- newsYahoo News UKLamborghini rich kid, 21, shows off overturned parking fines after dodging them with legal loophole
A Lamborghini driver who racked up multiple parking tickets has had them overturned thanks to some obscure legal technicalities – and has been showing off the cancelled tickets on the dashboard of his supercar. Ash White, the 22-year-old jeanswear mogul whose bright orange Lamborghini is often spotted around Cheltenham, received six parking fines for parking outside the town hall in a space reserved for the Mayor. “I don’t mind paying up, the tickets don’t bother me,” White said earlier this year, before parking expert Nigel Wise helped him weasel his way out of them.
- newsYahoo News UKHusband who raised £100,000 for cancer stricken wife to survive Christmas reveals she has died
A loving husband who raised £100,000 in a bid to help his cancer-stricken wife survive until Christmas has revealed that she has died. Earlier this month, 40-year-old Ed Cusick started a desperate campaign to help wife Nina, who was diagnosed with bowel cancer last year.
tvAssociated PressBody found believed to be that of ex-reality show contestantLOS ANGELES (AP) — A body found Tuesday in a backyard is believed to be that of a former reality TV show contestant who vanished over the weekend after attending a birthday party at a California beer hall.
newsSky NewsPolish driver Lukasz Urban 'was still alive' during lorry attack on Berlin marketThe Polish driver of the lorry that ploughed into the Berlin market was still alive after the attack and was shot dead just before the hijacker fled, say reports. It is believed Lukasz Urban, 37, was beaten and stabbed before the lorry was driven by the hijacker at the market in Breitscheidplatz on Monday evening killing 12 people. Zurawski was shown a picture of his injuries which suggested he had been alive until he was shot after the attack, Bild newspaper reported.
newsAssociated PressPutin: Russia's military is stronger than anyone'sMOSCOW (AP) — Russia's military is now stronger than any potential foe, President Vladimir Putin told an annual end-of-year meeting with the defense ministry on Thursday.
- newsYahoo News UKThis is what happens when you get Bill Gates as your Secret Santa
Normally, you get lumped with “Dave from Accounting”.
- newsYahoo News UKThis abandoned cat had so much fur that it turned to dreadlocks
A cat who was left abandoned for years grew so much fur that it matted and became dreadlocks. The man’s family left Hidey and another cat behind and it wasn’t until Paul Russell, a distant relative of the cat’s owner, realised that the animals were not being cared for that they were paid a visit.
- Town & CountryDuchess Kate Shows Us How Holiday Dressing Is Done
All of our favorite looks from 2016. From Town & Country
- sportsInternational Business TimesJose Aldo lashes out at 'two-faced' Conor McGregor and says Irishman was never a champion
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) star Jose Aldo has labelled Conor McGregor "two-faced" and a "clown" and admitted that he is ready for a rematch any time the Irishman agrees to fight him. Aldo was reinstated as the UFC featherweight champion earlier this month after Conor McGregor, who became the division's first two-weight title holder following his lightweight title win over Eddie Alvarez, was stripped of the belt for his inactivity in the weight class. Despite being beaten by McGregor, the reigning champion has made it clear that 'the Notorious' was never a true champion owing to him not defending his title even once in the 12-month period.
newsReutersTrump extracts pledge from Boeing on Air Force One costsBy Melissa Fares PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump extracted a promise from Boeing Co's chief executive on Wednesday that the cost of replacing Air Force One would not exceed $4 billion, his latest move to use the bully pulpit to pressure companies to help advance his economic agenda. Trump met with Dennis Muilenburg of Boeing and Marillyn Hewson, chief executive of Lockheed Martin Corp - two defence companies he has made an example of since his Nov. 8 election, sending defence shares tumbling with his complaints about projects he said are too expensive.
