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This extraordinary footage shows the moment a seemingly kind-hearted British biker returned a driver's wallet only to then smash his phone by dropping it to the ground. read

The bailiffs remain calm and composed while the men, one of whom is carrying a wooden bat, try to intimidate them by throwing insults and threats in the field in Taunton, Somerset. read

An air traffic controller told a Flybe pilot on a commercial flight 'er, I'm not sure which way to go now' as it narrowly avoided crashing into a private jet on the approach to Exeter Airport. read

Priscilla Terumalai, of Leytonstone, East London, was told by her daughter Annalise that she could not stop giggling whenever she heard her teacher’s name at Mayville Primary School. read

Women have taken to the anonymous website Whisper to admit the ways in which they are trying to get pregnant. Some are so desperate for children that they don't mind if their partner leaves them. read

The metal 'pages' were first found in a cave in Northern Jordan in 2008. They suggest Christ was not starting a religion, but restoring a 1,000-year-old tradition from the time of King David. read

The sight of Cheryl's burgeoning bump at a Christmas carol concert on Tuesday night has got everyone talking. read

Hollie Osborne found two of the notes with the AK47 numbers but spent one while out for 'a few lagers' in Risca, south east Wales, and fears she may have lost out on thousands of pounds. read

Pamela Ewart, 31, from Scotland, was taken ill after complaining of severe headaches and died in hospital the next day. Her daughter Poppy is fighting for her life with her father at her side. read

Friends Alexander Browning, Jessica Paterson, Harry Dee and Claire Corfield spent weeks in hospital after they fell two storeys from the property in Brighton. read

National Lottery bosses have admitted 26,000 players' online accounts have been hacked and in some cases had their details personal changed. read

Shenel Osman, 28, and Rachel Cousins, 26, of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, booked a vehicle home after a night out but what was supposed to be a 20-minute journey turned into a nightmare. read

Sexpert Tracey Cox reveals some of the little known facts about climaxing in men and women. She confirms the myth that orgasms help you sleep and a tiny proportion of people CAN have them by sneezing. read

Derek Noon, 35, died despite a 'massive collective effort' from paramedics, lifesavers and bystanders to revive him after he got into difficulties in waters off Mettam's Pool beach, near Perth in Western Australia. read

I came expecting to uncover the truth behind the monster Fidel Castro. But I have not found what I came for. I found something quite different, says KATIE HOPKINS from Havana. read

Tens of thousands of people packed Revolution Square armed with photographs of the dictator which they waved passionately. read

A new festive puzzle asks users to spot the odd Santa out in the image, with one out of more than 160 bearded figures carrying a sack overflowing with cash rather than presents. read

The driver was seen scrolling through what appeared to be graphic images of naked women (pictured) on his tablet while sitting in his car on the M4 near Bristol. read

Home Secretary Amber Rudd, pictured, told the College of Policing conference today that officers should need a licence similar to the system for firearms officers. read

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Simon John, 45, and his five month old Harrison were attacked while enjoying a family break at a holiday camp in Breen, Somerset. read

Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, researchers found there was 'no association' between influenza infection during any stage of pregnancy or autism spectrum disorders. read

Erwin Tumiri (pictured) said terrified passengers left their seats and started screaming as the CP-2933 plane, struck by electrical problems, began to plummet into a mountainside. read

Alan Ruschel was being stretchered from the scene of the disaster, near Medellin in Colombia, when he asked volunteer Santiago Campuzano 'My family, my friends… where are they?' read

Miguel 'Micky' Quiroga, 36, was flying the Bolivian Lamia plane when it crashed in Colombia, killing 71 people early this morning - including all but three of the Chapecoense football team. read

Matheus Saroli, son of Chapecoense manager Caio Junior, who died in the Colombia plane crash has revealed how he did not board the flight because he had forgotten his passport. read

Graham Braithwaite, Director of Transport Systems, Professor of Safety and Accident Investigation, Cranfield University, explains how people survive major air disasters. read

Investigators say it is 'very suspicious' that the plane did not explode on impact as it smashed into a mountain on its way from Bolivia to the Colombian city of Medellin. read

