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Danny Welbeck left the Emirates Stadium with the signed match-ball from Arsenal 's 4-1 win against Galatasaray despite admitting he forgot to claim it at the final whistle . In his post-match television interview , the hat-trick hero confessed it was so long since his last treble that the protocol had escaped him . ' I forgot the match ball , did n't I ? But I 'll get it after , ' said Welbeck , and he soon had the souvenir tucked under his arm . ` My last hat-trick was probably for Manchester United reserves . This is the first of my professional career . ' VIDEO Scroll down to watch Mathieu Flamini : We 're very lucky to have Danny Welbeck . Danny Welbeck -LRB- right -RRB- collected the match ball shortly after Arsenal 's win , in which he scored a hat-trick . Danny Welbeck became the third Arsenal player to score a Champions League hat-trick . Predictably , Thierry Henry is another , against Roma in 2002 , but even Gunners fans may struggle to name the other one . It is the much-maligned Nicklas Bendtner , who hit three against Porto in 2010 . Stats courtesy of Opta . He became only the sixth Englishman to score a hat-trick in the Champions League and with four Arsenal goals for the season has already overtaken his 2014 total for Manchester United . His third of the night , seven minutes into the second half , brought Arsene Wenger to his feet as the manager celebrated his 18th anniversary of joining Arsenal with an emphatic win to put them second in Champions League Group D . The victory could not spoiled by a red-card for goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny , for a foul which allowed Burak Yilmaz to score Galatasaray 's consolation goal from the penalty spot . Alexis Sanchez scored the other for the Gunners . The Gunners striker lifts the ball over Fernando Muslera to bag his first Arsenal hat-trick . Welbeck -LRB- above -RRB- celebrates scoring his third goal of the game against Galatasaray . ` I 'm playing up front trying to score goals and get opportunities and tonight it paid off and I got the three goals , ' said Welbeck . ` The manager has shown a lot of faith in me and I 'm delighted to pay him back . He has given me a chance to play football up front in my preferred position and I 'm going to do everything I can to make sure that he is happy . ' Asked for his pick of the three , he said : ` The last one I think , because I was stretching for it . I 've been in that position a few times and chipped the keeper and sometimes it goes in and sometimes it does n't . Today I 've seen him coming him out and he slid in . ` We 've set the benchmark now and we have really got to try and grow on that win . From now on we want to get three points in every game . ' Welbeck praised Gunners manager Arsene Wenger for ` showing faith ' in the English forward . Alexis Sanchez -LRB- right -RRB- put Arsenal into a commanding 3-0 lead just before half-time . Welbeck became the sixth Englishman to score a Champions League hat-trick . The others are : . Wayne Rooney , Michael Owen , Andy Cole , Alan Shearer and Mike Newell . Wenger hailed Welbeck 's contribution . ` The potential is there and hopefully this hat-trick will help him to gain confidence , ' said the Arsenal boss . ` We had good pace and good movements and our finishing was good and Danny was on the end of a few . ` It helps always to know that you have a good chance to play the next game . His link up play is good as well his work-rate and his attitude is positive . He 's a team player , not only a finisher . He wants to help the team . ` I 've learnt he 's a good finisher . I believe technically he 's very sound . That was a surprise , he 's technically clean and that he 's a good passer of the ball . I did n't know he was so quick , honestly . I knew he was quick . But he can be electric when he starts . ' Wenger -LRB- above -RRB- commended Welbeck for his work-rate , attitude and link up play . | Danny Welbeck scores first hat-trick of his professional career as Arsenal defeat Galatasaray . Welbeck admitted he forget to collect his hat-trick ball at the final whistle . England striker scored twice in first half before completing hat-trick with second half strike . 23-year-old thanks Arsene Wenger for giving striker a run in the team as a centre forward . Wenger pleased with Welbeck 's work rate and link up play . | [[723, 737], [749, 772], [1737, 1830], [1794, 1830], [99, 173], [723, 737], [749, 772], [1737, 1830], [1831, 1924], [2799, 2894], [2144, 2228], [2706, 2798], [3063, 3102], [3824, 3914]] |
But it was n't a foul-mouthed hoodie that so intimidated the Tesco workers -- but a church-going grandmother of four . Christine Crow , 83 , was banned for life from her local branch after bosses claimed she was a ` bully ' who had rammed staff with her trolley . Grandmother Christine Crow wants an apology from Tesco for ` humiliating ' her after they accused her of bullying their employees . Mrs Crow , a widow , was banned after she was frog-marched from the store by security staff . They claimed that following an . incident at the deli counter months earlier she had been verbally and . physically abusive on subsequent visits and had used a trolley ` as a . weapon ' and intimidated staff . It is understood she is accused of targeting one employee on more than one occasion . Mrs Crow , who lives in the Birmingham suburb of Moseley , a mile from the store in Hall Green , denied the accusations and is now demanding an apology . She has complained about being snubbed by staff and humiliated . But Tesco is standing by its decision with one worker , who asked not to be named , claiming a colleague refused to go on the shopfloor while the pensioner was there . The pensioner was ushered from the premises by two managers and a security guard . ` It 's a trumped-up charge , ' protested Christine last night . ` Bullying ? You must be joking . ` Admittedly , the trolleys can have a mind of their own . You bump into someone else 's and apologise , but ` ramming ' suggests a deliberate act . ' The drama unfolded at the deli counter of the Stratford Road store months ago when Christine , originally from Yorkshire , spoke out over slow service . She admits being ` sharp ' . ' I may have said , `` is there no one serving ? '' . ` I 've served customers myself , ' said the former school meals supervisor . ` You do n't always like the customer , but you get on with it . ' Relations between Christine and staff soured following that skirmish , though she denies berating workers or attacking them with her trolley . She was informed of the ban in December - when she was ushered from the store . ` It was very humiliating , ' she told the Birmingham Mail . ` When they said I 'd been banned for bullying staff , I replied , `` you must be joking . '' . ` People were walking past with eyebrows raised . They thought I was a shoplifter . ' Christine had used the store for 15 years but is now getting her groceries from Waitrose , Hall Green . The pensioner said : ' I will never go to the Tesco store again , but I want an apology . ' Her daughter Alison Walker , aged 54 , has demanded to see in-store CCTV evidence of the trolley attacks from Tesco but it has not been provided . Not welcome : Christine had used the store for 15 years but is now getting her groceries from Waitrose . She admitted : ` Mom 's born and bred in . Yorkshire and they 're renowned for straight-talking , but I have never . heard her swear or be rude in my life . ' But a Tesco spokesperson said : ` The well-being of our colleagues is very important to us and we have spoken to our customer several times to make her aware that we can not tolerate abusive behaviour . ` Decisions to ban customers from stores are not made lightly and follow a full investigation . ` We are in touch with the customer and her family , and she is , of course , welcome to shop at other Tesco stores in the area . ' Mrs Crow says the trolleys ` have a mind of their own ' | Grandmother says that she was ` sharp ' with staff but denies bullying them . Claims trolleys have ` mind of their own ' and sometimes bump into people . Demands an apology from store and vows to shop at Waitrose instead . Tesco says they had spoken to her on several occasions before ban . | [[1659, 1683], [1965, 2029], [1370, 1413], [3391, 3444], [3405, 3444], [264, 342], [786, 794], [913, 939], [2353, 2362], [2402, 2441], [2527, 2546], [2696, 2707], [2759, 2800], [2964, 2989], [2994, 3117]] |
Towards the end of his press conference at Arena Corinthians yesterday , Louis van Gaal was asked by a presenter from children 's television whether he thought youngsters in Holland should be allowed to stay up for Wednesday 's game against Argentina . Van Gaal can be an obtuse man but on this he was unequivocal . ` I would always allow my children to watch the match because this is absolutely unique , ' said the Holland coach . ` Look at the impact of the World Cup at a global level - and this is a semi-final . VIDEO Scroll down for All Star XI : Lionel Messi highlights . Playful : Holland coach Louis van Gaal believes children should be allowed to stay up back home to watch the game . Ready : Holland face Argentina in the World Cup semi-final on Wednesday in Sao Paulo . ` Most children are on holiday and they wo n't sleep anyway because they will be so stressed and tense . I would strongly advise parents to let them watch the match . ' In Holland , they are just glad to have these decisions to make . This was supposed to be a World Cup of limited horizons for Van Gaal and his functional -LRB- his own word -RRB- team . Yet , here we are and the Dutch are still in town , preparing for a classic fixture to conjure memories of the 1978 final - won by Argentina in their own country - and a 1998 quarter-final , won by Holland in Marseille . Those games , of course , featured defining contributions by genuine superstars . Mario Kempes scored the opening goal in Buenos Aires while Dennis Bergkamp settled the meeting in France with perhaps the best goal of his stellar career in the final minute . Tonight in mild , damp Sao Paulo , we have the opportunity to witness greatness once again . The deposed World Footballer of the Year , Lionel Messi , has approached this month in Brazil as if intent on proving people were wrong to give this year 's title to Cristiano Ronaldo . So far , he has done a pretty reasonable job and without him Argentina would certainly no longer be here . Celebration : Dennis Bergkamp is overjoyed after scoring the winning goal against Argentina in 1998 . Plan : Van Gaal says that he has prepared the way to play against Argentina and Lionel Messi . Ball skills : Wesley Snejder in training ahead of Holland 's World Cup semi-final with Argentina . Moving on up : Quarter-final penalty hero Tim Krul -LRB- centre -RRB- and Van Gaal -LRB- right -RRB- walk out for training . Even Messi , though , would struggle to shift Holland 's Arjen Robben as player of the tournament in most people 's minds . The Bayern Munich forward has taken his game to new levels in South America and it is perhaps not surprising that Argentina appear to be approaching this game with some rather rudimentary ideas about how to stop him . ` We have to be aggressive , to show the passion of the Argentine players to the Dutch - and especially to Robben , ' said Manchester City defender Martin Demichelis . ` He does n't like physical contact , so you have to make him feel it and get under his skin . He is a phenomenon but he 's not got much edge , he 's not a fighter . Therefore you have to attack him . ' Demichelis and Robben played together at Bayern in 2009-10 . Maybe the South American has n't been watching his old club mate closely out here , however , as the Robben of summer 2014 has shown as much courage as any forward in this tournament . Last Saturday , four of Costa Rica 's back five were booked for crude , hacking fouls on Robben . Still , he strode forward . If Argentina are to stop him tonight , they will need to find a cuter way . ` It 's ridiculous how much he is fouled , ' said Dutch midfielder Nigel de Jong . ` They foul him because they ca n't find another way . He is too good for most . ' VIDEO All Star XI : Lionel Messi highlights . Dangerman : Van Gaal says that his team have a plan and must be prepared for Lionel Messi . Star : But in Arjen Robben Holland arguably have the player of the tournament so far . Stretch : Robben has shone in Brazil and has only got better as the tournament has progressed . It may seem rich to hear members of Holland 's derided 2010 World Cup final team moan about treatment afforded one of their own , given the way De Jong and others kicked the Spain midfield all over Johannesburg four years ago . Certainly , they will seek other ways to neutralise Messi on Wednesday . Van Gaal 's Holland are different in their approach from the team shaped by Bert van Marwijk and yesterday the current manager did his best to play down questions about Barcelona 's magician . ` We are playing against Argentina and we always refer to teams and not individual players , ' said Van Gaal . ` We have a plan ready for Argentina . We showed the players Argentina this morning . Messi was once elected best footballer in the world . There 's a reason for that . If you score so many goals , you have an added value . ` At the most important stage he can always pull it off but in principle he 's always found it difficult to show that at an international level . He wants to do that at this tournament and we want to stop him doing that , so that 's going to be quite a challenge . ' Focused : The Holland squad train ahead of their World Cup semi-final with Argentina . Team talk : Van Gaal talks with his players during their training session in Sao Paulo . VIDEO Team Profile : Netherlands highlights . Dutch training contained some surprises on Tuesday as De Jong , struggling with a groin injury , joined in and Robin van Persie , who had a stomach bug , did not . We can expect the latter to start , however , and he is already looking ahead . ` Playing against Argentina is not a dream , ' said Van Persie . ` It does n't interest me at all . We just have to win . A dream is to grab hold of that cup . ' Dutch confidence is clearly high . Parents in Amsterdam and beyond should perhaps start planning ahead because if they win they will face their rampant German rivals on Sunday . | Van Gaal believes children should be allowed to stay up by their parents in Holland and watch this ` absolutely unique ' match . Holland manager says he has an idea of how to best deal with Messi . Argentina will be ` aggressive ' to deal with Holland star Arjen Robben . The winner will face Germany at the Maracana in the final on Sunday . 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The League Cup has always been used by Manchester United as a chance to showcase their academy graduates . And with Louis Van Gaal facing an injury crisis in defence ahead of Tuesday night 's second round tie at MK Dons , a 22-year-old right-back called Marnick Vermijl could be pressed into action . But who is he ? Here 's our lowdown on the young Belgian . Name : Marnick Vermijl . Age : 22 . Club : Manchester United . Position : Right-back . Getting stuck in : Manchester United 's Belgian right-back Marnick Vermijl -LRB- right -RRB- slides in on Liverpool 's Kristoffer Peterson during last Friday 's Under 21 Premier League encounter at Anfield . Why all the fuss ? Van Gaal faces a bit of a headache as he makes his team selection for the tricky-looking trip to Milton Keynes as United enter the League Cup at the second round stage for the first time since 1995 . Chris Smalling limped off with a groin injury in the first half of Sunday 's Premier League draw at Sunderland and is unlikely to make it , while Rafael is also a doubt . New signing from Sporting Lisbon Marcos Rojo has n't received his work permit in time to make his debut and so United are struggling a little for men at the back . Enter Vermijl , who could be in line to make his first United start in two years at stadium : mk , most likely alongside Jonny Evans and fellow academy graduate Michael Keane . Selection dilemma : Injury problems could force Louis Van Gaal to field an untried back line at MK Dons . Forced off : Chris Smalling picked up a groin strain in United 's draw at Sunderland on Sunday . Too soon : New # 16m signing Marcos Rojo has n't received a work permit in time to play . The 22-year-old has waited some time since his United debut , which came on September 26 , 2012 when he played 77 minutes in a League Cup tie with Newcastle United . It was a campaign in which Vermijl appeared in the United squad on other occasions - twice in the Champions League and at Chelsea in both the League Cup and FA Cup - but did n't gain any further time on the pitch . Now , having gained more experience during a season-long loan with Dutch side NEC Nijmegen , it looks as though he will have another chance to impress . What 's his background ? Vermijl was born on January 13 , 1992 in Peer , a small town close to the Dutch border in the north of Belgium and joined the academy of Standard Liege at the age of 16 . With United 's scouting network well established in the Low Countries , Vermijl was picked out despite not making a senior appearance for the Belgian top flight side . His delighted dad revealed the news of his contract at Old Trafford in 2010 , after a # 250,000 compensation payment had been agreed with Liege . ` They said he was the best right or left-back they had seen in years , ' Dirk Vermijl told Het Laatste Nieuws . Shadowed : Vermijl keeps a close check on Liverpool 's Cameron Brannagan during the U21 game . ' -LSB- Sir Alex -RSB- Ferguson told me that Marnick in the following years would become a fixture in the Manchester United squad . ' Ferguson and then-reserve team coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had clearly seen potential in him , as they had in his compatriot Ritchie De Laet . And he made an immediate impression when he scored twice , playing in a more advanced position , in a pre-season friendly with Shamrock Rovers . Part of the attraction had been Vermijl 's ability to play right across the back four , or even on the right side of midfield , but he quickly settled into the right-back role . He became a mainstay in United 's reserve team during the 2010-2011 season and picked up a winners ' medal in 2012 when United defeated Aston Villa on penalties . His consistent displays in the reserves led to Ferguson calling him up to the first-team squad for the first time in the League Cup last 16 tie at Aldershot on October 25 , 2011 . He did n't feature in the 3-0 win , however . The following season was another encouraging one for Vermijl , with his handful of first-team squad selections balanced with a leading role in United winning the inaugural Under 21 Premier League . He scored one and created another in the Old Trafford final against Tottenham , inspiring a United comeback from two goals down to win 3-2 . Under 21 coach Warren Joyce shortlisted him for the club 's Reserves ' Player of the Year award , capping a fine year . Battler : Vermijl goes in for a challenge with Sheyi Ojo during the 1-1 draw at Anfield . Going Dutch . With the departure of Ferguson and the arrival of David Moyes at the start of last season , Vermijl was sent out on loan to NEC in Holland , where he was a regular starter at right-back . He performed well , with three league and one Cup goal during the season , which unfortunately culminated in relegation from the Eredivisie for the Nijmegen club . His performances resulted in a call-up to the Belgium Under 21 side , but Moyes seemed indifferent to the young player . In March , Vermijl 's agent said his client 's future would depend on whether Moyes remained at Old Trafford . ` If the manager stays , then it does not look good because he let Marnick go quite easily to NEC . ` If Moyes is sacked , it may open greater chances . ' As we all know , Moyes was shown the door and Vermijl , who has one year left on his contract , is back in the frame at United , with Van Gaal keen to assess what he can do . He played a full 90 minutes in the Under 21 side 's 1-1 draw with Liverpool at Anfield last week and could now be set for another first-team chance , especially if the injury crisis worsens . Where does he play ? As mentioned , Vermijl is a right-back , or the right-sided operator in Van Gaal 's hallmark 3-5-2 formation . But in his younger days , he was more of a forward or a winger and so is n't afraid to get forward in support of the midfield if necessary . One of his main attractions when United first signed him was his versatility and , if required , Vermijl could slot in right across the back line . Like our dedicated Manchester United Facebook page . Out on loan : Vermijl spent last season with Dutch club NEC Nijmegen to gain experience . Strengths and weaknesses . Vermijl is well-regarded for his consistency and , in the Dutch league at least , was seldom found wanting by speedy wingers . If beaten , he possesses the pace to recover position and is a reliable winner of the ball in the tackle . During his campaign in Holland , he received just one booking . If he is to be part of Van Gaal 's team , he 'll have to show quality going forward and he does have a decent quick-step to get beyond defenders and a fairly good cross . One thing that was exposed in the Eredivisie , however , was his passing , with too many balls going astray . International honours ? Yes , Vermijl has been capped by Belgium at every level from Under 17 to Under 21 . In all , he has 43 caps for Belgium across the various standards and has scored five times . | Injury problems could hand Marnick Vermijl a start at right-back for Manchester United in their Capital One Cup tie at MK Dons . Belgian defender has made just one senior appearance for United . The 22-year-old spent last season on loan with Dutch club NEC Nijmegen . Vermijl is a capable of playing right across the defence and further forward . 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The vanishing foam being used to make sure defensive walls retreat a full ten yards at the World Cup will come in handy over the next few days . No-one in this country of 200m football obsessives will ever want to see this Brazil team ever again after they lost this World Cup semi-final 7-1 . They should be scrubbed out , wiped from the history of the game after they were picked off by Joachim Low 's rampant Germany team . VIDEO Scroll down for Animation of Brazil and Germany 's best World Cup goals . Easy : Thomas Muller 's opening goal came when he was unmarked at a corner . Hammered : Scolari speaks to his team after their 7-1 hammering . Distraught : Brazil fans at the stadium in Belo Horizonte stand in disbelief . What a . vanishing act this was , with Julio Cesar , Maicon , captain David Luiz , . Dante and Marcelo turning in one for the worst performances at the . highest level in living memory . Where . was Luiz when Toni Kroos floated over a corner for Thomas Muller to . stab in the first ? Luiz looked like he was in a spin drier . And . where was Dante , where was Marcelo or Maicon as Germany put on the full . programme during this extraordinary performance ? The answer is . absolutely nowhere . Dante , . mild-mannered and elegant when he pulls on the shirt of Bayern Munich , . looked like a man who had n't played since a 4-0 win over Panama on June . 3 . In . fact he gave the impression of a man who had never played the . game at all when Miroslav Klose , Kroos and Sami Khedira added to . the scoreline . Emotional : David Luiz unable to hold back the tears following full time . No hiding place : Marcelo reacting after full time . VIDEO Disbelief in Belo Horizonte after devastating Germany win . In . many ways , what with the shrine to Neymar Junior - ForzaNeymar 10 . baseball caps in his honour , a shirt held up by David Luiz with his name . on - they really asked for this . Behave yourself , Brazil . They . were lost in the moment , failing to pay attention to the job in hand . and that was to reach the final against Holland or Argentina . ` Seven . steps to heaven ' Scolari had called it . Well they got to the sixth and . only hell will await them after this semi-final shambles . The . target was to win the World Cup and a embroider a sixth gold star on . that beautiful yellow jersey . There are some dark days ahead indeed for . Brazil now . Big Phil Scolari - Felipao - will pay the price . He will be sacked by the CBF for this shameful semi-final exit . Scolari , . a World Cup winner himself with the 2002 vintage , can not escape the . blame for this disastrous performance . He is finished . On . the eve of the game he had lightened the mood by revealing that Luiz , . one of the team jokers , often mimics the coach during team meetings . Embrace : Miroslav Klose , who grabbed the second for Germany , consoling Luis Gustavo . Brace : Toni Kroos scored the third and fourth on the night . High five : Sami Khedira puts Germany 5-0 up before half an hour . Abject : Brazil 's defending was non-existent all night . First to every ball : Brazil 's team were off the pace all night . It is fair to say that no-one wants to be in Scolari 's shoes now . He . should be wondering what on god 's earth he was doing when he presented . Joachim Low with a CBF ` goodie bag ' before the national anthems were . played . Low looked at him with utter bemusement . It . was toe-curling to watch them concede five times inside 29 mental . minutes at the Estadio Mineairo and yet this could have all been . avoided . Had . that back four , players who have Champions League pedigree with Real . Madrid , Bayern Munich , Chelsea and Inter Milan , remained at their . stations and stayed in position the score would have been 0-0 at . half-time . Instead . they hared around the stadium , losing their minds and this game even . before Thomas Muller struck Germany 's opening goal in the 11th minute . Finisher : Andre Schurle , who scored Germany 's final two , consoles his Chelsea team-mate Oscar . Contrast : Scolari with triumphant Germany coach Joachim Low . Those . boys have enough experience to know that the race is n't won in the . opening laps and yet they lost their discipline , shape and , with it , the . game . It was embarrassing and pitiful . Luiz 's . performance brought back Gary Neville 's ` PlayStation footballer ' analogy , the comment that made the former Chelsea defender mad . Well . Neville got it right because the stand-in captain was all over the shop . There . is the mild temptation to argue that playing on the right side of . Brazil ' s defence , instead of his preferred left , because of Thiago . Silva 's suspension was somehow to blame . This . was a performance of shock and awe by Germany , a ruthless exhibition of . flair and fantasy as they chase their first World Cup win since 1990 . They will take some stopping now , that much is clear . To be 5-0 up inside 29 minutes of a World Cup semi-final in the host 's backyard is really something quite radical . After this , Brazil just lost a lot of respect . | Brazil beaten 7-1 by Germany in World Cup semi-final . 5-0 down in the game after just 29 minutes . Thomas Muller , Miroslav Klose , Toni Kroos -LRB- 2 -RRB- , Sami Khedira and Andre Schurrle -LRB- 2 -RRB- on target for the Germans . Oscar grabs a late consolaton for Brazil in the 90th minute . | [[252, 293], [595, 649], [3420, 3487], [3424, 3427], [3428, 3478], [3424, 3427], [3436, 3487], [1473, 1523], [2811, 2825], [2832, 2862], [3959, 3972], [3979, 4006]] |
An Israeli helicopter strike in . Syria has killed six Hezbollah fighters , . including the son of group 's late military leader , sources close to the organisation have said . Israel has yet to make an official statement on the attack , but local media has quoted a military source as saying the . attack had targeted ` terrorists who intended to attack Israel ' . The missile strike hit a Hezbollah convoy in in the . Syrian province of Quneitra , near the Israeli-occupied Golan . Heights , reportedly killing Jihad Mughniyeh , the son of late Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyah . Struck : The helicopter strike killed six Hezbollah fighters , including Jihad Mughniyeh , pictured in 2008 , the son of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah . Five others were killed in the attack , including Mohammed Issa , a senior commander responsible for Hezbollah operations in Syria and Iraq , sources say . The strike comes three days after Hezbollah leader Sayyed . Hassan Nasrallah said he considered frequent Israeli strikes in . Syria as a major aggression , and that Syria and its allies had . the right to respond . Hezbollah has been fighting alongside . President Bashar al-Assad 's forces in Syria 's nearly . four-year-old civil war . The Hezbollah-run al-Manar news channel did not mention . Moughniyah but said Hezbollah had confirmed that a group of its . fighters were killed when they were checking an area in . Quneitra . It said Hezbollah would announce the names of the dead later . on Sunday . Guard : Israeli troops patrol the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights on Sunday . Attack : Lebanese media reported that an Israeli helicopter had fired two missiles on Quneitra . Like father , like son : Imad Moughniyah , was on the United States ' most wanted list for attacks on Israeli and Western targets , before he was killed by a bomb in Damascus in 2008 . Israel , Syria and the Golan Heights , locating the Israeli air strike Sunday . Quneitra has seen heavy fighting between forces loyal to . Assad and rebels including fighters linked to al Qaeda . ` An Israeli helicopter fired two missiles on Amal Farms in . Quneitra , ' the Lebanese news channel said earlier , adding that . two reconnaissance planes had also been seen flying over the . area . Israel has struck Syria several times since the start of the . war , mostly destroying weaponry such as missiles that Israeli . officials said were destined for Hezbollah , Israel 's long-time . foe in neighbouring Lebanon . Syria said last month that Israeli jets had bombed areas . near Damascus international airport and in the town of Dimas , . near the border with Lebanon . Imad Moughniyah , who was on the United States ' most wanted . list for attacks on Israeli and Western targets , was . assassinated in Damascus in 2008 . | Six Hezbollah fighters killed in Israeli helicopter strike in Syria . The attack on Golan Heights killed son of late Hezbollah commander . Israel fired two missiles and sent reconnaissance planes to the scene . | [[593, 672], [78, 128], [1605, 1692], [2076, 2135], [2204, 2266], [2204, 2229], [2249, 2266]] |
A New York City plastic surgeon pleaded guilty to killing a former model during a botched liposuction procedure on Wednesday in return for only two-months behind bars . Dr. Oleg Davie , 53 , ignored the medical records of Isel Pineda which showed she 'd undergone a heart transplant in 2004 performed by TV 's Dr. Oz and falsified forms after her death to cover up his mistakes prosecutors said . The disgraced surgeon pleaded guilty to a charge of criminally negligent homicide and falsifying records after originally being charged with manslaughter for Pineda 's death in 2012 which would have carried a prison term of up to 15 years . Death : Isel Pineda should never have been on the operating table having had the transplant in in 2004 , making it unsafe for her to be given anesthesia . Pineda , 51 , paid $ 3,200 for the procedure , described in online ads as being to ` lose the wobble ' . She went into cardiac arrest before leaving Davie 's office . Paramedics tried to revive her but she was declared dead at Coney Island Hospital . Guilty : Oleg Davie , 52 , pleaded guilty to a charge of criminally negligent homicide . ` You knew she had a heart condition but you performed the surgery anyway , did n't you ? ' prosecutor Patrick Cappock asked in Brooklyn Supreme Court . ` Yes , ' Davie answered . According to The New York Post , Davie , who surrendered his medical license last year , was unapologetic to the victim 's family when he left the courtroom on Wednesday . ` What happened here is tragic but not criminal , ' said his lawyer , James DiPietro , who added that the deal was ` inherently fair ' . He noted that his client would have faced 15-years behind bars if he had decided to fight a manslaughter charge . Instead he admitted to changing Pineda 's records after she died and admitted he did not speak to her cardiologist despite knowing she had undergone a heart procedure . Davie , who was on probation at the time of Pineda 's surgery for ` professional misconduct ' deleted all mention of her heart transplant and medication after the unsuccessful SmartLipo operation . Paperwork found in Pineda 's purse by her boyfriend suggested Davie knew about her heart disease and resulting life-saving operation that made her unsuitable for liposuction . Tragedy : Isel Pineda died before she left Dr. Davie 's New York City practice in 2012 . On it were details of the diagnosis and the anti-rejection rejection drugs she was taking . ` This woman should not have been operated on -- period , ' a top plastic surgeon told the New York Post . ` You do n't screw around with people like this . If he knew she had a heart transplant , he should have shown her the door . ' Davies appeared to have ignored the health issues when filling out Pineda 's patient history form , on which he clearly marked ` no ' where it asks whether she had ever been hospitalized . Heartbreak : ` She was stunning . She would walk into a room and the music would stop , ' said Pineda 's ex-husband . He wrote that she had a ` mid-chest , old , well healed ' scar , describing it as resulting from ` skin surgery ' to remove a ` cyst ' . Pineda 's scar would have stretched from the neck to her navel . And while her family believe she did n't tell them she was having lipo due to embarrassment , she was never shy about discussing her heart transplant . Last year her ex-husband , Jeffrey Mayer said , ` She was stunning . She would walk into a room and the music would stop , '' adding that seeing Davie `` brought all the pain and all the realness back . ' | Dr. Oleg Davie pleaded guilty Wednesday to reduced charges after facing 15 years for manslaughter . Former model Isel Pineda , 51 , had undergone a heart transplant in 2004 performed by TV 's Dr. Oz . She died of a cardiac arrest before she left Davie 's practice in 2012 . Davie , 53 , knew her medical history but changed her records after she died to cover up his error . Is facing a sentence of up to two months and five-years probation . | [[0, 168], [0, 31], [40, 168], [571, 637], [1622, 1726], [222, 233], [240, 290], [264, 336], [681, 740], [898, 959], [898, 901], [927, 959], [2289, 2367], [169, 183], [321, 352], [343, 389], [0, 168], [0, 31], [40, 168]] |
Manchester United 's # 59.7 million signing Angel di Maria is set to break the British transfer record . It 's a switch far removed from the one which took Alf Common south from Sunderland to Middlesbrough in 1905 , for the then princely sum of # 1,000 . Common was British football 's first grand star and he was the country 's most expensive player for six years . VIDEO Scroll down to watch Cristiano Ronaldo flick Angle di Maria the V in training . Transfer : Angel di Maria 's transfer from Real Madrid to Manchester United will become a new record . It took 23 years for the first player to cost # 10,000 when David Jack -- a scorer in the first FA Cup final at Wembley -- moved from Bolton to Arsenal . The magic # 100,000 barrier was n't broken until the early 1960s , when Denis Law returned to England from Italy , with United paying # 115,000 for the striker . Trevor Francis became football 's first million pound player in 1979 as he joined Nottingham Forest from Birmingham City . However , despite scoring a European Cup final winner he never quite settled at the City Ground and was later shipped off to Manchester City for another hefty fee . Thanks a million : Trevor Francis -LRB- left -RRB- was the first # 1m British player and scored a European Cup-winning goal . Midfielders such as Bryan Robson and Roy Keane have been the subjects of the record transfer fee but it is generally strikers for whom the big bucks are paid . But that was blown out of the water in 1996 when Alan Shearer joined his boyhood club Newcastle United from Blackburn Rovers for a staggering # 15m . Just five years later , this record was nearly doubled as Argentina midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron signed for Manchester United from Lazio . He was one of the stars of the world game but , after a lively start at Old Trafford , flopped spectacularly . Talk of the Toon : Alan Shearer broke the record in 1996 when Newcastle paid # 15m for him . Record : When Chelsea paid # 50m for Fernando Torres he beat the old record by more than # 10m . In 2002 , Sir Alex Ferguson broke the record once more at United and this signing was a big shock in terms of positioning as centre half Rio Ferdinand was bought from Leeds United for just over # 29million . Andriy Shevchenko became British football 's first # 30m signing in 2006 but possibly the most surprising fee paid for any player was the # 35m forked out by Liverpool for Andy Carroll in 2011 . His record at Anfield never came close to justifying the fee . It may be a blessing for Carroll that he held the record for a matter of hours as later on that same January day , Fernando Torres joined Chelsea for # 50m . It has become a symbol of the folly of spending big towards the end of a transfer window . United must be hoping Di Maria ends up more like a Cole or a Shearer than a Carroll or a Torres . Disappointment : Juan Sebastian Veron was below par for Man Utd , despite being a record transfer signing . | Angel di Maria on verge of Record transfer from Real Madrid . Manchester United will pay # 59.7 m for the midfielder . Fernando Torres broke record when he moved from Liverpool to Chelsea . Alan Shearer was the record holder when Newcastle paid # 15m for him . Trevor Francis was British football 's first million-pound player . | [[453, 461], [464, 555], [0, 104], [0, 58], [66, 104], [1654, 1737], [1495, 1595], [1911, 1941], [872, 940], [1179, 1244]] |
He 's the Australian jihadist who , in between swearing to cleanse the world of infidel non-believers , apparently sees a lighter side in the Islamic State 's barbaric war . Zia Abdul-Haq , a militant from Logan , south of Brisbane , who is fighting for IS in the Middle East , has purportedly posted a series of videos on YouTube with titles such as ` funny terrorist video part 1 ' - as well as Twitter images of militants cuddling cats , playing video games and training with assault weaponry . Terrorism experts said the often jokey social media posts proved the immaturity of some Westerners who have taken up arms fighting for the so-called ` caliphate ' . Scroll down for video . Pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State -LRB- IS -RRB- : Zia Abdul-Haq , from Brisbane , is pictured in a variety of social media posts . ' #Mujahid crime ! The cat love this young #French mujahid ' : Abdul-Haq posted this sarcastic caption alongside this picture of a purported French jihadist patting a small cat . Down time ? Abdul-Huq captioned this image , of apparent militants wearing military fatigues , as ` jihadists having fun =-RRB- ' . Their location is unknown . Abdul-Haq , who also goes by the name Abu Yusseph , has posted a number of images making light of IS 's sinister reputation . A picture of a French IS fighter stroking a cat is captioned sarcastically : ' #IS crime ! The cat love this young mujahid -LRB- fighter -RRB- ' . In another , he mocks the idea IS is cruel by showing fighters cutting up a dead animal and labelling them ` IS crimes ' . Two militants are seen horsing around in Abdul-Haq 's ` funny terrorist ' video series , with one militant mimicking one of U.S. President Barack Obama 's video greetings to the global Islamic community . But some of the material is much more chilling . ` Every #IS #mujahid needs to carry a big knife for slaughtering the enemies . It 's more fun to slaughter :--RRB- ' , reads one of Abdul-Haq 's posts . ` May our blood become a flood to clean this world from all types of -LRB- non-believers -RRB- ' , said another . And while there is little evidence he has actively fought in the conflict zone , one message represented threatened Australian troops : ` Media propaganda is only to prepare the way for Australia and the West to send troops to fight , we hope to give them a good welcome ' . Professor Greg Barton , from the Global Terrorism Research Centre at Monash University , said Abdul-Haq 's posts showed that many IS fighters were ` juveniles ' who did not understand the gravity of what they were doing . Pretending to be Barack Obama : With his head covered by black cloth , militants are caught on camera imitating the U.S. President . The videos were posted to YouTube by an account purported to belong to Abdul-Haq . ` Funny terrorist part2 ' : The straight to the point caption on Abdul-Haq 's apparent YouTube video . Weaponry : This image of ammunition and an assault weapon is one of many pictures posted to social media by the jihadist . ` Training ' : The militants . Few images are posted where any of the militants ' faces are evident . The Abbott government revealed last month that it feared around 60 Australians were fighting in the Middle East . ` For the most part , they 're young idiots , ' Prof Barton told Daily Mail Australia . ` We 're dealing with young men doing foolish things , driven by peer pressure and a desire for affirmation . ' He compared it to teenagers posting images on Facebook in order to attract high numbers of ` likes ' . He said the militants posted jokes - and gruesome material - to get attention . ' I think it 's generally true for -LRB- their -RRB- social media posts that what we see reflects a fairly juvenile mentality , ' he said . ` There 's not a lot of deep reflection on religious themes or agonising over moral choices ' . Ali Kadri , a spokesman for the Holland Park mosque which Abdul-Haq occasionally visited for Friday prayers , told Daily Mail Australia Abdul-Haq did not appear to have an aggressive personality . ` He was n't that kind of person . I remember him as a shy , quiet kind of person ' . In recent months , the Islamic State - which is also known by the names ISIS and ISIL - has not hesitated in showing the gruesome lengths it is willing to go to in prosecuting its war . In the past month , the group 's media arm has released videos depicting the beheadings of two Western journalists , James Foley and Steven Sotloff . Australian militants Khaled Sharrouf and Mohamed Elomar also sparked international condemnation after they distributed images of themselves - and Sharrouf 's seven-year-old child - brandishing the heads of decapitated Syrian fighters . Gruesome : The Islamic State have released videos of two U.S. journalists being beheaded in the past month . Khaled Sharrouf 's seven-year-old son , pictured wielding a head . Abdul-Haq , who also goes under the identity of Abu Yussuph , has in recent days tweeted about how ` proud ' he is to fight for the Islamic State . ' I never been part of any group / organisation in Australia or anywhere else , but I am proud to be part of #IslamicState ' , he said . Abdul-Haq also denied claims he was ` brainwashed ' by Australian preacher Musa Cerantonio into taking up arms for the Islamic State , labelling them ` media lies ' . ` No one brainwashed me , ' Yusseph wrote on Twitter on Wednesday . ` Do n't believe media ' . Cerantonio said the allegation was unsubstantiated . Abdul-Haq did not respond to a request for an interview . In July , Cerantonio was arrested by Philippine authorities and deported to Australia , just weeks after he tweeted that he had arrived in the Middle East to join his brothers in the Islamic State . ` Al-Hamdulillah I have arrived in the land of Khilafah in Ash-Sham ! May Allah honor all Muslims during this blessed time with His obedience , ' he posted on Twitter at the time . On August 17 , Abdul-Haq posted an image of fighters in the Middle East watching a video of Cerantonio . ` Mujahideen -LRB- warriors -RRB- in Ash-Shaam watching Musa Cerantonio 's talks #IS #ISIS #jihadist #caliphate #Khilafah ' . Cerantonio was approached for comment . Abdul-Haq 's social media presence remains active . Preacher : Musa Cerantonio . | Zia Abdul-Haq , from Logan , south of Brisbane , makes light of the Islamic State 's brutal military campaign . 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The jury in the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial has ruled that the concert promoter was not negligent in hiring the doctor who treated the singer . Jackson 's mother sued concert promoter AEG Live LLC over the hiring of Dr. Conrad Murray , who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for giving Jackson an overdose of the anesthetic propofol in 2009 . Katherine Jackson claimed AEG Live should have done a thorough background check on Murray . The Jackson family matriarch was seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages for herself and her son 's three children . The company denied hiring Murray and said he had been picked by the singer as the doctor for his upcoming shows . The panel of six men and six women began deliberating on September 26 , more than five months after the start of the trial that offered an unprecedented look into the superstar 's private life . The case provided the closest look yet at Jackson 's drug use and his battles against chronic pain and insomnia . It also took jurors behind the scenes in the rough and tumble world of negotiations with one of the world 's most famous entertainers looking to solidify his legendary status after scandal interrupted his career . ` We reached a verdict that we understand that not everybody is going to agree with , ' jury foreman Gregg Barden said after the decision was reached . Scroll down for video . Trouble : Dr Conrad Murray , who was already convicted of involuntary manslaughter for giving Jackson an overdose of the anesthetic , was the basis for the latest trial which was a lawsuit against the concert promoter . ` But the decision was reached after very careful consideration of five months of testimony , thousands of documents and of course the guidance of the court . ' Witnesses said he saw the ` This Is It ' concerts as a chance for personal redemption after being acquitted of child molestation . But as the opening date of the shows approached , associates testified that he had bouts of insecurity and agonized over his inability to sleep . They said he turned to the drug propofol and found Murray , who was willing to buy it in bulk and administer it to him on a nightly basis even though it is not meant to be used outside operating rooms . Saying their peace : Juror Gregg Barden spoke to the awaiting media after arriving at the not guilty verdict against AEG . All eyes on them : The group issued a joint statement saying that they knew not everyone would agree with them . Testimony at the civil trial showed that only Jackson and Murray knew he was taking the drug . In his closing argument , AEG Live attorney Marvin Putnam told jurors that the company would have pulled the plug on the shows if they knew he was using the anesthetic . ` AEG would have never agreed to finance this tour if they knew Mr. Jackson was playing Russian roulette in his bedroom every night , ' Brian Panish , a lawyer for the Jackson family , countered that AEG Live was negligent by not looking far enough to find out what it needed to know about Murray . Major pull : At the time of his death Jackson was prepping for the 10-night ` This Is It ' concert in London which was run by concert promoter AEG Live LLC , who the jury ruled was not negligent in hiring Murray . Those who live on : Michael 's mother Katherine is now the trustee of his estate and cares for his children , including daughter Paris -LRB- seen together in January 2012 -RRB- . He claimed in his closing argument that the lure of riches turned the company and Murray into mercenaries who sacrificed the pop star 's life in a quest to boost their own fortunes . Panish asked jurors : ` Do people do things they should n't do for money ? People do it every day . ' He said a $ 150,000-a-month contract to care for Jackson was a lifeline to help Murray climb out of his financial troubles , which included $ 500,000 in debt . AEG Live , meanwhile , had only one interest -- launching a world tour for the King of Pop that would yield untold millions in profits , the lawyer said . AEG Live 's lawyers framed the case as being about personal choice , saying Jackson made bad choices about the drug that killed him and the doctor who provided it . They said he was the architect of his own demise and no one else can be blamed . Putnam said Jackson insisted on hiring the cardiologist , despite objections from AEG Live . ` It was his money and he certainly was n't going to take no for an answer , ' the lawyer said . Putnam portrayed AEG Live and its executives as victims of deception by Jackson and Murray . He showed brief excerpts from the ` This Is It ' documentary to show that Jackson appeared in top form just 12 hours before he died . Making the case : Brian Panish was hired by Jackson 's family to argue that AEG should have done a background check on the doctor and found him to be unsuitable to treat the ` King of Pop ' Legal minds : Panish , seen here talking with AEG 's attorneys Kathryn Cahan and Marvin Putnam , ultimately won the case . Closing argument : Putnam told jurors that the company would have pulled the plug on the shows if they knew he was using the anesthetic . ` AEG Live did not have a crystal ball , ' he said . ` Dr. Murray and Mr. Jackson fooled everyone . They want to blame AEG for something no one saw . ' Murray was convicted in 2011 of involuntary manslaughter for causing Jackson 's death and is due to be released in October after serving a two year jail sentence . Jurors heard testimony from more than 50 witnesses , including Jackson 's mother and his eldest son , Prince , as well as days of testimony from AEG executives who were repeatedly asked about emails in which they discussed Jackson 's missed rehearsals and described Murray 's pay as a done deal . They also heard about Jackson 's close relationship to many of his doctors , including Murray , who he first met in Las Vegas in 2007 . Katherine Jackson called the case a search for the truth about the death of her son and the trial featured potentially embarrassing revelations for both sides . AEG 's executives had their emails picked apart , revealing concerns that Jackson would n't be able to perform the shows as planned , that a lawyer at their parent company referred to Michael Jackson as ` the freak , ' and that Jackson was derided even though the company had invested more than $ 30million in his shows . AEG Live , meanwhile , laid out Jackson 's medical history , presenting testimony about his use of drugs , including the powerful painkiller Demerol , for pain stemming from an accident that occurred decades ago while he was filming a Pepsi commercial . Jackson had no trace of that drug in his system when he died . Legend lives on : Fans pay tribute to Jackson by imitating his signature moves outside the Los Angeles court . The lawyers called witnesses who recounted Jackson 's use of propofol dating back to the 1990s . In 1997 , two German doctors administered the anesthetic to help the singer sleep between shows in Munich . A few years later , Jackson requested the anesthetic from a dental anesthesiologist who refused , as did another doctor who testified that Jackson kept a box of propofol in his bedroom at Neverland Ranch . On the issue of possible damages , expert witnesses for the company said any estimate of Jackson 's future earnings were speculative , and they showed the panel that the singer was deeply in debt and consistently spent more than he earned . In the verdict form , jurors were first asked to decide the central question of the case -- whether AEG Live hired Murray to treat Jackson . During the trial , they heard evidence that AEG had drafted a contract that was signed by Murray . But there were no indications that it was signed by AEG Live or Jackson . Attorneys for the singer 's mother argued that Jackson 's signature was not necessary , but the company 's attorneys said the contract required his consent to be binding . Jackson 's mother and his three children are supported by his estate , which provides a comfortable lifestyle for them and erased hundreds of millions of dollars in debts by debuting new projects and releasing new music featuring the King of Pop . | Katherine Jackson , the singer 's mother , has lost her lawsuit against concert promoter AEG as she argued they were negligent . Michael Jackson died from an overdose of the anesthetic propofol in 2009 . Singer had insomnia and Dr Conrad Murray ruled it OK to use propofol on a nightly basis even though it is normally just used during surgery . Murray has since been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter . AEG attorneys said only Murray and Jackson knew he was on propofol . | [[1012, 1101], [2403, 2419], [2426, 2470], [799, 858], [1150, 1217], [1084, 1103], [1108, 1168], [2261, 2277], [2288, 2333], [6171, 6256], [3348, 3442], [3389, 3442], [3573, 3612], [5979, 6018]] |
An ill elderly woman has been battered to death in an apparent mercy killing and her husband has been arrested on suspicion of murder . Mary Saunders , 71 , was found dead in the bedroom of her ground floor flat in Hove , East Sussex , and her husband , Fred , 85 , is currently being questioned by police . He was taken to Royal Sussex County Hospital yesterday morning to be treated for minor injuries . Street view : Mary Saunders , 71 , was found dead by paramedics in her ground floor flat bedroom in Hove , Brighton , on Thursday morning . A spokesperson for Sussex Police said that a ` mercy killing ' , a term used to describe the murder of a sick or elderly person to end their suffering , was one line of inquiry . The spokesman said : ` An 85-year old man was taken from the . address to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton for treatment . for minor injuries and has been arrested on suspicion of murder . ' A mercy killing is one line of enquiry . He is currently in custody for interview and further inquiries . ` Officers from the Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Team are investigating . The man and woman are known to each other and police are not looking for anyone else . ` There are no apparent external injuries and the cause of death has not yet been established . A post mortem is expected to take place today . ' Forensic scene of crime officers searched the inside of the Saunders ' ground floor property -LRB- pictured -RRB- in Hove , Brighton today . Neighbours said the couple , who had . been married for a long time and had lived in the flat in Hove , . Brighton , for about six years , ` would always say hello ' and were ` very . nice and friendly ' . One neighbour , who who asked not to be named , . said she had told police how she saw Mr Saunders collecting his post . and stopped and chatted to him the day before his wife was found dead . She said : ` He seemed okay . I told police that . ' She described the couple as ` lovely ' , and said that Mrs Saunders was frail , had a bent back and walked with a stick . A single police officer stood guard outside the home today while forensic scenes of crime officers combed the inside for clues . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article . | Mr Saunders was taken to Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton and treated for minor injuries after his wife was found dead . | [[136, 149], [152, 251], [308, 405], [324, 352], [363, 405]] |
