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How a Windrush immigrant's 60-year marriage to a girl from Surrey lasted

Such enduring marriages are rare these days, but Andrew and Doreen’s was exceptional because they were a British mixed race couple — she a white girl from Godstone, Surrey, he a West Indian immigrant. read


Labour defies condemnation by 68 Rabbis

In an extraordinary intervention, former minister Dame Margaret Hodge confronted the Labour leader in the Commons after yesterday’s votes on Brexit. read


Why that cheap will from the bank could cost your family £30,000

Barbara Morey can’t remember exactly how much she paid for the will she took out with NatWest about ten years ago. The 78-year-old reckons it was roughly £140. read


All your questions about smart meters answered

About ten years ago the EU said that by 2020, eight in ten homes should have smart meters. Not to be outdone, the UK Government followed with similar plan for the devices. read


Police seize laptop clue in Poppi Worthington case 

Paul Worthington claimed that he used a computer on the night he is believed to have sexually abused 13-month-old Poppi before she died in 2012 in Cumbria. read


Novichok victim 'sprayed poison from perfume bottle onto wrists'

Novichok victim Dawn Sturgess died after spraying perfume laced with the nerve agent onto both her wrists, her boyfriend, who was also exposed to the deadly substance, has revealed. read


Paul Finnett was at the wheel of speedboat when son died in accident

A British oil executive's son has died on holiday in Greece after falling off of a speedboat. Toby Finnett (left), 15, was riding on a rigid inflatable boat when he fell off the back and hit the blades of the propeller. read


Network Rail signalman sacked after taking a break during rush hour

Peter Lee, 60, was sacked for gross misconduct after taking a 20 minute break following a six-hour shift, a break he was entitled too. But bosses at Arundel Station in West Sussex got rid of the signalman. read


Transgender prisoner put in a female jail 'assaulted four women'

A transgender prisoner has been accused of sexually assaulting four female inmates after being sent to a women's prison in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, despite not having had reassignment surgery. read


LEO MCKINSTRY: Don't blame the heatwave for the hosepipe bans — blame the greed and ineptitude

Sunshine brought a warm glow to the nation, but it also serves as an excuse for corporate bosses to indulge in their favourite activities of guilt-tripping and money-grabbing, LEO MCKINSTRY writes. read


Hosepipe hypocrites: Firm threatens water ban not fixing leaking pipes

United Utilities faced an angry backlash after threatening millions of customers with hosepipe bans while failing to fix their own leaking pipes, which waste 439.2 million litres every day. read


Theresa May avoids suffering Commons defeat on customs union

Theresa May’s government was saved by five Labour Eurosceptics as they joined forces to defeat a vote to keep Britain tied to the EU. read


PM withdraws bid to send Parliament home early for summer

The Prime Minister wanted to deploy the extraordinary tactic as she battles to stave off a Brexit meltdown and threats to her leadership. read


Fury at the 12 Tories who vowed to back PM on Chequers plan and didn't

Tory Remainer rebels face accusations they went back on a deal to back Theresa May over her Chequers blueprint after 12 MPs voted against the Government on the customs union. read


Lib Dem MP accuses Tory chairman of cheating over customs union vote

Lib Dem Jo Swinson said Tory chairman Brandon Lewis broke an agreement over the crucial customs union vote. She had to sit out the vote because she had just given birth. read


QUENTIN LETTS: Theresa May looked like brown bread during Trade Bill vote

An afternoon of terrific, lemon-sucking tension burst at 6.42pm when Tory Whip Kelly Tolhurst, walked to the front of the Commons Table and barged her Labour counterpart out of the way. read


Labour MPs who helped May in Brexit vote threatened with deselection

Labour MPs who helped Theresa May see off a challenge to her Brexit plans have been threatened with deselection by party supporters. read


Mark Carney warns no deal Brexit would have 'big consequences'

The Bank of England governor waded into the raging row over negotiations with the EU as he gave evidence to MPs. read


David Beckham shirtless as he hits the beach wife Victoria in Croatia

The former footballer, 43, showed off his impressive physique in nothing but his swimming trunks as he joined his wife Victoria, 44, and their children Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and Harper on the beach. read


Families are urged to get measles jab before going on holiday in Europe

Health officials are worried that Britons will catch measles abroad and bring the illness back to the UK. Many will be shortly heading for southern Europe, where measles rates are very high. read


Earliest memories begin after the age of two

For the 40 per cent of us who believe we remember an event from our first two years, we have likely created it falsely after seeing photos or hearing recollections from others. read


HALF of husbands don't know how often their wife achieves an orgasm

More than 1,600 newly-wedded couples found that 43 per cent of husbands don't know how often they satisfy their partners, a new survey from Brigham Young University in Utah shows. read


