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British soldier survives elephant attack during bush mission

Posted: October 17th, 2008, 8:36pm EDT

Private Stuart Edgar, 18, is lucky to be alive after the enraged wild jumbo attacked him while he was on exercise in Africa.

Fish seven years out of date discovered in warehouse of supplier to top London restaurants

Posted: October 17th, 2008, 8:30pm EDT

Horrified health inspectors discovered 200 tonnes of rotting fish at a seafood firm which supplies top London restaurants.

CCTV pictures of murdered Hannah Foster's last moments

Posted: October 16th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Tragic Hannah Foster is seen on CCTV with a pal - minutes before she was snatched by her alleged murderer.

Garage bosses to be fined if they don't slash petrol prices

Posted: October 16th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Pm Gordon Brown yesterday ordered greedy garage bosses to slash petrol prices - or be fined.

88k cups of tea in your life

Posted: October 16th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Tea really is the drink of the nation - with the average person supping 88,088 cups throughout their lifetime.

University degree on Meredith Kercher killing

Posted: October 16th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Murdered British student Meredith Kercher's killing has become a degree course at the Italian university she was studying at when she died.

Fake tiger terrifies people in Devon

Posted: October 16th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Farmer Terry Western found himself facing the long arm of the claw - after terrified passers-by saw this 5ft toy tiger nodding at them from his car.

McCain licked in last chance debate

Posted: October 16th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

It was John McCain's last big chance to KO the rival he trails behind in the polls.

Mum's plea to paramedic to save her dying Rhys

Posted: October 16th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

The mother of shot schoolboy Rhys Jones pleaded with a paramedic to help save her son as he lay dying in her arms, a court heard yesterday.

Airline staff could be charged with manslaughter after Madrid plane crash

Posted: October 16th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Three airline staff could be charged with multiple manslaughter over the Spanish holiday plane crash in which 154 died.

Emmerdale rape case: Ben allegedly did it for 'fast and nasty quickie'

Posted: October 16th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Ex-Emmerdale star Ben Freeman raped a teenager because he wanted a "fast and nasty quickie", a jury heard yesterday.

No drunks have been banned from pubs or clubs since law change

Posted: October 16th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Not a single violent drunk has been banned from pubs or clubs since a new law was introduced two years ago, ministers said yesterday.

Residents shock at 'radioactive homes' fear

Posted: October 16th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

People living near a former RAF base yesterday spoke of their shock at being told their homes could be radioactive.

Tourist fighting for life after double balcony fall

Posted: October 16th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

A teenage tourist was fighting for life last night after she and her boyfriend plunged 35ft from a balcony.

Teen who stabbed boy on bus has sentence doubled

Posted: October 16th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

A teen who stabbed a boy with a hunting knife after he was jostled on a bus yesterday had his sentence doubled.

The girl who is always bruised

Posted: October 16th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Brave Bethan-May Slater manages a beaming smile through her black and blue bruises.

Guy Ritchie doesn't want Madonna's money but is concerned about kids

Posted: October 16th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Guy Ritchie has insisted he does not want a penny of Madonna's £300million fortune from their divorce settlement.

Credit crunch chaos at Currys Megastore opening

Posted: October 16th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Bargain-hunters cram goods into their car - as 3,000 defy the credit crunch amid mayhem yesterday.

Olympic parade cheered by 100,000 fans in London

Posted: October 16th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Britain's Olympic heroes were yesterday cheered by 100,000 fans as they paraded through London.

Free haridos for junkies and alcoholics to kick the habit

Posted: October 16th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Junkies and alcoholics are being offered free hairdos to help them kick the habit.

Man drops dead in bid to catch firework yob

Posted: October 16th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Bang leads to tragedy outside house

Harry unit's 'rising star' is mourned

Posted: October 16th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

AFGHANISTAN

Staff facing plane crash deaths rap

Posted: October 16th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

SUSPECTS

Campaigns genius uses own service

Posted: October 16th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

HEALTH

NURSE'S GIFT OF LIFE

Posted: October 16th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

A nurse who died in the hospital where she had spent her 30-year career has transformed the lives of six people.

Married cop stalked his shoplifter lover

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

A married policeman has been suspended over a secret affair with a serial shoplifter he was supposed to be helping to reform.

Norway's minimum wage is double that of Britain

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Polish workers are now flocking to Norway, where 40,000 have arrived so far this year - half of them from Britain.

Schools ban tomato ketchup as part of healthy eating drive

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Education chiefs have banned tomato ketchup in some schools because it contains too much sugar and salt.

Another girl falls foul of holiday henna tattoo danger

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Another youngster may be scarred for life - the latest victim of the henna tattoo craze.

One in four Poles flee Britain due to economic meltdown

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

A hundred thousand Polish workers have fled Britain in the past year to escape the economic meltdown.

