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Twitter users have reacted with fury after fans of The Walking Dead objected to a kiss between two homosexual characters . The series ' first gay male character Aaron and his boyfriend Eric shared a kiss in the most recent episode , The Distance , after finding each other alive . But the embrace sparked an angry reaction with some fans posting homophobic comments on social media after the programme had aired . Scroll down for video . Twitter users have reacted with fury after fans of The Walking Dead objected to a kiss between two homosexual characters . The series ' first gay male character Aaron -LRB- right , played by Ross Marquand -RRB- and his boyfriend Eric -LRB- left , played by Jordan Woods-Robinson shared a kiss in the most recent episode , The Distance . Within minutes , Twitter users had hit back at the abuse - with many pointing out that it should not have come as a shock because Eric and Aaron are both gay characters in the comic that inspired the hit show . The post-apocalyptic horror drama , which stars British actor Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes , is currently in its fifth season . In Episode 11 , Aaron , played by Ross Marquand , and his boyfriend Eric , played by Jordan Woods-Robinson fight to persuade Rick and his comrades to join forces with their camp . But a cynical Rick floors Aaron with a punch and tells his colleagues to tie him up and be on high alert . Eventually Rick agrees to travel to the new camp with the rest of the group but insists on taking a different route from the one Aaron had suggested . But they soon run into a huge group of walkers . After fighting them off and making their way through the forest they followed a flare and were reunited with the rest of their group , who had saved Aaron 's boyfriend Eric and nursed his broken ankle . Aaron and Eric then kiss after being reunited . The post-apocalyptic horror drama , which stars British actor Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes , is currently in its fifth season . Feeling doubts : In episode 11 of season five Rick expressed doubts about Aaron and taking his crew to the new camp . The Walking Dead premiered on October 31 , 2010 , on the cable television channel AMC . But the scene sparked fury among some fans who took to social media to vent their anger . Afterwards , Twitter users hit back with one , Jessica Dwyer , saying : ` Lots of homophobic #WalkingDead tweets saying `` da gays '' ruined the show Apparently they never read the comic Please go fall off a cliff . ' Another , Keifer Lirette , wrote : ` Things Walking Dead viewers are okay with : - Gory murder-Cannibalism-Child killingThings they are n't okay with : - Gay people . ' Talking to the Daily Beast about the intimate scene , Ross Marquand said : ` It 's been a great deal of responsibility to do it justice with respect not only to our gay fan base , but to the viewers in general . ` When you lose someone , or you feel that you have lost someone , it does n't matter what the situation is , you mourn them and you miss them and you want them back and you will do anything in your power to protect the ones you love . ' I hope that that 's the focus of our characters , that it 's not hung up so much on our sexual orientation . '
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Characters Aaron and Eric share kiss after being reunited in latest episode . Some fans of the show took to social media to object to the embrace . But the abuse sparked a furious response from a number of Twitter users . The scene appeared in episode 11 of the fifth season of The Walking Dead .
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Four Wesleyan University students were arrested Tuesday in connection with about a dozen hospitalizations among people who took a party drug known as Molly . The students , including one from Brazil , were arrested on assorted drug charges and were suspended from the university . Eleven Wesleyan students , some of whom had attended a rave music show Saturday night , received medical attention over the weekend , police said . Two students were still being treated Tuesday , they said . Scroll down for video . Suspected dealers : Eric Lonergan -LRB- left -RRB- , of Rio de Janeiro , and Zachary Kramer -LRB- right -RRB- , 21 , of Bethesda , Maryland , were among four people arrested in connection with 12 Molly-related hospitalizations . Slew of charges : Rama Agha Al Nakib , of Lutherville , Maryland , is accused of possessing a controlled substance , a controlled substance with intent to sell it and drug paraphernalia . Police officers trying to find out who supplied the Molly and collect evidence in the case searched locations in and around Wesleyan 's campus in Middletown , Chief William McKenna said . Authorities from various agencies worked to identify the different types of chemicals in the batch of Molly that caused the weekend overdoses , he said . ` This particular batch may have had a mixture of several kinds of designer drug chemicals , making the health risks unpredictable and treatment to combat the effects complex and problematic , ' he said . The arrested students were identified by police as Eric Lonergan , of Rio de Janeiro ; Andrew Olson , of Atascadero , California ; Zachary Kramer , of Bethesda , Maryland ; and Rama Agha Al Nakib , of Lutherville , Maryland . They were jailed Tuesday night , and police said there was no way for them to comment to anyone by phone . They 're due in court March 3 . Lonergan is accused of possessing a controlled substance and illegally obtaining or supplying drugs while Olson faces charges of possessing and selling a hallucinogen . Kramer is accused of possessing drug paraphernalia , a regulated substance and a small amount of marijuana . Al Nakib is accused of possessing a controlled substance , a controlled substance with intent to sell it and drug paraphernalia . Wesleyan president Michael Roth said the university takes drug distribution allegations seriously and is cooperating with authorities . ` We will do everything we can to make our community as safe as possible , ' he said in a statement . Roth had sent a letter to people on campus Monday asking for help : ` If you are aware of people distributing these substances , please let someone know before more people are hurt , ' he said then . The president of Wesleyan University -LRB- pictured -RRB- has urged students to ` turn in the drug dealers ' following a rash of hospitalizations among people who took a party drug known as Molly over the weekend . The university became aware of the Molly problem early Sunday after several students showed up seeking treatment at a hospital near campus , university spokeswoman Lauren Rubenstein said . Two students listed in critical condition Sunday were airlifted for treatment in Hartford , 20 miles north of campus . Molly is a term used to describe a refined form of Ecstasy , a synthetic drug also known as MDMA . It can drive up body temperature and cause liver , kidney or cardiovascular failure . Dr. Mark Neavyn , chief of toxicology at Hartford Hospital , said users who believe they are taking Molly are often receiving different kinds of designer drugs , with ranges of purity and potency making the health risks unpredictable . The weekend rash of Molly hospitalizations was n't the first such episode this year at the private university of nearly 3,000 students . Wesleyan health officials said in a campus-wide email on Sept. 16 that students had been hospitalized the previous two weekends after taking Molly . Students were urged to visit the university 's health center if they had questions or concerns . The police chief said the safety and welfare of community members , including those on the Wesleyan campus , were his top priority . ` Incidents jeopardizing the safety will not be tolerated , ' he said , ` and those offenders will be held accountable . '
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Arrested students were identified as Eric Lonergan ; Andrew Olson ; Zachary Kramer , and Rama Agha Al Nakib . The four are facing a slew of drug possession and distribution charges , and they were suspended from university . Two students sickened by synthetic Ecstasy drug were still in the hospital Tuesday .
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With luxurious surroundings and the world famous Waldorf salad created in the building , it is not hard to see why many celebrities , and even presidents , have made The Waldorf Astoria their permanent home . And now the New York hotel is aiming to attract a few more permanent residents , but turning the area containing the presidential suite and penthouses into exclusive apartments . Chinese insurance company Anbang reportedly paid $ 2billion to buy the hotel this month and plans to transform the top floor of the Manhattan hotel into the new apartments . The Waldorf Astoria in New York has done a deal with Chinese insurance company , Anbang , for $ 1.95 billion , one of the highest prices per room ever paid for a US hotel , to renovate the top floor for new apartments . The luxury Waldorf Astoria Hotel , in New York , is one of the city 's most iconic hotels and a favourite with celebrities . The Towers are already made up of guest apartments but could well be turned into condominiums if new plans go through . According to real estate website The Real Deal reported Wu Xiaohui , chairman of Anbang , recently told Harvard students that ' a potential buyer needs to have more than money to qualify for our apartments . ' Famous celebrities who have made the hotel their home have included Frank Sinatra who kept a personal suite at the hotel between 1979 and 1988 for when he was out of Los Angeles , for nearly $ 1 million a year . The Towers , within the Waldrof Hotel , has its own separate entrance and already houses apartments for guests , but it is thought the whole area will be converted into condominiums . The hotel is famous for its central location on Park Avenue and the luxurious interiors in its suites , rooms and residences . Former presidents and celebrities including Marilyn Monroe are said to have set up home in the sumptuous hotel . The residences in The Tower offer a living room and dining area , a kitchenette and a master bedroom with an adjoining boudoir and marble bathroom . It was rumoured Sinatra and his wife etched their initials into the bathroom door but the door was extracted during refurbishment and its whereabouts are unknown . Actress Marilyn Monroe was reported to have lived at the Waldorf Astoria for several months , and songwriter Cole Porter and singer wife Linda Lee Thomas kept an apartment there , where Thomas died in 1954 . Porter 's 1934 song You 're the Top , contains the lyric , You 're the top , you 're a Waldorf salad . Aside from celebrities , many presidents have made it their dwelling too . President Herbert Hoover resided at The Waldorf for more than three decades , and President Dwight Eisenhower stayed from 1967 -- 1969 . President Herbert Hoover , -LRB- left -RRB- , resided at the Waldorf from 1932 - to 1964 . Actress Marilyn Monroe -LRB- right -RRB- was reported to have lived at the Waldorf Astoria for several months . The Towers could be turned into luxury condos , but buyers will need ; ` more than money ' to secure one . The Towers of Waldorf Astoria already include exclusive suites and luxury residential one-bedroom apartaments . Waldorf Astoria : The luxurious hotel reportedly employs someone to open windows as they are so heavy , they also employ a chandelier cleaner and a two full-time tour guides . President Eisenhower 's is reported to have been terrified of heights , and to accommodate them , a lift was specially designed to open on the 7th floor . The hotel apparently had an underground railroad which leads from the fourth floor of the basement to Grand Central Terminal , which was used as an entrance for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt . The Waldorf Astoria and Towers spans an entire Midtown Manhattan block , 49th to 50th Street from Park to Lexington Avenues and boasts 1413 hotel rooms . The famous Waldorf salad was created by Oscar Tschirky , who is known globally as Oscar of the Waldorf . It used to contain cherries , walnuts , sliced apples , raisins , celery , and was served with a sugared mayonnaise dressing . Truffle oil has more recently been added to the recipe .
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Insurance company Anbang secured a deal to build top-floor apartments at the famous Manhattan hotel . Tenants will join the list of celebrities and presidents who have lived there . A potential buyer will need more than wealth to qualify to live there .
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Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might be wrong about his opposition to negotiating a deal with Iran over its nuclear program . Kerry told the House Foreign Affairs Committee he did n't want to comment on Netanyahu 's upcoming speech to Congress next week . The Israeli leader is expected to argue that Tehran is not negotiating in good faith and that despite its claims to the contrary , it wants to develop a nuclear weapon . Netanyahu , he said , ` may have a judgment that just may not be correct here . ' SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO . TESTIFY : US Secretary of State John Kerry told the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday that Israel 's prime minister may have misjudged America 's nuclear talks with Iran . National security adviser Susan Rice denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's upcoming address to a joint meeting of Congress , calling it ` destructive ' to the relationship between the United States and Israel . The secretary of state 's words came less than a day after National Security Adviser Susan Rice reipped Netanyahu and House Speaker John Boehner for setting up a March 3 speech to Congress wthout consulting the White House . The two men had ` injected a degree of partisanship ' that is ` destructive to the fabric of the relationship ' between Israel and theUnited States , Rice told a PBS audience . Kerry had his own harsh words for the Israeli leader , noting that he had earlier slammed an interim agreement with Iran as the ` deal of the century ' for Tehran , but now supports that first-step agreement that the U.S. claims stalled Iran 's program while talks ensued . Members of the committee pressed Kerry about the sensitive nuclear talks , saying Tehran 's mullahs are stonewalling international inspectors about their past work on an atomic bomb . California Republican Rep. Ed Royce , the committee 's chairman , told Kerry that members of the panel have serious concerns about the direction of the talks . ` I 'm hearing less about dismantlement and more about the performance of Iran 's nuclear program , ' Royce told Kerry . ` That 's particularly disturbing when you consider that international inspectors report that Iran has still not revealed its past bomb work . ' The secretary testified in the House two days after returning to Washington from the latest round of talks in Geneva involving Iran , the U.S. and five other world powers . U.S. and Iranian officials reported progress on getting to a deal that would clamp down on Tehran 's nuclear activities for at least 10 years but would then slowly ease restrictions . Republican and Democratic lawmakers are skeptical that Iran is negotiating in good faith and accuse Tehran of buying time and meddling throughout the Mideast . Still , a comprehensive pact could ease 35 years of U.S-Iranian enmity , and seems within reach for the first time in more than a decade of negotiations . Royce said the U.N 's International Atomic Energy Agency has expressed concerns about the scope of Iranian military-related activities , including its work in designing a nuclear payload for a missile . ` The IAEA inspectors have amassed over a 1,000 pages which showed research , development and testing activity on technologies needed to develop a nuclear weapon , ' the congressman said . ` Of the 12 sets of questions that the IAEA has been seeking since 2011 , Iran has answered part of one of them . ... They are withholding that information . ' RED LINE : Netanyahu has argued for years , as he did in 2012 at the United Nations , that Iran ca n't be permitted to acquire a nuclear bomb . THE USUAL SUSPECTS : ` Code Pink ' protesters tried to disrupt Wednesday 's hearing when Kerry entered , but were hauled off by US Capitol Police officers . Kerry agreed that Royce 's questions were legitimate and that Iran must answer them if it wants to have an agreement with the U.S. and its partners on a deal to curb its nuclear program . ` They are legitimate and the questions have to be answered , ' Kerry said . ` And they will be if they want to have an agreement . ' He said Iran has complied with all the provisions of a first-step agreement , which launched the talks . ` They agreed to roll back their program , ' Kerry said . ' I think that 's cause for hope . ' Wednesday was Kerry 's second appearance before Congress in as many days . As he did on Tuesday in the Senate , Kerry told members of the House Foreign Relations Committee that it 's inappropriate to condemn what is in an agreement before anybody knows what it is -- or even if there even will be a deal . ` We certainly do n't think it 's appropriate to condemn it before everybody knows what it , in fact , is -- if there is an `` is '' , ' Kerry said . Negotiators are rushing to try to meet a March 31 deadline for a framework agreement that would keep Tehran from being able to develop nuclear weapons .
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US secretary of state claims Israel 's prime minister could be wrong about Iran 's willingness to walk back its nuke program . Netanyahu , he told Congress on Wednesday , ` may have a judgment that just may not be correct here ' The Israeli leader is scheduled to address a Joint Meeting of Congress next week in an appearance orchestrated behind the White House 's back . Congressional Democrats are furious and more than two dozen say they will boycott the speech . Susan Rice , the White House 's national security adviser , said Tuesday that it has ` injected a degree of partisanship ' that is ` destructive '
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Iranian officials had more than a dozen speedboats attack a replica of a US aircraft carrier today and featured the large-scale naval drill on a state TV broadcast . The nationally-televised show of force by the country 's elite Revolutionary Guard occurred near the strategically vital entrance of the Persian Gulf . The ` Great Prophet 9 ' drill was held near the Strait of Hormuz , through which about a fifth of the world 's oil passes . Scroll down for video . Iranian officials had more than a dozen speedboats attack a US aircraft carrier replica on national TV today . The televised show of force by Iran 's Revolutionary Guard occurred near the entrance to the Persian Gulf . Iranian state TV broadcast images of the drill , ` Great Prophet 9 ' , being carried out near the Strait of Hormuz . Iran 's regular army carried out naval drills near the strait in December . The staged attack comes just weeks ahead of a deadline for Iran and world powers to forge a historic deal on the fate of the Islamic Republic 's nuclear program . Iranian live-fire war games are not uncommon . But by simulating for the first time an attack on the ultimate symbol of American naval power , hard-liners hoped to send a message that Iran has no intention of backing down to the US - whichever way talks over its contested nuclear program go . The Guard 's navy chief , Adm. Ali Fadavi , said : ` American aircraft carriers are very big ammunition depots housing a lot of missiles , rockets , torpedoes and everything else . ' He added that a direct hit by a missile could set off a large secondary explosion . Fadavi last month boasted that his force is capable of sinking American aircraft carriers in the event of war . He previously called carriers easy targets and said Iran naturally wants to sink them . In addition to the carrier attack , the drill included the Guard shooting down a drone and planting mines at sea . The Revolutionary Guard said it test-fired 223 mph underwater missiles during the Great Prophet 9 drill . The Great Prophet 9 drill featured ` speedboats equipped with naval radars , electronic communications systems , cruise missiles with a range of 25 kilometers , anti-ship medium-range missiles , medium - and large-caliber torpedoes , sea mines , heavy machine guns , rocket-launchers and shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles ' , according to Press TV said . The Revolutionary Guard said it test-fired 223 mph underwater missiles during the drill . Tensions near the Strait of Hormuz have caused oil prices to spike in the past - good news for producers like Iran . But traders seemed to take today 's maneuvers in stride , with benchmark US crude dipping slightly and continuing to hover below $ 50 a barrel by mid-morning . State TV showed footage of missiles fired from the coast and the fast boats striking the carrier . The drills also included Guard forces shooting down a drone and planting undersea mines . Footage did not show that the assault had managed to sink the mock-up , but it was heavily damaged . The Guard 's chief commander , Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari , indicated the drills send a ` message of -LSB- Iran 's -RSB- might ' to ` extraterritorial powers , ' a reference to the United States . Members of Iran 's Revolutionary Guard troops rappelled down a helicopter -LRB- above -RRB- during the exercise . The drills were held close to where French and American vessels are engaged in the fight against ISIS . In a speech earlier today , Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called for all sanctions against his country to be lifted once a final nuclear accord is reached later this year . The spokesman for the U.S. Navy 's 5th Fleet in Bahrain , Cmdr. Kevin Stephens , said the simulated carrier attack was being monitored the US . Stephens added the American military was ` not concerned about this exercise . ' He said : ` We 're quite confident of our naval forces ' ability to defend themselves . ` It seems they 've attempted to destroy the equivalent of a Hollywood movie set . ' The US routinely stations at least one aircraft carrier and other warships in and around the Gulf . It and its allies conduct periodic naval exercises of their own in the region , including ones aimed at countering the threat from undersea mines that could be used to block ship traffic through the strait . The American aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson is currently deployed in the Gulf , as is the French carrier Charles de Gaulle . Planes from both vessels are carrying out airstrikes against the ISIS , which has seized roughly a third of Iraq and Syria . Iran backs Syria 's government and is supporting Iraq in its fight against the militants , but it is not part of the US-led international coalition against the extremist group . The drills were not publicly announced in advance , but the Guard has previously held similar military exercises around this time of year . The last one , in February 2013 , featured ` suicide drones ' that attack enemies kamikaze-style . The Guard , which has a 200,000-strong force , is different from the regular army and is charged with protecting the ruling system . It also controls the paramilitary Basij militia , for which there are no precise personnel figures available . Iran put the Guard in charge of defending the country 's territorial Gulf waters in 2008 as Iran turned its attention toward beefing up its naval and air defense forces . Iran is currently negotiating an agreement over its disputed nuclear program with the United States and five other world powers in exchange for relief from crippling economic sanctions . The two sides hope to reach a framework agreement next month and a final deal in June . Western nations have long suspected Iran is covertly seeking a nuclear weapons capability - charges Tehran denies . In a speech today in the holy city of Qom , Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called for all sanctions to be lifted once a final nuclear accord is reached . He said : ` Our opposite negotiating party has to know that the end of these talks and the result of a deal must be lifting of the entire oppressive and illegal sanctions . ` In the negotiations , we will not accept any imposition , humiliation or continuation of the sanctions . ' During the broadcast , missiles were fired at the mock US aircraft but it was shown as damaged , not sunk . The drills were not announced in advance , but the Guard has held similar military exercises in the past .
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More than a dozen Iranian speedboats attacked a US aircraft carrier replica . The country 's elite Revolutionary Guard carried out the televised display . Show of force occurred near strategically vital entrance of the Persian Gulf . The drill , named Great Prophet 9 , was executed near the Strait of Hormuz . Navy spokesman said US military was ` not concerned about this exercise ' Drill was near where French and American ships are fighting against ISIS .
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A man behind a controversial revenge porn site has asked Google to remove links to stories critical of his seedy business from their search results . Craig Brittain , whose website posted nude photos of women without their knowledge or permission , is seeking the removal of the articles on the grounds that they feature pictures of him that were used without his consent . The 28-year-old 's now defunct site , Isanybodydown.com , also allegedly charged a ` take-down ' fee for victims who want their photos removed . Craig Brittain , 28 , who was behind a controversial revenge porn site , has asked Google to remove links to stories critical of his seedy business . The site was banned from posting or sharing revenge porn photos or video by America 's Federal Trade Commission earlier this year . Brittain sent a Digital Millenium Copyright Act -LRB- DMCA -RRB- take down to Google objecting to 23 articles remaining in their search rankings , according to the Daily Mirror . In the notice , which is published online , he claims that images , statements and other identity information was used in the stories without his permission . He states that it came from isanybodydown.com and his Facebook page . The DMCA notice was received on February 9 , but at present no action has been taken by Google . The DMCA is a US law that was created in 1998 to protect against copyright infringements . Brittain was alleged to have used ` deception to acquire and post intimate images of women ' for isanybodydown.com , according to the FTC complaint . Posing as a woman , he reportedly used websites such as Craigslist to obtain explicit photos , offering nude photos of himself in exchange . Men were also said to have given him photos of naked women , as a way to take revenge for being spurned . The FTC says his site featured images of more than 1,000 people and he made about $ 12,000 while it was up and running . Isanybodydown.com was banned from publishing nude pictures without the consent of the subject last month . Last month Brittain agreed to not publish any nude pictures without the consent of the subject and to destroy his collection , the FTC said . Speaking after the decision Jessica Rich , director of the FTC 's Bureau of Consumer Protection said : ` This behavior is not only illegal but reprehensible . ' I am pleased that as a result of this settlement , the illegally collected images and information will be deleted . ' In a statement posted on the website after it was closed down Brittain of Colorado said : ' I want to apologize to those who were affected by Is Anybody Down . ' I made a series of poor decisions , then tried to rationalize them , and made it even worse . ' I am sorry for the damage that I caused to everyone that ended up on my website . ' I am making amends at every opportunity . I regularly volunteer for , and donate to charitable organizations -LRB- I encourage you to do the same ! -RRB- . ' I ask for your forgiveness . What I did was wrong . '
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A report obtained this week by the Daily Mail revealed that publicity surrounding a police raid on Sir Cliff Richard 's home came about only because South Yorkshire Police revealed details of the raid to a BBC TV reporter . The fundamental precept of English law , which protects and safeguards the liberty of every one of us , is that a man is deemed innocent until proven guilty . Does this still hold good ? Disturbingly , it appears not , particularly in the case of wealthy celebrities against whom unproven accusations are levelled . A damning , unpublished report obtained this week by the Daily Mail under the Freedom of Information Act , says that the world-wide publicity surrounding a police raid on Sir Cliff Richard 's Berkshire home last August came about only because South Yorkshire Police revealed details of the raid to a BBC TV reporter , Dan Johnson . At the time of the raid , no charge of any kind had been made against Sir Cliff , 74 . A man in his 40s had simply accused the immensely popular singer of sexually molesting him in 1985 when he was a schoolboy under the age of 16 , at a rally in Sheffield held by the American evangelist Billy Graham . Indeed , at the time , the police had not even spoken to Sir Cliff about the matter . He had no idea of the identity of his accuser , and the first he learned of the raid on his home was when he saw it on television at his estate in Portugal . Even though the police have now interviewed Sir Cliff under caution , six months on there is still no charge against him and he remains an innocent man . Yet , as a result of the disgraceful conduct of South Yorkshire Police , and of the BBC , Sir Cliff 's once spotless reputation has been damaged and besmirched by acres of newsprint world-wide , by sordid and sensational headlines , and by a giant question-mark in the minds of people who think there is ` no smoke without fire ' . Scroll down for video . Last August , BBC Reporter David Sillito had reported live from Cliff Richard 's home as it was raided by police . I have known Sir Cliff for more than 40 years . I vividly recall the day I sat face to face with him , discussing long-standing rumours about his sexuality . It was May 1970 , and we were backstage at a theatre in Bromley , Kent , where the singer -- then plain Mr Richard -- was in rehearsal for his serious-acting stage debut . He had amazed the theatre world by daringly electing to portray a young gay man in Peter Shaffer 's play Five Finger Exercise , a character who falls in love with his male tutor . My questions were tentative , and he picked up on this immediately . An expression of knowing mischief crossed his face . ` You want to know if I 'm gay in real life , ' he said . ` Well I 'm not . I 've been telling people that for years , but they never believe me . ' Cliff was then 29 and had been a major star for more than a decade since his recording of Lionel Bart 's song , Living Doll , went to No. 1 in the charts in 1959 and established him as an ersatz British version of Elvis Presley . With his slicked-back dark hair , swarthy looks , chocolate-brown eyes and gyrating hips , he introduced an entirely new style of sex appeal into British showbusiness , and rumours about his hotly debated sexual inclinations swirled around him from the beginning . A BBC news crew had reported from the entrance to the Charters estate in Sunninghilll , near Sunningdale , Berkshire where Cliff Richard owns a property during the raid although no charges had been made against him . In 1964 , he very publicly embraced Christianity , drastically remodelled his image and became the Peter Pan of Pop and Britain 's Mr Squeaky Clean . Sexually , he was to remain an enigma , and his private affairs have long been a subject of intrigue and fascination . For 30 years he lived with his business manager Bill Latham , who had a girlfriend , Jill , although she left him eventually . For the past 13 years Cliff has shared his various homes with a burly , gruff New Yorker and former Roman Catholic priest , John McElynn , whom he insists is simply a friend and companion . The point is that whether Sir Cliff Richard is gay , straight , bisexual or -- as his biographer , Steve Turner , concluded after exhaustive interviewing , ` asexual ' -- none of this makes him a paedophile . Of course , where there is strong and persuasive evidence of child abuse or of sex crimes then cases must go to trial . But , I repeat , no charges have been made against Sir Cliff who has described the allegation of sexual molestation as ` completely false ' . Yet on the strength of his pre-eminence as an entertainer and the shocking collusion between South Yorkshire Police and the BBC , which so pruriently filmed the raid , the allegation has been flung across the world virtually unchallenged , at appalling cost to his reputation . Meanwhile , Sir Cliff 's accuser -- who waited almost 30 years to come forward -- shelters behind the cloak of anonymity offered him by our legal system . The first Sir Cliff learned of the raid on his Berkshire home -LRB- pictured -RRB- was when he saw it on television at his estate in Portugal . I ca n't help but wonder whether there is something opportunistic about the timing of the allegation . After all , Sir Cliff 's fortune is estimated to be in excess of # 40million , and in the wake of the conviction and imprisonment for sex abuse of the publicist Max Clifford and the entertainer Rolf Harris , the air is heavy with talk of claims for compensation for long-ago abuses . The report unearthed by the Mail pulls no punches . Independent investigator and former Chief Constable Andy Trotter is harshly critical of South Yorkshire Police for leaking details of a ` highly sensitive and confidential ' investigation to the BBC . The report also reveals that the Chief Constable of South Yorkshire , David Crompton , was informed of the leak and ` could have rescinded the agreement ' with the BBC . He failed to do so . The belated admission by South Yorkshire Police that their actions were ` ultimately flawed ' , and that they ` regret the additional anxiety which was caused to Sir Cliff Richard ' , comes nowhere near to resolving this matter . And although the BBC , with its customary arrogance , insists ` The Home Affairs Committee has already endorsed the way the BBC handled the story ; we have nothing further to add ' , they still have a great deal to answer for . For the distress caused to Sir Cliff is just one element of this outrage . The actions of the police and of the BBC have militated against the possibility of the singer ever receiving a fair trial should the Crown Prosecution Service -LRB- CPS -RRB- bring a charge . Police had carried out the raid in connection with allegations that the singer had molested a schoolboy under the age of 16 , in 1985 , but no charges had been made against Sir Cliff and though the police have now interviewed him under caution , six months on there is still no charge against him and he remains an innocent man . In any case , questions are being asked about the CPS . After the police and justice system failed so abysmally to prosecute Jimmy Savile when he was alive , there seems to have been a desire to atone for this failure by pointing the finger at any celebrity accused by anyone of sexual abuse -- and dragging their name through the mud . And I believe the CPS , by single-mindedly pursuing prosecutions in such cases , encouraged this . It was the CPS that was behind the trials on sex offence charges of three Coronation Street stars , Michael Le Vell , Andrew Lancel and William Roache . While these men were clearly not knights in shining armour , their cases all ended in humiliating ` not-guilty ' fiascos costing millions to the taxpayer . Meanwhile , the police have in recent times launched highly publicised investigations into big-name celebrities such as Jim Davidson , Jimmy Tarbuck and Freddie Starr , against whom no charges have been brought . Sir Cliff Richard , I believe , is made of sterner stuff than all the rest . A highly astute businessman with a strong sense of justice , he was the prime mover in getting the copyright in music recordings extended from 50 to 70 years , ensuring that entertainers benefited as a result . It is now known as ` Cliff 's Law ' . If he decides to sue for the undoubted damage that has been caused to him , it could cost the BBC and the police millions . This story is far from over .
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New report has been published into police raid on Sir Cliff Richard 's home . Finds publicity only came about because police revealed details to BBC . Criticises South Yorkshire Police for leaking highly sensitive investigation . No charges of sexual abuse have ever been brought against Cliff Richard . Michael Thornton warned a lawsuit could cost police and BBC millions .
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Standing proud , surrounded by the tools of their trade , the din of machinery , and , for a few , the star-spangled banner , these are the laborers who keep America strong by the sweat of their brows . These touching photographs show the quiet dignity of blue-collar workers across the nation . From heavy industry like steel milling , to more delicate crafts like book-binding and brewing , these figures all have in common that they produce something tangible with their own hard work . Heavy industry : Pictured about is Larry Skruggs , a mechanical technician at steel and mining giant ArcelorMittal . He works in Cleveland , Ohio . I have a wrench for that : Machinist Todd Kredovski is pictured above at his workshop in Superior , Wisconsin , where he works for Northern Engineering . Delicate craft : Amy Anderson , a book binder at the Campbell-Logan Bindery , is another one of the subjects captured by Carl Corey , this time in Minneapolis . The employees were captured in their place of work by photographer Carl Corey , who is part way through a three-year project to document the country 's industries through everyday workers . The project , entitled BLUE -- A Portrait of the American Worker , began in 2012 , and is expected to be completed by May 2016 , with hundreds more subjects . Corey , who has started a Kickstarter crowdsourcing page to fund the latter stages months of the project , said his aim is to : ` honestly tell the story through pictures of the contemporary American Working Class ' . Brewing up something special : This image shows Shawn Andreasen , a fermenter at the Point Brewery in Stevens Point , Wisconsin . Dignity : Corey said he gave no special instructions to his subjects . Pictured is Tom Ramboldt , who operates a Gusbi shoe assembly machine at the Red Wing Shoe Company in Red Wing , Minnesota . After researching the companies he was interested in , Corey visits the workplaces and meets some of the workers , who he asks to photograph at a later date . Other than setting up a flashy , Corey said he does nothing to pose the workers , who are in their everyday environment . Speaking to DailyMail.com , Corey said : ' I am drawn to these people because i truly believe they represent America and the `` American Ideal '' . ' I wish to show them my respect , to share that respect and my gratitude for their hard work with others in the hopes that in some small way people take notice and act positively via their own creations and actions . ' Decorating : Pictured here in Green Bay , Wisconsin , is Lisa Ward , a finishing room coordinator at DeLeer 's Millwork . Pause in a busy day : Here Charles McComas poses amid the crockery and homeware he helps make at Homer Laughlin China in Newell , West Virginia , where he is a decorator . Production line : Kathy Finstad , a solder at the Red Wing Shoe Company , stands amid her work in the middle of the day . Hot stuff : Tim Black wields a blowtorch at the ArcelorMittal Steel plant in Cleveland , where he is a slabyard service technician . In the spotlight : Pierre Jones , a decaler at Homer Laughlin China in Newell , poses with a plate she has just finished working on . Tough guy : Mike Schmitz stands in his working overalls at the Amerequipd factory in Kiel , Wisconsin , where he is a welder . In the office : Here Dave Checolinski poses in his workplace at Precision Innovations in Germantown , Wisconsin , where he is a vice-president in the operations department . Plaster master : Marcus Spann , a caster at Homer Laughlin in West Virginia , holds a new batch of vases in his workshop . Hard work : Standing behind a massive circular saw , stone cutter Matt Nelson takes a rest at Rivard Stone in Somerset , Wisconsin . Administrator : Officer manager Kelley Marx , of Precision Innovations in Wisconsin , also features in this patriotic setting . Raw materials : Greg Coleman , a worker at Woolrich Mills in Woolrich , Pennsylvania , is pictured with huge bales of wool . He works in the dying and picking department . Big machine : Bill Judon stands in front of a dryer machine he operates for a living at Woolrich Mills .
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Series , called BLUE -- A Portrait of the American Worker , is being compiled by photographer Carl Corey .
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Britain can not afford to continue consigning millions of over-55s to the ` scrapheap ' , Iain Duncan Smith will say today . The Work and Pensions Secretary will urge bosses to do more to keep older workers , saying there is no such thing as a fixed retirement age . He will insist it is not in individuals ' interests to retire early , as an average earner ending work at 65 instead of 55 boosts their pension pot by 60 per cent and receives an extra # 200,000 in income . Iain Duncan Smith , pictured , will today warn that British companies can no longer keep ignoring the over 55s . Over the next decade , the increase in over-50s is set to be five times greater than the fall in workforce , Mr Duncan Smith is expected to say . ` Retirement age should be when someone chooses to retire , ' he will add . ` What 's more , employers can not afford to see their workforce decline . Far from throwing people on the scrapheap , we need people to help fill the demand for jobs and keep our economy growing . ' ` We must keep pace with Britain 's changing demographic , doing more to help people stay in work longer ... through the right to request flexible working ... or through championing new support to help people retrain and change career in later life . ' Government figures show one in four women and one in six men of state pension age have not worked since they were 55 . Despite a rising number of older employees , ministers believe the number of older people out of work is a waste of talent and a missed economic opportunity . The Government is planning measures to help older jobseekers , such as specialist support in job centres . Mr Duncan Smith will also hail the flat-rate state pension , which is expected to be worth around # 160 a week , from April 2016 . In the biggest shake-up since the state pension was introduced , the Government plans to link future pension age changes to life expectancy , so people spend only a third of their adult lives in retirement . Mr Duncan Smith will say thatthe ` retirement age should be when someone chooses to retire ' , file photograph .
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Iain Duncan Smith will today urge employers to help retrain over 55s . He will say that it is not in people 's best interests to retire early . A worker can boost their pension pot by 60 per cent by working to 65 .
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Incense smoke wafts through the cold air of the centuries-old Buddhist temple as a priest chants a sutra , praying for the peaceful transition of the souls of the departed . Some Japanese owners of robot dog AIBO believe their ` pet ' have souls . It is a funeral like any other in Japan . Except that those being honoured are robot dogs , lined up on the altar , each wearing a tag to show where they came from and which family they belonged to . The devices are ` AIBOs ' , the world 's first home-use entertainment robot equipped with Artificial Intelligence -LRB- AI -RRB- and capable of developing its own personality . Scroll down for video . Hideko Mori -LRB- L -RRB- and her sister Yasuko watch their robot pet AIBO playing at Hideko 's home in Tokyo © Toshifumi Kitamura -LRB- AFP -RRB- . Google 's Boston Dynamics released a video designed to show off a smaller , lighter version of its robotic dog , dubbed Spot . During the footage , employees are seen kicking Spot to prove how stable the machine is on its feet , but this has been dubbed ` cruel ' , ` wrong ' and has raised concerns about ethics . ' I believe owners feel they have souls as long as they are with them , ' said Nobuyuki Narimatsu , 59 , who heads an electronics repair company specialising in fixing vintage products . Sony rolled out the first-generation AIBO in June 1999 , with the initial batch of 3,000 selling out in just 20 minutes , despite the hefty 250,000 yen -LRB- more than $ 2,000 -RRB- price tag . Over the following years , more than 150,000 units were sold , in numerous iterations , ranging from gleaning metallic-silver versions to round-faced cub-like models . The dog came with an array of sensors , a camera and microphone . The final generation could even talk . By 2006 , Sony was in trouble ; its business model was broken and it was facing fierce competition from rivals in all fields . The AIBO , an expensive and somewhat frivolous luxury , had to go . The company kept its ` AIBO Clinic ' open until March 2014 , but then -- politely -- told dedicated and loving owners that they were on their own . Robot dog AIBO is seen next to ` Kuma ' , a Shiba Inu breed , outside the Kofuku-ji temple in Isumi , Japan 's Chiba prefecture © Toshifumi Kitamura -LRB- AFP -RRB- . Kofuku-ji temple chief priest Bungen Oi -LRB- R -RRB- offers a prayer during the funeral for 19 Sony 's pet robot AIBOs , in Isumi , Japan 's Chiba prefecture © Toshifumi Kitamura -LRB- AFP -RRB- . A-Fun supervisor Hiroshi Funabashi -LRB- L -RRB- puts the Sony 's pet robot AIBOs on the altar , prior to the robots ' funeral at the Kofuku-ji temple in Isumi , Japan 's Chiba prefecture © Toshifumi Kitamura -LRB- AFP -RRB- . In a recent paper by Dr Anders Sandberg from the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University , he posed the question : ` In the future it 's possible we will be able to create artificially human brains that emulate a real human - but what are the ethicalities and moralities of doing this ? . ' In particular , in his ` Ethics of brain emulations ' research , Dr Sandberg considers a future in which AI may be commonplace in so-called ` lesser beings ' . If brain emulation becomes possible we could in theory clone animals to create , for example , virtual laboratory rats . There is much opposition to performing scientific experiments on rats and other animals in the modern day - but Dr Sandberg questions whether people will have similar objections to experimenting on an animal that was artificially created . Dr Sandberg likened the scenario to abortion in the modern day and the battle between people who are pro-choice and those who are pro-life . If an emulation was run for just a millisecond of time before being deactivated , some might argue that this would constitute a ` murder ' of sorts , destroying a life as it had been created . For Hideko Mori , 70 , that nearly spelled disaster . Mori has had her AIBO for around eight years . She enjoys the conversations she has with it , and thinks it far more convenient than a real puppy . ` He does n't require feeding and he does n't pee ... actually he does pee by cocking his leg , making an indescribably beautiful tinkling sound . ' But , she said , nothing actually comes out . ' I never thought there was a limit to his life . ' But in May last year her beloved AIBO , whose name is simply ` Aibo ' , became immobile . ' I e-mailed a former Sony worker -LRB- on behalf of the dog -RRB- , saying : ` Do I have no choice but to die like this because I ca n't walk ? ' , ' she said . The engineer introduced her to A FUN , a company that employs former Sony engineers , who fixed her machine in two months . ' I was so happy to see him back to health and at home , ' she said . Hiroshi Funabashi , 61 , who supervises repairs at A FUN , said troubled AIBO owners think of him more as a doctor than an engineer . ` The word ` repair ' does n't fit here , ' he told AFP at his home in Kasama , north of Tokyo . Scattered around him are dozens of AIBOs sent in with problems owners typically describe as ` aching joints ' . Earlier this year , Elon Musk -LRB- pictured -RRB- similarly likened artificial intelligence to ` summoning the demon ' . The Tesla and Space X founder previously warned that the technology could someday be more harmful than nuclear weapons . Earlier this year , Elon Musk likened artificial intelligence to ` summoning the demon ' . The Tesla and Space X founder previously warned that the technology could someday be more harmful than nuclear weapons . And speaking at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology -LRB- MIT -RRB- AeroAstro Centennial Symposium in October , Musk described artificial intelligence as our ` biggest existential threat ' . He said : ' I think we should be very careful about artificial intelligence . If I had to guess at what our biggest existential threat is , it 's probably that . So we need to be very careful with artificial intelligence . ` I 'm increasingly inclined to think that there should be some regulatory oversight , maybe at the national and international level , just to make sure that we do n't do something very foolish . ` With artificial intelligence we 're summoning the demon . You know those stories where there 's the guy with the pentagram , and the holy water , and ... he 's sure he can control the demon ? Does n't work out . ' In August , he warned that AI could to do more harm than nuclear weapons . Tweeting a recommendation for a book by Nick Bostrom called Superintelligence : Paths , Dangers , Strategies that looks at a robot uprising , he wrote : ` We need to be super careful with AI . Potentially more dangerous than nukes . ' In a later tweet , Musk wrote : ` Hope we 're not just the biological boot loader for digital superintelligence . Unfortunately , that is increasingly probable . ' Mr Musk has previously claimed that a horrific ` Terminator-like ' scenario could be created from research into artificial intelligence . The 42-year-old is so worried , he is investing in AI companies , not to make money , but to keep an eye on the technology in case it gets out of hand . In March , Mr Musk made an investment San Francisco-based AI group Vicarious , along with Mark Zuckerberg and actor Ashton Kutcher . In October 2013 , the company announced it had developed an algorithm that ` reliably ' solves modern Captchas - the world 's most widely used test of a machine 's ability to act human . ` For those who keep AIBOs , they are nothing like home appliances . It 's obvious they think their -LRB- robotic pet -RRB- is a family member , ' he said . Funabashi says he does not enhance the functions of aged AIBOs , but tries to restore them to health . The problem is that repairs can take weeks or even months because of a shortage of spare parts . Dozens of AIBOs are now ` hospitalised ' , with more than 180 on the waiting list . The only source of genuine parts are ` dead ' robots , who become donors for organ transplantation , but only once the proper respects have been paid . Bungen Oi , a priest at the 450-year-old Kofukuji temple in Isumi , east of Tokyo , says the AIBO service last month was an occasion on which the robots ' souls could pass from their bodies . A super computer has become the first in history to pass the Turing Test , a benchmark of artificial intelligence set by codebreaker Alan Turing -LRB- pictured -RRB- . The Turing Test was introduced by Second World War codebreaker Alan Turing in 1950 as part of his paper Computing Machinery And Intelligence in which he predicted that computers would one day be programmed to acquire abilities rivalling human intelligence . He proposed a test called The Imitation Game , which would identify whether a computer is capable of thought . A person , called the interrogator , engages in a text based conversation with another person and a computer - and must determine which is which.If they are unable to do so the computer is deemed to have passed . In 2014 , a super computer was created which can simulate human conversation so well that it convinced people it is a teenage boy . The computer programme called Eugene , developed to simulate a 13-year-old boy , has now managed to convince 33 per cent of judges that it is human . Professor Kevin Warwick , from the University of Reading which organised the test , said : ` In the field of artificial intelligence there is no more iconic and controversial milestone than the Turing Test . ' ' I was thrilled over the interesting mismatch of giving cutting-edge technology a memorial service in a very conventional manner , ' he said . It is a mismatch that humans will probably become more used to over the coming years and decades , as robots with ` personalities ' become ever more part of our lives . Later this year , Japanese telecoms giant Softbank says it is going to start selling the humanoid Pepper to the public . Despite the $ 2,000 cost , Pepper will be useless for housework , but developers say it will learn to imitate and intuit human emotions over time . This blurring of lines means more people could feel the kind of attachment that AIBO owners know so well , said A FUN 's Funabashi . ' I do n't know if people will develop affection -LRB- towards a new generation of robots -RRB- in five , six years ' time , ' he said . ` But I think we need to recognise they are not ordinary electrical devices . '
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Some Japanese owners of robot dog AIBO believe their ` pets ' have souls . Manufacturer of AIBI Sony discontinued product in 2006 . Sony kept ` clinics ' open for the pets until last year for repairs . The last of these are now closed leading some owners to stage funerals . As artificial intelligence improves , the question of whether robots are ` alive ' or not will become more pressing .
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The world 's most popular property board game is set for a revolutionary change . For the first time , fans will be given the power to decide which 20 cities around the world host featured property spaces for the 80th anniversary World Edition game , launching in Autumn . While the game will have a global feel , the iconic first cities featured on the board - London for Commonwealth countries and Atlantic City for the US - could well disappear from the anniversary edition . Hasbro have launched a vote to decide upon countries to be featured in the 80th anniversary world edition , launched in August . Fans can cast their say at http://www.buzzfeed.com/votemonopoly . Many will associate Monopoly with London places such as the coveted May Fair and Park Lane , but London may not be featured at all on the anniversary World Edition , if it slips any lower . Out of the 80 global destinations up for grabs , London has slipped to 20th position , and is set to fall of the board . The company behind the game , Hasbro , has announced the competition called Monopoly Here & Now and is asking fans to vote for which cities should be included . Participants have until midnight on Wednesday 4 March to rally behind their favourite cities for the coveted Mayfair and Park Lane spots . Currently storming the leaderboard are Lima , in Peru , Riga , in Latvia , Hong Kong and Warsaw , Poland . But voters can push for their favourite cities on social media using the hashtag #voteMONOPOLY . 1 . Lima . 2 . Riga . 3 . Hong Kong . 4 . Warsaw . 5 . Istanbul . 6 . Belfast . 7 . Athens . 8 . Bucharest . 9 . Cape Town . 10 . Tel Aviv . 11 . Moscow . 12 . Lisbon . 13 . Queenstown . 14 . Brussels . 15 . Tokyo . Results from Monopoly poll on Buzzfeed . Participants have until midnight on Wednesday 4 March to rally behind their favourite cities . During a special Wild Card Week fans will be able to request other locations , big or small to be placed in the infamous Old Kent Road and Whitechapel Road slots . During a special Wild Card Week from Tuesday 3 March to Monday 9 March , fans will be able to request other locations , big or small , which are not featured on the list of options . The cities with the most submissions during that week will be placed in the infamous Old Kent Road and Whitechapel Road slots on the family board game . For the 80th anniversary edition competitors will race round the board , and visit as many locations as possible , collected passport stamps along the way . Players will collect cash from visitor fees when opponents land on their locations and the first player to fill their passport wins . The shortlist of cities who have made the winning board will be revealed on March 19 , the Monopoly brand 's official birthday . The rules will vary slightly from the traditional version , which has been played by more than one billion people in 114 countries around the world . Competitors will race round the board , and visit as many locations as possible , collected passport stamps along the way . Players will collect cash from visitor fees when opponents land on their locations and the first player to fill their passport wins . The game board will differ to normal Monopoly , so will have a different number of squares and no stations or utilities . The exact layout is currently yet to be revealed . Fans should not look out for the boot , iron and dog movers , as these will be replaced by famous landmarks from around the world . The game will retail at # 21.99 and be available to purchase everywhere from August 1 , 2015 . Since it was released , the world famous tycoon game has been played in 114 countries around the world . Subtitled ` The Fast-Dealing Property Trading Game ' , it is named after the economic concept of monopoly -- the domination of a market by a single entity . It is produced by the US game and toy company Hasbro . Players move around the gameboard buying or trading properties , developing their properties with houses and hotels , and collecting rent from their opponents , with the goal being to drive them into bankruptcy . The longest MONOPOLY game in history lasted for 70 straight days . The most expensive version of the game was produced by celebrated San Francisco jeweller Sidney Mobell . Valued at $ 2 million , the set features a 23-carat gold board and diamond-studded dice . More than six billion little green houses and 2.25 billion red hotels have been ` constructed ' since 1935 . Since 1935 , more than one billion people have played the game . The traditional Monopoly gameboard consists of 40 spaces containing 28 properties -LRB- 22 coloured streets , four railway stations and two utilities -RRB- , three Chance spaces , three Community Chest spaces , a Luxury Tax space , an Income Tax space , and the four corner squares : GO , In Jail/Just Visiting , Free Parking , and Go to Jail . The board game is loved by people all of the world , including Cindy Crawford -LRB- right -RRB- , and has been played over one billion times .
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Fans can vote for cities to be used in the 80th anniversary world edition . The tycoon board game has been played in 114 countries . The top 20 cities will be selected , and London is currently ranked 20th .
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Rosa Rios has been accused of stealing lunch and money from children on the school bus . A school bus worker has been charged with stealing lunch boxes and money from dozens of children between the ages of five and three . Rosa Rios , 33 , was allegedly seen rifling through the backpacks of children and taking lunch and cash as they were travelling to school in Millville in New Jersey on the bus she works on . Rios , who worked as an aide for Sheppard Bus Services and was supposed to be supervising children on board , has now been sacked from the company . Millville Public Schools , which manages 10 schools in the area which use the bus service to transport children , has written to parents of pupils informing them about the arrest of Rios . Authorities said the alleged thefts took place between January and February . Rios is believed to have targeted 29 children , the Courier Post reported . The incident came to light when an investigation was launched when another driver claimed they were missing around $ 400 . Police reviewed surveillance footage from the bus and found Rios allegedly taking items from the children 's backpacks while they were on board and on their way to school . ` It looks like she was trying to take advantage of them , ' said police Detective Lt. Jody Farabella . ` Sheppard did the best thing by firing her . ` It 's also good for the district to let parents know things are OK . ' David Gentile of Millville Public Schools said once the incident came to light Rios was removed immediately from the Sheppard bus routes . Police did not confirm how many times the thefts allegedly took place or how many children were targeted . Millville worked as a bus aide for Sheppard Bus Services where she was meant to be helping children on board . Officers are also investigating whether Rios was responsible for the theft from the bus driver . Rios has been charged with theft and robbery and is being held in Cumberland County Jail .