Don’t let the cruel web bullies beat you, says SARAH VINE in a message of hope to little girl

Online bullies took a picture of a girl's Instagram account and set up an online ‘survey’ asking people to vote on whether they thought she is ugly. SARAH VINE says you will survive this torment. read


How families are STILL being lured into buying homes that may be impossible to sell

Homebuyers are being locked into controversial leasehold contracts on newly built properties with this type of sale soon set to be banned. read


Married Huddersfield doctor 'exposed himself to his housekeeper'

Dr Mohammed Ihsan, 36, (pictured) of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, made advances towards the woman in his apartment and told her: me and you have chemistry' a tribunal heard. read


Tory MP Andrew Griffiths ‘had previously groped a councillor’

Andrew Griffiths was forced to resign as minister for small business at the weekend after it emerged he had sent more than 2,000 texts to two barmaids. read


Suburban mums reveal their raunchiest sex confessions

A group of every day suburban mothers have offered a shocking insight into the scandalous lives they lead once their children have been dropped off at school. read


Two portions of TIRAMISU can put motorists over the drink-drive limit

The study found that two portions of the popular Italian dessert tiramisu - which normally contains two tablespoons of brandy, Tia Maria or Amaretto, sometimes all three - could put you over the limit. read


Trump defends himself on Putin in emergency statement

Trump in a major retreat that administration said that he misspoke at his Helsinki summit when he said that he did not have 'any reason' to think that Russia meddled in the 2016 election. read


Piers Morgan: 'Trump chucking US under Russian bus'

On Friday I sat with President Trump aboard Air Force One and asked him if he thought Putin was ‘ruthless.’ ‘I can’t tell you that,’ he replied, which surprised me. It shouldn’t be hard to see it. read


Trump: there is 'no time limit' for North Korea nuclear weapons

Trump spoke at the White House in the course of a statement about his summit with Putin about talks to end Kim Jong-Un's nuclear plans and said: 'We have no time limit. We have no speed limit.' read


Trump's allies plead with him to 'reverse course' over Putin

President Trump is being urged by some of his closest allies - including the hosts of 'Fox & Friends' to 'reverse course' and do something to fix the fallout from his press conference in Helsinki. read


Trump refuses to call Russia 'adversary' in interview before walk-back

President Donald Trump wouldn't call Russia an adversary in an interview taped after his explosive press conference and before he read a statement acknowledging Russian interference. read


Michelle Obama slams Trump as being 'mediocre' at charity event in Scotland

The former First Lady was attending the dinner organised by The Hunter Foundation (THF) in Edinburgh earlier this evening when she made the remarks. read


Obama rebukes Trump by saying 'strongman politics are ascendant'

Barack Obama used a speech in Johannesburg, South Africa, in honor of the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's birth, to criticize his successor without ever using his name. read


Putin's lavish private plane interior is revealed

The Russian president has one of four lavish £390million IL-96-300PU presidential jets to call upon for travel while Donald Trump relies on his own private airliner - Air Force One, a 747. read


The Queen was reportedly 'trolling Trump' with choice of brooches

Twitter user Julie (@SamaruiKnitter) took to the social media site over the weekend where she suggested that the monarch's choice in brooch during Trump's time in England made a bold statement. read


Trump Secret Service agent dies in hospital after suffering a stroke

A secret service agent guarding Donald Trump who suffered a stroke while the US president was in Scotland has died in hospital. read


State Department translator was present for every moment of Trump's dealings with Putin

There is continued interest in a government translator who sat in on the entire Helsinki summit meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. read


Facebook data collected by Cambridge Analytica was accessed from Russia

The Information Commissioner’s Office in Britain discovered data collected by Cambridge Analytica was accessed from Russia during an investigation into fake news. read


School staff inadvertently record foul-mouthed chat about autistic pupil

Leighanne Bromley, 29, from Coventry, said her jaw hit the ground when she first heard the message from her son's school, the special school Three Spires Academy, last week. read


Millions of motorists face long delays on ‘frantic Friday’ getaway as schools break for summer 

More than nine million people are expected to take to the roads on leisure trips between Friday and Sunday as school holidays begin in England and Wales, the RAC said. read


Taking Omega 3 supplements WON'T cut the risk of early death and may even do some harm

But a 730-page report published today by the respected Cochrane Library has found no evidence that omega 3 supplements reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke or premature death. read


Schools can't provide 'silver bullet' to tackle childhood obesity, Ofsted head warns

Amanda Spielman, the education watchdog’s chief inspector, said teachers were ‘already stretched’ and should not be distracted from their primary role as educators. read


