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European elections: May pulls Brexit Bill as she faces 'annihilation'

Theresa May ventured out for the first time since a major Cabinet mutiny that saw Andrea Leadsom quit last night - and left the government's plans in tatters. MPs have been told the legislation will not now be published tomorrow and the second reading will not take place in the first week of June - despite Mrs May previously laying out the timetable. The humiliating retreat is the clearest sign yet that Mrs May's time in power is drawing to a close, after fury at her compromise offer for the Commons to vote on whether to hold another Brexit referendum. Half-a-dozen other senior ministers - including Jeremy Hunt, Sajid Javid and Penny Mordaunt - looked ready to follow Mrs Leadsom out the door if she had not changed course. The PM's spokesman today confirmed the U-turn, insisting: ‘She is listening to colleagues’. It comes as millions of British voters are heading to the polls to give their verdict on Mrs May 's failure to deliver Brexit as her own MEPs warned they will all be wiped out spelling 'the end of our party'.

European elections: #DeniedMyVote chaos as British expats can't vote

Many British voters living overseas including across the EU were not sent their voting forms from UK councils in sufficient time to vote and return the form by today's deadline. Expats Bill and Verena Turney, right, who wanted to vote from Valencia, Spain, said they were 'disgusted' Milton Keynes council had not sent their ballots in time. Meanwhile EU citizens living in the UK are reporting being turned away from polling stations for not having the right paperwork, which many say was not sent to them by councils. Both disenfranchised groups have taken to Twitter to complain using the hashtag #deniedmyvote (tweets inset).

Four boys left a model railway exhibition smashed to pieces after binging on vodka as they celebrated their exams and broke into the Stamford Welland Academy, in Lincolnshire, where they ran amok

The 44-year-old was charged with running a red light after the incident in Wandsworth, south-west London on the morning of November 2, and faces an additional charge of failing to provide driver details.

The child was hit by a Toyota Rav4 in East Finchley on Wednesday evening at around 7pm. The driver was stopped at the scene but not arrested, Scotland Yard said.

Inside the stunning seven bed London mansion 'Bad Girl Ri Ri' is renting for £16k-a-week

This is the sprawling mansion - worth £30 million - where songstress Rihanna has been secretly living for a year. The superstar, originally from Barbados, sent her fans wild yesterday when she casually revealed in an interview that she's made Britain her home. Now MailOnline can reveal the Umbrella singer has spent the past 12 months staying in this stunning, £16,000-a-week, seven-bedroom mansion in one of the capital's most exclusive enclaves

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A suspected World War Two bomb this morning sparked an evacuation in Kingston, south-west London, shutting down polling stations as voters headed out for today's European elections.

Transgender bathers have been given full access to use Hampstead Heath's Ladies' Pond. Women previously dressed as men to swim in the nearby men-only pool in protest

An article on 17 January wrongly stated that Dr Daud Abdullah had told the BBC that he was 'prepared to blow himself up in a suicide attack' in support of the Palestinian cause.

The victims of sick 'scoreboard' which sees gangs award points for deadly attacks

Gangs get maximum ‘points’ (left) for inflicting a head injury, with lower scores for hitting the chest or stomach, in a system experts think stems from violent computer games. Tavis Spencer-Aitkens (bottom inset) in Ipswich and Rhyhiem Barton (top inset) in south London have both died in attacks linked to gangs who boast about their 'scoreboard' online. Barton had appeared in a drill video (right) which included the lyrics 'check the scoreboard' and repeated references to people getting 'splashed', slang for stabbing.

Grenadier Guardsman Lance Corporal James Porter, 22, got into a drunken brawl at a pub near Twickenham after the Army vs Navy rugby match and assaulted a military police officer.

Carl Beech, 51, who was known as 'Nick', claimed he remembered the vessel Morning Cloud was large and white, but was unsure where it was moored, Newcastle Crown Court was told.

The little boy passed away two hours after paramedics were called to Cherry Lane Primary School in West Drayton, west London yesterday lunchtime.

