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President Barack Obama made an unscheduled stop to the Bob Marley museum in Jamaica last night while on a visit to the country for a meeting with Caribbean leaders. The first president to visit Jamaica in three decades, Obama arrived in Kingston yesterday evening and was met by Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller, U.S...
President Barack Obama in Jamaica for a meeting with Caribbean leaders. He made an unscheduled visit to the Bob Marley museum in Kingston. Said the museum was 'wonderful' - and he still owns all of Marley's records. He is first U.S president to visit the country since Ronald Reagan in 1982.
Ralph Lauren's daughter Dylan and her husband Paul Arrouet have welcomed fraternal twins. The 40-year-old's son Cooper Blue and daughter Kingsley Rainbow were born on Monday via a surrogate, with Dylan and her Paul, 44, confirming to People on Wednesday afternoon that they 'are celebrating the birth of their twins'. A ...
The 40-year-old's son Cooper Blue and daughter Kingsley Rainbow were born on Monday. Dylan and her husband Paul Arrouet married in 2011.
A British-born businessman has been placed on the FBI's Most Wanted list over claims he conducted a multi-million pound luxury car scam. Afzal Khan is accused of conning a string of customers and financial firms at a motor dealership he ran in the US. Federal agents hunting the 32-year-old, originally from Edinburgh, f...
Afzal Khan accused of conning customers and financial firms in US. Federal agents hunting the 32-year-old fear he may have fled the country. Flamboyant Khan, from Edinburgh, was known to his clients as 'Bobby' He ran the Emporio Motor Group in New Jersey and appeared on reality TV.
A recent survey has revealed that more than half of UK children don't have any veg, and 44 per cent have no fruit on a daily basis. With childhood obesity on the rise in the UK, these new figures are incredibly alarming. For more than two decades, I've been in the business of helping children get their daily fill of fr...
Survey found more than half of UK children kids don't have any veg. Fussy kids are frustrating for parents  when they refuse to eat certain foods. Nutritionist Annabel Karmel tells FEMAIL how to make a child like greens.
For the 160,000 people crammed into Churchill Downs on Derby Day, picture-taking can run neck-and-neck with betting and sipping mint juleps amid a winning field of photo opportunities: sleek racehorses, daring fashion statements, celebrities and the twin spires. But this year, they'd better not use selfie sticks. Joini...
Racing grounds bans selfie sticks for May 2nd Derby Day and all live races. Ban sparked by safety concerns for horses, roughly 160,000 spectators. Museums are banning the technological toys as they become more popular.
A burglary suspect arrested at a crime scene in Alabama managed to escape by driving off in a police car despite being handcuffed. The suspect, who hasn't been named, was quickly apprehended but not before he had driven the best part of a mile, abandoned the car and attempted to flee on foot. Birmingham officers respon...
An unnamed burglary suspect was arrested at a crime scene in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday. Despite being handcuffed he managed to escape by driving off in a police car. The suspect was taken back into police custody after he abandoned the car and attempted to escape on foot. The man, currently in the Birmingham City ...
An amazing map revealed by Nasa has shown where lightning occurs most on Earth. The map reveals average yearly counts of lightning flashes per square kilometre from 1995 to 2013. And the results show that the highest amounts of lightning flashes occur in the far eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Lake Maracaibo i...
A Nasa map has revealed which parts of the world experience the most flashes of lightning ever year. Democratic Republic of Congo and Lake Maracaibo in northwestern Venezuela experienced the most. According to the satellite observations, lightning occurs more often over land than it does over oceans. And lightning also...
Two strange, bright flashes on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres may have different origins, according to new infrared images released by Nasa. The images, captured by the Dawn probe from 28,000 miles (45,000km) away, show that a pair of mysterious spots on the dwarf planet have different thermal properties. The images...
Images from Dawn reveal the mysterious spots on the surface, named feature one and feature five, in infrared. Feature one is cooler than rest of surface, but give is in a region that is similar in temperature to surroundings. Leading theory for spots is that ice covered by a thin layer of soil is exploding due to press...
Commuters are now able to make phone calls and send texts on the Tube following the launch of new technology enabling phone calls via an internet connection. In what is the first roll out of the technology throughout Europe, the Wi-Fi Calling feature is designed to facilitate calls and texts when users have no mobile p...
Commuters are now able to make phone calls and send texts via internet. The new technology rolled out by EE can be used at Underground stations. It automatically connects to Wi-Fi when a phone signal is unavailable.
A Darwin woman has become a TV sensation in the Philippines, earning a legion of adoring fans in southeast Asia and an award nomination for her role in the country's answer to US hit series Modern Family. After struggling to hit the big time in Australia, bubbly blonde Natalia Moon followed her dreams and moved to the ...
Darwin woman Natalia Moon is nominated for a TV award in the Philippines. The 23-year-old stars in Filipino sitcom 'Ismol Family' which is entirely acted in Filipino language Tagalog. Born Natalia Stewart, the Aussie calls herself 'the Barbie from Down Under' She has a legion of adoring fans who refer to her as 'the bl...
Arrest: Tabitha Bennett allegedly drove her daughter to fight another girl and then encouraged the fight. A mother set up a fight between her 13-year-old daughter and a 14-year-old girl, drove her child to meet her and then encouraged them to brawl, according to police. Two bystanders recorded the fight on their cell p...
Tabitha Anne Bennett 'messaged a 14-year-old girl on Facebook and told her that she would be bringing her daughter to fight the girl' She 'drove her daughter to the meeting place and emerged with a knife - which made the 14-year-old girl think she was going to die' She 'yelled at her daughter to fight the other teenage...
In recent years, Iceland has become an increasingly popular filming location with its majestic vistas being prominently featured in many hit TV series or Hollywood blockbusters. Despite the fact that Iceland has been used in filming as far back as 1920, well-known fantasy, sci-fi and action film directors and producers...
Iceland has become an increasingly popular filming location recently. Christopher Nolan's Interstellar was shot atop the Svinafellsjokull glacier. Europe’s most powerful waterfall, Dettifoss, was featured in Prometheus. Game of Thrones producers opted to film at Thingvellir National Park. Warning: Story contains spoile...
Shocking images have been released showing the 'horrific' conditions inside a Gold Coast caravan park with a long and checkered history of drug abuse, violence, and abject poverty. The Mudgeeraba Caravan Village is home to more than 100 people, and has been the site of a fatal house fire, stabbings, brawls, and continu...
