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By . Emily Allen . PUBLISHED: . 07:03 EST, 31 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:03 EST, 31 October 2012 . Cruel: Christine Morgan (pictured) also held the child’s head under bath water, threatened to kill her and hit her in the face . A girl subjected to a decade of abuse was forced to drink bleach from a dirty cloth th... | The youngster was left with a 'burning sensation' in her mouth after Christine Morgan, 61, shoved the grimy rag into her mouth .
Morgan also held the child’s head under bath water, threatened to kill her and hit her in the face in abuse which began when she was four .
A judge today told Morgan she can expect .
to be ja... |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 01:24 EST, 21 June 2011 . The Liberal Democrats are preventing David Cameron from taking tougher action on immigration and stripping the workshy of benefits, the Prime Minister said. Mr Cameron firmly rejected claims that only Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg was being forced to compromis... | The PM admits the coalition 'has its problems' but works well .
He defended the deficit reduction plan and attacked Labour's call to slow it down and cut taxes .
He 'admired' some of Tony Blair's public service reform but added he had made many mistakes . |
By . Mark Prigg . PUBLISHED: . 13:10 EST, 18 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:42 EST, 18 October 2012 . For five million years after the worst mass extinction in Earth history, much of the planet was simply too hot for anything to survive, scientists have learned. Experts have long been puzzled by the 'broken world' sc... | Experts say 'broken world' that followed the Permian-Triassic mass extinction meant no life for five million years in a huge 'dead zone'
Temperatures in the tropics rose to lethal levels, soaring to 60C on land and 40C in the sea . |
An extreme kayaker who was killed after she was overtaken by powerful rapids was being profiled by '60 Minutes Sports' at the time of her death, it has emerged. Shannon Christy, a 23-year-old experienced kayaer, was preparing for the Great Falls Race on the Potomac on July 11 when she encountered trouble in the first d... | Shannon Christy, an experienced kayaker, was overtaken by powerful rapids as she practiced for the Great Falls Race in July .
Her death came just two days after she was filmed taking the same drop on the Potomac River for 60 Minutes Sports .
In the interview, she talks about the dangers of the sport . |
An obese woman whose anxiety led to alarming weight gain dropped six dress sizes after she learned to control her stress through yoga and pilates instead. Michelle Bird, 34, from Chatteris in Cambridgeshire, dropped from 13 stone to 8st 7lb in just two years after doctors said that she was on the verge of developing ty... | Michelle Bird, 34, from Cambridgeshire, dropped from 13st to 8st 7 lb .
Paired holistic exercise with breathing techniques and healthy eating .
She has now qualified to teach kettlebell classes and give nutritional advice .
Size six Michelle works as a fitness instructor at her business, Bodymode . |
(CNN) -- Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius was sworn in Tuesday night as secretary of Health and Human Services. Kathleen Sebelius dives into discussing the swine flu at the White House after being sworn in. She was sworn after she was confirmed by the Senate in a 65-31 vote. The timely vote puts Sebelius in office as the ... | Kathleen Sebelius sworn in after being confirmed by 65-31 vote .
White House says health team is equipped to handle swine flu situation .
Sebelius has come under fire for ties to late-term abortion doctor .
Sebelius was two-term Democratic governor in Kansas, a Republican-leaning state . |
By . Christopher Stevens for Daily Mail . When Sheridan Smith bounds onto the stage to belt out Merseybeat classics in Cilla tonight, her huge voice is sensational. Watch the second part of ITV’s outstanding Cilla Black biopic and you’ll see an actress who can do everything — comedy, drama and song, all at the same tim... | Sheridan had an intense on-off relationship with her one-time co-star James Corden .
He has written candidly about their relationship in his autobiography .
The pair split in 2009 .
She has also dated Amy Winehouse's former boyfriend Reg Traviss .
She collected an Olivier award for best actress in 2011, for her West E... |
(EW.com) -- The New Year will bring with it a new era of late-night TV. In preparation for the big change, Time magazine asked Seth Meyers -- who will take over "Late Night" in February when Jimmy Fallon moves on to host the "Tonight Show" — to grace the cover of its 2014 forecast issue. In the cover piece, available... | Time magazine asked Seth Meyers to be on its 2014 forecast issue cover .
He'll take over "Late Night" in February .
His studio is still being built, but the format is not .
