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SUSANNAH CONSTANTINE: I've had nits for three years

Susannah has secretly suffered with nits for years and reveals that her last resort was paying £200 to have her head hoovered by specialists in order to rid her head of lice for good. read


Britons 'back Remain over Leave by 10 points'

Brexit has been dealt a fresh blow after the majority of Britons want now to remain in the European Union, a new poll by BMG Research has revealed. read


Michael Stone 'would rather starve than admit killings'

New letters have been uncovered in which the criminal claims to have been the victim of a 'deliberate fit-up' that his seen him locked up for more than 20 years. read


Raheem Sterling is 'attacked outside club training ground'

The footballer was allegedly called a 'n*****' by a man who appeared to be waiting for him at the players' entrance at Manchester City's training ground. read


Bruno Langley apologises to women he groped on a night out

The actor molested four women at a Manchester music venue last month, but was only charged with sexually assaulting two of them. read


Crackdown on pregnant health tourists is WORKING

A clampdown on foreign women who fly in to give birth ‘for free’ on the NHS is proving to be a resounding success. The British Medical Association constantly criticised the initiative. read


Ant McPartlin's marriage to Lisa Armstrong is 'over'

They've been living separate lives ever since he returned from Australia following the end of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here.   read


Government 'disrespects' war vets with Falklands snub

The Home Office, the NHS and tax officials at HMRC were all caught using the Argentinian name for the Falklands on their websites prompting an angry backlash from veterans and islanders. read


No chance of prosecution against Blair over Iraq

Lawyers paid by The Iraq War Families Campaign Group to collect evidence against the former Prime Minister have said recent case law means there is no chance of a prosecution against him. read


What the Royals REALLY do at a Sandringham Christmas 

For 15 years I was personal chef to Her Majesty and, later, Princess Diana until her death in 1997, catering to the Royals over many Christmases at Sandringham. read


GIRL ABOUT TOWN: Prince Harry's persuasive manner

Presenter Sarah Montague is interrupting her radio silence over Christmas to return to the Today programme for one day only – after being promised she can co-host with Prince Harry. read


Meghan is sleeping at Sandringham Has the world gone mad? 

The Queen’s grandson wants to bring his gorgeous fiancee to Christmas at Sandringham, an all-family affair .Which is lovely! But it’s also unprecedented. read


Harry and Meghan’s wedding 'to boost economy by £1bn'

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will marry on May 19 at Windsor Castle's famous St George's chapel, it was revealed today. read


Twitter users mock Ivanka Trump for royal wedding message

Twitter trolls came for Ivanka Trump Friday after the First Daughter simply sent her well wishes to soon-to-be-married Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. read


Strictly Come Dancing final: Alexandra Burke starts show

As partner Katya Jones burst into tears, the elated Holby City star whooped in amazement and gushed: 'Oh my goodness. It's completely surreal! I can't believe we did it!' read


Ministers clash after Hammond says no Brexit till 2012

The latest spat came after Mr Hammond said yesterday a two-year ‘transition’ would ‘replicate the status quo’. Trade and immigration rules would stay the same until 2021. read


David Davis 'blew £10,000 on RAF flights' to meetings

David Davis has jetted to Europe on RAF jets 11 times over the past year at a cost of £50,000 for Brexit meetings, but has been lambasted for squandering taxpayers money. read


Theresa May condemns threats of violence towards MPs

The Prime Minister said there was 'no place in our politics' for intimidation and called for 'tolerance, decency and respect' for everyone. read


Left-wing trolls threaten Tory MP after he heckled Corbyn

Jeremy Corbyn said a Troy MP should be 'called out' for heckling him during a debate, after which Labour MPs named him on Twitter, leading to a barrage of abuse from Left-wing trolls. read


Dominic Grieve accused by Whip of betraying party

Dominic Grieve, the ‘rebel commander’, was harangued by Julian Smith and accused of betraying the Conservative Party after the Commons vote last week. read


David Davis 'tried to bet £1,000 on Brexit vote'

