The head of MI5 today warned Britain is facing the biggest terror threat of his 34 year career - as he said tech giants have an 'ethical responsibility' to crack down on extremists.

Andrew Parker said extremists are mounting deadly terror attacks with just a few days of planning as the UK sees a 'dramatic' jump in the scale and pace of the threat.

In his annual 'state of the union' assessment of the threat facing the UK, he said extremists are exploiting 'safe spaces' online, hindering intelligence efforts to root them out. 

And he issued a fresh challenge to technology firms, saying they have an 'ethical responsibility' to help governments confront the threat.

His stark warning comes after Britain was hit by five terror attacks this year - killing dozens and injuring hundreds more. In his first substantial remarks since the wave of carnage, this year, Mr Parker detailed the 'acute and enduring' challenge posed by Islamist terrorism. 

Twenty plots have been foiled over the past four years, including seven in the last seven months.

Speaking in central London today, he said: 'We've seen a dramatic up-shift in threat this year.

'Today there is more terrorist activity, it's coming at us more quickly and it can be harder to detect.'

Security services and police are operating at a scale which is 'greater than ever before', he said. They are probing well over 500 live operations involving around 3,000 individuals, he revealed.

And the top spy also warned that as Islamic State - also known as ISIS or Daesh - are on the run in Syria, British intelligence services have to assess the risk posed by those fleeing the war in the Middle East. 

The family of a charity worker murdered for his iPhone have told of their agony at losing their talented and kind-hearted son.

Two teenagers, aged 17 and 18, have been arrested after Abdul Samad stumbled to his front door and buzzed for help, following the attack by two moped-riding thugs.

As he lay dying on the doorstep of the family home in Little Venice, his parents, Layla Begum and Fazal Miah, comforted him during his final moments.

The 28-year-old as rushed to St Mary's Hospital in Paddington but he died just an hour later after the knife 'went through his heart. Tragically, Mr Samad had been due to marry his long-term girlfriend in 2018. 

His devastated brother, Abdul Ahad, said he received a phone call from his mother to tell him that Mr Samad was dying.

'He loved helping children. That's the sort of person he was. This is a young life gone and such a lovely life,' he told the Evening Standard. 'He was full of energy and loved the kids he worked with. You're not going to find a nice person. It was over a phone, it's just so senseless.' 

Mr Ahad said his brother was able to stagger back to the family home and press the door buzzer before his parents rushed down the stairs to find their son lying on the ground.

He said his brother, who had never been in any trouble, worked for the Dragon Hall Trust charity, helping young people improve their computer skills.  

'He was born in St Mary's Hospital and he's died there. We want these people to go to jail and never come out,'said Mr Ahad. 

He said the parents of Mr Samad, who studied economics at the University of Westminster, arrived in the UK from Bangladesh in the 60s to give their children a better life. Nicole Furre, director of the Dragon Hall Trust, said: 'We are just all devastated by the news.

'We're a very small team here and we're all very shocked and were just trying to process the news.

'He loved his job as a youth worker. He was fantastic with the young people who he was teaching.

'He would do the coding lessons and make apps and he really made it come alive for them all.

'All the children and young people who use the centre will be extremely sad and upset. It is all terribly sad, and such a waste.

'We are making plans about how to manage the children and young people when they hear the news, because he was loved by so many of them.

'They are going to be very upset because they had a close relationship with him.

'He was great and particularly talented whenever there was an issue with a computer or technology, Abdul would know how to sort it out. 

President Donald Trump fielded a question about sexual harassment claims against him in the White House Rose Garden on Monday, branding them 'totally fake news.'

Trump got asked about the claims following a weekend revelation that attorneys representing Summer Zervos, a 2007 'Apprentice' contestant, had obtained a subpoena ordering the Trump campaign to hand over any documents it had related to Zervos.

The subpoena further seeks 'all documents concerning any woman who asserted that Donald J. Trump touched her inappropriately.'

'All I can say is it's totally fake news. It's fake and made-up stuff and it's disgraceful what happens, but that happens in the world of politics,' he told reporters at the White House. Zervos is suing Trump for defamation after he said she lied about her claims. 

Multiple other women came forward during the campaign to say Trump had touched them without consent.  

The reporter who asked Trump about it mentioned the 'avalanche of allegations made against Harvey Weinstein' – who is accused of harassment, groping, and rape by a parade of actresses – as well as the subpoena, prompting the president's response. 

