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Kate's a lady in red! Duchess of Cambridge dazzles in Queen Mother's tiara as she is given pride of place at Buckingham Palace banquet top table alongside the Queen and Chinese president 

Kate Middleton arrives at Buckingham Palace for state banquet with Xi Jinping

The Duchess of Cambridge (right) took her place beside Chinese president Xi Jinping at the state banquet held in his honour at Buckingham Palace (left) this evening. She dressed in a bespoke red dress - the colour of China's flag - at the lavish white-tie dinner in the palace's grand ballroom hosted by the Queen and Prince Philip, along with 170 other guests. Kate, 33, wore the delicate Papyrus tiara, also known as the Lotus Flower, which was once owned by the Queen Mother. She was seated in the most prominent position for a female member of the royal family after the Queen, beside President Xi. As the wife of the second in line to throne, she takes William's status when she accompanies him, so outranks blood princesses. The Queen gave a speech ahead of the meal where she told the president 'we have much reason to celebrate the dynamic, growing economic relationship between our countries'. The banquet comes at the start of a four-day state visit by Mr Xi and his wife Madame Peng.

Couple who missed their easyJet flight because there were only three people working on the bag drop counter win £1,000 compensation after launching legal action 

easyJet passengers Niall and Aileen Caldwell who missed flight win £1k compensation

Niall, pictured left, and Aileen Caldwell, right, from Edinburgh, arrived at the airport in Sicily two hours before their flight to London Gatwick for their return journey. But large queues at the check-in and bag drop desk and further delays at security and passport control led to them missing their flight, despite pleas to be prioritised as the minutes passed by.

The great sugar tax cover up: Official report backs levy to beat Britain's obesity epidemic. So why have ministers buried the study?  

The study, which ministers have shelved since the summer, says a levy would rein in demand for unhealthy food and drink and also called for a crackdown on the promotion of junk food.

After VW, now Dyson says Germans cheated in VACUUM tests too: Company accuses rivals Siemens and Bosch of using trickery to make appliances appear greener

Two models from Siemens and Bosch have the highest EU energy efficiency rating of 'A' - but Dyson claims their consumption is closer to banned levels.

Fines for taking term-time holidays treble in two years: Over 50,000 families hit with £60 penalties in the past 12 months 

Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron called on the Government to review its position on fining parents who take their children on holiday during term time saying it is punishing them financially.

Ticket resale websites 'are misleading customers': Firms breaking rules by failing to display original face value and location of the seat 

Websites such as Get Me In, Seatwave, Stubhub, Viagogo and World Ticket Shop offer tickets often at vastly inflated prices, according to researchers from consumer watchdog Which?

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Right to Buy fury over plan to build £5m home on site of ex-council house: Former EastEnders actor set to receive large pay off after selling property to developer 

Ex-EastEnders' Hugh Leaver to receive large pay off for property sale

Ex-EastEnders actor Hugh 'Huggy' Leaver (left and inset) - who moved into the property only four years ago - will receive a large payoff from the new owners. Last year Leaver, 57, was lent £775,000 by the Israeli developers to buy the two-bedroom council home (the left house in the right picture) in Hampstead, north London, and received a £100,000 discount from Camden Council.

Now police say ex-BBC woman's death was suspicious: Doubts over suicide claim as officers admit they are not certain 

Jacqueline Sutton, pictured, 50, was on her way from Heathrow to Irbil in Iraq on Saturday when she missed her connecting flight at Istanbul's Ataturk airport.

Bookies slash odds of a white Christmas: Snow could arrive in some parts of the country this week as the recent mild weather makes its way out 

Forecasters are warning of a frosty end to 2015, with snow possibly arriving as early as this week in some parts of the country, leading bookmakers to slash their odds of snowfall on December 25.

Pensioners 'are now earning more than those still in work': Two in five people retiring today will be better off

Statistics showed pensioners' average net income is 3 per cent higher than that of the working-age population, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

NHS chief says patients go to A&E; as a 'default option' because the health service is 'appalling' at telling people what to do if they fall ill in the evening or at weekends 

Professor Sir Malcolm Grant, the chairman of NHS England, told the Westminster Health Forum in London that patients were confused by what services are available and do not know where to turn.

