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Brussels Airport explosions leave many dead and second ‘attack’ hits Metro station

Hundreds of terrified passengers ran from the terminal, some of them covered in blood (left), after the blasts rocked the building at around 8am (7am GMT). read


Brussels attack leads family to hunt for missing Belgian man

The family of Leopold Hecht, a Belgian man missing in the Brussels massacre, has taken to social media to appeal for information. Facebook has also launched a 'safety check' . read


Armed police arrest two men in hunt for Brussels terrorists

Armed police have arrested two men, pictured, and already have CCTV of one of the Brussels airport bombers including the moment he detonated his suicide belt, MailOnline can reveal. read


Brussels Metro station couple embrace outside after surviving blast

Witnesses described horrific scenes inside the terminal in the wake of the suspected suicide blast which has claimed the lives of at least 13 people and left 50 more injured. read


Fans' fury as Jeremy Kyle is pushed aside by Brussels attacks

ITV decided to cancel the popular daytime talk show in order to stay with its flagship breakfast programme, Good Morning Britain, and provide coverage of the on-going terror attack. read


Brussels airport bombing is ‘revenge’ for arrest of Salah Abdeslam

Europe’s security services feared a terrorist attack since the arrest of Paris failed suicide bomber Salah Abdeslam in the city four days ago as his colleagues feared the net was closing on them. read


Brussels terrorist attacks see Europe’s biggest airports step up security

Eurostar has suspended all services to and from Brussels, there is an extra police presence at Heathrow and Gatwick in London and in New York, police have stepped up security at travel hubs. read


Tender moment of comfort amid the death and destruction: Couple embrace outside the Brussels Metro station in relief at surviving blast that killed 20

The man and woman were seen briefly comforting one another outside the Maelbeek Metro station in Brussels while a man lies covered in blood just feet away. read


Brussels Metro explosion leaves at least 20 dead

Shocking images from the scene show smoke pouring out of Maelbeek station and casualties littered on the pavement outside. read


Video shows Brussels Airport after explosions and bloody passengers

Footage shows people sprinting away from the scene of the blast through smoke filled corridors in Brussels Airport. read


David Cameron to chair emergency meeting to assess Britain's response to Brussels attacks

The PM (pictured today) said he was 'shocked and concerned' after at least 34 people died in the Brussels attacks today, while Barack Obama said the 'world must unite' in the fight against terrorism. read


Sharon Jones spends £70k on cosmetic surgery and claims she passes for woman of 25

Sharon Jones, from Manchester, has also had Botox, lip, plasma injections and facial peels and says she believes she looks better now than when she was in her 20s. read


Tamara Ecclestone's marriage is 'effectively over'

Reports suggest Tamara, daughter of F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, has called in lawyers to start discussions on how to end her marriage to the City Trader. read


How Eddie Izzard ran 27 marathons in 27 days for Sport Relief

On his 707.4‑mile trek across South Africa, Izzard battled dehydration, injury, sunstroke and ran a double marathon on his last day - so will the stand up's body pay a price for his impressive feat? read


Tom Elrington died of accidental overdose after getting hooked on legal highs

Tom Elrington, 30, was found dead at his flat in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, after taking a cocktail of legal highs he bought over the internet as his family appeal for more control over such drugs. read


Ismail Ibrahim exposed as serial council tax dodger after three-year fight

Cllr Ismail Ibrahim has lost his role heading a Bolton Council finance after he was finally revealed to be one of two members who failed to pay their council tax after a lengthy legal battle. read


Is religion dying out? Fewer people believe in God than 30 years ago

A study of 58,893 people found that five times as many Americans in 2014 said they never prayed compared to those asked the same question in the 1980s. Stock image pictured. read


Dyfed Powys Police legal director is suspended over payments to ex-husband’s firm 

Dyfed Powys Police's head of legal services, Samantha Gainard, 41, has been suspended over payments the force made to the London-based chambers where her barrister husband worked. read


Missing Paige Doherty hunt leads police to body two days after teen vanished

A murder hunt has been launched after police confirmed they have found the body of missing schoolgirl Paige Doherty dumped in a bush in Clydebank, near Glasgow. read


Hugh Clavell Mansel killed himself with shotgun after confessing to wife he was having an affair

Hugh Clavell Mansel confessed his infidelity in a phone call his wife Diana described as 'strange'. She sounded the alarm but his body was later found in woods near his home in Wareham, Dorset. read


The woman whose brain is slipping into her SPINE due to Chiari malformation

Kimberlee Provan, 44, from Blackpool, struggles to do everyday tasks such as walking, eating, and even talking because of her neurological condition, which is causing her brain to push on her spinal cord. read


Poor treatment of older staff comes down to money writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN

I found it hard to understand why Alan Dove, who isn’t even a grandfather, could get upset at being called ‘Gramps’. I’ve been called a lot worse. RICHARD LITTLEJOHN explains all. read


