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Smithy's come a long way! James Corden moves into new LA home with infinity pool and chef for £64k A MONTH

The actor, 38, is renting a luxury beachfront home in Los Angeles with his family for a staggering £64,000 ($80,000) a month - after his success over in the States as the Late Late Show host. read


I'm not a hypocrite, claims Corbyn ally Shami Chakrabarti who opposes grammar schools despite paying for her son to attend a selective school

The new shadow attorney general Shami Chakrabarti (pictured today) claimed she was simply ‘trying to do her best’ for her child by enrolling him at one of the UK's top private schools. read


'It's just alpha male boasting, it's the kind of thing men do': Nigel Farage DEFENDS Donald Trump over lewd comments about women 

Farage, pictured in St Louis, Missouri to help Trump prepare for tonight's presidential debate, defended the Republican after footage emerged of him boasting that he can 'do anything' to women. read


French army soldiers go into battle against illegal immigrants

French troops patrolled the port whilst the country is still in a state of emergency following the Nice terror attack. They checked vehicles before drivers were allowed to move on. read


Diane Abbott 'opposed the proscribing of Al-Qaeda and 20 other terrorist groups shortly before the September 11 terror attacks'

The new shadow home secretary said in March 2001 that many terror groups had been 'described as terrorists but survived to take tea with the Queen'. read


Making a molehill out of a mountain: The peaks that will no longer scale the necessary heights because of rising sea levels

Many of the UK's smaller mountains including Calf Top in the Yorkshire Dales, face the prospect of being downgraded and becoming classified as hills due to rising sea levels. read


Flight attendant reveals what cabin crew REALLY think of your in-flight drinking

MailOnline Travel quizzed an air hostess from an American airline to find out what's acceptable, what isn't, and how they are trained to monitor the sobriety of their passengers. read


White Dee reveals she was almost driven to suicide

Benefits Street star Dee - real name Deirdre Kelly - says she has been struggling for cash after work dried up, and even tried to take her own life. She said she was reluctant to go back on benefits. read


Will this dirtiest debate ever? Anderson Cooper to open debate with hot mic question as Trump limbers up on Twitter suggesting he will call Bill Clinton a rapist, but flies to St Louis early leaving press pool behind

Donald Trump is preparing for what could be a bloodbath on Sunday night, as the Republican nominee goes up against Hillary Clinton in the second presidential debate. read


Kennel Club bans 'secret' technique used by trainers to make dogs look more alert as it puts 'enormous stress' on breeds

A probe was launched into breed standards in the UK after a German shepherd with a noticeably sloped back called Cruaghaire Catoria (pictured) was named 'best in breed' at Crufts this year. read


Ex-prisoner is jailed again for animal cruelty after she locked her dog in her empty home when first jailed and left it to starve to death

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE. Zacko, a year-old Staffordshire bull terrier, was found dead on owner Gemma Bennie's clothes after suffering an agonisingly slow end in her flat in Filton, Bristol. read


They STILL won't accept EU vote Now MPs demand to be given a veto

Ed Miliband is leading demands for Theresa May to include Parliament in Brexit negotiations but Jacob Rees-Mogg told MailOnline: This ‘typifies the disdain that the liberal elite has for voters’. read


Ukip MEP Mike Hookem accuses colleague Steven Woolfe of staging photo

Exclusive: Mike Hookem, who was accused of punching Steven Woolfe, today claimed his colleague's collapse (pictured) was 'pure Hollywood' as he threatened to sue him. read


Muslim vlogger gets a 'breathtaking' response pretending to be homeless in London

Clutching a cardboard sign with just the words 'I'm homeless' written on it, YouTube blogger Hstar Vlogs (pictured) films himself sat down in a London street as part of a social experiment'. read


Women reveal the most ludicrous things their pets have eaten

Mumsnet user BellaGoth told how her mischievous Labrador had eaten an entire bag of sugar while she left her shopping on the kitchen table - and others shared equally funny stories. read


