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British tourists flee as wildfires spread across the south of France

British holidaymakers have been caught up in 'out of control' wildfires in the south of France as homes were gutted and the blaze spread towards Marseille. At least 25 homes were destroyed in the town of Vitrolles, 20 miles north of Marseille. France's Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve visited the area and said: 'The goal of our forces is to completely control the fire so that it does not reach the towns, especially Marseille.'

Olympic polo players say Rio 'green pool' has TOO MUCH chlorine and is damaging their game

Rio's water polo players are now complaining that their eyes sting and they feel sick after they say Olympic organisers had put too much chlorine into the pool to turn the water from green back to blue. A number of players have moaned that their eyes hurt after matches. Team USA men's captain Tony Azevedo (inset top), said after their victory over France on Wednesday: 'I could barely open my eyes. This is the Olympic Games and they are putting so much chlorine in the water that people can't see. You can't have that.' Meanwhile team GB's gold dive king Jack Laugher (inset bottom) believes he has solved the green pool mystery - and says ink has seeped into the water from the giant bright green board on the edge of the pool (pictured).

Insurers have finally been ordered to come clean over the stealth price hikes. Motorists lose out most because so many roll over their policies without realising their premium has risen.

A study conducted across 22 countries around the globe also revealed widespread alarm that terrorists may be posing as refugees to sneak through border controls.

Investigation revealed some quick stop-off areas outside UK terminals cost £3 for only ten minutes with some incurred penalty charges becoming more expensive than many holiday flights.

For more than two years Mr Gilmore of West Yorkshire Police has been unable to do the job of chief constable because of inquiries against him, but he has received his full salary.

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An article in Money Mail yesterday said that the first £85,000 of your money is protected if a bank goes bust. We are happy to clarify that, in fact, the compensation limit was reduced to £75,000 on January 1, 2016.

Rio 2016 farce continues as water polo pool also changes green

The Olympic water polo pool has started turning green - just like the diving pool next door did last night. Olympic chiefs today admitted that the Rio dive pool was turned green by algae in the water last night, but it appears they have done nothing to fix the issue - with both appearing to be green today. A picture appeared to show the water polo pool beginning to turn a shade of green, but is was still nowhere near as murky as the diving pool. Twitter erupted as last night's synchronised diving final turned into a farce as the pool looked like a dirty pond.

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Armenian weightlifter Andranik Karapetyan's Olympic dream is over after his elbow buckled on a second attempt to lift 195kg.

Robel Habte, 24, was cruelly mocked as a 'whale' for his paunch as he got into the pool. He tells Daily Mail Online he put on weight after a car crash and will compete in the World Championships.

Torrential rain and high winds became the latest misfortune to hit the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, with rowing events canceled and other athletes including cyclists forced to cope with the bad weather.

To thunderous roars in Rio's aquatic centre yesterday, Michael Phelps cemented his title as the greatest Olympian of all time, winning two golds to take his remarkable Olympic medal tally to 25.

The 23-year-old Olympian, from Hemel Hempstead, has ended 108 years without a British medal in this event at the Olympics. Fellow Team GB competitor Nile Wilson finished in eight place.

Team GB wins SECOND gold at Rio 2016 with Joe Clarke in kayak K1

Joseph Clarke was competing in the men's K1 final at the Whitewater Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Afterwards the 23-year-old, from Stafford, said: 'It's a dream come true. 'There has been lots of ups and downs but it is just fantastic. When I woke up I struggled to have breakfast I was so nervous with all the emotions.'The Olympian made it through the semi-final in third place with a time of 1 minute and 30.67 seconds.

Steven Scott has won bronze in the men's double trap shooting after beating compatriot Tim Kneale in an all-British affair.

Chris Froome has won Olympic bronze in the cycling time trial in Rio just weeks after winning the Tour de France. The Brit had been among the favourites to win the 34-mile time trial.

Team GB judo star Sally Conway (in blue) has won bronze after defeating Austrian Bernadette Graf.

