Nicolla Rushton (pictured), 30, was found by a PCSO and his wife after they spotted three-year-old Phoebe wandering the streets alone and followed her back to her home in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. When he stepped out of his car to speak to Phoebe she said she was making her own way to her nursery - 350 yards from home at Little Strawberries - because she 'could not wake mummy up'. The couple followed Phoebe home, where they found Miss Rushton. The off-duty officer stayed with the girl until emergency services arrived, and Miss Rushton was pronounced dead at the scene.

Pippa Middleton, 32, is dating James Matthews, whose younger brother, Spencer, is the star of Made In Chelsea, the popular reality television show. A well-placed source said the relationship was tentative at first on Miss Middleton's part but is becoming serious, and the pair - who briefly dated in 2012 - have now been seeing each other for two months. The couple have just spent eight days together on the exclusive Caribbean island of St Barts.

Despite his huge success, the London-born singer was thought to be close to bankruptcy in the 1970s with a string of bad business deals. But an astute financial move in 1997 brought him millions - allowing him to buy back the rights to some of his most popular work from a former manager. It meant that, when he died on Sunday aged 69, Bowie is believed to have left a fortune of £135million to his second wife, Iman, who is pictured with the late star in 2010, left and his two children Duncan, top right, and Lexi, bottom right.

David Bowie was a special pop singer and an unusual man, admired and loved by many people, writes STEVEN GLOVER. Speaking for myself, I was interested by much of the coverage on radio and television, and enjoyed articles about Bowie in this and other newspapers yesterday. But dare I say that the torrent of adulation in some quarters has been slightly overdone? Over the past couple of days we have been told countless times by some in the media that David Bowie was a visionary and a genius and a very great artist whose name will live for evermore. Isn't it the case that in modern Britain the death of a statesman or great writer or brilliant Nobel Prize-winning scientist would have received one tenth of the reverential coverage accorded to David Bowie? Pictured: The Independent (left) and Guardian (right) front pages yesterday, and mourners in Brixton, South London (main).

It may be nearly 30 years old but the £14million ($20million) five-bedroom mansion still retains the same glamour, extravagance and lavishly colourful interiors Bowie (top left) envisioned when he chose the home's Indonesian look back in 1989. The peaceful hillside hideaway is located on the Caribbean island of Mustique, once described by the 69-year-old glam rock icon as a 'fantasy island', and it now appears to have been snapped up by a mystery buyer. The villa was sold by Bowie to British publisher and poet Felix Dennis for £3.5million, but he passed away in 2014 and the property has since hit the market again. It features a luxurious bedroom (bottom right), card room decorated with mussel shells, a studio with bamboo ceiling, and a stage for musical performances (bottom left). There is also a veranda (centre) from which there are views of the garden (top right), the sea and what estate agents call 'the mesmerising Mustique sunsets'.

Stephen Minister, 53, (pictured) said he lost his temper after a striking doctor 'smirked' at him when he told them about the death of his sister from cancer. In a heated confrontation, he approached several junior doctors standing on the picket line outside Lincoln City Hospital in Lincolnshire and bellowed 'I've got no patience for you' after becoming exasperated by their strike over new contracts. In tense footage of the exchange, Mr Minister can be heard bellowing at two male junior doctors: 'I've got no patience for you.' He added they were being 'egged on by Corbyn's cronies' and 'bullied by the trade unions who were bringing back situations from the 1970s'. It came as Jeremy Hunt insisted that 'nearly 40% of junior doctors' had turned up to work despite the industrial action over the terms of new contracts. But junior doctors and the British Medical Association (BMA), which is behind the strike, pointed out that the vast majority of those who worked had already agreed to go in to provide emergency care, and few of those would have been voluntarily breaking the strike.

David Beckham was supported by a bevy of beauties at the 6th Biennial UNICEF Ball in Beverly Hills on Tuesday. Selena Gomez, Mariah Carey, Nicole Kidman and Heidi Klum were among a host of sultry stars dazzling on the red carpet. David was being honoured with the charity's Humanitarian Leadership Award during the ceremony, for his work helping children through his Seven Foundation.

