Jason Lawrance, 50, from Liphook, Hampshire, used the dating site to prey on vulnerable women - but was not stopped from using match.com because there were no written messages.

Adam Johnson rose from boyhood prodigy to an England player earning millions - but his love of partying and hatred of 'boredom' brought about a trial which looks set to end his career

In a statement read on her behalf outside Bradford Crown Court following the conviction, the girl said: 'He asked me straight away how old I was and I said 15 because I didn't see it as a problem.'

Former Sunderland and England star Adam Johnson was arrogant until the last, seemingly oblivious to the prison sentence which now could await the sexual predator.

The footballer says he handed over a transcript of the police interview to Sunderland in May last year, but continued playing until February 6 this year, earning well over £2million in the meantime

Dave Johnson was caught on camera pushing Ed Thomas, BBC Northern Engand's correspondent, after the journalist asked Mr Johnson for a comment outside Bradford Crown Court on Wednesday.

A couple from Melbourne have sent out what may be the most hilarious RSVP card you've ever seen, giving guests the option to not attend because they are a 'wanted fugitive'.

The open letter calling for a ban on tackling in school rugby smacked of expertise. But scratch the surface of its signatories, and their authority appears rather less impressive, writes HARRY MOUNT.

Nutritionist Mark Killick pits your favourite snacks, meals and drinks against each other and then reveals which one is healthier. Take the test to find out how clued up you are.

Rory McGuire (pictured), from Ayr, has had 15 operations to remove the malformation on his upper lip and admitted that at one point he felt dying on the operating table would end his mental pain.

Today, in the fifth part of our exclusive series, Tom Bower reveals how the Labour PM tried to transform the National Health Service by throwing cash at it - with disastrous results.

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: America is on the brink of electing a polarising president with a long history of dishonesty, scandals and shady finances - and no, it's not Donald Trump.

A healthy diet rich in fruit and vegetables may help mitigate the DNA-damaging effects of tobacco smoke, as well as perhaps helping prevent lung cancer from spreading.

Just some of the 'Daily Dozen' you should be eating every day include cruciferous vegetables such as brussels sprouts (file photo) - but they should be supplemented with exercise.

Philip Hammond triggered fury by claiming that Out campaigners are secretly content to 'sacrifice' British jobs to regain control of our borders and was accused of trying to 'smear' his Cabinet colleagues.

Eurosceptics want HMRC to explain why there was such a big gap between the 630,000 EU citizens given national insurance numbers in 2015 and the 257,000 EU migrants who officially entered Britain.

A Brexit could reduce the size and dominance of Britain's financial services sector, leave sterling 'vulnerable' and risks jeopardising London's commercial property market, Blackrock warns.

NATO's top commander in Europe, General Philip Breedlove, has accused Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad of deliberately fuelling the refugee crisis, turning it into a 'weapon' against the West.

Police in North Zealand said they believe the woman was raped by the man at Center Sandholm - Denmark's largest asylum centre - in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The missiles were launched hours after the UN approved its toughest sanctions in 20 years, severely restricting exports worth more than $1billion (£710million) a year to North Korea.

More snow is expected to be seen in most parts of the UK between now and Saturday, after a fresh covering Wednesday for many parts of the North resulted in treacherous conditions for motorists.

Curiscope has designed Virtuali-tee, a smart T-shirt that when viewed through the firm's app on a mobile device that allows users to take a 3D animated journey through the human body.

The admissions came after an investigation by media and research centre Danwatch found that slave-like conditions were still widespread across Brazil's coffee-producing industry.

The system is the brainchild of UC Santa Barbara physicist Philip Lubin and Gary Hughes, a researcher and professor at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

So far 43 athletes, who are also refugees, have been identified as possibly being eligible for the Games which get underway in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, later this year (file photo).

On Tuesday, the British crooner posted on his account: 'I'm logging off for a while. Some Martinis shaken not stirred are definitely in order.'

The Hollyoaks actress believes she may have been an early victim of the mosquito-borne illness, contracted during a holiday in the Dominican Republic nine years ago.

