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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 ...

Restore your home? Only if you give three bats their own room, £3,000 of 'furniture' and absolute quiet for six months. It's... Batty!

By Hilary EngelLast updated at 10:35 PM on 11th June 2011 The Old House had not been occupied in living memory. Our neighbour used to bake ...

Daughter of Labour veteran Gwyneth Dunwoody held over 'attack on child at home'

By Christopher LeakeLast updated at 10:01 PM on 11th June 2011 Dynasty: Tamsin, right, with Gwyneth The daughter of a well-known former Labour MP has been ...

Wimbledon: Man who died after betting that Roger Federer would win seven times could receive £100,000

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 9:11 PM on 11th June 2011 A gambler who bet that tennis star Roger Federer would win the Wimbledon title ...

Dro goalkeeper costs his team promotion after Termeno penalty trickles over the line

By Wil LongbottomLast updated at 7:58 PM on 11th June 2011 There's a saying, it isn't over until the fat lady sings, but someone clearly forgot ...

African U.S. embassy bomber 'killed in Somalia'

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 6:26 PM on 11th June 2011 Fazul Abdullah Mohammed was shot by police earlier this weekHe played a leading role ...

Thirty killed as Yemeni soldiers try to force Islamic militants out of towns

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 6:03 PM on 11th June 2011 Thirty people have been killed in clashes between Yemeni soldiers and Al Qaeda-linked militants. ...

Fancy a bike ride in the park? How an 'informal' meeting in Moscow could decide who runs Russia next year

By Wil LongbottomLast updated at 5:06 PM on 11th June 2011 This picture could have been taken during a summer holiday at Center Parcs.But the two ...

Go on, give me a call: Bill Gates to take part in phone-in with British public over vaccines for world's poor

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 4:42 PM on 11th June 2011 Billionaire businessman and philanthropist Bill Gates is to take part in a phone conversation ...

Ed Balls and Gordon Brown ignored warnings that big spending spree would damage the economy

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 4:05 PM on 11th June 2011 'We're spent all this money, but what have we got for it?' asked civil ...

BMW Mini car worker caught selling stolen motor parts was rumbled when items were spotted on eBay

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 4:01 PM on 11th June 2011 Guilty: Safouane Selatnia stole motor parts from his BMW factory A car worker at ...

A portion of fish and chips a week could increase your risk of heart attack by 50%

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 3:04 PM on 11th June 2011 Eating fish and chips just once a week could increase your risk of heart ...

Prison governor, 49, jailed after being found guilty of sexually touching an underage girl

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 2:02 PM on 11th June 2011 Enlarge   Former prison governor Barry Cummings, 49, who has been convicted of child sex ...

Toddler crushed to death by the same chiropractic table his mother was strapped to as she screamed for help

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 1:44 PM on 11th June 2011 A toddler has been crushed to death by a medical table in a chiropractor's ...

UK drought: Millions of Britons face hosepipe bans after driest spring ever

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 12:31 PM on 11th June 2011 People are being urged to shower rather than bathDriest Spring in nearly 100 years ...

Disabled 'terrified to travel on public transport' because of rising abuse from commuters

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 11:31 AM on 11th June 2011 Father with young daughter swore at charity boss Disabled people are facing increasing levels ...

Sir Bruce Forsyth: Entertainment king receives knighthood

By Michael SeamarkLast updated at 9:50 AM on 11th June 2011 It's been a long time coming, but the king of light entertainment Bruce Forsyth finally ...

Britons savings suffer by £36 billion drop because of inflation rise

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 8:31 AM on 11th June 2011 Britons saw the value of their savings eroded by £36 billion during the past ...

The Lionheart who stole a Nazi - and the heart of every woman

By Max Hastings Last updated at 1:26 AM on 11th June 2011 Hero: Paddy disguised as a German NCO during World War II, when he ...

UK aid cash helped African dictator buy himself a £30m jet

By Ian DruryLast updated at 11:45 PM on 10th June 2011 Costly purchase: Uganda president Yoweri Museveni spent £30m of British aid on a private ...

Nigel Lawson says the Coalition's absurd energy policy is damaging industry

By Nigel LawsonLast updated at 11:29 PM on 10th June 2011   Former Tory chancellor Nigel Lawson says the Government's policy of 'decarbonising' is a threat ...

