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169ffa5f520e236179371de5b17e4680156775c8 | One of the world's weirdest fish made a rare appearance above the water in these incredible pictures. Photographer Jodi Frediani captured the bizarre-looking Mola mola fish off the coast of California when it surfaced to snack on the Velella velella - a tiny sea creature similar to a jelly fish. But short of shying fro... | A bizarre-looking fish has been spotted off the coast of California .
The mola mola was snapped when it came to the surface to get food .
The fish can grow up to 13 feet (four metres) in size but tend to live in deeper waters and are rarely seen near the surface .
Such a fish has not been seen in Monterey Bay for more ... |
16a0add5755827a4f7d04c5c877b929af43eeb10 | HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Some of Zimbabwe's children are "wasting away" as political turmoil and economic crisis have caused a severe food shortage, according to a report from Save the Children. Children sleep in rough conditions on the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa. The number of acute child malnutrition c... | Some Zimbabwean children "wasting away" amid food shortage, aid group says .
Severe malnutrition cases rise two-thirds in year, Save the Children warns .
Almost half of 12 million Zimbabweans need food aid now, report says .
Country facing worst economic, humanitarian crisis since independence in 1980 . |
16a1278ce796e29e6c3196357206b5cdecf8e346 | (CNN)Boko Haram laughed off Nigeria's announcement of a ceasefire agreement, saying there is no such deal and schoolgirls abducted in April have been converted to Islam and married off. Nigerian officials announced two weeks ago that they had struck a deal with the Islamist terror group. The deal, the government said, ... | "The road to peace is bumpy," Nigerian official says after video's release .
Boko Haram's leader says no ceasefire deal, despite Nigeria's announcement .
"We married them off," the leader, Abubakar Shekau, says of the abducted girls .
Video claims contradict those assertions made in talks, a Nigerian official says . |
16a18a1eadd27c83e3b59905d71e77682e4e65ef | By . Sally Lee for Daily Mail Australia . Owen Beddall knows he's no supermodel but he didn't think that would be an issue when he was being interviewed on TV as an author for his recently released book. So it came as a rude shock for the Sydney-sider when he was turned down by a number of shows in Los Angeles because ... | Owen Beddall spent 12 years as a first class Qantas flight attendant .
He was in the U.S. to promote the launch of his book .
However Beddall's four TV interviews in Los Angeles were cancelled .
Producers suggested that he should sign up for reality series The Biggest Loser .
When he showed interest, he was then told t... |
16a2d01f06bf4ec8c5f52a3e4f4d13dd2771728d | By . Jeff Powell . PUBLISHED: . 18:37 EST, 30 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:48 EST, 31 December 2013 . Cometh the New Year, cometh the rankings which lay the foundation for the first tranche of big fights in 2013. The principal corner-stone is the pound-for-pound rating of the best boxers in the world. Rarely has a... | Floyd Mayweather remains peerless at the top of any pound-for-pound list .
Manny Pacquiao has returned to No 2 after beating Brandon Rios .
Guillermo Rigondeaux does not get the credit his skills deserve .
The WBA were right not to promote Gennady Golovkin to 'Super' champion .
Did doctors miss the 'Golden Hour' with M... |
16a32ca77cd361480464222782f06168605433cc | San Diego, California (CNN) -- For anyone who wants to make a serious play for the Latino vote -- and not just go through the motions -- here's what you need to know: Latinos are single-issue voters. The issue is respect. Or, as we say, respeto. Nothing else matters. If you want the votes of Latinos, show some respect.... | Ruben Navarrette: Among Latino voters, immigration is a test of candidates' character .
He says Romney pandered to anti-immigrant forces during the primaries .
Navarrette says Obama's policy of deporting illegal immigrants has broken up families .
He urges candidates to address need for immigration reform, then deal wi... |
16a3362bdc112095d993f1a1ace13085652c1963 | Hamas should be removed from the EU's 'terrorist list', the organisation's second highest court has ruled, leading to widespread outrage. The court defended the ruling, saying the process which saw Hamas put on the list in the first place was flawed, as the decision was based on media reports and not analysis of facts.... | European Court rules Hamas should be removed from EU terrorist list .
Ruled decision to include Hamas on blacklist was based on media reports .
Israel has demanded the EU immediately restore Hamas on list .
Today, EU said it still considered Hamas to be a terrorist group . |
16a3d34d25b082a66aa649859463e2d4830aa932 | Manchester City supporters embraced the festive cheer at the Etihad on Sunday - by taking part in a fun run dressed as sky-blue-and-white Santa Clauses! The club's fifth annual Santa Stroll saw supporters clad in City-inspired festive dress parading around the Ethiad Campus in order to raise money for charity. Adults p... | Manchester City supporters took part in charity Santa Stroll on Sunday .
Fans raised money for young and vulnerable people in Greater Manchester .
City fans wore sky-blue-and-white Santa Claus outfits for stroll .
The champions beat Leicester City 1-0 in Premier League on Saturday . |
16a4876204a10920f3ebd4ddc920ff3e2f74a22c | Our galaxy can be a very dusty place, and supernovae are thought to be a main source of that dust - especially in the early universe. But up until now, there has been very little direct evidence of a supernova's dust‐making capabilities. The little evidence astronomers did have could not account for the massive amount ... | Images of Supernova 1987A have, for the first time, captured remains of the star brimming with freshly formed dust .
Up until now, there has been very little evidence of a supernova's capability to make huge amounts of cosmic dust .
Cosmic dust helps stars form, and it is also the raw material from which planets like t... |
16a4d86f1eeff3efdd04551d8ddb01e6ad28b829 | (CNN) -- This week, as we mark the 13th anniversary of horrific attacks on our home soil, Americans should have no illusions about the terrorists who have repeatedly declared their intent to strike America again. We know the threat of the vicious terrorist organization known as ISIS has concerned the intelligence commu... | Sen. Ted Cruz: Americans who join ISIS should be stripped of citizenship .
He says ISIS threat is a reason to increase border security .
Cruz: Obama should seek congressional authorization for campaign vs. ISIS .
The idea of partnering with Iran or Syria against ISIS would be a mistake, he says . |
16a553b56130747d09857acb15397d0a63347a2a | A trial to determine whether U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson's wife committed bigamy when she wed the congressman has been delayed because she required emergency surgery to remove breast implants. The trial had been scheduled for Thursday in Orlando but is now set for March. Lolita Grayson had been suffering chest pains. When s... | A trial to determine whether U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson's wife Lolita Grayson committed bigamy has been delayed due to breast implant surgery .
The trial had been scheduled for Thursday in Orlando but is now set for March because Lolita Grayson's implant was leaking .
Lolita Grayson sued her husband for divorce last year b... |
16a5600c95ded4e7bcf7bd6c6d39c7aeddca0419 | Russian President Vladimir Putin has been accused of wanting to restore the Soviet Union after he sent 2,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid across the border into Ukraine. A convoy of 250 Russian army trucks, painted white, are heading towards the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk. The development prompted Ukrainian prime ... | Ukrainian PM Arseniy Yatsenuk claimed Putin wants a new Soviet Union .
250 Russian trucks with 'humanitarian aid' rolled across the border earlier .
Russian officials claimed the trucks contained 2,000 tonnes of food aid .
