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Scotland Yard is to review hundreds of rape cases

Scotland Yard will review hundreds of rape, child abuse and sexual assault cases after a second prosecution collapsed because police again sat on texts that proved a suspect's innocence. Isaac Itiary, 24, was remanded in jail for four months after being charged with raping a child under 16 but had insisted that the girl told him repeatedly she was 19. His defence team demanded the police hand over her texts in September but only got them last week and found that the alleged victim, who was 15, had constantly lied about her age and posed as a 19-year-old. Incredibly, his prosecution involved the same officer as the Liam Allan case, which collapsed last Thursday when it emerged he had failed to disclose thousands of damning text messages. Incredibly, his prosecution involved the same officer as the Liam Allan case, which collapsed last Thursday when it emerged he had failed to disclose thousands of damning text messages that showed a woman who said she was raped fantasised about being raped and asked Mr Allan for casual sex after she said she was attacked. The detective constable in question, Mark Azariah, is still working at Scotland Yard’s sexual offences unit and has not been suspended.

Irish low cost airline Ryanair agreed to recognise cabin crew unions yesterday – hours after the Daily Mail revealed air stewards’ appalling working conditions.

It seems this little plastic ship was discarded in a town or city close to Britain’s east coast, for eventually — perhaps via a gutter or stream — it found its way into the North Sea.

More than half of customers told Which? that their orders hadn't been delivered when expected in the run up to Christmas. One had their fragile package tossed over their gate.

Communities Secretary Sajid Javid (pictured) unveiled the eye-watering increases today as he announced the new local government funding settlement.

Police foil Christmas market bomb plot in Chesterfield

A suspected Islamist Christmas bomb plot was foiled yesterday when armed police swooped in co-ordinated pre-dawn raids. Fearing they had found a possible bomb factory in a flat over a fish and chip shop (pictured top right and inset), counter-terrorism officers urgently evacuated dozens of neighbours from their homes. Police dragged a 31-year-old man from his bed and led him away wearing only his underwear. He was named last night as Andy Sami Star, 31, an Iraqi national who is understood to be the owner of the chip shop and to live in a flat above with his brother. At the same time armed officers stormed into three properties 15 miles away in Sheffield by blowing off the front doors (left). Police raided a flat at the back of the Fatima Community Centre (bottom right), a building used as a mosque and for teaching Arabic to children.

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A local authority has been accused of stealing Christmas from hundreds of people on a housing estate by hitting them with bills of more than £2,000 each to fix external water pipes.

The report also revealed that staff at the 2 Sisters plant in Coupar Angus, in Perth and Kinross, could not show what had happened to 250 crates of chicken earmarked for disposal.

The secondary headline to an article on 15 December (‘Another human rights fiasco!’) reported the claim of arresting soldiers that Abd Al-Waheed had been ‘caught red-handed with bomb’, and that he had been awarded £33,000 for being kept in  custody ‘for too long’.

Trump will visit London but not meet the Queen

Donald Trump has told British prime minister Theresa May (inset, left) he will visit Britain in the new year - but will not meet the Queen, it emerged Tuesday. The president and the prime minister discussed a 'working visit' to London, which is pencilled in for late February. He will use the trip to open the new US embassy in London (bottom right), while he is also expected to hold talks with the Prime Minister in Downing Street.

Similar to the 'Cameron Direct' roadshows, the Prime Minister (pictured in June this year) will hold sessions with people in town halls and workplaces across the country and meet voters.

At the witness table in committee room six sat three suave suits from Facebook, Twitter and Google. They had been summoned to answer claims that they spread terrorism and hatred.

The Daily Mail can reveal they told a minister ‘the environmental impact of packaging was low on consumers’ priorities when buying a soft drink’.

MPs have said that watchdogs must be prepared to step in and prevent swathes of cash machines being shut under a shake-up demanded by big banks in an attempt to cut costs.

The forms will give those in nearly 5,000 schools – including a quarter of all primary schools – the means to report pupils, teachers or any other adults who are perceived to be bullying.