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Rosa Rios has been charged with theft for stealing children 's lunch money . She allegedly rifled through backpacks to take lunchboxes and cash . Rios , a bus aide is accused of stealing from 29 children on school bus . Thefts are alleged to have taken place between January and February . She has been charged with theft and robbery and is being held in jail .
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A woman who made waves online for a webcam video that allegedly depicted her engaged in a sex act at a university library is now facing a public indecency charge . A Benton County court document charged Kendra Sunderland with the misdemeanor crime , it emerged Tuesday . It stated ` The defendant , on or about January 27 , 2015 , did and with the intent of arousing the sexual desire of defendant or another person , expose her genitals ; contrary to statute and against the peace and dignity of the State of Oregon . ' Scroll down for video . Video : Kendra Sunderland allegedly appeared in an explicit video filmed at an Oregon State University library . Legal issues : Sunderland is now facing a public indecency act over the video . Webcam : The video allegedly shows the 19-year-old sitting at a table inside the school library , masturbating and flashing the camera . The document - obtained and published by the Smoking Gun on Tuesday - accused Sunderland of committing public indecency on the sixth floor of Valley Library at Oregon State University -LRB- OSU -RRB- . According to the Smoking Gun , Sunderland may be forced to pay a $ 6250 fine and spend as much as one year in prison . Her arraignment is planned for Thursday , the website reported . The video reportedly shows the 19-year-old masturbating and flashing the camera . An Oregon State Police media/desk log written by Trooper Christopher Graves said ` On January 27 , 2015 at approximately 2:30 pm I was tasked to looking into a complaint of a video of a female that was posted to a pornographic site claiming that the solo act that was being performed occured -LSB- sic -RSB- in the Oregon State University library . I was able to identify the suspect as the female -LSB- redacted -RSB- . The suspect was cited for Public Indecency -LSB- sic -RSB- and released . ' The log was obtained and published by the Oregonian in January . Daily Mail Online earlier reported that Sunderland , who once attended OSU , is behind the website Date Broke College Girls . ' I created this site to match college girls like me who are struggling to pay for school and looking for a rich older boyfriend , ' she wrote online . ` Hopefully this will keep them from getting naked in the library and help them use it to study ! ' New career : Sunderland began performing in webcam videos during a failed job search in Fall 2013 for a waitress position , when she was still a OSU student . Business venture : Sunderland is behind the website Date Broke College Girls and appears on the homepage . In early February , the New York Daily News reported that Sunderland began performing in webcam videos during a failed job search in Fall 2013 for a waitress position , when she was still a OSU student . ` Working a minimum wage job , there 's people that are just mean to you when they 're having a crappy day , ' Sunderland told the newspaper . ` On MyFreeCams , -LSB- users -RSB- had nothing but nice things to say . And I made way more than I would working any other job . ' The New York Daily News reported that Sunderland made approximately $ 700 from filming the on-campus webcam video in October , before soon leaving school and making more videos . A spokesman for OSU told the newspaper Sunderland was banned from school grounds . A MyFreeCams attorney also told the New York Daily News that Sunderland 's video violated the guidelines for the website , and she is banned . Early Wednesday , Sunderland posted a selfie on Facebook , captioning it ` Up early today for another huge day in the Lady Boss empire !! ' She also published a post asking for assistance from OSU fraternity members . The post read ` Dear Oregon State Frat Brothers I need your help , comment here and we will DM ... and please no dumb replies , this is a serious issue regarding my court date tomorrow . ' That message has since been deleted . Daily Mail Online has reached out to the Benton County District Attorney 's office for comment . Sunderland and her attorney did not respond to requests for comment . A publicist for Sunderland said a comment would be made after the Thursday arraignment .
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Kendra Sunderland made waves online for a webcam video that allegedly depicted her in a sex act at a university library . She is now facing a public indecency charge over the video . Sunderland , 19 , is behind the website Date Broke College Girls and has appeared in multiple webcam videos .
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Teary-eyed New York City police officers on Tuesday honored a 10-year-old Texas girl who sent hundreds of thank you cards to the NYPD after two officers were fatally shot . ` My goal is to tell as many police officers as I can that I love them , and I am thankful for all that they do for us , ' Savannah Solis told officers at a Bronx precinct . Watching TV at home in Tyler , Texas , she was moved to create some 200 cards for members of the New York Police Department after Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos were shot in their patrol car December 20 . Honored : Savannah Solis , left , is greeted by a New York City police officer while visiting a police precinct in the Bronx . The 10-year-old girl from Tyler , Texas sent hundreds of thank you cards to the NYPD after two officers were fatally shot in Brooklyn . She told the officers she wants to thank them ` for what they do for us ' Loves heroes : Solis , a 10-year-old Texas girl , was given a New York Police Department K9 unit cap at a ceremony in her honor at an NYPD precinct house in the Bronx borough of New York . ` She just could n't understand how can someone do this to these officers that were risking their lives to protect the public , ' said Officer Victor Cabral , whose wife 's cousin is a good friend of the Solis family . When they opened the packaged cards , ` it was a lot of love coming out of a small box , ' he said , adding that her thanks for the job they do was ` something we desperately needed in that time . ' The ceremony was held at Cabral 's 41st Precinct in the Bronx because he was contacted by the Texas family . Savannah also made 300 more cards for police throughout Texas and has visited officers in her home state . On Tuesday , she was greeted by an NYPD helicopter flyover as she and her parents emerged from a van in the Bronx . Then the handlers for a group of K9 police dogs presented her with an NYPD cap she wore for the ceremony inside the Bronx precinct . Ambitious : Solis addressed the crowd at the ceremony in her honor at an NYPD precinct house in the Bronx . Savannah says her ambition is to become a member of a canine police unit . Moved : Savannah was moved to send some 200 cards to police in New York after Officers Wenjian Liu -LRB- right -RRB- and Rafael Ramos -LRB- left -RRB- were shot in their patrol car in December . Savannah said her ambition is to become a member of a canine police unit . Her mother , Debbie Solis , said the girl 's first contact with police was their quick response to the mother 's two heart attacks at their Texas home about four years ago . ` To my heroes , I want to say , ` Do n't stop . Please do n't give up , '' the girl told officers , speaking from a lectern , surrounded by dozens of police brass . ` Many do not care or appreciate the sacrifices you make every day , but I do . ... Officers of New York City , you matter to me . Officers all across America , you matter to me . ' NYPD officers had raised some money to invite the girl to New York , and JetBlue covered the family 's flight . The girl said she was n't interested in seeing the usual New York sites like the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building . ' I want to see more police stations , ' she said . Later Tuesday , Savannah was to visit Brooklyn 's 84th Precinct where the two slain officers were assigned . And sometime in the future , JetBlue is flying her to London , where she 'll meet members of that city 's police force .
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Savannah was moved to send some 200 cards to police in New York after Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos were shot in their patrol car . Savannah also made 300 more cards for police throughout Texas and has visited officers in her home state .
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It sounds like the plot of a bad horror film , but doctors are gearing up to do the world 's first head transplant . Italian surgeon Sergio Canavero wants to take the head from someone with an incurable illness and graft it on to a healthy body . He claims the first operation could be done in just two years ' time . Scroll down for video . Sergio Canavero said his new body swap technique could help paralysed people such as Christopher Reeve . He claimed that even people such as Professor Stephen Hawking , pictured , could benefit from the technique . The # 7.5 million body swap would initially be used to give a new lease of life to paralysed people -- including those with spinal cord injuries similar to those sustained by the late actor Christopher Reeve . People with muscle-wasting diseases and those whose organs are riddled with cancer could also have their head put on a new body . Those with motor neurone disease , the condition suffered by Stephen Hawking and portrayed by Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne in the film The Theory of Everything , might also benefit . Eventually , the technique could be used to extend the life of healthy people in the ` ultimate cosmetic surgery ' . Critics have described the plans as ` pure fantasy ' , but Dr Canavero claims all the necessary techniques exist and that he just needs to put them together . It is already more than 40 years since the first monkey head transplant and a basic operation on a mouse has just been done in China . Dr Canavero already has a long list of potential patients , and will announce his plans at a top medical conference this summer in a bid to get the backing needed to do the first transplant in 2017 . The location has yet to be decided , but the surgeon , from the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group , says he would love to do it in London . The new body would come from a normal transplant donor who is brain dead . Both the donor and the patient would have their head severed from their spinal cord at the same time , using an ultra-sharp blade to give a clean cut . The patient 's head would then be moved on to the donor 's body and attached using a ` glue ' called polyethylene glycol to fuse the two ends of the spinal cord together . The muscles and blood supply would be stitched up , before the patient is put in a coma for four weeks to stop them moving while the head and body heal together . If that does n't sound bizarre enough , they would then be given small electric shocks to stimulate their spinal cord and strengthen the connections between their head and new body . When the patient is brought out of their medically-induced coma , they should be able to move , feel their face and even speak with the same voice , this week 's New Scientist reports . Powerful immunosuppressant drugs should stop the new body from being rejected and intensive psychological support would also be provided . Dr Canavero says he believes it would be ethically sound to carry out the procedure when people have no other hope of a cure . However , the ethical arguments extend past the transplant itself . For instance , if the patient went on to have children , they would biologically belong to the donor because the sperm or eggs would have come from the new body . Initially , a shortage of donors means that the surgery would be limited to those with severe illness . But eventually , it could be used to allow healthy people to live longer . Dr Canavero said that if science reaches the stage when human cloning is easy , a 60-year-old could make a copy of themselves . They could then put their old head on a new , healthy body made from their own DNA -- meaning they would keep their memories and personality . William Matthews , chairman of the American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons , said : ` I embrace the concept of spinal fusion and I think there are a lot of areas that a head transplant could be used but I disagree with Canavero on the timing . ` He thinks it 's ready , I think it 's far into the future . ' But Harry Goldsmith , a California doctor who has carried out one of the few operations that has allowed someone with a spinal cord injury to walk again , said : ` I do n't believe it will ever happen . '
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Italian surgeon Sergio Canavero believes head transplants are possible . The techniques allows the patient 's head be grafted onto a healthy body . Paralysed patients and those with incurable illness could benefit . However , each operation will cost an estimated # 7.5 million to complete . Dr Canavero said both heads would be removed at the same time . He would then glue the patient 's head onto the donor 's body .
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A giant species of crab normally found in the freezing waters of the Arctic has washed up on the east coast of England . Oceanographers have been left baffled as to how the crab , which usually inhabit the icy Bering Sea off the coastline of Alaska , got 4,700 miles from its normal habitat . The crab was discovered on the beach in Redcar , north Yorkshire by oceanographer David McCreadie and his fiancee Diane Weinoski . The red king crab above was found on Redcar beach in north Yorkshire by oceanographer David McCreadie . The formidable-looking crustacean was around 30 inches across , although the crabs can grow to have a leg span of up to five feet . It suggests the crab was still relatively young and may have been swept to the UK by powerful currents or in a storm . Red king crabs were first introduced to the Barents sea off northern Russia in the 1960s but have now become so numerous they have overflowed down the west coast of Norway . Some fisherman fear these massive crabs will devastate native fisheries as they devour almost everything in their path . Although the crabs can live in a relatively wide range of water temperatures , outside ideal conditions their growth rates are severely hampered . The crabs are thought to be advancing around 31 miles a year . But despite the concerns around the crab , the species is protected under a diplomatic accord between Russia and Norway that manages fishing quotas . Only around 250 Norwegian fishermen are allowed to catch the king crab , despite it being considered a delicacy . The crabs are increasingly found in the fjords around Norway where they are considered to be an invasive species and can devastate local species . Some fear that the massive crabs could eventually spread as far south as Spain and Portugal but the sea conditions there are considered to be too warm for them to survive . David McCreadie , 66 , from Great Ayton in north Yorkshire , told the Gazette Live that he had sought the advice of crab expert Dr Normal Sloan , a crab expert in British Columbia , Canada , who confirmed it was a red king crab . Mr McCreadie said : ' I have dived as an amateur and professional since 1966 and never seen one anywhere near here before . ' I have heard that king crabs have migrated under the Arctic ice cap and been found in Norway , but this is so far south . ' The couple found the crab lying on the sands at Redcar on Friday where it was still alive , but when they returned to the beach over the weekend the crab had died . Red king crabs get their name from the colour they turn when they are cooked . The average temperature that the crabs live in is between 4 degrees C -LRB- 39 °F -RRB- and 10 degrees C -LRB- 50 °F -RRB- . The red king crab , seen here next to a pound coin for scale , did not survive for long on the beach at Redcar . It is around 4,700 miles from the Bering Sea where king red crabs are normally found to Redcar in Yorkshire . Depending on the stage in their life they live at different depths - moving to between 20 and 50 metres by the age of two and down to 200 metres as adults . Mr McCreadie said : ' I know my crustaceans and when I saw this one , I knew it was special . ' I know king crabs are common in the Arctic , especially around Alaska , and they have turned up in Norway recently , but how on earth this one has got so far south , I have no idea . ` To my knowledge , this is the first one . ` It could only come from very cold , deep water but we do n't have very cold deep water in the North Sea . Perhaps it was on its summer holidays . ' Red king crabs are considered a pest in Norway where they are invading fjords . Only a handful of fishermen are allowed to catch the giant crabs , as shown above , due to a diplomatic agreement with Russia .
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The red king crab is normally found in the Bering Sea off the Alaskan coast . It was found by diver David McCreadie on Redcar beach in north Yorkshire . The crabs are an invasive species in Norway and have been moving south . Adult red king crabs can grow to have a leg span of up to five feet across . They can devour native species but are also considered to be a delicacy . It is thought to be the first time a red king crab has been found in England . The crab measured around 30 inches across but died after a couple of days .
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Emmerdale actress Gemma Oaten has spoken out about an eating disorder that could have claimed her life . The 30-year-old actress from Hull started starving herself at the age of ten when she fell under the grip of body dysmorphia . ' I have a vivid memory of getting out of the bath when I was ten and looking down and at my body and asking my dad , `` am I fat ? '' ' she revealed on today 's This Morning . Scroll down for video . Emmerdale actress Gemma Oaten smiled and waved at the cameras as she arrived at the ITV Studios today to share her story on This Morning of how an eating disorder could have killed her . The soap star told presenters Eammon Holmes and Ruth Langsford that her eating disorder was a mental health illness . She was n't trying to be thin out of vanity or because she was influenced by pictures of slim celebrities in magazines . ` It started when ten years old , I was reading the Beano and Dandy back then , ' she said . ` My feelings towards myself were changing , I was getting bullied at school . ` The onset of puberty played a massive factor as I went from being a tomboy full of personality and bubbly . ' I remember going through puberty and all of a sudden the boys I had played football with , I was playing kiss chase with , and then girls started to get jealous . I could n't control what they said about me but I could control what was happening inside me . ` It 's heartbreaking to say it but I remember looking in the mirror and thinking if there 's less of me , there 's less of me for people to see and hurt . ' Gemma , pictured on This Morning , said her eating disorder began when she was just ten-years-old . The actress was joined on the ITV show by her boyfriend , actor Andy Barnes . Gemma 's weight plummeted to four-and-a-half stone and it was then that her parents Dennis and Marg intervened and made her seek help . ' I was killing myself in front of my family , it caused a lot of heartache for all of us , ' she admitted . She was sent to a children 's psychiatric unit but she said ` it was n't the right place for me personally , it was a very scary time . ' Elaborating on this point in today 's Mirror , she said : ` The memories of my time in hospital were very bleak and full of despair . I found myself in quite scary situations . I had things thrown at my head , I 'd have people discussing in detail how they were abused , people cutting themselves in front of me . It was horrendous . ' I was n't showing signs of psychosis , I was just a young girl suffering from an illness and , yes , it was a mental health illness but it is very different to somebody who is schizophrenic or who cuts herself . ` It all went wrong because it focused on getting the calories down me and not dealing with the reason I was struggling with an eating disorder . Gemma , pictured eight in a scene from Emmerdale , joined the soap in 2011 and is now using her public profile to raise awareness of eating disorders . Young women from the age of 12 are most likely to develop an eating disorder -LRB- file photo -RRB- . ` In the end my parents made the decision to take me out of there when they found out what was going on . ' It was n't until her 20s that she was fully on the road to recovery and finally able to beat the eating disorder . ` The turning point was at 20 when my best friend killed himself . I looked around at the funeral and saw how devastated everyone was and I thought `` I 'm doing same , I ca n't do this anyone , I have to get better '' , ' she recalled on This Morning . Gemma was not being over-dramatic , according to the charity Beat , eating disorders claim more lives than any other mental illness -- one in five of the most seriously affected will die prematurely from the physical consequences or suicide . Gemma , who appeared on This Morning to promote Eating Disorder Awareness Week is now thankful she got the help she needed before it was too late . She started having therapy and says she 's now fully recovered . She said : ` I 'm fine now and I am speaking out about it as I want people to look at me and see I am not ashamed I had an eating disorder and now I 'm well . ' Gemma joined the cast of Emmerdale in 2011 and is now in a relationship with actor Andy Barnes , who joined her on the This Morning sofa today . She said it 's thanks to the support of her friends and family that she survived and she urges other sufferers to seek help as soon as possible . ` My message is for people to talk about how they are feeling and not feel shame , ' she said .
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Actress , 30 , from Hull , started starving herself age ten after being bullied . Admitted to children 's psychiatric unit when weight fell to over four stone . Was n't cured until turning 20 and having therapy . She 's now urging others to seek help before it 's too late .
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The packages he helped ship all around the globe ended up building his 50-acre dream home . But now Ted Weise , 70 , the former CEO of Federal Express , is selling his $ 22.9 million equestrian ranch . The Jupiter , Florida property , situated just outside Palm Beach includes a 12,000 sq ft home , a 1,000-bottle wine cellar , a barn and even a 4-acre lake . Ted Weise , 70 , the former CEO of Federal Express , is selling his $ 22.9 million equestrian ranch in Jupiter , Florida . property , situated just outside Palm Beach includes a 12,000 sq ft home , a 1,000-bottle wine cellar and a barn . Done in a Mediterranean style , the house has five bedrooms and five full bathrooms as well as three half bathrooms . Done in a Mediterranean style , the house has five bedrooms and five full bathrooms as well as three half bathrooms , according to the Sotheby 's International Realty listing . And that 's not even counting the guest house . In addition to the spacious wine cellar , the main house also features an enclosed saltwater pool and a chef 's kitchen . The front of the house faces a 4-acre lake filled with bass fish . The incredible views can be seen from a top-floor observation deck . In addition to a 1,000-bottle wine cellar , the main house also features an enclosed saltwater pool . To withstand those famous Florida hurricanes , the main home , guesthouse and barn were all built with impact glass and reinforced with concrete roofs , walls and floors . The property 's barn features eight paddocks and the equestrian facilities are outfitted with a riding and jumping area . Riding trails also wind throughout the land . They are dotted with cypress and pine trees and include views of the Dye Preserve Golf Course . Views can also be seen from the main house 's top-floor terrace and observation deck . The house faces the 4-acre lake , which is stocked with bass . To withstand those famous Florida hurricanes , the main home , guesthouse and barn were all built with impact glass and reinforced with concrete roofs , walls and floors . The main house also features a walk-in vault that can be used as a safe room . Done in a Mediterranean style , the main house also features a chef 's kitchen and a walk-in vault that can be used as a safe room . The property 's barn features eight paddocks and the equestrian facilities are outfitted with a riding and jumping area . Riding trails also wind throughout the land , dotted with cypress and pine trees and with views of the Dye Preserve Golf Course . Weise and his wife bought the land for $ 2.7 million in 2004 and built the property ` from the ground up ' Weise said the construction costs to build the massive ranch essentially mirror the current asking price . The equestrian facility 's jumping area . The property , known as the ` YZ Ranch ' , is situated in a gated community known as Ranch Colony . Weise and his wife built the property ` from the ground up ' , according to the Wall Street Journal . The couple bought the land for $ 2.7 million in 2004 and the construction costs essentially mirror the asking price , according to Weise . Weise said he and his wife may look for a new home in the same area , but that they desire a ` miniature version ' . Known as the ` YZ Ranch ' , the property is situated in a gated community known as Ranch Colony . Weise was the 23rd employee to join Federal Express when it was founded in 1972 . Beginning his career as a flight dispatcher , Weise was named president and CEO of the company in 1998 and retired in 2000 at the age of 55 . He still sits on FedEx 's operating company board and is a consultant to their air operations division . Weise said he and his wife may look for a new home in the same area , but that they desire a ` miniature version ' Weise -LRB- pictured -RRB- was the twenty-third employee to join Federal Express when it was founded in 1972 . Beginning his career as a flight dispatcher , Weise was named president and CEO of the company in 1998 and retired in 2000 .
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Ted Weise is selling his 12,000-square-foot , 50-acre Jupiter , Florida , property - which comes complete with five bedrooms and a guesthouse . The main house also features an enclosed saltwater pool , a chef 's kitchen and a top-floor observation deck . Equestrian facilities feature a riding and jumping area , and horse trails wind through the land . Weise and his wife built house ` from the ground up ' but are looking to downsize to a ` miniature version ' He bought the land in 2004 for $ 2.7 million and said construction costs essentially mirror the current asking price .
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Families of patients being cared for at a # 430 million flagship hospital are outraged after their loved ones were given ` Downtown Abbey-style ' handbells to attract attention . Those given the metal bells at Southmead Hospital in Bristol include a frail 84-year-old who could n't pick one up . The state-of-the-art unit opened in May , but 23 clinical rooms - used when there is a lack of other beds - are still without a proper electronic patient alert system . Dementia patient Molly Goddard , 84 , was placed in a clinical room after being rushed to hospital with a broken hip . Her son Andy , 57 , claims she was put into a side room and told to ring the bell if she needed help - but says his mother was too weak to pick it up . Patients given the metal bells at Southmead Hospital in Bristol include a frail dementia patient Molly Goddard , 84 , who was too weak to pick it up . She had been rushed to hospital after a fall and later died . He criticised the ` antiquated ' system as being ` like something out of Downton Abbey ' . ` We were given a bell as an emergency call service , ' he said . ` They said `` sorry , just ring the bell if you need any help because there is no call system in this room '' . ` This is from a hospital that cost # 430million to build . ` In a state-of-the-art hospital that they use a little brass bell is incredible . It sounds like something out of Downton Abbey . ` It 's ridiculous really . The hospital is a beautiful building - you would think you are going into a shopping centre or a hotel , and they spent a quarter of a million on a clock . ` My mum could n't even pick up a glass of water , let alone a bell . ' State-of-the-art Southmead Hospital opened last May and high tech alert systems were installed at 800 bedsides - but not in ` clinical rooms ' used in busy periods . Hospital bosses said doorbells were tested , but the 23 hand bells - costing a total of # 91.77 - were deemed to be the most audible and handed out in October . The state-of-the-art unit at the # 430m flagship Southmead Hospital in Bristol opened in May . But 23 clinical rooms - used when there is a lack of other beds - are still without a proper electronic patient alert system . A spokesperson said they were a ` short term ' solution , and would be replaced with the proper alert system in a month . But Mr Goddard , a signmaker , said the situation should have been remedied since his mother was admitted in December . She fell at home while cooking her dinner and after an hour and a half in a ` freezing ' corridor she was taken for an X-ray and given a cubicle in A&E . But the next morning the pensioner was moved into a small procedure room - which he described as ` more like a storage room ' - where she was handed a bell . She had surgery on her hip , and was taken to a proper ward , but passed away earlier this month . ` There were piles of medical boxes on the side and staff kept apologising and coming in to get things from the cupboards , ' he said . The 23 metal hand bells were purchased by the trust in late October as an ` interim measure ' ` That was quite some time ago . It needs something doing now . ' Bristol North West MP Charlotte Leslie also criticised the bells . She said : ` While it 's good they are making alternative arrangements , it 's yet another example of glitches in the system . ' Sue Jones , director of nursing and quality and North Bristol NHS Trust said : ` To help our winter capacity , improve patient flow through the hospital and reduce the amount of time patients are waiting in A&E , we use procedure rooms on a short-term basis until a regular room becomes available . ` These 23 clinical rooms on the wards are entirely appropriate for safe and dignified patient care and are more suitable and comfortable for patients than waiting in A&E . ` In this environment we are able to deliver the best care to our patients . ` These rooms are not currently connected to the electronic call bell system which has been in place for the other 800 patient beds since the new hospital opened in May . ` In order to ensure that patients can call nurses 23 metal hand bells were purchased by the trust in late October as an interim measure . ` Prior to buying these bells other solutions were tested in the ward areas and the hand bell was found to be most appropriate as it could be heard throughout the ward . ` We anticipate that the electronic call bell system will be extended to these rooms in a month . ' I met with Mrs Goddard and her son back in December to discuss their concerns and offered my apologies . '
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Patients at Southmead Hospital , Bristol , were given the metal bells . 23 clinical rooms are still without a proper electronic patient alert system . The handbells were bought as ` interim measure ' as they are clearly heard . But families argue that many frail , elderly patients are too weak to lift them .
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Struck off : Anthony Barton , pictured today , appeared before the General Dental Council in 2009 after it emerged he regularly groped nurses ' bottoms and tried to undo their bras while at work . A dentist who was struck off after he pranced around his surgery in a leopard-print thong during an affair with a teenage nurse has asked to be allowed to practise again . Anthony Barton appeared before the General Dental Council in 2009 after it emerged he regularly groped nurses ' bottoms , twanged their knicker elastic and tried to undo their bras while at work . He also had a relationship with one 19-year-old trainee and the pair would have sex in the toilets and in his office at the Red Rose Dental Group in Wigan , Greater Manchester . Barton also asked another dental nurse , who was a teenager when she started working for him , if she could wear a thong to work . He was hauled before the council to answer more than a dozen charges of ` inappropriate behaviour ' towards female members of staff . The 41-year-old was found guilty of ` unprofessional , inappropriate and indecent ' sexual conduct towards three women at the practice between 2000 and 2008 . He was found guilty of ` unprofessional and inappropriate ' conduct towards a fourth young dental nurse and was struck off for ` a serious breach of trust of several vulnerable employees ' . But today , Barton , who has been married twice , told the General Dental Council that he had he had ` grown up a lot ' and that he was ` very immature ' at the time . He said : ' I have come to understand where my conduct fell short of what was to be expected . ` It is quite clear to me now looking back that a lot of my actions were completely inappropriate and had no place in practise at all . I have grown up a lot . ` I think I was very immature . I was very young at the time when certain aspects of the behaviour began . It seems like a different person and I ca n't believe a lot of the behaviour which happened . ' Barton told the panel he was now working as a manager at a Smiles Dental in Anglesey , Wales . ` The main role is running the business side of dentistry , so ensuring that the process runs smoothly on a day-to-day basis ' , he said . The company has now been bought by the large dental care provider Oasis , Barton said , adding he had been elected ` staff representative ' during the acquisition . He said he would regularly chat with practitioners on ` all matters dental ' and now had a ` far wider ' knowledge of dentistry . ` There are so many things I know now that I never knew as a dentist ' , he said . Barton said he was trusted to be around lone females at the surgery and there had been ` no complaints at all ' . ` Often , there may just be myself and another member of staff ' , he said . He said he would regularly chat with practitioners on ` all matters dental ' and now had a ` far wider ' knowledge of dentistry . Barton said he was trusted to be around lone females at the surgery and there had been ` no complaints at all ' . His employers have even offered to give Barton a ` supervised and mentored role ' if the GDC allows him to re-register . Barton also discussed taking practical and online courses to keep his knowledge of dentistry up to scratch , including ` tutorial sessions on professionalism and ethics ' . Gabriel Beeby , for the General Dental Council , introduced the case , saying Barton ` had been unprofessional , inappropriate and participated in sexualised conduct ' . The 2009 tribunal was told how Barton ` pranced around ' his surgery in a thong during a six-month affair with 19-year-old known only as Ms B . During his five-day misconduct hearing he admitted he was ` guilty of crossing the line ' with his employees and was found guilty of 17 charges . One victim , known only as Ms D , told the hearing of her disgust when his sexual innuendos took a physical twist and he began to ` gratuitously grope ' her bottom in the office . She told the hearing : ` I remember my trousers fell down a bit so I pulled them up myself . Mr Barton was standing behind me and thought that was a good opportunity to feel my bottom . Affair : Twice-married Barton also had a relationship with one 19-year-old trainee and the pair would have sex in the toilets and in his office at the Red Rose Dental Group in Wigan , Greater Manchester , pictured . ` I think that 's the day he said I had a nice a *** . ' Ms D was forced to call in sick the next day and bosses finally investigated complaints from several of the nurses . Barton , from Warrington , Cheshire , admitted having a six-month affair with Ms B and was found guilty of having sex with her during surgery hours . He was found guilty of multiple allegations of touching Ms A , Ms C and Ms D , and that his behaviour was ` unprofessional , inappropriate and indecent . ' The hearing to determine his restoration application continues . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article .
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Anthony Barton was struck off in 2009 after it emerged he regularly groped nurses ' bottoms , twanged their knicker elastic and tried to undo their bras . The 41-year-old dentist also had a relationship with one 19-year-old trainee . He was found guilty of ` unprofessional ' and ` indecent ' sexual misconduct . But today he said he has ` grown up ' and asked to be allowed to practise .
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A 77-year-old woman is putting gym members more than half her age to shame with her impressive power-lifting skills . From one-handed pull-ups to fingertip push-ups , Willie Murphy from Rochester , New York , barely breaks sweat as she demonstrates her strength . The 5ft 105lb grandmother told CBS News that it 's ` not hard ' to do what she does shortly after she was filmed racing five-year-old children in running sprints . Scroll down for video . From pull-ups to one-handed press-ups , 77-year-old Willie Murphy from Rochester , New York , barely breaks sweat as she demonstrates her strength . In action : The 5ft 105lb grandmother told CBS News that it 's ` not hard ' to do what she does shortly after she was filmed racing five-year-old children in running sprints . Recent passion : Murphy began lifting five-pound weights four years ago after seeing a sign about a local weight-lifting competition at the at the Maplewood Family YMCA . ` I 'm old - If I can do it , get with it , ' the sprightly septuagenarian added . ` I 'm that new senior and I got it going on . ' Murphy began lifting five-pound weights four years ago after seeing a sign about a local weight-lifting competition at the at the Maplewood Family YMCA . Gradually , she saw her body transform and today she boasts abs of steel and toned arms to match . She can lift almost double her body weight and out of the gym she has no trouble shoveling snow , carrying groceries or bouncing her grandchildren around . Proving her power , last year Murphy scored first place in the World Natural Powerlifting Federation World Championships for her division . Powerhouse : Murphy can lift almost double her body weight and out of the gym she has no trouble shoveling snow , carrying groceries or bouncing her grandchildren around . Trophy queen : Proving her power , last year Murphy scored first place in the World Natural Powerlifting Federation World Championships for her division . Top of her game : She was also named 2014 Lifter of the Year after taking home gold in the dead-lift , power curl and bench press . She was also named 2014 Lifter of the Year after taking home gold in the dead-lift , power curl and bench press . ' I wanted to become better , to have a little edge in life , ' Murphy previously told the Democrat & Chronicle . She insists that her strength is completely natural and all down to a tri-weekly workout sessions . On the diet front , Murphy says she consumes whatever she wants including pizza and rum with cranberry juice . Her number one goal is to inspire other elderly people to stay in shape . Admiring Murphy 's zest for list , Lisa Greer , director of member services at the Maplewood Family YMCA said : ` She is so spunky , sweet and inspirational . I could n't do half the things she does . ' Meanwhile , her workout buddy , Jim Marron , concluded : ' I wish you could bottle -LSB- her energy -RSB- ... She is the most inspiring person I know . ' Giving back : Murphy 's number one goal is to inspire other elderly people to stay in shape . Healthy living : On the diet front , Murphy says she consumes whatever she wants including pizza and rum with cranberry juice .
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Willie Murphy from Rochester , New York , has won multiple awards at world championship power-lifting competitions . At just 105 pounds , the senior can lift twice her weight . Her favorite moves include one-handed pull-ups , one-handed push-ups and fingertip push-ups .
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They pick locks , hang of the edge of multi-storey buildings and dash along underground rail tunnels all in pursuit of the perfect shot to post on social media . Now the lives of Australia 's ` urban explorers ' are the focus of a documentary that gives an insight into the controversial subculture which police claim is harming young lives , vandalising buildings and disrupting rail networks . In Melbourne , Victoria police say trespassers were caught on the City Loop train tracks more than 1000 times in seven months last year . ` People entering the underground rail network place their lives and the lives of others at risk . We 've seen deaths and horrific injuries as a result of people entering trains , tampering with equipment and trespassing on rail property , ' a Victoria police spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia . Documentary maker Adrian Ortega , 23 , spoke with four men involved in ` urban exploring ' and got four different answers about what it is , how they do it and why they do it . What they all shared was an awareness of the dangerous situations they were putting themselves in . ` A lot of people have a different stance of what it actually is , ' Adrian told Daily Mail Australia . ` They argue about what it is and what the structure is . ' Police are worried about a growing number of young men choosing to invade underground rail networks to take photos . Documentary maker Adrian Ortega , 23 , spoke with four men involved in ` urban exploring ' and got four different answers about what it is . Two men who featured in the 30-minute film , Modus Operandi : A Look Into Melbourne 's Urban Exploring Scene , are secretive urban explorers who go by pseudonyms and wear bandannas over their face to avoid being identified . They are the type of ` explorers ' police are most concerned about . Photographer RDXV runs a Tumblr and Instagram account where he shares his photos from the underground rail tunnel networks of Melbourne and Sydney . ` The most exhilarating part is when you 're down in the loop and police are coming maybe , and you do n't know what it is , something could happen at any time - that 's the best part about it , ' he revealed in the documentary . In the 30-minute film , Modus Operandi : A Look Into Melbourne 's Urban Exploring Scene , the urban explorers share their photos and memories . Photographer RDXV -LRB- left -RRB- and urban explorer Olympic Donuts -LRB- right -RRB- both appear in the documentary with face coverings . ` When I was up in Sydney doing the loop my mate slipped over when a train was coming and could have been crushed by the train but he got up , ' RDXV added . For him urban exploring is about taking photos but also ` having fun ' . But that does n't mean he does n't get scared . ` This one time I was with this girl on a rooftop and she climbed out on this cleaning rope support thing and was hanging there and I took a photo of her there . That was the stupidest thing I 've seen anyone do , that was 20-storeys up , ' he said . Fellow ` tunnel rat ' nicknamed Olympic Donuts , 16 , said he got into urban exploring after ` walking around suburbs and getting into sticky situations ' . ` My friends started getting into rooftops and tunnels and they got me into it basically , ' Olympic Donuts said . Some of the men are secretive urban explorers who go by pseudonyms and wear bandannas over their face to avoid being identified . Some of the men have been caught by police before while others are yet to be found . Victoria Police claim they caught 1000 trespassers on Melbourne 's City Loop in seven months last year . The urban explorers use whatever they can get their hands on to gain access to places they deem interesting . ` There are lots of tools to get in , coat hangers , lock picks , ' he explained . ` You have to be stealthy , quick fast in and out , know what you are going in for . ' ` If you get caught you 're going to get big fines or imprisonment it 's scary but it also amps you up , ' Olympic Donuts reasoned . The other two men filmmaker Adrian spoke with are not involved with breaking into train tunnels and prefer to spend their time on construction sites and high-rise buildings . Bryce Wilson , nicknamed the Australian Spider Man , climbs structures 300 meters above Melbourne 's CBD to document people at their best and worst . ` It 's documenting and showing people things they might never have seen before and giving them a new appreciation of the city , ' Bryce said in the film . He does n't believe graffiti should be part of the unusual hobby . Although he does confess ` the most exhilarating part is definitely avoiding police or security guards ' . In this photo two men stand on the tracks inside Melbourne 's city loop underground train tunnel system . RDXV believes ` the most exhilariting part is when you 're down in the loop and police are coming ' ` If you do n't have any photos or video of it then you do n't have no proof , ' one urban explorer says in the documentary . ` It would n't be urban exploring without social media ... if you 're doing something you need to show it off , ' Olympic Donuts said . ` Bryce does it from a photojournalist view point ... he 's totally against breaking into the City Link tunnels , ' Adrian explained . When Adrian asked Bryce if he does urban exploring for the adrenaline rush , Bryce denied that was the main kick he got out of it . Then there 's Lucas Bruce , who famously fell about 15 metres through the glass ceiling of Melbourne 's Block Arcade in 2013 while ` exploring ' . Lucas reportedly lost his footing while climbing onto a ledge and fell nine metres through the glass roof and another six metres before smashing on the ground . ` I tried to find the most legal way into buildings ... making sure the buildings are unlocked , ' Lucas told Adrian . Bryce Wilson -LRB- left -RRB- , nicknamed the Australian Spider Man , climbs structures 300 meters above Melbourne 's CBD to document people at their best and worst . Lucas Bruce -LRB- right -RRB- famously fell about 15 metres through the glass ceiling of Melbourne 's Block Arcade in 2013 while ` exploring ' . Neither are involved with graffiti or breaking into the city train loops . Bryce Wilson gets a kick out of taking photos from perspectives ordinary people do n't get to see . The urban explorers all share a head for heights but documentary maker Adrian Ortega is scared of them . Construction sites and derelict buildings are some of the favourite places for urban explorers to take photos . Adrian was inspired to make the film after he previously documented Melbourne 's alternative nightclubbing scene and is not involved in urban exploring himself . ` I followed a couple of the guys on Instagram ... I 'm afraid of heights but I got romantic and imagined what it would be like to do it . ' Asked if the men fear the police , Adrian said : ` Two of them have been caught but the two other guys , I do n't know their names , they are wearing masks and cover their identities -- they have n't been caught yet . ' Victoria police said in a statement : ` We take public safety extremely seriously and work closely with Metro Trains and other service providers to investigate and prosecute behaviour wherever and whenever it is detected . ` Depending on the incident , those detected may face serious criminal charges such as conduct endangering life and trespass . ' Police warned trespassers on the rail networks can also be charged with : ` Interfering with automatic doors of a vehicle without reasonable excuse which carries a penalty of up to $ 283 . ` Entering onto part of a rail vehicle not designed for carriage while vehicle is in motion which carries a penalty of up to $ 362 . Travel on part of vehicle not meant for travel carries a penalty of up to $ 362 . And moving , operation , interfering or tampering with equipment or vehicle without permission of an authorised adult carries a penalty of up to $ 362 . ' Adrian Ortega 's documentary Modus Operandi : A Look Into Melbourne 's Urban Exploring Scene premiers on Wednesday . To find out more visit his Facebook page or website . For more of RDXV 's urban explorer photos , visit his Tumblr page .
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Police are concerned about people breaking into underground rail networks and disrupting services . Victoria Police claim they caught 1000 trespassers on Melbourne 's City Loop in seven months last year . ` Those detected may face serious criminal charges such as conduct endangering life and trespass , ' police warned . Documentary maker Adrian Ortega , 23 , spoke with four men involved in ` urban exploring ' Two of the men chose to remain nameless because they are involved in graffiti and photographing the rail networks . Another two men who spoke are against graffiti and prefer to take photos from tall buildings for their art .
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The three east London schoolgirls who left the UK for Syria are feared to be heading into the hands of a hard-core group of British female jihadis who are said to be running an lslamic State ultra-religious police force . Police said last night that they believe Shamima Begum and Amira Abase , both 15 , and Kadiza Sultana , 16 , have now crossed into the embattled country from Turkey . Begum has forged social media links with three of the British leaders of the al-Khansa brigade - an all-women militia set up by the terror group a year ago . Covered in black from head-to-toe and wielding automatic weapons , the group has been accused of doling out savage beatings on the streets of Raqqa and spying on its citizens . It is said to mercilessly patrol the streets of ISIS ' adopted capital and has previously declared children as young as nine should be married , women should obey men - who are their masters - and remain ` hidden and veiled ' at all times . Exodus : Amira Abase -LRB- left -RRB- , 15 , and Kadiza Sultana -LRB- right -RRB- , 16 , also travelled to Istanbul from UK on February 17 before reportedly entering Syria - where they could now be under the control of deadly female insurgents . Life of terror : 15-year-old Shamima Begum -LRB- pictured -RRB- - one of three British teenagers who is now believed to be inside Syria - contacted Aqsa Mahmood who is considered to be one of the leaders of brutal all-woman militant group al-Khansa . Extreme beliefs : The Al-Khansa Brigade -LRB- pictured with automatic weapons -RRB- has said children as young as nine should be encouraged to marry and it is women 's duty to obey men - who are their masters . Armed patrol : Chilling footage from inside ISIS ' adopted capital Raqqa revealed how the notorious women of al-Khansa patrol the streets with automatic weapons - while tending to their toddlers . Begum contacted Aqsa Mahmood , a 20-year-old woman from Glasgow who fled to Syria in 2013 . Mahmood is a key figure in the al-Khansa brigade according to researchers at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation -LRB- ICSR -RRB- based in King 's College in London . Begum has also used her Twitter account to follow two other members of the al-Khansa brigade known only by their Islamic names Umm Khattab and Umm Waqqas . In one of her recent tweets , Umm Waqqas advised British women on marriage in the Islamic State saying they should choose their jihadi fighters carefully and not to marry any ` Tom Dick or Harry ' . And on Monday 18-year-old Umm Khattab urged British Muslim women to leave for Syria immediately . She said on her Twitter account that it was better to travel to Syria than to stay in the UK where she complained that Muslims were forced to sign a petition in order to keep eating halal meat . The British women jihadists in Syria have conducted a sustained recruitment campaign in the last few months and are thought to operate a woman-only jihadi route for European girls who are groomed to leave their Western lives for the caliphate . They use social media , including Tumblr , Twitter and Askfm to publish detailed , practical advice about how to adapt to life in Islamic State and suggest essential items that the teenage wannabe-jihadists will find useful when they arrive . Privately-educated Glaswegian Aqsa Mahmood - along with Lewisham-born Khadijah Dare , 22 - are thought to be helping patrol Raqqa with guns and daggers hidden beneath their robes . Terror leader : Aqsa Mahmood -LRB- pictured -RRB- , who was reported missing by her Scottish parents in 2013 , is now a prominent member of a dangerous all-woman police force that dishes out savage beatings on the streets of Raqqa , Syria . Shocking : In 2014 , Aqsa Mahmood posted this photograph of her holding the severed head of a Syrian man executed for criminal acts in Syria as young children looked on . Trained to kill : One of the Halane twins , who fled to Syria to marry ISIS fighters , tweeted this picture with the caption : ` Fun day training for self defence in the Islamic State with humble sisters ' Wrong hands : The three teenagers who recently fled to Syria are feared to be with the al-Khansa Brigade , who have been accused of oppressively monitoring the behaviour of women in the city . The group operates as an ultra-oppressive police force monitoring the behaviour of females in the city and dishing out brutal punishments to anyone wearing shoes that are n't black , or those wearing veils made from the wrong material . Mahmood recently advised that the Syrian winter was even colder than what she had experienced in her native Scotland and suggested ` winter woolies ' were an essential . 17-year-old British jihadi twins Salma and Zahra Halane from Manchester , who left for Syria in June last year , are thought to be with older British women who have taken on matriarchal roles within the group . They have been posting pictures on their Twitter accounts showing four al-Khansa women - veiled and armed with automatic weapons - undertaking ` self defence ' training . Umm Khattab started a Twitter account on June 27 - the day after Zahra and Salma Halane went missing from their home in Manchester to head for Syria . Jihadi brides : Zahra and Salma Halane , 17 , left their home in Chorlton , Manchester , to join the Al-Khansa Brigade in Syria in June last year - after becoming radicalised online . Shooting practice : One of the twins tweeted an image showing the women of Al-Khansa practising with their automatic weapons while dressed head-to-toe in black niqabs . Brain washed : The Halane twins have posted a number of pictures on their accounts where they are dressed completely in black and brandishing deadly weapons - just like their Al-Khansa sisters . Path of extremism : Yusra Hussein -LRB- pictured -RRB- , 16 , was also reported to have arrived in Syria in October and is also thought to have been mentored by British jihadists . She later tweeted : ` Missing twins -- chilling with one of them now ' , adding she had met ` many British girls ' since arriving in Syria . The female branch of ISIS also released an eye-opening manifesto stating Western women who join the terror group have a duty to wed a jihadi - then spend their life cooking , cleaning and raising a family . And in December last year , the group allegedly tortured a breastdeeding mother by clamping her breasts with a barbaric spiked clamp . It uses the ` medieval ' device to punish women who defy its strict laws according to media group Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently , who says another 24-year-old was also arrested for breastfeeding her child in the city centre . Two other British schoolgirls , Yusra Hussien , 16 , from Bristol and Samya Dirie , 17 , from south London , who were reported to have arrived in Syria in October , are also thought to have been mentored by the British jihadists . Brutal patrols : The duties of the all-woman jihadi group include the strict enforcement of sharia law dress code as well as searching burka-clad women to ensure they are not enemy fighters in disguise . Torturous rule : in December last year , the Al-Khansa group -LRB- member pictured -RRB- allegedly tortured a breastdeeding mother by clamping her breasts with a barbaric spiked clamp . Jihadi bride : Another Briton who left Britain to join ISIS is Lewisham-born Khadijah Dare -LRB- left , with her Swedish terrorist husband Abu Bakr -RRB- . Muslim society : Members of the all-female Al-Khansa Brigade are seen walking in their adopted capital of Raqqa in Syria . Security services say that 600 British Muslims have gone to fight in Syria and around 60 of them are young women . According to the Terrorism Research and Analysis Consortium , a US-based monitoring group , al-Khansa was set up by IS commanders in Raqqa , northern Syria , in February last year . Its members dress in black robes , wear a full face veil and are paid a monthly salary of 25,000 Syrian pounds - about # 100 . Their duties include the strict enforcement of sharia law dress code as well as searching burka-clad women to ensure they are not enemy fighters in disguise . Its leader is believed to be a six foot tall woman named Umm Hamza who carries a gun , an electric cattle-prod and daggers beneath her robes . Nicknamed ` the slaughterer ' , she is thought to have previously been responsible for carrying out lashings and other punishments at Raqqa 's women 's prison . But some of the British members are the most extreme members of the group and are responsible making barbaric threats against Britain . Last year Umm Khattab said she wanted ` David Cameron 's head on a spike ' as she decried the Prime Minister 's new laws to counter terrorism in the UK . Uniform : Al-Khansa 's members dress in black robes , wear a full face veil and are paid a monthly salary of 25,000 Syrian pounds - about # 100 . Deadly : British members of the female militant group are the most extreme members of the group and are responsible making barbaric threats against Britain . She is believed to have recently moved away from the bombing in Raqqa and is now living in the IS-run city of Manbij , also in northern Syria , with the twins Salma and Zahra Halane . But it is Aqsa Mahmood who is regarded as taking the leading role within the British group . She was reported missing by her parents a year ago before surfacing in Syria last February as an outspoken supporter of the terrorist group . In her tweets , she urged Muslim men and women who could not come to fight to instead commit terrorist atrocities at home , praising the brutal murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby in Woolwich , the bombing of the Boston Marathon and the shooting of soldiers at Fort Hood in Texas . ` If you can not make it to the battlefield , then bring the battlefield to yourself , ' she tweeted .
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Shamima Begum , Amira Abase and Kadiza Sultana believed to be in Syria . They sparked police hunt after flying to Istanbul from Gatwick last Tuesday . Feared to be with all-woman militant group that polices ISIS ' capital Raqqa . Al-Khansa known for dishing out savage beatings , spying on wrongdoers . Armed women carry automatic weapons and daggers beneath their robes . One of its leaders is British-born Aqsa Mahmood who fled to Syria in 2013 .