The 'horrific' Mudgeeraba Caravan Village is home to over 100 people. Queensland Police patrol the site daily due the extreme level of incidents. It has seen a fatal house fire, stabbings, brawls, and continual violence. Ambulance officers will only enter the park under police protection. ‘We’ll get up to mischief here...
Great-grandmother: Gloria Ross, 84, died following a stroke in hospital – after she was ignored by nurses for more than an hour, her distraught family say. A great-grandmother died following a stroke in hospital – after she was ignored by nurses for more than an hour, her distraught family say. Gloria Ross, 84, who spe...
Gloria Ross was found with a distorted face when grandson visited her. He raised alarm with nurses at Whipps Cross Hospital, North East London. But they said she was ‘just tired’ and that senior nurse was ‘on a break’ Later discovered she'd had stroke - and she never regained consciousness.
Fiona Cullum provided a safe haven for Hassan Hussain and Yassin James after they gunned down innocent nursery teacher Sabrina Moss. A mother who sheltered the killers of an innocent nursery teacher and lied to the police has been spared jail. Fiona Cullum, 25, provided a safe haven for Hassan Hussain as he and fellow ...
Sabrina Moss was gunned down in a London street on her 24th birthday. Fiona Cullum, 25, sheltered two of her killers as they evaded the police. Two murderers and getaway driver were last year jailed for 111 years. But Cullum was spared jail today and was handed a suspended sentence for harbouring a killer and pervertin...
A man who lost his iPhone ended up finding it on the other side of the world and striking up a friendship with its new 'owner.' Matt Stopera misplaced his cellphone in New York City and the only clue that gave a whereabouts to its located was when some unusual photos of orange trees and fireworks started appearing on h...
Matt Stopera's iPhone was stolen in a New York bar. Eventually he started seeing pictures on his new phone of a guy posing with an orange tree. After writing about it online, netizens in China managed to track him down. 'Brother Orange' then invited him to the country and the two met up.
The first man to serve as White House social secretary, Jeremy Bernard, is leaving after four years on the job. The White House said today that Bernard would depart after a state dinner next month held in honor of the Japanese Prime Minister, confirming rumors that Bernard, 53, would soon exit the administration. The f...
White House said today that Jeremy Bernard would depart after a state dinner next month, confirming rumors he'd soon exit the administration. First lady offered a glowing review of Bernard's tenure, saying she was 'lucky to have such a talented individual on my team' and a 'lifelong friend' He is moving back to Califor...
The family of a two-year-old boy shot and killed in his home have been left outraged after a local newspaper used his death for a political cartoon about gun culture. Kaden Lum was gunned down in Bremerton, Washington, on March 28, in front of his mother by an unidentified suspect who is still on the run. Heather Kelso...
Kaden Lum was shot at his home in Bremerton, Washington on March 28. Police have not made any arrests in the two weeks since the boy's death. Controversial illustration was published in the Kitsap Sun on Sunday. Depicts Kaden as an angel next to a devil dressed as Uncle Sam. Kanden's grandfather Jason Trammel said the ...
Ex pop star: Rev Richard coles (pictured) rose to fame as half of the band The Communards. When a high-profile vicar yesterday attacked the Tory plans to sell housing association homes as a ‘right to steal’, it might have sounded like a stern ticking off from the pulpit. But this was the Rev Richard Coles – who sits on...
Rev Coles sits on the board of Wellingborough Homes housing association. Vicar is known for presenting Radio 4's human interest show Saturday live. Attacked Tory plans to sell housing association homes as a 'right to steal' Confessed in memoir last year that he had taken drugs including cocaine, ecstasy and amphetamine...
A prankster who pretended he had put his girlfriend's dog in a washing machine got a very painful comeuppance after she glued him to a chair- naked. Dominika Petrinova, from the Czech Republic, was furious after her boyfriend Erik Meldik's prank, which went viral after he posted it online. The 27-year-old had burst int...
Dominika Petrinova glued naked boyfriend to a chair as painful revenge. Erik Meldik cried as he tried to free his genitals from the waxing strips. Eventually he had to rip himself  off the chair leaving behind hair and skin. Prank came after he claimed Ms Petrinova's dog was in washing machine.
Connected: Mohammed 'Jihadi John' Emwazi came in contact with Hizb ut-Tahrir while studying at Westminster University. An extremist Islamist group with a 'big UK support base' has joined forces with al-Qaeda in Syria, according to reports. Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) has reportedly attacked civil activists in Aleppo alongside ...
Islamist extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir 'join al-Qaeda franchise in Syria' Jihadi John came in contact with group at Westminster University. Lib Dem candidate in strip club scandal was a member for 13 years. Maajid Nawaz was jailed in Egypt in 2005 over his work with HT. Nawaz was caught on CCTV visiting London strip c...
An Egyptian court has sentenced a popular Armenian belly dancer to six months in prison for 'insulting the Egyptian flag' after she wore a tight dress in its red, white and black color scheme. The court in Agouza, west of Cairo, said Sofinar Gourian, popularly known as 'Safinaz', was fined £15,000 after being found gu...
Sofinar Gourian found guilty of wearing a dress made from Egyptian flag. A court in Agouza town sentenced the belly dancer to six months in prison. Local businesswoman found the dress insulting and complained to police. Strict laws prevents the flag being displayed if damaged or tampered with.
Chelsy Davy showcased her style credentials as she stepped out in London rocking ripped jeans and a chic blazer on Wednesday night. The ex-girlfriend of Prince Harry radiated health thanks to a bronze glow as she laughed with friends leaving an art gallery in Mayfair. The 29-year-old seemed in high spirits, smiling as ...
Chelsy, 29, wore ripped jeans and chic blazer on night out in London. It was the second consecutive night out for Prince Harry's ex. Joined friends on Tuesday at launch of The Ivy Club, Chelsea.
With the coffee drinking scene continuing to grow in Britain, baristas and cafe owners are putting more thought into the cakes and pasties that accompany your beverage. And while coffee matching rules are not as hard and fast as wine pairing ones, there are still some things you should consider. So the next time you or...
Head of Coffee at Pact Coffee Will Corby recommends the best pairings. Have a crumbly, hard cheese like Lancashire with your Irish coffee. A delicately spiced pastry will let you detect light espresso flavour in latte.
Britain has overtaken France to become the second biggest economy in Europe, figures showed yesterday. The UK clocked up growth of 2.8 per cent in 2014 – the strongest in the Group of Seven industrialised nations and seven times higher than France’s 0.4 per cent. According to an International Monetary Fund report, this...
The UK has overtaken France after seeing growth of 2.8 per cent in 2014. Britain has the second most powerful economy in Europe behind Germany. IMF is forecasting growth of 2.7 per cent this year and 2.3 per cent in 2016. Within the G7 only the US is expected to perform better than Britain.
