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A year ago, veteran BBC presenter Harry Gration, 68, had little more on his retirement bucket list than planning to watch a test match in Australia. Then his wife Helen, 51, told him she wanted a baby.

Jewish groups said Lisa Forbes winning the Peterborough by-election was a 'dark day' for Labour. In April she liked a Facebook video referring to Theresa May's 'Zionist agenda'.

RICHARD PENDLEBURY: After the Apocalypse, it is clear that Nature will triumph. The post-Chernobyl universe I am standing in now has been swallowed by the forest.

Welcome to The Newt, an estate set in the Somerset hills. For more than two centuries, Hadspen House had been the ancestral home of the Hobhouse family, says RICHARD KAY.

The University of Oxford has dropped to third in the university rankings, with the University of St Andrews in Scotland taking its place in the top two, along with Cambridge University. 

Some of the taxpayers' cash paid to UK charity, the Newton Fund, has been directed to the world's biggest economies and has paid for foreign students to partake in £100,000 fellowships.

Ben and Thomas Dell (left and right), both 21, from Bath, Somerset are participating in the ceremonial spectacle in London - which marks the Queen's official birthday.

TOM RAWSTORNE: Like so many of his generation, Thomas Cuthbert didn't like to make a fuss about his service during World War II.

Mr Raab said Michael Gove's willingness to delay Brexit would show 'weakness'. Earlier this week he warned of temporary Parliament shutdown if Britain doesn't leave the EU this autumn.

Arogs has released its annual list of the top children's toys for Christmas, and it

Glyn Williams held an important position within the Home Office when the 'hostile environment' policy was first developed, intended to make staying in the UK difficult for those without permission to stay.

Tanya Kater, from Southampton, lived for 20 years with a spine injury that would leave her paralysed. But daughter Olivia, who had the same condition, had surgery which inspired her.

Theresa May made her resignation official in a letter to the powerful 1922 committee, which immediately announced that nominations for the top job will open on Monday.

Neighbours living next to Katie Bentley at her new flat in Hull, East Yorkshire, claim her noisy late night antics with friends are keeping them up and are making them consider selling their homes.

Police are investigating footage of a schoolgirl being viciously kicked in the head and dragged across the floor by at least four other girls. It was filmed in Aveley, Essex, and uploaded to Twitter.

Toby Millard, 23, from Glasgow, branded the job listing advert for Hotel Radisson RED 'a dystopian masterpiece' on Twitter. His posting went viral, with thousands questioning the bizarre ad.

An angry resident of Noss Mayo, south Devon has posted a furiously worded note on the windscreen of a Mercedes inconveniently parked in a narrow lane behind a pub.

Nuclear experts have warned that two Scottish reactors should not be reopened because of cracks that could force both Glasgow and Edinburgh to be evacuated. 

Social media, constant testing at school, a relentless emphasis on appearance and instant messaging which leads to bullying have taken a hefty toll on the mental health of the next generation.

The 20-year-old, named locally as Frederick Alexander MacVicar, was on holiday with his friends on the Spanish island of Majorca when he fell from the second floor of the Wave House hotel.

More than 20 caravans have parked up at Lea Green railway station in St Helens, Lancashire. Travellers are hanging washing on railings while their children have been runing amok with footballs

The former Foreign Secretary, who is favourite to win the race, is the most likely candidate to win back Tory supporters who deserted the party under Mrs May's leadership, today's survey found.

Mr Javid blasted Mr Johnson for saying women in burkas look like letterboxes, and called Raab's plan to suspend Parliament plan to force through No Deal 'complete nonsense'.

Shadow Transport Secretary Andy McDonald said the UK should vote again on leaving the EU if the country is 'looking down the barrel' of No Deal.

In Peterborough, the Brexit Party and Tories effectively split the same group of right-leaning voters, allowing Labour to slip through the middle and win with relatively little support.

Lisa Forbes sneaked home ahead of Nigel Farage 's Brexit Party days after Jewish groups had called for her deselection as a candidate.

Despite only registering four months ago the Brexit Party is on 26 per cent. Labour and the resurgent Lib Dems trail them on 20 per cent each and the Tories are currently fourth on 18 per cent.

Bethany Mason, 21, of Newcastle upon Tyne, used Malibu Fast Tanning Oil for one day by the pool. She woke up the next morning with a swollen face and 'mushy' skin.

James Stunt was yesterday branded 'appalling' by a judge as he was declared bankrupt - despite a last-ditch attempt to clear his debts by selling off classic artworks.

Comedian Dom Joly, has slammed British Airways on Twitter for refusing to help him check if airline staff were available to assist his wheel-chair bound mother board an upcoming flight.

