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British paratroopers were met by French customs officials as they landed in Normandy for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Footage shows the troops landing in a French field carrying their heavy bags, only to be forced to show their passports and documents to waiting officers. Swarms of other paras can be seen landing after jumping out of a plane to commemorate the Normandy landings while a queue forms in front of French customs officials. It is a markedly different reception to that received by their forebears, who dropped into northern France ahead of the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944.

Helicopters and lifeboats scrambled to the Kent coast this morning after the boat got into difficult and sent out a mayday to the Coastguard. Some of the group, which is believed to include a six-month-old baby and two other children, are thought to have been pulled from the water, as emergency crews were called to help Border Force. No fatalities have been reported at this stage and it is so far unclear whether anyone will need to be taken to hospital. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Channel, French authorities are dealing with a large number of other migrants trying to make the perilous crossing, with reports of police using tear gas against them.

With sky-high mortgage rates and average UK house prices reaching £282,000, home ownership may seem out of reach for many. But it is still possible to nab a lovely property in the UK for a bargain. Here's a selection of attractive homes across the country that are currently for sale with an asking price of £150,000 or under - including one for just £25,000.

Nicole Morey was set on by two of her four dogs - all understood to be restricted breeds - who a relative said she treated 'like her babies' but were 'bred to kill'. Investigators have said the lethal attack happened just before midnight on Tuesday, when Ms Morey opened the door to her pets at the home she was renting in the rural Fedamore area of Limerick. The harrowing incident was captured on CCTV, with a man Nicole knew reportedly having access to the footage on his phone and sending the 18-second clip to the victim's horrified family. Pictured left: Footage shows Nicole with her pet in happier times.

Speaking at a rare press conference with Western news outlets yesterday, the dictator denied having 'imperial ambitions'. He ranted to journalists: 'They've come up with this idea that Russia wants to attack NATO. Have you lost your mind? Are you as thick as two short planks? Who made this up? It's nonsense.' But at the same meeting, the dictator threatened to supply his advanced weapons to enemies of Britain and other Western countries who are providing long range arms to Kyiv (above). These Russian weapons could then be used to harm NATO countries. While many NATO members have provided weapons to Kyiv to support its fight against the Russian invaders, the military alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg today emphasised that it has no plans to deploy forces to Ukraine.

Those who are kidnapped and shipped off to Russian detention centres face a harrowing ordeal on the other side of the border. Some are crammed into one of the new colonies built to accommodate the growing numbers of Ukrainians dragged across the border, while others are forced into dingy repurposed basements or abandoned buildings. Several have described how they 'lost the will to live' after months of being subjected to blatant human rights abuses with no telling whether they would ever again see the light of day. Dozens died in captivity, either from critical injuries suffered amid any one of the beatings or torture sessions to which they were submitted, or from the medieval diseases that tore through cells where prisoners were crammed together with no sanitation. Others somehow managed to endure the tribulations, living long enough to be exchanged in prisoner swaps and ultimately breathe fresh air and stand on Ukrainian soil once again.

When I was a Masters ­student in ­Liverpool in 1996, I deliberately walked the long way into the city ­centre from university every day. It wasn't superstition or ­paranoia. It was because I longed to experience the infamous Bold Street Time Slip

Scott Law, 43, went on trial last week to face a charge of common assault in relation to an incident where Keane was allegedly headbutted on September 3 last year. The fracas began when Mr Keane and fellow Sky Sports pundit Micah Richards were walking to do the final match analysis after Arsenal's 3-1 victory over Manchester United, the trial at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court heard. The ex-Ireland international, who was working as a pundit for Sky Sports, was headbutted through doors at the Emirates Stadium by Law, of Waltham Abbey, Essex. Law's defence team said CCTV footage from inside the stadium, shown in court, displayed former Manchester United player Mr Keane elbowing the defendant in the face. Delivering his verdict, District Judge Angus Hamilton said he believed Law had been 'untruthful about what happened' during the match.