Scotland Yard admit lack of evidence in VIP paedophile murder inquiry

The Met found no evidence to support claims a string of Establishment figures were responsible for killing three boys in the 1970s and 1980s. Pictured is the Met's chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe. read


Women with natural blonde hair colour are MORE intelligent than brunettes and redheads

The study by Ohio State University showed blonde-women had an average IQ of 103.2, compared to 102.7 for brunettes and 101.2 for red heads. Goldie Hawn (pictured) is a Mensa member. read


Living in the city makes you SMARTER (if you're a bird)

Researchers from McGill University tested two groups of bullfinches (picutred) in Barbados using associative learning tasks, as well as innovative problem-solving tasks read


Santa Clarita girl taken from foster family because she is 1.5% Native American

Santa Clarita social workers have taken six-year-old Lexi from her foster parents Rusty and Summer because she is Native American and they are white. read


How eye exercises could help you lose those reading glasses

Failing eyesight is seen as an inevitable part of getting older. And that means we’ll all ultimately need reading glasses. But is it really so inevitable? read


Five reasons why you SHOULDN'T reach for the iron pills revealed

Six million prescriptions for iron tablets are made each year, but researchers at Imperial College London have found that concentrations of iron can damage blood vessel cells. read


ANOTHER official is photographed with government papers on show in Whitehall

The unknown civil servant was snapped on Whitehall heading toward today's Cabinet meeting. The document, which is marked 'official sensitive' and is a draft working paper. read


Woman who failed to secure investment to launch Rodial brand reveals it's worth £100million

Maria Hatzistefanis, 45, who lives in London, runs two of the industry's most popular skincare brands with countless celebrity fans despite originally struggling to secure investment. read


Leicester thug Jordan Ashley Harris is jailed after haul of weapons found in garden

Thug Jordan Ashley Harris, 18, of Leicester, kept the guns and ammunition wrapped in plastic bags which were then placed inside canvas holdalls and hidden in a gap between two fences. read


Married celebrity uses court order to prevent newspaper telling of his threesome

The man, referred to in a ruling only as PJS, was said by judges in London to be entitled to have a legal ban against a newspaper reporting the ‘open relationship’ shared by him and his partner. read


Stephanie Rpthstein Bruce shows the real effects of having a baby on your tummy

These incredibly honest and inspiring photographs from Arizona elite athlete, Stephanie Rothstein, are surprising, because they show the toll giving birth takes on a woman's body, even if she is a runner. read


Edward Fox claims that men are born to be unfaithful is spot on according to Sarah Vine

‘In relationships, men wander naturally, and we cheat because we’re totally different creatures,’ Fox told the Daily Mail yesterday. The 78-year-old doesn’t give a fig, says Sarah Vine. read


ALISON BOSHOFF examines how Edward Fox was persuaded there's no point in faithfulness

Edward Fox, 78, is a bohemian eccentric who holds a selection of rather startling views, particularly when it comes to relations between the sexes, writes ALISON BOSHOFF. read


Video shows Gregg Foot testing meat from his OWN leg

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT. BBC science journalist, Gregg Foot, went to a lab Nottingham to cook his own flesh in order to smell its aroma. He added it's also 'similar to beef and ale stew.' read


Photographer Super Jolly horrified when spider bite explodes in a 'volcano of pus'

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Super Jolly, 37, from Berkshire, was bitten by an unknown type of arachnid at the end of a two-week scuba diving trip to a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. read


George Osborne promises to ‘listen and learn’ from his mistakes as MPs slam him for triggering the IDS resignation storm and leaving a £4.4billion hole in the Budget

The Chancellor blasted Labour for ruining the public finances and refused to apologise for proposing £4billion in cuts to disability benefits only to drop the plan 48 hours later. read


George Osborne on the brink of missing his deficit targets for the year

In a fresh blow to the embattled Chancellor, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the year-to-date budget deficit stood at £70.7 billion in February after borrowing fell by less than expected. read


Boris Johnson questions George Osborne's leadership over Budget mess

Within minutes of Stephen Crabb’s (pictured) intervention, the Treasury and DWP insisted he had meant only that there were no current plans for more savings. read


Davd Cameron spent years trying to 'detoxify' Tories writes Isabel Oakeshott

Back when some thought the Conservatives might never be in power again, Theresa May famously called them ‘the nasty party’, writes ISABEL OAKESHOTT. read


Sir Nicholas Soames urges David Cameron to kick the Brexiteers 'in the balls'

Winston Churchill's grandson said patting the growling Alsation on the head just leads it to bite you, adding the PM should never have offered the referendum as it left him a 'hostage to fortune'. read


Kids Are The Worst Instagram page sees parents share pictures when their kids were simply 'the worst'

Turning your back on a cheeky toddler can end in hours of cleaning - just ask these parents. read


Thug shouted ‘God told me to do it’ as he stabbed into Asian stranger’s neck

Michael Hilton, 33, was given an 18-month community order at Newcastle Crown Court after admitting stabbing an Asian man with scissors outside a Tesco. read