The great energy rip-off: How families are paying £120 a year extra on bills because firms refuse to pass on falling prices

Profit margins at the 'Big Six' suppliers - British Gas, SSE, Npower, Eon, EDF and Scottish Power - are soaring as families and pensioners face a nightmare choice between heating and eating.

Blackspots 'created by speed cameras': Devices cause motorists to take 'erratic measures' to avoid being caught and fined

The number of motorists who suddenly slam their breaks on is, on average, around six times higher at fixed speed-camera sites, according to the study.

Communist leader with an army of critics who's facing huge problems with the economy shakes hands with . . . the president of China

Jeremy Corbyn grills China's president Xi Jinping in face-to-face talks

The Labour leader was given the unprecedented meeting after threatening to raise concerns at the state banquet at Buckingham Palace tonight. Mr Corbyn praised the Chinese leader for his country's 'remarkable' achievement lifting millions of people out of poverty. But he also 'raised the issues of human rights and the impacts of Chinese imports on the UK steel industry', a Labour spokesman confirmed tonight.

This is your one chance to be partners, says China: President warns opportunity 'may knock just once' during address at state banquet

Xi Jinping urged Britain to seize the opportunity opened up by David Cameron's new stance on China, which critics claim relegates human rights behind trade at Buckingham Palace.

Xi's inky hairdo, all the panache of Max Bygraves: QUENTIN LETTS sees the Speaker try to upstage China's leader 

President Xi of China addressed both Houses of Parliament in Westminster's ornate Royal Gallery in a mark of official esteem, or desire to please, writes QUENTIN LETTS.

Made in China, the cheers to drown protests: Display of support for president denounced as a sham after it emerged it was orchestrated by Beijing 

The pro-China protest outside Buckingham Palace in London was meant to drown out opponents of the regime, furious at the country's treatment of Tibet and human rights abuses.

Stand up to Chinese to save UK steel jobs: Javid under fire from MPs over Beijing's cheap imports 

MPs called on ministers to 'stand up for Britain' as Tata Steel confirmed that nearly 1,200 jobs would go at its plants in Scunthorpe and Lanarkshire - the latest in a series of closures.

Don't expect EU treaty change says Hammond: Free movement curbs are also off the table, admits minister 

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond played down expectations about what can be achieved in the renegotiation with Brussels, saying many of Britain's demands may have to be watered down.

IRA still exists 17 years after Good Friday peace deal: Security review finds Army Council now has 'wholly political' focus

Northern Ireland secretary Theresa Villiers said a security review revealed the Provisional IRA's ruling body, the Army Council, still exists, but in a 'much reduced form'.

Tax credit cuts are a betrayal of our values says Tory MP: Backbencher uses maiden Commons speech to savage Osborne's plans as 'too hard and too fast'  

Heidi Allen, the new MP for South Cambridgeshire, said that cutting tax credits 'overnight' showed that her party was out of touch with the public and lacking in compassion for those struggling.

Fly-tipping soars as bin emptying is cut: Councils' £50m bill as they deal with 900,000 incidents of rubbish being dumped illegally 

Incidents of fly-tipping has surged for the second year in a row with almost half of the incidents involving dumping rubbish on roads, with footpaths, back alleys and bridleways also badly hit.

Police raided Brittan's two homes weeks after he died: Officers rummaged through peer's clothes, diaries and effects in coordinated swoop

Officers carried out the raids after a man called Nick claimed Lord Brittan was part of a murderous paedophile gang including ex-Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath, and the former head of the Army.

Number of butterflies halves in just 40 years: Intense farming and fewer wild flowers blamed for some species' numbers falling by up to 96% 

Britain's butterfly numbers halves in just 40 years with some falling 96%

Populations have fallen by 48 per cent overall with the worst affected species - the white-letter hairstreak - down by 96 per cent. Conservationists say the decline is down to intensive farming practices and fewer wild flowers in the countryside. Mild wet winters and damp summers have also played a part in devastating the UK's 59 species.

