin ate our grandpa's ashes': Anonymous Reddit users reveal their families' most disturbing secrets in bizarre and shocking thread

A Reddit thread with 14,000 responses has exposed dark family secrets after anonymous users posted tales of affairs, swinging parties and incest between an adult mother and son.

It's a miracle (that anyone takes this preacher seriously): Zimbabwe prophet's attempt to prove he can 'walk on air' falls flat thanks to one rather obvious giveaway 

Zimbabwe prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s attempt to prove he can ‘walk on air’ falls flat

Controversial Zimbabwe prophet Shepherd Bushiri (pictured above) has done little to improve his credibility after claiming this video is proof that he can perform miracles and captures him walking on air. The preacher, who is part of the Enlightened Christian Gathering, performs the feat after walking down a wooden staircase in his Malawi mansion (left). The camera then zooms in for a close up of Bushiri's feet as he appears to levitate (inset) before panning out again (right).

'Ice-crazed' motorist hunted a terrified woman in a shopping centre after a road rage incident in a car park ... forcing her to hide in butcher's cool room

This Gold Coast woman has told her terrifying story of hiding in a Bigger Waters butcher's shop cool store while being chased by an angry driver, who she believed was a 'crazed' ice user.

Former West Coast Eagles player Ben Sharp 'used ice while playing in the same team as fallen star Ben Cousins'

Former AFL rookie Ben Sharp (pictured), who is accused of stealing $300,000 at gunpoint in Melbourne, used ice during his time at the West Coast Eagles where he played with Ben Cousins.

Emaciated cattle, dusty brown paddocks and no sign of rain for MONTHS: Farm woman's haunting photos show the devastating impact of Australia's 'Forgotten Drought'

Emaciated cattle, dusty brown paddocks and no sign of rain for MONTHS: Depressing photos

Shocking images of a dusty, drought-stricken Queensland cattle farm have gone viral as farmers try to make Australians aware of the reality of their daily struggle on the land - highlighting the issues of suicide and bankruptcy as they plead 'it's desperate out here'. Photos of central Queensland resident Tania Cowie's barren property and emaciated cows have been shared almost 3000 times in just three weeks, with the desperate farmer calling on the government to 'pay more attention to their own backyard'. 'The government needs to help its own people first, it's desperate out here,' Ms Cowie wrote on Facebook.

'Why aren't I Sir Michael?': Jacko was desperate to receive a knighthood from the Queen, claims his former bodyguard 

Michael Jackson believed his close friendship with Lady Diana would have been enough to bring him to the attention of the Queen and secure himself a knighthood, his former bodyguard has revealed.

Does my shell look big in this? Turtles squeezed into tiny swimsuits so scientists can collect their droppings - and the pictures are beyond adorable

Turtles in swimsuits so Queensland researchers can collect their poo for science

As part of his research, University of Queensland PhD student Owen Coffee made swimsuits from second-hand sunshirts for six loggerhead turtles, drawing inspiration from similar ones worn by hatchlings in a previous study (left and right). The suits act as a harness to hold a 'giant nappy' in place so it captures faecal samples before they hit the water and disperse.

Breakthrough in male contraceptive pill - but drug only lasts days (and most women wouldn't trust men to take it anyway)

Osaka University scientists have identified a protein key for male fertility. Men without this protein - vital for sperm function- could have sex but the females did not become pregnant.

Fireman catches red-bellied black snake 'as long as a man' after campers sprayed it with a hose and it moved into the FUEL TANK of their 4WD

Brave fireman, Ross McGibbon has caught a HUGE red-bellied black snake and released it back into the wild after it was found under a caravan in Murphy's Creek in south-east Queensland.

