Royally good sports! Kate, Wills and Harry are the entertainment at charity premiere as they participate in a welly-throwing contest

Kate Middleton joins Princes William and Harry at BAFTA for Shaun the Sheep premiere

The royal trio were at BAFTA in London's Piccadilly with children from several of the charities they support to enjoy the premiere of the new film by British animators Aardman, Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas. The showing is part of a creative industries-themed event by the royals' Charities Forum, a collection of more than 30 organisations of which William, Kate and Harry are patrons or work closely with. It aims to bring their individual charitable interests together and to explore how they could best lend their support to them all in an effective and efficient way. After the screening at BAFTA's in-house theatre, the royal party will join children involved in a Shaun the Sheep-themed model making workshop and craft activities session.

'Being critical of Tom Cruise is being critical of Scientology itself': Leah Remini blasts Hollywood star in a preview of her blistering expose of the shadowy religion

Ex-Scientologist Leah Remini reveals Tom Cruise is the reason she left the Church

Leah Remini, 45, severed ties with the church of Scientology in 2013, and explains that her key motivation for leaving was connected to megastar Tom Cruise. In a trailer for an upcoming interview with ABC News 20/20, which is set to air on October 30, she said: 'Being critical of Tom Cruise is being critical of Scientology itself...you are evil.'

Why fat people should be charged more to fly: It's not fair for thin people to suffer through the age of the supersize traveller

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Julia Richardson is sick of being squashed by fat people sitting next to her when she flies. She believes that the obese should pay more for flights as they weigh more than she does.

Bacon, burgers and sausages DO cause cancer and are as big a threat as cigarettes, says World Health Organisation

A new World Health Organisation report has classified processed meat as carcinogenic alongside arsenic and asbestos. Officials said less than one sausage a day increases the risk by almost a fifth.

Mystery of the 'alien megastructure' SOLVED? Bizarre object is more likely to be a lopsided star than a Dyson sphere

Maine-based space blogger Jim Galasyn proposes that the dips in 'flux' around KIC 8462852 (pictured) are caused by the star having a lopsided disk, and two planets obstructing its view.

Biden says he didn't run for president because he 'couldn't win', and dispels rumors that son Beau tried to convince him to run from his death bed

Joe Biden dismissed long-standing rumors that Beau - who died from brain cancer in May - tried to persuade him to run for the White House shortly before his death.

EXCLUSIVE: Perverted Saudi prince ordered his entire staff to strip naked at his Beverly Hills mansion's pool and said: 'I want to see some naked p****,' court papers claim 

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Prince Majed Al-Saud, (left) son of the country's late King Abdullah, is facing fresh allegations of sexual abuse of three women while high and drunk at his $37m rented home in Beverly Hills. New court papers seen by Daily Mail Online disclose that the women say he ordered his entire household staff to gather by the pool of his rented home in Beverly Hills (top and bottom) because he wanted them to strip naked. The women have already alleged that they saw him being pleasured sexually by a male retainer, who he also ordered to break win in his face.

Two men shot at $1.8million Queens mansion party after organiser 'rented it from Airbnb, hired security guards and charged 200 people $25 for entry'

Two men were shot at a house party in Queens early Sunday morning, police said.

The shooting happened just after midnight at a home on 28th Avenue near 213th Street in Bayside, CBS2?s Ilana Gold reported.

More than 200 people reportedly overran the property (pictured) after a man rented out the property in 28th Avenue, Bayside, and posted an invite to Saturday's birthday party.

Mysterious UFO called 'WTF' is on a collision course with Earth: Space junk will crash into the Indian Ocean next month

WTF1190F (circled in this image from a Hawaiian telescope) is set to crash into the Indian Ocean, around 40 miles (65km) off the southern tip of Sri Lanka, at 6:20 UTC on November 13.

Central Asia is rocked by powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake: Terrified men and women try to stay on their feet in astonishing video from killer quake

2015 earthquake video shows ground in India shaking as Pakistan and Afghanistan are hit

The CCTV footage, captured in New Delhi, shows Indians grabbing poles and crouching on the floor to steady themselves as the ground shakes violently under them. A powerful tremor rocked Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region earlier today and was felt throughout much of South Asia. The US Geological Survey put the epicentre near Jurm in northeast Afghanistan, 250 kilometres (160 miles) from the capital Kabul and at a depth of 213.5 km. In Afghanistan's Takhar province, west of Badakahshan, at least 12 students at a girl's school were killed in a stampede as they tried to get out of the shaking buildings, a local official said. The epitcentre is close to the site of an October 2005 quake which had a 7.6-magnitude and killed more than 75,000 people, displacing some 3.5 million more.

Teen couple, both 17, found dead in the back of a parked minivan hours after their families reported them missing

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The bodies of Indya Davis (pictured) and Lyle Ferringer were found in the back of a minivan, belonging to one of their families, Saturday afternoon in Woodbridge, Virginia.

Can't get to sleep? Avoid weekend lie-ins and DO exercise before bed: Experts bust 6 common myths to help you nod off

Going to bed early could actually make insomnia worse, and 'catching up' on sleep by having a lie in at the weekend also ruins sleep patterns, according to leading sleep experts.

