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America launches airstrikes on Syria

America fired more than 50 tomahawk missiles at the al-Shayrat military airfield near Homs on Thursday. Officials confirm that no fixed wing aircraft were involved.

While some praised the film star, 84, for his ‘sane’ views that ‘hit the nail on the head’, he faced a torrent of abuse from Remain-supporting web trolls who branded him an ‘old and senile bigot’.

How many females want to use a public toilet just vacated by an 18-stone builder, who has recently dined on mutton madras and eight pints of Guinness? I’d give it five minutes, pet.

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An article on March 21 said that the warship ‘HMS Illustrious’ had served in the Falklands conflict and travelled 100,000 miles during service.

Samantha Baldwin is a great mum, say friends

SUE REID: Because they are so secretive, it’s very hard for the Press to establish the truth about what happens in family courts. But, certainly, loyal friends describe Samantha Baldwin (left and right) as a perfect parent who dotes on her children. Furious at the way she’s been treated by the family court system that removed her two young boys and put them into care, they are raising money to pay her estimated £100,000 legal bill to fight the controversial ruling. They are also planning street protests to highlight her unfair treatment, and accuse the police of acting ruthlessly by ‘hounding’ them and wrongly accusing them of helping her disappear. Miss Baldwin was held after a search for brothers Dylan Madge (bottom inset) and Louis Madge (top inset) who had been missing since March 27

Samantha Baldwin, 40, from Nottinghamshire, was arrested on suspicion of kidnap and her sons Dylan and Louis Madge, aged six and nine, are being looked after by care professionals.

The Prince of Wales has spoken movingly about the role his grandmother played in saving the lives of a Jewish family as he met Holocaust survivors in Austria.

A Lipizzaner stallion enjoyed a sugar lump from Camilla's hand as she visited Vienna's centuries-old Spanish Riding School yesterday for the first time since 1970.

Mondelez, its US owner, was criticised last year for breaking a key promise and making some of its signature chocolate bars outside of its historic factory in Bournville.

Once, when people flew the family nest, they went to the next street or village. But today, British people are more inclined to spread their wings further afield.

Seven million people across east Africa will be given food, water and medical care thanks to generous donations from the British public and another £10millon from the government.

Now end school holiday rip-offs after Supreme Court ruling

Travel companies must stop ripping off families for breaks during school holidays following a landmark Supreme Court ruling, critics demanded last night. Parents, heads and politicians called on ministers to ‘cap’ the price of summer getaways, which can rise by more than £1,000 at the end of term. Firms were accused of ‘holding law-abiding parents to ransom’ after a father yesterday lost his fight against a £60 fine for an unauthorised term-time trip. The ruling means families will face a fine or prosecution if pupils take even half a day off without permission. Parents now have little choice but to book within school holidays, leaving them at the mercy of travel firms charging sky-high prices. Lib Dem education spokesman John Pugh said ‘greedy’ firms must ‘stop exploiting hardworking parents’.

In many cases, Brits were assigned to a new doctor after surgeries merged, but others were removed from surgery lists when their practice closed – leaving soaring numbers without a GP.

Many hospitals have been accused of adding to the stress of patients and visitors by forcing them to carry bundles of change to park their car, often paying for longer than they actually need.

NHS Improvement, which regulates hospitals in the UK, said some doctors were collaborating and effectively threatening to strike if they aren’t paid extortionate rates.

The broadcaster (pictured with co-host Hazel Irvine), who has previously been accused of sexism, claimed equality is impossible and risked fury by saying ‘women are more delicate than men’.

Russell Cartwright, 66, who was on the panel that decided not to expel Ken Livingstone over his comments on Hitler, has been described as a hard-Left Corbynite who is 'obsessed with Palestine'.

UK developers are set to be banned from selling new-build houses with leases that can double every decade and end up costing British families a fortune.

Security is stepped up at Grand National racecourse

Armed police were on patrol at Aintree for the first time in its 170-year history yesterday as part of a massive anti-terror operation ahead of the Grand National. Sniffer dogs and bomb detector teams were also deployed to protect racegoers in the wake of last month’s Westminster terror attack. Although armed police have always been on hand at Aintree – and undercover officers with guns have mingled with the grandstand crowds – this is the first time uniformed officers brandishing automatic weapons (left) and Tasers have been in full view of the public. The heightened security (right) – as well as grey skies and chilly temperatures did not seem to dampen the spirits of racegoers yesterday – the first day of Liverpool’s three-day steeplechase festival.