Proposals to modify driving rules to enable remote control parking have been outlined by the Government. Drivers could be able to use a mobile phone to park their car.

Yobs who shine lasers at planes, cards and boats could be jailed for up to five years under new laws. According to the Civil Aviation Authority there were 1,258 attacks with laser pens last year.

Ministers are today accused of an ‘abject failure’ to confront the ‘national crisis’ of homelessness. MPs in the House of Commons said 9,000 people are now sleeping rough.

Thanks to Make-A-Wish UK, the charity supported by the Daily Mail’s Quids For Kids campaign, two very brave girls have had their Christmas dreams come true.

Ferne McCann's acid attacker ex-lover jailed for 20 years

Drug dealer Arthur Collins (left, with McCann) squirted an unknown acid across a packed east London nightclub dancefloor, scarring 22 clubbers, during tit-for-tat gang war. Lauren Trent (right, with friend Sophie Hall) was one of those injured and gave an emotional account of how her birthday night out turned to horror in court today. Fellow victims Phoebe Georgiou (inset, top) and Sophie Hall (inset, bottom) also gave emotional victim impact statements. Collins is expected to get a lengthy jail term later today

Conman Mijanur Rehnan, 19, 'convinced pensioner William Dickson, 73, to hand over £7,870 at the retiree's flat in west London'. He was arrested by a plain clothes police officer.

Edward Vines, 47, re-started his 27-year campaign of harassment from prison, despite a restraining order banning him from contacting journalist Ms Maitlis (pictured) or her relatives.

Gary Teague (pictured) preyed on the young victims he was offering his home to and waited until they were alone before he attacked, Canterbury Crown Court heard.

Polish woman killed in a 'multiple hit-and-run' is named

A woman who died in a multiple hit-and-run has been identified as a 29-year-old from Poland. Justyna Kalandyk (shown left) was struck by two lorries and two cars (circled) as she used a pedestrian crossing in south London while the traffic lights were green. The drivers of all four vehicles did not stop. Ms Kalandyk was treated by paramedics at the scene in Tulse Hill (inset) but died of multiple injuries on Monday December 11. She was originally from Poland, but had been staying with family in Wandsworth, south London. The driver of the second car to hit her, a 52-year old man, has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving.

Chloe Louise Farrell (pictured) was behind the wheel of the vintage vehicle when it overturned while she was attempting to park it at The Warren holiday park in Abersoch, Gwynedd.

Apprentice builder Dylan Hill, 18, had a severe nut allergy and died after eating a korma at Shaam's restaurant in Barnsley. The teen had left his life-saving EpiPen at home.

Andrew Ashman, 49, an experienced sailor from Orpington, Kent, died four days into a round-the-world sailing challenge in 2015. He described the boat as 'lively' hours before his death.

Bernard Ross, the football governing body's former director of TV, was last seen in England on October 18. He was found in Chene-Bourg, just outside Geneva on Tuesday.

The bodies of a man and woman were found dead at a first floor flat (pictured) in Rastrick, West Yorkshire after a fire last night. Police say they are treating the deaths as 'unexplained'.

Alfie Evans has been in a coma after being struck down by an unknown progressive neurological disease and now needs round the clock care at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool.

How the Tube will look when the Elizabeth line opens

A new version of the London Tube map was issued today to mark a year from the opening of the new Elizabeth line. The line will stretch more than 60 miles and stop at 41 stations. There will be 10 new stations built while 31 others will be refurbished. Farringdon (ringed, inset left and right) will be one of the busiest stations in the country when Crossrail opens, connecting with Thameslink and London Underground to provide links with outer London, the home counties, the City, Canary Wharf and three of London’s five airport.

On Tuesday, five justices at the UK's highest court concluded that a ban on smoking in most enclosed public places and workplaces does not apply to Crown premises, including state prisons.

A copy of Charles Darwin's 'Origin of Species' with handwritten notes has sold for a world record £780,000. It was sold by descendants of Darwin's correspondent, a German palaeontologist.

Richard Ratcliffe has written to the Iranian ambassador in London, urging him to make clear to all state bodies in Iran that his wife was not involved in espionage.

