Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, chief of the defence staff, said foreign militants were being moved from their shrinking stronghold in Iraq and Syria. And he warned copycat terrorists are now 'popping up all over the world' as propaganda spreads through social media.
In his first major speech since taking up the role in July, Sir Stuart said Britain also faced an 'era of competition' with other states - and that Russia was not playing by the rules.
- Jihadis 'hiding in plain sight' among migrants, says Armed Forces chief: Sir Stuart Peach also warns terrorists are 'popping up all over the world' as propaganda spreads on social media
- All out war on sepsis: After Mail campaign, all new mothers will be warned to look for signs, doctors and nurses will be retrained and one million leaflets are sent to A&E;
- Meghan's date with the boy who never grew up: Prince Harry is spotted out with his girlfriend as they book last-minute tickets to see Peter Pan farce in London's West End
- Half of councils have axed meals on wheels since 2010... but £1.2bn of Britain's aid budget could buy 315MILLION dinners for the vulnerable
- The oh-so-trendy diversity rules that mean Bond would never win his Baftas today: Organisation introduces new guidelines that means movies must meet criteria to qualify for top awards
- Clarifications and corrections
- 'They smeared vomit on the walls and left cans of laughing gas everywhere': Hundreds of rampaging teenagers trash a luxury apartment they hired on Booking.com and used for a three-day drink and drugs bender
- Ex-husbands who don't pay up after divorce could face lose their driving licenses or passports
- Want to be in the police? Now you'll need a degree: Major change in recruitment rules set to cost forces millions
- Hospital where you could take the wrong baby home: Watchdog orders maternity ward to improve security after some infants were not given name tags
- Millions robbed by the energy giants: Households could save up to £260 a year just by switching to the cheapest tariff offered by their existing supplier
- Car insurance rockets by almost £100 in one year: Average annual premium is now almost £600
- Families 'left at the mercy of fraudsters' who cost us £15bn a year after number of trading standards officers is cut by 56% since 2009
- Privacy fears as banks track mobile phones: Barclays aims to tackle fraud by introducing system that will check if someone is in the same country as their card
- EXCLUSIVE: Ex-British ambassador who is now a WikiLeaks operative claims Russia did NOT provide Clinton emails - they were handed over to him at a D.C. park by an intermediary for 'disgusted' Democratic insiders
- Moment an extreme couponer is attacked by a furious customer after holding up the grocery checkout line for 20 minutes
- IBM to hire 25,000 more workers in the US in the next four years and invest $1billion in employee development, tech boss vows ahead of Trump meeting
- Growing Pains star Alan Thicke, 69, dies suddenly after suffering a heart attack while playing hockey: Actor's pop singer son Robin leads tributes to the 'The greatest man' he ever met
- 'Take a shot kiddo': Alan Thicke's last words as he was joking with his teenage son who he had snap a photo as was taken away on a stretcher moments before he died
- Female German minister REFUSES to wear a hijab during visit to Saudi Arabia, days after Angela Merkel calls for a burka ban
- Trump teases tech titans: 'Right now everybody in this room has to like me - at least a little bit'. Praises Silicon Valley's biggest bosses as 'amazing' - then takes credit for their stock prices soaring
- Shocking bodycam video shows car theft suspect shooting two cops with a hidden gun after being asked repeatedly to take his hands out his pockets
- 'Oh baby...you're with your boyfriend!' Glamorous Russian model, 27, hints she IS dating 73-year-old new dad Mick Jagger
- 'HBO can shove it where the sun doesn't shine': Father's fury after Game of Thrones threatens to SUE his daughter, 13, girl for using the phrase ‘winter is coming’ in her art project
- 'I really don’t give a s*** about what happens to Huma': Clinton staffers lash out at Hillary's top aide after election loss
- EXCLUSIVE: Amber Heard slams Johnny Depp in court after he REFUSES to make good on their $6.8 million divorce settlement because she wrote an open letter about domestic violence
- Georgia attorney sells his wife's colossal collection of furs, designer shoes and jewels to raise $350k just two months after he 'accidentally' shot her dead in SUV
- Mother of two dies after falling into a vat of molten CHOCOLATE at a Russian sweet factory
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'They smeared vomit on the walls and left cans of laughing gas everywhere': Hundreds of rampaging teenagers trash a luxury apartment they hired on Booking.com and used for a three-day drink and drugs bender
The newly kitted out property, which is rented out for £100 a night, was left with smashed furniture (pictured) and vomit smeared up the walls after police forced the youths to leave. The partying at the flat in Gants Hill, Essex, spilled out onto the streets during the all-night drinking sessions which left neighbours fearing for their safety. The wild party, attended by teenagers as young as 16, kicked off last Wednesday and carried on through the night until they finally dispersed on Saturday. The six-storey building was only completed in June.
Dozens of firefighters battle massive blaze at M3's Fleet service station: 'Major incident' is declared after 'fire started in one of the restaurants'
The blaze broke out at Fleet services near Basingstoke on the M3 motorway and at one point more than 50 firefighters were battling the flames that quickly spread through the building. The fire is believed to have begun at one of the restaurants at the service station but this has yet to be confirmed. Pictures from the scene showed smoke billowing across the motorway as the fire burned and Hampshire Police were forced to close the road.
