Is Kate in danger of eclipsing her Prince? The Christmas card that left William on the fringes and a niggling question to be answered

Is Kate Middleton in danger of eclipsing Prince William?

The state of a royal marriage is, all too often, rather precisely mirrored by the choice of Christmas card the couple send (pictured main).  we should perhaps look more carefully at the image chosen by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge for their Christmas card this year. On the surface, it's a picture of perfect family harmony. All glossy hair, glowing skin and pearly white teeth, Kate (pictured on Christmas Day at Sandringham, inset) beams at the camera with a direct and friendly gaze. Prince George is adorable, clowning around in a blue Fair Isle jumper.Not to put too fine a point on it, the second in line to the throne looks like a spare part; a gatecrasher in this lovely shot.No wonder, then, that two national newspapers gave in to the understandable, if slightly tactless, urge to crop him out of the picture completely and made it a holy trinity of mother and children happily posing together.

Met Office issues TWO red alerts for deadly floods in extremely rare move as five inches of rain is forecast and 300 flood warnings are issued across Britain

Met Office issues TWO red killer rain warnings

UPDATED The Met Office has issued two red alerts for rain, which is deemed to be potentially deadly, as severe weather is battering parts of Britain today. Red alerts are the highest possible warnings, meaning there is 'a danger to life'. It is extremely rare for the weather agency to issue them, with the two previous one coming a year apart. The alert, which advises people to 'take action', expect disruption to travel and be prepared to evacuate their homes, is in place for Lancashire (bottom, Ribechester) and Yorkshire & Humber (top, Mytholmroyd). Around five inches of rain is expected to fall today, almost as much as the average December rainfall in the UK.

The numbers that add up to your DESTINY: It's the ancient art of telling your fortune from numbers hidden in your name and birth date. Expert reveals how to unlock your future

Suppose you were asked to drive to an unfamiliar destination.  Would you set off in what you guessed might be the right direction and hope for the best? Here is a self-help tool that can guide you...

The furious reaction of little boy who got the 'wrong' Christmas gift... the 2015 edition of a wrestling game instead of the 2016 release

Little boy gets the wrong Christmas gift and his furious reaction is caught on camera as

One little boy's reaction to not getting the Christmas gift he wanted is sure to make you cringe, as the video of his antics have gone viral. The video starts with the young boy having a brief look of shock on his face that quickly vanishes as he realized the video game is not the one he wanted. He puts the WWE game down, as an expression of disappointment comes over his face. 'You bought me me 2k15 instead of 2k16?' he yells while shaking the game.

British Muslims are accused of boycotting the Government's anti-terror programme as it emerges just 10% of tip-offs to police come from the community

NEW Some Muslim leaders in London have called for a boycott of the government's Prevent programme that was set up to identify and prevent radicalisation in Britain.

Mastermind behind the Paris terror attacks 'visited the UK on a forged passport to seek help from extremists' just weeks before the atrocity

Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 28, is believed to have visited London and could have made his way into the UK via Kent using a fake passport, weeks before carrying out the horrific attacks in Paris.

Holiday price war as big firms cut package deals by more than £800: Terror attacks hit bookings in Tunisia, Egypt and Turkey

Big package holiday companies are battling for bookings and are now are pushing alternative long-haul destinations such as Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Sri Lanka.

Did Putin plant the holiday jet bomb that killed 224 Russians? Ex-KGB agent claims this dossier proves the Kremlin orchestrated the atrocity to justify waging war on Syria

A former KGB major has claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the bombing of Metrojet 9268 on October 31 to garner sympathy for Russia among the international community.

The new Cold War? Russia sends troops and missiles to the Arctic as Putin stakes a claim for the region's oil and gas reserves

Force: Vladimir Putin’s plan includes the construction of some 13 airfields and 10 radar posts in the Arctic, whose assets also include thriving fisheries. Pictured, Vladimir Putin on a visit to Alexandra Land in 2010

NEW Russia, Canada, Norway and Denmark are fighting over the Arctic seabed which estimates claim hides billions of tonnes of oil and gas, and is the only region in the world where borders are unregulated.

