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Cheltenham Festival guest Samir Carruthers appears to relieve himself into a glass

The disgusting acts were caught on camera (pictured) as the deplorably behaved VIP group brought the opening day at Cheltenham's regal festivities to a loutish, booze-fuelled conclusion. read


Rebecca Adlington splits from her husband after just 18 months of marriage

Rebecca Adlington (left and inset with husband and daughter Summer), 27, has announced her split with fellow swimmer Harry Needs (left) but says they remain on 'amicable terms'. read


Incontinence surgery that's wrecked thousands of woman's lives

Karen Griffiths, 51, from Surrey, needed further surgery to partially remove the mesh and repair the damage. She wants the procedure - which is already banned in Scotland - to be stopped. read


Luke Grender whose sister was raped and killed is now jailed for three years for rape

Luke Grender (pictured) was spared jail in January despite raping a schoolgirl three times. The judge at the time said the impact of his sister's horrific death four years earlier had 'twisted' his thinking. read


Video captures Newcastle yobs trying to steal a motorcycle from a rider

Footage captured by motorcyclist Daniel James MacArthur shows him pulling over to move the bike from the three-lane road in Newcastle, fearing it might cause a major accident. read


Non-smoking mother forced to pay a £650 fine for dropping cigarette

Emma Caresimo, 40, form Newport in South Wales, was shocked when a bailiff arrived at her door and threatened to take her car over an alleged unpaid fine for dropping a cigarette in Wigan. read


Superfood broccoli is just as nutritious as kale but half the price

EXCLUSIVE: Karishma Palsetia, a nutritionist based in London, says we should be celebrating everyday foods that are cheaper and easier to get hold of - and just as nutritious. read


Morgan Huelin killed by drugs cocktail at house party 'dumped by friends'

Morgan Huelin, 16, died after taking at least four different drugs at a house party on Jersey, in the Channel Islands, where he was a pupil at the £4,800-a-year Victoria College. read


Are make-up CRAYONS the secret to getting out the door faster in the morning?

Foundation, blush, eye-shadow, face oil...there's a crayon for everything! The on-the-go beauty trend promises to simplify make-up application. FEMAIL puts the convenience claims to the test. read


What the Bridget Jones film gang are up to 15 years on revealed

Shirley Henderson, who played softly-spoken Jude in the Bridget Jones films, will terrify millions in her role as Frances Drummond, in the BBC series. But where are the rest of the cast now? read


Adam Johnson's ex-girlfriend BACKS his fight to appeal against child sex conviction

Stacey Flounders, 25, posted a message of support on the Adam Johnson's Appeal Fight Facebook page, asking people to keep supporting the shamed former Sunderland footballer. read


Kian Hamer becomes one of Mensa's youngest ever members after scoring IQ of 162

Kian Hamer, pictured, from Coventry, West Midlands, scored the maximum 162 score on the Cattell III B IQ test after completing the examination at Woodlands Academy school along with his classmates. read


Trump romps home in Florida on Super Tuesday Three

Trump added 99 delegates to his Republican National Convention total on Tuesday night with a victory in Florida's Republican primary election. read


Instagram scraps chronological timeline to show images based on your interests first

The site said that users globally will begin to notice the new feed in the coming months, but has yet to reveal how its algorithm chooses the images it think you care about most. read


Victoria Beckham is selling her special edition Range Rover Evoque

The 41-year-old fashionista is selling her own special edition vehicle after driving it just 1,400 miles in over three years. read


Police are investigating claims woman was 'force-fed while unconscious' at Darnton House

Within six days of arriving at Darnton House, Greater Manchester, Pat Crosby was found by her daughter lying unconscious and badly dehydrated in a soiled bed, with medicines strewn around. read


The secret lives of Brazil's sex workers

In a hard-hitting new series for BBC Three, Stacey Dooley travels to Turkey, Russia and Brazil to uncover shocking stories about attitudes towards sex and prostitution. read


Britain is set to deploy 1,000 troops to help the fight against ISIS in Libya

The new Libya unity government told MPs on a visit to the country at the weekend that one of its first acts will be to accept the UK Government's offer to send in troops to help its fight against ISIS. read


How ISIS is going against Islam's teachings

Dr Craig Considine, a Professor at Rice University in Texas, said the texts could be viewed 'as a kind of medicine to cure the diseases of Islamic extremism and Islamophobia'. read


Well that didn't last long: Russia pounds jihadis with airstrikes just hours after Putin ordered military withdrawal from Syria and vowing to act as peacemaker

Russian helicopters targeted positions around the ancient city of Palmyra as Syrian troops pressed a ground advance. read


Chechnya preacher sent Muslim father to his death fighting jihad then married widow 