How top QC 'buried evidence of Met bribes to put innocent man in jail': Whistleblower alerted court that 'organised crime' had infiltrated police... then they said HE had perverted course of justice 

At the heart of the growing scandal, whose origins were exposed by The Mail On Sunday in February, is Sasha Wass QC, the barrister who prosecuted entertainer Rolf Harris. read


Married Premier League footballer 'offered £10,000 for sex sessions with girls with big bottoms'

The star, who plays for a top English side, reportedly turned down one girl for not having a big enough bum and changed the date of a planned liaison due to an extra training session. read


Aliens haven’t made contact because they killed themselves before they could – like we will, says stargazing TV professor Brian Cox

Will we ever discover alien civilization? There have been enough films about it from Alien to District 9, but now according to British physicist Brian Cox it is unlikely to happen read


Angelina Jolie moves into the most private neighborhood in the world

The actress, 41, moved her six children from Malibu into a new rental costing $30,000 a month in Hidden Hills, a gated community in Los Angeles County, California. read


Male carer, 24, is arrested 'for raping a female patient suffering brain injuries at a private rehabilitation home'

A 24-year-old male carer from Peacehaven has been arrested on suspicion of raping a disabled patient at a home for people with brain injuries in Brighton, East Sussex. read


Young British backpacker, 24, is seriously ill in Australia after falling 60ft from a balcony in a SUPERMARKET and rupturing his spleen and bladder 

Avid Manchester City fan Jordan Harris, from Stockport, is living and working in Sydney with his girlfriend. A machine is being used to help him to breathe while he lies in hospital. read


Body of missing Briton who was trekking between London and Gibraltar is found in southern Spain four months after his disappearance 

Hunters in the province of Almeria alerted authorities after finding the remains of former Leicester councillor David Oldman at about 11am this morning. The 66-year-old was last seen on June 9. read


Body of ‘very friendly and likeable’ York University student, 20, missing for a week after a night out is pulled from a river in the city

Police have confirmed that the body pulled out of the River Foss in York today is that of missing university student Ethan Peters, from London, who disappeared after a night out last Sunday. read


X Factor's Brooks Way slam 'false allegation'... amid claims they were axed from show after Josh 'broke former girlfriend's nose'

The pair, who were cut from Saturday's live show as the allegations surfaced, wrote: 'Today, we have had a tough day with a false allegation. Don't believe everything you read, both Amelia and Josh will be stating the truth.' read


'Posh boy gone bad' Mercedes driver who threatened to 'explode this car wash' in a row over the cleaning of his wheel arches gets community service 

Arrogant Jack Cripps, 30, threatened to smash one worker in the face and told the manager he would 'explode' the car wash after claiming staff weren't washing his car properly in Ashill, Somerset. read


Man dresses as a human Tinder profile for Halloween

Fashioned out of thick card, California-based Matt Borgelt's extraordinary get-up allowed people to 'swipe' on several profiles before settling on his own and making a match. read


Primary school pupil, 11, caused more than a MILLION pounds worth of damage by burning down his school

The 11-year-old boy bottled up his stress and wanted to lash out, a court heard. He used a match to light paper in a storeroom of St Cuthbert and the First Martyrs Catholic Primary School, in Bradford. read


Brave women share harrowing sexual assault stories on Twitter

Canadian writer Kelly Oxford posted an account of an older man assaulting her on a bus when she was aged 12, and urged other women to share their stories, sparking the hashtag #NotOkay. read


'I fit pipes for a living now': Former England and Chelsea striker Kerry Dixon is working as a plumber after serving time for a brutal pub assault

The ex-footballer, who played for the national side in the 1986 World Cup and scored 193 goals for Chelsea, was jailed for nine months in 2015 after being found guilty of assaulting a man in a pub. read


Shoppers are warned of a supermarket scam as fake Tesco prize draw text messages promise customers £500 or an iPhone but actually charge £4.50 a message 

