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244b2d12f92f4081549ec1a9a81f03684a3f4294 | A quarter of children in the UK have never tasted a tomato and almost half have never tried lettuce. The shocking new statistics are a shameful insight into the daily diet of a child in the UK - a country where the government has spent millions of pounds in advertising to push the Five A Day guidelines. Ex-Blue Peter p... | A quarter of Britain's children have never eaten a tomato .
Almost half of the country's kids haven't tried lettuce .
Ex-Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton is championing healthy eating .
The TV star has been visiting schools across the country with the message .
She came across children who have never eaten fruit or v... |
244b689a9b7e92c80a093650f2ba678463b3daac | By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 13:34 EST, 7 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:35 EST, 7 February 2013 . A lorry driver admitted killing a four-year-old girl when his 44-tonne lorry ploughed into the back of a family car in a motorway accident. Robert Booth, 64, was driving his HGV at its maximum speed of 55mph seconds ... | Robert Booth, of Sunderland, was driving HGV at its max speed of 55mph .
Priyanka Bhogal, of Coventry, was killed in Warwickshire crash in Nov 2011 .
Booth 'ignored signs on overhead M6 gantries warning of minor collision'
Initially denied causing death by dangerous driving saying he suffered from sleep apnea syndrome ... |
244bdb0ed014f7413e2c2458a36b9b9008f256e0 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Adoptive parents in Alabama have hit back at state Rep. Alvin Holmes' racist comments that white Republicans would force their child to have an abortion if the father was black. The Democrat sensationally declared during an anti-abortion bill last month that he would mortgage his house and gi... | Democrat Rep. Alvin Holmes last month said 'whites would force daughter to abort baby if father is black'
He said 'not one in 100,000' would allow child to have a mixed-race baby .
Parents who've adopted children of another race and adoption advocates rallied outside the Alabama State House yesterday .
They've also set... |
244bfa9bde3df4b96de4aec18480ab73f48395bd | Pushing home a shopping trolley overflowing with nuts, this squirrel looks as though he is storing up for a long winter. The inquisitive rodent is then spotted sipping a can of Red Bull through a straw, playing a slot machine and stopping to play football in what appeared to be a busy day. Photographer Guido Wacker fro... | Photographer Guido Wacker covered props in nuts to attract squirrels .
They were seen pushing trolleys full of nuts and using power tools .
One was spotted using a slot machine and a long-lens Nikon camera .
After they used the nut-covered object three times he removed the snack . |
244d2223088f3839e05224190526f4c064d8ccf1 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:28 EST, 15 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:20 EST, 16 July 2013 . Low ratings: Paul Hollywood's attempt to break into the lucrative U.S. TV business is on the rocks after his American Baking Competition flopped . Paul Hollywood’s attempts to conquer America appear to have fallen... | American Baking Competition attracted just 5.8m viewers at its height . |
244d2a752973aaea3b0b02dc58e7b9b37e73da87 | A former employee of a Fox station has shot himself dead outside the company's New York headquarters after accusing the news channel of 'ruining his life.' Phillip Perea, 41, of Irving, Texas, shot himself once in the chest just before 9 a.m. outside the building in Manhattan's midtown. Mr Perea had worked for FOX 7-K... | Phillip Perea, 41, of Irving, Texas, shot himself once in the chest just before 9 a.m. outside the building in Manhattan's midtown .
He was taken to nearby Bellevue Hospital in critical condition, but died .
Mr Perea had worked at FOX 7-KTBC in Austin as a promotions producer .
Fired last year and launched a social med... |
244d7ad6a097394bbd0279917b59b2bf00722450 | Sportsmail takes a look at 10 things we learned from the Premier League and Football League this weekend, including why Diego Costa is the perfect striker for Chelsea... 1) Diego Costa’s shuffle of feet and close range shot against Leicester was his second close range finish in two Premier League games so far. That’s g... | Costa has scored twice in his opening two games for Chelsea so far .
Barton needs to be stronger in the tackle as QPR lose 4-0 to Spurs .
Right-back Janmaat looks an excellent acquisition for Newcastle .
Lukasz Fabianski looks an assured presence in goal for Swansea . |
244d7be0f474d011f5c9b61630b05962179d065b | By . Darren Boyle . Hard-core Argentinian football fans have been camping out on Brazilian beaches despite the World Cup finishing almost a month ago. It is estimated that 160,000 Argentines travelled to Brazil for the World Cup with the majority of them leaving following their extra time defeat by Germany. However, te... | Thousands of Argentine football fans refuse to return home after World Cup .
Many of the stragglers are camping illegally selling 'friendship bracelets'
Officials fear that the influx with strain the over-stretched welfare system .
Many of the migrants refuse to return home because of the poor economy . |
244d99d19c8b106f1bcf9da024c3dcdbf3cd0ebb | Real Madrid’s noisy neighbours were at it again in the early hours of Saturday morning in the Spanish capital. Last season Diego Simeone’s side pipped Real Madrid to the La Liga title, now they have beaten them in the Spanish Super Cup. Money might buy a club the best players from the last World Cup but Atletico Madrid... | Mandzukic scored the winner for Atletico after just 80 seconds at Vicente Calderon .
Sami Khedira went to watch his brother play in Germany and Angel Di Maria was left out .
Cristiano Ronaldo came off the bench in second-half but could not prevent Real losing . |
244da30ec12f1e291866f62bb016c570fb9a5823 | By . Sarah Fitzmaurice, Sarah Bull and Emily Sheridan . PUBLISHED: . 09:23 EST, 2 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:01 EST, 3 March 2013 . Is she sorry? Katie Price apologised to Kelly Brook over topless picture but deleted the tweet just a few hours later . Their feud escalated when Katie Price posted a picture of Kelly ... | Katie posted apology at 10am on Saturday but deleted it hours later .
War of words heated up after Kelly compared Katie to infamous There's Something About Mary character Magda .
Pregnant Katie responded by tweeting a zoomed in shot of Kelly's bare breast on holiday .
Katie allegedly sent Danny a series of texts after ... |
244e826994220991467d3d89a41b9047b9733925 | Labour leader Ed Miliband today warned than 1million voters have disappeared ahead of the election. He blamed the government for making changes to the voter registration system which means hundreds of thousands of young people have lost their 'sacred democratic rights'. But Labour's general election handbook, sent to c... | Miliband to warn thousands of young people will miss out on voting .
Blames changes which mean individuals must register to vote themselves .
Claims hundreds of thousands have lost their 'sacred democratic rights'
But Labour's election handbook tells activists to ignore non-voters . |
244f100811a2fba36d42fbf180558f6cf409a8c4 | By . Steph Cockroft for MailOnline . Two mechanics have spent two years and more than £50,000 transforming a classic car into a Ghostbusters replica. Classic car fanatic Paul Harborne, 52, from Dudley, West Midlands, was desperate to find a rare 1960 Cadillac Miller-Meteor which he could use for the project. When he di... | Paul Harborne, from Dudley, wanted to combine love for film and classic cars .
So he bought a rare 1960 Cadillac Miller-Meteor to turn into a Ecto-1 replica .
Mr Harborne, 52, and business partner Tim Jordan worked on car each day .
