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Christine Bleakley watches fiance Frank Lampard receive an OBE at Buckingham Palace

The 36-year-old watched the former Chelsea midfielder receive an OBE by the Duke of Cambridge during an official ceremony, held  at Buckingham Palace in London on Tuesday. read


The new meat rules: We reveal which types are the riskiest for cancer

Eating just 50g a day of processed meats increases the risk of bowel cancer by 18 per cent, the World Health Organisation report said. 50g a day includes half a hot dog or 1.7 shop bought meatballs... read


Bad Breath Bible author reveals the top causes of bad breath including some toothpastes

Dr Harold Katz, a dentist from the University of California and author of the Bad Breath Bible, says anything from high-protein diets to detergent-based toothpastes can trigger an unpleasant mouth odour. read


Teen arrested in Northern Ireland over TalkTalk hack is released on bail 

The teenager was taken into custody after police raided his family home in Northern Ireland and questioned on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences. read


Government suffers SECOND humiliating Lords defeat in as many days as peers ignore Cameron threat to rein in their power

Labour and Lib Dem peers worked together to back an amendment blocking changes to how people register to vote- in a second defeat for the government on the House of Lords in two days. read


Becky Watts's stepbrother Nathan Matthews tells court how she fought for her life as he killed her

At Bristol Crown Court today Nathan Matthews, 28, claimed he tried to make the schoolgirl pass out by using a grip he said was 'like strangling' but which 'doesn’t completely restrict the air'. read


Kate Middleton laughs with children on charity visit in Islington, London

The Duchess, 33, resumed her royal duties on Tuesday with a packed diary of public engagements on a visit to a child mentoring programme in north London. read


Kate Middleton's style has become more risque after Prince George and Princess Charlotte's births

What didn't go amiss was the fact that Kate appeared to go braless as she showed off her back in the delicately draped dress. This, notes fashion experts, proves that she's learnt to take a risk. read


Neil Masterson who assaulted George Galloway is spared jail 

Neil Masterson, 40, was handed an indefinite restraining order and jailed for 16 months after he punched and 'Kung fu kicked' the former MP during an assault in Notting Hill, London. read


Satanist refuses father's request to name second child after a vampire

Natalia Menshikova, 25, and her partner Konstantin, from the Russian city of Perm, made headlines around the world when they named their first son Lucifer last year. read


Karen Danczuk's brother Michael Burke charged with historical sex attacks

Michael Burke, a 37-year-old security guard, was initially arrested last February at his home in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, by detectives investigating an historical complaint. read


Brentaski bombarded with nuisance sale calls wins right to INVOICE scammers

Bosses at ski holiday firm Brentaski turned the tables on the nuisance calls being made to their offices day and night after winning a landmark court case which saw them awarded damages. read


Evening Standard ad seeks healthy 18 to 65-year-olds for Ebola trial

Hammersmith Medical Research is holding clinical trials, starting in November, for a study of an Ebola vaccine. It will involve up to 12 short outpatient appointments, over a year, the ad says. read


David Thomas and son Stephen who drowned in Tofino whale-watching accident pictured Katie Taylor and Jack Slater also named

Stephen Thomas, right, died alongside his father David, left, after the Leviathan II capsized. His mother Julie escaped with minor injuries and is recovering in a Canadian hospital. read


ISIS cell kept Darth Vader masks to protect themselves from shrapnel

Turkish police stormed the house used by extremists in Diyarbakir and uncovered a series of masks with a resemblance to the Star Wars villain which stop shrapnel from getting in their faces. read


ISIS blow 3 people bound to columns up in the Syrian city of Palmyra

Since the jihadists seized Palmyra in May, they have destroyed multiple sites and historic artefacts, including its celebrated temples of Bel and Baal Shamin as well as several funerary towers. read


West Mercia police officer Clare Stretton sacked 'after milking OAP of £100k'

PC Clare Stretton, who was 37 at the time, is said to have groomed Charles Foulkes, from Church Stretton, Shrops, in a bid to gain the £180,000 he inherited after his son Colin was murdered. read


Hundreds of terror suspects have disappeared as a 'direct result' of Edward Snowden's intelligence leak

Deputy director of the National Security Agency Richard Ledgett said fugitive spy Edward Snowden had alerted fanatics to the ways security agencies kept the public safe. read


Star Trek-style tractor beam becomes a reality: Device captures, lifts and moves small objects using sound 'holograms'

Scientists at the University of Bristol and the University of Sussex have created a tractor beam that uses high intensity sound waves to create 'acoustic holograms' that can manipulate objects. read


Innerexile protector uses microcapsules to automatically repair phone screen scratches

