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fe70f38ec7b2e70291958bc25baade08064aafae | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 06:41 EST, 18 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:12 EST, 18 July 2013 . With the hottest summer in seven years upon us, it seems that Brits are really feeling the heat. But it isn't just women using the opportunity to expose some flesh. The latest research reveals that men are daring to bar... | Sales of short shorts for men up 156% in last week .
Trend loved by Joey Essex, Mark Wright and Olly Murs .
Retailers haven't seen demand this high since Wham sparked trend in 1980s .
Particularly high demand in Newcastle, Glasgow and Cardiff . |
fe72cb904f66cca4f82f9dda3c530348e734fa09 | An eco-friendly ‘hobbit house’ made entirely from natural materials faces being bulldozed after planning chiefs ruled it was a blot on the landscape. Nature-lovers Charlie Hague and Megan Williams spent £15,000 building their unique roundhouse at a secluded location near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire using all natural mater... | Charlie Hague and Megan Williams spent £15,000 building unique eco-home .
The pair, both 26, used only natural materials and built it within 12 months .
They said it was the only way they could afford to build or buy a family home .
However, they failed to obtain planning permission before building property .
Pair subm... |
fe73eb97bee065e5ccab7c705a36fa2c8b2a0014 | By . Sadie Whitelocks . PUBLISHED: . 11:00 EST, 4 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 08:12 EST, 5 March 2014 . Jane Fonda has revealed that she lied about losing her virginity to friends at school because she 'wanted to fit in.' The 76-year-old New Yorker opened up about the difficulty of coming to terms with her sexuality as... | The 76-year-old New Yorker has published a sex and relationship manual titled Being A Teen in a bid to help other young people in her position . |
fe742d41e99c966400cf2cfd37da7331fdaf754d | By . Oliver Todd . Crystal Palace are among the clubs keen on Brede Hangeland after it emerged the defender was released by Fulham via email. The departing captain had a year remaining on his deal at Craven Cottage but had his contract ripped up following relegation to the Premier League. And Hangeland claims the west ... | Cottagers show the door to captain after six-and-a-half years at the club .
Experienced defender claims he was informed of his fate via email .
Club claim they followed protocol and Hangeland was informed correctly .
Crystal Palace lead the chase for the Norwegian's signature . |
fe747d0dc515050e6f065d2b6f6ab2038bb2ee8b | (CNN) -- It's a famous photograph: Sophia Loren, seated at a table, looking with side-eyed concern at Jayne Mansfield's breasts, which threaten to spill out of her low-cut dress. The 1957 photo, which was taken when the Italian film star was new to Hollywood, shows Loren as shocked and frightened -- and she absolutely ... | Sophia Loren: Side-eye in photo showed shock, fear .
Was worried that Mansfield's nipples were "about to come onto my plate"
Loren was new to Hollywood; Mansfield was established star .
Loren's memoir was just released . |
fe74ea8e1e300a37a6ab3b1d49d387208b40e535 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Fantasy author Terry Pratchett has admitted that he has been diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease -- but says he plans to continue writing his multi-million selling Discworld books. Terry Pratchett, whose books have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide in 33 languages. Pratch... | Multi-million selling writer has "a very rare form of early onset Alzheimer's"
Terry Pratchett says work continuing on books, plans to honor commitments .
Discworld novels are set in a fantasy universe but satirize modern day life .
Received the Order of the British Empire from the Prince of Wales in 1998 . |
fe7516fe1b2089be7a3b3900575382442dc73fee | Fashion designer Alexander McQueen loathed Victoria Beckham and 'barred her from his catwalk show because he thought she was stupid', a new tell-all book claims. The British designer, who committed suicide aged 40 in 2010, apparently banned the former pop star from wearing his clothes and turned down the chance to have... | Alexander McQueen allegedly loathed Victoria Beckham, new book claims .
Late fashion designer barred her from his 2001 show in Victoria, London .
It is claimed in book that he said: 'The stars you see at my shows are there because I've got a connection with them… [I design for] intelligent women'
McQueen was found dead... |
fe752f9963ea55b5ef86bcc0833797012996846e | By . Ap . PUBLISHED: . 00:56 EST, 16 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:46 EST, 16 August 2013 . Elvis Presley fans . from around the world made their annual pilgrimage to Graceland on . Thursday to pay their respects to the rock n' roll icon with a solemn . candlelight vigil on the 36th anniversary of his death. Thousand... | Thousands .
of Presley fans carried lit candles as they walked silently through the .
Mediation Garden at Graceland .
Each year, .
fans of Presley's music and movies come to Memphis for Elvis Week, the .
weeklong celebration of his life and career .
Last year, an estimated 75,000 people descended on .
Graceland for the... |
fe754481458f9abac0fe408686cee5b06e5640dc | By . Paul Bentley . PUBLISHED: . 09:40 EST, 18 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:50 EST, 19 December 2012 . Refused: Sally Roberts, 37, pictured outside the High Court yesterday, told a judge that she did not want her son Neon, 7, to receive surgery on a brain tumour . The boy snatched by his mother to save him from th... | High Court rules Neon Roberts needs surgery on brain tumour .
His mother tells court she does not consent to the operation .
Doctors tell court that he would inevitably die if untreated .
Mother previously disappeared with child after opposing the treatment . |
fe75628b1acc104d024218cdfec399bc9512b25f | Manchester United decided to cut their losses on two of Sir Alex Ferguson's worst flops on deadline day as Anderson and Wilfried Zaha were both pushed through the Old Trafford exit door. Anderson, who sealed a £25.7million move to Manchester United back in 2007, was allowed to leave Louis van Gaal's side on a free tran... | Anderson and Wilfried Zaha have left United after failing to make the grade .
Sir Alex Ferguson forked out £26million on Anderson back in July 2007 .
Zaha will go down in history as Ferguson's last signing at Man United .
Bebe and Kleberson among stars who turned out to be Old Trafford flops .
CLICK HERE for the latest... |
fe75a32265bd52a5c8f7a0155dcda5927ae5c563 | Manchester United have been paired against League Two outfit Cambridge United in the draw for the fourth round of the FA Cup. Louis van Gaal side's will travel to Abbey Stadium in late January as the Dutchman aims to end United's 11-year wait to get their hands on the FA Cup. The Red Devils progressed to the third roun... | Cambridge, the lowest side in the competition, will host Manchester United .
Richard Money's side are 14th in League Two .
FA Cup fourth-round clash will see Luke Chadwick face his former side .
Holders Arsenal face tricky test on the south coast against Brighton .
Emile Heskey will return to Anfield as Bolton are pair... |
fe75fd183eab84ee9e4a99ab8dba430ceba3c939 | By . David Kent . Samir Nasri has been winding down his stress-free summer with his girlfriend Anara Atanes before he returns for Manchester City training just two days after his country were knocked out of the World Cup. The 27-year-old playmaker was left out of Didier Deschamps' France squad and it should be City tha... | Midfielder is to report for training with Manuel Pellegrini on Monday .
His girlfriend posts snap of herself and topless Nasri on Instagram .
Frenchman had the summer off after not being selected for the World Cup . |
fe760ae2f352cb9709ad11b7128b462539ad89bd | New York (CNN) -- High-end clothing retailer Juicy Couture shut the doors of its Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan, New York, after employees discovered bedbugs there. The 15,000-square-foot clothing store closed Tuesday but is expected to reopen Friday, after an exterminating company removes and treats all of its mercha... | The clothing company temporarily closed its Fifth Avenue store .