Bob Higgins: Football coach GUILTY of 45 charges of indecent assault

Victims of a paedophile former football coach Bob Higgins (left) broke down in tears in court today as the 66-year-old was found guilty of 45 counts of indecent assault against 23 boys. Bournemouth Crown Court heard Higgins (right in his coaching days) abused his position as a youth coach at Southampton and Peterborough United to abuse aspiring footballers who knew he was the 'Kingmaker' who had 'supreme power' over their sporting futures. Higgins was accused of 51 offences between 1971 and 1996 but was cleared of five while the jury - who deliberated for 41 hours - could not reach a verdict on the final count. He was remanded in custody and will be sentenced at a later date.

'He gave me the finger and got a milkshake and threw it on me': Yob pelts Brexit Party-supporting army veteran outside polling station

Don McNaughton, who is in his 80s and served in the Parachute Regiment from 1960 until 1982, was doused in the pink liquid this morning in Aldershot, Hampshire, while campaigning on European Parliament election day. He said: 'Some yob, mid-20s, he came across from (a) street, walked over to me, gave me the finger, went up to the Co-Op, got a milkshake, came down here and threw it on me. Politics today.' Mr McNaughton is thought to be a teller who had been sitting on a chair outside the polling station and recording the number of people who have voted. A crowdfunding page was set up to buy Mr McNaughton a new suit, and saw £600 donated in the first four hours. It is the latest in a spate of incidents involving people attacking public figures with milkshakes, with Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage and EDL founder Tommy Robinson among those targeted in recent days.

Jack Letts had left the family home in Oxford in 2014 aged 18. His parents John Letts, 58, and his wife Sally Lane, 56, are on trial accused of sending or trying to him send sums totalling £1,723.

The weather is expected to be generally good this weekend, with England, Wales and eastern Scotland set to enjoy plenty of sunshine today and 73F (23C) conditions in the South East.

Marcus Ball, the creator of the 'Brexit Justice' campaign has accused Boris Johnson of 'abusing public trust', following the claims which were made during the 2016 UK referendum campaign.

The Tiger Who Came to Tea author Judith Kerr dies aged 95 

Tributes have been paid to beloved children's author Judith Kerr (shown left) after she died at the age of 95 following a short illness. The celebrated writer, who died at home yesterday, wrote several enduring childhood classics including The Tiger Who Came To Tea and the Mog the Cat series. She lived an extraordinary life (pictured as a young girl in 1931, right), fleeing Germany and the rise of Nazism in 1933 and settling in England, where she forged a successful writing career spanning 50 years. Among those to pay their respects today was children's writer David Walliams, who said 'Judith is gone but her books will live on forever', while fellow author Tony Parsons (inset) simply added: 'Some books light up the world'. Kerr spoke openly about drawing inspiration from her own eventful childhood and felt compelled not to 'waste her life' having escaped the horrors of the Holocaust.

The European election polls have opened across the UK but many democracy-loving dogs have been forced to wait outside as their owners go to vote.

UK supermarket chain Waitrose is recalling jars of beetroot (pictured) amid fears they could contain broken glass. 340g jars of Essential Waitrose Pickled Sweet Sliced Beetroot are affected.

Helen Pace, who has been signed off work because of her anorexia, says she was stopped by workers in Swindon, Wiltshire, and asked to leave 'because of her appearance'.

Careless driver becomes the 15th motorist to demolish garden wall of pensioner's farmhouse

A careless driver has become the 15th motorist to demolish a three-foot garden wall of a pensioner's Grade II listed property. The fed-up owner of the home in Cambridge has blasted the council after her property has been continuously hit by motorists due to a lack of signs and road markings. Victoria Coldrey (centre) lives in an £800,000 farmhouse, which has a brick and flint wall around it, which has been hit a staggering 15 times. The 71-year-old has once again been left waiting in for the repair man after a driver once again lost control and struck it early this month (bottom right). She had already shelled out money for repair work after it was hit in January (top right). Prior to that it had also been hit in September 2016 (top left) and June 2018 (bottom left).

