PM lays wreath at Arlington as she readies for Trump talks

Theresa May and Donald Trump came face to face for the first time today as she arrived at the White House for historic talks. The Prime Minister became the first world leader to visit the US president, sealing their fledgling alliance with a warm handshake. Mrs May and the President are set to cover an array of topics over lunch, including crucially trying to hammer out the basis of a wide-ranging post-Brexit trade deal. They will also face the media at a press conference.

Horrifying moment football hooligan shoved Polish stranger onto tube tracks in revenge for Russian Ultras attacking England fans in outrage which has seen him jailed for 10 years 

Former financial analyst Christopher Cole, 32, wrongly believed Polish builder David Pietraszek was Russian when he attacked him at Bond Street Station on 9 June. Mr Pietraszek, 21, had earlier stepped in and put Cole in a headlock when the drunken yob was being abusive to other passengers on the Central Line. Shocking CCTV captures Cole, who has 18 previous convictions for violence, follow Mr Pietraszek before shoving him off a Jubilee Line platform in front of horrified onlookers. The victim said he could feel electricity coursing through his body and hear the train thundering towards him.

Amir Khan's wife Faryal has delivered her husband an ultimatum of choosing between her or his family as the bitter feud with her in-laws continues. She also fears more explicit tapes of him may emerge.

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Money expert Alan Andrews of Kis Finance has revealed the very simple rules that rich people swear by for making - and maintaining - their wealth.

Don't do what a lot of people do in this terrifying situation, which is run to the toilet, says Emma Hammet, an experienced nurse at Hammersmith and Charing Cross Hospitals.

Almost half of refugees in Austria think religious law is more important than that of the country in which they live, according to a study published today.

A spy's eye view of Russia: Never-seen-before pictures

American historian Douglas Smith has lifted the lid on the extraordinary stash of US Army Major Martin Manhoff who was expelled from the USSR for leaving sensitive documents on a train. The US diplomat has travelled around the country taking thousands of photographs during the Stalin era more than 60 years ago. They remained untouched in a closet in Washington state until Mr Smith asked if he could explore the home after the accused spy's wife passed away. The pictures show a huge flood (bottom left) in a city centre (top left), a child walking through a run-down street (right) and snaps of the Russian authorities (inset).

The country has been gripped by a cold snap that has seen daytime temperatures struggle to get above freezing in many areas over the past few days, and the South East fell to -6C last night.

Shadow Wales secretary Jo Stevens follows Tulip Siddiq in quitting Jeremy Corbyn's frontbench after he confirmed he will impose a three-line whip on MPs to vote in favour of triggering Article 50.

Boss whose truck caused Bath lorry crash is jailed

Little Mitzi Steady (right) was one of four people killed when the 32-tonne Scania lorry careered down a hill in Bath, Somerset last February. Matthew Gordon (inset), head of the firm which owned the poorly maintained lorry, and his mechanic Peter Wood (inset, bottom left) are expected to be jailed today after they were convicted of manslaughter. Mitzi's mother Emmajade told the court she struggles to sleep and has had to give up work due to the grief of losing her young daughter.

Geoffrey Bacon died from his injuries after the attack, which took place outside his home in Camberwell, London, in 2010. A coroner has ruled that he died as a result of unlawful killing.

Helen Bailey jury is shown how police found her body

The painstaking, two-day excavation process to recover Ms Bailey's remains was outlined to jurors at St Albans Crown Court. Her fiance Ian Stewart, 56, is accused of drugging his partner with sedatives and probably smothering her in a financially driven plot last year. In July 2016, three months after she vanished, the body of the 51-year-old was found in a cesspit deep below the couple's £1.5 million home with her dog, Boris.

Ant & Dec collect their OBEs at Buckingham Palace

Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly capped a monumental week as they collected their OBEs at Buckingham Palace on Friday morning. The pair were joined by respective wives Lisa Armstrong and Ali Astall while posing for photos shortly before receiving the honour. Both looked suitably elegant as they joined their husbands, who sported matching grey waistcoats, pin-stripe trousers and tailcoats.

