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Caroline Mortimer

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Caroline Mortimer is a reporter working for the Independent Online.

Chocolate is the most common thing Twitter users say they want to give up
Lifestyle

The top 10 things most people will (try) to give for Lent

<p>How Ben might have looked in 2012, and a family photo of the toddler</p>
Europe

Who is Ben Needham and what happened to him?

<p>Two refugees attempt to cross the Norwegian border in the nearby town of Storskog</p>
Europe

Norway proposes seizing refugees cash and valuables

Rikki Neave was found dead in woodland the day after he went missing in 1994
Crime

Man arrested for murder of Rikki Neave flees to Portugal

Lauren Etchells said the case had been made about 'gay rights rather than what is best for my child'
Americas

Woman who ran away with daughter and 'sperm donor' speaks out

An RAF Typhoon intercepting the Russian military aircraft over the Baltic
Home News

RAF Typhoon jets scramble to intercept Russian aircraft

A woman wears a niqab
Home News

Man's 'ban the burqa' stunt backfires when he dons niqab in Debenhams

Alexanda Kotey was one of two remaining members of a group of four British Isis fighters
Home News

British ‘Beatles’ jihadis 'should be tried at The Hague'

Korean athletes walking together with the unification flag. The stunt came shortly afterwards leading some to suspect it was politically motivated
Winter Olympics

Spectator jumps barrier at Winter Olympics and slides down ice chute

A thing of the past: Finland has called for the end to the practice of changing the clocks every spring and autumn
Europe

European Union may end daylight saving time across 27 member states

Anh Nhu Nguyen (left, dark shirt) meeting Prince Charles with the real Grenfell victims at the Westway Sports Centre in the aftermath of the disaster
Crime

Grenfell conman jailed after claiming to have lost relatives in fire

Middle East

Footage shows moment bomb destroys building in East Ghouta

Richard Handley had to have 10kg of faeces removed from his bowels
News

'Missed opportunities' to save man who died after severe constipation

News

'Missed opportunities' to save man who died after severe constipation

Richard Handley had to have 10kg of faeces removed from his bowels
The goats have lived wild on the island of Palmaria off the coast of Liguria in northern Italy since the 1960s
Europe

Why 100 wild goats are being evacuated from an Italian island

The university rejects the claim that teaching was 'inadequate' but did admit it was short staffed
Education News

Graduate loses bid to sue Oxford over failure to get a first

James Corden made the list alongside Annie Lenox and Dawn French
Home News

Shortlist for British LGBT awards announced

Danny and Michael Healy-Rae (l-r) took exception to being accused of exploiting favourtism
Europe

Irish parliament suspended after huge row between politicians

Danny and Michael Healy-Rae (l-r) took exception to being accused of exploiting favourtism
Europe

Irish parliament suspended after huge row between politicians

An industrial district in the north-east town of Middlesbrough, where 65 per cent of people voted to leave the EU
UK Politics

Huge economic cost of leaving EU outlined in government study

Moscow resident attempting to shovel snow near St Basil's Cathedral
Europe

Russian army drafted in as Moscow is hit with record snowfall

Nicola Mendelsohn addressing the Confederation of British Industry around the time of her diagnosis
Home News

Facebook boss reveals she has incurable cancer

Barin Kobani, centre, was killed in action in Qurna early this week
Middle East

Video of Kurdish female fighter's body prompts outrage

Lana Del Ray performing in New Jersey a week before the incident
News

Lana Del Rey 'kidnap plot' foiled after man arrested outside concert

Rachel Hilaire and Peggy LaBossiere (l-r) appear in court at Brockton District Court
Americas

Girl 'tied down and burned to rid her of "demon" in voodoo ritual'

The Guides Memorial in Mardan. Sumbul Iqbal was shot dead at her home in the city
Asia

Female singer shot dead in Pakistan for resisting abduction

The site is said to have once belonged to high-ranking official known as Hetpet
Archaeology

Archaeologists find 4,400-year-old tomb near pyramids outside Cairo

Rachel Hilaire and Peggy LaBossiere (l-r) appear in court at Brockton District Court
Americas

Girl 'tied down and burned to rid her of "demon" in voodoo ritual'

The Guides Memorial in Mardan. Sumbul Iqbal was shot dead at her home in the city
Asia

Female singer shot dead in Pakistan for resisting abduction

The site is said to have once belonged to high-ranking official known as Hetpet
Archaeology

Archaeologists find 4,400-year-old tomb near pyramids outside Cairo

PC Rae Layzell was alleged to have applied to take carer's leave after she had used up her annual leave entitlement
Crime

Police investigated for 'filming prisoners in custody'

Crime

Police investigated for 'filming prisoners in custody'

