Emily Bowen (left), who was jailed this week for an acid attack on love rival Molly Young (right), prepared the note saying she should kill herself and signed it with Molly's name. The calculating move by Bowen took place six weeks after she had poured One Shot drain cleaner - containing 91 per cent sulphuric acid - into Molly's viola case. The acidic liquid then poured out of the case and onto 18-year-old Molly's legs as she took the instrument down from a shelf in the music room at Knox Academy, in Haddington, East Lothian. Bowen was jailed for 21 months for the 'wicked' incident which took place in September last year by Sheriff Michael O'Grady at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday.
Police arrest man, 41, suspected of knocking woman into path of bus on Putney Bridge
A man has been arrested after a jogger pushed a woman in front of a bus on Putney Bridge. A 41-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm at an address in the Chelsea area of London this morning. He has been taken to a south London police station where he remains in custody, Metropolitan Police said. The 33-year-old woman was lucky to escape serious injury after a bus driver swerved to avoid her on the bridge in south west London. Earlier today, the Metropolitan Police said that officers had received a 'good response' after calling for information on the incident. Police also said the bus stopped and passengers tended to the woman - who received minor injuries - following the incident during rush hour, at around 7.40am on May 5.
- The middle-class teens' feud that ended in girl, 18, being scarred for life by ACID: Barrister's daughter who poured drain cleaner into rival's viola case faked letter making out SHE was the real victim
- Police arrest man, 50, suspected of knocking woman into path of bus on Putney Bridge
- Jogger who pushed woman must be a banker, says Jeremy Vine: Radio 2 host is accused of trivialising attack by setting up online poll to guess the person's profession
- Muslim graduate is suing Virgin Atlantic for 'racial profiling' after he was ordered off a flight from Heathrow to Atlanta for 'casually mentioning 9/11'
- Waitrose, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons forced to withdraw thousands of products as it's revealed 700,000 contaminated Dutch eggs are now in the UK
- Why is Amazon being given £1m by the taxman? MPs and business owners' outrage after company receives tax credit despite notching £7bn of sales last year
- Police rule out vandalism after claims that van driver in his 60s died on the M11 after concrete block was thrown from bridge
- Supermarkets fake farm labels that are fooling shoppers: Morrison's becomes first chain to drop fake British names used to sell fresh produce and meat
- Clarifications and corrections
- Infatuated female prison officer is jailed for swapping more than 850 texts and two-hour calls on 'dirty phone' to canal path knifeman serving seven years
- Former glamour model, 35, is fined £300 for causing a four vehicle head-on crash 'while searching her VW Beetle for a SANDWICH'
- British tourist with a broken back was left waiting 26 HOURS for a doctor on five-star holiday in Cape Verde after being crushed by a freak wave
- No more excuses! London Underground will have full 4G coverage by 2019 says Mayor Sadiq Khan
- Cost of holidays set to soar for millions of Britons as Ibiza and Majorca limit number of beds and crack down on Airbnb
- Range Rover which rolled down hill and killed The Voice star's toddler daughter had its handbrake ON, inquest hears
- EXCLUSIVE: Summer holiday pictures emerge of Tiger Woods with his stylist ex-girlfriend Kristin Smith before his DUI arrest
- Horrifying injuries of girl, 11, who had boiling water thrown on her after an argument at a sleepover by 12-year-old who has now been arrested and tried to kill herself
- 'He lifted my skirt and latched on to my bare a** cheek.' Taylor Swift tells groping trial how 'drunk' radio DJ 'grabbed a handful of my a**' at meet and greet
- First time mother, 42, accidentally smothers her newborn son after nurses put the baby in her hospital bed while she was still groggy from taking Vicodin and Ambien after her C-section
- Oh la la!GMA host Lara Spencer, 48, shows off her chiseled abs in a bikini after returning from a romantic Parisian vacation with her boyfriend
- 'They went in too fast. I wish I'd been driving': Princess Diana's driver breaks his 20-year silence on the night she died in fatal Paris crash