Taiwan-based Innerexile's screen protector is available to pre-order from Amazon for $24 (£16) for the iPhone 6 and 6s and $26 (£17) for the larger Plus models. read


Renee Zellweger and Colin Firth film Bridget Jones' Baby Christening scene in tears

Renee Zellweger and Colin Firth shot more scenes for the upcoming third Bridget Jones film on Monday, and were joined for the first time by the leading character's on-screen offspring. read


Mark Duggan's family win the right to appeal the decision that he was ‘lawfully’ killed

The family are challenging a decision by three High Court judges that an inquest jury was legally entitled to bring its 8-2 majority verdict that the 29-year-old was lawfully killed. read


Police officers who admitted calling a suspected domestic violence victim a 'f***ing slag' and a 'b**ch' on her voicemail are allowed to keep their jobs 

The misconduct panel in Birmingham ruled that the message on Alex Faragher's (pictured) phone fell below the standards expected but did not amount to gross misconduct. read


Former Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu is given a 14-month suspended sentence and fined £10,000 for breaking a waiter's nose when he asked the player to settle a bar tab

Controversial Romanian striker Adrian Mutu, who has been banned for drug use in the past, was also ordered to pay a fine of £10,000 after he punched a waiter when asked to settle his tab. read


Liverpool's Anfield evacuated as man goes missing on stadium tour

Liverpool have confirmed that Anfield was evacuated on Tuesday afternoon after a man went missing inside the ground while on a stadium tour. Merseyside Police have announced a search is underway. read


Murder victim Hollie Gazzard's father slams Facebook for refusing to remove pictures

There are nine pictures of Hollie Gazzard with her ex-boyfriend Asher Maslin, who stabbed her 14 times, still visible on her Facebook profile page which are causing her bereaved family distress. read


Dead cow at farm in the West Country had been infected with ANTHRAX

The cow in Wiltshire was the first recorded case in England since 2006 and while public Health officials say the risk to the public is low, it can make people stop breathing suddenly if it gets into the food chain. read


Tuberculosis rates in parts of London are 'worse than Rwanda and Iraq' due to lack of screening

A report by the London Assembly found TB services were not universally available to all Londoners. A mobile X-ray van is touring the worst affected areas to scan for the deadly disease. read


Paedophile David Johnston snatched six-year-old girl dressed in Frozen outfit

The girl was playing in a residential street when she was lured away by paedophile David Johnston to a secluded area of Barrowfield in Glasgow’s East End. read


Doping scandal at the junior puddle-jumping championships as energy drinks are BANNED in case they give competitors ‘unfair advantage’

The annual event is being held tomorrow at Wicksteed Park in Kettering, Northamptonshire, and attracts entrants from all over the UK. read


Brazil’s prisons where top dog ‘chaveiros’ sell cocaine, charge taxes and murder rivals

The 'chaveiros' - or 'key holders' - rule Brazil's jails, selling cocaine to inmates, have henchmen kill anyone with unpaid debts and pay guards to turn a blind eye, according to Humans Right Watch. read


Boris Johnson slips up during tug-of-war at Poppy Day launch

The Mayor of London took part in the contest against members of the armed forces outside City Hall in London this morning to mark the launch of this year's London Poppy Day. read


Straight A students on Reddit reveal what happened AFTER they left school

Reddit users have taken to the site to share whether top-class grades equal a high-flying job, confessing to mixed results from being jobless to working as aerospace engineers. read


Leonie Roberts who died in suicide pact with boyfriend David Cole asked not to 'blame him'

David Cole (pictured), 36, and Leonie Roberts, 28, spent their final days in London hotels and casinos driving to Cornwall and letting off a gas canister in their car, but Mr Cole survived, an inquest heard. read


Photos show Adolf Hitler at a Passion Play spreading hatred of Jews

Newly uncovered pictures show the leader of Nazi Germany and his entourage visiting the small Bavarian town of Oberammergau in 1934 for a performance of the Passion Play. read


Carb-lover tries to live wheat-free for two weeks to cure her health issues

Femail reporter Erica Tempesta tried to go gluten-free for two weeks to see if the elimination diet touted by celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow (inset) would give her more energy. read


Eton College student 'caught with over 1,000 indecent images of children on his computer'

Andrew Picard (pictured) was aged 17 years at the time he is accused of making indecent photographs of children at the prestigious private school near Windsor, Berkshire. read


Royal Holloway law student criticised for her looks wants women to be nice to each other

First year Paula Ursu, 18, has only been at London's Royal Holloway University for a few weeks and has already been getting strange comments and looks about her appearance. read