PC Rae Layzell was alleged to have applied to take carer's leave after she had used up her annual leave entitlement
Narges Hosseini was detained within 10 minutes of removing her veil in apparent solidarity with 'Girl of Enghelab Street'
Middle East

Iranian authorities arrest 29 women accused of throwing off hjiabs

The island of Vaila Sound in the Shetlands is closer to Norway than Scotland
Home News

Scottish island on sale for same price as one-bed London flat

Americas

FBI release video of man snatching young girl off Chicago street

A group of foreigners stand after they were arrested for "dancing pornographically" at a party in Siem Reap town near Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temple complex
Asia

Lawyer for Cambodia tourists says they should be deported not jailed

A group of foreigners stand after they were arrested for "dancing pornographically" at a party in Siem Reap town near Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temple complex
Asia

Lawyer for Cambodia tourists says they should be deported not jailed

Lucha protests outside the Arizona State House
US politics

Pro-Trump group deny telling Latinos to 'get out of my country'

Modern slavery can take many forms, from forced labour to sex trafficking
World Politics

Largest-ever fund to fight modern day slavery launched

The woman asked whether it was safe to eat eggs that had been left open in the fridge overnight
Home News

Woman calls 999 for advice about storing eggs in fridge

UK Politics

Brexit was 'a mistake not a disaster', says David Cameron

Donald Trump is heading to Davos on Friday
US politics

Trump tell all set to become biggest-selling non-fiction book ever

The fragments are some of the last bits of the ancient texts to be decoded
Archaeology

Dead Sea Scroll text 'finally decoded by archaeologists'

Pope Francis said the accusations against Bishop Juan Barros were 'slander'
Americas

Pope defends bishop accused of covering up child abuse

Turkish artillery shells YPG positions on the Turkish-Syrian border
Middle East

Turkish troops enter Afrin as offensive against Kurds continues

Honey and Barry Sherman, chairman and CEO of Apotex Inc, in 2010
Americas

Billionaire and wife found dead 'were murdered by multiple killers'

The woman was among a group captured following the end of the battle of Mosul
Middle East

Iraq 'sentences German woman to death for joining Isis'

Americas

100 people a week dying in latest flu outbreak to hit the US

Americas

100 people a week dying in latest flu outbreak to hit the US

Smoke billows on the Syrian side of the border at Hassa near Hatay, southern Turkey
Middle East

Turkish warplanes bomb Kurds in Syria

Rotterdam Police will try the new scheme which will see people losing their expensive belongings if they cannot prove they bought them legally
Europe

Dutch police to ‘undress’ youths wearing clothes deemed too expensive

Stephen Paddock had 'several hundred images' of child pornography as well as snorkel equipment and guns in his hotel room
Americas

Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock had child abuse images on computer

An air strike on Rafah in 2016. The family says the intelligence Ahmed Barhoum provided lead to the deaths of three Hamas militants in 2014
Middle East

Palestinian family shoot dead relative believed to be spying for Israe

An air strike on Rafah in 2016. The family says the intelligence Ahmed Barhoum provided lead to the deaths of three Hamas militants in 2014
Middle East

Palestinian family shoot dead relative believed to be spying for Israe

Around half a million bees froze to death when their hives were knocked over
Americas

Two children charged with killing half-a-million bees on Iowa farm

Hamza Bin Walayat's claim was rejected because he did not know enough about Plato (pictured) and Aristotle
Home News

UK rejects asylum seeker because he couldn't name Plato or Aristotle

The two fishermen were on a 40ft fishing vessel when it capsized in Loch Fyne on Thursday
Home News

Search continues for two fishermen missing in Loch Fyne

Syrian refugees arrive at their new home in Scotland in 2015
UK Politics

Anger after asylum seekers given just 80p a week extra by Home Office

The Cranberries' Dolores O’Riordan at Hammersmith Apollo last night
LiveNews

Dolores O'Riordan, The Cranberries​ frontwoman, dies aged 46

George Alagiah preparing to present BBC News at Six for the first time since his treatment for cancer
Media

BBC newsreader George Alagiah's cancer returns

Medical students are being asked to help in A&Es because there are not enough qualified doctors to meet demand
Health

Medical students urged to help in hospitals as winter crisis worsens

UK Politics

Sturgeon says second independence referendum will hinge on Brexit

Anthony Lawrence was sought by Humberside Police in connection with the murder of Shane Gilmer
Crime

‘Crossbow killer’ suspect Anthony Lawrence’s body found

28-year-old Cassie Hayes died in hospital after reportedly having her throat slashed
Crime

Man charged with murder of Southport travel agent Cassie Hayes

Some 20 per cent of people say they occasionally pray despite not being religious
Home News

