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Horror as father-of-three is battered to death with a CRICKET BAT in Telford

Derek Whyteside, 42, was reportedly attacked in a street in less than mile from his home in Telford, Shropshire at 4.30pm on Monday afternoon. He was rushed to hospital with a fractured skull and placed in an induced coma but died hours later of horrific head injuries. His devastated partner Michelle Beddall (pictured with Mr Whyteside left and centre) has now claimed the father-of-three was smashed over the head with cricket bat and stamped on before being left unconscious. Hours earlier, Michelle had posted an appeal on Facebook after her children's bikes were stolen from their home. A 16-year-old boy was charged with murder and appeared at Kidderminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.

Matteo Salvini refuses to let rescue ship carrying 224 migrants dock

Matteo Salvini denied entry to the rescue ship (top and bottom left), saying that the vessel, operated by the German aid group Mission Lifeline, had loaded the migrants in Libyan waters despite being told by the Italian coast guard to leave the rescues to Libya. Hard-line interior minister Salvini said the migrants 'will only see Italy on a postcard'. The ship's current position was not clear. The Aquarius (bottom right) previously had to travel an additional 932 miles to carry its migrants to Spain after Italy and Malta refused to let it land.

Mollie Horton, 22, was found hanged at her terrace home in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, in February after she was hit by a string of personal troubles.

Stephen Coxen, 23, admitted the night he spent with his accuser in St Andrews, Fife, during freshers' week had become upsetting because she had been bleeding during intercourse.

Brussels is retaliating for Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs of 25 per cent on steel and 10 per cent on aluminium from the bloc.

London-based Valbury is refusing to pay the Frenchman his profits. In response, the married father of two is suing the company for the cash.

Police quiz parents for ‘child abuse’ only to find baby had allergy

Marc Sutherland and Natalie Whyte from Aberdeenshire were separated from their son and interviewed by 22 people after repeatedly raising concerns about 'screaming fits'. Health experts had ‘constantly’ told the parents their baby was suffering from colic, a common complaint that means baby’s cry excessively while appearing to be otherwise healthy. But Ms Whyte (pictured, inset, with son Callan) became increasingly concerned by red and purple marks on the infant’s skin (right) and continued to seek advice. But when she told her health visitor about Callan’s latest ‘screaming fit’, Mr Sutherland (pictured, right, with Callan) was arrested, cautioned and questioned as police held him for four hours and the parents were wrongly accused of child abuse.

Leanne Petty woke up to find her two-month-old Charlie unresponsive on her chest after she fell asleep feeding him, a coroner's court in Maidstone heard today.

As life gets more frenetic, a growing number of people are struggling to sleep easily. Australian writer Nicole Singh shares her five night time rituals to help you doze off in minutes.

NEW Thomas Hohepa has invented a product that promises to end an age-old dispute that's raged between couples, threatened to end marriages and tear families apart.

Cruel bullies chop off five-year-old disabled girl’s hair with classroom scissors for

Melissa Booth, five, suffers from microcephaly, meaning her brain has not developed properly, and has had her hair hacked off by bullies at a Derbyshire school six times since she started (pictured, left, her hair before the bullies got to it and, right, after). Mother Samantha Fleming (inset, with her daughter) is furious that it has happened yet again after Cherry Tree Primary School's head said he'd keep an eye on it. She says her daughter's hair cannot grow back 'very well' due to her health issues.

Convicted armed robber Rafaela Vasquez was watching her phone for five seconds before the crash and only looked up 0.5 seconds before hitting the pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona.

The average discount on the list price of vehicles between March and May was £2,581. However, of the 7,500 purchases reviewed, 218 customers couldn't get a single penny off the retail price.

Equine dental technician Vikki Fowler, 31, says the practice of ‘extreme’ breeding means many are living through the pain of their eyes popping out (pictured) and teeth growing into their flesh.

Researchers at University College London found high levels of gum disease and other oral health problems among team GB athletes, including rowers, rugby players and swimmers.