Philip Morris International say the device, called IQOS, could allow for traditional cigarettes to be phased out. It is already on sale in over a dozen markets, including Japan, Switzerland and Italy. read

Freya Cronin, from Northfleet, Kent, was so annoyed that she wasn't allowed a pair of Heelys that she wrote in her English homework that her mother had wet the bed. read

The worst areas in Britain for homophobic, racist and sexist abuse online have been revealed in a new study which analysed a random sample of 19million tweets over the past four years. read

Young professionals are being targeted in a rising tide of attacks by online ‘sextortion’ blackmail gangs, police warned last night. read

A German Shepherd mix in a California shelter excitedly greeted her family when they came to the fence to see her - but didn't realize they were there to get a new dog instead of claiming her. read

Marilyn Hawes, whose three children are victims of sexual abuse, called the 'Crafty Cockney' a 'bully' on live TV and told him: 'If I had a set of darts I'd stick them where the sun don't shine'. read

Workmen were spotted nailing wooden panels to the windows and doors of Barry Bennell's Milton Keynes bungalow this morning hours after he was charged with sexual offences against a child. read

Lucy Wolfe, 28, and Damion Gaul, 39, from Worthing, West Sussex, carried out horrendous abuse against the child, who cannot be identified, after meeting online. read

After two months of complicated twists and turns in the captivating BBC drama The Missing, questions WILL be answered. But who will die and who will come out alive and well? read

Sensitive souls look away now; a bizarre Facebook group that invites people to get their selfies abused by fellow users has more than 40,000 users, with a spin-off group attracting another 80,000. read

Rapist Admi Headley, 34, collapsed outside the home of University of Bristol students Tom Phillips, 22, and Aidan Byrne, 21, three days after he absconded from HMP Leyhill. read

The gruesome plan came to light during hearings of two teenage Islamic State fanatics who blew up a Sikh temple in the industrial city of Essen during wedding celebrations. read

New images released by Google's Timelapse application show how features including Alaska's Columbia Glacier and Dubai's cityscape have drastically evolved in the last 32 years. read

A study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, discovered smokers aged 70 and over are three times more likely to die than someone who has never had a cigarette. read

Leah, 38, is backing a campaign and petition launched in partnership with the National Health Federation calling on Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to change the structure of the MHRA. read

Southern England and Wales woke up shivering today as temperatures plummeted blow freezing overnight. The coldest place was Sennybridge, in Powys, where -9.7C was recorded. read

The agency said the man had been accused of Islamist declarations on the internet and revealing internal agency material. The man had also reportedly planned to blow up the agency building. read

This year's Pirelli calendar merely serves to make all us mere mortal women feel less graceful, less well-preserved, more dragged about by life and motherhood, says LIBBY PURVES. read

This weekend, Coby Persin, 22, double parked a BMW i8 on a busy Manhattan street to take pictures, which caused a traffic jam. A frustrated driver smashed his windshield with a bad. read

The Wiltshire-based company, founded by designer Sir James Dyson, has filed a patent for an electric toothbrush with a small but powerful water jet nestled within its bristles. read

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Since the video was posted on Facebook in September, it has amassed more than 20 million views across the world. read

Research from Arizona State University has found that too much pressure on children can make them unkind, socially awkward, and less likely to be successful adults (stock image) read

Margaret Hampshire, 69, and her husband Alan, 67, pictured today, are accused of using the money to convert the two properties into one large country pile in Nottinghamshire. read

Kevin Joseph McGrath, 28 - who had started drinking at 10am and became so drunk that he cannot remember anything after the wedding meal - attacked his wife Melissa at their hotel in Co Antrim. read

The Bank of England governor said businesses needed to know 'as soon as possible' what 'endpoint' the Prime Minister will seek in looming negotiations with the EU. read

EU council president Donald Tusk last night infuriated Tory MPs by dismissing a letter urging him to step in and push for a deal as having 'nothing to do with reality'. read

EU citizens in post-Brexit Britain will be banned from accessing benefits for five years, under plans published today. read

