Leek in Staffordshire was the snowiest place in Britain on Saturday, receiving the full 5cm after temperatures dipped to -1C. The market town was also the coldest place in England. read
Brussels has been put into security lockdown after Belgian intelligence received 'precise information' of a planned Paris-style ISIS attack in the capital. read
The France v Germany friendly international football match was abandoned after three jihadists blew themselves up outside the ground, as part of a number of attacks in Paris. read
Days before the Paris massacre, UK-based jihadis were being told of plans for imminent attacks in both France and Britain, messages seen by the Mail Investigations Unit suggest. read
Sophia Bejali, 40, and Barbara Serpentini, 18, were drinking at La Casa Nostra when a jihadi gunman sprayed the cafe with a hail of bullets. He pointed his gun at their heads, but it didn't fire. read
World leaders unanimously agreed to the resolution, which states that the barbaric group 'constitutes a global and unprecedented threat to international peace and security'. read
Anita Datar, 41, had been working in Bamako, Mali's capital, as a U.S. envoy for international development firm Palladium when Islamist militants stormed her hotel on Friday morning . read
Five Syrian men who caused international alarm when they were stopped in Central America on their way to the United States were only caught because their flight was delayed. read
Witnesses told of how Hasna Ait Boulahcen (pictured) yelled 'help me, help me' and 'he's not my boyfriend' moments before the explosion that killed her in Saint Denis, Paris, on Wednesday. read
The little puppy, called Dobrynia, has been sent to Paris on Putin's orders as a show of solidarity with the French after the Diesel, a seven-year-old Belgian shepherd, was killed during Wednesday's raid. read
Mutar Muthanna Majid, 25, was arrested at a refugee hostel in Boliden, Sweden. He had cycled from Russia. A loophole allows cyclists to be waved straight across the Norwegian border. read
Pilots and ground crew wrote 'For Paris' on bombs destined for Syria. Moscow fired 18 missiles from its ships in the Caspian Sea at seven targets in Syria, including in Raqa, Idlib and Aleppo provinces. read
The jets were rushed up from RAF Lossiemouth to intercept the Tu-160s over the Atlantic last night. The Russian aircraft made an unusual trip round Europe on their way to a bombing mission in Syria. read
Jihadis see themselves as being engaged in a war as old as Islam itself: a struggle for global supremacy against Christianity, writes historian TOM HOLLAND. read
Some lit candles and sang and some danced in the streets. Others held hands in silent at the Place de la Republique, which has become a central commemoration site for the victims. read
'There are wars today everywhere, and hate,' the pontiff said after the worst terror attack in French history, the bombing of a Russian plane over Egypt and a double suicide bombing in Lebanon. read
Courtney, 20, and Callum Hartley, 22, let the desperate teenagers sleep on their hotel room floor on the night 130 people were brutally killed in Paris as the hotel was in lock down. read
Silhan Ozcelik, 18, from Highbury, North London, claimed she only ran away from home because she was in love with a man ten years her senior, who she had met on a market stall read
From its headquarters in a residential building in Raqqa, Syria, the media division oversees hundreds of recruits who have had two months' military training and one month of media training. read
CCTV footage showed Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 27, who was killed in a special forces raid in the Paris suburb of Saint Denis on Wednesday, jumping the barrier at Croix de Chavaux station. read
Seven people are dead after a helicopter crash in Fox Glacier, on the western coast of New Zealand's south island. Poor weather conditions are delaying any rescue efforts. read
After a chief executive said he wouldn’t employ any woman who wasn’t slim and beautiful, AMANDA PLATELL asks, has he not noticed that the larger lady is in the ascendancy? read
Millions of pensioners will see their spending power boosted to the highest level for 25 years. George Osborne will announce next Wednesday that the basic state pension will rise to £119.30 a week. read
Princess Charlotte is getting on well with her 'noisy' big brother, the Duchess of Cambridge today revealed during a visit to a men's mental health support group in Denbigh, North Wales. read
The supermarket's budget tablet computer was a hugely popular sell-out success, but it has announced that there are no plans for a new model. Parents are now struggling for Christmas ideas. read
Lord Colin - who was married to the I'm A Celeb favourite briefly in the 1970s, together right - revealed to SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE that he was not even aware she was on the ITV show. read