The store is expected to reopen Friday, after an exterminator's treatment .
Bedbug-related exterminator calls have increased 81 percent since 2000, study says . |
fe7629a96ce34ccafca7dc9c48b33d0de886eb2f | An alleged Islamic hate preacher has been arrested over claims he is the terror mastermind who recruited the two Austrian jihad 'poster girls' and more than 160 others who joined ISIS. Samra Kesinovic, 17, and Sabina Selimovic, 16, became radicalised through the cell led by unemployed benefits claimant Ebu Tejma, 33, w... | Ebu Tejma, 33, who lived in Vienna on benefits arrested over claims he recruited 166 young Europeans to join jihad for ISIS .
Includes Samra Kesinovic, 17 and Sabina Selimovic, 16, who became ISIS 'poster girls' after they ran away to become brides for terror fighters .
Tejma is also accused of raising 'significant' am... |
fe7693088acfe8ef80d4ad972bf221b3e4d21e34 | (CNN) -- While this year's Super Bowl commercials ran the gamut from sentimental to silly, some were downright offensive to viewers who used the Twitter hashtag #NotBuyingIt to flag what they considered the most sexist spots of the night. Web host GoDaddy.com earned more than 7,500 #NotBuyingIt tweets for its ad featur... | Viewers use Twitter hashtag #NotBuyingIt to call out what they saw as offensive TV spots .
GoDaddy's ad featuring model kissing programmer biggest offender among hashtag users .
Twitter campaign's purpose to raise consumer awareness about purchasing power .
Campaign highlights limited depiction of masculinity in Super ... |
fe76fe57cac7fa8b9be287b8e1d76647a051c8f1 | Legend: Radio personality, Casey Kasem, attends the Golden Dads Awards ceremony at the Peterson Automotive Museum on June 15, 2005 in Los Angeles, California . The widow of radio icon Casey Kasem has been dumped by a second set of attorneys, the MailOnline can reveal. According to documents filed with the Superior Cour... | Entertainment legend's widow dropped by lawyers for battling for control of his body .
Jean Kasem let go by Seattle firm and described as 'flying without a plane' in her battle for Kasem's remains . |
fe774130c27c5a355687c9496dab3eb18ec81af8 | The U.S. military has decided against rebuilding the entire Iraqi army and will instead focus on training a handful of brigades to take on Islamic radicals, initiating a shift in the Pentagon's decade-long approach to the handling the country. 'The idea is, at least in the first instance, to try and build a kind of lea... | 'The idea is, at least in the first instance, to try and build a kind of leaner, meaner Iraqi army,' a senior U.S. official said .
The U.S. military plans to create nine new Iraqi army brigades of up to 45,000 light-infantry soldiers over the course of the next two months .
They'll team up with Kurdish and Shiite fight... |
fe77bcd638513da5b70a8546c97526d601a7c89d | By . Neil Sears . PUBLISHED: . 07:15 EST, 5 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:45 EST, 5 July 2013 . This is the moment two lazy binmen were caught on camera filling a bin so they did not have to empty it. The men rearranged the refuse inside the large wheeled container to ensure the lid was jammed open, even picking up rub... | Shop owner Iftikhar Ahmed, 52, told his bin had been too full to empty .
CCTV showed two workers adding extra cardboard and black bin bags .
One then uses camera to take a photo as 'evidence' of overfilled bin .
Cambridge City Council apologies for 'inexcusable' behaviour . |
fe785537f25dfead5548a73111ea33dc3c1f072f | (CNN) -- The Federal Aviation Administration has suspended two air traffic controllers over last week's collision of two aircraft over the Hudson River that killed nine people, a spokeswoman said. The wreckage of a plane that collided with a helicopter is lifted this week from the Hudson River. A controller at New Jers... | Spokeswoman: Controller was talking to girlfriend on phone during accident .
Controller's supervisor also not present in building as required, spokeswoman says .
Controller was handling plane carrying three people that collided with helicopter .
Nine people died in collision of tourist helicopter and plane over Hudson ... |
fe7891203eaa10ebe4a87c61a599f954becbd5d4 | By . Lee Moran . Last updated at 9:51 AM on 24th November 2011 . She was ETA's green-eyed femme fatale - who lured policemen into her bed before calmly gunning down their colleagues days later. But Idoia Lopez Riano, dubbed La Tigresa (The Tigress) for her legendary sexual prowess, has turned from the organisation's he... | Idoia Lopez Riano dubbed La Tigresa .
She seduced policemen, later shot colleagues dead .
One of Basque group's leading commando in 1980s .
Responsible for 1986 Madrid bomb that killed 12 .
Family no longer receives financial support from ETA . |
fe7914858e399f140c695baf995f7114fe56ceaa | (CNN) -- A terminally ill college basketball player in Ohio will get a chance to make her dreams come true Sunday with her first college game. Lauren Hill's first game may be her last one. The 19-year-old freshman at Mount Saint Joseph University was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2013. Her diagnosis came during her f... | NCAA grants dying teen's wish .
University moves season opener so she can play .
"I never gave up for a second even when I got a terminal diagnosis," Lauren Hill says . |
fe796908f5a7ca3e74f3f7c2d0ed288cb97d905c | (CNN) -- Japan has suspended its annual Antarctic whale hunt because an anti-whaling group is tailing its ship, a government official said Wednesday. Hirosh Kawamura, an official at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, said the hunt has been "temporarily suspended" since February 10 due to the actions o... | Japan suspends its annual whale hunt after anti-whaling group chases its ship .
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society regularly dogs Japanese whaling vessels .
The group aims to lower the number of whales harvested . |
fe7aa8dd25ee599215933ea8d62f1faf568ac084 | By . Tom Mctague, Mail Online Deputy Political Editor . Tony Blair has risked sparking sparking further controversy after helping poverty-stricken Albania take a step towards joining the European Union . The former Prime Minister has been widely criticised for his decision to open Britain borders to eastern European im... | Former Prime Minister advising Balkan country on how to join Brussels club .
Blair's decision to open borders to Eastern Europe criticised by Miliband .
Campbell was in Albania this week to celebrate state being named candidate . |
fe7b27190ef640d8d0af1ec896b67b8773e5793c | By . Sean Poulter . PUBLISHED: . 08:34 EST, 28 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:57 EST, 28 September 2012 . A new pay-TV service is launched today in the biggest challenge yet to the dominance of Sky. For . a one-off payment of £49 and as little as £4 a month, YouView gives . access to the 70-plus Freeview TV channel... | Service backed by Alan Sugar aims to bring internet catch up services to the living room TV .
Box initially cost £280 when it went on sale, but firms now set to subsidise it - with TalkTalk and BT offering it to customers from just £50 . |
fe7b48e4895e23ba1673ab43c72e4bad56842837 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- CNN White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux has covered the Bush administration for six years. CNN's Suzanne Malveaux shares a light moment with President Bush during his final press conference Monday. As always, she was in the room Monday when Bush held his final press conference, an almost hour... | CNN White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux reflects on covering president .
President Bush reveals more of his feelings about job than ever before, she says .
