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Nicole Caroli, 46, (left) had already reported Douglas Hammersley (inset) to the police when he was photographed raising a pint of beer in a Surrey pub to celebrate reaching a century (right). But she said seeing people praise her grandfather as a 'lovely person' and a 'gentleman' made her feel 'physically sick'. She explained: 'I couldn't bear the idea of everyone standing around, saying how wonderful he was, when the truth was so different.' Nicole said she decided to report Hammersley when she got wind the party was being planned at the local he'd drunk at for 70 years. Hammersley, now 102, was given a two-year suspended prison sentence in September, placed on the sex offender register and ordered to pay £25,000 compensation after being taken to court over the abuse.

Paul Chatwin, 51, runs the three-star Royal Clarence Hotel, which has a three-and-a-half star rating on TripAdvisor. But the businessman (inset) was so fed-up with 'unfair' reviews he has taken to personally replying to less favourable ratings - with hilarious retorts (left). He told one 'I'm not here to be nice to every guest' and another who complained no double rooms were available was told he could not 'magically create' one. Another guest at the hotel (right) in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, was told to 'stick with your corporate hotel chain and their soul destroying square box rooms'. Defending his bolshie approach, married Paul said: 'I'm just really fed up with the PC and "customer is always right" type of argument.'

These are the first pictures ever published of the home where Poppi Worthington died including the double bed where she was found unresponsive and bleeding after her father 'probably' sexually abused her. The bed is shown strewn with towels, pillows and kitchen paper with a half-drunk baby bottle on the bedside table in Barrow-in-Furness in 2012. Cumbria's coroner has today also released images of the Peppa Pig pyjamas she was wearing on the night, the sofa where paramedics tried desperately to revive her, her pink babygrow and Hello Kitty cot blanket. It came as the doctor who examined her body after her death told Poppi's inquest in Kendal today she suffered severe bruising, cuts and a leg fractured in two places. Dr Alison Armour said she also found tears and bruising around her bottom and was 'strongly suspicious of child abuse' straight away. Last week Poppi's father Paul avoided 252 questions about her death - including why her DNA was found on his genitals - but chose to answer one to describe the 13-month-old as a 'bully'.

The gang used a moped to smash through the glass front door of the Chronext store on Fleet Street in the City of London at about 11am. Shocking footage shows one member of the gang waving a huge samurai sword while two others brandish a knife and iron bars. Further thieves were said to have been inside the store smashing the cabinets and grabbing lots of watches and stuffing them into bags. Witnesses claimed the criminals jumped on their scooters and punched the air in victory before driving off towards the law courts nearby. One witness said: 'There was a Vespa inside the shop because they drove it through the front door. I saw about five mopeds parked up on the pavement and the street outside and there were three guys walking up and down.'

The vivid images, colourised by Paul Reynolds, of Birmingham, show crashed aircraft engulfed in flames, captured Nazi prototype planes, and military troops working to get jets and bombs into working condition. One image features the B29 aircraft, which was used to carry out the atomic bomb attacks in Japan, while another shows an atomic bomb, nicknamed Fat Man (top left), that was detonated over the Japanese city of Nagasaki. Another shows the Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter (bottom left), which was first deployed during the Battle of Britain. Also featured is a US Navy F6F Hellcat after cash landing on the USS Lexington in 1945 (main).

Karen Clifton, 25, is reportedly dating accountant Stuart Wood, 27, amid rumours her two-year marriage to dancer Kevin Clifton is 'on the rocks'.  The Strictly Come Dancing professional recently admitted that she and her co-star beau are 'working on their marriage', but new reports have surfaced claiming the beauty is romantically linked to Stuart.  In pictures obtained by The Sun, Stuart and Karen have been spotted together on several occasions outside her home, with the duo leaving the house separately on Saturday morning. 

Emily Shepss was on the train from Bournemouth to Manchester when she heard a man called Ben tell his friends about his conquests. She quickly posted a warning to Ben's partner on Twitter and told them to 'Dump his ass.' She wrote: 'If anyone has a boyfriend called Ben on the Bournemouth - Manchester train right now, he's just told his friends he's cheating on you. Dump his ass x'

Evie Robbins, 12, from Leigh, Greater Manchester, got the advent calendar endorsed by the hit vlogger and was looking forward to the twelve gifts it contains for advent. But after taking a peek inside, she was shocked to find a gruesome looking Stanley knife with a razor-sharp blade. Evie's mother had purchased the £25 calendar from Boots online as a treat for her daughter in the build-up to Christmas. But the family have now sent out a warning to other parents after discovering the potential weapon wrapped inside.

