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So don't they trust them? Donald Trump sneaks a peek at Melania's ballot paper - before son Eric does the same to HIS wife

Like father, like son! Eric Trump was photographed peeking at Lara's ballot paper just moments after his father did the same across town. read


Shrien Dewani's gay lover Leopold Leisser found hanged at his home in Birmingham

A police investigation revealed Leopold Leisser (pictured), known as The German Master, had been suffering from stress due to the 2014 court case in which Dewani was cleared of murder. read


The foods you CAN eat safely after the sell-by date

British households throw away 3.5 million tonnes of food and drink every year - half of which is completely edible. Femail can now reveal what you can - and should NEVER - eat after the expiry date. read


Met Police slammed over £2.5m Operation Midland probe

The probe was launched after claims that boys had been sexually abused by public figures in Westminster more than 30 years ago - but it closed in March without a single arrest. read


Undercover Criminal reveals 'Adil' who is selling fake IDs to illegal immigrants in Birmingham

The conman, known only as Adil, has been exposed in an undercover sting for selling fake residency cards to immigrants in Birmingham – and charging up to £600 per ID card. read


Amazon to launch 'home assistant' service that can clean your house and unpack the shopping

According to to the ad, workers will be 'working with customers each day with tidying up around the home, laundry, and helping put groceries and essentials like toilet paper and paper towels away.' read


Sandra Howard reflects on Swinging Sixties book of barely dressed beauties

Lady Mary-Gaye Curzon (left), better known now as mother of Prince Harry's ex, Cressida Bonas, was smeared in engine oil for the shoot. Julie Christie appeared topless, with stamps on her breasts. read


The 10 signs your relationship WON'T work - including the pet name he gives you and how long it takes to meet his friends 

From getting matching tattoos to having a 'textbook perfect' romance, two experts have shared the signs you need to pay attention to. read


Waitrose mocked on Twitter over its range of 'everyday' products including kale

Bemused shoppers have taken to Twitter to ridicule Waitrose over the labeling of these extravagant products. Customers were amazed at the range of products that fell into the category. read


Israeli embassy's fury after anti-Semitic Thomas Suarez gives talk at SOAS university

EXCLUSIVE: Yiftah Curiel, spokesman for Israel's diplomatic mission, accused SOAS of letting 'racist conspiracy theories' go unchallenged during the talk at the students' union Palestine Society. read


Justice Jay refuses to name Islamic school in sex discrimination row

The school, which has been named only as ‘school X’, was put in special measures by Ofsted earlier this year over concerns it discriminated against female pupils. read


KATIE HOPKINS: Calm down Harry, everyone's delighted for you and Meghan Markle

The thing is Harry, occupying the privileged life of a Royal, lived in large part at the public's expense, DOES involve a considerable sacrifice of privacy, writes KATIE HOPKINS. read


Prince Harry’s girlfriend Meghan Markle discusses her humanitarian work in Rwanda on The Tig

Prince Harry's girlfriend Meghan Markle, 30 (pictured in Rwanda) has revealed that she shares her boyfriend's passion for humanitarian work in a new blog. read


Prince Harry condemns abuse of girlfriend Meghan Markle

In an extraordinary statement on his love life, Harry, 32, said he is worried about his new girlfriend Meghan Markle's safety following the 'wave of abuse and harassment' she has faced. read


The Airmiles tricks that could pay for your next holiday: Savvy traveller reveals how he's flown for free for five years

Over the past five years, Rob Burgess has flown business class to Abu Dhabi, Boston, Calgary, Cape Town, Las Vegas, Moscow, New York and Singapore. read


Eight steps to beat the online bank fraudsters: After crooks raid 9,000 Tesco Bank accounts, how to protect your savings 

Crooks are desperate to get their hands on your personal data. Even if they don't use it to raid your bank account, a few key pieces of data are enough to enable them to rack up huge debts in your name. read


Pentonville jailbreaker Mathew Baker made threats from behind bars and posted Facebook pictures

Matthew Baker (pictured), 28, who was jailed for attempted murder, posted the warning, 'Be ready for me'. He escaped from HMP Pentonville in London along with James Whitlock on Sunday. read


Ofsted warn that illegal private schools are charging taxpayers £28,000 a head

An investigation found state schools are off-loading children with behavioural difficulties into makeshift institutions, which are completely unregulated, and have undergone no checks. read


Alison Jackson sets up spoof photos using Trump lookalikes to portray his first day in office

Having sex with Miss Mexico, enjoying a naked spray tan and throwing wads of money around the Oval Office - this is Donald Trump's first day in power, according to artist Alison Jackson. read


US Election 2016: Reports of voter intimidation and ballot machine problems cause troubles

Election Day hasn't been completely smooth across the nation as voters have encountered long lines and computer issues. There have also been reports of possible intimidation. read


US Election 2016: When will the result be declared and what to expect as America decides

The first calls by network election forecasters are likely to come from as early as just after midnight, but toss-up states could take a lot longer to be declared, with a result likely in the early hours. read


US Election 2016: Marijuana, guns, the minimum wage are the OTHER measures on ballots

Across the country, Americans are deciding on a multitude of hot-button issues this Election Day. read


PIERS MORGAN: This has been the dirtiest US election campaign with candidates who are loathed

‘I either drink from one dirty river, or another dirty river,’ my New York limo driver told me late last night. He was talking about today’s US Election, and his vote, and his pain is common. read


The extraordinary intimate Donald Trump family photos found in a THRIFT SHOP

A treasure trove of Trump memorabilia, including roughly 1,000 photos of Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump, his family and friends found its way into a thrift shop. read


George W Bush and his wife DIDN'T vote Trump - and they didn't back Clinton either

Both George W Bush and wife Laura backed away from the Trump presidency when they cast their early votes two weeks ago - though they have not voted for Hillary Clinton either, a spokesman said. read