Economy passenger handcuffed and led off plane after she 'used business class toilet' to be sick

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Edita Kmetova, from Slovakia, was flying with Air Berlin from Vienna to Abu Dhabi when she felt unwell. She rushed to use the business class toilet when the economy one was in use.

London to New York in half an hour? Skreemr concept could travel FIVE times faster than Concorde

Designers Charles Bombardier and Ray Mattison envisage the craft could be launched using a magnetic railgun system to catapult it into the sky to reach a staggering Mach 10.

Cutest video of the year? Man rescues injured fawn, fixes its broken leg and releases it into the wild - except the baby deer just doesn't want to leave his side!

Yellowstone National Park man rescues injured fawn and returns it to family

The man, who has only been identified as Darius, rescued the fawn last spring, near what is believed to be Yellowstone National Park and took the fawn into his home to rehabilitate it over a two-week period. Once the fawn was healthy, he tracked down her family and released her into the wild. Since returning her to the wild he has seen the fawn several times

GOP sees just four of its 15 candidates as electable - Trump the tops list, followed by Carson, Bush and Rubio

Seven in 10 Republican-leaning voters say Trump could win in November 2016 if he captures his party's nomination. Six in 10 said the same of Carson and Bush. Rubio has a 54 percent shot.

McDonald Trump: GOP front-runner says he ate at McDonald's last night as he parries questions about his regular-guy credentials

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A gotcha questioner also wanted to know if Trump has worn blue jeans and whether he had driven his own car lately (yes to both). Hillary Clinton has said she hasn't driven a car since 1996.

Donald Trump says the world would be a BETTER place if Saddam and Gaddafi were still in power

On Sunday, GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump said that the world would be a better place if dictators Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi were still in power.

Bernie Sanders laughs at the suggestion that he's a sexist for saying that Hillary Clinton was 'shouting about gun violence'   

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Bernie Sanders simply laughed at the idea that he's sexist - something Hillary Clinton has suggested pointing to a remark he made saying she was 'shouting' about gun control.

Chris Christie is 'kicked out' of Amtrak quiet car for talking too loudly on his phone while clutching McDonald's strawberry smoothie

A spokeswoman for the New Jersey governor said the Republican presidential hopeful accidentally took a seat in the quiet car while he was traveling from Washington DC to New York on Sunday morning.

New poll has Carson TIED with Trump in Iowa, as two other polls have Carson pulling ahead -  and sending The Donald into a snit 

Another new poll has longtime GOP frontrunner Donald Trump losing ground in Iowa to rival Ben Carson. A CBS News poll has Trump tied with Carson, each receiving 27 percent of the vote.

Outrage at Alabama fifth grade teacher's black face 'Kanye West' Halloween costume

Alabama teacher Heath Morrow wears black face 'Kanye West' Halloween costume

A photo of who appears to be Heath Morrow, dressed as Kanye West emerged on Imgur on Sunday. In the photo, Morrow, who teaches at an elementary school in the Decatur City Schools system, is in black face, wearing plastic louvered sunglasses, a white T-shirt, blazer and gold chain. The father-of-two is seen holding a sign that reads, 'Kanye for Prez 2020'. His wife, Shannon Morrow is standing by his side, apparently dressed as Kim Kardashian, in a black leggings - with an elaborately padded posterior - and leopard print heels.

Bobby Flay is mobbed by painted topless women spelling out the word 'cheater' - but just who hired them?

Flay recently divorced his third wife, Law & Order actress Stephanie March, amid rumors he had several affairs - including an alleged relationship with Med Men star January Jones.

WALKING DEAD SPOILER ALERT: The most devastating episode yet sees main character Glenn eaten alive... but was he really killed?

The Walking Dead sees Glenn get eaten alive but is he really dead?

Walking Dead fans were left reeling on Sunday night after Glenn appeared to be eaten alive. Having been in the show from the very first episode, he was the last person expected to meet his demise. But after getting trapped in an alleyway in by a herd of walkers in the final dramatic minutes, he appeared to meet his grisly demise

'I feel like a family member died': Fans react on Twitter to shock Walking Dead episode... as creator promises we have not seen the last of beloved Glenn

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But viewers may not have to worry too much about Glenn as the show's creator Scott Gimple said on The Talking Dead that the beloved character may not be gone forever.

Mould, neck pain and grubby pillows: How your bedding can ruin your sex life and why your mattress might be making you ill

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A study has found that bed can harbour dangerous bacteria and moulds. Mandy Francis explores the health hazards hiding underneath your sheets and finds out how to avoid them.

'She wasn't drunk she is mentally ill': Fast-food worker who is charged with murder after plowing car into OSU parade and killing four 'blacked out', says lawyer

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Tony Coleman, attorney for Adacia Chambers, 25, says she may have blacked out after leaving work yesterday morning before driving into crowds at the Oklahoma State University homecoming. Coleman, a specialist DUI and DWI lawyer, said he spent an hour with Chambers yesterday and could not smell alcohol or see and indication she was on drugs. However, he added: ''I was not satisfied that I was communicating with a competent person. Miss Chambers suffers from mental illness.' Police have now charged Chambers with four counts of second degree murder and she is due to appear in court tomorrow.