Tesco customers appear to be being targeted in a scam where they are asked to fill in a survey and entered into a prize draw with £500 cash on offer. They are being hit with £4.50 texts soon after. read


ISIS has lost quarter of its territory

The land controlled by the terror group in Iraq and Syria has shrunk from 90,800sq km (56,400sq miles) at its height in January 2015 to 65,500 sq km as of October 3 this year. read


Spectator dies after rally car hits crowd in San Marino

The Renault Clio crashed into straw bales on a corner where spectators were stood during the race in San Marino.WARNING: Video contains scenes which some readers may find upsetting read


£96,000 rocking horse worth as much as an Aston Martin comes with 82,000 Swarovski crystals 

As the festive season approaches, people may be looking for unique and extravagant gifts - and potential buyers are invited to bid for the item, which will be on sale in time for Christmas. read


Moors murderer Ian Brady tells true-crime fanatic to visit landmarks from his childhood in twisted 'guided tour'

The fan said he had written to the serial killer asking where he should visit in Glasgow and posted a picture of a handwritten letter online that appears to be from 78-year-old Brady. read


Are fish oil pills a load of old cod? Almost certainly, says 5:2 diet guru from Trust Me, I'm A Doctor

One in seven British adults takes daily fish oil capsules, believing their omega-3 fatty acids are good for body and mind. Even more take them occasionally, with £100m a year spent on them. read


Justine Greening sats Firms will NOT be forced to publish foreigners they employ

Home Secretary Amber Rudd unveiled plans last week to force firms to reveal the proportion of foreign workers but Justine Greening (pictured) insisted the data will not be published. read


Vladimir Putin scares Poland and Estonia as he advances nuclear missiles to Kaliningrad

Russia says the missiles are being deployed as part of regular manoeuvres to Kaliningrad, but one security analyst said: 'This move resembles a Baltic version of the Cuban Missile Crisis.' read


University considers banning the National Anthem from graduation ceremonies - because of its links to 'increasing far right nationalism'

Mahamed Abdullahi, from King's College London Students' Union, called the traditional rendition of God Save The Queen 'outdated', adding 'f*** the nation state'. read


Henry Cavill gasps for air after gruelling 10k mud run as he's put through his paces by the Royal Marines

It appears Henry Cavill is keeping up his fitness regime as he was put through his paces in a gruelling charity run at an army training course on Sunday read


Kim Kardashian launches Paris robbery probe calling in ex-special forces

Reality TV star Kim, 35, has called the security experts to help her feel safe again after loot including her £3.2million wedding ring was stolen during the robbery at her apartment in Paris. read


Britain's going for 'full Brexit!' Defence Secretary Michael Fallon tells Cabinet colleagues to stop fighting because 'we're all Brexiteers now' 

Sir Michael Fallon (pictured on the Andrew Marr Show) called for unity among Cabinet ministers amid reports of deepening rifts among top Tories over what form Brexit should take. read


RAF man Corrie McKeague 'loved his puppy too much to go AWOL'

The gunner, 23, who is based at RAF Honington, disappeared after a night out with friends in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, at around 3.20am on Saturday September 24. read


Cherie's 'greed': Blair's wife is slated by tenant after 'having him evicted from the £650,000 home she owns so she can put up the rent'

A tenant at Cherie Blair's apartment complex in Urmston near Manchester claims he is being evicted so a new tenant can be moved in who will pay '£40 to £50' more a month than him. read


Afghan tribe so remote they didn't know about the Taliban

A thin strip of land in Afghanistan, known as the Wakhan corridor, has remained largely untouched by the Taliban and the US Army, with villagers having little idea of the invasion or war. read


Dr. Dre 'threatens to sue Sony Pictures over TV movie depicting him as a woman beater'

Dr. Dre has threatened to sue Sony Pictures if they release a TV movie depicting him as a woman beater. The rap mogul sent a cease and desist letter to the studio over their movie Surviving Compton. read


