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EXCLUSIVE: In video footage, taken on a Virgin train on Sunday, the middle-aged suspect - believed to be travelling with a disabled man in a wheelchair - can be heard calling other passengers 'ableists' and 'bast**ds'. The disagreement is said to have started after people stood in an area designated for wheelchairs on the packed service from Birmingham New Street to London Euston.

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.

Lynne Graver (left) posed for the image in Alicante, Spain, just two weeks after Barry Spearing was jailed for six years over a multi-million pound investment scam. The image was accompanied by this caption (inset). Elderly and vulnerable victims were cold called by a gang who pressurised them into investing £3million in bogus companies and schemes. One 83-year-old victim lost more than £1million. But Mrs Graver, 54, appears unaffected by the misery her husband (right) has caused in the photo posted by a friend on Facebook.

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.

Markle, 37, sent a letter in a Kensington Palace envelope (left) to her fellow alumnae of Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles as other members of the class of 1999 celebrated 20 years since graduating. 'Everyone was disappointed that they did not get to catch up with Meghan given everything that has happened to her,' said one high school friend. 'They were so excited to get that letter from her. She is remembered as someone who is very thoughtful.' The Duchess of Sussex's yearbook photo was featured in a display in the school (top right). The reunion was the day before she gave birth to Archie, her first son with Prince Harry (right).

Jeremy Meeks has defended his reputation to DailyMailTV after being branded a gold digger for his relationship with Topshop heiress Chloe Green. The 'hot felon' turned model said there are 'always going to be misconceptions' about his love for Chloe, with whom he shares 11-month-old son Jayden. The 35-year-old defended his future father-in-law Sir Philip Green, who has been accused of serial sexual misconduct. Meeks called the allegations 'lies' and said Sir Philip and his family are 'the kindest people' and asked for the public to 'please leave them alone'. He also expressed interest in branching out from modeling, saying: 'I am going to jump into every space in this industry... but in baby steps'. Meeks spoke as he attended close friend Quavo's launch of his fashion label boohooMAN X Quavo collection at the Sunset Room in Hollywood.

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)

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.

The JLS singer, 32, raped the 'spaced out, zombified' woman when she went to his hotel room to look for her mobile phone following a gig at a Wolverhampton nightclub, prosecutors said today. The alleged victim said: 'He wouldn't stop until I started crying.' She also described how she lay down like a dead body in a bid to end her ordeal. The court heard how Williams 'effectively jumped on her' when she returned to retrieve her phone.

Hundreds gathered outside the Old Bailey in London today as it was revealed Tommy Robinson (left and right today) would face fresh contempt of court proceedings for filming outside Leeds Crown Court in 2018. The former English Defence League leader, 36, was jailed for 13 months in May last year over the allegation. But a contempt finding made against Robinson was quashed by the Court of Appeal in August and he was freed from prison after serving two months of his sentence. But earlier this month Attorney General Geoffrey Cox QC said it was in the public interest to bring fresh proceedings. And after a first hearing today it was decided that Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, will definitely face fresh proceedings. Robinson's footage, lasting around an hour and a half, was watched 250,000 times within hours of being posted on Facebook. It was filmed during one of a series of trials of a Huddersfield grooming gang, which was covered by strict reporting restrictions banning publication of any details until the end of the final one in September last year.

Fergus Kenny, 49 (pictured today, top right) agreed to go on the ITV programme in 2016 after his estranged daughter Hayleigh (pictured together on set, left) said she would take part in a reunion show. He turned up at the studio expecting an emotional reunion with his daughter but says it quickly descended into a 'kangaroo court' where the host accused him of abandoning his family. Mr Kenny (pictured in Basra in 2006, bottom right), who served during the Gulf War and in Iraq and Bosnia, was mercilessly booed and branded a 'disgrace by the presenter. The father-of-three says he felt extremely low after going on the show and considered taking his own life. He wants to share his story following the death of Steven Dymond - 10 days after he appeared on Jeremy Kyle.

