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Israeli trooper lies wounded beside Palestinian knifeman who was shot dead

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. In these distressing images, a bloodied Israeli soldier lies wounded beside a knife-wielding Palestinian, shot dead after disguising himself as a member of the Press. read


Turkey issues lists of demands to EU over migrants and tightening border controls

UKIP leader Nigel Farage warned that the UK is facing another wave of mass migration, after Brussels bureaucrats opened the gates of Europe to Turkey's 75million citizens. read


What REALLY happens during an emergency on a plane, from what the pilot is doing to how to increase your chances of survival

Aeroplane disasters are a top fear for travellers, but what really goes on in an emergency and how can you be prepared? Learn what happens behind the scenes and how to be crash-ready. read


Court victory for Jon Platt who refused to pay school holiday fine

Jon Platt, from the Isle of Wight, spent £1,000 on lawyers' fees while challenging the fine - but his victory could provide relief for thousands of parents who want to save money on family holidays. read


American writes to the Queen asking her to take back the USA because of Republican presidential candidates

An American fed up with the Republican presidential candidate race wrote a letter to the Queen asking her to take back the USA and surprisingly he got a royal reply. read


Nigella Lawson's favourite coconut oil could be worse for you than butter 

She's never shied away from tradition and the use of lots of fattening dairy goodies in her recipes. But for her latest book Nigella Lawson has taken a different style, featuring 'healthy' fad foods read


50 Shades of Grey and a spanking that left James Austin dialling 999 and Elvira Blakemore in court

The private passions of NHS GP Elvira Blakemore and her multi-millionaire lover James Austin ended in an ugly courtroom showdown, after he accused of of giving him a brutal caning. read


North Korean defector reveals the truth behind Kim Jong-un’s staged public appearances

Kim Jong-un always appears to receive an over-enthusiastic round of applause whenever he makes a speech at his rallies but now a North Korean defector has revealed why. read


NCA launches investigation into claims police protected Stephen Lawrence's murderers

A new investigation has been launched by the National Crime Agency into allegations police corruption protected the murderers of black teenager Stephen Lawrence. read


TFI Friday returns with U2, Take That and Chris Evans' ex wife Billie Piper

With U2 opening and closing the show, Take That performing their new single and Irish actress Saoirse Ronan on the guest list, it was a packed hour. read


Men accused of plotting Lee-Rigby style attack filmed themselves stamping on remembrance symbol 

Nadir Syed, his cousin Yousaf Syed and Haseeb Hamayoon are said to have been encouraged to launch an attack in November last year, London's Woolwich Crown Court heard. read


British man described as Abu Hamza's personal assistant sentenced to 20 years in jail

Haroon Aswat, 41, right, sat impassively as a judge gave him the maximum sentence possible for helping to try and set up a terrorist training camp in America under orders from Abu Hamza, right. read


Set me free so I won't miss my daughter's 18th birthday: Shaker Aamer, the last Briton in Guantanamo Bay appeals for immediate release 

Briton Shaker Aamer, who has been held and allegedly tortured in the notorious Guantanamo Bay for nearly 14 years, last saw his now A-level pupil daughter Johina when she was four. read


US envoy says recent Iran missile test 'was a clear violation' of UN sanctions

Iran's recent ballistic missile test was 'a clear violation' of U.N. sanctions, and the United States will seek action from the Security Council, U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power said Friday. read


Lamar Odom comes out of coma and speaks to Khloe Kardashian about his children

Lamar Odom has awoken from his coma and spoken to his ex-wife Khloe Kardashian, three days after he was found unconscious at a Nevada brothel. read


Lamar Odom ranted about the Kardashians forcing split from Khloe

Odom, who is critically ill after collapsing following a four day bender at a legal brothel in Nevada, was seen injecting the potentially deadly mixture of cocaine and heroin or methadone. read


Khloe Kardashian hits back at Dennis Hof of brothel where Lamar Odom was found

Dennis Hof, owner of the Love Ranch Vegas in Pahrump, said on Wednesday that he had told a publicist for the TV family to 'go to hell' after they asked him to not speak to the media. read


Lamar Odom's children Destiny and Lamar Jr. release heartfelt statement

Lamar Odom's children Lamar Jr. and Destiny have released a statement about their father just hours after visiting his bedside in a Las Vegas hospital. read


The Kardashians to support Lamar Odom by suspending their subscription apps

The Kardashians have suspended activity on their paid-for apps while they focus on the recovery of Lamar Odom. read


Lamar Odom spent nights at strip clubs and social media chatted with a transexual prostitute

The troubled NBA great became a regular at a Las Vegas strip club where he appeared to simply want to talk to the girls, and befriended transsexual porn star Madison Montag on Instagram. read


Six degrees of FRANCIS BACON interactive relationship maps shows historical figures friends of friends

