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Isle of Wight drowned his daughter, killed pet dogs and hung himself to 'punish his wife'

Keziah Flux-Edmonds was killed by her father Darren, 44, who drowned her in the bathtub of the family home in East Cowes, Isle of Wight before laying her body in the master bedroom. read


Louise Maloney from Greater Manchester goes missing after work Christmas party

Louise Maloney vanished from the party in central Manchester on Monday, sparking a frantic search for the mother-of-two. Her boyfriend Craig Colclough said it was 'too soon' to say where she went. read


Ben Bradshaw says Russian hackers 'probably' fixed the EU referendum vote for Brexit

Labour MP Ben Bradshaw, a prominent Remain supporter, raised doubts about the validity of the result in June as he warned people underestimated the extent of cyber-warfare by Vladimir Putin. read


Prince Harry and girlfriend Meghan Markle 'buy Christmas tree' near Kensington Palace 

The pair are said to have been out and about not far from his Kensington Palace home yesterday evening as they prepare to spend some time together before Christmas. read


Southern Rail strike chaos sees angry commuters take to Twitter

Some 300,000 rail passengers who use Southern services each day will have to find other routes home today after the drivers with the Aslef union started a 48-hour walk out at midnight. read


Briton who grabbed gun at Donald Trump rally in 'bid to kill him' is jailed for a year 

Briton Michael Sandford, 20, has been jailed for 12 months by a Las Vegas court for trying to grab a policeman's gun at a Donald Trump rally in an alleged bid to kill the now US president-elect. read


Southern rail passenger carrying infant denied first class seat because she hasn't paid

Tyrone Williams, from Bromley, shared a video that captured the moment when the woman was forced out of her seat despite the fact she had an infant in a sling. read


Mentally ill Edwin Gyekye strangled beauty student Sarrah Garba with her knickers

Mentally ill Edwin Gyekye, 31, killed beauty student Sarrah Garba (pictured), his girlfriend of 12 years, at their home in Gateshead on September 23 last year. read


Met Police have received 106 allegations of sex abuse at 32 London football clubs

Scotland Yard has received 106 separate allegations of historical sex abuse connected with individuals at 32 London football clubs, including four in the Premier League and two in the Championship, the Metropolitan Police said. read


Kilmarnock woman posted Facebook updates as man followed her home from Christmas party 

Fiona Walker, pictured, from just outside Kilmarnock, said she was too frightened to call the police so begged for help on social media instead. read


Customer blackmailed Dedham pub boss by threatening bad review on TripAdvisor

Piers Baker, 41, was left furious after the customer claimed they suffered food poisoning after eating at the Sun Inn in Dedham on the Essex-Suffolk border. read


Commuter caught hurling abuse at Southern Rail staff live on Good Morning Britain 

Good Morning Britain correspondent Nick Dixon was reporting from Brighton train station this morning, where members of the Aslef and RMT unions are picketing. read


Angry commuters flood Twitter with #SouthernFail memes

Despite a day of strikes bringing the failing network between the South Coast and London to a complete standstill, passengers still managed to see the funny side on Twitter. read


Christmas strike nightmare as Argos drivers announce they will stop working next week

Unite members employed by Wincanton at an Argos distribution centre in Burton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire, will walk out for three days from next Tuesday. read


Post Office vows there WON'T be a Christmas nightmare as 3% of branches will strike

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) shocked millions waiting for presents to arrive or who are planning to send gifts by announcing a five days of industrial action. read


Jeremy Corbyn doesn't condemn Southern strikes after unions gave him £35,000

The veteran left-winger declared £25,000 from the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) and another £10,000 from Aslef over the summer. read


KATIE HOPKINS on the Southern Railway strikes

Two weeks before Christmas close to a million people are being held to ransom by overpaid thugs who believe they are too special to shut a door, writes KATIE HOPKINS. read


Women share pictures of #ClothesMyHusbandHates on Instagram

Women have been proudly sharing pictures of the outfits their partners and husbands hate on social media, using hashtags such as #ManRepeller. read


Yaya Toure admits drink driving charge but Man City star insists he doesn't drink

Yaya Toure has accepted a charge of drink driving, but insists that he did not 'intentionally consume alcohol'. He has been banned for 18 months and fined £54,000 by magistrates. read


French-speaking gipsies driving BENTLEYS in Kent village

A fleet of 15 caravans and a group of around 40 travellers arrived on the playing field in the village of Kemsing on Saturday night. read


Tel Aviv University develop robotic glove that shows how in sync our body is

Researchers from Tel-Aviv University used a motorised glove and a virtual reality headset to carry out the unusual experiment. read


Manchester teacher spots racoon emerging from an alleyway while out walking dog

Nuala Burke from Levenshulme, Greater Manchester, couldn't believe her eyes when she spotted the animal while taking her springer spaniel Patch for a walk. read


The disturbing moment a taxi driver is confronted about a sobbing girl in the back of his cab by a furious passer-by who films the encounter and berates him saying 'that's someone's f***ing kid'

The footage was reportedly taken in Dockside Road, Grangetown - a very remote area near the river Tees in Middlesbrough - last week. read


Kanye West and entourage arrive at Trump Tower but is he visiting Donald?

