The behemoth vessel, called Sailing Yacht A, is the latest superboat to make its way into the expansive collection of industrialist Andrey Melnichenko, thought to be worth £8.5 billion. It was seen undergoing tests and employing its sails for the first time in Strande, nearby Kiel, northern Germany, its shadow dwarfing other nearby sailing boats (shown main). At eight-decks and with masts that are nearly 330ft tall (pictured inset), it eclipses the height of London's Elizabeth Tower, which houses the Great Bell known as Big Ben. It also boasts a digital control system that has a touch sensitive sheet of black glass, allowing the crew to raise and lower the sails and anchor with the swipe of their fingers. Sailing Yacht A's keel incorporates one of the largest single pieces of curved glass ever made at 193 square feet, creating an underwater lounge on the bottom deck, and it is powered by a hybrid diesel-electric system at a top speed of 21 knots (24 mph).
'They were two little boys who went out to play and never came home': Fresh investigation launched into the murders of two 11-year-olds who were BURIED ALIVE at a rubbish tip in 1980
Detectives have reopened an investigation into the murder of two 11-year-old boys who were beaten and buried alive on a rubbish dump in Liverpool 36 years ago. John Greenwood and his best friend Gary Miller went missing in Whiston, Merseyside, in August 1980 after they went out to play after tea on a sunny summer evening. Their badly beaten bodies were found under a mattress on a rubbish dump. They died later in hospital. A man was acquitted of murder in 1981. Detectives are reportedly looking into a man who died in 1991, eight years before his wife committed suicide after telling friends she could not live with the guilt of knowing he had killed the boys.
Munster Rugby coach Anthony Foley dies suddenly in Paris at age of 42
Munster Rugby head coach Anthony Foley has suddenly died in Paris at the age of 42. His club expressed their sadness as they announced the news on their Twitter account.
British conspiracy theorist, 39, is found dead on a sofa in Poland just days after texting his mother to say: 'If anything happens to me, investigate'
Max Spiers, 39 was found dead in Poland, where he had gone to give a talk about conspiracy theories and UFOs. He was ruled to have died from natural causes.
Three teenagers arrested after a woman in her late teens was 'raped on a beach in Kent'
Emergency services raced to the scene in Folkestone, Kent, yesterday evening and a police helicopter circled overhead as two 16-year-olds and an 18-year-old man were arrested.
So THAT'S what it's for! The ingenious reason behind the white plastic table on your takeaway pizza
The plastic stool, dubbed the 'pizza saver', isn't for decoration, but actually separates the pizza box's lid from the meal's toppings - so that they don't end up stuck to the top.
Thomas Cook passenger held by police after storming off a packed jet 'following a furious row with his wife'
Peter Kempton, 43, was travelling to Corfu with his wife when their Thomas Cook flight from East Midlands Airport made an unscheduled landing in Brindisi Airport in Italy due to bad weather.
