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Mothers rule The Apprentice as Lord Sugar gets set to pick a winner between four women and

Of the five entrepreneurs battling it out on Thursday night's BBC One semi-final, the majority are balancing their businesses with their babies. Jessica Cunningham (centre), Grainne McCoy (left) and Frances Bishop (right) will join Alana Spencer and the only remaining male, Courtney Wood, to interview for the £250,000 contract with Sir Alan Sugar this week, ahead of Sunday night's final. Fashionista Jessica is a single mother with three daughters - Poppy, Olive and Hattie - while Grainne, who is the owner of a make-up studio, has an older son Ryan and finally, children's clothing company businesswoman Frances looks after son Oscar with her husband.

Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain says passenger REFUSED to sit next to her on the train

The baker, raised by Bangladeshi parents in Luton, said a man told her he would not sit beside her because she is a Muslim. Hussain, 31, has previously said she has to live with racist abuse as 'part of my life'. Last night, the mother-of-three tweeted: 'A man refused to sit next to me on the train today "I ain't sitting near a Muslim" he said. His ignorance is his own ruin.' Hussain, who won the 2015 series, said in August that she was 'astounded' to be credited with having a positive impact on race relations in the UK because she still suffers anti-Islamic abuse.

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.

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Prince Harry and his actress girlfriend Meghan Markle went on a date to the theatre in London to see the comedy Peter Pan Goes Wrong at the Apollo.

Sweden's Civil Contingencies Agency has sent out a letter to all local authorities telling them they must be better equipped to respond to the threat of war following Russian aggression.

Sir Ivan Rogers warned ministers in October that a trade deal could take 10 years. Theresa May (pictured) is due in Brussels today for the latest EU summit.

£100-a-night luxury apartment was trashed by hundreds of rampaging teenagers after being

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.

The move is also designed to help with recruitment as some prospective employees are put off by the need to understand their home nation's language.

Abi Rose, 39, a married stay-at-home mother from North London, blames her late-night shopping habit -which costs her more than £5,000 a year - on a fear of missing out on good deals.

Yahoo says it believes hackers stole data from more than one billion user accounts in August 2013. in a different breach from the one disclosed in September exposing 500 million accounts.

New recommendations made by the Law Commission said that husbands who hadn't paid up should be banned from driving for a year or have their passports confiscated until they do.

Who has the best love life... mothers or their middle aged daughters? One brave family

Jackie Murrell, 72, says her sex life with husband Tony (pictured together left) is still very active. However, her 40-year-old daughter Kelly says as a working mum her sex life isn't as strong. The blonde lives with her partner Nathan, 47, (pictured together right) and her three children aged 20, 13 and ten. With such a hectic schedule she admits that time for intimacy is limited. She explains: 'When I was married to my ex-husband we had sex once a month, if that. I wasn't interested in sex at all. If I could have gone without it, I would.'

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Quite a few Tory MPs were guffawing at Boris Johnson's expense again yesterday. Labour MP Peter Dowd (Bootle) had come up with a corker for the first question at PMQs.

New changes made by the College of Policing will require candidates to have studied policing, complete a conversion course or apprenticeship. Critics say the move will add a bill of £3 million.

The kingdom's education ministry is thought to be preparing a project called 'Immunity' which is described as 'inoculating' children from ideas that could threaten their 'ideological security'.

It's the latest hipster fad that forecasters predicted would be killed off in 2016. But it looks like beards are here to stay for a bit longer after eight of the world's '10 sexiest men' had facial hair.

As many as one in 20 women suffering partial deafness could blame their painkiller use, a study by researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital found.

Dozens of firefighters battle massive blaze at M3 service station as it's declared a

Flames engulfed Fleet services on the M3, near Basingstoke, Hampshire, after a blaze started in one of the restaurants at around 10.30pm. More than 50 firefighters were called to the scene as smoke billowed across the motorway in what was described as a 'major incident'. The fire was brought under control in the early hours of Thursday but part of the service station and nearby motorway remain closed this morning.

