UK news

• Latest Chinese space mission prepares for launch as Beijing heats up exploration race with US and Russia

  16-10-2016 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The country will launch its two-man mission on Monday and hopes to have a permanent manned space station by 2022
  
  Read more

• Yes, Saint Ched the Innocent is free...but a girl's life is still in tatters and her nightmare continues, writes JAN MOIR

  16-10-2016 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nobody comes out of the Ched Evans case well but while the Welsh footballer can walk back to a comfortable life and career, the waitress' life is in ruins, writes JAN MOIR.
  
  Read more

• Outrage after police chief suggests officers should ignore burglaries if victims left windows or doors open

  16-10-2016 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Phil Kay, assistant chief constable at Leicestershire Police, said such action could encourage people to be more vigilant
  
  Read more

• Couple who only found out they had a grandchild after her first birthday lose second round of custody battle after adoptive parents appeal court ruling

  16-10-2016 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unnamed man and woman, who are in their 50s, want to care for a grandchild they had not known existed. But they have lost the second round of a legal fight at the High Court in London.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Woodworm ruined our wedding day: Church was ruled unsafe 15 minutes before couple were due to marry

  16-10-2016 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kelsey Hallam and Tom Power were left distraught when they had to change their wedding venue 15 minutes before the service over a woodworm infestation at the Northamptonshire church.
  
  Read more

• Voice of the Mirror: Sideline bungling Boris Johnson before he makes any more Brexit blunders

  16-10-2016 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Self-serving Foreign Minister must admit his share of responsibility for Britain's economic woes
  
  Read more

• Arsene Wenger admits Arsenal will need to break the bank to keep Mesut Ozil at the Emirates

  16-10-2016 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Arsenal have not won the Premier League title since 2004 and Ozil wants a new contract in excess of £200,000-a-week
  
  Read more

• Male MPs urged to join anti-domestic violence campaign to end 'Donald Trump-style sexist comments'

  16-10-2016 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Labour’s Thangam Debbonaire wants every male MP to sign up for the White Ribbon campaign’s cross-party group
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Shelter: More than four in 10 homes fail acceptable standards

  16-10-2016 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than four in 10 homes in Britain do not reach acceptable standards, a study for housing charity Shelter says.
  
  Read more

• 'Sexual abuse is not an ok marketing gimmick to adopt cats': Peta is blasted for taking inspiration from US presidential candidate Donald Trump and telling people to 'grab a p***y'

  16-10-2016 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  People have taken to social media to slam Peta for using lewd comments made by the US Presidential candidate for a campaign to encourage people to adopt cats.
  
  Read more

• Heartbreaking scenes as Ben Needham's mum collapses in tears at missing son's 'death site' after dig ends

  16-10-2016 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kerry Needham clutched her parents, Christine and Eddie, as police concluded the dig at the spot on Kos, where officers fear Ben was killed by a digger in 1991
  
  Read more

• Police boss who led Ben Needham search apologises for not finding tot's remains in Kos

  16-10-2016 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Detective Inspector Jon Cousins said he believed his team did everything possible, but he was expressed his sorrow at not finding Ben
  
  Read more

• Work begins on controversial £2.5m UK-funded 13ft high Calais wall to stop migrants

  16-10-2016 22:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The £2.5million wall, which is being funded by British taxpayers, will run 0.6 miles along the motorway leading to the French port. The first concrete panels were moved into place by a crane on Saturday.
  
  Read more

• Gun-toting robber dressed as woman and his accomplice are comically taken down after trying to hold up jewellers

  16-10-2016 22:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shop owner David Dyer and worker Frazer Wilson hurled themselves towards the pair and managed to restrain one of the would-be robbers
  
  Read more

• 'Raging' elderly man 'goes on gun rampage' after being served with eviction notices

  16-10-2016 22:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Larry Dennis Hoad, 65, was eventually gunned down after allegedly opening fire on a police officer
  
  Read more

• ISIS stronghold of Mosul 'will be turned into Stalingrad' and Allies will face months of bloody fighting

  16-10-2016 22:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The SAS and Special Boat Service have warned that the terror group has spent two years preparing for battle in the Iraqi city and will fight to the last man
  
  Read more

• US election 2016: Trump says election 'rigged at polling places'

  16-10-2016 22:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Presidential runner says the election is rigged by the media and "at many polling places", despite his running mate saying he would accept the result.
  