- Taking to the waters, the behemoth of the waves: £330million superyacht owned by a Russian billionaire sails through its first sea tests to become the world's biggest sailing vessel
- 'They were two little boys who went out to play and never came home': Fresh investigation launched into the murders of two 11-year-olds who were BURIED ALIVE at a rubbish tip in 1980
- Munster Rugby coach Anthony Foley dies suddenly in Paris at age of 42
- British conspiracy theorist, 39, is found dead on a sofa in Poland just days after texting his mother to say: 'If anything happens to me, investigate'
- Three teenagers arrested after a woman in her late teens was 'raped on a beach in Kent'
- So THAT'S what it's for! The ingenious reason behind the white plastic table on your takeaway pizza
- Thomas Cook passenger held by police after storming off a packed jet 'following a furious row with his wife'
- Corrections & clarifications
- 'She’s just a jumped-up dancer with no talent': Magician Paul Daniels' son claims Debbie McGee has not given him a single penny of his father's entire £1.5 million estate
- Who will win by a whisker? World’s hairiest men compete in the British Beard and Moustache Championship (and even hirsute LADIES can compete)
- Why IS the BBC giving a convicted criminal airtime? Badger cull activist is invited on to BBC One and Radio 4 twice in 48 hours 'to encourage others to engage in illegal protests'
- European space probe starts three-day descent to Mars to begin its hunt for the search for intelligent life on the red planet
- Traffic is slower than a HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE: Ubers, online delivery drivers, and cycle lanes means we now spend 12 DAYS stuck in gridlock a year
- ‘ISIS-supporting' group that claimed Jihadi John ‘wouldn’t hurt fly’ is given Home Office visas allowing it to bring in foreign workers
- Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay's 15-year-old daughter is shot dead in late-night shoot-out at Kentucky fast food restaurant
- Trump: It's all a fix. Now The Donald claims the election is being 'rigged' against him at POLLING STATIONS, by the media... and by Alec Baldwin's 'unfunny' SNL
- He's behind you! Alec Baldwin's Trump stalks Hillary as SNL takes on the 'second and worst ever presidential debate' in hilarious skit
- 'I stood by your side this whole campaign, your beautiful dutiful wife': SNL's 'Melania' and the Trump women channel Beyonce as they warn without them he'd just be that 'guy with the weird hair'
- BREAKING NEWS: Republican party headquarters is firebombed and a local business is daubed with Nazi graffiti in North Carolina
- What is this creepy jungle giant? Film shot deep in Indonesian forest shows a huge creature walking upright under a waterfall
- 'Scenes from the apocalypse': Filmmaker's shocking footage shows once-romantic Paris covered in filth and rubbish as African migrants are forced to live in the streets
- The moment Chicago cops saved a woman officer who chose not to shoot the drug addict who was brutally beating her because she feared public outcry
- Woman storms off TV set after Spanish presenter pulls down her top while the cameras are rolling
- Tired-looking Monica Lewinsky is pictured at LAX and refuses to be drawn on sexual allegations against Donald Trump and Bill Clinton
- Four dead and nine injured as 'drunk' Navy serviceman, 24, drives his truck off a San Diego bridge and lands on a music festival
- Kremlin calls Joe Biden's threat to 'cyber strike' Russia 'unprecedented' and pledges to protect itself from the 'aggressive, unpredictable United States'
- From Scarface to senile: Inside Al Capone's fall from criminal kingpin to syphilis-riddled madman with the mental age of a 12-year-old who held 'conversations' with men he'd had killed
- Man whose 20-year sentence for distributing cocaine was commuted by Obama becomes the first of 775 inmates to REJECT the offer
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Corrections & clarifications
An article on May 8, 2016, said the Cardiff jihadi Reyaad Khan, who died in Syria, had been a student at Fitzalan High School. In fact he went to Cantonian High School and St David's College.
'She's just a jumped-up dancer with no talent': Magician Paul Daniels' son claims Debbie McGee has not given him a single penny of his father's entire £1.5 million estate
Paul Daniels Jr, 56, (left, pictured centre with Debbie McGee and his father) from Wigan, said his father's entire £1.5 million estate had been left to the magician's wife Debbie McGee. He claims that despite his stepmother promising to 'look after' him, he has not received any financial help from her. Mr Daniels claims that Ms McGee closed down the party shop in Wigan (left), which he had set up with his father, in May. Speaking after her husband's death, Ms McGee (pictured right at home with her husband) revealed how they spent their last days together in the garden of their £2.5million Thameside home in Berkshire (inset).
Who will win by a whisker? World's hairiest men compete in the British Beard and Moustache Championship (and even hirsute LADIES can compete)
This year's Beard and Moustache Championships in Liverpool saw hundreds of hairy hopefuls vying to win 20 categories including Musketeer, Amish, Handlebar, Fake and Freestyle
Why IS the BBC giving a convicted criminal airtime? Badger cull activist is invited on to BBC One and Radio 4 twice in 48 hours 'to encourage others to engage in illegal protests'
British environmental group The Countryside Alliance has made a formal complaint to the Corporation for featuring Jay Tiernan (pictured) in two separate programmes in the space of a week.
