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The parents of a young man who allegedly fought for ISIS have been found guilty of funding terrorism. John Letts, 58, an Oxfordshire farmer, and Sally Lane, 56, a book publisher, (pictured left arriving at court today) were convicted today at the Old Bailey of funding terrorism by sending money to their son, Jack, in Syria. Jack Letts (pictured right in Raqqa) flew to Jordan in May 2014 and he did not return, going first to Kuwait and then to Iraq and Syria where he allegedly joined ISIS.

Footage from the incident, which police are now investigating, shows Jonathan White, 25, asking a female bartender for a glass of tap water in the Clock Hotel pub, in Hebburn, North Tyneside, to swallow his antidepressant medication. Mr White, a member of cabin crew staff, was out with his friend Shaun - and claims the blonde barmaid told him to either pay £1 for the water or leave.

The Duke of Cambridge turns 37 today, and Kensington Palace has shared a snap of the Duke on a working visit Mkomazi National Park in Tanzania (left) last year to thank fans for their good wishes. Prince Charles was among the first to send his best wishes to the royal, sharing an adorable picture of his son playing in the gardens at Kensington Palace when he was two (right). But fans asked why Harry and Meghan were so 'formal' with their greeting (top inset).

In April, MailOnline revealed that the This Morning presenter (top left on show) and TV executive husband Dan Baldwin (right, leaving the Ivy on Wednesday) were vying for planning permission for the build which will house the au pair to their three children. The couple are now poised to begin their ninth set of renovations at their exclusive six-bedroom London home in seven years. On Tuesday, the local authority approved the 38-year-old ITV host's proposals (bottom left) to add a second storey on the brick garage at the end of her garden.

Janet Barker, 38, (left) has today been revealed as the Greenpeace activist filmed (right) being pushed against a wall and held around the neck by the Foreign Office minister Mark Field at an event in the City of London last night. Mrs Barker, originally from Wigan, Greater Manchester, lives on a 12 acre farm in rural Wales with her husband Peter, and they run a business knitting items from rabbit wool. Her identity emerged as Mr Field was suspended from his duties as a minister as investigations into the incident takes place. In a statement a Number 10 spokesman said the Prime Minister found the footage 'very concerning.' Mrs Barker (inset, at a recent protest) was one 40 Greenpeace protesters all wearing red dresses and sashes that stormed the annual Bankers and Merchants Dinner at Mansion House as Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered a speech UK politics.' After the shocking video emerged, her husband Peter, originally from Dorset, replied to concerned friends: 'She's ok, she's taking down the government, one Tory at a time.' On the couple's website they give an insight into their decision to live 'off grid' saying how it was part of a 'long term plan to live on a low impact, sustainable smallholding.' They say their property is a 'small, zero carbon house, powered entirely by renewable energy' and they 'harvest hay from our fields, firewood from our coppice and vegetables from our garden.' Mrs Barker said she did not want to press charges against Mr Field but believes he should take an anger management course.

Hannah, from South London, appeared on George Clarke's Old House, New Home last night. The mother-of-two had struggled to squeeze family life into her first home (above, her make-shift bedroom and miniscule kitchen). Viewers were amazed by the transformation of the tiny family home (below), and couldn't help but notice some 'romantic tension' between the television architect and the mother of two (inset).

Donald Trump tweeted that he was ready to attack three Iranian sites on Thursday night but he called off the strikes after learning the assault would kill an estimated 150 people. 'We were cocked & loaded to retaliate last night on 3 different sights when I asked, how many will die. 150 people, sir, was the answer from a General. 10 minutes before the strike I stopped it,' he said in tweets, 'not proportionate to shooting down an unmanned drone.' He said, 'I am in no hurry, our Military is rebuilt, new, and ready to go, by far the best in the world. Sanctions are biting & more added last night. Iran can NEVER have Nuclear Weapons, not against the USA, and not against the WORLD!'

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have kicked off their head-to-head battle for the keys to Downing Street as they faced their first round of questions from Conservative Party members at an event today. Mr Johnson quoted Winston Churchill as he asked for their support and insisted he was the man to stop the Tories' slide. The campaign proper got underway as a row over allegations of 'vote lending' continued to rage in Westminster amid suggestions Team Boris had manipulated the final vote to make sure Michael Gove finished third.

Ruth Langsford has taken time off from her presenting duties on ITV daytime programme This Morning after being left 'heartbroken' by the death of her sister Julia Johnson (inset, together) at the age of 62. Mrs Johnson was found dead at her bungalow in Lingfield, Surrey, where she lived with her husband Paul and daughter Katie, 35, after suffering from a long illness. Langsford is stepping back from her TV duties, including hosting This Morning on Fridays with Eamonn Holmes, as well as covering for Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby. With Rylan Clark-Neal (above right, with Holmes, left), 30, sitting in for Langsford today, Holmes, 59, told viewers: 'You may already be aware of the terrible bereavement Ruth has had.' He then read out a Twitter post from his wife yesterday but became overcome with emotion as Clark-Neal took over.