By LUCY ELKINS . Do you know a health hero ? The Daily Mail , in partnership with Boots and ITV 's This Morning , is asking you to nominate special people in the health-care sector who have made a real difference to your life or a loved one 's . To nominate your health hero , click here . Here , LUCY ELKINS tells one nominee 's story ... Sitting beside her husband Peter as he slipped in and out of consciousness , Kay Hutchinson struggled to think clearly . Peter , 64 , had had bone-marrow cancer for the past four years , but suddenly his condition had taken a rapid turn for the worse . Grateful : GP Janet Walker , left , has always been there for Kay and her family . He 'd been at home for three weeks following a five-month spell in hospital - during which time his health had rallied . But overnight he 'd become so ill that he 'd stopped responding to Kay 's voice . ` He was sleepy then he would n't wake up at all , ' recalls Kay , 64 , from Middlesbrough . ' I did n't know what to do for him or how to cope . It was frightening being on my own with him when he was so unwell . ' To her huge relief , the couple 's GP , Dr Janet Walker , turned up unexpectedly at their front door . She had been making frequent out-of-hours visits to keep an eye on Peter , and on that particular day last October she 'd popped by after surgery had finished for the morning . In fact , Dr Walker had been on hand , day and night , to help the couple cope with several major traumas over the past decade - including the sudden death of their only daughter when she was just 30 years old . Here she was again to give medical help and emotional support when they needed it most . Dr Walker examined Peter and explained that he was suffering from dehydration . Because Kay felt too worried to keep him at home , the GP said she 'd get him into hospital to be put on a drip . Not only that but she 'd try and get him on a ward at the town 's James Cook University Hospital , where he was known by staff - not on an impersonal general admission ward . Kay says : ` Nothing is too much trouble for Dr Walker . She told me she would go to the surgery and sort it out and come back . ' Despite the fact the part-time GP should have finished work for the day , she returned and stayed with Kay for six hours while they waited for an ambulance to take Peter to hospital . ` She talked to me throughout , ' says Kay . ' I was sitting on the sofa , crying , and she sat on the floor in front of me holding my hand . If she had n't been there , I do n't know what I would have done . Beyond the call of duty : Dr Walker has helped Kay through some tough times . ` She has the most wonderful , calm manner . As soon as she came into the house , I felt supported and able to cope again . She told me , `` You know he 's very poorly Kay . '' She was trying to gently prepare me for the end . ` We had no way of knowing when a hospital bed would become available or when the ambulance would come but Dr Walker told me not to worry - she would stay with me . ` She was here a very , very long time , and at one point she said , `` Do you mind if I just phone home to let my family know I 'm OK ? '' ' Dr Walker waited with Kay until the ambulance arrived at 8pm . ` Then she gave me her home number and said , `` I 'm on holiday next week but if you need anything just call me . '' ... She listened to us and talked to us for . ages . I was crying and she got up and gave me a big hug and told us she . was there for us if we needed anything . ' I was amazed and touched . I called her on the Sunday and she was absolutely lovely and answered all of my concerns . ' It was , says Kay , typical of the care Dr Walker offers her patients . Kay remembers when , eight years ago , her daughter Lisa died inexplicably of a pulmonary embolism - a blood clot in the lungs - and Dr Walker went out of her way to support Kay and Peter . ` Nothing prepares you for the pain of losing a child , ' says Kay . ` Just six weeks after Lisa died , Peter was due to have heart surgery but we thought it all might be too much for us so we went to see Dr Walker to discuss whether we could delay it . ` She was lovely and took a long time with us . Then she called us at about 8pm , long after she should have gone home - to talk to us some more about how we were feeling and to tell us why she did n't think the surgery should be delayed . Unsung heroes : Nominate your medical saviour . ` She asked us to come back the next week so that she could see how we were . And she told us to make the appointment for when the surgery had closed , so we could go in when it was empty rather than sitting in a room full of people , as she knew we were still so upset . ` She listened to us and talked to us for ages . I was crying and she got up and gave me a big hug and told us she was there for us if we needed anything . ' Then , four years ago , when Peter was diagnosed with cancer - a type called multiple myeloma - Dr Walker emphasised she was there for the couple whenever they needed her - not just when the surgery was open . ` When we found out Peter had cancer , I was in pieces and could n't stop weeping , ' says Kay , who has a son , Paul , now 41 . ` Seeing how upset we were , Dr Walker said we should go back after the surgery had closed , so she would have the time to take us through what would happen next . ' During the next few years , Peter was treated by a number of ` fantastic ' nurses and doctors - ` but none as outstanding as Dr Walker ' , says Kay . ` She has such compassion , and that type of kindness makes a big difference when you are going through the pain that we were at that time . ' ... I am Evelyn 's full-time carer and I get . on and do it , but it 's a lot to cope with and I do n't know what I would . do without Dr Walker . After being admitted to hospital for dehydration last October , Peter , a former process operator for the oil industry , was transferred to a hospice . Yet even though he was out of Dr Walker 's care , she still checked on the couple . ` She kept ringing us at the hospice to see how we were , which was very , very comforting , ' says Kay . Peter died on November 20 , and Dr Walker phoned Kay as soon as she heard . ` She 's never off-duty - you know she really does care , ' says Kay . It 's for these reasons that Kay has nominated Dr Walker for a Daily Mail Health Hero award . And Kay 's not the only patient who 's been overwhelmed by the GP 's compassion and dedication . Jacqueline Jowsey , 75 , who 's had several major health problems , including a heart attack and failing kidneys , says : ` It is so amazing how Dr Walker bothers to keep tabs on you . She has even called me at 9pm to see how I 'm doing . ' Three years ago , when Jacqueline had heart surgery , she was told by the hospital 's nurses that ` Dr Walker was always ringing to make sure everything was OK ' . Her surgery 's hours are 8am-6pm but she often sees patients well outside these times . Colin Robinson , 82 , whose wife Evelyn is ill with cancer and has had two strokes , says : ` Dr Walker often calls us in the evening to see how things are , and she 'll pop in on her way home to check we are OK . You 'll never hear her say she has n't got time . ' I am Evelyn 's full-time carer and I get on and do it , but it 's a lot to cope with and I do n't know what I would do without Dr Walker . She is an amazing doctor . ` She will sit down and talk to us , all the time holding Evelyn 's hand - making her and me feel much more reassured . ' Despite being so highly praised by her patients , Dr Walker - who is 43 and married with a 13-year-old daughter - insists she does ` nothing unusual ' . Talking to her , it 's clear to see why her patients admire her - her soothing , warm manner shines through . She tells me : ` It 's deeply flattering that Kay has nominated me for this award - but really I just do my job . ` Yes , I spent a lot of time with her when we were waiting for her husband to go into hospital , but I could n't have left her . ' But Kay , who deeply misses Peter , says : ` You do get through these things - you somehow find the strength - but I do n't think I would have coped if it had n't been for the support of Dr Walker . ` Without her this would have been so much worse . She 's not just a GP - she 's a woman with such a very big heart . ' | Do you know a health hero ? Kay Hutchinson , 64 , has nominated her family GP , Dr Janet Walker . She has been on hand , day and night , to help Kay 's family cope with several major traumas . | [[17, 44], [17, 19], [24, 44], [6338, 6407], [593, 601], [629, 675], [1385, 1427], [1430, 1553]] |
All the challenges for Vincenzo Nibali were overcome well before he arrived in Paris on Sunday evening to be crowned Tour de France winner . Traditionally a sprinters ' stage , the finale on the Champs-Élysées was little more than a celebration for Nibali , or eight laps of honour , at the end of which Germany 's Marcel Kittel claimed his fourth win ahead of Norway 's Alexander Kristoff . Over the three weeks Nibali comprehensively dominated , and might have done so even if Chris Froome and Alberto Contador had not crashed out . The Sicilian conquered the hills of Yorkshire -- winning in Sheffield -- excelled over the cobbles and mud of northern Europe , then won in all three mountain ranges , in the Vosges , Alps and Pyrenees . VIDEO Scroll down to watch Vincenzo Nibali celebrate winning Tour de France in Paris . Arms raised : Nibali won the 101st Tour de France by over seven minutes on Sunday . Treble : Nibali has won his third Grand Tour , having won the Giro in 2013 and the Vuelta in 2010 . Job well done : Nibali , wearing the overall leader 's yellow jersey , is congratulated by Astana team-mates . Rewarded : Nibali kisses his wife Rachele after the 137.5 km final stage in Paris . Even within Team Sky , whose Tour fell . apart after losing Froome , there was an acknowledgment of the . superiority of Nibali , the Italian who Sir Dave Brailsford tried to . sign , on a salary of two million Euros , when he was setting up the team . in 2009 . Brailsford . refused to say that Froome would have won had he not crashed , saying ` it . would be disrespectful to Nibali ' to speculate . Rod Ellingworth , the . Sky performance manager , was even more gracious . Asked whether Nibali . would still have won had Froome and Contador not been forced out , he . replied , ` I do n't see why not . Staying on your bike is part of winning a . Grand Tour . ' Indeed , in . this Tour of many crashes , it is significant that all of the riders in . the top four managed to stay upright . The last Tour winner to suffer a . serious crash en route to victory was Bernard Hinault in 1985 . That . was also the last home win , though perhaps they will not have to wait . 29 years for the next one . Two Frenchmen , Jean-Christophe Peraud and . Thibaut Pinot , finished on the podium , Romain Bardet was sixth , and . arguably the most talented of the lot , 22-year-old Warren Barguil , is . expected to make his Tour debut in 2015 . 1 . Vincenzo Nibali -LRB- Italy / Astana -RRB- 89:59:06 '' 2 . Jean-Christophe Peraud -LRB- France / AG2R -RRB- +7:37 '' 3 . Thibaut Pinot -LRB- France / FDJ.fr -RRB- +8:15 '' 4 . Alejandro Valverde -LRB- Spain / Movistar -RRB- +9:40 '' 5 . Tejay van Garderen -LRB- U.S. / BMC Racing -RRB- +11:44 '' 6 . Romain Bardet -LRB- France / AG2R -RRB- +11:46 '' 7 . Leopold Koenig -LRB- Czech Republic / NetApp -RRB- +14:32 '' 8 . Haimar Zubeldia -LRB- Spain / Trek -RRB- +18:12 '' 9 . Laurens ten Dam -LRB- Netherlands / Belkin -RRB- +18:20 '' 10 . Bauke Mollema -LRB- Netherlands / Belkin -RRB- +21:15 '' Red , white , blue : There was nothing to shout for for the Brits after two years of triumph in Paris . Sight : The pack rides in front of the Hotel des Invalides during the 137.5 km stage . To the heavens : German Kittel celebrated his fourth stage win on the podium in Paris . 1 . Peter Sagan -LRB- Slovakia / Cannondale -RRB- 431 . 2 . Alexander Kristoff -LRB- Norway / Katusha -RRB- 282 . 3 . Bryan Coquard -LRB- France / Europcar -RRB- 271 . 4 . Marcel Kittel -LRB- Germany / Giant -RRB- 222 . 5 . Mark Renshaw -LRB- Australia / Omega Pharma - Quick-Step -RRB- 211 . 6 . Vincenzo Nibali -LRB- Italy / Astana -RRB- 182 . 7 . Andre Greipel -LRB- Germany / Lotto -RRB- 169 . 8 . Ramunas Navardauskas -LRB- Lithuania / Garmin -RRB- 157 . 9 . Greg Van Avermaet -LRB- Belgium / BMC Racing -RRB- 153 . 10 . Samuel Dumoulin -LRB- France / AG2R -RRB- 117 . VIDEO Nibali completes triple crown . Nibali . began as an outsider after a lacklustre season that some blamed on the . birth of his daughter , Emma , in February . ` The curse of the bambino ' , or . the distraction and pressure of becoming a father , meant that Nibali . had a slow start . ` The . first part of the season was very difficult , ' he acknowledged . ` My . daughter was born -- I 'm not saying it 's a problem , of course , it 's a . great source of happiness -- but I preferred to stay with my family , my . wife , and it slowed down my preparation . ` I was a bit late in maturing this season , but I still continued to believe in reaching this objective , the Tour . ' Power : Peter Sagan of Slovakia , wearing the best sprinter 's green jersey after winning with 431 points . Final push : The riders on the way by the Eiffel tower as they head towards the finish . Nibali , . who once said that doping was equivalent to theft , and that offenders . deserved to be ` locked up , ' also claimed that he would n't have reached . this lofty peak , becoming only the sixth rider to win all three Grand . Tours , if drug-testing had n't improved . ` In . 2008 I was a bit disappointed and sad , ' he said . Doping was rampant , . with the Tours from 2006 to 2008 Tours producing countless positive . tests . ` Without the . biological passport -LSB- introduced in 2008 -RSB- and the targeted controls , I . might not be here , ' he added . ` A lot of progress has been made -LSB- in . anti-doping -RSB- and today we have the right results . ' Victory : German Marcel Kittel won the 137.5 km stage , his fourth stage win of this year 's Tour . Arc de Triomphe : Italian Nibali -LRB- centre -RRB- becomes the sixth rider to win all three Grand Tours . | Italian becomes the sixth person to win all three Grant Tours . Niabli won the Giro d'Italia in 2013 and the Vuelta a Espana in 2010 . A dominant showing saw Nibali of Astana triumph by 7 mins 37 secs . 137.5 km from Evry to Paris won by German Marcel Kittel on Champs Elysees , his fourth stage win of the 2014 Tour de France . | [[917, 954], [4938, 4953], [4956, 5010], [5549, 5555], [5567, 5655], [917, 954], [910, 916], [955, 1009], [840, 909], [304, 391], [3151, 3229], [3247, 3317], [5459, 5502]] |
Submerged in deep water , one of the last things a diver may expect to find 90ft below the surface is a river view . But that 's exactly what awaits those bold enough to dive in Mexico 's Cenote Angelita . The eerie landscape of swirling mist looks like a flowing river in the middle of the cave , complete with trees emerging from the surface . Deep below the surface on Mexico 's Yucatan peninsula lies a secret tree-lined river flowing in a water-filled cave . The Cenote Angelita - which translates as ` little angel ' - is a diver 's delight , but can only be attempted by advanced scuba divers . The swirling mist looks like a river marks the bottom of a 90ft pit - but it 's merely the halfway point in a difficult dive . The phenomenon can only be seen in person by extremely skilled scuba divers who can cope with exploring the depths of the 180ft pit . For those who are n't , photographer Anatoly Beloshchin filmed his exploration of the cenote - a cave created by the collapse of limestone bedrock which then fills with water - to show the drama of the moment the river comes into sight . Angelita , which translates as ` little angel ' , lies about a ten-minute drive from the Maya city Tulum , on the east coast of Mexico 's Yucatan peninsula . Cenotes were often used by the Maya for sacrifices and Angelita has certainly retained its mystique to the present day . For the first 90ft of the dive , adventurers are swimming through fresh water with a clear view of the inside of their surroundings before the ` river ' appears below . The mist is actually a thick layer of . hydrogen sulfide , about 6ft deep , which is caused by the clash between . the fresh water at the top of the cave and the salt water that fills the . bottom half . The trees and discarded branches emerge from the depth , but are sitting atop a pile of rubble left when limestone bedrock collapsed to create the cenote . Divers can swim along the ` river ' or be more daring and make their way through the cloud of hydrogen sulfide into the salt water below . The scenes , captured by diver and photographer Anatoly Beloshchin , easily look like a secluded forest instead of the middle of a water-filled cave . The chemical compound is often created when the . bacterial breakdown of organic matter happens when there 's no oxygen . around and dissolves , according to BookYourDive . It looks like the end of the journey but is only the halfway point of the exploration . Divers can switch on their lights and find their way through the relatively short distance before emerging into the salt water . Those who were n't aware that the pictures were taken underwater could easily believe they were looking at a secluded spot in the middle of a forest . The trees and branches lie on top of the collapsed rubble which fills nearly half of the pit , leaving a narrow passage down the side . Mr Beloshchin said : ` Under me I see a river , island and fallen leaves ... Actually , the river , which you can see , is a layer of hydrogen sulfide . ' Cenote Angelita was formed by a rock collapse which created the 180ft pit containing fresh water and salt water , as well as the river effect of the hydrogen sulfide . The cave can be found a short drive from the Maya city Tulum on the east coast of Mexico 's Yucatan peninsula . | The Cenote Angelita , which translates as ` little angel ' , reveals what looks like a river winding through a forest to divers . The swirling mist of the ` river ' is actually a cloud of the gas hydrogen sulfide created by the mix of fresh and salt water . Divers can swim through the cloud , which appears 90ft down , to find another 90ft descent below . | [[206, 317], [464, 483], [492, 524], [1101, 1109], [1118, 1146], [2048, 2114], [2117, 2198], [206, 317], [2964, 2973], [2996, 3028], [1909, 1915], [1967, 2047]] |
The Obama administration conceded on Thursday that its vaunted Affordable Care Act enrollment numbers from last year were inflated by a whopping 400,000 . That 's how many dental insurance plans were included in the final number when the White House boasted in September that 7.3 million Americans had signed up for medical insurance through government-managed marketplaces . The dental plans should not have been lumped into the overall total because they represented people who also had purchased medical insurance , effectively double-counting them . Including the dental policies was a break from previous practice that Republicans suspect was a scheme to push the administration 's numbers over the 7 million mark . That the number the Congressional Budget Office had projected would be needed in order to keep the program financially viable . Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell told Congress in September that 7.3 million Americans had medical insurance through Obamacare , but 400,000 of that total was quietly double-counted by including dental plans . Rep. Darrell Issa -LRB- right -RRB- presides over the powerful House Oversight Committee , which uncovered the numerical sleight-of-hand on Thursday . Trouble in Washington : The Obamacare law is increasingly unpopular , according to a recent Gallup poll . Staff investigators at the House Oversight and Government Affairs Committee uncovered the ruse , which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services quickly called an honest mistake . CMS spokesman Aaron Albright confirmed the White House 's use of creative math on Thursday . In May the administration had claimed more than 8 million people enrolled in Obamacare plans during the open-enrollment period that ended March 31 . That number later fell to 6.9 million after more than 1 million were dropped from the rolls -- some because they never paid their premiums , and others because they could n't prove their legal resident status . With the 400,000 dental plans added in , the administration had the 7 million it needed for PR purposes , and to keep skeptical GOP opponents at bay . ` Faced with large numbers of Americans running for an exit from Obamacare , instead of offering the public an accurate accounting , the Administration offered numbers that obscured and downplayed the number of dropouts , ' said House Oversight Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa , a California Republican . ` Now they 're saying this was just a `` mistake . '' The claim that this was only -LSB- an -RSB- accident stretches credulity . The administration misreported Obamacare 's enrollment figures not once , but twice . ' The news that the White House may have cooked Obamacare 's books comes at an awkward time , after a series of videos surfaced depicting Jonathan Gruber , the law 's architect , explaining how Democrats used deception to get it past Congress . In one video he credited ` the stupidity of the American voter ' for the success of a ruse that recast large tax increases as penalties on insurance companies . Those costs are passed through to customers , rendering the result the same as if it were officially a tax . Second time 's the charm ? Obamacare is open for enrollment again through March 31 . Economist Jonathan Gruber , Obamacare 's main architect , was caught on video candidly discussing the level of deception the Administration needed in order to pass the law in Congress . Former Congressional Budget Office director Douglas Holtz-Eakin told Bloomberg that ` the No. 1 most effective message against the Affordable Care Act is -LSB- that -RSB- they lied to you to get it through . ' ` People believe that years now after its passage . The distrust is already there , and they 're doing nothing but exacerbate it . ' Issa , who will hand over his committee gavel to Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz in January , demanded action . ` HHS must provide a clear and detailed account of who knew about this decision and when they knew it , ' he said in a statement . ` This administration still appears to be calling its Obamacare transparency plan from the Jonathan Gruber playbook : dismissing the American public 's right to know with the same deceptive arrogance that helped them pass the bill in the first place . ' On September 18 , CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner told the Oversight Committee that her agency had ' 7.3 million Americans enrolled in the health insurance marketplace coverage . ' Five days later Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell told a Brookings Institute audience that ' 7.3 million people signed up for marketplace plans , paid their premiums , and have access to affordable care . ' | Official Obamacare numbers showed 7.3 million signups but that included 400,000 dental insurance customers who had never been counted in the total before . Actual enrollment dropped from 8 million to 6.9 million when more than 1 million could n't prove their legal status or failed to pay their premiums . CBO had said the administration would need 7 million customers in the first year to keep Obamacare afloat financially . 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High-risk Australian jihadist Musa Cerantonio is set to walk free once deported to Melbourne . Cerantonio will be deported from the Philippines on Tuesday night , and is due to arrive back in Australia on Thursday , according to the ABC . Although Philippine authorities are treating the religious extremist as a ` high-value prisoner ' , he will not be taken into custody because there are no warrants for his arrest in Australia . Musa Cerantonio was arrested by local police in the Philippines on Friday , but could walk free when he is deported back to Australia . ` He is a VIP - a high risk and high value prisoner , ' a guard told the Sydney Morning Herald last week . Cerantonio , who converted to from Catholicism to Islam at 17 , was expected to be deported for breaching the Philippines ' immigration laws this week . Changing his name from Robert Edward , the 29-year-old was detained last Friday in the central Filipino city of Cebu where he was believed to have been hiding from Australian authorities , despite claiming on Twitter he had arrived in the Middle East just days before . He was found with a Filipina fashion designer claiming to be his wife , inside an apartment . Australian authorities cancelled his passport , triggering his arrest and leaving without any documentation . Police said Australian agencies had been monitoring Cerantonio 's activities since February when he arrived in Cebu , the country 's largest metropolis outside Manila and also his trip to the Filipino island of Mindanao . The Philippines has a large Muslim minority in the southern region of Mindanao , a hotbed for a decades-old Muslim insurgency and where Islamic militants linked to al-Qaeda also operate . As there is no warrant for his arrest , Cerantonio , pictured head down with Filipino police operatives on the day of his arrest , he could be a free man . Born to an Italian father and a mother of Irish heritage , Cerantonio has been living in the Philippines since 2013 and is one of the most influential supporters of Middle East jihadists . Since his arrest , he has been held in an immigration jail at Metro Manila 's police camp at Taguig city . The jail holds some of the Philippines ' top security prisoners , with Cerantonio being kept in a cell by himself . Australian Federal Police investigating terrorism and violations of the Foreign Incursions and Recruitment Act will continue to consider Cerantonio a person of interest . This means it is illegal for Cerantonio to promote others joining foreign paramilitary forces or insurgencies . On Wednesday , Attorney-General George Brandis introduced legislation to parliament which would strengthen ASIO 's powers , enabling the national security intelligence service to track national security threats . Within hours of Cerantonio 's arrest , a Facebook page calling for his release hit the social media site . Cerantonio himself has previously used the internet to urge people to join ` jihad ' . Scroll down for video . A Facebook page calling for Australian jihadist Musa Cerantonio 's release has emerged . It has more than 3,000 likes and contains messages of support for the Australian jihadist . Followers of the Melbourne-born jihadist , who is one of extremist group Islamic State 's most prolific members urging people to join them in Iraq and Syria , have used the page to post messages of support for Cerantonio . Last week , the Abbott Government listed Islamic State as a terrorist organisation when it pushed through amendments to the criminal code . Created on the same day as the jihadist 's arrest , the Release Brother Musa Cerantonio page has attracted more than 3,200 likes and calls for Filipino authorities to free ` the man who opened our mind and dig the very root of jihad in the Philippines and All of the Muslim Lands ' . One supporter wrote : ' I love him so much , may Allah help and protect him always , he was chosen by Allah ... stay strong bro ' . ` May he be protected by ALLAH in all matters . He has the knowledge and courage given by ALLAH to tell the truth about ISLAM ... , ' another wrote on the page . Cerantonio was arrested on Friday in Lapu-Lapu City in the Philippines . In a telephone interview on Friday , July 11 , Supt Capa told AAP that Cerantonio had ` been in Cebu since February ... For the most part , he keeps to himself in his rooms , in hotels or apartments ' . ` In one broadcast on his website , he called on brother Muslims to join the war in Iraq and Syria . ' Supt Capa said Cerantonio was arrested and would be deported because the Australian government cancelled his passport , making him an illegal alien . However , Mr Banas said there is ` no evidence linking him to any terror act ' . His arrest came more than a week after he tweeted on social media he had arrived in the Middle East to join his brothers of the Islamic State - which is also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria . ` Al-Hamdulillah I have arrived in the land of Khilafah in Ash-Sham ! May Allah honor all Muslims during this blessed time with His obedience , ' he posted on Twitter . Two days before that he tweeted : ` Insha'Allah I will be arriving in Ash-Sham very shortly , keep us in your du'a , getting ready to travel . ' Al-Hamdulillah means ` Thanks and Praise to God ' in Arabic , Insha'Allah translates to ` God-willing ' , Ash-Sham refers to the Levant and the term du'a is used for the word ` prayers ' . The Australian Federal Police confirmed the arrest but neither confirmed nor denied whether they are conducting their own investigation . ` The AFP is aware that Philippine authorities have taken action in relation to Musa Cerantonio , which may result in his return to Australia , ' the AFP said in a statement . A federal government spokeswoman said she was aware Cerantonio had been detained but would not comment further . Prior to his arrest , Melbourne-born Cerantonio tweeted he was in the Middle East . He is one of Islamic State 's most prolific extremists with more than 6,000 followers on Twitter . ` We can not say with certainty that he had any contact with local Muslim groups , ' Supt Capa said , adding the Australian had been living with a Filipina woman and moving periodically around Cebu until his arrest at a one-room apartment near the airport . The 32-year-old woman - who bought food and other supplies for Cerantonio - was wanted by police over an unrelated fraud case and was also arrested on Friday , he added . A police intelligence officer involved in the operation said Cerantonio had been in Mindanao , though there was no indication he had tried to recruit Filipinos or been in contact with Islamic militants in the area . ` This person ... has a website and he propagates extreme teachings and advocates jihad and calling on Muslim brothers to go to Syria and Iraq to fight together with the ISIS , ' the official said , referring to the Islamic State militants who have seized large swathes of territory in eastern Syria and in neighbouring Iraq . Cerantonio is expected to be deported back to Australia as early as Saturday . ` Sometimes he mentions the Philippine government -LRB- on his website -RRB- , but does not call for violence ' against it , the officer added , adding that the Australian has ` no overt following ' in the Philippines . Television footage aired by the ABS-CBN network showed a bearded Caucasian man in a white robe being ushered out of an apartment by officers wearing helmets and flak jackets . A report in The Australian newspaper in June described Cerantonio as a preacher and ` one of -LRB- the Islamic State 's -RRB- most influential propagandists ' , and that Australian police were planning to move against him . The newspaper said Cerantonio called for the assassination of Western leaders in a Facebook post in December , and that a study had found one in four foreign fighters in Syria followed his Twitter account . Recently , Foreign Minister Julie Bishop commented that the government will do everything it can to ensure Australians do n't become radicalised overseas and bring their extremist views back home . Ms Bishop refused to comment specifically about Cerantonio to avoid jeopardising the work of Philippine authorities , but she said reports of Australian citizens getting involved with radicals and fighting overseas were disturbing . ` We are determined to ensure that Australians do not leave this country to take up fighting in another country , become radicalised and then return to Australia with these new skills and extremist outlooks , ' she told reporters in Brisbane . ` We are taking every step we can to ensure that Australians are kept safe . ' | Melbourne-born Cerantonio was arrested in the Philippines last Friday . He is being deported to Melbourne on Tuesday night and will walk free as there is no arrest warrant for him in Australia . 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Michael Shenton will relaunch his international career as a ` more rounded player ' when England get the 2014 Four Nations Series under way this weekend . The Castleford centre wondered if he would ever get the chance to play on the international stage again after his last tour was cruelly cut short by an ankle-ligament injury sustained in the opening game . Shenton was forced to fly home early from the 2010 Four Nations Series in New Zealand and he missed the following year 's tournament with an elbow injury sustained in the Grand Final . Michael Shenton is tackled by New Zealand forward Simon Mannering during the 2010 Four Nations Series . That came during a largely forgettable spell at St Helens and it took a return to his home-town club to get his career back on track . The Tigers skipper forced his way back into the thoughts of England coach Steve McNamara after rediscovering his sparkling form during his club 's landmark season in which they reached Wembley and went within one game of topping the league for the first time in their 88-year history . However , Shenton , now 28 , will be forgiven if his mind wonders back to the events of four years ago when he runs out for his 10th cap against Samoa at Brisbane 's Suncorp Stadium on Saturday . ` It came to an end pretty bad , ' he recalled . ' I thought it was going all right out there as well . Shenton has thrived under the guidance of coach Darryl Powell at the Castleford Tigers this season . ` We played the Maoris in the first weekend , then the Kiwis down in Wellington and I did it there . It was not a good feeling to be honest . ` Once your chance like that goes , you wonder if you 'll ever get another . The next year I did my elbow in the Grand Final and there are some really good young players coming through in the position I 'm playing so it 's been a long road back . ' Playing for England was the last thing on Shenton 's mind back in February as he and coach Daryl Powell set about trying to prove the critics wrong for writing off Castleford 's Super League play-off chances but before long he found himself being asked about his international prospects . ' I had so much on with the club , I did n't think about it too much at the start of the year , ' he said . ` It was totally at the back of my mind but I spoke to Daryl about it and he said it should be a goal of mine . ` He worked on my game and it paid off . It was awesome to get back in the training squad in mid-season and then I got told about six weeks ago when they were going to name the squad . ` Leading into that week , our season had already been finished and I was pretty nervous . I was thinking ` I 'd love to go on tour ' and I would have been really disappointed not to get in . The elation and relief was pretty special . It 's great to get another crack at it . ' I think I 'm a better player all-round to be honest . I 've never enjoyed my rugby as much as I have this season , I 've really had a great time and played in a team that suits the way I like to play . ' I have a lot more responsibility and I think that helped . Also , I 've got a better understanding of the game as I 've got older . ' I think I 'm a more well-rounded player to tour than I was last time . ' Shenton ousted Huddersfield 's Leroy Cudjoe from England 's World Cup squad and got the nod for the left-centre berth for Saturday 's opening game ahead of Wigan 's Dan Sarginson . McNamara said : ' I think everyone is pleased for Michael . ` Michael did n't lose his way as such but it did n't quite happen for him when he moved from Castleford to St Helens . It was a bold move to go back to Castleford and re-invent himself . It takes a special player to overcome adversity . ' | Michael Shenton was forced to fly home early from the 2010 Four Nations Series in New Zealand . Centre has shone for Castleford Tigers this season after forgetable spell at St Helens . Shenton , 28 , will win his 10th cap against Samoa at Brisbane 's Suncorp Stadium on Saturday . | [[361, 446], [650, 707], [785, 803], [874, 947], [1371, 1471], [1179, 1266]] |
The Danny Welbeck fan club used to seem a little short of members . There was Sir Alex Ferguson , Roy Hodgson , a handful of Manchester United fans , me ... and that was pretty much it . But now Louis van Gaal is prepared to let Welbeck leave Old Trafford , that little club has grown somewhat . It now includes Arsene Wenger , Mauricio Pochettino , Roberto Martinez , Alan Pardew , Gus Poyet , Steve Bruce and Cesare Prandelli , the Galatasaray manager . All of those well-respected bosses now want the 23-year-old forward at their clubs , and I have yet to meet a fan of any of these teams who thinks otherwise . The Welbeck fan club is swelling fast , and with good reason . VIDEO Scroll down to watch Danny Welbeck take part in a Q&A with Wayne Rooney . Wanted : Danny Welbeck is in demand with Premier League clubs with his future uncertain at Old Trafford . At a stretch : The United forward in action after coming on as a substitute at Sunderland last Sunday . Welbeck is a young English striker of huge potential . He is a supreme athlete -- extremely fast thanks to his long strides , and strong enough to hold off the toughest defenders in world football . Anyone who saw him shirtless on Copacabana before the World Cup will know that his body is the ideal shape for a modern footballer , a physique as impressive even as Cristiano Ronaldo 's . He is also blessed with quick feet , technical agility and ability rarely seen in English strikers , and the ambition to attempt the audacious -- witness his sublime chipped finish on the opening day of last season against Swansea . He is a fine link player , plays with his head up , is always looking to bring others into the game and for quick one-twos on the edge of the box . Bags packed ? Welbeck wants regular starts and could be ready to quit United to find it . Young Lion : Welbeck played a big part in a bright England performance against Italy at the World Cup . Strikes : Positions from which Welbeck scored his goals in the Premier League last season . He was thrust into the limelight when Ferguson shunted Wayne Rooney aside for the Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid in February last year , and then dropped his big name star for the second leg . United lost the tie after Nani 's red card but Welbeck scored in the Bernabeu and bullied the likes of Sergio Ramos and Raphael Varane . A star was born or , at least , it should have been . Despite that sparkling introduction to the game 's biggest stage , Welbeck has not established himself at United and is on the verge of leaving the club . He is loved by some United fans for being a Manchester born-and-bred product of the youth system , a supporter of the club who never fails to give it all to the cause , even if that means a defensive-minded shift on the left wing . Other United fans simply see him as not progressing as a player and another symbol of the post-Ferguson mess Van Gaal finds himself in . To many other fans he is a laughing stock , a striker with a woeful goalscoring record who should never be near the England team . The next Emile Heskey , even -LRB- although this opinion seems to dissipate when Welbeck is linked with their club -RRB- . Bully : Welbeck rises highest to head a goal for United against Real Madrid in February last year . Blast : Welbeck scored a stunning debut goal for United from long range against Stoke in 2008 . Reach for the sky : The young striker celebrates a strike against Wolves in the Carling Cup in 2009 . Withdrawn : Welbeck 's average position on the pitch last season was behind the main striker . It ca n't be denied that Welbeck 's goalscoring record is extremely disappointing for an international forward . In 117 appearances in the Premier League over his career to date , he has scored just 26 goals - a strike-rate of 0.2 goals per game with 262 minutes played per goal . He can look lost when he sees the whites of goalkeepers ' eyes -- just ask Manuel Neuer after last season 's Champions League quarter-final first leg when Welbeck fluffed a glorious one-one-one chance . He has also been criticised -- most notably by Thierry Henry on the BBC during the World Cup - for taking the easy options , playing safe passes instead of using his pace , power and vision to punch holes in the opposition . All are valid criticisms and Welbeck must improve these areas of the game . But how is a striker supposed to become more clinical in front of goal when he is shunted on the wing , seeing even fewer sights of goal , and asked to graft in a role almost more defensive than attacking , as David Moyes asked of him last season ? When Moyes did play him further as a striker , Welbeck 's goals per games ratio dramatically improved , and he scored six goals in six Premier League matches in a run between December 2013 and January 2014 . The only way Welbeck will truly realise his potential is to start games , up front or as a No 10 , on a regular basis . And he need look no further than Daniel Sturridge for proof . Sturridge , now 24 , is becoming a superstar at Liverpool following four years in the doldrums at Chelsea . He too was shunted wide to play in a role that blunted his talents , or as a substitute , cast in the shadow of Didier Drogba and Fernando Torres just as Welbeck is with Rooney and Robin van Persie . Going nowhere : Daniel Sturridge was a lost talent at Chelsea until he moved to Liverpool . Hotshot : Sturridge is now one of the most feared strikers in the Premier League and England 's No 9 . At Chelsea , Sturridge scored just 13 times in 63 Premier League appearances - a strike rate of 0.2 goals per game -LRB- just like Welbeck now -RRB- and averaging a goal every 220 minutes . Last season he netted 21 goals - behind only Suarez in the goalscorers ' charts - and is England 's undisputed No 9 . Welbeck can similarly flourish if given the opportunity elsewhere and that is why his fan club now includes the likes of Wenger . Manchester City and their embarrassment of riches apart , Welbeck would improve the strikeforce of every single Premier League club . Buy him while you can . Like our dedicated Manchester United Facebook page . | Danny Welbeck is attracting interest from Arsenal , Tottenham , Newcastle , Everton , Hull , Sunderland and Galatasaray . Louis van Gaal is considering letting Welbeck quit Manchester United . England striker has poor goalscoring record but has enormous potential . Welbeck could follow in footsteps of Daniel Sturridge and develop into top-class Premier League player after leaving a big club . | [[767, 863], [191, 255], [2494, 2501], [2544, 2581], [968, 1022], [3598, 3710], [3623, 3710], [4960, 5021]] |
Harmful : Making young girls wear pink reinforces gender stereotypes , according to an educational expert . Making girls wear pink is wrong and could harm their future , an education expert has warned . Hannah Webster , a spokesman for a private schools ' organisation , said the idea of having blue for a boy and pink for a girl is ` pernicious ' because it leads them towards certain roles regardless of their real identities . She said : ` There will be those who say that pink and blue colour coding does not matter - that it is just a fact that boys like blue and girls like pink . They are wrong . ' She added : ` If we designate a particular colour to a gender , it leads us to designate all manner of other things by gender too . ` The result is girls and boys read different kinds of books , play with different kinds of toys , study different subjects , consider different occupations , have different roles within the workplace and family and are ultimately valued differently by society . ` What is pernicious about this is that everyone is then attributed with roles and characteristics regardless of their individual identities and talents . And this then occurs before a child is even born . ' Writing in the magazine Attain , produced by the Independent Association of Prep Schools , she writes that , at the time of the First World War , the colours were reversed . According to a 1918 edition of Ladies ' Home Journal , the rule at the time was pink for the boy and blue for the girl . Blue was considered a softer colour which was prettier for girls , and also the colour in which the Virgin Mary was often depicted . Ms Webster , the association 's communications manager , wrote : ` Most of us want a society in which people are judged according to their whole identities rather than just their gender . Modern phenomenon : Girls clothing is increasingly only available in pink shades - but a century ago , the colour was associated with boys . ` We can only have a hope of this if we stop presuming an array of character traits - starting on the basis of colour preference - go hand in hand with a person 's biological sex . ' Ms Webster spoke out after the parents ' group Let Toys Be Toys launched a campaign to remove ` boys and girls ' signs in shops . Marks & Spencer and Toys R Us are among those who have already pledged to make its toys ` gender neutral ' . As previously reported in MailOnline , Let Toys Be Toys was set up by a group of British parents in November 2012 , calling for a change in the way toys are marketed to boys and girls . They had noticed girls were increasingly being encouraged to play with dolls , prams and kitchens - all inevitably in pink colours - while toys deems to be for boys were cars , guns and sports-related . Colour-coding babies : This gives them roles and characteristics regardless of their individual identities and talents from birth . One of the campaign 's founders , Tricia Lowther , 44 , a self-employed copywriter from Durham , who has a six-year-old daughter , told the MailOnline : ` It does bother a lot of parents , we seem to have tapped in to a huge and growing sense of frustration with the way toys are promoted according to outdated , illogical and sexist stereotypes . ' I ca n't speak for any of the others but what pushed me to make a stand was the realisation , after my daughter was born , that gender stereotyping in children 's products had become worse than when I was a child myself back in the Seventies . It 's something that has become almost impossible to escape and is very limiting for children . ' A similar Let Books Be Books project , calling for reading material not to be marked as ` for boys ' or ` for girls ' is backed by children 's laureate Malorie Blackman , poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and the author Philip Pullman . | Hannah Webster said pink for girls and blue for boys is ` pernicious ' She said colour-coding reinforces gender stereotypes . Leads to children playing with different toys and reading different books . When they grow up , they will consider different occupations . In 1918 , blue was considered a feminine shade . | [[0, 7], [10, 68], [108, 139], [203, 217], [271, 329], [740, 798], [764, 768], [801, 861], [864, 894]] |
Incredibly-resilient fish have been found living in perpetual darkness beneath a 2,430 ft -LRB- 740 metre -RRB- thick sheet of Antarctic ice . Stunned scientists made the discovery after drilling a small hole through the Ross Ice Shelf , which covers an area the size of France . They spotted the sea creatures in an area of remote seawater 33ft -LRB- 10 metres -RRB- deep , sealed between the ice sheet and the seafloor . Scroll down for video . Resilient fish have been found living in darkness beneath a 2,430 ft -LRB- 740 metre -RRB- thick sheet of Antarctic ice . ` I 'm surprised , ' Ross Powell , a glacial geologist from Northern Illinois University told Douglas Fox at Scientific American . ` You get the picture of these areas having very little food , being desolate , not supporting much life . ' The discovery of fish in waters -2 °C and perpetual darkness poses new questions about the ability of life to thrive in extreme environments . The expedition had initially wanted to analyse the stability of the Whillans Ice Stream , which is one of about a half-dozen large , fast-moving rivers of ice pouring from the West Antarctic . The discovery of fish in waters -2 °C and perpetually dark poses new questions about the ability of life to thrive in extreme environments . ` You get the picture of these areas having very little food , being desolate , not supporting much life , ' Ross Powell , a geologist from Northern Illinois University told Scientific American . Pictured is the drilling site . The expedition had initially wanted to analyse the stability of the Whillans Ice Stream , which is one of about a half-dozen large , fast-moving rivers of ice pouring from the West Antarctic . When ice drillers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln peered beneath the region , they initially did n't believe it could hold life . But over several hours , they spotted 20 to 30 fish and lowered a camera into the area to capture their discovery . The fish had a bluish-brownish-pinkish , were roughly 15cm long with internal organs showing through translucent bodies . ` It was clear they were a community living there , ' Proessor Powell says , ` not just a chance encounter . ' The team encountered two other types of smaller fish - one black and another orange . They also found red , shrimp crustaceans , as well as some other marine invertebrates . Researchers suspect one source of food for the fish is plankton which can be grown in the waters of the Ross Sea and then swept under the ice shelf over a period of six or seven years . Stunned scientists made the discovery after drilling a small hole through the Ross Ice Shelf , which covers an area the size of France . They spotted the sea creatures in an area of remote seawater 33ft -LRB- 10 metres -RRB- deep , sealed between the ice sheet and the seafloor below . Researchers suspect one source of food for the fish is plankton which can be grown in the waters of the Ross Sea -LRB- pictured -RRB- and then swept under the ice shelf over a period of six or seven years . Chemical energy from inside interior , rather than sunlight , could also be sustaining bacteria and other microbes which the fish feed on . The team are currently in the process of analysing the fish to understand more about their species . ' I have been investigating these types of environments for much of my career , and although I knew it would be difficult , I had been wanting to access this system for years because of its scientific importance , ' said Professor Powell . ` Findings such as these - gaining an understanding of the ice sheet dynamics and its interaction with ocean and sediment , as well as establishing the structure of its ecosystem - are especially rewarding . It 's a big pay-off in delayed gratification . ' Researchers lowered this robolab complete with drill through two miles of ocean and bored through several hundred feet of ocean sediment and into the rock where the aquifer flows . Two miles below the surface of the ocean , researchers have discovered new microbes that ` breathe ' sulphate . The microbes , which have yet to be classified and named , exist in massive undersea aquifers -- networks of channels in porous rock beneath the ocean where water continually churns , researchers say . About one-third of the Earth 's biomass is thought to exist in this largely uncharted environment . ` It was surprising to find new bugs , but when we go to warmer , relatively old and isolated fluids , we find a unique microbial community , ' said Alberto Robador , of USC Dornsife College of Letters , Arts and Sciences , who led the study . Sulphate is a compound of sulfur and oxygen that occurs naturally in seawater . It is used commercially in everything from car batteries to bath salts and can be aerosolised by the burning of fossil fuels , increasing the acidity of the atmosphere . Microbes that breathe sulphate - that is , gain energy by reacting sulfate with organic -LRB- carbon-containing -RRB- compounds - are thought to be some of the oldest types of organisms on Earth . | Discovery made after drilling a small hole through the Ross Ice Shelf . Scientists spotted the sea creatures in water just 33ft -LRB- 10 metres -RRB- deep . Small pink fish had organs that showed through translucent bodies . Chemical energy from inside Earth 's interior , rather than sunlight , could be sustaining bacteria and other microbes which the fish feed on . | [[143, 235], [2554, 2646], [280, 372], [2691, 2783], [1961, 1969], [2002, 2045], [2030, 2082], [3047, 3106], [3109, 3161]] |
The calm dignity of the occasion was in stark contrast to the chaotic horror that had unfolded on a street in London . Hundreds of mourners gathered to pay their respects as the coffin bearing the body of Fusilier Lee Rigby arrived at the church where his funeral will be held today . Fusilier Rigby , 25 , was hacked to death in broad daylight outside Woolwich Barracks on May 22 . His loved ones gathered around his coffin before his comrades at arms began an overnight vigil at Bury Parish Church in Greater Manchester . Members of the public applauded as the funeral hearse passed while relatives wept as they followed the coffin into the church , and supported each other as the walked along . Fusilier Rigby , 25 , a drummer in the 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers , was killed as he returned to Woolwich barracks from the Tower of London . Scroll down for video . A sad day : Lee Rigby 's coffin arrived at Bury parish church ahead of an all-night vigil on the eve of the Fusilier 's funeral . Pall bearers carry the coffin of Fusilier Lee Rigby into Bury Parish Church for an overnight vigil . Drummer Rigby , of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers , was killed near his army barracks in London in May earlier this year . Past soldiers of the Regiment lined the route to Bury Parish Church for the vigil to begin . The father-of-one had served in . Afghanistan and was attached to the regimental recruiting team when he . was attacked in the south London street . His coffin has been draped in a Union Jack flag , and soldiers have marched and stood in a procession outside the hearse . Ahead of the procession was a corp of two dozen drummers in scarlet tunics marching to a beat . Further up the street elderly veterans proudly wearing their campaign medals and blazers formed a group of standard bearers their flags held aloft then dropped in honour as the cortege passed . Vigil : Hundreds of well-wishers lined the streets of Bury and applauded as Fusilier Rigby 's hearse drove past . Poignant : The hearse was proceeded by a drummer corp and soldiers bowed their head as the procession went passed . Solemn : The streets of Bury were packed as hundreds lined up to pay their respects to the fallen soldier . Military honours : A marching band proceeded the funeral cortege as it made its way towards the church . Flying colours : The band was headed up by a soldier carrying the flag of the 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers . Silence then fell as 22 members of his family emerged from the procession . Members of his regiment looked emotional as the coffin was taken into the church , while his widow Rebecca wept as she carried their son Jack . The two-year-old wore a Manchester United shirt with the name ` Riggers ' - his father 's nickname - on the back . Fusilier Rigby 's mother Lyn , 46 , was supported by his stepfather Jack , and relatives , sporting large red poppy flowers , sobbed as they went into the church . The honour guard will remain with Fusilier Rigby 's body overnight inside the church , ahead of his funeral . Mark of respect : Soldiers bow their heads in respect and members of the public in a long line along the street applaud as the hearse slowly passes them today . Emotional : More than 20 of Fusilier Rigby 's family members were in cars as part of the procession to the church . A floral arrangement spelling out ` Daddy ' can be seen laid next to the coffin as the procession passes through Bury . The fallen soldier 's bearskin is carried during the procession . Lee Rigby 's widow carries two-year-old son Jack into the church as the coffin is carried in . Poignant floral tributes spelling out ` son ' , ` brother ' and ` husband ' made from chrysanthemums and roses in the colours of the fallen soldier 's regiment could be seen in the hearse . During the short private ceremony , prayers were said with only the family and the guard of honour present . After 25 minutes , Rebecca Rigby left the church with her son and another family member . Five minutes later the rest of Fusilier Rigby 's family emerged into the bright sunshine , walking down the steps . The . horrific killing led to nationwide shock and revulsion and Friday 's . funeral is expected to be attended by hundreds of mourners following a . groundswell of support for his family from the public . Tribute : An armed guard marches ahead of the hearse in Bury this afternoon . Memorial : Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers lift Lee Rigby 's coffin from the hearse after it arrives at the church today . Procession : The soldiers are pictured in full uniform as Fusilier Rigby 's coffin arrives at Bury Parish Church today . Vigil : Fusilier Rigby 's cofin is carried up the church steps where it will be given a guard of honour overnight . Emotional : Comrades of Fusilier Rigby looked emotional as they carried the coffin up the church steps . Family members wait behind Fusilier Rigby 's coffin as they wait to head into the church earlier today . Family members look on as soldiers prepare to carry the coffin into the church . They have been inundated with cards , letters and flowers from all over the country and abroad and from all faiths in condolence . Bury has strong links with Fusilier Rigby 's regiment , whose roots go back to the Lancashire Fusiliers , based in Bury , just two miles from the soldier 's home town of Middleton . Shops and pubs in Fusilier Rigby 's hometown closed as a mark of respect this afternoon . His wife Rebecca Rigby struggled to hold back her tears as she carried their son Jack and followed his coffin . The soldier 's mother Lyn Rigby and stepfather Ian arrived at the vigil yesterday wearing bright red poppies . The family walked together as the soldier , who died on May 22 when he was attacked in broad daylight , is brought in . Comfort : Lee Rigby 's father embraces a weeping member of the family as they arrive at the church this afternoon . The honour guard will remain with . Fusilier Rigby 's body overnight inside the church , which was the . garrison church for the Lancashire Fusiliers and colours of the Regiment . hang proudly from their pikes around the walls of the nave . Prime . Minister David Cameron this week told the Commons the whole of the UK . will be mourning with Fusilier Rigby 's family and friends at his . funeral . The family 's wishes are for a private military funeral with the public and media asked to pay their respects outside the church , with the service broadcast to those outside on loudspeakers . Support : Members of the Rigby family offer each other support as they make their way into the church service today . Distraught : The crowds fell silent as Drummer Rigby 's family emerged from the funeral cortege to make their way into the church . Floral tribute : A poignant floral arrangement spelling out ` son ' in chrysanthemums and roses in the colours of Fusilier Rigby 's regiment was laid alongside the coffin in the hearse . Mourning : Fiancee Aimee West is pictured at the ceremony this afternoon . Grief : Aimee West , centre , was wearing her engagement ring as she paid her respects to Fusilier Rigby today . Greater Manchester Police and Bury Council have closed roads designated for well-wishers wanting to pay their respects by lining the streets . A book of condolence is open for signing at The Fusilier Museum in Bury . Fusilier Rigby 's funeral will take place at the church at 11am on Friday followed by a private interment . Michael Adebolajo , 28 , and Michael Adebowale , 22 , have been charged with the murder of Fusilier Rigby and are due to stand trial at the Old Bailey on November 18 . They will appear at the same court for a plea and case management hearing on September 27 . Tragic : Fusilier Lee Rigby 's wife Rebecca leaves Bury Parish Church carrying their son Jack following the short service today . Moving : Little Jack Rigby holds tissues as his mother weeps as she carries him from the church after the service this afternoon . Sad : Rebecca Rigby weeps as she leaves with the memorial service comforted by a relative . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article . | All-night vigil will be held tonight on the eve of Fusilier 's funeral . His comrades at arms and loved ones gather to say goodbye . 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England 's ` warm-weather ' training for the World Cup did n't get off to the best of starts on Monday as torrential rain washed out their first training session at Barry University in Miami . And when the clouds finally cleared , some of the players broke the monotony by taking a stroll round a local shopping mall . Captain Steven Gerrard led the way as he stepped out with Glen Johnson , Phil Jagielka , Leighton Baines and Rickie Lambert at the Bal Harbour Shops . VIDEO Scroll down to watch Cahill and Forster prank Hart in Miami hotel room . They think it 's mall over : Captain Steven Gerrard led England team-mates Glen Johnson , Phil Jagielka , Leighton Baines and Rickie Lambert on a trip to Bal Harbour shopping centre in Miami . Here come the boys : The five England stars are in Miami for a warm weather training camp and friendly matches against Ecuador and Honduras . Window shopping : Johnson and Jagielka share a joke as the group browse what 's on offer in the stores . Skipper : Gerrard , wearing a tracksuit top , shorts and blue adidas trainers , looks in one of the stores -LRB- left -RRB- but leaves a sports shop without buying anything -LRB- right -RRB- . They took the time to browse the latest designer trainers in one store but nobody appeared to part with any cash . The group share a Merseyside connection , with Gerrard and Johnson getting to know new signing Lambert a little better after he joined Liverpool from Southampton for # 4m . Everton stars Baines and Jagielka were happy to tag along on the shopping expedition as England gear up for two warm-up friendlies against Ecuador on Wednesday and Honduras on Saturday . Spotted : Gerrard spies the photographer as he stands outside one of the shops -LRB- left -RRB- and chats with Baines as they walk along -LRB- right -RRB- . Had enough ? Lambert looks grateful as his team-mates decide to leave a shoe shop -LRB- left -RRB- and he gets to know Gerrard after completing his move from Southampton to Liverpool . They open their World Cup campaign against Italy in Manaus on Saturday week . England touched down in Miami on Sunday but a planned training session to blow away the cobwebs had to be moved indoors after heavy rain marked the beginning of the annual hurricane season . Temperatures still reached 27C and 80 per cent humidity , not far off the conditions they will encounter in Brazil . | Players take stroll around Bal Harbour mall in Miami during free time . First outdoor training session was washed out on Monday . England in Florida for World Cup warm-ups with Ecuador and Honduras . Lambert completed # 4m move from Southampton to Liverpool this week . | [[193, 228], [231, 294], [257, 260], [270, 318], [319, 469], [0, 102], [106, 192], [2121, 2213], [763, 883], [1344, 1469]] |