Theresa May ambushed by head of English Defence League

By James SlackLast updated at 8:52 PM on 10th June 2011 Theresa May was last night dramatically ambushed at a constituency meeting by the head of ...

John Terry's car was bugged: Police find 'tracker' as Chelsea star is banned for speeding

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 6:27 PM on 10th June 2011 John Terry believes his car may have been fitted with a tracking device England ...

Prince Philip's 90th Birthday: Duke of Edinburgh won me over in Bethnal Green basement

By Tom UtleyLast updated at 11:28 AM on 10th June 2011 Upstanding: It's Prince Philip's birthday today - and for all his apparent blunders, he ...

Pill to cure feline allergy could be the cat's whiskers

By Fiona MacraeLast updated at 8:36 AM on 10th June 2011 Scientists may have cat allergy licked. They’ve worked out how our feline friends can trigger ...

The world's strangest addictions: Meet the man who eats glass and the mother who can't sleep without her hairdryer

By Tamara AbrahamLast updated at 11:24 PM on 9th June 2011 For most people, a hairdryer is simply a tool for drying hair, but for one ...

We WON'T have U.S.-style health system: Cameron makes five personal guarantees on NHS

By Claire Bates and Tim ShipmanLast updated at 5:32 PM on 7th June 2011 NHS will be 'overwhelmed' unless we reform today, PM warns New private ...

Universities could be forced to close if sky-high fees put students off attending, warns Minister

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 4:47 PM on 7th June 2011 Public Accounts Select Committee chairman Margaret Hodge has raised the spectre of students ...

Chrissie Chambers handed police threatening texts before being gunned down

By Rebecca Evans, Nick Fagge and Eleanor HardingLast updated at 4:26 PM on 7th June 2011 Neighbours tell how mother was 'beaten in the street' by ...

'He drinks a liquid, falls into a deep sleep and dies'... the moment a man commits suicide in front of BBC cameras

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 4:25 PM on 7th June 2011 Moved to tears: Sir Terry Pratchett witnessed Peter's last moments as part of ...

Chile volcano can be seen from SPACE as it spits fire into the sky

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 4:17 PM on 7th June 2011 This towering plume of brown ash is clearly visible from space as a Chilean ...

Human Centipede 2: Film board refuses to classify new horror movie claiming it could 'harm viewers'

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 4:11 PM on 7th June 2011 The UK's movie ratings body has taken the unusual step of refusing outright to ...

Royal Marines on standby off the coast of Yemen as violence escalates

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 4:01 PM on 7th June 2011 Royal Marines braced for emergency evacuation of UK nationals after fresh bouts of violenceLatest ...

Plastic surgery parties blasted as 'insane and depraved' after organisers offer surgical procedures as prizes

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 3:57 PM on 7th June 2011 A plastic surgery 'party' with a £4,000 top prize has been condemned as 'insane' ...

Pensions: A fifth of us have put nothing aside

By Becky BarrowLast updated at 3:29 PM on 7th June 2011 One in five Britons is failing to save a single penny towards a pension, a ...

Entire African football team being hunted by immigration officials after they disappear in France

By Peter Allen and Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 3:25 PM on 7th June 2011 'No "burden sharing"': Home Secretary Theresa May insisted Britain would ...

Teenager shot dead outside block of flats in Tulse Hill, south London

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 3:13 PM on 7th June 2011 Detectives are hunting a gunman after a teenager was shot dead outside a block ...

Anthony Weiner Twitter scandal: 'I sent lewd photos to 6 women and lied about it'

WEINER'S CONFESSION‘The picture WAS of me, and I sent it… It was a very dumb and a very destructive thing to do.’ ‘I have exchanged photos and ...

Scan and sniff: The futuristic airport screening system that 'smells' passengers for explosives

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 3:03 PM on 7th June 2011 The hi-tech scanner, which filters passengers according to risk, promises to drastically cut the long ...

Pictured: Levi Bellfield visiting the beauty spot where Milly Dowler's body was found

By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 2:57 PM on 7th June 2011 Accused Levi Bellfield used to walk dogs in the Hampshire beauty spot where the ...

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