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Kate will live with mum after baby is born: Future monarch

The Duchess of Cambridge is to move back in with her mother when her baby is born. In a break with royal tradition, Kate, 31, will not employ a maternity nurse after the July birth. Instead, she has told friends, she will live with her parents for at least the first six weeks after leaving hospital. Support: The Duchess of Cambridge is set to move in with her mother Carole Middleton following the birth of her first child, and future heir to the throne of Britain First home: The royal baby will spend at least the first six weeks of his or her life at the Middleton's £4.85million manor in Berkshire The decision means a future monarch will be starting life in a commoner’s home in Berkshire rather than in the splendour of a royal residence. More... Pippa Middleton dresses down in skinny jeans and wedges for a night out on the town with new stockbroker boyfriend Duchess of Cambridge follows family tradition and agrees to become patron of three charities Kim Jong Un joins Obama,

The married priest, his model wife and the one night stand

Dressed in his priest’s clerical collar, Father John Taylor was a familiar and respected presence in the seaside town of Margate, Kent, where he was born and grew up. A jovial, outgoing character, he considered it his mission to bring cheer to the community with relentless good humour, while actively helping the unfortunate, aged and needy. Fr Taylor, 48, was chaplain at Margate Magistrates’ Court — offering support to crime victims — and also supported a number of charities. He’d be the first to volunteer at fetes to go into the stocks to be pelted with wet sponges if it meant raising money for a good cause. Ordained in 2009 into the Old Roman Catholic Church — which broke from Rome in 1908 and does not require celibacy — the former carpenter, a married father of two young children, responded to his vocation with energy and enthusiasm. In recognition of his charity work, Fr Taylor’s name was expected to be put forward for consideration in the Queen’s Honours list. He says he might ha

For sale, the house hit by six cars in three years

To have one car crash into your garden wall may be regarded as misfortune. To have six begins to look like, well …  it’s probably time to move out. Except Tom Wardle, 67, and his 73-year-old wife Shirley can’t sell their house because it’s so accident-prone. Mr Wardle says the sixth car to hit his wall, above, was driven by a young man travelling over the speed limit Mr Wardle, above, has had to repair the destruction and make £15,000 worth of insurance claims They have had to rebuild their garden wall six times in less than three years, costing their insurers £15,000. The couple’s home in Bretforton, near Evesham in Worcestershire, is in a 30mph zone, but sits 75 yards from a sharp bend which is a notorious black spot. The first crash was in September 2010, just months after they put their four-bedroom home on the market for £350,000. The next crash happened in April 2011, followed by two in August the same year and a fifth last July. The most recent accident happened a w

'Eight-year-old boy drowned in a pool because the lifeguard

An eight-year-old boy drowned after a lifeguard stopped watching swimmers to chat to a customer, a court heard. Kelly Woods, 31, had been talking for up to 15 minutes when Suraj Mall got into difficulty. When she turned back to watch the swimming pool, the youngster was found floating face down. Suraj Mall was found in the pool after his mother had taken him and his siblings swimming Woods, who is charged with failing to properly supervise pool users, dived in to try to save him, but the schoolboy had already been submerged for almost two minutes. Despite attempts to revive him, Suraj was pronounced dead in hospital. Lifeguard Kelly Woods is accused of failing to properly supervise pool users ‘She was at work and got talking to a customer while she was on duty,’ James Puzey, prosecuting, told the court. ‘A few minutes later a boy – Suraj Mall – was found floating face down in the water.’ The youngster’s mother, who had taken Suraj and his three siblings to the pool, broke down

I'm sorry, says embattled police tsar in expenses row

The Police and Crime Commissioner who reported his staff for exposing his expenses claim for a chauffeur-driven Mercedes apologised yesterday – but says he has no regrets about calling in the police. Cumbria PCC Richard Rhodes reported the whistleblowers for telling a newspaper he had charged the taxpayer £700 for two chauffeur-driven trips. He admitted yesterday he should have checked the cost of the trips before charging them to the taxpayer, but refused to apologise to the three people who face possible prison sentences if they are convicted of leaking details of his expenses claim. He went on to say that he would use his new £23,000 Hyundai crossover – another taxpayer-funded perk – in the future. Cumbria police chief Bernard Lawson said his officers will send a file to the Crown Prosecution Service so it can consider charges against the staff members who blew the whistle. Two people have been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in a public office and another on suspicion of perve

