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The Duchess of Cambridge has arrived at the Costume Department at The Royal Opera House to learn more about their use of textiles, commissioning of fabrics and supply chain. The visit will allow Her Royal Highness to find out more about the scale of the department's work and how different textiles influence various costumes.

The British SAS soldier was reportedly in Nairobi to train Kenyan Special Forces when four terrorists attacked a luxury hotel complex in the city and he stepped in to help. Tuesday's terror attack at a hotel and office complex in Nairobi saw four gunmen kill 14 people, including a British man and an American woman, after detonating car bombs outside.

EXCLUSIVE: Rahaf Mohammed, who has renounced her last name al-Qunun after her family disowned her, could not contain her joy as she tried bacon for the first time in her new home in Canada. The 18-year-old posted a picture of her breakfast accompanied with bacon and heart-emojis and a Canadian flag. She also posted a picture of herself enjoying a Starbucks coffee in a knee-length dress - far from the covering outfits women are forced to wear in Saudi Arabia.

Lynda, 20, from Worcestershire shared images online of a text exchange and has been inundated with replies from Twitter users sharing their concern at the invasive messages. The student said she was 'creeped out' by the first  unsolicited text, which read: 'Yo it's me Josh from the train the other day.' Since posting the images online, many have compared it to the plot of Netflix's YOU.

The Met Office has issued an ice warning covering the whole of Britain from 10pm tonight until 11am tomorrow as a blast of Arctic air sweeps across the country, bringing frost and snow. The worst affected areas will be in Scotland, where snow has already been settling across the Western Isles, and forecasters expect up to 1.6in (4cm) over the Highlands and Grampians within a 24-hour period. The Met Office said some roads and railways are likely to be affected with longer journey times expected by bus and train, while some people could suffer injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces. Temperatures will to plunge in the wake of a weather front bringing rain to many areas today. Pictured today: Snow at Stornoway Airport (left), Lochs on the Isle of Lewis (top right), Tarbert on the Isle of Harris (bottom right) and the Met Office weather warnings (inset).

John McDonnell (inset right) insisted today Labour will keep trying to force a general election if its no confidence motion fails tonight and could swerve backing a second referendum for 'weeks'. The shadow chancellor hesitation came despite 71 Labour MPs going public with a demand for the policy shift as soon as today if Theresa May wins later. Around 45 Labour MPs gathered outside Parliament this morning to launch their new campaign, holding a banner (inset left) reading: 'Labour MPs, MEPs, conference and members agree - The people should have the final say.' Mr McDonnell said Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (main image leaving home today) would follow the plan set out at the party conference in September. He said under that plan 'we will keep the option on the table of another public vote' but warned Mr Corbyn still believed he could pursue his own Brexit ideas.

Viewers have said the row in Pontyclun, South Wales, epitomises the split across Britain over leaving the EU and having a second referendum. In Wales, 52.5 per cent voted to leave and 47.5 per cent voted to stay and the BBC went to Rhondda to gauge how voters have reacted to Theresa May's Commons defeat. The Remain supporter (right) said the decision to vote leave was just 'like Turkeys voting for Christmas' because 'people who live in the Valleys are getting more from the EU than anybody else.' The ardent leaver (left) then shot back: 'Don't call people from the Valleys turkeys. I'm a Valley boy'. He added there should be 'no fear' of leaving without a deal on March 29 because 'this country fought a world war. We raised from the ashes'.

David Cameron spoke out as Theresa May faces a fight for survival after the deal she thrashed out with the EU was brutally rejected by MPs. Mrs May has been left scrambling to find a way through the deepening deadlock in Parliament and with the EU. At the same she must fend off a no-confidence vote from Jeremy Corbyn today as he tries to force a general election.

The internet has ruthlessly mocked Theresa May following her remarkable Commons defeat last night where more than 400 MPs voted against her Brexit package. Hundreds of Twitter users were able to see the funny side of the historical defeat and the Prime Minister's subsequent no confidence vote in her leadership. One tweet (left) showed Theresa May mocked up as Del Boy and Michael Gove as Trigger from Only Fools and Horses. As it recreates the famous scene where Del Boy falls through the bar, May can be heard saying before toppling over:' The British people want a good deal that sets us on course for a brighter future. That deal is within our grasp.' Others showed her meeting the Queen asking for her P45 (bottom right) and another showed her mocked up as a cricketer and getting bowled out (top, right) Another appeared to show a man vacuuming flames. (top, left)

The series of heart-breaking photos exploring the intimacy of the human-animal bond, specifically at the end of a pet's life, shows owners at their most vulnerable during their last moments with their pets. Taken over the course of a year in 2017 to 2018, the photographs were made with the co-operation of the pet owners in the Tampa bay area of Florida and an at-home pet euthanasia service. Photographer Ross Taylor 's inspiration came after being 'profoundly moved' by seeing a friend struggle with the deterioration of her own pet's health and the decision of using euthanasia. Denver-based Taylor, a freelance photographer and filmmaker, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for this collection of moving images.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Ewan McGregor's acrimonious divorce from his French wife, Eve Mavrakis (pictured), has taken an unexpected turn as his daughter, Clara, launches a virulent attack on the Trainspotting star (he is pictured inset with his former wife Eve). It is the first time the 22-year-old model has explicitly lashed out against her father since he left her mother after 22 years of marriage for his Fargo co-star, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, 34, in 2017. On holiday with her mother and sister Esther, 17, Clara posted a beach snap of Eve in a bikini looking markedly younger than her 52 years. 'My mother, ladies & gentlemen,' she wrote, adding pointedly: '50 is the new 30 apparently.'