Thirteen interviews under caution have been carried out as part of the criminal investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire and more are scheduled, the Metropolitan Police said.

Christine Ross, from Virginia, founder of Meghan's Mirror, initially rejected the idea of running the site, as the thought the relationship with Prince Harry wouldn't last.

Changes to the state pension age discriminated unlawfully against British women born in the 1950s, the High Court has heard. Nearly 4 million women are believed to have been affected by the decision.

Russian television broadcaster NTV announced that it had commissioned the series, and principal photography has already begun in Belarus under director Alexei Muradov.

With the shift to macOS Catalina, the latest software on Apple computers, the firm is phasing out iTunes in favor of three new entertainment apps. But iTunes libraries will remain intact.

Noticeably, the magazine's chart, Vogue 25, omits the Queen and Theresa May, the country's two most powerful women.

Melania, 49, flew to Normandy on Thursday with husband Donald Trump to pay their respects to U.S. veterans of D-Day. She wore a black mid-length coat with a pair of sunglasses.

Charlotte Bridgeman, 32, of Wythenshawe, Manchester, sent text messages, made repeated phone calls and turned up at Kerry Gorman's home in the belief she was dating her ex-boyfriend again.

Mark Goodram, 36, and Jon-Ross Watson, 31, who are both from Bolton, claim to have bought the winning scratchcard from a Waitrose supermarket in Clapham, south London in April.

TOM UTLEY: Let's be frank. We all know some roads, even in London, where it's perfectly safe to drive at 30 or even 40 mph when conditions are clear.

Smiling broadly for the camera, Britain's most notorious hate preacher appeared delighted to be back at his home in Ilford, East London, when he was pictured there last month.

Natalie Halson, 29, from Manchester, was told ten times - and up until her due date - that she needed to have an abortion, but she went against medical advice to have her daughter, Mirabelle.

ROBERT HARDMAN: Veterans, royalty and ministers had gathered in Bayeux where Mr Quinn had come to remember comrades buried in the Commonwealth cemetery.

Brave veteran James Leisk who took part in the Allied invasion in June 1944 and was caught unawares on camera as he landed on Sword beach at Normandy was airbrushed from the image.

Before James Doohan became famous playing Scotty in the original Star Trek, he was a Canadian lieutenant in World War II who heroically took out German snipers during the D-Day invasion.

Theresa May gave thanks to seven D-Day veterans at a Normandy memorial. They have each recalled their memories of that historic and momentous day that changed the course of WWII.

Jim Radford, from south-east London, performed his chart-topping ballad, featuring lyrics about men who 'stormed the gates of hell', to veterans on the beaches of Normandy today.

Last night a huge firework display lit up the skies over northern France at the end of a moving day of D-Day celebrations. People in period dress and WWII uniforms danced on the beaches of Normandy.

Prince Harry, 34, bantered with military veterans and staff during a visit to the Royal Hospital Chelsea, in London, to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Landings.

Thousands of middle-class families have been refunded a total of £1.8million after the taxman unfairly fined them for falling foul of complex child benefit rules.

Banks and building societies in the UK will be banned from charging fixed fees for borrowing with an overdraft.

The new No7 eye cream, costing £28, promises to reduce dark circles within a month, and people who have trialled the product ahead of its launch next week have left rave reviews on Instagram.

The Prime Minister plans to leave office with a series of big-spending pledges, including billions for the UK's schools and colleges, but she has reportedly clashed with the Chancellor.

HENRY DEEDES: The surprise turn of the Tory leadership contest is undoubtedly Rory Stewart, ex-soldier, opium-inhaling nomad and now Secretary for International Development.

Dame Sally Davies said she found having to breathe in 'white clouds' of e-cigarette vapour offensive and the devices should be restricted to people's homes.

Around 60 firefighters were sent to Gymkhana Indian restaurant in Mayfair, West London this afternoon as flames ripped through the award-winning restaurant.

Siobhan Prigent, 34, who lives in London, was seen swearing and shouting in the face of a semi-retired grandfather at a demonstration in Parliament Square on Tuesday.

Unions have today expressed outrage at Ford after it announced plans to close its engine plant in Bridgend next year, with the loss of 1,700 jobs.

The group of 18 fraudsters, living in the UK and Romania, deprived operators of £17.7 million in ticket sales across the rail network. There were arrested following a 12-month investigation.

In the battle of the supermarket teas versus established - and costlier - brands, Tesco emerged as the winner, with blind testers largely preferring its £1.10 brew to Tetley's £2.47 offering.

More than 100,000 seizures of drugs were reported in the EU Norway and Turkey in the latest year assessed by the 2019 report, 2017. In the UK 4.7 per cent of under 35s used cocaine.