Two people are taken to hospital after shooting that may have involved a police officer

The incident occurred in the area of West Fourth Street and Orange Avenue in Azusa shortly before 2.45pm. read


US Election 2016: First exit poll shows voters most want a 'strong leader'

The 'strong leader' option more closely describes Trump than Clinton, and is polling twice as high as it did four years ago when Mitt Romney lost the 2012 election to President Barack Obama. read


ELECTION AT A GLANCE: The maps and graphics that tell you all you need to know about tonight's results 

A polarized America went to the polls Tuesday to pick its 45th president, choosing to elect either Hillary Clinton as the nation's first female commander in chief or billionaire Donald Trump. read


US election 2016: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump cast their votes at the polls

Bitter, divisive and utterly fascinating, the presidential election will be decided today as millions go to the polls. Both candidates will be in New York to vote and await the results. read


TOPLESS protesters chanting anti-Trump slogans had to be dragged away from polling stations

The women (pictured) raised their fists in the air and chanted, 'Trump, grab your balls' as they demonstrated at New York City's Polling Station 59 in Manhattan just before 9am. read


Benedict Cumberbatch ridicules Trump and Hillary Clinton in Late Late Show sketch

Benedict Cumberbatch, 40, certainly seemed to have perfected the art of telling a bedtime tale during an hilarious comedy sketch on The Late Late Show on Monday. read


Donald Trump says losing election would be a waste of time, energy & money

'I will not consider it great if I don't win,' he admitted on Fox & Friends. The Republican said he thinks he'll be the victor tonight, though, winning the states of Iowa, Ohio and New Hampshire. read


Stocks soar on US election polls predicting a Hillary Clinton victory

Goldman Sachs, the bank which paid both Clintons six-figure sums for speeches, was among the biggest gainers on the stock markets as prices soared over belief Donald Trump will lose. read


Liam Hemsworth takes Miley Cyrus to vote at drive-thru polling station in LA

The 23-year-old singer never left her fancy 4x4 to cast her ballot, as she attended a drive-through polling station in Los Angeles on Tuesday as celebrities lined up to share their voting prowess read


Nigel Farage says he would accept a job from Trump if he wins US election

The interim Ukip leader Nigel Farage - nicknamed 'Mr Brexit' by Donald Trump - said he would do the job of ambassador to the EU 'very well' having been an MEP in Brussels for nearly two decades. read


FBI director James Comey lived like a king in one of America's wealthiest towns

James Comey was a hedge fund high roller when he lived  with his family in the tony enclave of  Westport, Connecticut until he was tapped to run the FBI in 2013. read


The Queen is joined by former IRA commander Martin McGuinness at portrait unveiling

Martin McGuiness, the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, applauded as the monarch pulled the satin cover off the painting at a reception in London on Tuesday. read


Ex-boyfriend of Adam Johnson's sister is jailed

Steven Knox, 30, from Sunderland, admitted posting messages on Facebook identifying the girl, who was just 15 when she was sexually touched by Johnson in his Range Rover. read


Refugee confronts racist gang with WALKING STICK as they hurl fireworks at him

The shocking attack, which was captured on CCTV footage that victim Able Miller had set up himself, has forced the 62-year-old to consider leaving his Glasgow home. read


The Secret Life of Four-Year-Olds reveals how children are split into two personality types

In the Secret Life of 4 and 5 Year olds, 40 British children of different social backgrounds from around the country are invited to spend time playing and learning at a school rigged with secret cameras. read


How insurers are putting YOU at risk by issuing car cover that’ll never pay out 

Policies are being taken out by unscrupulous brokers, who are using fake names and addresses to get rock-bottom prices on motor insurance. read


Footage shows prisoners openly passing contraband to each other at Wormwood Scrubs

Three inmates at Wormwood Scrubs in south London can be seen passing goods to each other by swinging a length of rope with a package at one end. read


Whisper app users reveal the creepiest first dates they have ever been on

Singletons have taken to the secret sharing app Whisper to reveal the creepiest things that their first dates have done. Many admitted to being put off by someone coming on too strong. read


Iranian thug is BLINDED as punishment for throwing acid in the face of a child

It was the second time this year that Iran had carried out the strict eye-for-eye punishment that can be imposed for such crimes in the Islamic republic. read


Gardeners urged to grow more plants that bloom in winter to help bees survive

A good winter flowering plant for bees is the evergreen mahonia, as is winter flowering clematis. Allowing ivy to grow will also help – as they will provide food in late autumn. read


Paige Doherty's mother wants to meet John Leathem to ask why he killed her daughter

John Leathem, 32, was given a life sentence after he admitted to stabbing Paige Doherty, 15, 61 times at his deli in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, on March 19. read


West Yorkshire Police arrest man on suspicion of murdering Lindsay Jo Rimer, 13

Lindsay Jo Rimer was last seen on November 7 1994 when she went to buy cornflakes from a shop in Hebden Bridge. Her body was found at the bottom of the Rochdale Canal five months later. read


M&S Shoppers fear iconic store will 'go the way of BHS' and vanish from UK high street

Chief executive Steve Rowe - who took over from Dutchman Marc Bolland in April - has been forced to announce its biggest shake-up for years which has prompted shoppers to fear its closure. read


Girl is decapitated and has arms chopped off after girl loses mobile phone and parents use BLACK MAGIC to find it in India 

The child's mutilated body was discovered in a patch of forest close to a tea estate in northeast India's Upper Assam region having gone missing from her home in Charaideo. read


Sex education is NOT cutting rates of STIs or pregnancies, but cash could work

There was a slight reduction in teenagers having sexually-transmitted infections as a result of financial incentives to keep them in school, researchers from York University found. read


Game Of Thrones season 7 plot 'leaked' online

Spoilers are coming. According to the Huffington Post , a Reddit user going by the name awayforthelads posted an enormous list of very detailed spoilers, before his account was deleted read