Use a chilled glass, add expensive lemons and always stir NEVER shake: William Hanson says Bond is wrong as he reveals how to make a proper martini

Etiquette expert William Hanson visits Dukes Hotel in London, where Ian Fleming is thought to have taken inspiration for his character's drinking habit, to compile the perfect martini.

The Inca shrine where CHILDREN were sacrificed: Human remains found in caves may have been offerings to the gods during times of extreme weather

Spanish explorers travelling through the remote Vilcabamba region in Peru discovered the ruins of around 50 buildings and a system of caves containing human remains (pictured).

Five fraternity members charged over hazing death of 19-year-old student who died after 'he was ordered to down a 60-ounce bottle of vodka'

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Trevor Duffy, 19, died of excessive alcohol consumption last fall after drinking a 60oz bottle of vodka during an initiation into Zeta Beta Tau, an unrecognized fraternity at the University of Albany.

Drunk driver plows into seven people having a picnic at Delaware State University homecoming on the same day female motorist killed four in Oklahoma

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An alleged drunk driver struck seven people during homecoming at Delaware State University, police say.

Just before 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dover police say 28-year-old Gregory Ligon of Mitchelville, Maryland, was driving a Mercedes Benz sedan in the area of a fraternity picnic area.

Police say Ligon attempted to park his vehicle in the area and exited. Once he did, he realized the car was still in reverse.

According to police, Ligon quickly went back in the driver's seat to stop the vehicle and pushed the gas pedal instead of the brake.

Gregory Ligon, 28, from Maryland, was trying to park his car near a grassy area outside of a fraternity house on Saturday evening when he pushed the gas pedal instead of the brake and plowed into a group.

Anti-age your eyebrows: Celebs have long been doing it to knock years off their faces. Now you can too - and we show you how

Nilam Holmes-Patel reveals how to anti-age your eyebrows

Bold 'power brows' have become a trend in recent years, but the look can be tricky to achieve at home. Eyebrow guru Nilam Holmes-Patel demonstrates technique for brow problems. 'Good brows can transform your face,' says Nilam Holmes-Patel, known in the beauty industry as 'the eyebrow queen'. 'Over the past five years, women have been waking up to the fact they can knock years off their face if they get their brows right.

'Love that Don't Go Jason Waterfalls song': The hilariously dim-witted tweets that trended for all the WRONG reasons

Whether they are discussing politics and current events or geography and their favourite celebrities, some Twitter users have seen their misguided or incorrect posts go viral.

'Hamlet? More like Spamlet!' Hilarious one-star Amazon reviews of great literary classics

Amazon is host to thousands of reviewers sceptical about the merits of great writers, offering a harsh re-assessment of well-known works.

Fears over Russian submarine and spy ship patrols near vital undersea internet cables

There is no evidence of cable (pictured) cutting, but the concerns reflected increased wariness among US and allied officials over growing Russian military activity around the world.

Is there life on Enceladus? Probe hoping to unlock the secrets of Saturn's moon will travel through its icy spray on Wednesday

On Wednesday, Nasa's Cassini probe will shoot through a fountain erupting from Saturn's frozen moon, Enceladus (pictured), at an altitude of 30 miles, in the hope of discovering signs of life.

Beautician who died in cryochamber 'was using the machine by herself, died within seconds and could have suffocated'

Beautician Chelsea Ake found dead inside cryochamber of Rejuvenice salon in Nevada

Chelsea Ake, 24, the manager of Rejuvenice in Las Vegas, was found dead inside the salon's cryochamber last Tuesday by distraught employees. An official cause of death has not been determined. Cryotherapy is a controversial 'medical therapy' where the body is briefly exposed to to air temperatures at minus 240 degrees Fahrenheit. Ake's death has been ruled as 'operator error'. It appears she used the machine after hours and may have suffocated inside the cryochamber.

The Martian returns to the U.S. box office top spot as Vin Diesel's Last Witch Hunter and Bill Murray's Rock The Kasbah flop

The sixth installment of Paranormal Activity and a big screen version of the 1980s animated series Jem And The Holograms were also big flops as audiences chose to revisit the Matt Damon sci-fi drama.

Lamar Odom prostitutes 'heard snorting sounds coming from his bathroom' - despite brothel owner Dennis Hof's claims that NOBODY knew he was taking illegal drugs

Police say Monica Monroe and Ryder Cherry thought Odom was taking illegal drugs during his stay at the Love Ranch, Nevada, despite the brothel's owner saying nobody knew of illicit drug use.

'Here's your f****** breast cancer awareness': Woman shares graphic post-treatment photos to reveal the devastating effects of the disease

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GRAPHIC CONTENT: Breast cancer survivor Jenn Alter (left), 36, from Saint Louis, Missouri, uploaded the photos (inset), which have now gone viral, to her Tumblr blog Pushing In the Pin. The pictures, which Jenn posted with the caption 'here's your f****** breast cancer awareness' show the mother's red-raw chest after a 35-day radiation treatment. At first glance Jenn's (pictured with her husband, right) chest resembles a burn victim's wounds, with seared flesh and painful-looking red patches of skin surrounding her breast.

