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Nathan Walsh threatened to tell a married woman 's husband about their affair and put naked pictures of her on the internet unless she gave him # 1,000 . A 22-year-old man threatened to tell a married woman 's husband about their one-night stand and put naked pictures of her on the internet unless she gave him more than # 1,000 . Nathan Walsh blackmailed his victim , who can not be named for legal reasons , by text message for more than year , saying he would expose their affair unless she handed over the cash . The traumatised woman made more than a dozen payments before she eventually went to the police . Walsh , who fainted in the dock as he was sentenced , was jailed for three years . Walsh had sex with the woman after going for a drink with her in 2012 and kept explicit photographs of her , Wolverhampton Crown Court heard . He started sending her text messages a few days later , telling the woman he would put the images on the internet and tell her husband if she did n't give him money . Prosecutor Timothy Harrington said the woman withdrew cash from her bank account amounting to about # 1,100 and made a series of payments over 12 months before finally calling the police . He said : ` That was money she could ill afford . The payments in total appear to be about a dozen . ` She found it difficult to deal with this , as has her husband . She feels they have lost trust between each other . ' Satvir Aujla , defending , said Walsh , who has no previous convictions , had been stupid , ` young and naive ' . She said : ` He was too wrapped up with his own debt and the loss of his grandmother at that time . ' The traumatised woman made more than a dozen payments before she eventually went to the police , Wolverhampton Crown Court heard . Walsh , from New Invention in the West Midlands , initially denied blackmail between July 2012 and September 2013 but pleaded guilty on the first day of his trial . He fainted in the dock as he was sentenced to three years in jail . Judge Martin Walsh said : ` This was a vicious and ugly offence and no doubt traumatised the complainant . ` This was an offence that persisted over a period of time with severe psychological trauma to the victim . ' | Nathan Walsh blackmailed a married woman after having sex with her . Threatened to tell her husband about the affair unless she gave him cash . He also said he would put explicit pictures of the woman on the internet . She paid him more than # 1,000 before eventually going to the police . Walsh , 22 , fainted in the dock as he was sentenced to three years in jail . | [[0, 123], [154, 291], [332, 356], [448, 490], [0, 123], [332, 356], [448, 490], [915, 917], [959, 1007], [0, 123], [154, 291], [698, 703], [772, 804], [841, 843], [897, 975], [299, 331], [518, 571], [518, 614], [579, 614], [1008, 1037], [1120, 1175], [1168, 1196], [1634, 1728], [615, 620], [627, 666], [615, 620], [669, 697], [1930, 1997], [1953, 1997]] |
It appears that Conan O'Brien was able to pull off one of the greatest celebrity pranks of all time yet never shared the details of his awesome feat - until now . The popular talk show host revealed that while attending Harvard University in the 1980s he managed to convince Bill Cosby that he had received a lifetime achievement award from the prestigious Ivy league institution . What 's more , Cosby then flew to Harvard and showed up in a tuxedo , at which point O'Brien presented him with an old bowling trophy . Scroll down for video . Conan O'Brien -LRB- left -RRB- revealed that he pranked Bill Cosby -LRB- right -RRB- into believing he had won an award from Harvard University in the 1980s . O'Brien was a student at the time and worked at the Harvard Lampoon when he told Cosby he won the Lifetime Achievement in Comedy award , which he showed up to accept in a tuxedo -LRB- above -RRB- . O'Brien shared this story as he appeared on The Howard Stern Show . ' I honestly wanted to meet him , ' explained O'Brien . ' I think it came from a good place . ' Making the entire experience even more hysterical is that Cosby arrived at the airport in a private plane already wearing his tuxedo , and O'Brien picked him up in his parents ' dirty station wagon . ` He walks out , and I 'm like , `` Mr. Cosby ! Hey ! '' ' O'Brien told the popular radio host . ` And he 's looking past me for the stretch limo -- and there 's no stretch limo . So I opened the door and went , '' ` It 's in here , c 'm on ! '' ' O'Brien then said at one point Cosby even held up the wrapper of a Quarter Pounder with Cheese . Then , Cosby arrived at the school where he accepted what he believed to be the Lifetime Achievement in Comedy award , presented by the popular Harvard Lampoon , looking thrilled to be there . ` He comes out , and that 's when I saw what a master he is , ' said O'Brien . ' I saw this guy not really do material , he just went out . But in that Bill Cosby way , he 's got the rhythm . ' This as women continue to come forward claiming they were raped and sexually assaulted by Cosby over the years . Despite all of this though , Cosby told fans in a recent letter after being forced to cancel numerous shows over the uproar ; ` I 'm far from finished . ' He also said in the letter , which thanked the Heymann Performing Arts Center for not cancelling his show set for Friday ; ' I ca n't wait to see your smiling faces and warm your hearts with a wonderful gift -- LAUGHTER . ' Dear Fans : . For 53 years you have given me your love , support , respect and trust . Thank you ! I ca n't wait to see your smiling faces and warm your hearts with a wonderful gift -- LAUGHTER . I 'm ready ! I thank you , the theatre staff -LRB- Heymann Performing Arts Center -RRB- , the event organizers and the Lafayette community for your continued support and coming to experience family , fun entertainment . Hey , hey , hey -- I 'm far from finished . | Conan O'Brien revealed that he pranked Bill Cosby into believing he had won an award from Harvard University in the 1980s . O'Brien was a student at the time and worked at the Harvard Lampoon when he told Cosby he won the Lifetime Achievement in Comedy award . Cosby showed up in a tuxedo to accept the award , which was an old bowling trophy . This as Cosby recently thanked fans for their support as more women come forward accusing him of rape and sexual assault . In a letter to fans Cosby said his career is ` far from finished ' | [[163, 381], [204, 381], [567, 700], [163, 381], [204, 381], [567, 700], [701, 734], [701, 708], [739, 835], [1632, 1642], [1649, 1724], [397, 402], [428, 449], [441, 442], [467, 517], [823, 835], [847, 898], [2003, 2042], [2026, 2107], [2137, 2190], [2137, 2190], [2234, 2260]] |
Gerardus Chapel was at the helm of a 5,000-tonne dredger when it ran into and sank a tiny British yacht , killing a sunbather on board . A Dutch seaman who was at the helm of a 5,000-tonne dredger when it ran into and sank a tiny British yacht , killing a sunbather and her collie dog on board , has walked free from court . Gerardus Chapel , 37 , was the officer of the watch on the 320ft Shoreway vessel when it collided with the yacht six miles off the Suffolk coast . Bernie Ingram , a 57-year-old doctor 's receptionist , was sunbathing on the deck of the yacht at the time of the crash and was flung into the galley , where she became trapped as the 30ft boat sank . She tragically drowned , despite wearing a life jacket , along with one of her collie dogs . Her husband Peter , who lived with his wife in Woodbridge , Suffolk , was trapped inside the cabin of the yacht , called Orca , but was able to break free . He had ducked below deck to go the toilet for no longer than a couple of minutes , leaving his wife at the back of the yacht . The second of the couple 's two collie dogs managed to escape with Mr Ingram , 59 . Mrs Ingram 's body was recovered the day after the crash last June and Chapel was charged . Chapel was standing on the bridge of the Cypriot-registered dredger when it crashed as it headed out to sea , Ipswich Crown Court heard . He had ducked below deck to go the toilet for no longer than a couple of minutes , leaving his wife at the back of the yacht . Mrs Ingram 's body was recovered the day after the crash last June and Chapel was charged . Bernie Ingram and one of her two collie dogs were killed after her yacht was holed by a 5,000-tonne dredger off the Suffolk coast . Mrs Ingrams 's husband survived after their 30ft yacht , called Orca , was struck by the huge ship . Mrs Ingram , a 57-year-old doctor 's receptionist , was sunbathing on the deck of the yacht at the time of the crash six miles east of Felixstowe . Chapel was at the helm of the 5,000-tonne Shoreway dredger -LRB- pictured -RRB- when it collided with the tiny yacht . Chapel was standing on the bridge of the Cypriot-registered dredger when it crashed as it headed out to sea , Ipswich Crown Court heard . Orca , which had set sail from Levington , Suffolk , was heading back to the shore at the time . Tragic : Mr Ingram -LRB- pictured -RRB- said his wife would be ` sorely missed ' Chapel had failed to keep a look out in an area where there were likely to be small vessels such as yachts , the court was told . The defence argued that both vessels had a duty to keep watch . Chapel admitted failing to discharge his duties properly as the officer of the watch and was yesterday given a six-month prison sentence suspended for 18 months . He was also fined # 6,000 and ordered to pay costs of # 4,800 . Sentencing , Judge John Devaux said : ` Chapel accepted responsibility , co-operated and pleaded guilty at the first available opportunity . ` However , his failure to keep a proper watch caused Mrs Ingram 's death . ' Outside court Mr Ingram , who is a Labour party advisor and former chief technology officer of telecoms regulator Ofcom , said : ` Nothing can bring back my wife Bernie . She 's sorely missed by me and many other people . ` The defendant was found guilty of failing to do his duties properly and has been held to account and that it was the significant cause of the collision . ' Simon May , from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency , said Chapel had ` failed to use all means at his disposal such as radar and a bridge look-out ' . | Bernie Ingram was killed after 5,000-tonne dredger collided with her yacht . She was sunbathing on deck when the huge vessel hit her boat last June . Her husband Peter survived with one of their collie dogs but another died . Dutch seaman in charge of dredger admitted failing to discharge duties . Gerardus Chapel was handed six-month sentence suspended 18 months . | [[0, 103], [411, 471], [1646, 1714], [1990, 2082], [106, 136], [1181, 1225], [1538, 1582], [1646, 1714], [1816, 1826], [1868, 1963], [1715, 1769], [137, 151], [156, 217], [2593, 2677], [3261, 3330], [2593, 2599], [2682, 2729], [2593, 2599], [2696, 2755]] |
While many two-year-olds are still learning the alphabet , the son of a Cincinnati Bengals player has mastered every word of the Star-Spangled Banner . On Tuesday night , two-year-old Trent Harris , son of long snapper Clark Harris , stood in front of a crowd of high school basketball fans and sang the National Anthem word-for-word . Harris brought Trent out on to the court in Manahawkin , New Jersey , before the game , handed him the microphone and stood around for a moment , making sure his son was all set . Trent Harris , son of Cincinnati Bengals player Clark Harris , may not be old enough to attend preschool , but the two-year-old still managed to memorize the entire National Anthem and sing it in front of a crowd of high school basketball fans . Trent confidently walked off the court , microphone in hand , once he finished his performance . The crowd erupted into applause . Trent -LRB- left -RRB- , son of Cincinnati Bengals longsnapper Clark Harris -LRB- right -RRB- , performed the National Anthem at his dad 's former high school in Manahawkin , New Jersey . But he soon realized Trent , wearing a button-down shirt and blazer , did n't need any help as he confidently made his way through the song with no problems . Trent 's performance took place before a basketball game in his dad 's hometown and high school gym . Harris 's wife Jessica , a choreographer and dancer , captured the moment at Southern Regional High School on video , and posted it to YouTube with the comment : ` I 'm so proud !!! ' . Trent finished the anthem with no issues and walked off the court , microphone in hand , and the crowd erupted in applause . Trent 's mom Jessica Harris -LRB- center -RRB- , pictured with Clark -LRB- right -RRB- and Trent -LRB- left -RRB- , filmed the performance and uploaded it to YouTube . Though Trent is only two years old , his lyrical skills surpass many kids his age - an age where many are just learning the alphabet song . Harris , who has been with the Bengals since 2009 and in the NFL since 2007 , celebrated his son 's accomplishment on Twitter . ` SuperTrentendo doing his first live performance.Just a short clip of the nationalanthem to start the SRHS Bball game , ' Harris wrote . Jessica Harris posted the YouTube clip on her Twitter , praising her son 's confidence . ` So proud of my son ! His first public performance and he 's only 2 , ' she wrote . Jessica and Clark Harris celebrated their son 's accomplishments on Twitter , by posting Tweets and re-tweeting others who had mentioned his performance . | Trent Harris , son of Cincinnati Bengals long snapper Clark Harris and wife Jessica , knew every word of the Star-Spangled Banner . The two-year-old sang in New Jersey high school gym in dad 's hometown . He looked fearless as he sang in front of more than 100 basketball fans . | [[0, 151], [152, 168], [171, 196], [295, 335], [989, 1065], [1240, 1341], [152, 168], [171, 196], [234, 290], [627, 761]] |
They are some of the largest creatures on the planet , swallowing tonnes of tiny fish and zooplankton in a single gulp . But it seems that despite their vast appetites , whales are unable to enjoy their food - they have lost the ability to taste sweet , bitter and the savoury taste known as umami . New genetic research on whales has discovered that these giant sea mammals lack the key bits of DNA needed to detect these tastes in food . Minke whales like the one above lack the ability to taste sweet , bitter and umami as do other whale species . Indeed , some whales are even unable to detect whether their food has gone off , say the researchers . Penguins lost three of the five basic vertebrate tastes -- sweet , bitter and umami -- more than 20 million years ago and never regained them , a recent study found . Researchers at the University of Michigan say the genes were lost after cold Antarctic temperatures interfered with taste perception . They say the findings suggest that as penguins are meat eaters , they may not be able to detect the flavour of the fish they consume as they lack the umami receptor genes . Compared with mammals , birds are thought to be poor tasters , due in part to the observations that they have fewer taste buds on their tongues and lack teeth for chewing food . Previous genetic studies showed that the sweet taste receptor gene is absent from the genomes of all birds examined to date . However , it appears that penguin 's are particularly impoverished when it comes to taste . The researchers say it could explain why whales often die after eating inedible debris . Dr Takushi Kishida , a biologist at the wildlife research centre of Kyoto University in Japan , who led the research , said : ` We found that all modern cetaceans are revealed to have lost the functional taste receptors . ` These results strongly indicate that profound changes in the chemosensory capabilities had occurred in the cetacean lineage during the period when ancestral whales migrated from land to water . ' The researchers , whose work is published in the journal of Zoological Letters , compared the genomes of minke whales from the Antarctic with DNA from bottlenose dolphins and cows . They also used DNA sequences from Dall 's porpoise and a Sei whale - the fourth biggest whale in the oceans . They also studied the fossilised skulls of several extinct species of whale . They found that the minke whales and dolphins all lacked genes for the taste receptors needed to detect sweet , umami and bitter . Indeed , previous research on DNA from other whale species has shown that some also lack many of the receptors needed to taste sour . Blue whales eat vast quantities of krill in a single gulp -LRB- pictured above -RRB- but have lost the ability to taste food . It suggests that whales ' palette is largely limited to salt - something that may be overwhelming in the salty seawater environment where they live . By analysing the genomes , the researchers concluded that whales lost the ability to taste shortly after splitting from a common ancestor they share with cows . Dr Kishida said that modern whales had a greatly reduced ` gustatory capability ' as a result . Toothed whales like killer whales and sperm whales also appear to have completely lost the ability to smell as they lack the parts of the nervous system required to detect and process smells . Previous research by Dr Kishida and his team has shown that baleen whales - filter feeders that include the blue whale , humpback and minke whale - also have a limited sense of smell . While they have olfactory nerves concentrated in their nasal cavities much like mammals on land , their air passages are closed while they dive . Bottlenose dolphins -LRB- above -RRB- lack the ability to taste but past research has shown they respond to some odours . Baleen whales like this Southern Right Whale are thought to have a limited sense of smell on the surface . It is thought instead that they can sniff the air , but in the most recent study the researchers also found that minke whales lack genes that allow them to smell whether food has spoiled . They were also found to lack genes that are used by land mammals to detect the presence of predators nearby - such as the smell of urine from carnivores . This ability to detect predators by scent is a common ability among most mammals on land . Dr Kishida said that the ability to smell predators may have disappeared as whales evolved as sharks and killer whales can not be detected by smelling in the air . As whales keep their nasal passages closed when diving they would also not be able to smell under water . Chewing is also considered to be important in releasing the flavour from food , and as many cetaceans swallow their food whole , this may explain why they have lost many taste genes . Writing in the journal of Zoological Letters , Dr Kishida said : ` This study indicates that all modern cetaceans lack innate avoidance behavior against spoiled smells , and the sense of tastes . ` This could be one of the reasons why cetaceans often die from ingesting inedible debris , and has implications for whale conservation . ' | Scientists at Kyoto University studied whale DNA for taste and smell genes . Whales and dolphins lost ability to taste as they evolved to live in the sea . 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Jailed : Adam Curnock was sentenced to seven years behind bars for sexually assaulting a child and secretly filming up girls ' skirts at a school . An education welfare official who installed spy cameras around a primary school so he could secretly film up young girls ' skirts has been jailed for seven years . Adam Curnock , 31 , used blue tac to fix a wireless pen camera under sinks or chairs so he could covertly film girls in class or going to the toilet . The primary after-school club supervisor even filmed himself sexually assaulting a child under the age of 13 in the school 's toilets before being sacked last year . Curnock would arrive at Harwood Meadows Community School in Bolton before classes commenced to set up the device before collecting it at the end of lessons . He then downloaded his sick films on to a home PC . At least 25 unsuspecting children were captured on camera during Curnock 's sinister 11-month spying campaign at the school in Greater Manchester . The mixed school has more than 200 children aged from 3 to 11 . Police uncovered Curnock 's sick library of 57 videos after raiding his home following a tip off - and he claimed it was the ` secrecy of spying that was gratifying ' to him . Further investigation revealed he also had a sick stash of 2,835 other videos and images of children dating back four years but which were not connected to the school . At Bolton Crown Court , Curnock , from Harwood , pleaded guilty to 33 charges including voyeurism , making indecent images of a child , sexual assault of a child , possessing indecent images of children , possessing prohibited images and possessing extreme pornographic images . Parents of the affected children wept in the public gallery as Colin Buckle said Curnock , who was qualified in child care , had been working as a welfare assistant and supervisor at an after school club connected to the school . The investigation began in November last year when police went to his home and seized various computer hardware . Curnock was bailed whilst officers checked the PC . But two days later he took an overdose and whilst in hospital confessed to downloading images of children . Shock : Parents of the affected children , from Harwood Meadows Community School in Bolton , wept in the public gallery today as they heard the extent of Curnock 's depravity . Mr Buckle said : ` He went on to confirm in the last 12 months he had been taking a camera into the school and filming the children in the changing rooms and the disabled toilet . He said the camera operated wirelessly and was secreted under a sink with blue tack . ` He recorded images downloaded on to his personal computer . ` The mental health team contacted police . Five videos at that time were discovered which lasted up to 30 minutes mainly with the camera positioned to capture children using the toilet . ' Mr Buckle said one video was filmed in a class room where a girl of six was seen sat above a mobile camera looking up her skirt . It is thought the incident occurred as she was sat on Curnock 's knee . Mr Buckle said : ` This is a video in which the camera is placed in the position where he could see up the skirt and film the children . ` He confirmed it had been taken by him with the pen camera in his pocket . He denied he had any sexual gratification from the videos and said it was the secrecy of spying that was gratifying . ` He described how he charged the camera at night and got into school at 7.30 am and secure the camera to the toilet . ` When his shift finished in the morning he would go home , down load the images and then go back in the afternoon and repeat the process . Sick : Curnock , 31 , used blue tac to fix a wireless pen camera under a sink or chair so he could covertly film girls in class or going to the toilet - he would then get collect the device at the end of lessons . ` He told police he stopped on occasion but curiosity got the better of him and he carried on . He denied that any of the images had been shared with anyone else . . Police have informed the parents of children involved . ` The defendant said he was able to identify them and that he had a good relations with them and they trusted him . The crown point to an appalling breach of trust . ' The other 52 videos were found later . The images of children not connected to the school included 1076 sexual images of the most serious kind and had been downloaded from the internet . In mitigation , defence counsel Miss Virginia Hayton said his client 's remorse was ` significant and genuine . ' She added : ` The hope it that children are not affected in future . The hope is that the children were n't aware . The impact will be felt by the parents involved . ` There was not distribution but for his own personal gratification and no evidence to suggest he has shared any of these videos or images with anyone else and it is not financially motivated . The defendant tells me he is extremely sorry and he knows it is not enough . Long list of charges : At Bolton Crown Court -LRB- above -RRB- , Curnock , from Harwood , pleaded guilty to 33 charges including voyeurism , making indecent images of a child and sexual assault of a child . ` He enjoyed and extremely strong relationship with the children and parents who used the facilities of the school . He knows he has lost both their trust . He does n't expect anyone to forgive him . ` He is aware he has a problem and need help in reducing any further to members of the public and children . He has asked his family not to attend court and he knows he has brought significant shame on his family and himself . . He is very sorry for that . ' Greater Manchester Police 's Professional Standards Branch is continuing to investigate why officers failed to react to earlier intelligence on Curnock 's actions . Detective Chief Inspector Sara Wallwork , said : ` These offences are a gross violation of the children 's privacy and trust . ` His actions were deliberate and calculated and he has rightly been jailed for these terrible crimes . ` We have worked closely with the local authority and community throughout this investigation , which I know has left many shocked and appalled . ' | Adam Curnock was a supervisor at Harwood Meadows School in Bolton . 31-year-old used blue tac to fix cameras to sinks and chairs around school . Curnock also filmed himself sexually assaulting a child under the age of 13 . He would arrive early to set up cameras and collect them at end of lessons . 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As one of the world 's most in-demand models , looking good is the key to Jourdan Dunn 's career . With countless catwalk appearances and major campaigns under her belt , Jourdan is clearly doing something right ... so what 's her secret ? FEMAIL caught up with the Maybelline New York ambassadress to find out - and we discovered that an exhaustive eight-step beauty regime that takes her nearly an hour a day is behind her flawless supermodel skin . Jourdan Dunn is one of the most esteemed supermodels in the world so FEMAIL caught up with her about her skincare regime , diet and favourite fashion week moments . Sharing her ` hardcore ' beauty regime , Jourdan told us : ' I visited Tokyo and became obsessed with their skincare , which is very advanced . Their regimes have loads more steps but I incorporated some of their techniques into mine and developed my own eight step regime . ` It takes me a good twenty minutes in the morning and then about half an hour in the evening . ' The secret behind her flawless skin ? An eight step skincare regime and lip balm as eyeshadow and cheek tint . Jourdan , who has been sitting front row at fashion week and is currently the face of Burberry , has picked up some quirky beauty tips during her time in the industry . Her favourites ? ` Hold a credit card behind your lashes when you apply your mascara . If you press against the card you get a wide-eyed , curled effect without getting lots of product on your eyelid , ' she advised . She also swears by using lip balm as an eyeshadow to give a ` glossy ' finish -LRB- her favourite is Maybelline Baby Lips Lip Balm -RRB- , and she often uses the pink tinted ones as blusher . Jourdan has been working for Maybelline New York since last April and gave the brand 's new products a spin over London Fashion Week . -LRB- L to R -RRB- Pixie Geldof , Kendall Jenner , Cara Delevingne , Sir Philip Green and Jourdan Dunn attend the Topshop Unique show during London Fashion Week . When it comes to beauty , 24-year-old Jourdan , an accomplished cook who runs her own cookery YouTube channel , believes it 's all about what you put in . ' I like to eat healthy , ' she said . ' I love good greens and fish and I 'm not really a snacker . ` Luckily the backstage catering at fashion week has improved . There used to be nothing or just really boring food but they 've really stepped it up . Diane Von Furstenberg even had an amazing gluten-free buffet backstage at her show . ' To keep herself sane amid the backstage madness , Jourdan swears by meditating , which she says helps her ` zone out ' . She cites her favourite thing about fashion week as seeing her friends -LRB- a roll call of the coolest young models in the industry including Cara Delevingne , Karlie Kloss , Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid -RRB- . ' I do n't get to see my friends very often and travelling around the world for shows can be really lonely and boring so I love it when me and my pals are all together for a catch-up , ' she said . Jourdan , seen walking in Naomi Campbell 's charity Fashion For Relief show , is currently the face of Burberry alongside her fellow supermodel . The six foot clothes horse , who has been dubbed the modern-day Naomi Campbell , has been working as the face of Maybelline New York since April last year . Jourdan joined an elite group of models who have worked for the brand , including Christy Turlington , Adriana Lima , Erin Wasson , Emily DiDonato and Mollie King . As a Vogue regular , who was scouted in Primark in her teens , Jourdan was on the road to success very early in her career . When she 's not on the catwalk , Jourdan is a proud mother to her son Riley , who was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia . -LRB- L to R -RRB- Sam Smith , Cara Delevingne , Jourdan Dunn , Kate Moss , Mario Testino and Naomi Campbell attend the Burberry Prorsum AW 2015 show . She 's clocked up campaigns for Balmain , DKNY , Victoria 's Secret and Topshop and walked in the Olympics closing ceremony alongside Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss . When she 's not on the catwalk , Jourdan is a proud mother to her son Riley , who was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia . This has led to Jourdan 's active involvement as the Parent Ambassador for the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America and the future is looking bright for the young starlet . She explained : ' I am collaborating on a sunglasses range and designing my own kidswear line . My son is really involved and has been helping me choose the colours and designs . ' | Jourdan , 24 , picked up skincare tips after visit to Tokyo . Also uses lip balm as an eyeshadow and sticks to healthy diet . Working on a kidswear range with help of son , Riley . | [[1488, 1491], [1497, 1537], [4339, 4352], [4357, 4434]] |
A schizophrenic man allegedly shot dead his neighbor because he believes he is a werewolf and his victim was a vampire , a forensic psychologist has testified this week . Mark Andrews , 51 , has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to gunning down Colleen Barga-Milbury , 52 , in May 2013 at her home in Atascadero , California . Psychologist Carolyn Murphy told the court on Tuesday that Andrews has suffered from schizophrenia since 1993 and had psychotic episodes . ' -LRB- He believes -RRB- he transforms into a werewolf , ' Ms Murphy said , KSBY reported . ` He believes he holds the spirit of the wolf . ' Mark Andrews has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity for the May 2013 murder of Colleen Barga-Milbury . Andrews -LRB- pictured in court this week -RRB- has suffered from schizophrenia for the past 20 years . Murdered : Colleen Barga-Milbury , 52 , was shot in the hip and leg and found dead in the entry of her home in May 2013 . Neighbor Mark Andrews is now on trial for her murder . The prosecution does not dispute Andrews is mentally ill but that he was sane at the time of Barga-Milbury 's murder . Mrs Barga-Milbury was shot twice - once in the hip and once in the leg . Her body was found by her 16-year-old son , who came from school to find her lying dead in the entryway of their home . The psychologist said she interviewed Andrews for about five hours . She said Andrews believed the voice of God commanded him to kill Barga-Milbury . He was convinced Barga-Milbury was a vampire , said Murphy who testified as a defense witness . She told the court that Andrews would follow what the voices in his head told him to do and that he had been hospitalized eight times for his mental issues . Deputy District Attorney Matt Kraut produced a rifle to the jury that was the same make as the one used to shoot Barga-Milbury . Evidence : Deputy District Attorney Matt Kraut produces a gun similar to the one allegedly used by Mark Andrews to twice shoot the victim , killing her . Kraut said medical reports showed the gun was about 24 inches from the woman 's head when she was shot , showing Andrews had plotted her death . ` He was on point , ' Kraut told the court . ` He was organized . He was not psychotic . ` And that 's exactly how he was when he killed colleen in the entry way of her own home -- in cold blood . ' According to the San Luis Obispo Tribune , Kraut said Andrews had several interactions with people before the murder who did not report finding anything amiss with his behavior . The police who interviewed Andrews after Barga-Mulbury 's death described his as stable , as did a treating psychiatrist and jail staff . However court records show that , in 2009 , Andrews believed a different neighbor was a vampire . He left mounds of dirt and flour on the woman 's front porch . He once also pounded on her door , screaming she was a ` b -- ' . The court was also played a video recording of Andrews telling his mother : ' I just want to be executed and die . ' A jury of six men and six women are now deliberating . Closing arguments finished on Thursday afternoon . | Mark Andrews , 51 , has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to shooting dead Colleen Barga-Milbury , 52 . Forensic psychologist testified at murder trial on Tuesday that Andrews has schizophrenia . Has believed he was a werewolf since 1996 . Was convinced victim was a vampire and ` God ' told him to kill her . Prosecution say he was sane at the time of the murder . | [[171, 183], [186, 188], [191, 273], [616, 739], [119, 170], [334, 443], [0, 118], [1402, 1482], [1411, 1482], [1087, 1139]] |
Rows upon rows of once-majestic aircraft are lined up in the baking heat of Arizona 's Tucson desert , left abandoned in piles of metal . This is where planes go to die - a 2,600-acre patch of U.S. desert where several generations of military aircraft are stored in what has been dubbed ` The Boneyard ' . Now , Microsoft 's Bing has created a stunning ` megapixel ' view of this eerie sight using satellite imagery that allows anyone to explore the area in unprecedented , three dimensional detail . Zoom in on the interactive map below to explore the plane graveyard and scroll down for video . Some planes are merely stored at the base between deployments , but for more than 80 per cent of the 4,200 aircraft that call it home , it is a cemetery of steel - 350,000 items to be called on when needed . The desert is a perfect place to store the mass of steel , because low humidity and rainfall means very little rust occurs . The hard soil also means they can be parked up without the need for building concrete ramps . Engines , munitions , wiring and electronics are all recycled to help lower the cost of maintaining the current-day fleet . In 2005 , staff at the facility recycled more than 19,000 parts worth $ 568million -LRB- # 366million -RRB- . The Boneyard contains everything from enormous cargo lifters to bombers , A10 Thunderbolts , Hercules freighters and the F-14 Tomcat fighters . The planes go on and on , in rows with some appearing newly parked , while others are hidden in protective coverings to keep out the elements . The base , home to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group -LRB- 309 AMARG -RRB- , carries out repairs to the craft and even gets some of them flying again . The site has been a curiosity for eagle-eyed Google Earth users since the satellite imagery software was launched in 2005 , but now for the first time it is available to view in high resolution . The $ 35billion -LRB- # 22billion -RRB- worth of outdated planes is kept as spare parts for current models at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona . Some planes are merely stored at the base between deployments , but for more than 80 per cent of the 4,200 aircraft that call it home , it is a cemetery of steel - 350,000 items to be called on when needed . Engines , munitions , wiring and electronics are all recycled to help lower the cost of maintaining the current-day fleet . In 2005 , staff at the facility recycled more than 19,000 parts worth $ 568million -LRB- # 366million -RRB- . The U.S. government even allows the military in other countries to buy parts and even planes from the site . The facility is the size of 1,300 football pitches . ` As long as there are aircraft flying , military and commercial aircraft boneyards will always be necessary to keep other planes in the air , ' aviation author Nick Veronico , who has visited Davis-Monthan told the BBC . ` Each of the storage yards typically performs a variety of functions from storing aircraft that are temporarily out of service but expected to return to the fleet , to reclaiming useable parts which are inspected , overhauled , and then held until needed by active aircraft , to dismantling of the aircraft carcasses . ' The Boneyard contains everything from cargo lifters to bombers , A10 Thunderbolts , Hercules freighters and the F-14 Tomcat fighters . The planes go on and on , in rows with some appearing newly parked such as the left images of the B52 StratoFortress , while others are hidden in protective coverings to keep out the elements , or lay in scrap heaps . One of the reasons aircraft are kept here is because in the desert there is low humidity and rainfall which means very little rust occurs . Immediately after World War II , the Army 's San Antonio Air Technical Service Command established a storage facility for B-29 and C-47 aircraft at Davis-Monthan AFB . Today , this facility is the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group -LRB- 309 AMARG -RRB- , which has grown to include more than 4,400 aircraft and 13 aerospace vehicles from the Air Force , Navy-Marine Corps , Army , Coast Guard . The planes are kept in various states of restoration , with some coming back to life long being abandoned at the Boneyard . Earlier this month , for instance , an enormous Cold War-era bomber which first flew in 1962 was resurrected from the Air Force 's scrap heap to serve the nation once more . The desert is a perfect place to store the mass of steel , because low humidity and rainfall means very little rust occurs . The hard soil also means they can be parked up without the need for building concrete ramps . The military has used Davis-Monthan as a plane storage facility for 60 years , and in recent years its unique landscape has been called on by Hollywood for such films as Transformers . While it is n't the only aircraft boneyard in the world , it is the largest , containing around 4,400 aircraft . Planes that have served on aircraft carriers have to be washed to get rid of salt . All aircraft have their fuel tanks lines drained and any explosive devices are removed . Ducts are covered with tape and the aircraft are painted over in white to help deflect the sun 's rays . The planes are kept in various states of restoration , with some coming back to life long being abandoned at the Boneyard . Earlier this month , for instance , an enormous Cold War-era bomber which first flew in 1962 was resurrected from the Air Force 's scrap heap to serve the nation once more . The B-52 , nicknamed Ghost Rider , was mothballed seven years ago at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base . It took to the skies once more on February 13 after months of painstaking restoration , which saw damaged parts such as the fuel lines and hydraulic steering systems replaced to make her airworthy once more . When fully functional , Ghost Rider will be capable of unleashing 70,000 lbs of weapons , conventional or nuclear , almost anywhere on the planet . The plane , which will be one of 76 kept flying the the Air Force , has a range of 8,000 miles on one fuel tank , and can travel 650mph at altitudes as high as 50,000 ft. In a published report on the restoration , Colonel Keith Schultz , who piloted Ghost Rider , said : ` I 've been flying the B-52s since the 80s and it surprised me that after almost seven years ... she cranked up just fine and we had no issues with the flight control systems . ` It took a little under three hours for the flight and we were fortunate to have had good weather the entire trip as the inertial and navigational equipment had not been installed . ' While it is n't the only aircraft boneyard in the world , it is the largest , containing around 4,400 aircraft . Planes that have served on aircraft carriers have to be washed to get rid of salt . All aircraft have their fuel tanks lines drained and any explosive devices are removed . On the right are B-52 bombers , which were built to carry nuclear weapons . They have been cut up for scrap . On the left are F-4 Phantom fighter-bombers which were used extensively in the Vietnam War . Rows upon rows of once-majestic aircraft are lined up in the baking heat of Arizona 's Tucson desert , left abandoned to the elements in piles of rusting metal . Pictured here are B-52s . Davis -- Monthan Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located within the city limits approximately five miles south-southeast of downtown Tucson , Arizona . | Map shows a 2,600-acres of Arizona desert where several generations of military aircraft are stored . It lets you zoom in and look at the planes from both an angle and at using an aerial view of the site . Boneyard contains everything from A10 Thunderbolts , Hercules freighters and the F-14 Tomcat fighters . Some planes are merely stored at the site while others are recycles with their parts used in other aircraft . | [[138, 204], [193, 301], [193, 301], [1258, 1401], [3215, 3349], [597, 658], [1441, 1445], [1456, 1468], [1471, 1483], [2067, 2128]] |
Lloyds Banking Group is to pay a dividend to shareholders for the first time since it was bailed out in 2008 - and will hand over # 130million to the taxpayer . The lender , which is 24 per cent Government-owned , said today its profits for 2014 was # 1.8 billion . After its recovery three million shareholders will today be given 75p for every share they own , resulting in payments totalling # 535million . Landmark moment : Lloyds Banking Group is to pay a dividend to shareholders for the first time since it was bailed out in 2008 - and will hand over # 130million to the taxpayer . Lloyds was rescued after a # 20billion taxpayer injection in 2008 at the height of the financial crisis . It led to it being 40 per cent owned by the Government and that stake has since been reduced to 24 per cent . It means the Treasury will pick up # 130 million in dividends , but it is still a small amount compared to how much it ploughed into the bank to save it from collapse . Chancellor George Osborne said the pay-out , which required regulatory approval , was good news for millions of savers who hold Lloyds shares or have money invested in Lloyds through their pensions . He added : ` Today 's results are another major milestone in the recovery of the British economy from the great recession and the bank bailouts . ' The bank disclosed an annual bonus pool of # 369.5 million , a decline of 3.6 per cent on the previous year . It also said its chief executive Antonio Horta-Osorio received # 11.5 million for 2014 . He said : ` This is a symbolic development that bears testament to our successful transformation and improved risk profile of the business . ' This includes more than # 7 million from a long-term share-based plan which was linked to the bank 's performance for the three years since 2012 . | Bank is 24 per cent owned by the taxpayer after the 2008 financial crisis . Taxpayer had to plough billions into saving the institution from collapse . Lloyds announced # 1.8 bn 2014 profit and will pay # 535m to shareholders . Treasury to receive # 130m in what Chancellor calls landmark moment . Chief executive Antonio Horta-Osorio received # 11.5 million bonus . | [[161, 171], [180, 211], [589, 694], [589, 694], [916, 973], [161, 171], [214, 265], [363, 409], [0, 6], [83, 85], [109, 160], [511, 513], [537, 588], [805, 866], [1432, 1434], [1440, 1520]] |
Hillary Clinton is a politician of ` yesterday ' Florida Sen. Marco Rubio told a gathering of conservatives on Friday . In a word-association game with Fox News host Sean Hannity , the Republican senator - considered likely to run for the White House in 2016 - offered a scathing assessment of the Democrat , who is expected to announce her own presidential campaign later this year . Hannity asked Rubio about former president Bill Clinton to which Rubio first replied , ` What 's the next one ? ' before saying the 42nd president of the United States is ` really yesterday ' . Asked about the current Commander in Chief , Barack Obama , Rubio simply said : ` failed . ' Rubio was the first in a line of likely Republican presidential candidates to address attendees of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday morning , now in its second day of speakers . Florida Senator Marco Rubio told a gathering of conservatives on Friday that Hillary Clinton is a politician of ` yesterday . ' The freshman lawmaker said he is still undecided about his political plans while acknowledging that he wants to ` pay back in some way ' the country for the opportunities it has provided his family . ' I do n't want to be in politics my whole life , ' Rubio told Fox News Host Sean Hannity during a question and answer session during his appearance . He noted that he 'd perhaps like to own an NFL team at some point . ' I do n't know , I 'd have to sell a lot of books for that , ' the two time author joked . New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie , Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker , former Hewlett Packard executive Carly Fiorina , Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal , Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson all spoke to the confab on Thursday . Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry , billionaire businessman Donald Trump , Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush were set to take the main stage on Friday . A notable exception to lineup was former Arkansas Gov. and Fox News host Mike Huckabee , who has said he is considering a bid in 2016 yet did n't participate in the Washington , D.C. area powwow that attracts roughly 10,000 conservatives from across the country each year . ' Rubio , the son of Cuban immigrants , said Friday he is still undecided about his own political plans while acknowledging that he wants to ` pay back in some way ' the country for the opportunities it has provided his family . ' I do n't want my kids to come up and one day ask me , `` how come you got to grow up in the greatest country in the world , but we get to grow up in a country 's that 's been diminished ? '' ' Rubio said . The freshman senator said would ` have to decide through careful prayer ' if running for president is the best decision at this stage in his life . Rubio reaffirmed that if he does make a play for the presidency , he wo n't seek reelection to his Senate seat even though Florida law allows him to do both simultaneously . ' I think if you want to want to be president , you decide that 's what you 've been called at this time in your life to at least run for , you believe that '' s the best way for your to serve America , that 's what you run for , ' he told Hannity . ` The truth is Sean , I do n't want to be in politics my whole life , ' he added , noting that he 'd perhaps like to own an NFL team at some point . ' I do n't know , I 'd have to sell a lot of books for that , ' the two time author joked . Results of the conference 's straw poll for the presidential race were n't to be revealed until Saturday evening , but based on the number the conference goers who showed up to see Rubio speak and stayed until the end of his 20 minute session , he 's likely to take a top placement . After Perry , who drew a noticeably smaller crowd that Rubio in the first place , finished his prepared remarks , guests flooded out of the room before the interview portion of his appearance began . | Rubio was the first in a line of likely GOP presidential candidates to address the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday morning . Asked about former President Bill Clinton Rubio first replied , ` What '' s the next one ? ' before saying he is ` really yesterday ' The freshman senator said would ` have to decide through careful prayer ' if running for president is the best decision at this stage in his life . | [[49, 119], [181, 205], [224, 260], [672, 746], [705, 840], [879, 1004], [385, 461], [450, 469], [474, 496], [499, 574], [1007, 1177], [2636, 2707]] |
The ex-wife of an Oklahoma oil magnate who was awarded the second biggest divorce settlement ever in the U.S. has finally cashed a personal check for $ 974.8 million . Oil tycoon Harold Hamm credits the check with putting his divorce ` in the rear-view mirror ' . Sue Ann Arnall had at first rejected the check , which Hamm said laid around for ' a week or so ' , and said the judge had grossly undervalued her stake in Hamm 's vast oil fortune . She slammed the court 's ruling as ` inappropriate ' and ` not fair ' , believing her ex-husband is worth an estimated $ 18 billion . Scroll down for videos . Sue Ann Arnall -LRB- pictured during her divorce proceedings in September -RRB- has finally cashed a a personal check for $ 974.8 million from ex-husband Harold Hamm . No thanks : In an effort to end the divorce , Hamm penned this check to his ex-wife for $ 974.8 million , however she at first turned it down , claiming it was not a fair cut of his wealth . Pay up : Mr. Hamm and his ex-wife did not have a pre-nup , meaning she is entitled to half the assets earned during their marriage . Her lawyers claim he is worth about $ 18 billion . Hamm said the famous check got the job done , and now he 's moving on . But Arnall has other plans . Although Hamm 's lawyers said that cashing the check nullifies Arnall 's appeal , her attorneys will continue to pursue the case , according to NBC News . And Hamm 's lawyers are n't going to stop either . Hamm filed his own appeal , claiming the amount was too high - and that he deserves some of that money back . Hamm founded Continental Resources in 1967 and Arnall was an executive at the company . The couple were married 26 years but never signed a prenuptial agreement . Hamm had already paid his former wife more than $ 20 million during the divorce proceedings . Arnall has taken ownership of the Oak Ridge Ranch in Carmel , California , a property purchased by the couple in 2011 for $ 14.7 million , along with two of the couple 's Oklahoma properties , as per the court 's ruling . Mr. Hamm will take their $ 750,000 home in Branson , Missouri and a $ 300,000 log cabin that sits on 154 acres in Major County , Oklahoma . Arnall made it clear she believed the marital wealth she was entitled to had been grossly undervalued . The only spouse to ever score a bigger settlement in the United States was Jocelyn Wildenstein , who reportedly received $ 2.5 billion after splitting with her businessman and art dealer husband Alec in 1999 . Real estate portfolio : Miss Arnall also picked up three properties in the divorce , including this home in Enid , Oklahoma . Relaxed living : The Enid home has been valued at $ 800,000 and was one of three the couple owned in Oklahoma . Miss Arnell stated that she felt that the decision by Judge Howard Haralson to allow lawyers for both her husband and for Continental Resources to be involved in the proceedings was ` inappropriate ' in that it allowed them to ` double team ' her . The crux of the argument though comes down to how much money the company and Mr. Hamm made beginning in 1988 , the year he and Miss Arnall were married . During the trial it was argued that Continental 's growth stemmed mostly from passive factors , such as rising oil prices , and , under Oklahoma law , only the ` active ' portion of wealth accrued during marriage in previously acquired assets is subject to division . Miss Arnall 's lawyers contend however that Judge Haralson miscalculated what was due to her by attributing only a small portion of a $ 14billion rise in the value of Mr. Hamm 's Continental shares during the marriage - 6 percent . ` As Sue Ann has stated previously , 6 percent is not a fair proportion of the wealth the couple accumulated during their marriage , and she trusts that a more equitable division of the marital estate will result from this appeal , ' her legal team said in a statement . The Mansion : Miss Arnell also got the couple 's second Oklahoma home located in Nichols Hill and worth $ 4.6 million . Big growth : During the course of their marriage , Mr. Hamm 's company 's worth jumped from $ 50million to $ 20billion . Miss Arnall , who worked as a lawyer for Continental when she and Mr. Hamm married , and went on to take a series of executive roles at the company , also claims that Judge Haralson undervalued her own contributions to the couple 's wealth . Most estimates have stated that Continental Resources was worth around $ 50million in 1988 when the couple married , which is just a drop in the well when compared to the $ 20billion behemoth it is today . A behemoth that Mr. Hamm has a 68 percent stake in , a stake he lost none of in the divorce as it was determined to be ` separate property . ' All this , combined with lingering timeline questions presented by Miss Arnall that question whether strategic moves that ultimately yielded giant profits for the company happened before or after the couple 's 1988 wedding , will likely cause this case to drag on for as long as two more years . And there 's somehow more . That aforementioned $ 9billion fortune of Mr. Hamm 's was in fact a $ 20billion fortune as recently as August , with the oil baron forced to watch over half his worth slip away due to a drop in the price of crude oil . Filing for divorce in March 2013 , Miss Arnall alleged in court papers that her husband was having an affair , citing that as the reason for termination of the marriage . Big score : In 2012 , Mr. Hamm was one of the select few named to the Time 100 , an event he attended with his wife . Mr. Hamm had over the course of their marriage grown to become one of the richest men in the world , a far cry from his youth and a true embodiment of the American dream . Born one of 13 children to a sharecropper , Mr. Hamm worked his way up , picking cotton as a child , pumping gas and fixing cars by the time he was 20 and eventually saving up enough money to drill his first well . And while Mr. Hamm , who was previously married and has three children from that union , is no fan of the spotlight , he has not exactly shunned it over the past few years . In 2012 , Mr. Hamm became a big part of Mitt Romney 's presidential campaign when he was appointed energy adviser , a gesture he thanked the politician for by donating $ 985,000 to the pro-Romney super PAC Restore Our Future . Mr. Hamm also hosted a fundraiser at his $ 4.6 million Nichols Hills , Oklahoma mansion for the Republican candidate , which raised more than $ 2million . Friends in high places : 2012 was also the year Mr. Hamm became an adviser for the Romney campaign . It is worth noting that the Nichols Hill mansion is no longer Mr. Hamm 's but , along with a $ 800,000 home in Enid , Oklahoma , the property of Miss Arnall . It was also in early 2012 that Mr. Hamm earned the biggest accolade of his life when he was added to the Time 100 for that year . He and his wife attended the ceremony together that April in New York that also honored , among others , Marco Rubio , Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy , President Barack Obama and Rihanna . The two posed on the red carpet together , smiling for the cameras with their arms around one another , looking happy and excited . Miss Arnall would file for divorce less than a year later . | Sue Ann Arnall has finally cashed personal check for $ 974.8 million from ex-husband , Oklahoma oil magnate Harold Hamm . Her lawyers still plan to appeal the value , saying her stake in Hamm 's oil fortune was vastly undervalued . Hamm said the check allowed him to put divorce in the ` rearview mirror ' His lawyers still plan to appeal that amount Arnall got was too high . She also received a $ 14.7 million California ranch and two Oklahoma homes valued at $ 4.6 million and $ 800,000 . 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It was supposed to be a romantic gift that would help him win Paris Hilton 's heart . But one obsessed Romeo 's plan backfired when the blonde star refused to accept the classic Cadillac . Instead the overzealous fan left the vehicle parked outside her exclusive gated community and two days later it was spotted damaged . Scroll down for video . Paris Hilton talking on the phone looking at the red coloured Cadillac that was left by a fan outside the gated estate where she lives in Beverley Hills . The window of the Cadillac were smashed two days after the man tried to give it to the socialite . The reality television star reportedly recognized the man who tried to gift her the Cadillac as an obsessed fan who has a history of hounding her . The socialite spent a few minutes examining the car , that was said to have a bunch of flowers on the back seat . The heiress reportedly believes the man , known only as Johnny , returned and smashed the car 's windows after she refused his gift , according to Tmz . The fan was said to have arrived outside the star 's gated community on Sunday , ahead of the Oscars . Paris was reported to have sent him away after he spoke to security guards outside the complex . It was claimed the socialite recognized the gifter as a fan who had been hounding her for years . Two days after the Cadillac was abandoned on the street outside the blonde 's home in Beverley Hills the side windows were smashed . Paris is believed to have reported the vehicle to the police and was pictured talking on the phone , wearing casual jogging bottoms and a hooded top , next to the vehicle . The same man was also claimed to have flown a plane over the Hilton 's mansion reading , ` Ca n't Get Paris Whitney Hilton Out of My Mind , ' and sent the star a wedding dress , according to the website . The Hilton heiress is understood to have reported the vehicle to the police . The star was said to have turned down the car after it was claimed she recognized the gifter as a man who had hounded her . The damage was spotted two days after it was left outside the gated community in Beverley Hills . | Super fan reportedly tried to gift Paris Hilton a red coloured Cadillac . Claimed she recognized man as someone who hounded her . Turned down the gift and it was left parked outside Beverley Hill 's home . Paris said to fear the man returned two days later and smashed windows . | [[371, 417], [389, 417], [423, 465], [557, 600], [601, 712], [697, 748], [1903, 2004], [1996, 2004], [2009, 2026], [90, 188], [189, 297], [1314, 1414], [1314, 1446], [2027, 2124], [2059, 2124], [189, 297], [283, 322], [502, 600], [863, 967], [1314, 1446]] |