European space probe starts three-day descent to Mars to begin its hunt for the search for intelligent life on the red planet
The European Space Agency launched a probe, called Schiarpto land on the Martian surface to scour the area for any signs of life of intelligent life.
Traffic is slower than a HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE: Ubers, online delivery drivers, and cycle lanes means we now spend 12 DAYS stuck in gridlock a year
London is the worst affected part of the country, with the average driver spending 101 hours and vehicle speeds of 7.4mph - slower than a horse-drawn carriage in the 18th century.
'ISIS-supporting' group that claimed Jihadi John 'wouldn't hurt fly' is given Home Office visas allowing it to bring in foreign workers
CAGE, who advocate for detainees in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba can sponsor foreign nationals to live and work in the UK for up to three years under a deal agreed with the Home Office.
Police formally end their dig for clues in the search for Ben Needham who went missing in Greece as a toddler in 1991
The latest search to find missing toddler Ben Needham on the Greek island of Kos has been called off.
A new place to party for Vardy: Leicester City star Jamie buys £2.5million eight-bedroom mansion 'perfect for entertaining' with its own indoor pool, tennis court and gym
Leicester City's Jamie Vardy and wife Rebekah (shown centre) are set to move into a £2.5million eight-bed farmhouse (top right) in Lincolnshire after being plagued with autograph hunters at their former home. The stunning property is set in four acres of land and has five reception rooms (bottom right), five bathrooms, an indoor pool (bottom left) and sauna and its own paddocks. The Leicester City star has bought the £2.5million mansion (top left) in a small village of just 80 residents near Lincoln, and it is hoped the couple will no longer be stalked by fans wanting memorabilia signed by the goalscorer.
Adding insult to injury: Hospital parking firm charges jump 22 per cent - despite Government pledge to scrap fees
One of Britain's biggest hospital parking firms has been accused of 'adding insult to injury' as it announced a 22 percent rising in profits. Parking Eye manages dozens of hospital car parks.
Bodies of two British WWI heroes will finally be buried in a Somme cemetery after they were discovered in a dugout 100 years after they were killed
British archaeologists have revealed that two headstones in a cemetery at the Somme marked with the names of British soldiers who died in the First World War are wrong.
Airbnb 'blocks guests from leaving bad reviews if they cut their stay short'
Natalie Moores (pictured), 26, discussed her shocking stay in an Airbnb property in Birmingham last month and her outrage when she was blocked from leaving a review.
Wife of Paige Doherty's murderer returns home to her native Poland after standing by him during his trial as pictures emerge of him dressed as a killer clown
Kasia Karbowiak stood by John Leathem (pictured dressed a clown with his wife), frequently visiting him in jail and insisting he would be cleared of murdering Paige Doherty in Clydebank, Scotland.
'The other inmates hate her for her celebrity status': Child killer Rose West is 'pinned down and beaten up by a fellow prisoner' at the jail where she had a fling with Baby P's mother
West, who is serving life in prison for killing ten children, was left with a black eye and facial swelling after being pinned down and beaten repeatedly.
Police chief claims burglaries shouldn't be investigated if victims leave WINDOWS open 12 months after telling officers to 'ignore' attempted break-ins at odd-numbered houses
A police chief in Leicestershire has triggered a furious response after he said his force should consider not investigating burglaries at homes where windows had been left open.
Jewish mother made a hoax bomb threat to a synagogue and tried to pin it on another mum after her daughter was snubbed at a children's PARTY
Claire Mann (pictured, left and right), 48, bombarded Roz Page with abusive messages and used an unregistered Tesco phone to send replies to herself. She then used to phone to send a text to the local Muswell Hill synagogue (inset), London, claiming there was a bomb in a hotel where Israeli guests were staying, Wood Green Crown Court heard. Miss Page claims the harassment began because Mrs Mann believed her daughter, 8, had been snubbed when she didn't receive a birthday party invitation. Mann was convicted of two counts of intending to pervert the course of justice, the second relating to her false claims that she was a qualified psychologist in a firm she ran with new partner David Bright (right). Speaking after the hearing, Ms Page said that she had invited Ms Mann's daughter to the party in the first place but had emailed the child's father.
