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Yorkshire, Staffordshire and Cumbria have been worst hit by the snow, while the greatest amount is forecast to hit the Peak District and the Pennines as daytime temperatures in the North hit just 4C. read

Shamed sprinter Oscar Pistorius sent a furious text to a South African reporter asking if they had no 'soul to respect someone in a time like this?' after his murder appeal was rejected read

Police are hunting for two members of a Serbian gang who allegedly raped a schoolgirl in Germany. Boris Pavlovic, 21, (pictured) and 16-year-old Alexander Nicolas Kampf are currently on the run. read

A medical examiner says Bobbi Kristina Brown's face being immersed in water, along with drug intoxication, led to her death last year. read

The creator of the much-loved Stars Wars droid R2-D2 has been found dead at his home in Malta. Tony Dyson, 68, had not been seen for a number of days by his friends, who contacted the police. read

Writing in today’s Mail, the former Tory leader warned David Cameron and the other leading players in the Remain camp must conduct the EU debate in a more ‘respectful manner’. read

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has married Jerry Hall at an aristocratic palace after a five-month courtship. The couple married at Spencer House, London. read

Researchers at Western University in Ontario argue the idea that pornography leads to a negative view of women may not necessarily be the case. read

Police say they are still investigating the motive for the killing at the refugee centre in Lindesberg, Sweden, but have arrested three suspects, all of whom are also asylum seekers. read

Joan Mitchelmore, who has an eye condition which can affect sight, lost control of her car outside Sainsbury's in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, and ploughed into 67-year-old Colin Moxley. read

Davina Ayrton (pictured), 34, was convicted of the sexual attack in the autumn of 2004, following a week-long trial at Portsmouth Crown Court in January. read

A US government advisory committee has warned that more must be done to close gaps in scientists' understanding of ovarian cancer - one of the deadliest forms of the disease. read

Cancer Research UK, which funded the landmark study, said if it lives up to its promise, 'it could prove a revolutionary way to treat or even cure cancer'. read

Sebastian David, 28, from Burnley, had been dubbed Keith Lard after the portly Phoenix Nights jobsworth when he guzzled up to 5,000 calories each day in Greggs pasties, fry-ups and KFC chicken buckets. read

The prison officer was driving a blue VW van when the device detonated and the bomb may have been set off as he drove over a speed bump in east Belfast. read

In our latest Start-up Secrets, Pall-ex founder and TV favourite Hilary Devey reveals how her father losing it all was her biggest inspiration - and why she's backing staying in the EU. read

The social media giant paid £4,327 in UK corporation tax in 2014 - £1,000 less than the average British worker - despite revenues of more than £700million. read

TOM UTLEY: Whenever meningitis hits the headlines, my mind flashes back to July 1987 and a small, whitewashed room off the paediatric isolation unit at St Thomas’s Hospital in London. read

EXCLUSIVE: Sophie Morris, 37, from Cambridgeshire, put her sickness and tiredness down to being pregnant and having two children. But it was caused by an aggressive brain tumour. read

Up to 20,000 military uniforms hidden inside aid packages have been uncovered after Spanish authorities busted a large scale smuggling ring to jihadi groups in Syria and Iraq. read

The three-minute clip, which appears to have been professionally shot in Syria, shows the orphans playing with toys but also being forced to run round a dusty area and complete a set of push ups. read

Nadine Cooper, 48, has started the Tuneless Choir and now 50 people meet every week. They plan to perform in a summer concert with covers of classic pop hits such as Abba and Queen. read

A video uploaded in Australia shows a creeky old dishwasher which sounds just like the Tyrannosaurus Rex in the 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park. read

Natalie Kopman was found to be almost three times the drink driving limit in the stolen car after she failed to find her home town of Bury and ended up in Burnley, Lancashire read

Superstitious oil and minerals tycoon Eike Batista made the incredible offering after a Brazilian-African religious leader told him he needed to seek forgiveness from the water deity Yemanja. read

Berta Caceres, a 43-year old indigenous campaigner in Honduras, was murdered in her home yesterday, her family said, labeling her death an assassination. read

