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How Leslie Grantham was jailed for murder, sacked over a sex scandal and left homeless by divorce

When Grantham landed the role of shifty publican Dennis ‘Dirty Den’ Watts in EastEnders, he was a actor trying to turn his life around following a murder conviction and more than ten years in jail. read


Undercover at Bilderberg - the world's most elitist secret society

For the first time in its 66-year history a journalist penetrated security to go undercover at the hotel where the secretive Bilberberg conference was held in Turin, Italy. read


Tyranny of the minorities: We live in an age of mob rule by minorities

The forces of political correctness impose their unyielding views everywhere.At Oxford and Cambridge, there are calls for statues of historic benefactors to be torn down. read


Prince Andrew uses tax payers money to pay for luxury travel

The prince, dubbed Air Miles Andy, for his love of luxury travel – also used a chauffeur-driven car which took him to a nearby airfield … to fly 54 miles back to his Windsor mansion. read


Typical worker can no longer afford to buy an average home anywhere in England or Wales 

A boom in house prices has squeezed out millions of families, leaving them no option but to choose smaller, ‘hutch’ properties, the estate agent Savills said. read


PETER OBORNE: Why Corbyn could be the man who saves Brexit

The past fortnight has been defined by Tory infighting as Theresa May battled to head off damaging and even fatal Commons defeats over Brexit, writes PETER OBORNE. read


David Clark 'killed wife 2 days after she told him of lesbian affair'

A man on trial for killing his wife has said that she told him she had a lesbian affair two days before he stabbed her in her bed. David Clark,gave evidence at his trial at Birmingham Crown Court. read


Royal family's first gay wedding: The story of the Queen's cousin Lord Ivar Mountbatten

Two years ago, Lord Ivar created a stir when he confessed to having struggled with his sexuality throughout most of a 16-year marriage. read


Sussex University Royal Navy unit jailed for raping student during freshers week pub crawl

Liam Allen, 22 (pictured) was sentenced to eight years in prison for the attack on his 20-year-old victim, which happened after a Sussex University freshers night out in October 2016. read


Barlestone police called over 'row' about Love Island

An 11-year-old girl 'kicked off' when her parents wouldn't let her watch Love Island, according to police who made an emergency call to their home in Leicestershire. read


Apple smartphone users say iOS 11.4 is killing their batteries 

Apple users around the world have taken to social media to try to find a solution. Apple has not yet revealed what is causing the problem or how to fix it. read


Britain's spy agencies will need judge to sign off on wire taps

Under the 'double lock' system, requests to use the most intrusive techniques require approval from a judicial commissioner as well as a Government minister before they take effect. read


ROBERT HARDMAN: Why did police do NOTHING to stop travellers destroying historic brewery?

After 211 years of ale-making, Daniel Thwaites Plc has this week been forced to declare the premature closure of its brewery following an invasion by travellers who raided the place. read


Anglers fury as Romanians eat their prized carp

Romanians have been stealing prized carp from lakes and flaunting them on Facebook. Up to twenty men have been seen stealing the fish from Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire. read


Benefits cheat had £400,000 in the bank and went on lavish holidays abroad 

Teresa Hardy, of Ibstock, posted snaps of her breaks in Belgium, Lanzarote, Cyprus, Tunisia, France and Spain while she was claiming council tax relief. read


Undercover officer kicks suspect and brawl ensues

This is the shocking moment an undercover police officer and a group of men brawl in the middle of a quiet residential street in England. read


Haiti sex abuse scandal forces Oxfam to make £16million in cuts after fallout hits funding 

The charity will ‘have to save substantial amounts of money to put [us] on a more stable and sustainable footing’, according to an internal briefing sent to staff. read


Jimmy Page reveals the treasures and works of art he says Robbie Williams is putting at risk

Jimmy Page, 74, has spent the best part of seven years defending Tower House, his Grade I-listed property against a plethora of planning applications from opulent neighbours. read


Man fined for speeding while rushing dying snakebite victim, 19, to hospital

Kevin Rodrigues drove his friend Lizzy, 19, across Guyana after she was bitten by a deadly labaria snake while they were in a hunting trip in isolated jungle and she had hours to live. read


Mother convinced by voices in her head to drop her 18-month-old son to his death 

Gemma Procter admitted manslaughter by diminished responsibility after her toddler Elliot suffered fatal injuries at the bottom of Newcastle House in Bradford, read


Eight British men suspected of being paedophiles are investigated

Colonel Villamor Tuliao, an officer in the Philippines National Police, said growing numbers of Westerners watching Filipino children being abused online was now ‘a very serious problem’. read


