Tafida Raqeeb, five, is currently at the Royal London Hospital in East London. Doctors say she should be allowed to die after a blood vessel in her brain burst in February leaving her in a coma. But Italian physicians have told her family there is hope she could recover. Her parents have started legal action to be allowed to take her to Italy for treatment.Pictured left, Tafida as a 'bubbly, happy, and healthy' four-year-old, and right, on a ventilator in hospital this month.

Beyonce, 37, greeted Meghan Markle by calling her a 'Princess' last night - a lip reader has revealed - referring to her Brits acceptance video this year. In February the couple pre-recorded their acceptance speech after winning a BRIT award and it included a spoof painting of Meghan dressed as a princess -  in a tiara and pearls (inset). Last night is believed to be the first time the two women have met in person but Beyoncé is known to be a fan of the royal, and paid tribute to her on her website during Black History Month.

A stylist has revealed how the Duchess of Sussex opted for sleek up-do during her appearance at the Lion King premiere in London on Sunday, to protect her post-pregnancy locks. This is the fourth occasion Meghan has worn her hair up since giving birth two months ago, wearing the practical do for Trooping The Colour, Archie's christening, her Wimbledon visit last week, and her appearance on Sunday (pictured left to right). Meghan was previously known for her relaxed bun, seen in January during her pregnancy, inset.

Livia Simoka, from London, was shocked by the incident and admitted she was 'naive' about how deep the troubles ran before arriving in Bonguindo, where she stayed for five months with the Mbenejli. She was appalled to discover their treatment by rival village Bantu, who claim that they 'own' Mbenejli families and compared the people to animals who live in dirty squalor. Livia witnessed a violent conflict between two men from the rival tribes, and when one man attempted to drag another off into the jungle, she intervened.

Two-year-old sisters Safa and Marwa Ullah had three major operations to separate their heads (pictured top) at Great Ormond Street. More than 100 members of staff were involved in the procedures, which were carried out over a span of four months (pictured bottom, a graphic explaining how staff divided the girls). Surgeons separated their brains, intertwined in their shared skull, repositioned them and then cut the head apart. They then reconstructed their skulls - sharing shards of bone between the two girls to make it stretch over the top of their new heads. The girls, from northern Pakistan, had their final operation in February. They are now recovering in London (pictured top right,with their mother Zainab Bibi and grandfather Mohammed Sadat) and plan to return to their homeland in 2020. The operation was paid for by Pakistani businessman Murtaza Lakhani.

Peaky Blinders actor Karl Shiels had died aged 47, his agent has confirmed. The Dublin-born actor, who played Ryan in the first series of the hit BBC show in 2013, died on Sunday. He was also known for his appearances in hit TV shows such as Foyles War and Doctors. Tributes have now started to pour in for the actor, who had recently been spotted 'on crutches and in a lot of pain'. Most recently he had been working with his partner Laura Honan at the Theatre Upstairs in Dublin, where he had hailed as the artistic director. The group ceased performing at the Lanigans Pub in March this year, saying it had been 'hard to leave when the love had been so real'.

Police said they have opened a murder investigation after Mark Batchelor (pictured left in the white shirt at the trial of Pistorius in October 2014) was gunned down as he was driving into his home in Olivedale, Johannesburg at around 6pm. Batchelor was shot through the window of his car by two men riding motorbikes, police have said (pictured top right, police at the crime scene). Pictures being circulated on social media show the bullet-riddled windshield of Mr Batchelor's vehicle (pictured bottom right). The former Kaizer Chiefs player died at the scene. The motive for the attack is not known. Mr Batchelor has previously claimed Pistorius once threatened to break his legs after believing he had slept with his then girlfriend Samantha Taylor. The former striker, was present during Mr Pistiorius trial in 2014 and sat near Reeva Steencamp's family. Pistorius shot dead Reeva Steenkamp (pictured inset left) in the early hours of Valentine's Day in 2013 when he fired four times through the locked door of his bedroom toilet.