Elton John has revealed his beloved mother has passed away aged 92 - months after they healed their long-lasting rift. The star, 70, who is in 'shock' today, had not spoken to Sheila Farebrother for around nine years. Sir Elton was performing on stage at Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona last night (left) just before his mother died in West Sussex, where she lived. It is not known if he knew she was gravely ill. Today he posted a photo (right) of them together and wrote on Instagram: 'So sad to say that my mother passed away this morning. I only saw her last Monday and I am in shock. Travel safe Mum. Thank-you for everything. I will miss you so much. Love, Elton'. Sir Elton fell out with Mrs Farebrother in 2008 after she allegedly refused his request not to talk to two of their oldest friends. His mother also said in 2015 she believed David Furnish attempted to take control of her son's life, at the expense of his old friends. But they reconciled fully in May this year.

Sometimes people can make mistakes that are so mindbogglingly implausible that all you can do is stand back in awe. Because it really does take a special kind of logic to think it would be a good idea to install a basket ball hoop directly under a window. Other unbelievable gaffes show a ladder that has been fixed to the side of a building - with an air vent cutting it off half-way up - and a streetlight whose bulb is facing the wrong way. This hilarious gallery of construction conundrums and poor plumbing shows why planning and preparation before embarking out on any project really is critical.

They became the first boy band to ever win the X Factor with Simon Cowell predicting they will be bigger than One Direction, yet members of Rak-Su had a more humble upbringing. Watford's Myles Stephenson, (right, as a boy) Jamal Shurland (second right), Mustafa Rahimtulla (left) and Ashley Fongho (second left), all 25 and 26, were crowned winners of the show last night, beating Lancashire-born singer Grace Davies in the final. If Cowell's prediction is right the foursome could earn as much as £200million - a far cry from their typical jobs in the Hertfordshire town.

The prototype was seen being lowered up and down by a huge crane as tests are carried out to ensure the drone can avoid obstacles and land safely in gardens. Seattle-based Amazon is believed to be testing its sophisticated 'sense and avoid' technology at a secret location in the Cambridgeshire countryside. This would enable the drones to eventually fly for ten miles at 400ft (121m) and carry packages of up to 5lbs (2.2kg) to people's homes in under 30 minutes. The size of the drones is unknown, with various shapes and sizes being tested, but some have been estimated as measuring around 17 inches long and wide. The latest tests come about 18 months after the Civil Aviation Authority lifted strict drone flying restrictions, which enabled Amazon to start testing its drones. It means the internet giant is allowed to have one pilot controlling multiple autonomous drones and can operate a drone without a direct line of sight.

Sometimes people are annoying purely for the sake of it, which seems to be the case for most of the people captured in these social media snaps. Pictured clockwise from top left: A worker takes a single bite out of a colleague's sandwich; another office worker falls victim to a prank; why didn't they just take a slice?; a driver parks in the trolley bay; a rude dog owner washes their pet in a drinking fountain; noone wants to see a fake spider on the loo roll.

NEW This footage shows the moment a landowner on horseback was involved in an ugly confrontation with a group of hunt saboteurs. In the video a man, believed to be George Winn-Darley, the owner of Spaunton Moor, a 7,000-acre estate in North Yorkshire, repeatedly shouts 'go back to the highway' while leading his horse at activists. The West Yorkshire Hunt saboteurs were on the estate as they claimed to have seen a fox fleeing a hunt group minutes before the incident unfolded on Saturday.

An Gif posted to Twitter by a University of Glasgow psychologist shows an electricity pylon jumping over power lines like a skipping rope, causing the screen to 'shake' each time it lands. Many users on Twitter, where the soundless Gif was first shared, have reported that they hear a 'thudding' noise each time the pylon lands.

Arsenal co-owner Alisher Usmanov, 64, is understood to have foot the bill for his niece Ganya's glamorous nuptials over the weekend. She wed Uzbek tennis star Vazha Uzakov (couple seen left) in a jaw-droppingly extravagant ceremony that included three designer dresses - including one with a train big enough to cover the dancefloor (top inset), and a Disney-style castle erected inside the venue (seen right). Ganya later changed into a less weighty gown (bottom inset) to dance the night away.

While this greenery shows off the healthy effects of the rain Victoria has been receiving recently, it also hides a deadly secret. Because lurking amongst the clovers and weeds is a highly venomous lowland copperhead snake. The photo was taken by Mark 'The Snake Hunter' Pelley near Hazel Glen College in Melbourne last week and drew plenty of perplexed responses from people online. Among the stream of guesses, one person joked that it was the 'very dangerous "Bitius Snakus"'.

The weekly supermarket shop is a chore few people look forward to - and it can be even more arduous with kids in tow. But spare a thought for the children, who have to endure trawling the aisles under the watchful eye of fraught parents, all while being told to 'be quiet' and 'put that back'. Snaps shared on social media around the world capture (clockwise from top left): A girl making her feelings about the supermarket very clear; a trolley of his own isn't helping; a little girl issues a silent protest; these two tots don't know any better; a cute toddler sums up everyone's feelings about a busy day at IKEA; a brother and sister escape to the electronics aisle.

