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Lucas Kinney, son of Indiana Jones director is an al-Qaeda jihadi poster boy

Lucas Kinney, a 26-year-old London born Muslim convert, has appeared in two al-Qaeda videos since he travelled to Syria in 2013. His distraught mother reveals the real story behind her son's life. read


Jacqueline Anne Sutton 'found hanged in toilets of Istanbul airport'

Former BBC journalist Jacky Sutton, 50, had travelled from London Heathrow to Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, but is believed to have failed to make it onto her next plane to Erbil. read


More than 10 moles on your right arm? You could be at higher risk of skin cancer 

Researchers from King's College London say that if doctors can quickly work out who is a ‘moley person’, more cases of the disease could be caught earlier, when it is easier to treat. read


X Factor advert by Adele whips her fans into a frenzy after teasing new song

It would be Adele's first new material since the birth of her son Angelo in October 2012 and comes almost five years on from the release of her last album, 21. read


DRUNK Saudi Arabian woman lies passed out in the street in photo

Ex-pats - who admit to wild parties on western compounds - have lifted the lid on the excesses of their Saudi neighbours as a photo of a burqa-clad woman passed out on the streets 'dunk' emerged. read


Sophie Wessex says the Queen is a 'great listener' in new interview

Sophie, Countess of Wessex, 50, has paid tribute to Her Majesty's constant curiosity and fast-moving brain and to Prince Philip's understanding of how to help young men find their feet. read


Bernie Ecclestone's daughter Tamara turns her mansion into a Swiss chalet for his 85th birthday

The daughter of the Formula 1 boss transformed her West London mansion into a Winter Wonderland to host a surprise 85th birthday party for her father, complete with fake snow. read


Benefits from HRT 'outweigh the risks': After years of conflicting advice, now a major study finds it is safe

Taking hormone replacement therapy to cope with the menopause is safe, a major study has concluded. Doctors last night said women can finally take HRT with confidence. read


Could a rub-on gel replace those painful Botox jabs?

Scientists in California claim to have come up with a formula that allows the wrinkle-zapping poison to keep through the skin meaning needles do not have to be used in the treatment. read


Number of cannabis users penalised by the police drops by a third amid fears the drug is being decriminalised by the back door

Police in England and Wales recorded 101,905 offences of cannabis possession in 2014-15, compared with a peak of 145,400 in 2011-12 – a fall of 30 per cent. read


David Cameron to announce new powers that will place Islamist extremists on register

The measures are included in an updated counter-extremism strategy designed to win what Prime Minister David Cameron calls the ‘struggle of our generation’. read


Lamar Odom is 'heading in the right direction': Former athlete is 'able to speak sentences and send text messages' as the Kardashian clan unites around his hospital bedside

Since awakening from a three-day coma, Lamar Odom's health has been making a steady improvement. The athlete is reported to be 'heading in the right direction.' read


Truth about pimp Dennis Hof who hosted Lamar Odom's bender revealed

Dennis Hof, owner of the brothel in Nevada where Lamar Odom was found unconscious, displays sadistic behavior towards his teenage girlfriends and insists the 500 girls he employs call him 'Daddy'. read


Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner and the family rally around recovering Lamar Odom

Kim Kardashian spread some very positive vibes Lamar Odom's way on Saturday. read


Caitlyn Jenner goes to the cinema as the Kardashians support Khloe at Lamar Odom's bedside

No longer part of the Kardashian inner circle. read


Sign your nanny or carer up for pension... or face £400 fine: Families who employ part-time staff face fines unless they sign up to a government workplace pension scheme 

By law, anyone who takes on such assistants as nannies or other part-time staff will have to contribute to a pension if they pay their employee more than £10,000 a year, says the Government. read


How psychic Laura Lynne Jackson foresaw her grandfather's death

English teacher Laura Lynne Jackson leads a double life, as one of just 19 certified psychics in the U.S. Here she reveals how she first discovered that she was different, and was in possession of a gift. read


Parkinson's victims 'brought back to life' by cancer drug

US researchers in Washington now hope the ‘life-changing’ drug – a leukaemia treatment called nilotinib – will also work for those with brain conditions such as Alzheimer’s. read


Saying 'sissy' is sexist, teachers tell pupils of five in new government drive to stamp out gender stereotypes 