My, my. At Waterloo Napoleon did surrender. So go the opening lyrics to Abba's Eurovision winner. But it seems the message hasn't got through to the majority of us. Research has revealed that three out of four people have little or no knowledge about the Battle of Waterloo. Only just over half (53 per cent) know the Du...
At Waterloo bicentenary, research shows adults know little about the battle. Only just over half polled knew the Duke of Wellington led British forces. One in eight between 18-24 said they had never heard of the famous battle. Young people likely to associate Waterloo with Abba and London station.
Walter Scott and his passenger were looking forward to having a cookout when he was pulled over and shot dead by a South Carolina police officer, it has emerged. Scott, 50, and Pierre Fulton, his friend of several years, had met for breakfast on April 4 before Scott drove him to a church so Fulton could collect a bag o...
Scott was driving Pierre Fulton back to his house after taking him to a nearby church to collect a bag of vegetables on April 4. But they were pulled over for his broken tail light and Scott fled from cops. He was shot multiple times by officer Michael Slager, who was charged with his murder after a passerby released c...
France has joined Italy and Israel in passing laws banning the promotion of extreme thinness in the fashion industry. The health reforms, which include fining agencies employing models with a BMI under 18 and criminalising pro-anorexia web content, have now passed through the upper house of parliament. An analysis of t...
Rachel Cole-Fletcher is a teaching fellow at Durham University - and works with students looking at cognitive traits associated with anorexia risk. Argues that rather than skinny models being to blame, other factors are. States that people with anorexia tend to have a certain personality type. And that images of thin w...
Travel to the tropics today and you’ll experience balmy annual mean temperatures of 30°C (85°F). But travel there 2.4 billion years ago, and it’s likely you would have been subjected to Arctic-like temperatures of -40°C (-40°F). This so-called ‘Snowball Earth’ theory suggests that our planet was once entirely frozen ov...
University of Cologne scientist led research proposing new theory. It suggests temperatures at the equator were -40°C 2.4 billion years ago. The reasons why the whole planet was frozen are not understood. But it could have implications for finding life on frozen moons like Europa.
The White House declined to give embattled Drug Enforcement Administration chief Michele Leonhart a vote of confidence today as two news networks reported that she would soon resign. Her anticipated departure stems from concerns that agents of the federal drug agency divulged secrets at sex parties with prostitutes tha...
Anticipated departure stems from concern that agents of the federal drug agency divulged secrets at sex parties with prostitutes. Colombian Drug lords may have staged rendezvous to elicit information. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is investigating. DEA declined to comment today on her reported resi...
We have had cereal cafes, a porridge pop-up and a toastie restaurant so it should come as no surprise that London is about to get yet another single-item menu eaterie. The latest to open in the capital this week is the Oshun Café, which will serve £6 bowls of Brazilian superfood acai berries. The sparse menu offers fou...
Oshun Cafe serves four variations of Brazilian superfood, costing £6 each. Pop-up restaurant will be open from 8 to 27 April. Berries packed with amino acids, as well as vitamins A, B, C and E.
You could have fried an egg on David Cameron’s upper lip yesterday afternoon when he appeared in sunny Bristol. The PM was speaking in a rather peculiar building – an almost empty science park on the city’s outskirts, its round atrium area filled with party activists. The space was uncomfortably hot and Mr Cameron was ...
David Cameron enjoyed visit to Bristol with Chancellor George Osborne. Visited Bristol and Bath Science Park and earlier went to Poole in Dorset.
Arrest: Timothy Rogalski allegedly repeatedly called Sandy Hook Elementary School on Tuesday. A man has been arrested for repeatedly calling Sandy Hook Elementary School and accusing staff members of staging the 2012 school massacre. Timothy Rogalski, from Wallingford, Connecticut, called the school on Tuesday morning ...
Timothy Rogalski 'called the school five times and accused school staff of staging the shooting that left 20 children and six educators dead' Police traced the calls to his home and he was arrested. 'I don't think I said anything that horrible,' he said in court.
David Cameron today announced plans to give millions of workers three days paid leave a year to do volunteer work. The Prime Minister said he will amend the Working Times regulations so for three days people can volunteer or serve as a school governor, and get paid in addition to their 28 days of paid holiday. But busi...
Prime Minister announced plan to amend Working Times regulations. Mr Cameron wants workers to have three paid days off to do good deeds. He described announcement as demonstration of the Big Society in action. Immediately afterwards Eric Pickles suggested it wouldn't be enforced. John Prescott described Mr Pickles' in...
Residents living yards from the scene of the £60million Hatton Garden heist have revealed how they were hit by 'peculiar' power cuts on the weekend before the daring crime. They also claim to have heard ‘drilling’ noises on the evening of Good Friday, but thought at the time that this was simply a continuation of road ...
Locals say power cuts the weekend before raid could be linked to heist. They also tell of suspicious 'drilling' noises on evening of Good Friday. Group seen returning to scene on Saturday - a day after initial break-in. Police admit they didn't respond after alarm went off early on Friday.
Teenagers will be encouraged to learn foreign languages by talking about tattoos, music festivals, YouTube and rap music under the latest GCSE shake-up. Teenagers will be encouraged to learn foreign languages by talking about tattoos, music festivals, YouTube and rap music under the latest GCSE shake-up. Exam board off...
Exam board officials yesterday unveiled draft syllabus for kids aged 14-16. Some students will be asked to study review of gritty 15-rated foreign film. Other GCSE pupils will look at Spanish tweets on the Olympic Games. Proposals aim to rid classes of ‘tired phrases’ now through to be outdated.
A judge has sentenced an Oregon man to 10 years in prison on Monday for fatally stabbing his boyfriend, but the victim's mother says that's not long enough. Tony Lopez Lozano, 35, was charged with the August 2013 murder of his boyfriend, Brian Romo, after fatally stabbing Romo in the heart following an argument at thei...
A judge sentenced Tony Lopez Lozano, 35, to 10 years in prison for stabbing his boyfriend in the heart during a fight. Lozano pleaded to first-degree manslaughter as part of a plea deal after being initially charged with murder. Victim's mother: 'You took a deal: 10 years. For me, that's not long enough'
She may not look it, but this 72-year-old is a master con artist. Cathryn Parker has lived under at least 74 aliases in Los Angeles, mainly those of Hollywood production workers. But after 15 blissful years skipping over legal hurdles, it all came to a grinding halt when she was stopped for a traffic violation. Police ...