An imam based in Austria urged a young man to join ISIS, file photograph, in Syria so he would be able to marry the man's soon-to-be widow, a court in the southern town of Graz has heard. read


'Lame' Crufts dog should've been disqualified, says RSPCA

German shepherd Cruaghaire Catoria – known as Tori – won a Best in Breed at Crufts title despite having a curved back and struggling to walk properly. read


Fur, frocks and fascinators: Race-goers sport some VERY short skirts on a gloomy spring day at Cheltenham Festival

Racegoers have descended upon Cheltenham Festival, donning their best tweeds and furs as they wrapped up against the March chill - but not everyone was sensibly dressed. read


Western drug companies carried out tests on East German patients during the Cold War

At least 900 medical experiments were conducted in the former German Democratic Republic between 1961 and 1989 using drugs developed by Western pharmaceutical firms. read


Ellie Goulding surprises fan as she stops by her busking session in video

She's currently travelling around the world performing hits from her latest album, Delirium. read


Male victims of sexual harassment share their stories on Reddit

Hundreds of men have taken to Reddit to reveal their chilling tales of sexual harassment - often at the hands of women -that took place everywhere from bars and clubs to the office. read


Happy Valley star Sarah Lancashire reveals she's battled depression since she was 17

Sarah has told The Sun that depression threatened to end her career in its early stages, as she struggled to make it to auditions while in the grip of the illness. read


Starting statins EARLIER 'could prevent thousands of fatal heart attacks'

Experts from McGill University Health Centre revealed prescribing statins to younger people with high cholesterol levels would prevent 266,000 heart attacks and strokes over 10 years. read


Mass grave uncovered in Spain as exhumations reveal bodies of more than 100 people

The human remains were unearthed after an excavation at the San Roque cemetery in Puerto Real, near Cadiz, in south west Spain. read


Has Google Maps revealed a 30-meter 'Millennium Falcon' UFO inside Area 51?

A Martian researcher discovered a 30-meter UFO in 2010 using Google Maps. Using a method to 'turn back time' on the platform, he shows users how to locate the larger saucer near Area 51. read


PIERS MORGAN: Prince Harry, If you are thinking about going to Yale, you must be nuts

Dear Prince Harry, I hear you may be considering attending Yale University to study law. read


Prince Harry going to study law at Yale University rumours sparks 'big buzz' on campus

Yale University in Connecticut has been flooded with rumours Prince Harry is planning to enrol as a student at its prestigious Ivy League law school. read


Josef Fritzl has his teeth knocked out and a dating profile set up while in jail

The 80-year-old, who is in jail in Lower Austria, is also understood to have had his teeth knocked out after being attacked by inmates who were repulsed by his sickening crimes. read


West Molesey antiques dealer Robyn Mercer is found battered to death in Surrey

Robyn Mercer was found in the front garden of her £850,000 home in West Molesey, Surrey, at 8am with gruesome head injuries. A man, believed to be known to her, has been arrested. read


Angelina Jolie braves torrential rain at Lebanon refugee camp

The Hollywood actress and special envoy for the U.N.'s refugee agency spoke during a visit to a refugee camp, in Zahleh, Lebanon's Bekaa Valley where hundreds of thousands of Syrians live. read


George Clooney slams America's failure to tackle migrant crisis after listening to refugees' plight

On the fifth anniversary of the Syrian revolution, George and Amal Clooney have drawn on their migrant roots in discussing the mass crisis after hearing the testimonies of several Syrian migrants. read


Angela Merkel's own CDU MP accuses her of acting like a dictator over refugees

Pressure is growing on the chancellor after her Christian Democrats suffered humiliating losses in regional elections in Germany with many blaming her policy on migration. read


EU leaders in Brussels are to blame for migrant influx claims Hungary's prime minister

Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orban said that 'the time has come to ring the alarm bells and gather allies' to reject the alleged Brussels scheme. read


Syria refugees fear never-ending exile in sprawling Jordan camp which is so big that the 80,000 residents now have addresses for their make-shift homes

The Zaatari camp, near Syria's southern border with Jordan, has been transformed into an organised community since its chaotic beginnings in 2012. read


Migrant map to Europe: The leaflet in Arabic that sparked exodus of 2,000 migrants from squalid camp across a raging river into Macedonia - where they were told 'buses are waiting' to take them to Germany

The piece of paper gives instructions in Arabic on how to make it from Greece to Macedonia, pinpointing where there would be no barbed wire fence, and handed out to residents in Idomeni camp. read


Interactive Budget map reveals the top-searched issues across Britain

An analysis of the most searched Budget topics over the past year reveal that tax credits, pensions and the NHS are the issues people care about the most across the United Kingdom. read


