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Dramatic video clips that show the lead up to the Marine A shooting incident during the Afghanistan War have been released by the Ministry of Defence following a legal challenge. The footage (pictured) - never seen before - shows the events in the minutes leading up to the incident in which a Taliban fighter was shot dead. Sgt Blackman (inset) would later be convicted of murdering the insurgent, who was found wounded after he attacked a British position, and given a 10 year jail sentence, later reduced to eight.

Bupa carer hit elderly dementia patient's head on a chair

Betty Boylan's relatives hid the device inside a television after they found unexplained bruising on the retired nurse when they visited her at the £1,000-a-month Perry Locks Care Home in Birmingham. Within days they recorded disturbing footage of carer Bina Begum, 49, lifting the great-grandmother by her head and throwing her back into her chair. Begum avoided a jail sentence after admitting ill treating and neglect.

Lynden Scourfield, a senior director of HBOS, forced firms that needed to borrow cash to use a crooked consultancy firm led by David Mills. He was jailed for 11 years at Southwark Crown Court.

New Celebrations boxes, containing only Malteasers Teasers, have been launched in the UK and have sent the internet into a frenzy.

Amanda Spencer, 25 and Christopher Whiteley, 23, are accused of playing key roles in gang that prayed on girls in the Sheffield area, plying them with drugs before forcing them into lewd acts.

A deal to end the Aslef dispute over driver-only trains on Southern Railway has been reached. But the misery isn't over for Londoners with more Tube strikes planned.

The Brexit Secretary said the document set a course for a 'more open, outward looking' country. And he stressed that the UK was clear it wanted the Brussels club to thrive after we leave.

The year-seven student, named locally as Michael Sousa, pictured, suffered serious head injuries after plummeting from the stairwell at Jane Austen College in Norwich.

Human rights lawyer Phil Shiner, who has been accused of drumming up false abuse claims against British soldiers in Iraq, has been found guilty of 12 charges and has been struck off.

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A news story said about 250,000 people die in Britain each year from pulmonary embolism. In fact the figure, in 2012, was 2,300.

Muslim convert Ryan Counsell, of Nottingham, was in the advanced stages of planning his trip to fight with terrorist group Abu Sayyaf when he was arrested last July.

Jane Park, 21, of Niddrie, Edinburgh, is understood to have been breathalysed by police at one of the fast food giant's drive-thru's after being stopped in her BMW 1 Series.

Alfie Barker, 18, has been handed a seven month ban from football and a £250 fine after admitting sending vile tweets to Bournemouth's Harry Arter mocking his stillborn daughter.

Rotherham child sex gang shout 'Allahu Akbar' in court

Six men were given sentences between 10 years and 20 years - and totalling more than 80 years - by a judge who heard details of how two young girls were sexually abused in Rotherham between 1999 and 2001. One victim, in a statement read to the court, said: 'There's evil and truly evil people in the world. I feel my child was the product of pure evil.' Brothers Basharat Dad (bottom centre), 32, Nasar Dad (bottom left), 36, and Tayab Dad (top left), 34, were jailed for sex offences along with Matloob Hussain (top centre), 41, Mohammed Sadiq (top right), 40, and Amjad Ali (bottom right). The sentencing marks the end of a series of three major trials after the Jay Report on child sexual exploitation in Rotherham described how more than 1,400 children had been groomed, trafficked and raped in the South Yorkshire town over a 16-year period. It has led to 18 people being jailed for sentences totalling more than 280 years. There were emotional and chaotic scenes at Sheffield Crown Court after two of the latest defendants shouted 'Allahu Akbar' as they were led from the dock, although it is unclear which ones.

MPs overwhelmingly backed legislation to trigger Article 50 last night but the bill now faces a series of votes on individual aspects of Brexit as the Government publishes its strategy.

Jeremy Corbyn, pictured, is facing a fresh crisis after 13 frontbenchers defied his order to back the Brexit bill but have not resigned. Furious MPs also hit out at Diane Abbott for failing to take part in the key vote.

The Bank now expects the economy to expand by 2 per cent this year - compared to the 1.4 per cent it had predicted in November.

Labour MPs lampooned the shadow home secretary for 'pulling a sickie' after she failed to take part in the key division to authorise Article 50 - despite Jeremy Corbyn imposing a three-line whip.