Richard Westgate (pictured) had a number of health issues but grew 'angry, frustrated and disillusioned' when British medical professionals were unable to cure him.

Edna Watters has been banned by officials at Stormont Estate (pictured) from feeding Ginger, Maggie and Furby - three wild cats that have made the grounds their home - as she is a 'security risk'.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Stephen Mortin, 23, of Hyde, Greater Manchester, invaded the home of Barbara Dransfield (left), 64, who was in a wheelchair at the time.

Glasgow-based professional clown Celine Harland, aka Tickles, said the remake of Stephen King's It could scare off parents from booking entertainers for fear of upsetting children.

Marina Schofield, whose son Anthony Grainger (pictured) was shot dead in Cheshire in 2012, lashed out at the officer known as Q9 during an inquiry, branding the hearing 'a farce'.

Rekar Ahmed, 17, was as kicked, punched and stamped at a bus stop as he walked with two friends in Croydon, He suffered a fractured spine, a fractured eye socket and a bleed to the brain

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.

Walsall mother carried dead son in her womb for 15 WEEKS

Emma Dutton and partner Mark Prince (right), of Walsall, West Midlands, were devastated to learn son Elijah had died after 20 weeks in the womb due to a rare disease which affected him and his twin. The pair were initially delighted to learn they were expecting identical twin boys only to be informed they were suffering from twin to twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), which causes blood supply to be divided unequally between foetuses. Miss Dutton (left) carried Elijah in her womb for another 15 weeks before giving birth to son Oliver (inset), who is now 'happy and healthy'. The couple have also launched a charity drive to raise awareness and funds to prevent the disease in the future.

Callum Radcliffe was last seen yesterday in Old Hall Road, Bentley, in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, at around 11am. He has ginger hair and is of stocky build.

Police are growing concerned for the welfare of Emily Henslowe (pictured), aged 15, who failed to turn up to lessons at HIghworth Warneford School in Wiltshire this morning.

British tank men Ernest Slarks and Dr Ken Tout have met two of their former enemies, Wilhelm Fischer and Waldemar Pliska (pictured together), after they fought against each other 72 years ago.

Rita Oysten, 82, (pictured) has parked outside her home in Bridlington, East Yorkshire, on the dropped kerb for more than two decades - and was stunned to receive a £25 fine.

A bus driver in Edinburgh has been praised for a simple act of kindness after being photographed leaving his vehicle to help an elderly man by tying his shoes.

Ceri Sheehan had argued that he needed to keep his iPad but gave it up before going to bed but this was not unusual, his father Michael Sheehan told the inquest in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.

Hospital 'backed off' woman who killed herself and baby

Charlotte Bevan, 30, (left) vanished from St Michael's Hospital in Bristol with her four-day-old daughter Zaani Tiana Bevan Malbrouck in her arms. She walked off the maternity ward (right) holding her four-day-old child and walked past at least four nurses without being stopped. The new mother - who had a long history of mental illness - threw herself into Avon Gorge in November 2014 still cuddling Zaani around 40 minutes after leaving hospital. A report released today said staff felt 'intimidated' by Ms Bevan. It said: 'One professional described her as "middle class", "articulate". This made it more difficult for professionals to identify the potential risk'.

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Aiden Noel (pictured), 19, of Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, said he feels 'like a freak' after he has been left disfigured from a dog bite.

Safety failings were exposed at the Mayfield School in Lozells when four members of staff left Muhammed Ghafoor, 15, at the top of a flight of stairs in his wheelchair without brakes on.

Mark Bradley suffered severe burns to his face, legs and arms when the lamp post he was helping to put up came into contact with an overhead electrical cable in Basingstoke, Hampshire.

Sharon Dalton Smith (pictured), 48, is lucky to be alive after breaking her neck and back when her car flipped over - leaving her hanging upside down for an hour in Northumberland.

Cazz Ward woke up to text messages from the travel accommodation company last month, informing her she had booked six holidays overnight, many to London an Barcelona.

