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Mistress sent thugs to lover's family home in Cheshire

As his former mistress faces jail for sending thugs to the Cheshire family home, shamefaced Robert McKenrick, his wife Priya and daughter Scarlett (all pictured, right) open up about their ordeal. Scarlett was 17 when her Alderley Edge home (pictured, inset) was invaded by men in balaclavas who almost suffocated her mother with Clingfilm. Robert's former lover, Karine Solloway (pictured, left), faces jail after sending the gang, who stole tens of thousands of pounds worth of goods from the house.

Porn found on deputy PM's computer 'would be illegal now'

The computer was seized in a raid on the deputy prime minister's office in November 2008 during an inquiry into government leaks. The extreme content discovered would be illegal now, it has been claimed. A source close to the investigation told The Sun: 'Porn was being accessed on an almost virtual daily basis. Police were told nothing could be done. Quite simply, it was not illegal to be in possession of extreme images before January 2009.'

Meghan Markle 'plans to move her dogs to the UK'

Meghan Markle is thought to be moving her dogs to the UK in the clearest sign yet that she is planning to live in London with Prince Harry (inset). Harry, 33, is also said to have become very attached to the dogs while visiting Miss Markle. ‘The fact she’s started the process of moving them to England is the clearest hint yet that she sees her future living in London with Harry. She is very close to those two dogs.'

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A headline in yesterday’s paper suggested that a new type of milk had been produced which was suitable for people with a milk ‘allergy’.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt taken down by Ralf Little

The 37-year-old actor (left), famous for his appearance in the Royle Family, then sent a public tweet to the Tory: 'If I'm wrong, sue me. I double dare you.' It sparked a week-long war of words. Hunt (right), MP for South West Surrey, eventually hit back at the accusation and provided a range of statistics backing his claim up to dismiss Little's scathing remark. Little then responded after carefully fact-checking Hunt's disputed figures because he is 'never one to resist a challenge'. In a series of 42 tweets, he exposed the truth behind Hunt's figures - and mocked his ability to use unverified statistics to his advantage.

Benedict Allen who vanished apologises for causing panic

Explorer Benedict Allen (pictured) begged his wife’s forgiveness as the Mail rescued him from the jungle yesterday. Weak from malaria, the veteran adventurer had become trapped between warring tribes in one of the most remote spots on Earth. After the father of three was discovered and handed him a satellite phone to call his wife Lenka, he told her: ‘I’m so sorry I’ve put you through this, Linky. ‘I’ve been missing you and fighting every inch of the way to get back to you and the family. I never quite gave up. Thanks for not giving up on me.’ The explorer, who has six BBC TV series to his name, had been trying to reach a lost tribe called the Yaifo – the ‘last people on Earth’ with no contact with the outside world. He spent three days with them but ran into trouble trying to make his way back to civilisation, apparently contracting malaria and finding himself stranded in the Hewa valley.

Blind man forced to sit on the floor of a Virgin train

A blind man travelling on a train with a guide dog claims that he was forced to sit on the floor for two-and-a-half hours as selfish commuters sat in disabled seats. Roger Debman says that a train conductor pointed to the floor and instructed him to 'sit there' after he complained. A shocking photograph (left) shows the 56-year-old sat on the floor of the York to Peterborough train with his guide dog Nevin. Mr Debman said: 'It's close to fraud. I've had two heart attacks, a stroke, I have a pacemaker - and I've to sit on the floor?' He booked the journey in advance for himself and his wife, Debra (shown right), but says Virgin gave him no option to reserve a disabled seat. On the return trip, Mr Debman was forced to use a 'normal' seat meaning Nevin blocked the aisle (inset), generating complaints from fellow travellers

Horror in the skies leaves four dead: Light plane and helicopter take off from flight training school moments apart only to smash into each other 1,000ft above the Rothschild family's Buckinghamshire estate just 15 minutes later 

Four people have been confirmed dead after a light aircraft and a helicopter crashed in mid-air over the Buckinghamshire countryside this afternoon. The aircraft crashed just 15 minutes after taking off from Wycombe Air Park which trains rookie pilots. Wreckage landed near the Rothschild family's Waddesdon Manor, 16 miles north-west of the airfield, just after midday.