Doctors win right not to resuscitate girl if she suffers heart failure

Officials in County Durham applied to Mr Justice Cobb, pictured, at the High Court to be allowed to remove treatment from the youngster, who suffers from a number of serious medical conditions. read


The great Easter egg taste test

It's the biggest day for chocolate sales and offerings are unusual. Daily Mail Australia tested eggs from Aldi, Woolworths, Messina and more to find out which egg is a cracking choice. read


Elon Musk's British wife Talulah Riley files to divorce the billionaire

British actress Talulah Riley has filed to end her second marriage to billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. read


The Queen goes for dinner at Bellamy's restaurant

The Queen stepped out for dinner at Bellamy's (inset) in London's Mayfair last night for a private meal with Princess Anne (right). The brasserie is said to be the only London restaurant she's ever dined at. read


Islamic militants hack Christian convert to death in Bangladesh

Hossain Ali, 68, was on his regular morning stroll through Kurigram in northern Bangladesh when at least two men jumped him and slit his throat. The victim converted to Christianity in 1999. read


Muslim asylum seeker rapist on the run with his married Swiss prison officer

Hassan Kiko, left, was serving a four-year jail sentence for raping a 15-year-old girl when his prison officer lover Angela Magdici, right, opened his cell door in Zurich, Switzerland. read


Doctors extract 16 FEET long worm from a man who loves sashimi

Chen, 45, from Nanning, Guangxi, south China, told doctors at the Department of Gastroenterology he was a fan of raw beef and had been experiencing problems for a while. read


Blogger Courtney Adamo comes under fire on Instagram for post of 'gross hairy arms'

Courtney Adamo, 35, who lives in London, has hit back at comments about hair on her arms. The LA-born mother-of-four posted a snap of herself wearing a watch but some fans said she should 'shave'. read


Video shows motorist undertakes two lorries on dual carriageway hard shoulder

Brian Dukes was on a Doncaster motorway with a white HGV in the process of overtaking him from his left when a bright red car drives out from the hard shoulder and crosses both lanes. read


World's sexiest teacher flaunts his sculpted six-pack as he's unveiled as the new face of Armani

Italian Pietro Boselli, 28, who reached global fame after his adoring students shared his pictures online, now models for Armani. The Italian teacher is the face of the brand's EA7 line. read


Chinese teacher lines up students and slaps them because they didn’t do homework 

A disturbing video has emerged from China showing a female teacher slapping her students for allegedly ’not doing their homework,' in Jingyang County on March 17 as other students looked on. read


Apple iMessage flaw leaves photos and videos vulnerable to hackers

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, found the bug and demonstrated it's possible to obtain photos and videos from iMessage. read


Victoria Beckham is called 'uptight' by LA chef Wolfgang Puck

Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, 66, has opened up about the Beckham's eating habits, blasting Victoria as 'uptight' and saying that she only eats 'spinach and steamed vegetables'. read


Great British Bake Off judge Tom Kerridge refused to eat contestants cakes due to diet

Ahead of his debut on BBC Two’s spin-off, Bake Off: Crème de la Crème, the TV chef has revealed his low-carb diet prevented him from tasting any of the cakes, pastries and deserts. read


CCTV captures thieves stealing EASTER EGGS meant for children's cancer charity

Video of the night-time raid on courier firm CitySprint's base in Norwich shows one of the thieves dropping several boxes on the floor as he struggles to pile the eggs into a white van’s passenger seat. read


How much are YOUR tweets worth?

The calculator (screenshot shown) works by using geo targeting and algorithms to estimate the worth of each tweet within 10 seconds, to show users whether they might make a good Twitter 'influencer'. read


Surrey woman abandoned as a newborn at church hopes DNA testing will find parents

Sarah-Louise Smith, 44, a payment supervisor from Surrey, has questioned where she has come from for decades after learning that she was left in a holdall at just a few hours hold on May 1, 1971. read


BBC names new Top Gear boss Claire Pizey to handle high-stakes relaunch

Claire Pizey has taken the wheel of the BBC's relaunch of Top Gear and will look to steer the show away from controversies such as the stunts filmed near the Cenotaph in Westminster. read


Footballer Ched Evans's conviction for raping a 19-year-old woman to be reviewed today as Appeal Court judges consider new evidence 

It is unclear what the new evidence is but more details are expected to be revealed at a Court of Appeal hearing in London. Evans is pictured with his girlfriend Natasha Massey outside the court today. read


Mother heard the final moments of murdered daughter Sam Salinger's life over the phone

Kate Salinger, now 45, was at home in Lake Macquarie, NSW when her husband of nearly 10 years and her daughter Sam, 14, went to the movies on the night of the sickening attack in 2003. read


UN accuses Europe of putting refugees in detention centres

The UNHCR has stopped transporting newly arrived migrants to a reception facility on Lesbos, Greece, because they fear they may be sent back to Turkey without proper assessments read


