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A man was shot by Baltimore police officers in front of a huge mural remembering slain teenager Trayvon Martin . The incident took place in the 1000 block of North Fremont Avenue during a traffic stop according to The Baltimore Sun . Baltimore Police Department said an officer stopped the suspect 's vehicle , then tased him before shooting him . Investigation : Baltimore police have begun to investigate an incident after an officer shot and tased a man Sunday afternoon on the city 's west side . Police : The incident took place in the 1000 block of North Fremont Avenue in Baltimore around 12:30 p.m. Colonel Garnell Green did not say what circumstances led to the confrontation that occurred around 12:30 p.m. ` One of our officers initiated a car stop . During that car stop , the suspect got out of his vehicle , ' Green said . ` What happens after that is still under investigation . What I can tell you right now is this : One of our officers did tase the suspect and another officer shot the suspect . ' He said : ` This investigation is early on . We 're still canvassing for witnesses , checking cameras , and we 're asking anyone who has witnessed it to come forward . ' Police did not say if the suspect , who is now in critical condition , was armed or how many times the suspect was shot or why officers attempted to pull the vehicle over . The police department did announce on Twitter that there had been an ` officer-involved shooting on the city 's west side . ' Few other details about the shooting are currently available , but police said the suspect was taken to an area hospital . Mural : The edge of the crime scene had a striking mural of slain teenager Trayvon Martin pulling a hoodie over his head . Memory : The memorial in Baltimore was erected in memory of slain teenager Trayvon Martin , right , who was gunned down by ` neighborhood watchman ' George Zimmerman in Sanford Florida on February 26 2013 . The officer involved was reportedly not injured . Local reports said at least 10 police cars raced to the scene . A crowd of onlookers gathered near where the shooting took place between the city 's Upton and Sandtown-Winchester neighborhoods . The edge of the crime scene had a striking mural of slain teenager Trayvon Martin pulling a hoodie over his head . The memorial was erected in memory of Martin who was gunned down and killed by ` neighborhood watchman ' George Zimmerman in Sanford Florida in February 2012 . Local resident Eddie Richard told The Baltimore Sun : ` Just another day in the neighborhood . ' Another bystander , Sylvester Solomon , 63 , told the newspaper : ` This is happening a lot lately . ' | The incident took place in the 1000 block of North Fremont Avenue Maryland . Officer fired at suspect during a traffic stop according to local reports . Police department announced on Twitter there had been a shooting . The suspect is in critical condition and has been taken to an area hospital . | [[113, 200], [510, 606], [113, 200], [186, 233], [1410, 1482], [1359, 1482], [1186, 1351], [1208, 1219], [1226, 1254], [1552, 1607]] |
An enormous Cold War-era bomber which first flew in 1962 has been resurrected from the Air Force 's scrap heap to serve the nation once more . The B-52 , nicknamed Ghost Rider , was mothballed seven years ago at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson , Arizona - the so-called boneyard where decommissioned planes are kept in storage . It took to the skies once more on February 13 after months of painstaking restoration , which saw damaged parts such as the fuel lines and hydraulic steering systems replaced to make her airworthy once more . Scroll down for video . Airborne once more : This B-52 bomber , nicknamed Ghost Rider , took to the skies earlier this month after spending seven years mothballed in Arizona . Ready to fly : The long-range attack plane , which first entered service in 1962 , was painstakingly restored to airworthiness at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson , Arizona . Bolted back together : The powerful jet , which can deliver nuclear and conventional munitions almost anywhere on earth , needed extensive replacements , but managed a 1,000-mile test flight without problems . The hot , dry conditions in the desert mostly helps preserve the aircraft , but also had the effect of bleaching Ghost Rider 's grey hull to an almost white white . She was flown from Tucson to another base in Shreveport , Louisiana , where it will be tested and receive further repairs before rejoining the fleet . When fully functional , Ghost Rider will be capable