He left the Australian Open in spectacular fashion after announcing that the match may well be his last due to an ongoing hip problem. And Andy Murray took some well-earned time off following the competition, as he spent time with his mother Judy in the Melbourne sunshine on Wednesday. The two-time Wimbledon champion, 31, went topless as they soaked up the sun on the banks of the Yarra River in Melbourne's central business district.

Horrified Michelle Power (pictured left) was devastated after snooping through the phone of James Wright, 58, (pictured inset) to find hundreds of indecent images of children. The 47-year-old says she decided to check her husband's phone after he went off sex shortly after their marriage - and became suspicious he was messaging other women. But discovered Wright's twisted stash of sex abuse images - with pictures of children as young as three months old. She decided to go to the police and her husband was jailed for two years for having the indecent images. Michelle said: 'I began to suspect he was cheating on me. Then I became extra-suspicious when he spent every spare second on his phone. 'He was literally glued to his screen. If I asked him what he was doing he'd just huff and say he was on Facebook. He always looked guilty and would turn it off when I appeared in the room.' Michelle told how the couple had married in 2013 but sex between them quickly fizzled out after their dream wedding on the Greek island of Zante (pictured right).

By paying a DNA-testing clinic £50 it is possible to find out who each of us is, and is not, related to. Experts estimate that up to 2.6 million people in the UK believe one of their parents isn't related to them. The implications of this are huge, both on a personal and societal level. Nicki Field (left, with her mother and stepfather and, inset left, today) discovered when she was 13 that the man she believed was her father was not. Kirsty Ward (right, aged 14 and, inset right, now) had her life ripped apart by a DNA test. It revealed that her dad had fathered a baby with her 19-year-old cousin. Richard Mason (inset centre with his sons) co-founder of comparison website Moneysupermarket.com recently revealed he had been left 'in pieces' after discovering the three boys were not biologically his.

Two children among a group of British travellers causing chaos in New Zealand have been caught on CCTV stealing a Christmas tree from a service station. The footage obtained by Daily Mail Australia shows two women dressed in pink and yellow and two children dressed in green enter the Caltex store in Albany, north of Auckland on 7 December.  A man in red baseball cap enters at the same time but he is not part of the group. 

NEW The former footballer manager's development company has submitted a planning application to turn the Belgravia Hotel in Bournemouth, Dorset, into 14 apartments. The building ceased being used as a hotel in 1992 and since then an elderly couple have run it as a bedsit for 28 vulnerable homeless people. Should the plans, which includes five mew-style homes on the site, get the go-ahead, those living in the hotel (shown right) would be evicted. The proposal (inset) has already been rejected on two occasions by the local council, with an application for 21 flats turned down in December. Pierfront Developments, of which Mr Redknapp and his wife Sandra (pictured on Tuesday, left) are directors, bought the property in 2016 for £1.25million.

Almost two years ago, I posed for Bryan Adams in a one piece swimsuit for a Body Confidence campaign (inset), encouraging women to be proud of their physique, no matter what shape they were in writes JANET STREET-PORTER. I cannot imagine what life is like for top athletes and sportswomen, filmed every day doing their job in extreme close-up. Two years ago, Serena Williams won the Australian Open when pregnant with her daughter Olympia, who is now one, and cute as anything. That was an astonishing achievement. Now, she's back to try and add the title to the 23 Grand Slams she's already scored - and, being Serena - making headlines for a heap of reasons nothing to do with hitting a ball. This week, she sported a skin tight green body suit (pictured, centre, at the Australian Open) especially made by Nike, which drew a mixture of admiration and outright nastiness online. She is also pictured at the French Open in Paris last June (left) and the US Open in New York last September (right).

Ashwani Kumar, 54, downed most of a bottle of vodka before stumbling to the war memorial and hurling 50 poppy wreaths into the road. He said he couldn't remember the incident but admitted his offence when police showed him the CCTV, He said he had lived in Britain for 34 years and would visit memorials to pay his respects. The court heard he normally received medication for a mental health issue, but had not been able to get his prescription when he was released from prison on Friday.