The collection of images showcase both the amusing times had by the police force since 1925, as well as the more disturbing instances that have had to be dealt with. One chilling image shows two men slain over their spaghetti at an Italian restaurant in an alleged mafia hit, while another captures a murder victim who had his throat slashed in his car in 1929. Meanwhile, a 1955 photo shows Hollywood actress Maila Nurmi comically posing in a jail cell - after surviving a murder attempt when a man broke into her apartment.

Katharine McAuley, 36, who is originally from Oxford but lives in Northern Ireland, experienced symptoms for around two years but her bowel cancer was misdiagnosed as IBS. She said she was 'fobbed off' by her GP who said wedding stress and her father's death were also likely contributors to her symptoms. She was stunned when she was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer - having recently got married to husband Patrick (left) and welcomed baby Rosie (right).

Captain Eoin Morgan and his team are visiting Theresa May in the latest leg of their celebrations just 24 hours after the World Cup final ended in unimaginable drama at Lord's. The Prime Minister, a cricket fan who has compared her political stubbornness to that of former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott, cheerfully held the trophy aloft as the team lined up with their medals. Many of her appearances outside Number 10's black door have been fraught with political crisis - but today she finally had a victory to celebrate. The visit echoes that of England's famously well-refreshed Ashes winners in 2005, who went to see Tony Blair after a boisterous open-top bus parade in Trafalgar Square. This year's heroes will not be allowed such extravagance, with the 2019 Ashes just around the corner, despite growing calls for a parade today.

England were mistakenly awarded a crucial extra run during their World Cup victory over New Zealand on Sunday, it emerged today. In a bizarre incident in the final moments of the game, Ben Stokes accidentally deflected the ball to the boundary with his bat as he dived in to make his ground (bottom left), earning England four priceless runs in addition to the two that he and Adil Rashid had completed. However, former international umpire Simon Taufel said only one of those two should have counted, because the two batsmen had not yet crossed when the New Zealand fielder, Martin Guptill, threw the ball. Since the match was tied, the loss of one run could in theory have cost England the trophy. But director of cricket Ashley Giles today played down the significance of the error, suggesting the rest of the game would have turned out differently if England had a different target in mind.

A riot of floral wallpaper and chintz, it could have been any one of millions of middle-class homes in Britain between the wars. But that night the police were called following a horrifying attack on the owner Francis Rattenbury (left), a retired architect, as he sat in his favourite armchair in the drawing-room of Villa Madeira (inset). His wife Alma (centre), an attractive woman in her early 40s, claimed to have gone to bed early, only to be woken by a noise downstairs. Rushing down she found Francis, who was 25 years her senior, slumped in his chair with blood flowing from his head. She was charged with murder and it looked a clear-cut, if rather curious, case. But then came a baffling development. Unbeknown to her husband, Alma had begun an affair with their live-in chauffeur and handy-man George Stoner (right), a good-looking youth who, at 18, was less than half her age.

Jay Sewell (bottom inset), 18, was fatally stabbed on December 11 last year by a nine-strong group including Daniel 'Joe' Grogan (left), 20, after Gemma Hodder (top inset), started seeing the teenager, it is claimed. A mother accused of taking part in the 'love triangle' murder of a teenager was seen in her dressing gown carrying a hammer, a court heard. Witness Justin Hussein was dropping his partner's daughter and two friends off at a friend's house when he saw a man and woman leave a house and walk towards his black seven-seat Peugeot. He described seeing a woman in her 'late 40s or 50s' wearing a 'dressing gown and carrying a hammer'.Grogan, along with parents Robert, 57, and Ann, 54, siblings Peter, 22, and Francesca, 29, (right) cousin Liam Hickey, 19, a 16-year-old boy who cannot be named, Francesca's boyfriend Jamie Bennett, 31 (right) and another man, Charlie Dudley, 25, all deny Jay's murder.

The touching moment a grandmother meets her brothers half-a-century after she last saw one of them is caught on camera in this week's Long Lost Family episode on ITV. Alice Jones, a 61-year-old grandmother from Peckham, South-East London, seen centre, tracks down her brother Sam, seen left, and discovers she has another brother John, seen right, who also lives in Peckham. The trio are seen meeting for the first time in 50 years, in an emotional scene, pictured.