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Liverpool 's owners insist Brendan Rodgers ' position is not even up for discussion as he seeks to get their dreadful season on an even keel . The manager admitted his job would be on the line after his side crashed to their fourth consecutive defeat at Crystal Palace on Sunday and that he was ` not arrogant enough ' to think he was safe regardless . But as he prepares to take Liverpool to Bulgaria for their vital Champions League clash with Ludogorets , there is not even the slightest suggestion that Fenway Sports Group , the club 's American owners , are contemplating making a change . Brendan Rodgers , frustrated on the touchline at Crystal Palace , is safe in his job as Liverpool boss for now . Liverpool co-owners John Henry -LRB- left -RRB- and Tom Werner -LRB- right -RRB- are set to stick with Rodgers as manager . They backed Rodgers in the summer when giving him a new four-year contract after he had guided Liverpool to within two points of winning the title and showed their support by giving him # 116million to re-shape the squad following the sale of Luis Suarez . Rodgers frequently says he has ` good communication ' with FSG 's main men - John W Henry , Tom Werner and Mike Gordon - and FSG remain convinced last season 's Manager of the Year is the man to take Liverpool forward for the long-term . Speaking after his side 's 3-1 defeat at Selhurst Park on Sunday , Rodgers said : ` Any manager will tell you that you have to win games and get results , particularly after the way we have been developing as a club . ' I have great communication with the owners . We 've been honest enough with each other and we have to get results . ` You have to perform . Owners and directors and chairmen have to see development on the field . Three straight league defeats , and no points in November , have left Liverpool in real trouble in the league . Injuries to Daniel Sturridge have highlighted Rodgers ' team 's lack of attacking threat up front this season . ` Barring this period , our development has been very good and fast . But there 's no doubt you have to get results . ` That will support the confidence to the owners , and you take it from there . I will only ever do my best . ` The best has seen us develop well . Now I must fight even harder . The full responsibility comes down to me . ` Now I have to fight even harder and take the responsibility . As manager , the responsibility comes down to me and any pressure comes on to me . ' VIDEO We need results - Rodgers .
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Liverpool lost 3-1 at Crystal Palace on Sunday afternoon . Brendan Rodgers ' side have fallen to three successive league defeats . Rodgers admitted he is fighting for his job after the Crystal Palace loss . Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group insist Rodgers ' position is safe .
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Sharon Hinton , 56 , was horrified to find the metal iron Monopoly piece when she took a bit of coleslaw . A grandmother-of-one was horrified to find a metal Monopoly piece in her Sainsbury 's coleslaw . Sharon Hinton , 56 , from Hornchurch in Essex , was tucking into her ` Taste the Difference ' pot when she bit down on something hard and was astonished to find the mini iron . The mother-of-three called the supermarket and was told to throw away the coleslaw , wash out the pot and bring the container and iron back to the store so it could be analysed . Mrs Hinton opened the coleslaw at the weekend and was finishing it off on Monday with salmon , a scotch egg and a tomato . Hasbro , the company which makes the board game , replaced the iron playing piece with a cat following a poll in 2013 and it is no longer produced . She said : ' I just could not believe it when I saw the iron . They do n't even sell Monopoly at the store I bought it in . ` How on earth did it get there ? It makes me think that someone took it out of their pocket and just put it in there . ` And if they did are they going through the whole set ? It 's really worrying . I think it has been done out of spite , I ca n't understand how it could have been a mistake . ' The retired customer service worker , who is married to Clive , 60 , said she emailed Sainsbury 's but got no response so then phoned the head office . She added : ' I feel that no-one is taking me seriously , I have only spoken to someone because I had to chase them up . ' I was n't really sure what to say when he said wash the pot out and bring it back with the iron , so I agreed , but I 'm not doing that at the moment . ' I have also emailed Environmental Health , but I have n't heard anything back yet . I 'm going to wait to speak to them before I decide what to do . She was advised by Sainsbury 's to wash out the pot and take it back to the store along with the mini iron -LRB- right -RRB- but she has so far decided to keep hold of it in fear that the supermarket is trying to get rid of evidence . Toy maker Hasbro replaced the iron token with a cat following a poll in 2013 and it is no longer produced . ` It 's still wrapped in clingfilm and sat in my fridge at the moment . It feels like they 're asking me to get rid of the evidence . ` They said they will analyse it , but what will there be to analyse if there 's no coleslaw in it ? ' I felt quite sick after biting into it , God knows where it has been , wrapped up in a snotty tissue in someone 's pocket ? I could have choked or it could have been a young child . ' Mrs Hinton has a two-year-old granddaughter called Maisie but insists she would not have put the toy in the food as she does n't even own a Monopoly set . She said : ' I am sure it came from the coleslaw . There was about two inches at the bottom and I used to a soup spoon so put it onto my plate . ` It definitely came for the coleslaw . I do n't even own a Monopoly set , neither does my daughter . ` Maisie would n't have been messing around with it , none of us in the family have the game so she would have no way of even having the iron . ' A Sainsbury 's spokesperson said : ` Food safety is our top priority and we take very rare cases such as this extremely seriously . ` We need the container to identify the exact product and supplier , so that we can conduct a proper investigation . ` We 've asked Sharon to return it to her nearest store so we can look into this properly , and we 'll keep her updated . ' The local environmental health department has confirmed it is investigating the incident . The cat fended off competition from a robot , diamond ring , helicopter and guitar to become the new token . In 2013 Toy maker Hasbro asked millions of Monopoly fans to vote on which of its eight tokens to get rid off and what it should be replaced by . The iron , which featured in the game since its creation in 1935 , secured just 8 per cent of a vote and was retired . It 's replacement , the cat , came top with 31 per cent of the poll and remained a firm favourite throughout the voting . It fended off competition from a robot , diamond ring , helicopter and guitar by voters from more than 120 countries . The online contest to change the tokens was sparked by chatter on Facebook , where Monopoly has more than 10 million fans . Monopoly 's iconic tokens originated when the niece of game creator Charles Darrow suggested using charms from her charm bracelet for tokens . The eight original tokens were an iron , racecar , Scottie dog , a shoe , thimble , top hat , wheelbarrow and battleship . Most of the pieces were introduced with the first Parker Brothers iteration of the game in 1935 , and the Scottie dog and wheelbarrow were added in the early 1950s . The original U.S. version of the game is based on the streets of Atlantic City , N.J. , and has sold more than 275 million units worldwide . To make the game relevant to fans abroad , the names are changed to well-known streets when it is introduced to a new country .
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Sharon Hinton , 56 , was tucking into coleslaw when she bit something hard . She spat it out and realised it was metal mini iron from Monopoly game . Sainsbury 's has advised her to wash out pot and bring it back for analysis . But she has kept hold of it in fear they are ` trying to get rid of the evidence '
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Two U.S. tourists became stranded on a deserted beach after setting their satnav to a remote beauty spot - because they required a ferry to get there . The two men from Texas followed their GPS so closely that they became stuck in the sand on Tenby beach in Pembrokeshire , south-west Wales , half a mile away from their intended destination . Their satnav had not told them they needed a ferry to reach Caldey Island - and the boats do not even run at this time of year , restricted only to services in the summer months . Stuck : The two U.S. men followed their GPS so closely that they become stuck in the sand on Tenby beach . Pushed out : Their satnav had not told them they needed a ferry to reach Caldey Island across the water . Destination : Caldey has had residents since the Stone Age , and monks have lived there since Celtic times . Local residents headed for the pair 's hired Vauxhall Zafira Tourer and helped them dig it out of the sand - before towing it off the beach before the tide came in . Welsh Water sub-contractor Les Langford , who lives in nearby Penally , said on Facebook : ` They stopped at Penally railway station trying to find the road to Caldey . ` It was on their satnav showing a road from Penally to Caldey . I sent them back to the harbour in Tenby to get to Caldey , but I did not mean by car . ` It might be an island , but try telling a satnav that . -LRB- We -RRB- have had quite a few in Penally trying to cross . Maybe -LRB- we -RRB- should open a toll and charge for the crossing - it will only be one-way though . ' Caldey has had residents since the Stone Age , and various orders of monks have lived there since Celtic times . It is now owned by monks of the Cistercian Order . From beach to island : The ferry service from Tenby to Caldey in Wales operates from Easter to October . Island : Caldey is owned by monks of the Cistercian Order , and is only open to visitors by ferry in the summer . Map : The men became stuck on Tenby beach -LRB- top -RRB- , but had intended to make it to Caldey Island -LRB- bottom -RRB- . Pete Prosser , who runs a tourist attraction in the area , said : ` The satnav took them to the closest beach to Caldey Island . But the only way to get there is by boat . ` The couple were surprised they could n't drive there and were highly embarrassed . Passers-by helped them dig their car out of the sand - then someone arrived with a 4x4 to tow them back to the road . ' The ferry service , which costs # 12 return for adults , operates from Easter to October - and the boats are owned by local residents , many of whom are lifeboat volunteers . A post on the Tenby Island Facebook page said : ` We really must thank these two fellas - for entertainment value alone . These two visiting Indian Americans apparently set Caldey into the satnav of their hired car . ` Three separate attempts to tow out , much digging and three hours later they managed to get back to the safety of the slipway courtesy of a local 4x4 . '
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Two men from Texas got stuck in sand on Tenby beach , Pembrokeshire . It was half a mile away from their intended destination of Caldey Island . Local residents helped dig out the pair 's car before towing it off beach .
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Federal officials have agreed to let Southwest Airlines keep flying planes that missed an inspection of a backup rudder system if the planes are checked in the next five days . Southwest grounded 128 planes - about one-fifth of its fleet - on Tuesday after discovering the missed inspections . Southwest spokeswoman Brandy King said the airline canceled about 80 flights Tuesday and expected to cancel up to 19 more on Wednesday while some inspections are done . She said the airline expected to finish ' a good portion ' of the inspections by Wednesday morning . Federal officials have agreed to let Southwest Airlines Co. keep flying planes that missed an inspection of a backup rudder system if the planes are checked in the next five days . The missed inspections involved hydraulic systems used to control the rudder if the main system fails . King said that after discovering the lapse , Southwest immediately notified federal safety regulators , took the planes out of service and began checking them . Late Tuesday night , the Federal Aviation Administration agreed to let the airline resume flying the planes while inspections are done , likely during overnight hours . FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford confirmed that the agency approved the plan after talking with Southwest and Boeing , the manufacturer of the planes . The missed inspections were first reported by The Wall Street Journal . Dallas-based Southwest is the nation 's fourth-biggest airline . It has 665 jets , all of which are some version of the Boeing 737 . Tuesday 's groundings involved nearly one-third of its 737-700 models , which seat 137 or 143 passengers , depending on the layout . Southwest was fined in 2009 for failing to inspect dozens of planes for cracks in the fuselage . Southwest agreed to pay $ 7.5 million to settle with the FAA , which had sought a $ 10.2 million penalty . In 2011 , the FAA ordered extensive inspections of some of Southwest 's older 737s after a 5-foot hole burst open in one plane in mid-flight , forcing an emergency landing at a military base in Arizona . Dallas-based Southwest is the nation 's fourth-biggest airline .
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Federal officials agreed to let the planes fly as long as they are checked in the next five days . 128 planes missed an inspection of a backup rudder system . A Southwest spokeswoman said the airline canceled about 80 flights Tuesday and expected to cancel up to 19 more on Wednesday .
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A nursery nurse and her boyfriend murdered their 11-month-old son then claimed his injuries were caused by the family dog , a court heard today . Oliver Sargent collapsed at his home in Telford , Shropshire , and was found not breathing by his parents Paul Thomas , 29 , and Ashlea Thomas , 21 , before being taken to hospital by ambulance . A scan revealed the toddler had suffered a three-inch fracture to the left rear side of his skull , as well as bleeding to the right side of his brain and bleeding to his left eye . Scroll down for video . Death : Oliver Sargent -LRB- pictured -RRB- collapsed at his home in Telford and was found not breathing by his parents . Doctors also discovered he had historic injuries including healing fractures to two of his left ribs and a fracture to his left collarbone , Birmingham Crown Court was told . He was at first admitted to Princess Royal Hospital in Telford but died from head injuries four days later at Birmingham Children 's Hospital in July 2012 . While being quizzed by police Mr Thomas claimed the injuries may have been inflicted by their dog Rocco knocking over Oliver or sitting on him , the court heard . Mrs Thomas - who married Mr Thomas after their son 's death - also told doctors that previous injuries he had suffered may have actually been caused by him rolling over his toys . Parents : Paul Thomas -LRB- left -RRB- , 29 , and Ashlea Thomas -LRB- right -RRB- , 21 , outside Birmingham Crown Court where they deny charges of murder , causing or allowing death and child cruelty . His parents were initially arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm while Oliver was still alive - but the couple were then charged with murder after his death . Andrew Smith QC , prosecuting , told the court : ` Paul Thomas said he had not really got a clue about how Oliver had got any of his injuries other than to suggest an incident involving the family dog . ' He said experts ' opinions had led to a conclusion that Oliver had suffered ` deliberately inflicted injuries immediately before his collapse and the calling of the emergency services ' . Mr Smith added : ` The prosecution contends that there was a recent skull , brain and eye injury with no credible explanation other than deliberately inflicted injury . ' Treatment : Oliver was at first admitted to Princess Royal Hospital -LRB- pictured -RRB- in Telford but died from head injuries four days later at Birmingham Children 's Hospital in July 2012 . The court heard Mr Thomas , a ground worker on building sites , even asked a police officer how long he would be sent to jail over what had happened to Oliver . During the same journey , Mrs Thomas asked an officer if they thought she had ` battered ' her baby son . She was allegedly later overheard by a nurse asking her mother ` how long do you think I am going to get ' , but then told police it was a reaction to ` everyone pointing the finger ' of blame . The couple , from Telford , deny murder , causing or allowing the death of a child and child cruelty . The trial , estimated to last five weeks , continues . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article .
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Oliver Sargent collapsed at home and was found not breathing by parents . Went to hospital by ambulance but died from head injuries four days later . Scan revealed toddler had suffered a 3in fracture to left rear side of skull . Mr Thomas ` asked officer how long he would be sent to jail over death '
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Olympic rower James Cracknell , TV historian Dan Snow and presenter Jeremy Paxman are among the celebrities being tipped to replace Sir Malcolm Rifkind as a Tory MP . The veteran politician , who has held the seat since 2005 , announced yesterday that he was stepping down as MP for Kensington after becoming mired in the latest cash for access scandal . The announcement has triggered a race to see who will replace the Tory grandee in what is traditionally been one of the safest Conservative seats in the country , just months before the election . Scroll down for video . Olympic double gold medallist James Cracknell -LRB- left -RRB- and TV historian Dan Snow -LRB- right -RRB- are among those tipped to be replacing Sir Malcolm Rifkind as MP for Kensington . Former Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman , who last year denied he was in the running as Tory candidate for London Mayor , is also rumoured to be on the list of those who could stand for the safe Conservative seat . Now a string of well-known faces are rumoured to be poised for stepping into the Tory seat , including footballer Frank Lampard , cricketer Andrew Strauss and Sol Campbell . According to Ladbrokes , the favourite to replace Sir Malcolm is Greg Smith , a Tory councillor who sits on Hammersmith and Fulham council . But he is closely followed by double Gold medallist James Cracknell , who is odds-on 8/1 for taking over the seat . Following reports that he was popular because he had ` no skeletons ' in his cupboard , his TV presenter wife Beverley Turner tweeted : ` No skeletons . A LOT of trainers . ' Mr Cracknell recently turned to politics , but failed to clinch the Bexhill and Battle seat in East Sussex and the Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat , where Boris Johnson was selected . Andrew Strauss , the England cricketer , is 10/1 favourite to take over from Sir Malcolm . In May , the father-of-three also stood in the European Parliament elections , but narrowly missed a seat . Last year , Paxman was rumoured to be sounded out by Conservative party as its candidate for the Mayor of London . But he quashed the rumours by saying he would not take the job for ` all the eclairs in Paris ' . Last night , a local source said Mr Paxman was a real contender , telling The Daily Telegraph : ` He would have to give up his job for Channel Four in the election but he lives in the borough . ' But , according to The Sun , the favourite is Dan Snow , who Number 10 apparently contacted within hours of Sir Malcolm 's resignation . The historian , a great-great-grandson of British Prime Minister David Lloyd George , last year led a campaign against Scottish Independence , by gathering the names of 200 celebrities who were against the move . He last night tweeted it was a ` safe ' and ` glamorous ' seat . Local members have reportedly been told by Conservative Central Office that they will be three candidates to choose from and that it is likely to be well-known Tory figure . But Kirstie Allsopp ruled herself out of the running because she does not have a degree . The veteran politician announced yesterday that he is quitting as an MP after being caught in a scandal over alleged cash for access , alongside former foreign secretary Jack Straw . The former Foreign Secretary -LRB- pictured -RRB- told undercover reporters that he had a usual fee of between # 5,000 to # 8,000 for a half-day 's work for representing private companies . Last night she tweeted : ` My borough needs serious minds for serious times , not pretty faces looking for a career change . ' She also shared her support for Sir Malcolm . The former foreign secretary stepped down yesterday , saying it was ` the right and proper ' thing to do , but denying any wrongdoing . It emerged this weekend that he had been filmed by undercover reporters after bragging that he could see any foreign ambassador in London and has ` useful access ' to every British ambassador in the world . Despite being in charge of the Intelligence and Security Committee , he also boasted about having lots of free time to read and go walking . Mr Snow was reportedly contacted by Number 10 , hours after Sir Malcolm 's resignation . He yesterday tweeted about the seat , calling it ` safe ' and ` glamorous ' Ladbrokes published its most recent odds on who is tipped to replace Sir Malcolm for the May election . Labour MP Jack Straw , also a former foreign secretary , was also caught up in the scandal and suspended from the party . Announcing he was standing down as chairman and would not fight the general election in May , Sir Malcolm said : ' I do n't think I did anything wrong . I may have made errors of judgment , but that 's a different matter . ' In a statement announcing his decision to quit the Commons , he added : ' I had intended to seek one further term as MP for Kensington , before retiring from the House of Commons . Meanwhile , Kirsty Allsopp was forced to deny rumours she would be standing for the Conservative seat . She tweeted her support for Sir Malcolm before saying she could not stand for it because she does not have a degree . ' I have concluded that to end the uncertainty it would be preferable , instead , to step down at the end of this Parliament . ` This is entirely my personal decision . I have had no such requests from my constituency association but I believe that it is the right and proper action to take . ' Senior Tories were said to be furious at the impact on the party 's image just weeks before the election .
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Sir Malcolm stood down after becoming mired in cash for access scandal . It triggered a race to see who would replace the Tory grandee in safe seat . Snow was reportedly contacted by Number 10 hours after announcement . Paxman , who denied wanting to be London Mayor , is a ` real contender ' Cracknell reportedly a popular choice because he has ` no skeletons ' Kirstie Allsopp denied she would be standing , saying she did not have a degree .
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A 15-year-old schoolboy who allegedly set up a cocaine dealing operation at his secondary school has been questioned by police . Officers received a tip-off that the teenager was dealing the lethal Class A drug in the playground of Poole High School in Dorset at lunchtime on Monday . He was led away in handcuffs in front of stunned classmates after being arrested on suspicion of possessing drugs and has since been bailed . A 15-year-old boy was arrested after he allegedly brought cocaine to Poole High School to deal to students . Headteacher Fan Heafield said : ` We were informed that a student had brought a quantity of drugs into school . ` We immediately called the police and they subsequently arrested a student . ` We are cooperating fully with the police in their ongoing inquiry . The school will always take immediate and strongest action possible in relation to any incident involving drugs . ` As this is a police matter we have no further comment to make at this time . ' A spokesman for Dorset Police said : ` We had a call at 12.05 pm with reports that it was suspected that a student may be in possession of drugs . ' A 15-year-old boy from Poole was arrested on suspicion of possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply . He has been bailed until early April pending further inquiries . ' More than 1,700 boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 18 study at Poole High School , which is one of the biggest secondary schools in the county . It is a specialist Business and Enterprise College and was rated ` Good ' in 2011 by Ofsted inspectors , who singled out students ' good behaviour for praise . The schoolboy was taken away in handcuffs at lunchtime on Monday and bailed pending further inquiries . According to school policy , anyone found in possession of illegal drugs risks immediate expulsion . Poole Town ward councillor Chris Wilson said ` I 'm not shocked , but I 'm disappointed that something like that has happened . I hope it can be sorted . ' She said a working party of councillors had visited Poole High recently to look at their pastoral care and had been quite impressed with the way they looked after the needs of pupils . Conservative town centre councillor Carol Evans said ' I must say if it 's true I 'm disappointed . ` It 's a caring school and has a strong no drugs policy . I 'm sure this is against the ethos of the school . ' Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article .
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Police received a tip-off that teenager had been dealing lethal Class A drug . He was led away from Poole High School in handcuffs in front of students . Officers arrested him on suspicion of possessing drugs and he was bailed . The headteacher said she called police as soon as she had been informed . Policy says anyone possessing illegal drugs risks immediate expulsion .
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A holidaymaker escaped with just a few scratches after his car smashed through a barrier on a hairpin bend and plunged almost 200ft down a mountain . James Swann , who was later found to be three times over the legal drink-drive limit , walked away virtually unharmed from the wreckage of his rented Opel Corsa which was severely damaged after it plunged down the Tramuntana mountain range near Andratx in south-west Majorca . The car hit several rocks on the mountain as it careered through the crash barrier and plunged off the cliff edge , before coming to a stop between a boulder and a tree trunk . James Swann was able to walk away virtually unscathed after the hire car he was driving crashed through a barrier and plunged almost 200ft down a mountain in Majorca , hitting rocks and trees as it fell . The rented Vauxhall Opal car was left buckled and damaged by the crash and had to be written off . Officials said it appeared Mr Swann had lost control of the car on the hairpin bend as he drove through the picturesque mountain range . They said he had had a ` very lucky escape . ' Mr Swann had to be convinced by police and paramedics who were called to the the scene to go to hospital for a check up following the accident . He was eventually taken by ambulance to the island 's Son Espases Hospital after complaining of pain in one of his shoulders . While at the hospital he had a breath test and failed , and was found to be three times over the legal drink-drive limit . Mr Swann had been driving along a hairpin bend when he appeared to lose control of the Vauxhall Opal . The incident took place at around midday on Tuesday . A Civil Guard source said : ` He had a very lucky escape . ` The accident is still being investigated but it appears he lost control of his vehicle on a bend and smashed through a barrier wall before going over the edge . The car has been written off following the accident , which left the front and rear badly damaged . The crumpled front section of the car shows that part of it fell off as it hit rocks and trees during the fall . The inside of the car , beneath the smashed windscreen , show both airbags inflated following the crash . ` He plunged around 180 feet down the side of the cliff . ` His car was a complete write-off . The fact he failed a breath test would appear to indicate excess alcohol played a part in this accident . ' It is not known where in the UK Mr Swann is from . Mr Swann was driving along the hairpin bends of the Tramuntana mountain range when the accident happened . Investigations are continuing into the cause of the crash after Mr Swann was found three times over the limit . The road where the accident happened runs the length of the Tramuntana mountain range from Pollensa to Andratx and boasts some of the island 's best coastal views . It is regarded as one of the island 's best cycling routes . The mountain range , which runs from the south-west to the north-east of Majorca , was given UNESCO World Heritage Status in June 2011 .
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James Swann was driving a rented car along mountain road in Majorca . The 25-year-old Briton seemed to lose control and careered through barrier . He plunged almost 200ft down the Tramuntana mountain range . As it fell the car hit rocks and came to a stop between a boulder and a tree . Mr Swann escaped with just a few scratches but his car was written off . He was taken to hospital and found to be three times over the legal limit .
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A software glitch at Melbourne airport caused air traffic controllers to lose the position of at least nine planes on the tarmac . The Senate Estimates committee was told by Independent Senator Nick Xenophon the February 13 incident happened after integrated tower automation suite -LRB- INTAS -RRB- - a program used for air traffic control - failed . He said he was informed there were at least nine aircrafts who were waiting on the tarmac to take off at the time the software glitch happened about 10pm . Scroll down for video . Central Queensland University 's Ronald Bishop said this flaw in INTAS had potential to trigger a similar incident to the one which happened on the Spanish island of Tenerife . ` If this was a foggy night in Melbourne , this could have been potentially a serious incident , ' Senator Xenophon told the committee late on Monday night . Central Queensland University 's head of program for aviation Ronald Bishop said this flaw in INTAS had potential to trigger a similar incident to the one which happened on the Spanish island of Tenerife , which is considered to be the worst accidents in aviation history . In 1977 , two Boeing 747s collided after thick fog prevented air traffic control and pilots to see there were two planes sharing the one runway , killing 583 people . There was no ground radar so the air traffic control could only rely on reports from radio communications . ` For example , if there 's a plane on Taxiway Charlie , they 're holding them there but then they 're not in the system , the controller could potentially put another plane in that spot , ' Mr Bishop told Daily Mail Australia . Senator Nick Xenophon -LRB- left -RRB- told the Senate Estimates committee the incident happened on February 13 and was questioning Air Services Australia executive general manager of air traffic control Greg Hood -LRB- right -RRB- . If this happens then usually the pilot would see the other plane there and tell air traffic control . But Mr Bishop said this link in the ` safety chain ' would break if there was heavy fog . ` Now one plane could strike the other one , which is probably full of fuel , and it could cause an issue , ' he said . ` This could happen yes ... but there are probably four or five scenarios we have n't thought of that could happen . ` Like MH370 , we never thought a plane could disappear off the face of the earth . ' I do n't know about you but I like people to know where the planes are . Someone should know where they are at all times . ' Mr Bishop said if there had been heavy fog then planes could have collided on the taxi runway . On Tuesday , Senator Xenophon told Daily Mail Australia : ` There are genuine concerns of ongoing software problems with INTAS . ' He said he had received complaints from air traffic controllers and pilots about the software , and their concerns needed to be looked into adequately . Air Services Australia 's Greg Hood told the committee the organisation had been informed about the situation and poor weather conditions had grounded planes for more than an hour . He said this length of inactivity caused a number of planes to disappear off their radar . ` My understanding on that night in question -LSB- was -RSB- that there was thunderstorm activity and a number of aircraft that were taxiing in from the runway were unable to reach their gate , ' Mr Hood told the committee . To fix this problem , the window of time for a plane to stay in the system had been extended to five hours . Mr Hood said he did not anticipate hearing this line of enquiry from Senator Xenophon but could give him more information if the politician wanted it . While the Air Services Australia general manager of air traffic control was speaking , the South Australian representative said he had been sent a text by someone who had been there at time of the incident . Senator Xenophon related the message to the committee , which said the idea that a thunderstorm had caused the glitch was ` crap ' as it had already passed over Melbourne .
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Senator Nick Xenophon said the incident took place on February 13 . He said he was told at least nine aircrafts were waiting to take off on tarmac . They were left on the runway for an hour and then dropped off the radar . An aviation expert said this issue could have caused planes to collide . Air Services Australia said they were aware of the incident in Melbourne . Amount of time a plane stays in system has been increased to five hours .
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The resplendent Savoy Hotel has been a pioneer for elegance and decadence , since its opening in 1889 , and over the years it has certainly seen its fair share of glamour . The first luxury hotel to open in Britain , the iconic London retreat was where the great and the good went to mingle , creating a spectacular archive of images and anecdotes in the process . Opening its photo albums to MailOnline Travel , the hotel has revealed stars dancing on the rooftop , giving fashion tips to Savoy pageboys and even pictures of a four-legged guest in the form of a leopard , brought to stay as a pet . Scroll down for video . Although the famous plot has had a number of functions over the years , from a hospital in 1512 , to a theatre , The Savoy Hotel opened in its current location on August 6 1889 , pictured here in 1951 . John Wayne and a Savoy pageboy discuss headgear in the 1950s in this adorable photograph . The Savoy River Front , with its original balconies , 1900 . Built by Richard D'Oyly Carte on land adjacent to his Savoy Theatre , the Savoy hotel offered accommodation for the many tourists , especially Americans , who travelled to London to see the Savoy Operas . American actor Fred Astaire , dancing on the roof of the Savoy Hotel in London with his sister , Adele , -LRB- left -RRB- , and Sir Charles and Lady Chaplin , -LRB- right -RRB- at The Savoy in 1975 , when Chaplin received his knighthood . The Savoy was the first hotel in the world to be lit by electricity and have an electric lift , the first to provide 24 hour room service , the first place Marilyn Monroe gave a press conference and even the first hotel to have its own poultry farm during WW2 . It is also a place you can keep your shoes in an air-conditioned wardrobe , a hotel that was in the midst of the Oscar Wilde scandal and where Claude Monet painted views from the windows . Although the famous plot has had a number of functions over the years , from a hospital in 1512 , to a theatre , The Savoy Hotel opened in its current location on August 6 1889 . Staff standing outside the new main entrance to The Savoy in 1904 . The Strand Blocks of The Savoy opened in this year , on land which the hotel spent nearly a decade purchasing around the Savoy Theatre , immediately to the north of the original hotel . Savoy Court in 1930 , with art deco additions to the Strand front . The 1904 sculpture of Count Peter of Savoy was winched back into his new vantage point on top of the striking new Savoy sign which was the latest piece of art deco design to be added to The Savoy . In 1959 , when a post office received a letter addressed to ` The Manager of the Greatest Hotel in London , ' the first place that they chose to try was The Savoy . The letter was then delivered , marked ` Try Savoy Hotel , WC2 ' The art deco style chrome bar at the American Bar , pictured here in 1976 , became a focal point for guests staying at the hotel . Theatre impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte rose from humble beginnings , and through his career of managing musical talent , bought the Savoy Hotel for wealthy tourists who wanted to experience the theatre , which proved to be his most successful venture . Marilyn Monroe , Winston Churchill , Stephen Fry , Helena Bonham-Carter and The Beatles are among many famous names in the hotel 's extensive guest book . And yet more stars have trodden the boards at the hotel 's theatre , which sits adjacent to the iconic property ion The Strand , in London . Impressive guestbook : Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier at The Savoy for a press conference , when Monroe came to England to film The Prince and the Showgirl with Olivier in 1956 . Royal appeal : Her Majesty The Queen Mother arriving at The Savoy in 1980 . The first hotel kitchen to be opened by the Queen Mother was in 1986 when she visited the Savoy Restaurant kitchens which had been completely redesigned by Maitre-chef Anton Edelmann and refitted at a cost of # 2.5 m . Fashion couturier Christian Dior , designer of the ` New Look ' and the ` A-line ' , with six of his models after a fashion parade at the Savoy Hotel , London on April 25 1950 . During the First World War the hotel remain unscathed , and morale remained high . Post-war celebrations saw Fred and Adele Astaire and the entire Ballets Russes , continuing their dancing in candlelit rooms at the hotel , after performances . In World War 2 , the hotel acted as a air-raid shelter for guests in what had been the Abraham Lincoln banqueting suite , although dinner and dancing continued as bombs fell . One bomb blast , which fell on The Strand and Embankment , succeeded in knocking bandleader Carroll Gibbons off the bandstand , and cabaret performer Noel Coward took over entertaining audiences to rounding applause . The first wild animal to be brought to a party at The Savoy was Billy Butlin 's pet leopard who came for a cocktail party to celebrate Smart 's Circus . The hotel has been a backdrop for many extravagant soirees . Among the most notorious was a celebration thrown in 1905 by American millionaire George Kessler . He requested that the hotel 's central court be transformed into a Venetrian scene by filling it with water , and allowing guests to eat in a big gondola . The finishing touch to the unforgettable party was a cake delivered at the end by a baby elephant . Another notable event was a cocktail party to celebrate Smart 's Circus saw Billy Butlin attend accompanied by his pet leopard . The Savoy was the first luxury hotel to have been built in Britain . It opened in 1889 and was the first hotel to provide the majority of its rooms with private , ensuite bathrooms . The property underwent an extensive # 220m refurbishment in 2010 , shutting its doors to the public for the first time for more than 18 months . It was opened in a lavish event , hosted by HRH Prince Alwaleed , and attended by HRH The Prince of Wales , and Stephen Fry was the first guest of the new facilities . The Royal Suite alone cost # 2.5 m to update , which now features mirrors that turn into televisions , and a # 25,000 bed . The River Room at The Savoy can be hired out for luxurious weddings or functions and can hold 400 guests . The Savoy 's luxurious entrance is right on the doorstep of some of the city 's most interesting neighbourhoods . Building on the rich history of restaurants at The Savoy , Kaspar 's Seafood Bar and Grill offers an informal yet luxury all-day dining experience in an elegant 1920 's style . The Savoy Hotel refurbishment , completed 2010 . It was opened in a lavish event , hosted by HRH Prince Alwaleed , and attended by HRH The Prince of Wales , and Stephen Fry was the first guest of the new facilities . Savoy Tea is a bijou tea store , located in the Upper Thames Foyer . Inspired by London 's Edwardian shopping arcades , the walls are covered in intricate fabric , a hint at the Asian origins of tea . The store offers a wide variety of beautifully packaged Savoy teas , bespoke accessories , handmade jams , biscuits and a fresh patisserie . The iconic Lancaster Ballroom accommodates up to 300 guests for a dinner dance . Rest at ease if considering having your big day here , renowned wedding planner Bruce Russell and his expert team are on hand to ensure your day is perfect . Unbeatable view : Get unparalleled views of the London from your window in a River View Deluxe One Bedroom Suite . The Savoy boasts panoramic views of the Thames from its many suites , and those who require the deepest of sleeps can chose from 38 rooms of Savoir beds , which have mattresses stuffed with Latin American horse tail , lambswool , or in the Savoy 's Royal Suite , Mongolian cashmere . For those impressed by their night sleep , guests are even able to buy their own Savoir bed directly from the hotel , with prices starting at # 10,800 . The feature lives up to what former chairman , Rupert D'Oyly Carte , said : ` The hotel is always up-to-date and , if possible , a little ahead . ' The Savoy is an ideal base to discover iconic London landmarks , designer shopping in Knightsbridge and Mayfair and the finest food experiences in the city . London panorama at dusk with the Savoy Hotel -LRB- right -RRB- and the London Eye to the -LRB- left -RRB- .
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The Savoy has opened its archives to show the hotel 's early beginnings and impressive guest list . The luxurious hotel , opened in 1889 , was the first to be lit by electricity and have a lift . The Marlene Dietrich suite always features 12 pink roses , something the actress requested whenever she stayed . John Wayne , Fred Astair and Marilyn Monroe among the famous guests who have visited The Savoy .
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The US Hispanic population will be responsible for 40 percent of the country 's employment growth over the next five years and more than 75 per cent by 2034 , a new study found . The report from economic forecaster IHS Global Insight said they will eventually account for an increase of 11 million jobs out of 14 million new positions . Because the Hispanic population is ` younger and faster-growing ' , higher levels of immigration are ` conducive ' to helping U.S. economic growth , the study concludes . The U.S Hispanic population will be responsible for 40 per cent of the country 's employment growth over the next five years , and more than 75 per cent by 2034 , a new study found -LRB- file photo -RRB- . ` The Hispanic population will play an increasingly significant role in future U.S. employment growth , ' said James Gillula , the report 's lead author . He said that , by contrast , the non-Hispanic population is aging as the baby-boomer generation moves into retirement . The country 's workforce has slowly been declining over the last 10 years , the Wall Street Journal reports . Almost half of the Hispanic labor force last year was under the age of 35 and less than 12 per cent of it was 55 years or older - compared to more than 33 per cent of the non-Hispanic labor force . The study conducted two separate investigations to show how the economy would be affected by different levels of Hispanic population growth , according to the Wall Street Journal . The forecast assuming higher Hispanic immigration growth showed that the country 's gross domestic product could increase by 3 per cent annually from 2020 to 2034 . In contrast the baseline study , assuming a more restricted immigration policy , showed a 2.5 per cent increase . The findings comes just days before the Homeland Security Department will run out of funding . Almost half of the Hispanic labor force last year was under the age of 35 and less than 12 per cent of it was 55 years or older - compared to more than 33 per cent of the non-Hispanic labor force . In Obama 's annual economic report , the White House said growing the workforce , which has slowly been declining over the last 10 years , will be the best way to stabilize the nation 's debt . Last month Republicans in the House of Representatives passed a bill that would finance the department while simultaneously repeal recent executive actions by President Obama to protect millions of immigrant families from being deported . President Obama said he would veto any legislation attempting to curtail his changes to immigration policy . In Obama 's annual economic report , released last week , the White House said growing the workforce will be the best way to stabilize the nation 's debt . Proposed incentives include a $ 500 tax credit for married couples that consist of two working spouses and tripling tax credit to help cover child care .
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The US Hispanic population will account for more than 75 percent by 2034 . Economic forecaster IHS Global Insight conducted the study . Concluded that Hispanic population ` conducive ' to US economic growth . Especially because the non-Hispanic population is aging as Baby Boomer generation heads to retirement . Found that country 's annual GDP would also rise with higher immigration .
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A mother-of-two who once weighed 24 stone and hated her size thought her life would be transformed when she had a gastric wrap to help her slim down . But while the weight loss surgery - similar to having a gastric band - did help Melissa Foreman shed 12st , it did n't leave her with the body of her dreams . Instead the 44-year-old , who lives in Sidcup , London , was left with rolls of unsightly saggy skin on her thighs and stomach . Scroll down for video . Melissa , left , when she weighed 24st thanks to a daily diet of 5000 calories . She 's now 11st 5lb , right , following surgery to have her stomach stapled and other operations to have excess skin removed . She told MailOnline : ` My body looked like a deflated balloon . I was a fraud as my body in clothes did n't match what was underneath , I hated it . ' Writing in a blog post about her experience , she said she felt ` humiliated ' about her appearance and when she saw herself in the mirror , she thought ` there could not be any possible way to come back to anything remotely normal looking ' . Melissa had originally gained weight growing up in California where she could n't resist sweet treats and fast food . She said : ' I was a big child who hid food . It was my best friend and worst enemy . I went from a fat child to a fatter teenager to a morbidly obese adult . ` On a typical day , I would skip breakfast . Then lunch could easily consist of two Big Macs and large fries . ` Dinner was large takeaway or home-cooked massive portions of fat-laden foods . Snacking on crisps and biscuits in between . I was easily consuming 5,000 calories a day . ' Melissa hated the saggy skin she was left with on her stomach and thighs after she lost 12st . Now she has a new body after going under the knife again to have ` several pounds ' of the skin removed . Melissa 's intake of calories was more than double the recommended daily amount for a woman so her weight soared to 24st . In 2009 when she was 38 years old , she had twins and said becoming a mother made her realise she had to do something to improve her health . ' I wanted to be an active mum that could run after them . I already felt at a disadvantage being an older mum . I did n't want to make my life shorter with obesity , ' she explained . Melissa researched her options and decided to travel to the Czech Republic for a developing weight loss surgery called a gastric wrap . It involves keyhole surgery to stitch the stomach wall to make it smaller so there is less capacity for food . It works on the same principle as a gastric bypass but is slightly less invasive as a gastric bypass involves a surgical procedure in which the stomach is divided into a small upper pouch and a much larger lower pouch , and then the small intestine is rearranged to connect to both . Following the surgery , Melissa gradually lost weight over the following 18 months . The surgery meant she could n't eat as much as she could before and she also started going for more healthy food options . She also started exercising as she felt more comfortable running as she became lighter . Melissa , pictured recovering from her skin removal surgery , said the pain was all worth it . But while she was gradually becoming healthier , she was left with a constant reminder of her obese past thanks to her saggy excess skin . So she decided to go under the knife once again in order to have it removed by cosmetic surgeon Paul Baguley . She said : ` The process was done in two stages over three months . The recovery was hard as I was covered in staples and stitches . But , it was not nearly as bad I thought it would be . The pain was worth it . Through plastic surgery I could have the body I worked so hard to get . ` Like a magic wand being run across my body , the evidence of my obesity was erased . Mr Baguley removed several pounds of skin . Where it had creped , my body is now taut and contoured . ' Melissa now weighs 11st 5lb and is happy to show off her figure on her blog as she writes to support other people trying to deal with weight and self-esteem issues . She said : ` The new me can run , the new me will live longer and the new me can do anything ! I have been extremely lucky that with the intervention of an amazing surgeon , I could be brand new . ` Now in retrospect looking at my pictures -LRB- when I had saggy skin -RRB- , particularly my thighs and stomach , the results are unbelievable . I am not ashamed of those pictures any more . It is a bit like looking at a discarded cocoon now . ` Although not perfect , I am very happy with the butterfly I have become no matter how oddly I fly now and then . '
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Melissa Foreman , 44 , from London , reached 24st 5,000 calories-a-day diet . After having twins , she wanted to be a healthier , more active mother . Left with rolls of saggy skin after shedding 12st with weight loss surgery . US-born mum had ops to remove skin and is now 11st 5lb with taut tummy .
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Scientists have witnessed carbon dioxide trapping heat in the atmosphere above the United States , showing human-made climate change ` in the wild ' for the first time . A new study in the journal Nature demonstrates in real-time field measurements what scientists already knew from basic physics , lab tests , numerous simulations , temperature records and dozens of other climatic indicators . They say it confirms the science of climate change and the amount of heat-trapping previously blamed on carbon dioxide . Scroll down for video . Scientists witnessed and measured carbon dioxide trapping heat in the sky above , confirming human-caused global warming , using the Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer seen here , located in Barrow , Alaska . This graph show carbon dioxide 's increasing greenhouse effect at a research facility in Oklahoma . As the atmospheric concentration of CO2 -LRB- blue -RRB- increased from 2000 to the end of 2010 , so did surface radiative forcing due to CO2 -LRB- orange -RRB- , and both quantities have upward trends . This means the Earth absorbed more energy from solar radiation than it emitted as heat back to space . The seasonal fluctuations are caused by plant-based photosynthetic activity . ` We see , for the first time in the field , the amplification of the greenhouse effect because there 's more CO2 in the atmosphere to absorb what the Earth emits in response to incoming solar radiation , ' said Daniel Feldman , a scientist in Berkeley Lab 's Earth Sciences Division and lead author of the Nature paper . ` Numerous studies show rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations , but our study provides the critical link between those concentrations and the addition of energy to the system , or the greenhouse effect , ' Feldman adds . He said no one before had quite looked in the atmosphere for this type of specific proof of climate change . The scientists used incredibly precise spectroscopic instruments operated by the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement -LRB- ARM -RRB- Climate Research Facility , a DOE Office of Science User Facility . These instruments , located at ARM research sites in Oklahoma and Alaska , measure thermal infrared energy that travels down through the atmosphere to the surface . They can detect the unique spectral signature of infrared energy from CO2 . Other instruments at the two locations detect the unique signatures of phenomena that can also emit infrared energy , such as clouds and water vapor . The result is two time-series from two very different locations . Each series spans from 2000 to the end of 2010 , and includes 3300 measurements from Alaska and 8300 measurements from Oklahoma obtained on a near-daily basis . Both series showed the same trend : atmospheric CO2 emitted an increasing amount of infrared energy , to the tune of 0.2 Watts per square meter per decade . This increase is about ten percent of the trend from all sources of infrared energy such as clouds and water vapor . Based on an analysis of data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 's CarbonTracker system , the scientists linked this upswing in CO2-attributed radiative forcing to fossil fuel emissions and fires . The measurements also enabled the scientists to detect , for the first time , the influence of photosynthesis on the balance of energy at the surface . They found that CO2-attributed radiative forcing dipped in the spring as flourishing photosynthetic activity pulled more of the greenhouse gas from the air . The scientists used incredibly precise spectroscopic instruments operated by the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement -LRB- ARM -RRB- Climate Research Facility , a DOE Office of Science User Facility . These instruments , located at ARM research sites in Oklahoma and Alaska -LRB- right -RRB- , measure thermal infrared energy that travels down through the atmosphere to the surface . They can detect the unique spectral signature of infrared energy from CO2 . Other instruments at the two locations detect the unique signatures of phenomena that can also emit infrared energy , such as clouds and water vapor . The combination of these measurements enabled the scientists to isolate the signals attributed solely to CO2 . The combination of these measurements enabled the scientists to isolate the signals attributed solely to CO2 . Scientists say carbon dioxide from the burning of coal , oil and gas is the chief cause of global warming . In doing so , the data show clouds , water vapor or changes in sun 's radiation are not responsible for warming the air , as some who doubt mainstream climate science claim , Feldman said . The new study in the journal Nature demonstrates in real-time field measurements what scientists already knew from basic physics , lab tests , numerous simulations , temperature records and dozens of other climatic indicators . Nor could it be temperature data being tampered with , as some contrarians insist , Feldman said . ` The data say what the data say , ' Feldman said . ` They are very clear that the rising carbon dioxide is actually contributing to an increased greenhouse effect at those sites . ' The study is good technical work , said climate scientist Andrew Dessler of Texas A&M University , but it is expected -- sort of like confirming gravity with a falling rock .
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Researchers say experiment confirms the science of climate change . Witnessed C02 trapping heat in the atmosphere above the United States .
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David Williford has been accused of animal cruelty after officers found 20 dead Guinea pigs , rabbits and dogs at his home . A man has been accused of trawling Craigslist offering a loving home to unwanted pets in order to torture and starve the animals . David Williford was arrested after officers allegedly found more the 20 dead Guinea pigs , rabbits and dogs at his home . Dozens of other animals were still alive but allegedly being kept in ` appalling conditions ' in dirty cages with no light , water or food . Williford allegedly told animal control officers that he was slaughtering the animals for meat , but they were said to have found no evidence of this , according to King 5 News . He was charged with 12 counts of animal cruelty by prosecutors in Olympia , Washington , earlier this week . Prosecutors alleged that Williford found the animals by going onto Craiglist and offering to rescue unwanted pets . Two rabbits , three rats , and two dogs were seized from his farm in Olympia when police launched an investigation in February . He was arrested after a vet concluded that one of the dead Guinea Pigs had been killed by blunt force trauma , according to the news channel . Williford , who has no previous convictions , is currently being housed at Thurston County Jail on $ 150,000 bail . Some of the animals rescued from his property have been re-homed . Prosecutors alleged that Williford , pictured right , found the animals by going onto Craiglist and offering to rescue unwanted pets .
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David Williford charged with 12 counts of animal cruelty at his property . Officers allegedly found 20 dead Guinea pigs , rabbits and dogs at farm . Others were said to have been alive but found without food or water . Prosecutors claim he found animals on Craigslist and offered loving home .