A baby who was stolen from her sleeping mother 's arms 17 years ago has been reunited with her parents after ending up at the same school as her biological sister . Zephany Nurse was snatched from a Cape Town hospital in 1987 when she was just three days old . She was reconciled with her biological family after pupils at a high school Cape Town noticed a striking similarity between girls Zephany and Cassidy , born three years apart . Snatched : Zephany Nurse pictured with her mother at a Cape Town hospital in 1987 . Seeing the resemblance , Cassidy , aged 14 , invited the older lookalike to meet her parents , and they immediately recognised their long lost first-born and contacted police . Her real parents Celeste and Morne Nurse had been living only a short distance apart all these years and had never given up hope of finding her , celebrating her birthday every year with their three other children . DNA tests revealed Zephany was their child and police have now charged a 50 year old woman with kidnapping . Never forgotten : The nurse family celebrated Zephany 's birthday each year in her absence . They have been reunited after fellow pupils remarked how similar she looked to what was in fact her biological sister . Celeste Nurse , right , leaves court today after attending the appearance of a woman charged with kidnapping her daughter 17 years ago . Zephany grew up with a different name , and a different family , never knowing she was not their real daughter . But last month Cassidy started high school at the same school as Zephany and fellow pupils noticed a startling resemblance she bore to a final-year student . Police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel André Traut confirmed that a woman had been arrested . She and her husband , who is also in his fifties , have no other children . ` The suspect is being charged with kidnapping , fraud and contravening sections of the Children 's Act , in that she fraudulently pretended that she was the biological mother of a child , ' Traut said . ` The kidnapped girl has since been placed in the care of the Department of Social Services of the Western Cape Government . ' | Zephany Nurse was three days old when snatched from a hospital . Classmates noticed resemblance between her and younger girl Cassidy . DNA tests confirmed Zephany , 17 , was their long-lost daughter . Police charged 50-year-old woman with kidnapping and fraud . | [[165, 260], [231, 260], [323, 410], [1117, 1160], [1147, 1236], [1552, 1644], [915, 968], [962, 977], [986, 1023], [974, 1023], [1314, 1373], [1812, 1915]] |
Arrested : Christopher L. McCullum , 43 , of Louisville , Kentucky shot Mukhtar Ahmed on a highway . A man has been charged with killing a Muslim father-of-three after he shot him while driving down a highway in Kentucky . Christopher L. McCullum , 43 , of Louisville , Kentucky was driving on Interstate 71 on Wednesday , when he spotted Mukhtar Ahmed , 41 , in a separate lane and opened fire . Ahmed was shot multiple times through the passenger door of his black SUV and was pronounced dead at the scene . Police said the shooting was a ` completely random act of road rage , ' as there was no connection between McCullum and his victim . Ahmed leaves behind a wife and three young children including a 13-year-old girl and two boys , aged eight and five . However the local Pakistani-American community fear that it was a faith-based hate crime as Ahmed was a Muslim . Khalid Kahloon , Ahmed 's family attorney , told NBC News : ` As an Asian-American Muslim community living in America at this time , the community is very sensitive and apprehensive . ' ` This is a source of great discomfort to the community as to why a member would be murdered in this way . ` We can not say it is for certain about race , but deep down in our hearts we can not say that it was just another senseless murder on the American highway . ' Ahmed , an immigrant from Pakistan , had just dropped off his daughter at school and was driving on Interstate 71 in Louisville at 9 am , when the incident unfolded . Scroll down for video . Victim : Mukhtar Ahmed was driving on Interstate 71 in Louisville , when he was shot multiple times . Hard working : Ahmed had been living in the United States for many years and worked with his brother in a grocery retail business . SUV : Ahmed was shot multiple times through the passenger door of his black SUV , pictured here , and died . He was near the Gene Snyder Freeway when he was shot , according to Ahmed 's family attorney . Early reports from Lex18.com said police were looking for the suspect who fled in a white Ford van . He was found three hours later , at noon , when police located a van which matched the description . Eyewitnesses said the driver was dressed in overalls and was calmly chatting with officers after they got him out of the van . His vehicle sat on the ramp for close to 90 minutes allowing a police technician to check it for evidence . The suspect was then taken away in the back of a cruiser . He was arrested and charged with murder . But there is still no indication of what sparked the dispute . Police Chief Steve Conrad told local media : ' I do n't exactly know the motive . It appears , based on what I know , to be some sort of road rage incident , but I do n't know that for a fact . ' Kahloon said Ahmed had been living in the United States for many years and worked with his brother in a grocery retail business . . The local Louisville Pakistani-American community is small and made up of 100-150 families . Kahloon added : ' -LSB- Ahmed -RSB- had great ambition . He was hard working , a strong family man , with a good sense of his role in the community . ` He never had any issue with any customer , and always preferred a peaceful resolution . ' Police : Eyewitnesses said McCullum was dressed in overalls and was calmly chatting with officers after they got him out of the van , he was then taken away in the back of a cruiser . Scene : Early reports said police were looking for the suspect who fled the scene in a white Ford van . Meanwhile , the suspect , McCullum described himself as ` self employed and the owner of A&J 's Electric ' on his Facebook page . He also stated he was in the U.S. Navy . He was expected to be arraigned on Thursday . However , it has also emerged that he has a history of mental illness and substance abuse and is currently involved in a series of legal run-ins . According to records obtained by WDRB.com the 43-year-old was going through a divorce . He had been married since 1997 and had two teen boys but had moved out of his family home and listed his address as ' a white Ford van . ' In a July 2014 order by Family Court Judge Stephen George he stated that McCullum had a ` history of mental illness and substance abuse that affected his work . ' The judge wrote : ` He is unable to sufficiently supervise his employees and often walks off of jobs . ' Despite owning his own business A & J Electric , McCullum was not working . His electrical licence had been suspended after he failed to pay fees records from his divorce case showed . He had not filed his taxes in several years , according to the records . Additionally , he was supposed to be paying child support . Divorce : According to records 43-year-old McCullum was going through a divorce and had moved out of his family home . He listed his address as ' a white Ford van , ' pictured here , being inspected by police officers . Lawyer : The suspect was taken into custody by an officer after the shooting , but his former lawyer described him as a ` good guy , generally mild mannered , ' and said he would be ` surprised ' if he was involved . Legal troubles : McCullum , pictured with two officers , was also scheduled to be in Jefferson District Court on March 26 to deal with an additional trespassing conviction . In October 2014 , McCullum was arrested by Louisville Metro Police while carrying four loaded handguns , two rifles and a crossbow police said . An officer who pulled him over for driving with a shattered windshield and expired tags noticed a loose 9mm bullet rolling on the driver side floorboard . They also found marijuana , drug paraphernalia and several weapons inside the van . The two rifles and two of the handguns were wrapped in a pair of overalls on the floorboard of the white van . One of the guns was described as being a German Luger pistol . Two other handguns were found behind the passenger seat . McCullum , however , did not have a concealed weapon license . But his lawyer successfully argued that the guns were ` older , family guns ' he 'd inherited and he was taking them out to a farm to shoot . ' He got a plea deal and was sentenced to 90 days in jail which was conditionally discharged for two years , as long as he stayed out of trouble . In a separate case , McCullum was scheduled to be in Jefferson District Court on March 26 to deal with a recent trespassing conviction . He had gone into a person 's yard and tapped into their breaker box to use their power without permission . His former lawyer described him as a ` good guy , generally mild mannered , ' and said he would be ` surprised ' if he was involved in Wednesday 's shooting . | Christopher L. McCullum , 43 , shot Mukhtar Ahmed , 41 , on I-71 in Louisville . Police said the shooting was a completely random act of road rage . But local Pakistani-Muslim American community think it was a hate crime . Investigations show no prior connection between McCullum and his victim . Mr Ahmed leaves behind a wife and three young children including a 13-year-old girl and two boys , aged eight and five . 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Victims , including former firearms instructor Lewis Reynolds -LRB- above -RRB- , were involuntarily sterilized by state officials in Virginia more than 30 years ago and will now be given $ 25,000 compensation each . Victims who were involuntarily sterilized by state officials more than 30 years ago will be compensated . More than 7,000 people were permanently made infertile between 1924 and 1979 under the Virginia Eugenical Sterilization Act . The Act was widely accepted at the time and was even said to have partly inspired Adolf Hitler to create a master race in Germany . But now the 11 victims who are still alive will receive $ 25,000 in compensation , Virginia General Assembly decided on Thursday . Eugenics sought to improve the genetic composition of humankind by preventing those considered ` defective ' from reproducing . One victim , Lewis Reynolds , was presumed to have epilepsy when he was 13-years-old and was taken to one of six state institutions to be treated . Decades later he discovered the fits were a temporary symptom after he was hit in the head with a rock - but the sterilization was permanent . The 87-year-old former firearms instructor , from Lynchburg , said : ' I think they 've done me wrong . ' I could n't have a family like everybody else does . They took my rights away . ' Reynolds ' first wife left him after she learned they could n't have children . And although his marriage to second wife Delores lasted 47 years , the couple would cry about their inability to have a family . The compensation measure was sponsored by Ben Cline , a conservative Republican from Rockbridge , and Patrick Hope , a liberal Democrat from Arlington . Mr Cline said : ` There was a growing consensus that we needed to act while we still had the opportunity to look these people in the eye and acknowledge the wrong that was committed against them so many years ago . ' Ben Cline -LRB- above -RRB- attends the Virginia House of Delegates on Thursday as they approve a budget of $ 400,000 to compensate victims of involuntary sterilization . Mr Hope said : ' I think it 's a recognition when we do something wrong we need to fix it as a government . ` Now we can close this final chapter and healing can begin . ' Nearly 65,000 Americans were sterilized in 33 states , including more than 20,000 in California alone . One judge , Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. , said in 1927 : ` Three generations of imbeciles are enough . ' Virginia is the second state to approve compensation for victims of the eugenics program . North Carolina approved payments of $ 50,000 to around 1,800 victims in 2013 . | More than 7,000 Virginians were made infertile between 1924 and 1979 . Program was accepted and partly inspired Hitler to create master race . Each victim will receive $ 25,000 compensation - but only 11 are alive . | [[0, 61], [82, 165], [217, 224], [229, 300], [217, 322], [323, 448], [449, 456], [493, 580], [0, 52], [170, 216], [589, 603], [612, 661]] |
While the drinking age in the United States is 21-years-old a new baby bottle designed to look like beer will have kids drinking at 21 months-or even younger . Freds Chill , Baby Lil Lager is n't filled with actual beer but it will make 10 ounces of juice or milk look a whole lot more illegal . According to Food Beast , the $ 12 bottle is actually fit for a baby because it 's BPA free . Chug ! Chug ! : This baby bottle designed to look like beer is a real head turner that may get mom and baby kicked out of the playground . The novelty item is made with phthalate-free plastic and a food-grade silicone nipple and brave parents can order it online from the website Fredandfriends.com . ` Double-takes are guaranteed when Junior is chugging his favorite beverage from Fred 's CHILL , BABY Li'l Lager baby bottle . No , it 's not beer , it 's just good old baby formula served up in a BPA-free , phthalate-free plastic bottle with a food-grade silicone nipple . Cheers ! Li'l Lager holds 10 fluid ounces and is easily disassembled for cleaning , ' says the site of its controversial child item . The website says Fred is a Rhode Island-based team of designers with partners around the globe , ` all focused on well-designed stuff that solves a problem , puts a smile on your face , and does n't cost a fortune . ' Most of the fans on the Freds and Friends website thought the item were humored but others thought it may be a bit inappropriate or dangerous . ` ER countdown , ' wrote Joe Markovic on Facebook . Hopefully the only time Lil ' Lager drinking babies will be in the ER is when its their delivery . Order online : Those who want to purchase the novelty beer can do so at Fredandfriends.com . Sparking discussion : Some of the Facebook fans of Fred and Friends thought the gimmick was delightful while others thought the babies may end up in an ER someday . | While the drinking age in the United States in 21 years old , a new baby bottle designed to look like beer will have kids drinking at 21 months . Freds Chill , Baby Lil Lager is n't filled with actual beer but it will make 10 ounces of juice or milk look a whole lot more illegal . The novelty item is made with phthalate-free plastic and a food-grade silicone nipple . Costs just $ 12 at Fredandfriends.com . | [[6, 104], [60, 77], [95, 159], [174, 219], [220, 263], [250, 295], [529, 632], [586, 669], [818, 820], [840, 964], [1612, 1704]] |
Shoppers are being ` misled ' by supermarkets selling ` wine based drink ' which is only 75 per cent wine in bottles that look like the real thing . The Australian plonk looks like a normal bottle and is sold in supermarkets alongside real wine - but the small print reveals all is not as it seems . The labels show that the ` wine based drinks ' are not proper wine , with experts calling on producers to come clean about what else goes into the drink . Shoppers are being ` misled ' by supermarkets selling ` wine based drink ' which is only 75 per cent wine . The Australian plonk looks like a normal bottle and is sold in supermarkets alongside real wine - but the small print reveals all is not as it seems . Industry guidelines state that any drink containing less than 75 per cent wine must be described as a ` wine based drink ' , but suppliers do not have to say what the rest is , other than sulphur dioxide or any allergens . Sainsbury 's is selling Copper Red and Copper White with 12.5 per cent alcohol at a price of # 6.25 . Morrisons is stocking Shy Pig Red and White , at 11 per cent and 10.5 per cent alcohol , amongst some of their most popular buys at # 3.29 . Tesco was selling an Australian brand called Umber , both in red and white , but has since withdrawn it from shelves . The discovery was made by experts at the website Wot Wine , who taste and rate wines . A spokesman for the company said consumers were being ` misled ' by the ` so-called wine ' . The ` so-called wines ' are being sold at Sainsbury 's and Morrisons but have been taken off shelves at Tesco . Industry guidelines state that any drink containing less than 75 per cent wine must be described as a ` wine based drink ' He said : ` Some of the wines were passable , just lacking genuine character and dilute , whilst others were unpleasant , not genuine , contrived and manufactured tasting . ` On later revealing the labels we noticed that in small print on the back label these products were termed ` Wine Based Drinks ' . ` The fact that we had been misled into buying them as wine led us to do some more investigation . ` We understand that supermarkets might find it difficult to have another section for these products on their shelves and may wish to merchandise them with wines , but we feel that low strength , low calorie and these drinks might all be best for their customers if merchandised clearly for what they are all together . ' I suspect the other 25 per cent is water , but it could be unfermented grape must which would be better as at least that 's in wine , ' he added . ` The so-called wine is highly misleading and it 's bad for the wine industry . It damages the industry 's integrity . Wine experts say selling the bottles alongside real wine is ` misleading ' , and that consumers have a right to know the full ingredients in the drink . ` You can sell what you like but you should tell the customer what it is , because it 's not wine . It reminds me of the days when dodgy landlords would tip water into barrels of beer . ` When something is sold as wine but it is n't , that is beyond the pale . I do n't think most people buying it realise what it is . ' In reviews on their website , Wot Wine said they would not pay a penny for many of the imitation wines , calling Copper Red : ` Unattractive , poor . Bitter and sweet thin drink . ' Copper White was given an even worse review , which read : ` Nasty . Unclean , pongy , thin , acidic . ' The experts did say they would pay # 3.50 for Shy Pig 's Juicy Red , but not the Crisp White , which had a ` sour , unfermented grape juice flavour ' . The European industry body , the International Organisation of Vine and Wine , states that to be called a ` wine based drink ' the product must contain a minimum of 75 per cent wine . All of the wines were made by Australian Vintage Ltd and were shipped in bulk to the UK where they were bottled . An Australian Vintage spokesman said : ` We abide by all legal requirements and continually review our processes and procedures to ensure this . ` It is categorized as a wine based drink as there is an addition of sugar and water in the production process . ' A Morrisons spokesman said : ` It 's important to us that customers can find products where they would expect them to be , so that their journey around our stores is as smooth as possible . ` Every wine product we offer is clearly labelled as such so that our shoppers can make an informed decision about what they 're putting in to their basket . ' A Sainsbury 's spokeswoman said : ` Copper Australian Red is clearly labelled as a wine based drink . With an ABV of 12.5 per cent , it is appropriate for it to be stocked within the wine aisle , along with other wine based products . ` We clearly label all of our products so that our customers can make informed choices when shopping with us . ' Tesco has been contacted for comment . Wot Wine 's experts reviewed each bottle , and were less than impressed by most . They said they would not pay for most of the ` wine based drinks ' tested , some of which cost as much as # 6.25 . The Shy Pig Crisp White . Review : ` Characterless , thin , manufactured drink ; has a sour , unfermented grape juice flavour . ' Price : # 3.49 . What experts would pay : # 0 . Copper Australian Red . Review : ` Wine Based Drink . Unattractive , poor . Bitter and sweet thin drink . ' Price : # 6.25 . What experts would pay : # 0 . | Supermarkets selling ` wine based drinks ' which are only 75 per cent wine . Australian bottles are sold alongside normal wine but are not the real thing . ` Wine ' makers do not have to specify what the other 25 per cent is . Experts say bottles are ` misleading ' and are damaging industry 's integrity . Scathing reviews label ` so-called wine ' as ` unclean , pongy , thin and acidic ' | [[33, 116], [488, 562], [3619, 3645], [3698, 3802], [4064, 4103], [149, 169], [190, 244], [563, 583], [604, 658], [843, 936], [1419, 1474], [2589, 2666], [2667, 2705], [2706, 2778], [1714, 1721], [1724, 1886], [5137, 5143], [5148, 5189]] |
A university job application form has sparked fury in Ireland after it emerged candidates were being asked about their menstrual cycle . Questions on the form , issued by the National University of Ireland Galway , included ` do you suffer with menstrual periods ? ' and ` do you suffer any breast problems ? ' , it has been reported . The content of the ` pre-employment health assessment ' has been described as ` totally outrageous ' while a politician has called for an independent review into equality issues at the college . Questions on the form , issued by the National University of Ireland Galway -LRB- pictured -RRB- , included ` do you suffer with menstrual periods ? ' According to RTE , female job hunters were asked : ` Have you ever been treated for gynaecological problems ? ' The form also asks whether candidates have had prostate problems in the past . The university has defended the questions , insisting the answers are ` completely confidential ' and not seen by human resources . But RTE quotes Sinn Féin 's Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh as calling the content of the form ` invasive ' and ` bordering on misogynistic ' . Calling for an independent review by Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission , he added : ` I think it is a very invasive line of questioning to be asking any future employee . I think some of the questions are totally out of order . The content of the ` pre-employment health assessment ' has been described as ` totally outrageous ' while a politician has called for an independent review into equality issues at the college -LRB- file picture -RRB- . ` As some commentators in the college have said they 're bordering on misogynistic in some cases . I ca n't understand why any third-level institution would be asking any prospective employee questions that are of such an invasive nature and intrude into people 's privacy . ` I ca n't understand why you 'd ask so specific questions of people and I think it is totally outrageous . ' In a statement given to the Connacht Tribune , NUI Galway said : ` On appointment to a position the university issues an individual with a pre-employment health assessment form , among others , for completion . The form is in line with forms used for employment purposes . ` The form is completely confidential and returned by the individual to the university Occupational Health Physician directly . The HR office does not have sight of or record of the completed form . ` A confirmation is simply received of medical fitness for duty or not . The form was introduced a number of years ago by an Occupational Health Physician to replace the medical consultation on appointment . ' | Questionnaire handed to job hunters at the University of Ireland Galway . Female job hunters asked to confirm if they ` suffer with menstrual periods ' Assessment form also asks candidates if they ` suffer any breast problems ' A politician has described the content of the form as ` totally outrageous ' University says answers are confidential and not seen by human resources . | [[68, 136], [137, 158], [215, 264], [531, 552], [630, 679], [267, 308], [276, 308], [701, 730], [733, 791], [336, 389], [392, 444], [1009, 1142], [1384, 1437], [1440, 1503], [1952, 1986], [873, 887], [917, 1004], [2390, 2460]] |
Nigel Farage warned Thursday night in America that the U.S. Republican party will become a dinosaur -- not an elephant -- if it continues to embrace the political center . ' I suspect that if the Republican Party sticks with the establishment it will lose , ' he told Daily Mail Online after a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference . The GOP ` has got to reach the Hispanic community , but it 's also got to reach that blue-collar community that Reagan got to vote for him in huge numbers . I 'm not sure at the moment that they 're positioning themselves to do that . ' CPAC is an annual three-day mecca for constitutional evangelists , anti-Obamacare shock troops , full-throated abortion opponents and gun rights activists . Many of them think the Republican Party is only slightly less liberal and nanny-statist than the president . Farage fit right in , keeping backstage handlers waiting for his appointment to test a lapel microphone while he smoked a cigar in the cold , outside the Maryland resort hotel where more than a thousand stayed into the dinner hour to hear him . SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEOS . ` WE 'RE NOT THE TEA PARTY ' : Nigel Farage , whose UK Independence Party is challenging both Tories and Liberals , said his is a real political force , not just an influence group trying to reform a wayward party . The Conservative Political Action Conference brings all manner of right-wingers to a hotel in Maryland each year . ' I think the Republican Party is going through the same crisis of identity as the Conservative Party in Britain , ' he said in an interview backstage . The British political contrarian , long at the helm of the UK Independence Party , plied the conservative audience with a dry-witted vision of how his political travails could show disaffected American right-wingers the way forward . UKIP , he boasted , is ` an insurgent political force that has taken on the political establishment and rocked them to the backs of their heels . ' But do n't confuse him with the tea party , he said after the applause ended . ` We 're not the tea party , ' Farage insisted one-on-one . ` Our job is not to influence one political party . We 're not an outlier from the Tories . ' And unlike the tea party phenomenon , which peels off disaffected Republicans who believe their traditional party has moved too far left , he said , his group ` is not just retired half-colonels who 've always voted Conservative and now they 're UKIP . We 're dragging them from across the spectrum . ' Farage 's rhetoric about immigration , Britain 's Judeo-Christian foundation , political correctness and regulation run amok made up a song he sang to a crowd that had already memorized the verses . ` If you discuss immigration , it means you 're a bad person , ' he complained -- ` that you harbor dislike or hatred or prejudice of somebody else . ' And Farage spared no harsh words for Barack Obama , saying that he sees ` an American president who does n't have the courage ' to fight against Islamist terror . Obama , he claimed , lacks the vision to see ` what has gone wrong , and why those three people were arrested on the streets of the USA yesterday . ' That was a reference to the trio of Muslim men who were detained by the FBI after they began the process of traveling to Syria for training with the ISIS terror army -- with the intention of bringing death and destruction back to America . ` We must stand firm and defend our Judeo-Christian culture , ' Farage said , earnign his first boisterous applause . ` We must make it clear that we believe in common law and not Shariah law . ' He called radical Islam ` an enemy within ' both the U.S. and the UK . Farage also told Daily Mail Online that Prime Minister David Cameron 's government was wrong to ask The Washington Post and other news outlets to withhold the name of London resident Mohammed Emwazi , who the paper identified on Thursday as the infamous ISIS executioner ` Jihadi John . ' ` Of course they should have told us his name , ' he said . ` We should have heard it weeks ago . This information 's been known for a long time . ' Farage said ` the Republican Party is going through the same crisis of identity as the Conservative Party in Britain ' ` If you discuss immigration , it means you 're a bad person , ' he complained to a thousand convention-goers -- ` that you harbor dislike or hatred or prejudice of somebody else ' He was quick , as always , to link talk of ISIS to Britain 's immigration ` crisis , ' consisting of a doors-wide-open policy to the rest of the European Union . ` By sheer coincidence , ' he said , Emwazi 's name was published ` on the day when the government has to announce the worst immigration figures ever seen in the history of the United Kingdom . ' He also hit out against CAGE , the British NGO that often advocates on behalf of radicalized Muslims and brands their detractors ` Islamophobes . ' ` Yes , yes , yes ! ' Farage exploded when asked if the group was an embarrassment to most Britons . ` It 's politcal correctness ! ' I mean , we see protests on a regular basis with these groups on the streets of London saying and shouting things that -- if you and I did them , we 'd find ourselves behind bars in very short order . ' ` We actually have a Judeo-Christian culture , ' he added . ` It 's actually in our Constitution , so let 's stand up for it . ' Is that xenophobic ? Farage does n't think so . ` The thing about us , ' he said of the UK , ` is that we have been , of all the European countries , the most tolerant of all different religions and all different groups who have come to Britain . ' While ` private observance ' of any religion ` is fine , ' he insisted , ` unless we live under one law we 're in trouble . ' UKIP typically sees its share of trouble in the British press , usually when one of its own makes a public gaffe worthy of Joe Biden . CPAC 's lineup includes Sarah Palin , whose teleprompter played tricks on her last month in Iowa , leaving her rambling for minutes . The CPAC conference draws conservatives from all over the US , but they share the same message . Like any political force testing its boundaries by casting a wide net , it would be recognizable to American conservatives who have had to contend with their own brand of bad publicity . Todd Akin , a Republican U.S. Senate candidate , famously self-imploded after musing on whether abortions should be allowed in cases of ` legitimate rape . ' Sarah Palin just last month lost track of her teleprompter during a key Iowa speech and rambled aimlessly for what seemed like hours , causing some to wonder if she was intoxicated . An ocean away , UKIP councillor Rozanne Duncan was kicked out this month after she was filmed saying she has ' a problem with people with negroid features . ' And social media accounts belonging to UKIP activist Richard Crouch were plastered recently with claims that his home town of Leicester is a ` sh*t hole ' and ` full of P *** s. ' His Facebook account called Asians ` The Taliban ' and labeled Romanians ` pick pocketing criminals . ' Crouch insisted that his account was hacked , but the damage was done . Farage threw up his hands and suggested that idiots will be idiots . ` Well , look , ' he told Daily Mail Online , ` people like Rozanne Duncan are local councillors . They are very low-level people in UKIP . They 're not major players . ' ` Yes , we get people who say stupid things in UKIP . I do n't approve or condone any of it . ' | Farage spoke with Daily Mail Online after a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference . The UK Independence Party leader tried to buck up American right-wingers who see their tea party goals dissolving in a sea of centrist Republicanism . He insisted that UKIP is ` not just retired half-colonels who 've always voted Conservative ... We 're dragging them from across the spectrum ' Bashed David Cameron for refusing to publicly identify ISIS executioner ` Jihadi John , ' saying ` we should have heard it weeks ago ' Complained about ` politically correct ' groups like CAGE ` saying and shouting things that if you and I did them , we 'd find ourselves behind bars ' Farage addressed controversies involving Richard Crouch and Rozanne Duncan , admitting : ` Yes , we get people who say stupid things in UKIP ' | [[174, 320], [225, 255], [260, 350], [1608, 1640], [1691, 1722], [1155, 1167], [1240, 1304], [2362, 2369], [2372, 2417], [2372, 2464], [2476, 2523], [4046, 4083], [4793, 4795], [4801, 4821], [5084, 5086], [5173, 5218], [7439, 7484]] |
A clean-living Indianapolis cop wound up in hospital after taking a gulp of iced tea that turned out to be contaminated with cleaning chemicals . Before going on shift on Saturday night at about 10pm , Reserve Officer Paul Watkins stopped at an Indianapolis McDonald 's for a self-serve tea . As usual he filled his cup half with unsweetened tea , but before filling the rest with sweet tea he noticed the tea looked dark . He took the lid off the dispenser but decided that all seemed OK . ` He filled his cup and took a big gulp and immediately his throat started burning down into his chest , ' his wife Jerilyn told ABC News . Scroll down for video . Before going on shift on Saturday night , Reserve Officer Paul Watkins , pictured with his wife Jerilyn , stopped at a West Indianapolis McDonald 's for a self-serve tea , and ended up becoming violently ill . After he spit out the tea and told staff , the manager explained that employees had put cleaning liquid into the dispenser but had forgotten to put a cup over the nozzle . Watkins spit out the tea and immediately told staff at the counter that something was wrong . The manager explained that employees had put cleaning liquid into the dispenser but had forgotten to put a cup over the nozzle , according to Jerilyn . Jerilyn was not with him at the time but he called her from his police car , told her the story , and said he felt as though he just drank bleach . Officer Watkins then became violently ill . He called the police station and poison control , who determined that the tea dispenser was filled with a heavy duty degreasing chemical , according to the police report . Watkins spent the night at IU Health Methodist Hospital and underwent an endoscopy the next day . He still has problems swallowing , experiences a burning sensation in his throat , and is concerned about the long-term effects of having ingested chemicals . ` My husband has never drank , never smoked , never done drugs , ' said Jerilyn . ` This is just insane . ' Officer Watkins is concerned about the long term effects of ingesting the chemicals . ` My husband has never drank , never smoked , never done drugs , ' said his wife Jerilyn . Poison Control determined that the tea dispenser was filled with a heavy duty degreasing chemical , according to the police report of the incident . McDonald 's has its own brand of degreaser solution for cleaning its restaurants . Elizabeth Henry , the owner of the McDonald 's on 38th Street where Watkins was served , issued a statement : ` Serving my customers safe , high quality food and beverages is a top priority at our restaurants . We take this claim very seriously and are looking into the matter . ' A similar incident occurred at a McDonald 's in Muncie , Indiana , in 2013 . A teenager has since filed a law suit , to which McDonald 's must respond by the end of March . Sam Jacobs , Watkins ' lawyer , has said that he has not yet filed a law suit on his client 's behalf and hopes that he is able to work out something with McDonald 's before doing so . ` He never wants this to happen to anybody else , ' Jacobs said . Referring to the night of the incident , Jacobs said : ` The irony of this all was that manager asked Paul if he wanted another cup or glass of tea and told one of the employees , `` Hey , get this guy another tea '' . ' Watkins declined . | An Indianapolis cop stopped at a local McDonald 's to grab an iced tea before going on shift . After taking a big gulp his throat started to burn down into his chest and he spit out the tea . He became violently ill and was taken to hospital where he stayed overnight before having an endoscopy the next day . Poison control determined the tea contained a heavy duty degreaser . The owner of the McDonald 's restaurant has said ` We take this claim very seriously and are looking into the matter ' On the night of the incident the manager offered him another tea . | [[146, 199], [202, 292], [655, 694], [697, 725], [761, 824], [493, 495], [515, 530], [535, 593], [655, 694], [697, 725], [831, 864], [1037, 1061], [1745, 1747], [1780, 1825], [655, 694], [697, 725], [831, 864], [1431, 1474], [1647, 1702], [1647, 1654], [1707, 1744], [1508, 1522], [1529, 1646], [2189, 2337], [2220, 2286], [2632, 2655], [2632, 2634], [2670, 2699], [3126, 3164], [3315, 3344]] |
A Hong Kong woman who tortured her Indonesian maid in a case that sparked worldwide outrage has been handed a six-year jail sentence . Law Wan-tung was sentenced after her conviction earlier this month on eight charges of assault , grievous bodily harm and criminal intimidation against 24-year-old Erwiana Sulistyaningsih . The brutal case highlighted the vulnerabilities of migrants working as domestic staff across Asia and the Middle East . Scroll down for video . Law Wan-tung has been found guilty of torturing her Indonesian maid , Erwiana Sulistyaningsih - who is pictured above at a hospital in Sragen , Indonesia , after her case first came to light . The court heard that Law punched Ms Sulistyaningsih in the mouth , fracturing some teeth . Ms Sulistyaningsih is pictured above recovering from her injuries . Ms Sulistyaningsih , centre , accompanied by her supporters , walks out of the court in Hong Kong . District Court Judge Amanda Woodcock said she was ` sure ' Law , seen above leaving the court last month , did assault , wound and threaten Ms Sulistyaningsih as charged . The mother-of-two , 45 , had no reaction as the sentence was handed down by District Court Judge Amanda Woodcock , who said ` the seriousness of the charges and circumstances of the offences means a lengthy prison time is appropriate . ' The judge fined Law 15,000 Hong Kong dollars -LRB- # 1,250 -RRB- for 10 charges of failing to pay wages or grant time off . She had earlier pleaded guilty to one other charge of failing to buy insurance . It gained widespread attention about a year ago after photos of her injuries circulated among Indonesians in Hong Kong . They showed her face , hands and legs covered with scabs and lacerations , and blackened , peeling skin around her feet . Speaking through an interpreter outside court , she told reporters : ' I am so happy because finally my employer is in prison although only for six years . But for me , finally justice is delivered , ' District Court Judge Amanda Woodcock said Law had a definite ` lack of compassion ' and her ` contempt was reserved for those she saw as beneath her . ' The court heard that Law punched Ms Sulistyaningsih in the mouth , fracturing some teeth ; jammed a metal vacuum cleaner tube in her mouth , cutting her lip ; and hit her on the back with a feather duster when she was sleeping . Law also forced the maid to stand naked in the bathroom during winter while she splashed water on and pointed a fan at her . Ms Sulistyaningsih , who worked for Law for about eight months starting in June 2013 , was n't allowed any days off and was not paid her salary . Law was found not guilty of two other charges . After the verdict earlier this month , supporters applauded Ms Sulistyaningsih who said she was happy ` because I will get the justice from Hong Kong ' . There are about 330,000 foreign domestic helpers working in Hong Kong , almost all female and most from the Philippines or Indonesia , earning a minimum wage of about # 328 a month . Ms Sulistyaningsih , seen above arriving at the court , worked for Law for eight months starting in June 2013 , ; she was n't allowed any days off and was not paid her salary . There are about 330,000 foreign domestic helpers working in Hong Kong , like Ms Sulistyaningsih ; almost all are female and most are from the Philippines or Indonesia and earn a minimum wage of about # 328 a month . A supporter of Ms Sulistyaningsih , holds a placard saying ` we are not slave ' outside the court in Hong Kong . | Seriousness of offences meant ` lengthy prison time appropriate ' Fined # 1,250 by the judge for unpaid wages and holidays . Law Wan-tung was found guilty of 18 charges earlier this month . Punched her maid in the face and fractured her teeth in violent outbursts . Outside court Erwiana Sulistyaningsih says ` finally justice is delivered ' | [[1169, 1205], [1212, 1283], [1271, 1328], [1358, 1421], [1411, 1454], [662, 744], [683, 686], [729, 752], [921, 1079], [2134, 2198], [2155, 2158], [2201, 2222], [1939, 1945], [1948, 1976]] |
Sir John Sawers , the former head of MI6 , praised the security services ' handing of threats from UK terror cells , saying the law must keep ahead of the threat . The former head of MI6 today warns there are ` several thousand ' individuals of concern in Britain as he demands tougher anti-terror powers to prevent a ` ghastly 7/7-style attack ' . Sir John Sawers also speaks out against the criticism of security services over their handling of Mohammed Emwazi -- unmasked as Jihadi John -- who is known to have been on their radar for at least six years . He will tell Radio 4 's Today : ` The threat that we face from terrorists here has gone up over the last three years and there has to be some response to that . ` What we do n't want to do is wait for some ghastly 7/7-style terrorist attack here in the UK before political opinion changes . ` The whole point is to move incrementally to ensure that the powers and resources available to the security services , intelligence services , are ahead of that threat . ' Sir John , who stepped down from MI6 last November , added : ` I think in general when you look at the challenge that the security services are facing with the number of extremists here in the UK , elsewhere in Europe , they do a really professional job and , of course , they know many of these individuals , most of them who end up taking part in terrorist organisations . ` They 'd be more subject to criticism if someone came and committed an atrocity in this country or elsewhere who they had no knowledge of whatsoever . ` They 're doing their professional job by being aware of these people . But there are probably several thousand of these individuals of concern and the numbers are rising as more people go to Syria and Iraq and are radicalised out there . ` And no one is talking about rounding up all these people or keeping 100 per cent coverage , there 's just not the resources to do that and it would be contrary to our principles of human rights to do that ... so you do have to find a balance in there . ' Sir John also dismissed claims the treatment of Emwazi by MI5 that may have helped radicalise him as ` very specious arguments ' . However , the counter-terrorism laws watchdog David Anderson QC said the intelligence agencies may have made a ` slip-up ' in failing to impose tighter controls on Emwazi due to the sheer number of suspects they have to cope with . Mr Anderson said he was not surprised that Emwazi was not subject to measures such as house arrest , despite being on MI5 's radar , because the UK 's spies and counter-terrorism police were very busy . His warning came as Boris Johnson attacked ministers yesterday for scrapping control orders on terror suspects that could have prevented the murderer from slipping out of Britain to join Islamic State . Butchers : Heavily armed IS fanatics in Iraq . Security services fear their followers could use the same sort of weapons on Britain 's streets . In what was seen as stinging criticism of Home Secretary Theresa May 's decision to replace the orders -- under which suspects are tagged and confined to specific areas -- with less restrictive measures , the London mayor said : ` What this shows is we need to keep a very , very close eye on these people . ` The decision to modify the control orders , to water them down , I think looks as though it was a mistake because it is vital to be able , when you are controlling these people , to be able to relocate them , to take them away from their support networks and ... to monitor them . ' Mr Johnson spoke out after it was revealed that Emwazi , 26 , had been on the radar of the security services for six years as part of a support network for West London-based terror suspects and extremists , some on control orders . But these were replaced in 2011 by the Home Office -- under intense pressure from the Lib Dems -- with less restrictive Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures -LRB- Tpims -RRB- making it harder to monitor movements of terror suspects . ` The balance , the benefit of the doubt was , I am afraid , given too much to those who wish us serious harm , ' Mr Johnson said . Lord Carlile , the Government 's former independent reviewer of anti-terrorism legislation , said Emwazi would have been placed under a control order . Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said : ` We warned the Government not to abolish control orders . TPIMs are too weak . ' Michael Fallon said he is ` worried ' about the spread of ISIS , and the threat pop-up cells pose to the UK . Police forces may have to work more closely with the Army under plans to thwart ` pop-up ' terror cells . Defence chiefs are investigating how troops could give back-up to armed officers and how military helicopters could be used to move police around the country in the event of a Paris-style atrocity . Special forces are already being prepared for urgent intervention against Islamic State fanatics , the Defence Secretary said yesterday . Michael Fallon added : ` We are facing Islamic State in Syria and it is on the borders of Europe . It is becoming a very direct threat to Europe . ` We need to do something about it . I 'm worried about the fight against IS , I 'm worried about this spread of IS , this kind of pop-up IS , which can link up very easily . ` The Home Secretary has been looking at how you can deploy sufficient numbers of armed officers in areas outside London . ` And if they had an incident or two incidents or people fleeing from Manchester or London out to the countryside , do they really have enough armed officers to deal with that ? ' He said that it was in those circumstances that the Army could be drafted in for large-scale operations , such as searching a forest or cordoning off a railway station . | Sir John says MI6 needs to strike balance in policing terror suspects . Said thousands are known to agents , but can not be constantly monitored . Warning comes as Boris Johnson attacked scrapping of control orders . | [[1973, 2044], [164, 263], [2613, 2723]] |
A Spanish athletic star has been snapped up by Formula 1 and looks set to add some serious glamour to the race track . Carmen Jorda has joined Lotus F1 as a development driver , becoming the second female to hold a Formula One back-up position after Williams ' Susie Wolff . The 26-year-old daughter of former driver Jose Miguel Jorda has been on the professional circuit for more than a decade and competed in last year 's GP3 feeder series . Carmen Jorda has been unveiled as Lotus F1 's latest recruit working with their simulator programme . She will join Lotus for a year , working with their simulator programme , as well as attending Grands Prix and tests mingling with the likes of Lewis Hamilton . Like Wolff , who was promoted from a similar role to that of test driver earlier this year , Jorda will also have the chance to earn a drive in the F1 car . The 26-year-old daughter of former driver Jose Miguel Jorda looks set to add some glamour to the track . When she 's not on the race track , Carmen can be found in the gym keeping fit , on the red carpet at glamorous events or in front of a TV camera presenting . ` It feels like a dream come true to join Lotus F1 Team , ' said the Spaniard . ` I 've been racing since I was 10 years old so it was my dream to drive a Formula 1 car since I was very young . ` Joining Lotus F1 Team is a big step towards my goal . I will be working to improve myself as a driver as well as helping the team to develop the car by testing new developments in the simulator ; it 's such a fantastic opportunity . ' I know this is just the beginning and the biggest challenge is yet to come but already being part of a team with such a history is a real honour . This is a great achievement , but an even greater opportunity which will lead to bigger and better things . ' Lotus F1 Team CEO , Matthew Carter , added : ` We are happy to announce Carmen Jorda as a Development Driver for Lotus F1 Team and we are looking forward to working with her over the course of the season and ultimately seeing her behind the wheel of the car . ` Carmen will bring a fresh perspective to the team . We have a strong programme for her attending Grands Prix as well as extensive time in our sophisticated simulation facility at Enstone . ` She is a unique addition to the team and we are looking forward to helping her progress her goals as well as receiving the benefit of her insights and contributions to the development of the E23 Hybrid . ' Jorda tweeted ` Extremely proud to announce that I am now the Development Driver for Lotus F1 ' Jorda poses next to the Lotus Formula One car which she will help to develop on their simulator programme . With her father - ex-driver Jose Miguel Jorda - as her role model , Carmen fell in love with motor racing from a very early age . Her first contact with professional competition was in karting with the Valencian Community 's Championship in 2001 , when she was just 12 . Carmen believes women have a place in motorsport just as in any other sport in the world and wants to serve as an inspiration for every women competing . When she 's not on the race track , Carmen can be found in the gym keeping fit , on the red carpet at glamorous events or in front of a TV camera presenting . | The 26-year-old is the daughter of former driver Jose Miguel Jorda . She will join Lotus for a year , working with their simulator programme . The Spaniard has raced professionally for over a decade . Also attends showbiz events and does a spot of TV presenting . | [[275, 394], [275, 334], [399, 443], [864, 968], [444, 545], [478, 545], [546, 576], [546, 549], [579, 662], [2130, 2266], [2591, 2616], [2627, 2678], [275, 394]] |
The Taipei Lantern Festival , which falls at the start of the lunar calendar , must be one of the world 's most colourful events . Lanterns of all shapes and sizes , as the name suggests , are the main feature of the festival running from February 27 to March 8 following Chinese New Year celebrations . Fairytale and fantasy characters , historic legends , and party animals are showcased in the lantern display to tell traditional stories . Scroll down for video . Thousands are flocking to Taipei Expo Park , in Taiwan , to see the colourful lantern exhibition from February 27 to March 8 . Fairytale and fantasy characters , such as these luminous pandas , historic legends , and party animals are showcased in the display . The event includes a giant 40-foot goat to celebrate the Chinese New Year at the festival celebrating local folklore . The festival kicked off at the Taipei Expo Park , featuring a 40-foot display of a golden blinking goat on a mountaintop lantern , to celebrate the Year of the Goat . The thousands of fans will be able to enjoy music and light shows , every half an hour from 7pm-11pm , until the end of the festival . This year 's Taipei Lantern festival has 11 themed zones , which includes two for winners of large and small lantern-making contests for Taiwanese students . The aim behind the new-year event is to make creations , through a child-like perspective , from readily available and simple materials , . Many of the larger themed lanterns are sponsored by different companies . Another fun activity is solving riddles that are put on the lanterns . These can be plays on words , or lines for a poem , and vary in difficulty . Riddles are written on lanterns , for crowds to decipher . These can be taken from poems , or stories , and vary in difficulty . There are competitions for school children to enter their own small or large lanterns to be displayed . Also included in the new year festival is one at Pingxi , where thousands flock to release lanterns into the sky , with messages or prayers written on them . It is unclear the precise origin of this visually stimulating events , but one account is they were released to let refugees hiding in the hills know that their town was safe and they could return home again . Some of the more elaborate lanterns at the Taipei Lantern Festival are sponsored by different companies . Thousands of fans will be able to enjoy music and light shows , every half an hour from 7pm-11pm , until the end of the festival in March . The event falls on the first full-moon night of each lunar year . A stunning display from the Taipei Lantern Festival at Taipei Expo Park , showcasing traditional characters and stories . The event seeks to make creations , through a child-like perspective , from readily available and simple materials . Lanterns can be shaped as animals , flowers and people , or be animated to aid in their telling of traditional stories or themes . Each year , the centre-piece depicts the current year 's Chinese zodiac animal . The massive lantern often has fireworks , lasers or other special effects . Aside from the stunning lanterns , music and lasers entertain crowds during the evening festival . | The annual Taipei Lantern Festival exhibition runs February 27 to March 8 . The colourful event celebrates the end of their Chinese New Year celebrations . One of the main features is a golden goat in honour of the year 's zodiac animal . | [[213, 303], [467, 509], [512, 521], [524, 593], [2583, 2654], [2657, 2704], [213, 303], [729, 818], [848, 860], [898, 976], [2953, 2962], [2965, 3033]] |
A 1,000 lb woman , once dubbed the ` half-ton killer ' after she falsely confessed to accidentally killing her nephew , has lost 800lb . Mayra Rosales , from Texas , said she had given up on life when she decided to protect her sister Jamie and take the blame for the death of her nephew Eliseo in 2008 . Rosales , 34 , told police she had smothered the child by rolling on top of him , a claim later disproved when autopsy results revealed the boy had died from multiple injuries to his skull . After her sister Jamie confessed to the crime and was sentenced to 15 years in prison , Mayra vowed to get healthier to take care of her sister 's surviving children . Scroll down for video . Mayra Rosales lost 800lb with the help of 11 surgeries , including a lap band procedure and extra skin removal surgery , and changed way she thought about food . Mayra pictured at her heaviest weight of 1000lbs in 2008 - a time when she said that she ` had given up on life ' Miss Rosales decided to turn her life around and since 2011 has been shedding hundreds of pounds . Miss Rosales lost weight with the help of 11 surgeries , including a lap band surgery and extra skin removal procedures . She has also changed the way she thought about food , she told ABC 13 . ` Food to me is I have to eat to live , ' she said . ` Before it was living to eat , and now you know , it 's just something normal . ' Houston surgeon Dr. Younan Nowzaradan said he could see Rosales was driven to make a change . ` Once you 're in bed for several years , she had no life , ' he said . ` Once she get up and walk and do things , you 'll be amazed how motivated people become . ' After her trial , Rosales immediately began around the clock treatment with an obesity doctor and lost 100 pounds in her first 10 days . Rosales was dubbed the ` Half Ton Killer ' in 2008 after she falsely confessed to accidentally killing her nephew by rolling on him . Her story was disclaimed after the autopsy proved he died from multiple injuries to the skull . After her trial , Rosales immediately began around the clock treatment with Dr. Nowzaradan . She lost 100 pounds in her first 10 days . Rosales would have to lose 500 more just to get gastric bypass surgery . The newly slimmed down Rosales has n't just seen a major change in her appearance . Her health has drastically improved as well . ` I 'm not diabetic , I do not have high cholesterol , I do not have high blood pressure , ' she told ABC 's Nightline . ` Now I 'm okay and my organs are perfect . ' Rosales now has an active following on Facebook with over 18,000 fans , who she keeps updated as her transformation continues . Last month Rosales posted about another skin removal surgery , writing that ` my leg looks normal like any other ' except for the scar she now has running from the back of her knee to her ankle . Rosales also invites fans who are struggling with their weight to inbox her if they 'd like to receive health tips . On her Facebook Rosales also revealed that she and her husband Bernie , was shown in her TLC documentary when she was still 1,000 pounds , had gotten a divorce in 2013 because he wanted to move back to Mexico to be with his family . Rosales recently posted photographs smiling with a new boyfriend . On her official Facebook page , which has over 18,000 followers , Rosales posted photographs with what appears to be a new boyfriend . She revealed on the page that she divorced her husband Bernie in 2013 . Rosales has seen a drastic improvement in her health as well . ` I 'm not diabetic , I do not have high cholesterol , I do not have high blood pressure , ' she said . Although she now weighs around 200lb , Rosales said at the time of her two-year-old nephew 's death she was dying . ' I was alive but not living life , ' she said . Rosales had watched her sister hit Eliseo with a hairbrush on his arm , legs and head . The little boy died later that day from his injuries . Jamie begged Rosales to take the fall . ' I thought I was dying anyway so I decided to admit that I 'd done it to protect my sister because I love her , ' Rosales told the court during her trial . Rosales ' trial became a media sensation . Cameras rolled as Rosales had to be cut out of her house and transported into a moving van to the court . Her attorney also bought a king-sized mattress so she could live in the courtroom while the jury decided her fate . Rosales later told ABC she was willing to give up her life for Jamie . Instead Rosales ended up changing her life . She is now in the process of getting custody of Jamie 's surviving children , who Rosales said are excited just to see her walking again . Jamie -LRB- left -RRB- is now serving 15 years in jail for the death of Eliseo -LRB- right -RRB- . During the trial , Rosales told the court she wanted to protect her sister because ' I love her ' | Mayra Rosales , 34 , was 1,000 lb when her nephew Eliseo , 2 , died after her sister Jamie hit him in the head with a hairbrush . Jamie begged Mayra to take the blame and she did because she had ` given up on life ' anyway . But autopsy disclaimed Mayra 's story and Jamie confessed . Rosales vowed to get healthier so she could take care of sister 's children . 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Facebook users who do n't fit any of the 58 gender identity options offered by the social media giant are now being given a rather big 59th option : fill in the blank . ` Now , if you do not identify with the pre-populated list of gender identities , you are able to add your own , ' said a Facebook announcement . Facebook software engineer Ari Chivukula , who identifies as transgender and was part of the team that made the free-form option , thinks the change will lead to more widespread acceptance of people who do n't identify themselves as a man or woman . Facebook hopes the change will lead to more widespread acceptance of people who do n't identify themselves as a man or woman . ` We 're hoping this will open up the dialogue , ' Chivukula said . Alison C.K. Fogarty , a gender identity researcher at Stanford University , said giving users control over the words describing their gender is a significant step in social recognition of a growing trans community , especially coming from the world 's largest social media company . ` People are still fighting to make room for gender identity within the socially constructed binary of male and female , ' Fogarty said . ` Labels and identities are powerful in that they give a sense of community , a way of articulating one 's experience . ' In February 2014 , Facebook expanded gender identity from male and female to a list of dozens of options , including Androgyne , Gender Fluid , Intersex , Neither and Transgender . Those choices will all still be available . People who choose a custom gender can also choose the pronoun they would like to be referred to publicly : he/his , she/her or they/their . Facebook has a setting for users to control the audience who sees their gender . Last year 's changes created an online stir , with thousands of comments -- some grateful , others confused or hostile . The following are the 58 gender options Facebook previously offered : . Agender Androgyne Androgynous Bigender Cis Cisgender Cis Female Cis Male Cis Man Cis Woman Cisgender Female Cisgender Male Cisgender Man Cisgender Woman Female to MaleFTM Gender Fluid Gender Nonconforming Gender Questioning Gender Variant Genderqueer Intersex Male to Female MTF Neither Neutrois Non-binary OtherPangender Trans Trans * Trans Female Trans * Female Trans Male Trans * Male Trans Man Trans * Man Trans Person Trans * Person Trans Woman Trans * Woman Transfeminine Transgender Transgender Female Transgender MaleTransgender Man Transgender Person Transgender Woman Transmasculine Transsexual Transsexual FemaleTranssexual Male Transsexual Man Transsexual Person Transsexual Woman Two-Spirit . But staff at Facebook said there was full support to take it even further this year , from CEO Mark Zuckerberg on down . As of Thursday , the free-form option rolled out to U.S. users , while the custom gender identity option with a list of words was available in the United Kingdom , Canada , Australia , France , Spain , Italy , Germany , Argentina and Denmark . One thing that has not changed is an ` interested in ' option for Facebook users to define whom they might want to date . That option still only allows men or women , but users can click both options , one option or neither option . They can also hide it entirely . Last year 's changes created an online stir , with thousands of comments -- some grateful , others confused or hostile . Facebook , which has 1.23 billion active monthly users around the world , would not release how many users have chosen gender identity options beyond man or woman , citing privacy concerns and a general practice of not sharing user information . The Williams Institute , a think tank based at the University of California , Los Angeles , estimates there are at least 700,000 people in the U.S. who identify as transgender , an umbrella term that includes people who live as a gender different from the one assigned to them at birth . Sarah Kate Ellis , CEO and president of the advocacy group GLAAD , said that the past few years have brought ` real movement in trans visibility ' and that Facebook has been a leader in making that happen . ` This helps to accelerate trans acceptance in our country , ' Ellis said . ` I 'm excited about the future for gender identity . ' | Facebook overhauled system in 2014 adding 56 new options . Users can also choose can also choose the pronoun they would like to be referred to publicly : he/his , she/her or they/their . | [[1528, 1659]] |
