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Roman Abramovich has plans for $78million New York mega-mansion REJECTED

The Russian billionaire was told by New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission that his proposal to turn three landmarked townhouses into one property was an ‘unjustified tear-down’. read


Married celebrity father who had threesome with another couple is now named on Facebook and Twitter

Twitter and Facebook has been flooded with mentions of the pair after their identities were revealed in an American print publication. But the British media are still banned from naming them. read


The Mail prints story over love cheat scandal with all banned words blacked out

This is an edited transcript of the sensational – and somewhat lurid – story millions of Americans are reading, with large chunks redacted to comply with the British court ruling... read


I would love to tell you who that celebrity father is, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN

Britain gave free speech to the world, but it is being rapidly eroded by unelected, unaccountable judges, egged on by newspaper-hating zealots, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN. read


Two 'would-be hitmen' arrested on Chinese border as they 'tried to enter North Korea'

Hitmen who were planning to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have been detained near Tumen River at the border with China, according to reports. read


Rise and rise of the Rooneys-in-law

Ever since Wayne, 30, the Manchester United captain, proposed to Coleen on a petrol station forecourt in 2003, Colette and Jeanette have been in the public eye. read


Dementia can be averted by marrying a smart partner experts now believe

Experts said that by studying the health of identical twins, they concluded that a person’s environment and relationships can seriously affect their chance of developing dementia. read


TOM UTLEY: Oh dear. Is the fact my wife was a bus driver the final proof I'm stupid?  

An item in yesterday’s paper brought back a fond memory of my late mother, one winter evening in our London flat in the early Seventies, writes TOM UTLEY. read


Divers begin searching River Thames for missing police officer Gordon Semple

A man was arrested after officers recovered a body from a property on the Peabody Estate in Southwark Street earlier today. Scotland Yard said: ' 'This is devastating news for all those involved in the search for Gordon.' read


Woman with 'two vaginas' reveals how condition affects her relationship in Reddit Q&A

An anonymous Reddit user in her 20s and her partner both started Ask Me Anything threads to talk about her life with uterine didelphys. read


Men are scared to death of today's sex mad ladettes, says Maureen Lipman

British actress Maureen Lipman, 69, says that our daughters today ‘are quite laddish about sex’ and that men are no longer the ones who know ‘everything about it'. read


Baby smiles at seeing his mother for the first time after getting new glasses

Baby Leopold, who lives with his parents near Seattle, Washington, suffers with a rare disorder that affects his eyesight. A video captured the moment he saw clearly for the first time in his life. read


Women are three times more likely to bare all in the movies

Just nine per cent of actors who appeared in the top 100 films of 2014 had nude scenes – compared with 26 per cent of actresses. read


Free weights 'found to have 362 TIMES more bacteria than a toilet seat' 

FitRated experts revealed gym treadmills, free weights and exercise bikes are teeming with more than one million germs - that can cause illness and infection - per square inch. read


Arab playboy drives around London with L-PLATES on his Maserati Gran Cabrio

This is the moment a learner driver who left his £90,000 Maserati on a London street discovered the yellow lines beside the curb do not indicate special parking spot for gold-coloured supercars. read


Banned driver Jackson Beckett Logan is jailed after being spotted driving to court

Jackson Beckett Logan, 33, was sentenced to 26 weeks in prison after a after a magistrate spotted him driving to his sentencing at Dolgellau, Gwynedd, in Wales, and buying a parking ticket. read


Grand National Festival sees revellers descend on Liverpool's Aintree racecourse

Revellers descended on Liverpool's Aintree racecourse as the first day of the Crabbie's Grand National Festival got underway with a strict style code for the second year running. read


Follow this doctor's guide and give yourself a monthly health MOT

Most of us know we should be routinely checking for suspicious moles, lumps and bumps but how many of us actually do? Dr Sally Norton reveals a series of easy checks we should all perform each month. read


Children are drinking more fizzy drinks than water according to public health experts

Official statistics show that children and teenagers aged between 11 and 18 are drinking only two small glasses of water a day – about 453ml – out of their total fluid requirement of 1.8litres. read