The site, created by Carnegie Melon University, currently identifies more than 13,000 people and highlights around 200,000 relationships from between 1500 and 1700. read


New Barbie advert films girls acting out their dream jobs as vets and football coaches

Hidden cameras film five young girls acting out their dream jobs in the US in an inspirational new Barbie advert which attempts to break the brand's stereotype. read


Are YOU smart enough to join Mensa? Take the test to see if your IQ measures up

Mensa has revealed the head-scratching questions it uses to select new members to FEMAIL. Take the quiz to see if you can beat the 250 children under 12 who are already members of the society. read


Artificial intelligence breakthrough as intuition algorithm beats humans in data test

MIT's system was able to out-perform humans in a series of tasks designed to look for patterns in data - beating human intuition. read


Binner on his way to Swiss clinic has announced his assisted suicide on LinkedIn

Simon Binner, 57, has updated his page on the professional networking site to announce the upcoming date of his death - and even the date of his funeral. read


Loot from Hatton Garden vault raid 'recovered' from a graveyard

Gangster Danny Jones, 58, led the police to where he buried his share of the spoils in Edmonton Cemetery, London. Jones has already admitted his part in the heist, which took place in April. read


Paul Simon Abeledo given a SECOND week off to complete a duathlon in Australia 

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Simon Abeledo, who works at Rush Green Primary School in London, travelled to Australia to compete in the World Championships earlier this week. read


What single women REALLY say when men aren’t around revealed in toe-curling vide

Dating guru Hayley Quinn, 28, from London, highlights how needy women can sound when their crush isn't showing enough interest - and they're following his every move on the internet. read


Wirral girl died after setting fire to her cotton dress with a lighter she found

Liverpool coroner Andre Rebello told an inquest it anyone who buys or holds a lighter is responsible for 'keeping children safe' after Keira-Leigh Garland, from the Wirral, died so tragically. read


Sgt Jonathan Frost shoots dead unarmed Deven Guilford in Michigan

Deven Guilford, 17, was pulled over by Jonathan Frost, of Eaten County's Sheriff's Department in Michigan, in February after flashing the officer because he believed his brights were on. read


Ssocial experiment reveals how toddlers choose cleaning products before their own toys

A shocking social experiment shows children picking dangerous products over a toy. The Dutch public service advert was made after 7,500 chemical accidents recorded in the country. read


Britain's oldest woman Gladys Hooper has hip replacement at 112

Gladys Hooper, 112, of Ryde, Isle of Wight, fractured her hip after falling while getting out of bed. Doctors decided to operate, judging the benefits of the procedure outweighed the risks. read


Banksy's Dismaland is dismantled to create shelters for refugees in Calais

Makeshift huts have started to spring up in 'Dismalaid' using timber from Banksy's 'bemusement park' which closed last month. read


Lynn Stallard jailed for life for murdering her housebound and disabled partner

Lynn Stallard, 67, suffocated 68-year-old Louis Spires as he lay on a settee in their home in Louth, Lincolnshire, after they got into a dispute and she 'snapped', a court was told. read


Iraqi relatives weep for refugee who drowned during crossing from Turkey to Lesbos

A 65-year-old Iraqi grandmother drowned at the bottom of a migrant boat after the boat filled with water whilst crossing from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos. read


Refugees dash for Hungary after minister announced it will close border with Croatia

Thousands of migrants are now rushing towards the Croatian border, pictured, to get into Hungary, which announced it will impose strict controls at midnight that could lead migrants stranded. read


Refugee women are forced to become €10-a-time prostitutes at German asylum camps

Germany – which is braced for up to 1.5million asylum seekers this year – has seen a spike in violence at registration centres as conditions deteriorate and tempers boil over. read


Daniel Rye Ottosen was forced by ISIS Jihadi John to sing Eagles' Hotel California

A new book by the last Western hostage freed by ISIS in Syria chronicles the chilling torture meted out to Dane Daniel Rye Ottosen by British terrorist Mohammed Emwazi, nicknamed Jihadi John. read


Turkish warplanes shoot down 'unidentified aircraft' near Syrian border

Turkish warplanes shot down an aircraft of unidentified nationality in Turkish air space near the Syrian border today after issuing it with three warnings. read


Texas mom reveals why her entire family of SEVEN sleeps in the same bed

Elizabeth, 35, and Tom Boyce, 44, from Plano, Texas, combined two IKEA beds to create a single sleeping structure for themselves and their five small children and say everyone loves it. read


CPS told Met Police to drop the rape case against Leon Brittan 3 times

The Met decided to press ahead with the case against Lord Brittan in November – just two months before he died – despite concluding ‘there was not a strong case’ against him. read


Child abuse victims' testimony lost after 'share your experience' section is DELETED

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) - which was set up last July under New Zealand judge Lowell Goddard (pictured) - has apologised for the embarrassing blunder read