Cut alcohol intake in middle age or risk dementia, says health watchdog

Studies have shown that even adults who consume moderately amounts of between seven and 14 units a week - up to six glasses of wine or seven pints of beer - are more susceptible to dementia.

Jab that tells the brain it's time to stop eating: Injecting gene directly into grey matter could help keep the weight off

A hormone made by fat cells in which tells the body when to stop eating and kick-starts fat-burning was injected directly into the brains of rats and they lost five per cent of their weight in just four months.

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Living near an airport 'is bad for your heart': Higher levels of asthma and heart problems among people residing within six miles blamed on higher carbon monoxide levels 

The researchers in America blamed pollutant carbon monoxide (CO) which is pumped out in higher quantities when planes are idling or taxi-ing on runways for causing health problems.

Children glued to social media sites like Facebook and Twitter are TWICE as likely to suffer mental health problems

Teenage boy viewing social media website Using Ipad. Image shot 2013. Exact date unknown.

A report from the Office for National Statistics found higher levels of emotional problems among youngsters who spent a lot of time on websites like Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.

Taste of Mary's childhood days: Why offal is still on the menu for the Bake Off judge as she reveals her love of ox tongue 

The 80-year-old celebrity cook admitted that not everyone will share her taste for offal but said that her liking ox tongue evolved during her childhood in the Second World War.

HOW THE WORLD LOOKS FROM WESTMINSTER
 

Don't call me Sir Cover Up! Britain's top civil servant Jeremy Heywood rejects claims he is 'muzzling' ministers over Heathrow 

Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood . PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday May 24, 2012. The Cabinet Secretary, who sat on the forfeiture committee that made the decision, insisted the recommendation was not politically motivated and insisted it had given him "no pleasure". See PA story POLITICS Heywood. Photo credit should read: John Stillwell/PA Wire

Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood has been dubbed 'Sir Cover Up' over claims that he has obstructed the progress of the Iraq Inquiry by blocking the release of sensitive documents.

China state visit showdown: Cameron pledges to confront President Xi Jinping over the 'dumping' of cheap steel blamed for thousands of UK job losses

China's newly-elected President Xi Jinping attends the fourth plenary meeting of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, was elected President of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission on Thursday. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

Speaking in the Commons, the Prime Minister insisted no subjects were 'off the table' during the four-day state visit by the country's strongman president Xi Jinping (pictured).

Tory MP quits Commons sleaze watchdog after failing to declare £325,000 in earnings as a barrister because he missed the deadline

Westminster Dog of The Year MPs gather with their dogs .... MP Geoffrey Cox QC with George . REXMAILPIX.

Geoffrey Cox QC, MP for Torridge and West Devon, referred himself to the standards commissioner after breaking time limits on reporting earnings from hundreds of hours of legal work.

How many prisoners are being radicalised behind bars? Government admits it has NO IDEA despite latest extremism 'crackdown' 

Prime Minister David Cameron (centre) speaks with schoolchildren on a visit to Luton, Bedfordshire, where Mr Cameron launched the Government's counter-extremism strategy. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday October 19, 2015. See PA story POLITICS Extremism. Photo credit should read: Ben Stansall/PA Wire

EXCLUSIVE: As David Cameron vows to tackle prison extremism, the Ministry of Justice says it has 'no business need' to compile a central database on recruitment of would-be terrorists in jails.

Osborne digs in: Chancellor refuses to budge on tax credits with law already changed to force through deep cuts

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne speaking at Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, England.

The Chancellor has made clear he has no intention of 'tweaking' the cuts, claiming the law has already been changed and a climbdown would cost billions.

Heartbreaking scenes as families of RAF airmen killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash see their bodies repatriated to the UK 

RAF officers in Afghanistan helicopter crash have bodies repatriated to the UK

Flight lieutenants Geraint 'Roly' Roberts, 44, and Alan Scott, 32, died, along with three other people, when their Puma Mk2 crashed during a landing at NATO's training headquarters in Kabul. A plane carrying their bodies landed at RAF Brize Norton today, with a cortege passing a memorial garden in Norton Way, Carterton, on its way to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.