A man from Sweden claims he has experienced death not once , but twice , and lived to tell the tale on Reddit . In an online ` Ask Me Anything ' interview on Tuesday , Reddit user r00tdude , identified as Sasha Eliasson , shed light on what it feels like to be clinically dead . Mr Eliasson student was dead twice for about two minutes each time . Scroll down for video . Back from the dead : Sasha Eliasson claims he died for about two minutes on two occasions : once after a bike crash and another time after a surgery . His first ` passing ' reportedly took place in June 2014 when he was involved in a motorcycle crash . Eliasson briefly ` died ' a second time months later when he overdosed on painkillers following surgery . He described himself as a life-long atheist , said that both times he experienced ` just black emptiness ' devoid of any thoughts of consciousness . The Redditor compared the ordeal to taking a ` short , dreamless nap , ' and added that he only realized he had temporarily expired because the doctors were obligated to tell him . ' `` So yeah , you were dead for a couple of minutes , just fyi '' hahaha , ' he wrote . Sasha Eliasson said that his goal in life now , post-death , is to have fun and make other people 's lives better . Eliasson , who described himself as a life-long atheist , said that both times he experienced ` just black emptiness ' devoid of any thoughts . ` No personal achievement will matter to me once I 'm dead , ' he told his fellow Reddit users . ` The only thing that will live on after my death will be my impact on the people that are still alive . ' He revealed that dying twice has made it easier for him to cope with his mortality and accept the impending end as a given . ` All you have to do is accept that death is what it is , a part of life , then you will understand that it is nothing to be afraid of , ' he said . ` Once you 're dead , that 's it , it 's over . ' Last July , Eliasson posted an online message telling friends that on June 25 , he was riding his motorcycle on a highway when he ran into a construction site , slammed on the brakes and lost control of his vehicle , suffering a broken knee , shin and ankle . According to Eliasson , his shattered body shut down from the intense pain , and for about two minutes he had no pulse , breathing or consciousness . Eliasson 's second run-in with death came after a surgery . He claimed his body was in agony , so he took so many pain pills that his pulse plummeted to 10bpm and his respiratory system temporarily failed . ` Both times I was just `` not there '' . It was just all black . I would describe it as when you take a nap . A short nap with no dream , you wake up and it feels like you 've been sleeping a long time , when in reality it 's only been about 15 minutes , ' he recounted . Asked about what he felt the moment he died , the Reddit interviewee revealed that it was like as if someone had flipped the on/off switch . He added that both experiences felt roughly the same , with the only difference being that in the bike accident he remembered the seconds before everything around him went to black . Mr Eliasson also called into question the stories of other people who have reported being conscious during clinical death . ' I think that in their cases , their minds were still active . What they experienced was just a sort of dream . ' Close call : Eliasson 's first brush with death took place in June 2014 when he lost control of his bike and broke several bones . He says for two minutes , he had no pulse , breathing or consciousness . In the aftermath of Sasha Eliasson 's two close shaves , the college student said that he is no longer afraid to take risks in life - but he did give up on riding motorcycles for the sake of his family and friends . Eliasson told his fellow Redditors that being at death 's door before the age of 23 did nothing to change his views on God and religion . ` I have always been an atheist , but I have always had a part of me that hoped there was a God or Heaven or something greater than us , ' he said . ` I am still an atheist , and now I know that there is no such thing as God or Heaven . At least not for me . ` He also expressed some strong views on the subject of organ donation , saying that he plans to give up his entire body to help other when his time finally comes . ` I believe that it 's super selfish to hold on to your organs when you have literally NO use for them , ' he declared . Asked about his attitude towards mortality , Elasson confided that he now fears death less than ever before . ` I know now that death is nothing worse than sleeping . When you die , you just stop existing , nothing to worry about ! ' he concluded . | Reddit user Sasha Eliasson claims he clinically died twice in the last year . His first passing took place in June 2014 when Eliasson was injured in a motorcycle crash . Eliasson briefly ` died ' a second time months later when he overdosed on painkillers following surgery . | [[112, 124], [168, 174], [191, 219], [393, 504], [625, 633], [642, 648], [651, 677], [523, 542], [545, 624], [3404, 3495], [279, 347], [393, 504], [625, 633], [642, 648], [651, 677], [683, 730], [2348, 2407]] |
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says the government has been constantly ` thinking about ' and ` working on ' ways to capture or kill British-raised ISIS executioner ` Jihadi John ' . ' I think there is something to be said for holding accountable -LRB- and -RRB- getting at the people who are responsible for these barbaric acts , ' Holder said in an interview with ABC News . ` The vow that I can make to the American people , along with our allies , is that we will hold accountable all of the people who have been responsible for these heinous , barbaric acts . ` That is something that we are focused on each and every day . ' Scroll down for video . Attorney General Eric Holder said the U.S. is focused on stopping the British-raised ISIS executioner , who on Thursday was named as Mohammed Emwazi -LRB- right -RRB- . However Holder refused to confirm the identity of the Islamist fanatic filmed beheading hostages in Syria , who has finally been named as London man Mohammed Emwazi . ` It would cut back any of the operational possibilities we have been considering , ' he told ABC . On Thursday , President Obama also spoke somewhat cryptically on the action being taken to track down the man responsible for beheading several hostages , but said it would ` take time ' . ` Eventually , if you hurt an American , you are going to be brought to justice in some fashion , ' Obama told KOMO-TV . ` I 'm confident we will get the job done . It will take a little bit of time but in the end , this death cult that has developed there ... is a dead end . ' British Prime Minister David Cameron also vowed to take Jihadi John ` out of action ' . On Thursday , Jihadi John was unmasked as Mohammed Emwazi . Kuwaiti-born Emwazi moved to Britain as a six-year-old child -- and quickly embraced British life , playing football in the affluent streets of West London while supporting Manchester United . Neighbours recalled a polite , quietly spoken boy who was studious at his Church of England school , where he was the only Muslim pupil in his class . After finishing primary school in 1999 , Emwazi moved to Quintin Kynaston Community Academy , in St John 's Wood , where he is believed to have studied alongside former X Factor judge and pop star Tulisa Contostavlos . Once there , he became more observant of his religion and began wearing more traditional Islamic dress , and his sisters began to wear the hijab . In August 2009 , after his graduation , Emwazi flew to Tanzania where they were picked up by MI5 -- who accused him of planning to travel to Somalia to join the militant group Al Shabaab . Mr Cameron said : ` When there are people anywhere in the world who commit appalling and heinous crimes against British citizens we will do everything we can with the police with the security services with all that we have at our disposal to find these people and put them out of action . ' The PM said this was his ` number one priority ' . The ISIS executioner Jihadi John was finally identified as Londoner Mohammed Emwazi on Thursday . Mohammed Emwazi pictured at St Marys School , first row , second from left , after moving to Britain from Kuwait . Mr Cameron said : ' I work very closely with our security services . I meet with them regularly , I ask them searching questions about that they do -- and in my almost five years of experience as Prime Minister I think they are incredibly impressive , hardworking , dedicated , courageous and affective at protecting our country . ` All of the time they are having to make incredibly difficult judgements and I think basically they make very good judgements on our behalf . ` While we are in the middle of this vast effort to make sure British citizens are sage , the most important thing is to get behind them . ' | Attorney General Eric Holder said on Friday : ` We will hold accountable all those responsible . His remarks followed comments from Obama that the ISIS ` death cult is a dead end ' Jihadi John has been filmed carrying out executions on hostages . On Thursday he was named as London man Mohammed Emwazi . Emwazi , a computing graduate , is believed to have gone to Syria in 2012 . | [[380, 396], [455, 505], [1094, 1105], [1108, 1123], [1129, 1169], [1486, 1496], [1499, 1541], [1544, 1559], [877, 932], [1156, 1246], [724, 759], [769, 826], [927, 932], [939, 993], [2951, 2995], [3007, 3048], [2951, 2983], [2988, 3048]] |
This was the tumble that shook the internet , the fall that was bigger than the # 5 million show itself , and quite possibly the ultimate wardrobe malfunction . After a 20-year absence from the Brit Awards , Madonna stooped to conquer -- by falling off the stage . The extraordinary spectacle of the singer , worth # 520 million , being thrown to the floor at the British music industry 's flagship award ceremony this week will surely go down as one of the most bizarre episodes in pop history . Scroll down for video . Madonna 's a goner : The Material Girl does n't shriek or grimace as she tumbles - and is there a trace of a wry smile on her lips ? As she sang the lyrics from her new single , Living For Love , and reached the line , ` Took me to heaven and let me fall down , ' she did indeed fall down -- backwards down some steps , dragged by a backing singer tugging on her Armani cape . She was heard landing with a deep ` thud ' by all sitting near the stage . For a moment , as the backing track continued to play , there was stillness and silence . And then the Material Girl , 56 , rose , climbed the stairs again and resumed singing , completing her routine with remarkable aplomb . Sure , there was an extra kink in those Shirley Temple curls , and the vocals were not perfect , but , dignity aside , she seemed essentially none the worse for wear . And in getting up and embodying the ` show must go on ' spirit , she was instantly lionised and hailed as an ` icon ' by fans across the globe . Radio 1 breakfast DJ Nick Grimshaw , a barometer of cool , tweeted : ` Madonna come party with us -- I 'm gon na DJ -- you can vogue . Everything will be fine . DO NOT BRING THE BLOODY CAPE . ' Indeed , far from a disaster , the incident has provided a welcome burst of publicity . In its wake , not only has #madonnafall been trending worldwide -LRB- bringing her to the attention of the internet generation who have not , until now , been buying her music -RRB- , but her single Living For Love has shot to the top of the iTunes chart from its previous position well outside the top 100 , while the British Phonographic Industry reported yesterday that sales of her greatest hits album , Celebration , rocketed by 62 per cent . And despite presenters Ant and Dec joking after the show that they were sitting with the star in A&E , the performer herself is absolutely fine . Actually , and this may seem curious , Madonna made such a speedy recovery that she was well enough to plug her album , and pay thanks to her fashion designer friends , immediately after the show . 1 . Madonna begins her performance , dressed as a matador and flanked by dancers . 2 . Her cape is tugged backwards by a backing singer , but the star seems unperturbed . 3 . As she starts to fall , a dancer is already vaulting to the floor . Was it all choreographed ? 4 . As she lands , dancers are waiting crouched around the back of the podium . ` Armani hooked me up ! My beautiful cape was tied too tight ! ' she wrote on Instagram . ` But nothing can stop me and love really lifted me up ! Thanks for your good wishes ! I 'm fine ! #livingforlove . ' It 's enough to make one suspect that perhaps , just perhaps , this was a publicity stunt . Conspiracy theorists were yesterday pointing out a few key peculiarities . First , close examination of the footage shows that just before she fell she was n't frantically trying to unclasp the cape -- which , you imagine , you would surely do if you knew it was about to be whisked off . Instead she had her hands at her waist when she fell . Photographs also show the star looked peculiarly calm as she tumbled ; no grimaces or shrieks . Indeed , in some images , traces of a smile seem to be playing about those tight features . Madonna revealed a bare behind on the red carpet at the Grammys earlier this month . Unlike her performance at the American music awards , the Grammys , earlier this month , where she wore a buttock-baring corset , Madonna also favoured a sensible pair of three-quarter length trousers -- which will have made for a slightly more comfortable landing . Perish the thought they were padded . Might she , then , have planned it ? After all , the perfectionist that she is , Madonna had spent two full days rehearsing her routine and performance at the O2 . Surely someone as thorough as she would have finessed the business of taking a cape off . Intriguingly , at the very moment Madonna toppled from the raised stage , the male dancers flanking her vaulted down , too , and artfully formed into a ring around her . Viewed on video , they do not seem to be rushing to help her -- their movements suggest a choreographed sequence . Those whose faces are not obscured by bizarre horned masks do not appear unduly concerned . What 's more , other dancers could be seen already crouching around the back of the podium before Madonna fell , almost as if they meant to catch her . And what is to be made of the lyrics of the song ? As fans have noted , they seem to defy mere coincidence . ` Took me to heaven and let me fall down , Now that it 's over , I 'm gon na carry on , ' she sang . ` Lifted me up , and watched me stumble , After the heartache , I 'm gon na carry on . ' Showbusiness veteran Rick Sky , who has spent decades covering Madonna 's performances , said : ` You would have thought it would be easier for Madonna to just show her a ** for publicity -- but she did that at the Grammy 's , did n't she ? Perhaps this was all that was left . Stranger things have happened . She is such a perfectionist that you know she will have rehearsed every last second of that performance , which makes it seem even more unlikely that it could be anything but deliberate . ' It is a view shared by hundreds of Twitter users . One wrote : ` Who else thinks the Madonna fall was planned ? ' Another : ` I think it 's staged . It gets a lot of publicity and sympathy . ' Musician George Bowie tweeted : ` The more I watch that video , the more I think it 's the greatest PR stunt of all time . New single out & everyone talking about Madonna . ' But if it was a stunt -- albeit one that perhaps went slightly awry , with the singer hitting the floor more heavily than planned -- what did Madonna hope to prove by it ? Oops she did it again ! Madonna 's attention grabbing smooch with Britney Spears in 2003 . Madonna pictured under cover - for once - in a niqab last year . A flash of the old Madonna on stage in Turkey , also in 2014 . If nothing else , observers say the brief break in her vocals showed that she was not miming -- an accusation she has faced in the past -- although a fairly strong backing vocal could still be heard . Publicist Mark Borkowski tells me : ` This was a massively important night for Madonna and she had her whole international team there . It was a huge event , her first time at the Brits in 20 years . She will not have wanted anything to go wrong . She is very exacting . There was a lot riding on this performance after Radio 1 was accused of not playing her single . She needs to convince the Taylor Swift generation to buy her music . That was what her performance there was all about . ' Madonna pictured arriving at Annabel 's Private Members Club in London last night . For Madonna has been suffering from a brutal law of diminishing returns when it comes to recent album sales . Her last studio album MDNA in 2012 sold a relatively measly 1.8 million copies worldwide -- even though she 'd worked with the hottest young producers and embarked on a publicity blitz . You have to rewind ten years to 2005 to find her last big hit album , Confessions On A Dance Floor , which sold 12 million copies . The signs are that her new album Rebel Heart is going to continue the slide . No wonder she was so desperate for attention at the Grammys . It must be acknowledged , however , that Madonna is the mistress of the publicity stunt over a 32-year career . Often hailed as the queen of reinvention , she is ruthless when it comes to scheming her next shock . A brief history of her greatest stunts includes countless displays of vulgar provocation , from the release of her ` coffee table ' Sex book in 1992 to wearing a niqab in 2014 and baring her breasts again for a magazine last year . Even in the Guy Ritchie years -- when she tried to reinvent herself as the respectable wife of a film director -- she did n't stop , kissing Britney Spears on stage in 2003 . As she has aged , she has sought to portray some of the attention-seeking as a bid to fight ageism -- a sort of grey crusade with porn imagery thrown in . She said : ` They 're judging me by my age . I do n't understand . But I do n't follow the rules . I never did , and I 'm not going to start . ' As she says in this month 's Rolling Stone magazine : ` My nature is to provoke , that 's true . I ca n't help myself . But it 's always with good intentions . ' Her good intentions in London this week are probably best defined as intending to do herself some good . But the question is , was this the publicity addict 's most desperate stunt yet ? Strictly no win no fee , of course ! Beware : Possible publicity stunt ahead . All aboard the stairlift to the stars . Inspired by Michael Douglas 's film . | Madonna 's tumble made headlines and she was hailed as an ` icon ' by fans . It will surely go down as one of the most bizarre episodes in pop history . But the singer has a history of bizarre and outrageous publicity stunts . Some have suggested her tumble was cynically organised beforehand . Since she fell from the stage , her flop single has rocketed up the charts . | [[9, 19], [25, 43], [1432, 1435], [1463, 1511], [265, 328], [347, 418], [424, 496], [8058, 8146], [5791, 5800], [5805, 5851], [1978, 2100]] |
It 's official : we are a nation of Sauvignon Blanc fanatics . The dry white white has been revealed as the most popular tipple in almost every British town , city and county , a new study has shown . It also revealed that Glasgow has the greatest penchant for Grenache , Bournemouth likes painting the town red with Merlot and Malbec and Chardonnay comes out tops in Berkshire . The research was conducted by British wine merchants Laithwaite 's Wine , which polled more than 400,000 of its customers . Analysing more than a hundred grape varieties and wine regions , Laithwaite 's Wine found that Sauvignon Blanc came out on top with only Berkshire bucks the trend , drinking more of our second favourite grape , Chardonnay . Drink up ! Britons love their Sauvignon Blanc . The dominance of Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay in the UK paints only half the national picture however as a closer look at the figures reveals that our wine tastes are far more varied and diverse . Studying the wine orders of each town and city in the UK reveals that Glasgow has the greatest penchant for Grenache , with the highest proportion of bottles sold here . Bournemouth is painting the town red with the highest percentage sales of Merlot and Malbec . Residents of Hammersmith and Fulham are keeping Beaujolais Nouveau fashionable , Rosé is most at home in Ramsgate and Slough leads the way in enjoying a glass of Cabernet Sauvignon . When it comes to sparkling , Liverpool came out on top as the city with the highest percentage of Prosecco drinkers . Unsurprisingly , Champagne flutes are filling up most frequently in the City of London and Westminster . Beth Willard , Wine Buyer at Laithwaite 's Wine says : ` It 's great to be able to draw up the first ` Grape Britain ' wine map . 1 . Sauvignon Blanc . 2 . Chardonnay . 3 . Merlot . 4 . Cabernet Sauvignon . 5 . Shiraz . 6 . Grenache . 7 . Pinot Noir . 8 . Tempranillo . 9 . Pinot Grigio . 10 . Malbec . ` What it shows is that , while Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay have a huge nationwide appeal , we are actually a nation of wine connoisseurs , with our own unique tastes and preferences , and a willingness to be adventurous in our selection . ` We 've seen a slight shift in the nation 's palate over the last few years to wines made from lesser known varieties and from less mainstream regions . ` Wines from Romania and Hungary are becoming more popular than traditional favourites like Italian Pinot Grigio . Sauvignon Blanc 's dominance at the top of that list might soon be challenged . ' Albarino -- Chichester . Cabernet Sauvignon -- Slough . Carignan -- Armagh . Carmen -- Hinckley . Chardonnay -- Leicester . Chenin Blanc -- Worcester . Durif -- Middlesbrough . Gewürztraminer -- Stevenage . Grenache -- Glasgow . Lambrusco -- Chorley . Malbec -- Bournemouth . Malmsey -- Canterbury . Merlot -- Bournemouth . Montepulciano -- Exmouth . Muscadet -- Gloucester . Muscat -- Folkstone . Nebbiolo -- Kensington and Chelsea . Champagne -- City of London . Pinot Blanc -- Croydon . Pinot Grigio -- Pembroke . Pinot Noir -- St Albans . Pinotage -- Rossendale . Riesling -- Oxford . Rosé -- Ramsgate . Roussanne -- Blackpool . Sauvignon Blanc -- Birmingham . Semillon -- Lincoln . Shiraz -- Wolverhampton . Syrah -- Preston . Viognier -- Northampton . Zinfandel -- Hartlepool . Champagne -- City of London / Westminster . Beaujolais -- Hammersmith and Fulham . Prosecco -- Liverpool . | Liverpool loves Prosecco while Cabernet Sauvignon is popular in Slough . More Champagne bottles opened in the City of London and Westminster . Bournemouth likes painting the town red with Merlot and Malbec . | [[1357, 1421], [1422, 1448], [1451, 1539], [272, 334], [1145, 1238]] |
Two teenage sisters died and two other children were hospitalized after a relative found all four unresponsive Friday from a carbon monoxide leak in their western Ohio home , officials said . Sisters Dionanna Bishop , 14 , and Dejah Bishop , 13 , died in an emergency room , said Dr. William Ginn , the acting Miami County coroner . He said the likely cause of death is carbon monoxide poisoning . Sisters Dionanna Bishop -LRB- above -RRB- , 14 , and Dejah Bishop , 13 , died of possible carbon monoxide poisoning . Emergency personnel carry a person out on a stretcher from the home . The other two found at the home in Troy , about 20 miles north of Dayton , were flown to a hospital in Dayton . Troy police Capt. Joe Long identified them as 13-year-old Jakia Jones and 8-year-old Jakari Ward . He said they were in critical condition . The coroner said the children were believed to be sleeping in the same bed when they were overcome by carbon monoxide from what police officials believe was a malfunctioning furnace or heater . Long said it is believed the children were all related , possibly cousins , and lived in the house with their grandmother . He said the grandmother had been hospitalized with pneumonia , and the children had been home alone , which is why another relative came to check on them Friday afternoon . The relative reported that the children had been sick for days and now would not wake up . Police said they had n't gone to school Friday . | Sisters Dionanna Bishop , 14 , and Dejah Bishop , 13 , died of possible carbon monoxide poisoning . The girls , who live with their grandmother , were home alone with two other children the night before . The other children , family members Jakia Jones , 13 , and Jakari Ward , 8 , are in critical condition . | [[0, 24], [72, 172], [192, 239], [247, 272], [192, 239], [275, 296], [333, 397], [341, 397], [398, 463], [471, 515], [1033, 1037], [1113, 1156], [1220, 1256], [25, 82], [716, 796], [797, 838], [805, 838]] |
A member of the New York City Police Department was killed on his way to work early Friday morning . Detective Paul Duncan was on his way to Queens at 4am when his car was struck head-on by 20-year-old Efren Moreano of Yonkers , who was driving the wrong way on the Sprain Brook Parkway . The 46-year-old , who was just ten months from retirement , was pronounced dead on the scene . The accident also caused major delays for thousands during their morning commute as they were stuck in traffic in the aftermath of the accident - including Duncan 's wife and daughter . Scroll down for video . Paul Duncann -LRB- above with wife Rechelle -RRB- , a detective with the NYPD , was killed in a car accident early Friday morning on his way to work in Queens . 20-year-old Efren Moreano of Yonkers , who was driving the wrong way on the Sprain Brook Parkway , hit Duncan head on . Mrs. Duncan said her husband was set to retire in 10 months , and that he was a ` really good dad ' to their 13-year-old daughter . Rechelle Duncan was dropping the couple 's 13-year-old daughter off at school in the city when she came across a police car blocking her entrance to the parkway . NBC New York reports that Mrs. Duncan had no idea what was causing the traffic , even after she again drove by the scene on the way home from dropping off their daughter , until later . The two were high school sweethearts she later told reporters , as she clutched a photo of the two of them together and wiped back tears . ` He was thoughtful , he was disciplined . He made really good dinners , ' she said of her husband of 20 years . ` He thought he was funny , a sharp dresser , a really good dad . ' She also said she will now stay focused on their daughter during this awful time . It is still not known what caused the crash , and Moreano is in a coma . | Paul Duncan , a detective with the NYPD , was killed in a car accident early Friday morning on his way to work in Queens . 20-year-old Efren Moreano of Yonkers , who was driving the wrong way on the Sprain Brook Parkway , hit Duncan head on . The accident caused traffic for hours , which his wife Rechelle sat in as she dropped their daughter off at school and returned home . Mrs. Duncan said her husband was set to retire in 10 months , and that he was a ` really good dad ' to their 13-year-old daughter . | [[0, 100], [62, 65], [70, 100], [594, 628], [667, 734], [727, 730], [735, 754], [219, 226], [233, 288], [155, 226], [784, 791], [798, 851], [755, 791], [854, 869], [384, 396], [402, 464], [465, 569], [1007, 1105], [1307, 1339], [1342, 1355], [875, 992], [946, 1006]] |
Qatar Air has become the first airline to take delivery of the Airbus A350XWB - the world 's newest passenger jet . With its 21st century design , eye-catching swooped back ` winglets ' and large fuselage for extra space and passenger comfort , manufacturers Airbus claim it is the future of long-haul travel . Able to carry more than 300 passengers a time , the gleaming aircraft has been packed with clever features such as the LED onboard lighting which has a staggering 16.7 million possible colour permutations . With its 21st century design , featuring onboard LED lighting with 16.7 million possible colour permutations , manufacturers of Airbus A350WXB claim it is the future of long-haul travel . The cabin is pressurized to a height equivalent of 6,000 feet -LRB- 1,828 meters -RRB- instead of a more standard 8,000 feet to reduce the effect of jet lag . It is also dramatically greener and more efficient than most planes , emitting 25 per cent less CO2 than current aircraft in its category and is claimed to be ` by far the quietest aircraft in the industry . ' With an engine deigned by the aerospace division of Rolls Royce , and with more than half of Airbus A350WXB made of composite materials , it also lays claim to having the most fuel efficient large aircraft engine in the world . Integrated seat-back displays in economy are 10.6 inches -LRB- 26.9 centimeters -RRB- , powered by Thales or Panasonic , depending on each airline 's preference , which allow tablets and smart phones to be plugged in and powered from the seat backs . It 's first customer - Qatar Airways - finally took delivery of the Airbus A350WXB in December after placing an order for 80 at the Paris Air Show seven years ago . Competing with the likes of the Boeing 's 787 Dreamliner and the latest 777 models , Airbus are attempting to take slice of the world 's expanding fleet of twin-aisle aircraft . By last month , the A350 XWB had already won 780 orders from 40 customers worldwide . Other futuristic features include an integrated seat-back display in economy , with 10.6 inches -LRB- 26.9 centimeters -RRB- screens powered by Thales or Panasonic , depending on each airline 's preference , which allows tablets and smart phones to be plugged in and powered directly from the seat . Fibre optics have also been used to integrate the cable for in-flight entertainment screens to a box under the seat , rather than the floor , to give passengers more space to stretch out . The cabin is pressurized to a height equivalent of 6,000 feet -LRB- 1,828 meters -RRB- instead of a more standard 8,000 feet , which it is claimed reduces the effect of jet lag . The plane features an eye-catching swooped back winglet design which is likely to make it a distinctive craft at airports round the world . The aircraft 's extra-wide body seats four abreast in the 42-seat business class sections , nine abreast in the two economy cabins , and it also boasts some of the flattest sidewalls in the business to allow passengers in the window seats to take a nap without waking up without a crick in the neck . The A350 comes in three sizes , the A350-800 , A350-900 and A350-1000 . It 's first customer - Qatar Airways - finally took delivery in December after placing an order for 80 at the Paris Air Show seven years ago . His Excellency Mr Al Baker , Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive , said in a press conference at the time : ` It is truly a remarkable moment -- where Qatar Airways , Airbus and Rolls-Royce are proud to be making history . ' The aircraft is dramatically greener and more efficient than most , emitting 25 per cent less CO2 than current aircraft in its category and is claimed to be ` by far the quietest aircraft in the industry ' With an engine deigned by the aerospace division of Rolls Royce , and with more than half of Airbus A350WXB made of composite materials , it also lays claim to having the most fuel efficient large aero engine flying in the world . ` Today marks a design of a decade . It has forecasted that there will not be a brand new aircraft type developed for another ten years from now . ` Our new aircraft is state of the art and is visionary in every respect - the design , the environmental impact and the experience . ` The A350 features a beautiful new design on the wing , that is sharp , smooth and flexible-all intelligently coordinated , all highly ahead of the curve . ` It is also dramatically more green and sensitive to the environment and this is by far the quietest aircraft in the industry . ' A spokesman for Rolls Royce 's aerospace division , which created the RR Trent XWB x2 engine , said the company was proud to have created the ` most fuel efficient large aero engine flying in the world . ' The aircraft 's extra-wide body seats four abreast in the 42-seat business class sections , nine abreast in the two economy cabins . A stewardess stows away hand luggage in the overhead bins in the cabin of a new Airbus A350X WB passenger plane . | The gleaming new Airbus A350WXB is the world 's latest passenger jet . Packed with features its manufacturers claim it is the future of air travel . Features colour-changing LEDs and a swooped back winglet design . Smart phones can be plugged into the integrated entertainment system . he aircraft is also one of the quietest and fuel efficient within its class . | [[0, 115], [21, 115], [245, 310], [147, 183], [357, 450], [549, 626], [2651, 2713], [2670, 2778], [4252, 4304], [865, 870], [889, 964], [865, 867], [1018, 1072], [3532, 3667], [3532, 3544], [3683, 3735], [4481, 4535]] |
A dress believed to be the custom gown taken from Lupita Nyong ` o 's hotel room earlier this week has been recovered , a sheriff 's official said on Friday . Los Angeles sheriff 's spokeswoman Nicole Nishida says the dress found on Friday afternoon at a West Hollywood hotel ` greatly resembles ' the pearl-adorned Calvin Klein Collection by Francisco Costa dress Nyong ' o wore to Sunday 's Academy Awards . Speaking about the discovery on Saturday , Nyong ' o said to Women 's Wear Daily : ` I 'm happy that it has been potentially recovered . It 's a timeless and priceless piece of art . ' Scroll down for video . Returned : Lupita Nyongo 's ' $ 150,000 Oscars dress has been returned to her West Hollywood hotel , pictured at the Academy Awards . Lupita 's dress was found stashed in a bathroom at The London hotel in West Hollywood . The thief called TMZ to say he had returned it after claiming the pearls it was make of are fake . Police recovered the dress and are investigating the case . Meanwhile the Los Angeles sheriff 's spokeswoman adds that detectives are attempting to verify the recovered dress is the same one Nyong ' o wore . ` We do have possession of a dress that greatly reassembles the dress that was stolen but I do n't think at this time we can 100 percent say it 's that dress , but it greatly resembles it , ' Nishida said . One of the actress ' representatives reported the dress was stolen from Nyong ` o 's room at the London Hotel in West Hollywood late Wednesday . Authorities said it could have been taken during a broad time frame earlier in the day . Authorities placed its value at $ 150,000 , although experts say it could have fetched more on the black market . A special dress : The custom Calvin Klein gown reportedly featured 6,000 pearls and was taken from Lupita 's room at the London Hotel sometime on Tuesday . The recovery of the dress was first reported by celebrity website TMZ , which wrote in a post that a person claiming to have taken the gown gave them information about where to find the dress . The dress recovered on Friday afternoon was found in an abandoned bathroom at the London Hotel , sheriff 's officials wrote in a press release , after it was believed to have been thrown off the balcony . Nyong ' o won an Oscar in 2014 for her role in Twelve Years a Slave and was a presenter at Sunday 's ceremony . Her publicists declined comment on Friday evening . The 31-year-old actress has become a darling of Hollywood 's red carpets in the past two years , with commenters and fans praising her fashion choices . She accessorized the dress with Chopard diamond drop earrings and three Chopard diamond rings . Before the awards ceremony , Nyong ' o told The Associated Press on the red carpet , ` I 'm just wearing my diamonds and pearls . My homage to Prince , ' referring to a popular song by the musician . ` There are a lot of collectors out there who are very private and have private collections of stolen merchandise , ' said style expert and fashion commentator Mary Alice Stephenson . ` Some of these dresses have global fame as big as any Van Gogh . ' Scene of the crime : TMZ reported that the dress was likely taken from The London Hotel between 8am and 9pm while the actress was out on Tuesday . The dress had been reported missing on Tuesday , with Lupita telling police it must have been taken from her room between 8 am and 9 pm , while she was out . The London also confirmed the incident , saying : ` This is a terribly unfortunate situation , and we are working with law enforcement on their investigation . ' On Wednesday the actress shared a timelapse video of her pre-Oscars prep which shows her with her style team in her hotel room getting her glammed up before the big event . And the morning after the Oscars , Lupita shared a snap of her beautiful accessories she 'd worn for the night and captioned : ` That was cool ! #Oscars 2015 #DiamondsAndPearls ' Laid out on top of her frock were some stunning Chopard jewels and satin Nicholas Kirkwood heels alongside a silver box clutch . Lupita returned to the Oscars after winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress last year for her work in 12 Years A Slave . ` This year the pressure 's off , ' Lupita told E! host Ryan Seacrest during the E! red carpet show . She added : I can just dress up and enjoy the show ' The actress was recently attached to the film Queen Of Katwe based on the true story of Ugandan chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi . What a collection : The morning after the ceremony Lupita shared a snap of the beautiful accessories she 'd worn and captioned : ` That was cool ! #Oscars 2015 #DiamondsAndPearls ' | Thief put the dress in a garbage bag and returned it to The London hotel in West Hollywood on Friday . He called news site TMZ to say that he sent the dress back because the pearls it is made from are fakes . Dress was stolen from Oscar-winning actress 's hotel room reportedly after the thief found the door ajar . | [[630, 717], [841, 913], [869, 871], [888, 939], [0, 7], [17, 88], [1355, 1499], [1401, 1482], [1703, 1718], [1776, 1858]] |
British jihadi brides are being groomed online using a phone app run by extreme left-wing activists , the Mail can reveal . After they are brainwashed on Twitter , Islamic State recruiters tell the young girls to communicate with them using a messaging programme called Surespot . The app -- run by privacy and drug legalisation campaigners in Colorado -- is designed so messages are totally encrypted and can not be intercepted by authorities . Scroll down for video . Flight to terror : Clutching their luggage , the three teenage friends prepare to board a flight to Istanbul . When messages are deleted by the IS member , they automatically also erase from the phones used by the British teenagers so no trace of the incriminating conversation is left . Surespot 's owners , who have made an estimated # 140,000 in revenue since it launched in 2013 , insist it is protecting an ` essential liberty ' and has no responsibility to stand in the way of IS . The app is available for free on internet stores run by Apple and Google and known jihadists direct teenagers to download the software using public profiles on Twitter . Yet none of the technology giants appear to have acted to crack down on people using the app to speak to jihadists . Surespot is run from a suburban house in Boulder , Colorado , by environmentalist Cherie Berdovich and Adam Patacchiola , a hacker who appears to be her partner . ` Groomed ' : Shamima Begum -LRB- right -RRB- is thought to have been contacted directly using Twitter by a female IS fighter . She later flew from Gatwick Airport to Turkey with friends Kadiza Sultana , left , 16 , and Amira Abase . Last night , Surespot 's owners did not respond to requests for comment , while Google and Apple declined to speak . It comes as three London schoolgirls are feared to have fled Britain to join ISIS , boarding a flight to Turkey before slipping into neighbouring Syria . Today , it emerged that police spoke to Kadiza Sultana , 16 , Amira Abase , 15 , and Shamima Begum , 15 , just months before they disappeared and found ` no evidence ' that they had been radicalised . They are the latest schoolgirls , Bethnal Green Academy in east London , to go missing are feared to have fled to Syria to become Jihadi brides after being ruthlessly groomed online and ` brainwashed in their bedrooms ' . They walked out of their homes last Tuesday before strolling through security checks at Gatwick Airport and flying to Turkey . Police fear their goal is to reach the terror stronghold of Raqqa where they face being married off to foreign fighters . On Sunday , a Twitter account appearing to belong to Shamima tweeted to an account associated with female ISIS member Umm Layth , formerly known as Aqsa Mahmood , who left Glasgow in November 2013 . Lured to jihad : Kadiza Sultana , 16 , left , Shamima Begum , 15 , centre , and Amira Abase , 15 , right , at Gatwick . | Islamic State recruiters tell young girls to communicate using Surespot . The app is run by privacy and drug legalisation campaigners in Colorado . Messages are totally encrypted and can not be intercepted by authorities . | [[124, 161], [164, 262], [230, 280], [281, 352], [356, 401], [281, 352], [356, 401], [281, 288], [371, 379], [406, 445]] |
Held at an ` art gallery ' near London 's Euston station , it was one of the most extraordinary and nauseating press conferences of recent times . It had been convened at 3pm on Thursday by the ` human rights ' organisation Cage following the identification of masked killer Jihadi John as the Kuwaiti-born Londoner Mohammed Emwazi . For three years , the campaign group had been in close contact with and offered support to Emwazi before he left Britain to fight in Syria in 2012 . But rather than express an apology -- or even a smidgen of regret -- for having failed to turn him away from the path to barbarism , what we witnessed was almost an hour of excuses , accusation and invective against Britain , British society and the British state . Broadcast live for 52 minutes on the BBC and 58 on Sky News , the men from Cage described Jihadi John as an ` extremely kind ' and ` beautiful young man ' . Scroll down for video . For three years Cage had been in contact with and supported Mohammed Emwazi before he escaped to Syria , but rather than offer an apology or regret at a press conference yesterday , they defended him . The lachrymose assessment of his character was made by the organisation 's ` research director ' Asim Qureshi , who spoke uninterrupted for 18 minutes about the iniquities of British policy on the ` war on terror ' and the unfair ` harassment ' that men such as Jihadi John experience . The heavily-bearded Qureshi is a very middle-class radical , who lives with his partner in a # 500,000 house in suburban Surrey . Despite these trappings of infidel decadence , he has advocated jihad and the creation of an 8th-century-style Islamic Caliphate in Britain , similar to that which has been imposed in Syria and Iraq by the terror group IS . In 2006 , Qureshi was filmed outside the US embassy in London addressing a rally organised by the extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir . He said : ` When we see the example of our brothers and sisters fighting in Chechnya , Iraq , Palestine , Kashmir , Afghanistan , then we know where the example lies . ` We know that it is incumbent upon all of us , to support the jihad of our brothers and sisters in these countries when they are facing the oppression of the West . Allahu akbar ! Allahu akbar ! ' In a subsequent interview with the pro-Putin broadcaster Russia Today , Qureshi supported the imposition of Sharia law , including the stoning to death of adulterers and other brutal capital punishments . This week , his opening harangue at the press conference was followed by Cage 's ` media officer ' Cerie Bullivant , a British convert to Islam . He railed for another eight minutes about the treatment he had received at the hands of the security services ` in very similar circumstances ' to those of Emwazi . Bullivant , a 32-year-old former mental health nurse once married to a Kuwaiti-born woman , went on the run for two months in 2006 after being placed under a control order when it was suspected he was planning to go to Iraq to fight for insurgents . He was later cleared of breaching the condition by a jury which accepted he had a ` reasonable excuse ' for flouting the order because it was making his life miserable . The civil rights organisation Liberty was sufficiently ` impressed ' by his subsequent campaigning to award him a ` human rights young person of the year ' award in 2011 . Cage 's research director Asim Qureshi lives in a # 500,000 house in Surrey with his wife , but once took part in a demonstration calling for Jihad . The third member and ` moderator ' of the press conference panel was John Rees , a former leading activist of the Socialist Workers ' Party . His position is a good example of how the hard-Left has aligned itself with radical Islam . Rees is national officer of the Stop the War Coalition and presenter on the Islam Channel , through which he fostered close links with Cage . The group first appeared in 2003 , when it was known as CagePrisoners . It was founded to oppose official Western policy on the ` war on terror ' and to stand up for Muslims who were arrested , captured or killed in security operations . Critics say it was -- as we witnessed on Thursday -- a sophisticated organisation that knows how to exploit a democratic system which enshrines free speech and human rights in order to support terrorists . This is not a view , though , taken by two of Britain 's largest left-of-centre charitable foundations , which saw CagePrisoners as a human rights cause worth supporting and donating hundreds of thousands of pounds to . Some # 120,000 was given by the Anita Roddick Foundation , which is run by the late Body Shop owner 's husband and their children . Funds from her estimated # 100million estate have been given to a range of bodies that ` want to change the world ' . This definition would seem to include an organisation that wants Britain to become a medieval caliphate . A further # 305,000 was given to CagePrisoners/Cage over a period of six years by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust , a Quaker-run fund set up by the York-based chocolate maker and philanthropist . Quite why the trustees support such a body is a question for their consciences . Probably , it is also a question for the Charity Commission to look into . Sources at the Commission believe officials at the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust may have been ` duped ' when they agreed to make donations to Cage . One said : ` They were conned after it re-branded itself as a human rights group . ' He said Cage -LRB- and its previous entity CagePrisoners -RRB- had been well-known to the security services for some years because of its support for terrorists . Cage has also worked closely with two other UK-based organisations that have reported ties to Islamic extremists -- the Cordoba Foundation and the Emirates Centre for Human Rights -LRB- ECHR -RRB- . Cage came to wider attention in 2006 when Birmingham-born Moazzam Begg joined it as ` outreach director ' . He had been arrested in Pakistan in 2002 and spent three years at Guantanamo Bay where he claimed to have been interrogated 300 times . He admitted having visited terror training camps in Afghanistan but was awarded # 1million compensation by the British Government . Moazzam Begg , a former Guantanamo Bay detainee , joined Cage in 2006 as ` outreach director ' and began campaigning for the release of Al-Qaeda cheerleader Anwar al-Awlaki . After his release without charge , he has since become a columnist for the Guardian . Through Begg , Cage developed links with the radical preacher and Al Qaeda cheerleader Anwar al-Awlaki and campaigned for his release from detention in Yemen . He was later killed in an American drone strike . In 2010 , Begg also spoke of his desire for a Caliphate-style regime in Britain . As for Cage , it is a mystery why it has escaped scrutiny for so long . Significantly in 2010 , a director of the campaign group Amnesty International was suspended by the organisation for talking out of turn . Gita Sahgal had criticised its close ties with Cage -- which she described as ` jihadis ' -- and with Begg , who she called ` Britain 's most famous supporter of the Taliban ' . Last year Begg was arrested over alleged links to terrorism training and funding in Syria , to which he had previously travelled . As a result , Cage 's bank accounts were frozen after intervention from the Treasury . Although the charges against Begg were later dropped , it seems from the organisation 's website that its accounts are still frozen . In the meantime , Cage asks for donors to send money online to a website more often used for receiving charitable sponsorship -- or to send cash by recorded delivery to an address in Bloomsbury , central London . It also advises : ` We can arrange for someone to pick up the cash donation from you . ' Cage continues to have a phlegmatic view of British jihadis fighting in Syria . One article posted on its website last year was headed ` British fighters in Syria should not concern us ' , which undoubtedly could be seen as encouraging or justifying terrorism . Indeed , the ` human rights ' outfit described the first British suicide bomber in Syria , Abdul Waheed Majid , from Crawley , as ` giving his life for a just cause , and it would be shameful of us were we to tarnish him and other Syrian fighters as terrorists for doing that ' . Omar Deghayes , a Libyan citizen who was a detainee at Guantanamo Bay , has also been listed as a director of Cage . Two of his nephews were killed after travelling from their Sussex homes to fight in Syria . For their part , British security services fear the rise of an Islamic State terrorist threat in Britain is helped by the sympathetic campaigning of ` human rights ' groups such as Cage . As an eminent former counter terrorism officer says : ` The outlook is very , very gloomy -- far worse than it was after 9/11 . And it is not helped by organisations such as Cage being basically apologists for slaughter . ' | Cage held a press conference yesterday to discuss identity of Jihadi John . The group had been in contact with Mohammed Emwazi for three years . Its bosses did not express any regret for failing to prevent his barbarism . Instead , they called him an ` extremely kind ' and ` beautiful young man ' | [[190, 286], [1051, 1109], [334, 401], [334, 349], [352, 370], [406, 482], [930, 975], [930, 950], [980, 1032], [524, 548], [552, 613], [811, 901]] |
Former National Security Agency chief Michael Hayden was heckled at the Conservative Political Action Conference after he called himself an ` unrelenting libertarian ' . Hayden was at the conference on Friday for a debate with Fox News senior judicial analyst and libertarian judge Andrew Napolitano , which was moderated by Fox Business Network 's Lou Dobbs . At one point in the debate , Hayden , who also used to head the CIA , said : ` Let 's talk about facts . The judge is an unrelenting libertarian . ' His comment was followed by a large applause from the audience . But when he added , ` So am I ' , the crowd booed and laughed , with many people shouting ` No , you 're not ! ' Scroll down for video . Former NSA and CIA chief Michael Hayden -LRB- right -RRB- debated the rights of the Fourth Amendment with libertarian judge Andrew Napolitano -LRB- left -RRB- at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday . Hayden was heckled after claiming that like Napolitano , he , too , was an ` unrelenting libertarian ' All applause from the conservative audience stopped as Hayden gave reasoning into why he considers himself a libertarian . ' I am an unrelenting libertarian who 's also responsible for four decades of his life for another important part of -LSB- the Constitution -RSB- , the part that says `` provide for the common defense , '' ' he said . The majority of the conservative audience members appeared to support Fox News analyst Napolitano 's viewpoints -LRB- file photo -RRB- . Hayden 's comments came after Napolitano told the audience they should be ` outraged ' by NSA 's surveillance programs , first revealed in 2012 by whistleblowers including Edward Snowden . Napolitano warned the crowd that the government had the power to turn on people 's phones , read texts and listen to conversations . ` We are in a twilight era where freedom is diminishing , ' the judge told the audience . Hayden said in his followup : ` If NSA were even capable of doing what the judge has outlined for you we would n't have be having a debate here today . There would be nothing to argue about . ' Later into the debate , Napolitano asked the former NSA chief : ` Does the head of NSA have the constitutional legal authority to move the line between privacy and surveillance ? ' Several audience members began yelling ` no ' , and Dobbs turned to Hayden , telling him the crowd response was ' a clue how they 'd like you to answer ' . ` The accusations fit on a bumper sticker but reality takes a little bit longer , ' Hayden said , going on to say that while targeting foreigners , the NSA is required to withhold information collected about US citizens , according to the Daily Dot . ` So in other words , foreign terrorist , `` Abu Akmad bin Bad Guy '' was talking to a known US person . We minimize the US identity to protect your privacy , unless of course , the identity of the US is absolutely essential to the intelligence value of the intercept in the first place , ' he said . Hayden downplayed NSA 's spy programs throughout the debate while side-stepping Napolitano 's main claim - that seizing an American 's property unreasonably , through correspondence and data , without probable cause , violates the Constitution 's Fourth Amendment . Hayden failed to respond to Napolitano 's main argument , that seizing an American 's property without probable cause violates the Constitution 's Fourth Amendment . The former NSA chief has said in the past that privacy is a line that people must ` continuously negotiate ' At one point , Hayden said the debate was ` beginning to feel like an away game ' . This is not the first time Hayden as spoken out about the NSA , rights of privacy and hacking . In January during a speech at Washington and Lee University , the former chief discussed what constitutes as a probable search under the Fourth Amendment , according to The Atlantic . Hayden said that Americans have a duty to reveal their ingoing and outgoing calls as well as their internet activity . ` Privacy is the line we continuously negotiate between ourselves as unique creatures of God and ourselves as social animals , ' he said . ` In the first category we have a right to keep things to ourselves . And in the second category we have a responsibility to reveal things about ourselves to the community for the greater good . ' | Michael Hayden was debating with libertarian judge Andrew Napolitano . In an audience of primarily conservatives , he said both men were libertarians . Crowd began heckling Hayden and shouting ` No , you 're not ! ' Men were debating privacy and the Constitution 's Fourth Amendment . | [[264, 299], [308, 360], [712, 835], [0, 165], [931, 937], [950, 1031], [1375, 1503], [644, 669], [2299, 2342], [712, 835]] |