Amy Poehler is expected to be on his first show . |
A mob, wielding baseball bats, broken bottles and knives, swarms a Paris synagogue. Violence erupts at a pro-Israel rally in Los Angeles after a demonstrator reportedly stomps on a Palestinian flag. Phone calls and text messages threaten a Palestinian-American who organized a protest in Atlanta. A trending Twitter hash... | While missiles fly in Mideast, tensions soar outside the region .
Hatred, even violence, erupts at demonstrations in France and United States .
People on both sides of the issue talk of death threats .
The battle is also being waged in venomous words on social media . |
By . Scarlett Russell . Soaring childcare costs in the UK are prompting more mothers than ever to start their own businesses from home. A new survey has found that two thirds (65 per cent) of mothers with children under the age of ten are considering launching their own business in the next three years. The dramatic ri... | Price of full-time childcare is at an all-time-high of £11,700 for two children .
Rise of British 'Mumpreneurs', mothers who start business from home .
One in seven mothers motivated by flexibility of being their own boss . |
By . Sara Smyth . PUBLISHED: . 17:41 EST, 17 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:14 EST, 18 September 2013 . In her role as a high-powered City lawyer, Miriam Clegg does not often get the chance to play the everyday school mum. So it is little wonder she ended up looking surprisingly glamorous on a visit to a primary sc... | Deputy Prime Minister's wife lit up the playground when she sashayed into Lairdsland Primary School .
Visit proved almost too much for the mother-of-three judging by her array of facial expressions . |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . Updated: . 19:50 EST, 10 August 2011 . The mother of twins arrested for alleged looting in Brixton has claimed that she thought her two sons had gone to the gym. Linette Livingstone said she was horrified to discover that her 19-year-old sons Icha and Micha had both been arrested following Su... | Mother of riot twins says her sons are 'good boys'
Sons were among first accused of raiding Brixton stores .
Mother of female JD Sports looter tells of her shame . |
By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 22:38 EST, 24 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 22:42 EST, 24 May 2013 . The Horace Mann School, one of New York City's most prestigious private schools, has apologized for more than three decades of sexual abuse perpetrated by some of its teachers and administrators, according to a letter ... | Horace Mann, the elite Bronx private school issues a public apology to its victims .
Board members who served when abuses were reported have been removed .
Victims say school leaders knew about the abuse but failed to stop it .
10-month investigation identified at least 12 possible abusers but can't prosecute .
Settlem... |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 00:20 EST, 13 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:01 EST, 13 May 2013 . Avid fans of the Doctor have been blamed for causing a stampede for online tickets to the Proms - prompting the system to crash and touts to sell them for more than ten times their original value. The Doctor Who Pro... | Record 114,000 tickets for the BBC Proms 2013 have sold since booking opened on Saturday - a 17 per cent rise from last year's sales .
Disappointed customers brand ticketing site 'atrocious' |
(CNN) -- One man's trash is another man's mystery. Nick DiMola holds what he believes are about 60 artifacts and pieces of artifacts from Mexico. Five years ago, Nick DiMola's rubbish removal company was hired to clean out a Manhattan apartment following the death of the owner, abstract artist Clinton Hill. The content... | Nick DiMola finds Mexican artifacts worth thousands in trash barrel .
Barrel belonged to deceased abstract artist Clinton Hill .
Mexican government claims it owns artifacts, seeks their return .
DiMola says he wants to donate artifacts to museums across U.S. |
(CNN) -- Kellie Pickler calls them her favorite shows. "When you get up onstage and you look out and you see a sea of soldiers or sea of marines or just a sea of your military in general, it's just so overwhelming, and it just really makes you feel good," Pickler says. The 26-year-old country music star has been singin... | Country singer Kellie Pickler has been on six USO overseas tours .
USO tours help boost the morale of military men and women stationed far from home .
Pickler: They need to know we haven't forgotten about them and what they do . |
The Obama administration official closest to the disastrous rollout of Healthcare.gov dodged questions from a congressional committee chairman – eight separate times – about how many Americans have signed up for coverage through government-run marketplaces. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator Maril... | Marilyn Tavenner provided few answers in a House Ways and Means Committee hearing Tuesday .
'We have a system that's working,' she boasted .
Obamacare website isn't verifying applicants' eligibility for subsidies, instead reminding them that they risk perjury charges by lying .
The one-year delay of the employer mandat... |
Forget the provocative likes of Rihanna and Miley Cyrus; in Japan, the look that both men and women aspire to is cute, wholesome and resolutely virginal. Japanese culture, in particular popular cartoons such as Manga and Hello Kitty, has an innocent mien while the cult of the computer game loving geek, the otaru, is bu... | Only 27 per cent of Japanese couples have sex at least once a week .