Incredible footage has captured the moment that armed police hunting Liverpool's most wanted swooped on an Audi. Several officers surrounded the silver estate outside the Tavern Company restaurant on Smithdown Road, Allerton. Diners in the restaurant caught footage of the arrest as officers swooped with guns trained on the vehicle. A suspect was taken out and made to lie on the ground while being searched. A police cordon was quickly put in place and the Audi was later taken away for forensic examination. The incident occured just yards from the junction with Penny Lane, made famous by The Beatles.

When you think you're having a rough time, remember there is always someone having a worse time than you, as these hilarious photos from around the world reveal. From top left, clockwise: someone is locked out of their house after snapping their key, a woman has had one too many to drink and ends up cuddling a bin, a photo of two girls at a pool party is ruined by a curious pup, the father-of-the-bride lost his trousers during a wedding photoshoot, a motorist found a note stuck on their car with a sanitary towel and one man fell head-first into a very muddy puddle.

Cody Hall, 25, from Corby, Northamptonshire (main), had a severe birthmark, thought to be a haemangioma, that was so large it distorted the left side of her face (right inset) and took 21 operations to correct over the course of 14 years. Newlywed Cody, who said she'd found her 'happy ending' when she married her long-term boyfriend last month, was surprised on Lorraine today with a video message of congratulations from Dr Milton Warner (left inset), who she described as having been the 'second most important' man in her life after her father.

The swanky seven bedroom house in St Albans, Hertfordshire, (inset) has its own cocktail room, cocktail bar and a home cinema and has recently gone on the market for £5million. Its lower ground floor parking has a fully operational hydraulic car lift (top left), a music system with ceiling speakers and three working bay areas (bottom left). The brand new property has a large garden and patio area (top right) and a state-of-the-art professional home cinema (bottom right).

Baffling videos have taken social media by storm, people seemingly walking in mid-air by stepping over an invisible box. The premise involves stepping onto an 'invisible box' with one foot and leaping over it with the other foot. Some have performed the trick to perfection such as  Anderson University football player Dontez Hines (left) and Manvel High School cheerleader Ariel (right). Others hilariously fail, tripping over their own feet or even falling to the ground. The basis of the trick is all about jumping with one foot while keeping your 'stepping' foot still. So the performer has to essentially hop forward on one foot while keeping the other fixed in mid-air.

Proud owners from around the world have shared heart-warming then and now photos of their dogs, with many adopting the same poses as they did when their pets were just puppies. The then and now snaps show owners struggling under the weight of their hefty huskies (top right) and saymods (bottom right). Some looked delighted to be carrying their fluffy friends in their arms (top left) but others could barely be seen beneath their much larger pets (bottom left).

Kelly (right), 28, and Seb Jones (inset), 29, from Oldham, welcomed Anubis (pictured), a dangerous Serval cat, at 11 weeks old. And despite being nine months old and 3ft tall now, he is set to double in size within the next year. The couple live with their children, Sienna (left), four, and Brandon, 10, and Anubis often sleeps on their beds at night even though the cat is classed as dangerous. Mr Jones claims that despite being a wild animal with fangs as long as two inches, that he loves nothing more than snuggling up with the family at night. The family have built his own secured outdoor area and have set up CCTV to ensure he's closely watched at all times. The couple are allowed to take Anubis into public areas but it is required from their local council - in their dangerous animal licence - that he is kept on his lead at all times.

The video was posted on YouTube by UFO Today, a Belgium-based channel that regularly posts videos of alleged sightings. It shows an object flying through the night sky, with three lights in a triangular configuration flickering on and off. The conspiracy theorists claim that the sighting may be a black triangle UFO - a class of UFO with a distinctive triangular layout. But while UFO Today believes that it is a UFO, not everyone is so convinced, and some suggest it is likely to be a drone.

Huddled underneath Niagara Falls, a shot of an ice-encrusted building (top left) by Canadian Mark Duffy has won an international photo competition. And Duffy also bagged second place with a superb picture of a storm rolling across the plains of Saskatchewan province (top right) near his home. His pictures came top in the Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers' Power of Nature competition. Pictured bottom left and bottom right are two pictures by Ukrainian Yevhen Samuchenko taken in Nepal that were highly commended.

Fans took to Twitter to praise the preview for the revival of the ITV series, with some saying it was better than the John Lewis Christmas advert. Dancing on Ice is set to return in January with a star-studded lineup, as well as original hosting duo Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby.

Winter is a time of year for cosying up by the fire, wrapping up warm and overindulging with family and friends. But, for cats, it's a time to exploit as many household appliances a possible in a quest to find the most snugly spot ever. From lying on top of games consoles to impossibly squeezing themselves into radiators, if it conveys heat - it will draw cats. And while slumbering moggies make for some great snaps, some of their chosen spots also spark a cause for concern, as these pictures show.

Rare colour footage of British and American troops making their final preparations ahead of the D-Day invasion of France has resurfaced this week. The video records the soldiers in Plymouth as they boarded boats to France in June 1944 ahead of what was to become a landmark moment in the Allied victory in World War II. It was captured by Jack Lieb, a news cameraman who accompanied troops as they made the crossing.