Kanye swept past reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower shortly after 9am, followed by an entourage including a videographer, for a 15-minute meeting he requested with Trump. read


PIERS MORGAN: Hillary and the hypocritical Democrats aren't defending American democracy from foreign meddling, they are a clear and present danger to it

Cast your minds back to a few weeks before the US election, when it never crossed the Hillary camp's elitist, arrogant minds that Trump, the ignorant Neanderthal, could beat her. read


Trump is the new JFK says Bill Gates: Microsoft boss says new president will unite country through innovation as the pair meet

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates suggested that Donald Trump could be Kennedy-esque, if the president-elect played his cards right. read


Donald Trump picks former Exxon boss Rex Tillerson to lead State Department

Trump said: 'His tenacity, broad experience and deep understanding of geopolitics make him an excellent choice for Secretary of State.' read


Top U.S. spy agency refuses to endorse CIA assessment that Russia hacked to help Trump win

A CIA claim touted by Democrats that Russian hacking was designed to aid Clinton's defeat are rejected by the Office of the Director of National Security because the CIA's spies can't prove it is true. read


British Airways captain reveals how he battled in vain to save his daughter, 14

Hannah Cubin died suddenly of a suspected heart attack after going to a sleepover at a friend's house near her home in Wiltshire. read


Nicola Sturgeon says SNP could stand in English elections because no-one is ‘speaking up'

The Scottish First minister hinted that London, where there has been anger over the Brexit vote, could be a target for the party. read


METEORITE hammers into earth in the Costa del Sol as witnesses felt ‘the ground move’ 

The fireball crashed down in southern Spain at about 10.25pm on Sunday and the huge streak of light in the sky was witnessed by tourists and residents in the Costa Del Sol. read


Princess Diana's velvet Bruce Oldfield dress fetches more than £56k at auction

A velvet Bruce Oldfield evening dress worn by Princess Diana has sold for more than £56,000 at an auction of her iconic dresses in London, with one fetching five times more than expected. read


Prince Charles attends concert and prayer service at Russian Orthodox Cathedral in London

The Prince of Wales visited the Dormition Cathedral in Knightsbridge today, where he met with church leaders and members of the congregation ahead of a prayer service. read


Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs claims 5,900 lives in five months

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs has pushed the death toll to 5,927 since he took office in June vowing to get rid of narcotics in the country. read


House prices SURGE by 20% in Slough and Barking but FALL in Kensington and the City

Overall, average house prices in the UK have increased by 6.9 per cent in the year to October 2016 - a small slowdown from 7.0 per cent in the year to September 2016. read


Basildon and Slough are Britain's property hotspots, ONS figures show

With property values rising swiftly in some areas, including Basildon and Slough where they are up a fifth, but falling in others, we take a look at what's happening with house prices. read


Where are the Love Actually cast now 13 years on?

Since its release in 2003, Love Actually has become a bona fide Christmas classic. But whatever happened to Joanna the schoolgirl singer? Or 'god of sex' Colin Frissell? FEMAIL finds out... read


Pete Doherty's friend died 'during heavy drinks and drug session with a fellow junkie'

Alan Wass, 33, collapsed after he was injected with heroin at a his home in Ladbroke Grove, West London in April 2015, Westminster Coroner's Court has heard. read


Tinder launches on Apple TV as 'fun for the whole family'

The free update, which is now available to Tinder users worldwide, includes a new, swipeable remote control and a large-screen version of the app in HD. read


Awkward Family Photos showcase hilarious classic haircuts

Awkward Family Photos have shared some of the most outlandish hairdos from the decade. It seems that the rule of thumb is the bigger the hair the better with perms and mullets making a regular appearance. read


Christmas detox tricks EVERYONE should adopt to avoid weight gain

What if you could have fun over Christmas without putting on half a stone? Experts say you can - and they've shared pre-Christmas detox tips you can try. read


People reveal TERRIFYING encounters with the 'paranormal' on Reddit

If you're sceptical about the paranormal, you may want to read on as thousands of people have taken to Reddit to share their spooky stories - and they'll make your hairs stand on end. read


Whisper users share moments they uncovered truth about their REAL parents

Taking to secret-sharing app Whisper, anonymous men and women revealed they were the product of incest and shared the tales they were too embarrassed to talk about. read


Alabama rot disease that leaves pets with skin sores could be spreading across UK

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT -- As three new cases of the deadly illness were confirmed in Cumbria, Devon and Monmouthshire, dog owners have been urged to take extra precautions. read


King’s College London says test could predict if children will grow up to be criminals

A fifth of the population are responsible for 81 per cent of convictions, 77 per cent of children brought up without fathers, two-thirds of benefit claims and more than half of the nights spent in hospital. read


Boxer Amir Khan's parents SLAM his wife for her un-Islamic clothes and not wearing a headscarf as they deny she's suffered domestic abuse

Faryal Makhdoom Khan, 25, claimed that for the past three years she's been bullied 'physically and mentally' by her in-laws, who today denied the model's allegations from their home in Bolton. read


Orgasms 'evolved as a bartering tool' to control partner's behaviour suggests new study

A Portsmouth University study sheds light on the evolutionary purposes of orgasms, revealing the feelings act as positive reinforcement between partners and can, in turn, motivate our behavior. read