Grace Roseman was found dead on the retractable side of her £199 Bednest crib at the home of her parents Esther and Gideon in Haywards Heath, West Sussex in April 2015.

Fishing boat skipper jailed after £80m cocaine seizure

Michael McDermott (left), 68, was jailed for 16 years at Bristol Crown Court after he was convicted of attempting to smuggle more than £80million of cocaine (top right) into the UK on a fishing boat. The court heard he had paid £17,000 cash for the Bianca (bottom right) weeks earlier but was caught by National Crime Agency and Border Force agents who found more than 2,000lbs of the drug in the ship's hold. Authorities found 38 bales of cocaine, each weighing between 55lbs and 66lbs, hidden under bags of sand and gravel.

Pawel Sroka, 35, repeatedly stabbed 29-year-old Joanna Trojniak at their home after stumbling across her change of address confirmation document at their home in Croydon.

Caroline Baker, who was jailed for three years this week, also abused the woman at a Northern Island home, keeping her prisoner in a room with no light, bedclothes or carpets.

Two paedophiles aged 101 and 96 lost their appeals against sentences which they said were excessive because of their old age. Ralph Clarke and Peter Cooper lost their case at the Court of Appeal.

Chilling images of a shadowy figure dragging the body of a woman away after she was 'sexually assaulted and murdered' are shown to jurors

Hotel housekeeper Pardeep Kaur (left), 30, was captured on CCTV in the minutes before she was snatched while walking to work on the morning of Monday October 17 last year. CCTV shows the mother-of-one wearing jeans and striding towards a ramp up to a bridge over the M4 followed by a stooped man (circled, main) who appeared to stagger around in the street. The prosecution allege her murderer and the man in the CCTV is 25-year-old Vadims Ruskuls who was sleeping rough with his mother underneath the bridge at the time. At 6.33am, they disappeared from view behind a bush and 25 minutes later, an indistinct figure was caught on camera dragging her body back down the path and behind a pillar under the bridge. Mrs Kaur was reported missing by her husband when she failed to return home from the Sheraton Skyline Hotel in Harlington, Middlesex.

Ummariyat Mirza, 21, (right) allegedly bought a blade, but was arrested as part of a series of anti-terror raids in Birminham. His sister Zainub (left) is charged with spreading ISIS propaganda

Hannah Panayides from Watford was earning £100 a day performing on a webcam and had a stripper job, but claimed benefits, telling authorities she was an unemployed single mother of one.

The hooded crook was breaking into a car before he noticed he was being recorded by CCTV and tried to replace his stolen haul in Canton, which is in the Welsh capital Cardiff.

Jagtar Sandhu, 54, preyed on the passengers - who were both in their 20s - during a flight from Toronto, Canada, to Manchester and his actions have left the pair 'traumatised'.

Darren O'Callaghan, from Shrewsbury, Shropshire, kidnapped his partner by bundling her into the back of a car and drove her into the countryside after their 12-year relationship ended.

Laura Ashley boss ordered to give his wife £64million

Former Miss Malaysia beauty queen Pauline Chai (right, in 2015, and top inset in 1969) wanted around £100m from ex-husband Khoo Kay Peng (left) following the breakdown of their 42-year marriage. Dr Khoo, non-executive chairman of Laura Ashley Holdings, said she should pocket about £9m. After analysing the evidence at the trial at the High Court in London, Mr Justice Bodey announced his decision today that Ms Chai should get a £64m package made up of cash and property (bottom inset, Ms Chai’s home in Hertfordshire).

Andrew Varey were due to fly from Lanzarote to Birmingham, but despite the flight being delayed for more than nine hours, Ryanair refused to pay compensation for baby daughter Crystal.

The rock star, who has previously said the UK's vote to leave the EU was based on 'lies', hit out at politicians for not caring about the poor, sick or animals.

Traditional black cabbies, which have found themselves squeezed out since the introduction of the app, lined up along Whitehall, with many holding up placards.

Three teenage boys have died in a horrific car accident after their Black Ford KA left the road in Norfolk. Rescue services rushed to the scene but all three were confirmed dead at the roadside.

Experienced schoolmistress Annette Henderson (pictured), 52, strapped a pupil to a chair before leaving her tied up in a classroom at Maes Ebbw special needs school in Newport, Wales.

