New Zealand teenager becomes an internet sensation by recreating iconic celebrity magazine shoots of Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian and Elsa from Frozen

Shared on social media, the contrasting images attract hundreds of thousands of likes and comments. Some of the famous WOMEN New Zealander Liam Martin has dressed up as include Kim Kardashian, pictured left, animated Disney character Elsa from the movie Frozen, pictured top right, and singer Miley Cyrus, pictured bottom right. The 17-year-old has more than 1.5 million Instagram followers including some of the celebrities he dresses up.

Mining in SPACE: Artist imagines what our solar system would look like if we tunnelled asteroids for energy and minerals

The concept images (pictured) were created by Californian artist Cuba Lee. He depicts how space miners will extract minerals from space rocks. Mr Lee's images shows large drills (pictured top left) and chambers that collect gas (pictured bottom left). Other images show office-style pyramid blocks (pictured top right) and crafts that generate energy (pictured bottom right). Asteroids in our SOLAR system contain millions of pounds worth of minerals and firms, including Planetary Resources, are looking to harness these materials in the near future.

Experts warn deadly Ebola virus could spread to Britain through MEAT: Scientists fear contaminated 'bush' produce illegally smuggled into UK could carry killer bug and may be 'on a market stall in London'

Professors said ‘bush meat’ which has been smuggled into Britain could be carrying the virus, which has already killed at least 672 people in West Africa

 

End of the pier: Shocking new pictures reveal how huge blaze gutted Eastbourne Pier after it stood proud for 144 years

Up to 20 firefighters remained at Eastbourne Pier this morning, as they continued to damp down and reach remaining hotspots on the fire-ravaged pier. Fire chiefs expect to further scale down their efforts on the Grade II-listed 
Victorian structure during the course of the morning.

Chidinma, Dr Sid, Wande Coal, Vina, Awilo & More Stars at “MTV Base hosts 2Face Idibia” Party in Lagos

On Wednesday 23rd July 2014, MTV Base hosted 2Face Idibia for the launch of his sixth studio album – “The Ascension” at Spice Route, Victoria Island, Lagos.
If you recall, 2Face had a star studded launch on Saturday 19th July at Escape, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The event which was in conjunction with Industry Nite saw loads of celebs in attendance. Performers were Timaya, Oritsefemi, Julius Agwu, and Dammy Krane. 2Face also performed two songs from the album with a live band.

BREAKING: Female Suicide Bomber Attacks Kano Polytechnic Today

A female suicide bomber blew herself up today at Kano Polytechnic.
The incident occurred as students queued up to check an admissions list, according to BBC Africa.

Carlos Tevez's dad kidnapped: Gang demand £1million from ex-Man City star

FORMER Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has been forced to pay a large ransom to a gang of kidnappers after his dad was abducted in Argentina.

ABDUCTED: Carlos Tevez's father was kidnapped and held at ransom [GETTY]

It is believed Secundo Tevez was snatched on the outskirts of Buenos Aires yesterday morning and kidnappers demanded £1million as a ransom, according to reports.

The family's lawyer Gustavo Galazzo confirmed the incident, saying three men drove off with him in his Volkswagon car in the suburb of Moron.

Argentinian newspaper La Nacion said the criminals contacted Tevez's family and asked for an initial ransom much lower than the first, not realising who they had kidnapped.

The 30-year-old reportedly spoke to his father and his kidnappers to make a deal for his release.

DANGER: Crime in Buenos Aires and acrossd Argentina has increased as living conditions worsenome [GETTY]

“The kidnappers let Secundo speak briefly on the phone to his family as proof he was alive.”

Argentinian newspaper Clarin reported

Argentine daily Clarin reported: “The kidnappers let Secundo speak briefly on the phone to his family as proof he was alive.”

After an eight-hour ordeal, Tevez's dad was freed and said to be unhurt.

It was later reported that the Juventus star was not forced to pay the full £1million - but could have offered up to two million pesos (£145,000).

The goalscorer was thought to have be travelling to Argentina to help deal with the matter but remained in Italy once the dilemma was over.

Buenos Aires governor Daniel Scioli, a personal friend of the footballer’s, said: “It was a spur-of the-moment thing.

“They’d let him go but saw his surname on his ID card and snatched him again.