'They might as well have said my daughter was asking for it': Father of Ched Evans's accuser slams defence lawyers for 'raping' his daughter by trawling through her private life
In the wake of the acquittal, the man said he was 'sickened' that two ex-lovers of his daughter had been allowed to give evidence at Evans's retrial at Cardiff Crown Court about her sexual history.
'Why I won't apologise to my accuser' - Unrepentant Ched Evans admits he was young and stupid but defiantly adds: 'I can never say sorry because I committed no crime'
In an exclusive interview, the former Wales international (pictured with fiancee Natasha Massey) conceded only that he had been 'stupid'.
'I laughed at the guilty verdict... I found it ironic': Double murderer Christopher Halliwell mocks his conviction for murdering sex worker Becky Godden in sick letters sent from his prison cell
The taxi driver, who is locked up in Long Lartin Prison in Worcestershire, heard last September that he would die behind bars for the murders of Becky Godden in 2003 and Sian O'Callaghan in 2011.
WESTMINSTER TODAY
Labour MP Simon Danczuk falls victim to a 'revenge porn attack' after intimate snaps of him reclining on a bed were leaked online
It is believed the images were first sent to a former lover of the Rochdale MP and then circulated further. The photos are said to include a close-up of the politician's face.
More than 3,000 bottles of wine worth £47,236 were quaffed at Government parties in just ONE YEAR
The annual statement on the Government Wine Cellar (pictured) revealed a narrow profit for the fifth year running after the coalition declared the cellar should be self-funding.
Ukip's millionaire donor Arron Banks admits he set his own private DETECTIVES on the Vote Leave chief to stir up paranoia among rival Brexit campaigns
Mr Banks set up Leave.EU to pursue his own vision of the Brexit campaign and wanted to defeat Vote Leave in the race for the official Out campaign designation.
How I almost died from sepsis, by Lord Ashcroft: Tory grandee releases photo of himself in intensive care in attempt to raise awareness
The Tory grandee released this photograph in a bid to raise awareness of the devastating consequences of the condition, which takes the life of 44,000 people in Britain each year.
Diplomatic Boris proves the snootocracy wrong again: QUENTIN LETTS on his faultless display in front of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee
Boris did an early-morning session and he performed almost faultlessly. He had done his prep. He looked alert. He spoke with caution - yet still in an accessible, interesting way.
Despicable betrayal of an SAS hero over 'mercy killings': Soldier who put fatally injured Iraqis out of their misery as they 'pleaded with us to do it' is reported to police by MoD
Sergeant Colin Maclachlan (centre), who starred in the Channel 4 series Who Dares Wins, could be jailed after he admitted shooting dead 'two or three' mortally wounded Iraqi troops during a bloody ambush behind enemy lines. The 42-year-old war hero is being investigated by military police after revealing harrowing details of the 2003 battle in a new book. Sgt Marclachlan's own account of how the mercy killing unfolded is as follows: 1) 'We set up a dummy checkpoint, so that when it was attacked Special Forces could pop up to mallet the enemy.' 2) 'Three enemy vehicles approached. We launched Milian antitank rockets into the convoy, then snipers picked off the runners.' 3) 'We moved to the carnage to gather intelligence and capture prisoners. I saw seriously injured soldiers, several had lost limbs'. 4) 'One or two had been disembowelled. We put them out of their misery rather than leaving them to die slowly. I didn't enjoy it.'
'Goodbye, I love you, be careful': The haunting last words of Mia's mother as she left for gap year that saw her killed 'by a backpacker'
Rosie Ayliffe's 20-year-old daughter Mia from Derbyshire was stabbed to death by a crazed killer in a hostel in Australia along with another Briton, Tom Jackson, 30, who tried to save her.
It's HOW not WHEN! Nicola Sturgeon says Scottish independence WILL happen because 'hard right' Tories forced Brexit on Scotland
Nicola Sturgeon has claimed she is more confident than ever before Scotland will become independent because of the Brexit vote.
