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RICHARD LITTLEJOHN picks the biggest examples of police stupidity, incompetence and abuse of power to happen across Great Britain in 2016. read

Four men from Derby aged 22, 27, 35 and 36, a man, 27, from Burton upon Trent and a woman from London have all been arrested on suspicion of engaging in the preparation of an act of terrorism. read

Benefit claimants were overpaid £3.3billion last year as blunders by officials and fraud jumped by 10 per cent. Baroness Bakewell, left, said it showed government incompetence. read

Karen Matthews, who was jailed for eight years in 2008 after faking the kidnap of her own daughter, wants to make her nose smaller in a bid to stop people attacking her in the street. read

Darren Byrne was today found guilty of murdering spouse Maria, 35, in the kitchen of their £450,000 home in Theydon Bois, Essex. read

The monarch, who rarely attends funerals apart from for members of the Royal Family, demonstrated her affection for her confidante by joining mourners at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor Great Park. read

Victoria Loveless, from Leamington Spa, pictured, is just one of a group of women who claim they got what they wanted by following Rhonda Byrne's self-help book released in 2006. read

Ralph Clarke (shown) told Birmingham Crown Court the offences against the schoolboy were 'something that happened' and said he was 'immune to feelings' following his arrest last year. read

According to the international team of researchers, it takes just 45 minutes to give three-year-olds a battery of tests, on their language abilities, motor skills, frustration and impulsivity. read

A fake email purporting to be from the Seattle-based retail giant has been sent to thousands of users around the world. The email claims that there has been a problem with a recent order. read

Lee Nutley was found on his sofa in October this year by his father who became worried when his son did not answer the door to his flat on the street where Benefits Street was filmed in Stockton. read

The BBC meteorologist (pictured) died on Saturday. Famed for his gentle Scottish accent, he was known by millions for his light-hearted presentation of the weather forecast. read

Researchers pointed to healthy lifestyles and good incomes as key reasons why pensioners around London have formed a longevity belt unmatched elsewhere in the country. read

The Duke of Edinburgh's softer side was revealed in footage of intimate family moments shown on television today as part of a documentary marking the 60th anniversary of his award scheme. read

The donation to the Strategic Climate Fund, set up by George W Bush in 2008, pictured, was agreed so the Government can can meet its pledge to spend 0.7% of national income on foreign aid. read

The number of children who have called a charity helpline for counselling about their gender identity has nearly tripled in three years, the NSPCC said yesterday. read

Kelly Doyle, 35, currently has to climb through the back window to get in and out after she claimed workmen damaged the front door and lock of her terraced home in Whiston, Merseyside. read

Patricia Fowler, 75, was not assigned to a doctor at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Lancashire, because she was overlooked by a secretary who mistook her for another patient. read

The incident in October was captured in a video shared this week, showing a thug kicking a young woman down a flight of stairs at the metro station in the German capital of Belin. read

Royal Mail's service is placed under so much strain during December, almost half of all post sent via first class will fail to arrive the next day. read

Heather Ilott, 55, pictured, was left with nothing when her mother Melita Jackson wrote her out of her will 'in spite' and gave it to charity instead. read

Some big brand fizzy vitamin tablets sold in pharmacies and supermarkets, like Boots and Waitrose, contain the same salt levels as two packets of crisps, it has been shown. read

Ronan Costello, 17, died three days after the collision, which took place during the first half of an under 19s rugby match at the Dram Centre, in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, on June 11. read

Muslims Like Us (pictured) is the two-part BBC2 reality show that puts ten Muslims in a house in York and gleefully films their furious arguments over faith and Islamic culture. read

David Blaine has been shot, starved, encased in ice and buried alive.It was a good night for celebs who look like boiled eggs, as Gregg Wallace popped up to present a revival of Time Commanders. read

The woman, who has been identified as Malak Al Shehri, shared a photograph of herself without a hijab or abaya - a traditional body covering - on a street in the capital city of Riyadh. read

