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Daniel Linsey, 19 and his sister Amelie, 15, escaped death in the dining room of the Shangri-La Hotel in Columbo on Easter Sunday morning when a suicide bomber struck. But both teenagers died moments later when a second terrorist detonated a bomb in the corridor of the hotel. More than 300 people, including eight Britons, were killed in Easter Sunday's eight coordinated attacks on the island which targeted Christian worshippers and tourists in hotels. British lawyer Ben Nicholson confirmed he had lost his wife and two children in one of the blasts. Pictured: Amelie, left, in the Shangri La hotel; inset top, on a recent trip to Vietnam and, inset bottom, with Daniel (also pictured right) and their father Matthew who survived the blast.

Tesco, Boots, Sainsbury's and Co-op all commissioned SBXL, a little-known behavioural analysis agency, to record customers in their aisles. SBXL boasts it can use the footage to 'manipulate' the emotions and behaviour of shoppers - and raise takings. The firm, which has also worked with L'Oreal, Coca-Cola, Nestle, Danone and Kellogg's, said adequate signage was in place and consent was sought from customers. However, the Information Commissioner's Office said last night that it would examine the Daily Mail's findings to check for breaches of data protection laws. Some of the stores whose customers were filmed by SBXL also claim that appropriate signage was in place, or consent sought. However none has provided evidence to prove this. Andy Bromley, the firm's sales chief, showed a Mail undercover reporter footage taken in UK shops, telling her: 'These people don't know they're being filmed.' This is despite SBXL later insisting it had not carried out covert recording.

Here, we meet four mini Mensans and their deservedly proud mums. Lillyan Lord Lancaster, six, pictured with mum Marya left, knows the periodic table by heart. Elsie, second left, only turned five last September, but she's teaching herself the periodic table and made a poster last weekend about iron - including its atomic number. Alannah, second from right, has an IQ of 140 and in February became the second-youngest member of Mensa. Last July, aged three years and ten months, Ophelia, pictured with her mother right, was accepted as a Mensa member. Currently there are about 20,000 members of this 'club', whose entry requires members to rank in the top two per cent of the population on an approved IQ test. And 60 of them are aged six and under.

Peter Kay was pictured on a tram in Blackpool on Easter Monday - for the first time in a year. The comedian, 45, made the rare appearance aboard a Heritage Tram Tour - wearing a checked shirt, a cap and shades. He was seen soaking up the sights in the bank holiday sunshine as he sat in the open-top vehicle as he drove around the coastal town 40 miles from the Phoenix Nights star's hometown of Bolton. Peter was later snapped grinning with the driver and conductor of the tram. The image was shared by the company's official Twitter account. Peter was last seen when he delighted fans at a charity screening for his comedy series Car Share, last April. The comedian, who cancelled his live tour due to 'unforeseen family circumstances' in December 2017, took to the stage at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool.

Ben Nicholson, 43, was seen wandering the streets of Colombo in a blood-soaked T-shirt in a desperate search for news amid the Easter Sunday massacre which killed nearly 300 people. His wife Anita, 42, son Alex, 14, and daughter Annabel, 11 (pictured together centre and left) were killed in the restaurant bombing at the Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo when two suicide bombers walked in and blew themselves up at breakfast. Tonight high-flying lawyer Mr Nicholson paid tribute to his 'amazing, intelligent and talented' family and said they 'brought joy to the lives of everyone'. He said they had 'mercifully died instantly and with no pain or suffering' in the Table One cafe on the second-floor of the hotel in the country's capital at around 8.30am. They were on a family holiday when they got caught up in the attacks, which Sri Lankan authorities have blamed on a little-known Islamist group called National Thowheed Jamaath (NTJ), which were said to have had 'international help'. Pictured right: people react to the terror attacks in Colombo.

Billy Harrop, 56, and his wife Sally both died during the bombings on Easter Sunday, but their son Gavin, survived the blasts, which targeted churches and hotels. More than 290 people died, and at least 500 were injured, with eight Britons are among the dead, officials confirmed. Mr Harrop was a well known and highly respected former firefighter who worked in various roles across Greater Manchester and was officially commended for his heroism during the IRA bombing in 1996. It's thought he had recently retired and emigrated to Australia with his family, and was in Sri Lanka on holiday.

