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UK drought officially declared as rain deluges parts of Britain

By Chris BrookeLast updated at 9:15 AM on 13th June 2011 There was a certain inevitability about it.No sooner had drought been declared across large parts ...

A Gay Girl in Damascus: Tom MacMaster, 40, is 'blogger' Amina Arraf

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 9:10 AM on 13th June 2011 The true identity of internationally renowned blogger 'A Gay Girl in Damascus' has been ...

Harry Hucknall, 10, killed himself after taking Ritalin

By Sue ReidLast updated at 8:32 AM on 13th June 2011 Captured in a family video, Harry Hucknall gives a cheeky grin before whizzing off down ...

Chris Huhne under fire as power boss Sir Roger Carr warns of further rises

Chris Huhne under fire as power boss Sir Roger Carr warns of further rises

By Gerri PeevLast updated at 8:15 AM on 13th June 2011 Families have been told to brace themselves for steep energy price rises this winter by ...

Rise of the thirtysomething grandparent: Social workers must adapt to new generations

Rise of the thirtysomething grandparent: Social workers must adapt to new generations

By Eleanor HardingLast updated at 8:15 AM on 13th June 2011 Young and pregnant: The report found rising rates of teenage pregnancy mean mothers who ...

US fighter jets intercept a small plane flying over Camp David - where the Obamas spend the weekend

US fighter jets intercept a small plane flying over Camp David - where the Obamas spend the weekend

Last updated at 8:15 AM on 13th June 2011 Two US F-15 fighter jets on Saturday intercepted a small civilian plane flying near Camp David, the ...

Foreign patients pay £1m for liver transplants at top NHS hospital

Foreign patients pay £1m for liver transplants at top NHS hospital

By Fiona MacraeLast updated at 8:10 AM on 13th June 2011 A leading hospital has been paid £1million to transplant livers donated to the Health Service ...

Southern Cross: 1 in 4 of stricken care firm's homes fails check-ups

Southern Cross: 1 in 4 of stricken care firm's homes fails check-ups

By Rob Davies, City CorrespondentLast updated at 8:08 AM on 13th June 2011 Worried: Faith Cox's mother, Mary Thick, 97, has dementia and lives in ...

Weight gain and diabetes: Why most people 'let themselves go' at 41?

Weight gain and diabetes: Why most people 'let themselves go' at 41?

By Jaya NarainLast updated at 8:04 AM on 13th June 2011 They say life begins at 40 - but according to health campaigners, that is just ...

Sainsbury's supermarket staff are being trained as government 'health spies'

Sainsbury's supermarket staff are being trained as government 'health spies'

By Fiona MacraeLast updated at 8:00 AM on 13th June 2011 Staff are being trained to spot 'hidden carers' who could be entitled to supportSupermarket staff ...

Reliant Robin drivers are the safest on the road

Reliant Robin drivers are the safest on the road

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 7:58 AM on 13th June 2011 Balancing on three wheels, it certainly looks precarious.But it seems that the Reliant’s reputation ...

Little Spinners pole dancing classes for children as young as THREE

Little Spinners pole dancing classes for children as young as THREE

By Tom KellyLast updated at 7:42 AM on 13th June 2011 To the tiny students at this dance studio, the moves are totally innocent.In fact, they ...

Eclipse of David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg

Eclipse of David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg

By Peter McKayLast updated at 9:09 PM on 12th June 2011 We are going through an unusual political eclipse. All of our leaders appear to be ...

'Deeply disturbing': Child protection campaigners' verdict on pole dancing lessons for three-year-olds

'Deeply disturbing': Child protection campaigners' verdict on pole dancing lessons for three-year-olds

By Tom KellyLast updated at 7:26 PM on 12th June 2011 Child protection groups have branded pole dancing lessons for children as young as three ‘deeply ...

Woman, 28, found dead near her five-year-old daughter died as a result of hanging

Woman, 28, found dead near her five-year-old daughter died as a result of hanging

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 7:34 PM on 12th June 2011 This is the first picture of Clare White and her five-year-old daughter Ayesha White-Mukumbira ...

Boom in foreigners coming to live in UK led by Eastern European countries... but more citizens from Malta are leaving

Boom in foreigners coming to live in UK led by Eastern European countries... but more citizens from Malta are leaving

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 3:18 PM on 12th June 2011 Street smart: A Slovakian entertainer in Bratislava. Migrants to the UK have just ...

Curfew call: Teens face being locked indoors after 9pm to reduce crime

Curfew call: Teens face being locked indoors after 9pm to reduce crime

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 2:27 PM on 12th June 2011 A town with the worst youth crime in England and Wales may slap a ...

Benefits cheat who claimed thousands because he could 'barely walk' worked as a courier and a supermarket shelf stacker

Benefits cheat who claimed thousands because he could 'barely walk' worked as a courier and a supermarket shelf stacker

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 2:05 PM on 12th June 2011 A courier escaped jail after being caught on camera lifting and delivering heavy boxes ...

War of the Milibands: Full extent of brothers' feud exposed

War of the Milibands: Full extent of brothers' feud exposed

By Simon WaltersLast updated at 2:02 PM on 12th June 2011 New book reveals they can't even agree on how 'act of fratricide' occurredEd admits Labour ...

England cricketer Monty Panesar 'arrested by police over row with wife in pub car park'

England cricketer Monty Panesar 'arrested by police over row with wife in pub car park'

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 1:48 PM on 12th June 2011 The England cricketer Monty Panesar was held by police and questioned after an alleged ...