President most emotional over potential threats to United States, Malveaux says . |
fe7b8e0cae2baedf18e137bc8f867988fdafb1b2 | Pakistani authorities have ordered six foreigners working for the aid group Save the Children to leave the country, officials said Thursday, suggesting the aid workers had been helping a foreign spy agency operating on Pakistani soil. An official from the Pakistani Foreign Ministry and a Pakistani security official con... | The Pakistani authorities have previously linked Save the Children to the CIA .
The government has now ordered six foreigners working for the group to leave .
The aid group denies the accusations and says the order hasn't been explained .
A 2011 report alleges that Save the Children helped in the hunt for bin Laden . |
fe7b8e6b657c1a34e4279dcab304cd7d551302d8 | America's oldest person has passed away in her Clearwater, Florida, home, just weeks before her 114th birthday. Born on April 5, 1899, Elsie Calvert Thompson was the fourth-oldest person in the world. She died peacefully on March 21 and her family held a memorial service in Clearwater. Her ashes will be buried in Penns... | Elsie Calvert Thompson died peacefully on March 21 .
She was born on April 5, 1899 .
Oldest living American is now Jeralean Talley, who was born on May 23, 1899 . |
fe7b9213532113be3dc8a88ae38ae33349625fff | From Marilyn Monroe meeting the Queen, to Liz Hurley walking the red carpet in THAT gold-pinned Versace gown, London’s Leicester Square has played host to some of the most iconic moments in cinematic history. Now a new book is set to be released featuring a collection of images documenting some of the most historic eve... | New book called The Glamour Of Leicester Square priced at £35 .
W Hotel London is also featuring a free exhibition to mark launch .
Includes images of celebrities visiting London tourist destination .
The Glamour of Leicester Square, £35, whotelsthestore.com . |
fe7bb838eb9c22b5db38b56565f1aebb9bebe581 | (CNN) -- A preseason soccer match in Austria had to be abandoned after pro-Palestinian protesters invaded the pitch and started attacking players from Israeli team Maccabi Haifa. Clashes between a group of youths carrying Turkish and Palestinian flags and the Maccabi team broke out at the end of Wednesday's friendly ga... | Players from Maccabi Haifa attacked during a pre-season friendly with Lille .
Protestors bearing Turkish and Palestinian flags invade the pitch late on .
Israeli FA considering whether to ask UEFA to open an investigation .
Maccabi general manager says "Co-existence at our club is well known" |
fe7bd4729314cd1ac07ecedc7825fa663c500aad | By . Sarah Michael . A 16-year-old boy is in an induced coma following a tackle that caused him a serious head injury during a rugby league match in Bathurst on Thursday. Bathurst High School Year 11 student Tyler Horton collapsed off the field during a game against another local school and had to be airlifted to Westm... | Year 11 student Tyler Horton suffered a head injury during an NRL match .
The Bathurst High School pupil had to be airlifted to Westmead Hospital .
Tyler was in a critical but stable condition on Friday afternoon . |
fe7c03565f6d0b48d821309c440ab77f6726f240 | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 03:37 EST, 5 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:51 EST, 5 August 2013 . Tiger Woods gave a rare glimpse into his family life as he celebrated his latest tournament win with a giant hug from his four-year-old son Charlie. In touching scenes, Woods scooped up his young son on the 18th green a... | Tiger Woods won the WGC-Bridgestone in Ohio by seven shots .
Charlie celebrated with his father by giving him a giant hug .
Woods scooped up the youngster and then carried him to the clubhouse . |
fe7c4092e86007cce637c87271d57dcd336a0aa8 | (CNN) -- Willkommen. Bienvenue. Welcome. Set in the seedy underbelly of early 1930s Berlin, the movie "Cabaret" largely takes place in the fictional Kit Kat Klub, a gaudy, raunchy cabaret full of drunks, dancers, glitz and -- apparently -- odors. The film's director, Bob Fosse, preferred that his actors rehearse in cos... | The cast of the 1972 film "Cabaret" reunites for "40th anniversary" screening .
Joel Grey as emcee: "I somehow felt empowered to make him even darker (than onstage)"
Favoring gritty realism, director Bob Fosse didn't like actors to burst spontaneously into song .
"Cabaret" won eight Oscars the year "The Godfather" was ... |
fe7c48a63ab7fbd24503d4a7a8d9f6da1a61038c | West Brom head coach Alan Irvine insists Manchester United are still a force and warned his side to treat them with respect. The Baggies host United on Monday and Irvine reckons the former champions are still a top draw. United chief Louis van Gaal has seen his side lose 5-3 at Leicester and stunned 4-0 in the Capital ... | Alan Irvine won't be fooled by Manchester United's rough start this season .
Louis van Gaal taking charge is part of their transition, says Irvine .
The West Brom manager says his team won't take them for granted .
'Manchester United have been dominant for many years so they are eventually going to have to change,' say... |
fe7c4f93be7ff1298f6d1392b1cb06bda10758dc | By . Paul Bentley . PUBLISHED: . 09:43 EST, 11 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:24 EST, 12 September 2013 . When it opened its timber doors three years ago, this £7million ‘eco primary school’ was applauded for its environmentally friendly credentials. It was heated by solar power and its plumbing system relied on r... | Dartington Primary School's new £7million eco-building opened in 2010 .
But Devon County Council says it began leaking shortly after opening .
Lessons are in tents on the playing fields while repairs are carried out .
Local authority may now sue architectural firm White Design over the fault . |
fe7c917d8f174be05ac12b7a3d39c5b35c07c35b | Every once in a while, people get all crazy about the idea that some people might "import" drugs from Canada. Many pharmaceuticals are much cheaper in that country and many Americans, especially those who live on the border, are sometimes tempted to buy their drugs there. Inevitably, when this topic comes up for debate... | Aaron Carroll: Americans worry about safety of buying cheaper drugs in Canada .
Carroll: We import 40% of our drugs from India; contamination and fake pills are a problem .
He says India allowed inspections; China, which also makes drugs, resists them .
Carroll: We need to support the government in its efforts to prote... |
fe7ca3479d2b3fbea977d938f49cbbd8a5b68a4b | (CNN) -- Petrol bombs and stones were thrown at police protecting a gay pride march Sunday in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, an interior ministry representative told CNN. About 40 police officers were injured, and about 60 people were arrested, the ministry's Suzana Vasiljevic told CNN. None of the marchers were inju... | NEW: About 1,000 people marched, protected by nearly 5,000 officers .
Interior ministry: About 40 police officers were injured, and about 60 people were arrested .
A gay pride march came under attack in Belgrade in 2001 . |
fe7d3ed8f4275adc45dff377754117489f9f760c | (CNN) -- The Queen has invited the Middleton Family to Sandringham for Christmas, or so the British newspaper headlines recently declared. Oh, that it were true if only because Richard Palmer, royal reporter for Britain's Daily Express, tweeted that if Carole Middleton, the mother of Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge... | Some newspapers suggest Queen will invite Middletons to Sandringham for Christmas .
Victoria Arbiter says such an offer would break with all royal traditions .
Christmas is one area where Queen is unlikely to break with tradition, she adds . |
fe7d5cf95c350710140e06b3a953dd9dfd9d12d3 | Washington (CNN) -- Aviation authorities around the world ordered airlines to stop flying their Boeing 787 Dreamliners over fire risk associated with battery failures aboard the highly touted aircraft. Groundings that extended globally on Thursday stemmed from a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration directive on Wednesd... | Governments, airlines ground their Dreamliners over fire risk .