Shami Chakrabarti embroiled in a new education row as it emerges she sent son to £18,000 prep school before moving him to a top private secondary
Shami Chakrabarti (pictured) sent her son to Newton Preparatory School in Battersea, London, before making the switch to Dulwich College, one of Britain's most prestigious public schools.
Hello, I'm rich! Adele's earning £84,000 a day after her latest album became the fastest selling in history
Adele paid herself a dividend of £2.5million last year, as well as a salary, benefits and pension equalling £4.8million, bringing her personal take home to £7.3million.
British children are at risk from an outbreak of a killer polio-type virus that can leave its victims paralysed
Doctors said two-year-old Riley Jones (pictured) from Caerphilly in Wales may never walk again after falling ill with enterovirus D68, which is spread easily through coughs and sneezes.
Grandmother cashes in when she her new plastic fiver with rare misprint attracts eBay bid of £1,700
Grandmother Gail Meikle, from Wirral, recently diagnosed with cancer is hoping her luck has changed after she noticed a misprint on a new plastic £5 note that could fetch her more than £1,700.
Rotting 320ft sea of filth left dumped after flytippers drop hundreds of tonnes of rubbish next to a NATURE RESERVE
A stretch of land next to a nature reserve has been left looking like a landfill site after hundreds of tonnes of rubbish was dumped on it. Flytippers broke into the site - thought to be owned by BT - and used 'several lorry loads' to dump the rubbish, which stretches for more than 320ft. The industrial quantities of household waste blights the once-picturesque landscape at Turner's Hill in Rowley Regis, West Midlands. Outraged locals said it was the worst example of fly-tipping they had ever seen, and were unclear how long it would take for the rubbish to be cleaned up.
'They rarely talked about their service': Duchess of Cambridge remembers code-breaking grandmother and twin sister who helped decipher the Nazis' secrets at Bletchley Park
The Duchess of Cambridge says she is 'immensely proud' of her grandmothers work after she joined women at Bletchley Park during the Second World War to crack Nazi codes.
You know what's REALLY silly, Lily? The father of the Jungle boy who made you cry is an ex-Islamist fighter who sneaked into Britain in a lorry, claimed asylum from the 'terror' of Afghanistan and then went back there on holiday!
The father of the 13-year-old boy who moved Lily Allen to tears in Calais has been revealed to be a former fighter in Afghanistan loyal to a warlord, who then fled to UK in the back of a lorry.
Tory MP Zac Goldsmith to resign in protest at Theresa May's expected decision to allow a third runway at Heathrow
Tory MP Zac Goldsmith, who represents Richmond Park in South West London, will resign if Heathrow airport is allowed to expand with a third runway, as is expected.
'She said "love you mum". That was the last time we spoke': Mother tells of heartbreaking final words of daughter, 15, who beat cancer only to die after taking ecstasy 'given to her by 29-year-old man'
Sherie-Lea James saw her mother Sam (pictured together, left) for a few minutes after getting back from a holiday in Cornwall, telling her 'I love you mum' before going to a party with a friend in South Ockendon, Essex. The next time Miss James saw Sherie-Lea (right), paramedics were trying to revive her after she took ecstasy tablets at a 29-year-old man's house and suffered a cardiac arrest. She was pronounced dead at the hospital, where staff tried again in vain to bring her back to life, but it is thought her body was left vulnerable from having cancer as a toddler. Miss James (inset) said her life will 'never be the same' and urged other teenagers to stay away from drugs.
Royal Marine reservist facing 'considerable' jail time after admitting having a huge stash of firearms and ammunition
Martin Shannon, 43, amassed grenades, an assault rifle, shotguns, pistols, and 1,400 rounds of ammunition while based at RM Poole in Dorset.
What a find! Rare Tudor ring unearthed by an amateur treasure hunter in York is sold for a 'five figure sum'
Lee Rossiter discovered the precious ring while searching with the Yorkshire Searchers Metal Detecting Club at Green Hammerton, near Harrogate.