Teenager's psoriasis is cured by a cancer drug methotrexate

Elizabeth Wigmore, 18, from South Wales, has suffered from psoriasis - which caused her intense pain and bleeding - for four years. She now takes methotrexate each week to keep her symptoms at bay. read


Married father-of-two teacher, 32, who had three-month fling with 15-year-old girl asking her to send naked selfies and begging her to run away with him to New York is jailed

Lloyd Garratt, 32, had a three-month fling with the teenager and was accused of encouraging her to send him naked selfies while he was a teacher at an academy in Lancashire. read


Researchers reveal the rise in straight and gay friendships known as 'bromosexuals'

A team of researches explore 'bromosexual' friendships and found a trustworthy confidant to help with romantic pursuits is one of the major reasons straight and gay men forge friendships. read


Yazidi women sexually assaulted hundreds of times by ISIS receive human rights prize 

Lamiya Aji Bashar, 18, and Nadia Murad, 23, are two of thousands of Yazidi women and girls who have been abused by the terror group. read


Two men involved in orchestrating last year's Paris attacks are killed in coalition air strike in Syria

A coalition air strike in Syria has killed three Islamic State leaders involved in plotting foreign attacks, including two men involved in facilitating last year's attacks in Paris, the Pentagon said today. read


George Osborne condemns West for failing to stop the slaughter in Syria

Ex-chancellor George Osborne said the refusal of the House of Commons to back military action after chemical weapon strikes in 2013 proved staying out of foreign wars also had a price. read


ISIS video shows extremist using BOMB on prisoner in Egypt 

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Sickening footage shows an extremist strapping explosives to a man dressed in an orange jump suit in the Sinai peninsula in Egypt. read


Calais £2m anti-migrant wall completed but French are calling for demolition

Calais mayor Natacha Bouchart is calling for the demolition of the recently finished £2m 'anti-migrant' wall. It was built nearby a busy motorway to prevent people from climbing onto lorries heading for the UK. read


Rebel groups announce ceasefire in Aleppo after Syrian forces 'massacre 82 civilians in their homes' during 'the century's worst humanitarian tragedy'

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: The once proud Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo, also known as the 'Great Mosque' now lies in ruins in the middle of Aleppo following intense fighting. read


Mumsnet user sparks debate after admitting she doesn't understand appeal of PROSECCO

A Mumsnet user sparked a very heated debate after admitting that she's 'mystified' at people's obsession with Prosecco - but some were rather outraged that she didn't understand the appeal. read


Drunken boyfriend's hilarious apology on EVERY form of social media goes viral

Jodie Duncan, 16, from Scotland, shared her drunken boyfriend Kieron's hilarious attempts at apologising on Twitter and his 'r u angry' messages and £10 gift voucher have gone viral. read


WWI British soldier's meals included gruel, calves foot jelly and beef tea

The meals for soldiers included the dreaded Maconochie stew, a watery stew of turnips and vegetables with minimal meat, which had been a standard part of rations since the Boer War. read


London is the cocaine capital of Europe but only during the week

Tests conducted in March showed the average weekday concentration of cocaine in London's wastewater was 949.3mg per 1,000 people per day - higher than any other European city. read


Channel 5's Xmas Excess: Parents Splash The Cash shows mother buy children 96 gifts EACH

Emma Tapping, 28, from the Isle of Man, will be making sure they each get 96 gifts – even though they still haven’t used many of the items they were given last festive season. read


German cannibal Detlev Guenzel chopped up WILLING victim Wojciech Stempniewicz

Police say Detlev Guenzel killed and then partially ate Polish-born businessman Wojciech Stempniewicz  in his basement in the mountains near Dresden in eastern Germany. read


Dr Pimple Popper bursts cyst from man's eye in her most repulsive video yet

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Californian dermatologist Dr Sandra Lee, known as Dr Pimple Popper, describes the sebaceous cyst as 'third eye blind' and cuts into it, squeezing out a thick goo. read


Philip Davies is appointed to fill a Tory seat on the women and equalities committee

Tory Philip Davies, who controversially fought for and secured an annual Commons debate on International Men's Day, was appointed after being selected by his party colleagues. read


FA threatened with withdrawal of funding if governing body fails to change

The trio are in talks with the Football Association about becoming the first footballers to publicly reveal their homosexuality, SNP MP John Nicholson (pictured) said. read


News agency AFP releases its best photographs of the year 

Every year AFP, which has photographers around the globe, chooses a selection of their most powerful, moving, shocking or fascinating images, offering a look back at the highlights of the year. read


AP selects its best pictures that tell this year’s big stories from Europe and Africa 

From an overcrowded migrant boat reaching the shores of the Greek island of Lesbos at sunrise, to Nigel Farage celebrating Britain's vote to leave the EU, these are some of 2016's biggest pictures. read


Apple's wireless earphones AirPods go on sale online and will be in stores next week

The Cupertino-based firm first unveiled the wireless earphones in September alongside the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, but their release date was delayed due to 'technical issues'. read


Homeowner 'caught Parcelforce driver taking package' and was offered £150 hush money

CCTV footage shows the driver snooping inside the porch of James Harris’s house in Patchway, Bristol, when he arrives to deliver a massive parcel and doesn’t get an answer. read