Britain's best takeaway restaurants revealed

HungryHouse has named the restaurants it believes are Britain's best takeaways at its annual Most Loved Takeaways awards. A family-run Thai restaurant in London took the top spot, but also in the top 10 was fish and chip shop The Fryery in Cardiff and Chinese Homewok Takeaway in Glasgow.

The collection shows the devastation left by the Blitz, with members of the Home Guard sifting through smouldering wreckage and members of the public posing by crashed Nazi planes.

Father-of-three Kenneth Hugill, 83, called for an end to the 'upside-down' law that left him with a £30,000 legal bill after being cleared of GBH at Hulll Crown Court.

The weekend looks set to be a scorcher as parts of southern and eastern England get highs of 74F - far higher than the usual average for this time of the year. Things get hotter on Sunday but cool off after.

French Presidential hopeful Francois Fillon is FLOUR-BOMBED at a rally amid ongoing controversy surrounding his campaign

Francois Fillon, who has faced growing protests after being charged over allegations he gave his wife a fake parliamentary job, was in Strasbourg for a rally on Thursday when he was pelted with flour. A shaved-headed man wearing a Students for Fillon t-shirt emptied the flour over the Presidential candidate's face and suit before being tackled by security and dragged away. Fillon then took to the stage, claiming to be the victim of 'merciless persecution' by his political opponents.

Eta, a socialist militant organisation established in 1959 with the aim of creating a sovereign Basque nation, says it plans to fully disarm by Saturday, ending decades of bloodshed.

Paris police have been given powers allowing them to search the bags of Metro passengers without needing to give a reason as the city remains on high alert following the St Petersburg attack.

The Cayman Islands, located in the Caribbean, were first settled in 1658 by a man named either Bawden or Bodden, from Cornwall, who settled there after fighting as a marine in Jamaica.

Syrian children receive treatment in the town of Maaret al-Noman, following a suspected chemical weapons attack in Khan Sheikhun, a nearby rebel-held town in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, on April 4, 2017

Turkey said the autopsies of three Syrians killed in an attack in rebel-held northwestern Syria confirmed that chemical weapons had been used by President Assad's regime.

Vadim Tyulpanov, 52, died after ‘slipping and falling’ in a fitness centre in the Kirov district of St Petersburg, according to local reports, hours after laying flowers at the scene of the terror attack.

Police found live bombs in the apartment of the suspects, who are from Kyrgyzstan - the same Central Asia region as the 22-year-old bomber Akbarzhon Dzhalilov.

The massive Typhoon-class sub called Dmitry Donskoy is to leave the White Sea and travel around Norway and Denmark into what Putin's officials are calling NATO's swimming pool.

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Syrian father watched 22 relatives die in 'gas attack'

Disturbing footage shows Abdul Hamid al-Yousef weeping over the graves of his wife Dalal and twins, Ahmed and Aya, who were killed in a chemical gas attack blamed on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. 'My children. My children. They were beautiful,' the widower screams in distressing footage of his visit to the makeshift burial site where his young family were laid to rest. More than 80 people, including at least 30 children and 20 women, were killed in the chemical attack on the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun early Tuesday morning. Abdul has now revealed in explicit detail how his relatives' homes were flattened by a series of suspected Syrian airstrikes - and the agonising moment he discovered his wife and children had died from chemical poisoning.

Alcohol from other countries landing in North Korea is on the rise, but it appears Kim is hitting the harder stuff with 10 times more rum arriving in 2016 compared to 2015, MailOnline can reveal.

A North Korean envoy to Moscow said Pyongyang had the 'readiness and ability to counter any challenge' and would act after 'even the smallest provocation from the United States'.

Those murdered in the Syrian countryside were aged between 18 and 25 and none were beheaded, which has become a favoured method for the brutal Islamic extremist movement.

The paper that left Manchester in touch with at least some sense of reality, banging the drum for free trade and deregulation, now lives in a la-la land of its own, writes TOM UTLEY.

Taking children out of class is disruptive for teachers and fellow pupils. It undermines the school’s authority and risks sending out a signal that attendance is optional.

Mel B claims that estranged Hollywood producer husband Stephen Belafonte got their German nanny pregnant is like something out of EastEnders, writes JAN MOIR.