Officials are accused of gagging anti-extremism tsar who savages the Government over its failure to manage the impact of mass immigration 

The study by the government's integration tsar Dame Louise Casey (pictured) is said to criticise ministers for failing to integrate minorities and tackle extremism. read


The movie legend, his train driver lover...and a war over 70 missing artworks: How a controversial film-maker is at the centre of a legal battle decades after his tragic early death

Film-maker Derek Jarman's lover Keith Collins is suing London art dealer Richard Salmon over the missing works of art. Jarman left more than 300 sketches, drawings and paintings. read


Researchers map areas of the world that can sustain an additional 1 billion people as the world's population is expected to grow from 7.4billion to 8.5billion by 2030

Academics Richard T.T. Forman and Jinguo Wu mapped out areas around the world that would best accommodate the expected surge in population. read


Ten reasons to HYGGE the Scandinavian lifestyle trend for 'being cosy and content'

Hygge is a Nordic cultural staple entering the British public conscience - a word that describes ‘a feeling of cosiness and content’, and ‘enjoying the good things in life with good people around you’. read


Rodrigo Duterte compares his crackdown on drugs to 'Hitler's Holocaust'

The death toll in the Philippines continues to rise as president Rodrigo Duterte, known as 'The Punisher', claims he will slaughter drug dealers and addicts in his war on drugs. read


Priti Patel hits out at £12bn Foreign Aid 'spending spree' on waste and corruption

The International Development Secretary Priti Patel has told aides she will ignore the legal requirement to spend 0.7 per cent of UK national income on foreign aid. read


Reddit users deny popular misconceptions about destinations including Bali, Iran and France

Some were keen to defend unflattering stereotypes - the French being rude, for example - while others were keen to share their disappointing experiences with over-hyped tourist hubs like Bali. read


Lupita Nyong'o dons colourful head wrap for London premiere of her film Queen Of Katwe

Ever since Lupita Nyong'o rose to stardom in Hollywood, she's been equally lauded for her beauty and innate sense of style as she has been her acting skills. read


Afghanistan baby gets head sliced open as part of Islamic self-flagellation ceremony

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Gruesome pictures show a man holding a knife to the head of a baby in Ahmadabad, India while others show men whipping themselves with sharp blades. read


Woman’s hijab pulled off in racist attack in north London

A probe has been launched following the alleged racially-motivated assault in Haringey. The victim was approached from behind by two men as she walked down the street (stock image). read


ISIS jihadis trained in Iraq and Syria are now at large on Britain's streets

The shock figure of those who have been jailed is far lower than Ministers previously claimed. Imran Khawaja (pictured) was jailed for 12 years after he was caught trying to sneak back into Britain. read


Adrian Mole author Sue Townsend saw a girl being strangled when she was just eight

The successful author (pictured) was a witness to the murder of Janet Walker in 1953. Irish labourer Joseph Reynolds would confess to strangling the girl with her own school tie in Leicester. read


'Well-liked' grandfather, 83, killed by 60mph train after mobility scooter was struck on unmanned level crossing while he was walking his dog

Retired Derek Thomas, 83, Farnham, Surrey was using the level crossing at Bentley, Hampshire on his mobility scooter while on his way to taking his pet dog Maissie for a walk in the Alice Holt Forest. read


Vehicles are CRUSHED against the roof as a burst water main causes polystyrene insulation beneath a car park to float and raises the floor by four feet

Cars have been crushed against the roof of a car park in Crayford, south-east London, after a burst water main caused polystyrene insulation below the road surface to expand by four feet. read


Hook-handed hate cleric Abu Hamza launches legal fight to return from US jail to UK cell

Hamza, 58, was jailed for life for terrorism offences during a trial in New York city last year, and has been serving his sentence in solitary confinement at a prison in Florence, Colorado. read


The prices of many rural homes are being slashed - so is now the right time to bag a bucolic bargain?  