British man, 77, is 'set to be charged with murdering his 68-year-old wife'

Anna Mitchell, 68, a retired British estate agent was stabbed to death at her villa in the north of St Lucia. Her husband James Mitchell, 77, has been in police custody since the gruesome discovery. read


Boy died in house fire caused by Halloween pumpkin, inquest finds

Lucas Carter, eight, died when his house was engulfed in flames in October 2016 in a fire started by a lit Halloween pumpkin that quickly spread through the house. read


Radicalised asylum seekers have murdered or injured more than 1,000 in terror attacks since 2014 

In the past four years, 32 Islamist plots have involved those who had sought sanctuary – or 16 per cent. Three of the potential atrocities were in the UK. read


Son buys £46,000 Durham council house he's lived in for 11 years

David Hider became a proud homeowner in April after putting down a £9,800 deposit for the £46,000 Stanley, County Durham home he has grew up in with his mother Tracey, 47. read


Woman, 42, freed after being chained up 'because she had a boyfriend' in 'Argentine Fritzl' case

Marisa Almiron was incarcerated by her own family for 20 years for having a boyfriend. When her father died, Marisa's brother Mario continued the practice until cops uncovered the horror. read


Fat children more likely to get arthritis in hips and knees in adulthood

Researchers at the European League Against Rheumatism have discovered the more obese someone is as a child, the higher their chance of getting arthritis in adulthood. read


'He looked painfully ill': Dale Winton fans express their shock over his last ever TV appearance

Supermarket Sweep host Dale Winton, who died aged 62 in April, last night appeared for his last ever television show in Channel 5's Florida Fly Drive 'looking like he was wasting away', fans said. read


The surprising nickname Meghan Markle can call the Queen

The editor-in-chief at Majesty magazine Ingrid Seward said that once formalities are out of the way Meghan can refer to the Queen as something else. read


The Top 10 games of E3 2018: The games from which stole the show 

It feels like we say this every year but this may have been one of the strongest E3’s ever. There really hasn’t been a better time to be a gamer. read


BEL MOONEY: I ache to see friends in real life, not on a computer  

This week, BEL MOONEY offers advice to a 35-year-old woman who says she's incredibly lonely as none of her friends make time to meet up. She says she's fed up with inane chit-chat on social media. read


Now the banks cash in on wills: 1.5M families face losing billions because of rip-off testaments 

Up to 1.5million customers are believed to have signed up for the service in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Wills were typically offered for as little as £75, or even free. read


Fire rips through Glasgow School of Art for the second time in four years 

A huge fire is raging through the Glasgow School of Art with smoke billowing flames visible for more than 10 miles, as dozens of firefighters tried to extinguish the blaze. read


Vogue is forced to deny there's a 'growing rift' between Edward Enninful and Anna Wintour

EXCLUSIVE: Vogue denied there is animosity between the two editors after Anna, 64, sat next to the Queen at London Fashion Week earlier this year, while Edward, 46, was notably absent. read


Sext messages considered flattering when sent by a woman are 'sexual harassment' if sent by a man

Researchers from Southwestern University in Texas, who looked into the differences in how men and women respond to so-called sexts, found male senders were judged much harsher. read


Elderly Britons must 'dip into their property wealth to meet care costs' 

Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary is expected to say property should not be off limits when he is announcing long-awaited reforms next month. Government sources agree with his idea. read


Eight in ten have faith in electricians but builders are the least trustworthy tradesmen

The Which? survey of nearly 1,500 people found householders’ biggest concern when hiring a tradesman was that they would not turn up on time. read


Filthy rich bad boy of Brexit Arron Banks says only his Russian wife scares him

If Arron Banks is a punchy, thick-skinned man, who loves a scrap, adores being provocative on Twitter and will never walk away from a fight, Katya trumps him ten times over. read


The girl from a Durham village with a voice like Tina Turner who bunked off school to wow America

Courtney Hadwin, the British 13-year-old who this week took America’s Got Talent by storm, may only be a slip of a girl, but she can pull the wool over people’s eyes when needed. read


Theatre critic describes Derry Girls actress Nicola Coughlan as 'an overweight little girl'

The play at London’s Donmar Warehouse has received positive reviews. But on Thursday Nicola Coughlan, 31, took to Twitter to draw attention to a review by Philip Fisher. read


Hampshire paramedic sacked for affair with patient

Darrel Dimond (pictured) treated the woman after she had a seizure but love blossomed after she sang to him in the back of his ambulance. They then had sex at her Hampshire home. read