Children as young as five will be told not to use sexist language like 'sissy', 'cupcake' and 'man up' in Government guidelines that will be published tomorrow and sent to every school in the UK. read


Martin Lakin of Kent sent wife Kay to Tenerife while he built an aquarium 

Martin Lakin, of Kent, sent wife Kay to Tenerife while he secretly built the ambitious £150,000 aquarium in the middle of their three-bed detached home. read


Britain could ditch human rights laws for troops in battle because of rising compensation culture after Iraq and Afghanistan wars 

Taxpayers are facing a £150million bill to defend British soldiers who are being sued by enemy fighters – including suspected Taliban and bomb-makers – for breaching ‘human rights’. read


Chinese president Xi Jinping insists state visit includes a trip to an English pub

The lunch with David Cameron will mark a rare moment of relaxation in a visit fraught with political tension over human rights and China's role in running Britain's nuclear power stations. read


Six ministers back Brexit campaign: Tory Cabinet ministers demand they be allowed to campaign for Britain to leave the EU

Six Conservative Cabinet ministers have demanded that they be allowed to campaign for Britain to leave the EU, it was reported last night. read


Labour's Tom Watson labels VIP child abuse Ian McFadyen 'a bully' in Twitter rant

Labour deputy leader Tom Watson, who has been leading the campaign against allegations of sex abuse, targeted victim Ian McFadyen in an online message. read


Star Wars The Force Awakens poster revealed but where is Luke Skywalker?

The poster features new and old characters, and a never-before-seen weapon. The first full-length trailer will be screened during Monday Night Football on ESPN when tickets go on sale. read


Strictly Come Dancing's Gleb Savchenko rips off his shirt to reveal muscular torso

Professional dancer Gleb Savchenko ripped off his shirt to reveal his muscular torso after performing a sultry samba with TV presenter Anita Rani. read


Tory Andrew Mitchell says Chancellor Osborne may have to soften tax credit cuts

Cuts to tax credits may have to be tweaked to soften the impact on families, former Tory Cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell said yesterday. read


VIP sex abuse witnesses attended Lantern Project accused of 'using controversial counselling'

Experts said the use of 'unstructured therapeutic disclosure' by a group working with alleged victims championed by Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson should set 'major alarm bells' ringing. read


Facebook accused of ‘insulting British taxpayers’ as London staff are lined up for a £250million shares jackpot 

The huge windfall for the 362 staff in it London office will be paid out over the next three years if the US social media firm, which paid just £4,000 in corporation tax last year, hits its targets. read


The blood-quaffing Count who's moved into Kate's basement: Supermodel has sparked 'intense' relationship with hard partying photographer, 28

Friends claim that Count Nikolai von Bismarck is staying at Kate Moss's North London home – and hiding in the basement when staff or her 13-year-old daughter Lila Grace are present. read


The email that proves Bush had Blair in his pocket: Memo reveals PM was prepared to act as global spin doctor for US president

The memo appears to be the ‘smoking gun’ that proves Prime Minister Tony Blair had already pledged to support the Iraq invasion long before getting Parliamentary approval. read


Families' fury over Blair's Iraq War lie: 'Smoking gun' memo reveals he backed Bush 12 months before conflict

Relatives of those who died in action last night hit out at the ‘treachery’ and ‘deceit’ used by the former PM – who had told voters at the time that he was seeking a diplomatic solution with Baghdad. read


Will Chilcot be delayed AGAIN? He may push back report to include memo, hints former US ambassador

Sir John Chilcot is due to set out a timetable next week for publishing the findings of the six-year review into the disastrous 2003 war. read


PETER OBORNE: It's grotesque we only learn squalid truth of catastrophic Iraq invasion drip by drip

Thanks to a sustained and concerted Establishment cover-up, many crucial facts about the 2003 invasion of Iraq remain secret, writes PETER OBORNE. read


Bishop David Walker won't take Syrian refugees into his six-bedroom house despite his preaching

The Bishop of Manchester, the Right Rev David Walker said it would be wrong for a refugee family to move into his recently refurbished bishop's mansion due to the language barrier. read


Thieves steal more from gardens than bank cards and jewellery 

A study by the Home Office has found that thieves steal more garden furniture and ornaments than they do credit or debit cards and jeweller and watches when given the chance. read


