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Six British men driving three old ambulances are arrested in Belgium after they are seen near an Esso petrol station used by fugitive terrorist Salah Abdeslam 

Six Pakistani born British men were arrested in Belgium after being spotted in 'old ambulances' (pictured) near a petrol station used by Paris terrorist Salah Abdeslam, it was reported. read


Fugitive Paris jihadi went to gay bars, took drugs and was hooked on PlayStation

Salah Abdeslam (pictured), 26, who has been on the run since last Friday's terror attacks in Paris, is said to have smoked, drank and flirted with men in gay bars in Brussels' trendy Saint Jacques quarter. read


Don't give ISIS a propaganda coup: Osborne warns opponents of airstrikes in Syria not to block bombing raids by Christmas

The Chancellor said Britain could not rely on other countries to take on terrorists posing a direct threat to our national security as he pushed for MPs to authorise missile strikes in Syria. read


LORD WEST on how to rid the Middle East of ISIS

Because Islamic State is weaker in Iraq, I would suggest that international and indigenous troops try to defeat it there before taking the fight to within Syria, writes LORD WEST. read


Eagles of Death Metal describe Bataclan massacre during Paris attacks

Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes said so many of the band's fans at the gig in Paris were killed because they would not leave their friends behind. read


Just 17% of people think Corbyn will keep them safe in the wake of Labour leader's disastrous response to Paris attacks

It follows a disastrous week in which he said he was 'not happy' about police 'shoot to kill' orders questioned the legality of killing Jihadi John and vowed to oppose British airstrikes in Syria. read


Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby says 'I doubted God after Paris attacks'

Asked if the Paris terrorist attacks had caused him to doubt where God was, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said: ‘Oh gosh, yes,’ and admitted it put a ‘chink in his armour’. read


Paris gripped by water poison fear as Brussels turns into a ghost town

Scientists were carrying out tests on the city’s water supply after equipment used to guard against chemical products, including protective suits, was stolen from a Paris hospital. read


Bluewater shopping centre evacuated over 'suspicious package'

Part of the Bluewater shopping centre in Kent was evacuated and hundreds of shoppers caught up in the drama, a number of whom said they heard a bang shortly before 9pm. read


Michael Burleigh on ISIS - who have $2trillion in the bank

From its roots as a version of Al Qaeda to a fighting force boasting 33,000 militants, ISIS have risen up to become one of the most feared terror groups in the world. read


UK counter-terror chief reveals police are watching 118 Syrian jihadis in Britain

The country’s counter-terrorism chief Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley (pictured) says there are 118 Syria-related live operations under way, and keeping the UK safe will be tough. read


Paris photos show the aftermath of seven-hour shootout in St Denis

Photographs taken from inside the devastated St-Denis flat where the Paris attack 'mastermind' was hiding out reveal the details of the dramatic shoot-out between French forces and terrorists. read


Adele opens up about her 'Hollywood movie' romance with boyfriend Simon Konecki and her son Angelo and stepdaughter

The songstress opened about her relationship with longtime boyfriend Simon Konecki during an interview with Australia's 60 Minutes on Sunday night. read


England star Steven Gerrard is accused of throwing a punch during a street brawl despite previously telling a court he was 'trying to defuse the situation'

New footage has emerged that appears to show Steven Gerrard throwing a punch and throwing him against a wall in Formby, near Liverpool, despite claims to the contrary he made in court. read


How 'Tatler Tory' Mark Clarke used revenge porn to humiliate political opponent

Mark Clarke tried to leak to the media the film in which one of his Conservative foes was duped into performing a sex act on the internet. The ‘victim’ previously refused to pay a £2,500 blackmail demand. read


Which 'Friend of David Cameron' will the Tatler Tory scandal ruin? ANNE McELVOY asks

A series of reports over several months in The Mail on Sunday laid bare the shocking behaviour of the sociopathic functionary, Mark Clarke, writes ANNE McELVOY. read


Look at I'm A Celebrity to see how unfair Britain really is, LIZ JONES writes

Who needs John Major to warn us of the shocking inequality in Britain today when we have the cast of this year’s I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!!!! writes LIZ JONES. read


Poundworld is fined £70,000 for selling £1 'High Vis' jackets with the logo 'be safe, be seen' that were not actually reflective 