Royal Ascot racegoers have turned heads in eye-catching ensembles this week - and the glittering fashion show continued as the fourth day of festivities got underway this morning. Revellers dressed to the nines in their finest frocks (second from right), sharpest suits (far right) and most fabulous hats (left and second from left) descended on the Berkshire racecourse ready for yet another day of fun and frolics. Some even chose to make an entrance in a traditional horse drawn carriage from Windsor (inset).

A new World War II documentary, The Cold Blue, has used restored footage captured by director William Wyler, showing the brave airmen of the US Eighth Air Force during dangerous bombing raids over occupied Europe. Wyler flew in B-17 bombing missions over Germany during 1943, capturing footage for his classic war movie The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress. The new film was made from 16mm footage discovered in the vaults of the National Archives then restored and transformed into full colour. Wyler flew at great personal risk over enemy territory on actual bombing missions. During one flight, he lost consciousness from lack of oxygen. In a separate mission his cinematographer, First Lieutenant Harold J. Tannenbaum, was shot down and killed while filming.

Astrit Kapaj (pictured left in February after being caught with a snood around his neck and a pair of gloves) 42, broke into dozens of mansions across the affluent suburb in south-west London. The father-of-two was jailed for 14 years today at Kingston Crown Court after admitting 22 burglaries which saw him pocket at least £500,000. His high-profile targets included German tennis legend Boris Becker (inset top with wife Lilly) and former Premier League footballer Nicolas Anelka. He tried to break in to Becker's £5.5million family home - which he shared with his wife Lilly and their son Amadeus - in October 2013. Married Kapaj owned a fish and chip shop in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, but made the 500-mile trip to London to carry out his overnight raids. Kapaj was seen on CCTV inside Becker's property wearing his trademark fisherman-style hat, and so he switched to wearing a snood (top right). On his arrest, he was also found with tools which he had used to break into his victims' homes (bottom right).

British This Morning presenter Alison Hammond has shared some of her favourite recipes (pictured bottom inset) and go-to exercises from her Weight Watchers journey so far. She revealed the results of her first two months following the programme, now known as WW, in a stunning selfie shared on her Instagram account on Wednesday evening (right). Pictured left, Alison before her WW journey.

A series of hilarious everyday objects which have caused people to freak out have been shared online. Bored Panda has collated an amusing photo gallery consisting of snaps which were sent in by people from across the globe. Pictured top row left to right: wellies hanging out of the window, girl with her head stuck in a trampoline, and a washed up doll's head. Bottom row left to right: Inner wires of a lamp mistaken for a spider, bed sheet drying over a chair and clothes hanging up.

NEW England captain Harry Kane and childhood sweetheart Katie Goodland married at an exotic resort. Kane, who is enjoying some time off following England's involvement in the UEFA Nations League earlier this month, posted photos of the newly weds on his Twitter page. One photo shows Kane, wearing a white suit (pictured) and a black bow-tie, lifting his wife, who stood out wearing a fitted sweetheart neckline dress, while stood on a jetty.

Father-of-three Ryan Twyman, 24, was killed in the South Los Angeles-area neighborhood of Willowbrook on Thursday, June 6. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has now released video of the fatal shooting - which shows one of the rear doors of the reversing white Kia sedan striking a deputy before he and another deputy open fire on the vehicle. In narration over the video, police Commander April Tardy says the car 'was used as a weapon against the sheriff's deputies'. Deputies had responded after receiving information that Twyman, who was under investigation for gun possession, drove a white Kia and frequented the apartment complex where the shooting occurred, Tardy said.

Jimmy Fallon challenged fans to tweet their best #WeddingFail this week. Hundreds have complied, sharing funny, horrifying, and mortifying stories. Some shared photos and videos of brides, grooms, and guests taking dramatic tumbles. Some family members voiced awkward objections, while others had drama behind-the-scenes before saying 'I do'

E Jean Carroll writes about the alleged assault in her new book What Do We Need Men For? A Modest Proposal, and ahead of its release shared some of her stories with New York. She appears on the magazine's cover in the very same coat dress that she claims she was wearing on that day in the Fall of 1995 or Spring of 1996 when a chance encounter with Trump allegedly turned into a sexual assault. Trump allegedly shoved Carroll against a wall, unzipped his pants and forcibly penetrated her in a attack she claims lasted three minutes The White House called Carroll's allegations 'a completely false and unrealistic story' meant to make Trump look bad.