Some 'otaku' (geek) men choose to have virtual girlfriends instead .
Subject of BBC documentary called No Sex Please, We're Japanese . |
At first glance, the new car unveiled at a motor show appeared to be an updated model of the Range Rover Evoque. With its signature body shape, lights and radiator grill and silver logo across the front edge of its bonnet, it was the spitting image of the British bestseller. But in fact, it was a brazen copy of the hug... | Chinese carmaker LandWind launched its £14,000 X7 at a motor show .
It bore close resemblance to the £40,000-plus Range Rover Evoque .
Jaguar Land Rover may take legal action to protect its brand . |
(CNN) -- A dazzling meteor lit up skies Thursday night in at least 10 states, from Ohio to Maryland and all the way down to South Carolina. "It was a huge yellow burning tail streaking what seemed right over the city," one poster on the American Meteor Society's reporting page wrote from Virginia Beach, Virginia. "It w... | A fireball was seen in at least 10 states a little after 7 p.m. Thursday .
"It was a huge yellow burning tail," one viewer wrote to a meteor tracking group .
Others said it was green, white or blue .
Such events are common, but often go unseen, American Meteor Society says . |
A blind woman has had her confidence shattered after a holiday company told her she would be unable to go on a flight because she would not be able to see the safety demonstration. Lauren Wigglesworth, 27, has been left 'absolutely gutted' by holiday company Thomson, after she and friend Stephen Sherwood, 24, were told... | Lauren Wigglesworth and Stephen Sherwood were told they needed a carer .
They were forced to cancel their £538 trip to the C'an Picafort resort .
Thomson back down and say they can go after MailOnline cover the story .
Now company which specialises in holidays for blind has offered pair break . |
(CNN) -- In my home town of St. Louis, a petition has gained traction calling for police to wear body cameras that capture everything in front of them while they are doing their jobs. This would be just a step beyond the idea of putting dashboard cameras on all police cars, which some police agencies around the country... | In Ferguson, the idea of putting dashboard cameras on all police cars has come up .
A team of entrepreneurs is making a new nail polish that women can wear to prevent date rape .
Neil Richards: Cameras and chemistry, it seems, can deter police brutality and date rape .
Richards: But complex social problems can't be rea... |
A choir of protests echoed through the country's quintessential megamall, when a few hundred demonstrators from Black Lives Matter raised their voices at the Mall of America. They held the protest Saturday against the Bloomington, Minnesota, mall's wishes, and were met by police who made at least 20 arrests, CNN affili... | Police arrest at least 20 demonstrators, CNN affiliate reports .
Mall management asks organizers not to hold the protests on its private property .
Hundreds chant, hold up their hands and lie down to play dead .
Mall of America says it's the nation's largest . |
(CNN) -- Tony Stark may have started out as a Batman knockoff -- like Bruce Wayne he's a playboy entrepreneur, a mega-rich industrialist who inherited the good life before channeling his anger into homeland security -- but there's no doubt that in the movies Robert Downey Jr. has put clear blue water between Tony and C... | In the new film Iron Man is pitted against The Mandarin .
Stark's arrogance and narcissism come back to haunt him .
The love story continues between Pepper Potts and Tony Stark . |
Fresh charges were laid against 22-year-old Agim Kruezi on Friday, including that he transported a gun and stockpiled machetes, knives and balaclavas in preparation for a terrorist act . A young Queensland man charged with supporting terrorists in Syria was also planning a terrorist attack on Australian soil, it will b... | Agim Kruezi, 22, was allegedly planning a terrorist attack on Australian soil .
Mr Kruezi transported a gun and stockpiled machetes, knives and balaclavas .
He faces a total of seven charges .
Mr Kruezi, Omar Succarieh, 31, and Louis Maestracci, 32, were arrested in September in counter-terrorism raids in the Brisbane ... |
By . Daily Mail Reporters . PUBLISHED: . 15:02 EST, 15 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 09:58 EST, 17 January 2014 . A five-month-old American girl who was crushed to death on a baggage carousel at a Spanish airport died due to parental neglect, not because of the machine, the Spanish government has said. Authorities have... | Vashti Terry was crushed to death after becoming trapped in a baggage carousel at Alicante Airport last September .
Her mother, Nathania Terry from Maryland, had been holding the baby girl but dropped her when she climbed onto the carousel to retrieve luggage .