Video shows Hermes delivery men THROWING sacks of goods out of their truck

A shocking video of Hermes delivery men throwing parcels out of their truck has been published. Lauren Holton of Petersfield in Hampshire filmed the drivers last week. read


Britain's most hated mother Karen Matthews 'wants plastic surgery'

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


Diet Coke and Sprite Zero among drinks that contain a chemical that boosts appetite

People given artificial sweeteners should have lost weight by avoiding the sugar packed into fizzy drinks. But they simply made up the difference in calories at lunch, a study in Singapore found. read


Texas scientists suggest starving your children may cure them of cancer

Not eating every alternate day can actually halt the progression of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre found. read


Apple's iOS 10.2 update adds 72 new emojis, headphone icon and new TV app for US

The software update from Cupertino-based Apple brings long-awaited features such as emojis, along with a number of bug fixes for iPhones and iPads. read


Dance student, 19, is 'forced to the ground and repeatedly kicked in the head' by minicab driver after fare row 

Francesca Donnelly, 19, from Watford, says she was beaten by the private hire driver as she made her way home from in Islington, north London, after a night out in the early hours of Saturday. read


This Morning viewers amazed at talented young gift-wrapping champion

April Horscraft, 9, has wowed with her Christmas gift wrapping skills after winning a competition run by retailer WHSmith. She showed the best ways to wrap tricky presents on ITV's This Morning. read


Florence Jarratt, 98, says staff at £1,000-a-week care home gave her 'a good hiding'

Florence Jarratt, 98, was allegedly severely injured by workers at the Bupa St Christopher’s Nursing Home in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, and left with dark bruises on her arms, nose, right eye and cheek. read


Couple, 89 and 94, devastated to be split up by lack of social care cash

Ralph and Cecelia Martin, from Surrey, were devastated by the separation as they have only ever been apart for hospital visits since they met in 1951. read


Tadcaster teen remains missing since leaving for school yesterday

Lilibeth Ambler-Lomax, who was was last seen by her father at Huddersfield railway station in West Yorkshire on Sunday, was found by police in Leeds this afternoon. read


Divers rediscover the Schiedam in the same spot as the wreck from TV drama Poldark

When it sank in April 1684, the Schiedam was part of a fleet carrying ordnance, tools, horses and people back from Tangier, the port in present-day Morocco. It now rests of the coast of Cornwall, England. read


Susie Hodge's new book reveals secrets of The Scream and history's greatest paintings

Classic paintings such as Edvard Munch's The Scream have been seen millions of times - and yet they contain hidden secrets that pass many viewers by. Here are some of the most interesting. read


Bradford driver caught on helicopter footage before crashing a stolen car into railings

Isaac Blamires, 21, was filmed swerving in and out of traffic, driving through a red light and speeding down the wrong side of the road in Bradford, West Yorkshire. read


The incredible moment that a man solves a Rubik’s cube in less than FIVE SECONDS to set a new world record (as the previous champion sits next to him and grins through gritted teeth) 

The footage, shot in Sydney, Australia on Sunday, shows Feliks Zemdegs (pictured), 20, solving the famous 1980s Rubiks cube toy in just 4.73 seconds. read


KFC loyalty scheme members may have their passwords sold online after major hack

KFC's Colonel's Club loyalty scheme currently has 1.2 million users in the UK, who were sent an email advising them to change their passwords, although only a 'small number' had been hacked. read


Vladimir Putin makes his Akita dog earn treat after snubbing Japan's offer of a puppy

In an attempt at dog diplomacy, Japan had planned to give the Russian president, who is known for being a canine lover, a male Akita when he visits Japan on December 15 and 16. read


Vogue model Elaine Ford allegedly beaten and held captive by ex Nathan Gray

Elaine Ford, from Stirling, was giving evidence at the trial of former lover Nathan Gray, who is accused of abducting and assaulting her after she broke up with him. read


Gillian Simpson fights to save home after parents did not want to see her as a woman

Gillian Simpson claimed she was subjected to 'hostile treatment' following her decision to live as a woman and says she was banned from going into her parents' Lancashire home in a dress. read


Durham student accused of raping a woman claims 'they were on the verge of intimacy'

Alastair Cooke, 22, of Perranarworthal, Cornwall, is accused of finding the woman asleep on the couch, taking her to bed and asking if she knew his name before allegedly raping her. read


It's RICHARD LITTLEJOHN's Mind How You Go Awards 2016 celebrating police stupidity

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


Mexican clinic plans to use the controversial technique to conceive 20 more three-parent babies in 2017

The New Hope Fertility Center Mexico, based in Mexico City, has said it is working with a number of other couples looking to avoid passing on genetic health conditions to their children. read


Ex-billionaire was recorded on binman's phone yelling 'I will show you f***ing black c***'

Former billionaire Simon Halabi, pictured today outside Southwark Crown Court, began kicking and punching binman Carl Thomas outside Annabel's in Mayfair, a court has heard. read


FEMAIL reveals the wine mistakes we're ALL making and what you should be doing

Experts have revealed that drinking Champagne from a wine glass makes it taste better; that wine glasses should never be held by the bowl; and that red wine should be put in the FRIDGE before serving. read


L'Autre Pied - 'Grinch' thieves steal £700 Christmas tree from top London restaurant