Margaret Thatcher statue rejected for Parliament Square could be erected in former PM's hometown

Westminster City Council turned down plans for a 10ft bronze of the 'Iron Lady' earlier this year, claiming the area was already saturated with monuments. read


Drowned woman and child found clinging to wrecked migrant ship

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. A migrant aid group has accused Libya's coast guard of abandoning three people in the Mediterranean Sea, after finding two corpses. read


Family pay tribute to Katerina Makunova stabbed to death in London

Katerina Makunova, 17, (pictured) who was found with stab wounds outside a property in Brisbane Street, Camberwell, on Thursday has been described as 'joyful and beautiful' by her family. read


On-the-run gangster Sam Walker taunts police after sneaking back to UK

Convicted drug dealer Sam Walker has returned to the UK after fleeing police to Sierra Leone last month, evading capture once again as he took a helicopter flight to north England. read


Widow of an murdered academic hits out at police for ‘lax attitude’ on knife crime 

Dr Jeroen Ensink, 41, was killed by Timchang Nandap, 25, yards from his home as he posted cards announcing his daughter’s birth days earlier. read


Google Assistant will now create a 'visual snapshot' of your day

Google Assistant's new 'visual snapshot' feature is now available on for both Android and iOS devices in all languages supported by the app. It will give users a rundown of their day. read


Cancer genetics professor quits after staff accuse her of bullying

ICR Professor Nazneen Rahman has quit her post as head of genetics and epidemiology after multiple allegations of bullying that date back 12 years. She claims investigations found no such evidence. read


Trapped Thai soccer team dug a tunnel in a bid to escape cave

Lt Col Dr Pak Loharachun, who stayed with the boys who were rescued from the Thai cave complex, said the boys had used rock fragments to try and dig their way to freedom during the ordeal. read


British caver called 'pedo guy' by Elon Musk 'approached by lawyers'

Vern Unsworth said he hadn't decided what to do next after being approached by the British and American lawyers. He also said he is awaiting legal advice before flatly denying Musk's claims. read


Chaos as thousands of patients can't see NHS dentists due to a recruitment crisis

Mydentist, which has ten million patients on its books, admits it does not have enough dentists to carry out check-ups and treatments. read


SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Lady Victoria Hervey risks the wrath of the Vatican

Father Rupert McHardy, who officiates at the Brompton Oratory in Knightsbridge has issued a stern warning to the blonde socialite that her 'putting her eggs on ice' is against Catholic teaching. read


Wife of British doctor pictured kissing Elle MacPherson is 'shocked'

The wife of disgraced British doctor Andrew Wakefield - who was pictured kissing Elle MacPherson in Miami, Florida - is 'shocked' at the public romance, her family told MailOnline today read


Elle Macpherson’s many bizarre habits include carrying a kit in her handbag to check PH of her urine

In a recent interview, Elle Macpherson said she woke at 5am and spent 30 minutes meditating in bed before getting up. read


Immigration judges in the dock over alleged £12.6m legal aid scam

Three judges and six other lawyers, all from London and the Home Counties, are in court after they were arrested over an alleged plot to scam £12.6million from the legal aid system. read


More Britons are in work than ever before following employment boom

The Office for National Statistics said new highs were set for the proportion of Britons in work – at 75.7 per cent – and the number of job vacancies. The unemployment rate remains at a record low. read


Poundworld will shut 40 more stores and axe 531 jobs

Poundworld administrators have announced the closure of 40 more stores around the UK, resulting in 531 job losses on top of 105 shops and 1,200 jobs already announced. read


Meghan Markle and Prince Harry pay tribute to Nelson Mandela's life

Harry and Meghan are touring the exhibition, at the Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, which traces Mr Mandela's career from activist to president through six themes. read


Meghan Markle's father says he won't stop talking to the media

Thomas Markle said he will continue to speak to the media until Kensington Palace stops ignoring him and he's allowed to be a part of his daughter, Meghan Markle's life with husband Prince Harry. read


Royal Mint issues new £5 coin to celebrate Prince George's fifth birthday

The Royal Mint has issued a commemorative coin to mark the occasion, featuring the legend of St George and the Dragon. read


Beach umbrella is driven through a British woman's leg in New Jersey

Margaret Reynolds, 67, from London, was at Seaside Heights on Jersey Shore in New Jersey on Monday when a parasol was driven into her right ankle. She is pictured being treated. read


Mother reveals MooGoo soap cleared up her daughter's eczema

EXCLUSIVE: Four-year-old Grace Adey-Peters had battled the skin condition since birth until her mother Sarah, from Somerset, discovered the £4.95 all natural bar that helped ease her symptoms. read


