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Rupert, the executive chairman of News Corporation, which owns The Times , announced the news on the Births, Marriages and Deaths page of the newspaper. read

Merkel said yesterday at an event in Mainz, near Frankfurt, that Europe was 'vulnerable' in the refugee crisis because it was not yet in control of the situation to the extent that it would like to be. read

Up to 45,000 junior doctors are expected to stop work for 24 hours,. with the mass walkout expected to cause huge disruption at hospitals already struggling with a surge in winter illnesses. read

Cadbury's decision to change its recipe has cost the company dearly as it saw sales plunge by £10million last Easter. Fans expressed their dismay in the recipe change last year. read

Sir Philip was at his Barbados holiday home when England's northern cities were deluged on Boxing Day and admitted last week he could have returned days earlier. read

A smartphone app, developed by a San Francisco-based lingerie company, Thirdlove, can calculate the size of a woman's body as well as her bust size - all within five minutes. read

People who consume sugar-sweetened drinks every day put on 30 per cent more ‘visceral fat’ around their organs than those who never drink them, say Harvard researchers. read

David Bowie's wife Iman posted a moving message on social media on the day of her husband's death. They were married for nearly 24 years, and had one daughter, 15-year-old Alexandria Zahra. read

In his dying days, Bowie dispatched poignant thank-you notes to friends who remained unaware he was at death’s door until yesterday’s announcement. read

David Bowie 's ex-wife Angie Bowie broke down in tears after she learnt of the iconic musician's shock passing on Celebrity Big Brother from cancer, aged 69. read

One day when David Jones - who would later become known as David Bowie - was only three, his mother Peggy found him covered in her make-up; powder, paint and all, writes ALISON BOSHOFF. read

Cometh the moment, cometh the man, and David Bowie encapsulated the Seventies like no one else in rock music, writes RAY CONNOLLY. read

The iconic singer, whose new album came out just last week, died from cancer aged 69 in New York City yesterday surrounded by his family. read

LESLEY-ANN JONES: I never forgot the curious young man I encountered in the Three Tuns pub in Beckenham High Street in 1969, as the local hero, Davie Jones, hosted a music session. read

As fans across the world mourn the death of David Bowie, Birmingham artist Helen Green, 23, has captured the varied transformations made famous by the singer in an GIF, which has gone viral. read

Bowie moved to New York in 1993, a year after he married the Somali-born supermodel Iman. They initially lived off Central Park, but he craved a more artistically cutting-edge neighbourhood. read

Bowie’s final record Blackstar, released only on Friday, is set to become his tenth number one album while classics such as The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust raced to the top of online charts. read

Sometimes things happen in life which make you realise just how short it is – and that’s when people who you think will be around forever suddenly aren’t, writes KATIE HOPKINS. read

According to a devastating report there are 586,000 people in the UK categorised as having at least one serious problem. However, a new scheme will ensure they get treatment and support. read

Even one glass of wine a day can put you at risk of cancer. That was the apocalyptic message from Britain's Chief Medical Officer, Dame Sally Davies, last Friday. read

The Government is concerned Iraq War veterans could face murder charges as 280 are sent letters from investigators. To date, the MoD has spent nearly £100million on cases. read

Pippa Middleton’s confidant James Matthews, older brother of Made in Chelsea star Spencer, is planning to expand his £17m home in Chelsea, to the horror of the banker’s neighbours. read

The two-year-old third in line to the throne will soon be zooming around in his own Aston Martin after inheriting a miniature V8 Volante from his father, the Duke of Cambridge. read

The £40 early warning system can predict whether a woman is at risk of giving birth prematurely up to four months before her due date. It could allow doctors to give pregnant women treatments. read

Journalist Katie Agnew says her children are part of 'Generation Square'. Young Agnew liked short skirts, bad boys, fast cars and wild parties but her kids like school, success and sports commitments. read

For 20 years, GP Kate Barnes now 52, from Buckinghamshire, has lived with chronic headaches and pain. Two years ago she found out she has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). read

Scientists at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, found women with more children had longer telomeres, which are the protective caps on each strand of DNA and, which are integral to cell replication and thus aging. read

The next time you wake up feeling groggy, with a bunged-up nose, upset tummy or uncontrollable sneezing, think twice before soldiering on and going into work. read

David Cameron last night slapped a ban on Eurosceptic ministers making the case to leave the EU from the Government frontbench. read

A brunette woman in a white strapless dress is seen violently kicking and punching another female reveller outside the shop on Belmont Street, in Aberdeen city centre. read

The second instalment of the adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s novel attracted 5.3million viewers on Sunday night – one million fewer than its debut – while Antiques Roadshow scored 5.5million. read

