She went on Take

Me Out and he went

on Love Machine but

then found each other

Couple went on different dating shows but ended up falling for each other and are now engaged and expecting first child

No likey no lighty: Danielle was looking for love

As she filled out the online application form for hit ITV dating show Take Me Out, Danielle Cornwall-Nash felt a flutter of excitement.

Perhaps she would meet the man of her dreams. As far as outgoing Danielle was concerned, just a fun night on the tiles with a handsome bloke would be good too.

But the appearance on the show exceeded her wildest dreams. She bagged herself a future husband.

Only, he wasn’t the man who picked her for a date from the 30 hopeful women on the programme hosted by Bolton comedian Paddy McGuinness.

It was Luke Hobson, an old flame from five years before, who was at home watching in disbelief as Danielle appeared on the screen.

Luke sent her a Facebook message, and within days they met up again.

After a fortnight they moved in with each other. They are now engaged and are expecting their first child together.

remembered: Ninety

years after the gas

chamber was first

used on death row

We mark the grizzly anniversary by looking back at some of the strangest food requests ordered by inmates ahead of their executions

Chilling: The gas chamber in Arizona State Prison

Today is the 90th anniversary of the first use of the gas chamber to execute a prisoner on death row.

An unsuccessful attempt to kill convict Gee Jon by pumping gas directly into his cell led to the use of a specially built gas chamber to finally carry out the sentence on February 8th 1924.

The last person to be executed in the gas chamber in the US is Walter LaGrand - a German national - who was executed in Arizona on March 3, 1999.

Six states, Arizona, California, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri and Wyoming, authorize the use of lethal gas under certain circumstances.

Whatever the means of execution, a condemned inmate is usually able to request a last meal of their choice.

This meal is supposed to symbolise the condemned making peace with those responsible for their death. We look back at some of the extraordinary culinary requests made by inmates.

solve Madeleine

McCann

mystery despite the

problems

of working with foreign

forces

The former Met Commissioner has investigated high-profile deaths overseas and is aware of the hurdles Scotland Yard detectives face in Portugal

As Kate and Gerry McCann have found over the past seven years, the Portuguese criminal and judicial system is very different to what we are used to at home.

So much so that they found themselves being publicly named as suspects at an early stage of the investigation to find their missing daughter Madeleine.

British police are now trying to play catch-up and provide the thorough examination of the facts and evidence that appears to have been so badly mishandled back in 2007.

It is no wonder that the Portuguese police feel vulnerable about what they have – or haven’t – done in the past.

I was in labour but now

he has no time for our

son

When he comes over, he just sits in front of the telly and moans about his job or goes and gets a new tattoo. He didn’t turn up for our son’s first injections and tried to give me money to make up for it

Cut the ties to bad dad: Single parenting is hard but will be worth it

Dear Coleen

I had a baby 12 weeks ago, but I split up with my son’s father when I was pregnant.

When I found out we were having a boy he completely changed and became really controlling, telling me what our son’s name would be, what sports he would play and what team he’d support. I didn’t have a say in anything.

The birth didn’t go to plan – the heartbeat dropped and I had an emergency C-section, which caused complications and I was very ill for a week.

It was scary, but thankfully my son and I made a full recovery. My ex was great while I was in hospital, but as soon as he was told I was coming home, he started being snide, commenting on how I had no bum and my boobs had shrunk.

Since then, he’s let us down a lot – when he comes over, he just sits in front of the telly and moans about his job or goes and gets a new tattoo. He didn’t turn up for our son’s first injections and tried to give me money to make up for it.

I was so angry I slammed the door in his face. I’ve talked to him many times about being there for his son and that it means more than just giving us a bit of money, but he just doesn’t get it. He’s not affectionate to our son and never picks him up or kisses him, but he makes me feel like a bad mother. I don’t know what to do any more.

mum shames son by

posting shocking

Facebook picture of him

unconscious and

covered in vomit

Nikki Hunter found her son passed out on the sofa after drinking nearly three bottles of spirits as part of the deadly internet craze

A horrified mum has gone public with a picture of her unconscious and vomit-covered son in a bid to end the neknominate craze.

Nikki Hunter found her son passed out on the sofa after drinking nearly three bottles of spirits as part of the internet dare.

Keiren, 19, a student from Prestonpans, East Lothian, had accepted a dare to film himself downing a deadly mixture of vodka, whisky, Southern Comfort, Bacardi and sherry.

Nikki at first feared he might be dead or dying and placed him in the recovery position.

Terrified that Keiren could easily have killed himself, Nikki posted the picture online and asked everyone to share it.

updates

as new storm batters

UK

with heavy rain and

80mph

gales

The Met Office has issued an amber warning for high winds in south Wales and south-west England

New storm: Britain faces another battering today

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Across the UK, 5,000 properties have so far been affected by flooding.

This morning, around 670 homes in the Newbury, Basingstoke, Bournemouth and Salisbury areas are without power.

However, there is some good news - and that is that Gatwick Airport has decided to waive fees for the additional Flybe flights it is laying on between Newquay and London to alleviate pressure on the transport system in the South West.

Bacary Sagna could

leave Arsenal for

nothing at the end of

the season

The 30-year-old's contract runs out at the end of the campaign and he has yet to pen a new deal at the Emirates

Double ton: Bacary Sagna is set to make his 200th Premier League appearance

Arsene Wenger last night admitted Bacary Sagna could walk away at the end of the season.

Sagna, who turns 31 next week , will reach a career milestone at Liverpool with his 200th Premier League appearance – and it could be one of his last.

Gunners right-back Sagna's current deal expires at the end of the season and there is no end in sight to the stand-off involving one of Arsenal's most important players.

Sagna has been offered a new two-year deal on around £70,000-a-week but wants three years and a bigger pay deal. Wenger has even bent his own club rules to offer a 30-something more than a one-year extension.

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