Sports Direct denies sending tea lady with bugging device into meeting of MPs

In a statement, Sports Direct's board questioned the 'veracity' of the device found by the MPs at the firm's Derbyshire warehouse and insisted that it had not authorised its use. read


Coronation Street fans poke fun at errors in stalker storyline

Her stalker Caz Hammond has already trashed her home and gotten her arrested. And on Monday it became clear that embattled hair dresser Maria Connor faces more trouble in the days ahead. read


Stephanie Griffin finds son Ciaran, 8, dying in Glasgow cemetery

Stephanie Griffin, 25, from Glasgow, told a fatal accident inquiry that Ciaran Williamson (pictured) had only been allowed out to play with his friends for 10 minutes. read


Police probing disappearance of Nicola Payne carry out fresh searches

Nothing of relevance to the suspected abduction and murder of Ms Payne (pictured) has been found during several weeks of inquiries at Coventry's Coombe Country Park, West Midlands Police said. read


New Earth Solutions Group fined after Neville Watson was buried alive by rubbish pile

Neville Watson, 39, (pictured) was an industrial cleaner for New Earth Solutions Group at the West Malling rubbish site. In 2014 he had to operate the shredding machine for the first time. read


UK Weather temperatures plummet as Britain braces for snow

Temperatures fell to -5C (23F) in England overnight bringing frost, before sleet and snow arrives from the West - and it will stay cold for the next few days before conditions slightly warm up into the weekend. read


Scottish government WILL join court battle to stop Theresa May triggering Brexit

The Scottish First Minister announced she is applying to join the case over whether parliamentary approval is needed to invoke Article 50. The appeal begins on December 5. read


Live-in housekeeper Robin Pyke sues multi-millionaire couple for unfair dismissal

Jane Gottschalk and her financier husband Maximilian, who have five children, are said to have 'overworked' Robin Pyke at their luxury seven-bedroom mansion in Henley-on-Thames. read


Lawrence Klein hanged himself despite arranging to end his life at Swiss Dignitas clinic

Lawrence Klein, of Reading, Berkshire, was suspected of having corticobasal deterioration, known as CBD, a rare and incurable neurological condition which becomes progressively worse. read


Michael and Lynette Jones from Gloucester took a fatal drug overdose in front of daughter

Michael Jones, 59, and his wife Lynette, 56, secretly took a pain killer at their home in Westgate, Gloucester, on May 16 this year while relatives were present in their flat, an inquest was told. read


Boxer dog sets tongues wagging as he stars in the second ‘John Lewis Christmas advert teaser’ film 

The ten second clip alongside the hashtag #BounceBounce shows the dog watching a little girl jumping up and down on her sofa. read


The simple and cheap makeup tricks that will make your teeth look whiter in an INSTANT 

We've called on makeup artists to share the handy beauty hacks that will make your teeth look whiter in an instant. read


Charity worker who swapped sex texts with her boss posted revenge porn on his wife's business page after he dismissed her

Kaylea Reid , 26, targeted Robert Page after they 'sexted' and she then lost her job after less than a year, Ipswich Magistrates' Court heard. read


Benefits scrounging mother-of-12 Cheryl Prudham faces jail

Cheryl Prudham, 34, from Warrington, pleaded guilt to handling cash allegedly stolen by her ex-partner Robert Prudham (pictured) and another man Jacob Underdown. read


David Walliams arrives at High Court for cash battle with ex-wife Lara Stone

The pair's five-year marriage was drawn to a close by a family court judge more than a year ago. Now a judge in London is analysing arguments about the division of assets. read


'Adrenaline junkie' housewife admits illicit meetings with Sunderland GP were wrong

Dr William Arnett (pictured) allegedly began texting the woman after her husband, who was a patient at his Sunderland surgery, said working away from home was impacting family life. read


Devon and Cornwall Police list 'hippy crack' gas canisters on its official eBay account

Devon and Cornwall Police listed a box containing 24 8gm canisters on sale for £10, with free delivery, on their online store, describing them as 'whipped cream dispensers'. read


Morgan Lynn from Texas took to Twitter to reveal her dad sent her mom flowers after divorce

Morgan Lynn, 17, from Pearland, Texas, took to Twitter last week to share a photo of the flowers her dad sent her mom along with his note, which reads: 'Always gonna be you.' read


The weirdest fast food menu items from McDonald's Burger King KFC Pizza Hut Domino's

The world's biggest fast food chains often sell very unusual items - especially overseas. These include black bun burgers, and a creamed corn chicken burger from KFC Brazil. read


Russian Navy will hit ISIS targets in Aleppo within 24 hours as Putin moves to strike

A group of ships including an aircraft carrier, a nuclear power guided missile cruiser and two destroyers is reportedly ready to strike from the Mediterranean Sea. read


Arthur Heeler-Frood's parents make appeal for information on This Morning

Caroline and Jeremy Heeler-Frood are hoping their son will come forward to let them know he is safe. They said they were 'baffled' at his decision to leave home and want him back to them. read


Sister of Alcatraz fugitives says Pentonville inmates copied her brothers

John and Clarence Anglin (pictured) left papier-mache heads in their beds before fleeing from  Alcatraz, off the coast of San Francisco, on a raft in 1962. read


Etiquette expert William Hanson reveals the kitchen accessories that makes you look common

As the party season approaches etiquette expert William Hanson reveals what items in your kitchen will impress your guests and which will turn their noses upwards. read


Lancashire village sees THOUSANDS of spiders invade the area

A sheep farm in Trawden, East Lancashire, has seen masses of spiderwebs appear along a country lane (pictured), trailing more than 100 metres along the perimeter of the field. read


Rurik Jutting found guilty of Hong Jong prostitute murders

The 31-year-old Cambridge University graduate faces a mandatory life sentence after being convicted at a trial that featured horrific video evidence of rape and torture. read