The Foreign Secretary says he had a 'moral responsibility' to raise the issue at a meeting at No 10 chaired by Prime Minister Theresa May, a known opponent of the idea. read

A survey found 42 percent of citizens want a similar vote that led to Brexit, while two thirds of the German population believe the European Union 'is heading in the wrong direction' in a blow to Angela Merkel. read

The survey, conducted by YouGov over the last five days, found support for independence had fallen from 46% in August to 44%, with 56% saying they would vote for Scotland to remain part of the UK. read

Louise Linton, 35, the Scottish-born fiancée of Donald Trump's new Treasury Secretary, 53, was previously accused of inventing parts of her memoir detailing her time on a gap year in Zambia. read

President-elect Donald Trump met with Mitt Romney and Reince Priebus for dinner at Jean-Georges, a French eatery near Central Park, in New York City, on Tuesday night. read

Outgoing CIA boss John Brennan has warned president-elect Donald Trump against ditching the Iran nuclear deal describing the businessman's plan as 'the height of folly'. read

After weeks of furious speculation about ex-Ukip leader Nigel Farage's links to the President-elect, Downing Street said there was an agreement for Mrs May and Mr Trump to stay in 'close touch'. read

The University of New Hampshire found that while Latino, black and Asian populations continue to grow, white families are having less children. read

Researchers for the Journal of Democracy found that fewer than 50 per cent of Americans aged between 50 and 30 thought democracy was essential. read

It sounded like a ‘hammer hitting an iron bucket’, is what China's first astronaut said to describe a noise he heard while in space.Yang Liwei said he heard a mysterious sound while in orbit during 2003. read

Nine of out ten female students studying there have 'special lingerie' which they save for hot dates. And half of women at Cambridge always wear this 'occasion' lingerie on a first date. read

The searches were carried out in what was described as the 'German-speaking part of Switzerland' and involves a €6.7million payment made by the German Football Association in 2005. read

Building industry tycoon Richard Lugner, 84, wed German TV presenter and former Playboy model Cathy Schmitz, 26, in September 2014,  after a brief courtship that lasted just seven months. read

Three blind Americans asked sculptor Pam to create a 3D model of their darlings by describing their head shape, facial features and hair. One man, Jeff, feared his wife would be upset. read

The online retail firm has opened a pop-up shop in London, called the 'The Ultimate do good, feel good Shop' where shoppers can test the technology for themselves. read

Courtney McCutcheon, 28, of Branson, Missouri, says she let Molly and June create their own videos, which she shared on Instagram and her YouTube channel, 'just for fun'. read

Sophoullis Kyriacou and his daughter Nikki Kyriacou, from Blackburn, Lancashire, left precious pooch Neville with Victoria Powles while Nikki underwent a blood transfusion. read

Abigail Box, 25, tied five-year-old Boston Terrier Ziggy outside as she ran into the Post Office in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, before a woman walked off with him. read

Caffeine consumption is known to prevent the formation of toxic clumps in the brain linked to Alzheimer's disease, according to a report funded by six of Europe's biggest coffee companies. read

An international team of researchers analyzed the behaviour of more than 140 children in the United States aged 2-and-a-half using a methodology known as the ‘false belief task.’ read

Women and men really do see things different. Queen Mary University of London found that women see faces differently, as they focus on left sided features and have a strong left eye bias. read

A team led by geologists from the University of Cincinnati uncovered fossils during field expeditions in South Africa. The fossils (pictured) could date to the Neoarchean Eon. read

World-renowned composer Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber is embroiled in a spat with his local council over speeding motorists ‘terrifying’ horse riders near his Hampshire mansion. read

Wales players Gareth Anscombe and Lloyd Williams bare all alongside their Cardiff Blues team-mates in the calendar created in support of injured Owen Williams, 25. read

Julie Maynard, from Bodmin, in Cornwall, detailed her son's abuse online after growing frustrated with police and her son's school, who she claimed to have not taken her seriously. read

Surgeons already warn patients to refrain from smoking cigarettes four weeks before an op. Now researchers backed by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons say the same for e-cigarettes. read

A blonde woman ripped out flowers from hanging baskets and hurled them at a cafe in Kirkham, Lancashire, causing 'complete destruction' in a shocking act of vandalism. read