The Prince George Diaries parody imagines what life as the heir to the throne

The Prince George Diaries, out on November 5, imagines life in the royal family from the toddler's unique perspective as he learns that he is about to become a big brother. read


Pension reform rip-offs 'could be new PPI scandal': MPs sound alarm over lack of advice for over-55s

The failure to help the over-55s take advantage of new pension freedoms could become the latest mis-selling scandal, MPs warned last night. read


On-duty fireman and father-of-two found hanged at station where he worked by night shift colleagues 

Experienced fireman and father-of-two, Lee Gaunt, 41, was found hanged by his colleagues in the early hours of this morning at Stalybridge Fire Station, in Greater Manchester, during a night shift. read


Binge eating is the hardest addiction to beat: After a lifetime blighted by compulsive eating, this woman thought she’d beaten it - only to relapse again

Kate Battersby has been suffering from binge eating disorder for 34 years and can eat 4,000 calories in one sitting - she loves feeling nauseously full. She now know her triggers for the disease. read


Shopping lists are being torn up in favour of buying food day to day on impulse 

People have given up planning meals in advance, and instead choose to grab something quick on the way home, according to new research which claims British shoppers are ditching lists. read


Miami University student Monica Ainhorn Morrison sues Colin McGinn who urged her to sleep with him

Colin McGinn is alleged to have exchanged 400 emails and texts, with graduate Monica Ainhorn Morrison, (pictured) who is more than 30 years younger. read


British ISIS fighter Abu Omar al-Britani carries out suicide bomb attack in Iraq

A British ISIS fighter has carried out a devastating suicide bomb attack near the jihadi held city of Ramadi in Iraq. The fighter, known only as Abu Omar al-Britani, killed and wounded 80 people. read


Oxford's Annie Teriba who sexually assaulted two women 'painting herself as a victim'

Two women allegedly sexually assaulted by an Oxford University diversity activist yesterday accused her of rape and said she was ‘painting herself as the victim’. read


Kylie Minogue steps out with beau Joshua Sasse in London

With a well-groomed beard and wearing an old-fashioned smoking jacket and slippers, Joshua Sasse, 27, led Miss Minogue after the couple had been to see Gypsy London's West End. read


Channel 4's SAS: Who Dares Wins shows what it takes to join Britain's elite group

The Ministry of Defence has said it will never allow the SAS selection process to be filmed. On the eve of a new TV show exposing some of its secrets, Guy Adams headed to Sussex to find out what it takes. read


Drivers who use mobile phones at the wheel are getting away with endangering lives because there are fewer police to catch them, RAC warns 

Fixed-penalty notices against motorists who use a phone while driving have more than halved in the past year despite more motorists using their mobiles while behind the wheel. read


Woman born without any reproductive organs signs up for womb transplant

Tara Hockaday, 33, from Northumberland has signed up to become one of the first women in the UK to receive a womb transplant after she was born without a womb, cervix or fallopian tubes. read


Baby intensive care units 'at breaking point' according to damning new report

Last year almost 900 babies had to be taken to other hospitals in England because departments were too full. The transfers put their lives in danger, according to the baby charity Bliss. read


Lingerie designer Fine Rees loved by Helena Bonham-Carter reveals Lyme disease battle

Fine Rees, 40, who needs an oxygen mask had to close her business after contracting the debilitating tick-borne condition which left her too ill to work and is now reliant on her parents to care for her. read


Scotland's Rugby World Cup defeat to Australia leaves Prince Harry devastated

A last gasp Australian penalty broke Scottish hearts in the dying moments at Twickenham in a barnstorming quarter-final clash watched on by Royals Prince Harry and Princess Anne. read


Pumpkins could be pricey this Halloween after wet weather drastically reduced supplies 

Pumpkins could be in short supply this Halloween after wet weather drastically reduced supplies, a new report warned yesterday. read


Double mastectomy survivor wins contest to model lingerie for breast cancer

Debbie Murphy, 39, from Cardiff, has been chosen as the face of a lingerie catalogue Lorna Drew after her son Rory told her she looked beautiful during gruelling chemotherapy. read