Every new mother will be warned to look for signs of sepsis in their baby in an all-out war on the illness. From today, the NHS will distribute a million leaflets in casualty departments across Britain.

Sepsis is a devastating condition which kills too many babies every year. The problem of sepsis is now every bit as urgent as meningitis, writes JEREMY HUNT as he launches new campaign.

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'.

The alarm was raised by customs officials in Bremerhaven, Germany, as ten firefighters were called in to deal with the Brazilian wandering spider whose bites can cause deadly four-hour erections.

Mel Gibson is nominated for Golden Globe despite career in ruins by racist rants

Audience members said the cast and crew of Gibson's World War II movie, Hacksaw Ridge, were 'overwhelmed' as they soaked up the plaudits earlier this year. And none more so, one can be certain, than its director, Mel Gibson (with girlfriend Rosalind Ross, right). It seemed a return to his glory days as Hollywood's most bankable name as he walked out of the Sala Grande theatre to find screaming fans waiting not for the film's stars, Andrew Garfield and Vince Vaughn, but for him. Gibson is engaged in one of the most delicate comebacks in Tinseltown history. After a decade in the wilderness he looks to have finally shrugged off an ugly past of anti-Semitic and racist outbursts, and incidents of domestic violence that few felt could be excused by Gibson's rampant alcoholism (drinking at a party, left).

Experts at Duke University in North Carolina, suspect that a key reason married people tend to do better following a stroke is simply because they have someone to look after them.

A rare silver £2 coin could fetch up to £350 online due to an imperfection that occurred during the minting process, with normal coins featuring dents around the Queen's head.

Christmas luxury lookalikes: FEMAIL reveal the best buys for splurging or saving this

FEMAIL has rounded up some of the best products for splashing the cash or being a little bit more frugal. Options include a vintage alligator-skin Birkin bag for £69,000 (top right) or a similar bag for just £42.95. Also on offer is a Gucci gold pleated skirt for £915, worn by Alexa Chung, (left) or a jersey pleat skirt for £34. Shoe fans might indulge in a pair of Valentino Rockstud heels for £670 (bottom right) or a pair of Heine stud embellish heels for £129.

Nice young women of past generations didn't talk dirty. It wasn't done. They talked of love and romance and handsome men (even my generation used the word 'swoony'), writes LIBBY PURVES.

Theresa May and the OED appear to have a disagreement on their hands. For while the Prime Minister declared that 'Brexit means Brexit,' the OED has come up with its own definition.

Stoke shopper who put a doctor's note on her car gets a ticket for parking in a disabled

Margaret Gallagher, who requires crutches, slammed the parking warden who issued the fine despite leaving the doctor's note on the windscreen. The company director broke her femur meaning she cannot bend her leg more than 60 degrees, so her car door needs to be opened fully to allow her to get in and out.

Fewer children are smoking or drinking alcohol than at any time in the past two decades, NHS figures reveal. One in six - 17 per cent - of those aged eight to 15 said they had tried alcohol.

Seven months ago, Lucy Alexander's bright 17-year-old son took his own life when he jumped in front of a train near his home in Worcester.

Incredible video shows how just one tablespoon of olive oil can calm half an acre of waves on a lake within minutes

A video by Harvard physicist Dr Greg Kestin shows that just one tablespoon of olive oil poured over water can spread out within minutes, calming the waves around you. The oil spreads out to form a layer just one molecule thick because oil molecules are double sided: one end is attracted to water and so flips towards it, and the other end stands upright because it's repelled by water.

Fears grow for missing 12 and 13-year-old girls who have not been seen since leaving

Erica Madjidian (left), 13, and Isabelle Thacker (right), 12, were both reported missing to police yesterday after failing to return home from lessons in Fulham. The two girls, who are believed to be together, both attend the same school in West London but have links to the South Kensington and Wandsworth areas. Isabelle is a light skinned and 5ft 4in girl with Oriental features and has long, dark brown hair with dyed reddish tips. She was last seen wearing a school uniform of a black blazer, black skirt, white shirt and black tights. Erica is a white female with long, brown hair and was last seen wearing a green bomber jacket and black jeans.