Aman Vyas, 31, is wanted by police over the alleged murder and rape of a woman in east London who died in 2009. read

A balcony has collapsed during a concert in the New Zealand city of Dunedin leaving fourteen people injured. read

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London used a statistical technique of geographic profiling, which is more commonly used by police to catch criminals. read

The police stopped 23-year-old Adam Burton and French national Eric Xavier Mariec, 28, while they were still naked at the ancient site, which re-opened this week after maintenance work. read

Police said the plane was targeted with a laser pen near Liverpool at 9.30pm on Wednesday but landed safely. read

Melinda Jackson noticed students fell asleep in her lectures at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and wondered why. Here, she explores the reasons people nod off against their will. read

Our smile can give the impression of sensuality, dominance or success and also spark trust in those around us, according to a group of dentists and scientists. read

May Appleton's house in the Cheshire village of Lostock Gralam is full of hundreds of dolls and teddy bears and neatly packed plastic bags, but she lost a three-year eviction battle last month. read

The pound is at a 13-month low against the Euro, making European holidays pricey. MailOnline Travel has charted the cheapest places to visit instead, including Turkey. read

Whether it's a short flight to Spain or long haul to LA, sleeping on planes is the best way to pass time on flights but many can't relax. MailOnline Travel has compiled a list of hacks to help induce slumber. read

Hedge fund manager Martin Taylor has donated £16,800 to Mr Jarvis. He gave Labour £600,000 under Ed Miliband's leadership. read

Paediatric surgeon Dr Ashish Desai, of King's College Hospital, says fitting a child with a gastric band is cheaper than treating the obesity- related illnesses such as type 2 diabetes. read

Wimbledon Magistrates' Court was told that Lenska had downed a large vodka at lunchtime as she toasted the completion of her fence with Polish builders at her home in Chiswick. read

The Remain campaign wants to tap into the belief voters in their 20s and 30s - the so-called EasyJet generation - are more pro-EU. read

We are drip-fed a diet of horror stories by the scaremongers at Stronger In Europe who now claim the UK will be flooded with thousands more illegal immigrants, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN read

Managers at the Arriba water park in Norderstedt will ban men and teenage boys from using the waterslides at certain times when only women, girls and very young boys will be allowed access. read

The men, thought to be from Afghanistan, are said to have used their smartphones to film the girls at the Sophienhof mall (pictured) in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein state read

Iain Duncan Smith today delivers a devastating attack on the ‘spin, smears and threats’ being deployed by the Government machine to ‘bully’ Britain into remaining inside the EU. read

Hundreds of asylum seekers could be housed for months - if not years - on bases across the country in a desperate attempt to cope with the influx of migrants from the rest of Europe. read

These aerial photographs show a makeshift migrant base in the northern Greek village of Idomeni, near the Macedonian border, where thousands of refugees have set up camp as they try to cross. read

Many asylum seekers are committing copyright infringement without even knowing it to while away the lonely hours in their German shelters, according to computer magazine c't. read

The pair have dragged the dispute through the courts since December, but a source says Madonna may soon agree to let him stay in with Ritchie (pictured) if he makes regular trips back to New York from London. read

A High Court judge in London said it was his 'fervent hope' that the singer and film producer could have discussions and reach an 'amicable resolution' over their son's living arrangements. read

Who can blame poor Rocco for finding his mother’s absurd attention-seeking antics a complete pain in the backside? read

Alice Holloway, who runs the Little Black Pants Club in Brixton, London, has released a lacy black bra and knicker set called 'Alamuddin', Clooney's maiden name before she married husband George. read

The paper was written by a team of researchers, from Huazhong University in China and Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. read

Formula One's Bernie Ecclestone's daughters, Tamara and Petra, have made quite extraordinary choices when it comes to their husbands. How concerned should he be, asks ALISON BOSHOFF. read

Johnson, who was found guilty of sexual activity with a 15-year-old this week, was seen on the yacht with bikini-clad model Julie Hall while on a stag do with teammate Steven Fletcher. read