- Trump tells Kim his 'fire and fury' warning to North Korea was NOT tough enough - then says he will spend BILLIONS on missile defense and making the U.S. nuclear arsenal even more lethal
- Police arrest man, 50, suspected of knocking woman into path of bus on Putney Bridge
- Call me Chelsea: Newly-released Manning poses in a scarlet swimsuit for Vogue as she reveals how fashion magazines kept her going in prison and shares her plans to start dating
- 'Find Gianluca a job': Internet reacts with delight after Italian playboy who boasts of his outrageous lifestyle to his 11 million Instagram followers has his yacht and properties seized by creditors
- What IS that? Mystery creature pokes its head out of a mud pool by a Queensland river - before slowly sinking beneath the surface when it realises it has been spotted
- Princess Diana declared 'game, set and match' after reading transcript of 'Camillagate' tape with Charles's graphic tampon reference
- NBA star, 36, who just signed a $24m contract, is arrested with 2lbs of marijuana 'that he intended to sell in a Watts housing project'
- Feared Peruvian gangland hitman is gunned down at point-blank range while waiting for a trim at his local barber shop by rival assassin
- Justin Theroux's elderly neighbor sues for harassment, bad construction, abandoned yowling dogs and claims Aniston's husband once asked for help exiting a girlfriend he had broken up with
- MOST READ IN DETAIL
Infatuated female prison officer who swapped more than 850 texts and made two-hour calls on 'dirty phone' to inmate at young offenders institution is jailed for eight months
Chelsea Blackwell, 27, made around 115 calls to Emmanuel Callender-Scott, an inmate at Aylesbury Young Offenders Institution (inset), some of which lasted more than two hours. She even tried to call him five times after his phone was seized in a cell search. Blackwell, of Bootle, Merseyside, was handed an eight-month jail term today after admitting misconduct in a public office.
'People were screaming... there was a lot of blood': Battle to free injured passengers trapped on the top deck of a bus after driver 'blacks out' and smashes into a shop
Witnesses said passengers were covered in blood after the double-decker bus crashed (left) on the A3036 in Battersea, South West London. The driver allegedly said he had lost consciousness before the crash at about 7am, and emergency services said a total of ten patients had been treated. One woman was pictured wearing goggles as she was helped off the bus (inset). About a dozen passengers were on the number 77 at the time of the crash, and witnesses saw smoke coming from underneath - leading to fears that it might have set on fire.
How 17-year-old white girl nicknamed 'Chucky' became key recruit of one of Britain's biggest ever Asian sex gangs who lured innocent schoolgirls from the streets to become their victims
Carolann Gallon joined the gang aged 17 and was responsible for luring other girls into its clutches. She has admitted three offences of trafficking children for the purposes of exploitation and will be sentenced next month. Frightened neighbours in a local authority owned block of flats have been trying to get Gallon removed since she was charged in 2015.
A limited strike, full-scale invasion or pressure on China: MARK ALMOND outlines the possible military options the US is considering against North Korea
The war of threats between President Trump and the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-Un, is setting global nerves on edge. We’re used to blood curdling propaganda from Pyongyang, but an American president using the same kind of language – ‘fire and fury’ – is a new departure. The threat of nuclear war in East Asia is suddenly alarmingly close. But before this hysterical rhetoric reaches a climax, Western leaders must consider what history and strategic analysis teaches us about how to avoid calamity – or how best to contain it.
Tens of thousands of North Koreans come out in a show of defiance in mass rally after Donald Trump's threats of 'fire and fury'
Tens of thousands of North Koreans have come out in a show of defiance following US President Donald Trump's threats of 'fire and fury'. The North Koreans gathered for a massive rally at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Wednesday with photos showing citizens holding propaganda placards and waving their fists in the air. Footage shows thousands of North Korean workers dressed in white shirts as they angrily marched through the square brandishing flags.