However Ukrainian customs officers were not allowed to inspect the cargo . |
16a5af728b77e2fc1acd956c1d34fd94de6abbbd | A black man is returning to the White House. Four years ago, it was a first, the breaking of a racial barrier. Tuesday night, it was history redux. And more. In the midst of national splintering and a time of deep ideological animosity, Americans elected President Barack Obama to a second term. And thousands rejoiced i... | In the midst of national splintering, voters returned a black man to the White House .
Sociologists say this is affirmation that Obama's ideas mattered more than his identity .
He will have a chance now to leave a legacy beyond being the first black president .
He will take a stronger stance on race issues in his secon... |
16a5cce2849246b0140919779c2f508b348b0bef | Blake Kerwin, 17, of Wigan, is believed to be the first transgender Justin Bieber lookalike . Packs of screaming girls and young fans asking for pictures are now an everyday occurrence for Blake Kerwin. The 17-year-old is a Justin Bieber look-a-like and these moments do more than just provide the college student with a... | Blake Kerwin, 17, is a Justin Bieber lookalike but was actually born a girl .
Teenager from Wigan is believed to be first transgender lookalike of star .
Blake said living his life as a boy has seen him beaten and tormented .
He said impersonating Canadian pop star has given him self confidence .
Spends hours studying... |
16a681437f76d3f625c0c982162639b818287b94 | (CNN) -- The Dallas Zoo has two new cheetah cubs. And the big cats have their own puppy to help them shape up. The cubs, Winspear and Kamau, are part of the zoo's program to create awareness about endangered African animals. Zoo officials believe the Labrador retriever will keep the cubs in line as they grow up away fr... | Zoo: Puppy will be a calming influence as the cubs grow up away from the wilderness .
The Labrador retriever will play alongside the cubs .
Cheetahs are an endangered species, with about 10,000 left . |
16a76534ef76a4a1817dfbb6e8868de5be0b2c79 | By . Dan Bloom . and Annabel Fenwick Elliott . France's . most famous brothel madam claimed John F Kennedy asked her for a . prostitute who looked like his wife Jackie - 'but hot'. The . former President joins a host of famous names said to have visited . Madame Claude, the infamous owner of a high-class escort ring wh... | Madame Claude employed hundreds of call girls for stars in 1960s Paris .
Her clients were said to include Marlon Brando and Muammar Gaddafi .
Jackie Kennedy's first and second husbands both allegedly 'johns'
The eccentric brothel madam claimed to have spent time imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp during the Second... |
16a7f36f76bd04f6ccc12f73b48649f947264e8d | Pupils and parents are being warned by head teachers about the dangers of a rapidly growing social networking site that puts teenagers at risk of vicious anonymous abuse. Schools across the country are sending out letters advising pupils not to use Ask.fm, which has more than 30 million users around the world and has b... | Schools across the country are sending out letters advising pupils not to use Ask.fm .
Site lets anyone see details of boys and girls as young as 13, then post comments or questions .
There is no way to report offensive comments .
Has become linked to a number of recent teen suicides . |
16a90389ed3ae947ae93af4f9bbcafa7f642488c | (CNN) -- Rescue workers are searching for more than 300 Filipino fishermen who have gone missing after a devastating typhoon that tore across the Philippines last week, killing more than 600 people, authorities said Monday. Typhoon Bopha, the strongest tropical cyclone to hit the Philippines this year, set off flash fl... | Typhoon Bopha has so far killed 647 people in the Philippines .
A another 780 people are missing, including hundreds of fishermen .
Relief agencies are trying to help the thousands of people left homeless by the storm . |
16aa727f941822ead36fab81837855f4c5a3da54 | By . David Wilkes . Turning the semi-derelict medieval farm into a charming rural home has gobbled up her £600,000 life savings and a decade of her time. But widow Lorna Sowrey has now been told she will have to tear it down...because she should be sharing it with turkeys. The 500-year-old building in a remote hamlet o... | Lorna Sowrey, 77, turned rare 500-year-old Devon longhouse into a home .
But Dartmoor National Park Authority insisted it keep an agricultural use .
They said she could keep a cart horse or turkeys 6ft from her dining table .
She said: 'It's ridiculous... I don't want to start turkey farming at my age' |
16aa7401c8e9a77cdaae2e8a718e210fcece0dc8 | By . Damian Spellman, Press Association . Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert is convinced former England international Joe Cole still has the fire in his belly to make an impact in the Barclays Premier League. The 32-year-old midfielder swapped West Ham for Villa Park last month when he agreed to become part of Lambert’s ne... | Paul Lambert says Joe Cole still shows the signs of being a 'top, top player'
Former England international swapped Upton Park for Villa Park last month .
The 32-year-old made just 14 starts for West Ham last season . |
16ad34acbaae6458af52af8d3d555fd32f05b5f8 | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 09:42 EST, 7 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:56 EST, 7 February 2013 . Court: Man City young player Courtney Meppen-Walter arrives at Magistrates Court in Manchester to admit charges of reckless and dangerous driving which caused the deaths of Kulwant and Ravel Kaur Singh . A Manch... | Courtney Meppen-Walter, 18, smashed into a car pulling out of a side road .
Kulwant Singh, 32, and his sister Ravel Kaur, 37, died in crash .
Her two sons Amjid and Parveen left in a serious condition but survived .
Footballer faces up to 5 years in prison after admitting 2 driving charges . |
16ae4d5a3f493708650f60d3182d27c52cd81b2f | Hong Kong (CNN) -- July 1, 2014, the 17th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule, is set to be a hot, possibly stormy day. But the suffocating weather won't stop pro-democracy Hong Kongers -- possibly hundreds of thousands of them -- from filling the streets, beginning at 3 p.m today. Activists are openly ch... | Unofficial referendum on Hong Kong's political future draws almost 800,000 votes .
Results were announced just before the anniversary of the 1997 handover of power, traditionally a big day for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong .
Hong Kongers angered by what they perceive to be Beijing's undue influence over their pol... |
16af263445113b3f2816c73143296374aa2d19cb | (CNN) -- Judging by the hysterical reaction in some quarters, to President Obama's handshake with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, or his bow to Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, you would think that America's national security rested solely on body language not sound policy. The presidential handshake between Barack Oba... | Obama has laid important groundwork in key areas, Amanpour says .
President has acted on some campaign promises, but outcome still uncertain .
Next 100 days will see key meetings at White House, summits abroad .
Body language has caused chatter, but Nixon went to China, reminds Amanpour . |
16b045716a505f996f714b90436a40a38878b9b4 | By . Sarah Harris . PUBLISHED: . 21:10 EST, 20 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:10 EST, 20 December 2013 . Record numbers of parents are ending up with criminal records for letting their children skip lessons, new figures show. Truancy convictions have topped 10,000 for the first time amid a growing crackdown on young... | The Ministry of Justice figures come as Coalition focuses on the issue .
More than 12,000 parents were taken to court after children missed school .
