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First snows of winter hit swathes of UK with up to 5cm falling overnight and lows of -4C 

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


Belgium on terror lockdown: Brussels metro closed and people warned to avoid public areas after warning of ‘serious and imminent threat’ 

Brussels has been put into security lockdown after Belgian intelligence received 'precise information' of a planned Paris-style ISIS attack in the capital. read


Fingerprints reveal TWO of the Paris suicide bombers had entered Europe through Greece

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


ISIS tells British-based fanatics to stay in UK and wait for signal

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


Friends who only survived Paris massacre because jihadi ran out of bullets tell of escape 

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


UN Security Council approves 'all necessary measures' to fight ISIS after Paris attacks

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


American Anita Datar killed in Mali hotel massacre

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


Extraordinary lengths five young Syrian men went to in bid to enter US amid ISIS fears: Greek passports forged in Brazil, hopping from country to country and not checking luggage to avoid scrutiny

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


Hasna Ait Boulahcen, cousin of Paris attacks mastermind DID NOT blow herself up

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 puppy who will grow to be France's next Diesel

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


Jihadi suspect arrested in Sweden after crossing Arctic Circle on a BICYCLE

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


Russia unleashes cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea at ISIS targets across Syria

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


RAF Lossiemouth scrambled 2 fighter jets to intercept Russian Tu-160 bombers

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


Historian Tom Holland tackles ISIS and the Middle Ages

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


Defiant Parisians pack the streets of the French capital to honour terror victims

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


Pope Francis says Christmas is a charade after atrocities like Paris massacre

'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


Newlyweds let seven strangers fleeing Paris terror attacks join them in honeymoon suite

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


First Briton Silhan Ozcelik to be convicted of trying to join the fight AGAINST ISIS 

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


How ISIS video producers dictate the terrorist group's every action and receive better treatment (any better salaries) than any of their peers

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 shows Paris attack mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud use Metro

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 dead in Fox Glacier helicopter crash in New Zealand

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


Big girls like Adele are often the unsung stars, AMANDA PLATELL says

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


State pension set to rise by £3.35 a week to £115.95

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


Kate Middleton and Prince William are looking forward to first Christmas as family of four

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


Parents furious at Tesco after it scraps popular Hudl2 tablet

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


I'm A Celeb star Lady Colin Campbell's ex-husband says 'I don't care about her jungle show' 

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


How the scandal engulfing David Cameron's chum Mark Clarke has sparked Tory civil war

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 probe 'Tatler Tory' Mark Clarke scandal

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


Sajid Javid declares the costs of staying in the EU outweigh its benefits

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 promises to boost freedom of information as Tories plot curbs to law

Labour last night pledged to strengthen the Freedom of Information Act as the Tories plot to water it down. read


Liverpool couple pay off mortgage then their street goes up for rate of £1 a house

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


Workers to get three days off on full pay in Volunteering Leave

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


David Cameron truly is the heir to Tony Blair, PETER OBORNE writes

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


Nicole Farhi wins seven-month planning battle with Camden Council over garden studio

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


How an Old Etonian dog of war and the despot he plotted a coup against are uniting to put Mark Thatcher in the dock 

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


Woman tells how 'spiteful' ex Rupert Ashmore left her 'humiliated and ashamed'

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


Is this the most mind-blowing illusion show ever? JANE FRYER on Derren Brown's mass hysteria-inducing new show

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


Church of England vicar accused of sexually assaulting boy 15 in India

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


Tasja Dowell 'stole an iPhone then used it to take selfies that landed in the victim's iCloud'

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


Woken up grumpy? It really could be because you got out of bed the wrong side (and we FINALLY know which side that is) 

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


Duke of Rutland's daughters make Downton Abbey's Crawley sisters look like angels 

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


Sports-mad boy, seven, who was shot in the legs in gangland doorstep attack is being cared for in safe house after been released from hospital

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


Student diversity officer Bahar Mustafa who allegedly tweeted 'kill all white men' set to quit