Afghans and Iraqis arriving in Greek islands cannot be sent back to Turkey

While boatloads of migrants continued to cross the Aegean to Europe, Brussels officials admitted it could be weeks before they begin deportations. read


Germany is 'running out of prison space' because of the refugee crisis

Foreigners make up nine percent of the general population in Germany but over 30 percent of its prison population - and a far higher proportion than that of remand prisoners. read


Seven-year-old girl is gang-raped at an asylum centre in Germany

The incident allegedly happened in Hamburg where the girl had been accepted at a first registration home in the city's quarter of Bahrenfeld. read


Tiny fashionista sisters become an Instagram sensation

Isabella Drenk, three, and two-year-old Scarlett, from Orange County, California, are already a hit on Instagram , attracting more than 15,000 fans who like their daily posts, uploaded by their mother Stacy. read


Indian Wells CEO Raymond Moore RESIGNS after comments about women tennis players

The tournament director and CEO of the BNP Paribas Open resigned Monday night after saying that female players 'ride on the coattails of men,' and 'don't make any decisions' in the WTA. read


Serena Williams, it's the men who are underpaid in tennis writes KATIE HOPKINS

The CEO of Indian Wells was NOT wrong to suggest that the lady players of the WTA should get on their knees every night to thank Nadal and Federer for carrying the game, writes KATIE HOPKINS. read


Wheelchair-bound woman is moved into disabled-friendly house by council complete with garage space for her mobility scooter - a MILE away 

Jeanette Perry, 58, relies on the scooter to get around but was informed by her local authority that she wasn't able to store it outside her new one-bedroom property in Gosport, Hampshire. read


Spanish tourists filmed playing football in Edinburgh's Greyfriars Kirkyard

Eight Spanish men run around the A-listed world heritage graveyard site in Edinburgh in a shocking video set to samba music, even hanging their jumpers over historic graveyards as they play. read


Detroit video captures woman pulling a gun from her skirt and shooting a 'rival'

The shooting occurred about 4.30 a.m. Sunday at a Mobil gas station on the city's west side and was captured by Project Green Light, a partnership between Detroit police and local gas stations. read


Rod Stewart admits his son enjoys wearing mum's Penny Lancaster's clothes

The rock star has revealed his youngest boy is currently going through a phase of 'dressing up as a lady'. read


Madonna treats fan Josephine to a trip from Gold Coast to watch her Sydney show after exposing teen's breast on stage

Model Josephine and her mother Toni flew into Sydney on Sunday, courtesy of Madonna's pocket, to watch the 57-year-old Rebel Hearts concert at the Allphones Arena. read


Driver crashed at 70mph killing two passengers in Branton

James Maughan, 21, of Doncaster, was driving at more than 70 mph in a Renault Megane Sport 225 hatchback with four passengers when it overturned and burst into flames in a front garden. read


Teen fraudster Sam Cook who swindled investors is ordered to pay back £26,000

Sam Cook, from Plymouth, claimed to be a financial genius who had made millions from the stock market - and even made a fake Ferrari to convince others to hand over money. read


Burnley mother has plastic surgery and hair extensions to look like her daughter

Janet Horrocks, 57, from Burnley, Lancashire, has spent a staggering £40,000 on cosmetic surgery and beauty procedures in a quest to look like her daughter, 35-year-old Jane. read


Reviews show that not everyone likes London, despite TripAdvisor's No1 placing

London has been voted the world's top tourist attraction by TripAdvisor users, but many were less than impressed with its huge crowds and tacky tourist traps. read


Commuters' surprise when trip to Woolwich train station takes them to Athens instead

Passengers at Woolwich Arsenal station in south London tweeted about their confusion when they saw underground maps of the Greek capital city and Athens written in English and Greek. read


Astronomers capture the birth of a supernova creating a bright blast

Astronomers at the University of Notre Dame in Paris, used Nasa's Kepler space telescope to capture two distant giant stars as they exploded into supernova. read


Could 'Smart intersections' mark the end for traffic lights

Researchers from MIT's Senseable City Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, believe traffic lights will one day make way for smart intersections (illustrated). read


Father who died in Buncrana pier drowning with members of his family chose to stay

Sean McGrotty drowned with his young sons Mark and Evan, his mother-in-law Ruth Daniels and her daughter Jodie-Lee when their car plunged into Buncrana harbour in Ireland. read


Pharaoh Ramesses III was killed by multiple attackers in Ancient Egypt

New research at Cairo University reveals Pharaoh Ramesses III was assassinated by multiple assailants at once. His throat was slit and big toe cut off. read


Now Facebook is ditching support for BlackBerry

Blackberry has confirmed the California-based social media giant will no longer support software updates across the platform (illustrated), including BlackBerry 10 and BBOS. read


Diabetes can be reversed with an 8 week crash diet

A crash diet lasting eight weeks can reverse type 2 diabetes, say experts. People who suffered with diabetes for a decade saw their condition eradicated after they restricted their eating for two months. read


Tony Blair says 'flabby liberalism' is helping terrorists because elite feel 'guilty'

