Mensa member Peter Bainbridge made the ‘offensive’ comment on BBC Breakfast, forcing the show’s presenters to read out an apology live on air.

When student Hettie Reed and her friends stripped off for a charity calendar, they thought they were just fundraising. But the backlash took her by surprise.

Trooper Kellie Helleson is seen aggressively searching the private parts of Angel Dobbs, 38, and her niece, Ashley Dobbs, 24, on the roadside near Irving, Texas.

Excessively polite and socially awkward? Then you might just recognise yourself in the suggestions for 'British people problems' posted on US website, BuzzFeed.

Logan Steed was kicked out of Powers Hall Infant School in Witham, Essex, after being suspended four times for hitting, biting and punching pupils and staff.

The loving Golden Retrievers - nine in all - have travelled 900 miles from Illinois, where they were sponsored and trained by Lutheran Church Charities to provide comfort.

Sanjay, whose surname is not known, married Tara last year in Ramgaon, Varanasi, before the couple moved to Mumbai.

St Mary Magdalen's School in Accrington have asked pupils to address Nathan Upton (pictured) as Miss Meadows from the start of the Spring term.

On December 25th and the other 364 days of the year, Mrs Christmas' name is constantly confused with the sounds of yuletide cheer.

The youngsters, many in wheelchairs, were being lifted into two specially-adapted ambulances in Nottingham when the warden wrote out two penalty notices before walking away.

Matthew Walker, pictured, and Stuart Bradley, both of Stourport, Worcestershire, were found out after an alarm on an oil tanker was activated at a shopping centre in Brierley Hill, West Midlands.

Sarah Finch, 19, pictured, was sacked from McDonald's in Carmarthean, Wales, for gross misconduct after serving extra chocolate topping on a McFlurry.

Bessie Cameron 'fell' for her a stranger - she fainted into his arms when the first bombs fell in 1940 - and they're now celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary.

The cult retro photography app, recently bought by Facebook, has adopted several sections from its parent's terms of service which reveal how it is to operate in the future.

The Muslim Council of Britain, which represents 500 mosques and community organisations, claimed the law was ‘utterly discriminatory’ and said they were ‘appalled’ by it.

The study into the online behaviour of 2,000 over-18s found a third wish they had kept photographs or personal or biographical details to themselves.

The Bank of England has put out a £1billion tender for the printing of notes at its press in Debden, Essex, which demands the ability to cope with change to plastic money from 2015.

Ruby Orr, from Manchester, was diagnosed in February 2010 after suffering from a cold and leg pains. She underwent grueling treatment to try and rid her body of the disease.

A majority of Brits had no idea that Mary and Joseph were betrothed when asked about the story of the birth of Christ, a survey revealed.

PETER MCKAY: The latest firearm atrocity in America — 20 small children and six adults shot to death by a suicidal 20-year-old ‘loner’, Adam Lanza — is attended by the usual hand-wringing debate about gun control.

The Horne family in Modesto, California are extremely grateful to pet dog Brick after his loud barking and whining alerted them that their home was on fire. Sadly their other dog, Buddy, wasn't so lucky and perished in the blaze.

A line of 26 Christmas trees for the 26 victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre were put up today in a poignant reminder of those who will miss this holiday season.