One mother from Cardiff was jailed for 16 weeks . |
16b07080d89f949396703783e939133efd991b0f | Tuscaloosa, Alabama (CNN) -- Hopes of finding trapped survivors dwindled Friday evening in Alabama, the epicenter of storms that obliterated neighborhoods and towns and claimed scores of lives across the South. Gov. Robert Bentley, speaking in Birmingham, said the long road to recovery will now begin. "We've gotten pas... | Alabama town "looks like a war zone"
Alabama death toll rises to at least 238 .
President Barack Obama: "I've never seen devastation like this"
He promises "to do everything we can" to aid rebuilding . |
16b16347f32ae745a70cf55121ec294b1d37c07c | Police are hoping to identify a man who walked into an elevator and shot a victim before calmly walking off. Terrifying footage has emerged of the hooded suspect strolling through the doors and pulling his gun out on the first floor of an apartment building in Brooklyn, New York. He then fires at one of the three men i... | WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT .
Suspect walks into the elevator inside the Bedford-Stuyvesant block .
Three men were inside and had pushed button to go up seconds before .
The man pulls out a gun and shoots the victim, hitting him in the side .
He keels over clutching his wound before the suspect fleas .
The NYPD have relea... |
16b16e078acc4017410b49a89f213b30f12827f5 | By . Neil Ashton . Arsene Wenger said there is nothing ‘lucky’ about Arsenal's title challenge after they returned to the top of the Barclays Premier League with a 2-0 win over Crystal Palace. Arsenal will be overhauled if Manchester City beat Chelsea at the Etihad this evening but Wenger said that his men were right i... | Arsene Wenger claims Arsenal are deserving of Premier League top spot .
Arsenal boss praises performance of two-goal Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain .
Gunners sit two-points clear of Manchester City .
Wenger admits he'll be keeping an eye on City vs Chelsea .
Kim Kallstrom was signed on deadline day despite being injured . |
16b1c3885877b1819711a2de85182366c3273542 | By . Amanda Williams . PUBLISHED: . 12:19 EST, 20 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:33 EST, 21 August 2013 . After 112 years, a stint as a summer house, and a home for pet mice, this horse-drawn tram will soon be carrying passengers for the first time since the Victorian era. The double-decker 'Leeds horse car 107', buil... | The double-decker 'Leeds horse car 107', was built in 1898 .
It will soon be carrying passengers for the first time since the Victorian era .
Tram was once used as a summer house, and a home for pet mice .
Now a team of experts have finished their eight year long renovation . |
16b261c802d8b7a9aa343f02b0038b4c8d825fe0 | Restaurant chain Ruby Tuesday is being sued for gender discrimination against men after only hiring women in the summer of 2013. The lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission demands compensation for two male employees denied their applications for a transfer. It also calls for an injunction preventi... | Two men claim they were refused Utah transfer because they are men .
The job would have included a pay rise and free accommodation .
Case comes just over a year after Ruby Tuesdays was found guilty of age discrimination against over-40s, forced to pay $575,000 fine . |
16b2875396e48b4572f198c9f159a81a4efd9014 | A London-based architect has been making waves in the design industry with her vision of a stunning home powered by hydroelectricity. Margot Krasojevic's concept, Hydroelectric Tidal House, aims to harness the consistent and powerful movement of waves to generate energy. Ms Krasojevic is an avid supporter of renewable ... | Margot Krasojevic's concept, Hydroelectric Tidal House, aims to harness the consistent movement of waves .
London-based designer explained that the construction will be focused on two shells - one inner and one outer .
Made of concrete, the outer shell is designed to keep structure stable and will use solar cells to ge... |
16b2e078a98f899097b290fcd3598f34ddb5854b | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 10:25 EST, 2 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:37 EST, 2 September 2013 . A plan to make teenage girls undergo virginity tests in an Indonesian city has sparked outrage. Muhammad Rasyid, head of the education office in South Sumatra's district of Prabumulih, said he wants to start the t... | Head of the education office in South Sumatra's district proposed plan .
He wanted to start the tests next year to discourage premarital sex .
But Indonesian officials have dismissed the proposal as unethical . |
16b327323e24923ea27a9a145508ef022ce9f019 | Mauricio Pochettino has admitted he will have to wait until the last minute before knowing if Hugo Lloris will be fit to face the side that put 11 goals past him last season. The France goalkeeper pulled out of his country’s fixture against Armenia on Tuesday because of a thigh problem, which leaves Pochettino unsure o... | Hugo Lloris is a doubt for Tottenham's next Premier League fixture against Manchester City after missing France's match with Armenia on Tuesday .
Summer signing Michel Vorm will deputise if the Frenchman is ruled out .
Lloris will undergo tests on Friday to see if he is fit to play at the Etihad .
Spurs were trounced 5... |
16b5b36e7015c9b6e183bebf1e2517e799b33e44 | By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 02:39 EST, 7 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:05 EST, 7 August 2013 . Poor performances by Britain's elite swimmers has been blamed on them training in the 'wrong water' by a top coach. Bill Furniss, head of British Swimming, says perfect conditions at Sheffield's Ponds Forge pool hampers ... | British swimming coach says perfect conditions at Sheffield's Ponds Forge pool hampers competitors .
Bill Furness believes swimmers cannot replicate their fast times anywhere else in the world .
The pool is known for its ideal conditions because of its design and consistency of the water . |
16b70d58e78a32be4634bfb840d474ca00f0c8e2 | By . Alex Sharp . Colombia striker Radamel Falcao is one of the hottest properties in world football and it appears that as well as having a good shot he strikes a mean baseball, too. The Monaco forward missed the World Cup with a knee injury and is continuing his rehabilitation before the start of the French Ligue 1 s... | Missed the World Cup for Colombia with a knee injury .
Falcao is happy to stay at Monaco this season despite Real Madrid interest .
The Colombian scored an impressive nine goals in 17 appearances last season before a serious knee injury curtailed his campaign . |
16b80e877d872e43069710569643eaa70da136df | By . Anna Hodgekiss . Author Zoe Strimpel says Facebook bombards single women with pictures of 'perfect' weddings and babies, which causes envy and voyeurism . Single women should ditch Facebook because the 'perfect lives' of their friends are bad for their health, a relationship expert has warned. Author Zoe Strimpel ... | Zoe Strimpel says the social media site .
bombards singletons with pictures of 'perfect' weddings and babies, which .
causes envy and voyeurism .
Is bad for health as enhances the sense that a single person's life is .
lacking .
Wealth of information available on Facebook about potential suitors can also make women fee... |
16b88134069b5aa2af1397229149b6549e0e8d4d | By . Nadia Gilani . Last updated at 9:58 AM on 15th December 2011 . Miner: Foreman Trevor Steeples was overcome by methane gas while 2,300ft underground at Daw Mill in June 2006 . A judge today ordered Britain’s biggest mining firm to pay £1.2 million in fines and costs after he heard how four miners died following saf... | UK Coal admitted offences under health .
and safety laws in relation to the deaths of four miners at Daw Mill and Welbeck Colliery .
Judge said he would not impose a penalty so high it would cripple a company suffering financial problems . |
16ba247491e2da5d760f36f8f8e6f54dc15514aa | By . Nazia Parveen . PUBLISHED: . 10:22 EST, 31 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:44 EST, 31 December 2012 . The girlfriend of a school prefect who disappeared weeks after becoming a father broke down in tears yesterday as she showed off their baby in an attempt to persuade him to come home. Anthony Stubbs vanished in ... | Anthony Stubbs disappeared on November 25 - just after baby Lily was born .
