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A woman who acted as a surrogate for her mother has given birth - to her own brother. Desperate Jacky Edwards, 47, was unable to carry a baby naturally but daughter Katherine, 30, offered to help. Jacky had suffered a traumatic pregnancy with her fifth child twelve years ago and underwent a hysterectomy. The mum-of-six was widowed at 40 and certain that she didn't want any more children - but then in 2013 she met chemist Paul, 48. They fell...

This bizarre video footage shows what one man believes to be an extra-terrestrial visit from an 'enormous' UFO over his street. Mike Westlake, 28, shot the mobile phone footage showing three large, bright lights in the shape of a triangle flashing in the same straight line through the sky. He said the unidentified lights - which remained in the sky for ten minutes - made no noise. Forklift truck instructor Mike said: "It really weirded me out. I don't usually...

A single mum came back from a family trip abroad to find she was homeless after the council gave her flat to someone else - and EVICTED her. Candice Cridland flew to Jamaica to say goodbye to her dying grandmother but when she came back discovered her home had been given to someone else - after she had been out of the country for a couple of weeks. The mother-of-two had been living in a flat in Bow, east London,...

This is the terrifying moment residents feared there was another "terror attack" in London after a moped gang were spotted fleeing a stabbing - wielding a SHOTGUN. Onlookers said they heard "five bangs" before a yob on a moped screeched to a halt carrying a passenger brandishing a shotgun. A film, taken by a frightened local on Tuesday (6th) night, shows the moped driver and his armed passenger rowing with a gang on the pavement in central London. Onlookers on...

@BenGelblum Every time I think of Neil Kinnock’s famous eve of election speech before Margaret Thatcher’s landslide victory in the 1983 General Election it sends a shiver down my spine. Warning of the callous Thatcherism that Britain would suffer if she won, Kinnock’s  voice hoarse from campaigning uttered his most famous lines: "I warn you not to be ordinary, I warn you not to be young, I warn you not to fall ill, and I warn you not to grow old." I was...

This was the moment a psychic raccoon predicted Jeremy Corbyn would win the General Election. Rocky, who lives at Bristol Zoo, is often consulted on important voting decisions, including who would win last year's Great British Bake Off. The tiny mammal, who lives with brother Meeko, was asked to choose from three buckets of treats to indicate who he thought would be the winner. One featured a picture of Theresa May eating a block of cheese, the other had a...

A kind-hearted barber who walks the streets to give homeless people free haircuts in his spare time has been commended for his selfless actions. Kalon Forrest, 20, has been a professional barber for over four years and works six days a week. However, in his own time, Kalon takes to Princes Street, Edinburgh, to cut the hair of the homeless to make them feel better about themselves. Kalon, from Gullane, East Lothian, did the work without recognition for years before...

A fashion student is hoping to pave the way for a new trend after designing a new coat - which converts into a HAMMOCK. Brydie Raybould-Cridge, 22, designed a lightweight casual jacket that doubles up as a hammock as part of her BA Fashion Design course at Nottingham Trent University. The trendy design is made from parachute strength Ripstop fabric which miraculously unfolds to transform into a hammock. Bungee cords which are threaded through the collar and the bottom of...

The Amazon rainforest has been given fresh hope after British scientists found it is much more resilient than previously feared. It constitutes more than half of the planet's remaining rainforest, with its 2.4 million square miles the most species rich tract of land. Storing about half of the global tropical forest carbon, large losses could make climate change worse. Logging can leave it fragmented and punch holes in the canopy, drying out the vegetation below. This, combined with the effects...