Kendall and Kylie Jenner 'being sued' by Island Company clothing brand after they copied its trademarked logo for PacSun range

The famous sister are being sued by the resort clothing brand founded in 2002 for reportedly creating T-shirts within their PacSun with the similar motto.

Elbows at the ready for H&M;'s hottest designer range yet: Balmain is coming to a High Street near you very soon 

H&M; launches another designer collection on November 5th, this time collaberating with Balmain, whose normal prices run into the thousands. Pick them up for a fraction of the price.

Police arrest 36-year-old woman after the 'crack addict' shot dead her 'favorite uncle' during violent fit

Yvonne Lewis (pictured) was arrested Saturday in Peabody, Massachusetts, five hours after allegedly killing her uncle Clive Francis.

President Obama's favorite Hawaii beach has left scores of swimmers paralyzed by powerful waves that can break necks

A man who had bodysurfed on the same Hawaii beach where President Obama spends his vacations has been left paralyzed after being hit by a freak wave in the ocean.

Wait for me! Shocking moment man chases his departing plane onto the tarmac

Marc Rehmar chases departing plane at Denver airport so he doesn't miss school reunion

Marc Rehmar (pictured inset), 58, had arrived late to board a United Airlines flight to Ohio at Denver International Airport on August 6. He then opened a secure emergency exit, triggering an alarm, and ran onto the ramp and insisted on being allowed to board the plane (left and right). Rehmar pleaded guilty to misdemeanor tampering and was sentenced to 100 hours of community service and two years of probation at Denver District Court.

Threatened, beaten and even glassed: Women reveal their shocking stories of what happened to them when they refused a man's sexual advances

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Women have posted their frightening stories on a new Tumblr page. When Women Refuse has hundreds of anonymous submissions about men turning nasty when they are rejected.

Children roam freely, drug labs operate in the open and sex offenders are electrocuted in shallow pools: Inside the hell that is one of the world's most bizarre and dangerous prisons

Inside the San Pedro prison made famous by Australian author Rusty Young

San Pedro prison (left) was made famous by the book Marching Powder in 2003, and for the first time it's author-Australian journalist Rusty Young-has returned inside its walls. The insular prison sits in the mountainous La Paz city in west Bolivia, where 3000 male inmates and their families live alongside rampant drug-manufacturing (bottom right.) And a brutal form of self-styled justice (top left) is the only real law. But the self-sustaining model of the prison is cheap to run and thus supported by the Bolivian government.

Saved from mass execution: The moment 70 terrified hostages are rescued from ISIS prison by elite Delta Force commandos - one of whom died in the dramatic raid

ISIS raid footage 'shows raid in which Delta Force sergeant was killed in Iraq'

Dramatic footage has emerged which seems to show the join Delta Force and Kurdish peshmerga raid on an ISIS compound in northern Iraq (left and right) during which Master Sgt Joseph Wheeler (inset) was shot dead. The video, shot from the helmet camera of one of the soldiers, shows a group of around eight men moving room to room through a compound which has a large ISIS flag hanging on the wall. The group appears to be a mix of American soliders and Kurdish troops, as they can be heard talking in both English and Arabic. While gunfire can be heard during the footage, the moment where Wheeler is hit is not shown.

New ISIS video shows yet another sick method of execution as it crushes 19-year-old captive under the tracks of a battle tank

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Blood-thirsty Islamic State militants have released a sick new execution video showing a 19-year-old Syrian soldier being run over by a tank.

Rabbi and two other Jewish victims are stabbed in anti-Semitic knife attack outside synagogue by 'drunk far right mental patient' in France

The unnamed attacker was in his early 30s and known to Marseilles police. He 'went for' two people and the third was injured when he intervened to stop the ferocious stabbing frenzy.

Chilling video shows masked man attacking leader of Jewish human rights organisation with stones and a knife on the West Bank

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Video footage shows the attacker, who is believed to be an Israeli extremist, pulling out a knife and threatening Rabbi Arik Ascherman, of Rabbis for Human Rights, in a Jewish West Bank settlement.

Blood-thirsty zombies, creepy clowns and terrifying witches... self-taught make-up artist creates horrifyingly realistic Halloween designs

Self-taught make-up artist Rachael Divers creates realistic Halloween designs

Rachael Divers, 27, creates horrifying special effects looks with make-up, including zombies, witches and clowns. Amazingly, she has no formal SFX training and learnt all she knows from online videos. The transformations by the make-up artist, who is from England, can take anywhere from 40 minutes to three hours to create.

'This is the nastiest thing I've ever seen': Gruesome video shows man's spot erupting with pus as it is squeezed

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. The man, known only as Brett, from the US, has a long plug of pus removed from a spot on his back . 'It looks like you got a bullet hole in you,' one family member says.