New research sheds fresh light on the deadly toll of tobacco showing the an astonishing two-thirds of smokers will die early from smoking-related health issues . The new Australian research , published by BMC medicine , showed that doctors had a low estimate of smokers who die from their habit and that the actual figure was roughly 67 per cent . The earlier you put your cigarettes out permanently , the better your chance of avoiding those illnesses . New research shows smoking is even more deadly than guessed , and that only 10 cigarettes a day can double a smoker 's risk of fatal disease . ` The relative risks of adverse health effects increase with increasing intensity of smoking , ' said the study , ' ` measured by the amount of tobacco smoked per day , and with increasing duration of smoking . ' Smoking can lead to elevated risk for at least 13 different cancers . The Washington Post reports that 10 cigarettes a day will double the smoker 's risk of death while a pack quadruples the numbers . The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates about 42.1 million Americans smoke cigarettes , a habit which remains the number one cause of preventable disease and death in the U.S. . At least one in five of the country 's 480,000 annual deaths can be tied to smoking . ` We knew smoking was bad , but we now have direct , independent evidence that confirms the disturbing findings that have been emerging internationally , ' Emily Banks , the study 's co-author and a researcher at the Australian National University , said upon releasing the findings . Smoking remains the top preventable cause of disease and death in the United States . The study examined a pool of more than 200,000 people . And more than just the obvious health impact , there 's a financial burden as smokers run up about $ 6,000 more annually in health care costs and productivity than their smoke-free counterparts for their employers . Smokers tend to require an average of 40 per cent more in health care costs , according to the New England Journal of Medicine . There have been multiple initiatives to get smoker to quit , from banning smoking in bars and restaurants and parks to tax hikes . Its estimated that about 30 per cent of adults below the poverty line smoke with only 16 per cent of those at or above that level taking up the habit . | The new Australian research , published by BMC medicine , showed that doctors had a low estimate of smokers who die from their habit and that the actual figure was roughly 67 per cent . Smoking can lead to elevated risks of at least 13 different types of cancer . One in five U.S. deaths is tied to smoking , the country 's number one preventable cause of death and disease . | [[69, 161], [162, 189], [192, 217], [162, 189], [220, 269], [304, 347], [811, 880], [1117, 1124], [1131, 1206], [1207, 1292], [1578, 1663]] |
A drug lord whose Knights Templar cartel once terrorized a region of Mexico has been captured and paraded in front of cameras following a huge intelligence operation . Servando ` La Tuta ' Gomez , a former grade-school teacher who taunted authorities and once led an organisation which wreaked havoc across the western state of Michoacan , was arrested on Friday . Authorities swooped in on the 49-year-old kingpin as he left a house in Morelia , the capital of Michoacan , along with eight bodyguards and associates toting a grenade launcher , three grenades , an Uzi machine pistol and assault rifles , National Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro Rubido said . They were taken without a shot fired after a months-long intelligence stakeout , in which Gomez 's associates were identified when they gathered for his birthday February 6 with cakes , soft drinks and food . Scroll down for video . Captured : Servando ` La Tuta ' Gomez , a former grade-school teacher who once led an organisation which wreaked havoc across the western state of Michoacan , was arrested on Friday was seen landing in a Mexico City airport . Paraded : Authorities swooped in on the 49-year-old kingpin as he left a house in Morelia , the capital of Michoacan . He was then dragged to a helicopter in front of waiting press . Family associate : Flavio Gomez , brother of Servando Gomez , aka ` La Tuta ' , is also dragged away from another helicopter at an airport in Mexico City . Rubido said the key break came months ago when agents identified one of Gomez 's most-trusted messengers , a group of people who apparently supplied him with food , clothing and medicine when he earlier hid out in the remote mountains of his home state . Gomez 's quasi-religious criminal band once exercised what Interior Secretary Miguel Angel Osorio Chong called ` absolute control ' over Michoacan . It orchestrated politics , controlled commerce , dictated rules and preached a code of ethics around devotion to God and family , even as it murdered and plundered . But the cartel lost power when the federal government took over the state to try to restore order in January 2014 after vigilantes began fighting the gang . Other Knights Templar leaders were captured or killed over the past year as authorities kept up the hunt for Gomez , who had a $ 2 million bounty on his head . Pena Nieto 's government , which took office a little over two years ago , has been aggressive in capturing drug lords , including the biggest capo , Joaquin ` El Chapo ' Guzman of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel , a year ago . Head down : Flavio was sat inside the helicopter . His brother had is believed to have had a $ 2million bounty on his head . Transfer : Masked federal police stand next to an armored vehicle carrying the drug kingpin on Friday . In all , 10 top leaders of various cartels have been captured or killed in the last six years , six of them under Pena Nieto . Of Mexico 's top criminal leaders , only Ismael ` El Mayo ' Zambada of the Sinaloa Cartel remains at large . ` We are advancing , we are responding , we are having major apprehensions of the most wanted , most dangerous criminals , ' Pena Nieto said Friday , congratulating and thanking the federal forces that helped apprehend Gomez . ` Overall , we continue to work toward a Mexico of peace that we all want . ' Crime will only shift around as the now weakened cartel regroups , or even splinters , as has happened with some of Mexico 's drug gangs after the killings or capture of top leaders . Others continue business as usual after top leadership hits . ` Dismantling them was a necessary step , but that does not end the problem of insecurity , ' Alejandro Hope , a Mexico City-based security analyst , said of the Knights Templar . ` The next part is more complicated . There are still small groups , remnants , which will be extorting , robbing and perhaps even producing methamphetamine . ' Response : Despite a huge armed presence , Gomez and eight associates were taken without a shot fired following a month-long intelligence stakeout . But the arrests , even those hitting the powerful and international Sinaloa Cartel , seem to have had little effect on the flow of drugs . Seizures at the U.S.-Mexico border have fluctuated since 2010 , when 2.7 million pounds were seized , to a high of 3.1 million in 2011 and down to 2.3 million pounds in 2014 , according to U.S. government figures , the only way to estimate flows of drugs . ` It 's a dangerous proposition to suggest Knights Templar is dismantled , ' said David Shirk , associate political science professor at the University of San Diego . ` It may take six months or a year , but this is a group of illegal actors that has staying power . Their roots go back to ` 80s and ` 90s . They just had different stages . The names change and the leaders change , but the problems in many ways persist . ' Indeed , the Knights Templar grew out of the La Familia cartel , where Gomez started out transporting marijuana before becoming a top leader about a decade ago . The cartel initially portrayed itself as a crusader gang , protecting communities from the Zetas cartel . Witnesses said La Familia trained its recruits in ultra-violent techniques like beheading and dismembering victims , and it frequently ambushed soldiers and federal police . Escort : Federal police officers stand on the back of pick-up trucks leaving the Assistant Attorney General 's Office for Special Investigations on Organized Crime -LRB- SEIDO -RRB- in Mexico City following Gomez ' capture . The government hit La Familia hard , starting in the administration of President Felipe Calderon in late 2006 . Officials declared the cartel beaten in 2010 after allegedly killing its leader , Nazario Moreno . But La Familia fled to the neighboring states of Guerrero and Mexico , where it now fights other regional gangs for control of the lucrative and growing heroin trade . Moreno , who actually had n't died , then started Knights Templar with Gomez and took an even stronger hold on Michoacan . After Moreno was finally killed last year and Gomez going on the run , the Knights Templar too is now operating in Guerrero , at least in the city of Ciudad Altamirano , extorting protection payments from small business owners . The brother of one pharmacy manager , who insisted on not being quoted by name out fear of reprisals , said all the stores in town were paying annual ` quotas ' ranging from 5,000 pesos -LRB- $ 335 -RRB- to 30,000 pesos -LRB- $ 2,000 -RRB- for the right to operate . They were threatened with violence , kidnapping or the burning of their stores if they did n't pay . ' I have the impression that this is another detention of no judicial consequence , ' Edgardo Buscaglia , a cartel expert and senior scholar at Columbia University , said of Gomez 's arrest . ` It 's only meant to reorder the map to reach a Mafioso kind of peace outside the justice system to improve the image of the administration of Enrique Pena Nieto . ' In Morelia , newspaper vehicles rolled through the streets with loudspeakers announcing a special edition about Gomez 's arrest . ` It 's very good news that they have detained La Tuta , but I do n't know if it will solve Michoacan 's problems , ' said Jesus Osorio , a taxi driver . ` There will still be crime . ' | Servando ` La Tuta ' Gomez once terrorized the western state of Michoacan . The 49-year-old was arrested as he left his house on Friday . Eight armed bodyguards and associates were also taken into custody . Capture followed a months-long stakeout by intelligence personnel . His associates were identified when they gathered for Gomez ' birthday . 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The author of House of Cards has accused the BBC of ` organisational and intellectual arrogance ' and said it is run ` more like a private fiefdom than a public service ' . Lord Michael Dobbs , who wrote the novel turned into series for the BBC and Netflix , said : ` There is a real danger of the BBC being brought low by a hundred headlines , a thousand unnecessary taxi rides , and millions that have been spent on redundancies and failures . He said the Corporation is one of Britain 's most important cultural exports , and a ` prime weapon ' in its ` arsenal of soft power ' . Lord Dobbs , speaking at the Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture , said the BBC risked being undermined by embarrassing spending scandals and its failure to own up to its mistakes . But , according to Lord Dobbs : ` That does n't mean giving the BBC a blank cheque , or refraining from giving it a good kicking when it deserves it , but it does mean making sure it has the opportunity , and the encouragement , to meet its ambition of doubling its global audience to half a billion people in the next seven years . ' A vibrant system of public service broadcasting that is part of our future , not just a glorious past . ` If we did n't have the BBC , how much would we be willing to pay , to invent it ? ` The BBC is a little like the monarchy . Impossible to measure how much she earns for the country , but we know it 's immense . ' Delivering the Royal Television Society 's Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture , Lord Dobbs warned that the BBC 's standing is being undermined by embarrassing spending scandals , and its failure to own up to its mistakes . ` There is a real danger of the BBC being brought low by a hundred headlines , a thousand unnecessary taxi rides , and millions that have been spent on redundancies and failures , ' he said . Robin Wright -LRB- left -RRB- and Kevin Spacey in the Netflix series House of Cards , based on Lord Michael Dobbs ' novel . ` There 's a sense amongst many opinion formers that the BBC ... has too often in recent years slipped into both organisational and intellectual arrogance . The criticism in many instances is well-founded . ` It 's often very , very good at news . Equally often , it 's terrible at self-criticism ... . It ducked away from broadcasting its own inquiries into the Savile scandal , leaving that to ITV . ' Lord Dobbs , a former chief of staff for the Conservative Party , wrote House of Cards in 1989 . It was adapted for the BBC a year later , before being reinvented by Netflix as a big-budget series starring Kevin Spacey . During the lecture he also accused the BBC of a left-wing bias in some of its reporting . ` Too often and for too long the BBC has implied that anyone who wanted to question immigration policies must be racist , ' he said . ` The BBC has an institutional bias in favour of the European Union and all its works , ' he added . ` It has taken sides in an ongoing debate . That 's been acknowledged in report after independent report . ' Earlier this month , Huw Wheldon 's reputation as one of the BBC 's most respected broadcasters was tarnished , after a book claimed he regularly molested women . | Lord Michael Dobbs wrote the novel turned into series on BBC and Netflix . Said the Corporation is one of Britain 's most important cultural exports . But criticised it for spending scandals and failure to acknowledge mistakes . Spoke at the Royal Television Society 's Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture . | [[173, 191], [198, 256], [1899, 1904], [1907, 1944], [2446, 2485], [2488, 2522], [2446, 2448], [2488, 2545], [446, 572], [583, 593], [643, 757], [1486, 1628], [583, 593], [596, 640], [1412, 1483]] |
An Egyptian court has sentenced four members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death and the banned group 's leader to life in prison . Mohamed Badie was one of 14 members sentenced to life , alongside his deputy Khairat El-Shater and leading Brotherhood figure and lawmaker Mohamed El-Beltagy . Mr Badie and Mr El-Beltagy both showed their defiance at the verdicts , gesturing behind the heavy screens of their cages to cameras in the Cairo courtroom . Scroll down for video . Leading Muslim Brotherhood figure Mohamed el-Beltagy gestures from the defendants ' cage during his trial at the non-commissioned police officers institute in Cairo . He was sentenced to life in prison . Supreme Guide of the banned Mohammed Badie cries out in defiance during his sentencing today . Mr al-Beltagy attending the first meeting of the constituent assembly in Cairo , Egypt , in June 2012 as a member of the Muslim Brotherhood 's Freedom and Justice Party -LRB- left -RRB- ; a sharp contrast to the caged prisoner and key figure in the now banned group registering his angry defiance at being handed a life sentence -LRB- right -RRB- . Egyptian policemen stand guard in the courtroom in front of the cage holding the defendants . The case stems from violent clashes near the Muslim Brotherhood 's headquarters on June 30 , 2013 . The case stemmed from clashes near the group 's headquarters on June 30 , 2013 , four days before the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi . The fighting left 11 people dead and 91 wounded . The men were accused of murder and possession of firearms , among other charges . Other key figures sentenced to life include party head Saad el-Katatni and his deputy , Essam el-Erian . Four lower-level members of the Brotherhood were sentenced to death for inciting the violence in June 2013 . Two of those sentenced to death and three sentenced to life were tried in absentia . The death sentences are subject to appeal and many of the defendants are already serving lengthy sentences on other charges . Once the top leader of the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood , Badie has already been sentenced to multiple life terms , and was one of hundreds given the death sentence in a mass trial that drew international criticism of Egypt 's judicial system . Some 22,000 people have been arrested since Morsi 's ouster , including most of the Brotherhood 's leaders , as well as non-Islamist activists swept up by police during protests . Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie behind bars during his trial at the non-commissioned police officers institute in the Egyptian capital Cairo . Police in the Cairo courtroom.Some 22,000 people have been arrested since Morsi 's ouster , including most of the Brotherhood 's leaders , as well as non-Islamist activists swept up by police during protests . Egypt 's former Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohammed Mahdi Akef looks on during today 's trial at which the group 's current leader Mohamed Badie was sentenced to life over the deaths of protesters who stormed the group 's Cairo headquarters in June 2013 . President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi , who as army chief toppled Morsi , describes the Brotherhood as a major security threat . The movement says it is committed to peaceful activism . The same day another Egyptian court listed the Palestinian group Hamas as a terrorist organisation , judicial sources said , part of a sustained crackdown on Islamists in the most populous Arab state . Hamas is an offshoot of the Brotherhood , which the authorities have also declared a terrorist group in Egypt and have repressed systematically since the coup against Morsi . While a court ruled in January that Hamas ' armed wing was a terrorist organisation , Saturday 's broader ruling against the entire group has potentially greater consequences for the already strained relationship between Cairo and Hamas , which dominates the Gaza Strip on Egypt 's border . ` The Egyptian court 's decision to list the Hamas movement as a terror organisation is shocking and is dangerous , and it targets the Palestinian people and its factions of resistance , ' Hamas said in a statement after the ruling . ` It will have no influence on the Hamas movement , ' Hamas said . After the January decision against Hamas ' Qassem Brigades , a source close to the armed wing signalled the group would no longer accept Egypt as a broker between it and Israel . Cairo has for many years played a central role in engineering ceasefires between Israel and Hamas , including a truce reached between the sides in August that ended a 50-day Gaza war . A spokesman for the Egyptian government declined to say what actions the government would take to enforce the ruling . ` When a final judgment is issued , we will discuss this , ' Hossam al-Qawish said . | Mr Badie joined by leading Brotherhood figure Mohamed El-Beltagy . Pair gesture to cameras in Cairo courtroom in defiance of life sentences . Twelve other members of banned group given life terms by Egyptian court . Charges include murder and firearm possession over June 2013 clashes . Fighting followed ouster of former Islamist President Mohammed Morsi . 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While we share 99 per cent of our genes with chimpanzees , our brains are still three times as big . Scientists believe that during evolution our genome must have changed in order to trigger such a massive brain growth . Now , for the first time , researchers in Germany have identified a gene that is only present in humans , making our minds far more complex than other species . Scientists in Dresden have found a single single gene that may be responsible for the large number of neurons found uniquely in the human brain . When this gene was inserted in the brain of a mouse embryo -LRB- pictured -RRB- , it caused the formation of many more neurons -LRB- stained red -RRB- . Scientists believe the gene arose in humans after our ancient ancestors and those of chimps split from the same evolutionary path more than five million years ago . Known as ARHGAP11B , the gene contributes to the reproduction of basal brain stem cells , triggering an increase in the number of neurons in the neocortex . This is a brain region that is central to reasoning , language and sensory perception . The researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics isolated different subpopulations of human brain stem cells and identified , which genes are active in which cell type . Scientists believe the gene arose on the humans after our ancient ancestors and those of chimps split from the same evolutionary path more than five million years ago.Known as ARHGAP11B , the gene contributes to the reproduction of basal brain stem cells , triggering an increase in the number of neurons in the neocortex . They noticed the gene ARHGAP11B , which is also found in our closest relatives , the Neanderthals and Denisova-Humans , but not in chimpanzees . Around 3.8 million ago , our ancestors Australopithecus afarensis , had a brain that was 30 cubic inches -LRB- 500 cubic centimeters -RRB- in volume . About 1.8 million years ago , Homo erectus had a brain twice the size of Australopithecus afarensis . When Neanderthals and Denisovans arrived , the brain had grown to 85 cubic inches -LRB- 1.4 litres -RRB- in volume . Despite this increase in size , scientists believe human 's intelligence may have more to do with how brain cells form that how large the brain grows . Tests on mouse embryos revealed that the gene can have a huge impact on brain development . Embryos injected with the gene grew larger brain regions and some developed the wrinkled surface characteristic of the human brain , allowing more tissue to fit into the skull . ` It is so cool that one tiny gene alone may suffice to affect the phenotype of the stem cells , which contributed the most to the expansion of the neocortex , ' study lead author Marta Florio at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics told LiveScience . But it is likely this gene is just one of a large number of genetic changes that make human intelligence unique , she added . Around 3.8 million ago , our ancestors Australopithecus afarensis , had a brain that was less than 30 cubic inches -LRB- 500 cubic centimeters -RRB- in volume . About 1.8 million years ago , Homo erectus had a brain twice the size of Australopithecus afarensis . When Neanderthals and Denisovans arrived , the brain had grown to 85 cubic inches -LRB- 1.4 litres -RRB- in volume . Despite this increase in size , scientists believe human 's intelligence may have more to do with how brain cells form that how large the brain grows . The team now wants the mice to grow into adults while carrying the gene to see if it improves their intelligence . | The ARHGAP11B gene increases the number of neurons in neocortex . This is a brain region that is key to reasoning , language and perception . Scientists believe the gene arose in humans after our ancient ancestors and those of chimps split more than five million years ago . | [[528, 607], [610, 680], [867, 875], [936, 1002], [1483, 1491], [1552, 1618], [1011, 1025], [1031, 1090], [681, 772], [1295, 1390]] |
A Russian writer has been criticised after her kitten reportedly died of toxic blood poisoning just months after it was painted shocking pink for a party . The kitten allegedly ingested too much of the colour and died from toxic blood poisoning a few months later , vets said . According to local media the pink colour had poisoned the young cat after she had made it the main attraction at a pretty in pink party last September in which all of the guests had to wear pink . But Ms Lenina claimed on Instagram that it was a hairdresser who painted the kitten and said the cat was happy and healthy when she gave it to a new owner shortly after the party . Scroll down for video . Russian writer Elena Lenina -LRB- second from left -RRB- has been criticised after her kitten reportedly died of toxic blood poisoning just months after she painted it shocking pink for a party -LRB- above -RRB- . The 35-year-old said that she had been told by a vet that it was beneficial and added that the paint was harmless to animals . She said : ` The pink colour was especially chosen for its healing properties and also strengthens the cat 's hair . ' A vet told me it was a beneficial addition . ' Ms Lenina , who is also an actress and model , posted a YouTube video on her Twitter page showing off the cat after the event . Alongside the clip she wrote : ` Friends , look at the pink kitty . ' Among those who criticised her was artist Yuri Kuklachev who described the stunt as pointless and unnecessarily cruel . There is also an online petition , which gathered several thousand signatures , demanding that local police investigate . The 35-year-old , who is also an actress and model , posted a YouTube video on her Twitter page showing off the pink cat -LRB- above -RRB- after the event . The tiny kitten matched other guests at the party -LRB- left -RRB- as well as Ms Lenina 's huge pink nails and bright top -LRB- right -RRB- . Ms Lenina added that it was a hairdresser who painted the kitten and said she gave the cat to a new owner shortly after the party . The kitten is pictured above sleeping . Among those that criticised her was artist Yuri Kuklachev , who described the stunt as pointless and unnecessarily cruel . | Elena Lenina 's kitten was dyed shocking pink in September last year . 35-year-old said vets told her the colour was beneficial and healing . Stunt described as unnecessary and cruel by Russian critics . Actress dismisses criticism and claims kitten was healthy when she passed it to a new owner . | [[43, 155], [763, 893], [894, 1020], [915, 946], [1140, 1173], [1420, 1441], [1446, 1504], [2134, 2155], [2162, 2220], [568, 655]] |
Actor William Shatner has told of his devastation at having to miss his fellow Star Trek star , former best man and ` brother ' Leonard Nimoy 's funeral on Sunday , saying he feels ` really awful ' about it . Shatner , who played Captain Kirk in the original series , posted a distraught message on Twitter on Saturday , the morning after he touched down at a Florida airport following his best friend 's death . In the post , the 83-year-old Canadian actor wrote : ' I am currently in FL -LSB- Florida -RSB- as I agreed to appear at the Red Cross Ball tonight . Leonard 's funeral is tomorrow . I ca n't make it back in time . ' I feel really awful . Here I am doing charity work and one of my dearest friends is being buried . ' On Friday evening , Shatner , who built a sci-fi legend over 47 years with the help of Nimoy , or ` Mr Spock ' , was seen stepping off a flight with his wife Elizabeth evening to attend the Red Cross ball . Distraught : William Shatner was spotted at a Florida airport on Friday just hours after the death of his fellow Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy , who he described as a ` brother ' Devastated : The star arrived to attend the Red Cross ball . He led tributes by celebrities after the 83-year-old died at his Bel Air , Los Angeles , home . Bond : The pair -LRB- pictured during a scene of the 1982 film Star Trek II : Wrath of Khan -RRB- became close friends during filming and remained friends until Nimoy 's tragic passing . Fear : On Saturday , Shatner revealed he would not be able to attend Mr Nimoy 's funeral on Sunday . He wrote : ' I feel really awful . Here I am doing charity work and one of my dearest friends is being buried ' Alternative suggestion : He then proposed that Twitter users join him online Sunday to celebrate Nimoy 's life . It was the first time he had been seen in public since the death of 83-year-old Nimoy . The actor did not say anything to waiting reporters as he left the airport in a private car . Nimoy died at his Bel Air , Los Angeles , home on Friday morning following a long battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - or COPD . His wife Susan Bay Nimoy and son Adam confirmed he passed away . After news of the iconic actor 's death surfaced , Shatner led tributes to his friend , who made the pointy-eared half-human , half-Vulcan character famous around the world . In a statement he said : ' I loved him like a brother . We will all miss his humor , his talent , and his capacity to love . ' Spotted : It is the first time Mr Shatner , who played Captain Kirk in the original series alongside Mr Nimoy , had been seen in public after news of his death surfaced . Support : He was seen wheeling luggage alongside his wife Elizabeth before leaving in a private car . Touching : In a statement released on Friday , Mr Shatner told fans : ' I loved him like a brother . We will all miss his humor , his talent , and his capacity to love ' Distraction : Elizabeth was seen walking around with a shopping bag inside the terminal building with her husband by her side . Emotional : The 83-year-old had his head down as he walked off an elevator inside the terminal building . Nimoy , who was first cast in the role in 1966 , was rushed to the UCLA Medical Center after a 911 call on February 19 . He had been in and out of hospital for months battling the crippling illness . He sent a final tweet on Monday which read : ' A life is like a garden . Perfect moments can be had , but not preserved , except in memory . LLAP . ' On Saturday , Shatner thanked fans around the world for their support following Nimoy 's tragic passing . ' I am so humbled by the worldwide outpouring of love that has been displayed ; words can not express my feelings , ' he wrote . He then added : ` So maybe tomorrow we come together here and celebrate his life . ' Tragic : Mr Nimoy -LRB- pictured at the LA premiere of Star Trek : Into Darkness in 2013 -RRB- died at his Bel Air , Los Angeles , home following a long battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - or COPD . Heartfelt : Mr Shatner released a touching statement after news his co-star 's death broke . Heartbreaking : On Saturday he echoed Mr Nimoy 's final Tweet , urging followers to ` Live Long and Prosper ' Among the other co-stars who paid tribute to Nimoy was Zachary Quinto , who took over as Mr. Spock in the reboot and its sequel . He posted a photo of the actor on Instagram on Friday after hearing news of his death alongside the message : ` My heart is broken . i love you profoundly my dear friend . and i will miss you everyday . may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest . ' George Takei , who played the helmsman of the USS Enterprise during the original series , wrote on Facebook : ` Today , the world lost a great man , and I lost a great friend . We return you now to the stars , Leonard . ` You taught us to ` Live Long And Prosper , ' and you indeed did , friend . I shall miss you in so many , many ways . ' Close friends : Mr Nimoy -LRB- right -RRB- was Mr Shatner 's best man when he tied the knot with Nerine Kidd in Pasadena . Saddened : Mr Shatner revealed on Twitter on Saturday he would not be able to attend the funeral of his beloved co-star as he was in Florida . Jonathan Frakes , who played Commander William Riker in the Next Generation series , said : ` RIP to the best first officer . ' Other celebrity fans including Larry King , former Star Trek star Will Wheaton , singer Boy George and Broke Girls actress Kat Denning also posted tribute messages . On Friday , after his passing was announced , NASA also paid their respects to the late star , saying many staff at the space agency had been ` inspired ' by Spock . President Obama said the actor who made the sign for ` Live long and prosper ' famous around the world , achieved that goal during his 83 years on planet Earth . Grateful : The actor thanked his followers for support following the tragic news . ` Words can not express ' : He admitted he had been left speechless by the response of fans around the world . ' I loved Spock , ' Obama said in a statement . ` Long before being nerdy was cool , there was Leonard Nimoy . Leonard was a lifelong lover of the arts and humanities , a supporter of the sciences , generous with his talent and his time . ` And of course , Leonard was Spock , ' Obama said . ` Cool , logical , big-eared and level-headed , the center of Star Trek 's optimistic , inclusive vision of humanity 's future . Danni Schwartz , Mr Nimoy 's granddaughter , also said : ` Hi all , as you all know , my Grandpa passed away this morning at 8:40 from end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease . ` He was an extraordinary man , husband , grandfather , brother , actor , author-the list goes on - and friend . Thank you for the warm condolences . May you all LLAP . ' Mr Shatner urged people to come together to celebrate Mr Nimoy 's death - his funeral is on Sunday . The actor has organised a gathering for others to celebrate his life . Stunning : Astronaut Terry W. Virts held up the Vulcan salute as he flew over Boston , Mr Nimoy 's hometown . | Actor , 83 , who played Captain Kirk was seen at a Florida airport on Friday . Walked with his wife Elizabeth with tears streaming down his cheeks . Was the first time he had been spotted in public following friend 's death . Described Nimoy , who played Mr Spock , as a ` brother ' in a statement . 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A gang of thieves used a JCB digger to smash through a wall at HSBC and steal an ATM - before being caught just 24 minutes later . The three men , who had stolen the vehicle an hour before yesterday 's raid , tore into the bank branch leaving a gaping hole in the building and pieces of brick and metal scattered across the pavement . The snatched machine was then loaded on to a black truck , which the gang used to flee the scene near Hull , East Yorkshire . Smash and grab : The raiders stole the JBC vehicle from a farm before using it to ram an HSBC branch and extract the ATM machine near Hull , East Yorskshire . But the raiders were caught at 3.24 am by Humberside Police officers just 15 miles from the bank . Residents in the small village of South Cave were woken by the deafening noise of the building being repeatedly rammed and immediately called the police . Melinda Clark , the owner of a newsagents next to the bank , said : ` It was completely unexpected and I do n't think anyone can believe it has happened . ` This is a quiet , sleepy village -- things like this do n't happen to us . People are very shaken up . ` There were lots of witnesses , people heard what happened and were looking out of their windows but they were too scared to do anything . ' A resident who lives nearby , but asked not to be named , said she alerted the police shortly after 3am . The JCB was repeatedly rammed into the building , leaving a gaping hole in the wall and bits of brick scattered across the pavement . She said : ` It 's the most scared I have ever been in my entire life . ' I was woken up by a huge banging and looked out the window to see three men in balaclavas ramming this vehicle into the side of the building . ` They must have driven into the bank about ten or 20 times and the noise was horrendous . I called the police straight away but I was in complete shock and could n't believe my eyes . ` It has caused a lot of people to worry . It 's made me very frightened because I was home alone with two children so I was scared for them , too . ' Less than an hour before the raid , the JCB was stolen from a farm in the nearby village of Riplingham , East Yorkshire . The owner of the farm , who did not want to be named , said he did not know the vehicle had been taken until he received a visit from police . He said : ` It is n't difficult to get to South Cave from where we are , so they must have broken in overnight and taken it . ' A police spokesman said : ` Police are aware of other similar incidents in the Yorkshire region and are trying to establish whether there are any links to this incident . ` The public are urged to remain vigilant in areas where there are ATMs and report any suspicious behaviour to the police by calling 101 , especially in rural locations . ' Last night , the men remained in custody and were assisting police with their enquiries . A HSBC spokesman said the bank suffered substantial damage and would take several weeks to repair . She said : ` We already have contractors working at the scene to make the building safe , but , unfortunately , we expect it will have to remain closed several weeks . ` We are committed to reopening the branch as soon as we can . ' Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article . | Gang stole vehicle from a farm before raid attempt in small village near Hull . Terrified residents awoke to deafening sound of JCB ramming into building . Three thieves loaded ATM on to truck but only got 15 miles before capture . Police suspect the crime could be connected to similar raids in Yorkshire . | [[131, 206], [471, 475], [478, 523], [478, 599], [2069, 2102], [2105, 2171], [719, 813], [801, 837], [1382, 1429], [1590, 1622], [1797, 1823], [1918, 1960], [0, 17], [72, 130], [335, 364], [372, 391], [335, 355], [360, 391], [651, 718], [2462, 2485], [2488, 2632]] |
Ruth Palmer ,25 , had her identity stolen by a con artist . A married 25-year-old has spoken of her horror after her life was stolen by a mystery woman in a bid to attract unsuspecting men . Ruth Palmer found that nearly 1,000 of her images and real details about her life had been used to set up a host of Twitter and Instagram accounts . The 25-year-old discovered the ` catfish ' - an Internet scammer who fabricates online identities and entire social circles to trick people into romantic relationships - had been using her details for three years . Using the fake name Leah Palmer she duped two men into believing they were in a relationship with the brunette . The imposter even set up fake accounts for her mother and friends to make the social media profiles appear more realistic . When Mrs Palmer complained to the social networks , they shut down the accounts . But just days later , more false profiles were set up . Mrs Palmer , who is married and from Brighton , East Sussex , now fears the perpetrator has become ` obsessed ' with her life . ` It is horrible and I just ca n't understand what must be going through this person 's head to do this , ' she said . ` It has been horrific for me , my family , friends and husband . ' I am now fearful of whoever this is as they are seemingly not able to stop this and nothing seems to deter them . Scroll down for video . ' I feel violated and completely invaded and would very much like this to be broadcast to as many people as possible as this could be happening for many , many others . ` Circa 900 images and videos of my own personal experiences had been taken from my own social media accounts , some from five years back . ' ` Now this maybe sounds fairly average given the social media society we live in today , however the imposter had gone even deeper than what I had originally thought when I looked into it further . The mystery scammer , who goes by the name Leah Palmer , has stolen pictures and personal details from Ms Palmer . Ms Palmer from Brighton , East Sussex , now fears that the scammer is ` obsessed ' with her personal life . ' I found the person held a two-and-a-half-year online relationship with someone whom they spoke to every night on the phone , text messaged and exchanged emails with . ` It was a massive web of deceit . ' When Mrs Palmer found the false profiles , she immediately contacted the victims , which includes a golfer and a DJ , to warn them of the scam . She also called a mobile number that the imposter had been giving out to her victims . But she claims a woman who answered simply hung up the phone and the number is now out of use . Mrs Palmer added : ` The victims were horrified when I told them the person they 'd been speaking to was n't who they said they were . The social media accounts reappear days after they are shut down by sites . ' I have spoken to around five or six different men who have been involved with her but unfortunately since they are all in the public eye , they want to remain anonymous . ' I also found the imposter had been making online friendships with other girls pretending to be interested in their lives . ` Disturbingly they also created a fake social media account of my friend using my friend 's real name and started having conversations between both the imposter and the ` friend ' account . ` My mum , who is a psychologist , says the catfish must be really troubled in the head . ' But it is the catfish 's knowledge of her personal details that Miss Palmer finds most troubling . She said : ` They told people that ` Leah ' lived in Brighton and had moved to Dubai recently and that she had two brothers and a cat called Misty , whilst using all the genuine lives of my social group of friends as her own . ` All of which are true accounts of my own life . '' Leah ' also said my genuine friends were her friends and gave accounts of where she had been with them and spoke about events she had been to with them . ' Mrs Palmer complained to Sussex Police but her case was referred to Action Fraud - the UK 's national reporting centre for fraud and internet crime . . The service is run by the City of London Police , who work alongside the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau . But Action Fraud said there has been no criminality . Merryn Hockaday , of Action Fraud , said : ` Ruth Palmer 's case has been ` no crimed ' by the Crime Registrar and the report will now be classed as an information report . Ms Palmer said that the con woman has so far duped a golfer and a DJ using her images and personal information . ` Information reports are not investigated by the police , but they are kept on record and used for intelligence purposes . ` This means the case will be kept on record to help inform intelligence . ` It may be , that in the future , a similar report comes in and criminal activity has taken place , the reports could be linked somehow , by suspect , location etc and it could help to inform the intelligence for that investigation . ' Mrs Palmer added : ' I just want people to be aware of what can happen online . You never know what 's going on - and what a profound affect something like this can have on your life . ` It 's crazy . 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A former banana importer who was involved in a fatal drug-fueled threesome has been sentenced to up to four years in prison after beating his girlfriend of six months to a pulp at their New York home . Thomas Hoey Jr , 46 , the wealthy owner of now-bankrupt Long Island Banana Corp , ` brutally attacked ' Alison Bretherick , 29 , at their Manhattan apartment in 2012 , then tried to conceal the evidence . After the ` vicious ' assault , Miss Bretherick was left bleeding from the scalp , unable to hear in one ear and with a red and swollen face . She also suffered several chipped teeth , court documents state . Attack : Thomas Hoey Jr -LRB- left -RRB- , 46 , the wealthy owner of now-bankrupt Long Island Banana Corp , ` brutally attacked ' Alison Bretherick -LRB- right -RRB- at their Manhattan apartment in 2012 , then tried to conceal the evidence . Despite her injuries , the victim defended her millionaire boyfriend in court , pleading with Judge Daniel Fitzgerald for mercy on his behalf . ' I miss him every day , ' she said in an emotion-choked voice . However , apparently unmoved , Judge Fitzgerald handed down the maximum sentence to Hoey - who had previously been convicted of third-degree assault and tampering with evidence - on Friday . He sentenced the defendant to up to four years in prison , and also extended an order of protection aimed at keeping him away from Miss Bretherick for five years , the New York Daily News reported . The sentencing comes just a month before Hoey is due to be sentenced in a pending federal court matter for giving cocaine to a woman , who later died , during a three-way hotel sex romp in 2009 . In the latter case , Hoey faces up to 11 years for conspiracy to distribute cocaine , conspiracy to suborn perjury and obstruction of justice relating to the incident at Manhattan 's ritzy Kitano Hotel . He allegedly delayed a call for help when 41-year-old mother-of-two Kimberly Calo collapsed on the floor and started frothing at the mouth after overdosing on cocaine at the $ 700-a-night venue . . Threesome : In March , Hoey is due to be sentenced in a pending federal court matter for giving cocaine to Kimberly Calo , who later died , during a three-way hotel sex romp in 2009 . Above , Hoey has been accused of pressuring the other participant in the sex romp , Nicole Zobkiw -LRB- pictured -RRB- , his then girlfriend , to lie in court . Luxurious : The millionaire banana mogul faces up to 11 years for conspiracy to distribute cocaine , conspiracy to suborn perjury and obstruction of justice relating to the incident at Manhattan 's ritzy Kitano Hotel -LRB- pictured -RRB- . Hoey , who was dubbed the ` Banana King ' by the media after Miss Calo 's death hit the headlines in 2012 , admitted to providing the high-quality cocaine to the personal trainer during the romp . He has also been accused of pressuring the other participant in the threesome , Nicole Zobkiw , his then girlfriend , to lie in court . Miss Zobkiw has since died of a suspected cocaine overdose . In Friday 's beating case , Hoey entered the courtroom in handcuffs , winking at Miss Bretherick before she made a plea for mercy on his behalf to Judge Fitzgerald , denying that he had assaulted her . ` My life and city was taken from me along with my happiness of living with my boyfriend , ' Miss Bretherick , a former University of Pennsylvania swimmer , told the court in a tearful voice . Death : Hoey allegedly delayed a call for help when Ms Calo -LRB- pictured -RRB- , a mother of two , collapsed on the floor and started frothing at the mouth after overdosing on cocaine at the $ 700-a-night venue . She added that the court process has left her ` abused , disregarded and disrespected - none of which Tom makes me feel . ' Hoey then told the judge : ' I love Alison and I would never hurt her . ' But sentencing Hoey , Judge Fitzgerald said he had shown no remorse , saying : ` The assault was vicious . There was blood and at the time , the defendant lied to the police about how it happened . ' He added : ` Moreover , I believe he influenced Miss Bretherick to lie to them also . ' Miss Bretherick had only been with Hoey for six months when she was subjected to the assault . Court documents state a neighbor called 911 after hearing cries on March 30 , 2012 . Before police arrived , Hoey tried to clean up blood leading from an apartment door to a stairwell . During an interview with police , Hoey reportedly told officers , who saw his girlfriend 's red and swollen face on the day of the attack , that the blood had come from him picking his nose . At Friday 's sentencing , Assistant District Attorney Laura Millendorf said there was undeniable physical evidence that Miss Bretherick had suffered facial and head injuries during the beating . ` The back of her head laceration was bloody , fresh and deep when they arrived , ' Ms Millendorf said . ` It was so deep , in spite of the fact that she showered and was attempting to hide the laceration , they could see it from across the room . ' She added : ` This assault was brutal and his attempts to cover up this crime are equally as serious . ' Hoey was previously alleged to have beaten Miss Bretherick so often and so viciously that she once scribbled on the back of a photograph , ` If you find me dead , Thomas hoey did it ' . Under the limited protection order , Miss Bretherik is able to contact and visit Hoey behind bars . | Thomas Hoey Jr , 46 , beat girlfriend Alison Bretherick , 29 , to a pulp in 2012 . Victim left bleeding from scalp , unable to hear in one ear and with red face . Despite injuries , she defended Hoey in court , saying he had never hurt her . However , Judge Fitzgerald sentenced millionaire to up to 4 years in prison . Said Hoey had tried to conceal evidence after the ` vicious ' New York attack . Ruling comes month before former banana importer is due to be sentenced in pending court matter involving a fatal threesome in luxury hotel in 2009 . Kimberly Calo died after overdosing on cocaine during notorious sex romp . 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Three people have been diagnosed with leprosy in Florida and some of the cases are thought to be linked to armadillos . Health officials in Volusia County said that the cases are not related , though two of those who have been diagnosed with Hansen 's disease , or leprosy , since October had been in contact with nine-banded armadillos . The incubation period for the disease can run up to 10 years , so the armadillo exposure did not have to be recent , Dr. Paul Rehme of the Volusia County Health Department told WESH . Scroll down for video . Three people in Volusia County , Florida , have been diagnosed with the skin disease leprosy -LRB- right -RRB- and two cases are thought to be due to contact with nine-banded armadillos -LRB- left -RRB- -LRB- file photos -RRB- . About 95 per cent of people have a natural immunity to the bacteria carried by the leather-shelled mammals . Wild armadillos ` are a large natural reservoir for M. leprae , ' a 2011 study in the New England Journal said of the animal 's relationship to the microbe . The study said that armadillos in the eastern US do not have the disease like their brethren in southern states such as Texas and Louisiana , though that could change as the populations continue melding together . Armadillo chili and other dishes based off of the animal are popular in southern states such as Texas . Eating armadillos presents a higher risk for contracting leprosy than touching them . The animals do not naturally have leprosy , and the disease was brought to America by settlers from Europe . The illness causes skin lesions and nerve damage , but is easily treatable . Flordia 's current patients are responding well to their antibiotic treatment . Scientists use armadillos such as those in the southern United States to test treatments for leprosy -LRB- file photo , Louisiana , 1989 -RRB- . First signs of the disease in humans include ulcers , muscle weakness and eye problems . It later causes growths and claw-hands . In contrast to images of leper colonies from the Bible , current forms of the disease are not very contagious if caught early . There are about 100 cases of leprosy reported in the US each year , according to the Centers for Disease Control . Armadillo chili and other dishes based off of the animal are eaten in southern states such as Texas . Most Americans who contract leprosy pick up the disease while abroad. , and it is more widespread in India , Brazil and sub-Saharan Africa . About 250,000 cases that occurred worldwide in 2008 . Armadillos are only found in the Western Hemisphere . Scientists have begun using the animals to test for leprosy treatments . | Three people in Volusia County diagnosed with leprosy since October . Two of the cases believed to be from contact with armadillos . The disease , more common in southern states , can incubate for ten years . | [[0, 56], [547, 577], [580, 587], [590, 657], [61, 119], [662, 738], [339, 399]] |
Scores of young Roma women have been paraded before potential suitors at a Bulgarian ` bride market ' where poor families are given the chance to arrange financially beneficial marriages for their children . Here the potential brides are provocatively dressed , donning gobs of mascara and wearing flashy jewellery , towering heels and mini-skirts . And surrounding them in the car boot-like sale event are young men whose family hope to find them a wife at a good cost . Scroll down for video . Roma boys and girls chat during the open-air ` bride market ' in Stara Zagora , Bulgaria . A girl checks her makeup using a broken mirror at the market , where girls are displayed before prospective suitors . The market , which is held four times a year , is an opportunity for parents to catch up on gossip as well as play matchmaker for their sons and daughters . The families gathered in Stara Zagora are part of a community of about 18,000 Roma known as Kalaidzhi , who traditionally make a living as coppersmiths . They are among the most poverty-stricken people in a deeply impoverished region and seek to forge mutually beneficial unions that will help them weather Bulgaria 's economic downturn . The ` bride market ' - held four times a year on various religious holidays during the spring and summer - is a chance for the Roma 's nomadic tinkers to meet and not only catch up on gossip , but also play matchmaker for their adolescent sons and daughters . Boys and girls dance side-by-side on the cars in a rare opportunity that flouts the community 's conservative values , in which youths are rarely allowed to mingle with the opposite sex . Kalaidzhi , who are almost all devout Orthodox Christians , are known to remove girls from school at 15 or even earlier to keep them safe from temptation . A young girl with two gold teeth grins as she interacts with other teenagers at the open-air market . A Roma woman hugs her daughter as she speaks with a boy . The event is held four times a year and is extremely popular with teenagers among the Orthodox Christian commmunity . A young Roma girl wearing a dress smiles as she wanders through the market with her friends . It starts , like a high school dance , with groups of boys and girls in separate clumps , occasionally shaking hands and checking each other out - while mothers and fathers stay discreetly in the background . Apart from these twice-a-year bridal fairs , boys and girls only have contact in Internet chats . The event 's reputation as a ` bridal market ' goes back generations . It used to take place in a muddy open field next to a horse-trading market in a small village , where brides-to-be stood on stage with suitors competing for their hand . But police last year moved it into a city to avoid tension with the horse traders . Still , the flirtations which occur can lead to negotiations and a possible union a few months down the road . A group of Roma girls chat as parents -LRB- pictured far left and right -RRB- watch on . Milka Minkova , 13 , poses with her husband Ivan Ankov , 17 , at the event which is commonly known as the ` bride market ' If the youths warm to each other , the fair can trigger complex financial negotiations about the price a young man 's family must pay to a woman 's parents if they are to be married . The cost of a bride - between 5,000 and 10,000 lev -LRB- # 2,200 to # 4,300 -RRB- - has dropped in recent years as jobs have dried up . And wedding festivities are much more modest with cash so tight . But prices are said to still rise for a ` very beautiful ' young woman with many suitors . | Teenage girls are matched up with future husbands at the ` bride market ' The open-air market is held in Stara Zagora , Bulgaria , four times a year . Poor Roma families use it to arrange financially beneficial marriages . The event 's reputation as a ` bride market ' dates back generations . | [[0, 99], [705, 749], [1201, 1351], [102, 207], [0, 99], [2484, 2528], [2531, 2554], [3074, 3083], [3090, 3129]] |