David Davis tried to bet £1,000 with fellow Tory MP Alex Chalk that the Government would win last week's crunch Brexit vote in the House of Commons, it was alleged last night. read


Boris and Gove warned trade deal dreams won't come true

Boris Johnson and Michael Gove have been warned by Brussels that breaking away from European Laws and securing a favourable trade deal may be scuppered by the EU. read


ANNA SOUBRY: why Theresa May must condemn Brexit fanatics

Last week, I was one of 11 Conservative MPs who put my country’s interests first and voted for an amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill now going through Parliament, WRITES ANNA SOUBRY. read


Max Clifford vowed to clear his name in his last interview

Our interview took place at a prison in Cambridge, three-and-a-half years after Clifford began an eight-year sentence for sexually assaulting four girls, the youngest just 15, in the 1970s and 1980s. read


Tinder crashes leaving singletons unable to swipe right

Thousands of singletons are set to miss out on a Saturday night romance after online dating app Tinder went down. read


Jeffrey Archer's 100 word story challenge winner

More than 2,000 of you put pen to paper after the bestselling author asked you to come up with a 100-word short story to rival Jeffrey Archer's own effort, tiled Unique. read


Banksy is caught red-handed!

This never-before-seen picture shows elusive street artist Banksy at work on one of his most famous pieces – a giant white rat daubed on to Liverpool's derelict White Horse pub. read


Singletons reveal stories of being dumped at work

Broken-hearted singletons from around the world have shared their experiences of being dumped during office hours via secret sharing app Whisper. read


Shopkeeper is closing Entertainer stores on Christmas Eve

The Entertainer, the country’s largest independent toy store, will be keeping the doors of all 149 of its branches firmly closed, because its founder is a devout Christian. read


Jermain Defoe's bond with Bradley Lowery touched nation

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY OLIVER HOLT: When the shortlist for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award was announced, many were outraged that Jermain Defoe was not on it.  read


PETER HITCHENS: None of us is safe from sex allegations

I have spent a shockingly large part of my life in the past two years trying to rescue the reputation of a dead bishop, George Bell of Chichester. I had known of him for many years. read


The £300,000 Chinese takeaway YOU pay for

The revelation is the latest astonishing example of profligacy by Britain's Department for International Development as it spends its bloated £13 billion budget. read


Deputy speaker of the House of Commons' daughter dies

Lindsay Hoyle, Labour MP for Chorley, tweeted: 'I am truly devastated by the death of our beautiful daughter Natalie. Our family will never be the same without our loving daughter.' read


Halifax reveals the top 50 best places in Britain

The district of Hart, which includes the town of Fleet, is named the best place to live after scoring highly on factors including health and life expectancy, earnings crime rates and weather. read


Boris could be forced to veto Bermuda ban on gay marriage

Boris Johnson is under pressure to veto a ban on same-sex marriage on the British overseas territory of Bermuda. Politicians have since reversed the ruling to legalise same-sex marriage in the overseas territory. read


Saudi Crown Prince behind purchase of $300m French palace

Mohammed bin Salman, heir to the throne of Saudi Arabia, has been revealed as the buyer of Chateau Louis XIV, an opulent French mansion that features and underground nightclub. read


OJ Simpson's former lawyer reveals book plans

F.Lee Bailey was one of several lawyers who worked on Simpson's case in the 1990s. He now wants to release a book about how he and others got OJ acquitted of murder. read


GIRL ABOUT TOWN: Grenfell protesters gatecrash night out

A mob of 25 people entered the Maxilla Social club during an event held by host Jemima Jones to order them to shut the music down for a minute's silence for the Grenfell Tower victims. read


Husband tells of ordeal at hands of bunny boiler mistress

Robert McKendrick, a father-of-three from Cheshire, details the night of horror his wife Priya and daughter Scarlett suffered at the hands of his former mistress, Karine Solloway. read


Man dies after car crashes into a lorry on the A23

A 25-year-old man has died after a car crashed into the back of a lorry on the A23, leaving another passenger seriously injured. read


Croydon Cat Killer strikes again - £10,000 reward offered

The 'Croydon Cat Ripper' is believed to have struck again after a mutilated black cat was found. A reward of £10,000 is being offered for information leading to the killer's capture. read