It is thought Johnson could end up being housed in HMP Frankland, near Durham, which is home to some of the UK's most notorious criminals read

Scott Waring believes an outline of a Boeing 777 can be seen beneath the water off the coast of Cape Town in South Africa. His bizarre theory suggests that the plane survived the crash in one piece. read

The Women's Protection Act, passed by Pakistan's largest province of Punjab last week, gives unprecedented legal protection to women from domestic, psychological and sexual violence. read

The attacks by separatist militant group the Kurdistan Workers Party in the town of Nusaybin near the Syrian border came a day after two women (pictured) opened fire at police in Istanbul. read

EXCLUSIVE: From interplanetary meals to multisensory cooking, London-based chef Heston Blumenthal (right) gives his insight on food for astronauts (Tim Peake pictured left). read

High-speed video footage taken by researchers at Stanford University in California has revealed water lily beetles stay afloat by bouncing across the surface of the water. read

The resort-like home, that's been on the market since 2013, with no takers is now for sale for $45.5 million. read

An inquest at Warrington Town Hall today heard how how several members of Viola Beach suffered 'severe injuries' after their car struck a bridge in Sweden – before it plummeted into a canal. read

Dramatic video footage shows the ferry rolling over in calm waters in Bali Strait between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Java. read

Michael Elijah Adams, 48, claims he has killed some sixteen drifters during his nearly three decades riding trains across America. read

Top of the list was Miderden, Gloucestershire, where the slowest of tests done in the village revealed that it can take up to five days to download a single HD movie on sites like Netflix. read

Jasmin Heaney, 19, from Dublin, Ireland, developed bulimia and anorexia while at school. She shrunk to 6st 7lbs after becoming obsessed with websites that promoted eating disorders. read

Donald Trump assured a national television audience on Thursday night that he's not lacking in the manhood department after defending the size of his hands. read

Sacha Baron Cohen's fictional character Nobby has publicly endorsed Donald Trump for president describing him as the 'ultimate soccer hooligan'. read

Oswaldo Cruz Foundation experts were able to infect Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes with Zika. These are 20 times more common than the Aedes aegypti mosquitos known to transmit Zika. read

Researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Johns Hopkins University in Maryland and the University of California, Berkeley, examined data from studies which tracked people with MS. read

The Britain’s Naughtiest Pet winner is Molly, owned by Paula Sharp, 47, from Northumberland. The cat has racked up a repair bill of more than £2,000 despite being just nine months old. read

How can it be possible for a child — and, make no mistake here, at 15 that's what Annie still is — to be able to hide something as potentially life threatening a bulimia from her parents, asks SHONA SIBARY. read

Leah Marks, 39, from Castle Bromwich in Birmingham, refused to stop for a PCSO when he began to question her after police cameras had shown she was driving without proper coverage. read

Antti Pendikainen, 25, rode his snowmobile off a 1,600ft cliff before leaping off and parachuting to the ground in an extreme stunt. Amazingly the vehicle, which crashed to the ground, continued to work. read

Researchers from the University of Zurich found differences in connectivity between brain regions can predict whether you are an altruist or just plain selfish. Stock image of a good deed is shown. read

There are no character traits that predict true addiction alone - it's due to lifestyle problems, argues Mark Griffiths, Professor of Behavioural Addiction at Nottingham Trent University. read

EXCLUSIVE: A report by Essex-based estate agency easyProperty and The Future Laboratory explores what the future of buying property will be like - and it sounds like playing The Sims game (pictured). read

Stewart Middleton, 25, (pictured) from Powys, Wales, was holidaying with 10 friends and had been staying on the party paradise island of Koh Phangan. read

The youngster and four others - including his brother and mother - drowned last year when their boat capsized during the ill-fated journey from Bodrum to the Greek island of Kos. read

Former party girl Caitlin Silcox, 24, from Llanelli, South Wales spends £30K a year on Botox, training and bikinis to pursue her fitness modelling dream - but luckily her parents are wiling to fork out. read