Pretty Little Thing launches thigh bands to stop chafing

British fashion website Pretty Little Thing have launched 'chafing bands' for a mere £8 that are worn at the top of the thighs to reduce friction and ease the pain of chafing read


Victoria Beckham's 100 Hermes bag collection meant an estimated 130 crocodiles had to die

The pouting WAG-turned-fashion-queen, 44, has vowed none of her collections will ever contain fur - but she seems perfectly content in clothes made from other creatures. read


Welsh teacher got too drunk after staff party is banned for 6 months

Samantha Beresford, 51, (pictured) went out with colleagues to mark the end of term at Townhill Community School in Swansea, south Wales, when she got into an alcohol fuelled row. read


Cancer Research UK swaps 'woman' for 'everyone' in campaign

Cancer Research UK has swapped the word 'woman' for 'everyone' in its cervical screening campaign to avoid offending transgender people. read


Parents weep as they tell court how daughter died in bouncy castle

Fairground workers William and Shelby Thurston were in charge of the inflatable attraction at an Easter fair when it cartwheeled 1,000ft down a hill with Summer Grant zipped inside in 2016. read


Half of the world's personal wealth belongs to the rich

The rich controlled nearly half of the world's personal financial wealth last year, representing a 12 percent increase compared to 2016. The U.S. was home to nearly 200,000 people with $100 million or more. read


‘Upskirting’ perverts face up to two years in jail under new law

The highly intrusive practice typically involves individuals secretly taking photographs under a person’s clothing without them knowing with the intention of viewing their genitals or buttocks. read


Former Royal Ballet principal dancer Errol Pickford dies aged 51

Errol Pickford (pictured left and right) made history as the first ever Western dancer to partner ballerina and Soviet favourite Nina Ananiahvii at the Armenia Gala in London's Covent Garden. read


Britain's first all-female ISIS terror cell the 'Mad Hatter' gang are jailed

Rizlaine Boular, 22, planned to stab random members of the public around the Palace of Westminster causing widespread panic, injury and death in April last year, the Old Bailey heard. read


Teenager, 17, pictured with his Samurai sword weeks before he killed

The 17-year-old boy (pictured posing with a hunting knife) was today sentenced to eight year's detention for the manslaughter of Omid Saidy, 20, in Parsons Green, west London. read


Machete-wielding moped thugs threaten doctor for his watch in London

EXCLUSIVE: The robbers walked brazenly up to the man in Mill Hill, north London and told him 'we're here to rob you' before taking his watch and phone. read


Trump releases new photos of himself at G7 and insists he has a 'great relationship' with leaders

President Donald Trump has released a series of photographs of himself at the G7 Summit in Canada last week showing he had a 'great relationship' with the other world leaders.  read


Trump: Decision to revoke Manafort's bail is 'very unfair'

Donald Trump has called the decision to revoke Paul Manafort's bail 'tough' and 'very unfair' after a federal judge sent the former campaign manager to await trial behind bars. read


What Trump told a stunned room of world leaders at the G7 summit about Mexican migrants

President Trump stunned fellow leaders at last week's gathering of the world's wealthiest nations by making coarse jokes about illegal immigration and terrorism. read


Stella McCartney to sell £3,500 replicas of Meghan’s wedding reception dress

British designer Stella McCartney has announced that she will be releasing a limited number of the halterneck gown. The dresses will only be available to view by private appointment. read


Trump says Obama 'lost Crimea' when Putin invaded and annexed it

President Donald Trump on Friday accused President Obama of having 'lost' Crimea – blaming his predecessor for Russia's invasion and annexation of Ukrainian territory. read


Muslim woman gets death threats after showing her stomach in video

Blogger Madina Basaeva, who lives in Moscow, shared a 13-second long video of her dancing in a yellow striped cropped top on Instagram. read


Ex-minister Nicky Morgan reveals why refuses BBC interviews

The former cabinet minister, 45, said big budget channels such as Sky are 'better' compared to regional studios which she claimed would lead to a torrent of online abuse about how 'ugly' she is. read


Teenager dies after taking ecstasy on camping trip near Rochdale

A teenager who suffered from epilepsy has died after taking ecstasy while camping in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. He had been drinking and smoking cannabis with three friends. read


Twitter hoax in Germany claims Merkel's coalition has fallen apart

Germany's Christian Social Union (CSU) was forced to swiftly deny it planned to dissolve its decades-old alliance with the Chancellor's Christian Democrats. read


Macron and Italy's new PM meet as Europe faces migrant crisis

Giuseppe Conte said there needed to be a 'radical paradigm change' as he suggested EU migrant centres should be set up in African nations that have seen an exodus towards Europe in recent years. read