Tony Blair's former protection officer is jailed for swindling £50,000 benefits

Vaughan Dodds, 45, a former officer with Durham Police, claimed he had been left house bound by his ME, and said he could only manage to walk for five minutes without being in severe discomfort. read


Zac Goldsmith faces being hauled before MPs over unfounded VIP sex abuse slurs 

Mr Goldsmith, alongside Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson, has been at the forefront of a controversial campaign to expose an alleged establishment cover up of child abuse. read


Adele Bellis scarred in acid attack speaks out as boyfriend is jailed

Jealous and controlling Anthony Riley, 26, of Lowestoft, Suffolk, has been jailed for life for arranging a sickening acid attack on his ex-girlfriend, Adele Bellis, 23, a beautician. read


ITV2 to pay over £4m in damages to Neville Hendricks over Peter Andre dispute

Mr Justice Flaux last week ruled the channel must pay Mr H TV Ltd, the company owned by Mr Hendricks, 'substantial damages' due to a breach of contract involving the Australian singer. read


How smoking REALLY affects the body, from stomach ulcers and acne to infertility

Smokers are twice as likely to be infertile and more likely to develop ulcers and bowel disorders such as Crohn's, according to an interactive tool by online clinic HealthExpress.co.uk. read


90 minutes of sleep after learning 'helps you remember new facts and skills'

Scientists at the University of Geneva found those who slept after learning experienced greater activity in the hippocampus - an area of the brain critical for forming memories. read


Uber IS legal rules judge in latest round of battle with cab drivers

Transport for London (TfL) had sought clarification as to whether the smartphone app breaks the law by operating in the same way as meters used by more strictly regulated black cabs to calculate fares. read


The home the Queen gave to Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson is finally pulled down

The 12-bedroom Sunninghill Park in Berkshire is a shadow of its former splendour and now has broken windows and boarded-up entrances, just eight years after the prince sold it. read


Pontypool optician who fell down the stairs was found dead the next morning

Ellen Hitchings is believed to have fallen at her family home in Pontypool, south Wales, after a night out on June 20. Gwent coroner David Bowen recorded a verdict of accidental death today. read


David Beckham boasts mammoth £6.5m earnings in first year of RETIREMENT

The windfall is detailed in accounts filed by his Footwork Productions firm, which generates income from Beckham’s name and image rights. read


Salmond demands £500million for Scotland in exchange for SNP backing a third runway at Heathrow

The former First Minister of Scotland – who is one of 55 SNP MPs in the House of Commons – made the ransom demand in the middle of the party's conference in Aberdeen today. read


Milko Ostendorf 'was fired from Barclays so boss could take credit for idea'

Milko Ostendorf worked for Barclays Capital Services in 2010 when he claims he came up with a genius solution to a dispute between the firm and a client over a £51.48m fee, a London tribunal heard. read


M6 at a standstill in West Midlands after a horse gets stuck in its horsebox

The animal went berserk after it got trapped in its trailer on a slip road as it was being driven northbound near junction 10 of the M6 in Walsall, West Midlands read


Becky Watts trial hears how her stepbrother and girlfriend joked about kidnapping

Becky's stepbrother Nathan Matthews and his girlfriend Shauna Hoare are accused of killing the 16-year-old during a 'sexually motivated' kidnap plot at her home in Bristol in February read


Arsenal-mad Jerrell Elie killed at a house party days after Kids Company closed

Jerrell Elie died after being found in Brixton, south London, with head injuries on Saturday August 8. There is no evidence to say if Kids Company's closure played any role in the schoolboy's death. read


Lincolnshire police appeal for help after teenage sweethearts run away together

Kim Edwards and Lucas Markham (pictured), both just 14, have not come home since Monday and were last seen leaving their school in Spalding, Lincolnshire together read


Mahmudul Choudhury who posted picture of Hitler on Facebook is banned from the classroom

Mahmudul Choudhury, 36, pictured, from Tower Hamlets, shared the sick post of Hitler saying: 'I could have killed all the Jews but I left some of them to let you know why I was killing them.' read


Letter from dog to Pets At Home after his owner buys him a winter coat goes viral 

Disgruntled dog, Henry Bear the Border Terrier, from Cleveland, wrote a letter to his local Pets at Home story. The six-month-old puppy complained that his new coat made him 'feel silly'. read


Christians living in Sweden have been told to 'convert or die' by ISIS

Markus Samuelsson, one of 3,000 Assyrian Christians living in Gothenburg, said he found the walls of his restaurant covered with the messages 'convert or die' and 'the caliphate is here'. read


Russia tries to cut itself off from the World Wide Web as Kremlin attempts to clamp down on internet freedoms

Russia has run tests to find out whether it can cut the country off from the World Wide Web, it has been claimed. The experiment, carried out in the spring, reportedly failed. read


Texan man complains that photographer Photoshopped wife’s wrinkles

Boudoir photographer Victoria Halton, from San Antonio, Texas, posted a heartening email she received from a client's husband after retouching the woman's pictures on her Facebook page. read


