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Kate and Prince William meet Pippa's future in-laws

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (left) met David Matthews and Jane Parker (bottom right) at a dinner party at fiance James Matthews' home in Kensington. James Middleton and Spencer Matthews were also there (top right). William wore jeans and an open-neck shirt while Kate wore an elegant floral dress. Pippa and Kate’s parents Carole and Michael Middleton were not at the dinner but they are fond of their future son-in-law and approve of their daughter’s choice.

Son of Abu Hamza is stripped of his British passport

Sufiyan Mustafa, 22, left to fight with jihadists in 2003 and wants to return. After he left, the Home Office took away his passport, leaving him stranded. He said he isn't a threat to national security. Earlier this month, Abu Hamza's youngest son appeared in a propaganda video denouncing ISIS and the actions of Assad's government. He is the sixth of eight children fathered by Hamza, who is serving a life-sentence in prison in Colorado.

Mobile phone users are being secretly ripped off to the tune of millions of pounds every year when they download films, music and other files to their devices.

The Yes We Can clinic in Hilvarenbeek, Holland, is filled with British teenagers hooked on sending naked pictures. It also treats young people's social media, gaming, drugs and alcohol addictions.

John Prescott has claimed security services tapped the phone of the late Ian Paisley while he was an MP. Lord Prescott made the shocking claim in his Sunday Mirror column.

Tomorrow's Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge universities was under threat after an unexploded Second World War bomb was found submerged in the Thames near Putney Bridge.

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A march and rally planned by Britain First and the English Defence League (EDL) is taking place near a counter demonstration from Unite Against Fascism (UAF).

Juan and Julie Gilly’s nightmare began on August 23, 2012. It was the start of a five-year vendetta waged by Staffordshire Police against Mr Gilly, an entirely innocent man. Julie Gilly is pictured left.

A news article on March 11 suggested that a proposal by the General Pharmaceutical Council to strip pharmacists of the right to refuse drugs on moral grounds has been enforced.

The truth about the boy who was washed away

Richard Beard revisits the ghosts of his past to uncover the truth of the day his younger brother Nicholas was washed away on a beach in Cornwall, in August, 1978. Nicholas, aged nine, was washed out to sea and drowned whlie his family were on holiday. Although they buried him, they went back to finish their trip, and spent 40 years 'erasing' memories of the day it happened and the boy Nicky. Decades later, Richard Beard spoke with his mother about the younger brother he lost at sea.

Scotland Yard has announced that a 30-year-old man, and 11 other people previously arrested, have been released without charge.

Rodney Fox (pictured) had a special key fob which gave him access to the exclusive car park underneath Reading Magistrates' Court at weekends, St Albans Crown Court heard.

Suspected drug baron James Mulvey (pictured), 40, was caught by surprise this week went Britain's FBI raided is Eastern European hideaway - and caught him in his pants.

Pictured: Homeless man 'who murdered' ballroom dancer

This is the homeless man charged with murdering an ex-alcoholic ballroom dancer and her 13-year-old son after they took him in off the streets. Aaron Barley, 23, is accused of stabbing to death 50-year-old Tracey Wilkinson (inset) and her son Pierce (left in right image) inside their £440,000 detached house in Stourbridge, West Midlands on Thursday.  Her husband Peter (right), 47, is in serious but stable condition with his daughter Lydia (pictured) by his side in hospital after being gravely injured when the attacker plunged a carving knife into his front and back.

Still just 'helping out' your foxy friend, Nigel?

Laure Ferrari was seen coming out of Mr Farage's Chelsea home last weekend. Mr Farage confirmed she sometimes stays with him when she is in London, adding: 'So what?' Ms Ferrari, 37, who first became involved in politics as a result of a chance meeting with Mr Farage ten years ago while she was working as a waitress in Strasbourg, is the executive director of the Institute for Direct Democracy in Europe (IDDE).

Her profile on website My Local Escorts describes her as 'a gorgeous English XXX Porn Star and Glamour Model' who 'loves what she does', and charges £400 per hour for her time.

The dunk tank was set up by snake experts in 2016 in Morton, Mississippi. In the clip, the nervous woman shouts and screams as she anticipates the fall. She gets out immediately.