Bear Grylls: Mission Survive saw seven celebrities dropped in the South African rainforest. In the first episode on ITV last night, they drank their own urine in 'nauseous' scenes. read

Jeremy Clarkson, 55, was behind the wheel of the souped-up car as it cruised up and down the high street of quiet Cobham, Surrey. read

A homeless woman raised the alarm after she found the victim's severed leg in a rubbish bin in Russia.The victim is thought to be a 32-year-old woman, named only as Natalya (pictured). read

Football-mad Harley Adams from Reading, Berkshire, has been filmed reeling off a host of top-flight stars, as well as recalling the numbers of less well-known players. read

A deep network of underground tunnels have been uncovered in Iraq, revealing how ISIS have been carefully maintaining escape routes for its fighters as they try to avoid coalition airstrikes. read

The Whiskey Tango Foxtrot star (right) went on to say that she didn't mind Leonardo DiCaprio's (left) climate change spiel because 'he's so smart and his speech was cogent'. read

All of the couple's six daughters from previous relationships will be bridesmaids at the ceremony in Fleet Street's St Bride's Church. read

A researcher studying chimpanzees in the savannahs of the Republic of Guinea believes 'we found the first evidence of chimpanzees creating a kind of shrine that could indicate sacred trees'. read

Boris the St Bernard is to have his ears cut off after they were turned into a mass of scar tissue caused by repetitive attacks from the other dogs he was forced to live with, in a cramped garden in Kent. read

Well-placed sources say Chancellor George Osborne will reluctantly drop plans to introduce a flat rate of tax relief, which would have penalised the better off and raised billions for the Treasury read

The Prime Minister took part in the call alongside French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian PM Matteo Renzi. read

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin studied the skull of a 60-million-year-old penguin. The study found that penguins' brains did not change immediately when they stopped flying. read

A Pakistani man was sentenced to 13 years in prison Thursday for allegedly posting religiously offensive material on his Facebook page, lawyers in the case said. read

Jenny Thomas (right), 40, from Rochester, New York, is reunited with her mother Nita Valdez (inset) on the TLC series, Long Lost Family, which helps people find their biological family members. read

Jason Lawrance (pictured), from Liphook, Hampshire, raped five women whom he met on the dating site and was allowed to continue using the site as a hunting ground for future victims read

Lauren Blaxill, 15, and her younger sister Jessica, 12 were punished, along with 54 others, by teachers at Peele Community College in Spalding, Lincolnshire. read

An English boy has mastered the bizarre trick of snorting water up his nose and forcing it out his eyes, giving the appearance of tears. Online commentators have mocked the youth. read

Gwen Webber, 54, from Wellingborough, says that after four marriages and six children, she is finally learning to live her life - but would not rule out a fifth marriage to her younger boyfriend. read

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered the country's nuclear weapons to be made ready for use at a moment's notice on Friday. read

After electrical failures across every province in the Syrian capital Damascus (pictured), the country's electricity minister said five of its 13 main power stations have been damaged read

A video showing the reaction a group of young black British men got in China has gone viral. The footage shows dozens of curious Chinese people circle round the group, taking pictures and videos. read

The television hunk, 32, was back in his period costume with actress Eleanor, as on-screen wife Demelza Poldark, when they captured new parts of the drama in a windy Cornwall. read

Simon, 59, died of colon cancer at the age of 59 in March 2015. Makeup artist Kate Porter, his girlfriend of three years, says Simon promised her $5m as long as she stopped working. read

Scientists from Johns Hopkins University discovered that modifying a key protein to boost the amount of time it spends in the body, allows it to kill off damaging cells in the liver - and save healthy cells. read

Scientists at Duke University analyzed the blood samples of an HIV positive individual in Africa over six years, and found ways in which rare and potent antibodies develop. The finding could help form a vaccine, they say. read

Scientists at the University of Houston found children who snacked on peanut butter or peanuts regularly after school lost weight, because they were less likely to gorge on unhealthy alternatives. read