The 'controversial and trendy' new logo for London's World Chess Championships 2018 shows two chequered bodies wrapped around each other with a chess board in between the pair.

The retailer has urged customers to immediately switch off and return the affected products. The urgent recall affects the triple plug and remote control set as well as the twin remote control set.

Authorities in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, have ditched plans to ban residents from swearing. Plans involved giving out £100 fines as part of a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO).

Father Christmas letter after dog stolen from Kent home

Two-year-old Edward Latter wrote a heartbreaking letter to Santa pleading for the safe return of his dog which was swiped by thieves after escaping from his home in Kent. The youngster addressed the letter to Lapland in the hope Father Christmas will make sure his beloved nine-month-old border terrier is home in time for Christmas Day.

A Christmas Carol inspired by Dickens' Cornwall trips

Historian Barry West, 56, says the tormented ghost Jacob Marley - Scrooge's former business partner - was inspired by Dickens' time spent in Cornwall in the 1800s. Physician Dr Miles Marley, who died in 1854, is said to have spent St Patrick's Day with the world-famous author, who promised to make him a household name by the end of the year.

Couple killed in Birmingham multi-car crash are revealed

Lucy Davis (left) and her partner Lee Jenkins (right) were in the taxi which was involved in a five-car smash in the centre of Birmingham at the weekend, killing six people and seriously injuring one other. Friends of sign language interpreter Ms Davis and her boyfriend, a scientist at University Hospital Birmingham, have expressed their devastation at the couple's death. Ms Davis's heartbroken sister, Alison Worth, paid tribute to her sister online, saying the couple were travelling home from a 'lovely day and evening out with friends'. Ms Worth wrote: 'They were in a taxi as they wouldn't think of driving. They were wearing seatbelts as Lulu wouldn't get in a car if the seatbelts didn't work. They were happy. They were great together and had so many plans. You will always be in my heart and my thoughts. I miss you so much x'

Leah Bracknell refuses to treat this Christmas as her last

Emmerdale's Leah Bracknell has said she refuses to treat this Christmas as her last after she was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. The 53-year-old actress is having a low-key festive period with her husband Jez Hughes, pictured left, and two daughters, vowing to keep things 'exactly the same' as they always have been. Leah - who plays Zoe Tate on hit soap Emmerdale - was diagnosed with the illness in October 2016 and feared she would die within a year of receiving news. Then in August this year, she was told the NHS treatment had stopped working leaving her reliant on on alternative treatments such as plant-based healing oils and sessions in an infrared sauna.

Ramita Navai, 44, the daughter of an officer in the pre-revolutionary Iranian navy, won the British Journalism Award for foreign reporting this month for her new film, Isis And The Battle For Iraq.

Geoff Stonebanks, 64 from East Sussex claims to put up 8,000 Christmas decorations each year on a whopping 24 trees. Despite His partner Mark Glassman, 58, 'hating' his bauble obsession.

Despite their big win, the couple (pictured), who live in a £290,000 house in Slough, Berkshire, are keeping their feet firmly on the ground, saying the hefty sum 'won't change a thing'.

Reporter Bethan McKernan said she had recommended a bar that Ms Dykes, 30, visited before she was abducted in the Lebanese capital, Beirut on Friday night.

Eve Senior, 15, was leaving the Ariana Grande concert when Salman Abedi detonated a homemade explosive device, murdering 22 people.

Maria Grennan, 37, was almost a week over her due date with her first child when she noticed her baby was not moving. Worcestershire Royal Hospital doctors said her baby had died.

An Afghanistan veteran, 30, who died in a lorry crash was given a fitting send-off after his family and friends dressed as his favourite comic book characters at his funeral.

Award-winning artist Francesca Lowe, 37, was 25 weeks pregnant when she lost consciousness in her bathroom at home in Stoke Newington, north London, on January 23 this year.

Half a dozen vehicles and three motorbikes drove up the A16 near Spalding, Lincolnshire on Friday on the way to David Stubbs' funeral. But his family was devastated when a lorry pulled out in front.