A woman from the southernmost town in New Zealand has claimed Prince is the father of her adult son, and he's getting a DNA sample in an attempt to prove it.

It's a well-known fact that kids have no filter when they speak, just ask these mortified parents. Parents have shared the most embarrassing things their children have ever said in public.

Little Black Dazzlers! From the desk to the dance floor, High Street party dresses to suit

You may have hung up your little black dress a long time ago. Well, it's time to remove it from the sartorial doldrums because it's a must-buy for the festive season - whatever your age. This year's LBD is no longer quite so little. Whether it's sleeves to slim your arms or wide skirts to trim your tummy, these dazzling designs will ensure you don't flash too much flesh.

Liz Hodgkinson says at 71 she's becoming well seasoned in the death of friends and a year ago, for instance, a former boyfriend died.

Dr Katherine, who has spent more than a decade studying how the human body works, is urging Australians to ditch the extreme diets and excessive gym-going in January.

Nutritionist Rob Hobson says you can eat your way to a better mood. He suggests eating raw cacao - the purest form of chocolate - as it's a rich source of magnesium, which can ease PMS.

US supermarket chain, Whole Foods, have predicated that flexitarianism will be one of the hottest food trends for 2017. This means being part-time veggie, or only eating meat at points.

'This may be the last time you hear my voice': Children trapped in the last orphanage

In a harrowing footage obtained by MailOnline from war-torn Aleppo, 10-year-old Yasmin Kanuz says she believes this 'may be the last time you see me or hear my voice'. 'I have been living there for two years with my parents, who were killed by Syrian warplanes,' she says, standing among a crowd of children lit by a weak lightbulb. I appeal to human rights organisations and children's rights organisations all over the world to help us get out of Aleppo right now.' The ceasefire in Aleppo was restored last night, just hours after it collapsed amid claims of backsliding by Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.

Under siege for the president's refusal to take military action to protect Syrians from being slaughtered by their brutal dictator, the White House tarred and feathered Russia on Wednesday.

Aleppo was once a thriving commercial centre with more than two million inhabitants. Now much of it lies in ruins. Hospitals have been bombed; children maimed, mutilated and murdered.

Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry and Green leader Caroline Lucas have both urged the deployment of unmanned drones because of the risk of sending in aircrew.

The lights of the Eiffel Tower in Paris were switched off tonight to show support for the people of the shattered Syrian city of Aleppo and protest the 'unbearable' situation.

Kate Middleton attends a Cub Scout Pack meeting in Norfolk

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).

Moaza Al Matrooshi, 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.

Millions of households could save up to £260 a year on their energy bills simply by switching to the cheapest deal offered by their existing supplier, an official price league reveals.

Eric Schmitt-Matzen, pictured, broke down in tears during an interview with the DailyMail.com on Monday, when he described how a terminally ill little boy had died in his arms after he visited him in hospital.

The tech giant delivered its first package - an Amazon Fire TV box and a bag of popcorn - to a customer in Cambridge after launching its drone from a track and flying it at an altitude of 400ft.

Amir Khan orders wife Faryal Makhdoom and family to end public feud

His model wife Faryal Makhdoom Khan, 25, (pictured left to right, and inset with her husband) used Snapchat to accuse Falak Khan of encouraging her boxer son to end their marriage after just three years. The British boxer's mother has previously slammed his wife for wearing un-Islamic clothes and no headscarf. Mrs Khan, who is in Canada on business, wrote on Snapchat: 'Even if YOUR mother tells you to DIVORCE your wife. You should listen to her "because she is your mother and she comes first" - WOW! So what's a wife? Exactly what I've said - a slave!' Approximately three hours after she said his family were pushing for a divorce, a furious Amir Khan has begged his parents and wife to stop 'bashing one another' in public. He said: 'My parents are my parents and my wife is my wife. Whatever misunderstanding has happened they should keep it private. This is getting to the point where they will lose a son and a husband'.