Painted it white, re-created famous logo and bought 'ghost-capture' devices . |
24508f307a95c53a8fd01920830d0cea3ebe4597 | (CNN) -- European regulators need effective deterrents to stop Internet companies breaching data protection laws, according to the European Union justice department. The call comes as data watchdogs from the UK, France, Spain, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands team up to launch a joint action against U.S. search-engin... | Current EU data privacy rules only allow for fines of up to $1.3 million on corporates .
Joint action against U.S. search-engine Google over alleged breaches of EU privacy rules .
In March, Google was hit by 100,000 euro fine from France's privacy watchdog, CNIL . |
2450f0e29461207c32d7226f84952bbe1d3963f1 | Real Madrid's Spanish title defense lurched to a new low on Saturday, as Kaka was sent off in a 0-0 draw at bottom club Osasuna. The result means Jose Mourinho's third-placed team could fall 18 points behind Barcelona if the La Liga leaders win at Malaga on Sunday, while city rivals Atletico Madrid can move seven clear... | Brazil midfielder Kaka sent off in Real Madrid's 0-0 draw with bottom Spanish club Osasuna .
Former AC Milan star booked twice inside of 20 minutes after coming on in second half .
Jose Mourinho's Los Blancos could end the weekend 18 points behind leaders Barcelona .
In Italy's Serie A, Inter Milan move up to third pla... |
24519ef5e511bfa04886ee0f1f2c449b6b4d2994 | Alleged victims of paedophile priest Father Brendan Smyth (above ) are among those expected to give evidence to the inquiry . Sexual abuse was rampant at a children's home in Northern Ireland run by a Catholic order of brothers, a former senior policeman has said. Around a fifth of boys at Rubane House in Co Down were ... | From 1951 to 1985 around 1,000 children stayed at Rubane, near Kircubbin on the Ards Peninsula .
Abuse of fifth of residents ranged from watching boys in the showers for sexual gratification to rape or physical attacks .
Abuse compared to the notorious Kincora scandal of the 1980s . |
24521a2abb2e1f5e34e6824e0f9e56904a2b0e88 | By . Harriet Arkell . PUBLISHED: . 05:33 EST, 7 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:10 EST, 7 January 2013 . A man whose jaw was broken in a random attack by a stranger said today he was targeted for having ginger hair. Alex Kosuth-Phillips, 23, who was celebrating his birthday with his girlfriend, had to have surgery and... | Alex Kosuth-Phillips, 23, was out celebrating his birthday with girlfriend .
He says man in pizza shop approached him and called him 'ginger p****'
Victim suffered broken jaw and depression after attack in Birmingham .
He says when parents watched CCTV it was 'first time I'd seen them cry' |
2452bd093e6866b339d239de6030b58cd41ede12 | (CNN) -- Pressure is mounting on Republicans to address spreading public protests against Wall Street. How they answer could shape the political landscape from here to the November elections. Republicans haven't had to pay much attention to Occupy Wall Street till now -- they could afford to sniff that the crowds in Zu... | Writers: GOP has ignored Occupy Wall St so far, but it has to tackle those issues .
Democrats have taken on the populist notion of income inequality, they say .
Americans getting more angry with huge gap between the top 1% versus the 99%, they say .
Writers: GOP must address inequality, face reality that rising tide no... |
2452c3cc724c242094f6e7ac9b413098c47ef335 | 'They would see this as a declaration of war by Australia.' With those words, one of the country's best military minds has said what the politicians have been careful to avoid saying. Professor Clive Williams is one of Australia's pre-eminent voices on military intelligence and he says the militant fighters in Iraq and... | Professor Clive Williams is one of Australia's leading military analysts .
He says in the militants eyes, 'Australia has declared war'
Doubts the need for involvement of RAAF and effectiveness of air-strikes because the 'terrorists are embedded with villagers'
Warns that up to 2000 IS sympathisers in Indonesia have ple... |
2452df8562348f14f911b3984a94e6ee00a659be | Cairo (CNN) -- A Syrian-born broadcaster and activist working in Egypt said Saturday his kidnapped wife was found and taken to a hospital. "My wife was found in a bad medical condition on a street in the suburbs of Cairo by a woman who took her to the hospital," said Thaer al-Nashef. "I am on my way to see her now." Me... | The woman is the wife of a freelance TV anchor in Egypt .
Her husband accuses Syrian intelligence agents of carrying out the alleged kidnapping .
Police are investigating the origins of text messages allegedly from the kidnappers . |
245383ede60735d2e67c84ba36c9672bd3c73a58 | By . James Chapman . UPDATED: . 05:53 EST, 3 October 2011 . Insistence: Iain Duncan Smith has said the policy of tax breaks for married couples must be implemented and will use his conference speech today to remind the Prime Minister . Tax breaks for married couples must be implemented before the next election as David... | Work and Pensions Secretary will remind Prime Minister about pledge in conference speech . |
2453a0ffbca4b98198d7fe8c81513777b6d7265e | (CNN) -- The pictures of Tokuyoshi Takahashi's fish processing factory in northeastern Japan taken after March 11, 2011 illustrate just how destructive the tsunami was. A ship was swept on to land by the giant wave and left stranded against the front of the factory, while entire sections of wall collapsed, leaving twis... | Ishinomaki was just one of many Japanese towns hit hard by last year's earthquake and tsunami .
Tokuyoshi Takahashi was forced to lay off the 120 staff at his fish processing factory .
But Takahashi is one of a small group of businessman determined to rebuild the city of 150,000 .
They are trying to attract investment ... |
2453a254908b66a55c314cdfc401ccdc0cdc9c7c | (CNN) -- As relatives began to say their final goodbyes to their slain children, investigators in Connecticut worked Monday to better understand what happened to them, including digging deeper into the gun and computer use of the 20-year-old man who ended their lives. In recent days, authorities have established that A... | NEW: An ex-school official says Lanza sometimes withdrew "into his own little world"
Authorities look at smashed computer parts from the gunman's home, an official says .
Lanza visited at least one gun range with his mother, an ATF spokeswoman says .
Funerals are held for two of the 26 school shooting victims, both of ... |
2453a939572e7b6d3a42dba3dde749a0bed5a755 | (CNN) -- The Super Bowl may be the most watched television event in the United States, but that won't be the primary focus for millions of people tuning in this year. Stephen Master, vice president of Nielsen Sports media research, told CNNMoney.com that close to 50 percent of viewers actually watch the commercials mor... | Report: Close to 50 percent of Super Bowl viewers watch the commercials more than game .
Companies paid a reported $100,000-per-second ad rate to showcase products .
It's almost an American tradition to watch the ads, one fan noted . |
2454d28b9a868a8a66548955560bd582326a068a | By . Paul Milligan . Children across the UK are increasingly being targeted by mobile phone thieves, new figures have revealed. London is the worst affected area, where 10,000 phones are stolen every month, with two thirds of victims aged between 13 and 16. The rise in popularity of high value smartphones, which thieve... | 10,000 phones are stolen in London every month, two-thirds are aged 13-16 .