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An ambitious Russian plan has been launched to raise the wreck of an historic vessel that sank during an American hero 's 19th century attempt to be the first to reach the North Pole . USS Jeannette floundered in Arctic waters off Siberia after becoming stuck in ice during the daring voyage to the top of the world in 1881 , and has remained there ever since . Under the command of naval officer George Washington De Long , the elegant three-master , a former British gunboat , was 141ft long and kitted out in gold and bronze with its own on-board fireplaces . After it sank off the Russian coast , the story of how 13 men survived following an epic escape on foot across frozen Siberia became a legendary tale of courage . Now the vessel could once more rise from its watery grave . SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO . Equipped : The USS Jeannette before it set sail for the Arctic . It was designed to keep its crew of 33 alive in the frozen wastes , with fireplaces on board and fittings in gold and bronze . Survival : Some of those who finally made it back to safety pictured after surviving their ordeal . In all 23 of the crew lost their lives . Ice-bound : This painting portrays the end of the USS Jeanette , stuck fast in ice which would eventually crush it . Its crew are unloading the supplies packed into the three-master . Remembered : There are two memorials to the USS Jeanette . This one is at the mouth of the Lena River , where the survivors finally came ashore . The Lena is the largest of Siberia 's rivers . American author Hampton Sides , who wrote an acclaimed book about the ship 's dramatic final voyage last year , said he has already approached the US Navy for assistance but feared the current icy political climate would prevent a salvage operation . On the other side of the Bering Strait , Siberian adventurer Andrey Y -- well-known in Russia as a director , screenwriter , TV personality and traveler whose real name is Andrey Khoroshev -- has begun his own initiative to raise the wreck in consultation with the Geographic Society , whose board of trustees is headed by Vladimir Putin . ` This vessel lies at a depth of only 18 meters -LSB- 54 feet -RSB- , with the known location down to one kilometer -LSB- two-thirds of a mile -RSB- . So in modern day conditions , to find and raise it is not such a hard task , ' he told The Siberian Times . ` Imagine what kind of event it would be , and what it would do for our relations with America which are not very good right now . ` So perhaps we should give them a generous present by raising it . ' Whether such a salvage operation would be seen as a ` generous present ' or a grab at American property in the context of increasingly tense relations between Moscow and Washington remains to be seen . Epic : The map shows Henrietta Island , the freshly-discovered land which the USS Jeanette was stranded beside - and gives some idea of the sheer remoteness of the sea where the crew found themselves . Sinking : Contemporary illustrations told the story of the USS Jeanette , claimed by the might of the ice . Hell : The first stage of their trek saw the crew drag their boats across pack ice which persisted even in the Arctic 's summertime . Dismal : After their trek across the ice the crew took to their three boats but one capsized with the loss of seven men . The two remaining boats separated and took different routes to land . Safety : The woodcut shows how so few survived when they eventually gathered at Yakutsk , capital of the Siberian territory now known as Sakha . The vessel is a memory of America 's bid to reach the North Pole and the effort comes amid an increasingly aggressive grab by Putin 's Russia over Arctic territories . Moscow - along with the US , Canada and other countries bordering the Arctic - are staking conflicting territorial claims to the potential oil and gas bonanza . In recent months , Putin has ordered Russia to re-establish military bases in the region , and despite economic problems caused by Western sanctions over Ukraine plus low oil prices , he is pouring investment into his vast northern coastline . This month has seen a major army drill in the Russian Arctic region . Ground Forces Commander Col. Gen. Oleg Salyukov said this week : ` The Arctic brigades ' role is to defend the Russian national interests . ' He vowed that ` specialized equipment and weaponry will guarantee their effective operation in the northern latitudes ' . Russia is currently making a claim to the United Nations that major undersea ridges are an extension of the Siberian land mass . If approved , Moscow will get the right to exploit the energy riches . Eight years ago , a submarine planted a titanium Russian flag on the seabed under the North Pole , signaling Putin 's intentions . Last summer , the Kremlin strongman broke off from speaking about strife-torn Ukraine to tell a youth camp audience : ` We should pay more attention to issues of development of the Arctic and the strengthening of our position here . ' The US Geological Survey estimates that the Arctic Circle includes 22 per cent of global recoverable energy resources , and Putin is determined to get his hands on the lion 's share . The USS Jeanette harks back to America 's attempts to claim the same territory . And the vessel herself represents a tale of adventure in the most difficult circumstances - and a dramatic battle for survival . Built in 1861 , as the Royal Navy Philomel-class gunboat HMS Pandora , she lies off the most northerly island of Russia 's diamond-rich Sakha Republic , also known as Yakutia . Snow-bound : Henrietta Island , which was named by the crew of the USS Jeanette today . Pack ice : The scale of the ice around Henrietta Island shows why the USS Jeanette became stuck . Mapped : The thin black line shows the progress of the different boats towards land . Just 10 men survived . Captain : George Washington De Long was captain of the USS Jeanette but was one of those to lose his life . Mission : Kremlin-backed adventurer Andrey Khoroshev wants to lead the Russian expedition to raise the USS Jeanette . Large crowds watched her set sail from San Francisco on her fateful voyage on 7 July 1879 , to begin a daring bid backed by the US government to reach the North Pole . She progressed well through the Chukchi Sea but , just two months after leaving port , she caught fast in ice near Wrangel Island and drifted northwards for almost two years . During their ice-bound odyssey floating through the Arctic waters , De Long and his crew maintained unique scientific records of their journey . ' A full meteorological record is kept , soundings are taken , astronomical observations made and positions computed , dip and declination of the needle observed and recorded - everything we can do is done as faithfully , as strictly , as mathematically as if we were at the Pole itself , or the lives of millions depended on our adherence to routine , ' he wrote in his journal . They even discovered two previously unknown islands and duly named them Jeannette and Henrietta . But their success was short-lived and on 12 June 1881 , the pressure of the creaking ice crushed and sank their ship . The men did have enough time to salvage food onto small boats but they were left marooned more than 500 miles north of the Siberian mainland . Yet what happened next became legendary as the crew , dragging their provisions across the ice , somehow survived ~ and even discovered more land which they claimed for America , though it is now Russian . Author : Hampton Sides approached the US Navy to discuss the possibility of them retrieving their own vessel but says the current political climate makes it unlikely . He is pictured with a mammoth tusk . Memorial : The USS Jeannette Jeannette Monument in the United States Naval Academy Cemetery . Its design was based on the cairn raised in Siberia in the aftermath of the death of most of the crew . Remembered : Hampton Sides published his history of the epic struggle of the Jeannette last year . This uncharted outpost was named Bennett Island , after eccentric US newspaper tycoon Gordon Bennett Jnr who had funded the Arctic mission . None of the 33 crew were lost in the sinking but 20 perished - including Captain De Long himself - during the grueling trek to reach the mainland . Some wreckage from the Jeannette was found in June 1884 on an ice floe close to southern Greenland , allowing scientists to establish that Arctic ice was in constant motion . Writer Hampton Sides - author of ` In the Kingdom of Ice : The Grand and Terrible Voyage of the USS Jeannette ' - recently said he was keen on finding the ship to ensure a piece of US history is not lost forever . ` We know almost exactly where the Jeannette is because when it sank , De Long 's men took very meticulous positional readings . ` The only problem is that it 's in Russian waters , near some islands that are somewhat disputed - the De Long Islands -LRB- named after the captain -RRB- . ` So the hurdles for finding the Jeannette are more geopolitical than archaeological . ` I 'm hoping this book might create an environment that down the line , when our relationship improves with the Russians , we could send out an expedition to recover the ship . ` I 've spoken with some folks in the Navy and at NOAA -LRB- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -RRB- who are interested . ` It 's certainly one of my passions . One of my secret wishes . ' The voyage was ` at the very end of the nautical age of polar exploration , when there were still people who thought you could somehow reach the North Pole by ship , ' he said . ` The North Pole seemed as inaccessible as the moon . There was also a good bit of nationalism behind it . We wanted to beat the British and the Scandinavians and the other powers . ' It took until 1908 for the first men to eventually reach the North Pole on foot . In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides is available on Amazon .
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USS Jeanette set off in 1879 in an attempt to become the first vessel to reach the North Pole . She and her crew of 33 became stuck in ice off island they named Henrietta , hundreds of miles from nearest land . They trekked 500 miles across the ice to safety with 13 men surviving the epic journey . Russian explorer is planning to raise the wreck - which lies in just 50ft of water - but comes at time Kremlin is trying to seize undersea mineral riches . Three-masted vessel was built in Britain by the Royal Navy as a gunboat , sold to the US Navy and equipped for the voyage with on-board fireplaces .
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New Arsenal academy chief Andries Jonker said the club need to rip up their scouting structure and start afresh if they are to emulate Barcelona in developing young talent . The 52-year-old Dutchman , who was an assistant to Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal at Barcelona and Bayern Munich , said he was working closely with Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger on his plans for the academy . In an out-spoken interview , which is likely to unsettle current staff at the academy , Jonker says that the set up which he inherited from Liam Brady requires a complete overhaul . Arsenal 's academy manager Andries Jonker wants to entirely restructure the club 's academy . Jonker watches on with Steve Morrow during a pre season friendly at Arsenal 's training ground . ` Arsenal want more talented players to come through , because that has been lacking , ' he said . ` They want me to develop the players from the academy much better than it was done before . ` At this moment , considering the investments the club have made , players have hardly been developed properly . This is why they wanted me , a man who can guide the coaches and who can influence the other coaches . Jack Wilshere is a product of the Arsenal youth academy but it seems Jonker wants more quality . ` Ivan Gazidis -LSB- Arsenal chief executive -RSB- wants Arsenal to be the best academy in the world . He realises that will cost money and will take time , but that is his ambition . ` The scouting must be restructured all over again . It needs to be brought to a level so that we can bring in the absolute best talents from abroad and from England at an age that Wenger can immediately work with them . The Dutch coach worked with Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal at Bayern Munich and Barcelona . Jonker wants the next Xavi to come through Arsenal 's ranks - a big ask to match the legendary Barca man . ` My chief scout at the academy , Steve Morrow , came and asked me what kind of players I wanted him to look for . So I said , the best player I have worked on , Xavi . ' In the interview with Voetbal International , Jonker said : ` Almost every day Wenger and I go through a number of things . He is approachable , but I do have to show him what we are doing . We must not go behind his back . ` It is important that Wenger and I work closely together . What I do see is that everybody at the club has the feeling that they need to have the green light from Wenger before they do anything . But maybe that is not the case . ` I have a very good feeling about the way Wenger and I are working together . We both think the technical side of the game is very important . ` But there are a lot of things in the academy which can be improved or should be done different . ' Jonker says that he has a relationship with Arsene Wenger that involves them speaking every day .
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Andries Jonker has worked with Louis van Gaal in the past . He has worked with the likes of Xavi and wants Arsenal to produce better . Ivan Gazidis wants to make Arsenal 's academy the best in the world . ` The scouting must be restructured all over again ' says Jonker . Jonker 's words are likely to unsettle current staff in Arsenal 's youth work .
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Mario Balotelli 's agent Mino Raiola has revealed that the Liverpool striker will not be making a return to Italy . The # 16million summer signing has had a torrid start to his Liverpool career , scoring just two goals while attracting criticism from the Anfield faithful . Despite being just three months into his Liverpool career , the 24-year-old is already being linked with a move away from Anfield following a disastrous start . Mario Balotelli is pictured arriving at Liverpool 's training ground on Monday . Mario Balotelli will not be leaving Liverpool for a return to Italy , claims his agent Mino Raiola . Balotelli sat and watched the boxing from a ringside seat at the Echo Arena on Saturday night . Raiola , however , believes Balotelli will not be making a return to Inter Milan where Roberto Mancini has just taken the helm . He told Gazzetta dello Sport : ' A return to Inter is impossible . Not for Mancini , but for other reasons of which it is n't worth talking about . ' ` Even Naples . Mario does not return in Italy . ' Balotelli has been criticised for attending the boxing match between Nathan Cleverly and Tony Bellew on Saturday night as his team were in London preparing for the Premier League clash against Crystal Palace . The 24-year-old has scored just two goals since his # 16million move to Liverpool . The former Manchester City striker was ruled out of Sunday 's match with a hamstring injury , but that has n't stopped Balotelli 's ringside presence hitting the headlines . Raiola added : ` He lacks the goals , does n't run well but it is a time that must pass . He now has this injury and we hope to have it resolved as soon as possible . ` The relationship with the team ? It is perfect , the English journalists must not be part of his life . ' Without the injured Balotelli , Liverpool were beaten 3-1 by Crystal Palace on Sunday .
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Mario Balotelli ` does not return to Italy ' claims striker 's agent . Mino Raiola claims a return to Inter Milan is ` impossible ' Balotelli has scored two goals since # 16million move to Liverpool .
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Luke Shaw could be facing three weeks out with ankle ligament damage . The England international went over on his left ankle early on in Saturday 's victory over Arsenal and was forced off after 16 minutes . He left the Emirates on crutches wearing a protective boot . The subsequent swelling and bruising has delayed the 19-year-old 's scan which will give a clearer picture of how serious the injury is . However , initial concerns are that he is facing a couple of weeks at least on the sidelines . Manchester United defender Luke Shaw receives treatment after injuring his ankle against Arsenal . Shaw 's England team-mate Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain checks on the stricken Manchester United man . Luke Shaw -LRB- ankle -RRB- , Daley Blind -LRB- knee -RRB- , Marcos Rojo -LRB- shoulder -RRB- , Rafael -LRB- groin -RRB- , Radamel Falcao -LRB- ankle -RRB- , Jonny Evans -LRB- ankle -RRB- , Jesse Lingard -LRB- knee -RRB- . Despite Shaw 's injury , United defender Reece James is poised to join Rotherham United on loan . The 21-year-old impressed at left back during the club 's summer tour of USA but Louis van Gaal is prepared to allow James out to gain more experience . James is expected to be joined at the New York Stadium by former United team-mate Tom Lawrence who has failed to make an impression at Leicester City since his summer transfer . Rotherham , who are third from bottom in the Championship , have allowed full back Richard Brindley to join Scunthorpe on loan until January . Shaw eventually hobbled off to be replaced by Ashley Young as United won 2-1 on Saturday . Meanwhile , United defender Marcos Rojo was back at Carrington on Tuesday to begin his recovery from a dislocated shoulder . The Argentine did gym work trying to loosen and strengthen muscles around the shoulder joint . Jonny Evans and Ander Herrera played for United 's reserves against Blackburn in the Lancashire Senior Cup on Tuesday night . Midfielder Michael Carrick has started studying for his UEFA B Licence coaching badge . Marcos Rojo is out injured after dislocating his shoulder against Manchester City -LRB- above -RRB- .
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Luke Shaw injured his ankle against Arsenal on Sunday . The defender has ligament damage and could miss three weeks of action . Manchester United will still send Reece James on loan to Rotherham .
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Google announced yesterday the purchase of Boston Dynamics , a company that builds military robots - though no one knows what the search engine has planned for the cyborgs . This was the eighth robotics acquisition in the past sixth months . The initiative is headed by Andy Rubin , the executive responsible for leading development on the Android smartphone , who says the project is a ` moonshot ' and that product development is still several years away . Up until their purchase by Google , Boston Dynamics was making research robots for the Defense Adanvanced Research Projects Agency -LRB- DARPA -RRB- , the U.S. government agency responsibly for developing new military technologies . Wan na race ? Google recently purchased robotics company Boston Dynamics , which has developed a robot that can run faster than the fastest human . Google would not say how much they paid for the company and will not be releasing financial information . They said the company will fulfill all current government contracts , but that Google will not be taking on any more military work . Boston Dynamics was founded in Waltham , Massachusetts by ex-MIT professor Dr Marc Raibert in 1992 . Since then , they have been developing . animal-like robots that can travel faster than the fastest human , and . even cover difficult terrains like snowy hills and icy roads . Slipping and sliding : The Boston Dynamics robot named Big Dog can cover all types of terrain , and is pictured maintaining balance even on a sheet of ice . Fast one : WildCat is another of Boston Dynamics ' super fast robots . WildCat is n't as fast as Cheetah , but can cover a variety of terrains . While most of their work has been done for the U.S. government , Dr Daibert told the New York Times that he does not consider his company to be a military contractor and they are simply trying to advance robotics technology . Second place : The robot named Cheetah can run one mile per hour quicker than the world 's fastest sprinter , gold-medal Olympian Usain Bolt -LRB- pictured -RRB- . One of the projects they 're currently working on for DARPA is the creation of a robot that can operate in a natural disaster , like the nuclear power plant meltown in Fukushima , Japan . ` Competitions like the DARPA Robotics Challenge stretch particpants to solve problems that matter and we hope to learn from the team 's insight around disaster relief , ' Mr Rubin said in a statement released by Google . And the company has been pretty transparent on what they 're developing . They even have their own YouTube account where they show off what their robots can do . A robot named ` Cheetah ' was designed for maximum speed , and was filmed running on a treadmill at speeds up to 29mph which is one mph faster than the world 's fastest man - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt . That beat the previous record of 13.1 set by a robot in 1999 . Boston Dynamic 's other robots are n't as fast but are designed to cover more treacherous terrain . Their collection includes both two - and four-legged robots that can climb walls and trees . A robot named ` WildCat ' was designed to run fast on all types of terrain and was filmed galloping in a parking lot . The robot named Big Dog can climb a steep incline even in the snow , and is able to balance itself on slippery ice . Dr Raibert is the so-called ` father of walking robots ' in the U.S. and started the Leg Lab at Carnegie Mellon University in 1980 to explore walking machines . He brought the lab to MIT before leaving academia to start engineering work for the miliatary and Sony . ' I am very excited by Andy and Google 's ability to think very , very big , with the resources to make it happen , ' he said .
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Google recently purchase robotics company Boston Dynamics . This was the eighth robotics company that the search engine has bought in the last six months . Project leader Andy Rubin will not say what the company has planned for the cyborgs . Boston Dynamics developed robots for the U.S. military . One of their robots named Cheetah can travel at speeds up to 28.3 mph , one mile per hour faster than Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt .
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Since militant group ISIS claimed to have established an Islamic caliphate , the city of Raqqa has become known as its fanatical capital . But reports from groups inside the city say there is growing resentment between the poor , who have been largely left to fend for themselves , and Islamic fighters , who live a life of five-star luxury . While fighters have each been given a pay-rise and a roast lamb to feast on for the festival of Eid al-Adha , the poor have been left to suffer as food an fuel prices spike . Scroll down for video . Good life : While Jihadi fighters have been pictured swimming in hotel pools and eating in upmarket restaurants around Raqqa , the city 's residents have suffered under the new rule . Happy holiday : Fighters have each been given a pay bonus and lamb to feast on during Eid al-Adha , while in Raqqa may are now dependent on a few weathly benefactors who bankroll charities . Temptation : Extremists have posted images of their seemingly luxurious lifestyle on social media in the hope of tempting other Westerners to join them . Militants have been pictured dining out in five-star restaurants and soaking in hotel pools , while many citizens of Raqqa are now wholly dependent on the few wealthy citizens who still bankroll charities . Civilians hospitals have also been closed down as doctors abandon their posts , or run out of medical supplies , leaving people to travel to Turkey for medical help , with many dying along the way . Speaking to CBS , a source who used the fake name of Abu Ibrahim al-Raqqawi , said : ` As soon as they arrived , they became the elite of the community . ` They were given comfortable homes and cars -- and they get a generous salary every month . ` Recently , a bombing left many people , including fighters , badly hurt . ` We ran to help and saw ISIS trucks arrive and remove their men for treatment , leaving the civilians just lying there . ' Suffering : Meanwhile the civilians of Raqqa have been left to suffer the ravages of spiraling food prices and hospitals closing down because of a lack of doctors . Destitute : While fighters have become wealthier under Islamic State rule , the city 's poorest have become even poorer as they are largely left to fend for themselves . There are also reports of boys as young as 14 and 15 being snatched from their families and sent to training camps to become ISIS warriors . The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claims sources have spoken of growing unrest in the city between residents and their new leaders . Many have objected to the harsh punishments handed out by the Hesbah patrols , who have been brought into to enforce strict Sharia laws . Residents say that while they have turned a blind eye to manipulative traders hiking food and fuel prices , they mercilessly punish minor infringement such as smoking cigarettes . There has also been growing resentment against the al-Khansaa Brigade , a female patrol thought to contain several British jihadis , who patrol in disguise unlike their male counterparts .
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Jihadi fighters have long boasted of five-style life while fighting for ISIS . They have been pictured swimming in hotel pools and dining in restaurants . Fighters in Raqqa have been given pay-rise and lamb to eat for Eid festival . But city 's poor have seen life worsen as they are left to fend for themselves . Hospitals have closed and many die trying to get to Turkey for treatment .
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A class of nursery school children in Russia has been photographed handling mock guns and grenades amid Western concerns over the country 's alleged rising militarization as the crisis in Ukraine deepens . The pictures - which have sparked fury as well as admiration on the Russian web - were taken at a kindergarten in Vladimir Putin 's home city of St Petersburg . The image was photographed on 23 February , a day traditionally marked in the Soviet Union as Red Army Day . Scroll down for videos . A class of nursery school children in Russia has been photographed handling mock guns and grenades amid Western concerns over the country 's alleged rising militarization as the crisis in Ukraine deepens . The pictures - which have sparked fury as well as admiration on the Russian web - were taken at a kindergarten in Vladimir Putin 's home city of St Petersburg . Now it is known as Defender of the Fatherland Day , a public holiday when Russians recall the extraordinary sacrifices made by soldiers in World War Two and other conflicts . The event involving the children - aged five and six - was organised by a father who serves in the Russian army . ` One of the parents is a military man , he decided to show some guns and weapons to the children on Defender of the Fatherland Day , ' said Alexei Golovkin , co-ordinator of patriotic movement ` Resistance ' in St Petersburg . He stepped in to support the father and the nursery after a wave of online protest . ` These dummies were shown to the children , ' he said , denying web claims that the children had handled real weapons . ` The parents were not against this idea . They posted the pictures online . ' The event involving the children - aged five and six - was organised by a father who serves in the Russian army . The children were shown and allowed to handle mock sniper rifles , Kalashnikov machine guns , and grenade-shooting guns as well as hand grenades . He stressed : ' I organise similar events in clubs for teenagers . When I was young we used sticks to play war games . ` If only I had a chance to hold such a toy when I was in the nursery , I think I would have wet my trousers from happiness . ' He claimed the children 's introduction to the weapons of war had nothing to do with the Ukraine crisis , in which the West accuses the Russian army of operating inside its neighbour 's borders . ` It is just demonstration of the guns , ' he said . The organiser of this event was not a ` defender ' in Ukraine . The children were shown and allowed to handle mock sniper rifles , Kalashnikov machine guns , and grenade-shooting guns as well as hand grenades . The father behind the event was named as army major Vitaliy Statsenko , 31 , but the kindergarten director was taken aback by hostile comments . Margarita Ivanova said : ` We could not even imagine an ordinary class about the profession of a military man will end like this . ` We organised it in the senior group of children . We asked every parent 's permission , but we were surprised to see the pictures posted online , and some of the comments . ' She was called to explain the event by the city 's educational authorities but no punishment is being brought against her . One furious blogger wrote : ` Instead of saying ` thank you ' they carpeted her . Who are they bringing up in these nurseries ? Maybe gays and lesbians , like in the West ? ' ` This should be done regularly , ' said another , ` and we will return to the good old times when young men dreamed of serving in the army , and young girls despised those who did not serve . ' Another supporter said : ` Do n't you see what kind of world we are living in now ? Russia must be strong and these kids must be ready for all challenges . ' Hostile comments included ` judging by this photo , they are bringing up killers ' , ` we are growing terrorists from nursery age ' and ` if you want to teach patriotism in the nursery , do it with singing or dancing ' .
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Class of nursery school children in Russia pictured handling mock guns . They were also given fake grenades and rocket launchers to play with . The pictures have sparked fury as well as admiration on the Russian web .
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A nurse in Germany who admits killing up to 30 patients by injecting them with heart medication so he could show off his resuscitation skills has been jailed for life . Nils H , was found guilty at Oldenburg Regional Court of two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder relating to his time working at a clinic in the German town of Delmenhorst . The 38-year-old , whose full name is being withheld under German privacy laws , was then told he would have to spend the rest of his life in jail . Nils . H. -LRB- pictured left concealing his face as he arrives for his trial -RRB- has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of murder and attempted murder . It also emerged that he had previously been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison in 2008 for attempted murder . Now , police are investigating claims he may actually be responsible for at least another 200 deaths at other clinics where he worked in Oldenburg and Wilhelmshaven . Earlier in the case , H told the court he brought about cardiac arrests in some 90 patients because he enjoyed the feeling of being able to resuscitate them . He used Gilurytmal , a medication which should only be used by doctors under strict supervision , it was said and claimed 30 of these patients died . Prosecutors in the district court of Oldenburg said he was bored and wanted to practice his ` excellent ' resuscitation skills . Prosecutors in the district court of Oldenburg said Nils . H. -LRB- pictured -RRB- was bored and wanted to practice his ` excellent ' resuscitation skills . He reportedly ` expressed regret ' for killing up to 30 patients . According to the prosecution , if the first attempt at resuscitation was a success , H would sometimes make a second attempt . Side effects of the drug he administered include an irregular heartbeat , a drop in blood pressure and uncoordinated functioning of the heart muscle . The death rate in the Delmenhorst clinic nearly doubled in the time H worked there , and use of the heart medication also increased dramatically . But it took nearly a decade before an investigation was launched , angering relatives of the dead who are demanding information . Though H. is facing charges in three murders and two attempted murders , the state prosecutor has said he could be involved in up to 200 deaths . A senior doctor who gave evidence in September said H was a ` passionate medic ' who made a good impression on staff at the clinic . But the doctor added : ' I found it strange that he was always on hand when patients were being resuscitated , often helping younger doctors with intubation - inserting a breathing tube into a patient 's airways . ' ` No one wants to believe that a colleague would rather kill patients , instead of helping them , ' said Erich Joester , a lawyer for the clinic .
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Nils H was found guilty of murder and attempted murder at a German court . The 38-year-old , whose full name is withheld has been jailed for life . He previously admitted he brought cardiac arrests in 90 of his patients . Said he did this by giving them overdoses of specialist heart medication . He claimed 30 of the patients he gave medication to ended up dying . Prosecutors said he was bored and wanted to practice his ` excellent ' resuscitation skills .
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The term ` GM food ' should be abandoned , say politicians who are calling for an extraordinary rebranding exercise . MPs on the science and technology select committee has demanded a ` reframing of the public conversation ' about genetically modified food . In an inflammatory report today , it says the GM label has become a ` lightning rod ' for fears about designer crops . Biohazard : MPs on the science and technology select committee say GM crops , like this field of GM wheat , should be rebranded because the term has become a ` lightning rod ' for fears about designer crops . It says the term should be reserved for plants created using the most basic form of genetic engineering , with many newer methods excluded . Anti-GM groups accused MPs of trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the public . Peter Melchett , of the Soil Association , who gave evidence to the committee during its inquiry , said : ` This is probably the most ridiculous recommendation to come out of any select committee in this entire Parliament . It 's insulting to the public to suggest they can be fooled that easily . ' Some fear that ` Frankenfoods ' could alter ecosystems and have hidden effects on human health . No GM food has ever been commercially grown in Britain , kept out by a labyrinthine EU system that makes it difficult to get the required environmental licences . But UK scientists and farmers have been campaigning for years to make the process easier . The latest report repeats their calls and urges the Government to change its terminology . It says : ` GM ... is now often used imprecisely to encompass a whole range of technologies . We recommend that the Government initiate a reframing of the public conversation by moving away from the overly simple notion of `` GM '' in its policies and communications . ' The authors say the term GM should only be used to describe ` first-generation ' techniques -- in which genes are taken out of one plant and moved into another . Biologists can now work on a much finer level , editing individual strands of a plant 's DNA . Too perfect ? A farmer compares two corncobs of Montsanto 's genetically engineered corn , right , with two normal corncobs on a field near the village of Badingen north of Berlin , in this 2007 file photo . The report claims the label GM ` fails to accurately portray ' these more modern techniques . It adds : ` The term `` GM '' has become a lightning rod for much broader public anxiety ... There is a need to reframe and widen the public debate to encourage a more productive conversation . ' Labour MP Andrew Miller , who chairs the committee , accused anti-GM groups of propagating ` false claims ' and ` misleading statements regarding safety ' . He said : ` The scientific evidence is clear that crops developed using genetic modification pose no more risk to humans , animals or the environment than equivalent crops developed using more `` conventional '' techniques . ' Yesterday George Eustice , the Tory farming minister , told the National Farmers Union conference in Birmingham that there was a need to have a ` grown-up conversation ' about GM , adding : ` We should be growing these crops , and we should n't allow non-scientific arguments to muddy the debate . ' But Liz O'Neill , of the campaign group GM Freeze , insisted the proposal was ludicrous . ` Arguing about the semantics is just a smokescreen , ' she said . ` All of the crops that are currently producing food and all the ones waiting in line within the EU approvals process are first-generation GM . ` Looking at what 's coming out of the lab , it is vital to remember any attempt to artificially engineer DNA can cause unexpected and unpredictable effects . '
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Critic says its ` insulting to the public to suggest they can be fooled ' Some fear ` Frankenfoods ' could alter ecosystems and affect health . EU laws have stopped GM food from being commercially grown in UK . But MPs say new techniques have rendered old definition misleading .
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A bellboy at an Indonesian hotel testified on Thursday that an American man charged with murdering his girlfriend 's mother and stuffing the body into a suitcase refused any help in taking a bag to a taxi outside the hotel . Tommy Schaefer , 21 , and Heather Mack , 19 , are charged with premeditated murder in the death of Sheila von Wiese-Mack , whose badly beaten body was found in a suitcase in a taxi at the five-star St. Regis hotel on the resort island of Bali last August . They are being tried separately by the Denpasar District Court and face possible death by firing squad if found guilty . The first witness to testify at Schaefer 's trial , a bellboy named Arifin , said he saw the couple taking a suitcase on a baggage cart toward the lobby on August 12 . Scroll down for video . Tommy Schaefer , 21 , -LRB- pictured left today -RRB- and Heather Mack , 19 , -LRB- right -RRB- are charged with premeditated murder in the death of Sheila von Wiese-Mack , whose badly beaten body was found in a suitcase at a luxury Bali hotel last August . A bellboy at the St. Regis hotel in Bali -LRB- above -RRB- testified that an American man charged with murdering his girlfriend 's mother and stuffing the body into a suitcase refused any help in taking a bag to a taxi . The first witness to testify at Schaefer 's trial , a bellboy named Arifin , said he saw the couple -LRB- pictured above today -RRB- taking a suitcase on a baggage cart toward the lobby on August 12 . He said he asked them about the hotel bill , which according to a receptionist had n't been paid , but Mack -LRB- pictured behind bars today -RRB- refused to respond . He said he asked them about the hotel bill , which according to a receptionist had n't been paid , but Mack refused to respond . ` They asked me to call a taxi , but they refused when I offered to help put the bag into the taxi , ' he said . ` They argued that the contents were fragile , and refused to be assisted . ' Arifin , who uses a single name , said he heard about the murder later from police . The second witness was I Putu Adi Marta , a technician who examined the hotel 's security videos on August 12 . Bump on show : Mack was taken to hospital earlier this month for an immediate check-up because she was in pain and had lost blood - medics later confirmed her baby was safe . A photo taken on August 12 , 2014 shows a policeman -LRB- R -RRB- looking at the suitcase that Sheila von Wiese-Mack 's body was allegedly found stuffed inside . A set of blood stained sheets were also reportedly found inside the piece of luggage . According to an indictment , Schaefer battered 62-year-old von Wiese-Mack -LRB- pictured -RRB- with a fruit bowl handle in her room at the St. Regis following an argument over the hotel bill . ' I was asked to check because a couple , a man and a woman , were said to have escaped without paying the hotel bill , ' he said . Marta said the video recordings showed that Schaefer and Mack used the emergency stairs several times to go between the third and sixth floors . Mack and her mother were staying in a room on the third floor , while Schaefer was staying on the sixth floor . ` The man walked up and down from the third to the sixth floor , changed his shirt once and brought a white cloth , ' he said . ` They also were shown bringing a large package from the third to the sixth floor . ' A police officer also testified that he was among five police who arrested the couple on August 13 at the Bali Wisata Hotel in the Kuta area , about 10 kilometers -LRB- 6 miles -RRB- from the St. Regis hotel . ` First they refused to be taken without being accompanied by lawyers from their government , ' I Made Ariyana said . Prosecutors said before visiting Bali , Mack had suggested that Schaefer hire someone for $ 50,000 to kill her mother , who objected to their relationship . The indictment says Mack , who is seven months ' pregnant , helped stuff her mother 's body into the suitcase by sitting on it to enable Schaefer to close it - they then put it in a taxi and never returned . Behind bars : Schaefer , pictured today , and Mack face a maximum penalty of death by firing squad if found guilty . He said they also refused to talk or be photographed at the Kuta police station . Schaefer did not object to any of the testimony . Prosecutors said before visiting Bali , Mack had suggested that Schaefer hire someone for $ 50,000 to kill her mother , who objected to their relationship . According to the indictment , Schaefer battered 62-year-old von Wiese-Mack with a fruit bowl handle in her room following an argument over the hotel bill . It says Mack , who is seven months ' pregnant , helped stuff her mother 's body into the suitcase by sitting on it to enable Schaefer to close it . The indictment says they then placed the suitcase in the trunk of a taxi and told the driver they were going to check out of the hotel and would return , but never did .
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Heather Mack , 19 , is charged with premeditated murder of her socialite mother Sheila von Wiese-Mack . She allegedly watched as her boyfriend , Tommy Schaefer , hit von Wiese-Mack with a fruit bowl in her room at the St. Regis hotel in Bali last August . According to the indictment , Mack , who is seven months ' pregnant , helped stuff her mother 's body into the suitcase by sitting on it . The couple then reportedly placed the suitcase in the trunk of a taxi and told the driver they 'd return after checking out of the hotel , but never did . A bellboy named Arifin , said he saw the couple taking a suitcase on a baggage cart toward the lobby on August 12 . Mack and Schaefer are being tried separately by the Denpasar District Court and face possible death by firing squad if found guilty .
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No defence : James Clappison , MP for Hertsmere , highlighted the result of the cuts . The Royal Navy has 15 times more commanding officers than active warships , it has been revealed . Following crippling defence cuts , there are now 40 admirals and 260 captains but just 19 ships . The statistics were exposed by Tory MP James Clappison during a defence debate in the Commons yesterday . He highlighted the plight of the Navy by revealing there are now 13 captains for every destroyer and frigate , and about two admirals -- who each earn more than # 100,000 a year -- per warship . He said : ` In the past the dream of a captain in the Navy might have been to command his own ship . ` Today , it might be that dream is simply to set foot on a ship . ' Mr Clappison acknowledged that the Navy 's warships had state-of-the-art capabilities , but he warned that other nations , including China , were increasing naval spending at the same time as the Ministry of Defence was making cutbacks . To make # 4.7 billion savings and help eliminate a # 38billion deficit in the equipment programme , the Navy is cutting its force by 5,000 sailors and four warships . He said : ` It is important to ask if we have got the size of the Navy that could meet all the challenges that could be thrown at us . ` The warships might well be more capable but they can only be in one place at a time . ' Stranded : Following crippling defence cuts , there are now 40 admirals and 260 captains but just 19 active war ships in the Navy . The . revelations come after the Mail revealed two years ago that the Army . had more top brass than battle tanks . There were 256 brigadiers and . generals but just 200 Challenger II tanks . Tory . MP John Baron , who opened the defence debate , said : ` The time has come . to say halt : halt to the axeing of the regular battalions and units . until we are sure the reservist plans are viable and cost effective . '
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There are now 40 admirals and 260 captains in the Royal Navy . However , as a result of defence cuts , there are only 19 active warships .
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A judge has thrown out allegations made by a ` murdered ' prosecutor that Argentina 's president covered up Iranian involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre . The case against Cristina Kirchner was dismissed by Judge Daniel Rafecas who said documents filed by the late prosecutor Alberto Nisman failed to meet the standards needed to open a formal court investigation . Nisman had filed the complaint days before he died on January 18 under mysterious circumstances with polls showing that many Argentinians suspected officials had some hand in the death . President Kirchner called accusations against her ` absurd ' . Iran has consistently denied involvement in the attack . Case dismissed : A judge has thrown out allegations made by a ` murdered ' prosecutor that Argentina 's president covered up Iranian involvement in a deadly 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires . Fatal : 85 people died in the explosion at a Jewish centre in Argentina 's capital city on July 18 , 1994 . President Kirchner had been under fire since Nisman was found dead in his Buenos Aires apartment on January 18 . He accused her of protecting high-ranking Iranian officials from the deadly bombing which left 85 people dead in exchange for oil . Posecutor Gerardo Pollicita picked up the case after Nisman 's death and accused Kirchner , Foreign Minister Hector Timerman and other government officials of mounting a cover-up and violating their duties , a prosecution statement revealed . But the case has now been dismissed by a judge in Buenos Aires . Nisman , 51 , was found in his Buenos Aires apartment with a gunshot wound to the head on January 18 . Mysterious : The case 's prosecutor Alberto Nisman - who accused the government of secret deals with Iran - died one day before he was due to answer questions in congress . It is still not known if he was murdered or not . His death at the age of 51 was initially labelled a suicide . The president later suggested he was manipulated by disgruntled former intelligence agents who killed him to smear her name . She branded Nisman 's accusation that she conspired to whitewash his investigation ` absurd . ' Earlier this month , 61-year-old Kirchner used her Facebook page to deny the allegations and urged her citizens to look at the positives in Argentina . She wrote : ` You know what ? Let 's forget about the hatred , the pain , the insults , the false accusations . ` We have the AUH -LSB- an education loan for children of low-income families -RSB- , pensions , same-sex marriage , more and more human rights , the highest minimum wage in history , nationalized industries , investments in infrastructure , education , universities , scientists , schools and children . '
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Gerardo Pollicita had taken up the case against president Kirchner , 61 . Previous prosecutor Alberto Nisman died just a day before giving evidence . He accused Cristina Kirchner of covering up Iran 's role in deadly bombing . 85 people died in explosion at Jewish centre in capital city of Buenos Aires . President said accusations she tried to stifle his investigation are ` absurd ' Judge Daniel Rafecas has now dismissed the case against the president . He said documents filed by Nisman failed to meet standards needed to open formal court investigation .
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The teenage daughter of one of Australia 's richest men has successfully challenged her father 's will in court after claiming she is entitled to a $ 2.5 million house , a $ 100,000 wedding , a diamond encrusted grand piano and two cars . Olivia Jacqueline Mead , 19 , won a claim to $ 25 million dollars , an increase from the $ 3 million trust fund originally left to her when her iron ore magnate father Michael Wright died in 2012 . Ms Mead claimed that the amount left to her from her father 's estimated worth of $ 1 billion was insufficient and would not be able to provide her with advancement in life , reported Nine News . Olivia Jacqueline Mead , 19 , won a claim to $ 25 million dollars , an increase from the $ 3 million trust left to her by mining magnate Michael Wright . The 19-year-old told the Western Australian Supreme Court that she needed a home five times the Perth median price -LRB- $ 2.5 million -RRB- , $ 10,000 each year for fashion accessories including Tiffany and Co sunglasses and $ 100,000 for a wedding when she ties the knot . Her list of claims also included an Audi A4 and a Toyota Tarago for when she has children , as well as a diamond-encrusted bass guitar worth $ 250,000 and a limited edition Kuhn Bosendorfer grand piano . In a summons filed in December 2012 , Ms Mead also claimed to have been left without adequate funds for her proper maintenance , support , education and advancement in life from her father 's estate in the bequeath to be held in trust until she was 30 . On Thursday , Master Craig Sanderson of the Western Australian Supreme Court agreed , saying Mr Wright did not make adequate provision for his youngest child from his ` colossal ' estate . ` The deceased had a vast fortune and he was in the fortunate position of being able to provide for all of the parties who had a claim on his bounty , ' Master Sanderson said . While the 19-year-old had been included in the trust , the structure meant that Ms Mead might have received very little as the will stated that she could receive ` up to ' $ 3 million . The judge also found that the will had been worded in an ` unwieldy ' way , and that her fate was in the hands of the executor of the will , David Lemon , whom Ms Mead had never met , and whom had close ties with other family members . Master Sanderson found the situation ` unreasonable ' , and said that the will ` could operate in an entirely oppressive fashion ' , potentially excluding her as a beneficiary if she was convicted of a drink driving offence . Olivia Jacqueline Mead , 19 , claimed that a $ 3 million trust fund left to her when her iron ore magnate father Michael Wright -LRB- pictured -RRB- died in 2012 is inadequate . Ms Mead , pictured outside the Western Australia Supreme Court on Thursday , won $ 25 million of the estate . Ms Mead was suing her two half-sisters who had already been awarded $ 400 million of their father 's estate . ` It may even be the case if she was suspected of involvement with someone who used an illicit substance she could be excluded , ' he said . One of the clauses of the will stated that if the plaintiff converted to Buddhism , or perhaps Islam - or even was associated with someone who practised those faiths - she would be an ` excluded person ' . Master Sanderson found the clause ` an extraordinary proposition ' and that she would have to give up her Australian birthright of freedom of religion . Master Sanderson said the $ 25 million should be paid to Ms Mead in a lump sum . The rest of the estate will pass to Ms Mead 's half-sisters , Leonie Baldock and Alexandra Burt , who will get about $ 10 million each minus about $ 1 million for legal costs . Ms Mead is now suing her father 's other two children - Leonie Baldock and Alexandra Burt - and the executor of her father 's will , David Lemon . The matter was heard in the Supreme Court of Western Australia on Monday . ` That is on top of the $ 400 million they already have and they can rest easy in the knowledge their half-sister will be financially secure for the rest of her life , ' he said . Mr Wright was estimated to be worth $ 1.5 billion when he died at 74 and was the son of Peter Wright , who co-founded Hancock Prospecting and Wright Prospecting with Lang Hancock - Gina Rinehart 's father . The late mining heir was married four times and fathered three children , two of whom are involved in the Western Australia family business . Ms Mead is now suing her father 's other two children - Leonie Baldock and Alexandra Burt - and the executor of her father 's will , David Lemon . Ms Mead claimed in court she will need $ 300 a week for utilities , $ 800 a week for food and alcohol , $ 150 a week for fine wine and $ 300 a week for clothing . The university student , who appeared in court on Monday , said her relationship with her father was ` sporadic ' . The defendants in the matter are executor David Lemon , Leonie Angela Maynard Baldock , Alexandra Odette Burt and VOC Group Ltd. . Ms Baldock , who is also Mr Wright 's daughter , took over the reins at Wright Prospecting shortly after he died when she was aged 40 . The VOC Group is related to the Voyager Estate winery in Margaret River bought by Mr Wright - who was reportedly not a drinker - in 1991 .
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Olivia Mead , daughter of the late Michael Wright , won a claim to $ 25 million . She was originally left a $ 3 million trust which she said was inadequate . Her iron ore magnate father died in 2012 and was estimated to be worth $ 1.5 billion . On Thursday , the WA Supreme Court agreed with her claims that the funds were insufficient for ` advancement of life ' as well as education and support . The Judge found that the will was ` unwieldy ' and exclusionary . It included stipulations that she not convert to an Eastern religion . She claimed she was entitled to a $ 2.5 million house , a $ 100,000 wedding and $ 10,000 per year for accessories and handbags .
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TV and radio presenter Glenn Wheeler has woken from an induced coma after being struck on his scooter by a van on the way to work three weeks ago . Wheeler 's family released a statement on Thursday saying that the 2GB and Channel 7 presenter was in the ` very early and delicate stages of resting his brain and other injuries ' after coming out of the coma over the weekend . ` He continues to show signs that he 's with us and at times we feel he has n't lost his sense of humour ' , the statement said of the 54-year-old who has always been known for his fun-loving attitude . The breakfast radio host was knocked off his scooter on his way to work at the radio station by a Mitsubishi Star Wagon at the intersection of Woolooware Road and Caronia Avenue , in Sydney 's south , about 4pm on January 31 . Scroll down for video . TV and radio presenter Glenn Wheeler has woken from an induced coma after being struck on his scooter by a van on the way to work three weeks ago . ` He continues to show signs that he 's with us and at times we feel he has n't lost his sense of humour , ' his family said in a statement . The Morning Show presenter suffered serious head and internal injuries and was airlifted by helicopter to hospital where he remained in an induced coma at St George Hospital until last weekend . The family has asked for visitors to be patient and considerate of Wheeler 's fragile condition . ` We know however that the road to recovery is very long and at times at the request of ICU medical staff , we need to allow him time to rest and therefore need to keep his visitors to a minimum , the statement said . ` Once he has progressed further we of course will encourage those close to him to come and see the great man and spur him on in his recovery . ' The 2GB and Channel 7 presenter was in the ` very early and delicate stages of resting his brain and other injuries ' after coming out of the coma over the weekend . The family has asked for visitors to be patient and considerate of Wheeler 's fragile condition . The Morning Show presenter was knocked off his scooter after he was hit by a Mitsubishi Star Wagon on January 31 . The driver of the car , a 59-year-old woman has been charged with negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm and not giving way to an oncoming vehicle at an unmarked intersection . The woman was not injured in the collision but was arrested and taken to Sutherland Hospital for mandatory blood and urine tests before being taken to Miranda Police Station . Photographs show Wheeler 's badly damaged Piaggio scooter following the crash while the wagon has been seized by police and taken to a holding yard for examination . Friends and loved ones took to social media at the time to send their wishes and support . One of Wheeler 's close friends , Ben Damon posted on Twitter saying : ` At hospital with everybody 's mate Glenn Wheeler . Signs are much improved . Will be slow process but appears in time the great man will be ok ! ' Photographs show the 54-year-old 's badly damaged Piaggio scooter following the crash . Emergency services were called to the scene following reports of a crash between a Mitsubishi and scooter . Wheeler 's family first released a statement the day after the crash saying he was facing a ` long road to recovery . ' ` The impact left him with a severed artery in one leg and other significant injuries to various parts of his body . There 's some bleeding on the brain but scans have come back with encouraging results , ' a family statement read . Rebecca Maddern who is currently a Melbourne correspondent on Sunrise and is also a presenter and reporter on Seven News also sent her support . ` So saddened to hear about accident . Thoughts are with you , big hugs xxx , ' said Maddern . While close friend and colleague Ben Fordham also tweeted his support saying : ` Big love to legend @glennwheeler who has been involved in a serious road incident and is lucky to be alive . Stable condition . ' The Mitsubishi wagon was seized by police and taken to a holding yard for further examination . The 59-year-old female driver was charged with negligent driving and not giving away to oncoming traffic . One of Wheeler 's close friends , Ben Damon took to Twitter to share his support to the TV presenter . The breakfast radio show host was knocked off his scooter by a Mitsubishi wagon at the intersection of Woolooware Road and Caronia Avenue . Executive producer for the Morning Show , Sarah Stinson , has worked with Wheeler on the Morning Show since it began five years ago . She told the Daily Mail Australia that the news came as a huge shock to all the programme 's team . ` Glenn is a lovable larrakin and one of the most enthusiastic members of our team , so it 's awful what has happened , ' she said . ` Glenn has a real presence . From the moment he walks into a room you area aware of him . He 's one of the funniest people I 've ever met . ` We love him and we 're all praying for a full recovery . ` Glenn is a close and dear part of our team at the Morning Show on Seven . Our thoughts and prayers are with Glenn and his family . ` We 've a very close-knit team so we 've been really rattled by the news . ' Sunrise presenter and reporter Rebecca Maddern shows her support for Wheeler and his family . Fellow 2GB presenter Ben Fordham also sent a message to Wheeler wishing him a speedy recovery . Wheeler was airlifted to hospital with serious head and internal injuries after the horrific crash . Morning Show host Larry Emdur showed his support for Wheeler with this message on Instagram . The family statement explained that when he was hit by the car the impact left him with a severed artery in one leg and other significant injuries to various parts of his body . ` There 's some bleeding on the brain but scans have come back with encouraging results . He 's in an induced coma and his condition is stable , ' the statement said . ` We 're thankful to emergency services , members of the public who offered assistance and the wonderful staff at St. George Hospital . ` We will update everyone when we have more news to share . We will keep you updated on Glenn 's condition and progress as we are advised by his family . ' Larry Emdur , who is currently co-host of The Morning Show alongside Kylie Gillies , also showed his heartfelt support for Mr Emdur in an Instagram message . Describing the accident as ` incredibly sad news ' , he said that ` All the prayers , love and strength we can muster being directed to Glenn and his family right now ' .
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TV and radio presenter has woken from an induced coma after three weeks . The 54-year-old was on his way to work at the radio station on January 31 . He was hit by a Mitsubishi wagon in Woolooware in Sydney 's south . The 59-year-old female driver has been charged with negligent driving . He is in the very early stages of resting his brain and other injuries . His family said he has n't lost his sense of humour but it will be long road .
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A 22-year-old woman has been accused of arranging an armed shakedown of her ex-boyfriend because he cheated on her . Sarah Matherly was identified locally as the alleged organizer of a stick-up scheme targeting her ex-boyfriend , Daniel Szwadjer . Szwadjer has claimed he was attacked and robbed in a Hollywood , Florida motel room - and that Matherly also tried to force him to give her more money in a second incident . Suspect : Sarah Matherly , left , has been accused of leading a robbery against her ex-boyfriend Daniel Szwadja , right , because he was unfaithful to her . Citing an arrest report , WPLG reported that Szwajder was instructed by Matherly to visit her at a motel . However , two men were there lurking in wait . According to the television station , Szwajder told authorities he was placed in a choke hold by a man who said : ` You know what this is . Give me everything . ' At the same time , Matherly reportedly entered a bathroom . Referring to the arrest report , WPLG said Szwajder claimed he was held at gunpoint by the second man and handed over $ 46 , a debit card , a wallet , an identification card and a gold chain . Szwajder claimed Matherly said in a phone call ` That 's what you get for cheating on me ' following the holdup , the television station reported . Szwadjer reportedly told authorities that his ex-girlfriend warned if he failed to hand over more money she would ` send these guys over to your mom 's house ' . Szwajder identified a man from the first incident when he went to the designated spot , kept going in his car and contacted authorities , according to WPLG . NBC 6 South Florida reported that Matherly faces charges of extortion and robbery with a firearm . Broward Judge John Hurley ordered that she be held on $ 7,500 bond , the television station reported . Hurley reportedly mandated Matherly submit to weekly drug tests upon getting released , and that she must either return to school or find an occupation . According to NBC 6 South Florida , a lawyer for Matherly said the 22-year-old knew nothing of the holdup , having been in a different room . A Facebook profile for Matherly says she graduated from Western High School in 2010 . Former couple : Daniel Szwadjer , seen left and right with his ex-girlfriend Sarah Matherly , has claimed he was attacked and robbed in a motel room - and that she said ` That 's what you get for cheating on me '
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Sarah Matherly , 22 , has been accused of leading a robbery against her ex-boyfriend Daniel Szwadjer . The robbery reportedly took place at a motel in Hollywood , Florida . Matherly , 22 , allegedly was in a bathroom as two men robbed Szwadjer . She faces charges of extortion and robbery with a firearm .