As the Conservatives continue to leak voters to Nigel Farage 's Brexit Party, the Prime Minister's spokesman today said she wanted a deal done before the Commons rises for its summer recess.It came after a lengthy Cabinet meeting in Downing Street this morning featuring a host of ministers already vying to replace Mrs May as party leader amid an increasing clamour for her to set out an exit date. If a general election was held tomorrow Jeremy Corbyn 's party would grab 34 per cent of the vote and he would be the next Prime Minister, a new Kantar opinion poll has revealed. The Conservatives, who were polling at 41 per cent in March, are now on 25 per cent as anger over Mrs May's failure to deliver Brexit grows.The Liberal Democrats would secure 15 per cent of the vote with the Brexit Party on 10 per cent and the SNP on five per cent ahead of new remain party Change UK with a dismal one per cent A separate poll, also by Kantar, also found that half of people want a second referendum Brexit. Calls for Mrs May have intensified since this month's local elections when the Conservatives lost 1,300 seats. Ministers now fear a bloodbath at the hands of Nigel Farage's Brexit Party next week when the country goes to the polls for European parliament elections

Carl Beech, 51, is on trial at Newcastle Crown Court charged with 12 counts of perverting the course of justice. Beech was anonymised as 'Nick' when he alleged he had been sexually abused as a child by a VIP sex ring based in Westminster. Beech wiped away a tear (left) as he told police about a childhood friend allegedly killed on the orders of 'the group' whose abuse started when he was 10 (inset). He accused prominent men including (right hand side, clockwise) former Home Secretary Leon Brittan, former British Army Commander in Chief Lord Bramall, former Tory MP Harvey Proctor and former Tory PM Edward Heath. A Met detective called his accusations 'credible and true' and the force spent £2.5million on an fruitless investigation.

Richard Lovell (inset bottom), 31, attacked son R-Jay (left and right) at home in Chester when he was just three months old in February 2012 but will not face a murder charge over his death four years later. Lovell was jailed for two-and-a-half years in 2013 over the attack, which left R-Jay with a series of medical issues including cerebral palsy and daily seizures. He then developed pneumonia in January 2016 and died in hospital. Medical experts said the shaking 'likely' contributed to his death but said they could not be certain, leading to a verdict of natural causes at his inquest. Pictured inset top is R-Jay's mother Leanne Bullock.

The Brexit Party leader, 55, (right today) clashed with the broadcaster, 59, (left) on his Sunday morning TV show in a row (inset) that has shocked and split viewers. Mr Farage, who was asked about comments he had made about Putin, climate change and the NHS, said: 'It was bizarre that the ludicrous line of questioning persisted all the way through'. In an incendiary column today, Mr Farage says he is a victim of BBC 'bias' and had to 'fight like crazy' to get on to Question Time on Thursday because 'the BBC now have to gender balance everything'. He also claimed the BBC was 'still receiving a seven-figure sum from the EU, taking millions in this way from the EU during the past decade. It does so secretly, without mentioning this in its accounts. I find this highly suspicious'. The BBC's Media Action charity was paid more than £3million from Brussels in the 2017-18 financial year, but denies this was secretive. Mr Farage's new party is flying in the polls and is predicted to win the popular vote when the European elections take place on May 23.

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.

Birgitte Kallestad , 24, (pictured) died on Monday, more than two months after rescuing a street dog while travelling in the Philippines. She and her friends sustained minor cuts and bites while playing with the dog, but none of them had been vaccinated for rabies. Birgitte, a health worker, began to feel unwell after returning home to Norway but doctors struggled to diagnose rabies - which has not been seen in mainland Norway since 1815. Birgitte's family are campaigning for rabies vaccines to become compulsory for those travelling to the Philippines.

An Australian man is among four people dead after two sight-seeing planes collided over the sea off Alaska. A Canadian is also missing after the crash which killed at least four and injured 10 at 1pm on Monday local time. The victims boarded two seaplanes operated by separate tour companies in the town of Ketchikan as part of a cruise holiday run by Princess Cruises.

A mother-of-two is fighting for her life after being dragged into a large fan used to inflate a hot air balloon in Turkey. Tatiana Golden (inset), 62, was about to have a romantic ride in the balloon in Cappadocia. The Russian travel agent suffered a horrific blow after being thrown into the air by the powerful air flow produced by the fan (main picture). She has been diagnosed with a severe traumatic brain injury including a fracture of the skull base and swelling of the brain.