Some children as young as six have been the victims . |
24570c21bc6c1c28bc19f463c6b42e123951b313 | By . Margot Peppers . PUBLISHED: . 10:08 EST, 21 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:08 EST, 21 June 2013 . The authoritarian style of parenting championed by Chinese-American author Amy Chua in her 2011 book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, may do more harm than good, according to a new study. Researchers from the Universi... | Amy Chua's 2011 book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother championed a tough, demanding parenting style seen among some Asian-American families . |
245802d1f3f464c108df3493bd0d7490c1edfd86 | By . Emma Innes . PUBLISHED: . 12:14 EST, 5 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:21 EST, 5 September 2013 . A little boy who has spent most of his life in hospital is now living at home for the first time. This week, 18-month-old James French left Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool, for his family home, thanks to a portable... | James French was born five weeks early at Countess of Chester Hospital .
He struggles to breathe because his lungs are crushed by his heart .
He was transferred to Liverpool Women's Hospital and then Alder Hey .
He spent 18-months at Alder Hey Children's Hospital where he was diagnosed as having life-limiting chest and... |
2458336d926827d1b98b80343f57571b4d2c44c6 | UKIP’s most senior female representative has been photographed giving a rude hand gesture in response to a group of local activists who questioned her party’s policies in a Kent town centre this weekend. Janice Atkinson, second on UKIP’s Europe list after party leader Nigel Farage, gave a one-fingered answer to members... | Janice Atkinson swore at local activists who questioned UKIP policies .
UKIP chairwoman is second on party's MEP list after Nigel Farage .
She told Ashford People's Assembly activists to 'f*** off'
Post about her behaviour has been shared 55,000 on Facebook .
Janice Atkinson is also the UKIP Party's press advisor . |
2459a3cb506348a70f8227cc5b1f8ee11506588a | Israeli troops today demolished the homes of two Palestinians it suspects of the abduction and killing of three teenagers in the occupied West Bank in June, the army said. Troops set charges to destroy the homes of Hussam Kawasme and Amar Abu Aysha in the southern West Bank before dawn and sealed off the home of a thir... | Troops detonated homes of two suspects and sealed off house of a third .
They are accused of killings which sparked six-week conflict with Gaza . |
245c042510f4bb04e3f870f8778e4c3c9d8e34b1 | The Department of . Justice is expected not to charge Darren Wilson, the officer whose killing of unarmed teenager Mike Brown led to protests in Ferguson and throughout the country, CNN reports. The outlet said Justice Department officials are, however, planning to sue the Ferguson Police Department for racially discri... | CNN reports attorneys for the department are preparing a lawsuit against the Ferguson Police Department .
The suit will be over the targeting of minority residents for minor traffic violations .
The outlet also reported that no charges will be brought against Officer Wilson .
A civil suit against Ferguson and Jennings ... |
245d4e5fc872f9b0e3a71565a0cb7bf21883cabc | End of fear? Curcumin is found in the root of the Indian spice turmeric (pictured) A spice commonly used in curry could help erase bad memories, according to a study. Curcumin, a bright-yellow compound found in the root of the Indian spice turmeric, prevented new fear memories being stored in the brain, and also remove... | Scientists found that curcumin, a compound found in the root of the Indian spice, prevented new fear memories being stored in the brain .
It also removed pre-existing fear memories, researchers found .
Scientists hope findings will contribute to the development of treatments for psychological conditions such as post-tr... |
245da19bd912891ffdd93da7fc373b802238ca63 | (CNN)A fossilized human jawbone discovered by a Taiwanese fisherman, sold to an antique shop, then recovered by researchers may reveal a new kind of prehistoric man. The unlikely find could be nearly 200,000 years old and suggests a fourth type of ancient human who lived in Asia long before Homo sapiens ever came to be... | A fossilized human jawbone may reveal a new kind of prehistoric man .
It suggests a fourth type of ancient human who lived in Asia long before Homo sapiens .
Researchers say the jawbone, which has large molars, could be nearly 200,000 years old . |
245e0d8e32fc0bac71c8028a3f3526efb1751e5f | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 06:52 EST, 26 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:45 EST, 26 February 2013 . These unlucky prostitutes were caught in the act while touting for business - after being snapped by Google Street View cameras. The women in skimpy outfits are seen plying their wares on roadsides in dozens of count... | Web users post 5,000 pics of sex workers captured on Google Street View .
The ladies of the night were snapped as they ply their trade .
The prostitutes have been snapped all over the world . |
245f53ade25fa3829ea61735cd3a2c9b387bd40d | (CNN) -- Fabrice Muamba has taken to the football pitch for the first time since his dramatic on field collapse, he told CNN Thursday. Muamba was playing for English Premier League team Bolton when he suffered a cardiac arrest during an FA Cup tie against Tottenham Hotspur on March 17. Television viewers and the player... | Fabrice Muamba has played football for first time since his cardiac arrest .
Muamba collapsed on the pitch in an FA Cup quarterfinal in March .
Bolton midfielder says he took part in an impromptu match in Dubai .
He hopes to make return to professional game . |
245f68defe436dcf96db91202d679c831fda5a6e | By . Chris Pleasance . PUBLISHED: . 10:54 EST, 18 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:54 EST, 18 October 2013 . Four Chilean men have been found guilty of torturing a gay man for over an hour with cigarettes and glass bottles before leaving him for dead. Patricio Ahumada Garay, Alejandro Angulo Tapia, Raul Lopez Fuentes a... | Daniel Zamudio, 24, tortured and beaten on March 2 last year .
Man was discovered in park by policeman but died 25 days later .
Four men have been convicted following public outcry .
A new discrimination law has been passed since Daniel's death . |
2460b37fbf74caa6161cb16dd320ada6c5e81c81 | (CNN) -- "The Good Wife's" season 6 premiere ratings weren't revelatory, but the episode sure was. Sunday brought the return of Julianna Margulies' Alicia Florrick in an episode called "The Line," which saw an arresting unexpected twist. After the loss of Josh Charles' Will Gardner last season, it would've been reasona... | "The Good Wife" and "Madam Secretary" premiered Sunday on CBS .
"The Good Wife" was slightly down in ratings, but had a strong episode .
"Madam Secretary" had better ratings, but more flaws . |
24611abacb038c28a84c76b10165e474ac0fdd7e | (CNN) -- President Barack Obama said on Thursday the United States will "not rule anything out" with regard to the situation in Iraq, but that it will need more help. Obama made the remarks at the White House as the security situation worsens with Iraq's second-largest city, Mosul, firmly under the control of the milit... | President Obama addresses the worsening security situation in Iraq .
Obama says the the United States will not rule anything out .
But a senior administration official says there will be no U.S. "boots on the ground"
NEW: Sen. John McCain says Obama should fire national security staff, call back David Petraeus . |
24615a8dfb3d9796c850bb76674c6b6208c5bd5c | By . Beth Stebner . PUBLISHED: . 14:10 EST, 12 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 17:35 EST, 12 March 2012 . It is a joyride gone wrong, with a somewhat old-fashioned twist. Four Amish teens have been arrested and charged with illegal possession of alcohol after one of their buggies collided with a police car. The police were... | Police were on scene investigating reports of underage drinking party .
Four Amish teens charged with illegal possession of car .
Officers say several buggies fled the scene . |
24617324c7dc534dcaec37399ba0ae67c21f2482 | Jindo, South Korea (CNN) -- A passenger describes women screaming in the darkness. A father learns his child is trapped. A son, fearing death, tells his mother he loves her. Investigators haven't said what caused a South Korean ferry boat carrying hundreds of passengers to capsize on Wednesday. But as rescuers searched... | Police say no texts, calls, placed after ship sank, Yonhap News Agency reports .