RAF Hero breaks military rules and saves 17 lives

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Without any thought for his own safety, heroic John Butler flew through a blizzard in pitch darkness to reach the American soldiers

John Noakes snubs Queen's invitation to Blue Peter 50th birthday party

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

The Queen has issued a royal summons to Blue Peter legend John Noakes to attend the party she's throwing for the show's 50th birthday.

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Peter Mandelson pockets an extra £234k after cabinet recall

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Peter Mandelson will get an extra £78,000 a year in EU pay on top of his Cabinet salary of £104,386.

Omar Bakri's pole-dancing daughter says she's done nothing wrong

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

The pole-dancing daughter of Muslim hate cleric Omar Bakri says she is proud of what she does - and doesn't care what her father thinks.

Emmerdale's Ben Freeman told police he did not rape girl

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Emmerdale star Ben Freeman begged a cop to believe he was innocent of a rape allegation made by a teenage girl, a court was told.

Distraught dad describes moment wife and daughter died in drowning tragedy

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Heartbroken Mark Cullen sobbed last night as he told how his daughter survived by clinging to a fallen tree as her mum and twin sister drowned in a flooded river.

Let's help all our kids enjoy reading books, says PM's wife Sarah Brown

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Sarah Brown on why reading to your children is so important

Jeremy Clarkson injured in another Top Gear car crash

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson has had a miraculous escape in a high-speed car crash.

Two servicemen held on suspicion of rape

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Two servicemen have been arrested on suspicion of rape.

Tony Bliar did help Formula One swerve tobacco ad ban, new document reveals

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Tony Blair personally intervened to secure Formula One's exemption from the tobacco advertising ban just hours after meeting Bernie Ecclestone, newly-released documents reveal.

Sarah Palin found guilty of abusing power while Alaska governor

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

John McCain's floundering presidential campaign took a further hammering yesterday when it was revealed his running mate HAD acted unlawfully in a bitter family feud.

Gordon Brown tells Europe to copy Britain's financial crisis solution

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Gordon Brown heads to Paris today to try to persuade the world to adopt his blueprint to end the financial crisis.

High speed death of Austria's far right leader Joerg Haider

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 12:28am EDT

Car crash claims life of controversial politician, who praised SS veterans and ranted against immigration.

The X-rated secret love of X factor star Austin Drage

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 12:12am EDT

Glamour model girlfriend Nikkie quit topless modelling because he hated men ogling her.

Puss in diving boots

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 12:03am EDT

SUPER-cat Hawkeye has made quite a splash since she started the doggie paddle and took up scuba diving.

Stakes could not be higher, this is moment of truth

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 11:22pm EDT

Here Prime Minister Gordon Brown and business tycoon Sir Alan Sugar each give their verdicts on the current economic crisis.

Strictly Come Dancing's Cherie Lunghi had sham marriage

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 8:45pm EDT

Strictly Come dancing star Cherie Lunghi married a friend in a sham to help him stay in Britain.

Rooney leads rout as England dispatch Kazakhstan 5-1 at Wembley

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 8:29pm EDT

Wayne Rooney scored twice Saturday to help England overcome a shaky performance and beat Kazakhstan 5-1 in World Cup qualifying.

Now it's the Credit Munch as cheap potato waffles make a comeback

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 7:23pm EDT

Cash-strapped families are turning to cheap food popular in the 1980s, like potato waffles.

Top 10 unlikely animal friends in pictures

Posted: October 10th, 2008, 6:32pm EDT

It might be a dog eat dog world but - as these pictures prove - once you get man's best friend with another animal race everything is hunky dory.

Car bombers caught rickshaws to escape scene

Posted: October 10th, 2008, 4:28pm EDT

Two terrorists caught rickshaws to escape the scene after leaving car bombs parked in London's busy West End, a court heard today.

Rhys Jones murder trial: Alleged killer 'admitted he shot someone and that a kid had gone down'

Posted: October 10th, 2008, 4:19pm EDT

A bicycle used by the alleged gunman to flee the scene where schoolboy Rhys Jones was shot dead had the DNA of a teenager accused of his murder on it, a court heard today.

In Pictures: Guess the classic movie from its wacky Polish poster

Posted: October 10th, 2008, 3:19pm EDT

During the communist era of the seventies and eighties, Polish cinemas would often use their own somewhat off-the-wall posters for Hollywood movies instead of those sent by the film's distributors

Mum charged with murder of son and daughter

Posted: October 10th, 2008, 3:13pm EDT

A mother was today charged with the murder of her son and daughter, who were stabbed to death at home, police said.

Chimpanzee and White Tiger become best of friends

Posted: October 10th, 2008, 2:58pm EDT

Aww! Here's Anjana the chimpanzee with her new friend a White Tiger cub.

Kerrie Hughes weeps at funeral of daughters smothered by their father

Posted: October 10th, 2008, 2:36pm EDT

The mother of two girls murdered by their father wept today at a funeral service held for her two "angels".