Natasha Pearson (pictured) is studying politics, law and media at Collyer's College in Horsham, which should be a 45-minute train journey from her hometown of East Grinstead.

The RMT's Mick Cash was blocked from joining a session at conciliation service Acas as the walkouts by drivers entered a second day, bringing all services to a halt.

Under this asinine deal, the Government will pick up the tab for a £38million shortfall in fare revenue caused by the walk-outs, while shelling out up to £15million compensation to passengers.

The giant Unite union said BA cabin crew voted to strike over pay, with walkouts starting as soon as December 21. The move threatens to wreck the holiday plans of thousands of families.

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'.

Yachtsman boasted about murdering British couple in the Caribbean in front of his son

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.

Today, stickers impregnated with active skincare ingredients are an increasingly popular way to ensure that vitamins and minerals are absorbed into the skin.

Chloe Lattanzi and her fiancé James Driskill are building a cannabis farm in Oregon, where recreational marijuana is legal. The business is believed to be in the early stages.

Grand Designs reveals entrants in Royal Institute of British Architects House of the Year

Kevin McCloud (inset) explores houses with big ambitions in small spaces for the final round of entries of the Royal Institute of British Architects House of the Year 2016. (Clockwise L-R) There's a house squeezed into the back garden of the owner's childhood home, a geometrical structure that looks like a piece of art, a magestic walled garden that forms one half of the two-part building and a collection of interconnected tin pods.

Australians are taking a hormone found in the placenta and urine of pregnant women to lose weight. Elizabeth Maher tried it and found she lost weight quickly before piling it back on

Trump and Silicon Valley elite seek to smooth over frictions

Donald Trump gathered Silicon Valley executives together for a roundtable meeting, in an attempt to smooth over frictions after a contentious presidential campaign. The biggest names in attendance were Apple's Tim Cook (third from right) - who publicly supported Trump's Democratic rival Hillary Clinton - and Tesla founder Elon Musk (far right), who would meet Trump separately after the roundtable. Looking around the room Trump called the group gathered 'amazing' and then boasted about the stock market 'bounce' that followed his election, which helped many of the businesses represented in the room. Also in attendance were Amazon's chief Jeff Bezos (far left), Larry Page of Alphabet - Google's parent company (second from left), Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg (third from left), Peter Thiel, co-founder and former CEO of PayPal (fourth from right), and Safra Catz of Oracle (second from right).

Illegal immigrants are being identified on social media with enough details for authorities to find them as their wronged exes plead with the president-elect to deport them.

Dangerous Porsche driver in Liverpool cuts up furious motorists in rush hour traffic

Shocking dashcam footage has caught a dangerous Porsche driver cutting up furious motorists as he raced through rush hour traffic in Liverpool. The clip starts with the female driver who was filming cruising in the right hand lane around a long corner. There is a large gap in front and a car to the left which she was slowly gaining on.

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Christmas supermoon gives spectacular night show (but don't worry if you missed it, it'll

After cloud and fog masked the view for many of us on Tuesday, stargazers across the country were treated to impressive views of the looming 'supermoon' last night (main and inset left, the moon above St Paul's Cathedral, London). It was even spotted from the International Space Station, a stunning sight captured in an astronaut's picture (inset right). And sadly if you weren't lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the supermoon, the next time it comes so close won't be until 2034.

Researchers from University College London explored why humans do not have a baculum, yet both ancestral primates and carnivores did (stock image).

Jayne Fisher, who was head of Sinn Fein's London office, is due to start working in the Labour leader's office in January, according to a Labour source.