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It took 60 chefs , 600 wait staff and 40 management staff to cater to 4,000 guests at last night 's BRITs . Music superstars Ed Sheeran , Taylor Swift , Kanye West and Rita Ora as well as Hollywood A-listers Robert Pattinson and Russell Crowe feasted on a banquet of British ingredients at the pre-award dinner in O2 Arena . Star-studded guests tucked into Japanese-inspired starters , and a main course two-types of beef for the meat-eaters , and mushroom mille-feuille for vegetarians . Not on the menu : Ant and Dec presenting the Brit Awards which took place last night at the O2 Arena . Guest tucked into dishes such as quintessential British dish , Wellington of slow-cooked beef -LRB- file photo -RRB- . Dessert was a sugary-sweet overload of sherbet fountains , puffed meringue , lemon posset and Chantilly whirl . The awards were catered for by event caterers Payne and Gunter who have been looking after The BRIT Awards for several years . The menu was British , seasonal and elegant -- with a touch of fun . There was the use British ingredients wherever possible : lamb farmed in the West Country , vegetables from Devon and Lincolnshire , herbs from Suffolk , and micro-leaf and cresses from Westlands , part of the leaf initiative linking farming and the environment . The three course meal was served to guests in the two hours before the show proper started at O2 Arena . Starter : Dorset wasabi and green tea panna cotta , tosaka -LRB- seaweed -RRB- salad , salted edamame , lotus root crisps , yuzu soy dressing , smoked tofu and pickled daikon -LRB- winter radish -RRB- . Main course : Wellington of slow-cooked rib wrapped in brioche dough , slow-roast fillet of West Country beef , Lincolnshire savoy cabbage and celereiac puree . Veggie main course : Woodland mushroom millefeuille , wild mushroom arancini , roulade of aubergine , shallot and red pepper . Dessert : Sherbet fountain with pistachio cake , lemon posset and Chantilly whirl , puffed meringue , lemon sherbet dust and liquorice stick . Star-studded bash : Rita Ora dancing at the BRIT Awards after party . There were 60 chefs , 600 wait staff and 40 management staff making sure events went smoothly last night . In addition , three temporary kitchens were constructed . Set-up started at 9am yesterday morning and continued through to the peak pressure point of serving dinner , which was between 5.30 and 7.30 pm . During the show itself , the catering teams were busy setting up the party area and readying bars for the after-show party .
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More than 4,000 guests tucked into sumptuous three-course menu . Regional UK ingredients featured heavily in the contemporary menu . Japanese inspired starter , and classic British flavours for main course .
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Two quick-footed llamas that dashed in and out of traffic in a Phoenix-area retirement community were captured by authorities on Thursday , causing a stir in the streets and on social media . A large , white llama and a smaller , black llama darting through the streets of Sun City during the lunch hour causing cars and golf carts stopped in their tracks because of the wayward livestock . The animals galloped along the sidewalk , through manicured yards and along street medians . Authorities have lassoed two quick-footed llamas who had dashed in and out of traffic in a Phoenix-area retirement community and caused a stir on social media . A large , white llama and a smaller , black llama darted through the streets of Sun City during lunch hour causing cars and golf carts to stop in their tracks because of the wayward livestock . The animals galloped along the sidewalk , through manicured yards and along street medians . The streets looked more like a rodeo arena as several people tried to lasso both llamas . Their televised breakout quickly inspired a Twitter account and several hashtags including #LlamasonTheLoose , #llamadrama and #TEAMLLAMAS . Someone also started a Twitter account with the handle @SunCityLlamas . The user tweeted that the idea was inspired by someone starting an account for a bear that caused a frenzy by running around the Phoenix suburb of Mesa on Christmas Day . The animal was captured days later . The llamas thwarted numerous attempts by Maricopa County sheriff 's deputies and bystanders to round them up before they were roped into custody . The black llama was captured first . The white one was nabbed after two men in the back of a moving pickup truck repeatedly threw out a lasso . It took three men in all to secure the rope . Both animals were escorted to a waiting horse trailer . The entire ordeal lasted about an hour . It was unknown if the llamas were anyone 's pets . The black llama was lassoed first , leaving the white llama to roam the streets alone for a short while . The runaway llamas quickly caused a stir on social media with several hashtags including , #LlamasonTheLoose and one person linking their escape to shamed news anchor Brian Williams .
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Two quick-footed llamas darted through the streets of Sun City , Arizona , on Thursday afternoon . A large , white llama and a smaller , black llama caused cars and golf carts to stop in their tracks . Despite the best intentions of bystanders and Maricopa County Sheriff 's deputies to intervene , the llamas bolted deeper into the neighborhood . The pair got separated and the black llama was lassoed first , leaving the white llama to roam the streets alone for a short while before being captured . The runaway llamas quickly caused a stir on social media with several hashtags including #LlamasonTheLoose .
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As many as 40 Australian women are being groomed to become ` jihadi brides ' for Islamic State militants fighting in the Middle East , where they were forced into becoming sex slaves or suicide bombers . Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop told parliament on Wednesday one-fifth of foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq were now women . She said 30 to 40 of these women were thought to be Australians who were supporting or engaging in terrorist activity . Scroll down for video . Amira Karroum , a former Gold Coast girl , is thought to have travelled to Syria to fight for Islamic State and has since died . Julie Bishop has revealed up to 40 Australian women have joined Islamic State in the Middle East . ` Young women are joining Daesh -LSB- Islamic State -RSB- , yet they are being exploited in the most appalling way , ' Ms Bishop said . ` They are being used by men who know nothing but hate , used as sexual slaves , manipulated for propaganda and recruitment purposes and in some cases ending their lives as suicide bombers . ` Many are being radicalised online , seduced by slick exploitation of social media to spread Daesh 's depraved narrative . ' The comments come after ASIO director-general Duncan Lewis confirmed the overwhelming majority of Australians who had returned home after fighting in Syria and Iraq did so more than two years ago . ' I can say that the vast majority of those 30 returned to Australia before there was even an ISIL -LSB- also known as IS -RSB- , before the caliphate was declared , ' Mr Lewis said . Some had been fighting for different sides in the Syrian civil war . Australian jihadi Mohamed Elomar is just one of Islamic State militants in Syria who have been accused of trying to recruit people . She said they were being exploited and used as sex slaves or suicide bombers for terrorist group . Khaled Sharrouf -LRB- right -RRB- is another Australian who is known as an Islamic State fighter . Mr Lewis refused to detail the breakdown of numbers in terms of those who had returned in the past two years . The 30 who had returned presented varying degrees of threat to the community , and were included in a ` matrix ' that evaluates and prioritises the seriousness of the cases . ` We do not have a watchlist as such , ' Mr Lewis said . ` We manage ... the threat that is presented and the prioritising of that threat and then the attention that is given to that particular threat . ' The increase in women joining or supporting IS was a ` relatively recent phenomenon ' . It has been reported that some of the women were fighting for Islamic State , but that others were being traded as sex slaves in Syria and Iraq . Two weeks ago , it was reported several Australian women who had gone to Syria had now become slaves of the terrorist group after their partners were killed . The terrorist group has released a series of a recipes to help wives of jihadists look after their husbands . Above are the ingredients to make pancakes - flour , one egg , a teaspoon of salt and milk . The recipe instructs cooks to put all the ingredients in a bowl and stir them up . Cooks are then told to pour a little oil into the pan and warm to a medium hear , before pouring in the pancake mixture . When the pancake starts bubbling it should be flipped over . Once brown on both sides the pancake is ready to be served . Militants suggest dishing it up with maple syrup or honey . Ms Bishop cited the case of 22-year-old Amira Karroum , who was a former Gold Coast girl , who fled to the Middle East just before Christmas and died in fighting in Syria . ` Her death was not martyrdom , it was a tragic senseless loss , ' she said . The government is looking at ways to counter Islamic State propaganda after it was revealed terrorists are serving up pancake recipes online to win over new followers . A national security review report has revealed terror groups such as Islamic State are using ` highly targeted messages to appeal to vulnerable audiences ' . The report gives the example of IS releasing a pancake recipe ` designed to feed jihadists after a hard day of fighting ' . A rough translation of the recipe website says the pancakes are quickly and easily prepared and best eaten with honey . ` Can supply to mujahideen -LSB- fighters -RSB- before scurrying out onto the fighting fronts and extend the mujahideen energy and power , God willing . ` Serve them to heroes . ' The ingredients needed for power and strength increasing ` date balls ' include dates , butter and flour . Terrorist wives are told to take the pips out of the dates and melt the butter . Take the remains of the dates and add the butter then combine with the flour . Cooks then need to role the mixture into the tiny balls before they are ready for their IS fighter husbands . Prime Minister Tony Abbott detailed the terror groups ' ploys on Monday during a landmark national security address . IS has also released a guidebook to help young mothers raise a ` Mujahid child ' . ` Do n't wait until they are seven to start , for it may be too late by then , ' it says . The federal government is looking at ways to counter such propaganda , in consultation with Islamic communities . Islamic State first issued the pancake recipes in 2014 along with a recipe for balls of date mush . They instructed the pancakes should be made with egg , sugar , oil , salt , milk and flour . IS have published cartoon videos aimed at encouraging more women to join their cause . The group strictly forbid women from taking part in combat , and so the propaganda films instead focus on how to assist jihad through ` feminine manual labour ' Militants are told that the date balls are best eaten during an ` intermission in battle ' with coffee or water . ` They contain significant calories , and will extend the power and strength of the Mujahideen , God willing , ' the post says . The cookbook was published by the Zora Foundation , an arm of IS that is seeking to recruit women to the cause , and give advice to those already in Syria and Iraq . Their slogan is ` preparing for the honour of jihad ' and their online accounts - which post only in Arabic - have attracted thousands of followers so far . IS strictly forbid women from taking part in combat , and so the propaganda films instead focus on how to assist jihad through ` feminine manual labour ' . Among the suitable tasks given to women is producing and editing slideshows and film footage , in an effort to make more propaganda , and participating in ` jihadi science ' - which is not explained further .
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Julie Bishop revealed 30 to 40 Australian women were fighting in Syria . She said they were forced into becoming sex slaves or suicide bombers . Australians who flew home after fighting did so more than two years ago . ASIO confirmed there were 30 who returned before terror group existed .
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Contamination of chicken with a potentially lethal food poisoning bug is getting worse , new evidence revealed today . The proportion of fresh roasting chickens on supermarket shelves carrying campylobacter is up from 70 per cent to 72.9 per cent . At the same time , the number considered highly contaminated rose from 18 per cent to 18.9 per cent , according to figures from the Food Standards Agency -LRB- FSA -RRB- . Simply picking up chickens from a shelf to check the price is also a risk , the FSA warned . It found the proportion of packs contaminated on the outside rose from 6 per cent to 6.8 per cent - or one in 14 packs . Danger : The proportion of fresh roasting chickens on supermarket shelves carrying campylobacter is up from 70 per cent to 72.9 per cent . The bug is Britain 's most common cause of food poisoning . The increase compared to November figures suggest that supermarkets , farmers and processors are not doing enough to protect customers . An estimated 280,000 people fall ill and 100 people die every year because of campylobacter , which is Britain 's most common cause of food poisoning . The FSA says the resulting cost to the UK in terms of NHS treatment and lost productivity due to people being off work sick is a staggering # 900 million . The figures come as a European study published today warned about the emergence of new ` superbug ' versions of campylobacter , which are resistant to antibiotic medicines . As a result , doctors find it increasingly difficult to treat people who fall ill after handling and eating chicken . The FSA says it expects stores to reduce the number of birds that are highly contaminated to no more than 10 per cent by the end of the year . If this target is met - which seems unlikely - the FSA claims it would reduce the number of food poisoning cases by 84,000 and save around 30 lives a year . Brendan Wren , professor of microbial pathogenesis at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine , described the situation as ` scandalous ' . The professor , who has studied campylobacter for 25 years , called for urgent action from stores and the government to protect shoppers . An estimated 280,000 people fall ill and 100 people die every year because of campylobacter , which is Britain 's most common cause of food poisoning . The FSA says the resulting cost to the UK in terms of NHS treatment and lost productivity due to people being off work sick is a staggering # 900 million . The FSA figures show that Asda came out worst on virtually every measure with a contamination level of 78.9 per cent and 31.1 per cent at the highest level . By contrast , Marks & Spencer , the Co-op and Waitrose saw a fall in the number of birds with the highest contamination . ` We have legislation to prevent harmful substances in our houses such as asbestos , yet we are happy to allow more than two out three chickens into our kitchens that can cause severe diarrhoea and in some cases can be life threatening , ' he said . ` It has to be stopped at source and poultry needs to be campylobacter-free , which could be achieved through vaccinating flocks . Supermarkets and government agencies need to take responsibility . ' Professor Wren said a number of vaccines are in development and this work must be accelerated with funding from the government , the industry and , potentially , supermarkets . The FSA figures show that Asda came out worst on virtually every measure with a contamination level of 78.9 per cent and 31.1 per cent at the highest level . By contrast , Marks & Spencer , the Co-op and Waitrose saw a fall in the number of birds with the highest contamination . Dr Andreas Karatzas , a food microbiologist at the University of Reading , said contamination on the outside of packs is a real threat . ` It is particularly concerning that so many chickens are being sold with bacteria on the outside of the packaging . ` This hugely increases the risk of cross-contamination to other food in your supermarket trolley or your fridge , ' he said . Concern : The figures come as a European study published today warned about the emergence of new ` superbug ' versions of campylobacter -LRB- pictured -RRB- , which are resistant to antibiotic medicines . The FSA today praised M&S for leading the way in tackling the bug . The store has moved to selling chickens in ` cook in the bag ' packs , paying farmers a bonus if they keep their flocks bug-free , and blast or rapid chilling the birds in an attempt to kill campylobacter . The store 's own most recent survey covering found the proportion of birds contaminated at the highest levels was down to just three per cent in January . Mr Wearne said : ` We warmly welcome what M&S is doing . It shows that one retailer can achieve the target through a programme of systematic interventions and we think others can , and should , do the same . ' Asda said it has introduced new measures to protect consumers , however these will take time to deliver results . The majority of its chickens are now being sold as ` roast in the bag ' and it is looking at treating carcasses with Sonostream , which uses steam and ultrasound to kill the bug . Mr Wearne added : ` Campylobacter is killed by thorough cooking , but it should not be left to consumers to manage the risk . ` It is the most common form of food poisoning in the UK , affecting an estimated 280,000 people a year . ` Poultry is the source of the majority of these cases , so the industry should be making every effort to ensure chickens are as free from campylobacter as possible before they reach customers . Richard Lloyd , executive director at consumer group Which ? , said : ` It 's unacceptable that we 're still seeing such high and rising levels of campylobacter in chicken . ` People need reassurance that supermarkets are doing everything they can to make chicken safe . ` This problem requires everyone in the food chain , from farmers , to supermarkets , and consumers , to improve practices if we want to cut infection rates . ' Mike Catchpole , chief scientist at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control , said doctors are finding it increasingly difficult to treat people infected with superbug versions of campylobacter , which are resistant to antibiotic medicines such as fluoroquinolones . ` The high levels of resistance to fluoroquinolones observed in campylobacter isolates - from both humans and chickens - are of concern , considering that a large proportion of human campylobacter infections come from handling , preparation and consumption of chicken meat , ' he said . ` Such high resistance levels reduce the effective treatment options for severe human campylobacter infections . ' The FSA Director of Policy , Steve Wearne , said the onus is on stores to reduce the number of birds that carry high contamination to under 10 per cent by the end of 2015 . He admitted the watchdog has no legal powers to punish stores that miss the target , however he said they would be held to account by customers . ` Time is running out for the industry to take action to meet the target , ' he said .
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72.9 % of fresh roasting chickens are carrying campylobacter , says FSA . Number considered to be ` highly contaminated ' rose from 18 to 18.9 % . Simply picking up chickens from a shelf to check the price is also a risk .
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Southern chef , Paula Deen , 68 , is set to return to the airwaves after launching a new daily radio show . Disgraced TV chef Paula Deen is set to take over the airwaves with a new daily radio show . The Southern chef , 68 , was a popular host on the Food Network for over 13 years before she was sacked over a racism scandal . As well as the daily radio show , Get Cooking with Paul Deen , she will also produce a weekly podcast . ' I had my first day in the studio yesterday and we had so much fun ! I can not wait to bring my vignettes and podcast to listeners around America , ' Deen , 68 , reportedly told PEOPLE . ' I have a ton of fun tips up my sleeve to make their life a little easier . ' Her one minute long daily show will feature tips to help fans both in the kitchen and in life and her live 30-minute weekly show will also include creative director Brandon Branch . The new podcast will be launched on May 1 . The celebrity chef , who counted billionaire Oprah Winfrey as one of her close friends has had a tumultuous few years mired by a race hate scandal . In 2012 , a former manager at Deen 's restaurants in Savannah , Georgia , sued her and her brother for sexual and racial harassment . Lisa T Jackson 's lawsuit alleged that Deen and Bubba committed violence , discrimination and racism which ended her five-year employment at Deen 's Lady & Sons and Bubba 's Seafood and Oyster House eateries in Savannah . In a deposition in court , Deen acknowledged using the ` N word , ' but not telling racial jokes . In June 2013 , she issued a grovelling , tearful video apology for her use of the word . ` I want to apologize to everybody for the wrong that I 've done , ' Deen said in the video statement . ` I want to learn and grow from this . Inappropriate and hurtful language is totally , totally unacceptable . I 've made plenty of mistakes along the way but I beg you , my children , my team , my fans , my partners , I beg for your forgiveness . ' N-word : The celebrity chef counted billionaire Oprah Winfrey as one of her close friends but has had a tumultuous few years mired by a race hate scandal . Since then , her vast food empire has taken a hit and many of her fans have deserted her . She was dropped by The Food Network and a host of other sponsors . In the wake of the scandal fans sent origami-folded butter wrappers to the Food Network and other companies that dropped the popular chef and cookbook author as a sign of protest . In February last year she told People magazine : ` I feel like 'em battled ' or ` disgraced ' will always follow my name . ' ` It 's like that black football player who recently came out , ' she said , referring to Michael Sam . ` He -LRB- Sam -RRB- said , ' I just want to be known as a football player . I do n't want to be known as a gay football player . ' I know exactly what he 's saying . '
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The Denver police are finally ready to admit they screwed up by letting an officer receive 40 complaints over nine years on the force -- one of which involved him nearly beating a disabled veteran to death -- without ever really being punished . Despite having once broken a man 's knee cap following a verbal altercation and beating the veteran so badly he flatlined on the street , Officer Shawn Miller never received a punishment that lasted more than two days . In fact , he was n't punished at all for nearly killing the veteran . However , it may soon cost his employers and the taxpayers of Denver $ 860,000 for the 2008 incident , reports 7 News Denver . ` We failed ' : Shawn Miller , the Denver cop seen here harassing an apartment buiilding resident after she hesitated before buzzing him into a building , received 40 complaints over the course of 9 years . Seventeen of them cited excessive force and none resulted in a punishment that lasted over two days . Off the hook : The incident caught on this surveillance camera was one of the few that resulted in suspension for Miller . He was n't punished at all in 2008 after he beat a disabled veteran so badly he flatlined on the street . That 's in addition to the $ 225,000 the city paid out to Jason Graber , who suffered the broken knee cap in 2011 after he yelled to a speeding Miller to slow down on a Denver street . The Denver Police Department now calls these incidents , and the 38 other complaints made against Miller over the years -- 17 of which cited excessive force -- ` warning signs . ' ` The warning signs were being flashed at us , ' DPD spokesman Matt Murray told 7 News Denver . ` The problem is what we did with them after we got the warning signs . ' What they did , in nearly every case , was absolutely nothing . Miller 's performance resulted in an automatic review 10 tens between 2007 and 2010 , 7 News reports . Each time , Miler 's supervisors recommend no response to the alleged infraction . Paying the price : Jason Graber -LRB- pictured -RRB- suffered a broken kneecap in 2011 after he yelled at a speeding Miller to slow down . Miller exited his cruiser and the beating followed a verbal altercation with Graber , who 's since won a $ 225,000 settlement . Murray admits : . ` We did n't follow through in a way to help correct his behavior to prevent a situation where what we 're facing now , where we have liability on the city and liability on the department . ' Now , as police and that disabled veteran , James Moore , near an agreement that could pay out as much as $ 860,000 in damages , that failure to act could soon cost the city in excess of a million bucks . Moore says in a federal lawsuit that he was ` hog tied , ' beaten and clubbed by officers Shawn Miller and James Robledo in 2008 after they responded to a noise complaint at his Denver apartment . He accused the pair of attacking him without provocation after he asked them what was going on . Heft pricetag : ` The warning signs were being flashed at us , ' DPD spokesman Matt Murray admits . ` The problem is what we did with them after we got the warning signs . ' Now the city is reportedly close to offering a disabled veteran who Miller nearly killed an settlement that could exceed $ 800,000 . Pictured is the downtown headqaurters of the Denver police . The officers ` beat Mr. Moore with such brutality while he was helpless on the ground that he lost consciousness , his heart stopped beating and paramedics or law enforcement officers had to administer CPR to save his life , ' the complaint said . Lane said Miller has been the target of more than three dozen citizen complaints , and that he has been sued in federal court at least three times . ` Shawn Miller is one of the most violent officers on the Denver force and should not only be fired but prosecuted , ' the lawyer said . Murray told Reuters in early February that Miller has never had an excessive force complaint against him upheld after each of the cases was reviewed by the city 's independent police monitor . ` I 'm not defending or indicting him -LRB- Miller -RRB- , but you have to look at the facts of each case , ' Murray said of Miller . After the Moore case is finalized , the department will open up Miller 's entire complaint file for the public to see , the commander added . Power trip : The accusations against Miller have now reached a breaking point as the city of Denver nears a settlement that could put the cost of Miller 's excessive force at over $ 1M to taxpayers . Here , Miller speaks to a shopkeeper who called police to report he was being harassed and who Miller subsequently handcuffed .
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Officer Shawn Miller has received dozens of complaints in his 9 years with the department but never punished more than two days . In a 2011 , Miller broke the kneecap of a man with whom he got into a verbal altercation on the street after the man told him to slow his car down . The city paid out over $ 200,000 to that man and is now considering awarding $ 860,000 to a disabled veteran Miller nearly killed in 2008 . Miller , meanwhile , has now been placed on desk duty as he 's investigated and the force admits ` we were warned , but the department failed '
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Etiquette expert William Hanson claims politicians should not brag about their conquests . Yet another example of ` over-sharing ' has come to our attention . This time from the new Casanova of the Commons , shadow chancellor Ed Balls . Speaking to LBC , the Labour politician responded to a new survey that has found him to be one of the supposed best lovers in parliament ; he explained that he was a ` long , slow lover ' in bed . As to why the Shadow Chancellor thought anyone would like to know these intimate details as to what he does with his ... well ... balls is the operative question . He may be Christian Gray incarnate once the -LRB- always rather generous -RRB- suit comes off but as one of our elected representatives just , as voters , we do n't want to know . Yet over-sharing our conquests now seems to be the done thing and whereas once a gentleman would never have kissed and told , now you are a nobody if you do n't broadcast the news on radio stations , or , on a more domestic level , on social media or loudly to a your friend in a coffee shop , with who knows how many people unwittingly privy to the details of the cut and thrust . I wrote a few weeks ago about chivalry being on life support due to ` wimmin ' but it is also due to the continuing lapses in common sense and decency of men that too has contributed to the long , slow murder of chivalry . The survey as to who would be the best lover in the House of Commons was issued by everyone 's favourite parenting website Mumsnet -LRB- who clearly still have too much time on their hands if they are wasting time and money commissioning pointless surveys like this and forgetting to get on with actually raising their children -RRB- . It 's not just dim politicos that have failed to get over the need to brag about their conquests . We were -LRB- rightly -RRB- aghast when in 2011 one of that year 's X Factor wannabes Frankie Cocozza flashed his flabby bottom on our screens with each of his Spanish notches tattooed across his posterior ; the only thing worse than the ink itself was the smug sense of accomplishment on the hopeful 's face . Ed Balls , pictured left , and right with wife and Labour MP Yvette Cooper confessed to being a ` love , slow lover ' during an interview about a Mumsnet survey on LBC radio . An intimate act is exactly that -- something that happens in our private life , although clearly these lives are now not as private as they should be . I put this over-sharing about our sex lives in the same bracket as public displays of affection : any affection , whether a kiss on the lips , a cuddle or more , is something special to be shared with the two people involved . Showing it off to others , physically or verbally , devalues it , cheapens the act and the people involved . At least with a PDA the ` showing off ' is consensual , whereas the over-sharing of what goes once in the bedroom is more often not . How does Yvette Cooper feel about her Mr Dynamo discussing this in such a public fashion ? I doubt it will lead to further ` long , slow ' sessions in the coming weeks . But , politicians have been trying pathetically to be our friends since the 1997 election campaign . No longer can then just be satisfied with getting on with running the country but they must pander to their own insecurities and be ` liked ' as well . Do they think we care ? Maybe the now Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg only got to where he is today by announcing in 2008 that he has slept with around 30 women ? One surge in his polls too many causing his electability to blossom , perhaps . Former premier Tony Blair won the bad sex award for a particularly churning description of sex with Cherie -- I will not reprint it here . Again , why he felt the need to let us all know what the couple were like behind the closed black shiny door is a good question . Power attracts , we know that , but real power does n't need to reveal cheap details in attempts to get our own juices flowing . That said , we should have seen this revelation coming : how many days until the election from today ? 69 ... When to ` put out ' Anyone worth entering into a loving and fruitful relationship with wo n't ` put out ' -LRB- awful phrase -RRB- on the first date , and not really the second . The norm now is that something may happen on the third date , although this is largely the accepted standard in America that thanks to the Friends generation has been adopted worldwide . We Brits used to keep our legs crossed and swords sheathed a bit longer than the third date . Keep your mouth shut . Telling one or two close and trusted friends how your date went is understandable but chose your time and place . The coffee shop may be a good venue to catch up on news but the nice elderly couple to your left , who had been enjoying their extra wet Americanos , need not know of your extra hot exploits . You can refuse to answer . Do n't feel pressured into talking about something that is going to make you feel uncomfortable . If a friend asks you , perhaps misjudging the moment , then you are perfectly at liberty to not answer , or instead deploy a cunning euphemism that may satisfy their thirst for gossip but spare you from being tempted to go into details . That awkward moment when ... Think about it -- it 's been six months since you made it official with your former date and now boy/girlfriend . You 're both at a dinner party hosted by your friend who , after one or two many helpings of a Sémillon , lets slip some intimate detail that they had forgotten you had told them seven months ago whilst you were using sex chat as a means to bond with them ... How do you think your special one will feel ? Wanted ? Loved ? Like she 's bagged a real gent ? Think again ... William Hanson is author of The Bluffer 's Guide To Etiquette .
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William Hanson says voters do n't want to know about MPs ' love lives . Believes it is contributing to ` long , slow murder of chivalry ' Intimate acts should be kept private and not ` over-shared '
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They may be described as the ` wolves of the sea ' , but it turns out that the killer whale is more closely related to the cow than the predatory canine . A new study has also revealed that walruses may actually be more deserving of the majestic title than the orca that hunt them . Genetic analysis of three species of marine mammal has also revealed that the gentle manatee - often called the sea cow - is more closely related to elephants . Killer whales -LRB- left -RRB- may be known as the ` wolves of the sea ' but are genetically more similar to cows -LRB- right -RRB- . The research shows that killer whales and cows share a common ancestor while walruses share one with dogs and manatees evolved from the ancestors of elephants . They may not appear to be related , but hippos have long been thought to share an ancient ancestor with whales . Now researchers have uncovered the 28 million-year-old molars of an ancestor of the hippo that has finally provided direct proof of their link with whales . Palaeontologists at France 's University of Montpellier say the long extinct relative of hippos came from a group of plant eating , semi-aquatic mammals with even toed hooves called anthracothere . They have named the new species Epirigenys lokonensis - ` epiri ' means hippo in the Turkana language and Lokone after the discovery site . Until now , the oldest known fossil of a hippo ancestor dated from about 20 million years ago , while cetacean remains aged 53 million years have been found . Scientists say the new fossil suggests hippos could be the closest living relative of whales left on the land . It suggests mammals returned to the sea on several occasions during their evolutionary history and then separately evolved similar physiological traits - a process known as convergent evolution . Andrew Foote , a researcher at the centre for geogenetics at the Natural History Museum of Denmark at the University of Copenhagen , who led the study , that despite all looking similar , sea mammals were surprisingly different genetically . Speaking to Danish newspaper Videnskab , he said : ` From the outside these animals look alike , but they are radically different on a genetic level . ' Mammals are thought to have first started returning to the sea around 60 million years ago as land mammals started moving into shallow marine environments to feed . Scientists have long thought that mammals invaded the oceans in two pushes - once in the early Eocene , about 56 million years ago - leading to whales , dolphins and manatees . The second push came in the Oligocene about 30 million years ago led to seals and walruses . However , the new research suggests prehistoric land mammals may have invaded the oceans on other occasions too . The researchers compared the genomes of killer whales , walruses and manatees with those of dogs , cows and elephants . They may not look alike , but the walrus on the left has a shared ancestor with the grey wolf on the right . They analysed the genomes to find out which parts had undergone major changes since the species separated from common ancestors millions of years ago . Their study , which is published in the journal Nature Genetics , showed that surprisingly the marine mammals were genetically quite different . Indeed , the killer whales were found to share more of their genome with cows than with their marine cousins while walruses were closer to the dog family . The findings suggests that walruses and seals share a common ancestor with modern wolves and dogs while orca evolved from a shared ancestor with the more docile cow . Manatees -LRB- pictured left0 share their genetic evolution with the largest mammal on land , the elephant -LRB- right -RRB- . It means that the nickname given to killer whales - wolves of the sea - due to their highly predatory tendencies and ability to hunt in packs , may have to be revised . Indeed walruses often fall prey to killer whales , but may be more deserving of the title . Manatees , which are large , slow moving herviorous mammals that live in the shallow coastal waters of the Carribean Sea , Gulf of Mexico and West Africa . Fossilised remains of ancient manatees have been found around Florida that date back 45 million years . Dr Foote and his colleagues , however , have now found that manatees are more closely related to the largest land mammal on the planet - the elephant . It is thought that they split from elephants around 60 million years ago . Although elephants are land mammals , they are known to swim and use their trunks as snorkels as above . Dr Foote said : ` Surprisingly , we found an unexpectedly high level of convergence along the combined branches of the terrestrial sister taxa - cow , dog and elephant - to the marine mammals . ' The study showed that the three species of marine mammal had undergone what is known as genetic substitutions in their DNA . The scientists found just 15 genes that appear to have been affected by these substitutions , suggesting they the different species had evolved the corresponding physiological traits separately . This means that their similar topedo-shaped bodies and tail shaped hindlimbs were shaped side-by-side by the ecological demands of living in the ocean rather than a common ancestor . Killer whales are highly intelligent and hunt in packs -LRB- as above -RRB- which has led to comparisons with wolves . Among these were gene substitutions that play a role in bone formation that the scientists believe may have helped early shallow diving species such as the manatee and walrus to overcome neutral buoyancy . Similarly they said changes to the same genes could have allowed deep diving species to overcome this buoyancy . Other changes may be involved in heart beat regulation during diving and making blood more viscoius to increase the amount of oxygen it can carry to muscles . Dr Foote told Videnskab : ` We were certain that for the tail and fins we 'd see convergent evolution in the same genes , however , we did not . ` The animals had found other genetic pathways to achieve the same physiological result . '
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Scientists at the University of Copenhagen compared the genomes of killer whales , walruses and manatees with those of dogs , cows and elephants . Killer whales - which are nicknamed the wolves of the sea - were found to share more of their genes with cows than the other species of mammal . Walruses were shown to have more in common with dogs and wolves . Manatees , also called sea cows , were most closely related to elephants . The findings suggest the marine mammals evolved down separate paths .
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A 69-year-old pilot and his two middle-aged female passengers crawled free from the mangled wreckage of a helicopter with barely a scratch after it crashed on the way to a funeral . Retired company director Paul Barnes was flying his partner Margaret Wilks , 53 , and her friend to the memorial service of a family friend when he was forced to make a crash landing . He landed the # 200,000 Robinson R44 Raven on farmland outside the village of Aspley Guise , Bedfordshire after the engine failed . But the helicopter skidded and flipped on its side after landing in the mud , leaving the three people trapped inside . Pilot Paul Barnes , 69 , and his two female passengers survived after his # 200,000 helicopter -LRB- pictured -RRB- crashed on the way to a funeral . Mr Barnes , who has been flying for 20 years , said he is planning to go out again tomorrow and is already looking to purchase or rent another helicopter . ` It was very unfortunate and I was concerned that the engine might catch fire and the helicopter would blow up . But fortunately we all managed to crawl out from under the seatbelts and smash our way free . ` We had only been flying for about three minutes when I noticed the warning light was flashing . Either there was a problem with an engine or the propeller blades , but we started going into auto-rotation and made a crash landing . ` We landed in the mud and because it was so slippery the helicopter tipped over onto one side . Luckily none of us were injured and we escaped with just a few cuts and bruises . ' Mr Barnes , his partner and her friend Bernadette Taylor , aged in her 50s , then made their way across two fields with all their luggage . The helicopter crash landed at around 11am on Wednesday and emergency services raced to the scene expecting serious casualties . The pilot was flying his partner Margaret Wilks , 53 , and her friend Bernadette Taylor to the memorial service of a former test pilot in Sussex . But the pilot and two female escaped without any serious injuries . They had taken off from a friend 's farmland in Salford , Milton Keynes , and were planning to land on a private site in Witchill , Sussex . All three were on their way to the funeral of family friend John Dixon , whose brother was a retired test pilot for Robinsons . Once they had all been assessed by paramedics , Mr Barnes drove both women to the funeral service . Mr Barnes , who has been flying for 20 years , said he is planning to go out again tomorrow and is already looking to purchase or rent another helicopter . The former director of Fleet Street Travel said : ` I 'll definitely be flying again tomorrow . This wo n't put me off at all . I just need to go out flying again as soon as possible . The pilot landed the Robinson R44 Raven on farmland just a mile from the M1 outside the village of Aspley Guise , Bedfordshire . Five police cars and a fire engine arrived to find the two women and pilot had kicked their way out of the wreckage . ` Both my partner and her friend were absolutely fine as well . We were all unhurt and that 's the main thing . ` I 'm hoping there will now be an investigation into exactly why the engine failed . ' Inspector Tracey Day , of Bedfordshire Police , said : ` The passengers are very lucky to be alive . ` It 's usually quite unlikely you are going to get to a helicopter crash and find you have got survivors . ' I was very pleased when I got there to find three people with cuts and bruises , but everyone had walked away relatively unscathed . ' The Air Accident Investigation Bureau said it is currently investigating the incident . A spokesman for Bedfordshire Fire said : ` We arrived at the scene together with the police and ambulance service and the occupants had managed to get out safely so they were treated for cuts and bruises . ` Very fortunately the three occupants managed to get out and were unhurt apart from the cuts and bruises . ' A spokesman from the East of England Ambulance service added that the helicopter had overturned and was upside down on the ground when they arrived .
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Paul Barnes , 67 , and two female passengers survived helicopter crash . He was flying partner Margaret Wilks , 53 , and her friend to funeral . An engine fault forced the experienced pilot to make emergency landing . Helicopter skidded on mud and flipped onto its side but all were unhurt . They walked away with cuts and bruises but no serious injuries .
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A suburban Detroit couple who have two older children are adjusting to life after becoming parents to identical triplets -- a one-in-a-million birth . The Whiteley family of St. Clair Shores celebrated the one month birthdays Wednesday for Alexander , Nicholas and Timothy . The brothers were born January 25 at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit , but spent nearly a month in the newborn intensive care unit . The boys are healthy , their mother Lauren Whiteley said . Their older brothers are age 3 and 2 . Scroll down for video . A miracle times three : The Whiteley family of St. Clair Shores celebrated the one-month birthdays Wednesday for identical ; triplets Alexander , Nicholas and Timothy . ' I always wanted a big family , and I guess this is the way to do it , get them all at once , ' Whiteley joked . Many triplets are the result of fertility treatments , but Lauren Whiteley , 32 , said she did n't take fertility drugs . She had an ultrasound at about eight or nine weeks to confirm the pregnancy , but did n't know what she was seeing . ` It was the ultrasound tech that kind of left the room , came back and I thought something was wrong , ' Whiteley said . ` She said `` No it 's good news . '' I said `` Oh my gosh ! It 's twins , is n't it ? '' She said , `` No , I see three . '' This was the shock of a lifetime . ' New parents : Michael and Lauren Whiteley , from left , check on their identical triplets Alexander , Timothy and Nicholas at their home on Wednesday . All snuggled up ! : The boys were born at 34 weeks via C-section on January 25 naturally , without fertility drugs and without a history of twins in the family . Michael Whiteley , 31 , said he asked his wife several times : ` Triplets ? Are you sure ? ' It was very overwhelming . ' Multiple births do n't run in either of their families . ` Not even twins , ' Lauren Whiteley said . Identical triplets also were born December 5 to a woman in Billings , Montana . Dr. Savitri Kumar , a neonatologist at Henry Ford Hospital , said data on identical triplet births by natural conception varies from one in 60,000 to one in 2 million . Most doctors call the chances ` one-in-a-million , ' Kumar said . Four sets of triplets were born at the hospital last year , but they were n't identical , she added . ` This is the very first set of identical triplets I have ever seen , ' she said . For the Whiteleys , it will help that both sets of grandparents live within a mile , while aunts and uncles also are in the area . The grandparents ` will do what they need done on a day-to-day basis -- as far as feeding , getting the kids to and from where they have to go , ' said Bob Whiteley . Michael and Lauren Whiteley , from left , admire their identical triplets all sleeping soundly in their cribs .
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The Whiteley family of St. Clair Shores celebrated the one-month birthdays Wednesday for Alexander , Nicholas and Timothy . Many triplets are the result of fertility treatments , but mom Lauren Whiteley , 32 , said she did n't use them . Multiple births do n't run in either of their families . ` Not even twins , ' Lauren Whiteley said . Data on identical triplet births by natural conception varies from one in 60,000 to one in 2 million but most doctors call the chances ` one-in-a-million '
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Police have launched a hunt for poachers who beheaded 100 deer and left the remains scattered across woodland in Spain . Horrified ramblers in the Castile and Leon region of central Spain stumbled upon the macabre sight during an afternoon stroll . Sickened walker Narela Hinojosa , 37 , said : ` It was like something out of a horror film . Police have launched a hunt for poachers who beheaded 100 deer and left the remains scattered across woodland in the Castile and Leon region of central Spain -LRB- pictured -RRB- . ` We came to a clearing in the forest and just saw all these heads and bodies littered all over the place . ' I nearly vomited , it was so gross and the smell was unbearable . ` Most of the heads had antlers missing and some of the carcasses had no legs . ` It looked like a massacre had taken place . ' Now animal rights groups have vowed to have the people responsible brought to justice . A spokesman for the Nature Protection Service , a public organisation responsible for nature and the environment , said : ` Preliminary investigations suggest the animals were trapped in snow and weakened by lack of food . ` Hunters took advantage of this and killed them before chopping them up . ` We also have reports from locals saying they had seen people driving cars full of deer heads . ` It is not the first time in these mountains that poachers have taken advantage of the snow and killed animals that are tired and hungry . ` But we have never seen it on this scale before . This type of hunting is illegal and forbidden as the animals have no chance of escape . ' Horrified ramblers stumbled upon the macabre sight during an afternoon stroll . A police spokesman said they were now trying to trace the poachers . A local huntsman Melito Muro Manzanares , 49 , said : ` They call themselves hunters but this is n't hunting . ` It is poaching at its most barbaric and it brings the sport a bad name . Keeping down the numbers of deer is important for the environment , but it needs to be done at the right time of year , and in the right way . '
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Police in Spain have launched a hunt for poachers who massacred deer . 100 deer were decapitated provoking outrage from animal rights groups . Walkers in the Castile and Leon region stumbled upon chopped up bodies . WARNING : Graphic content .
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An animal-obsessed photographer is looking to eliminate the stereotype of the ` crazy cat lady ' by snapping portraits of his male friends and their felines - proving that the agile pets are also man 's best friend . David Williams , who lives in Brooklyn , New York , with his own cat , has been photographing his male subjects and their felines since 2009 as part of his project Men & Cats . ' I found the way society genderizes animal ownership very compelling , ' he told Daily Mail Online in an email . ` As a portrait photographer I was interested in capturing the relationships of my male friends and their feline friends . ' Man 's best friend : Grant and his cat Tux posed on a green couch next to a portrait of another feline as a part of photographer David Williams 's photo project Men & Cats . Short leash : Mr Williams , who lives in Brooklyn , New York , captured Brian while he took his cat R2-D2 on a daytime stroll through the city . Model felines : Mr Williams photographed Eric and his cats Pup and Bean for this bedroom portrait . The 25-year-old , who will turn 26 this week , added : ` It was also a good excuse to hang out with a bunch of cats ! ' Mr Williams explained that the subjects of his ongoing project are either his friends , or friends of friends . Each thought-provoking portrait in the series features a man posing with one or more of his cats . Strike a pose : Earlier this week , Mr Williams shot this portrait of cinematographer Ronen Schechner and his cat Isabell . Popular pictures : The 25-year-old photographer , who will turn 26 this week , took to Instagram to share his latest portrait and thank those following his work . Into the wild : Brent cuddled with his feline companion Sammy for this unique outdoors shot . Soft coats : Mr Williams photographed Ross standing on his fluffy rug while holding his equally furry cat Jabsco . Although many of the shots were captured inside homes or apartments , there are images that show some men walking their cats on a leash or cuddling their feline companions outside . ` People have always responded well to the images and the idea , ' Mr Williams said . ` Sometimes shooting personal work takes a very long time to pay off , so it 's also important to photograph something that you are interested in . ' Earlier this week , Mr Williams shot a portrait of cinematographer Ronen Schechner with his cat , sharing the photo on his Instagram . Rock star kitty : Michael had his portrait shot in a room filled with guitars and records while his cat Sadie sat perched on his lap . Modern art : Matt showed off his tan and white cat Trixie along with his tattooed arm . Eclectic decor : Mr Williams captured Josh relaxing with his cat Lucero inside his apartment . Christmas kitties : Kent and his cats Jessie and Micky sit next to holiday decorations in his home featuring leather couches and a leopard print rug . ' I had the pleasure of photographing cinematographer , Ronen Schechner , with his cat Isabell while I was in Vermont yesterday . I never thought this project would take off like this , so thanks for all the love lately ! Hope you enjoy this new `` Men & Cats '' photo , ' he captioned the picture . The unique series is more than just a hobby , it 's a way for Mr Williams to showcase his work . ' I feel like shooting personal work is very important for a photographer , ' he explained . ` It gives me an opportunity to show photo editors and art buyers what I am capable to doing when I have complete creative control . ' He added : ` If I 'm not shooting commissioned work , I am either shooting something personal , or working on ways for me to stand out as a photographer . ' Minimalist design : Mr Williams captured Corey 's cat Tess as she sat narrowly perched on the corner of a side table . Furry chef : Chad 's cat Newton was comfortably sprawled on the kitchen counter in this feline friendly photo shoot . Unique scarf : Matt let his cat Pam curl around his neck as he posed in front of his kitchen . Black cat : Bird grinned from ear to ear as he and his feline Gertrude sat on his patio furniture .
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David Williams has been photographing his male subjects and their cats since 2009 as part of his ongoing project Men & Cats . The 25-year-old , who lives in Brooklyn , New York , said he was interested in capturing the relationships between his male friends and their feline pets .
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He has just won an Oscar for his moving portrayal of one of the world 's most famous men . But this is the first photograph of Eddie Redmayne in his latest role ... as a woman . Or , to be exact , a man who became a woman . For he plays transgender pioneer Einar Wegener -- later known as Lili Elbe -- in The Danish Girl . The movie , set in the 1920s , is a love story about how Wegener , a painter , was persuaded by his wife Gerda Waud -LRB- played by Alicia Vikander -RRB- -- who was also an artist -- to pose for her in women 's clothes after one of her models failed to show . In time , he became Lili and started on the transformation into a woman . Scroll down for video . Transformed : Eddie Redmayne as transgender pioneer Einar Wegener in The Danish Girl . Pioneer : Wegener -LRB- left -RRB- , a painter , was persuaded by his wife Gerda Waud to pose for her in women 's clothes after a model failed to show . In time , he became Lili , right , and started on the transformation into a woman . It could hardly be a bigger contrast to Redmayne 's Oscar-winning role as Professor Stephen Hawking in The Theory Of Everything . Redmayne told the Mail that he has been ` observing the minutiae of feminine physicality ' , and to play Lili he worked with movement director Alexandra Reynolds , who also helped him choreograph his movements as Hawking . Redmayne said he started working with Reynolds early in January , when she flew out to LA to help him begin to create his portrait of Lili . ` We 're looking at everything from a feminine perspective , ' he explained . Eddie called the true story of Wegener and his wife Gerda a study of ` authenticity , identity and love ' . ` I think it 's the most sensitive role I have played , ' the 33-year-old actor added . He said he had spoken with members of the trans community , to research his role -- though , of course , the sexual orientation was in its infancy in the 1920s , and there was little notion of surgery . ` The danger of surgery was so extreme then , ' Eddie said . ` It 's such a brave thing that Einar did . ' Method acting : Redmayne , pictured left as Stephen Hawking , told the Mail that he has been ` observing the minutiae of feminine physicality ' , and to play Lili he worked with movement director Alexandra Reynolds . Celebrations : Redmayne grips his Best Actor Oscar as he poses with Jared Leto , left , and Lupita Nyong ' o at the Vanity Fair party in Beverly Hills , California , after the Academy Awards ceremony earlier this week . Many of Wegener 's wife Gerda 's most famous works show a coquettish woman with beautiful legs . It later emerged that they were posed for by her husband . Amber Heard , Matthias Schoenaerts and Ben Whishaw will also star in The Danish Girl , which is likely to be a contender for next year 's award season . The Danish Girl , directed by Tom Hooper for Working Title Films , will be distributed by Universal Pictures towards the end of the year .
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Actor ` observing the minutiae of feminine physicality ' for his latest role . He is working with the same woman who helped him portray Hawking . The Danish Girl to be distributed by Universal Pictures later in the year .