Trump spends day playing GOLF while nuclear crisis escalates as North Korea warns it will develop Guam strike plan by mid-August and Pentagon chief Mattis tells Kim Jong-un that he risks destroying his regime and his people
The community MUST do more to shame these predators, says police chief as 18-strong grooming gang is convicted of scores of crimes against up to 108 girls
A police chief has urged British communities to do more to shame sexual predators after an 18-strong gang was convicted of crimes against up to 108 girls. In another appalling grooming scandal, a total of 17 men and one woman were convicted of rape, sexual assault, human trafficking and inciting prostitution. Shocking details of the large-scale Asian sex gang operation could be revealed for the first time after reporting restrictions were lifted yesterday. A court heard the group spent four years plying vulnerable young girls with drink and drugs at 'sex parties' in Newcastle. The case has raised huge controversy after a convicted rapist was paid almost £10,000 of taxpayers' money to spy on parties where under-age girls were intoxicated and sexually abused. Northumbria Police Chief Constable Steve Ashman said sexual exploitation is the 'challenge of our generation' and must be considered socially unacceptable in all communities.
There's a kitchen under there somewhere! Disgusting bungalow was piled waist-high with animal faeces from 30 'feral' cats and a FERRET - and someone was actually living there
Thirty cats and a ferret were rescued from a bungalow(left, right, inset) in Hillsway, Shirebrook, which was 'waist-high' in animal faeces, a court heard. An RSPCA inspector visited the property in March this year after a member of the public contacted the animal welfare charity with concerns. Inspector Deborah Scotcher said: 'Initially I looked through the window and saw what looked like an extremely messy room cluttered with furniture and general rubbish.'
Lowered off bridges, balancing on rickety poles and being thrown in the air: After a group of Scouts are told sitting on grass is dangerous, the glory days before health and safety
Be prepared is the Scout motto — and that once meant being tied up and lowered off a bridge. No doubt such stunts would bring today’s elf ’n’ safety zealots out in spots, especially given the story reported by the Mail last week about the Scouts banned at a jamboree in Detling, Kent, from eating while sitting on the grass in case they got ill. Yet, as these pictures show, Scouts and Guides were once allowed to enjoy the great outdoors without being wrapped in cotton wool.
'Where were you when she needed you?' Princess Diana's former staff attack Earl Spencer after he uses US TV interview to say he wished he could have protected her
Former members of royal staff who worked with Princess Diana rounded on her brother Earl Spencer (left) yesterday after he said of her death: 'I wish I could have protected her.' In a US TV interview, the aristocrat said that in the days after she was killed in a car crash in Paris on August 31, 1997, he was haunted by the thought he could have done something to save his sister (right). Speaking at Althorp, the family's ancestral home in Northamptonshire, Charles, the 9th Earl Spencer, said he was 'furious' she had died as a result of being driven at high speed by a drunken chauffeur while being chased by paparazzi. But his words, in an ABC documentary to be broadcast this week, provoked a furious reaction from some of those who worked with Diana. The princess's former chef, Darren McGrady, said on Twitter (inset): 'This makes me want to throw up! Where were you when she needed you?'
WESTMINSTER AT A GLANCE
Next Tory Party leader? ‘None of the above’ leads the pack as poll reveals a third of Conservatives want to skip a generation for May's successor
Speculation about who will succeed Theresa May if she is ousted as leader has been rampant following her humiliation in the General Election. But a new survey of Conservatives has found that most are fed-up with the same old faces and want to skip a generation in the leadership race. The poll by ConservativeHome found that 34 per cent of those surveyed picked 'other' when asked who they wanted to be the next part leader.
A lifeline for Oliver: NHS makes U-turn and says it WILL fund life-saving op for youngster's rare heart condition
Health bosses had earlier refused to fund the operation for Oliver Cameron’s extremely rare heart condition as it is not available in the UK. But they have now changed their mind and agreed to meet the £150,000 cost. Six-month-old Oliver has cardiac fibroma, a large tumour in the heart. His is one of only three known cases in the UK and 200 around the world. His parents Lydia and Tim were told it was ‘near impossible’ that the NHS would pay for surgery abroad. Last night the couple, from Wantage, Oxfordshire, told of their relief at the U-turn. They wrote on social media: ‘It appears due to generous public support... and the persistent support of Oliver’s consultant that this change of decision has been confirmed.’