Charlotte Mason sobbed at press conference today as she held their child .
Teenager has not been seen at all and his bank account is untouched . |
16ba4aaf7d96240f483846054d890e83f5fe4d5a | By . Harish V Nair . Vineeta Aron, a resident of Andrews Ganj near South Extension market, is still recovering from a leg fracture she sustained in a recent scooter accident. Aron's was no ordinary accident. It was around 8 am, and the traffic was still light when the 32-year-old was chased and attacked by a pack of st... | 8,783 dog bites this year spread rabies fears .
Survey says 70 per cent of four lakh dogs need to be sterilised .
High Court wants dog numbers controlled . |
16ba9f265991a2b914555b531a671928e3ab2039 | (CNN) -- "One of the unfortunate realities of policing," New York police Commissioner William Bratton said after the killings of Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, "is that you put that blue uniform on and you become part of the thin blue line between us and anarchy." This "Thin Blue Line" concept, which first appe... | Peter Moskos: Many police see themselves as a "Thin Blue Line" besieged by criminals, liberals .
Police tend to be conservative, but no evidence Democrats are worse for police, he says .
An attack on the thin blue line is perceived as a personal and existential threat, Moskos says .
Moskos: Police must accept disagreem... |
16bad8166270327da0635b3b883ade48f182e0a5 | By . Ryan Kisiel . She weighs less than 10st and wears a dress size ten. So it might be assumed a diet of fruit and vegetables play a part in Faye Campbell’s lifestyle. But she claims she hasn’t touched either for 16 years. Indeed, the 21-year-old says she has been diagnosed with a fear of fruit and vegetables. Scroll ... | Faye Campbell, 21, will only eat pizza, chips and cheeseburgers .
Until age 15 she only ate chips - she has never eaten fruit or vegetables .
Developed a food phobia after suffering a digestive condition as a child - caused her to suffer severe heartburn if she ate anything other than chips .
She is only a size 10 and ... |
16bca8ba118af5a6ef4250efb1c95ef8e308fed5 | (CNN) -- It was one of the worst genocides since the Nazi era. The brutal Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia in 1975 and terrorized the population for four years, killing more than one million people. One of its infamous leaders died Thursday, escaping judgment for war crimes at the hands of a U.N. tribunal. Ieng Sary pass... | He escapes justice for alleged genocide .
Genocide in Cambodia in the 1970's killed more than a million .
The defendants are all over age 77, and critics say the trial is dragging on .
People in Cambodia have shown high interest in the trial . |
16bd56259e56e9f136127ebdc7357a16a5236068 | Whether hunching shoulders come from years of sitting at a desk or - let's face it - laziness, few of us are strangers to bad posture. Now a Parisian fashion firm hopes to turn that all around by bringing out a techy T-shirt which promises to help us stand tall again. Clever elastic film bands sewn into the upper secti... | Elastic sections sewn into upper section of the top apply light pressure .
Aims to gently remind wearers that they need to hold their shoulders back .
Online orders delivered to most of Europe, North America and rest of world . |
16bd6c4f158045354658c03d5cb82b5a20fb66c2 | (Wired.com) -- Editorial cartoonist Mark Fiore may be good enough to win this year's Pulitzer Prize, but he's evidently too biting to get past the auditors who run Apple's iPhone app store, who ruled that lampooning public figures violated its terms of service. Fiore irked Apple's censorious staffers with his cartoons ... | Apple ruled that Fiore's lampooning public figures violated its terms of service .
Fiore won a Pulitzer Monday for animations he made for the SFGate .
The rejection comes shortly after Apple purged its app store of content with nudity . |
16bd95277888d897b24fa6bee0e6ff3c7d88c53e | By . Katy Winter . A mother-of-two who decided to lose 11st in weight through dieting rather than accept the offer of NHS gastric surgery has inspired her overweight family to lose 18st between them. Lisa Robinson, 33, of Blyth, Northumberland, was offered a gastric band by her GP when she reached 21st 6lb after years ... | Lisa dropped from 21st 6lb and size 30 to 10st 1lb and size 10 .
Turned down NHS gastric surgery, choosing to lose the weight herself .
Ditched junk food in favour of calorie and portion-controlled meals .
Her success inspired her family to overhaul their unhealthy diets .
Her mother Lynda lost 3st, and her brother los... |
16c0b82edb035e5061ab884a8302b23ad1498a3f | PUBLISHED: . 11:16 EST, 8 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:48 EST, 8 January 2013 . Two ‘thrill seeking’ men who were racing their high performance cars at 80mph to see who had the fastest vehicle have been jailed for four years after causing the death of a cyclist. Mohammed Khan, 25, was at the wheel of a blue Audi RS... | Mohammed Khan and Shajah Rehman were racing .
Khan struck and killed cyclist Vialijs Rozenbergs, 22 .
Pair have been jailed for four years . |
16c2613cfc37ac4a25d6646318c70d1912a7d3f2 | More than a million UK customers of Net-A-Porter have been left disappointed after the fashion site crashed just hours after launching its end of season sale. The webpage announced the start of its US sale at around 11am UK time, but just one hour later a message began appearing on the site saying the page was unavail... | More than a million UK customers of Net-A-Porter blocked from website .
Page crashed at around midday an hour after company started sales in U.S.
Fashion firm blamed high demand for the crash during end season sales . |
16c349d7af338061d109c3eb8e31fcf6d940e07b | (CNN) -- The eurozone crisis has truly engulfed Italy -- but is it because the country is insolvent or simply unable to access funds easily in the financial markets? If Italy is solvent, a distinction can perhaps be drawn between it and the countries surviving on bailout funds from Europe and the International Monetary... | Costas Lapavitsas is the lead author of a new RMF report 'Breaking Up? A Route Out of the Eurozone Crisis'
He says the EU's Economic and Monetary Union is probably heading for a break up .
Lapavitsas: The response of the European Union has been a testament to its weakness . |
16c4a27e42066259797d93d5db0239bce0a15f18 | By . Hamish Mackay for MailOnline . Follow @@H_Mackay . Roma president James Palotta has slammed Mehdi Benatia, calling him 'poisonous' and claiming he lied to his team-mates. The 27-year-old centre-back sealed a move to Bayern Munich in the summer, and suggested he did so because Roma needed the money. He said: ‘I dis... | Mehdi Benatia was sold to Bayern Munich for £20million .
27-year-old said he was forced out as Roma needed the money .
James Palotta slammed Benatia, calling him poisonous and a liar . |
16c57215e5f5e01dcce7ad6e7c6895eb44fb33a6 | By . Travelmail Reporter . UPDATED: . 09:39 EST, 28 November 2011 . Ailing holiday giant Thomas Cook has reassured its customers that their holidays are ‘in safe hands’ after it received an extra £100 million lifeline from its banks last week. But the firm may still have to close 200 of its 1,100 UK travel shops and ax... | 200 UK travel shops and 1,000 jobs could be axed .
UK bookings plunged by 30 per cent last week .
Firm has received an extra £100 million lifeline .