Rhian Sugden's 'affair with Hollywood Lothario' revealed in tell-all book

The Page 3 model is expected to reveal her steamy affair with an as-yet unknown Hollywood A-lister who could make Vernon Kay look 'Z-list' in her new tell-all book, according to reports. read


Female of the species are the 'harshest judges of weight and beauty' 

Scientists at the University of Surrey found women interviewers judge women and men with high BMIs as being less attractive, while men judge overweight women harshly, but not their fellow gender. read


Model girlfriend of One Direction's Niall Horan has 'abandoned' her son to pursue fame

Jessica Serfaty, 25, is living a jet set lifestyle while leaving her son behind. Her ex-husband tells Daily Mail Online that she only sees her 7-year-old for six weeks during summer vacation. read


Asda driver reveals inside of filthy delivery van used to drop off customers' food 

The employee also claimed the supermarket giant only has its UK delivery vans cleaned once a year, while the trays used to deliver food are 'never washed' even after pigeons 'poo in them'. read


Police arrest man on suspicion of abduction after schoolgirl Jade Lynch was missing

The unnamed suspect was held less than 24 hours after the 14-year-old girl was found 'safe and well' in the Wigan area - ten miles from where she was last seen. read


NHS to recruit 400 doctors from India in desperate bid to plug staffing crisis 

It is understood Health Education England (HEE) - in charge of education and training within the health service - has signed an agreement with Apollo Hospitals, a major hospital chain in India. read


Education Secretary Nicky Morgan announces four-year old exams will be dropped

Education secretary Nicky Morgan (pictured) said a testing scheme introduced by predecessor Michael Gove would no longer be used to compare schools' performance. read


Why didn’t BBC mention its drug dealing executive in ‘chemsex’ story?

The BBC interviewed a barrister who supplied the drugs that killed his teenage boyfriend (pictured together) and didn't mention that he bought them from a Corporation executive. read


JAN MOIR: The lunacy of YOU having to pay for a granny's triplets 

JAN MOIR: Sharon Cutts, 55, from Boston in Lincolnshire, is the grandmother who has just become Britain’s oldest mother of triplets. But who is going to provide for these miracle children? read


We need £12billion to repair all the potholes in Britain

Yesterday the Government pledged £50m for fixing 1m potholes this year. But one survey found it will cost £11.8billion to fully fix all roads and the AA president said the funding was inadequate. read


Oxford taxi driver 'forced 15-year-old girl to perform sex act on him'

Oxford Crown Court heard an interview with a young woman who alleges to be a victim of a gang of seven men, including Assad Hussain (pictured) who raped and sexually abused her over 10 years. read


Foster mother Kandyce Downer 'battered 18-month-old Keegan Downer to death

Kandyce Downer (pictured), 35, is accused of beating little Keegan Downer so ferociously at their home in Birmingham that she had broken legs, ribs, and suffered severe head and spine injuries. read


David Cameron DID have stake in his father's offshore investment fund amid Panama papers leak

Mr Cameron tonight pledged to release his personal tax return in an attempt to limit the damage from his revelation. read


David Cameron admits he WON'T bail out steel and Port Talbot like he did banks

The Prime Minister said the last Labour government had no choice but to pour billions of pounds into the banking sector in 2008 because failure would have ruined the whole economy. read


David Cameron mocked for watching Glastonbury 'at home in front of a warm fire'

The Prime Minister raised questions over his depth of knowledge about the world-famous summer event with the comment during a question and answer session at Exeter University. read


Ex HSBC executive tried to avoid paying by placing £8m house in offshore company

Michael Geoghegan, who worked at HSBC for almost 40 years, tried to avoid tax on his £8million Kensington town house by placing it in an offshore company in the British Virgin Islands. read


Vladimir Putin claims Panama Papers are part of a U.S. plot to 'rock Russia from within'

The Russian president hit out at the leak of 11.5million documents from a Panama-based law firm, some of which revealed cellist Sergei Roldugin had quietly built a business empire. read


The rise of the 'Brelfie'

A host of celebrity mothers from the UK and around the world have been gazing at the camera, hair and make-up immaculate with the all-important accessory on display: the babe at the breast. read


Would you sacrifice one person to save the lives of many?