Squatters' £25m mansion is owned by Duke of Westminster

About 20 of them occupied the seven-storey building (left and right) close to Buckingham Palace, which is worth up to £25million and was once home to a famous British general and archaeologist. Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor (top inset), the 25-year-old son of the late Duke of Westminster became one of Britain's most eligible bachelors after inheriting his father's entire £9billion estate. Hugh, who was asked to be Prince George's godfather by Prince William in 2013, also received the family seat in Cheshire, Eaton Hall following the death of his father. The squatters invited homeless people into the Duke's mansion, and said they were hoping to stay there for 'as long as we can'.

Luigi Trent-Paroli was an American student studying at the Oxford Tutorial College. He was found hanged in the house he shared with other students on January 19, with a note left on his laptop.

Peter Eubanks, 54, who lives in Brighton, East Sussex, arrived at Chichester Crown Court yesterday morning, charged with one count of theft from a Sainsbury's store.

Jonathan Humbert  was amazed when he opened the suitcase weighing 40kg. The suitcase, in a dead relative's house in Towcester, contained 22 gold sovereigns and 17 solid silver bars.

Justin Welby shook his head and looked upset as the caller to LBC Radio, Judith from Whitstable, said he should apologise for 'encouraging us to vote for Remain'.

The Most Reverend Justin Welby, head of the Church of England, admitted that he was friends with the head of a Christian charity who is accused of subjecting the boys to 'sado-masochistic' beatings.

The former Saturday Kitchen presenter, 44, became a heart-throb  after being crowned Britain's most eligible bachelor in a magazine 20 years ago.

Teenage tearaway, 18, jumps eight red lights and hits 90mph in 25-minute police chase through busy town centre as fearful cyclists swerve for their lives

Reckless boy racer Mitchell Petch tore through Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire. Three cyclists had to swerve out of the way of his Corsa during a police pursuit. Petch told probation officers that he had been driving 'for as long as his feet could touch the pedals of a car'.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT: Troy MacKinlay was given a less than five percent chance of survival after a devastating blaze at his grandmother's home in County Durham last year.

The yob was part of a group who were swearing and drinking heavily on the Qatar Airways flight QR028, on January 10. Pictured is terrified passenger Helen Whittingham.

Blatchington Mill School in Hove, West Sussex, says putting back its start time to 9.25am will boost the kids' concentration levels and improve exam results.

John Bulmer, 58, got drunk on his big day and after a row was ordered out of the house in Guernsey by his new wife Tanya Le Pavoux, 44. He was then arrested for drink-driving after sleeping in his van.

Ben Spence paid £82 to update the document ahead of a weekend birthday trip to Amsterdam with friends at the end of this month but was stunned to find a total stranger's photo inside.

The body of Lara Nosiru (pictured), 23, was found after a two-hour search of the Avon Gorge following reports a woman had fallen from the bridge.

Electricity lines EXPLODE as 50mph winds strike Cornwall ahead of the arrival of 'Storm Doris' which will bring gales and downpours this weekend 

Mobile phone footage shot in Hayle, Cornwall in the early hours of the morning shows power cables sparking as they are hit by strong winds, pictured right. One resident was woken up by the sound of the explosions, which he likened to fireworks, and the smell of burning. A band of low pressure is bringing stormy weather to Britain. Severe weather warnings for wind are in place across the south of England and parts of Wales as a wave of low pressure moves in from the Atlantic. The Met Office has not yet named this band, but the next named storm in the UK will be called Doris. There could be travel disruption as the storm brings high winds that could fell trees and disrupt power lines. Pictured left, waves batter Penzance in Cornwall this morning.

Gareth Dack, 33, will serve a minimum term of 33 years for murdering 79-year-old Norma Bell at her home in Hartlepool. He was convicted of murder and arson following a trial at Teesside Crown Court.

Oaklands College in St Albans called police after a member of staff reported a 'large sandy-coloured big cat with a big tail' prowling around the campus.

Chloe Phillips, 29, is furious after her son Maxwell broke his femur from taking the tumble in Morrisons in Erith, south east London, but the supermarket giant is denying it was their fault.