Lisa Darcy, 35, whose partner is Warwickshire and England cricketer Tim Ambrose, lashed out in a drunken rage after being asked to leave a wedding reception.

The star applied to adopt four-year-old twin sisters Stella and Esther at Lilongwe High Court in Malawi on Wednesday. She was pictured with security climbing into a white car after the hearing.

NEW University of Hawaii researchers published the tale of a 56-year-old obese man who would often faint following a burst of laughter in the Journal of Medical Case Reports in 2008.

Google is using historical parking data to warn users about the parking situation at their destination. Users just plug their destination into the parking difficulty icon to see a score of 'limited', 'medium' or 'easy'.

In 2015, nearly 100,000 across the world underwent a labiaplasty, which involves trimming back the inner 'lips', figures from the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery showed.

This McDonald's maths puzzle is baffling Facebook

The tricky puzzle was posted on Facebook by Butuan, Philippines-based Keril. So far over 1,500 people have attempted to solve the puzzle, with varying results. The key to solving the puzzle lies in remembering the fundamental rules in maths about the order to do multiplication and addition in.

The recipe for a Flu Fighting Tonic recipe contains six superfood ingredients, including trendy turmeric. Most of the ingredients contain antioxidants and boast impressive health benefits.

A 24-year-old man had part of his ear torn off by a fox when he was attacked by the animal after falling asleep on a park bench in Storrington, West Sussex. The fox ran amok for two days in the village.

They've been married for five years but former EastEnders star Cheryl Fergison reveals she didn't reveal her identity to Yassine Al-Jermini for five months. 

Joanne Lang was travelling to see family in Colchester, Essex, with husband Brian and son Evan, aged three, who has cerebral palsy. Staff at the station refused her access to the stairlift.

Shocking moment man almost drove his Mitsubishi 4x4 off the Humber Bridge at 100mph in horror crash

Jonathan Dent, 32, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire, swerved as he sped along the bridge towards Hull (left) before his car flew over the barriers and landed on the footpath (right). The vehicle only just avoided falling into the water below - and Dent, who suffered injuries including a broken arm, was cut from the mangled wreckage (centre). The accident left the bridge with £11,000 worth of damage and put members of the public 'at severe risk', Grimsby Crown Court heard. Dent has now admitted dangerous driving and was given a suspended sentence of three months in jail as well as being disqualified from driving for three years.

The London Underground workers will stage two more strikes in a row over jobs and Tube ticket office closures, while British Airways cabin crew staff will walk out for six days next month.

The woman, 20, ran off down the street with her boyfriend's penis and, incredibly, the 23-year-old victim tried to cover for his lover by telling his parents in India that he had chopped it off himself.

Harris is accused of groping a 16-year-old girl at the filming of ITV's Star Games in Cambridge. Rula Lenska said she didn't see Harris do anything suspicious.

Women over the age of 50 with ductal carcinoma in situ - a precursor of breast cancer - were 10 per cent more likely to be alive ten years after their diagnosis than health women, Dutch researchers found.

The man was filmed speaking to his employer at the departures lounge at Heathrow Airport in London, but he became increasingly agitated as the conversation went on and shouted: 'I quit.'

Theresa May shows Trump exactly how important women are

The President, who has been heavily criticised for his controversial views and comments about women, will not only come face-to-face with Britain's second female Prime Minister, pictured inset, - who he already refers to as 'my Maggie' - but he will also see that three of her most trusted aides are female. Pictured from left to right as they arrived in Washington today are: Fiona Hill, Theresa May's long-trusted joint-chief-of-staff, Lizzie Loudon, the PM's political press secretary and Katie Perrior, Mrs May's chief spin doctor. When Mrs May met Barack Obama in the US in October, the President praised the PM's 'great gender balance'. Mrs May refused to say if she will use today's meeting to raise concerns about his controversial remarks about women but said the fact she was a female PM was the the strongest message she could make about the role of women in the world.