Google should be broken up to curb its dominance of the internet , say MEPs . The European Parliament is poised to call for the firm to be split into separate components in the most audacious attempt yet to loosen its grip on the sector . A draft motion backed by several MEPs and leaked to the Financial Times said investigators should look at ` unbundling search engines from other commercial services ' . This would mean separating Google 's search functions from other features such as its YouTube video-sharing website , or its internet maps service . The US firm is already being investigated by the European Commission in a long-running competition probe . One industry source said : ` These guys are calling for the break-up of Google . ' The US firm is already being investigated by the European Commission in a long-running competition probe . While the European Parliament has no powers to ban or block Google , the Commission is its executive arm and can levy fines or bring in new rules to curb the company 's power . Google has grown to dominate the internet and international telecoms markets since it was set up in a garage in 1998 . Its search engine accounts for two-thirds of all online searches , leaving rivals Bing and Yahoo trailing . It also provides software for 80 per cent of the mobile phones sold across the world with its Android operating system , while its Chrome internet browser is used by roughly 30 per cent of home computers . It has also photographed every road in the UK and many other parts of the world in order to build up its ` street view ' function , which allows users to see images of almost every home in Britain . During this project , the company inadvertently harvested data from millions of UK homes , which it was later ordered to delete or face criminal charges . Google has also begun deleting search results for embarrassing articles under the European Court of Justice 's new controversial ` right to be forgotten ' Google has also begun deleting search results for embarrassing articles under the European Court of Justice 's new controversial ` right to be forgotten ' . The UK Information Commissioner 's Office has criticised the company in the past for having ` baffling ' privacy rules that leave consumers in the dark about how their data will be used . The company , which has an unofficial motto of ` do no evil ' , has also been criticised for its ` immoral ' tax policies that see it funnel large amount of money into offshore havens . Five years ago the EC launched a competition investigation into Google over fears it was stifling rivals by promoting its own websites and services . The company has repeatedly -- but unsuccessfully -- tried to settle the case , proposing to pay a fine if none of the findings of the investigation would be made public . The EC 's digital chief , Günther Oettinger , has taken a hard line on the company since taking office in September . Speaking shortly after his appointment , he said : ` When it comes to Google , in the light of complaints that have been received , you have to decide : are you going to get into a compromise with Google ? ' The motion , set to be presented in the European Parliament in the next few days ahead of a vote on Thursday , will increase pressure on the Commission to tighten its grip on Google . German MEP Andreas Schwab , who is one of the motion 's backers , said splitting up the company ` can not be excluded ' as an option . Spanish MEP Ramon Tremosa said Google was unlikely to release its algorithm -- which it uses to rank search results -- to competitors , which leaves splitting it up as the only other viable option . Google has refused to comment , but executives at the company are reported to be outraged at the suggestion and have slammed it as ` politically motivated ' . | European Parliament is poised to call for firm to be split up . Would mean separating Google 's search function from other features . US firm is already being investigated in a long-running competition probe . | [[78, 132], [408, 556], [557, 663], [631, 635], [636, 663], [747, 853], [821, 825], [826, 853], [2504, 2585]] |
England 's . Adam Peaty needed just three hours ' sleep in between setting two . Commonwealth Games records as he followed up his 100metres breaststroke . gold medal with an impressive display in the 50m heats . The . 19-year-old swam 27 seconds flat to beat world-record holder Cameron . van der Burgh by 0.39 secs and break his own British record for the . second time in 14 hours . Peaty . had struggled to come down following the high of his triumph on . Saturday night , but that was not evident at Tollcross as he raced home . in his favoured event . Technique : Peaty set another British record during his 50m breaststroke heat on Sunday . Disbelief : Peaty is shocked after setting another record during his powerful showing in 50m heat . ' I did n't get to sleep until 4am and I got here at 7am , so I only got about three hours ' sleep , ' he said . ' I woke up this morning thinking , ` did that really happen ? ' But I just came back here and gave it my best . ' I . have n't quite recovered from last night . I just have to put it behind . me and focus on the Games . Celebrations are reserved for after . ' I . did n't really expect to swim that fast this morning . I just went out . there and enjoyed it and tried to keep my cool , and it 's paid off . ' I . just need to focus on the 50m now . It 's what I 've been training all . year for . There 's no point squandering it now , just because I 've won the . 100m . ' Scotland 's . 200m gold medallist Ross Murdoch won his heat ahead of Australian . Christian Sprenger , who has been struggling with a shoulder injury , in . 27.44 . Jazz Carlin set a new Commonwealth Games record in qualifying for Monday night 's 800m freestyle final . The . Welsh swimmer finished more than 11 seconds ahead of the nearest rival . in her heat to touch home in 8:22.69 , but promised she had more to give . in the final . Strong performance : Welsh swimmer Jazz Carlin looked in imperious form during her 800m freestyle heat . Record-breaker : Carlin set a new Games record in the women 's 800m at Tollcross on Sunday . Carlin , . who finished sixth in the 200m final , said : ' I wanted to come in and . have a good swim after having two days off , but also save something for . -LRB- Monday -RRB- night . ' I . felt like I was by myself , so when I 've got a race I feel that 's really . going to push me on . I know I can recover by -LRB- Monday -RRB- night . ' Hannah Miley and fellow Scot Camilla Hattersley were the only other home nations competitors to make the final . Miley . earlier won her 200m individual medley heat as she looks to add to her . 400m gold , but it was the prolific Siobhan-Marie O'Connor who qualified . fastest for the final in 2:11.42 . O'Connor , who has three silvers and a bronze so far , finished more than three seconds ahead of Emily Seebohm in her heat . England 's . Aimee Willmott trailed Australian Alicia Coutts in her heat but . qualified comfortably along with team-mate Sophie Allen . English . teenager Sophie Taylor bounced back from her failure to reach the 200m . breaststroke final with the fastest time in 100m qualifying -LRB- 1:07.77 -RRB- . Molly . Renshaw also qualified for the semi-finals , but Allen missed out while . Katie Armitage was the fastest of three Scots to make the last 16 . Qualified : England 's Lauren Quigley sealed her spot in the women 's 200m backstroke final . Earlier , English pair Lizzie Simmonds and Lauren Quigley both qualified for the 200m backstroke final . Simmonds , . who came fifth in the 100m final , was the second fastest qualifier . behind Canada 's Hilary Caldwell , who swam 2:09.47 , while British . champion Quigley was four seconds slower as she grabbed the final place . in a race that will include three Australians and three Canadians . England 's . Fran Halsall , who won 50m freestyle gold , finished just outside three . of the Australia team that broke the 4x100m freestyle relay world record . on Thursday during qualifying for the individual event . Her team-mates Amy Smith and Becki Turner also qualified for the semi-finals along with Hannah McCarthy of Wales . South African Chad Le Clos set the fastest time in the 100m butterfly heats in 52.68 seconds - hours after winning the 200m . England 's . Adam Barrett was fourth fastest , while team-mates James Guy and Joe . Roebuck also qualified for the semi-finals along with Tom Laxton of . Wales and the Isle of Man 's Grant Halsall . Scotland won their men 's 4x200m freestyle heat , but Australia were more than six seconds faster in the other heat . | Peaty won gold in the 100m breaststroke on Saturday evening , becoming the first Brit to go sub-59 seconds in the event . He then broke a second Commonwealth Games record in the 50m heats on Sunday , with a time of 27 seconds flat . South African Cameron van der Burgh finished second behind flying Peaty . | [[218, 237], [251, 288], [569, 646], [659, 746], [1600, 1672]] |
A fifth of us will try to cut down on alcohol in 2013 but sadly few will succeed . Just one in 11 people manage to keep their New Year 's resolutions for at least six months , according to new research . Just under half break their resolutions within a fortnight , blaming a lack of will power . And of those planning to make a New Year 's resolution , almost a fifth plan to cut back on alcohol . The poll of 4,000 adults by Cancer Research UK found 55 per cent have made New Year 's resolutions in the past , and 23 per cent have made a resolution for 2013 . When asked how long previous New Year 's resolutions had lasted , nine per cent said they stuck to them for at least six months . However , 39 per cent had given up within two weeks . Of those that plan to or are thinking about giving something up for 2013 , 19 per cent said they would cut down on alcohol . Other popular New Year 's resolutions were to spend less money -LRB- 34 per cent -RRB- , cut down on chocolate -LRB- 21 per cent -RRB- , and go to the gym -LRB- 22 per cent -RRB- . Cancer Research UK is looking for volunteers to sign up for its new fundraising campaign , Dryathlon -LRB- TM -RRB- , which is encouraging people nationwide to test their willpower and take the challenge of staying off alcohol for January , raising money for a good cause at the same time . Ed Aspel , Head of Dryathlon at Cancer . Research UK , said : ` We wanted to find out how good the great British . public are at sticking to those fabled New Year 's Resolutions , which it . turns out we find harder to stick to than we might think . ` We 'd encourage the fifth of us . who already plan to cut down on alcohol to go one step further and give . Dryathlon a go - by raising some much needed cash to help beat cancer , . you 'll have an even better reason to make it past the two week mark and . stick to the Resolution for the whole of January . ' Cancer Research UK is looking for volunteers to sign up for its new fundraising campaign , Dryathlon -LRB- TM -RRB- , which is encouraging people to test their willpower and take the challenge of staying off alcohol for January , raising money for a good cause at the same time . 1 . CHOOSE ONE THING - to start , pick . one habit that will have the biggest impact on your life if changed and . focus on it . Planning to hit the gym , give up Facebook and eat better . all at once is taking on too much , according to research carried out by . BJ Fogg , a psychologist and author of Persuasive Technology . Do the . first thing for a month , then you can add more changes . 2 . MAKE IT EASY - do n't start by . planning to train for an hour every day or eat nothing but meat and veg . if that 's a huge change in your habits . It wo n't happen . ` If you 're . working out , aim for five to ten minutes a day , ' says Leo Babauta , . author of The Power Of Less . ` If you 're planning to de-clutter your . home , start with one drawer rather than your whole house . ' The positive . feedback from these tiny goals will help you tackle bigger tasks later . 3 . IGNORE THE NEGATIVES - focusing . on what you 're not going to do can lead to a ` behavioural ironic . rebound ' - or , more simply , if you resolve to stop eating cake , you 'll . eat more cake . According to research from Utrecht University in the . Netherlands , you should focus on positives rather than negatives , such . as resolving to eat more veg and protein . 4 . USE IF/THEN PATTERNS - . programme your brain as you would a computer and you wo n't need to . wrestle with temptation all the time , says Professor Mark Conner of the . University of Leeds . ` Set up cues that prompt your planned behaviour , ' he suggests . For instance , ` if I feel hungry before lunch then I will . eat an apple , not a chocolate bar ' . Conserving willpower in this way . also means you 'll have more left over for other things . 5 . GET HELP - joining forces with a . partner boosts your chances of sticking to your resolutions , according . to Conner 's research . When groups were told to make if/then plans with . and without the help of friends , those who used a support group saw . vastly increased chances of success . And besides , you 'll need someone to . spot you on the bench . | Almost a fifth pledge to cut back on alcohol . Popular resolutions : spend less money , go to gym and eat less chocolate . 45 % say lack of willpower is to blame for failing to keep resolutions . Cancer Research is challenging volunteers to give up alcohol for January . | [[0, 53], [353, 397], [820, 869], [870, 956], [870, 907], [959, 1004], [870, 907], [1011, 1050], [204, 219], [265, 295], [1142, 1166], [1175, 1289], [1995, 2019], [2028, 2131]] |
An Atlanta woman who lost her husband in a horrific car accident in 2011 embraced the driver who was responsible for it on Thursday . Tamara Matthews pleaded guilty in court today to causing the accident that killed Sandra Walker 's husband Glen Walker - and Matthews ' own son , Joshua Jenkins , 16 . After Matthews was sentenced to 36 months probation and 500 hours of community service , Walker 's widow , who suffered a life-altering brain injury in the crash , hugged her . Scroll down for video . Forgiveness : Sandra Walker -LRB- left -RRB- hugs Tamara Matthews -LRB- right -RRB- after she pleads guilty to a misdemeanor charge of homicide in the accident that killed Walker 's husband Glen . ' I know she is going through as much pain as I am feeling . I wanted her to know that I forgive her for what she did , ' Sandra Walker , 32 , told WSB-TV . Police said the crash happened when Matthews drove her black minivan across the center line into the Walker family 's white minivan on November 5 , 2011 on Flat Shoals Road in Fulton County . The car , driven by Glen Walker with his wife and their two children as passengers , flipped over . Walker died from his injuries weeks after the crash . Sandra Walker , a kindergarten teacher in Gwinnett County , suffered a traumatic brain injury . ` Glen took the brunt of the impact and paid with his life , ' said walker 's sister Michelle Walker told CBS-46 in 2011 . Matthews ' son , Joshua Jenkins , died at the scene . Soul mates : Glen and Sandra Walker were married and had two young children at the time of the accident . Heart-rending : Sandra Walker reads her victim impact statement to the court . During her victim impact statement , Walker cried and told Matthews she forgives her for the crash that took the life of her husband . ` Ms Matthews and I have a lot more in common than is showing on the surface . But the one thing that is obvious is that we both suffered great loss , ' Walker told the court . She spoke about her husband and their deep love and devotion , and how his loss affected not just her , but many , many others . ` He was n't just my husband ; this is n't just about me . Others are mourning his loss as well : his mother and father are still waiting for him to return and walk through their door . His brother and cousin have lost their person , their mentor and friend who was always there to give them guidance and advice . Friends , family and coworkers whose lives have forever been changed . Deadly accident : The Walkers ' car was flipped over and Sandra Walker received a traumatic brain injury , while her husband Glen died in hospital . Forgiveness : Sandra Walker and Tamara Matthews both sobbed as they hugged in court . Young family : The Walkers ' two children were unharmed in the accident that took their father 's life . ` At 35 years old , over 600 people attended his funeral . He was a difference-maker in people 's lives , ' she said . She said her traumatic brain injury completely changed her life . She had to re-learn how to walk , shower , drive and take care of herself and her two young children . ` And live both without my life partner and with a disability that has left me unable to return to work or live independently , ' she said . She said her brain injury took away not only her memories of the accident but her memory of the last interactions she had with her husband . Nevertheless , Walker said she never wanted jail time for the woman responsible for her husband 's death , who also lost her own beloved son . ' I have no anger or angst towards you . ' | Sandra Walker , 32 , told Tamara Matthews she forgives her . Matthews today pleaded guilty to misdemeanor homicide in the death of Glen Walker , 35 , in 2011 . She caused the car accident that killed Glen Walker and left his wife with a traumatic brain injury . Matthews ' own son , Joshua Jenkins , 16 , also died in the crash . Walker said she and Matthews have both suffered great loss and she hugged the woman after sentencing . | [[761, 817], [1661, 1695], [1698, 1704], [1715, 1759], [134, 149], [180, 277], [517, 662], [0, 16], [21, 72], [134, 149], [180, 277], [391, 406], [413, 463], [650, 662], [668, 692], [1203, 1216], [1263, 1298], [1750, 1759], [1765, 1795], [2544, 2591], [2781, 2793], [2799, 2826], [134, 149], [180, 277], [1422, 1436], [1456, 1475], [3481, 3501], [3513, 3539], [0, 16], [73, 133], [302, 388], [391, 406], [466, 478], [517, 662], [1879, 1964], [2650, 2721]] |
A police investigation has been launched after a series of disturbing photos emerged showing schoolchildren licking whipped cream from the knee of a Polish priest . The images - which are apparently part of an ` initiation ceremony ' at Salesians High School in Lubin , southern Poland - show both male and female 13-year old pupils taking part in the bizarre practice . Father Marcin Kozyra , who is also the . school 's principal , has defended his actions by saying such ceremonies . for first year pupils have been an annual event for many years . Shocking : A Polish catholic priest has been forced to defend himself after pictures emerged of children licking cream off his legs . Bizarre : The photos show an ` initiation ceremony at the Salesians ' high school in Lubin , southern Poland . In the photos the Catholic priest is . shown sitting on a battered armchair , wearing shorts and with some form . of stick across his knees . The pupils are shown kneeling around Father Kozyra as they watch each other lick cream from his bare knee . Other photos show the students crawling up the stairs in a single file on their hands and knees . ` This is very disturbing , ' said Marek . Michalak , the Polish government 's spokesman on child affairs , reported The Telegraph . Outrage : The images show 13 year-old pupils , both male and female . ` This is very disturbing , ' said Marek Michalak , the Polish government 's spokesman on child affairs . Defence : The preist said no-one had ever complained , and said he saw nothing wrong in his actions . ` Surely the boundaries of decency and . acceptable forms of bodily contact have been exceeded . I 've ordered an . enquiry and demanded an explanation from all relevant authorities . ' While some people have expressed shock over the pictures , which were posted on the school 's website , the parents of some pupils have come out in support of the priest . In a letter of defence they claimed that the whipped cream was actually shaving foam and nobody was forced to eat it . Audience : The pupils are shown gathered around the priest in a semi-circle , although their faces are masked for legal reasons . The priest sits in an armchair as the young girls kneel in front of him . Controversial : The images have now been removed from the school 's website . Unorthodox : The set of photos also reveal the children crawling up stairs on their hands and knees . Activities : It appears from the photos that the girls and boys took part in tasks separately . Monika Sajkowska , from the Nobody 's Child Foundation charity deemed the behaviour as ` inappropriate , ' reported Thenewspl . ` The children were manipulated into this . Limits were exceeded . But not , it appears , with any other intention other than having fun , ' she said , adding that ` parents should talk to the children ' about the photos . The images have now been removed from the school 's website . Local prosecutors launched an . investigation after the photos were picked up by the national media . They have said they will not press charges against Father Kozyra , but condemned . his behaviour as ` tasteless ' . | Priest is also principal Salesians High School in Lubin , southern Poland . Defended his actions by saying such ceremonies for first year pupils have been an annual event for many years . Polish government 's spokesman on child affairs : ` This is very disturbing ' Abused children charity expresses concern . Parents of some pupils have come out in support of the priest . | [[234, 267], [270, 285], [288, 332], [696, 787], [412, 431], [434, 486], [487, 551], [1454, 1461], [1464, 1474], [1513, 1555], [1147, 1170], [1350, 1373], [1844, 1913]] |
Australians were warned today that the British are about to become unbearable - thanks to a series of recent and upcoming events that will have everyone beating their proud chests for weeks to come . An Australian newspaper has given notice to its readers that the imminent birth of a royal baby , Andy Murray 's win at Wimbledon , The Lions victory over the Wallabies , the Tour de France and , by the looks of things The Ashes , Britain has much to shout about - and will keep on shouting . ` Pity the poor 100,000 Australians living there , but hazards abound here at home - rugby tourists still lurk in Australian hotels , lolling about in self-satisfaction after their test victory , ' says Sydney 's news.com . Australians were warned today that the British are about to become unbearable - thanks to a series of events to make us unbearably proud - including Andy Murray 's Wimbledon win . An Australian newspaper has given notice to its readers that the imminent birth of a royal baby will also contribute to a swelling of British pride . And of course , Sydney 's Daily Telegraph also listed The Lions victory over the Wallabies as one of the things the nation would be ` shouting about ' Why England is magnificent : . 1 -RRB- London , one of the greatest cities in the world ! 2 -RRB- The Royal family ! 3 -RRB- Proper pubs and proper beer ! 4 -RRB- Shakespeare ! 5 -RRB- The food ! Toad in the hole , crumpets and Sunday roast!Whereas with poor old Australia ... 1 -RRB- Animals that kill you are everywhere . 2 -RRB- Everywhere is too far away from everywhere else . 3 -RRB- Nothing good on television . Ever . 4 -RRB- Incomprehensible sports . 5 -RRB- Very bad losers when we beat them at sports with proper , rather than ` Aussie ' , rules . But in an attempt to boost the spirits of everyone Down Under in the face of an unstoppable swelling of British pride , the paper has listed 10 points that it says are worth reminding Britons about . For a start , there is the weather , with cricket officials at Trent Bridge , where the first of the Ashes is being played , looking at the skies and wondering just when rain will stop play . Then there is the English beer , bitter and lager , the bitter being bitter and warm , the lager tasting like gnat 's p ** s . As for British beaches , well , says they website , they are ` mostly armoured with pebbles or cobble stones as opposed to sand , necessitating deck chairs and barring long walks or lazing about on a towel . And the water is freezing . ' British food is also under attack , with . chicken tikka masala taking over from fish and chips , with one English . food critic describing the meal as ` the culinary equivalent of . Liebfraumilch . ' Holidays ? When they go overseas , Britons . tend to cluster in enclaves , says the paper , where they eat British food . and avoid interaction with foreigners , apart from the waiters . England 's James Anderson celebrates after bowling Australia 's Michael Clarke during the first Ashes cricket test match between England and Australia . The paper has listed 10 points that it says are worth reminding Britons about to stave off boasting . Next there 's the huge cost of paying for transport to get from Heathrow airport to Gatwick to fly on to , say , Ibiza , followed by at least three hours to get through customs , security and then allowing for flight delays . There 's also the question of British . happiness - while Australia is in the top five in a recent survey , . Britain came in as the 10th happiest nation among developed economies . And of course , Britain is a nation . divided . The paper says that the north and south of England hate each . other , the Scots hate the English , the Welsh hate the English , the . English hate everyone and everyone hates the Welsh . The paper also critcises the English beer , . bitter and lager , claiming the bitter is bitter and warm , the lager . tasting like gnat 's p ** s . But Australian beers are also often crticised . for being tasteless and weak . It claims when Britons go overseas , they tend to cluster in enclaves , eat British food and avoid interaction with foreigners . The same could be said for the high number of Australians who congregate in Australian themed bars . On the economic and job front , says the paper , the UK 's economy is ` basically down the toilet . Do n't let a Pom fool you with stories about the greatness of the English pound . ' Unemployment in Australia is at 5.7 per cent , while in Britain it 's 7.9 per cent . Finally , there 's those sporting wins . The paper says it should be pointed out to all British rugby bores that the Lions side is a composite team of British and Irish players . ` And if the Poms win the cricket , remind them who Keven Pietersen , Jon Trott and Matt Prior are . ` They 're South Africans . ' | News.com.au also criticises English beaches , beers and food . The weather is also mocked as is the nations general state of ` misery ' Paper point out that victorious Lions side includes Irish players . | [[2514, 2547], [3801, 3810], [3816, 3842], [200, 255], [897, 952], [4583, 4705]] |
The parents of two teenage girls struck by a car , which killed one of them and seriously injured the other , have expressed sympathy for the teacher who was driving . Kalie Gill , 15 , and her sister Lindsey , 12 , were at a church festival in Yonkers , New York , on Friday night when Roseanne Piccirilli lost control of her Jeep . As they maintain a vigil by the hospital bed of Lindsey , who has not yet been told her big sister is dead , the Gill family have said they have no animosity to Mrs Piccirilli . Scroll down for video . Family tragedy : Sisters Lindsey and Kalie Gill were hit by a car at a carnival , which killed Kalie . ` She 's a good woman , a good person and she did n't mean to do this , ' Karen Gill told LoHud News . ' I believe it was a freak accident . I just wish her well . ' Her husband Damien added : ` It 's something she 'll have to live with too . ' It was just after 9pm on Friday that the sixth grade teacher lost control of her Jeep , causing it to plow into the carnival crowd , killing Kalie and injuring her sister and two others . Lindsey suffered serious injuries including a broken femur , and has undergone several operations since the crash . ` She 's a tough one . She 's a fighter , ' Mr Gill said , adding : ` She has been under sedation . and has been in pain . ' Mrs Piccirilli reached out to the family in a statement , and thanked them for their compassion . Tributes : Candles and messages are left for 15-year-old Kalie who died on Friday . Crash : A Jeep driven by a schoolteacher plowed into the sisters during a church festival . ' I am grateful for the kindness they . have shown in their public statements , and can not even imagine the sense . of loss that they feel , ' the 55-year-old 's statement said . ` My . family and I are praying for the recovery of Lindsey and ask that God . will watch over her and over the soul of her sister Kalie . This is a wonderful family , and what has happened is so very tragic . ' Injured : Lindsey , 12 , is still in hospital where she is being treated for broken bones . Father James Healy said moments after the fatal incident Mrs Piccirilli told him she had been unable to stop , News 12 Westchester reported . ` She . said the car would n't obey when she was putting her foot on the brake . She said it felt like she was putting her foot on the accelerator , ' he . said . The St Paul Apostle teacher had been on the way to the carnival , where she had volunteered to help out . Police have taken the 2002 Jeep away for analysis and took a routine blood sample from the teacher , who had no previous traffic violations on her driving record . Relatives of the Gills have been flying in from their native Ireland to help the family through their grief . The family had only just returned to the Bronx area of New York over the summer after spending several years in Co Leitrim , Ireland . Both Kalie and Lindsey had been born in the U.S. when the family first relocated with older sister Jamie , now 21 , in the 1990s . ` Kalie was wonderful , the best . Just perfect , ' Mrs Gill , a stay-at-home mother , told the Irish Voice . The 15-year-old sophomore and her younger sister were incredibly close and always together . Lindsey has not yet been told that Kalie died in the crash . ` There 's enough going on with her right now that she does n't need to know , ' Mr Gill , a carpenter , said . Tributes and a touching YouTube film dedicated to the memory of the popular St Barnabas schoolgirl have been set up . Yonkers ' Irish-American community has also rallied to support the grieving family . ` People have been so kind , ' Mr Gill said . ` We could feed the whole hospital with all of the donations of food we 've gotten . ' Grief : 15-year-old Kalie , who had just returned to New York from Ireland , died on Friday . ` Just perfect ' : Kalie 's parents paid tribute to their teenage daughter . Lieutenant Patrick McCormack said it could be months before crash investigators know what happened . He has not said how far Mrs Piccirilli 's car traveled and said witnesses were still being interviewed . Skid marks were visible on the sidewalk , next to a flowers , pictures and messages of sympathy for Kalie and her sister . | 55-year-old woman plowed into American-Irish sisters in her Jeep . Seriously injured 12-year-old has not been told her older sibling died in tragic collision . | [[1503, 1547], [382, 389], [396, 407], [418, 432], [382, 389], [404, 432], [3225, 3244], [3255, 3285], [3225, 3232], [3241, 3285]] |
Imagine a world where mosquito-sized robots fly around stealing samples of your DNA . Or where a department store knows from your buying habits that you 're pregnant even before your family does . That is the terrifying dystopian world portrayed by a group of Harvard professors at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday , where the assembled elite heard that the notion of individual privacy is effectively dead . Imagine a world where mosquito-sized robots fly around stealing samples of your DNA - hat is the terrifying dystopian world portrayed at Davos © Christophe Simon -LRB- AFP/File -RRB- . ` Welcome to today . We 're already in that world , ' said Margo Seltzer , a professor in computer science at Harvard University . ` Privacy as we knew it in the past is no longer feasible ... How we conventionally think of privacy is dead , ' she added . Experts predict technology will lead to : . Mosquito-sized robots fly around stealing samples of your DNA . Department stores knowing from your buying habits that you 're pregnant even before your family does . Governments are talking about putting in back doors for communication . Another Harvard researcher into genetics said it was ` inevitable ' that one 's personal genetic information would enter more and more into the public sphere . Sophia Roosth said intelligence agents were already asked to collect genetic information on foreign leaders to determine things like susceptibility to disease and life expectancy . ` We are at the dawn of the age of genetic McCarthyism , ' she said , referring to witch-hunts against Communists in 1950s America . What 's more , Seltzer imagined a world in which tiny robot drones flew around , the size of mosquitoes , extracting a sample of your DNA for analysis by , say , the government or an insurance firm . Invasions of privacy are ` going to become more pervasive , ' she predicted . ` It 's not whether this is going to happen , it 's already happening ... We live in a surveillance state today . ' Political scientist Joseph Nye tackled the controversial subject of encrypted communications and the idea of regulating to ensure governments can always see even encrypted messages in the interests of national security . ` Governments are talking about putting in back doors for communication so that terrorists ca n't communicate without being spied on . ` The problem is that if governments can do that , so can the bad guys , ' Nye told the forum . ` Are you more worried about big brother or your nasty little cousin ? ' However , despite the pessimistic Orwellian vision , the academics were at pains to stress that the positive aspects of technology still far outweigh the restrictions on privacy they entail . Experts warn that stores will soon know from your buying habits that you 're pregnant even before your family does . In the same way we can send tiny drones to spy on people , we can send the same machine into an Ebola ward to ` zap the germs , ' Seltzer said . ` The technology is there , it is up to us how to use it , ' she added . ` By and large , tech has done more good than harm , ' she said , pointing to ` tremendous ' advances in healthcare in some rural areas of the developing world that have been made possible by technology . And at a separate session on artificial intelligence , panellists appeared to accept the limit on privacy as part of modern life . Rodney Brooks , chairman of Rethink Robotics , an American tech firm , took the example of Google Maps guessing -- usually correctly -- where you want to go . ` At first , I found that spooky and kind of scary . ` Then I realised , actually , it 's kind of useful , ' he told the forum . Anthony Goldbloom , a young tech entrepreneur , told the same panel that what he termed the ` Google generation ' placed far less weight on their privacy than previous generations . ' I trade my privacy for the convenience . Privacy is not something that worries me , ' he said . ` Anyway , people often behave better when they have the sense that their actions are being watched . ' The World Economic Forum in the swanky Swiss ski resort of Davos brings together some 2,500 of the global business and political elite for a meeting that ends Saturday . | Researchers told Davos that privacy is already non existent . Say technology will allow governemtns and insurance firms to steal DNA . Also claims the same technology could help eradicate disease . | [[319, 327], [336, 421], [1635, 1819]] |
A timewaster dialled 999 to complain that McDonalds staff were refusing to serve them while another woman called police after she forgot the password to her laptop , it emerged today . West Midlands Police revealed some of their most bizarre calls which also included one man telephoning to ask whether he needed to put his area code before dialling 101 - the force 's non-emergency number . Others who misused the service included one caller asking if officers could come out to scare his sister , while another woman grumbled about being refused entry to a nightclub . Scroll down for audio . Which emergency service do you require ? : Police today highlighted timewasting calls to 999 -LRB- stock image -RRB- . The force released the almost unbelievable call-outs as part of an awareness campaign to highlight abuse of the emergency helpline , which receives around 700,000 calls a year . Chief Inspector Sally Holmes said : ` These calls are ridiculous and it does n't end just there . ` We regularly receive calls to 999 about lost property , people asking for directions and from people who have been denied entry to a nightclub . ` It 's astonishing listening to them , but they hide a serious truth . ` Each call often takes minutes to deal with as staff have to clarify the situation and it might not sound like much but , if someone is trying to get through to report a genuine life or death emergency , then a minute is a very long time to wait . ' I can not stress enough that the 999 number is for emergencies only , for guidance this is defined as : a crime is in progress , someone suspected of a crime is nearby , when there is danger to life or when violence is being used or threatened . ` To contact police for any other reason , call 101 . ' In one of the calls released by the force a hungry McDonalds customer called 999 to say he was holding up a queue at the drive-thru because staff had refused to serve him . Control room computer : Police say each call delays genuine callers receiving need urgent help -LRB- stock image -RRB- . In the sound clip he can be heard saying : ` It is a bit of an emergency , but it is n't at the same time . ` Basically I 've come into McDonalds and ordered some food and there 's been a misunderstanding . ` We 've drove back round and none of the staff are coming to the tills - they are just ignoring us . ` So we have decided to stop in the drive-thru now - but there 's 20 cars behind us now . ' The frustrated operator can then be heard saying : ` This is not a police matter sir , at all . You do n't dial 999 unless it 's a life or death emergency . ' In a separate call , a woman tells a 999 call operator : ` I 'm calling because my laptop had closed and I need the password number . ' To which the baffled worker can then be heard replying : ` You have called the police to get a password for your laptop ? ' And in a final call released by the force , a voice with a strong Birmingham accent can be heard requesting : ` Excuse me sweetheart , what I 'm after right ... you know the 101 number - do you have to press 0121 ? ' The force revealed that almost half of the 700,000 telephone calls received annually by the force 's emergency number were inappropriate . Today they began a 24-hour tweetathon to show the array of calls it receives . One tweet posted yesterday morning said : ' 999 call just received from an unlocked phone in a pocket , tying up an emergency line . Remember to check your phone is locked ! ' Another read : ` We 've just received a 999 call from a young man at a phone box who is abusing our 999 operators . ' | Woman called the emergency number when she forgot laptop password . One man called when fast-food staff would n't serve him more burgers . Another man dialled 999 to check the non-emergency number for police . West Midlands Police say nearly half of 999 calls are ` inappropriate ' | [[92, 163], [0, 105], [1850, 1934], [3504, 3567], [3093, 3231], [3117, 3159], [3211, 3231]] |
Inside a hotel room in this dreary industrial town in the Far East , a tearful Sebastian Vettel told his boss Christian Horner that he was leaving Red Bull for Ferrari , a deal that will earn him about # 50million a year as the highest-paid driver in history . Nico Rosberg 's pole position ahead of today 's typhoon-threatened Japanese Grand Prix , a place ahead of his championship rival and Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton , was a mere sideshow in a febrile paddock of intrigue , open cheque books and revolving doors . Vettel 's move was confirmed in a press release early yesterday morning Japanese time , just hours after Vettel texted Horner to ask if he could see him in his room . ` I knew it was n't room service , ' said Horner with gallows humour of the 9.45 pm message . Only minutes before he had confidently predicted Vettel would stay . Sebastian Vettel is pictured in the Red Bull garage during practice for the Japanese Grand Prix . Vettel will leave Red Bull at the end of the season after winning four drivers ' titles . Vettel signs autographs ahead of this weekend 's Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka . The move is sure to affect the top end of the driver market over the next few months : . Fernando Alonso is almost certain to make way for Vettel at Ferrari , with McLaren his most likely destination . The McLaren management , including chairman Ron Dennis , who fell out with Alonso during his single year at the team in 2007 , are willing to be reunited with the turbulent Spaniard . If Alonso does go to McLaren , rather than take a year 's sabbatical , he is likely to replace Jenson Button , possibly bringing an end to the Briton 's 15-year career in Formula One . McLaren sources have indicated privately that Alonso would be granted No 1 status and paired with a youthful No 2 . Therefore , Kevin Magnussen , who only costs # 500,000 a year , would stay and Button would go . The Mail on Sunday understands that Hamilton has agreed in principle a new deal to keep him at Mercedes through to the end of 2017 . VIDEO : Watch outgoing Ferrari president Luca Di Montezemolo speak about Vettel . Vettel won four drivers ' titles with the team , establishing himself as the best in the world . Vettel is 117 points behind championship leader Lewis Hamilton and has decided to move on . Typhoon Phanfone threatens both the smooth-running of the Japanese Grand Prix race and the dash out of Japan . The worst effects of the storm are due to hit Suzuka late tonight or tomorrow , when the sport 's people , cars and freight are trying to travel 6,000 miles to Sochi for next week 's Russian Grand Prix . Regarding this Sunday 's grand prix , an FIA spokesman said : ` The timing for the organisers to change the race time has passed . We will see what is going on in the morning . The safety of the people has to be the most important thing . ' The possibility remains the race could run behind the safety car , with half-points an option should the race not be completed . Red Bull confirmed that Vettel 's place will be taken by 20-year-old Russian Daniil Kvyat from the start of next season . Ferrari will confirm Vettel in their driver line-up in the next few weeks . He will sign a three-year deal worth # 150m . The Mail on Sunday understands Vettel negotiated his deal directly with Sergio Marchionne , the new president of Ferrari and chairman of the Scuderia 's parent company Fiat . Neither outgoing Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo nor team principal Marco Mattiacci was actively involved in negotiations . It is thought that Bernie Ecclestone , Vettel 's friend and mentor , advised the driver about the move . Vettel has no manager and negotiates his own highly lucrative deals . Asked about Ecclestone 's guidance , Vettel said : ` Mind your own business . ' Despite wearing the grungy look of a student doing America on 10 dollars a day , Vettel is said to be protective about his money . A new father , to Emily , he lives quietly on a farm in the tax haven of Switzerland , enjoying his privacy as much as his hero Michael Schumacher , whose feats at Ferrari he aspires to recreate . Daniil Kvyat will replace Vettel at Red Bull , moving from the sister team Toro Rosso . Kvyat has impressed in his first season in Formula 1 and will get his chance with Red Bull next season . It is understood that Vettel started to seek a move away following the Italian Grand Prix at the start of September . In his five years with Red Bull , he won four world drivers ' titles and helped them to four constructors ' championships . But he suffered dents to his stellar reputation this season after being regularly outclassed by team-mate Daniel Ricciardo , who has won three races to the German 's none . Although Red Bull have massively outperformed Ferrari , they have not managed to match the dominance of Mercedes . That was the case again in qualifying yesterday , with Rosberg and Hamilton annexing the front row of the grid . Rosberg was supremely quick on the most testing track in the world , finishing two-tenths of a second ahead of his title rival . Rosberg suffered electrical problems at the last race in Singapore , allowing Hamilton to take a three-point lead , but he is far from crushed . That is more than could be said for Hamilton 's car after he broke his front suspension when he crashed into the tyre wall after carrying too much speed into the first corner in practice . ` Nico was extremely quick today , ' admitted Hamilton . ` I did the best I could . The guys did a great job to rebuild the car after I binned it . Today I just was n't feeling it . I do n't know why . Tomorrow is the day where you get the points so I 'm looking forward to all the tricky weather . ' As for Vettel , he will start ninth , three places behind Ricciardo . But , naturally , he was still smiling . Laughing , in fact , all the way to the bank . Vettel adjusts his headphones as he prepares to drive ahead of the third practice session in Suzuka . | Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel will leave Red Bull . ` This is not a decision against Red Bull , it is for something else , ' he said . Vettel is fifth in the standings this season , well adrift of Lewis Hamilton . The German won the title in 2010 , 2011 , 2012 and 2013 . Russian rookie Daniil Kvyat will replace Vettel at Red Bull . Vettel has seemingly set up a move to rivals Ferrari . | [[953, 1042], [953, 959], [1005, 1042], [4440, 4471], [4474, 4508], [2220, 2282], [953, 959], [1005, 1042], [2123, 2155], [2997, 3118], [3016, 3118], [4129, 4173]] |
Shakespeare 's plays contain their fair share of quarrelling princes -- and now the Bard has sparked a real-life difference of opinion at the Palace . Scholars have revealed that the Duke of Edinburgh believes the playwright did not write everything attributed to him -- in opposition to Prince Charles . Expert Stanley Wells , who has written in defence of Shakespeare 's authorship , last night said he had ` crossed swords ' with Prince Philip on the issue . Crossing swords : Prince Philip believes not all plays attributed to Shakespeare were his , a scholar claims . He recalled asking the Prince if he was a heretic , only to be told ` all the more so after reading your book ' . According to Wells , Prince Philip believes it 's more likely that some plays were written by diplomat Sir Henry Neville , who was imprisoned in the Tower of London over a 1601 rebellion . Other theories have suggested that Francis Bacon or Christopher Marlowe may also have been the true authors . Another expert , Professor Jonathan Bate , revealed that Prince Charles , president of the Royal Shakespeare Company , had asked him to list arguments backing the Bard as author . He said : ` I have got a hunch he wanted some arguments to put in front of his dad . I know he has the orthodox position on this . ' Much ado : There has long been a row among scholars about whether Shakespeare wrote all his works . | Scholars : Philip thinks not all plays attributed to Shakespeare were his . Prince Charles , meanwhile , is the President of RSC and a firm believer . Expert Stanley Wells said Philip believes some were written by Henry Neville . The diplomat was imprisoned in the Tower of London over a 1601 rebellion . | [[151, 304], [179, 304], [480, 551], [986, 1000], [1029, 1165], [708, 807], [778, 809], [814, 875]] |
Towards the end of his press conference at Arena Corinthians on Tuesday , Louis van Gaal was asked by a presenter from children 's television whether he thought youngsters in Holland should be allowed to stay up for the game against Argentina . Van Gaal can be an obtuse man but on this he was unequivocal . ` I would always allow my children to watch the match because this is absolutely unique , ' said the Holland coach . Look at the impact of the World Cup at a global level -- and this is a semi-final . Eye to eye : Louis van Gaal and Robin van Persie talk in training . Rallying cry : Van Gaal has called on the Dutch public to ramp up their support . VIDEO Van Gaal hopeful on Van Persie fitness . ` Most children are on holiday and they wo n't sleep anyway because they will be so stressed and tense . I would strongly advise parents to let them watch the match . ' In Holland , they are just glad to have these decisions to make . This was supposed to be a World Cup of limited horizons for Van Gaal and his functional -LRB- his own word -RRB- team . Yet , here we are and the Dutch are still in town , preparing for a classic fixture to conjure memories of the 1978 final -- won by Argentina in their own country -- and a 1998 quarter-final -- won by Holland in Marseille . Those games , of course , featured defining contributions by genuine superstars . Mario Kempes scored the opening goal in Buenos Aires and Dennis Bergkamp settled the meeting in France with perhaps the best goal of his stellar career in the final minute . On Wednesday night in mild , damp Sao Paulo , we have the opportunity to witness greatness once again . Non-flying Dutchman : Dennis Bergkamp scores against Argentina in 1998 . Decisive blow : Bergkamp scored the second as Holland ran out 2-1 winners in Marseille . The deposed World Footballer of the Year , Lionel Messi , has approached this tournament in Brazil as if intent on proving people were wrong to give this year 's title to Cristiano Ronaldo . So far , he has done a pretty reasonable job and without him Argentina would certainly no longer be here . Even Messi , though , would struggle to shift Holland 's Arjen Robben as player of the tournament in most people 's minds . The Bayern Munich forward has taken his game to new levels in South America and it is perhaps not surprising that Argentina appear to be approaching this game with some rather rudimentary ideas about how to stop him . Warning : Arjen Robben has been told to expect a rough ride against Argentina . Juggling skills : Robben looked relaxed in training on Tuesday ahead of the big game . ` We have to be aggressive , to show the passion of the Argentine players to the Dutch -- and especially to Robben , ' said Manchester City defender Martin Demichelis . ` He does n't like physical contact , so you have to make him feel it and get under his skin . He is a phenomenon but he 's not got much edge , he 's not a fighter . Therefore you have to attack him . ' Demichelis and Robben played together at Bayern in 2009-10 . Maybe the South American has n't been watching his old club mate closely out here , though , as the Robben of summer 2014 has shown as much courage as any forward in this tournament . Last Saturday , four of Costa Rica 's back five were booked for crude , hacking fouls on Robben . Still , he strode forward . No nonsense : Martin Demichelis says Holland are in for some tough treatment . If Argentina are to stop him on Wednesday night in Sao Paulo , they will need to find a cuter way . ` It 's ridiculous how much he is fouled , ' said Dutch midfielder Nigel de Jong . ` They foul him because they ca n't find another way . He is too good for most . ' It may seem rich to hear members of Holland 's derided 2010 World Cup final team moan about treatment afforded one of their own , given the way De Jong and others kicked the Spain midfield all over Johannesburg four years ago . Certainly , they will seek other ways to neutralise Messi . Van Gaal 's Holland are different in their approach from the team shaped by Bert van Marwijk and on Tuesday the current manager did his best to play down questions about Barcelona 's magician . ` We are playing against Argentina and we always refer to teams and not individual players , ' said Van Gaal . Star man : Holland will have to stop Argentine ace Lionel Messi . VIDEO All Star XI : Lionel Messi highlights . ` We have a plan ready for Argentina . We showed the players Argentina this morning . Messi was once elected best footballer in the world . There 's a reason for that . If you score so many goals , you have an added value . ` At the most important stage he can always pull it off but in principle he 's always found it difficult to show that at an international level . He wants to do that at this tournament and we want to stop him doing that , so that 's going to be quite a challenge . ' Dutch training contained some surprises on Tuesday as De Jong , struggling with a groin injury , joined in the session and captain Robin van Persie , who had a stomach bug , did not . Concern : Van Persie sat out the full session due to a stomach problem . VIDEO Team Profile : Netherlands highlights . We can expect the latter to start , however , and he is already looking ahead beyond the match . ` Playing against Argentina is not a dream , ' said Van Persie . ` It does n't interest me at all . We just have to win . A dream is to grab hold of that cup . ` The other semi-final is Brazil - Germany so we 'll see who we 'll play next weekend . ' Dutch confidence is clearly high . Parents in Amsterdam and beyond should perhaps start planning ahead . | Manchester United star more interested in who Dutch could meet in the final . Louis van Gaal wary of threat posed by Barcelona star Lionel Messi . Martin Demichelis warns Arjen Robben to expect some tough treatment . | [[4304, 4360], [2455, 2526], [2722, 2728], [2733, 2782]] |
Mario Balotelli 's ` miserable ' performance summed up ` lightweight ' Liverpool during their 1-0 defeat by Basle in the Champions League , according to Graeme Souness . The Anfield legend believes Balotelli , who failed to touch the ball in the penalty area as Liverpool lost , epitomised Brendan Rodgers ' side 's disappointing night in Switzerland . Speaking on Sky Sports on Wednesday night , Souness said : ' I think he summed up what Liverpool were about tonight . How many times did you see him and he ended up limping after any sort of challenge on him ? VIDEO Scroll down to watch Rodgers : Mario Balotelli is working hard to get scoring . Mario Balotelli cuts a dejected figure as he leaves the field following Liverpool 's defeat by Basle . Graeme Souness claimed Balotelli 's ` miserable ' night summer up Liverpool 's performance in Switzerland . Balotelli 's stats for the 2014-15 season -LRB- Premier League and Champions League only -RRB- . Matches : 6 Starts : 6 . Minutes played : 490 . Shots : 19 . Goals : 1 . Chances created : 5 Assists : 0 . Stats courtesy of Opta . ` He was complaining to the referee , he gave away possession far too easily and he was n't alone in that and I thought he had another miserable night . ` Yes , he 's got ability of a type and produced a great free-kick in the second half , but he does n't do enough for me . Souness , who won three European Cups with Liverpool , believes the current vintage now face an uphill battle to qualify from Group B with Real Madrid at home and away next up in the Champions League . Claiming Liverpool were ` lightweight ' , the Scot also said the side 's lack of bite in midfield was a contributing factor in Wednesday 's defeat . Balotelli looks down following a disappointing night for Liverpool in their second game of the group stages . Balotelli failed to register a single touch in the opposition 's box as Liverpool failed to score in Switzerland . ` Tonight they were lightweight , ' insisted Souness . ` You can talk all you want about tactics and formations , but if every one of the midfielders is n't winning challenges and the other team keeps taking the ball off you then you 're always going to be on the back foot . ` They played against a Basle team , who are arguably - when you look at the two games in the group - worse than Ludogorets . Real Madrid did not have an easy trip there . ` Liverpool still have to go there and after the next two games against Real Madrid they could find themselves in a very difficult situation . Graeme Souness -LRB- left -RRB- celebrates winning the 1981 European Cup with Kenny Dalglish and Alan Hansen . | Liverpool lost 1-0 to Basle in Champions League on Wednesday night . Reds legend Graeme Souness believes Liverpool were too lightweight . Souness also claimed Mario Balotelli summed up Liverpool 's performance . Balotelli failed to touch the ball in the opposition penalty area . | [[0, 137], [649, 751], [691, 751], [1567, 1604], [0, 137], [397, 409], [414, 470], [752, 859], [170, 258], [198, 207], [221, 276], [1826, 1835], [1843, 1914]] |