Ex-Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale on I'm A Celebrity

The Member of Scottish Parliament (pictured right), 36, is a late entry, but has now been confirmed as part of the 2017 lineup. She will join Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's father Stanley and boxer Amir Khan when the Outback actions starts with Ant and Dec (pictured left) on Sunday night. The show typically lasts for three weeks, which means the Lothian MSP will miss multiple constituency surgeries, as well as next week's Budget. The last serving politician to go into the jungle was Conservative MP Nadine Dorries, who was suspended by her party following her decision in 2012.

The government is said to be preparing to hand over the cash despite fears it will be seen as a 'blackmail ransom' for a jailed British mother.

Will Cornick, 15 at the time of the murder, killed Ann Maguire, 61, by stabbing her seven times at Corpus Christi school in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Bipin Desai (pictured) walked free from court after hearing Mr Justice Green praise his 'kindness and compassion' over the death of 85-year-old father at their family home in Farnham, Surrey.

Melissa Humphreys, of Colchester, Essex, maxed out her parents' credit cards and cleared their bank accounts when they were travelling around Europe in a motorhome.

Benidorm and Emmerdale actor Bobby Knutt still managed to take centre stage today - at his own funeral - by performing his eulogy at a packed service in a South Yorkshire church.

Sinead Wooding, from Leeds, dialed 999 after her Akshar Ali, 27, had banned her from seeing friends and family, but by the time police arrived, she had been brutally murdered, a court heard.

Philip Tomlinson, 29, from Greater Manchester, would squander up to £1,000 a time playing betting machines and was so hooked on his habit he sold his expensive set of golf clubs to help fund it.

Guy Hedger (pictured) was shot in front of his devastated husband Simon-Pierre Hedger-Cooper at their £1million mansion near Ringwood, Hampshire, on April 30, a court heard.

Attila and Ildiko Wurth live in a privately rented flat in Hammersmith, west London, with their 15-month-old daughter and son, three. Neighbours have complained about the children crying.

Benjamin Brightey, of Hartlepool, had been having 'highly sexualised' online conversations with the 'child', asking for pictures of her in uniform in a string of explicit messages.

Winston George was sentenced at Amersham Crown Court after he was caught attacking the woman by a family member, who stopped him leaving until police arrived at the scene.

Michael Camp, from Milton Keynes, was spotted in his car weaving down a road in Spalding, Lincolnshire, in November 2015. He was charged with failing to provide a breath specimen for analysis.

Brandon Sharples, 20, Jake Cairns, 21, and Jack McInally, 21, were found guilty at Warwick Crown Court. The girl was found climbing out the first floor bathroom by police.

Football pundit Chris Kamara has praised the police after officers caught a suspected car thief hiding in his garden in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.

Josh Moody, from Glasgow, sent Twitter into meltdown after revealing how flatmate Megan Ellis (pictured) said she had put water in hours ago and the bottle still had not heated up.

Dale Mcclelland, 23, has been named locally as the victim of the incident at H&A; recycling unit (pictured) in Redruth, west Cornwall yesterday. It is being treated as an 'industrial accident'.

Travellers break into hospital in affluent London suburb

This was the disgusting scene left by travellers who broke into a derelict hospital to dump tons of old mattresses, timber and building materials against neighbours' fences. Parents in houses backing on to the property banned children from playing in their gardens and said the group set off fireworks nightly for two weeks, making their life hell. But, incredibly, officers said they were powerless to stop them and made no arrests.

Lincoln student creates the 'ultimate' university digs

Henry Debenham, 21, (left) kitted up his Lincoln home who he shares with Steph Ball, 21, Rhiannon Corbett, 20, and Jessica Wrightson, 20, (top right) with a hot tub. While the front of the property (inset) looks like an average terraced house which are inhabited by undergraduates up and down the country, the garden has been transformed into a post-study paradise. Mr Debenham said: 'The idea was just to make a dream place to hang out. We wanted the ultimate student house.'