The Conservatives have descended into a morass of scandal and sordid allegation, with so-called 'Tatler Tory' Mark Clarke accused of bullying, blackmail and now sexual harassment. read
Police interviewed a female Tory activist who said she was sexually harassed by 'Tatler Tory' Mark Clarke. Seemingly endless scandals about Mr Clarke have Tory chiefs at each other's throats. read
Business Secretary Sajid Javid has broken ranks with the Cabinet to declare that the costs of remaining in the European Union outweigh the benefits. read
Labour last night pledged to strengthen the Freedom of Information Act as the Tories plot to water it down. read
Linda Hunter (pictured) and her husband George paid their mortgage on a house they thought was £120,000 only to find the houses on their Liverpool street sold for £1 after a botched council regeneration plan. read
EXCLUSIVE: The Prime Minister claims the policy will be 'good for our society' but it has been the subject of a Whitehall battle over which minister would take responsibility for delivering it. read
On the basis of close analysis and many conversations with the PM's supporters, I have concluded that those trying to solve the Cameron enigma have been looking in the wrong place. read
Camden Council revoked its planning permission and told the 69-year-old to tear it down because it was 15ins - or 40cm - taller than had been agreed. read
Simon Mann who was jailed for plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea is teaming up with the African country's president to put Sir Mark Thatcher on the stand for his role in the attempted overthrow. read
Kim Woodward was a 'naive' 19-year-old student when she met Rupert Ashmore, her art college lecturer. But after 25 years, in 2010, their relationship broke down and she was left penniless. read
Derren Brown has transferred the panache of his TV show onto the stage in this head-spinning production of his latest tour, writes Jane Fryer. read
Rev Jonathan Robinson, an acquaintance of former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, is accused of attacking a 15-year-old boy twice in 2011, after 'kidnapping him and taking him to New Delhi'. read
California police are on the hunt for Tasja Dowell, 18, who is accused of violently mugging a 15-year-old girl on November 5. Dowell then allegedly took selfie's on the victim's phone. read
A study by sleep experts at Wigton based Sealy UK found that those who nestle down on the right hand side of the mattress are far more pessimistic than those who doze on the left. read
The daughters of the Duke of Rutland are causing a stir in British high society with rowdy antics and lives they share on Instagram. But just what makes Lady Violet, 22, Lady Alice, 20, and Lady Eliza,18, Manners tick? read
Seven-year-old Christian Hickey (pictured) was discharged seven weeks after being blasted above the knee when he and mother Jayne, 29, answered the door at their home in Manchester. read
Bahar Mustafa (pictured) - student union diversity officer at Goldsmiths University, London - announced today she was leaving her post just 24 hours after the student president stood down. read
Kerry Quinn, from Los Angeles, has received many unsolicited pictures of male genitalia, so the 27-year-old decided to send a vagina picture unsuspecting guys on the dating app Bumble. read
The Avro RJ85, which has a capacity of 95 passengers, approached Cork Airport's runway at a sharp angle and briefly touched down before lifting off and soaring back into the air. read
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has submitted plans to bulldoze the 1920s retreat, in Rock, Cornwall, to build a bigger replacement. Lavish plans include a swimming pool and several ensuites. read
The old-fashioned romantic, known only as Alfonso, drew a screen from instant messaging service WhatsApp and wrote a 'text' asking out a fellow University of Southampton student. read
Harry Scott began visiting his local restaurant in Workington, Cumbria, at least six times a week following the death of his wife Martha and now even has his own table. read
The man was subdued by two off-duty cops after entering the Fifth Avenue Apple Store at 3.55 pm Friday brandishing a samurai sword, terrifying hundreds of customers inside. read
Police have arrested six members of Sicily's Cosa Nostra mafia, including its boss Giuseppe Lo Bue (in picture) as they foiled a plot to kill Interior Minister Angelino Alfano. read
When the world-famous feminist wrote the letter to author Amis in 1976, she was in a relationship and hoping to have a baby with another man, old Etonian James Hughes-Onslow. read
Tomorrow is the traditional day for making Christmas puddings and mincemeat.. Royal baker Fiona Cairns, who made the wedding cake for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, gives her top tips. read
The veteran broadcaster (pictured with his wife, Mary) has urged people caring for relatives not to be afraid to ask difficult questions or complain if they are worried about the standard of care read