Switching your energy tariff is a sure-fire way to save money on your power bill. Up to 2.5 million homeowners have never switched provider - each missing out on an average saving of £291 a year, according to comparison site GoCompare. But there are more ways in which you can cut the cost of living around the house.

Former model Jerry Hall may have to move out of the £13million 26-room Downe House (pictured) in Richmond she shared with Sir Mick Jagger - because of her engagement to Rupert Murdoch. Mr Murdoch, 84, the executive chairman of News Corporation, which owns The Times, announced their news on the Births, Marriages and Deaths page of the newspaper yesterday. Miss Hall and Mr Jagger (left), who have four children together but were never legally married, split after 23 years in 1999. Sir Mick agreed to let her stay on in Downe House, where they had lived together - but it remained a mutual asset. And according to sources close to the initial separation deal, Miss Hall is only allowed to remain there until she is 65, or until she marries or cohabits.

Standing at seven foot tall and wielding 130kg of solid muscle, Ivan Jurcevic fought off the four sex attackers as they surrounded their young victims and groped them. The towering doorman, 44, was working at a hotel overlooking Cologne square when the 1,000-strong sex mob Arab and North African men groped, attacked and robbed up 500 women.

A grieving male kangaroo has been captured cradling the head of his female partner (left and right), who was lying next to her distressed joey in River Heads, a coastal town in Queensland. The heartbreaking last moments of her life were captured by photographer Evan Switzer, who said he had 'never seen anything like it' in his daily walks on the bushland property in the past 10 years. Mr Switzer said the protective male companion chased off any kangaroos who came too close during the ordeal. There were no visible wounds on the female kangaroo and it was unclear how she died.

President Barack Obama used his final State of the Union address to take on his critics, particularly those in the Republican Party who argue that he's running the country into the ground and they'll put it on the right track. 'Talk of America's economic decline is political hot air,' the president said. He argued that anyone making those claims is 'peddling fiction', in a rebuke towards Donald Trump. 'So is all the rhetoric you hear about our enemies getting stronger and America getting weaker. The United States of America is the most powerful nation on Earth. Period. It's not even close.' His wife Michelle, pictured right, received a round of applause, ,as she arrived in a $2,000 Narciso Rodriguez dress.

Charged with rape and indecent assault, Durham University history student Louis Richardson's life immediately ground to a halt, writes TOM RAWSTORNE. Suspended from university, he was forced to put his studies on hold and return to live with his parents in Jersey. When, finally, the trial began last week, he resolutely denied the charges, claiming the sex had been consensual and accusing the woman's jealous boyfriend of encouraging her to make the complaint. The jury at Durham Crown Court believed him, clearing him of all charges yesterday. While the end of a nightmare for Richardson, questions remain as to how on earth the case got to court in the first place. His barrister went so far as to describe his accuser's evidence as being so full of lies and contradictions it demeaned 'genuine rape victims'. Pictured: Richardson (right) and (left) with his parents, Simon and Judy.

Would you abduct a baby from a cafe if a stranger told you to? Or push someone off a tower block to their death on a stranger's orders? Of course not - unless you were part of a haunting social experiment performed by the illusionist Derren Brown. Last night on Channel 4, in a programme called Pushed To The Edge, Brown did exactly that. Under Brown's instruction, an actor playing a policeman persuaded a waiter in a cafe to steal a baby from its mother - after telling the waiter the mother was a child abductor. And then Brown pulled off an even more staggering scam, pulling the strings from behind the scenes - he is too recognisable to fool his victims in the flesh. In separately staged scenarios, Laura (left), Hannah (right), and Martin - egged on by a small group of (fake) charity workers - physically shoved the man off the roof, seemingly to his death.

The terrifying moment a popular Los Angeles television reporter was nearly attacked by a man during a live television broadcast Monday night was caught on camera. KTLA reporter Mary Beth McDade was covering a story about fans mourning the tragic death of rock star David Bowie at his star on the Walk of Fame around 10.07pm.Above McDade is pictured seconds before the man in the grey hooded sweatshirt approaches her from behind.