Arriving in Philadelphia tonight, Theresa May condemned the use of torture after President Donald Trump said that waterboarding 'absolutely works'. The pair will meet in Washington tomorrow.

The weapons were found among dozens of rockets hidden in a storage unit in Mosul with Iraqi troops claiming the haul presented a 'huge chemical threat'.

NEW Britain is in danger of becoming subservient to an unpredictable United States under new President Donald Trump, according to one of the leading French presidential candidates.

NEW In an op-ed for the Washington Post on Thursday, Newt Gingrich said Donald Trump's inauguration speech had that 'directness and confrontational tone' of a Margaret Thatcher speech.

Black Widow turns down chance to appear at crime event

Linda Calvey, who was released in 2008 after 22 years behind bars, is known as 'The Black Widow' after it was claimed any man who fell for her charms ended up either dead or in prison. The twice-widowed murderess feels that by attending the unveiling of her portrait in a bizarre tribute to London's underworld on Sunday that she could be accused of glorifying crime. Calvey (left, with her third husband George, who has since died), of Basildon, Essex, who still has to report to probation officers despite her release almost a decade ago, counted notorious killers Rose West and Myra Hindley as her friends. Her painting which is displayed alongside portraits of the Kray Twins, Charles Bronson, 'Mad' Frankie Fraser and George 'The Governor' Foreman, was captured on canvas from a photograph she commissioned as a 22-year-old newlywed (right).

The German Federal Statistics office confirmed that as a preliminary estimate for 2016, the population grew by 600,000 alone last year due to the number of migrants arriving.

The DH8 turboprop aircraft (file picture), which holds up to 78 passengers, was on its final approach into Birmingham Airport when the pilot spotted the drone in September last year.

Turkey's Foreign Minister today threatened to tear up the migrant deal agreed with the European Union in March last year after Greece's Supreme Court refused to extradite eight Turkish soldiers.

Ektachrome was phased out in 2012 but among professional filmmakers there has been a 'resurgence' in sales, New York-based Kodak revealed.

The singer and the actress headed to court to try to gain custody on Thursday with both claiming the other was being investigated by the Department of Children and Family Services.

Ihtisham Shabir, 24, said he was rushing in his Audi to a restaurant to eat after Ramadan fast has been jailed. Judge Jonathan Rose described the damage to the two cars involved as 'horrendous'.

'Anti-fascist' squatters take over £15m London mansion

The squatters (top left and bottom right) set up camp three days go in the Eaton Square property (exterior, pictured bottom left) in Belgravia, central London, belonging to Russian oligarch Andrey Goncharenko (centre). Above the front door is a small banner which reads 'USA Anti-Government in Exile' and a black anti-fascist flag. The Eaton Square property, one of Britain's most expensive streets, was bought by Goncharenko in 2014 but is believed to have been empty since.

The study of flags is known as vexillology, which is taken from the Latin word vexillum meaning flag or banner. National flags are often used as symbols of patriotism - and this is true for UK county flags, too.

Writing on Mumsnet, the woman, in her 30s, explained she had been in a long distance relationship with her partner for a year and is 'desperate' for a baby but that he is 'not ready at all'.

Experts at California-based Intel Security provided the tips on the back of a UK survey which found that almost half of parents have no idea what their children are looking at online (stock image).

Often people have a habit of checking the time when their sleep is disrupted - but this is a mistake, says Dr Michael Breus, a member of the American Board of Sleep Medicine.