Lancych Mansion, a pretty seven-bed Gothic country house in the Cych valley of Pembrokeshire, has dropped from £1.95m to £1.35m. The house comes with 59 acres and 300ft of double-bank fishing. read


Palestinian gunman kills two and is shot dead by police in Jerusalem

The 39-year-old attacker had been due to report to prison for assaulting an officer when he drove towards a train station near the Israeli police headquarters in Jerusalem and opened fire. read


Army diversity storm over adverts for troops who 'have to be black'

The adverts have caused anger, with some servicemen complaining they discriminate against white soldiers. Others said defence chiefs were becoming too sensitive to diversity demands. read


ATMs too tall to reach, staircases to nowhere and a VERY inappropriate swimming pool: The worst building fails revealed

Architectural mishaps often occur when design flaws are not picked up in the initial planning phases. But with some faults so obvious, it becomes a wonder how they got past even the laziest designer. read


Soldier weighing 28 STONES is kicked out of the army

The British Army booted out the soldier as it is revealed more than 11,000 troops have failed at least one fitness test so far this year, although men are in decline more so than women. read


Japan warns its employees to ease up amid fears they are working themselves to DEATH by doing 80 hours of overtime a month 

Japanese companies have employees who work such long hours they are at serious risk of death, according to a government survey into the country's notoriously strenuous working culture. read


British journalist and Australian entrepreneur, 'face life in Bali jail after being found in possession of cannabis'

Police detained 54-year-old Briton David Matthew and 46-year-old Australian Giuseppe Seratino after drugs were found at a house in the seaside suburb of Sanur, Bali. read


Saloufest is CANCELLED after British students drive locals to despair with their 'drunken' antics 

British Tour Operator I Love Tour has announced it will not be holding the annual party in Spain's Salou resort next year after claims from local council that their drunken antics have ruined its reputation. read


Photographer recreates historical pictures of Soho to capture how the area has changed 

While some traces of yesteryear remain intact, much of the landscape, such as Piccadilly Circus (pictured), Berwick Street and Carnaby Street have changed dramatically. read


Labour descends into chaos as two whips QUIT Jeremy Corbyn's frontbench

Labour sources told MailOnline that Jeremy Corbyn (pictured) 'was going to sack Conor McGinn anyway' after he blamed him for orchestrating the failed coup in the summer. read


Major splits emerge within Labour frontbench on immigration as Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer defies Jeremy Corbyn's open borders policy by saying numbers MUST be cut

Just two days after being appointed to Mr Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet Sir Keir Starmer (pictured today) admitted migration levels had been too high - a direct contradiction to the Labour leader's view. read


Former BBC head of radio hits out at the ‘posh young men’ inside the corporation

Helen Boaden, 60, also claimed she was marginalised when she started at the BBC in 1983 and still sees the same thing happen to women who join the corporation today. read


Internet magicians are ruining the art of deception warns ex-BGT star 

Jamie Raven (pictured), who finished as runner-up on the series last year, has warned that the rise of YouTube magicians could be the death of shows in front of an audience. read


Ben Needham police find 60 items 'of interest' in Kos

Ben Needham is feared to have been accidentally run over by a digger driver in Kos on 24 July 1991 before being dumped a day later on a nearby illegal tip site. read


Vulture lawyers' fees drain NHS of £418m in one year, enough to hire 19,000 nurses

The bill for patients’ legal teams – most of whom work on a no win, no fee basis – jumped by a massive 43 per cent on the previous year’s figure of £292 million. read


French police officers set on FIRE with petrol bombs during a patrol near Paris

The horrifying attack took place on the Grande Borne, in the southern Paris suburb of Viry-Chatillon, on Saturday afternoon. read


Terry's Chocolate Orange size shrunk by 10% but price remains the same

The American owners of Terry's Chocolate Orange have been accused of 'ruining British chocolate' after it turns out the sweet snack has shrunk in mass by ten percent. read