The lawsuit by Summer Zervos, a former contestant on Trump's TV show 'The Apprentice,' says he made 'numerous false, defamatory statements' in response to her allegations that he tried to kiss and grope her without her consent.

The subpoena, which was issued in March but filed September 19, directs the Trump campaign and its affiliates to hand over documents on Zervos and her associates as well as on 'any woman alleging that Donald J. Trump touched her inappropriately. It also seeks documents on 'any accusations' made during Trump's election campaign that he 'subjected any woman to unwanted sexual touching and/or sexually inappropriate behavior,' and on the president's responses to allegations against him.

The subpoena, which previously not been made public, was first reported by BuzzFeed News.

Zervos said last year that Trump had made unwanted sexual advances toward her when she met him at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles in 2007 to discuss career opportunities. Trump moved toward her aggressively during the encounter and touched her on the breast but she rebuffed him, she alleged.

Zervos and several other women who made similar allegations came forward after a 2005 videotape of Trump bragging about groping women surfaced in early October.

The president-elect claimed his comments on the tape were 'locker-room banter,' and denounced the sex assault allegations as lies and fabricated stories.

According to Zervos' suit, 'Mr Trump became obsessed with calling Ms Zervos and any other woman who came forward to report his abuse liars with improper motives.'

Trump is a 'liar and misogynist' who has 'debased and denigrated Zervos with false statements about her,' the lawsuit says. The subpoena also calls for all of his campaign documents related to the shocking tape and to his numerous denials of the accusations that were lodged against him during that time period.

Trump said on Twitter and in public statements last October that all of the women were pushing 'false allegations and outright lies' in an effort to help elect Hillary Clinton as president.

He even suggested that some of the women were not attractive for him to target and threatened a lawsuit against them all.

A middle-class mother died from alcohol poisoning after drinking wine all day while on a holiday to celebrate a break in her breast cancer treatment.

Therapist Valerie Jones, 54, was taken to the Greek island of Santorini by her company director husband Nigel as a treat to recuperate from her illness.

An inquest heard that on the second day of the holiday, Mrs Jones had been drinking wine during a morning sightseeing trip, at lunch and again over an evening meal.

She then had a nightcap with her husband before joining a wedding party at their hotel.  Mr Jones, the director of a chartered surveyors in Yeovil, Somerset, went to bed and told his wife to enjoy herself at the party, where she had made new friends.

He woke later that night to be told she had collapsed in the toilets shortly before 2am. She was found to be unresponsive and died on arrival at Santorini General Hospital.

Bournemouth Coroner's Court was told that Mrs Jones was nearly four-and-a-half times the drink-drive limit, which in the UK is 80mg alcohol per 100ml of blood.

Such levels are enough to cause sudden death from acute alcohol toxicity, the inquest heard last week. It is not known how many glasses of wine Mrs Jones had drunk, and the inquest was told she did not have a drinking problem.

Mrs Jones, who lived in a £1.3million home in Cattistock, Dorset, shared a love of horses with her 19-year-old daughter Immie, a talented dressage rider. 

As well as being a company director, Mr Jones was a governor at the £22,000-a-year Sherborne Preparatory School. Pathologist Dr Kudair Hussein told the inquest: 'When blood alcohol levels go above 350mg per 100ml, it is not unknown that people can die suddenly.

'My report showed Mrs Jones had 358mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood. On the balance of probability, you can conclude this was the cause of her death.'

Mr Jones, 52, told the hearing: 'We had some wine taking in the sights, as one does on holiday.

'We then had some wine with lunch and again later on with our evening meal. We then decided to head back to the hotel and had a nightcap.'

Mrs Jones, described at the inquest as 'bubbly, social and caring', had become friendly with a group attending the wedding party and was invited to join them for drinks around midnight. Mr Jones was tired and went to bed. A few hours later he awoke to find his wife had not returned. 

A cancer nurse, a young father and the youngest of 11 siblings have been identified as the three victims killed by Hurricane Ophelia in Ireland.

Winds of 119mph battered the coast, leaving 120,000 homes without power, ripping roofs off buildings and forcing airbourne flights to land. 

The blasts were so strong that a stand at Cork City Football Club's stadium, Turner's Cross, collapsed.