The new TV app makes it easy to find and watch shows in one places - but key content providers are missing from it. read

Roger Freestone, 67, stayed with his wife Maureen, 65, as the flames ripped through the detached property in Somersham, Cambridgeshire, on March 28. read

A policewoman was caught talking on her iPhone while at the wheel of her patrol car in north London and the Met has since launched an investigation into the 'irresponsible' incident. read

'Electors have a solemn responsibility under the Constitution and we support their efforts to have their questions addressed,' Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta said. read

Another Goldman Sachs employee was offered a job, with the transition team announcing Gary Cohn, the bank's president, would become Donald Trump's top economic adviser. read

Donald Trump ended up gaining 123 votes in Wisconsin after a recount sought by Green Party candidate Jill Stein whose donors footed the bill for the move to give even more votes to the winner. read

The Iranian defense minister has warned that Donald Trump could trigger a world war and the 'destruction' of Israel and small Gulf Arab states if he provokes the Middle Eastern power. read

Mary Kate Heys from Manchester claims she was kidnapped by a Swedish man she met at her hostel in Australia and taken around 50 miles away against her will on Monday morning. read

EXCLUSIVE: Rob Hobson, head of London-based Healthspan Nutrition, says fats take longer to be digested and prevent blood sugar levels from dropping quickly, which can cause a hangover. read

Khloé, 32, has treated fans to a 'natural' guide to ditching hangovers - extolling the virtues of drinking lemon tea and doing exercise, which she says will let you 'get s*** done the next day.' read

Mumtaz Member, 56, was found dead by police a year ago today at her house in Leicester with ‘brutal’ head injuries - and her family have told of going through a ‘horrific experience’. read

Not a single hospital or health trust in the UK is thoroughly examining patient deaths to check for avoidable errors, a report from the CQC released today has revealed. read

Sir Chris Hohn (pictured), 50, divorced his American wife Jamie-Cooper Hohn and was ordered to give her a third of his fortune at the time - £337m. read

The Mail has led the way in chronicling how British taxpayers’ money has been squandered overseas. Here are some of the most egregious examples of how YOUR money has been spent. read

Chancellor Philip Hammond suggested for the first time there would be a review of the controversial target of spending 0.7 per cent of national income on foreign aid. read

With the social care system in meltdown across Britain, JAMES SLACK answers 10 questions on why the care system for the elderly is in meltdown and close to 'toppling over.' read

DAMIAN THOMPSON: What a wretched mess! Ministers have decided to raise council taxes in a much too belated attempt to solve the crisis of elderly care. read

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: One of the benchmarks of a civilised society is that it treats its elderly with dignity and guarantees they will be looked after when they can no longer look after themselves. read

Jeremy Clarkson introduced the stunt on the Amazon show, which was filmed in Whitby, North Yorkshire. He joked that he was about show 'a better way for immigrants of getting into Britain'. read

Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) who work as counter staff plan to walk out for three days on December 19, 20 and 24. Cash handlers will strike on the 22nd and 23rd. read

Southern Rail repeated warnings that around 500,000 regular passengers who live south of London should not bother trying to travel as it lost a legal battle to avert the action. read

British viewers have been left disappointed by the news that the 2003 comedy Elf starring Will Ferrell will not be aired on UK television this Christmas. read

Three-time Derby-winning jockey Walter Swinburn has died at the age of 55. Swinburn, who had been suffering from epilepsy, died peacefully at home. The former jockey also had a brief career as a trainer. read

Eight femail writer explain why they love or regret some of their biggest purchases, including author Bel Mooney who says her £1,000 Missoni coat helped her get over her divorce. read

Author Sam Sykes drew fingers onto a mittens design on a McCafe cup, making it look like a person clasping the cheeks of their posterior. The image swiftly went viral online. read

Flamboyant Scottish actor Alan Cumming, who joined Nicola Sturgeon on the Yes campaign trial, left, says we are living in her 'era' and calls her the most respected politician in Britain. read