  Read more

• SAS veteran facing murder probe over confessions in book says killing fatally injured Iraqis was "humane"

  16-10-2016 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Writing in a new book, SAS Who Dares Wins: Leadership Secrets From The Special Forces, Sergeant Colin Maclachlan said he shot dead “two or three” fatally injured enemy combatants
  
  Read more

• Amazing footage shows baby's old heart STILL BEATING on hospital tray after being removed during life-saving transplant operation

  16-10-2016 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC FOOTAGE Five-month-old Henry Dolan was successfully fitted with a new heart today after spending his entire life in hospital
  
  Read more

• Republican Party office FIREBOMBED as tensions flare ahead of critical third US presidential debate

  16-10-2016 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A picture of an incinerated armchair and pensioner smeared with soot was tweeted after the device smashed threw a window saying 'Freedom Speaks'
  
  Read more

• Manchester flats fire: Huge blaze tears through part-built apartment block as emergency workers battle to contain raging inferno

  16-10-2016 22:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Teams of firefighters are currently battling the enormous blaze which can be seen for miles around
  
  Read more

• Dashcam captures embarrassed woman taking pee in bush after being caught short on bike ride

  16-10-2016 21:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Footage shows the cyclist squatting in bushes at the side of a road, before glancing towards the approaching driver and quickly pulling up her bottoms
  
  Read more

• Dashcam captures embarrassed woman taking pee in bush after being caught short during bike ride

  16-10-2016 21:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Footage shows the cyclist squatting in bushes at the side of a road, before glancing towards the approaching driver and quickly pulling up her bottoms
  
  Read more

• Syria conflict: IS 'ousted from symbolic town of Dabiq'

  16-10-2016 21:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Turkish-backed rebels in Syria have captured the symbolically important town of Dabiq from so-called Islamic State, say rebel commanders and monitors.
  
  Read more

• New series of Ladybird's hilarious Books for Grown-Ups features brilliant explanations of modern themes from 'sickies' to 'zombies'

  16-10-2016 21:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The parodies of the classic children's books have been a huge hit since their first release in October 2015, selling two million copies
  
  Read more

• "I never lived the high life": Coronation Street legend Jean Alexander in her own words

  16-10-2016 21:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An unseen interview with the actress who played Street legend Hilda Ogden show she lived a simple and frugal life - and turned her back on love to concentrate on her career
  
  Read more

• Wreck of 'Titanic 2' sunk by German mine a century ago is set to become 'divers' theme park'

  16-10-2016 21:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  HMHS Britannic, the sister ship of the Titanic, was sunk in 1916 by a German mine and lies 400ft below the surface
  
  Read more

• Mum died not knowing who murdered her 14-year-old daughter - but did the killer strike FOUR times?

  16-10-2016 21:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Christine Hession hoped in vain for 32 years to see justice for her only child, Lisa Jane, who was found strangled in an alleyway in 1984
  
  Read more

• 'Sparks were flying out of my jeans': Dad's horror as phone borrowed from young son explodes in pocket

  16-10-2016 21:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Anthony Leslie, 50, says he's been left with permanent scars after the 10-month-old Sony Xperia M4 Aqua became stuck to his leg
  
  Read more

• 'Oldest' panda in captivity Jia Jia dies at the age of 38

  16-10-2016 21:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jia Jia, a giant panda believed to have been the oldest ever kept in captivity, dies at the age of 38 at a theme park in Hong Kong.
  
  Read more

• Who are the White Helmets? Heroes of Syria's brutal war who risk death every day to save innocent lives

  16-10-2016 21:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 3,000-strong volunteer force was formed in 2013 to help those trapped in rubble following Syrian airstikes - so far they have saved 62,000 lives, but 145 have died in the line of duty
  
  Read more

• Pope Francis canonises Argentina's 'gaucho priest' Brochero and six other saints 

  16-10-2016 20:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tapestry portraits of the new saints hung high among the columns of Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, where the pontiff blessed seven relics of the saints.
  