of unleashing 70,000 lbs of weapons , conventional or nuclear , almost anywhere on the planet . The plane , which will be one of 76 kept flying the the Air Force , has a range of 8,000 miles on one fuel tank , and can travel 650mph at altitudes as high as 50,000 ft. Easy does it : The flight , to Shreveport , Louisiana , was taken on at lower speeds and altitudes than usual for safety reasons . At the helm : Colonel Keith Schulz 's , the Air Force 's most experienced serving B-52 pilot , flew Ghost Rider on February 13 . However , for its first flight since being decommissioned in 2008 , Ghost Rider was limited to 288mph and did not rise above 23,000 ft. It also kept its landing gear down the whole way . Air Force chiefs say they waited until after the flight had ended to announce it due to safety concerns . In a published report on the restoration , Colonel Keith Schultz , who piloted Ghost Rider , said : ` I 've been flying the B-52s since the 80s and it surprised me that after almost seven years ... she cranked up just fine and we had no issues with the flight control systems . Bleached : The hot Arizona weather , which mostly helps preserve the planes , also bleached parts of the B-52 almost white . Back in the fold : When fully restored , Ghost Rider will be one of 76 B-52s which the Air Force keeps active . The planes have been in service since the 1950s . ` It took a little under three hours for the flight and we were fortunate to have had good weather the entire trip as the inertial and navigational equipment had not been installed . ' The flight was the first time a B-52 has been brought back to duty after being retired . Ghost Rider was needed once more to replace a B-52 which caught fire and was left with a burned-out cockpit , according to the Shreveport Times . The plane was so badly damaged that Air Force engineers decided it would be cheaper to bring back an old plane than try to fix that one . | Bomber , which first saw service in 1962 , flew again earlier this month . Aircraft , nicknamed Ghost Rider , revived to replace plane damaged in fire . Flew around 1,000 miles from Tucson , Arizona , to Shreveport , Louisiana . Will undergo further restoration before rejoining 76-strong B-52 fleet . Bombers can deliver 70,000 lbs of conventional and nuclear weapons . | [[12, 31], [38, 56], [340, 425], [594, 610], [637, 724], [594, 610], [613, 634], [3147, 3197], [3147, 3158], [3180, 3215], [933, 949], [1068, 1119], [1285, 1340], [1770, 1796], [1799, 1885], [1361, 1363], [1383, 1435], [1584, 1643], [2730, 2749], [2752, 2787], [2779, 2787], [2808, 2822], [931, 951], [958, 1004], [1436, 1457], [1460, 1583]] |
Airlines must take action to prevent passenger deaths from toxic fumes inside aircraft cabins , a coroner has warned . Pressurised air tainted with jet fuel is risking the lives of everyone travelling on planes , Sheriff Payne said . Demanding an urgent response from airline bosses , the Dorset coroner said : ` In my opinion there is a risk that future deaths will occur unless action is taken . ' Scroll down for video . British Airways co-pilot Richard Westgate -LRB- pictured -RRB- died aged 43 in December 2012 . His family are convinced that he was the victim of ` aerotoxic syndrome ' and was poisoned to death by toxic fumes from plane cabins . The warning -- which comes after Saturday 's Daily Mail revealed the poisoning fears over air in holiday planes -- sparked accusations that airlines had been ignoring safety concerns for 15 years . The coroner 's intervention is the first official recognition of Aerotoxic Syndrome , thought to be linked to memory loss , tremors , lethargy and even death . He issued the warning after initial investigations into the death of British Airways pilot Richard Westgate in 2012 . The 43-year-old , from Marlborough , Wiltshire , had suffered years of persistent headaches , nausea and chronic fatigue , which he long suspected was caused by toxic fumes in cockpits . The coroner said inquiries into Mr Westgate 's death were not yet completed , but he was concerned by his initial findings . Mr Westgate 's parents Judy and Peter , who are awaiting an inquest into his death , last night claimed airlines and regulators had failed to act on evidence of poisoning . Mrs Westgate , 74 , said : ` Richard would complain about his aircraft being smelly . He would go away and come back from work trips feeling worse . It is hard not to believe there has been some sort of cover-up . ' Sheriff Stanhope Payne , the senior coroner for Dorset who is currently investigating BA pilot Richard Westgate 's death , has warned that those who are regularly