Investigators checked cell records and found nothing, news agency says, citing police .
The messages painted a harrowing picture of events aboard ferry . |
2461bde8c3a99055979dea48747a84a8251ce803 | What could possibly be more fabulous than a Christmas party hosted by Lady Gaga and legendary crooner Tony Bennett? Very little if H&M's new Christmas advert is anything to go by. In the new release entitled, 'Magical Holidays,' Gaga and Tony perform, 'It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)' as a host of be... | Gaga and Bennett perform together in the 'Magical Holidays' ad .
Advert themed like a raucous 1940's style party .
The pair released an album together earlier this year called Cheek to Cheek . |
24647ac4542419e5174a0cf3095ee7ad9c7f87e9 | They were heralded as a special crop of talent, but it has to end sometime for England’s golden generation… . DAVID BECKHAM . After a globetrotting career that took in Manchester, Madrid, Los Angeles, Milan and Paris, Beckham retired in 2013. David Beckham leaves the pitch in tears after playing his last game for Paris... | David Beckham retired in 2013 after a stellar career .
Jamie Carragher spent 17 years at Liverpool before finishing up in 2013 .
Ashley Cole was released by Chelsea at the end of last season .
Rio Ferdinand signed for QPR after 12 years of service at Old Trafford .
Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard is keen to stay on at ... |
2464ca3a779e35ed4baacc9572b1ecd472cf0d5b | (CNN) -- The FBI and the CIA are being criticized for not keeping better track of Tamerlan Tsarnaev in the months before the Boston Marathon bombings. How could they have ignored such a dangerous person? How do we reform the intelligence community to ensure this kind of failure doesn't happen again? It's an old song by... | FBI, CIA criticized for not keeping better track of Tamerlan Tsarnaev before attack .
Bruce Schneier: Connecting the dots seems easy in hindsight, but in real life, it's not .
He says there are an enormous number of potential bad guys .
Schneier: If a terrorist plot succeeds, it doesn't mean law enforcement systems fai... |
2466a91fac7ee368ac7520ed3fd8cbc97d6c970b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 06:08 EST, 22 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:42 EST, 1 April 2013 . After months of wrangling the stadium that hosted the most magical moments of the London Olympics has finally got a new tenant. West Ham have been handed the keys to the Olympic Stadium today after a deal for the... | Football club agreed deal with London Legacy Development Corporation .
£150million facelift will see club move in for start of 2016/17 season .
London Games venue will be transformed into a 54,000-seater stadium .
Club chairmen said there are 'responsibilities' attached to calling the 'iconic' stadium its new home . |
2466a91fee2caddf21fc6d685eae98aae9c4941e | (CNN) -- Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another surged to a surprise win Saturday at the 137th running of the Preakness Stakes, keeping its hopes for the coveted Triple Crown alive. I'll Have Another went into the race with 3-1 odds, behind Bodemeister, the favorite with odds at 2-1. Bodemeister took an early lead and... | "He just keeps proving people wrong," says jockey Mario Gutierrez .
Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another blows past Bodemeister on the home stretch .
The horse is just one win away from the prestigious Triple Crown .
No horse has won the Triple Crown in 34 years . |
2467e7ae730c7279c4c8fc334906901e438b5f1e | The carriage horse who tragically died in the street as bystanders watched was today revealed to have been in severe pain before it collapsed. White horse Charlie, 15, keeled over as he made a morning commute from his stables to Central Park in Manhattan, New York, on October 23. Now an autopsy of the horse whose death... | White horse Charlie died in Manhattan in October .
Autopsy reveals his serious ulcers and tooth trouble .
Death caused public fury but Mayor backed industry . |
246803f1dea1639c275c059fa251cacf580ca453 | By . Chris Parsons . Last updated at 4:45 PM on 2nd March 2012 . A pair of 'despicable' muggers who stole from a Malaysian student with a broken jaw during last summer's riots have both been found guilty of robbery. Images of Ashraf Rossli being attacked by thugs pretending to be Good Samaritans became symbolic of the ... | John Kafunda, pretended to help Ashraf Rossli before robbing him in riots .
Kafunda's friend Reece Donovan rifled through Malaysian's bag as he stood bleeding .
Malaysian suffered a broken jaw when he was punched last August .
Prosecutor brands pair 'despicable' for attack on student . |
2468b95f4779299cb08a8a2516ec000f9032dc59 | By . Lydia Warren . A Utah family whose 18-year-old daughter almost died after she was hit by a car while longboarding have befriended the driver in an astonishing show of compassion. Lexi Hansen was crossing the road on her longboard near Brigham Young University, where she is a freshman, on February 26 when Karson Pa... | Lexi Hansen was struck by a car as she rode her longboard near Brigham Young University's campus in February and suffered serious head injuries .
She slipped into a coma and doctors gave her a 5% chance of survival, telling her parents that she had less brain activity than a chair .
But she miraculously came out of a c... |
2468c3c62514f67fcfb1a931b874e694c6c7e6d9 | (CNN)He's an unemployed former English Premier League footballer who is desperate to resume his playing career. But while several clubs have signaled their interest in offering convicted rapist Ched Evans a second chance, public opinion in Britain is proving an almost insurmountable stumbling block for the 26-year-old.... | Lower league Oldham deciding whether to sign Ched Evans .
Evans was released from prison after serving rape sentence .
Player maintains his innocence and wants to clear his name .
Evans has already been rebuffed by two other clubs . |
2468e8966e358005af373529adc986729de7191b | Police can make 'sinister associations' when dealing with black men and American police are facing a 'crossroads' in race relations, the director of the FBI has warned. James Comey made an unprecedented speech about policing and race issues at Georgetown University today - becoming the first director of the FBI to spe... | FBI director James Comey gave speech about policing and race .
In unprecedented speech he said police at 'crossroads' over race relations .
He admitted officers can make 'sinister associations' when dealing with black men and said law enforcement must change its cynicism .
Speech at Georgetown University was first on r... |
24698883f2bd4c3627c49dc6031960de4b651bdf | By . James Rush . PUBLISHED: . 21:39 EST, 16 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:50 EST, 17 January 2013 . A 33-storey waterfront complex inspired by a 'lucky' bronze coin is failing to live up to its reputation after polarising public opinion. The coin-shaped design of the new Guangdong Plastics Exchange building has bee... | New Guangdong Plastics Exchange building shaped like coin to bring luck .
The 453ft high building features a 154ft diameter hole in the centre .
But the waterfront complex has received criticism from local residents . |
2469e3bc2c5792ba242f6d588764ae1cec6dbfd1 | By . Helen Pow . PUBLISHED: . 14:53 EST, 30 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:16 EST, 30 May 2013 . The FBI ran a child pornography service for two weeks last year, distributing images of children being raped and abused online to around 5,000 customers. A Seattle FBI agent has admitted the controversial technique in stateme... | A Seattle FBI agent has admitted the bureau busted a Nebraska-based child porn website in November, 2012, and operated it for two weeks before shutting it down .
While under FBI control, up to 5,600 users swapped and accessed images of children being raped, abused or forced to pose naked .