Landlord's stinging riposte at reviewer who left one-star rating because the punters spoke

A perplexed landlord hit back at a TripAdvisor reviewer who complained customers were speaking Welsh in his Bangor pub. Reviewer Jon G left the scathing one-star review for The George pub (also known as Y Sior) in Bethesda, Bangor, on the travel site last week. He claimed customers switched from speaking in English to Welsh when he walked into the pub with a group on friends.

Up to 500 delirious young men and women dressed in lingerie and masked fetish costumes were bussed out of Oxford to a remote field for an annual event organised by the Piers Gaveston Society.

Armed police swooped on the Underground station at Charing Cross in central London after a man, 38, later detained under the Mental Health Act, made a bomb threat as he ran onto Northern Line tracks.

Royal Ascot revellers start the weekend early in style

The weekend is almost here and those lucky enough to have secured a ticket for Royal Ascot got proceedings off to a very glamorous start, with GMB presenter Charlotte Hawkins leading the way. Left to right: A reveller in a plunging white dress; BBC presenter Nikki Chapman; Charlotte looking stunning in burgundy and milliner Ilda Di Vico.

Kate wore the £320 white Self Portrait gown, featuring a crochet bodice and thigh slit, for a film premiere in November 2016, but it is enjoying another moment in the spotlight at Ladies' Day.

SAS: Who Dares Wins star engaged to mental health clinician who helped rebuild his life

Father-of-two Dan Cross heard his wife Nicola being attacked by schizophrenic Marcin Porczynski after he broke into the couple's home in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. Nikki was stabbed 10 times as she tried to protect her two children Stanley, six, and Isabella, three. Mr Cross, who was 200 miles away in Hull, heard his wife pleading for her life over the phone. He is now engaged to Alex Wells, a mental health clinician who he has been dating for the past 15 months.

Charlotte Neale from Essex, 26, claims she was left with painful, lumpy and uneven fillers after £170 treatment at BeautyBox By Maggie in Hornchurch, but manager Dan Dye claimed oral sex was to blame.

Kirsty Sharman's neighbours in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, are celebrating after police said she would not be moving back in three months after being booted out for bad behaviour.

Love Island's Sophie Gradon 'killed herself after depression battle'

Friends of Love Island star Sophie Gradon say she killed herself after a battle with depression and money troubles. The former Miss Great Britain, 32, shot to fame after she became one half of the first bisexual couple on the ITV2 show and had sex with a male co-star in a wardrobe. A tribute to Sophie, 32, was shown at the top of tonight's episode, which read: 'In loving memory of Sophie Gradon' (pictured left). Police rushed to Sophie's £960,000 family home in Medburn near Newcastle on Wednesday (pictured bottom right), where they found her dead. Her heartbroken boyfriend Aaron Armstrong wrote: 'I will never forget that smile I love you so so much baby your my world forever' (pictured together top right).

Sir Paul McCartney brings James Corden to tears as he reveals his late mother Mary inspired Let It Be through a dream in emotional Carpool Karaoke clip

His final single with The Beatles dominated the prestigious music charts nearly five decades ago. And Sir Paul McCartney has shared the origins behind the legendary singer's smash hit Let It Be during James Corden's The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke segment in Liverpool. Sending the talk show host into tears, the award-winning pop star, 76, revealed the iconic song was based on a dream about his late mother Mary, who reassured Paul with positivity.

If you're feeling lethargic and experiencing gastrointestinal problems, you might be suffering from an unhealthy gut.

EXCLUSIVE: Dr Preethi Daniel, from London Doctors Clinic, claims people need to use a shot glass worth of sun cream on their ears, forehead, nose, arms and legs to avoid dangerous burns.

Grieving parents whose graffiti artist son was killed by a train reveal their final words

Perry Hood and Susie Begg (together left) have pleaded with others not to put themselves in danger after Harrison Scott-Hood, 23, (right) died on a stretch of south London track with 'no escape' (inset). Their son, who used the tag 'Lover', was killed with Alberto Carrasco, 19, known as 'Trip', and Jack 'K-Bag' Gilbert, 23, at around 1am on Monday morning between Brixton and Loughborough Junction stations. Speaking from their Muswell Hill home they said they knew their 'beautiful' boy was a graffiti artist - but had no idea he worked on railway lines. Mr Hood said: 'When he left [on Sunday] I said to him 'happy painting'. As far as we were concerned he was going to places where it was legal'.