The elderly woman was hit when the Renault van ploughed into the pedestrian area outside the store in Shoebury, Essex, yesterday afternoon. read

Luke McKenna, 24, was riding his motorbike into work in County Durham when Jonathan Kirkup, 31, overtook two cars in the opposite direction. Kirkup was jailed for three years and six months. read

Dawn Hallsworth, 47, from Sheffield, was determined not to look like Santa Claus this year and ditched her regular fry ups, three course meals, mince pies, chocolate and Baileys. read

Nita Marquez lives in a glamorous home in Beverly Hills and is a 'momager' to her three children, Bricia, 19, Acacia, 16, and Quinn, 13, who are all breaking into the entertainment industry. read

The unusual discovery was made after 3D X-ray scans allowed visitors to the Egyptian Collection at the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities (DNMA) in Leiden to conduct a 'virtual autopsy'. read

Syed Shah, 30, persuaded the woman to hand over £6,000 for help to 'purify' the 28-year-old woman's relationship after she came to him for help, Birmingham Crown Court heard. read

Graham Kendall, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham, explains the number tricks that will help you win. He warns, however, odds always remain in the house's favour. read

A volunteer driving Mr Goldsmith's car clipped the candidate, leaving his leg missing a 'little bit of skin' and his trousers 'shredded'. read

The organisation launched a review of child protection measures across all its clubs in England in 2001 but withdrew funding just two years later amid claims people were being 'bullied' into staying silent. read

Former football coach Barry Bennell (inset), 62, has been charged with eight offences of sexual assault against a boy under the age of 14, the Crown Prosecution Service said. read

Their days are spent sailing on private yachts, quaffing champagne beside turquoise swimming pools, and sunning themselves on pristine beaches - and now they're showing off online. read

Costa announced last week that coffee cup recycling bins are to be put in 2,000 outlets across the UK in a major breakthrough against waste and litter. read

Professor Jenny Gunton, from the Westmead Institute, Sydney, discovered a spate of cases after wounds on several of her diabetic patients failed to heal. read

The child tells the Avon and Somerset Constabulary call handler how his mother has been punched and left lying on the floor covered in blood after an argument. read

Mexican airline Interjet has launched a campaign dubbed #BuscandoMika (FindMika) after a dog belonging to a traveller from Houston escaped its cage at Mexico City airport. read

The scale of the problems in the welfare system have been laid bare in a report warning the government is spending more checking up on claimants than it is clawing back in penalties. read

Carmine Persico allegedly attacked the stranger after borrowing his lighter outside the Kettle Black bar in Brooklyn. Charles Pickering, 22, suffered a broken jaw and was stabbed in abdomen. read

Sydney FC goalkeeper Danny Vukovic was filmed tenderly scooping up a seagull during the FFA Cup final on Wednesday night after it was hit with a ball and left stunned on the pitch. read

SolarStratos has revealed its plans for a five hour mission to space and back, during which the plane and pilot will be subjected to frigid temperatures and extremely low pressures. read

Oleg Slobodaand and his wife Olga Eizvertinaq, who were given emergency accommodation after they were evicted from their home in Leyton, east London, say the home in uninhabitable. read

Virgin's £100 TV V6 box comes out in the UK in January, and will support 4K ultra-high definition TV and streaming. Virgin is looking to challenge Sky, which launched Sky Q earlier this year. read

The Infinite Galaxy Puzzle does not have a specific space, beginning or edges, letting people start from anywhere. It is also decorated with an image of the galactic center from the Hubble Observatory. read

Tracy Matthews, 48, from Cardiff, adds Marmite to gravy, mixes it with honey and butter to make a marinade, and spoons it over meat and vegetables. She even plans to use it to frost her Christmas cake. read

Sufyaan Collymore, 22, from Bucks, is not your typical clean eating vegan. His Instagram feed has 2,500 followers and he posts photos of McDonald's hash browns and beans on toast. read

Ministers were told the dangerous inmates – thought to include killers, rapists, violent thugs and burglars – were exempt from being deported from UK jails under an EU transfer deal. read