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


Woman sends men vagina pics on Bumble dating app and is horrified with the result

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


CityJet plane is blown SIDEWAYS by crosswinds by Storm Barney in video

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


Gordon Ramsay buys £4.4m holiday home in Cornwall but wants to demolish it

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


Southampton student turned down after DRAWING WhatsApp message pictured

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


Workington man is thrown a surprise birthday party by McDonald's

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


Man brandishes Samurai sword in Apple's flagship Manhattan store

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


Cosa Nostra mafia men arrested in Don Corleone over 'plot to kill Angelino Alfano' 

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


Germaine Greer's 30,000-word love letter to Martin Amis revealed

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


Royal baker Fiona Cairns says start tomorrow for best Christmas cakes and mincemeat 

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


Michael Parkinson's warning over 'Victorian' dementia care homes

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


Barack Obama takes shot at world leaders who dye their hair and denies that he does it

Although President Obama, 54, did not name names, he could have been digging at Russian President Vladmir Putin, 63. read


Transgender Vicky Thompson sent to a male HMP Leeds prison is found dead in cell

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


Dramtic moment crack British troops storm a passenger ferry as fears grow of a REAL Islamist attack on UK ship

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


Moment lion freed after 20 YEARS in cruel Peruvian travelling circus 

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


Kate Middleton and Prince William visit North Wales as she dresses casual

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


Sophie Wessex says she's the only royal woman with a career

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


Babysitter Jade Hatt spared jail for underage sex signs up for Badoo dating app

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


Which? hits out at 'sneaky fees' for home insurance customers

Home insurance customers are being hit with a host of extra fees and charges that are sending the cost of a policy soaring. read


North Yorkshire eleven-year-old looks after her disabled mother AND brother

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


Air France plane performs mystery u-turn over the English Channel

An Air France flight destined for San Franciso has been spotted making several loops over the English Channel before heading back to Paris. read


Viscountess Weymouth reveals she does 1,000 stomach crunches A DAY

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


Premier League footballer Al Bangura arrived in Britain after being duped

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


LG kills off $499 Urbane 2 Android smartwatch due to 'hardware issues'

The firm blames a  'hardware issue which affects the day-to-day functionality of the device' - but won't reveal the exact problem. read


Goole,Yorkshire residents launch their own internet search engine

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


Victoria's Secret model Bridget Malcolm SLAMS followers who accused her of being anorexic

Bridget Malcolm hits back at the haters who labelled her as 'anorexic'. read


Crowdsourcing project aims to look for UFOs with a swarm of CubeSats

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


Particle pollution from shipping is far worse than had been thought

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


I'm A Celebrity camp mates demonstrate basic lack of spelling in Scrabble challenge fail

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


Elderly lady filmed standing in front of a bus to stop it driving off at Chorlton Bus Station

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


Judge jails Luke Patten who beat man and then had sex with victim's girlfriend

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


Murderer Michael Bagnall's courtroom outburst 'I'm glad he's dead' as he is jailed for life

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


Pupils at Birmingham Trojan Horse school ‘were forced to pray'

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


Sinead O'Connor begs 'stalker' to leave her alone

The mother-of-four, who has a history of mental health issues, wrote a statement on her Facebook page highlighting her concerns. read


Stunning cliff houses for rent

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


One or two coffees a day 'WON'T harm your baby' Nationwide Children's Hospital reveal

Scientists at Ohio State University found moderate caffeine consumption during pregnancy had no adverse impact on a child's IQ, behaviour and weight. read


Stephen Beadman and Luke Harlow appear in court over Kayleigh Haywood's murder

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


FEMAIL reveals the most fun-filled calendars to help you count down to Christmas

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


FEMAIL pits luxury Christmas trees against those from Poundland and Wilko

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


Baby girl with epilepsy suffers 40 seizures a DAY due to genetic disorder Shox Depletion

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


London baby born with adorable birthmark the shape of a HEART is parents' little cherub

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


Could vasectomies on the NHS be given the snip in latest budget squeeze?