Speaking ahead of today’s terror atrocities in Brussels, the former Labour prime minister said many in politics are now ‘unwilling to take people on’, fearing that they will be seen as intolerant of other cultures. read


Scary images show CIA's secret blacksites where prisoners are held under American order

These haunting images of secret American interrogation sites confront the nature of contemporary warfare head on, and in doing so reveal the invisible mechanisms of state control. read


Terminator-style metal morphs into different shapes

Developed by researchers at Cornell University, the group behind the composite material (pictured) said it could have a number of applications, including flexible skin for robots. read


17 Hindus die from alcohol poisoning in Pakistan

The victims were preparing for the Hindu religious festival of Holi on Wednesday when they drank the illegally-brewed alcohol in the Tando Muhammad Khan district in southern Pakistan. read


Rise in school leaving age could cost workers £45k in lost earnings

Extra years in education can mean teenagers have less work experience when their careers begin and they compete for jobs against older workers, says a report by Bath and Westminster universities. read


Having lots of friends and socialising makes intelligent people miserable

Researchers from the London School of Economics said there may be conflict between aspiring to greater goals and being tied to our evolutionary need for co-operation. Stock image. read


Moment the wind peels back the roof of a five-storey building ‘like a tin can’

The wind lifted the edge of the metal roof on the five-storey building in Russia. It was entirely lifted into the air and thrown to the ground below Luckily nobody was injured. read


Photo shows rare and venomous Stephen’s Banded Snake camouflaged

A woman in Maitland, north of Sydney, has captured a photo of a rare and deadly animal hiding in plain sight. She has challenged her friends on social media to find the creature. read


Mother is left with gaping HOLE in her chest after finding heart monitor had burst

Gemma Bosanko, from Cumbria, was given the pacemaker and subsequent heart monitor because she suffers cardiac seizures causing her heart to stop for up to 20 seconds. read


Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge reveals she made the Queen chutney for Christmas

The Duchess of Cambridge reveals that she made the Queen homemade chutney for their first Christmas together at Sandringham after puzzling over what to give her. read


Brexit campaign has song written by Sarah Miles writes Sebastian Shakespeare

During his hour of need, Iain Duncan Smith has found an unlikely ally in actress Sarah Miles. SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE reveals more. read


The ultimate small garden makeover guide 

The trick to giving a small garden huge punch is to have one big idea, says Monty Don - who is teaching families how to create their dream garden with his ultimate makeover guide. read


STEVE WEBB: Can you still get a state pension if you earn too little to pay NI?

Former Pensions Minister Steve Webb is This Is Money's Agony Uncle. Read Steve's answer to someone wondering whether you can still get a state pension if you earn too little to pay NI. read


Can I return a brand new suitcase if I've lost the receipt?

After handing over £200 for a new suitcase I've realised it's far too small to fit all my clothes in and I will need to return it but I can't find the receipt anywhere, what are my rights? read


British dog owners spend £30,000 on their pet chihuahua's outfits

Josephine and Kelly Carter, from Carshalton, Surrey spend a fortune on dog Queenie every year to ensure she leads the way in canine couture and gets the very best pampering treatments. read


Chimps go nuts for an amazing iPad magic trick which sees magician produce real nuts

Magician Simon Pierro produced real nuts out of thin air after displaying them on a screen and appeared to pour milk onto the device in front of the awe-struck animals. read


A real-life 'unicorn': Bizarre horned beast lived alongside humans 26,000 years ago and may be behind the legendary myth

Elasmotheriusm sibiricum was thought to have died out 350,000 years ago but a fossil discovered in Pavlodar Priirtysh, Kazakhstan suggests they may have survived there until 26,000 years ago. read


Why giving up BREAD is half baked as experts insist it's a health food that’s wrongly demonised

Sales of white bread — less filling and lower in fibre than wholewheat — have slumped by 75 per cent in the past four decades, and retailers are reporting an increased demand for artisan loaves. read


Russian man has his skull rebuilt from his pelvis after brutal bear attack

Alexei Koptyakov, 29, was horrifically mauled by a bear in Russia, in an attack that has been compared to the film 'Revenant,' which left him with no mouth or nose. read


Women who soak up the sun twice as likely to be alive 20 years later

Experts at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm found that even with the increased risk of skin cancer, those who lap up the sun are less likely to die young than those who stay in the shade. read


Earth would be healthier and richer if we all became vegetarian

Unbalanced diets are responsible for the greatest health burden around the world, according to research from the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food. read


Video captures the moment three men launch vicious road rage punch-up in Barnsley

Footage captured by father-of-one Jack Manterfield in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, shows one man punching and kicking another man to the ground. read


Barack and Michelle Obama attend Cuban state dinner with Raul Castro

First Lady Michelle wore an eye-watering pair of patent black stilettos with her v-neck floral dress and red earrings, while Presidents Obama and Castro opted for simple dark suits and white shirts. read


