Pharmacist jailed for showing beheading video to children
Zameer Ghumra, 38, was jailed for six years for disseminating terrorist propaganda in the form of a graphic Twitter video on his mobile phone.
Pictures of the week 30 September to 6 October 2017: Seven days of the world's best photojournalism
The week's best photojournalism, from Las Vegas mass shooting and Catalonia independence referendum to Theresa May's Conservative Party Conference speech and a jaguar catching an anaconda.
Mother captures touching moment a stranger helps calm her autistic son after train 'meltdown'
Daniel Ball, 21, stepped in to calm down Jack, who has autism, after he began shouting and hitting his mother and sister.
When will Boris Johnson say sorry for his Libya 'dead bodies' comment?
The foreign secretary came under fire from his own colleagues for comments about war-torn Libya. Johnson said Sirte could be the next Dubai once it "clears the dead bodies away".
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Elderly woman found hiding 15 'stolen' cats inside her Manchester home
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Bookies slash odds on early exit for Theresa May - with Boris Johnson favourite to replace her
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UK house prices growth hits seven-month high in September
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Theresa May ought to know that messy politics often results in bad economics
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The real roaring lions are Britain's young people
The youth do not want their global, outward-looking international future taken away from them, yet they believe it is already gone for good.
'May should stay' says home secretary Amber Rudd as the knives sharpen for the PM
The Home Secretary Amber Rudd has backed Theresa May to stay as prime minister as the fallout continues from her disastrous conference speech.
Rogue trader sold toxic fake lipstick called Lady Danger with dangerous levels of lead
The lipstick being sold by Paul Lamerton contained 300 times the legal level of lead, and could lead to high blood pressure, cardiac, reproductive and neurological problems.
Nightclub doorman accused of historic rape 'beaten to death in street in front of cheering crowd'
John Masser, 49, from Basildon, Essex, died from a suspected brain haemorrhage after being beaten days before he was due to stand trial for a historic rape.
Hairdresser 'deliberately infected men with HIV then sent texts saying "LOL. Whoops!"'
Daryll Rowe, a hairdresser is on trial Lewes Crown Court, is charged with infecting four men with the HIV virus and trying to infect another six.
Boris Becker 'selling his Wimbledon trophies' after blowing £20m on 'five second sex' in a cupboard
The three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker is reported to be selling his most cherished trophies and luxury watched to pay off new debts after he declared bankruptcy in June.
'Healer' accused of killing diabetic child by giving him 'slap therapy' instead of insulin
Hong Chi Xiao, 54, faces charges of killing a six-year-old boy who used his 'slap therapy' method. It follows a UK investigation in the similar death of a British grandmother.
Escalation of political conflict threatens Catalonia's prosperous economy, analysts warn
Ratings agency S&P places region on negative credit watch as Catalan banks contemplate incorporating elsewhere in Spain.
Thieving dad steps over dying toddler son to flee police after high-speed crash
After allegedly stealing from Walmart, Christopher Kuhn jumped a red light and hit another vehicle, causing his son to fly out the car. Police say he left the boy for dead.
'Such a sad event': Calvin Harris kicks Theresa May when she's down over Tory party conference song choice
PM used Scottish DJ's collaboration with Rihanna This Is What You Came For as her entrance tune at her disastrous keynote speech.
Claims of satanic or ritual child abuse by Ted Heath 'lack evidence' say police
Six people came forward to accuse for prime mistier of engaging in satanic abuse during child abuse investigation.
Belfast barber shop under fire for Kim Jong-un 'bad hair day' poster
A local councillor warned that the poster would not "go down very well" in Northern Ireland's capital.
5 fascinating facts about Kazuo Ishiguro, who won the Nobel Literature Prize in 2017
Kazuo Ishiguro has written eight books, the most famous being The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go, which were adapted into major films.
Alcosynth: Hangover-free, healthy and non-addictive booze could be with us by 2020
Biotech firm Alcarelle bids to raise £7m to fund safety studies before seeking to sell alcohol-free drinks that get you tipsy but avoid hangovers.
How the Queen's spending compares to Henry VIII
While Elizabeth II is seen as a frugal monarch, other members of her family might bring back a bit of royal extravagance.
Sir Ted Heath would face police questions over child rape if alive today
Report by Wiltshire Police says former Tory party leader would be interviewed by police on suspicion of abusing seven boys
Troll gets social media ban after stealing baby pics for sick 'dead children' scam
Katie Ringer, 21, took baby photos and pretended they were her own dead children in a bid to raise money by scamming people.
'She must be gone by Christmas' say dozens of Tory MPs wanting to get rid of Theresa May
Theresa May could be ousted as PM by Christmas as she is left 'distraught' following conference speech.
Crack dealer tried to smuggle £300k worth of cocaine from Jamaica to UK in dried milk tins
Michael Kellar from the West Midlands tried to smuggle cocaine into the UK on two occasions in fruit punch and dried milk tins before being arrested by Border Force officers.
Girl, 6, and mum dead with baby fighting for her life after horror blaze rips through flat
Six-year-old Tafaoul Fadoul died in hospital two days after her mother Zainab Adam died following the fire in Stoke-on-Trent. A six-month-old baby is currently fighting for life.
Ex-private schoolboy 'raped 8-out-of-10 drunk city worker after her all-day brandy and wine binge'
The alleged victim had been drinking in London all day before she met William Paton in a London bar, a court heard. The woman alleges she awoke to find Paton having sex with her.
Dad killed by one punch outside club after attacker boasted he wanted to 'bang someone out'
Esinkumo Ayabowei died after suffering a fractured skull and a broken jaw when thug Kieran Roberts knocked him unconscious outside a nightclub in Bangor, North Wales.
91-year-old woman threatened police officers with a meat cleaver and cosh in south London
Police and a doctor were called to a house in London Lane, Bromley, after the pensioner began acting strangely. When they got their, she was wielding the cosh and meat cleaver.
Theresa May could have delivered a speech to save Britain from Brexit. Instead, she choked
The most chaotic, bumbling, amateur hour conference speech in history could have at least had a good message behind it, rather than just self-preservation.
British Army sergeant having Tinder affair 'tried to murder wife by tampering with parachute'
Emile Cilliers is accused of two counts of the attempted murder of his former wife Victoria Cilliers, who survived the parachute jump.
Man who strangled mother of his new-born child in drunken rage gets life in prison
Mark Mahoney, 31, killed care assistant Vikki Hull, 29, who had given birth to their daughter less than seven weeks before.
Theresa May shows support for communist icon Frida Kahlo during Tory party speech
Prime Minister spotted wearing bracelet of Mexican artists and communist while delivering calamitous speech a Conservative Party conference.
White model with biggest boobs in Europe 'turns black' after tanning injections and claims to be African
Marina Big is a white German woman who claims to be black after undergoing tanning injections. She made her fame as a glamour model with the biggest boobs in Europe
Theresa May's speech was awful – and not just because of the bizarre disasters
The prime minister's speech at the Conservative party conference will make headlines for its appalling performance, but the policies in there were bad too.
Theresa May tweets witty response to conference speech debacle
Twitter users applaud Theresa May following an excellent response to her unfortunate conference speech coughing fit.
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