The pair were caught on a CCTV camera on Sunday morning taking the tree from outside Marylebone's L'Autre Pied, which boasts Sir Patrick Stewart and Lisa Faulkner among its former guests. read


Chelsea woman cleared of trying to uncover witness in her son's murder trial

Chelsea boutique owner Diana Lank, 61, pictured, was accused of trying to track down the witness who anonymously gave evidence to help convict her 34-year-old son Rupert Ross of murder. read


TalkTalk hacker, 17, given a youth rehabilitation order and his phone confiscated

A boy, 17, who hacked TalkTalk has been given a 12-month youth rehabilitation order and had his iPhone and computer hard drive confiscated for his role in the hack. read


New Zealand nail artist Jessie Mills creates edible nails out of chocolate

New Zealand nail artist Jessie Mills has created edible nails made out of chocolate - the latest beauty nail craze to sweep the web. But not everyone is a fan, with some saying the nails are 'unhygienic.' read


Hull's Avenue-Lets.com ad showing women's bottoms is branded 'inappropriate'

The display on the front of the Avenue-Lets.com office in Hull, East Yorkshire, shows two women in underwear - each with their hand on the other's bottom. read


First Dates ends in disaster as contestant WETS himself during dinner

There was a disaster on Channel 4's First Dates last night when northerner Lee, from Leigh, revealed that he had accidentally wet himself during dinner with his blind date and beautiful blonde Abigail. read


Lisa Robinson was smashed with a glass bottle during daughter's hen do 

Lisa Robinson, 47, said she 'could have been killed' when Charlotte Kirby, 25, hurled the bottle at her head in Popworld, in Preston, just a fortnight before her daughter Rachel Catildi's big day. read


Tractor driver who downed 13 pints of lager before he ran over boy is jailed

Gary Green, pictured, killed Harry Whitlam, 11, at Swithens Farm near Leeds in 2013, after he reversed a tractor over the youngster having spent the previous night drinking heavily. read


European Parliament's chief Brexit negotiator says there are no EU future plans without Britain

Europhiles have repeatedly accused Britain of not having a plan for leaving, but Guy Verhofstadt said the remaining 27 member states are also ill prepared for the country’s departure. read


Rebecca Dore who caused horror crash said SATNAV told her it was safe avoids jail 

Rebecca Dore, 25, claimed her Toyota Yaris did not accelerate as quickly as she thought it would when she overtook a car and a truck while crossing Tidwell Moor to Chesterfield. read


Six-storey-high wave sets a record, says UN agency

The UN's weather agency on Tuesday announced the highest wave on record - a behemoth that towered 19 metres (62.3 feet) above the North Atlantic. read


Parents draw up legal plans so care home fees don't eat into child's inheritance

The spiraling cost of care has led to rising numbers of middle-aged mothers and fathers taking evasive legal action to ensure they can refuse treatment at the end of their lives, a leading law firm has said. read


Hilarious memes show the toll the last 12 months have taken on us 

It's fair to say 2016 has been a mixed year, with the deaths of several icons and one of the most divisive Presidential campaigns in living memory. This is now being marked on social media. read


Bill Cosby's lawyer argues with the DA during a hearing about his rape accusers

Bill Cosby was back in a Pennsylvania courtroom on Tuesday where a judge was deciding whether or not to allow 13 of the women who have accused the actor of rape to testify against him. read


Ukrainian man ‘killed his aunt and uncle and their son and boiled them in saucepans'

Detectives believe the 29-year-old killed his family members after they found their chopped up remains in cans and saucepans in his Kiev flat where he shot himself in the head as they tried to break in. read


St Paul's School, London teacher faces being banned from the classroom over lewd meaasges

Thomas Laessing, 40, a maths teacher and head of tennis at the prestigious St Paul's School (pictured), south west London, harassed a teenage girl by phone and two others on social media. read


Woman, 23, is accused of being DRUNK by strangers after a deadly mass on her brain left her slurring her words

Zoe Roscoe, 23, from Bolton, was diagnosed with a brain AVM in 2013. She underwent radiosurgery and the mass was removed. But it left with her severe weakness and loss of balance. read


Colombian plane crash survivor says they had NO IDEA they were about to crash 

Only six of the 77 passengers on board survived, and the dead included 19 members of the Chapecoense soccer club from southern Brazil, as well as 20 journalists covering the team. read


Hiker Andrew Wainright 'died when struck down with altitude sickness'

Andrew Wainright, 60, from Reading in Berkshire, planned the once in a lifetime holiday with wife Liz around the risks posed by the altitude in South America. read


Get ready to 'Waymo' a self driving cab: Google creates new firm for its autonomous car technology

The new firm will join Google under the umbrella of parent Alphabet, and is expected to develop a self driving ridesharing service to take on Uber and other auto firms. read


Couple claim son started suffering from 14 seizures a day after having meningitis jab

Luke Maguire and Louise McKever of Ashington Northumberland, claim they have made more than 55 hospital visits since their 10-month-old son Bobby's jab left him racked by convulsions. read


German couple's home where they lured young women in to torture and murder them

Wilfried W, 46, and his former wife, Angelika B, 47, are facing trial for murder in Germany. The couple are accused of torturing five women in their home they lured there with lonely hearts ads. read