Vintage Nestle poster reveals Christopher Catling's inspiration over the KitKat

A vintage Nestle wrapper has revealed the secret behind Kit Kat's name. Historians have found out the bars got their moniker from a 17th Century London pastry chef called George Catlin. read


Tory voter blasts Amber Rudd on Question Time over tax credits cut

Michelle Dorrell, a nail salon owner from Folkestone, attacked energy secretary Amber Rudd for backing a move that will see millions of poor working families losing up to £1,300. read


Hull woman discovers she is pregnant on the day she is due to start IVF

Amber Worth, 26, from Hull, was told she would never have a natural birth after being diagnosed with polycystic ovaries at the age of 19. Baby Luca was born last year. read


Catherine Keeney who had a DOUBLE mastectomy bares her scars in Facebook post

Catherine Keeney, 30, from Scotland, underwent a bilateral mastectomy in March after learning she had a 97% risk of getting breast cancer. She has blogged about her recovery online. read


Lord Lucan's son George Bingham launches court bid to declare him dead

Lord Lucan's son and heir, George Bingham argues the document would close a mystery that started with the disappearance of his father shortly after the death of the family’s nanny. read


Bisha K Ali's Facebook post details comments women get throughout their lives

London comedian Bisha K Ali posted a list of nonsensical judgements women hear throughout life. It's been shared over 1,000 times with comments including 'so much truth'. read


Baby orangutan found mummified in a box is nursed back to health in West Borneo

The team from International Animal Rescue believed the corpse-like creature to be dead when they found him resting with his tiny arms folded across his lifeless body in West Borneo. read


Expert reveals the best ways to nod off all night from eating bread and bananas to listening to broadbasts

Our bodies repair overnight, so a lack of sleep affects skin, immunity, stress levels and can lead to disease long term, says stress expert and nutritionist Charlotte Watts. read


What makes superglue so sticky? Infographic reveals the chemistry of the adhesive

Teacher Andy Brunning, based in Cambridge, explains how the glue's secret lies in cyanoacrylate, a substance once thought completely useless as it was so sticky. read


Skype Links lets you take calls without installing apps or creating accounts

Skype links can be generated from Skype for Windows, for Mac and for Web. These changes are being rolled out to in the US and UK from today and the rest of the world 'over the next couple of weeks.' read


Ann Crawford scoops £250,000 jackpot on Deal or No Deal and is left stunned

Widow Ann Crawford, from Manchester, beat the banker to take home a quarter of a million pounds, becoming just the eighth person in the Channel 4 show's 10-year history to win the jackpot. read


Stunned driver spots Batman’s iconic car parked in the street in Dubai 

A hilarious video captures the moment a car enthusiast caught the Batmobile parked up on a street in Dubai. Batman's crime-fighting vehicle is cross between a Lamborghini and a tank. read


Joshua Bonehill-Paine who said disabled people should be exterminated is cleared

Joshua Bonehill-Paine, 22, was in charged over two articles posted on far-right websites, including one promoting eugenics - the practice of killing people whose DNA is seen as inferior. read


Romanian mother arrested in UK with baby she planned to sell to Spanish couple

The Romanian mother, 19, is suspected of trying to sell the now six-week-old newborn to a Spanish couple for £11,000. The child was found safe and well in Cardiff Bay. read


Hilarious photos show the dogs that immediately regretted their life choices

These photos have been taken at the precise moment these pets realised that their ambitious idea wasn't such a good one after all. read


Girl loses her battle with cancer after doctors initially misdiagnosed it

Rachel Salcie, from Buckley, North Wales, developed a lump on her hip just six weeks after she was born, but doctors insisted the protrusion was a relatively minor ailment. read


Are these the world's prettiest URINALS? Garden centre installs incredible flower toilets in men's bathroom

A visitor to Gates Nurseries Garden Centre in Leicestershire captured this pretty surreal footage of the funky bathroom in full bloom. read


Blister video shows swelling that covers man's entire PALM being popped

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. The man, who uploaded the video under the username The Most ProNoob, explains the enormous blister formed after he suffered second degree burns. read


Mothers unwilling to believe their offspring are obese are fuelling the obesity epidemic

Irish scientists found while women were mostly honest and accurate about their own weight, only 17 per cent of mothers of obese children recognised their child was too fat. read


How Halloween costume trends have evolved over the past 115 years

When the celebration of Halloween started to grow in popularity in America at the turn of the 20th century, women were creating their own eerie costumes and papier-mâché masks at home. read


Ted Richardshas his EARS cut off to look more like his pet parrots

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Ted Richards, 56, from Bristol had the surgery in tribute to his four pet parrots. Ted has 110 tattoos, 50 piercings and a split tongue read


El Chapo 'is suffering from injuries' after showdown with Mexican marines last week