Rurik Jutting's last girlfriend reveals he told her 'No babies until we get married'

A Filipino lover who shared British banker Rurik Jutting's final weekends before his horrific murder spree in Hong Kong has told Mail Online: 'I miss him.' read


'Rurik Jutting is delighted he is the most famous murderer in Hong Kong'

The torture kit Rurik Jutting put together was so basic it could have been something from medieval times – a hammer, nails, a piece of wood and ties to bind his victims' hands and feet. read


The Hong Kong bars where Rurik Jutting descended into cocaine abuse and sadism

A former colleague has told how killer banker Rurik Jutting descended into a dark world of cocaine and violent abuse of prostitutes as he trawled Hong Kong's seedy Wang Chai red light district. read


Rurik Jutting 'already suffered from personality disorder aged ELEVEN'

he killer banker told a psychiatrist he was 'offended' when his mum Helen rushed to congratulate him on winning a scholarship to the elite Winchester College. read


BBC's Jeremy Vine screamed at by Shanique Syrena Pearson in Kensington as he cycled home

Shanique Syrena Pearson (pictured), 22, was allegedly caught on camera getting out of her car in Kensington and screaming at the TV journalist, who filmed the exchange. read


Met Police chief Hogan-Howe APOLOGISES to ex-Tory MP over VIP probe blunders

Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe told Harvey Proctor, falsely accused of rape and murder by a fantasist known as Nick, that it had been ‘wrong’ to search his home. read


Iraqi military confirm Alrobot has been sent to fight ISIS in Mosul

The unmanned vehicle has a heavy machine gun turret for taking out targets picked out by the controller, along with a rocket launcher and multiple cameras. read


Paul Jefferies who advised George Osborne was murdered by Ben Bamford who he met on Grindr

Ben Bamford, 18, pictured today, is accused of killing 52-year-old Paul Jefferies in a 'sustained attack' at his property in Coggins Mill Lane, Mayfield, East Sussex, on February 23. read


BBC slammed for 'disgraceful' decision to pin poppy on Cookie Monster

The Cookie Monster, a character from American television show Sesame Street, had the scarlet flower pinned to his bright blue fur as he was interviewed on the BBC programme last night. read


Jeremy Clarkson's childhood home goes on sale for £1.2m

Jeremy Clarkson grew up at the Grade II-listed Rowland Bridge House in the town of Tickhill near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, in the early 1970s. read


Video shows moment Dr Pimple Popper removes melon-sized ball of fat from woman's back

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Californian dermatologist Dr Sandra Lee, known as Dr Pimple Popper, had a 20 minute battle trying to coax the lipoma out of an unnamed woman's arm. read


Thugs on scrambler bikes smash the wing mirror of a police car and shower it with dirt while officers seem powerless to stop them

In the footage, filmed in Huyton, Liverpool, riders can be seen kicking a police car and hurling abuse at an officer while several other police cars are parked nearby. read


Jihadi falls off vehicle leaving comrades in stitches

The location of the video is unclear, but it shows a truck with a huge mounted gun on pull up on a road. After letting off shots it moves away again, but one of men on board falls flat on his face. read


Mosul school execution where 100 civilians were beheaded by ISIS is revealed

Iraqi forces found the chilling site in the School of Agriculture on the outskirts of Hammam al-Alil, a town recaptured from ISIS on Monday. read


Five 'ISIS members' are arrested in Germany including Iraqi 'ring-leader'

The arrests were made in a series of raids in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the northern state of Lower Saxony in Germany. read


Body Fixers's Amelia refuses to let her boyfriend see her naked because of ingrowing hair issue

Amelia is riddled with scars and infected sores on her legs because of folliculitis which causes an inflammation of hair follices. She visits E4's Body Fixers desperate for help solving her problem. read


NHS agrees to payout Lucy Cookson after suffering catastrophic brain injury in childbirth

Lucy Cookson, from Wakefield, suffered a catastrophic brain injury after she was rushed to theatre with a massive haemorrhage following the birth of her daughter Millie. read


Was the Tesco Bank robbery an inside job?

Britain's FBI are investigating claims fraudsters in Brazil and Spain hit more than a quarter of Tesco's current-account customers in the biggest ever raid on a British bank. read


Tesco's mulled wine-scented loo paper is panned on Twitter

Tesco shoppers have taken to Twitter to express their disdain for the £2 four-pack of toilet rolls, calling the festive-themed bathroom product 'wrong'. read


German neo-Nazi Marcel Zech is jailed after his Auschwitz tattoo was seen while swimming

Neo-Nazi Marcel Zech, 28, who went swimming at a public baths with a picture of the death camp of Auschwitz tattooed on his back has been jailed for eight months. read


Paranoid schizophrenic Marc Taylor shot by police after 'stabbing his daughter' in Kent

Marc Traylor, 42, of Hersden, Kent, was shot by a specialist firearms officer after he attacked his own daughter - with a look of 'determination and anger' in his face, Canterbury court heard. read


Police officer was found hanged just hours after he was arrested over indecent images

Pc Kevin Ellis (pictured) was found dead in the grounds of a secondary school in Wakefield after he was taken into custody and then bailed by officers over the alleged offence in April 2013. read


Estate agent nearly blinded ‘when acid was sprayed in his face by East London gang'

Samiul Alom was left screaming in agony after acid was 'squirted in his face' while confronting a gang in east London. Ahmed Macow and Jason Brown, both 20, deny GBH with intent. read


Berrydown girl suffered horrific burns after a rogue firework caught in SCARF as it exploded

Maisie Roe, of Berrydown, Devon, was standing with her brother and sister about 30ft from where the rockets were being lit by her soldier father Jake, but one shot off course and lodged in her scarf. read


Father of three-year-old died after he was impaled on wooden fence which was not properly erected causing catastrophic crash 

Sam Moorhouse, 27, suffered 'some of the most extreme injuries ever seen' after he lost control of his Mini Coupe on the A61 north of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, and was impaled on a fence. read


Inside secret 19th-century tunnel under Naples that used to be escape route for the king

Visitors can take a spell-binding tour of recently rediscovered tunnels in Naples dating back to 1853. The tunnels served as a WWII bomb shelter and vehicle warehouse before being forgotten. read


Can a high street bag match up to a £3,990 Chanel icon?