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With the cameras rolling , Daniel and Stephanie Rensing accepted an offer from a Shark Tank investor . But after they had time to think about it , they changed their minds . Annual revenue for their company , The Smart Baker , is close to $ 1 million , up from $ 130,000 before their March 2012 appearance on the ABC reality TV show . ` Not doing the deal and having that exposure was probably the best scenario for us , ' says Daniel Rensing , CEO of the Rockledge , Florida , company which sells aprons , parchment paper and other baking equipment . Selling like hot cakes : Daniel Rensing and his wife Stephanie , owners of The Smart Baker , turned down Barbara Corcoran 's offer of $ 75K for 40 per cent in 2012 . Revenue is now close to $ 1m . Dreams of investor money have induced more than 150,000 businesses to apply to be contestants on Shark Tank , where entrepreneurs pitch to cast members including Barbara Corcoran , founder of a prominent New York real estate brokerage ; Daymond John , founder of the clothing company FUBU ; and Robert Herjavec , founder of the technology conglomerate Herjavec Group . Entrepreneurs may be all smiles when they get an offer on the show , but the deals are n't set in stone . Negotiations start soon after episodes are taped . Contestants can walk away if they do n't like the terms . ` When we shake hands on a potential deal on Shark Tank , the romance runs high and everyone 's excited about what could be , ' Corcoran says . ` In the end , the entrepreneur is in charge . ' During the first five seasons , 374 contestants appeared on TV and investors made 190 offers , according to ABC . Forty-eight contestants turned down offers during taping , executive producer Clay Newbill says . They have n't tracked how many deals fell apart during negotiations . The producers ask entrepreneurs and investors to make their best efforts to close deals , Newbill says . Dealmakers : Dreams of investor money have induced more than 150,000 businesses to apply to be contestants on Shark Tank and pitch their businesses to the panel -LRB- pictured -RRB- . ` But we understand , just as in the real world , the reality is that not all deals will close , ' he says . Corcoran offered $ 75,000 for 40 per cent of The Smart Baker , and a 5 per cent sales royalty , during the 2011 taping . During negotiations the Rensings , disagreed with Corcoran about the target market . ` We were sticking to our guns on the market we served , ' Rensing says . Corcoran says she was disappointed , but she knows a rejection is an occupational hazard on Shark Tank . ` Nobody likes to be turned down , especially me , ' she says . The Smart Baker has thrived without her money . In the following year , revenue grew to $ 600,000 . The episode also helped the company get noticed by Food Network and other media . Reruns provide a sales bump . But a Shark Tank deal is n't just about money ; it also brings expertise and mentoring from a pro . The Rensings do n't dwell on what they might have missed by not sticking with Corcoran . ` There is always the `` what ifs '' , but we do n't let that get to us , ' Daniel Rensing says . Some contestants may turn down offers because they feel there are more important things than getting investors , says Matthew Rutherford , an entrepreneurship professor at Oklahoma State University who has studied Shark Tank pitches . Going solo : The Rensings , pictured in their warehouse in Rockledge , Florida , say they do n't dwell on what they might have missed by not sticking with Corcoran . ` What they crave over everything including money and wealth is autonomy , ' Rutherford says . Entrepreneurs who appear on the show are likely hoping for both a cash infusion and control of their companies , says Harvard Business School professor Noam Wasserman . But the money does n't guarantee success , and having an investor may be an unpleasant experience . ` You could end up with the worst of both worlds , ' he says . When Mona Weiss and Scott Shields pitched their company , Eco Nuts , on an episode that aired in October 2012 , Herjavec offered $ 175,000 for 50 per cent . Weiss and Shields , who wanted to sell a 15 per cent stake for that amount , said no on the spot . ` It was a terrible deal , really awful . No one would give up half their company for less than they make in a year , ' Weiss says . The Lawndale , California , company , which makes laundry detergent from berries , was on track for $ 250,000 in revenue in 2012 . A spokeswoman for Herjavec , Erin McLean , says he does not comment on deals or offers that are closed . Some people told Weiss and Shields they were foolish . ` They said , `` it was a lot of money , you should have taken that , '' ' Weiss says . But being on Shark Tank put Eco Nuts on a faster track to its current success . Revenue , now over $ 1 million , grew so much the company moved to manufacturing space five times bigger than its original factory .
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The Smart Baker turned down Barbara Corcoran 's offer of $ 75K for 40 % in 2012 . Revenue is now close to $ 1m . Being on the ABC reality TV show put Eco Nuts on a faster track to its current success - revenue is now over $ 1 million .
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Tens of thousands of people were cut off from phone and Internet for more than 12 hours in Arizona on Wednesday . Vandals cut a fiber-optic line located in a desert north of Phoenix that provides internet and phone services to tens of thousands of people throughout the state . Although most communication services were restored after being down for six and a half hours , some people were not connected until early on Thursday morning . Scroll down for video . Vandals cut through a fiber-optic line -LRB- pictured -RRB- in Northern Arizona on Wednesday that brought phone and internet services down in large parts of Northern Arizona for six and a half hours . A Phoenix Police Department officer said vandals had completely cut through the cable , which is located in the desert north of the capital in an area inaccessible to vehicles . Meanwhile , even in cities 100 miles away from Phoenix , ATM machines stopped working , businesses could n't process credit cards and residents said they felt lost without the internet . Emergency services were also affected in a number of cities . Prescott Valley had to supplement 911 service with ` handheld radios and alternate phone numbers ' . Water and sewer facilities in the region also had to switch to manual operations . Emergency lines were also limited in Yavapai County and authorities were unable to access law enforcement databases . The Arizona Department of Public Safety helped dispatch police and fire services in Flagstaff . Zak Holland , a computer store technician at Northern Arizona University said students panicked when they could n't go online to complete assignments that were due . ` It just goes to show how dependent we are on the internet when it disappears , ' Holland told CBS 5 . A university spokesman said professors could decide how to handle assignments turned in late because of the outage . And staff at Bookmans Entertainment Exchange , a popular bookstore and cafe in Flagstaff , watched as people left immediately , their computers in tow , when they found out the internet was out . Other truckers were stranded in the city because they could n't use their company gas cards to fill up their tanks . Even weather reports could n't reach some regions . Instead of local temperatures , blank spaces showed up on Phoenix television stations ' evening news reports . But not everyone was having such a horrible time . Tourist Peter Donahower told CBS 5 he was having fun ` kickin ' it old school . ' And although Jessie Hutchison could n't buy an ice cream because she did n't have cash on hand , she said she only found the situation ` moderately annoying ' . ` It 's not going to ruin my day , ' she said . A spokesman for CenturyLink , which owns the fiber-optic cable , said technicians had to inspect the line ` mile by mile ' . Services were fully restored by early on Thursday morning . The Phoenix Police Department are on site investigating . Full restoration of services was not complete until Thursday morning . A spokesman for CenturyLink , which owns the cable , said technicians had to inspect the line ` mile by mile '
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Vandals cut through fiber-optic cable located in desert north of Phoenix . Services went down around noon on Wednesday , affecting even Northern Arizona cities 100 miles from Phoenix . Full restoration of services not complete until around 3am on Thursday .
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Jailed : Oliver Gore-Booth shot more than 70 secret films of women with a spy camera shaped like a pen . A voyeur has been jailed for a year after he filmed women with a spy pen more than 70 times in gym showers , on the Tube and even in his own bathroom . ` Addict ' Oliver Gore-Booth , an ex-public schoolboy whose uncle was Britain 's High Commissioner in India , spent three years amassing the depraved stash before he was caught in a north London gym . A staff member picked up his camera thinking it was just a pen - and called police after discovering its contents . It took almost no time to find 32-year-old Gore-Booth , because he had been a member of the gym for four years and caught himself on camera pressing the record button . Police seized two laptops at his home in Wandsworth , south west London , and found more than 70 videos . They showed women showering at the gym and using sunbeds , and included up-skirt shots of women on London Underground escalators . The HR manager even filmed videos of women using the bathroom at his home , Blackfriars Crown Court heard , and filmed a couple having sex in a hotel room at a wedding . In each of the videos , Gore-Booth could be seen either in the footage while filming or planting the camera and then retrieving it at the end . Police found several more similar videos which Gore-Booth had downloaded from the internet . The 32-year-old , whose uncle was diplomat Sir David Gore-Booth and whose great-great-grandfather was Arctic explorer the 5th Baronet Gore , of Lissadell , tried to deny responsibility . He told police : ` It will take a long time to explain , but I was approached four weeks ago and offered money . ' I said no , but saw the camera in the changing rooms and made the wrong decision to move it away . ' Depraved : Gore-Booth was caught out by a staff member at the Anytime gym in Islington , north London . But the lie quickly unraveled and he pleaded guilty to five counts of voyeurism and four of outraging public decency . Lyell Thompson , prosecuting , described how Gore-Booth was finally caught in the Anytime Gym in Islington , north London . Mr Thompson said : ` He thought it was just a pen and he picked it up with the intention of handing it in . ` But he forgot until he got home and , when he examined the pen , he found it was a camera with a UBS stick . ` He put it in his computer and saw a man installing the camera in the shower cubicle before he immediately turned it off . ` He handed the pen in to the gym manager , who recognised Mr Gore-Booth who had been a member since 2010 . The police were called and he was arrested the next time he visited the gym . Gore-Booth went to Canford School in Wimborne , an independent school which charges # 10,000 a term . One victim became anxious and paranoid after finding out she had been filmed in the bathroom at Gore-Booth 's home . Mr Thompson , summarising the victim 's statement , said : ` She says what happened is not normal , not right . ` She keeps thinking of the victims , the poor girls who have no idea they are even on the film . ' She described constantly feeling like she is being watched and said the episode has impacted on her confidence and social life . Another victim said in a statement the filming had been a ` breach of trust and an invasion of privacy ' . Gore-Booth attended Canford School in Wimborne , an independent school which charges # 10,000 a term , and was represented by a top Queen 's Counsel barrister in court . His uncle , Sir David Gore-Booth , died aged 61 in 2004 after a 34-year diplomatic career as Britain 's ambassador to Saudi Arabia and High Commissioner in India . His great uncle was leading diplomat Lord Paul Gore-Booth , while his great , great grandfather was an Arctic explorer , the 5th Baronet Gore , of Lissadell , co. . Sligo . Andrew Trollope QC , representing Gore-Booth , said his client had been seeking help for his addiction and said he was described as a ` decent , kind-hearted and loving person ' by friends . He also said Gore-Booth 's girlfriend was sticking by him ` in what must be difficult personal circumstances for her ' . He added : ` He 's had to confront a long-standing addiction to this kind of behaviour and recognising the unacceptability of his conduct and the depth of his problem has been a difficult and painful process . ' Descendant : Oliver Gore-Booth is the nephew of the late Sir David Gore-Booth -LRB- above -RRB- , Britain 's former High Commissioner in India , and is also the great-great-grandson of Arctic explorer the 5th Baronet Gore . Judge Henry Blacksell QC told Gore-Booth his crimes deserved a custodial sentence , despite pleas from the defence to suspend the jail term . Speaking in front of Gore-Booth 's family in the public gallery , he said : ` Some of the people who you recorded came to your address expecting hospitality or safety and you breached this in a mean and cunning way . ` It was a terrible thing and it must have been very shocking for those who received and welcomed your hospitality to suddenly be aware of what a gross breach of trust that was when you secretly filmed them in instances of loving intimacy . ` That is , in my judgement , a gross breach of trust , let alone the filming in the hotel bathroom . ' Gore-Booth hung his head and closed his eyes as he was jailed for nine months for installing the cameras and three months for each of the voyeurism charges , to run concurrently . He will also be placed on the sex offenders ' register for ten years and made the subject of a sexual offences prevention order .
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` Addict ' voyeur Oliver Gore-Booth also filmed women on Tube escalator . But he was caught when gym employee found spy pen in shower room . Police raided ex-public schoolboy 's London home and found 70 clips . One now-paranoid victim was even filmed in the bathroom of his home . Nephew of former High Commissioner jailed today over ` breach of trust '
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Prince William showed he is following in the family footsteps as he revealed a bald patch on his royal crown at a tea ceremony in Tokyo . The 32-year-old showed an increasing resemblance to his Uncle Edward while enjoying the lavish refreshments at a renovated tea house in the Hama Rikyu Gardens in central Tokyo . The second-in-line to the throne has been gradually losing his hair for many years , just like his uncle , who began going bald at the age of 21 . Scroll down for video . Prince William -LRB- left -RRB- showed an increasing resemblance to his Uncle Edward -LRB- right -RRB- as he revealed a bald patch while enjoying a traditional tea ceremony in central Tokyo . Warm welcome : Prince William 's visit to Tokyo began with a traditional tea ceremony . The second-in-line to the throne has been gradually losing his hair for many years , just like his uncle , who began going bald at the age of 21 . Traditional : The tea ceremony is an ancient tradition in Japan and is a sign of respect . Despite Diana 's blonde locks driving the Japanese wild on her visits there , Prince William appears to have inherited the so-called ` curse of the Windsors ' . The elder members of the Royal Family deal with their follicular challenges in different ways . William 's paternal grandfather , the Duke of Edinburgh - who began losing his hair at 28 - makes little attempt to disguise his shining pate and Prince Edward also favours the honest approach . Prince Charles , however , who began losing his hair at 28 , goes for the ` combover ' . In contrast , Prince Harry 's bushy ginger mop as yet shows no sign of following the same trend . Most experts agree that male pattern baldness is passed on by the mother 's side of the family . William 's late grandfather Earl Spencer had a bald patch . Prince Charles , who began losing his hair at 28 , goes for the ` combover ' But scientists have found evidence that in some cases it can also come down from the father 's side . The future king has himself previously joked about his receding hairline , telling photographers and reporters after Prince George was born : ` He 's got more hair than me , thank God . ' William was given a rapturous welcome as he was met by flag-waving fans in Tokyo as he marked the start of week-long tour of Japan and China on behalf of the Government . After a twelve-hour flight and a whirlwind tour of Tokyo in the driving rain , he was treated to full-blown traditional tea ceremony , complete with a delicate plate of cakes . Joined by Tokyo governor , Yoichi Masuzoe , William watched as servers prepared the bitter green tea powder before adding water and frothing the mixture using a small wooden whisk . The ceremony , which took place in the same tea house used to welcome Prince Albert during his visit to the country in 1869 , is a sign of respect . William is at the start of a four-day visit to Japan , during which he will travel to Fukushima , the centre of a nuclear meltdown triggered by the 2011 tsunami . The first two days , however , are to be spent in the Japanese capital Tokyo and it was there he landed , arriving at Haneda airport in the early hours of the morning . Met by Mr Masuzoe and hundreds of excited fans , William was ushered into a boat limousine before being whisked across the water to the site of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics . Royal visit : Prince Albert had his tea ceremony at the same tea house , recently restored , as William . Fascinated : William looked on intently as the history of Japan 's tea ceremony was explained . Ritual : The moment was overseen by Sen Genshitsu -LRB- left -RRB- , a former grand master of the Urasenke -LRB- ceremony -RRB- . Beautiful : William got a brief tour of the spectacular Hama Rikyu gardens . Historic : The classical gardens once belonged to a shogun , one of the hereditary military governors of Japan . Long day : It was dark by the time the Prince left the tea ceremony but still very wet . Big group : The Duke and the governor were trailed by a large group of flunkies . Piling in : The group did manage to squeeze into the park 's beautifully restored tea house . Rapturous : William was met by a crowd of smartphone-waving fans at Tokyo 's Haneda airport . Pleased : The Prince looked thrilled with his warm welcome and beamed at the crowd of well-wishers . All smiles : Before leaving the airport , he treated fans to a smile and a wave . The Prince , who appeared none the worse for his long flight , smiled and waved at the pursuing press , among them photographers crammed onto a boat travelling close behind . After completing the tea ceremony at the Hama Rikyu Gardens , he was then shown around the Edo-era style plot , which is filled with sculpted pine trees and blossoming plum trees and once belonged to a shogun -LSB- Japanese aristocrat -RSB- . Wooden bridges run over several lakes , where water birds float . Gardeners have been hard at work for days , clipping the trees and setting up lights , preparing for the visit . It was a rare peaceful moment in what looks set to be a busy schedule , with meetings with Japan 's much-loved Emperor Akihito and Crown Prince Naruhito all on the agenda . But the visit is n't without controversy , much of it due to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe , who , say critics , is ` using ' the royal visit to Fukushima to further his own aims . One , Tokuo Hayakawa , a Buddhist priest from the town of Naraha , two miles from the Fukushima plant , told The Times : ' I think Abe is using him -LSB- William -RSB- . ` It 's true that you can find children playing outside , and you can eat some Fukushima food . But to take that as the overall reality here is totally wrong . And again ! When the Prince arrived at Tokyo 's Hama Rikyu Gardens , yet more fans were waiting . Drizzly : Despite a torrential downpour , William spent several minutes meeting well-wishers . Colourful : With many clutching British Union flags and Japanese Nisshōki , the crowd was a colourful sight . Excited : A pleased-looking William found himself surrounded by smiling female fans . Child-friendly : Also waiting to welcome the Prince was a group of local students still in their school uniform . All smiles : Prince William spent several minutes chatting to the youngsters . Grey day : William arrived at the Tokyo park on a boat limousine , watched by a cheering crowd . Thrilled : Excited Japanese fans wait in the rain to see the Prince arrive at the Hama Rikyu Gardens . ` If I could , I would take him to these abandoned ghost towns , and to the temporary houses where people still live , so he could see the reality that we are facing . ' Less controversial is William 's visit to a TV broadcaster , where he will meet actors dressed as samurai and geishas , and his visit to a bookshop where Aston Martin cars will be on display . Along with Fukushima , the 32-year-old Prince will visit other areas devastated by the March 2011 tsunami to show support for the survivors and pay his respects to those who died . The tsunami and the earthquake that set it off killed 9,000 people , and displaced tens of thousands , among them those caught in the Fukushima meltdown . Japan and the UK have enjoyed friendly relations for decades , and , as a result , the Japanese public is almost as enthusiastic about British royals as they are about their own . William , who has had a Japanese following since childhood , is particularly popular thanks to the influence of his mother . Indeed , so loved was the late Princess of Wales , her visits to Japan in 1986 and 1995 sparked what local commentators described as ` Diana fever ' . Crowd control : Even the local police could n't resist queuing up for a chat with the Prince . No stopping : Happily , not even heavy downpours could dampen the spirits of royal fans . Still going : Despite having just stepped off the plane , William was happy to wave at pursuing photographers . Quick tour : William 's first stop was at the site of the 2020 Olympics , currently under construction . Pleased : A cheerful William was accompanied by Tokyo governor , Yoichi Masuzoe -LRB- left -RRB- . Royal welcome : Boats from Tokyo 's fire brigade sprayed plumes of coloured water to welcome the Prince . Chilly : At a chilly six degrees Celsius and with driving rain lashing down , Tokyo proved similar to London . Toughing it out : With the help of a pair of umbrella-wielding flunkies , William and the governor toughed it out = .
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William touched down in Tokyo in the early hours of the morning -LRB- GMT -RRB- . Was given a rapturous welcome and was met by flag-waving fans . Shown the site of the 2020 Olympic Games and enjoyed a tea ceremony . He revealed a bald patch , like grandfather Philip , father Charles and uncle . Four-day visit will include a trip to the area devastated by Fukushima . 2011 disaster saw the plant go into nuclear meltdown following a tsunami . Some locals have criticised the visit , saying Japanese PM is ` using ' prince .
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Have you ever been uncomfortably constipated , unable to go to the loo even though you desperately need to ? If so , you 're not alone , as it 's estimated that around one in every seven adults and up to one in every three children has constipation at any one time . Now , one expert advises that a hot drink could solve the problem . This is because hot beverages such as coffee , tea - or even a cup of hot water - stimulate the bowel , easing constipation . Dr Felice Schnoll-Sussman , a gastroenterologist at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University , US , said hot drinks widen blood vessels , aiding digestion . Hot beverages such as coffee , tea - or even a cup of hot water - stimulate the bowel , easing constipation . Her advice is backed up by a study which found hot drinks do indeed induce a ` desire to defecate ' . ` The warm liquid acts as a vasodilator , ' she told Runners World magazine , while giving advice to marathon runners who want to avoid being constipated during a big race . ` It widens blood vessels in the digestive system and helps increase blood flow and GI activity . ' But caffeine is n't responsible , as even decaffeinated coffee brings on the desire to go to the loo , she said . Drinking a cup of coffee and then sitting on the loo should help stimulate a bowel movement , she added . ` Just the act of sitting there for few minutes can bring on the urge to go , even if you do n't feel like you have to right away , ' she said . Physical activity can also induce a trip to the loo , she advised . Massaging the perineum -- the area between the anus and the genitals -- can help ease constipation , a study found . In a trial , 72 per cent of people taking part found self-acupressure helped them have a bowel movement . Researchers advised that all doctors should consider this technique as the first thing constipated people could try -- along with conventional treatment like eating more fibre , drinking more fluid and taking more exercise . The study 's author Dr. Ryan Abbott , UCLA Centre for East-West Medicine , US , said : `` Constipation is very common and can have debilitating symptoms . ` But patients can perform this simple intervention themselves to treat their own constipation and improve their quality of life . It can also help to limit health care costs and excessive medication use . '' The research was published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine . Therefore , people with constipation should consider jogging up and down stairs , or doing star jumps or stretches to stimulate the bowel . And last year U.S. researchers found massaging can help pass a stool . Researchers found applying gentle pressure to the perineum -- the area between the anus and genitals -- helped constipated people have a bowel movement . This ` self-acupressure ' broke up hard stools , relaxed muscles and stimulated nerves responsible for bowel movements , easing constipation , they found . They said doctors should consider this technique as the first thing to try -- along with conventional treatments like drinking more fluid , eating more fibre , taking more exercise , or taking laxatives . The World Gastrology Organisation defines constipation as people who pass fewer than three bowel movements a week ; feel a quarter of their stools are hard or feel a sense of incomplete evacuation in more than a quarter of their movements . Doctors advise most cases of constipation can be treated with diet and lifestyle changes , as it can be caused by not eating enough fibre , changing eating habits and ignoring the urge to go to the loo . Sometimes , constipation is a side-effect of certain medications such as codeine , or supplements such as iron , or can be caused by anxiety or depression . U.S. researchers found massaging the perineum - the area between the anus and genitals - can also help constipated people pass a stool .
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Dr Felice Schnoll-Sussman is a gastroenterologist at Weill Medical College . Says hot drinks ease constipation by widening blood vessels in the bowels . Caffeine is n't responsible , as even decaffeinated coffee has the same effect . US researchers found massaging the area near the anus can also help .
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The 3,650-year old skeleton of King Senebkay has revealed the pharaoh died a violent death . Senebkay lived at a time when rulers battled for power before the rise of Egypt 's New Kingdom in 1,550 BC and his skeleton shows 18 injuries caused by axes . Injuries to his skull , lower back and ankles , suggest he was attacked while on his horse and hacked at with the deadly weapon - dying from blows to the head . The 3,650-year old skeleton of King Senebkay -LRB- pictured right -RRB- has revealed the pharaoh died a violent death from blows to the head with axes . Archaeologists uncovered the tomb , complete with paintings , last year . The tomb of Senebkay was unearthed at the Abydos archaeological site , near the city of Sohag , Egypt last year and was identified by an inscription on the wall of this burial chamber . It was the first time that any trace of the pharaoh was found , who was only previously known about by fragments of his name on an ancient list of Egyptian rulers . Now , archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania , who came across the tomb , have revealed how the pharaoh probably died . Injuries to the skull , as well as vertical cuts on the ankles , feet and lower back , suggest the king was killed in a battle and was aged between 35 and 49 when he died , Luxor Times Magazine reported . Archaeologists from the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and the University of Pennsylvania identified the tomb of Senebkay by drawings on the wall of his burial chamber -LRB- pictured -RRB- , which was unearthed in the Abydos archaeological site last year . Until this discovery , the pharaoh called Senebkay was largely unknown to historians . He ruled over a forgotten Abydos dynasty around 1,650 BC . His tomb , together with an ancient cataloguing of Egyptian rulers called the Turin King List , suggests that Senebkay was the first or second of a series of approximately 20 as-yet-undiscovered pharaohs that ruled over a small kingdom . He was killed by axe blows to the head , his skeletal remains reveal . It 's thought he was between the ages of 35 and 49 when he died . The angle and direction of the lacerations show he must have been higher up than his attackers when the struck him with axes . It is likely that the king was on horseback and blows to his back and legs caused him to fall to the ground , where his enemies brutally struck his head until he died , far from his home . Josef Wegner of the university , who led the dig , said the injuries suggest that the king died a violent death . He was a ruler of Abydos for just four and a half years , at a time when dominant families battled for control of land . The angle and direction of the lacerations show he must have been higher up than his attackers when they cut him with axes . It is likely that the king was on horseback and blows to his back and legs caused him to fall to the ground , where his enemies brutally struck his head until he died , far from his home . King Senebkay 's body is believed to have been mummified a long time after his death . Historical sources suggest that Egyptians were skilful horsemen during the Second Intermediate Period , even though horses were not commonly used in battle . Dr Youssef Khalifa , head of Ancient Egypt department , said the king 's pelvic and leg bones suggest he was used to riding horses regularly . ` It is not clear yet if Senebkay died in a battle against the Hyksos , who were occupying Lower Egypt at that time , or not , ' he said . ` If future studies proved it so this will make him the first warrior king who fought for liberation even before Senakhtenre ' the founder of 17th Dynasty and the grandfather of Ahmos who defeated the Hyksos . ' The lost tomb -LRB- pictured -RRB- was discovered by a team of archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania , who came across it while excavating the tomb of pharaoh Sobekhotep I , who was buried nearby . The tomb was discovered at the Abydos site -LRB- pictured -RRB- near Sohag in Egypt and could lead to more royal tombs being unearthed . Archaeologists came across the tomb while excavating the final resting place of pharaoh Sobekhotep I , who was buried nearby . Archaeologists came across the tomb while excavating the final resting place of pharaoh Sobekhotep I , who was buried nearby . Senebkay 's final resting place appears to have been plundered because the skeleton is pulled apart , but it 's estimated he was five ft 10 inches -LRB- 1.78 metres -RRB- tall . Dr Wegner believes the find could lead to the discovery of more pharaohs and could help piece together the gaps in knowledge about the rulers of Ancient Egypt . ` We discovered an unknown king plus a lost dynasty . It looks likely that all of the 16 kings are all buried there , ' he said . ` We now have the tomb for first or second king of this dynasty . There should be a whole series of the others . ' The same team of archaeologists discovered a vast 3,800-year-old quartzite sarcophagus , which belongs to a little-known 13th dynasty king , Sobekhotep I . It was discovered by an international team of researchers who deciphered inscriptions to link it to its owner . Describing the moment the archaeologists came across the tomb , he explained that they found the entrance first , which led them down to the burial chamber , made of limestone and painted with cartouches of the pharaoh . ` In Abydos there is lots of sand and everything is deeply buried . You can dig day after day , and then this ... . We were standing there looking dumbfounded at the colourful wall decoration , ' he said . While robbers had stripped the tomb , a re-used burial chest had the engraving of the ruler 's name on the wood . The experts said the re-use of materials suggests a lack of stability and wealth at a time when the kingdom was fragmented . A year before King Sebekay 's tomb was found , a huge pink 3,800-year-old quartzite sarcophagus was unearthed . It belongs to a little-known 13th Dynasty king called Sobekhotep I , according to the Egyptian government . The 60 tonne sarcophagus was discovered by the same team of archaeologists at the Abydos site . A team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Egypt 's Antiquities Ministry deciphered stone pieces inscribed with the pharaoh 's name , which also show him sitting on a throne , to link the tomb to its owner . ` He is likely the first who ruled Egypt at the start of the 13th Dynasty during the second intermediate period , ' the minister said . King Sobekhotep I is thought to have ruled the 13th Dynasty but little is known about him and his kingdom or even when the dynasty began exactly , which makes the discovery particularly important . Historians believe that it began sometime between 1803BC and 1781BC but they are keen to establish a precise date . He is thought to have ruled for almost five years , which was ` the longest rule at this time ' according to ministry official Ayman El-Damarani . Archaeologists discovered a connection between the tombs of Sobekhotep I and Sebebkay . A chest made of cedar wood that contained Senebkay 's organs , was excavated by Kevin Cahail , a PhD student in Egyptology at the university . The box had been gilded , but ancient tomb robbers had removed the gold , uncovering an inscription of a king 's name . But the name was Sobekhotep 's , not Senebkay 's . Dr Wegner and Mr Cahail realised that objects from Sobekhotep 's tomb had been repurposed to bury Senebkay .
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The 3,650-year old skeleton of King Senebkay revealed 18 injuries by axes . Include blows to the skull and vertical cuts on the ankles and lower back . Pharaoh ruled the 13th Dynasty but little was known about him . It 's thought he came off his horse after the attack began and killed by brutal blows to his head , dying far from his home . His tomb was found at the Abydos archaeological site , near Sohag , Egypt .
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Ceres continues to baffle astronomers as the Dawn spacecraft gets closer to being captured into orbit around the dwarf planet . The latest images , taken nearly 29,000 miles -LRB- 46,000 km -RRB- from Ceres , reveal that a bright ` alien ' spot that stands out in previous images lies close to yet another bright area . While Nasa has not provided an explanation , scientists suggest these spots may be frozen pools of ice at the bottom of a crater that reflect light . Scroll down for video . Ceres continues to baffle astronomers as the Dawn spacecraft gets closer to being captured into orbit around the dwarf planet . This image was taken by the Dawn spacecraft of dwarf planet Ceres on February 19 from a distance of nearly 29,000 miles -LRB- 46,000 km -RRB- . It shows that the brightest spot on Ceres has a dimmer companion , which apparently lies in the same basin . ` Right now , all we can say is that the material reflects 40 per cent or more of the light falling on it , ' UCLA astronomer Chris Russell , the principal investigator for the Dawn mission , told NBC News . ` This limit is because of the resolution of the camera at this distance from Ceres . If the final answer is that it reflects all the light that falls on it , then the most probable reflector would be ice . ' He added that there may be a volcano-like origin of the spots , but that Nasa will have to wait for better resolution before we can make such geologic interpretations . Using its ion propulsion system , Dawn will enter orbit around Ceres on March 6 . When it does , it will become the first human-made probe to visit the ` Death Star ' planet - and scientists hope it will uncover the secrets behind its mysterious white spot . Dawn observed Ceres completing one full rotation , which lasted about nine hours . The images show the full range of different crater shapes that can be found at Ceres ' surface : from shallow , flattish craters to those with peaks at their centers . This animation , enhanced with a star field and projected onto a sphere , showcases a series of images the Dawn spacecraft took on approach to Ceres on February 4 . The dwarf planet has been likened to the death Star from the hit film Star Wars . As scientists receive better and better views of the dwarf planet over the next 16 months , they hope to gain a deeper understanding of its origin and evolution by studying its surface . The intriguing bright spots and other interesting features of this captivating world will come into sharper focus . ` The brightest spot continues to be too small to resolve with our camera , but despite its size it is brighter than anything else on Ceres , ' said Andreas Nathues , lead investigator for the framing camera team at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research , Gottingen , Germany . Earlier this month , Dawn returned yet another series of stunning animations of Ceres as its moves ever closer to the dwarf planet . At a resolution of 8.5 miles -LRB- 14km -RRB- per pixel , the pictures represent the sharpest images to date of the icy world , which Dawn is due to arrive at on March 6 . The set of images - which are stitched together in an animation - were taken on February 4th at a distance of about 90,000 miles -LRB- 145,000 km -RRB- . ` We know so little about our vast solar system , but thanks to economical missions like Dawn , those mysteries are being solved , ' said Jim Green , Planetary Science Division Director at Nasa . The new Dawn images come on the heels of initial navigation images taken in January that reveal an ` alien ' white spot on the dwarf planet and the suggestion of craters . Over the next weeks , Dawn will provide increasingly sharper images of the icy world . ` We know so much about the solar system and yet so little about dwarf planet Ceres . ` Now , Dawn is ready to change that , ' said Marc Rayman , Dawn 's chief engineer and mission director , based at Nasa 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California . At 8.5 miles -LRB- 14km -RRB- per pixel , the pictures represent the sharpest images to date of the icy world , which Dawn is due to arrive at on March 6 . The ` alien ' mark can be clearly seen in the latest images the icy world as the Dawn probe hurtles its way towards a rendezvous on March 6 . On the left is a processed image , taken January 13 . It hints at craters on the surface of Ceres . Dawn 's framing camera took this image at 238,000 miles -LRB- 383,000 km -RRB- from Ceres . On the right , is a zoomed-in raw image . Ceres is 590 miles -LRB- 950 km -RRB- across and was discovered in 1801 . In January , researchers discovered that water was gushing from its surface at a rate of 13lb -LRB- 6kg -RRB- per second . ` Now , finally , we have a spacecraft on the verge of unveiling this mysterious , alien world , ' Dawn mission director and chief engineer Marc Rayman , of Nasa 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena , California said . ` Soon it will reveal myriad secrets Ceres has held since the dawn of the solar system . ' Observations by the European Space Agency 's Herschel telescope suggested they could be coming from geysers or ice volcanoes . Ceres orbits the sun in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and is very similar to Jupiter 's moon Europa and Saturn 's moon Enceladus - both considered potential sources for harbouring life . Ceres is the bright spot in the centre of the image . Because the dwarf planet is much brighter than the stars in the background , the camera team selected a long exposure time to make the stars visible . The long exposure made Ceres appear overexposed , and exaggerated its size A cropped , magnified view of Ceres appears in the inset image at lower left . Dawn will be captured into Ceres ' orbit in March , marking the first visit to a dwarf planet by a spacecraft -LRB- artist 's impression pictured -RRB- . Ceres is the closest dwarf planet to the sun and is located in the asteroid belt , making it the only dwarf planet in the inner solar system . Ceres is the smallest of the bodies currently classified as a ` dwarf planet ' . Scientists think Ceres may have an ocean and possibly an atmosphere . It lies less than three times as far as Earth from the sun - close enough to feel the warmth of the star allowing ice to melt and reform . Nasa 's Dawn spacecraft has been making its way to Ceres from the asteroid Vesta since September 2012 . It is due to land next year . There is high interest in the mission because Ceres is one possible destination for human colonisation given its abundance of ice , water , and minerals . Dr Michael Kuppers , of the Esa 's lab in Villanueva de la Canada in Spain said : ` Although ground and space-based observations may further map the behaviour of Ceres over its orbit the Dawn spacecraft mission arriving to orbit Ceres in early 2015 is expected to be key in providing a long-term follow-up on the water outgassing behaviour of Ceres . ' The presence and abundance of water in bodies like Ceres could have relevance for the origin of life on Earth and the large-scale migration of planets such as Jupiter . One scenario suggests as the giant planets migrated they disturbed populations of small rocky and icy asteroids and comets which hit the early Earth and Moon - delivering organic molecules and water to Earth . Ceres is twice the size of Saturn 's geyser-spouting moon Enceladus which is suspected of having liquid water beneath its surface . It lies less than three times as far as Earth from the sun - close enough to feel the warmth of the star allowing ice to melt and reform . Since launching in 2007 , Dawn has already visited Vesta , a giant protoplanet currently located 104 million miles -LRB- 168 million km -RRB- away from Ceres . The distance between Vesta and Ceres is greater than the distance between the Earth and the sun . During its 14 months in orbit around Vesta , the spacecraft delivered unprecedented scientific insights , including images of its cratered surface and important clues about its geological history . Vesta and Ceres are the two most massive bodies in the main asteroid belt . Ceres is 590 miles -LRB- 950 km -RRB- across and was discovered in 1801 . In January , researchers discovered that water was gushing from its surface .
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Ceres orbits the sun between Mars and Jupiter , and may have water gushing from its surface . Latest images to reveal the mystery patch were taken by Dawn at a distance of 29,000 miles -LRB- 46,000 km -RRB- . Scientists suggest these strange spots may be frozen pools of ice at the bottom of a crater that reflect light . Dawn is currently travelling to meet Ceres in March where it will attempt to understand its geological history .
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A Victorian councillor has had her Twitter account suspended after she tweeted graphic female genital mutilation photos to a supporter of a controversial mosque development . Bendigo councillor Elise Chapman has been outspoken against Islam in her campaign to stop a $ 3 million mosque development , approved by Bendigo City Council in June 2014 . A mosque supporter had sent a message on Twitter to Chapman stating she hoped the mosque gets built soon . Scroll down for video . Bendigo councillor Elise Chapman has had her Twitter account suspended over graphic mutilation photos . Ms Chapman has been outspoken against Islam in her campaign to stop a $ 3 million mosque development , approved by Bendigo City Council in June 2014 . ` It 's great to see someone who cares about all Bendigo residents and their religions , ' the supporter tweeted . Ms Chapman responded with the image showing five babies with bloody wounds . ` Oh , we could have this here too ? Would you like your f ** ny sliced off , ' she captioned the photo . ` Yes . I 'm opposed to female genital mutilation , child brides , inequality , women beating , all part of Quran , read it . ' She tweeted graphic female genital mutilation photos to a supporter of a controversial mosque development . Ms Chapman was one of two councillors who voted against approving the mosque , which would include two prayer rooms , a shop and sports centre . Chapman 's account was suspended by Twitter on Thursday night and she now faces a meeting with City of Greater Bendigo Mayor Peter Cox next week . The tweets do not reflect the view of the council which voted to approve the development in June last year , Mr Cox told AAP . He said he would initiate a process to address the issue of Ms Chapman 's ` disappointing ' opinion , but would not say what that process will involve . ` Hopefully we can discuss this in a fair manner and take it from there , ' he said . Ms Chapman was one of two councillors who voted against approving the mosque , which would include two prayer rooms , a shop and community sports centre . The project has been the subject of vocal protests and a social media campaign from opponents , including 350 who submitted formal objections to the council . About 40 letters of support were also received . The planning approval has been appealed to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal , and hearings are ongoing .
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Bendigo councillor Elise Chapman has had her Twitter account suspended . She has been outspoken in her campaign to stop a $ 3 million mosque . A mosque supporter had sent a message on Twitter to Chapman . Ms Chapman responded with graphic female genital mutilation photos .
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A Conservative councillor was photographed as he spent two hours on his mobile phone during a town hall debate on a rise in council tax . Councillor Eric Nicholson played solitaire , checked his bank account and caught up with emails while hiding his Blackberry under the table during the meeting at Kendal County Hall , Cumbria . Cllr Nicholson , a member for Cockermouth North , spoke only to mutter ` hear , hear ' in approval of the decision to take a lunch break . Distracted : Eric Nicholson was photographed as he played solitaire , checked his bank account and caught up with emails while hiding his Blackberry under the table during the town hall meeting . He put his phone away after lunch but was seen doodling on the agenda papers during the afternoon session . Cllr Nicholson , who was elected in 1997 , admitted after the meeting that he had been playing solitaire , checking his bank account and looking at emails , but insisted he was still ` concentrating ' . He said : ` What you 've got to understand is I get these papers a week before the meeting . I know them inside out . I do n't think it truly affected anything I needed to concentrate on . ' I listened to -LSB- the debate -RSB- carefully . I 'm the type of guy that gets terribly bored and switch off . I can lose my focus . It sounds silly but I 'm so used to working at 100mph . I know it gives a bad impression . ' The incident is the latest in a string of embarrassments for local councillors , who have been caught playing computer games during important meetings and phoning sex lines on company phones . Cllr Nicholson 's actions were criticised a local government watchdog , who described it as an ` insult ' to voters . Councillor Nicholson , right , put his phone away after lunch but was seen doodling on the agenda papers during the afternoon session , left . He insisted he was still ` concentrating ' throughout the meeting . Steven Atkinson , of Is It Fair Cumbria , said : ` It just shows the seriousness with which -LSB- councillors -RSB- take the debate . They do n't care . ` It 's an absolute insult to the people who elected him to put him in that position . ` He should make his apologies and attempt to explain himself to the electorate as I doubt they want a person who 's more interested in their mobile phone than the budget - it 's appalling . ` No wonder there 's such apathy from voters . ' Labour Councillor Len Davies , Mayor of Allerdale , added that Cllr Nicholson had ` let down those who had trusted him to act on their behalf ' . He said : ` An apology would be appropriate . He 's certainly not acting with due diligence . ` To prevent this happening again there must be a clear message that councillors must focus on what 's being discussed . ' Councillor James Airey , leader of the Conservative Group for Cumbria County Council , said he was ` surprised ' by Cllr Nicholson because he had ` helped a lot ' in drawing up the budget proposals being discussed . He added that he had seen members from all parties losing concentration during debates . He said : ` Members from all parties were reading newspapers at one point . We have got to sharpen our act up . It was an important debate and people should fully concentrate . ' When asked if Cllr Nicholson would be punished , Cllr Airey said : ' I spoke to Eric and he has apologised . ` He was aware of everything that went on in the budget debate and he has promised me that he wo n't do any personal work in important council debates again . ' It comes two months after Tory MP Nigel Mills admitted having a ` game or two ' of Candy Crush on his taxpayer-funded iPad during an important meeting in Parliament . Debate : Cllr Nicholson was attending a council tax meeting at Kendal County Hall , Cumbria , pictured . Mr Mills , the MP for Amber Valley in Derbyshire , was supposed to be listening to experts give evidence at a meeting of the Commons Work and Pensions Committee in December . However , he spent much of the two-and-a-half-hour meeting closely studying his iPad and swiping the screen as he tried to complete levels of the popular game . And last month it emerged Robert Bleakley , who has an # 11,000 allowance as a representative of Tyldesley in Wigan , Greater Manchester , had run up a # 2,500 bill calling sex chatlines . The Independent councillor also used a work computer to watch pornography and did not bother attending a meeting in five months . In September it was discovered Councillor Robert Bleakley , a representative of Tyldesley in Wigan , Greater Manchester , had racked up a # 2,400 taxpayer-funded phone bill after sending vile messages and calling premium rate sex lines .
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Eric Nicholson was photographed using his mobile phone under the table . He only spoke to mutter ` hear , hear ' in approval of decision to take lunch . But Tory councillor insisted he was ` concentrating ' while on his Blackberry .
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AHA ! THE MOMENTS OF INSIGHT THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD . by William B. Irvine . -LRB- OUP # 16.99 -RRB- . Everyone knows that Archimedes had a brilliant idea in his bath and shouted ` Eureka ' at his discovery -- indeed , it is possibly the only Greek word most people know . Similarly , Isaac Newton is indelibly imprinted on our minds with the image of an apple falling on his head . These are what William Irvine , in this lucid , engaging and thought-provoking book , calls ` aha moments ' -- unexpected insights powering intellectual and creative breakthroughs . Irvine , a distinguished American professor of philosophy , explores this process in the five areas of human activity in which he judges inspiration -LRB- or revelation -RRB- to be essential -- religion , morality , science , mathematics and the arts -- and examines the psychology and neuroscience behind these lightbulb moments . Author , William B. Irvine , explores what happens in these instances of discovery and illustrates that original insight and invention are nothing without hard work -LRB- stock image -RRB- . What emerges is a catalogue of brilliance , hard work , serendipity and luck , and a long history of resistance to new ideas : Giordano Bruno , for instance , was burned at the stake for suggesting the sun was at the centre of the solar system ; Fleming discovered penicillin as a result of keeping an untidy lab ; Roger Penrose 's understanding of black holes came to him on a walk . The sections on science and mathematics are the most thrilling . For Irvine , mathematical insights are the purest , requiring the greatest dedication in their pursuit and resulting in the purest beauty , as in Andrew Wiles proving Fermat 's Last Theorem . Irvine also shows us that original insight and invention are nothing without the old-fashioned virtues of hard work and perseverance . While using the conscious mind to solve a problem , great mathematicians , scientists and artists employ a process of trial and error that also requires moments of inspiration for their work to progress : ` Chance favours the prepared mind ' , in the words of Louis Pasteur . Einstein 's realisation that time is not absolute was followed by eight years of hard work ; Mahler 's 7th Symphony theme came to him when he heard the oars of a boat -- but only after many hours of struggle . Irvine cites many lesser-known figures whose insights have altered the course of human endeavour . In many cases , what stands out is not so much the discovery itself , but the courage in defending that discovery against the accepted orthodoxy , even when such a position was dangerous or uncomfortable . Indeed , many scientific insights have been held back by professional envy and rivalry , and women have long struggled to be heard in the male-dominated corridors of academia . Irvine is a likeable and companionable guide : wry , cajoling -LRB- ` If this thought does n't utterly astonish you , you have my sympathy ' -RRB- and amusing at times , occasionally drawing on a personal anecdote to press home the point . There 's some complicated maths and science in here , but this is largely accessible stuff . This book may not provide you with the recipe for your own ` aha moment ' , but it will lead you to an appreciation and fresh understanding of what happens when it does occur .
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Author , William B. Irvine , explores what happens in these instances . Irvine shows original insight and invention are nothing without hard work . The book provides an appreciation and understanding of these moments .
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David Cameron 's promise to curb immigration was shattered yesterday by figures revealing it has hit the highest level on record . Annual net migration -- the measure of how many people have come into Britain minus those who have left -- has reached nearly 300,000 . When he took power in 2010 Mr Cameron pledged to bring this politically sensitive figure below 100,000 . A total of 624,000 people migrated to Britain in the 12 months up to last September while 327,000 left . The inflow is up 94,000 on the year before . Last year 300,000 migrants arrived in Britain , with 190,000 of them travelled from outside the EU . Net long-term migration to the UK was estimated to be 298,000 in the year ending September 2014 , a major rise on the 210,000 figure a year earlier . The fact that most of the extra migrants -- 190,000 of the net inflow of 298,000 -- came from countries outside the EU provides further embarrassment for the Prime Minister . Unlike EU citizens , these people have no automatic right to work here and the Government had pledged to slash their numbers . There were increasing numbers of arrivals from the Indian sub-continent and a rise in ` chain migration ' where existing migrants bring in their relatives . Opposition politicians said Mr Cameron 's immigration policy was ` in tatters ' and pro-immigration pressure groups said he should instead focus on improving the lives of new arrivals . Labour MP Frank Field said last night : ` Every set of immigration data reinforces the need to control our borders . ` How can one expect a country to maintain its common identity and memories when in one year the population change alone was almost one million people -- 327,000 leaving and 624,000 arriving . ` That 's over a one-seventieth change in the entire population . ` At this rate in the next parliament it 'll be the equivalent to the whole of inner London 's population being changed . ' Downing Street described the figures as a ` disappointment ' but also a reflection of a strong economy . The highest numbers previously recorded were 600,000 in September 2010 . When Mr Cameron entered Downing Street in May 2010 net migration was running at 244,000 . Net migration from the EU hit 162,000 in the year ending September 2014 , up from 130,000 in the previous year . A total of 37,000 Romanian and Bulgarian arrived in the UK , up from 24,000 in the previous 12 months . ` We would like to see net immigration in the tens of thousands rather than the hundreds of thousands . ' David Cameron , Jan 2010 . ` Levels of immigration can return to where they were in the 1980s and 90s . Net migration to this country will be in the order of tens of thousands each year . No ifs . No buts . That 's a promise we made to the British people . ' David Cameron , April 2011 . ` When we made that comment ... we were very clear that was what we wanted to do . It remains the objective towards which the Prime Minister and others are working . ' Theresa May , Nov 10 . ` It is , of course , unlikely that we are going to reach the tens of thousands by the end of the Parliament . ' Theresa May , Nov 23 . Yesterday 's 298,000 figure has been surpassed only once , in 2005 . While eastern European immigration remains steady , the majority of EU migrants now come from Spain , Portugal , Italy , Greece and France , which all have moribund economies and high youth unemployment . The figures also show that nearly 200,000 Romanians and Bulgarians applied for national insurance numbers to work in the UK in 2014 . Yet only 37,000 were registered as arriving in the 12 months to September of that year -- suggesting that tens of thousands were here before the lifting of labour restrictions that January . Phoebe Griffith , of the Labour-leaning IPPR think tank , said : ` In light of these numbers , the Government urgently needs to broaden its focus to the experiences and impact of migrants once they arrive . ` They need to do more to address the pressures of immigration , including on local authorities , schools , GPs and social cohesion . ' Prime Minister David Cameron promised before the election to cut net immigration in the tens of thousands . But Lord Green of Migration Watch UK , a campaign group which has a record of accurate projections of immigration , said : ` These figures will be extremely disappointing for the public . The additional pressure on housing and public services is clearly unmanageable . This outcome is a wake-up call to redouble efforts to tackle mass immigration . ' He added : ` If political leaders are content with net migration of 300,000 , they should say so . Otherwise they should pledge to continue with a target and set out policies to achieve it . ` A problem as serious as this requires serious money . ` We call on all political parties to double the resources available for immigration control , which now account for only 0.25 per cent of Government expenditure . ' A new poll today showed people are most concerned about the impact of immigration on the NHS and the economy . In an interview with Woman & Home magazine , Mr Cameron defended his policy and blamed the booming British economy for attracting workers from around the world . ` Outside the EU , immigration has come down , thanks to the action we have taken since 2010 , for example , closing down 700 bogus colleges . ` But inside the EU , migration has gone up , partly because Britain 's economy has been strong and we 've been creating 1,000 new jobs a day , which is why I have put forward tough welfare policies that I will secure as part of our renegotiation with the EU . ` There are four parts to it -- firstly , if someone comes to the UK from the EU to look for work , they do not get unemployment benefit . ` Secondly , if they have not found work after six months , they will be forced to return home . Thirdly , if they do find work here they will not be able to claim in-work benefits like tax credits or social housing for four years . And fourthly they will no longer be able to send home child benefit to their country of origin . ' Mr Cameron has claimed that cutting immigration to the levels seen in the 1980s would mean it would cease to be a major political issue . Mr Cameron had hoped to use his immigration speech last year to announce a cap on the numbers of people who can come to Britain from elsewhere in the EU . But the idea was jettisoned by German Chancellor Angela Merkel , who insisted there could be no question of altering freedom of movement rules . Phoebe Griffith , from the IPPR think tank , said : ` These figures confirm that the net migration target has failed . In light of these numbers , the government urgently needs to broaden its focus to the experiences and impact of migrants once they arrive in Britain . ` They need to do more to address the pressures of immigration , including on local authorities , schools , GPs and social cohesion . ' No wonder they tried to bury the bad news . ANALYSIS BY JAMES SLACK . Home Secretary Theresa May , pictured , had long-since downgraded the Prime Minister 's immigration pledge to ' a comment ' Little wonder that officials tried so cynically to bury yesterday 's immigration figures beneath the findings of the Jimmy Savile inquiry . For , no matter how hard the Tories might look , there was n't a crumb of comfort to be found for David Cameron . For more than two years , it had been apparent he would miss his 2010 election promise to cut net migration to the ` tens of thousands ' . The lowest total the Government ever achieved was 154,000 in September 2012 and since then it has been rising steadily . Indeed , Theresa May -- knowing failure was inevitable -- had long since downgraded the Prime Minister 's pledge to a ` comment ' . But the excuse the Tories could always fall back on was that it was all the fault of the EU and free movement directives that Mr Cameron plans to renegotiate , if the Germans will let him . Migration from outside the EU -- which they could control -- had been cut sharply , ministers insisted . Yesterday that fig leaf was pulled away as the number of incomers rose in every significant category . Immigration for the purposes of study was up from 175,000 to 192,000 in the year to September 2014 . The number getting visas for family reunion -- including weddings -- was up from 66,000 to 90,000 . Asylum applications rose by 6 per cent to 24,914 . Overall , net migration from outside the EU was 190,000 . In other words , if EU migration had not added a single person to the UK population , Mr Cameron would still have missed his ` tens of thousands ' target by 90,000 . It 's hard to think of an election promise being broken more spectacularly . Home Secretary Mrs May did try . Hundreds of bogus colleges were closed down , sham marriages were disrupted and it was made far harder to get a family reunion visa . But the immigration system remains like a balloon : squeeze one route into the UK and a bulge appears elsewhere . Mrs May was also opposed in her reforms every step of the way by the Treasury , the Business Department and the vocal universities sector -- all of which are convinced mass immigration is the only route to prosperity .