RMT Union chiefs pose in Turkey while commuters battle rail strikes

On Monday Rail, Maritime and Transport chief Sean Hoyle (pictured second from left) posted a picture of himself with the union's senior assistant general secretary, Steve Hedley, (third from left and right) as they enjoy a break in Turkey on Facebook. In it they both grin broadly at the camera and appear to be tanned and relaxed on their break at the Turkish resort of Didim. The picture was taken on the same day that members of the RMT union walked out - and were due to stay out until the weekend, causing travel chaos for hundreds of thousands of passengers.

The travel plans of tens of thousands of British holidaymakers were thrown into chaos last night by hard-line union barons and just 52 rail workers.

Trades Union Congress said YouGov survey showed 52 per cent have suffered harassment at work because of their sex - and called for a string of laws and rights to protect workers.

Prison bosses will now have the power to switch off mobile numbers used within prison walls by imposing the Telecommunications Restriction Orders.

The Government announced fresh measures to tackle the problem of drug-driving with an extra £1million to pay for training in England and Wales police forces.

A total of 366, 841 plants were recovered last year in England and Wales. In the same period the number of criminals hauled to court for cultivating marijuana dropped by 40 per cent.

Prison bosses will now have the power to switch off mobile numbers used within prison walls by imposing the Telecommunications Restriction Orders.

Woman, 45, and three children aged 11 and 13 died in horrific eight-vehicle pile-up

Four people have died and several more are believed to be injured following a rush hour accident involving four cars and four lorries. Thames Valley Police said a man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and is currently in custody. The accident took place on the A34 north of Newbury on the northbound stretch of the carriageway after the East Isley turn-off, at about 5pm. Six ambulances attended the scene as well as an air ambulance. One man was flown by air ambulance to the John Radcliffe Hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Rolf Harris is due to profit from the sale of one of his paintings, despite being in jail for sex offences. The large oil painting, called Outback Scene, is up for auction and is expected to sell for up to £10,000.

An error in a rare first-edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling could conjure up £20,000 at an auction. The edition is one of only 500 hardback copies with the typo.

Former banker Brian Riley caused outrage when he refused to relinquish his seat after moving to North Carolina in March last year. Since then he has continued to claim his annual allowance.

In their first phone call, Theresa May and Vladimir Putin agreed that British and Russian spies will coordinate to fight terrorism.

Whitehall officials expect the PM to shelve her predecessor's proposals to replace the HRA with a British Bill of Rights but MPs warned May against making an 'utterly unacceptable' mistake.

Peter Taaffe, the veteran activist behind Militant, said he believed Mr Corbyn was prepared to open the party up to 'all strands of socialist and working class opinion' if he defeats Owen Smith.

In a bid to boost the economy following the Brexit vote, the Bank of England has slashed interest rates from 0.5 per cent to a new low of 0.25 per cent.

The net balance of surveyors expecting house prices to head upwards rather than fall in the year ahead increased from a neutral level of zero to 23 per cent last month.

It is claimed the Portuguese banker, pictured with wife Ana, met his alleged secret lover Dr Wendy Piatt at his room in the five-star Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Singapore in June.

Ken Wharfe says the blame for Princess Diana's death lies with her bodyguard

Princess Diana was seen leaving her hotel with Dodi Fayed in lift CCTV footage on the night she died (left and bottom right). Her bodyguard Trevor Rees (left of top right picture) and driver Henri Paul are also seen. Inspector Wharfe said: ' The night was oppressively hot, and I lay in my bed at my weekend cottage in Dorset on the verge of sleep, when the silence was broken by the buzz of my pager at 4am. The reverberations of her death travelled around the world, touching millions of lives, just as she had touched them when she was alive.'

Alison Morley, 46, from Cheltenham, was given a Down's diagnosis when pregnant in 2011 - and told that her daughter was unlikely to survive in the womb.

Clothes absorb pollutants from the air such as flame retardant chemicals which when washed end up in water treatment plants which cannot remove all chemicals therefore letting them in to lakes and rivers.

With more than 21,000 passports stolen or lost last year, the FCO has launched a social media campaign to encourage Britons to prevent their documents from falling into the wrong hands.