Action follows directive from U.S. authorities to not fly plane pending investigation .
Boeing says the company is confident that the planes are safe .
The moves follow an emergency landing in Japan and fire aboard a 787 in Boston . |
fe7d828d33bcfc848a5882f0c40c08c6e1c928cd | John Robert Reeves, 25, had expressed his feelings on blogs since 2004 . Memorial service held for brother and sister who were shot dead . A Navy pilot who killed himself and three others had been posting troubled messages online for years, saying he would 'unintentionally screw people over'. John Robert Reeves, 25, re... | John Robert Reeves, 25, had expressed his feelings on blogs since 2004 .
Memorial service held for brother and sister who were shot dead . |
fe7da64f4398a91226cbec073d0ee43e92cdf981 | By . Glen Owen . PUBLISHED: . 18:57 EST, 13 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:57 EST, 13 October 2012 . Clear vision: Britain's biggest trade union, Unite, has set up a new wing - which can only be joined by the unemployed. The union's leader Len McCluskey is pictured . Britain’s biggest trade union has set up a new win... | Tory MPs said it was ‘scandalous’ that .
Unite was trying to .
exploit benefit claimants for political and financial purposes .
The .
jobless members of Unite Community receive perks including advice on ‘claiming the right benefits’ in return for £26 a year in ‘subs’ |
fe7dfb014a56f63f00128d47e976464710950107 | (CNN) -- Alaskans and air travelers remained on alert Thursday due to the rumblings of a more than 8,000-foot volcano emitting a "continuous ash, steam and gas cloud" that already extends up to 60 miles away. The Alaska Volcano Observatory noted Thursday that the Pavlof volcano "continues to erupt," with "fire fountain... | Observatory: Pavlof volcano "continues to erupt," with "fire fountaining" at its summit .
A "continuous" cloud of ash, steam and gas extends 30 to 60 miles downwind .
Alerts are in effect for that volcano and another on the Aleutian range named Cleveland . |
fe7e1406a45af01bf4921130318dd0774615171f | She was not seen on an official public engagement for almost two months while she battled with extreme morning sickness. But the Duchess of Cambridge, who is 15 weeks pregnant, looked the picture of heath as she showed off her baby bump during a tour of an oil refinery in Wales. Wearing a light blue Matthew Williamson ... | Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited an oil refinery in Wales earlier today .
Kate, who is 15 weeks pregnant, returned to royal duties in late October .
She greeted well-wishers wearing a light blue Matthew Williamson coat .
Valero Pembroke Refinery is celebrating its 50th anniversary today .
The royal couple used t... |
fe7e50da34ab827d9d7ce30d5458e2519ab1755b | (CNN) -- In a rare and candid interview, CNN's Robyn Curnow spoke to Nelson Mandela's wife of 10 years, Graca Machel, to find out more about the man from the person who arguably knows him the best. Here, Machel reveals that Mandela's courageous and eventful life has left him with only one regret. Machel: "We have enjoy... | Mandela's wife describes life with her "wonderful husband"
Gracel Machel says Mandela regrets the time he lost with his children .
Mandela also frustrated by the incapacities of old age, she says . |
fe7e6f466efe3c947fa38eaf54545645f58f8dbb | Unpleasant video footage of reinstated Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson has emerged in which he appears to advise young men to marry underage girls because they are easier to control. In the 2009 Sportsmen's Ministry talk, Robertson, 67, who began dating his wife when she was 14-years-old, advises his audience, 'You go... | Video of Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson telling an audience at a Georgia Sportsmen's Ministry talk to marry girl's as young as 15 has emerged .
The video dates from Georgia in 2009 and follows the Robertson family patriarch's controversial comments on homosexuality and race-relations .
The video has been discovered j... |
fe7eacb857207269855dec8b3fac2b9416ba307a | More than 6,000 children across England have been reported as at risk of sexual exploitation in the past 18 months, according to new figures. The data, collected by Channel 4, shows that 6,300 children aged under 16 have been flagged up to social services for being vulnerable to exploitation since January last year. Th... | Data reveals that 6,300 children aged under 16 have been reported as at risk .
Figures collated from 88 councils across England show the majority are girls .
3,202 children deemed at risk in 2013 and 3,009 reported in first half of 2014 .
Children found to be most at risk in northern areas, with 452 in Manchester .
Dat... |
fe7f0d332380b002a6f8eac861a22ed6c5ef418d | Single mother Sanaa Derbas will face court next month for allegedly conning a string of elderly men out of $2 million in a lonely hearts scam - and then using the cash to fund her lavish lifestyle. The 39-year-old was arrested on Thursday at her Miller home in Sydney's west and charged with offences which are more comm... | The mother-of-four allegedly targeted lonely men through online ads .
Police say Derbas is the first person in Australia charged with the crime .
These types of offences are usually committed by Nigerian scammers .
She is said to have used proceeds to fund a luxurious lifestyle . |
fe7f52d3325669b103cce1491e9b54751858c29c | Would-be artists can now complete illustrations in a new dot-to-dot version of the ancient Kama Sutra sex guide. The original book, believed to have been written around 1,600 years ago, includes chapters on Sexual Union, About A Wife and About Others' Wives. It is based on ancient Indian Hindu philosophies and was firs... | A new version of the Kama Sutra has been released - in dot-to-dot format .
It contains incomplete illustrations of poses such as the 'inverted crow' |
fe7f5b38a51303f1219e9d8ae4cd1b533c58e1a3 | By . Rebecca Camber . PUBLISHED: . 07:30 EST, 28 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:31 EST, 7 March 2014 . Cradling her Heckler & Koch MP5 rifle, she was once Scotland Yard’s poster girl for the Olympics. But just months after this picture was taken, Police Constable Carol Howard launched a race and gender discriminatio... | Carol Howard, a firearms officer with the Diplomatic Protection Group, claims her career has been held back at Scotland Yard .
She claims a senior male DPG officer has denied her equal opportunities .
Tribunal hearing, to be held next month, also involves bullying allegations . |
fe7fb84a0c16678969cec2a02262146907507202 | The silent half of illusionists Penn & Teller has revealed the truth behind his wordless stage presence. Teller, 66, who legally dropped his first name years ago, explained this week that by not speaking at all on stage and communicating with a series of shrugs and gestures, he creates a greater intimacy with his audie... | Teller, 66, who dropped his first name years ago, explained that by not speaking a word on stage he creates a greater intimacy with the audience .
He was a high school Latin teacher and part-time magician when he met Penn Jillette, a clown school graduate, in the mid-1970s .
They have been the headline act at The Rio H... |
fe7fbe966f94a6f5949e4ec958cdadf2d362685e | By . Sean Gallagher . Mamadou Sakho and Simon Mignolet have proved to be a hit off the field as well as on it after doing a special signing session with Liverpool fans on their US tour. The Reds are currently on the fourth stage of their tour in Charlotte, North Carolina, after already visiting Boston, Chicago and New ... | The Liverpool duo signed autographs for Liverpool fans at a special signing session in Charlotte .
The Reds have already visited Boston, Chicago and New York .