Does Snapchat make you happier than Facebook? Photo-sharing app is the most rewarding social network, study claims

A study by researchers at the University of Michigan found users of Snapchat reported having more rewarding interactions and feeling more positive, perhaps because they worried less about posts.

The long march: Shocking pictures show thousands of determined men, women and children trudging across the Balkans as politicians warn European Union could collapse in weeks

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Battling strong winds, driving rain, mud and freezing temperatures, these stunning photographs show a slow trek of thousands of migrants making their way to Europe amid the harsh conditions of the oncoming winter. As European leaders squabble about how best to deal with its mounting refugee crisis, tens of thousands of people are continuing to try and reach the Eurozone via the Balkans route.

Poland takes a turn to right after Eurosceptic social-conservative party claim victory in country's parliamentary elections 

Run by Jaroslaw Kaczynski (right), the twin brother of Poland's late president Lech, the Law and Justice Party PiS secured 38 per cent of the vote, enough to govern alone, said pollster IPSOS.

Thousands of refugees to 'perish miserably' by freezing to death in Eastern Europe, warns EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker

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Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, said a solution to the continuing crisis was needed urgently before people 'perished' in freezing winter conditions in Eastern Europe.

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Princess Diana's niece reveals she is pleased her younger brother will inherit the Althorp Estate because it means it will stay in the family name

Diana's niece Kitty Spencer pleased Althorp Estate will remain in family name

Lady Kitty Spencer (left) has no qualms about being overlooked when it comes to Althorp House, in Northamptonshire, being handed over as she firmly believes primogeniture is the 'correct way'. Her viscount brother Louis (right) will inherit the vast estate (inset), which has been in the Spencer family for centuries, despite being three years younger. She said: 'In general, I'm totally pro gender equality. But I'm quite happy that that's [going to be] my brother's responsibility. I just think it's the correct way.

Al Sharpton to speak at funeral of New York City cop killed in the line of duty

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Randolph Holder, 33, was shot while responding to a call near the East River in Harlem last Tuesday. Holder's father met with Rev. Sharpton (pictured) on Saturday and asked him to speak at the funeral.

Doing good is in the genes: Scientists unlock riddle of why people help their communities with no expectation of reward 

Scientists have discovered that people who do good deeds with no expectation of reward are heavily influenced by their genes following a study of identical and non-identical twins.

Reeva Steenkamp's father says he wants to meet Oscar Pistorius face-to-face to seek 'closure' after athlete was released early from prison for killing his daughter

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Pistorius was released last week after just a year in prison for shooting dead Reeva Steenkamp through a locked toilet door in their bedroom in the early hours of Valentine's Day 2013.

Close friend of Michael Schumacher says he is in constant contact with the F1 ace's family and says 'there's always hope' he will recover 

Ross Brawn, who worked with the 46-year-old F1 legend when he was dominating the sport, says he visits the Schumachers at their home on the banks of Lake Geneva, Switzerland.

Horrific video shows a man whose face is being eaten away by a mysterious flesh-eating virus

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Video has emerged of a 51-year-old man's face being attacked by a flesh-eating virus in Saigon, Vietnam.

Volkswagen accused of funding pro-diesel research that downplayed the health impact of emissions

A senior VW employee in Europe has been found to also be the managing editor for a transport research group that has published reports in scientific journals disputing the harmful impact of diesel emissions.

'F*** you ugly black man': Shocking footage of a white woman's racist rant at two passengers on a bus in Brooklyn goes viral 

Video of a white woman's racist rant at 2 passengers on a bus in Brooklyn goes viral

Student Moise Morancy was riding the bus in Brooklyn, New York on his way to college when he filmed the woman's rant, where she called him both 'inferior' and 'ugly' due to his skin colour. He began filming the angry woman after she shouted at a fellow black passenger on the bus and the footage starts with the pair standing next to each other on the packed service. Mr Morancy can be heard telling the camera: 'So this white woman here, she wants to yell at my sister right there for no reason.'

Cringeworthy moment a California Congressman who lost a bet belts out Meet the Mets on the House floor

Losing a sports bet forced Representative Adam Schiff, a Democratic from California, to honor to the New York Mets on the House floor in song after they beat the LA Dodgers in the baseball playoffs.

Would YOU pay $1,000 for a food-stained menu card from the royal wedding? Memorabilia from Duke and Duchess' 2011 nuptials up for auction 

The dinner menu, which auctioneers hope will fetch up to $1,000, is printed on thick ivory cardstock and features a green floral border trimmed in gold.

Now that's an entourage! Chinese girl goes to school with a chauffeured caravan so she can have a nap at lunch... and it even comes with a nanny who cooks

A set of photographs of a woman cooking next to a green caravan has recently emerged online in China. She and a driver were hired to care for a school girl during her studies.

How to overcome the fear of failure: As our inner demons are voted scarier than ghosts and spiders, ten ways to beat them revealed

People are more afraid of failure than creepy crawlies and the paranormal according to Linkagoal. The founder of the online support network shares advice on facing fears to achieve success.

