A 40ft straw statue of Peter Rabbit built for Beatrix Potter’s 150th anniversary has been burnt down in a suspected arson attack.

Developers will be ordered to use planning permission or lose it under Government plans to speed up the building of hundreds of thousands of new homes.

The Football Association will on Thursday face a historic “no confidence” vote from MPs in the wake of a Telegraph investigation into corruption in the sport.

Security forces evacuate the Louvre in Paris due to a suspected terror attack.

Passenger films from a carriage as train is lashed by huge waves travelling along notorious Dawlish line.

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An injured soldier is wheeled away from the scene of the Louvre attack. The soldier reportedly suffered a minor head injury.

Witnesses describe hearing gunshots before being evacuated from the Louvre museum in Paris, saying "we heard at least four gunshots...I thought it was fireworks".

The French Prime Minister said the attack at the Louvre was clearly “terrorist in nature”, while the Paris prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into “attempted murder".

Visitors were held in safe areas inside the Louvre museum in Paris after a man wielding a machete and shouting "Allahu akhbar" was shot after attacking a soldier.

The move comes in a bid to save £3.2million.

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis says any use of nuclear weapons by North Korea on the United States or its allies would be met with what he called an "effective and overwhelming" response.

US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, blamed Russia for the recent surge of violence in eastern Ukraine, saying "I consider it unfortunate on the occasion of my first appearance here I must condemn the aggressive actions of Russia".