James Evans from Kent was joking with his friend that it'd be nice to have a 'little win' on a scratchcard and resolved to buy a couple if he saw a parking space was free outside his local shop.

EXCLUSIVE: Benat Broderick, from Dublin, argued his life has been transformed since he was given Orkambi. But UK watchdogs have denied patients access to the £100,000 medication.

UK holidaymakers face £50 visas to travel to EU after Brexit

Under proposals drawn up in Brussels, British holidaymakers could be denied an exemption already granted to dozens of countries outside the bloc - including Venezeula and Ukraine. The EU commission blueprint could mean travellers to the continent having to pay more than £50 for the right paperwork. Brexiteers slammed the idea today as the latest example of Brussels being 'difficult' in negotiations - and urged Theresa May to 'swing her handbag' at a summit of leaders next week. A map produced by the EU (main picture) shows countries that are exempt from tourist visas in blue and green, while states that need visas are marked red. 

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Aerospace firm Airbus has warned it could pull out of the UK in the event of a 'no-deal' Brexit. The firm employs 14,000 people in the UK but its supply chain supports a further 110,000 jobs.

Who needs Monty Python when we've got Brexit? It would be virtually impossible to invent anything more surreal than the latest high farce in Parliament.

GOT wedding: Inside castle where Kit Harington and Rose Leslie will wed

As Kit Harington and Rose Leslie prepare to tie the knot on Saturday, preparations are well underway for the highly-anticipated nuptials, which will take place at the remote Wardhill Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. And MailOnline has an exclusive look at the breathtaking property where the pair, who both aged 31 and met while playing adversaries-turned-lovers on Game Of Thrones, will become husband and wife in a matter of hours. A large marquee has been erected on the sprawling grounds of the 12th Century castle, which also happens to be the childhood home of redhead beauty Rose - with the abode having been in the Leslie family for 900 years. 

Mourners gather at Kate Spade's funeral hours after death of father

Kate Spade's grieving widow Andy Spade, main, his brother David, left, actress niece Rachel Brosnahan and hundreds more gathered for the fashion designer's funeral - just hours after the death of her heartbroken father (inset right with his other daughter, Eve). The mourners arrived for the funeral service on Thursday afternoon at the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Redemptorist Church in Kansas City with many carrying her iconic handbags. The 55-year-old's husband Andy and her actor brother-in-law David were seen together outside the church. As the service began on Thursday, Kate's family released a statement saying her 89-year-old father Earl F. Brosnahan Jr. had died on the eve of his daughter's funeral. The family said he had been in failing health and had been left 'heartbroken' over his daughter's suicide just over two weeks ago. In a program, inset left, from the service Kate was seen photographed alongside her young daughter Frances who is now 13.

According to a Defra report, Britain's butterflies are in decline and it has prompted a call for new farming laws as the UK prepares to leave the EU following Brexit.

Amid the royal baby boom, British etiquette expert William Hanson reveals how people without children can navigate their way through congratulating the proud parents on their new arrival.

More than 2,000 people at Westminster Abbey to mark 70 years since arrival of Windrush

Guests have started arriving at the service (right) marking the moment hundreds of Caribbean migrants departed the Empire Windrush ship in Tilbury Docks on June 22, 1948 (inset). Prime Minister Theresa May (left) has taken her seat at the service, alongside Home Secretary Sajid Javid and London Mayor Sadiq Khan. Other guests include Baroness Doreen Lawrence, mother of murdered black teenager Stephen, and shadow home secretary Diane Abbott. Today's celebrations have been described as 'bittersweet' amid the ongoing political scandal which saw some wrongly deported and denied access to the NHS, work and housing.

San Francisco-based firm Smyte was created by a team of ex-Google and Instagram engineers, and counted a number of high-profile online services among its clients, including TaskRabbit.