Local councils' - which fund contraception through their public health budget - will face a cut of £800million over six years. Experts warn it could lead to an increase of women seeking abortions. read

The ambitious hypersonic jet concept, which would also include brief suborbital trips to space on its flights, is the work of Juan Garcia Mansilla, an industrial designer based in Buenos Aires. read

Dressed in nothing but a pair of flesh-coloured pants - with some strategically placed iced buns - the comic no doubt gave Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall quite a surprise. read

A new study of North Sea waters finds that climate change is driving cold-water species such as cod out. These species are then bring replaced by warm-water species such as squid. read

If you're dreading your office Christmas party this year then you might not want to read these. From wearing the same outfit as the waiters to not even being invited, these are the best office party fails. read

Married couples have taken to Reddit to reveal how much relationships actually change once they've tied the knot. But some said the only real difference is having to wear a ring. read

The guidance in a document on 'increasing participation in women and girls' football' was spotted by Carol Hughes, deputy headmistress of Lumley Junior School in County Durham. read

Simon Halabi, 58, allegedly shouted 'f*** off out the way you black c***' at Carl Thomas when the bin lorry stopped in the middle of the road to pick up rubbish bags in London's Mayfair. read

A groundbreaking study of nearly three million tweets by a team at the University of Sheffield shows control of borders came up far more than sovereignty or the NHS. read

Taking a swipe at Cabinet colleagues opposed to the idea, Hammond said there was an 'emerging opinion' among businesses and 'thoughtful politicians' that a transitional deal after Brexit will be needed. read

One mother has sparked a very heated debate - after taking to Mumsnet to complain about spotting her daughter's missing hat on her mother-in-law's other grandchild. read

Sir Nicholas Soames said he was 'fond' of the former education secretary but warned she had badly mishandled the 'Trousergate' row. read

The Syrian army says it has gained control of 98% of eastern Aleppo, leaving only a tiny enclave packed with rebels and civilians. Zakaria Malahifji, a rebel, said: 'The situation is extremely difficult today'. read

The video, captured in the Darayya suburb of Damascus, shows the military vehicles firing shell after shell towards the structure the man is in. read

Parents are sharing their excited youngsters' missives to the man in red on social media - and they're not all PlayStations and Hatchimals. One wrote to ask Santa to help make sick children better. read

Former Tory minister Lord Prior has died aged 89. He served for five years in Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet where he was seen as one of the leading ‘wets’ who opposed her economic policies. read

Scientist Dr Seung-min Park has come up with a simple blood test that profiles the genes of lung-tumour cells that is fast with results in hours and 600 times cheaper. read

Catherine Zeta-Jones's daughter Carys looked the double of her actress mother as she turned up to a film screening this weekend in Hollywood, writes SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE. read

Lauren Atkinson, pictured, was found dead in her hotel room after taking the party drug after attending a sell-out rave with girlfriends in Manchester. read

After hearing that Jenny McMillan, a mother who runs a charity shop in her home town of Carnoustie was in need of a home for her and her son Blake, Gillian Bayford stepped in to help the family. read

The red sports car is said to have sent at least one of the pedestrians 'flying over the railings' of a bridge just yards from Battersea Dogs Home in Battersea Park Road (pictured), south-west London, this morning. read

A consumer watchdog in Germany has slammed food companies who fill their packaging with air and 'grossly mislead' customers. read

Peter Morgan, 54, strangled Georgina Symonds, 25, at her bungalow in Llanmartin, Newport, after discovering she planned to 'fleece him', leave him and work for other men. read

The Munich-based European Janusz Korczak Acaedmy are hoping to pair ordinary Germans with their Jewish counterparts so they can talk about their lives and end anti-Semitism. read

Sleaford’s new Conservative MP, Caroline Johnson, ‘took her seat’. One odd thing about this ceremony is that the newly-elected MP always leaves the Chamber, says QUENTIN LETTS read

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde went on trial today, accused of negligence for allowing the French government to give Bernard Tapie a £338million bailout. read

