Home on Only Fools And Horses council estate sells for £1.1m

Despite the sitcom famously being set in Peckham, south London, Del Boy and Rodney's home in 'Nelson Mandela House' was actually Harlech Tower in Acton, west London. It is believed to be the first time a property on the estate has broken through the seven figure barrier. And while the Trotter brothers' flat was kitted out with naff 1980s fittings, garish wallpaper and a dodgy video recorder, the flat which has just sold is the epitome of tastefulness - complete with walnut finish doors, stone worktops and two roof terraces.

Dubai police drop case against a woman charged with extra martial sex after 'being raped'

A British woman who was arrested after she was allegedly gang-raped in Dubai has had all charges against her dropped. The prosecutor has announced the case has been dismissed and both the women and two men involved are free to return home. The 25-year-old woman last week spoke out after her alleged attackers posed for a smiling selfie with a reality TV star days after their arrest. Dave Butlin, 22, (left) and Louis Harris, 24, (right) are accused of attacking the woman, who was then thrown in jail for having sex outside marriage when she complained to police.

Boudicca Scherazade, of Hampton Court, South West London, fell for antiques dealer Laurence Roche while he ran a market stall in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.

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Chris Wormald, top civil servant in the Department of Health, has officials examining whether checks should take place on everyone seeking hospital treatment in the NHS across the UK.

The President-elect is set to be invited to Britain for a state visit next summer, just months after he is sworn in. Diane Abbott (pictured) has warned he should not speak in Westminster Hall.

An article last week said the Department for International Development (DFID) gave £5.5 million in UK foreign aid for schools in Uganda which the Ugandan government has now closed. In fact ...

Inspiral Carpets drummer Craig Gill dead at 44

One of the biggest alternative rock bands of the nineties has announced its drummer has died at just 44. Father-of-three Craig Gill and his Inspiral Carpets bandmates were best known for their hits Saturn 5, This Is How It Feels, She Comes In The Fall, Dragging Me Down and I Want You. This afternoon Gill's bandmates said he was 'beating heart of Inspirals in more ways than one', while Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher said he was 'stunned' by the news.

Paul Jefferies, 52, who worked Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC), was brutally attacked in his own home in East Sussex. Ben Bamford (pictured) was found guilty of his murder.

Liam Day (pictured), 26, from Southampton, survived the plunge into the deep water but his body shut down due to the freezing sea conditions at the Swanage coast, in Dorset.

'High-achieving' Harpreet Kaur Hallaith, 18, attended the prestigious Wolverhampton Girls' High School but had started to get 'stressed' about her exams earlier this year.

Trevor Timon, 31, pictured, is accused of killing Oliver Dearlove, 30, during a row after a night out in Blackheath village, south east London, on August 28.

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling (pictured) said Britain must be 'much more careful' before giving the green light for 'unfettered use' of the unmanned aircraft in the skies over the UK.

Thomas Mair (pictured), 53, is on trial for allegedly shooting and stabbing the 41-year-old mother of two outside her constituency surgery in Birstall, near Leeds, on June 16.

Forty per cent of all Britain's homes selling for more than £10million are in just three exclusive London postcodes. Of those 107 properties, only eight are located outside the capital.

Faye Johnson and Stacey Flounders partied at the £130-a-night Ramside Hall Hotel near Durham as her paedophile ex-boyfriend was on lockdown in jail after a prison riot at HMP Moorland, near Doncaster.

New study reveals our favourite festive tipples and how we like to drink them - based on where we live. Londoners buy Champagne as a gift, while East Midlands gives out beer.

One woman dead as Environment Agency warns MORE flooding is on the way

The woman, who has not been named, went missing near Folkestone, Kent, at around 7am today. A major search operation was launched and the woman was rescued and airlifted to hospital (bottom left) but later died, Kent Police said. It comes as homeowners across the country (right, a property in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester) struggle to come to terms with the devastating effects of Storm Angus - which brought hurricane force winds and driving downpours on Sunday. The storm was followed by more rain yesterday. Pictured top left, a man digs his car out from the snow on the A686 by Hartside Cafe on the Northumberland and Cumbria border.