Battle of Britain RAF war room reopens after £6m revamp

The historic operations room (top) in an underground bunker in Uxbridge from where the RAF conducted Battle of Britain defences (bottom centre) has been opened to the public after a £6million redevelopment. Built 60ft below the ground to protect against bomb and gas attacks, the bunker has been restored to look exactly like it would have on September 15, 1940, otherwise known as Battle of Britain day when one of the largest aerial battles was fought during World War II. It was home to 11 Group who were key in defending the UK against Hitler when he launched his invasion plan, Operation Sea Lion. It also played host to Winston Churchill in August 1940 and inspired him to refer to the Battle of Britain veterans as 'The Few' in a speech in the House of Commons days later. Pictured left is the 'tote board' system which told commanders where and what shape nearby squadrons were in while right is a hotline telephone that allowed Uxbridge to contact other bases quickly.

John Worboys, formerly a London taxi driver, is accused of giving passengers alcohol laced with sedatives with intent to rape or assault them between 2000 and 2008.

Kristina Ginova, 15, was reported missing on Tuesday afternoon after she left the cinema at the Meridian Leisure Park in Leicester.

Lily Mika visited the Isle of Skye on May 16 but accidentally left her Lumix GX80 camera after taking 'artistic topless photos' in her favourite nature spots.

Prince Harry's Afghanistan comrade will be kicked out of the Army after failing a drugs

Corporal Frankie O'Leary (left), who worked as Prince Harry's (centre) radio operator in Afghanistan back in 2007, will be kicked out of the Army after testing positive to cocaine The Mail can reveal. O'Leary, 32, was among four soldiers who tested positive to drug use, it is understood that Cpl O’Leary was not in the barracks at the time he took the class-A drug. A friend of Cpl O’Leary told the Mail: ‘He knows he has made a huge mistake and it has cost him the job he loved. ‘He just feels he has let down his family, friends and the regiment.’

Joseph McCann, 34, was due to appear before Mr Justice Edis via video-link from Belmarsh Prison today but failed to attend the hearing via video link at the Old Bailey.

Heidi Allen wanted Remain supporters to vote tactically for the Lib Dems outside of London and the South East, but was overruled.

Prosecutors allege Benjamin Field targeted Anne Moore-Martin, 83, a few months after allegedly murdering her neighbour Peter Farquhar, 69, in the village of Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire.

Businessman sues letting agent after breaking back while climbing security gate at flat

Carlos Reguero Perez, 49 (pictured), had been returning home to his £1million flat in Hampstead, north London at around 10.30pm on February 4, 2015 when he discovered the newly installed gates (right). Keen to put his feet up and eat dinner, but without a fob or access code to open the electronically-controlled gates, he tried to clamber over but fell heavily and suffered serious injuries. As well as two spinal fractures, Mr Perez says he suffered a brain injury which has caused his eyes to become hyper-sensitive, so he is now forced to wear shades to cope with bright light. He is demanding six-figure compensation from Savills (UK) Ltd, who acted as managing agents for the landlord of his flat.

Does William have a sweet French nickname for Charlotte? Royal fans are convinced the prince calls her 'mignonette' in a video of the family playing in Kate's nature garden 

The Cambridges have released videos of themselves playing as a family in Kate's Chelsea Flower Show garden - and in one, Prince William appears to call Princess Charlotte 'mignonette' (pictured). The term is a diminutive form of the French 'mignon', meaning 'cute'. While many fans took to social media to swear they heard the affectionate nickname being used (inset), others think he was simply asking his daughter if she'd been on the rope swing.

Man who had all four limbs amputated calls for...

Tom Ray (pictured without his prosthetics right, and left with his wife Nic and inset on their wedding day in 1998) was fit and healthy and living in Rutland in the East Midlands before he contracted sepsis at the age of 38 in 1999. He spent three months in a coma during which time his wife Nic gave birth to their second child Fred, a brother for Grace. Due to his illness, the family lost their business and had to sell their home. Mr Ray's sepsis – caused by a cut to his gum during a trip to the dentist, combined with a chest infection – came on rapidly and led to vomiting and a high temperature. He fell into a coma and when he awoke he could not recognise his wife.

Complete with a clay tile roof, floral wallpaper and even an (imitation) Aga, this £30,000 playhouse is at least a way to keep the children happy.

Daniel Heard, 40, was confronted by a senior manager in the Lincoln High Street store where he regularly buys food and drink from the reduced price section for the rough sleepers outside.

