Leanne Williams (left) slammed The Clock Face Pub and Restaurant in St Helens, Merseyside, for its meagre portion (right) in a scathing review online. Ms Williams, who had visited for a meal with her family, was shocked when she received a reply from the restaurant's boss Jamie Fildes thanking her for the 'glowing review' (inset). Mr Fildes then quipped: 'I count eight chips, I think someone's had a sneaky one too, that makes nine'.

Ewan McGregor's estranged wife Eve Mavrakis made a low key appearance in Santa Monica on Sunday, where she was seen without a wedding ring on (pictured centre and left). The production designer's outing comes at the same time it's reported the actor has been living apart from his wife of 22 years. McGregor, 46, separated from French production designer Eve (together inset), 51, in May, months before pictures of the actor kissing Fargo co-star Mary Elizabeth Winstead (right) in a London restaurant emerged.

Gunpowder featured the most violent and visceral scenes of execution ever screened on primetime television. This star- studded BBC1 drama about the November 5 plot was not so much brutal as psychotic in its quest for historical accuracy. Sian Webber (pictured inset), best known as Phil Mitchell's lawyer in EastEnders, was stripped naked and crushed to death under iron weights on a public scaffold - a 17th century punishment known as 'pressing'. Her only crime was her religion, Catholicism. Then a young priest was hanged, drawn and quartered: We saw him strung up and cut down, copiously disembowelled and butchered with an axe, before his head was dipped in tar and displayed on a spike. The camera never flinched, though plenty of viewers must have done. The king's Protestant thugs are the oppressive English state, while the Gunpowder plotters led by arch-Catholic Robert Catesby (Kit Harington from Game Of Thrones pictured left) are the Republican freedom fighters, WRITES CHRISTOPHER STEVENS.

So, mums and dads, picture this. Your seven-year-old daughter skips into the living room and says that she wants to shave her head. Do you (a) tell her not to be so ridiculous and to go and do her homework? Or (b) point her in the direction of the clippers and let her get on with it? If you are part of a growing tribe who embrace a concept called 'extreme unschooling' - aka parenting without rules - then the answer is obviously the latter. The above scenario actually happened while cameras were filming at home with the Rawnsley family in Yorkshire (pictured inset) for a Channel 4 documentary on the phenomenon. Mother-of-three Vickie Hairsine (pictured left), 25, says her move into 'extreme unschooling' was gradual. She is certainly a chilled-out mum. Her eldest daughter, Jessica (pictured bottom right), now seven, started at primary school, but became increasingly 'sad and withdrawn', to the point where Vickie removed her. During filming, there is disruption in the house as Theo (pictured top right), four, spills juice everywhere while the 11-month-old crawls over the table.

With the shockwaves of recent election results in Germany and Austria, it is the turn of the tiny Czech Republic to trigger yet more angst in Brussels, writes MARK ALMOND. 'The pro-Europe political Czech establishment has been upended by a 63-year-old Eurosceptic, anti-immigration, pro-Russian billionaire who is being hailed as the "Czech Donald Trump". Andrej Babis (pictured), whose party is the bluntly named Action for Dissatisfied Citizens (ANO), won 29.6 per cent of the vote at the weekend, or 78 out of 200 seats in the lower house, firmly shifting his nation to the Right.'

Nutritionist ANGELA DOWDEN reveals what's really in your favourite food, including the chicken noodles that are 70 per cent water but no chicken, ketchup that's mainly made of sugar and fizzy drinks mostly consisting of water. She hopes revealing the 'singredients' lurking in supermarket staples will help consumers see beyond the jargon listed on food labels.

The girl is filmed holding an umbrella above her head while standing under a drain as it dumps a deluge of water on top of her during heavy rain in Asia yesterday. When she decides she has had had enough of this particular game, she skips into the sodden garden. But a lightning bolt appears to strike the umbrella before the video cuts out. It is reported that the child survived the harrowing incident.

She was left red-faced after tumbling feet-first through a trap door in front of horrified guests at the BBC Radio 1 Teen Award on Sunday afternoon. But Gemma Collins was able to see the funny side as she dusted herself off following the embarrassing calamity at London's SSE Arena, where she was on hand to deliver the award for Best TV Show to the cast of Love Island. Taking to Instagram that evening, The Only Way Is Essex star, 36, shared a snap of herself with mic in hand, just moments before plummeting through the stage floor.

She was stunned when photos of her husband kissing Topshop heiress Chloe Green, 26, on a yacht in Turkey surfaced online this summer. And ' Hot Felon ' Jeremy Meeks' estranged wife Melissa, 38, has now spoken about the devastating incident for the first time since the 33-year-old former jailbird turned model struck up a relationship with British billionaire Sir Philip Green's daughter. Mother-of-three Melissa broke down in tears during an emotional chat with This Morning hosts Ben Shepherd and Amanda Holden on Monday, confessing that she still misses her husband of eight years despite his infidelity.

