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Updated: 14:36 EST

Ferne McCann's ex threatened another ex's mother with acid

Drug dealer Arthur Collins (left, with McCann) squirted an unknown acid across a packed east London nightclub dancefloor, scarring 22 clubbers, during tit-for-tat gang war. Lauren Trent (right, with friend Sophie Hall) was one of those injured and gave an emotional account of how her birthday night out turned to horror in court today. Fellow victims Phoebe Georgiou (inset, top) and Sophie Hall (inset, bottom) also gave emotional victim impact statements. Collins is expected to get a lengthy jail term later today.

Four men arrested on suspicion of terror attacks

Bomb squads have been seen removing devices at several properties amid fears would-be terrorists were planning a Christmas atrocity. Specialist counter terrorism officers have arrested three men, aged 22, 36 and 41, at addresses in Sheffield on suspicion of being concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism. A 31-year-old man has also been arrested at an address in Chesterfield on suspicion of the same offence. The North East Counter Terrorism Policing Unit said the men remain at a police station in West Yorkshire being questioned. A spokesperson from the North East Counter Terrorism Unit (NECTU) has confirmed that police have worked with MI5 and are now searching at least five addresses in the 'Islamist related' investigation, including the Fatima Community Centre in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, which was raided this afternoon. Terrified residents described hearing explosions during the dramatic early morning raids today, which come amid chilling warnings from ISIS threatening to attack festive events in the UK.

Prince Harry accompanied Prince Philip in his final duty as Captain General today, as they received the incoming and outgoing Commandants General of the Royal Marines at Buckingham Palace.

Mohammad Zain Qureshi, 21, was registered twice at his home in Waltham Forest, in the East London constituency of Chingford and Woodford Green, using a slight variation of his name.

Couple killed in Birmingham multi-car crash are revealed

Lucy Davis and her partner Lee Jenkins were in the taxi which was involved in a five-car smash in the centre of Birmingham at the weekend, killing six people and seriously injuring one other. Friends of sign language interpreter Ms Davis and her boyfriend, a scientist at University Hospital Birmingham, have expressed their devastation at the couple's death. Ms Davis's heartbroken sister, Alison Worth, paid tribute to her sister online, saying the couple were travelling home from a 'lovely day and evening out with friends'.

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Royal Blood pickpocket turned into 'human deposit box'

Alin Marin (left), 22, turned himself into a 'human deposit box' for phones swiped while jostling with revellers in the mosh pit during a Royal Blood concert. But police were also mingling with the crowd at Arena Birmingham in a covert operation prompted by intelligence that thieves had targeted fans of the band at performances earlier this year. Romanian national Marin, of no fixed address, had secreted 53 phones (right) inside a compression suit he was wearing beneath his clothing on November 18. He was arrested in Broad Street shortly after leaving the gig – and the phones recovered from a nearby car park. Marin was charged with theft and was jailed for three years at Birmingham Crown Court yesterday after admitting the offence.

Jeremy Corbyn risked being accused of arrogance after declaring he will be in Downing Street next year. The Labour leader said he'd probably win an election and he's ready for it.

Neil Jex, 52, died at the house he shares with his wife Natasha, 31, and two children in the village of Penywaun, Aberdare, South Wales.

McBrearty, who was given a conditional discharge in April for making indecent photographs of children in 2013, arranged to meet the boy at McDonald's on Eltham High Street in south east London.

Stage and screen star Sir Ian McKellen (pictured with House of Cards star Kevin Spacey) has spoken out about the sex scandal in film and theatre, claiming women are partly responsible.

Frail Gertrude Lister, from Maidenhead, who hobbled into court using a walking stick, admitted causing death by dangerous driving at Reading Crown Court.

Daniel Pusey, 21, waited to sexually abuse the girls in hotel rooms after they had been given drinks and cigarettes at Diane Chilcott's home in Chertsey, Surrey, and ferried to him by her.

Ex-nurse from Kilmarnock jailed for cyber-stalking

Adele Rennie (left) posed as a male doctor (as seen in an image on social media, right) and targeted women online, duping them into sending explicit photographs in an attempt to 'harm and humiliate' them. The 27-year-old, who worked as a nurse at Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock, pursued relationships with ten women over a four-year period. Rennie was jailed for 22 months at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court after admitting using a host of invented aliases to carry out a series of stalking and sexual offences, a breach of the data protection act and attempting to pervert the course of justice. Her web of lies was finally uncovered after she attempted to seduce model Abbie Draper, who had visited the hospital where Rennie was working to see her dying grandfather. Ms Draper then sent Rennie furious messages (inset) – but she maintained she was a real 'f****** doctor' despite the hospital and the NHS not recognising her name.