Enchanting black and white snaps from the last 100 years captured in London and across the UK take us back to a simpler time when youngsters played with simpler Christmas toys.

Khai Okojie had to stay in class at Ellenbrook Community Primary in Salford, Greater Manchester, while his friends sang carols at a nearby church.

Tom, 15, from Thetford, Norfolk, has had his life transformed since he started taking daily drops of CBD, a legal form of cannabis. Before, he told his mother he 'didn't want to live any more'.

Ex-nurse from Kilmarnock jailed for cyber-stalking

Adele Rennie (left) posed as a male doctor (inset)and targeted women online, duping them into sending explicit photographs in an attempt to 'harm and humiliate' them. The 27-year-old, who worked as a nurse at Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock, pursued relationships with ten women over a four-year period. Rennie was jailed for 22 months at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court after admitting using a host of invented aliases to carry out a series of stalking and sexual offences, a breach of the data protection act and attempting to pervert the course of justice. Her web of lies was finally uncovered after she attempted to seduce model Abbie Draper (right), who had visited the hospital where Rennie was working to see her dying grandfather. Ms Draper then sent Rennie furious messages (inset) – but she maintained she was a real 'f****** doctor' despite the hospital and the NHS not recognising her name.

Benefits cheat, 64, is filmed working as a SCAFFOLDER while swindling £50,000 in disability handouts by claiming crippling arthritis stopped him working

William Marshall (left, leaving court), 54, from Blurton in Stoke on Trent, claimed disability living allowance (DLA) and employment support allowance (ESA) on the grounds he had crippling arthritis and was working less than 16 hours-a-week. But Department for Works and Pensions (DWP) investigators caught him on camera (right) carrying heavy poles and wooden planks about on a building site. He had claimed DLA from 1996 and ESA from July 2013 to November 2015, Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard.

UPS driver who hurled rocks at passing cars is jailed

UPS driver, Glynn Williams (right), 37, from Dartford in Kent, was nailed after his distinctive brown-coloured van was spotted at the scene by victims and other motorists. Maidstone Crown Court heard today he was the only UPS driver in the Cranbrook area of Kent where the attacks took place - and that his log of deliveries placed him at the scene for the crimes. The court heard how Williams threw rocks (inset) from his works van on numerous occasions, many of them at women drivers with children in the back seat. Two drivers were injured by the rocks thrown at their cars, with one mother called Jennie Ivinson struck in the face by a rock thrown by Williams. Other cars were left with shattered windscreens (left) and windows and dents to the bodywork during the spate of attacks between January and September 2015.

Ex paratrooper denies murdering Norfolk dog walker

Alexander Palmer, 23, appeared via video link at Norwich Crown Court today, charged with the murder of 83-year-old Peter Wrighton. The pensioner was found dead near the village of East Harling, Norfolk, on August 5, and was so badly injured police initially feared he had been attacked by an animal. A Home Office post mortem found the grandfather, from Banham, Norfolk, had been repeatedly stabbed in the neck and head. Palmer, who was dressed in a blue, short sleeved T shirt, spoke only to state his plea and thank Judge Stephen Holt during the short six-minute hearing. He was remanded in custody at HMP Belmarsh in south-east London and faces a trial on February 12 next year at Norwich Crown Court where he will appear in person.

Colin Gregg, 76, from Newcastle had initially been jailed in March for 13-and-a-half years after being convicted of a string of sexual assaults against four boys over a three-decade period.

Toni Stevens, from Torquay, exchanged sexual messages with who he thought were 14-year-old girls in chat rooms but in reality he was dealing with a group of paedophile hunters.

Timothy Smith, 42,  from Tunbridge Wells in Kent, boasted to police of his sexual interest in children as young as two and told how he had been offending for a decade.

James Barnes, 30, had been struggling to come to terms with the impending split from his wife Amy, 32, three years after they tied the knot, an inquest in Birmingham heard today.

Neil Jex, 52, died at the house he shares with his wife Natasha, 31, and two children in the village of Penywaun, Aberdare, South Wales.

McBrearty, who was given a conditional discharge in April for making indecent photographs of children in 2013, arranged to meet the boy at McDonald's on Eltham High Street in south east London.