Although President Obama, 54, did not name names, he could have been digging at Russian President Vladmir Putin, 63. read
Vicky Thompson, 21, from Keighley, West Yorkshire, was found dead at men's jail HMP Leeds last Friday. She had told friends she would kill herself if she was not sent to a women's prison. read
These are the dramatic scenes as members of 43 Commando scaled the side of a moving passenger ferry as it sailed between Ardrossan to Brodick on the Isle of Arran. read
A majestic mountain lion called Mufasa, who spent 20 years in captivity as part of a cruel travelling circus in Peru, has been set free. A film crew captured the tear-jerking moment. read
The royal couple paid a visit to north Wales where they met organisations supporting young people and tackling mental health issues - a cause close to both of their hearts. read
The Countess of Wessex has said she was a 'rare breed' among royals because she had had a career. This is despite a 2001 scandal where she made indiscreet comments about the Royal Family. read
Jade Hatt, 21, of Swindon, walked free from court after admitting sexual contact with an underage boy but has since signed up to dating site Badoo where she calls herself 'honest and trustworthy'. read
Home insurance customers are being hit with a host of extra fees and charges that are sending the cost of a policy soaring. read
Emily Wood, 11, from North Yorkshire, admits she has had to grow up fast as her sick mother and older brother both rely on her to do the cooking, cleaning and washing while her father works. read
An Air France flight destined for San Franciso has been spotted making several loops over the English Channel before heading back to Paris. read
Viscount of Weymouth Emma McQuiston, 29, has opened up in an interview about her crazy exercise regime, suffering with a difficult pregnancy and living in the 'Disney'-like surrounds of a safari park. read
Upon arriving in Britain as a 16-year-old, former Watford FC player Al Bangura, 27, was taken to a house in London where he was set upon by a group of 'two or three' men who tried to rape him. read
The firm blames a 'hardware issue which affects the day-to-day functionality of the device' - but won't reveal the exact problem. read
The inhabitants of the East Yorkshire town, which is 30 miles west of Hull, say they were forced to take drastic action after the search engine made it appear as though they 'didn't exist'. read
Bridget Malcolm hits back at the haters who labelled her as 'anorexic'. read
A team of developers in Canada has come up with a way for ordinary people to track extraterrestrial encounters. The team hopes to raise $50,000 to launch the device, called CubeSat for Disclosure. read
Scientists at Lund University in Sweden estimate that pollution from shipping on the North Sea and Baltic Sea may contribute to around 10,000 premature deaths a year. read
Nothing could've prepared the six contestants for the challenge which required them to put their basic spelling skills to the test - something which they proved to significantly lack as the game played out. read
The unidentified pensioner was angry that a Stagecoach bus in Manchester was pulling away from its stop before she got on, so she chased it down and confronted the driver. read
Luke Patten (pictured) was sent to jail for four and a half years after attacking a man in Eastham on the Wirral while he was on bail for sharing a video of him having sex with a 15-year-old girl. read
Michael Bagnall, launched the foul-mouthed tirade in front of his victim's family as he was sentenced to life behind bars for the murder of 18-year-old plumber Ben Purdy in Bermondsey, London. read
Maths teacher Wakass Haruf, 30, is accused of telling children they were worse than a 'kaffir' - a non-believer - if they chose sport over worship at Park View School in Birmingham. (file picture). read
The mother-of-four, who has a history of mental health issues, wrote a statement on her Facebook page highlighting her concerns. read
For Instagram-obsessed tourists, nothing beats a holiday home with unrivalled views of a sweeping valley or crystal clear sea from what may seem like the edge of the world. read
Scientists at Ohio State University found moderate caffeine consumption during pregnancy had no adverse impact on a child's IQ, behaviour and weight. read
The 15-year-old sparked a huge police search when she disappeared last Friday after being dropped off outside Ibstock Community College, Leicestershire, by her parents. read
While chocolate is one of the most traditional calendar fillings, many lifestyle, beauty and fashion brands now release their own versions. Options include beauty, food, fashion and toys. read
How much should you spend on the centrepiece of your Christmas decorations? And can you really tell the difference between a luxurious tree and a thrifty one? read