Poundworld sold 95,700 of the Chinese-made £1 vests (pictured) but tests carried out on one of the jackets revealed its reflectivity was no more than 2.4 per cent of what it should have been. read


Scorned wife takes the ultimate revenge on her cheating husband by selling their house while he is on holiday in New York

Laura Arnolds, 42, found steamy messages to her husband Craig, 44, on his phone from another woman. When he jetted off to New York for business, she sold the marital home and packed her bags. read


Ola Jordan quits Strictly Come Dancing after claiming BBC show is fixed

The professional dancer, who has been with the show for 10 years and been a past winner of the BBC One talent competition, made the revelation ahead of Saturday night's show. read


Home Secretary Theresa May digs in her heels over George Osborne's police cuts

Theresa May and George Osborne are locked in a bitter dispute over planned police cuts. Police forces wanted that the proposed cuts would lead to the loss of another 40,000 posts by 2020. read


Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt savages striking doctors amid walkout plans

The prospect of patients dying as a result of the doctors strike cannot be ruled out, Jeremy Hunt warned last night in his Health Department study opposite Downing Street. read


Ed Miliband says Jeremy Corbyn is a worse Labour leader than he was

Former Labour leader Ed Miliband has broken his silence over his successor and described Jeremy Corbyn as even more disastrous than he was. It comes ahead of a byelection in Oldham West. read


Osborne refuses to rule out police cuts but vows 30% more cash for fighting terrorism including new unit to hack fanatics' phones

Border systems will be upgraded to better target weapons being smuggled into the country while a joint operation centre will see police, intelligence agencies and the military to work more closely. read


Prostituted at 12 by my mother to Morris Minor icon Lord Nuffield

Ann Vaughan, now 79, has bravely agreed to waive her right to anonymity to reveal how Lord Nuffield assaulted her for a decade following a chance meeting when she was 12. read


Louise Silverton says midwives are being too optimistic about their mothers' health

Expert Louise Silverton said midwives too often assume the mother is healthy and won't suffer complications, at the launch of a damning report examining 'full-term' stillbirths. read


Skin cancer treatment could be on the NHS within months

About 80 per cent of people with advanced melanoma, die within five years of diagnosis. But, combining two immune-boosting drugs could effectively cure more than half of cases. read


Simon Cowell's mother Julie Brett leaves him share of £700,000 estate in her will

Music mogul Simon Cowell will share the bulk of the estate with his brother, three half-brothers and his half-sister. Julie Cowell, a.k.a. Julie Brett, died in July aged 89 after suffering a stroke. read


Bryan Ferry tells of crash that almost killed son Merlin

Singer Bryan Ferry, 70, can vividly recall the moment his son Otis rang with news of the car crash. Another son, Merlin, had completely lost the use of his hand, but Bryan didn't know if he would survive. read


John Leslie is questioned by police over 'sex attack' claim by 22-year-old woman

Former Blue Peter presenter John Leslie has been questioned by police in connection with an alleged assault of a young woman at a radio station's awards ceremony in Edinburgh. read


Parents grieving the death of their disabled daughter have been asked to pay back a £10,000 council grant they used to modify their house for her four years ago

Garry and Susan Unsworth, from Runcorn in Cheshire, have been asked to pay back a £10,000 council grant they used to modify their house for their disabled daughter, Suzie. read


Kids Company boss Camila Batmanghelidjh admits she cheated to get into a top school

Camila Batmanghelidjh got into Sherborne School for Girls, in Dorset, after letting her mother take the exam for her. She justified the decision by saying she 'would never have passed it myself'. read


How uploading pictures of your pet cat can breach your privacy

Owen Mundy, art professor at Florida State university, has created a website 'I know where your cat lives' to raise awareness of how people were giving up their privacy online. read


Terribly un-PC cracker prizes which would appall modern sensibilities 

Crackers used to contain novelty items and messages which would horrify today - including racist language, real cigarettes, and ‘amusing’ souvenirs of the fatal women’s rights struggle. read


Is Doctor Who too scary for children? Menacing death of show's female lead is 'too sinister' for family viewing say fans

Show writers defended Saturday night's episode being shown pre-watershed, saying that many children experience loss in their lives and do not learn about death from Doctor Who. read


David Cameron has bombs and a plane but not one good idea, PETER HITCHENS writes

So far there is little sign of serious thought about the Paris atrocities. We are to have more spooks, though spooks failed to see it coming, and new ones will be no more clairvoyant, writes PETER HITCHENS. read


RACHEL JOHNSON: Sex once a week? Where DO they find the time?  