Mother goes plastic-free for a week saying it's cheaper

The mound of rubbish before me reaches up to my thigh and is well over a metre wide. It's made up of a dozen concertinaed bottles (milk, fizzy water, orange juice, shampoo, shower gel...), as well as fruit cartons, swathes of plastic food packaging and bubble wrap from an online parcel. I am mortified, because this is all the plastic I've used in a single week — and I'm pretty pernickety about recycling. It looks like I've fed the 5,000 as opposed to a family of five. Only now does it strike me that we shouldn't be buying so much plastic in the first place, WRITES ALICE SMELLIE.

London's Winter Wonderland opens with beefed up security

The Winter Wonderland Christmas fair opened tonight with beefed up security to avoid a terror attack.  Layers of steel barriers guarded people queuing for the entrance to London's Hyde Park. Rucksacks and women's handbags were meticulously searched as queues appeared thinner and more orderly than last year when crowds waiting to get in were described as 'sitting ducks' for terrorists.

Rose West enjoys 'middle class' life behind bars

In 1995, Rose West (pictured with husband Fred) was convicted of the 'depraved' murders of ten young women and girls mostly at 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester, the terrace house she shared with her husband Fred. Lodgers, babysitters, children, as well as strangers they picked up off the street, were tortured and abused before being buried in the cellar or under the patio of their home. Now she lives a 'middle-class' life in prison where she will spend the rest of her days.

Prince Charles lifts spirits as he visits shelter on tour

The Prince of Wales lifted the spirits of staff and pupils at a shelter in Antigua and Barbuda on the first day of his tour of the hurricane-ravaged nation. He was given a red-carpet welcome when he landed on Friday afternoon before being taken to Antigua's National Technical Training Centre which is serving as a shelter for those made homeless by hurricane Irma. Prince Charles lifted morale by sharing jokes with staff and greeting boys and girls who looked delighted to meet him.

Baby is delivered at London's Waterloo station

Evelyn Brandao (pictured with newborn Reign, partner Hervon and shift manager Justyna Syla), 24, was travelling with her family from Woking to London when she suddenly realised she was going into labour. The mother-to-be panicked and alerted the train guard at 3.45pm and said she was about to have her son. The worker managed to rush her into the station's first aid room where she gave birth to baby Reign at 4.10pm. Ms Brandao said she had been 'hoping that Reign would wait, but there was no chance' and the baby arrived just 25 minutes later, weighing 6lb 8oz (2.9kg).

Emaciated lion is so skinny you can see it’s SPINE as visitors fear it is slowly dying in enclosure in Bangladesh zoo 

Harrowing footage taken from a zoo in Bangladesh shows an incredibly emaciated lion fighting for its life inside a dirty enclosure. The 18-year-old lion is said to be dying from age related complications. Juboraj the lion, who zoo officials said was in the condition because of age-related complications, was filmed lying on the floor, its rib cage visible beneath it's taut skin. Aged 18, the lion is a long time past its prime, however visitors have been shocked at the condition of Juboraj - with many refusing to visit or petitioning the centre over the alleged poor conditions.

Three brawling drivers create a massive traffic jam in Wales as road rage fight leaves the traffic piling up behind them

A vicious road rage brawl was caught on video when three men were filmed punching each other while holding up traffic at a roundabout in Wales. The violent altercation was filmed at the Pwyll-y-Pant roundabout, known locally as Cedar Tree Roundabout in Caerphilly, Wales.

Butcher trolls vegans who stage silent protest in Devon

The pair of anonymous campaigners arrived outside Arthur's Butchery and Delicatessen in the affluent village of Topsham in Devon on Thursday afternoon. Holding flowers and wearing solemn expressions, the two women stood for two hours behind a sign which read: 'in memory of the animals who don't want to die' (main). Unluckily for them their peaceful protest was slightly disturbed by the owner of the shop who wished to get his point across too. Bill Chibouni (pictured left) scrawled his own message in response on the back of an envelope (inset).

Harrowing pictures show injured Rohingya refugees

Since August this year, thousands of people have been forced to flee to Bangladesh each week, with many people injured in the chaos as they try to escape. Bangladeshi infrastructure and international aid agencies are struggling to provide the medical care to those who have fled the ethnic conflict. Many have suffered severe psychological and physical injuries. Among those injured include brothers Mohamed and Akhter Heron (right), Momtaz Begum (top left) and Nur Kamal (bottom left).