FBI agent said, in court docu... |
246a143686581e5ab7b0b2dc3f7ecc6af643dd44 | (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to finalize a comprehensive partnership with Indonesia during his two-day stop in the Southeast Asian nation where he spent part of his childhood. However the Indonesia volcano that threatened President Obama's visit is now "likely" to shorten an already brief stop to th... | U.S. President Barack Obama lived in Indonesia from 1968-1971 .
He will be in Jakarta as part of a 10-day Asian tour to boost trade, ties .
Obama is expected to finalize a comprehensive partnership with Indonesia . |
246b46ae31bdeb6faaa5210dae09f9b5431d2e23 | Voters in just a handful of constituencies could determine whether David Cameron or Ed Miliband is prime minister after the most unpredictable general election in decades, polls of marginal seats suggest. A new analysis of 114 seats surveyed individually by former Tory deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft suggests there is ‘n... | Tory peer Lord Ashcroft releases new analysis of 114 constituencies .
Ex deputy party chair said results in marginals will matter 'more than ever'
Findings based on constituency polls conducted over the last eight months . |
246b53460aef9b5dead6aab2820f004c668668f1 | By . Chris Parsons . PUBLISHED: . 22:08 EST, 17 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:56 EST, 18 April 2012 . An amateur footballer who almost blinded a referee by kicking him in the face for sending him off has been spared jail. Philip Giles was sent off by match official James Johnson for swearing and aggressive behaviour d... | Philip Giles kicked official James Johnson in the face .
Official needed six stitches and thought he had been blinded . |
246db4689472bad48b1f15d6e336b8c2ee7d529c | By . Matt Blake . PUBLISHED: . 07:27 EST, 20 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:52 EST, 20 December 2012 . 'Grave errors': Danielle Canarelli, 58, was handed a one-year suspended prison sentence for failing to recognise that her paranoid schizophrenic patient Joël Gaillard posed a public risk . A French psychiatrist has... | Danielle Canarelli, 58, handed one-year suspended term for 'grave error'
Patient, Joël Gaillard, hacked a man to death in Gap, in French Alps, in 2004 .
Defence lawyer: ' Real consequences if psychiatrists fear of prosecution .
Canarelli was also told to pay 8,500 euros to victim's children . |
246f4d5d8d0b3d956974dc5c241ab16e61129af2 | Arsenal want talks with PSG about midfielder Adrien Rabiot who is out of contract this summer and can speak to foreign clubs from January. Rabiot was linked with the Gunners earlier this summer in the French media but it is now believed Arsene Wenger has firmed up his interest in the France Under 21 international. The ... | The Gunners hope to tie up a deal for PSG midfielder Adrien Rabiot .
The 19-year-old has also attracted interest from Juventus and Roma .
The French giants are reportedly after £5.6million for his services . |
246f9b7b801a02806b0036971a3d4c65e2850f61 | (CNN) -- Tottenham fought back to clinch a 3-3 draw with Arsenal that further dented their north London rivals' English Premier League title hopes as another capital club, Chelsea, claimed second place on Wednesday. Arsenal led 3-1 five minutes before halftime, but fifth-placed Tottenham rallied with a stunning strike ... | Manchester United lead Premier League by six points with six matches to play .
Defending champions Chelsea go above Arsenal into second on goal difference .
Arsenal blow a 3-1 lead in six-goal north London derby draw away to Tottenham .
Chelsea capitalize with 3-1 victory over Birmingham as Florent Malouda scores twice... |
246fee6f3582fbd73b3abd3ea1b4af76e7d8cfba | By . Martha De Lacey . Pippa Middleton's new party-planning guide, Celebrate - a book jam-packed with fruity tips on how to fold napkins and pour tea - has some competition. A lifestyle website has produced a new magazine featuring ideas for winter break destinations, fashion style guides, and, best of all, rules for ... | The Pets Pyjamas Winter Edit includes fashion style guides for dogs .
Ideas for pet-friendly winter holidays . |
24703a02242c0986b37761cd7cb3d78200e013ea | Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan knows the losing must stop for the Falcons, and it must stop this weekend at Wembley against Detroit. The Falcons travelled to London for their International Series game against the Lions on the back of four straight defeats and carrying a 2-5 record. Standing in their way of a first victo... | The Falcons are 2-5 after a disappointing, injury-hit start to the season .
They are on the back of a four-game losing streak and face a Lions side rejuvenated by head coach Jim Caldwell .
Julio Jones admitted he was struggling to get used to the time change .
Head coach Mike Smith says the Falcons must win to keep the... |
2470437cb8b314bcf08536f395d439de3700089d | By . Steph Cockroft for MailOnline . If you're more familiar with the well-endowed end of the underwear alphabet, wearing a bra that doesn't feel as thought it belongs to your grandmother might seem like an impossible dream. But a new fashion which allows big-bosomed ladies to wear more glamorous underwear is sweeping ... | M&S lingerie unveiled a new non-wired, lacy bra for those with DD+ cups .
Triumph also created an innovative bra for bigger breasts using silicone .
Figleaves said DD+ business is worth 80% more than the AA - D business . |
24716f5a39d23dafbe9a9df8fa002788d14d020b | Scientists have mapped the best positions for women suffering back pain to have sex. Despite the popular belief that 'spooning' is the best position for those suffering aches and pains, this new study dispels that theory. The researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada found depending on the type of low-back pa... | Scientists at the University of Waterloo in Canada conducted first comprehensive study of how the spine moves during sex .
Found women with low-back pain made worse by arching their backs or lying on their stomachs should opt for sex in the missionary position .
Those who suffer pain when touching their toes or sitting... |
247216d99b27bc61ba02ca061b1d78b86f30eeab | By . Reuters Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 23:57 EST, 24 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 23:57 EST, 24 May 2012 . Claims by four of Wall Street's main market makers against Nasdaq over Facebook's botched IPO are likely to exceed $100million, as they and other traders continue to deal with thousands of problems with customer orders... | Underwriter says it will adjust prices for investors who overpaid for shares .
Two congressional panels reviewing IPO debacle .
Shareholders filed a lawsuit alleging banks that underwrote the IPO downgraded revenue projects for the company but never released the information to the public .
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ... |
2472e81ebd6aaa12e0ffbe602635afd0654b9c5d | By . Associated Press Reporter and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:42 EST, 19 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:50 EST, 19 November 2013 . A U.S. Navy sailor married his high school sweetheart in Reno-Tahoe International Airport on Tuesday, just minutes after returning from an 11-month deployment off the coast of... | Seaman Dylan Ruffer and his high school sweetheart Madison Meinhardt got married in the early hours of Tuesday morning .
After their original date had to be cancelled, Ruffer told his fiance he wanted to marry her the minute he returned from the Middle East .
The young couple were wed in front of the arrivals escalator... |
24732a6a02653e372cb7fbd9d1fb21ad0c966067 | In the hunt for life elsewhere in the universe, one of the key questions has been how and when other planets formed; and was Earth an early or a late bloomer by comparison? Now astronomers may have an answer, as they have discovered a planet in our own Milky Way that is a staggering 11.2 billion years old - more than t... | University of Birmingham team has found an ancient planetary system .
At 11.2 billion years old, it is more than twice the age of our solar system .
The system has a star with five planets in tight, uninhabitable orbits .
