The home town of the father of Salman Rushdies would-be assassin is a forbidding place, where Shia Islamic iconography sits among palatial mansions, bullet-pockmarked homes and wary locals, who for n… [+3154 chars]
By Zubaidah Abdul JalilBBC News New Zealand police are investigating after a family found human remains in suitcases they purchased from an auction at a storage facility. The occupants of a home i… [+1578 chars]
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TOWIE star Sam Mucklow posted a tribute to Jake McLean on the day of his funeral on Tuesday. Jake, 33, and his girlfriend Yazmin Oukhellou, 31, were in a car which plunged 70ft off a cliff in Bodru… [+9423 chars]
CRISTIANO RONALDO could yet find his way to Atletico Madrid, despite the transfer being extremely unpopular with the club's fans. Diego Simeone is said to be the only manager to want the Portugal ca… [+11313 chars]
The Arriva bus strikes will continue after a ballot on a new pay offer was overwhelmingly rejected. The ECHO has seen the results of the latest vote, which saw 79% of members vote against the latest… [+2862 chars]
A mother-of-three was left with a gaping hole in her head after having a cancerous tumour removed, which she blames on her frequent sunbed use in her teens. Mary Bentley, from Dallas, Texas, was hav… [+11268 chars]
Former Pop Idol contestant and theatre star Darius Campbell Danesh has died at the age of 41, his family has announced. The singer was found dead in his US apartment in Minnesota on 11 August, but h… [+3588 chars]
The Tasmanian tiger could be reintroduced into the wild within a decade after a US biotechnology company backed by the Winklevoss twins pledged to recreate the animal almost 90 years after it was dec… [+4141 chars]
By Andre Rhoden-Paul & Alex BinleyBBC News Media caption, Watch: Lightning strikes light up Scottish skies Parts of Scotland have been hit by a week's worth of rain in just 24 hours as downpour… [+5783 chars]
Trump spreading insidious lie about FBI search, says Liz Cheney Republican Liz Cheney amped up her attack on Donald Trump after losing the Tuesday nights primary race and said that the former presid… [+934 chars]
Water may have been brought to Earth by asteroids from the outer edges of the solar system, scientists said after analysing rare samples collected on a six-year Japanese space mission. In a quest to… [+2547 chars]