Buy house wine in restaurants and drink the best bottles at home, says top critic Jay Rayner
Rayner recalled an incident when a waiter shamed him after he attempted to order the cheapest pinot noir, which was priced at £49, on the menu.
Search for Ben Needham running out of clues as farmhouse is repaired and grandmother admits there will be no 'fairy tale ending'
Police searching for missing toddler Ben Needham have given permission for a farmhouse in Kos which was partly demolished to be 'made good' as hopes of finding him fade.
Shocking picture shows freezing pensioner forced to wait 3 HOURS in the pouring rain for an ambulance after breaking her leg
Hazel Baines, from Grantham, was given an umbrella to protect her from the rain during her wait. She reached hospital seven hours after her fall - where she doctors said she had a broken femur.
Nissan boss voices confidence in post-Brexit Britain as a 'competitive place to do business' after crunch talks with PM on future of Sunderland plant
Carlos Ghosn said he was convinced the UK would remain 'competitive place to do business' after discussions with the PM in Downing Street.
Britain erupts into Autumnal colour as the UK prepares to be battered by gales, torrential rain and FROST as temperatures are set to dip below freezing
Autumn fog and frost could appear across Britain this week as October weather expected to set in with a drop in temperatures. Sunday's heavy and blustery showers will continue over into Monday, with some areas hearing thunder. From Tuesday there will be a cold front pushing across the country with cooler and fresher conditions embedding in and with it frost and fog in some areas. Temperatures will remain around 18C (64F) on Monday, but as the week continues the temperatures will cool to around 14C (57F) and some evenings could drop below freezing.
The return of Project Fear: Carney claims prices WILL rise after Brexit - despite Tesco's victory over Unilever in battle over Marmite
The Bank of England governor said inflation was set to go up after sterling's slump against the dollar, saying it was 'going to get difficult' for those on low incomes.
Wealthy family is embroiled in a murder investigation after the body of a woman in her 30s was discovered at one of their £1million homes
Detectives today sealed off a large detached house in High Beeches, in Gerrards Cross, after a murder investigation was launched.
Married drama teacher who fathered a child with one of his teenage pupils after they started having sex on her 17th birthday is banned from the classroom for LIFE
Simon Parsons, a popular drama and theatre studies tutor at the school, in Thornbury, near Bristol, started teaching the girl when she was 15 years old.
'He's free to do the same to someone else': Student's fury after Syrian migrant rapist was allowed to skip bail and flee abroad during his trial
Sultan Amari raped his victim in Chester before fleeing the UK for Turkey half way through his trial. His victim says she has been 'cheated of justice'.
Revealed: The British tourist, 68, who was fined £3,000 for defecating on the runway after stepping off a Ryanair flight from Manchester to Italy
David Sharp, 68, of Salford, had flown into Brindisi Airport in Apulia in southern Italy and was making his way to the terminal building when he pulled down his trousers and defecated.
Army sergeant appears in court accused of attempted murder of his wife after her main parachute failed to open during 4,000ft jump
Emile Cilliers, 36, (pictured) is accused of the attempted murder of his wife after her main parachute failed to open during a 4,000ft jump over Netheravon Airfield, in Wiltshire, in April 2015.
'It's a sad day when there's no-one there on a man's final journey': Calls for mourners to attend the funeral of a WWII soldier, 97, who died alone
Richard 'Dick' Norris (inset top), a soldier who fought in the famous Battle of El Alamein, died at the age of 97 at his home in Driffield, East Yorkshire, two weeks ago. Dozens of people have been inspired by the social media appeal and are now planning to attend tomorrow (inset bottom). His funeral will be held at All Saints Parish Church in Driffield at 1pm on Monday, October 17. He was a classic car enthusiast, owning a number of Bentleys over this lifetime despite his humble beginnings. Pictured, Mr Norris while he was stationed in Tel Aviv (left) and with his late wife Sybil (right).