Man and young child are killed and a woman is seriously injured in a Christmas Day car crash tragedy in Bedfordshire

NEW Bedfordshire Police have launched an investigation into the tragedy, which happened at 11.10pm on Christmas Day on the A421 near Marston.

From fashion to electricals, homewares to beauty products FEMAIL reveals some of the hottest bargains on the high street and online this Boxing Day

FEMAIL reveals the hottest Boxing Day bargains on the high street and online

From fashion to electricals, homewares to beauty products FEMAIL reveals some of the best deal on the high street and online this Boxing Day including (top row: L-R) £100 off an Asus Laptop at Argos; £25 off a Zoella beauty drawer at Superdrug; £114.50 off a red croc leather tote from Modalu; and £47 off Karl Lagerfeld perfume at The Fragrance Shop. You can also save (bottom row: L_R) £26.70 on a Ben de Lisi coat at Debenhams; £20 on an oriental prom dress from Dorothy Perkins; £20 on a Kindle Paperwhite from Amazon and £17.49 on Gauthier Champagne from Ocado.

£3billion Boxing Day sales stampede begins before dawn: Bargain hunters already hitting the shops while the rest of us sleep off our Turkey dinners 

An estimated 30 million shoppers will hit high streets across Britain today to in a blitz on Boxing Day sales. Queues of hundreds lined the streets in Tyneside, Manchester and Edinburgh this morning.

Death knell for human rights farce: Euro court will no longer stop us kicking out terror suspects 

The Government's new Bill of Rights will seek to avoid a repeat of the Abu Qatada farce by introducing a system to ensure terror suspects can be kicked out on a ruling from the British courts.

The 1,700 foreign drivers let off speeding fines on ONE road because police say it is too difficult to trace them 

Foreign drivers are routinely being let off speeding fines because police say it is too difficult to trace them. Nearly 1,700 offenders broke the limit on just one road in Kent.

PETER OBORNE reports from the Libyan city where Cameron was hailed as a saviour for toppling Gaddafi. He found anarchy... and fanatics now bent on bringing carnage to the West 

Looking back, Cameron's decision to bomb in 2011 looks as fatally misguided as Tony Blair's decision to invade Iraq. PETER OBORNE visits Benghazi, Libya, to see the legacy of David Cameron's action.

Britain's LEAST surprising divorce: They were the last couple surviving from a cynical TV show that got strangers to wed. But HE snored, SHE was bossy, and as for their sex life... 

Married at First Sight's last couple are to split in Britain's LEAST surprising divorce

Christmas, as any newly divorced couple will tell you, is a particularly harrowing time. Just ask Emma Rathbone and James Ord-Hume for the reasons their marriage broke down. Their answers will, undoubtedly, chime with others who have just endured a painful break-up. 'We grated on each other,' says James. 'We are so different that it was never going to work out.' As for Emma, she admits things weren't great in the bedroom department.

Gorgeous in green: Kate dazzles in festive coat and hat as she leaves George and Charlotte at home to attend royals' traditional Christmas Day church service at Sandringham 

The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall beamed as they arrived for the traditional Christmas Day church service on the Sandringham estate - but there was no sign of their two young children.

Ant and Dec reveal Prince Charles struggled understanding their Geordie accents while filming new documentary and gifted them hip flasks for their 40th birthdays this year

Ant said: 'I think he may have had a few issues with my accent. I would ask him a question and sometimes he would just smile. Then Dec would ask the same question and get a full answer!'

Queen steals the show with quick change from vintage fur coat to vibrant red outfit between Christmas Day services

The 89-year-old royal looked stylish in a vintage fur coat as she stepped out for a private family service on the Sandringham estate, in Norfolk. Hours later, she was seen in a vibrant red coat and hat.