A study by researchers from Massachusetts, USA, of hundreds of women has revealed that those who avoided the sun’s rays looked up to 20 years younger than they actually are. read

Heather McGillion, 24, from Renfrewshire, Scotland, discovered her partner Adonis had married another woman in the Dominican Republic while they she was giving birth to their baby. read

Alan Holyoak, 56, came across the stranded shark when he was out for a morning walk with his wife Kathrine at the beach in Seaside, Oregon. He picked it up and released it back into the water. read

The generous act came after a disastrous incident in 2014 for the former Labour leader when he gave a homeless woman in Manchester a two pence piece. read

The flagship resort - which has been proposed for Iiwa, in the United Arab Emirates, would include crop irrigation, fish farming, recreational activities, and a natural habitat for various wildlife. read

Despite high scores for on-time performance, UK-based airlines easyJet and Virgin Atlantic ranked second and third last, respectively, in a new study of 34 carriers. read

A host of supermodels took to the runway for the Balmain presentation including Jourdan Dunn, Lily Donaldson, Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid and Karlie Kloss at Paris Fashion Week. read

Andreja Pejic, who is transgender, wasn’t the only model chosen not just for her beauty, but for her PC credentials, to showcase H&M's winter collection during Paris Fashion Week. read

Prince Harry’s former girlfriend makes her television debut on Sunday with a role in ITV’s Doctor Thorne, a three-part drama based on the 1858 novel by Anthony Trollope. read

The Swedish royal, 38, was making her final public appearance before the birth. Her bump was seen making a visible kicking movement on live TV. Her baby son was delivered on Tuesday. read

As part of the project for Google's Cultural Institute, the tech giant worked with St Paul's Cathedral in London to capture detailed views of the historic building (close-up of the Quire Ceiling shown). read

Veteran actor Brian Blessed, who collapsed on stage in Guildford, Surrey, last year, asked doctors to fit him with the penis of a '20-year-old' after getting a £27,000 pacemaker fitted for his heart. read

The winner, who has chosen not to be named, landed the windfall in a draw in February. They have now become the second Briton to scoop the EuroMillions this year. read

On-device encryption allows the user to protect the device, with a password or other means, from thieves or others seeking access to the data on the gadget. read

Apple's plans to bring new OLED screen to its iPhone could see the first handsets using the battery boosting technology revealed a year earlier than expected in 2017, it has been claimed. read

The BBC is lavishing an extra £200,000 on every episode of Top Gear as bosses panic over the series failing with sources claiming the budget has ‘ballooned’ by nearly 50 per cent. read

The BBC's newly revamped Top Gear show, which will be presented by veteran Chris Evans and former Friends actor Matt LeBlanc (both pictured), could soon be streamed on Netflix. read

Sara Worrall, 25, from Wigan, was abused both physically and mentally by Gordon Heaton, 73, who told her she was to blame for her grandmother’s death because she wanted the assault to stop. read

Patricia Thomas, shown, collapsed having taken miconazole gel, after her dentist failed to flag up she was already prescribed the blood-thinning drug warfarin, a combination of which can be deadly. read

Many praised the new Ghostbusters film's hilarious trailer, but some have complained that the film is falling back on racial stereotypes. read

Blind or partially sighted British owners have been left shaken up and sometimes hurt, a study warns. On average, 11 guide dogs were mauled each month in 2015, up from three a month in 2010. read

Martin Crowe, the New Zealand cricket legend, turned to liquid marijuana as he battled lymphoma according to a close friend. Crowe refused a second bout of chemotherapy before his death. read

Kühne + Nagel, recently valued at £12.8 billion, is the world's leading transport company - but has been accused of working as a 'grave robber' for Nazi Germany during the Second World War. read

The aircraft was flying from Barcelona to Paris on February 19 and was flying at 5,500ft when the co-pilot saw the drone hovering just five metres from the plane's left wing. read

Can haute couture red carpet looks, which cost thousands of pounds, work off the red carpet? Here, FEMAIL writer Emily Hodgkin, 24, tries three outfits from the Oscars 2016 on for size. read