EXCLUSIVE: The moment angry 7ft tall 29st gorilla Kumbuka SMASHED window of 'cracked' enclosure at London Zoo - after crowds were warned about taunting him - in scenes straight from 'Jurassic Park'
The gorilla was hunted by armed police and zoo keepers equipped with tranquilliser darts before he was subdued after more than 90 minutes on the run after escaping his London Zoo enclosure.
'Erm, well this is clearly the wrong picture': BBC Breakfast accidentally shows image of escaped GORILLA instead of Nicola Sturgeon
Host Naga Munchetty was telling viewers they would be joined by Scotland's First Minister when footage of Kumbuka the gorilla, which escaped from its enclosure at London Zoo, was shown on the screen.
'I'm heading to Tesco before they run out of Marmite': Internet falls in love with escaped gorilla Kumbuka as TWO parody accounts are set up in his name
As visitors to the north London attraction were sent into a panic as the animal roamed free, witty Twitter users created online profiles for the 7ft-tall 29st gorilla.
Judge who quit child sex abuse inquiry 'was a racist tyrant': Dame Lowell Goddard denies saying Britain has so many paedophiles 'because it has so many Asian men'
Dame Justice Lowell Goddard, who resigned as head of the national public inquiry into child abuse in August, was facing toxic claims last night that she made racist remarks about multicultural Britain.
'They knew I was innocent - but my wife died before I was cleared': Former Army chief Lord Bramall tells of his anger as police chief apologises for disastrous investigation
Lord Bramall, pictured, said the Metropolitan Police knew at a very early stage that the allegations made against him were false, but continued investigating to keep up appearances.
Met set for a hammering in report into VIP sex inquiry: Force admits for the first time it expects to be rebuked over its handling of the claims
The admission came in a letter to former Tory MP Harvey Proctor (pictured), who was falsely accused of serial rape and murder by a suspected fantasist known as 'Nick'.
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THE WORLD AT A GLANCE
Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay's 15-year-old daughter is shot dead in late-night shoot-out at Kentucky fast food restaurant
Olympian Tyson Gay's 15-year-old daughter has been shot dead at a Kentucky restaurant. Trinity Gay (pictured left with her father and right), herself a rising track star, was shot in the neck at Cook Out restaurant (inset) in Lexington early Sunday morning. She was taken to hospital but succumbed to her injuries, according to officials.
Four dead and 14 injured as a balcony collapses during a student housewarming party in western France
Four people were killed and 14 were injured when the balcony collapsed in the newly-completed building in Angers, western France during a house warming party, authorities confirmed.
Bridge collapses on tourist island of Bali killing nine and leaving at least 30 injured
A bridge on the popular tourist island of Bali has collapsed killing nine people and injuring dozens. Emergency rescuers are at the scene trying to save people injured in the disaster.
Street fighting, vandalism and sexual assault: Mayor of picturesque German ski town begs for help to tackle an 'explosive refugee crime wave'
Sigrid Meierhofer (pictured) penned the letter as a senior police officer said they are struggling to cope with refugees from the Abrams complex in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
ISIS FLEE from Dabiq - the Syrian town which their group claim will be the site of their final battle against the 'infidel hordes'
ISIS terrorists fled the town of Dabiq, after which they named their primary propaganda magazine after the town which Sunnis believe will be the location of the final battle between Muslims and Christians.
ISIS drowns 58 rebels planning a revolt in Mosul and buries them in a mass grave
ISIS killed the group's main aide to leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi in Mosul after the terror group accused him and his men of plotting with the Iraqi army to allow them to take over the city.
Icelandic MP turns lactivist as she BREASTFEEDS her six-week-old baby daughter during immigration debate in parliament
Unnur Bra Konradsdottir described feeding her baby daughter in the Althing, Reykjavík, as 'the most natural thing in the world'. The mother-of-three spoke for about a minute in the debate.
Father 'killed his two young children, two and five, and then jumped off a building in Germany'
The bodies of the children were found in Wedel, in the district of Pinneberg, 11 miles west of Hamburg, Germany. According to local media, the children's father reportedly killed himself soon after.