Queen says 'darkness has not overcome the light' as she looks back at year of ISIS atrocities and tells terror group they will never win 

The Queen used her Christmas Day message to highlight the 'moments of darkness' the world has confronted - stressing the Christian message that light always triumphs over the dark.

Just another family at the beach: Princess Mary of Denmark hits the surf at Byron Bay with Prince Frederik and the kids

Princess Mary grabs a surfboard at Byron Bay with Prince Frederik

Princess Mary of Denmark has hit Byron Bay beach with a surfboard (left) on Boxing Day with husband Crown Prince Frederik (right) and their four children. The Australian-born Danish Royal wore a long-sleeved rash vest (inset) on Saturday and was pictured happily enjoying the surf despite their eldest child, Christian, 10, having a close call when he was swept out by a current last Thursday at Gold Coast's Mermaid Beach in Queensland last Thursday. They will return to Denmark before the year is out.

Downton vs Call The Midwife: CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews the final showdown  

On BBC1, Sister Monica Joan elbowed her way to the centre of the stage while on ITV, Edith was bemused by the events of the Downton finale, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS.

Why 3pm is the best time for making love: Time is when men and women are most in tune with each other's desires due to hormone levels 

The best time of day to make love is 3pm. According to our hormones, women are more alert and energetic, and men are 'more emotionally present' in the afternoon.

Queen of everything! Now Adele tops gift charts too after her album 25 is the most popular gifts under the nation's Christmas trees

The Hello singer's (pictured) latest collection was the most popular gift, topping not only the Amazon album chart but the bestsellers list, which includes all other kinds of product.

His PR man, hairdresser and lawyers have all left, so is Elton's husband pushing out all the singer's most trusted aides?

Is Elton John's husband pushing out all the singer's most trusted aides?

Former valet Mike Hewitson is among a number who have departed Sir Elton's sphere - apparently due to the influence of the singer's much-younger husband, David Furnish (pictured together, right). It used to be said that Elton could not do without the dapper, handsome and unflappable Hewitson, who started out as the road manager for the pop group the Dave Clark Five. But this bond - and, it seems, so many other meaningful relationships in the star's life - has broken. It comes after the singer was spotted this week being pushed along, with son Zachary, in a wheelchair during a trip to Disneyland in California (left).

Archbishop of Canterbury warns that ISIS wants to bring 'apocalypse' to Christianity in its birthplace, labelling the jihadist group 'the Herod of today'

The Most Reverend Justin Welby (pictured) branded Islamic extremists as the 'Herod of today', a reference to the despot King at the time of Jesus's birth in his speech at Canterbury Cathedral.

Number of Britons consuming sugary energy and sports drinks has trebled in 15 years in mistaken belief they are healthier than fizzy beverages

Doctors have warned that children and teenagers are risking severe damage to their health by consuming high volumes of these sugar-packed products (file photo of boy drinking Red Bull)

And they all lived happily ever after - even Edith! Downton Abbey saw enough syrupy sentimentality to make even the most ardent fan gag... but with a Christmas finalé, how else could it end?

Downton Abbey saw enough sentimentality to make the most ardent fan gag

Writer Julian Fellowes bowed out swathing every scene with even more cascading violins than usual and enough syrupy, soapy, sentimentality to make the most devoted fan gag. He scattered storylines featuring weddings, engagements, and budding romances through the script like, well, confetti. Lady Rose and Saint Anna were now mothers and Lady Mary got in on the act, trying to upstage her sister by announcing she was pregnant. It was Lady Edith's happy ending that really tugged at the heartstrings though as she finally wed Bertie Pelham in the ITV drama's final episode.

The lifelong best friends who gave birth to a son and daughter on the same day - 15 years after they were pictured holding girl and boy dolls 

Jenna Folland and Kellie Campbell posed for a photo aged six clutching boy and girl dolls and the friends later gave birth on the same day to the girl and boy they predicted at that young age.