George Osborne warned over Budget by Robert Halfon to NOT hike fuel duty

Tory MP Robert Halfon (right), the consumer rights champion promoted to the Cabinet last year, is understood to have privately lobbied Osborne (left) not to rise fuel duty for the first time in five years. read


George Osborne promises the Budget 2016 will offer 'long term solutions'

The Chancellor today said his plans would include support for the High Speed 3 railway linking Manchester and Leeds, and Crossrail 2, a new north-south link across London. read


ICM poll suggesting Labour and Conservatives were level described as 'rogue'

In a ‘stunning’ finding, ICM said a Labour surge in the last month had seen the two parties draw level on 36 points each for the first time since Jeremy Corbyn became leader last September. read


Prince William rushes off accusations that he's workshy in TV interview

Speaking to ITV's Mark Austin, William, 33, told of his attempts to rid his family's homes of ivory because he doesn't consider it 'very cool'. read


EU gravy train exposed as £17m of taxpayers cash is spent on jollies to Europe

British MEPs handed thousands of pounds to visit Parliament's buildings in Brussels and Strasbourg that also double as short-breaks to enjoy Christmas markets or to sample Belgian beer. read


First Dates maitre d' Fred Sirieix on becoming an unlikely TV star

The smooth-talking maître d' has become the star of popular TV dating series with his words of wisdom on love, but the 43-year-old has admitted he was initially reluctant to sign up for the show. read


Video shows how It's Fresh! filter stops your fruit from going off

In the video, two punnets of strawberries are placed on the shelf of a fridge, one with a filter from Milton Keynes-based It's Fresh! attached, and one without (pictured). read


Married doctor Rupert Pemsel was blackmailed after booking prostitute for sex

Trainee anaesthetist Dr Rupert Pemsel, 32, had sex with the woman in a side room after texting her before he started work at the Princess Anne Hospital in Southampton saying: 'This is naughty on my part so discretion would really be appreciated.' read


Mother-of-two convinced she had early stages of dementia threw herself under train after writing to friends and family to apologise for her suicide

Anna Masson, 67, died in November last year after jumping under the train at Micheldever Station in Hampshire, an inquest has heard. read


Malaika Adam who died from sepsis could have survived if she had not been failed

Malaika Adam was diagnosed with a stomach bug rather than a burst appendix when her mother Donna Howe, 38, took her to an out-of-hours doctor at Thurrock Hospital, Essex. She died the next day. read


Well that must be awkward! Chinese woman shares pictures of her VERY youthful looking 47-year-old mother and father who she says people mistake for her boyfriend and sister

A family from Chengdu city in Sichuan Province, China, have taken the internet by storm for having an ageless appearance after pictures of them were recently shared online. read


Anastasia James 'killed daughter and son's girlfriend in car crash after smoking cannabis'

Anastasia James, 37, hit a tree in Leicestershire after allegedly taking the ‘unforgivable’ decision to smoke cannabis either during a journey home from a child's birthday party or before she set off. read


Animation shows RAF and US Air Force bombing in World War Two

The animation was created by researchers from the Imperial War Museum in order to mark the re-opening of the American Air Museum in Duxford, Cambridgeshire. read


Jeremy Kyle guest trips over his own leg as he launches himself at his ex

Carlos, from Birmingham, came on Jeremy Kyle for a DNA test after Katrina said he was the possible father of her five-week old baby. Carlos ran on-stage to confront her and tripped over his own leg. read


LAPD 'refutes' claim that knife found buried on O.J. Simpson's estate 'does not contain DNA-matches or links to 1994 murders'

A spokesman for the LAPD has refuted claims that a knife found on the former Los Angeles estate of O.J Simpson does not contain evidence linking him to murder, according to reports. read


Amankou Ndoli, the mastermind behind 225 sham weddings and £2.8million benefits scam

Amankou Ndoli (left, with accomplice Mahamoud Simakan) arranged 225 sham marriages to allow migrants to receive certificates recognised in the UK at an 'incalculable' cost to the British taxpayer read


EU referendum could be DELAYED as British expats launch legal bid over overseas voting bar

Harry Shindler, a 94-year-old Second World War veteran, is among expatriates who have submitted a judicial review over the decision to bar UK citizens living in other EU countries from voting. read


Brexit has the edge in EU Referendum battle because its voters more likely to vote

Sir Lynton Crosby, who steered the Conservatives to election victory last year, said the Leave campaign were ahead in the most recent poll and added turn out data suggested a bigger lead. read


The EU referendum ballot paper is more biased than one produced by Adolf HITLER

Dirk Hazell, leader of the 4 Freedoms Party, claimed the ballot which millions of voters will receive on June 23 was even worse than one created by Adolf Hitler in 1938, pictured. read