Michael Gaffney, from Gourock, Inverclyde, also described his love rival as a 'n*****' and even tried to track down the man's partner, resulting in a criminal conviction.

Daniel Pusey, 21, waited to sexually abuse the girls in hotel rooms after they had been given drinks and cigarettes at Diane Chilcott's home in Chertsey, Surrey, and ferried to him by her.

Mary Walker, 70, was found slumped in the driver's seat of her VW Golf with a half drunk bottle of spirits next to her outside a church in Bollington, Cheshire.

The 44-year-old, who played for Queens Park Rangers, Manchester City and West Ham among others, was arrested earlier this month after police were called to a disturbance at his home.

Myles Manyika, 25, from Shelton, admitted three rapes and was convicted of sexual assault by penetration, after he made a woman perform a sex act on him and then raped her the next day.

Greater Manchester Police officers have been accused of taking bungs from friends and business associates of Paul 'Mr Big' Massey who was shot dead in Salford in 2015.

Bath Abbey ditches its pews in favour of stackable chairs

Bath Abbey will undergo a multi-million pound make over now that it has replaced its pews for stackable chairs. Rev Edward Mason said the church was facing a crisis and installing these chairs would free up floor space to host popular events, making it fit for the 21st century. In 2018 the work at Bath Abbey will repair the collapsing floor and install underfloor heating.

Environmentalists slam car owners for anti-bird spikes

Expensive car owners in Bristol have been slammed by environmentalists for fitting trees at a Bristol car park with 'anti-bird spikes' to stop pigeons defecating on their beloved vehicles. The spikes, installed to protect the pricey BMWs and Audis parked up under the trees, have been criticised for being unsightly and stopping birds nestling down in the branches.

Pictured: The watery graves of 42 British servicemen

These are the amazing images of three Royal Navy vessels which were destroyed during the 1982 Falklands conflict. HMS Ardent, pictured, was destroyed alongside HMS Antelope, bottom left, and HMS Coventry, top left. All three frigates were involved in air defence duty when they were attacked at low-level by the Argentine air force. In total 42 British servicemen were killed including a bomb disposal expert on board HMS Antelope.

Asda expert growers harvest sprouts in time for Christmas

Asda customers are expected to eat 105 million Brussels sprouts on Christmas day in the UK this year. The supermarket have started their 24-hour harvest where they pick 150 tonnes each day. The £650 million Brussels sprout industry is aided by the festive season as Brits usually eat around one-third of all annually consumed sprouts at Christmas time. The tireless effort to harvest enough sprouts for the entire country is necessary however as the UK is the biggest consumer of the small green vegetable in Europe.

Dr Oetker has withdrawn a batch of its Ready Rolled Regal Ice White from ASDA, Sainsbury's and Tesco stores across the UK because a number of packs were filled with ready rolled marzipan.

High Court bailiffs have entered Birmingham's council headquarters building to seize computer equipment over a disputed £5,000 bill.

A petition has been launched by ex-UKIP councillor for the President to visit Clacton on his state visit next year, but he's only racked up 70 signatures since Sunday.

Prince Harry accompanied Prince Philip in his final duty as Captain General today, as they received the incoming and outgoing Commandants General of the Royal Marines at Buckingham Palace.

The Third International Congress in Love and Sex with Robots was due to be held at Goldsmiths university in London today. Pictured is event speaker Dr David Levy with his sex robot.

A group of travellers who caused chaos by parking more than 65 caravans across Cambridge North train station car park over the weekend were evicted earlier today by bailiffs.

Producers A G Barr have announced that from January Scotland's favourite soft drink Irn Bru will have just 4.7g of sugar per 100ml, instead of the 10.3g it has now.

Fans of the Fast and Furious movie franchise will be able to attend an unforgettable live action show in the new year featuring co-host Elysia Wren, pictured rehearsing in Birmingham today.

The parents of Charlie Gard, whose legal battle to secure treatment for their terminally ill son captured the attention of the world, have met with Vice-President Mike Pence in Washington.