Georgette Culley needed dental treatment after fizz rotted her teeth The 29-year-old hadn't had a single filling prior to the treatment. She notice her teeth were sensitive and had a dent in them

Users of an anonymous app explain why they abandoned their dates without explanation. Some say their date was behaving badly while others give more trivial excuses.

Lifestyle guru Oliver Heath said the bathroom is one of the few places we can be at home with our thoughts in a world in which we are 'always on' thanks to smartphones, tablets and other gadgets

A chilling statement from the group promises to target all criminals after the death of Vincent 'Vinny' Ryan (pictured) in Dublin on Sunday, and his Real IRA boss brother Alan Ryan in 2012.

US Air Force General Philip Breedlove said the arrival of thousands of migrants in to Europe is 'masking the movement' of violent extremists, criminals and foreign fighters.

General Sir Richard Barrons (pictured) says misreading on of health and safety laws in the middle and lower ranks means soldiers don't get enough training with live ammunition.

The survey of 2,000 office workers by US company Plantronics revealed seven in ten workers felt spending all day at their desk was having a detrimental effect on their health.

The retired neurosurgeon had a dismal showing on Super Tuesday and will tell supporters on Friday he sees 'no path forward' to the nomination - but is not formally ending his campaign.

Kathryn Smith, 23, and partner Matthew Rigby, 22, (pictured together outside Birmingham Crown Court) are accused of murdering their 21-month-old daughter Ayeeshia Jane Smith in May 2014.

The new breed of cloned catwalk designs are not only affordable but they also take designer detailing to an impressive level and they are very well-made and comfortable.

Researchers at the National Autonomous University of Mexico used an fMRI scanner to examine the brains of dogs looking at images of humans and everyday objects (pictured).

John Whittingdale said that ad-blocking software - which edits out online adverts - is 'depriving' British websites of 'legitimate income', and could drive them out of existence.

The Great British Bake Off has been singled out in a row over whether BBC1 has lost its edge. The Culture Secretary said the channel had gone through a decade of dumbing down.

Lance Corporal Craig Roberts died during the march in the Brecon Beacons in 2013, and Lance Corporal Edward Maher and Corporal James Dunsby collapsed and died later.

One in five women saw their tumours shrink as a result of the treatment, a study by the Institute of Cancer Research, London, found.

Scientists from Johns Hopkins University revealed the app called Instant Blood Pressure - which has been downloaded more than 100,000 times - gives inaccurate readings.

A 'period policy' to give women leave during their cycle has caused controversy. Natasha, from Wokingham, reacted with fury on a radio phone-in when a man claimed it was unnecessary.

Travis Linton Galleymore was well-known in Plymouth, Devon, after upending himself with his head in a metal pail in the city centre. He committed suicide in London on August 4 last year.

Matthew Brinton, who has for years asked for money in Bank Street, Newquay, Cornwall, with his border collie Hazel, was filmed climbing into his Audi TT in a local car park.

Former Met Police commander Richard Walton was investigated by the IPCC over claims he met with an undercover officer to gather intelligence on Stephen Lawrence's family.

Employees in Middle Britain are failing to save enough, meaning without immediate increases retirement would become 'a lucky gift' granted to just a few generations, a new report has found.

The Spanish international, 28, who earns around £150,000-a-week, bought the apartment in Belgravia in 2013, which Daniella Semaan had formerly shared with Elie Taktouk, 40.

Scientists from Monash University in Australia revealed chronic stress triggers increased lymphatic activity - which speeds up the spread of cancer by allowing tumor cells to move more freely.

Guests on the show - arguing over their dead father's inheritance - were shouting at one another so much the studio audience and viewers at home struggled to follow what was going on.

Sentinel-3A was first released into orbit on February 16th and is the third of more than a dozen 'eyes in the sky' that part of the Copernicus program to monitor our planet's health.

Tony Warren, who died on Monday aged 79, dreamt up Coronation Street while crouching under his grandmother's kitchen table as a small boy, drinking in the gossip and family conversation.

Teachers at St Michael & All Angels in Upton, on the Wirral, Merseyside, referred Rhys Atkinson to the children's safeguarding hub over fears he could be 'radicalised' and turn into a terrorist.