Chief executive to publish open letter in newspapers . |
16c5e57ae0f7bb3b77b9080e3b6ceb490870e79b | By . Steve Robson . PUBLISHED: . 11:44 EST, 25 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:49 EST, 25 December 2012 . Emergency services used ropes and specialist equipment to free the man . Paramedics had to rescue a man who fell down a 10ft manhole and injured his back. Emergency services were called after members of the publi... | Spotted stuck down hole by members of the public .
Emergency services used rope to pull him free on street in West Bromwich .
Taken to hospital with back injuries . |
16c664cd6ac1367e197b5abaebf15a346868dfc5 | (CNN) -- In a place that does not exist -- a black site -- Maya (Jessica Chastain) watches as her colleague Dan (Jason Clarke) interrogates an Arab prisoner. "If you lie to me, I hurt you," Dan says to the prisoner, who is bound, bruised, and not telling the Americans what they need to know. Soon, the prisoner will be ... | The film follows how a CIA analyst worked for a decade tracking down Osama bin Laden .
Director Kathryn Bigelow has been accused of endorsing torture .
Jessica Chastain delivers one of the must-see performances of the year, our critic says . |
16c6d19efcf4791bdbead4f663adff091c31693a | Devin Hester set an NFL record with his 20th return for a touchdown, breaking the mark he shared with Deion Sanders. Hester returned a punt 56 yards for a touchdown midway through the second quarter to give the Atlanta Falcons a stunning 35-0 lead over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Devin Hester returns a punt for his recor... | Hester returned a punt 56 yards for a touchdown midway through the second quarter .
Hester high-stepped the last 20 yards or so, a hand behind his ear - the move that Sanders made famous . |
16c6f100732a720c4ad2c6fe7378e84b964f8ed3 | England striker Wayne Rooney is the latest World Cup star to feature in a teaser for Nike's new animated advert. Cartoon versions of Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Neymar showing off their super skills have been released during the past few days. Catch of the day: A cartoon version of Wayne Rooney stars as a... | Wayne Rooney appears as a fisherman who gets caught in a net .
Advert follows Nike's cartoon promos of Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Zlatan Ibrahimovic .
England striker has recently hit back at Paul Scholes after being criticised by the Manchester United legend . |
16c75a7be0c2dc24503ac72da2a89e616f389d9e | By . Naomi Greenaway . As well as a seven-bedroom manor house and more than 10 acres of land, this quintessentially British property, on the market for £3m, comes with its own slice of history too. Rookley Manor, a Grade II-listed 18th-century house, which boasts pristine gardens, a swimming pool, and paddocks, has pla... | Rookley .
Manor is perched on the outskirts of Up Somborne in .
Hampshire .
George IV visited with mistress Maria Fitzherbert while Prince of .
Wales .
His uncle, Duke of Cumberland, rented house as .
hunting lodge from 1776 .
Grounds include seven-bedroom manor house, gardens, pool and 10 acres . |
16c7917a669fa544ff4a2c0367bc096fd3d29768 | By . Eddie Wrenn . PUBLISHED: . 04:03 EST, 5 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:03 EST, 5 September 2012 . Scientists believe they are on the verge of solving the 70-year-old mystery of dark matter. The structure of the observable universe . suggests there is a lot of matter that we simply cannot see, and astronomers, ... | Planck satellite picks up beams of radiation from centre of Milky Way which could prove existence of 'dark matter'
Researchers at Niels Bohr Institute say radiation is either proof - or something currently unknown to physics . |
16c7dabb36040c28fa11abc09a95ed8156b8df44 | Told the select committee is not a variety show, Brand replied to MP: 'You’re providing a little bit of variety though, making it . more like Dad’s Army' By . Graham Smith . PUBLISHED: . 08:56 EST, 24 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:53 EST, 25 April 2012 . Comedian Russell Brand today gave evidence about his battle with... | Comedian said the death of his friend Amy Winehouse must not be 'in vain' and should prompt a major overhaul of drugs policies .
When told the committee was pushed for time, Brand quipped: 'Who’s next? Theresa May? She may not turn up. Ask her if she knows what day it is'
Told the select committee is not a variety show... |
16c884b9c5f5c3766eac65ddfa8370c83f07ebf9 | By . Louise Boyle . PUBLISHED: . 17:41 EST, 16 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:58 EST, 16 January 2013 . A son testified against his mother on Monday as she stood trial for the murder of his father who was shot dead at his home. Donna Horwitz, 66, has been charged with first-degree murder after she allegedly shot dead... | Donna Horwitz allegedly shot her ex-husband Lanny, 66, nine times during a row at Florida home .
Son Radley found father's naked body in master bathroom in 2011 .
Lanny had multiple bullet wounds to arms and torso along with one shot directly in the mouth . |
16c8de64fa369933e946aac7d43238e0b90ee314 | (CNN) -- Istanbul's new transcontinental train tunnel under the Bosphorus Strait had a bumpy first day of operation, a day after Turkey's Prime Minister called it a "project for whole humanity" at an inaugural ceremony. On Wednesday, Turkey's state railway confirmed reports there had been a power outage in the tunnel s... | Turkey's state railway confirms reports there had been a power outage in the tunnel system .
Passengers hitting emergency buttons prompted "emergency situation procedures," it says .
Passenger volume caused train to skip one of the stops on its transcontinental route . |
16ca37b193bf45d72b2ef484cba5db0e92417f65 | By . Mia De Graaf . PUBLISHED: . 13:13 EST, 3 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 14:29 EST, 3 March 2014 . Tis the season to be trimmed - in China anyway. Yesterday the nation celebrated the second lunar month, when it is good luck to get a haircut. Also known as 'the day the dragon raises its head', it is widely believed you... | China celebrated Er Yue Er, the start of the second lunar month, on March 2 .
Good luck to cut hair for vigorous start to the spring season .
First cut for weeks as it is believed your uncle will die if you trim in February . |
16cbaac06f65abead56466df66e2e01338ef662b | (CNN) -- With 17 Grammy awards, $75 million in world record sales and a fourth world tour underway, Beyonce is one of the world's biggest names in show business. From performances at this year's Superbowl to the presidential inauguration, few celebrities have the success, drive and international cachet of the high prof... | Beyonce has built a global brand around being one of the biggest names in pop .
She has made her name in fashion, beauty products, film and advertising .
She remains closely involved in all the brands she endorses . |
16cbd9a93ee9067271748479378a31d24390e048 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 16:56 EST, 3 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 09:52 EST, 4 January 2014 . They may look like perfectly crafted sculptures or delicately etched pictures - but a father-daughter team say these images took far less effort. Photographer Nelson Jones and his daughter Hillary told MyFoxDC... | Nelson and Hillary Jones were shoveling snow outside their D.C. home on Friday when they decided to push their faces against it .
They took a photo and were shocked that the faces looked 3D in the image . |
16cc9598ac6cbe2647694d841913800d09c43e7c | There have been 3D-printed buildings, dresses, hats, jewellery and even parts of the anatomy. And now the world has been introduced to Strati, a 3D-printed car which was created using direct digital manufacturing techniques. The car is composed of 40 parts - a significantly smaller number than that of a conventional ve... | Strati was conceived of by Arizona-based innovators Local Motors .
Created on a giant printer using digital manufacturing techniques .