Married mother-of-three Amanda Tompkins, 39, from Milton Keynes, was being sentenced for 10 counts of physical and sexual abuse with six boys which took place in her home.

The thugs approached the 'traumatised' teenager on a residential road in Tameside, Greater Manchester and pushed him around. One of them threw petrol at him and produced a lighter.

Two Britons on a Costa golfing holiday have been shot when they got into a drunken fight after drinking at a popular venue called The Seaside Bar in Fuengirola, Spain (pictured).

Cotswolds village flooded by yellow cars over vandalism

Peter Maddox, 84, scrapped the bright yellow car he parked outside his home in Bilbury, Gloucestershire (top right) after vandals scrawled 'move' on the bonnet and smashed in his windows causing £6,000 worth of damage. He was criticised by posh locals and tourists who claimed his car was a blot on the rural idyll of the village. After hearing about his plight, hundreds of sympathisers in yellow vehicles (left) descended on the village for a rally in support of Mr Maddox. A yellow VW camper van, a vintage Mini and several Ferraris paraded through (bottom right) with drivers raising salutes to waving crowds in the 17th Century village.

She has long disdained the blowtorch as a ‘fancy’ extravagance – but Bake Off star Mary Berry (pictured) has now turned up the heat in the kitchen with an extraordinary U-turn.

Mary Kaya, 57, from Batley in Leeds was convicted of encouraging terrorism by retweeting a speech by the leader of Islamic State but has been spared jail. Judge Peter Collier said she did not present any danger.

Sir Clive Sinclair, 76, has divorced wife Angie Bowness, 40, after seven years of marriage (pictured together above). The pair met at Stringfellows in London where Lady Sinclar was a lapdancer.

Doting father Mike Tindall was spotted frolicking with his adorable three-year-old daughter as they supported his British equestrian wife, 35, in Lincolnshire yesterday afternoon.

He's conducted countless interviews over the years, but Gary Barlow shocked fans when he walked off The One Show after complaining of feeling ill on Friday night.

Stunning pictures show the historical Selsey lifeboat house having its final launch more than 57 years after having first opened. The house saw more than 850 lives saved during its run.

Paris carnival fireworks display leaves many injured

At least 30 people have been injured, five critically after an explosion rocked a busy French carnival. The incident happened when a ‘Bengal Fire’ display exploded into the crowd at the carnival near Paris today. Screaming spectators were thrown to the ground as the blasts shook the ground at the popular event, about 11 miles from the centre, close to Charles De Gaulle airport. The blasts sparked panic among the crowds as several people were harmed by flying debris.

Girl, 5, is one of only 100 with Uncombable Hair Syndrome

Lyla-Grace Barlow’s frizzy look is the result of an extremely rare medical condition. There are only an estimated 100 cases worldwide today, while previous sufferers include Albert Einstein. The condition is caused by a gene mutation which means that Lyla’s hair follicles are heart-shaped rather than round. Her parents, Alex and Mark Barlow, from Derby, have tried countless products to try to manage the five-year-old’s problem but none has worked. Alex, 28, said: ‘When Lyla was little, her hair used to stand up like Sonic The Hedgehog'.

It's April Fool's Day and media outlets across Britain have tried to trick their readers with fake news. Did you clock which of today's headlines were real and which were not?

The number of family separations between unmarried couples has for the first time superseded the number of separations between married couples, in what has been described as 'a national tragedy'.

Charlie Carrel, 22, from London, is a millionaire poker player and self-confessed maths geek. He quickly realised his talents at 18 and began winning thousands online before moving to live poker.

Union barons fighting now at war over their swanky homes

It is the union power struggle likely to determine Jeremy Corbyn’s fate as Labour leader. But the battle to become general secretary of Unite has turned into ‘property wars’ as the incumbent ‘Red’ Len McCluskey, inset right, and his challenger Gerard Coyne, inset left, trade insults over their expensive homes. McCluskey has swung the support of Unite, Britain’s biggest union and Labour’s largest backer, behind Corbyn. But throughout the contest Coyne has been heavily critical of McCluskey’s backing for the Labour leader.

