CCTV footage showed a passenger walking off with it at another station Last year, a Stradivarius sold for a record £9.8m In 2008, US violinist Philippe Quint left a 290-year-old Stradivari worth £2.5m in the back of a New York taxi By Emma Reynolds PUBLISHED: 08:16 EST, 31 July 2012 | UPDATED: 10:10 EST, 31 […]
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Stradivarius violin returned: Musical instrument handed in to lost property after it was mislaid on train
Stradivarius violin returned: Musical instrument handed in to lost property after it was mislaid on train
CCTV footage showed a passenger walking off with it at another station Last year, a Stradivarius sold for a record £9.8m In 2008, US violinist Philippe Quint left a 290-year-old Stradivari worth £2.5m in the back of a New York taxi By Emma Reynolds PUBLISHED: 08:16 EST, 31 July 2012 | UPDATED: 10:10 EST, 31 […]
Pensioner with mobility scooter banned from NHS-run bus for disabled patients ‘in case the batteries leak’
By Suzannah Hills PUBLISHED: 09:44 EST, 31 July 2012 | UPDATED: 10:11 EST, 31 July 2012 Anne Bagguley, from Nottingham, was not allowed to go on the Nottingham City Council Medilink bus because she was in a mobility scooter A pensioner was not allowed to get on an NHS-run bus service designed for disabled patients […]
Pensioner with mobility scooter banned from NHS-run bus for disabled patients ‘in case the batteries leak’
By Suzannah Hills PUBLISHED: 09:44 EST, 31 July 2012 | UPDATED: 10:11 EST, 31 July 2012 Anne Bagguley, from Nottingham, was not allowed to go on the Nottingham City Council Medilink bus because she was in a mobility scooter A pensioner was not allowed to get on an NHS-run bus service designed for disabled patients […]
Army of snitches: HMRC hands out more than £1m to Britons who shopped tax dodgers during financial crisis
One person was paid £100,000 for helping stop an offshore tax-dodge Upset spouses, neighbours or colleagues are typical snitches People are not paid their fee until the unpaid tax is recovered, HMRC say By Martin Robinson PUBLISHED: 10:07 EST, 31 July 2012 | UPDATED: 10:14 EST, 31 July 2012 Super-snitches have pocketed more than £1 […]
Army of snitches: HMRC hands out more than £1m to Britons who shopped tax dodgers during financial crisis
One person was paid £100,000 for helping stop an offshore tax-dodge Upset spouses, neighbours or colleagues are typical snitches People are not paid their fee until the unpaid tax is recovered, HMRC say By Martin Robinson PUBLISHED: 10:07 EST, 31 July 2012 | UPDATED: 10:14 EST, 31 July 2012 Super-snitches have pocketed more than £1 […]
No medal but teenage record breaker Zoe Smith silences vicious Twitter trolls with an inspiring Olympic performance
18-year-old lifted 121kg in the clean and jerk round Said it was ‘two fingers up’ to the online bullies Lost 7lbs in two weeks in order to qualify By Toni Jones PUBLISHED: 09:35 EST, 31 July 2012 | UPDATED: 10:20 EST, 31 July 2012 Fresh-faced Zoe Williams doesn’t look like your average weight lifter. But […]
No medal but teenage record breaker Zoe Smith silences vicious Twitter trolls with an inspiring Olympic performance
18-year-old lifted 121kg in the clean and jerk round Said it was ‘two fingers up’ to the online bullies Lost 7lbs in two weeks in order to qualify By Toni Jones PUBLISHED: 09:35 EST, 31 July 2012 | UPDATED: 10:20 EST, 31 July 2012 Fresh-faced Zoe Williams doesn’t look like your average weight lifter. But […]
Teenager who lost his leg to cancer is bought a new prosthetic limb by Britain¿s biggest Euromillions winners who scooped £161million
Kieran Maxwell had his left leg amputated after getting rare and aggressive cancer Ewings Sarcoma Last month while walking with his current prosthetic limb he fell while carrying the Olympic torch Euromillionaires Colin and Chris Weir pay five-figure-sum for a new lightweight leg for the 13-year-old ‘He’ll be able to walk, run and climb just […]
Teenager who lost his leg to cancer is bought a new prosthetic limb by Britain¿s biggest Euromillions winners who scooped £161million
Kieran Maxwell had his left leg amputated after getting rare and aggressive cancer Ewings Sarcoma Last month while walking with his current prosthetic limb he fell while carrying the Olympic torch Euromillionaires Colin and Chris Weir pay five-figure-sum for a new lightweight leg for the 13-year-old ‘He’ll be able to walk, run and climb just […]
