The body of Sadie Hartley (inset), 60, was found around 10.40pm on Friday by police and paramedics called after an employee became concerned she had not been in touch. She was discovered dead with 'a number' of knife wounds at the detached, stone built house (pictured) on Sunny Bank Road in the village of Helmshore, Lancashire. Police said she is yet to be formally identified but the body is believed to be that of Ms Hartley. No arrests have been made

The decorated army chief is said to be planning to sue Scotland Yard after having child abuse allegations against him dropped after nine months of police probing. Officers investigated the D-Day veteran after an anonymous alleged victim claimed to have been raped and abused by him. Lord Bramall said officers 'had been very heavy-handed' with him in their probe into the accusations despite none of them having 'a grain of truth'. Their investigation was dropped on Friday. The 92-year-old has since blasted the force for offering him no apology - and is said to now be looking at the possibility of bringing a civil claim against the Met, who he believes gave up his case 'rather grudgingly.'

'Lotto lout' Michael Carroll, pictured, warned David and Carol Martin, pictured left, who won £33million on the Lotto last week, could face death threats and potential kidnappings if they do not leave the UK. Carroll, right in 2004, who styled himself as the King of Chavs after winning £9.7million on the National Lottery in 2002, suggested they move to Melbourne, Australia, to join their 26-year-old daughter Lisa (inset). He also warned friends and relatives would 'come out of the woodwork' looking to cash in on their record-breaking windfall.

Police found the mask along with a second prosthetic of a bearded man when they raided doctor's home in outside Kristianstad, southern Sweden, after his arrest in September last year. He had purchased the masks in order to disguise himself and his victim, who is in her 30s, during the 350mile drive from her Stockholm flat to his remote farm, where he had spent five years building a bunker to keep her prisoner 'for several years'.. The pair was meeting up for a second date in the woman's flat in central Stockholm on September 12, but instead the 38-year-old drugged, raped and kidnapped her.

Celine Dion's brother Daniel has died aged 59 after losing his battle with cancer, just two days after the singer's husband also passed away. Daniel Dion died this morning, just a day after his family revealed that they believed he had just hours to live. Celine's husband René Angélil died from throat cancer on Thursday.

Russian artist Ilja Klemencov has hidden a giant panda amongst black and white zig-zag lines in what appears to be the latest mind-altering puzzle featuring the fluffy bear. The clever trick-of-the-eye, titled 'They can disappear', appears to support charity conservation efforts by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

ISIS have murdered a man by throwing him off the top of a high roof in Iraq after he was accused of being homosexual. Photographs have emerged from the scene of the horrific act which the jihadi group claim took place in al-Furat province. ISIS claimed the victim was arrested and subjected him to a mock trial at an Islamic court before his execution.

This is the moment a British mother accused of fleeing to Syria to join ISIS with her toddler breaks down in her police interview (pictured left and right) and tells officers how she escaped the terrorist stronghold of Raqqa. Tareena Shakil (pictured inset), 26, booked a one-week package holiday to Turkey and left on October 20, 2014 - but four days later crossed the Syrian border with her baby. She denies being a member of a terrorist organisation and is standing trial at Birmingham Crown Court.

The Queen and Prince Philip were dazzled by glorious sunshine today as they attended the Sunday service at Hillington Church on the royal Sandringham estate in Norfolk. While some parts of the country are battling with heavy snow, Her Majesty, 89, appeared to squint against the bright rays as she made her way into the chapel.

David Crowley (pictured right and left with his family), 29, of Minnesota 'snapped' when he murdered his wife Komel Crowley and child Raniya (both pictured left) before turning the gun on himself in 2014.Police say they found the Arabic phrase 'Allahu Akbar' written in blood on the wall of the family's Apple Valley home. Komel Crowley was raised Muslim in Pakistan and converted to Christianity when she married David Crowley. They married after meeting when he was stationed in Texas for the Army in 2008. Police believe that Crowley's choice of Arabic words was a sarcastic jab at his late wife's background.

The unpublicized story of Kathleen 'Kick' Kennedy circled and in inset) is a haunting tale that ends with her funeral in which the only Kennedy to attend was her father. JFK's sister was a rebellious yet charming woman who defied her family for love and lost her brother and husband to war. At 28, she died in a tragic plane crash alongside her married lover. Kick's story will soon be featured on the Smithsonian Channel, in a series titled Million Dollar American Princesses.

Thousands of people take to the streets of in Cologne and Stuttgart to protest against racism and violence that erupted against refugees after the mass sexual assaults in Cologne on New Year's Eve. Syrian refugees hold signs reading 'No to sexism, no to racism' , 'We are all Cologne' and 'We respect the values of German society' as they hand flowers to passer-by and thank Germany for taking them in.

A mother-of-12 who claims £40,000-a-year on benefits is planning to use £4,000 of taxpayer's cash for a boob job to boost her size to a D cup. Cheryl Prudham (pictured right with husband Robert and left with her family), 33, of Skelmersdale, Lancashire, is expected to have the operation next month at the MYA Cosmetic Surgery Clinic in Liverpool. The headline-grabbing mother, who has appeared on a Channel 4 documentary, has previously sparked controversy for admitting that she has no guilt about claiming so much of tax payers' money to support her large family.

Airbnb's 10 most wished listed property roundup includes four treehouses, a Pirates of the Caribbean guest house and an off-the-grid house with no TV or Internet. Four of the spots belong to U.S. properties. Three of those are in California. Italy is the second hottest location.