FBI reunited the wrong baby with couple whose child was kidnapped

A man's quest to find his biological parents unearthed disturbing secrets about the family he says left him abandoned in a shopping center before he was given to another couple. Paul Fronczak (right) grew up in Chicago with his parents, Dora and Chester Fronczak, and his brother, Dave Fronczak. When Paul was 10 he stumbled upon old newspaper clippings and learned a disturbing secret: he had been kidnapped as a baby. Dora and Chester told Paul that in 1964 when he was one-day-old he was snatched from a Chicago hospital. The couple said they were reunited with him two years later when police in New Jersey found a two-year-old boy who resembled their son abandoned in a shopping center. Because of the lack of DNA and there only being one picture of Paul from when he was born (left), there was no way for Dora and Chester to know for sure if the toddler found alone in a shopping center was actually their son.

Higher-quality clothes bought by Brits are often made with natural materials such as wool and silk which contain a protein called keratin, the preferred food for moth larvae.

EXCLUSIVE: Beauty guru Leighton Denny MBE, an award-winning perfumer has revealed the tricks to give your fragrance longevity, including creating an emollient layer with body oil or cream.

Love Island viewers cringe at 'creepy' Eyal and Megan's steamy romp

They were the first couple to get intimate in the Love Island villa.  So naturally Eyal Booker and Megan Barton Hanson's steamy moment garnered huge reaction from fans, who pointed out that while the couple were indeed passionate, their day to day chat was lacking and featuring a host of silences.  On Thursday night, viewers were given a glimpse of their steamy moment as they headed to the Hideaway on the vote of their fellow Islanders - leading to one shocked fan claiming she deserved compensation for being subjected to the sight. 

The actor spoke candidly to Rolling Stone about how his tumultuous split from wife Amber Heard sent him plummeting into a deep depression which has been compounded by his financial woes.

The men, who had been on a hunting expedition in the Lithuanian countryside, filmed the enraged animal thrashing around in the boot of their vehicle after it suddenly 'woke up' after they had loaded the car.

Trump tries to shrug off Melania's jacket as celebs lead outrage

President Donald Trump and his eldest son have both tried to shrug off the jacket First Lady Melania wore as she traveled to visit a child detention center as a chorus of celebrities expressed outrage over her tone-deaf style choice. The First Lady wore the $39 green, hooded military jacket from Zara that read 'I really don't care, do u?' when she left for Texas and then returned to Washington on Thursday. Trump took to Twitter soon after claiming his wife was referring to 'the Fake News Media' when she opted to wear the jacket to visit children separated from their families at the border. As the outrage continued, Donald Trump Jr shared an edited version of his step-mother's jacket to his Instagram story. It featured a photo of a crying Robert DeNiro plastered on the back of the jacket with the caption: 'Fixed it!'. Several stars were quick to express their disgust including Busy Phillips, Judd Apatow and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. 

Denis Javier Varela Hernandez said that he had not heard from his wife for a month until he saw the image of her and their daughter being apprehended in Texas.

Pope Francis talks with journalists on board the flight to Rome as he returns from a one-day visit to Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, June 21, 2018. Francis journeyed Thursday to the well-heeled city of Geneva to encourage all Christians, despite their differences, to join in efforts to foster justice and fight poverty while the rich grow "ever more wealthy." (Ciro Fusco/Pool Photo via AP)

Italy's new government is trying to reduce arrivals of rescued migrants, but the Pope praised both Italy and Greece for being 'most generous' in taking in migrants rescued at sea.

Epilepsy sufferer describes moment she had a fit and fell into oven

Shaz McCormack, 20, (left) from Maidstone, Kent, endured a four-minute convulsion while cooking a roast dinner for her family. She suffered third-degree burns to her hands (top right) and arms (bottom right) and needed skin grafts to repair the injuries. It was only when a neighbour heard the banging next door and called the fire brigade that Ms McCormack was finally rescued. Speaking about her ordeal, Ms McCormack said: 'I've been left scarred all over my hands which I'm very self-conscious about. Despite her injuries healing (inset top right, inset bottom right) she still feels self-conscious and covers her scars up.

Researchers in Germany found in experiments on mice that levels of caffeine equivalent to four cups of coffee could help to strengthen the cells which line the heart and blood vessels.

