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Post-op 'W' must still wait 12 months following landmark ruling while birth certificate law is changed.

Video depicting Farouq Brigade leader cutting heart out of Assad soldier’s body posted online.

Assailant slaps police officer to guarantee jail sentence to help her give up smoking.

Masters of heavy metal go into the brewing business but first foray lacks wow factor, says Marverine Cole.

Chrissie Hynde leads Peta boycott against Fortnum and Mason for selling foie gras.

Victim's skull smashed with 20 kg rock for revealing he was homosexual.

Stuart Hazell admits he killed schoolgirl victim after shopping trip with youngster who ‘idolised’ him.

Authorities in Mexico preparing shelters after Popocatepetl starts spewing ash and lava.

Beijing authorities rule death of migrant worker from Anhui as suicide amid allegations of police cover-up.

Santos says his reputation tarnished despite being cleared of two counts of rape.

Hadfield filmed singing Space Oddity on board International Space Station before return to Earth.

French cases back theory that NCoV can spread between people in discovery of 'greatest global concern' says WHO.

An increasing number of Chinese bureaucrats are using the ancient art of divination to make policy decisions and help secure promotions, claim experts.

Archaeologists have discovered a lost civilisation deep in the jungles of Central America.

Andrew Moran was caught while sunbathing with his girlfriend in a luxury villa on the Spanish coast.

Knight will need facial reconstructive surgery due to severity of abuse, says grandmother.

Legislation has been relaxed to allow a computer-controlled car being developed at Oxford University to be test driven on UK roads.

Pope Francis has bestowed sainthood on 800 Italians who were beheaded in the southern town of Otranto, after refusing to convert to Islam.

Gifts laid out in missing girl's bedroom, and floral tributes adorn the gates at family home.

Poll reveals 48% think she should stand down if she fell seriously ill - a turnaround from March this year.

Dead peacock found in garage during police investigation into another crime.

Following the news of his terminal illness, Mark Templin from Montana sold his truck, gave up his job, held a 'last birthday party' and even paid in advance for his future funeral.

The Duchess of Cambridge is satisfying her pregnancy cravings by tucking in to vegetable curry in her parents' village of Upper Bucklebury, Berkshire.

Oscar-winning film Django Unchained was back in Chinese theatres on Sunday more than a month after being withdrawn for 'technical reasons'.

Twilight star Robert Pattinson is in for a celestial treat as girlfriend Kristen Stewart gears up for his 27th birthday on 13 May.

Former officers have been hired for Operation Yewtree as police 'struggle to cope' with the number of sex abuse allegations against celebrities.

Police hunt Michael Fay, who flew passenger planes into UK after forging pilot's licence.

Sky gazers in northern Australia and the South Pacific witnessed a remarkable annular solar eclipse.

Michelle Knight, the first of the three women to be abducted, is taken into police protection.