'Horrendous, barbaric and inhuman': Widower whose dentist wife died

The husband of an Indian dentist who died after being refused an abortion at an Irish hospital today hit out at her 'horrendous, barbaric and inhuman' treatment. An inquest jury ruled that Savita Halappanavar's death in October last year was by medical misadventure, and set out a string of recommendations to prevent a repeat of the tragedy. Speaking after the hearing, her widower Praveen said that University Hospital Galway had left her to die, and did nothing to help her until after she had miscarried their baby. 'It was too late,' he said today - the couple's fifth wedding anniversary. 'The care she received was in no way different to staying at home. 'Medicine is all about preventing the natural history of the disease and improving the patient's life and health and look what they did. She was just left there to die. 'We were always kept in the dark. If Savita would have known her life was at risk she would have jumped off the bed, straight to

Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf is arrested

Police have arrested Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf at his home where he had holed up following a dramatic escape from court to avoid detention, it emerged today. Musharraf fled Islamabad High Court in a speeding vehicle yesterday after a judge rejected his bail and ordered his arrest in connection with a case involving his decision to fire senior judges while in power. It was a new low in Musharraf's troubled return from self-imposed exile last month to make a political comeback in the upcoming parliamentary election. Police say they arrested Musharraf overnight and presented him before a judge at Islamabad District Court this morning. Scroll down for video Drama: Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf fled an Islamabad courthouse yesterday to avoid arrest, but has now been held by police at his home The former President fled at such a speed yesterday, one of his security detail was left clinging to the outside off the car as it sped off Lo

Jilted lover, 22, posted intimate pictures of his ex-girlfriend

A bitter ex-boyfriend posted topless pictures of his former lover online as punishment when she started a new relationship. James Aldous, 22, let himself into Cassie Fearnley’s house while she was sleeping and copied 20 pictures of the university student posing topless and in her underwear which were saved on her laptop computer. He then uploaded the intimate pictures to websites to humiliate her. Revenge plot: James Aldous, right, admitted posting intimate pictures of his ex-girlfriend Cassie Fearnley, 22, left, on the internet after taking them from her laptop. This is not one of the images posted online by Aldous When Miss Fearnley, also 22, found out about the plot, she confronted Aldous and he deleted the images. But they had already started to circulate on the internet and had spread to many more websites. More... 'Don't leave me': 'Possessive' Polish boyfriend accused of killing British graduate girlfriend, 23, feared she would leave him in months

FBI interviewed Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26

The FBI revealed on Friday that they had interviewed Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011, after a foreign government alerted officials that he had possible ties to extremists. Federal officials vetted Tamerlan Tsarnaev but their probe not produce any 'derogatory' information and the matter was put 'to bed,' a U.S. law enforcement source said. The revelation is the first indication that Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his younger brother, Dzhokhar, were known to U.S. security officials prior to Monday's bombings, U.S. authorities said. Suspect: Tamerlan Tsarnaev (left in 2010) was identified by the FBI as a main suspect (right in surveillance video on Monday) in the Boston Marathon bombings. He was killed by police on Friday Traditional values: While appearing like an all-American 20-something man, Tamerlan said in an earlier interview that he is a devout Muslim who does not drink and upholds traditional values The government that asked for t

Boston lockdown LIFTED but residents warned to be vigilant

Officials in Boston announced on Friday night that the city's security lockdown has been lifted but urged residents to exercise extreme caution since the second bombing suspect remains on the loose. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said the city's mass transit service is resuming, after it was suspended for most of the day while police launched a manhunt for the surviving marathon bomb suspect, 19-year-old suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The city's commuter rail service is expected to resume on Saturday. 'We can return to living our lives,' Gov. Patrick said at a press conference late Friday but urged Bostonians, 'to remain vigilant. If you are out, continue to be alert to suspicious activity.' Scroll down for video Lifted: Governor Deval Patrick said on Friday night that the security lockdown on the Boston area has been lifted even as the search continues for the second bombing suspect Ghost town: Boston's normally busy streets were completely empty a