Stay away from A&E;, NHS warns: Patients told to treat themselves at home to avoid a post-Christmas meltdown like last year 

NHS England is also advising families to keep homes properly heated and to watch out for elderly relatives and neighbours. Also alcohol-related injuries and reduced GP services are increasing demand.

Sending thousands of emojis can CRASH popular messaging service WhatsApp

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Indrajeet Bhuyan, 18, described the issue in a post on Hackatrick.com. He claimed that he alerted WhatsApp to the problem.

World's fattest man dies aged 38 after suffering Christmas Day heart attack: Mexican who weighed 70 STONE had recently vowed to lose weight

World's fattest man Andres Moreno suffered Christmas Day heart attack

Andres Moreno, 38, who weighed 980lbs at his heaviest (main and inset), passed away on the morning of Christmas Day while he was being rushed to hospital from his home in Ciudad Obregón in Sonora, Mexico. He suffered a fatal heart attack in the ambulance and could not be revived, his publicist said. He will be buried in his home state on Saturday. Moreno's death comes just a month after football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo reduced him to tears by sending him a signed Real Madrid shirt in a bid to encourage him to lose weight and get healthy.

£1MILLION! Generous Mail readers' reach huge figure to help flood victims in just 17 days

For hundreds of families in Cumbria and Lancashire, Christmas was cancelled when flood waters swept through their homes but thanks to generous Mail readers, many will now get some respite.

Ice cream on Christmas Day! Britons hit the beach as nation swelters in 15C temperatures... but it's grim up north as Army are called in prepare for fresh floods

Forget Christmas pudding - some Brits were going for ice cream (pictured in Somerset) as temperatures were within touching distance of the record for the hottest Christmas Day ever.

Simon Cowell's new holiday harem? His TWO mothers-in-law! He's back blinging it up in Barbados - once a sophisticated jet setters' playground, now a naff circus of reality TV stars

Sinitta in a silly hat, Jeremy Kyle in regrettable shorts, potty-mouthed reality star Danielle Lloyd posing on any yacht that will have her - Barbados has transformed into a circus of reality TV stars.

Poisonous feud behind the merriest Christmas hit of all: It still earns a fortune for two of Slade's stars. But the others get ZILCH 

Lead singer Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea (who jointly wrote Merry Xmas Everybody) net an average £250,000 each in annual royalties from their most famous song while the others get nothing.

Anita Harris's secret to looking good at 73? 'I believe in angels': Actress says her faith has helped her through financial turmoil, two cancer scares and several miscarriages

Anita Harris's secret to looking good at 73? 'I believe in angels'

Anita Harris (pictured) said angels have looked after her since her childhood and despite financial disasters, two cancer scares and the pain of never having children after several miscarriages. While most women her age would be enjoying retirement, Miss Harris is busier than ever. She is playing the wicked baroness in Cinderella at the Kings Theatre in Portsmouth and has a new single in the pipeline, In My Life. Miss Harris, who starred as Nurse Clarke in 1967 film Carry On Doctor opposite Sid James (right, in a scene with Miss Harris), said: 'I believe angels surround us, protectively and advisedly.'

Home insurers rush to ban 'dangerous' drones from policies as the flying machines become surprise Christmas hit 

Insurers are rushing to exclude the toys from policies and experts have said that even those who buy the remote controlled drones (file photo) as gifts could be liable over privacy and injury claims

This time next year... our names may have disappeared: Derek and Rodney facing extinction after ranking among the most unpopular baby names this year 

Rodney, Derek, Donald and Ian are the top men's names facing extinction. The monikers Derek and Rodney gained worldwide fame as the characters in classic BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses.

Montana doctor claims to have captured two UFOs on his high-powered cameras... but are you convinced?

Dr Richard O'Connor claims to have captured photos of two UFOs

Dr. Richard O'Connor (pictured) of Montana claims he captured photos of two UFOs on November 4 of this year. He says his photos are real and that he wants people to know the truth. 'In my opinion, even a hardened sceptic would say "Wow that is what I expect a UFO would look like",' Dr O'Connor said.