They face AC Milan in their next game on Saturday . |
fe7fcdce1050455027d27d0f452cb541b049f2a6 | (CNN) -- "Fifty Shades of Grey" fans are hot -- and not for the reason you might think. No sooner were the stars of the forthcoming film adaptation of the wildly successful erotic novel announced than the Internet roared its disapproval. No, no, no some fans cried to the casting of Charlie Hunnam and Dakota Johnson as ... | Charlie Hunnam and Dakota Johnson have been cast in the film .
Some fans wanted Matt Bomer and Alexis Bledel to get the roles .
A petition is being circulated . |
fe7fdab0be8ec92d1e992fbdf95181da56bf1904 | By . Katy Winter . One of the country’s oldest sets of identical twins put the secret of their longevity down to a close friendship as they celebrated their 90th birthday. Great-great grandmother Gladys Watkins and her sister Dorothy Hunt still live in their own homes and phone each other at least five times everyday... | Gladys and Dorothy celebrated their milestone birthday with two parties .
Although they live apart they speak at least 5 times everyday .
Joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service in WWII on proviso could stay together . |
fe7fdd6a0b396bb95083277bdf39f7262d4895b4 | Moscow (CNN) -- Russia's president fired the country's defense minister Tuesday after his office became embroiled in a controversy involving alleged corrupt property deals, state media reported. Anatoly Serdyukov, a former businessman, had been in charge of the Defense Ministry since early 2007. Putin appointed Sergey ... | Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov is sacked as a scandal embroils his ministry -- state media .
Sergey Shoigu, a former Emergencies Minister, is the newly appointed head of defense .
Putin said he was sacking Serdyukov to ensure an objective investigation, state media report .
Russia's large military is in the midst o... |
fe7ff14e0d3fad53174cba5c2bbc8a33234505e4 | Abu Dhabi (CNN) -- Fujairah, one of seven emirates which make up the UAE, is putting new meaning into the saying "build it and they will come." As members of OPEC tussle with a 20% drop in oil prices since June -- and question if they should trim production at their November meeting -- the UAE is forging ahead with a c... | Fujairah, one of seven emirates which make up the UAE, is emerging as a global energy hub .
By 2016, the port is expected to be able to manage huge crude carriers, which handle two million barrels per load . |
fe80083a2397dbc69b3565d20184de972456a664 | An autistic man trapped in a world of silence who can only speak a few words has stunned his family by singing, and has now released an album. Kyle Coleman, 27, was diagnosed with 'classic autism' aged three, but soon retreated into a world of his own, stopped speaking, and to this day has never uttered a full sentence... | Kyle Coleman was diagnosed with 'common autism' aged three .
However he soon stopped talking and has never spoken a full sentence .
He had an affinity with music and first sung Walking In The Air aged six .
The singing eventually stopped and he was virtually mute until his mid-20s .
In 2009 he started singing again aft... |
fe803da29ef839b776d5c3879018d33944890c41 | By . Francesca Chambers . President Barack Obama announced today that he would again go around Congress to enact immigration reform measures. In a hastily scheduled statement this afternoon from the White House Rose Garden, Obama said he would 'greatly prefer' Congress pass its own legislation, rather than having to ta... | President Barack Obama announced today that his administration would use its 'existing legal authorities' to do 'what Congress refuses to do' and fix the broken immigration system .
Obama said he would 'greatly prefer' that Congress pass legislation addressing the issue, but in the absence of action, he said he would t... |
fe808ff1b30189db2167f404d2e29f551c33e1e1 | By . James Gordon . Rising costs: Cancer drug prices have doubled in the past decade, from an average of $5,000 per month to more than $10,000 . Cancer drug prices have doubled in the past decade, from an average of $5,000 per month to more than $10,000. Eleven of the 12 cancer drugs the Food and Drug Administration ap... | The cost of cancer drugs has increased 100 per cent over the last ten years .
During the same period, the consumer price index has increased by 23 per cent .
Even insured patients may have to pay up to 20 per cent of the cost of drugs .
Prices are higher in the U.S. than Europe where the cost is 38 per cent cheaper . |
fe8150dc2ea17255ff9227606e6882b9478c328b | By . Anna Edwards . and Hannah Ellis-petersen . and Andrew Young . The Duchess of Cambridge couldn’t make it – nor could Prince Harry’s girlfriend, Cressida Bonas. So it fell once again to Pippa Middleton to steal the spotlight at yesterday’s big society wedding. Both William and Harry were there to witness James Meade... | Prince William was usher in James Meade and Lady Laura Marsham's wedding in Norfolk wedding - but Kate and George did not attend .
He was joined by two familiar faces - Prince Harry and Pippa Middleton . |
fe815551738fd878b1cbbf478f6e17a54900756d | By . Amanda Williams . PUBLISHED: . 09:11 EST, 26 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:38 EST, 27 February 2013 . A mother and daughter have today been jailed after dealing crack cocaine from an alleyway. Terry Beaumont, 51, and her daughter Jane Leonard, 33, appeared at Teesside Crown Court alongside two others involved ... | Terry .
Beaumont and daughter Jane Leonard supplied Class A .
drugs .
They appeared at Teesside .
Crown Court alongside two others .
Overall value of the drugs recovered was £1,254 of crack and £85 of heroin .
Police observed pair meeting people in an alleyway outside Leonard's home . |
fe82298718d36875002999d047878bc804c2e675 | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 05:48 EST, 4 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 06:37 EST, 4 March 2014 . Hundreds of rogue landlords in one London borough are illegally renting out 'beds in sheds' to immigrants on an industrial scale. Harrow Council chartered a plane with thermal imaging to fly over streets picking up he... | Harrow Council found 319 suspicious sheds and garages emitting heat .
At least 1,000 could be living in converted outbuildings without permission .
Plane criss-crossed streets, picking up heat signals from outbuildings .
Analysis of images from night flight revealed suspicious dwellings .
They can be spotted because sh... |
fe8237ebeaa504b68e9fce3634ca1d6d1af88bf7 | Anna Wintour has joined the stampede of stars boycotting the Dorchester Collection hotels for their links with the Sultan of Brunei, who has implemented Sharia Law in his country. The Vogue editor has confirmed that she will not be staying at the Le Meurice, the hotel favoured by the fashion elite and her usual base du... | Vogue editor confirmed she would not stay at Le Meurice in Paris .
Wintour Praised the 'wonderful staff' at the French hotel .
Editor is the latest to join the boycott, led by Ellen DeGeneres .
Brunei's laws call for homosexuals and adulterers to be stoned to death . |
fe82559b6c0a289215c8915fd2504a5b4ad73108 | By . Naomi Greenaway . A mother has beaten incredible odds to give birth to the third consecutive generation of twins in her family. Stephanie Procter, 33, of Newmarket in Suffolk, is 'inseparable' from her twin sister Gina Breakenbury and desperately wanted twins herself so they could share the same special bond. She ... | Stephanie Procter, 33, of Newmarket, Suffolk, gave birth to identical twins .
Siblings Honey and Amalie were born three minutes apart .
All three generations live within a five-mile radius .
Stephanie is 'inseparable' from her own twin sister Gina .