Peter Mandelson denies he ever supported British membership of the euro

The Labour peer's claim comes after Boris Johnson and others insisted many who support continued British membership of the EU had been wrong on the single currency a decade ago and were wrong now. read


Brexit campaigners hail decision by cosmetics firm Avon to relocate to the UK

Campaigners supporting Britain's exit from the EU said the announcement 'flies in the face' of David Cameron's 'Armageddon' warnings of leaving the Brussels club. read


Boris Johnson blasts David Cameron for running a 'scare story' over Brexit campaign

At his own event today Mr Cameron accused Mr Johnson and the Brexit camp of 'literally making it up as they go along' at a speech in Felixstowe. read


Marlon Brando and James Dean had 'secret master and slave S&M relationship'

James Dean and Marlon Brando had a secret sadomasochistic relationship fueled by the Godfather star's ego and insatiable desire for control, a new book claims. read


Images reveal natural microscopic motors used by bacteria to move through your body

Nanoscopic 3D imaging has revealed how different bacteria have different tiny propeller motors. Experts say they could lead to new treatments that attack the motors. read


Women who have more than one C-section 'DON'T harm their babies' health 

The finding is important because it had been feared that Caesarean sections raised the risk of a host of health problems, including obesity and asthma, Aberdeen University experts said. read


Why men spend a fortune on engagement rings: Researchers say 'love causes us to abandon budgets'

A new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder reveals people are less likely to make cost-saving decisions when purchasing sentimental objects for loved ones. read


YouTube started life as a dating app, says co-founder Steve Chen

Steve Chen, speaking at the South by Southwest in Austin to launch his news food video site Nom, said it was conceived on Valentine's day - but five days later, had not attracted a single user. read


The formula for the perfect free kick: Ball's radius and its distance from goal can be used to guarantee you'll score every time

Scientists from Leicester University developed the formula to predict how far a ball will bend when spin is applied. Cristiano Ronaldo is pictured taking a free kick. read


Fly south for the winter? What a load of old RUBBISH! Storks ditch wintering grounds in favour of easy pickings at landfill sites

Biologists at the University of East Anglia said that landfill sites enable the birds to nest throughout the year, which is a new behaviour. read


London School of Economics Islamic Society holds segregated dinner with a curtain across the room to separate male and female students

Muslim students from the London School of Economics had to buy separate tickets to the society's annual dinner depending on whether they were a 'brother' or a 'sister'. There is no suggestion that anyone attending the event was an extremist. read


Sony's PlayStation VR to undercut Oculus and HTC

The $399 (£349) headset will go on sale in October, the firm said at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. It works in tandem with the PlayStation 4 console. read


Have scientists found a cure for the leading cause of blindness?

So far one patient has undergone the procedure, developed at University College London, to correct macular degeneration. The operation involves inserting a patch of stem cells into the patient's retina. read


Mother who lost her children in a custody battle killed herself before Christmas

Jessica Linehan, from Kent, hanged herself in her father Charles’s home just because she was unable to see her son and daughter - who were in Zambia with their father, an inquest heard read


Sex, smoking and drinking plummet in teens with 25% of girls on a diet

Teenage girls were much more likely than boys to be stressed and depressed, with half experiencing multiple health complaints at least once a week, a study by the World Health Organisation found. read


Maria Sharapova's first coach Robert Lansdorp says she would never cheat

Robert Lansdorp first coached Sharapova when she was 11 and was at her side until she was 19. He tells Daily Mail Online she is the victim of a witch-hunt by doping authorities and would never cheat. read


Maria Sharapova suspended from UN role after positive meldonium test

Sharapova had worked with the UN Development Programme, which focuses on dealing with poverty and inequality, for nine years prior to the organisation's decision to end to their relationship. read


Viola Beach police 'ignored' emergency calls after band fell from Swedish bridge

MailOnline can today reveal the fullest account so far of the horrific incident that killed all four members of the band and their manager when their car plunged 82ft from a bridge in Sodertalje. read


Vladimir Putin is like 'a man who beats his wife', says Philip Hammond

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond suggested Russia had bombed civilians and hospitals during its five-month campaign in the war-torn country. read


easyJet passenger escorted from aircraft after police find knife in hand luggage

The unnamed man was escorted from a Toulouse-Blagnac to Bristol flight on Friday March 11 after officers boarded and found a 6cm ‘butterfly’ knife in his possession. read


Parents of meningitis toddler faye burdett say they were 'pushed aside'

Two-year-old Faye Burdett's parents spoke to MPs today after shocking images of the tragic toddler helped the petition become the most signed in Downing Street history. read


Blood test could detect 'multiple diseases' including cancer, MS and diabetes

Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have hailed the new test a 'breakthrough with huge potential', though they stressed it will not be available to use on humans in the near future. read


Terror in Berlin as driver dies after 'explosive device' blows up his car

A picture posted by Berlin police on Twitter showed the wreckage of a silver VW Passat station wagon on the street, its windows blown out and its front end smashed in the western district of Charlottenburg. read


Sylvio Berlusconi sparks outrage after claiming Rome mayor job is 'not for mums'

'It's clear to everybody that a mother can't do that job,' said Berlusconi (right), in what was seen as a reference to the favourite candidate, Giorgia Meloni (left), who announced her pregnancy recently read


Can YOU tell which face is made up with £220 of cosmetics?