A fifth of non-believers turn to prayer in a crisis or out of habit

Home News

A fifth of non-believers turn to prayer in a crisis or out of habit

Some 20 per cent of people say they occasionally pray despite not being religious
Mahmoud Abbas attacked Donald Trump during an address to the Palestinian Central Council on Sunday
Middle East

Palestinian leader denounces Trump diplomacy as 'slap of the century'

Marek Zakrocki was sentenced to 33 weeks in imprisonment
Crime

Britain First supporter who drove van at curry house jailed

US politics

Norwegians tell Trump: We don't want to come to your s***hole country

US politics

'Mr President, are you a racist?': Trump bombarded over remarks

US politics

'Mr President, are you a racist?': Trump bombarded over remarks

Court artist sketch of Ouissem Medouni 40, and his partner Sabrina Kouider, 34, appearing at the Old Bailey in London at an earlier hearing
Crime

Couple accused of killing French nanny admit attempting to dispose bod

Unlike this one, nearly every painting in the exhibit is fake
News

Artwork displayed at Modigliani exhibition revealed to be fake

'Everyone around him says the symptoms have got worse in the year he has been in office,' Michael Wolff claims
US politics

Trump cancels trip to Britain because embassy 'was a bad deal'

June Keaton worked for the Queen during the early 1980s
Home News

Queen's lingerie firm loses royal warrant over bra-fitting revelations

Dominic Chappell arriving at Brighton Magistrates Court where he stood trial for not providing information requested by the Pensions Regulator
Business News

Dominic Chappell found guilty of failing to hand over pension info

Americas

Footage shows California flash flood rushing towards people in car

Gay rights supporters celebrate after India's top court agreed to re-examine a colonial-era law that criminalises homosexual acts
Asia

India may decriminalise gay sex in major victory for LGBT rights

The fire broke out a paint factory in Staples Corner
Home News

Huge blaze engulfs factory in north London

England could follow Scotland in outlawing the use of animals in performances
UK Politics

Animals to be banned in circuses in England

HMS Westminster (foreground) escorting the Russian frigate Boiky seen in the background
Home News

Russian warships escorted through British waters

Commuters will face further walkouts in the ongoing row about train drivers
Home News

Unions call for 'summit' to break deadlock over train guard row

Syrian emergency services searching for victims following the explosion
Middle East

'At least 23 killed' in explosion in Idlib city in Syria

Rohingya refugees build a makeshift shelter at a refugee camp near the Bangladeshi village of Gumdhum
Asia

Rohingya militants say they have 'no other option' but keep fighting

Salvador Nasralla addresses the crowd in San Pedro Sula during the protest against the reelection of Juan Orlando Hernandez
Americas

Honduras: Thousands take to streets to demand new elections

The number of senior women in boardrooms has hardly changed in 10 years, analysis shows
Home News

Gender pay gap at more than 500 large organisations revealed

A protester at a far right rally in Glasgow in 2016
Home News

Far-right extremists sent to Prevent alongside potential Islamists

Salvador Nasralla addresses the crowd in San Pedro Sula during the protest against the reelection of Juan Orlando Hernandez
Americas

Honduras: Thousands take to streets to demand new elections

The number of senior women in boardrooms has hardly changed in 10 years, analysis shows
Home News

Gender pay gap at more than 500 large organisations revealed

A protester at a far right rally in Glasgow in 2016
Home News

Far-right extremists sent to Prevent alongside potential Islamists

Syrian refugees arriving in Rothesay on the Isle of Bute in the Firth of the Clyde in 2015. The proposal would mean they would be able to take part in Scottish parliament and local council elections
UK Politics

Refugees could be given right to vote in Scotland

Xi Jinping (left) inspecting tanks ahead of the military parade in Heibei
Asia

Xi Jinping tells Chinese army to fear 'neither hardship nor death'

Jet Airways said it has grounded both pilots following the incident
Asia

Jet Airways pilots 'leave cockpit unattended while having a fight'

Some women have been forced to change sanitary products in their cells without access to hand washing facilities or showers
Crime

Police 'routinely ignoring' needs of female detainees on periods

Nick Boles says it would be 'morally wrong' for the Conservatives to adopt universal basic income
UK Politics

Tory MP condemns universal basic income as 'dangerous nonsense'

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley speaks after she voted against the vote on a draft resolution that would reject US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
US politics

Nikki Haley 'tricked into commenting on fictional country'

Blood stains are seen on the ground from the victims killed in the attack
Africa

Gunman opened fire at Coptic Church in Egypt's capital

Jessica Falkholt, pictured in Home and Away, remains in a coma and is unaware her sister and parents have died
Australasia

Home and Away actress's sister dies after car crash

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