Grandmother Marianne Flack, 61, also has incredible bond with twin Val... |
fe8265ac0df9d80f233509a66da05cb67a8018bd | The man accused of killing 6-year-old Etan Patz pleaded not guilty Wednesday to two counts of murder and one count of kidnapping in the iconic missing child case that has gripped New York City and the nation for more than three decades. Pedro Hernandez was indicted last month by a grand jury after he confessed in May t... | Pedro Hernandez's attorney has said his client falsely confessed to the child's murder .
Hernandez faces charges of second-degree murder and first-degree kidnapping .
Etan disappeared on May 25, 1979, a month before Hernandez left New York . |
fe8372e912a8bdea642ff0d95dd1d33100c4e6c4 | Since it was revealed Mark Wahlberg is seeking a pardon in Massachusetts for assaults he committed as a teen, the actor is well aware that the court of public opinion has weighed in on why he wants one and whether he deserves it. 'Everyone has an opinion and has a reason why they think I'm doing it,' said the actor Wed... | Mark Wahlberg is seeking a pardon from the state of Massachusetts for an assault he committed in 1988 that left a man blind in one eye .
Wahlberg, now 43, served 45 days in prison and was tried as an adult even though he was just 16 years old at the time .
The actor, who has always been vocal about his troubled past, i... |
fe83b68bc4be01353801405f62a5e6678df7f675 | More than 300 flights. Over 3,000 hours in the air. A staggering 4.6 million square kilometers of ocean. The numbers speak to the breadth of the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. The results speak to the fruitlessness of it. The plane, carrying 239 people, disappeared on March 8. And despite an expan... | Officials will review data to see if satellite information has been "accurately interpreted"
More high-tech devices will be used over an expanded search area .
The search area will expand to deep water that has "never been mapped"
Australia estimates the next phase will cost $60 million . |
fe83eff60c8d47545fc7327772ff6416fcf1718b | (CNN) -- Science has brought us incredible gifts: life-saving vaccines and clean water, air travel and instant communication. Modern life is built upon the knowledge that the scientific community has gathered and that society -- markets, governments, workers -- put to use. We have our ancestors to thank. But will our d... | James Hansen: We know what to do to prevent climate catastrophe .
Ending emissions from coal and stopping development of tar sands are key, he says .
It's time to establish a fee for companies that emit carbon, Hansen says .
Hansen: It would be unjust to bequeath to our descendants a desolate planet . |
fe8418a965555853ae5bf1879c67f30323dca46a | A woman who was told she probably only had flu when she went to hospital suffering cold sweats and pains in her arm was diagnosed four days later with cancer - on the same day her late sister was also diagnosed with the disease. Tara Deacon is now trying to fulfill her bucket list after Hodgkin's lymphoma returned and ... | Tara Deacon and her sister Jade, from, Caloundra, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, were both diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma on the same day in 2010 .
The sisters helped each other through chemotherapy, radiotherapy and bone marrow transplants .
Jade, 22, lost her battle with the disease in February and Tara only has ... |
fe84c15b4aebaa593e64ae659aae1a28f893074f | The owner of a trendy Manhattan cafe is being sued for discrimination after he claimed that 'people with big butts don't work fast.' Joshua Berkowitz is accused of making the comment to his employee Michael Douglas Jnr, after Mr Douglas employed Noho cafe's first black waitress. According to documents lodged at Manhatt... | Michael Douglas Jnr claims his boss made racial comments while working .
He claims Joshua Berkowitz told him people with 'big butts' don't work fast .
He said the comment was directed towards a newly hired black waitress .
Mr Berkowitz is also alleged to have asked if the Irish are always drunk .
Mr Douglas is suing th... |
fe84e8b04d41346978b9c3659ef5cfd299038237 | (CNN) -- Ramadan is the holiest month for Muslims around the world, a time to fast, cleanse the soul and surrender to God. But in the Middle East, there's a new twist to the tradition. Arab channels' soap operas contain enough twists to entertain through the month of Ramadan. Ramadan translates into big bucks for Arab... | Arab TV channels spend millions to entertain Muslims during Ramadan fasts .
Popular programs are soap operas, history lessons, food shows .
Some say sitting in front of TV all day undermines true purpose of holy month . |
fe8585ff74b2c32d61a927108a64e78d290bea8a | By . Sam Greenhill . PUBLISHED: . 04:09 EST, 5 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:54 EST, 5 August 2013 . This is the terrifying image that plunged the Twitter abuse row to a new low yesterday. The horror photo of a masked man brandishing a large knife was sent to MP Stella Creasy by an internet troll, who warned her: ‘I’... | Troll has been suspended by Twitter and reported to police over message .
Another told Ms Creasy to ignore a rape threat because 'You're not that hot'
Abuse of women online appears to be out of control after latest vile threat .
Historian Mary Beard demands end of 'threats of violence and death' online . |
fe85e355ca57f5bbb08776b23010766014f58ca7 | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 16:15 EST, 5 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:21 EST, 6 September 2013 . The most powerful men and women in the world last night sat down for dinner in the luxurious surroundings of the Peterhof Palace in St Petersburg. The luxurious setting and the seemingly civil ambience belies the sim... | Heads of state sit down for dinner in midst of tension over chemical attacks .
Luxurious banquet took place at Peterhof Palace, the 'Russian Versailles'
Earlier, Putin and Obama clashed over proof of toxic attacks in Damascus . |
fe866870adc002cd3630f613141b81a72c3647fc | By . Alex Brummer . PUBLISHED: . 18:15 EST, 18 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:16 EST, 19 April 2013 . Warning: Mark Carney, who takes over from Sir Mervyn King in July, compared the UK with basket case countries in the eurozone in a brutal assessment of the economic outlook . Britain was last night branded a ‘crisis ec... | Mark Carney compared the UK to basket case countries in the eurozone .
The IMF has slashed its growth forecast for the UK over next two years . |
fe86e7d4ce9ea77a2dbe069a0b03fc16b57c260d | Spider-Man may regularly swoop in to save Gwen Stacy from his foes, but this time he failed to catch the 'damsel in distress' during a stunt in Times Square ahead of New Year’s Eve celebrations. The superhero dropped Good Morning America reporter Sara Haines as she pretended to faint in his presence, expecting him to c... | The superhero dropped Good Morning America reporter Sara Haines .
The stunt on live television ended in giggles after she fell flat on her back .
One million revellers are expected to go to Times Square for the celebrations .
Restaurant Applebee's is charging $375 for a New Year's Eve ticket . |
fe86e7dc2f95ac4bda4b0cd9a518e4c146c274bd | (CNN) -- During the past 57 years, I have crossed paths with some amazingly inspirational people. A few of these are friendships from my childhood that have endured the test of time. Others are special bonds I've formed with a handful of people that I have met during my adult life, and include both personal and profess... | Tom Clements was fatally shot when he answered his door on March 19 .
Clements inspired triathlete-in-training Rae Timme to keep pushing the limits .
Timme is now dedicating her training and race to Clements' memory . |
fe87bd2a722be30ca984a52fcfa8504f3cb2b9f1 | (CNN) -- The jailed mayor of Hampton, Florida, resigned Tuesday as the embattled city of 477 residents fought to keep its municipal government functioning in the wake of a state audit that exposed rampant corruption and mismanagement. Barry Layne Moore had held office for just over a month when he was arrested in Novem... | Barry Layne Moore, the jailed mayor of Hampton, Florida, resigns after audit .