Adrift in the Channel , closer to France than England and home to its own language , Guernsey is perhaps one of the most mysterious corners of the British Isles . Measuring just 24 sq miles , this tiny British outpost , officially French-speaking until 1948 , also braved invasion by the Nazis in World War Two . This year sees the 70th anniversary of the island 's liberation . On May 9 , Guernsey will mark the closure of one of the most difficult periods in its recent history . Adrift in the Channel , closer to France than England , Guernsey combines the best of both nations with its own unique twist . This year sees the Channel Islands celebrate 70 years of the liberation , which took place on May 9 , 1945 . As visitors flock to witness the cavalcades and celebrations , they will discover a quaint , beautiful island , all rugged cliffs , soft sand beaches and rolling green hills in the interior -- a throwback to another time . But Guernsey does n't just look backwards . Among the B&B s , tea rooms and crab sandwiches served up at windswept coastal spots , there are some exciting new developments . Checking into the four-star Duke of Richmond Hotel is about as far from quaint as Guernsey gets . You could almost be in New York . The Duke of Richmond hotel adds a touch of New York-style elegance to the island 's accommodation offerings . Bold prints , luxury textiles and some very quirky chandeliers lend the hotel a somewhat urban edge you would n't expect on the island . For the first time ever this year , the Channel Islands will hold its first pan-island Heritage Festival . Running from April 3 to May 11 , it will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the islands ' liberation from the occupying German forces during WWII . During the festival there will be special openings of the bunkers , observation towers and even the underground towers used by the occupying forces during the war and visitors will be able to take part in themed walks to learn more about the only part of the UK invaded by Nazi Germany . Visit visitchannelislands.com . Boutique , boisterous and beautiful , this revamped hotel welcomes guests with a sleek monochrome foyer filled with quirky adornments , from a suit of armour to a dramatic black chandelier . A sumptuous afternoon tea display stands , tempting me to stay in and indulge in cakes and sandwiches from stylish leopard print plates . For those who want to indulge , you can walk straight into the moody , low-lit bar , where beige and black striped chairs and huge high-backed leopard print seats are scattered around glass tables and cocktails are the order of the day . Upstairs , the rooms are just as quirky , but with a little less leopard print . Beiges , reds , dark greens and blues are the themes of the rooms , with striped wallpaper , patterned carpets and big cushioned beds . They are opulent retreats , with chandeliers , artfully-designed mirrors and sleek bathrooms -- exactly what you need after a day of fresh air and coastal walks . Perched on a hill above Saint Peter Port , the hotel sits at the corner of Cambridge Park , where a statue of Victor Hugo watches over the locals . The writer spent 15 years in exile on the island , 14 of which he lived at the elegant white-washed Hauteville House in the capital , penning his masterpieces . From leopard to stripes , careful thought has gone into the clashing prints which dominate the communal areas in the hotel . And on warm sunny days , guests can take the plunge in the pool , which feel like it belongs in the Mediterranean more than the Channel . You can visit today and learn more about the genius behind Les Miserables , where ornate rooms decorated in rich reds and golden trim seem to contrast with the simple beauty outside the building . But beyond literary greats , the island has plenty more to offer . I am lucky enough to happen upon golden sunshine and warm temperatures , with just a blustery breeze to blow away the cobwebs . It is the perfect weather to explore the coastline , from sweeping sandy beaches to craggy cliffs and everything in between . You can walk the whole circumference of Guernsey and each year outdoors-lovers take part in hosted Round The Island walks . Walking along Guernsey 's coastline , its tempestuous history as an island much fought-over is hard to ignore thanks to its stark defences that still stand proud looking out to sea . I 'm more interested in the Tasty Walks designed by the tourist board to combine interesting routes with great local spots for good food . I eschew pub snacks in favour of a slice of gâche -- Guernsey-style fruit bread -- to keep me going as I stroll out and around Jerbourg , the southeastern tip of the island . To help plan your trip , visit the Guernsey Tourist Board website www.visitguernsey.com . Doubles at the Duke of Richmond hotel starts at # 145 per night including breakfast . dukeofrichmond.com 01481 726221 . Return flights from London Gatwick to Guernsey start from # 79 return with Aurigny . aurigny.com 01481 822886 . You ca n't wander far in Guernsey without stumbling across its war defences . The island suffered during World War Two . It was attacked by air , with the first raid on June 28 , 1940 killing 33 islanders and injuring a further 67 . Thankfully , around 4,000 people - mainly children - had been evacuated in the months before the attack . The German Occupation began two days later , on June 30 , and lasted for almost five years later , when the island was finally liberated on May 9 . Bulky concrete blocks , built as observation points on the tops of cliffs , and bunkers built into the ground , still stand today - a stark reminder of the suffering of islanders . It gives the feeling of Guernsey constantly on the lookout for where the next enemy will come from . Of course , not all defences are from the Second World War , the island has its fair share of forts , towers and watch-houses dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries , a reminder of Gurnsey 's very strategic position in the Channel between old enemies France and Britain . But it 's not all memories of war . Quaint villages look like they have stepped straight out of story books , church spires stand out against rolling hills and in spring time wildflowers turn the land into a kaleidoscope of different colours . Victor Hugo spent 14 years living at Hauteville House in St Peter Port whilst penning his masterpieces . Drive along the narrow roads and you 'll happen upon ` hedge veg ' all over the place - old bookshelves or tables set up with local produce and honesty boxes . It certainly beats going to the supermarket . And after a day of bright sunshine and crisp temperatures , it seems the perfect time to retreat back to my sumptuous lodgings for a warming meal . A glorious roast dinner is served up on Sundays at the Duke of Richmond , in a black and white tiled conservatory filled with light and looking over a deep blue pool , which must see a lot of use in the summer months . The hotel manager , Paul Brady , a charming man who has lived on the island for nearly thirty years , knows everything and everyone you need in Guernsey . He pops from table to table as we tuck into our glorious roast , surrounded by families , romantic couples and even a tour group of Americans . 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Defence Secretary Michael Fallon -LRB- pictured -RRB- has revealed how the government is looking to step up defence in the UK in the event of an attack . The defence secretary has said rapid-reaction squads of special forces will be drafted in to help police tackle terrorist attacks in the UK . Michael Fallon said yesterday that the military will help police to respond , particularly in rural areas where there are a limited number of armed police officers . The plans aim to stop the threat from a ` pop up ' Islamic State cell carrying out a Charlie Hebdo-style attack in the UK . Mr Fallon said Britain needed ` to do something about ' the spread of extremists , adding that special forces would be drafted in ` swiftly ' in the event of an attack . He said a joint review by the Ministry of Defence and the Home Office is looking at where soldiers should be positioned in the event of a crisis in the UK . They are also investigating how army helicopters could be used to move police around the country in the event of a Paris-style atrocity , he added . Home Secretary Theresa May has previously admitted ` stepping up ' security measures to tackle a Charlie Hebdo-style attack in Britain . Mr Fallon said : ` We are facing Islamic state in Syria and it is on the borders of Europe , it is becoming a very direct threat to Europe . We need to do something about it . ` I 'm worried about the fight against Isil , I 'm worried about this spread of Isil , this kind of pop up Isil which can link up very easily . ' Mr Fallon added that in the past the military 's emergency response forces , which include Special Air Service and the Special Boat Service , were focused on events outside the UK . In January it emerged that ministers were examining plans to have ` anti-terror ' batallions stationed across the country to respond to a terror attack within minutes . The defence secretary 's stark comments after Mohammed Emwazi -LRB- pictured left -RRB- a 26-year-old London graduate was unmasked as Jihadi John -LRB- right -RRB- , the knife-wielding Islamic State fanatic . The plans aim to stop the threat from a ` pop up ' Isis cell carrying out a Charlie Hebdo-style attack in the UK - pictured are French special forces and armed police working together following the January attack . ` It is really looking at where our troops are deployed around the UK , ' he said . ' -LSB- Before -RSB- most of our efforts were looking outwards - it was all about being ready to go , to leave the UK . ' ` It was n't really inward facing . We are now looking at how we defend the UK and how we help the police do that - how they are deployed and whether there is a role for them -LSB- the military -RSB- in supporting the police . ' His stark comments come just days after Londoner Mohammed Emwazi , 26 , was unmasked as Jihadi John , the knife-wielding Islamic State fanatic . Home Secretary Theresa May -LRB- pictured -RRB- has admitted ` stepping up ' security measures to tackle a Charlie Hebdo-style attack in Britain . When asked what the country was doing following the Paris attacks in which 17 people were killed , he said : ` The Home Secretary has been looking at how you can deploy sufficient numbers of armed officers in areas outside London . ` She 's discovered the Met has got lots of armed officers and some of the others like Manchester have , but there are n't huge numbers of double crewed armed response vehicles in rural forces . ` If they had an incident or two incidents or people fleeing from Manchester or London out to the countryside , do they really have enough armed officers to deal with that ? ` And if three terrorists disappeared into a big forest , how would they deal with that ? ` You can see where they might call upon us . ' The search for the Charlie Hebdo gunmen in France was hampered when the murderers fled into a deep forest . It is understood defence chiefs will also look at the response times of the SAS , and how to move them even more quickly . UK counter-terrorism officers have long been braced for an attack by marauding gunmen following the Mumbai attacks which left 166 people dead in November 2008 . Millions have been spent upgrading the heavy weaponry available to armed response teams and more officers have been trained - including a squad of 100 with automatic weapons within the British Transport Police . The government has also bolstered overall security in Britain 's rural communities . Security Minister James Brokenshire told MPs that specialist joint police , ambulance and fire teams were ` in place with the capability to respond to terrorist attacks ' . He also said plans were in place to protect Britain 's ` most critical infrastructure ' against terrorist threats , including reservoirs , sewage plants , communication masts and electrical substations . Michael Fallon -LRB- pictured with the crew of the RFA Argus in Sierra Leone -RRB- says ministers are examining plans to escalate army cooperation with police in the event of a terror attack in the UK from a ` pop up ' Isis cell . | Ministers are examining plans to to escalate army cooperation with police . Move aims to stop the threat from a ` pop up ' Islamic State cell in the UK . Ministers say special forces will be drafted in ` swiftly ' in event of an attack . Also looking at how troops could be used to back-up rural police forces . Defence chiefs are discussing where battalions should be stationed in UK . 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A New York news station committed a major nerd-foul on Friday . Rather than putting heads in toilets or giving flag pole wedgies , WABC-TV did something much worse to nerds everywhere : identified Mr Spock as a Star Wars character . Amid news coverage of the recent death of actor Leonard Nimoy , 83 , who played Spock in ` Star Trek , ' the news station tweeted and pushed an alert through its mobile app saying that the actor starred in ` Star Wars . ' Oops ! New York 's WABC-TV news station tweeted and pushed an alert through its mobile app saying that Leonard Nimoy starred in ` Star Wars . ' The alert read : ` BREAKING NEWS : Legendary ` Star Wars ' actor Leonard Nimoy passes away at age 83 . ' Recognizing its mistake , the news station sent a new alert correcting the inaccuracy . Though the snafu was corrected , the damage was already done . A photo of the mobile alert surfaced online and was quickly passed around social media online . As Spock himself taught , ` Insufficient facts always invite danger . ' And so it did . The photo received more than 100 shares as Facebook users flooded the comment section with critical memes . Face palm : One Facebook user commented on the photo with this meme of two ` Star Trek ' characters holding their faces in disapproval . ` Journey : ' The news station posted a follow-up tweet to its correction wishing the actor a ` journey free of incident . Of course , the news station deleted the inaccurate tweet and , not only did it tweet the correct information , but a follow-up tweet said ` RIP ' to the actor and wished the 83-year-old a ` journey free of incident . ' Nimoy died at his Los Angeles home Friday after a battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease . The actor became an iconic figure with his portrayal of Spock , a logic-driven , half-alien science officer in the Star Trek television series and movies . Spock : Nimoy became an iconic figure with his portrayal of Spock , a logic-driven , half-alien science officer in the ` Star Trek ' television series and movies . | New York 's WABC-TV sent out a tweet and mobile alert identifying Leonard Nimoy 's character , Spock , as a ` Star Wars ' character . A photo of the inaccuracy surfaced online and commenters showed the news station no mercy with critical memes and comments . The news station deleted the blooper and tweeted a correction with a follow-up tweet wishing the actor a ` journey free of incident ' | [[131, 138], [186, 232], [233, 237], [367, 382], [391, 452], [531, 596], [730, 791], [855, 898], [855, 882], [903, 950], [1039, 1146], [1082, 1146], [1159, 1246], [730, 791], [1298, 1357], [1343, 1406], [1523, 1540], [1571, 1624]] |
A dozy car thief was knocked clean out after he tried to steal a new Mercedes coupe from outside a pub by throwing a brick at the driver 's side window which bounced back , striking him in the head . The thief was found lying in the road near the Pheasant Bar by the pub 's owner who automatically assumed that the man had been injured in hit-and-run . However , when Gerry Brady asked the man what happened , he said he had been ` attacked ' but did not want to call the police or an ambulance . The would-be car thief , picture , initially tries to break the passenger side window without success . He then can be seen crossing the street where he picks up a brick across from The Pheasant Bar . The man raises his arm , preparing to hit the new car which was parked in Drogheda , Co Louth , Ireland . Soon , it emerged what had happened when Mr Brady and his partner noticed some damage to the paintwork on his new car . He told the Irish Examiner newspaper : ` My partner then noticed the damage to her car , I had a look at the Merc and could see dents on it . We got the cops and they took him away after we showed them the CCTV . ` We have the whole thing on CCTV , and it 's quite hilarious . ' According to Mr Brady , the thief spent up to 30 minutes trying a more subtle method of breaking into the car . The thief can be seen using a small stone in a bid to break the passenger 's side window of the car . When this attempt failed , the would-be thief is seen on CCTV walking across the street before returning with something in his hand . The man can be seen throwing a large brick firmly at the driver 's side window of the coupe , which does not shatter . Instead , the brick rebounds against the glass and strikes the thief on the head . Since the CCTV footage of the incident was uploaded onto the internet , it has been viewed almost 300,000 times . The man launches the brick with all his might at point-blank range against the window of the car . The brick rebounds against the car 's window and hits him firmly on the head , knocking him to the ground . | The would-be car thief approaches the Mercedes coupe with a brick . The man raises his right hand and throws the brick at the driver 's window . Unfortunately for the thief , the brick bounces off the window and hits him . The unnamed thief is knocked cleanly out by the force of the impact . The scene was captured on CCTV by the car 's owner who put it online . More than 250,000 people have viewed the video from Drogheda in Ireland . | [[0, 151], [1551, 1642], [0, 151], [698, 720], [1551, 1642], [1867, 1912], [0, 151], [126, 151], [158, 170], [1680, 1716], [1680, 1698], [1721, 1752], [1966, 2010], [2015, 2042], [1966, 2019], [2045, 2073], [0, 151], [1139, 1170], [1753, 1822], [1753, 1791], [1823, 1866]] |
A father has claimed he was threatened with being removed from a bus by the driver because his deaf toddler was being too noisy . Kyle Johnson was travelling back from a paediatric hospital appointment with his son Ethan when the two-year-old got excited and started talking loudly . The driver called the 23-year-old over and said passengers on the Plymouth , Devon , bus had complained . He allegedly told Mr Johnson , a supermarket cleaner , to make his son be quiet or face getting off the vehicle . Kyle Johnson -LRB- right -RRB- has claimed he was threatened with being removed from a bus in Plymouth , Devon , by the driver because his deaf toddler Ethan -LRB- left -RRB- was being too noisy . Mr Johnson managed to lull the toddler , who wears two over-the-ear hearing aids , to sleep in his pushchair and stay on the bus - but he has accused the First driver of discrimination . He said : ' I explained to the driver that Ethan was deaf , but his response was `` I really ca n't do a lot , I 've had complaints '' . ` It 's just discrimination against a disabled child at the end of the day . ' I do n't want the driver to be in trouble , but I do want people to have more awareness of deaf children . ` I 've had a couple of friends who have deaf children and they 've told me it 's happened to them numerous times . ' Ethan suffers moderate hearing loss in one ear and severe loss in the other , and was travelling home from a development check up at Scott Hospital . Ethan suffers moderate hearing loss in one ear and severe loss in the other , and was travelling back from a development check up at Scott Hospital in Plymouth on a First bus -LRB- stock image above -RRB- . Mr Johnson said the driver called him over a few stops into the short journey back to their house on Wednesday to give them the warning . He said it was the second time he has been threatened by bus drivers over Ethan making too much noise . He said : ` The first time was when Ethan was much younger and did n't have his hearing aids and he was shouting at the top of his voice . ` That was on a longer journey when we were on our way back from Derriford Hospital . ' I know it happens to a lot of parents of deaf children and it 's not something they can help . ' Ethan 's orange hearing aids are clearly visible as he is travelling around . Mr Johnson , a supermarket cleaner , said : ` It 's just discrimination against a disabled child at the end of the day ' A spokesman for First Bus Group apologised for the ` difficult journey ' and said all drivers get customer service and disability awareness training . He said : ` However , as you would expect we can not anticipate every situation and we do n't have a specific instruction for drivers for the set of circumstances as described by Mr Johnson . ` Therefore , in such rare and unpredictable situations , it is left to driver discretion . ` We absolutely recognise how important it is that bus services are accessible for all customers and are currently involved in a number of initiatives to explore specifically how our services can become more accessible for the deaf community . ' First Bus Group confirmed it is investigating . | Kyle Johnson , 23 , was on a First bus in Plymouth , Devon , with son Ethan . He was told to get off the vehicle or make his two-year-old son be quiet . Ethan suffers moderate hearing loss in one ear and severe loss in the other . Mr Johnson said : ` It 's just discrimination against a disabled child ' | [[0, 82], [21, 23], [39, 129], [390, 418], [445, 503], [504, 630], [1329, 1404], [1479, 1554], [1025, 1101], [2330, 2340], [2367, 2371], [2376, 2448]] |
The autopsy of a 17-year-old girl who was killed by Denver authorities disproves the police department 's claim that she was driving at the officers when she was shot , according to her family . Jessica Hernandez suffered four gunshot wounds and had marijuana and a small amount of alcohol in her body when she was killed on January 26 . Two bullets entered through the left side of her chest and traveled to the right side of her body . A third bullet traveled from her left pelvis to her right thigh , according to the report . Qusair Mohamedbhai , the family 's attorney , said this proves Hernandez was shot from the driver 's side of the car . He says this contradicts officers ' claims that they killed Hernandez as she was driving directly toward them . Scroll down for video . The family of Jessica Hernandez , 17 , said a new autopsy report disproves the Denver police department 's claim that she was driving at the officers when she was shot and killed . Hernandez was shot twice in the left side of her chest and once in the left pelvis . The family attorney said this proves that she was shot from the driver 's side of the car . ` The wound path and trajectory of the bullet that likely killed Jessica Hernandez undermines the version of events as indicated by the Denver Police Department , ' he said in a statement . Mohamedbhai said the autopsy was ` objective evidence ' that proved Hernandez was not to blame ` for her own death ' . Hernandez also had abrasions on her nose and chest that were received postmortem , according to the report . Mohamedbhai said they confirm the police department 's ` inhumane treatment ' of Hernandez . Witnesses said officers pulled Hernandez from the car and handcuffed her even after she was motionless . It is not clear how many times she was shot , as the report states two of her gunshot wounds may have been caused by one bullet . Retired Colorado police chief and use-of-force expert Dan Montgomery said other factors needed to be considered and that conclusions could n't be drawn from the autopsy report alone . He said it still needs to be known how the officers were positioned , what they tactics were in approaching the car and whether they put themselves in danger . ` It 's like putting a giant jigsaw puzzle together , and we 've got two tiny little pieces , ' he said . ` More are going to start coming into place . ' The Hernandez family has requested an independent autopsy . Denver police say Jessica drove a stolen car at two of the department 's officers , hitting one of them in the leg . Mrs Hernandez said : ' I want another autopsy on my daughter so we can know how much damage they did . ' ' I want to know , how did this happen ? I want to know everything . ' Police have said the two officers involved in the shooting , Daniel Greene , a 16-year-veteran , and Gabriel Jordan , a nine-year-veteran of the force , fired after Hernandez drove a stolen car into one of them . Jordan suffered a fractured leg . Both officers are currently on administrative leave , which is standard procedure following an officer-involved shooting . A passenger in the car disputed that account , saying police opened fire before the vehicle struck the officer . Police have admitted no one in the car , which contained five people , was armed . A passenger in the car , who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of safety concerns , said Hernandez lost control of the vehicle because she was unconscious after being shot . The passenger said officers came up to the car from behind and fired four times into the driver 's side window as they stood on the side of the car , narrowly missing others inside . Mrs Hernandez criticized the way police handled her daughter after she was shot . She said : ` They dragged her on the floor and threw her down like a piece of garbage , ' A passenger in the car said Jessica -LRB- pictured left and right -RRB- lost control of the vehicle after being shot . A shrine in remembrance of Jessica 's life was set up at her family 's home . She leaves behind five siblings . The shooting occurred amid a national debate about police use of force fueled by racially-charged episodes in Ferguson , Missouri , and New York City . Investigators in the Denver case will be relying on witnesses and police accounts because the department has only just started to buy body cameras for its officers and Jordan and Greene were not yet outfitted . Denver does not use in-car dashboard cameras . District attorney spokeswoman Lynn Kimbrough said the case was still ongoing and she could not offer a timeline on when the probe would be complete . The U.S. Supreme Court has held that officers may not use deadly force to stop a fleeing suspect unless the person is believed to pose significant physical harm . Policies vary and some departments have banned or discouraged the practice . The police department and independent monitor Nicholas Mitchell are both looking at how national standards compare to Denver 's policy . The city currently allows officers to fire at moving cars if they have no other reasonable way to prevent death or serious injury . Denver 's policy urges officers to try to move out of the way rather than fire . It states : ` An officer threatened by an oncoming vehicle shall , if feasible , move out of the way rather than discharging a firearm . ' Mrs Hernandez criticized the way police handled her daughter after she was shot . The autopsy showed she received abrasions to the face postmortem . Candles and bouquets were left near the scene of the fatal police shooting in an alleyway in northeast Denver . | Jessica Hernandez had four gunshot wounds , report showed . Two bullets entered through left side of her chest and traveled right . Third bullet traveled from her left pelvis to her right thigh . Family said this proves Hernandez was shot from driver 's side of the car . Attorney said it contradicts police department 's claim Hernandez was shot as she was driving toward officers . Autopsy showed Hernandez also received facial abrasions postmortem . 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A reclusive Missouri man shot dead four relatives and three neighbors in a nighttime rampage after he found his elderly mother dead on her couch , police claim . Joseph Aldridge , 36 , allegedly opened fire in four separate locations on Thursday night after his 74-year-old mother Alice , who had been ill , died at home in Tyrone , Texas County . Nine people are dead in the tiny rural community - including Aldridge , who turned the gun on himself after the shooting spree . The alarm was first raised around 10.15 pm by a 15-year-old girl wearing nothing but a nightgown who ran barefoot to her neighbor 's house through the snow when her parents Garold Aldridge , 52 , and Julie Aldridge , 47 , were shot . ` She said she seen a man in her dad 's bedroom , talking to him in a normal voice . Then she said she heard gunshots and screaming , ' an unidentified neighbor said . Scroll down for video . The shooter -LRB- pictured in high school -RRB- is suspected of killing Garold Dee Aldridge , 52 , his wife Julie Ann Aldridge , 47 , Harold Wayne Aldridge , 50 , and his wife Janell Arlisa Aldridge , 48 . Joseph Aldridge , 36 , was found dead in his pickup truck in the middle of the highway after shooting seven people dead in rural Missouri . He was described as a recluse by those in town who knew of him . ` She was barefoot , in a nightgown with no sleeves at all and her legs were all scratched up from briars , he told the Springfield News Leader . Armed with a .45 - caliber handgun , Aldridge shot two male cousins , their wives , and three neighbors before killing himself in his pickup truck on the outskirts of Summersville , Missouri , to the east of Texas County , police say . Authorities identified four of the victims as Garold Dee Aldridge , 52 , his wife Julie Ann Aldridge , 47 , Harold Wayne Aldridge , 50 , and his wife Janell Arlisa Aldridge , 48 . The shooter was a cousin to the male victims Garold and Harold . His uncle Doyle Lay , 70 , of Tyrone , said that tension between them ` had been brewing like this for a year , year and a half , ' according to Arkansas Online . Around town , Aldridge was described as a recluse , and it was unclear what , if anything , he did for a living . Vernetta Lucille Swartz , 76 , Joseph Aldridge 's aunt , now lives California and said was grief-stricken . ` Two of my nephews and wives were shot , and I guess another nephew was the shooter , ' she said . A 15-year-old girl ran to her neighbor 's house after hearing her parents shot on a night that would ultimately claim nine lives -LRB- pictured -RRB- . The teenage girl had heard her father talking to a man in a normal voice before screaming and a gunshot made her flee for her life . Police first heard of the incident after the young girl contacted police at around 10:15 pm on Thursday evening . Local media identified the other three victims as Darrell Shriver and Shriver 's son and daughter-in-law , Carey and Valerie Shriver . Shriver 's wife Martha was wounded and hospitalized with serious but stable injuries . His grandson had hidden in another room and is staying with relatives while his mother is treated . She is expected to survive . ` Everybody is kind of just dazed , I 'd guess you 'd say , ' their cousin John W Shriver , 72 , said . The elder Shriver discovered the bodies Carey and Valerie after getting a call from Martha around 10.30 pm but could n't immediately find their 13-year-old child , according to the Kansas City Star . The boy , who had n't woken up , was later found in his bed and taken in by his relative . He said that Aldridge ` did n't have much to do with people ' and ` kind of stayed to himself ' . A neighbor told Daily Mail Online that everyone in the small towns of Tyrone and Summersville are aware of each other , and that Aldridge ` probably killed 10 per cent of the town 's population last night ' . John Shriver , 72 , is a relative of the Shriver victims , two of whom he found dead on the floor of their bedroom after being called by Martha Shriver , who was wounded but expected . The shootings occurred within three miles of each other near Tyrone , a small town in Texas County , Missouri . Some of the victims were Joseph Aldridge 's cousins . Sheriff James Sigman -LRB- pictured -RRB- identified four victims and a woman who died of natural causes as related to Aldridge , but did not identify three victims , believed to be the Shrivers . He said that there had been an ongoing feud between the suspected shooter 's family and some of the victims . Tyrone is estimated to have around 50 residents . All victims lived within a three mile radius of each other . Alice L. Aldridge , 74 , the suspect 's mother , ` died of natural causes ' on the couch and is thought to have been dead for more than 24 hours before being found Thursday night . The woman , who Aldridge lived with , died of a heart attack , the Summersville man said . Police discovered her while looking for her son . Her death may have sparked the suspect to go on his rampage , Texas County Coroner Tom Whittaker told the St Louis Post-Dispatch . Alice 's brother Doyle Lay , 70 , of Tyrone , said that tension between Joseph Aldridge and his cousins ` had been brewing like this for a year , year and a half , ' according to Arkansas Online . Joseph Aldridge has a previous criminal history that includes being sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for possessing a handgun while being a marijuana user . He was released in 2010 . The shooter later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his GMC pickup , which was in the middle of highway WW early Friday morning . He did not leave a note . Troopers began an investigation in the area following the shootings . A resident reported that authorities were knocking on doors at 3.45 am on Friday . The state-wide Missouri State Highway Patrol is assisting the small town in the investigation . Authorities did not release a suspected motive for the killings and are not looking for any other suspects . ` This is a bucolic area , one of the reasons people move here is to avoid these kind of incidents ' the superintendent of nearby Houston 's school district said . Staff of the Houston 's school district were told to arrive early for counseling , according to the Houston Herald . Superintendent Scott Dill said that residents of the close-knit community are in a ` state of shock ' and he has been trying to help kids come to grips with the situation . Children related to victims were not in school on Friday . ` This is a bucolic area , one of the reasons people move here is to avoid these kind of incidents , ' he told Daily Mail Online . Texas County , Missouri is an Ozark region of about 25,000 people located east of college town Springfield and south of Army base Fort Leonard Wood . Tyrone is located in the southern portion of the county , south of Houston , the county seat , which has about 2,000 residents . Missouri Governor Jay Nixon said that the shootings were ' a horrific tragedy , and our hearts go out to the victims of these senseless acts and their families . ' Department of Mental Health in the state have also made contact with local authorities to provide crisis intervention services and counseling . Autopsies will be performed over the weekend . Mr Whittaker said that the county averages about one homicide a year , many years having none . Texas County , which has a population of about 25,000 , is described as a ` close knit ' community . Above , an abandoned general store seen in Tyrone . | Nine people are dead in Texas County , Missouri , at four separate sites . Gunman Joseph Aldridge , 36 , is cousin to two of the victims . His mother Alice , 74 , died of ` natural causes ' before rampage . He killed seven - four relatives and three neighbors - before turning the gun on himself , police say . Girl , 15 , ran to neighbor 's house after hearing her parents killed . Family of shooter and some victims were in a feud for years , according to a local resident . Resident says : ` He probably killed 10 per cent of the town 's population last night ' Shooter , who served jail time on a gun charge in 2010 , described as recluse . 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It was deja vu all over again for President Obama and his outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder . Eyes glistening with tears , Obama bid an affectionate farewell to Holder Friday for a second time , but this tribute came with a soulful surprise . ` Eric is really just milking this departure thing for everything that it 's worth , ' Obama quipped at a Justice Department ceremony to unveil the outgoing Cabinet member 's official portrait . ' I mean , golly . ' But even Obama got upstaged this time . Scroll down for video . Men do cry : President Obama -LRB- left -RRB- and outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder -LRB- right -RRB- both teared up during Friday 's ceremony paying tribute to the the nation 's top law enforcement officer . Surprise ! Holder claps in surprise as Obama applauds at the announcement that singer Aretha Franklin would entertain at the unveiling of Holder 's official portrait at the Department of Justice . VIP guest : Aretha Franklin , the ` Queen of Soul , ' made an unannounced appearance at the ceremony . After the president and the attorney general had concluded their remarks , Aretha Franklin , the ` Queen of Soul , ' made an unannounced appearance in the Justice Department hall . Holder , stunned , genuflected to the 72-year-old ` Natural Woman ' songstress dressed in a festive shimmering outfit . And Franklin stepped behind the lectern to sing America the Beautiful with an homage to Holder , who was visibly moved by the gesture . The Daily Caller repoorted that as Franklin approached the podium to sing , Obama rushed to her side and handed her a stepping stool with the words , ` Hold on , Queen . ' According to multiple published reports , Franklin later gave the president a first bump . In his own remarks , Obama noted Holder 's six-year tenure as the third-longest serving attorney general . Holder also is the first African-American man to hold the job . ' I know it felt even longer and I 'll just come out and say it . He 's been one of our finest , ' Obama said . We 're not worthy : Holder genuflected to the veteran entertainer , while Obama smiled on the sidelines . Belting out : The 72-year-old ` Natural Woman ' singer performed America the Beautiful with an homage to Holder . Moved : The famously stoic commander-in-chief became emotional as he listened to the Queen of Soul . Obama said Holder had led the department with integrity and helped make the US ` free and more just . ' He praised Holder as a ` great friend ' and a ` great public servant ' and brushed away tears at the conclusion of his brief speech . Holder , 64 , is staying on the job until the Senate confirms his successor , which is expected soon . The Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday approved Obama 's choice of U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch to succeed Holder . She would be the first black woman to be the nation 's top law enforcement officer . In a veiled reference to Rudolph Giuliani 's assertion that Obama did not love his country , Holder declared ` those who have loved this nation most have dared greatly and have sought to change the status quo for the better . ' Picture perfect : Besides Franklin 's performance , the other highlight of the ceremony was the unveiling of Holder 's official portrait . The artist Simmie Knox -LRB- far left -RRB- and Holder 's wife , Sharon Malone , were on hand for the occasion . Comedian-in-chief : Obama joked that holder was milking his departure for everything it 's worth . Kind words : Obama praised Holder as a ` great friend ' and a ` great public servant ' who had led the department with integrity . Parting shot : In a reference to Rudolph Giuliani 's assertion that Obama did not love his country , Holder declared ` those who have loved this nation most have dared greatly and have sought to change the status quo for the better ' He offered a litany of examples , from Abraham Lincoln and Jackie Robinson to Martin Luther King Jr. and Harvey Milk . Then he paused and added pointedly , ` Barack Obama . ' Holder offered special thanks to Sen. Patrick Leahy , the former Democratic Senate Judiciary Committee chairman . Leahy , of Vermont , defended Holder during Holder 's clashes with Republican lawmakers who held him in contempt in the House over a document dispute arising from a gun-trafficking operation known as Fast and Furious . ` In tough times , both professional and personal , this is a man who has been there for me , ' Holder said at the top of his remarks . | Obama attended ceremony to unveil Holder 's official portrait at the Department of Justice Friday . 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A man who was driving around in the middle of the night to clear his head has found the $ 250,000 NASCAR race car that was stolen from a hotel parking lot . Philip Whitmer , 30 , from Monroe , Georgia , was driving along around 2.30 am Saturday morning in Atlanta suburb Loganville when he saw driver Travis Kvapil 's bright orange Team XTREME car . The self-employed NASCAR fan had heard about the Friday morning theft outside the team 's hotel in Morrow , Georgia , but was ` shocked ' when he stumbled upon the now-famous racer while thinking about his ` rocky ' relationship . ' I said there 's no way it 's that car . I did n't believe it , ' he told Daily Mail Online . Scroll down for video . The North Carolina-based racing team posted this picture of their car with the caption ` lost and found section of the road ' Philip Whitmer , 30 , of Monroe , Georgia , found Travis Kvapil 's NASCAR vehicle when he was driving around at 2.30 am to clear his head about relationship issues . NASCAR fan Mr Whitmer posted this picture of the found car on his Facebook page , where his friends could not believe what he had found . Mr Whitmer saw the car on a dirt road and posted a picture of it on Facebook for his incredulous friends . He had driven past the road previously in the night around 1am and decided not to go down it . ` It 's a very remote road so it 's got to be somebody from around here who knows this area to stumble across that road , ' he said . The front of the car near the air dam was damaged , and the car was parked next to a small wooden ramp , presumably used to remove it from the trailer it was stolen in . Inside of the car appeared fine , according Mr Whitmer . There is a neighborhood abut 200 yards from where the vehicle was parked , but no suspicious activity was reported in that area prior to Mr Whitmer 's call , a spokesman for the Gwennitt County Police told Daily Mail Online . Mr Kvapil was supposed to drive the Chevrolet race car on Sunday but had to drop out of the Atlanta Sprint Cup Series event after missing a mandatory inspection . Mr Whitmer was dismissed from the scene by police while they contacted the small-budget Team XTREME , who arrived at the site around 4:30 am . Team Xtreme owner John Cohen and his colleagues came and picked up the vehicle around 4.30 am Saturday morning after being contacted by police in Gwennitt County . The team posted a picture of owner John Cohen standing next to the vehicle , saying that they are ` so happy to have `` old faithful '' back ' . Mr Whitmer has not yet met the NASCAR team , though police said they would relay his information to the owners . Car and team are heading back to their base in Mooresville , North Carolina , according to NBC . The No. 44 car inside its trailer was hitched to a black 2004 Ford pickup truck parked outside the team 's hotel in Morrow when it was stolen 35 miles from where it was found . Surveillance photo shows the truck and trailer being driven out of the parking lot by an unidentified man around 5:30 am , just 15 minutes before the team was scheduled to leave for the Atlanta Motor Speedway . A crewman had been outside smoking a cigarette just a few minutes before the theft of the trailer , which had no markings saying that it had a valuable NASCAR vehicle inside . In addition to the race car , the trailer also contained a spare engine valued at $ 100,000 and racing equipment valued at $ 17,500 , according to a police report . Team Xtreme Racing owner John Cohen estimated the total value to be somewhere between $ 350,000 and $ 400,000 . The car was inside a trailer hitched to a black 2004 Ford pickup truck -LRB- pictured -RRB- parked outside the team 's hotel in Morrow , Georgia . The team 's owner estimated it was carrying almost $ 400,000 worth of equipment . Mr Kvapil -LRB- pictured outside the Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday -RRB- was supposed to drive the $ 250,000 Chevrolet race car for the small-budget Team XTREME but had to back out from the race . NASCAR fans and drivers offered rewards for finding the vehicle on Friday , including pit pass tickets to races and a lifetime of free food from Golden Corral offered by driver Michael Waltrip . Mr Whitmer said he had been contacted on social media by many NASCAR fans and drivers , and that there was n't anything he 'd particularly like but ` it might be nice to have a nice little payday ' . When asked about possibly getting an endless amount of free buffets , he said , ` That 'd be fine with me . ' Team Xtreme is taking the car back to their North Carolina base and plans to race at next weekend 's event in Las Vegas after being unable to compete in Atlanta . Mr Kvapil tweeted about the theft on Friday , asking his followers to ` let me know ' if they saw his car around . He also wrote : ' I bet when whoever has it , opens the trailer and is going to be like ` oh snap '' . The driver had doubted that the thieves would be able to make any money off of the car . ` There 's really no use for it out in the general public . I do n't really know what you can do with it . ' ' I hope they realize that and will leave it somewhere where police can find it . ' Kvapil tweeted about the theft , asking his followers to ` let me know ' if they saw his car around . He also wrote : ' I bet when whoever has it , opens the trailer and is going to be like ` oh snap ' Team Xtreme -LRB- pictured at Daytona International Speedway on February 20 -RRB- will take his recovered car to the Sprint Cup Series event in Las Vegas next week . Mr Kvapil said he was crushed that he now would n't have the opportunity to race in what would have been his first track appearance of 2015 , calling it a ` big setback ' . ` You can handle maybe getting a flat tire , or getting caught up in a wreck , or a blown engine , something that actually happens on the race track , ' he said . ` Or you do n't qualify , because you do n't have enough speed . But to not even get a chance ... that 's pretty disheartening . ' The theft hit the small Team Xtreme Racing even harder , especially after they had wrecked a car in a Daytona 500 qualifying race just last week . Not only did the team have to work overtime to get a new car prepared for this weekend 's race , the stolen car was Mr Cohen 's favorite . ' I just feel bad for my guys , they were really proud of this car , ' he told ESPN . ' I called that car Old Faithful , because you could run that car anywhere and it would do good . ' Mr Kvapil said he was crushed that he now would n't have the opportunity to race in what would have been his first appearance of 2015 , calling it a ` big setback ' | The $ 250,000 Chevrolet race car was stolen in trailer hitched to a truck . Car found by Philip Whitmer , 30 , of Atlanta suburb Monroe , Georgia . Both trailer and truck were driven out of parking lot at 5.30 am on Friday , 15 minutes before the team was set to leave for Atlanta Motor Speedway . Trailer held spare engine and equipment valued at around $ 400,000 . Possible rewards for Mr Whitmer include lifetime supply of Golden Corral . Driver Travis Kvapil missed a mandatory inspection and had to drop out of Sprint Cup Series race . | [[1605, 1635], [2744, 2866], [3585, 3637], [3604, 3661], [3814, 3829], [3877, 3977], [826, 857], [870, 991], [2921, 3038], [3060, 3131], [3473, 3584], [3519, 3584], [3732, 3813], [3760, 3813], [1919, 1928], [1988, 2081], [3814, 3829], [3982, 4013]] |
Cardinal George Pell - who was hand-picked by Pope Francis to examine the Vatican 's finances - has been accused of spending half a million euros -LRB- AU$ 740,000 -RRB- of church money on lavish personal expenditures including business class flights , a personal assistant and luxury furniture for his Rome apartment . The allegations against the Victorian-born cardinal and former Archbishop of Sydney were leaked to Italian magazine L'Espresso , published on Friday . After moving to Rome to become the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy , Cardinal Pell vowed to save the church tens of millions of dollars a year , reports LA Times . Cardinal George Pell -LRB- centre -RRB- has been accused of spending half a million euros -LRB- $ AU740 ,000 -RRB- of church money on lavish personal expenditures . The allegations against the former Archbishop of Sydney were leaked to Italian magazine L'Espresso , . The newly formed position , which followed years of mismanagement , waste and scandal , gave him far-reaching powers to transform the finances of the church . But the recent allegations say he purchased a flurry of extravagant items , such as $ 3600 on religious robes and $ 6650 on kitchen sink fittings . The magazine also claimed the former archbishop of Sydney spent more than $ 5100 a month to rent an office and apartment , the latter of which he allegedly fitted with $ 87,000 in furniture . He flew on a string of business class flights and pays $ 21,600-a-month to an Australian assistant , it is alleged . Pope Francis hand-picked by Pope Francis to examine the Vatican 's finances in 2014 , appointing him the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy . The newly formed position gave Cardinal Pell him far-reaching powers to transform the finances of the church . The leaks are suspected to be the work of those inside the church who are unhappy with Cardinal Pell 's increasing influence . Vatican spokesperson Father Federico Lombardi condemned the leaks as illegal , asserting they were ` unworthy and petty . ' ` Passing confidential documents to the press for polemical ends or to foster conflict are not new , but is always to be strongly condemned , and is illegal , ' he said . In December , Cardinal Pell , pictured arriving to the Vatican in October , alleged he found millions of dollars ` tucked away ' at the Vatican balance sheet . In December , Cardinal Pell alleged he found millions of dollars ` tucked away ' at the Vatican balance sheet . He said it was impossible to accurately know exactly what was going on with the Vatican 's finances . He also insinuated the Italian bishops who handled the church 's money were less transparent than their Western counterparts . Comparisons have been drawn between the latest revelations and the Vati-Leaks scandal of 2012 , which saw a series leaked Vatican documents alleging to expose widespread corruption make headlines around the world . Comparisons have been drawn between the latest revelations and the Vati-Leaks scandal of 2012 , which saw Paolo Gabriele -LRB- pictured right -RRB- , the former butler of Pope Benedict XVI -LRB- pictured left , -RRB- released documents alleging to expose corruption inside the church . Paolo Gabriele , the former butler of Pope Benedict XVI , released private papers taken from the papal chambers . The documents showed how Vatican contracts were awarded to favoured companies and individuals , as well as highlighting allegations of internal power struggles with the Church bank . Gabriele was convicted of aggravated theft after police found confidential documents at his Vatican flat and arrested him in May 2012 . | The allegation were leaked by Italian magazine L'Espresso on Friday . They allege Cardinal Pell spent $ AU716654 .42 on lavish expenditures . They claim he paid for a personal assistant and $ 87,000 in lavish furniture . Pell was hand-picked by Pope Francis to examine the Vatican 's finances . Vatican spokesperson Federico Lombardi condemned the leaks as illegal . Comparisons have been drawn with the Vati-Leaks scandal of 2012 . | [[320, 446], [419, 446], [449, 470], [804, 902], [0, 20], [70, 250], [639, 803], [1070, 1213], [1214, 1226], [1232, 1302], [0, 20], [70, 250], [639, 803], [1070, 1213], [1360, 1405], [0, 20], [27, 58], [0, 20], [59, 93], [1523, 1606], [1904, 1980], [2700, 2793], [2915, 3008]] |
When hapless Islamic State militants vowed to take over Rome and ` throw homosexuals off the leaning tower of pizza ' , Italians responded with a flood of mocking responses . Now , Twitter users have jokingly suggested other culinary hotspots for militants to visit with the hashtag #jihadifoodtour . If they 're planning a visit to the UK , jihadi tourists can take in the ` London Pie ' , ` Sconehenge ' , ` Big Ben and Jerrys ' and the ` Angel Cake of the North ' . Scroll down for video . Jihadi joke : A popular new hashtag on Twitter suggests other food-based places for jihadis to visit . Sconehenge ! Amy on Twitter suggested jihadis visit the prehistoric monument in Wiltshire . The trend was started on tonight 's episode of The Last Leg on Channel 4 , presented by comedian Adam Hills . A tweet from the programme ' account referred to a blunder by an ISIS supporter who threatened to invade Italy 's ` leaning tower of PIZZA ' Other must-visit foodie destinations suggested include the ` Trifle Tower ' , ` The Great Wall of Quinoa ' and the ` Sydney Okra House ' . The trend was started on tonight 's episode of The Last Leg on Channel 4 , where comedians Adam Hills , Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker look at the week 's events . After introducing the trend , Hills kicked things off with 'Em pire Steak Building ' and Widdicombe responded with ` Battenburg Gate ' . The programme 's account on Twitter wrote : ` This week 's poll ! What other food-based monuments should Jihadi march on ? #jihadifoodtour ' . Popular suggestions included the ` London Pie ' , ` Big Ben and Jerrys '' and the ` Angel Cake of the North ' Must-visit foodie destinations suggested by Twitter users included the ` Trifle Tower ' , ` The Great Wall of Quinoa ' and the ` Sydney Okra House ' It was referring to a blunder made by an Islamic State supporter last week - who mistakenly confused to the Leaning Tower of Pisa with the dish Italians are famous for . And response on Twitter was an overwhelming torrent of food-based puns , with some users going a step further and mocking up memes of the ` London Pie ' and ` Sconehenge ' . He had threatened to bring sharia law to the Italian capital in a message , posted on a Twitter account linked to the terror group . The announcement came days after masked jihadists revealed their intention to conquer the city in a video that showed the mass beheading of 21 Christians in Libya . But rather than spark widespread panic , the threats triggered a flood of mocking responses - with dozens taking to social media to make fun of the jihadists and their takeover plans . Rather than spark widespread panic , the threats triggered a flood of mocking responses - with dozens taking to social media to make fun of the jihadists and their takeover plans . | Recently , an ISIS supporter threatened to bring sharia law to Rome . Wrote they would ` throw homosexuals off the leaning tower of PIZZA ' But instead of panic , Italians responded with a flood of mocking responses . Now , Twitter poll asked users what other food-based monuments jihadis should march on . | [[2127, 2200], [0, 115], [120, 174], [860, 877], [882, 936], [0, 115], [120, 174], [2466, 2530], [2524, 2609], [2610, 2644], [2647, 2711], [2705, 2790], [493, 504], [540, 595], [1381, 1422], [1427, 1503]] |
Energy and Climate Change committee chairman Tim Yeo accused comparison sites of ` behaving more like backstreet market traders ' Rip-off price comparison websites are under pressure to compensate customers who lost out because they were kept in the dark about cheap energy deals . MPs on the Energy and Climate Change committee have accused industry giants of acting like back street market traders to boost their profits at the expense of families struggling to pay for heat and light . The companies in the firing line are uSwitch , MoneySupermarket , ComparetheMarket , Confused.com and Go Compare , which spend millions on TV ads presenting themselves as the consumer champions . MPs said the firms set up their websites in such a way that people shopping around for cheaper gas and electricity were directed towards suppliers that pay them millions in commission . Customers searching for better tariffs were presented with a drop-down menu of energy firms that pay commission , rather than a list of all the deals available , including cheaper options from small suppliers . The net result was that the firms collected a payment of # 50 - # 70 for each dual fuel switch , while consumers may have ended up paying hundreds of pounds more than they needed to . In a report published today , the committee said the firms should pay compensation to all the customers who missed out on the cheapest energy deal as a result of the suspect tactics . The Conservative chairman of the committee , Tim Yeo MP , said : ` Consumers trust price comparison services to help them switch to the best energy deals available on the market . ` But some energy price comparison sites have been behaving more like backstreet market traders than the trustworthy consumer champions they make themselves out to be in adverts on TV . ` Some comparison sites have used misleading language to dupe consumers into opting for default options that only display commission earning deals . An advertisement for MoneySupermarket . The site defended themselves by saying they operate according to the standards of an industry code approved by Ofgem . ` And others have previously gone so far as to conceal deals that do not earn them commission behind multiple drop-down web options . ' He added : ` As an immediate and essential first step towards rebuilding confidence , the companies should compensate any consumers who have been encouraged to switch to tariffs that may not have been the cheapest or most appropriate for their needs . ' However , the Committee has no power to force the firms to pay compensation beyond the pressure to ` name and shame ' . MPs are concerned that consumers are kept in the dark about the commission payments and believe there is a good case for making website disclose the amount when a customer decides to switch . Mr Yeo said : ` We have no objection to commission being paid by suppliers to price comparison websites as long as the arrangements are clearly disclosed . ' The committee is also calling on the industry regulator Ofgem to set up a new licensing regime for price comparison websites to replace existing voluntary codes in order to ensure they give customers a fair deal . The chairman said : ` The current hands-off approach is clearly not working and the lack of contrition from some companies even when faced with proof that they misled customers has convinced us that some form of licensing of energy price comparison sites may be needed . ` If the Government wants more people to switch energy supplier then it has to ensure that energy price comparison services are transparent and trusted . ` We recognise that the criticisms contained in this report do not apply across all price comparison websites . ` We hope that the debate sparked by this report on how price comparison websites operate will provide all sites -- both good and bad -- with an opportunity to take stock of their operations and strive for greater transparency . ' Comparethemarket hit back at the MPs , accusing them of being sensationalist . MPs said the firms set up their websites in such a way that people shopping around for cheaper gas and electricity were directed towards suppliers that pay them millions in commission . A spokesman said : ` We have never misled customers and are very disappointed by the sensationalist approach of making broad brush accusations against the whole industry . ` Within the report , the Committee does concede that their criticisms do not pertain to all price comparison websites . ` We have always maintained we are totally transparent and only make money when people save money . ' uSwitch said it has paid compensation in the ` rare ' cases where customers may have been misled . Chief executive , Steve Weller , said : ` Price comparison websites have a vital role to play in making the energy market work for consumers . ` Our simple , free to use service saved consumers # 112 million on their energy bills last year . ` Customers have the clear choice to compare plans on our website across the whole energy market . ` In line with our complaints process , we have made payments to customers in the very rare occasions where we have fallen short of our strict procedures over the phone . ' Gocompare.com said : ` We constantly review our website to identify any changes needed , and have already made improvements to our energy comparison service which we believe will encourage people to make an active decision regarding their energy tariffs . ' MoneySupermarket and Confused.com both said they operate according to the standards of an industry code approved by Ofgem . | Energy and Climate Change committee slam industry giants in report . 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The Cleaning Guys have dealt this toxic chemical spills , horrific crime scenes and industrial accidents , but company officials admit none of it had prepared them for their newest job - sanitizing the apartment where U.S. Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan spent three days before being admitted to the hospital . The Dallas-based company has stepped up to clear the soiled bed sheets and clothes that contain Duncan 's sweat and other bodily fluids - after his girlfriend revealed they are still in the apartment five days after he was admitted to the hospital and confirmed to have Ebola . ` Obviously , I think anyone involved would be worried -- not necessarily worried , but cautious . We 've had a lot of discussions and team meetings about how we 're going to attack the situation , ' Cleaning Guys vice president Brad Smith told ABC News . Scroll down for video . Big mess : The Cleaning Crew arrived on scene Friday to decontaminate the apartment where Thomas Duncan stayed while infected with Ebola . Suited up : six to eight Cleaning Guys crew members suited up in full hazmat gear to clean the apartment and removed contaminated bedding . ` But we run into hazardous chemicals and things that could hurt us probably more often than most . ' Officials hired the Cleaning Guys on Friday after another company backed out of a contract to clean the apartment at The Ivy Apartments in Dallas . The owner of that company had claimed he did n't have the proper permits to transport hazardous materials on state highways . Mr Smith told ABC that Duncan 's sheets , blankets and and other belongings in the apartment will be triple-bagged and packed away by the company 's crew . They will then be handed over to another company that will incinerate everything . Six to eight cleaners will work in the apartment and anyone who goes in will be suited up in hazmat gear that includes a full face mask , a respirator and a face shield . Ebola has been proven to live in clothing and surfaces for at least six days in ideal conditions . Duncan 's girlfriend , Louise Troh , has been quarantined in the apartment she shared with the Ebola patient - along with her 13-year-old son and two nephews . She shockingly revealed to CNN on Thursday that the sheets he sweated in were still on the bed and towels and other clothing with his bodily fluids had not been picked up . Sealed off : Workers used plastic tarps to seal off the apartment where Duncan had been staying . None of the 100 people Duncan had contact with while contagious are showing signs of infection - though about a dozen people are under close observation . The family must be relocated before the cleanup full can begin , a spokesman for the city of Dallas said . He had no information on where the family will go . Visitors from the American Red Cross were seen Thursday bringing food to the apartment door . The North Texas Food Bank said it sent three days of cereal , tuna , produce and other supplies . Outside , the management of the 300-unit complex in northeast Dallas was passing out flyers about Ebola to residents . Private security guards and local sheriff 's deputies blocked off the entrance to dozens of reporters . Apartment manager Sally Nuran said employees were power-washing sidewalks and scrubbing common areas , though she believed Duncan had not visited most of the complex in his short time there . | The Dallas-based company specializes in cleaning up hazardous waste , industrial accidents and crime scenes . Workers arrived on scene Friday - after Thomas Duncan 's girlfriend revealed his sweat-stained sheets were still on the bed five days after he was admitted to the hospital . | [[0, 104], [457, 522], [481, 560], [2195, 2293], [2243, 2319]] |