Cathryn Parker, 72, gave a false name at a traffic stop in LA last month. Police realized she was also leasing her home with another name. Case unraveled to be one of the worst cases of identity theft in the state. Most of her identities are stolen from Hollywood production staffers. Anyone with information regarding t...
ABC's World News Tonight evening newscast has officially overtaken underfire rival NBC's Nightly News in the ratings war for the first time in more than five and a half years. NBC's 288 consecutive week winning run had stetched back to September 2009 and the drop from the top spot comes two months after anchor Brian Wi...
World News Tonight evening newscast has officially overtaken underfire rival NBC's Nightly News in the ratings war. NBC's 288 consecutive week winning run had stetched back to September 2009 and the drop comes two months after Brian Williams' suspension. An NBC spokesperson said the network was 'pleased' with substitu...
Jason Orange shocked Take That fans around the world when he quit the chart-topping band last September but he hasn't said goodbye to them forever. Busy man: Gary Barlow is preparing for his musical Finding Neverland to open and the new Take That tour to begin. For as the remaining members Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Ho...
Spoke to MailOnline ahead of premiere of his new musical Finding Neverland. Gary was handpicked by Harvey Weinstein to write the music for the show. Said Jason's departure was 'strange' at first but Take That have moved on. Promised fans an 'extravaganza' on the new Take That tour.
A vast underground network of pipes could be used to transport freight and deliveries in a bid to end road congestion and pollution. The government has approved funding for Cambridgeshire-based Mole Solutions to develop the idea as an alternative to the conventional systems of transporting goods by road. The plan, call...
Mole Solutions is developing the idea as an alternative to road transport. Would see capsules loaded with goods sent in underground pipelines. A test track has already been built for a nine month development project. The project has approved some government funding from DEFRA.
David Cameron is narrowly winning the battle for floating voters, according to a major poll out today. The ComRes survey of 4,000 undecided voters found a slim majority have been more impressed with the performance of the Prime Minister than that of Ed Miliband during the Election campaign. A separate poll of marginal ...
Survey of 4,000 undecided voters found slim majority favour Prime Minister. 37% of floating voters impressed with Cameron while 31% with Miliband. Separate poll suggests Ukip’s vote is being squeezed in key constituencies.
Mother's Day is still three weeks away, but Michelle Obama didn't need an excuse to treat her mom on Saturday. Enjoying a perfect spring day in New York City, the First Lady and 'Grandmother-in-chief', Marian Robinson, had a mother-daughter bonding lunch in Greenwich Village. The two sat down for a meal at Lupa, a smal...
The mother-daughter duo dined at Lupa in the Greenwich Village Saturday. The enjoyed a five-course Italian lunch of pasta, salad, meat and cheese by the restaurant's owner, Mario Batali. Michelle was in New York this week launching an interactive online map to encourage people to join their local 'Let's Move' program. ...
More than 30 drunk and disorderly University of Kentucky fans were arrested near the school's Lexington campus Saturday night after the previously undefeated team was kicked out of the NCAA tournament. The Wildcats faced off against the University of Wisconsin Badgers in Saturday night's semi-final game, breaking their...
The University of Kentucky's winning streak was brought to an end Saturday night with a 71-64 loss to the University of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Badgers will now play Duke for the NCAA tournament title Monday night - their first final since 1941. A crowd of more than a thousand gathered near UK's Lexington campus Satur...
A polo club in Berkshire that launched with Prince Charles as its first member has lost a legal battle with a Hollywood fashion firm in a bid to launch its own range of accessories. The Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club has quickly become one of Britain's most elite sporting venues since The Prince of Wales joined wh...
Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club attracted celebrities including Jodie Kidd, Princess Tamara Czartoryski-Borbon and Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman. European Court of Justice ruled it can't launch fashion label with its own logo because it's too similar to existing Beverly Hill Polo Club's. Rival brand admits it's not ev...
Jeremy Clarkson is set to appear on the BBC again just weeks after he was sacked from Top Gear for punching a producer. The TV host will appear as a guest presenter on satirical panel show Have I Got News For You later this month. It is believed he was booked to appear on the comedy programme before he was dropped from...
Presenter will be a guest host satirical quiz show Have I Got News For You. Is believed to have been booked before he was dropped from Top Gear. BBC decided that despite his sacking, he isn't banned from corporation.
The party-loving girlfriend of footballer Johnny Manziel has come under fire on social media for refusing to give up on going out and enjoying herself now her boyfriend is out of rehab. Manziel and Colleen Crowley were spotted together in public for the first time since he entered rehab when they attended Tuesday night...
Colleen Crowley, the party-loving girlfriend of footballer Johnny Manziel, has come under fire on social media for refusing to give up going out. The Cleveland Browns quarterback entered rehab in January and only left on Saturday. On Tuesday, Crowley posted a video on her Instagram page of the Texan socialite enjoying ...
After a night of drinking there may be parts of an evening you forget - or moments you wish you could erase from your memory. But now there's an app that not only fills in these gaps in memory, it shares evidence of your drunken antics with your friends. Called Flashgap, all photos and videos taken using the app are ad...
The Flashgap app is free for iOS and Android devices. Photos and videos taken on the app disappear into a hidden album. They only reappear at midday the next day and are shown to all attendees. App was inspired by the film The Hangover starring Bradley Cooper.
Looking after someone with dementia can stretch people to their limits, and there are many in this situation. In England alone, there are more than 670,000 unpaid carers helping someone with dementia. Here, in the final week of our major Good Health series on dementia, we turn our attention to the carers and what can b...
This is the final week of our major Good Health series on dementia. We turn our attention to carers and what can be done to make life easier. In England there are more than 670,000 unpaid carers helping someone. We explain what to if they become anxious as the light starts to fade. Bed and getting-up times. When to tak...
In the dock: Victorino Chua, 49, has given evidence for the first time and denied he murdered three and poisoned 18 more at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport. A nurse today told a jury he did not murder three hospital patients and poison almost 20 others on his ward by contaminating their medicine with insulin. Victo...
Victorino Chua, 49, denies murdering patients at Stockport hospital in 2011. Filipino nurse also accused of poisoning 18 more at Stepping Hill hospital. Denies injecting insulin and other poisons into bags of medicine on ward.
Cheesy slogans such as ‘reach for the stars’ could be detrimental to pupils, it has been claimed. Carl Hendrick, head of learning and research at Wellington College, Berkshire, has attacked the ‘tidal wave of guff’ in classrooms. These ‘missives in mediocrity’ often tell pupils to ‘live your dream’ and ‘you can do it’ ...
