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A sensational leaked White House memo shows that Blair had given an unqualified pledge to sign up to the conflict a year before the 2003 invasion started - despite public statements to the contrary. read

A series of worrying reports on Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire has revealed that inmates come under intense pressure to convert to Islam. read

A supporter of the terror group Hamas donated £2,000 to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership campaign, it has been alleged. Dr Ibrahim Hamami spoke out on Facebook in support of current spate of violence. read

This leaked memo proves what I believed all along: Tony Blair effectively agreed to be a front man for U.S. foreign policy without Parliament's say, writes the former shadow home secretary. read

A female German aid worker who was kidnapped by armed Taliban fighters in Afghanistan has been released today and is in good health.The woman had been kidnapped two months ago. read

German mayoral candidate Henriette Reker has been stabbed in the neck in a brutal attack believed to be because of her support for refugees, in the western city of Cologne. read

The 31-year-old man went for a swim at South Curl Curl beach, northern Sydney, around 7pm yesterday after fishing nearby with a friend, who raised the alarm when he did not return. read

The Duchess of Cambridge's younger sister looked the picture of happiness when spotted with Nico three weeks ago but looks troubled and careworn since the split just days ago. read

Sir Alan Fersht made his astonishing comments after second-year students were caught on CCTV encouraging first years to drink shots as part of a Freshers’ Week initiation ceremony. read

Newsreader Jane Hill, 46, revealed the difficulties in coming out as a lesbian, a struggle she believes the younger generation will no longer face, thanks to model Cara Delevingne and Sue Perkins. read

A close relative of Camila Batmanghelidjh’s driver Jeton ‘Tony’ Cavolli was among a small group who accepted a total of £750,000 of private healthcare courtesy of Kids Company last year. read

Annie Teriba, who resigned as Oxford University Students Association’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual women’s representative had tried to downplay the assaults, it was claimed. read

The forthright 44-year- old Location, Location, Location host is passionate that women who also have a risk of developing breast cancer know the facts about her choice. read

A survey has found many under-30s prefer to eat one-handed with a fork. The findings suggest a new etiquette may become norm for future generations. read

Deborah Schipper, a self-confessed Sydney foodie and lover of sweets, has answered the prayers of every struggling dieter with her new 'cake cleanse' program. read

James Bond star Sir Roger Moore may have once had a licence to thrill, but since being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, the actor admits to giving up dry martinis to keep his sugar consumption in check. read

This fascinating final instalment reveals how he mined his experiences with MI5 and MI6 to transform himself from secret agent David Cornwell to bestselling author John le Carré... read

Controversial property tycoons the Candy brothers, Nick (pictured with wife Holly Valance) and Christian, are being sued for £132m in a case in which they are accused of 'extortion' and 'threats'. read

While a third of children and up to 45 per cent of teenagers are said to chew their fingers, astonishingly, five per cent of adults continue to do so too – that's three million people in the UK alone. read

Colour Sergeant Albert Thomson, pictured, from Peterborough, lost his leg in Iraq in 2003 and was given £50,000, but Cpt Thomas Henderson, was awarded £500,000 for stress after shooting him. read

A former detective was paid £21,000 to pass on confidential details of defendants’ legal cases while secretly working for the Metropolitan Police, an inquiry into undercover policing has been told. read

Mr Blair was rebuked by the late Cardinal Basil Hume for regularly attending a Catholic church with wife Cherie and their children. Now the rule is set to be relaxed. read

Spain's former king Juan Carlos viewed his daughter-in-law as a threat before she married his son, now King Felipe VI. A book claims he laughed at her with friends, calling her 'La chacha' - the maid. read

The German car giant admitted it had removed the Queen's official standard from their communications following the criticisms over the worldwide emissions-cheating scandal. read

The American engineers who discovered that Volkswagen used a ‘cheat device’ to pass emissions tests originally wanted to test Mercedes and BMW vehicles, but the cars were too pricey to rent. read

A leaked Commons report on the world's most famous clock has revealed that Big Ben is so dilapidated that its giant hands could fall off. MPs discussed a £29.9m plan for 'urgent' repairs. read

Also known as albino or snowball pumpkins, the polar bear variety has been fashionable for many years in the US, where they are popular as table decorations. read

Tara King, 19, was spotted cosying up to the 32-year-old Hollywood heart-throb in the crowd at Twickenham as England played Australia in the Rugby World Cup earlier this month. read

The rock star said the BBC had paid Sir Patrick – who presented The Sky At Night for more than 50 years – ‘a pittance’ and ‘had never really looked after him’. read

GP Clare Nettleton was suspended from her job in the Somerset village of Williton, after having affairs with two patients. Villagers are scandalised to hear she will walk into a new job just 20 miles away. read

