'He pointed to his heart and said "I'm sorry"': Acid attack victim reveals extraordinary moment the thug who scarred him for life tried to apologise for the horrific case of mistaken identity

Acid attack victim Andreas Christopheros on when David Phillips tried to apologise

Over the past year, 30-year-old Andreas Christopheros, from Cornwall, has slowly rebuilt his life with the support of his 33-year-old wife Pia and their adorable son Theo, two. He appeared on This Morning, speaking to presenters Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield about his ordeal. Pictured clockwise from left, on This Morning with his wife Pia and presenters Holly and Phil. Inset, with son Theo before the attack.

'My journey is at an end. My summit was just out of reach': Last diary entry of British explorer who died 30 miles short of becoming first man to cross Antarctica alone

Henry Worsley dies aged 55 on expedition to become 1st man to cross Antarctica solo

The diary of British explorer Henry Worsley has revealed the heart wrenching moment he realised he would not finish his journey after battling weeks of extreme exhaustion and dehydration. The 55-year-old former Army officer, from Fulham, London, was 71 days in to his attempt to become the first adventurer to cross Antarctica completely unsupported and unassisted, but collapsed in his tent on Friday and was rushed to hospital. The married father-of-two (pictured left in his tent, bottom right with David Beckham during the expedition and top right with the Duchess of Cambridge in 2012) died yesterday morning at a Chile hospital after succumbing to organ failure.

It could be you...but we'll tell you in July: Grandmother who claims she has won £33million on the lottery tells of her agony at facing a six-month wait to find out if her ticket is valid 

Susanne Hinte, 48, from Worcester, claims she's the second £33million winner of the Lotto's record £66million jackpot but accidentally damaged her winning ticket in the wash.

Former Tory Cabinet minister Lord Cecil Parkinson who was known as Thatcher's favourite dies aged 84 after a long battle with cancer 

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The Conservative grandee and former party chairman, who became best known as Mrs Thatcher's dashing and favourite minister, served in a variety of senior posts in her governments.

ISIS fanatics have set up special forces-style unit to plan more 'large scale' attack son Europe, warn EU police 

In an eight-page report Europol explained that ISIS may have established an 'external action command trained for special forces-style attacks' and said the group was active in Europe.

World Health Organisation backs 'sugar tax' campaign to curb childhood obesity - and says schools should ban unhealthy food

The World Health Organisation gave its backing to the campaign to introduce a 'sugar tax'

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there is strong evidence that a sugar tax can work alongside other measures such as tackling big portion sizes and unclear food labelling.

ITV broke Ofcom rules after violent and disturbing scenes in Jekyll and Hyde that were unsuitable for children were broadcast at 6.30pm 

More than 500 complaints were made about the first episode in the controversial series after it aired at 6.30pm on a Sunday evening, two-and-a-half hours before the watershed.

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Clarifications & corrections

The headline to an article in Friday's paper wrongly attributed a rush for home loans to 'right to buy'. In fact, as the article made clear, the increase has been in the number of 'right to buy properties'.

Dead whales washed up on British beaches attract graffiti, scavengers... and selfies: Ghoulish sightseers flock to see the 30-tonne corpses as FIFTH whale washes up

Dead sperm whales washed up on British beaches attract graffiti and selfies

The RNLI has said it has found another 30-tonne corpse on marshes at Wainfleet on the Lincolnshire coast this afternoon - five miles from where three more were discovered yesterday. A build-up of methane gas caused one of the whales to explode today as marine biologists carrying out a post-mortem examination cut at its skin and blubber, with shocked witnesses describing a bang, a 'huge blast of air' followed by a foul stench.

British mother accused of taking her toddler son to Syria to join ISIS claims she 'made a mistake' by going to live under the terror group 

Tareena Shakil, 26, (pictured) from Birmingham who fled to Syria in October 2014 told a jury she came back of her 'own free will' after a change of heart.

Vulnerable British children are being sent into care miles from home because Kent is overwhelmed by thousands of child asylum seekers

Council chiefs in Kent said they have no choice but to place local children elsewhere amid the continuing flow of unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) from the Continent.