'There better not be anything wrong with my baby!' Shocking moment a pregnant woman is punched in the face by another woman on a Melbourne train - because she 'badmouthed her on Facebook'

Video of a brawl between 2 women on a Melbourne train

Two women, one claiming to be five months pregnant, have been filmed brawling on a Melbourne train. The violent altercation, which ignites after one of the women accuses the other of badmouthing her on Facebook, continues despite numerous other commuters being present on the Hurstbridge line service in the city's north-east. The fight ends with the pregnant woman (exposing her stomach, centre) being punched in the face after screaming 'there better not be anything wrong with my baby'.

Obese woman who lost 90kg reveals new body six days after undergoing NINE-HOUR surgery to remove unsightly excess skin 

Obese Simone Anderson who lost 200lbs reveals new body on Tyra Banks show

Simone Anderson Pretscherer, 24, from Auckland, New Zealand, lost 189lbs in just 11 months, going from 372lbs to 183lbs. Some online critics who watched her progress on Facebook accused her of faking her weight loss because they couldn't see excess skin - but she had just hidden it in the pictures she'd posted. So the make-up artist silenced them by putting her skin on full display, and was met with a ton of support. Recently, however, she underwent a nine-hour surgery to get the skin removed because it had become cumbersome. She debuted her new figure on Tyra's new daytime show, FABLife and also shared photos of herself in belly-baring work-out clothes online.

So you think you're a loser? All the best people are - the key is the learn from your mistakes and investigate failure

Sir James Dyson with two new compact Dyson cleaners, the DC22 Dyson Baby a compact cylinder and the DC24 Dyson Ball, a slim, lightweight upright that sits on a ball. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday January 17, 2008. Dyson today unveiled two new vacuum cleaners which cater for the trend towards smaller sized homes. The manufacturer said people living in flats and small houses had limited storage space for bulkier devices. See PA story CONSUMER Dyson. Photo credit should read: Dyson/PA Wire

Matthew Syed writes about success, failure and the necessity of learning from our mistakes in his new book. He says that learning from our errors, not ignoring them, is important.

Airport evacuated over wedding favors marked with couple's initials 'TNT'

No matter how clever it is to put you and your intended?s initials on glass jars filled with fancy bath salts and topped with wax seals and fuses ? ?T? and ?T? becomes ?TNT, get it? ? it?s not a great idea if you?re headed to the airport. See, the Transportation Security Administration can?t let something labeled as an explosive through without thoroughly checking things out, which, in this case, turned into an evacuation of the Denver International Airport.
It?s unclear when exactly it all took place, though we?re guessing right around Sept. 19, according to the wedding date on the bottles? labels, but the TSA posted a helpful reminder with an image of the wedding favors on Instagram yesterday, reminding folks to ?be mindful? of what they?re traveling with. Because while it could appear quite innocent when you explain what?s going on, bottles filled with powder and topped with fuses are going to look different on the X-ray monitor.
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A wedding gift labeled with TNT, the initials of was no joke to TSA agents checking bags in a screening room at Denver International Airport on September 22. 

Swigging cognac from the bottle and pouring booze all over the stage: Justin Bieber looks worse for wear as joins rap pals for live performance in New Zealand

Justin Bieber looks worse during boozy performance in New Zealand

He was thought to have curbed the wild antics, but it was a nonchalant Justin Bieber who swigged booze after taking to the stage in New Zealand on Thursday evening. Bieber, 21, looked worse for wear after joining rap duo Rae Sremmund at packed Auckland venue The Studio for a live performance. The Canadian singer appeared to be sluggish as he performed an impromptu appearance with the urban act after drinking from a bottle of Hennessey cognac.

'Psychopathic' murderer and self mutilator who 'sliced his penis' to make it look like an ancient Egyptian serpent god needed 27 stitches

Nikko Jenkins, 29, told court officials in Nebraska this week he cut his penis as an homage to the ancient Egyptian serpent god Apep, or Apophis, which he claims to worship.

What's your heart's REAL age? Take this test to find out, as doctors warn most of us are old before our time... 