Sinaloa Cartel boss El Chapo Guzman may have escaped Mexican marines hunting him in the Sierra Madre mountains last week after a fierce firefight, but it seems he did not get away unharmed. read


Singapore dad reveals secret footage showing his housemaid kick his 2-year-old daughter

Footage shows the innocent toddler sitting on the floor before the maid lashes out with her foot causing the little girl to tumble sideways and face first on to the hard surface. read


Nick Gargan told to resign over sexting claims FINALLY quits

Nick Gargan resignation was accepted by police and crime commissioner Sue Mountstevens with immediate effect. He leaves with a £45,000 pay-off, just 17 months after he was suspended. read


Bill Leech reunited with wallet he lost in France 55 YEARS ago

Bill Leech, 73, a grandfather-of-two, was stunned when he was reunited with a wallet he lost as a student in a French bar 55 years ago. read


Man brings puppy back to life with First Aid skills as he pumps its chest

This video shows the heartwarming moment a man brings a lifeless puppy back from the dead after performing life-saving CPR. read


German police warn parents to stop putting photos of children on social media

Officers in Hagen, western Germany, urged mothers and fathers to think again before posting their pictures saying that children are entitled to privacy. read


DroneDefender 'gun' uses radio pulses to halt drones mid-air

The rifle-like anti-drone system, developed by Battelle Innovations in Columbus, Ohio, uses radio pulses to interrupt the communication system of the drone, tricking it into thinking it is out of range. read


Sacha Saucek who was crushed by a 47-STONE branch makes a miracle recovery

Sacha Saucek, from Wokingham, Bucks, was on a school outing to London's Richmond Park on July 10 when his arms, right leg, pelvis, spine and five ribs were broken in the freak accident. read


Scott Kelly becomes US astronaut to spend the most time in space after 383 days on the ISS

The 51-year-old, who is part of Nasa's 'One Year mission' has beaten Mike Fincke, a two-time space station resident, who was the previous record holder at 382 days. read


YouTube video shows Higgs the dog who hates the alarm clock

A Video posted to YouTube by American Tod Witman this week stars Witman's dog Higgs who hates the alarm and by the looks of it would rather have a lie-in than play. read


Charlotte Tilbury's PA stole her debit card while she worked with Kate Moss and Amal Clooney 

Natasha Joyce-Baron (pictured), 34, former PA to Charlotte Tilbury, faces jail after admitting 15 counts of fraud by abuse of position at Hammersmith Magistrates’ Court. read


Ayesha Vardag says challenging divorce settlements means 'end of lying husbands'

A new ruling gives divorcees the right to challenge settlements made in previous court proceedings. Family law firm president Ayesha Vardag tells FEMAIL why this is a good thing. read


Twin sisters selling the Bondi home they have shared for the last 80 YEARS

Twin sisters Margaret and Patricia Hipsley have lived together in the same house for almost ninety years but recently they made the momentous decision to change address. read


Lawyers ‘will fly out to serve Freddie Starr with £1m writ’ over legal bill he owes

The comedian, who now lives on the Costa del Sol in Spain, faced financial ruin after losing a High Court court case against Karin Ward who claimed he groped her when she was 15. read


South Yorkshire boy left partially blinded after nurse got glue in his eye

When Clayton Cross fell over in the school playground and gashed his head, medics at Barnsley Hospital in South Yorkshire decided to glue the cut together. read


3 people charged with assisting Clayton Williams in PC David Phillips killing

Georgia Clarke, 19, Dawn Cooper, 34, and Michael Smith, 19, who are all from Wallasey, Merseyside, appeared at Wirral Magistrates' Court following the 34-year-old's death last week. read


Researchers uncover The REAL science of zombies vs plants

Zombie vs plants may have become a hit game, but now researchers say they have uncovered the process which allows real flowering plants to be turned into 'zombies'. read


Errol Cornish denies manslaughter of Frances Cappuccini who died after Caesarean section

Errol Cornish, 67, is charged in connection with the death of Frances Cappuccini, who died at Tunbridge Wells Hospital in Kent after giving birth to her son on October 9, 2012. read


Andrew Moran and Paul Erskine will go to jail for stabbing 2 men to death

Andrew Moran, 19, was found guilty of two counts of murder and Paul Erskine, 19, was convicted of one charge of murder and one of culpable homicide, following a trial in Glasgow. read


Adult-sized Cozy Coupe children's car is being sold for £21,500 on eBay

John Bitmead, from Bicester, Oxfordshire, spent four months creating his version of the car and copied every detail from the yellow roof, to glassless windows and over-sized drinks holder. read


Monde Mbolombo who helped arrange Anni Dewani's murder reveals his remorse

Monde Mbolombo broke his silence to speak to MailOnline after the bride's husband Shrien Dewani accused him and his accomplices of being 'proven liars' who 'got away with murder'. read