Islamic fundamentalist preacher Junaid Thorne appeared in a Perth Court on Friday on accusation of gaining passage on a flight under false identification . The self-proclaimed sheik made a brief appearance in Perth Magistrates Court with two of his associates , Mostafa Shiddiquzzaman and Omer Abdirahman Issak , accused using fake identities to board domestic flights . Thorne 's bail terms include a personal undertaking , surrendering his passport , not applying for a new passport and staying at least 200m from international departure points . Scroll down for video . Omer Abdirahman Issak -LRB- left -RRB- and fundamentalist Islamic preacher Junaid Thorne leave court on Friday . The court heard Thorne , 25 , had lost his old passport and it had been cancelled by authorities . Shiddiquzzaman and Issak each had their existing bail terms renewed with similar conditions , and were not required to enter pleas . The trio , who had several supporters in the Perth court , are due back in court on April 24 , but Thorne and Shiddiquzzaman will not have to appear in person because they are based in NSW . The court appearance follows a raid on Thorne 's home in Bass Hill , south-west of Sydney , in January , where the 25-year-old was subsequently informed of the court notice . The fundamentalist preacher first attracted the attention of authorities when he was deported in 2013 from Saudi Arabia , where he had lived for over a decade , after being detained for protesting his brother 's imprisonment on terror-related charges . He has garnered a following on Facebook and Twitter , and is often outspoken on social media , posting online support for the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris and defending slain Melbourne teenage terrorism suspect Numan Haider . Thorne sparked outrage in January when he told social media followers that insults to the Prophet Mohammad were ` not allowed ' and were likely to ` simulate some kind of response ' following the terror attacks on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris . Mostafa Shiddiquzzaman -LRB- right -RRB- and Omer Abdirahman Issak -LRB- left -RRB- are accused of using false identification . Issak is a known associate of Thorne , and has been released on similar bail conditions . Junaid has garnered a following on Facebook and Twitter , and is often outspoken on social media . His comments came just hours after 12 people were killed in the Paris massacre . Thorne said staff at Charlie Hebdo had ` forbade to learn the lesson ' of a firebombing in 2011 , which took place a day after a caricature of the Prophet was published . ` Insulting someone 's Prophet is very likely to stimulate some kind of response . It is not allowed under any context/religion , ' Thorne tweeted . ` If you want to enjoy ` freedom of speech ' with no limits , expect others to exercise `` freedom of action '' . ' Since flying from Sydney to Perth this week , the controversial Islamic preacher has tweeted about looking forward to seeing his mother and also detailed in several posts a run-in he had with police at a shopping centre . Authorities are cracking down on Islamic fundamentalist preacher Junaid Thorne after they ordered him to face charges in court following a suspected terror-related raid in Sydney in January . The controversial self-styled sheik was issued with a notice in January to appear in the Perth court , an AFP spokesperson confirmed . He sparked outrage last week when he told social media followers that insults to the Prophet Mohammad were ` not allowed ' following the terror attacks on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris . Thorne claimed on Thursday night that he was walking with a friend when they were approached by two officers who said hello to him and asked for his friend 's name . He said the police kept pressuring his friend until he stepped in and explained that they were ` shopping like normal citizens ' . Thorne added that police warned him they would be watching him , despite claims that he had not been acting in a suspicious way . ` We were being polite to the police while they were obviously harassing and trying to provoke us , ' he wrote . ' I wonder if we 're allowed to shop like normal Australian citizens without being harassed by police who use foul language for no reason ? ' Thorne said he filmed some of the exchange on his phone but has not released the footage . ` When you provoke an enormous number of people , or degrade the followers of a religion by insulting something or someone they hold sacred , do n't expect to be left alone , ' Thorne said in January said . Junaid Thorne does not describe himself as an Islamic State supporter . He told the ABC last year : ' I may support them -LRB- on -RRB- certain issues , while I disagree with them in other issues . ' The firebrand Perth preacher Thorne -LRB- left -RRB- has called Australian authorities ` the real terrorists ' in the past . Over the past 12 months , Thorne 's views have been the subject of public scrutiny . Following the nation 's biggest ever terror raids last September , he labelled Australian authorities ` the real terrorists ' in a statement posted on his Facebook page . After Melbourne man Numan Haider , 18 , allegedly stabbed two police officers outside of a police station , Thorne said that he had been ` murdered by authorities ' . Thorne later told the ABC Haider had attended some of his lectures , which he performs around the country . Thorne does not describe himself as a supporter of the Islamic State . He told the ABC last year : ` If I were to vocalise my complete support to them -LRB- Islamic State -RRB- , I would get in trouble , ' he said . ` If I was to say that -LRB- I -RRB- do n't support them at all , that would be untrue . ' I may support them on certain issues , while I disagree with them on other issues ' . ` Je Suis Charlie ' : People holding up placards reading ' I am Charlie ' have flocked into the streets of Paris . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article . | Junaid Thorne appeared in a Perth court on Friday with two associates . The three men were charged with using fake identification to board flights . They were ordered to surrender passports and stay 200m from airports . It was a result of the AFP carrying out a raid on Thorne 's Sydney home . The 25-year-old claimed to have been harrassed by police this week . 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A caravan park has converted a grounded helicopter into a quirky holiday home which can sleep up to four people . The aircraft was bought by bosses at Ream Hills Holiday Park in Preston , Lancashire , and redesigned to become fit for a family holiday . The helicopter , a 1977 Westland Lynx XZ262 , is one of nine which belong to the company 's director , but is the only one to have been converted . Scroll down for video . A holiday park has converted a grounded helicopter into a cosy accommodation rental for up to four people . For # 100 a night families can enjoy the tiny kitchen and television installed in the 40-year-old aircraft . Rates begin at # 100 a night with guests given the choice of sleeping in a double bed at the back of the aircraft or on a pull out bed . It comes with its own compact kitchen with a microwave , sink and has running water . A plinth heater and roof ventilation have also been installed to keep guests warm with a television installed in place of the pilot 's seat . ` In the main section , where the two sliding doors would normally be , we have had the floor lowered and there is a pull-down double bed , ' said Sarah Gerrard , a manager at the park . ` It 's two bunks at the minute and it forms a settee . There 's a microwave and a sink , from our point of view it 's like staying in a tent . ' Guests have access to communal toilets and showers used by other campers at the park . Westland Lynx helicopters are still used by the Navy and are described as ` the backbone ' of the Fleet Air Arm . Models were flown during the Falklands and Gulf Wars with enough space to carry a Royal Marines boarding team . The helicopter , a 1977 Westland Lynx XZ262 , is one of nine owned by the holiday park 's director . Manager Sarah Gerrard perches on top of the helicopter which will be available for bookings from May . play video . play video . play video . play video . play video . play video . play video . play video . play video . play video . | The aircraft has been converted by bosses at Ream Hills in Preston . As many as four people can sleep in two double beds installed inside . The helicopter also comes with its own tiny kitchen and television set . It is a 1977 Westland Lynx XZ262 formerly used by the Royal Navy . | [[0, 77], [114, 185], [425, 532], [51, 77], [84, 113], [425, 532], [533, 641], [570, 641], [779, 833]] |
There are worse places to be on a Monday morning . I 'm watching grazing deer while dipping a solider into a freshly laid boiled egg . Soon , I 'm going to pull on my wellies have a totter around the vegetable garden and pet some pigs . If it sounds as though I 'm living an episode of The Good Life , it 's because I am . I 'm at The Pig Near Bath , a relatively new hotel in the rolling Mendip Hills in Somerset . The Pig near Bath : Georgian Grade II manor is owned by Robin Hutson -LRB- previously of the Hotel du Vin chain -RRB- . Otherwise known as Hunstrete House , it is one of the latest period properties to come under The Pig namesake , known for freshly picked kitchen garden cooking and a locally sourced menu . Owner Robin Hutson -LRB- previously of the Hotel du Vin chain -RRB- bought , renovated and reopened the hotel in March as the third in a litter of four similar venues . Billed as a ` restaurant with rooms ' the Pig near Bath 's emphasis is on home grown food . Even if you are n't a foodie you may have heard of it . The hotel made headlines last June when a group of celebrities retired here after Glastonbury . They were a starry lot . Bryan Ferry , Kelis , Daisy Lowe , Alexa Chung , Sadie Frost , Sam Smith and Caroline Flack all made the 30-mile trip from the festival to play croquet , sleep , eat and party some more . But it 's not just a rehab for party goers . Billed as a ` restaurant with rooms ' , the Pig near Bath 's emphasis is firmly on food . Local produce : 80 per cent of what is on the menu comes from from within a 25-mile radius . Lounge room : The Georgian Grade II manor house is rustically charming but smart and offbeat . According to Tom Ross , the hotel 's director , 80 per cent of what 's on the plate - if it has n't come from less than 25 metres away in the walled garden - is sourced from within a 25-mile radius . ` The garden is the heartbeat of the hotel , ' he says showing me around a walled garden with vegetable patches , fruit cages , greenhouses and nearby poly tunnels . While the concept is not ground-breakingly new or unique , they do it well here . As we walk he picks white strawberries for me to taste -LRB- they taste like red ones but less sickly sweet -RRB- , three varieties of spinach are produced with a magician 's flourish and twelve types of chili pointed out . Twelve ! We pass bushes of kale the size of a baby elephant , patches of chard , spinach , pickles , beetroot , cucumber plants , cranberries , loganberries and apple trees . The gardeners even cultivated watermelons this summer . Mendip Hills : The surrounding scenery is beautiful and you can go on long walks from the hotel . Hot hot : A greenhouse in the walled garden which grows 12 varieties of blow-your-head-off chili . We pass bushes of kale the size of a baby elephant , patches of chard , spinach , pickles , beetroot and apples . There are pigs for petting at the bottom of the garden , and some reared for eating nearby . ` We do n't name them , ' Tom says rather ominously . He introduces me to chickens -LRB- for eggs -RRB- , quails -LRB- likewise -RRB- and a sprawling 20 acres of woodland and deer park that surrounds the property for 100 deer . The Georgian Grade II manor house is rustically charming yet smart and offbeat with giant mounted boar 's heads and velvet sofas . Rows of colourful Hunter wellies for guests to use line the front door and log fires permanently rage . Vegetables by the bucket load : The walled garden has fruit cages , greenhouses and nearby poly tunnels too . Rooms start at # 139 and rise to # 250 a night . There are 29 in all and ours was vast with two large armchairs , a roll top freestanding bath and a four-poster bed . At # 199 , the cost was stomachable , especially compared with overpriced Bath -LRB- where smaller rooms can cost # 1,000 -RRB- , and the small things are done well . Interiors have been ` piggified ' by Robin 's wife Judy , which means an oxymoron of smart shabbiness . Like the food , the decorations are homely and hearty . Our ` Big Comfy Luxe ' room had framed pressings of ferns , organic Bamford products -LRB- also stocked at Liberty -RRB- and books on how to make pigeon casserole . Everything revolves around food : The menu changes daily depending on what 's been picked from the garden . Spacious : There are 29 rooms which start at # 139 and rise to # 250 a night . For dinner I ate honey roast carrot and beetroot salad , pan fried breast of guinea fowl with sprouting broccoli and cabbage . Most of it had been in the ground barely hours earlier . The kitchen is overseen by chef Kamil Oseka and the food that comes out is seriously good and devoid of pretension . They smoke all their own venison , salt , butter , ham , pancetta and salmon . Downstairs is a library stocked with Penguin Classics , a beautiful bar , billiards room and various spaces for , as they put it , ` gathering and quaffing ' . On the subject , a popular sharpener is the house chili or raspberry infused vodka , which was spot on . For the slovenly , there are two Potting Shed spa rooms . Tucked at the bottom of the walled garden , they are simple and efficient - if built as a bit of an after thought . The Potting Shed : Rather than a traditional spa the hotel has two modest sheds for treatments . Lying on a heated bed I was rubbed with rosemary oil and kneaded like bread . Surrounded by pots of growing beetroot , scented candles and hanging pitchforks it was not the usual sanitised spa-experience but all the better for it . So what of the future ? Tom says there are plans for another Pig hotel possibly in Kent , Sussex or the Cotswolds , but it depends on finding the right property . ` Hopefully we 'll get some bees for honey soon and I 'm set on introducing a pet pig , like a dog , to the house ' That depends on owner Robin Hutson . At the moment Robin presides over three other ` The Pig ' hotels ; one in The New Forest , another in Southampton and the last little piggy which opened last May , The Pig on the Beach in Dorset . The Pig near Bath is fully booked every weekend from now until June so if you want a go at the trough , you 'll have to try Sunday nights , midweek or a trip for lunch or dinner . | The Pig near Bath is fully booked over weekends for the next five months . Bryan Ferry , Daisy Lowe , Alexa Chung and Sadie Frost are all fans . 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A 14-year-old Louisiana boy is being hailed as a hero for stopping an out-of-control school bus filled with high school students after a classmate knocked the driver unconscious . The unnamed 15-year-old suspect has been charged with assault for attacking the 26-year-old driver in Baton Rouge Thursday as she was dropping off about a half-dozen students from Christa McAuliffe Superintendent 's Academy - an alternative school for teens with disciplinary problems . Police and school officials say the female driver had stopped the bus at around 3pm in the 5100 block of Linden Street to exchange words with the disruptive student . Scroll down for video . Sneak attack : A 26-year-old woman was driving a school bus filled with a half-dozen students from an alternative school in Baton Rouge , Louisiana , when one of them came up behind her and punched her in the head . Young hero : Tay ` veon Slaughter , 14 , stepped on the breaks to stop the bus from crashing after the driver was knocked unconscious . According to the driver , when she turned away to face the road , the 15-year-old walked up behind her and punched the woman several times in the head until she passed out . As the 26-year-old victim lost consciousness , her hands and feet slipped from the wheel and the brakes , and the bus started moving again . That is when Tay ` veon Slaughter , 14 , jumped into action . The quick-thinking eighth-grader slammed his foot on the breaks to stop the bus from crashing and called 911 . ` I knew I had to stop the bus because , you know , she 's not responding , ' he told the station WAFB , referring to the driver . ` The bus was speeding up . So I knew if we get into a wreck , all of us would have been hurt . ' The suspected perpetrator of the attack fled the bus before police responded to the scene . Later that day , the teenager 's mother turned him in to police . The 15-year-old was arrested on charges of battery of a bus operator , aggravated obstruction of a roadway and second-degree battery . School officials say the 15-year-old has been suspended pending a disciplinary hearing and could face expulsion . The students about the board were from Christa McAuliffe Center - a school for teens with disciplinary problems . Unaware : When the driver of the bus woke up , she did know she had been attacked and that her face was swollen . The injured driver was taken to a hospital to be treated for her injures . She has since been released to continue her recovery at home . Slaughter said that before the attack on the driver , the 15-year-old was throwing things out the widow and spitting at passing cars . The boy reportedly became upset when the driver asked him to stop and sit down . When the 26-year-old woman regained consciousness , Slaughter said she did not know she had been punched . ` She did n't know that her face was swollen , ' the boy recalled to the New Orleans Advocate . Averil Sanders , principal of Christa McAuliffe Superintendent 's Academy , said he was proud of Tay 've on for stepping up to the plate in an emergency situation . The humble 14-year-old , however , insisted that he was no hero . ' I had to do what I had to do , ' Slaughter said . | Seventh-grader at Christa McAuliffe Center in Louisiana charged with battery for allegedly punching 26-year-old bus driver . The woman was trying to get the 15-year-old to stop throwing things and spitting on cars when he came up behind her and hit her in the head . Tay ` veon Slaughter , 14 , hit the brakes and stopped the bus carrying a half-dozen students . | [[180, 302], [180, 211], [242, 367], [673, 793], [1885, 2009], [495, 633], [813, 843], [813, 816], [848, 873], [1036, 1064], [1076, 1091], [1117, 1183], [2500, 2634], [2520, 2551], [2554, 2634], [0, 95], [47, 48], [54, 128], [306, 466], [874, 884], [915, 1009], [1325, 1386], [1387, 1480]] |
Soldiers from Chad armed with rocket propelled grenades , armoured vehicles and assault rifles have crossed into neighbouring Nigeria to battle the growing menace of Boko Haram . Photos taken from the country 's east show the heavily armed Chadian soldiers standing before destroyed vehicles and mangled corpses of the Islamist militants . But in a brutal reprisal , Boko Haram fighters have raided more than a dozen villages near the border with Cameroon , where scores of militants shot and hacked residents to death . A Chadian soldier rides atop a pickup truck next to a bag of rocket propelled grenades . A convoy of trucks belonging to the Chad army travel through the town of Gambaru , Nigeria . Chadian soldiers , armed to the teeth with guns and explosives , stop to rest during their offensive against Boko Haram . Hundreds of residents fled across the border into Cameroon , prompting Chad - part of a regional coalition against the Islamists - to respond by bombarding rebel positions . ` They targeted mainly Shuwa tribesmen , who are from the same ethnic group as a large number of the Chadian troops , ' said Adum Walfannea , himself a Shuwa Arab , from Anguduram village . Kurso Khala , who fled one of the worst-affected villages , Mudu , said the militants besieged a local market and blocked all but one entrance . ` They would ask if a person is Kanuri or Shuwa before asking him to go , ' said Khala by telephone from Fotokol , across the border from the Nigerian town of Gamboru in the far north of Cameroon . ` Once a person was identified as Shuwa he would be shot in the back as soon as he stepped out of the market entrance to leave . ' Walfannea and Imar Koshnana , from Musiye village , both said the death toll from the attacks could be high but there was no official confirmation of numbers . Two Chadian soldiers cook food near the front line with Boko Haram forces , while their comrades rest on pickup trucks in the distance . A convoy of soldiers approach the battle lines with Boko Haram , where they are helping Nigeria fight back against the jihadis . Pictured is a belt of charms carried by a Chadian soldier during battle against the militants . A soldier fixes his headscarf while riding atop a Chadian army pickup truck currently deployed in north east Nigeria . News of the raids comes as Nigeria 's military trumpets its success in recapturing several towns from Boko Haram and after President Goodluck Jonathan said the ` tide had turned ' against the militants . Details were slow to emerge because the insurgents have destroyed telecom masts since the insurgency began in 2009 . The attacks follow the Chadian ground and aerial offensive against Boko Haram enclaves that began on February 17 after troops seized the strategic town of Dikwa . Residents said Boko Haram suffered heavy casualties in the Chadian attacks , which were near the group 's Sambisa Forest stronghold , where they have long had camps . One resident from the herding village of Gonori near Gamboru , Umar Sanda , said troops fought back after Boko Haram stole more than 400 cattle and killed four residents in a pre-dawn raid on Tuesday . ` For more than two hours we kept hearing sounds of gunfire and explosions , ' he added . ` The Chadian troops killed scores of the Boko Haram gunmen and recovered our cattle . ' Soldiers stand around an armoured vehicle which the Chadian army said once belonged to Boko Haram . Three Chadian soldiers appear to be in jubilant spirits as their convoy drove into battle . A pickup truck carrying Chad army soldiers travels across north east Nigeria bearing the flag of their country . The Chad military killed scores of Boko Haram militants in an offensive that sparked a brutal reprisal in nearby Cameroon . Meanwhile , Nigeria 's army chief said that residents displaced from Baga town in the country 's northeast should be able to return to vote in March elections after the military reclaimed the town . Lieutenant General Kenneth Minima spoke to journalists Wednesday in Maiduguri after he said he visited the town on Lake Chad in northeastern Nigeria , near the borders of Chad , Niger and Cameroon . Minima said that Nigeria 's army would take back more towns from the Islamic extremists . ` From today it is never again for insurgents to take hold of any of our territory . I told them that today it is going to be victory all the way because the war is almost ended . From here we move to retake Gwoza , Marte and Madagali , ' he said . He said he was confident that it was ` achievable to end the Boko Haram activities very soon , ' and that residents who have been displaced should be able to return to their homes for March 28 presidential elections . A Chadian soldier peers into a burnt out armoured vehicle that once belonged to Boko Haram . A man suspected of being a member of Boko Haram sits captive with his hands tied before Chadian soldiers . Boko Haram , which denounces democracy as a corrupt Western concept , has warned it will disrupt the elections with attacks . Neighboring countries increasingly have been drawn into Nigeria 's 5-year Islamic uprising , which has killed thousands and driven 1.6 million people from their homes , including across borders into Cameroon , Niger and Chad . Boko Haram has been recruiting fighters in all three countries . Cameroon officials said that its prisons , especially at its border with Nigeria , are overcrowded with suspected Boko Haram members . Maroua Central Prison registrar Ngeh Emmanuel said that 30,000 people have been detained in 25 prisons in Cameroon since May 2014 , up from 22,000 detained before that . More soldiers are needed to stop inmates from endless attempts to break out of jail , he said . A Chad army vehicle passes through Nigeria before launching an offensive against Boko Haram . Another military vehicle once commandeered by Boko Haram sits abandoned in north east Nigeria . A soldier armed with an assault rifle poses for a photo near the entrenched border conflict . A military truck is give a push start after it becomes stuck in sand in Gambaru , Nigeria . The Chad soldiers form part of a regional military campaign against Boko Haram comprising troops from Niger , Cameroon and Chad . | Chad army soldiers move into Nigeria to help stop Boko Haram militants . The military helped clear jihadi enclaves and the strategic town of Dikwa . But it triggered a brutal Boko Haram reprisal across a dozen villages . The militants shot and hacked residents to death in the shocking attack . 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Bill Cosby 's lawyers asked a federal judge Friday to toss out a defamation lawsuit filed by three women accusing the beleaguered comedian of decades-old sexual offenses . The accusers , all of whom have stepped forward in recent years , say Cosby 's representatives publicly branded them as liars while trying to defend his innocence . But Cosby 's lawyers say the actor was merely acting in self-defense as his character was under attack . Scroll down for video . Fighting back : Bill Cosby 's lawyers have asked a federal judge to throw out a defamation lawsuit filed by three women accusing the comedian of decades-old sexual offenses . ` The law does not require that one stand idly by while he is publicly attacked , ' the lawyers argue in their 38-page filing . ` Instead the law entitles an individual who is accused of serious wrongdoing to rebut the allegations without facing defamation claims . ' Joseph Cammarata , a lawyer for the three accusers , said his clients disagree with that position . ` We believe that the law provides that when you make a public statement about an individual , it must be truthful , ' he said . ` We look forward to an opportunity to have the truth tried by a jury who can ultimately determine which of the parties was being truthful . ' Cosby 's legal team say their client denies all of the allegations of sexual misconduct . The former star of the groundbreaking sitcom The Cosby Show has n't been charged with any crime . More than a dozen women have stepped forward in recent years to level various assault accusations . Tamara Green , a 56-year-old California lawyer , says Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in her Los Angeles-area apartment in the early 1970s . Therese Serignese says Cosby drugged and raped her in a dressing room after a show in Las Vegas around 1976 . And Linda Traitz alleges he tried to drug her and then groped her on a Southern California beach in about 1970 . Speaking out : Tamara Green , a California lawyer , filed the defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby in December 2014 claiming that he and his attorneys said she had lied about a sexual assault from 40 years ago . Accuser : Green , pictured here in her youth , claimed that Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in her Los Angeles-area apartment in the early 1970s . Green was joined in the lawsuit by Linda Traitz -LRB- left -RRB- , who alleged that Cosby tried to drug her and then sexually groped her in 1970 , and nurse Therese Serignese -LRB- right -RRB- , 57 , who said the comic raped her in 1976 when she was 19 years old . Cosby 's lawyers say his representatives were responding to the accusations in strongly-worded rebukes . One November 2014 statement references Traitz 's ` extensive ' criminal record , which includes larceny , fraud and drug possession charges . ` As the old saying goes , `` consider the source , '' ' wrote Cosby attorney Martin Singer , who also attached copies of Traitz 's Florida criminal and prison records with the statement . Another November 2014 statement cited by Cosby 's accusers offers ` general comments ' on the allegations and does not specifically name any of the accusers , his lawyers say . ` The new , never-before-heard claims from women who have come forward in the past two weeks with unsubstantiated , fantastical stories about things they say occurred 30 , 40 , or even 50 years ago have escalated far past the point of absurdity , ' Singer wrote at the time . ` It is long past time for this media vilification of Mr. Cosby to stop . ' The three women seek an unspecified amount of money for compensatory and punitive damages . Many of the accusations against him exceed the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution . But the scandal has taken its toll on the 77-year-old actor and comedian as he has sought to revive his career with a national stand-up comedy tour . Cosby has canceled or postponed more than a dozen performances as more accusers have come forward , and women 's groups have protested or threatened to rally at many of his public appearances . Lawyers for the three accusers have until March 20 to file a reply to Cosby 's motion to dismiss the suit . Green originally filed the defamation lawsuit in December 2014 and Serignese and Traitz joined later . The suit is filed in US District Court in Springfield , in western Massachusetts . Cosby has a home nearby in Shelburne Falls . | Lawyer Tamara Green sued Cosby in December after claiming that he drugged and assaulted her in the 1970s . Green was later joined in the defamation suit by Linda Traitz and Therese Serignese . Traitz alleged Cosby tried to drug her and then sexually groped her in 1970 ; Serignese said the comic raped her in 1976 when she was 19 . The three accusers claimed Cosby 's legal team publicly branded them as liars and called their characters into question . Cosby 's lawyers said the actor was acting in self-defense as his own character was under attack . | [[1569, 1581], [1618, 1718], [1957, 1969], [1994, 2058], [2045, 2154], [2155, 2162], [2202, 2310], [2370, 2375], [2382, 2455], [4182, 4244], [4249, 4284], [1569, 1581], [1618, 1718], [1719, 1736], [1742, 1747], [1760, 1828], [1829, 1941], [1829, 1832], [1854, 1874], [1833, 1853], [1879, 1941], [2155, 2162], [2202, 2310], [2370, 2375], [2382, 2455], [2498, 2503], [2515, 2547], [2520, 2575], [63, 171], [172, 184], [238, 336], [409, 441], [544, 640], [697, 720], [725, 768], [2045, 2154], [2576, 2680], [2597, 2680], [341, 422], [409, 441], [3171, 3188]] |
` Still in charge ' : Documents declassified for a terror trial seem to show Osama bin Laden was a key Al-Qaeda decision-maker - even in hiding . Osama bin Laden was in still in charge of al-Qaeda and making crucial decisions for the terror network right up until the US assassinated him , according to court documents . Bin Laden , who was killed by a Navy SEALs raid on his compound in Abbottabad , Pakistan , was being asked to approve operational decisions until his death , files taken from his compound say . The revelations came when the files were made public as part of a terror trial in Brooklyn , New York , where Abid Naseer , 28 , is accused of plotting to launch an attack on the New York subway system . Included among the pages of documents , acquired and published by the New York Post , is an exchange in which an al-Qaeda commander asks permission to relocate a terrorist cell to Iran . Bin Laden 's correspondent wrote : ` Sheikh Yunis is ready to move and travel . The destination , in principle , is Iran , and he has with him six to eight brothers that he chose . ' I told him we are waiting for final complete confirmation from you to move , and agree on this destination . ` His plan is : stay around three months in Iran to train the brothers there then start moving them and distributing them in the world for their missions and specialties . He explained those to you in his report and plan . ' The Post said that the purpose of the Iranian move was to plan terror attacks on Europe . Different documents also ask for advice on how best to wage their ` jihad war ' against the Pakistani government . Scroll down to read the documents . Back-seat commander : Bin Laden , pictured above in his hideout in Abbottabad , Pakistan , was asked whether a bloodthirsty terror cell was allowed to relocate to Iran . Raid : The papers addressed to bin Laden were recovered by U.S. authorities from the compound . Elsewhere in the cache of documents , an Al-Qaeda advisor details how the terror group had warned authorities in the country to stop opposing their actions - or face the prospect of attacks in major cities . In the letters , bin Laden is also given disturbing updates on terrorist movements around the world - including in Britain , Germany , Turkey and Denmark . On trial : The documents were declassified in the hope of locking up Naseer Abid . The declassified papers were presented at the trial for Naseer , who is accused of plotting to attack a shopping mall in Manchester , England in 2009 , as well as scheming to bomb the New York subway . He never faced charges in the UK and the evidence against him has only emerged six years after his arrest . Naseer is alleged to have been at the helm of a British Al-Qaeda terror cell that was part of a broader conspiracy ` to repeat the devastation of 9/11 ' . Prosecutors called it one of the most serious terror plots since the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington . As well as blowing up the Arndale Centre , the terror group planned to set off bombs in the New York subway and at the offices of a Copenhagen newspaper that had published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed , it is alleged . Naseer , a former student in the UK studying English and computer science , denies the charges . He is being tried in the United States because of the alleged subway plot . Bin Laden raid documents . | Even in hiding , bin Laden was being asked about terror cell movements . Was also consulted for advice on threatening the Pakistani government . Revelation comes from letters recovered from bin Laden 's compound . Shows terrorist commanders writing to leader for advice . Bin Laden was killed in a US raid on the Pakistani compound in 2011 . | [[1513, 1532], [1538, 1627], [1841, 1929], [321, 332], [337, 398]] |
The Wright brothers ' first flight , the unveiling of Michelangelo 's David and the Greeks ' invasion of Troy - these are just some of the historic events that could have been shared with the world if famous faces from the past had used Instagram . The clever pictures were created by website Histagrams , which imagines how iconic moments in history might have been shared if the people behind them had been on social media users . And the two men behind the site , designer Gavin Alaoen and an artist known as Gusto NYC , add comments and ` likes ' that bring a touch of humour - and valuable historical context - to the photos . An image posted by Napoleon Bonaparte , shows tiny toy soldiers standing on a map of the world taken from a boardgame . The caption from the French Revolution leader reads : ` Planning my next conquest ' , to which a user name ` DukeofWellngtn ' responds , ` Ha , see you soon lil guy ! ' In an interview with petapixel.com in 2013 , Gusto NYC said the idea came to him while on the New York subway . He said : ` Swiping through Instagram , -LSB- I -RSB- wondered what it would have been like if it was around 5 years ago , then I thought 10 , 20 years ago , but why stop there ? ' Practice makes perfect : John Lennon shares a behind-the-scene snap of the baby-faced Quarrymen , left , who would later become The Beatles , while Star Wars villain Darth Vader , right , is re-imagined as an in-demand film star on the set of his latest box office hit . Flashback : Fidel Castro , left , posts a photo of his younger self , which is commented on by popstar Pitbull . Michelangelo , right , shares a photo of his David sculpture , which is ` liked ' by fellow Italian artists Andrea del Verrocchio and Donatello - and the man who inspired the piece . Beginning of the end : A T-Rex posts a selfie with the asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs , left , and Noah asks @god , another about the rain . Weapons of war : Laocoön and goddess Athena welcom the Greeks ' Trojan Horse , left , and Napoleon Bonaparte plots his next military move . Young love : Explorer John Smith says Pocahontas is his #wcw - Woman Crush Wednesday - and Zeus celebrates the first ever Olympics . Meeting of the minds : Late Apple founder Steve Jobs , left , comments on Sir Isaac Newton 's photo and Yahoo ` likes ' Albert Einstein 's post , right . Making the most of Movember : Charles Darwin snaps a mirror selfie , left , and Salvador Dali takes a photo with his cat , right . Pioneers : Benjamin Franklin documents his fabled kite experiment , left , and Beethoven shares one of his latest compositions . Going viral : Shakespeare gets the meme treatment , left , and Snoopy creator Charles M Shulz takes inspiration from rapper Snoop Dogg . War path : Hannibal shares a photo of the snowy Alps as he makes his way to Italy , left , and Moses ' Instagram post is ` liked ' by God . Great inventions : The man behind sliced bread , left , and Atari announces the launch of classic video game Pong , right . | Artists imagine how iconic moments in history might have been documented if those behind them had Instagram . Altered photographs are displayed alongside humourous comments posted by other invented social media users . Images are curated on website Histagrams , set up by designer Gavin Alaoen and an artist known as Gusto NYC . | [[132, 197], [285, 303], [312, 432], [249, 303], [493, 521], [437, 502], [524, 548]] |
Google has done a U-turn on its plans to crack down on pornography , after bloggers complained that they need to publish explicit photographs in order to ` express their identities ' . Earlier this week the web search giant told people who publish explicit videos and images on its Blogger platform that it would hide their posts from public view if they did n't clean up their act . It gave them a month to delete any offensive posts , or face having their accounts made ` private ' so that they could only be viewed through the author 's own account . Google had previously announced changes to its Blogger platform banning graphic images from public view . The move was widely welcomed by campaigners who fear that pornography is too easily accessible on the internet , including by children . However , the American company rowed back on its promise just three days later following a backlash from bloggers . Many of the people who post explicit material said they needed to express themselves , and complained that Google would be erasing collections of explicit material that they had built up over the course of ten years . Google responded that it would revert to its previous policy , which allows bloggers to publish offensive sexual images and videos as long as they are placed behind a page warning viewers that it is adult content . But the American company rowed back on its promise just three days later following a backlash from bloggers . ` We 've had a ton of feedback , in particular about the introduction of a retroactive change -LRB- some people have had accounts for 10 + years -RRB- , but also about the negative impact on individuals who post sexually explicit content to express their identities , ' the company said . ` So rather than implement this change , we 've decided to step up enforcement around our existing policy prohibiting commercial porn . ' The web search giant will only ban content that is illegal , or has been published without the consent of the people it features . It had never threatened to ban nude photographs that offered ` substantial public benefit ' on artistic , educational or scientific grounds . The company 's Blogger platform does not account for every blog on the internet . However , it includes accounts ending in ‘blogspot.com ' , a free service with millions of users . | Google had planned to hide pornographic material from public searches . Web search giant told bloggers to clean up their act or have posts hidden . But now the company has rowed back on its promise after facing backlash . | [[299, 346], [0, 37], [807, 912], [1131, 1191], [1350, 1418]] |
Former welterweight boxing champion Oscar Diaz has died at the age of 32 - seven years after his career came to a brutal end when he suffered a debilitating brain injury during a televised fight . Diaz , then 25 , was rushed to hospital after collapsing before the 11th round of a USBA welterweight championship match against Delvin Rodriguez , which was nationally broadcast on ESPN-2 in 2008 . There , he fell into a two-month-long coma and was forced to undergo emergency surgery to reduce swelling on his brain . He spent seven months in hospital in total , before being released in 2009 . Former welterweight boxing champion : Oscar Diaz has died at the age of 32 - seven years after his career came to a brutal end when he suffered a debilitating brain injury during a televised USBA fight against Delvin Rodriguez . Above , Diaz -LRB- left -RRB- is pictured being punched by Rodriguez during the match in San Antonio , Texas . Diaz has suffered numerous medical complications in the years since his injury . He was reportedly living at a San Antonio , Texas , nursing home and could not walk unaided when he died Thursday . The cause of his death was complications arising from pneumonia , the San Antonio Express-News reported . However , the Bexar County Medical Examiner 's Office is yet to officially release a cause . Earlier this month , Diaz 's brother , Fernando , said that he visited his sibling - who spoke ' a little bit , `` yes '' and `` no '' ' and ate solid foods `` sometimes '' - at the nursing home as often as he could . ` It 's hard sometimes with a family and a job , ' he explained , adding : ` We need a miracle . ' Title winner : Diaz -LRB- left -RRB- has suffered numerous medical complications in the years since his injury . He was reportedly living at a San Antonio , Texas , nursing home and could not walk unaided when he died Thursday . Tragic : The cause of his death was complications arising from pneumonia , it is reported . Above , Diaz -LRB- right -RRB- lands a blow to the face of Russell Jordan during a welterweight boxing match , in New York in February 2006 . According to the boxing news website Fight Saga , Diaz , who made his professional fight debut in 2001 , ended his award-winning career with 26 wins and three losses to his name . Known as ` El Torito ' , he collapsed in the ring at San Antonio 's former Municipal Auditorium -LRB- later transformed into the Tobin Center -RRB- during his fight against Rodriguez on July 16 , 2008 . The former welterweight title holder is believed to have been regularly treated at the city 's University Hospital over the past seven years . His funeral arrangements are pending . | Oscar Diaz collapsed during a televised USBA welterweight match in 2008 . He fell into two-month-long coma and had emergency surgery on his brain . Seven months on , he was released from hospital ; placed in a nursing home . He reportedly could not walk on own and talked ' a little bit , `` yes '' and `` no '' ' Diaz died at 32 on Thursday ` from complications arising from pneumonia ' Former welterweight champion had 26 wins and three losses to his name . | [[197, 201], [209, 211], [214, 342], [396, 401], [404, 438], [396, 401], [404, 406], [443, 482], [404, 406], [454, 516], [517, 559], [562, 593], [1015, 1079], [1760, 1824], [1015, 1017], [1084, 1130], [1330, 1348], [1351, 1366], [1380, 1486], [1760, 1762], [1829, 1875], [0, 103], [630, 699], [1131, 1194], [1885, 1948], [2215, 2289]] |
Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock has reportedly repaid the US Government $ 40,000 from his personal checking account for redecoration to his congressional office in the style of the TV show Downton Abbey . Schock , 33 , paid $ 35,000 earlier this month to the owner of the Illinois decorating firm Euro Trash , and $ 5,000 more on Thursday , according to financial records reviewed by the Associated Press . His official House expense account had previously paid the group for its services . Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock has reimbursed the U.S. Government for $ 40,000 worth of renovations he made to his congressional office . Photos taken in January of Schock 's new office in the Rayburn Office Building , which was designed to resemble the dining room of the PBS show Downton Abbey . Schock , a rising star in the Republican Party , has been under scrutiny for using taxpayer money to pay for the redecorating , as well as using his official and campaign funds for flights on donor-owned planes and concert tickets . The Washington Post was first to describe the office decorations in early February . A watchdog group has since requested a House ethics review of the congressman 's spending . Schock 's office said Friday his payments made good on an earlier promise to personally shoulder the costs of the office renovation . Schock wrote two checks - for $ 25,000 on February 4 and $ 10,000 on February 6 - to Tracy ` Annie ' Brahler , owner of Euro Trash . He wrote a third check for $ 5,000 on Thursday . ` Congressman Schock has fulfilled his commitment to pay for all the renovation costs , ' his office said Friday in a prepared statement . It said that while congressional office costs are usually paid from office expense accounts , ` the congressman believed it appropriate to pay these costs himself . ' Over the last month , he has paid for his decor with three checks to Tracy ` Annie ' Brahler , owner of Euro Trash : one check on February 4 for $ 25,000 , one on February 6 for $ 10,000 and one on Thursday for $ 5,000 . Schock is in his fourth term representing the Peoria and Springfield areas . This week , Schock brought on board a team of campaign finance lawyers and public relations experts to address the controversy about his expenses . His financial charges - including the use of his donors ' private aircraft and concert tickets - were detailed by the AP and other news organizations since news of the decoration work became public . An AP review this week identified at least a dozen flights worth more than $ 40,000 on contributors ' planes since mid-2011 , tracking Schock 's reliance on the aircraft partly through the congressman 's pictures uploaded to his Instagram account . The AP extracted hidden location data associated with each image ; it then correlated it with flight records showing airport stopovers and expenses later billed for air travel against Schock 's office and campaign records . Lawmakers can use office funds for private flights as long as payments cover their share of the costs . Schock 's financial charges have been made public after organizations questioned what his expenses were going toward . He has spent thousands on concerts and car mileage reimbursements . When Schock 's office originally made headlines , the congressman would n't reveal if the inspiration for the room was the hit TV show Downton Abbey -LRB- pictured above -RRB- . But most of the flights Schock covered with office funds occurred before the House changed its rules in January 2013 . Those earlier rules prohibited lawmakers from using those accounts to pay for flights on private aircraft , allowing payments only for federally licensed charter and commercial flights . Schock previously told the AP he travels frequently throughout his Peoria-area district ` to stay connected with my constituents , ' and that he takes compliance with congressional funding rules seriously . Schock also spent thousands more on tickets for concerts , car mileage reimbursements - among the highest in Congress - and took his interns to a sold-out Katy Perry concert last June . His office is still reviewing those transportation and entertainment charges . The Post first reported that Brahler donated her services as she decorated Schock 's Washington office with red carpet and red walls accented with antique-looking frames and sconces reminiscent of ` Downton Abbey . ' The popular PBS show depicts the lives of aristocratic families and their servants in 1920s England . Brahler refunded to the U.S. government $ 35,000 paid to her from Schock 's congressional office expense account , records show , within days of the Post 's report . A liberal-leaning group , Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington , had requested an investigation by the Office of Congressional Ethics , an outside panel that reviews ethics complaints against House members . | Illinois Representative Aaron Schock paid $ 35,000 earlier this month and $ 5,000 on Thursday to Illinois decorating firm Euro Trash . His official House expense account had previously paid for the renovations . Schock has been under scrutiny for using taxpayer money to fund project . He 's also been criticized for using his official and campaign funds for flights on donor-owned planes and concert tickets . 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A snake charmer from Malaysia kissed the same species of venomous snake that killed his father with one deadly bite for upcoming TV series ` World 's Most Talented ' . Amjad Khan from Taiping City is known throughout Malaysia as ` The Snake Prince ' because of his ability to charm snakes with a hypnotic technique and the fact that he has been kissing them since he was one years old . Coming face to face with a king cobra -- the world 's largest venomous snake -- the 27-year-old daredevil performs the same stunt attempted by his father when he was bitten during a show in Kuala Lumpur . Amjad comes face to face with the same species of snake that killed his father with a single deadly bite . Known by many as ` The Snake King ' , Amjad 's father Ali Khan Samsudin , who was featured in the Guinness Book of Records and was reportedly bitten 99 times in his life , was unable to receive treatment for his injury and died two days later . A fourth generation snake charmer , Amjad is filmed lifting the cobra from its box and placing it casually on the ground before him . Sitting down opposite it , the snake immediately lunges for him but he skilfully moves himself from harm 's way and begins the hypnotic process of calming it . As Amjad sits opposite the snake it lunges at him before he begins to charm it with some hand movements . Pointing his finger at the snake before placing it inside its mouth , Amjad brings his hand away and edges himself closer to the cobra . The snake retaliates by sticking its tongue out as if anticipating an attack and Amjad leans in to give it a kiss . Speaking to presenter Laura Jackson before the accomplishment Amjad tells her that he is only 10 % scared of the king cobra because of what happened to his dad . Amjad is a fourth generation snake charmer and son of ` The Snake King ' , former Guinness World Record holder Ali Khan Samsudin . ` He was bitten by the King Cobra , and the doctors said we could n't do anything . I feel like something is missing , ' he said . Watching the stunt live , Laura calls the achievement insane . She said : ` I 'm not going to sleep tonight , that was a whole new level of danger . I was terrified watching -- I could n't believe it . ' ` World 's Most Talented ' is a global tournament contested by representatives from two different countries who will go head to head each week . The world 's largest venomous snake , the king cobra is skillfully charm before Amjad moves in to kiss it . Amjad , who competes against an Italian , will have his performance judged by 100 international vloggers . The performances will be judged by an international jury of 100 vloggers , and contestants will compete to see their country named the world 's most talented . Amjad will feature in the third episode of the Watch series , and will be up against tough competition in the form of an Italian riding a road bike on a handrail over the edge of a cliff . The first episode of the series will air on Watch on Tuesday , March 31 at 9pm . | Amjad Khan from Taiping City is known in Malaysia as ` The Snake Prince ' His father died of the exact same stunt when he was bitten in Kuala Lumpur . King cobra lunges to attack Amjad the moment he sits down opposite it . The snake charmer will appear in the third series of the talent show . | [[168, 247], [250, 272], [57, 71], [77, 138], [502, 591], [642, 647], [653, 698], [1078, 1102], [1105, 1141], [1261, 1343]] |