The investigation by BBC Panorama also revealed one patient at the NHS-funded hospital Whorlton Hall in County Durham being told by her care worker that her family were 'f***ing poison'.

How spending £70,000 on a swanky home re-vamp added £265,000

Julian Prieto reveals how changing the blueprint of his ground floor flat in Fulham, South West London, added another bedroom - and more than £250,000 in value. The house designer saw the ground floor flat of the Victorian terrace property as an investment opportunity when he snapped it up for £515,000 two years ago. (Pictured: 102 Harwood Road Fulham before and after his transformation)

This is the incredible moment two badgers take food from a woman right outside her open porch door. They even stick their noses into the house in Stockport, Greater Manchester.

Jane Park, 23, from Niddrie, Edinburgh, was just 17 when she scooped £1million after getting lucky with her first-ever lottery ticket in 2013 and she is now selling topless photos of herself online.

William Kydd, 54, had befriended frail 73-year-old Carole Harrison, from Teddington, London and may have begun a relationship with her just weeks before her death, jurors heard.

Vengeful ex-husband who blew up his marital home jailed for five years and four months 

Ian Clowes, 68, from Poole, Dorset, was due to be evicted on the day he triggered an 'almighty explosion' and almost killed both him and ex-wife Elaine Clowes, 63, a Bournemouth court heard. She was found alive amid a pile rubble in her bedroom while Mr Clowes suffered serious burns that caused him to spend six weeks in a medically induced coma.

Adding to Tory woes tonight, Philip Hammond will warn Boris Johnson and other Brexiteer party leadership candidates that they have ‘no mandate’ for No Deal.

Peter Wright (pictured), the head of £30,000-a-year Caldicott School in Buckinghamshire, plied boys with whisky and trips in his sports car before molesting them.

Nancy Anderson, 20, from Wickford Essex was forced to spend the night in hospital after she paid for a butterfly tattoo on her left wrist at an unlicensed tattooist artist's in Southend.

Tommy Robinson's 'intimidating' gang 'tried to film female punter' before EDL founder was kicked out of pub on night out with Wayne Rooney's look-alike younger brother 

Tommy Robinson and his 'intimidating' gang of supporters were kicked out of a pub during a night out in Liverpool with Wayne Rooney's younger brother. The far-right activist was asked to leave the premises of the Slaughter House by its management after he and fellow revellers had partied there on Tuesday night. A female punter called Rachel Doherty said she argued with the EDL founder and his 'posse' for about an hour while one of his supporters filmed her without her consent. She criticised the pub for claiming Robinson was ejected 'immediately' and that staff did not know he was, claiming one bouncer actually 'supported Tommy's cause'. After leaving the Slaughter House, Robinson and Rooney's like-alike sibling Graham (pictured with the footballer, right) headed to another unnamed pub where they posted a video from the men's toilet (shown left).

Shocking footage shows a thief pick up a box of beers and walk out of a shop in Swansea, Wales. Owner Christopher Gnana said loses £80 a week to shoplifters and fears for his safety following threats.

Sgt Maj Haughton, the most senior non-officer across the British military, made the comments in a speech at the Royal United Service’s Institute (Rusi).

Paramedics performed CPR on the pupil in the grounds of Cherry Lane Primary School in West Drayton, London, this morning.

Company director, 31, who smacked golf ball but didn't shout 'FORE' avoids jail

Lee Heasman (left), 40, was playing with friends at the £1,025-a-year Tenterden Golf Club (centre) in Kent in October 2017 when a ball flew past them as they putted on the 14th hole. Angry about how no one had shouted the warning word before the ball was hit, he challenged property developer Adam Roffey (right), who was among the golfers behind. Accountancy consultant Mr Heasman, who has epilepsy, said company director Roffey quickly became violent as he put his hands around his neck and throttled him. Mr Heasman immediately walked off to the clubhouse and got his phone out to take photos of Roffey (this image, right), 31, so he could inform club bosses and police what happened. Folkestone Magistrates' Court heard how Roffey, of Ashford, then stormed over to Mr Heasman as he took photos and attacked him, causing him to fall over a golf trolley.

The UK High Street giant is to shut another 110 stores during its 'difficult turnaround' and added its underlying pre-tax profits were 9.9 down in the year to March.