Maisie O'Brien, 29, of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, was diagnosed with epilepsy and an ultra-rare genetic condition called Shox depletion at just nine months old. read
Liam Bailey was born with the unusual mark at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, south London, on Thursday. Grandmother Leslie Johnson, 52, said he will be popular with the ladies. read
The controversial move by the Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group, which already severely restricts access to IVF, is part of planned savings of £15.7 million. read
Weight-loss expert, Dr Sally Norton reveals her 10 simple steps to a achieving a healthier lifestyle, including ensuring you get seven hours sleep a night and five portions of fruit and veg a day. read
Ernest Shackleton and his crew struggled to survive for months against the odds in the punishing conditions of the Antarctic. They were left stranded after the Endurance ship sank beneath the ice. read
Kailey Collins, 28, of Atlanta, Georgia, was in a severe car crash on her way to work. In what she thought were her final moments she felt only joy and peace. Her post about the crash went viral. read
Lakhbir Jaspal, 47, who earned a six-figure salary at a housing charity and conned them of £325,000 to buy a chain of Subway sandwich shops has been jailed for three years. read
Armed bandits have stolen 17 paintings worth £10million from Verona's art museum in one of the most significant art heists in Italian history One work was by Peter Paul Rubens (pictured). read
The creepy 3mins 17secs footage depicts the man - believed to be called Doug - wandering around deserted corridors and stairwells in the Hampton Inn, New York. read
Scientists from Belgium have found they can select specific yeasts to ferment cocoa beans shortly after they have been harvested to produce a range of different aromas and flavours. read
The author was influenced by a Canadian black bear called Winnipeg, who was loved and fed honey by his son, the real-life Christopher Robin, at London Zoo. read
The Metropolitan Police agreed to settle multiple civil cases by paying an undisclosed amount of compensation to women who had affairs with officers including Mark Kennedy, pictured. read
Rose Hardy, headmistress at the all-girl St Margaret's School in Bushey, Hertfordshire, insisted the names are not appropriate and don't represent a 'modern, female educational institution'. read
London-based photographer Mikael Buck took the incredible photos using a Sony 27R II camera with a 90mm macro lens and macro filter. read
From Ebola, which has killed 11,314 people since an epidemic swept West Africa last year, to meningitis and MRSA, here we reveal 10 of the most potent diseases in the world. read
NHS trusts in England have racked up a deficit of £1.6 billion in the first six months of the financial year - the worst on record. It is estimated it will reach £2.2 billion by the end of the financial year. read
More than 99,000 cars were clamped in the past 12 months, compared to over 62,000 in the same period of the previous year, following a government move to abolish tax discs. read
In a letter to parents, Chris Beirne, pictured, headmaster of the all-girl Beaulieu School, Jersey, said there was 'considerable concern' over the use of drugs and alcohol at after-parties. read
Psychologists at Kyoto University found people who are more content, satisfied and happy have more grey matter in their precuneus - a part of the brain normally associated with consciousness. read
Parents with distraught children at St Luke's Church of England Primary School in Cambridge were furious today. read
The child, who dresses, identifies and is treated as a boy, came second in the gala at Llanelli Leisure Centre, South Wales, but was told the result would not stand because he was wearing a 'skin swimsuit.' read
Daniel Helps poked his iPhone under the doors of cubicles in a bid to film girls as young as 13 naked hundreds of times, Swindon Crown Court heard. read
The Greater Manchester police officers were trapped for around 45 minutes as they headed to a team meeting - and they required the fire service to help them. read
Bosses at Kahn Automobiles are offering a £20,000 reward for help catching a hooded vandal who smashed a Bugatti Veyron's windscreen with an iron bar at the dealership in Leeds. read
Concept pictures of the £14.8 billion project running from Reading in Berkshire in the west to Shenfield in Essex in the east were unveiled today. Crossrail is set to fully open in 2019. read
Alan McMasters, 52, owner of Swan Pit Crematorium in Gnosall, Staffordshire, charged owners for the cremation of their pets and returned what they though were their ashes to them. read
Facebook allows up to four months of maternity or paternity leave. Zuckerberg said Friday he will take two months, in what is being seen as encouragement for employees. read