The battery-powered, two-passenger car is made from carbon fiber . |
16ce940cbfa1526d99668f18d97f489ad036ee11 | By . Liz Thomas . UPDATED: . 19:22 EST, 18 January 2012 . It's one of the nation’s best-loved television shows and has just celebrated Golden Globe success in America. But Downton Abbey has failed to impress Simon Schama, who has launched a scathing attack on the programme, claiming it’s a ‘steaming, silvered tureen of... | Show 'is hyper-overacted' and 'cultural necrophilia'
Comes days after creator Julian Fellowes collects Golden Globe award . |
16d038ba7bd35d42e308cf41890deca93f1d8b37 | By . Adam Shergold . PUBLISHED: . 05:53 EST, 19 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:49 EST, 19 November 2012 . A security guard was burned to death when a massive fire engulfed a 15-storey office block in the heart of New Delhi's business district on Monday morning. Jai Bhagwan, 52, died on the eighth floor of Himalaya H... | Security guard dies after electrical fault causes massive blaze in 15-storey office block in the heart of New Delhi's business district .
Firefighters spent all morning dousing the flames after the fire broke out at 6.20am local time . |
16d0d5584114a74bbd6a80e6216509bd0a006a56 | Late last month, it was announced the foundation searching for a site to establish Barack Obama's presidential library had 'major concerns' about going with the University of Chicago. Then just this week, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel proposed an ordinance that would allow the university to build the library on the city ... | Mayor Rahm Emanuel submitted a proposal this week to give University of Chicago the right to use park land if it wins a bid for the library .
Opponents of the plan say City Hall and the presidential library foundation were in talks over how to push through a plan to use the park space .
Time for public hearings on the ... |
16d0e9810a29b4f6eef2d480785db3db845b6c00 | An intoxicated man has been caught on camera crashing his car and stripping off in front of stunned onlookers. Vincent Wade allegedly got drunk and smashed a car outside Crown Fried Chicken in Philadelphia about 10.30am Monday. But as the mercury plunged to a low 38 degrees, so did the 34-year-old's pants. The New Jers... | Vincent Wade, 34, captured on camera at a Philadelphia intersection on Monday morning .
The New Jersey resident crashed a car outside Crown Fried Chicken and stripped before 'choking the chicken'
He was charged with driving under the influence .
It was 38 degrees and the crash happened near a school . |
16d141f3f99f870f12c9afd408729cfe3dbc867b | (CNN) -- The Iowa Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry received an emotional welcome home July 25 -- more than a year and a half after leaving for Iraq. More than 600 soldiers marched on the field at Riverfront Stadium in Waterloo, Iowa, in front of thousands of friends and family members. I-Reporter Myk... | More than 600 soldiers returned to Iowa from service in Iraq on July 25 .
Thousands of friends and relatives welcomed them back at ceremony .
I-Reporter Myke Goings documented the event . |
16d1b511a1278f618cf5a3104ef29853a2799655 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:15 EST, 7 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:38 EST, 7 December 2012 . The Nevada mother-of-two who spent six days stranded in the snow-filled Sierra Nevada mountains told her doctor that she survived by eating tomatoes and snow and huddling in a hollow tree for warmth at night... | Paula Lane, 46, was discovered crawling through the snow on Wednesday after spending six days in the wilderness .
Her family said they had prepared Lane's 11-year-old twin sons for the worst .
Lane is being treated for first-degree frostbite and malnourishment .
Her boyfriend, 44-year-old Roderick Clifton, father to th... |
16d23b7896303264bbad1aa80a99545b647a341d | By . Helen Pow . PUBLISHED: . 11:07 EST, 18 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:58 EST, 18 December 2013 . Injured: Anthony Gambale, 19, and Gabriella Katanov, 17, pictured, were critically injured with second- and third-degree burns in the blast that took place inside a Marine Parkway garage in Brooklyn early Tuesday . ... | Anthony Gambale, 19, and Gabriella Katanov, 17, were critically injured with second- and third-degree burns in the massive blast that occurred inside a Marine Parkway garage in Brooklyn, early Tuesday .
The couple were trying to make what's called 'ear wax' marijuana by soaking their pot in butane, police said .
Howeve... |
16d2653b70b8294870547e7768d1d0b7eecc1ddf | By . Ashley Collman . The high school friend of a missing Colorado teen who gave a television interview begging for help in the search, was arrested for the 19-year-old woman's murder on Thursday. Lea Chali Porter, 19, of Pueblo was reported missing by her mother on June 5 and was last seen driving to 23-year-old frien... | Lea Chali Porter, 19, was reported missing June 5 by her mother .
She was last reported visiting high school acquaintance Christopher Waide, 23, at his apartment .
He says she left his apartment in the middle of the night after they got into a fight .
In the days after her disappearance, police interviewed Waide and se... |
16d32f5e80a786e250f915c51ced55395e1f737b | (CNN) -- Chalk another record to the United Arab Emirates' collection. The Capital Gate building in the desert kingdom's capital, Abu Dhabi, has been certified by Guinness World Records as the "World's Furthest Leaning Man-made Tower." How far does it lean? Nearly five times farther than the Leaning Tower of Pisa in It... | Capital Gate building leans nearly five times farther than Leaning Tower of Pisa .
It is deliberately engineered to lean .
UAE also home to world's tallest skyscraper . |
16d3cc3921265b74181e086c6d5f121b366b86f7 | (CNN) -- An evangelical preacher killed his wife several years ago and stuffed her body in a freezer after she caught him abusing their daughter, according to police and court documents. Anthony Hopkins appeared in court Thursday to face murder, rape and incest charges. Anthony Hopkins, 37, was arrested Monday night at... | NEW: Anthony Hopkins denied bail at initial court appearance .
Preacher is charged with murder, rape, sodomy, sexual abuse and incest .
He was arrested after delivering sermon at his Alabama church .
Case began when daughter told police she'd been sexually abused . |
16d4535a7ad99e9f868a0568f535443767216e21 | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 11:53 EST, 10 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:56 EST, 11 September 2013 . David Lawson, 63, from Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, pleaded guilty to two counts of harassment . A neighbour from hell who told a funeral director that his neighbour's wife had died when she was still alive ... | David Lawson called Co-operative Funeral Care after his neighbour's husband was due to give evidence against him in court .
Nightmare neighbour, from Newton Aycliffe, called another a paedophile and a pervert after rowing with him about a lawnmower .
Lawson, 63, pleaded guilty to two counts of harassment . |
16d4ad10ada1479423b5cb9bbfceb44499c6ef09 | The immediate assumption one has on hearing that an academic has won the Nobel Prize is that he must always have been a brilliant and hard-working individual who was marked out for golden success. In the case of the Cambridge scientist Sir John Gurdon, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine this week, we w... | Nobel prize winning scientist Sir John Gurdon had 'disastrous' school report .
He went on to become pre-eminent in the field of cloning and cell research . |
16d4d525883debf93fc173edc9be29ffe6d47408 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 06:45 EST, 30 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:37 EST, 30 April 2013 . A four-year-old Indian girl who was raped and dumped on a farm has died of her injuries two weeks after the attack. The child’s parents found her unconscious in the town of Ghansour, Madhya Pradesh, on April 18,... | Child was found unconscious by her parents on April 18 .