A third of British couples can't remember the last time they had sex. It gave fresh hope to all sex-slackers, to all exhausted parents for whom sex is low priority, that they were not alone. read


Fewer fathers the sole breadwinner: More than a million professional men have now gone part-time to spend more time at home 

The number of men balancing their work life with their family life has tripled since 1992, with more than a million now opting to work part-time so they can spend more time helping to raise their kids. read


Adam and Megan Brownson mocked at not being able to afford private school

Adam and Megan Brownson (pictured), from London, earn a combined annual salary of £190,000, but have been mocked over the quandary they are in over how to pay private school fees. read


I'm A Celebrity's Duncan Bannatyne forged evidence to hide £10m in bitter divorce case

EXCLUSIVE: The outspoken millionaire, who is currently in the Australian Outback on ITV’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me out Of Here, may now face a police investigation when he returns. read


Judge throws out RSPCA's bid to use dog fighting laws in war on fox hunting 

It is a blow to the charity, which has routinely brought cases against country sports enthusiasts under the Animal Welfare Act because this carries stiffer penalties than the Hunting Act. read


London police arrest 3 men in Belgian-registered BMW on Blackfriars Road

Police have arrested three men in a Belgium-registered vehicle following a traffic stop in Central London this afternoon. read


Keith Michell dies aged 88 in London

The Australian-born star (pictured) became a household name in Britain in 1970 due to his acclaimed performance as the Tudor king in the BBC series The Six Wives Of Henry VIII. 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


Can £10 champagne really sparkle? Our corking critic tests out a range of fizz to find out which supermarket has the best bubbly

Mail on Sunday wine critic Olly Smith has been blind testing the best of the supermarkets offerings under £20 - discovering some fall flat, while others are worth stocking up on this December. read


Wedding banns face axe after 800 years

Some members of the clergy are calling for the Church of England’s ‘Parliament’ the General Synod to find an alternative to the tradition, which allows worshippers to object to a marriage. read


Health Minister Jane Ellison wades into row over first-cousin couples among British Pakistanis

Health Minister Jane Ellison spoke out amid calls for the pracitice of marriages among first cousins to be banned. But Muslim leaders say a 'holistic medical approach' was needed, not a ban. read


Surrey Police releases it's most ridiculous 999 calls

Officers revealed the daft calls from members of the public as part of a campaign to highlight the issue of police time-wasting. read


Men find women with longer hair sexier because it suggests they are in good health, experts say 

Men were almost twice as likely to pick up a glove dropped by a woman with shoulder-length hair, according to the first research to look at hairstyle and behaviour. read


Another day of Arctic weather will see temperatures plunge to -5C bringing more snow, ice and freezing fog 

The Met Office said the cold temperatures would continue today and a yellow weather warning was in place for Scotland. Rain is expected to turn to ice, as snow continues to fall on higher grounds. read


Women can now take a £65 fertility test to check their egg count

The £65 test, offered by a New York fertility clinic, screens women aged 18-35 for future risk of developing Premature ovarian aging (POA), a condition which affects one in ten women. read


Janis Joplin's journals are used as basis for new film on her

Rock's leading lady (pictured) was famous for her carefree attitude but she was also damaged from being bullied at school for her short skirts and dyed hair, and suffered from body dysmorphia. read


Status Quo star Francis Rossi says he can't afford to retire with five kids at home

The 66-year-old (pictured) admits he is wealthy by most standards, but says he still has to finance a big family, with those still sharing his Surrey mansion aged from 19 to 43. read


VW says CO2 figures are probably wrong and offers to buy back vehicles 

Volkswagen has issued a apology to customers about to take delivery of a new car, admitting its own CO2 and fuel-consumption figures are wrong but failing to say how the situation can be rectified. read


Ten-year-old is the ONLY pupil in his Scottish island school

While many parents in the UK worry about growing class sizes, at Skerries Community School, on the tiny Scottish island of Out Skerries, Aron (pictured) gets the undivided attention of his teacher. read


British soldiers lectured for not making commanding officer enough hot drinks

Captain Clare Coward sent an email (pictured) to six officers in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers at Tidworth Camp accusing the of being 'idiots' for not being able to make a brew. read