When Carl Sinclair saw a drug addict try to steal his car as his wife and three children slept in his Doncaster home, he grabbed a lump hammer, rushed outside in his boxers and punched him.

Zimbabwe Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ally General Chiwenga flew to Beijing to discuss their plans for the coup with the Chinese. The Americans and Russians were also told.

Three former convent schoolgirls want an urgent change in the law after their teacher escaped justice for filming up pupils’ skirts in Shirley near Croydon, south London.

If you thought holidaying on your own private island was exclusively for the rich and famous, think again. From Tanzania to Dorset, MailOnline has scouted out the best fantasy island getaways.

Pictured: Professor Susan Bassnett of the University of Glasgow, has told how she had her breasts fondled due to a ‘hidden epidemic’ of sexual misconduct in the academic world.

Ron Sheppard (pictured), 69, was left heartbroken when 28-year-old Cristel Lalec packed her bags and left this week but he said women from across the globe have rushed to comfort him.

Chancellor Philip Hammond (pictured) will announce plans to tax plastic bottles, coffee cups and packaging across the UK in next week's Budget, according to sources.

A Conservative student at Cambridge has spoken out about the ‘dirty looks’ and abuse she has had from her peers because of her political beliefs.

Students at Magdalen College at Oxford voted to make the sessions mandatory for all freshers in a bid to make undergraduates more sensitive to the needs of ethnic minorities.

Economists at UBS Wealth Management, an arm of Swiss bank UBS, are now saying that the economy will grow faster than expected. They have forecast 1.1pc growth next year from 0.7pc.

Sarah Clarke, who is currently director of the Wimbledon tennis championships, will begin in the ceremonial post in the New Year.

The BBC has been accused of bias and arrogance for stacking Radio 4 comedy show The News Quiz with panellists who savage Brexiteers.

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver (pictured with his wife and two of his daughters) has now banned his 14-year-old daughter from posting selfies, and compares the trend to pornography.

Daryll Rowe was first arrested by police in Sussex after preying on eight men. But was freed on bail and went on to target two more men in the North East.

The thugs barge past people standing outside a pub before careening down the pavement and snatching a mobile from a lone pedestrian on Junction road in Archway, north London.

European council president Donald Tusk will deliver a tough message when he meets the Prime Minister on the fringes of a summit in Sweden later.

Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney said his Government's top priority was giving business certainty and claimed this meant a much longer transition to Brexit.

The Prime Minister announced yesterday that she is to take personal charge of solving Britain's acute housing crisis and in next week's Budget, planning rules will be relaxed.

A new set of stamps is being issued to commemorate the 70th wedding anniversary of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, including images of their engagement.

Matrix Chambers, a highly influential law firm in London is in meltdown after star barrister Benjamin Emmerson QC was accused of groping a female colleague.

This is the hilarious moment newlywed Glenice Rawson, of Rotherham, Sheffield gets a scare after opening her wedding day card and finding a fake butterfly inside.

For the families of Colin Pitchfork’s teenage victims, Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth, images of the unaccompanied killer out on day release recently from an open prison are devastating indeed.

Only Blackburn, Scarborough and Blackpool are building enough houses to keep up with their populations - that's only three in 100 UK towns.

The aerofoil, a thin wing-shaped strip of aluminium and plastic originally designed for Formula One cars, is attached to the front of cold cabinet shelves to stop UK shoppers feeling chilly.

The CBI insisted ‘reducing immigration is not the answer’ in a call to let European workers enter the UK easily after Brexit. It claimed uncertainty was already making it harder for firms to recruit.

Chief Constable Peter Goodman issued the stark warning on rampant computer hacking as he urged firms to come clean to customers when their security has been compromised.

The Government says the so-called ‘child safety from the cradle’ strategy will equip parents to handle future challenges like cyberbullying and online porn.

The latest example this week was a ‘sin’ committed against the creed behind ‘gender politics’, which dictates that anyone who uses language deemed ‘sexist’ must be punished.

