Lu Hao: Day in the life of 4-year-old toddler who weighs 9-and-a-half STONE

The obese Chinese child's parents told last week how their son - who is five times the size of children his age - eats a staggering three bowls of rice for dinner each day.

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Schoolboys, 8, caught showing off 'bags of cannabis' to classmates

Teachers at Stanley Primary in Marton, Blackpool, made the shocking discovery after two Year Three boys were seen showing packets of cannabis to their friends.

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Ian Tomlinson inquest: G20 riot victim 'out of it and wasted' before police clash

James Stone, who works in the City, told an inquest that he was about to go to the gym when he spotted Mr Tomlinson in front of a row of police officers.

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Ryanair to impose new passenger charge to pay for YOUR right to compensation

The airline said the charge was to fund 'unfair and discriminatory' pay-outs to stranded passengers who face delays or cancellations following disruption.

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David Cameron's StartUp Britain advice website links users to computer VIRUSES

What looked like an innocent link directed people to a fake anti-virus page warning them their computer was infected and encouraging them to download a fix.

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Divorce: Grandparents to be given legal right to see grandchildren

A report will today set out radical proposals to enshrine in law greater access rights for grandparents when couples split, Whitehall sources revealed.

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A90 lorry driver came face to face with car driving wrong way up dual carriageway

These startling images taken from the GPS camera in the cab of a second lorry show how a driver of the Vauxhall Corsa is seen joining the A90 in Scotland – via the exit slip road.

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'Staggering' signing on fee of Lloyds' new CEO Antoionia Horta-Osorio

Ant�nio Horta-Os�rio was given a 'golden hello' worth as much as �8.6million after he was poached from rival bank Santander in November.

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Salt shakers taken off chip-shop counters in Stockport in ASK campaign

Cafes, restaurants and curry houses in Stockport will all take containers off their counters and table tops under the latest push by a council to cut residents' salt intake.

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DIY health testing kits 'could do more harm than good'

DIY health kits for conditions such as stomach ulcers, prostate problems, bowel cancer or diabetes can be misleading, according to Which?

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Libyan foreign minister Musa Kusa defects to UK in further Gaddafi regime blow

In a sign that the Tripoli regime is crumbling, Foreign Minister Musa Kusa landed at Farnborough airfield after fleeing the civil war in his homeland.

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Judge sends children to Australia with mother and tells father to talk to them via Skype

The father, from Devon, argued his children's departure with their mother to the other side of the world would destroy the 'embryonic' relationship he has with them.

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First pictures of the five-year-old shot down by a boy on a bicycle who casually pulled out a hand gun to settle a teenage feud

In a terrifyingly casual attack, this was how gangland Britain’s sickening gun culture left Thushara Kamaleswaran and a man of 35 fighting for life.

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Libya: Outgunned and outfought rebels crumble in Mad Max-style retreat

RICHARD PENDLEBURY was in Eastern Libya as rebel forces retreated in disarray yesterday as the battle in the country swung dramatically back in favour of Colonel Gaddafi's regime.

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Prince Andrew and what his seven medals mean

It comes as the Prince was honoured again this time for 'personal service' to the Queen, despite the row over his close friendships with a convicted paedophile

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Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton: Forget the marriage guidance book

Elizabeth Taylor had been ill for a long time and certainly looked her age. As she once quipped: 'Dying young does give Marilyn the edge over most of us.'

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Church of England row as cathedral opens doors to tarot card readers and crystal healers in 'new age' festival

The event - featuring tarot card readers, crystal healers, dream interpretation, and a fire-breathing vicar - is to be held in Manchester Cathedral in May.

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UK census 2011 glitch: Thousands frozen out of system after leaving computers

More than 550,000 rang the census helpline to complain about difficulties they were having when filling in the form, according to the Office for National Statistics.

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Hit-and-run driver who killed pedestrian, 63, after jumping red light was rushing to bring mother's passport to airport

Phamacist Afzaal Khan, 36, was rushing to Manchester Airport after his mother, who was due to fly to Pakistan, rang him up to say she had forgotten her travel documents.

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Veteran diver Roger Dadds dies while exploring German U-boat wreck

Roger Dadds had completed more than 4,000 dives but coastguards at Salcombe, Devon were told he had 'shot back up like cork' after reaching the bottom.

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�9,000-a-term Repton school forced to write to parents as girl, 14, has stomach pumped after binge drinking

Parents were told about the incident in which a group of girls are believed to have downed vodka they had sneaked into the school near Burton, Staffordshire

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Bride and groom arrested after officials raid 'sham wedding'

The pair were among seven members of a wedding party detained by around a dozen officers at Leed Town Hall.

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Jailhound: Burglar locked up after being caught on CCTV camera owner set up to monitor naughty puppy

James Allsopp, from Ilkeston, Derbys, set up the elaborate CCTV system to keep an eye on his lonely new Boxer puppy while he was out.

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Sian O'Callaghan murder and Night Stalker media coverage questioned

Over the past few days it has been impossible to watch the news on television or read a newspaper without hearing about the disappearance of Sian O’Callaghan.