James Stunt cheated court drugs tests during divorce from Petra Ecclestone with fake urine samples

The billionaire gold bullion trader is accused of paying his former bodyguard and a friend £150 each to provide fake urine samples during his divorce from Petra Ecclestone to help get access to their children read


How to fix your PMS: The ways to balance your hormones

Melbourne fertility specialist, Dr Nat Kringoudis, believes stress is one of the major factors contributing to PMS. She shared the eight ways you can beat symptoms, and the one food to eat. read


MPs spend £21k learning languages including Japanese and Georgian

EXCLUSIVE: Some 22 politicians took classes at public expense last year, with costs of up to £3,000 each. read


Amanda Holden, 47, showcases her legs in bikini bottoms and a football shirt

Amanda Holden appeared to be feeling the World Cup fever as she showed support for the England team by kissing a trophy and showing off her ball skills.  read


England fans beat the flag bans by festooning their streets

Football fans in Oldham have changed the name of their road from Wales Street to England Street, while 120 residents in South East London have decked out an estate with 300 England flags. read


Portugal 3-3 Spain: Ronaldo scores hat-trick in World Cup draw

MARTIN SAMUEL AT THE FISHT STADIUM: He did that thing. Who knows why he does it? Pulled his shorts up to expose those thighs. Maybe he thinks it intimidates. But who? It’s David de Gea in goal. read


BBC football idols Alan Shearer and Jermaine Jenas promote gambling

Taking advantage of their exposure to millions of viewers, they share betting tips and push promotions from bookmakers to their legions of Twitter followers during the World Cup in Russia. read


Saudi Arabia players facing 'a penalty' after World Cup defeat

Saudi Arabia players are facing punishment when they return home from the World Cup after their disastrous opening day defeat by hosts Russia, according to national football chief Adel Ezzat. read


Moroccan football coach Herve Renard wins the hearts of World Cup fans

Swooning football fans compared Herve Renard, 49, to everyone from Game of Thrones' Jamie Lannister, actor Matthew McConaughey, and a Disney prince. read


Iran players unable to wear Nike football boots due to US sanctions

Iran footballers who usually wear Nike boots will now have to buy their own pairs or borrow from colleagues at the Russia World Cup, following a political fall-out which has seen new US sanctions. read


Thousands of seats go empty in World Cup game between Egypt and Uruguay in Ekaterinburg arena

The two nations played at the Ekaterinburg Arena in Russia's most easterly city, Yekaterinburg. The stadium's capacity was increased from 23,000 to 35,000 seats but today 5,200 seats were empty. read


England manager Gareth Southgate's father gives the Mail a unique insight

Gareth Southgate's father Clive says his son's natural eagerness to learn, and his inclusiveness, are part of his many managerial strengths. read


World Cup 2018: Was Robbie Williams responding to LGBT critics?

The ageing singer's rude gesture appears to have been a response to critics who blasted him for performing in Russia despite its persecution of the LGBT community. read


Epileptic boy who had medicinal cannabis taken 'in life threatening condition'

Billy Caldwell, 12, was rushed to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London after his epilepsy seizures 'intensified', a family statement said. read


Woman heartbroken after father's ring goes missing following his death

George Butcher's ring disappeared in the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff on March 17 after he died aged 82. His daughter Debbie Rowlands is devastated by its disappearance. read


Lancashire coffee shop boss gives schoolgirl warning for her acne

A 15-year-old schoolgirl was left 'devastated' when her coffee shop boss gave her a written warning for her acne. Her employer at Imposta Coffee café in Lancashire sent her a cruel note about her skin. read


Drunken tourists in Magaluf robbed by organised youth gangs

The young muggers, aged around 17 or 18, deliberately bump into the tourists in a bid to steal possessions such as backpacks, handbags, wallets or jewellery. read


Modern LEDs in cities affecting animals 'as much as midday sun'

Blue and white LEDs emit light at all angles, which is disrupting the circadian rhythms of many nocturnal animals and affecting their survival, research from the University of Southern California has revealed. read


EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Meet the von Trapps...Rees Mogg's mini-mes!