Polish heart doctor branded a risk to patients after failing English language test 3 TIMES

Dr Tomasz Fryzlewicz moved to Britain in 2006 from Krakow, Poland, and worked at various hospitals as a locum - but it was not until last year that concerns were raised about the standard of his English. read


Jeremy Kyle guests devastates his son with after finding out he IS his biological father

A father, who appeared on ITV's Jeremy Kyle to have a DNA test, was ordered to leave the stage by the disgusted presenter. He was indifferent when told he was the biological father to son Graham. read


David Cameron considers downgrading UK EU membership to second-tier associate status

Under a controversial proposal being considered in Downing Street, David Cameron could re-define the UK's relationship with Brussels - giving up full membership without leaving the bloc entirely. read


Escort girl Holly McLaughlin died of pneumonia after using cupboard as a 'panic room'

Escort Holly McLaughlin, 29, would dive into cupboards in her home to avoid intruders if ever they tried to get into her apartment in Salford, Greater Manchester. read


Daniel Craig heads home after Spectre party with wife Rachel Weisz in London

Daniel Craig was joined by his stunning wife, actress Rachel Weisz, as well as castmembers Naomie Harris, Léa Seydoux and Monica Bellucci for the Spectre premiere afterparty. read


FEMAIL tests out a Secret Me experience to be James Bond for the day

London-based Secret Me offers the super-wealthy a realistic experience to rival a James Bond mission. FEMAIL's Giorgina Ramazzotti went undercover for a day to learn some sleuth skills. read


Do Bond's chat-up lines REALLY work? Dating guru and 007 lookalike take to the streets to film women's reactions... with cringe-worthy results

EXCLUSIVE: Vlogger and dating expert Hayley Quinn sent her friend Olly to Oxford Street in London dressed in a tuxedo and bow tie to test out some of Bond's famous one liners. read


Untold 007 James Bond stories the stars would rather you didn't know 

As Daniel Craig returns in the 24th 007 blockbuster authors MATTHEW FIELD and AJAY CHOWDHURY unravel the myths, mysteries and sheer majesty of the suavest secret agent of them all... read


UK's film industry growing quicker than ANY part of the economy as growth slumps to 0.5%

Between July and September the UK's movie business grew by 5.9 per cent as the 'James Bond effect' took hold. The film boom was revealed in disappointing growth figures published today. read


How The Other Half Lives shows the London weddings of the super-rich Nigerian couples

According to in-demand London-based wedding planner Elizabeth Aisien, super-rich couples from the West African country can easily blow a small fortune on their nuptials. read


Stacey Dooley reveals what it was REALLY like visiting Honduras

Stacey, 28, travelled with a small film crew to Honduras to find out what is like to be a woman in the crime-riddled country. The BBC presenter also visited a prison housing murderers and rapists. read


Next year's hottest destinations revealed: Botswana, Montenegro and Transylvania are the places you MUST visit in 2016, according to Lonely Planet's adventure experts

Lonely Planet's Best of Travel 2016 honours Botswana; Kotor, Montenegro; and Transylvania, Romania as the must visit country, city and region, respectively. read


Brussels bans roaming charges on phone calls and texts anywhere in Europe

Under proposals backed in Strasbourg today, British tourists in Europe will not be charged any more for using their phone than if they were in the UK. The measures will come into effect in 2017. read


Civil War leader Oliver Cromwell died of malaria and typhoid and not a poisoning plot

The Historical Clinicopathological Conference at the University of Maryland has heard a new theory for what killed the man who led the English revolution against the monarchy. read


Heartbreaking 'hugging dogs' are adopted TOGETHER by two best friends 

Kala and Keira looked set to be put down in summer, when a photo of them huddling together went viral, but they have now been adopted by Atlanta women, Wendy and Pam, who are best friends. read


The little boy with Treacher Collins Syndrome has no ears and no jaw

Joe Elseworth,four, Penzance, Cornwall, was born with Treacher Collins Syndrome that affects just one in 400,000 babies. He almost died after birth as having no jaw meant his airway became blocked. read


The cities around the world like Las Vegas and Dubai that were created to attract tourists

Las Vegas, Dubai and Cancun are some of world's best-loved destinations, but they were little more than sand 100 years ago. MailOnline rounds up the best and worst purpose-built cities. read


Callum Stroomer who stabbed 2 schoolgirls and raped 2 more is jailed 

Callum Stroomer, from Reading, Berkshire, revealed he stabbed the two 15-year-old girls with a kitchen knife because he wanted to know what it was like to kill someone and liked 'violent things'. read