The desperate bid for safety saw children and pensioners queuing in their droves for over-crowded buses, being piled onto the back of pick-up trucks and being carted around in trolleys out of Aleppo. read

The Amazon warehouse, in Dunfermline, Fife, is packed with more than one million different items that can be bought online. Thousands of workers are sorting through one million items stocked there. read

Her powerful performance as the mother of a vanished schoolgirl in the show follows roles in Line of Duty and others. Fans on Twitter have called her portrayal of Gemma Webster 'sublime' read

Playing squash, tennis and badminton is the best way to reduce the risk of suddenly dying, a study has found.The racquet sports reduce the risk of death by 47 per cent compared to doing nothing. read

Insiders say half of the tickets for high-demand music concerts, theatre performances and sporting events are now being bought using sophisticated touting software. read

The Bellevue Medical Centre in Birmingham, where Professor Steve Field, chief inspector of general practice at the Care Quality Commission, is a partner, has been told it 'requires improvement'. read

New York rapper Azealia Banks appeared in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday for a hearing related charges she faces for allegedly attacking a bouncer at a New York City nightclub last year. read

Craig David has poked fun at a bizarre conspiracy theory claiming that he was killed after the release of his second album, five years ago and replaced by a body-building impostor. read

Michala Pyke, 37, and John Rytting, 40, from Grimsby, allegedly gave four-year-old Poppy drugs over a six-month period. The schoolgirl died in June 2013 after being found lifeless on the sofa. read

San Francisco police say a technician at the Cirque du Soleil 'Luzia' show has died from an 'industrial accident.' In a Facebook post a spokesperson for the play said a technician by a telescopic lift. read

Prostitutes Anda Berki, 27, (pictured) and Loredana Timos, 22, along with Alexandru Dorobantu, 24, told the women and a 17-year-old they would work in the sex industry when they arrived in Liverpool. read

Mr Hunt said technology could prevent sexually explicit images being shared. read

BT has been ordered to give more independence to Openreach, the subsidiary responsible for running the nation’s broadband and telephone cables, after complaints it has abused its monopoly. read

Furious travellers complained of ‘monster’ queues at Heathrow immigration yesterday amid mounting fears of a shortage of border guards. read

Only the Welsh Ambulance Service is meeting the target of reaching those in life-threatening situations within eight minutes, a BBC investigation found. read

Femail rounds up the worst baking fails shared on Twitter and Instagram, from very burnt biscuits to demonic Santa cookies. Pictures of gingerbread houses collapsing and in ruins feature heavily. read

Despite warnings that a Brexit vote would push up food prices, research by the Good Housekeeping Institute suggests the cost of the Christmas dinner has actually come down. read

Turkey's EU Affairs Minister, Omer Celik said at least twenty-two other girls were injured in the fire (pictured) in the southern province of Adana. read

Amazon has removed a third-party line of 'door and dog mats' featuring the Arabic word for God - Allah - after a complaint from Muslim users, including British politician Miriam Khan. read

Melinda Messenger, TV presenter, agreed for her daughter to have the HPV jab, until she read some research about the side effects. She writes for The Daily Mail explaining why she was put off the jab. read

The ban on 'face-covering clothing' was approved by a large majority in the lower house in The Hague. The legislation must be approved by the upper house to be passed into law. read

Town halls in England were accused of fuelling Britain’s social care crisis last night by hoarding extra council tax revenue – instead of passing it to struggling care homes. read

The Lower Cross Hall, where Hillary Clinton's portrait hangs, has been decorated with snowmen lining the corridor (main), while a hefty gingerbread White House (inset) sits in the State Dining Room. read

Founder and CEO of the Sydney School of Protocol, Julie Lamberg-Burnet, has spoken to FEMAIL about the ways colleagues should behave and dress in order to avoid morning after regrets. read

Given a still image, the deep-learning system from Massachusetts Institute of Technology generates videos that predict what will happen next in a scene. read

The former glamour model described Paul Price, 53, as a 'fun, loving, model father' as he stands trial at Chichester Crown Court accused of raping a woman twice in March 2015, which he denies. read