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Silvio Berlusconi revealed to be earning �35m a year

The controversial Italian prime minister is currently facing four trials - including one for having underage sex with a prostitute and abuse of office.

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IPSA letter exposes serious flaws with David Laws

David Cameron and Nick Clegg have already decided that the former Lib Dem Cabinet minister David Laws will return to a newly created role at the heart of government.

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Murderer caught after victim's thumb was dropped from sky by a bird is jailed for life

Mohammed Riaz and five others were sentenced to a total of 78 years after fastfood worker Mahmood Ahmad (pictured) was tortured to death with a mechanical butcher's saw.

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Jailed for life, the drinker who murdered his neighbour over comments made to pub barmaid

Steven Green, 38, was found guilty of murder after he punched and kicked 62-year-old Ronald Harding at the flats in Sheffield where they both lived.

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McDonald's sex attacker Simon Archer jailed

Simon Archer lay in wait as the boys, aged just seven and four, went in together, just yards from where their family were sitting in the restaurant.

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Tycoon who used shotgun to silence neighbour's burglar alarm is spared jail after judge calls him 'exceptional man'

When his neighbours’ burglar alarm would not stop ringing, Peter Shalson took matters into his own hands. Unfortunately, he also took a shotgun.

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QUENTIN LETTS: Milibands sat smouldering like seething souk traders

Just to show that we in Westminster have fratricidal tendencies of our own, the Miliband brothers were sitting in unusual physical alignment.

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EU to ban petrol and diesel cars from cities to force drivers to go 'green'

Critics said the latest Brussels blueprint to force people into 'green' cars was bamboozling drivers and taking the European Union into "the realms of fantasy".

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Fire fighting water hoses could be replaced with electric wands

The bright idea exploits a scientific phenomenon first noticed 200 years ago – that electricity can affect the shape of flames, making them die out.

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BA cabin crew vote for fresh strikes: Holidaymakers face Easter chaos

Militants at the Unite union said the overwhelming vote to strike showed their 'determination' to continue the long-running dispute.

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Row over who saddled British taxpayers with �6bn debt to bail out Portugal

The Tories have always suggested that Labour’s Alistair Darling agreed to a bailout scheme to prop up the euro in his final days as Chancellor.

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Libya war: Gaddafi must face war crime trial not exile, says Cameron

The Prime Minister will reject a plan by Italy and Germany to let the tyrant off the hook in a bid to speed up a change of regime.

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At last, Anne the elephant's suffering could be over as Whipsnade zoo offers her a home

A specialist vet from Whipsnade Zoo and RSPCA officers were allowed to visit Anne after shocking secret footage was passed to the Daily Mail showing her being kicked and beaten.

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Buyer must collect: Ark Royal posted for sale on auction website

After sailing the world’s seas for a quarter of a century, the HMS Ark Royal is suffering an undignified end - being put up for sale on an eBay-style auction website and possibly becoming scrap metal.

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European Human Rights court rulings are the law says England's top judge

Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge said that the Human Rights Act meant British judges must follow the decisions set down in Strasbourg, ‘no more and no less’.

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British country villages want to 'remain white and middle class'

Many residents of countryside towns and villages consider them the 'last bastion' of old-fashioned English traditions.

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David Cameron could use a young Norman Tebbit today

Semi house-trained polecat. Chingford skinhead. Bovver boy of Spitting Image fame. Normo took it all as a badge of honour.

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Middle East unrest: West can't influence powder keg that is Arab world

Britain, France and America now have a commitment in Libya for which no one can foretell the ending and the wider Arab world is in a ferment.

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Gove in partial U-turn on EMA after allowing schools to hand payments to poorest pupils

The �180million a year bursary scheme will replace the Education Maintenance Allowance, which the Education Secretary scrapped last year.

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Break-ups: Broken heart 'hurts more' than physical pain

Experiments show that being dumped by a lover activates brain regions more usually associated with processing physical pain.

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Treasury rejects Vince Cable's plan for 'mansion tax'

The Business Secretary wanted the tax on expensive properties but Whitehall insiders poured scorn on the idea.

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Five-year-old 'victim of voodoo ritual' named as 'Adam'

The five-year-old’s identity has remained a mystery after he was smuggled into Britain and murdered in a voodoo-style ritual killing.

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TUC anti-cuts London march: Fortnum and Mason's invader Adam Ramsay

To the descendant of a baronet, who grew up in a castle, the splendour of Fortnum & Mason must have seemed like a home from home.

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'I tried to stop but she threw herself on top of me': Schoolboy speaks of terror after falling into cave and waking hibernating bear

Ollie Frisk suffered severe bites to his legs and gouges to his back but managed to escape from the animal's lair near Fun�sdalen, northern Sweden.

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Branded for life: DIY tattoo kits for just �30 pose a health risk to children

The sale of cheap DIY tattoo kits which can cause infections and leave children as young as 12 ‘branded for life’ should be banned, health chiefs warn.

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Police officer watches search dog fall and die day before retirement

Baz and his handler PC Gary Saunders responded to a report of burglars at an address in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, on March 17 with 24 hours of duty left.

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