A collection of surgical equipment that belonged to a Nazi concentration camp commandant is being put up for auction this week . The wooden box of tools . belonged to Anton Burger , a major in the SS who worked at the Theresienstadt concentration camp between July 1943 and February 1944 , where 140,000 Jews were held - and 33,000 of them died . News of the sale has provoked outrage in the Jewish community . Jon Benjamin , chief executive of the Board of Deputies , the main representative body of British Jews , said that ` to seek to profit from such ghoulish objects is deeply troubling ' . Other Jewish groups , including the Anne Frank Trust and Holocaust Educational Trust , said that the collection should be placed in an educational context , such as a museum . Theresienstadt was used as a propaganda tool during the Second World War , with the Germans trying to fool the world that it was a ` paradise camp ' . The wooden box of tools belonged to Anton Burger , a major in the SS who oversaw the Theresienstadt concentration camp between July 1943 and February 1944 . Disturbingly , given the contents of the box , there is no evidence that Sturmbannfuhrer Burger ever received medical training . A separate layer above the forked hooks reveals a sinister set of scissors . The case is marked ` instrumente gemischte ' , German for ` mixed instruments ' . This has led to the theory it may have been part of the deception to fool the Red Cross into thinking it was for musical instruments . Austrian-born Burger was sentenced to death after the war but fled and lived under an assumed name , eventually dying in Germany in 1991 at the age of 80 . They even made a film showing happy . workers shoeing horses and making handbags , while children played . football or ate sandwiches to add to the deception . Burger played a key role in covering up the true horrors of the camp during stage-managed visits by the Red Cross - which were used to . help conceal the sickening purpose behind it and other camps from the watching . world . Disturbingly , given the contents of the . box , there is no evidence that Sturmbannfuhrer Burger ever received medical training . The mostly monogrammed equipment - which has a guide price of . # 2,000 to # 4,000 - has been . put up for sale at a small auction house in Bude , Cornwall , by an anonymous . seller . Grace Cloke , from Villa Hall Auctions , explained that the husband of the vendor . was Jewish , and his parents met and married at a concentration camp in Austria . Ms Cloke said : ` This set was always in . their home while they were married . ` He would n't talk about his history but he . used to spend a lot of time researching the Second World War . ' The vendor 's husband passed away . some years ago and she lost contact with his family so she still does not know . how he came to own the instruments . Ms Cloke added : ` The father -LSB- of the vendor 's husband -RSB- used to deal during the war in the black market so we do n't . know whether they were in the camp and were able to take it or whether it came . through the black market somehow , ' she said . ` It is something we are never going . to know . ' Theresienstadt , near what is now the town of Terezin in the Czech Republic , acted as a ghetto for 140,000 Jews , with 33,000 dying there during the war and 88,000 taken from it to extermination camps such as Auschwitz and murdered . Gillian . Walnes , executive director of the Anne Frank Trust UK . ` Inexplicably there are those who . have a grotesque fascination with Nazi memorabilia and instruments used to . inflict suffering on innocent adults and children . ' I . therefore hope that this item will be acquired by a respected museum or . academic institution that will use it for educational purposes . ' Jon Benjamin , chief executive of the Board of Deputies . ` There . is understandably a continuing fascination with this tragic part of our recent . history , and along with the countless books and films on the subject , from time . to time artefacts emerge that testify to the horrors of the Holocaust . ` These things serve to remind us of the terrible events that happened , and . incontrovertibly show the claims of Holocaust deniers for the lies that they . are . ` However , to seek to profit from such ghoulish objects , and to risk . that they might fall into the hands of admirers of the Nazis , is deeply . troubling . A more fitting home would be in a museum or suitable historical . archive somewhere . ' Karen Pollock , chief executive . of the Holocaust Educational Trust . ` Wherever possible we believe . Holocaust-era items should be presented in an educational context , so that as . many people as possible can learn about what took place during that appalling . time . ' The camp , near what is now the town of . Terezin in the Czech Republic , acted as a ghetto for 140,000 Jews , with 33,000 . dying there during the war and 88,000 taken from it to extermination camps such as . Auschwitz and murdered . Just 1,900 were still alive when the . ghetto was liberated by Soviet troops on May 7 , 1945 . Burger was ordered by SS leader Heinrich . Himmler and Adolf Eichmann , the orchestrator of the mass movement of Jews to camps . in Eastern Europe , to change the appearance of Theresienstadt to fool Red Cross . members who had requested access to a Nazi concentration camp . Many inmates were temporarily removed from . the overcrowded camp and cosmetic changes made to fool the inspectors . Fake shops and cafes were erected to give the . false impression that inmates had a life of relative comfort . The Red Cross representatives seemed to . fall for the deception and the Nazis went on to make a propaganda film at the . camp . The fact that the wooden instrument case . is marked ` instrumente gemischte ' , German for ` mixed . instruments ' , has led to the theory that this may have been made as part . of the deception , to suggest it was for musical instruments . ` Anton Burger was charged with . changing the appearance of the camp , and a lot of the Jews there were musical . so it is possible it was made to look like a musical instrument case , ' Ms . Cloke said . Austrian-born Burger was sentenced to . death after the war but fled and lived under an assumed name , eventually dying . in Germany in 1991 at the age of 80 . James Kendling from Villa Hall Auctions holds the macabre box , which was expected to fetch # 2,000 - # 4,000 . It was only three years after his death , . in 1994 , that anyone found out who the dead man really was . Ms Cloke said that the auction house was . aware of the sensitive nature of selling an item that once belonged to a Nazi . war criminal . Museums and other institutions across the . world have already shown an interest in the sale and Ms Cloke said they hoped . it would go to an organisation that would be able to use it in a positive , . educational setting . The collection is due to go on sale this Saturday . A man lights a candle at an oven used during WWII to burn human corpses as members of Czech Jewish community observe Holocaust Remembrance Day in the former Nazi concentration camp of Theresienstadt . | Property of Anton Burger , who ran Theresienstadt concentration camp . There is no evidence he ever had medical training . ` To seek to profit from such ghoulish objects is deeply troubling ' : Jon Benjamin , Board of Deputies . | [[155, 179], [1128, 1209], [2095, 2176], [411, 423], [516, 592], [4268, 4269], [4280, 4324]] |
It remains one of the great mysteries of the art world - what is the secret behind the mysterious smile boasted by the woman in the Mona Lisa , the world 's most famous painting ? Now a group of Italian art historians and archaeologists believe they are about to unravel the enigma after discovering what may be the skeleton of the woman who posed for artist Leonardo da Vinci . Lisa Gherardini , the second wife of wealthy Florentine silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo , is recorded as buried in Saint Ursula convent and , after several false alarms , the team believe they have her remains . Ancient find : Archeologists have found a skeleton they believe belonged to the model who inspired Da Vinci 's Mona Lisa . An archaeologist digs away at the floor of the medieval Convent of Saint Ursula in Florence , where the skeleton was discovered . The convent was the burial site of Lisa Gherardini , wife of the wealthy Florentine silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo , who modelled for Leonardo Da Vinci . Silvano Vinceti , a former TV producer , is leading the team attempting to exhume and identify Gherardini 's remains by sending the bones to universities in Italy and abroad , where they will be checked against the DNA of two confirmed relatives of Gherardini . If it is confirmed the researchers will be able to reconstruct her face . Speaking to CNN , he said : ` Once we identify the remains we can reconstruct the face , with a margin of error of two to eight per cent . By doing this , we will finally be able to answer the question the art historians ca n't : Who was the model for Leonardo ? ' There has been centuries of debate over the 77 by 52cm -LRB- 30 by 31 inches -RRB- picture , also know as ` La Gioconda ' . Most . modern historians agree that the lady depicted in the Mona Lisa was . Lisa del Giocondo , who became a nun after her husband 's death . She died . in the convent on July 15 , 1542 , aged 63 . However , Vinceti is not certain whether the painting that now hangs in the Louvre in Paris is of her . He added : ` When Leonardo began painting the model in front of him , he did not draw that metaphysical , ironic , poignant , elusive smile , but rather he painted a person who was dark and depressed . ' He believes the famous smile was added later and may belong to da Vinci 's longtime assistant Gian Giacomo Caprotti , also rumoured to have been his lover . The team unearthed a skull and other bones last year that they believe belonged to Lisa Gherardini . The skull was found five feet under the convent 's original floor along with other fragments of human ribs and vertebrae . Other art historians say the ` Mona Lisa ' is actually a sneaky self-portrait . An archeological team began digging at the abandoned Convent of Saint Ursula last year . They first had to dig through thick concrete , laid down ahead of plans to turn the convent into an army barracks . Muse : The enigmatic Mona Lisa has intrigued millions . But they quickly struck gold , finding . a crypt they believe to have been Lisa 's final resting place and soon . after they unearthed a female-sized human skull . The skull was found five feet under the convent 's original floor along with other fragments of human ribs and vertebrae . Plans . to continue the dig were suspended when the team ran out of funds , but . they were able to resume earlier this year and found the skeleton . Archeologist Silvano Vinceti , who is in charge of the dig , explained : ` We do n't know yet if the bones belong to one single skeleton or more than one . ` But this confirms our hypothesis that in St.Ursula convent there are still human bones and we can not exclude that among them there are bones belonging to Lisa Gherardini . ' Several skeletons have been discovered but the group believe the latest find is the one they have been looking for . The initial discovery - made using . ground penetrating radar and ancient maps and documents - came after a . foot of modern concrete was removed and unearthed a layer of ancient , . 90-centimetre wide bricks . Professor . Vinceti said of the first discovery : ` This is a very exciting . development and the find is consistent with our records and our . preliminary research . ` The . crypt we have found is the one that was mentioned in church records from . 1495 and was reached via a grate and then a staircase . ` We also know from those records that in 1625 there was a second crypt and these are the ones we have found . ' Resting place : The courtyard of the Saint Ursula convent in Florence , where archaeologists have been digging . Present on the dig is Natalia Gucciardini Strozzi , who is related to Lisa Gherardini and who is also a close friend of Prince Charles and former Prime Minister Tony Blair . Speaking after the skull was discovered , she said : ` It was so emotional being here - I did n't think I would get so emotional . I am certain that this is the final resting place of Lisa Gherardini . ' It is not the first time that Professor Vinceti has used such techniques in his work . Last year similar methods were used to locate and identify the remains of Caravaggio , another Renaissance master . In a Dan Brown-style mystery , Professor Vincenti also claimed that a hidden message could be seen in the eyes of the Mona Lisa after examining them with a high powered magnifying glass . The Mona Lisa is an oil on panel painting owned by the French government and the image is so widely recognised and caricatured that it is considered the most famous painting in the world . Da Vinci started to paint it in 1503 or 1504 and finished it in 1519 , shortly before his death , and after he had moved to France . | History experts may have found bones of Da Vinci 's model Lisa Gherardini at a former convent . DNA tests will be used to identify the former nun , who was buried at the dig site . Discovery is a step closer to discovering what is behind the famous smile of the famous painting . | [[180, 337], [328, 337], [342, 378], [609, 681], [3562, 3730]] |
Tributes have been paid to a rough sleeper who died when a tree fell on a tent she was in during the storms and floods that struck parts of England and Wales . Michelle Conroy , 21 , died and two other people - men aged 27 and 35 - were injured when the large spruce came down on Saturday night in Western Way , Exeter . Emergency services managed to free Ms Conroy but she died later from her injuries in hospital . Tragic : Michelle Conroy , 21 , who died when she was hit by a falling tree in Exeter . Devon and Cornwall Police said she was in a sleeping bag in a tent underneath the tree when it came down in what they described as a ` tragic incident ' . Tributes were left on Facebook to Ms Conroy , including from her partner David Browning . He wrote : ` RIP babygal I will never ever forget you . ` You will always be the first gal I ever loved and you will always be in my heart but it should never have happened to you . ` You were too young we still had a whole life to live together . And thanks to all my friends for the support and I 'm sorry to all Michelle 's family and friends . ` It was a tragic accident xxxx . ' The tree which fell in Exeter killing Michelle Conroy who , friends said , was only living on the streets to be with her homeless boyfriend . Michelle Conroy 's boyfriend David Browning , 27 , originally from Newton Abbot , was one of two men who were also injured . Mary Parsons wrote : ` RIP Michelle Jane Conroy . ' I know I should have been there for you more and for that I am sorry . ` You have so many friends who will think/miss you all the time , sleep well Michelle xxxxxxxxxxx . ' The Rev Canon Anna Norman-Walker , a Diocesan Missioner at Exeter Cathedral , said Ms Conroy was a regular visitor to the Friday Night Cafe at St Petcock 's Church . ` Unlike many of our visitors , Michelle was n't dependant on drugs or alcohol , neither did she have any significant mental health issues , but rather she was a young person who was a lonely soul with a sad , broken childhood who simply could n't sustain an independent life , ' she told the Express and Echo . ` The street community were her family , friends and support network . ` We are all terribly sad to have lost her from our ` Friday family ' . ' Ms Conroy 's family live away from Devon and are due to travel to Exeter on Friday to formally identify her . | Michelle Conroy , 21 , was in . a sleeping bag in a tent underneath the tree . Two men - aged 27 and 35 - were injured when large spruce came down . Emergency services freed her but she died later from injuries in hospital . | [[505, 591], [192, 229], [192, 214], [227, 229], [232, 309], [1369, 1376], [1381, 1400], [321, 365], [370, 416]] |
Simon Cowell 's pregnant , married lover Lauren Silverman is set to get a share of the multi-million dollar pre-nup she signed before marrying Andrew Silverman - despite breaking a cheating clause . The 36-year-old socialite , who is expecting a baby with the music mogul , has held ` productive conversations ' with her estranged husband as they continue to thrash out their divorce agreement . And the couple - who spent the weekend locked in talks at their rental home in the Hamptons - are also working on plans to share custody of their seven-year-old son Adam . Today , a source told MailOnline : ` There have been productive conversations over the weekend . ` Lauren and Andrew are intent on resolving this - and Simon also wants it resolved . ' Far away : Lauren Silverman leaves lunch at Ambroeus restaurant in Southampton , New York , today while her lover Simon Cowell is thousands of miles away in Europe . He is keen that she settles her divorce soon . Sombre : Lauren Silverman showed off her figure in a clingy striped sundress as she enjoyed lunch with a friend in Southampton - however , she failed to raise a smile . As MailOnline revealed , the X Factor . supremo , 53 , jetted out of Los Angeles on Friday , watching his band One . Direction in concert in Las Vegas on Saturday night before heading to . Europe , where he will spend the month on board the Slipstream yacht , . touring St Tropez . He . is believed to want to give his lover space in order to work out her . divorce case . If the case is settled somewhat amicably , then it will . avoid an ugly court battle , in which Cowell could be dragged into - and . any embarrassing secrets exposed . The . New York Post reported that Lauren waited until her 10th wedding . anniversary to break the news of her affair with Cowell to her husband . so the terms of her pre-nup would kick in . And . a source again insisted today that Lauren tried to ` max out her return . by stringing things along past the 10 year mark to increase what she . would be eligible to receive . Keeping a low profile : Lauren displayed the tiniest hint of a bump in the tight dress . Low key : Lauren Silverman smiled as her little boy was driven off to summer camp in the Hamptons today . Putting the drama behind him : Cowell was pictured at a One Direction concert in Las Vegas on Saturday night . Lauren today appeared outside the Bridgehampton home where she is staying with her husband and son . The striking brunette , wearing a sweatshirt and baseball cap , smiled as her son was picked up for summer camp . She then headed to lunch with a friend in nearby Southampton , where she had donned a clingy striped sun dress , with a black bikini top underneath . Lauren is now being represented by Bernard Clair - named as one of '10 lawyers you do n't want representing your spouse in a divorce ' - by Business Insider . Mr Clair famously represented socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein in her divorce from Alec Nathan Wildensteain , New York designer Carolyn Roehm , and Republican fundraiser Georgette Mosbacher . Thrashing it out : Lauren is said to be trying to reach an amicable agreement with estranged husband Andrew over their divorce . While Andrew Silverman is being represented Jeffrey Cohen of Cohen Goldstein Silpe . As previously revealed , his parents Eleanora and Allen refused to attend the wedding in 2003 in the fabulously elegant old-money confines of the St Regis hotel in Manhattan 's Midtown . According to a friend , the Silvermans ` did not approve of the relationship , they did n't have a good feeling about Lauren and the relationship . ' Lauren did her utmost to take her mind off her situation over . the weekend , as she headed out for a spot of retail therapy . She wore a fitted yellow minidress as she was joined by her sister . and son Adam as the group browsed the local shops in Bridgehampton , New . York . Lauren 's outing . came as Cowell headed to St Tropez , where he is expected to spend the . next month alongside ex-girlfriends including Sinitta . Cowell will . tour Europe and take time to evaluate how exactly to proceed after it . was revealed last week that New York socialite Lauren - married to his . friend Andrew - is expecting his baby . Ironically , . it was on board the $ 458,000-a-week Slipstream that Cowell was pictured . sharing a tender embrace with Lauren last August , in images that came . to light last week . Despite the St Tropez trip , Cowell is also expected to fly to . Britain within the next few days to meet up with his 87-year-old mother Julie and brother . Nick to discuss the pregnancy and his plans for the future . Prior to heading to St Tropez , Cowell . was seen taking his mind off the drama in his personal life by . attending a One Direction concert in Las Vegas on Saturday night . He was spotted mingling . with fans , standing alongside a male friend , as he stood in the audience . and watched his X Factor stars perform in the city - while his lover stayed on the East Coast . Blooming : Lauren wore a yellow minidress as she was seen out shopping with her sister over the weekend . Shady lady : Lauren hid her eyes behind sunglasses for the shopping trip . Day trip : Lauren headed out with her sister -LRB- left -RRB- and her seven-year-old son Adam . A . friend close to Andrew Silverman told the New York Post that the idea that he . knew about his wife 's relationship with Cowell is ` ridiculous ' and ` she . knows this is n't true . ' Lauren 's accusations that her husband . messed around , partying with girls all over the world , is only adding . fuel to their bitter custody battle over son Adam . Andrew 's friend said that it sounds like a ` desperate attempt to smear him . ' The statement was in response to an earlier TMZ report that said Andrew knew about the affair all along . They . said Lauren was ` outraged ' that when he feigned shock at pictures of . the Hamptons socialite kissing Simon on a yacht last year . The . website reported that Lauren has alleged to close friends that Andrew . ` knew what was going on the whole time and he was doing the same thing . ' Laying low : Simon Cowell left his Los Angeles home on Friday night for a month-long trip to Europe . Escape route : Cowell had to deflect questions about the baby at the X Factor TCA press tour last week and he will soon enjoy a month long vacation - with the harem of course . While . Lauren 's pregnancy is still in early days , Cowell is said to be . concerned about the strain the situation and publicity could put on the . socialite . The . pair are in a relationship , as MailOnline revealed , but . another friend said : ` At the moment , Lauren and Andrew need to thrash . out their divorce - Lauren ca n't just go running off to be with Simon , . as much as she wants to be with him . ` All sides want the divorce to go through as quickly as can be . ' Furore : The X Factor star is having a baby with Lauren Silverman , a married New York socialite . Break : Cowell was spotted leaving Los Angeles on his private jet on Friday night . Happy days : Cowell and Silverman vacationing in France last August . He Los Angeles from a private airport on Friday night . Close : Simon Cowell appearing to kiss Lauren Silverman on a yacht off the coast of St Tropez in August 2012 . It remains to be seen just how the . news that he is to be a father will go down with Cowell , who has never . made a secret of the fact that he does n't believe he is the right . material to become a parent . In an interview in 2009 , Cowell said : ` God , no . I could n't have children . If I had them here drawing on the walls I 'd go nuts . ` With . kids , you 've got a routine you ca n't escape from . You 've got to be up . at a certain time . Got to listen . When all you want to do is sit in a . corner thinking . ' However , . in a more recent interview in April this year , Cowell appeared to have . somewhat changed his mind , saying : ' I have n't ruled it out . If I knew I . could be - how do I put this delicately - faithful , I would . ' I do like kids , I 'm just not sure I 'd . be any good for the first six months . I do n't think I 'd adopt because . I 'd rather have my own . I 'd have to say I 'd like a little girl . ' Mummy dearest : Cowell is also said to be flying back to the UK in the next few days to see his mother Julie to discuss the pregnancy news . | Lauren Silverman has been in the Hamptons attempting to reach an ` amicable agreement ' with husband Andrew . Meanwhile , Cowell has jetted to St Tropez for a month-long break . X Factor star is giving his lover ` space ' to work out divorce - and wants separation ` resolved ' peacefully and soon . Cowell is also thought to be planning to fly back to Britain in the next few days to meet with his mother Julie and brother Nick . | [[3086, 3167], [3086, 3092], [3101, 3195], [3923, 3949], [6144, 6232], [6340, 6352], [6359, 6409], [6340, 6342], [6353, 6409], [919, 965], [1422, 1474], [3086, 3167], [4456, 4491], [4492, 4499], [4507, 4583], [8275, 8343], [8259, 8264], [8275, 8281], [8295, 8343]] |
Former Chelsea defender Khalid Boulahrouz has n't always been the luckiest when it comes to love . Boulahrouz 's marriage to wife Sabia ended last year and she is now in a relationship with former Tottenham man and Dutch compatriot Rafael van der Vaart . But the 32-year-old appears to have bounced back after it was revealed on Wednesday that he is dating Miss Netherlands 2014 Yasmin Verheijen - who is 12 years his junior . Khalid Boulahrouz has started dating Miss Netherlands Yasmin Verheijen -LRB- R -RRB- after splitting from his wife . The Dutch beauty is 12 years younger than the former Holland international defender . Verheijen poses for a now ubiquitous selfie posted on her Instagram page . The former Chelsea defender will accompany Verheijen to the Miss Universe pageant in Miami . Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reports that the pair have been together for some time and that Boulahrouz - now playing for Feyenoord - plans to accompany his girlfriend to Miami for the Miss Universe pageant later this year . Verheijen has German , Indian , Chinese and Hindu roots , was born and raised in Amsterdam and is in the final year of training as a decorator . Boulahrouz 's ex-wife Sabia has since started a relationship with his former teammate Rafael van der Vaart . Van der Vaart left his former wife Sylvie on New Years Eve 2012 . Boulahrouz spent a spell in the Premier League with Chelsea after being signed by Jose Mourinho in 2006 . | Khalid Boulahrouz has started dating Miss Netherlands Yasmin Verheijen . Former Chelsea defender split with wife Sabia before she started a relationship with former Holland teammate Rafael van der Vaart . Feyenoord star will accompany his girlfriend , who is 12 years younger , to the Miss Universe pageant in Miami . | [[427, 543], [464, 505], [512, 543], [99, 129], [136, 151], [156, 254], [427, 543], [464, 505], [512, 543], [1168, 1189], [1196, 1205], [1214, 1276], [1168, 1189], [1206, 1253], [357, 395], [402, 426], [544, 629], [705, 797], [798, 937], [920, 1022]] |
I had Novak Djokovic as strong favourite for the Australian Open title but now I am not so sure . I am feeling increasingly good vibes about Andy Murray . Novak 's semi-final win was one of the strangest five-set matches I have seen in a long time . He seemed to be struggling with himself , with his breathing , and in technical terms with his backhand . That is the world No 1 's bread-and-butter shot , and it misfired so much he was lucky Stan Wawrinka did not take full advantage . Andy Murray will make Novak Djokovic play to his maximum in their clash on Sunday . Djokovic was in wayward form against Wawrinka and missed a few bread and butter backhands . With the way Murray has been playing , he wo n't be so charitable . So , while a different Djokovic might show up for the final , I like the Brit 's chances . Andy must stick with the aggressive game that has served him so well in getting this far , and the key for him is to stick with that big forehand and do what he did against Tomas Berdych . In the past he has shown a tendency to beat lesser opponents using his more defensive game and then tried to flick the switch towards a more attacking style when faced with the best . What has been encouraging here is that you could tell from the first round he was going to be aggressive . It is so much easier to keep that up and execute under pressure when you have been doing it from the start . Murray will look to flick on an attacking style of play when he plays against Djokovic . Murray has done a good job of putting pressure on his opponents ' first serve in this tournament . He is winning 36.6 per cent of first-serve return points , compared to 34 per cent in Melbourne last year . I have noticed quite a few changes . Murray 's first serve has been excellent and that has allowed him to play a lot more one-two combinations in the manner you associate with Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer : get a fast and accurate first serve in and then follow it up with a big first strike . He has also shifted his court position slightly due to the confidence with which he is hitting his forehand . Often before , when the ball was in the middle of the court , he favoured his backhand side , but he 's been running around it more to hit the forehand -- a sure sign of a feelgood factor . It has also been noticeable how many returns he has got back in play from first serves . Berdych had been serving outstandingly but he could not make that count enough in the semi . Of course , we know Andy is a great returner and a great mover , and in those departments he is back to what we saw in 2012 and up to Wimbledon 2013 . All of the above must be replicated against Djokovic , as well as the way he has kept his frustrations to short flashes and recovered his composure when under pressure . He has got into a rhythm of playing his matches in the evenings since last Sunday 's fourth round on Rod Laver Arena . And it will not hurt that Novak had a long match , and did n't finish media commitments until well past midnight . Right now , I 'm thinking the final is what we call a ` pick 'em ' . In other words , a 50-50 . | Andy Murray has lost seven of his last eight games against Novak Djokovic . Djokovic misfired several shots against Stan Wawrinka . Murray made a shift in his court position as his forehand has improved . | [[2003, 2041], [2051, 2072]] |
Foreign airports can be scary and confusing places with any number of dangers just waiting to trip you up - especially if the warning signs are all in Chinese . So to keep safe , just remember to avoid ` landslides ' in the lounge , the ` flesh juice ' in the canteen and the ` mind crotch ' on the stairs ... and whatever you do , never ` bomb into the ash ' in the smoking area . But if you ever do fall foul of any of these hidden perils , remember ... you can always pull the 'Em ergency Door Cock ' . These are just some of the bizarre - and befuddling - translations of everyday signage pictured in airports across the Far East . And they make for a rather baffling read . Visitors to airports across Asia captured some of the more amusing translations , posting their pictures of signs and labels on an online blog . Scroll down for video . In an airport ? : What appears to be a ` Careful : Slippery surface ' sign has been labelled ` Be careful of landslide ' in this Chinese bathroom . Appetising : A sign in Japan advertises fresh fruit juice is translated as a rather less appetising ` flesh juice ' Befuddling : If you do n't know what a mind crotch is , then it is best to avoid this Chinese airport , while smokers in Beijing International Airport should never ` bomb into the ash here ' , right . Unnerving : If you ever do fall foul of any of these hidden perils , remember ... you can always pull the 'Em ergency Door Cock ' at Taipei Airport in Taiwan . Found on everything from poorly . translated signs and menus to bizarrely worded adverts and strange . t-shirt slogans the mis-use of English can be found everywhere . Scroll down to see the latest collection of amusingly ` creative ' English from around the world . The results include simple . translations that have been worded perhaps more bluntly than European travellers might be used . to - such as a row of seats reserved for the ` old , weak and pregnant ' . Passengers at one airport were informed that their flight had been ` delayed for some reasons ' . Helpful : A series of photographs posted on an online blog details bizarre and hilarious English translations in airports across Asia . Communication breakdown : A toilet has been reserved for the ` weal only ' -LRB- left -RRB- while a metal bin before airport security has been designated as a ` liquid abandoned place ' Nappy swap : Travellers are informed of an unusual in-flight service , a ` baby diaper exchange ' Blunt : A row of seats in one Chinese airport has been reserved for the ` old , weak and pregnant ' , right , while a bin has usefully been designated for ` unrecycling ' waste . The vernacular mismatch also leads to a bin labelled for ` unrecycling ' and a useful sign telling people to ` mind crotch ' . Since being posted online , the signs gone viral as internet-users share them with . friends and send in other wacky suggestions they 've found themselves on . their travels . Other . translations have been confused as much for cultural as linguistic . reasons , evidenced by what appears to be ` careful : slippery surface ' sign , labelled ` Be careful of landslide ' . There . is also a charity donation box asking travellers to donate cash to help . ` especially difficult children ' . It is almost full to the brim . Muddle : Even the most considerate of travellers might find it difficult to understand this message . Romance : For sanitation purposes you should only share your can with a lover . Full : It might prove a rather difficult task to squeeze any more money into this box for ` especially difficult children ' Meanwhile . a Japanese sign asks parents , not , apparently , to throw away their . child 's dirty nappies , but to take them to the ` baby diaper exchange ' . Some . are so confusing that it is impossible to even guess what the sign is . asking frequent fliers to do , such as a sign above the door of a Chinese . aeroplane that asks passengers to ` Gets hold of arm rest to fall the . wound carefully ' . There is even a Chinese vending . machine that urges thirsty travellers not to share their cans of drink . with anyone - unless they are ` not the lovers ' . Mannerly : Visitors are welcomed by a sign telling them they are entering a ` civilized airport ' Parent and child : Users of an escalator are told to look after their ` oldster ' as well as child . Honest mistake : A simple misspelling labels a ` fire fydrant ' | Photographs of unusual instructions and signs posted by visitors on blog . Avoid ` landslides in lounge ' , ` flesh juice ' in canteen , ` mind crotch ' on stairs . 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Click here to see more of our brilliant Match Zone , including Saido Berahino 's heat map . Neil Warnock chose his words carefully given he already has one FA charge relating to referees hanging over his head , but his anger at the officiating following this dramatic draw was clear . Never one to shy away from emphatic statements , the Crystal Palace manager claimed Craig Dawson 's challenge on Julian Speroni in the midst of Victor Anichebe 's goal was tantamount to ` assault ' . Saido Berahino scored a late equaliser to hand his side a point against Crystal Palace at The Hawthorns . Substitute goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey dived the right way but was unable to save Berahino 's spot-kick . Crystal Palace captain Mile Jedinak scored from the penalty spot to extend his side 's lead . Jedinak placed the ball past Ben Foster from the penalty spot to put his side 2-0 up . West Brom 4-2-3-1 . Foster 6 ; Wisdom 6.5 , Dawson 6 , Lescott 6 , Pocognoli 5.5 ; Gardner 6 , Morrison 6 ; Dorrans 6.5 -LRB- Blanco 83 -RRB- , Sessegnon 5 -LRB- Anichebe 46 7.5 -RRB- , Brunt 6 ; Berahino 7 . Subs not used : Myhill , Ideye , Gamboa , Mulumbu , McAuley . Booked : Sessegnon , Gardner , Blanco . Goal : Anichebe 51 , Berahino . Manager : Alan Irvine 7 . Crystal Palace 4-2-3-1 . Speroni 6 -LRB- Hennessey 55 -RRB- ; Kelly 6.5 , Mariappa 6.5 , Hangeland 7 , Ward 6.5 ; Jedinak 7 , Ledley 6.5 ; Zaha 5.5 -LRB- Puncheon 64 -RRB- , Chamakh 6.5 -LRB- Guedioura 73 -RRB- , Bolasie 7 ; Campbell 6.5 . Subs not used : Doyle , Gayle , Fryers , Bannan . Booked : Jedinak . Manager : Neil Warnock 6.5 . Ref : Mark Clattenburg 7 . MoM : Anichebe . Att : 24,738 . Goals : Hangeland 16 , Jedinak 45 . Bert Trautmann , who broke his neck in the 1956 FA Cup final , got a mention . The goal , six minutes after the interval , sliced Palace 's 2-0 lead in half to set up a last-gasp equaliser from the penalty spot by Saido Berahino . His composed finish , in the third minute of added time , only enhanced his reputation as well as his standing as England 's leading marksman in the top-flight . Seven in the Premier League now , Roy Hodgson will note . Warnock had no complaints that referee Mark Clattenburg pointed to the spot when Mile Jedinak foolishly slid in on Anichebe as he shaped to shoot . But he complained that Clattenburg had failed to act when Dawson tripped Wilfried Zaha in the area in the first half . Having accused referee Craig Pawson of being influenced by Chelsea players last weekend , none of his Palace players tried to apply any pressure . ` It 's a certain penalty , ' Warnock said ` You ca n't win . We had four or five Chelsea lads surrounding the referee last week and we were told that was wrong . I do n't want my lads to start going silly . ' On the Speroni incident he said : ` It 's just like an assault . Dawson goes for two or three yards with his elbow and smashes him in the face . I 've not seen one of them since Bert Trautmann , it 's ridiculous . ' That description is exaggerated to say the least but it is true that another referee may have blown for a foul as the players collided following Chris Brunt 's corner . Speroni was down for three minutes receiving treatment but wanted to continue . Warnock overruled and dragged his goalkeeper off . ` He 's telling the physio , `` I 'll be alright '' and I did n't want to risk it , ' Warnock said . ` Once they 'd scored I thought they 'd try the same again . The only one to give him some protection was me . ' Alan Irvine believed the incident was no more severe than when bodies came together for Palace 's opening goal in the 16th minute . Brede Hangeland headed Yannick Bolasie 's corner into Dawson , then prodded the rebound in with his right boot . ` I looked at the referee on both occasions and neither time he gave a free-kick , ' said Irvine . ` There was an awful lot of players flying in at those inswinging corners . I thought the contact was after the ball had been headed by Victor . ' Berahino put in a hard working display against the Baggies as seen on the above heat map . Click here to see more of our Match Zone . Palace summer signing Brede Hangeland had given his side the lead in the 16th minute . Crystal Palace were awarded a first half penalty when Yannick Bolasie was fouled by Graham Dorrans . MINS PLD KM MILES . West Brom 109.6 68.1 . Chris Brunt 90 11.7 7.3 . Sebastien Pocognoli 90 11.3 7.0 . James Morrison 90 11.3 7.0 . Crystal Palace 110.3 68.5 . Joe Ledley 90 11.1 6.9 . Mile Jedinak 90 11.1 6.9 . Fraizer Campbell 90 10.8 6.7 . Palace built on their lead shortly before the interval when Sebastien Pocognoli slid in desperately on Bolasie . Jedinak strode forward and sent Foster the wrong way . In the end a draw seemed fair , certainly once Anichebe arrived at half-time in place of Stephane Sessegnon to change the complexion of this match . It was Anichebe 's first goal of the season after recovering from a groin injury and Irvine felt he played a major part . He said : ` There 's no doubt Victor made a difference and before the game I thought we might need him . Having watched Palace and looked at their strengths and the way they are able to play I felt Victor would be needed at some point . ' Irvine admitted , though , he had to get angry with his side after their first-half no show . He said : ` They did see another side to me , one which does n't come out very often but has to come out from time to time . ' I was bitterly disappointed with the first 32 minutes of the game . We conceded the penalty on a counter attack but for the first 32 minutes we were awful . After that we did what we were supposed to be doing and we eventually got a reward for that . ' Palace , meanwhile , are on the brink of being taken over by American entrepreneur Josh Harris , the owner of the New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia 76ers . Warnock had an opinion on that too . ` If the billionaire is in the background I 'm sure we 'll be looking for telephone numbers , ' he said . A busy January might beckon . Bolasie went tumbling to the ground following the challenge from West Brom midfielder Dorrans . Eagles star Jedinak was mobbed by his Crystal Palace team-mates after scoring from the penalty spot . Marouane Chamakh gives Jedinak a celebratory hug after the Australian international doubled his side 's lead . Jedinak battles for the ball with West Brom 's Craig Gardner during the Premier League clash at The Hawthorns . The Premier League introduced Nike 's Hi-Vis balls during this weekend 's round of fixtures . Victor Anichebe headed home for the Baggies with 51 minutes on the clock . The West Brom converted from close range following a corner from Chris Brunt . Baggies goalkeeper Ben Foster celebrated his side 's first goal after Anichebe netted past Julian Speroni . Speroni was forced off shortly after West Brom 's goal as the Argentine received a knock on his head . Palace were unable to keep Berahino , pictured with Chamakh and Adrian Mariappa , at bay as the striker netted in the dying embers . West Brom centre back Joleon Lescott vies for the ball with Crystal Palace winger Bolasie . Premier League official Mark Clattenburg awarded both Palace and West Brom a penalty during Saturday 's match . Crystal Palace boss Neil Warnock will not be happy with the way his side threw away all three points . | Saido Berahino followed up his goal against Manchester United by netting late on . 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I doubt that Tomas Berdych will be saying anything to Andy Murray again on court in a hurry . His brief few words as they changed over at the end of the first set created the perfect double whammy -- it did him as much harm as it did Murray good . I am aware that I said prior to the match that Andy should not let this get personal , but the fact is the timing of Berdych 's remark was so perfect for Murray -- and disastrous from the Czech 's point of view -- that it swung the match around . Both players had invested so much in the first set , which was over an hour-and-a-quarter of really hard tennis , that it was massive for Tomas to win it . Tomas Berdych stares at his opponent Andy Murray during their tense Australian Open semi-final . You can be sure that he will have been pumped and his opponent deflated , especially as Andy knew he had chances to take it . I was surprised that Berdych initiated it because confrontation is not really in his character and his level completely dropped afterwards . He virtually donated the next two games and lost 16 out of the next 20 points . Murray celebrates victory against Berdych -LRB- left -RRB- and acknowledges coach Amelie Mauresmo 's role -LRB- right -RRB- . As for Andy , the incident just helped him forget those 76 long minutes after which he had ended up with nothing . Instead of being down on himself he got fired up all over again and started playing more positively , especially on his forehand side . He rode this momentum all the way through the next two sets and , as I predicted beforehand , ended up winning in four . It was not a big altercation but the key thing was that it suited Andy 's personality while it did not suit Tomas at all . Murray had actually been as emotional for a first set as I recall , so he was up for this from the start . He could have faded after that lost tiebreak but his opponent unwittingly ensured that it did not happen . Tomas Berdych looks in the zone after taking the first set on a tie-break against Andy Murray on Thursday . However Berdych floundered after the first set to fall to a 6-7 -LRB- 6-8 -RRB- , 6-0 , 6-3 , 7-5 defeat to Andy Murray . | Andy Murray beat Tomas Berdych 6-7 -LRB- 6-8 -RRB- , 6-0 , 6-3 , 7-5 in the semi-final . Their Australian Open semi-final was filled with several moments of tension . The Scot has now reached his fourth Australian Open final . Murray will face either Novak Djokovic or Stan Wawrinka on Sunday . | [[2071, 2159], [651, 747]] |
The running of Sunday 's Japanese Grand Prix remains a threat as organisers are still unsure of the impact Typhoon Phanfone will have on Suzuka and the surrounding areas . The typhoon has been building over the Pacific Ocean throughout the week and is expected to bring rain and heavy winds to the track - which could severely challenge the race . With the lights due to go out at 15:00 local time , there is little room for pushing the start back , as dusk falls fairly soon after the end of the grand prix . L-r : Lewis Hamilton , Nico Rosberg and Valtteri Bottas after qualifying in Japan . Nico Rosberg -LRB- left -RRB- with his crew members on the way to taking pole in the Japanese Grand Prix . An FIA spokesman explained why the race could not be moved , with Sunday morning or later on Saturday night originally mooted as potential options . ` The timing for the organisers to change the time the race is held has passed , ' he said . ` We will see what is going on in the morning . If that is a storm , what are you going to do ? The safety of the people , the spectators has to logically be the most important thing . ' The situation is ever-changing , with the typhoon upgraded from a category one hurricane up to a category four inside 12 hours . It has also been at ` super typhoon ' levels after reaching winds of 150mph and the FIA is in constant contact with their forecasters . Mercedes ' Nico Rosberg takes the acclaim after clinching pole position in Suzuka . Ferrari 's Fernando Alonso walks out from his pit after the qualifying session . Championship leader Lewis Hamilton makes his way around the Japanese circuit . ` Our team are monitoring at all times , ' the spokesman added . ` Everyone is trying to make sure the race can go ahead - but it will go ahead only if conditions in and around the circuit are safe . ' There remains the possibility that the race could run behind the safety car if the weather was bad enough to warrant it - with half-points also an option should the entire race not be able to be completed . Either way it adds another intriguing factor into the title battle between Mercedes pair Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton ahead of what will prove to be an interesting day . | Organisers still unsure the impact Typhoon Phonfone will have on Suzuka . Could severely challenge the race and the FIA are considering moving the start time . Spokesman said : ` Our team are monitoring at all times ' Mercedes ' Nico Rosberg took pole position in qualifying . Lewis Hamilton three points clear of his team-mate at the top of the drivers ' standings . | [[0, 171], [65, 123], [0, 171], [291, 305], [312, 347], [1639, 1677], [1395, 1478], [1437, 1478]] |
Click here to read Martin Samuel 's match report from Belo Horizonte . Luiz Felipe Scolari apologised to the people of Brazil after they were humiliated 7-1 in the World Cup semi-final by Germany . Brazil were 5-0 down at half-time after Thomas Muller , Miroslav Klose , Toni Kroos -LRB- 2 -RRB- and Sami Khedira scored in a remarkable 18 minute spell . Andre Schurrle added two more after the break and Brazilian forward Oscar responded in the final minute as the host nation were booed off the field . This is Brazil 's first competitive defeat at home in 63 matches and their first on home soil since a loss to Peru in the Copa America in 1975 . VIDEO Scroll down for German fans celebrate their 7-1 victory over hosts Brazil . Nightmare : Luiz Felipe Scolari 's side were hit for seven by a rampant Germany . Devastation : Stand-in Brazil captain David Luiz was in tears after the final whistle . VIDEO Disbelief in Belo Horizonte after devastating Germany win . Scolari , who insists he will not resign after this shameful defeat , said : ` My message is , to the Brazilian people and fans , that we did and we tried to do what we could . ` Please excuse us for this mistake . I 'm sorry we could n't get to the final . This is a catastrophe . ` It 's probably the worst moment of my career . This is the worst day of my life , but life goes on . ` I 'll be remembered probably because I lost 7-1 , the worst defeat Brazil have ever had , but that was a risk I knew I was running when I accepted this position . Life goes on . That 's what I 'll do . ` We did what we thought was our best , and we lost to a great team that had the team , in six or seven minutes , to end the game with three or four goals in extraordinary manner . ` I can tell you that , after the first goal , we had a problem and , with the skills of a team who have been working together for a long time , they capitalised on it . ` We will continue working and honouring what our team means for the third place match in Brasilia . ` I 'd like to thank the supporters for supporting the players despite us losing by five , six , seven . It was interesting to see that happen . ' Emotional : Luiz was struggling to hold back the tears as he was interviewed on television after the defeat . Comforted : Luiz is consoled as he leaves the field after Brazil 's semi-final humbling . Scolari , who was without injured Neymar and suspended skipper Thiago Silva , took full responsibility for the manner of the defeat . Brazil will now travel to Brasilia to play the loser of Wednesday evening 's semi-final in Sao Paulo between Argentina and Holland for the third and fourth place play-off . He added : ` Who is responsible when the team plays ? Who is invited to be the coach ? Who is responsible for picking the team ? I am . It 's me . So the catastrophic result can be shared by the whole group . ` My players will tell you we will share our responsibilities . But who decided the tactics , I did . So the person responsible is me . ` I do n't have any debt to the country . I did my job as I always have . I did what I thought was best . ` We had one defeat today . For a year and a half , this was a third defeat in 28 matches . Joy : Toni Kroos -LRB- left -RRB- holds his arms and aloft and is congratulated by Miroslav Klose -LRB- right -RRB- after scoring . Despair : Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari looks helpless as he watches his side crumble against Germany . Crestfallen : Scolari was gesturing to himself on the touchline as Brazil conceded five first-half goals . ` Yes , it was a terrible defeat in terms of the result , 7-1 , but at 5-0 , you try and rally to pull some goals back . ` That leaves you open to further disaster . In 2002 , we won . Great . Now we 've lost . But it was my choice . I made the choices . Me . Do n't forget there 's a match on Saturday , though . We can be third , so we still have a match to play . ' Stand-in captain David Luiz was in tears again at the final whistle and they were booed off the pitch when they turned to applaud the Brazil supporters . Luiz said : ` I wanted to give pleasure only for my people . All those who suffered so much , I want to apologise to every Brazilian . ' Down and out : Julio Cesar struggled to explain Brazil 's embarrassing exit . Gutted : Cesar and his Brazil team-mates look dejected at the final whistle . Celebration : Germany coach Joachim Low screams with joy as he watches his side thrash Brazil 7-1 . Scolari admitted he was powerless to re-organise his team after Klose became the World Cup 's all-time leading goalscorer with his 16th after 23 minutes . Kroos struck twice before 26 minutes had been played and Khedira added the fifth after 29 minutes . Scolari added : ` No-one could change anything . It was one after the other . Everyone blanked out . ` We were trying to talk to them , to get re-organised and breathe for a second . But there was nothing we could do . Change one or two of them ? We could n't do that when we were enduring the problem . ' Ecstasy : Low -LRB- left -RRB- , Andre Schurrle -LRB- centre -RRB- and Lukas Podolski -LRB- right -RRB- celebrate on the touchline . Embrace : Low -LRB- right -RRB- shakes hands with record-breaking striker Klose -LRB- left -RRB- as he substitutes for forward . Scolari also insisted that the absence of Neymar had nothing to do with the shambolic performance in the semi-final . He added : ` Let 's not try to find an excuse in Neymar or the emotions of the anthem . ` What happened was Germany imposed a fantastic rhythm on the game . They were able to score the goals to define the match . That diminished my team . ' | Goals from Thomas Muller , Miroslav Klose , Sami Khedira and braces from Toni Kroos and Andre Schurrle send Germany through to World Cup final . Oscar scores consolation goal in injury time for hosts Brazil . Klose breaks all-time goal-scoring record with 16th World Cup strike . Germany inflict biggest ever World Cup semi-final defeat on Brazil . Scolari says he does n't ` owe anything to anyone ' , despite drubbing . | [[271, 353], [404, 476], [4467, 4474], [4484, 4486], [4501, 4621], [71, 197], [132, 197], [967, 974], [981, 1034], [3009, 3048]] |
Juan Mata has revealed Manchester United 's stars are still getting to grips with Louis van Gaal 's style of football . Spanish playmaker Mata insisted that his team-mates are fully behind the manager as the club remain locked in a struggle for a Champions League place . Some United fans are unconvinced by Van Gaal 's tactics and during their last Premier League match chanted ` 4-4-2 ' after the Dutchman had again opted for his favoured 3-5-2 . Manchester United playmaker Juan Mata -LRB- centre -RRB- admits players are still getting used to Louis van Gaal . The Dutch manager has switched between 3-5-2 and 4-4-2 formations this season . He switched to the more traditional format after the break and watched his side win 2-0 at Loftus Road . But on Friday night in the FA Cup , in a 4-4-2 from the start , United could not find a way past League Two Cambridge and will now face a replay at Old Trafford after a disappointing 0-0 draw at the Abbey Stadium . Speaking to the club 's website , Mata , who was rested for the FA Cup clash , is confident Van Gaal will get things right . ` I think we are all learning from the manager , ' he said . ` He is a great character and a great coach . The way he wants to play football is the right way , which is an attacking way . Despite a multi-million pound line-up , United could not overcome lowly Cambridge United in the FA Cup . The Spain international insists that Van Gaal 's football philosophy will eventually bring rewards . ` That means we try to work hard with the ball , try to create space to pass the ball quickly and to switch it from side to side . I really like the way he sees football and we are all trying to do our best for him , the staff and for Ryan -LSB- Giggs -RSB- . ' Mata joined from Chelsea a year ago for a then club record # 37.1 m. And he says that the size of United continues to amaze him . ` The pre-season tour made me realise how big the club is , ' he said . ` Once we were on the tour and travelling around , we saw how many supporters we had against teams like Real Madrid and Inter Milan . We had more fans than anyone in the States . I expect places like Asia and Australia are the same -- it 's unbelievable the support we get around the world . ' Mata remembers his first game against Cardiff City after arriving in a surprise move from Chelsea . Mata admits being blown away by United 's popularity during the club 's pre-season tour of the US . Mata highlights United 's victory at Newcastle away last season as one of his best performances . Looking back over his 12 months , Mata was asked for his favourite match and goal . ` I always remember my first game against Cardiff , ' he said . ` We 've had some good games , such as Newcastle away -LRB- last season -RRB- and Liverpool at home this season . There have been some good games personally and for the team . ` I liked the two free-kicks I scored at Newcastle and Southampton last season . They were good goals . ' | Louis van Gaal is still getting his philosophy across at Manchester United . He returned to 4-4-2 for the goalless FA Cup draw with Cambridge . Juan Mata insists the Dutchman 's methods will eventually bring rewards . Click here for Manchester United transfer news . | [[23, 49], [54, 119], [449, 563], [753, 782], [785, 793], [813, 866], [813, 819], [871, 879], [885, 963], [813, 819], [876, 963], [1317, 1381], [1382, 1482], [1419, 1466], [1473, 1482], [1419, 1450], [1456, 1482]] |
German champions Bayern Munich have won the race to sign highly-rated defender Mehdi Benatia from Roma . The 27-year-old Morocco international had reportedly been a target for both Manchester City , Manchester United and Chelsea after excelling at the Stadio Olimpico to help Roma finish second in the Serie A table last season . But Bundesliga giants Bayern have now secured his services for the next five years . VIDEO Scroll down for Pepe Reina 's the notable arrival at Bayern 's outdoor photoshoot . Done deal : Bayern Munich have completed the signing of Mehdi Benatia from Roma . Main man : Manchester City , Manchester United and Chelsea were all interested in the Moroccan defender . A statement published on the club 's official website read : ` On Tuesday afternoon the German champions reached an agreement with Roma over the transfer of Mehdi Benatia . Both clubs have agreed not to disclose the transfer fee . ` Benatia will come to Munich in the next few days to undergo a medical . The central defender will then sign a five-year contract . ' Bayern boss Pep Guardiola , whose side kicked off their latest title defence with a 2-1 victory over Wolfsburg at the weekend , has already strengthened his back-line with the summer addition of Juan Bernat from Valencia . But the loss of Javi Martinez for around six months due to torn cruciate ligaments has necessitated the recruitment of another body in the back four . | Benatia signs five-year contract with German champions . Bundesliga side did not disclose fee for Roma defender . Chelsea , City and United were all keen on signing Moroccan . | [[0, 104], [334, 367], [376, 414], [334, 358], [364, 414], [515, 586], [998, 1028], [1034, 1056], [998, 1056], [105, 228], [587, 692]] |