The party of the century, hosted at London institution Claridge's Hotel, went down in history after tales of debauchery and wild antics emerged from the celebration, which went on until dawn. The glamorous shindig saw some of the world's most famous faces descend on London's West End to celebrate with the birthday girl; all dressed to the nines in stunning outfits in line with the theme, The Beautiful and The Damned. Among the guests were huge names including Gwyneth Paltrow, Ronnie Wood, Naomi Campbell, Sadie Frost, Sam Taylor-Johnson and Grace Jones.

Most photographs taken during the Second World War were black and white, in line with the predominant technology at the time. However, a small number were snapped with early colour cameras. They were later painstakingly restored to show the battlefields of 1944 in their full, vivid horror. The extraordinary images show British troops preparing to set sail for France and landing on five Normandy beaches before fighting their way through enemy lines to a heroes' welcome from liberated civilians in the north of France. Other photos document German prisoners of war, towns bombed to ruins, wrecked planes and equipment, and Allied commanders celebrating the successful invasion.

Kirsty Young was presenting from the Bayeux Cemetery in Normandy for the corporation's 90-minute special programme last night ahead of the 80th anniversary of the invasion. The veteran broadcaster told viewers the emotional commemoration to remember the fallen was about to begin. There was an awkward moment of silence as they wait for the footage to cut to a military band parade before the camera wobbles and a male voice behind the camera appears to mutter: 'French a*******s.' Ms Young looks on stony-faced as she sits beside the equally silent historian James Holland and Anthea Goldsmith, the daughter of  D-Day hero Theodore Ionides whose grave is at the Bayeux, who all make no reaction.

Eighty years ago, almost 160,000 British, US and Canadian forces embarked on the largest amphibious invasion in history. On June 6, Allied troops crossed the English Channel by boat, aircraft and glider to attack and secure beaches in Normandy as part of Operation Overlord, with the end goal of liberating Nazi-occupied Europe and defeating Adolf Hitler's German regime. Supreme Commander General Dwight D Eisenhower, in charge of the extraordinary offensive, looked at the cards he had been dealt and decided to go all in. What happened next has gone down in history as D-Day...

The presenter returned to work on Monday as he was spotted without his wedding ring on after his wife Lisa Marie Zbozen announced in May that the couple had split after 18 months of marriage. It was announced that Jay would be taking time away from TV in light of the separation, however it seems he's seemingly been permitted by the BBC to resume work.

Lord Ivar Mountbatten, a cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II, is set to star on the third season of The Traitors US. His appearance on the programme, which is hosted by actor Alan Cumming, is not his first foray into reality television, having previously appeared on ITV productions Keeping Up with the Aristocrats in 2022, and The Queen and her Cousins in 2021. Lord Mountbatten, 61, who is the son of Janet Mercedes Bryce and the late David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven is a second cousin of King Charles. He was a first cousin once removed of the late Prince Philip and third cousin, once removed, of Queen Elizabeth II. Despite not being a working royal, the farmer, geologist, businessman is known as the 'first openly gay royal', as the first known member of the extended British Royal family to be in a same-sex marriage. (Pictured L-R: Lord Ivar and ex-wife Penny; with husband James Coyle; during Trooping the Colour in 2005; holidaying with members of the royal family. Inset: Bridwell Park, Lord Ivar's home).

Toten, his fiancé Sierra Robert, and their children took a trip to the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center in Glen Rose to take their wildlife tour on Saturday. 'We were having a little family day, just getting out of the house,' he said. Similar to a petting zoo, Fossil Rim allows visitors to feed some animals with food they provide. Toten's fiancé and their daughter, Paisley, were getting a close-up look at the hungry wildlife. Video shows a giraffe taking a liking to Paisley - and within an instant, the girl is lifted into the air.