The five-minute footage was taken on the 206 bus which was travelling along Knatchbull Road, Willesden, The clip shows a black woman, with a child in a pram, taunting two Muslim women. read

If a Three customer calls the Strictly Come Dancing vote line from November 3, the call could now be 60p per minute, instead of 40p previously, uSwitch said. read

Anna Chudy, 35, is believed to have left Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow, north-west London, with a man on Friday morning after giving birth to a healthy baby boy on Thursday. read

Michelle Dorrell, who runs a nail salon from her home in Kent, stunned energy secretary Amber Rudd into silence with her impassioned tirade over her party's decision to withdraw tax credits. read

The High Court is likely to look again at the case of Giles, pictured, and Caroline Mackay after a Supreme Court ruling paved the way for cases to be re-evaluated if parties lied about their wealth. read

There is no Welsh word for hammered, so the Tweet sent to Clwb Ifor Bach's (pictured) 16,000 followers read: 'Dewch i fynd yn hammered yn y Gymraeg. Ma' bob aelod o staff bar ni'n siarad Cymraeg!' read

Roisin Falconer, 40, a primary school teacher from Edinburgh, underwent the screening last month at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary after once more experiencing 'terrifying' chest pains. read

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Israelis shot dead three Palestinian 'knife attackers' in Jerusalem and Hebron today, including a pedestrian who killed a Palestinian (pictured). read

Parts of London were brought to a standstill when hundreds of pro-Palestine campaigners took part in rallies today. In Oxford Circus, protesters setting off red and green smoke bombs. read

An ISIS gunman wearing an explosive belt killed five worshippers and wounded nine others in a deadly gun attack during Friday prayers at a Shiite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia. read

Radislav Krstic, who is serving 35 years after being convicted of Europe's worst massacre since the Second World War, was being held at Wakefield prison when he was slashed with a razor. read

New Dehli police have launched two rape investigations after a two year old and a five year old girl were attacked in different parts of the city. Hundreds of people took to the street to demonstrate against the continuing violence against women in the city. read

Friends and family say Khloe Kardsahian 'was a shell of herself' and stayed by Lamar Odom's side during the three days he was in a coma at a Las Vegas hospital. read

Love Ranch South manager TJ Moore told Access Hollywood that she spoke with some of the girls at the establishment who said that on Sunday Lamar watched an episode of the reality show read

The Kardashian family headed home from Las Vegas on Thursday after standing vigil with Khloe at the hospital bedside of Lamar Odom, and it was back to business for the hardworking clan. read

Unforgotten fans are on tenterhooks as DCI Cassie Stuart and DS Sunny Khan try to solve the murder of a teenager, whose body is discovered 39 years after he was bludgeoned to death in London. read

If there was a mutiny inside the France camp this week the impact on events at the Millennium Stadium was negligible. To the irresistable All Blacks the French offered little resistance read

CHRIS FOY AT TWICKENHAM: Fourie du Preez broke Welsh hearts as South Africa booked their place in the World Cup semi-final with a hard-fought 23-19 victory at Twickenham.  read

John Blavo, who previously said he had several ex-Premier League stars as his clients, has had his successful legal firm closed as it is being investigated by Scotland Yard fraud team. read

Everton's greatest-ever manager Howard Kendall has died at the age of 69. Kendall won the title with the club as a player in 1969 and twice as a manager during the club's most successful era. read

Czech President Milos Zeman (pictured) told employees at a butcher's shop in the eastern village of Lechotice: 'We'll be deprived of women's beauty, because they'll be covered from head to toe.' read

Bodies covered by plastic sheeting were brought ashore on a coastguard vessel near the Turkish town of Ayvacik today. A coastguard official said 23 people had been rescued. read

A specialist team spent 15 days searching the 97-metre long Jupiter in the Port of Cagliari on Sardinia. The drugs were hidden inside the ship's re-engineered forward ballast tank. read

Simon Harris, pictured, had his clothes stolen while on a charity swim around Brighton Pier to raise money for the UNHCR. Mr Harris has vowed to loop the pier twice every day for a month. read

Shoppers with a strong dislike of coriander have lashed out at Pret A Manger, claiming the high-street sandwich chain is 'ruining' its products with excessive portions of the 'devil's herb'. read

The three friends needed counselling and were rehoused by their university after finding their friend Robert Chavda, lifeless in bed. Landlord Werner Toogood is suing them. read

Young medics warned the proposals by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt are 'dire' for the NHS and accused him of 'peddling vicious lies' as they walked from Waterloo Place to Parliament Square. read

At least 20 Conservatives are set to vote against the changes proposed in George Osborne’s latest Budget when they are debated later this month – enough to stop them going ahead. read