Carer Lorraine Cenci rifled through 92-year-old aunt's handbag to steal £40

Mother-of-three Lorraine Cenci, 44, was handed a suspended sentence at Highbury Corner Magistrates Court after admitting stealing the cash from the pensioner to pay for a Mother's Day meal. read


RNLI rescues seriously injured French trawlerman off the coast of Cornwall

Rescuers rushed to the aid of a French fishing vessel 20 miles southeast of Lizard Point on Thursday evening amid reports a man had been badly hurt. read


Beverley mother of girl with special needs pens open letter to bus driver

Lauren Oglesby and her husband James were at a pub in Beverley, East Yorkshire, with their daughter Jasmine, 4, when they heard a customer make the crude remarks. read


Female viewers are drawn to Reality TV's 'emotional moments' experts claim

The figures come from the official TV ratings, provided by industry body BARB, and show that only dramas – such as Poldark and The Night Manager – are more popular with women than reality shows. read


Hillary Clinton's emails reveal plan for Google to bring down Bashar al-Assad

Google's plan was highlighted in an email from Jared Cohen, a former State Department adviser who left to run Google Ideas in 2010. read


Barbara Windsor receives her damehood from Queen Elizabeth

The 78-year-old Londoner, who boasts over 60 years in the industry, arrived at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday to be honoured by Elizabeth II. read


Apple event 2016 sees launch of the iPhone SE and the iPad Pro

The phone (range pictured), which is the first 4-inch phone to be unveiled since the iPhone 5s and 5c, was unveiled in San Francisco alongside a 9.7-inch iPad Pro and nylon Watch straps. read


Hulk Hogan's ex-wife brand his $115m windfall against Gawker 'dirty money'

Hogan, 62, whose real name is Terry Bollea, sued Gawker Media for invasion of privacy after the website posted an edited video showing him having sex with his then-best friend's wife. read


Mother of murdered Tia Sharp 'punched and kicked a woman during row'

Alleged victim Selvete Selmani said she feared Natalie Sharp, 34, pictured, was 'going to kill' her during the attack in the car park of a Lidl superstore in Wallington, south London. read


Music festivals are 'destroying Britain's parks', according to campaigners

The Open Spaces Society, the conservation body that campaigns to protect Britain’s parks and green spaces, accuses councils of riding roughshod over the wishes of residents. read


Ancient Greek text suggests Goth attacked Romans in Thermopylae

The goths were advancing on the Roman Empire around 250 AD when they were repelled at Thessalonica, according to the fragments that were discovered in an Austrian museum. read


Boaty McBoatface creator apologises for suggestion for polar research ship

The moniker emerged as a favourite after Britain's Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) sought input in naming the new £200million vessel, which will be a flagship of its scientific fleet. read


Man flu really DOES exist as women have stronger immune systems

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania found the stronger immune system in females makes it more trigger happy – and more likely to launch attacks on itself, causing auto-immune diseases. read


Scientists spot violent 125 MILLION mph gusts coming from a quasar

Around a supermassive black hole, researchers have detected ultrafast quasar winds. Detected by astrophysicists at York University, it is the fastest wind speed ever observed at ultraviolet wavelengths. read


Kardashian sisters sued for breach of contract by investment firm seeking $180million

The Kardashian sisters were sued on Monday by an investment firm seeking more than $180 million over their ill-fated beauty line. read


Martin Kelner launches scathing attack on BBC chiefs after being 'sacked'

Radio DJ Martin Kelner, who has worked for the BBC since the mid-80s, said the broadcaster has too many 'gutless, brainless' managers after being 'sacked' by Radio Leeds last week. read


Prince Harry celebrates the Holi festival in Nepal

Prince Harry, 31, met Major Bishnukumar Pun who showed him a photo of them together in 1991, on a day when the royal was plastered with powder paint during a religious celebration in Nepal. read


BBC to hand James Martin's role on Saturday Kitchen to a string of guest hosts

The BBC is giving Saturday Kitchen an international flavour by bringing in famous French, Chinese and Italian chefs to take over from departing presenter James Martin at the end of the month. read


British skiier falls almost 1,000 feet to his death in La Plange French Alps resort

The 48-year-old man was skiing off-piste in an area called Roche de Mio, in La Plange, east of Lyon in the French Alps. The man, who has not yet been named, struck his head on rocks during his fall. read


Apple rolls out iOS 9.3: Latest software update adds Night Shift mode

Apple released the latest version of its operating system, iOS 9.3, alongside the iPhone SE and a new 9.7-inch iPad Pro at its headquarters in Cupertino, California. read


Children tend to make career choices based on the jobs of their parents and siblings

Researchers at Facebook's Data Science team based in California used data from 5.6 million people to determine how our parents' career choices affect our own. Stock image pictured. read


Phone companies face ban on charging broadband customers for line rental

Culture Minister Ed Vaizey accused telecom providers of charging households for landlines that they often did not use - and has written to BT, Virgin, Sky and TalkTalk to call for urgent talks. read