Psychologists at the University of Oxford have found that choosing to sacrifice the life of one innocent person rather than five impacts on how trustworthy you are with other people. read


British government accused of ignoring students who don't go to univeristy

Despite the fact that over half of British youngsters do not go to university, the government invests £6,000 less in those that do continue to higher education than those who don't. read


Tanveer Ahmed admits killing Asad Shah because 'he disrespected Islam'

Tanveer Ahmed (pictured) yesterday confessed to the brutal Glasgow murder of popular 40-year-old Muslim Asad Shah who only days earlier wished his Christian friends a happy Easter. read


Harry Potter’s Devon Murray's mother fired son’s agent after actor was caught smoking on set

Devon Murray, shown, is being sued by his former agent for a £230,000 slice of around £808,000 that he earned from his role as Irish schoolboy wizard Seamus Finnigan in all eight Harry Potter films. read


Mother whose baby died after she was drinking still lives with her other son

Kim Smart-Neil's son Freddie died at the family home in Blackpool in 2014 after his parents spent 24 hours drinking, a review found read


UK weather to see freezing temperatures, rain and even SLEET expected at the weekend

The thermometer will struggle to reach 12C (53.6F) in the North this weekend, while night times could be as cold as -2C (28.4C), with snow and sleet falling over high ground. read


Ian McEwan faces more criticism over transgender remarks

Ian McEwan. who got into trouble with the transgender lobby for saying that all people with penises should be called men, is under fire again, for a statement supporting transgenderism. read


Christian NHS worker suspended for 'harassing' a Muslim colleague loses appeal

Victoria Wasteney, 39, 'harassed and bullied' a work friend by giving her a book about a Muslim woman's encounter with Christianity while working at the St John Howard Centre in east London. read


Donald Trump's great-grandfather drowned in accident off the Scottish coast

Great-grandfather Donald was lost off Vatisker Point, near Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, when a squall of wind overturned his open boat in 1868, writes SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE. read


Viewers accuse The Chase of being FIXED

Eagle-eyed fans of the show spotted a moment in which the countdown clock froze at 10 seconds a fraction longer than normal, appearing to give professional quizzer Mark Labbett an advantage. read


Iraqi family used by ISIS as human shields reveals horror of life under jihadis control

Abu Israa (pictured) has spoken of how he was fined because his beard was the wrong length, ISIS threatened to cut off his head and his daughter was almost lashed for not wearing a niqab in Iraq. read


Brussels attacks investigators release CCTV footage of 'Man in White' FLEEING airport

Belgian Federal Prosecutor Eric Van der Sypt said on Thursday that authorities were especially appealing to people who might have filmed or photographed the man. read


British Special Forces ‘have been helping draw up US ‘kill lists’ against Al-Qaeda'

Special Forces from the UK are said to have systematically co-operated with the Americans to take out Al Qaeda operatives with targeted strikes in Yemen over the past six years, it has been claimed. read


Doctor from MSF hospital bombed by US forces says staff died 'screaming for help'

Dr. Kathleen Thomas was working at the Doctors Without Borders (MSF)Trauma Center in Kunduz, Afghanistan on the day of the devastating airstrike on October 3. read


Teenage girls who killed Angela Wrightson are jailed for 15 years 

The girls (pictured in a court sketch with their faces obscured) spent nine hours battering Angela Wrightson with her few possessions at her Hartlepool home. read


Scientists crack how cancer becomes resistant to drugs paving the way for therapies

Cancer evolves to survive drug treatments by ‘stealing’ the blood supply of other parts of the body, , scientists from London's Institute of Cancer Research found. read


NHS queue for anorexic and bulimia sufferers is now 6 months to see a specialist

The average waiting time for adults in England can vary from 20 to 182 days depending on the Trust according to new figures released by the NHS under the Freedom of Information Act. read


Father who put 'Hot Diggidy Dog Hot Original Pepper Sauce' on his son's bottom is jailed

The injuries caused by the £1.99 chilli sauce were so bad that doctors had to perform a colostomy and reconstructive surgery to repair the damage to the 27-day-old child, Salisbury Crown Court was told. read


Concerns growing for missing Robert and Suphan Goodman and their son James

Police are anxious to trace Robert (right) and Suphan Goodman (left) and their nine-year-old son James (centre), after they disappeared from their home in Swindon, Wiltshire. read