London man unable to smell cleans UK's filthiest house

Steve Carr, 50, has a real-life superhero origin story, because a near death horror crash left him unable to smell anything - meaning he's the only one who can take on Britain's stinkiest cleaning jobs. The 50-year-old was left with 'sewerpowers' after the horror crash, making him the ideal man for the worst of jobs - cleaning one of Britain's stinkiest flats (left, before and after). Brave Mr Carr removed a mountain of poo roughly 3ft tall from the toilet seat and scrubbed faeces from the walls as well as removing some 200 plastic bottles (inset) from the bath - filled with urine. The tenant had spent months piling the poo on top of the toilet in the first floor one-bed apartment with his hands until it was the size of a toddler.

Alan Hawe was depressed and severely mentally ill in the months before the murder-suicide in Co Cavan, Ireland, an inquest has been told. Professor Kennedy said he was 'troubled'.

Natalie Corness, 34 from Liverpool said her daughter Georgia was heartbroken when she didn't receive an invite to meet Santa at school because she had one day off with tonsillitis.

The parents of Charlie Gard, whose legal battle to secure treatment for their terminally ill son captured the attention of the world, have met with Vice-President Mike Pence in Washington.

Victoria Beckham's eponymous fashion line, which is registered in London, saw losses almost double to £8.5 million last year - up from £4.3million in 2015.

Returning undergraduates have been making some hilarious observations on social media about life back with their parents - including enjoying a fridge-full of food and having toilet paper.

Hayley Martin, 30, from Hull, East Yorkshire found out at her 20-week scan that her child will die during labour or within minutes of being born, because the unborn baby girl has a rare genetic disorder.

Victoria Beckham's parenting skills are criticised online

Victoria Beckham, 43, took her daughter Harper, six, (pictured left with her famous mother) to an art class over the weekend and proudly showed off the little girl's efforts on Instagram (right). Harper had added sweet decorations to lines from the nursery rhyme 'What Are Little Boys Made Of?', but the former Spice Girls followers said it sent a 'harmful' message to her daughter because it suggests girls must be sweet, while boys are allowed to be naughty.

Benefits cheat, 64, is filmed working as a SCAFFOLDER while swindling £50,000 in disability handouts by claiming crippling arthritis stopped him working

William Marshall (left, leaving court), 54, from Blurton in Stoke on Trent, claimed disability living allowance (DLA) and employment support allowance (ESA) on the grounds he had crippling arthritis and was working less than 16 hours-a-week. But Department for Works and Pensions (DWP) investigators caught him on camera (right) carrying heavy poles and wooden planks about on a building site. He had claimed DLA from 1996 and ESA from July 2013 to November 2015, Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard.

The Met Office has put southern and central England and eastern Wales under a fog warning until noon today, with visibility falling below 300ft in places and delays possible to train services.

There are still a few pockets of the UK where it's possible to buy after saving a relatively small deposit. Totally Money identified 10 hotspots for buyers using Help to Buy.

Some 35.3 per cent of homes on sale had their asking price reduced in November, said Zoopla, with the average discount rising to £25,562.

Khai Okojie had to stay in class at Ellenbrook Community Primary in Salford, Greater Manchester, while his friends sang carols at a nearby church.

Lee McVicker, 23, caused chaos on an easyJet flight to Manchester from Belfast on Sunday as he travelled to play at a pre-Christmas wedding.

Speaking for the first time since their relationship was laid bare in her autobiography, Sir Ernest (pictured with Leith), 87, said the Great British Bake Off judge would just 'make what was in the fridge'.

Downsizing family swap homes with couple

David West and his wife Margaret, from Kinross, near Edinburgh, were thinking of downsizing and have swapped their £189,000 home with a young family who were looking for a bigger home and live just five minutes around the corner in a £135,000 semi-detached property. Mr West, a duty manager at a student residence, listed his three-bedroom, detached family home on the HouseSimple website in May of this year. John Davie found Mr West's house online and put in a home viewing request to visit the property, as he was looking for a larger house for his wife, Kelly, and their two-year-old daughter, Lucy, to live in. Pictured left: The Davies outside their new home, which previously owned by the Wests. Pictured right: The West's new house, previously home to the Davies.