Poignant new pictures shows how girl, 16, who was left in a wheelchair by 'one tiny pill' of ecstasy continues her fightback

The new picture shows Amy Thomson, who collapsed and was left in a wheelchair and with brain damage after taking MDMA at a party in Glasgow, continuing her fightback to health.

'It's been a love story tinged with sadness': Terminally ill man who waited 50 years to marry his childhood sweetheart dies just 18 days later after ceremony in hospital 

Arthur Holland, 69, who was suffering from cancer, has died just 18 days after marrying his childhood sweetheart Val Cowen, 64, in a touching ceremony at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary (pictured).

Mother makes lipstick mark on her face every day to match her seven-month-old daughter's strawberry birthmark

Doting mother Jessica Sands from Wallasey, Merseyside, started drawing the mark after a haemangioma grew on the face of her seven-month old daughter, Madison (pictured together).

Family of suicide businessman tell of their 'hard times' as they return home to the UK without him following his death at a Swiss clinic

Simon Binner, 57, who had aggressive motor neurone disease, took his own life at the Eternal Spirit centre in Basel after announcing the date of his death on the professional networking site LinkedIn.

Photographer jumped to his death from balcony after being handcuffed by police during 'manic episode' while drunk and high on cocaine 

Tobias Terpilowski-Gill (pictured), a former Sheffield Halam student, had begged for psychological support but was told he should either go to his GP or visit A&E; instead, an inquest heard.

Heartbroken father calls for driver to face new charges as his daughter dies NINE YEARS after speeding heir to £130m fortune left her with devastating injuries

Cerys Edwards who was injuries as baby dies nine years after car crash with Antonio

Cerys Edwards' (pictured middle, before the accident) life was changed forever when the Range Rover Sport driven by Antonio Boparan (top righ, with his father Ranjit) destroyed the car she was travelling in with mother Tracey (left, together after the accident) and father Gareth in Sutton Coldfield in 2006. The 19-year-old - heir to the £130million 2 Sisters Food Group - was speeding at more than 70mph in a 30mph zone when he ploughed head-on into the family's car (bottom right). Cerys (inset, after the accident) was left paralysed, unable to speak, permanently dependent on a ventilator and requiring round-the-clock care. She endured dozens of operations in the years since, but died on Saturday night, surrounded by her family at Birmingham Children's Hospital.

Sleight of hand that doesn't need fingers! Teenager who lost his right leg and most of his fingers to meningitis as a toddler performs mind-blowing magic tricks 

Dean Lahan, 18, of Stcokport, Greater Manchester, has become an internet sensation after a video of him performing magic tricks recorded by Sean Haydon was viewed more than 65,000 times.

Clubber, 21, is left with a horrific gaping hole in his face after he is bottled for trying to help a girl when she was hassled during a night out

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Daniel Platt was left with a huge wound on his cheek after being attacked by a man during a night out in Wigan when a man started hassling his friend.

Student, 16, is hospitalised and needs crutches to walk after spider bite leaves a massive hole in her leg 

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Casey O'Neill, from Andover, believes that she was attacked by a false widow spider after her leg swelled up and oozed blood.

Coroner weeps as families of two murdered medical students tell an inquest of their agony after an 'evil' fishmonger stabbed their 'brilliant' sons to death in Borneo 

Newcastle University students Aidan Brunger, (pictured) from Kent, and Neil Dalton, from Ambergate in Derbyshire, were killed in the attack in Kuching, Borneo in August last year.

Devoted couple who had been married for more than 60 years died within THREE days of each other after battling cancer 

Dennis Burkett, 84, died at his home in Birmingham earlier this month after battling cancer. Around 72 hours later, his 83-year-old wife Betty, who had gall bladder cancer, also passed away.

