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In a high risk move, Theresa May (main picture, in Westminster yesterday) told the Cabinet that she would finally bring forward the Withdrawal Agreement Bill legislation in the week beginning June 3 – with or without a deal with Labour – in the hope of getting a version of her deal through Parliament at the fourth attempt. That is the same week that President Trump is due to make a three-day state visit to the UK. It will also come just after the May 23 European elections in which the Tories are expected to take a huge battering from voters over delays to Brexit. One poll for a possible general election (pictured bottom) showed the Tories on just 25 per cent of the vote, nine points behind Labour. After weeks of deadlock, the PM told Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (inset) that the timetable set a two-week deadline on the cross-party talks that have limped on for six weeks. 

Shaman Durek, whose real name is Derek Verrett, 44, touched down in Oslo on Tuesday and was greeted by his 'twin flame', Princess Martha Louise, who he is 'madly in love with' (left, center and inset). The pair announced their relationship on Instagram on Monday. A friend of the shaman's tells DailyMail.com that they met when she was one of their clients. Verrett is a Los Angeles-based celebrity favorite who claims to be able to reverse ageing and says he came back from the dead after taking ill. He is the son of an African-Haitian father and Norweigan-Indian mother. Online, he says he first learned he was a shaman when he was two. He has been practising since he was 11 and counts Gwyneth Paltrow and Rosario Dawson among famous fans (right, top and bottom). While he told reporters he was there in Norway to 'spread love', he and Martha will embark on a five-city tour this weekend where they will teach paying crowds about shamanic exercises and meditation techniques. Tickets for the event are being sold online for up to $140 each. 

JANET STREET-PORTER: The ‘heartbeat’ bill passed last week makes it illegal to have an abortion after 6 weeks (the time doctors say they can detect life in the womb) and will become law next January. Georgia follows other states - Ohio, Mississippi, Kentucky, Iowa and North Dakota - in bowing to the right wing lobby and restricting a woman’s right to a legal termination. These reactionary laws drive poor and very young women underground (not the middle classes, who can afford to travel), to illegal local abortionists, who can endanger their lives and potentially ruin their chances of ever having kids when the time is right. I feel so strongly about this, because - as a seventeen year old teenager in London - I was stupid enough to get pregnant by a long-standing boyfriend, at a time when it was almost impossible to get an abortion without telling your parents, seeing a doctor and a psychiatrist. Contraception wasn’t easily available, and I had exams to sit a few weeks away. The new law in Georgia has caused outrage in the USA. A letter signed by over 50 actors and performers calls for a boycott of the state and says productions should be moved elsewhere. The actress and #MeToo activist Alyssa Milano wants women to go on a sex strike in protest and Bette Midler has offered her support. The television star Jameela Jamil tweeted her own experience- ‘I had an abortion when I was young and it was the best decision I have ever made. Both for me, and for the baby I didn’t want and wasn’t ready for emotionally, psychologically and financially’. Pictured right: Janet-Street Porter in her early teens.

Jeremy Kyle, was seen at his Berkshire home wearing a baseball cap and navy blue hoody (pictured), as calls grow for his controversial show to be axed after the death of digger driver Steven Dymond. Mr Dymond, 63, died less than a week after failing a lie detector test while filming an episode of the controversial ITV daytime chat show, which he had gone on with his on-and-off girlfriend Jane Callaghan (pictured right). He had appeared on the show on May 2 before his body was found at a block of flats in Portsmouth on May 9, although South Central Ambulance officials said he had been dead 'for a number of days'. It comes as calls grow for show to be axed, with MP Charles Walker MP saying it would be 'extremely sensible' if ITV said 'this has gone far enough', adding that it was 'a watershed moment'.

The rap lyrics (pictured right in a police screenshot), discovered on a dictaphone in suspect Benjamin Field's garage, refer to someone being 'euthanised' and 'the soil of the ground I'll put you under', Oxford Crown Court heard. He also wrote a book of nonsensical poems in a pamphlet on death, in which he wrote about having seen a man killed, jurors were told. Field (second left), 28, and a fellow suspect, magician Martyn Smith, are accused of suffocating lecturer Peter Farquhar (far left), 69, after persuading him to change his will in their favour and plying him with spirits. Mr Farquhar had thought he was losing his mind and visited specialist brain doctors to try and discover what was wrong with him, the court heard. Field and Smith deny the charges.

Selena Gomez looked effortlessly chic as she joined her ethereal co-star Tilda Swinton at the premiere of their new horror flick, The Dead Don't Die, at the opening ceremony of Cannes Film Festival held at Palais des Festivals on Tuesday.  The singer joined  Desperate Housewives star, Eva Longoria, 44, who stunned in a gorgeous dusty pink gown with a daring thigh-high split. The dress, which gathered in pleats across her left shoulder, was strapless on one side, with the beautiful silk fabric flowing to the ground.