“We’re going to try to catch them and jail them.

“I’ve spoken with Carlos. He was going to travel to Argentina but when he heard the good news he decided to stay in Italy.”

HOSTAGE: Ex-Barcelona star Gabriel Milito's dad was kidnapped before [GETTY]

Kidnappings are becoming increasingly popular in Argentina as the country’s living standards continue to drop.

Cristian Riquelme, BROTHER of former Spanish La Liga star Roman, was kidnapped in Argentina when he was just 17.

He was released after his family paid half of a £175,000 ransom.

Former Barcelona star Gabriel Milito’s dad Jorge was also taken in the same year and released only after his family paid nearly £8,000

In boiling suits with silent death lurking everywhere and the fear that one mistake could be fatal: A British doctor's terrifying insight into battle at the heart of biggest Ebola outbreak in history

A doctor who has fought the Ebola virus in Liberia where it infected two American doctors today gave a terrifying insight into how medics put their fears aside and their lives on the line to treat patients in the current outbreak taking a grip in Africa. Doctor Hannah Spencer (top right) revealed how she wills herself to feel safe inside a boiling hot air-sealed Hazmat suit - her only barrier between her and catching an invisible killer that kills 90 per cent of those who are infected (bottom right). She spoke out after two Americans, Dr Kent Brantly, 33, and Nancy Writebol, 60, contracted Ebola and are fighting for their lives to explain the risks, the courage, the physical toll and fear endured by doctors battling to contain the virus from killing more.

Manic Monday? Kim Kardashian tweets she was followed by a 'crazy driver' after she was spotted talking to police in Calabasas

Kim Kardashian's Monday morning was not without some drama.

While driving in Calabasas in her $150,000 Mercedes-Benz G-wagon, the 33-year-old beauty pulled over to talk to local police.

On her Twitter account, the E! star explained she was being followed by 'a crazy driver' and was concerned.

'There's this pic online of me talking to cops telling them I'm being followed by a crazy driver,' she shared Monday morning.

As Beyonce’s marriage is hit by claims of trouble, did Solange accuse Jay Z of cheating with Rihanna in THAT elevator bust-up?

Footage of Beyonce's sister Solange Knowles viciously attacking her brother-in-law Jay Z in an elevator back in May fuelled reports that all was not well in the power couple's six year marriage. 

And now, a new report suggests that the row may in fact have been about the nature of Jay Z's relationship with his one-time protégé Rihanna. 

A source told New York Post's Page Six that Solange's elevator outburst came after she concluded the rapper was planning to meet Rihanna later at a club without wife Beyonce. 'Solange was like, "Enough is enough - you must be [screwing] Rihanna,"' the insider said. 

They then added: 'To many people who know them, they know it’s not out of the realm of possibility.'

Israel stalls over second ceasefire deal as shells continue to rain down on Gaza

A Hamas spokesman said the truce went into effect at 2pm local time (11am GMT) on Sunday ahead of a Muslim holiday. The ceasefire is the second in two days after Israel responded to rocket fire during the previous lull with air strikes. Yesterday, as Gaza fell silent for the first time in 19 days, scores of bodies were pulled from the rubble in Gaza City raising the overall Palestinian death toll to 1,050 amid howls of protests from pressure groups around the world. Left: A bomb is seen dropping on Gaza City during an Israeli air strike which sent clouds of black smoke and fireballs rising into the sky (top and bottom right)

Well, that was an expensive kiss: British model Liberty Ross gets three homes, £23k a month and a slice of film profits after divorcing director who was photographed cheating on her with Kristen Stewart

Court papers filed in Los Angeles reveal Liberty Ross got a multi-million POUND deal after divorcing her husband, the film director Rupert Sanders. The model was heartbroken when her ex was pictured in an intimate embrace with 24-year-old Twilight star Kristen Stewart in a Hollywood car park in 2012.

Silence falls on Gaza for first time in 19 days as 12-hour ceasefire begins and Palestinians return to see what's left of their homes

African wildcat on the loose in Surrey is found after tiny house cat CORNERS it in her back garden

The large African wild cat was spotted by a neighbour in a GARDEN close to where the cat had first gone missing near where its owners lived. A neighbour saw their own tiny house cat challenge the big African Wild cat which had been described as 'dangerous', but both apparently were equally scared of one another.