  Read more

• "It took us two days to lift these twins from the rubble... bombed to death as they played"

  16-10-2016 20:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  White Helmets rescue volunteer Ismail Alabdullahm recalls the day the innocent girls were killed in Syria's civil war - and talks of the horror he faces every day
  
  Read more

• Violent past of former inmate revealed after he was awarded thousands in compensation over cell 'slipper fall'

  16-10-2016 20:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kevin Manley, who was awarded £3,750 after tripping on a slipper and banging his head in the dark, had been jailed for robbing two female students
  
  Read more

• Couple cleared of child abuse launch legal battle to get their son back claiming 'miscarriage of justice'

  16-10-2016 20:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The child's parents said his adoption was a 'miscarriage of justice' because they had not been convicted of a criminal offence
  
  Read more

• Southampton 3-1 Burnley

  16-10-2016 20:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Southampton move to eighth in the Premier League as two goals from Charlie Austin and one from Nathan Redmond punish Burnley.
  
  Read more

• Donald Trump's allies claim US presidential election is "rigged" after he suggests Hillary Clinton is on drugs

  16-10-2016 20:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Speaking about his rival at a rally in New Hampshire, Trump said: “I think we should take a drug test prior to the debate, because I don’t know what’s going on with her”
  
  Read more

• Children of the Calais 'Jungle' trying to reach the UK

  16-10-2016 20:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Campaigners call on the UK government to speed up its programme to resettle hundreds of unaccompanied children stranded in the Calais "Jungle".
  
  Read more

• British conspiracy theorist, 39, is found dead on a sofa in Poland

  16-10-2016 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Max Spiers, 39 was found dead in Poland, where he had gone to give a talk about conspiracy theories and UFOs. He was ruled to have died from natural causes.
  
  Read more

• Tyson Gay's 15-year-old daughter Trinity is shot dead in Kentucky

  16-10-2016 20:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Olympian Tyson Gay's 15-year-old daughter has been shot dead at a Kentucky restaurant. Trinity Gay was shot in the neck at Cook Out restaurant in Lexington early Sunday morning.
  
  Read more

• Venezuela hit by large earthquake sparking fears of landslides and flooding in crisis-hit country

  16-10-2016 20:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The epicentre of the tremor was the city of Maracaibo which is in the north east of the country
  
  Read more

• Venezuela hit by earthquake sparking fears of landslides and flooding in crisis-hit country

  16-10-2016 20:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The epicentre of the tremor was the city of Maracaibo which is in the north east of the country
  
  Read more

• Delia Smith appeals for information about missing RAF man Corrie McKeague last seen three weeks ago

  16-10-2016 20:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The TV chef posed with a poster urging people to come forward with information about Corrie’s whereabouts
  
  Read more

• 'This is his new heart': Parents post incredible live updates as their baby son undergoes life-saving organ transplant

  16-10-2016 20:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC FOOTAGE Mollie and Sam Dolan provided incredible updates on their five-month-old son, Henry, as he was fitted with a new heart in hospital
  
  Read more

• 'Britain's vainest man' Ryan Staveley left with broken eye socket in Manchester club attack' 

  16-10-2016 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ryan Staveley, 25, whose desire to become a 'perfect 10' left him bankrupt, was assaulted in the Manchester nightclub Kiki while out with friends in the early hours of Saturday morning.
  
  Read more

• Hikers see solitary man with big beard up mountain – astounded to find out it's a Hollywood star

  16-10-2016 20:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It's not every day you meet an Oscar-winning actor
  
  Read more

• Tyson Gay's daughter killed in shooting

  16-10-2016 20:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former world champion sprinter Tyson Gay's 15-year-old daughter has been killed in a shooting in the US state of Kentucky, police and local media say.
  
  Read more

• Fund to protect pharmacies from Tory cuts will only save one in TEN

  16-10-2016 20:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ministers will provide extra support to just 1,380 community pharmacies out of the 11,674 across England
  
  Read more

• Incredible moment elephant rushes to rescue 'drowning' keeper caught on camera after pair formed 'inseparable bond'

  16-10-2016 19:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Trainer Darrick Thomson said he and Kham Lha have forged an “inseparable” bond since her arrival a year ago
  
  Read more

• Home Office grants visas to ISIS-supporting charity CAGE

  16-10-2016 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CAGE, who advocate for detainees in Guantanamo  Bay in Cuba can sponsor foreign nationals to live and work in the UK for up to three years under a deal agreed with the Home Office.
  
  Read more

Follow @newslock_uknews on Twitter!