Student falsely accused of rape is waiting for apology

Foremost among the values instilled in Liam Allan by his mother was compassion. He was encouraged to offer succour to those in need, just as he was taught to treat women with respect. read


Natural History Museum's Dippy the Dinosaur given hands

Dippy the Dinosaur has been given hands as part of a restoration in Toronto, Canada, meaning the display at the Natural History Museum in London will be more scientifically accurate. read


Smethwick drug dealer is jailed for 20 years

Mohammed Asif, 30, jumped from the first-floor window of his house in Smethwick, West Midlands, and landed on a wheelie bin but was detained outside. read


Criminals who have poisoned anti-fracking camp protest

Policing the protesters, who frequently resort to ‘direct action’ such as blocking roads to hold up shale gas drilling, has cost taxpayers in Britain almost £4 million this year and led to more than 400 arrests. read


The Maybot finds a cyborg buddy in Arnold Schwarzenegger 

The Maybot met The Terminator when Theresa May flew to the climate change summit in Paris last week – and was seated next to Arnold Schwarzenegger. read


Bookmaker posts image of fan 'blacked-up' as Diane Abbott

Star Sports shared the image of a fan attending the PDC World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace while wearing black make-up as well as a wig and glasses. read


Thousands left without running water for a second day

Thirteen schools were also closed in Tewkesbury, North Gloucestershire, as major repair works were underway to repair the burst pipe which affected at least 10,000 homes and businesses. read


Police probe after man's body is found in a cottage garden

The victim was discovered in the front garden of a detached cottage in Amblecote High Street in Stourbridge, West Midlands, at 5.30am today. read


Police hunting for Devon schoolboy find a body in a field

The body was discovered next to Tipton St John near Ottery St Mary in Devon at 11.00am. Police had been looking for Daniel Chambers, 15, who was last seen on Wednesday morning. read


Scamming sailor kicked out Navy and gets year in prison

Former Royal Navy Leading Hand John Bayne, 28, was sentenced to one year in prison at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court. Bayne had conned football fans out of almost £7,000 in ticket scam. read


Alex Rowley resigns as Scottish Labour Party deputy leader

Fife MSP Alex Rowley, who briefly served as interim leader of the party after Kezia Dugdale stepped down, releasing a statement today. read


GOP tax cut bill slashes rates and kills Obamacare penalty

Republicans released their long-awaited tax overhaul bill late Friday afternoon, drawing months of negotiations to a close and setting up a pair of final votes before Christmas. read


Trump removes climate change from national security policy

The Federalist , which claims to have had access to a draft version of the document, says it will prioritize other threats instead. read


Bumper 12 lb 13 oz baby born at Grimsby hospital

Brodey Young (pictured) was born on Tuesday morning on the Bluberry Ward at Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby - the heaviest baby delivered there in 10 years. read


MP being investigated after Pro-Israeli Jewish activists

MP Tommy Sheppard is being investigated after Jewish activists say they were barred from a meeting in the Commons which a Palestinian made allegedly anti-Semitic remarks. read


Outrage over atheists' Hilter jibe at Archbishop

The National Secular Society, whose supporters include actor Ricky Gervais drew the parallel after Archbishop Justin Welby defended faith schools in a House of Lords speech. read


Storm Dylan will be blowin’ in the wind

While Britons can enjoy a mild respite from the cold snap next week, forecasters warn the UK could be battered by up to 70mph gales from Boxing Day — meaning Storm Dylan could be named. read


Headmaster accused of burning child sex abuse evidence

Father Leo Maidlow Davis, 63, now the senior monk at Downside Abbey in Radstock, Somerset, burned staff files dating back to the early 1980s in a bonfire in 2012. read


Oklahoma teacher fired after marriage filing with student

Oklahoma high school teacher Cassandra Renae White, 34, and a 16-year-old sophomore allegedly filed a marriage license. White was terminated by Davis High School the following day. read