I'm a very well-bred toff says ex-showjumper who daubed pig's blood on cheating Lord's £1m flat 

A former Olympic show-jumper who smeared insults in pig's blood on her Tory Lord lover's £1m flat after catching him in the arms of another peer's wife spoke out last night after avoiding jail. read


Ex-Olympic showjumper wrote ‘lady sl*t’ on cheating lover's walls

Lizzie Purbrick (pictured), 63, also drew a three-foot penis on the floor after discovering David Prior was sleeping with a woman married to another member of the House of Lords. read


Mel B and Stephen Belafonte file restraining orders against each other

Mel B, 43, and Stephen Belafonte appeared at an LA courthouse on Monday for a five-hour hearing over visitation rights and financial issues. The two filed restraining orders against each other. read


Can you pick the odd one out?

Players around the world are challenged with picking the one answer that is not like the others in these 10 multiple choice questions. Only those who can think outside the box will score full marks. read


Londoner ditches mortgage and ‘unfulfilling' life to build eco-home

Kris Harbour had everything most people dream of in London - a job, two properties and a busy social life - but he wanted more. In 2015 he gave up the city to build a woodland 'hobbit' house in Wales. read


RSPCA hunts killer who threw cats to their deaths from a tower block

An RSPCA inspector made the gruesome discovery after being alerted to the incident at Kingswood House, Kimpton Close in Druids Heath by a member of the public. read


Now another member of the 'gilded society set' is dead at 49 

With legs up to her armpits, and a habit of wearing entirely see-through dresses while strolling up red carpets with Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell - Annabelle Neilson was ever-present. read


Annabelle Neilson dead at 49: Kate Moss breaks her silence

The supermodel, 44, shared a sweet picture of the two cuddling up to one another on Instagram today captioned with a heart broken in two. It is believed Annabelle suffered a stroke. read


Destiny's Child's Michelle Williams checks into mental health facility after depression reveal

Michelle Williams has checked herself into a mental health facility. The 37-year-old Destiny's Child songstress 'is getting treated in a facility just outside of Los Angeles' according to TMZ. read


The everyday things that make Britons go mad, including missed delivery notes

Britons once prided themselves on staying calm in the face of adversity. Now we seem to fly off the handle almost the moment something goes wrong, research suggests. read


Muslim woman private room terror trial after refuses to remove niqab

A Muslim woman who refused to remove her niqab off in the Victorian Supreme Court has been given a private room to watch her husband's terror trial. read


Pret A Manger is forced to scrap its wooden spoons after customers complain

Sandwich chain Pret had been handing out the spoons in its attempts to cut down on the use of plastic but customers complained that they were too small to eat with. read


Eating dinner before 9pm could cut the risk of developing breast and prostate cancer by a fifth 

Sitting down to an evening meal at least two hours before going to bed reduces the chances of getting both cancers, a study of more than 4,000 people suggests. read


X Factor line-up CONFIRMED: Robbie Williams, wife Ayda Field and One Direction's Louis Tomlinson

Robbie Williams, his wife Ayda Field and One Direction's Louis Tomlinson will be judges on this year's X Factor, as they were spotted arriving for the series photocall on Tuesday. read


Netflix and Amazon now have more customers than Sky and BT 

The three most popular online streaming services – Netflix, Amazon Prime and Now TV – have 15.4 million UK subscriptions between them as membership numbers soar. read


Soaps are on the ropes as TV audiences fall, driving an overall decline in broadcasting figures

In 2007, EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale averaged 8.7 million viewers between them, but by 2017 this had fallen 20 per cent to 6.9 million. read


Sunderland GP 'secretly filmed and took 19,000 pictures of female patients'

Dr Thair Altaii, 55, used two phones to capture 19,000 covert images of the women at his surgery in Sunderland and stored them on his laptop, it is claimed. read


Trainee GP from Pakistan 'sexually assaulted women in his surgery'

A trainee GP touched a patient's vagina and breasts and asked her about sex after she went to visit him for a consultation about her anaemia, Basildon Crown Court today. read


Son of murdering ex-Ukip councillor refuses to forgive father

Garry Searle, 44, stood by his partner of nine years Anastasia ­Pomiateeva, despite her infidelities, and hit out at his estranged father who murdered his 62-year-old wife. read


Facebook ‘moderators’ sworn to secrecy over censorship orders

Damning undercover footage, screened on Channel 4’s Dispatches programme last night, showed a training centre where moderators were made to leave footage of a child being beaten online. read