exposed to plane fumes face ` consequential damage to their health ' . He has now prepared a report which calls for urgent changes to prevent future deaths . Since 1999 , the air industry has denied a link between so-called ` fume events ' and medical problems . But a growing number of experts warn prolonged exposure is hazardous and can lead to long-term neurological and respiratory conditions , and brain tumours . The problems are thought to arise when cabin air is drawn from the hot engines . Passengers are usually isolated from this ` bleed air ' -- but airlines accept that sometimes there is a leak and jet fuel contaminates the air with compounds called ` organophosphates ' . Tristan Loraine -LRB- pictured -RRB- , a former airline captain , believes the only long-term safe solution is ` for all aircraft to be built with the unique bleed free architecture currently flying on the Boeing 787 ' In small quantities , these compounds may not be harmful -- campaigners say it is most likely to create problems for frequent fliers and airline staff . But the Dorset coroner said that if a pilot 's judgment is altered , every person on the plane may be at risk of death . Mr Payne has written to British Airways boss Keith Williams and Andrew Haines , head of the Civil Aviation Authority , saying : ` In my opinion urgent action should be taken to prevent future deaths and I believe your organisation has the power to take such action . ' He said he is concerned cabin occupants are being exposed to organophosphates , causing ` damage to their health ' . Aerotoxic Syndrome was first suggested as a medical term in 1999 . Two government inquiries have dismissed the risk as minimal . But Frank Cannon of Cannons Law Practice , who is representing Mr Westgate 's family , said he has been approached by more than 50 former airline staff and two frequent fliers , and is preparing legal claims against a number of airlines . ` It seems there is a mixture of crass ignorance and a cover-up , ' he said last night . ` The airlines have known about this for a long time -- we have seen staff who have been reporting this since 2000 . ' Mr Cannon said some people are genetically protected , because they can break down the toxic compounds , but claimed others are vulnerable . He urged frequent fliers and crew to take DNA tests to see whether they are at risk . Former British Airways captain Tristan Loraine , who flew for 19 years , said the problem was airlines ' ` dirty little secret ' . ` Aerotoxic syndrome ' is the term given to the ` illness ' caused by exposure to contaminated air in jet aircraft . Many former pilots , co-pilots and aircrew staff believe they have been subjected to long-term illnesses due to the amount of time they have spent exposed to cabin air and ` toxic fumes ' . Numerous scientific studies have been carried out since the late 1970s to try and determine whether contaminated cabin air is the cause of chronic health problems . Symptoms of ` aerotoxic syndrome ' are said to include : Fatigue , blurred or tunnel vision , loss of balance , seizures , memory impairment , headaches , tinnitus , confusion , nausea , diarrhoea , breathing difficulties and irritation of the eyes , nose and upper airways . If Sheriff Stanhope Payne , the senior coroner for Dorset , rules in the inquest into the death of British Airways co-pilot Richard Westgate that cabin air was partly to blame for his death , then it will be the first time an independent judge in the UK has put this on record . For years he suffered numb fingers and feet , nausea and a chemical blister on his nose . He was forced to retire in 2006 after becoming disorientated during flights , a problem his doctors have linked to fumes in the aircraft . ` Like everyone else I trusted the industry ... Some of my symptoms could be put down to just flying a lot and jetlag , ' he said . ` The company doctors , whom I often saw , did n't have any answers . ' A British Airways spokesman said it would ` respond to the coroner in due course ' . Last week the airline said it saw ` no trends in sickness rates which would indicate a link with cabin air issues ' and said studies had shown ` no increase in overall cancer or mortality rates ' among crew . A Civil Aviation Authority spokesman said government-funded research had found that ` any link to ill health is unlikely ' but said it would look at the coroner 's report . | Sheriff Stanhope Payne has warned of dangers of exposure to cabin fumes . Senior coroner for Dorset said regulars could face ` damage to their health ' Mr Payne is investigating death of 43-year-old BA pilot Richard Westgate . He has written to BA and Civil Aviation Authority asking for ` urgent action ' Coroner has outlined five matters of concern over fumes in plane cabins . | [[1831, 1853], [1954, 2060], [3446, 3523], [96, 118], [1831, 1853], [1954, 2060], [3446, 3448], [3526, 3558], [424, 486], [424, 518], [1879, 1885], [1893, 1951], [234, 282], [3177, 3254], [3177, 3179], [3296, 3302], [3305, 3421], [96, 118], [3446, 3523], [5690, 5752]] |