Cheesy slogans could be detrimental to pupils, a researcher claimed. Carl Hendrick said glossy notices are often 'reductively misinterpreted'
Patents have already hinted that Apple is looking to boost the cameras in future models of the iPhone and iPad, but its latest acquisition confirms it. The tech giant has bought Israel-based Link Computational Imaging in a deal reportedly worth $20 million (£13.5 million). LinX makes 'multi-aperture' cameras small enou...
Apple has bought LinX in a deal worth around $20 million (£13.5 million) Tech giant has confirmed the acquisition but not revealed any more details. LinX makes 'multi-aperture' cameras small enough to fit into phones. Rather than capturing a flat 2D image, the technology is able to sense the depth of each object in a ...
A dilapidated country mansion in the Scottish Highlands that was once the secret love nest of Coco Chanel and the Earl of Grosvenor has gone on the market for £3million. The Rosehall Estate near Inverness boasts a 22-room main house along with 700 acres of land and five separate out buildings. It was built in the 1820 ...
The Rosehall Estate near Inverness boasts a 22-room main house, five separate buildings and 700 acres of land. The Duke of Westminster would spend his summers at the property with French fashion designer Coco Chanel. She redesigned the whole of the property's interior and painstakingly decorated each of the estate's ro...
It was a fishing trip with a very big catch – namely the £9 homemade rowing boat in which the two anglers ventured out on to the open sea. Built with discarded scraps from house conversions including loft insulation board and polystyrene, it was glued together with silicone sealant. Amazingly, the 6ft vessel held toget...
Two men had made the DIY boat at their home using scrap wood and glue. But the pair became stranded from the shore after their oars snapped. Rescuers were stunned to see a homemade boat being taken out to sea.
A lottery winner who thought her husband was playing an April Fools' Day prank when he told her they had scooped £53million has returned to making lunches for pensioners a week after their big win. Angela Maxwell said she would not give up her five-hour shift preparing meals at the lunch club at Coningsby Community Hal...
Angela Maxwell returned to Coningsby Community Hall yesterday morning. The 67-year-old and her husband won £53million in last week's lottery. Couple said they planned to spend money on a new minibus for local OAPs. Mrs Maxwell volunteers for the council preparing meals for pensioners. She returned to the lunchtime club...
A woman from Nova Scotia who has a prosthetic leg may have started off on the wrong foot with someone who shares a parking lot with her. Despite receiving weekly angry notes on her windshield scolding her for parking in a handicap space, Natasha Hope-Simpson said she felt flattered that someone mistook her for someone ...
'I have a video of you walking away from your car on numerous occasions, you are not HANDICAPPED!,' reads a note to Natasha Hope-Simpson. Hope-Simpson became disabled after her leg was crushed in a tragic hit-and-run accident in 2013 and she lost a part of her left leg below the knee. Instead of being upset by the note...
It has been more than a month since much-loved teacher Sharon Edwards graced the halls of her school. While her students at Coutts Crossing Public School on the NSW north coast hold on to the hope the mother-of-three will turn up to school again one day, the police focus has shifted to treating the teacher's disappeara...
Sharon Edwards, 55, was last seen on Saturday in Grafton, NSW. Police focus has shifted to treat her disappearance as a homicide. Son Eli says family are struggling to come to terms with disappearance. Forensic officers have returned to her home with a crime scene warrant.
Two kayakers died, and another remains hospitalized in serious condition, after a sudden Seattle storm with 35mph winds overturned their boats during a church-organized trip. Mandi L. Walkley, 39, and Jacob M. Austin, 52, were in the Dungeness Bay, where swells were as high as 3ft, for one to two hours before they cou...
Mandi L. Walkley, 39, and Jacob M. Austin, 52, had been in the Dungeness Bay for one to two hours before the Coast Guard could rescue them. They both passed away from their injuries after being hospitalized. William D. Kelley, 50, was also rescued by the Coast Guard and has improved from critical to serious condition. ...
The father of two British jihadis who were killed while fighting in Syria has left the UK and travelled to Libya in a bid to find his eldest son and bring him home. Abubaker Deghayes, 46, has left his home in Brighton in an attempt to rescue his son Amer, who travelled to the Middle East in January last year. The 21-ye...
Abubaker Deghayes has left Brighton to go and rescue his eldest son Amer. His two younger sons Abdullah and Jaffar were killed in Syria last year. Amer is also in Syria fighting ISIS and the country's government forces. Mr Deghayes insists he has not 'run away' to join the fight and just wants Amer home.
As California struggles with a devastating drought, huge amounts of water are mysteriously vanishing from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta — and the prime suspects are farmers whose families have tilled fertile soil there for generations. A state investigation was launched following complaints from two large agencies t...
As California struggles with a devastating drought, huge amounts of water are mysteriously vanishing from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The prime suspects are farmers whose families have tilled fertile soil there for generations. Delta farmers say they're not stealing it because their history of living at the water...
Most people, when scooping a massive win on the pools or national lottery, might follow the advice of a grey-suited financial adviser and buy a good-sized house, a reasonably flash car, take a couple of nice holidays and then live off the income from what’s left. But the story of Viv Nicholson — who died on Saturday ag...
Viv won £152,319, 18 shillings and 8d on the Littlewoods Pools in 1961. Afterwards announced her life would no longer be sensible or boring. Said she would 'spend, spend spend' in phrase that prase that became the title of a hit musical.
An Arizona man who suffers from an extreme case of a tumor disorder in which his body is covered in noncancerous lumps said he finally has a feeling of belonging. Bob Heslip, 50, suffers from Neurofibromatosis type 1, or NF-1, which is caused by a gene malfunction that causes the bubble-like bumps to appear all over hi...
Bob Heslip, 50, suffers from Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1) Condition causes noncancerous lumps to appear all over his body. He accepted offer to perform at freakshow on weekends as 'Bubble Boy' Other performers include bearded lady and America's smallest couple. He said: 'When I met the performers, there was a feelin...
She typically commands attention. But on Tuesday, Kim Kardashian was cropped out of a photo for what may be the first time ever. The 34-year-old reality TV star was captured dining in a non-kosher restaurant in the Holy Land alongside her husband, rapper Kanye West, 37, and Jerusalem's mayor, Nir Barkat, on Monday. Fol...
Kim Kardashian was dining out with Kanye West and Jerusalem's mayor. Mayor posted photo of him and the famous couple on Twitter on Monday. Image then printed on an ultra-Orthodox news site - but Kim was left out. Instead, photo only showed Kanye and Mayor Nir Barkat chatting at table. Ultra-conservative Jewish news me...
