9 minutes ago Moments from disaster: From events that shook the world to personal tragedies... haunting final moments caught on camera and the stories behind them

Often depicting normal, seemingly-happy scenes, here MailOnline takes a look at a series of haunting photographs taken right before tragedy strikes.

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14 minutes ago Heroin and cocaine dealer bought supplies while his friend 'looked at sofas in Trago Mills'

Nicholas Walker told police there was "no need for a scan, boys" as he produced packages of drugs from "the back of his pants"

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19 minutes ago Hawaii teenager rescued after spending night clinging to kayak in ocean

US Coast Guard and off-duty lifeguard rescued Kahiau Kawa, 17, after he became separated from his school’s paddling teamA teenager in Hawaii was recovering on Friday after spending more than 11 hours clinging to a kayak before being rescued during an overnight ocean search by an off-duty lifeguard and the US Coast Guard.Kahiau Kawai, 17, had gotten separated from his high school paddling team on Wednesday after capsizing approximately half a mile south of Honolulu’s Sheraton Waikiki Beach Resort. He was on a 20-foot kayak and was not wearing a lifejacket, the coast guard said. Continue reading...

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58 minutes ago I'm a Turkish teenager and my girlfriend is Brit gran... the age gap doesn't matter to me

EXCLUSIVE: The boyfriend of a grandmother who's the same age as her eldest daughter says that doesn't bother him and that he's 'madly in love with her'.

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62 minutes ago Private school campaigners liken education secretary to Nazi over VAT plan

Bridget Phillipson has been targeted with personal abuse on Facebook by campaigners opposed to Labour’s tax policyMembers of a campaign group ­opposing plans to apply VAT to ­private school fees have targeted the ­education ­secretary Bridget Phillipson with ­personal abuse, accusing her of aping the ­tactics of Nazi Germany and labelling her a “vile hag”.A bitter row has emerged over the government’s proposed policy, amid claims from ­opponents that it will increase class sizes in state schools as some parents will no longer afford fees when 20% VAT is added to them in January. Continue reading...

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71 minutes ago Horrified mother listened as her daughter described being EATEN by bears: Dying teenager gave hour

Olga Moskalyova, 19, gave a chilling hour-long commentary of the savage mauling that also tragically claimed the life of her stepfather - Igor Tsyganenkov.

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75 minutes ago Inside Red Bull Rampage where women risk their lives to make history in death

ISABEL BALDWIN IN UTAH: Welcome to Red Bull Rampage where death-defying moves are combined with artfully crafted runs in a jaw-dropping spectacle . And this year it made history.

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85 minutes ago Strictly star Wynne Evan's marriage split sparked irrational fear and 'changed his life'

Wynne Evans is currently at the centre of a controversy that has engulfed Strictly Come Dancing after he and dance partner Katya Jones were caught on camera in two uncomfortable incidents

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96 minutes ago ‘Bodies were dropped down quarry shafts’: secrets of millions buried in Paris catacombs come to light

Researchers hope to uncover how people died and how diseases have developed over 1,000 yearsDeep beneath the streets of Paris, the dead are having their last word. They are recounting 1,000 years of death in the city: how many are ­buried in the labyrinth of tunnels that make up Les Catacombes, what killed them and how the diseases that may have led to their demise have ­developed over the centuries.In the first ever scientific study of the site, a team of archeologists, anthropologists, biologists and ­doctors is examining some of the skeletons of an estimated 5-6 ­million people whose bones were literally dumped down quarry shafts at the end of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Five 'silent' signs of cervical cancer that everyone needs to be aware of

Nine women are diagnosed with cervical cancer every day in the UK - but treatment is improved if you detect it early. Here are five 'silent' lesser-known symptoms which you may not know about

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