Drug-crazed stalker battered a grandmother with a plank of wood after she told him to stop following her son’s girlfriend

Janos Bereczki, 38, from Burnley, attacked Jacqueline Christie, 50, with the metre-long baton after she told him to stop following her daughter-in-law, Jodie Mulvaney. read


Forget counting calories, just cut out sugar: Those who ditched it saw their blood pressure and cholesterol fall in NINE DAYS

Reducing sugar - without counting calories or losing weight - lowered blood pressure and cholesterol and improved liver function, a study by the University of California found. read


Clip-on bidet could spell the end of 'barbaric' wiping with toilet roll

Miki Agrawal, born in Montreal, Canada, has invented a mini bidet-like device called the Tushy that can be clipped onto most toilets. read


Headcam footage captures the dramatic moment cyclist smashes into car

The clip shows the unidentified cyclist travelling at speed along the busy junction in Bristol before he begins to pull out in order to overtake a car in front, which is slowing down. read


Marc Jacobs says 'goodbye' to Grindr after orgy claims

The New York-born 52-year-old is said to have hosted an all-male party over the weekend after sending guests topless pictures of himself, it has been reported. read


Woman makes Facebook plea to find Good Samaritan who comforted her on the train

Alison Eley, 44, was travelling from London to Liverpool to visit her mother who was having surgery. She was comforted on a train by a stranger - called Doris - who she wants to thank. read


Chinese economics professor suggests the country’s poorest men should SHARE wives

Professor Xie Zuoshi wrote a blog post proposing the controversial idea. He suggested China's bachelor problem can be solved with economics. He was widely ridiculed and has since deleted the post. read


Mexican presenter Tania Reza walked off set after being groped by male co-host on LIVE TV

Tania Reza walked off during a live recording of popular Mexican programme A Toda Maquina after Enrique Tovar kept touching her. The pair were later sacked after saying it was a stunt. read


Prisoners rescued by US and Kurdish forces describe ISIS torture and executions

US and Kurdish troops stormed the compound in Iraq last week, rescuing 69 prisoners who had been suffocated, electrocuted and brutally beaten by the jihadis. They have spoken of their ordeals. read


Monsoon boss Peter Simon knocks FIVE houses into one to form his own palace

Peter Simon, 67, pictured with daughter Zara, is combining a row of houses in his west London neighbourhood to create a palace with underground swimming pool, gym, wine cellar and two flats. read


British father found dead in Spanish police cell after Benidorm night out

Antony Abbott, 36, was found dead within half an hour of being taken to a police station while on holiday at the Spanish resort with his partner, Catherine Corless and two children. read


US girl reveals she knows who the Tooth Fair, Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny are

Lexi, from the US, pencilled a letter to the 'Tooth Fairy', breaking the news to her 'mom and dad' that she knows they are behind the money under her pillow and they hid her Easter eggs. read


A miniature dachshund photobombed Minnesota groom out of the photos

Six-year-old dachshund Louie has marked his territory by photobombing the engagement photos of his owner, Megan Determan, 30, from St Paul, Minnesota and her fiancé, Chris Kluthe, 31. read


Tourist baffled by SEA MONSTER that photobombed his holiday snaps in Corfu

Harvey Robertson was on a boat trip on the west coast of Greece when he took pictures in a sea cave. He was shocked to discover an unidentifiable creature had been captured on film. read


Star Wars villain Emperor Palpatine is voted onto Ukrainian city council

It is believed that the candidate, who was part of the Darth Vader Block political party, won 54.4 per cent of the poll and has now won a seat on the city council of Odessa in Ukraine. read


Driver head-butted Sainsbury's trolley collector in spat over a parking space 

Barry Churchill, 39, of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, was with his three young children when he assaulted a Sainsbury's employee before strolling into the store as though nothing had happened. read


Labour's Chuka Umunna announces engagement to girlfriend Alice Sullivan

The former shadow business secretary, 37, who pulled out of the Labour leadership race to protect new girlfriend Alice Sullivan, 31, is now engaged to her after a whirlwind romance. read


Girl leaves her mobile in a Launceston bar and discovers this video left on it for her 

A man, who introduces himself as Jason Zaddow, explains that the phone had been found in the toilet at the bar in Launceston, Australia, and records the video before handing it over. read


Bride performs choreographed routine to Beyonce and Marvin Gaye

Model Renata Bresciani, 27, from Miami, swapped her white dress for a shimmering playsuit to perform the racy routine with her bridesmaids in a video that's been viewed 900,000 times. read


Over 700,000 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean during 2015

The woman landed on the Greek Island of Lesbos today after crossing the Aegean Sea as the United Nations revealed that 705,200 migrants have crossed into Europe so far this year. read