He's well-known for his model looks and his romance with Sir Philip Green's daughter Chloe, who he is thought to be engaged to.   And Jeremy Meeks, 35, was pictured living the high life on Tuesday as he stepped out in the sunshine at the 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival.  The handsome chap was accompanied by a fellow model and Instagram star Andreea Sasu, 29, who walked alongside him wearing a hot pink trouser suit.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Let the bells ring out! I can reveal that distinguished broadcaster Melvyn Bragg (left) is to marry his long‑time lover Gabriel Clare-Hunt (left). The ceremony will take place in his native Cumbria this autumn to coincide with his 80th birthday. The news comes just six months after he divorced Cate Haste (right), his second wife. Cate, who wrote a book about the wives of British prime ministers with Cherie Blair, was granted a 'quickie' divorce in November in a 50-second hearing at the Central London Family Court that brought to an end their 45-year marriage. It is thought that Bragg's daughter, Marie-Elsa, who is a Church of England priest, will officate at the wedding. She is his daughter from his first marriage to Marie-Elisabeth Roche (centre). Known to friends as Lise, Roche killed herself in 1971.

John McFayden (inset) was in the 12-strong gang which terrorised members of the public, carrying out at least 16 robberies across London on stolen motorcycles. The ruthless gang gained notoriety after their final attack (right) was highlighted on social media by Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden, 48. McFayden starred in the hit Channel 4 show in 2012, which featured him and his partner Cheyenne Pidgely exchange their vows in front of 300 members of the gypsy community (left).

Lorena Oberg (far left), 51, uses bio-identical hormones which mimic natural hormones. Lindsay Stevens (second left), 53, can now deadlift 100kg and has set two British records in her weight and age category in local competitions. Aliza Reger (third left), 57, uses red light therapy to increase collagen production. Meanwhile Sue Tappenden (third from right), 55, has found moving meditation classes and body-confidence classes to be the answer. Model Debi Ireland (second left), 57, embraces her wrinkles and has started walking five miles a day. Niki Wibrow (right), 52, found magnesium lotion was the answer to her irregular sleep.

The Duchess of Cambridge looked elegant in a £1,750 polka dot dress by Alessandra Rich (left) as she paid a visit to a D-Day exhibition at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, today. Bletchley Park holds a special personal significance to the Duchess as her paternal grandmother, Valerie Glassborow (inset), was among those who worked to decipher the secrets of the German Enigma machine at the site. Right, Kate receives flowers.

Scientists from the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, injected volunteers with either E.coli or a placebo before asking others how sick they looked two hours later. The infected patients were judged to look 'significantly worse', with people noticing their drooping eyelids and mouths. They also showed more negative facial expressions, which may be brought on by inflammation as the immune system fights off the infection. Researchers believe humans may have evolved the ability to pick up on subtle cues that suggest someone is contagious to avoid getting ill.

Kirsty Alexander, 33, and her husband John, 39, both from Kent, were devastated when they found out one of their triplets had died while Kirsty was pregnant (left). She carried the 'angel baby' to full-term, and called her 'Dotty'. The mother gave birth to two healthy babies Wilfred and Delilah (right) but says there is not enough support for mothers who have lost babies (inset)

Father-of-one Carl Beech (left, aged 10, right breaking down in his police interview), known as 'Nick', made the 'most heinous' false claims including child murders, rapes and sexual abuse against dozens of senior public figures, a court has heard. They included ex-Prime Minister of the UK Sir Edward Heath (bottom left), former Home Secretary Lord Brittan (centre left), ex-Armed Forces head Lord Bramall (centre right) and ex-Tory MP Harvey Proctor (right), jurors were told. Three black books of sketches (top inset) created by Carl Beech were also handed to police in order to back up his claims, the court heard.

Magnetic limpet mines were used to blow holes in Saudi oil tankers in the Gulf of Yemen yesterday, experts believe. The mysterious 'sabotage' has sent tensions spiralling in the Middle East as the U.S. blamed Iran and its allies for the attack - but both sides today tried to calm the situation. Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said today there 'won't be any war' while Donald Trump's Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, said the U.S. 'fundamentally does not seek any war' with Iran. It came as two pumping stations on a major Saudi oil pipeline were today attacked by explosive-laden drones, halting the flow of crude along it - just two days after the sabotage of four tankers off the UAE coast.

Manchester City's title winners have been filmed mocking Liverpool by appearing to sing a vile song referring to Jurgen Klopp's side as 'victims' and their fans being 'battered on the streets'. Ilkay Gundogan, Kyle Walker and Vincent Kompany are among the City players who can be seen passing around the Premier League trophy as they celebrate beating Liverpool to the league title, while chanting to the tune of the famous Kop song 'Allez, Allez, Allez' can be heard. On the plane after their 4-1 victory over Brighton they appear to sing a song chanted by City fans this season: 'All the way to Kiev, To end up in defeat, Crying in the stands, And battered on the streets, Kompany injured Salah, Victims of it all, Sterling won the double, The Scousers won f*** all, Allez, allez, allez.'