The boat that sank in the Mediterranean killing 400 migrants capsized when desperate passengers surged to one side because they thought they were about to be rescued, it emerged yesterday. Survivors said the two-deck vessel ‘flipped’ after a commercial ship was spotted and men on the deck ran to one side, the sudden mo...
Overloaded ship capsized off the Libyan coast on the treacherous journey across the Mediterranean on Sunday. Around 150 were brought to Italy after being rescued – but survivors said at least 400 other migrants had died. Amnesty International accuses EU of 'clearly threatening thousands of lives' after scrapping rescue...
Eight years after their son was brutally murdered by the man he loved, Sue and Charlie MacDonald are still wondering what they could have done differently to prevent his death. The couple raised Gareth and his three brothers in the tiny isolated welsh village of Rhewl-Mostyn and now regret that they didn't teach him to...
Gareth MacDonald was murdered by Glen Rycroft in 2007. Fatally struck across head with fire extinguisher by his lover. He'd discovered Rycroft had been conning him and his family out of money. Gareth's parents wish they could have prevented their son's death.
Nestled in eastern Long Island is a sleepy little town called Yaphank where the streets have cozy names like Oak and Park, names that hide a dark past: they once bore signs like Hitler and Goebbels Streets. Yaphank, in the 1930s, appeared as a haven for Americans--most of them of German heritage--who sympathized with t...
Yaphank in Long Island was founded in part by the German American Bund, a pro Nazi group that flourished in the 1930s. They established Camp Siegfried in 1935 as a place for like-minded Aryans to drink beer, hold military demonstrations and learn about eugenics. Yaphank remains a town in Long Island, but gone are the r...
Brisbane's Anglican Archbishop has joined a local Catholic priest in calling for Queensland's controversial 'gay panic' homicide defence to be scrapped. Speaking after his Easter Sunday mass, Archbishop of Brisbane Phillip Aspinall said he supported Father Paul Kelly in his calls for the Homosexual Advance Defence to b...
A Catholic priest has called for the 'gay panic' laws to be removed. An Archbishop said he supports the homicide defence to be scrapped. Homosexual Advance Defence means a murder charge may be reduced to manslaughter if the defendant establishes their victim 'came on' to them.
They have long claimed to be the only genuine political party – fighting the manipulated PR of the main Westminster parties. But Ukip’s reputation for telling it straight was left in tatters this morning after the party’s deputy leader was caught posing for a photograph to make him look more educated – in front of a ph...
Ukip have claimed to be the only party fighting Westminster political PR. But the deputy leader Paul Nuttall posed for a photoshopped picture. Mr Nuttall was pictured clutching a vintage picture book from 1942. Rows of books are behind him - photoshopped to look like there are more.
A senior high school in China has installed metal bars on all balconies after two pupils committed suicide in six months. Web users suggested the fence was put up by school authorities to prevent more pupils from jumping off the building, the People's Daily Online reports. Hengshui No 2 Middle School is an 'exemplary s...
Metal bars have been fitted to close off balconies facing central court at Hengshui No 2 Middle School. Two students have plunged to death on campus since last October. The school is well-known for its highly stressful environment. All students must get up at 5:30am and study for 10 hours a day.
An elderly couple died in a freak accident after the woman fell down the stairs in a desperate attempt to save her partner who had also tripped. Mary Murphy, 66, is thought to have tried to grab hold of John Wood, 67, when he stumbled at the top of the stairs, but slipped herself and the pair fell to their deaths. Thei...
Mary Murphy, 66, and John Wood,67, died falling down stairs at her home. Pensioner is believed to have come to aid of her partner, 67, who tripped. Detectives described the incident as 'extremely bizarre' and 'tragic' Ms Murphy, a regular worshipper, was described as 'kind and well-liked'
More than 25 women have been airlifted from Royal Navy ships because of pregnancy. One ship - HMS Ocean – even had five pregnant sailors removed in emergency 'medevacs' during the last nine years, a Freedom of Information request revealed. And at least one woman was airlifted from HMS Illustrious, which was nicknamed '...
HMS Ocean had five women removed in nine years, according to new data. At least one sailor airlifted from HMS Illustrious, nicknamed 'HMS Lusty' MoD spokesman confirmed there was a strict 'no touching' rule in place.
The price of olive oil is expected to rocket as forestry officials in southern Italy yesterday began cutting down thousands of olive trees infected with a deadly bacteria. The xylella fastidiosa bacteria has ravaged olive trees in the Puglia region and contributed to a 35 percent drop in the region's olive oil producti...
The xylella fastidiosa bacteria has ravaged olive trees in Puglia region. Its spread has so alarmed the EU that France has boycotted the fruit. Yesterday officials began destroying trees affected by the deadly disease. Protesters failed in an attempt to stop the government-ordered destruction. The spread of the bacteri...
Visitors to a metro-Detroit museum have a chance to get an up-close look at the chair Abraham Lincoln was shot in at Washington D.C.'s Ford's Theatre in 1865 next week as the museum puts it center stage. The red, worn chair will be removed from its enclosure at Dearborn's Henry Ford Museum and displayed in an open plaz...
The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, has had chair for 85 years. The worn, red chair, from Washington D.C.'s Ford's Theatre, is usually kept in an enclosed case but will be put in an open plaza on April 15. Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865. The Henry Ford Museum also holds the lim...
Oklahoma introduced a law allowing it to use nitrogen gas to kill death row prisoners if lethal injections aren't available. Governor Mary Fallin signed into law a bill approving nitrogen as an alternative method of death, giving Oklahoma four different ways to enact its death penalty. The method, which involves pumpin...
Governor Mary Fallin signed bill allowing nitrogen execution into law. Chamber is pumped full of gas, and body dies from lack of oxygen. Method will become Oklahoma's second choice after lethal injection. Supreme Court is due to rule on whether current execution drugs are legal. If gas execution is not available, state...
Hilary Border, 54, stole £20,000 from her dementia-stricken mother, pictured outside Nottingham Crown Court. A 'wicked' daughter who stole £20,000 from her dementia-stricken mother and spent it on herself instead of paying care home fees has been spared jail. Hilary Border, 54, from Newark, Nottinghamshire, had power o...
Hilary Border, 54, pleaded guilty to fraud and has been spared jail. She stole £20,000 from dementia-stricken mother and spent it on herself. Mother-of-three refused to pay £16,000 in care home bills for Dorothy, 83. She has been spared jail and ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work.
A mother of a baby boy was arrested 27 years after his body was found wrapped in a blanket inside a Sainsbury's bag floating on a village pond. Police exhumed the boy's body from his grave in Norfolk last year after the case came up for periodical review. A DNA sample eventually led them to his mother. The woman, who h...