Kevin Yates, 23, from Burnley, Lancashire, sent abusive messages threatening to give his partner Jade Watson black eyes when he was released after a three-year sentence for burglary.

Callum Staple-Hughes (pictured), 21, from Urmston, Greater Manchester, is believed to have fallen victim to Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS).

Nikita Childs, 13, from Northwich, Cheshire, was told to 'take off the socks or go home' because they breached Hartford High School's uniform policy and put in a room on her own, her father said.

Brogan Warren, 21, Sam Kay, 26, Nicoletta Tocco, 25, and SamJones, 23, all died instantly when their Citroen Saxo collided with a Mercedes travelling in the opposite direction in Shrivenham, Oxfordshire.

Alexander Johnson, 23, lost control of his VW Golf as he chased another motorist he'd had some 'banter' with at a McDonald's drive-thru in Benson, Oxon.

James Bettles, 26, booked himself in at the Glow salon in Enfield Chase, North London, and placed his HD device inside a towel, before tearing a hole in the material so he could get a good view.

Amy Merrifield, 21, pictured today, and her 24-year-old sister Rebecca are accused of going on the rampage at the Goals five-a-side football centre in Dagenham, Essex, on January 16 this year.

The Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, pictured, who earns £250,000 a year, said the High Court will soon be six judges short because many of the current 106 judges are reaching retirement age.

I'm A Celeb's Ola Jordan ditched for Christmas lights switch on in her home town

She is a pin-up ballroom star who has spent a decade as a professional partner on Strictly Come Dancing and is now taking on the jungle in I'm a Celebrity. But despite Ola Jordan (left) being booked for the Christmas lights switch on in West Malling, Kent, event organisers decided to use the local street cleaner instead. Clive Mitson (top right), 62, has been keeping the picturesque market town clean for three years - and is known for working hard to make the shopping district look smart. So when it came to choosing someone for the switch on, Chamber of Commerce organisers decided to thank a community hero instead of opting for Jordan. The road cleaner - a family man with three daughters and seven grandchildren - said he was 'overwhelmed' by the gesture. The worker embraced his moment in the spotlight after he pushed the plunger in front of thousands of people on Sunday (bottom right).

Judy Murray tweeted a picture of brothers Andy and Jamie as they became the first siblings to simultaneously be ranked world number one tennis players in singles and doubles

Cancer Research UK found young people consume more than 77 litres of sugary liquid - and just eight cans short of filling a small bathtub. A bath uses an average of about 80 litres of water.

HM Prison Shotts officer’s wife compliments inmate's Facebook pictures

Killer Jack Cramb, 24, uses an illegal mobile phone to regularly post topless selfies from his prison cell at at Shotts prison in Lanarkshire where he is serving a life sentence for the murder of Barry Bradley in 2010. His boastful Facebook pictures have garnered him something of a female fan base - and now a prison officer's wife has joined in and complimented one of the pictures. irsty McKinnon Bryceland - whose husband Jamie, 37, works as a rehab and support officer at Greenock prison - sent an admiring comment to the convicted murderer. Mrs McKinnon Bryceland, 37, who works as a Madonna tribute act, messaged the prisoner and said: 'Ur guns are getting bigger! Well Done! #gainz'.'

Following the incident, Tregolls Academy school in Truro, Cornwall, issued a warning to parents to be extra vigilant.

The man dressed as Santa mistakenly believed Dylan Taylor was misbehaving, when actually his mother says he was just thrilled to meet Father Christmas in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

The Office for National Statistics said the Government borrowed £4.3billion in October - less than the £6billion expected. It takes the amount borrowed so far this year to £48.5billion.

Dyfed-Powys Police were called to the assault on Caldey Island off the Pembrokeshire coast, which has a population of just 40 and is home to an order of monks who follow a vow of silence.

Last Tuesday Tom Knighton, 29, was awoken when a motion detection camera sent a message to his iPhone and these are the chilling images he saw when he went through CCTV footage.