Richard Attenborough's Jurassic Park cane and Gandhi glasses to be auctioned off

The much-loved actor and director, who died aged 90 in August 2014, worked in the industry for more than 65 years and won two Oscars. His family are now auctioning hundreds of items. read


Coronal hole that is 50 EARTHS-wide spotted on star by NASA

Captured by Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory, the region occurs where a magnetic field fails to loop back down to the sun's surface and instead sends out coronal material. read


Nasa's Cassini captures Saturn's moon Enceladus in unprecedented detail

The images were captured by Nasa's Cassini spacecraft during its 14 October flyby of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus. Cassini passed 1,142 miles (1,839km) above the surface. read


James B Donovan's family reveals life of lawyer immortalised by Tom Hanks

James B Donovan is often reduced to a footnote in the history books, but the insurance lawyer played a vital role in many defining events of the 20th century - one of which is the focus for Spielberg's new film. read


University of Sterling Professor designs the 'nation's perfect car'

If someone asked you what the perfect car looks like, we bet you wouldn't image it looking like this. Using public feedback, a university professor pieced together the 'dream look'. read


Rents continue to rise and hit record high of £816 a month with those in London paying 12% more than last year

The cost of living might be going down, but private rents continued to rise last month, hitting a new high of £816 per month in September across England and Wales, data shows. read


Majestic Wine manager walks into bedroom of his house to find a FOX on his bed

Luke MacWilliam heard a noise in his ground-floor room at the house he shares in Ealing London. He watched on as a fox jumped on his bed and also urinated in the middle of it. read


Woman on London bus launches racist rant at Muslim women calling them Isis b****es’

In what appears to have started because two of the Muslim women were speaking their own language on the bus, the foul-mouthed woman, pictured, goes on an ignorant rant. read


Hull schoolboy was left lying in the rain because there were no ambulances available

Max Robinson had been climbing up onto an information board at Sutton Park Primary in Hull, East Yorkshire, when he fell around 4ft on to his back on Wednesday afternoon. read


Never-before-seen eye-witness account of the iceberg that sank the Titanic

The eye-witness account from a steward on German liner Prinz Adalbert is virtually unknown after spending nearly 100 years hanging alongside the photo, pictured, in the boardroom of a law firm. read


Nurse with Crohn's unveils range of lingerie to make women feel sexy again

Jasmine Stacey, 24, from Bournemouth, realised how conventional underwear didn't flatter her body once she had an ileostomy bag fitted after having part of her small intestine removed. read


Mother who received kidney transplant meets parents of Ashni Parmar who saved her

Gemma Sturge, 30, from King's Lynn, Norfolk, was on the brink of death before she was given the organ from Ashni Parmar, 12 who died. She now has a two-year-old son and another baby on the way. read


MC Escher's optical illusions are set to have fans questioning reality

The enigmatic Dutch draftman's gravity-defying work will baffle a new generation of admirers as more than 100 pictures go on display at Dulwich Picture Gallery in London. read


Scio uses beams of light to analyse the amount of fat, carbs and proteins in food

The device (pictured), designed by Consumer Physics, an Israeli company, works by uses beams of light to analyse the molecular ‘signature’ of whatever it is scanning. read


Relatives of Lockerbie victims 'delighted' by identification of 2 Libyan suspects

Scottish Police yesterday revealed they want to speak to the suspects, believed to be Colonel Gaddafi's brother-in-law and his technical expert, in connection with the terror attack, which killed 270. read


Chinese pupil left bloodied after teacher brutally beat him with BROOMSTICKS

A young pupil from Chongqing, China, was savagely spanked by his teacher for handing in poor homework. The teacher has been banned from teaching in his school for three years. read


Calais refugee camp has DOUBLED in size to 6k people according to French authorities

Officials say the figure has jumped up by around 3,000 in the past three weeks alone with hundreds more migrants joining the sprawl of tents and shanties around the north coast port. read


Labour MPs attacked by Jeremy Corbyn supporters after being 'named and shamed'

Some 21 Labour MPs refused to vote against the Chancellor’s controversial ‘fiscal charter’ – forcing governments to spend less than they raise in taxes – in the Commons on Wednesday. read


The YouTubers who have racked up armies of fans and millions of dollars

A ranking by Forbes lists the site's top stars by pre-tax earnings, with Swedish video game vlogger Felix Kjellberg, or Pew Die Pie, taking the top spot with $12million in the year ending June 1. read


Dubai-based gulf company to build £3.3b Bosnian tourist city near Sarajevo

The Balkans country of 3.8 million people, 40 percent of whom are Muslims, has registered a significant increase in visitors from Gulf states such as UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia in recent years. read


Man hit with £1k medical bill after falling ill on a Island Escape cruise ship

George Wilkinson, from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, was travelling on board the Island Escape around Spain and the south of France when he suffered a vertigo attack. read