Video show Greek border guards HITTING children with batons

The footage, captured near Idomeni, at the border with Macedonia, shows the officer repeatedly striking the young boy, who is clasping onto the barbed wire fence. read


Germany politicians pressure police into removing 'rape' from ex attack report

It emerged yesterday that a high-ranking politician, who said he was acting on behalf of the German state, pressured the police to remove the word ‘rape’ from their report on the night’s mass sex attacks. read


Public Interest Lawyers accused of wasting tax payers' money for harassing troops

Public Interest Lawyers, , tried to sue the Ministry of Defence over a boy killed in an explosion near Basra in 2003, but the High Court ruled the firm submitted different accounts of the death. read


Michael Gove says £9m would have been better spent on NHS

Justice Secretary Michael Gove savaged the decision to use taxpayers’ money on what he described as a nakedly political attempt to sway the result of the EU referendum and said the funds would have been much better spent on the cash-strapped NHS. read


Brexit campaigners say result proves EU is 'not alone' in anti-EU sentiment 

Far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders, pictured, described the rejection of the trade deal by voters in the Netherlands as 'the start of the end of the European Union as we know it.' read


Brexit would make UK airlines unable to 'freely fly between cities'

Britain's exit from the EU would mean UK-based airlines such as EasyJet would not be able to operate freely between the remaining member states, according to Defence Secretary Michael Fallon. read


Halifax claims EU referendum could cause drop in house prices

Halifax said the value of the average British home jumped over 10.1 per cent to £214,811 in the year to March as landlords try to beat the stamp duty hike on April 1. read


Britain's Got Talent act who won Russian version has been on the show 5 times

Alexandr Magala has been dubbed ‘the most dangerous act ever’ to appear on Britain’s Got Talent - but viewers in America, Russia, Italy, France and the Ukraine may recognise him. read


Dementia and an ineffective flu jab are blamed for record spike in deaths for 50 years

Investigations into the largest annual increase in deaths in England and Wales since 1968 has been linked to respiratory diseases, including flu, and patients with dementia and Alzheimer's. read


Alzheimer symptoms 'are worse in those with low body temperature'

Scientists from Université Laval, in Canada, found that regulating body temperature in patients with dementia can reduce the amounts of Alzheimer's plaque in the brain and improve memory. read


Mercedes event calls for police as two shareholders argue over sausages

A male shareholder was allegedly wrapping up buffet sausages to take home when a woman confronted him and a fracas ensued, at a Mercedes meeting in Germany. read


Anarchist graffiti vandals target Tyneside's millionaire's row

Pink paint was daubed on the walls, gates and cars of the rich and powerful in Tyneside as vandals targeted a street home to figures including ex Newcastle United boss, Freddie Shepherd. read


Mother suffered miscarriage on A&E hospital FLOOR after pleas for help were ignored

Leanne Kenward, 22, arrived at Whipps Cross University Hospital after suffering heavy bleeding. But the student waited two hours to see a nurse and another four for a doctor. read


Video reveals eight ingenious life hacks that use the RUBBER BAND

A new Daily Mail video demonstrates eight easy hacks using rubber bands to make life at home easier. Covering kitchen, bedroom and DIY it shows how bands can make tasks simpler read


FireAnt phone software that can scan social media to hunt down terrorists

A new software called FireAnt can block out the 'noise' of millions of online messages to reveal specific kinds of content, and collect it for analysis. This can help identify abusive online behaviour. read


German tourist town of Tegernsee strips Adolf Hitler of honorary citizenship

Tegernsee in Bavaria was one of thousands of communities to honour Hitler after he came to power in 1933. But the mayor finally revoked the honour after realising it was still in place. read


Apple patent shows laptop design with giant touchpad that senses movement

The invention, dubbed a 'configurable, force-sensitive input structure for an electronic device,' looks similar to Apple's 'Force Touch' trackpads, which use haptic technology. read


Jeremy Corbyn is blasted by Jewish leader for supporting brother Piers in row

Jonathan Arkush, the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, said the response of the Labour leader was 'deeply disturbing'. Labour later insisted Mr Corbyn was 'taking action'. read