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


Desperate to shed pounds? Try Diet by NUMBERS!

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


Previously-unseen images of Shackleton's 1915 Antarctic expedition revealed

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


Atlanta woman claims she felt 'joy' when she thought she was going to die

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


Greedy businessman Lakhbir Jaspal is jailed after he conned a charity out of £325,000 t

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


Castelvecchio Museum robbers steal 17 paintings in art heist 

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


'haunted' Hampton Inn hotel guest captures eerie flickering lights

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


Chocolate with flavours to 'rival fine wines' developed

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


Skull from London Zoo bear that inspired Winnie the Pooh to go on display

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


Met Police apologises to women tricked into relationships with undercover officers

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


A headmistress at a £28,000-a-year girls' school has scrapped century-old boarding house names because they are all men

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


Buglife charity shares scary detailed images of insects up close

London-based photographer Mikael Buck took the incredible photos using a Sony 27R II camera with a 90mm macro lens and macro filter. read


The 10 diseases that could kill you in just ONE day revealed

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 in 'unprecedented financial meltdown' as deficit hits £1.6bn in 6 months

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


Car clamping soars 58% in the year since tax discs ended

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


Headteacher of Beaulieu School, Jersey scraps end of school prom

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


Kyoto University experts discover the part of the brain that determines how cheerful we are

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


Cambridge primary school children shown a video of a young boy shooting himself

Parents with distraught children at St Luke's Church of England Primary School in Cambridge were furious today. read


Llanelli 10-year-old who is transgender is disqualified from boys' swimming race

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 jailed for spying on women and girls as young as 13

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


Unsympathetic colleagues tweet pictures of five Manchester police officers stuck in a lift

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


Bugatti Veyron showroom offers £20k reward for catching hooded vandal

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


Crossrail trains which will be air-conditioned and Wi-Fi enabled revealed

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


Gnosall pet crematorium owner gave owners random animals' ashes

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 CEO Zuckerberg to take two months of paternity leave

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


New scanner uses 3D imaging and 'tubular X-rays' to spot bombs and drugs

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


Taxpayer loses more in fraud and error than George Osborne's tax credit cuts

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


Babies are capable of reasoning and problem solving when they are just 10 MONTHS old

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


Anna Paquin hits back at body shamers on Twitter who criticized her appearance

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


Body of beloved pet dog David flown nearly 6,000 miles to be buried in Wales

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


Peep Show's Robert Webb quits Labour with swipe at the 'Corbytrons'

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


Pair of run-down Dorset council homes transformed into £3million manor

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


Hoard of 4,000 Roman coins unearthed in Switzerland beneath a cherry tree

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


Manchester United fan is offered memorabilia after autograph book was stolen

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


Thief steals charity box before Daisy the cat tries to save the day

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


Mum reveals you have been changing your baby's dirty nappy wrong

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


American Airlines loses prosthetic LEG belonging to Boston bombing survivor

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 finds her THIRD 'twin stranger'

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


State Apartments at Windsor Castle are transformed for Christmas

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


Pod of pilot whales at Japan's Taiji cove circle together as hunters round them up

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


Bristol Zoo welcomes baby pygmy hippo

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


Jocelyn Burton tried to buy lamps but bank thought she was an animal smuggler

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


Nevis Island in the Caribbean was loved by Princess Diana

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


6,600 year-old golden pendant found in prehistoric Bulgarian settlement

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


Swanley pensioner goes round a roundabout on his mobility scooter in video

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


Indian man makes child smoke a cigarette in video

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


Giant mushroom in Vietnam has to be chopped up and carried by FOUR people

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


Toddler can't stop giggling after getting hit by cream pie in video

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


Chinese Top Gear attracts 200m viewers in huge ratings success 

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 takes his last test before blasting off to the International Space Station

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 creates hilarious Little Britain-style video about his town in bid to sell his house

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