African-American civil rights groups plan to protest outside Sunday 's Oscars show , where every single one of this year 's 20 acting nominees is white . However small , the demonstration will revive debate about diversity at the Oscars-awarding Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , whose voting members are overwhelmingly white and with an average age in their 60s . ` The goal of the protest is to send a message to the Academy , send a message to Hollywood , send a message to the film industry , ' said Earl Ofari Hutchinson , head of the LA Urban Policy Roundtable group . ` And the message is very simple : you do n't reflect America , your industry does n't reflect America . Women , Hispanics , African-Americans , people of color -LRB- are -RRB- invisible in Hollywood . ' Civil rights groups are planning protests outside Sunday 's Oscars about Hollywood 's lack of diversity . Selma director Ava DuVernay and star David Oyelowo were among those overlooked when the 2015 nominations were announced last month . Notable snubs this year include Britain 's David Oyelowo who was widely tipped to receive a nomination for playing Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma . Halle Berry and Denzel Washington were famously lauded as having made a breakthrough for winning best actress and actor Oscars in 2002 , but while there has been some progress in the decade since , it remains too little . Critics rounded on the Academy as soon as the nominations were announced last month , with all-white acting categories for the first time in nearly two decades : the last time was in 2011 , and before that , 1998 . Notable snubs included Britain 's David Oyelowo , widely tipped for playing Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma . The film 's director Ava DuVernay , was also left out , although the movie is among eight best picture nominees . The Academy has defended itself . Its first African American president , Cheryl Boone Isaacs , said shortly after nominations were unveiled that they spurred her to accelerate reforms to make the Academy more inclusive . ` Personally , I would love to see and look forward to -LRB- seeing -RRB- a greater cultural diversity among all our nominees in all of our categories , ' she said at the time . But Darnell Hunt , head of the UCLA center for African American studies , and author of ` The Hollywood Diversity Report ' , said the Academy is heading in the wrong direction . Halle Berry and Denzel Washington were famously lauded as having made a breakthrough for winning best actress and actor Oscars in 2002 , but 2015 has seen all 20 acting nominations go to white actors . Hunt , who plans to release an update on his diversity report in a couple of weeks , said that 93 percent of the Academy 's members are white , about 70 percent male , while the average age is 63 . ` In many ways the Academy is falling further and further behind because America is more diverse , ' he said . ` In about two or three decades , we are going to be majority minority -LRB- with minorities making up most of U.S. population -RRB- and you are going to have an Academy with 90 something percent white ? That makes no sense . ' Peter Saphier , a member of the Academy since 1978 and former Universal executive who produced Scarface -LRB- 1983 -RRB- , acknowledged that the body has some work to do . ` There should be more diversity within the Academy itself , ' he told AFP . ` They are trying to do something about it . We have an African American president . She is doing all she can to increase the membership diversity . ' William Smart Jr , president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference , said : ` This is unjust , to see the lack of African Americans in the presentation . So we 're mad ! We 're upset ! ' He stressed that there are ` so many ' actors from various ethnics and racial groups . ` But the process eliminates them , ' Smart said . ` There is an invisible ceiling over their heads , that the Academy has put there . We 're calling for them to tear down that invisible ceiling . ' Sunday 's diversity protest is planned for 2:00 pm -LRB- 2200 GMT -RRB- , only minutes before Hollywood 's finest begin taking