Shocking footage shows delivery driver throw parcel over fence

She appears in the footage, taken in Staffordshire, approaching a high gate with the parcel. And then, with no apparent search to see if anyone's home, she lobs the parcel over. read


Man quizzed by police after being caught on video calling veiled Muslim woman 'Batman'

Ahlam Saed, 25, was wearing her jilbab gown and niqab face veil when she was targeted after going into a shop in Shepherd's Bush, west London, for some sweets. read


Vietnamese teacher facing the sack after leaving girl with black eyes

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. The girl, known only as T, pictured, required hospital treatment after she was beaten in the Phin Ngan Elementary School in north-eastern Vietnam's Bat Xat district. read


Video shows mother get acid thrown in her face

Carla Whitlock was attacked with a drain cleaner containing highly concentrated sulphuric acid outside a restaurant in Southampton which left her blind in one eye and scarred her face. read


Airport staff confiscate ashes of gay David Bulmer-Rizzi because his husband is not deemed next of kin 

Marco Bulmer-Rizzi was trying to bring the remains of his husband David back to the UK from Australia, where he died after falling down stairs and cracking his skull at the end of their dream holiday. read


Chinese antiques bought by British farmer for £100-a-piece sells for £45.9m

The late Roger Pilkington of Aldbourne, Wiltshire, collected 100 pieces of exquisite Chinese ceramics in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The collection has sold for £45.9million. read


Global warming could be WORSE than experts think

Most computer simulations of climate change are underestimating by at least one degree how warm the world will get this century, a new study suggests. read


Did life come to Earth on a COMET?

Scientists at the Institut de Chimie de Nice, France have demonstrated for the first time that ribose, the backbone of genetic material, forms in the ice on comets. read


Secret Facebook Messenger inbox that filters certain messages

Facebook has been hiding message in a secret inbox it deemed as spam - messages from users you may not know. To view these message, just open up the Messenger app and go to settings. read


Facebook’s Messenger now has 900m users as firm battles Snapchat and WhatsApp

Facebook has launched new features to help its 900 million Messenger users chat. Users will soon have access to scannable codes, usersnames and links that open up threads in the app. read


Colorado motel owner secretly watched hundreds of guests have sex for 29 YEARS

For more than two decades, Gerald Foos, a Colorado motel owner secretly watched hundreds, maybe even thousands, of guests have sex and both of his wives supported him. read


Arabic overtakes Finnish to become the second most common language in Sweden

Finnish has been the most commonly spoken non-Swedish mother tongue for more than 1,000 years, but it is now set to be overtaken by Arabic as a result of the influx of migrants in recent years. read


Number of babies born in Britain to women from other EU countries has almost trebled

Astonishing figures show that births to women from other EU countries soared from 24,942 to 64,067 – or 157 per cent. Brexit campaigners claim services costs could be more than £1.3billion. read


Sir Elton John's first manager speaks out to beg John to stop the feuds

Ray Williams was Sir Elton's first manager and propelled him to stardom. But he was sacked in what he believes was a classic 'tantrum' and speaks out now to beg Elton to end his angry feuds. read


Andy Murray's mother Judy at war with Stirlingshire neighbours over renovations

The mother of British No1 tennis star Andy Murray plans to get rid of a turreted 'Baronial-style' tower feature (circled) at Khyber House in Bridge of Allan in Stirlingshire. read


Anne-Marie Birch murdered by husband repeatedly told police of her concerns about him

Anne-Marie Birch, 47, was strangled in a field near her home in Ramsgate, Kent, in November 2013 after a relentless campaign of harassment by Lee Birch. He was later jailed for life for murder. read


Is ALGAE the key to beating cancer?