Lifestyle experts from online electrical retailer AO.com have revealed the simple things people regularly get wrong, that can cause stains and even tiny holes to develop in fabric.

Heartbreaking plight of eight-year-old Syrian girl who has prosthetic legs made from sardine tins by her father

A Syrian girl has prosthetic legs made by her father out of tin cans and pieces of cloth. Maya, 8, was born without lower limbs and is living with her father in a displacement camp in Idlib, near the Turkish border. The pair fled Aleppo because of and were unable to afford real prosthetics. The girl's father, who also has no lower limbs, says that it is his dream for them both to walk again.

A study from Purdue University shows that tickling rats really can improve their quality of life. The behavior mimics how they might play with other animals, boosting positive responses.

Feeling pain is vital to a fully-functioning limb as the sensation helps us to remove our bodies from danger, according to the researchers at John Hopkins University in Baltimore. Maryland.

Why vegan blogger Freelee the Banana Girl fled the city to live an off-grid life in the

Freelee the Banana Girl (pictured left and right now and inset before she moved) fled 'western civilisation' twelve months ago to live a new life in the South American jungle with her partner. Known for being a public activist for the raw vegan diet, the controversial Queenslander, 37, has shared new photos sans makeup and naked in a tree to explain why she enjoys an 'off grid' lifestyle. Not only has she been able to grow her own fruit in the luscious rainforest surrounds but she also saved more than $4,000 by giving up cosmetics like razors, makeup and shampoo.

The girl's body was discovered in a wooded area in Gwalior, India, after she was snatched from a nearby wedding she had been taken to by her parents on Thursday.

'Have you lost a bet or something?': Patrice Evra is likened to Carlton from the Fresh Prince and EastEnders' Frank Butcher as World Cup viewers ridicule his bow-tie and jumper combination 

World Cup fans tore Patrice Evra's outfit choice to pieces last night as the footballer decided to combine a black bow-tie with a red crew neck (pictured, left) as France played Peru. Viewers mercilessly mocked the French star, comparing his ensemble to the Chippendale-inspired outfit Frank Butcher donned in a bid to impress wife Pat in the soap EastEnders (pictured, bottom-right). Others likened him to iconic nerd Carlton, the geeky cousin of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (pictured, top-right) as well as The Inbetweeners' Simon, who was famously forced to wear a bow-tie in the sitcom by his girlfriend Tara.

Thousands of passionate and patriotic football fans have descended on Russia to see their heroes in action in this year's Fifa World Cup. Here are some fans from each of the 32 nations attending.

Swedish reporter covering the World Cup is grabbed and kissed live on air, days after another female TV journalist was groped during broadcast

NEW Malin Wahlberg had to fend off a series of Swedish fans who draped their arms around her back and kissed her during a broadcast in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Despite having her hair ruffled and the distraction of boisterous Swedish fans bouncing in the background she carried on professionally with the broadcast. Ms Wahlberg was presenting live coverage ahead of Sweden's fixture against South Korea when she was bothered by the travelling fans. It comes after a Colombian journalist was groped and kissed by a Russian fan in Saransk in what the fan has claimed was a failed attempt to touch her shoulder.

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Charles and Camilla visit Salisbury following nerve agent attack

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are visiting Salisbury today in the hope to give the city 'a boost' following the nerve agent attack in March. Sergei Skripal, 66, and his 33-year-old daughter Yulia (pictured inset) were left fighting for their lives in hospital after being found unconscious on a park bench in the city on March 4. Local leaders are hoping to encourage the return of tourists and shoppers to the city.

Astrophysicists from the University of Portsmouth studied a galaxy named ESO 325-G004, around 450 million light years away, to put Einstein's theories to the test.

The horrific footage shows Wichita Officer Dexter Betts firing his gun moments after seeing the dog in the room. His flashlight can be seen illuminating the girl just before he shoots his gun.

After a recent study revealed four in five clueless Brits have 'no idea' when it comes to taking vitamins, nutritionist Rob Hobson has compiled a handy vitamin cheat sheet.

In an effort to weed out some of the more startling facts, Australian sexologist Dr Nikki Goldstein has decided to bust those myths that aren't worth believing.