Families paid tribute to road traffic victims Clare O'Neill and Fintan Goss, 33, as well as 31-year-old Michael Pyke, who died in a horrific chainsaw accident.

The first of three people to die as a result of yesterday’s devastating weather  conditions was cancer nurse Mrs O’Neill. She was killed when her car was struck head-on by a section of a tree.

A branch smashed through the windscreen and it is believed that it struck her with full force straight in the chest.

She is thought to have died immediately and was pronounced dead at the scene of the appalling tragedy on the R671 near the village of Aglish, in Co Waterford.

A passenger, believed to be her mother and who is in her 70s, was taken to Waterford Regional Hospital, where she was recovering from the injuries she had received.

Gardaí were at the scene at 11.40am. They said: ‘A female driver in her 50s was fatally injured when the car she was driving was struck by a falling tree. A female passenger in her 70s was injured.

Ms O’Neill, who is also survived by her daughter Rosie, is believed to have been driving her mother between Aglish and Clashmore, Co Waterford, when the tree fell on their car. 

Cannabis growers are routinely being let off by police, the Mail can reveal today.

Even those cultivating scores of plants, potentially worth tens of thousands of pounds, are escaping with cautions.

One police force discovered 194 cannabis farms over four years but brought charges against only 79 of the suspects. 

The rest were cautioned or given warnings by Devon and Cornwall Constabulary.

Officers in West Yorkshire, Suffolk, Essex and Kent uncovered cannabis factories that had specialist heating and lighting. But again no charges were brought, even where stolen property and a firearm were found.

One grower of 150 cannabis plants in Sunderland – potentially enough to make 45,000 so-called spliffs – escaped sanction.

Campaigners said it was wrong to decriminalise a drug linked to mental illness, organised crime, violence and road deaths.

'People growing cannabis for commercial purposes should not get away scot-free,' said David Raynes of the National Drug Prevention Alliance.

'There is an argument that those who grow one or two plants for personal use could be cautioned, depending on their personal history. 

Police forces that do not charge people who have been caught with commercial quantities of cannabis are making a serious mistake.

'Of course they have discretion to deal with crimes as they see fit. But this creates a culture in which cannabis is 'nothing to worry about'. But it should be.'

Mr Raynes said by failing to prosecute police were 'failing society and building up problems for the future'.

Cannabis plants vary in size but in ideal conditions could yield up to 4-5oz of the drug, easily enough for more than 300 joints. Many of those given cautions are growing the drug to make easy cash through supplying friends, neighbours and colleagues. Official figures show that between 2011 and 2014 the number taken to court for growing cannabis fell by 87 per cent.

Police seized just under 400,000 plants last year, almost half the total from 2009-10. The number of cannabis farm raids has fallen dramatically, from around 16,500 in 2011-12 to under 10,000 last year.

The number sentenced for producing class B drugs such as cannabis fell by almost a third between 2013 and 2015.

Britain is a cannabis hot-spot, with almost £1billion worth of the drug changing hands each year, often in its most potent skunk form.

A 'problem profile' published by chief constables highlights how its production is linked to illegal immigration, people smuggling and organised crime.

Sara Thornton, who leads the nation's police chiefs, has admitted officers had given up investigating small scale cannabis farms, saying it had 'never been a top priority'. 

Hurricane Ophelia swept into Ireland with deadly force today as two people were killed, 120,000 homes lost power, trees were flattened and roofs were ripped off buildings in what could be its worst storm in 56 years.

A woman in her 50s died when her car was struck by a falling tree as she was driving near Aglish in Waterford, while a man in his 30s was killed in a chainsaw accident as he tried to remove a fallen tree in Cahir, Co Tipperary. Gusts of up to 97mph hit Roche's Point Lighthouse in Cork as Ireland's schools closed early, flights were grounded and bridges were shut, while fears were raised that flooding could hit parts of western England and Wales today.

Troops were placed on standby in Ireland and many public services closed amid fears about the impact of winds. Elsewhere there were 1,300 customers without power in Northern Ireland and another 200 in Wales. The remnants of Ophelia, which was previously classified as a hurricane as it made its way across the Atlantic Ocean, are resulting in 'exceptional' weather - exactly 30 years after the Great Storm of 1987 killed 18 people. Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has urged the public to stay safe, saying: 'The advice is: stay indoors until the storm passes. Whether that is at work, in their home or some other home, stay indoors.