The global survey by Bupa found the average person had a heart age three years older than their actual age. Teachers and medics fared the best while manual labourers had the worst heart health.

'You think I can't afford it?' Moment rich woman screams at jewellery store assistant and throws wads of cash in her face 

Woman screams at jewellery store assistant and throws wads of cash in her face

Unidentified woman flew into a rage at an jewellery store in Handan, China. She threw wads of cash at a shop assistant while shouting abuse (pictured), exclaiming her vast riches. Incident on September 25 was filmed and the video enraged China's web users.

Police use a JET SKI to catch an accused rapist who tried to swim away from them after he was found breaching his bail 

Police have went to great lengths to catch an accused rapist a day after he was let out on bail - by chasing the fugitive on a jet ski.

Incoming! Crazed magpie swoops cyclist EIGHT times leaving him with a bleeding ear

The moment a magpie swoops a Melbourne cyclist 8 times leaving his ear bloodied 

James Wood was riding on a bike trail near Frankston, Melbourne, when a magpie swooped out of the trees and attacked him eight times. Footage captured from a camera on the back of his helmet shows him being repeatedly attacked. He was left with a bloodied ear.

'No, YOU called me!' Two men are tricked into having an expletive-laden argument after being pitted against each other in a hilarious prank call

Two Australian men ended up trading insults after they were set up in a prank call scheme, in which both men, called by private numbers, were led to believe the other was pranking them.

Titanic's last lunch menu which was saved by a fleeing first-class passenger sells for £58,000 

The Titanic's last lunch menu, saved by a first-class passenger who climbed aboard a lifeboat whose crew was said to have been bribed to row away instead of rescue more people, has been sold at a US auction.

Married to the mob: John Gotti's grandson marries in 'ceremony worthy of The Godfather with mafioso, Hollywood A-listers, a $2.5m cash gift and partying until dawn at Long Island castle'

John Gotti's grandson marries in 'ceremony worthy of The Godfather at Long Island's Oheka

John Gotti's grandson has married in a star-studded ceremony. And according to Page Six's sources, it was an event worthy of The Godfather. The wedding for the mobster descendant John Agnello and his fiancée Alina Sanchez (left) was reportedly held at Oheka Castle (center) in Long Island last weekend. John Travolta (bottom right), who is set to play the Dapper Don (Gambino boss John Gotti, top right) in a much-delayed biopic, reportedly attended with his wife Kelly Preston.

Transgender model wants to become first person in Britain to be both the mother and father of the same baby

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Fay Purdham, from Middlesbrough, with her partner, Christopher Dodd. Fay was born a boy and was best friends with Christopher when they were growing up. Fay had a sex change when she was a teenager and when she met Christopher again at a party, they became a couple.

Fay Purdham, from Newcastle, who was born Kevin McCamley, has launched an appeal to find a surrogate mother in a bid to become the first person in Britain to be mother and father to the same baby.

The shocking moment a cyclist KICKS a taxi driver in the shin and stomps on his glasses after the driver tried to smash his bike

An angry cyclist has been filmed kicking a taxi driver in the shins and stomping on his glasses, after a heated confrontation on Bridge Street in Sydney's Circular Quay on Tuesday afternoon.

Struggle with IKEA furniture? Japanese retailer starts selling flatpack HOUSES for $215,000 - but thankfully someone from the company will put it together for you 

Japanese retailer starts selling $215,000 three-story flat-pack houses

Minimalist retailer Muji has modelled the range of flat-pack houses specifically for city dwellers. The design giant used the approach of building vertically rather horizontally, with a 'split level' system allowing distinct connecting spaces. Starting from $215,000, Muji's 'Wooden House' is a three-story home has no internal walls or doors and large, and rectangular windows for bringing in natural sunlight. Thankfully for those for those who don't consider themselves DIY masters, Muji sends out professionals to build the abodes for you.