Newlyweds honeymooned at the National Television Awards

A pair of newlyweds had their honeymoon at the National Television Awards and were given front row seats next to Ant and Dec. Steve and Claire Parker-Billinge from Cornwall rubbed shoulders with the stars at the glitzy bash after he wrote to organisers asking for tickets as part of a honeymoon surprise. But they were still stunned to find themselves moved to a seat between Gary Lineker and the Geordie pair who picked up the Best Entertainer award. Left: Claire with Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby. Top right: Steve with Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer. Bottom right: Claire with Declan Donnelly.

The picture, in which Victoria Graham is seen sitting in the BBC Radio Devon studio in a pose that looks like she has no clothes on, sent the internet into a frenzy of excitement.

Three men have admitted causing death by careless driving after three friends were killed in a horror smash on the north circular in London in December 2013, after a high speed chase game.

A mentally ill woman in China was locked in a cage by her family for 10 years. An 18-year-old student came across the woman in her enclosure while he was out hiking.

Drunk Japanese businessmen caught legless on metro

Pictures show Japanese workers slumped over on seats, sprawled out on their backs and sitting on train platforms next to their briefcases having had one too many after a hard-day's work. The images highlight the notorious post-work drinking culture in the country where some staff are given allowances to ensure they join in with work-based boozing sessions.

The last surviving photographs of the veterans who formed part of Napoleon Bonaparteís famous Grande Armée and fought in the Napoleonic wars have been revealed.

Just look at it. Gobsmacked? Wait until you see the £834k price tag. This is the latest reborn E-Type from British manufacturer Eagle, called the Spyder GT. And it is nothing short of glorious.

Ashley De Luca, 29, from Faversham, Kent, previously bragged about his criminal lifestyle on Facebook, saying he was a 'master criminal'. He has been jailed for sixth months for theft.

Patients will be denied hip or knee replacements unless their pain is so severe they cannot sleep through the night. Health trusts have introduced the new rules to save millions each year.

The outbreak, which causes vomiting, high temperatures and diarrhoea, has affected around a fifth of youngsters at Dene Magna secondary school in Gloucestershire.

A teenager named locally as 19-year-old Raheem Wilks - the brother of Leeds United striker Mallik Wilks - was shot in the barber's in Leeds, west Yorkshire Sheffield.

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Breathtakingly intimate photographs capture childbirth

These are the winners of the International Association of Professional Birth Photographers' annual competition. The photos from the United States, Canada and Mexico capture everything - from water births to labor in the car; from crowning to holding the baby. Some show the spectators - an eyes-wide child peering as a man helps a woman deliver, or a midwife nonchalantly continuing as fluid sprays over him. One captures the moment a father, recently diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, holds his son in his arms for the very first time and speaks to him about the future.

Lisa Ritter, 42, from Thornton Heath, south London, said she was filling the supermarket's own brand flask when it shattered and sent boiling hot water over her hands and arms.

Retirement incomes remain below the peak of £18,700 at the start of 2008, before the financial crisis fully hit home and low interest rates slashed annuity and savings income.

The ancient clay pots, vases and other artefacts uncovered are believed to have come from the Niveveh Ruins as well as Nimrud, which has been reduced to ruins by the terror group in Mosul.

'I'm an angel!': Naked woman brings rush hour traffic in Houston to a halt as she walks through lanes to retrieve her bra and 'shout at other drivers'

A naked woman stopped rush hour traffic in Houston by standing in the middle of a busy road and declaring she was an angel to other drivers, before retrieving her bra on Thursday. The incident was filmed by a passerby on the West Loop northbound at Westheimer. The unknown woman left her red Chevy unattended, walked through the car-filled street naked and chatted with shocked drivers. She allegedly said: 'I'm an angel! I'm an angel, where are the rest of them?' before retrieving her bra from the ground and driving away.

A mural of a gutted body hanging upside down with blood seeping out, is painted on an apartment building in Brussels on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. Depicting details from Caravaggio and Dutch Master paintings, an anonymous street artist is the talk of the town and again asks that age-old question about art: how far can it go before it outrages just too much. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Two gory murals that appeared last weekend have made their anonymous artist the talk of Brussels, leaving locals to ask: How far can art go before it causes outrage?