His mission was to modernise schools and he made education key to his policies, but by the time Tony Blair left office standards at schools across the UK were worse. read

The enchanting La Grotte de St Marcel d’Ardèche in France was first discovered in 1836 and guests can now explore the 1,968-ft-long network and its fascinating pools. read

A pride of lions who live with lion whisperer Kevin Richardson on a wildlife sanctuary in Pretoria are the unlikely stars of a glossy advertising campaign with a conservation message. read

The effect was most noticeable in women because men eat much less yogurt, the Boston University School of Medicine researchers said. read

The Revenant director Alejandro González Inarritu has furiously denied claims he did not clap when costume designer Jenny Beavan won an Oscar. read

A doctoral student who researches New York City rats found his biggest-ever catch, weighing almost one and a half pounds. The city's even meatier rats could weigh over 1.7 pounds. read

Liel Ainmar Assayag from Alberta, Canada has an adopted cat named Panda, who liked to cuddle on her belly when she was pregnant. Now, she likes to cuddle with Liel's son Sean. read

The unnamed girl, who was wearing denim shorts and a long-sleeved patterned T-shirt, can be seen being held up by two friends as she screams and squirms. It is not known where she is from. read

It is nigh-on impossible, but see if you can spot the male lion lion hiding somewhere in this picture, taken on the Serengeti Plains, a national park in northern Kenya. read

Results gathered by researchers in Rurh and VIenna found birds, particularly corvids and parrots have sophisticated thinking skills on a par with apes. read

A 17th century French token has UFO hunters claiming 'absolute proof' of UFO sightings hundreds of years ago. Ancient jeton depicts unusual entity that bears semblance to flying saucer. read

Nine in ten sunshine Easter holidays are likely to be more expensive this year following the slump in the value of the pound, research published by M&S Bank on Friday has suggested. read

According to the study of 2,000 Brits, other major moments in our lives include being the most content in our relationship at the age of 40 and earning our dream salary at 42. read

Angela Buza, a manager of a McDonald's chain southeast of Melbourne, slipped and fell onto an open bucket of boiling deep fryer oil on November 12, causing severe burns and pain. read

Images of the pet posing with its hands in the air were posted on Imgur and have been viewed more than 330,000 times. Now the pet dubbed 'GoalKitty' even has its own Instagram account. read

The 295ft Moonstone concept yacht, designed by a team in the Netherlands, boasts an infinity pool, hot tub, cinema, gym and spa, and storage space for a mini-submarine. read

Tariq Javed (pictured) appeared at Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester on Monday morning. In the afternoon court reconvened again, but Javed was nowhere to be seen. read

The settlement comes two and a half years after the Daily Mail revealed how First Officer Simon Wood (pictured), 54, had molested scores of young girls on overseas stopovers in Africa read

Ann Walters, 61, (pictured), phoned for a doctor to attend her Hampshire home in December 2014. An ambulance was sent but called off as it was nearing her house. read

The Financial Conduct Authority found some people were trapped in plans with sky-high charges of more than seven per cent a year which were destroying the value of their funds read

Michael Taylor, 24, from Newcastle upon Tyne, decided he wanted to lose weight when he was struggling to fit into his jeans, so he downloaded a fitness guide and lost two stone in 12 weeks. read

Using the hashtag #NoFOMO - or, no fear of missing out - women across the country are sharing images of themselves in their swimwear to celebrate unique body shapes. read

According to astronomer Xavier Jubier, 'the greatest point of eclipse lies in the middle of the Pacific Ocean east of Indonesia'. The eclipse takes place on March 8 and 9. read

Kathryn Smith, 23, and former partner Matthew Rigby,22, are accused of killing Ayeeshia Jane Smith by stamping her to death, causing a heart laceration that triggered a cardiac arrest. read

The 65-year-old was on a 295 bus in Wandsworth when the attack happened. He was sitting at the back of the bus when the suspect went over to him and swiped the money. read

Researchers in Australia have found fruit flies' offspring can be influenced by DNA from previous mates and believe the same process could be possible in humans. read

