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A mother who killed her 23-month-old twin son and daughter will no longer face a murder trial, the Old Bailey heard today. Samantha Ford, 38, admitted manslaughter by diminished responsibility following the deaths of toddlers Jake and Chloe (right, pictured together) and the prosecution accepted her plea today. She had been involved in a smash with a lorry on the London-bound carriageway of the A299 Thanet Way in Kent shortly before 3am on December 27. When rescuers arrived, she told them to check her home in Westwood, near Margate, because her babies were there. Police found the dying infants inside and paramedics tried to save them, but they were pronounced dead at hospital. Her husband Steven Ford (right, pictured today; and, centre, with the children) was at court today.

The move sparked particular anger as figures revealed the BBC spent a whopping £148million last year on presenter pay, with Match of the Day host Gary Lineker (middle) topping the bill by taking home £1.8m. Meanwhile, Graham Norton (left) took home £600,000 and Fiona Bruce (right) £190,000. BBC Director-General Tony Hall described it as a 'difficult' decision but the 'fairest for the poorest pensioners'. But social media users (inset) branded the move 'disgusting' and said it would hit vulnerable pensioners.

This is the heart-breaking moment Susanna Reid broke down as a weeping elderly woman begged her and Good Morning Britain co-host Piers Morgan to stop the BBC snatching away her entertainment. A pensioner known only as Josephine told Director-General Tony Hall to 'get in the real world' during an emotional phone-in as she described the impact scrapping free TV licences for the over-75s would have on her husband. Meanwhile, the daughter of D-Day veteran Thomas Cuthbert, who hit headlines when he flirted with Melania Trump, told the show he faced making difficult financial decisions in light of the move. Piers intervened, saying: 'I will pay his TV licence as long as he needs.'

Boris Johnson (main picture leaving his London home today) has been boosted by a fresh round of endorsements after the contest kicked off for real, including from Iain Duncan Smith (inset right). He also topped a poll at a hustings event with the right-wing 92 group of MPs last night, receiving more than twice as many votes as Brexiteer rival Dominic Raab. Backbenchers said Michael Gove's (inset left at Cabinet this morning) bombshell admission that he took cocaine two decades ago had 'f***ed' him and 'handed the whole show to Boris', as he would now probably face a far less potent threat from Jeremy Hunt in the run-off ballot of Tory members.

The Home Secretary's film focusses on his heritage and business background and has been hailed as the best of the leadership battle so far - but his dog Bailey has also stolen the show. The 49-year-old former banker pledged to 'deliver Brexit ' and convince voters to take a 'fresh look' at the Conservative Party saying: 'I know better days lie ahead'. His father, Abdul, a bus driver, arrived in Britain in 1961 from Pakistan with just £1 in his pocket and earned the nickname 'Mr Night and Day' because he worked all hours. The campaign short begins in his family home, where he lives with his wife and four children, Mr Javid makes the family tea and Marmite on toast while their Cavapoo plays with a ball in the kitchen. He then travels to Bristol, where he moved as a child after he was born in Rochdale, and stands outside the flat above his parents' clothes shop, which is now a dry cleaners. Until he was 16 he shared a bedroom with one of his brothers and his parents - with his three brothers sleeping together in the other room.

Police in Kent and the Midlands urged motorists not to drive through deep floods as it could prove deadly, after officers received countless calls of roads underwater amid fears up to 4in (100mm) of rain could fall this week. Traffic officials were forced to close the M25 in Kent overnight after a lorry crash revealed two sinkholes on the central reservation. Motorists in Kent then faced further delays today when the M25 was closed in both directions between junctions three and four. Flooding reached over a foot deep in some areas last night with several cars stranded on the M20. Rail commuters faced further travel chaos on the trains today, with Southeastern, Southern and Thameslink routes suffering delays and cancellations. Pictured: Flooding at Brookwood train station in Surrey today (left), at Pembroke Common in South Wales this morning (centre) and in Kent yesterday (right).

The Spice Girls really could have done with a roof when they performed at the Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol on Monday night when flash floods battered the UK. Baby Spice, aka Emma Bunton, 43, (left) shared a picture of herself soaked through on Instagram after giving her all on stage and Geri Horner, 46,(inset) also appeared drenched after performing the band's hits while wearing a plastic hooded jacket. Mel C and Mel B decided to go on without any protective clothing and fans praised the foursome for their efforts despite the conditions.

Danielle Cain, 31 (pictured left), from Wigan, was left red faced after accidentally including a cheeky photo of her sunburned bottom to carpet fitters while requesting a quote. Ms Cain initially shared the racy photo of her bottom (inset) with her new beau through Facebook messenger. She later sent a message to Carpets At Home after enquiring about their prices and sent through a series of photos of her hallways - including the photo of her bottom. Ms Cain quickly followed up a flurry of apologies (right) to which the company's social media manager assured her she would hide the image.