BEL MOONEY: How can I make my sister tell me about her secret love child?

Bel Mooney also talks to a reader who believes his wife has a racy past after receiving messages from a woman claiming to know her, and how the best Christmas gift this year is fun.

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How the Beeb has turned Dickens into the one soap you MUST watch: Your indispensable guide to who's who and what to watch out for in the ambitious new series that starts tonight 

How the BBC has turned Dickens into the one soap you MUST watch

A former denim factory in West London was turned into 33 houses and shops from Dickens' most beloved novels for the ambitious 20-part BBC series, 'Dickensian', which aired tonight. The show is the brainchild of EastEnders scriptwriter Tony Jordan, who wondered what would happen if 30 of Dickens' most memorable characters were put into one fictional story, living in one street, jostling elbow to elbow. So we have Ebenezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol hoarding his ha'pennys, while next-door Fagin, the handkerchief thief from Oliver Twist, fries his evening sausages. The central character in this fantastical, bizarre soap opera is the plodding, methodical, clean shirted Inspector Bucket, from Bleak House, one of the all time great fictional detectives.

'Pointless' criminal checks still increasing: 726 choristers and 23 flower arrangers on the long list of people who had to have backgrounds looked into

Freedom of Information requests revealed that in 2014-2015 there were 199 Disclosure and Barring Service checks on church bell ringers, 726 on choristers and 23 on flower arrangers

You WILL go to the hospital! Mother laughed so hard at Cinderella pantomime that she went into labour

Kirsty Reed (right), 30, was watching Cinderella with her husband Matthew (left) at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth when her contractions began. By the time she got to the hospital, her water broke.

Harry Styles' tears for Zayn, Caitlyn Jenner transitioning and THAT Madonna stage fall: MailOnline's top five most-viewed celebrity videos of 2015

Relive MailOnline's top five biggest videos of 2015 from Harry Styles to Madonna

MailOnline has been there to cover every breaking celebrity story in 2015, bringing you closer to the stars with the first-class footage. Here are the top five videos to make the headlines this year. Pictured top left Harry Styles cries as One Direction perform without Zayn Malik for the first time in Jakarta, Indonesia in March. Top right, Caitlyn Jenner lets cameras capture her Vanity Fair transformation from Bruce for first shoot as female in June. Bottom left, Michelle Obama shows off some embarrassing mum dance moves on the Ellen show in March. Bottom right, Madonna is dragged backwards down a flight of stairs from the stage at the Brit Awards in February.

Cameron could DROP his demand for four-year benefit ban on migrants as Germany and France offer three year compromise

Cameron is said to be considering a compromise on the measure after French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested a counter offer of a three year ban

House prices set to rise by up to 6% next year and even higher in some hotspots 

First time buyers are expected to face a tougher task of stepping on the housing ladder as buy-to-let investors race into the market in an effort to beat George Osborne's stamp duty tax hike.

National HIT service: ROBERT HARDMAN tells the utterly inspirational story behind the NHS choir who've beaten Justin Bieber to be the Christmas No1 

ROBERT HARDMAN tells the story behind Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir

As Christmas Day fairy tales go, Disney would struggle to produce one as heartwarming, even if they filled it with puppies and Dickensian street urchins with an NHS song beating Bieber to number one. The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir, a group of staff at two south London hospitals have topped the charts with a blend of Simon & Garfunkel classic Bridge Over Troubled Water and Coldplay's Fix You. The track, which cost a few hundred pounds to make, was only intended as a morale boost. The heroes are: 1 - Caroline Harbord - Senior Physiotherapist Pulmonary Rehab; 2 - Katie Evans - Doctor - Geriatrics & General Medicine; 3 - Bethany Hemming - Community Paediatric Occupational Therapist; 4 - Elem Nnachi - Neonatal nurse; 5 - Caroline Duffy - Theatre Nurse; 6 - Emmett Masterson - Senior Contracts Manager; 7 - Petrina Pottinger - IT Systems Manager; 8 - Caroline Smith - Children's Community Physiotherapist; 9 - Michelle Brockbank - Admissions Coordinator; 10 - Suzanne Benett - Speech & Language Therapist ; 11 - Phil Mitchell - Musical Director; 12 - Zoe Davies - Junior Doctor; 13 - Mike Corr - Immunisation Clinical Coordinator; 14 - Chidi Ejimofo - Consultant Emergency Medicine; 15 - Brenda Clark - Children's Nurse; 16 - Joe Blunden - Communications Manager; 17 - Katie Rogerson - Children's Doctor; 18 - Harriet Nerva - Junior Doctor