'Check on neighbours and relatives. Bear in mind it is coming your way and it is a national red alert. It is a very dangerous storm. The last time there was a storm this severe 11 lives were lost.'

Motorists on the M77 in western Scotland faced lengthy tailbacks as a lorry overturned in high winds at about 8.30am and blocked the southbound lane for more than a hour. A yellow warning for high winds is in place for much of Wales, Scotland, north-east England, north-west England, south-west England and the West Midlands. Parts of Scotland and Wales have been upgraded to amber.

Forecasters have warned of flying debris, such as tiles blown from roofs, as well as large waves around coastal districts with beach material being thrown on to coastal roads, sea fronts and properties.

'It will be gradually easing up into Scotland overnight and into Tuesday morning, it's weakening as it goes,' Met weather forecaster Grahame Madge said. 

A goalkeeper in Indonesia's top division has died after colliding with a team-mate during a league match.

Choirul Huda, 38, was rushed to hospital on Sunday but pronounced dead shortly after arriving, doctors said.

In a statement released on the website of his club - Percal fc  Dr Yudistiro Andri Nugroho said Huda suffered "impacts on the chest and lower jaw". 

He added the "initial analysis" suggested a "possibility of head trauma and neck trauma".

Dr Nugroho, from Dr Soegiri Lamongan hospital in Lamongan, East Java, said the collision resulted in Huda "stopping breathing and [caused a] cardiac arrest". 

He said a medical team attempted to revive him but after an hour there were "no reflexes of signs of normal life".

The match continued, with Persela beating Semen Padang 2-0.

Persela said thousands of fans later attended a candlelit vigil to honour the goalkeeper, who made more than 500 league appearances for his only club. 

We all have parts of our body that we’d like to improve the most. For women, it’s usually their legs, butt or the back of their arms. For men, they’d most often like to get rid of stomach fat or make their biceps bigger.

But there’s one other common “problem area” on a man’s body that tends to bother (and embarrass) them the most. It’s something that guys have been asking me questions about for years.

I’m talking about chest fat… aka man boobs!

The following article will explain exactly what causes this to happen to so many men and (more importantly) how to lose chest fat and get rid of man boobs as fast as you possibly can.

What Causes Man to have fat pecks? 

There’s 3 main reasons why a man’s chest looks more like women’s breasts rather than the manly, flat, lean, muscular pecs most men wish they had… 

1. High Body Fat Percentage:
   When the human body gains fat, it stores that fat in a way that is predetermined by your genetics. For certain men, some of their excess body fat is stored as chest fat (blame your parents for that). Not to mention, no matter what kind of genetics a guy has, if you start gaining a lot of fat, your body just starts running out of places to put it and at some point some of it just has to end up on your chest. Just another reason to avoid getting fat in the first place, guys.   
2. Gynecomastia:
   This is actually the medical term for “man boobs,” and it’s VERY different than just having some chest fat. Gynecomastia is actually caused by breast tissue, not fatty tissue, as a result of your hormone levels (testosterone and estrogen) being a little out of whack. This is why gynecomastia most often shows up during puberty or older age, which is why guys typically develop their man boobs during their teens or when they are over the age of 50. Gynecomastia is also a common side effect of using steroids (because it screws with hormone levels) and certain diseases and medications. This condition is said to affect over 30% of men, and can be mild (“puffy nipples”) or extreme (full on female-like breasts).
3. Both:
   Yup, sometimes a guy has some degree of gynecomastia (breast tissue) AND a higher body fat percentage (chest fat) that both combine to make this happen.
So guys, now you know what causes this embarrassing problem. Now you need to know how to lose chest fat and finally get rid of your man boobs once and for all.
Before we get to the actual solution, let’s take a look at what DOESN’T work…

People make words of judgement based of there first impression that a person who States information by word of action to them, as this is a term that is viewed in the most strangest ways possible, they make there own mind up from what a next person has said for eg I tell you that I work and help people In need and then the person who is listening says no you are not help people in need in his mind he stereotypes me before he knows any facts, but he or she who states that I am not helping people is making his own mind up on the actions or things I do even tho he has no evidence what so ever to state that I am not help people in need. So people need to understand the different between what a person says and what a person means based on requesting evidence or facts before they make there own judgment or views.