Married Miami bodybuilders charged with starving their three horses until they were skin and bone

Alex Paez and wife Milagros Cowan charged with starving horses and animal cruelty

Miami-Dade Agricultural Patrol officials seized the animals on May 27 and Alex Paez, 48 (far left), was hit with four misdemeanor counts of animal abuse and issued a promise to appear in court. His wife, 50-year-old Milagros Cowan (middle left), was arraigned on Friday on the same charges as her husband. It appeared the horses' hooves had not been trimmed in at least a year and they were so overgrown that one of the animals was having trouble walking and almost toppled over while being rescued. Paez and Cowan, who participate in competitions around the US, had similar charges dropped four years ago after completing a pre-trial intervention program. The horses (seen after their rescue on right) were handed over to the South Florida Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Four 21-year-old women are killed in Nebraska horror crash when their SUV swerved to avoid hitting a deer and crossed highway into oncoming traffic

Akuel Majouk (pictured), Mariana Ramirez and Jennifer Guzman, of Omaha, and Yoselin Deleon, of Bellevue, died after Majouk swerved the SUV and crossed the centerline of the highway.

Man who failed paternity test for his child is shocked to discover the DNA in his sperm came from his TWIN who was 'lost' in the womb

The 34-year-old Washington man and his wife had a son through the help of a fertility clinic, but discovered that the child had a different blood type. A paternity test revealed he was not the dad.

Police turn water cannon on left-wing radicals protesting against extremist anti-Muslim demonstration in Germany 

Police in Cologne deployed the watercannon after more than 10,000 left wing activists flooded the city centre to prevent neo-Nazis from marching through the city.

Lego is censoring me, says dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei banned from using the bricks

Dissident artist: Ai Weiwei suggested the Danish toymaker was worried about offending Beijing

Ai Weiwei suggested the Danish toymaker was worried about offending Beijing as it looks to expand in China and build a new manufacturing plant there.

Has Crown Princess Mary's 'family feud' been revealed? Brother's Facebook post about 'She who shall not be named' hints at tensions as their royal sister is left out of family holiday in Italy

Crown Princess Mary family feud hinted at in Facebook post by John Donaldson

A Facebook post by Crown Princess Mary's brother John Donaldson has hinted at a rift between the royal (left) and her siblings. The post suggests that Mary was excluded from a group family holiday in Rome - a mere two and half hour plane ride from her home in Copenhagen. Their father, John Donaldson senior, refers to a woman, thought to be Mary, in the Facebook post as 'she who shall not be named'. It is also suggested that Patricia Bailey, Mary's sister, was not speaking to her at the time. Right: Brother John Donaldson and his wife at the royal wedding celebrations in 2004 and inset with Mary in a 2004 documentary.

How salt can give you a hangover: Why that extra glass of wine might not be to blame for your throbbing head and dry mouth...

Once a week Lynda Lim, a 64-year-old actress wakes up with a hangover - but it's not caused by alcohol but by salt. Ingesting too much salt can cause dehydration and cause headaches and puffiness.

It's a hard life being a LITTLE MISTAKE: Your parents are happy with two children then - surprise! - you arrive. COLIN DUNNE explains

A boy. A girl. One of each. How nice. These days, that is considered to be the ideal family size. Unless, of course, there is then a Little Mistake, writes COLIN DUNNE.

First steps to freedom: Born into a cruel Romanian circus, the extraordinary moment performing lions released into African sun

The moment lions born into a Romanian circus are released into the African sun

Three of the rescued lions were born into a Romanian state-run circus which subjected them to harsh training methods and forced them to perform for crowds every day. When one of them attacked its trainer, they were transferred to a zoo where they suffered even worse conditions. They were found and cared for by the Four Paws animal protection charity who have flown Petrica, Lidia (main) and Lavinia - along with her cubs Tarhon Big and Maron (top right) - to live out the rest of their lives in the 1,250-hectare Lionsrock sanctuary in Bethlehem, South Africa.

'We've patched things up': Adele's estranged father Marc Evans claims the pair reconciled while singer was writing new album 25

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The pair famously fell out in 2012 when Marc, who walked out on the singer when she was a child, claimed in an interview that she struggled to find love because of her abandonment issues.

How an orphaned former club dancer became king of the fashion pack: Balmain's Olivier Rousteing has become the designer EVERY A-lister wants to know

From French university drop-out to the globe's most in-demand couturier and every supermodel's best friend, FEMAIL charts the stratospheric rise of the man behind Balmain.

The LAPD is outfitting every one of its 7,000 patrol officers with a body camera

The LAPD has been equipping all of its patrol officers with body cameras over the last month and is hopeful the effort will help protect police on the street and in court. It is the largest police department to do so.

Is Spectre sexist? Critics in uproar as Bond girl Monica Bellucci's screen time is cut short... after her character was hailed as 'revolutionary'

Ahead of Spectre's release, critics are already disappointed by Bellucci's character Lucia Sciarra, an assassin's widow, who the director promised would be a strong and savvy woman.