So Posh, just how many engagement rings does a girl really need? Victoria Beckham has owned 13 bands worth £4million in 15 years of marriage

The singer-turned-designer has got through 13 ENGAGEMENT RINGS in 15 years of marriage to husband David worth £3.8million. Her first engagement ring was a £65,000 'marduise' shape diamond but her taste have appeared to have grown ever more expensive as at Wimbledon this year she was wearing a £100,000 yellow diamond set in yellow gold

Brothers who forced five friends to have sex with each other before shooting them in the head and burying them in shallow snow escape death penalty on 'trial technicality'

The Kansas Supreme Court has overturned the death sentences of two brothers convicted of killing four friends who were robbed and forced to engage in sex acts before being shot to death in a Wichita field.

Man, 31, hanged himself after blazing row with girlfriend over Danny Dyer and Kim Kardashian

Dale Daniel Challoner, 31, argued with his girlfriend after she admitted finding the Eastenders' star attractive. She pointed out to him he had made similar comments about Kim Kardashian and he stormed out of the house. The argument continued via text and girlfriend, Danielle Plumpton told him to stay at his mother's. He was found dead in a community GARDEN in Conwy. The coroner at his inquest held yesterday recorded a verdict of suicide

Silence falls on Gaza for first time in 19 days as 12-hour ceasefire begins and Palestinians return to see what's left of their homes

Hundreds of Palestinians poured into the streets after an uneasy truce took force today to inspect damage to their homes, and many lined up outside banks to withdraw cash and stock up on supplies. Explosions continued until minutes before the ceasefire (left) and Israeli forces used the time to restock tanks (right) as Palestinians returned to the rubble of Gaza City (CENTRE). In one village, Gaza's Health Ministry said 18 members of the same family were killed. The Palestinian death toll topped 900 as at least 40 bodies were pulled from the rubble in the first few hours of the halt in fighting, which began at 6am UK time. Israel said it would continue to search for tunnels it says are used by militants during the truce

Warning: explicit content! Nicki Minaj slips on world's tiniest thong to showcase derrière

NICKI Minaj has undergone quite the transformation in the past few months, swapping candy floss wigs and neon catsuits for sleek tresses and smouldering LBDs.

AIN'T NOTHING BUT A G-STRING: Nicki's single artwork verges on indecent [INSTAGRAM]

But that doesn't mean the bonkers Nicki persona has left the building.

The 31-year-old has released the single artwork for her latest single, Ananconda – and we reckon the cover, never mind the lyrics, needs an explicit content warning.

The artwork is simple enough – Miss Minaj posing in front of white background, sexily looking over her shoulder while wearing a pink sports bra and blue trainers.

Former Chelsea footballer dies after plunging from third floor balcony of Turkey hotel on last day of holiday with his girlfriend

Jordan Tabor, 23, from Oxford, plunged to his death from a third floor balcony and died on the hotel patio where his lifeless body lay undiscovered for several hours. Staff at the Titanic BEACH Hotel (bottom right) in Antalya found Mr Tabor at 6am Wednesday morning - he was declared dead at the scene and taken directly to the mortuary. Left: Mr Tabor with a friend and right, with his girlfriend Danielle McEachran

Mother admits punching her three-year-old son to death before putting his body in a suitcase and hiding it under a bush sparking a massive manhunt

Hundreds searched in January for tragic Mikaeel Kular (right), who lived in Edinburgh, before his body was later found in woodland 25 miles away in Kircaldy, Fife. His mother Rosdeep Adekoya (left) reported him missing - but had 'lost her temper' and beat him when he was sick following a trip to a Nando's restaurant. He was left with devastating internal injuries which took two days to kill him, but she did not take him to a doctor because of his bruises. When he died, she wrapped his body in a DUVET COVER, put it in a suitcase and hid it in a bush behind her sister's house 25 miles away. The 34-year-old had denied murder but today she admitted a lesser charge of culpable homicide at the High Court in Edinburgh

How do you solve a problem like Maria? Putin's little-known daughter 'flees Holland with her boyfriend' after Dutch fury grows at Russian links to MH17 disaster

The 29-year-old elder daughter of Vladmir Putin faced calls for her to be deported from the country where she is reported to live with her Dutch partner Jorrit Faassen, 34, an executive for a Russian consultancy firm. He owns a two-storey penthouse (top right) APARTMENT at the top of a luxury high-security block in Voorschoten. The face of Maria Putin - if it is her in the pictures widely published today- (bottom right) will be a revelation to most Russians who have never seen their president, who first came to power in the Kremlin on the final day of 1999, properly pictured with his two daughters by ex-wife Lyudmila, except as children (centre and left).

