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Burglary suspect Gobinda Chinweefat who is on the run after he jumped out of a moving ambulance

Manchester burglary suspect escapes police custody by jumping from moving ambulance

20 July 2014 04:25 PM

Gobinda Chinweefat, 26, jumped out the back of a vehicle going up to 30 mph

Do these Vines show the 'institutional racism' of America's convenience stores?

Videos of young black man ‘calling out institutional racism’ of American convenience stores take social media by storm

20 July 2014 02:13 PM

Clips purport to show cashiers following him around ‘thinking he's shoplifting’

Maarten de Jonge said he had planned to travel on both MH17 and MH370 but changed his flights at the last minute each time

Dutch cyclist Maarten de Jonge cheats death twice after changing flights from both Malaysia Airlines MH17 and MH370

20 July 2014 12:12 PM

The 29-year-old had been booked to fly on the jet which was shot down over Ukraine this week

Israeli Merkava tanks fire at the Gaza Strip (background) from their position near Israel's border with the Strip on July 20, 2014

Israel-Gaza conflict: 'Deadliest day' leaves 65 Palestinians and 13 Israeli soldiers dead as Gaza offensive widens

20 July 2014 09:35 AM

Deaths include highest toll for Israeli army since 2006 war against Hezbollah in Lebanon

A Palestinian man looks at a house destroyed by Israeli Defense Forces during an overnight air strike in Gaza City

Israel-Gaza conflict: Israel’s ambassador to US ‘justifies bombing hospitals’ in Twitter Q and A

17 July 2014 04:13 PM

Ron Dermer also says Israel ‘cares more about Palestinian civilians in Gaza than Hamas [do]’

Landau Forte College academy, where John Holmes was teaching a geography lesson in the summer term of 2012 when he 'jokingly' threatened to kill a pupil with a knife during a 'light-hearted quiz at the end of a lesson'

Derby teacher banned from classroom after pulling knife and ‘jokingly’ threatening to kill pupil for getting answer wrong

17 July 2014 03:26 PM

John Holmes prohibited from teaching in UK for two years following knife incident

Michael Gove was switched from Education Secretary to the Government’s Chief Whip after polling showed he was deeply unpopular with teachers

Michael Gove ‘gets stuck in Commons toilet’ on first day in new job as Chief Whip

17 July 2014 01:51 PM

Former Education Secretary apparently wasn't aware a vote was happening, got trapped in a toilet - and missed his first ever Commons vote in new role

The university city of Cambridge has been named as having the hottest property market in Britain - beating even London

Cambridge beats London to be named top location where houses sell fastest in Britain

17 July 2014 12:31 PM

A home in Cambridge goes in just 27 days on average – compared to 41 for the capital

Experts said this great white shark most likely died from choking on a large sea lion that was found stuck in its throat

Shark chokes to death on sea lion in video footage captured by stunned beachgoers

17 July 2014 12:04 PM

After the animal beached itself, experts found ‘a large Australian sea lion stuck inside its throat’

Carol Kirkwood and Connie, the offending animal

BBC Breakfast producer’s dog cuddles up to weather presenter Carol Kirkwood – then betrays her by peeing live on TV

17 July 2014 11:05 AM

‘Upstaged by a dog, it’s the story of my life’

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Inside the brothels that served the Western Front: How one First World War soldier found love in the arms of a French sweetheart

Inside the Western Front brothels

How one First World War soldier found love in the arms of a French sweetheart
Save the tiger: Learning to live with dangerous neighbours

Learning to live with dangerous neighbours

Even in the face of deadly attacks, the villagers of the Sundarbans realise the importance of their tigers
So who is the real power in the land?

So who is the real power in the land?

It's not politicians or newspaper editors who decide things, but the faceless financiers and arms traders, says DJ Taylor
As Syria's civil war rages across the boarder, Lebanon's Baalbek festival defies the bombs among the temples of the gods

Lebanon's Baalbek festival defies the bombs across the boarder

Despite being seven miles from the Syrian civil war, the venerable music gala has been attracting thousands to its performances amid the Roman ruins
Overtaken by events: how will we cope with the driverless car?

Overtaken by events

How will we cope with the driverless car?
Jake Chapman: 'I'd draw the line at a Hitler's dog tattoo'

Jake Chapman: 'I'd draw the line at a Hitler's dog tattoo'

One half of art's bad-boy brother duo is famously disdainful of middle-class 'good taste,' but even he has his limits
Tas Pappas: Skateboarding fame, money... jail and tragedy

Skateboarding fame, money... jail and tragedy

Tas Pappas on a new documentary that lays bare his meteoric rise and fall
A hole new ball game: Introducing the hybrid sport of FootGolf

A hole new ball game

Not athletic enough for football? Don't like the stuffiness of golf? No wonder FootGolf is taking off in the US, where you just have to kick a large ball into the hole
Surreal life of the amateur perfumer: Hazmat couriers, guesswork and badger excrement

Surreal life of the amateur perfumer

They grub around in forests for moss; the authorities hold them in high suspicion; they prise open plastic bags to be hit by the heady scent of badger excrement. And all for what?
Syria's dispossessed speak out: What does

Syria's dispossessed speak out

What does "home" mean now to the million refugees forced to flee across the border to Turkey
A foreign secretary's pyrotechnic display of mixed signals that sentenced 800,000 British soldiers and sailors to death

A pyrotechnic display of mixed signals

Historians are split over what Sir Edward Grey thought he was doing in early 1914. In any event, it was fatal, says John Lichfield
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Bill Granger fires up the barbecue

The great joy of a barbecue: everyone wants to get involved. So fire up, and be prepared for your plans to get a little tweaked
The Last Word: More questions for Qatar

The Last Word: More questions for Qatar

Instant millionaires like Ezekiel do not require the world’s vigilance. It is the rejects of a system which feeds on desperation who must be protected
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How has your club fared in summer sales?

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Warwick Davis: The British actor on Ricky Gervais, how the Harry Potter set became his office, and why he'd like to play a spy

'I'm a realist; I know how hard this business is'

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