Baby boy's remains were exhumed last year after case came up for review. DNA led police to the mother who was arrested on suspicion of infanticide. But the charge was dropped after she explained the baby was stillborn. CPS may now charge her with failing to register the birth and preventing a lawful burial.
Jailed: Paramedics found Kyle Hargreaves kissing a girl on a stretcher in the back of the ambulance. An 18-year-old who assaulted a paramedic after he was caught trying to have sex in an ambulance has been jailed. Paramedics found Kyle Hargreaves kissing a girl on a stretcher in the back of the vehicle, which had been ...
Kyle Hargreaves was caught kissing a girl on a stretcher in the ambulance. When confronted, the 18-year-old replied 'we are just trying to have sex' He punched paramedic Michael Newman three times and spat in his face.
Muhammad Naviede, 60, (pictured outside the Old Bailey in 1995) was killed instantly in a plane crash. A banking fraudster with links to Cherie Blair was killed instantly in a plane crash minutes after he sent a text saying his aircraft was going down, an investigation has revealed. Muhammad Naviede, who was jailed in ...
Muhammad Naviede died after his Piper Tomahawk aircraft crashed in field. The 60-year-old sent text to relative shortly before plane span out of control. Air Accident Investigation Branch investigation says message is 'unusual' His daughter was on X Factor and brother entertained Cherie Blair at home. The father-of-two...
A humble wooden deckchair recovered from the doomed Titanic has sold for £100,350 at auction. The Nantucket wooden chair, which once sat on a first-class promenade of the ill-fated ship, was salvaged by a search team from the Atlantic Ocean after the Titanic sank in 1912. Dubbed 'one of the rarest types of Titanic coll...
Chair was on first class deck when ship hit an iceberg in April 1912. Found by Mackay-Bennett crew members while clearing up the wreck. Previously owned by English collector who kept it in sea-view window.
Turkey has blocked access to Twitter and YouTube after they refused a request to remove pictures of a prosecutor held during an armed siege last week. A Turkish court imposed the blocks because images of the deadly siege were being shared on social media and 'deeply upset' the wife and children of Mehmet Selim Kiraz, t...
Turkish court imposed blocks as images of siege shared on social media. Images 'deeply upset' wife and children of hostage Mehmet Selim Kiraz. Prosecutor, 46, died in hospital after hostages stormed a courthouse. Two of his captors were killed when security forces took back the building.
An aspiring model sobbed uncontrollably yesterday as she was convicted of luring a professional gambler to his death. Leonie Granger, 25, targeted playboy Mehmet Hassan, 56, after spotting him flashing a roll of £50 notes at a casino in London’s West End. The honeytrap killer used her good looks to befriend the poker p...
Leonie Granger, 25, convinced Mehmet Hassan she was interested in him. She went to his flat with him and let in her boyfriend Kyrron Jackson and his accomplice Nicholas Chandler. They kicked Hassan to death and stole some of his gambling winnings. Granger has been convicted of manslaughter as the two men were found gui...
A man had to be airlifted to the hospital after being bit by a shark Friday afternoon while spearfishing on the coast of Florida. The bull shark took a bite out of his back, torso and head, according to witnesses in Palm Beach, Florida. Blood covered the boat which was anchored off the Jupiter Inlet, a hot spot for fis...
Victim had been fishing off Palm Beach's Jupiter Inlet when he was bitten. Witnesses said blood covered the boat, he was bitten in the head. Unidentified victim was conscious when he was airlifted to hospital.
INXS guitarist Kirk Pingelly and his surfing champion wife Layne Beachly won their case against a disgruntled neighbour who wanted to stop the redevelopment of their northern beaches home. The couples Queenscliff neighbour, Wendy Goyer, claimed her 'small but charming view' would be obstructed if Mr Pengilly and Ms Bea...
Kirk Pingelly and Layne Beachley have won their legal dispute. The couple were caught in a legal battle over redeveloping their home. Neighbour Wendy Goyer said developments would 'destroy' her views. She said the picturesque views were a major reason she bought the home. The court ruled her views werent 'iconic' and w...
Former president Bill Clinton said he is 'proud' of wife Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential bid for the 2016 election. The comment was said while on a visit to Oklahoma City and is the first he's made about his wife's second presidential campaign, according to CNN. The former secretary of state and first lady kicked...
While visiting Oklahoma City, Bill Clinton said 'I'm proud of her', in reference to Hillary Clinton's presidential bid. This is the first comment he's made about his wife's campaign. Bill Clinton was in Oklahoma City to mark the 20th anniversary of the bombing that 168 people including 19 toddlers in federal building. ...
The full horror of 'crime and punishment' under the Islamic State is laid bare in a document which sets out a list of harsh penalties for anyone who falls foul of the terror group's strict interpretation of its own laws. Top of the list is 'death' for anyone who insults God or his messenger or blasphemes against Islam....
ISIS claims the horrifying list of punishments is a 'warning' to disbelievers. It pertains to Syrian province Aleppo and claims to be based on Sharia law. Penalty for insulting God, his messenger or the religion of Islam is death. Thieves' hands are chopped off, adulterers are publicly killed by stoning. List says comm...
This is the moment a paedophile was caught by police after grooming a girl he believed to be 14 on the internet. Asylum seeker Jafar Adeli, who is of Afghani origin, was snared by a paedophile vigilante group called Letzgo Hunting. Married Adeli, 32, arranged to meet someone he believed to be a young teenage girl after...
Jafar Adeli thought he had been chatting to a 14-year-old girl he met online. Arranged to meet the girl at a Leicester bus station so they could have sex. But he had been duped by paedophile vigilante group Letzgo Hunting. Was arrested and now been jailed for attempted to arrange a child sex offence.
Nuts are a source of useful nutrients and have other health benefits - just this month, a study found that peanuts can increase the levels of friendly bacteria in the gut and ward off food poisoning. Here, we look at some of other the plus points... Brazils. One of the best dietary sources of the mineral selenium. Two ...
Peanuts can increase the levels of friendly bacteria in the gut. Almonds are rich in vitamin E, which helps improve the look of your skin. Walnuts have lots of plant-based omega 3 fatty acids and antioxidants.
The woman who came up with a neon sign that has welcomed countless visitors to 'fabulous Las Vegas' since 1959 has died. Betty Willis, credited with designing the 'Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas' sign, died in her Overton, Nevada, home on Sunday, according to an obituary on the Virgin Valley & Moapa Valley Mortuaries' w...