Rebecca Cox, 29, from Reading, created a full face of make-up including smoky eyes, deep pink lips, strong brows and cat eyeliner for two different budgets and was surprised by the results. read


Adam Johnson's ex-Sunderland teammate Cabral faces rape trial in Newcastle

Cabral - real name Adilson Tavares Varela - allegedly attacked his victim on January 25 last year. The 27-year-old has since left the North East club. read


Newcastle thief is captured on CCTV using small girl to distract jeweller

The man was caught on CCTV reaching over a shop assistant in David Hall Goldsmith's in Newcastle last July to pocket a £1,500 diamond ring while a young girl watched on. read


Paramount suing as they say 'Star Trek' fan film's Klingon violates copyright

Kickstarter-funded company, Axanar Productions, raised more than $1 million to produce their fanboy film which is set 21 years before the events of the original Star Trek series. read


Driver finds herself in a stick situation! Motorist returns to her parked car only to discover she can not open the doors because pranksters have superglued them shut 

The unnamed woman's car was attacked after she parked it in Plymouth on Saturday afternoon. Police have described the incident as a 'pointless crime against a lovely woman.' read


Fareham care worker ‘punched a frail dementia patient twice in the chest'

Lynette Brayley (pictured outside court today), 57, lost her temper with John Willis' - who can only communicate using facial expressions - at Ranvilles Nursing Home in Fareham, Hampshire. read


Jeremy Clarkson boasts of easy life as he films with his former Top Gear co-stars

Jeremy Clarkson shared pictures of himself, Richard Hammond and James May filming their new Amazon Prime show. read


Autistic girl Iris Grace Halmshaw paints, cycles and SWIMS with her tabby cat friend

Iris Grace Halmshaw, six, from Leicestershire, and her Maine coon cat Thula are inseparable and the affectionate moggy has helped the little girl to overcome her fear of water and even talk. read


Duchess of Cornwall and Charles meet Croatian women in eye-catching dress on day two of their Balkans tour

The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall were seen enjoying several alcoholic drinks on day two of their tour of the Balkans as they attended the Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival in Trvda, Osijek. read


Dudley locals fear they will become a laughing stock over Ferris wheel

The wheel, which was put up over the weekend, costs £4.50 a ride and promises a birds eye view of the West Midlands town but residents have labelled it the 'worst attraction in Britain'. read


CBBC's new logo is ridiculed by parents after channel's re-launch

The BBC relaunched its popular CBBC channel yesterday but the station's new logo didn't go down well. Parents and teenagers both expressed their dislike of the colourful new design. read


Jeremy Corbyn involved in Labour Anti-Semitic race row

Vicki Kirby was suspended in 2014, when she was the party’s Woking candidate, after describing Israel as ‘evil’. Her re-admittance emerged minutes after Corbyn condemned anti-Semitic abuse. read


Labour peer Denis Healey's former home that he bought for £63k goes on sale for £1.9m

The late Lord Healey's opulent, eight-acre country home situated in the picturesque village of Alfriston in East Sussex, has been put on the market for a staggering £1.9million. read


Darren Pidgeon left with severe burns to his face after being 'sprayed with acid'

Ashley Russell, 30, and Christina Storey, 32, each deny throwing a corrosive fluid at Darren Pidgeon (pictured), who required skin grafts after the ‘extreme’ acid attack in Thundersley, Essex. read


Video shows baby's buggy being pulled along by an eager pack of puppies

The 30-second clip shows the buggy being pulled along by a pack of puppies as they faithfully follow their master, believed to be the child's father, along a road somewhere in China. read


British academic arrested in Turkey for ‘making terrorist propaganda

Christ Stephenson, a computer science lecturer at Istanbul's Bilgi University, was held after he went to the city's police department in a show of support for three Turkish academics. read


Inside the jail Anders Breivik moans is 'cruel' and breaches HIS human rights

Photographs taken inside killer Anders Breivik's prison in Norway show spotless, well-maintained rooms, which are more than adequate for killer many argue should never be released. read