WESTMINSTER TODAY
- Water joke! Boris Johnson's unused water cannon have cost taxpayer £322,000... including £1,000 for a new CD player
- Have I Got News For You? Maybe not. Tory MP Nicky Morgan pulls out of BBC show amid row over criticism of Theresa May's £995 leather trousers
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Woman, 24, is the first in the world to give birth after having her ovarian tissue frozen before she hit puberty
Moaza Al Matrooshi (pictured with her newborn child), 24, from London, had her ovary tissue removed before she underwent chemotherapy to battle a blood disorder she was born with, which is known to damage the organs. Surgeons defrosted the tissue last year and began to transplant it back into her body, which restored her fertility (inset). And after undergoing successful IVF treatment, her son was delivered at the Portland Hospital yesterday.
EXCLUSIVE: Yachtsman boasted about murdering British couple in 1978 in the Caribbean in front of his young son - and told friend how beating, stabbing and drowning them was 'funny'
Silas Duane Boston, of Sacramento, CA, now 75, told a friend in gruesome detail about killing a young British couple, Peta Frampton and Christopher Farmer, in 1978, court records reveal, He is now charged with the murders of the couple in international waters in the Caribbean. Boston (right) was arrested after a cold case review into his former wife's murder in 1968. It led to his arrest at a convalescent home in Paradise, California. Now DailyMail.com has seen testimony from his friend Bryan Logsdon (inset) and his sons Russell and Vince (left, foreground) who described Farmer and his partner's death. The friend said Boston boasted of the brutality of it just a decade ago - but all three said they were too scared of him and his contacts to tell police at the time.
Fraud gang are convicted of rigging English language tests for 800 bogus overseas students after charging to read out answers and providing substitutes to sit exams
The gang charged 'very large sums of money' to read out the answers to multiple-choice tests or provided substitutes to sit in the language exams on behalf of candidates. The 'industrial scale' fraud was first uncovered by an undercover BBC Panorama sting in 2014 which triggered a police investigation. Three firms involved also provided forged bank statements and academic records for Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi migrants trying to illegally extend their stay in the UK. The companies ran tests devised by one of the world's largest language testing firms, Educational Training Services Global (ETS), Southwark Crown Court heard. Today Harinder Kumar, 31, Shaheen Ahmed, 33, Mohammad Hasan, 37, (left to right) and Talal Chowdhury, 30, (not pictured) were found guilty of plotting to facilitate the commission of breaches of immigration law between 17 October 2012 and 10 February 2014. Six other alleged fraudsters named on the indictment fled the country before they could be charged.
Kate gets her woggle on again! Duchess sports the traditional Cub Scout neckerchief as she celebrates the organisation's centenary - 26 years after she was a proud Brownie
The Duchess of Cambridge, 34, was given a helping hand by a youngster who showed her how to fashion her woggle into a sling, left, as she attended a special Cub Scout Pack meeting with the Kings Lynn District on Wednesday evening, an event held to help the group celebrate 100 years of the organisation. Kate, who drove over from her country home, Anmer Hall, joined the Pack as they took part in games and activities themed around 'looking after yourself and others physically and emotionally' including a parachute game, cake icing, and performing a Cub Scout promise, right. The Duchess has her own experience to call upon, having enrolled a Brownie in the 1st St Andrew's pack in Pangbourne, Berkshire, at just eight years old (inset, in 1990).
E3PO, Spook Chasers or terrifying super lizard Big Fella? The not-entirely genuine toys that won't be at the top of this year's Christmas present list
From 'E3PO' to the 'Moneyply' board game, these are the Christmas presents you might not want to receive. It might also be best to stay clear of a terrifying lizard called 'Big Fella' and a 'Breast Chaser' model kit. These are among the hilarious fake toys taking the internet by storm with dubious packaging and odd names. The collection includes a 'Harry Potter' backpack with the word 'Obama' and a picture of Sonic the Hedgehog. Among the other knock-offs area a 'Little Pluckies Ninja' turtle and a 'Toy World 3' Buzz Lightyear action figure.
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North Korea is accused of robbing children of their childhood as shocking footage shows children as young as FIVE forced to work in chain gangs
The footage appears to show children hammering away on railway lines and hauling bricks and rubble in Chagang in North Korea as they are being 'forced to work for 10 hours a day'. And it has been claimed some of the them are as young as five, raising more questions about human rights abuses in the country. Human rights experts have hit out at Kim Jong-un's regime claiming it is 'robbing children of the chance of a happy childhood'.
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The child soldiers and wives of Ugandan warlord forced to have his children... or kill: Former abductees of Lord's Resistance Army recall a living hell
The LRA is thought to have murdered tens of thousands of people and abducted at least 30,000 children, forcing them to become soldiers or sex slaves while some had their faces mutilated (left bottom and top). Lily Atong (right) was taken as a young girl and made to marry the chief Joseph Kony (centre) with whom she had five children. As well as being repeatedly raped and forced to kill, abductees were allegedly forced to cook and eat human flesh and some had their lips, ears and noses cut off by militants.