to the red carpet for the pre-show fashion parade , and barely three hours before curtain up on the 2015 Oscars . Nominees for this year 's Oscars : Sunday 's diversity protest is planned for barely three hours before curtain up on the 2015 ceremony . | Protests are planned at Sunday 's Oscars ceremony to complain about the fact that all 20 acting nominees this year were white . Notable snubs included Britain 's David Oyelowo who had been widely tipped to receive a nomination for playing Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma . Voting members of the Oscars-awarding Academy of Motion Picture Arts are overwhelmingly white and with an average age in their 60s . | [[0, 77], [91, 153], [791, 896], [2554, 2618], [4039, 4110], [4313, 4417], [1030, 1086], [1062, 1086], [1091, 1178], [1616, 1725], [1639, 1663], [1666, 1725], [313, 376], [2619, 2623], [2704, 2816], [3065, 3131]] |
Former boxing promoter Kellie Maloney has returned to the ringside for the first time since her sex-change operation . Ms Maloney was pictured at Villa Park in Birmingham with close friend White Dee as they watched a match . She was back ringside on Friday night , a day before she revealed that she was considering returning to the sport . Former boxing promoter Kellie Maloney returned to the ringside for the first time since her sex-change operation . Ms Maloney revealed that she was having a sex-change in August last year , shocking the world of boxing . Ringside : Ms Maloney was enjoying herself as she watched eight matches at Villa Park in Birmingham . White Dee joined Ms Maloney ringside as the close friends met for an evening of sport in Birmingham . Ms Maloney , formerly known as Frank , helped Lennox Lewis become world heavyweight champion and retired from the sport in 2013 . She shocked the macho world of boxing in August last year by announcing her decision to change her sex and live as a woman . The 61-year-old has already undergone hormone therapy , electrolysis to remove excess body hair , counselling and voice coaching . She also underwent facial construction surgery in November , which went drastically wrong when she stopped breathing . The procedure left Ms Maloney , who has three daughters from two marriages , with a severely swollen face and the former promoter revealed that she thought her head would ` explode ' after the agonising surgery . Ms Maloney , formerly known as Frank , helped Lennox Lewis become world heavyweight champion . Ms Maloney yesterday said she was considering applying to have her promoter 's licence reinstated after a two-year hiatus . The 61-year-old looked on intently as she watched her first live boxing match since retiring in 2013 . She has since recovered and looked to be enjoying her evening at the boxing on Friday night , tweeting that she was ` ringside with lovely Dee ' as she watched eight matches . The visit inspired a possible return to boxing for Ms Maloney , who yesterday revealed that she was considering applying to have her promoter 's licence reinstated . She was invited to the bouts by boxing promoter John Pegg , and was said to be scouting for talent ahead of her possible return . Her highly successful career , which spanned more than 30 years , saw her manage five boxers to world titles as well as many more British , European and Commonwealth champions . ' I would love to go back and prove that Kellie can achieve the same thing Frank achieved , ' she told BBC Radio 5 live . ` If I feel like it , I think I will apply for my licence . ' Ms Maloney has already undergone hormone therapy , electrolysis to remove excess body hair , counselling and voice coaching . The two friends smile as they take a picture with a fan during a break between matches on Friday night . Her highly successful career , which spanned more than 30 years , saw her manage five boxers to world titles as well as many more British , European and Commonwealth champions . She also said that she consulted American boxing promoter Kathy Duva over her potential return . Duva is one of the few women to hold a managerial role in boxing and Ms Maloney was grateful for her insight . ` I 've been over to New York , met with Kathy and we 've chatted and she 's told me to go for it , so I 'm really considering it , ' she said . Ms Maloney also revealed that it was a difficult decision to go public about her sex change last year . ` Transitioning is a very hard thing and a very personal thing and I believe you 've got to do it . Frank was a very unhappy person , if I tell the truth . ' MailOnline has contacted Ms Maloney 's representatives for comment . | Kellie Maloney was seen watching boxing with her close friend White Dee . It was her first time ringside since she revealed she was having sex-change . Former boxing promoter , 61 , has also said she may return to the sport . Maloney retired before revealing she was undergoing gender reassignment . | [[664, 765], [704, 765], [0, 118], [341, 455], [456, 561], [476, 528], [896, 899], [954, 1020], [278, 340], [1579, 1702], [1982, 2043], [456, 561], [476, 528], [896, 899], [954, 1020]] |