Scientists from Oregon State University discovered a compound in algae, called coibamide A, can cut off cancer cells' ability to communicate with blood vessels and other cells - triggering its death. read


Artificial blood research gets breakthrough as scientists discover way to make platlets

Cancer patients and car crash victims could soon be given life-saving transfusions of artificial blood, thanks to a breakthrough by British scientists. read


Nasa releases latest data from Neowise 'hunter' spacecraft

Nasa's Neowise mission has just released a new batch of data, and says its identified 72 new near earth objects (shown in green), bringing the total number to 439. read


Volocopter that ‘could replace the car’ flies with passenger in test

E-volo has made history with a manned flight in the world's first certified multicopter. The Volocopter VC200 took to the skies for a three minute flight using its 18 rotors and electric propulsion. read


UFO hunters spot strange building in Egyptian desert on Google Earth

The strange complex, in barren landscape to the east of Egypt's capital Cairo, features two long pointed buildings surrounded by mysterious circles. read


Mentesh Mouharrem dismisses Emily Laker's death with 's*** happens' Facebook post

Mentesh Mouharrem, 19, lost control of his black Renault Clio on a country road near the village of Broad Oak in Kent before crashing into the tree, killing front passenger Emily Laker. read


Gender pay gap video shows children's reaction to men being paid more

Now even children are fighting against workplace inequality, after finding out about inequality in the workplace. The concept was explained to the British youngsters by Expert Market. read


Ken Jordan cut 'secret daughter' out of his will and left estate to his mistress

Ken Jordan, formerly from Surrey, who cut his 'secret' daughter out of his fortune and left it all to his mistress Bernice Elliott (pictured together) 'knew and approved' of what he was doing, a judge has ruled. read


Nasa photos show giant ice fractures on Pluto that resembles a spider

Six gigantic icy fractures converge onto a point near the centre of the strange structure. The longest of the 'legs' is named Sleipnir Fossa, and is more than 360 miles (580 kilometers) long. read


Chinese singletons reveal how their parents shame them if they don't marry by 25

Unattached women in China have revealed the pressure they are under to find someone to marry in an emotional four-minute video for SK-11 skincare. They have received many harsh words from parents. read


Is the BBC haunted? Bizarre moment ghostly black figure sweeps across Breakfast studio

Presenters Louise Minchin and Dan Walker talked with actress Jo Horton about Channel 4 drama The People Next Door moments before a ghostly figure appeared to sweep across the BBC studio. read


Charlene Carasco tricked her ex-boyfriend into paying her 'ransom' with fake kidnap

Charlene Carasco, 30, told her ex-boyfriend she was being held hostage by a sex fiend gangster, and begged him to pay a ransom to free her. She was jailed for 12 months at Northampton Crown Court. read


BBC viewers blast The One Show's burkini versus bikini debate as models parade swimwear in Bradford

Viewers of the BBC programme took to Twitter to slam the segment branding it 'ridiculous' and saying it made 'no sense'. It follows the launch of Muslim swimwear ranges House of Fraser and M&S. read


Is LITHIUM the cure for ageing? Tests reveal the drug can boost lifespan by almost a fifth

The study from University College London shows that male and female flies live longer than average when given low doses of lithium (stock image), regardless of their genetic make-up. read


Obese woman who binged on carbs and sugary snacks lost an incredible 150lbs

Christine Carter, 28, from Dallas, lost 150lbs (11st) in 16 months and gained the confidence to ditch her ex, who she claims encouraged her to put on weight so she wouldn't leave him. read


Jessica Morgan Price heart stopped after she caught MRSA having cancer treatment

Jessica Morgan Price, from Porthcawl, south Wales, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia in 2013. Complications during treatment cause her heart to stop three times. read


Largest pink pear-shaped diamond to go under the hammer is set to fetch £27million

The supremely rare and exceptional diamond weighs 15.38 carats. It has been classified as 'fancy vivid' and has received highest possible colour grading for a pink diamond. read


British boy drowns in swimming pool at a Costa Blanca villa on family holiday

The four-year-old is said to have died after falling into a swimming pool in the Costa Blanca resort of Torrevieja a short drive south of Alicante, Spain. read


Co-op boss Richard Pennycook asks for 60% pay cut over job demands

Richard Pennycook (pictured) has asked for his basic salary to be cut from £1.25million to £750,000 as the company is in 'calmer waters'. He will also see his bonuses reduced. read


Semir Osmanagic claims boulder in Podubravlje is the world's oldest man-made sphere

Controversial archaeologist Semir Osmanagic (pictured) discovered the ‘stone ball’ in a forest at Podubravlje, near the town Zavidovici in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. read