Teenager is left looking like 'Frankenstein's monster' and temporarily blind after TWICE suffering severe allergic reaction hair dye

Dinya Rasool, from Cardiff, spent three days in hospital after suffering the severe reaction to the chemical para-phenylenediamine (PPD) in her hair dye.

Self-made millionaire was smothered to death in his luxury home by a gang of Polish robbers so they could steal his £20,000 Rolex watch 

Miltiades Papadopoulos was smothered to death by a gang of Polish robbers

Miltiades Papadopoulos, 41, (pictured left) was found dead at home in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, on October 22 last year. He had been stripped naked, tied up and killed in his living room by a gang of Polish robbers, all for the sake of his £20,000 Rolex watch (similar to the one pictured bottom right). On the anniversary of the victim's death, Polish national Sebastian Kimel, 40, (top, middle) was found guilty of his murder while Arkadiusz Szarkowski, 42, (top right) and Krzysztof Kasza, 42, (bottom, middle) were convicted of manslaughter. The three men will be sentenced on Friday.

Jealous bodybuilder is jailed for more than 14 years after strangling and battering his transgender escort wife to death

Joaquin Gomez-Hernandez, 24, has been jailed for a minimum of 14 years after beating his 33 year-old wife Vanessa Santillan to death at their home in Fulham, south west London.

'Callous and calculating' Costco boss found guilty of murdering one of his three lovers with his brother's help to stop her exposing their two-year affair

Roger Cooper, 41, a boss at Costco, spent at least a month plotting to kill lover, Sameena Imam, 34, and carried out the killing in Leicester on Christmas Eve last year with the help of his brother David.

Dogwalker tells how she found TWO alleged victims of gay serial killer both sitting up in same spot against churchyard wall

Barbara Denham, 65, from Barking, was walking her dog in St Margaret's Church last summer when she stumbled across two bodies, believed to be victims of alleged serial killer Stephen Port.

Slovakian man is jailed for 20 years for raping woman, 18, he battered so viciously with a stone 'while high on glue' that her life was only saved by her hood and headscarf

West Yorkshire Police undated handout photo of Zdenko Turtak who will be sentenced today at Leeds Crown Court for the brutal rape of an 18-year-old woman he dragged from a bus-stop, battered repeatedly with a rock and then left for dead. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday October 19, 2015. Turtak attacked the woman in the Beeston area of Leeds in March and later fled to his native Slovakia as a huge search was launched by West Yorkshire Police. His victim was left with severe injuries after she was dragged behind a hedge and battered 18 times with a rock. See PA story COURTS Rapist. Photo credit should read: West Yorkshire Police/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

Slovakia-born Zdenko Turtak, 22, has been jailed for 20 years for brutally raping an 18-year-old woman after dragging her from a bus stop in Leeds in March and beating her 18 times with a large rock.

Becky Watts was 'told by her stepbrother how he would kill her in gruesome threats made in years before she went missing'

Nathan Matthews is on trial for Becky's murder. The court heard today from her best friend Courtney Bicker (pictured, left, with Becky) who said Matthews previously threatened to kill the teenager

Teacher 'was strangled to death by her estranged husband with a bra strap after she threatened to report him for rape unless he returned her wedding jewellery worth £20,000'

Rukshana Miah, 35, a primary school teacher, died one week after being attacked by husband Abul Kashem Miah, 37, at her home in Stockport in August last year.

Lodger 'killed his landlady by pushing her down the stairs after row over him using too much hot water by taking two baths a day'

Prosecutors allege Jesse Harper, 22, lashed out at Joanna Doman, 55, and pushed her down the steep staircase of the cottage (pictured) in Peasedown St John, near Bath, Somerset

Mother stabbed her partner 29 times before killing their four-year-old daughter using a pencil 'because she believed they would turn into vampires'

Shelley Christopher, 36, stabbed Richard Brown 29 times before turning on their daughter Sophia after believing she had been instructed by a light bulb in the ceiling at their home in Notting Hill, London.

Three students charged with 'hacking school computer system to change grades and 300 schedules in modern-day Ferris Bueller-like stunt'

Daniel Soares, 17, the alleged mastermind, was arrested on Tuesday in New York along with fellow Commack High School students Erick Vaysman, 17, and Alex Mosquera, 17.