The Rugby Football Union - which has Prince Harry as a patron (left) - and the Football Association, which has Prince William (right), both said that they had no plans for change from God Save The Queen. read

Female thief, Tugce, posed as a cashier in an understaffed Istanbul supermarket, stocking shelves and working at the till, before pocketing £436 and making a dash for it after four hours of work. read

It's safe to say that no one is brown-bagging it at these companies. Dropbox's cafeteria offers several cuisines and desserts dreamed up by a pastry chef who used to work at Le Bernadin. read

Fashion maverick Rick Owens sent models down the catwalk in loose neutral colours, comfy flat shoes, minimal make-up and giant structures made from loose meshes of hair in Paris today. read

Most hospitals in China require patients to purchase registration tickets to see a doctor or receive treatment but the system is widely abused. read

David Moores, 69,was assaulted by two masked men last night who forced their way into his home in Halsall, Lancashire, and demanded cash, watches and jewellery. read

Farouk James, from London, began his modelling career before he even turned one and now has 68,000 people gripped on Instagram with his antics and gravity-defying mop. read

Doctors in China had to remove a six inch metal wire from 36-year-old Mr Qi's stomach after he swallowed it on March 2 and then refused to go to hospital in the Songjiang District of Shanghai. read

Psychology researcher and former music student at the Queensland University of Technology, Kristi Grieg, hopes to write a song with the potential to help women resist the urge to smoke cigarettes. read

The rare 'super bloom' of wildflowers in Death Valley National Park, California, happens about once every decade after October rainstorms woke millions of dormant flower seeds. read

Airplane maker Boeing has unveiled its protoype of a self-cleaning airplane bathroom. The system uses ultra violet lights to kill 99.9 percent of the pathogens and has added hands-free devices. read

Daizu the chihuahua offers his biscuit to a wailing baby and every time the mum tries to feed him the treat he gives it to the boy. Daizu was maltreated in early life and hates to see others unhappy. read

Phil Hannam, 56, can be seen stumbling down a hill, believed to be in West Yorkshire, in the clip with his face and jacket covered in dark mud. The video has been shared nearly 20,000 times. read

Daniel Cupples, from British Columbia, Canada, was sent on a treasure hunt by girlfriend KD Fraser, without realising that the final clue would lead him to her going down on bended knee. read

Twenty-four innovative ideas are in the running for Crystal Cabin Awards - considered the Oscars of aircraft cabin design - including plush first class seats and revolutionary digital touchscreens. read

An extreme skateboarder has set a new Guinness World Record with NEXTBoard, a modified electric longboard. Mischo Erban hit nearly 60 miles per hour on flat ground at an airport in Slovenia. read

Jeanne Heintz, 91, has been going to Springsteen shows since 1988. She was first pulled up on stage in 2009 (inset), and on Monday night in St Paul, Minnesota, the singer did it again. read

Video footage shows Alyona Mikhaylenko, 26, careering into one car after another while she talked on her mobile phone in south-western Russia's Kuban Krai region. read

This is the moment a cat used a masterful fence leap to escape two dogs during a backyard chase that appears to have take place in the U.S. read

This is according to Nasa's New Horizons team who has discovered a chain of exotic snowcapped mountains stretching across the dark expanse on Pluto informally named Cthulhu region. read

Scientists pushed the Hubble Space Telescope to its limits to confirm that the galaxy is 13.4 billion light years away, the most distant and oldest object known in the universe. read

The abuse was caught on camera by 16-year-old Tiegan Oates, who watched the horrific scene unfold from her aunt's second-floor bedroom window across the road in Sheffield. read

A hilarious video posted by Ontario-based Instagram user robinsmall shows a massive iguana as it sizes up its inanimate counterpart, and goes in for a vicious attack. read

'Well my my doesn't think tackling should be allowed - so she lent me her Taser.' read

Made up up 2,000 individual images electronically stitched together, if printed out at a standard photo resolution of 300DPI, it would be 18 meters or 57 feet wide, and 9 meters / 28 feet tall. read