Cat uses a dryer as a treadmill after watching hamster run around on its wheel

An adorable video of a cat using a hamster wheel is making the rounds on the Internet after the feline learned an exercise trick from a hamster. read


Designer James Fridman trolls social media users who ask him to edit their images

Designer James Fridman turns people's personal photos into satirical pictures by manipulating them to respond to their unrealistic requests. He posts the pictures on his Twitter feed. read


Infatuated foot doctor faces jail for bombarding Darryll Baker with 400 love letters and cards

Podiatrist Anuradha Megpara, 53, of Camden, north London, pestered Dr Darryll Baker for four years with hand-delivered messages and cards. The pair met at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead. read


Northampton police launch new search for missing teen Sarah Benford

Sarah Benford, then 14, was last seen in Kettering in April 2000, days after leaving a care home in Northampton. Police have treated her disappearance as a murder investigation since 2003. read


London woman applying for council house told she had a 'Jeremy Kyle family'

Teri Williams of Erith, south east London, was stunned when the official from Bexley Council made the rude comment after accusing her of lying on a housing benefit application. read


Toddlers put together bizarre ensembles as they try to dress themselves for first time

The new clip by Cut.com features several little boys and girls left to their own devices with a rack of clothes including raincoats, swimsuits and hats. read


Myanmar's new president Htin Kyaw hails his election as a victory for democracy

The 70-year-old Htin Kyaw, a longtime confidant of Aung San Suu Kyi, will take office on 1 April but questions remain about his position and power. read


Kim Jong-Un orders North Korea's imminent nuclear warhead test

The order came after Kim Jong-Un monitored what was described as the successful simulated test of the warhead re-entry technology required for a long-range nuclear strike on the U.S. mainland. read


Is the BACTERIA in your vagina stopping you from getting pregnant?

Bacterial vaginosis causes an imbalance of the bacteria in a woman's vagina. Danish scientists found just nine per cent of women with BV became pregnant after IVF, compared to 35 per cent of those without BV. read


Reddit pilots' most hated airports from New York LaGuardia to London Gatwick

In a new thread on Reddit, pilots and flight attendants from around the world explained why they hate airports such as New York's LaGuardia, London's Gatwick and Melbourne in Australia. read


Grieving foal stands over its dead mother at the roadside in Hampshire

The animal was seen standing by its mother on the 40mph road between Cadnam and Fordingbridge in the New Forest, Hampshire. read


Blue diamond that was almost stolen in Millennium Dome heist to go under the hammer for £25million at Sotheby's

The De Beers Millennium Jewel 4 is the largest oval fancy vivid-blue diamond to ever appear at auction and will go on sale at Sotheby's, in London. It weighs 10.10 carats and was unveiled in 2000. read


Dashcam video captures CHILDREN mimicking their father during road rage row

Dashcam footage, captured on Market Place in Ely, Cambridgeshire, shows a father becoming enraged when another motorist takes his right of way and confronts him in the middle of the road. read


Blogger Mehreen Baig finds out HEV light from her phone is ageing her prematurely

Blogger Mehreen Baig, 26, from London, takes up to 50 selfies a day, but after becoming worried about the impact of HEV light emitted by her phone on her skin, she had her face analysed for damage. read


Nasa image shows the sun's magnetic lines in incredible detail

The composite image created by Nasa suggests that 'bright spots' in the solar atmosphere could provide a marker for the sun's mysterious magnetic field, which creates auroras on Earth. read


New social media trend sees women measuring their waists with A4 paper

Girls and women in China have been showing their skinny credentials by tucking a piece of A4 paper down the back of their jeans in portrait rotation to show how skinny they are. read


Angelina Jolie body double Sarah Donohue branded ‘an abuser and a b****’

Sarah Donohue (pictured), a beauty pageant founder from Cheshire, wants to set up a charity for adult cyber bullying victims, amid warnings not enough people are speaking out about the issue. read


BASE jumper Patrick Kerber killed in leap in heavy fog from mountain in Switzerland

Patrick Kerber, 35, whose stunts include leaping from mountains in the dark while illuminated by flares, died when he crashed during a jump from 10,000ft high mountain in Switzerland. read


Let there be light! Fascinating infographic reveals where and when holidaymakers can catch a glimpse of some of the most amazing natural phenomena in world

Thanks to a new guide, travellers can learn when events including Venezuela's Everlasting Storm, Wyoming's Light Poles and California's Fire Falls, are most likely to take place. read


Space tourism rules needed within five years to ensure 'safety and security'

The UN aviation agency called on Tuesday for regulations on space travel to be enacted within five years in order to bolster a burgeoning space tourism and transportation sector. read


Fossils reveal 68-million-year-old T-Rex was PREGNANT when it died: Discovery can now be used to identify the gender of other dinosaurs