The grand mock Georgian homes lining Hamilton Drive (bottom left), in St John's Wood, west London, are the picture of elegance and luxury (top right and bottom right). But while now the homes are fetching around £10million, the site was not always a millionaire's haven. Before the tree-lined avenue, dubbed the 'One Hyde Park' of new homes, transformed the plot, it was home to a series of derelict, unsightly garages (top left). Mark Pollack, from Aston Chase estate agents, said: 'The address provides all the benefits of lateral apartment living within the architecture of a family house and brings Mayfair quality to St John's Wood.'

According to research by estate agent Aston Chase from October 2016 to date, 50 homes have sold for more than £10 million generating a total of £727 million. These include properties in (clockwise from top left): St John's Wood, Bayswater, Hampstead and three addresses in Belgravia.

The cup match between Bangkok Sports Club and Satri Angthong was in the sudden death stage in Thailand and tied at 19-19 when the last man - the goalkeeper - stepped up to take a spot kick for Bangkok Sports. He hit the crossbar which sent the opposition goalkeeper running away and jumping in celebration, while the penalty taker held his head in despair. But the ball flew into the air and when it landed the backspin caused it to slowly bounce back into an empty goal as keeper frantically ran back to try to save it.

A new gallery shows there are no limits to the creative ways students will try and find ways to make lessons more valuable. From the boy who brought his own toaster to class, to the girl who brazenly straightened her hair while sat at her desk. (Pictured: Photos posted on social media of students up to no good during lessons)

A 20-year-old woman attacked her student friend with a kitchen knife after taking a cocktail of booze and anti-psychotic drugs, a court heard. Stephanie Roberts from South Kensington slashed Ravi Benitez, 19, across the face and threatened to kill him whilst visiting him at Warwick University.

Kieron Walsh (centre) is raffling off the new-build detached property (pictured) in Salford, Greater Manchester, with any entrants having to ask three easy questions. The 30-year-old from Derby hopes to sell enough tickets to cover its value and will allow up to 300,000 to be bought before the closing date in April next year. The winner will also have their stamp duty and solicitor fees paid on the property, which Mr Walsh has failed to sell following a series of deals falling through. He said: 'We were getting to the point where we were just never completing. People kept putting in other offers and gazumping each other. And then the closer I'd get to finalising, something would happen. So I started doing some research and I decided to press ahead with this.'

Sid Gautam (right), 37, is determined to have another go at building a large house in Penarth, Wales, after its rear walls crumbled and the roof collapsed during works last year (left). Following the initial incident in June 2016 at the house on Clinton Road - a sought-after area of the Vale of Glamorgan town - Mr Gautam submitted a retrospective application to build a four-storey home with seven bedrooms. But it received 13 letters of opposition from neighbours and residents, was opposed by Penarth town council and rejected in turn by the Vale of Glamorgan council in October. One of the objections called the plans 'poorly designed, incongruous and cramped'. Mr Gautam then flattened the whole house, meaning all that remained was a hole in the ground. Now he is having another go, and has submitted a revised planning application to the council for a six-bedroom home over four floors.

A bullfighter narrowly avoided death after being gored through the neck during a contest, but returned to continue the event in San Marco which was in aid of Mexico's earthquake appeal. Aruto Macias, 35, swerved death by centimeters after taking a horn just beneath his windpipe during an event held in the Plaza de Toros Monumental de Aguascalientes in San Marco, Mexico on Saturday. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT.

These black-and-white images provide an insight into the role sport played in helping troops cope with the difficulties of WWI. Cricket (left), boxing, rugby (top right) and badminton were all popular with troops. Other striking images show how British soldiers enjoy a swim near Aveluy Wood in 1916 - where the Battle of the Somme which killed more than more than one million people took place just months later.

A brave Chinese woman has taken on a bizarre facial treatment in a bid to have her acne cured. A recently video clip shows the woman having four leeches placed on her face by a beautician who claimed they could suck away her pimples slowly. The beautician also claimed that there would be no complications following the 'thousand-year-old' therapy.

Sharon Bijin, 44, ordered a muscular arm cake for her husband's 32nd birthday but she ended up receiving a hilariously awful bake that her friend said looks more like a foetus. When Sharon complained about the cake, the maker still charged her £50, before blocking her and deleting her account entirely.

The unnamed ball boy (left) seized his moment in the limelight when the cameras panned to him to play the 'circle game' when Alexis Sanchez took a corner for Arsenal at Goodison Park on Sunday. You play the childhood prank by making an 'OK' sign below your waist by joining you thumb and forefinger together to make a circle (right). The aim is to try and make other people look at your gesture, thereby winning the game.