Cheryl and Johnny Dearie from Baillieston, Glasgow, were blown away by the scan after they saw their unborn baby - at 16 weeks - 'wave' to them after they watched the amazingly clear 4D scan.

Judy Garland, who died in 1969, was removed from a mausoleum in Hartsdale, New York, on January 19 and flown out of JFK in a cargo hold of an American Airlines flight on Tuesday to Los Angeles.

He was famed for warning the Labour government against devolving power to Scotland, saying it would become a 'motorway to Scottish independence with no exit routes'.

Gruesome moment basketball player's EYE pops out during a game leaving him writhing in agony and his teammates recoiling in horror 

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. A basketball player has suffered a horrific eye injury in the middle of a game, leaving his teammates recoiling in horror. New Zealand Breakers forward Akil Mitchell was left writhing in agony after his left eyeball was poked out of its socket as he challenged Cairns Taipans centre Nnanna Egwu for a rebound. Extremely graphic footage shows Mitchell falling to the ground with his eye protruding from its socket, as teammates and opponents rush to help him. The awful injury is too much for some to bare, with players, referees and courtside fans visibly upset by the sight.

Melissa Ede, 56, from Hull said her gnashers have been 'ruined' by hormones and violence over the years and hopes to get her two front teeth taken out and replaced.

Burke's pages traditionally include the British gentry and historical families of Ireland and the Commonwealth but owner Sam Malin, 53, has a new scheme to bring the book into the '21st century'.

Ektachrome was phased out in 2012 but among professional filmmakers there has been a 'resurgence' in sales, New York-based Kodak revealed.

Experts have warned that parts of the UK could become 'cash machine deserts' if a row over the funding of the ATM network goes unresolved.

The new product requires an owner to take out a monthly subscription of £10 to £30 that covers the car when it's parked up. Each time they want to drive the car they then have to pay an hourly rate.

Conman bags £330 'refund' for TV he just picked off shelf

Police have released CCTV of the man wandering into the budget chain's Lincoln store on January 2. The fraudster walked up to the cashier with the boxed TV he had not bought and asked for a refund. When he was asked for a receipt, he boldly walked up to the manager. He shook hands with the store boss and then strutted back up to the till. After seeing the interaction the cashier assumed the refund was fine to issue without a proof of purchase.

Adam Withers displayed 'paranoid tendencies' after smoking cannabis and dropping out of university, and was sectioned under the Mental Health Act at Epsom General Hospital in Surrey.

WARNING - DISTURBING CONTENT: A coastguard rescue officer described the find on Gyllgvase beach, at Falmouth, as 'distressing'. It follows the previous discovery of 10 in as many days this month.

Jannet Sylva, 12, from The Gambia had had a tumor growing inside her mouth for the last three years. It had grown to the size of a grapefruit, but doctors successfully removed it and she is now recovering.

In this undated photo made available by NASA, from left, veteran astronaut Virgil Grissom, first American spacewalker Ed White and rookie Roger Chaffee, stand for a photograph in Cape Kennedy, Fla. During a launch pad test on Jan. 27, 1967, a flash fire erupted inside their capsule killing the three Apollo crew members. (NASA via AP)

On Friday's anniversary, the hatch that trapped Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee inside their capsule at the launch pad finally went on display at Florida's Kennedy Space Center.

Japan Airlines has launched a charter service that allows dogs in the main cabin on a flight from Narita airport near Tokyo to Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, for ¥150,000 (£1,037) a ticket.

Chuanfang Zheng, 31, lost control just 30 minutes after looking after little Phoebe Guo while her parents worked at the family's Chinese takeaway in Lutterworth, Leicestershire.

PC Adam Hollings, 29, stepped on the self-balancing scooter - and two seconds later he ended up on the ground while on patrol in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.