Mars Delight fans sign a petition to get the discontinued bars back on the shelf

Mars Delight was a huge hit with chocolate fans during its four-year stint on shelves from 2004. Now, nearly 5,000 have signed a social media petition to bring back the calorific chocolate bar. read


Charity workers who used life savings to buy first home to house asylum seekers

Matthew and Steph Neville, both 35, from Birmingham, have even paid all the bills for the first year and are hoping their new asylum seeker tenants will move in before Christmas. read


Nathan Jack suffers from agonising cluster headaches that he punches himself in head

Nathan Jack, 29, from Newcastle, has suffered from the disorder, which are believed to affect around one in 1,000 people worldwide, since having a brain tumour as a teenager. read


Levenmouth Police in Fife use Twitter account to create mock Christmas calendar

Levenmouth Police in Fife have used their Twitter account to create the mock-calendar and upload images and captions each day in the run-up to Christmas. read


Mexico's wealth gap pictured in startling photos

Mexico is a country of amazing contrasts and nowhere is the division between the wealthy and the impoverished more starkly illustrated than in these images of the capital, Mexico City. read


Jennie Yoo discovers she has tumour the size of a GRAPEFRUIT after visiting dentist

Jennie Yoo, 27, from Bangkok, Thailand, complained of pain in her front two teeth in November 2015 and simply feared that she might need a filling. read


Elvis impersonator Derrel Weaver on trial for 'sex assaults on four-year-old girl'

Derrel Weaver, of Looe, Cornwall, is accused of 12 counts of indecently assaulting a girl and two counts of gross indecency. read


Mercedes tops list of cars that increase a home's kerb appeal

Do you want to know where the most desirable neighbours might be? Then look out for streets lined with Mercedes and Audis, claims a new poll. read


Wiltshire church undergoes £2m revamp after forgotten Flemish masterpiece is discovered

Holy Trinity Church, in Bradford-on-Avon, in Wiltshire, has undergone a £2million revamp thanks to the discovery of a forgotten Flemish masterpiece by Quentin Metsys hanging on the wall. read


Business class Emirates passenger 'stripped to waist before lighting cigarette'

Fellow passengers said it was 'chaos' as five crew members surrounded the business class passenger within moments of the Emirates aircraft touching down in Dubai on Friday. read


Wheelchair-bound man who broke neck regains use of hands through revolutionary device

Brian Gomez, 28, from California, has been in a wheelchair since he broke his neck five years ago. But he became one of the world's first patients to have the experimental device in June this year. read


December Supermoon will be visible tonight and appear almost 14% larger

Tonight's supermoon, can be seen around the world and will appear 14 per cent larger and 30 per cent brighter than normal. It will reach peak fullness at 00:05 GMT (19:05pm ET). read


Python dies after it eats a dog and tries to squeeze its body through a fence

A six-foot-long python was found dead in between an iron fence in south-western Nigeria. The enlarged reptile had tried to squeeze its large body through iron bars but was unable because it ate a big dog. read


Scientists create aerosols that could cool the planet without ozone damage

Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences suggest a new geoengineering method using calcite - a constituent of limestone. read


British father languished in Saudi jail for jostling police officer before allowed home 

Kausar Uddin, pictured, from Edinburgh was forced to sell his takeaway business after he was arrested in Saudi Arabia while on a pilgrimage with his family to the holy city of Mecca. read


Toddler throws temper tantrum because she refuses to believe Elf on Shelf and Santa are real

Lucy Adamsky, three, from New Jersey threw a hilarious tantrum after her mother tried to make her believe The Elf On The Shelf, Bubbles was real. Lucy shouted: 'He's a toy, he's not really.' read


People slammed for taking pictures with a suspected BOMB in Turkey

Police sealed off the scene in the centre of the north-western city of Canakkale and called in the bomb disposal squad, sparking a terrorist alert, but people moved to within yards of it to take pose for pictures. read


Jersey was a refuge for Neanderthals: Our ancient cousins sought shelter in the Channel Island for 140,000 years

Stone tools and mammoth bones unearthed La Cotte de St Brelade in Jersey suggest it may have been repeatedly visited by Neanderthals. Researchers suspect they arrived from France over coastal plains. read


London police search for disabled man who hit a baby in Newham McDonald's

Detectives have released a CCTV image of a witness they wish to trace after a baby was hit on the head in a McDonald's restaurant in the Gallions Reach shopping centre, Newham, east London. read


Alexander Litvinenko friend accused of downloading child porn 'could have been hacked'

Claims the Russian state may have been part of a hack to plant indecent images of children on the computer of dissident Vladimir Bukovsky have been rejected at his trial at Cambridge Crown Court. read


Queen’s University Belfast students stunned by style guidance for graduation ceremony

The guidance, which popped up as the Belfast university's students registered to attend their graduation ceremony, warned against 'short skirts and cleavage on show'. read


Camilla Duchess of Cornwall praises BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour

The Duchess of Cornwall, 69, today described BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour as the 'soundtrack to her life' as she attended an event celebrating the 70th anniversary of the show. read


Brother of Detective Constable Jim Morrison makes plea for killer to be brought to justice

Detective Constable Jim Morrison was murdered outside the Indian High Commission in London in 1991. The off-duty officer had been walking to meet his wife, Victoria, when he spotted a handbag thief. read


Christmas enthusiasts showcase ugly jumpers from around the globe

For these festive enthusiasts when it comes to Christmas jumpers the busier the better as they share photos of their outlandish sweaters. read


British WWII POW who drew plans for 1930s caravan while in captivity sees dream realised

When Jan Fursier, from Powys, Wales, discovered detailed plans her father had made during his time in a WWII Japanese prison camp, she set about bringing the drawings of the 1930s caravan to life. read


Do 4K televisions use more energy than HD versions?

