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Birmingham man spends £6,000 on tattoo removal to give him a blank canvas for new designs.

On Mother's Day, we look back on how some of history's greatest thinkers have celebrated a mother's love.

Emmeline Pankhurst, Marie Curie, Princess Di: the mums who made their mark on history

Corinna Schumacher believes it would be 'treachery' to do anything but believe her husband will recover, reveals family friend.

British military has just 227 active Challenger 2 tanks as government cuts defence spending.

Surge in so-called groom kidnappings blamed on crippling cost of marriage dowries.

To highlight Venezuela's escalating violence, beauty queen Stefania Fernandez poses tied up with ropes.

Detained protesters allege brutal torture and sexual abuse as Egyptian government cracks down on dissent.

Corinna Schumacher builds top-of-the-range medical suite to care for husband at home.

Protests staged day before crucial elections to upper house of parliament.

Top Gear host used insulting term for Asians while filming in Burma, claims woman.

Mark Goddard takes drastic action after doctors refuse to operate, then sends text to wife with remaining hand.

Death sentence handed to murderer in Qatar is the first in the country for more than 10 years.

The tribe was first identified as "uncontacted" in 2011.

A 19-year-old woman from Berkshire is thought to be the UK's first case of contracting tuberculosis from a cat.

Increasing number of Russian troops near Ukraine border is ominous, warns United States.

Anti-Islam group claims to be protesting against Muslim 'grooming'

Victorino Chua charged with deliberately poisoning three patients and accused of 31 further offences at Stepping Hill Hospital.

Gay weddings take place in the early hours of Saturday in Brighton and London.

Eldon Samuel III from Idaho tells police he idolised GTA 5 character.

Being a mother would be worth £100,000 as a paid job, says Prezzybox.com

IBTimes UK explores the controversial life of internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom.

'Bitcoins and alcohol don't go well together. Lesson learned', says Reddit user Anndddyyyy.

Breaking away from tradition pope offers confession to priest and stuns congregation.

International police agency says Malaysia did not conduct single check from Interpol's passport database before jetliner's disappearance.

At least five surveillance aircraft spot floating objects in new search zone in Indian Ocean as authorities hope for breakthrough.

The PR Guru said the accusations of sexual assault against him are "a pack of lies."

Jasvir Ram Ginday strangled his wife Varkha Rani with the pipe of a vacuum cleaner after she said she would expose him.

The Foreign Secretary called for global action to end the use of rape as a weapon of war.