'I miss him every second': Mother of British man bludgeoned to death with a candlestick in drug-fuelled orgy of violence tells of her heartbreak as Swiss art dealer is jailed for killing
Bennet von Vertes, 32, was found guilty of killing Alex Morgan, 23, whom he met while both were studying at London's Regent College, during a drug-infused evening in Switzerland. He was also found guilty of raping a woman in London and sexual coercion. He was sentenced to 12-and-a-half years in total for the crimes, nine years for the killing and an additional three-and-a-half years for rape and sexual coercion. However, his lawyer says he plans to appeal the sentence and does not believe he is capable of contracting guilt because of the heavy influence of drugs during the attack. Left, Vertes, and right, Mr Morgan.
Tearful Dunkirk veteran, 98, is given an emotional standing ovation by a packed cinema audience as he watches blockbuster about his daring escaping
4(pictured), 98, choked back tears as he was given the moving salute from a sell-out audience at the jampacked Cineworld theatre in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The great-grandfather had to bite his lip when the lights went up at the end of Christopher Nolan's new all-action blockbuster (inset), Dunkirk, and staff introduced him over the tannoy. Mr Clark served with the Royal Army Service Corps' 7th Field Dressing Station (left) as an ambulance driver throughout the biggest and bloodiest conflict of all time from 1939 to 1945. The heroic ex-serviceman said he was thrilled to have lived to a ripe old age after serving for all six years of the Second World War - and fighting his way across Europe to help defeat Hitler's Nazis.
Police chief accused of lying after Hillsborough disaster comes face to face with families of some of the 96 who died in the football stadium tragedy at first court appearance
Former West Yorkshire and Merseyside chief constable Sir Norman Bettison (main image) came face-to-face with victims' family members as he arrived to appear at Warrington Magistrates' Court today including Michelle Miller (holding picture), Christine Burke (far left) and Louise Brookes (in red). Retired police officer Donald Denton, solicitor Peter Metcalf, former Sheffield Wednesday secretary Graham Mackrell and ex-police officer Alan Foster (pictured, in an artist’s impression) also face charges. No formal pleas were entered, but lawyers for the five men said they intend to plead not guilty when they appear before crown court.
Mormon husband who took his cheating wife hostage and assaulted her during an armed police siege after she failed a Jeremy Kyle lie detector is jailed
Alan Kent, 38, (pictured right) locked himself and his wife Louise (left) inside their home (inset) in Colchester, Essex, before threatening to kill himself because she had cheated on him. Officers spent a number of hours negotiating with Kent, who was hanging out of an upstairs window, and reportedly had two children inside the house at the time. The stand-off took place shortly after Kent appeared on ITV's Jeremy Kyle Show, after suspecting his 26-year-old wife was having a three-month affair behind his back. Kyle described him as 'his favourite guest ever' due to his smart three-piece suit, accompanied with trainers, and laid back attitude.
Inside the sex dungeon where 'chopper copper' got his kicks - along with the swinging couple he filmed romping in their back garden from his £2m police helicopter
'Chopper copper' Adrian Pogmore (bottom inset) would visit Sheffield swingers' club La Chambre (right), which has a sex dungeon, Kama Sutra room and playrooms where guests can 'take part in orgies'. The 51-year-old has been jailed for a year for filming a couple having sex in their back garden (left) and naked women sunbathing at their homes using South Yorkshire Police's £2million helicopter (top inset). He was branded 'deviant' by his colleagues and sacked by the force after admitting misconduct in a public office.
Tourist who claimed she was struck down by food poisoning on Sharm el-Sheikh trip has case against Thomas Cook thrown out when judge sees her social media boasts about pool parties and downing rum and cokes
Marissa McLean, 27, from Redditch, claimed she had been left with nausea and diarrhoea from an all-inclusive Thomas Cook holiday in Egypt but her partying Facebook posts caught her out. She shared images in her white bikini before she went to parties and took pictures as she drank rum and coke by the pool. She insisted they had been taken to make an ex-boyfriend back at home jealous while she went on the six-day trip to Sharm-el-Sheikh with a female friend. A judge ruled her claim 'dishonest' and ordered her to pay costs of more than £2,000 in three weeks. Left, McLean outside court today, main, on holiday in Kos last year. Inset left, her post of her passport on the day she flew to Egypt, and right, the 27-year-old in a recent social media image.