Disney is releasing a short sequel , Frozen Fever , before Easter and retailers are already preparing for new merchandise - pictured is the Elsa doll . Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the toy shops , Frozen is back -- to the delight of small girls everywhere and the concern of hard-pressed parents . Disney is releasing a short sequel , Frozen Fever , before Easter and retailers are already preparing for new merchandise . Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen 's The Snow Queen , Frozen become a global phenomenon when it opened in 2013 . It won two Oscars -LRB- one a Best Original Song award for critically acclaimed hit Let It Go -RRB- and overtook Toy Story 3 to be the biggest animation ever . It raked in more than # 820million in worldwide ticket sales , and became a huge money spinner -- its merchandise boosted Disney profits by 35 per cent in the final quarter of last year , to # 920 million . Now the seven-minute short is set to boost profits still further . Frozen Fever has been released alongside , and to help promote , new Disney blockbuster , Cinderella , starring Lily James and Cate Blanchett , and directed by Kenneth Branagh . The film premieres in America on March 13 , and will show in British cinemas from March 27 . Lego has teamed up with Disney to create Elsa 's Sparkling Ice Castle while Mattel has designed new Elsa and Anna dolls . Gary Grant , chairman of Dream Toys , which compiles the Toy Retailers ' Association list of must-have toys , said : ` The popularity of Frozen toys has not waned since Christmas and the Elsa doll remains a top seller . ' Lego has brought out its first Frozen product , Elsa 's Sparkling Ice Castle , which comes complete with mini figurines of Queen Elsa , Princess Anna and snowman Olaf . The # 34.99 Lego construction set , has a secret staircase that can disappear , an ice cream bar and icicle tree , skis , ice skates , capes , a tiara and hair bow , as well as a carrot nose for Olaf . Toymaker Mattel has four new dolls . Its new Elsa , in the shops in August , wears a ` spring-inspired ' Frozen Fever costume , complete with flower in her hair . Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen 's The Snow Queen , Frozen become a global phenomenon in 2013 . Manufacturer John Adams has created make-your-own # 12.99 Disney Frozen Jelly Stickers , and a # 14.99 Disney Frozen Blo Pen Activity Set , in which you create spray art by blowing through the barrel of the pen . Jakks Pacific is bringing out a Sing Along With Elsa Doll , which has a microphone so children can accompany Elsa on Let It Go . Jakks Pacific 's Ken Goodisson , said : ` I think Frozen will run and run . You wo n't be able to get away from it . It could be another Toy Story , an iconic brand . ` My children love it . Every second present at Christmas was Frozen related . The kids just ca n't let it go ! ' | Disney is releasing a short sequel to hit children 's film called Frozen Fever . Retailers are already preparing for new range of toys and merchandise . Original film raked in more than # 820million in worldwide ticket sales . Subsequent merchandise boosted Disney profits by 35 per cent last year . | [[319, 353], [37, 43], [59, 91], [102, 132], [37, 49], [84, 132], [356, 368], [371, 442], [718, 778], [718, 752], [785, 839], [816, 869]] |
A group of young men in Saudi Arabia have been arrested for ` playing loud music and dancing inappropriately ' at a private party . The men were celebrating one of the group 's birthdays when police stormed the apartment they were in in the city of Buraydah in Qassim province . Officers of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice , commonly referred to as the morality police , were acting on a tip off , local media reported . A group of men were arrested in the city of Buraydah in Saudi Arabia -LRB- above -RRB- after a resident phoned police to report their loud music and ` inappropriate dancing ' Buraydah is home to some of the kingdom 's most conservative clerics with many residents observing Wahhabism , a strict interpretation of Islam . An unnamed official told the news website Ayn al-Youm the men were found ` in