Schools are being encouraged to ban phone -something that might help when parents start rioting because their childrens' human rights have been violated.

An international team of researchers claims to have located a trove of ordinary matter that previously went undetected. The ongoing mystery has come to be known as the 'missing baryon problem.'

Group of men fight off massive python with sticks and their bare hands after it tightly coiled itself around a dog and tried to strangle it to death

Incredible footage has emerged of the desperate fight to save a dog from being strangled to death and eaten by a massive python. A group of men were filmed doing all they can to fight to the massive reptile coiled tightly around the dog, who eventually stops struggling and is presumed dead. But the men don't give up

The women said they were performing a play to raise awareness about human trafficking in the largely tribal Khunti district of Jharkhand state on Tuesday when they were abducted.

The findings by Technical University of Denmark and Ohio State University are based on information from GPS sensors placed on bedrock around the Amundsen Sea Embayment in Antarctica.

Dominic Raab said his colleagues in Government must come up with an 'aspirational message' about the opportunities of Brexit and resist allowing the 'din of criticism' to dominate discussions.

Amanda Spielman said at the Wellington College Festival of Education in Berkshire a lack of ambition in many regional towns was the reason for schools in those areas under performing

Wisconsin woman finds out her long-sister has moved in next door

Hillary Harris, 31, from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, knew her sibling was called Dawn Johnson (far left, with Hillary) - and decided to ask her neighbor about her father after seeing her full name. Dawn, 50, confirmed her suspicions that they did indeed share the same father, Wayne Clouse (inset, with Dawn as a baby), who died in 2002. Hillary (far right, with her daughter Stella and Dawn) had spent years trying to track down her long-lost siblings with no luck, until Dawn moved in next door a year ago.

A woman from New Zealand has opened up on the difficult situation of being in love with both her partner and another from her office. She asks if expert Jennifer Souness if polyamory is an option.

The Senegalese football team has called for Lord Alan Sugar to be fired during their World Cup bid over a 'racist' tweet he put up on his social media, but later apologised for.

Shortly before her wedding to Prince Harry, the Duchess of Sussex visited Belfast wearing a $750 CAD (£427) wool coat from Canadian brand Mackage, which has since increased in price.

Twitter troll gets shut down after accusing an actor of racism

Jack Pattillo, an actor and internet personality from Austin, Texas, was enjoying some time with his friends in Disneyland when he took to Twitter to share a photo of them enjoying some soft serve ice cream, writing: 'Doing Disneyland right.' Twitter user Tristin Lazarus responded to the photo by accusing Jack of discrimination, commenting: 'Could you hire any POC? This picture is so white it’s making me squint. Disgusting.' Jack's friend's responded by listing their diverse ethnicities alongside photos of themselves, and plenty of people were happy to see Tristin get called out.

Fairmont Scottsdale Princess in Arizona says that the job applicant must be 'comfortable working with various phone types' and 'courteous at all times'.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard researchers conducted the largest ever investigation into genetic links between 25 brain disorders. They delved into the genomes of one million patients.

Robert 'Woody' Johnson, 71, said he had been 'startled' by the 'defeatist attitude' towards leaving the EU that he has encountered since arriving in London last summer.

Details of Trump's UK visit are yet to be finalised, but he is expected to stay 'at least overnight' in London on July 13, despite the US embassy commissioning a poll that showed Brits don't want a State visit.

Never-before-seen photos show Prince Andrew at his Navy initiation ceremony

The Duke of York, then a young officer (top inset), was made to take part in a Crossing the Line ceremony to mark the first time he passed the equator as a seaman in 1982. The ritual involved a crew member of HMS Invincible dressing up as Neptune - the God of the sea - to hold a court where novice sailors are put on trial for their sins. They then receive their 'punishment' of being shaved with a pink foam. Andrew is photographed being carried onto the deck (right and inset). A sailor dressed as a 'barber' is seen approaching the then second-in-line to the throne with a very large meat clever covered in imitation blood (left). The ritual took place as the ship sailed back from the Falklands.

Meanwhile anyone planning a barbecue may find it difficult to buy fresh meat, as almost two thirds of the UK's poultry processing plants could shudder to a halt by next week.

