Britain's largest retail bank, which is nine per cent owned by the taxpayer, has been accused of being 'completely disingenuous' by critics opposed it its cost cutting.

It is a humiliating blow for Sturgeon (pictured) but defiant Scottish ministers insist the measure will still go ahead despite today's ruling by the Supreme Court in London - the UK's highest court.

A 20-strong response unit wearing stab vests, Kevlar helmets and clutching assault rifles have been crouching on grass verges and behind armoured vans in Smallfield, Surrey since 6am.

NEW This latest frustration for commuters comes just weeks weeks after beleaguered rail operator Southern cancelled services because it did not have enough staff to run them.

Animal photographer Grace Chon took adorable before and after pictures of dogs when they got groomed at Healthy Spot in Los Angeles, California.

Surrey-born Joe Wicks, 29, offers a SSS (Shift Shape and Sustain) plan, where clients pay £150 for a three-month diet and exercise regime so Lauren Smith, 29, from London, decided to give it a spin.

The scam was uncovered when council officers raided the property in Wembley, north London, and found up to six tenants to a room and a woman living in a 'Slumdog Millionaire-esque' shack.

The players from the team in North Africa were accused of surrounding the teenage girls, pestering them for photographs before before groping them at the event in Gothenburg.

Eno Mfon, 21, said a lecturer at the University of Bristol told her there was 'no space' for black writers on her English and theatre studies course, but she has proved them wrong in spectacular style.

Ravil Mingazov, 48, who spent 14 years behind bars without charge, has a wife and teenage son in Nottingham and wants to come to the UK to 'live happily ever after in Sherwood Forest'.

The high street stalwart has released a collection of contouring creams and strobing sets they say can help you emulate the Kardashians' look for less.

Shocking footage shows Jason Davis, 48, lying in the street fighting for his life in Hythe, Hampshire, while his teenage attackers 'laugh and dance' around his unconscious body.

A couple from Crewe in Cheshire have given their own spin on wining and dining - by setting up a table and chairs and having their date night at the side of a local duck pond.

Mother-of-three, Lisa Machenberg, 56, from California, appeared on This Morning to discuss her usual parenting strategies, which she believes can motivate children to behave.

Orchil Castle, near Gleneagles, was built in the 1860s and was once described as 'the finest country house in Scotland'. But after World War II it fell into disrepair.

The 28-year-old from Cork, Ireland, boasts more than one million fans with her videos on workouts, makeup tutorials and her children. She revealed how commenters called her obese.

The body of Nishanthan Gnanathas, of Sutton, south London, was found in Lisbon's Tagus river on Friday, almost a week after he went overboard.

Shocked witnesses described how the cyclist swerved to avoid a taxi door opening in front of him in Leicester- only to then be involved in a collision with a white van, which then drove off.

Gracie James-Coggins' parents were furious after they were sent a letter by Bristol City Council labelling their daughter 'obese' after a weigh-in at school. The four-year-old is pictured with her mother.

Syed Mukhtar Kazam, 30, told Samia Shahid, 28, he was 'worried to hell' and urged her to 'find a way to contact me' but he believes she may already have been dead in her ancestral Punjab village.

More than 100 Russian athletes are set to fly out to Brazil on Thursday, although at least half of them do not know if they will be eligible to compete - with 19 Russians still awaiting clearance.

James Turnbull's estate (pictured) borders a row of back gardens in an upmarket Renfrewshire village, with those living in the homes claiming the trees are stopping sunlight from reaching them.

Kiran Sheikh was just two hours old when her mother left her in the middle of the night in Forest Gate, East London, and she was found by Joe Campbell, who had at first thought she was a bag of chips.

Barry Parkinson, 46, of Page Moss, Merseyside, sold sensitive intelligence to drug dealers and scoured databases for suspected crops - then passed on confidential addresses to conspirators.

Natalie Harrison, 36, was sightseeing in London's South Bank when she leapt into action and saved a woman's life by dangling herself into the River Thames and fishing her out of the water.

The Apollo astronauts suffered high levels of deep space radiation and are dying from cardiovascular problems, a study at Florida State University found.

Researchers discovered a 1.7 million year old foot bone at the site of Swartkrans in South Africa, which contained definitive evidence of malignant cancer.

Damien Morton, 22, of Benwell, Newcastle, believed he was communicating with a teenager called Charlotte. However the decoy account had been set up by Dark Justice.

Chicago based inventors have come up with Golchi - a smart bottle that has a total of 15 different functions - and now they're raising funds for it on Kickstarter.

Deaths related to misuse of illicit drugs are at their highest level since records began in 1993, figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre show. There were 2,250 in 2014.

Lexi-Mai Ruddick (pictured), from Hull, was covered in blood and badly injured after she was toppled by rubble. Her mother Samantha Ruddick, 22, said her daughter could have died.

Model Claudia Schiffer is reportedly at the centre of a court probe in Majorca after a neighbour claimed her gardener broke into his home to cut down two pine trees that were blocking her view.

This week, the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic witnessed the latest grindadrap, or grind, as these hunts are called - forcing a pod onto the beach and slaughtering 120 out of 200.