Mr Blair is understood to have been racking up huge costs in expenses and security as he tours the world on his various projects. read

The heap of old junk was piled into a unit from Ainscough Skip Hire, which is based in Wigan, Greater Manchester - and was supposed to be taken away to the tip. read

Diane Guilmette, from L.A. went on a date with a man after receiving a 'very flattering' message from him. She was left with a $163 bill after her date ordered a lot of food and wine and disappeared. read

Looking at data from four countries: the UK, the USA, Germany and Australia, researchers found that the positive glow of parenthood only lasted 12 months. read

While most fans focus on the Golden Globe Awards celebrating the cream of Hollywood talent, the Brits are proving, once again, to be a formidable force. read

A sex shop in Spain has drawn a great deal of criticism after a display window featured ceramic sex toys with the Nativity scene painted on them. read

Sara Gruen managed to make a profit of approximately $6,000 after she sold the lot to individual buyers, which she purchased for the price of $23,595.31 the day after Black Friday. read

The research comes from Northeastern University in Boston, and suggests that people can achieve success at any point in their careers - and achieve it repeatedly - as long as they keep trying. read

Australian crime scene cleaner Josh Marsden is confronted with blood-splatted walls, dead animals and murder scenes in his day-to-day work. read

The procedure works by removing the vitreous gel that sits between the eye's lens and retina, and replacing it with saline solution, researchers from the University of Washington, found. read

Mr Malone has disclosed that he now wears earplugs when he steps outside his house. He does so because Britain has become so infernally noisy. read

One concerned future parent has taken to parenting forum Mumsnet to say that she doesn't want to lie to her children about Santa. She has since received a barrage of abuse for her question. read

Taking the daily tablets for at least two years reduced the risk of Alzheimer's by 15 per cent for women, researchers from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, found. read

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: A man was injured during the attack at Forest Hill station in south-east London this afternoon and is currently being treated in hospital. read

Lloyd and Jason Russell hurled water over a woman who told them to watch their language before telling another passenger to 'shut your f***ing mouth', Nottingham Magistrates Court heard. read

Barnaby Cork, four, died on the way to hospital after suffering severe head injuries caused by the collision at Thame Leisure Centre in Oxfordshire. His parents described the boy as their ‘world’. read

Karen Kujawa, from Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, lost her daughter Elizabeth Buckley when a 'petrol head' on a first date tried to impress the teenager and lost control of his Toyota at speeds of 60mph. read

Nineteen players from Chapecoense were among the 71 killed when their plane crashed down on its way from Santa Cruz, Bolivia to Medellin, Colombia last month. read

Stefano Brizzi invited PC Gordon Semple to his south London flat in April after the pair met on the gay dating app. He then strangled the 59-year-old and attempted to dispose of the body. read

Politicians lined up to urge ministers to step in to prevent the mogul consolidating his grip on the media during an urgent question debate in parliament today. read

Lesley Hazeldine, 48, from Knaphill, Surrey, says she nicknamed the Hotpoint washer/dryer Danny Dryer after realising that the spin cycle made a noise that sounded just like someone spoiling for a fight. read

A politician has controversially voiced her backing for Sharia Law being introduced in Europe, calling it 'absolutely compatible' with current legislation. read

Pictures from the scene have shown flames engulfing part of the Oceania residences high-rise block on the Palm, Dubai, which appears to have started in one of the penthouses. read

The singer (pictured) - arrested by police following the concert in Wolverhampton - denied the allegations and said is worried about the impact it could have on charities he has worked with. read

The bacteria, found in New Mexico, developed the resistance through chemical warfare with other bacteria. Ohio University says the superbug may lead to new methods for fighting resistance. read

The angry hound left three-year-old Marco Slabbert with hand and leg injuries after it attacked the youngster while he was playing in his family’s garden in Hennenman, South Africa. read

Rare etchings, which picture The Artful Dodger, top left, Bill Skypes, top right, Oliver lower left and Fagin lower right are being sold by auctioneers Sotheby's with a pre-sale estimate of £3,000. read