User @sadeyezriri posted a thread on Twitter last Wednesday, sharing her wild encounter and the lack of support her husband showed as she freaked out. The 'alien' - a black triangle with red lights - could be seen hovering over her car as she drove home in Nashville.

Calum Collins, 21, from London, is a former ballet dancer (left) who brands the homeless 'lazy and dangerous'. Calum is used to an easy life full of pampering, partying and designer couture (right) but as a homeless man, he soon sinks into despair (inset). During Rich Kid's Go Homeless, he becomes the first on the programme to ditch the experiment and heads to a friend's house instead.

Wolfgang Wild has always been fascinated with the past, and in 2010 he launched a blog called Retronaut. ‘It took off very quickly,’ Wild told DailyMail.com. ‘One of the posts went viral within the first few weeks. And it grew from there.’ After several years and posting thousands of archival images, Wild decided he wanted to turn his attention to color images, and started a new website called the Lost Colour Library. The online collection features images, such as the ones above of 1950s America that show the country from coast to coast: a ferry crossing the river from New York City, inset, to San Francisco, top right, to Chicago, main, to a storefront in Michigan, bottom left.

Former St. Louis Fire Captain, Gregg Favre (R), shared an touching tribute to his dog, Bella, on Twitter last week after his beloved pet passed away after a battle with cancer on Wednesday, May 9. In his post, Gregg, 37, explained how he came to rescued Bella 11 years ago, and that they had grown an 'incredible' bond in the years that followed. Through a series of tweets, he explained how their relationship developed, as he said they even came to be able to 'communicate with glances and head nods'. Since he shared the post, it has accumulated over 50,000 likes and more than 3,000 comments from other users who were touched by the post. Many offered their condolences to Gregg and his wife, while others decided to share similar stories of their own about how if felt to lose their own pets.

Canadian-born former model Lady Spencer (pictured) is still settling in to her first year living full time at Althorp (exterior right), the final resting place of Princess Diana. She started planning renovations around three years ago, when Earl Spencer tasked her with remodelling the island in the middle of the manor's ornamental lake where Diana is buried. Countess Spencer (pictured in one of the many rooms left), 46, famously installed a bouncy castle in the silk-lined dining room for her six-year-old daughter Lady Charlotte. But that's not all she's been up to. In an interview with Town and Country Magazine she revealed she has shaken up the classic English country house weekend.

The clip shows two-year-old Bryce Moody at a student party in Nashville, Tennessee, with his mother, as he decides he wants to boogie. As the students gather to dance to the groovy music, little Bryce, from Detroit, Michigan, jumps in and quickly wins over the crowd's attention with his swift moves. He can be seen bopping around and pulling impressive hip hop moves as the patygoers form a circle around him and begin filming him.

Tear-jerking footage shows five-year-old Phoenix take on his belt test at Bobby Dixon's American Martial Arts Academy on May 6 in Orlando. The youngster struggles to break a board with a kick, bursting into tears of frustration after repeated failed attempts. With the support of his fellow students, Phoenix eventually snaps the board in two, sending the room into cheers and applause as his friends rush to hug him.

Electrician Joshua Aspey, 22, sprang into action when Sally, his Jack Russell, choked on a piece of cheese and started to fit. The former lifeguard, from Watchet, Somerset, used skills he learned for his poolside job and thumped Sally on the back and chest to dislodge the blocked food. He saved the ten-year-old canine's life - and the drama was captured on a CCTV camera set up in the kitchen of his parents' house.

Tony and Marie Newton, both 71, (top left) have created a personal paradise in their tranquil West Midlands garden (top) after 37 years of work. The garden, nicknamed the four seasons garden because of its year round versatility, is home to hundreds of varieties including 450 azalea, 120 Japanese maples and 15 juniper blue stars. The couple began cultivating the garden at their Walsall home (top right) in 1982 and have created a horticultural masterpiece spending two hours a day on average in the garden. Pictures show how the garden has developed over the last 37 years.

Jensen, 12, and Cooper, 11, from Nottinghamshire had their first ever haircut last month, and the inches chopped off were donated to the Little Princess Trust, which makes wigs for children. It took six months of begging before their mother Janet, 47, agreed to let them get their hair cut, as she thought their long logs were 'gorgeous' and really suited them.

If the options seem endless for the 3,683 iconic red telephone boxes being offered up by BT for ‘adoption’ by local communities across England, it’s because, well, they are. Since BT came up with their Adopt-A-Kiosk scheme in 2008, more than 5,800 neglected boxes have been converted into everything from plant nurseries to book exchanges. They include a mini pub (left); a disco (right and inset) and, bottom, left to right: an art gallery, flower garden, advent gallery and timber store.