Shotguns have 'virtually sold out' in Austria amid migrant fears

In a country of 8.5 million people, there are now an estimated 900,000 firearms in homes, with gun dealers report that it is women driving the sales rush. read


Gregory Ames, ex-member of death cult church reveals past of 'paranoid' pastorJerry Irwin

Gregory Ames, of Oneia County, NY, belonged to the Word Of Life Church for 15 years. He tells Daily Mail Online how its founder Jerry Irwin was paranoid, deceitful and out for himself. read


Pakistan-Afghanistan earthquake death toll hits 350 as the Taliban call a truce to let aid workers treat injured

The toll was expected to rise as search teams reach remote areas that were cut off by yesterday's 7.5-magnitude quake, which triggered landslides and stampedes across Pakistan and Afghanistan. read


Women share Total Honesty Tuesday snaps on Instagram of overflowing laundry

The drive to portray real life on social media rather than a manicured image has seen users posting snaps of piles of clothes and cluttered countertops under the hashtag #totalhonestytuesday. read


Tsar Alexander III of Russia's remains set to be exhumed to provide DNA evidence

The investigation will try to ascertain whether remains believed to be those of Alexei and Maria, two of Tsar Alexander III's (pictured) grandchildren, are genuine and can be buried in St. Petersburg. read


Charlotte Bronte self-portrait that she drew it by looking in the mirror like Jane Eyre is found

The portrait is from 1843, four years before she was to publish Jane Eyre, one of English literature's great masterpieces, and when she was suffering the acute agony of unrequited love. read


Yours for a cool £17million... with a Royal seal of approval: Paradise island where Prince William romanced Kate (and got caked in mud...) goes up for sale

Nearly a decade after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were pictured off the idyllic island of Espalmador, its Barcelona-based owners have decided to put it on sale for £17million. read


Poor office air quality and lack of fresh air affects our ability to make decisions

Researchers at Harvard University looked at the decision making abilities of people in different indoor environments. Those with lower pollutant and CO2 levels were more productive, the study found read


Kate Rothschild is seen visiting a money exchange and pawn brokers outlet 

The 33-year-old, who left her millionaire husband for an American rapper before taking up with a record producer from Watford, queued with other customers at a money exchange at Marble Arch. read


ROGER WILLIAMS explains how the 2005 drinking laws predictions were wrong

Predictions the 2005 drinking laws would usher in a new, relaxed ‘continental-style’ cafe culture have been proven completely wrong, writes Professor Roger Williams. read


Officers claim 24-hour drinking laws have 'changed policing forever'

A survey of emergency workers, carried out by the Institute of Alcohol Studies, claimed that binge drinkers have created a ‘culture of fear’ among frontline staff. read


Islamic hate preacher Abu Qatada condemns Shia Muslims in Al Qaeda's magazine

Writing in the latest edition of Al Qaeda's online magazine, Abu Qatada also condemned 'filthy' Shia Muslims – aligning some of his ideology with arch enemies the Islamic State. read


ISIS forms new female suicide squad to carry out bombings in Syria

The brutal jihadi group ISIS have become so desperate for suicide bombers, they have now started to train up an all-women battalion of bombers in Syria. read


Yelp reveals how Europeans in different countries like to spend their nights

The Irish love cuisines of the world - hotdogs at 6pm, Chinese and pizza at 7pm, pubs at 8pm and 9pm. The Germans are as efficient as ever, searching for breakfast venues well in advance at 9pm. read


Kidsgrove, Staffordshire man told to remove bollards because of health and safety risk

Aspire Housing, which owns the property in Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, has now ordered Mr Porter to take out the posts after receiving a single complaint from a neighbour. read


Gary Neville meets the squatters in the Manchester hotel he owns with Ryan Giggs

The former England footballer spent an hour greeting the group of homeless people as he and his representatives checked on the upkeep of the £1.5m Manchester Stock Exchange building. read


Uninsured crime commissioner Ann Barnes WON'T be prosecuted after car crash

Ann Barnes, who earns £85,000-a-year as Kent's crime tsar, was driving her Mercedes sports car when she was involved in a collision in Dartford last year. read


Pictures show Nazi-occupied Jersey with shop signs in GERMAN and Swastikas on the windows

Taken in 1943, the black-and-white pictures capture how daily life in Jersey was transformed during the occupation of the Channel Islands in the Second World War. read


South Korean wife charged with raping her husband after locking him in their house

The 40-year-old has been charged with the rape of her husband - the first time a wife has been charged with marital rape in South Korea. It was only in 2013 that spousal rape was recognised as a crime. read