Photographer captures eerie images of abandoned Second World War fortifications slowly being reclaimed by nature

Photographer Marc Wilson captures images of abandoned WWII fortifications

Among the military structures pictured are those at Widemouth Bay in Cornwall, Hayling Island in Hampshire and Studland Bay in Dorset. They were also photographed at Lamba Ness in the Shetlands, Newburgh in Aberdeenshire and Cramond Island in the Firth of Forth. Marc Wilson has been travelling around Northern Europe's coastlines for the past few years to capture photos of the structures. The Bath-based photographer aimed to reflect the history held in the continent's landscape for his series named The Last Stand. Pictured: The Battery of Vigso in Nordjylland, Denmark (top left), a section of the Mulberry Harbour on Hayling Island in Hampshire (top right), a lookout structure in Haugesund, Norway (bottom left), and a radar station at Lamba Ness in Unst in the Shetlands (bottom right).

A pool with a view: Architects unveil plans for spectacular new hotel with rooftop infinity pool at Battersea Power Station 

The hotel is part of an £8billion riverside development to transform the 42-acre former brownfield site in Battersea, London, into homes, shops, cafes, offices and public space.

Property mogul could lose £5.5 million tax break because he keeps coming back to UK for his domestic goddess wife's great food

James Glyn has insisted he was resident in Monaco when he received a £24million dividend from selling off his family property portfolio ten years ago.

Bish bash bosh, Jamie's made a loss: Oliver's company £12million in the red - despite taking in £30million 

Book sales, cookery shows and licensing deals saw turnover at the Essex-born celebrity chef's (pictured) company, Jamie Oliver Holdings, rocket by 21 per cent to a colossal £39.7million.

Laura Ashley boss and his estranged former Miss Malaysia wife 'have spent £5million on divorce lawyers as they battle for his £440m fortune' 

Khoo Kay Peng, 76, who is non-executive chairman of Laura Ashley Holdings, and Pauline Chai, 68, who both come from Malaysia, have been embroiled in litigation in London for more than two years.

Victoria Derbyshire returns to work on her BBC2 show less than a month after mastectomy following breast cancer diagnosis 

The popular daytime host (pictured) said touching messages she'd received from fans 'mean a great deal' as she made her TV comeback in London wearing a navy blue top and floral-patterned skirt.

Pub apologises for putting on a 'Mental Asylum' Hallowe'en event offering free shots for 'deranged doctors and nurses' and 'mental patients'

Staff at the Broadway Pub in Bournemouth, Dorset, had planned to offer free shots to punters dressed as 'deranged doctors and nurses' for its 'Mental Asylum Weekend' but has now scrapped the event.

It's a small world: From the eye of a bee to the mouth of a bladderwort, Nikon reveals microscopic image contest winners

Nikon reveals Small World Photomicrography Competition winners

First prize this year was awarded to Australian Ralph Grimm for his stunning image that brings you eye-to-eye with a honey bee covered in dandelion pollen grain (top left). From centre left, clockwise: an image of sea mullet embryos; an alien-looking image of a humped bladderwort; a mouse colon; a close-up of panama fern and a starfish.

Thou SHALT commit adultery: Incredibly rare 1631 'sinners' Bible' contains unfortunate typo in the Ten Commandments that forced publisher to BURN most of the 1,000 print run

There was uproar among conservative Anglican Britain when the blunder (pictured) was found a year after 1,000 copies were published. The King ordered them to be set alight - but some survived.

EXCLUSIVE At home with the world's gentlest giants: Amazing pictures from our heart-stopping encounter with endangered gorillas who live in the depths of the jungle

MailOnline reporter Nick Fagge trekked deep into the jungle in the Democratic Republic of Congo to meet the endangered mountain gorillas who face daily threats to their existence.

New defence network protecting Britain from attack by terror drones is planned by ministers amid fears flying bombs could target planes or nuclear power plants 

Tory MP Penny Mordaunt (pictured), a defence minister, told the Commons yesterday that the use of unmanned drones by the country's enemies had become 'an emerging threat'.