Lib Dem MP and health spokesman Norman Lamb said the existing situation with thousands being denied the basic treatment was 'indefensible' and 'intolerable'.

Cyclists taking part in races like to slurp on 'gel packs' - packets of sugary goo that provide energy. Sounding the alarm are the Friends of Richmond Park in west London.

Bacteria in the mouth can get into the blood via the gums and travel to the bowel where they could trigger cancer or worsen existing tumours, Harvard University doctors found.

New Duke of Westminster Hugh Grosvenor is pictured partying with friends

Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, the 25-year-old son of the late Duke of Westminster, has just become one of Britain's most eligible bachelors after inheriting his father's entire £9billion estate. Hugh, who was asked to be Prince George's godfather by Prince William in 2013, will also receive the family seat in Cheshire, Eaton Hall following the death of his father. Now, a number of pictures have emerged which show the young aristocrat enjoying a number of raucous nights out with friends - in one he and a friend pose with a naked blow up doll, in another he wears a pink teddy bear onesie and beams at the camera.

Hugh Grosvenor, 25, will take on the dukedom over his sisters Lady Tamara, 36, and Lady Edwina, 34, because of the centuries-old common law principle of primogeniture, by which the male heir inherits all.

The 6th Duke of Westminster, the possessor of one of Britain's premier titles, was worth £9.3 billion. It was such a mind-boggling sum that many felt envious of his good fortune.

The multi-billion pound business owned by the Grosvenor family started 338 years ago when an ancestor of the 6th Duke of Westminster, Sir Thomas Grosvenor, married a wealthy heiress.

HOW THE WORLD LOOKS FROM WESTMINSTER
 

Richmond House in Whitehall, which houses the Department of Health, was transferred to finance an Islamic bond scheme in 2014. MPs will move there when the refurbishment begins in 2020.

Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has asked to meet with controversial tycoon David Abrahams amid concerns the party's coffers are empty if the government decides to call a snap election.

The Foreign Secretary relaxed in his swim shorts and listened to music after sailing to the Greek island of Trikeri for the day during his summer break.

Parliament has dozens of bars and restaurants, where MPs, peers, staff and other passholders can enjoy pints for as little as £2.90 - 70p cheaper than the average price of a pint in London.

The former chancellor, sacked in the wake of his losing referendum campaign during which he was the architect of the so-called Project Fear, will become a Companion of Honour.

Boy who was injured at a Cumbria holiday park swimming pool dies in hospital 

A father has written an emotional tribute to his four-year-old son who died in a holiday park swimming pool saying 'rip my little Angel daddy loves you so much'. Luca Hurle was on holiday with his family at Old Park Wood park in Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, on Monday afternoon when the tragedy occurred. His devastated father, Gavin, also uploaded a smiling picture of the pair at Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, just a 50-minute drive from the holiday park.

A 43-year-old man who was driving the Mercedes and two 17-year-old girls travelling with him were killed when their car crashed into a lorry in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.

John Martin, 41, who was originally from Ireland, had been making his way home from a pub in Kingsbury, north west London, on Sunday morning when he was attacked.

Dionne Corbett, 25, a telesales worker from Bolton, was found hanged at her home on February 26 this year. Her family said she was let down by the NHS in the days before her death.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT -- Peter Braby, 71, of Minster, Kent, was left with lung problems after he received a tiny scratch which saw his leg swell up to more than double its size.

Jane Dopson, 28, was shocked when the Home Essentials furniture shattered into hundreds of pieces, leaving shards of dangerous glass strewn across their patio in Laindon, Essex.

Mark 41, and Louise Hannigan, from Peebles, have lost a combine three feet from their waistline and 15st after Mark's weight caused him to develop sleep apnea and lose his drivers licence.

Seven-year-old 's rare cancer was detected during a play fight with her brother

Aaron East, 11, was playing with his sister Amy (both left) at their home in Chelmsford, Essex when he noticed the growth in her throat. Tests revealed the seven-year-old has rhabdomyosarcoma - a rare soft tissue cancer (top middle). She underwent surgery to remove the growth (bottom middle and right) but is set to travel to America for proton beam therapy - a type of radiation which can more accurately pinpoint and kill tumours. Her mother Carly, 31, said she was proud of both of her children. 'Amy has been so strong and whatever she has had to face she has just bounced back,' she said. 'I'm absolutely so proud of Aaron and at the moment, we are trying to make him aware of what an amazing thing he has done because he thinks it is his fault'.