PC Paul Briggs, 43, answered questions about himself and his condition with a buzzer by pressing it once for yes or twice for no, the Court of Protection in Manchester was told. read

Amanda Tompkins (pictured), from Milton Keynes, will stand trial accused of 13 counts of sexual and physical abuse on seven victims aged under 16 years. read

Workers' representatives accused Theresa May of backing away from employer representation in the boardroom and dismissed today's proposals as 'disappointing'. read

Tilda Swinton, 56, who boarded at the exclusive West Heath Girls' School, in Sevenoaks, Kent, said it can be harmful to separate children from their parents at a young age. read

These are the first official pictures of the new-for-2017 Fiesta - a supermini Ford claims is the most technologically advanced. So will it still be the UK's favourite car this time next year? read

Professor Simon Baron-Cohen said vicar’s son Lauri Love did not understand the ‘bigger picture’ when he allegedly hacked US government websites read

Doctors say cognitive behavioural therapy is more effective at controlling the symptoms of PMS than antidepressants. Up to 40 per cent of women are affected by PMS. read

Researchers at the Beijing Normal University looked at the effect of sleep and memory consolidation on suppressing negative memories, which could shed more light on clinical conditions. read

The review, published in the journal Human Reproduction Update, examined 16 studies taking in 1.04 million women. It challenges guidance from the World Health Organization. read

The musician, from Grinnell, Iowa, shared a video of him playing When The Saints Go Marching In on both instruments. He raises the instruments to his nostrils before his performance. read

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal took to Twitter to announce his stance saying overturning the law was a matter of equal opportunity and economic necessity linking to a four-page manifesto. read

Ben Carter, 14, from Devon, will only drink from a blue Tommee Tippee cup, prompting father Marc to put out an appeal on social media. The company have offered to make Ben 500 cups. read

Zoe Lowdon (pictured) said she was made to feel like a 'naughty child' when a guard accosted her because she had taken pictures of Champagne and whisky in Newark, Nottinghamshire. read

This abandoned hotel in the centre of Jacksonville, Florida is facing demolition after being turned into a multi-storey crack den, with CCTV cameras fitted by the drug dealers to warn of possible police raids. read

RBS, which is 73 per cent owned by the taxpayer, emerged as the worst performer in the stress test and has drawn up a plan overnight to bolster its resilience in case of a financial crisis. read

The average debt per household – excluding mortgages – stands at £7,300. Visa said £2billion went on its cards on Black Friday alone. read

Cornell University has found that many do just a book by its cover. A study reveals that many people form first impressions after viewing a photo of someone and this feeling lasts after they meet. read

Mrs Cameron, 45, has announced the launch of her own clothing label called Cefinn. The former Prime Minister's wife models a top and a skirt from the collection in the latest issue of Vogue. read

An Austrian collector claims that the woman in the photos, which were found in an attic, is none other than Eva Braun - longtime mistress and short-term wife of the Nazi Führer. read

Before his film career, Ken Russell turned his artistic eye to photography, documenting teddy girls and bomb-scarred streets in some of the most evocative pictures of post-war London. read

Youngsters continue to be outperformed by children in East Asia, with our pupils almost four years behind those in the highest ranking country, Singapore, by the age of 14. read

The bones of a people who died from the Black Death have been uncovered by a Sheffield University team, near a monastery hospital at Thornton Abbey, near Immingham, North Lincolnshire. read

Teaching Polish in British schools would be a terrible mistake because immigrant children thrive so much more if they are obliged to learn the language of their adoptive country, writes Sarah Vine. read

Leonardo DiCaprio has had more than his fair share of supermodel girlfriends, many of them models for Victoria's Secret. Erin Foster played on this fact with a recent Instagram post. read

Twitter user @hellocojo took to social media over the holiday weekend to share photos from the accident, including the image of her once flawless make-up on the leather headrest her face hit. read

Huntingdon District Council (HDC) collects tax from houses but refuses to fix the road and is also now demanding residents wheel their bins to the end of the dangerous road in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. read