Waitrose, Sainsbury's and Marks & Spencer launch investigations after undercover probe exposes terrible conditions of migrant apple-packers

The Channel 4 News investigation at Nickle Farm in Kent highlighted how mainly Romanian workers are lured to work for minimum wages - and the shocking conditions they experience.

A chemical weapons factory, a concrete church and a pub where X-Ray Spex once played are among Britain's crumbling heritage sites at risk of being lost forever 

Government heritage agency Historic England has published the annual Heritage At Risk Register, which shows how well the country's historic environment is doing.

THE WORLD AT A GLANCE
 

Mob of Afghans attack new arrivals at over-crowded Lesbos camp with sticks as Europe's worsening weather and tighter border controls force more migrants to head for Greece

Mob of Afghans attack new arrivals at over-crowded Lesbos camp with sticks

On Tuesday, violence erupted at the over-crowded Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos as dozens of new arrivals were attacked by a mob of Afghans wielding sticks. Punches were also thrown when tempers flared as newly-arrived migrants were waiting to be processed at the camp. Greece has witnessed a surge in migrant arrivals in recent days amid fears of worsening weather and closing borders inside Europe, the United Nations and Greek authorities said.

Le Pen should have 'inciting hatred' charges dropped because her comments comparing Muslims to Nazi occupation are protected by freedom of expression, say prosecutors

The leader of France's far-right Front National - who could face a year in jail - was in combative mood as she told Lyon Correctional Court: 'I've committed no crime. I'm an honest woman.'

Hunter who sparked outrage by killing Africa's biggest elephant and posing with his 'trophy' is named as multi-millionaire German property mogul

Rainer Schorr, 53, of Berlin, Germany, is a wealthy equities and real estate fund tycoon whose website bills the company as 'Private Equity and Investment in People, Future and Environment.'

ISIS butchers 'most probably' used MUSTARD GAS against the Iraqi Kurds it emerges as the terror group begins conscripting boys aged 14 

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Diplomatic sources say inspectors will go to Iraq next week to help determine if the blistering agent sulphur mustard was used in the battlefield in August.

Brought together for the first time in 60 years... and one last chance to see their loved ones: Husbands, wives, brothers and sisters split by North and South Korean borders reunite

About 390 South Koreans were reunited with some 140 family members from the North, many of whom have not laid eyes on each other or had any contact for more than 60 years.

March of the migrants now 'out of control' as Croatia sends thousands more towards overwhelmed Slovenia, who are left to beg the EU for help policing its borders 

Police in riot gear surrounded hundreds of migrants in a muddy field near the border village of Rigonce, from where they were to be escorted on foot to an already overcrowded reception centre.

'Oscar's release makes no difference to us - Reeva is still dead': Family of model shot dead by Pistorius say granting him parole early 'does not change the way they feel' 

The Paralympian star's lawyers successfully argued that he should be released on house arrest after serving a year of his five-year jail sentence for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.

Death toll from the Hajj pilgrimage stampede rises to 2,177 as countries continue to carry out the grim task of identifying victims of the worst disaster in the event's history 

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The toll keeps rising from the September 24 disaster outside Mecca as individual countries identify bodies and work to determine the whereabouts of hundreds of pilgrims still missing.

Japanese man, 41, becomes first Fukushima worker to be diagnosed with cancer after being exposed to radiation at the nuclear plant in the wake of the 2011 tsunami

The unnamed employee, who was in his thirties while working at the plant following the 2011 disaster, is suffering from leukaemia.

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DAILY MAIL COMMENT: We should deal with China, not kowtow 

Nobody understands better than the Mail that in this imperfect world, governments with an eye to their national interests often have to deal with thoroughly unpleasant regimes.

SARAH VINE: Don't mock women with hair loss - it's so traumatic 

My heart went out to actress Helena Bonham Carter when, snapped popping to the shops at the weekend, her hair suddenly looked a little thinner than usual, writes SARAH VINE.

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