Des Gunewardena, the boss of luxury restaurant chain D&D; London, claimed he was 'fired' by Sir Terence Conran's (pictured) company after giving body and soul to it for more than 20 years.

Speaking on Monday's Loose Women, the 31-year-old confessed she felt 'horrendous' about leaving her school - but has been overwhelmed by the support of her colleagues and students.

Firebomb explodes at Lanarkshire home following Big Fat Gypsy Wedding funeral

The detached bungalow in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, was set alight (pictured right) around 6.30pm on Sunday evening in what police have described as a 'deliberate and targeted attack'. No one was injured during the incident, which has been linked to a fight which occurred last week at Daldowie Crematorium during the funeral service for traveller John Connor (inset). The funeral service for Mr Connor - the grandfather of traveller Dimples McPhee's (left) husband - turned bloody when fighting allegedly broke out in the car park 15 minutes before the service was due to start last week.

A lost poem by Anne Frank that she wrote in Amsterdam shortly before she and her family went into hiding from the Nazis has been unearthed more than 70 years later.

For every 1,000 Kinder chocolate eggs that one family completes before they are delivered to a factory, they are reportedly paid 20 Romanian Leu - which equates to just £3.77.

Albert Eliot, 12, succeeded his grandfather Peregrine Eliot (pictured), the 10th Earl, at the Port Eliot Estate in Cornwall after his death from cancer in July, but a row has broken out at the 6,000-acre home.

An audit said spending by the the Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe (ADDE) on polling broke rules which say the money must be spent only on European Parliament business.

The details released by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority underline the scale of concern for the safety of MPs and their staff following the death of the Labour MP on June 15.

The reforms were proposed after David Cameron suffered an humiliating defeat at the hands of peers over cuts to tax credits last year, but are now being dropped.

BBC to bring back favourites in Christmas specials this year including Outnumbered

The BBC will be providing some much needed cheer on TV this Christmas as it brings back some viewers' favourites for special episode. Among those who will be returning to our screens next month include the stars of the Great British Bake Off (top left) and the grown-up cast of Outnumbered (bottom right). Call The Midwife (top right) and Mrs Brown's Boys (bottom left) will also return to screens with a festive twist.

Photographer Melvin Nicholson snapped the fog bow on Rannoch Moor whilst out walking and described the sight as 'just beyond magical'.

The gigantic Emirates aircraft - the world's biggest passenger plane - was filmed approached the runway sideways at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.

Jonny Mason, 52, was caught by police as he drove the battery-powered cart from a bar to his accommodation at Kragero resort in Norway.

Professor Sir Norman Williams said prosecutors are being more 'energetic' in trying to secure convictions against surgeons whose patients suffer harm and it has a chilling effect on care.

A survey by the Girls' Schools Association has shown 59 per cent of sports directors rank activities like Zumba, pictured, on equal par with traditional sports like hockey and lacrosse.

A report has suggested that supermarkets should set up special slow checkout lanes for older customers because they might value the chance of a chat when they do their shopping.

QUENTIN LETTS at the CBI sees a moth nearly land on Theresa May's hairdo

While Theresa May made her speech to big business's assembled snoots and stodges in the ballroom of Mayfair's Grosvenor House hotel, some lepidopteran kept flying round her head and shoulders. Moth? Butterfly? An ingenious Russian drone? Who knows? It certainly stole the show, writes QUENTIN LETTS.

Theresa May yesterday opened the door to taxpayers continuing to pay billions into the EU on 'transitional' terms when Britain leaves in March 2019.

The National Audit Office (NAO) warns today that the health service's 'endemic' financial problems have left it so short of cash that it is having to raid building projects to pay for day-to-day services.

The President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, has warned his fellow justices against stepping out of line when the court rules on major cases.

The Chancellor will use tomorrow's Autumn Statement to pledge that two million homes in bigger towns and cities will get access to gold standard 'full-fibre' broadband, which can download TV shows.

The Home Affairs Select Committee has requested evidence from lawyers who have quit the abuse inquiry. But barristers have been prevented from speaking out under contractual rules.