Britain 'to boom for years' as the rest of the EU falters: UK could overtake Japan and Germany within two decades to become world's fourth largest economy 

The findings of the Centre for Economics and Business Research will be seized on by Tory Eurosceptics in the run-up to the referendum on British membership of the EU expected next year.

Tory sports minister signals fox hunt ban will stay: Tracey Crouch says pursuit should be 'consigned to history' as thousands turn out for Boxing Day meets

Minister for Sport and the Olympics, Tracey Crouch, said Parliament had 'better things to be concerned with' than fulfilling the Tory pledge to hold a vote on scrapping the Hunting Act (file photo of fox hunting)

Young mother who sparked a police search after she went missing with her 10-month-old son on Christmas Eve has been found 'safe and well'

Samantha Thomas was last seen at 10.30am on Thursday when she set out to buy clothes from a Tesco on the Isle of Sheppey. Police said she was found safe on Christmas Day.

Shameless 'Octomum' who gets £26,000 benefits a year enjoys first family Christmas in her new four-bedroom home (and she hasn't ruled out baby number 9!)  

Marie Buchan who gets £26k benefits a year enjoys Christmas in new home 

Brazen Marie Buchan, 33 (pictured, right), who is dubbed 'Octo-mum' for her huge brood (left), will be able to sleep on her own for the first time since having her children after moving into a new house (inset) in Birmingham. The work-shy mum, who openly brags about living for free thanks to her treasure-trove of benefits, said the large property in Weoley Castle, Birmingham, is 'the perfect Christmas present'. She lives with Tia, 12, Leah, 11, Latoya, nine, Joshua, eight, Alisha, six, Mikayla, four, Amelia, two, and one-year-old Olivia and has not ruled out having a ninth child. Marie's £26,000 annual benefits package is made up of council tax, child benefit, child tax, income support and housing benefit of 50p a week.

Struggling to fall asleep? Try a salmon sarnie for supper! Diet rich in fish can lead to a longer night's rest 

Middle-aged men and women who ate a portion of fish several times a week slept for longer and had less broken sleep than those eating smaller amounts, according to research.

Selfie craze sends make-up sales soaring as image-conscious women make sure they look their best for the camera

The craze, started by celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, has boosted sales of cosmetics by £59.3million in the past year to a total of £816.4million.

Poor men die sooner 'due to low testosterone': Reason those from wealthier backgrounds live up to eight years longer is revealed 

The link between wealth and health in Britain is well established, with the richest of us living up to eight years longer than the poorest.

Theresa May says new spying powers will be used to bring cyberbullies and online trolls to justice

Theresa May (pictured) says new surveillance powers - unveiled under the Investigatory Powers Bill last month - will help police and spooks to track down and identify anonymous cyberbullies

Are these overbearing photos the reason why Rocco refuses to live with Madonna in New York? Teen, 15, is 'fed-up after working backstage on singer's two month tour' which she documented on Instagram 

Madonna's son Rocco Ritchie 'refused to join her for Christmas in New York'

The 15-year-old who has accompanied his mother for much of the tour across the US and Canada, where he worked backstage is said to have grown upset with being on the road for two months. The exact source of Rocco's frustration is not clear but Madonna (pictured together, inset) has posted numerous pictures and videos of him on Instagram that could have caused him embarrassment. In May she uploaded a video of him in boxer shorts with the hashtag #nosausage (left), and months later shared an awkward image of him looking like a girl (right). As Madonna and Rocco's father Guy Ritchie work out the transatlantic custody dispute, their son's passport is said to be being held for safekeeping in London by a lawyer who is representing him.