Festivities are well underway at Appleby horse fair as travellers pitch up and take their horses for rides bareback through the town and river. The small town of Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria is usually home to around 3000 residents but this week will see this figure balloon to more than 30,000 as visitors from all over Europe flock to trade goods there. The surrounding fields have become adorned with both modern caravans and the traditional Romany horse drawn green canvas bow caravans. One woman rode her horse bareback through the River Eden, which runs directy through the centre of Appleby, as others wash their animals there to prepare them to be traded. It comes as Cumbria Police issued an appeal for calm during this week's Appleby Horse Fair.

The head-to-head test is courtesy of The Points Guy, with the first-class experience taking place on a Boeing 777 and the business-class trip on an Airbus A350. Both reviewers film their experiences - and the resulting video is spellbinding...

Amanda Knox was put in trial in both Italian courts and the court of public opinion after the murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher. She was found guilty of murder and imprisoned in Italy for four years until her successful appeal in 2011 which saw her return to her home in Seattle. Charges were brought again in 2013 but was once again cleared by Italy's Supreme Court in 2015. Following her legal troubles, Knox sought to rebuild her life away from the tragic death of her roommate. She is married to quirky author Christopher Robinson, is a mother of two and now an advocate for the wrongfully imprisoned.

AADAM PATEL AT WEMBLEY: It was the hottest ticket in town. The face value of an official Uefa Champions League final ticket last weekend ranged from £60 to £610 but online and on the black market, they were selling for thousands of pounds. A quick scroll through Live Football Tickets - a popular secondary ticket website - in the hours before kick-off showed a going rate of around £4,000 and these were for upper-tier seats. Some of the lower-tier seats were selling for close to £10,000. Throughout the day in central London, I met numerous fans who had paid four figure sums for a ticket. With thousands of Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid supporters in town, the threat of ticketless fans trying to get into the stadium was a genuine concern and as such, the FA announced in the days leading up to the clash that they had taken relevant extra security measures in the hope of avoiding the scenes that marred the Euro 2020 final when 2,000 ticketless fans gained entry into Wembley.

Coronation Street stalwart Helen Worth made the shock announcement on Wednesday that she is leaving the ITV soap after fifty years on the cobbles. The actress, 73, who will film her final scenes as Gail Platt in the coming weeks, revealed in a statement that the time felt right to step away as she celebrates five decades in the role. While Helen has steered the decision to leave, her exit will save the soap £250,000 a year, just as bosses push for drastic cost-cutting measures. The highest paid actors on Corrie are thought to be Jack P Shepherd who plays the role of Gail's son David Platt and cobbles legend William Roache (right) who plays Ken Barlow, who like Helen are on £250,000 a year contracts.

The social media user, who uses the handle @fijibishh, caught the moment when the creature wandered down the stairs of a double-decker London bus, seemingly en route during a commute. Taking a gander at its moving surroundings, the little fox took a few cautious sniffs before hopping down to the lower floor and moving towards the door. However, it's unclear if it ever left the bus or not. The animal looked very small and slim - which viewers suggested mean it might be a young cub that lost its family.

At first glance, it may appear that this brainteaser is simply too difficult to solve. The puzzle, created by travel insurance brand Paying Too Much, challenges you to find three broken suitcases. This fiendishly tricky problem has an added layer of difficulty, with the time limit being set at just 30 seconds. Just above the puzzle, you will see an image of the three suitcases you are looking for. Carefully look at them, and note the difference between these cases and the rest in the image. Now, put yourself to the test, and see if you are able to solve this tricky optical challenge.

Sir Rod Stewart looked every inch the proud father in a sweet Instagram snap with his large blended family as he celebrated the wedding of his hockey player son Liam in Croatia. Joined by six of his eight children, wife Penny Lancaster and ex Rachel Hunter, who is Liam's mother, the 79-year-old singer couldn't keep the smile from his face as he posed with his clan on the steps of the church of Jesuits in the Old Town. Sir Rod shares eight children with five mothers. He is a father to four daughters Sarah, 60, Kimberly, 44, Ruby, 36, and Renee, 32 and four sons, Sean, 43, Liam, 29, Alastair Wallace, 18, and Aiden Patrick, 13. Remarkably, he regularly proves he is the friendliest of exes with Alana Stewart, Kelly Emberg and Rachel Hunter, having previously posed with his wife Penny, 53, and the mothers of seven of his children in 2019 at daughter Kimberly's 40th birthday party. The rocker's paternal adventures began at the age of 17, and his youngest was born nearly half a century later, when he was 66. Along the way there has been three wives, one long-term girlfriend and a teenage fling.