The call will still be up to providers, meaning Apple and Google, as to which country flags are offered, but they could make an appearance worldwide in the first half of next year. read

The official, Fahd Abbou El Mourabit took refuge inside his dressing room after the incident in Zaragoza, Spain, until police arrived to identify his attacker and take him to hospital. read

Minutes from an internal meeting of EU ambassadors in Brussels suggest introducing a 'filter function of the external borders', according to reports in Germany. read

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the NHS bed shortage was 'unacceptable' and work was under way to eradicate 'inappropriate placements' over the next five years. read

Holidaymakers have shared stomach-churning photos of some of the most shameless fliers in the sky with US-based Instagram account Passenger Shaming. read

Researchers from Warwick University claim that powerful winds of rubies and sapphires are striking HAT-P-7b - a planet sixteen times larger than Earth. read

Research from the University of Versailles Saint Quentin shows that the unexpected - and largely unexplained - increase on methane was especially sharp in 2014 and 2015. read

Allysa Call, 35, from Exeter, Devon, has revealed how being transgender has seen her struggle to find love after suffering transphobic abuse. read

Lilibeth Ambler-Lomax was last seen by her father at Huddersfield railway station in West Yorkshire yesterday. The girl was due to get a train to York after visiting her father, but failed to return home. read

Zoe McAllister, 22, from Oxfordshire, posted photographs on Facebook showing her limp tree and it has been shared thousands of times. read

Breakthrough Energy Ventures to invest in green energy over 20 years across the world. The fund will invest in transportation and storage of energy, as well as production. read

Astronomers have spotted gases in three dark rings around a distant star for the first time (pictured). The rings mark spaces where planets are thought to have formed. read

An expert at the University College London says Earth is due for another ice age, but with increased greenhouse gases caused by humans, our planet may not experience one for a very long time. read

Cologne will have 1,500 police officers on the ground at the city's New Year's Eve celebration this year. In 2015, there were 600 reports of women sexually assaulted by migrant men at the event. read

A Moroccan asylum seeker allegedly followed a woman into the toilet of a nightclub in Germany and raped her when she rejected his advances. The incident happened in the Bar 99 Cent, in Hamburg. read

The skeleton of an allosauraus called Kan, that dates back to around 153 million-years-ago, fetched £1 million (€1.1 million or $1.2 million) at the Aguttes auction house in Lyon. read

Just hours earlier a burst main had left this London suburb submerged under 3ft of water, But the clean-up in Stoke Newington was in full swing today as people returned to their homes and businesses. read

Sherlock fans were sent into a frenzy today when the name of John and Mary Watson's newborn daughter was revealed in the births, marriages and deaths register of the Daily Telegraph. read

The woman orders the man to 'get a proper job' and threatens to 'kill' him after the pair argue over her fare on a housing estate in southern England. read

It was revealed today that one of the notes was spent in the Square Cafe in Blackwood, south Wales at the end of last week. read

These new photos show the faces of survivors of the Nanjing Massacre 79 years after the bloodbath in 1937. Survivors told how they lived through the horrors and how it changed their lives. read

England cricket fans have sparked controversy by hijacking a stadium scoreboard in India to post tasteless messages about Adam Johnson, Madeleine McCann and Josef Fritzl. read

Boxing Day opening hours are to be discussed by MPs this evening after an online petition calling for shops to be shut the day after Christmas hit 229,675 signatures. read

The party of populist anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders is now the most popular party in Holland after he was found guilty of discrimination against Moroccans last week. read

Toseef Qureshi demanded drink and abused cabin crew and fellow passengers on the flight from Leeds Bradford to Antalya in August. read

If you're hoping to retire comfortably some day, there's one move you can make now that will virtually guarantee it: Save an hour a day of your income, according to financial expert David Bach. read

Ever get fed up tearing off bits of tape with your teeth? Try using sticky discs instead. They speed up the process and the result is much neater. read