Outraged fans took to Twitter to rant about the 'graphic' childbirth scene, which saw the wife of Prince Andrei, played by London-born actor James Norton, 30, die giving birth to their son. read

Alexander Economou, 36, from Chelsea, south west London, is accused of harassing David de Freitas for just under a year with letters, email and YouTube videos following the death of his daughter Eleanor. read

Both the O2 and EE telecoms firms have said they are working to fix the issue, which has left millions of customers across the country unable to make calls to landline numbers. read

It was buried away and has now been unearthed at the edge of Must Farm Quarry in Whittlesey. The dig reveals how people lived in the area thousands of years ago in the Bronze Age. read

A controversial pilot scheme being carried out in the Holbeck area of Leeds allows prostitutes to ply their trade on the streets at night without fear of arrest - but local businesses are not happy. read

The recent California rains have given Google valuable practice time for its self-driving cars, allowing them to learn how to drive safely in poor weather conditions. read

The Most Reverend Justin Welby admitted a permanent split among the Church of England’s historic sister churches over attitudes towards sex would be a ‘failure'. read

The new 'night shift' mode was unveiled as part of a beta version of iOS9.3, the firm's next update. read

Amelya Lyndsay, 35, was stunned when a routine height and weight measurement test at daughter Olivia’s junior school in Redruth, Cornwall, claimed she was over the recommended BMI limit. read

Thirteen people were injured after three double-decker buses crashed in London' Parliament Square. The accident happened around 2.30pm on Monday, causing traffic to screech to a halt. read

Feeling the pinch after Christmas? Let us show you easy ways to save or make money that you'd probably never thought of! read

Joke shop founders Travis and Nick Peterson, from Southern California, have devised the incessantly wailing card which doesn't stop for 180 minutes to remind parents what they have signed up for. read

Caroline Jordan, headmistress of Headington School in Oxford, said that more interaction with children in other countries could help address declining take-up of languages in schools. read

David Cameron called on schools to adopt the ethos of so-called Tiger Mums and instill the virtue of hard work into their pupils. He demanded an end to ‘all must have prizes’ culture, which hinders children. read

Lin Homer will stand down as HM Revenue and Customs chief executive in April after four years in the role. Despite her scandal-hit time in Whitehall, she was made a Dame in the New Year's Honours list. read

Krzysztof Lesny (pictured), 30, took bolt cutters and a crow bar to target the devastated homes in Carlisle, Cumbria during the early hours of December 9. read

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un claims to have scaled Mount Paekdu, the country's tallest mountain and an active volcano, wearing just an overcoat and dress shoes. read

Scientific fears about the safety of the devices have already led to bans on their commercial importation by authorities in Australia, Hong Kong, Brazil and Argentina. read

Home Secretary May likes to consider herself a semi-autonomous province in the kingdom of Cameron. She will not have enjoyed being told what to do by Sir Jeremy’s impersonal minute. read

Ian Smith, 43, was left with a black eye, a broken nose, cheekbone fractures and a blood clot on the brain when he confronted the 20 hooded thugs outside his home in Great Baddow, Essex. read

They have suffered pain and destruction but refugees fleeing Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq show that the human spirit cannot be broken. Pictures show brave youngsters smiling through their strife. read

The 50-year-old actor was seen sporting a fuller hairline at the Ballon D’Or gala on Monday evening. read

Sydney law student, Matthew Corry, was sick of having damp clothes when he travelled. Upon his return he created the Dry-Go - a small portable machine that dries clothes in just one minute. read

Patients who carried out a range of exercises had a 35 per cent reduced risk of lower back complaints over 12 months, say the University of Sydney researchers. read

Four out of five of those polled by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) said they worked at least an additional hour every day, rising to three hours for one in 10. read

It’s fundamentally misguided of the Prime Minister to try to extend the writ of the state to the manner in which we raise our children, writes TOBY YOUNG. read

Private Cheryl James, 18, died at Deepcut Barracks, Surrey, in 1995 and now her family's lawyers say they want the scope of a new inquest hearing to be widened to take into account new testimony. read

In a scathing attack on Thailand and its officials, Laura Witheridge claimed many Thais 'hate westerners' and the country was aesthetically beautiful but inherently dangerous. read

Holly's ex-boyfriend Scott claimed that he is the dad of her baby and that they continued to have sex when she hooked up with her new partner, Andy. But Andy was adamant that the child is his. read

Stockholm Police have now admitted to playing down the fact that girls were sexually assaulted by 'male unaccompanied underage refugees', at the We Are Sthlm festival in August last year. read