The creature darted out of the bush and started running alongside the participants taking part in the Cape Pioneer Trek in South Africa who were shocked to see the giraffe joining them.

Bizarre moment customer walks into empty Pizza Hut and busts two employees 'having sex' - leading to a police investigation

Ace Brown, a music producer, filmed himself entering the restaurant in Imperial Park, Bristol. He walks into a back room and finds two members of staff and says: 'Are you two beating in there?'. The female staff member replies: 'No we were not. We were doing the money.'

A Welsh corgi is so lazy it did not move when its owner pushed him around her home in the Philippines. The dog, called Logan, would not even play with a toy when it was in its mouth.

From the French-designed 'sinking' yacht, to the spider-like water vessel built by an Italian engineer to cure his seasickness, MailOnline Travel reveals the strangest water vessels.

John Rudd was jailed in March 2015 after admitting to attempting to meet a child after grooming. He was jailed again just a month after leaving his probation hostel after pursuing teenage girls.

Archaeologists have discovered more than 25 skeletons in the centre of the Cambridge University campus, and expect to discover dozens or more in the coming weeks.

William Ballard, 36, and Delaney Crissinger, 32, drove their SUV into a Texaco gas station on Fruitville Road in Sarasota, Florida, before dawn on Thursday morning.

David Pitbladdo, 42, from St Madoes, Perthshire, attached the collar to his neck and zapped himself in an expletive-laden video. He gradually upped the voltage until he could hardly speak.

Cui Yubo's wife died last year after a long-term illness, during which he borrowed money from relatives to cover his bills. He's now working as a street sweeper in hopes of paying them back.

Shocking footage shows Chinese motorists risking their lives on a highway to pick up loose banknotes. a man had left his wallet on the roof of a car on January 24 by accident.

Queen Elizabeth smiles as topless men greet her in Norwich

The Queen flashed a smile as she was greeted by topless men at the Fiji Exhibition at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in Norwich this morning. Despite the near-freezing temperatures, the barefoot men stood outside in traditional grass skirts to meet the monarch as she stepped out of her car. Crowds of well-wishers gathered to welcome the monarch, cheering and taking photos as she made her way into the building.

Dramatic pictures captured by American photographer Christopher Michel, highlight the unforgiving environment of Antarctica and the Arctic.

Kingfisher Fish and Chips, Devon, has picked up the top prize at the fish and chip 'Oscars'. It won for Its upmarket menu featuring hoki, coley and mocaccinos.

Dramatic pictures captured by American photographer Christopher Michel, highlight the unforgiving environment of Antarctica and the Arctic.

Inside Gwyneth Paltrow's immaculately organised pantry

The Hollywood star (right), 44, showed off her pristine pantry (left) on her website, Goop, which has been given a makeover by home organisation service, Home Edit. But while it is packed to the brim with health foods as you might expect, the photo reveals that even the goddess of healthy eating likes to indulge in a few guilty treats now and again.

Richard Wilson, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, dragged Zoe Melvin by her hair and punched her in the face after she turned up at his flat to find him with another woman.

Celeste Beard, 53, was sentenced to life in prison after she begged her lesbian lover to murder her husband Steven, 70. Despite her conviction she still maintains she is innocent of her crimes.

Rayyan Barakat was travelling back to London from Terminal 4 at JFK airport in New York on June 16 2016 when he saw the impromptu boogie break.

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT An elderly man put the rat in a cage and drowned it in water on Thursday in eastern China, said an eyewitness. The rodent had apparently stolen corn, rice and meat.

Scott Davies from Merthyr Tydfil, Wales is believed to be serving his sentence at HMP Hewell in Worcestershire. He has published nearly 50 posts on Facebook since December 23.

The suspect, who is from Cambridge, was detained in the city this morning on suspicion of indecency with children and indecent assault.