How a ferret helped put Charles and Di's wedding on TV: Love pointless trivia? Then a new book on Britain's 124 postcode areas will be right up your street 

For his new book, Mail Obsession, MARK MASON travelled the length and breadth of Britain, collecting trivia from every one of the country’s 124 postcode areas for his work. read


Let's smash through the IVF wall of silence: A plea from a woman going through the emotional rollercoaster that so many face

Polly Morgan is currently finishing her third cycles of IVF. She has experienced grief and isolation due to the lack of communication about the subject, and thinks that the taboo about IVF should be dispelled. read


Robbie Williams tells sexy secretary joke to 15 year old fan in the audience

The 41-year-old star had chosen to talk to 'Morgan', who was standing near the stage, as he prepared to sing his hit 'She's The One' in Brisbane, Australia. read


Prostate cancer sufferers are denied 'wonder pill' that's widely available to Scots 

Professor Paul Workman, of the Institute for Cancer Research in London, said patients south of the border were being ‘denied’ abiraterone, which costs around £36,000 a year. read


ANDREW PIERCE: Will cheating Laws finally come clean?  

It has emerged the Honours Scrutiny Committee had blocked David Laws' proposed peerage because of his expenses fiddle, writes ANDREW PIERCE. read


Rolf Harris' poems confiscated by prison officers because they mocked his victims

Governors at Stafford jail removed the poems - deemed 'inappropriate and offensive' - just months after it was revealed he had penned a song describing his victims as 'woodworms'. read


Amazon to sue fake reviewers who charge £3.25 to leave bogus feedback

Amazon is going after 1,114 perpetrators after it emerged that products were being pushed to the top of bestseller lists by bogus reviewers who stole identities to leave five-star feedback. read


Model Carla Howe describes the Playboy Mansion and Hugh Hefner's reliance on nurses

Playboy Bunny Carla Howe, 25, from Slough, reveals that the eccentric millionaire, 89, chooses chess and old films over orgies and refuses to update his home's peeling, outdated decor. read


Suffolk single mum lives in constant fear of her daughter who suffers from violent rages

Chloe Peck, 35, from Ipswich, regularly has to fend off her nine-year-old daughter Macey, who throws, hits and kicks her during assaults triggered by uncontrollable rage. read


Spuyten Duyvil School orders all furniture to be dumped in the street to stop teachers sitting 

Donna Connelly, the principal of the Spuyten Duyvil School (PS24) in Riverdale in The Bronx, reportedly ordered her staff to give up their desks during classes last week. read


Doctors Without Borders boss claims Kunduz hospital site was deliberately targeted

The general director of Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Christopher Stokes, said the bombing of their facility in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, should be investigated as a war crime. read


Should I bring up his past affair? Sex columnist Rowan Pelling advises a reader

My 67-year-old husband has been ill, so I’ve been helping with his paperwork. Sifting through his files, I found love letters from the Nineties from a one-time colleague. I long suspected an affair. read


Royal Marine Dominic Conway slept with a comrade's wife at a military ball

Warrant Officer 2 Dominic Conway (pictured), 40, is said to have sparked anger among fellow soldiers who branded his two-month-long affair with a comrade's wife as the 'ultimate betrayal'. read


Quinn Duane's family invite the homeless to $35K wedding feast after groom calls off the ceremony

Quinn Duane was set to wed Landon Borup, both 27, in a lavish $35,000 ceremony at Sacramento’s Citizen Hotel yesterday. read


I've seen the future of beauty - and it's terrifying! Sarah Vine visits Britain's biggest cosmetic surgery show

Sarah Vine the fourth annual Clinical Cosmetic and Reconstructive Expo in London, where she encounters such procedures as aggressive facial peels and vitamins drips for hangovers. read


Whitemoor prison has highest proportion of Muslims in any British jail

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


Eilidh Strathie was stopped from boarding Jet2 flight because of the Madeleine McCann case

Eilidh Strathie was heading to Faro when she was prevented from boarding the flight at the very last minute due to stricter rules put in place after Madeleine's disappearance. read


Monarch Airlines flight to Malaga turns back to Manchester with part of the WING hanging off

The pilot reportedly discovered that part of the wing had come loose - as well as a problem with the cabin pressure - somewhere near Gloucester, and ultimately opted to turn back. read