In a video released in May 2011, Rutherford - then 26 - said he was in Afghanistan as a tourist and denied working for the Canadian government. read

The alleged victim of Leading Logistician Scott Furber, 29, said she felt 'horrible' and 'violated' after she found out about the video filmed on HMS Diamond, while it was docked in Cyprus. read

The woman's 'entirely innocent' 12-year-old lost her place at the Queen's Gate School (pictured) in London because of the 'disastrous mess' that followed her mother's 'ridiculous' allegations. read

Images of bullet-riddled walls, blood-splattered floors and a completely ransacked house paint a picture of the bloody battle which led to the capture of Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman in Los Mochis. read

The video, aired Monday by Mexican TV channel Televisa, shows Mexican marines surrounding El Chapo and his henchmen at their hideaway in the northern city of Los Mochis. read

The American actor met with Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman this fall, while the Mexican drug lord was on the run from police following a July prison break. read

Sean Penn led authorities to wanted cartel leader Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, and in doing so proved he is the smuggest and most dangerous celebrity on the face of the planet. read

Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, is from the same area of rural Mexico as 'El Chapo' and is considered by many as a close confidant of the drugs lord and the brains behind his trafficking operation. read

French National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen, 87, is taking Madonna's ex boyfriend, Brahim Zaibat, 29, to court - for taking an unflattering selfie of the pair which led to defeat in key elections. read

It was reported Al-Jawhara Mall, in the Baghdad's north, was stormed by gunmen this afternoon after a car bomb nearby killed 18 people and injured 50. read

The specialist Brimstone missile was used in Syria for the first time as British pilots stepped up action against the terrorists. The blitz (pictured) comes after weeks of focus to reclaim the Iraqi city of Ramadi. read

Outstanding repairs and rising waters could lead to collapse of Iraq's Mosul Dam - the country's biggest - killing hundreds of thousands read

Muhammad Daniel, a New Zealand man who joined Islamic State in Syria, has created a bizarre social media page where he refers to himself as a 'teacher' for the barbaric group. read

The hullabaloo was over the Revenant star's reaction to being accidentally shoved by the pop star as she made her way to the podium to accept her gong. read

The film was shown in cinemas across Qatar last Thursday but was pulled this afternoon following complaints of its 'moral depravity'. The film follows the story of an artist who undergoes a sex change. read

Celebrities and other insiders who wanted to get to the prestigious after-parties after the Golden Globes Sunday night had to wait in shuttle lines that stretched up to three hours long. read

The house where serial killer Buffalo Bill skinned his victims in the movie Silence of the Lambs remains on the market after three price cuts. It's now $250,000, down 16 percent. read

Blood donors are queuing up to save Lucy Hill, 21, who was holidaying in Thailand when a car crash left her in critical condition. Miss Hill has A-negative blood, which is very rare in Thailand. read

While managing our income is vital to running household finances, it could be argued that keeping a closer eye on our tax is even more important. read

MIT is developing new technology to ease the pains of the winter duties. A polymer that will store solar energy throughout the day and release it as needed. It can be used to melt ice or keep you warm. read

Chrysler is reinventing the minivan and just added technology to ease the pain of long family trips. Are We There Yet, is a pre-installed app, will display the location and time arrival for riders. read

After £160,000 and 1,000 hours breaking, cutting and burrowing through 70 to 80 tonnes of rock, Angelo Mastropietro has finished transforming an ancient cave into his dream home. read

'I was having a plastic tube gently pushed up my nose and into my stomach by a consultant gastroenterologist, Dr Ray Shidrawi, at his clinic in Harley Street,' writes Dr Alexander van Tulleken. read

Samora Roberts, 34, from Birmingham, was found in possession of over £5,000 of Class A drugs as well as bullets which she hid in a pink trainer under a washing basket. read

Detectives discovered the stash in a secret hideout 200 miles from Accra, where the 48-year-old had fled to before he was captured and arrested. He left the UK following the death of his partner. read

Thug James Smith, 23, attacked ex-girlfriend after discovering she had gone out with a male friend. He made threats to her and her family, despite them having broken up a year earlier. read

Dr Winter admitted taking the party drug, which has the active ingredient in ecstasy, and being under its influence with two clients of the charity at a nightclub in south London in January 2014 read

Union bosses say there will be a complete shutdown of the London Underground on the evenings of January 26, February 15 and February 17, plus a week of strike action next month. read

Johns Hopkins University scientists revealed patients taking the drugs, known as proton pump inhibitors are more likely to develop chronic kidney disease. read