Mother-of -three spends just £20 on a £2,000 Christmas

Aimee Moore, 43, from Scarborough, has spent the tiny sum on a luxury Christmas for her family (pictured bottom right with sons Dexter, seven and Bertie, two) but has got £2,000 worth of food, booze, and presents including the latest children's toys after taking advantage of coupons and cashback deals throughout the year. Her impressive haul (left) includes LEGO and Duplo play sets, cards, decorations, wrapping paper and food and booze for the big day.

Myles Manyika, 25, from Shelton, admitted three rapes and was convicted of sexual assault by penetration, after he made a woman perform a sex act on him and then raped her the next day.

EXCLUSIVE: Laurence Lameche, 39, is on the hunt for a singleton, couple or family to move into the flat in King's Cross, north London, which usually rents for around £2,000 a month.

Ofcom launched an investigation into Radio Dawn in Nottingham after a complaint by a member of the public who heard an Islamic scholar advising a caller against consulting with non-Muslim doctors.

Transgender model who was sacked by L’Oreal over race row is ordered to STOP using the N-word by Piers and Susanna during controversial GMB debate

Munroe Bergdorf was on the ITV show debating Twitter's freedom of speech restrictions with broadcaster and writer Edward Adoo and hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid. The 29-year-old British star, who appeared in its recent '#allworthit' campaign with Cheryl Cole and Katie Piper, hit the headlines when she was dropped from her lucrative new role, after branding 'all white people' racist. Today, she was debating the Twitter account suspensions of Britain First leaders Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen. Ms Bergdorf agreed with the ban but was told off twice for dropping the N-word live on TV.

First ever sky pool to open in London 115ft up in the air

These photos show the construction of the world's first sky pool, a staggering see-through stretch of water that will float between two luxury skyscrapers under construction in London. The two residential skyscrapers that the pool is wedged between are next-door to the new $1 billion US embassy due to open in January, meaning residents will be able to watch diplomats in action from while they swim. The 25-metre long, three metre deep crystal clear pool will allow members of the development's exclusive club to glide between buildings 10-storeys up in the sky.

Artefacts from the 18th century Clapham's Coffee House (Cambridge Archaeological Unit/PA)

Artefacts found at a long-lost coffee shop at Cambridge University's St John's College include drinking vessels for tea, coffee and chocolate, serving dishes, clay pipes, and 38 teapots.

Staff on the HMS Queen Elizabeth found the fault – which affects an inflatable seal around one of the propeller shafts – during sea trials. Queen had said in Portsmouth ship was the 'best of British'.

The 44-year-old, who played for Queens Park Rangers, Manchester City and West Ham among others, was arrested earlier this month after police were called to a disturbance at his home.

The House of Lords is due to start scrutinising the flagship EU Withdrawal Bill in the New Year - with threats of 'trench warfare' by Remain-backing members.

The Lib Dems were slapped with an £18,000 charge, while Open Britain, which was the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign, was ordered to pay a penalty of £1,250.

Race lawsuit to be launched over fishing sign

Field Farm fisheries, near Bicester in Oxfordshire, put up a sign saying 'No Polish or Eastern Bloc fishermen allowed'. Angler and Polish national Rado Papiewski, 35, from Doncaster, was alerted about about the notice earlier this year and he has begun crowdfunding to launch a discrimination case, after the site ignored letter from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). In full the sign reads: 'No vehicle access. No Polish or eastern bloc fishermen allowed. No children or dogs.'

London man unable to smell cleans UK's filthiest house

Steve Carr, 50, has a real-life superhero origin story, because a near death horror crash left him unable to smell anything - meaning he's the only one who can take on Britain's stinkiest cleaning jobs. The 50-year-old was left with 'sewerpowers' after the horror crash, making him the ideal man for the worst of jobs - cleaning one of Britain's stinkiest flats (left, before and after). Brave Mr Carr removed a mountain of poo roughly 3ft tall from the toilet seat and scrubbed faeces from the walls as well as removing some 200 plastic bottles (inset) from the bath - filled with urine. The tenant had spent months piling the poo on top of the toilet in the first floor one-bed apartment with his hands until it was the size of a toddler.

North Korea could have the capability to launch a nuclear missile at Britain within six months, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson warned private meeting of Conservative MPs as the regime continues its tests.

Rebecca Dykes, 30, was abducted after leaving a party in the city before being strangled and thrown in dumpster by the side of a motorway on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital.

Piers Morgan blasted the lingerie model's LOVE advent calendar yet again during Tuesday's Good Morning Britain, after his comments about her were branded 'sexist' by Emily.