Bodycam footage shows the moment officers in South Euclid, Ohio, responded to the 911 call made by the teen, who told dispatchers: 'My father took my property, which is an $800 phone that doesn't belong to him. He didn't buy it.' The father, Anthony Robertson, and his daughter were both sitting outside the home when officers arrived on Saturday afternoon. The father explains: 'I took her phone because she's a juvenile, and I don't want her to have it. I can't inspect it, because the phone is locked, so I took it away.'

NEW The 11 cats which were rescued from the sealed box in Stratford, east London by the Celia Hammond Animal Trust only had less than two hours to live before they would suffocate. The owner dumped the box with no air holes in an alleyway, leaving the cats to die. The charity said their vets believe the air would have run out within two hours if they had not been rescued.

This is the heartwarming moment baby Scarlet, who was born three months early, looks at her sister Halie in amazement as soon as the device is fitted to her ear at Atlanta Hearing Associates in Milledgeville, Georgia. The baby begins to giggle hysterically when she hears her sister saying hello to her and the laughter continues as she listens to her mother and sisters voices talking to her.

Cheyenne Baker, 22, and James Hines, 58, now live together in Nashville, Tennessee, five years after they first met on a dating app. The pair have never had any negative comments - and James was even high-fived by a stranger over the relationship. She said she was first attracted to James for his 'dorkiness'. Right: The couple in Star Trek outfits.

Shona McLoughlin, 31, from Preston started potty training her 26-month-old daughter Erin Rose (insert). Determined to limit the consequences of any 'accidents', Shona and her partner Edward, 31, created a 'wee-proof' area in their home, fenced off with baby gates. The photos were posted on social media and 28,000 people have now shared the post.

He made a small fortune during his successful football career and is said to be worth $68 million.  And it seems Michael Owen used his cash wisely as fans were given a glimpse into the 39-year-old retired sport star's lavish family home in the Welsh countryside during an episode of ITV's Through the Keyhole. Keith Lemon took viewers on a tour of the £4 million mansion, which Michael purchased back in 2001 and lives in with wife Louise Bonsall and their children: Gemma, 15, James, 12, Emily, 11, and Jessica, eight. 

Remarkable photographs of London in the roaring twenties offer a fascinating glimpse into lives of the eccentric workers who used to roam the streets of the capital. The images show what was known as a cats' meat man (left) touring the terraces as he offers food deemed unfit for human consumption to felines, as well as a knife grinder (centre) who sits ready to sharpen blades with his pedal-powered grindstone. Also pictured is the human alarm clock Mary Smith (right), who fires peas at workers' windows in her role as a knocker-upper. Although alarm clocks existed in the twenties, people like Mary were kept in a job due to the unreliable nature of the expensive devices. The stunning collections also tracks the work of chimney sweeps (inset) and a Pearly Queen mother with her Pearly King son.

A Chinese kung fu practitioner who taunted an MMA fighter and dared him to a duel has been battered by his opponent during a fight that was watched by millions. Tian Ye, 54, was knocked out in what was branded as the 'battle of the century' by 40-year-old Xu Xiaodong, who pledges to expose fake Chinese martial arts masters. Xu, a highly controversial figure in China, has defeated two so-called kung fu experts in the past two years, sparking intense debate over the value of the traditional sport.

NEW The Duchess of Cornwall, 71, turned to an old favourite in the form of an understated grey ensemble with a tartan trim for her visit to the University of Aberdeen on Wednesday. Known as the Duchess of Rothesay in Scotland, she later changed into a black and gold ceremonial robe (right) for the ceremony at Elphinstone Hall, King's College.

Police are hunting a hit-and-run driver who attempted to mow down a group of teenagers after chasing them onto the pavement with his pick up truck in Portland, Oregon. The shocking footage was captured by CCTV cameras on Javier Gonzales' house. He said he was shocked when he reviewed the footage. Police said they are looking for the driver of the silver or grey pick up truck.

Jamille Swainson, 31, from Wendover, Buckinghamshire, proposed to girlfriend Harriet Haseler, 30, when she found the sapphire and diamond ring (inset), which he had buried, in the grounds of a field. Harriet thought it was just an activities day and was speechless after the proposal (right).

Newly unearthed photographs from 1946 show a 'Men Only' night in a laundry in Holborn, in London. The men are stripped to the waist washing, steaming, drying, scrubbing, ironing and even darning garments. Laundry may have been considered women's work in the 1940s but these bachelors rolled up their sleeves. Many would have been recently demobbed soldiers, used to washing and pressing their WWII uniforms.

The weeks-old female Asiatic black bears were rescued on January 9. They weighed just 2lbs each and were likely going to grow up in captivity. Illegal farms in some parts of Asia harvest the bears' bile for certain medicines. The pair are now being cared for by the charity Four Paws at their vet clinic. They are fed every three hours on specially-prepared milk that includes probiotics and vitamins.

This is the horrific moment Indian worshipers force cows to jump through a line of fire as part of a religious festival in Karnataka in the south of the country to celebrate the spring harvest. According to organisers, the festival is supposed to bring good fortune and protect livestock and crops from harm over the coming year.