The President posted three extraordinarily offensive tweets about four Democrat Congresswomen known in Washington as 'The Squad'. They are Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna S. Pressley of Massachussets. Their common denominator, other than being young, female, vocal (especially against Trump) and politically left leaning, is that none of them is white. Trump's anger at these women was driven by their undeniable visceral hatred of everything he says and does. They're all super-woke liberals who live, breathe and spew a ferociously politically correct agenda that I too find extremely irritating. But when President Trump tells them all to 'go back' to 'places from which they came', he's inferring that somehow they're not real Americans, or certainly not as American as he is. And that, whichever way you try to spin it, is a racist sentiment.

Grandparents Ron and Wendy Long (top left) could lose their £650,000 home after a disagreement with a neighbour over a privet hedge. The Dorset couple were taken to court by their neighbour Diana Lambeth (top right) after Mrs Lambeth pursued an injunction against the couple. A fence now separates the two properties (pictured centre) after it is alleged that Mrs Lambeth hired workmen to chop the previous hedge down and replace it with fencing panels. Last month the couple were told that Mrs Lambeth intends to take them to court for an order of possession and sale of their home.

Catherine Burke (left) was found bound and gagged at her £700,000 north London home after police forced entry to the house on 16 November 2017. Kasim Lewis (inset), of no fixed address, appeared at the Old Bailey this afternoon and pleaded guilty to her murder. Lewis was previously jailed for life with a minimum term of 29 years in May 2018 for the barbaric murder of barmaid Iuliana Tudos (right) in Finsbury Park.

A new perplexing puzzle (pictured) challenges the nation to find which of the pool floats is actually a doughnut in a colourful summer scene. The current record stands at an impressive 22 seconds - but how long will it take you to find the out of place pastry?

UCLA scientists have devised a method for analysing DNA biomarkers to predict how long you'll live, when you'll develop coronary heart disease or cancer. Journalist Jonathan Gornall (pictured) tested his DNA to see measure lifestyle and environmental factors such as pollution, smoking, sleeping, drinking and eating that leave telltale chemical marks, or 'biomarkers', on DNA that also affect how the cells act. The test they've devised involves simply spitting into a plastic vial, posting it in the pre-paid envelope and waiting for your password-protected results to pop up on the company's site.

People are participating in the 'sunburn tattoo' trend in the summer months. This trend involves avoiding sunscreen around a specific area to purposely form sunburn lines into a specific shape. New York-based dermatologist Dr. Whitney Bowe advised against the trend. 'There is no such thing as a safe tan or safe burn,' Dr. Bowe said. She warned people against attempting to achieve tan or burn lines outdoors.

The show must go on is an old theatrical saying that could have been invented for Nell Gifford. She is co-founder of Giffords Circus which tours the south of England every summer. For the past three years, she's juggled producing complex material and breaking in new acts with three cancer diagnoses of her own and gruelling treatment. At the same time, her marriage broke down, leaving her a single mum to twins Red and Cecil, nine. Nell, 46, was diagnosed with oestrogen receptor (ER) positive invasive ductal carcinoma in her left breast in 2015; it's one of the commonest forms of breast cancer, and is receptive to drugs which block the hormone oestrogen.

The photograph, which was posted to Reddit by an anonymous guest, captures a family as they pose outside the church after a happy couple's nuptials. But in the 'disturbing' shot, a woman labelled the mother-in-law is seen with her leg wrapped around the groom while firmly grasping his hand. Social media users were quick to comment on the bizarre photograph, with one Redditor writing the woman looked as if she was 'desperately clutching his hand'.

Skiathos Airport in Greece regularly sees low landings because of its small runway and it is even considered one of the main tourist attractions of the island. However, the footage shows the danger of trying to take a plane selfie, with the British Airways aircraft missing the spectator's heads by just metres. Recorded last week, the video shows people being knocked off a ledge by the power of the jet blast.