President Nicolas Maduro announced Sunday that Venezuela's largest bank note would be defunct. Citizens rushed to cash machines and only have ten days to exchange their £100-bolivar bills. read

Belgian Zakaria Boufassil handed £3,000 in housing benefits to Mohamed Abrini in a park in Small Heath, Birmingham in July 2015. read

Theresa May hit out at the Labour Party today as Great Britain becomes one of the first countries to adopt a new international definition of anti-Semitism to make it easier to tackle hatred. read

A grade II listed farmhouse in Braishfield, Hants, owned by TV mogul David Frank, caught fire after it spread from a nearby property. Fire-fighters are in an ongoing process of controlling the blaze. read

The bus went into a slide after swerving out of the way of an oncoming car in the Ortahisar district of north-eastern Turkey's Trabzon Province. read

Mother Julie Hewitt, 39, claims she is entitled to a subsidy for her petrol money to drive daughter Connie to school because they live more than three miles away in Bodmin, Cornwall. read

The farcical manner of his capture confirmed what many people came to think about Joyce — that he was a buffoon who made not a dent in Britain's defiance of Hitler. read

According to the researchers from Imperial College London and the Royal College of Music, listening to classical music could help men concentrate on tasks. read

Astrobiologists at the Blue Marble Institute of Space Science in Seattle believe that despite Proxima b being in the right place for life, the planet's magnetic shield could scupper any chance of finding it. read

A team of psychologists, including researchers from the University of Warwick, say their findings reinforce the importance of teaching people just how changeable their memory really is (stock image) read

Researchers from the University of Zurch, Switzerland, have found 90 per cent of a new strain of syphilis samples they analysed were resistant to antibiotics. read

Budget brands such as Lidl are using advertising tactics of their luxury rivals, such as M&S, says expert Gyles Lingwood. See if you can tell them apart with our tricky picture quiz. read

Rachid Nejjar, 71, of Casablanca, Morocco, allegedly crept up behind four young women watching the ceremony at The Royal Mews outside Buckingham Palace in London. read

Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), which causes severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, affects as many as 3 percent of pregnancies, leading to over 167,000 ER visits each year in the U.S. read

Egypt's Coptic Christian community held a funeral service today for 24 Christians killed as they worshipped by a bomb at a chapel next to the faith's main cathedral in Cairo. read

Heroic fireman Costache Mugurel had just rescued the dog's 51-year-old owner from a burning building on December 9 in Pitesti near Bucharest, Romania, when he gave it life-saving treatment. read

Stunned driver Andy Long was travelling along the A40 in Oxfordshire when he noticed the company's driver heading in the wrong direction. read

Meghan Markle has penned an essay for Elle UK discussing the racist abuse she has suffered from trolls on social media. She says she has chosen to find her 'own identity' to defy trolls. read

YouTube star Zoella, 26, from Brighton, has revealed that she has been accused of faking her anxiety in order to 'boost subscribers'. She says that she has also been called 'too skinny' by some viewers. read

Sandra, a mother from Perth wrote a tongue-in-cheek Facebook post advertising that she was giving her 'hormonal teenage' daughter away to a free home has gone viral. read

The man, from north-east China, presented his unique hairstyle in snow at a clip posted by People's Daily. Thousands of Chinese online users made fun of his hilarious fringe style. read

From not being proposed to with a ring to lack of holidays together, India Kang shares the questions you should be asking yourself to figure out whether your engagement was premature. read

Britain's longest serving prisoner, 78, has explained how he has been bedridden for two years with the terminal illness. read

California man Silas Duane Boston, 75, has been charged with the 1978 murders of British couple Christopher Farmer and Peta Frampton when they were sailing on his boat in the Caribbean Sea. read

A driver broke both his legs when he was run over by his own car during a trip to the beach. The car went so far under the sea at Penmaenmawr, near Conwy, North Wales, only the roof was showing. read

The average weight of adult reindeer on Svalbard, a chain of islands north of Norway, has fallen to 48 kg (106 lb) from 55 kg (121 lb) in the 1990s as temperatures rise. read