An album of 15 unreleased and unheard songs recorded by Michael Hutchence are set to be released next year to mark the twentieth anniversary of his death

Scientists have shed light on the hunting habits of New Zealand's iconic glow-worms, who lure insects into caverns before trapping them with sticky traps built from their own urine.

Australians are taking a hormone found in the placenta and urine of pregnant women to lose weight. Elizabeth Maher tried it and found she lost weight quickly before piling it back on

Touching moment twins conjoined at the sternum see each other as they are reunited for the first time after risky separation surgery 

They spent two-and-a-half years glued to one another, conjoined at the sternum.  But over time, life was becoming an insurmountable struggle for Eva and Erika Sandoval.  The girls, from Antelope, California - who shared a digestive system, a uterus, a liver, a bladder, a pelvis, and a third leg with a seven-toed foot - suffered countless infections, and Erika was becoming dangerously weak. Last Tuesday, in one of the riskiest separation operations ever performed, the twin girls were successfully separated. And on Monday afternoon, six days after their 18-hour operation, the pair were reunited for the first time. A touching video released by Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford on Wednesday shows the girls' parents carefully carrying one over to the other, while nurses lift the numerous wires and cords with them. Finally lying on a bed together, they silently stare at each other. It was a staggering moment of triumph for the entire family after years of fears over the risks surrounding their procedure.

Oxford University scientist Charles Michel says he's perfected cheese and crackers. He says the trick is to have six layers and cater for all five tastes, including umami.

The London-based luxury department store and tea rooms has been accused of denying workers a share of tips and service charges unless they agree to a pay cut below £7.20 per hour.

Page does not say what he and Charles spoke about but on the same day he posted online about the damaging effect of 'overpopulation' on Britain, writes SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE.

Zimbabwe's ruling party says the country's 92-year-old president, Robert Mugabe, is certain to be endorsed as the party's presidential candidate for elections in 2018.

Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said women should have the same right to choose their clothing as men. But she was heavily criticised in Saudi Arabia for not wearing traditional clothing.

Scientists have grown a super-wheat which produces a harvest a fifth larger, without being genetically modified. They produced the monster wheat using a simple crop spray.

Row erupts on This Morning sofas as Melinda Messenger is accused of scare-mongering over her decision NOT to give her teenage daughter the HPV vaccine

Dr Chris Steele (top and bottom right) slammed Melinda Messenger (main) on This Morning on Wednesday as she revealed why she won't be giving her daughter Evie (left), 13, the HPV vaccine.  TV presenter and former glamour model Melinda said she is concerned about the link between the vaccine and chronic illness. But furious Dr Chris said: 'What upsets me, Melinda, is that you've done this in the public domain. You could have done this privately. This will affect people.' Other viewers were concerned about her decision and tweeted their frustration.

The extraordinary assertion was made by an expert from the European Council on Foreign Relations, who said the foreign powers could collude to destabilise Germany ahead of next year's election.

Meals on wheels for vulnerable pensioners have been axed by 45 per cent of councils since 2010, figures show. Others have increased their fees by an average of 20 per cent.

The adult dating service was found to have had lax security services and misleading clients who believed their data would be protected even after they stopped using the site to conduct affairs.

The 20-year-old rapist - named only as Amir A. in court - attacked the child at a swimming pool in Vienna. His victim was left with horrendous injuries and is still suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.

Monaco's royal twins join Princess Charlene and Prince Albert to give Christmas gifts

Royal twins Jacques and Gabriella, two, have joined their parents Prince Albert, 58, and Princess Charlene, 38, (left) to give out Christmas gifts to children at Monaco's royal palace for the first time. Charlene looked appropriately festive in a cheery red coat and silver shoes, while her husband added a touch of Christmas cheer with a Santa Claus tie. Prince Jacque (right) was wrapped up warm in a navy anorak as he made his way to the annual event with his parents.

There are gifts to suit everyone, from globetrotters to beauty lovers and fashionistas. Some of the items have had their price tags slashed by more than half.