Jeremy Thorpe DID send a hitman to kill me, says ex-lover

Early last year, a man called Norman Scott (pictured, left) was asked to recount to detectives his role in one of the 20th Century’s greatest political scandals. What poured forth over four days was a twisting story involving an illicit affair, secret letters, blackmail claims, a botched assassination attempt on a lonely moor, a shabby cover-up and, finally, a fall from grace unparalleled in Westminster. The man who fell was the former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe (right), who went on trial accused of conspiracy to murder Scott, a part-time model (60s shot inset) who had once been his lover – at a time when homosexuality was illegal in Britain.

Former Environment Secretary Owen Paterson told a secret ‘Brexit seminar’ that Theresa May should follow the example of New Zealand, which ended government help for farmers overnight.

Former Tory MP Harvey Proctor (pictured) is seeking a substantial pay-out from the suspected fantasist who helped launch Scotland Yard's disastrous VIP child sex abuse inquiry.

Today is National Price Hike Day as families face a round of punishing increases on everything from prescription charges to council tax and water bills.

How Diana's instability sent Prince Charles into therapy

The couple (pictured) were already facing difficulty when they honeymooned at Balmoral. The princess was prescribed Valium but she refused to take it, convinced the family were trying to sedate her. She suffered from insomnia and spent the honeymoon berating her new husband about his former mistress or complaining about the oppressive atmosphere of the royal court. Pictured inset with Princes Harry and William.

Google cashes in on YouTube video of Keith Palmer stabbing

German weapons 'expert' Jörg Sprave (inset) uploaded a video to YouTube showing how to kill someone wearing a stab vest (pictured) similar to that worn by Westminster terror victim PC Keith Palmer. The vile video was online for six months before the outrage and could be viewed for days afterwards, despite widespread warnings that UK jihadis use such material for training. The Mail on Sunday easily found the film online despite promises made last week by YouTube owners Google to crack down on extremist material. Last night, Home Secretary Amber Rudd condemned the video and demanded that YouTube take action to ensure similar films are banned.

Suspected drug baron James Mulvey (pictured), 40, was caught by surprise this week went Britain's FBI raided is Eastern European hideaway - and caught him in his pants.

Lady Francis Russell, now known as Lady Thatcher, has co-designed a range of handbags for the website LuxuryPromise.com. They have been launched this week and are made from ethically farmed leather.

Gregor Ford, 38, had placed an advert on Facebook Marketplace on Wednesday. He invited a potential buyer to come and pick up the Odyssey putter for £20 from his house in Scotland.

Jamie Conneely, from Weymouth, Dorset found huskies Storm and Sky had ransacked his suitcase ahead of the trip to London for Coventry's Checkatrade Trophy Final against Oxford United.

Mohamed Amrani, 53, appeared ‘genuinely shocked’ when the woman confronted him days after the attack in his office at Harefield Hospital in Hillingdon, west London, it is claimed.

Sports-mad Thomas Green (pictured left and right), 13, suffers from severe arthritis - and has been told the only way to relieve the pain is to have the joint amputated.

Special Forces lead operation to drive jihadists from dam

The Special Air Service has launched a series of devastating aerial assaults behind Islamic State’s lines – claiming the Al Tabqa dam and the Tabqa airbase in Syria. This graphic shows the four stages completed by the SAS to gain back control of the vital dam. The first (top left) involved the troops parachuting down into the desert on a night reconnaissance mission on an undisclosed evening, the second (bottom left) saw the SAS, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launch an assault on the dam, during the third (top right) the SAS successfully reclaimed the dam after 50 hours of fighting and the final stage (bottom right) saw SAS troops, Syrian fighters and US air support captured the Tabqa airbase after seven hour battle.

Sadiq Khan said the EU should act with 'confidence' to strike a deal that worked for both sides. He met European Parliament chief negotiator Guy Verhofstadt (pictured) in Brussels today.

Just 17 per cent of the public believe the Labour leader is performing well, the research by GfK found. By contrast 18 per cent think the US president is doing a good job.

Noisy sex letters left by grumpy neighbours

WARNING, CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE: Some begin politely. Others, less so. But all the following messages have one thing in common: a plea from weary residents asking their neighbours to stop having such noisy sex. One person even made a CD to prove their point; and another was concerned somebody was actually being tortured, such were the screams.