A classic Chanel 2.55 bag will set you back at least £3,990 and now high street retailers such as M&S and Debenhams are offering budget copies for as little as £14. But can they ever match up? read


Jeremy, the 'left handed' snail finds TWO potential chances for love after nationwide search

The unique mollusc will now be paired with Lefty from Ipswich. Researchers hope the pairing will help shed light on the genetics of rare conditions that causes shells to swirl in the opposite direction. read


Hungary rejects plan to BAN the resettlement of migrants in the country

Viktor Orban said a constitutional amendment was needed after a referendum saw 3 million Hungarians rejecting EU quotas stipulating how many migrants member states must accept. read


Could Vine come back from the dead? Twitter could sell off video app

Twitter caused uproar earlier this month when it announced plans to kill off Vine, its video sharing app. Now, it is claimed it could come back from the dead as the firm is considering selling the app. read


First Dates viewers can’t believe Ben as he flirts with waitress Laura Tott

Hairdresser Ben couldn't resist sharing his feelings with Laura Trott but she shot him down reminding him that she was his waitress. Daisy saw through his cheeky act and dumped him. read


Research reveals medieval peasants had SEVEN TIMES more vacation than the average American employee

American workers took 16 days holiday in 2015, but in the 1200s, English peasants enjoyed 150 days off a year. Professor Juliet Schor claims life was more much more leisurely pre-1800s capitalism. read


I've had a smashing holiday! Tourist knocks over and destroys 18th Century statue while taking a selfie with it at Portuguese museum 

An 18th century statue was knocked down and smashed by a tourist who walked backwards to take a selfie with it. The incident took place at the National Museum of Ancient Art in Lisbon. read


Are YOU the office bully? Seven signs that you could be making enemies at work

Expert Pam Rogerson from the ELAS Group has shared the seven signs that you could well be ruffling feathers at work - and how you can make it right. read


Trevor Keenan's study reveals that the greenhouse effect is slowing down as CO2 has plateaued

Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Berkeley National Laboratory in California say Earth's plant life has helped to soak up greenhouse gases from human activity. read


McDonald’s sues Florence after it was banned from opening a restaurant

The Mayor of Florence is being sued for $20million (£16million) by McDonald's after he refused to let them open one of their restaurants in the shadow of the city's famous Duomo. read


Coach driver denies killing three men in crash on M1

Alan Peters, 78, was driving a team of university cheerleaders on the double decker coach when he crashed into the Audi at 61mph on the M1 near Flitwick, Bedfordshire. read


Ally McCoist snaps up mansion with ‘horror movie’ interior in Renfrewshire

Former Rangers footballer Ally McCoist even got a wrecked Rolls Royce when he purchased the 112-year-old Hermiston villa in Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. read


Angela Merkel warns Russia could interfere in German election through cyber attacks

The warning came after the German Chancellor was asked whether she expected Russia to target next year's election in the same way it is accused of interfering with the US process. read


Theresa May hails Britain and India's joint hi-tech future

Mrs May wore traditional Indian clothing as she visited the Sri Someshwara Hindu temple in Bangalore, the southern city which has become the IT sector hub of the sub-continent. read


No second chance for drivers caught using a mobile phone at the wheel as ministers unveil plans to scrap training courses for first-time offenders

The Department for Transport believes that offering workshops to educate motorists about the dangers of making a call while driving is not a tough enough measure to deter people. read


Video shows Russian lecturer stripping off in front of his class

Footage shows the professor walking around the lecture hall at the Dagestan State Medical Academy in Makhachkala, Russia, with no clothes on. Students said he stripped off with no warning. read


French investigators name ISIS plotter of Paris, Brussels attacks

French investigators have identified Oussama Atar - a cousin of the brothers who blew themselves in the March 22 attacks in Brussels - as the mastermind of last November's Paris attacks. read


Syrian migrant sex attacker is kicked to the ground after he molests a woman in Turkey 

Omar Monda, 29, was beaten after he touched a woman, 25, inappropriately as she was walking in the city of Mersin, in southern Turkey. read


University of Southern California experts say E-cigarettes ARE a gateway to smoking

Researchers from the University of Southern California found cigarette smoking was much more prevalent after six months among adolescents who had been using e-cigarettes. read


London Goldsmiths University's rugby team says it will wear Palestinian flag on its kit

Goldsmiths University has been accused of racism after adopting the Palestinian flag for its kit in a move the students' union has described as 'progressive' but has been branded 'pathetic' online. read


Network Rail London Victoria station depot sees sledgehammer-wielding man cause damage

He smashed computers, toilets, windows and walls after breaking into the site near London Victoria railway station. British Transport Police have launched an appeal to find the man. read


The bizarre underwater 'lake': Haunting images reveal Mexico's peculiar water-filled cavern

Tom St George, a photographer from London, dove 100 feet down into Mexico’s Cenote Angelita – a cave created by the collapse of limestone which then trapped water - to capture the images. read


Theresa May takes on Samantha Cameron's sari style in Bangalore

Barefoot Theresa May takes on Sam Cam's sari style as she dons 'impeccable' gold and green traditional garb in India, but unsightly bunions on both feet let her down. read


Mexico City hotel guests sleep with DEAD BODY under their bed for at least a week

Police in Mexico City believe the woman's body had been there for at least a week, during which time several people checked in and stayed in the room, when it was discovered at Hotel El Senador. read


Married cadet instructor Alex Hopkinson is convicted of possessing indecent images

Married bus driver Alex Hopkinson, 36, (pictured) a former cadet instructor of New Addington, south London, was charged with possessing and making indecent images of a boy. read


How the Somme's boy soldiers shame today's 'child' migrants writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN

Later this week we will be commemorating the sacrifice of those who fought for Britain. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. read


Cancer treatment immunotherapy could be made more effective, Cambridge University scientists say

Immunotherapy teaches the body to attack tumours, but fails when patients develop a condition called cancer cachexia, researchers from Cambridge University found. read


Mess makes us more productive, star economist Tim Harford explains

Mess can be a positive force in all areas of life - from the workplace, giving presentations and commuting to regulating the banks and producing ground-breaking albums. read


Judge defers sentencing of motorbike thief - so he can celebrate his 25th birthday! 