Woolly mammoth tusks reveal they WERE wiped out by hunters

Researchers from University of Michigan found chemical clues about weaning age - when a calf stops nursing - embedded in the tusks of juvenile Siberian woolly mammoths. read


Cheshire woman worked non-stop to afford 32G breast implants in time for wedding

Sharon Knight, 32, from Cheshire, who took a second job in B&Q, has confessed her husband Paul, 31, has told her he misses her 32B 'bee stings'. read


Vote for your favourite Bond Girl: Pussy Galore, Honey Ryder, Jinx and Strawberry Fields

Ahead of the release of new James Bond film Spectre, FEMAIL looks back at the spy's most iconic sultry seductresses and helpless heiresses. Now cast your vote in our poll for your favourite. read


St Annes, Lancashire man put his £190k house on Facebook

Josh Hocking, pictured right, 22, bought the two bedroom, semi-detached property in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, last December and spent £60,000 on renovations. read


Is this what the Palace of Westminster would look like if the gunpowder plot had succeeded?

Computer-generated images depict an imaginary Catholic London, with Parliament replaced by a princess' castle and a monastery standing in what is now the City. read


London landlord offers £1-a-month room in exchange for IT skills

Adam Mughal, of Stratford, east London, will forgo the £600-plus monthly rent he could make letting out the double room so long as his new tenant is an IT expert who can help him develop an app read


Princess Sofia and Prince Carl Philip release photos to announce pregnancy

Princess Sofia and Prince Carl-Philip have released new photographs to mark the announcement of the arrival of their first child. The Swedish royals are seen smiling in the posed shots. read


Woman finds love with her late husband's best friend after he lost his battle with cancer

Michelle Grantham, 29, Bicester, was devastated when her partner Jamie lost his battle to cancer in 2007 but has now found happiness again after falling in love with his best friend Kevin. read


How Neil Strauss gave up his sex-addicted life to win back his one true love

Best-selling author of The Game, Neil Strauss reveals the spicy details of his debauchery and road to recovery in his new book, The Truth. He is now married and has a baby boy named Tenn. read


Pictures show the rites of voodoo where followers become 'possessed' by spirits

Since 1990, photographer, Les Stone from New York has dedicated two-and-a-half decades to visiting Haiti 200 times to photograph hundreds of enchanting spiritual moments. read


Toddler bursts into tears in Whole Foods because the cheese isn't stinky enough

This humorous clip was posted to YouTube by mum Chris, from Colorado, who said that her son has 'very refined taste' and will only eat 'stinky cheese and fancy crackers'. read


Lab-grown burgers from bovine stem cells will be on the menu by 2020

Peter Verstrate, head of a new firm working with Maastricht University, said he was confident that the burgers would be available to buy within five years. read


Text neck seen in shocking X-rays of teenagers

Dr James Carter, based north of Sydney, has released a number of X-rays of teenagers with abnormally curved spines, including a 16-year-old girl (shown) who is developing a hunchback. read


Vladimir Putin is 'genuinely lovely', says Elton John’s husband David Furnish

Vladimir Putin called Sir Elton last month after the star was tricked by two Russian comedians pretending to be the president. His politeness impressed the singer's husband David Furnish. read


Rise of London’s emerging ‘posh’ areas as such as South Acton and Peckham Rye

Wealthy buyers under 35 are shunning traditional exclusive enclaves of London, such as Chelsea and Kensington, in favour of 'edgier' locations loved by those who work in the media and arts industries. read


The £6.6m Ferrari with 100k on the clock and flaking paint

The 1960 Ferrari 250 GT that sold for £6.6m at a charity auction was far from museum ready - 100,000 miles on the clock, blemished paint and leaking oil are some of the signs of wear and tear. read


Some 1.2 million admit driving cars in an 'unroadworthy' condition

The cost of having a car repaired is forcing many drivers to go without their vehicles, though some are putting themselves and other motorists at risk by driving cars they know are not roadworthy. read


My Daddy Is A Soldier Adventures photos capture servicemen and their children

Military charity My Daddy Is A Soldier Adventures has released a calendar of photos showing moments between soldiers and their children. Hundreds of touching photos were entered with 12 chosen. read


Adorable moment a cute puppy wages war on a pumpkin

The footage, which was taken in America, was uploaded to Jackie Ocean's YouTube channel in October. Bilbo, the corgi, works out how to defeat the enemy by launching an attack on the pumpkin. read


Angelababy forced to undergo facial examination to prove her 'natural beauty'

Yang Ying, known as Angelababy, had a facial exam in Beijing yesterday. Court suggested the exam to prove she hasn't had plastic surgery as part of defamation case. Doctors confirmed natural beauty. read


Cumbria man survives cliff fall which caused 173 fractures and left him in a coma

Anton Turner, 42 of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, fell off a slag heap into the Walney channel. He suffered five brain bleeds and woke up from a coma with his memory seriously affected. read