The footage, filmed at Bond Street underground station near Oxford Street in London, shows £20 notes spewing out of the machine as stunned commuters pass by. A sheepish customer, believed to be making a large withdrawal, stood near the ATM, with a duffel bag placed on the floor filling up with money. The customer seemed to be collecting the money in the bag and even used his feet to push the cash closer together.

Two-year-old Harvey (pictured left) was captured singing goodbye at Darren Langton's headstone. The 33-year-old (right with his youngster) passed away suddenly from unknown causes at home in Dorchester, Dorset, after his son's first birthday in October 2017. Harvey's mother Jessica Pillinger (inset with her partner and their child) has tried to keep Darren's memory alive by visiting his memorial stone every Sunday to lay flowers with her son.

A collection of hilarious texting mishaps from around the world shared to Buzzfeed from Reddit, have proven just why sometimes an old-fashioned letter is a safer option. Left to right: A frisky conversation mistakenly shared in a group text left the couple's children horrified; A serial dater mistakenly broke up with multiple partners at once; Horny parents began sexting each other, unaware it was in a group chat.

A Facebook page shared several photographs that show the 54-year-old actor has a pattern of posing with his hand awkwardly hovering behind the person he is standing beside. Many of Keanu's fans have stated that he purposely doesn't place his hands on women in order to avoid possible accusations of inappropriate behavior. Others have suggested that the actor is a 'germaphobe', while several have praised him for simply being 'a gentleman.'

It was a desperately poor society where life expectancy was at 27, the lowest it had been since the Black Death. And these haunting archive photographs of Old Glasgow taken in the Victorian era between 1868 and 1871 documented the cramped and filthy conditions the poor lived in as they struggled to survive. The area became severely overcrowded in the 1840s thanks to rapid industrialisation which caused country-dwelling workers to move into the city as well as large-scale immigration that especially involved the Irish. Old Glasgow had once been a wealthy part of the city housing tobacco and fish-curing merchants, but its overcrowding led to systems of 'ticketing' dwellings under a 1862 law to proscribe the number of occupants. Pictured: Close number 46 (centre), Broad Close (centre) and Old Vennel (right) on High Street in Glasgow, pictured in 1868 and 1869.

Jean Attridge (pictured, centre) faces losing her three-bedroom flat in Bermondsey, south-east London, as two of her five siblings accused her of throwing her mother out of her own home. Ms Attridge bought the house on the Longfield Estate (inset right) with Kathleen Bird (inset left) in 1997. But her brother Anthony Bird (left) and sister Marina Farmer (right) say that their mother reversed the decision to hand to flat to Ms Attridge when she died following a row. They claim that their mother decided that cash from her share of the apartment should be split between all five of her children. But two other siblings back Ms Attridge, despite it meaning they face losing out on tens of thousands.

Apollo, a male liger, weighs 705lbs and is housed at Myrtle Beach Safari in South Carolina. Ligers are the rare hybrid offspring of male lions and female tigers - but they are distinct from and larger than Tigons, which are the offspring of female lions and male tigers. Ligers are only bred in captivity and there are less than 1000 in the world.

Footage (main) shows Mohammed Azam, 47, (inset) driving down a M6 slip road near Coventry before suddenly slamming on the brakes, causing the driver behind to smash into his rear. His accomplices Husnain Ahmed, 22, and Sufyan Lone, 25, who were in the same car, then joined him in putting in fraudulent whiplash claims. But they were caught out when the driver tipped off insurer Hastings Direct, who passed his dashcam footage to police.

Meghan is the only American in the British royal family, and the leader of HER country was here in her adopted country as a guest of Her Majesty the Queen. Yet as virtually every other senior royal, including her husband Prince Harry, was seen on parade to welcome President Trump, there was no sign at all of the Duchess of Sussex. Officially, the line trotted out to the media was that she was taking care of her baby Archie, who arrived a month ago. But then, the moment Trump had gone, Meghan suddenly popped up at the Trooping of the Colour, in an open-top carriage, looking in radiant good health and with a permanently beaming grin. She missed the state banquet, she missed the palace photo-ops, she missed all the D-Day commemoration ceremonies. For Meghan, hanging out with Trump would have brand-ruinous. In her eyes, she would have betrayed her liberal mates, and everything they stand for. Of course, that attitude is entirely her prerogative. But what is NOT her prerogative is to use that personal dislike of him to snub the state visit.

Viewers slammed mother of the groom Lydia from London (left and right in the dress), after she decided to buy a bridal gown from a London boutique for her son's wedding on TV show The Posh Frock Shop. Even designer Ian Stuart appeared shocked at her choice and said she went 'down the very sexy route'. One woman who watched the show said her 'jaw dropped' at Lydia's (inset) choice and said 'if I was the bride I would scratch her eyes out!' Another viewer said the choice was 'incredibly rude to the bride.'

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Charles Saatchi (right with presenter Trinny Woodall) broke cover to make a rare public appearance for the wedding of his only child, Phoebe, as she married designer Arthur Yates at Chelsea Old Town Hall (left and inset the happy couple). The 76-year-old art tycoon is said to be so reclusive he famously never attends parties - even those given by himself. With his hair neatly cropped and wearing a navy-blue suit and white shirt, Saatchi opted to go tieless for the wedding day before an intimate party of friends and family was held.