Bauble-icious: Celebrities dress up like Christmas trees

Top designers including Gucci and Temperley are leading the way with the new Christmas tree look – a style that helpfully ensures that dresses light up in the glare of the photographers’ flash. read


'Drunk' Russian woman led off plane in troubling footage

The woman, who had reportedly attacked a flight attendant causing traumatic brain injury, appears to so drunk in the video - filmed after a Russian flight - that she is unable to stand upright. read


Russian rich kids speed around St Petersburg in video

The Rich Russian Kids Instagram has been blasted for posting a video showing a driver speeding and swerving around St Petersburg at night. The video already has nearly 350,000 views. read


Year-old George Michael tributes spark problems in London

After news broke that the 53-year-old had been found dead at his Oxfordshire cottage, thousands of fans flocked to his Georgian mansion in north London to pay their respects. read


Dying Liverpool father waited 40 minutes on hold to 999

Paul Millea (pictured), 36, was repeatedly knifed by Philip Daniels in Garston, Liverpool on June 17 because he suspected he was having affair with his pregnant girlfriend Kayleigh Maylor. read


Billericay cheerleader avoids jail for money laundering

Model and Billericay Town FC cheerleader Rebecca Batchelor, 21, used the money her ex-boyfriend Anis Ben-Sghaier, 25, conned out of vulnerable pensioners on shopping, eating out and holidays. read


'Wolf of Wall Street' says Bitcoin is a 'huge scam'

Jordan Belfort, the man who was the real-life inspiration for the Wolf of Wall Street, said on Friday that the cryptocurrency Bitcoin is a 'huge scam.' read


Fund to reward a homeless man raises more than £14,000

More than £14,000 has been raised for the homeless man who waited two-and-a-half hours in the rain to make sure a stranger's handbag containing £450 was not stolen in Glasgow. read


Mother overjoyed after daughter wins battle with cancer

Holly Hutchings, aged four, from Kingswinford, had to endure 23 rounds of chemotherapy over a 27 week period after she was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer back in March. read


Far right Freedom Party joins Austria coalition government

Austria's Sebastian Kurz is set to become the world's youngest leader after his conservative People's Party agreed a coalition with the far-right, anti-immigration Freedom Party. read


North Korea launches Netflix-style entertainment app

North Korea has launched its own version of the Netflix app, allowing the growing number of smartphone users in the country to watch tightly controlled content on its own internet. read


Coco Chanel used Nazi links to get rid of Jewish partners

A new film by French director Stephane Benhamou called The No 5 War has revealed further dealings between Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel and the Vichy regime that ruled wartime Paris. read


Fears grow that machines will replace nurses' human touch

The NHS has introduced a ‘talking cup’ to stop hospital patients becoming dehydrated. But the beaker has renewed fears that technology is robbing patients of human contact with nurses. read


Defence chiefs must cut £9.8bn to buy ships and fighters

The Ministry of Defence has a £178billion shopping list of hardware including stealth fighters but has been warned that it must make savings of £9.8billion in order to be able to pay for it. read


Mother-of-two embracing her skin condition vitiligo

Mother-of-two Nancy Powell, 34, of Essex, is learning to embrace her vitiligo after it left her with white patches scattered across her skin and fearing her boyfriend would leave her. read


Sorry all you do-gooders but some of us love being lonely 

Has loneliness escalated from ‘personal misfortune’ to ‘social epidemic’? Rachel Reeves, the Labour MP, thinks it has. read


The real Brexit panto villain? He's behind you! 

How they cheered. As the tellers formally announced the Government’s humiliating defeat in Wednesday night’s Brexit vote, Labour MPs punched the air and broke into a round of applause. read


JACQUIE BELTRAO on her tamoxifen living hell

Tamoixifen might be a lifesaver for breast cancer patients, but it's irritating side effects, such as late night hot flushes, are absolutely awful, writes Sky News' JACQUIE BELTRAO. read


Alyssa Milano pens open letter to Matt Damon for comments

The 44-year-old actress took to Twitter on Friday to pen a thread aimed at the 47-year-old actor who had a business relationship with disgraced movie executive Harvey Weinstein. read