However, the planets are the size of our own, suggesting Earth-sized planets have been forming thr... |
2474b9db05db2c3ed9c668ce5bddc2707b6cdff3 | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 17:01 EST, 12 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:21 EST, 12 November 2013 . Ronald Phillips is a death row inmate who raped and killed a three-year-old girl . Just 72 hours out from his long-awaited death sentence, condemned child killer Ronald Phillips has failed in his bid to donat... | Ronald Phillips is due to be executed on Nov. 14 for raping and killing his girlfriend's three-year-old daughter in 1993 .
He will be injected with a new lethal drug called midazolam, a sedative, and hydromorphone, a painkiller, following 20 years on death row .
His mother has kidney disease and his sister has a heart ... |
2475d83261336ca1d21497006eb875eefd8de285 | Monitoring: Staff have had their emails hacked by the BBC (Director General Tony Hall pictured) over fears they were leaking information or breaching other rules . The BBC has secretly monitored staff e-mail accounts over the last two years to find 'moles' accused of leaking confidential information. A total of 81 empl... | Staff were 'hacked' over claims of fraud, bribery, harassment and leaks .
Critics have said the BBC should not be investigating crimes themselves . |
2475f03acf79c58b04716ba4225e5282854ccd03 | By . Oliver Todd . Follow @@oliver_todd . On Jose Mourinho's return to Stamford Bridge he told Chelsea supporters: 'I am one of you now' - and if their imminent new signing is to be believed, the Blues squad will soon boast another fan in its ranks. Chelsea-bound Atletico Madrid left back Filipe Luis has claimed that h... | Brazilian left back says he never thought above leaving Atletico .
But he took the decision to leave as offer was from 'ideal' Chelsea .
Luis claims to have watched Jose Mourinho's side a lot in the past .
He praises 'the warmth of the fans' at news conference in Madrid .
Left back is expected to finalise £16million mo... |
2477f93a870908dc9fb287a4fe786b5d7449e27e | A grandmother on disability benefits was pulled before the courts on fraud charges after she was accidentally overpaid £30,000 - because officials couldn't read the handwriting of a doctor who examined her. Driving test examiner Angela Paisey, 57, had been seen by a consultant after being forced off work with a debili... | Angela Paisey was seen by consultant after undergoing surgery on her legs .
But the report was so illegible DWP civil servants could not read it correctly .
They then mistakenly waved through £500 per month in indefinite benefits .
It went unnoticed for five years, after which an investigation was launched .
Mrs Paisey... |
2478af308fed2dc71d1ea2995d1185bfc865baea | By . Jason Groves . Angela Merkel threw a lifeline to David Cameron last night in his battle to prevent another arch-federalist seizing power at the European Commission. The German Chancellor paid lip service to supporting former Luxembourg prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker, who is her party’s official candidate for t... | German Chancellor hits out at Cameron's critics in Berlin and Brussels .
She says it's 'unacceptable' to ignore UK concerns about EU presidency .
Comes as Der Spiegel editorial calls the UK's stance insular and sullen .
'Britain can play by the rules or it can leave the EU' the magazine says . |
2478e82fa5fe417058588e8a16eb8215c73738bd | A Sudanese Christian woman once sentenced to death in her native country because of her faith arrived in her new home, the United States, on Thursday. Mariam Yehya Ibrahim, her husband and two young children were greeted by a large crowd of supporters at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in New Hampshire. Ibrahim, who... | Mariam Yehya Ibrahim was released from death row in Sudan .
She was charged with apostasy after marrying Christian .
Ibrahim was raised a Christian but court charged her because father was Mulsim .
Her husband lives in New Hampshire . |
2479b59b441ff9c9b9137e2be689db69558db96e | By . Ollie Gillman for MailOnline . Louise Hitchen stole more than £96,000 and spent it on a boob job, a car and holidays to Ghana and Ireland, but will only pay £23,892 back . Scroll down for video . An office manager who stole nearly £100,000 from her clients to pay for a boob job and a sports car will only have to g... | Louise Hitchen swindled £96,620 while working at a PPI claims firm .
She spent the cash on a boob job, a sports car, and far-flung holidays .
Was jailed for 12 months in May, but will only have to pay £23,849 back .
Company had to lay off 10 staff because of money taken by Hitchen . |
247a03222b6ebdfae9df6e3de91431e99423815a | It was supposed to be a meeting of the brightest young intellects. Sadly, some of those involved in a prestigious student debating competition were only interested in small-minded behaviour. They reduced two female speakers to tears with a barrage of sexist heckling. Students at Glasgow University made derogatory comme... | Students at Glasgow University made derogatory comments during debate .
Competition judge abused as she tried to quieten the hecklers .
Cambridge University's debating club will not send students there again . |
247a693ade1ece3d2869943cc696ac1fecaf4316 | By . Rachel Quigley and Louise Boyle . PUBLISHED: . 16:25 EST, 21 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 21:07 EST, 21 March 2012 . An 18-year-old cold case may have been solved after police brought first-degree murder charges over the death of Melonie Biddersingh, whose remains were found in a burning suitcase in 1994. Melonie, ... | Victim's body found curled in fetal position with finger, hand and footprints burned off .
Body had 21 broken bones from up to six months prior to death .
Teenage girl had been brought to Canada for 'a better life'
Investigation into 15-year-old brother's suicide also reopened . |
247b7d2570ff6d4e809d51a2f68e2306173caf8b | (CNN) -- When she was 12, Jennifer Traig's hands were red and raw from washing them so much. She'd start scrubbing a half an hour before dinner; when she was done, she'd hold her hands up like a surgeon until her family sat down to eat. Her handwashing compulsions began at the time she was studying for her Bat Mitzvah.... | OCD with religious obsessions is called scrupulosity .
St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of Jesuits, and Martin Luther may have suffered from the condition .
Exposure therapy helps patients face uncertainty . |
247bc77083fdbf8b9d9ecf8ff32b72c0660612d9 | (CNN) -- Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has paid tribute to former Lotus boss Peter Warr, who died of a heart attack aged 72 on Monday. Warr took over the management of the of the F1 team in 1969, and enjoyed a successful career in motorsport in the 1970s and '80s. "When Peter was in Formula One he helped me to ... | Former Lotus boss Peter Warr died of a heart attack on Monday aged 72 .
Bernie Ecclestone has led tributes to Warr, who became team manager at Lotus in 1969 .
He had previously been a driver for Lotus, winning the Japanese Grand Prix in 1963 .
Warr attended the Bahrain GP in March, which saw Lotus return to F1 after si... |
247cc1a05928bce90f49cd64e8f87a256f9c3150 | By . Ashley Collman and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:36 EST, 12 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:08 EST, 13 December 2013 . NBC has announced that they plan to add one or two black female cast members to Saturday Night Live in the new year in response to the criticism over a lack of diversity on the sketch co... | An 'inside source from SNL' set up an audition for 11 black actresses, comediennes and sketch comics earlier this month .
One of the women who auditioned could be on the show as early as this season as Seth Meyers is in the new year to host Late Night . |
247e63afbd7799cfca5dbe37bd094a5e85e1a4e5 | With 100% of precincts reporting results, CNN can report that the Mississippi Republican Senate primary is headed for a June 24 runoff. Sen. Thad Cochran and Chris McDaniel will battle again after both candidates fell short of the 50% threshold needed to avoid another contest. The race is a high-profile tea party vs. e... | Mississippi Senate primary runoff will be June 24 .
Incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran faces Chris McDaniel, who is a conservative with tea party backing .
Neither crossed the 50% threshold in Tuesday's voting .
California uses new "jungle" primary system for first time in a gubernatorial race . |
247e66e94ed71d9d87a003ccfc1b9f12b98664c6 | Leicester have agreed a deal to sign experienced defender Matthew Upson. Upson turned down the offer of a new contract at Brighton in favour of a return to Barclays Premier League football with the Foxes, who this season ended their decade-long absence from the top flight by winning the Sky Bet Championship title. He w... | Matthew Upson has agreed a one-year-deal with Leicester City .
Upson will sign with the Premier League newcomers on July 1 .
Upson turned down a new contract from Championship side Brighton .
Upson was the last England player to score in a World Cup during their 4-1 last-16 exit to Germany in 2010 . |
247eb2616e40e15a9992c141b1eb5263791666a5 | For many tattoos are highly personal decorations, often a remembrance of an event or a person or a rite of passage. Tattoos are usually applied using an electric needle inserting indelible ink into the skin. In Indonesia, however, there is a dying art of tattooing whereby they are applied with a traditional method know... | Tattoos applied via method called 'hand-tapping', which is a dying art in the country .
The tattooist uses a short wooden stick fitted with a needle to insert the ink, which 'bounces' into the skin .
The procedure needs two tattooists - one to administer the 'taps' and the other to hold the subject still .
Traditional ... |
247fdadbfb03e1e3503a8325bb60f9cf2b7b8683 | By . Lillian Radulova . A symbol of the Australian outback and a traditional shield against the harsh beating sun, the Akubra hat has been Australian made and owned for more than 130 years. But as Australia’s rabbit numbers continue to shrink and domestic suppliers dwindle, the brand has been forced to import 65-70 per... | 130-year-old company thrived off the rabbit plague in the early 20th century .
Widely popular, hat buyers include the Australian Defence Force and Tibet .
Calicivirus introduced in 90s to control pest numbers and protect wildlife .
It has reduced rabbit numbers in arid regions by about 90 per cent . |
24803fd6f9c6d8599fcb8936e527ea6a45cdd21d | A Peruvian footballer who was struck by lightning during a match on Tuesday is thought to be in a stable condition in hospital. Joao Contreras, 21, of Sport Aguila was struck down by the lightning bolt during the second leg of a Copa Peru semi final-match against Fuerza Miner. The lightning bolt is not visible during f... | The incident occurred during a Copa Peru match on Tuesday .
Joao Contreras was struck by lightning and rushed to hospital .
Initial reports, including from the club, claimed the player had died .
But it is now thought that Contreras is in a stable condition . |
2480a902378d8de43bc0a1df4b6439b829804778 | (CNN) -- What if the same number of young people who serve in our armed forces, defending the country, were enlisted to go on offense here at home, fighting persistent but solvable national problems -- the dropout crisis, national parks in need of restoration, and childhood hunger? It's a big idea, one that could make ... | Michael Brown, Andrew Hauptman: We need a civic rite of passage for young Americans .
Brown, Hauptman: The Franklin Project released a plan for voluntary national service .
They say the plan calls for setting up 1 million full-time service opportunities every year .
Brown, Hauptman: Young people can help fight problems... |
2483b25cd6cc0ca8806346fa7873251dd78b06a5 | By . Daniel Mills . Leura, in the Blue Mountains, was one of the regions which received a healthy splattering of snow on Friday . Australians are bracing for a wild weekend of winter chills as a cold-snap brings snowfall and extreme winds to many parts of the country. Residents living in Sydney's scenic Blue Mountains ... | Ballarat dropped to -5 degrees Celsius with snow falling on Friday .
Snow also fell in NSW Blue Mountains, Bathurst, Canberra and Adelaide .
Thredbo and Perisher snow resorts also received a healthy drop .
The snow fall was triggered by a cold front sweeping over inland Australia .
Weather experts predict more snow ahe... |
24845ad24244fd1eace0a7ed29458aeeb9bc4d64 | Everyone knows that eating a supersize pizza, bulging burger or ice cream sundae is bad for you. But now scientists have warned that bingeing on junk food on a regular basis can scar a person's DNA. The new research poses the possibility for bad diets and unhealthy eating habits to be passed on to the next generation. ... | Scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Maryland have warned that bad diets can be encoded into DNA .
Eating fast food regularly can lead to a greater risk of cancer, inflammation, infections and allergic reactions .
Study suggests that food choices permanently change the balance of b... |
24852e3c5fb6b73ff176ca2be0afde8a8059ed94 | By . Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 14:06 EST, 12 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:32 EST, 12 October 2012 . An ‘unfashionable’ Edwardian painting bought at Harrods for £100 was revealed to be a missing masterpiece that has sold for an incredible £380,000. The oil painting by English artist John Godward was purchased as an ‘... | The painting by artist John Godward sold today at Lawrences Auctioneers .
It was identified as a 1909 painting missing from the art world since 1937 .
A woman bought the painting at Harrods in 1957 .
When she died in 1979, her daughter inherited the masterpiece .
She decided to sell it at auction .
Godward's works have... |
24856b67c9af372450500badd4a18236027dd70b | By . Neil Sears . PUBLISHED: . 19:44 EST, 11 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:52 EST, 12 May 2013 . Suicide: Stephanie Bottrill had to move to a smaller property or lose £80 a month in housing benefit . A Grandmother who killed herself left a note apparently blaming the so-called ‘bedroom tax’ for driving her to suicide. S... | Stephanie Bottrill could not afford to stay in her home of 18 years .
Council could not find suitable alternative for her, leaving her 'trapped'
She was found dead by motorway after writing note blaming Government . |
24857177c22c4d8647bf595b65f10c47a9764a0b | By . Mail On Sunday Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:33 EST, 19 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 17:34 EST, 19 May 2012 . Two people were killed yesterday afternoon when a rally car ploughed into a crowd of spectators in southern France. It is believed that 17 others were injured, including children, at the crash in Plan-de-la-Tour... | It is believed that children were among the injured at the crash in Plan-de-la-Tour near Toulon in southern France yesterday . |
24858104395d90c62b2672f17736256ab0d1024b | Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) -- Somewhere in southern Russia, a convoy of 280 white-painted trucks snaked its way Tuesday toward the Ukrainian border. Depending on whom you ask, what's inside may either be a treasure trove of relief goods for war-weary civilians, or the vanguard of a Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine. With th... | "We can help ourselves," Kiev resident says .
Russian aid convoy raises fears of invasion .
Red Cross says it hasn't partnered with Russia on aid, doesn't know what's coming .
The convoy comes as Ukraine makes strides against pro-Russian rebels . |
2485d37da4c1ac8e4c2260e5891f038a0ec3fa46 | Belfast, Northern Ireland (CNN) -- Final preparations are being made for the funeral Monday of slain Irish newlywed Michaela Harte-McAreavey. The 27-year-old was found strangled in her hotel room on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius last Monday. She was killed less than two weeks after her wedding. Her funeral will ... | Michaela Harte-McAreavey was strangled while on her honeymoon in Mauritius .
Her funeral is set for Monday .
The president of Ireland and the country's top churchman are expected to attend .