Ben Emmerson, a senior QC, was suspended from his job on the inquiry at the time time the claims were made and he subsequently quit his post as senior counsel.

Bryony Freestone, 19, from Northampton, was found washed up on a Koh Chang beach at 9am on August 14 while away in south-east Asia with friends.

The 72-year-old victim was reportedly shot when four men tried to steal his Jaguar outside the Hare and Hounds in Bradford, West Yorkshire yesterday.

BBC deputy director of radio and royal liaison officer Graham Ellis arranged for it to be launched (as part of Woman's Hour's 70th anniversary celebration) by Camilla.

This hilarious two-year-old boy thinks he's a bit of metalhead. The youngster named Logie was filmed headbanging and singing along to heavy metal music on the way to nursery in Edinburgh.

Three professional dancers have become an internet sensation with their impression of the robotic band that plays at the Chuck E. Cheese children's play centres in the US.

Kate Lawson, 21, a Northumbria University nursing student, is addicted to swimming off the Northumberland coast near her home in Alnwick.

Irish backpacker friends find themselves on the front line in IRAQ after a boozy night out

Craig Reynolds, 24, and William Meara, 26, from Dublin, Ireland, had been in the Middle East for several weeks before they made friends with a Kurdish fighters battling ISIS. The two friends say a Canadian freedom fighter they met then introduced them to a friend during a late night drinking session. The following day, they ended up on the front line at the Daquq Peshmerga military base in northern Iraq. Mr Meara said: 'It was absolutely terrifying to be honest. It was probably one of the scariest things I've ever done.' Pictured Mr Reynolds (main, holding the gun) and Mr Meara (main, to Mr Reynolds' right) meet Kurdish fighters on the front line.

Jayne Fisher, who was head of Sinn Fein's London office, is due to start working in the Labour leader's office in January, according to a Labour source.

News of the latest pay hike for MPs will cause fury among public sector workers who have been subject to tough austerity restrictions since 2010.

The Prime Minister has warned that Europe is dealing with global mass migration issue with no other way of controlling it. She will address the European Council summit in Brussels on the issue.

Just when you thought the Labour party couldn't become less harmonious, their MPs release a Christmas single so out of tune that some are dubbing it the worst festive song of all time.

At least 20 high profile people are at the centre of Scotland Yard investigations, Britain's top police officer said yesterday. They were described as 'very significant figures.'

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Marie Hind, 34, of Gosport, near Portsmouth, Hampshire, struggled to walk after waking up with the bite, which turned black and grew larger within days.

Lorraine Burnett, 37, from Dunfermline, danced all night in heels, which doctors believe led to a devastating heel infection. Two years later, she was advised she would need a lower leg amputation

People up and down the UK have proven you don't have to have a fir tree to celebrate Christmas with many building them out of unusual objects including egg boxes, wine bottles and rubber gloves.

Photos of underground city in Turkey reveal hidden rooms that could house 20,000 people

Photos of the ancient city of Derinkuyu (pictured) reveal how 20,000 people - including livestock and entire food supplies - could have lived 18 storeys beneath the earth. Thought to have been created during the Byzantine era in 780-1180AD, the network of kitchens, stables, churches, tombs, wells, communal rooms and schools was most likely used as a massive bunker to protect inhabitants from wars or natural disasters.

New changes made by the College of Policing will require candidates to have studied policing, complete a conversion course or apprenticeship. Critics say the move will add a bill of £3 million.

Car insurance has soared by an average of £100 this year, new figures revealed yesterday. Motoring cover is now 12 per cent higher than it was just four months ago, says a consumer website.

Researchers from Maastricht University, the Netherlands, found people with albuminuria in their urine were significantly more likely to develop cognitive impairment than people who did not have it in their urine.

Banks say that the move is to tackle fraud, but that customers can opt out the program. Critics say that tracking customers through their mobile phone data raises privacy concerns.

German scientists said the breakthrough could lead to victims being diagnosed before they reach an advanced stage - when treatments and lifestyle changes are less likely to be effective.