Glamour model arrested for stripping naked in private box at last year's AFL Grand Final reveals she is planning an even more outrageous stunt this weekend

The model who was arrested for stripping naked during last year's AFL grand final claims she will attend this weekend's decider and has planned something even bigger than last year's stunt.

Cindy Crawford admits her 14-year-old daughter Kaia is 'embarrassed' by her as the teen interviews her supermodel mom during intimate photoshoot

Cindy Crawford says her daughter Kaia is 'embarrassed' by her Instagramming

The supermodel, 49, was interviewed in her huge, designer-filled closet by her teenage daughter, who chatted with her mom about social media, modelling, and writing her first book. Cindy revealed that she uses 'too many hashtags' on social media for her daughter's liking, causing Kaia to laugh.

Putin signs decree drafting 150,000 conscripts into the Russian military... as Iran and Hezbollah prepare major ground offensive in Syria with air support from Moscow's bombers 

Vladimir Putin signs decree drafting 150,000 conscripts into the Russian military

The timing of the move, on the very day Russia entered the Syrian conflict yesterday, will raise suspicions the Russian President (top right) is planning a wider offensive to prop up his Syrian counterpart. It also comes after one of Putin's staunchest allies called on him to send in Muslim ground troops to defeat the Islamic State and other extremist groups. Meanwhile, Moscow said it had attacked 12 targets belonging to ISIS, including a command centre in Hama and an ammunition depots in Idlib, on its second day of bombing runs. However, activists say they also hit moderate rebels including a base controlled by the Ahrar al-Sham Movement (main and top left) at Hass ancient cemeteries in Idlib.

Jim Carrey's tragic ex 'kept involvement with Scientology a secret from her family - and never hinted at suicide'

Cathriona White, 30, killed herself this week in California after splitting with Carrey, 53, for the second time and leaving behind a suicide note mentioning her relationship with him.

Joker with Hollywood's most TOXIC love life: A string of A-list conquests. A devastating tragedy. And how Jim Carrey has left a trail of emotional mayhem 

The distraught ex-lover caught up in the tragic suicide of his beautiful young girlfriend - it's not a role we usually associate with Jim Carrey, Hollywood's manic king of comedy.

Who are you backing, the polar bear or the dugong? Bear says Broncos will win the NRL Grand Final - but marine mammal likes the Cowboys

So who is going to win? Polar bear picks Broncos while dugong guesses Cowboys will triumph

NEW Animals are being called upon to predict the winner of this weekend's NRL and AFL grand finals - but their psychic abilities have now been brought into question. While a Queensland polar bear predicted the Brisbane Broncos will win, a NSW dugong named the North Queensland Cowboys as Sunday's winners.

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Chilling dashcam video shows the suitcase found containing a young girl's dead body was looked through and MOVED before police discovered it on the side of a road

Video shows Karoonda Highway suitcase with dead girl in was MOVED before police found it

Police have released dash cam footage filmed on a South Australian highway where a suitcase containing the remains of a young girl, who died 'a violent and terrible death', was discovered four months ago. The footage, recorded in May and June this year, shows the suitcase had been moved before it was found by authorities resting alongside the Karoonda Highway, east of Adelaide, on July 14. The tattered suitcase can be seen laying in the dirt beside the highway in three of the stills recovered from the footage, however in a fourth it can be seen positioned higher up the embankment.

You CAN have a natural birth after a Caesarean section - and it's likely to be safer, mothers are told

New guidance, by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, suggests for the majority of women a natural birth is safe - and for most has a lower chance of complications.

Models take to runway wearing motorcycle helmets, mesh masks and EACH OTHER at Paris Fashion Week 

Paris Fashion Week models wear helmets on the runway at A.F Vandevorst

Models stormed down the runway at Paris Fashion Week on Thursday in motorcycle helmets and vision-restricting masks. Belgian label A.F Vandevorst chose the bizarre headgear to feature in its gothic-inspired spring/summer 2016 collection. Meanwhile, US designer Rick Owens dressed models in each other, to represent the strength of womanhood.