Year six pupils at St Andrew's C of E Primary School in Nuthurst, Horsham, had been all set to sit their final exam in their SAT tests, when their teacher Sam Bacon (pictured) surprised them.

A disturbing video filmed in Chell in Stoke-on-Trent shows a girl, believed to be 13, surrounded by a group of men. She shouts at one of them before he strikes her with a glass bottle.

Gang of watch thieves grabbed one of world’s rarest timepieces

Mehdi Didda (pictured left and right), 33, and Mohamed Safri, 34, were allegedly part of a gang who targeted wealthy Londoners for their valuables including watches and bags, a court heard. They are accused of working with Didda's brother Sofiane, 43, to sell the goods from a lock-up in Bayswater, London, and the jury heard their haul included a £700,000 Richard Mille RM 69 Erotic Tourbillon watch (inset) which is just one of 30 ever made. All three deny the charges and are on trial at Southwark Crown Court.

Noye has served nearly 20 years for stabbing Stephen Cameron, 21, to death on an M25 slip road near Swanley, Kent, in 1996.He will walk free from Standford Hill open prison in the next few weeks.

British Steel has today collapsed after the Business Secretary said it would illegal to pump cash into the firm in what is thought to be a reference to EU rules on giving firms state assistance.

Andrew Whiddett, 70, of Portsmouth, who was once chief of security at the British embassy in Iraq and was awarded an MBE in 1988, had discussed visiting the Philippines to abuse underage girls.

Elon Musk hands sheep meme man the keys to Tesla's Twitter

Adam Koszary (left) has cashed in on the success of a tweet he posted while working for Reading's Museum of English Rural Life. Now he's becoming Tesla's Social Media Manager. The extraordinary career move is thought to be down to just one tweet, showing a muscular Exmoor ram with the caption 'Look at this absolute unit', which he posted on the feed of Reading's Museum of English Rural Life last year. The meme (right), which showed a photo taken on a Devon farm from the 1960s, went around the world, amassing more than 110,000 likes and attracting the attention of Tesla boss Elon Musk (top right).

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: The Saluki-type lurcher was found dumped on farmland near Bewdley, Worcestershire at around 5pm on April 5. It was rushed to a vet but later had to be put down.

Ms Flint, who represents Don Valley, urged the Commons to 'take stock' after the expected mauling for her party and the Tories in tomorrow's European elections.

Joseph Markovitch is pictured in various scenes around East London by local photographer Martin Usborne as he writes about humorous anecdotes from his life in

Schoolgirl threw herself to death in front of a train

A schoolgirl threw herself in front of a train on the day she was due to receive the grades for her GCSEs, an inquest has heard. Jasmine Bush (left and right) was a passionate photography student and had previously told her grandfather that she wanted to know her photography grades before she took her own life. The 16-year-old had been suffering with various mental health issues, including anxiety and had been on medication to help control the symptoms. The inquest in Surrey heard from the blonde-haired teenager's mother, Nicky Bush who courageously told the jury of the horrific moment when she realised her daughter had fled the house - before receiving a message on Facebook that someone had been found dead at a local train station.

Caroline Aherne's brother, Patrick Aherne (pictured) had just put his son to bed after spending up to seven hours drinking with friends at his home in Cheshire.

Copies of the letter were included in Stylist magazine and handed out by men dressed as old-fashioned bankers across London, sparking fury among customers.

The UK TV channel posted the embarrassing blunder on its Twitter profile on what would have been the former Supermarket Sweep host's 64th birthday.

The Queen visits a pop-up replica of an early Sainsbury's store

The Queen, 93, looked elegant in a mint green coat and matching hat as she visited a pop-up Sainsbury's store in central London this morning (left and right). The shop is designed to look just like the supermarket's first branch, which opened its doors on Drury Lane in 1869. When it first opened, the shop sold only butter, milk and eggs. The Queen's great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria was on the throne at the time.