Richard Keys ADMITS there is 'an element of truth' he had an affair with lawyer

It was said the British pundit (pictured), who previously admitted behaving in a ‘prehistoric way’ towards women, cheated on his wife Julia - who has thyroid cancer - with lawyer Lucie Rose. read


Passengers are stranded on a Thorpe Park ride for more than 90 minutes as ‘world’s most terrifying roller coaster’ gets stuck 30ft in the air 

The frightened visitors to Thorpe Park, Surrey, were stuck on the 100ft Saw ride for one hour and 45 minutes as theme park workers attempted to rescue them. read


Sacked Tory Minister Matthew Hancock keeps a taxpayer-funded chauffeur-driven limo

Matthew Hancock was said to be furious when he found out his demotion from Cabinet Office Minister to Culture Minister meant he would lose his perk of use of an official car and driver. read


Disabled woman rescued from choppy waters after wheelchair skids down a ramp

Good Samaritans dived into the water at Brighton Marina to rescue Sally Whitney (shown) and her carer, Zizi Linerpaite, who had also gotten into difficulty after trying to save her friend. read


Jessica Wongso laughs when asked if she laced Mirna Salihin's coffee with cyanide

Accused cyanide murderer Jessica Wongso has been recorded smiling after denying poisoning Mirna Salihin by putting the toxin in her iced coffee as they met in Jakarta, Indonesia. read


Theresa May's 'era of meritocracy' will be forgotten when she co-hosts a £5,000-a-head Tory dinner party in stately home

Theresa May's 'era of meritocracy' will be forgotten when she co-hosts a £5,000-a-head dinner for Tory donors at Englefield House, a stately home in Berkshire that played host to Elizabeth I. read


HMP Winchester prison spends thousands every year on TAXIS to take inmates to the hospital

HMP Winchester, in Hampshire, ferries its convicts just 150 yards across a two-lane main road (pictured) to reach the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, which stand directly opposite. read


Bob Khanna arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman in his hotel room

Dr Bob Khanna (pictured) is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in her 30s inside his Shepherd's Bush hotel room in west London, after asking her to help him write a speech scheduled for the next day. read


Boris Johnson is set to stay in the Cabinet even if Theresa May approves third runway at Heathrow  

Boris Johnson has for years campaigned against Heathrow expansion but is not expected to quit in protest if a third runway goes ahead, whereas Justine Greening refused to rule out resigning. read


Husband cannot contain his joy after learning he is about to be a father for the first time when he finds his wife's positive pregnancy test hidden under a baby blanket

Tania Gutierrez, from Houston, Texas, is seen surprising her husband by placing her positive pregnancy test in a box under a baby blanket and then secretly filming his ecstatic reaction (pictured). read


German police use stun grenades as they storm flat and make new arrest in hunt for Syrian refugee suspected of plotting airport terror attack

Jaber Albakr, from Damascus, Syria, is still at large after police raided an apartment on an estate in the German city of Chemnitz, and found explosives known as 'mother of Satan'. read


TWO out of 453 foreign criminals released from UK jails deported

Hundreds of foreign offenders are walking free in the UK after dodging deportation, despite the government's promise to crackdown on criminal migrants. read


Russian cluster bomb rolls into an Aleppo hospital killing and maiming 50 children

Mail on Sunday exclusive with disaster zone doctor David Nott who gave instructions to medics 2,500 miles away in Aleppo and received photos of victims so he could help from London. read


I forgive you, mum: Canoe son rebuilds relationship with mother Anne Darwin after she lied to him and his brother for FIVE YEARS that their father was dead

Mark and Anthony had at first insisted they would have nothing more to do with their County Durham-based parents John and Anne Darwin following their deception, but there has been a reconciliation. read


Shocked mother come into the bathroom to find her toddler son her toddler son has dumped an entire bag of dog biscuits down the toilet bowl  

The British mother comes into the bathroom to find her son Blake hovering around a toilet bowl completely full of small brown dog biscuits, but he does not seem too upset by his actions (pictured). read