Jacob Rees-Mogg has shared online a video of two of his children, Mary, nine, and five-year-old Anselm, performing ‘The Floss’, a routine that has gained popularity after featuring in Fortnite. read


Blind taste test reveals the best supermarket coleslaw to serve

Good Housekeeping Institute (GHI) experts tested 12 different own-brand items to find the best - and the worst - coleslaws to serve up with your barbecued meats and vegetables. read


Massive Apple Maps outage left users unable to search or find directions in the app for hours

Apple has confirmed that its Maps navigation app isn't working worldwide. Users reported on Friday that they couldn't search locations in the app, or access navigation features. read


Cristiano Ronaldo 'accepts sentence and £16m fine for tax evasion'

Cristiano Ronaldo has accepted a £16million fine and a two-year suspended prison sentence for tax evasion in Spain - according to local media in the country. read


Tory rebels say MP control of Brexit is only way to avoid 'apocalypse'

The PM has incurred the wrath of pro-EU Tories after they claimed she U-turned on private pledges about Parliament having a 'meaningful vote' on the outcome of talks with Brussels. read


What a hypocrite! Dominic Grieve vowed not to tie PM's hands on Brexit - but does just that

Former attorney general Dominic Grieve is at the centre of efforts by MPs to give themselves the power to order ministers to go back to Brussels or delay Brexit if there is no deal. read


Labour is accused of burying its own investigation into the alleged rape of 19-year-old activist 

The probe began last November after activist Bex Bailey said she had been raped at a party event in 2011 aged 19 but told to keep quiet by a senior figure because it could damage her career. read


West London moped thugs each jailed for more than 20 years

Nathan Gilmaney, 19, and Troy Thomas, 18, tried to rob as many people as possible in London on October 16 last year, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. read


Can the '150 rule' help you beat your smartphone addiction?

EXCLUSIVE: Author Tanya Goodin has shared her top tips for digital detox and says nobody should have more than 150 online 'friends', and advises culling anyone you don't interact with directly. read


Uncle of ‘Lotto lout’ Michael Carroll shot his wife in the head

Stephen Muncaster, 47, killed his wife Allison, 48, as she sat on the sofa at their home in Magdalen near King's Lynn, Norfolk, then shot himself in the front garden, an inquest heard. read


The £6 billion Royal Navy fleet that hardly ever went to sea

The ships, costing £1billion each, need a multi-million pound refit after repeatedly breaking down in the Persian Gulf because their engines don't work in warm water. read


Unacceptable deterioration in children´s dental care -...

Labour has revealed that the number of children having to wait more than half a year for hospital dental treatment has risen 52 per cent following a series of Freedom if Information Act requests. read


Foreigners will be allowed to study at UK universities without having to prove they speak English

Home Secretary Sajid Javid yesterday simplified the process of securing so-called ‘Tier 4’ visas for students from countries it considers a ‘low risk’ of abusing the system. read


Clarinetist wins damages from ex-girlfriend who deleted email offering lucrative scholarship

Eric Abramovitz had been desperate to win a place on a course at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles which was led by one of the world's greatest clarinet masters, Yehuda Gilad. read


Celebrities cover up on the red carpet at Tony Awards in New York

Celebrities including Carey Mulligan and Gwyneth Paltrow have swapped high-glamour for more modest attire, with high necks and long sleeves replacing cleavage and short hemlines. read


Mini smashes into car and rolls over before landing on its roof

In the clip, filmed in Birtley in Tyne and Wear, the Mini smashes into a Ford Fiesta which is turning right. read


Google releases its first diversity report since anti-diversity memo spread

Google published its fifth annual diversity memo and few are happy with the results. From a broad viewpoint, the search giant's workforce is still predominantly male and white. read


Corbyn's union allies make last-ditch bid to salvage Glastonbury-style 'Labour Live' festival

The Glastonbury-style event in London tomorrow was supposed to be a money-spinner, but has turned into a nightmare after tickets failed to sell at the original £35 price. read


Albanian who sneaked into the UK on the back of a lorry is tracked down to his resort bolthole

After sneaking into Dover illegally on a lorry, Elidon Habilaj claimed to be fleeing torture in war-torn Kosovo. In truth, he had come from Albania but he was able to claim asylum by using a fake name. read


Instagram DITCHES plan to tell people when you screenshot a Story

The plan has been ditched less than a year after the it was tested on select users in Japan. When it was first announced, users criticised Instagram for being unclear about how the tool would work. read


Parliament chefs change name of Spotted Dick to Spotted Richard

Classic British pudding fans are furious after the name change was revealed yesterday and have taken to Twitter to call for the name to be changed back to 'Spotted Dick'. read


Teen who sold fake tickets to Ariana Grande Manchester show fined

Adeena Abdul, 18, sold fake tickets to Ariana Grande's One Love Manchester benefit concert last year. She was fined £1,782 in compensation and must do 150 hours of unpaid work. read


Benefits cheat took family on dream trip to Disneyland in California

Christine Angell from Cardiff hid inheritance from her brother and partner and took her family on a £15,000 trip to California as well as on another trip to Orlando, Florida. read