State audit finds rampant corruption, and lawmakers want to dissolve the city .
Moore is accused of selling one oxycodone pill for $20 in November .
Hampton is known for its speed trap along U.S. Highway 301 . |
fe883215d1f68ef4e4389824f85ebaffe986c9e3 | With its health benefits and celebrity fans, super-hydrating coconut water is the must-have drink of 2013. But hot on its heels is mineral-rich aloe vera juice. Market trend predictors are singing the . praises of nutrient-packed, cholesterol-lowering aloe vera-based drinks. The latest must-sip claims to aid weight los... | Packed with vitamins and minerals .
Aids digestion and rids toxins .
Health benefits date back to Egyptian times when it was used as herbal medicine . |
fe888a22e9c47f0a329ed0de429180b3c99478e9 | A chocolate, appearingly deflated football has raised $20,000 for a Pennsylvania charity. Amid the bitter 'deflate-gate' scandal surrounding the New England Patriots, Pennsylvania candy company Sarris Candies decided to find the sweet side of the situation -- literally. Bill Sarris had his staff at Sarris Candies make ... | Sarris Candies auctioned off a deflated-looking football made out of chocolate and raised $20,000 for charity .
The deflated delicacy was auctioned off Friday on a local radio station .
Bill Sarris posted a photograph of the treat to Facebook as a joke but soon began receiving offers from people seeking to buy it .
The... |
fe88fedf5914fb3358c5562f7e085a50d3000195 | This is the man who has been dubbed the Russian grave-robber after 29 female bodies that he dressed up as dolls were found at his apartment. Russia’s Interior Ministry says police have arrested a man who kept the bodies, who was named by Russian media as Anatoly Moskvin. The historian and journalist is said to speak 13... | Anatoly Moskvin's sick fetish discovered when his parents came to visit him . |
fe89bb0e8c5fe8257210f160facafdc1612b68a3 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:01 EST, 22 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:29 EST, 23 December 2013 . A 16-year-old girl survived certain death on Saturday night when her glasses miraculously deflected a bullet that was about to hit her in the face. Alonza Bryant, 16, was asleep on the couch in her parent’... | Alonza Bryant, 16, was asleep on the couch in her parent's Seattle home when a drive-by shooter opened fire .
She was struck by a single bullet to the bridge of her glasses .
The glasses broke, but they probably saved the girl's life .
Her family has no ties to local gangs and her mom doesn't want them staying in the h... |
fe8a00ac73d35003d8e2f07a316c2fa72ed92e26 | By . Jill Reilly . Trayvon Martin’s friend Rachel Jeantel has been offered a full scholarship by radio host Tom Joyner. While some looked at murder trial witness Rachel Jeantel and saw either a defiant young woman or a victim, Mr Joyner looked at her and saw potential. The nationally syndicated radio personality and ph... | Tom Joyner said he was touched by Jenatel who spent two days testifying .
Offered to pay for her to attend a historically black college of her choice .
She has accepted the offer, but has not commented further . |
fe8a594e9bab05cf0f5db4f5b91fca2ecc57a2f9 | Mehdi Benatia has revealed he turned down Manchester City and Chelsea to join Bayern Munich. The central defender joined the German giants from Roma in a £20million deal last month after rejecting the Premier League duo. The 27-year-old also spurned offers from Real Madrid and Barcelona and says he is very happy to be ... | Mehdi Benatia revealed he turned down Premier League giants Manchester City and Chelsea before opting to join Bayern Munich .
Real Madrid and Barcelona also made approaches for Roma defender .
But he joined the Bundesliga giants last month in a £20m deal .
Bentia insists he is happy to be in Munich, despite the cold we... |
fe8a829a12ac3c52dc654d15dc7e89a99ab8cfd5 | (CNN) -- Just ten miles south of the Polish city of Krakow is a remarkable place carved from salt. Hidden 1,000 feet (305 meters) underground lies a dimly-lit labyrinth of subterranean chambers, with saline lakes, horses' stables, a chapel and even a salt-sculpted hall. Decorated with elaborate sculptures -- the most a... | Poland has 13 cultural UNESCO world heritage sites .
Many of them date back to the medieval period .
The whole of the historic center of Krakow is declared a heritage site . |
fe8ade12d32b4e8efc975f52827a0186eaddcd0f | (CNN) -- Here's a tip for dairy farmers: If you want your cows to produce more milk, get to know them better. Herdsman Paul Nelson of Eachwick Red House Farm, Newcastle, England, with Highlight the cow. So says a study out of Newcastle University in northeast England, published online Wednesday in the academic journal... | Study in the U.K. finds cows treated with personal touch increase milk production .
Farmers who named their cows got almost 500 more pints annually .
Dairy farmer: "We love our cows ... and every one of them has a name"
Researchers questioned 516 dairy farmers in the United Kingdom . |
fe8b383f08b4c2dd5f5f25a8edc3c166d61be359 | The winner of the 2014 Open Championship will pocket £975,000. The R&A has published the prize money for this year's tournament, revealing there will be a total of £5,400,000 on offer to those taking part at the 143rd Open Championship, which will be played at Royal Liverpool between July 17-20. With an increase of £30... | A total of £5,400,000 will be on offer to those taking part at the 143rd Open .
The winning fund is an increase of £30,000 compared to last year's champion Phil Mickelson .
Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott and Tiger Woods are amongst the favourites to top the leaderboard at Hoylake . |
fe8c2452c7ea22e3d3f01bfc50b24a7597419a5a | LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Actor Charlton Heston died at his Beverly Hills home at the age of 84 Saturday, his family said. Heston was suffering the late stages of Alzheimer's disease. Heston, known for portrayals of larger than life figure including Moses and Ben Hur, was suffering the late stages of Alzheimer's... | Heston was suffering the late stages of Alzheimer's disease .
Heston's wife of 64 years, Lydia, was by his side at the time of his death .
The family said it would hold a private memorial service . |
fe8c78fe949177b959078dc0d2f2a846736dab31 | A sports reporter managed to namedrop 22 of Robin Williams’ films in two minutes as part of a TV tribute to star. Sports news anchor Zach Klein, of WSB television in Atlanta, Georgia, namechecked the films during his sports round-up just a few hours after the 63-year-old actor died. 'For those of you who suffer from In... | Zach Klein is a sports reporter for WSB television in Atlanta, Georgia .
Namechecked films during sports round-up a few hours after actor's death .
Describe a baseball player with Happy Feet and how another flexed his muscles like Popeye . |
fe8c8ec9d6d0d82dac84cb508ecf3e89a0c3ae5e | George Osborne is set to hand the gambling industry a multi-million-pound tax cut as part of an incentive to bring the offshore internet gaming business back to Britain. The highly controversial move comes the day after the Chancellor faced nationwide protests over the Government’s failure to crack down on massive co... | There has been nationwide protests over the Government's failure to crack down on massive corporation tax avoidance by some companies .
Chancellor is set to give the online gaming industry a new tax concession .
Britain's biggest gambling companies moved their internet operations offshore after Labour brought in a 15 p... |
fe8cf7c0c7b985db727edd3e11c90dd6af2d7489 | The Spanish sports papers try to make sense of the basket-case Copa del Rey match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona in their Thursday morning editions. 'They went crazy again' reads the headline on the front of Marca, which features a close-up of the boot Arda Turan hurled at the linesman during the second half. Th... | Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid 3-2 in 'crazy' Copa del Rey quarter-final .