Within seconds, the baby had been pulled into a gap and cr... |
Today, the United States is conducting offensive cyberwar actions around the world. More than passively eavesdropping, we're penetrating and damaging foreign networks for both espionage and to ready them for attack. We're creating custom-designed Internet weapons, pre-targeted and ready to be "fired" against some piec... | Bruce Schneier: U.S. is pursuing policies that are destabilizing and expensive .
Schneier: The cyberwar arms race will define the Internet in the 21st century .
He asks: How much of what the U.S. does is an act of war by international definitions?
Schneier: We need more transparency, cooperation and viable cyberweapons... |
(CNN)Jordan executed two al Qaeda prisoners before dawn Wednesday, following through on a promised strong response to the ISIS killing of pilot Moath al-Kasasbeh, a government spokesman said. Put to death were Sajida al-Rishawi, the Iraqi would-be suicide bomber whose release ISIS had previously requested, and Ziad Kar... | Jordan executes Sajida al-Rishawi and Ziad Karboul .
President Obama meets with Jordan's king after pilot's murder .
Analysts predict the brutality of its latest video could come back to bite ISIS . |
By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 06:57 EST, 25 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:34 EST, 25 February 2013 . These chimps were more than happy to pose for their close-ups with a camera so small they didn't even notice it was there. These unique pictures were taken with the world's 'first digital fisheye camera' after ... | Snaps show the monkeys playing at the Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary .
Greg Dash took the pictures with a digital fisheye camera he designed . |
This is the heart-wrenching moment a dying wife renewed her wedding vows in a moving ceremony on her 60th wedding anniversary - with just days left to live. Brave Janet Jones, 79, was diagnosed with terminal cancer earlier this year but vowed to stay alive long enough to see her diamond wedding anniversary. And yesterd... | Janet Jones vowed she 'wasn't going anywhere' until the milestone .
She now feels her 'life is complete' following the ceremony .
Told how she had loved 'every second' with husband Gethin .
And how she once threw a custard pie in the face of another female suitor .
The couple has plans for their ashes to be jointly sca... |
By . Wills Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 20:35 EST, 6 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 21:06 EST, 6 January 2014 . A Taiwanese man managed to survive 60 hours drifting in rough seas, even though he could not swim. Tseng Lien-fa was catching baby eels off the island's east coast on Friday when he was swept into the water by a la... | Tseng Lien-fa, 42, was swept away by a wave on the east coast of Taiwan .
Survived for more than two days by holding onto a wooden coffin lid .
He eventually washed up on a beach nearly 50 miles from where he started .
Doctors who treated him said it was a 'miracle' he is still alive . |
Chimpanzees have special 'words' that they use for different types of food and can even learn the calls used by strangers from foreign groups. Primatologists have found that a group of adult chimpanzees from a safari park in Holland adapted the grunts they produced for foods like apples to match those of other chimps t... | Biologists studied chimps moved to Edinburgh Zoo from the Netherlands .
The Dutch chimps learned new grunts for apples from apes in Edinburgh .
It is the first evidence that chimps can learn calls relating to specific foods .
Such behaviour was thought to be a defining feature of human language .
It suggests this featu... |
Tax bill: Millionaire Michael Rockall, pictured with wife Gillian, claimed he needed a £6million yacht to impress his clients to avoid paying income tax on it . A millionaire who claimed he needed a £6million yacht to impress his clients has been ordered to pay tax on their luxury items after a tribunal ruled he person... | Michael Rockall, 70, had wanted to avoid paying tax on his 140ft yacht .
Said boat and jewellery worn by wife was needed to 'convey the right image'
He set up hotel and executive training business after leaving Barclays Bank .
Wife Gillian and their daughter wore gems including necklace worth £150,000 .
Vessel was used... |
By . Kieran Corcoran . When she awoke from a 14-week coma caused by a deadly brain condition, Liz Oldershaw's family were happy just to see her awake. However, their joy at her recovery soon turned to worry as they discovered she had lost most of her memories - and even how to talk, read and write. Liz, 24, could not e... | Liz Oldershaw, 24, developed encephalitis and was put into a 14-week coma .
When she eventually woke up she had lost most of her memories .
She had also lost the ability to read, write and even speak .
But she is piecing her past back together with help from her family .