Navy vet tells how he was duped into selling bogus tractors on eBay

Neil Burns thought he’d struck gold when he was offered a job selling farm vehicles on eBay. The 51-year-old ’s income had fallen significantly since his engineering contract ended. read


Sound waves uncover one quadrillion ton stash of diamonds

International researchers, led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered a huge amount of diamonds stashed in the roots of craton, more than 100 miles below the surface. read


Woman died after doctors told her to wait for a natural miscarriage

Reeta Saidha (pictured), 38, died after contracting sepsis when she was being treated at Basildon Hospital, an inquest heard. The mother-of-two was told to wait up to 48 hours for a natural miscarriage. read


First aid expert reveals her ultimate guide to identifying common bites

EXCLUSIVE: British first aid expert and qualified nurse Emma Hammett reveals her guide to common insect bites and stings, explaining how to tell different insects' marks apart and relieve them. read


Dying patients are being neglected by councils

End-of-life care is being prioritised by only 4 per cent of town halls in England, according to analysis by experts at King's College London. read


Girl with cerebral palsy wins over £15m in compensation from NHS

Holly Greenhow, (pictured) from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, was left with cerebral palsy when she was starved of oxygen before her delivery at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in 2005. read


British Army soldier, 24, 'plotted to smuggle illegal immigrants from Calais into UK' 

A British Army soldier, Lance Corporal David Plumstead, 24, appeared in court accused of plotting to smuggle illegal immigrants into the UK from Calais. read


Renault Zoe tops the used electric cars rising in value

The Renault Zoe is top of a list of second hand cars that are rising in value - and someone who bought one this time last year could potentially now sell it for 30 per cent more. read


Amazon Prime Day 2018: The best UK bargains and discounts around

The shopping extravaganza kicked off in the UK at midday on Monday and will last for 36 hours, ending at midnight tonight (July 17), with other retailers jumping on the bandwagon. read


Full list of nearly 70 products recalled by UK supermarkets

British supermarkets have recalled certain brands of soy sauce over fears they could contain small fragments of glass. Bottles of Schweppes tonic water have also been removed from shelves. read


Horses reduced to ‘skin and bone’ after they were rescued by animal charity

Heartbreaking images show the badly emaciated animals (pictured) at the stables in Stoke Prior, near Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, before they were rescued on Saturday. read


Russian spy Anna Chapman says World Cup defeated Western 'propaganda'

Glamorous Russian spy Anna Chapman claimed football fans from around the world had seen her country untarnished by Western disinformation during the sport's showpiece tournament. read


Torquay woman warned that she could be causing a nuisance

A retired magistrate who installed an anti-children sound device at her home in Babbacombe, Torquay has been warned by council chiefs she could be the one causing a nuisance. read


Over-the-counter charcoal and whitening toothpastes are eroding enamel

EXCLUSIVE: Dr Rhona Eskander, a dentist in London, warns that using fashionable activated charcoal and fluoride-free toothpastes could actually do more damage than good to people's teeth. read


Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott’s 'cheap rip-off' GQ cover

Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott's GQ cover has been branded a 'cheap rip-off' of an iconic Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg photo shoot by famed photographer Helmut Newton. read


Tory MP Sir Christopher Chope blocks women's conference in Parliament

Sir Christopher Chope, 71, was met with cries of 'shame' and withering looks from his fellow MPs as he shouted 'object' to a motion to allow the conference to be thrown at Westminster. read


Vote Leave referred to police for 'breaches' of electoral law

Michael Gove was lashed in the Commons for either being oblivious to breaches of election laws or participating in it after a damning report by the Electoral Commission was published today. read


Man United branded a disgrace with new adidas home strip costing up to £193!

Manchester United and adidas have been accused of exploitation after it emerged the club’s new home kit could cost as much as £193. read


Katherine Ryan shares her daughter's reaction to learning about sex

The Canadian comedian, 35, who is based in London with her little girl, told her Twitter followers that her eight-year-old daughter Violet had had her first sex education lesson in school. read


ASK TONY: Barclaycard sent my card to a stranger - now I'm in debt for £875 

Barclaycard called me on November 29 last year asking if I had made several purchases, totalling about £2,500, away from my area. read


Kamikaze bees kill invading hornets by forming 'hot defensive balls'

The finding was made by entomologists at Tamagawa University near Tokyo, who found that the desperate defensive manoeuvre was enough to reduce the lifespan of the bees significantly. read


Bode Miller's wife breaks silence 37 days after death of daughter

'It’s been 37 days since I’ve held my baby girl,' Morgan Beck wrote on Instagram, over an adorable picture of 19-month old Emeline Grier Miller. read


Minister criticised after saying she would not encourage own children to take new qualifications