Having seen the evidence, I don’t touch fizzy drinks any more. Frankly they’re evil
Consumption of soft drinks has more than doubled since 1985 – from ten gallons per person a year to more than 25 gallons Sugary drinks lead to alterations in muscles similar to those in people with obesity problems and type 2 diabetes By John Naish PUBLISHED: 19:34 EST, 30 July 2012 | UPDATED: 10:58 EST, […]
Having seen the evidence, I don’t touch fizzy drinks any more. Frankly they’re evil
Consumption of soft drinks has more than doubled since 1985 – from ten gallons per person a year to more than 25 gallons Sugary drinks lead to alterations in muscles similar to those in people with obesity problems and type 2 diabetes By John Naish PUBLISHED: 19:34 EST, 30 July 2012 | UPDATED: 10:58 EST, […]
Olympics 2012’s hottest men in pictures: Ryan Lochte’s dimples, Michael Phelps’s bod and adorable Tom Daley
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 07:21 EST, 31 July 2012 | UPDATED: 11:06 EST, 31 July 2012 The 2012 London Olympics Games has gotten off to a rousing start with thousands of athletes working up a sweat as they compete for the ultimate prize, an Olympic medal. Millions tuned in yesterday to watch Britain’s Tom […]
Olympics 2012’s hottest men in pictures: Ryan Lochte’s dimples, Michael Phelps’s bod and adorable Tom Daley
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 07:21 EST, 31 July 2012 | UPDATED: 11:06 EST, 31 July 2012 The 2012 London Olympics Games has gotten off to a rousing start with thousands of athletes working up a sweat as they compete for the ultimate prize, an Olympic medal. Millions tuned in yesterday to watch Britain’s Tom […]
Marianne Bordt: Grandmother who ‘drowned five-year-old grandson in bathtub was mentally ill
She allegedly killed the boy during holiday in Florida The 72-year-old German was said to have been distraught over the boy’s parents’ divorce She was hurt in Russian raid on her hometown of Breslau in 1944 By Emma Reynolds PUBLISHED: 07:06 EST, 31 July 2012 | UPDATED: 11:07 EST, 31 July 2012 A grandmother accused […]
Marianne Bordt: Grandmother who ‘drowned five-year-old grandson in bathtub was mentally ill
She allegedly killed the boy during holiday in Florida The 72-year-old German was said to have been distraught over the boy’s parents’ divorce She was hurt in Russian raid on her hometown of Breslau in 1944 By Emma Reynolds PUBLISHED: 07:06 EST, 31 July 2012 | UPDATED: 11:07 EST, 31 July 2012 A grandmother accused […]
Abu Qatada: Radical clerical loses bid to be freed from custody during Olympics
The judge said freeing him during the Games would be ‘exceptionally problematic’ Home Office says the preacher is a ‘dangerous man’ and should ‘remain behind bars’ By Emily Allen PUBLISHED: 10:37 EST, 31 July 2012 | UPDATED: 11:11 EST, 31 July 2012 Radical preacher Abu Qatada lost his latest bid for freedom today. Two judges […]
Abu Qatada: Radical clerical loses bid to be freed from custody during Olympics
The judge said freeing him during the Games would be ‘exceptionally problematic’ Home Office says the preacher is a ‘dangerous man’ and should ‘remain behind bars’ By Emily Allen PUBLISHED: 10:37 EST, 31 July 2012 | UPDATED: 11:11 EST, 31 July 2012 Radical preacher Abu Qatada lost his latest bid for freedom today. Two judges […]
London 2012: It all ends in tears for judo hope Gemma Howell as she is controversially disqualified
British hope pulled up for grabbing her opponent’s leg with 30 seconds of first round bout remaining Howell, 22, had held her own against World and European champion Gevrise Emane of France Rules had been changed since the last Olympics Disappointment too for Euan Burton in the men’s 81kg competition By Adam Shergold PUBLISHED: 09:04 […]
Oil giant BP posts a loss of $1.4billion as it spends even more cash on the Gulf of Mexico clear-up
It had to fork out an extra £847million to pay for legal costs of the disaster By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 08:27 EST, 31 July 2012 | UPDATED: 11:15 EST, 31 July 2012 Oil company BP has lost £892 million in the second quarter of this year due to falling prices and the growing cost […]