Woman found hanged in Royal Blackburn Hospital after being left alone despite saying she was suicidal

Jackie Williams, 42, was taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital, Lancashire, after being found wandering near the Leeds and Liverpool Canal late at night. read


Authorities hunting suspected ISIS extremist woman Walentina Slobodjanuk

Walentina Slobodjanuk, 20, who is reportedly on the run in Turkey, was seen wearing a black headscarf with an enigmatic smile playing across her face in a wanted photo (shown). read


Danish woman, 22, who dropped out of college to fight ISIS in Iraq has her passport confiscated by police in her homeland

Joanna Palani became famous worldwide when she declared she was leaving Denmark and heading to the Middle East to fight the terrorist group. read


Tony Edwards says alcohol prevents dementia, not cause it

'A huge front-page headline on a paper read - "Give up all drink or risk dementia." A terrifying message to every drinker in Britain,' writes Tony Edwards. read


‘Wales’s heaviest man’ swindled £10,000 in benefits after his wife moved back home

Darren Stokes, who featured in an ITV documentary about obesity, started claiming single person benefits after his wife left him because of his weight. read


Man who went to pick up a bunk bed advertised on Gumtree proposes to the owner

Mark Christie, 43, from Dover, replied to Gwen Bryne's Gum tree advert for a £200 set of bunk beds. After driving to pick them up, the pair hit it off and have now moved in together and plan to wed. read


Tracey Allcock's joy after losing all but one of her quadruplets

Doctors initially thought Tracey Allcock, from Shropshire, was having twins. But later scans revealed her rare 'heterotopic' pregnancy had started as quadruplets. Baby George is now 7 months. read


West Midlands Policemen admit calling Alex Faragher a 'f***ing slag'

West Midlands PCs Christopher Guest and Cavan O'Connell admitting making the comments in a 'private rant' which was accidentally left as a voicemail on Alex Faragher's phone. read


Russian scientists are training macaques so they can travel to MARS in 2017

Scientists from the Russian Academy of Science preparing four rhesus macaques (pictured) for space travel. This includes learning to use a joystick and solving puzzles. read


Drone captures pictures of a killer whale feeding its newborn calf

The intimate moment, clearly showing a calf suckling, was captured off the San Juan Islands, North of Seattle. read


Two women and two men brawl outside a KFC in Croydon

Shoppers looked on in horror as two young women and several men got into a fight outside a KFC shop in South London. One woman accused one of the men of dragging her by her hair. read


Picture of rescue dog who loves his bucket so much it will have to be 'adopted' with him

Slim was found emaciated and scared in an abandoned house before he was taken in by staff at an animal shelter in Ashland, Ohio. read


Video captures determined builder laying more than 90 bricks a minute

Captured on camera in Essex the bricklayer is recorded by a co-worker assembling a driveway in super quick fashion and dropping 154 bricks in the unbelievable time of just one minute 40 seconds. read


Christian website Biblical Gender Roles claims there is no such thing as marital rape

On his Christian blog, Biblical Gender Roles, Larry Solomon urges husbands to focus on their wives' bodies rather than faces if their spouse seems uninterested in having sex. read


Met Police hunting woman who poured hot noodles over a diner’s head in Soho

An argument broke out between the woman, her partner and the 24-year-old victim after the victim and his friends sat down at the noodle bar in Argyll, Street, Soho, in the early hours of 30 August. read


YouTube video shows inside the Anzob Tunnel Of Death in Tajikistan

The tunnel was built to provide a safer journey for drivers travelling between Tajikistan’s two biggest cities who previously had to contend with avalanches. read


124 people injured as ferry from Macau to Hong Kong crashes into 'mystery object'

A ferry accident occurred in Hong Kong waters on October 25, leaving 124 people injured. The reason for the accident is still unknown and the case is being investigated. read


It's the refridge-curator: Father fed up with fly-tipping turns abandoned white goods into art after snapping more than 130 dumped fridges within yards of his house 

Over the last 18 months, Nick Simons, 49, has photographed more than 130 fridges - nearly all of them within a mile of his home in Forest Hill, south east London. read


Photographs of panda bear cubs show what their family portrait might look like

Two panda centres in Sichuan province, China had presented their panda cubs separately. Carers in the Ya'an base each held a panda in their arms for a photo, including six pairs of twins. read


Mother whose daughter has spina bifida reveals how she has been ostracised

When Lillie Brown, 63, from Ireland, gave birth to Tracey, she was told by the nurse that her daughter was likely to die - and a priest was called to perform an immediate baptism. read