Anne Milton said she would probably encourage them to ‘leave it a year’ before doing the beefed-up qualifications which aim to make technical courses as prestigious as academic A-levels. read


Tesco exec who was shamed over Carillion collapse lands £1.1m bonus

Tesco has handed sharesworth £1.1million to the boss who presided over pay increases and bonuses at Carillion in the run-up to its demise. read


Jealous Dorset man posted photo of half-naked girlfriend on Facebook

Simon Peckham, 54, found a photo of his cheating girlfriend in a state of undress with her lover sought revenge by posting the lewd snap on Facebook, Poole Crown Court heard. read


London Hughes posts touching tribute to 'hero' grandmother

London Hughes, 29, revealed how her grandparents Doreen and Bill became the first white couple in Sussex to adopt a black baby when they welcomed her father, David, into their family. read


Four 'die in suicide chain including Love Island star and boyfriend'

Two brothers who were found hanged within three weeks of each other were close friends of tragic Love Island star Sophie Gradon and her boyfriend who also took their own lives, the siblings' father said. read


Con artist who posed as a Horse & Hound representative scammed £32k

Con artist Charmaine McAllister of Huddersfield, who stole more than £32,000 from the Horse & Hound equestrian magazine's advertisers has been jailed for four years. read


Entertainer blasts PC culture after Punch and Judy show was cancelled over domestic violence fears

Brian Llewellyn, from Darlington, also had to scrap a performance at an Armed Forces Day event because it was due to take place near a women’s refuge. read


Hilarious snaps capture dad's laughing at the expense of their family

People from around the world have shared examples of the most groan-inducing 'dad jokes' they had witnessed - and they're sure to leave you shaking your head. read


Facebook turns 'blind eye to dangerous content', early investor says

Mark Zuckerberg's former mentor, Roger McNamee, has claimed Facebook permits dangerous content because it is like 'crack cocaine' to users and if you 'censor too much, people lose interest'. read


Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle’s Wimbledon outfits sell out

EXCLUSIVE: According to new data from Lyst, Meghan's Ralph Lauren shirt and trousers sold out with her outfit garnering a 58 per cent boost in search traffic compared to 38 per cent for Kate's. read


British grandmother welcomes her 100th grandchild into her family

Winny Stokes, from Gloucester, had 14 children who went on to have 34 of their own kids. On top of her great-grandchildren the latest addition to her family brings the total to 100. read


Detailed 5,500 year-old stone carvings discovered in the Boyne Valley

Experts from University College Dublin's school of archaeology made the discovery on farmland near 18th Century Dowth Hall in the Brú na Bóinne, or Boyne Valley Tombs, World Heritage Site. read


Princess Anne watches staff count new cygnets in the 'Swan Upping'

Princess Anne, 67, wore a summer suit as she joined royal staff in undertaking the annual census of the swan population known as 'Swan Upping' on the River Thames on Tuesday. read


Could THIS prevent age-related heart failure?

Experiments on fruit flies bred to make more of the protein by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, had healthier hearts and lived for a third longer. read


Religious couple agree to SWITCH SPOUSES to try and save their marriage

Charles and Kenya are one of four couples who are turning to switch therapy and spending two weeks in experimental marriages with other people's spouses on Seven Year Switch. read


William 'Billy' Isaac: Body of boxer friend Ricky Hatton is exhumed

William 'Billy' Isaac, originally from Denton, died in Ireland aged 45 in 2013. He was buried at Blackley Cemetery in north Manchester. read


Over 250 jobs are set to go at Asda with London factory closure

More than 250 jobs are at risk at Asda as it prepares to close a factory. The supermarket has entered into a consultation with 261 staff at the distribution warehouse in Enfield. read


Service dog tries to protect owner from lioness at Cincinnati Zoo

S'mores fiercely barked at lioness while at the zoo with his owner Kylee-Rhiannon Fulk on Sunday. The lioness immediately noticed him and began tracking the pup's movements. read


Working parents will have to pay an average of £135 per week on childcare this summer

It means the cost for two children over the entire six week summer break would be over £1,600 - while for three children it would exceed £2,400. read


Italian police arrest 31 Casamonica mafia members

Military police in Italy have arrested 31 members of the Casamonica crime unit in a series of raids across the country. The operation required 250 officers who seized luxury watches, cars and cash. read


Kent mother-of-two is branded a ‘planet rapist’ by neighbour

Judith Cook, 31, 'couldn't believe her eyes' when she found the hand-written notes just a few days after she covered the patch of land outside her terraced home in Ramsgate, Kent. read


How you can still earn top rates with phone or postal bank accounts

Savers wary of using the internet can still earn top rates by going for an account that can be run over the phone or by post. read


