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Nuclear reaction to house prices

Cops fired over Facebook slurs Officers harassed colleagues and posted racist jibes

China dairy destroys tainted milk promises tough checks

‘Bonkers’ monster requests hit the police

Let me give you a helping paw: Cat pushes its friend down loft steps

Stunned middle class couple raided by police after sniffer dog mistakes common garden plant for cannabis (and so do local yobs who queued at door hoping for a drug deal)

Asbo failed to tame young thug... so he was given acupuncture therapy on the taxpayer

Murdered at Boxing Day sales: Teenager stabbed on Oxford Street and ANOTHER knifed in separate attack as horrified shoppers look on

Tragedy of rare turtles swept to a chilly death off Britain

It's a dog's life: The golden retriever in a world of bliss at bath time

Arrest him - and make it snappy! Police officers discover 11 crocodiles and an alligator during search of suspected fraudster's home

The most searched-for word of 2011? Facebook - and 'Facebook login' is number three

Even shoes need 'vanity sizing' as feet get fatter when we pile on the pounds

Ex-police officer who led paedophile double life encouraging internet perverts to assault children is jailed

'I was an atheist at eight': Ricky Gervais caught up in Twitter spat with Christians after saying he doesn't believe in God

Produced for £60 in an East End factory, the Posh frocks stars snap up for £1,500

She's having a ball! Anne the elephant beaten and stabbed by sadistic keeper, enjoys Christmas sanctuary paid for by big-hearted Daily Mail readers

Illegal immigrant who hacked off neighbour's head with meat cleaver has his sentence CUT by six years

Fire burning! It'll be a toasty Christmas in Albert Square... but which EastEnders will survive to see the New Year?

The cub who simply can't bear waking up: Super-cute polar bear rejected by mother his mother is the new Knut

'Space ball' drops on Namibia

Midlife crisis for email, 40

Dear Santa, Please bring me a Sindy house! Seven-year-old’s letter to Father Christmas penned 25 years ago is found behind fireplace

Kung Fu keeper: Team walk off pitch after goalie is shown red card for defending himself against thug who ran on and attacked HIM

Bloodlust on the bear hunt: How hundreds of bears were legally killed by hunters as young as 13 just a few miles from New York

Three-year-old battered by girl, 2

'Irreplaceable' £500,000 bronze Barbara Hepworth sculpture stolen by metal thieves in London park

12 members of breakaway Amish sect charged with hate crimes after community members had beards cut off

Teenager dubbed 'Spider-ned' climbed down 14-storeys outside tower block to escape police

Sledgehammer gang launches broad daylight smash-and-grab raid on jewellery store in London's busy Oxford Street

Trollied! New Banksy mural shows woman falling from a height while clinging to her groceries

Young mother electrocuted as she mopped up water from leaky boiler died after catalogue of workmen's errors

The killer shielded by the Home Office: Family's fury as officials say it is against law to reveal if son's murderer is an illegal migrant

Newlywed soldier shot dead in training accident is buried at the church where he married pregnant fiancee five months ago

GCSE is postponed after examiners gave teachers advice on what would be in the test

Now THAT'S a game of crazy golf! Rory McIlroy ends 2011 on a high with breathtaking bunker shot from Dubai... but where on Earth did it land?

Forget the Three Wise Men… DOZENS flocked to see Jesus, ancient document reveals

'Erm, my foot slipped!' Hapless motorist faces having part of house demolished after sending car careering into her dining room

You have a human right to hoard (even if your junk can be seen from space): Court victory for eccentric homeowner

Brazilian baby 'born healthy with two heads... and both are suckling mother's breasts'

Juror jailed for Christmas after phoning in sick and halting trial... so he could go and watch musical CHICAGO

It's a long road back from a brain injury

A switch in time could save lives

Tears for a tyrant: He oppressed, starved and had them shot for 16 years but N Koreans mourn death of Kim Jong Il... as West fears show of strength from rogue nuclear state

Channel 4: We'll screen shocking images of violence and child abuse that proves Syrian torture policy

The brave women of the Middle East: Female protesters brutally beaten with metal poles as vicious soldiers drag girls through streets by their hair in day of shame

'It's like a war zone': Mad Friday causes chaos for the emergency services with 250 drink related calls every hour

Man smelling of gasoline turns himself in to police hours after woman burned alive by brutal killer in elevator

Two dead, 51 missing from Russian oil rig