Military commanders were seen raiding a prison in Ecuador searching for weapons and drugs amid a spate of gang war violence and murders within the compound. Armed soldiers stormed the Manabi N4 Detention Centre, also known as El Rodeo Prison, in Portoviejo, Manabi, on June 5. Images from within the prison captured inmates on their knees, with their hands linked behind their neck - naked torsos and tattoos on full display. Others can be seen donning orange jumpsuits and sitting in rows on the ground as dozens of armed army officials stand guard with their firearms in hand. Masked and helmeted soldiers worked their way through the cells and were pictured on the ground besides an inmate's bunk bed as they used torches to search beneath the furniture.

Matt Eddy, 49, interrupted the Baraboo High School graduation ceremony as he ran to the stage as his daughter was about to receive her diploma on Friday - in a moment that has since gone viral. As his daughter worked her way through a line of school officials, shaking their hand, Eddy grabbed superintendent Rainey Briggs by the arm and pushed him aside. 'That's my daughter,' the man is heard saying in the footage.

This is the hilarious moment a cheeky monkey snatched a tourist's phone and started filming a selfie video of its tour through the Indonesian jungle. Ashley Hoak, 26, was filming some of the local monkeys in Uluwatu, Bali when one managed to snatch her phone from her hand. After desperate attempts to barter for it back with peanuts, Ashley and her friend Sabrina Weibel, 27, chased the primate through the woods for 45 minutes using her a tracker before finding the phone abandoned on the ground.

After years of delays, Boeing has finally launched its first NASA mission carrying two astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). At 10:52 ET (15:52 BST) the Boeing CST-100 shuttle took off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The shuttle, and astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams (pictured top right), are expected to arrive at 12:15 ET (17:15 BST) on June 6 after a 25-hour flight. If successful, this test flight will give NASA a second commercial shuttle alongside the SpaceX Dragon and end Boeing's run of failed launches.

Rachel Hannah, a registered dietitian and marathon runner, was in the process of finishing the Ottawa Tamarack Marathon as the first female on May 25 when a group of fans invaded the course with pink powder cannons and confetti. In the video, Hannah is seen out of breath and doing her best to muster all of her strength to run through the finish line. As she gets closer, two men carrying flare guns run beside her and set them off, the plumes of pink smoke billowing into her eyes.

A British couple who quit their 'corporate' life for a 'grown-up gap year' travelling Europe in a motorhome, are still going almost a decade and 90,000 miles later. Karen, 56 (together, left) aka The Motoroamers - have visited 27 countries in their vehicle which is affectionately called 'Scoobie'. The two set off in 2016 and have been able to sustain their on-the-road lifestyle by working alongside their travels. Inset: The sleeping space in their van. Right: Running into a spot of bother in the desert.

The incident occurred during DR Congo's friendly with Morocco on on Monday 3 June. With the score poised at 2-1 in the Moroccans favour, the 26-year-old recieved a red card for an aggressive challenge. This enraged several opposition players enough to get involved causing a melee between the two teams. Yasmine Mrabet decided to try and calm Kipoyi down, but, the attacker who plays for Galatasaray, unleashed a left hook to her jaw which send her to the turf.

This heartwarming clip shows the moment Shay Harvey, who was 11 years old at the time, was left in tears as she found out she had been officially adopted. After three years of fostering her, Caitlin Harvey and Paul Harvey, who are in their thirties, from Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, knew it was time to make their family official.