The Chancellor asked backbenchers to come up with ideas for next week's Budget and the the most important request behind housing and student finance was reductions in UK-funded overseas aid.

They do things differently in Hawes — a market town wedged between the rugged splendour of Wether Fell, Fleet Moss and Stags Fell, deep in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Pictured: Denise Coates, the reclusive queen of online gambling guards her privacy so fiercely that until this week, few people had heard of her. Her earnings were made public this week.

Bernard Ross (pictured), 51, former head of production at Uefa, was last seen on October 18 leaving his Oxford home. His wife Jacinta is desperate for him to return for Christmas.

Tehran is said to have been furious when the Prime Minister deported two of its officials when she was Home Secretary in 2013 - the same year Kamal Foroughi, 78, (pictured) was held.

The children are believed to have been trafficked and are said to have endured extremely traumatic experiences and were spotted in the village of Battlefield, near Shrewsbury, on March 11.

The Government claimed it would save £10million a year by reducing tax evasion and cutting costs when it replaced paper discs with an online system in October 2014.

Top scientists are a step closer to making the flying cars and trains of Back To The Future a reality after creating huge 'hover vehicle' 

Amazing footage shows the progress a team of scientists have made in creating a huge 'hover vehicle' that travels across the surface, paving the way for a Back To The Future like flying car. The technology uses magnets to hover just centimeters above the surface, gliding effortlessly at speed.

Denise Smith from Northampton has been banned from owning animals after using manuka honey to try to heal her cat’s cancer. The RSPCA said the act caused unnecessary pain.

Toby Mulholland, 32, smashed a window at the home of John Lyon and Cheryl Mia, in Lowestoft, Suffolk. Mulholland was arrested four days later.

Rail workers on Virgin Trains’ West Coast route have voted by nine to one to go on strike in a dispute over pay. The West Coast franchise covers services from London Euston to Glasgow.

Delays on customer service lines were particularly bad at most of the ‘Big Six’ suppliers – British Gas, SSE, Npower, E.on, EDF and Scottish Power – which dominate the market.

The BBC is being made to disclose details about complaints every fortnight after a battle with broadcasting watchdog Ofcom, in a bid to force it to become more transparent.

The scheme is being considered by five health trusts in the East Midlands and Greater Manchester which collectively cover almost one million patients.

In some parts of the 24-storey west London building, the inferno had reached temperatures of more than 1,000C, devouring all in its path, leaving little but blackened dust.

Despite claims by left-wing MPs and community activists that 'hundreds' were killed in the Grenfell Tower tragedy, an exhaustive Scotland Yard inquiry found 71 people lost their lives.

Elvis' honeymoon hideaway hits the market for under $6m

The home where Elvis and Priscilla Presley honeymooned in 1967 is for sale for $5,900,000 in California. The Palm Springs property has has five bedrooms and five bathrooms, an oversized pool (bottom right), and a tennis court. The front of the bedroom (top right) looks over the street and is lined with floor-to-ceiling windows. The house features a circular living room with sliding glass doors, stone walls, and a 40-foot built in couch (bottom left).

Spending on the security of MPs has soared in the wake of the murder of Jo Cox, who was shot and stabbed as she attended a surgery in her constituency of Batley and Spen, West Yorkshire.

Some of us, from time to time, have been known to observe that Chancellor Philip Hammond is no sunbeam. My duty today is to report that he has a rival in the glum stakes: John McDonnell

Ministers ordered top officers to publish details of their salaries in one place and also dramatically slash holiday entitlement from up to 12 weeks a year (file image).

French-owned car giant Vauxhall was last night accused of ‘breathtaking cheek’ after suggesting motorists in Britain should pay an extra tax at the pumps to combat air pollution.

Senior Labour figures yesterday accused the British high street store of failing to uphold women’s ‘reproductive rights’ by supplying cheap contraceptive pills in all its stores.

Meet China's one-legged football star: Incredible story of how an aspiring athlete who lost his left leg to rare cancer fights against the odds and score amazing goals on crutches

The 20-year-old striker, who lost his left leg aged 12, has inspired millions of people after giving stunning performance on the football field on crutches (pictured). Despite having been declined the opportunity to play games many times, He Yiyi has risen to super stardom after a video showing him scoring amazing goals emerged. Yiyi managed to meet his idols from the West Ham United after being invited by the English Premier League club to London in February. The football-mad man started professional training at the age of nine at his school in the city of Shanwei (inset).