Syrian refugees are offered new homes on the Outer Hebrides - Britain's most remote outpost that is more than 40 MILES off the mainland

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The first two families will arrive in the spring, the Western Isles Council said today, joining a population of just 27,400 people which only has one town, Stornaway, where 8,000 people live.

Uninsured driver, 24, admits killing three people in Boxing Day crash when he ploughed his car in to a group of pedestrians

Ricky Hepworth, 24, killed 48-year-old Andrew Tomlinson and his wife Faye, 54 (pictured), and Mandy Deere, also 54, as they walked home together from a pub in Askern, Doncaster.

Paranoid boyfriend who thought his partner was cheating smashed up house and sparked eight-hour siege by armed police 

Neil Denny, 35, wrongly convinced himself that there was another man hiding in his house in Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, after returning to his partner and two children from a festival.

Former Dragons' Den star Doug Richard 'paid a 13-year-old schoolgirl hundreds of pounds for sex after meeting her on a "sugar daddy" website'

Ex-Dragons' Den's Doug Richard 'paid a 13-year-old schoolgirl for sex'

Richard, of north London, denies three counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child, one count of causing a child to engage in sexual activity and a charge of paying for sexual services of a child. The millionaire (second from the left), who appeared on BBC's Dragons' Den in the first two series, allegedly arranged for a 13-year-old girl and a 15-year-old friend to join him at a £149-a-night apartment in central London. A prosecutor said today that Richard (pictured, right, today) is expected to claim he reasonably believed the girl was 16 or over at the time.

Shocking CCTV footage shows masked men storming a Barclays bank and threatening a terrified staff member with a knife

The suspected robbers entered Barclays Bank on East India Dock Road, Poplar, London before one held a staff member at knifepoint and demanded that the security door be opened.

Have they found 'The Duchess'? Police think headless corpse dumped in a Norfolk field 40 years ago may be the body of notorious Danish prostitute

The young woman's torso was found in a remote field in the village of Cockley Cley, near Swaffham, Norfolk in August 1974, wearing a pink nightdress and wrapped in a plastic sheet.

Warehouse worker crushed to death when a huge 720kg bale of plastic fell on top of him as he was sweeping the yard

Jacek Adamowicz, 29, was working at Hitchen Foods in Ince, Greater Manchester, when the stack of unstable material fell and trapped the employee underneath.

Queen steps in to settle the battle of the Baronets as accountant and businessman fight over ancient title

Accountant Murray Pringle, who is in his 70s and comes from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and businessman Simon Pringle, who is in his 50s and lives near Hastings, East Sussex, both lay claim to the baronetcy of Pringle of Stichill.

Fire chief on £164,000-a-year is allowed to retire and access his £300,000 pension even though he'll be back in the same job a month later

West Yorkshire Fire Service said Simon Pilling officially retired at the end of last month - but will be returning to the post of chief fire officer and chief executive on February 1.

The number of Russian spies undercover in Britain is higher than at any time since the COLD WAR following Litvinenko inquiry

A member of the armed services on the deck of Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant, one of the UK's four nuclear warhead-carrying submarines, with Astute-class submarine HMS Artful behind, at HM Naval Base Clyde, also known as Faslane, ahead of a visit by Defence Secretary Michael Fallon. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday January 20, 2016. See PA story DEFENCE Trident. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

David Cameron vowed to continue his dealings with the Kremlin with a 'very cold heart' after an inquiry found President Putin had 'probably' personally ordered the assassination of Mr Litvinenko.

Revealed: How one in five inmates in maximum security prisons is Muslim

There are 5,885 highly dangerous criminals behind bars in the eight Category A prisons in the UK, of which 1,229 follow the Islamic faith, including Lee Rigby killer Michael Adebolajo at Belmarsh.

Trying to scare teenagers off a life of crime by showing them prisons 'has the opposite effect', study shows

New research carried out by The College of Policing suggests taking children to speak to prisoners about their experience has a detrimental impact.