Universities are forced to issue 'trigger warnings' ahead of lectures

UK universities are giving students permission to avoid subjects such as sex, suicide and religion if they find them 'too upsetting' in a move which has divided academics across the country. read


Seeing the positives: Short-sighted people are brainier than those with 20/20 vision say scientists 

Researchers at Mainz University in Germany have found a link between intelligence and shortsightedness, saying those who wear glasses may often be smarter than those who don't. read


Paul McCartney, 74, turns back time and makes it look so easy as he rocks on stage at 'Oldchella' music festival

The legendary Beatles singer and his fans showed they still have what it takes as they danced the night away at the first-ever Desert Trip in Indio, California, on Saturday night. read


Hurricane Matthew downgraded to tropical cyclone as death toll climbs to 18

North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory revealed on Sunday morning that seven people were killed in the state and four are still missing. There were also six reported deaths in Florida, four in Georgia. read


Remote Haiti communities affected by Hurricane Matthew attempted to be reached by rescuers

Hundreds of people are known to have been killed by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti but authorities are still desperately trying to reach marooned areas devastated by the Category 4 storm. read


LIZ JONES: Sexist job advert row is a feminist storm in a B-cup 

LIZ JONES: I've been thinking of making a hard decision. Because I'm losing my hearing, I'm finding it increasingly difficult to do celebrity interviews. read


PETER HITCHENS: This isn't a revolution - it's New Labour in a blue frock 

PETER HITCHENS: Who would have thought to see a Tory conference, held this year in Birmingham, applauding a Prime Minister for vowing to raise more tax and weaken employers’ rights? read


Kate Middleton lets her stylist loose on 'estate agent' Prince William

Kate has ordered her stylist Natasha Archer to give William a much-needed wardrobe makeover – and she has started by throwing out his ubiquitous brown loafers and his tatty trainers. read


University of Oxford dons warned to think twice before serving alcohol and fancy food

The University of Oxford has issued detailed guidance to academics warning them of the sensitivities of inviting students from abroad to social events, particularly if alcohol is involved. read


All 135,000 Glastonbury tickets sell out in just FIFTY minutes

Tickets for next year's Glastonbury festival sold out in just 50 minutes as fans tried desperately to buy them from 9am on Sunday morning. Fans tweeted their fury as the website crashed. read


British troops carrying gas masks are sent to Iraq

The 250 soldiers from 4 Rifles battalion are being deployed today in preparation for a large-scale assault on Mosul, the last major ISIS stronghold in Iraq. read


Portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds were destroyed when home burned to the ground 

Portraits by 18th-century artist Sir Joshua Reynolds are thought to have been destroyed by a fire at Cosgrove Hall in Northampton, a privately owned, Grade-II listed stately home. read


Four teenage schoolgirls 'dug a shallow grave for 14-year-old love rival' during brutal attack 

The youngsters, aged 13 to 16, dragged their victim into a shallow grave before repeatedly hitting her round the head and body with a wooden stick in the shocking attack filmed in Trindade, Brazil. read


Boy, nine, who lost his leg after being hit by a drunk driver is banned from playing Under-10s football on health and safety grounds in case his false leg injures opponents

Lochlan Olden, nine, of Pontypridd, south Wales, has been banned from playing for Treforest FC after just one game with his new carbon fibre leg, while the club was fined £20. read


Raunchy novelist Jilly Cooper reveals she was once sexually assaulted at work 

The 79-year-old said she was attacked before she became an author She made the comments at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. read


Victoria Beckham and son Brooklyn join forces for UNAIDS charity mission in Kenya

She's usually seen in exclusive locations and glamorous parties. But Victoria Beckham swapped that for the real world when she stepped out in central Kenya on Saturday. read


Make sex after 50 the best of your life

Three-quarters of women lose interest in sex after reaching the age of 50, according to research - but the verdict from the medical community was that couples should not be suffering in silence. read