Chloe Hawke, from Bodmin in Cornwall, was rejected by a man on the Plenty of Fish dating website when he discovered she had a baby as he was repulsed by the idea of her 'cleaning someone else's a**'. Disgusted by the comment Miss Hawke said: 'Anyone who doesn't respect me as a mother is just not worth my time.' She has now spoken out about her experience in a stark warning to other women searching for love online.

Queensland authorities are investigating an incident in Cairns after photos emerged of four men swimming in a crocodile trap. The foolhardy swimmers appear to have entered a crocodile cage just off the shore, with one man even climbing on top of the mesh. The Department of Environment have warned of an increase in crocodiles and snakes due to the recent rainfall and flooding.

Lea Membrey, from Auckland, New Zealand, says she visited a sperm bank three times before transitioning to ensure that she can one day have a baby that is 'half her DNA'. The pretty 20-year-old student has already undergone intensive hormone treatment and breast and face surgery - and plans to have a full reassignment in the near future. (Pictured: Lea Membrey before her transition to female. Right: recent shots of Lea following breast surgery. Inset: Lea as a young boy growing up in New Zealand)

Louise Gibbs, 31, of Oldham, Greater Manchester, ballooned to 18st after her pregnancies with her three children. But after vowing to fit into a size 14 for her son's christening Louise overhauled her diet and credits her new washboard stomach to pushing her buggy. The mother-of-three has lost a total of seven stone and is now a svelte dress size 12. Pictured: Louise before weight loss (left and centre) and now (right).

A man has been caught on CCTV camera's pushing a woman onto train tracks in Hong Kong (pictured left and right). The callous attack occurred at a train station in Yuen Long and shows a 56-year-old man brutally shoving the woman without provocation. The 59-year-old woman was rescued and taken to hospital with jaw injuries. The man was later arrested.

Corne van Tonder was enjoying a sunset cruise on the Chobe River in Botswana, Africa, this summer when he spotted 12 elephants cross to an island and begin rolling around in a mud bath. The 40-year-old was just over five metres away from the animals when he spotted a baby become stuck in the deep mud and quickly began filming. Footage shows the calf's oblivious mother almost squash her baby as she too struggles to get up the river bank, while the youngster squeals with frustration as it keeps sinking in the mud.

More than 400 nomads came together this month for one of America's largest 'vanlife' gatherings. Incredible images of Descend on Bend in Oregon show a huge array of vans and mobile homes parked up for the gathering.   The event featured potluck sharing dinners, scavenger hunts, a fundraising breakfast, yoga, and live music. At night the nomads gathered around a campfire where they sang songs and chatted into the early hours. It is estimated that more than six million Americans - 1.8 per cent of the population - live life on the road.

A consistent theme seen throughout the images are technological advances being coupled with traditional games. This includes horses being replaces with cars for auto polo and airplanes being integrated with golf for 'aerial golf'. The oldest photos date back to the American Civil War between 1862 and 1865.

A father-of-three from Cardiff had both feet and a hand amputated after contracting sepsis (pictured right), believing he only had the flu. Chris Garlick (pictured left), 46, had to have both his legs and one of his hands removed after suddenly falling ill with sepsis, believing it was just a cold.

The pictures, taken by Lesley Allen, show how the little weasel was able to wrestle free from the heron's beak (left) and make a break for freedom in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Yet moment before it slips down the neck of the bird, he prises the beak open using its hands and runs across the field (inset). Lesley, 62, said: 'The heron appeared with the weasel on the opposite bank of the River Nene.'

Florida mother Maria Crider gave birth to her son Logan back in April after finding out she had breast cancer just 11 weeks into her pregnancy. Over the course of the pregnancy, the 27-year-old had to undergo a mastectomy of her left breast and endured multiple rounds of chemotherapy right up until she gave birth. Touching photos taken by birthing photographer Bonnie Hussey captured the moment Crider gave birth to her son Logan via cesarean. Several emotional photos captured Crider nursing Logan right after he was born and the large scar from her mastectomy is clearly visible. Crider, who had to undergo further chemotherapy treatment after the birth and has recently completed radiation, said she wanted to share the photos to give hope to other pregnant women battling breast cancer.

A daredevil narrowly avoided being swatted by two huge humpback whales in South Africa who circled him after he swam out to touch one of them.  The moment was captured on camera as the man swam dangerously close to the two whales.  After being prodded by the swimmer, the whale can be seen lifting its head from the water and proceeds to circle the swimmer. Harassing whales in the wild is an illegal offence under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, as it is seen as harmful to the animals.