Fidessa's Deepa Tumbe 'told worker he'd only eat lobster on his mum's breasts'

Deepa Tumber, a connectivity delivery manager at Surrey software firm, is facing a number of allegations from Fidessa colleagues Wendi Lancaster, pictured, and Fatrizia Nosal. read


US Catholics flock to see the skeletal remains of Saint Maria Goretti

Thousands of Catholics flocked to the Saint Francis Assisi Church in Orland Park on Wednesday to see the remains of Saint Maria Goretti, the patron saint of chastity and rape victims. read


The most outrageous hotel concierge requests revealed

No demand is too big for concierges at Le Bristol in Paris and London's The Lanesborough, who can go from making dinner reservations to filling a bathtub with Champagne for wealthy guests. read


Newcastle man pranked into 'balancing' egg on his head which is covered in glue

Believed to be from Newcastle, the man named Geoff swears at his friends while attempting in vain to remove the egg from the top of his head. read


Instagram hot spots that tourists risk their lives visiting for holiday snap

Tourists are pushing all boundaries to get daredevil travel pictures to post on their social media pages. Popular locations include Moscow Bridge which has seen a number of fatalities in recent years. read


Motorcyclist has his hair shampooed while on a highway in Taiwan

A motorcyclist was seen having his hair washed by his passenger while travelling on a highway in Taiwan. The pair were thought to be on their return journey after swimming in the sea. read


Impalas locking horns wins Royal Society of Biology's photography award

A striking image of male impala locking curly horns on the plains of Etosha National Park in Namibia has taken first place in the Royal Society of Biology's Photographer of the Year competition. read


Hospitals to hire more foreign nurses after Government U-turn on immigration

The announcement followed a damning report from the care watchdog which found that three quarters of hospitals were failing to meet key safety standards, partly due to a lack of senior nurses. read


Imogen the cute but confused koala mistakes a cameraman for a tree

Imogen the koala, from Symbio Wildlife Park in NSW, is fast becoming a furry film star as she takes centrestage in another online video - snuggling up to a cameraman after she climbed up his leg. read


The gigantic rat that attempted to sneak into a hotel but got stuck in the TOILET pictured

After calling staff at the unnamed US hotel upon hearing a mysterious scratching sound coming from the bowl, the guest discovered the rodent was lodged in the pipes. read


How to create the perfect Snapchat rainbow vomit makeup for Halloween

A brilliant Halloween makeup how-to from YouTube beauty channel GettingPretty provides instructions for recreating Snapchat's vomit rainbow filter using makeup. read


Chinese mother who shackles son's arms to his ankles for being 'lazy'

A Chinese mother has been filmed marching behind her 17-year-old son, who has his left arm chained to his ankle as punishment for being lazy around the house. read


Beckah Shae and Shocklee family film Meghan Trainor parody video to announce pregnancy

Rebecca and Jack Shocklee, from California, filmed their version Meghan Trainor's Lips Are Moving with their daughters Grace and Joy to announce Rebecca is expecting her third child. read


Mac on... Divorcees Supreme Court battle to increase settlements built on lies

'You know what to do, Simpkins - saunter casually past and check what the lying scumbag's got in his tin mug' read


Emma Thompson eats up to 20 SPONGES a day after soaking them in Fairy liquid 

Emma Thompson, from Wallsend, North Tyneside, started chewing on bath sponges when she was just three years old before discovering she liked the taste of kitchen ones better. read


Bristol's Lee and Paul Brailsford put up their £20k Christmas lights display early

Brothers Lee, left, and Paul Brailsford have spent 20 years and more than £20,000 building up their bumper festive decorations in Bentry, Bristol. read


Nepal buildings and Birmingham pool make a list of endangered heritage sites

An Edwardian Swimming pool in Birmingham, an ancient Greek underwater city and the heritage buildings of Nepal have made the World Monuments Fund's list of endangered cultural sites read


Video shows goats perched on 16ft-high branches to nibble on berries

North African goats are huge fans of the argan fruit that grows on trees and scale the branches to nibble on the berries. They leave the hard nuts in their droppings, which are used to produce argan oil. read


Buckingham Palace prepares to welcome China's President Xi Jinping

The Mall, leading from the Queen's official home to Trafalgar Square, was decked out with the flags of China and the UK in honour of Xi Jinping, who will be hosted by Her Majesty next week. read


Knoll House Hotel that inspired Enid Blyton's Famous Five on sale for £15m

Situated in four acres of gardens and woodlands, Knoll House Hotel in Studland Dorset which is said to have inspired Enid Blyton's Famous Five adventures has gone on sale for £15 million. read


The network of bridges that a million Indian people rely on to commute the River Ganges

More than a million Indian people rely on a network of precarious wooden bridges, each more than half a mile long, to make their daily commute across the River Ganges, in Uttar Pradesh, India. read