So he DOES have a sense of humour! Andy Murray shows off his funny side as he shows off festive jumper with brother Jamie

British tennis number one Andy Murray revealed his sense of humour at Christmas after the BBC Sports Personality of the Year winner was pictured in festive snaps alongside brother Jamie.

Start 2016 with a bang: The best places to see spectacular firework displays around the UK on New Year's Eve

For those keen to ring in the New Year in style, there are a number of dazzling displays in store. Our guide includes Edinburgh's Hogmanay, with street parties alongside the fireworks.

The quiet invasion of the United States: Mysterious Chinese plant engulfs swathes of Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina - and there's no way to stop it 

Helene Schmitz captures Kudzu, the world's most invasive plant

Pueraria lobate (also known as kudzu),the world's most aggressive and invasive plant (pictured) species, is the subject of a photo-series by Swedish photographer Helene Schmitz.Schmitz, who had her first US solo show at the Turn gallery in New York from October 21 to November 29, spent the summer of 2012 traveling through Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina with her assistant Felix Bridell in order to capture 'nightmarish' images of the powerful plant.

Cancer sufferer, 48, stabbed to death in Christmas Eve bloodbath by 'friend'

The victim's body was discovered by shocked paramedics who arrived at the property in Slough, Berkshire after being told in a 999 call that a man had suffered a cardiac arrest.

US woman who was abandoned as a baby on hospital steps 44 YEARS ago finally finds her mother in time for Christmas - and learns she was the product of a secret wartime affair 

Jen Chervin who was abandoned as a baby inds her mother

Jen Chervin (pictured right as an adult and left as a baby) of Oregon who was abandoned on the steps of a California hospital 44 years ago has located her biological parents just in time for Christmas. Since Jen was the product of the affair, she is choosing not to name her parents who have kept the pregnancy a secret for many years. Her mother told her that the pregnancy happened while her husband was fighting in Vietnam. Both of her parents are still married to the person they were when the affair occurred.

Protestors call for release of two migrant workers sentenced to death for Thailand murder of two British backpackers 

Around 1,000 protesters gathered outside the Thai embassy in Yangon, Myanmar, to demand the release of two migrant workers, sentenced to death for the murders of two British backpackers.

Up to 100 killed after Nigerian gas plant exploded in 'huge inferno' as people queued for fuel on Christmas Eve

Witnesses reported seeing dozens of burned bodies littering the gas plant following the blaze, which erupted as people waited in line for fuel at the Inter Corp Oil Limited gas plant in Nnewi city.

The house that TV justice built: Judge Judy's sprawling Florida beachfront penthouse now on the market for £7.5MILLION - as tough-talking arbiter moves into mansion down the street

Judge Judy's Florida penthouse now on the market for $11MILLION

Judy and Jerry Sheindlin's 8,550-square-foot condo in Naples, Florida, comes with four bedrooms, six bathrooms, two private elevators, wraparound windows overlooking the bay, a sauna and access to a pool. The no-nonsense TV judge and her husband of 38 years bought the high-end penthouse at the Windsor at Bay Colony for $6.9million back in 2005, and last month they decided to trade it in for an $8.9million mansion located down the street.

Head of major Syrian rebel group and several leaders are killed in Damascus airstrike

Zahran Alloush, the head of Jaysh al Islam, one of the strongest insurgent faction in the rebel-held suburbs of Damascus, was killed in an air raid that targeted his group's headquarters.

ISIS butchers to harvest HUMAN ORGANS from infidels in warped fatwa documents seized in US special forces raid

The ruling by the terrorist group's scholars was discovered in documents which U.S. special forces found in a raid in Eastern Syria in May and raise concerns that ISIS is trafficking body parts.