Matthew Perry has been pictured out in public for the first time in almost two years following his recent health battles.  But the 49-year-old Friends actor, who has previously battled substance addiction and depression, sparked concern with his appearance as he was seen walking in Manhattan on Thursday looking disheveled and bloated. The TV funnyman, who spent three months in hospital last year for a ruptured bowel, was seen wearing loose-fitting stained clothes and sporting a large mark on his right cheek.

In a remarkable discovery 100 miles southeast of New Orleans, scientists have recorded the elusive giant squid again. And to add to the mystique, the ship was then struck by lightning. Researchers with the NOAA's Journey into Midnight expedition announced the discovery in a blog post this week. The team has spent the last two weeks investigating some of the deepest areas of the Gulf of Mexico to gather insight on what life is like in a lightless world.

The 24 lodges (top), that sit on Bournemouth beach in Dorset, can be slept in overnight and have their own kitchen, toilet and shower facilities with sleeping facilities located in an upstairs area. They can sleep six and are now available to rent for £700 for a four night stay (bottom-centre, and bottom-right the inside of the lodges). Outside of the summer months they can be purchased for £295 in the winter, and £450 in the spring and autumn. The first cabins were installed on Boscombe Beach in Bournemouth in 2017 but the final nine cabins have only now been built. All are located on a private raised desk above the promenade. The lodges are in stark contrast to the traditional beach hut, located just underneath them on the promenade (pictured bottom-left is the view from the lodges).

Dozens of people in Poole, Dorset have been left horrified after rats managed to climb down their drain pipes into their toilet bowls. One woman even used a whole roll of duct tape to secure the lid to stop intruding rats. But pest control specialist Paul Storey (pictured) says he uses a 'drain guard' (inset) in the fight against rats, which he claims can easily solve the problem. The guard is inserted into a sewage pipe (as shown, right) and works like a cat flap, allowing waste out while blocking anything coming the other way.

The span of Poncho's 10ft, 7.4 inch horns was confirmed by Guinness evaluators on May 9. He beat the previous record holder, - a fellow longhorn steer named Sato, from Texas - by more than an inch. Poncho lives on a ranch in Goodwater, Alabama, just outside of the Birmingham metro area. Owners the Pope family say Pope says the bull is a gentle giant with a soft spot for apples, carrots and marshmallows.

South America has provided football with its greatest icons but also suffered terrible tragedy; Chapecoense, Flamengo and the murder of Colombia's Andres Escobar for his 'crime' of scoring a World Cup own goal. Younger readers may not be aware of the massive impact Escobar's shooting had on the global game in 1994 but the story will resonate strongly at the Copa America currently taking place in Brazil, in which Colombia began with an impressive 2-0 victory against Argentina and booked their last-eight spot by beating Qatar. The details still seem scarcely believable today.

BBC London politics editor Tim Donovan was breaking down the battle for the country's next PM when the teen appeared from nowhere behind him. As Donovan explained that Boris Johnson held a 12,000 vote majority in his constituency of Uxbridge and Ruislip South in 2015, the photobomber dashed in front of the camera and screamed: '12,000!' Donovan, trying to stay composed, brushed the excited teen out of the way and explained that Johnson's majority had fallen in 2017 to 5,000. But the youngster, mocking the presenter, then shouted at the top of his voice: '5,000?'

Double amputee Paul De Gelder says his gruesome shark attack encouraged him to become an advocate for the predators and to help raise awareness of their plight. The 42-year-old from Melbourne was attacked by a bull shark in Sydney harbour in 2009 but claims his ordeal caused him to become obsessed with sharks. Former Navy clearance diver, De Gelder (inset in the army and swimming with shark after his recovery) was carrying out a routine military exercise when his right lower arm and leg were ripped off by the apex predator. De Gelder (right in his diving gear after the attack and left on the front cover of his book) is now a motivational speaker, who participates in Shark Week every year to raise awareness of how important they are for the ecosystem. After being shredded by the shark he says he wants 'more people fall in love with sharks like I have'.

Financier Low Taek Jho is on the run, accused of embezzling £3bn in Malaysia. His prize asset, a 300ft superyacht, was seized by the government and sold to try and recoup some of the missing money. Now the 300-foot vessel with rooms for 22 guests, a spa, beauty salon, cinema and gym is available to rent. Guests who want to hire the 3,000-tonne ship will have to shell out £1 million for a week of sailing around the Mediterranean. At the height of his wealth Jho rubbed shoulders with Hollywood A-listers including Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio (inset with Jho)

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Activist group L214 published video footage of cows fitted with devices surgically inserted into their sides to allow access to their stomach contents. Known as cannulated or fistulated cows, the animals are fitted with a porthole-like device that can be opened, allowing direct access to the largest of their four stomachs in order to optimise and regulate nutrition (pictured). The practice has been in use for decades by researchers and the agricultural industry, though it is not widely known to the general public. L214 published clips it said was secretly shot between February and May at the Sourches Experimental Farm in Saint-Symphorien in northwestern France. The site belongs to Sanders, one of France's top providers of animal feed and a subsidiary of the food research group Avril. Video footage shows workers at the site with their arms inserted into the holes.