Here we are, continually told we are damaging the climate by pumping out vast clouds of carbon dioxide and now we're suddenly struggling to find enough of the gas to make a pint of lager.

Medical consultant Dr Sarah Brewer and dietitian Juliette Kellow say eating a tablespoon of olive oil each day could reduce the risk of getting cancer or heart disease because it contains antioxidants.

Darling Buds of May house owned by author HE Bates goes on sale

Author HE Bates (top left, at the house) lived in The Granary in the Kent village of Little Chart for more than 40 years and used the surroundings as inspiration for the stories of Pop Larkin and his family (right). The idea came from a colourful character Bates saw in the local shop who turned up with a wad of rubber-banded bank notes and spoiled his trailer-load of children with ice creams. After the writer's death in 1974, his TV producer son Richard acquired the rights for the TV adaptation of the 1958 novel. The house (inset, and bottom) has 2,950 sq ft of accommodation with a large hall, sitting room, dining room, drawing room, kitchen/breakfast room, a master bedroom with a dressing room and en suite bathroom, three further bedrooms and a family bathroom - as well as beautiful landscaped gardens.

Ofsted's ex-chief has slammed Love Island, saying he was 'absolutely appalled' after watching just five minutes of the raunchy ITV show. He made the comment during an interview in Berkshire.

England should bring in a new law banning mobile phones in schools to stop pupils 'sexting and texting' during class, the former head of Ofsted has said. It could result in court action against parents.

The 6.1-magnitude quake in Osaka caused damage to homes, throwing shelves and furniture into disarray and uncovering one person's collection of erotic magazines.

Normally macular holes are treatable, but the surgery inevitably causes cataracts, which permanently clouds vision. However, in this case in Greece, even that wasn't an option.

With many international cuisine styles available, it's no surprise diners often mispronounce meals and delicacies on the menu. Here, FEMAIL reveals a guide to those most commonly said incorrectly.

Ex-boyfriend hilariously requests a relatable song while RSVPing to his former

Hayley Stamper from Lincoln, Nebraska, invited her ex to her wedding - and he responded 'yes' while also joking that he wanted the song I Loved Her First by Heartland to be played at the celebration. The 21-year-old laughed at her ex's clever response and posted it on Twitter for other people to see. 'My ex boyfriend just RSVP'd to my wedding and look at the song he requested,' Hayley wrote on Twitter with a picture of the RSVP card (left) last week. People online thought the response was clever and it has since been liked more than 100,000 times. Hayley later clarfified that her ex, 21-year-old Thomas Hoefener (inset), and her fiance, Alex, are friends and get along. Pictured right is Hayley with her fiance.

In an unusual move on Thursday during a bestiality case prosecutors brought out a stuffed animal to demonstrate the disturbing acts MSU physicist Joseph Hattey did to his pet dog.

Indonesian cleric Aman Abdurrahman had earlier been found guilty of ordering the ISIS atrocity, which left four dead in the city of Jakarta in 2016.

Harold Shipman may have been sexually aroused at seeing his elderly female victims die and killed them out of an unmet emotional need to exercise power during his Greater Manchester rampage.

Bear researcher Amber Kornak, 28, who was attacked by a grizzly (file image) in Montana in May, says she has no plans of giving up her career as she continues to recover from the encounter.

Airon Taylor, 15, was last seen at a relative's house on Burwell Drive in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, at around 8am on June 15. He is white, 5ft 6in, with dark brown hair.

The network had canceled the rebooted sitcom over a racist tweet by Barr but has now gone ahead with a new show after Barr agreed to forgo any creative or financial participation in it.

Dog owners share photos of their adorable pets on Bring Your Dog to Work Day 

Dog lovers across the UK have been bringing their pets in to the workplace to mark Bring Your Dog to Work Day - and sharing very cute snaps of their new colleagues. The photos capture pooches on swivel chairs, propped up beside keyboards, or simply curled up for a nap across a desk. The event was launched in 2014 by dog charity Hownd and all proceeds raised go to dog rescue charity All Dogs Matter, which re-homes hundreds of dogs in the UK every year.