Former Intel CEO Andy Grove Dies at 79

Andy Grove, whose youth spent under Nazi occupation inspired an 'only the paranoid survive' philosophy that saved Intel from financial ruin, passed away Monday, according to the company. read


Discovery of bacteria’s 'Achilles heel' could lead to new drugs 

University of Copenhagen scientists discovered that antibiotic-resistant bacteria have a proton pump that leaks due to pH imbalances - and that targeting the pump weakens the bacteria. read


Experts warn of the dangers of using 'smart' weapons on the battlefield

Experts at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland said they were concerned these war machines could engage in unethical behavior and become a playground for hackers. read


Single shot of PrEP drugs is 'as effective as taking HIV pills twice a day'

Scientists at the University of North Carolina found a high-dose of the drug raltegravir injected once a month could offer the same protection against HIV infection as taking PrEP drugs orally twice a day. read


Financial Ombudsman claim motorists have insurance claims refused over basic modifications

The Financial Ombudsman says it has seen a spike in complaints from furious Britons who have been fobbed off by their insurance company when their car is stolen or damaged. read


Video shows the moment an elderly man drives the wrong way around a busy roundabout

James Johnston spotted the man on the road from Glasgow to Edinburgh driving anti-clockwise around the roundabout forcing drivers to brake before exciting via a no entry slip road. read


MP's support plan to offer men three months paternity leave

Businesses should pick up the bill because British fathers have proved reluctant to become full-time carers for their babies, said the Women and Equalities Select Committee. read


TWO Standlake babies injured by drawing pins hidden under nappy changing mat

Thames Valley Police confirmed today they are probing the incident at a village hall in Standlake, Oxfordshire, which was highlighted by mother Hayley Turner online after her son Samuel was hurt. read


Criminals earning thousands after taking 'London stock' bricks that can be sold on for £1 each

Walls of churches and cemeteries are being knocked down and sought-after ‘London stock’ bricks worth £1 each are hauled away. Police in East London alone are probing 30 thefts of bricks. read


Murder probe is launched as body is found of widow who was 'looking forward to the future' after splitting with boyfriend 

The victim, named locally as Carrie Ann Izzard, from Herstmonceux, East Sussex, had posted on Facebook days ago how she was 'looking forward to the future' having split from her ex-boyfriend. read


Cherie Blair's law firm received £210k in stolen money from Mohamed Allam Latheef

Mohamed Allam Latheef, pictured, orchestrated the transfer of £210,000 from a bank in Male, the capital city of the Maldives, to the HSBC account of Cherie Blair’s law firm Omnia Strategy. read


Chinese woman claims she is forced to scorch body with iron in bid to cure cancer

In a desperate bit to cure cancer, Ding Zhen, 28, is seen scorching herself with a hot iron. She claims her husband has left her and she can no longer pay for treatment. She was pictured on March 18. read


Porn-addicted anaesthetist Rupert Pemsel who paid for prostitute KEEPS job

Dr Rupert Pemsel, (pictured with wife) 32, had sex in an on-call room at Princess Anne Hospital in Southampton with prostitute. He was not struck off, instead being suspended for 10 months. read


How Moscow's 'metro dogs' have learned to navigate the city's subways

Roughly two dozen ‘metro dogs’ navigate the Moscow subway system; they know which stops to get on and off, and can identify the humans that are more likely to hand over a treat. read


Watch plasma burst from the surface of the sun

The footage was captured by Washington-based Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory last week. It shows a round solar filament erupting from the surface of the sun (pictured). read


Blogger BeautyKale uses uses TIN FOIL to create curls without damaging her hair

London based make-up artist BeautyKale posted a bizarre tutorial to her 86,000 followers showing how to crimp hair using tin foil and a pair of straighteners - reducing the heat damage. read


Photographer Julia West's Easter-themed photos show newborn babies dressed as animals

Snuggled up against super-soft blankets, these adorable newborns were snapped by Julia West, 38, from Essex, and show tiny babies wearing rabbit hats, clutching felt chicks and even dozing in a nest. read


Modern Family creator's wife 'has filed for a restraining order'

Krista Levitan told a judge Steve Levitan, whom she married in 1992, has been abusive and turned up at her family home in Los Angeles uninvited, according to TMZ . read


Topshop boss Philip Green always had a flare for fashion writes Sebastian Shakespeare

He's best known as the multi-millionaire boss of Topshop, but it appears Sir Philip Green has always had a flair for fashion. SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE explains all. read


Pictures show couple daring each other to pose on edge of crumbling Seaford Head cliff

The man and woman, believed to be in their 20s, were caught on camera balancing on top of the limestone edifice in Seaford Head, East Sussex, in front of stunned onlookers on Monday. read


Eating nuts and cooking with vegetable oil 'prevents progression of type 2 diabetes'

King's College London experts revealed replacing saturated fats - which are found in animal products, such as butter and meat - with polyunsaturated fats can stop prediabetes from becoming type 2 diabetes. read


The TRUE story of the little girl in new Jennifer Garner movie revealed

Christy Beam, 43, says she gave it all up to God when she and daughter Annabel hit the darkest of the dark. It was a week after that time Beam says the miracle she had been praying for happened. read


Why aren’t parents warned about the suicide risk for children on anti-depressants?

