UK'S FIRST DOUBLE HAND TRANSPLANT PATIENT LOOKS FORWARD TO CLUTCHING A BEER

The first person in the UK to have a double hand transplant has said he feels "whole again" as he looks forward to holding a bottle of beer and wearing shirts with real buttons.

Chris King, 57, lost both his hands, except the thumbs, in an accident involving a metal pressing machine at work three years ago.

Now Mr King has become the second person to have a hand transplant at the UK's specialist centre for the operation at Leeds General Infirmary, and the first to have both hands replaced.

JOHNSON BACKS NATO'S MUTUAL DEFENCE DOCTRINE AFTER TRUMP CLAIMS

Boris Johnson appeared directly at odds with US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on a key Nato issue during his first visit to Washington as Foreign Secretary.

Speaking as Mr Trump was making his keynote address to the Republican Party convention, Mr Johnson voiced support for the military alliance's principle of mutual defence after the US presidential hopeful raised questions about whether America would come to the aid of the Baltic states if Russia attacked them.

Mr Trump said the US would defend them "if they fulfil their obligations to us".

NEW COUNTER-EXTREMISM STRATEGY 'COULD MAKE FIGHT EVEN HARDER', MPs WARN

Ministers risk "driving a wedge" between communities by targeting new anti-extremism measures at religious conservatives, a parliamentary report has warned.

The Joint Committee on Human Rights urged the Government to reconsider the counter-extremism strategy currently under development, warning that it risked making the situation worse. And it said the controversial Prevent strategy, intended to steer young Muslims away from extremism, should be reviewed.

Progress on a new Counter-Extremism Bill appeared to have "stalled or even gone backwards" since plans were first announced in May 2015, with ministers apparently backing away from proposals for Banning Orders and Extremism Disruption Orders to target radical groups and individuals, the report said.

SPORTS DIRECT FOUNDER MIKE ASHLEY 'ACCOUNTABLE' FOR 'APPALLING' WORK CONDITIONS

MPs have delivered a damning indictment of working conditions at retail giant Sports Direct and warned they could become the norm across Britain.

Founder Mike Ashley was bluntly told he was accountable for the "appalling" working conditions at the firm's stores and its warehouse in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, with workers treated as "commodities" rather than human beings.

In a hard-hitting report, the Business Committee said it had been presented with a "disturbing picture" of work practices during its inquiry into the company.

POLICE ISSUE MORE IMAGES OF SUSPECTS AFTER NIGHT OF VIOLENCE IN LONDON

Detectives investigating a night of mass violent disorder in central London have added a woman and three men to their wanted list.

They include a man caught on CCTV who appears to be aiming a missile at police officers who found themselves attacked by a mob in Hyde Park on Tuesday night.

Images of the four have been added to a gallery of suspects sought in connection with the widespread disorder that saw a water fight descend into chaos.

EDF TO DECIDE NEXT WEEK ON NEW HINKLEY POINT NUCLEAR POWER STATION

Energy giant EDF will make its long-awaited final investment decision on the planned nuclear power station at Hinkley Point next week.

The company announced on Thursday night that it has called a meeting of its board of directors on July 28.

The agenda includes the final investment decision for the construction of two reactors at Hinkley Point C (HPC) in Somerset.

TREMELOES STARS FACE COURT ACCUSED OF INDECENT ASSAULT

Two members of 1960s pop group The Tremeloes are due to appear in court accused of indecently assaulting a 15-year-old girl in the 1960s after a gig.

Leonard "Chip" Hawkes, 70, and Richard Westwood, 72, are expected to appear at Reading Crown Court on Friday.

The complainant claims she was assaulted in a hotel room in Chester after attending a pop concert in the city, some time between April 1 and April 30 1968.

MAN FACES MURDER CHARGES AFTER EXTRADITION FROM LUXEMBOURG

A man is to appear in court charged with the murder of an elderly Suffolk couple after he was extradited from Luxembourg to the UK.

Ali Qazimaj, 42, of Tilbury, Essex, is due to appear at Ipswich Magistrates' Court on Friday.

The charges relate to the deaths of Peter Stuart, 75, and his wife Sylvia, 69.

IT IS NOT ALL RIGHT NOW TO USE MY SONG, FREE SINGER PAUL RODGERS TELLS TRUMP

Donald Trump appeared to ignore the demands of British rocker Paul Rodgers by using his hit All Right Now at the end of his Republican nomination speech.

The artist, who wrote the tune in 1970 while a member of Free, previously warned the US presidential candidate that he had alerted his lawyer to the song's unauthorised use during the Republican convention in Cleveland, Ohio.

Mr Trump accepted his party's nomination in a fiery speech, ending with his campaign slogan "make America great again" and "I love you" before the song's famous guitar riff kicked in.

DJ DEREK'S INQUEST TO BE HELD AFTER 73-YEAR-OLD'S REMAINS FOUND IN WOODLAND

The inquest of pensioner DJ Derek - known as Britain's oldest DJ - will take place today.

Derek Serpell-Morris worked with the likes of Massive Attack and appeared in Dizzee Rascal's hit music video Dirtee Disco in 2010.

The 73-year-old, who had lived in St Paul's in Bristol since 1978, was reported missing to police on July 23 last year.