A woman who thought she had a pain in her side died just four days after doctors told her she had ovarian cancer . Previously fit and healthy , customer services adviser Rachelle Beckett first felt the pain while she was on holiday in Rhodes with her partner Stephen Sinclair in May . The 43-year-old was treating it with Paracetamol on returning to the UK then went to see her GP who sent her to hospital for checks . Just five days later she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer which doctors found had spread to her liver , lungs and stomach . Rachelle Beckett , pictured , first felt a pain in her side while she was on holiday in Rhodes with her partner Stephen Sinclair . She was not well enough to undergo chemotherapy and Miss Beckett , from Royston , near Barnsley , South Yorkshire died at Barnsley Hospital four days afterwards on June 27 . Dr Patricia Foster , director of clinical director of oncology at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said ovarian cancer symptoms can be difficult to recognise . She said : ` There are early symptoms to look out for such as persistent bloating , pain in the pelvis and lower stomach and difficulty eating . ` It is most common in women who have had the menopause but it can affect women of any age . ' Her mother Lesley Olsson and her stepfather Kris praised their daughter 's bravery . Mrs Olsson said : ` Rachelle was a very private person and kept her pain to herself . I do n't think anyone realised it was as bad as it was . ` She had time off work and was taking Paracetamol for the pain in her side . We kept asking the nurses at hospital what if we 'd come sooner but they said her symptoms were not severe enough to point to what it was . ` She was so incredibly brave . She never cried or asked `` why me ? '' she was just resigned to it . ` The day before she died I was alone with her in her room and she had the most wonderful smile on her face . She said : `` It 's quite exciting . I 'm going on an adventure . '' That 's what her attitude was like . ' Rachelle Beckett was not well enough to undergo chemotherapy and she died at Barnsley Hospital , pictured , four days after being told she had ovarian cancer . The care she received was ` second to none ' Ovarian cancer affects more than 6,500 women in the UK each year . It is the fifth most common cancer among women . It is most common in women who have had the menopause but it can affect women of any age . The symptoms are difficult to recognise , especially in the early stages of the disease , as they can be very similar to those of other , less serious , conditions . The most common early symptoms are persistent bloating , pelvic or abdominal pain , difficulty eating and nausea . Other symptoms can include back pain and needing to pass urine more frequently . Source : NHS Choices . Mrs Olsson . said the care her daughter received at hospital was ` second to none ' and they are now raising money for Cancer Research UK . Miss Beckett worked for a car firm and she holidayed in Greece twice a year and was interested in cooking and socialising . She loved the band Pulp and their hit ` Common People ' was the first song to be played at her funeral . She always wore red lipstick and all the women who went to her funeral wore the lipstick in her memory . Her mother said : ` She was the victim of a nasty , insidious disease which spread through her body rapidly and took her life on the day she was going to be transferred to a local hospice . ` We are left trying to make some sort of sense of what has happened and searching for the reasons why ? ` She had her life before her , things to do and places to see . She was only 43 and was taken from us in just nine days . ` We feel cheated but also privileged to have had her in our lives . She endured her illness with an inner strength which we found humbling . ' | Rachelle Beckett first felt pain while she was on holiday in Rhodes , Greece . The 43-year-old treated it with painkillers when she returned before GP visit . Five days later she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer which had spread . She was too unwell for chemotherapy and died at hospital four days later . Parents raising money for cancer charity to battle the ` insidious ' disease . | [[0, 7], [12, 46], [0, 114], [144, 258], [544, 560], [574, 638], [285, 356], [0, 114], [73, 114], [419, 477], [463, 477], [498, 543], [2097, 2100], [2129, 2137], [2140, 2166], [2150, 2191], [0, 114], [675, 754], [773, 848], [2032, 2092], [2097, 2126], [2140, 2149], [3663, 3666], [3676, 3720], [2917, 2968]] |
Motor racing 's governing body , the FIA , are hoping to trial ` speed limits ' at the next race in Austin , Texas , as they seek to improve safety after the horrific crash that has left Marussia 's Jules Bianchi fighting for his life . Bianchi veered off at the Japanese Grand Prix last week , despite double yellow flags being waved to slow him down . He hit a recovery vehicle and was taken to hospital for emergency brain surgery . Race director Charlie Whiting presented a report on the accident to FIA president Jean Todt this weekend . Medical staff rush to the scene of Jules Bianchi 's crash at the Japanese Grand Prix . The Marussia driver was taken to hospital with severe head injuries after the freak accident . Imposing a speed limit under yellow and double yellow flags is a suggestion that is expected to be tried out in practice at Texas in three weeks ' time . Lewis Hamilton said : ` We had a drivers ' meeting with Jean Todt . One of the ideas that came out was based on when you go karting with electric karts . When the flags come out the engines are limited . ` I think that 's quite good . What 's good is they are reacting to it and finding the best solution . ' Lewis Hamilton revealed that talks have taken place between drivers over safety measures . | FIA are hoping to trial speed limits at the US Grand Prix in Texas . Marussia driver Jules Bianchi was severely injured after a freak accident at the Japanese Grand Prix . Lewis Hamilton has revealed drivers have met to discuss safety measures . | [[0, 30], [43, 106], [785, 800], [806, 878], [148, 172], [178, 236], [237, 292], [630, 724], [879, 898], [903, 946], [1188, 1278], [1212, 1278]] |
Liverpool find themselves outside the top four and unlikely to qualify for the group stages of the Champions League after two games in four days at Anfield in which they have failed to score against Real Madrid and Hull City . Joe Bernstein assesses how Brendan Rodgers can fix the problems currently afflicting the club . MARIO BALOTELLI AS SUAREZ 'S REPLACEMENT . You ca n't say Liverpool were n't warned the Uruguayan would go one day . But by pebble-dashing their summer spending on a number of squad players instead of one A-lister , they 've come up short . With Daniel Sturridge injured , Mario Balotelli has been tried as the main source of goals , and failed . But it 's not all the Italian 's fault . Asking him to make Suarez-style runs in a free-flowing attack is like picking Usain Bolt for the Olympics and telling him to compete in the 5,000 metres . Balotelli 's strength is his strength , feeling the defenders up against him and physically turning them . Rodgers must either leave Balotelli out or change Liverpool 's style until Sturridge returns . Even Fabio Borini would be a better bet . VIDEOS Scroll down to watch ... Brendan Rodgers has to solve Mario Balotelli 's goal drought as he looks to replace the excellent Luis Suarez . Balotelli has been tried as the main source of goals and failed at last year 's Premier League runners up so far . SIMON MIGNOLET LEAVING THE DEFENCE STRESSED . Simon Mignolet makes an excellent sweeper-keeper in terms of having great feet for a goalkeeper . It 's the way many managers want to go in the modern game so that they play a high defensive line . Unfortunately , Mignolet 's deficiencies , not commanding his penalty area and questionable communication , have left the back-four jittery . Rodgers would be better off going back to basics and spending # 10million on a traditional , strong goalkeeper like Asmir Begovic , even if he is n't as good a footballer as Mignolet . Simon Mignolet 's deficiencies have left Liverpool 's back four shaken and the goalkeeper must turn it around . STEVEN GERRARD A FADING FORCE . Gerrard can still dictate the tempo of the game when he 's allowed to . But opponents are n't stupid , they will try to find a way of capitalising on his lack of mobility at the age of 34 . If Gerrard is going to play in front of the back-four , he needs legs alongside him -- and that means Jordan Henderson rather than Joe Allen or Lucas . With Henderson on the bench on Saturday , it was noticeable how much more energy Hull had in their midfield , particularly Mo Diame . It was only after Henderson came on that Gerrard burst into late life . Steven Gerrard can still dictate the tempo of the game but only when the Liverpool captain is allowed to . Opponents seem to have sussed a way to limit the 34-year-old Gerrard 's lack of mobility for Liverpool . THE RAHEEM STERLING ` CRISIS ' Raheem Sterling arrived back from the World Cup the great hope of English football . But for every great performance this season , and there have been some , there have also been patchy displays , an unwise link to Real Madrid while contract negotiations are underway and claims from England manager Roy Hodgson that the player had told him he was tired . At 19 , Sterling is a good winger and a good No 10 . But it 's too much for him to switch from one to another with regularity . For this season , Rodgers should tell Sterling where he wants him to play -- and stick to hit . He needs stability . There have been patchy displays by Raheem Sterling so far and an unwise link to La Liga giants Real Madrid . At 19 , Sterling is a good winger and a good No 10 , but it 's too much for him to switch from one to another . MIXED-UP STYLE . Liverpool 's pattern of play was uncomplicated last season , and thrilling . Suarez , Sturridge and Sterling tore defences apart , Henderson and Gerrard dictated the play , they scored more than the opposition . But Liverpool have lost a bit of their identity with the number of new signings made . The addition of the Champions League means certain new signings like Adam Lallana have n't been given a run of matches to adjust to life at Anfield . It 's difficult because modern football requires some rotation but Rodgers should surely stick to his best XI for a few games at least to establish rhythm . Then he can make changes . Liverpool 's pattern of play was uncomplicated last season and thrilling but the new additions need to adjust . The addition of the Champions League means new signings like Adam Lallana have n't been given a run . | Opponents appear to have sussed how to keep Steven Gerrard quiet . Mario Balotelli has been tried as the main source of goals - and failed . 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CLICK HERE to read about the battle facing Sky to keep lions ' share of Premier League TV broadcasting rights ahead of # 4bn bidding war . Football , as we knew it , changed 23 years ago . The Premier League was born and Sky Sports would revolutionise television coverage of the best teams in the country . To mark the launch of the historic 1992-93 season , players from all 22 Premier League clubs -LRB- not the 20 we are now used to -RRB- posed for this memorable photograph . Among the stellar cast are a current national team head coach , a frontrunner for the newly-vacant Queens Park Rangers managerial position and someone who went on to become a star in action-packed Hollywood blockbusters ... but can you name them ? SPOILER ALERT : NO CHEATING , ANSWERS ARE DIRECTLY BELOW THIS PICTURE . Looking back to the start of the Premier League era in August 1992 and Snap ! were riding high at the top of the charts with Rhythm Is A Dancer . Also in the top five at that time was Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballe collaboration Barcelona , which became the soundtrack for the Olympics that year . If you were going to cinema in August 1992 then the Clint Eastwood western Unforgiven was the film at the top of the box office . At the end of the first year of the Premier League it was Alex Ferguson 's Manchester United who won their first title for 26 years . United eventually won the league by 10 points , but for much of the season were pushed all the way by Aston Villa and Norwich . Steve Bruce and Bryan Robson celebrate after winning the first Premier League title in 1993 . Back Row -LRB- L-R -RRB- . Middle Row -LRB- L-R -RRB- . Front Row -LRB- L-R -RRB- . David Hirst -LRB- Sheffield Wednesday -RRB- . Lee Sharp -LRB- Manchester United -RRB- . Tony Daley -LRB- Aston Villa -RRB- . Vinnie Jones -LRB- Chelsea -RRB- . Mark Wright -LRB- Liverpool -RRB- . John Wark -LRB- Ipswich -RRB- . Tim Flowers -LRB- Southampton -RRB- . Tim Sherwood -LRB- Blackburn Rovers -RRB- . Ian Brightwell -LRB- Manchester City -RRB- . Ian Butterworth -LRB- Norwich City -RRB- . Hans Segars -LRB- Wimbledon -RRB- . Andy Pearce -LRB- Coventry City -RRB- . Carl Bradshaw -LRB- Sheffield United -RRB- . Gordon Durie -LRB- Spurs -RRB- . David Hillier -LRB- Arsenal -RRB- . Gary Charles -LRB- Nottingham Forest -RRB- . Andy Ritchie -LRB- Oldham -RRB- . John Salako -LRB- Crystal Palace -RRB- . Andy Sinton -LRB- QPR -RRB- . Andy Kernaghan -LRB- Middlesbrough -RRB- . Gordon Strachan -LRB- Leeds -RRB- . Peter Beardsley -LRB- Everton -RRB- . | Broadcasters will bid for TV rights of Premier League matches on Friday . The # 3.01 bn for 2013-16 rights paid by Sky and BT is expected to rise . Players from all 22 clubs posed for memorable photograph to mark launch of first Premier League season . | [[436, 479]] |
Two-year-old Sophie Jones died after digesting the heroin substitute . A two-year-old girl died after drinking her drug addict parents ' methadone which was kept in Tom and Jerry cups and Fruit Shoot bottles , a court has heard . Sophie Jones was found covered in vomit by paramedics at her parents home in Blackpool in March after digesting the heroin-substitute . She was rushed to hospital but pronounced dead less than an hour later after digesting the lethal substance , Preston Crown Court heard . Her parents Michelle King , 29 , who was also allegedly selling the substance , admitted manslaughter . Her partner , 41-year-old Barry Jones , denies the offence and is standing trial . The court was told King , a known heroin addict , began selling her prescribed dosage of methadone instead of taking it herself , storing the lethal substance in children 's cups and Fruit Shoot bottles . She would use the money to buy other drugs including cocaine , traces of which were found on the toddler 's dummy during tests following her death . Prosecuting Jeremy Grout-Smith said : ` Both parents have been users of heroin and crack cocaine for some years and were habitually taking these drugs at the time of Sophie 's death . ` Michelle King was prescribed methadone , which is heroin replacement . ` Sophie died from drinking the methadone , which she drank from a child 's plastic drinking cup . ` She died because of the carelessness and neglect of her parents . ` The risk of the contamination that took place must have been obvious . ' At around 11.40 pm on March 4 Jones phoned an ambulance telling operators his daughter had stopped breathing . Three minutes later paramedics arrived to find the toddler lying on the floor , covered in vomit . The toddler 's parents Michelle King -LRB- left -RRB- and Barry Jones -LRB- right -RRB- allegedly knew she was unwell and tried to cover up the fact she had ingested methadone before police searched their home , the court heard . Paramedics arrived at the couple 's home to find two-year-old Sophie ` covered in vomit ' and ` unresponsive ' ` There was vomit in her hair , on her face , chest and on the floor that appeared to contain blood . ` Paramedics thought she was already dead , ' Mr Grout-Smith said . Earlier that day King 's mother had visited the family and noticed Sophie being ` unsteady on her feet ' . She allegedly told her daughter , ' I hope you have n't left the lid off your tablets . ' ` Jean saw Sophie fall at least once while she was at the house . ` She was concerned about Sophie and thought they should call an ambulance . ` They told her they would take Sophie to the medical centre later that day . ` After they had left , Jones phoned his mother and told her they had taken Sophie to the centre but that was untrue . ` They both knew she was unwell because of the drug she had taken and they knew that would be diagnosed by medical staff . ` They knew they were at fault . ` They were both aware that Sophie had been put into a deep slumber , ' Mr Grout Smith added . The toddler 's mother sent a series of text messages to another drug user reminding her that she was owed # 25 on the day of her child 's death , it was alleged . King , a known heroin addict , was selling her prescribed dosage of methadone to other addicts when her child died , the court heard . Traces of cocaine were also allegedly found on the toddler 's dummy following an examination of the couple 's home . Cuddly toys and flowers are left outside the home where the toddler died in March this year after digesting methadone . The court heard how the child 's grandmother visited the day before her death and noted she looked unstable . A quantity of methadone was found in the couple 's back garden when police searched the property . After their daughter was pronounced dead , the couple told police they feared she had drank cider that her grandmother 's partner had brought to the house . King allegedly sent a text message to her partner following their daughter 's death telling him to dispose of ` all the meth bottles out back under green thing . Another said ` do n't tip meth out hide it ' , the court heard . The court heard how King allegedly stored methadone in empty Fruit Shoot bottles -LRB- file image -RRB- . ` Prior to the 999 call made at 11:40 there had also been an attempt to clear the house of incriminating evidence - the child 's drinking cup with methadone and had been put under a sheet in the backyard of the house , bins with shoot bottles in have been moved outside from the back of the house to the end of the street away from their house . ` The neighbour noticed that the water running the upstairs sink for significant period of time . ` It must 've been a joint attempt by both defendants to clear up the house . They were acting together to clear the house of any incriminating evidence they were both aware she had been put into a deep slumber had not woken up - they needed to protect themselves . ` It is significant there were no phone calls for a period of one hour between 10:45 and the 999 call at 11:40 . In the context of the usual use of phone it was an unusual silent , ' Mr Grout-Smith added . Tests later showed Sophie had traces of four separate drugs in her hair . Three of her dummies had traces of cocaine powder on the teat . Methadone was also found on an upstairs bathroom sink . Officer searching the couple 's home discovered 146ml of the heroin substitute in their back garden . Just 5ml of the substance is enough to harm a child of Sophie 's age , the court heard . High traces of methadone were found in the child 's blood following a post-mortem examination . As none was found in her stomach , pathologists suggested she had digested the substance by the time of her death . She died from poisoning by methadone which led her to fall unconscious and inhale the stomach 's contents into her lungs . The trial continues . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article . | Sophie Jones , two , died from poisoning by methadone , an inquest ruled . Toddler 's drug addict parents ` kept substance in Tom and Jerry cups ' Mother Michelle King allegedly sold heroin substitute to other addicts . Paramedics found the toddler ` covered in vomit ' at couple 's home in March . Father Barry Jones denies manslaughter while mother admitted offence . | [[0, 70], [0, 25], [37, 70], [71, 146], [3509, 3517], [3524, 3587], [5800, 5836], [111, 146], [153, 207], [821, 895], [1330, 1343], [1356, 1400], [230, 283], [230, 242], [253, 365], [1723, 1732], [1735, 1753], [1984, 2054], [1984, 1994], [2006, 2016], [2025, 2092], [504, 529], [584, 607]] |
Barack Obama 's administration has cut the budget nearly in half for preventing domestic bombings , MailOnline can reveal . Under President George W. Bush , the Department of Homeland Security had $ 20 million allocated for preventing the use of improvised explosive devices -LRB- IEDs -RRB- by terrorists working inside the United States . The current White House has cut that funding down to $ 11 million . That assessment comes from Robert Liscouski , a former Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection , in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15 that killed three Americans and injured at least 173 others . He told MailOnline that the Obama-era DHS is , on the whole , about as well-positioned as it was during the Bush administration to handle the aftermath of the April 15 bombings in Boston , ` but the Obama administration has continued to cut the budget for offices such as the Office for Bombing Prevention from $ 20 million started under Bush , to $ 11 million today . ' Robert Liscouski was the first Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection , and was responsible for creating the Office of Infrastructure Protection Directorate . That sub-agency 's job included protecting U.S. sites from improvised explosives , and it later spun off the Office for Bombing Prevention . President Obama received an updated briefing on the Boston Marathon explosions during an April 16 meeting . OBP was represented by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano , at far left . ` Comparatively , ' he added , ` the Defense Department 's Joint IED Defeat Organization had a budget of $ 1 billion per year focused on preventing IEDs in the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters . ' ` Clearly more money needs to be focused on countering domestic IEDs , ' Liscouski concluded . He is now a partner at Edge 360 , a security and intelligence consultancy . The Office for Bombing Prevention -LRB- OBP -RRB- was created in 2003 when the Department of Homeland Security was founded . Its original name was the WMD/Bombing Prevention Unit , and it was part of the department 's Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate . The sub-agency was renamed the Office for Bombing Prevention in 2006 , according to a 2009 DHS briefing booklet obtained by MailOnline and marked ` FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY . ' Today the OBP describes its mission as ` enhanc -LSB- ing -RSB- the Nation 's ability to prevent , protect against , respond to , and mitigate the terrorist use of explosives against critical infrastructure , the private sector , and Federal , State , local , tribal , and territorial entities . ' Its website says it works to ` coordinate national and intergovernmental bombing prevention efforts ' and ` enhance counter-IED capabilities . ' In February , President Obama issued a National Policy for Countering Improvised Explosives that now governs OBP . ` We must not become complacent , ' he wrote . Patrick Starke , an accomplished security expert , runs the Office for Bombing Prevention . He has managed security operations in the Navy , and was also an explosive ordnance disposal officer . But little is known about what role OBP actually plays in attempting . to prevent bombings at public events that could be considered . target-rich environments . Patrick Starke has headed the office since August 2012 . He has lengthy security management experience with a defense contractor , in the Navy , and as an explosive ordnance disposal officer . On February 26 the Obama White House issued a lengthy National Policy . for Countering Improvised Explosive Devices . Obama wrote in an . introduction to that document that ` we have no greater responsibility . than providing for the safety and security for -LSB- sic -RSB- our citizens , . allies , and partners ... The use of improvised explosive devices -LRB- IEDs -RRB- . threatens these interests by killing , injuring , and intimidating . citizens and political leaders around the world . ' ` We must not become complacent , ' he wrote . The policy document included statements about ` enhancing our focus on protecting American lives ' and ` screening , detecting , and protecting our people , facilities , transportation systems , -LSB- and -RSB- critical infrastructure . ' Obama 's effort followed President George W. Bush 's 2007 Homeland Security Presidential Directive-19 , which established a national policy on ` the prevention and detection of , protection against , and response to terrorist use of explosives -LRB- and IEDs -RRB- in the United States . ' President George W. Bush -LRB- L -RRB- created the Department of Homeland Security in 2003 as part of a broad response to the Sept. 11 , 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon . Former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge -LRB- R -RRB- was the cabinet-level agency 's first secretary . White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Joshua Earnest did n't respond to a question about whether there were any failures in the president 's National Policy for Countering Improvised Explosive Devices , or whether it was too soon to judge the February 2013 policy 's effectiveness . He referred MailOnline 's questions about the president 's February policy statement to DHS , where public affairs officer Brian Hyer did n't immediately provide answers to questions . Earnest also did n't respond to a question about how much money Obama 's current budget proposal , delivered to Congress on April 10 , allocates for domestic prevention of terrorist bombing attacks on American soil . But the February White House policy document acknowledged that ` the threat from IED use is likely to remain high in the coming decade and will continue to evolve in response to our abilities to counter them . ' ' A whole-of-government approach ... will best position the United States to discover plots to use IEDs in the United States , or against U.S. persons abroad , before those threats become imminent . The Boston-area Joint Terrorism Task Force did not respond to questions about whether an OBP representative was an active member . Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano is responsible for overseeing the federal government 's efforts to prevent bombings like the ones that claimed three lives on April 15 . Her press office did not answer questions about why the agency had cut funding for preventing improvised explosive devices . | $ 20 million budget under Bush became $ 11 million under Obama . Both administrations neglected domestic bombing prevention , devoting a tiny fraction of the $ 1 billion earmarked for IED prevention overseas . Obama issued a lengthy ` National Policy for Countering Improvised Explosive Devices ' in February but a spokesman wo n't say if it failed . | [[0, 97], [124, 154], [157, 305], [341, 408], [0, 97], [1564, 1572], [1577, 1735], [1575, 1724], [2809, 2820], [2823, 2900], [3521, 3592], [4357, 4405], [4414, 4591], [4899, 5122], [5189, 5280]] |
Former Corrie actor Bruce Jones has been spotted looking worse for wear during a drinking session despite claiming on TV he was beating his battle with booze and depression . The star , who played the Street 's resident drunk Les Battersby , was caught on camera leaving a pub just 36 hours before he appeared on ITV show Daybreak saying ' I feel great ' . Mr Jones had headed to the drinking hole after he made a brief appearance on Keith Lemon 's ITV2 panel show Celebrity Juice , arriving on set at 8.30 pm . SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO . Caught on camera : Coronation street Star Bruce Jones was spotted leaving the Chancellors pub in West London just 36 hours before he told Daybreak viewers he was beating his alcohol demons . Revealing : Former Coronation Street Actor was seen leaving a pub just 36 hours before he told Daybreak presenters Aled Jones and Kate Garraway that he was overcoming his problems with alcohol and depression . The 60-year-old was then said to have visited the nearby Chancellors pub , leaving the West London establishment at 9.30 pm , the Daily Mirror newspaper reported . He then joined friends in the bar at . the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith , where Celebrity Juice was filmed , . and was seen knocking back pints of Meantime beer . Mr Jones , who played Les Battersby between 1997 and 2007 , was later heard telling his drinking partners that he feared he had been photographed leaving the Chancellors pub . Yesterday the father-of-four appeared on ITV breakfast show Daybreak , having been booked to chat about his battles with alcohol and depression . In the live interview with presenters Aled Jones and Kate Garraway , Mr Jones told how he felt he had turned a corner after hitting rock bottom in 2009 when he tried to kill both himself and his wife Sandra by drunkenly grabbing the wheel of the car as she was driving . He said : ' I feel great . actually . I think that moment was I 'd been drinking all day and I was . supposed to go to North Wales with my wife and I 'd had enough . Candid : The 60-year-old actor told viewers that he had turned the corner having been booked on the show to talk about his issues . Spotted : Mr Jones , who played drunken Les Battersby between 1997 and 2007 , was seen leaving the pub after he filmed a cameo on Celebrity Juice on Wednesday . ' I love my wife , I love my wife . more than anything in the world , still do to this day , and I tried to . kill us both . I just grabbed the steering wheel and -LSB- thought -RSB- , `` If I 'm . going , you 're coming with me . I love you that much that you 're coming . with me '' . ' I know it sounds stupid , but at . that moment in time , that 's how I felt . ' He added : ` My friends rallied round and I suddenly decided , it 's got to end - either I 've got to end or it 's got to end - and `` it '' , as it turns out was depression . ' Mr Jones ' Daybreak appearance followed an interview with Tyneside newspaper the Sunday Sun where he compared himself to troubled footballer Paul Gascoigne , 45 , who is currently being treated for alcohol addiction . He said : ` Depression is as common as a cold . The more you do positive things , the better life gets . ' I thought : stop going to the pub , stop feeling sorry for yourself , stop blaming other people and blame yourself . ' Mr Jones also gave Gazza advice on how to recover from his latest alcohol-related setback , and said that , like the footballer , he had suffered when fans had offered to buy him a pint . ` The only advice I would give to Gazza is get well , ' he said . ` We can beat depression . I have beaten it . ' Banned : Bruce Jones was given a three year driving ban in 2010 after he admitted drunkenly grabbing the wheel of a car driven by wife Sandra , pictured right . In 1998 Mr Jones was banned from driving for three years after he admitted being drunk behind the wheel . He also admitted to drink driving in 2010 following the incident in the car with his wife and was spared a prison sentence . It was his drinking that led to Mr Jones being axed from Coronation Street after 10 years on the show when he told fellow pubgoers about upcoming storylines . He has struggled to find acting work since leaving the show and has confesses to having blown his fortune and saddled his family with debt which lead to his # 500,000 home in Cheshire being repossessed . Three years ago Mr Jones , who has been to rehab twice , was warned by doctors that more drinking could kill him . In an interview last year he revealed that he had drunk as many as 15 pints a day . Mr Jones ' agent was today said to be away for the weekend and unavailable for comment on his client 's recent drinking session . Fame : Bruce Jones is best known for playing layabout Les Battersby in soap Coronation Street . VIDEO : Watch Bruce Jones ' appearance on Daybreak . Watch the full video here : http://www.itv.com/daybreak/showbiz/bruce-jones-depression . | Actor Bruce Jones photographed leaving West London pub . 60-year-old downed pints after filming Celebrity Juice . Drinking session 36 hours before telling Daybreak viewers ' I feel great ' Star had compared himself to troubled Gazza in previous interview . | [[256, 316], [555, 658], [739, 806], [739, 769], [779, 841], [994, 1009], [1012, 1035], [937, 952], [1012, 1060], [2159, 2166], [2169, 2177], [2237, 2319], [357, 480], [1220, 1267], [79, 120], [256, 316], [322, 337], [340, 352], [555, 565], [602, 690], [739, 769], [779, 841], [1861, 1868], [1873, 1887], [2965, 3022]] |
Lewis Hamilton insisted he felt comfortable in chasing down and passing title rival Nico Rosberg at a rainy Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday . The race in Suzuka was overshadowed by a crash involving Marussia 's Jules Bianchi , who was left requiring surgery after suffering severe head injuries following a collision with a recovery vehicle . But , in terms of the now trivial battle between the Mercedes duo for this year 's drivers ' championship , Hamilton was the man to come out on top - picking up a third consecutive win to move 10 points clear of his German colleague . VIDEO Scroll down to watch Peter Windsor on Jules Bianchi crash at Sazuka . Lewis Hamilton holds up the trophy after winning the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka on Sunday . With Typhoon Phanfone sending plenty of wet weather towards the circuit , the race was red-flagged after just two laps despite starting under safety car conditions . Hamilton set about passing pole-sitter Rosberg once enough standing water had been cleared to allow the race to begin in earnest . And , even though he was following closely behind his team-mate for several laps , Hamilton felt in control of the race . ` Nico and I had a tough battle , we were pushing really hard , ' he said . ' I had a big moment at turn one when I was too late getting off the DRS as I was just pushing so hard but fortunately I was able to get back on track . ` The conditions were difficult throughout but I had more pace than Nico and could follow him quite comfortably in the early stages . Nico Rosberg leads Mercedes team-mate Hamilton in the early stages in wet conditions at Suzuka . ` This is not an easy circuit for following another car or for overtaking , but he made a mistake out of the last corner and I was able to pass . The whole approach then needed to change to look after the tyres and make sure I stayed in the lead until the end of the race . ' This was Hamilton 's maiden victory at Suzuka and comes at a crucial time in his quest for a second world championship . Rosberg had out-performed the Brit in Saturday 's dry qualifying session but was left conceding it was a case of `` damaged limitations '' after he came out second-best on race day . ' I struggled a lot with the balance of my car on the intermediate tyres , so I had to push hard to keep Lewis behind me , ' he said . ' I had a lot of oversteering which is why the rear end of my car was very nervous . That was really strange and I did n't have the necessary confidence in the corners ; we need to look into that in the next few days . Hamilton -LRB- centre -RRB- is on top of the podium alongside Rosberg -LRB- left -RRB- and Sebastian Vettel . ` It meant that Lewis was quicker today and deserved the win . It was damage limitation with losing only seven points to him . For the team it was a good result with another one-two . ' Sebastian Vettel , who announced on Saturday he was to leave Red Bull at the end of the season , took the final place on the podium after being the fastest man on track during the middle stages of the race . His team-mate Daniel Ricciardo , who will lead the team when Vettel completes his widely-anticipated move to Ferrari , was fourth with Jenson Button unfortunate to only come home fifth having enjoyed one of his best performances of the season . The 2009 champion peeled off into the pits to change from full wet tyres and onto the intermediate option as soon as the safety car had come in . Hamilton negotiates tough conditions before emerging victorious for his maiden victory at Suzuka . And Button benefited from the decision as those left on track followed his lead - with the McLaren man moving up into third place as a result . The ultimately superior pace of the Red Bull duo meant the 34-year-old could not take his first podium since the opening race in Australia , with his future still a mystery as rumours Fernando Alonso is to return to the Woking-based team . But McLaren race director Eric Boullier was happy with the performance of Button , as the team continues to fight with Force India over fifth place in the constructors 's standings . Jenson Button put in one of his best performances of the season to finish in fifth place . ` Jenson was the first driver in the field to stop to fit Intermediates , and , having done so , thereafter he drove very well all afternoon , ' said Boullier . ` Indeed , he may well have finished third had things panned out better for us at the end of the race in terms of Safety Car and pit-stop timing . ` Even so , the 10 points he scored for fifth place may well be useful to us in our efforts to move up the Constructors ' Championship table . ' | Lewis Hamilton won the Japanese Grand Prix to move 10 points clear of Nico Rosberg . It was the Brit 's maiden victory at the Suzuka Formula One circuit . The F1 race was overshadowed by crash involving Marussia 's Jules Bianchi . | [[0, 14], [24, 26], [64, 139], [502, 575], [652, 746], [652, 666], [687, 746], [3455, 3463], [3492, 3553], [652, 666], [687, 746], [1902, 1947], [3455, 3553], [3455, 3463], [3492, 3553], [140, 186], [179, 222]] |
Sol Campbell has backed former England team-mate and QPR defender Rio Ferdinand to defy his critics and prove his worth after a disappointing start to life at Loftus Road . Ferdinand joined Rangers on a one-year deal in July , linking up with his former West Ham boss Harry Redknapp in the process , after 12 successful years at Manchester United . However , things have n't entirely gone to plan for the 35-year-old , with him coming under a barrage of criticism for his performances so far this season as the R 's sit rock-bottom of the Premier League . VIDEO Scroll down to watch Harry Redknapp : Rio Ferdinand is the ultimate professional . Rio Ferdinand has received the backing of Sol Campbell as he struggles for form in QPR 's defence . Campbell , who played alongside Ferdinand for England , said he can still cut it in the Premier League . Campbell , who built up a formidable partnership with Ferdinand at the heart of the Three Lions defence in the 1990s , still believes the former England captain has plenty to offer at the highest level . When speaking to Sportsmail at the London Sports Writing Festival he said : ` I have no doubt in my mind that Rio can still compete at the top . ` I came back to Arsenal when I was 35 and played at the highest level for six months so why ca n't he ? ` At that time I felt I was the best defender around in the second half of that season -LRB- 2009-2010 -RRB- too and should have gone to the World Cup , so there 's no reason why Rio ca n't have a similar impact to that at QPR . Ferdinand went on The Jonathan Ross Show to announce he would be retiring at the end of the season . Ferdinand was dropped by manager Harry Redknapp to the bench for QPR 's defeat to Liverpool last Sunday . ` Once Rio gets what QPR are and the club understand him , everything will be fine . ' Considering QPR 's current plight , supporters would n't have been entirely pleased to have heard Ferdinand reveal his intention to hang up his boots at the end of the current season on The Jonathan Ross show aired on Saturday night . However , Campbell has backed Ferdinand to win over the R 's faithful , and says they must remain patient with him as he adjusts to surroundings at the club . He added : ` I do n't think anyone can question Rio 's hunger and desire for the game -- he 's a top professional . I think people have to remember that he is getting on now - he 's not a 21-year-old anymore . ` Once you go into the latter stages of your career you have to take extra care of yourself . There 's a completely different way of approaching the game . Ferdinand and Campbell were rock solid at the heart of the England defence for many years . Campbell -LRB- right -RRB- returned to Arsenal at the age of 35 and proved he could still perform at the top level . ` There 's a way of playing , resting , looking after your body - it 's totally different . Harry -LRB- Redknapp -RRB- will know that . ` When Arsene Wenger brought me back to Arsenal he had to manage me in a completely different way to when I was at the club before . ` I was obviously getting fit in pre-season , but I was n't training every day . I would play and then rest and have a warm down . As long as you 're ready for the game it 's fine . ` If you need your rest period you need it at the end of the day . There 's always a way of working around it though and I 'm sure QPR and Rio will realise that and reap the rewards in the end . ' | Sol Campbell has backed Rio Ferdinand to find form at QPR . The former Man United defender has struggled since joining R 's in July . QPR find themselves bottom of the Premier League . But Rio 's former England team-mate Campbell says he will succeed . Ferdinand announced this will be his last season on Jonathan Ross Show . | [[0, 172], [645, 744], [2072, 2131], [173, 224], [645, 744], [703, 744], [0, 172], [645, 744], [745, 753], [760, 798], [1533, 1633], [1533, 1542], [1551, 1633], [1863, 1873], [1911, 2030]] |
Samoa will go into their Four Nations debut against England under a cloud after three players were not considered for selection following a nightclub incident in Brisbane over the weekend . Reni Maitua , Tautau Moga and Sauaso Sue were omitted by coach Matt Parish after it was revealed they are the subject of an NRL Integrity Unit review . The Brisbane Courier Mail reported that Moga had been arrested following a nightclub brawl in the city 's Fortitude Valley . Samoa 's Tautau Moga -LRB- left -RRB- and Reni Maitua -LRB- right -RRB- are both unavailable against England on Saturday . Sauaso Sue -LRB- centre -RRB- has also not been considered after an alleged incident in a Brisbane nightclub . The Samoa team includes Castleford-bound stand-off Ben Roberts while St Helens prop Mose Masoe and Wakefield hooker or half-back Pita Godinet are on the bench . Team : T Simona -LRB- Wests Tigers -RRB- ; A Winterstein -LRB- North Queensland -RRB- , R Leutele -LRB- Cronulla -RRB- , J Leilua -LRB- Newcastle -RRB- , D Vidot -LRB- Brisbane -RRB- ; B Roberts -LRB- Melbourne -RRB- , K Stanley -LRB- St George Illawarra -RRB- ; S Tagaetese Cronulla -RRB- , M Sio -LRB- New Zealand Warriors -RRB- , D Fa'alogo -LRB- Newcastle -RRB- , F Pritchard -LRB- Canterbury Bulldogs -RRB- , L Ah Mau -LRB- St George Illawarra -RRB- , J McGuire -LRB- Brisbane -RRB- . Replacements : P Godinet -LRB- Wakefield -RRB- , J Sene-Lefao -LRB- Manly -RRB- , I Liu -LRB- Sydney Roosters -RRB- , M Masoe -LRB- St Helens -RRB- . | Samoa face England in their Four Nations Series opener on Saturday . Coach Matt Parish left out the trio as an NRL Integrity Unit review is done . Tautau Moga is reported to have been arrested in Brisbane . | [[190, 341], [265, 341], [342, 466]] |
Friends of an Australian man believed to be fighting with terror group Islamic State have paid tribute to Zia Abdul-Haq who they say has been killed on the battlefield . Abdul-Haq - who is also known as Abu Yusseph - lived in Logan , south of Brisbane in Queensland , before he travelled to Syria in August to fight alongside other IS militants , leaving behind his former wife and child . The man was prolific on social media - including Twitter - and his account was filled with content that made light of the terror group 's sinister reputation . Scroll down for video . A fellow militant who is thought to have fought alongside Zia Abdul-Haq has confirmed the Logan man is dead . The Australian is thought to have made his way to Syria in August . Friends back home say he was looking for a new wife . A fellow militant who is thought to have fought alongside Abdul-Haq confirmed his death on October 3 , but friends did not learn of his death until Monday . He paid tribute to the Australian by uploading a photo of Abdul-Haq sitting with his legs crossed in front of him looking at his mobile phone , and then went on to say he had seen his body . On a Twitter account linked to Wisam Haddad - the man behind the controversial Al-Risalah Islamic Centre in Sydney which closed its doors last month - tributes starting flowing for Abdul-Haq , The Australian reported . Calling him a ` shaheed ' , Dr Haddad described his friend as a ` beautiful brother ' who was ` always smiling ' . ` Shaheed ' means ` martyr ' in Arabic . Wisam Haddad - the man behind the controversial Al-Risalah Islamic Centre in Sydney which closed its doors last month - paid tribute to Abdul-Haq with this post . Dr Haddad also asked ` Allah to accept him ' and wrote ` Allahu Akbar ' in capitals , which means ` God is the greatest ' . Later he posted a meme-style photo of Abdul-Haq with a weapon behind him superimposed on a blue background with the words : ` Abu Yosouf Al Khurasani May Allah Accept Him -LRB- Martyred on the day of Arafah -RRB- . ' The Day of Arafah is a holy day in the Islamic faith and is part of the yearly pilgrimage to Mecca . These words were accompanied by a translated passage from the Qur ` an , which read : ` And never think of those who have been killed in the cause of Allah as dead . Rather , they are alive with their lord -LRB- sic -RRB- , receiving provision ' . Abdul-Haq has been described as a ` beautiful brother ' who was ` always smiling ' Other Twitter users also paid tribute to the Logan man who fled to Syria in August . Daily Mail Australia has contacted the Australian Federal Police for comment on this matter . In the past , Abdul-Zaq has used his Twitter account to showcase what life was like fighting for IS in the Middle East . He posted a series of videos on YouTube with titles such as ` funny terrorist video part 1 ' - as well as Twitter images of militants cuddling cats , playing video games and training with assault weaponry . The Logan man - who friends back home say he travelled to Syria to find a wife - has also tweeted that he was ` proud to be part of #IslamicState ' and denied claims he was ` brainwashed ' by Australian preacher Musa Cerantonio who was arrested in the Philippines and then deported back to Australian in July . A couple of weeks later following Cerantonio 's deportation , Abdul-Haq posted an image of fighters in the Middle East watching a video of the preacher . ` Mujahideen -LRB- warriors -RRB- in Ash-Shaam watching Musa Cerantonio 's talks #IS #ISIS #jihadist #caliphate #Khilafah , ' Abdul-Haq wrote . | Zia Abdul-Haq - also known as Abu Yusseph - died in Syria on October 3 . Friends of the Australian believed to be part of the terror group paid tribute to him . He was described as a ` beautiful brother ' who was ` always smiling ' Abdul-Haq was prolific on social media for making light the Islamic State 's sinister reputation . The Logan man fled Australia in August , with friends saying he was in Syria to find a new wife . | [[170, 179], [186, 216], [0, 70], [0, 28], [38, 78], [0, 28], [71, 119], [963, 996], [1401, 1456], [1435, 1456], [1463, 1475], [1435, 1456], [1469, 1483], [2382, 2435], [2414, 2435], [2442, 2454], [2414, 2435], [2448, 2462], [390, 448], [481, 488], [494, 549], [2644, 2655], [2658, 2764], [684, 751], [684, 698], [710, 751], [752, 805], [774, 805], [2506, 2519], [2524, 2549], [2972, 3069]] |
` The big man is back in town , ' so Christian Benteke did not say on his first appearance in a match for Aston Villa in six months . Wayne Rooney 's famous utterance at the 2006 World Cup is far removed from words that might fall from the Belgium striker 's lips , even if it feels that way for Paul Lambert . Benteke is a quieter soul , the kind who broke the news to friends and family that he would miss a potentially career-defining tournament in Brazil this summer with telephone calls conducted in calm tones . Christian Benteke -LRB- right -RRB- has been injured for six months , but made his return the U21 Development league . Benteke -LRB- right -RRB- started for Villa U21s on September 29 , scoring a penalty and playing an hour in the match . It was April 3 when he shaped to shoot during a training session at Villa 's Bodymoor Heath training complex and instead crumpled to the floor in agony , not knowing exactly what had afflicted him . By the time he picked up his mobile he was aware it would be at least half a year before he could contemplate prowling the pitch again . Had he not worked so hard , treating his physiotherapy with Villa 's medical staff so seriously , during his lay-off it could have been longer . But the boots came on in earnest against Bolton Wanderers for Villa 's Under-21s game on Monday afternoon -- six months to the day since his last match , a 4-1 defeat at Old Trafford . It was another step on the road to full recovery , which still carries potential for peaks and troughs . He scored a penalty , set up a chance for Jores Okore , and lasted 63 minutes before being substituted . Lambert , enthused about the return of his best player , will contemplate naming him on the bench for the visit of Manchester City on Saturday . If not to play , it will provide Benteke and his teammates with a psychological boost . His presence is such it can lift a performance and he would benefit from a matchday atmosphere . Pictured scoring against Norwich in March , Benteke has been a big miss for Villa since his injury . Benteke impressed against Bolton Under 21s , but fans must be patient until he is back to full fitness . It may still be another month before he is able to complete 90 minutes to full effect and Villa fans must be patient . But the statistics show his importance . Since Benteke signed from Genk in 2012 he has scored 34 goals in 67 appearances . With him , Villa win 30 per cent of games , that figure is 26 per cent without him . Possession , passing accuracy , and crosses per game all increase by fractions too when he plays . But it is his offensive impact in this altered Villa side that should be felt greatest . Successive 3-0 defeats to Arsenal and Chelsea should not cloud the fact this team remains significantly stronger in defence that the one Benteke departed . Villa collected 10 points from their first four Premier Leauge games off the back of just six shots on target and four goals . Benteke will advance those numbers . Benteke scored a penalty , set up a chance for Jores Okore , and lasted 63 minutes before being substituted . The Belgian international was back in training this week at Bodymoor Heath , Aston Villa 's training ground . There are 8.7 shots per game when he plays , compared to 6.7 when he does n't , and 1.2 goals scored per game , compared to 0.8 when he does n't . That is the difference between another season struggling against relegation and a first campaign in four years where the threat of the drop does n't feature . Lambert must be thankful this troublesome injury , the same which kept Charles N'Zogbia out for the entirety of last season , has denied Benteke the chance of competitive action for a relatively short time . Even if he does not feature until the trip to Everton on October 18 , after the international break , Benteke will have missed just 14 Premier League games for Villa . Being unable to represent Belgium in Brazil will have hurt deeply but it enabled him to join his club on the pre-season tour of Texas in July and focus on recovering during the summer . Mark Leather , head of sport development at Bolton and former head physiotherapist at Liverpool , believes Benteke and Villa deserve credit for the timing of his return but explains how the injury still needs to be closely monitored . Benteke will have been devastated to miss Belgium 's World Cup campaign in Brazil over the summer . Benteke was all smiles in the week , as he trained with the first team at Aston Villa 's training ground . ` Achilles tendons are notoriously quite complex to rehabilitate , the outcomes are not consistent as with other injuries , ' says Leather . ` There are more peaks and troughs in the rehab journey than ligament reconstructions or fractures . ` The tendon is an extension of three big muscles in calf and is key in the ability to push off and accelerate into air . That puts it under immense strain . ` It 's a good recovery time , not rushing him back too quickly . Benteke will be raring to go but this is the next stage of what is a very long process . ` The chance of re-rupturing is very slim . But you only know what will happen with games . For the next month to six weeks there will be a grey area , with the medical team assessing how he is coping . ' Benteke 's left foot felt fine after his match against Leather 's team . Fine will do for Lambert , pleased his big man is back in town . Wolves missed the chance to top the Championship by losing to Huddersfield on Wednesday night . But it remains a fine stat after 10 games for three teams of the Midlands . Nottingham Forest sit second as things stand and Derby fourth . Wolves are now seventh . We have four teams from the region in the Premier League and that number could swell come May . Peter Crouch looked like the fall guy in Mark Hughes 's evolution of Stoke City as focus shifted to pace and quick passing . But the former England player still possesses required quality at 33 to contribute in moves and has shown that a striker of substance is needed to convert style into points . Two goals in two games and his understanding with Victor Moses is promising . | Christian Benteke was injured during an Aston Villa training session on April 3 , and has missed 14 Premier League matches . He stepped up his recovery with an hour for the U21 Development squad , scoring a penalty and grabbing an assist . The Belgian international missed the World Cup in Brazil , but doing so meant he was able to travel with Villa on their pre-season tour . Statistically , Villa are much improved when he is in the side , but fans must be patient until he is fully fit after a serious injury . Villa boss Paul Lambert could name Benteke on the bench at the weekend , as his side host Premier League champions Manchester City . | [[757, 908], [3808, 3817], [3838, 3905], [637, 701], [637, 662], [704, 733], [637, 662], [726, 756], [1242, 1343], [1528, 1547], [3004, 3028], [3976, 4091], [4327, 4426], [4327, 4334], [4361, 4426], [2109, 2168], [2169, 2181], [2185, 2287], [1633, 1640], [1643, 1687], [1690, 1777]] |
The BBC was accused yesterday of keeping the growing paedophilia scandal from the airwaves in order to protect the Labour Party . Until yesterday afternoon , the corporation had refused to report that three Labour figures had leading positions in a human rights group that backed the notorious Paedophile Information Exchange . The story has been on the Mail 's front page three times but the BBC cut all reference to it from its press reviews yesterday . The BBC was accused yesterday of keeping the growing paedophilia scandal from the airwaves in order to protect the Labour Party . Philip Davies , a Tory MP on the Commons culture , media and sport committee , said the reason for the BBC 's continued silence was institutional left-wing bias . ` It is a scandal that the Daily Mail is one of the most read papers in the country but is ignored by the national broadcaster , ' he said . ` The BBC is interested only in stories that favour the Labour party or that appear in the Guardian . If this were about Conservative MPs the Labour party would be up in arms and the story would have been leading Newsnight five days running . ' A BBC spokesman said : ` BBC News is an impartial , independent news organisation and decides its editorial priorities based on merit alone and without external help . ' Philip Davies , a Tory MP on the Commons culture , media and sport committee , said the reason for the BBC ¿ s continued silence was institutional left-wing bias . Yesterday Sky News journalist Jon Craig confronted Labour leader Ed Miliband about the affair and reported on the story during the channel 's evening bulletin . Adding to the mounting confusion , its own journalists have provided contradictory excuses for why the story has been ignored . While some claimed they were given ` legal advice ' to drop it , an official spokesman insisted news bosses simply decided the story was ` not new ' . Since it published the results of its PIE investigation last Wednesday , the Daily Mail has run a series of articles -- including two further front page splashes - calling for the Labour trio to answer key questions about their time at the National Council For Civil Liberties -LRB- NCCL -RRB- in the 1970s . But yesterday 's front page story was still ignored by the BBC in its daily newspaper round ups on TV and radio . Late on Sunday night , the BBC News Channel was the first to preview the next day 's front pages . It found time to discuss the front pages of the The Daily Telegraph , The Guardian , The Times , The Independent , The Daily Express and The Sun , but made no mention of the Mail 's main story . On Radio 4 , the Today programme yesterday summarised a string of articles -- from the situation in Ukraine to the news Piers Morgan has quit his CNN talk show -- in its two newspaper reviews at 6.38 am and 7.35 am . Once again , there was no mention of the PIE . Radio Five Live also omitted the Daily Mail story from its 5.15 am newspaper summary , and an online article about the day 's front pages made no mention of the PIE story . The striking gap in the BBC 's coverage was not missed by its viewers and listeners , many of whom took to Twitter to voice their frustration that the story had not been given airtime . But the corporation gave conflicting justifications for the continued omission . Last Wednesday , Five Live broadcaster Nicky Campbell blamed ` legal advice ' for his failure to mention the Mail 's original splash in his newspaper review , saying there was a ` lack of sources ' and adding it ` would have been one to go big on if we could stand up . ' But when MailOnline published copies of all the key documents in the investigation later the same day , the BBC quickly changed its stance . Yesterday Sky News journalist Jon Craig confronted Labour leader Ed Miliband about the affair and reported on the story during the channel 's evening bulletin . An official spokesman claimed the affair was in fact being ignored for editorial reasons , adding : ` The story in question is not new , and instead , we have followed several big , breaking news story . ' The BBC 's first mention of the story was in an online article yesterday afternoon that repeated Miss Harman 's allegation she was the victim of a ` politically motivated smear campaign . ' Its reticence was in marked contrast to its commercial rival Sky News . The channel aired a lengthy discussion about yesterday 's Daily Mail front page on its Sunday night press preview programme . Presenter Eamonn Holmes again mentioned the story in his round-up of the day 's papers in his early morning show Sunrise . And yesterday afternoon Sky journalist Jon Craig confronted Labour leader Ed Miliband about the affair and reported on the affair during the evening news bulletin . | Failed to report Labour figures ` link ' with Paedophile Information Exchange . Story has been on Mail 's front page three times - BBC cut all reference to it . It has prompted accusations of ` left-wing bias ' be the corporation . | [[328, 384], [389, 455], [1909, 1969], [1980, 2100], [2222, 2251], [2256, 2331], [2431, 2433], [2582, 2625], [2843, 2853], [2856, 2889], [2890, 2905], [2911, 2974], [2981, 3062], [586, 599], [665, 748], [1305, 1318], [1384, 1461]] |