Police believe missing girl Ursula Barwick 'may be alive' and using a fake identity after she was spotted working at a pub two years after she vanished 28 years ago

New evidence proves Ursula Barwick was alive and working in a Randwick pub in Sydney's east two years after she vanished aged 17 in 1987. Police now believe she may still be alive today.

Did water on the moon come from asteroids? Craters may be littered with ice from past impacts - and provide a supply for a manned lunar base

Scientists at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology calculate that up to 4.5 per cent of lunar craters may contain considerable amounts of water in the debris left by asteroids.

Charging gadgets using THIN AIR: Freevolt captures radio waves to wirelessly power small devices

Freevolt, and its Perpetual Power technology, was developed by Lord Paul Drayson from London-based Drayson Technologies with support from Imperial College London.

Would YOU eat this on holiday? The most bizarre fast foods from around the world include pork and seaweed doughnuts in China and squid ink burgers in Japan

Bizarre fast foods from around the world from the US to Japan

Whether it's checking out the reputable fresh fish menu, or getting our jaws around some premium cuts of meat, food can be a central part of our trip away. However, with each culture comes individuality. And you might be surprised to note fast food offerings around the world vary significantly. Here, MailOnline Travel takes a look at some of the stranger fast food options available around the world for tourists on the go, including a monster pizza in Sweden (left), Black Ninja burgers in Japan (top right) and a fast food outlet upping their game with a lobster sandwich in the U.S. and Canada (bottom right).

Indian man with the world's longest fingernails on ONE HAND admits he hasn't cut them since 1952... and plans to donate them to a museum

Shridhar Chillal, from India, hasn't cut his fingernails for 63 years. The 78-year-old's thumbnail is the longest at two metres. He features in 2016 Guinness World Records Book.

Could a test detect breast cancer BEFORE a tumour forms? Breakthrough means disease could be treated at earliest stages 

Scientists from Uppsala University, Sweden, found apparently healthy tissue can have taken the first steps towards cancer. The test can spot the disease in its earliest stages, when it is easiest to treat.

Baby on board! Mum who surfed every day of her pregnancy... and expects to be riding waves within a month after giving birth to a healthy baby boy

Australian woman gives birth to a healthy baby boy after surfing throughout pregnancy

Nadine Smith, from Byron Bay in New South Wales, who surfed when she was eight-and-a-half months pregnant, has delivered a healthy baby boy Lael (right) - one week early. Ms Smith says surfing allowed her to connect with her baby, adding that she received nothing but overwhelming support from family and friends. Ms Smith had no concerns about wipeouts or the board hitting her belly, saying she's a safe surfer and knew how to protect herself and her baby.

Toni Collette and Leigh Sales looked dramatically different the first time they met 21 years ago during the release of Muriel's Wedding

Australian actress Toni Collette and journalist Leigh Sales have reminisced on the first time they met during an interview for the release of Muriel's Wedding 21 years ago.

Dodgy tackle! Eight players of the Iranian women's football team are actually MEN awaiting sex swap operations 

Football bosses have reportedly ordered the gender testing of the entire Iranian women's football team after it was claimed eight of their players were men awaiting sex change operations.

So much for 'no sniping'! Tony Abbott takes potshots at Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull... and won't rule out a return to the frontbench in the future

Tony Abbott said he had long believed Malcolm Turnbull was coveting the Liberal leadership. He also said he was 'disappointed' in a new government decision.

New balls please! Naturist tennis players fight plans for apartment complex that would directly overlook their courts

Naturists fight plans for new homes overlooking their five-acre complex

The White House Club (bottom right) in Warlingham, Surrey, hosts 300 enthusiastic naturists (left and top right) including tennis players who love to knock-up in the nude. But they claims a proposed flat complex on a nearby road would make players perfectly visible - with even more startling views from the rooftop. The five-acre naturist paradise includes a dance floor, gym, bar and swimming pool. It even comes complete with a children's playground for nature-loving kids. The club has a membership ranging from age two to 90 and counts the likes of nurses, teachers and electricians among its ranks.