US officials have . identified about 300 Bosnian immigrants who they believe . concealed their involvement in wartime atrocities including the . 1995 Srebrenica massacre . The number of suspects could eventually reach more than 600 as more Bosnian records about violence between Bosnian Serbs , Muslims and Croations become available . Federal authorities are trying to deport at least 150 . of them , The New York Times reported on Saturday . Scroll down for video . Warning : Graphic images below . Officials have identified roughly 300 Bosnians believed to have concealed involvement in wartime atrocities . Above , bags with remains of victims from the 1995 Srebrenica massacre , where 8,000 Muslims were killed . Federal authorities are trying to deport 150 of a possible 600 immigrants who have connections to violence in the former Yugoslavia . Above , forensic experts examine bodies in a mass grave from the massacre in 1996 . The immigrants were among refugees fleeing the violence in . Bosnia after a war that erupted in 1992 with the collapse of . Yugoslavia . The number of suspects could eventually be over 600 . as more records from Bosnia become available , the newspaper . reported . ` The more we dig , the more documents we find , ' Immigration . and Customs Enforcement historian Michael MacQueen , who has led . many of the agency 's war crimes investigations , told the Times . Many of the Bosnian suspects were former soldiers and they . include a Virginia soccer coach , an Ohio metal worker and four . Las Vegas hotel casino workers , the newspaper said . Some are now U.S. citizens . The Times said evidence indicates half the 300 Bosnian . suspects may have played a part in the massacre at Srebrenica , . where 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed by Bosnian Serb . forces in five summer days in 1995 . Some of those thought to be involved in mass killings in the Balkans are now US citizens . Above , a Bosnian Serb woman mourns over the remains of her son killed in 1992 after it was found in a common grave . Croation woman Azra Basic -LRB- facing camera -RRB- is facing extradition on charges that she made Serb prisoners drink gasoline and human blood . The massacre came towards the end of a war . that claimed 100,000 lives . The massacre was the culmination of a policy of ethnic . cleansing by Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic 's . forces to carve a pure Serb state out of a communally diverse . Bosnia . Visa applications in the mid-1990s asked about military service , but there was little way of verifying what applicants from the war-torn region reported . Marko Boskic , a Bosnian Serb thought to have carried out executions in the Srebrenica region , was found by federal agents in Massachusetts in 2004 and deported back to Bosnia . He was sentenced to ten years in prison for crimes against humanity . Federal officials say they have expelled 64 immigrants from the Balkans with ties to war crimes . Recent cases against both Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Muslims have seen atrocities such as rape , murder and arson . Federal officials have expelled 64 Balkan immigrants from the country for connection to war crimes . Above , a Bosnian Muslim woman cries in 2012 near 520 recently identified victims of the Srebrenica massacre . The Immigration and Customs Enforcement war crimes section only receives $ 65,000 for travel and translation expenses per year . Above , women mourn Srebrenica victims at a memorial center in 2014 . Azra Basic , a Croatian woman who lived in Kentucky , is facing extradition on charges that she made Serb prisoners drink gasoline and human blood . Vermont 's Edin Sakoc , 55 , could face up to ten years in prison and be stripped of his US citizenship if his January conviction for lying about activities during the war are upheld on appeal . Backlogs in immigration courts mean that some of those found eligible for deportation may not face decisions about whether they will actually be deported until 2019 . Immigration officials also face trouble building cases against suspected war criminals because agency 's war crimes center was allotted just $ 65,000 last year for travel and translation expenses . Lawyer Thomas M. Hoidal represented two of 12 Bosnian Serbs in Arizona who face deportation over war crimes . ` It 's guilt by association , ' he told the Times . The Bosnian war ended in a 1995 US-brokered peace deal , the Dayton Accords . A . UN tribunal subsequently ruled in 2004 that genocide was committed in . Bosnia . The 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre will be marked on July 11 , 2015 . 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He visited supermarkets but did so with an AK47 casually slung over his shoulder and he was pictured celebrating his wedding but his bride had travelled to Syria to find a herself a holy warrior . Ibrahim al-Mazwagi was one of a group of Londoners - now thought to include Jihadi John - among the first to travel to Syria to fight in about 2012 . It 's believed Jihadi John - this week unmasked as Brit Mohammed Emwazi - was one of more than 700 fighters in the Katiba al-Muhajireen -LRB- The Migrants Brigade -RRB- who arrived in the Middle East three years ago . Pictures of members of the brigade have flooded social media in recent years and a video of al-Mazwagi , who is the first British jihadi known to have died in Syria , lifted the lid on life as a terrorist - from shopping for cereal to target practice . Scroll down for video . Londoners : Mohammed Emwazi is believed to have among a group of Brits , which also includes Ibrahim al-Mazwagi -LRB- left -RRB- , Choukri Ellekhlifi -LRB- centre -RRB- and Mohammad el-Araj -LRB- right -RRB- , who were among the first to travel to Syria to fight in about 2012 . Jihadi life : A video of al-Mazwagi , who is the first British jihadi known to have died in Syria , lifted the lid on life as a terrorist - from shopping for cereal to target practice . Unmasked : Mohammed Emwazi from London was this week revealed as the man behind the ` Jihadi John ' mask . A source who claimed to have met Emwazi in Syria told Channel 4 News that he was a member of one of the earliest groups from London who travelled to fight for the establishment of an Islamic caliphate . Shiraz Maher , of the King 's College London 's radicalisation centre , said he was investigating whether Emwazi was among the group , which also includes Mohammad el-Araj and Choukri Ellekhlifi , both killed in 2013 . Speaking to MailOnline , he said : ` We know that around the same time he -LRB- Emwazi -RRB- is said to have gone to Syria that a group of men from the same area of London also travelled to Syria with the same ethnic background - they were arabs . ` From everything we have studied and what data shows is people typically go in groups - with friends who know each other - they usually live close by . ' ` Things suggest they may well know each other but we ca n't substantiate it . These guys are all dead which makes it hard for us to know whether he knew them . ' Ibrahim al-Mazwagi -LRB- centre -RRB- , the first British jihadi known to have died in Syria , is pictured here with Abu Omar al-Shishani -LRB- right -RRB- , one of the most feared military commanders of the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq . Mohammad el-Araj and Choukri Ellekhlifi , both killed in 2013 , pictured in an internet café in Atmeh in Syria . Mr Maher said it appears that Emwazi survived , and has become one of the most prominent members of the Islamic State group - a fighter whose confidence and Western accent are calculated to strike fear into viewers of the group 's grisly videos . Al-Mazwagi , from North London was 21 when he was killed in Syria in February last year . A graduate from Hertfordshire University , he was of Libyan origin and moved to Syria where he told his family he was doing charity work . Ellekhlifi , 22 , was killed fighting alongside extremists in Syria and funded his trip by mugging people in Belgravia , London . He was one of three British men killed as their group - the Al-Nusra Front - attacked pro-government forces near the city of Aleppo on August 11 . El-Araj , 23 , was killed two weeks later during a firefight . Social media : The jihadis have used the power of the internet to lift the lid on the life of a terrorists in Syria . Honour : This collage , posted on social media , was made to honour al-Mazwagi and another man who died fighting . Pictures of members of the brigade have flooded social media in recent years and a video of al-Mazwagi , who is the first British jihadi known to have died in Syria , lifted the lid on life as a terrorist . Among the brigade 's most notorious alumni is Abu Omar al-Shishani , one of the most feared military commanders of the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq . Al-Shishani , a red-bearded ethnic Chechen and former sergeant in the Georgian Army - became the commander of the brigade , which was initially aligned with al-Qaeda 's Jabhat al-Nusra . The group merged with other jihadists in March 2013 to form Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar -LSB- Army of Emigrants and Supporters -RSB- , a larger and more structured group with a religious council . In May 2013 , Shishani switched to supporting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and was named commander of the northern sector of Syria , around Aleppo . A video obtained and published by Channel 4 in 2013 shows life as an extremist in Syria - likely the experience of Emwazi before he went to fight for Islamic State . Unmasked : ISIS executioner ` Jihadi John ' , pictured here with American journalist Steven Sotloff , has been identified as Mohammed Emwazi from London . Speaking to camera , al-Mazwagi said : ' I did n't travel across the world - I spent a lot of money and I left a lot of what I love and I left a comfortable lifestyle - just to come here and blow up some kids . ' I could have easily done that back home . ' And asked when his fight will end , he added : ` When I die . I would rather fight in the path of Allah , protecting his religion , than be with my wife . ' I have got unlimited time after I die to spend with my life , I do n't need to spend it right now . This week the true identity of Jihadi John was revealed to be Londoner Mohammed Emwazi . The Islamic State killer was born in Kuwait before moving to Britain at six years old . Given a council flat overlooking the Regents Canal in the exclusive Little Venice area of West London , his father found work as a minicab and delivery van driver while his mother stayed at home with Mohammed and his two younger sisters , now 25 and 23 . Home : Minicab driver 's son Emwazi most recently lived at a flat in Queen 's Park in west London . After finishing primary school in 1999 , young Mohammed moved to Quintin Kynaston Community Academy , in St John 's Wood . Once there , he became more observant of his religion and began wearing more traditional Islamic dress . It was only after he won a place studying computing at the University of Westminster that his behaviour began to change . Friends told the Washington Post he was already talking wildly about travelling to Syria , where the uprising against Bashar al Assad was beginning in earnest . His parents reported him missing after three days but claimed it was four months before police arrived at their home and said they had information he was in Syria . | Jihadi John said to have been in first group of Londoners to fight in Syria . It included Ibrahim al-Mazwagi - first British jihadi known to have died there . Mohammad el-Araj and Choukri Ellekhlifi also members but both now dead . Video of al-Mazwagi lifts lid on life as a member of The Migrants Brigade . Pictures posted to social media also reveal life as a jihadi fighter in Syria . 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Nick Clegg 's ` swivel eyed ' obsession with Europe could prevent a second coalition deal with the Conservatives , senior Lib Dems warn . Nick Clegg 's ` swivel-eyed ' obsession with Europe could prevent a second coalition deal with the Conservatives , senior Liberal Democrats have warned . The Deputy Prime Minister has publicly said he will consider a deal with whoever emerges on top if the May election results in another hung parliament . But his friends say that in private he has all but ruled out agreeing to a referendum -- raising doubts about the viability of a deal with the Conservatives , and potentially forcing the party into a deal with Labour . The extraordinary description of Mr Clegg as ` swivel-eyed ' underlines the frustration of some senior Lib Dems that Mr Clegg may put his passion for the EU ahead of the interests of the party and country . One Lib Dem minister said Mr Clegg 's obsession was on a par with that of Tory Eurosceptics , who have pushed the Prime Minister to agree to a referendum . The minister said there was ` no way ' Mr Clegg would sign up to the Tory plans , which David Cameron has made a deal-breaker in any coalition talks . ` This is pretty much a red line for Nick , ' the source said . ` There is no way he will sign up to plans that will allow the Tories to set the terms of a renegotiation , carry out that renegotiation and then hold a referendum on that basis which could see Britain leave the EU . ` Europe is part of his reason for being in politics -- it 's his lifeblood . In his own way he 's as swivel-eyed about Europe as -LSB- Tory Eurosceptic -RSB- Peter Bone -- it 's just that his eyes swivel in the opposite direction . ' An ally of Mr Cameron once famously described Eurosceptic Tory activists as ` swivel-eyed loons ' . The Prime Minister and his Lib Dem deputy attempted to put on a show of unity yesterday with a rare joint press conference to announce a devolution package for Wales . But behind the scenes , the two men are said to be further apart than ever , particularly over Europe . Many senior Lib Dems believe the party could extract a high price during coalition talks with the Conservatives in return for backing an in-out referendum on Europe . Mr Clegg served his political apprenticeship in Brussels , working as an aide to former European Commissioner Leon Brittan before becoming an MEP in his own right . Friends say he was enraged by Mr Cameron 's 2011 decision to veto an EU treaty without consulting him , and no longer trusts the Prime Minister on European issues . For the past two years , Mr Clegg has vetoed attempts by the Conservatives to legislate for a referendum . Mr Cameron -- driven by Tory fear of Ukip -- has vowed to hold an in/out referendum by the end of 2017 if he wins power in May . The Prime Minister and Nick Clegg attempted to put on a show of unity yesterday with a rare joint press conference to announce a devolution package for Wales . Speaking to party activists last year he appeared to make it a ` red line ' for coalition talks , saying : ' I would not be prime minister of a government unless we could carry out our pledge of an in-out referendum . ' One Tory MP said : ` Cameron would n't last five minutes if he tried to drop the referendum . He knows that , and we know that . It is not going to happen . ' Meanwhile , Lib Dem foreign affairs spokesman Tim Farron said yesterday that the Lib Dems would have to try to cut a deal with Labour if it ends up as the largest party -- even if the Tories get more votes . He told the New Statesman magazine : ` Let 's say the Tories get more votes and Labour wins more seats , which is quite possible , we may think that morally we should put the Tories in but ... we wo n't have a choice . ' | Senior Liberal Democrats have warned of leader 's obsession with Europe . Nick Clegg will deal with whoever emerges on top in a hung parliament . But friends privately say he has all but ruled out agreeing to a referendum . It raises doubts about the viability of a deal with the Conservatives . | [[0, 112], [115, 137], [138, 250], [253, 291], [776, 870], [292, 444], [336, 444], [449, 663], [0, 112], [138, 250], [449, 663]] |
Republican leader John Boehner could see a coup attempt to unseat him as House Speaker as early as this coming week - after hardline conservatives derailed his bill to keep the Department of Homeland Security funded . Conservatives within his own party could try to remove the Ohio representative as Speaker of the House as soon as next week , according to his close allies . The threats to challenge Boehner 's leadership come as hardline conservative Republicans voted against his bill to keep DHS funded for three weeks , . Scroll down for video . Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner could lose his position atop the lower chamber of Congress in the fight for a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security . Right-wing lawmakers had inserted amendments to block President Obama 's executive order immigration reforms in previous bills , which they refused to vote for when the measures were taken out . A bill submitted by Boehner Friday for three weeks of funding failed to pass 203-224 , with 52 Republicans voting against it . An emergency one-week bill to fund the agency passed 357-60 Friday night , though fifty-five Republicans voted against it as well . President Obama signed the deal to fund the agency responsible for fighting terrorism for another week ten minutes before its money would have run out at midnight . Allies of the speaker say that if he calls for a vote on a bill without the conservative immigration amendments , he may face a vote challenging his role as the party 's leader in the House . Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Charlie Dent , a moderate , told CNN he had heard that conservatives were using the fight over funding to make a play for removing Boehner . Twenty-five Republican legislators voted against the Cincinnati native during a vote for speaker at the beginning of this year . It was the largest attempt by a party to unseat its incumbent speaker since the Civil War , according to the Washington Post . An attempt to unseat him would most likely not succeed , but could embarrass the 13-term congressman . Twenty-five House Republicans voted against John Boehner as speaker during a January vote -LRB- pictured -RRB- , the largest vote by a party to unseat its incumbent speaker since the Civil War . President Obama signed the deal to fund the agency responsible for fighting terrorism for another week ten minutes before its money would have run out at midnight . Fifty-five Republicans voted against it when it passed 357-60 Friday night . The Senate voted through a ` clean ' DHS funding bill last week . A funding bill from last year gave the rest of the government through the fiscal year that ends in September , but funded Homeland Security through Friday to create a showdown over immigration . Potential new Republican speakers include Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan and House Majority Kevin McCarthy of California , but both are loyal to Boehner . The speaker told reporters Thursday that his job was not on the line in the current conflict . ` He is the speaker of the United States House until he 's not , ' Ohio Republican Rep. Frank Lucas , who supports Boehner , told POLITICO . The speaker led House Republicans to their largest majority since the 1940s in the fall elections and his party currently control 245 seats in the chamber . He became assumed the role of speaker from California Democrat Nancy Pelosi after the 2010 election . | House passed one-week bill to fund department after Boehner 's bill failed . Representative Charlie Dent , a Pennsylvania Republican , says he has heard about removing Boehner . Coup unlikely to succeed ; 25 Republicans voted against him in January . | [[672, 724], [1047, 1119], [1536, 1577], [1593, 1667], [431, 522], [1706, 1834], [1962, 1982], [1998, 2016], [2065, 2160]] |
Three quarters of GPs want to charge foreigners for appointments , figures show . They say too many migrants and tourists are abusing the NHS , which is already under immense pressure . Many want foreigners to be regarded as private patients and made to pay at the surgery reception either by card or cash . Three quarters of GPs want to charge foreigners for appointments as they fear too many migrants and tourists are abusing the NHS , which is already under immense pressure -LRB- stock picture -RRB- . A private GP appointment typically costs # 70 and from then on overseas patients would also have to pay for blood tests , scans or drugs . Ministers have warned that the NHS is becoming an ` international health service ' and overseas patients not entitled to free care racking up bills of up to # 300 million year . They have proposed a series of measures to crackdown on the problem including a pilot scheme last month to check the documents of all new patients registering with a GP . At present , GP appointments and treatment are free for all overseas patients although they are meant to pay for most hospital procedures . But family doctors say that the current system makes them a gateway for foreigners abusing free hospital treatment . Dr Kailash Chand , Deputy Chair of the British Medical Association , argues the NHS should remain free for anyone who needed to use it . This is because staff rarely bother to check patients ' nationalities and whether they should be paying as they assume that if they have a GP referral they are eligible for free NHS care . A survey of 515 GPs by Pulse magazine found that 77 per cent were in favour of ` upfront ' charges for foreign patients . One , Dr Zishan Syed , a GP in Maidstone , Kent , said : ` It is a sad reality but there is abuse of the NHS by foreign visitors . ` It is only fair that they pay upfront if they are not entitled to free care on the NHS . ` The NHS is in trouble and it is only right that the Government stops anyone from taking advantage of a system that is already under immense pressure . Another Dr Niall Finegan , a GP in Salford , Greater Manchester pointed out that British patients do n't get free care abroad there is no reason the NHS should pay for foreigners . ` We do not get free care abroad . ' He said . Another anonymous GP said : ` GP should be able to charge patient as if he is private patient and give private prescription . why should we do work free of charge for patients not entitled to NHS treatment . One other doctor , who did not reveal their name said : ` These patients need to be treated as private patient . ` GPs should charge fee and give private prescription . Most of money should go to GP . ' But other doctors said the NHS should remain free for anyone who needed to use it . Dr Kailash Chand , Deputy Chair of the British Medical Association , which represents doctors said : ` Quite a significant majority of GPs for as long as I have known have supported charging foreign visitors for NHS care . ` They see this as one of the solutions for the demand . It is understandable . ` But I think they are mistaken . I believe in universal health care . If they bring in these charges , where do you stop ? This will be counterproductive . ' Last month the Department of Health announced a pilot whereby all new patients registering at a GP would have to prove they are either British citizens or if from the EU , show their European Health Insurance Card . The scheme will initially involve ten practices as part of a series of measures aimed at getting GPs in the habit of checking if patients are entitled to free care . | Figures show majority of GPs want to charge foreigners for appointments . Doctors say migrants are abusing NHS which is under immense pressure . Ministers warned the NHS is becoming an ` international health service ' Overseas patients are racking up health care bills of up to # 300 million year . | [[0, 81], [67, 81], [308, 372], [1578, 1699], [1627, 1699], [2798, 2814], [2892, 2896], [2899, 3020], [95, 141], [134, 141], [150, 185], [390, 436], [429, 436], [445, 506], [1700, 1703], [1706, 1720], [1750, 1754], [1759, 1830], [2025, 2033], [2039, 2074], [646, 823], [673, 750], [646, 823], [767, 823]] |
The Iraqi national museum has reopened its doors twelve years after tens of thousands of artefacts were looted in the wake of the U.S. invasion in 2003 . Since then around 3,000 priceless treasures , including one figurine which dates back 4,400 years , have been recovered and returned to the museum 's collection . The opening was accelerated to today after a video released by ISIS fanatics earlier this week showed them destroying 3,000-year-old sculptures in Mosul , Iraq 's second city . Scroll down for video . Iraq 's national museum in Baghdad has re-opened twelve years after it was ransacked in the wake of the U.S. invasion during which an estimated 15,000 artefacts were taken . Since then officials have managed to recover around 3,000 items , while others were discovered hidden in secret storage rooms or were being kept safe overseas at the time of the raid . The museum is home to relics dating back at least 5,000 years to when Iraq was called Mesopotamia , widely considered to be the cradle of human civilization -LRB- pictured , statues dating to the second century BC -RRB- . Speaking in Baghdad today , Iraq 's prime minister Haider al-Abadi said ISIS militants had destroyed around half of the exhibits and was trying to sell the others . However , he said that each item was marked and tagged , and was calling on the international community to help thwart the ` terrorist barbarians ' . He said : ` We will chase them with the world on our side . This is a serious call to the Security Council and the United Nations and all peace-loving states to chase them all . ` Damn them and their hands for what they are doing . ' The opening of the museum was brought forward after ISIS militants were this week shown vandalising ancient sculptures in Mosul , Iraq 's second city -LRB- a statue dating back to the eight century BC pictured left -RRB- . An artefact coming from the shrine of Imam Musa al-Kadhim and dating back to 1227 AD is displayed during the official reopening of Iraq 's national museum . Iraq 's prime minister today said ISIS militants had destroyed around half of the artefacts in Mosul 's museum , and was attempting to smuggle the other half for a profit . Looting from Iraq 's national museum began under Saddam Hussein as corrupt officials tried to move pieces out of the country , but the main raids came after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 . Curators locked some of the most valuable and cultural pieces in underground storage rooms , but the above ground rooms were ransacked . In total , officials estimate that 15,000 items were taken , of which about a third have been recovered . Some items recorded as stolen were later found locked in secret storage units , while others were being kept overseas at the time and were subsequently returned . Officials added that the damage could have been a lot worse , as most of the thieves were opportunistic , and had little idea of what they were looking for . Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi -LRB- pictured -RRB- urged the international community to help track down the numbered and tagged relics , vowing to thwart the ` terrorist barbarians ' Museum curators said many artefacts were saved because thieves did not know what they were looking for . A collection of fake jars were taken , while the valuable real versions , sitting next to them , were untouched . The museum was first opened in 1926 with the help of British author Gertrude Bell , and was subsequently added to via the funding of the German and Italian governments . In one room curators found an entire shelf of worthless fake jars had been taken while the next shelf , containing valuable originals , remained entirely intact , according to the museum 's website . The museum was first opened in 1926 with the help of British author Gertrude Bell , and was subsequently added to via the funding of the German and Italian governments . The collection covers 7,000 years of history , including rare relics from Mesopotamia - as Iraq was called for much of human history - which is widely considered to be the cradle of civilization . Pillaging of Iraq 's most important archeological sites continues to this day , as the country 's weakened security forces are unable to protect them . Iran has today offered to protect the precious objects , with Mohammad Hassan Talebian , a senior official at Iran 's Cultural Heritage Organization , saying he has written to the U.N. offering his country 's services for as long as the treasures are at risk . This was the scene in Mosul museum earlier this week as ISIS soldiers too sledgehammers to some of the rarest and most valuable artefacts from the ancient Muslim world . A militant uses a power drill to break up the face of a winged-bull Assyrian protective deity , preserved from the ancient city of Nineveh , from which Mosul was built . | Museum was forced to close after looting during 2003 American invasion . Curators say around 15,000 artefacts were taken during days of raids . Since then an estimated 3,000 of them have been returned to the collection . Opening brought forward after ISIS seen raiding Mosul museum this week . | [[62, 153], [518, 635], [580, 642], [2332, 2389], [62, 153], [618, 635], [643, 691], [2527, 2535], [2538, 2632], [154, 222], [254, 273], [154, 222], [278, 316], [692, 755], [317, 367], [1648, 1775], [4507, 4559]] |
Kim Jong-Un has told North Korea 's military to prepare for war against the United States , saying he wants ` to tear to pieces the Stars and Stripes ' . He also said that America does not have a ` monopoly ' on nuclear weapons , adding : ` The U.S. is seriously mistaken if it thinks its mainland is safe . ' The comments were made yesterday after America and South Korea held joint military exercises before announcing another eight-week operation due to take place from Monday . Scroll down for video . Kim Jong Un said that America does not have the ` monopoly ' on nuclear weapons , adding that : ` The U.S. is seriously mistaken if it thinks its mainland is safe . ' The North Korean dictator called on the army to increase the training of elite units in response to joint military drills from the U.S. and South Korea on Friday . The aggressive North Korean statement comes at a time of rising tension on the peninsula after the communist state also upped its own military drills -LRB- pictured , Kim inspects part of a museum in Pyongyang -RRB- . Operation Foal Eagle will involve around 200,000 South Korean troops and another 3,700 U.S. personnel , spread over land , sea and air . North Korea has also recently stepped up its own ground , air and naval drills , as tensions continue to rise on the fraught peninsula . KCNA , the country 's state news agency , said : ` The DPRK will wage a merciless sacred war against the U.S. now that the latter has chosen confrontation . ` The prevailing situation where a great war for national reunification is at hand requires all the KPA -LRB- Korean People 's Army -RRB- units to become -LRB- elite -RRB- Guard Units fully prepared for war politically and ideologically , in military technique and materially . ' Kim hit out on the same day the U.S. moved a step closer to imposing new sanctions on North Korea 's banks , blocking their access to hard cash . Kim said he wanted ` to tear to pieces the Stars and Stripes ' and ` wage a merciless sacred war against the U.S. ' , according to the country 's state news agency . The comments also came as the U.S. begins ratifying new laws which will place even tougher sanctions on North Korea , limiting its access to hard cash . The bill also has that ability to sanction North Korea officials over dire human rights abuses and individuals who facilitate cyberattacks on the U.S. . The new legislation is partly in response to demands for tougher measures over Pyongyang 's nuclear programme and the alleged hack of Sony Pictures last year . The Obama administration last month blacklisted additional North Korean officials in response to the Sony hack , aimed at reducing the country 's income from illegal weapon sales . Last week a U.N. panel investigating how North Korea avoids sanctions reported that one shipping company caught trying to smuggle jets and missiles from Cub had simply renamed its vessels , suggesting that the new sanctions may not be entirely effective . South Korea and America will carry out more joint exercises from Monday involving hundreds of thousands of troops -LRB- pictured , Kim inspects the construction site of a new science and technology centre -RRB- . | Dictator Kim Jong Un threatened ` to tear to pieces the Stars and Stripes ' Comments came after joint military drills between U.S. and South Korea . American government is also readying new sanctions for North Korea . | [[0, 11], [92, 149], [1912, 2025], [310, 372], [349, 481], [673, 836], [673, 698], [718, 836], [2981, 3052], [1794, 1872]] |
Berkshire Hathaway has offered the best hint yet as to who will succeed Warren Buffett at the helm of the massively successful conglomerate . And Buffett , world 's most successful investor who grew the company from a failing manufacturing firm into a $ 485billion behemoth , says his replacement will be an even better leader than he has been . The 84-year-old released an annual letter to investors on Saturday in which he discussed his successors and the future of the company that he has run for 50 years . ` Both the board and I believe we now have the right person to succeed me as CEO - a successor ready to assume the job the day after I die or step down , ' the billionaire said in his letter to Berkshire shareholders . ` In certain important respects , this person will do a better job than I am doing , ' Buffett added . Greg Abel -LRB- left -RRB- , 52 , leads Berkshire Hathaway Energy and has been with the company since 2000 . Ajit Jain -LRB- right -RRB- , 63 , has been Buffett 's top insurance deputy for three decades . Munger described them both as ` proven performers ' Warren Buffett , 84 , has run Berkshire since 1965 . He 's turned the company into a worldwide business in areas such as insurance , railroads , energy , food and apparel . Vice chairman Charlie Munger , Buffett 's longtime business partner , gave more details than ever about a potential Buffett 's heir - and even named the top candidates . Munger , 91 , characterized two top Berkshire executives , Greg Abel and Ajit Jain , as ` proven performers who would probably be under-described as `` world-class , '' ' in his annual letter to shareholders . Abel , 52 , leads Berkshire Hathaway Energy , and Jain , 63 , has been Buffett 's top insurance deputy for three decades . In previous annual letters , Buffett has said that Berkshire 's board had been fully aware of his chosen successor but he kept his options open for other possible candidates . He did n't name his eventual successor in this year 's note to investigors , but he did discuss the qualities that person will need . ` My successor will need one other particular strength : the ability to fight off the ABCs of business decay , which are arrogance , bureaucracy and complacency , ' Buffett said . ` When these corporate cancers metastasize , even the strongest of companies can falter . ' Investors have long speculated about who would , or could , succeed Buffett , particularly after he was diagnosed with and then beat prostate cancer in 2012 . Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman Charles Munger , 91 , hinted at the idea that Warren Buffett 's successor could be Greg Abel or Ajit Jain , both executives within the company . Neither Buffett 's nor Munger 's letter referred by name to Matthew Rose , executive chairman of the BNSF railroad unit , who has also been mentioned by investors as a possible successor . In Saturday 's letter , Buffett strongly suggested that the potential successor already works within Berkshire . Analysts and Berkshire shareholders have speculated that Jain would succeed Buffett as CEO , according to the Wall Street Journal . Both he and Abel are longtime executives with the company . Jain has been with Berkshire since 1985 , while Abel joined the company in 2000 . Buffett has run Berkshire since 1965 , transforming it from a failing textile company into a conglomerate with a $ 363billion market value , and more than 80 operating businesses in such areas as insurance , railroads , energy , food and apparel . The Omaha , Nebraska-based company also has well over $ 100billion of common stock investments . ` Our directors believe that our future CEOs should come from internal candidates whom the Berkshire board has grown to know well , ' he wrote . Age will also be a factor and Buffett said Berkshire may be best off if his successor stays on for at least a decade . ` Our directors also believe that an incoming CEO should be relatively young , so that he or she can have a long run in the job , ' Buffett wrote . ` It 's hard to teach a new dog old tricks . And they are not likely to retire at 65 either - or have you noticed ? ' Longtime partners Munger -LRB- left -RRB- joined Buffett -LRB- right -RRB- have withheld most information about potential successors for Berkshire Hathaway 's CEO position . | Charles Munger and Warren Buffett released shareholders letters Saturday . Munger characterized Greg Abel and Ajit Jain as top Berkshire executives . Buffett said that the company has ` the right person to succeed ' as CEO . He also suggested that the successor already works within Berkshire . Buffett , 84 , has been the company 's CEO since 1965 . | [[346, 412], [1433, 1439], [1447, 1515], [2507, 2554], [2562, 2684], [532, 570], [542, 611], [2507, 2554], [2562, 2684], [2874, 2895], [2898, 2986], [3606, 3687], [1090, 1104], [1107, 1142], [3261, 3297]] |
What was meant to be a joyous and romantic evening for a newlywed couple instead became a horror scene when the groom head-butted and choked his bride . Police were called to a home at Fannie Bay in Darwin on Friday night , where they were met by the 29-year-old ` intoxicated ' and ` dishevelled ' groom who was still in his dress shirt after being married earlier that night . ` Apparently an argument began at the wedding reception when the groom called his new father in law a very unsavoury name , ' Northern Territory Duty Superintendent Louise Jorgensen said . A 29-year-old Darwin man was arrested on the night of his wedding after he allegedly threw his wife ` to the ground and kicked her ' ` In the car ride home from the reception the groom tried to head butt and choke the bride . ` She retaliated by slapping him , ' Supt Jorgensen said . ` When they reached their home in Fannie Bay the shocking violence continued . ' The man is alleged to have thrown his wife to the ground and kicked her before neighbours intervened . He was arrested and spent the night in custody and a Domestic Violence order is expected to be obtained . Police were called to their home at Fannie Bay in Darwin on Friday night , where they were met by the 29-year-old ` intoxicated ' and ` dishevelled ' groom who was still in his dress shirt after being married earlier that night . ` Police , witnesses , friends and family were appalled by this situation and needless to say the future of this short union does not augur well , ' Supt Jorgensen said . In a statement on Saturday , officers clarified that they had shared news of the incident in an effort to highlight the ongoing issues and problems of domestic and family violence . ` In particular , that it can occur to any member of the community , male or female , rich or poor , young or old , newly married or together for years , ' the statement read . Anyone who has experienced or is at risk of family and domestic violence or sexual assault can call the 24 hour , National Sexual Assault , Family and Domestic Violence Counselling Line on 1800 RESPECT -LRB- 1800 737 732 -RRB- . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article . | A 29-year-old Darwin man was arrested on the night of his wedding . He then allegedly threw his wife ` to the ground and kicked her ' Police said the argument began at the wedding reception when the groom called his new father in law ' a very unsavoury name ' He spent his wedding night in custody and a Domestic Violence order is expected to be obtained . | [[568, 683], [568, 683], [568, 592], [640, 642], [688, 698], [934, 990], [934, 941], [995, 1036], [392, 478], [568, 683], [1037, 1039], [1057, 1083], [1088, 1128], [1088, 1113], [1126, 1142]] |
All 50 states of America will see snow this week as the nation is plunged into the coldest month for decades . For the first time since 2010 , meteorologists predict two snow storms barreling through the country in the next seven days will engulf Florida - a usually snow-less state . It comes as cold weather records continue to fall across the country , with February declared the coldest month in New York for 81 years . The average temperature in the Big Apple over the last four weeks has been 24F - 11 degrees below normal . New York joins other metropolitan areas such as Chicago and Pittsburgh , which have also experienced their most frigid February in decades . As the mercury continues to plummet , ice breakers are being deployed by the US Coast Guard to create ferry and shipping lanes along the Hudson River in New York and the Delaware in Philadelphia . Scroll down for video . Let it snow ! A mother and son sled down a snowy overpass in Oklahoma on Saturday as all 50 states are set to see snow this week . Richard Hample of Albuquerque took out his skis to get some exercise near Silver and Harvard on Saturday morning . As fog rolls in , Emily Martinez makes a snow angel on freshly fallen snow as a a storm out of the Pacific Northwest brings snow to the San Bernardino Mountains on Saturday , in Green Valley Lake , California . Ploughing through : Travelers walk with their luggage to the airport due to impassable roads in Albuquerque , New Mexico , on Saturday . A lone duck swims in a small creek in Hurst , Texas , on Saturday . The area received almost two inches of snow and freezing rain . A John Deere tractor is obscured by heavy snowfall in Enid , Oklahoma , as the nation experiences one of the coldest months on record . A horse looks for grass underneath the snow and ice in a field in Reno , Texas , west of Fort Worth , on Saturday . According to The New York Times , it has not been this frigid in New York since February 1934 . That month it averaged 19.9 F. On February 9 of that year , the mercury sank to 15 degrees below zero - the lowest daily reading in the city 's history . The only other February on record that was cold than this past month was in 1885 - when the average daily temperature was 22.7 degrees . Jay Engle , a meteorologist for the National Weather Service , told The Times : ` It was like the most sick month you can think of . ' As the records continue to tumble - with almost 500 daily low-points being beaten in the last month - forecasters predict there 's more on the way . Richard Adams , of Albuquerque , walks with his two dogs Bulka and Rizhik on Saturday morning in the Nob Hill of Albuquerque , N.M. . A coyote pauses to look around while walking through an open field at Albuquerque 's Nature Center Saturday morning . Record-breaking : Ice chunks form underneath the snow-covered Brooklyn Bridge in New York City at the end of the coldest February in more than 80 years - and two more snow storms are expected to hit the region over the next few days . Frozen : The mercury has not fallen this low in the city since 1934 . Pictured are fire fighter working to tackle a blaze in sub-zero climes . Duties continue : The tug Arabian Sea pushes a barge through the icy waters of the Hudson River on Friday , near Rhinecliff , in Upstate New York . With the prolonged cold winter weather , the Coast Guard has been busy clearing shipping lanes . This next winter storm will begin to take shape Saturday in California as a disturbance digs into the Southwest , bringing rain in the lower elevations and snow in the mountains . Snow , sleet and ice will then spread eastward across the Plains , Midwest and Northeast through midweek . Texas has already seen six inches of snow as a result of the storm , with Oklahoma - seven inches - and New Mexico - one foot - also suffering from the wintry downpours . Boston 's all-time winter weather record is also at risk , after 102 inches of snow fell on the city in the space of a month . Making a path : The Hudson-Athens Lighthouse lies in the background as ice breakers make their way along the Hudson River , New York . Insurance companies in the area are getting a historic number of claims from homeowners whose properties have been damaged by the weight of the snow . Experts say that popping , creaking , or cracking noises can be signs of a stressed roof that could be about to collapse . Residents are warned to leave immediately in those cases . Peter Judge , spokesman for the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency , told the Boston Globe : ` If you are hearing loud cracking , like cracking wood , there is something going on up there . But if it 's just a variety of sounds , do n't automatically get everyone out of the building . ' Wintry conditions also caused chaos across the southeastern United States this week as the area saw an unprecedented amount of snowfall . Wet , heavy snow snapped tree limbs and cut power lines in North Carolina leaving more than 200,000 Duke Energy customers without electricity at one point . Nearly a foot of snow fell in parts of Alabama - closing roads , schools and businesses . A volunteer who works with the National Weather Service measured 11 inches of snow in the Guntersville area in the morning . Authorities said 8.5 inches of snow fell in the Athens area , with similar amounts reported in other towns and cities across northern Alabama . School 's out : Children make snow angels in Richardson , Texas . A winter storm that dumped several inches of snow in Texas on Friday closed schools , snarled travel and forced a main highway into Oklahoma to shut down after nearly 20 vehicles slid off the road . Mack Donohue , who has been homeless since 2008 , washes car windows for tips in Boston , Massachusetts . Donahue spent his nights on the streets and not in shelters this winter until about two weeks ago , even though Boston has had over 100 inches of snow this winter . Whiteout : Helena Burns , center , walks in Pioneer Plaza with her mother , Sandra , left , and Hanna Vampola , all of Omaha , Nebraska , . Play : Stephanie Hord , left , Miranda Zepeda and Jessica Spurgers play in the snow at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene , Texas . | Average daily temperature in the city as been 24F - 11 degrees below normal - the coldest since February 1934 . Joins metropolitan areas such as Chicago and Pittsburgh which have experienced most frigid period in decades . 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Surgery : Angelina Jolie had a preventative mastectomy but a survey found one in four British women are afraid to find out if they are at risk . British women at risk of ovarian cancer have been accused of ` burying their heads in the sand ' after a quarter of respondents to a new survey admitted they would be ` too scared ' to undergo DNA tests to find out whether they had a 50 per cent genetic chance of developing the disease . In the same survey , one in three claimed to have a family history of the disease , but 40 per cent said they had taken no action yet to find out their own genetic risk . Ovarian cancer is the most deadly gynaecological cancer , killing one woman every two hours in Britain . There are more than 7,000 new UK diagnoses each year , a third of which are caught at a late stage , due to lack of awareness of the symptoms earlier on . Almost one in five cases of ovarian cancer are due to a mutation in the BRCA1/2 gene , which also increases the chances of developing breast cancer to 87 per cent and is the cause of one in ten cases . Genetic testing is offered on the NHS to any woman with a family history of either disease who requests it , and now campaigners want screening to be offered to all patients at the point of diagnosis . Many who test positive for the BRCA gene mutation choose to have preventative surgery -- a mastectomy -LRB- surgical removal of the breasts -RRB- and removal of the female reproductive organs -- which reduces the risk of disease to ` almost nothing ' , according to experts . In 2013 , actress Angelina Jolie became the highest-profile star to undergo a preventative mastectomy after discovering she carried the BRCA gene . Jolie has said she is considering surgery to remove her ovaries . In the months after her revelation , referrals for genetic testing in Britain doubled to 4,847 compared with 1,981 referrals in the same period in 2012 , according to figures from Cancer Research UK . Whether the ` Jolie effect ' has been sustained remains to be seen , as the UK Genetic Testing Network has not released up-to-date figures . Charity Ovarian Cancer Action released their figures ahead of Ovarian Cancer Action Month this month and are calling for women to be ` BRCA aware ' by completing an online risk calculator on their website , ovarian.org.uk . Katherine Taylor , chief executive of the charity , said : ` Knowing that you 're at greater risk of developing cancer can be frightening but the benefits of knowing far outweigh a temptation to bury your head in the sand . ' There 's no screening tool or routine testing for ovarian cancer , as there is with breast cancer , and symptoms are often confused , by both women and doctors , for other conditions . Of the women surveyed , more than half were unaware that persistent stomach pains and bloating could be a sign , while 33 per cent said they did n't know of any symptoms associated with ovarian cancer . ` We want women to know there is support and information given before and after genetic testing , and surgery is not the only option , ' added Taylor . | Ovarian cancer is most deadly gynaecological cancer , killing one woman every two hours in Britain . More than 7,000 new cases each year , a third of which caught at late stage . Almost one in five ovarian cancer cases due to mutation in BRCA1/2 gene . Survey found one in three claimed to have a family history of the disease . But 40 % said they 'd taken no action yet to find out their own genetic risk . | [[605, 660], [605, 619], [663, 709], [710, 762], [765, 808], [865, 949], [434, 452], [455, 515], [522, 604]] |
Three childhood friends who survived the Second World War together have been reunited after 70 years apart . With the war coming to an end in 1945 , brothers Sydney and Bernard Baker waved goodbye to their adopted home on Pwllygath Street near Bridgend , Wales - and their dear friend Doris Hayball . Along with their other brother Alan , they returned to the family home in Stamford Hill , London which they had been evacuated from five years earlier . Now thanks to a chance meeting with a couple from the town in Gran Canaria , the pair have rekindled that friendship with their fellow wartime survivor on the same Welsh street they left behind . Reunited : After 70 years apart , brother Sydney -LRB- centre -RRB- and Bernard -LRB- right -RRB- Baker have met up with old friend Doris Lugg -LRB- left -RRB- on the same street in Wales they lived on during the Second World War . Homecoming : With the war coming to an end in 1945 - Bernard -LRB- standing -RRB- , Sydney -LRB- right -RRB- and their other brother Alan -LRB- left -RRB- returned home to London which they had evacuated five years earlier . Reunion : Thanks to Sydney 's chance meeting with a current Pwllygath Street resident in Gran Canaria , the pair have been able to return to the street that took them in during the war - and see some old friends . 84-year-old Bernard who now lives in Essex said : ` It 's wonderful coming back . I have always got a smile about being in Wales . It was a very , very happy time and it was safe for my brothers and me . ' Doris , 82 , still lives at her childhood home four doors down from where the Baker brothers stayed . The great-grandmother who now goes by the name Doris Lugg remembers them arriving on Pwllygath Street wearing gas masks and clutching their small suitcases . She said : ` It 's really amazing to see them again . I remember them coming into the street with a lady who brought them up from Pisgah Church . ' Despite the fear which gripped the country during the war , Sydney , 80 , added : ' I do n't remember any time being sad or unhappy . ' He said bumping into current Kenfig Hill resident Jane Holder while on holiday with his wife Carole ` brought back a flood of memories of all that happened ' . Jane , 50 , and her husband Richard arranged for the Baker brothers to return to Bridgend yesterday , where they even managed to visit their old school Mynydd Cynffig . They had kept in touch with Ed and Laura Williams who looked after them between 1940 and 1945 but feared the links with their childhood in Wales ended when the couple died . Memories : Doris , who remembers the boys arriving in Kenfig Hill wearing gas masks and clutching their tiny suitcases , said : ` It 's really amazing to see them again ' Kindness : The brothers were initially homed separately but the couple who took in Alan decided they should all be staying together . Thankfully , Jane discovered that many of their former schoolmates remembered the trio - known as the Baker boys - and would be delighted to see them again . The three boys were initially sent to separate home but Doris ' second cousin Ed Williams - who took in Alan - decided they should be together when he saw Sydney crying in a window of a neighbour 's house . Doris said : ` He told my mother he could n't bear it that they were parted . ' Even though the brothers shared two single beds pushed together in a box room for five years , Bernard and Sydney remember their stay in Wales fondly . Sydney said : ` Laura and Ed were wonderful people - incredibly warm almost immediately . And his brother Bernard added : ` It was incredible for them to take three Jewish boys in . But they brought us up like their own children . ' I could n't have hoped for a better , happier boyhood than I had here . ' | In 1945 , brothers returned to London after being evacuated five years prior . Yesterday they went back to the Welsh street that took them in during WW2 . 84-year-old Bernard Baker and brother Sydney , 80 , met up with old friends . One of them , Doris Hayball , remembers the day they arrived in Kenfig Hill . The pair and brother Alan were wearing gas masks and carrying suit cases . They were all homed separately before kind couple adopted three brothers . | [[391, 453], [1031, 1060], [1051, 1066], [1072, 1106], [531, 630], [799, 837], [838, 881], [1209, 1258], [1248, 1258], [1264, 1320], [2231, 2258], [2267, 2330], [0, 47], [54, 108], [661, 681], [684, 781], [1211, 1219], [1298, 1320], [2574, 2582], [2585, 2590], [2597, 2639], [1714, 1748], [1629, 1650], [1753, 1786], [2756, 2800], [3037, 3066], [3072, 3088], [3037, 3051], [3057, 3114]] |
Gallipoli is a burial ground . A terrible reminder of the violence of war . It 's where men of all ages , neighbourhoods and nationalities were stripped down to their common human thread of flesh and blood and bone . A remarkable set of circumstances we call The Lost Stories of Anzac , which airs on 60 Minutes , at 8.10 pm on the Nine Network tonight . Scroll down for video . Richard Vines and Ashley Vines at Baby 700 . The hill which was known as Baby 700 , was one of the main Australian objectives at the dawn landing on 25 April 1915 , which included a wounded Ashley Vines Snr . They landed on the wrong beach at the wrong time . Liz Hayes joins relatives at Gallipoli to trace the steps of the unknown heroes among the ANZAC troops . Primary schoolmates Ashley Vines -LRB- left -RRB- and Allan Vowles -LRB- right -RRB- . Liz Hayes tells a remarkable story of circumstance which leads to the pair being reunited on the bloody battlefields of Gallipoli and how Allan would save Ashley 's life . I went there with a number of family members , all of whom were learning for the first time what had happened to their Gallipoli soldiers . And I watched as they were confronted by the horror and the sadness , the brutality and the bravery that had occurred . It was all felt deeply by 21-year-old Ashley Vines . Richard Vines , Ashley Vines and Gallipoli historian Michael McKernan are pictured in the grounds of Scotch College , which has played host to five generations of the Vines family . Ashley -LRB- middle -RRB- and his great grandfather were both vice-captain of the cricket team , 100 years apart . 60 Minutes reporter Liz Hayes wrote for Daily Mail Australia that ' I went there with a number of family members , all who were learning for the first time what had happened to their Gallipoli soldiers . And I watched as they were confronted by the horror and the sadness , the brutality and the bravery that had occurred ' He carries his great grandfather 's name . Both were vice-captains at Melbourne Scotch College and both were great sportsmen . The difference is , 100 years ago , Ashley senior went to war . I could see that as he and his dad Richard walked the trenches and looked up at the cliffs from Anzac Cove ... Ashley suddenly understood what it must have been like . Ashley Vines snr was in the second wave of Australians to hit the shore on April 25th , 1915 and even as he and his mates saw the diggers in front of them being mowed down ... they still ran forward . Richard and Ashley Vines jnr at Gallipoli to retrace the steps of Ashley Vines snr , ' I could not even imagine getitng off a boat with all these other Australians and almost facing certain death ' Nearing the top of the cliffs , Ashley Vines was shot . But in what was an extraordinary act of courage , he survived with the help of a schoolmate . Allan Vowles had not seen his schoolmate since kindergarten , but out here in the battlefield now littered with bodies ... he recognised Ashley Vines and for the next five hours , dodging bullets , helped carry him back down to the beach to safety . It is a story that strikes a very emotional chord . Like all of us , 21-year-old Ashley Vines and his dad , Richard , are in awe of the friendship and bravery displayed that day . But there is something else too ... the realisation that had Allan not saved their great grandfather and grandfather ... today neither of them would be standing at Gallipoli . The very best and very worst took place at Gallipoli . As I walked amongst the bodies now buried in cemetery after cemetery I could n't help but feel terribly sad . ` Initially they thought , let 's stick together , why do n't we go in and form a public schools company and we 'll fight together ' . The historian tells the relatives of Ashley Vines snr how he came about to be fighting in Gallipoli with some of his closest mates . I understand why we cling to those stories of great Australian mateship and courage ; the humanity that still survived despite the horrors that engulfed them all ... because without them , I can only feel despair . The truth is , there was little else to celebrate about this battle . See the full story on 60 Minutes at 8.10 pm on Nine tonight . | Liz Hayes tells a story of remarkable Australian mateship born in a Melbourne school and rediscovered on the bloody battlefields of Gallipoli . More than 100 years on Ashley Vines follows in the footsteps of his great grandfather . She writes ' I watched as they were confronted by the horror and the sadness , the brutality and the bravery that had occurred ' The Lost Stories of Anzac airs on 60 Minutes Sunday night on Nine . | [[894, 960], [3751, 3883], [1937, 1979], [1143, 1242], [1227, 1242], [1248, 1262], [1817, 1916], [4169, 4215]] |