Joe Backhouse, 24, of Billericay, Essex, admitted riding a stolen Suzuki motorbike at a police officer when he appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court on Monday. read


Baby girl in a luxury car stolen at a school pick-up in Coburg, Melbourne

A six-month old baby girl was in the back of a Mercedes Benz that was stolen in dramatic scenes during a school pick-up in Coburg, a suburb in Melbourne's north about 3pm on Tuesday. read


Prince Harry met Meghan Markle through her close friend Markus Anderson

Meghan Markle dined with one of her 'closest friends in the world', Markus Anderson, on Friday at one of their favorite spots, Cafe Boulud, inside the Four Seasons in Toronto. read


University of California research finds that natural selection deleted weak 'caveman DNA'

The study, by the University of California at Davis, also shows that East Asian people had higher initial levels of Neanderthal ancestry than Europeans. read


Meet the billionaire Geely owner trying to get us driving Chinese cars

Geely is the biggest car maker you've never heard of. The Chinese firm has just invested £300m in a factory in Coventry to build electric versions of the iconic London cab. read


Dame Lowell Goddard is branded 'disgraceful' for refusing to appear in front of MPs

Dame Lowell Goddard quit the vast probe in August and has since faced allegations about her behaviour and conduct in the lucrative post. read


Medical marvels borrowed from nature itself including porcupine quills for stitches

Jeffrey Karp of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the US, says nature has countless solutions for scientists because any species of plant or animal that survives has evolved to solve problems. read


Samantha is a Sugar Baby of the Year contest finalist and it helps support her children

Samantha, 24, from Tuscon, Arizona, is one of the the fifteen finalists in the 2017 Sugar Baby of the Year contest hosted by Seeking Arrangement, a dating site that pairs wealthy men with women. read


Transforming furniture helps people make the most of the space in their homes

Vancouver-based Expand Furniture has over 130 products on offer, which all transform from a fairly simple structure into a more elaborate piece of furniture. read


Seconds from death: Indian movie stuntmen who couldn’t swim pose for a selfie just before they died jumping into a reservoir from a helicopter

Officials say neither Anil Verma, 31, nor Raghav Uday, 38, could swim, and a criminal investigation has been launched. read


The moment a 'thief steals a wallet’ from a man lying on the floor ‘having a seizure’ and NO ONE stops him in social experiment video to test the public’s reaction 

The footage, which was filmed at a Walmart in Philadelphia, shows the man falling to the ground and seeming to have a fit. A shopper then comes up to him and takes his wallet from his back pocket. read


Colorado's Celia Shroder's excess skin left looking like a 'burning candle'

Celia Shroder, 32, from Grand Junction, Colorado, lost 224lbs (16 stone) but the mother-of-four was then left with over a foot and a half of loose skin and says she 'like a melted candle'. read


Cheshire boy writes heartbreaking letter to mother after her remains were found

Police discovered body parts believed to belong to missing 29-year-old Ellia Arathoon (pictured) close to the M53 in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, on Thursday. read


Conman is caught making false neck injury claim as he jumps back into car AFTER it was hit

James Young, 33, from Deeside, Wales, can be seen running towards his car after another vehicle reversed into it. Young was given a suspended jail sentence for making a false insurance claim. read


Jeremy Corbyn HAS appointed 'minister for peace' violence and conflict hamilton

EXCLUSIVE: The Labour leader has appointed Fabian Hamilton to the key role in his team, with a brief to 'reduce violence, war and conflict'. read


Punjab boy is worshipped as reincarnation of Hindu GOD Ganesha by Indian villagers

Pranshu, from Jalandhar in the Indian state of Punjab, was born with a medical defect and is unable to walk. Villagers believe he is a divine child and a reincarnation of the god Ganesha. read


Expert reveals what YOU should be considering in a partner

Experts say that singles should go for someone who has the same eye colour, body shape and political views as them. read


Pole dancer has just 'months to live' after her body has rejected her second transplant

Kirstie Tancock, 27, from Honiton, Devon, has suffered from cystic fibrosis since she was born. But in a blog, she says she has suffered her second organ rejection and is now too ill to receive a third. read


Midwife makes heartfelt plea with the Prime Minister to save student bursaries

Alison Brindle, 38, from Bolton, wrote to Prime Minister Theresa May after working 50 hours in four days. Her message, which was posted on Facebook, has been shared more than 7,000 times. read


'Heels aren't anti-feminist': Former Jimmy Choo queen Tamara Mellon on why stilettos have NOTHING to do with looking sexy for men

After leaving Jimmy Choo in 2011 - she sold her shares for £82.5 million - Ms Mellon unveiled her very own collection of totes, ready-to-wear and, of course, shoes. read


More children than EVER are surviving cancer but face lifelong chronic health problems

Despite advances that have made treatments safer and more effective, childhood cancer survivors don't appear to have experienced gains in long-term health outcomes, a new study suggests. read


Dubai to Abu Dhabi in 12 MINUTES: Hyperloop One is making Elon Musk's high-speed travel a reality in UAE