Israeli soldier shot to death in Beersheba before an Eritrean migrant is mistakenly shot

A gunman opened fire on bystanders at a bus terminal in Israel, leaving one dead and eight other injured in Beer Sheva. An Eritean migrant was also shot after being mistaken as a second gunman. read


Israel's Danny Danon claims Palestinian kids are taught 'how to stab Jews'

Before the start of a UN Security Council meeting on Friday, Danny Danon held up a diagram of the human body entitled 'How to stab a Jew', which he alleged was being shown to young Palestinians. read


Free Palestine demonstrators protest outside Israeli embassy and in Oxford Street 

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


Coleen Rooney's brother Anthony McLoughlin saved Fraser Milne from drowning in Barbados 

Anthony McLoughlin, 26, dived in to a pool at the Sandy Lane Hotel when he noticed Fraser Milne in difficulty in the deep end. He was on holiday with his pregnant sister in Bridgetown at the time. read


Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe used ceramics class at Broadmoor to make an Elvis statue

Peter Sutcliffe, who is serving life in Broadmoor Hospital for murdering 13 women, is said to have spent hours completing his pottery work. read


Kirk Shenton and wife Beverly hit with £2400 fines over Lamborghini Gallardo speeding ticket

Property developer Kirk Shenton, 68, and his wife Beverly, 59, from North Wales, were desperate not to break the law by naming the wrong driver. But prosecutors didn't believe they couldn't remember. read


Lincolnshire mum donates her kidney to a stranger after seeing a Facebook appeal

Mother-of-two Louise Drewery, from Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, offered to help after reading an appeal on behalf of Stacey Hewitt, who was suffering kidney failure. read


M&S apologises after customers buying ornaments discover they spell out a swear word

Shoppers browsing for ornamental letters to go on a Christmas tree were shocked to notice that the arrangement on the web page could be interpreted as an obscene suggestion. read


Pope Francis canonise the parents of St Therese in Rome

Pope Francis praised the parents of St Therese of Lisieux as he made them saints in their own rights due to their during a special mass at St Peter's Square in Rome today. read


Charles Bronson has lost 4 stone after ditching his 12 chocolate bar a day diet

The 62-year-old, who changed his name to Charles Salvador last year, said he had bulked up to 18-stone at HMP Wakefield in West Yorkshire before he ditched the habit. read


Couple name their son Gary after Lineker and Barlow to save the name

New parents Katie Hilton, 18, and Scott Bachelor, from Gloucester, decided to name their baby Gary to protect the name. They hope to kick-start a revival after the name fell of favour in the UK. read


Tory councillor Robert Vaudry charged with assaulting Paul Turner in Dorsington

Robert Vaudry, 51, has been involved in a heated row for over two years and has compared villagers in Dorsington, Warwickshire to characters from the 2007 film Hot Fuzz. read


Anna Chudy who left Harrow hospital leaving her baby behind won't face charges

Anna Chudy, 35, vanished from Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow on Friday leaving her newborn baby behind. The Metropolitan Police confirmed that Ms Chudy was found 'safe and well' earlier today. read


Five men are arrested in New Delhi after rapes of two young children aged five and two amid growing outrage at latest spate of child sexual violence

The assaults have caused uproar among New Delhi residents and come just a week after a four-year-old was slashed with a blade and raped. Police are shown at the scene where the girl, two, was raped. read


Taylor Swift earned $1m a day this year and is the world's highest-earning music star

The 25-year-old hitmaker is said to have raked in around $317.8 million since January due to her host of smash hits, a world tour and a series of lucrative endorsement deals read


Jamie Oliver and wife Jools visit new £10m home weeks after burglary

The 40-year-old star and his stunning wife looked downcast as they met pals before visiting the property while sporting low-key ensembles read


Labour slams George Osborne's tax credit raid for hitting the poor

Hours after two senior frontbenchers - went on TV and refused to say if they would restore the money if they win the next election, the shadow chancellor wrote on Twitter that he was committed to it.. read


US drone kills top Khorasan commander in Syria who was part of an al-Qaeda cell

The Pentagon said the Saudi national, known as Sanafi al-Nasr, was 'a longtime jihadist experienced in funneling money and fighters' for the terrorist network. read