A video, which is believed to include Russian-speaking Ukrainians, shows a group of men placing weeds and plants on a radio antenna so they can listen to music and the news. read

The 75-hour charity challenge featuring choirmaster Jack White, 23, from Southampton, was being streamed live on YouTube but offensive comments on the live chat feed made him stop. read

During a four-day State visit to the UK, and at the express invitation of the Queen, the glamorous Madame Peng, 52, will accompany her husband as an honoured guest of Buckingham Palace. read

Martyn Baylay, 55, claims he was attacked by Etihad co-pilot Saravdeep Mann two years ago, when he is alleged to have set about him with a bronze sculpture, shouting 'I'm going to kill you.' read

Some Porsche drivers have complained that their vehicles do not accelerate in certain conditions, insisting this is dangerous when they try to overtake another car. read

A jury ruled the technology giant had infringed on Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation's patent after it used a patented microchip to improve the speed of its processors. read

Since McDonald's launched an all-day breakfast menu last week, a number of their franchisees are not 'lovin' it' and say it's been a nightmare. read

El Chapo (right) fled 100 miles from the Altiplano prison north of Mexico City to Queretaro state, where the plane was waiting to take him another 600 miles to the Sierra Madre mountains, police say. read

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

The maneuvers, which involve warships, aircraft carriers, a nuclear submarine and fighter jets, are designed as a show of strength against increasing Chinese aggression. read

The SNP leader drew huge applause at her party conference with a series of attacks on the Prime Minister, condemning the Tory government in Westminster as 'extreme, out of touch and uncaring'. read

A lack of self-control is often blamed for us craving chocolate, but researchers now suggest another possibility – an evolutionary tussle between consumers and the bacteria in their gut. read

The pilot flies just metres above the heads of the terrified ground crew at a Ukrainian Air Force base, forcing some to duck and run for cover as it comes towards them. read

Steve Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft and current owner of the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team, is now one of the largest shareholders in Twitter too. read

The hospital in Södersjukhuset (pictured) runs a walk-in clinic for women and girls who have been sexually assaulted in the city and will now run the same care for man and boys. read

Denise Lewington, 43, was shopping with her fiancé Kevin Allen, 45, at the store at the Orbital Shopping Park in Swindon, Wiltshire, when he blacked out at the checkout. read

Marie McCarthy, 62, of Hurst Park Drive, Huyton, was given a two-year suspended sentence for seducing her friend's son over the course of a six-week summer holiday nearly 30 years ago. read

British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford could face the firing squad as early as January after being caught in Bali with 10.5lb of cocaine, in an operation allegedly run by convict Paul Beales. read

Amelia Warnes, 24, Eastbourne, East Sussex, went on the run with her sons, Charlie, five, and Kaiton, two, in Cyprus last year amid concerns that social services would take the youngsters away. read

A senior officer said it was only 'good fortune' that lives were not lost in Friday night's bomb attempt in east Belfast, which police have blamed on dissident republicans. read

Longer working hours and time-consuming commutes are behind the trend, as is the increase of single-person households, who buy less and more often in order to cut food waste. read

Yorkley Star cricket club play on the edge of the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire. The once-successful cricket team were relegated after being unable to play and have now shut. read

Members who currently pay £8,000 annual subscriptions – after a one-off joining fee of £15,000 – will now be required to fork out up to an additional £80,000 to buy a 'debenture' share. read

Tyrone Henry, 31, shot the officer in the shoulder in broad daylight during an undercover operation in Hackney, London, on Thursday before fleeing through residential streets, according to police. read

Zeeshan Aqsar from Staffordshire was jailed for two and a half years at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court for blackmailing the girl who was just 15 when he met her through a mobile phone application. read

Raquel Sagustume claimed Dre - aka Andre Young - and his wife Nicole failed to stop other staff members at their California home from bullying her and she was fired after the poor treatment put her in the hospital. read

Investors from the Far East have started to invest in British independent schools as many wealthy Chinese families continue to favour educating their children in the UK. read

Lucas Leonard, 19, who was beaten to death inside of the Life Christian Church on Sunday in New Hartford, New York was also accused of practicing witchcraft, said witness Daniel Irwin. read

Maggie Goldenberger, now a blonde-haired, 26-year-old with straight teeth, spoke to Vanity Fair about being an Internet meme. The Phoenix nurse was traveling abroad when a pal alerted her to the shot. read

Waqas Khan (pictured), 24, was acquitted for conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin but he was sentenced to 21 months after being caught with a large bag of cocaine inside Luton Crown Court. read

A lost New Zealand man gave rescuers a difficult task of finding him on the rocky mountainside of Mt Ngauruhoe as he was practically camouflaged into the grey and brown landscape (pictured). read