After Jimmy Savile , Rolf Harris and the abuse of young , vulnerable women in Bradford , you 'd be forgiven for thinking there has been a sea change . That any man who transgresses against a woman will be stopped ; that women will finally be believed ; that we can trust the judicial system . My experience over the past two very difficult and distressing years proves the opposite is true . When I bought my house in October 2012 in the breathtakingly beautiful Yorkshire Dales , with a cottage on site for my assistant / animal behaviourist , Nic , who has worked for me for seven years , I thought we would be able to live in peace . The caretaker had warned me as he left the property about the farmer next door , saying he and the farmer had been at it ` hammer and tongs ' for years . Liz Jones , pictured , has suffered an ordeal at the hands of a neighbour near the home she bought in 2012 . Liz moved to the stone farmhouse in Richmond , in the picturesque north Yorkshire dales . Liz , pictured , said since moving to her house , she and her neighbour Nic have been stalked by a farmer . The farmer , Jamie Close , who lives alone , is 43 , and deaf and partially dumb . Being profoundly deaf myself , I immediately empathised . As two single women in a remote area , Nic and I keep our counsel . We do n't really socialise , as neither of us have time . As single women , even going to the pub can be misconstrued . But living just 500 yards from Jamie 's farm , we tried to be polite good , helpful neighbours , and at first we all got on OK . I rented one of his fields for my horses , at a cost of # 3,000 a year . Nic quickly learned sign language and would help Jamie out by phoning people on his behalf . When Jamie 's dog was run over , Nic took it to the vet , and phoned them daily for updates . But it being a small rural area , where locals know everything about each other , we soon learned that Jamie had been cautioned not long before we moved in for stalking his ex-girlfriend , who had moved out of the area to avoid him , so we made sure to lock our doors . We had moved unwittingly into an already volatile situation . And then , in the summer of 2013 , the abuse of Nic started . It was harmless , if creepy , at first . Jamie began to spy on her ; we would catch him looking out of his window -- we are the only two properties on our dead-end lane -- just standing , staring . Liz believes that this dead rabbit , which Nic found on her doorstep was part of the intimidation campaign . Liz 's house , left , is only a few hundred yards away from farmer Jamie Close , who lives down the lane , right . And then the stalking took on a sexual nature . He started to bombard Nic with bizarrely worded , obscene text messages such as ` I want you , together love cuddle ' , ` ready hard play sex ' and ` Want love sex , b *** job ' . The sexual stuff was never aimed at me ; he often made the sign for ` old woman ' at me , by dragging two fingers down his face from his eyes , indicating bags and lines . If a male friend posted anything on Nic 's Facebook page , Jamie would shout : ` Die ! Die ! Die ! ' He said if Nic married him , she could have money ; if she refused , she must ` f *** off ! ' , and I must leave . ` You ! ' he said to me . ` Go south ! ' He even erected a For Sale sign in my garden . Liz believes that Jamie Close even erected a ` For Sale ' sign in her garden and warned her that she should ` go south ' One weekend , he placed a sex toy on Nic 's doorstep . He painted the word ` Witch ' on the side of my barn . He placed a dead rabbit on her doorstep . He would pin notes to our doors , accusing Nic of liking young boys , and to me he scrawled just two words : ` Finished you . ' Every time a note appeared , I got chest pains . He would get back to his farm late at night , having been drinking , and bang on Nic 's front door . He would appear in my hallway uninvited . He made our lives in this seemingly idyllic , tranquil location , a living hell . Nic understandably became depressed , and was put on medication . She was too scared to leave her cottage , which was tricky , as her job is to look after animals . She threatened to kill herself . Finally , she went to see Jamie 's sister , who lives four miles away . Nic did n't want to involve the police , as Jamie obviously needed help . The sister said she was afraid the situation would escalate , and that her brother would never change , but she would talk to him . Meanwhile his mother said she was scared of him , as he once went for his ex-girlfriend with a pitchfork in front of her . But nonetheless his mother , when I asked for her help , also told me I should sell my house , as ` we were here first ' . Nothing changed . Nic went to the family again . This time , the sister called the police . After many hours of taking statements , the police , who to their credit were endlessly sympathetic and helpful , gave Jamie a harassment notice . They told us to get walkie-talkies -LRB- there is scant mobile signal in our area -RRB- , but what use I 'd be to Nic against a man who is 22st and over 6ft , I 've no idea . And of course he persisted with the stalking and the harassment , and so finally , last month , he was arrested and released on bail . A date for a court hearing was set . We discovered Jamie had in fact been cautioned before for a very similar offence , and so it seemed likely he would receive a custodial sentence , or be made to relocate . When Nic and I were told this , we said to each other : How will six months in prison help him ? He will just be released and do it again . In court last Monday , Jamie pleaded guilty . And the sentence ? He was ordered to pay # 100 and given a restraining order . One hundred pounds . That is less than I was fined for speeding . In court , his defence lawyer stated that ` there 's a certain economy of words in the deaf community that outsiders can find brutally frank ' . I think those texts were very , very clear . Liz said Jamie Close appeared in court last Monday for stalking and harassment and received a # 100 fine . To top it all , I 've just received a letter from the family 's solicitor , saying I am not to talk to Jamie because ` he is a vulnerable adult handicapped by his inability to hear , he is easily harmed and the harm can be reflected in his behaviour ' . To me , this clearly implies that his two latest victims are in fact responsible ! There has been no apology , and our horses now face eviction from his field . If Nic was to do what Jamie 's ex did , and move away , she 'd lose her job . We thought about renting her a cottage in a nearby village , but she feels he would only find her again . I have only ever waved hello to him , given him a cheery thumbs-up for slowing his tractor when I am walking my dogs , and ordered him pizza after a hard day 's sheep shearing . Making excuses for and underestimating his behaviour is unhelpful to all involved ; and as a vulnerable adult , surely he should n't be living with barely any human contact ? And what about my employee ? She is a vulnerable adult : she is depressed and often here alone , as I have to travel to work . Liz said that Jamie Close 's family said that she could sell her house was they ` were here first ' Giving Jamie a restraining order is a joke . He ignored the last one . Even last week he has been ducking behind his Land Rover , spying on Nic . In our rare lighter moments , Nic will joke , as she heads outside in a floor-length coat and hat , wellies , no make-up , hair scragged back , ` Could I be any less attractive ? ' Even a burka is no defence against male fantasy . Men who abuse women are often victims , too . Jamie has no boundaries : he even asked Nic what type of tampon she uses , and her method of contraception . He was set up , alone , in a remote farm 20 years ago , which to me seems the worst possible solution for a man already isolated by his disability . We of course do n't want the disabled in care homes or hospitals or institutions , but to leave them on their own , to prey on an unsuspecting neighbour ? What ever happened to the maiden aunt or bachelor uncle living with their family ? Care in the community is clearly a joke . We have a stereotypical view of the abuser : a showbiz type who likes a bit of slap and tickle , an evil rapist . But often an abuser is just very sad . No man would want to behave in this way , surely ? All Jamie wants is a wife , and to be looked after . I believe he is a nice person , generous and good with children . He has even been helpful , fetching a trailer when my thoroughbred had to be rushed to hospital . But he ca n't control , on his own , his obsession . It is the right of my assistant and friend to live in peace , for her to do her job , and be without fear . It is the right of the stalker and abuser to get help . Liz said she feels sorry for Jamie Close , suggesting that he should also receive the help he deserves . | Liz Jones and her employee Nic have been stalked by a farmer . Liz and Nic reported Jamie Close to police over the intimidation and abuse . Nic found a dead rabbit left outside her doorstep and received foul texts . Liz discovered the word ` witch ' daubed on her wall and was told to leave . Liz bought her picturesque house in north Yorkshire in October 2012 . But since then relations with her farmer neighbour have soured . Mr Close appeared in court on Monday and was fined # 100 for the abuse . | [[791, 800], [803, 878], [1038, 1097], [4782, 4791], [4794, 4824], [2408, 2516], [2426, 2442], [2455, 2476], [3567, 3608], [3233, 3247], [3336, 3339], [3354, 3359], [3417, 3454], [6537, 6540], [6578, 6587], [392, 542], [591, 636], [870, 878], [883, 899], [5631, 5651], [5654, 5676], [5696, 5755], [5696, 5698], [5711, 5723], [6012, 6111], [6012, 6015], [6095, 6118]] |
A trial collapsed when a Muslim swore an oath on the Bible instead of the Koran . Michael Davies was accused of attempted robbery until it emerged a witness had taken the oath on the wrong book . The judge , Recorder Patrick Thompson , said the trial at Liverpool Crown Court could not proceed , adding : ` It is probably best if a fresh jury who does n't think we 're all totally incompetent hears this case . ' Collapsed : The trial was halted after a Muslim man accidentally swore an oath on the Bible instead of the Koran . Davies , 38 , had denied trying to rob a kebab shop in Birkenhead while armed with a hammer last summer . But during the hearing it emerged the takeaway 's manager Kevin Kurt had sworn an oath on the wrong holy book . Asked if he had ever bought stolen goods from Davies , he said it would be ` against my religion ' . John Weate , defending , asked him : ` Are you a Christian ? ' He replied : ` No , I 'm a Muslim . ' Mr Kurt was not given the option of using a different holy book . Mr Recorder Thompson said it was not the takeaway boss 's fault . Holy Book : Christians swear on the Bible when they are called in court . Followers of other faiths are given copies of their sacred texts , with Muslims swearing on the Koran and Jews on the Old Testament , for example . Atheists are allowed to ` solemnly , sincerely and truly affirm ' instead of swearing . Discharging the jury , Mr Recorder Thompson said : ` The difficulty that arose and I will be very straight about this , is you have heard evidence from the witness on oath , just like you all swore an oath . ` Unfortunately it was sworn on the Bible and he just informed us he is a Muslim , which means I ca n't accept his evidence and neither can you , because it was sworn on the wrong holy book . ` We have to start the case again . ' Mr Recorder Thompson said if the trial restarted , it would not be expected to finish this week . He added : ` It is regrettable . It could have been worse . If he had concluded his evidence , we might never have found out . ' Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article . | Man accused of attempted robbery will now have trial restarted . Judge rules trial at Liverpool Crown Court could not proceed after blunder . Christians swear on the Bible in court , while Muslims swear on the Koran . | [[82, 96], [109, 195], [1792, 1825], [1857, 1876], [0, 81], [196, 205], [236, 331], [1092, 1153], [1226, 1285]] |
Jasem Emwazi took his son Mohammed -LRB- pictured -RRB- to London when the boy was six years old . The father of Jihadi John was a police officer in Kuwait before the family moved to Britain , according to a former friend . Jasem Emwazi took his wife , children and eldest son Mohammed , then six , to start a new life in London in 1994 . ` Jasem was in the police like many Bedoons , ' said the friend . Meanwhile , a senior Kuwaiti military source suggested that , in common with many of his Bedoon ethnic group who originally stemmed from Southern Iraq , Mr Emwazi would have found it difficult to regain his police job in Kuwait following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the 1991 Gulf War . ` Many Bedoon joined the Kuwaiti police and military in the 70s and 80s , even though they were not citizens of Kuwait , ' said the friend who knew the family when they lived in the scruffy enclave of Taima , ten miles from Kuwait City . Recently retired Kuwait army colonel Fahad Al-Shilaimi said many of the stateless Bedoon were sacked from the police in the early 1990s . ` In the days after Saddam 's men left , anyone with a link to Iraq found their loyalty questioned , and many were sacked . Perhaps that was the reason the family left Kuwait . ' He added that the Kuwaiti authorities would now be investigating Mohammed Emwazi 's activities in Kuwait when he returned there for a computer job in 2009-10 . The Kuwaiti Ministry of the Interior is conducting a ` major investigation ' into Jihadi John 's eight months in the emirate , a senior security expert said . ` They will be looking into every facet of his life : his friends , his colleagues , his girlfriend , his communications , ' said Al-Shilaimi . ` They will want to know which mosque he went to and who he spent time with . Many will be interrogated as the ministry wants to make sure any IS sympathisers are identified . ' The colonel also said that MI5 may have ` failed ' the Kuwaitis by not alerting them to Emwazi 's trip there in 2009 , only months after he was deported from Tanzania . ` It is concerning that Kuwait may have been failed by MI5 . If we had known , we could have questioned him or put him under surveillance , ' he said . | The father of Jihadi John was a Kuwait policemen before moving to UK . Jasem Emwazi started a new life with wife and children in London in 1994 . His son Mohammed Emwazi , who is ISIS killer Jihadi John , was aged six . Kuwait is now investigating Jihadi John 's eight months in the emirate . | [[99, 166], [224, 276], [299, 338], [0, 25], [56, 98], [18, 21], [41, 98], [1251, 1355], [1265, 1410], [1411, 1535]] |
The search for missing three-year-old William Tyrell has taken an international turn , with authorities in dozens of far-reaching countries expected to join the cause . NSW Crime Stoppers have urged Crime Stoppers websites in 26 countries to post a message about William 's abduction last year , urging anybody with information on the case to contact Australian police . The plea has been sent to places as far-flung as Europe and America , urging them to post articles about three-year-old William , who went missing from his home in grandmother 's home on the NSW north coast on September 12 , reports the Sunday Telegraph . Scroll down for video . NSW Crime Stoppers have urged Crime Stoppers websites in 26 countries to post a message about William 's abduction , urging anybody with information to contact Australian police . NSW Crime Stoppers CEO Peter Price said they 're expecting a plethora of further countries to jump on board . ` We 're using the global crime stoppers network to broaden the communications appeal relating to his disappearance , ' Mr Price said . ` We 're hoping that somebody might recognise him . ' While the global call to action may be helpful , NSW Homicide Squad detective Gary Jubelin said there is no evidence to suggest William had been taken overseas . The global campaign comes after the parents of missing three-year-old William issued a heartfelt plea to find their son after he vanished without a trace five months ago . The Tyrell family issued a heartbreaking letter revealing William 's toys remained untouched and that everyday since he disappeared had been a living nightmare . ` We wake up every day hoping this nightmare will be over . We desperately miss William , he 's our baby boy ; our funny , cheeky , gorgeous boy , ' they said . The parents of missing three-year-old William Tyrell broke their silence by issuing a heartbreaking letter revealing William 's Spiderman toys remained untouched since he disappeared in September . His parents say walking past his bedroom is painful beyond words and they desperately want their little boy home where he belongs . The letter , given to Daily Mail Australia by police , goes on to say their family home is too quiet without him . ` William 's Spiderman toys remain untouched and there is such a huge hole in hearts , ' they wrote . ` Walking past his bedroom is painful beyond words and having to do the day to day activities just reinforces that . ` Our sadness is overwhelming , as parents you wish for your children to have a long , happy and loving future . We desperately want that for our little William . ` We desperately want our little boy home where he belongs . ' William was abducted from the yard of his grandmother 's home in Kendall on the NSW north coast on September 12 last year wearing his favourite Spiderman costume . The family 's heartfelt plea comes as detectives searching for the young boy vowed they would be looking to interview everyone within a kilometre of his grandmother 's home . The latest move from police is a clear sign they are upping the intensity of the investigation and now believe he was abducted , The Australian reports . ` This is not a little boy lost story . This is not a child that wandered off . We think there 's been human intervention , ' NSW Police Homicide Squad Detective Inspector Gary Jubelin said . Detectives have n't ruled out the possibility that the person responsible for abducting William loitered outside his grandmother 's home before snatching the three-year-old as soon as he was alone . Police now want to speak to everyone that was in a 1km radius of the home between 10am and 11am that day . ` This is not a public appeal . We 're saying : ` If you 're in there , you 'd better come forward ' , ' Inspector Jubelin said . ` If you were in the area and did not come forward , we would have grave concerns and a certain amount of suspicion would be attached . ` It 's a huge coincidence that you have a situation where a young boy has been unsupervised , only for a very short moment , and someone has come into contact with him at the time , ' he told AAP , noting how quiet the street is . NSW Police Homicide Squad Detective Inspector Gary Jubelin has taken over the case and warned police would speak to everyone within a 1km radius of where William went missing . The family 's heartfelt plea comes as detectives searching for the young boy vowed they would be looking to interview everyone within a kilometre of his grandmother 's home . After five long months of investigation , police say that William Tyrell was abducted and did not simply wander off and become lost from his grandmother 's home . To reinforce the point police believed the three-year-old was abducted Inspector Jubelin described it as a ` ground zero operation ' and that they were basically starting the investigation from scratch again . He maintained that police would now ` consider every possibility ' and ` everyone 's a suspect ' . As opposed to a normal appeal for public information , anyone who fits the criteria and does n't come forward will attract police suspicion . ` If they do n't come forward to police , we would have some concern and attach a certain amount of suspicion to anyone that does n't want to help police in an investigation of this nature , ' Det Insp Jubelin said . Detectives have n't ruled out the possibility that the person responsible for abducting William loitered outside his grandmother 's home before snatching the three-year-old as soon as he was alone . Meanwhile concerned locals and two psychics have joined the hunt for the abductor in Australia 's most baffling missing child case , sending police a photograph of a mystery man and a drawing of the possible kidnapper . The photograph of a man with folded arms standing near police , described as ` pale , lanky and walks with a limp ' , has emerged as fresh evidence in the search . The local searcher who photographed ` the man with the folded arms ' decided to speak out but as the mystery of missing toddler entered its fifth baffling month . She sent a photograph of the man to police late last year , but has not heard back . A psychic has also hand drawn a cryptic picture of the man she believes may have abducted William . This was the scene of the search for missing William Tyrell near Kendall on the NSW Mid North Coast last September for nine days after he went missing . NSW Mid North Coast locals -LRB- pictured -RRB- join in the search last September for missing William Tyrell . While NSW police would not confirm whether they were working on leads from the clairvoyants , police around Australia have a long history of working with clairvoyants on missing persons and murder cases . Mid North Coast locals assembled on day one of the search for William after he vanished on September 12 from his grandmother 's home at Kendall , 35km south of Port Macquarie , say five months on they still want to help in the search for the little boy . William was wearing his favourite Spiderman costume and playing with his younger sister in the yard at their grandmother 's home during a visit to Kendall with their mother from Sydney , when he disappeared . Fears that the little boy may have wandered off into the bush gave way to graver doubts as police scoured fields , dams and roads through the nearby forest for clues . This is the street where William Tyrell was visiting his grandmother when he vanished last September . Police and SES volunteers scoured the bush and forest for clues to William Tyrell but found nothing . Last month police searched this house -LRB- pictured -RRB- in Bonny Hills , NSW , for traces of William but have yet to release details of the forensic analysis . Kendall 's tiny community rallied around William 's desperate family and Mid North Coast residents turned up to help with the search . A command post was set up and volunteers provided food for the searchers . AS the days rolled by , police admitted William 's chances of survival if he had wandered off alone were slim . They widened the search , theorising that the boy may have been thrown from a vehicle after being abducted . Police Strike Force Rossann engaged hundreds of volunteers in the search of bushland around the home for any sign of William . Anyone with information about William 's disappearance should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 . The community flocked to Kendall to help in the search and got behind William Tyrell 's desperate family who still have no idea where the little boy could be . Psychics are sending their readings and drawings into police to try and solve the baffling mystery which has been going on for five months since the initial fruitles search -LRB- above -RRB- at Kendall in NSW . | NSW Crime Stoppers have urged 26 countries to join the cause . They 're requesting international Crime Stoppers to ask for information . A plethora of far-reaching countries are expected to jump on board . It comes after the parents of William Tyrell issued a heartfelt letter . The letter reveals his beloved Spiderman toys remain untouched . 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Tragic : Alan Cartwright , pictured , was stabbed to death as he cycled along a north London street . The sister of a 15-year-old boy who was stabbed to death as he cycled along a north London street with his friends has paid tribute to her brother who was full of ` laughter and joys . ' Alan Cartwright was killed after being confronted by three men in Caledonian Road , Islington , London , on Friday evening . He managed to continue cycling a short distance after he was stabbed , but collapsed and died in the street shortly afterwards . The attackers stole two of the teenager 's friends ' bikes before they fled , police said . A murder probe has been launched and police are hunting for the three attackers . Alan 's sister Cherrie organised a candlelit vigil for her brother on Saturday night , near to the spot where he was killed . She told Sky News : ` It 's deeply affected all of us . ` He was every sort of personality you can think of , really , all wrapped in one . He had his moments , but he beat them with his laughter and his jokes and joys . ' She said the family still knew little about what had happened to the teenager on Friday evening . Officers are currently analysing CCTV footage in the area for clues as to the identity of the teenager 's attackers . A post-mortem is also due to take place . Friends took to Twitter to pay tribute to Alan , known by the nickname Little Al. . One person posted on Twitter in tribute to the 15-year-old and said : ` So sad that another Islington kid taken so soon . Thinking of your family at this sad time . ' Another added : ` Devastated is n't the word ! RIP Alan . ' Former EastEnders actor Brooke Kinsella , whose 16-year-old brother Ben was knifed to death in north London in 2008 , said : ` Another young boy lost to knife crime , another family destroyed . Sickening , cowardly , senseless culture . Heart is weary #PutDownYourKnives ' Ms Kinsella has been a prominent and tireless anti-knife crime campaigner in the wake of her brother 's death . Tributes have been left at the scene , following the murder which took place at about 7.30 pm on Friday . One handwritten note attached to a bouquet of flowers reads , ` we are lost for words for what has happened ' . A statement from the Metropolitan Police said : ` At this early stage it is believed the victim was cycling north on Caledonian Road with friends when they were attacked , near the junction of Copenhagen Street , by three males who were walking in the opposite direction . Alan Cartwright was cycling with friends when he suffered a single stab wound and later collapsed and died . ` The victim suffered a single stab wound during the attack and two other members of the group had their bikes stolen . The victim managed to cycle further up Caledonian Road before collapsing . ` The suspects made off from the scene , continuing south down Caledonian Road . ' Anyone with information is asked to contact police . Tributes : Candles , photographs and flowers were all laid at Caledonian Road , where Alan was killed . Touching : This handwritten note left in tribute said Alan 's ` youthful spirit will live on forever ' Scene : The teenager was killed after being confronted by three men on Caledonian Road , Islington , last night . Above , the road was closed as paramedics tried to save the victim 's life . | Alan Cartwright was cycling with group of friends in Islington on Friday . Group was attacked by three men and 15-year-old was stabbed once . He managed to stagger a short distance and then collapsed and died . Sister Cherrie described her brother as full of ` laughter , jokes and joys ' Two men stole bikes from the teenager 's friends and then fled the scene . Police have launched murder probe and are hunting for the three men . Ex-Eastenders actress Brooke Kinsella paid tribute to the teenager . | [[113, 133], [138, 216], [2323, 2407], [2511, 2619], [113, 133], [138, 216], [289, 413], [289, 304], [316, 391], [2451, 2465], [2470, 2510], [2511, 2619], [2557, 2588], [2622, 2714], [3164, 3271], [414, 416], [489, 498], [2511, 2619], [2557, 2559], [2593, 2608], [2557, 2559], [2593, 2598], [2613, 2619], [2740, 2750], [2795, 2814], [102, 133], [205, 248], [237, 248], [253, 286], [1008, 1063], [543, 618], [2684, 2739], [2817, 2853], [635, 667], [672, 716]] |
A father-and-son spy team from North Korea has been found working inside two agencies at the United Nations . Kim Su Gwang , 38 , was working at the headquarters of The World Food Programme in Rome while his father Kim Yong Nam , 67 , was based in Paris for the UN Educational , Scientific and Cultural Organisation -LRB- Unesco -RRB- . Kim Young Nam 's daughter , Kim Su Gyong , who was based at the Korean United Development Bank in Pyongyang , was also identified as ` engaged in financial activities under false pretences in order to conceal the involvement of her country . ' Spies : Members of Kim Jong-Un 's intelligence services were found working inside two agencies in the United Nations . The trio were exposed in a report for a UN panel of experts , which described both as intelligence officers ` operating under the cover of a position as an international civil servant ' . Neither men remain in their positions while all three have had their assets frozen . The two men were named as members of the Reconnaissance General Bureau -LRB- RGB -RRB- , the North Korean intelligence agency which is responsible for clandestine operations abroad . Kim Su Gwang , who has four known aliases , was named as the son of Kim Yong Nam . Peter Smerdon , a WFP spokesman in Rome , said : ` WFP staff are international civil servants . As such they must remain independent of any authority outside their organisation and their conduct must reflect that independence . ' Humanitarian activities by the UN , as well as private relief groups , constitute the longest ongoing engagement between the hermit state and the international community . During the 1990s , the UN agency supplied millions of people with food during a famine killed up to five per cent of the pre-crisis population . John Swenson-Wright , the head of the Asia Programme at Chatham House , told The Telegraph this could explain why North Korean intelligence chose to target the WFP . ` It may be that the North Koreans questioned the independence and objectivity of the WFP 's efforts , ' he said . ` It would be difficult to convince them that your interest is purely humanitarian and you wo n't be gathering sensitive information . ' He said that North Korea was keen to conceal the extent of hardship within the country . ` There is an instinctive desire to limit access to information , even the most basic kinds of information which we would not consider controversial , such as where poverty is concentrated , ' he said . North Korea 's bankrupt regime is desperately short of funds meaning diplomats , embassies - and intelligence officers - have to self finance . Profits they earn through legal , or illegal , means are sent back to Pyongyang . Aid : North Koreans prepare the salt pans in Nampo for salt production as part of a project organised by the World Food Programme . A member of North Korea 's Reconnaissance General Bureau infiltrated the UN agency . Harvesting rice : The WFP is one of the few international organisations with a presence inside North Korea which is thought to be why it was targeted by intelligence services . The same UN report says that other North Korean intelligence officers were arrested at an unnamed airport in South East Asia while carrying $ 450,000 -LRB- # 292,000 -RRB- in cash . The draft version of the report redacts the names of the countries and companies involved , but states the money was ` suspected to be proceeds from an arms transaction ' . The WFP still has a presence inside North Korea . Mr Smerdon said the agency was helping 1.1 million women and children across the country who ` suffer from chronic malnutrition due to a diet lacking in key micro-nutrients ' . North Korea leverages information collected by four intelligence organisations to plan and formulate internal policy and to undermine the political stability of South Korea , according to the US Department of Defense . The report said agents of the RGB North Korea 's main intelligence agency , were using international organisations and were using those positions to support activities aimed at skirting sanctions . | Kim Su Gwang worked at the The World Food Programme in Rome . Father Kim Yong Nam was based at UNESCO in Paris . Worked with daughter at North Korea at Korean United Development Bank . Members of North Korea 's Reconnaissance General Bureau -LRB- RGB -RRB- . The trio were exposed in report for a UN panel of experts . | [[110, 122], [125, 127], [130, 197], [2804, 2853], [204, 214], [230, 336], [337, 340], [372, 444], [973, 1059], [2854, 2938], [700, 759]] |
Popular Australian blogger Jessica Ainscough , the ` Wellness Warrior ' , has died of cancer at the age of 30 after seven years of sharing her battle with the disease . The 30-year-old passed away on Thursday , after a long battle with a rare and aggressive form of cancer called epithelioid sarcoma , which she chose to fight with natural and often controversial methods . When Ms Ainscough was diagnosed at the age of 22 , she refused conventional treatment and her doctor 's reccomendation that her arm be amputated , opting instead for a natural treatment called Gerson Therapy which involves drinking raw juices and coffee enemas . Scroll down for video . Popular Australian blogger Jessica Ainscough , the ` Wellness Warrior ' , has died of cancer at the age of 30 . ' I did n't chop off my arm . I did n't go into aggressive , full-body chemotherapy . I did n't accept that my doctor 's ` solution ' was the only course of action , ' she wrote on her Wellness Warrior blog . ' I decided that I would do everything in my power to thrive in life , in spite of the looming expiration date I 'd been given . I learned how to treat myself with absolute kindness & self-respect . I radicalised my diet . I systematically detoxified my body -- and mind . ' Ms Ainscough adopted a strict vegan diet , and additional suppliments to ` heal ' her body without chemotherapy , an approach which has no scientific support but has garnered enthusiastic adoption from a small proportion of cancer sufferers around the world . Her cancer stopped spreading , and she reported that her ` flare-ups ' were minimal , allowing her to live a relatively normal life . ` Somewhere along the way , I realised that I was more than a ` cancer story ' -- I was a leader , a role model , an educator , and a champion , ' she wrote on her blog . ` Part of an empowering wellness revolution , sweeping the planet . Someone who could change lives & provide HOPE -- simply by showing up , and telling my story . ' Ms Ainscough detailed her journey with the method on her popular blog , attracting thousands of followers on social media and publishing a book called ` Make Peace with Your Plate ' . Ms Ainscough 's mother was diagnosed with cancer , and after embracing Gerson therapy , died in 2013 . Ms Ainscough detailed her journey with the method on her popular blog , ` The Wellness Warrior ' When Ms Ainscough was diagnosed at the age of 22 , she refused conventional treatment . Her unusual approach to fighting cancer attracted significant criticism from the public , and bodies such as the Cancer Council . ` The data that are available are not sufficient to warrant claims that the Gerson therapy is effective as an adjuvant to other cancer therapies or as a cure , ' a page on the Cancer Council 's website says . ` At this time , the use of the Gerson therapy in the treatment of cancer patients can not be recommended outside the context of well-designed clinical trials . ' Her mother was diagnosed with cancer in 2012 , and , inspired by Ms Ainscough 's success , also adopted the Gerson Therapy method . The alternative treatment did not work , and her mother passed away in 2013 , an event which Ms Ainscough said brought her to her knees . ` I 've been challenged , frightened , and cracked open in ways I never had before . After my mum died at the end of last year , my heart was shattered and it 's still in a million pieces , ' she wrote on her blog in December last year . ' I had no idea how to function without her , and it turns out my body did n't either . For the first time in my almost seven year journey with cancer , this year I 've been really unwell , ' she wrote . ` I 've been challenged , frightened , and cracked open in ways I never had before , ' said Ms Ainscough on her blog . Ms Ainscough wrote in her last blog post that she expected to be writing again in January . ` I 've lived with cancer since 2008 and for most of those years my condition was totally stable . When my mum became really ill , my cancer started to become aggressive again . After she died , things really started flaring up . ' Ms Ainscough reportedly began pursuing conventional treatments after she suffered through ten months of constant bleeding from the tumours in her arm and shoulder . ` This has been a game-changer for me and also very strange . Some weeks I 've felt nothing but overwhelming sadness , others I 've been really bitter and angry , ' she wrote . ` I 've also spent my time doing lots of research into treatment options . I 've been speaking to doctors , healers , and specialists and I 've been completely opening myself up to attracting the right people who will help me heal -- whether they are from the natural medicine world or conventional , ' ` My beliefs have been completely shaken up and I 've had to drop any remnants of fear and ego that were preventing me from exploring these options sooner . ' Ms Ainscough wrote in her last blog post that she expected to be writing again in January . Her website now features a photograph of Ms Ainscough , with the memorium ` On February 26th , 2015 , the world lost one of its brightest sparks ' . ` After 30 years , seven of which were spent thriving with cancer , Jess Ainscough peacefully passed away . ' To read Cancer Australia 's information on complementary and alternative therapies , please visit their website . | Jessica Ainscough , The Wellness Warrior , was a popular Aussie blogger . She died of a rare and agressive form of cancer , epithelioid sarcoma . Ms Ainscough was diagnosed at 22 and rejected conventional medicine . She embraced the alternative Gerson Therapy method to rid toxins in body . The therapy involved drinking raw juice and having coffee enemas . Her mother was also diagnosed with cancer but passed away in 2013 . 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The Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago welcomed a yet to be named baby gorilla this week that will be on view for visitors on Saturday . The newborn will join six other gorillas including her 2-year-old half-sisters Nayembi and Patty , born at the zoo in fall 2012 . The baby does not yet have a name but the zoo is taking suggestions from donors . She will also be on view with her dad Kwan , a 25-year-old silverback and her 27-year-old mom Bahati in the zoo 's Regenstein Center for African Apes , reports The Chicago Tribune . The zoo said they are being ` cautiously optimistic ' about the baby 's health . Scroll down for video . New addition : Mom Bahati holds her newborn western lowland gorilla baby at the Lincoln Park Zoo . ` The infant is looking very strong ; it 's clinging tightly to mom , and we 're seeing a really good pattern of nursing for several minutes from both breasts then taking a nap afterward , ' said Maureen Leahy , curator of primates to The Chicago Tribune . The Zoo explains that the baby is completely dependent on her mom and dad for the time being . ` At this stage , although the infant can cling on and sort of support herself , she ca n't do it for very long , ' Leahy said . ` Mom will hold her close and tight to her chest even when she 's out and about or climbing . We look for her to support the baby 's head , very much like humans . ' Nourishment : The as yet unnamed infant was born on February 24 and appears to be doing well . Kwan is keeping a watchful eye on the baby to ensure that she stays out of harm 's way . Zoo workers watched the child 24/7 for 72 hours after she was born on February 24 . The baby was peeing and pooping normally which means that she was being fed adequately by her mother 's breast milk . ` He is doing a really good job keeping a watchful eye over the new mom and infant , ' Leahy said . Cuddles : Bahati hold her baby closely to ensure that she remains out of harms way at the Lincoln park zoo . New world : The unnamed baby gorilla looks at the new world with open eyes as she is cradled by her mother . ` The two toddlers are very curious ; they 've been approaching a lot and touching the infant , but when they start getting too bold , Kwan will come over and sit down next to Bahati and kind of cue the toddlers to take a step back and give the new mom a break . ' Bahati last gave birth in in 2004 . Her two children are now adults and live in other Association of Zoos and Aquariums accredited zoos . Western lowland gorillas are endangered in central Africa because of their loss of habitat and poaching . The Ebola outbreak also causes new concerns . ` That is a virus that can affect ape populations as well as humans , ' Leahy said . ` We do n't yet know the toll on wild gorillas and chimpanzees . ' Kwan and Bahati were made to breed as a part of the Western Lowland Gorilla Species Survival Plan . Keeping a watchful eye : Both Bahati and Kwan are being very protective of their newborn baby gorilla . Holding on : ` At this stage , although the infant can cling on and sort of support herself , she ca n't do it for very long , ' the curator of primates at the zoo said . | The Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago welcomed a yet to be named baby gorilla this week that will be on view for visitors on Saturday . The baby does not yet have a name but the zoo is taking suggestions from donors . The newborn will join six other gorillas including her 2-year-old half-sisters Nayembi and Patty , born at the zoo in fall 2012 . She will also be on view with her dad Kwan , a 25-year-old silverback and her 27-year-old mom Bahati in the zoo 's Regenstein Center for African Apes . | [[0, 81], [64, 81], [87, 129], [260, 268], [278, 293], [644, 727], [0, 81], [260, 281], [287, 293], [260, 268], [278, 293], [298, 341], [130, 226], [221, 226], [229, 259], [342, 379]] |
Hundreds of ISIS extremists like Mohammed Emwazi have been free to leave Britain because they are not being properly monitored . Hundreds of ISIS extremists like Mohammed Emwazi have been free to leave Britain because they were not being properly monitored by the security services , the Government has admitted . Young men on the fringes of terror groups were not investigated thoroughly by the police and intelligence agencies , allowing them to leave for Syria , a report has revealed . It has also been revealed that MI5 and Scotland Yard are observing 3,000 people in the UK that they fear could become another Jihadi John . Counter-terror investigators from the police and security services have launched Project Danube , a joint unit which will examine ` the levels of risk posed by low-level subjects of interest ' , The Times reported . The operation will monitor people who were previously not thoroughly examined as officers followed leads which posed a greater risk . The move will heap yet more pressure on Britain 's intelligence agencies , which are said to have more than 3,000 fanatics in the UK on their terror watch list . Many of these are feared to be ` lone wolves ' who have never joined a terrorist group or travelled abroad . The figure is far higher than previous estimates , which put the number of extremists being monitored in 2007 at 2,000 . The number of potentially dangerous men and women grew with the rise of ISIS in the Middle East , according to the Financial Times . Raffaello Pantucci , director of international security studies at the think-tank Rusi , said : ` There have always been a lot of people -LSB- under watch -RSB- . But the perception for a long time was that the numbers had plateaued . ` Now there is a whole new layer on top of that because the noise from ISIS in Syria and Iraq is so loud it is attracting others . ' The new focus on individuals rather than terrorist networks is thought to be a reaction to the cases of Emwazi and the killers of Lee Rigby - Michael Adebolajo -LRB- left -RRB- and Michael Adebowale -LRB- right -RRB- . Adebolajo , one of the men who brutally murdered Lee Rigby -LRB- pictured -RRB- , was part of the same radicalised group as Emwazi . The new focus on individuals rather than terrorist networks is thought to be a reaction to the cases of Emwazi - unmasked as Jihadi John this week - and the killers of Lee Rigby . Adebolajo , one of the men who brutally murdered the fusilier in a street in Woolwich , and Emwazi were part of the same radicalised group that emerged in London in 2007 . Both tried to travel to Somalia to join terrorists Al-Shabaab but were stopped by intelligence officers , after which they are said to have remained on MI5 's watchlist . Former head of MI6 Sir John Sawers said the threat from terrorism in Britain had gone up over the last three years . Emwazi was on a no-fly list but was still able to leave Britain by ferry , from where he made his way to Syria , it is believed . Security chiefs have warned senior MPs that if they are to successfully monitor more people , especially those who are not part of conventional terrorist groups , they will need more powers , including those allowing them to snoop on online communications . Sir John Sawers , the former head of MI6 , said : ` Every society has to set out to what extent can the authorities intrude on individuals ' privacies in order to protect the wider society - and maybe that balance is shifting a bit . ` Certainly the threat that we face from terrorists here in the UK has gone up over the last three years and there has to be some response to that . ` What we do n't want to do is wait for some ghastly 7/7-style terrorist attack here in the UK before political opinion changes , ' he told BBC Radio 4 's Today programme . David Cameron yesterday voiced his support for the security services . He said : ` They are having to make incredibly difficult judgements , and I think basically they make very good judgements on our behalf . ' I think while we are in the middle of this vast effort to make sure British citizens are safe , the most important thing is to get behind them . ' | Hundreds of extremists not properly monitored were left free to leave UK . Fringes of terror groups were not investigated and may have joined ISIS . MI5 and police launch joint unit to examine ` low-level subjects of interest ' Officers are observing 3,000 extremists feared to be the next Jihadi John . Many of these could be ` lone wolves ' like the killers of fusilier Lee Rigby . | [[0, 128], [0, 48], [64, 128], [129, 209], [129, 177], [193, 281], [314, 428], [314, 428], [846, 950], [630, 725], [490, 629], [521, 629], [1017, 1054], [1061, 1128], [1020, 1052], [1070, 1141], [1142, 1186], [2225, 2284], [2296, 2404]] |
Police say a Massachusetts woman allowed her 2-year-old daughter to drink her margarita at a restaurant and poured some of it into the girl 's sippy cup . Sheldy Nelson , 41 , of Lynn , pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a child endangerment charge in Salem District court in connection with the August incident . She was held on $ 1,000 bond . A waitress at Brodies Seaport told police Nelson ignored two warnings from staff to stop giving her daughter sips . Both the woman and girl appeared lethargic , and they were taken to a hospital . Charged : Sheldy Nelson , 41 , is accused of giving her two-year-old daughter some margarita from her sippy cup . Nelson allegedly told the waitress she was just pouring ice from her drink into her child 's cup but waitresses claim that they saw Nelson giving the girl sips from her drink . The hospital found alcohol in the toddler 's system . Police found a sippy cup in Nelson 's bag that smelled of alcohol . The Salem News reports that Nelson 's lawyer asked that his client be released on personal recognizance . The girl is now state custody . According to Salem News , during supervised visit on September 19 in Lynn Nelson became angry when a social worker entered the room . She supposedly began undressing her child and then began shaking her violently , nearly causing the girl 's head to hit a wall . Nelson was arrested and charged with child endangerment following the incident . Kicked out : Waitresses say they kicked Sheldy Nelson out of this Salem restaurant after they spotted her giving her young daughter some of her alcohol . | Police say Sheldy Nelson , 41 , allowed her 2-year-old daughter to drink her margarita at a restaurant and poured some of it into the girl 's sippy cup . A waitress at Brodies Seaport told police Nelson ignored two warnings from staff to stop giving her daughter sips . Both the woman and girl appeared lethargic , and they were taken to a hospital and the girl was taken into custody by the state . | [[0, 103], [0, 6], [108, 154], [541, 548], [567, 654], [1525, 1589], [0, 103], [344, 424], [379, 452], [756, 831], [1525, 1589], [460, 502], [505, 540], [1060, 1091]] |
There were violent clashes on the streets of Newcastle today as hundreds of demonstrators from controversial anti-Islam group Pegida were met by a 2,000-strong counter-protest . Around 400 people from the far-right group were shouted down by the counter-demonstration , with scuffles breaking out as the rally made its way through the city centre , leading to five arrests . The rival demonstrations against the anti-Islam march were led by Respect MP George Galloway who spoke at the pro-Islam rally , branding the far-right protesters a ` German Nazi group ' . Scroll down for video . A man is wrestled to the ground as violent clashes take place in Newcastle city centre as an anti-Islam march is met by a counter protest . An officer grapples with this man , attempting to hold him still while his colleague handcuffs him during the arrest process . A handcuffed man with a bloodied face is led into the back of a police van after he was arrested at this afternoon 's rally . There were violent clashes on the streets of Newcastle today as demonstrators from controversial anti-Islam group Pegida were met by a counter-protest . Police hold back members of the Pegida far-right group as they demonstrate against the perceived ` Islamisation ' of Britain . Five people were arrested as scuffles broke out within the Pegida rally , on suspicion of assault , breach of the peace and being drunk and disorderly . Seven-year-old Afif Uzzaman , pictured , from Newcastle upon Tyne joined with counter protesters who were objecting to Pegida 's march . This woman posed in front of a line of police officers keeping the rival groups of protesters apart as they demonstrated in Newcastle today . The demonstrations against the anti-Islam march were led by Respect MP George Galloway who spoke at the rally , branding the far-right protesters a ` German Nazi group ' Organisers from Pegida insisted the rally would be entirely peaceful , but five people were arrested amid a heavy police presence in Newcastle 's city centre . The five men , all from and the anti-Islam rally , were arrested on a range of including suspicion of assault , being drunk and disorderly and breaching the peace . Mr Galloway , MP for Bradford West , addressed the counter-protest : ` All right-thinking people in Britain condemn the idea of a German Nazi group coming to the north east of England trying to stir up trouble . ` The vast majority of British people respect that and the people who are on here on the counter-demonstration are representing millions . ` We have enough problems in Britain without Germans coming over here and causing more . We have problems in Britain without racism and Islamophobia being further stoked . ' Mr Galloway , who travelled to the North East in his Mercedes , said he was not anti-German . ' I love Germans , I 'm driving a German car , but this is one German import we do n't want . ' Police arrested five people following today 's sporadic violent outbreaks . A 37-year-old man from Newcastle was arrested for assault , while two others , aged 43 and 54 were arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly . The final two people arrested were a 17-year-old youth and a 20-year-old man from Halifax who were detained for breach of the peace . Paul Weston , leader of the obscure far-right Liberty GP political party , told followers at the rally that Muslims would soon ` take over ' Britain . A far larger gounter demonstration took place in Newcastle today , pictured , with representatives from several trade unions . Around 400 people joined the Pegida rally -LRB- pictured -RRB- , the first protest of its kind in Britain after a series of demonstrations in Europe . Their demonstration was met by a counter protest of around 2,000 people , who gathered for speeches in Newcastle city centre . A tattooed man pokes out his tongue as Union Jacks fly in the background on the Pegida side of the police line . Pegida - whose German acronym means Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the West - peaked last month in Dresden when 25,000 people attended a rally and has now made its way to Britain . Protesters march during the first rally in Britain from the anti-Islam group Pegida , with around 400 gathering in Newcastle . Police separate the counter-demonstration from the far-right group , as thousands lined the streets to condemn the anti-Islam protest . Pegida leader Lutz Bachmann was pictured posing as Adolf Hitler . Pegida started in Dresden , in Germany , last October as far-right activists gathered weekly in the city to demonstrate against what they perceive as the Islamisation of Germany and Europe . The protests rapidly grew in size - from hundreds to around 25,000 - and spread into Austria , Switzerland , Norway , Spain , Belgium and now Britain . The group has sought to distance itself from the far-right , saying in its position paper posted on Facebook that it is against ` preachers of hate , regardless of what religion ' and ` radicalism , regardless of whether religiously or politically motivated ' . It has also banned any neo-Nazi symbols and slogans at its rallies , however it was mired in scandal when its leader Lutz Bachmann was pictured posing as Adolf Hitler . He was forced to stand down as the group 's leader after a furious backlash to the photograph , which he insisted was a joke . Pegida 's leaders have singled out Muslim immigrants in their speeches , but the movement has broadened into one against immigrants from all backgrounds . A particular target has been ` economic refugees ' , or asylum seekers who they say are seeking a better standard of living in Germany . Paul Weston , leader of the obscure far-right Liberty GP political party , told followers at the rally that Muslims would soon ` take over ' Britain . ` That is exactly what they will do if we quietly do nothing , ' he told the crowd . ` We have to fight back . ' Pegida - whose German acronym means Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the West - peaked last month in Dresden when 25,000 people attended a rally , but its popularity faded when one of its leaders was pictured posing as Hitler . A number of further protests in Germany were also cancelled following fears they were at risk of terrorist attacks . Dr Jacqui Rodgers , a university lecturer , was on the counter-demonstration which attracted a cross-section of people of different faiths . She said : ' I think it is really important for us to unite as a community and make it very clear to organisations that are trying to get a foothold in the UK that we will not tolerate their attitude and we wo n't accept their racist and fascist policies . ' This woman with a tattooed finger shouts angrily towards a group of police officers in Newcastle tasked with keeping the peace . A man shouts as the rally makes it way past Bigg Market in Newcastle , as the protest 's leader said Muslims would ` take over ' Britain . Pegida supporters holding a flag from Golden Dawn - a far-right political party in Greece - are escorted away from the counter-demonstration . Hundreds of activists from the Newcastle Unites group were out in force to demonstrate against the far-right rally . Organisers from Pegida insisted the rally would be entirely peaceful , but pictures show several arrests being made and a heavy police presence . This man raised his hand in a defiant gesture with his hooded top featuring an AR15 assault rifle covered in an American flag . But Pegida rally organiser Donna Trainor said : ` Islam is not a race , it is a religion . -LRB- The term -RRB- racist should n't be on the table . ` Pegida raises awareness . We want the Government to take notice and take Jihadis and Muslim extremists off the street . ' Unemployed Wendy Ellison , 46 , from Durham , took her bulldogs Willow and Betty to the Pegida rally . She said : ` It 's no good sitting in the house , shouting at the telly . ' I feel our country is messed up now . It does n't feel like Britain any more . ' Northumbria Police said both protests passed without any major problems and that the arrests were for ` isolated incidents ' . Protesters also clashed in Margate as an estimated 250 people rallied against Ukip . Anti-Ukip demonstrators from Thanet Stand Up To UKIP outnumbered about 50 party supporters who were in the seaside town for the annual two-day conference . One woman was arrested on suspicion of common assault . A Kent Police spokeswoman said all protest groups were co-operating with police . ` There have been some very minor verbal exchanges , ' she said . ` No-one has been injured and the protest has generally been conducted peacefully . ` Officers remain in the local area to reassure the public and to respond to any incidents if required . ' Protesters also clashed in Margate as an estimated 250 people rallied against Ukip , with one woman arrested on suspicion of common assault . Anti-Ukip demonstrators from Thanet Stand Up To UKIP outnumbered about 50 party supporters who were in the seaside town for the annual two-day conference . | Violent clashes in Newcastle as 400 far-right anti-Islam protesters demonstrate as part of Pegida movement . Rally was met by a 2,000-strong counter-protest led by Respect MP George Galloway who branded them ` Nazis ' Organisers of Pegida - Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the West - insisted protest would be peaceful . But scuffles broke out and men with bloodied faces could be seen being dragged to the ground by police officers . Five men from anti-Islam protest arrested on suspicion of assault , breach of peace and being drunk and disorderly . Pegida anti-Islam movement has swept sections of Europe and started last year in Dresden , Germany . 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Relatives of Mohammed Emwazi -LRB- pictured as a child -RRB- say they have been forced to flee their homes for fear of being targeted by reprisal attacks . Terrified relatives of Mohammed Emwazi want to change their identities over fears of revenge at tacks , friends said yesterday . The jihadi 's parents have gone into hiding and are ` living in fear ' that they and their children could be targeted by those demanding revenge . Friends spoke out to defend the family -- said to be moderate Muslims who had never supported extremism -- fled their home in affluent Maida Vale , West London , before he was revealed to be the terrorist killer Jihadi John , and have not been seen since . His Kuwaiti parents and their five other children -- who the Mail has decided not to name -- plan to change their identities to escape his notoriety and believe they will have to start new lives , away from London . A close friend said : ` I spoke to his sister and she is devastated . They are having to move , to change their identities . They are going through a very hard time . ` This -LSB- revealing Emwazi 's identity -RSB- puts them at risk -- they could be attacked by racists -- and they have done nothing wrong . It 's not fair . ` They are a good innocent family . This is not their fault , this -LSB- extremism -RSB- is not something the family would support in any way . ` But this is London -- you ca n't control what your kid does when they are an adult and go out and do their own thing . ' Emwazi was born in Kuwait , where he and his family belonged to the stateless Bidoun group of people of Iraqi origin , who complain they are denied citizenship and full access to education , work and healthcare in the emirate . His parents decided to move in 1993 when he was six and their two eldest daughters only toddlers , suggesting they were seeking a better education and future for their children in Britain . At St Mary Magdalene Church of England primary school he was the only Muslim pupil in his class . At secondary school , Quintin Kynaston in St John 's Wood , Emwazi was nicknamed ` Little Mo ' because of his thin frame and was targeted by bullies from another school . The family are asking to be given new identities after leaving their home in Maida Vale , west London -LRB- pictured -RRB- , after their son was unmasked as killer Jihadi John . A former school friend said the gang of 15 and 16-year-olds would wait outside Quintin Kynaston for Emwazi , then 14 . ` They would steal his lunch money and push him around a bit , ' the friend said . ` He was very quiet and a bit scrawny back then . ` It must have been terrifying for him to have four or five guys ganging up on him like that . He used to be a pretty normal kid , he was religious but in no way radical . ` Whatever caused him to be what he has become happened after he left school . ' The football-mad youngster was said to have become increasingly strict about observing his Muslim faith as he reached his teens , when his younger sisters also began to wear the hijab . Yesterday it was claimed Emwazi also featured in the video of the Jordanian pilot Mouath al - Kasaesbeh being burnt alive in a cage by IS last month . He is said to have been one of the masked IS fighters cradling their weapons behind the pilot . | Parents and five siblings have fled home in Maida Vale , west London . They are protesting their innocence and say they fear reprisal attacks . Family friend said : ` you ca n't control what your kid does as an adult ' | [[539, 577], [2184, 2271], [156, 257], [1398, 1494]] |
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