The futuristic city-state of Dubai announced a deal on with Los Angeles-based Hyperloop One to study the potential for building a line linking it to the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi. read


Naked Warwick Rowers reveal 2017 calendar

Warwick University's female rowing team has shared a glimpse of its 2017 naked calendar, which will go on sale next week to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. read


Michael Buble pulls out of performing at BBC Music Awards

The Canadian singer was due to perform at the awards at the ExCel London on December 12 alongside Kaiser Chiefs, Emeli Sande and Lukas Graham. read


Ubamarket mobile app guides shoppers around the store in the most logical route

The app has now launched at a Budgens store in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, and will shortly be rolled out to a further 5,000 shops across the UK. read


British diver survives 17 HOURS in shark-infested waters off of Australia

Les Brierley, 68, from Bury but who now lives on the Sunshine Coast, survived 17 hours in shark-infested waters off the Queensland coast after strong currents pulled him 15 miles away from his yacht. read


Wheelchair-bound brothers are left stranded in Portsmouth after SEVEN bus drivers refused to let them on-board

The boys, who have cerebral palsy, had travelled from their home in Gosport, Hampshire, to Portsmouth city centre on a bus with no trouble but were unable to do the same on their return. read


Perth sex offender Reece Scobie pretended to be policeman to get numbers of West End stars

Reece Scobie (pictured), 23, was dressed in full police gear, including body armour and handcuffs, when he gained backstage access at the Palace Theatre in Soho, central London. read


Greg Rutherford's partner hits out after Strictly viewers criticise her child’s outfit 

Susie Verrill, girlfriend of Strictly star Greg Rutherford, issued a withering riposte to viewers who criticised her two-year-old son Milo's clothing after the tot appeared on Saturday night's show. read


Bill Clinton mocked Jeremy Corbyn as a TRAMP in private remarks to donors

The former President mocked the Labour leader as an 'interesting' example of what not to do while his wife Hillary was battling for her party's White House nomination last year. read


Jeremy Clarkson attacks 'disgusting' plans to make the BBC reveal top stars' pay

Jeremy Clarkson said that the BBC should be trusted to decide how much its staff get paid, and criticised an 'obsession' with what others earn. read


Pregnant mother rushed to hospital after her dog Lola alerted her to having a miscarriage

Jade Ambrose, from Leeds, was 33 weeks pregnant and asleep when she was awoken by Lola who started barking. It was only then that she realised she was losing blood and her waters had broken. read


Family of 13 awarded £30k damages by Thomson after 11 members of party were struck down with stomach bug

Brian and Pamela Pilling from Chesham, Buckinghamshire, had organised the luxury £17,000 break for 13 family members to Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt but all but two of them fell ill. read


Male make-up addict never goes out in public bare-faced

Make-up addict Austen, 21, from Scotland whitens his teeth twice a day and has tanning injections to maintain an orange glow. He refuses to go out without cosmetics despite being mistaken for a girl. read


Nazi military boarding school in Leipzig shown in chilling photos

Eerie images of an abandoned boarding school for the Nazi elite, that was attended by Hitler's nephew Heinz, have emerged from Germany. read


Bronze Age tsunamis may have sunk Atlantis and driven by lava flow

Researchers from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens made the discovery after studying the sea floor beneath the caldera off the coast of Crete. read


More than 1,000 schools spy on pupils' web browsing

The technology aims to protect children from grooming by extremists or accessing adult websites, but it is sometimes installed without the knowledge of families. read


Current Biology finds that older bonobos can suffer from presbyopia just like humans

Researchers at the University of Kyoto found that older apes use the same trick as humans to overcome the limitations of their ageing eyes, with a 'strikingly similar pattern' seen in people. read


Irreverent sketches by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore about the life of Jesus Christ - once deemed unsuitable for broadcast - have been unearthed after 50 years for new TV programme 

The Dead Sea Tapes, recorded in 1964 by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, were pulled from broadcast amid fears they could flout blasphemy laws in both the US and UK. read


Leeds fan Aaron Cawley banned from football grounds when he punched goalkeeper is BACK on the terraces

Aaron Cawley, 25, was spotted at Leeds United's match at Norwich on Saturday after his six-year ban from football for attacking ex-England keeper Chris Kirkland was lifted by magistrates. read


Video shows a disabled man has prosthetic leg snatched from him and is beaten with it

The video shows the two young men squaring up to each other in Bracknell, Berkshire. One of the men can be seen losing his prosthetic leg, which the other man then uses to hit him with. read


Somerset couple let their pet micro-pig watch Game of Thrones on the sofa

Penny the ginger micro-pig sleeps all night on the sofa, taken for long strolls on a lead, and munches on cheddar cheese while curled up in front of the TV with her owners in Worle, Somerset. read


Animation on YouTube reveals how the world's population has grown to 7.2 BILLION

An animation from the American Museum of Natural History shows how population has grown, from less than a million people when migration out of Africa began, to more than 7.2 billion alive today. read


Marcus McCarthy who was unable to walk has taken first steps alongside his twin brother

Marcus McCarthy, from Southend, underwent a selective dorsal rhizotomy to ease the movement in his legs. He also had 12 months of physiotherapy - but has now walked for the first time. read


Are YOU sexier overseas? Travellers reveal the countries where they're considered more attractive

Men and women have revealed the foreign countries where they are considered better looking than at home, with Russian women, for example, claiming they are popular in China. read


YouTuber Alex Brinnand tries an EGG for the first time and has yet to eat pasta or crisps 

A hilarious new video documents the moment that YouTuber Alex Brinnand, 24, tries and egg for the first time - and doesn't get a taste for it. read


Hundreds answer appeal to commemorate veteran John Kearns who died with no known relatives

Veterans and serving soldiers alike turned out for the funeral of John Kearns, 95, who served in the Army for more than 30 years but died in Derbyshire with no known relatives. read