The 40-year-old was 'inconsolable' after saying goodbye to Julie Zamboldi, telling her husband Rory Feek 'I don't think I will ever see her again.' Zamboldi has been very close friends with the country singing couple for eight years since meeting at their first Big & Buckle Festival. When Joey was diagnosed with stage IV cervical cancer in 2014 and began chemotherapy, her friend even shaved her head in solidarity. 'Like an angel from heaven, it was as if God sent Julie to us. To her,' said Rory in a blog post. 'But none of us exactly knew why, until the cancer showed up again this summer.'

A new ten-part television series, called The Crown, (scenes pictured right) depicts the young Prince Philip as being unhappy at having to abandon his Naval duties to play second fiddle to his young wife. In the lavish re-creation of the Coronation - which is believed to be the first of its kind - Philip is shown glowering as he kneels before the Queen to take his oath of loyalty. The £150 million production will also claim that Philip was furious when his children were given the name Windsor rather than Mountbatten. Matt Smith will play Prince Philip and Claire Foy will take on the role of the Queen in the new drama (left).

Influenced by HIIT training - short but intense exercise followed by brief bursts of recovery - Speedflex combines cardio and resistance work. People of all ages and abilities can workout in the same exercise class. FEMAIL's Sarah Barns, 26, from London, tried it out for six weeks. Pictured from left, lifting kettlebells, squatting on the machine, pushing up the weights and doing weighted squats. The 45-minute class claims to burn up to 1,000 calories, send your fitness levels rocketing and - most importantly for me - stop your muscles from feeling achy the next day.

Not content with designing rollercoasters for the living, a Lithuanian designer has created plans for a 'death rollercoaster' that would provide a 'euphoric' way for people to kill themselves.  Lithuanian artist Julijonas Urbonas says the killing machine will end people's lives with 'euphoria and pleasure'. But a top brain expert has said the mechanism is more likely to leave people feeling sick.

Gangster John 'Goldfinger' Palmer's death may have been related to the Hatton Garden heist and involved the Adams crime family according to new theory about the infamous theft. Palmer (left with his wife Marine in 1987) was supposedly about to expose the masterminds of the heist before he was gunned down at his home in Essex. New theory speculates that the gang (right), with the backing of the crime family, broke into the vaults (inset) to steal a safety deposit box.

Since it was revealed that Sean Penn secretly traveled to Mexico to interview Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán Loera for Rolling Stone, the actor has insisted that he had nothing to do with the drug kingpin's recapture. Speaking to CBS 60 Minutes' Charlie Rose, Penn said his intention in tracking down the escaped drug kingpin and writing about him for Rolling Stone was to kick-start a discussion of the US government's policy on the War on Drugs. Susan Constantine, a body language expert, analyzed Penn's interview with Rose for Radar Online to see if the two-time Oscar winning actor is just trying to cover his tracks. She explained that throughout the interview, Penn appears to be very passionate and emotional and that she doesn't think it was an act.

Detective Constable Paul Lapthorn (left) having a swim while Detective Constable Paul Lapthorn (bottom right) brought in the beers at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Accra, Ghana. The pair had been sent to the African city to arrest Arthur Simpson-Kent (inset) over the murder of Eastenders star Sian Blake but were instead seen lounging in the sun (top right).

Actress Jennifer Ellison and comedian Rory McGrath (left) are among a group of celebrities trying to shake their sugar addiction for a new TV series. Sugar-Free Farm sees six famous faces going cold turkey for two weeks, miles from the nearest supermarket or sweet shop on a farm in Hampshire. The others are singer Jane McDonald, (right) The Only Way Is Essex star James Argent, ex-Coronation Street actress Tupele Dorgu and The Chase quizmaster Mark Labbett. Confronted with their combined annual sugar consumption - a mountainous 800 lb - they are put on a strict two-week diet to retrain their tastebuds, under the watchful eye of nutritionist Angelique Panagos.

Ice diver Alexandre Voyer, from France, recently went swimming in sub-zero Antarctic waters - where the temperature is -2C - to get up close and personal with the seals and whales. Although he and his diving buddy had planned to free dive for almost two hours, they were forced to jump out when the water temperatures became too much to cope with.

Washingtonians got their first close-up look on Saturday at the giant panda cub Bei Bei, the new star of the National Zoo. Until now, the cub could be viewed only through the so-called Panda Cam, a video hookup that has allowed people to watch the now five-month-old cub since its birth. On Saturday morning, a line formed outside the panda enclosure on before opening time with visitors trying to get a look at the ball of fur inside its soundproof glass enclosed pen. Bei Bei, who was born on August 22, was given his name, which means 'precious' or 'treasure', five weeks after his birth by US and Chinese First Ladies Michelle Obama and Peng Liyuan.

A 'thirsty' polar bear appears to drink from a gigantic bucket while frolicking in his enclosure at Moscow Zoo in Russia. Amateur photographer Olga Dmitrieva captured the playful snaps.

Brightly coloured, bizarrely shaped and boasting unforgettable names, you might expect to see these startling sea creatures only while snorkelling at the Great Barrier Reef. But in fact they can all be found just off Britain's coast - and from today they will be protected by law with the announcement of 23 new marine conservation zones. The zones join the 27 created two years ago to form a 'blue belt' covering 20 per cent of British waters, an area roughly equivalent to the size of Wales. Precious sealife is protected by strict controls on fishing, excavation, pollution and dumping.