Former Liverpool star Graeme Souness rushed to hospital amid health scare  

Former Liverpool manager and midfielder Graeme Souness was taken into hospital on Friday. The 62-year-old, who also played with distinction for the Reds, is receiving treatment in Bournemouth. read


Australian and British passengers in Fox Glacier, New Zealand helicopter crash

The four British tourists and two Australians who were killed when their sightseeing helicopter crashed into a New Zealand glacier have been named. read


Two thousand year old page of New Testament manuscript spotted for sale on eBay for $99 

The ancient Greek papyrus fragment of the Gospel of John, which reportedly dates back between A.D. 250 and A.D. 350, was spotted for sale on eBay in January for $99. read


BBC has made £500m selling off Strictly Come Dancing to over 50 countries

It is known for its clumsy newsreaders and preening soap stars, but Strictly Come Dancing has become one of the greatest money-spinners in the history of the BBC. read


Police chief Carl Langley probed over alleged affair with lawyer

Deputy Chief Constable of Dyfed-Powys Police Carl Langley is under investigation over an alleged affair with his force's lawyer. read


Archbishop Welby's fury at cinema ban on 'offensive' Lord's prayer

Odeon, Cineworld and Vue have refused to show the film the Church of England planned to run in cinemas across the UK before the new Star Wars blockbuster, which opens a week before Christmas. read


Marion Bartoli issues rebuke to BBC's John Inverdale after dropping two and a half stone 

BBC commentator John Inverdale sparked a huge sexism row when he said tennis star Marion Bartoli was 'never going to be a looker'. But the Wimbledon champion has undergone a dramatic transformation. read


Zoolander 2 under fire after critics deem Benedict Cumberbatch's character 'transphobic'

Cumberbatch plays androgynous model 'All' in the film. Ben Stiller's Zoolander asks if All is a 'male or female' and Owen Wilson's Hansel then asks the model 'do you have a hot dog or a bun?' read


The nine 'golden' that nurses had to obey in 1887

Nurses in the 1800s did it tough. The nine 'rules' that defined their job description have resurfaced, and cover everything from cleaning the ward to one evening off a week for 'courting' read


Jackie Baker's daughters threw her a hen party before Dignitas suicide

Tara O'Reilly and Rose Baker threw a hen party complete with a drag queen and near-naked waiters, hoping to raise enough funds to help their dying mother get to the Swiss Dignitas clinic. read


Yodel delivery man throws man's package on his roof

Ajmal Aziz was surprised to arrive home to find his parcel waiting for him on the roof. An apologetic note stuffed through the letter box explained that the deliveryman had left it in a 'safe place'. read


Jonah Lomu's first memorial service at a New Zealand church attended by hundreds

Several hundred people attended the first public memorial service for former New Zealand winger Jonah Lomu at the south-Auckland church his family often attended when he was a child. read


Black Lives Matter protester kicked by mob at Donald Trump rally in Alabama

A video taken at a Donald Trump rally in Birmingham, Alabama, shows a group of white supporters wrestling the black man to the ground and kicking him. read


Donald Trump's daughter Tiffany breaks her silence on her father's presidential campaign

Tiffany Trump appeared on ABC's 20/20 with her half-siblings Donald Jr., Eric and Ivanka, explaining why she believes her father is the best man to be President. read


Free yoga class suspended by University of Ottawa students over its 'cultural appropriation' 

Jennifer Scharf, who has been offering the weekly yoga class at the University of Ottawa campus for seven years, said she was notified in September that the program was being ended. read


New Zealand flag referendum begins as Kiwis choose from a shortlist of 5 designs

Kiwis will have to submit their ballots by December 11, electing one of five proposed new designs, three of which feature the fern – an unofficial but frequently featured symbol for New Zealanders. read


Cattlemen's life in Australia's Northern Territory captured by photographer

Photographer Hakan Ludwigson spent three months among the men - who are bound to saddles twelve hours a day mustering herds of cattle - to photograph them in their day-to-day environment. read


Simon Danczuk enjoys intimate workout with aide Nasreen Nazir in London

Labour MP Simon Danczuk, 49, was spotted exercising in a London park on Tuesday being put through his paces by glamorous Nasreen Nazir, 37, his new £30,000-a-year aide. 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