Fifty Shades of Grey has a lot to answer for . Not only has the bestselling book sparked a revolution in bondage-inspired lingerie , been credited for reviving millions of sex lives and even encouraging people to experiment with light bondage , it 's now inspired a new range of sex toys - sex toys for men , that is . Launched by the UK 's leading sex toy . manufacturer , Lovehoney and developed with sex and relationship expert . and MailOnline contributor Tracey Cox , Edge is the world 's first . mainstream male sex toy range . From clockwise : The Stamina Sleeve , Stamina Pump , Stamina ring set , Vibrating Ring , Adjustable Ring are some of the new products from the Edge range for men by Lovehoney . Fifty shades of success : The bestselling book , left , has sold over 100 million copies worldwide and made it 's author , E L James , right , a millionaire . Cox has spent years developing the products and interviewed thousands of men who want to improve their sex lives . She says : ' I have been writing , researching and talking about sex in books and on television and radio for 25 years and I get asked the same questions by men the world over . ` It 's always the same three : Am I big enough ? Am I hard enough ? How do I last longer ? '' ' One for the boys ! Lovehoney 's Edge range of sex toys for men includes the Stamina & Enhancing Pump , # 29.99 , left and the Stamina Sleeve , right , # 12.99 , used to ` intensify a solo sex session and train him to last longer in bed ' Play things : The Adjustable Stamina Ring , left , is a silicone ring designed to make erections , ` last longer and look more impressive , ' say Lovehoney . It 's priced at # 14.99 . The Stamina Ring Set , right , are available in three sizes for # 9.99 . Tracey Cox added of the range : ` The time is right to launch the world 's . first mainstream range of products aimed solely at men and the aim of . Edge is to educate and inform men and to provide simple and effective . solutions to their top three sexual needs . ' The innovative collection of products has been designed to improve male sexual performance and help men last longer in bed . Products such as the Edge Penis Pump can improve the size and quality of a man 's erection , according to research . That 's one we 've never seen before ! Love Honey 's Vibrating Stamina Ring promises to ` achieve harder , longer-lasting erections and stimulate her at the same time , ' # 14.99 . Sex toy boom : The TV show Sex In The City , which ran from 1998 until 2004 , was credited for awakening women 's sexual appetite . From left : Kristin Davis , Sarah Jessica Parker , Kim Cattrall , Cynthia Nixon . Lovehoney report that sales of . sex toys to men have soared since the book 's publication in 2012 . Written . by British E L James , it 's sold over 100 million copies worldwide and . is currently being made into a Hollywood film starring Irish actor Jamie Dornan as it 's controversial antihero , Christian Grey . Grey , a gorgeous billionaire with a Red Room for his BDSM antics , has inspired British men to be better and more adventurous in bed , according to Love Honey . They credit the book 's phenomenal success . and - the TV show Sex and the City - for transforming the male sex toy . market , which is now worth a staggering # 10 million a year and is . predicted to be the fastest growing sector of the sex toy industry in . 2014 . Actors Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson filming a night scene on the set of ` Fifty Shades Of Grey ' in Vancouver , December 2013 . Jamie Dornan , left , is playing billionaire Christian Grey , who has been credited for the male sex toy boom in recent years . ` Sales of male sex toys have been steadily increasing over the . last decade and it is the fastest growing sector in the market , ' says . Cox . ` We think lots of men will try out these new toys in the hope of improving their performance in bed . And lots of women will buy the products for their partners for the same reason ! ' The range includes the Stamina & Enhancing Pump , which ` creates a vacuum to improve blood flow to the penis , ensuring healthy , firm erections . Also , the Adjustable Stamina Ring , a silicone ring designed to make erections last longer and look more impressive and the Stamina Ring Set , doughnut-shaped rings in three sizes for contrasting tightness and intensity . Finally , the Intense Stimulation Stamina Sleeve is used to intensify ` solo sex ' and Extreme Sensation Personal Lubricant can be used safely on both men and women . | Developed by Tracey Cox and Lovehoney over years of research . Cox hopes they , ` educate men and provide solutions to their sexual needs ' | [[870, 913], [1904, 1975], [1904, 1908], [1927, 1937], [1942, 1975]] |
The sales tax on cookies , chips , sodas and other junk food sold on the country 's largest American Indian reservation is going up . Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly signed legislation on Friday to increase by 2 per cent the sales tax on food with little to no nutritional value , starting next year . No other sales tax on the Navajo Nation specifically targets the spending habits of consumers . It will remain in effect until 2020 , but it can be extended by the Navajo Nation Council . A Navajo family outside their traditional dwelling called a hogan on a Navajo reservation - thousands of people live without electricity and have no way of storing perishable food items for too long . Navajos advocating for a junk-food tax said they wanted to pass a bill that could serve as a model for Indian Country to improve the rates of diabetes and obesity among tribal members . Proposals targeting sugary drinks with proposed bans , size limits , tax hikes and warning labels have n't gained widespread traction across the country . ` We want them to think twice about buying healthy foods instead of soda pop , potato chips and the junk food , ' said Gloria Begay of the Dine Community Advocacy Alliance . ` The effort is really much more in the message of Navajo people making better choices for quality foods . ' The bill cited statistics from the Navajo-area Indian Health Service that said about one-third of Navajos are diabetic or pre-diabetic , and the obesity rate for some age groups is as high as 60 percent . Diabetes was the fourth-leading cause of death in the Navajo area from 2003 to 2005 , the health service said . The $ 1 million-a-year that the additional tax is expected to generate will pay for projects including farmer 's markets , vegetable gardens and wellness and exercise equipment in the tribe 's 110 communities . Begay said her group is meeting with tribal officials to figure out exactly how the money will be disbursed . The Navajo Nation -LRB- pictured -RRB- is putting a tax on junk food to try to cut obesity rates on the reservation . Another bill to eliminate the tribe 's 5 percent sales tax on fresh fruit and vegetables sold on the Navajo Nation went into effect October 1 . Shelly vetoed another version of the junk food tax earlier this year . His spokesman , Deswood Tome , said Friday that the latest version is clearer on how it will be implemented . Representatives of the beverage industry had lobbied the tribe to reject the tax , saying it would create problems for retailers and does n't solve health problems . It also applies to sports drinks , fruit juice and pita chips . The tax wo n't add significantly to the price of junk food , but buying food on the reservation presents obstacles that do n't exist in most of urban America . The reservation is a vast 27,000 square miles with few grocery stores and a population with an unemployment rate of around 50 percent . Thousands of people live without electricity and have no way of storing perishable food items for too long . | Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly signed legislation to increase by 2 per cent the sales tax on food with little to no nutritional value next year . The obesity rate for some Navajo age groups is as high as 60 percent . | [[134, 281], [134, 161], [284, 304], [1459, 1522]] |
Danny Welbeck 's impressive start to his Arsenal career can largely be attributed to the players and backroom staff assembled at the Emirates , according to Calum Chambers . Chambers , who also arrived at the Gunners this summer following a # 12million move from Southampton , has praised the welcoming nature of the squad and staff at the north London club . ` He has settled in really well , ' said Chambers of his team-mate , after the former Manchester United striker scored a hat-trick in Arsenal 's 4-1 win over Galatasaray at the Emirates on Wednesday night . Danny Welbeck scored a hat-trick in Arsenal 's Champions League clash against Galatasaray on Wednesday . Welbeck and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain pose with the match ball after the striker scored his first career treble . Alexis Sanchez was seen sporting an ice pack on his ankle in the second half after he was substituted . Chambers added : ` When I first came , I said the bunch of lads here and the staff are so welcoming to a new person that it is hard not to settle in quickly to be honest . ' Welbeck 's treble takes him to four goals in five appearances for the Gunners and also marked the first professional hat-trick of his career . ` He is an athlete with pace and power on the ball and he is willing to work hard , ' said Chambers . ` He is a goalscorer , so he is everything you could ask for . He is a great influence for the team . ' Calum Chambers has enjoyed a strong start to his career at Arsenal following his move from Southampton . Alexis Sanchez , Arsenal 's # 30million arrival from Barcelona , has also impressed since signing from the Nou Camp . Sanchez scored Arsenal 's third goal on the night with a well-taken finish shortly before the interval . But the Chile international was later substituted and was seen nursing a knock to his ankle with an ice pack ahead of Sunday 's London derby against Chelsea . Ahead of the clash at Stamford Bridge , Chambers said : ` We will go into it with high hopes and we are on a good run . ` We had a good result tonight and we will give it our best shot . It will be a tough game , but we will go into it 100 per cent focused and look for a result . ' | Former Manchester United striker scored a hat-trick against Galatasaray . It marked his first career treble and inspired Arsenal to a 4-1 victory . Chambers , a # 12million summer signing from Southampton , claimed it is ` hard not to settle in ' at the Emirates Stadium . | [[435, 545], [739, 783], [435, 545], [567, 671], [739, 783], [1062, 1079], [1149, 1204], [174, 182], [194, 252], [174, 182], [229, 274], [1009, 1044], [1411, 1515]] |
Liverpool will consider a January move for West Bromwich Albion striker Saido Berahino . The England Under 21 international starlet has been targeted by Tottenham Hotspur and there has been a # 15million offer mooted by the north London club . That falls ways short of the price which would persuade West Brom to sell . West Brom and England Under 21 striker Saido Berahino has 11 goals for club and country this season . Berahino slots home West Brom 's equaliser in the last minute in the 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace . Brendan Rodgers ' Liverpool are after Berahino but West Brom will want at least # 25million for him . The Baggies believe Berahino is worth in excess of # 25m , and Liverpool 's potential interest could see a bidding battle with Spurs . It is already recognised in Liverpool circles that the signing of Mario Balotelli is a gamble which has not worked . But the Reds will find it hard to ` move on ' Balotelli in the January transfer window . Even if they ca n't , the club are set to move for a new striker , with Behahino now high on the list . Swansea 's Wilfried Bony - a Spurs target last summer - is another option for the Reds . Mario Balotelli -LRB- left -RRB- tussles with James Chester -LRB- right -RRB- during Liverpool 's 0-0 draw with Hull at Anfield . Berahino celebrates another goal with the Under 21s and a senior call up could be just around the corner . Tony Pulis is being lined up as Harry Redknapp 's successor at QPR as pressure grows on the boss . Mon : Adel Taarabt makes Harry Redknapp 's accusation that he 's not playing for QPR because he is three stone overweight look rather foolish by getting his shirt off for the lads and revealing a washboard-looking stomach . If only we could all be that overweight , eh ? Tue : While Manuel Pellegrini had a point complaining about the ` behind closed doors ' farce in Moscow , he was really deflecting from another poor display by Manchester City in the Champions League . They surrendered a two-goal lead which leaves their hopes of progressing hanging by a thread . Wed : Arsenal display great spirit by winning their Champions League game against Anderlecht that had seemed lost until the last few minutes . It could be a sign that the Gunners have that bit extra to go along in Europe this season given the Premier League title already seems beyond them . Thurs : Tottenham 's Erik Lamela comes good at last with a wonder goal in the Europa League . But it still remains to be seen whether he produces such magic in the Premier League -LRB- see Libero -RRB- . Fri : Ahead of ` El Clasico ' , Luis Suarez snaps after being asked about the incident which caused his ban then storms out of a press conference . Why is Suarez so , er , bitter ? Tony Pulis is being lined up as Harry Redknapp 's successor at Queens Park Rangers . The word on the grapevine is that Redknapp may only have two games to save his job . That process starts on Monday night at Loftus Road when QPR take on Aston Villa . They face Chelsea next weekend , too . It has been perceived that if Redknapp is ousted then Glenn Hoddle , whom he brought in as coach , would take over . Indeed that was one plan . Hoddle could well be asked to hold the fort in the short term should Redknapp go and the emergency engagement could evolve . Tim Sherwood would also come in to the equation as a successor given his close relationship with Les Ferdinand , who is now Head of Football Operations at the club . But Football Grapevine sources say club owner Tony Fernandes may well see Pulis as the best man to lead Rangers to safety just as he did at Crystal Palace last season . ... . Winston Reid wants # 60,000-a-week to sign a new contract at West Ham . The club are reluctant to raise their most recent offer of about # 45,000-a-week . But given Reid 's contribution to the club 's excellent start to the season , West Ham may cede to his demands - especially with his contract expiring at the end of the season . Defender Winston Reid wants a # 60,000-a-week deal to sign a new contract at West Ham . Roy Hodgson is considering giving Tottenham 's England Under 21 striker Harry Kane a call up for the Euro 2016 qualifier against Slovenia and the friendly versus Scotland next month . Hammers boss Sam Allaydyce has let it be known to Hodgson that he feels Stewart Downing is worthy of a recall to the England set up . Harry Kane wheels away en route to scoring a hat-trick in Tottenham 's 5-1 demolition of Asteras Tripolis . Manchester City are considering challenging neighbours Manchester United and Arsenal for Real Madrid 's Sami Khedira in January . Sportsmail had previously reported that Carlo Ancelotti will attempt to block any move to buy Khedira this January , but Real Madrid will overrule their coach if the offer comes close to their # 10million valuation of the player whose contract runs out at the end of the season . Sami Khedira celebrates winning the World Cup with Germany in Brazil in the summer . Khedira could leave Real Madrid in January if an offer of around # 10million comes in . I am hearing . The company Hawk-Eye , whose goal-line technology was again vindicated on Saturday , immediately ruling what proved to be Diafra Sakho 's winner for West Ham versus Manchester City good , are now working on a system which will offer instant offside decisions . Joe Hart fails to stop the header from Diafra Sakho as West Ham take a 2-0 lead on Saturday . I am also hearing . Although Sam Allardyce has turned the team and his fortunes around at West Ham thus far - not least in the eyes of co-owner David Sullivan - the club will not be rushing into talks over a new contract . Allardyce 's current reputed # 2.7million-a-year deal expires next summer . Russell Brand -LRB- right -RRB- kisses West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce after their victory over Manchester City . By the way ... Opinion seems divided as to whether Mario Balotelli was wrong to swap shirts at half-time when Liverpool were getting their shirts stuffed by Real Madrid last week . For what it is worth I think he was wrong , showing no respect for his team mates , the fans , the badge and indeed the idea of competitive sport where the shirt is a symbol of the team ethic . It seems to me the time has come for the football authorities to act on this issue so there is no debate . If a player can be shown a yellow card for ripping off his shirt as part of a goal celebration , then swapping shirts at any point during a match should be a red card offence . Mario Balotelli swapped shirts with Real Madrid centre-back Pepe at half-time on Wednesday . i-Bet . Following Manchester City 's defeat at West Ham , Chelsea can forge ahead in the title race at Old Trafford on Sunday . That is why Jose Mourinho may now instruct his team to go for the kill and win , rather than seek a draw . A Chelsea win is 6/4 . I fancy Coral 's offer of 12/1 for a 2-0 Blues win . Following Manchester City 's defeat at West Ham , Chelsea can forge ahead in the title race at Old Trafford on Sunday . That is why Jose Mourinho may now instruct his team to go for the kill , and win , rather than seek draw . A Chelsea win is 6/4 . I fancy Coral 's offer of 12/1 for a 2-0 Blues win . Libero . Tottenham 's Erik Lamela caused a bit of a stir last week with a bit of maverick magic in scoring a ` wonder goal ' for Tottenham in their Europa Cup win over Astreas Trioplis . It 's easy to see why many fans got so excited but it did seem some top professionals went over the top in their praise . Indeed one ex-pro striker I know , while admiring the technique , questioned whether Lamela would have been able to pull off that bit of showboating against anything other than low grade opposition . ` If it had been 0-0 in a cup final and one chance come along would he do it then ? Can you imagine if you got it wrong , fell over and the chance went and the game was lost ? , ' my pal asked . Harsh ? A bit of jealousy even ? Maybe . Erik Lamela 's astonishing rabona strike put Tottenham Hotspur in control against Asteras Tripolis . Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino gives Lamela a pat on the back after his goalscoring exploits . Anyway , as we all know now the technical term for a reverse scissor kick is actually a ` rabona ' . And here is the definition : . A method of kicking the football with the kicking leg wrapped around the back of the standing leg , so it appears the player has their legs crossed . The first reported rabona happened in a league game in Argentina in 1948 and was performed by Ricardo Infante . Soon after , a magazine front cover featured Infante dressed as a pupil with the caption ` Infante played hooky ' ; rabona means to skip school in Spanish . Diego Maradona , Roberto Baggio , Gianfranco Zola and Paul Gascoigne are among the players who have performed a successful rabona during a game . England legend Paul Gascoigne performs the rabona in 1991 as he dons the Three Lions jersey . Back Heel . There are those who argue that had George Best signed for Chelsea in the early Seventies his career would have been re-booted and the success the Blues had winning the FA Cup then European Cup Winners Cup with swagger would have been sustained . As it was Chelsea , like ` Bestie ' , lost their way . That said , Best did appear for Chelsea in Peter Osgood 's testimonial in 1975 . And his two goals in that game prompted then-Blues manager Eddie McCreadie to try and sign Best , who at the time was playing for Fourth Division Stockport ` on licence ' from United . Peter Osgood -LRB- centre -RRB- at his testimonial match with George Best -LRB- left -RRB- and Alan Hudson -LRB- right -RRB- in 1975 . Stockport were paying Best , who was just 29 , # 300 a week , which was more than the weekly wages of most players in the then First Division . When Chelsea approached Best he asked for # 1,000 a week - a staggering sum back in the day . Blues chairman Brian Mears refused . A year later Best would sign for Fulham and for a season or so his career alongside Rodney Marsh enjoyed a revival before he ended up show-boating in the United States . One can only imagine though what it would have been like on and off the pitch had Best teamed up with Osgood and Alan Hudson sooner . The picture above conjures up thoughts . | Liverpool will consider a January move for West Brom 's Saido Berahino . Berahino has been targeted by Tottenham , with a # 15million offer mooted . But Baggies believe the 21-year-old is worth in excess of # 25m . Even if Liverpool ca n't shift Mario Balotelli , an offer could be made . Tony Pulis is being lined up as Harry Redknapp 's successor at QPR . Winston Reid wants # 60,000-a-week to sign a new deal at West Ham . Roy Hodgson is considering giving Tottenham 's Harry Kane a call up . 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Marussia have confirmed they will run only one car at the Russian Grand Prix ` out of respect ' to Jules Bianchi . The Frenchman remains in a stable but critical condition in Mie University Hospital following his horror crash last Sunday . And the British based team will leave his car vacant in Sochi , entering only the Briton Max Chilton , who said he is ` truly devastated ' by his team-mate 's condition , for this weekend 's race . A Get Well Soon banner for Jules Bianchi is displayed by his Marussia team ahead of the Russian Grand Prix . The second Marussia car will sit in the team 's garage for the duration of the Grand Prix weekend . Max Chilton -LRB- centre -RRB- admitted he is ` truly devastated ' after the crash that left his team-mate in hospital . Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone confirmed Marussia would not be sanctioned or penalised for only running one car . A team statement read : ` The Marussia F1 Team will run a single car for the duration of the forthcoming grand prix weekend in Sochi out of respect for their driver Jules Bianchi , who remains in hospital in Yokkaichi , Japan , in a critical but stable condition . ` The team have written to the stewards of the meeting to inform them they have withdrawn their second car . ` Notwithstanding the presence in Sochi of Alexander Rossi , the nominated official reserve driver for the 2014 Russian Grand Prix , the team feels strongly that fielding a single car , that of driver No 4 , Max Chilton , is the appropriate course of action under the difficult circumstances of the weekend . ` Jules ' car crew have built a second car , which has been scrutineered and is ready to race , and this will remain on his side of the garage throughout the weekend . The Marussia car sits in the garage carrying messages of support , with the hashtags #ForzaJules and #JB17 . A fan wearing a Jules Bianchi T-shirt shows his support for the stricken Formula One driver . Family members of the injured driver -LRB- from left to right -RRB- brother Tom , mother Christine , sister Melanie and father Philippe , arrive at the front yard of the Mie General Medical Centre in Yokkaichi on Friday . ` In support of Jules and his family , the team and their cars will carry the familiar ' #JB17 ' graphic , to ensure that although Jules is not with them in Sochi this weekend , he is , nonetheless , racing on with the Marussia F1 Team . ' Bianchi underwent emergency brain surgery on Sunday evening after his crash . The 25-year-old Frenchman smashed into a recovery vehicle at Suzuka that was removing the wrecked Sauber of Adrian Sutil after the German hurtled off track into a tyre barrier . Bianchi has been diagnosed with a diffuse axonal injury to the brain whereby damage is widespread rather than localised in one particular area . The prognosis is not good as such injuries often result in coma , and if severe , 90 per cent of patients never regain consciousness . VIDEO Dirvers respond to Bianchi recovery . Sebastian Vettel , Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button -LRB- front row -RRB- are solemn during a press conference . Felipe Massa admitted the race in Suzuka was the worst of his life after Bianchi 's crash . The incident has left the entire paddock in shock , with drivers such as Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso - both of whom visited Bianchi in hospital - clearly emotional as they spoke about their colleague . The 21 drivers on track will carry the message ` Tous avec Jules ' -LRB- All with Jules -RRB- on their helmets , along with his race number of 17 . As for Chilton , he has now broken his silence over the accident involving his team-mate . The 23-year-old Briton said : ' I do n't know how to put into words how truly devastated I am by what has happened to Jules . ` The support from the F1 family has been incredible and all we can do is be there to support Jules ' family at this difficult time . ` It is going to be a very emotional weekend for the whole team , but we will try to get through it and keep praying for Jules . ' Bianchi received urgent medical treatment after the crash but remains in hospital almost a week on . Questions have been asked about whether the Suzuka race should have started earlier due to conditions . | Jules Bianchi remains in a stable but critical condition in hospital . Marussia will leave a second car in the garage over the race weekend . The team will not be penalised for running one car in Russia . Max Chilton says he is ` truly devastated ' over his team-mate 's accident . All 21 drivers will carry the message ` All with Jules ' on their helmets . | [[115, 219], [1041, 1067], [1074, 1106], [4028, 4035], [4090, 4128], [240, 301], [547, 646], [1668, 1739], [1740, 1775], [0, 114], [768, 888], [816, 888], [913, 1021], [318, 340], [347, 437], [647, 729], [3598, 3636], [3637, 3664], [3669, 3762], [3398, 3508]] |
Missing : Jennifer Huston was last seen buying petrol at a 76 station in Newberg , Oregon , two miles from her home in Dundee . A husband has issued an emotional plea to his missing wife to come home as detectives hunting for the 38-year-old mother of two said they had run out of leads . Jennifer Huston was last seen buying petrol on Thursday evening at a 76 station in Newberg , Oregon , two miles from the home she shares in Dundee with husband Kallen and their two sons , aged two and six . Her mobile phone has been switched off for the past three days since her disappearance and her credit card has not been used . And today her husband , Kallen , who has been trying to shelter their sons from the ordeal by telling them she is on vacation , told her : ' I love you so much and I miss you . Please come home . ' In an interview with KPTV , he described . her disappearance as ` completely odd ' , adding : ' -LSB- It is -RSB- completely out . of character for her to just disappear like this . ' In a separate interview with NBC News ' KGW , he went on : ` We miss her very much . My two boys really , really need her . ' Meanwhile , Mrs Huston 's parents begged anyone who has any information as to her whereabouts to get in touch . Her . father , Bill Turner , said he and wife Deborah , were ` scared to death . ... absolutely scared to death ' over the mystery of her disappearance . ` She 's . a bright , vibrant person . She 's a loving mom , ' Turner said . ` She looked . like she could be a model . She 's the person who everyone will gravitate . to and will want to talk to . ' Speaking . of his daughter 's marriage , he added : ` The best way to describe the . relationship , the way my wife describes it , is two old souls living . together . ' He added that there were no conflicts at home , and that she would ` never leave her boys . She is an amazing mom and woman . ' Happy family : Mrs Huston 's father described her marriage to Kallen as ` like two sould living together ' Mrs Huston 's family had created a Facebook page to share photographs and information about her . ` Please come home ' : Her husband , Kallen , said her two young sons ` really , really need her ' Newberg-Dundee Police Captain Jeff . Kosmicki says surveillance video shows Huston buying gas around 6:10 . p.m. for her dark green Lexus . She appeared to be alone . Kosmicki says police - who have been trying to ` ping ' her phone hourly for three days in a bid to get a location - have exhausted all leads . The family created a Facebook page , Find Jennifer Huston , to share photographs and information , sparking a massive social media campaign to find Mrs Huston under the Twitter hashtag #findjenniferhuston . ` Amazing woman ' : Mrs Huston 's father , Bill , said that there were no conflicts at home , and that she would ` never leave her boys . She is an amazing mom and woman ' Twitter campaign : A massive social media campaign to find Mrs Huston under the Twitter hashtag #findjenniferhuston has been launched . Mike Benner , a local news reporter , tweeted this picture of the petrol station she visited . Her family , who set up the page and are offering a reward to anyone who finds her , last night wrote : ` Thank you everyone for your continued support and prayers . The abundance of love and generosity has been overwhelming . ` Please kiss your loved ones goodnight and sleep well . Let 's get some rest and get ready to bring Jennifer home tomorrow ! ' Meanwhile , Clackamas County Sheriff 's department tweeted : ` Help Newberg-Dundee Police search for missing mom Jennifer Huston under suspicious circumstances . ' According to a family flier , Huston was last seen wearing black and pink Nike shoes and yoga pants . She is 5-foot-7-inches tall and has blond shoulder-length hair and blue eyes . Anybody with information that may lead to finding Mrs Huston are urged to call their local police station immediately . | Jennifer Huston was last seen Thursday buying petrol in Newberg , Oregon . Her mobile phone has been switched off and her credit card unused since . Husband Kallen says it is ` completely out of character to disappear like this ' Father describes ` bright , vibrant , loving mom ' who ` everyone gravitates to ' | [[10, 34], [40, 127], [10, 25], [35, 127], [289, 313], [319, 368], [289, 304], [314, 400], [565, 622], [864, 901], [906, 912], [917, 951], [969, 1002], [1436, 1455], [1517, 1564]] |
Favourite attractions were West End shows War Horse and Priscilla , Queen Of The Desert and Courtauld Gallery . Tube delays , soaring prices , feral youths , rioting ... you would think such things would deter tourists from visiting London . But now , for the first time ever , Britain 's capital city has been named the best place to visit on the planet - after jumping from eighth to first place . And with the Queen 's Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics almost upon us , it could not have come at a better time . To celebrate the forthcoming Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II , 147 Union flags are flying above Oxford Street . The display represents 147 years of fashion on the world famous high street . For the first time ever , Britain 's capital city has been named the best place to visit on the planet - after jumping from eighth to first place . According to the research , carried out by tourist feedback website TripAdvisor , one of the favourite attractions is West End show War Horse . The league table , compiled by tourist feedback website TripAdvisor , is based on analysis of tens of millions of reviews by visitors to 440 destinations around the world , the Evening Standard reported . Emma Shaw , TripAdvisor 's director , said : ` The capital has been very much in the spotlight over the past few years , thanks to the royal wedding , Diamond Jubilee and , of course , the Olympics , and we 're seeing travellers experience London in an increasingly favourable way . ' It is a remarkable achievement for a city that , a few years ago , was widely seen as grubby , grey and expensive . In 2010 , London did not feature in the top three in Britain , beaten by Edinburgh , Brighton and York . London has ` more free galleries and museums than anywhere else in the world , ' said one tourist from LA. . Above , the British Museum . A great year for the capital , with the Olympics and the Queen 's Diamond Jubilee on the horizon . Above , the monarch meets school children at a Mad Hatter 's Tea Party in Sherborne , Dorset today . Traveller from Thailand : ' I love the flower market in east London on a Sunday morning , full of colours , and also Spitalfields market . ` From Illinois , US : ' I . love London . There is so much to do , one almost needs a month to see . it . The city is rich in history , nostalgia . beauty ... and pubs . It has . something for everyone . ' From Rome : ` So much of what London has to offer is free . It 's unbelievable . ` From Portugal : ' I totally fell in love with London , its history , its monuments , its river , its parks , shopping markets etc. ` From Chennai , India : ` It is one of the most beautiful cities in the world . Nice parks , gardens and locations to visit . Go and check it out yourself . ` From Hong Kong : ` Our visit would not be complete if we had n't visited a local pub and eaten fish and chips with a glass of beer . ` From Haifa , Israel : ` The most interesting place I 've ever visited . ' But the combined draw of spectacles such as the West End show War Horse and free attractions , from great museums and parks to street markets such as Portobello Road , has transformed the capital 's global image . One traveller from Los Angeles wrote : ` London is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world . It 's a virtual historical theme park . There are more free galleries and museums than anywhere in the world . ' Gordon Innes , chief executive of the capital 's tourism agency , London & Partners , said its top position was ' a testament to the wonderful array of attractions , dining and accommodation that set London apart from all these other destinations ' . The top-rated hotels were Hotel 41 in Victoria , and the Milestone and Egerton House , both in Kensington . Favourite attractions were West End shows War Horse and Priscilla , Queen Of The Desert and the Courtauld Gallery . The highest rated restaurants were Pétrus in Knightsbridge , the Ledbury in Notting Hill and Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea . The highest rated restaurants were Pétrus in Knightsbridge -LRB- above -RRB- , the Ledbury in Notting Hill and Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea . Best places on the planet to visit . Last year 's top spot : Cape Town , South Africa . -LRB- Last year 's in brackets -RRB- . 1 . London -LRB- Cape Town -RRB- 2 . New York City -LRB- Sydney -RRB- 3 . Rome -LRB- Machu Picchu , Peru -RRB- 4 . Paris -LRB- Paris -RRB- 5 . San Francisco -LRB- Rio de Janeiro -RRB- 6 . Marrakech -LRB- New York City -RRB- 7 . Istanbul -LRB- Rome -RRB- 8 . Barcelona -LRB- London -RRB- 9 . Siem Reap , Cambodia -LRB- Barcelona -RRB- 10 . Berlin -LRB- Hong Kong -RRB- . | Capital takes no. 1 spot for first time ever , according to tourist feedback website TripAdvisor . London leaps to top spot from eighth place . Favourite attractions were West End shows War Horse and Priscilla , Queen Of The Desert and Courtauld Gallery . | [[242, 249], [252, 275], [278, 399], [722, 745], [748, 869], [1014, 1184], [242, 249], [252, 275], [278, 399], [722, 745], [748, 869], [0, 111], [27, 111], [952, 1013], [3780, 3895], [3807, 3895]] |
Rupert Murdoch 's media empire will not face prosecution in the US over the phone-hacking scandal . In statements filed with US regulators , Murdoch 's News Corp and 21st Century Fox each said the the Justice Department would not be pursuing charges . Using identical language , the two statements said the Justice Department ` has completed its investigation of voicemail interception and payments to public officials in London and is declining to prosecute ' either firm . News Corp executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch , seen here on October 31 , 2013 , split his empire into two entities following a phone-hacking scandal . Andy Coulson , pictured , the former editor of the newspaper was sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of intercepting voicemail . The scandal which erupted in 2011 led to the closure of Murdoch 's News of the World after revelations that the tabloid had accessed the voice mails of a murdered schoolgirl , Milly Dowler . In the wake of the scandal and the subsequent investigations in Britain , Murdoch split his empire into two entities -- News Corp focusing on newspapers and publishing , and 21st Century Fox specializing in TV and film . The scandal has led to tens of millions of dollars in legal costs for the companies , including damages paid to victims . Murdoch 's British media units have faced intense pressure following revelations that the hacking extended to celebrities including Prince William and Prince Harry , and actors Jude Law and Sienna Miller . Andy Coulson , the former British newspaper editor and one-time communications chief of Prime Minister David Cameron , served less than five months of an 18-month prison sentence after he was found guilty of conspiring to intercept voicemails . But Former Murdoch protege Rebekah Brooks , another key editor for the media group , was cleared of the charges last June . News Corp. operates The Sun and the Times of London , along with the US-based Wall Street Journal and newspapers in Australia . . Murdoch 's 21st Century Fox includes the well-known Hollywood Fox studio and television operations and owns a stake in the Sky satellite broadcaster . | Justice department completed its investigation into Murdoch 's empire . News Corp and 21st Century Fox say they will not face prosecution in US . Scandal erupted in 2011 and led to closure of News of the World . Led to tens of millions of dollars in legal costs and damages to victims . | [[0, 99], [100, 113], [141, 182], [188, 251], [776, 878], [1284, 1309]] |
The tiny dog cage a foster mother kept the four-year-old child she is accused of murdering trapped in was wheeled out in court yesterday for jurors to see during the trial for first-degree murder , kidnapping and child abuse . Rilya Wilson vanished in 2000 under the nose of Florida 's child welfare agency while she was under the care of Geralyn Graham , 66 . Her body has never been found . Authorities long suspected Graham in Rilya 's disappearance , but did n't charge her until 2005 when prosecutors said she confessed to an inmate while serving time on an unrelated fraud charge . Prosecutors brought the wire dog cage into the court room yesterday and placed it in front of the jurors as Graham 's friend Detra Coakley Winfield testified she loaned it to her specifically to keep the child in . Vanished : Rilya Wilson , 4 , was missing for two years before the state of Florida realized and began to search for her . Caged : Detra Coakley Winfield testifies in a Miami-Dade Criminal Court last November about the steel dog cage , left , she loaned Geralyn Graham to put Rilya Wilson in before the four-year-old child disappeared . She said Graham asked to borrow it . and told her it was so she could keep the four-year-old in it at night . ` to stop her from doing harm to herself ' . However she did admit she had never seen her inside the cage . Graham has always maintained that a . child welfare worker took Rilya from her home in January 2001 and never . returned her . Her disappearance was not discovered until April 2002 , . leading to major reforms at the Florida Department of Children and . Families . Winfield was also asked earlier in . the week about how Rilya was cared for and admitted she once saw her . confined to a laundry room as punishment for bad behavior , according to The Miami Herald . ' I saw her in timeout but I never saw . her in the dog cage , ' she said , adding that she had never saw Graham . strike the child once . She also said she often seemed ` sad ' during her eight-month stay at the Graham home and once saw her play with feces . ` To me , she had some issues , some mental issues , ' Winfield told jurors yesterday . Trial : Rilya -LRB- right -RRB- disappeared in 2000 aged four . Her foster mother , Geralyn Graham , now 66 , is on trial more than a dozen years later . Graham told her Rilya , who was taken . into care after being born to a crack-addicted mom , was taken to New . York by a Spanish lady who had befriended her before being taken away by . DCF . On Wednesday , another family friend , . Laquica Tuff , told jurors that she saw Rilya with scratches and a gash . on her forehead about two months before the girl 's disappearance . Lost : Rilya 's body has never been found . She also said Graham told her the same story about her being taken to New York by a friend . In the afternoon , a crime scene detective dispatched to Graham 's home in Kendall in 2004 , more than three years after Rilya disappeared and after the family had already moved , testified that little forensic evidence was found at the home except for latent evidence of human bodily fluid or blood in the garage , according to Local10.com . Graham 's attorney raised the possibility that Rilya could still be alive because her body has not been found . Attorney Scott Sakin suggested Rilya . could 've been relocated to a new home and lost in a system that has a . history of caseworker incompetence . Sakin also reminded jurors that jailhouse snitches have much to gain for helping out prosecutors . ` Is there any evidence at all that . this child is dead ? ' Sakin said . ` Where is the body ? We do n't have to . prove that she 's alive . They have to prove that this child is dead . ' Prosecutors said Graham confessed to . killing Rilya , who would be 16 now , because she believed the girl was . evil and possessed by demons . Rilya and a younger sister were both . given over to state care because their drug-addicted , frequently . homeless mother could not care for them . Rilya 's name is an acronym for ` remember I love you always ' given by her birth mother . One now-retired DCF supervisor , . Willie Harris , testified that in April 2000 he received a call from . Graham claiming Rilya 's first foster home was ` deplorable ' and might be . unsafe . Accused : Geralyn Graham is sworn by a judge , pictured , at Miami-Dade Criminal Court where she is charged with the murder of Rilya Wilson , who was in her care when she vanished in 2000 . Testimony : Mrs Winfield told the court that she saw the girl in timeout but never saw her in the dog cage she provided , adding that she had never saw Graham strike the child once . Rilya 's younger sister was living . with Graham and her unrelated companion , Pamela Graham , and Rilya had . recently visited their house . Harris said he decided to remove . Rilya from the first foster home when he was denied access to . investigate its condition . He took the girl to the Grahams ' home . ' I thought it would be necessary to . remove the child because I could n't prove whether she was at risk or not . at risk , ' Harris testified . The key to the case , both sides agree , is the testimony of career criminal Robin Lunceford , who befriended Graham in jail . Lunceford claims that Graham , . referring to Rilya as ` it , ' told her she smothered the girl with a . pillow and buried the remains near water ` because water represented . peace , ' Weintraub told jurors . Another inmate also claims that Graham . confessed at a different time . Weintraub said Lunceford was reluctant to snitch but ` could n't stomach ' knowing about the death of a child . ` If you tell me you killed an . innocent child , I 'm going to snitch , and I 'm going to snitch proud . Because it 's different , ' Weintraub quoted Lunceford as telling . detectives . Lunceford had been facing a life . sentence as a repeat offender but has had her sentence reduced to 10 . years because of her cooperation , court records show . With time off for . good behavior , she could be released by the end of December , Sakin . pointed out . ` She 's a rat , ' Sakin said . ` Robin Lunceford would do anything , anything , to get out of prison . ' Graham also has a checkered past , . including a history of convictions for fraud . Authorities said she has . used 47 different aliases and had 10 different driver 's licenses when . she was arrested . Weintraub said Graham forged . documents falsely claiming she was Rilya 's grandmother in order to . collect state benefits -- even after police believed the girl was dead . The trial resumes on Tuesday . | Geralyn Graham on trial for murder 12 years after Rilta disappeared in her care . Case rests on a confession she made to another inmate while she was in jail on an unrelated fraud charge . Rilya 's disappearance went undetected for two years leading to a massive shakeup in Florida Department of Children and Families . Graham told friends a social worker took her and never brought her back . Her body has never been found . | [[227, 353], [2235, 2252], [2281, 2316], [4387, 4445], [4433, 4445], [4452, 4495], [494, 587], [227, 353], [803, 811], [833, 886], [1543, 1605], [227, 353], [1396, 1457], [361, 392], [2701, 2705], [2708, 2744], [3228, 3245], [3249, 3292], [3228, 3233], [3240, 3292]] |
For nearly a decade , Denise Scott believed her husband had been killed on impact when United Airlines Flight 175 smashed into the World Trade Center on September 11 , 2001 . But last year , just weeks before the 10-year anniversary of the horrific attack , she received a call that changed her life - and the story of her husband 's death . A note in his handwriting and with a smudge of his blood had been found , reading : ' 84th floor . West Office . 12 people trapped . ' Scroll down for videos . Found : Randy Scott wrote a note , ' 84th floor , west office , 12 people trapped ' , before the south tower collapsed on 9/11 . It also shows a smudge of his blood . His family thought he had died on impact . The note had drifted to the ground outside the building just moments before it collapsed - and left Randy Scott 's wife and three children horrified that he had been alive to experience fear . ' I spent 10 years hoping that Randy was n't trapped in that building , ' Denise , 57 , told the Stamford Advocate from her Stamford , Connecticut home . ` You do n't want them to suffer . They 're . trapped in a burning building . It 's just an unspeakable horror . And then . you get this 10 years later . It just changes everything . ' Scott , 48 , worked at Euro Brokers Inc. in the World Trade Center when he phoned the school where his wife taught to let her know that one of the Twin Towers had been hit by a plane . Heartbreaking discovery : Scott 's wife Denise , left , and two of his three daughters , Rebecca , centre , and Alexandra , right , say they were stunned the note had made its way to them . Missed : The Scott family poses together before Randy 's death in the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers . Believing the first crash was minor , he . asked to pass on the message that he was fine - and she only . discovered the full horror when her daughter Rebecca called from college later that morning . Loss : Randy Scott , 48 , perished with his co-workers and thousands of others when the towers collapsed . In the days after the attacks , Denise . and her three daughters checked bars , restaurants and hospitals for . their husband and father , the Advocate reported . Nearly 10 years later , in August 2011 , Denise received a call from Dr. Barbara Butcher , chief of staff and director of Forensic Investigations at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York . Aware that the office called families if they came across fragments of victims , Denise asked what it was they had found . ` She said , `` No , it 's not a fragment . It 's something written '' , ' Denise said . ` And that 's when I just fell apart . ' The . note had been found on the street amid the chaos on 9/11 and handed to a . guard at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York . As he reached for his . radio to alert help , the tower crumbled . The Federal Reserve kept the note and eventually turned it over to the National September 11 Memorial & . Museum , which worked with the medical examiner 's office . It . was linked to Randy Scott after a medical examiner carried out DNA . tests on a dark spot on the note , and discovered it was Scott 's blood . After taking the phone call from the . Medical Examiner 's office , Denise travelled to New York with Randy 's . best friend to see the note . ` The minute I saw it I did n't need to see the DNA test , ' she said . ' I saw the handwriting . It 's Randy 's handwriting . ' Shock : The women said they never wanted to believe he had been trapped or suffered in the building . She added : ` I 'm speechless that they actually . were able to identify it . This note was written on . September 11 . It came out of a window . Somebody had it . People had their . hands all over it . ' Butcher . from the Medical Examiner 's office asked if the museum could exhibit . the letter and Denise agreed - but asked for them to keep it quiet until . she told her daughters . But . the months passed and the girl returned to college , and Denise . struggled to find the right moment , she told the Advocate . When her . father died in January , she realised it was time . Her daughters , Rebecca , Alexandra , and Jessica , were stunned to hear of the note . ' I was bawling , because I recognised his handwriting , ' Rebecca , 29 , recalled . ' I thought he was killed instantly . ' Alexandra , 22 , added : ` Everyone hoped that it was right on . impact . That he did n't suffer . ' Impact : United Airlines Flight 175 smashed into the south tower of the . World Trade Center hitting near to where Randy worked at Euro Brokers . Inc. . He survived to write a note - before the tower collapsed . Fallen : The note was found among the debris at the bottom of the towers and eventually passed to the Medical Examiner 's office , which carried out DNA tests on the blood and matched it to Scott 's . They had hoped the same for his . colleagues , too , she said , who also had children and families . The . Scotts began reaching out to other relatives of those killed alongside . Randy , to tell them the truth . Denise said that although it changed their knowledge of that day for the worse , she is so thankful she found out the truth - while other families have chosen not to be notified when fragments are found . Jan Ramirez , chief curator of the museum , told the Advocate : ` It 's so amazing to think that Randy . Scott wrote it and it eventually ended up with his wife and three . daughters , which is an amazing arc of a day . ` We are incredibly proud to be able to show it and I think it . will be one of the most powerful artifacts in the museum . ' After the 2001 attacks on New York City , the Office . of the Chief Medical Examiner had to contend with thousands of bodies , . many completely shattered and unrecognisable , buried among the wreckage . of the crumbled buildings . A huge 1.8 million tons was eventually moved to a landfill for workers to . start sifting through , in the hopes of making positive IDs on the nearly 3,000 people killed in the attacks . Nearly 11 years on , a small group of scientists are still desperately working to give grieving families the justice they crave . More than 9,000 pieces of bone , . some the size of just a Tic Tac , are kept at Memorial Park , a building . on 30th Street in Manhattan , New York Magazine reported last year . Five dedicated staff inexhaustibly sift through crushed remains of bone taken from the scene day after day , cross-referencing any clues they get with DNA samples from the victims ' families . Last year , just two IDs were made , leaving 1,121 victims still unidentified . So far , the office has identified less than 60 per cent of the 2,753 people who died on 9/11 . Just 17 of the remains were identified by sight alone , 305 were determined by fingerprints , 25 by photographs , 78 by personal effects , 534 by dental or body X-rays and six by tattoos . The work also involves profiling the DNA of the victims to match against the bones . Samples were collected by taking DNA from toothbrushes or by swabbing living relatives . Even though it is painstaking , families have praised the work as vital . Jim Riches , a former deputy chief of the FDNY who lost his son on 9/11 , told the magazine : ` We recovered my son March 25 , 2002 but it was n't all of him . I would want to bring all his parts back to Queens and put them all in one place . ' | Wife and three daughters believed Randy Scott had been killed on impact when second plane hit south tower on 9/11 . Received call last August that a note with his blood on had been found . Note read : ' 84th floor . West Office . 12 people trapped ' Was found on the ground outside - but building crumbled seconds later . Wife : ' I spent 10 years hoping he was n't trapped . It changes everything ' | [[0, 19], [22, 81], [35, 113], [669, 711], [688, 711], [4444, 4508], [342, 413], [342, 398], [416, 423], [428, 440], [2198, 2219], [2222, 2236], [2239, 2286], [342, 398], [416, 423], [428, 440], [455, 474], [510, 563], [566, 583], [588, 610], [712, 790], [2830, 2850], [0, 19], [22, 81], [907, 974], [1213, 1241]] |
Most drivers sent up the wrong lane by a satnav would curse and turn around -- however when you 're Paul Daniels it appears the power of magic can summon help in the form of a police escort . The magician and his wife Debbie McGee , 55 , were making their way back to their hotel after performing at a local theatre when they realised they were heading in the wrong direction . But with a wave of his wand and a tap of his black top hat , the pair encountered traffic officers who were more than happy to assist them . Scroll down for video . Paul Daniels and his wife Debbie McGee had been returning from a performance in Maidstone , Kent . And so grateful was Daniels , 76 , he shared his good fortune with his Twitter followers on Thursday night telling them : ` Satnav sent us up a lane to wrong side of river . Got a police escort to the hotel . Nice guys . Thank you . ' And it appears the officers were equally as chuffed to encounter the celebrity couple and also disclosed the news on Twitter posting a message on Kent Police RPU@kentpoliceroads using one of the entertainer 's well-known catchphrases : ` You 'll like this . . not a lot ! ' Before continuing : ` Just met Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee . Assisted them to find their hotel ! Magic ! ' Daniels and Miss McGee , who have been married for 26 years , are currently on their nationwide Back ... Despite Popular Demand tour and had performed at the Hazlitt Theatre in Maidstone , Kent , on Thursday night . The magician 's recent encounter with the law is better than the one he experienced last year when he escaped a driving ban after arguing he needed to care for his elderly mother Nancy , who passed away in January . Daniels admitted driving above 40mph on London Road , Earley , near Reading on 23 July in 2013 . He received three points for the offence , taking his total to 12 , but was excused from disqualification by Oxford magistrates . They had been following sat nav when they realised they were travelling in the wrong direction and needed help . The 75-year-old , whose real name is Newton Edward Daniels , was fined # 625 . He was also ordered to pay a # 62 victim surcharge and # 65 costs . Daniels ' television career began on ITV before he made the move to the BBC . As well as numerous appearances on magic shows , he has presented game shows including Wipe Out and Odd One Out . In 2010 , he appeared as a contestant on BBC 's Strictly Come Dancing . | Magician and his wife Debbie McGee were returning from a performance . They realised they were heading in wrong direction and found police . Traffic officers assisted him in getting back to hotel in Maidstone , Kent . | [[543, 568], [576, 632], [192, 208], [280, 377], [1919, 2031], [1919, 1923], [1943, 2031], [816, 850]] |
Known as the generation of entitlement , Gen Ys have now proved critics wrong by claiming the title of Australia 's smartest savers . CommBank has found Gen Ys , aged 18 to 30 , have a savings IQ 4.2 points greater than the national average . In fact , those from Gen Y who participated in a financial education program scored the highest score of 130.9 , while people aged 50 to 59 who did not learn to manage their money scored the lowest , 117.4 . Known as the generation of entitlement , Gen Ys have proved critics wrong by claiming the title of Australia 's Smartest Savers from their parents and grandparents . Commbank spokesman Danielle Murrie said these findings will surprise many people because of the reputation of the younger generation . She said people tend to think Gen Y as having a ` less mature approach to personal savings ' . ` Our research indicates Gen Ys have above average commitment and control when it comes to their finances . While many factors contribute to savings success , the findings suggest the key difference between Gen Y and older generations is more recent exposure to good money management programs taught at school . ` This , combined with better savings discipline and fewer external barriers to saving , such as kids or a mortgage , have proven Gen Y to be the ultimate savvy savers , ' she says . Gen Y are not the only Australians who are great at saving , the study reveals Australians on a whole are great at money management with 86 per cent reporting to be so . The findings came from people 's responses to questions that focused on four key aspects - commitment , discipline , control and savviness . However , no matter the age , research found if you had received education on money management your saving IQ would be greater . The questionnaire revealed 89 per cent said education has a positive affect on children 's financial future . These programs also influenced people under 30 to be regular savers , revealing they typically place a large sum of their pay cheque in a savings account . ` It 's encouraging to see strong links between financial education programs and future financial success . I 'm especially proud to see that our youngest adult generation , those that had the highest participation rates for early financial education , have the highest Savings IQ of all the generations , ' Ms Murrie said . But Gen Y are not the only Australians who are great at saving , the study reveals Australians on a whole are great at money management with 86 per cent reporting to be so . CommBank found 88 per cent that were good at saving made shopping lists and researched prices before purchasing . Despite these positive results among the Australian population , CommBank believes there is still room for improvement for those who are stressed out with their money management . Despite these positive results among the Australian population , CommBank believes there is still room for improvement for those who are stressed out with their money management . | Gen Ys are Australia 's Smartest Savers , according to a CommBank questionnaire . People aged 18 to 30 have a Savings IQ 4.2 points greater than the national average . If people participated in money management education they were found to better save . Australians on a whole are great at money management with 86 per cent reporting to be so . | [[41, 47], [78, 133], [2156, 2160], [2172, 2351], [134, 142], [153, 159], [178, 242], [1683, 1781], [1403, 1412], [1436, 1500], [1403, 1443], [1479, 1511], [2438, 2447], [2471, 2535], [2438, 2478], [2514, 2546], [2547, 2618]] |