As Aleppo burns, Assad's henchmen live a life of luxury in the West: Godfathers of the Syrian regime flit between Paris, Marbella and Mayfair
While the country they created is ravaged by civil war, the men who helped to build today's Syrian Assad regime - along with their families - are living a much different reality (pictured).
Street fighting, vandalism and sexual assault: Mayor of picturesque German ski town begs for help to tackle an 'explosive refugee crime wave'
Sigrid Meierhofer (pictured) penned the letter as a senior police officer said they are struggling to cope with refugees from the Abrams complex in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
WORLD NEWS
- BREAKING NEWS: Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay's 15-year-old daughter is shot dead in late-night shoot-out at Kentucky fast food restaurant
- BREAKING NEWS: Bridge collapses on tourist island of Bali killing nine and leaving at least 30 injured
- Mayor of Angers breaks down in tears in front of a building where four people were killed and 14 others injured after a balcony collapsed at a house party in western France
- ISIS FLEE from Dabiq - the Syrian town which their group claim will be the site of their final battle against the 'infidel hordes'
- ISIS drowns 58 rebels planning a revolt in Mosul and buries them in a mass grave
- Icelandic MP turns lactivist as she BREASTFEEDS her six-week-old baby daughter during immigration debate in parliament
- Father 'killed his two young children, two and five, and then jumped off a building in Germany'
- As Aleppo burns, Assad's henchmen live a life of luxury in the West: Godfathers of the Syrian regime flit between Paris, Marbella and Mayfair as their country is locked in bloody civil war
- Street fighting, vandalism and sexual assault: Mayor of picturesque German ski town begs for help to tackle an 'explosive refugee crime wave'
- Heartbroken Thais mourn the death of their beloved king - as mystery surrounds playboy prince's request to DELAY his coronation
- Britain, here we come! Child migrants pose for selfies as they prepare to leave Calais for the UK ahead of the Jungle camp's demolition
- Clinging on for dear life: Migrants scramble to safety as they are rescued miles off of Libya
- Bomb alert as Aeroflot jet is evacuated moments before take-off in Geneva after 'Russian man told check in staff there were explosives on board'
- 'That's it, they're coming': Far-right French mayor sparks outrage with anti-migrant posters calling for referendum on allowing refugees to stay in his town
- ISIS savages STONE two 'adulterers' to death in medieval-style execution while a baying crowd of men and children watch in Syria
- Gruesome moment ISIS brutes use meat cleavers and hammers to chop off the hands of two 'thieves' in a Syrian town square
- The 'Mad Max' vehicles which will bring freedom to Mosul: Kurdish forces reveal armour-plated cars ahead of their bid to free city from ISIS
- ISIS fighters 'will be allowed to flee Mosul and retreat to Syria under agreement made with the US' claims Russia
- Italy's Catholic Church cannot keep up with demand for EXORCISTS as more than 500,000 people call on help to rid themselves of demons in one year
- Paris streets are closed off and controlled explosion is carried out after bomb is discovered in a car
- Asylum seeker has his lips, ears and eyelids ripped off by another migrant before being stabbed in both eyes in horrific attack at German refugee centre
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COMMENT
DAN HODGES: If you want a revolution, this is how to spark it. The people spoke on Brexit - but MPs stuck their fingers in their ears and ignored them. This could get nasty...
I personally didn't like it. In fact, I argued passionately on these pages against it. But their verdict was clear. 'We want to leave the European Union.'
A terrible dilemma for any soldier in battle: COLONEL RICHARD KEMP tells of the agonising decision over whether to kill your own brothers-in-arms who are wounded and dying
I understand why Sergeant Colin Maclachlan did what he did, writes COLONEL RICHARD KEMP. I cannot say for sure whether I would have done the same had I been in his boots.
Square up to Putin and ease Aleppo's agony with a no-fly zone? Good idea, writes MICHAEL BURLEIGH... if you're prepared to contemplate World War Three
To propose a no-fly zone and escalate tensions with Putin's Russia is to invite World War Three, writes MICHAEL BURLEIGH, as Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson suggests stepping up pressure.