Mohamed Bouhlel's elderly gay lover has revealed how the ISIS killer asked him if he needed a credit card to hire a truck in the weeks before massacred 84 in Nice.

Almost 250 innocents have been murdered in France in the past 18 months by terrorists, but as the country reels from the latest ISIS atrocity, the fear is that this bloodshed marks only the start.

Yatima, the mother of the 19-year-old second suspected knifeman Abdel Malik Petitjean, said it was 'impossible' that she had given birth to a 'devil' in a short interview at the front door of her home.

The mosque and apartments in Hildesheim belonged to the radical German-speaking Islamic group DIK, branded a 'nationwide hot spot of radical Muslims' that spread 'hatred of infidels'.

Major French media have pledged to stop publishing the names and pictures of attackers linked to terror groups to prevent them being 'posthumously glorified'.

A taunting ISIS propaganda video has been released that shows what the group claims is a stash of weaponry and electronic equipment seized from Western-backed forces in Syria.

Dr Shajul Islam from east London who was previously accused of kidnapping Western journalists has fled to Syria where he claims to be treating victims of the bombing campaigns.

Eastern European countries have been supplying weaponry to the likes of Saudi Arabia since 2012. It's believed they have been passing weapons on to Syria.

Britain's largest retail bank, which is nine per cent owned by the taxpayer, has been accused of being 'completely disingenuous' by critics opposed it its cost cutting.

GSK said the money will go to sites at Barnard Castle, Durham, Montrose, Scotland, and Ware in Hertfordshire. Just weeks ago it warned against Brexit due to the uncertainty it would cause.

Theresa May won't trigger Article 50 until all devolved nations agree. That's like telling the kids they are not getting in the car until they've had enough time playing Pokémon Go, writes KATIE HOPKINS.

Hillary Clinton upstaged President Barack Obama tonight with a surprise appearance at the end of his Democratic National Convention speech.

Many viewers took to Twitter to question whether the 69-year-old is having any health issues Tuesday night, after a similar scare occurred earlier this year during an appearance in Iowa in January.

It's rumoured Britain's Special Forces could use the headset, following in the footsteps of their American counterparts, which are trailing the tech by Halo Neuroscience in California.

Kayla Connors, believed to be from Dallas, posted photographs to Twitter showing her sister supposedly bald after confusing Nair hair removal cream with shampoo.

The finding comes from Harvard University researcher Professor Alexandra Killewald, who analysed data on the lives, marriages and finances of 6,300 couples, including 1,700 who had divorced.

Labour leadership challenger Owen Smith yesterday unveiled an extraordinary manifesto of 20 Left-wing policies. In a swipe at Jeremy Corbyn he said: 'We need a revolution.'

Dr Khaled Zachariah, 41, who worked at Gloucester Royal Hospital, trawled social media to find young victims until police officers caught him by posing as a 13-year-old girl from Bolton.

Researchers from the University of Bergen, Norway, say their findings could present a new way for patients to manage both their sleeping patterns and mental health conditions.

Dr Georgina Mortimer, 45, from Hertfordshire, paid £1,300 for a sailing holiday on the island of St Lucia. She was raped by an intruder in her bedroom at the shared villa run by the sailing company.

Edward Tenniswood claims India Chipchase, 20, instructed him to put his hands around her neck during sex, and told a court he went to buy a kebab as she lay dead at his home in Northampton.

The drastic reduction follows a string of reforms introduced by Ex-Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith to reduce the size of the 'bloated' welfare system.

Researchers at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, examined infrared images of the area where the star sits, taken with Nasa's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (Wise).

Onlookers were stunned as the flaming objects, which resembled comets, were seen flying over Lone Mountain Park in Las Vegas, with reports suggesting it was caused a Chinese rocket carrier.

The drug's inventor, Professor Claude Wischik of Aberdeen University, said the 'remarkable results' will allow him to apply for a drugs licence as soon as next year.

Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation has been rocked by claims one of its projects in Kansas City is behind schedule and that a number of senior staff members have left the charity.

The jaw-dropping incident took place near the town of Chongqing in China with CCTV footage capturing the nonplussed pensioner whizzing along without a care in the world.

EXCLUSIVE: One in 10 handsets would not charge and half were not in a good enough condition to be sold. Dominic Littlewood, TV host and journalist, provides MailOnline with tips on stay safe online.

European students in Britain should be treated like criminals and held at the border if they do not repay their taxpayer-backed loans, a think-tank has said. EU students owe a record £1.3billion.

Dinosaurs in Oxford are in danger of becoming extinct - because of the sun. Heat and exposure to ultra violet light is damaging the ancient stuffed animals and dinosaur skeletons.

Laurence 'Big Loz' Shahlaei, 33, of Swindon, is Europe's Strongest Man and, weighing 25st, he often breaks beds, deckchairs and loo seats. He also loves DIY face packs and manicures.

Michelle Wong, 27, from London, says women should be supporting, not condemning mothers who take brelfies. Gemma Green, 34, wants to capture these special moments for posterity.

Israeli startup 'SuperMeat' is working to develop a way to grow meat in the lab using tissue samples from a chicken, with hopes real animal meat can one day be produced without harming any animals.