Figures show 788,605 people cancelled their licence in 2017 as they shunned the BBC and tuned into subscription services via their smart TVs and tablets.

A Christmas tree with sagging branches and sparse decorations has been branded the 'embarrassing runt of the litter' by furious locals in Mottram, Greater Manchester.

The suspect became involved in an 'altercation' with guards at the main checkpoint at the US Air Force base of RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk after he pretended he was in the US Secret Service.

Moment Yemen rebels launch ballistic missile intercepted 'just SECONDS from King Salman's palace' - as UN ambassador says the weapon 'bears hallmarks to one supplied by Iran'

This is the moment Yemen rebels filmed themselves launching a ballistic missile that was intercepted by Saudi Arabia just seconds before hitting King Salman's palace. Eyewitnesses said they saw a plume of smoke over the nation's capital Riyadh after hearing a blast at about 10.50am yesterday - shortly before the scheduled unveiling of the Saudi budget. The Houthis' Al Masirah TV reported that a Burkan H2 ballistic missile had been targeted at the royal residence. However it was shot down by Saudi Arabia's military south of the capital with no reports of any damage. It has led to escalating tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, with the US ambassador to the UN saying the missile bears the hallmarks of a weapon provided by Tehran.

Outrage as girl forced to drink from puddle in Argentina

The little girl, from the indigenous Mbya Guarani community is said to beg for money with other youngsters during the day in the city of Posadas in the Argentina's north-east. She is shown quenching her thirst in the midday sun in a picture that has sparked outrage across South America and Spain. The image was taken by a local journalist and posted online by voluntary worker Migue Ríos.

President admits Berlin attack victims were 'abandoned'

It is a year to the day since rejected Tunisian asylum seeker Anis Amri rammed a truck into the crowded market at Breitscheidplatz, killing 12 and wounding 70 others. Chancellor Angela Merkel (top right), who unveiled a memorial (left) honouring the victims today, has come under fire over security failings and the government's clumsy handling of the aftermath of the assault. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (bottom right) told survivors and families that the government had not provided adequate support and comfort.

'Santa Claus' protester throws rocks at Israeli soldiers

A Palestinian demonstrator dressed as Santa Claus was seen throwing rocks at Israeli troops when a protest near the West Bank city of Ramallah turned violent today. Clashes near between Israeli military and Palestinian protesters have been virtually non-stop since U.S. President Donald Trump decided to publicly recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel earlier this month.

The Paralympic gold medalist filed legal papers at South Africa's highest court on Tuesday, saying that judges who increased his sentence for six to 15 years had ignored findings by lower courts.

Zelda Perkins said she was viewed as 'suspect' by London employers after a month-long battle trying to bring Harvey Weinstein to court over allegations of sex abuse in the late Nineties.

The unnamed executive allegedly took responsibility for setbacks at the Punggye-ri nuclear base in North Korea which led to the date of a rocket launch being pushed back.

The army of 'robots', as they were described by the North Korean defector now in South London, live and die for the hermit nation's dictator and would be prepared to do anything for him.

The clip shows two girls approaching two Israeli soldiers, before shoving, kicking and slapping them while filming on mobile phones in the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh in the occupied West Bank.

Oskar Groening, 96, who served as an accountant and occasional ramp guard at Auschwitz, is fighting his four-year jail sentence arguing that imprisoning him now violates his right to life.

Two armed terrorists are making their way through a murky underpass holding multiple weapons on the billboard-type banner which carries the slogan: 'Wait for us on your year parties.'

Local chiefs from Nantes, Lille, Bordeaux, Grenoble, Rennes, Toulouse and Strasbourg wrote an open letter to Parisian officials to ask for relief from the 'extreme tension' caused by migrant arrivals.

Rome's Christmas tree has been branded a 'disgrace' by residents, who claim it is just another sign of the city's decline. It has been labelled 'Spelacchio', which means mangy or baldy.

A video caught the chilling failure of Antonov TBC-2MC which suddenly dives in the town of Naryan-Mar in the Russian Arctic. The pilot lost control soon after take-off this morning.