Pensioner threatened by NHS bosses with being put in different home from wife dies

John Smith, 93, was going to be moved to a different care home from his wife Marjorie, 87, after he suffered a severe stroke - but NHS bosses agreed to keep them together after anger in Blackburn read


Giuseppe Salvatore Riina sparks outrage after refusing to admit the Mafia exists

In a recent interview, Giuseppe Salvatore Riina has refused to criticize his father - who waged war against the Italian state and was nicknamed 'The Beast' for his love of violence. read


Trail of destruction in Warrington after 'travellers trashed the village hall' 

Glasses, bottles, doors and mirrors were smashed at the Rose Centre in Lowton, Warrington, while £2,500 worth of alcohol went missing on the night and furniture was dragged outside and set on fire. read


Three Swindon Town FC footballers face probe over 'hippy crack' footage

Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill and his fellow Swindon Town players Drissa Traore and striker Jeremy Balmy were accused of streaming themselves live on the broadcasting app read


Fife's Balgonie Castle vowed to stop taking weddings after 'hate campaign' on Facebook

Kelly Morris (pictured), manager at Balgonie Castle in Fife, last night announced that the ancient medieval property will no longer welcome couples tying the knot after a massive online row. read


DNA shows we did NOT inherit male genes from our ancient cousins

Researchers from Stanford University and Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany analysed the Neanderthal Y chromosome for the first time. read


Naked models are painted into the background by make-up artist Nicolle Vanessa

Nicolle Vanessa, 29, from France, spends three to seven hours painting her 'human canvases' to ensure that they are camouflaged to perfection against her chosen background. read


Barman in Ireland shows off Jagerbomb-making skills by managing to fill 10 glasses

In this video, the dexterous man makes 10 'Jagerbombs' - the popular drink made up of Red Bull and Jagermeister. read


The 'varicose vein' that was actually a WORM

The unidentified 42-year-old, who was treated at Peking Union Medical College ,China, was found to have the larvae of a hookworm in his foot, causing an intensely itchy rash. read


Ernie Els shoots worst score EVER recorded on Augusta's first hole

World Golf Hall of Famer Ernie Els scored a quintuple-bogey 9 on the first hole of the Masters Tournament on Thursday at Augusta National after struggling to putt the ball into the hole. read


Thief caught red handed is paraded around Mexican market without his trousers

Triumphant locals filmed an alleged thief as he was wheeled around a busy market in the city of Celaya, in central Mexico, tied up to a trolley with no trousers and a sign saying 'Till Rat.' read


US Navy reveals new breed of amphibious UAVs

A four-propeller drone called the Aqua-Quad is being developed in California, and so far proven ability to achieve lift-off from the surface of water and ride out rough waves. read


Irish dad tricks son into pulling a hoover's cord like a LAWN MOWER to turn it on

The hilarious video shows a hopeless boy, named Conor, attempting to pull-start a vacuum cleaner as his amused Irish father looks on. His father encourages him, telling him 'that's it now, nearly'. read


Amber Smith shares Facebook photos taken minutes after suffering a panic attack

Amber Smith, 22, from Rugby, shared the post on Sunday, saying that she wanted to tackle the stigma around mental illness and show that social media selfies can be deceiving. read


JFK and Jackie lookalikes leave passerby's in awe as they drive past landmarks

One of the most famous couples of all time have been spotted smiling and waving as they made their way through central London in an motorcade of authentic 1960s Lincoln Limousines. read


Strange shape changing furniture that can change from a sofa to table

Lift-bit is a series of hexagonal stools that fit together and creates a number of combinations. Users control the sofa via an app or hand gestures to transform it into what they need for just $1,250. read


Dancers use a hoverboard to perform turning routine in studio in video

Hoverboards have had a controversial start but perhaps manufacturers have now cracked a new market. read


Full-fat dairy 'reduces risk of diabetes and helps you LOSE weight'

Tufts University scientists analyzed 3,333 adults over 15 years and found those who had higher levels of whole-fat dairy were 46 per cent less likely to develop diabetes than those who has lower levels. read


British Army deserter Matty Bermingham found drowned on Tenerife beach

Matty Bermingham, 21, of the Yorkshire Regiment, fled from Barrington Barracks in Warminster, Wiltshire, after becoming disillusioned with military life. read