Sporting a pink wig, heels, and a custom-made Italian outfit, Daniel Allen, 16, was the envy of all his female friends when he arrived for prom at Fernwood School in Wollaton, Nottingham. Despite constant ridicule for 'being different' growing up, Daniel continued to 'be himself' and was confident enough to turn up to the event in a glamorous dress - which stunned teachers, parents and his classmates. He said the school had supported him in 'who he wanted to be' - even allowing Daniel to swap football and rugby for netball and hockey. Pictured left in his outfit and right with friends.

Patricia and Michael Pettey have created this stunning display of colourful flowers and hanging baskets outside their lilac bungalow in the village of Pill, Somerset. A whole host of flowers surround the couple's front door, top left, while their stunning front garden has been branded most colourful, as seen top right and bottom left.. The pair even worked together as a couple to build their dream front garden, as Michael, 72, spent hours pricking and potting plants, leaving it to wife Patricia, 82, to plant them. They have lived in their bungalow for 40 years, but when they first arrived it was just bushes, shrubs and stones. But today their stunning front garden features busy lizzies, geraniums, lobelia, begonias, petunias and pansies. Each year Michael, 72, orders plug plants from the Channel Island of Jersey and grows some of his blossoms by seed. He pricks and pots plants in his six foot by eight foot greenhouse in the back garden. The couple, who have four grandchildren, say their passion for gardening blossomed because they 'don't smoke or drink'.

Dan Abbott was filming marine life around the coast with biologist Lizzie Daly, host of BBC Earth. On the last leg of their tour of the British Isles, the duo went for a dip off the coast of Falmouth, Cornwall, and spotted the massive jellyfish. Dan said he was completely awestruck by the mammoth stinger and took a picture of Lizzie alongside it to demonstrate just how big the jellyfish was. Dan, an underwater cinematographer from Colchester, Essex, said the jellyfish was 'about a metre and a half long, probably half a metre in width.'

Film crews have set up camp in Aviemore in the Scottish Highlands (pictured main) to shoot scenes for the new James Bond film, taking the character back to his Scottish roots established by creator Ian Fleming. Teams have been seen filming around the Ardverikie estate (inset left and right), prevously used by the BBC for television series Monarch of the Glen, and a temporary 'hotel' has been built that can house around 300 people. The Highlands were previously used to film Bond's ancestral Scottish home in 2012's Skyfall and business chiefs are hoping for a huge financial boost via tourism. Producers will hope for a straightforward shoot following a string of mishaps and delays including Daniel Craig injuring his ankle and an explosion at Pinewood Studios that damaged part of the set.

Evon Brennan (pictured), 58, from London, who has appeared in campaigns for Primark, JD Williams and on magazine covers, revealed that she almost missed the opportunities, because she thought messages from a modelling scout were a scam. The model says within three days of signing to the Mrs Robinson Management modelling agency, she was given work with Schwarzkopf.

Emily Linka, 32, from Liverpool, posted on Twitter to appeal for stories of romance, admitting she feels 'unlovable' in her wheelchair, and her tweet quickly went viral. She admitted she was overwhelmed by the stories of diverse couples from (top left to right) Arizona, Utah, and Cambridge, and (bottom left to right) Maine, London and Canada.

A group of six rafters survived the horrifying tumble over a waterfall at Ohiopyle State Park in Pennsylvania. The group passed three warning signs urging boaters to turn back, with one sign stating 'waterfall ahead'. The moment the rafters plummeted over the falls was captured on video by bystander Cody Veronie, who posted the video to his Facebook. Officials say the rafters were wearing life jackets that ultimately saved their lives. Emergency crews were able to retrieve the group from the river and get them to safety on land in only 10 minutes.

Saisuda Padungwetsawat, 28, was on her way home when she came across the cat at the entrance of Sam Yan station in Bangkok, Thailand. The cat was holding on tightly to a can of Sprite as it slept, giving off the appearance of a drunk clutching a bottle. The kitten even tried to drink through the straw but went back to sleep after realising there was no liquid left.