Jason Priestley reveals he punched Harvey Weinstein

Jason Priestley did what countless women wish they could have - and punched the now-disgraced movie mogul 22 years ago as a Golden Globes party ended in chaos. read


Liverpool man charged after kicking Jack Russell in street

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Gavin Peter Doolan, from Aigburth, has been charged after a video of him kicking a Jack Russell in the face on a street in Liverpool went viral. read


Alan Green apologises on air for Rebekah Vardy joke

Alan Green issued an on-air apology amid accusations of sexism after a joke he made about Jamie Vardy's wife, Rebekah, during Leicester's Premier League match with Crystal Palace. read


Shoppers flood high streets in bid to bag Christmas gifts

Thousands of people were pictured braving the cold and wet weather to grab gifts for their loved ones in London and Manchester on one of the busiest shopping days of the year. read


Have yourself a GUILT FREE gourmet Christmas

The average person consumes 6,000 calories on Christmas Day but there are a few simple tweaks that will transform even healthy food into a festive feast. read


Veteran BBC Radio 2 presenter leaves £600,000 in his will

Brian Matthew, who presented Radio 2’s Sounds Of The Sixties for 27 years before he was replaced in February this year, left his estate in trust to his wife of 66 years, Pamela. read


Prince Charles pays his respects to Romania's late king

Michael, who ruled Romania twice before being forced to abdicate by the communists in 1947, died aged 96 in Switzerland this month. read


Man arrested on murder charge after child, 2, dies

The child, named online as Dylan-Jai, was found unresponsive at a property on Arthur Street, Northampton on Friday, The two-year-old's father has been arrested on suspicion of murder. read


Anti-terror chief says attack before Christmas is likely

Chris Phillips, who was once head of the National Counter Terrorism Security Office, has said there should be 'no surprise' if terrorists strike the UK before December 25. read


Melania Trump's approval rating climbs 17 points

According to a new poll released on Friday, the First Lady's approval rating has climbed 17 points since her husband took office in January. read


Saudi women will also be allowed to drive motorcycles

In September, King Salman issued a decree saying women will be able to drive in Saudi Arabia from next June as part of an ambitious reform push in the conservative kingdom. read


Meet the blond paston whos church raised £1million

Wearing a trendy jacket and a radio mic, Pastor Jason Cask, the founder of the C7 church in Glasgow calls on his congregation to dig deep and donate. read


Vote for 'South Africa's next President' begins

The African National Congress (ANC), South Africa's only ruler since the end of apartheid, will vote this weekend on a replacement for party leader Jacob Zuma. read


Shocking moment man jumps up after police taser him

A violent man has horrified tourists after police were forced to use a taser, but it did not stop him as he jumped back up and hurled himself at the Queensland officers in front of huge crowds. read


Ryanair charge £110 to change name on flight booking

Darren Bliss, 57, was told he would have to pay £110 to change the surname on a flight booking from London Stansted to Grenoble, France, when another seat was just £65. read


Ryanair rated worst short-haul airline among UK carriers

The Irish-based carrier was joint bottom of consumer group Which?'s annual survey of passenger satisfaction alongside Vuelling Airlines, with both getting a score of just 45%. read


Mother of baby with heart on chest wants her home for Xmas

Vanellope Hope defied eight-in-a-million odds after surviving birth despite the vital organ being located on her chest. read


Scientist and TV presenter Heinz Wolff dies aged 89

Renowned scientist and inventor Professor Heinz Wolff, who presented The Great Egg Race, which ran in the 1970s and 80s has died aged 89, his family have announced. read


Manchester care home resident was left outside and died

Barbara Doodson was found at the bottom of a flight of stairs at Reinbeck care home in Davenport, Greater Manchester, and pronounced dead that evening, an inquest heard. read


Mother gave birth in the street outside a strip club

Grateful mother Lizzie Hines has launched a search for the kind-hearted strangers who came to her aid when she suddenly gave birth to little Louis Hines on a central London street. read


Ashes 2017, 3rd Test LIVE: Australia vs England Day 4

A brutal third day in Perth has left England on the brink of a third straight Ashes defeat, with Steve Smith leading the way for Australia. Join GLEN WILLIAMS for live updates of day four... read