The father of Jules Bianchi admits his son 's situation is ` desperate ' and that it is a ` miracle ' he is still alive but believes he will ` not give up ' his fight for life . It is now nine days since Bianchi sustained brain injuries following an horrific accident during the Japanese Grand Prix on October 5 . Upon his arrival at the Mie General Medical Centre in Yokkaichi , the 25-year-old Frenchman had immediate surgery , but remains in a critical condition . Jules Bianchi will ` not give up ' fighting for his life despite it being a ` miracle ' he is still alive , says his father . The words ` Jules , we are all supporting you ' are seen from above on the Russian Grand Prix track . All 21 drivers line up on the grid before the start of the inaugural Russian Grand Prix to show their support . Bianchi 's father Philippe , mother Christine , brother Tom and sister Melanie have since maintained a bedside vigil . Speaking for the first time since the accident , Bianchi Snr said : ` The situation is desperate . ` Every time the telephone goes we know it could be the hospital to tell us Jules is dead . ` He will not give up , I 'm sure of that . I can see it . I believe it . ' In an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport , he added : ' I speak to him . I know he can hear me . ` His doctors have told us this is already a miracle , no-one has ever survived such a serious accident . But Jules wo n't give up . ` His trainer Andrea -LRB- Ferrari -RRB- says if there is one person who can make it happen , with his will , it 's Jules . ' Following an investigation into the cause of the crash , FIA race director Charlie Whiting concluded there was ' a perfect storm ' of conditions . With heavy rain falling and the light fading , Bianchi smashed into the back of a recovery vehicle that at the time was removing the Sauber of Adrian Sutil who had spun off the Suzuka circuit and into a tyre barrier one lap previously . Medical staff attend the scene of Jules Bianchi 's crash during Sunday 's rain-hit Japanese Grand Prix . Formula One driver Jules Bianchi received urgent medical treatment after the crash but remains in hospital . Formula One chiefs are proposing a speed limit to slow down cars during dangerous situations on the track . Although the FIA is due to bring in new safety measures , Whiting further stated with regard to the Bianchi incident ` nothing could have been done better ' . In the latest medical update provided by Marussia , on behalf of the Bianchi family and the Mie General Medical Centre , the team again stated he remains in a critical but stable condition . The statement read : ` The past nine days have been extremely difficult for Jules and his family . ` As a consequence of the accident at Suzuka , a number of medical challenges have needed to be overcome and the situation remains challenging due to the diffuse axonal traumatic brain injury Jules has sustained . Max Chilton -LRB- centre -RRB- and the Marussia F1 Team present their ` Racing for Jules ' sign on the grid . ` Jules remains in a critical but stable condition in the Intensive Care Unit of Mie General Medical Center in Yokkaichi . ` The Bianchi family continue to be comforted by the thoughts and prayers of Jules ' many fans and the motor sport community . ` In particular , the many demonstrations of support and affection during the course of the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi were of enormous comfort to Jules ' parents and the relatives and friends also present at the hospital . ` The family will provide further medical updates when appropriate . ' VIDEO Alain Prost angry about Bianchi crash . | Jules Bianchi remains in critical condition in Mie General Medical Centre . F1 driver 's father says his son 's situation is ` desperate ' and it 's a ` miracle ' he 's still alive . He sustained brain injuries after horrific crash at Japanese Grand Prix . Marussia driver 's father , Philippe , says his son ` will not give up ' fight . However , Bianchi Snr concedes that situation is ` desperate ' | [[314, 377], [380, 405], [434, 467], [2040, 2072], [2127, 2148], [3032, 3152], [0, 55], [533, 573], [468, 481], [576, 593], [927, 973], [976, 992], [997, 1025], [995, 1025], [178, 313], [204, 313], [2856, 2919], [102, 104], [124, 177], [0, 55], [927, 973], [976, 992], [997, 1025], [995, 1025]] |
Floyd Mayweather Jnr has threatened to sack his dad as his trainer after Floyd Snr suggested his son would fight Amir Khan and Manny Pacquiao . The pound-for-pound megastar has two fights left on his six-fight deal with Showtime and insists he will retire next September . But hopes that those last two bouts would be against long-time rival Pacquiao and British speedster Khan have been dashed . VIDEOS Scroll down to watch . Floyd Mayweather Jnr -LRB- right -RRB- is angry at his father -LRB- left -RRB- saying he will fight Amir Khan and Manny Pacquiao . Mayweather Jnr says he will sack his dad as his trainer if he keeps stepping out of line in public . Khan has taunted Mayweather Jnr leading to speculation that the two could fight next year . ` Well my father is totally wrong , ' Mayweather told fighthype.com . ` Like I said before , we have people constantly being removed from the Mayweather Promotions team , Team Mayweather , and we also have people being removed from The Money Team . ' I want my dad to be with my team , but if he continues to go out there and speak on things that he has no knowledge about without communicating with me , then I must get a new trainer . ' I could n't care less what Amir Khan say , just like I could n't care less what anybody say . I 'm going to do what I want to do when I want to and how I want to . Pacquiao will defend his WBO welterweight title against the American Chris Algieri on November 23 . Mayweather -LRB- left -RRB- and Marcos Maidana eye each other during their title bout in Las Vegas last month . ' I do n't know who I 'm fighting next . I do n't even know if I 'm fighting again . Like I told you , a lot of different crazy thoughts go through my mind every day . ` Sometimes I want to fight , sometimes I do n't want to fight . Listen , like I said before , he still got Danny Garcia problems just like Pacquiao still got -LSB- Juan Manuel -RSB- Marquez problems . ' Floyd Snr had earlier told the same website that a fight with Pacquiao was ` going to happen ' . The undefeated champion displayed his considerable wealth on his Instagram account earlier this week . He added : ` It 's a fight for the world , man , right there . It 's the biggest fight that has ever been in life , so like I said , man , that fight 's gon na happen . ' Mayweather took his record to 47-0 last month with victory over Marcos Maidana in their Las Vegas rematch . Pacquiao , meanwhile , defends his WBO welterweight title against Chris Algieri in Macau on November 22 . | Floyd Mayweather Jnr is angry at his dad Floyd Snr for suggesting his son will fight Amir Khan and Manny Pacquiao . Mayweather Jnr says his father is wrong to hint at the fights . The undefeated champion has two fights left on his six-fight deal . The boxer added that he would fire his dad if he keeps stepping out of line . Mayweather took his record to 47-0 last month with victory over Marcos Maidana in Las Vegas . | [[73, 143], [277, 396], [427, 488], [500, 557], [144, 228], [0, 82], [558, 613], [1454, 1500], [1516, 1565], [2309, 2354]] |
Uruguay striker Luis Suarez scored two goals during a friendly match against Oman on Monday . The Barcelona ace , who could make his La Liga debut against Real Madrid on October 25 , netted a brace in the second half to help his side claim a win . His first came in the 57th minute when he was allowed the space and time to score past Oman goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi from inside the penalty area . VIDEO Scroll down to watch Luis Suarez 's second half brace against Oman . Luis Suarez lobs Wigan Athletic goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi to score Uruguay 's second goal of the match . Oman shot stopper Al Habsi was unable to get his hand onto Suarez 's chipped effort . Suarez was replaced by international team-mate Christian Stuani in the 78th minute of the friendly encounter . Real Madrid v Barcelona - October 25 . Barcelona v Celta Vigo - November 1 . Ajax v Barcelona - November 5 . Almeria v Barcelona - November 8 . Barcelona v Sevilla - November 22 . The Wigan Athletic goalkeeper was forced into picking the ball out of his net just 10 minutes later when Suarez chipped Al Habsi . Suarez 's deft lob over the onrushing custodian was further proof as to why Barcelona decided to fork out # 75million on the former Liverpool ace . Jonathan Rodriguez added a late third in the closing stages of the friendly encounter . Suarez tweeted after the match that he was glad to get some ` important minutes ' under his belt . Wigan Athletic goalkeeper Al Habsi was unable to keep Suarez at bay during the international friendly match . Suarez -LRB- centre -RRB- sealed a # 75million move to Barcelona after impressing for Liverpool last season . VIDEO Suarez scores a brace for Barca B . Uruguay striker Suarez received a four-month ban for biting Italy 's Giorgio Chiellini at the 2014 World Cup . | Uruguay ace Luis Suarez netted twice in the second half . The former Liverpool forward played 78 minutes of Uruguay 's 3-0 win . Suarez could make his Barcelona debut against Real Madrid on October 25 . The 27-year-old made a # 75million move to the Nou Camp in July . He is currently serving a four-month ban for biting Giorgio Chiellini . | [[0, 93], [395, 469], [1636, 1677], [659, 769], [94, 113], [118, 180], [1081, 1228], [1157, 1228], [1526, 1635], [1678, 1788], [1710, 1788]] |
It 's been 70 years since an Indiana photographer visited New York City and returned home with an amazing collection of holiday snaps . But Charles Weever Cushman 's pictures are even more impressive today , as they were taken on pricey colour Kodachrome and look far more recent than they actually are . He went around the city taking photos of architecture such as the Brooklyn Bridge and other parts of the Manhattan skyline - and it 's hard to believe they were taken while World War Two was going on . Land and water : The Liberty Street ferry in New York City on September 27 , 1941 . Horse and cart : Men and boys are seen collecting salvage on the Lower East Side on October 4 , 1941 . Daily life : This street seen from October 3 , 1942 , is just one from a huge collection by Charles W. Cushman . Pub : McSorley 's Old Ale House , still open today , is pictured on East 7th Street on October 7 , 1942 . Compared : McSorley 's Old Ale House in the East Village today , hardly changed from the above photo . But what is . even more intriguing are the street scenes and daily life Cushman . documented in his photos , showing 1940s New Yorkers going about their . daily business . Pictures . of children smiling for the camera , businessmen sitting down outside . and street traders are a fascinating insight to what life was like in . the city all those years ago . Many of the areas have been demolished or rebuilt since they were pictured in 1941 and 1942 . But others such as McSorley 's Old Ale . House in Manhattan 's East Village look almost identical now as they did . back then , with the same store front and shop logo . Park life : A suited man walks through Bowling Green in lower Manhattan on October 1 , 1942 . Smoking : Three homeless people from South Ferry doss houses are in Battery Park on June 6 , 1941 . Crossing : The East River is pictured below Brooklyn Bridge , linking Brooklyn and Manhattan , on June 6 , 1941 . Around town : A portable soft drink stand at Bowling Green on October 1 , . 1942 , left , and a Lower East Side street scene on September 27 , 1941 , . right . The images are even more significant at a time when Americans are remembering the fallen World Trade Center , showing that a city ultimately transcends its buildings , reported The Atlantic . Mr Cushman was born in Poseyville , Indiana , in 1896 and read English at Indiana University , where he was sports editor on the student newspaper . He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in . Illinois in 1918 before leaving three years later and began working in . New York City in 1928 . He moved back to Chicago in 1929 and died in . 1972 . His second wife , . Elizabeth Penniman , said : ` He loved life - music , good books , sports , . the outdoors , travel , integrity - and could not tolerate ignorance . ' Read more about the Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection here . Hosepipe : Looking up Fulton Street from South Street in downtown Manhattan on September 27 , 1941 . Business as usual ; A street in Chinatown , left , and another in lower Manhattan , right , both pictured in October 3 , 1942 . Downtown life : A man looks out from Battery Park on June 6 , 1941 , while a horse and carriage can be seen at the lower end of Broadway on October 1 , 1942 . Boat trip : The Statue of Liberty is seen across the water from downtown Manhattan on June 6 , 1941 . Looking up : A tower of Brooklyn Bridge is seen from South Street in Manhattan on September 27 , 1941 . Say cheese : Residents of lower Clinton St near the East River on a Saturday afternoon in September 1941 . Shops : Near the corner of Broome Street and Baruch Place in the Lower East Side on September 27 , 1941 . New Yorkers : These two , left , live in a big new housing project near the . East River and are pictured on October 4 , 1942 - while a woman , right , . sits in front of a doorway in the Lower East Side in the same month . Barrels : People walk on a sunny day on the corner of Pearl Street on October 7 , 1942 . Chinatown : Chinese store windows are pictured in New York as men walk past on October 7 , 1942 . Traders : Hot sweet potatoes , left , on October 4 , 1942 , and Wall Street , right , is pictured on June 6 , 1941 . City buzz : A crowd gathers during a salvage collection on the Lower East Side on October 4 , 1942 . Long shot : Lower Manhattan is pictured from a Jersey City ferry boat on September 27 , 1941 . | Photos by Indiana snapper Charles Weever Cushman in 1941 and 1942 . Expensive colour Kodachrome was used to take impressive collection . Many buildings have since been demolished but some of them still stand . | [[208, 254], [1374, 1412]] |
The Israeli education minister burst into a laughing fit over the word ` penetration ' during a speech about smuggling in prisons . Shai Piron , who is also a rabbi , could not get past the first sentence of the address because he was laughing so much . A video of the hysterical minister has now gone viral on Israeli websites . Scroll down for video . Shai Piron broke down in fits of giggles when he tried to read a speech with the word ` penetration ' in it . Despite repeatedly attempting to regain his composure , Mr Piron could not get past the first sentence . Mr Piron was addressing Parliament on a new law against smuggling cell phones into prisons . However , despite repeated attempts he could not get through the speech without laughing . He eventually had to abandon the attempt and let a cabinet colleague take over . ` Mr Chairman , distinguished Parliament , the aim of this legislation is to deal with a serious phenomenon - the penetration of prohibited objects into prisons , ' he said during a late night session on Monday broadcast on the official Knesset TV channel . He immediately began to giggle but then tried to recover his composure . The minister 's hysteria got worse when legislators in the audience started laughing with him and some were giggling so much they begun to cry -LRB- left -RRB- . However , when audience members also began to laugh , Mr Piron could not contain himself . He broke down again over the perceived sexual innuendo when the word ` penetration ' came up in the text for a second time . Legislators in the hall joined in the giggling . Struggling to continue , Piron wiped tears from his eyes , took a sip of water , and coughed in a bid to stop laughing . But he eventually abandoned the attempt and walked back to his seat , unable to read on . He later explained to reporters that he had been caught off-guard by the phrasing in the speech , which he delivered at the last minute after a cabinet colleague was called away . Rabbi Shai Piron eventually conceded defeat and left the podium to return to his seat . | Shai Piron laughs hysterically at the perceived sexual innuendo . A video of the minister , who is also a rabbi , has gone viral on Israeli sites . Mr Piron forced to abandon the speech on a new smuggling law when he could not compose himself . | [[0, 70], [354, 463], [1092, 1122], [132, 142], [149, 164], [254, 296], [302, 329], [254, 329], [569, 661], [753, 826]] |
The average American child consumes nearly 300 calories from liquid sugar alone each day - a combined total of 7 trillion calories each year , a public health professor suggests . Dr Steven Gortmaker , Director of the Harvard School of Public Health Prevention Research Center , is sounding the alarm and pushing for increased government involvement to keep sodas and sugary drinks away from kids , as part of his presentation at the Obesity Society 's Annual Scientific Meeting in San Antonio , Texas on September 23 . The sweet drinks are increasingly a poison to younger Americans , aged two to 19 - a population of an estimated 73.5 million , as they contribute to the ever-growing childhood obesity rates in the U.S. Scroll down for video . Just say no : Dr. Steven Gortmaker , in October 2011 , speaking on behalf of Boston 's anti-sugary drink initiative . Young people chug an estimated 270 calories per day due to sugary drinks , accounting for over 19 billion calories a day nationwide . Calorie recommendation for children -LRB- depending on age and gender -RRB- range from 1,200 to 2,200 , so calories from sugary beverages , on average , accounts from anywhere from 15 to 25 per cent of their daily recommended allotment . Sales of drinks for these mini-consumers totaled an estimated $ 24 billion in sales , according to Scientific America . New information on beverage consumption by children in the U.S. , comes as the childhood obesity epidemic continues to spread with rates among adolescents having tripled since 1980 . The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that 17 per cent of American youth -LRB- or 12.5 million -RRB- are obese . Gortmake 's presentation in Texas comes on the heels of extensive research in the September issue of the New England Journal of Medicine on the impact of sugar-sweetened beverages on childhood obesity rates . ` During the past 30 years , the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages has increased dramatically . Compelling evidence supports a positive link between the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and the risk of obesity , ' the authors of the academic paper , Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Genetic Risk of Obesity , wrote . On the rise : Obesity rates have been increasing in the past years . Dr Gortmaker has supported a . Boston-area initiative to ban the sale of sodas at public schools , which . was adopted in 2004 , and he is calling for broader initiatives to be . implemented across the country . ` Populations in the U.S. drink tons of . sugary sweetened beverage . The average high school student actually . drinks more than 300 calories of sugar water every day , ' the Harvard . professor said at a press conference in October 2011 , on behalf of a campaign to curb access to sweet drinks . He said with fewer sugary options available at Boston schools , ` kids reduced overall consumption per day by 45 calories . ' '45 calories a day is just the level . you need to start flattening out the obesity epidemic , if not to start . turning it around , ' he added . Obesity rates : For children aged 2-19 in the U.S. , obesity rates are highest among boys . But the beverage lobby was quick to respond that sugary drinks can not bear all the blame for obesity in the U.S. ` Obesity is a serious and complex public health issue facing our nation . and the rest of the world , and we all must work together to solve it , ' the American Beverage Association said in a statement . ` We know , and science supports , that obesity is not uniquely caused by . any single food or beverage . Thus , studies and opinion pieces that . focus solely on sugar-sweetened beverages , or any other single source of . calories , do nothing meaningful to help address this serious issue , ' the statement added . The right to gulp : Benjamin Lesczynski , 8 , of New York , takes a sip of a ` Big Gulp ' while protesting the soda-ban in New York . Pint-sized guzzlers : Young people chug an estimated 270 calories per day due to sugary drinks , accounting for over 19 billion calories a day nationwide . The childhood obesity epidemic is different from children simply being overweight . According . to the CDC , being overweight means having an excess body weight for a . particular height from fat , muscle , bone , water , or a combination of . these factors . Obesity is defined specifically as having excess body fat . Growing obesity rates among . children has increasingly gained attention with First Lady Michelle . Obama launching an initiative to promote healthy eating and exercise - . while also lobbying for healthier school lunch options and companies to stop advertising junk food to children . Similarly , New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg . recently introduced a measure to ban the sale of sugary drinks in . containers larger than 16 ounces , as a means to fight obesity in the Big Apple . But . the ban , which was approved by the New York City Board of Health in . September , has been met with disdain and irked the beverage lobby , who call it a violation of consumer rights . Big Apple soda ban : New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently introduced a measure to ban the sale of sugary drinks in containers larger than 16 ounces . | Kids chug an estimated 270 calories per day from sugary drinks , which accounts for anywhere from 15 to 25 per cent of the daily recommended amount for children . Sweet drinks are a major factor to rising childhood obesity rates - which have tripled since 1980 . Health officials estimate 17 per cent of U.S children -LRB- 12.5 million -RRB- are obese . 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A British jihadist fighting with the Islamic State in Iraq is feared to be behind a cyber plot to empty British bank accounts to fund terrorism in the Middle East . Junaid Hussain , 20 , escaped to Syria last year while on police bail , and has been posting extremist messages on social media pledging to conquer the world and kill infidels . Hussain , who is originally from Birmingham , is pictured online posing with a scarf over his face and a rifle in his hands , and tweets behind the alias Abu Hussain al-Britani . Jihadist : Junaid Hussain , who tweets from Iraq under an alias , has posed with a rifle and posted extremist messages online . He was jailed in 2012 for stealing personal information from Tony Blair , and is thought to be putting his hacking skills to use adding to the militants ' huge war chest . According to reports in the Daily Mirror , British financial institutions are aware of the attacks and working overtime to prevent their customers ' funds being extracted . A source told the paper : ` The hackers are targeting the accounts of the rich and famous , VIP clients of banks and big businesses . ` This is an international fraud on an unprecedented scale and the result could be a bottomless pit of money to fund their campaign of terror . ' Court case : Abu Hussain , 20 , pictured above at Southwark Crown Court , was jailed for six months in 2012 for stealing personal information from Tony Blair and posting it online . Hussain has not directly mentioned hacking in his stream of Islamist posts , but a fellow fighter boasted of being bought pizza using celebrity credit card details acquired by a jihadist hacker . When the fanatics swept across Iraq this summer , conquering huge swathes of the country , they also captured a central bank in Mosul , which they looted for hundreds of millions of pounds . The huge windfall immediately made them the world 's richest terrorist organisation , and they have been expanding their financial clout as they storm across the country . A spokesman for the British Bankers ' Association told the MailOnline that banks are always vigilant against attacks from all over the world , launched by anyone from petty criminals to major organisations . A spokesman said : ` Protecting their customers ' money is the banks ' number one priority . That 's why they spend hundreds of millions of pounds a year hiring cyber security experts to combat these kind of threats . ` If you as a customer fall victim to fraud through no fault of your own you are almost certain to have your money quickly reimbursed . ' A spokesman for GCHQ , the government 's intelligence and security organisation , declined to comment on attacks from the Islamic State . | Junaid Hussain , 20 , from Birmingham , is feared to be behind cyber attacks . He was jailed in 2012 for hacking personal information from Tony Blair . Last year went to Syria to fight , and posts extremist messages online . Islamic State has amassed huge war chest from plundering banks and oil . Security sources say he is passing on his knowledge to other fighters . Banks say they are constantly vigilant against attacks from criminal groups . | [[0, 94], [650, 721], [1275, 1285], [1349, 1382], [1275, 1285], [1383, 1456], [0, 94], [165, 179], [187, 234], [165, 179], [235, 292], [533, 547], [615, 649], [650, 652], [739, 821], [2016, 2156]] |
Danny Welbeck is confident the goals will flow for both Arsenal and England if he is given a run of games as an out-and-out attacker . The 23-year-old begins a new chapter this week after swapping home-town club Manchester United for the Gunners in a # 16million deadline day move . Welbeck had been with the Old Trafford giants since the age of eight , but dropped down the pecking order and grew increasingly frustrated at a lack of opportunities to lead the line . VIDEO Scroll down to watch Faith in Wenger key to Arsenal success . Danny Welbeck said he is confident goals will flow for club and country if he gets a run as a central striker . It was a position he shone in for England on Monday evening , netting a second-half brace in Switzerland to secure a winning start to their European Championship qualifying campaign . And Welbeck is confident goals will continue to rack up if he is allowed to play in his favoured role . He said : ` It is well known I prefer to play through the middle so when I get my opportunity I just want to show what I can do . ` Once I get into the box and get the opportunities I have got faith in my ability . ` Before I was n't getting into the box because I was n't playing too much as a striker and I had to worry about my defensive work . ` Listen , anyone can say what they want to say but I just know once I get the opportunity and a run of games up front I will do my best . Danny Welbeck scored twice as England beat Switzerland 2-0 in their European Championships qualifier . ` That 's definitely what I need . It is good for any footballer to get a run of games . ` You become more confident and play much more at ease and to get a run of games would be absolutely perfect . ` That is my first 90 minutes this season so it is just the start of things and really looking forward to it . ' Welbeck says he has not had a decent run of games since Christmas last year , suggesting Monday 's display in Basle could be just a taster of what is in store for Arsenal and England . The forward impressed up top alongside captain Wayne Rooney , with his goals helping the Three Lions to a much-needed 2-0 win after the World Cup debacle . Arsenal signed Danny Welbeck from Manchester United for # 16million on transfer deadline day . ` It was important , ' Welbeck said . ` It was good for me to get the two goals but it was more important for the whole team to get the win and off to a flying start and to get three points from scratch and that was the most pleasing thing . ' I think what we have worked this week in training a lot of it showed and that is very pleasing because it showed your hard work is not going to waste and that is what we have got - players in midfield who can break on beyond the attackers and we know if they get behind us we are going to sit in for them . ` We are fighting for each other as a team and that is most important . ' VIDEO Faith in Wenger key to Arsenal success - Schwarz . | Danny Welbeck scored a brace against Switzerland . New Arsenal forward said more to come for club and country . Former Manchester United man said he needed run of games plying centrally . | [[648, 650], [710, 831], [1423, 1525], [0, 75], [536, 607], [1917, 2023], [611, 647], [1336, 1402], [1677, 1725]] |
A werewolf enthusiast who went on the run with a 14-year-old girl is suspected of recruiting the teenager online for fantasy role-play games that led to a sexual relationship . Mark Edwards , 44 , who goes by the alias Nagamishe Shiro online , is alleged to have groomed the vulnerable 14-year-old to join his ` slayer covenant ' . Multiple albums have been discovered online of Edwards dressed in a werewolf costume along with teens in skimpy outfits role-playing sword and gun fights in a secluded , wooded area . Edwards , who is married and from Ohio , was arrested on February 28 after he went on the run with a girl for three days . Scroll down for video . Werewolf enthusiast Mark Edwards , 44 , posted pictures of himself with teenage girls online after recruiting them to join his slayer convenant . Edwards has posted multiple pictures online of him brandishing swords and guns in secluded wooded areas with young women . It came after he was released on $ 50,000 . bond last month on counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and interference . with custody from when he and the girl went missing last September . Videos and photos were posted online of Mark Edwards , 44 , and a 14-year-old girl . The 44-year-old now faces charges on both separate cases . A grand jury is scheduled to debate the case today . Edwards , who has worked as a security guard and an animal trapper , is being held at Clark County Jail on $ 500,000 bond . Edwards ' wife told a local station on Friday that she would support her husband through the allegations . On his Facebook profile , Edwards describes his slayer covenant as ' a world wide secret . organization of Werewolves , Vampires , Werecats or Hell cats , and Hybrid . humans that work together to protect the human race from the evil of . demons and other evil vampires or werewolves ' . He compared his group to a Jedi order for training ` young slayers that show remarkable powers and recruiting any new slayers ' . There are multiple photos of Edwards posing in a werewolf mask and fangs , combat-style clothes and brandishing swords and guns . Edwards ' Facebook photos contain several young women wearing masks and fantasy-style costumes of capes , gloves and carrying weapons . They are pictured clashing swords in a wooded area and standing knee-deep in a lake . In one photo from 2012 , a girl is sitting in Edwards lap . In one disturbing album , Edwards appears to be feasting on a raw , dead animal , his face covered in blood . Other images include a bloodied Edwards and a fake human head . Edwards is being held after he went on the run with a 14-year-old girl who was involved in his ` slayer covenant ' Edwards , who has worked as an animal trapper , posted pictures online of himself appearing to feed on raw carcasses and covered in blood . Edwards , 44 , who goes by the alias Nagamishe Shiro online appears in photos with a raw rabbit leg between his fake fangs . Investigators have taken computers from Edwards ' home and are looking for any evidence of criminal activity or inappropriate sexual acts . Police officers who searched Edwards ' home also found a freezer of animal parts but said that it could be from legal hunting . The alleged victim 's mother described Edwards ' hold over her daughter like cult-like brainwashing . She said that Edwards was a friend of the family in the past when he lived nearby . According . to a police report seen by KTVU , the girl . told her mother that she had sex with Edwards many times at his home between April and August 2013 . The couple fled for the first time after the girl 's mother reported the alleged inappropriate relationship to police . Edwards , from Ohio , is facing charges over an alleged inappropriate relationship with a teenage girl which began last year . Many of the images online are of a disturbing violent and sexual nature . Edwards is facing charges of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor who was involved in his werewolf games in the woods . Edwards compares his group to a Jedi order , claiming to train slayers who show ` remarkable powers ' Clark County Sheriff Gene Kelly said : ` The . guy made himself out to be a warrior . His attempt by posting these . videos on YouTube was to reach a larger audience . He wanted to publicize . his alter ego . ' However . Edwards ' friend RaMondo Brando , who convinced his friend to turn himself . in after he went on the run with girl , said that the 44-year-old 's . interest in fantasy games is just a hobby and that he ran away with Miss . Bruce in a misguided attempt to help her . Mr Brando , who did martial arts training with Edwards , said that his friend would posed no danger to the teenage girl . Edwards , 44 , kept his head down as he was led to an Ohio jail in handcuffs . 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Tracked : Scientists have developed a formula to forecast our future movements through phone software . From telling us when our train is coming , helping us when we 're lost and letting us watch our favourite TV shows , there seems no limit to how involved our smartphone is with our day-to-day life . Now the gadget promises something so advanced it verges on the supernatural : it will know exactly what we 're doing tomorrow . Scientists have found a way of predicting an individual 's future movements by analysing information their mobile phone . A team of computer . scientists at the University of Birmingham successfully predicted future . locations with an error margin of just 60ft , which has fuelled fears of . privacy invasions . While mobile phone networks can already track where a handset is in ` real time ' , the scientists have developed an algorithm - or formula - to forecast our future movements . They . compared data from one individual and their closest social network to . predict a person 's future location based on places and areas visited in . the past and the frequency of contact between those studied , The Sunday . Times reported . For example , if two individuals who have close contact visit a particular restaurant , it is highly likely that this is where they will be the next time they are both heading towards the area where the restaurant is . This means that mobile phone providers will be able to predict the future whereabouts of their customers . The study used mobile phone data from a group of 200 people living in the vicinity of Lausanne in Switzerland . Dr. Mirco Musolesi , who led the study , . said : ` Information extracted from the usage of a mobile phone is an . intriguing source of data about people behaviour . ' Social network : The study used data from phones of individuals and those whom they were in close contact with to calculate their future locations with surprising accuracy . He added : ` We have shown that the accuracy of the prediction of an individual 's future locations could be improved if his or her previous movement and the mobility information of his or her social group are taken into account . ' He said that the formula may not reflect the general population and would be more accurate in cities where people 's moves tend to be synchronised . Although it will be of great help to marketing companies and possibly law enforcements , privacy groups such as Big Brother Watch fear it will invade privacy . ` This development highlights huge privacy concerns ' , Emma Carr , deputy director of Big Brother Watch told the Sunday Times . Mr Musolesi tweeted plans of releasing the algorithm as an API -LRB- application programming interface -RRB- which would open up commercial possibilities for app-wizards and mobile phone service providers . In terms of marketing it means that advertising agencies will be able to target individuals with personalised advertisements using information about where the person has been and where he or she might be going . But it could also be a tool for third-party apps offering discounts and other offers where the app would be able to provide real-time deals available at venues and areas where a person is predicted to beat a specific time and day . The team also expressed hopes that their algorithm could be used by the police force in prediction of the future location of criminal events . | Your future location is calculated using data from your phone . University of Birmingham team made location predictions of users with an error margin of just 60ft . If developed , it can be used for personalised marketing , but has been accused of invading privacy . | [[431, 552], [431, 441], [459, 552], [1884, 1946], [2418, 2488], [2491, 2542], [2847, 2967]] |
` Love u. . . miss you ... love u. . . miss you . ' This is the heartbreaking last text cricketer Phillip Hughes sent his best friend , two weeks before he died from a fatal accident at the Sydney Cricket Ground . Meagan Simpson , 26 , was on holiday in Hawaii when she got the tender message . As the world mourns the death of the Australian batsman , who would have turned 26 last Sunday , the young man from Macksville who loved his cows as much as he loved cricket , Meagan remembers the Phillip Hughes that she knew . Scroll down for video . Phillip Hughes ' best friend Meagan Simpson , 26 , says the cricketer was the best friend ` anyone could ask for ' The pair bonded over late night phone calls , coffee and shopping trips and helped set each other up on dates , far away from the spotlight cast over Phillip as an international sports star . Meagan met Phillip three years ago , when he chatted to her in a Sydney pub , and they were inseparable ever since . ` We were at his favourite pub in Sydney , The Palace at Breakfast Point ... he tried to pick me up and told me he was a banker . I did n't know who he was at that point , ' Meagan fondly told Daily Mail Australia . The sports coach was working for AFL team the Giants at the time and was probed by players on the team who spotted her in the pub , about how she knew Phillip . Meagan , a sports coach , and Phillip met three years ago in his favourite Sydney pub . This is the last text Phillip Hughes sent Meagan . She received it while she was on holiday in Hawaii . ` They said `` he 's an Australian cricketer '' . I felt like a silly bugger . But that was him being humble . ' After their first meeting Phillip called Meagan ` every day for the next week ' . ` We had both been through pretty bad breakups ; neither of us wanted to start anything new and did n't want to hurt each other . ` He said `` I really want you in my life forever '' and we just became friends , ' Meagan explained . As she struggles to come to terms with her loss , Meagan said she still questions what Phillip saw in her that first night they met . ` We clicked ; we just got along so well . And from then it 's been weekly conversations or late night calls , or whenever we needed each other . ' Phillip told her he wanted her in his life ` forever ' and would send her selfies via text message while they were apart . The pair enjoyed chatting over coffee and shopping trips and Phillip would ask Meagan 's advice on what to wear . In this photo that Phillip sent Meagan he is on his farm in Macksville , the place he always hoped to return home to one day . They pair both loved sport and Meagan learned a lot about cricket by going to watch Phillip play . He ` now loves the Giants because I worked there , ' she said . Heartbreakingly , Meagan described Phillip as ` the best friend anyone could ask for ' . ` He was always there when you needed him and that says a lot when someone is so famous and when he has so many other things going on . Whenever I needed him he was there . ` He was cheeky and funny and always made you laugh . He just had a genuine interest in you and invested time into our friendship . ` I still do n't know how I got so lucky to have him as a friend ; obviously he saw something in me . ' Meagan would go and watch Phillip at his cricket games and he started supporting the AFL team that she worked for . ` He sent me flowers on my birthday no matter how far away he was ' : Meagan described Phillip as a thoughtful and dependable friend . Phillip introduced Meagan to all of ` the boys whether cricketers or mates ' and since his death , on Thursday 27 November , Australian Cricket Captain Michael Clarke told her : ` You know he loved you so much , that 's all we need to say about it . ' ` I did share him with two other best friends , they were male . I was the only girl best friend who was there purely as a friend , nothing else . ` Some struggled with that . People always thought we were dating but in Phillip 's eyes it was `` Meagan is just one of the boys '' , ' she explained . Meagan said Phillip acted the same way in front of her as he did with the boys and she ` really respected that about him ' . The best friends kept in regular contact even when Meagan was living in the US and Phillip was in England , she laughed that he ` could never figure out Skype ' . ` In the last few months he worked out Facetime . But we could n't talk via Facebook , he did n't have Facebook or Instagram -- he preferred a good old fashioned meeting and having a coffee . ` He was always there though . He sent me flowers on my birthday no matter how far away he was . ' Australian Cricket Captain Michael Clarke , seen here at Phillip Hughes ' funeral , told Meagan : ` You know he loved you so much , that 's all we need to say about it ' Phillip was killed after he was hit in the head by a ball , during a Sheffield Shield match at the Sydney Cricket Ground , in a rare and tragic accident . On his frequent coffee catch ups , Phillip would sometimes have three or four in a row , going from café to café so he could continue talking . ` We 'd go from one place to another in one day . He loved taking me shopping . I have so many memories of him trying things on and him saying `` what about this one '' ... he 'd ask `` which tie should I wear with my suit ? '' ` He loved his fashion and a good fitting cap and shirt and suit . He always checked himself before he went out of the house , ' Meagan remembered . Meagan -LRB- left -RRB- and Australian cricketers - past and present - such as Brett Lee -LRB- right -RRB- kept a bedside vigil for Hughes ' while he was in a Sydney hospital . Since Phillip was killed after he was hit in the head by a ball , during a Sheffield Shield match at the Sydney Cricket Ground -- in a rare and tragic accident -- thousands of people around the world have laid out tributes and offered condolences to the batsman 's family and friends . Meagan said the support has been ` phenomenal ' and Phillip ` would be looking down laughing and thinking `` all this for me '' . ' ` I do n't think he realised how truly loved he was . It 's so good to see but at the same time it is hard sharing such a personal thing with rest of world . You want to be selfish at times , but its ' a testament to Phillip the person . ` We ca n't thank the world enough . ' Phillip ` would be looking down laughing and thinking `` all this for me '' , ' Meagan says . Thousands of people around the world have laid out tributes and offered condolences to the batsman 's family and friends . When they were n't joking around about ` sexy cows ' at Phillip 's parent 's farm in Macksville , the pair would talk about their future and how one day Meagan would bring her children to see their Uncle Phil at the farm . ` We spoke about a lot of things . Whether it was cricket or what present to buy his sister for her birthday , girl problems he may have had . ` He talked about how he missed his parents . I 've never seen someone love their parents so much , he would call his dad five times a day , ' she recalled . Despite his fame and success on the cricket pitch , Meagan said one thing was always clear : ` His life goal was to go back to Macksville . ' Despite his fame and success on the cricket pitch , Meagan said one thing was always clear : ` His life goal was to go back to Macksville ' Flowers adorned the gate at the Hughes ' cattle stud in Macksville this week . Meagan said she will one day take her children to see the cows . ` He wanted to find the right girl and he wanted to have children who grew up on the farm with him up in Macksville . He did n't care if they played cricket or not , he wanted a family like his family , ' she said . Meagan has vowed to visit Phillip 's parents in his hometown three or four times a year ` for the rest of my life ' and has already book a trip there for between Christmas and New Year 's . She has so many memories of her time with Phillip and has ` no words to truly say how amazing he is ' . ` We joked my kids would come up to see Uncle Phil and the cows . That 's the thing ; he was an Aussie cricketer and for some he was just a farmer from Macksville . ` But to me , he was just my best friend . ' As Meagan pays tribute to Phillip she says there are ` no words to truly say how amazing he is ' | Meagan Simpson met Phillip Hughes three years ago . They spoke in his favourite Sydney pub and have been best friends ever since . After returning from his hometown funeral on the NSW mid-north coast she told Daily Mail Australia how ` lucky ' she was to have known him . No matter where Phillip was in the world they would talk on the phone . While in Sydney they would chat over coffee and go shopping together . 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A Burbank woman was held in a jail cell for 10 hours for painting her nails on an aeroplane . Jeanie Daniels was on board a Southwest Airlines plane from Los Angeles to Houston , Texas on January 26 , on her way to see her boyfriend when a flight attendant took offence to the smell of the varnish and asked her to put it away . ` I said I 'm sorry , I apologize and I put it away , ' Daniels told CBS Local . ` About 10 minutes into the flight I discovered I only had two nails left to paint so I thought , well if I went to the bathroom and did it , it would n't offend anyone . '' 10 hours : Jeanie Daniels -LRB- left -RRB- was flying to see boyfriend Jimmy Hauser but was arrested after painting her nails on the flight . Jailed : Jeanie Daniels was put in handcuffs and jailed for 10 hours when she stepped off the Southwest Airlines flight . But when she left the bathroom she found another flight attendant lying in wait for her , angry that Daniels had gone ahead and continued to use the nail paint despite being told not to . The pair began to argue and it got heated , with Daniels swearing at the attendant . She told CBS that she told the attendant to ` Stop bitching at me ' . Daniels added : ` She was getting so loud when I was sitting in my seat . I was like , just stop , and I was loud because she would n't end the conversation . ' As she stepped off the flight 1536 plane she was handcuffed by two police officers . They interviewed Daniels , the attendant and a witness and carted her off to a police station on a charge of using ` abusive profane language ' . The charges were dropped by the DA , but not before Daniels spent 10 hours in jail . Charged : Jeanie Daniels was charged with using profane abusive language but the charges were later dropped by the DA . Her boyfriend , Jimmy Hauser , said he was shocked when he was told what had happened . ` They would n't let her talk ' , he added . ` They said to her `` do n't talk '' . ' In a statement , Southwest Airlines said : ` The Customer in question was taken into custody upon arrival in Houston for behaviour she displayed while onboard a flight from LAS -- HOU on February 26 . ` The airport police became involved because of the passenger 's behaviour and a verbal altercation with a Southwest Airlines crew member . Southwest Airlines is responsible for the safety of all of our passengers and Employees . ' | Jeanie Daniels was asked to put her nail varnish away because of the smell . She was caught by a flight attendant continuing to use the varnish in the bathroom . Two police officers were waiting to arrest her when she stepped off the plane . | [[204, 207], [212, 297], [238, 256], [302, 328], [1393, 1436]] |
Aston Villa have offered teenage sensation Jack Grealish a new four-year deal at the club . The 19-year-old has attracted interest from Chelsea and is in the final 12 months of his current contract at Villa Park . Grealish was handed his first-team debut at the end of last season against Manchester City after impressing on loan at League One outfit Notts County , where he featured 38 times . Attracting interest : Aston Villa youngster Jack Grealish . Rising star : Villa are keen to tie Grealish to a new long-term deal . The winger has forced his way into Paul Lambert 's first-team plans and featured as a substitute in the Premier League wins against Stoke and Hull City . Grealish has also represented the Republic of Ireland at Under 21 level and his representatives recently held talks with Martin O'Neill about his international future . The Bodymoor Heath academy graduate has been with the club since the age of six and Villa are keen to tie down his long-term future . Making progress : Grealish has forced his way into Paul Lambert 's first-team plans . | Talented teenager offered new four-year contract at Villa Park . Grealish is attracting the attention of Premier League rivals Chelsea . Young winger has featured in the wins against Stoke and Hull City . | [[0, 91], [469, 525], [92, 143], [526, 536], [598, 679]] |
She only popped out to the shops but Princess Beatrice still showcased some serious style credentials today . The royal enjoyed lunch and a spot of shopping with her friends in Notting Hill , London , and looked bang-on-trend for the occasion . The 26-year-old was barefaced for the afternoon and while she kept her outfit simple , she accessorised with a pair of # 180 wedged trainers by Ash and a # 1,235 Marcie tote by French fashion house , Chloe . Hitting the shops in style : Princess Beatrice looked trendy as she stepped out to do a spot of shopping with her friends in Notting Hill today . The fashion-forward Princess was seen perusing the clothes in Sloaney store Joseph , a firm favourite of the Duchess of Cambridge and Pippa Middleton . After shopping , she enjoyed some lunch with her friends . Perhaps the young royal was looking for a last-minute birthday gift for her mother , Sarah Ferguson , who is celebrating her 55th birthday today . Trendy : The 26-year-old wore a pair of wedged trainers and a # 1,235 Marcie medium textured-leather tote by French fashion house Chloe . Arm candy : Her # 1,200 handbag is described on the website as ` timeless ' and ` built to last ' Pit stop : After shopping , she enjoyed some lunch with her friends in West London , which has become her stomping ground . The family will no doubt be enjoying a celebratory dinner this evening seeing as youngest sister Princess Eugenie is back in town from New York . Last week , Princess Beatrice stepped out at London 's Chiltern Firehouse for the book launch party for How Google Works , by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg . The 26-year-old redhead wore a black semi-sheer collared minidress , which was cinched at the waist , showing off her slender frame and shapely legs . Sloane ranger : The Princess was seen perusing the clothes in Sloaney store Joseph , a firm favourite of the Duchess of Cambridge and Pippa Middleton . Hot hangout : Last week , Princess Beatrice stepped out at London 's Chiltern Firehouse for the book launch party for How Google Works , by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg . Her boyfriend , Virgin Galactic executive Dave Clark , 31 , attended the popular venue with her , looking dapper in a white button-down shirt under a black suit . Beatrice , older sister of Princess Eugenie , 24 , is also known to frequent A-list London favourites such as Zuma , Nobu , Restaurant C and Balthazar . And as she continues to step out with her boyfriend , there 's talk that he could soon be her husband . The pair have been dating for over six years , and gossip is rife - denied by all concerned , naturally - that theirs might be the next royal engagement to be announced . In the summer , Beatrice 's mother Sarah Ferguson spent the weekend at Balmoral as a guest of Queen Elizabeth II . She was accompanied by her ex-husband and their two daughters , leading some to speculate on the reasons for this royal rapprochement . Girl 's day : Princess Beatrice may well be joining her mother for dinner this evening to celebrate Sarah 's 55th birthday . | Royal , 26 , shopped at Joseph with friends . Is her mother 's 55th birthday today so may well be celebrating later . | [[110, 198], [482, 598], [599, 681], [1792, 1860], [882, 892], [901, 911], [916, 956], [2950, 2954], [2964, 3074]] |
Dozens of corrupt police officers helped organised criminals hide evidence , intimidate witnesses and access details of ongoing operations , according to a leaked report . An internal investigation by the Metropolitan Police claimed officers were bribed to destroy surveillance logs and some officers even co-owned houses and racehorses with suspected gang leaders . The 2002 report , produced as part of Operation Tiberius , an investigation into police corruption , named 80 corrupt officers . More than half of them were still serving at the time . ` Corrupt ' : The report alleges that criminals had free access to information held by the Metropolitan Police . The documents , leaked to the Independent , concludes that organised criminals were able to infiltrate Scotland Yard ` at will ' and access confidential information from secure databases . The report , written by a team led by Andy Hayman , the force 's former assistant commissioner , spoke to informants , used intelligence from intercepted telephone conversations , interviewed officers and scoured old police files to reach its conclusions . The Metropolitan Police today insisted that the force has ` changed vastly ' since the report was completed . But a recently retired senior officer , speaking anonymously to the newspaper , said that : ` The Met is still every bit as corrupt as it was back then . ' Details of the report include a case in which a police statement from a sensitive witness was found in a nightclub controlled by a family of suspected gangsters . Other records claim that a man on trial for drug trafficking was able to pay officers # 15,000 to destroy two ` crucial ' surveillance logs . His trial later collapsed . At another point , a corrupt officer who discovered the existence of a highly sensitive informant was able to threaten his handler with reprisals if he any evidence about organised crime were to emerge . Another part of the report speaks of a corrupt officer who had ` an ongoing sexual relationship with a female drug supplier ' , and access police records for her . Speaking to MailOnline today , a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police suggested that the report was ` outdated ' and does not reflect the organisation as it is today . He said : ' I think everyone recognises that the police has changed vastly over the past five years - let alone the last 10 or 15 years . ' A statement issued by the force also said that the Met continues to investigate corruption , and has ` no complacency ' about the matter . It said : ` The dedicated Anti-Corruption Command -LRB- ACC -RRB- , part of the Met 's Directorate of Professional Standards , proactively investigates any allegations or intelligence relating to either corrupt police officers and staff and those that may seek to corrupt our officers or staff . ` All such allegations and intelligence are taken extremely seriously and any any lessons learnt from resulting investigations are used to further our efforts to reduce the likelihood of such offences occurring in the future . ` There is no complacency in the Met 's determination to succeed in this task and the work of the officers and staff of the ACC is undertaken relentlessly and determinably , fully recognising that criminals who seek to corrupt our officers and staff will remain a threat . ' | Internal investigation into corruption at the Metropolitan Police was leaked . File from 2002 says that organised criminals could access records ` at will ' Claims officers owned houses and racehorses with suspected gang leaders . Also alleges officers were paid # 15,000 to destroy surveillance logs . Another accessed records for drug supplier he was having sex with . Met spokesman says report is ` outdated ' and the force has ` changed vastly ' | [[0, 33], [141, 171], [172, 366], [566, 630], [665, 706], [709, 853], [172, 366], [233, 366], [172, 366], [233, 366], [1540, 1681], [1565, 1634], [1565, 1600], [1610, 1681], [1111, 1220], [1155, 1185], [1188, 1220], [2109, 2232], [2109, 2110], [2164, 2174], [2196, 2246], [2247, 2254], [2259, 2384]] |