VIV GROSKOP: Kim Kardashian's saved us all... from being idiots like her

VIV GROSKOP writes about how Kim Kardashian has saved us all, from being idiots like her; How has Kim saved us? By demonstrating exactly how not to behave online. read


Woman hangs sign from Burswood apartment shaming her cheating boyfriend

A furious woman has hung a huge sign from a Burswood apartment naming and shaming her cheating boyfriend named Dave. The sign says: 'Dave I know you're on notsovanilla.com'. read


Shop selling 'child terrorist' Hallowe’en costume remove outfit from shelves

The 'disgusting' costumes (pictured) were being sold at a pop-up shop called Halloween, in the Diamond Shopping Centre in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. read


Fashion site reveals the biggest trends from Fashion Month 

Fashion retailer Lyst has looked at the biggest trends to emerge from Fashion Month SS17 and found that backless loafers, pierced bags and head-to-toe pink are flying off the shelves. read


Hilarious photo of a sign pointing shoppers to an escalator next to Prada is mocked on Twitter

An eagle-eyed shopper snapped a photo of a sign at a London shopping centre bearing the helpful instructions 'Please use the escalator by Prada' - and captioned it: 'Worst. Perfume. Name. Ever'. read


Vulnerable elderly woman filmed cowering as she is attacked by carer in Taiwan

The shocking 11 second video, which appears to have been filmed in a care facility in Taiwan, shows a frail and frightened woman (pictured) huddled on the floor by her single bed as a man attacks her. read


Nigel Farage and 'ex-mistress' are dragged into Ukip leadership farce

The abuse is contained in a leaked email sent by Annabelle Fuller (pictured), who now works for Mike Hookem, who is accused of hitting party leadership favourite Steven Woolfe. read


Just five more minutes! Adorable golden retriever has temper tantrum when his owner attempts to get him to leave the pet store

Rufio the golden retriever, who lives in Chicago, recently enjoyed a trip to the pet store, but when it came time to leave, the dog was adamant on staying, even as his owner dragged him towards the door. read


Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn in new Inge Morath photography book

Austrian-born Inge Morath refused to join the Hitler Youth while studying in Germany and joined Paris' famous Magnum Photos Agency after surviving World War II. read


Elephant and Castle becomes scene of a rescue as a dog is pulled from the tracks

Footage from the Elephant and Castle station on the London Underground captures the heartwarming rescue of Sammy after he fell down the gap between the platform and train. read


Video of Canadian man fainting after he tries to lift a huge barbell

The overly-ambitious gym-goer has been caught on camera in a Canadian gym fainting after trying to pull off a deadlift. A woman rushes over to help him and he is soon able to stand back up. read


Naked models use body paint to perfectly camouflage against variety of famous landmarks

New York artist Trina Merry lines her subjects up and photographes them as they appear to blend right into the scenery around them, which ranges from Normandy to Istanbul and New York. read


Indonesia's first Muslim transgender boarding school forced to close 

The only Islamic transgender boarding school (shown) in Indonesia has been closed after a wave of intolerance sparked by the activities of hard-line Muslim groups. read


Ready for your close-ups? Some of the world's most beautiful animals are captured on camera in new episodes of Sir David Attenborough iconic Planet Earth series 

These are the stunning images of the animals gracing our screens as part of David Attenborough's new series of Planet Earth, returning to BBC One at the end of October. read


Ferrari California washed away by flood waters in Thailand

Car enthusiasts couldn’t bare to look as an $AUD 800,000 Ferrari became stuck in flood waters in Bangkok, Thailand this week. read


Mac on...Tory plans to train more British doctors 

‘So what were you doing before you heard that the Government wants thousands of new British doctors?’ read


An Exmoor pony that was branded and left for dead as a foal has been trained into a world champion

Due to the delicate balance of mares and fillies that is required to stop endangered Exmoor ponies from going extinct, the possibility of Bear (pictured) being culled was very real. read