Boy with Hirschsprung's disease hangs out with Spiderman, Batman and Captain America

Little Ellis Atkinson, from Hull, suffers from Hirschsprung’s disease and has already had nine operations in his short life, so charity Nice 2b Nice arranged for him to have a day to remember. read


Dumfries and Galloway Police post joke appeal for DOG called Dudley

Officers from Dumfries and Galloway posted the dog's picture on Facebook after a man had reported the 'theft' of his garden hose and the 'murder' of his tulips. read


Buyers eyeing a London apartment on sale for £8.3m can try before they buy

The luxury three-bedroom home, in the highly desirable neighbourhood of Marylebone, has been put on the market for £8.3m, but can be rented out beforehand to check it is worth the hefty price tag. read


West Bromwich mum dies just days after being diagnosed with stomach cancer

Crystal Chambers, from West Bromwich, was told to prepare for the worst as the cancer had spread to her lungs and bones. Friends are now raising money in her memory and for her two young children. read


Malibu celebrities band together to spend $31m to replenish Broad Beach's sand

Dustin Hoffman, Ray Romano and Pierce Brosnan are among the Broad Beach residents who have agreed to contribute $3.1m annually for the next 10 years. read


Woman who used psychics for 40 years says clairvoyants run her life

Devon-born Maria-Louise Warne, 57, who lives in France, says her life-long fascination with psychics began as a teenager and she now consults them on everything from romance to where to live. read


MP claims travel firms are forced to put prices up over six-week summer holidays

Steve Double, Tory MP for St Austell and Newquay, said the government ban on taking children out of school for holidays during term-time was pushing up prices during the six-week summer break. read


Allergic to ALL food: Utah teenager fears eating could kill him because rare condition means he is allergic to virtually everything 

Alex Visker, from Lehi, Utah says even one bite can leave him with extreme headaches, bone and muscle pain, stomach convulsions and 'brain fog'. read


One Direction fan with sleep disorder gets ticket to see them only to snooze through the show 

Lacey Yorston of South Shields, Tyne and Wear, had waited more than a year to see her idols but due to a mystery sleep condition she dozed off just they took to the stage. read


Laura Bacon-Smith survives for 5 years after being given 6 months to live

Laura Bacon-Smith, 27, from Chesterfield, Derbyshire, was diagnosed with hepatic epithelioid hemangio endothelioma - a rare type of cancer affecting the blood vessels - in 2010. read


Couple who raised £3k for IVF treatment by doing car boot sales are now expecting twins

Kirsty and Kyle Morgan, 27, from Hereford, Worcestershire, spent three years trying for a baby without success. They raised money for IVF treatment by doing 75 car boot sales in six months. read


Transgender Tara Hudson who was born a man sent to an all-male prison

Make-up artist Tara Hudson (pictured) has lived as a woman all her adult life and has gone through six years of gender reconstruction surgery - yet has been sent to HMP Bristol. read


Game Over cafe in Old Portsmouth features 30 retro consoles and over 400 titles

The cafe has been opened in an old cellar in Old Portsmouth. It took its owner Steve Lowe (pictured) 30 years to collect the consoles and seven months to fit the consoles. read


Third of gym users taking drugs or dietary supplements in bid to lose weight

Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire found that half of those people took the supplements to try and reach fitness goals, while 31 per cent relied on the products to lose weight. read


GCHQ rejected me over my loyalty to God, says Charlie Storey

A Chess master claims he was turned down for a job at the top secret GCHQ intelligence base because of his ‘devout’ Christianity and ‘loyalty to God over his country’. read


Flesh-eating virus eats a man's face away in horrific video

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


Video shows a bar stool falls on its side without anyone near it

The chilling vision was recorded in a restaurant in Singapore’s Chinatown district. It depicts a small white ghostly figure appear to run past three unaware bar staff with considerable speed. read


Andy Carroll caught up in wine-throwing row with 'drunk' Chelsea fan in Japanese restaurant after scoring winner against them

Eyewitnesses said red wine was thrown during the 'skirmish' at the Roka Japanese restaurant in Canary Wharf, east London, which started when the Chelsea fan tried to kiss him. read


Halloween house prices: Britain’s spookiest street names and how they affect property prices.

