Exposed: The cruel dog-spinning ritual to 'ward off rabies' that is STILL being practised Bulgaria

By Graham SmithBizarre tradition: An annual ritual that involves spinning dogs on a rope above a river in rural Bulgaria to ward off rabies was last weekend thwarted by animal rights activists six years after it was bannedAnimal rights activists have managed to thwart a bizarre traditional that involves spinning dogs on a rope above a river in rural Bulgaria to ward off rabies.For hundreds of years, locals in the remote town of Brodilovo in the south-east of the country have carried out the annual Spring ritual.It involves twisting dogs a rope stretched out over a river until it is taut and then threading a dog through a noose at its end.Cruel:...

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Race against the tide: Bravery of young mother who stayed by her horse's side for THREE HOURS after getting trapped in mud 'like quicksand'

-Panic as 78-stone show horse is 'swallowed-up' by mud -Mother freed her daughter and another horse before returning to trapped animal -Astro was freed just minutes before the tide closed inBy Kerry Mcqueeney'Like quicksand': Both Miss Graham and her horse were stuck up to their waists in the mud as the tide was closing inThis was the terrifying moment a brave young mother battled to keep her beloved horse calm as sea water closed in on the animal after he became trapped in mud 'like quicksand'.Exhausted and mud-splattered, Nicole Graham clung to her trapped horse Astro for three hours keeping his head high in a race against the tide.The 78-stone...

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Drug dealers, backstreet abortionists and a deadly femme fatale: Fascinating mugshots of women prisoners from 1920s Australia

By Daily Mail ReporterThey were some of Australia's shadiest sheilas.Murderers, bigamists, cocaine dealers and back street abortionists, all manner of vampish villain and fallen floozy scooped off the streets and photographed for police files. Their blank expressions hiding a catalogue of appalling crimes. The incredible pictures - part of a collection of 2500 mugshots taken by New South Wales Police Department photographers between 1910 and 1930 - give a fascinating glimpse into the role of women in the seedy underbelly of early 20th century Australian life. There is 32-year-old Dorothy Mort. She may look harmless but behind that innocent-looking...

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Father collapses after being bitten 10 times by the UK's most venomous spider after it falls into his HOOD

-False widow spider is thought to have dropped into Mr Galton's hooded top from foliage near his home -Arachnid arrived in Devon from Canary Islands a century ago and has spread south and eastBy Daily Mail ReporterA father collapsed in a toy shop after he was bitten ten times by the UK’s most dangerous spider.Chris Galton had been shopping at children’s store Toys R Us with wife, Zoe, and one-year-old daughter, Imogen, when he suddenly became unwell and dropped to the floor.Bitten: Chris Galton, pictured with his daughter Imogen, received several nasty bites from a fake widow spider The 31-year-old was rushed to hospital where doctors discovered...

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I couldn't just watch Bentley die: Dog owner who inched across ice to save pet explains his 'reckless' act

By Claire EllicottSafe: Bentley back home in the warm with Mr JarvisHis desperate rescue mission to save his dog from a frozen river was seen around the world after a passer-by photographed the drama.Stripped to his underpants, Malcolm Jarvis crawled out on the ice and then fell through, before managing to save both himself and Bentley the Jack Russell.Yesterday the 48-year-old company director bowed to critics who said the venture – which came only a week after another man had died trying to save his dog from a freezing lake – had been a silly thing to do.Danger mission: Mr Jarvis, in just his underpants, crawls across the frozen river to Bentley,...

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From pop music's queen to a fallen star ravaged by drug use: The life of Whitney Houston in pictures

By Mark DuellChild: Houston, pictured in 1965, was the daughter of gospel singer Cissy Houston, the cousin of 1960s pop diva Dionne Warwick and the goddaughter of Aretha FranklinWhitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died on Saturday. She was aged 48. MailOnline looks back at the life of the star singer who was pronounced dead in her room of the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, CaliforniaYoung star: Whitney Houston belts out a song during her segment of a benefit concert at Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts,...

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