A day in the life of an addict at the luxury Thai rehab resort where Australians are spending $14,000 a month on kick-boxing and yoga classes to break their ice habits

The Cabin in Thailand is the drug treatment centre where up to 100 Australians travel each year, spending almost $20,000 each month to try and kick their addiction to ice and other drugs.

Man escapes from his car moments before it was totalled by a train after his GPS told him to drive onto a RAILWAY TRACK 

A man has had a lucky escape after his car got stuck on a Melbourne railway line while he was following his GPS, moments before it was steam-rolled by a train.

An engineer in the making? Adorable video shows baby boy cleverly stacking pillows on the floor so he can escape from bed

Baby stacks pillows on floor to escape from bed in adorable video

The amazing video, captured by the baby's father, Francisco Aguilar, and later posted online, shows the little boy peering over the edge of a mattress as he desperately attempts to climb down from it. But as hard as he tries to reach the ground, his short, chubby legs will not let him. Instead, the baby realises he needs to come up with another, cleverer plan. Footage shows the infant rolling over and lugging a full-sized pillow over to the side of the bed. He then hurls the item on the floor, before leaning back and doing the same with two more pillows (top left and right). Before long, the baby has created a stack of pillows right next to the bed, which enables him to lower himself on to the ground (bottom left and right).

The igloo that's out of this world: Martian 'ice house' wins Nasa contest to create habitat for first humans on the red planet

The first-place award of $25,000 went to Team Space Exploration Architecture and Clouds Architecture Office of New York, New York, for their design, Mars Ice House.

The winning entry is 3D printed from translucent ice which shields the crew from radiation, and transforms into a glowing beacon in the Martian night.

What REALLY wiped out the dinosaurs: Study claims 'double-whammy' disaster of a meteor impact followed by a volcanic storm triggered mass extinction

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Together, the impact and volcanism caused a dramatic change in climate as the sun's rays were blanketed out in a version of the "nuclear winter" predicted to follow a global nuclear war.

Woman who is turning into a human statue reveals her race against time to have a baby via surrogate as rare condition causes her muscles turn to BONE

Rachel Winnard, 30, from Rochdale, has a rare and debilitating condition called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) that makes bones grow all over her body where muscle used to be.

It's war! Amazon bans sales of Apple and Google's video streaming devices 'to avoid confusion' in battle to put the living room online

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Amazon has banned sales of Apple and Google video streaming devices that aren't compatible with its own service in the latest attack in the hi-tech battle to control the living room.

'Here's the first bite of my churro; here's the second!' Commentators mock teens obsessed with taking selfies during a baseball game in scathing rant live on air

MLB announcers mock sorority sisters taking selfies during Arizona baseball game

The Alpha Chi sorority sisters of Arizona State University were caught on a MLB.com camera snapping dozens of selfies at the game on Wednesday, prompting the announcers to mock them. The girls repeatedly took photos of themselves posing with their hotdogs and churros, showing no signs of actually watching the baseball game.

You think he's cute, he thinks you're lunch: How this wildlife cameraman risked his life to capture images of polar bears

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Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison has risked his life in order to capture unique glimpses into the lives of wild animals, spending hours waiting patiently for just the right shot.

Sunny side up! Friendly pod of bottlenose dolphins swims up to beachgoers to get hand-fed some breakfast

It was a case of perfect timing for a pod of friendly dolphins who arrived just in time to be hand-fed breakfast this morning at a popular tourist spot.

The REAL Jesse James and his killer Robert Ford: Photograph owned by family who kept outlaw safe in 1870s verified by experts

The tintype picture, owned by a farming family in rural Washington, is thought to have been taken not long before Robert Ford shot dead notorious outlaw Jesse James in 1882.