Lady Killearn's family refuse to release her body to be buried after bitter feud

Lady Killearn's family blocked her funeral this week by refusing to release her body to her former partner Robert Hay. Instead they plan to hold their own service later this month. The 105-year-old died earlier this month. read


Typhoon Koppu ploughs into Philippines killing two people and leaving 23,000 more without homes

At least two people are dead, eight are missing and tens of thousands more have been left homeless after the powerful Typhoon Koppu slammed into the northeastern Philippines. read


Fury as company offers to ‘retouch’ Vale First school photographs

Single mother Alexandria Norman from West Sussex says she was horrified to be given the chance to airbrush the images taken of her eight-year-old daughter Blake at Vale First and Middle School. read


High Street jewellery that looks designer dazzling: How you can snap up sophisticated pieces at an affordable price

The High Street offers a huge range of trend-led jewellery that's affordable but doesn't look cheap. Jewellery has become an increasingly fashionable way to accessorise with sophisticated pieces. read


Photographer David Bailey is unrecognisable in an anorak and woolly cap

Photographer David Bailey was spotted looking exhausted and a far cry from his 60s heyday as he wrapped up warm while working on a photoshoot near to the waterfront in Essex. read


Brother, 4, and sister, 2, who are the only siblings in the world with a rare genetic disease are BOTH saved from cancer after live-saving transplant

Charlie Couper and his sister Zoe from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, underwent bone marrow transplants within months of each other and have now made such a good recovery they've started school. read


3 mums test £80 The Moochies GPS watch on their kids

The brightly-coloured gadget by Moochies enables parents to track and call their children, while an SOS button lets youngsters dial their mums in an emergency. FEMAIL put it to the test. read


Kellie Taylor lost her front teeth after dental treatment at a Lancaster beauty salon

Kellie Taylor admitted she 'didn't even think about what could go wrong' after spotting an offer for a £65 course of tooth whitening at a beauty salon in Lancaster last February. read


CCTV footage captures man attacking security guards in Liverpool shopping centre

Disturbing CCTV footage from the Cherry Tree shopping centre in Liverpool shows a man brutally attacking a security guard with a bike seat outside a florist shop. read


Annie Teriba accused of 'rape' by Oxford University students in blog post

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


Family's break to Protur Safari Park in Spain blighted by illness

Deborah Crawford, her partner Ian and their two sons, from Marton, Middlesbrough, suffered ear infections, pneumonia - and even a scary choking hazard - while on holiday in Majorca. read


Wanted British sex offender Paul Prestidge arrested in Cambodia

Paul Edward Prestidge, 35, from Plymouth, was taken away from his rented house in Phnom Penh to be interviewed by police over the weekend amid claims he had had sex with a minor. read


Can the chair gym get you fit while you watch telly? It promises to burn calories while you enjoy Strictly - but only if you remember to use it

Louise Atkinson loved the idea of the chair gym, which promises to burn calories while you watch Strictly. She finds that she struggles to remember to use it - however good her intentions. read


Photographer Victoria Doyle pays tribute to her first miscarriage with poignant image

Victoria Doyle, 36, from Burton-on-Trent, Photoshopped a small shadow holding hands with her oldest son in a snap of her three children to represent the first baby she miscarried. read


Myra Hindley suffered mental anguish and inhumane treatment at Cookham Wood prison

Myra Hindley threatened to sue the prison service and demanded a move to an NHS hospital after complaining her cell lights being switched on at night was 'mental torture'. read


Mother guilt: Is it possible to find a work/life balance that suits both you and your children?

One survey of 2,000 mothers by babycare company NUK found that 87 per cent feel guilty at some point – with 21 per cent feeling it ‘most’ or ‘all of the time’. read


Thai men try and outdo each other by forcing huge knives their cheeks

Devotees of the Chinese Samkong and Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrines have been taking part in the nine-day festival in Phuket, southern Thailand, and believe body piercing helps to shift evil spirits. read


Marlon Brando's claims sex drive was so high it made him a beast in Listen To Me Marlon

The documentary Listen To Me Marlon, which is out on Friday, reveals the extent of the actor's self-hatred in a series of startlingly honest recordings that are being heard for the first time. read