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham ignored Stephen Onley's request and administered it when he was under general anaesthetic. But complications left him in a wheelchair.

Donna Carter, 34, from Notthinghamshire, was told she would never conceive due to polycystic ovary syndrome. But against odds of 200 million to one, she conceived identical triplets naturally.

Annie Crawford had taken her eyes off the road when she drove her VW Polo into the back of a Toyota Corolla on the A12 in Suffolk. The impact caused the airbag to deploy and broke her daughter's neck.

Gordon Gotham, 47, from Liverpool, required hospital treatment after he was dragged to the ground by the terrier in Walton Hall Park last Tuesday as he protected his two children.

Jason Osman watched in horror as the out-of-control dog locked its jaws around the hand of his 14-month-old daughter Abbiegale Osman-Hawkes in Weston Woods, Somerset.

Doctors at Leicester Royal Infirmary discovered Bradan Bridge, now 16 months, had a grapefruit-sized tumour growing on his stomach when his mother Elaine was 33 weeks pregnant.

Hunt for thug caught on CCTV knocking man out by railway tracks in Birmingham

Staggering CCTV footage from Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter station shows the attacker, wearing a red shirt (inset), charging at a man and knocking him down over the tracks on June 11. A friend of the unconscious man then storms towards the aggressor (left), but fails to make a solid contact and falls onto the tracks. When he gets back up to confront the man in the red shirt again (right), the thug knocks him out unconscious. British Transport Police are hunting down all of the men involved in the brawl.

The staff who provide airline lounge services had their passes suspended after police said they had arrested two women, aged 24 and 20, last week and bailed them until November.

Robert Leslie McNamara, from Scarborough, North Yorkshire, was arrested over the bid to break in to Rooney's mansion while he was playing in his testimonial match at Old Trafford last week.

Sarah Williams, 35, allegedly drove to Sadie Hartley's home in Helmshore, Lancashire, on January 14 and incapacitated her with a 500,000-volt stun gun before knifing her to death.

Faust Abolore, 29, of Erith, south London, is accused of falsely entering Anthony Ezekpo's name on the baby's birth certificate before transferring him money when he tried to register the child's birth.

Martin Stokes, 47, and his son Thomas Stokes, 23, saw an online advert for three pedigree pug pups, each worth £1,500, that belonged to Liz Swain of Abergavenny, South Wales.

Harry Brackpool, from Crawley, West Sussex, told police to 'catch me of you can (sic)' as he went on the run over a string of alleged offences, including an assault and making death threats.

Lauren Jeska, 41, from Powys, Mid Wales, was charged in March with attempting to murder former Bristol rugby star Ralph Knibbs at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium.

Unnamed killer has also won the right to remain in the UK after his lawyers argued that deportation would breach his human rights and could 'jeopardise his personal wellbeing'.

Adam Sissons (pictured), 28, who went to RADA, started messaging the 19-year-old after being served by him in a restaurant in the Angel area of Islington, north London, Blackfriars Crown Court heard.

Afia the baby gorilla hitches a ride on the back of her keeper at Bristol Zoo

Six-month-old Afia clung on to her keeper as she would her mother and is said to be strong, alert and vocal. The Western lowland gorilla, who was born on February 12 this year, lives at Bristol Zoo's Gorilla Island. Sarah Gedman, one of Afia's keepers, said: 'Afia is doing extremely well and is exactly where we would expect her to be in regards to development and health. 'She is constantly learning and is very determined. If she sees something she wants, she will do all she can to get hold of it and investigate.' Afia is taken out onto the island daily to help build her confidence and awareness of what will eventually become her new home.

The bloodthirsty behaviour has been observed among seal populations in Europe and researchers who scoured the Greater Thames Estuary fear it may now hit Britain's shores.