Police on the Indian Ocean island have arrested 3 hotel employees . |
248695889ba61f14d667230d26c9d992602540fc | (CNN) -- Barcelona manager Gerardo Martino said prior to Sunday's El Clasico that it was his team's last chance in the Spanish title race. His side came through against Real Madrid -- and it was a familiar face who led the way. Lionel Messi netted a hat-trick to become the leading scorer in El Clasico history as part o... | Lionel Messi's hat-trick lifts Barcelona to a 4-3 win over 10-man Real Madrid .
Messi becomes the leading scorer in El Clasico history, passing Alfredo di Stefano .
Barcelona opened the scoring before Real Madrid took 2-1 and 3-2 leads .
Atletico Madrid moves atop the La Liga standings after a 2-0 win over Betis . |
248826b18cd578159c43c5df340e9a30adce8eeb | By . Helen Pow . and James Nye . PUBLISHED: . 22:29 EST, 19 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 01:56 EST, 20 February 2014 . A Missouri middle school sports coach charged in the grisly murder of a 10-year-old girl shot the bubbly fourth grader in the head, authorities have revealed, after he snatched her off the street an... | Missouri man Craig Michael Wood is facing first-degree murder, kidnapping and armed criminal action charges in the death of Hailey Owens .
Hailey was allegedly abducted by the 45-year-old middle school sports coach in front of horrified witnesses Tuesday evening just blocks from her home in Springfield .
He was arreste... |
248864fb62720a9f25de6e1cd4342d056d41e4f7 | By . Lizzie Parry . PUBLISHED: . 08:45 EST, 24 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:06 EST, 24 December 2013 . A security guard was hit with a hammer as armed robbers targeted a van delivering money to a bank in Chiswick today. Police officers surrounded the Barclays in Chiswick High Road, at around 11.45am. A Met Police ... | Police called to the Chiswick branch at 11.45am .
Two men attacked the guard before fleeing the scene on a moped .
Busy local shops say customers had noticed the commotion as they rushed to get the last of their Christmas shopping . |
248972cbb236edb6f3dbb573a8552f432f02705f | Police in northern Ohio have charged a woman who was seen on a surveillance video taking a stuffed animal from a child's grave. Ontario police say 54-year-old Frieda Kay Shade turned herself in Wednesday after the cemetery surveillance video was widely viewed on the Internet and TV news. Shade told authorities that she... | Frieda Kay Shade, 54, turned herself in after being caught on camera stealing from a gravesite .
Items left on the grave of 14-month-old Hayden 'Tank' Cole Sheridan have been disappearing since he died in 2007 .
Police set up a surveillance camera in 2012, but the recent footage was the first to show the thief's face c... |
248a3c2aa1c51220691b5bf553cc3124a836d829 | By . Adam Shergold . Follow @@adamjshergold . Every day Sportsmail takes a look at the European papers to see what are the biggest stories creating talking points on the continent. With Colombia's exit in the World Cup quarter-finals, the scramble to sign superstar James Rodriguez has begun in earnest. And Real Madrid ... | European champions believe Colombia star has all the qualities .
Alfredo Di Stefano in serious condition in hospital after heart attack .
Messi helps Argentina to 1-0 win over Belgium in World Cup quarter-finals .
They will play Holland, who beat Costa Rica on penalties .
Juventus maintain interest in Alexis Sanchez, b... |
248a8e507ac7be6751cf84cc44a05b92aaf9439e | By . John Drayton . Former Fulham and Chelsea winger Damien Duff has signed for Melbourne City on a one-year deal. The 35-year-old, who left relegated Fulham last month, is the Australian A-League club's second major signing in a week after David Villa committed to joining on a 10-match guest stint following the World ... | The 35-year-old has joined the Australian A-League club on a one-year deal .
Duff is the club's second major signing in a week after David Villa .
The Irish winger left relegated Fulham last month . |
248aa8f140b509a2481546cdbce3bac9ab32908e | By . Lydia Warren . A California man has been arrested after two quick-thinking brothers saw him beating his Cocker Spaniel for ten minutes and pulled out their camera to catch him in the sickening act. The boys, age 12 and 17, were inside their home in Chino Hills with their mother last month when they heard the anima... | WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT .
Two boys, 12 and 17, heard a dog crying outside their home in Chino Hills, California and looked out the window to see a man beating his dog .
The man, later identified as Qihui Zhai, 'was hitting the three-year-old Cocker Spaniel with a stick as she cried and tried to get away'
The boys' ... |
248ac0f84d7453bab7a0c6a3805abe2ef042136c | Tom Cleverley had a scan on a badly bruised foot on Wednesday and is a doubt for Aston Villa’s match against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday — handing Paul Lambert a midfield injury headache. The Villa boss will wait until the morning of the game to decide whether the 25-year-old can play, although his hand may be for... | Tom Cleverley is a doubt for Aston Villa's game against West Brom .
The former Manchester United midfielder had a scan on a bruised foot .
Paul Lambert will wait until Saturday to see if Cleverley can play .
His hand may be forced by the absence of Ashley Westwood and Fabian Delph, who have knee and shoulder injuries r... |
248b0ef798f95a4a2ebdc0aa2e0dab963997edfa | (CNN) -- A test of the United States' only long-range missile defense system failed Wednesday -- the second failure this year in two tries. The Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency said both the intermediate-range ballistic missile target and the long-range interceptor missile launched successfully, radar and sensors work... | Missile Defense Agency is investigating how the "kill vehicle" missed the target .
A similar test in January failed because of a problem with sea-based radar .
Nearly half of the systems tests have failed . |
248ba4e0bd1dc2aa05ff1aca96a58ed46f884e25 | Chilling new images have emerged from inside Islamic State-run terrorist training schools in Syria, showing child soldiers being trained to kill using assault rifles. Dubbed 'Caliphate Cubs', the children appear little more than 10 years old and are dressed in full combat gear as they struggle to hold weapons while sta... | Children little older than 10 have been pictured at latest ISIS terror school .
Photographs believed to have been taken in Syrian capital Damascus .
Young boys seen posing with ISIS flag and being taught to use AK47s .
Terror group routinely uses child soldiers on frontline in Syria and Iraq . |
248c757180d6677b217b3a28b3fedbcb48005575 | Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- In the days following the horrendous attacks against the United States on 9/11, all the talk in Washington was about the need for bipartisanship. Republicans and Democrats promised that they would work together to protect the home front and capture those who were responsible. On the day a... | Julian Zelizer: Politicians of both parties pledged to work together after 9/11 .
He says that bipartisan spirit after attacks evaporated quickly .
Zelizer says Democrats, GOP clashed over status of TSA workers .
He says partisan forces too powerful for most politicians to overcome . |
248c7706d2f5e52ea724974f031981399ba34d8b | Czech student Alexandra Drbohlavova, 22 - known as Sasa to her friends - died after she was stabbed up to 15 times in her head, neck, and chest in her tent at an eco-farm in a remote rainforest area of Costa Rica. Alfred Saunders, 20, the son of two high-flying academics has been arrested for the sexually motivated mur... | Church-going victim had been invited to spend Christmas with friends at Miami University's United Methodist ministry but chose to go to Costa Rica .
Stabbed 15 times in her head, neck and chest in 'drug-fuelled' attack . |
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