Nichola Norton, from Medway, Kent, posted an open letter to her son Jack's school after spotting him trying to take his dinosaur toys in with him, by stuffing them into his underwear.

Gareth James swapped underwear and naked images with the 17-year-old girl while head of the IT department at her school, Lliswerry High in Newport, South Wales (pictured).

Sky News presenter Claudia-Liza Armah had an embarrassing on-air gaffe when she used the word 'pr***' in a segment about US President Donald Trump, surprising co-anchor Colin Brazier.

CCTV cameras have been installed outside schools across Bournemouth in a bid to catch and clamp down on parents who park illegally at drop-off and pick-up times.

Maria Clarke was furious when her ex-beau Rhyann Thomas, from Birmingham, paid tribute to his three children on The Voice, while he refuses to acknowledge his alleged daughter by her, L'varnai.

Alfie Haagman (pictured) from West Sussex, and his friends were on the eight-hour flight when the man, described as black and in his twenties, began to cause trouble including spitting at crew.

Sir Michael Fallon signalled that the government would block any bid to call a fresh vote on whether to split the UK - saying she must 'respect' the result from 2014.

Britain reached a landmark moment in its battle to leave the EU when MPs backed the Brexit bill, with 319 Tories and 167 Labour MPs throwing their support behind the legislation.

Margaret Thatcher's decision to literally take the wheel to help launch a new Rover in Downing Street provoked panic behind the scenes, her newly-released personal papers reveal

The Brexit Secretary issued the tough message as he defiantly vowed to push ahead with the timetable for leaving the EU despite the government being dealt an humiliating legal blow.

The Prime Minister plans to stop rich developers sitting on land and wants to redevelop inner-city areas - and a new wave of 'prefabs' will help Britons get on the property ladder.

The 16-year-old, who was born a girl but is transitioning to become a boy with the support of his GP, is taking legal action against Hereford Cathedral School.

Litter pickers clearing the River Thames said they found 2,500 plastic bottles and also issued a warning over wet wipes and cottonbud sticks which are 'polluting the water in huge numbers'.

Lily Allen and Paloma Faith call for anti-Trump demo

Furious celebrities have pledged to stage 'the biggest demonstration in British history' to oppose the US President's state visit. Musicians Brian Eno and Paloma Faith (centre), comedian Frankie Boyle (right), Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, and former Labour leader Ed Miliband are among those who have signed an impassioned letter warning Trump's presidency 'is dangerous and divisive', adding, 'it is our duty as citizens to speak out'. Singer Lily Allen (left) - who has been an outspoken activist for left-wing causes, but attracted widespread ridicule when she last year made a tearful apology to a teenage Afghan in Calais 'on behalf of my country' - also signed the letter. Other critics urging the Prime Minister to cancel Donald Trump's visit include RMT general secretary Mick Cash and Mick Jagger's ex-wife, Bianca Jagger.

A major shake-up of the baffling rail fares system is being introduced, in order to make it easier for passengers to buy the cheapest tickets, it was announced yesterday.

Police were attending an incident at a house in Walthamstow, east London, when a man armed with a knife and a bottle of flammable liquid attacked them.

An Army team were called to Workington police station in Cumbria over the incident this morning. Following the controlled explosion, police said there were 'no issues of concern'.

Wormwood Scrubs prisoner mugshots in 1890 released

A page from an album of criminal register photographs show convicts at the London jail displaying their identifying features. The prints are mounted on paper with handwritten annotations in ink, from a series of 48 individual portraits believed to be part of a larger series. These portraits are unusual compared with the standard of prison photography at the time, in that they combine the profile and frontal portrait in one photograph. A mirror placed on their right shoulder captures their profile. The use of photography to record known criminals - the 'mug shot'- had been in evidence as early as the 1840s.

Simon Harbottle, 74, from Cotswolds, is facing a £20,000 fine for his building work but said he didn't comply with planning rules because he was focusing on cancer treatment.

The brawl started because the blonde's noisy giggles were ruining the film for other audience members at the Odeon in leafy Dorchester, Dorset (pictured), despite being asked to keep quiet.

Charlotte Gunn took the picture of her sobbing daughter Katie-Ann Boyle after arriving to collect her from St Andrew's School in Derby when the teenager was told she would have to stay at home.