Can you spot the discounts? Shoppers at Harris Farm Bondi left bewildered by 'specials' that don't offer any savings

Shoppers have been left scratching their heads at the strange signs at Harris Farm Markets in Bondi which bizarrely promise dubious 'specials' like two pineapples for $6- or $2.99 each.

Model is left infertile and in constant pain after 'botched' surgery to give her a larger bottom by injecting glass beads into her rear in Argentina

Silvina Luna is left infertile and in constant pain after botched surgery

Silvina Luna, pictured, from Argentina, had the operation at a clinic in Buenos Airies in the hope of improving her model physique, pictured, but instead, it ruined her life. The 'painful' operation has left her in constant pain and has severely damaged her kidneys. As a result she has to take medication for the rest of her life which has made her infertile. She is now suing Dr Anibal Lotocki, claiming that the 2011 operation ruined her life.

From Baileys crème brûlée to decadent chocolate truffles: 15 three-ingredient puddings that will change your world

From raw chocolate brownies to easy Eton Mess and deliciously chewy peanut butter cookies, here's our guide to indulgent desserts that can be whipped up with the minimum time and fuss

Killer heels! Not to mention toxic socks and radioactive belts - how our clothes have been the death of us for 200 years

We think of clothes as one of life's harmless pleasures. They are as necessary to us as food (even the naked rambler wears boots and a hat). They keep us warm, dry and decent.

Man weeps uncontrollably as wife surprises him with actual buns in the oven to reveal she is five months pregnant after trying for a baby unsuccessfully for 17 YEARS

Man weeps when wife reveals she is pregnant after trying for a baby for 17 YEARS

Dana Griffin-Graves and her husband Arkell Graves had been trying to have kids ever since they got married 17 years ago. But after four miscarriages and a stillborn baby, the couple had given up on a family. But then, after Dana started walking with her friends and found that she wasn't losing weight, she went to a doctor and discovered she was five months pregnant.

Young family whose car burst into flames were rescued by an entertainer dressed as SPIDER-MAN 

Lucy Day and Stephen Grant were driving to hospital with their three-year-old daughter when, unknown to them, smoke began pouring out of their car in Eastbourne. Luckily Spider-Man was there.

Revealed: How the gender age gap caused by men being killed in the First World War is finally at an end

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Men who could have expected to become centenarians died on the battlefields of the Great War while many more women went on to live long lives back home.

Boxing kangaroos go at it for SIX minutes in a savage brawl that carries on even after they crash into a parked car

The two large male roos can be seen going tail-to-tail in the middle of Blackmans Gap Rd near Miriam Vale in central Queensland, illuminated by the headlights of a Ute.

EXCLUSIVE: Luxury hotels, all-night partying at posh clubs, endless freebies: Uber hosts TOP SECRET Sin City 'team building' junket for 4,800 employees from around the world (no drivers, please)

Uber hosts TOP SECRET Las Vegas 'team building' junket for 4,800 employees

Over 4,800 Uber employees from all over the world were treated to a lavish five-day event in Las Vegas. Security was tights and Uber's logo was replaced with two X's on signs for the private parties to keep it all hush hush. Staff were put up in fancy hotels along the Vegas strip such as the Paris and Planet Hollywood. The company had a 'no photo or social media' policy for those workers attending the 5-day event.

Wife divorces her husband because he is too SHORT: Saudi bride says she could not take any more after being ridiculed for towering over him 

A Saudi bride, 20, has started divorce proceedings in Al Qatif, Saudi Arabia after becoming fed up with the ridicule she received for towering over her diminutive husband.

'A spot on my nose was CANCER': Teacher has drastic surgery to re-build her face using skin from her scalp

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Bree Towner, 28, from Illinois, was diagnosed with a skin cancer called basal cell carcinoma. She lost the tip of her nose and now has to shave the new grafted one.