Video footage captures the moment the rodent ran through the doors of the fast food chain in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, terrifying diners. Staff desperately tried to usher the creature out of the door with a cardboard box and shovels, as on-lookers shrieked nearby. The incident took place at the town's Bridgegate branch at 10.30am last Monday. Bosses claim the rat 'ran through the door' but did not go near any food.

Lindsay Melville, 36, from Kent, who weighed over 25 stone (left) and while she had no problem dieting, she struggled to keep weight off. Doctors advised her to have a gastric bypass after she was diagnosed with sleep apnoea. Determined not to go down the surgery route, she joined LighterLife and using CBT to tackle her bad eating habits. She now shed more than 13 stone in a year (centre and right) and is hoping to find love after her transformation.

Peter the duck loving dog cannot contain his excitement at the sight of the birds, his whole body stiffens and his paws fly into the air as he topples over on a walk around a Sheffield park with his owners. Believed to have Myotonia Congenita or 'fainting goat syndrome' the dog is unharmed by the episode brought on by sheer excitement.

Shakeela (left before the attack, and right after), from Mardan in northern Pakistan, was kidnapped by local gangsters while the rest of the country celebrated Eid and told to pay 1million rupees (£5,000) or else she would be attacked. When she explained that she didn't have that much money she was beaten and had her head shaved, according to activist group Trans Action Pakistan. The group say this is not the first time the gang has extorted money from Shakeela, and spoke out in the hopes of pressuring local police to take action against them.

NEW GalaBingo.com has compiled 14 of the most hilarious wrong answers from popular shows, including The Chase and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Clockwise from top left: A Weakest Link contestant claimed apes built the A5; A Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? guest couldn't identify June as the second month with 30 days; struggling to pinpoint Christmas Day on Tipping Point, and claiming Justin Timberlake won an award for protecting one of his films, on Million Pound Drop.

The foul-mouthed confrontation took place at Mr Cod fish and chip shop in Slough, Berkshire and shows the shop worker and two women hurling insults at each other. The argument started in the shop and the two women abused the man before one of them, who appeared to be dressed in a nurse's uniform, spat at him. Furious, the employee chased the women outside and sprayed them with ketchup, before threatening to 'shank' them, a slang term meaning to stab someone with a makeshift knife. It is unclear when the confrontation took place or what caused it.

Henk Van Rensbergen, a former airline pilot from Belgium, journeyed across the globe during his career, taking photos of abandoned buildings in Italy, Japan, Georgia, America and Croatia. His latest project provides a fascinating glimpse into Abkhazia - a partially recognised state in northwestern Georgia - which has defied Georgian rule in bitter and violent conflict. In addition, his book includes a rotting amusement park in Japan, decaying mansions in northern Italy, empty churches and hotels in Detroit and a stunning war memorial in Croatia.

The cabins, called LumiPods, are just 183 square feet and contain a simple bedroom and bathroom. They have a charred wood cladding and glass facade that slides open to provide a seamless connection between the interior and outdoor spaces and have been created for stressed-out city dwellers. The LumiPod has been designed by French-based company Lumicene, which says it envisions the pods as 'cocoons of simplicity'.

The pusher-propeller plane, dubbed the Celera 500L was recently spotted undergoing taxi tests by NASA pilot Scott Howe at the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville. It's being developed by secretive California-based firm Otto Aviation Group, of which there are few known details.

The huge male elephant was transformed from his usual grey hue to the pale shade thanks to an abundance of clay in the watering hole in Etosha National Park, Namibia. The pachyderm drenched the antelope as it playfully charged them at the Nebrowni watering hole in the game reserve in the northwest of the country.

CCTV footage shows the man waiting in line to pay for his shopping at a supermarket in Pattaya, Thailand, as the woman in front of him drops two notes. Instead of alerting the other customer, the man covers the money with his sandal and waits for her to leave before craftily picking up the two 1,000 baht notes, worth £25 each, and putting them in his pocket. The woman, Pratumrat Maymum, 30, said she only noticed the missing money when she got back home.

A Japanese mathematician has begun devising illusions which make shapes morph into something else in a series of optical illusions that are taking the internet by storm. 'Smoke' rising through water, cups that appear round and square when turned and shapes which change and making shapes turn into something else are just some of the illusions created.

When mom Milan Ward found her 18-month-old daughter Milaya covered in a full bottle of lotion at home in California last Wednesday, She didn't expect her daughter to argue her corner - repeating words from her mom's rant in hilarious chat back while defiantly pouring more lotion onto herself.

Residents of a Taiwanese city were stunned to see heavy rain pounding down on a small pocket of their hometown while other neighbourhoods stayed completely dry. The amazing natural phenomenon was captured by a drone flown by a resident who described the scene as a 'rain waterfall'. Taiwan weather experts say the downpour was a regional thunderstorm over an extremely small area and is common in the subtropical island in summer.