Alan Ward, 23, and Kirsty Ogle, 19, admitted harassing a woman in Fenham, Newcastle by sending up to 13 takeaways to her house over a period of 10 days last summer.

Documents from a meeting between Jack Lynch and Ted Heath reportedly show that the government knew troops were waterboarding and electrocuting prisoners in Northern Ireland.

Ben Savage, 18, disappeared eight weeks ago after a night out in Chatham. Yesterday police pulled his body along with that of another man from the River Medway.

Deaf civil servant left stranded on train with hearing dog

A deaf civil servant forced to crouch on the floor of a train with her hearing dog - even though she had booked a special assistance ticket in advance. Lisa Baldock said she was left 'stranded' on board the train, believed to have been operated by CrossCountry, on Monday. Lisa filmed herself and her dog Inca perched on the floor of the service, in a clip that has since gone viral after the civil servant posted it to Facebook.

A mother-of-two died in a 'freak accident' after slipping on the stairs of her home in Laindon, Essex and banging her head.

Tammy-Louise Dundon, 26, bought the bunny for her daughter Sophia Wood from her local Co-op store in Nottingham on Saturday but found the potentially fatal battery lurking inside.

Colin Wrighton killed Toby Tweddell, 25, in the tragic collision when he passed out while driving his HGV and careered into stationery traffic on the M62 in Merseyside, August 2006.

Bryden McKinnie from from East Lothian, Scotland, claims he received a note from his neighbour informing him the £130 parcel had been dumped outside their home, three doors away.

Lorraine Ridout, 57, left her house to visit a friend at 7pm on January 31, 2016 and was last seen on Aberporth Road, Gabalfa, Cardiff, between 7pm and 8pm.

Sir Ken Morrison, who was instrumental in growing supermarket Morrisons into one of the UK's largest retailers, has died aged 85 following a short illness, his family said.

THE WORLD AT A GLANCE
 

Indonesian woman is forced to endure 26 lashes

The woman clutched her head in her hands after being lashed with a cane after being found guilty of having sex outside of wedlock, which is against Sharia law in Aceh, Indonesia. Pictures show how the woman was forced to kneel on the ground on the public stage in front of a mosque in Indonesia's Aceh province. Looking fearful, the man who hands out the punishment uses a cane to crack her across the back 26 times for violating the law as a crowd of people look on.

Romanian president challenges new corruption rules

The Romanian government has sparked anger after decriminalising official misconduct - despite warnings it will make corruption legal with thousands taking to the street. And the Romanian president Klaus Iohannis has confirmed he will file a challenge with the country's Constitutional Court against the new legislation. In a televised new conference he said: 'It is obviously a legal constitutional conflict between the government and the judicial system and parliament.'

Trump was openly hostile during his campaign to the terms of the Obama-Iran nuclear deal that Iran seems to have violated, saying it was 'stupid,' 'a disgrace,'' and 'the worst deal ever negotiated.'

Ali Akbar Velayati, who is a senior adviser to Iran's most powerful man Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the country would not yield and that US threats had been dismissed in the past.

Fanatics trained up a group of children from its stronghold in western Mosul to fight against advancing Iraqi troops.

An emaciated lioness was found cowering in a squalid cage and lying on exposed cables at Al-Murur public park, in Mosul, Iraq, after the area was liberated from ISIS.

As Nepalese cities continue to grow and the nation recovers from two earthquakes in 2015, the demand for bricks is higher than ever and kiln owners are capitalising on cheap labour.

Anwar Ali, 17, was left lying on the road for half an hour while onlookers took photos after his bicycle had collided with a bus in the Koppal district of India's Karnataka state.

Fabio Di Lello (right) handed himself in to police after gunning down Italo D'Elisa, who faced manslaughter charges for mowing down Roberta Smargiassi (left), 33, last year.

The doctor at a nursing home in the Netherlands was being probed after the death of the 80-year-old woman, who had previously expressed a desire for euthansia when 'the time was right.'

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February 6 marks 65 years of the Queen's reign and the start of the first Sapphire Jubilee in British history and ROBERT HARDMAN hopes she wins the Derby at Epsom in June.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Yesterday was a historic day for our country. By a resounding majority of 384, the Commons swept away the last serious obstacle to freeing Britain from the chains of the EU.

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