Lizzie Cundy reveals 'male stalker sent her hundreds of messages'

EXCLUSIVE: British TV personality Lizzie Cundy, 48, described how her ordeal began when she started getting emails from a woman who claimed she represented famous footballers. read


Wife of Lothario army sergeant Emile Cilliers arrives at court

Emile Cilliers will serve a minimum of 18 years for trying to gas his wife Victoria at home before he tampered with her parachute sending her plummeting from 4,000ft three days later in 2015. read


US airstrike kills Pakistan Taliban leader who ordered Malala murder

Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah is believed to have been killed in a US airstrike targeted at a 'senior militant figure' in Afghanistan, the US military said. read


Trump told G7 leaders 'Crimea is part of Russia'

Last week, Trump argued that Russia should be allowed to rejoin the G7 during the summit in Quebec, Canada. read


Little wonders! Toddler twins born at 24 weeks

A couple, from Wrexham, Wales have told how their twins are 'thriving' despite being born at just 24 weeks. Doctors confirmed that Carly Williams was in labour after she experienced back pain. read


Google's DeepMind AI now has a 'human-like imagination' that can envision an entire world

The intelligent system, developed as part of Google’s London-based DeepMind AI program, has taught itself to visualise any angle on a space in a static photograph. read


Ex-Olympian's affair with Lord 'exposed after she wrote in pig blood'

Lizzie Purbrick, a former Olympic showjumper, is accused of breaking into the £1million South London mansion of Tory peer Lord Prior (pictured) and daubing insults in pigs' blood. read


British AGT star Courtney Hadwin talks about audition for first time

Schoolgirl Courtney Hadwin, 13, from Hesleden, in County Durham, has spoken for the first time about her life-changing audition for America's Got Talent. read


Apple in talks to acquire film from animation studio Cartoon Saloon

The Cupertino-based company wants to acquire the rights to a feature-length film from Cartoon Saloon, the studio behind Academy Award nominated film 'The Breadwinner'. read


Stephen Hawking service: David Walliams and Nile Rogers attend

Guests from the science and showbiz worlds such as Benedict Cumberbatch and Brian Cox today attended the service at Westminster Abbey to celebrate Profession Stephen Hawking's life. read


Women who wake up early are less likely to get depressed

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston found women who consider themselves to be night owls are more likely to get depression. read


Harry Potter engagement ring represents all four Hogwarts houses

A Reddit user shared a photo of her three-part engagement ring. It has a diamond in the center, plus red, green, blue, and yellow stones to reprent Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff. read


Business women say childhood ballet is to thank for their careers 

British businesswomen Chloe Watmore, Helen Dimmick and Lucinda White revealed how practicing ballet throughout their childhood prepared them to succeed in high-profile careers. read


Musician destroyed Waitrose escalator by with whisky and lemonade

A musician who poured whisky and lemonade down a Waitrose escalator in Windsor must busk for as much money as he can to compensate the store for thousands of pounds worth of cleaning. read


Honduras mother desperate for help for her conjoined twins

Jennifer Pamela Martinez, 27, from Honduras, gave birth to twin girls Maria Fernandez and Maria Jose who were born joined at the chest and abdomen, but doctors say separation would kill one of them. read


Woman shares Snapchat video of stranger’s dog she woke up next to

Toni Robinson was walking home from a night out with friends when she spotted the lone dog and decided to take to her friend's house in Walsall, West Midlands. read


Cruise ship filmed for Channel 4 show became 'drug-fuelled orgy'

Passengers said people were snorting cocaine, sleeping in corridors and getting 'all over each other' on beds by the swimming pool. A British man was arrested when the ship pulled into Cannes port. read


Serial dieter drops a stone in 12 weeks after having her DNA tested

Rachel Roberts, 47, from Brighton had her DNA tested to find the perfect diet for her genes. 'Nutrigenomics' pinpoints the lifestyle changes needed to lose weight for your genetic makeup. read


Children eat a year’s worth of sugar in just FIVE months

Public Health England officials have calculated youngsters reached their recommended amount of added sugar for 2018 at the end of May. read


Homeless man who picked up marathon runner's lost number admits fraud 

Stanislaw Skupian snatched fundraiser Jack Halliday's number from the floor after it fell off the London Marathon runner before being pictured kissing a medal at the finish line. read


Prison officer who fell for inmate after a riot is spared jail 

Rebecca Rogers, 38, was knocked unconscious in the outbreak of violence before being carried to safety by convicted criminal Martin Revett at HMP Parc in Bridgend. read


Queen Letizia and King Felipe of Spain are awarded the key to New Orleans

The king and queen of Spain, Louisiana's governor and the mayor of New Orleans gathered to celebrate their historic ties during the city's tricentennial. read