Artist Betty Willis designed the famous neon sign in 1959. The sign sits in a median in the middle of Las Vegas Boulevard south of the Strip and is a popular tourist attraction. In 2009 it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. No one owns the copyright to the sign, so it is often imitated and appears ...
Thousands of motorists have been fined or had their cars towed away after falling foul of new rules following the switch to digital tax discs. Many are buying used cars unaware that the old paper documents are now automatically cancelled when a vehicle changes hands. Ignorant that they must fork out for a new digital o...
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency abolished paper tax disc last autumn. Car tax now automatically cancelled whenever vehicle changes ownership. Official figures show use of clamping soared from about 5,000 vehicles a month before the changes to well over 8,000 now. Critics say many targeted are innocent drivers unawa...
A businessman in suburban Detroit is under fire from unhappy neighbours after hanging a Confederate flag and nooses at his two properties in the area. Robert Tomanovich, who owns Robert's Discount Tree Service in Livonia, Michigan, first hung a noose from a tree and a Confederate flag, printed with the slogan 'I ain't ...
Robert Tomanovich first hung a noose and a Confederate flag, printed with the slogan 'I ain't coming down,' on a fence at his Michigan home. Neighbours complained so an employee of Tomanovich's hung a second noose outside his tree-cutting business. Tomanovich said he simply liked the colors of the flag and his wife cla...
A German pensioner who is expecting quadruplets said she went in search of sperm and egg donors when her youngest of 13 children told her: 'I want to have a little brother or sister.' Annegret Raunigk, 65, was plunged into a vortex of travel and trials thanks to the wish of daughter Leila, who turns ten this year, but ...
German primary school teacher is in 21st week of pregnancy and 'feels fit' Pregnant through artificial insemination using donated eggs and sperm. In 2005, she gave birth to her youngest daughter Leila, at the age of 55. Children - eldest of whom is 44 - are by five different fathers.
A birthday gift for 24-year-old man at a Florida speedway ended in tragedy when he plowed the $220,000 Lamborghini he was driving into a guardrail, killing his 36-year-old passenger. Tavon Watson was taking racing advice from instructor Gary Terry on Sunday when he lost control of the Italian supercar at the Exotic Dri...
The Exotic Driving Experience park lets racing fans drive top-end cars. Gary Terry, 36, died in the crash and was on the passengers side. Tavon Watson, 24, was driving and was taken to hospital for treatment. Day at the racetrack was a gift from Watson's wife for his birthday. Disney World spokesman said driver 'lost c...
Celebrities and music lovers gathered on Friday in the southern California desert for the beginning of the annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival - the first big arts and music festival of the summer season. As in previous years, the 16th edition has attracted large crowds as festival goers danced around in th...
Celebrities and music fans gathered in the southern California desert for the annual music and arts festival. This year's musical acts include AC/DC, Drake, Florence and the Machine, alt-J and Toro y Moi. Festival runs in two weekends including April 10-12 and April 17-19.
Disbelief. That’s what you feel when you meet a rhino in the wild. You just can’t come to terms with the fact that you and he are sharing the same air, the same continent, the same century. I’ve had close-up experience with three of the world’s five surviving species of rhino: the white rhino looks like the main battle...
Sudan is guarded day and night by rangers to keep him from poachers. His horn has been removed to stop it being lost to illegal trade. Rhino horn fetching as much as £47,000 per kilo as demand grows.
Book of the week. NATURALISTS IN PARADISE: WALLACE , BATES AND SPRUCE IN THE AMAZON. By John Hemming. (Thames & Hudson £19.95) Back in 1961 three young Oxford graduates set off to explore the Iriri river in a remote part of the Amazon. One of them, Richard Mason, became the last Englishman to be killed by an uncontacte...
Naturalists In Paradise tells the tale of an early trio of British explorers. In 1961 the young Oxford graduates set off to explore the Iriri river. Alfred Russel Wallace, Henry Bates and Richard Spruce found a paradise.
The NSW State Emergency Service (SES) are warning the public that scammers are making calls falsely claiming to fundraise, abusing people’s goodwill as NSW is ravaged by wild weather. The public have been alerted to the heartless scheme via an important notice issued on the NSW SES Facebook page. ‘The NSW SES does NOT ...
NSW SES warns scammers are phoning people claiming to fundraise. The State Emergency Service say they never call and ask for money. People have responded with disgust at the heartless. Con artists are taking advantage of people's goodwill as NSW is facing severe weather conditions. NSW SES have received more than 6500 ...
A popular Twin Cities radio host has revealed her year of terror after she was stalked by a stranger who bombarded her with emails, calls and presents, including bottles of wine and sausages. Maria Lucia detailed her year-long battle in a letter to fans on The Current's website on Wednesday as she explained she would b...
Twin Cities radio host Mary Lucia wrote a letter to her fans on Wednesday saying she would be taking some time off work following her ordeal. She described how she has 'constantly been looking over my shoulder' after a stranger began contacting her incessantly from March 2014. Patrick Henry Kelly 'repeatedly called her...
It's the festival that fashion forgot - and this weekend celebrities were leading the bad-taste brigade at Coachella. Revellers at the arts and music extravaganza in the Californian desert are known for their 'out there' outfit choices but this year festival-goers wore ever more outlandish looks. Yet even among the acr...
Various fashion faux pas committed at the arts and music festival. Jaden Smith wore a tunic dress, Paris Hilton donned cat-ear headband. Revellers wore neon swimsuits, a Peter Pan costume and garish leggings.
A man killed more than 1,000 dogs in Russia as revenge as he believed the strays were responsible for giving him tuberculosis, a trial heard. Danila Kislitsyn told police it was his duty to eliminate dogs from the streets around Vladivostok as they posed a threat to people and needed to be wiped out. The 31-year-old ...
Danila Kislitsyn killed more than 1,000 dogs in Russian city of Vladivostok. Trial heard he had used poisoned sausages and traps to kill the strays. Blamed dogs for his tuberculosis and claimed 'threat' needed eliminating. Animal charities were furious when Kislitsyn was given fine of just £200.
The lingerie model whose sexy pregnancy selfies turned her into an overnight internet sensation has already snapped the first photo of her trimmed and toned post-baby physique in 'granny panties' - just four days after giving birth to her son. Sarah Stage, a 30-year-old from Los Angeles, came under fire during her preg...
Sarah Stage, 30, welcomed son James Hunter into the world last Tuesday. The baby boy weighed eight pounds, seven ounces and was 22 inches long. During her pregnancy Sarah was criticized for her trim figure and abs.