Died from a cardiac arrest last night in hospital .
Sexual crimes against women and children are reported every day in India .
Attacks have topped national agenda since gang rape of Delhi student . |
16d5978ad519ad4b63c7b9a1916d8eac3aba89d8 | (CNN) -- An Australian man who "surfed" a floating whale carcass surrounded by sharks has admitted that he was an "idiot" to attempt the foolhardy feat. Harrison Williams, 26, was on a boating excursion with friends off the coast of Western Australia over the weekend when they came across the dead whale. "Out on the bo... | Harrison Williams, 26, climbs on whale carcass surrounded by sharks .
"One of my mates thought it'd be pretty funny," he tells local broadcaster .
But now he acknowledges now that he's lucky to be alive .
"Mum thinks I'm an idiot, Dad's not too proud either," he says . |
16d67c6f8d718af847ec621d1537575a5822e7a7 | By . Joe Strange . Follow @@Joe_Strange . Just like a fine wine, Tim Howard is getting better with age. The 35-year-old proved as much on Tuesday evening when he put in arguably the greatest goalkeeping performance ever witnessed at a World Cup during the USA's narrow extra-time defeat to Belgium in Salvador. He conced... | Howard made a record 15 saves against Belgium in the World Cup .
The Everton keeper enjoyed his best campaign at club level last season .
Howard endured a difficult period at Manchester United earlier in his career .
He has become a national hero in the USA after his performances in Brazil .
The 35-year-old signed a ne... |
16d9b8dd98677c425bd75fe30586aada8ce86890 | By . James Rush . PUBLISHED: . 04:37 EST, 16 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:43 EST, 16 May 2013 . A rock band that split in 1965 has reformed almost 50 years later - after discovering one of the members wasn't dead after all. The Hustlers lost touch after breaking up in 1965 and even wrongly thought that one of the membe... | The Hustlers formed in 1960 and played at youth clubs around Sussex .
They split in 1965 as several members were getting married .
Nearly reformed 22 years ago but were wrongly told the drummer had died .
They have now found each other on a 1960s Brighton bands website . |
16da18cb42bf954fc4e5656bce7db4dbe8316591 | By . James Nye . PUBLISHED: . 13:56 EST, 30 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:37 EST, 30 January 2013 . It has been revealed that secret salary records of more than one-third of Americans have been shared by their employers with the credit rating agency Equifax. Described as one of the biggest privacy breaches of the mo... | Over 190 million employment and salary records of American citizens have been shared by their employers with credit rating agencies .
This allows anyone signing up to their subsidiary companies to view salary and health insurance details of one-third of adults in the U.S. |
16da6e1bb1c83b574f6cb25eb1ebdcf29d1a8f70 | San Diego, California (CNN) -- Free James Willie Jones! The world is upside down. The act of children bullying the vulnerable has become so common that many adults no longer seem to notice or care, much less do anything to stop it. But when a video clip on YouTube shows a father defending his daughter from bullies, som... | Ruben Navarrette: YouTube video shows dad yelling at kids who bullied his daughter on bus .
World upside down when dad arrested for doing what adults there should have done, he says .
Dad regrets actions; says kids have rights too. Writer: other adults had responsibilities .
Navarrette: Charges should be dropped, dad s... |
16db7bc1c0a2ec95a2d310fbafc15cf49a0eace6 | PESHAWAR, Pakistan (CNN) -- Twenty well-behaved boys sit on the floor in two rows, quietly eating a humble lunch of flat bread, water and beans. The "lost boys" of Swat enjoy a humble lunch of flat bread, water and beans. Their hair is neatly combed and they are dressed in spotless Pakistani shalwar kamiz long shirts a... | Boys flee their Swat Valley orphanage after Taliban attack their home .
Army had set-up position in their building, mining the playground .
The boys cowered in a back room, as the fighting raged outside .
They eventually rode to safety on top of a bus and back of a vegetable truck . |
16dc00e2f400ace81189698a48c9bd71e88b4a0f | Britain's most unloved dog who was nicknamed 'Boomerang' after he was returned to a rescue centre three times by potential new owners has finally found a home. Six-year-old Flynn had lived at the shelter since he was found wandering the streets in April 2010. It took just two months for the brown Staffordshire bull ter... | Six-year-old Flynn had lived at the Malvern, Worcs shelter since April 2010 .
Found a home after just two months but returned after a week .
Family said that they did not have time to look after a dog .
In 2011, his second set of owners took him back when they separated .
A third owner could not look after him after d... |
16de0e6e021887ab35546ea9578be1cdfd64de05 | By . Rob Preece . PUBLISHED: . 10:37 EST, 6 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:37 EST, 6 June 2012 . Disgraced: Civilian worker Craig Rothwell stole more than £100,000 while working at a police station . A disgraced office manager at a police station stole more than £100,000 from his own force by secretly pocketing registra... | Craig Rothwell stole the money from Greater Manchester Police while working at Bootle Street police station in Manchester .
The fees were paid by tens of thousands of foreigners who needed police registration certificates to visit the UK .
Rothwell resigned from the force before disciplinary proceedings began . |
16de41a51782724888412b3c78c723ddb14b2a5b | By . Ben Todd . Last updated at 4:37 AM on 18th August 2011 . Cashing in: Sally Bercow will receive £60,000 for her appearance in Big Brother, with around £20,000 going to her new publicist, Max Clifford . She has justified her decision to take part in Celebrity Big Brother by promising to donate a large sum to charity... | Aides say Sally Bercow will pay £100,000 to charity .
MPs accuse her of using Parliament for financial gain . |
16de70f871b6577e94ba3f4d92256818169eee8c | Made from six savoury layers and four sweet ones, this 12-inch-tall pancake tower has been dubbed The Beast and contains 2,500 calories - the same as an average man's daily intake. Stuffed with cheese, cajun chicken, salami, Nutella, peanut butter, chocolate and a fried egg with maple syrup, the £15 meal has been creat... | Chef Faisal Mayet created 12-inch-tall stack as Shrove Tuesday challenge .
Sweet-savoury creation served at Pancake Corner in Greater Manchester .
Contains Nutella, banana, Cajun chicken, maple syrup and chocolate . |
16de93b089c4ffb5a86b0f83c7f03b2d77f4963c | Police have interviewed a doctor jailed for 22 years for abusing 18 children with cancer or grave blood disorders and asked him for advice on how to protect children from paedophiles, it was revealed today. In December paediatrician Myles Bradbury, 41, was found guilty of ‘gross and grotesque’ abuse of patients and hav... | Paedophile Myles Bradbury, 41, jailed for 22 years for 'grotesque' abuse .
Authorities visited him in prison where he gave advice on child protection .
It comes amid fears the doctor has hundreds more unidentified victims .
Bradbury exploited his job as a respected paediatrician to target boys .
Would abuse them behind... |
16df840c68af6e2ede6f86398f41d9f0b468a697 | A 24-year-old from East London has became one of the most distinctive beat-boxers in the world, with such an extraordinary talent that scientists even asked to scan his brain. Reeps One, whose real name is Harry Yeff, is famous for his unique ability to create bass music using his vocal chords. The artist believes the ... | Harry Yeff, 24, from East London, works under the name Reeps One .