Arda Turan was shown just a yellow card for throwing boot at linesman .
Neymar scored twice as Barca progressed 4-2 on aggregate .
Atletico defender Cristian Ansaldi was arrested outside the ground .
Cristiano Ronaldo will receive just a two-mat... |
fe8d7e7c94cc837f7c462200504ed42b87947d84 | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 02:55 EST, 12 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:28 EST, 12 December 2012 . A million time-poor workers are preparing to call in sick this festive season so they can get their Christmas shopping all wrapped up. With the big day fast approaching, one in seven Britons would not be again... | One in seven Britons would be happy to skip work to give them time to finish buying their Christmas gifts .
One in three are eager to avoid crowds at weekends in favour of shopping during the week . |
fe8d8c9778ad356e8b58f0763dc8d47f23f32a7d | By . Daniel Mills . Australian and UK health campaigners are being targeted with abusive, four letter emails and Twitter rants from a 'bizarre' online cult who oppose their stance on electronic smoking. It has emerged an online group of e-cigarette smokers, known as 'vapers', have been attacking Perth professor and ant... | UK and Australian anti-smoking campaigners trolled on email and Twitter .
Cult online group that support e-cigarette smoking behind the attacks .
Perth researcher Mike Daube skeptical about effectiveness of e-smoking .
Best proven method of quitting, he says, is going cold turkey . |
fe8dea139e406be74a38c2979439c0629f9f03ba | By . Hannah Roberts . He has sworn to live a cloistered existence, shut off from all the world. But life after retirement doesn’t seem too lonely for Pope Benedict - with no fewer than four female companions to dote on him. The former pontiff, who stepped down in February, has been pictured for the first time with the ... | Pictured for first time with women at new home within confines of Vatican .
Benedict, 86, strolled in the garden of Mater Ecclesiae .
The lay sisters are known as ‘the four guardian angels’
Women previously lived with Benedict in luxurious Papal apartments . |
fe8df0b19bbb53ca7672ba8169fa9966a6d884f4 | By . Kit Holden . Germany has a new hero. The national team may be preparing for their second round clash with Algeria on Monday evening, but back home, the name on everyone’s lips is neither Thomas Mueller, nor Miroslav Klose, nor Phillipp Lahm. The name on everyone’s lips is Howard Webb. The Premier League referee is... | Webb disallowed Hulk's goal in Brazil's last-16 match against Chile .
German papers call for him to referee second consecutive World Cup final .
English referee has rehabilitated his image after controversial 2010 final . |
fe8e9c93159fe5d987a6a1b5fabd9f83873a3e22 | This is the private jet you'll never want to fly. The Gulfstream air ambulance may look like the luxury pleasure liner used by celebrities and moguls to travel the world in style ... but inside it is anything but. For this is the plane used to bring U.S. Ebola victims home to America. Most of its cabin space is taken u... | The Gulfstream jet contains a sealed-tight isolation chamber for patients .
Also has an antechamber for medics treating patient to put on 'moon suits'
Took infected Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol home from West Africa .
Also used last night to carry U.S. nurse Nina Pham from Texas to Maryland . |
fe8eebb1f80eb06a08fb859a60bde0c067e09766 | A teacher's scorned ex-boyfriend has been arrested for hacking into the man's email account and sending nude photos of him to hundreds of students, teachers and community members. David A. Galvan, 38, was caught in Oregon last week after allegedly leaking the images of Richard Rosa, who works at John Muir High in Pasad... | David Galvan 'sent an email containing four photos of his ex, teacher Richard Rosa, from the man's work account with the subject "Enjoy"'
He sent the photos in July 'because he was angry the relationship was over'
Recipients contacted police and a warrant was put out for Galvan's arrest .
He fled from California to Ore... |
fe8f0abd9e9744c99b7c2a697067f761b513eede | Tragic: Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan, 69, died in hospital on Wednesday after suffering a stroke on Tuesday . Rolling Stones collaborator and Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan has died. The keyboardist passed away in hospital in Austin, Texas, at the age of 69 on Wednesday after suffering a stroke just the day before. A ... | Died in hospital one day after suffering a stroke .
Ronnie Wood took to Twitter to pay tribute to his Faces bandmate .
Billy Bragg and Steve Jones also posted tweets about the musician . |
fe8f92e51353824b6c9e95afbd46634d777e10d9 | The cost of petrol is set to fall again after a leading figure in OPEC contemplated the oil price dropping to as low as $20 a barrel. The RAC said unleaded petrol and diesel could fall by 7p a litre to 107p and 114p respectively over the festive period. Unleaded is currently averaging 114.07p and diesel 120.59p a litre... | Petrol and diesel could fall to 107p and 114p respectively over Christmas .
But tax collected by Chancellor - 70p per £1 - will limit how far prices fall .
Oil has already slumped nearly 50% to under $60 a barrel since mid-June .
Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi said production would not be cut back to restrict demamd . |
fe90c06f34f149bf26bcf649933242b8f698786e | Former world No 1 Luke Donald and five-time major winner Phil Mickelson both struggled in the first round of the Humana Challenge in La Quinta, California. Englishman Donald found himself 12 shots off the lead in the PGA Tour event following a three-over-par 75 that put him in a share of 145th place, while Mickelson wa... | Michael Putnam shot a first round 63 to lead by one stroke after day one .
Francesco Molinari and Matt Kuchar also near top of the leaderboard .
Luke Donald could only manage a three-over-par round of 75 .
Phil Mickelson tied for 89th after one-under-par round of 71 in California . |
fe9121b705d75e556765dc81d9da27cf92b786e2 | By . Tammy Hughes . PUBLISHED: . 03:57 EST, 14 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:37 EST, 14 June 2012 . A federal agency charged with preventing the spread of infectious diseases has come under attack for 'serious' airflow problems in one of their buildings that houses anthrax, SARS and monkeypox. The Centers for Disease C... | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were found to have serious airflow issues at their building in Atlanta .
Revelations come after news that one lab was sealed with duct tape . |
fe912c00faba1ea2b743b88bf93e4eb5cbc50923 | By . Sebastian Shakespeare . PUBLISHED: . 03:01 EST, 10 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 08:31 EST, 10 March 2014 . This could be the prelude to a formal engagement announcement. I hear that Prince Harry is planning to take Cressida Bonas to Balmoral this summer. It would be the 25-year-old dancer’s first visit to the Queen... | Prince Harry and Cressida Bonas photographed enjoying rugby yesterday .
'It is the talk of the estate,' a source tells SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE .
Prince William proposed to Kate a month after she visited the retreat . |
fe9137be37faee860600426a435cc20f2f3e4581 | For the 10 per cent of the world's population who are left-handed, writing left to right on paper is a chore; as their hand moves across the page, it often smudges the ink. But a left-handed woman fed up with smudging letters whenever she writes in ink has invented a special glove that will stop 'lefties' from blotting... | Jeannie Lit from New Jersey has designed a glove to prevent smudging .
Called SmudgeGuard it stops perspiration adhering to ink on paper .
This allows 'lefties' to write without ruining their page .
It can also be used with tablets to stop hands sticking to the surface .
The garment is available now for £9.65 ($14.99) |
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