Tornados in August! Twisters spiral from the clouds as torrential downpours tear across Britain bringing flash flooding
As dark skies dumped torrential downpours on the country yesterday, tornado-like funnels were seen spiralling from the thunder clouds. An Atlantic storm brought flash flooding to vast swathes of the country, with up to a month’s worth of rain falling on parts of south and east England and turned roads into rivers. The funnel clouds were spotted in Kent, Cornwall and South Wales, while further north emergency services scrambled to rescue hundreds of people caught up in flash floods in parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Drivers had to abandon their cars in the deluge and residents of the seaside town of Withernsea, East Yorkshire, woke up to water 3ft deep in places.
How many people does it take to change a too-bright lightbulb? Three magistrates, four lawyers, two firemen and an expert witness are dragged into court to resolve neighbours' row
In an astonishing waste of time and money, three magistrates, four lawyers, two firemen and an expert witness were dragged into court to resolve a row between neighbours over a lightbulb that was too bright. Lesley Simkin's neighbour in Lytham, Lancashire, complained to the local council that his children couldn't sleep because a garden light at the back of her cottage shone constantly into their bedroom. Environment officers investigated in October and told the 66-year-old company director to remove the light.
THE WORLD AT A GLANCE
Japan moves missile defence system into central Tokyo as people rush to buy bomb shelters and US citizens in Hawaii are told to prepare for a nuclear attack… but South Koreans are surprisingly blasé
A PAC-3 Patriot missile unit has been moved in to a compound at the Defence Ministry in Tokyo, Japan (main and top right) after officials said they could shoot down North Korean rockets if they pass overhead. Sales of bomb shelters in Japan are said to have increased as tensions continue to rise in the region while officials in Seoul have vowed to bolster their defences. But South Korean citizens - long accustomed to its neighbour's fearsome rhetoric - are staying remarkably calm as the crisis unfolds, it has been reported. Officials in Hawaii, meanwhile, say they are working on how to warn its 1.4million residents in the event of an attack. Top left: A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet lands on the runway at the Osan base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea this morning.
The heavens open to extinguish Lucifer! ‘Satanic’ heatwave that has scorched Europe now causes RAINSTORMS and howling GALES at tourist destinations
Spain, Germany and Poland have all suffered thunderstorms on Thursday, another extreme following temperatures of around 40 degrees at the weekend. The Spanish island of Ibiza (inset left) recorded an estimated 3,000 lightning bolts in just three hours late yesterday afternoon, with 20mm of rain within an hour. Emergency services in Lodz, Poland, (top right) had to be called to help clear up fallen trees as streets in residential areas were flooded on Thursday.
'Find Gianluca a job': Internet reacts with delight after Italian playboy who boasts of his outrageous lifestyle to his 11 million Instagram followers has his yacht and properties seized by creditors
Italian playboy Gianluca Vacchi, 50, who has 11 million Instagram followers, had a yacht and properties seized by creditors - much to the amusement of the Internet. The tattooed, body-building heir to an industrial empire fills his social media(right, inset left) with a cash-rich, work-free existence dedicated to the pursuit of pleasure. But now his lavish lifestyle is being remorselessly parodied(main, left).
'Jihadis' arrested over plot to crash two 186mph bullet trains into each other and drive truck packed with explosives into celebration attended by Vladimir Putin
Police say an alleged jihadist cell tried to target a high speed rail line used by Russia's Sapsan 'bullet' trains at Farforovskaya railway station close to St Petersburg, Vladimir Putin's home city. They were aiming to disrupt the Confederations Cup tournament last month, a precursor to the FIFA World Cup hosted by the Russian President next year, it is believed. When the bid failed to cause a high speed rail horror, potentially killing and wounding hundreds of people, they switched tack and aimed to drive a truck loaded with explosives into a crowd in the same city, say FSB sources. An attack was penciled for July 30 in St Petersburg, when Putin was leading celebrations of the annual Russian Navy Day commemoration, but was thwarted, it is claimed. Footage recently released by the FSB - the Federal Security Service once headed by Putin - shows how armed agents detained seven suspects, reported to be from central Asia, on July 27.