So what can the fourth in line to the throne expect when term starts on January 4? Yummy mummies, poetry lessons and some eye-wateringly exorbitant fees… here is the Daily Mail’s guide.

Inbal Dror, an Israeli designer with a penchant for revealing necklines and racy silhouettes, released three sketches showing a long white dress, with long sleeves and lace detailing.

As he completed his 15-day tour of the Caribbean, Prince Harry's girlfriend Meghan Markle was thousands of miles away in Toronto, picking up fresh flowers and tweeting photos of her dog.

Duke and Duchess's festive card for Christmas revealed

Prince William and his wife Kate have revealed their festive card, and have adopted a more formal pose than previous years (centre). Their two children, George and Charlotte, are also pictured. The image, released yesterday, shows the family against a plain white backdrop, as if in a studio setting, although the photographs were actually taken at Kensington Palace standing in front of a portable photographer’s backdrop. Some of the less formal Christmas photographs, including pictures with Princess Diana and Prince Charles (bottom left) and Charles with Prince William and Harry (top left and bottom right).

Washington state Amtrak train derails and falls on highway

An Amtrak train making the first-ever run along a faster new route hurtled off an overpass Monday near Tacoma and spilled some of its cars onto the highway below, killing at least three people, authorities said. The train was moving at more than 80 mph when it derailed about 40 miles south of Seattle on a route that had raised safety concerns. An official briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press that preliminary signs indicate that Train 501 may have struck something before going off the track. The official was not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Austria's far-Right Freedom Party is sworn in to power

Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said he is 'very worried' about the surge of the far right in Austria, and cautioned against 'the peddling of fear' in European politics. As Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was sworn into power in Vienna today, more than 2,000 people took part in demonstrations, brandishing placards such as 'refugees welcome' and 'Nazis out' and 'No Nazi pigs'. The far-right Freedom Party's coalition with Kurz's conservative People's Party (OeVP) was agreed on Friday along with pledges to stop illegal immigration and resist EU centralisation.

Horrifying moment stage collapses killing DJ in Brazil

Revellers captured the horrifying moment the metal structure over the stage came down during a storm at the packed Atmosphere Festival in Esteio near the city of Porto Alegre in southern Brazil. DJ Kaleb Freitas (inset), who was performing at the time, was rushed to hospital critically injured after suffering head injuries but died soon after arrival. An investigation has now been launched into the circumstances surrounding the tragedy at the rave-style show, which went ahead despite severe weather warnings about heavy wind, hail and torrential rain.

Nicholas Sarkozy bids farewell to mother at her funeral

The 62-year-old looked sombre as he walked into Saint-Jean-Baptiste church in Neuilly-Sur-Seine, near Paris, alongside his wife Carla Bruni and their daughter Giulia. Andrée Mallah - known as Dadu to family - died on Tuesday December 12 aged 93. The ex-president was famously close to his mother, who often accompanied her son to political meetings and even an official trip to China in 2008. Pictured: The coffin arrives at the church, left; Nicholas Sarkozy with Carla Bruni and their daughter Giulia, right; and Andrée Mallah, inset.

The two countries took part in military exercises, codenamed 'Warrior Strike', last week to combat the arsenal of Kim Jong-un (pictured) at Camp Stanley, north of the capital city of Seoul.

Lieutenant General Wang Hongguang told Chinese state media that Beijing should be mentally prepared for war on the Korean peninsula at any moment, and should start mobilising troops.

South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) party has elected Cyril Ramaphosa as president to replace the outgoing Jacob Zuma.

The coalition government lead by Sebastian Kurz, (pictured) has proposed to give Austrian passports to residents of South Tyrol, Italy, which was part of the Austrian-Hungarian empire before WWI.

The victims, believed to all be men, died during a stampede at a feast in Chittagong, Bangladesh, following the death of the the southern city's mayor, Mohiuddin Chowdhury.

Images reveal villages continued to be destroyed even as Myanmar and Bangladesh struck a deal last month to return refugees from the ethnic Muslim minority, Human Rights Watch claims.

The French government stepped in Monday to declare Marquis de Sade's '120 Days of Sodom', an 18th-century erotic masterpiece written in the Bastille, a national treasure.

The son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, has prepared a platform for Libya's 2018 presidential elections and will announce his plans to run soon.

The EU will investigate whether Ikea's tax arrangement with the Netherlands helped cut its tax bill - the latest crackdown on tax deals between multinationals and EU countries.

JFK files released on Friday show the Federal Bureau of Investigation's scramble to locate the original fingerprint lifts on the rifle used to assassinated John F. Kennedy in 1963.