Top of the scariest street names is Spook Hill in Dorking, which has an average house price of £651,298. It is followed by Crackle Street in Rye and Cauldron Crescent in Swanage read


Video shows lorry driver push stranded Fiesta to safety on the A3

Truck driver Andy Yarrow was driving southbound on the A3 through Guildford, Surrey, when he spotted the 'petrified' driver broken down in a lane of traffic. read


Customer hears CommBank trader planning to skive off work on voicemail

Planning to skive off work early this week? Well make sure and hang the phone up first if you’re leaving a voicemail then. A CommSec bank trader made the schoolboy error while calling a customer. read


Led Zeppelin, Marilyn Monroe and Hugh Hefner pictured during the golden age of flying

From Marilyn Monroe posing for photographers at New York LaGuardia Airport, to legendary British rock band Led Zeppelin preparing spirits at the bar, it really was the golden age of flying. read


Producers on Sir David Attenborough's The Hunt admit using sound effects

Viewers of Sir David Attenborough's (pictured) latest show will be duped into what they're hearing as London producers use the likes of celery and custard powder to recreate the sounds of the wild. read


St Albans families evacuated after massive sinkhole opened up in street

Tests have discovered 'significant anomalies' in the ground around the 66-foot wide cavity that suddenly appeared in St Albans, Hertfordshire, at the beginning of the month. read


British backpacker reveals the moment she was groped by a naked man in Brisbane

Police have released a likeness of man wanted in relation to an alleged indecent assault in Brisbane. The incident is the second alleged sexual attack on UK women in Australia recently. read


Forget keyhole, new PINHOLE surgery is even less invasive

Everything was fine during the birth of Sarah Johnston's baby - until doctors tried to deliver the placenta. Sarah, 35, from East Yorkshire, began bleeding uncontrollably. read


Russian girl slips out of her aunt's hand and falls 2 floors from an escalator

The child was at the 'Solnechny' shopping centre in the city of Novy Urengoy in north-central Russia with her aunt when the drama unfolded. read


Inside the other-worldly Georgian ice caves with melt water so furious the effect is like rain

These stunning formations were created after snow between mountains in the Kodori Valley, Abkhazia, a breakaway republic in Georgia, was highly compacted. read


Iceland frozen vegetables had animal's tail inside found by mother cooking Sunday roast

Melissa Gordon (pictured) from Patchway, Bristol, was cooking a Sunday roast for her daughter, 3, and a friend when she found the 'furry' tail and threw the pan across the kitchen. read


Pro shooter Kirsten Joy Weiss shows how to carve a Halloween pumpkin using a rifle

Pro shooter Kirsten Joy Weiss, from the US, has posted a video showing how to carve a Halloween pumpkin using a gun. The rifle enthusiast shot a smiley face into a pumpkin at a driving range. read


Modernist Grayswood mansion designed by Amyas Connell on sale for £2.3m

The Grade II listed property, called the White House, was designed by architect Amyas Connell in 1931. A five-bedroom modernist mansion, it is located in Grayswood, Surrey. read


Britain's most haunted pub Red Lion in Wiltshire pranks it's customers

Secret cameras were set up at the Red Lion Old English Inn in Avebury, Wiltshire, which is said to be one of the most haunted pubs in the UK, for the hilariously cruel prank to take place. read


Mac on... Claims by world health chiefs that processed meats can give you cancer

'I told you not to have that extra sausage!' read


Video of a hungry squirrel batting to open a dustbin lid

Leah Kilpatrick captured footage of the determined rodent at her home in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire trying with all his might to gain access to the wheelie bin. read


Portraits of 'the female form' including Frida Kahlo and Claudia Schiffer to be auctioned

Italian fashion photographer Amadeo Turello has been collecting black and white pictures of women by top photographers since 1992. Today they will go under the hammer in Paris. read


The face of a 10,000-year-old cave lion cub: Two incredibly well-preserved prehistoric babies discovered in Siberian permafrost

The discovery was made during the summer in the Sakha Republic, otherwise known as Yakutia, and scientists think the two 'sensational' cubs are the best preserved ever found. read


Southern Iceland's breathtaking rock formation looks exactly like a gigantic sea elephant

On the island of Heimaey in Southern Iceland, a basalt rock formation has taken on a curious shape - that of a gigantic sea elephant, complete with wrinkled skin. read


Julius Njogu arrested after cheating his way to 2nd in Kenya marathon

Julius Njogu, 28, was arrested and now facing fraud charges after hiding among the crowd at the Nairobi Marathon in Kenya and then joining the leading men just outside the Nyayo Stadium. read


This time the camouflaged cats and disguised dogs are all YOURS

Since we printed pictures of dogs blending into the background, we've been inundated with YOUR snaps of your very own craftily camouflaged canines - plus a mischievous moggy, too. read


Pictures capture beauty and drama in National Geographic's annual photography competition

From traditional buffalo racing in Bali to the glow of fireflies on a Wisconsin summer night, talented photographers are showcasing their work in National Geographic's Photography Contest. read