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Police in England and Wales have taken DNA samples from children every 10 minutes, new figures from the Howard League for Penal Reform show.

The hidden places where graffiti artists and skaters gather

An elderly dementia patient left overnight on a Luton bus was "badly let down", her family say.

New European scheduled flights to Amsterdam, Paris, Milan and Geneva are announced by Cambridge Airport.

The blast at the terraced house in Newark yesterday left two people dead, and saw a woman, a baby girl and a boy, seven, rushed to hospital from the ruins of the neighbouring property.

Anna Ziuzina, 34, an internet bride whose millionaire husband was murdered in Ukraine (pictured on their wedding day) is pregnant and in a relationship with another British businessman.

A 47-year-old British man living in France is expected to be formally charged later with killing his two children, aged five and 10.

Nasa satellites orbiting the Earth have captured a 6,000-mile-long, 120-mile-wide panoramic photo of the planet starting in northern Russia and swooping down to South Africa.

Louise and Geraint Jones, from Llantrisant, South Wales, have both suffered injuries that mean their short-term memory is limited to around 24-hours.

Young children should hear about the dangers of pornography as soon as they have access to the internet, head teachers say.

Prince William described the months he spent at Lewa, Kenya during his gap year in 2001 as one of the ‘happiest times of my life.

Justin Bieber’s abandoned monkey (pictured) is now the property of the German state. The deadline to reclaim Mally has passed. She was impounded in March when the pop star flew into Europe without the correct paperwork.

Pope Francis has admitted nodding off while praying at the end of a long day, but said he thought God ‘understands’. The Pope spoke off the cuff to 200,000 people in Rome's St Peter's Square.

David Cameron expects the UK Independence Party to win next year’s European Parliament elections, according to a senior Tory source. Lord Howe said David Cameron is 'running scared' from UKIP.

Laura Fernee, who lives in Notting Hill, says her good looks are so powerful they are ruining her life – and have forced her to quit her job because of sleazy men and jealous women.

The explosion just after 5pm on a street in Newark, Nottinghamshire, prompted police to ask local people to remain indoors and keep their windows shut to reduce the impact of dust.

Ally Swinton (pictured) suffered just minor injuries after he was taken by an avalanche and hurled more than 2,000ft down a steep mountain face as he walked along a ridge towards Mont Blanc.

Rescuers are searching for two people missing after an explosion destroyed a house in Nottinghamshire, injuring a man, a woman and two children.

UK astronaut Tim Peake is given a date to fly to the International Space Station, but the mission is not expected to take place before 2015.

Winning the next election will be "virtually impossible" because of David Cameron's support for same-sex marriage. grassroots Conservatives say.