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Prime Minister promised voters to cut net migration : ` No ifs . No buts ' Latest figures show that in year to September net migration hit 298,000 . 624,000 people arrived in the UK , but only 327,000 left during the year . Immigration from the EU at a record high as it hits 251,000 in a year . Has vowed to continue with target despite inability to control numbers . Ministers accused of trying to bury bad news by releasing Savile reports .
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Cadaver dogs are to search the former site of the sister campus of a notorious Florida boy 's reform school where pupils were beaten , raped and killed . University of South Florida researchers have found the remains of 51 people buried at Dozier School in Marianna and are now turning their attentions to the Okeechobee School for Boys , with the search to begin in April . When the notorious state-run reform school in Marianna became overcrowded , a second campus in Okeechobee was opened in the late 1950s . The Okeechobee School for Boys -LRB- pictured -RRB- was built in the late 1950s to cope with the overflow from Dozier School in Marianna - cadaver dogs will begin searching for possible remains in April . Former students Marvin Mike , left , and Joseph Johnson , right , have spoken out about the abuse they suffered and witnessed while attending the Okeechobee School for Boys . Several of the same staff members accused of brutal beatings in Marianna were also transferred to the Okeechobee campus . The Okeechobee County Sheriff 's Office told WESH.com they plan to bring cadaver dogs to the campus in April in the wake of their findings in Marianna . Some former students from the 1950s and 1960s have for at least a decade accused employees and guards at both schools of physical and sexual abuse . Although records only showed 31 burials at the Marianna school between its opening in 1900 and its 2011 closure , USF researchers found the remains of 24 additional people during a dig in 2013 . They are currently working to identify all the remains . Like Marianna , boys were housed at Okeechobee for minor offenses such as petty theft , truancy or running away from home , but many former students claim they were subjected to bloody beatings . Several of the same staff members accused of brutal beatings in Marianna were also transferred to the Okeechobee campus . Although records only showed 31 burials at the Marianna school between its opening in 1900 and its 2011 closure , USF researchers found the remains of 24 additional people during a dig in 2013 . Boy would be taken to a small office called the Adjustment Center where they would be forced to lie face down and be beaten repeatedly with a leather paddle . Former students recall stories of boys being beaten to death and buried behind the school 's dairy barn . ` Some of the boys they would just beat , beat , beat , beat until they passed out , ' Joseph Johnson told WESH . ` It was known among us that they would kill you . They would literally beat you to death . ' He claims he saw a boy being carried out and driven in a station wagon to the back of the school where the next day there was a fresh grave . When he asked a staff member they told him they had buried a cow . Another student , who was on the segregated black side of the school , recalls friends suddenly disappearing and staff members claiming that the boys had run away . ` If they ran away , why has n't anyone heard from them again ? ' Marvin Mike told WESH . ` They did n't run away . They was carried away . ' He said his friend , Cherry Black , went missing only for his body to be found in a septic tank on campus two weeks later . Staff claimed the boy had tried to run away , hid in the tank , and accidentally drowned in sewage . Mike never believed their story . ` They killed him and put him in there , ' Mike said . White metal crosses mark graves at Dozier School for Boys in Marianna : A sister school in Okeechobee will now be searched by cadavar dogs to see if the remains of young boys are buried there .
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University of South Florida researchers who found the remains of 51 people buried at Dozier School in Marianna two years ago . They are now turning their attention to the Okeechobee School for Boys . It opened in the late 1950s as a second campus for Dozier and several of the staff members accused of brutal beatings in Marianna transferred over . Several former students recall stories of boys being beaten to death and buried behind the school 's dairy barn .
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The man at the centre of a network that influenced the ISIS executioner identified as ` Jihadi John ' was allowed to fly in and out of London to terrorism hot spots unchecked for almost three years . Bilal al-Berjawi passed through UK Border Control at least five times between 2006 and 2009 as he travelled between London and African terror cells . Over that period he was rising to prominence as a senior member of al-Shabaab , the al-Qaeda linked group in Somalia - returning to the UK only to raise funds and to marry . Scroll down for video . Lebanon born Bilal al-Berjawi -LRB- right -RRB- traveled freely between the UK and terror hubs in East Africa as he rose to prominence with al-Qaeda . He is believed to have radicalised Mohammed Emwazi -LRB- left -RRB- - revealed earlier today as the masked ISIS executioner Jihadi John - on his return visits to London . It is believed that it was during these return visits to London that al-Berjawi became the driving force behind the radicalisation of 27-year-old Mohammed Emwazi , using his growing stature within the terror group to radicalise homegrown extremists . Emwazi was today named as terror suspect ` Jihadi John ' , the black cloaked executioner who featured in the beheading videos of British aid workers Alan Henning and David Haines , U.S. journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff , Japanese reporter Kenji Goto and Syrian soldiers . According to people who have moved in jihadi circles in west London , Emwazi began to be noticed ` five or six years ago ' , when al-Berjawi was still flying between the UK and Africa . ` That 's when he emerged , so to speak , ' said one . Bilal al-Berjawi was killed by a drone strike in Somalia three years ago . Bilal al-Berjawi was killed in a 2012 drone attack . By that point he was a key figure in al-Qaeda 's East African operations . Originally from Lebanon , Berjawi first joined militants in Somalia in 2006 and then returned to Britain in 2007 on a fundraising venture . He left again in February 2009 with his friend Mohammed Sakr , who is of Egyptian origin , to travel to Kenya , telling their families they were going on a safari - the same front used by Mohammed Emwazi when he flew to Tanzania in 2009 . They aroused the suspicions of the manager of the hotel at which they were staying in Mombasa and when they moved to Nairobi , police raided the premises and they were deported . A laptop found at the premises contained extremist material including encouragement of jihad and instructions on making car bombs . Berjawi married a Somali woman in London , and in October 2009 , they decided to slip out of the country again , without telling their families that they were leaving . All three were the subject of a manhunt , accused of crossing into Uganda to plot terrorist attacks that culminated in bomb attacks in Kampala in July 2011 that killed 74 people . Police stand guard near Jihadi John 's last known residence in Queens Park , London , after his identity was confirmed as 27-year-old Mohammed Emwazi . Berjawi was said to be a senior figure with al-Qaeda in East Africa , a radical part of the al-Shabaab movement , and was known as one of its most active fighters . He was also responsible for securing weapons and for overseeing the contingent of foreign fighters . In an online obituary published in 2013 , al-Shabaab said ` Abu Hafs ' had been trained by two top military commanders of al-Qaeda in East Africa , Fazul Abdullah Mohammed and Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan . The government stripped both men of their British passports and they were killed in separate drone attacks in 2012 . Court documents relating to Mohammed Emwazi today showed that Emwazi was part of an extremist network linked to al-Shabaab , the BBC reported . MI5 files stated that his name was one of several terror suspects believed to be aiding the Somali terror cell in their provision of funds and equipment .
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Bilal Berjawi flew in and out of UK to African terror hubs routinely . Passed through airport security at least five times in three years . Extremist rose to become senior figure with al-Qaeda . Was key figure in radicalising Mohammed Emwazi in London . Emwazi named as Islamic State executioner ` Jihadi John '
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When Honey-Rae Phillips was born with a giant strawberry birthmark , her mother and father wanted to show she was just like everyone else . But their act of devotion has gone beyond even the most caring parents ' wildest dreams . Tanya and Adam Phillips each adorned their legs with mammoth tattoos , mimicking perfectly the blemishes which run up the right side of their 18-month-old daughter 's body . Devotion : Honey-Rae Phillips -LRB- centre -RRB- was born with a harmless but disfiguring strawberry birthmark - so to show she is just like everyone else , her parents have each had tattoos of the same blotches -LRB- left and right -RRB- . Supportive : Father Adam Phillips and his wife Tanya constantly tell Honey-Rae -LRB- left -RRB- that she is beautiful . The proud couple , from Grimsby , Lincolnshire , were in tears when they first saw Honey-Rae after she was born in 2013 . Although her strawberry birthmark is completely harmless , they were afraid the skin blotches - which affect one in ten children - could harm Honey-Rae 's self-confidence when she grew up . When her daughter was barely a year old , Mrs Phillips was horrified to discover pensioners pointing at her and whispering next to a shop till . So for Christmas she paid for the two-and-a-half-hour , # 80 procedure on her husband 's leg - with plasterer Mr Phillips repaying the favour ahead of her 40th birthday this week . Mark : Mrs Phillips already had a tattoo on her right leg , but has added to what she had before . Mrs Phillips said : ` Most people might think it 's very extreme but to us it was the natural thing to do to ensure our daughter never felt different or alone in the world . ' Recounting the moment she first saw her daughter 's birthmark , the proud mother said ` She struggled to breathe when she was first born and was rushed to the special care unit . When I went to see her she was just lying in a little incubator and that 's when I saw it . ` It broke my heart . I just sobbed and sobbed knowing my baby was going to permanently marked for the rest of her life . ` Like any mum I did n't want her to be different . I wanted her to be exactly the same as every other healthy child . And as much as the birthmark is n't dangerous , I knew it could have a huge impact on the rest of her life . ` Although in our eyes she was perfect , I knew other people would cruelly point and stare at her . For the first few months of her life , whenever we went out , I made sure her legs were covered up . I could n't cope with stranger 's curious glances or whispering comments . ' ` I did n't want sympathy or pity or people feeling sorry for Honey-Rae . Adam and I decided straight away that we wanted Honey-Rae to feel special , that her birthmark was something to feel proud of and not embarrassed by . ` From the moment she was born , we told Honey-Rae she was beautiful and constantly covered her in kisses . ' But when she noticed an elderly couple ` whispering and staring ' at her daughter , Mrs Phillips was ` distraught ' and decided she had to take action . ` It was the first time I had taken her out without covering her up and it confirmed all my worries and fears , ' she said . ` People are cruel without even realising . And I knew if adults could be that insensitive , then kids at school would also be unintentionally mean . ` We had talked about having duplicate tattoos done for a little while but that day my mind was made up . We knew we had to do something to ensure Honey-Rae grew up knowing she was very much loved . ' Mark : Honey-Rae 's birthmark , pictured , is harmless but caused strangers to whisper at a shop checkout . She added : ` It was incredibly painful , especially as I had a flower to cover some old star tattoos , but it was worth every second of the pain . ` When the swelling went down , I showed Honey-Rae , and she gently touched it and smiled as she said `` Match '' , pointing to her own leg . ` If I 'd have needed any reassurance that I 'd made the right decision that was it . ` She now constantly touches mine and Adam 's tattoos then her own birthmark and giggles - I could n't be happier . ` Some people will says it odd and think what we 've done is quite extreme , but in our eyes all we have done is ensure Honey-Rae never feels different . Mummy and Daddy now have the same permanent markings as she does . ' Condition : Known medically as haemangiomas , strawberry birthmarks are an abnormal cluster of blood vessels just under the skin . They affect one in ten babies but most of the time they are completely harmless . The couple already had tattoos on their legs , but none as extreme as the imitation birthmarks . Known medically as haemangiomas , strawberry birthmarks are an abnormal cluster of blood vessels just under the skin which can vary hugely in size . They get their name from their appearance , which can mimic the pattern and colouring of the summer fruit . Most are harmless and do not need to be treated , with some types fading over time while others stay on the skin permanently . Occasionally birthmarks need to be treated if they develop into ulcers or block the airways , but other people have them removed for cosmetic reasons . Many can be removed with medicines , while others require laser treatment or even plastic surgery , according to the NHS .
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Honey-Rae Phillips was born with harmless but disfiguring birthmark . Mother Tanya realised neighbours were pointing at it out in Grimsby . She and husband Adam wanted to show Honey-Rae she was normal . So they each had # 80 procedure - and ` beautiful ' daughter is delighted .
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Posing for the camera before her school prom , Corah-Beth Slaney is the picture of a pretty , fresh-faced English rose . But just one month later , the 16-year-old 's body had been ravaged by a deadly condition - and doctors have now warned she has just months to live . In the space of a few weeks , the glamorous teenager became unable to walk , feed or wash herself . She has since been diagnosed with mitochondrial disease - a life limiting disease that prevents the body from producing energy for vital organs and muscles . And since the prom night , Corah 's devastated parents have watched helplessly as the disease has taken over her body . Corah-Beth Slaney posing for the camera before going to her school prom . But just one month later , the 16-year-old was battling a deadly condition that had ravaged her body - and now has just months to live . Her parents watched in horror as within the space of a few weeks , the glamorous teenager became unable to walk , feed or wash herself . Her mother , Lisa , 43 , said : ` After her prom night , Corah 's health rapidly declined - and she 's now unable to walk , feed or wash herself . ` Mitochondrial disease has devastated our lives and it 's so rare that there 's not much information about it . ` Doctors have warned us that Corah has months to live rather than years and we 're just trying to make the most out of our time left as a family . ` It was heart-breaking to hear that our little girl had such an awful , terminal disease . ' For her parents , the picture of Corah at the prom is a ` precious ' , yet tragic reminder of the daughter they have lost . Mrs Slaney said : ` Corah 's prom night is something we will treasure forever , it reminds us of the happy times we 've shared . ` But despite her diagnosis she has never stopped smiling and still manages to try and sing when she 's feeling well enough . ' ` She is my only daughter as I have two older sons which makes this even harder for us to take . ' ` Her condition means we are living on a timebomb we do n't know how long we have left as a family . Corah , with her mother Lisa , has since been diagnosed with mitochondrial disease - a life limiting condition that prevents the body from producing energy for vital organs and muscles . For her parents Lisa and Carl , the picture of Corah at the prom is a ` precious ' , yet tragic reminder of the daughter they have lost . Her mother said : ` Mitochondrial disease has devastated our lives ' What are mitochondria ? In every cell in the body , mitochondria are responsible for producing energy -LRB- called ATP -RRB- that the cell needs to function . Cells make up tissues and organs in our bodies , for example the heart and liver . They are like power stations in our bodies , supplying the energy every cell needs to function . If our cells do not have energy , then the tissues or body organs that the cells are made up of do not work properly . One analogy is that if power stations do not produce enough energy for the country , there will be areas of blackout , where parts of the country can not function . What is mitochondrial Disease ? When a person has mitochondrial Disease the Mitochondria in the cells are not producing enough energy for the cell . Sometimes they do not work at all , and sometimes they are just not very efficient . If a cell does not get enough energy -LRB- ATP -RRB- it can not function properly . There is a huge variety in the symptoms and severity of mitochondrial disease . It depends on how many cells are affected , and where they are in the body - so every person with mitochondrial disease is affected differently . Each individual affected will have a different combination of mitochondria that are working and not working within each cell . However , there are times when particular body systems are affected in a recognisable pattern and these have particular names , for example Alpers , Leigh 's disease , MELAS and MERRF . The commonest parts of the body affected are those that have the highest energy demands ; brain , muscle , liver , heart and kidney . If a lot of mitochondria in the body are affected in the important body organs , like the brain , mitochondrial disease can be very serious . The symptoms of mitochondrial disease are usually progressive in body systems where the cells have a high demand for energy , such as brain cells . Source : The Lily Foundation . ` Corah 's mind works perfectly fine so it 's such a shame that at 16-years-old she relies on me to wash and dress her . ` We are just trying to make sure she has the best quality of life while she 's still with us . ' Doctors were at first baffled by Corah 's symptoms but just one month later her parents were told the devastating news . The teenager 's health had been fine until she was 12 years old . But in 2011 , she developed diabetes and needed insulin with every meal . She then started suffering from seizures and was diagnosed with epilepsy . Her mother said : ` Corah 's life had suddenly changed overnight and now her father and I had to help manage her health . ` That was devastating enough , but when her seizures started getting worse , we knew something was n't adding up . ' ` But it took years of hospital appointments before we got an accurate diagnosis - and the medication she was on failed to stop her having fits . ' In June 2014 , Corah , from Nottingham , was due to undergo life-changing brain surgery to help control her seizures . In preparation , Corah needed to be taken off all medication for this to be carried out - something that led to massive , uncontrollable fits . Mrs Slaney added : ` It was n't until a specialist suggested that Corah may have mitochondrial disease that I had ever heard of it . ' A muscle biopsy was taken and it was then confirmed that Corah had this horrible disease . ' The teenager 's parents are now desperate to raise as much awareness as possible for the condition that will kill their daughter . They are currently waiting to go to Great Ormond Street to talk with consultants about the best drugs available to help her . Mrs Slaney said : said : ` Corah took a massive turn for the worst in December , she suffered a huge seizure and we all thought she was going to die . ' Mitochondrial disease causes extreme tiredness , as well as involuntary movements . The seizures have left Corah with muscle weakness and she is now wheelchair bound . Corah 's mother is now her full-time carer . She said : ` Corah 's mind works perfectly fine so it 's such a shame that at 16 , she relies on me to wash and dress her ' Desperate to spend as much time with her daughter as possible , her mother had taken up the role of Corah 's full time carer . ` We 're trying to get Corah to feed herself again , which would be amazing . But we do n't know what 's going to happen , so we just take each day as it comes . ' Since Corah 's diagnosis , the family have been doing all they can to keep her spirits up . Mrs Slaney added : ` Corah recently met Jessie J which really helped lift her spirits , she loves singing so it was fantastic for her to meet her idol . ` We 're in the process of trying to get as many people as possible to send Corah video messages to cheer her up , she loves Keith Lemon . ' Despite the family struggling to cope with Corah 's shocking diagnosis , they are sharing her story in the hope of some way improving the lives of others with the terminal condition . The family has spoken out to try and raise awareness of the cruel condition that has wrecked Cora 's life . Mrs Slaney said : ` Corah is constantly deteriorating and now that she ca n't do anything for herself . We are on the waiting list to get a wet room in our house . ` Originally the council placed Corah at the bottom of a two-year waiting list , but thanks to our supporters we are now at the top of that list . ` But unfortunately no funding will be available until April and even then , the work is likely to exceed the maximum grants available . ' So the family have set up a fundraising page for Corah in a bid to raise the vital funds for her wet room and downstairs bedroom . Mrs Slaney added : ' I want to ensure Corah has the best quality of life possible and having her own downstairs area at home would greatly improve that . ` In just over two weeks we 've raised over # 7,000 . ' To help the family with their fundraising , visit : www.gofundme.com/SingASong4Corah . The family have pledged that any surplus funds will be donate to The Lily Foundation , which helps research into mitochondrial disease and other metabolic disorders . To find out more , visit : The Lily Foundation .
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Weeks after the photo , Corah-Beth Slaney became seriously unwell . Glamorous teenager became unable to walk , feed or wash herself . Has mitochondrial disease , which stops body producing energy . Doctors have warned her devastated family she has just months to live .
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Booted : UMass Amherst doctoral student Zahra Khalkhali was unceremoniously kicked out of her school and stripped of her visa . Behind UMass-Amherst 's infamous ban on Iranian students studying at the university is a 31-year-old doctoral student from outside Tehran whose experience sparked the entire controversy . Zahra Khalkhali was a second year PhD student whose research on fuel cells concerned university officials enough to drop her from the university late last year along with their sponsorship of her visa while she was visiting her home country . While Khalkhali languished in Iran with little explanation and no one willing to help her , UMass-Amherst rewrote its policies concerning Iranian students . Officials said the change was made to better conform to a 2012 federal law that makes Iranian citizens who are seeking degrees to prepare them for work in their country 's energy sector ineligible for visas . ' I was very shocked and heartbroken , ' Khalkhali told NBC News in a phone interview from Iran . Before this year 's chain of events , Khalkhali was a student in the highly regarded university 's Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department . She was in her second year of study into fuel cells used to produce clean energy when she unceremoniously got the boot . ` They were all aware of my research , ' she says of her administrators and colleagues . ` The university was aware what my PhD thesis was about . ' Nonetheless , she says she could find no one to vouch for her as she attempted to return to the country . So , hoping to convince the university in person , she flew to New York . On January 14 , NBC reports , Khalkhali was stopped at a New York airport , cuffed and held overnight before being shipped back to Iran . Later in January , she would petition UMass to reconsider . Instead , the school hardened its policies regarding Iranian students . Upon trying to return to the U.S. following a trip home to Iran , officials saw that Khalkhali 's research at the university 's Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department involved energy production . The school feared ran counter to a 2012 federal law barring Iranian nationals in pursuit of degrees that could train them to work in their country 's energy sector from getting visas . On February 6 , the school officially banned Iranians from studying many hard science fields , some of which were n't even specified by the 2012 federal law . At the time , the school claimed the policy change stemmed from ` an inquiry from a student . ' An outcry soon ensued from within Amherst and without as critics called foul on what they claimed were draconian new policies . Then , on February 18 , the school turned heel , deciding to reverse its decision to ban Iranian nationals from admission to certain graduate programs after consulting further with the State Department and private attorneys . ` We have always believed that excluding students from admission conflicts with our institutional values and principles . It is now clear , after further consultation and deliberation , that we can adopt a less restrictive policy , ' said Michael Malone , vice chancellor for research and engagement . The university said it will develop individualized study plans based on a student 's projected coursework to meet the requirements of federal sanctions law . Khalkhali , meanwhile , remains in limbo in Iran . However , UMass Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy said in a statement to NBC on Tuesday : . ` The student did not do anything wrong , and we regret that she endured a difficult and trying period at the airport . ` We are exploring how we might help her continue her education , and if we can identify an alternative line of study that fulfills the requirements of federal law . '
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Zahra Khalkhali is a 31-year-old Iranian national whose doctoral research on fuel cells got her booted from UMass . Khalkhali was banned from returning to the US early this year after UMass dropped its sponsorship of her visa while she was visiting home . After dropping her , UMass rewrote its policies to protect the school from a 2012 law banning Iranians from training for careers in Iran 's energy sector . The school has since turned heel on its policy , but Khalkhali remains stuck in Iran .
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Every mobile phone user in Pakistan is being ordered to have their fingerpints taken as part of the country 's tough new anti-terror laws . Every citizen who wants to use a device must make sure their name , phone number and finger prints are on record in order to keep their SIM card . Since the new measure was announced earlier this year , Pakistanis have been lining up at mobile phone stores and in front of vans and kiosks to have their fingerprints scanned so their identities can be verified , meaning they can keep their phones . People line up in front of a street trader in Islamabad to have their SIM cards verified by giving their fingerprints . The measures are meant to tighten control of mobile phones and stop them being used in terror attacks following a Taliban massacre at a school in Peshawar two months ago , which left 150 dead . For user to keep their phones , they have to go to a kiosk and show their ID while having their fingerprints scanned . If the fingerprint matches up with one on a government database , they are allowed to keep their SIM card . If not , their service is cut off . Last year , the Pakistani government introduced biometric machines designed to check users ' identities - making the check mandatory for anyone who wants to get a new SIM card . But in the wake of the Peshawar attack , they 're now checking all users , regardless of when they got their SIM card , to make sure those who have been issued with one , are actually the ones using it . The measures are meant to tighten control of mobile phones and stop them being used in terror attacks in the country . The project has been portrayed as a way to curb the use of cellphones by militants and criminals in planning or carrying out attacks . In explaining the measure , Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told lawmakers earlier this month that he was sure the terrorists ` will lose a big weapon . ' A police official investigating the Peshawar attack said at least two of the SIM cards recovered from the scene were issued under the names of two residents of Punjab province and the pair later told authorities their names were misused . There are about 103 million SIM card holders in Pakistan and the goal is to re-check everyone by April 13 , said a spokesman for the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority . Pakistan 's five cellular companies worked with the PTA to install fingerprint scanning devices around the country , and already about 60 million SIM cards have been verified and seven million blocked . Every citizen in Pakistan who wants to use a device must make sure their name , phone number and finger prints are on record in order to keep their SIM card . Mobile phone companies have launched advertising campaigns and sent mobile vans around the country to win the people over . Their websites warn SIM card holders of impending cut off dates . And while some Pakistanis are frazzled at the added bureaucracy , others agree the measure could help curb illegal cellphone usage . Hussain Khan who had to wait for 40 minutes at a cellphone company office in Islamabad said : ` Those who have some bad intentions and are misusing cellphones will not turn up for this verification . They know how to get their way . But Badshah Hussain , a 38-year-old vegetable vendor , was a bit more upbeat saying : ` This will not only help curb crime and terrorism but also protect people from ... problems and troubles . '
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Mobile phone owners have to record their name , number and fingerprints . Checks must be carried out in order for phone users to keep their SIM card . If their identities can not be verified , their mobile phone service is cut off . Measure comes in wake of the Peshawar attack on a school in December . The Taliban massacre left 150 dead with most of the victims children . Mobile phones obtained using fake names were used by militants during the attack .
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Benedict Cumberbatch wrote a heartfelt letter to the family of a 14-year-old Sherlock fan , apologising for missing her funeral because he was ` filming the show she loved ' . The 38-year-old actor wrote the open letter to the parents of Eve Shepherd , sending his ` deepest sympathies ' and explaining why he could not attend . The touching letter , signed off ` God rest her soul ' , was read out during the teenager 's funeral , where mourners donned deerstalker hats - often worn by fictional detective Sherlock Holmes - to mark Eve 's love of the BBC programme . ` Deepest sympathies ' : Benedict Cumberbatch -LRB- pictured left as Sherlock Holmes -RRB- wrote a letter to the parents of 14-year-old Sherlock fan Eve Shepherd -LRB- right -RRB- , apologising for not attending her funeral . Mourners , including Eve 's parents Mark and Jane , wore deerstalker hats -LRB- pictured -RRB- to Eve 's funeral and left the church listening to the Sherlock Holmes theme tune . The congregation also left the church listening to the Sherlock Holmes theme tune . The letter read : ' I send my deepest sympathies to Eve 's family . To lose someone so young who fought for her health all her life must be beyond endurance . ' I hope they can take solace from the fact that she was clearly much loved and her support of our show is hugely appreciated and shall be remembered . ' I wish I could be there but sadly am filming the show she loved . God rest her soul . With all my love and sympathies , Benedict xxx ' . Eve , from Padgate , Cheshire , died earlier this month after having breathing difficulties . She had been born prematurely at just 28 weeks and medics believed she would not survive any longer than 24 hours . But she defied the odds , undergoing 200 operations during her short life and having to have a tracheotomy tube to help her breathe . The letter read : ' I send my deepest sympathies to Eve 's family . To lose someone so young who fought for her health all her life must be beyond endurance ' Eve 's parents said their daughter had been a huge fan of the show for many years and that she would be ` giggling her head off ' at the thought of Cumberbatch taking the time to write to her . Eve 's parents said their daughter had been a huge fan of the show for many years and that she would be ` giggling her head off ' at the thought of Cumberbatch taking the time to write to her . Her father Mark , 47 , said : ` Eve would find this funny as she was a big TV and film fan . She would be giggling her head off at the thought she was in the newspaper . ` But she would be so happy about the letter from Benedict - she was a huge fan . ' I send my deepest sympathies to Eve 's family . To lose someone so young who fought for her health all her life must be beyond endurance . I hope they can take solace from the fact that she was clearly much loved and her support of our show is hugely appreciated and shall be remembered . I wish I could be there but sadly am filming the show she loved . God rest her soul . With all my love and sympathies , Benedict xxx . Her 46-year-old mother Jane , a full-time carer for Eve , described her daughter as ` unforgettable ' and a self-confessed geek who dreamed of one day working in the media . She said : ` She was individual . She did Eve 's things and it did n't matter what you said to her she would still do Eve 's things . ` She knew her own mind and it 's a shame more kids do n't feel strong enough and comfortable enough to be like Eve in that way . ' She added that the service had been a celebration of Eve 's short life and had included songs Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran , Blame It on Me by George Ezra , It 's a Beautiful Day by Michael Bublé and Take me to Church by Hozier . Hundreds attended the funeral , forcing church wardens to open the adjoining hall . Her friend Danny Moores also made wristbands to raise money for Great Ormond Street , which dozens of mourners wore to the church . On each wristband it read ` Eve - Gone but not forgotten ' . Last year , Eve was able to have her tracheotomy tube removed for the first time . Hundreds attended the funeral with church wardens forced to open the adjoining hall to accommodate everyone who came to pay their respects . Eve , from Padgate , Cheshire , died earlier this month after having breathing difficulties . She was born prematurely at just 28 weeks -LRB- pictured -RRB- and medics believed she would not survive any longer than 24 hours . Mr Shepherd said it had been a ` momentous occasion ' but they knew it would not be ' a straight road . ' He said : ` It was always going to be one step forward two steps back but she always kept going . ' Speaking about her birth , she said : ` The doctors kept her alive which was a miracle . ` If we are being honest they thought she was only going to live a day but she never gave up and we never gave up . ' The family requested no flowers but asked that donations were instead made to the Peter Pan ward at Great Ormond Street , Alder Hey Bereavement team and Warrington Animal Welfare .
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38-year-old actor sent the letter to parents of Eve Shepherd , from Cheshire . Sending ` deepest sympathies ' , he wrote : ` Her support shall be remembered ' Mourners wore deerstalker hats and Sherlock theme tune played in church . Her parents said Eve would be ` laughing her head off ' at the touching letter . ` Unforgettable ' teenager died this month after having breathing difficulties .
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A grandmother who complained of neck pain after a fall died after medics repeatedly failed to take her to hospital - instead telling her to take paracetamol . Ruby Rice , 89 , of North Walsham , Norfolk , did in fact have a broken neck - and died after becoming paralysed from the neck down as a result of the fall . Her devastated son Paul , 55 , said paramedics and her GP were called several times but she was simply told to ` take paracetamol ' . She was not taken to hospital for X-rays until November 19th - about three weeks after the fall which caused the fracture to her neck . Ruby Rice , 89 , died after becoming paralysed from the neck down as a result of the fall . Mr Rice wants a review into procedures and policies around when a patient should be transported to hospital for further assessment , and has written to the Care Quality Commission health watchdog . East of England Ambulance Service and Mrs Rice 's GP surgery have offered their sympathies and encouraged her family to contact them to discuss concerns . Mr Rice said : ' I am not apportioning blame to the crews . I am concerned about policy . ` My mother had osteoporosis and brittle bones - they should have acted . ' The ambulance service was first called on November 13 when Mrs Rice fell in the hallway of her home . The medical report stated the slip caused ` slight ' discomfort to her neck and no injury was discovered . The next day , a GP visited her at home , having been contacted about Mrs Rice 's neck pain . On November 15 , she suffered yet another fall , yet the according to her medical report ` no new injuries ' were reported , although her neck was still ` painful ' . The following day , she was referred back to her GP for a medical review and took paracetamol for her neck pain . On November 19th , following yet another fall in her kitchen , she was finally taken to Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital where she was diagnosed with a broken pelvis and an ` historic break ' to her neck . After a long stay in hospital , she was discharged to a care home in North Walsham , but became paralysed from the neck down . She died on February 3rd . On November 19th , following yet another fall in her kitchen , she was finally taken to Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital -LRB- pictured -RRB- where she was diagnosed with a broken pelvis and a ` historic break ' to her neck . Her son said : ` It is possible that my mother 's neck condition would have been discovered earlier had she been taken for further assessment during one of these earlier attendances . ' Her surgery , Paston Surgery in North Walsham , offered sympathies but said it was ` inappropriate to comment further due to patient confidentiality ' . In a statement , the East of England Ambulance Service said : ` Our sympathies are with Mrs Rice 's family at this time . ` We were called to Mrs Rice a number of times in 2014 and our crews made referrals to other community healthcare including GPs and social services . ` Our last call to Mrs Rice was on November 20 when we took her into hospital . ` If Mrs Rice 's family would like to speak to us about her treatment and care last year , we would be happy to do this . ' Joan Skeggs , assistant director of quality and safety at NHS England -LRB- East -RRB- said : ` We would like to offer our sincere sympathies to Mrs Rice 's family , at what must be an extremely difficult time for them . ` We have not received a formal complaint regarding Mrs Rice 's care . ` We take complaints about the services we commission very seriously and would be happy to speak to Mrs Rice 's family about the care and treatment that she received from her GP practice . '
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Ruby Rice , 89 , had neck pain after a fall and doctors advised painkillers . She fell again weeks later and was rushed to hospital with a broken pelvis . Doctors discovered she had an undiagnosed broken neck from the first fall . Left her paralysed from the neck down and she died after being discharged . Her son says had she been taken to hospital initially she might have lived . He has complained to the health watchdog , the Care Quality Commission .
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He was on the road to international success . But on Wednesday singer Ariel Camacho had his life cut short when he died at the age of 22 in a car accident in Sinaloa , Mexico , according to Billboard . The El Karma hit maker grew up in a nearby town . Scroll down for video . Gone too soon : Ariel Camacho had his life cut short on Wednesday when he died at the age of 22 in a car accident in Sinaloa , Mexico , according to Billboard . He was with the band Los Plebes del Rancho and was on the label DEL Records . Sony distributed his music in the US . The musician - who also played the guitar - was on tour promoting his latest album . Camacho had just performed at the 2015 Carnival Mocorito concert . There were reportedly two other people in the car with him , but they survived . This is the second time in the past year that Camacho was involved in a car accident . In both crashes , speeding has been cited as the cause , according to Heavy.com . His death was confirmed by DEL. . ` My heart is broken by the loss of Ariel Camacho , ' Angel Del Villar , DEL Record 's president and founder said in a statement . ' I knew he was going to transform the genre in Mexico and the United States . Millions of people would have become fans and would have gotten to know the man I did . ' Camacho was just beginning to gain a following in North America . ` The singer-songwriter , born Jose Ariel Camacho Barraza , was known for his guitar skills and soft-edged vocals on acoustic songs that reflected the lives of his Mexican music fans , ' Billboard wrote in a tribute . ` The young artist had gained a following through his live shows and videos on YouTube . ' His bandmates were Cesar Sanchez and Omar Burgos . They performed in the Mexican genre of Sierreno , which has three members - an acoustic guitar player , a bass player and an accordion player . Ariel 's passing echoes the death Tejano singer Selena was only 23-years-old when she was shot and killed in 1995 . Jennifer Lopez played her in a 1997 movie . Latin roots : Selena was only 23-years-old when she was shot and killed in 1995 ; Jennifer Lopez played the hit maker in a 1997 film -LRB- here Lopez , 45 , is pictured on Sunday at the Oscars -RRB- .
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The singer and guitar player was only 22 and from Sinaloa , Mexico . He was on his way home from the 2015 Carnival Mocorito concert . Was with the band Los Plebes del Rancho and was on DEL Records . There were two other people in the car and they both survived with injuries . Was gaining a big following in the US and had tour stop in Pomona , CA . This is the second time in the past year Camacho was involved in a car accident . Echoes death of Tejano singer Selena who died in 1995 at the age of 23 .
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The BBC 's reporting of the Falklands War was considered so ` treacherous ' by senior Tories that the Corporation only narrowly escaped a Government takeover , an official history reveals . Margaret Thatcher 's right hand man , Willie Whitelaw , was under huge pressure to invoke emergency protocols normally reserved for a nuclear attack against Britain in 1982 . This would have allowed the Government to take charge of what was being broadcast about the Falklands conflict to protect Britain 's national interests and the morale of the country and the troops . Margaret Thatcher , pictured , was so outraged by the BBC 's coverage of the Falklands War , she wanted to use emergency powers to take the corporation under the Government 's control according to an official history . Mrs Thatcher , right , wanted her right-hand-man Willie Whitelaw , left , to move against the BBC . In a history of the BBC , published today , it emerges that Mrs Thatcher was incandescent with the BBC for apparently questioning support for the war and even refusing to call soldiers ` our boys ' . Inside Downing Street , there was particular fury at a May 1982 edition of Panorama which gave a platform to the war 's critics at Westminster and implied that senior military figures also had reservations about it . The Prime Minister , who had staked he political reputation on reclaiming the islands from Argentina , believed that -- during the crucial second month of the conflict - the BBC had ` exaggerated the case of a few dissidents . Her view , according to official historian Jean Seaton of the University of Westminster , was that it had let down ` the Army , the country and her ' . Her husband , Denis , later remarked : ` I will never forget it . How could the bloody BBC question the integrity of the military ? I was livid with rage and have hated them since that day . ' In response to the Panorama programme , the BBC 's soon-to-be director general , Alasdair Milne , and chairman Lord Howard were summoned to appear before a meeting of the Tory MPs ' Media Committee . The meeting was called by Home Secretary Mr Whitelaw , whose department was then in charge of overseeing the BBC , to allow Tory MPs to vent their fury . The book says : ` Whitelaw wanted to ` let them get it off their chests ' . Whitelaw was under immense pressure , however , to use the power that Government 's possessed under the Corporation 's Charter to take it over and to direct what it broadcast . ` These powers existed to cover the transition to war in a nuclear attack . ` Whitelaw saw the blood-letting as a last-ditch attempt to protect the BBC from something far worse : government control . ' The BBC refused to refer to British forces heading to the Falklands as ` our boys ' which angered Mrs Thatcher . During the meeting , MPs were so furious that one accused the BBC of being ` obsequious ' to Argentina . In a separate row , Mrs Thatcher also accused the Corporation of ` treacherously ' calling the troops ` the British troops ' on Newsnight , rather than ` us ' or ` our ' . The book , titled Pinkoes and Traitors , reveals this decision was based on official BBC guidelines , which went to everyone at the Corporation . The startling claims are contained withing a new book on the BBC between 1974-1987 . Underlined , this edict stated : ` NOT OUR TROOPS ' . It went on : We should try to avoid using ` our ' when we mean British . We are not Britain . We are the BBC ' . Throughout her time as Conservative leader , Mrs Thatcher was involved in regular clashes with the BBC , which she considered to be over-manned and a mouthpiece for Left-wing propaganda . She complained about bad language , pro-trade union bias and the effect of TV on children . Repeatedly , suggestions were made the BBC should be made to fund itself by screening advertising . The book , which chronicles the Corporation 's history between 1974 and 1987 , states : ` Maladroitly , it -LSB- the BBC -RSB- fell into the trap of being defined as an ` enemy ' . ` At numerous levels within the BBC they discussed what to do for her , with her , how to ration her appearances on Savile shows , how to check her capacity to wipe the floor with interrogators ' . The history also chronicles how BBC staff were regularly vetted by MI5 to see if they had extremist views or might pose a threat to national security . At one stage , 1,400 people were being checked every year by the Security Service -- a defence the Corporation relied upon when under attack from Mrs Thatcher . In January 1980 , the Prime Minister forwarded the BBC a letter accusing it of Left-wing bias because of a sequence on Nationwide about the use of flying pickets in a steel dispute . The BBC replied : ` I expect you will know that anyone with access to programme decisions , and in certain other sensitive areas -LRB- about 40 % of staff -RRB- is vetted at our request by the Security Service . ` If therefore any ideological extremists slip through it is hardly our fault . '
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Margaret Thatcher was outraged over the BBC 's coverage of the Falklands . She accused them of not supporting the war effort in the South Atlantic . The BBC refused to refer to British troops as ` our boys ' during the conflict . Mrs Thatcher put pressure on Willie Whitelaw to ` take over ' the BBC .
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The images of European cities left smouldering and in ruins at the end of the Second World War have been starkly echoed in new pictures revealing wholesale devastation across eastern Ukraine . Heavily shelled tower blocks , abandoned hotels and airplane noses that look to have dropped from the sky are among the sights depicting the destruction in Donetsk , which in parts equals that seen after the Second World War in cities such as Stalingrad and Dresden . It comes as heavy weaponry was today towed away from the front line at the village of Paraskoviyvka , north of the government stronghold of Artemivsk , in a move that signified a France and Germany-brokered ceasefire may be beginning to take hold 11 days after it was agreed . Scroll down for video . Destroyed : A shell of a car lies among dead trees in front of heavily shelled tower blocks in Donetsk . Ruins : A heavily damaged hotel stands in ruins near to Donetsk airport in Donetsk , Ukraine . Crushed : A tank can be seen among the shattered buildings in the industrial city of Donetsk that was at the centre of the fighting . A direction sign at Donetsk airport is left riddled with bullet holes , while huge blast craters can be seen on a nearby building . On guard : A separatist soldier stands close to a ruined hotel in Donetsk as weapons were moved away from the front line . A partially collapsed building sits amid the barren landscape after the area surrounding the airport was left ravaged by months of shelling . The move to withdrawn heavy weaponry was Kiev 's most direct step to acknowledge that the ceasefire was finally holding , a week after suffering one of the worst defeats of the war at the hands of rebels who initially ignored the ceasefire to launch a major advance . The pro-Russian rebels , who committed to the truce after their successful offensive , have been pulling back heavy weapons for two days , but Kiev had until now held back from implementing the withdrawal , arguing that fighting had not yet ceased . However , the army today reported no combat fatalities at the front for a second straight day - the first time no troops have been killed since long before the French and German-brokered truce was meant to take effect . The withdrawal of artillery is ` point two ' of the peace agreement reached in the Belarus capital Minsk , so it amounts to an acknowledgement that ` point one ' - the ceasefire itself - is being observed . ` Today Ukraine has begun the withdrawal of 100 millimetre guns from the line of confrontation , ' the military said in a statement , saying the step would be monitored by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe . It said it reserved the right to alter the schedule of withdrawal ` in the event of any attempted offensive ' . Barren trees and a bullet ridden stop sign are all that is left standing in a section of Donetsk airport . A partially destroyed church remains standing despite the obvious damage it has received during months of warfare . One of the main buildings of Donetsk airport is left in ruins after troops withdraw from the bitterly disputed area . Ukrainian troops and rebel forces both began withdrawing artillery from the frontline today in a sign the peace plan may be taking hold . Pictured is the battle worn Donetsk airport . The roof of this abandoned administrative building in Donetsk was completley destroyed during the heavy bombing . A gutted bus sits in the middle of the road between the towns of Debaltseve and Artyomovsk in eastern Ukraine . A part of the airport passengers once used to board flights is left a wreck , with only the frame of the building remaining upright . A rebel soldier wanders through part of Donetsk airport as artillery began withdrawing from the area . A rebel walks through the remains of the airport amid reports both sides have begun withdrawing artillery from the frontline . Rebel soldiers force Ukrainian prisoners of war to search through the wreckage of Donetsk airport to remove dead bodies and weaponry . The airport has been left in ruins , with collapsed roofs and walls burying soldiers after months of shelling and fighting . Witnesses in rebel-held Donetsk said they had heard no artillery in the night although the occasional distant blast or gunshot could be heard during the day . Rebels brought Ukrainian war prisoners to the ruins of the airport on the north of the town to recover the dead bodies of their fellow Ukrainian troops , left buried in the wreckage since the terminal was captured in January . Rebels also carried out controlled explosions to blast holes through walls inside the ruined terminal and sent the prisoners down a ladder where the floor had collapsed . Three dead bodies still lay at the site out of five that had been recovered from the debris yesterday . Prisoners said they were searching for three more they believed were still buried . The commander of the separatist ` Sparta ' battalion , going by the nom de guerre ` Motorola ' , said the prisoners had been assigned the task because ` it 's not our job to recover dead bodies , it 's our job to make them . ` They take their comrades out to return them to their mums and dads . Did they think we would feed them for free ? ' Airplane noses sit partially damaged near Donetsk airport . The site has been one of the most heavily fought over pieces of land . Damage : A commercial aircraft lies destroyed at the region 's airport , which came under heavy bombardment during months of fighting . Bullet-ridden : A destroyed commercial airplanes sit scattered at the airport , revealing the extent of damage caused by months of fighting . Shells : Burnt out vehicles lie strewn next to a destroyed building in Pisky village , in the eastern Donetsk region . Obliterated : An armed soldier of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People 's Republic army stands inside the damaged Donetsk airport . Rubble : A pro-Russian rebel stands guard while Ukrainian prisoners of war are forced to search through the wreckage . A flimsy building remains standing but covered in shelling damage and bullet holes amid the rubble of Donetsk . The twisted remains of a tank lie near Donetsk airport . On the left is its base , while metres to the right sits the turret . The battle of Stalingrad -LRB- pictured -RRB- , which took place during the Second World War , was a prolonged and entrenched battle which left much of the Russian city in ruins . Donetsk airport has been a totemic battlefield for both sides . Ukrainian troops had held out there for months until the rebels assaulted it after abandoning a previous ceasefire agreed in September . The separatist rebels initially ignored the new truce last week to launch an advance that led to one of the biggest battles of a war that has killed more than 5,600 people . But since capturing the strategic town of Debaltseve , where the rebels said the truce did not apply , they have taken pains to emphasise that they now intend to abide by it . Western countries denounced the rebels and their presumed sponsor , Russian President Vladimir Putin , for advancing on Debaltseve after the truce was meant to take effect . But they have since held out hope that the ceasefire will now hold , with the rebels having achieved that objective . In the days after its troops were driven from Debaltseve , Kiev maintained that it believed the rebels were reinforcing for another advance , particularly expressing fear for the city of Mariupol , a port of 500,000 people . Western countries have threatened to impose new economic sanctions on Moscow if the rebels advance further into territory the Kremlin calls ` New Russia ' . Moscow , which denies aiding its sympathisers in Ukraine , said today the threats of more sanctions were cover for Western efforts to undermine the truce . ` It 's an attempt to ... distract attention from the necessity to fulfil the conditions of the Minsk agreements , ' Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said . Vladimir Putin . and his Cypriot counterpart Nicos Anastasiades signed an . agreement to give Russian military ships access to . Cypriot ports . Ties between Russia and the West have plummeted in the wake . of the Ukraine crisis , but Putin said the ships allowed to dock . at Cypriot ports would mostly be used in international . anti-terrorism and piracy efforts . ' I do n't think this should worry anyone , ' he said . Cyprus , which is heavily dependent on Russian investment , . played down Wednesday 's deal , saying Russian ships had always . had access to its ports . A government source said it was simply . the first time access had been spelled out in a separate accord . Russia has sought to forge stronger ties with individual . members of the European Union , including Cyprus , Hungary and . Greece , after the 28-nation bloc , along with the United States , . imposed cumulative sanctions on Moscow for its role in Ukraine . Officials in Brussels fear this policy is aimed at weakening . EU resolve and preventing a further tightening of sanctions . Moving away : Members of the Ukrainian armed forces ride armoured personnel carriers as they pull back from Debaltseve region , near Artemivsk . A rebel soldier makes his way through the debris which litters the ground of Donetsk airport . A pro-Russian rebel smokes a cigarette while making his way through the ruins of Donetsk airport , which has been left completely destroyed . Ukrainian prisoners of war are lined up by rebels before they are ordered to begin sifting through the rubble . Withdrawal : Pro-Russian rebels move tanks and heavy weaponry away from the front line of fighting in accordance with the Minsk II agreement . A pro-Russian rebel stands guard while Ukrainian prisoners of war are forced to search through the wreckage for weaponry and dead bodies of comrades . Pro-Russia rebels are pictured moving tanks and heavy artillery away from the frontline as agreed upon in the recent ceasefire . A rebel soldier looks on from the comfort of his tank after it appeared the France and Germany-brokered ceasefire today began to take hold . A rebel brandishes his assault rifle while tanks withdraw in the distance . The withdrawal of heavy weaponry constitutes the second phase of the peace agreement . A tank travels along a road near Olenivka village , Donetsk , after rebels appeared to adhere to the ceasefire following their defiance of the peace plan when they launched an attack on Kiev troops a week ago . Ukrainian soldiers also started withdrawing heavy weapons . Pictured are a group of soldiers riding an armoured personnel carrier as it tows a cannon away from the frontline . Ukrainian heavy artillery is withdrawn as officials claim 100 millimetre guns are being removed from the line of confrontation .