Cargo ships with KITES could help to slash fuel bills

Cargo ships with 10,000sq ft sails could be introduced to battle rising fuel bills, with a German firm already fitting a 430ft vessel to make use of the wind. read


Novelty cards 'Harborough knitting circle' does not exist

Fans of the whimsical images have been spun a yarn – which we can unravel today. For we can reveal that the decidedly Middle England institution behind the knitted dolls is entirely fictitious. read


Argentina fires head of navy after submarine tragedy

Admiral Marcelo Eduardo Hipólito Srur was sacked on Saturday, local media reported, a month after the ARA San Juan vanished along with all trace of its 44 crew while on a routine voyage. read


Chinese schoolboy lifted in air by boomgate in car park

A schoolboy was left danging in the air after getting stuck in a barrier in Guangzhou, China. He had been trying to take a shortcut through a car park when his backpack got caught. read


Chairman of UK's biggest housebuilder resigns over bonuses

Persimmon's stock market value has soared from £2.5billion to £8.1billion and now 150 executives for the UK firm could be set for a bumper payout should the company hit its targets. read


Jo Cox's husband opens up about his struggle

Brendan Cox is preparing to spend his second Christmas without his wife who was shot and stabbed to death by a Nazi sympathiser in Leeds in June 2016. read


Eight in ten rural homes are in broadband blackspots

Some 82 per cent of properties in the countryside do not receive a 4G signal from all the major networks, compared to 36 per cent in urban places. read


Christmas revellers embrace Mad Friday across Britain

Partygoers wearing Santa hats, elf costumes and polar bear jumpers were pictured blowing off steam across the country for Mad Friday. read


Jingle Bells is RACIST, claims Boston University professor

'The legacy of 'Jingle Bells' is one where its blackface and racist origins have been subtly and systematically removed from its history,' wrote Kyna Hamill (inset) of Boston University. read


Family find hidden camera their Carnival cruise ship cabin

A family from Florida say they found a small camera connected to a transmitting device that had been hidden behind the wall-mounted TV set in their cabin. The camera was pointing at the bed. read


Hilarious letters show pushy kids writing to Santa

As excited boys and girls pen their messages to Santa and his reindeer, the festive tradition can throw up some rather unusual requests. read


Noel Edmonds seeks political backing in £300M HBOS battle

TV presenter Noel Edmonds is joining forces with Sir Vince Cable to wage war on ‘greedy bankers’ – as he seeks political backing for his £300 million battle with HBOS. read


Mother who poisoned son to avoid going to Syria is jailed

The woman, 27, from London, who cannot be named for legal reasons, deliberately gave the medication to the boy to make him unwell over a period of six weeks in 2016. read


Donkey 'Alan' left to die and then nursed back to health

In January Alan the donkey was he was found tethered to a lamppost in a car park near Birmingham, forlorn, having been abandoned by a group of travellers who left him to die. read


Women passed out in car under influence of zombie drug

A shocking video has emerged apparently showing two women passed out in a car under the influence of synthetic ‘zombie’ drugs in New Zealand. read


Fun-runners and cyclists brave the sub-zero conditions

Hundreds of cyclists and a handful of scantily-clad fun-runners made their way through the streets of London this morning to help raise money for charities this morning. read


Canadian police probe 'suspicious' death of billionaire

Canadian police said they were investigating the mysterious deaths of Barry Sherman and his wife Honey, one of the wealthiest couples in Canada. read


Pub CCTV shows strong woman rip out one of its bollards

A pub in Galway, Ireland has released CCTV of a woman ripping one of the metal bollards on the pavement outside out of the ground and casually walking away with it in her hands. read


Terrorist who killed 14 in Barcelona is secretly buried

Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22, was buried with his terrorist brother Houssaine in their native city of Mrirt at the request of their family. read


Funeral of Palestinian amputee takes place in Gaza

The funeral has taken place of Ibrahim Abu Thuraya, a wheelchair bound Palestinian shot dead in a demonstration in the Gaza Strip against the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. read