What were they INKING? Tattoo fans show off their extreme bodywork at international festival in China celebrating the art 

Tattoo enthusiasts gathered in China to showcase body art at an annual festival

Tattoo enthusiasts attended the annual international show in Nanning, China, a three-day event which brings body art aficionados together from all over the world. Contestants posed in underwear as they showed off their colourful designs on various parts of the body, while spectators gathered to take pictures. The festival also gave tattoo artists the chance to exchange skills and work on new designs. In past shows more than 100 top tattoo experts have travelled from different countries, including France, Germany and the United Kingdom to attend the annual event.

'She will be an even stronger person because of my disease': Mom, 36, with ALS pens heartbreaking essay on how her five-year-old daughter has now begun to help HER out

Sarah Coglianese (left), a 36-year-old mother of one who lives in San Francisco, was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), better known as Lou Gehrig disease, in 2012.

Vietnam 'napalm girl' immortalized in iconic 1972 photo starts free course of laser treatment to put an end to her chronic pain

FILE - In this June 8, 1972, file photo, 9-year-old Kim Phuc, center, runs with her brothers and cousins, followed by South Vietnamese forces, down Route 1 near Trang Bang after a South Vietnamese plane accidentally dropped its flaming napalm on its own troops and civilians. The terrified girl had ripped off her burning clothes while fleeing. In late September 2015, Phuc, 52, began a series of laser treatments at the Miami Dermatology and Laser Institute to smooth and soften the pale, thick scar tissue that she has endured for more than 40 years. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

Kim Phuc, who became famous for a horrific photo of her being burned in a napalm attack when she was nine, is now 52 and starting laser treatments that might finally end her chronic pain.

Women who freeze their eggs in late 30s and 40s to have babies later are 'being given false hope' 

Thousands of women across the UK are considering having their eggs frozen. But experts warn that women past their late 30s are being given false hope so clinics can make massive profits.

Terror on British Airways flight as captain announces 'the landing gear has broken off' then crash lands in Johannesburg

BA plane crash lands at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg

One passenger reported seeing sparks as the left wing of the plane 'scraped across the runway' as it came into land at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg earlier today. Fire crews rushed to the aircraft, run by the franchise Comair, after it touched down and the 94 people on board used an emergency staircase as they were led to safety.

'Nightcrawler' man who filmed teen trapped in crashed car tried to 'bribe' driver in fatal crash 

Police in Lorain, Ohio say a man accused of filming teens involved in a fatal car crash and trying to sell the macabre video to news outlets tried to bribe the car's driver to say that he had permission to film.

The strangers who could be twins: Two university exchange students in Germany are shocked to discover they look identical... after taking a selfie together

Cordelia Roberts, from the UK, and Ciara Murphy, from Wexford, Ireland, were studying abroad when they bumped into each other. They look incredibly similar despite not being related.

As it's revealed Jagger's ex is dating Rupert Murdoch, 84... What WILL Mick say about Jerry's very unlikely new beau?

The public debut of what is surely the globe's most improbable love-birds - Texan model Jerry Hall, 59, and media mogul Rupert Murdoch, 84 - is expected to happen at Twickenham on Saturday.

Grand Theft Paw-to! Black bear breaks into a car and sits behind the wheel before running off after sounding the horn 

Black bear breaks into a car and sits behind the wheel in the Smoky Mountains

The bear was caught on camera sneaking into a blue Chevrolet Impala by newlywed William Hefner and his wife while they were on honeymoon in the Smoky Mountains, Tennessee. The footage shows the animal hook its paw around the door handle before calmly opening the vehicle and hopping inside to sit behind the wheel. The bear only makes a run for it when the car horn sounds, causing him to jump out.

How British jihadis are using cheap holiday flights and paying off local fishermen to enter Syria from Northern Cyprus 

After flying to the Greek Island, the jihadis pay $1,500 to local fishermen in the Turkish-controlled north to be sailed across the water to the war-torn Syria, arriving in the dead of night.

Jupiter, Venus and Mars will form a triangle in the eastern sky before sunrise on Monday

The trio of planets will be visible in the sky in the east an hour before sunrise and it's possible some will also see Mercury below them just above the horizon. The planetary spectacle will not happen again until 2021.

How to get glowing skin: Strobing is a new technique that enhances your features and makes you look slimmer - using highlighter 

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Strobing is a fairly new concept in the beauty world and describes a technique that involves using highlights on the parts of your face that would naturally be hit by the sun.

Just the two of us: Rescued giraffe Kiko has formed a friendship with orphaned elephant calf, Loboito - and it will melt your heart

Giraffe has formed a friendship with orphaned elephant calf Loboito in Nairobi

Baby giraffe Kiko was brought to a wildlife trust in the Nairobi National Park after being found helpless and alone by Kenya Wildlife Service. After being rescued, Kiko and elephant calf Loboito were housed next to each other as Kiko was too small to sleep in the giraffe stables. The pair (pictured) struck up a unique bond, with Loboito said to love spending time under the long legs of his buddy.