Defiant grandfather, 80, hopes 'prat' road rage driver feels 'ashamed of himself'

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Eva, 80, who has ten great grandchildren, was chased and pushed over by a motorist after the pair had a verbal row in the street in Penge, South East London. The driver argued with Mr Eva, who was walking home with his wife Jackie from a barbecue for her birthday, as he crossed the road shortly before 8pm on April 21. The motorist then got out and followed Mr Eva down the street before attacking him. He was found unconscious by paramedics after hitting a wall as he fell over. Today, Mr Eva said: 'I just hope this guy feels totally ashamed of himself. It was unnecessary. But he may have knocked me down but he won't keep me down.'

Monmouth MP David TC Davies was trying to do an interview with the BBC when a woman with a microphone and loudspeaker approached the crew and began filming them.

The Good Morning Britain host lauded himself as a 'brilliant' contender for the top job, citing his 'special relationship' with President Donald Trump and leadership ability among his attributes.

Barry Phillips is facing accusations of boozy behaviour while working as a youth tutor at further education college ITEC Training Solutions in Cwmbran, south Wales (pictured).

How Ian Huntley was rumbled by key errors which saw him face justice

Ian Huntley (left) made five key errors which saw him face justice over the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman (top), a new TV documentary has revealed. The 45-year-old school caretaker killed the ten-year-old girls at his home (centre) in Soham, Cambridgeshire, in August 2002, in a case that shocked Britain. Now, a new Channel 5 programme has revealed the five mistakes Huntley made - which included asking a police officer how long DNA lasted for, switching off Jessica’s on the day she vanished at his house (top right), and getting new tyres put on his old Ford Fiesta (bottom right) after dumping their bodies in woodland. The documentary also sees police admit the haunting photograph they issued of the girls wearing matching Manchester United shirts was a mistake, because it prompted global public interest that put the investigation under huge pressure.

Police were called to a semi-detached home in Sherborne, following reports of a serious assault there yesterday evening.

The bizarre incident took place at around 1pm on Tuesday at a Tesco supermarket in Hockley, north Birmingham leaving shoppers gob-smacked. Staff made a shopping trolley cordon for the van.

Shocking footage shows the moment a callous thief rifles through a pensioner's handbag and steals her purse as she shops alone in Morrisons in Corby, Northants.

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Kayakers rescue injured seal and cut off deadly fishing line wound round its neck in the waters off Namibia

This is the heartwarming moment a baby seal is rescued by two kayakers when they cut a plastic string from around its neck. The bleeding youngster that had already lost an eye, possibly pecked out by a seagull, was slowly being strangled in the water when it was hauled into one of the kayaks. Shocking video caught on a GoPro in Walvis Bay, Namibia, shows a man cutting the string away before the animal is set free. It's a young cape fur seal, according to kayak instructor Schalk Louw who helped to rescue the distressed animal.

Obese Qantas passenger accuses the airline of 'belittling' and 'fat-shaming' him

A Qantas passenger claims he was fat shamed by airline staff, who said he was too large to sit in the exit row seat he had purchased and should have bought two seats.  Darren Beales told The Geelong Advocate he was asked to move from his pre-booked exit row seat in front of other passengers on Friday due to airline regulations, which dictate anyone requiring an extended seatbelt cannot sit in an exit row.  He claims when he questioned the flight attendant's orders, the woman responded brashly, telling him next time he should invest in a second seat. 

Abandoned bear cubs have been filmed play-fighting, gnawing their paws and tucking into bowls of porridge at a Russian bear sanctuary. The 16 cubs will be released into the wild.

The 32-year-old batsman copped the brunt of Andre Russell's delivery during Australia's seven-wicket win over the West Indies in Southampton, England's south coast, on Wednesday.

An 18-year-old man is behind bars after he was allegedly caught carrying materials for a bomb in his backpack near a busy shopping centre in western Sydney.

Homeland Security report says Trump administration has built just 20 miles of border wall

A report from U.S. Customs and Border Protection also shows it has a funding plan in place for 336 miles of walls, despite Trump's claim that he'll have 500 built by next year. Overall, just 110 miles of walls reflected in CBP's report consist of 'new' barriers where the U.S.-Mexico border has previously been open to vehicle and foot traffic. The rest are 'updated' wall sections – barriers that are being either repaired or replaced. When a 'Fox & Friends' host asked White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders on Wednesday how much of the wall is finished, she replied: 'There's over 100 miles. I think it's close to 115 miles.'

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