Money Mail reader wins a £10k mobile bill reprieve

A mobile phone customer hit with a £10,207 bill has won a reprieve - thanks to Money Mail. read


Video shows woman on a bike fall into a gap on a Wisconsin bridge

A 37-year-old Wisconsin woman, who was riding her bicycle, was caught on surveillance footage falling into the gap of the Racine Street Bridge as the bridge was going up to allow boat traffic to pass. read


Indian man electrocuted in a flooded street and drowns

In the clip, filmed in Ludhiana in India, the man can be seen walking along with a friend before touching a shutter which electrocutes him. read


Video shows frightened labradoodle had to be carried down escalator

A frightened labradoodle was captured on video being carried down an escalator at a mall in Georgia. The pooch was apparently afraid to step on the escalator, forcing his owner to pick him up. read


London knife crime app 'Hunch' wants to tackle crime wave

An app that is attempting to tackle knife crime on the streets of London has been condemned by experts who say the anonymous reporting could destroy trust in communities. read


Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' net worth hits $150BILLION

The $150billion mark breaks the record once held by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who at the height of the dot-com boom was worth $149billion after adjusting for inflation. read


Antibiotic resistant bug is spreading in the Canary Islands

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control is warning that tourists in Gran Canaria have been infected with the Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria, which can cause pneumonia. read


Welsh village baffles outsiders with 26 different spellings of its name

Baffled drivers, tourists and deliverymen are left spell-bound as they try to find the country village of Trellech in Monmouthshire, which is spelled 26 different ways. read


Statue of the Virgin Mary in New Mexico is 'weeping' olive oil

A sample of fluid was taken from the statue, located at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Hobbs, and sent for a chemical analysis to determine that it was actually olive oil. read


Missouri couple are teaching their children how to pole dance

Exotic dancers Jake Night and Lindsey Teall, of St Louis in Missouri, now they practice with Lindsey's son Aiden, 11, and their two daughters, Alaura, five, and three-year-old Rosalyn. read


Watchdog dismisses claims of Brexit dividend for NHS

In a grim assessment, the OBR rejected claims leaving the EU will free up cash and said a black hole totalling around £111billion had to be filled by 2023-24 in order to keep the books balanced. read


John Major says 'hardline' Brexiteers could trigger an autumn election

The former PM accused leading Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg of leading a hardline faction in the Tory party akin to the right-wing Tea Party in the US Republican Party . read


Las Vegas cop fires through windscreen in high-speed chase

Officers William Umana and Paul Solomon opened fire on murder suspects Rene Nunez and Fidel Miranda during a high-speed chase across northern Las Vegas last week. read


Rolls-Royce's flying taxi will begin test flights 'by next year'

The Derby-based aerospace giant that built the Spitfire's engines has unveiled an electric-hybrid flying taxi that will start real-world testing before the end of next year. read


Wales holidaymaker is savaged by BED BUGS during stay in chalet

Leesa Dean, 43, says the chalet at Pontins' Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park in northeast Wales was covered in mouse droppings and mould. read


Tommy Robinson rally attendee headbutted by police horse

The protester, who has not been named, was attending an estimated 100,000-strong rally in London calling for the release of Tommy Robinson. read


Lab grown meat could be in restaurants in 3 years

A Dutch company that presented the world's first lab-grown beef burger five years ago said it has received funding to pursue its plans to make and sell artificially grown meat to restaurants from 2021. read


Princess Stephanie's daughter Camille Gottlieb parties in Monaco

Camille Gottlieb, the granddaughter of the Hollywood actress turned Monegasque princess Grace Kelly has been celebrating her 20th birthday in style in Monte Carlo. read


What London's Midland Bank HQ looked like before its hotel makeover

EXCLUSIVE. HSBC, which acquired Midland Bank in 1992, delved into the archives for photos of the London head office before its £200million makeover by hotel groups Soho House and Sydell. read


Indian farmer has life-changing surgery to remove a 1.4kg tumour

Somai, 55, a farmer from Basti in Uttar Pradesh, northern India, had a three-and-a-half hour operation to remove a huge 1.4kg non-cancerous tumour from his neck after suffering for years. read


Serena Williams's gave 'incoherent answers' in divorce case

Venus and Serena Williams's father Richard Williams, 76, had 'difficulty making himself understood' and misinterpreted 'many of the questions posed to him in divorce deposition. read


Pictures show last Russian Tsars on holiday and their lives in exile

The photos shed light on the final ten years of the doomed Russian royals with images depicting both the luxury and hardships of the Romanov family. read


Girl is gang-raped by five boys as young as nine in India

The boys lured the child to a friend's house in the Sahaspur area of Dehradun near the Himalayan foothills before launching the attack. read