Famous for his unique ability to create bass music using his vocal chords .
Last month he flew to New York to judge American Beatbox Championship . |
16e10d5d3cab2e2c120abccd43753d22427fecf1 | Getting children to open up about sexual abuse, particularly when it involves a family member, is notoriously difficult. So one artist, going under the name of Saint Hoax, has incorporated Disney princesses into his message to young victims - a visual language he hopes will better speak to them. 'The aim of the poster ... | Artist Saint Hoax created the posters after learning that his friend had been molested by her father at aged seven .
One victim of incest has already been moved to report her attack after seeing the campaign . |
16e1eb8575f803566e4dd1a957e80042d9ddf20e | (CNN)What? Not enough snow, ice and cold for you? You say you STILL need some "Frozen" references in your life? Well, this ought to quench that need for freeze: Ice has suddenly blossomed across the Great Lakes, with the ice pack nearly doubling in just a little more than a week. The lakes are now more than 85% iced ov... | Ice has suddenly blossomed across the Great Lakes, putting a record in reach .
Niagara Falls looks iced over as well, drawing even more tourists to the site . |
16e327f37f36bac876c4b19c318697e5cded9fbf | Georgia is a 16-year-old with a lousy attitude; she swears at the teachers, won’t wear her school uniform and storms out of class when she’s told off. But the platinum blonde is also the first of her family to almost reach the end of her school life without being expelled, and her teachers at the Thornhill Community Ac... | Educating Yorkshire makes fascinating viewing .
It shows the inner workings of the comprehensive in Dewsbury . |
16e4240b5e8a767842838bafd67c3e7bd015b866 | By . Wills Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 21:30 EST, 23 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:30 EST, 23 November 2013 . England's 1966 World Cup winner and former Manchester United player Nobby Stiles is suffering from cancer. The 71-year-old is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, but doctors expect he has a chance of maki... | 71-year-old is having treatment but doctors says he can make full recovery .
Father-of-three's illness was confirmed by his son, John .
Won 28 caps for England and also played for Manchester United . |
16e668d8691266f204c37a194783883ac2fb4c42 | By . Snejana Farberov . PUBLISHED: . 10:54 EST, 6 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 18:14 EST, 6 March 2014 . Gone: Long Island nursing student Jasmine Joseph, 22, was last heard from on the evening of February 24 . As far as her parents were concerned, 22-year-old Jasmine Joseph was a straight-A student studying hard to bec... | Jasmine Joseph, 22, was last heard from February 24 when she called her mother to say she was studying in college library .
Police determined college junior actually placed the final call from a gym .
Joseph was enrolled in New York Institute of Technology, where she was supposed to be studying nursing .
Used her paren... |
16e7d962116be9095f7f20b098f0095ad387dd5c | You may think that appearing intelligent might be the key to getting a promotion at work. But people who want to rise to the top should concentrate on looking healthy, according to a new study. Researchers found that 70 per cent of the time, a worker with a healthy complexion is more appealing than a colleague who look... | Researchers found that 70 per cent of the time, a worker with a healthy complexion is more appealing than a colleague who looks intelligent .
They asked volunteers to choose a fictional CEO from subtly altered images .
Experts from VU University Amsterdam discovered that appearing intelligent is an 'optional extra' for... |
16e7fecab263d09e5c8c2b47fda6d2785ce60594 | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 21:19 EST, 30 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:10 EST, 31 December 2012 . A young woman who plunged 80ft from her hotel balcony and was left horrifically injured has said it's 'miraculous' that she's walking again. Chantelle Serginson, of Middlesbrough, was told by medics that it could tak... | Chantelle Serginson, 25, was not expected to live after her horrific six-storey fall .
She recovered and doctors told her it would take 18 months to walk again .
Now she has amazed them by getting back on her feet in just seven months . |
16e8024064fc5ef1ffb677411fd23a48ad8d71b3 | London (CNN) -- UK police charged a Polish man Tuesday in connection with the defacement over the weekend of a painting by famed artist Mark Rothko at a London museum. Wlodzimierz Umaniec, 26, will appear in a south London court Wednesday on one count of criminal damage in excess of £5,000 (about $8,000), London's Met... | Wlodzimierz Umaniec will appear in court Wednesday charged with criminal damage .
A man defaced one of famed artist Rothko's Seagram murals on Sunday .
The painting was hanging in London's Tate Modern museum . |
16e86dc5e3fe27875ee927741542536ea7b7553b | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 05:21 EST, 26 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:11 EST, 26 June 2012 . David Cameron's spin doctor helped his celebrity wife run an 'avoidance' scheme that may have diverted thousands away from the tax man, it was claimed today. Craig Oliver's partner, BBC news presenter Joanna Gosling, ... | Craig Oliver was secretary of Paya Limited, a business set up to deal with his BBC presenter partner Joanna Gosling's earnings .
Companies House figures seen by MailOnline show around £150,000 a year was paid into the firm .
The Daily Mirror claims the business could have saved her £22,000 a year in tax .
'Speculation ... |
16e8cb520c874af6825d4661f6127a67efd4b6f6 | By . James Rush . These are the shocking injuries inflicted on a disabled teenager who is now scared to go out alone after being attacked twice in eight months on the same road. Michael Disley, 19, has temporarily moved back in with his mother and stepfather following the two attacks. In the latest incident, on June 4,... | Michael Disley says he is too scared to go out alone following the attacks .
He has now temporarily moved back in with his mother and stepfather .
In the latest attack the 19-year-old was pushed to the ground by thugs who hit his head against the pavement . |
16ea283bf38d0a11adad38f226ca63e6f6c87a98 | By . Victoria Woollaston . Having increased security on phones is a comfort if it’s lost or stolen - but having to add fingerprints, passwords and PINs does make accessing these devices a drawn-out process. Thankfully, Apple appears to be working on a way to make this process a lot easier, without compromising on high ... | The firm’s latest patent reveals plans to add customisable security options .
Based on a user’s location, the phone could unlock when in a 'safe' zone .
For example, if the device is connected to the user's home Wi-Fi network .
Alternatively, if the phone is on a mobile or public network, security levels could be incre... |
16ea5445100afc3bc27ff3524759ca5caa97eee0 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 08:41 EST, 9 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:19 EST, 9 June 2013 . One of the world’s most elusive big cats has been caught on camera in rare footage of it in the wild. The Siberian tiger has never been filmed in the 50-year history of the BBC Natural History Unit. But after six we... | The elusive tiger was captured on camera for the BBC's new two-part series, Operation Snow Tiger, to be shown tonight .
There are 350 left in the wild and they fetch up to £30k on the black market .
The predator now survives in a far east corner of Russian Siberia . |
16eaf5305c580b6e69eb5de5520ba5937fbf3651 | The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of same sex marriage by striking down the Defense of Marriage Act in a landmark 5-4 decision this morning. It followed that decision with a ruling against California's controversial Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in the state, meaning that gay marriage will inevitably... | Defense of Marriage Act was struck down meaning that married same-sex couples have to receive the same benefits as heterosexual married couples .
The ruling has substantial effects when it comes to issues like survivors benefits and tax filings for married same-sex couples .
Same-sex marriage is only legal in 12 states... |
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