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The devastation left across eastern Ukraine echoes that seen in European cities at the end of the Second World War . Donetsk airport and its surrounding regions are abandoned with only partially destroyed buildings left standing . New pictures reveal the airport , once used as a hub for Euro 2012 , is a scene of wholesale devastation . Ukrainian troops have towed artillery away from the conflict 's front line in a sign the ceasefire is finally holding . Both the Government troops and rebels have reported no combat fatalities at the frontl ine for a second straight day . The artillery withdrawal is ` point two ' of the France and Germany-brokered peace deal agreed upon 11 days ago .
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Online hit : Navy pilot Christopher Gotke crash-landed one of Britain 's last surviving Sea Furys . His skilled crash-landing of a stricken Second World War fighter in front of horrified air show spectators made him a YouTube sensation . Now Lieutenant Commander Christopher Gotke 's bravery has been recognised by military chiefs - with the award of the Air Force Cross . The 44-year-old said he was ` shocked and amazed ' to receive the medal for his careful flying during the incident on July 31 last year despite serving in the Royal Navy for his entire 23-year career . The pilot was flying a Sea Fury T20 from 1944 in an aerobatic sequence when its engine began to lose power . He responded immediately by lowering the landing gear and positioning the aircraft for landing , while informing air traffic control that he was in trouble . While he tried to carry out the manoeuvre the engine failed completely , with 21,000 people watching on in horror as the Sea Fury billowed smoke and rapidly lost altitude . In a split second , Lieutenant Commander Gotke decided to fly the aircraft to safety rather than eject and abandon the machine to its fate . By raising the undercarriage he improved the plane 's chances of gliding and smoothly handled the plane past the airfield boundary , avoiding disaster . Although it was partly damaged , the aircraft is now being repaired and will fly again ` some time next year ' . A video of his landing has been viewed more than 339,000 times . ` It looks a lot more dramatic from the outside than it felt from the inside , ' he said . ` When I was bouncing across the grass it was just like being in a bumper car . ` The safety of the crowd was never a factor because the aircraft was fully controllable . ' Horror : Thousands of air show spectators in Cornwall watched last July as the plane developed a fault mid-air . Skill : The experienced pilot decided to try and save the plane at great personal risk instead of ejecting . The father-of-two , who is stationed in Yeovilton , Somerset , joked that his wife Georgia and daughters were only third on his list of calls after the incident . He said : ` The first people I called were the people who look after the aircraft , to tell them I was now looking at a very sad aeroplane on the side of the runway . They thought I was joking . ` The second was the Commodore at the base , saying `` Well , that did n't end up very well '' . ` And the third one was to the wife saying `` Had a slight engine issue , wo n't be back tonight but I wo n't be flying this weekend '' . ' I do n't think she was really listening because the kids were playing havoc in the background . ' I said I 'd had a rough running engine and she kind of acknowledged it a little bit , but when I called her back I said it was a bit more than just a rough running engine . ' Wobble : The plane bounced off the runway like a ` bumper car ' before the undercarriage collapsed completely . Come to rest : The pilot , who has been awarded the Air Force Cross , joked his wife was only his third phone call . Rescue : The plane suffered extensive damage but restoration experts are optimistic that it will fly again . There are still three to four Sea Fury planes in the UK . First manufactured by Hawker towards the end of the Second World War , it was the last propeller-driver fighter to serve with the Royal Navy . It was also one of the fastest production single piston-engined aircraft ever built . The Air Force Cross is awarded for ` an act or acts of valour , courage or devotion to duty whilst flying , though not in active operations against the enemy ' . The pilot was one of 139 men and women from the Army , Navy and RAF who were named on the full Operation Awards list today . The recipients were represented by 14 of the most prominent in a ceremony yesterday at London 's Lancaster House before being welcomed at 10 Downing Street . Mingling : The pilot -LRB- left -RRB- was among 14 of the 139-strong list of honoured men and women who met Chief of the General Staff , General Sir Nicholas Carter -LRB- right -RRB- at a ceremony yesterday at London 's Lancaster House . Pictured , the 14 honoured yesterday . Front row left to right : LCpl Joshua Leakey , Capt William Hall , Maj Laura Nicholson , Sqn Ldr Charlotte Thompson-Edgar , Sgt Christopher Browne , Private John Pyatt-Payne , SSgt Kate Lord . Back row left to right : Sgt Daniel Allanson , PO Russell Adams , Flt Lt Ian Campbell , Lt Cdr Christopher Gotke , Flt Lt Timothy Eddy , Lt -LRB- RN -RRB- Wendy Frame , Cpl Benjamin Spittle . They included Lance Corporal Joshua Leakey , who has become only the second living soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross since 1969 . The 27-year-old also became the second person in his family to be awarded the medal -- his second cousin was given the honour 70 years ago . Under fire from 20 Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades , the paratrooper raced to give first aid to a wounded officer . Prime Minister David Cameron said he was ` humbled ' by the bravery and dedication of the men and women . ` It is absolutely right that Lance Corporal Leakey has been awarded a Victoria Cross , ' he said . ` He epitomised valour with his actions on that hillside in Helmand . ` When you hear how events unfolded and the intensity of enemy fire , it is difficult to imagine how one would n't be frozen to the spot and yet Lance Corporal Leakey risked his life to run across that barren hillside not just once , but multiple times , to turn the battle and save the lives of comrades . ` That is why he deserves the highest honour for bravery the nation can give . '
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Christopher Gotke , 44 , was flying Sea Fury at Cornish air show last year . The 70-year-old plane began to lose power mid-air and he had to land it . In split-second decision he chose to save the historic fighter , not himself . Flying skills meant he brought plane down safely in front of thousands . Video of the landing has been viewed more than 300,000 times online . But honoured father-of-two said : ` It was just like being in a bumper car '
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Anyone who 's ever fancied making like the Caped Crusader can now live out their dream in a fully Batman themed hotel room ... even if only for three hours . The Eden Motel in Taiwan has kitted out one of its suites with a Batman double bed , batcave style walls , a Bat-tub and bat TVs and is finding the bat-themed room a real money spinner . Other rooms in the movie-themed hotel are based on other popular films , with a room dedicated to The Mummy , another based on the famous Alcatraz prison and a third building on the popularity of Sherlock Holmes . Budding batmen need only apply for a night in the bat bed ... complete with batphone nearby . But it is the Batman room which has attracted the most interest , say the hotel 's owners . Miniature gargoyle figurines that look as if they are from Gotham city are just one of the features of the suite , which can be rented for # 40 for three hours . A batsafe , bat mirror ... and Batman poster complete the look . Holy hoteliers : Even the Batmobile makes an appearance as a seat in front of the bat mirror . A large flat screen ` Bat TV ' also acts as a screen for the floodlit bathtub behind . Bat curios include a bat mirror , poster , ` batsafe ' for valuables and various knick knacks for fans . There are a few other rooms also available by the hour - or three hours - for lovers who want a discreet rendezvous . A ` New York , New York ' room , a ` Jazz Style ' suite and a ` love suite ' covered in hearts are also attracting couples who like the idea of checking into a themed hotel . Batman fans commenting on the hotel 's website have pointed out that there are several different Batman styles in the room , one of which was used by Michael Keaton , while another is closer to Christian Bale 's Batman in The Dark Knight Trilogy . Egyptian splendour : The Mummy-themed room is for fans of the adventure movie starring Brendan Fraser . No escape : The Alcatraz room takes the famous prison as its theme , and comes complete with handcuffs . Simply capital : It 's not immediately clear why the London-themed room in the Taiwanese hotel is so called ... Something fishy : Comic book creation Aquaman also has a room designed in his honour . The ` Greek style ' room has a bathroom with a nod to classicism , as this ` Greek ' statue shows . The Eden motel in Taiwan has a slew of movie-themed rooms , despite its unprepossessing outer appearance .
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Hotel in Taiwan says its Batman-themed bedroom is the most popular . Walls of the hotel room have been made to resemble the Batcave . Other movie-themed rooms include Alcatraz room and The Mummy suite .
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Ross Mc Ewan , chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland , will not take a # 1million bonus this year . The chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland has admitted it will still pay ` outrageous ' bonuses totalling # 421million as the bank posted losses of # 3.5 billion . Ross McEwan , who took over running the ailing bank in 2012 after it was bailed out by the taxpayer , said he will not take a # 1million bonus this year . He conceded that people were ` quite right ' to regard the bonuses as outrageous - but said there was nothing he could do to change this because it was necessary to pay people awards to carry out ` fairly technical ' jobs . RBS , which is 80 per cent owned by the taxpayer and was bailed out in 2008 , posted a # 3.5 billion deficit this year - the seventh consecutive year of losses . The losses suffered by the bank now total # 50billion . Mr McEwan said the bank had become ` stronger and simpler ' but said there was still a long way to go and they were focusing on getting the ` bank back for shareholders , who are effectively the British public . ' The chief executive said he had decided not to take his bonus this year because he wanted to focus on getting the bank back to the highest possible standard . He said : ` What I can do is give you the guarantee we are building a really good customer bank and we are centering that bank on the areas that are strong in the UK and in western Europe so we can get it right . ' This is the second time Mr McEwan has decided to forgo the annual bonus awarded on top of his salary , which is expected to top # 2.7 million this year . The company 's bonus pool was cut by 21 per cent to # 421 million for 2014 , but customers have criticised the high award levels . Mr McEwan told BBC Radio 4 's Today programme people were ` quite right ' to regard the # 421 million in bonuses that the bank was handing out as ` outrageous ' . ` Yes , and to be quite honest they are right , ' he said . ` It 's not something I am going to change or can change today . What I can do is focus on this business and you are starting to see the progress we have made after one year . ' The bank posted losses of # 3.5 billion this year - the seventh successive year of losses for RBS . Role-based allowances are designed to allow the banks to get around the EU bonus cap . This came into force on January 1 last year and limits annual payouts for 2014 onwards to 100 per cent of annual salary , or a maximum of 200 per cent with shareholder approval . Mr McEwan , who took over managing the bank from Stephen Hester , said he understood the issues with the bonuses being paid , but it was important to get fair pay for people to do highly technical jobs . RBS also confirmed that Sir Howard Davies , the former head of the now defunct Financial Services Authority , will be its chairman from September . He replaces Sir Philip Hampton , who is set to join GlaxoSmithKline . Sir Howard Davies , former chairman of the Financial Services Authority -LRB- left -RRB- , will take over the chairmanship of RBS from Sir Philip Hampton -LRB- right -RRB- , who is set to join GlaxoSmithKline , later on this year . In a letter to Sir Howard , Chancellor George Osborne called on the new chairman to ensure the bank 's business is ` conducted to the very highest ethical standards ' and said he would not expect senior executives to be given bonuses . ' I would also expect that , as in the past , no executive directors or members of the executive committee will receive bonuses , despite improved profitability , ' he wrote . ` Given the extraordinary support it has enjoyed in the past from taxpayers , I know you recognise that RBS must remain a backmarker on pay and continue to show responsibility and restraint . ' * Chairman of the UK Airports Commission , which is due to recommend where to build a new UK runway shortly after the general election . * He will complete his work with the Airports Commission before taking the role at RBS , when Sir Philip Hampton steps down on September 1 . * Sir Howard is also a non-executive director of Prudential and a board member of Morgan Stanley . * 1997 - 2003 - Worked as chairman of the Financial Services Authority -LRB- FSA -RRB- . Sir Howard was a director at LSE . * 2011 - Resigned from his position as director of the London School of Economics after it accepted funding from a foundation linked to the family of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi . * The incoming RBS chairman has also been director general of the CBI and chief executive of the Audit Commission . It is the seventh successive year of losses , taking the running total to nearly # 50 billion since it was bailed out in 2008 . But the bank 's losses this year are considerably less than the losses of # 9billion the year before . Last year the government warned RBS it should not go ahead with a planned # 576million worth of bonuses as it slipped # 8.2 billion into the red . Mr McEwan also said he could not give a guarantee that there would not be a repeat of scandals such as fixing of the Libor rate . He also said while it would not be months before the bank was able to return to the private sector , it certainly would n't be as along as ten years . The bank is cutting some of its overseas business , and Mr McEwan said there would be inevitable job cuts . RBS said the latest loss was attributable to a # 4 billion write-down on the value of its US arm Citizens , having recently cut its stake in the business . Operating profits were # 3.5 billion - the highest since 2010 - as RBS said it had made significant progress towards building a bank that is ` stronger , simpler and better for both customers and shareholders ' . Other one-off items included # 2.2 billion of conduct and litigation charges , including # 320 million in the fourth quarter relating to the rigging of foreign exchange markets and a further # 400 million to cover compensation for the mis-selling of payment protection insurance . After news of the # 3.5 billion profit was released shares initially consolidated at their three-year high above 400p before slipping more than three per cent or 14p to 389.2 p. Investec Securities analyst Ian Gordon reiterated his sell rating and noted a bigger-than-expected loss in the fourth quarter of the year .
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Royal Bank of Scotland posted # 3.5 bn losses in seventh successive year . Chief executive , Ross McEwan , confirmed he will not take # 1million bonus . He conceded that bonuses worth # 421million this year were ` outrageous ' But Mr McEwan said he could not change this at the moment because he needed to attract people to ` fairly skilled ' roles to help improve the bank . Decided not to take bonus because he did not want to ` distract ' from RBS .
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The UK Government remains tight-lipped over the naming of Jihadi John -LRB- pictured , who was revealed today as Mohammed Emwazi , 26 , from west London . Questions were being asked today about why it was left to the U.S. Government to reveal the identity of Jihadi John instead of British authorities . The UK Government remains tight-lipped over the naming of the terror suspect who was revealed today as 26-year-old Mohammed Emwazi , from Queen 's Park in west London . Emwazi , who studied computer programming at the University of Westminster before travelling to the Middle East three years ago , was confirmed as the prominent ISIS figure by two U.S. Government sources . However , while Whitehall sources confirmed Emwazi had been known to security services for several weeks , the Home Office would not release any confirmation of his identity . Government sources said his name had not been made public because the priority was to try and locate him . The Home Office said it was ` unable to comment ' when contacted by MailOnline today , while Metropolitan Police has yet to respond to requests for comment . Downing Street also refused to comment on Emwazi , including claims that he had contacts with MI5 . A Number 10 spokesman said : ` Our long-standing position on Jihadi John 's identity is that we are neither confirming nor denying . ` There is an ongoing police investigation , we are not going to give a running commentary on that . ' Pressed on the claims Emwazi had contact with MI5 , the spokesman said : ` You are asking me to speculate about speculation . ` What 's right is we let the police and security services do their work in an ongoing investigation to bring these murderers to justice . ' Police could be seen attending Emwazi 's home in Queen 's Park earlier today , but no officers spoke to the media . Despite official sources failing to confirm his identity , it is understood Paul Henning - the brother of British aid worker Alan who was beheaded by Jihadi John - was aware of the ISIS militant 's identity . It is also believed that he was made aware by Government officials that the name would released to the public today . Jihadi John 's identity was first published by the Washington Post , who reported that friends and family of Emwazi had confirmed he was the ISIS frontman . The revelation was swiftly picked up by the British media , but despite being broadcast around the world , British authorities continue to remain tight-lipped . Scroll down for video . The UK Government remains tight-lipped over the naming of Jihadi John , who was revealed today to be 26-year-old Mohammed Emwazi , from Queen 's Park in west London . Police attended his home today -LRB- pictured -RRB- . Raffaello Pantucci , a senior research fellow at defence think tank the Royal United Services Institute , said it was no surprise that Jihadi John 's outing was revealed by America . He said : ` It will elevate him , and even add to the mythology around him in some minds . ` He has been on the radar for a long time now , and we finally know who he is . ` There is a reason the British security services would not have wanted his name to be made public , because they will have been watching his associates covertly as part of their intelligence gathering . ` The FBI said last year they knew who Jihadi John was , but my understanding is he had actually been narrowed down to one of three people , and the British and Americans were not sure which . ` That is an example of the different attitude when it comes to revealing information . ' Jihadi John has featured in the execution videos of British aid workers Alan Henning and David Haines , U.S. journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff , Japanese reporter Kenji Goto and Syrian soldiers . Both UK and U.S authorities have maintained that they have been running a joint investigation to unmask the ISIS militant . However , while the British Government has largely remained tight-lipped about the probe , U.S. officials have been more vocal . The U.S. Senate has also previously offered a # 6million reward to anyone providing information that could lead to the capture of Jihadi John . Last September , U.S. sources revealed that American spy planes had flown above Britain to monitor telephone and computer signals in a bid to track down the British terrorist and those communicating with him . The aircraft , manned by British pilots and carrying FBI agents , were equipped with advanced technology to detect heat coming off a keyboard when a button was pressed . At the time , the U.S. claimed that Jihadi John was from a suburb within 10 miles of south London , but Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said that UK officials were only ` getting warm ' as to confirming his identity . However , in the same month - perhaps reinstating the fact it was a joint investigation between the two countries - it emerged that family members of Jihadi John had been interviewed by both Met officers and an FBI agent .
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British authorities remain tight-lipped about identity of Jihadi John . Prominent ISIS figure named today as Mohammed Emwazi from London . The 26-year-old studied computer programming before travelling to Syria . Confirmed by U.S. Government sources but UK officials would n't confirm .
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President Francois Hollande arrived in the Philippines on Thursday to promote the fight against climate change - but felt he could n't make his point without the help of two glamorous French actresses . As president of France , Hollande carries a fair amount of clout in political circles , but in this instance he brought Marion Cotillard and Melanie Laurent along to bolster his case . The two-day trip , the first by a French president to the Philippines , is part of Hollande 's campaign to build diplomatic momentum ahead of the United Nations event that France will host in December . French President François Hollande walks past a Philippine honour guard as he arrives at a military airbase in Manila . Glamorous : In an effort to raise awareness about the climate change fight while in the Philippines , Hollande brought with him Oscar winner Marion Cotillard . She 's pictured here making a toast to Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez . Star power : Melanie Laurent was also in tow . She is pictured here waiting to be seated during a state dinner in honour of Hollande . Hollande gestures as he answers questions from reporters at the Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila . Hollande says he is determined to ` leave a mark ' on history by brokering an historic agreement to contain climate change that would make up for the failure to reach such an accord in Copenhagen in 2009 . The Philippines is seen as a frontline state in the battle against climate change , having been battered by relentless storms in recent years that have emerged from the Pacific Ocean and claimed many thousands of lives . These included Super Typhoon Haiyan , the strongest storm ever recorded on land , which left more than 7,350 people dead or missing in November 2013 and which scientists have linked to climate change . Hollande will meet with Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Thursday evening , when they are expected to jointly call on world leaders to ensure that the Paris climate summit is a success . The goal of the planned Paris pact , which must enter into force by 2020 , is to limit warming to two degrees Celsius -LRB- 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit -RRB- over pre-Industrial Revolution levels . Scientists warn that on current trends , Earth is on track for double that , or more - a recipe for catastrophic droughts , fiercer storms like Haiyan , and other extreme weather events . However most followers of the UN climate change diplomatic process are sceptical a pact can be secured that will be ambitious enough to achieve the two-degree goal , with rich and poor nations continuing to fight over who should shoulder more of the burden . In an effort to raise awareness about the climate change fight while in the Philippines , Hollande brought with him Oscar winner Marion Cotillard , who has been a long-time campaigner for environment group Greenpeace . Melanie Laurent , another French actress who has had big success in Hollywood , is also part of Hollande 's delegation , along with UN climate chief Christiana Figueres . Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I is also travelling with Hollande . In what is shaping up to be the most symbolic and emotional leg of Hollande 's trip , he will on Friday visit the small town of Guiuan in eastern Philippines that was devastated when Haiyan hit with winds of up to 315 kilometres -LRB- 195 miles -RRB- an hour . The Aquino government is also warmly embracing Hollande 's trip , the first by a French head of state since the two nations established diplomatic relations in 1947 , as an endorsement of the Philippines ' maturing democracy . French award-winning actress Marion Cotillard is interviewed by Filipino reporters as she arrives with French President Francois Hollande at the Villamor Air Base . Countdown to the 2015 climate treaty . Greenpeace members hold a banner near a life size picture of French President Francois Hollande and an electric jeep powered by 100 % renewable energy in the middle of a traffic jam in Manila . ` The ties that bind the Philippines and France are underscored by the importance that the two countries give to democracy , ' Philippine foreign affairs spokesman Charles Jose told AFP . ` The affinity between the two peoples and their shared democratic values are deepened on this historic visit by the French president . ' France was the first nation to recognise the revolutionary government of Corazon Aquino , the current president 's mother , in 1986 when she led a ` people power ' uprising that overthrew the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos . A number of trade agreements on ` green ' sectors , including in transport , renewable energy and water treatment , are also expected to be signed during Hollande 's visit . The leaders are also expected to discuss the tense territorial dispute between the Philippines and China over their rival claims to parts of the South China Sea .
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President Francois Hollande arrived in the Philippines on Thursday . Holland is there to promote the fight against climate change - but took help . He decided to take actresses Marion Cotillard and Melanie Laurent with him .
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A U.S. federal judge overturned the NFL 's suspension of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson on Thursday , saying an arbitrator exceeded his authority in upholding the ban . U.S. district judge David Doty reinstated Peterson following his appeal of a suspension that was imposed last September when the star rusher faced charges of causing reckless or negligent injury to a child . Peterson was banned indefinitely , and at least through April 15 , after pleading no contest last November to a misdemeanor charge for whipping his four-year-old son with a tree branch . Scroll down for video . Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson 's NFL suspension was overturned on Thursday by a U.S. federal judge , saying an arbitrator exceeded his authority in upholding the ban -LRB- file photo -RRB- . Adrian Peterson was suspended indefinitely , at least through April 15 , after he disciplined his four-year-old son with a tree branch , leaving cuts , welts and bruises across his legs -LRB- pictured -RRB- . NFL-appointed arbitrator Harold Henderson upheld the sanction in December , saying the ban was allowed under tougher sanctions for players involved in domestic violence imposed by the league in August in the wake of an incident involving Baltimore running back Ray Rice knocking his then-fiancee unconscious in an Atlantic City casino elevator . But the NFL Players Association -LRB- NFLPA -RRB- appealed that ruling , saying the incident last May came before the new rules and punishment by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell could not be retroactively applied so Peterson should have been banned for no more than two games under prior policy . ` The NFL responds that Henderson , after a `` careful review '' of the policy and new policy , correctly determined the commissioner had `` broad discretion '' under the collective bargaining agreement to impose the enhanced discipline set forth in the new policy . The court disagrees , ' Doty wrote . Henderson ` simply disregarded the law of the shop and in doing so failed to meet his duty ' under the collective bargaining agreement , Doty added in his 16-page ruling . The NFL says it will review the decision . It could seek a court injunction to prevent Peterson 's reinstatement . ` This is a victory for the rule of law , due process and fairness , ' NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith said . ` Our collective bargaining agreement has rules for implementation of the personal conduct policy and when those rules are violated , our union always stands up to protect our players ' rights . ' The NFL can review the federal court 's decision . The organization could seek a court ruling to overturn Peterson 's reinstatement -LRB- pictured on the field in December 2013 -RRB- . Peterson , a 29-year-old Texan , has run for 10,190 yards and 86 touchdowns since joining the NFL , having played only for the Vikings since his league debut in 2007 . In 2012 , Peterson rushed for 2,097 yards , finishing nine yards shy of breaking Eric Dickerson 's all-time record for running yardage in a single NFL season . The Vikings must now decide whether to keep Peterson or trade him . He is set to make $ 12.75 million next season . While team officials have said they want Peterson back , he has questioned their commitment in the wake of the suspension controversy . CBS Sports and ESPN reported that an angry confrontation between Peterson 's agent , Ben Dogra and Vikings vice president of football operations Rob Brzezinski took place at last week 's NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis , with Dogra reportedly saying Peterson would never play for the Vikings again .
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Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson 's suspension was overturned on Thursday by a U.S. federal judge . Judge said NFL-appointed arbitrator exceeded authority in upholding ban . Peterson was banned after pleading no contest last November to a misdemeanor charge for whipping his four-year-old son with a tree branch . NFL will review the decision and could seek a court injunction to prevent Peterson 's reinstatement .
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Two men from Adelaide have performed an amazing road-site emergency Cesarean section to save a tiny baby wombat from the pouch of it 's dead mother . Friends Dmrenzo Kotze , 21 , and Chris Dimasi , 20 , of Craigmore , in South Australia , discovered the deceased wombat in the middle of the road as they were driving through the Riverland region of Blanchetown on Saturday . The pair noticed small movements near the stomach of the wombat when they went to move it off the driving track , and quickly located a knife to rescue the small creature they believed to be inside . Scroll down for video . Dmrenzo Kotze and Chris Dimasi , from Adelaide , performed an emergency c-section to rescue a baby wombat . The baby only weighed 247 grams and was believed to be three months old . ` We could kind of see something moving inside ... we thought we could see what we could do because -LRB- we thought -RRB- it could be a baby , ' Mr Kotze told Perth Now . Mr Dimasi , who works in an abattoir , began to cut open the stomach of the wombat while Mr Kotze filmed the extraordinary procedure . The footage shows the outer layer of fur and skin being cut away by Mr Dimasi , who uses a series of clean cuts to carefully open the wombat until they can see the joey inside . After piercing the pouch , the baby wombat slides out onto the dirt and rolls around before being helped to its feet by Mr Dimasi . ` We wrapped it up and took it to my house and gave it a wash to try and get as much dirt and everything off it , ' said Mr Kotze . Mr Dimasi , who works in an abattoir , began to cut open the stomach of the wombat . The outer layer of fur and skin was cut away by Mr Dimasi , who uses a series of clean cuts to carefully open the wombat until they can see the joey inside . The young men took the tiny wombat , who weighs just 247 grams , to local members of Fauna South Australia , Jane and Phil Budich , of Blanchetown . Ms Budich said that baby wombats generally weigh about three kilograms when they are birthed from the pouch , and so the little creature will need to put on a significant amount of weight before it can be released into the wild . Ms Budich will be caring for wombat until that time , bottle feeding it every four hours and keeping it under a heat pad . The baby wombat has been named Whisper by Ms Budich , although Mr Kotze and Mr Dimasi said they had named him Jeffrey . Ms Budich has been caring for animals around South Australia for 15 years and has confirmed that the joey is a little boy . After piercing the pouch , the baby wombat slides out onto the dirt . The baby wombat , who the young men named Jeffrey , rolls around before being helped to its feet . Jane Burdich , a member of Fauna SA , will look after the baby wombat until it is old enough to be released . Ms Budich commended the pair for their quick thinking and said that Whisper would have been dead within a day if they had not rescued it . ` He 's doing well , he 's drinking bottles and has a beautiful little personality , ' she told Daily Mail Australia . ` Wombats are battlers but you have to treat them with love . He 's so tiny , he 's the size of a pork sausage . ' Ms Budich is a representative for Fauna SA , which has animal carers all around the state . ` If anyone comes across a baby wombat or kangaroo that has been stunned or injured they can call a fauna rescue service . Do n't take the baby out of the pouch because they hold onto the mothers teat and their jaws can break for life , ' Ms Budich said . ` The boys did n't know what they were doing but they did a good job . Fauna in Australia are so neglected so it 's nice seeing people looking after animals , ' she said . ' I would like to say Chris and myself are now proud fathers of 3 month old wombat Jeffery , ' Mr Kotze posted on his Facebook page . He implored people to move animals off the road they are hit , and to make sure they are not suffering .
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Dmrenzo Kotze and Chris Dimasi rescued an unborn baby wombat . The pair , from Adelaide , were moving a dead wombat off the road . They noticed movement from the stomach of the animal . Mr Dimasi , who works in an abattoir , used a knife to cut the pouch . They discovered a baby wombat inside and sought help for him . ` Jeffrey ' weighs only 247 grams and will need to be bottle-fed . Apart from the ordeal , he is healthy and in the care of Fauna SA . Jeffrey 's new carer praised the men for their quick thinking .
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A U.S. company today infuriated Liverpool football fans by replacing the Hillsborough memorial flames in the club crest with iced coffee cups as part of a Twitter campaign . Dunkin' Donuts asked supporters to suggest redesigns for the badge , and presented its own version last night - which featured the cups in place of the red flames either side of the crest . The Massachusetts-based firm , which has since apologised for ` any insensitivity ' , later took down the tweet and ended the campaign - but not before its ` ignorance ' was criticised by fans of the club . Campaign : Dunkin' Donuts asked supporters on Twitter to suggest redesigns for the badge , and presented its own version last night - which featured the cups in place of the red flames either side of the crest . Remember : The eternal flame represented in the crest burns at the centre of the Hillsborough memorial at the club 's Anfield Stadium . Its version of the badge also used doughnuts and a coffee cup to replace the Shankly Gates that represent late manager Bill Shankly - and the ` established ' year was switched from 1892 to 1950 . The company also replaced the Liver bird - which is taken from the city 's coat of arms , and has been the central feature of the club 's badge for more than 110 years - with the Dunkin' Donuts logo . Liverpool fan Michael Evans said on Twitter : ` You do n't mess with the eternal flame on the club 's crest . If you do n't get that , you 've no business being anywhere near LFC , Dunkin' Donuts . ' Another fan calling himself ` Stevelfc1 ' tweeted : ' I can appreciate the light hearted intention of the Dunkin' Donuts badge thing but to replace the flames with milkshakes shows pure ignorance . ' And Jim Boardman , who writes about the club for various publications , said : ` As a company , with guidance from LFC , they should have been aware and staff on that campaign briefed . ' Anger : The Massachusetts-based firm 's ` ignorance ' was criticised by fans of the Premier League club . Unimpressed : Liverpool fan Michael Evans said nobody should ` mess with the eternal flame ' on the crest . Who was behind it ? This Twitter user questioned if an official at Liverpool may have approved the campaign . Change : In 2012 the badge on the shirts was replaced with the stand-alone Liver bird on a new kit designed by U.S. company Warrior -LRB- pictured , being worn by Daniel Sturridge , Jordan Henderson and Mario Balotelli -RRB- . Liverpool announced a multi-million-pound partnership with Dunkin' Donuts in January 2014 that saw it become the ` official coffee , tea and bakery provider ' for the Premier League team . The company also works with US baseball teams Boston Red Sox , New York Yankees , New York Mets and Tampa Bay Rays , and American football outfits Dallas Cowboys and New England Patriots . Fourteen in Britain : Dunkin Donuts has more than 10,500 restaurants in 31 countries around the world . A spokesman for Dunkin' Donuts said : ` We apologise for any insensitivity regarding our tweet supporting an LFC-themed promotion featuring the LFC crest . ` As a proud partner of LFC , we did not intend any offence , particularly to the club 's supporters . We have removed the tweet and halted the campaign immediately . ' Dunkin Donuts has more than 10,500 restaurants in 31 countries around the world - including 14 in Britain , all in the South East . In 2013 it announced plans to develop 150 restaurants in the UK . The Hillsborough disaster saw 96 Liverpool supporters die at the FA Cup semi-final with Nottingham Forest in April 1989 at Sheffield Wednesday . A series of inquests into the deaths was launched in March 2014 in Warrington , Cheshire , after the High Court quashed verdicts in the original hearings . These are still ongoing . The version of the badge featured in the Dunkin' Donuts campaign appeared on the club 's shirts between 1992 and 2012 - but is still used on the club 's website . In 2012 the badge on the shirts was replaced with the stand-alone Liver bird on a new kit designed by American company Warrior . It prompted an angry response from families of those killed at Hillsborough because it dropped the flames - but this new crest is still used today . A Liverpool spokesman did not immediately return a request for comment today from MailOnline .
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Dunkin' Donuts asked supporters to suggest redesigns for team 's badge . Its own version featured cups in place of red flames either side of crest . Massachusetts-based firm has since apologised for ` any insensitivity ' Fans say company with multi-million-pound partnership is ` ignorant '
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A TV flower expert and his boyfriend were wrongly mistaken for terrorists and quizzed by police as they sat eating quiche and chips at a seafront cafe . Jonathan Moseley , who appears on BBC 2 's The Big Allotment Challenge , was baffled when officers approached him outside Terrace Cafe in Redcar , north Yorkshire . The florist and his partner Bish Sharif were accused of approaching staff in a nearby New Look and told they could face terrorism offences before police realised they had reached the wrong people . Jonathan Moseley and his partner Bish Sharif -LRB- above -RRB- were approached by Cleveland Police officers and warned they could face terrorism offences as they ate lunch in a seafront cafe . Mr Moseley said he would be making a formal complaint after being left ` shaken up ' by the experience . He and his partner were enjoying lunch when two Cleveland Police officers walked in to the cafe and demanded to speak to them outside . ' A police van pulled up outside , then a policeman and woman entered the cafe and walked towards our table , ' Mr Molesley said . ` They asked me and my partner to step outside because they needed to talk to us about an incident . ` When I said `` what ? '' they said we needed to step outside - that it would be less embarrassing for us if we did n't . ` They said we 'd been seen on CCTV in New Look approaching staff and telling them not to worry , that we were military police and monitoring a possible terrorist incident happening in Redcar . ` It was totally bizarre - we had n't even been in New Look ... but they were adamant CCTV footage confirmed it was us . ' After asking whether he could see the offending footage Mr Molesley claims he was curtly told he could face terrorism charges . The pair were told to leave the cafe and answer police officers ' questions outside or ` they would be embarrassed ' Mr Moseley now plans to take action against the force for the incident . Cleveland Police has apologised since . ` Apparently the reason we were linked to it was we fitted the description of wearing boots and dark jackets . But even though I knew we 'd done nothing wrong , I was starting to get really panicky - it looked like we might get arrested for a potentially serious offence we had absolutely no knowledge of . ` But eventually , they told us it might be a case of mistaken identity and we were free to go . ' After leaving the seaside town the television personality said he was planning on taking further action against the force . ` Redcar police need to be held accountable for this . It 's just such a negative thing to happen to people coming to Redcar as tourists , hoping to enjoy a nice day out . ` We certainly do n't feel like rushing to come back . ' A Cleveland Police spokeswoman said : ` We would like to apologise to these two gentlemen for any disruption to their afternoon caused by some confusion with descriptions . ` Two other gentlemen were spoken to and all parties were given advice . ' The men were accused of approaching staff in a nearby New Look -LRB- above -RRB- . It is thought police mistook them for the culprits because they were dressed similarly . Mr Moseley is a flower expert and often appears BBC 2 programmes including The Big Allotment Challenge .
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Jonathan Moseley and his partner were approached in town of Redcar . The pair were hauled outside a seafront cafe where they were eating lunch . Police claimed they were seen on CCTV approaching staff in a New Look . The men were told they may face terrorism offences by police officers . Cleveland Police has since apologised for the ` unbelievable ' incident .
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No longer content with cute cat cafes , Londoners are now lining up to visit the capital 's first ever Owl Bar - where visitors can admire a selection of feathery critters over a cocktail . Based on Tokyo 's Owl cafe trend , the pop-up bar , Annie the Owl , will open in Soho from March 19 to 25 , and nearly 25,000 bird fans have already applied for the # 20 tickets . Opening hours will be from 8pm to 2pm to respect the owl 's - and the punters ' - nocturnal habits , and profits will go to the Barn Owl Trust . But a Change.org petition railing against the pop-up has already been signed by over 2,000 animal lovers . And animal rights activitsts PETA , told Mail Online Travel : ` It would be hard to think of a more frightening experience for owls , who have especially acute hearing and vision , than to be surrounded by intoxicated , caterwauling humans at a bar . ' London 's pop-up owl bar , Annie the Owl , is based on the owl cafes of Tokyo , such as the one pictured . The bar will open in Soho from March 19 to 25 , and nearly 25,000 bird fans have applied for the # 20 tickets . Annie the Owl Curator Sam Sheiky told London Evening Standard : ` It is for a good cause and Londoners will have fun . We have spent lots of time taking care of animal welfare and making sure the owls will be comfortable . ' ` The notion of raising money to protect owls in nature by terrifying owls in captivity is absurd . ` The kindest place for owl enthusiasts to admire these birds is in their natural environment , not at a London nightspot where they 're used as props or playthings . ' Animal cafes are indeed a growing trend . Hot on its tail , is London 's first dog cafe , the Happiness of Hounds , due to open in Shoreditch later this year . The capital 's original cat cafe , Lady Dinah 's Cat Emporium , a home for rescued cats , has been welcoming hordes of moggie fans since last year . Cat cafes are hugely popular in Asia - there are 100 in Tokyo alone . Establishments are like normal cafes - serving sandwiches and coffee - but are full of cats that roam freely . Marketing itself to the many people in the city who live in small flats and who are unable to keep pets , but want a little bit of relaxing animal attention . ` Our greatest and most important duty is to ensure the happiness and well-being of London 's most loved felines ' says its website . The cafe 's owners say the venue is designed with ` the emotional and physical needs of our resident rescue cats in mind and we do our utmost to give them the time , space and resources they need to form a harmonious household . ' Takako Ishimitsu -LRB- r -RRB- , owner of the cat cafe Neko , watches a young woman and her child play with one of her cats in her cat cafe in Vienna , Austria . Growing trend : New York 's pop-up Cat Cafe by Purina One , which opened last April . At Café Little Zoo in Narashino , just outside Tokyo , owners have taken the animal cafe trend to extremes . Visitors can meet iguanas , falcons and even snakes over a coffee a cake . In Japan , cat cafes are old hat , with eateries and bars now offering the chance for visitors to get up close to dogs , goats , rabbits and even penguins and snakes . But Mimi Bekhechi , UK Director of PETA suggests that animal lovers should avoid these types of cafe , where animals may be distressed or maltreated . Ms.Bunny , is a pet shop and cafe based in Tokyo , providing customers the chance to interact with rabbits . But Mimi Bekhechi , UK Director of PETA suggests that animal lovers should avoid pet cafes . Animal cafes are a growing trend . Hot on its tail , is London 's first dog cafe , the Happiness of Hounds , due to open in Shoreditch later this year -LRB- Tokyo dog cafe pictured here -RRB- . ` Animals and clubs or cafés do n't mix , ' she told Mail Online Travel . ` The loud music and bright lights at nightclubs are extremely stressful to animals . ` Most wild animals hired for tacky PR stunts are carted from venue to venue and live in small cages for the majority of their days . ` They are often victims of harsh , abusive training methods , and when they are no longer useful or get too big , many of them end up abandoned or sold to the highest bidder . It adds nothing to a night out to gawk at terrified animals , but for the animals , it 's a living nightmare .
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London 's first owl cafe , Annie the Owl , opens in Soho , London , in March . Visitors can get up close and personal with the creatures while drinking . Animal rights campaigners PETA call the cafes ` absurd ' and ` frightening ' A Change.org petition already has already got over 2,000 signatures .
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Figures showing David Cameron has spectacularly failed to meet his promise to cut immigration will today be ` buried ' under a slew of reports about the Jimmy Savile scandal . Ministers were last night accused of ` cynically ' timing the release of the Savile investigations by two government departments to coincide with the migration statistics . Both will be released at 9.30 am -- with reports into the Savile 's paedophile abuse in at least 12 NHS hospitals and 21 children 's homes and schools certain to get blanket coverage . Immigration figures scheduled for release tomorrow are expected to show that net migration has risen again to more than 260,000 , despite the coalition pledging to cut it to ` tens of thousands ' The publication of the 16 reports from locations around the country will be accompanied by a live press conference . The migration statistics will be released without fanfare or a press conference by the independent Office for National Statistics . They are expected to show that net migration has risen again , to more than 260,000 . The date has been fixed for months , with spin doctors acutely aware the figures could deliver a serious blow to the Prime Minister 's credibility . The government is also expected to release 16 reports into Jimmy Savile . The papers have been ready for months and are already overdue . The Savile reports could have been released at any time and are already overdue . Whitehall officials and MPs are convinced the date has been chosen deliberately . One said : ` It is an open secret that 's what is going on . ' Unlike the immigration figures , no blame for the Savile affair can be laid at the Coalition 's door . Last night Ukip deputy leader Paul Nuttall said : ` Thursday , it is clear , is , for this Government , a good day to bury bad news . ` By burying the latest immigration figures under the Savile news , they know that the statistics will be masked . One just has to wonder what else will be released across Whitehall tomorrow ? ' Mr Cameron made reducing net migration to the ` tens of thousands ' a key 2010 election promise . Yet , despite some initial progress , it had reached 260,000 in the year to June 2014 . Experts believe today 's figures could be even worse -- and will leave the Tories fighting the election with net migration higher than the 244,000 figure inherited from Labour . Last week , the separate Labour Force Survey showed migrant workers were continuing to pour into the UK in huge numbers . Over 12 months , the number of Eastern Europeans rose by almost 200,000 . On Tuesday , David Cameron appeared to prepare the ground for a humiliating failure . He admitted he should cut benefits and tax credits for immigrants more quickly to stop Britain being such a ` massive draw ' .
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Figures expected to show another rise in net migration to 260,000 . Coalition had previously pledged to cut number to ` tens of thousands ' Data will be unveiled at same time as reports in abuse by Jimmy Savile .
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The president of Eastern Kentucky University worked his way into the hearts of students last week , when he accepted a senior 's challenge to shovel his driveway . Devan Dannelly was just one of several EKU students complaining on Twitter about having to battle snow to get to class on February 17 . But the senior called out EKU 's President Michael Benson specifically that afternoon , catching the administrator 's attention . ` Yo @EKUPrez come shovel my driveway/road and I 'll come to class tomorrow ... deal ? ' Dannelly tweeted . A gentleman and a scholar : Eastern Kentucky University President Michael Benson accepted a student 's request to shovel his driveway last week when snow hit campus . Benson says he out in his own driveway when he got the Twitter notification on his phone . ' I see this tweet , and I go in to my wife , and I said , `` I 'm going to surprise a student . I just want to see the look on his face when I show up to shovel his driveway , '' ' Benson told the Deseret News . Within seven minutes , Benson fired off another tweet accepting the challenge and asking where Dannelly lives , and within an hour arrived at the home armed with a shovel and a friend to help . Dannelly , who lives near campus with his family , was out at the time but his mother answered the door and let the men get to work . Altogether it took them about 45 minutes to clear the driveway . Joker : Senior Devan Dannelly was one of several EKU students complaining about the weather and the fact that classes had n't been cancelled . On his way ! Within seven minutes of tweeting his challenge , EKU 's president responded asking for Dannelly 's address . Hard work : Less than an hour later , Benson and a friend showed up at Dannelly 's family home while he was out , and started working . He also posed with Dannelly 's mom Kandra , seen above . Appreciative : When Dannelly later showed up at the house , he invited his university 's president to dinner and they posed for this picture inside last week . When Dannelly arrived later , he was so moved by the kind gesture that he invited Benson and his friend to dinner . After the dinner , Dannelly again took to Twitter , this time with nothing but nice things to say about Benson . ` Guys , -LSB- Benson -RSB- is a top class guy and I can not think of a better person to be our president , ' Dannelly wrote . ` The man is a hard worker too ! I 'm looking forward to class tomorrow ! ' ' I will literally never complain about going to class again . ' He also volunteered to help anyone else clear their driveway . And while the university closed the next two days after Benson came by to shovel , Dannelly followed through on his promise to go to class - snapping a picture of himself at the abandoned school the next day . A deal is a deal : Classes were cancelled the next two days after Benson shoveled Dannelly 's driveway , but the student kept up on his end of the deal . Moved : Dannelly posted this picture to Twitter , inside an abandoned classroom , since he promised to go to school on Wednesday . ` No class this week but I held up my end of the deal anyways , ' Dannelly wrote . In an interview with Today.com , Dannelly said he is still shocked that Benson would go out of his way to respond to his tweet . ` It is rare that an average student like myself gets to have any kind of interaction with their campus president , so I feel honored really . He is really a top-class guy , and I think we both have become semi-famous overnight from all of this , ' Dannelly said . Benson told the Deseret News that he had no idea the story would make national headlines , but said he 's glad it 's helped inspire his students to ` help others and pitch in ' . Benson and his family moved to Kentucky just a year ago so he could become the new president of EKU . He says the public relations team at the school encouraged him to join Twitter and that he 's seen the social media platform help him make a connection to students . ` It was fun , and I got to make a connection with a student that otherwise probably would n't have happened , ' he told the Richmond Register .
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Eastern Kentucky University senior Devan Dannelly tweeted school 's president last week : ` Shovel my road and I 'll come to class tomorrow ' In just seven minutes , EKU President Michael Benson accepted the challenge and asked for Dannelly 's address . Benson and a friend showed up at Dannelly 's home within an hour and spent 45 minutes clearing the road . Though the university was shut the next two days , Dannelly returned the favor by walking to school and taking a picture in an empty classroom . ' I will literally never complain about going to glass again , ' Dannelly later tweeted .
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Despite putting on a mean show behind the wheel , NASCAR driver Brian Scott has got a soft side . Footage has emerged of the 27-year-old on his wedding day last January , lovingly reading out vows to his wife , Whitney Kay , and her three-year-old daughter , Brielle . Scott is seen fighting back tears as he kneels down to tell his stepdaughter that he will always ` hold her hand ' , ` skip with her down the street ' and ` bring comfort to her life ' . He continues : ' I vow to make you say your prayers before you eat . I promise to read you stories at night and to always tuck you in real tight . ' I vow to show you how a man should treat a woman in my relationship with your mother . And above all else , I vow to protect you , care for you and love you forever . ' To date the clip of Scott in action on his big day has scored more than one million hits . Many viewers have applauded the Idaho native for his choice of words . ` This is the realest most wonderful thing ever ! Ladies find yourself such a man ! Men , learn and get inspired ! ' one fan exclaimed . Scott and Kay tied the knot on a snowy day at the luxury Shore Lodge resort in McCall , Idaho . Video from the event shows that they went full out with a live band , dance party and tiered cake . Doting dad : Despite putting on a mean show behind the wheel , NASCAR driver Brian Scott has got a soft side . Words from the heart : Footage has emerged of the 27-year-old on his wedding day , lovingly reading out vows to his wife , Whitney Kay , and her then three-year-old daughter , Brielle . Not a dry eye : Scott is seen fighting back tears as he kneels down to tell his stepdaughter that he will always ` hold her hand ' , ` skip with her down the street ' and ` bring comfort to her life ' They later jetted off to Tahiti and Bora Bora for a two-week honeymoon . Kay 's daughter Brielle , from a previous relationship , followed them down the aisle as a flower girl and she even had her own little diamond ring . Scott told the Huffington Post that he was surprised how emotional he got when he addressed his two special ladies . ' I always felt like my vows to my wife Whitney would maybe affect me more and I would get more choked up during those , making those promises to her . ` But I misread that one . It was really when I was reading my vows to Brielle that I got the most choked up . ` It really all just hits home in that moment - you 're there and dressed up and all the people around . You get engulfed by it . ' Big hit : To date the clip of Scott in action on his big day last January has scored more than one million hits . Chance meeting : The happy couple who live in Charlotte , North Carolina , first met through mutual friends in 2011 and immediately hit it off . Newlyweds : Scott later proposed on the beach during a family vacation to Cabo , Mexico . Scott 's bride also staged a tear-jerking speech echoing his . ` It may not have seemed immediate to you but I knew that I loved you right from the start . ' I was scared of how strong my emotions were , ' she said at the altar . The happy couple , who live in Charlotte , North Carolina , first met through mutual friends in 2011 and immediately hit it off . Scott later proposed on the beach during a family vacation to Cabo , Mexico . In addition to Brielle , now four , Scott and 24-year-old Kay have a son named Joseph , who was born in November 2014 . So far , Scott says he 's really enjoying fatherhood . He has been racing competitively since the age of 12 and currently drives the No. 2 Shore Lodge Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing in the Xfinity Series . Driven to succeed : He currently drives the No. 2 Shore Lodge Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing in the Xfinity Series .
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Footage has emerged of the driver on his wedding day , lovingly reading out vows to his wife , Whitney Kay , and her three-year-old daughter , Brielle . Scott is seen fighting back tears as he kneels down to tell his stepdaughter that he will always ` hold her hand ' and ` skip with her down the street ' To date the clip of Scott in action on his big day last January has scored more than one million hits . Many viewers have applauded the Idaho native for his choice of words .
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