She said she had been a victim of fraud by collapsed Icelandic bank Kaupthing, who own Karen Millen. Administrators to the bank prevented her from using her name for a new brand.

Ofsted is considering snooping on pupils' social media pages to detect whether their school's standards are sliding.

A council worker claims he was racially segregated by a potted plant. Benyam Kenbata, 34, claimed the potted plant his colleague put on her desk opposite him was a form of racial segregation.

Karen Danczuk claims hair removal cream was put in shampoo

Labour's Simon Danczuk last month condemned divorcees who smear their former partners in front of their children. He told fellow MPs the venom of some exes was dangerously extreme and needed Government action. Mr Danczuk said he even knew of one case when hair removal cream was put in shampoo bottles at the separated father’s home. The claim took a twist last night when his second wife, Karen Danczuk, 33, said she had been a victim of just such an incident, which had left her hair falling out so badly that she gave herself a comb-over style to cover the bald patches. It is the latest bizarre episode in the life of Rochdale MP Mr Danczuk, a twice-married father of four.

One Direction are worth a quarter of a BILLION

Just seven years ago, they were schoolboys revising for their GCSEs and A-levels. Today, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Liam Payne (pictured) are worth a staggering £262 million. That’s at least £50 million each. This week, records filed at Companies House showed the X Factor graduates have sold ten shares in their firm 1D Media, netting them a cool £14 million each. Terrifyingly, all are 25 or under, with all five making the Sunday Times’ under-30 Rich List last year. To put this into context, the Beatles had each made £1.1 million at a similar point in their careers. Even taking into account inflation, this works out at a comparatively paltry £16.7 million per Beatle.

Noeleen Burke, from Milton Keynes, has been left heartbroken by the deaths of her children Kevin, 56, Donald, 55, and Barry, 51, in Wednesday's air disaster in Snowdonia.

Jerome Rogers, 20, was unable to pay the two fines, both received in Camden, north London, while he worked as a courier for CitySprint, straightaway and they increased dramatically.

George Clooney and his wife Amal paid for a couple to spend a month at The French Horn in Sonning, Berkshire, while they carried out 12million worth of renovations at their property.

Colombia declares state of emergency after landslide flood

The incident triggered by intense rains left at least 93 dead and 120 people injured in Mocoa, near Colombia's border with Ecuador.Carlos Ivan Marquez with Colombia's national disaster agency says the river flooded around midnight, catching unsuspecting residents off guard in the early Saturday hours. President Juan Manuel Santos is expected to visit the region Saturday.

A 17-year-old Palestinian youth was shot dead by police after stabbing two men and a police officer in Jerusalem, authorities have confirmed.

Sweden Democrat MEP Peter Lundgren earlier this week likened Article 50 being triggered to 'D-Day', and he now predicts a similar referendum will soon be held in his homeland.

Noman Munir Masih, 20, was shot by two drive-by motorcylists as he walked to work in Sheikhupura with his brother-in-law and uncle. Three days previously he was threatened by a Muslim.

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Paraguay congress set on fire in alleged 'coup'

The Congress building was alight for more than two hours, and the rioting has been described as the worst violence since Paraguay became a democracy. Furious protesters accused the government of staging a 'coup' over a secret vote allowing President Haracio Cartes (pictured, inset) to stand for re-election. Demonstrators clashed with police across the country last night.

Schoolgirl Isabel Celis went missing from her bedroom nearly five years ago, sparking a huge search involving thousands of officers.

More than two dozen people have been reported missing after a rain-triggered landslide struck a village in Indonesia's main Java island.

China's Defence Ministry said on Thursday that any building work was mainly for civilian purposes. China claims most of the resource-rich region and has carried out land reclamation.

TOM UTLEY: All my adult life I’ve been trying to track down Mr Average, a fellow I much admire but was beginning to fear I would never meet. This week, at last, the trail has hotted up.

Just 24 hours after Theresa May served formal notice of our intention to quit the EU, here was the blueprint for restoring the supremacy of Parliament.

JAN MOIR: Something has to be done about revenge porn, but what? Keeping your pants on would be a good start, but that is just too dull and sensible for today’s generation of thrill-seeking exhibitionists.