With a combined weight of 52 stone at their heaviest, Noel and Leisa Hoey, from Dublin, were so big they couldn't sit beside each other at the cinema or on an aeroplane - and broke their bed frame four times with their bulk. But after being embarrassed by their unflattering marriage snaps, Noel, 35, has lost 16 stone. Leisa, 33, lost eight stone and dropped six dress sizes after squeezing her massive bulk into a size 26 gown for their big day.

The Los Angeles-based clothing firm behind the shirts El Chapo wore for his meeting with actor Sean Penn have used the drug lord as a star salesman. Barabas has published the photo of the pair meeting at the Mexican fugitive's jungle hideout on its website under the caption 'Most Wanted' as it offers customers the chance of a free 'El Chapo' shirt for every Like on Facebook and Instagram.

Artist Howard Lee from Aberystwyth, Wales, is leaving Internet users confused with his amazing lifelike drawing of a hot dog. His YouTube video Hot Dog Drawing Challenge shows exactly how his artwork was created and reveals the secret to which hot-dog is real. The short film currently has more than £179,000 views, with fans praising the artist for his amazing drawing abilities

The International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers has revealed its hilarious and bizarre entries for the competition to find the most humorous snap from couples' big days. Contenders include an enthusiastic guest flinging himself into shot (main picture), a pair of nosy deer (bottom left) and a bride who looks humiliated when her new husband drops his trousers to show off pink pants with the words 'Robbi's husband' emblazoned on the bottom.

The 127-foot yacht features three decks that can sleep up to 12 people and was built by Thornycroft Shipyard in 1936, before he became Prime Minister. It features an on-board bar ordered by Churchill - well-known for his love of drink and cigars - and can hold up 60 people, with a jacuzzi on the top deck.

A group of 42 employees at Grissini restaurant in Englewood Cliffs believed they had won $949 million on Saturday night - only to realize their numbers had matched the winning draw on Wednesday. They had been sent the numbers by mistake after an associate checked the Powerball website, which hadn't yet been updated with the weekend numbers. 'It was like getting punched in the stomach,' bartender Charles Poveromo said, adding that the group have pooled again for Wednesday's jackpot

A make-up artist and self-proclaimed vampire says she drinks human blood directly from the wound of her partner every week as she 'loves the taste and texture.' Georgina Condon (pictured left, inset and right with boyfriend Zameal), 38, from Brisbane found her first female 'donor,' when she was just 17-years-old, finding the experience highly sensual and seeking out Goth clubs to find more willing participants. 'It's not about the gore, it can be a very sensual thing, she enjoyed being drank from,' Ms Condon told Daily Mail Australia.

Reagan, a two-year-old Australian Labradoodle, lives with Sandi Swiridoff and her husband in Portland, Oregon and has his own Instagram account full of adorable images of him in human clothes. The pet has also taken a shine to Mrs Swiridoff's foster grandchild, right, and she has been busy snapping pictures of the pair together in cute poses wearing matching outfits.

Kate Elazegui, 41, and her wife Emily Kehe, 38, revealed to New York Magazine that they gave birth to sons Eddie and Reid, respectively, in December - nine months after their doctor Joo Kang told them that the chances of them both getting pregnant at the same time were slim. Kate was trying IVF at the time, which they were paying for out of pocket, when their doctor encouraged Emily to start insemination.

The quilt (pictured middle and right) was made by injured soldiers during the war using fabrics from the uniforms of dead officers. It It was used by Lord Raglan (left) who was commander of British troops in the Crimean war. It will go up for auction by Lawrences of Crewkerne auctioneers in Somerset on January 22.

The new space-themed ride, called Galactica, (illustrated) will be the first major opening at Alton Towers in Staffordshire since 16 people were injured in a rollercoaster crash in June. Galactica will combine a physical rollercoaster with virtual reality, with each passenger on the 2,750ft-long (840-metre) track wearing a VR headset (pictured inset) that creates the illusion they are flying through space.