Farnborough pair spend 8 minutes trying to parallel park into space

In the clip, filmed in Farnborough, Hampshire, the woman tries to parallel park for four minutes before a man tries to help her as she is holding up traffic. read


Blind Thai elephant dances and sways to classical piano music

In the clip, British pianist Paul Barton explains that the 'gentle' old female elephant, named Lam Duan, has been blind for a number of years and that he wants to play her some music. read


Baltimore woman asks Facebook to Photoshop images of her boyfriend

Eria Auguste, of Baltimore, Maryland, posted on the Facebook page I'm telling God, which is a a group that specializes in creating and sharing quality memes. read


Councils are told to stop burning so much waste by MPs who want to introduce an ‘incineration tax’

Some British councils send more than 80 per cent of rubbish for incineration – despite much of it being recyclable material such as plastic. read


Holidaymakers are losing more than £1bn in debit and credit card fees abroad 

According to global payments firm Fairfx, UK holidaymakers are often unaware they are being charged even though they spend more than £32billion on their cards overseas every year. read


Syrians fleeing Assad's bombs are turned away by Israeli soldiers

Israeli troops were heard shouting 'go back, we don't want to hurt you' through a megaphone as men, women and children waved white flags at the border on the Golan Heights. read


Jimmy Kimmel asks people to name a country on a map in quiz

The team at Jimmy Kimmel Live! stopped people on a sidewalk in Hollywood. They were asked to use a pointer to identify one country, any country, on the map. Several could not. read


Sam Hensman, 25, unable to talk from a brain haemorrhage wows his fiancee as he walks unassisted 

Sam Hensman, from Adelaide, who was confined to a wheelchair after he suffered a severe brain haemorrhage has started walking unassisted in a remarkable recovery. read


Kim Jong-un blasts officials during North Korea factory inspections

The North Korean leader was fired-up as he berated bosses while wandering through a factory, power station and holiday camp, state media reported. Dirty baths in the camp were described as 'fish tanks'. read


£18.99 Solution for Scars cream claims to reduce scars by 40 per cent

A new product set to hit shelves this summer is being hailed as a wonder product by those who've used it. Science of Skin's Solution for Scars cream, which retails at £18.99 and contains green tea extract. read


Cafe removes 'offensive' street art of mankini-clad Sadiq Khan

Contractors were called in to remove two murals, one featuring Sadiq Khan and the other depicting Theresa May, from outside Food Bazaar Café in Gray's Inn Road in Holborn two weeks ago. read


Reexamined Dare Stone could solve mystery of Lost Colony of Roanoke

After 428 years, the mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke remains unsolved. A reexamination of the Dare Stone, supposedly written by colonist Eleanor White Dare, could bring answers. read


Designer Henry Holland shows off his dramatic weight-loss

Holland flaunted his leaner physique at a House of Holland launch party this week. The stylish designer, has lost weight after hitting the gym and cutting down his food intake. read


Dorset home that comes with its own cove hits the market for £1.7m

Hidden in the grounds of Kingswear Court Lodge, in Devon, is Silver Cove (pictured), a picturesque inlet with a slipway that was commandeered by the Americans during WW2. read


Photographer captures expressions on lions’ faces while they're mating

Wildlife photographer Ingo Gerlach snapped the lion and lioness during an intimate moment at the Masai Mara National Reserve recently. read


 Mac on… Sharks

'Apparently it's very unusual. It says here this type only feeds on tuna.' read


Couple marry after they jokingly agreed to if they were single at 40

Mairi Gordon, 45, and Rhys McLellan, 43, married in Edinburgh last year, 22 years after they split up and jokingly agreed to tie the know if they were both still single at the age of 40. read


Levon Drover photographs two Beluga whales swimming underneath him

Levon Drover was paddling off the coast of Ingonish, Nova Scotia on July 5 when he spotted two Beluga whales swimming right underneath his board. read


Sign language interpreter steals show at metal concert in Austin

A sign language interpreter has stolen the show at a metal concert with her enthusiastic translation of the music. Fan Freddie Ibarra filmed her at the Slayer Farewell tour in Austin, Texas. read


Man is bitten by monkey in sanctuary in Bali

This is the moment a monkey bites a tourist who was visiting Ubud Monkey Forest in Bali, Indonesia. The incident was recorded by a fellow tourist who posted the footage online. read


Scorched Britain: Amazing aerial photos of London's dry famous parks

The pictures of Green Park, Hyde Park, Regent's Park and Clapham Common emerged as the Met Office revealed Britain has had its driest start to summer in modern records which date back to 1961. read