Playbuzz uploads pictures with well hidden cats

Cat lovers are sure to be enthralled by the latest series of difficult brainteasers to sweep the web. Playbuzz user SJoel has uploaded a series of fiendishly tricky puzzles featuring the popular pets - but even those who aren't big feline fans are sure to enjoy them. The images all appear to be cat-free at first glance - but on much, much closer inspection it's revealed there's a feline hiding somewhere in each one.

According to dentists, skipping the twice daily cleanse can lead to all sorts of health issues such as loose teeth, bleeding gums and even coronary heart disease.

The skeleton was found in St Mary Magdalen leprosarium near Winchester, Hampshire. University of Winchester scientists say it shows how leprosy spread due to pilgrimages.

Chaka Laguerre, who is from the United States but is currently carrying out a 10-month clerkship at the UN court in The Hague claims she was 'roughed up' by Dutch police in a racially-motivated attack.

Dozens of people have taken to secret-sharing site Whisper to confess why they're getting married - and their reasons have nothing to do with love.

The actor, 30, was seen hand in hand with his mom and with his wife at his side as he returned to a livestream anti-Trump protest in Queens, New York, hours after being arrested over a spat.

Charlotte Harrison, 24, hatched and raised a pet emu that she was given as a gift from her father last November. She nurtured it for 47 days but has now had it removed by the RSPCA and is 'gutted'.

The gang smashed security doors and drilled through a wall in the bizarre Hatton Garden-style heist at Angeline Nails and Beauty in Worcester Park, south west London.

A real bridezilla! Witty woman plays a hilarious prank on her stunned fiance on their wedding day by arriving at the ceremony in a T-REX COSTUME

Elizabeth Gardner, 30, from Chicago, left her husband Thomas in fits of laughter when she arrived for their wedding dressed in a dinosaur costume. His shocked expression, pictured bottom left, was captured on camera in a video that has been watched over 2.6million times. The couple, pictured, got married in North Carolina in November.

His speeches last year accounted for around £1.3million of his £2million total earnings for 2016, with an evening with Lord Hague often costing around £25,000 for a 15-minute talk.

The self-proclaimed Jew - and immigrant-hating 62-year-old identified only as Burghard B - was one of two people arrested in raids on properties in six different federal states in Germany.

A swindler hired an AirBnB property in Haringey, north London then showed a prospective tenant around pretending it was his to fleece him of £1,600 rent deposit.

Kirsty Belsham, 22, and Alex Wilson, 23, posed for a poignant photograph after they agreed to get married - but they died in a car crash just five days later in Euxton, Lancashire.

Kinzara Stirton, from Glasgow, was left with infections and needing plastic surgery after she was attacked by the dog while getting some sweets with her older sister, Kiera, 17.

Output increased by 0.6 per cent in the final three months of the year - meaning the British economy grew by a total of 2 per cent in 2016.

Video footage of a panda cub gnawing on a piece of rock in s Sichuan research centre was posted online on January 25. The panda cubs are residents of Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.

Snake charmers in the Indian village of Jogi Dera say their centuries-old tradition is slowly dying as authorities seek to enforce wildlife protection laws, and after an outright ban on the practice in 1991.

The strange object, named 2016 WF9, was discovered last year. Self-proclaimed Russian astronomer Dr Dyomin Damir Zakharovich said it is heading straight towards our planet.

Al Judge and wife Kat run Alikats, which offers a collection of luxury chalets in the French ski resort of Morzine. MailOnline's Tammy Hughes sloped off to one - and found it irresistible.

Dutch mother completely transforms her body

Evelien Nellen-van Pelt, 27, and husband, Kevin, 35, from Holland, first met in the gym nine years ago after Kevin complimented her muscular frame. The pair hit if off straight away and after having their daughter, Anna-Sophie, together, left, Kevin inspired Evelien to start training in the gym so she could fulfill her dreams of competing on stage. Now, with 15 per cent body fat, the mother-of-one has competed in 17 competitions in the past year thanks to her supportive husband. When she started training, inset, her weight was 10st 7lbs; she now weighs around 8st 5lbs.