Tracey Sharp finally left the family farm she lived on with ` husband ' Philip and his six ` wives ' and now lives with her children in their own apartment . A mother who shared a man known as the ` Rampant Rabbi ' with six other women has described their bizarre family life together -- and explained why she finally walked out on him . Tracey Sharp , 46 , claimed her ` husband ' Philip , who has one legal wife , seven other ` wives ' and 17 children , had ` favourites ' and chose which woman shared his bed each night . She said he neglected her and forced her , like the rest of his women , to wear hats so that only he could see their hair . Finally she left , she claimed , because of his increasingly cold behaviour towards her . However , 53-year-old Mr Sharp , a self-proclaimed Rabbi , insisted yesterday that he told her to leave because she always insisted on being ` top dog ' and was forever competing with the rest of his harem . Although the marriages are not legally binding , Mr Sharp , who never uses contraception , believes the women become his wives when they sleep with him . He claims to have received a message from God telling him he was a king from the Old Testament and should have many wives and children . Tracey met him in 1998 and ` married ' him in 2001 . She changed her surname to his by deed poll and went on to have two daughters with him -- Naomi , nine , and Mischa , three . His other ` wives ' also had ten children between them -- on top of the five he had with his first wife -- and all lived together on a farm in Whatlington , East Sussex . Although still legally separated from his legal wife Hadass , he now has six remaining ` wives ' called Judith , Hannah , Vreni , Margo , Karyn and Chava , ranging in age from 29 to 68 . The children are all home-schooled at the # 675,000 farm , where the family exist on benefits of # 1,500 a month , pensions and what they can make selling horses . Mr Sharp says he part-owns the property , which is up for sale , with two of his ` wives ' and his mother-in-law . Togetherness : From left , Tracey , Judith Chava , Margo , Philip , Vreni Hannah and Karyn , with seven of the children they have had together . Rabbi Philip Sharp with wives -LRB- L-R -RRB- Margo , Tracey and Vreni and new daughters Shayna and Yanis . According to Tracey Sharp , after a . decade with her ` husband ' his lack of attention and affection began to . get to her and she became ` miserable , but still under his spell ' . ` We hardly had sex and he got on better with the other wives . He 'd been a caring lover but , near the end , he was cold . ' Two years ago , she plucked up the courage to walk out on him . She is now training to be a physiotherapist and lives in Sussex . Mrs Sharp told Closer magazine that . she had made the right decision . ` I was lonely for a long time after . leaving , but I 'll never regret it . I 'm a lot happier . I love my . independence and feel stupid for getting into that set-up . ' By contrast , Mr Sharp said yesterday . that the whole family had asked Tracey to leave because her behaviour . had become intolerable . ` Nobody could work with her because she was so . angry and nasty to people when she did n't get what she wanted , ' he said . Three 's no crowd : Philip Sharp with pregnant wives Vreni -LRB- left -RRB- and Margo . Tracey -LRB- second left -RRB- pictured with Philip -LRB- centre -RRB- and the other ` wives ' -LRB- from left -RRB- Judith , Chava , Vreni , Margo , Hannah and Karyn . The interview with Tracey Sharp can be read in this week 's edition of Closer , which is available now . ` It 's because she 's so dominant and so . competitive that all the problems started . She was one of my . favourites , but if she found I 'd done something for one of my other . wives she would be furious and demand to know why I had n't done the same . for her . ` We tried to help her to learn to live . with others , but in the end I said it 's best you get your own place and . learn these things yourself . ' He said that the separation was amicable . initially , but he was forced to go on the dole because his haulage . business was struggling and he faced the ` desperate financial situation ' of supporting a large family . He said that Tracey became angry when . he could no longer pay her child support . ` I 'm not perfect , none of us . are , but I am not anything like the man she portrays me as . I 'm not a . cult leader . I do n't keep people in chains . My wives and children who . live with me are happy and are here out of choice . ' Despite all the upheaval he remains . convinced that Tracey will return to the family . ` There 's no book giving . advice on being married to several wives at the same time so you have . to work it out as you go along . ` I 'm still deeply in love with Tracey . and I believe she 's still in love with me . I do think we will be able to . work it out and eventually will all be back . ' Another of his ` wives ' , Vreni , claimed . that Tracey went on holiday with him a few months ago . ` She acts like a . little child . I love her , but she has her moments when she gets angry . when she does n't get her own way . ` I think she left because she could n't . be top dog and now she 's throwing dirt . She keeps coming back and then . something will happen and she 'll leave again . I wish she 'd come home to . us . ' The full feature appears in this week 's Closer magazine , on sale now . | Tracey Sharp lived with ` husband ' Philip and his six other ` wives ' Claimed he had favourites and chose who shared his bed each night . The 46-year-old finally left in 2010 and set up home alone with her children . She now loves being independent but now ` feels stupid ' about her time there . | [[0, 98], [158, 166], [171, 235], [158, 183], [224, 275], [1650, 1652], [1657, 1741], [479, 524], [42, 45], [105, 157], [2946, 2988]] |
Rio Ferdinand has recalled how Sir Alex Ferguson would hammer Cristiano Ronaldo and other of Manchester United 's main men to get the best out of them , and claims he 's never seen an England manager do the same . In an explosive autobiography - # 2Sides - serialised in The Sun , Ferdinand insists Ferguson was a genius and took him for granted before his retirement last year . Ferdinand , who moved to QPR after departing United last summer , remembers one game against Benfica in 2006 where Ronaldo tried too much , and got the hairdryer treatment from the United boss . Manchester United 's Cristiano Ronaldo -LRB- left -RRB- gestures in front of Benfica 's Georgios Karagounis during their Champions League fixture in 2006 . Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson blasted Cristiano Ronaldo after his one-man show against Benfica in Lisbon , 2006 . Cristiano Ronaldo was given the hairdryer treatment after the European encounter . He said : `` I remember Ronaldo getting emotional one game when we played Benfica in Lisbon . He thought he had to prove to people in Portugal why he moved to United . ` The game became the Ronaldo show , he was trying to show his skills and nothing was coming off . ` We lost and afterwards the manager absolutely destroyed him . `` Who the hell do you think you are '' . ` I never saw England managers hammering David Beckham like that , or Stevie Gerrard or Frank Lampard or Wayne Rooney . ' Cristiano Ronaldo -LRB- left -RRB- looks towards manager Sir Alex Ferguson during a press conference in 2009 . Sir Alex Ferguson and Carlos Queiroz talk with Cristiano Ronaldo at Carrington in 2008 . Rio Ferdinand -LRB- right -RRB- returned to Old Trafford to face Manchester United with Queens Park Rangers . Ferdinand , signed by Ferguson in 2002 from Leeds for a British record fee , said the Scot 's ways brought the best out of him and kept his standards high . He added : ` It made me think , I could be next . I better stay on my toes . We took Fergie for granted , but now I see he was a genius . ` He would finish most of his team talk with : `` Now go out and enjoy yourself '' . It was never do this , do that , because that can take away a player 's flair . ' Click here to visit our Manchester United Facebook page . | Sir Alex Ferguson would use hairdryer treatment on Cristiano Ronaldo and other big Manchester United stars . Portuguese star was blasted after a Champions League tie against Benfica . Ronaldo was trying too hard to shine on return to Portugal in 2006 . Ferdinand has never seen an England manager use a similar approach . | [[0, 166], [495, 502], [524, 574], [380, 389], [446, 488], [773, 856], [866, 948], [484, 488], [495, 517], [0, 13], [157, 213]] |
Actress Misty Upham , who recently appeared alongside Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep in the film August : Osage County , has been reported missing by her family . Her father , Charles Upham , released a letter to the media today saying no one in the family had seen her since leaving her sister 's apartment in Muckleshoot , Washington , on October 5 . He also added that she has a medical condition . Scroll down for video . Missing : Actress Misty Upham -LRB- above with Meryl Streep -RRB- has been missing for five days according to her family . Rising star : Upham -LRB- above -RRB- has starred alongside Julia Roberts , Anna Kendrick and Jennifer Aniston in films . ` Misty is considered an endangered missing person due to a medical condition , ' wrote Charles in his latter , that he released to Indian Country Today . ` She has not been in contact with her family or friends since her disappearance . ' According to Misty 's Twitter , she lives In West Hollywood , California . The Native American actress , who is a member of the Blackfoot Tribe , shot to fame in 2008 for her role in the critically acclaimed independent film Frozen River , starring alongside eventual Oscar nominee Melissa Leo , and scoring an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Female . Then , just last year , Misty , 32 , was a member of the SAG nominated cast of August : Osage County , a film adaptation of Tracey Letts ' Pulitzer Prize winning play . Big talent : Upham -LRB- above with Liza Minelli -RRB- was nominated for a SAG Award this year . Breakout : She shot to fame in the independent film frozen River alongside Melissa Leo . The actress has yet another big movie coming out next year , Cake , in which she stars with Jennifer Aniston and Anna Kendrick . Anyone who has any information on her whereabouts should contact the Auburn police department at 253-288-2121 , case number 14-13189 . | Actress Misty Upham has been missing since October 5 according to her family . She was last seen leaving her sisters house in Muckleshoot , Washington , and has a ` medical condition ' according to her father . The actress has worked with stars including Julia Roberts , Meryl Streep and Jennifer Aniston . | [[0, 19], [112, 162], [426, 433], [436, 548], [236, 335], [353, 355], [361, 401], [673, 748], [0, 19], [26, 96], [549, 560], [563, 670]] |
Victim : The 28-year-old expatriate , who can not be named , admitted to police she had had a drink when the alleged attack took . place -LRB- file picture -RRB- . A British woman who was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped by three men in Dubai found herself in the dock for drinking without an alcohol licence . The 28-year-old expatriate , who can not be named for legal reasons , admitted to police she had been drinking when the alleged attack took place and was prosecuted and fined # 169 . Under Islamic law in the United Arab Emirates , drinking without an alcohol licence is a crime . Two of the Iranians accused of raping her are facing trial while a third defendant can not be traced . The woman , who works in a managerial position , said her ordeal lasted hours with the alleged rapists filming the attack and taunting her , despite her pleas to be let go . Dubai Court of First Instance heard she was subjected to a sustained attack after being taken hostage and driven to a flat in Naif , a rundown area of Dubai . She eventually escaped when the defendants left her on a mattress to find her own way home . The defendants ' lawyer Saeed al Gilani has claimed she made up the story after watching ` too many action movies ' . He added : ` She has a boyfriend who threw her out of his flat when he heard she 'd had a relationship with the defendants . She then went to police and claimed she was raped . ' Prosecutors claimed the alleged victim had spent six hours at Rock Bottom , the same bar in Bur Dubai where missing Scottish sailor Timmy MacColl was last seen . However the woman , who can not be named , said that she was out with her boyfriend and he went home but realised he did n't have the keys to their flat . She then went to Rock Bottom to meet a friend to get her car keys and because she was driving she said she did not have much to drink . It was at the bar that she believes her drink was spiked . She left at 3am on July 6 and got into a cab , asking the driver to take her to Arabian Ranches residential area . The 37-year-old Pakistani taxi driver told the court she was ` very drunk ' and fell asleep on the back seat , but the victim believes that she appeared this way because of the drugs she had been spiked with . Drinks : The alleged victim had spent six hours at Rock Bottom , the same bar in Bur Dubai where missing Scottish sailor Timmy MacColl was last seen . Ordeal : The woman had visited a bar in Dubai and said said she was kidnapped by three Iranian . men who claimed they knew her when she got out of a taxi . He said when she woke up , she changed . her mind and told him to go to Jumeirah Beach Residence instead , . stopping at a cash machine . She got out of the car but got back in . without taking out any money . When they finally reached their . destination , he told how she stumbled inside without paying the # 10 fare . and had to be persuaded by security to return to the car . Foreigners jailed in Dubai are deported immediately after completing their sentences . The . woman reportedly got into the driver 's seat of the taxi , prompting him . to remove his car keys , when a red Hyundai pulled up alongside them . The three Iranian men in the car claimed they knew the woman , paid the taxi driver # 17 and escorted her to their Hyundai . She was taken to the apartment in Naif , where the three men allegedly took turns to rape her while filming the attack . The woman said in a statement : ' I begged them to let me go but they did n't and were laughing at me . ' When she tried to escape by running . toward the door and window , she was repeatedly dragged back onto a . mattress , injuring her hand and foot , the court heard . ` They ignored my pleas and laughed at me , speaking to each other in broken English , ' she said . The men , all aged 20 , left her dazed and lying on a mattress in the unlocked flat , giving her a chance to escape . She caught a taxi back to her apartment at 8.30 am , where her flatmate found her in a ` confused ' state . The 26-year-old friend said : ` She told me she had been raped . She changed her dress . ` We went to lodge a complaint at Rashidiya police station . ' The . flatmate warned her not to shower before filing a complaint . Blood . tests taken later that day did not show any traces of alcohol . But . judge Jamal Abdel Majeed , sitting in Dubai Misdemeanours Court , found . the woman guilty of illegally consuming alcohol as she did not own an . alcohol licence and admitted she had been drinking . Two of the men accused of raping her are on trial but deny charges of kidnap and rape . The third man has not been traced . Investigating . officers said one of the accused , who has not been named , said he was . ` scared of kidnapping a British woman ' but blamed his co-defendant for . persuading him to carry out the attack by saying : ` She is drunk and . wo n't recognise us . ' First . corporal Marwan Salem , of Dubai police , said they lured her into their . car by pretending the vehicle was hers . He added her underwear and . belongings were found in the flat . A forensic report showed she was injured during the alleged incident . The trial will continue on Wednesday . Recruitment consultant Rebecca Blake , 29 , -LRB- pictured -RRB- was sentenced to three months in a Dubai jail for having drunken sex in the back of a taxi . She was arrested earlier this year after partially stripping off in the back of the cab after a 10-hour drinking binge . DNA tests to find evidence of intercourse came back negative . Last year , British tourist Lee Bradley Brown , 39 , was allegedly beaten to death by officers in a Dubai police station after being arrested for swearing . In 2010 Charlotte Adams , 26 , from Essex , and Ayman Najafi , 25 , of North London , were jailed for a ` peck on the cheek ' in a restaurant . Vince Acors , 35 , and Michelle Palmer , 37 , were convicted of public indecency and having unmarried sex while on a Dubai beach in 2008 . They were jailed for three months and ordered to pay fines of # 155 each . BBC Radio One DJ Grooverider , -LRB- pictured -RRB- real name is Raymond Bingham , was jailed in 2008 for four years in Dubai after taking 2.16 grams of cannabis into the UAE . He was pardoned after serving seven months . British women , Sally Antia , 44 , and Marnie Pearce , 40 , have both been jailed for adultery in Dubai . In 2009 Roxanne Hillier , 22 , the daughter of a British businessman , served a three-month sentence in neighbouring Sharjah after she was accused of sleeping with the boss of the dive shop where she worked . | 28-year-old admitted she was drunk when the alleged attack took place . Claims she was abducted by three Iranians as she got out of a taxi . | [[0, 6], [9, 35], [61, 79], [80, 130], [164, 283], [313, 339], [383, 401], [395, 495], [4470, 4477], [4490, 4522], [4840, 4860], [4863, 4877], [4812, 4853], [4863, 4877], [164, 283], [2416, 2425], [2457, 2503], [2504, 2507], [2512, 2562], [2504, 2562]] |
David Cameron has laid down a challenge to European leaders to demand they stump up 1billion euros to help tackle Ebola . The Prime Minister said the spread of the deadly virus was the ` biggest health problem for a generation ' - but that some leaders were not doing their bit . He has written to Herman Van Rompuy , President of the European Council , to say Ebola should be placed on the agenda of next week 's Brussels summit . Mr Cameron said the 1billion euros would pay for 2,000 health workers to fly out to the affected West African countries , to help stem the spread of the disease . Scroll down for video . Prime Minister David Cameron is calling for more funding to help tackle Ebola . So far , the EU has raised less than half of that sum . Britain , however , has already earmarked # 125million to tackle Ebola - the largest sum in Europe and second in the world only to the US . The Prime Minister brought up the need for a more concerted international response to the Ebola crisis at Asia-Europe Meeting , a summit of world leaders from the two continents , in Milan yesterday . In the letter to Mr Van Rompuy and fellow leaders , the Prime Minister warned that ` we need to act fast to contain and defeat this deadly virus ' . He wrote : ` If we do not significantly step up our collective response now , the loss of life and damage to the political , economic and social fabric of the region will be substantial and the threat posed to our citizens will also grow . ' He set out an ambitious package of measures to be agreed at next week 's EU summit . Top of the list is raising contributions from the EU and its member states up to 1billion euros in total . This would help pay for 2,000 workers to go the region to tackle the disease , including 1,000 clinical staff , by the middle of November . The PM meets Ukraine 's President Petro Poroshenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a meeting on Ukraine 's crisis yesterday . Mr Cameron said he also wanted to see increased co-ordination on screening at ports of entry to Europe , and better sharing of best practice on handling cases to help to reduce the risk of further transmission within the EU . Britain is also proposing that the EU could help further reduce the transmission rate in West Africa by better co-ordination amongst member states to ensure weekly flights from Europe to Sierra Leone , Guinea and Liberia for frontline health staff . We want to see a duty of care package for health workers at European run or funded facilities that would , in the case they become infected , guarantee treatment based on clinical advice to a European standard in country or medical evacuation . Britain is also calling for better testing for ebola and further staffed labs . Calling on European leaders to agree this package , the Prime Minister wrote : ` The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is an issue that requires a substantial global response . The RFA Argus left Falmouth for Sierra Leone today with her crew of RFA , Royal Navy and Royal Marine Commandos . ` The rapid spread of the disease and recent cases outside the West African region demonstrate the magnitude of the task at hand . ` I believe that much more must be done . The European Council next week provides us with the opportunity to commit to an ambitious package of support to help reduce the rate of transmission in West Africa , to reduce the risk of transmission within Europe , and to pledge long-term support to assist with recovery , resilience and stability in the region . ` By co-ordinating our approach , I believe the EU and its member states can maximise the effectiveness of our response . ' Britain has set aside # 125million to tackle Ebola - second highest after United States of America . The UK is also working with the World Health Organisation to train more than 120 health workers a week , and to develop an Ebola training facility to train over 800 health workers a week . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article . | PM says money will pay for 2,000 health workers to fly to affected countries . Britain has already earmarked # 125million to tackle the deadly disease . This is the largest sum in Europe and second in the world only to the US . Urging European cooperation , he said ' I believe much more must be done ' | [[432, 553], [481, 551], [554, 594], [1679, 1788], [663, 698], [755, 762], [775, 894], [3653, 3753], [3675, 3753], [755, 762], [775, 894], [3653, 3753], [3675, 3753], [895, 1020], [3173, 3212]] |
An anti-shake spoon is allowing people with frustrating and disabling tremors enjoy their favourite foods once more . The Liftware spoon detects and then cancels out shakes and judders , allowing soup , cereal and other hard to manipulate foods be eaten with ease . The technology , which has been bought by Google , is aimed at Parkinson 's patients and other people with tremors . Scroll down for video . The # 180 spoon has revolutionary electronics in its handle , which can cancel out shakes by 70 per cent . Uncontrollable shaking of the hand or arm is one of the first symptoms of Parkinson 's . But it can also occur in otherwise healthy people , with four in 100 adults aged 40-plus suffering from an essential tremor that when severe can make eating , drinking and writing extremely difficult . Cutting-edge electronics hidden in chunky handle of the Liftware spoon sense the tremor . They then move the handle in the opposite direction , to cancel out the shake . Similar technology is used in cameras to compensate for unsteady hands . The spoon 's creators , at San Francisco-based Lift Labs , say that it puts the dignity and enjoyment back into mealtimes . And that in trials , it cut tremors by more than 70 per cent . A spokesman said : ` Mealtime brings people together . It is more than a time for nourishing the body , we nourish our spirit and relationships . ` A tremor , whether from essential tremor or Parkinson 's disease takes away from this experience , forcing people to focus instead on the basic task of eating . ` We 've invented the Liftware spoon to cancel hand tremor and take the frustration out of eating . ` We are proud to offer a product that allows people to take charge of their tremor . ' At # 180 the electronic spoon is n't cheap -- however , it does come with a 30-day money back guarantee . While Lift Labs is marketing the spoon at Parkinson 's sufferers , charity Parkinson 's UK say that people with the disease suffer tremors when their hand is at rest , meaning the spoon may not be useful . One customer told how the spoon allowed them to eat a bowl of cereal for the first time in years . Another told how they have eaten ` multiple bowls ' of soup and cereal without spilling a drop . Fork and key holder attachments are also planned for the handle , which is comes with an electric toothbrush-like charger . Announcing its purchase of Lift Labs , Google said the technology ` could improve quality of life for millions of people ' . Google is increasingly investing in health technology . Its co-founder Sergey Brin has a personal interest in Parkinson 's . His mother has the disease and he carries a gene that raises his odds of developing it . However , Parkinson 's UK has questioned how useful the spoon will be for the 127,000 Britons with the disease . Daiga Heisters , the charity 's head of education , said : ` The majority of people with Parkinson 's only have a tremor when their hand is resting and so this technology wo n't help them . ' | # 180 Liftware spoon detects and cancels out shakes and judders by 70 % . Cutting edge electronics hidden in the handle sense and cancel tremors . Allows people with tremors to eat soup , cereal and ice cream with ease . Technology created by Lift Labs but has been bought by Google . | [[118, 136], [149, 184], [453, 468], [475, 513], [1181, 1190], [1193, 1234], [1546, 1643], [407, 466], [453, 468], [475, 513], [805, 869], [805, 894], [196, 265], [266, 314], [317, 382]] |
Pregnant women who sleep on their backs are at greater risk of having a stillbirth . Pregnant women who sleep on their backs are at greater risk of having a stillbirth , a new study suggests . Mothers-to-be in Ghana who slept in this position were found to be five times more likely to have a baby with a low birth weight , and for some women this resulted in a stillbirth , the researchers said . The researchers also claimed that more than a quarter of cases of stillbirth might be avoided simply by ensuring that women change their sleeping position . The study was conducted in Ghana where between 20 and 50 of every 1,000 babies are stillborn , compared with just 3.5 per 1,000 in the UK . But a recent study in New Zealand suggests that supine sleep - the technical term for sleeping on your back - is linked to higher stillbirth rates in high income countries , too . The study 's senior author , Louise O'Brien , from the University of Michigan , said : ` If maternal sleep position does play a role in stillbirth , encouraging pregnant women everywhere not to sleep on their back is a simple approach that may improve pregnancy outcomes . ` In Ghana , inexpensive interventions are urgently needed to improve pregnancy outcomes . ` This is a behaviour that can be modified - encouraging women to avoid sleeping on their back would be a low-cost method to reduce stillbirths in Ghana and other low-income countries . ` The data in this study suggests that more than one-quarter of stillbirths might be avoided by altering maternal sleep position . ' Experts suggest that pregnant women try to sleep on their side , ideally on their left side because this can improve the blood flow to the placenta . In the new study the researchers interviewed women shortly after they had given birth at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra , Ghana . Scientists found that those who had slept on their backs during pregnancy risked compression on the vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the lower part of the body to the heart . This means the heart is not pumping as blood as effectively as it should , which may lead to stillbirth . Researchers said the study shows that giving pregnant women simple advice on how to sleep could radically reduce the number of stillbirths . This research supports a recent . Australian study which suggested that pregnant women who sleep on their . backs are six times more likely to have a stillborn baby . The researchers claim that a quarter of stillbirths in Ghana might be avoided by ensuring that women change their sleeping position . The study , known as the Sydney Stillbirth Study , looked at the pregnancies of 295 women from eight hospitals around Australia . The five-year study found that women who sleep on their backs are six times more likely to have a stillborn baby . Lead researcher Dr Adrienne Gordon , from Sydney 's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital , said previous research had suggested prolonged periods in this position restricted blood flow to the baby . The researchers added it was important that women who are currently pregnant ` do n't become alarmed if they sometimes sleep on their back ' . Commenting at the time , Emma Laing , midwifery manager for baby charity Tommy 's , told MailOnline : ` Given the small number of women monitored in this study , it would be impossible to say whether the findings can provide accurate recommendations for pregnant women about sleeping on their back during the latter stages of pregnancy . ` What we do know is that 20 per cent of the 4,000 stillbirths that happen each year in the UK remain unexplained , and we certainly need further research to find out why stillbirth happens . ` Should women have any concerns or feel their babies ' movements have decreased , they should contact their midwife or speak to our midwives here at Tommy 's for advice . ' Tommy 's midwives can be contacted on the charity 's freephone PregnancyLine : 0800 0147 800 . A stillborn baby is a baby born dead . after 24 weeks of pregnancy . If the baby dies before 24 completed weeks , . it is known as a late miscarriage . There . are around 4,000 stillbirths every year in the UK and 11 babies are . stillborn every day in the UK , making it ten times more common than cot . death . In almost half of stillbirths , the direct cause of the baby 's death can not be established . Ten . per cent of stillborn babies have some kind of abnormality and other . possible causes include problems with the mother 's health or problems . with the placenta , which links the baby 's blood supply to the mother 's . | Women in Ghana were found to be at greater risk of stillbirth if they slept on their backs during pregnancy . May be because the position reduces blood flow from the lower part of the body to the heart . Recent studies in Australia and New Zealand have also highlighted the potential risks of this sleeping position . | [[0, 84], [0, 39], [60, 84], [85, 167], [1847, 1951], [2386, 2444], [2709, 2823], [2740, 2823], [2824, 2858], [2907, 3014], [699, 874], [2312, 2328], [2335, 2385]] |
Saudi Arabia 's national airline is allegedly planning to separate male and female passengers on its flights , in accordance to strict rules enforced by the Gulf kingdom . Gulf media report that Saudia will keep men and women segregated onboard , unless they are close relatives . The move follows a spate of complaints from male fliers unwilling to allow other males to sit next to their wives and other female family members . National carrrier Saudia will keep men and women segregated onboard , unless they are close relatives . Complaints were also recently made when male passengers claimed a flight attendant was being too ` flirty ' . ` There are solutions to this problem ... we will soon enforce rules that will satisfy all passengers , ' Saudia assistant manager for marketing Abdul Rahman Al Fahd , told Saudi daily , Ajel . It is thought that the airline will include instructions to flight booking staff at Gulf airports to keep these new rules in place . The carrier 's policies are already in tune to the strict Islamic practices of Saudi Arabia : no alcoholic beverages or pork dishes are served onboard , a prayer of verse from the Quran is read before take off , and many international flights have a designated men 's prayer area . In addition , Saudia does not employ Saudi women as cabin crew , opting to recruit women from other countries such as Pakistan , the Philippines , Albania and Bosnia instead . But moves are being made to employ females on the ground in November , the airline opened its fourth women 's section staffed by entirely by females at its office in the Murooj district of Saudi capital , Riyadh . There are no alcoholic beverages or pork dishes are served on board . A prayer of verse from the Quran is read before take off , and many international flights have a designated men 's prayer area . The airline does not employ Saudi women as cabin crew , opting to recruit women from other countries such as Pakistan , the Philippines , Albania and Bosnia instead . The national airline 's policies are already in tune to the strict Islamic practices of Saudi Arabia . File picture . The country is known for its gender segregation , with women requiring a male guardian approval to travel or work outside of the home . In public spaces such as restaurants , beaches , amusement parks or banks , women are required to enter and exit through special doors . Women who are seen socialising with a man who is not a relative can even be charged with committing adultery , fornication or prostitution . The majority of Gulf operated airlines abide by Islamic laws , but vary over strictness . For example United Emirates carrier , Etihad 's new A380 aircraft includes a prayer area in Business class , but the new cabin crew uniform , launched last month , does not feature a veil . Chief Commercial Officer , Peter Baumgartner , told MailOnline Travel : ` Modern Arabia is what is going on in Abu Dhabi , we are inspired by what 's going on in the rest of the world , but through the lens of the local DNA . MailOnline Travel has contacted Saudia for comment . | Follows complaints from male fliers over men sitting next to their wives . Airline will include instructions to flight booking staff at Gulf airports . Saudi Arabia is known for its gender segregation in public places . | [[281, 336], [837, 934], [856, 867], [894, 969], [2126, 2173]] |
The Ministry of Defence will not be bringing in mandatory pregnancy tests for women despite a British soldier who did not know she was pregnant giving birth on the frontline in Afghanistan . There has been growing pressure for testing servicewomen before they head to the frontline after a Fijian-born British servicewoman had a son in Camp Bastion on Tuesday -- just days after the Taliban launched a deadly attack on the UK 's main base in Helmand . It has also been revealed that 200 women have had to be sent home from Afghanistan and Iraq since 2003 because they have been pregnant . But this is . the first time a UK soldier has given birth to a baby in Afghanistan . Camp Bastion , Afghanistan : A Fijian woman soldier stationed at the British base in Helmand gave birth on Tuesday . The super fit squaddie did not even realise she was pregnant . Unexpected task : The soldier , who has not been named , was taken to Camp Bastion 's # 10million field hospital where Army medics delivered her baby . Currently soldiers have hearing , sight , blood and weight-related tests but nothing to find out if they are carrying a baby . ` No , we will not be bringing in mandatory pregnancy tests . We do not test women for lots of things and believe it really is up to them to come forward if they are pregnant , ' a MoD spokesman told MailOnline . ` The problem is that we could test them before they go but they could only produce a positive test weeks later . So we do not do it . ` There is only about ten cases a year and as soon as they find out we sent them home . ' The baby was born five weeks premature and both mother and child were said to be doing well . A ` specialist paediatric retrieval team ' from the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford will travel to Afghanistan in . the next few days to provide care for the soldier and her son on their . RAF flight home . The birth has stunned military chiefs and led to calls for extra medical checks on women who are sent to the warzone . The . soldier , a gunner in the Royal Artillery who helped provide covering . fire for troops fighting insurgents , was unaware that she was carrying a . child . This screengrab of a video released by a Taliban . media unit purports to show last weekend 's raid on Bastion : The . pregnant soldier , a gunner in the Royal Artillery , was part of the forces mobilised to defend the base . She had been deployed with the 12th Mechanised Brigade since March , but two days ago complained of severe stomach pains . Can you be pregnant on the front line ? The MoD says that nobody can be deployed on operations if they are pregnant and if they fall pregnant or are found to be pregnant on tour then they will be sent home immediately . If they are at sea then they will be taken to the nearest port and sent home . As soon as they get back their duties until maternity leave starts will ensure they are kept healthy and safe . Are there pregnancy tests carried out before tours ? No , testing of this kind does not happen on the basis that they believe a person would not knowingly go on tour when they are pregnant . Personnel have hearing , eyesight and blood tests , as well as BMI measurements , but no pregnancy test at the moment . Although this new case may increase the pressure for one . What if they are on active service in the UK ? A pregnant woman can remain in the job up until the 28th week of pregnancy then they must stand down . She will be medically assessed and must have another one before she returns to work . When can they return to front line duties ? No servicewoman will be sent a warzone until at least six months after they have given birth , unless they volunteer - but this still may be subject to certain conditions . To her astonishment , medics informed her that she was about to give birth . She was in the 34th week of her pregnancy , meaning she conceived before flying to Afghanistan for her six-month tour of duty . She . was taken to Camp Bastion 's # 10million field hospital where doctors -- . who are more used to carrying out amputations and treating bullet . wounds -- delivered her son . Despite its location , the hospital is one of the best equipped in the world and has portable X-ray machines , an operating theatre , CAT scanner and an intensive care unit capable of treating up to 20 seriously-ill patients . A military source said : ` This has left us completely gobsmacked . You prepare yourself for dealing with war wounded at Bastion -- not a mother giving birth to a baby . It is the talk of the camp . ` This is a very unusual case . The mother deployed not realising she was pregnant and had no idea she was pregnant until she gave birth . She has not done anything wrong . ' Lieutenant Colonel Andrea Lewis , commanding officer of the field hospital , said : ` This is a unique occurrence , but my team is well-rehearsed in the unexpected and they adapted brilliantly to this situation . ` I am pleased to report the mother and baby are doing well and we are all delighted at the outcome . ' The Fijian soldier had passed her tough pre-deployment training , which included a gruelling eight-mile march and five-mile run , without an inkling that she was pregnant . A senior Army insider said : ` It is bizarre that she did n't feel some side effects of the pregnancy . She is obviously pretty fit and strong . The strains and demands on soldiers working on the frontline make it surprising she did n't realise . Emergency treatment : Bastion 's medics are more used to treating bullet and blast wounds than delivering infants . ` But the conditions of deployment , the different diet , the heat of the Afghan summer , the different hours of working , mean that many soldiers feel a little odd and put it down to the change of environment . ` The baby 's successful delivery is a wonderful testament to the outstanding job the medics do here . It shows how they can use their extraordinary skills to turn their hands from saving lives to delivering babies . ` A lot of the medics are reservists and work in hospitals back in the UK so the concept of someone giving birth is not completely alien to them . But they do not have paediatric equipment here so they had to make do as best they could . ' At war : Prince Harry is currently deployed at Bastion as a gunner co-pilot in an Apache helicopter squadron . A woman killed by a suicide bomber in Kabul left a final message on Twitter weeks before she died , reading : ` I am back in Afghanistan and wonder what lies before me this time . ' Jeni Ayris , pictured right , of Edinburgh , died alongside 11 fellow aviation workers when a female insurgent rammed a car laden with explosives into their minibus as they drove to the airport on Tuesday . She had been due to leave the country this weekend to see friends and her sister Patricia . Islamist body Hezb-e-Islami claimed responsibility for the attack . It said the bombing was a response to a US film lampooning the Prophet Muhammad , which has sparked lethal riots across the globe . South African-born Miss Ayris , 46 , had spent 17 years in the Scottish capital . She had been in Afghanistan to organise flights for charities and non-governmental organisations . A friend , Richard Kellett , said : ` She loved her job . She would go out there for three months at a time . . . when she came home on leave she always looked forward to going back . ' A statement from Miss Ayris 's family described her as ` a warm , kind and generous person with an everyday objective of helping everyone she met ' . Major Charles Heyman , who edits the . British Army handbook , said the incident was ` astonishing ' . He said : . ` Commanders need to start thinking very , very carefully about what sort . of medical examinations female soldiers have before they deploy on . operations . ' A simple urine test would indicate if someone was pregnant . The Army now needs to tighten up its procedures . ' Since 2003 at least 70 British servicewomen have been sent home from Afghanistan after discovering they were expecting . And at least 102 female soldiers were evacuated from Iraq after it was found they were pregnant . Last year the Mail told how Private Kayla Donnelly , then 21 , from Penrith , Cumbria , served in Helmand unaware that she was seven months ' pregnant . She had conceived before going to Afghanistan as a machine-gunner and thought her weight gain was due to high-calorie Army rations . It was only when she collapsed in Tenerife after her tour of duty that she realised she was pregnant . Around 500 British women are currently on duty in Afghanistan . They can serve in any unit except those whose primary role is to ` close with and kill ' -- engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy . Eight women have died in Iraq and Afghanistan , two per cent of the total fatalities . They include Corporal Sarah Bryant , 26 , from Carlisle , serving with the Army Intelligence Corps , who was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan in 2008 , and Second Lieutenant Joanna Dyer , 24 , from Yeovil , a friend of Prince William and also of the Army Intelligence Corps , who was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq in 2007 . | Government tells MailOnline it is a matter of privacy and they expect women to come forward when they fall pregnant . The Royal Artillery gunner - said to be Fijian - gave birth to baby five weeks premature in Helmand on Tuesday . Fijian soldier had passed her pre-deployment training , including an eight-mile march and . five-mile run , without realising she was pregnant . 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A damning leaked ECB document exposes Kevin Pietersen as a hypocrite and a divisive influence . It also confirms the findings of a series of Sportsmail investigations into the controversial sacking of the England star . Pietersen has used his new autobiography to portray a bullying culture in the England dressing room and has accused Matt Prior , Graeme Swann and Stuart Broad of being at the centre of it . A dossier of information on Kevin Pietersen put together by the ECB has been revealed . The relationship between Pietersen and England 's then head coach Andy Flower -LRB- right -RRB- had hit an all-time low . Pietersen , pictured during the last Ashes series , told his side of the story in his new autobiography . Sportsmail 's Paul Newman reveals how Kevin Pietersen tried to woo England coach Andy Flower . However , in the report , he is said to have described the very same dressing room during the first Ashes Test in November 2013 as ` the best environment I 've ever experienced ' . The dossier , which was leaked to the website ESPN Cricinfo , is a small section of a private first draft of a legal document that has been compiled in recent weeks by the ECB ahead of the publication of Pietersen 's book . Yet even though it is far from the full story of the fall-out that led to Pietersen 's international demise , it is revealing enough to make a mockery of the maverick batsman 's side of a bitter and rancorous story . Sportsmail revealed much of the content of the document both at the time of Pietersen 's sacking after the 5-0 Ashes humiliation and in the last few days but for the first time England fans can now chart on a day-by-day basis the behaviour that undermined captain Alastair Cook and coach Andy Flower . Batsmen Pietersen attempted to oust Andrew Strauss -LRB- right -RRB- as captain of the England team . The five-page section of the draft is marked STRICTLY PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL and reveals that : . In his book - and subsequent interviews - Pietersen states he was left crying and broken by a spoof Twitter account that parodied him . In a delicious irony , the leaked document reveals that Pietersen told his team-mates to ` get a thicker skin ' when they complained about his friend Piers Morgan , who was making disparaging remarks about Cook on social media . The five-page section of the ECB dossier draft is marked STRICTLY PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL . Pietersen -LRB- right -RRB- has a series of high-profile supporters , including Piers Morgan -LRB- centre -RRB- . As revealed by Sportsmail at the time , Pietersen whistled insouciantly on his way back to the pavilion after his second-innings dismissal in the fifth Test . The document also claims that , after the game was lost , Pietersen walked out , saying ` I do n't give a f *** ' . It further alleges that Pietersen would pointedly look out of the window or at his watch while Flower was addressing the team . Earlier on Tuesday , the 34-year-old rounded on his critics during a lively start to the extensive promotion of his autobiography , condemning Swann and then storming out on the BBC 's Jonathan Agnew when he tried to ask him about the text scandal that could have ended his England career . Agnew , the BBC 's respected cricket correspondent , was brought in at the end of an interview on Radio 5 Live and was asked where Pietersen had gone wrong . Agnew brought up the derogatory texts sent by Pietersen to South African opponents about Andrew Strauss , a subject that he covered in an unsatisfactory manner in his book . Instead of tackling that issue , Pietersen responded by again bringing up his hurt at the parody Twitter account @kpgenius that he claims was operated by the likes of Swann and Stuart Broad . Then he walked out without listening to Agnew 's reply . When asked earlier about the BlackBerry messages , which were uncovered by Sportsmail 's Lawrence Booth two years ago , Pietersen admitted regret at sending them but was again evasive about their content . ` It 's something I regret because I got Andrew Strauss involved in a situation he should not have got into and I am sad that our relationship got a bit iffy after that . ' Upon receiving his 100th cap , Pietersen described the England dressing room in November 2013 as ` the best environment that I have ever experienced ' only to then describe and deride a ` bullying ' culture within the team . Click here to read the view of respected cricket writer Michael Henderson . But what was in the texts ? ` I have n't got a clue , ' he maintained . ` There was a constant stream of messages and I know the theme was not complimentary towards Straussy because of the way he had been treating me . ` The general feeling of the whole thing was that he was treating me badly . The South Africans picked up on it . ' Elsewhere during the interview by Adrian Chiles , Pietersen responded to Swann 's comment that his book was ` a work of fiction ' by insisting that the retired spinner was at the heart of the bullying culture that he claims was rife in the England dressing room . Pietersen described Alastair Cook 's captaincy of the England cricket team as ` weak ' and ` tactically inept ' ` Swann is at the centre of this , ' said Pietersen . ` I know that everything in this book I can stand by a hundred per cent . I put bullying into the perspective of the England dressing room , as to how certain individuals made others feel in that dressing room . Pietersen did not dispute the dossier but said : ` It 's a joke . I do n't even want to give it any thought ' ` Jonathan Trott lost it in Bangladesh , he started screaming at Swann and Broad because they kept going at him . We 're supposed to be able to enjoy ourselves , not be scared to take a catch or field a ball . ' Pietersen , who was sacked in the aftermath of England 's 5-0 Ashes humiliation , again insisted that the alleged involvement of England players in the fake Twitter account was at the centre of his problems . ` They can be funny if they are run by someone outside the dressing room making fun of you , ' said Pietersen of an account that Richard Bailey , a friend of Broad , admitted operating . ` But when it is run from inside the dressing room , as I was led to believe , then it paints a very different picture . These are guys you go to battle with , these are guys you share the dressing room with for days and days , years and years , and then I get this feeling of total horror that I find out this is going on . ' Yet there is a strong feeling within English cricket that Pietersen is exaggerating the extent of his hurt at the parody , which the players strongly deny being involved in , to somehow excuse his texts about Strauss which came at the same time . Pietersen did not dispute the contents of the dossier but said : ` It 's embarrassing , they could n't even spell Cooky 's name right . It 's a joke . I do n't even want to give it any thought . I 'm just getting on with my life . ' VIDEO Pietersen blasts former England ` regime ' | Damning ECB document on Kevin Pietersen has been leaked . Dossier is small section of a private first draft of legal document compiled in recent weeks by the ECB ahead of the publication of Pietersen 's book . Pietersen used new autobiography to portray bullying culture in the England dressing room . However , the report alledges Pietersen described the same dressing room as ` the best environment I 've ever experienced ' back in November 2013 . Document also alleges Pietersen disobeyed instructions ahead of the second Test by taking out two young players drinking until late . Pietersen also alleged to have admitted to a team physio that if they were to lose the Perth Test his knee was going to be ` really playing up ' Pietersen did not dispute the dossier 's contents but said : ` It 's a joke . I do n't even want to give it any thought . I 'm just getting on with my life . ' Pietersen disobeyed Flower 's instructions ahead of the second Test ` not to stay out late and not give the scandal-voracious press any ammunition ' by taking out two young players drinking with him until late . England 's record international runscorer admitted to a team physiopherapist that if they were to lose the Perth Test and go 3-0 down his knee was going to be ` really playing up ' and he would agitate to leave the tour . Pietersen stated in an explosive meeting with Flower ahead of the fifth Test that Cook was tactically inept and that the captain 's latest effort to galvanise the team was ` pathetic ' . 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They say you should dance like nobody is watching - a piece of advice this body popping U.S. motorcyclist appears to live by . A hilarious video filmed by another motorist has caught the biker practising his body-popping dance moves while waiting for a red light . Despite all the cars and spectators queued up around him , he shows no hesitation busting a few moves to a mystery song playing on his headphones . Scroll down for video . The motorcyclist suddenly starts practising his ` body popping ' dance moves while waiting at the lights . As he continues dancing on the motorbike the man filming it bursts into laughter . The motorist filming the dancing then states : ` Look , the biker 's pop locking . This is totally going on YouTube . ' While continuing to keep his bike upright - and wearing a backpack and motorcycle helmet - he starts ` popping ' his arm and neck muscles . As the routine continues he receives more and more bewildered and bemused looks from the motorists surrounding him . The motorist and his passengers who filmed the moment also struggle to contain their amusement as they wait behind the motorcyclist at the lights . In between bursts of laughter , he driver states : ` Look ! The biker 's pop locking . ` What is he doing ? This is totally going on YouTube ! ` What is he listening to ? He must be listening to something . Everybody 's looking at him , like : `` What are you doing ? '' ' | Nearby motorist captures the moment a motorcyclist dances at a red light . The biker can be seen practising body popping while waiting for traffic . Laughing motorist : ` What is he doing ? This is totally going on YouTube ! ' | [[127, 226], [481, 499], [502, 507], [514, 543], [127, 226], [183, 232], [437, 513], [481, 499], [502, 507], [514, 543], [437, 453], [520, 543], [710, 744], [1004, 1035], [1063, 1101], [1152, 1181], [1184, 1200], [1241, 1259], [1260, 1292]] |
An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing when its cabin walls began to break apart as terrified passengers looked on . Flyer James Wilson said travellers on Monday 's flight from San Francisco to Dallas knew something was wrong when they felt the fuselage begin to shake violently and heard popping noises outside the Boeing 757 shortly after take-off . Astonished travellers feared the plane would crash as interior panels on both sides of the cabin pulled apart from the walls , exposing insulation , and they felt a change in cabin pressure due to a possible blown air duct . Scroll down for video . Passenger James Wilson asked his Facebook friends to ` pray for us ' after the plane ` started coming apart ' James Wilson said crew members were ` pulling the panels apart and looking for daylight behind there ' An American Airlines spokesman says a blown air duct is being investigated as the possible cause . Mr Wilson , from Kyle , Texas , told the Associated Press : ` It was the whole Row 14 on all sides , from the floor to the ceiling . ' He told ABC7 : ` All of a sudden -LRB- we heard -RRB- this loud pop , pop , pop ... really loud and this ripping sound . It sounded like bowling balls were falling from the overhead bins . ` It was terrifying . We did n't know what was going on . ` We were all shouting for the flight crew , `` Come look the walls are caving in ! '' . ' The 32-year-old race car driver , who was seated in Row 16 , said crew members were ` pulling the panels apart and looking for daylight behind there . ' Fearing the worst , he posted photographs and updates during a live-blog on his Facebook page and sent text messages to his wife , who was supposed to meet him in Dallas , so she would know what happened in case of a crash . He pleaded with his Facebook friends to call his wife just in case his text messages did n't go through , writing : ` American Flight 2293 depressurized and started coming apart mid air . Please pray for us . ' Cabin crew inspect the walls after frightened passengers began to shout for help . Interior panels on both sides of the cabin pulled apart from the walls , exposing insulation . Mr Wilson added : ` My texts may not have made it to my wife please call her asap . ' His anxious friends tracked the aircraft 's flight path online and posted messages of encouragement after the plane aborted its journey . One friend wrote : ' I ca n't imagine the thoughts racing through your head right now . Prayers and God Speed for a safe landing ! ' Another added : ` Flight aware says you are 8 minutes out . hang on buddy ! ' James Wilson , a 32-year-old race car driver , said passengers told cabin crew the walls were ` caving in ' Passengers felt the fuselage shake violently and heard popping noises outside the Boeing 757 . Emergency landing : Firefighters met the plane when it landed safely in San Francisco . James Wilson kept his family and friends updated with frequent Facebook updates . James Wilson 's friends shared his photos and updates with their friends on Facebook and Twitter . Despite the tense situation , Mr Wilson tried to remain calm and managed to crack a few jokes while trading messages with his Facebook friends . The race car driver wrote : ` Bad form to put my helmet on ? Passengers probably do n't need the bad vibes . ' Despite concerns from fearful passengers , the captain announced that Flight 2293 would continue to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport because the cabin pressure was stable . But he soon changed his mind after exiting the cockpit and seeing the damage for himself . The plane turned around near the California-Nevada boundary and made an emergency landing in San Francisco , where it was met on the tarmac by firefighters . None of the 184 passengers or six crew was injured . The captain initially announced that Flight 2293 would continue to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport . The plane turned around near the California-Nevada boundary after the captain declared an emergency . Mr Wilson alerted his Facebook friends when the plane finally touched down : ` Landed !!!!!!! ' His profile was flooded with messages of relief from family and friends who were gripped by the ordeal . One friend wrote : ` Glad you and everyone on-board is safe . Good job pilots . ' Another added : ` Glad you are ok . I think it is safe to say you are the most interesting man in the world with all the crazy stuff that happens to you ! ' His wife , Allison , soon joined the thread to offer her gratitude : ` Thanks to all of you for reaching out to me with phone calls , voice mails and texts . What an inconvenient time to be driving through an area with no cell phone coverage . James is so blessed to have a wonderful network of friends ! ' Panic : Passengers feared the worst after the plane 's cabin walls cracked loose shortly after take-off . Mr Wilson was able to board another flight and travel to Austin , Texas , late Monday night , but he complained about American Airlines ' customer service because the carrier asked passengers to call a telephone number to organise their own transportation . American Airlines spokesman Matt Miller said the cause of the incident is being investigated as a possible blown air duct . He said the cabin did not lose pressure and oxygen masks did not deploy . Passenger James Wilson says he does n't plan on flying again anytime soon after the harrowing ordeal . Mr Wilson was able to fly home to Texas late Monday night after being stranded in San Francisco for hours . Mr Miller added : ` We had some very professional flight attendants and they did a very good job keeping people calm . They said `` It 's just cosmetic '' . ' Robert Ditchey , an aeronautical engineer , told AP that cabin wall panels are not part of the plane 's structure and have ` no meaning to the safety of the plane structure . ' The plane has been taken out of service while it undergoes inspections and repairs . The US Federal Aviation Administration said it will work with American Airlines to identify and correct the problem before the aircraft flies again . | Interior panels on both sides of the cabin pulled apart from the walls . American Airlines flight was heading to Dallas from San Francisco . Passenger James Wilson says passengers screamed for flight attendants . Captain decided to turn around after inspecting the damage himself . 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