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


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


Kelly Pearce's family pay tribute after Canvey Island mother found dead with serious injuries

Kelly Pearce, 36, of North Avenue, Canvey, was taken to the Royal London Hospital with serious neck injuries and died on Thursday night. Her on-off partner, Anthony Ayres has since been arrested. 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 hopes to raise $215,000 after inventing beauty product that creates fake freckles

Remi Brixton, from LA, launched Freck Yourself because she said there is 'nothing more beautiful than bare skin and fresh freckles' - but people with real freckles have been left unimpressed. 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


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


Eric Manu living in Canada is set to become chief of Ghanaian tribe

Eric Manu is originally from Ghana, and left for British Columbia in 2012 after a Canadian woman whom he'd met in Ghana became his wife. read


Christian Hickey who was shot in the legs in Manchester is 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


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


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


The Queen and Prince Philip pictured in Malta in 1949

The Queen will greet world leaders in Malta this week, but her love affair with the island started back in 1949 when she was a princess, as exclusive Mail on Sunday pictures show. 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


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


Chelsea street where 6 houses are having basements dug out at the same time

One in 10 houses in Seymour Walk, a quiet cul-de-sac in Chelsea, will be undergoing major building works over the next few months. read


Art expert fears jihadists are behind £10m Verona art heist at Castelvecchio Museum

An Italian art expert has said the theft of 17 paintings from a Verona museum could have been stolen to order as part of a 'jihadi' act. Vittorio Sgarbi said it 'was 'a real disaster for Italian art'. 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


I've wrecked my children's teeth with five-a-day 'healthy' snacks: Mother believes parents have been misled about what to feed their kids

Matilda Fraser has already notched up six fillings by the age of nine. Her mother Victoria, from Bristol, has claimed they were not caused by cakes and chocolate but by dried fruit and smoothies. 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


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


Mother-of-three Georgina Fuller says having children has turned her into a secret eater

Mother-of-three Georgina Fuller, 37, from Warwickshire, says a new breed of mums only eat organic with their children but snack sneakily on junk food when their brood aren't looking. read


Pakistan International Airlines pilots dance in the cockpit

Leaked footage that has gone viral on the internet shows Pakistan International Airlines pilots dancing in the cockpit to the hit song Afghan Jalebi, from the action film Phantom. read


Dubai reveals plans for heart-shaped island with floating villas

With £1million floating homes and stunning views of Dubai’s glittering skyline, heart-shaped St Petersburg Island is set to become the next major tourist magnet in the desert oasis. 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


World's 1st roller-skating waitresses in Perth's His Majesty's Theatre in the 1960s

Brigitta Suba (pictured right) and fellow waitress Nora (left) became the world's first ever roller-skating waitresses in the early 1960s, rolling beer swiftly from table to table at a Perth bar. 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


Kid dressed as Darth Vader uses the force to start his dad’s car

A little boy got the surprise of his life when after being asked by his dad to start his car by 'using the force' he was able to do so, without any problem. The video was captured by a family member. read


Selfie Rat takes a portrait using a sleeping man phone on NYC subway platform

A rat managed to take a selfie on a man's cell phone this week after rudely crawling into his sweater while he was taking a nap in New York. Tourist Don Richards filmed the funny moment. 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


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


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


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


The most futuristic and bizarre ski lodges from around the world

With winter on the horizon now is the time to start thinking about heading to the slopes. From Iran to Austria here are the top futuristic ski lodges from around the world. 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


Reading Lake Hotel fire in Berkshire forces full evacuation

The incident happened at the Reading Lake Hotel in Berkshire at around 11.40am. More than 50 firefighters tackled the major blaze, which started in a linen cupboard. read


Oasis in the desert: Inside Bahrain's award-winning luxury resort ART Rotana

While some consider Dubai to be the new Ibiza for Essex girls seeking sun, Bahrain maintains a rich heritage. ART Rotana was named Bahrain's Leading Hotel at the World Travel Awards last month. read


How Mexico’s Cancun became the perfect holiday spot for families

The iconic beach on Mexico’s Caribbean coast still plays host to hedonistic Spring Break annually, but for the rest of the year it can be a very different destination. read


My 10-year battle with manorexia, by Stephen Webster

For nearly a decade jeweller Stephen Webster, 56, has fought a private battle with anorexia and depression, which he reveals in his autobiography, Goldstruck, published last week. read