- newsYahoo News UKWatch: Adorable baby gorilla raised by humans gets a loving hug from her new mum
This is the heartwarming moment a baby gorilla who has been hand-reared by humans got a loving hug from her new foster mum. Afia, a Western lowland gorilla, was left fighting for her life after being born by emergency caesarean 10 months ago.
newsAssociated PressPowerful response to AP's photo of assassination in TurkeyNEW YORK (AP) — The stunning image rocketed around the world, via Facebook and Twitter and other social media: an Associated Press photographer's close-up of an agitated gunman just moments after he had assassinated Russia's ambassador to Turkey.
celebrityYahoo CelebrityKate Middleton Takes Over Ceremonial Duties for the Queen at WimbledonQueen Elizabeth II is officially relinquishing her role as royal patron of Wimbledon and passing on her duties to granddaughter-in-law Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. The queen has been patron of the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), home of the Wimbledon tournament, since 1952. After presenting the Venus Rosewater Dish trophy to Britain’s Virginia Wade in 1977 for winning the women’s singles title, she did not return to the Royal Box at the club for 33 years.
newsAssociated PressBoy, 3, out shopping with grandma dies in road rage shootingLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A 3-year-old boy being taken on a shopping trip by his grandmother was killed in a road rage shooting when a driver opened fire on the grandmother's car because he thought she "wasn't moving fast enough at a stop sign," police said.
tvAssociated PressRecords show Alan Thicke died from rupture of major arteryLOS ANGELES (AP) — Alan Thicke died after his aorta artery tore then ruptured last week, according to his death certificate released Wednesday.
- sportsOmnisportPremier League: Mourinho feels bad over Depay snub
Jose Mourinho has acknowledged Memphis Depay and Ashley Young have not been given the chances they perhaps deserve at Manchester United.
- Entertainment newsEmmerdale Christmas spoiler: Moira gets a heart warming surprise
Here's what's coming up in Emmerdale this Christmas day:
- newsSNAPPA CelebrityUnwell Niall Horan: I should have listened to my mum about pneumonia
The Irish singer initially thought he had a chest infection.
- newsYahoo News UKSuccess for villagers who formed blockade around 60-year-old DIY bridge to stop it being demolished
Homeowners in the Forest of Dean community say they were warned the crossing was structurally unsound – even though it has worked without any incidents since the 1950s. The bridge was hand-built by pensioner Gordon Virgo, 82, along with his neighbours 60 years ago to cart goods across.
newsAFPRobot gives rare glimpse under Antarctic sea iceAn underwater robot has captured a rare glimpse beneath the Antarctic sea ice, revealing a colourful world filled with coconut-shaped sponges, dandelion-like worms, pink algae and spidery starfish.
- newsInternational Business Times UKBret Hart talks about the WWE star who he wanted to fight before he was forced to retire
Bret "The Hitman" Hart has revealed that he regrets not having fought the former US Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle. The former WWE champion was forced to retire from active wrestling in 2000.Catch all the latest WWE news here
newsSky NewsFarage facing legal action after speaking about tweet from Jo Cox's husbandNigel Farage has been threatened with legal action for a "political smear" against an advocacy organisation after a Twitter exchange with murdered MP Jo Cox's husband about the lorry attack in Berlin. The former UKIP leader has been contacted by the lawyers of Hope Not Hate after he spoke about the group on LBC Radio following the online row. It started when Mr Farage intimated that German chancellor Angela Merkel was responsible for the brutal attack on a Berlin Christmas market, which killed 12 people and injured dozens more.
- celebrityPeopleThe Truth About Queen Elizabeth’s Close Relationship with Racing Manager ‘Porchie’ Porchester
Porchie “was a sensitive, quiet man who shared her passion for horses,” Robert Lacey, a royal historian and consultant to the series, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “I would not go beyond characterizing them as old friends who had a very deep bond in this mutual love of horses, and horse breeding and horse racing,” says fellow royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith, author of Elizabeth: The Queen.
- newsYahoo News UKSome Virgin Media customers ‘facing internet blackouts until January 17’
Some Virgin Media customers could be facing a blackout Christmas – as reported problems with broadband services are continuing well into the New Year. Virgin has confirmed that there is an issue affecting some customers – although the ISP has said it’s confined to areas of London, such as Twickenham. The ISP has said that the issues will be resolved, but it’s possible that this won’t happen until January 18, 2017.
- newsYahoo News UKNASA releases incredible image showing International Space Station passing the sun
Space agency NASA has released this stunning image that shows the International Space Station (ISS) passing the Sun. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Peggy Whitson, Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko, Sergey Ryzhikov, and Oleg Novitskiy, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet are all on board the ISS as it orbits the Earth.