Plastic bags, bottles, cups and microbeads have all been targeted in the war on waste. Now MPs in the UK are turning their attention to so-called 'fast fashion' and its cost to the environment.

TOM UTLEY: What in God's name is going on at Britain's supposedly finest universities? I reckon Exeter university should apologise profusely to the Field Marshal Rommel's surviving family members.

In hilarious video, Meggie the Maine Coon jumps up on the toilet seat and circles around the pan before inspecting inside the bowl. She finally gets comfortable and does the toilet like a human.

One of the world's top cancer experts has said the wifi beamed through Britain's classrooms - could be as dangerous as 'tobacco and asbestos'.

Chloe Powell, a 26-year-old midwife from Bristol, developed acromegaly because of a benign brain tumour, which made her hands and feet grow uncontrollably, and her facial features swell up.

Adorable footage shows one-year-old Ayla Esler reacting to her cochlear implant being activated before her mother is overwhelmed with emotion. The video was shot in Fort Worth, Texas.

Levon Arakelyan from Arinj, Armenia, started work on the strange space in 1985 and was even working on the project on the day he died in 2008, aged 67.

The image here duped a group of young men from Scotland into thinking they were getting an Airbnb rental in Croatia that would feature a big pool table. It went viral after being posted to Twitter.

What it's like to be mauled by the worlds biggest pitbull: Brave volunteer is attacked by 175 lbs Hulk

Shocking footage shows a 175lb pitbull launch an attack on his owner in a training exercise. The footage shows Marlon Grennan, 31, sitting in a chair wearing a bite suit as his dog can be seen snarling on a leash held by an assistant. The dog is then allowed off the leash and he is seen viciously biting his arm. Grennan runs a dog protection home in New Hampshire.

Archaeologists in Uppakra, Sweden, dug up carbonised germinated grains (pictured) dating back to between 400 and 600AD - around the time the Roman Empire collapsed.

Police in Missouri hoped to identify a thief by releasing footage of the woman dancing as she committed the crime. 'While her face isn't clear, we're hoping someone recognizes dope dance moves,' they wrote,

 

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Police respond to reports of a man with a gun only to find a 4ft didgeridoo 

A police riot van was despatched to a park in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands after five reports came in of a man carrying a rifle. They arrived and pounced on amateur musician Mark Sleigh (left), 39. The bemused law-enforcers discovered the 4ft-long object was actually a home-made plastic didgeridoo. Mr Sleigh, a father of one, had taken the instrument to the park to play in the tunnels. The officers saw the funny side and posed for a selfie (right).

Wheelie unfortunate! Australian daredevil's attempt at a front flip ends in painful disaster

Nail-biting footage shows the moment a stunt man face plants while performing a bike flip down a ramp. A shocked crowd watched on as 26-year-old Todd Meyn was unable to make his landing and flipped over the handlebars during travelling stunt show Nitro Circus in Victoria, Australia.

   

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The 'plug nose' women of India: Portrait photographs show Apatani ladies

Portrait photographs show women of the Apatani tribe in Ziro Valley, located in a remote part of Arunachal Pradesh, India. The images show their nose plugs, a form of body modification originally intended to make females of the tribe less attractive and therefore less likely to be kidnapped by their enemies. Lebanese photographer Omar Reda, 33, took the photographs while travelling in north-east India, spending three days with a hundred of the Apatani people in their settlement.

Koko knew at least 1,000 words of American Sign Language and appeared to respond to thousands more that she heard spoken. She died in her sleep on Tuesday in California.

The zigzag elm sawfly, originally found in Japan, feeds only on elm leaves (mark pictured) and has been progressing steadily through Europe. Now scientists have confirmed its arrival in England.

Defensible Barracks in Pembroke Dock is for sale

A historic fort is up for sale for £1.2m as the ultimate 'fixer-upper' - complete with a 16ft-deep moat. The 20-sided fort in Pembroke Dock, named The Defensible Barracks, was built for the British military more than 150 years ago. It was declared the second most endangered Victorian or Edwardian building in England and Wales in 2009, and part of the property has already been converted into flats.

   

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