Officers cut the main power to the Extinction Rebellion camp in Marble Arch (pictured main) and then removed the sound equipment on Monday evening. After a police cordon was put in place, officers could be seen taking away the various parts of a sound system, including a mixing desk and amplifiers (pictured right). It came not long after protesters took over the main hall of the Natural History Museum in their latest stunt of two weeks of demonstrations, on Monday afternoon. Police have said they have a 'robust' plan in place ahead of a proposed climate change protest in Parliament Square on Tuesday. The demonstration - which coincides with the first day Parliament is sitting following the Easter recess - is the latest action by Extinction Rebellion (XR) protesters in the capital.

Video footage captured outside The Boat Club in Durham yesterday shows the man dive into the River Wear in just a pair of shorts. After cheers from bystanders he clambers out of the water where he is met by a bouncer walking quickly towards him. The pair engage in a brief confrontation before the young man steps towards him and the bouncer starts trying to punch him over and over. The security guard is then joined by two other colleagues who also start to swing at the swimmer and knock him to the ground. A brawl ensues as people rush from the pub garden to intervene in the fight.

Richard Remde and Laura Jacques are certainly dog mad. Beyond obsessed. Back in 2015, the pair's devotion to their dogs made headlines when they travelled from their home in West Yorkshire to a dog-cloning facility in South Korea to have Laura's beloved boxer, Dylan, who had died from a brain tumour, cloned. In their luggage were cell samples that Laura had taken from Dylan's belly using a biopsy kit bought from Amazon. To keep them as cold as possible, the samples had been put in test tubes, wrapped in ice packs and packaged inside bubble wrap.

Shocking footage shows the gangland standoff in Hyde Park, London, as thugs smashed bottles and chased each other with huge knives on Saturday. Thousands were in the park for 420 in a show of strength to legalise cannabis. But the day turned ugly when a man in his 20s was stabbed and taken to hospital. It is not clear if the stabbing was linked to the video or to the 420 rally.

James Norton, 33, who plays Sidney Chambers in Grantchester (right) has to have a glucose monitor stuck out of sight on his bottom if he is filming a topless scene. Norton (left and inset in McMafia) has type 1 diabetes and uses strategies to cope with his condition such as hidden pockets in stage costumes where he can stash sugar tablets.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (main) have shared a series of photographs by Prince Harry taken in Botswana, Guyana and Malawi to mark Earth Day. One image shows a close up of a lion's eye (middle) while another of whales (right) was shared to make the point that 'fishing sustainably can benefit us all.' In one of two black and white pictures 'Africa's Unicorn' the rhino (left) is show with the detailed caption on the Sussex Royal Instagram account (top inset) saying that despite surviving 'ice ages and giant crocodiles' these 'magnificent animals' are now in 2019 where 'there biggest threat is us.'

Grahame Morris, Labour MP for Easington (inset right) and outgoing chairman of Labour Friends of Palestine, wrongly claimed the horrific video showed IDF soldiers 'beating up Palestinian children for the fun of it' (inset left). In fact the footage, which shows soldiers violently abusing captured teenagers, was shot in Guatemala in 2015 and reported at the time. His mistake was pointed out almost immediately and more than 1,000 times. He apologised for his mistake in a reply to one Twitter user but the original post remains live. It comes as the Equality and Human Rights Commission considers whether to launch a formal probe into anti-Semitism in the Labour Party.

Seaside visitors were seen kneeling and perching on the crumbling Seven Sisters cliffs, near Eastbourne, as they headed out on the sunny Bank Holiday weekend. The reckless beachgoers turned their noses up at official warnings that dangling on the edge of the chalk cliffs is 'incredibly dangerous' as visitors 'don't know what they are sitting over'. They also defined the giant cracks and signs warning that the cliffs on England's south coast could give way at any moment.

An Australian World War II freighter has been discovered 77 years after it was sunk in a deadly Japanese submarine attack. The SS Iron Crown was on its way through Bass Strait with a cargo of manganese ore when torpedoed and sunk within 60 seconds, killing 38 of its 43 crew on June 4, 1942. 

Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex made the most the sunny bank holiday weather today as they took their children, Lady Louise Windsor and James, Viscount Severn for a day out at Windsor Castle.   Louise, 15, joined her father Edward, 55,  and her grandparents, The Queen and Prince Philip, for a spot of horse riding in the castle grounds. The Queen, who turned 93 yesterday rode her horse western style, while Philip, 97, sat in a carriage. Meanwhile Sophie, 54, who dressed down in grey jeans and a patterned shirt, joined James, 11, who sported camouflage gear, to play with the family's adorable black Labrador and golden spaniel.