Defence for Louis Richardson, 21, said alleged victim was a ‘highly manipulative, dangerous young woman’. Prosecution say Richardson is a ‘creepy’ opportunist. read

A British ex-soldier has been sentenced to three years in Russian jail for possession of cannabis. Richard Philip Boccius, 32, formerly of London was found guilty by a Russian court of having the drug. read

Passers-by heard a noise that they thought was a kitten but when they opened the drain, they found a baby boy - with his umbilical chord still attached - in Bandar Baru Bangi, Malaysia. read

There's been a rise in the number of cases of people impersonating paramedics, even showing up at accidents to 'treat' patients. read

Face drooping, arm weakness and speech difficulty are stroke symptoms that require medical attention - but they are often ignored, said Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center scientists. read

A bus driver in Peru could face up to two years in prison after being caught launching a vicious attack on a disabled man in CCTV footage taken in the Lurigancho-Chosica district of Lima. read

Tesla boss Elon Musk told the BBC it was 'obvious' that the company would try to make a compelling car of its own. read

A woman raped by an asylum seeker said the attack left her feeling 'dirty' and fearing she had contracted HIV. Mebrehtom Abrha targeted his victim while she was on a night out in Liverpool. read

Archaeologists from the Austrian Archaeological Institute unearthed a small group of graves in Austria and found one of a man whose ankle and foot had been replaced by a wooden prosthetic. read

Paul McCavery, from County Down, Northern Ireland, was practising a show-off stroke when he accidentally chipped the white ball off the baize, sent it hurtling towards a lamp and potted the pink. read

Edward Crawford, a 41-year-old magician, was accused of lurking outside Stephanie Briggs' London office in December 2014 - seven weeks after he had been issued with a harassment notice. read

The company behind the famous names, AB InBev, said it is part of a broader drive to curb excessive and harmful drinking. The calorie count details will start going on to cans and bottles later this year. read

The Scottish government confirmed an H5 'low pathogenic' strain has been detected among chickens on Craigies Poultry Farm in Dunfermline, Fife. read

Portugese scientists said doctors should write out prescriptions to specify the type, duration, intensity and frequency of workouts adapted to each patient with type 2 diabetes. read

Former energy secretary Sir Ed Davey has taken four jobs linked to the sector since he lost his seat in May. Ex-Treasury secretary Sir Danny Alexander has taken a job at an Asian bank. read

The four-year-old machine caught on fire just hours after engineer visit. Owner and his wife were alerted to fire after smelling smoke in their south east London home. He said 'lives could have been lost'. read

France moved the first 150 migrants into a new £20m camp in Calais. The new facility will host some 1,500 migrants wanting to cross the Channel into Britain. read

The TV presenter put up the sign near her eight-bedroom mansion near the upmarket village of Wadhurst in East Sussex. She says she'll give CCTV evidence to the police read

One in three homeowners over-55 want to downsize but are being prevented by a lack of suitable housing. Older people hope to move to homes that are easier to manage and to boost their savings. read

Aspiring pilot Adam Hird, 30, passed out as the doormen held him down for around six minutes outside No 65 club in Vauxhall, south London, in the early hours of Sunday June 15 2014. read

Those living in the Somerset town - most famous for its music festival - are furious after its last two banks announced they are closing in the spring read

Nine-year-old Ghina Bou Hemdan broke down in tears halfway through her performance of 'Give us childhood, give us peace' as she called for an end to war in her homeland of Syria. read

Roz and Ian Ellis, from Aberdeen, first met in 1967 and tied the knot a year later but they drifted apart, remarried and became widowed before meeting again and marrying 48 years after they first wed. read

Devon was pounded by driving hail, transforming roads and pavements into treacherous winter landscapes as residents, as brutal Scandinavian ice blasts set to plague the country all week roared in. read

The cloud is many billions of light years away from Earth, and is observed as it was just 1.8 billion years after the Big Bang. read

An Adelaide toddler has appeared in a video climbing an indoor rock wall in her parents home. The 22-month-old climbed unassisted from the floor to just below the ceiling - all without a harness. read

The diagnoses, made at London’s Great Ormond Street hospital, could point to vital new treatments for Georgia Walburn-Green and Jessica Wright. They are among 40,000 people having their DNA decoded. read

University of Sydney scientists warn chromium supplements may be tied to cancer. The Julia Roberts movie Erin Brockovich linked chromium-filled water to a cluster of illnesses. read

The mechanic is said to have suffered 'serious internal injuries' after he was standing at the end of the hydraulic drive-on car ramp and the silver vehicle drove into him at Histadrut Street garage in Israel. read

Psychologist Louise Phillips from Aberdeen University tested the theory by asking 116 men and women to read a series of stories and watch videos which showed everyday conversations. read