Thousands of people greeted the sun with cheers this morning as it rose over Stonehenge for summer solstice. Those who observed the spectacle at the neolithic Wiltshire monument encountered a chilly morning accompanied by clear skies as the sun glinted over the horizon at 4.52am. English Heritage's Stonehenge director Kate Logan said it was 'one of the highlights of the year' at the site. Stonehenge is a monument built on the alignment of the midsummer sunrise and the midwinter sunset. On the summer solstice, the sun rises behind the Heel Stone, the ancient entrance to the Stone Circle. Rays of sunlight are then channelled into the centre of the monument. Pictured: Revellers at Stonehenge (top, inset left, bottom left and centre left), a police-issued aerial infrared image of the site (inset right) and a field of poppies in Worcestershire this morning (bottom right).

Adorable snaps of employees' hard-working hounds have been flooding social media today and show the pups performing a variety of jobs that even includes a radio DJ (from top left clockwise: Ted the Pug, Tess the Border Terrier, Rolo the Labrador, Kizzy the French Bulldog, Barkley the Golden Retriever and Marley the Pugalier). Yet although the nationwide event sparks a series of hilarious pictures, it was launched in 2014 by charity Hownd to raise money for charities that are dedicated to improving dog welfare.

The animal, which was spotted earlier in the week in Norilsk (top right), was sedated on Thursday by specialists from the Royev Ruchei zoo in Krasnoyarsk, the regional capital. The female bear was flown to Krasnoyarsk today (bottom right and left) to undergo medical examination and receive necessary treatment. It was not clear how the animal ended up in Norilsk which is some 250 miles inland from the sea ice that is normal polar bear hunting territory.

Forget disposable razors and mediocre chocolate on the bed at turn down. These wacky and luxurious offerings take the concept of the hotel amenity to a whole new level. Pictured clockwise from top left: Guests at Il Salviatino hotel in Florence can request a champagne-filled tub; Ukulele lessons at the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai in Hawaii; the Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas's Champagne vending machine and the soap concierge at the Viceroy Riviera Maya in Mexico.

The squirrel was trying to leave a sewer in the city of Dortmund, Germany, when it became wedged in the gully cover (pictured). When rescuers arrived at around 10.30am local time yesterday, they spotted the tufted-eared squirrel's head poking out of a hole in the drain cover. Initial attempts to free the animal were unsuccessful, so the entire manhole cover was removed and taken to a nearby vets. It was treated for superficial neck wounds and then released back into the wild.

Le Thi Giang, who works for budget carrier Vietjet Air, had already been in one photograph with the trio at Tho Xuan Airport in the Thanh Hoa province of northern Vietnam. But when they asked her to pose with them for another selfie in the departure lounge, she politely declined, explaining she was on duty. The three men - Le Van Nhi, 41, Le Trung Dung, 34, and Pham Huu An, 28 - then launched a savage attack on Ms Giang, slapping and kicking her to the floor.

Arthur Patel, from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, was born with a full head of hair, seen far left, and is already having to visit the barber every six weeks - at just 21-months-old, seen centre. His mother Anna Barnard, 33, seen right, says she has been forced to use gel on the tot to try to tame his long locks.

The unorthodox new imaging technique was developed by biophysicist Joshua Weinstein and colleagues at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Unlike a traditional microscope that uses light to create an image (bottom right), the new microscopy technique instead uses 'bar codes' of DNA that work to pinpoint the relative positions of molecules within a sample (left and top right).

The impressive 53-ft long sea creature broke the surface off the coast of Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, on Monday. Marcela Carrocino, president of the Quebra-Mar rowing club, who is seen relaxing in the water with her back to the camera, looking out to sea, witnessed the event from her front row position. The frightened athlete quickly clambers out of the water as astonished colleagues gasps in disbelief

Jose Perez Brunet always arms the cameras in his home, in East Hartford, Connecticut, when he's away, and an alert is sent if any human activity is detected, sending the footage to his phone. While Mr Brunet was on a work trip in Columbus, Georgia, he was settling down for bed - and that's he when he saw the video message. The 33-year-old was amazed to see his girlfriend Keysla Mora, 26, who works evenings, dancing with his Labrador-chowchow-cross.