Dr Mary Schweitzer from North Carolina State has confirmed a fossil she found in 2005 is definitely from a pregnant T-Rex (illustrated). The team identified a bone only found in pregnant females. read


Passenger who fell asleep on Tameside bus and got stuck in the depot escaped by stealing empty bus

Greater Manchester Police are appealing for information after CCTV captured the man climbing in to the empty bus at a depot in Stalybridge and driving it off before crashing into a building. read


Jennifer Garner's new film Miracles from Heaven based on real life Texas story

Miracles From Heaven, which stars Jennifer Garner as the young girl's mother, tells the story of Annabel Beam, who was nine-years-old when she fell headfirst down a hollow tree. read


Deadly Brown snake in battle with venomous red back spider in Western Australia

West Australian mother-of-three Jamii-Leigh Marwick said her son Eamon found a deadly eastern brown snake caught in the web of a dangerous red back spider on Sunday. read


Ben Cohen Gazit designs head restraint for airplane seats

The concept was designed by a US inventor with a child car seat in mind but it can be applied to seats on a plane. It features a strap that extends across a passenger's brow to keep the head upright. read


Amazon patents system that uses selfies and blinking to pay online

The 'Image analysis for user authentication' patent was awarded to the Washington-based firm this week. It uses facial recognition and a 'living' check to verify a human is trying to make a payment. read


BBC Breakfast's Dan Walker causes complaints over sofa position

Dan Walker (left), 38, joined the 'more experienced' Louise Minchin (right) on the sofa at the end of last month and has been sitting in 'camera left' position. read


Royal Opera House warns music lovers to steel themselves for more sex and violence

Ticket-holders who have booked a place to see Lucia di Lammermoor in London's Covent Garden next month have been individually emailed by the opera company and warned that scenes may feature violence and 'sexual acts portrayed on stage'. read


Little boy begs his mother not to cook a chicken for lunch as he wants to 'take care of her'

The child, known only as Vitor, cries and holds his hand over the bird on the chopping board as his mother attempts to prepare it for lunch. The video has been viewed three million times on Facebook. read


No antibiotics for children with ear infections as doctors crackdown

The Choosing Wisely Australia campaign has released 61 recommendations for X-rays, use of antibiotics and palliative care in a bid to rein in health costs and avoid bacterial resistance. read


China reveals plans to build space telescope better than Nasa's Hubble

China has plans to build a new space telescope which could outperform Hubble. The the new telescope will be similar to Hubble (pictured), but will have a field of view 300 times larger. read


Image showing premature baby being kept alive wins a Wellcome Image Award

David Bishop's photo of a baby being kept alive by a UV lamp at at Barnet Hospital in north London was one of two winners of the 2014 Wellcome Image Awards, which celebrate medical photography. read


British diplomats 'caught spying on Russian airbase' say Moscow secret services 

The accused pair, based at the British Embassy in Moscow, were named as Air Force attache Carl Scott and Assistant Naval Attache Ryan Coatalen-Hodgson. read


Becky Watts' killers Nathan Matthews and Shauna Hoare lose bid to appeal convictions

Becky's stepbrother Nathan Matthews, 28, and Matthews' girlfriend Shauna Hoare, 21, have lost the first stage of their appeals against their convictions and sentences. read


The Princess of Sealand Joan Bates dies aged 86

Joan Bates was given the royal title for her birthday by her husband Roy after he occupied the platform off the coast of Essex in 1967 and declared it to be an independent country. read


Whitby Mick who died in Didcot power station collapse paid respect by bikers

Members riding Triumphs, Harley-Davidsons and Suzukis brought the roads around Kirkleatham Crematorium near Redcar to a standstill. Some had copies of a photo of Mr Collings, smiling in his leathers, fixed to the windshield of their bikes. read


Angus teen died after doctor missed signs of undiagnosed diabetes

Claire Taylor, 17, from Angus, Scotland, had been vomiting bile and suffering abdominal pain and a purple complexion. But her GP repeatedly failed to carry out the appropriate tests. read


Police release new pictures of the Wimbledon Prowler in action

The burglar, dubbed the 'Wimbledon Prowler,' has been targeting homes in the well-heeled part of London since 2006 and his victims have included tennis star Boris Becker and footballer Nicolas Anelka. read


Itching cure a step closure after skin protein that causes irritation discovered

The researchers at Duke University in North Carolina have discovered a skin protein that causes the irritation and identifying a potential drug target (file photo). read


Windsor Boys' School teaching assistant 'sent teenage boy a picture of a sex toy' 

Donna Brant, 37, of Windsor, Berkshire, exchanged 2,500 'explicit' texts with the youngster and 'enjoyed the attention'. The messages stopped when a family member of the teenager saw them. read