Former President Barack Obama's memoir would 'go for more than any president's memoir has ever gone', says Esther Newberg, co-head of ICM Partners' publishing unit.

A screening of Vaxxed has been cancelled by Curzon Soho in London. The film is directed by Andrew Wakefield, who published discredited research on a link between the MMR vaccine and autism.

At Auschwitz concentration camp near Krakow in Poland, now a museum and memorial, the corridors are lined with thousands of photographs taken by the SS guards of each inmate on arrival.

Researchers from the University of British Columbia have found that being deprived of vitamin A while still in the womb could sow the seeds for the development of Alzheimer's disease

In the new Channel 4 series, The Secret Life of ... Five Year Olds, boys and girls are kept apart for a few days to see how their gender affects their environment and circumstances.

The footage was filmed on the A46 near Baginton in Warwickshire. It was shared on Twitter but then deleted when the person who filmed it realised they were also in the wrong for using their phone.

Dramatic pictures captured by American photographer Christopher Michel, highlight the unforgiving environment of Antarctica and the Arctic.

The number of self-inflicted deaths in British jails soared to 119 in the year to September - meaning the rate has doubled in four years. The previous high was 96 in 2004.

The study, by researchers at New York University, the University of Illinois, and Princeton University, found just a year earlier, at the age of five, there is no difference between the sexes (stock image).

Identical twins still dress alike at 25

Identical twins Emma O'Neill (right, in left and right images) and Catherine Caudwood (left, in left and right images) who live five minutes' away from each other in Durham, look so alike even their own boyfriends struggle to tell them apart. In school they used their striking resemblance to swap lessons for each other and the sisters love turning heads so much that they still co-ordinate their outfits and hair when they go out together - even though they are 25. Inset, Catherine (left) and Emma.

The homelessness campaigners set up camp three days go in the Eaton Square property in Belgravia, central London, belonging to mysterious oligarch Andrey Goncharenko.

Ministers have called for a 'tougher' stance on taxing of the wealthy, after it was revealed celebrities can legally funnel their wealth into shell companies, often set up in tax havens such as the Virgin Islands.

Wood stoves are a must-have in middle class homes across Britain
but how many people see the link between the pleasant ambiance they create and the country's pollution problem?

From Lonely Hearts columns to the aristocratic cattle market of the London season, to today's instantaneous Tinder 'likes' and 'dislikes', people have always been keen to pair off.

Two Premiership rugby players have tested positive for cocaine and ordered to attend a drug rehabilitation course. Their identities are protected under the RFU's illicit drugs programme.

Cui Yubo's wife died last year after a long-term illness, during which he borrowed money from relatives to cover his bills. He's now working as a street sweeper in hopes of paying them back.

The mum of a super-hairy baby has revealed he had his first hair-cut at just 20-weeks-old. Six-month-old Ash Patel of Renfrewshire shocked the doctor at his birth and is now his hair-dresser's youngest client.

Alastair Main, 35, attacked the woman at the London Rowing Club in Putney, south west London, during a Christmas party in December 2015, and was given a 12-month community order.

Researchers from the Salk Institute of Biological Studies in San Diego and The Catholic University of Murcia in Spain have created human-pig embryos for the first time.

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Oh blast! Hapless car mechanic has his trousers ripped off by a stream of compressed air after walking over a high pressure hose

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Oh blast! Hapless car mechanic has his trousers ripped off by a stream of compressed air after walking over a high pressure hose

Hilarious CCTV security footage shows the unfortunate worker standing over a pump, normally used to inflate tyres, at a garage in Ussuriysk, Russia, before air shot underneath him. At the same time, the air blasted up through his anorak blowing his hood over his face. Worse, the video footage of his exposure has now made him a reluctant star on social media.

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