Australia's first legally-married lesbian couple celebrate

Australia's first legally-married lesbian couple have celebrated their marriage with friends and family in Sydney. Lauren Price, 31, and Amy Laker, 29, said 'I do' on Saturday. read


Ho! Ho! No! Santas on how greedy children kill Christmas

Ron, who lives at the North Pole (or Luton, depending on who’s asking) really does remember the days when a child was thrilled to find an orange in their Christmas stocking. read


Ex-Uber employee says the company stole trade secrets

Uber used a team of spies to steal its rivals' trade secrets and used shady tactics to thwart its competition, the company's former security specialist, Richard Jacobs has claimed. read


Parents warned after Shigellosis outbreak in Surrey

An infectious disease has broken out in Surrey with 18 confirmed cases of Shigellosis among children and pre-school age children. Symptoms include diarrhoea and stomach cramping. read


Home Secretary blasts WordPress for not taking down site

The Home Secretary has criticised publishing website WordPress for failing to take down the page of Scottish Dawn, a neo-Nazi group. The group were banned under the Terrorism Act 2000. read


National Geographic reveals ultimate winter getaway places

National Geographic Traveller have come up with a list of the top nine places to jet off to for the perfect winter holiday whether it be searching for snow or finding sunnier climes. read


McDonald's introduce vegan burger after success of trial

McDonald's is to launch a vegan burger made using soya protein. The McVegan will initially be sold in Scandinavia. The rise of veganism in the UK suggests it could soon arrive here. read


Thousands of elderly women could be spared from hip breaks

Research has shown that elderly women could be spared from painful hip fractures if Britain introduces a osteoporosis screening programme that could save women suffering from fractures. read


Europe's oldest woman dies month after celebrating 116th

Spaniard Ana Vela, the oldest woman in Europe, died weeks after her 116th birthday. The former dressmaker lived in a retirement home in Barcelona with her 90-year-old daughter. read


Mother Pukka slams the taboo of breast feeding in pubic

EXCLUSIVE: Anna Whitehouse, from London, is the woman behind parenting blog Mother Pukka. She says she has accepted her body after years of worrying about 'lumps and bumps'. read


Japanese snow monkeys are learning to have sex with deer

A male Japanese macaque and female sika deer were seen together this year and scientists are now convinced the behaviour is sexual after watching adolescent females at Minoo, Japan. read


HEALTH NOTES: Amanda Holden's 'tough love' cure

Amanda Holden has weighed in on the antibiotics debate, saying she relies on natural ingredients to sort her sniffles. She said: '‘We’re a family who would always go for echinacea.' read


Memory test to help stop bipolar disorder

People with family members who suffer bipolar disorder are up to six times more likely to develop the condition - which affects just one percent of the British population. read


Strip club could be rejected as too close to Richard III

A bid to open a new strip club in Leicester is being opposed because it is too near to the resting place of former English monarch Richard III - and also a nursery. read


Teacher who made £300k, selling fake Pandora charms online

A former teacher who made more than £300,000 selling fake Pandora charms online has been ordered to pay back £100,000. Piercy, pictured here, was jailed for 16 months last April. read


Detroit woman goes missing after meeting man online

A snapshot taken on Facebook Live is the last image one Michigan father has of his young daughter before she disappeared last Thursday. read


Four-bedroom £350,000 house to be sold for Bitcoin

Construction on the family home in Colchester should be finished by early 2018, developers say, and will be sold next week for however much £350,000 in sterling is trading for on the day. read


Leicestershire Police release depressing festive video

The short film, released by Leicestershire Police, tells the story of a criminal father who tries to give his family stolen items as gifts. read


Ben Affleck is seen outside residential facility

Ben Affleck appears to have returned to a residential rehab facility, in his battle to conquer his struggle with alcohol addiction. read


House that inspired 101 Dalmations is for sale for £925k 

This is the house that inspired the home of Cruella de Vil, the protagonist in classic novel, The One Hundred And One Dalmatians in Greys Hall, Sible Hedingham, Essex. read