Jealous boyfriend is jailed for drowning his girlfriend's puppy in scalding bath because he said she gave it too much attention

Anthony Bruce is jailed for drowning his girlfriend's puppy in scalding bath

Anthony Bruce, 19, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, drowned Old English Sheepdog Benji in the bath behind his girlfriend Lauren Brattle's back because he was jealous about the time she dedicated to her pet. For months, he tormented the dog by locking it outside and feeding it toilet paper. However, Ms Brattle, 18 (pictured with Benji, and with Bruce, inset), was oblivious to what her controlling boyfriend was doing to her six-month-old puppy until the day he confessed to killing her beloved pet. Bruce was sentenced to 16 weeks in a Young Offender Institution at North Tyneside Magistrates' Court in December and banned from owning animals for life. Ms Brattle now says she wants nothing more to do with Bruce, and claims she should have listened to her nan who 'always said he had evil in his eyes'.

Britain's benefits bonanza: 29 UK cities have 'low wage, high welfare' economies - and one has seen its benefits bill jump 45%

According to the report, cities with low pay packets and high welfare bills include Manchester and Bradford. Cities enjoying high wages and low benefits bills include Cambridge and Aberdeen.

Banksy paints Les-Mis themed artwork on the walls near the French Embassy to protest against the use of tear gas at the 'Jungle' migrant camp in Calais

The mural, in Knightsbridge, London, depicts the young girl from the musical Les Miserables with tears streaming from her eyes as a can of teargas lies beneath her.

The zoo on sale for the price of a London flat: Welsh farm boasting 300 exotic creatures including lions, monkeys and crocodiles goes on the market for £600,000

The Animalarium in Borth, near Aberystwyth in Wales, is home to meerkats, monkeys and even crocodiles and is being sold by the outgoing owners

The OAR-some Coxless Crew! Four British women rowers finish epic 9,200 mile journey across the Pacific from San Francisco to Australia - three months later than planned 

The Coxless Crew - a group of female adventurers - celebrate in Cairns, Australia, after rowing more than 9,200 miles across the Pacific Ocean

The women, all from England, arrived in Marlin Marina in Cairns,. Australia, after 257 days at sea, where they rowed across the Pacific Ocean after setting off from San Francisco last April.

'Taking the Pill for acne could have killed me': Admin worker, 22, is horrified to learn her swollen leg was caused by a blood clot

Lauren Brown, 22, from York, had been prescribed Co-cyprindiol - commonly known by the brand name Dianette - for skin problems. Pain and swelling in her leg revealed she had DVT.

Woman whose acne was bad she washed her face in VINEGAR and lemon juice says treatment using thousands of tiny needles finally helped 

EXCLUSIVE: Fran Purdy, from Kent, had tried dozens of over-the counter and home remedies. She claims a specialist treatment which uses tiny needles and heat has transformed her skin.

Cecil Parkinson, the former Tory minister who will always be remembered for his love-child scandal, dies aged 84 of cancer 

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The Conservative grandee and former party chairman, became best known as Mrs Thatcher's dashing and favourite minister but fell from grace after a 12-year affair with his secretary.

Government denies Google has a 'special rate' of tax after John McDonnell claims they are paying just 3% and even Boris admits they pay 'derisory' amounts

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell claimed a deal for Google to pay an extra £130 million in taxes relating to the last nine years was equivalent to an effective rate of just 3 per cent.

Labour MP Simon Danczuk is reported to the police and Parliament over thousands of pounds of 'fraudulent' expenses claims 

The backbencher is accused of claiming more than £25,000 in extra accommodation allowances since 2011 for his children, despite none of them living with him in London.

Labour's shadow equalities minister shamed after advertising for an 'unpaid intern' 

Kate Osamor's advert (pictured) asked for a volunteer to help in her constituency office in Edmonton, north London, even though Labour has previously vowed to ban similar placements.

Boss of the In campaign admits the EU is not perfect - but repeatedly warns leaving would be a 'huge risk'

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Lord Rose repeatedly urged voters to place the 'imperfect' reality of Britain's membership of the EU against the 'risk of what we might have tomorrow'.