When Jasmine Overton's sister complained that she was throwing away excess breast milk, the 37-year-old, from Queensland, decided to use it in soap - and her sibling now won't use any other detergent. read

Anyone who doubts that comedy is the new rock ’n’ roll need look no further than the finances of roly-poly comic Peter Kay (pictured), writes SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE. read

Scarlet Hatterson, 31, from Kemptown in Brighton, was awake for 10 days straight after giving birth to her son Bear, and became convinced medics were trying to steal her child. read

Dashcam footage shows the man crossing a road in Grantham, Lincolnshire, on his electric device. He has waited for an opportunity to cross but does not see a car on the inside lane. read

Michael Currey painted his white-washed Castle View Hotel in Chepstow, South Wales, with the 18ft red festive bow to decorate the local high street, but the local council ordered the decorative ribbon to go. read

Researchers from Baylor University found that 70% of people say smartphone usage hurts their ability to interact with their partner. Called 'phubbing' this act is found to undermined the quality of a relationship. read

Rising fuel and transport costs are pushing up the cost of living for millions of people across the country, Asda's latest income tracker reveals today. read

A mother has described the heartbreak of watching her two starving sons who are 'dead already' after days without food in the ISIS-held city of Mosul in Iraq. read

Jason Ward always has a nerf gun ready to fire at his wife, Amy, whether she is having a shower, resting on the sofa, or carrying out household chores at their home in Asheville, North Carolina. read

The renowned theoretical physicist made the claim in a minute-long advert for GEN-PEP - a Swedish organisation that aims to boost young people's health. read

At one point Jareth Yorks' black Ford Focus narrowly avoids an oncoming bus in Rugby, Warwickshire., before he speeds onto a rural road. He was sentenced to eight months in prison. read

Baking celebrity Paul Hollywood will open 'Knead' bakeries with the firm behind  popular grab-and-go food brands Upper Crust and Millie's Cookies. He will design a range of sweet and savoury goods. read

Track It!, released today on the Apple Store to be used on the Apple Watch, allows patients with epilepsy to record seizure data, keep logs, and share information with clinics. read

Women flock to sit on the Miracle Chair of Naples and have their stomachs crossed by Italian nuns, while locals to the Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset are twice as fertile as the national average. read

The Finnish enthusiasts, who call themselves pongfinity, created a mesmerising video as they took on the challenge. They started with two then increased number as rallies got shorter. read

A city in China has turned a subway carriage into a mini forest in a bid to promote environmentally friendly transportation. The carriage in Hangzhou was open to the public on November 28. read

Cardiac surgeons in Russia performed an incredible life-saving operation, taking the man's heart out of his body, repairing the damage and then replacing the organ in his chest. read

In a viral clip, a baby is seen pretending to talk on a cell phone.She seems to have learned from watching her mother and changes up her tone and facial expressions throughout the 'call'. read

Lopburi has been laying on an annual feast - part merit-making tradition and part unabashed tourist attraction - for its monkeys since the late 1980s. read

Police in Gardner - southwest of Kansas City - found the images Monday on the two cameras that were set up at the park in an attempt to capture an animal seen lurking on the grounds after dark. read

A range of 1970s adverts showcase the most popular men's fashions of the day, with high-waist pants, skimpy briefs, synthetic fabrics and psychedelic patterns being the must-have purchases. read

Philip Curry, an aircraft maintainer for the US Air Force, joined his four-year-old daughter Alison at the Brandon School of Dance, near Norwich, UK. read

Stan Hill, 27, a member of Hull band Bud Sugar, organised for the challenge to be held in the city secretly using it as a ruse for Stan to propose to his girlfriend Amy Pattinson, 26. read

The scary jellyfish was swept to the shore of the Firth of the Clyde at Dunure in South Ayrshire - and has been compared to the Ood from Doctor Who and Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean. read

This child seems to have grasped the value of multi-tasking early. But perhaps her choice of activities to combine - sleeping and eating - was a little unwise, as this video, shot in an unknown location, shows. read

Alain Robert climbed and then descended the Torre Agbar in Barcelona, a 450-foot glass-covered office building known for its night-time illuminations. He completed the feat in an hour. read