Thousands of Britons who have snapped up a 4K television in the Black Friday sale or as a Christmas treat will be facing higher energy bills for the technology, data claims. read


2 Afghan women try to illegally enter Austria found stuffed inside a pair of suitcases

Romanian border patrol officers stationed in the town of Curtici entered the luggage compartment of the train which was travelling to the Austrian capital having become suspicious of the bags. read


Police drag woman on Delta plane after 'not complying with boarding procedures'

A woman was captured on video being dragged off an airplane at Detroit Metropolitan Airport by the police after she did not comply with boarding procedures. read


Angie Kenney receives Christmas card from mystery woman Eileen every year

Angie Kenney, 45, from Whetstone, has received a Christmas card from a woman called 'Eileen' every year for two decades, and now wants to track down the mystery woman. read


University Challenge viewers shocked after contestant offers sarcastic thumbs up

It's a rare sight; a student on University Challenge who doesn't appear terrified of Paxman. Last night saw Goldman, of Oxford, get short shrift from viewers over his apparent lack of respect for the host. read


Latvian Raimondas Saveikis who killed Tesco worker to be freed in THREE YEARS

Raimondas Saveikis was more than twice the drink-drive limit when he crashed into Mark Smyth's Fiat Panda in Santon Downham, Suffolk. read


Manchester, Glasgow and London airports most likely to experience Christmas delays

Manchester Airport was found to be the worst performing airport when it comes to punctuality but Leeds Bradford Airport is the least likely to experience delays this festive season. read


British backpacker Mary Kate Heys 'kidnapped' in Australia by friend she met at a hostel

EXCLUSIVE: A young British backpacker touring Australia claims she was kidnapped by a friend has revealed how terrified she felt after realising a Swedish man she thought she trusted 'had snapped'. read


Britain's cheapest Airbnb could be yours for £7 a night in Glasgow

The student owner is offering a £3 discount from £10 for guests prepared to get scrubbing. Renters at the Glasgow flat will get use of two bedrooms, two bathrooms and free internet and heating. read


Liverpool soldier dressed as Santa comes home for Christmas to surprise his children

Jenny Allinson filmed her partner Danny walking into the family home in Liverpool dressed as Santa Claus and handing out selection boxes to the five children gathered in the living room. read


NHS chief urges older people to be given 'triple guarantee' of care, pensions and homes

Simon Stevens (pictured) warned about 'blind alleys' in the integration of the health service with social care for the elderly, amid concerns about a funding crisis for local authorities. read


Petition signed to release donkeys from Tabernacle Welsh Baptist Church in Cardiff

More than 1,100 people have signed a petition to remove Kim and Robin from a stall outside the Tabernacle Welsh Baptist Church in The Hayes, Cardiff. read


Playboy's Mia Raquel punched friend in face because she tried to get her out of bed 

A stunning fitness model was punched in the face by her Playboy Playmate pal when she came home from a night out in New York and tried to wake her up, a court has heard. read


Nasa warns Earth is NOT prepared for surprise asteroid strike

Dr Joseph Nuth, a researcher at Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland, says that as it stands, humanity could be destroyed by an asteroid strike. read


Mosul dam being repaired will be 'more devastating than a NUCLEAR BOMB' if it falls

With the battle to liberate the Iraqi city from Islamic State continuing, an Italian company will have about 18 months to fix the dam's foundations and stop more than 11 trillion litres of water from flooding Mosul. read


YouTube's Reuben Fiander sticks fake moustache on girlfriend's face with SUPERGLUE

YouTube prankster Reuben Fiander sneaked up on partner Rebekah Eldridge, 24, while she was asleep on the sofa at their house in Milton Keynes, Bucks, to prank his girlfriend. read


30-stone grouper fish goes on sale in Manchester 

It was caught in the Indian Ocean near the Seychelles on Saturday, where it took seven men to bring it aboard, and is the third largest fish of its kind on record and is now on sale in Manchester. read


Mother's grief after daughter Chloe Cockton killed in smash by boy racer

Chloe Cockton lay bleeding to death in her 18-year-old sister Sophie Cockton's arms, after the smash - and driver Michael Bowker, 18, of Rochdale, was jailed for six-and-a-half years. read


Man, 38, charged over Forest Hill stabbing

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Adrian Brown, 38, of Forest Hill, south east London, has been charged with attempted murder, possession of an offensive weapon and assault. read


Stuntman escapes from a straightjacket while being towed by a 4x4 in Kazakhstan

A stuntman escaped from a straightjacket while being towed by a 4x4 along an icy road. The daredevil is now being investigated by police after the shocking stunt in eastern Kazakhstan. read


Boy started chewing his own TOENAILS during school Christmas play

Bailey Jordan from Caerwent in South Wales was a shepherd in the school's nativity and his parents were looking forward to watching him perform - but he started chomping on his nails. read