'I feel like my son is on a railway track blindfolded and I can't do anything about it': Father of Jihadi Jack's anguish as he denies his son has joined ISIS

Jihadi Jack's parents' deny son has joined ISIS in Syria

John Letts (right) and his wife, Sally Lane, from Oxford, have spoken for the first time in two years since their son 'Jihadi Jack', 20 (inset, and left as a teenager), fled Britain and allegedly joined ISIS in Syria, where he has a wife and a son. Speaking from their terraced home in Oxford, the anguished parents said they monitor Jack's social media accounts 'every day' and described their ordeal as a 'nightmare'. Jack left the UK in September 2014 when he was just aged 18, sparking fears that he may have fled to join ISIS in Syria and his story hit headlines this week amid a mass of speculation that he had become a frontline fighter for the terror organisation and had settled in Fallujah, Iraq, with a wife and child. Mr Letts, a botanist, denied that his son had joined ISIS but said today: 'I feel like my son is walking on a railway track, blindfolded, and there's a train coming and he can't hear me, like I can't do anything about it. It has been a nightmare.'

'State snooping' fears as civil servants are handed new power to examine detail in every sick note given out by GPs

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Critics fear that now the Department for Work and Pensions have access to the data from next month it will be used to name and shame surgeries who issue the most 'fit notes'.

Shocking video captures two care home workers taunting dementia sufferers by torturing the 'comfort dolls' they believe are real babies

Two carers are Ashbourne House nursing home in Middleton, Greater Manchester, after footage and pictures emerged showing the dolls as the subject of a number of sick pranks.

Hospital to send drunk patients to A&E; units up to 17 MILES away so staff can focus on those who are critically ill

Kent and Canterbury Hospital will ask ambulances to take intoxicated patients to hospitals in Margate and Ashford to relieve pressure on its emergency care centre.

Masked thug attacks victim with machete in horrifying daylight attack in front of shocked rush-hour commuters 

A man has been arrested after an attack in Birmingham this morning (25 January) which has left a man with serious injuries.  See NTI story NTIATTACK.  Officers were called to Tile Cross Road, Birmingham, just after 8.10am following reports that a 50-year-old man had been attacked with a machete. He suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment.  Detectives launched an investigation and have cordoned off a section of Tile Cross Road while they examine the scene.  Shortly after the report a 29-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault ñ he is currently in custody and will be questioned later today.  Officers also want to track down a second man who was seen to run from the scene and drive off in a blue BMW.

The man was attacked by the masked assailant who allegedly sliced and 'chopped up' his victim in front of shocked commuters near a bus stop on Tile Cross Road in Birmingham at about 8am.

'Taking the Pill for acne could have killed me': Admin worker, 22, is horrified to learn her swollen leg was caused by a blood clot

Lauren Brown, 22, from York, had been prescribed Co-cyprindiol - commonly known by the brand name Dianette - for skin problems. Pain and swelling in her leg revealed she had DVT.

Storm Jonas which killed 30 in the US will hit Britain TOMORROW with downpours bringing up to six inches of rain and 70mph winds 

This NOAA satellite image taken Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, at 12:45 a.m. EDT shows a weak trough of low pressure producing some light snow showers across New England. No substantial accumulation is expected. A large area of high pressure is firmly in control over the Mississippi River Valley, Great Lakes, and the Southeast. Mostly sunny skies will prevail under this area of high pressure. However, a few isolated showers are possible across the Mississippi River Valley. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)

Storm Jonas, which has caused widespread chaos across America's East Coast, is to hit Britain tomorrow - bringing up to six inches of rain and gales of 70mph.

Jihadi John 'told his younger brother not to follow him to Syria': Extremist's sibling says encounters with MI5 ruined his life

Islamic State terrorist Mohammed Emwazi, who was killed in a drone strike in Raqqa two months ago, had told his brother Oman, 22, that his encounters with MI5 had ruined his hopes of marriage.