Scientists hunt for toy dog who went to space only to go missing when landing back on Earth

The hunt is on for Sam, who was sent to the edge of space as part of a school project. He could have landed anywhere across a swathe of northern England. read


Neurons that stop us remembering information and how to switch them off

Neuroscientists at the University of Oxford have shown that over time memories can become silenced by a type of inhibitory connection between neurons in the brain. Stock image shown. read


British musician jailed in Dubai tells how 'corrupt police gave him electric shocks'

Karl Williams (pictured) and David Haigh claim to have been tortured during their time in prisons in Dubai, casting a light on corruption and abuses occurring within the UAE's judiciary system. read


Terrifying moment Gateshead armed robber wearing a Scream mask raids chip shop

It was just before midnight at Rob's Fish Bar in Felling, Gateshead, on Tuesday when the man armed with a large knife burst into the takeaway threatening staff. read


Woman surfer's attempt on flowrider doesn't go well in this hilarious video 

Taking to the flowrider wearing her bright yellow bikini she appears to know exactly what to do when facing the waves. But things quickly unravel for the young wannabe surfer. read


Stunned workers find TWO snakes electrocuted inside a transfer box

The City of Morganton in North Carolina posted an image of the reptiles on Facebook Monday. The city said one of the snakes had been biting the other. read


Manchester hedgehog lives the high life in cosy apartment

Hokey is an African Pygmy hedgehog living the high life in a Manchester apartment rather than taking his chances in the wild like Britain’s declining one million hedgehogs. read


Polar bear cub melts hearts as she makes her debut at Bremerhaven Zoo in Germany 

Polar bear cub Lili made her first public appearance at Bremerhaven Zoo in Germany this week. The four-month-old cub went for a swim in the pool with her mum, Valeska. read


Video shows moment chaos ensues after skier takes a tumble causing MASSIVE pile up

A funny video shows a man with POV camera falling over on a Swedish slope in Åre - only to look back and see that numerous others had done the same, leading to a hilarious pile up. read


Mac on... Pro-EU leaflets

'Mr Cameron will be pleased. So many volunteers to deliver his pro Europe leaflets.' read


Last surviving St Kilda native dies aged 93

Rachel Johnson was the last surviving native of the isolated archipelago of St Kilda, an island which sits on the outermost reach of the Outer Hebrides, some 110 miles off the west coast of Scotland. read


New Harry Potter theme park opens at Universal Studios in Hollywood

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios, Hollywood has opened to the public. And thousands crowded the park - complete with Hogwarts castle - to get a taste of the Potter magic. read


Golfers fly down hill and crash buggy leaving their friends in stitches in video

In this funny video these two golfing friends were moving between holes when one of them decided to drive down a steep hill in their buggy. read


Camera catches ugly row over disputed Mexico cemetery plot as woman grabs coffin

Relatives of Maria del Carmen had gathered at the cemetery in Sinaloa in Mexico when stranger Dora Diaz turned up and laid claim to the burial spot and trying to lift the coffin up from the ground. read


Alexa Chung to become new face of Marks & Spencer as sales drop

Style icon Alexa Chung is the new fashion face of the chain whose new boss, Steve Rowe, wants to reverse a fall of 2.7per cent in clothing and home sales in the first three months of this year. read


Brawl breaks out after Russian bride flips off in-laws at wedding

The bride - identified only as Lena in the video - is shown in her white wedding dress giving the finger to her new relatives during the wedding party in Russia. read


Chinese children learn to drink tea and use cutlery in English etiquette class

Hosted by UK luxury children's dress brand David Charles in Shanghai, the Royal Etiquette Training programme saw a group of youngsters learn about British style and etiquette. read


Scooby the British military dog takes part in Army desert exercises in Jordan

Scooby the springer spaniel, six, is one of 35 hero working dogs currently taking part in Exercise Shamal Storm, the biggest military training exercise in a decade, in the Jordanian desert read


Tokyo cafe for cuddling hedgehogs has now opened

On the back of cat, dog, owl and goat cafes, new trend is sweeping Tokyo in the form of hedgehog and bunny cuddling cafes. read