Ballon d'Or shortlist: Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi the favourites with Gareth Bale and five Premier League stars named

Five Barclays Premier League stars and one Brit - Gareth Bale - have been named on FIFA's 23-man shortlist for the 2014 Ballon d'Or. Current holder Cristiano Ronaldo and four-time winner Lionel Messi are again the favourites but there is no place on the shortlist for former Liverpool...

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Mother humiliated at Marks and Spencer checkout by cashier

A mother-of-two was asked by a Marks and Spencer worker why she had mutilated and disfigured herself by decorating her neck and arms with tattoos.  Natasha Henson, 35, had told the cashier that a customer in the store tutted and commented about her tattoos. But she did not get the understanding...

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Oscar Pistorius sentenced to five years in prison

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius  killed his girlfriend on Valentine's Day in 2013 when he shot through the bathroom door and into Ms Steenkamp. He has also been handed a three-year term suspended for five years for a firearm offense. The amputee athlete, known as the Blade Runner, stood...

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Thousands dead... but it's a dog that sparks an outcry:

A Spanish Ebola victim’s pet dog was put down last night over fears it could transmit the disease, prompting outrage from animal lovers who chanted ‘murderers’ outside the woman’s home. Fury erupted after a government health spokesman confirmed that Teresa Romero Ramos’s dog, Excalibur, had been...

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