YouTube unveils its brightest stars in 2016

YouTube has named its brightest stars in 2016 who are driving popular culture on everything from fashion and beauty to tech, gaming and poetry while earning millions between them. read


Conspiracy theorist believes he has spotted a CHAIR on mars

ArtAlien TV's Joe White said the 'U-shaped object' in an image taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover looked like the 'back of a swivel chair'. He also pointed to another object that looked 'unnatural'. read


Russian children forced to arm themselves with axes to fend off WOLVES and BEARS

Children walking to school in the Bashkortostan region of Russia have been armed with axes because of the fear of attacks by wolf packs or wild bears. read


Diver Scott Fitzsimmons touches two CONTINENTS by swimming between Eurasian and North American tectonic plates

Scott Fitzsimmons, 27, is photographed swimming in clear Icelandic waters - touching rock belonging to Europe with one hand, and the tip of a north American tectonic plate with the other. read


Moorhaven Church near Plymouth goes on sale for £560,000 with five bedrooms

Moorhaven Church was converted into a family house in Dartmoor National Park, near Plymouth. It was built in the late 1880s as part of the Plymouth Asylum for around 200 patients. read


Carmakers' cheap tyre pressure monitors putting drivers in danger

An automotive group has called for the abolition of indirect tyre pressure monitoring systems after finding they don't work under real-world driving conditions. read


Cycling protesters stage 'die in' outside London Mayor Sadiq Khan's office

Cycling protesters staged a 'die in' last night as they gathered outside London Mayor Sadiq Khan's office near Tower Bridge after Italian cyclist Filippo Corsini died in Knightsbridge last week. read


Video shows Indian leper trying to carry his dead wife miles on his own so she could have a burial

The man, known only by his first name, Ramulu, was trying to take his wife, Kavitha, back to her home town after she died near a railway station in Hyderabad, western India. read


A giant sinkhole appears in Japan: Nobody is injured as a WHOLE street is swallowed

Parts of a main street collapsed in the heart of Fukuoka, a major city in southern Japan, creating a massive sinkhole and cutting off power, water and gas supplies to parts of the city. read


Woman, weighing 19 stone, shrinks to almost half her size

Jackie Smithers, 29, a teacher from Welwyn, Hertfordshire, forked out £50 a week at the high street bakery and eventually tipped the scales at 19st 7lbs before losing 9st. read


Two tiny leopard cubs become the latest additions at zoo in war-torn Yemen

The lives of the adorable cubs are hanging by a thread after campaigners said food supplies at the zoo, in the city of Taiz, southern Yemen, will run out in a week. read


King of Bhutan spends two weeks trekking 150 miles and scales a 17,000ft mountain

King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, 36, climbed through the glaciers and ice fields of Rinchen Zoe La in the north of the country which reaches heights of more than 17,000 feet. read


The Illuminated River art project with transform the Thames as London bridges will be lit up

Six designs have been shortlisted to bathe 17 of London's bridges in light as part of the £20million Illuminated River project, aiming to make the Thames a 'ribbon of light'. read


Peru sees woman crashing Rojas wedding carrying her newborn son fathered by the GROOM 

This is the moment a young woman tried to crash the wedding of the man she claimed to be the father of her newborn son. The incident happened in the Peruvian city of Chimbote. read


Kurdish guerrilla fighter is stopped from climbing up a mountain by a GOAT

The footage shows the goat nuzzling the man and stroking his face after they met on the side of a rock face. It is not clear exactly where the video was filmed, but it is believed to be in the Middle East. read


Burning man runs 180 METRES on fire to smash the previous best

The stunned audience of 2,000 people watched as fearless fireball Antony Britton ran for over 50 seconds through Wandle Park, in Croydon, before falling to the ground in a crumpled heap. read


Tesla buys Germany's Grohmann Engineering to help ramp up electric car production

Tesla Motors has agreed to buy Germany's Grohmann Engineering, which develops automated manufacturing systems for batteries and fuel cells. read


China sees record-breaking performance of over 50,000 people doing the same routine

Pensioners in 14 Chinese cities danced to the same music at the same time donning the same red track suits yesterday. The performance was aimed to draw the public's attention to the health of retirees. read


Nazi interrogator Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown's medals and log books go on sale

Following his death at the age of 97, Leith-born Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown's unparalleled collection of medals and honours is up for sale, expected to fetch up to £200,000. read


China sees traffic chaos after snowfall catches residents by surprise

A section of icy road has caught residents in the city of Jixi by surprise last week. Nine drivers were spotted sliding and crashing into each other like a game of curling on a slippery slope. read


Two of the world's ugliest dogs are now best friends after they were both adopted

The duo were neglected and abandoned by their previous owners, and both suffer from neurological disorders, which make them anxious around humans. read


244ft-long superyacht comes with a detachable beach house and 2-person drone

Feadship, the Dutch company behind Steve Jobs' custom-built superyacht, unveiled its 'Choice' superyacht concept at the Monaco Yacht Show. read


Is this China’s most luxurious hotel?

The Wanda Reign on the Bund hotel in Shanghai, China, took more than three years to build. The 20-storey building combines art deco style and early 20th century Chinese design. read


Chihuahua puppy tries to stay awake outside its owner’s Birmingham home 

Lying on her front, the cute pup's eyes begin to close and her head starts falling. She attempts vainly to pull her head back up and it ends up on the floor. The clip, filmed in Birmingham, has since gone viral. read


Mac On...The US election 2016

'I'm sorry to take so long. I can't make up my mind which one I loathe the most' read


Footage shows rescuers using diggers to save Zhao Zicong who fell into a well on a Chinese farm

Five-year-old Zhao Zicong fell into the 12-inch-wide well by accident while working with his father in a village in central China. The condition of the boy remains unknown as rescue operation goes on. read