HALO uses 3D-imaging to understand the exact material an object is made of . The UK-made scanner can detect the presence of bombs by looking at their typical 'material signature' read
Former shadow chancellor Chris Leslie today argues that as Mr Osborne 'desperately scurries' to find extra money, he should start by addressing the billions paid out by mistake. read
Emory University found babies are capable of working out social hierarchies as early as 10 months, in a study that used puppets playing out different scenarios. read
The actress, 33, took to Twitter to slam commenters who said she look 'fat' and 'ugly' at the premiere of The Good Dinosaur on Tuesday. She also called them cowards for their online bullying, read
Elaine Kao, who lives in Hong Kong, had the body of her beloved Golden Retriever, David, flown to a pet cemetery in Hollywell in Wales after scouring the web to find somewhere to lay him to rest. read
The actor said he 'felt sick' at paying £11-a-month to a party which hired pro-Kremlin columnist Seumas Milne as its top spin doctor and was fed up with being 'horribly' attacked by 'Corbytrons' online. read
Husband-and-wife team Kate and Johnny Bourne transformed the Dorset properties into one luxury family mansion, over three years. They 'gutted' the workers' cottages over the three-year transformation. read
A farmer made the spectacular discovery when he spotted a molehill with some shimmering green coins on his land in Ueken in Switzerland, but he will not be allowed to keep the hoard. read
Schoolboy Zayaan Khan, from Chorlton, Manchester, spent almost a year collecting the signatures of every player and member of coaching staff at the club during the 2014/15 season. read
Remarkable CCTV captured the thief as he slipped the charity box, containing around £60, into his bag as he paid for a cup of tea at a cat café in Nottingham. read
The unnamed British mum, who blogs at Tiaras & Prozac, has taken the internet by storm with her easy parenting hack. She explained why baby vests have folds on the shoulders. read
The airline misplaced the limb belonging to ballroom dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis, 34, who lost her left leg in the terror attacks in April 2013, but has since started dancing again with a replacement limb. read
Niamh Geaney, 26, from Dublin, Ireland, has now met a third lookalike, called Irene Williams, who also hails from Ireland, after meeting 'twin strangers' Karen Branigan and Luisa Guizzardi. read
Visitors to the castle will see the State Apartments kitted out with a Regency-themed display to give visitors a taste of how the Prince Regent, the future George IV, celebrated the festive season. read
Poignant footage captures the mammals gathering in a tiny circle, clinging together to protect themselves from injury as the men drive the animals towards the netted shoreline in the cove. read
Zoo staff have announced the birth of a three-week-old calf, which has not been named or sexed, and is spending its days sleeping, eating and swimming around a pool at the pygmy hippo house. read
London based Jocelyn Burton (pictured) became the focus of a bank probe after she received an order from a wealthy Russian client to cast a pair of lamps in the shape of two intertwined silver dolphins. read
Princess Diana stayed on Nevis in the Caribbean 20 years ago with the young Princes William and Harry. From horse-riding at sunset to catamaran cruises, the island offers a blissful getaway. read
The delicate two-gram pendant was discovered by archaeologists at the site of Solnitsata in Bulgaria, the site of the oldest prehistoric town in Europe. read
The man, believed to be in his 70s or 80s, was captured as he went around the roundabout in Swanley, Kent, at just 3mph, forcing other drivers to dramatically slow their speed. read
The video, taken in India, shows a child, believed to be around three to four-years old, sat on the knee of a man who then places a cigarette in the little boy's mouth and lights it up. read
The lingzhi mushroom - which translates to supernatural mushroom - was discovered by a lumberjack in Vietnam before it was sold. It is thought to be thousands of years old. read
The unnamed little boy, who is believed to be from America, is filmed in hysterics while having a pile of whipped cream splatted onto his face. The clip was posted online on November 19. read
The Chinese presenters (pictured) of the Mandarin language version of Top Gear are proving popular in China and Taiwan, raking in 200m viewers since it launched last month. read
Tim Peake is today taking part in the final exam training session at the Gagarin Cosmonauts' Training Centre in Star City, outside Moscow before his mission to the ISS on December 15. read
James Lett, 38, made the spoof video, that also features his two smiling children, in an effort to help bolster the image of the family's hometown of Staveley, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire. read