Can you justify blowing £1k on one fashion item? Theresa May did on those leather trousers

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


Officer caught chatting on mobile with no hands on the steering wheel in North London

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


CV-Library's Lee Biggins reveals small things that could tempt your boss to sack you

From playing practical jokes to involving yourself in office gossip and politics,  Lee Biggins, founder and managing director of CV-Library, has shared the office mistakes to avoid at all costs. read


Luciano Ponzetto who posed with game animals he shot DIES while hunting in Italy

Luciano Ponzetto, 55, became infamous last year after sharing snaps of his trophy kills. Despite protesting his innocence, people sent him death threats and hate, and he has died in Turin, Italy. read


Twitter users praise woman's 'genius' fridge hack for keeping wine cool

Clare Potts, 28, a blogger from Manchester, shared pictures of her inventive hack, which involves pouring the wine into the water cooling section of her fridge, and Twitter users praised her. read


WWII pilot John "Jock" Moffat who helped win Scottish referendum has died aged 97

Lt Cdr John Jock Moffat (pictured) described flying through 'a lethal storm of shells and bullets' as biplanes from HMS Victorious and Ark Royal carried out an air strike off the coast of France. read


WW2 boat used to pick up agents on Mediterranean missions now being sold on eBay

One of the last remaining World War Two gunboats - that played a crucial role in the D-Day invasion - has gone on the market as a houseboat. read


Kalgoorlie filmmaker in close encounter with great white shark

Ash Gibb, 29, from Western Australia, was swimming just metres off the coast when a great white shark bumped against him, before circling him several times as he filmed. read


Thieves ransack Manchester home and steal mum's presents while she is in labour

Kelly Marie Renton, 28, from Oldham in Greater Manchester, was left distraught after thugs ransacked her home as she and her partner awaited the arrival of their new baby. read


Afghan boy with Lionel Messi carrier bag football shirt gets to meet hero

The Barcelona star carried six-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi in his arms at a specially arranged meeting in Doha, Qatar today. read


YouTube's Simon Whistler reveals why getting kicked in testicles make men feel sick

Science vlogger Simon Whistler, who is based in Prague, Czech Republic, says being kicked in the testicles also increases someone's heart rate and body temperature due to the trauma. read


Ryanair flight sees musicians attempt to cheer up cabin crew by playing folk tunes

The impromptu performance was captured on film by a passenger, as the plane few from Copenhagen to Dublin. read


Jeremy Corbyn's pre-Christmas diary almost EMPTY despite 12 months to turn polls around

Corbyn's busiest day comes on Friday, with a work Christmas Jumper Day penciled in and a trip to Brighton to attend the 'Concert for Corbyn' fundraising event organised by Paul Weller. read


Photos reveal abandoned Portugal mansions that show how the other half lived 

Crumbling mansions and rusting automobiles are showcased in this photo series taken throughout Portugal. The snapshots capture once grand residences and shiny cars that now are dilapidated. read


Three-year-old boy tries to get out of bedtime by saying Santa has died

A thee-year-old boy tried to get out of going to bed by telling his father that Santa Claus had died. Ross Fairweather, of Falkirk, filmed his son Oliver giving him the 'news' about Santa. read


Sick children transported from hospital beds to visit Santa for Christmas

A photographer has used the magic of photoshop to transport seriously ill children from their sterile Melbourne Hospital to a Christmas wonderland. read


Moscow Freediving Federation film mannequin challenge at bottom of 20-foot-deep pool

The video was filmed by Russian professional free diver and teacher Alexey Molchanov, 29, and his students at the Freediving Federation Education Agency in Moscow. read


Japan man Thumb Tani uses coins to create impossible-looking formations

A Japan man creates gravity-defying cash towers by intricately stacking coins. Going by the Twitter username of Thumb Tani, he can stack coins edge-to-edge and even teeter wine glasses on them. read


How to make perfect home-made Christmas cookies every time

Chilling cookie dough before rolling it can make it too hard to work with. But New York baker Dorie Greenspan may have the solution: roll it out before chilling, not after. read


Anthony Joshua and Eric Molina boxing match sees fight break out in CROWD

A huge brawl erupted in a crowd of boxing fans during a World Championship match on Saturday. Before a fight between Anthony Joshua and Eric Molina fans began to throw punches. read


MAC on...  Foreign aid budgets

'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


Illinois community is home to sculptures of everyday objects which tower over the houses 

Casey, Illinois, is home to eight giant inventions that hold the record for largest in their category. Jim Bolin created eight of the world's largest objects, including a rocking chair and mailbox. read


Boy, 12, uses martial arts skills to stop gunman robbing Turkish jewellery store 

The man walked into the store in Istanbul's Bagcilar district carrying a bag and wearing a surgical mask, baseball cap, and sunglasses. When he pulled out a gun, the boy sprang into action. read


Bunny Smith from New York spent $15,000 to look like Bella Hadid

After a rhinoplasty, chin implant, Botox, lip and facial fillers, Bunny Smith from New York has the same facial features as model Bella Hadid. She's spent $15,000 (£11,800) on the procedures. read


Fitness model Katarina Konow squats using her sister as a weight

Swedish fitness model Katarina Konow crouches down in the clip to allow her sister to climb onto her shoulders - before executing a series of steady squat thrusts with apparent ease. read