Holidaymakers heading to Cyprus and Rhodes with Small Planet Airlines were told this morning their flights from Manchester Airport are being delayed due to 'technical issues'

The Christian woman - who is known only as MB - transitioned from male to female more than 20 years ago but decided to stay married 'in the sight of God' to the mother of their two children.

A row of supercars could today be seen lined up outside designer shops Versace and Fendi on Sloane Street in West London, including a Mercedes-Benz and a Ferrari.

The 78 Irish travellers from four families had refused to move despite facing three different courts, a planning inquiry, a council and a battle by residents in the Lancashire village of Hardhorn, near Blackpool.

John Hennigan, 50, was jailed for 18 months at Chelmsford Crown Court after he breached an ASBO by using racist language towards a woman and her two young children.

Norfolk families stage sit-in protest against council removing playground equipment

A protest against council contractors removing playground equipment entered its third day today as children, parents and grandparents came to show their support for the area. The stand-off came as the council decided to remove larger equipment after it was warned that the expanded play area could face private legal action from local householders as it broke national guidelines by being too close to homes.

Amanda Knox and her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were initially found guilty of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, 21, but after appeals and retrials were acquitted last year.

Aspiring entrepreneur Rupert Evans, 35, from Norfolk had wanted £40,000 for a 40 per cent share in his business after creating the 'Fold-Ease' - a thimble-like tool to help with paper folding.

The man is thought to have jumped from the top level of the department store in Sutton as horrified shoppers looked on.

THE WORLD AT A GLANCE
 

New wave of bomb attacks hits Turkey as Kurdish rebels kill at least 12 victims 

The Kurdistan Workers' Party launched three separate attacks Wednesday, killing 12 civilians and injuring scores of others, including small children. The attacks took place in southeast Turkey, and were aimed at police and military personnel.

Sources in North Korea say that project managers for Kim Jong-un's massive Pyongyang construction project are feeding methamphetamines to hundreds of thousands of workers.

Turkey's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu claimed the EU was fuelled by anti-Turkish sentiment and hostility to President Erdogan but NATO says country's membership isn't in question.

Investigators are said to be testing a theory that the Cypriot pilot deliberately went into a nosedive from an altitude of 3,000ft before the plane crashed down 600 miles south of Moscow in Russia.

A two day long wildfire in Madeira has killed three elderly people and forced scores to evacuate their homes. The blaze crept towards the capital of Funchal destroying parts of the historic quarter.

In a ranting article, the ISIS extremist urged followers to use bombs and machine guns to avenge 'crimes committed by Spain against Muslims'.

A video has revealed how Iraqi Defence Minister Khaled al-Obeidi came under fire from ISIS as his convoy traveled towards Qayyarah airbase to visit troops on Monday. No one was injured in the attack.

A man, 35, has been shot in the leg and hospitalised in Spijkenisse, near Rotterdam in western Holland, after running at police and shouting 'Allah Akbar' while waving a knife wildly.

A man threatened to blow himself up today at an asylum centre in Denmark. The incident took place at a centre in Nyborg, which houses 500 migrants. The 22-year-old Iranian has now been arrested.

A bizarre picture has emerged showing British volunteers fighting alongside Kurdish People Defence Units in Syria showing solidarity with the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union.

Italy wants to stop Ventimiglia on its border with France becoming 'another Calais' as migrants find alternative routes into northern Europe. Many others are heading for Switzerland.

WORLD NEWS

       

Driton Caushi, an MP from the opposition Vetevendosje party in Kosovo, was reportedly detained by police following the incident in which he calmly filled the room with smoke.

A deadly blaze engulfed a Baghdad hospital claiming the lives of at least 12 newborn babies on Tuesday night.

Terrified residents of a village in Nicaragua feared a young girl had been possessed by the Devil after they found her staggering through the streets. The incident happened in La Chiriza.

COMMENT
 

The low-profile editor of the Financial Times, Lionel Barber, has been offered the prestigious Legion d'Honneur by France's socialist government.

Lord Mandelson warns of grave consequences for trade with China if we pull out of the Hinkley Point nuclear power project. This paper wonders whose interests he has at heart.

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