How Joan Collins almost became a member of a VERY saucy dynasty! French brothel owner 'Madame Claude' tried to recruit the actress as one of her 'A-list prostitutes'

'Madame Claude' tried to recruit Joan Collins as one of her 'A-list prostitutes' 

From 1961 until 1977, Fernande Grudet - better known as Madame Claude - provided the ultimate A-list of prostitutes for the ultimate A-list of clients, including John F Kennedy and Marlon Brando. Threatened by tax evasion allegations and a crackdown on prostitution, she was forced to flee Paris for the United States in 1977. In Los Angeles, she bumped into British actress Joan Collins (left) and Romanian actress Evie Bricusse, who she tried to recruit. She told the women: Your husbands don't have to know, and I believe you could make enough money to buy yourselves a few little extra baubles.'

Is this today's most bizarre Christmas dinner? Roadkill fan tucks into a dead DOLPHIN he found on the beach for his festive treat 

Arthur Boyt from Cornwall has spent years dining out on dead animals he salvages from the side of the road and today he will be tucking into a dead dolphin for this Christmas lunch.

Are we hardwired to be religious because of EVOLUTION? Fear of God may have led humans to co-operate more which gave us an edge over other animals

A leading professor of human co-operation at Oxford University argues that fear of God, or gods, enforced moral rules that allowed our ancestors to co-operate and set them apart from other animals.

 
   

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Indomitable: Their Christmas plans were washed away in floods that left their homes in ruins. But read how these families defiantly celebrated yesterday and marvel at their unbreakable spirit

How these families celebrated Christmas after floods that left their homes in ruins

Catherine MacDiarmid, centre right, pictured with her children Suzi, left, Zach and Marcus, right have been forced to move to her mother's home in Kendal while their nearby home dries out, inset. While Margaret McCracken, bottom left, was dramatically rescued from her home on the bonnet of a Land Rover, top left, They have all been forced to move out of their homes as a result of the floods, but they all vowed not to let the disaster ruin their Christmas

Bambi's savior! Shirtless 'science hunk' rescues stricken baby deer from pond 

At the start of the video, the deer has trouble climbing out of the water and onto tarp. Soon, a man in the water approaches the young animal and grabs it with both hands.

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An Albanian TV reporter's VERY racy screen test, a little girl being attacked by a 'ghost' and what IS that noise in the sky? MailOnline's top five weirdest videos of 2015

MailOnline's top five weirdest videos of 2015

They are those moments we swear cannot be real and have no idea how to explain. But it is much more difficult to argue with the seemingly paranormal when you see it on camera. Here MailOnline reveals its top five weirdest videos to come out of the woodwork in 2015. Pictured top left, aspiring Albanian newsreader Enki Bracaj landed the role after this screen test. Top right, a woman looks to the sky in Texas after inexplicable screeching sounds are heard. Bottom left, a mother captures footage of a 'goblin' racing past her child in Argentina. Bottom right, Lexi Hood from Wales says 'naughty boy' after being pushed over by a 'ghost' while playing peek-a-boo with her father.

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The incredible story of a family who stumbled across an abandoned French Chateau during a holiday - before spending two years renovating the property (and exploring its secret tunnels)

Australian family spend two years renovating abandoned French chateau

Karina and Craig Waters from Perth in Western Australia purchased the Chateau de Gudanes in the south of France back in 2013. The Waters family, including their two teenage children, immediately began restoring the sprawling property, which was built in the mid 1700s. The restoration is being documented on the chateau's website and social media accounts. The historic chateau, which overlooks the Midi-Pyrénées, was half in ruins when the Waters family took over with many rooms having no ceiling or floor and the place had remarkably never been outfitted with heat or electricity. Since they purchased the property, the Australian couple have uncovered mysterious tunnels, ancient artefacts and even a fresco painting after peeling away some old wallpaper.

   

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