Kate Middleton: Duchess of Cambridge more interested in youngsters at Trooping the Colour

Kate Middleton: Duchess of Cambridge more interested in youngsters at Trooping the Colour

By Katie Nicholl Last updated at 1:42 PM on 12th June 2011 All eyes were on the Duchess of Cambridge at her first Trooping the Colour ...

Morally right and in our interest: Cameron and ministers leap to defence of overseas aid policy

Morally right and in our interest: Cameron and ministers leap to defence of overseas aid policy

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 1:27 PM on 12th June 2011 The lives of more than four million children can be saved by a set ...

Campaigner arrested after filming council meeting says police 'completely over-reacted'

Campaigner arrested after filming council meeting says police 'completely over-reacted'

Last updated at 1:03 PM on 12th June 2011 A mother of four arrested and handcuffed after filming a council meeting on her mobile phone may ...

'I saw image of James Bulger and thought the worst': Mother's horror as daughter, 3, is abducted during shopping trip

'I saw image of James Bulger and thought the worst': Mother's horror as daughter, 3, is abducted during shopping trip

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 12:59 PM on 12th June 2011 Abductor, 21, said she took child to get council houseA mother has spoken of ...

Children of six suffering strokes due to obesity and doctors see babies weighing three stone

Children of six suffering strokes due to obesity and doctors see babies weighing three stone

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 12:47 PM on 12th June 2011 An epidemic of obesity is leading to babies being treated in hospital for  weight ...

£50,000 'wasted' in rent EVERY day on new fire service buildings which lie empty

£50,000 'wasted' in rent EVERY day on new fire service buildings which lie empty

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 11:45 AM on 12th June 2011 Project abandoned by Coalition because of mounting problems with IT systems and costsThousands of ...

Shirley Brown's 'Coconut' hate crime investigation that shows NOBODY can escape Britain's Thought Police

Shirley Brown's 'Coconut' hate crime investigation that shows NOBODY can escape Britain's Thought Police

By Polly DunbarLast updated at 10:55 AM on 12th June 2011 Convicted racist: Former Liberal Democrat councillor Shirley Brown faced a three day trial after ...

New York 'Maids' Rally': If only Britain had solidarity like this

New York 'Maids' Rally': If only Britain had solidarity like this

By Suzanne MooreLast updated at 10:43 AM on 12th June 2011 It is always a moving experience when a spotlight suddenly shines on the invisible people ...

Japan tsunami: Eerie underwater images show lives swept away

Japan tsunami: Eerie underwater images show lives swept away

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 10:41 AM on 12th June 2011 When the massive tsunami slammed into Japan entire towns and villages were left submerged, ...

Scampi shortage means popular pub snack could be off the menu this summer

Scampi shortage means popular pub snack could be off the menu this summer

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 10:37 AM on 12th June 2011 Scampi hauls down 50 per cent over last six monthsScampi and chips could be ...

PETER HITCHENS: Blessed are the Spongers? That's not what St Paul said, Archbishop

PETER HITCHENS: Blessed are the Spongers? That's not what St Paul said, Archbishop

Last updated at 4:00 AM on 12th June 2011 Wrong sermon: Rowan Williams ought to be espousing Christian values, not those of the Lib Dems Why ...

Why these ludicrously pretentious menus turn my stomach!

Why these ludicrously pretentious menus turn my stomach!

By Tom Parker BowlesLast updated at 3:20 AM on 12th June 2011 The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrive at the Ark fundraising dinner last ...

'Major breach' of IMF security as hackers break into fund's database in 'sophisticated' cyberattack

'Major breach' of IMF security as hackers break into fund's database in 'sophisticated' cyberattack

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 3:17 AM on 12th June 2011 The FBI has been called in as the International Monetary Fund has come under ...

¿Affair¿ mystery of the MP accused of groping aide after drinking session

¿Affair¿ mystery of the MP accused of groping aide after drinking session

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 2:57 AM on 12th June 2011 The Tory MP accused of groping a political aide was last night at the ...

Two teachers face sack after children serve Irish coffee

Two teachers face sack after children serve Irish coffee

By Mail On Sunday ReporterLast updated at 2:42 AM on 12th June 2011 Two teachers are facing the sack for allowing pupils to serve Irish coffee ...

'No matter how often he's told, Clegg is still pulling his glum face': The hoax that left MPs all a twitter

'No matter how often he's told, Clegg is still pulling his glum face': The hoax that left MPs all a twitter

By Jonathan PetreLast updated at 1:40 AM on 12th June 2011 Head Boy: Craig Oliver on his first day, with Dr Dre headphones and an ...

Wallow Fire: Arizona blaze set to be state's worst

Wallow Fire: Arizona blaze set to be state's worst

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 1:15 AM on 12th June 2011 Full containment of the fire is 'nowhere in sight' say fire officialsMore than 10,000 ...

Winnie the Pooh: The bear of very little brain (but VERY big bank balance)

Winnie the Pooh: The bear of very little brain (but VERY big bank balance)

By Nigel Blundell and Emily HillLast updated at 12:57 AM on 12th June 2011 Richer than the Queen and immortalised first by A.A. Milne and then ...

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: We need a real Opposition, not Cain and Abel

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: We need a real Opposition, not Cain and Abel

By Mail On Sunday CommentLast updated at 12:28 AM on 12th June 2011 Somebody always has to be in Opposition. For those whose lives are devoted ...

Was this the week that China¿s rise to world dominance finally became unstoppable?

Was this the week that China¿s rise to world dominance finally became unstoppable?

By Ian MorrisLast updated at 12:07 AM on 12th June 2011 The Ikea superstore in the port city of Dalian, China, is a blue-and-yellow monument to ...

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