The former gangster, 71, (pictured last year) was freed this morning after serving nearly 20 years for the vicious stabbing of Stephen Cameron, 21, on an M25 slip road near Swanley, Kent, in 1996.

Matt Tipper, 34, from Bath, was one of the pet owners featured on My Gay Dog and Other Animals, and revealed that his pet Franco loved mounting his other dog Norman, despite them being male.

One in three British adults still takes a teddy to bed, even after marriage and starting families. The results? Jealous husbands, baffled children and a lifetime of devotion, as these women explain...

Modern languages teacher Christopher Austen, 30, was just weeks into his first job at Tolworth Girls' School in south London when he starting dating his pupil, 18.

Domenica Lawson, who has Down's syndrome, has been working at the Pavilion Gardens Cafe in Brighton since securing a job last month.

The west London airport announced that it is investing £50 million to roll out computer tomography (CT) equipment over the next three years.

Russia and Britain have had strained relations since the March 2018, nerve agent attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury. Today Putin said the country's should 'leave all that trivia aside'.

Labour's Emma Dent Coad (pictured above) claimed that the Grenfell Tower area in west London was described as 'little Africa' by a council official who refused to go down to the site of the fire.

Dancer Liam Collins, who starred on BGT as on half of the 'Faces of Disco', is to be sentenced tomorrow alongside cousin David Bone for duping investors into funding a debt-ridden business.

A GP has called for doctors to prescribe singing as an alternative to medicine. Dr Simon Opher said he sees patients less often if they join a music group or a choir because of singing's benefits.

The Hoa Hakan-anai'a statue was presented as a gift to Queen Victoria after it was brought back to Britain by Navy commodore Richard Powell who found it buried on the island in 1869.

Children aged 11 to 16 will be taught the importance of having good role models instead of being influenced by gang leaders.

Chris Grayling indicated that parts of the high-speed rail link between London, Birmingham and up to the North could be scaled back in the wake of the Crossrail debacle.

Yesterday jurors at the Old Bailey heard how Jack was 15 when he was diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder and Tourette's Syndrome and his parents took him to a mental health centre.

Heathrow said the technology should cut queues at security and reduce the amount of plastic bags used to store liquids. Other airports across Britain are expected to follow suit.

The man, who was acting as a lookout for another track worker, cheated death by diving out of the way as the high-speed train darted past Peterborough station at 102mph.

The Home Office has given Metropolitan Police detectives the funding to investigate missing toddler Madeleine McCann's disappearance for another year, sources claim.

The gangs, often led by fanatics who are serving sentences in UK high-security jails for terrorism, are recruiting violent prisoners to be their 'foot soldiers', the report reveals.

The proposals, which were launched last month, involve the closure of 23 stores in the UK and Ireland.

Things took an unexpected turn at St Peter's Church in Noss Mayo, Devon, when Jeremy Brown, 62, turned up furious after complaining someone had parked on his drive.

The London-based cook and TV star, 59,  said that she's 'allergic to noise' and that it's 'utterly draining'

Insurance tycoon Peter Mullin, 78, has been fighting West Oxfordshire District Council to get plans approved for his futuristic car museum, race track and 28 holiday lodges.

The four stone plinths were erected in The Cornhill in Ipswich, Suffolk, last December as part of a £3.6m regeneration project aimed at bringing a 'wow factor' to the area.

It was today revealed that in the cases of Dylan Tiffin-Brown (pictured) and Evelyn-Rose Muggleton, agencies 'lost opportunities' to potentially save them.

Russia's foreign ministry said it is willing to increase its military presence in Venezuela if necessary, after Trump tweeted earlier this week saying Moscow had removed most of its people from the country.

A blast that ripped through two apartment buildings in the southern Swedish city of Linkoping has injured dozens, and led to a large emergency response on Friday morning.

Morgan Miller, whose 19-month-old daughter Emeline Grier died in a pool last year, shared a message of support for the country star after River Smith's tragic death in Georgetown, Texas.

Brazil legend Neymar, Jr, arrived at a police station in a wheelchair before walking in unaided (pictured) to speak about the accusation of rape levelled by Najila Trindade Mendes de Souza, 26.

Video from the Cuyahoga County Jail in Ohio shows two corrections officers repeatedly punching a restrained inmate. Nicholas Evans and Timothy Dugan were seen beating Terrance Debose.

The man, named as 33-year-old D. Anand Babu, was killed in southern India Wednesday as he confronted a 48-year-old man and his three sons for siphoning water from a public tank (file image).

Dr Mark Ryan, the WHO's Health Emergencies Programme executive director, said health workers 'may be missing up to a quarter of cases' and admitted the outbreak is not under control.