Inside the real-life Appledore: The £30m futuristic house with its own viewing tower and bowling alley that was home to Sherlock Holmes' nemesis (but its owner's wife thinks it's too flashy)

• The fictional home of Charles Augustus Magnussen is owned by Sir David McMurtry and known as Swinhay House
• Property, based in the south Cotswolds and designed by Roberts Limbrick, cost more than £30 million to complete
• The mansion has squash courts, a TV and games room, a fully-enclosed winter garden and a panorama room.

With it's sweeping glass roof and viewing tower popping out against the countryside, this high-tech house looks just like the type of pad an evil mastermind might call home.

Indeed, this sophisticated lair was given a starring role in the climax to the third series of Sherlock where it appeared as Appledore - home to the fabled detective's latest nemesis, Charles Augustus Magnussen.

But instead of housing the great and good's most protected secrets, the eight-bedroom mansion in fact boasts a bowling alley and a squash court, and is owned by one of the country's leading engineers Sir David McMurtry.

 The real-life Appledore: This is the eight-bedroom, ten-floor mansion which played the home of Sherlock Holmes' new nemesis, Charles Augustus Magnussen

Muggers beat pensioner, 79, so badly she was too scared to tell anyone what happened for five days

• Elderly victim, 79, attacked as she walked home from Tesco in Manchester

• Beaten so badly by muggers that she was too scared to leave her home

• Five days later, daughter visited her and was shocked by horrific bruises

• She posted photo of pensioner's injuries on Facebook in appeal for help

• Police have also issued shocking picture in bid to catch the four muggers

This elderly woman was so badly beaten up by a gang of muggers that she was too scared to tell anyone about her ordeal for five days.

The unnamed victim, 79, was attacked as she walked home from a shopping trip to Tesco in Haughton Green, Manchester. 

She was cornered by four thugs, before being knocked to the ground and repeatedly punched in the face.

Despite suffering horrific injuries in the assault, the pensioner managed to stagger back to her home in the small village near Hyde. 

However, she was so traumatised by the attack that she refused to leave her house - fearing the muggers might be waiting for her outside to give her a second beating.

Police only found out about her ordeal five days later when the pensioner was visited by her daughter, who was shocked by the bruising on her mother's face. 

She posted a picture of the pensioner’s injuries on Facebook in an appeal for help - resulting in the image being spotted by police. 

Now, Greater Manchester Police have also issued the same photo in a bid to catch the muggers.  

Today, Detective Inspector Richard Ennis said: 'This poor victim was so distraught by what happened that she essentially shut herself away from the world, fearing that these horrible muggers would find her.

 Victim: This elderly woman was so badly beaten up by a gang of muggers that she was too scared to tell anyone what had happened for five days

Prince Edward's daughter Lady Louise, 10, has surgery to correct her sight

• Queen’s youngest granddaughter has had operation to correct squint
• Since birth, she has suffered from condition which turns one eye outwards
• She could have had serious vision problems in later life if left untreated.

Prince Edward’s daughter has had an operation to correct a severe squint.

Since she was born, Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor has suffered from exotropia - a condition which means both eyes do not look in the same direction.

If left untreated it can cause serious vision problems.

Successful: Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor's transformation was first evident when the Earl and Countess of Wessex, attended a racing event at Royal Ascot in December.

The heartbreaking letter that will bring a tear to any parent's eye: U.S. family discover sealed note written by their 12-year-old daughter to her future self after she tragically dies of pneumonia

The parents of 12-year-old Tennessee girl, Taylor Scout Smith, left, who died of pneumonia last Sunday, discovered a letter, top, which she wrote to herself to be opened in ten years. Her parents, pictured in the bottom image with her and her brother, found her note in a sealed envelope while cleaning up her room. Among the advice she had written were instructions to go to college and become a lawyer.  

reference: dailymail.co.uk 

• Taylor Scout Smith, 12, died of pneumonia Sunday in Tennessee
• Her parents discovered a letter she wrote to herself to be opened in 10 years
• She tells herself to 'get that college degree!' and that she wants to be a lawyer and reminds herself to go to church