Dr. Pimple Popper squeezes zits, growths and tumors in TLC series

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Dr. Pimple Popper, whose real name is Sandra Lee, earned online fame after she started sharing videos of herself extracting her patient's skin growths. read


Dog walker dies at Moulton Marsh after trying to save drowning pet

Emergency services were scrambled to Moulton Marsh in Spalding, Lincolnshire (pictured) yesterday morning but her body was pulled from the water three hours later. read


BBC stars 'livid' at having to pay more tax after big names put on PAYE

Top earner Chris Evans - who is paid up to £2.2million a year by the BBC - is among those who are being reclassified as an employee as opposed to being treated as a personal company. read


Man charged over 'Punish A Muslim Day' letters

David Parnham, from Lincoln, is accused of 14 offences including one count of soliciting to murder. read


Edwina Currie's uniquely toxic brand of diplomacy at a local male voice choir explored

Edwina Currie, former Tory minister, ex-mistress of John Major and bonkbuster novelist took over as president for the Tideswell Male Voice Choir at the start of 2012. read


Storm photos appear to show octopus flying through streets in China

The images, taken in the coastal city of Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong Province, went viral on social media after a ferocious tempest blew through the town on Wednesday. read


Is YOUR child addicted to Fortnite? Experts warn of impending crisis

Fortnite is most popular video game in the world with 40 million monthly players. Obsessive patterns are common in video games but Fortnite may be worse. read


Police could face legal action over 'authoritarian' facial recognition cameras

London-based civil liberties group Big Brother Watch has joined forces with Baroness Jenny Jones to ask the UK government and the Met to stop using the technology to make arrests. read


How the Queen lent Meghan Markle her key aides to ensure success

Meghan Markle had her own assistant private secretary, Amy Pickerill, while the Queen had brought along three of her most senior members of staff to guide her new granddaughter-in-law. read


Cancer survivor accuses Miss Selfridge of COPYING t-shirts

Lauran Mahon, 33, from London, began selling the 'Tit-Tee' range after she was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in August 2016 as a way to raise money for four charities. read


Samantha Ealdon photographs family lying next to massive potholes

Samantha Ealdon said 'hundreds' of complaints about a road nicknamed 'pothole alley' have fallen on deaf ears. The mother has labelled Aunsby Road in Sleaford, Lincolnshire as 'dangerous'. read


Mother issues tombstoning warning after her son swept out to sea

Mark McNeil, 14, was rescued from rocks in Croyde, Devon, after coastguards received a 'desperate' 999 emergency call from one of the boy's friends, who said the boy was in 'serious trouble'. read


Chinese toddler's foreskin ripped off after getting penis trapped in escalator

A toddler boy has tripped himself on an escalator and had his genitals trapped between gaps at a shopping mall in central China. read


Church of England turns to preachers like Rev Michael Curry

The Archbishop of Canterbury hopes to rejuvenate the Church of England by taking inspiration from the evangelical style displayed at Prince Harry's wedding to Meghan Markle. read


Essex woman claims hospital £2.50 parking charge killed her father

Father-of-two Brian Akers, 57 (pictured with daughter Kerry) died hours after leaving Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, Essex, because he did not have any change for a ticket machine. read


Labour Welsh Assembly member Carl Sargeant inquest hanged himself after sexual inappropriate claims

Jack Sargeant, 24, was pictured arriving at his father Carl's pre-inquest hearing in Ruthin, north Wales this afternoon after taking over his job as a Welsh Assembly Member in February. read


Creepy AI can predict your moves in advance

The software, built by a team the University of Bonn in Germany, was taught to anticipate actions by watching hours of cooking videos. read


The Victorian Cotswolds chapel that's been transformed into rental 

The building, in Minchinhampton, began life as a chapel in 1902 and was named the Victoria Memorial Chapel to commemorate Queen Victoria in her passing. It held services until 1984. read


Charming railway station house can be yours for £425k

A charming main line railway station converted into a home has gone on the market. The isolated house amid the Pennine Fells in Dent, Cumbria has 14 daily services running past it. read


Yorkshire café in Doncaster challenges diners to eat Terminator 2 huge breakfast challenge

Shepherd's Place Farm Café in Doncaster calls its huge breakfast 'Terminator 2' and it contains black pudding, bacon, sausages, toast, eggs, beans and vegetables. read


'Killer hair' sprouting around Hawaii's volcano: Health warning over strands appearing near lava

Thin glass fibers called Pele's hair are created when gas bubbles within the lava burst at the surface. They look like human hair but have sharp ends and can be dangerous to pick up. read