Adam Reed Tucker builds world's most famous landmarks out of Legos

Adam Reed Tucker, 44, is one of only 14 Lego Certified professionals in the world. He has recreated the Golden Gate Bridge, Great Pyramid of Giza and the Colosseum, among many others. read


Birmingham schoolboy weighs SIXTEEN STONE aged 10 at risk of being morbidly obese

The Year Six pupil from Solihull in Birmingham was weighed as part of the National Child Measurement Programme and was found to tip the scales at an astonishing 16 stone 3lbs. read


Missing 18-year-old Sarah Goldie 'might be linked' to woman spotted in River Clyde

Sarah Goldie (pictured) from Renfrew, was reported missing on the same night that police searched for a person in Glasgow's Clyde River, to which police say might be linked. read


Google's AlphaGo takes the final victory against Go champion Lee Sedol in Korea

AlphaGo won the fifth and final game in the Google DeepMind Challenge Match against Lee Sedol (pictured) in Seoul. The match is the best of five, and Google's AI won the series 4-1. read


Mother Teresa to be made a saint as Pope Francis announces canonisation date

The move comes 19 years after the death of the missionary nun who dedicated most of her adult life to working with the poor of Kolkata, India. read


Foreign photographers offer view of scenes of British life at Barbican Art Gallery

A new exhibition at London's Barbican Art Gallery shows how foreign photographers have captured Britain - from 1960s London (left) to Trafalgar Square in 1937 (right). read


Sociable teenagers are 'LESS likely to binge drink or smoke cigarettes and cannabis'

University of Dundee scientists found teenagers with strong connections to family, classmates and friends are less likely to suffer substance abuse than those who do not have as wider a social circle. read


From baby belly to six pack in less than SIX MONTHS!

US-based Instagrammer Sarah Carr, 29, shares her fitness progress online.After giving birth, she lost 10lbs in a week, and went on to drop from 178lbs at 40 weeks to 148lbs five months later read


Adorable moment orphaned orangutans form orderly queue as vets weigh them

The footage is proof of the progress the young orphaned apes are making on their journey back to the wild at an orangutan centre in West Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo, Indonesia. read


Skateboarder crashes into an oncoming car after stunt on winding road goes wrong

The daredevil, wearing a helmet but no protective clothing, is filmed as he speeds down a winding road somewhere in Russia. But he spins out of his lane on the final corner and crashes. read


Kazakh eagle hunters keep a 4,000-year-old tradition alive with a unique bond

Only around 70 Kazakh eagle hunters take part in the annual Golden Eagle festival in Mongolia and this breathtaking collection displays the 4,000-year-old art in all of its glory. read


Unseen photographs of John Lennon set to fetch £30,000 at auction

Although the film How I Won the War was not well-received by critics, the then 26-year-old John Lennon seemed to have made the most of his time on set in Almeria, Northern Spain in 1967. read


Video shows hunt saboteurs being driven at by men in balaclavas on a quad bike

The saboteurs had gone to visit Badsworth and Bramham Moor Hounds Hunt on the last meet of the season in Womersley, North Yorkshire, according to a social media post by the campaigners. read


When snakes STRIKE: High-speed footage reveals how the reptiles pounce on their prey in the blink of an eye

With the help of slow-motion videos, researchers at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette have challenged the myth that vipers have the speediest strike. read


Karen Zack's Twitter collage of sloths and chocolate pastries sweeps the web

The meme, which was posted on Imgur by user Ellwell1193 has been seen thousands of times after Karen Zack, 25, of Portland, Oregon, started the trend of comparing food and pets. read


Mont Saint-Michel abbey's statue of the Archangel Michael is lifted off the top of historic French abbey

The move was organised by the Centre for National Monuments (CMN) to allow staff to restore the statue's lightning rod device. read


Mac on...Top Gear's Cenotaph controversy

'Hang on. You didn't book Matt LeBlanc when he was doing wheel spins!' read


Manchester homeless man completes a Rubik's cube in under a MINUTE

Homeless Nathan McCarthy, 20, earns £20 a day 'busking' with his Rubik's cube skills in Manchester. He left his parents in January but hopes to save up enough money for a fixed address. read


Colin Furze's video shows inventor taking off his socks with a rocket launcher

Inventor Colin Furze, from Stamford, Lincolnshire, pictured, made sure to have the camera rolling as he tried out his zany idea for the first time. Moments after he fires the rocket, his socks are whipped off. read


Manchester Met University student claims Birley campus is so dangerous the cleaners won't go

Lauren McAuliffe, 21, moved into her room on Manchester Metropolitan University's Birley campus last year but she says she cannot get a decent night's sleep and fears for her safety. read