Jack McAtee, a 27-year-old from the St Louis suburbs who lived in Breckenridge, went missing in September 2014 after being released from a mental health facility. read

The extra is said to has posted a snap on Instagram with the message: 'Thanks for the weed Zac Efron! BTW it's only a prop, people,' according to TMZ . read

A Japanese airline has launched a new fleet of Star Wars themed planes to celebrate the forthcoming new film. The Boeing 787-9 have also been given a new name, the 'R2-D2 ANA JET.' read

Chris Mintz, the hero Army veteran shot five times during the Oregon massacre last month after facing off with the shooter spoke out for the first time this week since the incident that left nine dead. read

The closely guarded sub-basement ten stories underneath the iconic railway station is called M42 but it does not appear on maps or in blueprints. Hitler tried to sabotage it, but he failed. read

These touching portraits, captured by photographer Julia Holland, were displayed at the House of Commons this week to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month. read

Jas Sullivan, 23, from Plymouth, has spent £15,000 on designer clothes for her daughter Minnie-Beau in her quest to turn her into a pageant queen. read

After 16 years of being an English teacher, only one colleague knew Laura Lynne Jackson's secret. But suddenly it was all over her school that she volunteered as a certified psychic medium. read

Majid Akhtar was found floating face-down in a reservoir near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He was on an activity trip when his carer Nikki Deaney spent most of her time texting. read

The jumping Joey was spotted bouncing around on the street outside of Alb's Auto Repair Shop on Staten Island and a witness was able to shoot a brief video. It was eventually reunited with its owner without incident. read

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

GPs are refusing to visit the elderly in care homes unless they are paid extortionate fees of up to £100,000 a year, an investigation has found, forcing care homes to hike up fees to cover costs. read

London will have welcomed a total of 18 million international overnight visitors by the end of the year - many of which are unaware of the hidden attractions. read

A recent survey of popular 'tourist essentials' by Post Office Travel Money has found Costa del Sol to be the best value destination for families this October, followed by Portugal, Tenerife and Mombasa. read

Drunken debauchery and utterly bizarre outfits were a standout feature of the Victoria Caulfield Cup on Saturday, which drew in a high-voltage crowd of 30,000. read

Selina Waterman-Smith, 31, attacked the BBC after the channel apparently did not help stop people making the false claims. She said she started out as a 'podium dancer' in episode one of the show. read

The victim in the Birmingham crash has been named locally as Kane Balogun (pictured), 14, who was described by friends and family as a 'talented rapper' and a 'lovely young lad'. read

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Devotees of the Chinese Samkong Shrine walked through Phuket in a procession. They believe the piercing with help to shift evil spirits. read

The choreographed mass flypast, known as a Balboa, was organised by squadron leader Dunc Mason and took place at Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. read

Robert Cowell's decision to become Roberta (pictured) was sparked by a meeting with Michael Dillon - the first woman in the world to become a man - whom he fell madly in love with. read

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

Cosby's effect on the perception of African American culture in America has divided observers. read

Officers in Cliftonville, Kent, produced an image of a man with one enormous sideburn and chunky facial features reminiscent cartoonish caveman Fred Flintstone. read

Dash-cam video from another driver shows the seconds before the horror crash in the city of Seosan, when the mixer swerves to avoid a motorbike then is unable to right itself and overturns. read

A mother, who had her baby at Victoria's Bacchus Marsh hospital, says staff ignored tests that showed her child's heart rate was unstable and told her to go home after giving her a biscuit. read

From the Lake District to the Forest of Dean, here are some of the most stunning golden treasures that can be witnessed in each corner of the UK over the coming weeks. read

After becoming a star at 12, Elizabeth Taylor quickly flaunted a woman's figure pursued a fancy for older men with conquests including Orson Welles and Errol Flynn among the notches on her bedpost. read

The dramatic scenes unfolded when the Norweigan couple got stuck in waist high mud while bird watching with their camera in the Krabi river in Southern Thailand. read

A group of internet pranksters made a video of themselves riding the forbidden boards around well-known London landmarks, trying to provoke a response from police officers. read

How do modern gadgets compare? Alice Smellie (pictured) rounded up a selection of old and new kitchen appliances and pitted them against each other, with unexpected results. read

The picture of Jazz and her four-year-old, Sprout, was taken by amateur photographer Kathryn Willett at Dudley Zoo in the West Midlands. read

The federal government sent photographers across the country to document the nation during The Great Depression. Dorothea Lange captured dozens of images in San Francisco. read

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

A team of photographers have captured a series of stunning images of an abandoned movie set in the New Zealand mountains, which was used as a North Korean prison in the 1980s. read