Stephanie McGill & John Lynch tragically lost their son Jake, 14, at their home in Clondalkin, 2013. Now, they want other parents to be given explicit warnings about teenagers taking Prozac. read


Mother's photo of daughter with Down's Syndrome attracts 185,000 Facebook likes

Kathryn Witt, 26, from Ringwood, Hampshire, said she thought the image of Florence might get 'a few likes' from family and friends, but said she was shocked to see it had gone viral. read


British Airways documents Pooh the teddy bear's journey home to an eight-month-old boy

When Woody Cranmer left his treasured teddy 'Pooh' in Buenos Aires, the eight-month-old thought he would never see his lovable companion again. But British Airways flew to the rescue. read


Princess Madeleine of Sweden shares picture of nine-month-old Prince Nicolas

Princess Madeleine of Sweden said 'time is flying' as she shared a new picture of her nine-month-old son Prince Nicolas. The royal lives in London with husband Chris O'Neill, 41, and their two children read


Rising temperatures could see England become the new Champagne region 

Scientists say higher temperatures in France are producing exceptional vintages. But researchers warn if temperatures continue to rise, production will shift across the Channel to the UK. read


Scientists discover exactly how superbugs build up resistance to antibiotics

Scientists at the University of Leeds discovered how a family of proteins 'protect' the bacterial ribosome, the protein makers in cells, from being blocked by antibiotics. read


Video shows four hyenas spend THREE HOURS killing a buffalo in South Africa 

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. These are the shocking scenes as a pack of hyenas spent three hours attacking a buffalo in the Kruger National Park in South Africa before the victim collapses of its wounds. read


Vintage public health posters show attitudes towards disease prevention

The prints were created to halt the spread of syphilis and tuberculosis, and to encourage people to eat a good diet and exercise. They are stored at the Library of Congress, Washington DC. read


H&M releases its first affordable wedding dress collection

H&M is launching its collection of affordable bridal designs. Available from April 7 the gowns are priced from £149.99 to £399. Its release comes hot on the heels of ASOS launching a bridal range. read


Masked gang employs military-style tactics in armed bank raid in Sardinia

Dramatic video footage, released by police this week, shows a group of armed masked men storming a bank in Sardinia and forcing staff and members of the public to lie down on the floor. read


Turkish truck driver dumps tonnes of dirt onto highway in road rage incident

The Turkish driver brought traffic to a standstill in Istanbul after stopping his vehicle and intentionally tipping his truck to dump tonnes of grit and sand onto the carriageway in a road rage incident. read


Ex-undercover policewoman who entered a beauty contest for a laugh is now set to compete internationally alongside her daughter

Australian Robyn Morrison, 39, who lives in Halifax, West Yorkshire. with her husband and two children, is taking to the stage in Miss Galaxy International pageant with her daughter Halle-Blu. read


Brothers Justin and Adam Fricke drive to all 50 US states in their Sprinter van 

Desperate to escape unfulfilling desk jobs, Justin, 25, and Adam Fricke, 23, from Florida decided that there was never a better time to hit the open road - using a converted van. read


Video shows shark gives camera a goofy smile like Finding Nemo's Bruce

Hilarious picture shows a shark underwater in Florida looking straight into the camera with all its gnashers on show - a shot that resembles Disney's 'fish are friends, not food' predator. read


Mac on ... the Tory fallout 

'Look on the bright side, George. Now that you are disabled you can claim benefits.' read


Stunning gravity maps begin to unlock the secrets of Mars' surface

Nasa has constructed the most detailed gravity map (pictured) yet showing Mars' surface, giving a glimpse into what is going on underneath, with data from three spacecraft over sixteen years. read


Images show widows in India breaking taboo and celebrating colourful Holi festival

Breaking with tradition, around 1,000 Vrindavan widows in India, who are expected to live out their days in quiet worship, have been able to allowed join in with the vibrant occasion. read


Funny video as dad drops water-filled swimming cap onto daughter's head

One clever father filled his daughter's pink swimming cap with water and held it over her head before letting it drop - and amazingly the rubber hat snapped straight down into place on her head. read


Baby elephant 'discovers' his trunk in adorable video from South Africa

The heartwarming footage of the baby elephant twirling his trunk was filmed in the Pretoriuskop region of South Africa's famous Kruger National Park. read


Water buffalo that is so HORNY it can barely lift its head is spotted in India

The extraordinary mammal with huge horns was photographed at Kaziranga National Park in Assam, India, by amateur wildlife photographer Sanjeev Chadha. read


M&S launches a range of cake mixes that can be MICROWAVED in a mug

The high street chain will soon start selling Cuppa Bakes in three flavours so that those with a sweet tooth can get their homemade cake fix without hours spent in a hot kitchen. read