Tesco cuts petrol price by 3p

Posted: October 10th, 2008, 2:27pm EDT

Supermarket giant Tesco said it was cutting the cost of petrol by 3p a litre today as oil prices fell to their lowest level for a year.

British mum and daughter killed after being swept away by floods in Valencia

Posted: October 10th, 2008, 2:19pm EDT

A British mother and daughter have been killed after being swept away by floods near Valencia in Spain. A British woman and her daughter were killed after being swept away by floods near Valencia in Spain.

Wayne Rooney's shocking new haircut, plus pictures of the Best Bald XI

Posted: October 10th, 2008, 2:11pm EDT

Taunts about his rapidly-receding hairline seem to have finally got to Wayne Rooney as he unveiled a new buzz cut during England training this morning.

Paedophile pensioner found murdered in woodland

Posted: October 10th, 2008, 11:53am EDT

Police were today investigating the murder of a paedophile whose body was dumped in woodland.

Manchester United Carlos Tevez's brother arrested over armed robbery

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Tevez Snr 'led gun gang'

21 ways to be happy TODAY

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Life may feel miserable but, in many ways, we've never had it so good. So cast off those blues with our guide to instant joy.

Chemist accidentally gives woman 'rat poison' pills

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

MEDICINE

Mcfly beam message to mystery planet

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

SPACE

Drunk Music teacher banned from classroom after she's caught drink-driving

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

DISCIPLINARY

Join our Mike on the hike

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

More from a sense of adventure than athletic prowess, I volunteered to be the Mirror's standard-bearer on Sir Beefy's latest epic hike.

Drunk who threatened to open packed aircraft's door at 30,000ft jailed

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

COURT

£200,000 to be spent fixing four-faced clock in devon

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

More than £200,000 is being spent fixing a fourfaced clock in Barnstaple, Devon, but three faces will still tell the wrong time.

I get a buzz walking with cancer patients you've helped to cure

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

After 8,000 miles and £12m for charity, Sir Ian Botham is on the march again

42-day Terror Bill to return

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

PARLIAMENT

Doctor dubbed King Of Viagra faces jail

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

A doctor dubbed King of Viagra was told yesterday he will be jailed after admitting his part in a multi-million-pound global conspiracy to sell fake medicines.

Gyrocopter polit dies after smash

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

A pilot, believed to be from Blandford, Dorset, died last night when his gyrocopter plunged to the ground in flames in Kington Magna, Dorset.

Teenage inmates go on pool cue rampage in jail

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

VIOLENCE

Corrie's Liam is murdered.. but in which of these three ways?

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 1:00am EDT

Heart-throb Liam Connor is murdered in Coronation Street but viewers will not find out how until next week's screening.

Brit angler reigns in Spain after landing monster catfish

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 4:40pm EDT

Brit fisherman Alan Melhuish has set a new record for the biggest catfish caught in Spain.

Rhys Jones murder trial: Revenge attacks of warring ganags

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 3:12pm EDT

Hatred runs deep between the two north Liverpool gangs.

Man carves New York out of wood

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 3:05pm EDT

Here's an exact scale model of New York's Manhattan district - carved from wood!

Rhys Jones murder trial: CCTV footage of schoolboy being gunned down shown to court

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 2:49pm EDT

CCTV of the moment schoolboy Rhys Jones was gunned down was shown to a jury today.

Man choked to death on crisps

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 1:51pm EDT

A 35-year-old man choked to death after eating crisps, an inquest heard today.

Rhys Jones murder trial: Tragic schoolboy was innocent victim in gangland shooting

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 1:07pm EDT

Tragic schoolboy Rhys Jones was gunned down after he strayed into a feud between rival gangs, a court heard today.

Rhys Jones murder trial: Alleged killer dumped gun, clothing and bicycle to cover tracks

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 1:07pm EDT

Tragic schoolboy Rhys Jones was gunned down after he got caught up in a gangland shoot-out, a court heard today.

Two doctors plotted to kill hundreds in wave of UK car bombings court told

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 12:39pm EDT

Two doctors plotted to kill hundreds in a wave of car bombings across Britain, a court was told today.

NHS doctors plotted "indiscriminate and wholesale" murder with car bombings

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 12:39pm EDT

Two NHS doctors plotted "indiscriminate and wholesale" murder in a series of car bombings across Britain, a court was told today.

Daily Mirror's Stormont party for Young Achievers

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 12:35pm EDT

Sarah Loughran and Aisling Branning are the bright, beautiful faces of Northern Ireland’s future – two young women set to change the world.

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How the £500 billion bank rescue will affect you?

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 9:29am EDT

Ministers hope yesterday's astonishing £500billion Government bail-out will shore up Britain's tottering High Street banking giants. They are also keeping their fingers crossed that the bold move, coupled with a worldwide cut in interest rates, will help calm the jittery UK economy.