Despite all being under 13, the contestants on Channel 4's Child Genius have already faced questions on complex topics such as foreign currencies and the British rail network.

Energy giant EDF is set to finally agree construction of the £18billion nuclear power station in Somerset at meeting of the company's board today. The plant would be known as Hinkley Point C.

STEPHEN GLOVER says the honours system is risible and corrupt, and patently no longer commands public respect. The case of disgraced retailer Sir Philip Green proves the point.

The price per prescription of £3.83 - compared to just 25p a packet from the supermarket - cost tax payers a staggering £87,600,000 last year as GPs in England wrote 22,900,000 for patients.

According to industry insiders, the Ukip leader is shopping around for a reality TV show to appear on after his shock departure from the political fray following the Brexiteers' victory in June.

The beloved crustacean named Larry, which was three times the size of an average lobster, was being transported from a restaurant in Sunshine, Florida, to Maine when it passed away.

John Nimmo, 28, from South Shields, sent two emails to Waverley MP Luciana Berger in which he called her 'Jewish scum' and told her to 'watch her back'.

Estate agent Suzy Lamplugh, who was 24, has not been seen since she left to show a mystery man calling himself Mr Kipper around a property in Fulham, south west London in 1986.

Kelly Stubbington, 19, said the male staff member broke down the door of her female toilet cubicle while she was celebrating a friend's birthday at the CTZN bar in Chelmsford.

A recent examination of British and American English language shows that publications now largely use the American version, swapping words like 'centre' for 'center' after the 1880s.

Researchers from the University in Utrecht, Netherlands, used evidence from magnetic patterns from the oldest part of the modern Pacific Plate, and seismologic data.

Dramatic video footage shows the owner of this rare British Ultima GTR could not control their vehicle. They took the supercar out for a spin in the city of Krasnodar, Russia.

The bacteria, called Staphylococcus lugdunensis, could be used as part of a nasal probiotic say researchers from the University of Tubingen in Germany.

A piece of 'aviation royalty' is up for sale - the world's largest water bomber. Owner Wayne Coulson has put a $3million price tag on the plane but says he will be 'very selective; where the planes end up.

Labour MP Frank Field has written to the Prime Minister Theresa May asking her to launch an investigation into Hermes couriers. The firm has been accused of treating workers 'like dirt'.

Kelsey Wells, 26, who lives in Houston, Texas, advised fans to stop weighing themselves after she gained weight through exercising. She said she feels much happier after throwing away her scales.

Experts at the Perth Museum in Scotland claim that board games found in 36 Viking burials across Europe were to mark a warriors skill in the game during life but also so they could play in the afterlife.

The growing number of cases not related to travel or sex in Florida add to the ominous prospect that native mosquitoes may now carry the virus.

The teenage thugs rampaged through Gowanbank Primary, Glasgow, trashing every room and pausing only to steal some of the pupils' sweet treats.

The broadcaster drew up clandestine plans for how it would react to a major disaster during the Cold War with a Wartime Broadcasting System headquartered at Wood Norton in Worcestershire.

Kayleigh Harrison, of Hull, East Yorkshire, said her young daughter had saved up her pocket money to use at Forum Amusements in Bridlington while on holiday with her grandparents.

Donna Williams, from Bangor, Wales says when she returned to work after her pregnancy loss she was asked if she planned on trying for another baby. Less than two months later she was sacked.

A study, led by Dr Gareth Tyson, from Queen Mary University London, highlights the different styles men and women have using Tinder. A separate study found men who speak first get a better response rate.

Scientists from the University of California say their findings on rats will further dispel the 'widespread belief' cannabis is harmless.

EXCLUSIVE: According to the inforgraphic,created by a marketing firm based in Cumbria, thousands of people ask Google if they are pregnant every month, and some question if men can get pregnant.

The wealthy son of a shipping magnate has lost a libel case against the father of a woman who falsely accused him of rape. The judge said Alexander Economou was 'angry and vengeful'.

Jenny Davies, 28, today paid tribute to Jac, four, who was trapped in an upstairs bedroom as a devestating blaze ripped through the home in Alltewen, South Wales, this morning.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's longtime partner Helena Seger checked the couple out of Manchester's five-star Lowry Hotel just hours after they had arrived.

The big cat reportedly emerged from the fields in north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and entered a house where it savagely tried to drag away a 3-year-old child sitting in his uncle's lap.

Researchers used the location of confirmed MH370 debris (pictured as red dots on this map) to determine where the airliner might have crashed.

Scientists at the European Space Agency in Cologne will today turn off the system on the Rosetta spacecraft used to communicate with the stricken Philae lander on the surface of the comet.

In a new Facebook Live video by Cosmopolitan.com, model Shakeel Simmons tries to pull on 100 pairs of underwear.

This is the heartwarming moment a German Shepherd shows off its motherly side in Camden County, New Jersey, as it fondly licks a baby before gently pawing at his cradle.

Proud husband Aiden Dwyer, from Mayo, Ireland, posted the entertaining video of Ina O'Brien's sing-along on his Facebook page where it's had more than 172,000 views.