A survey of 11,000 married women has revealed the majority who cheated would do so with a younger man. The survey revealed the reasons they would cheat, including better sex and as an ego boost.

Almost one in seven airplane pilots are suffering from depression, research has revealed. Pilots reporting symptoms like suicidal thoughts, trouble concentrating and feelings of failure.

The unmarked HGV gives officers a better vantage point to see people using their mobile phones at the wheel, but the truck has captured far more unusual crimes since going into operation in Devon.

People up and down the UK have proven you don't have to have a fir tree to celebrate Christmas with many building them out of unusual objects including egg boxes, wine bottles and rubber gloves.

Shocking bodycam video shows 'car thief' shooting two US cops with a hidden gun after being asked repeatedly to take his hands out his pockets 

Khari Gordon, 22, was arrested on Monday night after shooting Captain Michael Schulman (top right) and Jeffrey Martin (bottom right) in the parking lot of Zaxby's restaurant in Lavonia, Georgia. The pair pulled him over after receiving reports the car he was driving had been stolen. Captain Schulman, 50, was heard on the video asking the suspect repeatedly to remove his hands from his pockets. Gordon shot him in the armpit, puncturing one of his lungs, before turning to shoot Martin.

Rome's annual Christmas tree has been dubbed the 'saddest in the world with drooping limbs, lackluster lights - and not even a star on top.'The barren tree stands in the centre of the city at Piazza Venezia.

Svetlana Roslina, 24, dropped her mobile phone into the vat of sweet mix and reached in to retrieve it, but fell, and couldn't get out, according to reports.

Noel Hopkins, three, from Scotland shot to fame when his mother Laura shared a clip of him blaming a superhero on scrawling lipstick all over a mirror. He was treated to a surprise on This Morning.

Nishanthan Gnanathas, 31, of Sutton, South London, who was the best man, hit his head on a wire balustrade when he was pushed from a yacht by Andre van Eck into the River Tagus in Lison.

Dietitian Helen Bond reveals her top 20 tips to stop IBS-related symptoms during the party season - including avoiding the mini quiches and mince pies at the office Christmas party.

A daredevil biker is being hunted by police after a video was posted online showing him pulling stunts on a school roof. The rider tried to do a trick from one level of the roof of Mascalls Academy in Kent.

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.

'We were bored so we burned a G Wagen': London rich kids boast about setting fire to an £87,000 luxury Mercedes vehicle and flushing an £8,000 Rolex watch down the toilet

Two Rich Kids of Instagram from London have sparked controversy after setting fire to a Mercedes G Wagen in a clip that's been viewed almost 18,000 times. The unidentified pair are seen igniting the luxury vehicle, which has a starting price of £87,000 and standing back to casually watch it burn. Explaining their actions, one said they had done it for the 'laugh' because they were bored.

The Wellcome Trust, the world's second biggest charitable foundation revealed one of its team earned the significant amount. This is believed to be Danny Truell, chief investment officer.

When an explosion at 36-year-old Maria Ines Candido da Silva's workplace in Russas, north east Brazil caused her severe burns, doctors dressed her wounds with the skin of a Tilapia fish.

The Southend United striker is accused of being part of a telephone banking scam in February last year in which a vulnerable person was targeted.

Researchers from University of California, Davis and the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, or NERR say that climate change could lead to similar incidents.

From Russia with lovely photographs: The dazzling snow storm images of Moscow that show

Depicting Moscow like something straight out of a fairytale, Russian photographer Kristina Makeeva has taken a series of spell-binding, snow-streaked winter images across the city. Boasting an Instagram following of 178,000 fans, Ms Makeeva said she has taken the images to reveal how magical the city can be at this time of year, despite the biting temperatures.

Pamela Gower (pictured), from Hebburn in South Tyneside, died in September after falling 15,000ft to the ground. She had twice decided not to jump alone before the fatal fall.

 

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