Could ISIS start using 3D printed weapons? Pro-gun activist vows to reveal online how to make a semi-automatic rifle for just £100

A pro-gun activist from Austin, Texas, has been accused of 'making terrorists' jobs so much easier' by handing anyone the chance to build an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.

Asylum seekers given free food and housing complain they are forced to wear coloured wristbands to collect meals

Cardiff asylum seekers are forced to wear coloured WRISTBANDS

Asylum seekers in Cardiff, Wales, claim they are being denied food unless they wear specially marked bands - making them 'an easy target for abuse and harassment'. Those behind the scheme say it is the only way to ensure asylum seekers receive food or weekly allowance in the form of supermarket vouchers. But the move has sparked outrage amongst the migrant community, many of whom are being put up in Lynx House - a B&B; now so overrun by refugees the entire road has now been dubbed 'Asylum Street'.

Dentist's daughter Jo Konta becomes first female Briton to reach Grand Slam quarter-final in 32 years

The 24-year-old became the first British woman in 32 years to reach a Grand Slam quarter final after beating last year's semi-finalist Ekaterina Makarova.

Grandmother claims her granddaughter, 5, was left with bloody cuts after a glittery bath bomb dissolved and left piece of glass in the water

Helga Martin, 56, from Tyldesley, Gtr Manchester, was giving a bath to Holly, five, and nine-year-old Libby using two small bath bombs from a children's Boots gift set when she saw the glass.

You've got to be kidding! Police helicopter scrambled to rescue a woman in distress find the 'victim' was a GOAT

Bristol police officers sent up the helicopter after members of the public rang 999 and said they could hear a female sobbing and wailing in the Avon Gorge.

Nursery nurse who was spared jail over gang beating has now been locked up after she ignored court order to attend probation appointments

Carrie Harwood, 20, was among a group of 'feral' youngsters who surrounded and beat up an innocent man at a service station in Burnley, Lancashire.

Commuter spends £6,000 a year on his train season ticket but has to sit in the cleaning cupboard with a mop and bucket because there are no seats

The City of London worker often struggles to find a seat on his return journey from London Liverpool Street to Ipswich, Suffolk, a journey he has made for the past 17 years.

Mother who thought she was going deaf discovers she's had a brain tumour for seven YEARS

Liz Kirtley, 45, went for a hearing test and was told rather than having an eat problem, she had a mon-cancerous growth on the part of the brain which helps to control hearing and balance.

Sick great-grandmother, 83, was hit with a £100 car park fine as she visited her dying brother in hospital because she did not register her Blue Badge

Cancer sufferer Margaret Holt forgot to hand in her pass when she left her vehicle in a free disabled bay at Barnet Hospital in North London to visit her brother Alan.

Path to nowhere: Cash-strapped council under fire after building 50ft walkway leading to a FIELD

The route, which cost the taxpayer £20,000 and has already been christened the 'footpath to nowhere' by bemused locals, was recently built in the Derbyshire village of West Hallam.

The 'Archbishop of Peckham' and a scam that would make even Del Boy blush: Preacher 'sells £1.99 Aldi olive oil as a miracle cure for cancer and HIV'

Gilbert Deya and his team were said to have been caught by a newspaper selling the £1.99 750ml product from Aldi in their church shop in South London for £4.99 as a cure if used on food.

Girl, 13, is segregated from her classmates because her dip-dye ombre hairstyle broke school rules

Tollbar schoolgirl segregated from her classmates over dip-dye ombre hairstyle

Daisy Kelly has been segregated from other pupils at Tollbar School in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, after dying her hair with a technique called ombre. It has been dip-dyed blonde and brown - and her mother Diane Kelly claims one teacher was so impressed with the new style that she complimented her daughter on her hair.

Have scientists found a CURE for Type 1 diabetes? Experts halt the disease by implanting cells that help produce insulin

Experts from US hospitals and institutions including Harvard University managed to transplant cells into mice, which immediately began producing insulin.