Pensioner Brenda Hawkins is fined £1.1k for feeding birds in her own garden

Brenda Hawkins from Rhos on Sea ignored a Community Protection Notice brought by Conwy Council in North Wales after neighbours complained about the noise and dirt caused by the birds. read


Migrant worker is strung up by his hands and feet and beaten to death in India

It's not clear who filmed the brutal assault, but it was alleged to have been a punishment inflicted by an employer following an allegation of workplace theft in the city of Amritsar, India. read


Mum's cute video of her little girl eating a banana for the first time

A baby, who is thought to be American, winces, grimaces and shudders as she tries a spoonful of mashed banana for the first time - much to her mum's amusement. read


Soldier Albert Thomson paid £50k as officer who 'shot' him gets £500k for 'stress'

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


Is this really the best of British architecture? Finalists of UK's prestigious Stirling Prize include a 1950s style school, a tower block and a concrete cancer centre 

Britain's most prestigious architecture award was presented to Burntwood School, in London, but the UK's leading architects have questioned whether the shortlist was really the best Britain has to offer. read


David Cameron unveils £5m drive to root out extremist 'poison' in British communities 

On the eve of the Government's long-awaited counter-extremism strategy, the Prime Minister said the money would help prevent the ‘seed of hatred being planted in people’s minds’. read


Taxpayers face £13m bill after National Crime Agency launched bungled raid

The scandal-hit National Crime Agency was forced to apologise to the businessmen after the bungle raid, and is now being sued over the damage caused during the home and office raids. read


Poignant photos reveal distressing reality of prison life in Texas in the 1960s

The photographs, taken by Danny Lyon, 73, reveal the daily lives of inmates inside the Texas penitentiary system in 1967 and 1968, including Ellis where the most dangerous prisoners lived. read


Meet Pakistan's Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University students trained in self defence

Sitting atop a tank and peering down the barrels of machine guns - these are the female university students in Pakistan trained in the art of self defence. read


Cute dog Pom Pom Chewy becomes internet hit by posing in fancy dress outfits

Pom Pom Chewy, who lives with his owner Nicole in Toronto, Canada, is seen in images wearing school uniform, anoraks and scarves. read


ISIS gunman shoots dead five at a Shiite mosque in Saudi Arabia

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


Professor's passionate plea to repeal laws over press freedom in Britain

Press freedom in Britain faces a dire and immediate threat, writes TIM LUCKHURST. We face the prospect of a state-sanctioned regulator, exercising control over what appears in papers. read


Terence Donovan's studio where he hung out with Cindy Crawford and Lennox Lewis on the market for £18m

The superstars to be photographed in Donovan's over-the-top Mayfair pad (pictured) included Twiggy, Cindy Crawford, Lennox Lewis, Bryan Ferry and Richard Attenborough. read


PC Dave Phillips' family get standing ovation at Everton FC's Goodison Park

Thousands of fans applauded as Jen Phillips, 28, and her seven-year-old daughter Abigail stepped onto the pitch at Goodison Park ahead of Everton's match against Manchester United. read


Autumn in Britain bursts out in colour as country enjoys a sunny October

While the outlook is mostly positive for this week across Britain, light rain and strong winds will hit on Wednesday and overnight temperatures could dip below freezing. read


The most stunning UK places to witness autumn colours during half-term

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


Kent Police released mock-up of man with sideburn who resembles Fred Flintstone

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


Kangaroo in Staten Island spotted hopping around on the streets

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


Bill Cosby's legacy is questioned by controversial Ebony Magazine cover

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


Dropping water levels in Mexican reservoir reveal remains of a 400-year-old church

The remains of a colonial-era church have emerged from the receding waters of a river in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. The watershed of the Grijalva river has been hit by a drought this year. read


The life of Chinese president Xi Jinping's wife Peng Liyuan revealed

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


The Musée Miniature et Cinéma in France's 100 amazingly realistic miniature film sets

Tiny scenes of abandoned streets and a barber shop are on display at the Musée Miniature et Cinéma in Lyon, France, and fool audiences into believing they are life-size using hyperrealism. read


McDonald's unveils its Modern China Burger with GREY buns

Diners in China have taken to social media to suggest the unappetising snack of two pork patties, bacon and Sichuan pepper sauce, was inspired by 'concrete or pollution.' read