   

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San Francisco's landmarks emerge from a blanket of fog in mesmerizing photographs

Matt Walker's photos show San Francisco's landmarks emerging from fog

Photographer Matt Walker, 49, who lives in San Francisco, snapped these jaw-dropping images during a once-in-a-lifetime helicopter ride above the city. 'The conditions we were flying in were so rare because there were monsoonal clouds from a hurricane that had broken up,' he said. 'But not only that, the classic city fog began rolling during the sunset so it was beyond surreal to be in the helicopter over the city with such rare conditions.'

A werewolf, a cyborg and a haunted Hollywood darling: Make up guru Napoleon Perdis' incredible Halloween transformations - that you can do at home

A red-eyed werewolf, part-human, part-machine cyborg and sorrowful 1920s Hollywood darling will come alive this Halloween as Napoleon Perdis make-up artists share their haunting looks

That's NOT how you park your car! Hilarious video shows driver struggling with manoeuvre in a tight space

The driver of this red 4x4 was caught on camera having a complete nightmare trying to squeeze their car into a fairly generous parking space in the Russian city of Serpukhov.

Shocking new crash test footage reveals most animal carriers and harnesses fail to keep pets safe in a car crash

Video of crash test animals reveals most carriers and harnesses fail to keep pets safe

The American Center for Pet Safety carried out tests on the most popular brands of crates, carriers, harnesses and pet seats and found that most of them failed to keep the animals safe. It comes after many of the products claimed that they would keep pets secure when travelling in the car. However, when they were tested in a crash laboratory at 30mph, most were unable to keep the animals from flying through the air or remained fixed to where they were secured.

A werewolf, a cyborg and a haunted Hollywood darling: Make up guru Napoleon Perdis' incredible Halloween transformations - that you can do at home

Napoleon Perdis shares Halloween make-up transformations on YouTube

A red-eyed werewolf (right), part-human, part-machine cyborg (left) and sorrowful 1920s Hollywood darling (inset) will come alive this Halloween. Napoleon Perdis make-up artists have shared their haunting looks in a series of YouTube tutorials, and while they look out of this world, these transformations can be done at home using foundation, an eyeliner, shadows and creepy contact lenses.

   

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'Out-of-this world' Atlanta spaceship mansion where Justin Bieber used to live up for rent at $20,000 a month 

Atlanta spaceship mansion where Justin Bieber used to live up for rent

The Atlanta-area home of music producer Dallas Austin, where pop star Justin Bieber lived for several months in 2014, has been offered for rent from six months to half a year. The exterior of the home (top left) has gained attention for looking like a spaceship after Austin had it built in 2003 and features a roof that resembles a lily pad (bottom right). However, the interior of the home is also sleek, featuring a media room (top right) and a curvy design (bottom left) from architect Michael Czysz.

Amazing moment bus driver stops to rescue a suicidal woman about to jump off a bridge and takes her to safety 

Woman tried to jump off bridge in Nanjing, China, yesterday. A bus driver spotted her and stopped the vehicle in order to rescue her. He pulled her on to the bus. She later received police help and counselling.

A jacket that changes colour as you move and a shoulder bag that indicates pollution: British designer launches sci-fi inspired clothes that could be the style of the future

Designer Lauren Bowker creates clothes that react to the environment. Her collection, The Unseen, launched in Selfridges last week and has been displayed at The Science Museum and the V&A.;

Dusty and desolate has never looked so good! Incredible drone footage reveals Australia's stunning remote landscapes

Photographer Dan Proud has captured the rolling Australian wilderness from above with a spectacular drone video that includes orange sunsets and cattle running on the expansive plains.

Un-durance test: Holiday firm offers trip to North Korea that includes taking part in a MARATHON (cheered on by the leader's henchmen)

FILE - In this April 14, 2013 file photo, marathon runners pass by a long row of North Korean soldiers as they cross a bridge in Pyongyang as North Korea hosts the 26th Mangyongdae Prize Marathon to mark the birthday of the late leader Kim Il Sung on April 15. For the first time ever, North Korea is opening up the streets of its capital to runner-tourists for the annual Pyongyang marathon, undoubtedly one of the most exotic feathers in any runnerís cap. Tourism companies say they have been inundated by requests to sign up for the April 13, 2014 event, which this year will include amateur runners from around the world. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)

The unique holiday experience is being offered by Australian tour company Intrepid Travel. The journey begins and ends in Beijing, with the Pyongyang Marathon one of the first activities offered.

Moment a deer bounds across a football pitch and SCORES as it glances ball in to the net during youth match

The runaway animal can be seen leaping across a playing field while a youth game was taking place before charging towards the action.

Reptile rescue! Authorities save seven-foot alligator that got stuck in Florida storm drain using dog leash and duct tape

A Seminole County resident was trying to prevent the gator from getting hit by a car as the reptile was trying to climb out of the storm drain on Friday night, but accidentally pushed the animal further into the drain.

Love is in the air: The incredible moment a humpback whale sprays HEART SHAPES from its blow hole

A humpback whale sprays HEART SHAPES from its blow hole in Alaska

Wildlife photographer, Ken Archer captured three humpback whales in the Gulf of Alaska on film. As the whales took a break from feeding on a school of krill they came to the surface and let off some steam, blowing misty seawater out of their blowholes to form the heart shapes.

   

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