A wire holding up one side of the suspended platform at the city's Chase Tower broke at 10.20am (Central Time) on Monday, leaving at least two men stranded. read

Nasa's new program will face the threat of  deadly near-Earth objects. Washington based Planetary Defense Coordination Office will spearhead the ongoing search for NEOs read

Playboy Enterprises announced the West Los Angeles estate, the backdrop of many film shoots and celebrity parties, was listed on Monday for $200million. read

The six pirate hunters, including Nick Dunn from Ashington, were working as mercenaries for U.S. company AdvanFort to protect ships from Somali pirates when they were arrested in 2013. read

Scientists at the University of Montreal found the enzyme G3PP can stop the body's cells from transforming excess sugar into fat, and hope the discovery could pave the way for obesity treatments. read

The heartwarming footage shows the caring sea otter holding her fluffy young newborn on her belly as the pair float along in the 'Great Tide Pool' at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California. read

The extinct animal, believed to be the world's biggest ocean-dwelling crocodile, was found buried on the edge of the Sahara. read

Gebel el Silsila Survey Project has just unearthed six statues of individuals with round cheeked faces and large ears in Upper Egypt. The statues are of an elite powerful family from 3,5000 years ago. read

A six-foot ragfish washed up on the coast of Gustavus, Alaska. It's a rare sighting, as these creatures live 4,000 feet under the sea. Experts are asking questions if their environment is changing. read

Two million qualified workers are ‘trapped’ in low-skilled jobs because employers refuse to offer flexible working. Women are most likely to be affected, with 4.6 million working part-time. read

Luke Holland, 31, an Oxford University graduate from Manchester, was blasted in the stomach with a shotgun just before dawn on September 20, on his way home from a nightclub in Berlin. read

Whether your 'phone face' has left you with saggy jowels and jaw tension or you’re suffering from dull and lacklustre 'winter face', navigating your complexion can often be a minefield. read

A woman from Zhengzhou, Henan posted photos online of a bar of soap made from her own fat which she reportedly sent to her ex-boyfriend. Xiaoxiao claims to have been taunted for being fat. read

Despite it being men's fashion week, one female model took to the runway at the Katie Eary show with completely bare breasts. read

Held at the Peninsula Hotel in Shanghai, the annual event saw the daughters of the world's wealthy aristocracy wheeled out to announce their arrival on the upper-class social scene. read

George Kay was arrested following an alleged row at the couple's home in Crowborough, East Sussex, in September. He denies assault by beating and possessing a banned weapon read

Old-fashioned light bulbs banned by the EU could make a comeback thanks to a technological breakthrough that makes them use less energy. The new bulbs would be more efficient and cheaper. read

Canello the boxer-mix was found early on Friday morning lying on the porch of a stranger's house in Denver, Colorado, with hundreds of quills all over his body, particularly in and around his mouth. read

Mark Poulier, of Melbourne, Australia, has created a Leaning Tower Of Pisa out of paper cups. Mark, a designer, creates 'architecture in pen and ink' and is inspired by Renaissance and Rome. read

Stella Artois and British American Tobacco among 35 companies ordered to pay more than half a billion pounds in unpaid taxes after their deals with the Belgian government were ruled illegal. read

Gretel the armadillo has been put on a strict diet and exercise regime after she piled on the pounds over Christmas. Volunteers at the Drusillas Park in East Sussex are monitoring her closely. read

A crop of Instagram pages celebrate women who refuse to shave their underarm hair. But the pages including Armpit Museum have proved controversial, with some calling it 'unattractive'. read

At the age of 74, Jean Short, from Mersea Island, Essex, underwent four hours of surgery in order to donate one of her own healthy kidneys to a complete stranger. read

'Ground control to Major Tim - a huge unidentified star has suddenly appeared - please investigate'. read

Rebecca Brown, 23, from Essex, shaves off her blonde pixie cut hair in a new video, explaining that she has suffered from trichotillomania for years and her hair has endured permanent damage. read

Micah Hayman, from Texas, filmed his 11-week-old son Eli crying hysterically before being pacified by the sound of Darth Vader's theme from the Star Wars movie franchise. read

A man in North America found out raccoons are more dangerous than they look after he tried to film them playing in woodland only for one of them to bite him on the hand. read

Hundreds of people in Liaocheng in east China’s Shandong Province risked their health when they heard a local business was giving away complimentary year of the monkey wall calendars read

YouTube star Joey Salads, 22, teamed up with his friend Mike for the offensive social experiment that sees him swooping in and 'saving' women from his pal's aggressive behavior. read