Distraught son finds BOTH his parents dead in their swimming pool after they suffered heart attacks when one jumped in to save the other

Nayyar Siddique (far left), 77, collapsed during her regular exercise session in the pool of their garden at their four-bedroom detached home in Thorpe Bay, Essex. Husband Aqeel (centre), 79, a retired surgeon who had mixed with royalty, jumped in to save her - but then also suffered a fatal heart attack, and their son Haroon Siddique (top right), 49, found them both later that day. Mr Siddique met Pope John Paul II (bottom right) in 1988 in Lesotho, Africa.

Oh Mo! Illness rules Farah out of Commonwealth Games

MO FARAH has pulled out of the Commonwealth Games.

OUT: Mo Farah will have to sit out the Commonwealth Games [GETTY]

Team England announced the 31-year-old double Olympic and world champion, who was due to go for gold over 5,000 and 10,000 metres in Glasgow, had made good progress on his recovery from a recent illness.
But he's had to withdraw to focus on getting back to full fitness in time for next month's European Championships in Zurich.

A giant haggis, cabers, golf clubs, 41 Scottish terriers, Rod Stewart, Billy Connolly, the Queen, lashings of self-deprecation and even a gay kiss - Glasgow's Commonwealth Games begin in style

Glasgow has welcomed the world with an exuberant and proud opening ceremony of the 20th Commonwealth Games at the city's Celtic Park. The Queen (left) attended the event - a proud, energetic and quirky celebration of Scottish culture, including the Loch Ness Monster and Tunnocks Tea Cakes. Actor John Barrowman led the evening's entertainment, as he paraded around the arena singing the praises of Scotland. He also planted a same-sex kiss on one of the performers at a mock Gretna Green wedding (inset left). Rod Stewart was the biggest name performing at the ceremony, which ended with a spectacular fireworks display (centre).

Let the fun and games begin! Fans gather in Glasgow for the spectacular opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games as ONE BILLION people tune in (and the BBC's even got a tartan sofa)

Photos from the preparation for the ceremony show such recognisable Scottish icons as Tunnocks Tea Cakes, an Irn Bru Forth Bridge and wedding spot Gretna Green. A party atmosphere has descended on Celtic Park where the gates have been opened for the audience of 40,000 people. There is singing and dancing in the streets around the venue where the stage is set and the finishing touches are being made to the spectacle.

F1 legend Schuey could return home before the end of summer after horrific skiing accident

MICHAEL Schumacher could make a sensational return home before the end of the summer with the help of a microchip in his skull.

 

SENSATIONAL: The special microchip will be implanted in Schumacher's skull to help him walk and talk again [PA]

The F1 legend, 45, came out of a coma last month after his horrific skiing accident in December in the French Alps.

He is still recovering in a Swiss rehab clinic but yesterday it was revealed that he is due to return to his nearby mansion. The house has been transformed into a medical centre to care for him.

And neurosurgeons revealed they have been asked to implant a special microchip in his skull to help him walk and talk again.

The pioneering work by Croatian experts has been successful with other patients and they have been invited to try to help Schumacher.

Cheryl Cole and new hubby arrive all in black for lavish wedding bash

CHERYL Cole and her new hubby arrived in matching black outfits for their UK wedding party.

NEW COUPLE: Cheryl and Jean-Bernard did not exactly look in the mood to party [PA]

Chezza and Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini arrived for the celebrations at swanky venue The Library in London's Covent Garden.
The happy couple looked far from, well, happy, as they clasped each other's hands and stared at the ground.
The geordie beauty, who secretly married her French boyfriend of three months in Mustique earlier this month, wore a long strapless number which was sheer from the waist down.