Darren Clarke would insist he’s not a vain man but he was horrified that his svelte new-look had Twitter wags comparing him to former "Stars in Their Eyes" TV host Matthew Kelly, famous for his white stubbled chin as contestants impersonated showbiz stars for mass TV.

Some of the bruises found on actress Natalie Wood’s body may have occurred before she drowned in the waters off Southern California more than 30 years ago.

Fairgoers at a central Florida carnival caught a two-year-old girl whose mother was forced to drop her after they were both stranded 30ft off the ground on a ride.

Palestinian prisoners in Israel have called for the release of an Israeli taxi driver feared kidnapped by militants, a gesture that could help shore up fragile peace moves.

The families of Columbia’s crew today urged that the “bold exploration of space must go on.”