Spanking a child DOES affect their mental health and is 'often the first form of child abuse', experts claim 

Spanking a child can take a toll on their psychiatric wellbeing - and increase risk of them developing aggressive behavior later in life, say professors of psychiatry at the University of Toledo and SUNY.

Bandages made of CRAB SHELLS could help wounds heal faster: Mineral taken from crustaceans absorbs liquid and kills bacteria

The high-tech alchite dressing (pictured), believed to be a world first, has been designed by the fibres science and technology team at the University of Bolton.

Humans ARE to blame for record temperatures: Global warming caused by greenhouse gas 'has led to 13 of the world's hottest years'

Scientists at Penn State University and Postdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, in Germany, say it is 'extremely likely' humans have caused recent record temperatures since 2000.

Heavens above! Venus, Saturn, Mars AND Jupiter are captured in a single shot - and Mercury will join the line-up next month

Astronomers in Corfe, Dorset, were treated to a rare view of Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter lining up in an arc across the sky. In the coming weeks Mercury will be added to the list.

The eerie beauty of deadly storm Jonas... from 200 miles up: Astronaut Scott Kelly tweets incredible images from International Space Station of blizzard battering America

Scott Kelly, from Orange in New Jersey, snapped the snowstorm in full flow from the International Space Station. Jonas wreaked havoc in the US, with eleven states declaring a state of emergency.

Ouch! Young lion gets impaled on the horns of water buffalo which is finally brought down after epic NINETY MINUTE battle 

Lion gets impaled on the horns of water buffalo during 90-minute battle on Mala Mala Game

Incredible pictures reveal the moment a ferocious young lion found itself impaled on the horns of a water buffalo during an epic ninety minute battle. The unlucky cub (pictured) was caught on the horn of a cape bull buffalo as it leapt onto the animal, while it was grazing in long grass, in the Mala Mala Game Reserve in South Africa.

Best welcome home EVER: Rescue dog can't contain its excitement as it leaps into the arms of its owner on his return from a week in hospital

Kerrigan Renniegade, from Scotland, filmed her partner Mark O'Neill arriving home to their young Staffordshire bull terrier Patch, who was overwhelmed and leaps into his owner's arms.

The dog who regrew his face: Kalu makes astounding recovery after charity workers find him being eaten alive by maggots

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT The dog was horrendously deformed and his face was infested with maggots when he was found by Animal Aid Unlimited charity workers in India.

Remind you of anyone? The stuffed golden pheasant that museum visitors think looks like Donald Trump

Visitors to Bristol Museum and Art Gallery have spotted that this stuffed golden pheasant bares a remarkable resemblance to the US Presidential hopeful.

The touching moment father carries his disabled son outside just so he could feel rain on his skin

The shirtless father carried his disabled son into the garden in swimming shorts in a video posted to YouTube by Marcos Vinícius Petri, from Sao Paolo, Brazil, that's been viewed 300,000 times.

Tiny dancer! Father films cute toddler raving with glow sticks and disco lights in their living room

Baby raver Jack Byrne, from St Helens, Merseyside, is admired by his family members for his instinctive dance moves and was captured by his doting dad Matthew having a little boogie.

I'm forever FREEZING bubbles! Photographer creates delicate ice crystals on the outside of bubbles which look like snowflakes 

The striking pictures were taken by photographer Michelle Lynn Fritz, from Pennsylvania in the U.S., where she creates the bubbles and lights them up against the rising sun in her back garden.

Banksy paints Les-Mis themed artwork on the walls near the French Embassy to protest against the use of tear gas at the 'Jungle' migrant camp in Calais

Banksy paints artwork near French Embassy to protest against tear gas use in Calais

A new artwork (main picture) by Banksy criticising the use of teargas in The Jungle refugee camp in Calais (inset) has appeared on a wall opposite the French Embassy in London. The mural depicts the young girl from the musical Les Miserables with tears streaming from her eyes as a can of CS gas lies beneath her. The artwork is just one of a number of Banksy pieces to criticise the handling of the refugee crisis.