A manhunt is underway after the gang of four thieves targeted the van on a major road near the town of Dardilly, near Lyon in France. read

'Vulnerable' Margaret Fleming, 36, who has learning difficulties, was reported missing by her two carers from her home in Inverkip in Inverclyde on October 28. read

The final episode of Sir David Attenborough’s hit nature programme last night showed the babies in Barbados wrongly heading across a beach towards a town rather than the sea. read

In Iran giving someone the thumbs up is the equivalent of the middle finger in the UK. Redditors reveal the things they say and do that are acceptable in the West but frowned upon elsewhere. read

When approached in Texas, US, the snake began to squirm vigorously to get away but, realising it can't, it stopped dead, mouth gaping and contorts its neck to appear as if it is broken. read

The latest brainteaser wants you to try and spot the children's toy hidden among the teddies, dinosaurs, trains, cars and spaceships. read

In the shocking dashcam footage, a white Volkswagen Up can be seen travelling towards oncoming traffic just off junction nine of the M53 motorway near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. read

A German doctor's vacant home and surgery was left behind, filled with spooky belongings and surgical equipment. Urologist Doctor Klaus Kraft died in 1988 and his home was left to rot. read

Vladimir Bukovsky, 74, pictured, would 'constantly' download indecent material of children, with a particular emphasis on young boys, over a 15 year period, Cambridge Crown Court heard. read

'Ghost trains' are scheduled passenger trains that are nearly empty, and run very infrequently and inconsistently, at strange hours. They operate to keep lines open. read

The shocking dashcam footage, which was taken on the M11 near London, shows vehicles swerving to desperately avoid the van, which was straddled across two lanes. read

The brown bear tears across trees and undergrowth in the Russian wilderness as it charges at the group of hunters, before it is brutally cut down by their rifles. read

Stuart Barry, 45, of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, told an elderly couple his son had been selected to pay for the Welsh national youth team but needed to raise funds to take part in a tour. read

Footage taken from inside the takeaway appears to show a man throwing an object at a vehicle on Killinghall Road in Bradford, West Yorkshire, before a gang chased someone into a takeaway. read

A man dices with death as he plays chicken with an oncoming train along a line in Poland. Incredibly, instead of leaping across the track he simply hops over the rail and misses the carriage by seconds. read

Engineers at Cornell University in New York have looked to a different approach for robotic sensation, incorporating stretchable sensors which use light to carry signals. read

Keith Lewin, 59, pictured, from Lancashire, suffered with back pain since his childhood, but his issues spiralled out of control in middle age and led to a devastating diagnosis in 2012. read

The man sunk his Toyota Land Cruiser in a lake near Moscow, in Russia. He narrowly escaped plunging into the icy water himself, leaping out of his car at the last minute. read

When it comes to sibling rivalry, there is often nothing more dramatic than a fight over fight - and it seems that even extends to guinea pigs, too! read

The revelations come courtesy of Dr James Canton of the Institute for Global Futures in San Francisco, who produced an eye-opening report on the hotels of the future. read

Jonathan Simpson, 48, and his property lawyer wife Katherine, 49, sent letters to the single mother’s family claiming she had tried to get pregnant by him. read

'A horrid letter about council tax going up by a lovely foreign aid thank you card from an elderly African dictator for repairs to his palace.' read

The video, taken in Russia, shows cars travelling down an icy road when suddenly a dog runs across the road, pulling its owner behind it on a lead. read

David Blount Jr, 28, blasted himself with a hunting rifle just before a deer shoot in Montgomery, Texas, on November 19 this year. The plumber and father-of-one may never regain feeling in his arm. read

Sheila Gill, 76, and John Reynolds, 72, from Newport in south Wales have spent thousands of pounds perfecting their festive display to raise money for charity. read

The man forces the cats to claw at their opponent's face while he holds them up by their fur during the disturbing video, believed to have been filmed in Blackburn, Lancashire. read