One-half of the world's ultimate power couple is opening up about her very priavte life with a very public figure. In her new book The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World, Melinda Gates gives a rare glimpse into her personal life, sharing details about how she and Bill first met, their dynamic both in the workplace and at home, and the measures she took to make sure her children were able to have a relatively normal upbringing despite their parent vast wealth. That last part proved to be easier than imagined, with Gates simply enrolling the children at school under her maiden name. The couple's three children - Jennifer, Rory and Phoebe - are now grown up, with the youngest headed off to college in a few years.

In the past two days, fires have broken out near Saddleworth Moor; on Marsden Moor; in Tintwistle in Derbyshire, in Moray in Scotland, and in County Down, Northern Ireland. The latest blaze in Scotland is on three fronts one of which is six miles long. Pictured: top, firefighters light their way on Marsden Moor; bottom left Marsden Moor burns; bottom right: the Saddleworth Moor fire bears down on the village of Uppermill. Dozens of fire crews are tacking the blaze but flames are spreading across moorland. Earlier helicopter pilots spent the day air-dropping water onto the fires and the nearby moorland to try to contain and extinguish the fires.

The inspiring group feature in a two-part documentary with Line Of Duty star Vicky McClure, 35, exploring how music can help ease the condition. The 20 singers - aged between 31 and 87 - were brought together by the actress after the heartbreak of losing her grandmother Iris to dementia in 2015. The documentary follows them as they practise for three months before performing for 2,000 people at the Royal Concert Hall in Vicky's home town of Nottingham.

From historic boat races to an ice skating rink, and even a man-made beach, these stunning photos taken between 1895 and 1998 show how the River Thames has been an integral part of London life for generations. The 215-mile-long river has hosted fairs, boat races, ice skating a several famous creatures over the years.

Her mum is tennis champion Serena Williams and, aged just one, Olympia Ohanian looks like she is already following in her footsteps. Taking to Instagram on Monday, Williams shared an adorable video of her daughter playing with trying out tennis rackets before hitting them on the floor. Fans, celebrities and even Olympia's dad - Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian - took to the comments to cheer on the athletic prodigy. 'Smash that racket, babygirl!' wrote Alexis.

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, 41, (inset) shared the sweet pictures of her children Princess Estelle, seven, and Prince Oscar, three, to Kungahuset, the royal family's official Instagram account, along with an Easter message. The cute pair pose for individual portraits, as well as a more candid shot of them hugging. Pictured left: Prince Oscar of Sweden; pictured right: Princess Estelle of Sweden.

The gymnast, from Seattle, Washington, performed her famous routine for the final time at the NCAA Women's Gymnastics National Championship in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday, April 20. Her floor routine scored her an impressive 9.95, and UCLA finished overall in third place. The 22-year-old gymnast became an internet sensation in January after footage of her routine - that once featured a medley of Michael Jackson songs - went viral. Since the clip of the original routine was shared online, it has racked up over 38 million views. However, Katelyn decided to remove Jackson's music and moves inspired by the artist form her routine following sex abuse allegations made against him in HBO's documentary Leaving Neverland. She performed an updated version of the routine - that featured an all-female track list - at the Pac-12 Championships in March, where she scored an impressive perfect ten.

A wingsuit pilot incredibly passed a banana to a plane passenger mid-flight. Daniel Ossio climbed out of the biplane, onto its wheel, above Portugal to get the snack from wingsuit flyer Par Safstrom as he swooped by. The daredevil then jumped out of the plane and skydived to the ground.

Hundreds of carts, spectators and horses attended the annual Easter Monday London Harness Horse Parade today. They competed for the coveted First Class Award. Held at the South of England Centre in Ardingly, West Sussex, the carts paraded along a route pulled by a variety of breeds of horse, pony and even donkeys. Although most of the carts which took part in the parade were hobby vehicles, working Shires from Fullers Breweries and Friesians from Harrods and Gibbs undertakers also took part.

Bruce Baker thought his family were playing a prank on him when they shouted 'There's a snake in the garden' on the evening of Easter Sunday. But when he went to look for himself he could not believe his eyes. The gigantic snake had got into the garden in Innerleithen, Scotland, and was right next to his one-year-old daughter Willow (pictured looking at the snake, left). Pictures (right) show the reptile underneath Mr Baker's bike before he recruited his neighbour to help him put it in a box while they waited for pet control.

This is the bizarre moment a streaker can be seen sprinting around a graveyard in Inverness, Scotland, while two police officers chase after him before tackling him to the ground.The scene was captured by Ewan Miller as he and several others visited a friends grave on Wednesday.