Michael Meanza (pictured) had been living in support accommodation in Acton, west London, for three months before he bludgeoned Jenny Foote, 38, over the head with a fire extinguisher.

Wedding venues that take advantage of brides and grooms with large deposits and cancellation fees have been warned they must 'play fair' when it comes to charges or risk facing action.

The Steward Woodland Community, which has 21 residents, including nine children, live in homes which they built themselves in rural Dartmoor, Devon, but have been told to leave.

Over-50s life insurance plans ensure a pot of money is left to family members once you die. But are they any better than taking out a standard policy?

The desperate shortage emerged as health officials refused to extend the NHS vaccination programme to toddlers and older children, rejecting a petition backed by 820,000 in the UK.

Food blogger Ella Woodward, 24, says she doesn't believe in 'cheat days' because every day should be a healthy day where food is enjoyable. Here she reveals her top tips for clean-cut living.

Around 800 UK branches of the coffee chain will display the 'Parent Friendly Places' badge in their windows, showing they have 'committed to ensuring a supportive environment for parents'.

We needn't be enslaved by our fluctuating hormones - we can use them to our advantage. With a few clever tweaks, our hormones can be our friends, rather than our enemies.

The PM said the medals should be made in Britain but he cannot stop foreign firms bidding for the contracts due to EU law. Ian Austin (pictured) said people were 'absolutely furious' over the decision.

Scientists at the University of California, Riverside, found exposure to third hand smoke causes insulin resistance, a precursor to type 2 diabetes.

50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson III, installed a disco room and stripper poles after buying the property from Mike Tyson at the height of his fame in 2003.

Salford council has brought in a Public Space Protection Order to the Quays area, shown, in a bid to make it a criminal offence if anyone is caught 'using foul and abusive language'.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT The rotting body part, which belongs to a grandmother believed to be from South America, is blackened and exposed due to a large and very gruesome gash.

Scientists from the University of Florida found alligators (pictured) living near colonies of nesting birds were in better shape when compared to those that weren't.

Genetic analysis from Rutgers University found dragonfly, officially known as Pantala flavescens (pictured), covers more distance than any other insect, as well as many migrating birds.

A group of researchers at the Université Paris-Sud, has discovered that the formation of Mars' giant volcanoes and its great tilt happened almost a billion years later than first thought.

Zorita Stanca, 24, from Oldham, was getting her two children ready to visit her mother when she went upstairs to get her handbag - and Contessa was taken by neighbour Michael Keeton, 27.

Volunteers who provided aid to remote villages after Fiji was ravaged by Cyclone Winston have described the harrowing scenes they were met with in the days after the category five storm hit.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Gulchekhra Bobokulova, a 38-year-old mother of three sons, also replied 'yes' when asked if she accepted her guilt as she entered the courtroom in Moscow, Russia.

The 35-year-old, from Salzburg, Austria, is believed to have sat down on the equipment, which is used to test car crashes, and not realising its power, asked for a fellow crew member to switch it on.

A man, from East China's Shandong Province, has been arrested following the incident after surveillance cameras appeared to show him lashing out at the young boy in a play area.

The piece of jewellery was owned by the Queen's younger sister from 1948 up until her death in 2002 when she was 71. It is now being sold through auctioneers Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury.

The European Commission has been ordered to come up with draft legislation to eliminate 'inconsistencies' in single market rules between tobacco and e-cigarettes.

Five sensational homes are to be built in the heart of England's only natural World Heritage site in Dorset - and they will be so well camouflaged nobody will know they are there.

Dr George Nichopoulos began treating U.S. singer Elvis Presley in 1967 and was his personal physician from 1970 until his death at the age of 42 following years of heavy prescription-drug use.

Climber Marco Malimban, 48, captured this incredible image at the top of Camelback Mountain, Arizona, after a woman nearly fell to her death but was saved after a man grabbed her ankles.

A bizarre Instagram account, Taste Of Streep, presents actress Meryl as you've never seen her before by turning her into foodstuffs such as avocado on toast, celery and a doghnut.

Pigi the Serbian dwarf rabbit tucks into cherries and strawberries. Initially the juices resemble lipstick, but the red liquid soon makes blood-like smears creating terrifying effect.