Zimbabwe's influential National Liberation War Veterans Association called for an anti-Mugabe rally on Saturday and said the 'game was up' for the veteran leader and his wife.

Ben Affleck quiet on Rose McGowan rape, jokes about rape

It all capped off with his appearance on Today when host Savannah Guthrie, refusing to throw the actor softballs, very bluntly asked if Affleck had been told by Rose McGowan that she was rape by Harvey Weinstein. Affleck responded by completely avoiding the question, saying: 'I don't want to get into other people's individual stories. Those are their stories and they're entitled to tell as much or as little of those. I believe Rose. I support her. I like and admire her tenacity and I wish her the best.' That lackluster response came just hours after his appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where the actor all but dismissed the fact that he groped a teenage Hilarie Burton, treating the incident as if it were some inconsequential event in his life. And just two days before that, Affleck left his Justice League co-stars stunned and in disbelief when he responded to a question about introducing a new female character to the group by joking about sexual assault.

Jeremy Piven broke down in tears while filming new show

Jeremy Piven has been an 'emotional wreck' in the wake of allegations he sexually abused or harassed four women, a source has told DailyMail.com. The actor broke down in tears on Wednesday while filming his new series Wisdom of the Crowd (pictured) and became so emotional filming had to be halted. 'Filming was stopped. He has become an emotional wreck within the last week as these allegations mount against him,' the source said. Piven was accused on Twitter of sexual harassment and assault by 38-year-old actress Ariane Bellamar (bottom left) at the end of October. That was followed by actress Cassidy Freeman who said on her Instagram page that Piven engaged in 'predatory behavior' against her when she was 'far too young.'

Private islands that can be rented for £23 per day

Did you think holidaying on your own private island was just for millionaires? In fact, in the modern age of Airbnb, anyone can rent one. From Tanzania (pictured bottom centre) to Dorset (pictured bottom left), MailOnline has scoured the Internet for the best fantasy island getaways. Whether you want to live like a footballer in paradise on Ibiza (pictured top right) or get away from it all on a blustery Scottish island (pictured top centre), if there are enough of you, it might be more affordable than you think. If none of them take your fancy we've found island paradises for rent in Belize (pictured bottom left) and Norway (pictured bottom right) as well.

Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, 76, revealed he has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in a letter. Jackson noticed changes three years ago and plans to focus on physical therapy.

Two Americans, two Germans, six Tanzanians, and a South African pilot were all killed when their Cessna aircraft crashed in Ngorongoro National Park, in Tanzania, on Wednesday.

The post, which appeared on an ISIS-supporting Telegram channel yesterday, shows the text pasted between a Father Christmas hat and beard and comes after warnings from the U.S. authorities.

Footage emerged online showing a woman approaching the restaurant worker behind the eatery in the city of Mecca in western Saudi Arabia.

The ARA San Juan (file photo) last contacted the Argentine navy on Wednesday while 250 miles off the coast of Patagonia and has not been heard from since, a spokesman said.

Footage shows a bright light in the sky over Inari in Finland - but the flash was so intense it was also seen in Russia's Kola Peninsula and in northern Norway.

Russia expects to launch the Luna-25 in 2020. The lunar orbiter will explore the its south pole and collect soil samples to be sent back to earth for analysis.

Town officials in Marne, Iowa, which has a population of just 114 people, are offering a plot of land measuring 120ft by 80ft to anyone who is willing to move there and build a house.

Police in Texas had been hunting Karen Fonseca, 46, after posting an image of her truck complete with offensive sticker online. She has now been arrested, but over a separate matter.

Canadian Eric Massicotte, based in Toronto, shared a picture of his youngster's latest work - a house drawn with a green felt tip pen. But rather than rub it out, Massicotte decided instead to frame it.

These pictures reveal the ancient way of life of the Dani tribe, who live in the highlands of West Papua, Indonesia. Women of the tribe cut off one of their fingers when a family dies, symbolising the pain felt.