They have made scrapbooks and photo collages to ... |
In Michel Platini’s perfect world football would be a non-contact sport. The Beautiful Game, as described by Pele, would be a work of art un-desecrated by physical collision. Supremely gifted players – like himself in his glory years with France – would be free to paint their masterpieces on the canvas of the pitch wit... | Platini and Pierluigi Collina are trying to make football a non-contact sport .
Gifted players would be able to stroll around free from obstruction . |
By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 07:09 EST, 10 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:49 EST, 10 October 2012 . Six penguins at London Zoo have died of malaria, it emerged yesterday. The birds were struck down by an avian version of the disease after being bitten by mosquitoes during the summer. Experts blamed the tragedy... | The strain cannot be passed on to humans, experts say .
58 remaining birds have been given special drugs to protect them .
Britain's record wet summer blamed for helping mosquitos thrive . |
Washington (CNN) -- Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia said Monday he thinks Hillary Clinton will run for president next year and that her decision could be known as soon as December. Kaine, a Democrat who has vowed to endorse Clinton should she run, made the comments in a question and answer session with students at Randolph ... | Hillary Clinton's 2016 decision could be known as early as December, says Sen. Tim Kaine .
Kaine, a Virginia Democrat, says he thinks Clinton will run for president .
Kaine is a former governor and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee . |
By . Eddie Wrenn . PUBLISHED: . 05:57 EST, 13 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:20 EST, 13 March 2012 . Brain scans of NASA astronauts who have spent more than a month in space have revealed damage to their eyeballs and brain tissue. The research may have long-term implications for long-term space journeys, hypothetically... | MRI tests on travellers to International Space Station uncover effects on eyeballs and brain connections .
Mission to Mars may not be possible .
Humanity's ability to get to and settle on another planet may also be a non-runner .
Nine of the 27 astronauts suffered an expansion of the cerebral spinal .
fluid space surro... |
By . Emma Reynolds . PUBLISHED: . 05:03 EST, 20 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:19 EST, 20 December 2012 . Disturbing: Kevin Robinson, 29, exposed himself to women while wearing scarves and balaclavas over his face . A serial flasher wore a pink suspender belt and black lacy bra and exposed himself to women in a tiny... | Kevin Robinson covered his face with a scarf or a balaclava .
He was jailed for 18 months for exposing himself to seven women . |
By . Peter Rugg . and Luke Augustus . Follow @@Luke_Augustus29 . American reality TV star Duane Chapman, also known as Dog the Bounty Hunter, has threatened MMA fighter Jon Koppenhaver after he allegedly beat up his ex-girlfriend Christy Mack. Porn star Mack has released a public account of the event that has left her ... | GRAPHIC PHOTOS .
Dog the Bounty Hunter Duane Chapman has threatened porn star's Christy Mack's ex-boyfriend Jon Koppenhaver .
Mack is in hospital with serious injuries after allegedly being beaten up by Koppenhaver .
MMA fighter War Machine, aka Koppenhaver, is wanted by police .
Chapman has tweeted Koppenhaver that he... |
By . Wil Longbottom . Last updated at 4:51 PM on 21st December 2011 . Syrian armed forces have carried out live firing exercises as a show of strength after 111 people were killed in one town yesterday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said troops using heavy machine guns and artillery carried out the killings i... | Heavy machine guns and artillery fired on town of Kfar Owaid .
Army defectors shelled as they leave their posts .
Syria finally allows international monitors into country after weeks of stalling .
Opposition group claims 250 killed in two days and appeals for UN intervention to protect civilians . |
Hong Kong (CNN) -- The Chinese authorities have contested reports that three Tibetans set themselves on fire last week in a remote area of southwestern China. The conflicting accounts followed an increase in security measures by the Chinese authorities in Ganzi, an ethnically Tibetan area of Sichuan Province, in respon... | Overseas groups have reported that three Tibetans set fire to themselves in China .
Local Chinese officials tell a state-run newspaper that the self-immolations didn't happen .
The Chinese authorities' accounts have regularly differed with those of advocacy groups .
The reports come after a clampdown by Chinese securit... |
Blackpool striker Nile Ranger has been questioned by police after he had a row in the middle of the motorway, it has been reported. The former Newcastle man is said to have been driving along the M55 near Preston on Friday night when he got into an argument with his girlfriend - who was in a separate car. It is believe... | Ranger said to have been driving along M55 near Preston on Friday night .
Believed to have got into argument with girlfriend who was in another car .
They crawled alongside each other shouting in their windows, it's reported .
Ex-Newcastle striker was sacked by Swindon earlier this year after being caught on CCTV punch... |
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