The amazing moment a dolphin gives a Miami Heat dancer her phone back after retrieving it from the bottom of the ocean

Teressa Cee had left her phone on the boat when she went swimming off the boast of The Bahamas with Cacique, pictured. It was dropped into the sea, but the clever dolphin retrieved it.

Could these dull-looking fossils shake our understanding of evolution to the core? Siberian find pushes back emergence of first vertebrates by 20 MILLION years

A fossils, found on the banks of the Maya River ,could date back more than 500 million years. They are being hailed as a significant advance in 'our understanding of the evolution of animals'.

 
   

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The magical moment two lion brothers who have spent their whole lives in a Bulgarian circus experienced freedom for the first time after 10,500-mile journey to their natural home in Africa

Two lion brothers born into captivity for a Bulgarian circus experience freedom Africa

Eight-year-old brothers Jora and Black had spent most of their lives as stage acts for a Bulgarian troupe that toured Eastern Europe and Turkey. But when Budapest banned animal shows, they were were left to languish in a stifling beast wagon for months. They were finally rescued by animal charity Born Free earlier this year and, after a 10,500-mile VIP trip to South Africa, have now tasted their natural habitat for the first time at a game reserve near Port Elizabeth.

Are wild orang-utans turning into CARNIVORES? Normally vegetarian ape seen eating meat in Borneo for the first time

Researchers from the University of Cambridge described hearing crunching and chewing as the male orang-utan ate a squirrel in the tropical Sabangau Forest in Boreno (pictured).

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Pierre Cardin puts his bizarre 'sensual' Bubble Palace in the South of France on the market for $600m (Cressida not included)

Pierre Cardin puts his bizarre Bubble Palace in the South of France on  sale for £300m

Under Pierre Cardin's ownership, the Palais Bulles (pictured) became a magnet for stars like Marion Cotillard, Rhys Ifans, Dakota Fanning and Pierce Brosnan, and even Prince Harry's ex-beau Cressida Bonas. The A-listers have all attended high-end fashion shows, posed for photoshoots or partied under its terracotta-coloured bubbles. The 1,200-square-metre mega-complex comes with ten space-aged rooms, three swimming pools, luxurious gardens, an amphitheatre that seats 500 and spectacular views of the Mediterranean. The idea of selling up has been on Cardin's mind for some time. Three years ago, he spoke of wanting to offload his global label for more than £750million and hope to get similar figure for his bizarre, bubble house.

Women are TWICE as likely to be bisexual than men, new study into the nation's sexuality reveals

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Overall 93 per cent of adults in the UK say they are straight, while 1.1 per cent at gay or lesbian and 0.5 per cent are bisexual, the Office for National Statistics said.

They even make a staycation look exotic: The beautiful travelling couple who show the natural treasures right on their Norwegian doorstep

Norwegian-born Hildegunn Taipale and husband Samuel, who have over 286k followers on Instagram, have filmed an incredible video featuring the breathtaking Norwegian landscape.

Growing up homeschooled: Photographer's intimate portraits of children learning outside the conventional classroom walls

Rachel Papo's photoseries 'Homeschooled' which depicts children learning at home in the Castkill mountains in upstate New York from 2010-2012 can be purchased via the artist's Kickstarter.

Ricky Gervais puts his four-bedroom home on the market for $15.4million... complete with gym, swimming pool and a pink bath

Ricky Gervais puts his Hampstead home on sale for £7.7million

Comedian Ricky Gervais and his partner, producer Jane Fallon, both 54, are selling their north London home after buying a £10.5 million mansion nearby after reportedly spending £1 million on the place. The four-bedroom home (bottom left) has an indoor swimming pool (bottom right), a bright pink bath tub (top right) and boasts chunky wood furniture throughout (top left). The particulars of the property, describe the home as a 'truly beautiful and unique house' and points out its high ceilings, charm and character.

   

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