ISIS fanatics have set up secret camps INSIDE Europe to plan more 'large scale' attacks, warn EU police

The terror group claims have to hundreds of militants in countries across the continent ready to bring murder and mayhem to the streets, said Europol.

'ISIS jihadi' arrested in Italy after he talked about 'fastening his belt to reach heaven' in bugged phone call' 

Hamil Mehdi, 25, put in custody in southern Italian city of Cosenza. He travelled to Turkey in July but was deported while attempting to join Deash in Syria. Police found jihad training manual in his flat.

Four girls sexually assaulted by 'young migrants' while swimming in Sweden as Belgium mayor tries to BAN asylum seekers from using pools in his town

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The four cases involve girls under the age of 18 and have taken place in hot tubs, pools or in the changing rooms if Eriksdalsbadet, Stockholm, in the past three weeks.

The eerie beauty of deadly storm Jonas... from 200 miles up: Astronaut Scott Kelly tweets incredible images from International Space Station of blizzard battering America

Scott Kelly, from Orange in New Jersey, snapped the snowstorm in full flow from the International Space Station. Jonas wreaked havoc in the US, with eleven states declaring a state of emergency.

Italian police officer who was filmed clocking into work in his underwear is finally sacked (despite claiming he once foiled a robbery in his underpants) 

Alberto Muraglia, 53, was filmed clocking in council offices of Sanremo, north-west Italy, wearing his underpants. He has now been sacked by the town's council despite claims that he once foiled a robbery.

Swedish Fritzl 'gave his kidnap victim a depraved 50 Shades of Grey-style contract promising to reduce her imprisonment if she had sex with him'

Doctor Martin Trenneborg, 37, (at the time the photo was taken) is suspected for kidnaping a woman in her 30¿s in Stockholm september 12th, 2015, and shall supposedly have kept her locked up in a bunker like house in Axeltorp, Knislinge, Östra Götene. Photo taken in Stockholms tingsrätt during the detention hearing september 21th 2015.

Martin Trenneborg., 38, makes a list of demands for his victim, including that she gives him a 'girlfriend experience' when they have sex in the bunker he had built on his remote farm in Axeltorp, Sweden.

Shocking moment Spanish bullfighter confronted a bull while holding his five-month-old daughter

Celebrated Spanish bullfighter Francisco 'Fran' Rivera Ordóñez attracted criticism after posting a controversial picture of him holding infant daughter Carmen while fighting a bull.

WORLD NEWS

       

Woman mayor awards scholarships to South African girls who can prove they're virgins 

The scholarship was introduced this year and has been awarded to young women from the Uthukela district in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, by mayor Dudu Mazibuko.

Two skiers die after 'head on collision' on the slopes in German resort 

Rare skiing accident occurred at Feldberg ski resort in Baden-Württemberg. The male skiers were both wearing helmets before the violent impact.

Skipper seized over Nicaraguan boat tragedy that killed 13 tourists was convicted DRUGS TRAFFICKER 

Roger Hilario Blandon, 53, the skipper of a tourist boat which capsized off the coast of Nicaragua killing 13 people, previously served five years in prison for drugs trafficking, it has emerged.

DOMINIC LAWSON: KGB killers, a thug in the Kremlin and the shaming silence of Comrade Corbyn  

Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn joins Demonstrators outside the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in Westminster, London, England on January 29, 2010.
Demonstrators, including some families of the 179 military personnel killed while on duty in the Iraq war, are calling for former Prime Minister Tony Blair to be jailed following his decision to join America in overthrowing the regime of executed leader Saddam Hussein.
The Chilcot Inquiry takes place today and Mr Blair will be quizzed regarding his decision to take the UK to war, and whether the question of Iraq owning WMD's (weapons of Mass Destruction) were justifiable or exaggerated.
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Sometimes silence is the most revealing statement. Consider the muteness of the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in the wake of the report of the public inquiry into the death of Alexander Litvinenko.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Do the charity bosses deserve this reprieve?  

How could regulators fail the public for so long, before action was prompted by this paper's campaign, hailed by MPs as showing the 'highest standards of ethical investigative journalism'?