Lauri Love, 31, pictured with his family, faces a 99-year prison sentence if found guilty of hacking offences he is charged with in three US states, but others like him have been sentenced in Britain.

The number of incidents where legal highs - which mimic the effects of drugs such as cannabis - were found in prisons in England and Wales has jumped from 136 in 2011 to 4,261 last year.

The number of bags found on beaches in England fell from 14.7 per 100 metres in the summer of last year to 6.9 this year, according to an annual study by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS).

A new bill calling for 'Walter Mitty' fraudsters that impersonate Britain's war heroes to be fined or jailed, will be discussed in the House of Commons in Friday.

Black Friday sales in full swing early as Tesco, Amazon and Argos launch deals

The US-inspired sales event falls this Friday but Tesco, Currys PC World and Carphone Warehouse yesterday launched deals on thousands of products, promising price cuts of up to 50 per cent. Others, such as Amazon, Argos, Morrisons and Shop Direct have already been pushing Black Friday offers for days.

Lady Louise Windsor (pictured), who is 11th in line to the throne, set out in her own carriage in Windsor Great Park on Sunday accompanied by a groom.

Actress Imelda Staunton, 60, said she cannot understand why people are unable to 'engage in just one thing', and urged them to focus on what they are watching rather than eating constantly.

The Duchess of York has lost more than three stone in weight, managing to keep it off for almost three years. She says the strange combination of foods just 'works for her'.

Researchers at Washington University in the US re-purposed the active form of vitamin D, calcitriol to treat patients with actinic keratosis and saw huge improvements in pre-cancerous skin sites.

Running bare foot allows joggers to land on the ball of their feet which reduces their 'loading rate' - how quickly they hit the ground, researchers from the University of Exeter found.

Researchers at the found the position puts more stress on the unborn baby, causing it to reduce its oxygen consumption. The findings could shed more light on why some babies are lost late on (file image).

'That's my girl!' Swedish father reveals the mystery English-speaking homeless girl on

MailOnline can reveal the mystery woman found in Rome is 21-year-old Embla Jauhojärvi, from Stockholm in Sweden who had travelled to Italy six months ago to study the language. Her father Tahvo has contacted police and is waiting for Embla to be relocated before he flies to Italy for a reunion. Baffled Italian authorities had been struggling to identify the young woman, who only responds in English, after she was found sleeping in a piazza in central Rome. Campaigners said she looked like a number of missing girls and even Madeleine McCann, the British toddler who vanished on holiday with her family in Praia da Luz, Portugal in 2007. Mr Jauhojärvi said his daughter suffered from Asperger's and that he had not heard from her for six months.

ISIS video of Yemeni Colonel Abd Al-Rahim Al-Dale'i's assassination

Airport security Col. Abd Al-Rahim Al-Dale'i was executed by ISIS militants as he climbed into a car in war-torn Aden, a port city in the south of Yemen. Although no group initially claimed responsibility, Islamic State later released the first person footage of the callous attack. ISIS militants have taken advantage of 19 months of civil war in Yemen to expand their presence in the city, which has become Yemen's temporary capital.

Laura Ouandjli admitted lying about being in the Carillon bar in Paris, where 15 people were murdered by ISIS terrorists on November 13 last year and has been jailed for a year.

The two Qatari victims, in their 60s, were being driven from Le Bourget airport in a Bentley when they were targeted in a lay-by on the A1, north east of Paris.

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Adolf Hitler's Bunkers and gun batteries that fell under Allied advances

The haunting pictures show the secure Nazi bunkers and fortified gun batteries that were dotted along the Atlantic coast in occupied Europe. The Atlantic Wall stretched all the way from Norway along the Belgium and French coastline to the Spanish border, covering 1670 miles. Today, ruins of the wall still exist in all of the nations where the wall was built, although many structures have either been demolished or simply crumbled into the ocean.

On the same day the U.S. delivered the White House to Trump, voters in California legalised marijuana for recreational use. Three other states did the same, bringing the total to eight.

The chilling case of Christopher Whelan, who slaughtered his grandmother and aunt, shames all those who campaign for the decriminalisation of cannabis.