AI technology uses radio signals to 'see through walls'

Scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a system that uses radio frequencies to sense movement, allowing it to 'watch' people when they are obscured from view. read


Millionaire expat British executive shot outside French home

David Daniels, 72, died of his injuries in his car as his wife Gay, 77, drove him to the nearest doctor after he was shot at his home near the small village of Édon in western France. read


Tailor to Cilla Black and Elton John had a life as colourful as his suits, new book reveals

In newly published House Of Nutter: The Rebel Tailor Of Savile Row, biographer Lance Richardson reveals how Tommy Nutter — who died in 1992 — more than lived up to his name. read


Infatuated stalker who police say has been following 17-year-old girl for months

Police have released a picture of a man they want to speak to about an eight-month stalking campaign involving a teenage girl. The 17-year-old was followed and watched in Oxford city centre. read


Woman sees the 'ghost of her dog' outside her window in Canada

Michelle Creighton, 44, from Manitoba, Canada, believes she photographed the ghost of her six-year-old dog, Oakley, outside her window after he passed away in April. read


Mumsnet user slammed for confronting woman in Tesco for wearing PJs

The British Mumsnet user said she called out the shopper because it was 'inappropriate' and 'unhygienic' for people to go out in public in their nightwear. read


Moment dognappers seize pub landlord's cockapoo 

Shocking footage shows the moment a pub landlord's pedigree cockapoo was swiped by a dognapper and bundled into the back of a van in Bromley-by-Bow, east London. read


That's capital! Busy London streets in the 1950s and 1960s in colour

The nostalgic collection, most of which was shot by American tourist Charles Cushman, offers a glimpse into the life of Londoners in the 1950s and 60s, featuring many notable London landmarks. read


UK students memes after end of GCSE exams in schools across Britain

Despite GSCEs being over, some British teenagers appear unable to get rid of those painful moments inside the exam hall - and are determined to re-live their test papers on social media. read


Forget trying to arrange that birth for middle of the day!

New research by City, University of London, has found seven out of ten births happen outside of the hours of 9am to 5pm, and the most common time for a baby to be born is around 4am. read


Holidaymakers flea as blue shark prowls the shoreline in Spain

This is the moment holidaymakers on the island of Menorca in Spain watch on as a shark swims past them just a few feet from the shoreline. read


Transgender model Jade Chua-Hoskins shows off her figure in shoots

Jade Chua-Hoskins, 29, grew up in the Philippines as a boy named Jon, where she was mocked over her feminine nature and love of 'girly' toys. She now lives as a female model. read


Muslims in Birmingham celebrate Eid al-Fitr at Small Heath park

Birmingham hosted Europe's largest event to signal the end of Ramadan with more than 140,000 Muslims in attendance at Small Heath park who celebrated along with millions around the world. read


Gorilla uses sign language to tell Miami Zoo goers not to feed it

This is the incredible moment a huge gorilla at Miami Zoo communicates in sign language and then coyly breaks the rules, but not before making sure his trainer isn't looking. read


Angry driver repeatedly rams fellow motorist and forces his car to spin in shocking footage

This is the shocking moment an angry driver shunts a fellow motorist causing a high-speed crash on a busy dual carriageway in Dudley. read


Spectacular timelapse footage captures storm dumping tonnes of water in an Alpine lake

Amateur filmmaker Peter Maier, 27, caught the weather phenomenon known as a wet microburst in a timelapse video while staying at Lake Millstatt in Austria. read


Professional wrestlers lose tug-of-war with a young lion

In the hilarious footage filmed at San Antonio Zoo in Texas last month the crowd cheers as WWE wrestlers Ricochet, Fabian Aichner and Killian Dain try to best the still-young cub. read


House overlooking Scottish bay hits the market for £950,000 

Carsaig House - overlooking Jura - is the perfect property for someone looking to escape the rat race - sat in more than an acre of grounds with a sweeping private drive from the bay. read


Edinburgh girl who battled cancer for three years is given all-clear

Kira Noble, of Edinburgh, yesterday received the all-clear. Her family and friends raised hundreds of thousands of pounds to fly her to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York last month. read


Every desk at Apple Park can turn standing at the touch of a button 

In 2015 Tim Cook said sitting is ‘the new cancer’ while talking about Apple Watch. All employees at Apple Park will receive standing desks that are likely custom-made. read


Riders charge through town to mark Battle of Flodden in 1513

The Selkirk Common Riding event dating from the Battle of Flodden in 1513, remembers the story of The Battle of Flodden, the largest battle between England and Scotland. read