a compromising situation ' by police . There was cake and candles at the apartment , he added , but there were no signs the men had been drinking or cavorting with women which are both against the law . None of the men were dressed traditionally , he said , before urging parents in the area to prevent their children from engaging in such behaviour ` because it can lead to immorality and even homosexuality ' . Critics took to Twitter to condemn the raid , pointing out that the men had not committed any crimes . Others ridiculed their arrests by sharing photographs of royals performing the traditional Saudi sword dance which is widely accepted as being masculine . The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice is tasked with enforcing Islamic law in the region and is known to take action against residents they consider to be inappropriately dressed . In 2008 the force arrested an American businesswoman for having a coffee with a male colleague in a Starbucks in Riyadh . King Abdullah -LRB- left -RRB- , who died last month , had appointed a reformist police chief . Upon ascending to the throne however , King Salman -LRB- right -RRB- gave the position to a different cleric . The 37-year-old mother-of-three said she was strip searched and forced to sign a false confession after the incident which , she said , left her fearing for her life . Police issued a statement defending her arrest , condemning her behaviour as against Sharia law . In October 28 people were arrested after attending a ` depraved ' party near Madinah . Officers seized alcohol and musical instruments in the raid which came after 30 people were arrested on suspicion of Satanism and debauchery the previous year . Former police chief Sheikh Abdullatif al-Sheikh was considered as trying to reform the force 's practices under the then reigning monarch , King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz . Following his death last month , the newly crowned King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud relieved Sheikh Abdullatif al-Sheikh from the position and appointed Sheikh Abdulrahman al-Sanad as the new agency executive . Critics ridiculed the raid on Twitter , sharing photographs of royals performing a traditional sword dance which is considered masculine . Above , the Prince of Wales takes part in the dance during a tour of Saudi Arabia earlier this year . | The men , thought to be in their 20s , were arrested at a raid in Buraydah . A police source said they were found in ' a compromising situation ' The group had been celebrating someone 's birthday with cake and music . Official warned against the behaviour which ` could lead to homosexuality ' | [[192, 278], [459, 569], [834, 882], [858, 896], [1130, 1266]] |
A veteran Labour MP has come under fire for claiming Ukip could not win his seat even if his party selected a ` raving alcoholic sex paedophile ' as its candidate . Austin Mitchell claimed there was ` no chance ' Labour will lose Great Grimsby , where he is standing down after four decades as MP . The seat is a key Labour target for Ukip , whose candidate accused Mr Mitchell of ` insulting ' voters and taking their support for granted . Veteran MP Austin Mitchell claimed Labour could hold his seat of Great Grimsby even if the candidate was a ` raving alcoholic sex paedophile ' In 2010 , Labour won with 32.7 per cent of the vote , just ahead of the Tories on 30.5 per cent , with UKIP in fourth on 6.2 per cent . However , Victoria Ayling , who stood for the Conservatives in 2010 , is now the Ukip candidate . An opinion poll by Lord Ashcroft in December put Ukip on 34 per cent , just behind Labour on 35 per cent with the Tories down to just 20 per cent . Now Mr Mitchell has dismissed the idea that Labour is on course to lose a seat it has held since 1945 . He told The Independent on Sunday : ` There is no chance we 'll lose Grimsby , even if we selected a raving alcoholic sex paedophile we would n't lose Grimsby . ' I do n't think there is a problem in Grimsby . There will certainly be a rise in the Ukip vote now that they have a councillor and did quite well in the European elections . But when it comes down to it their vote is n't concentrated enough to win any seats . ' Labour won Great Grimsby in 2010 , with the Tories in second place , but an opinion poll by Lord Ashcroft in December put Ukip just one point behind . Ukip candidate Victoria Ayling , who was the Tory candidate in 2010 , accused Mr Mitchell of insulting Grimsby voters . However , the remarks have been condemned for playing into the idea that Labour is taking its supporters for granted . In October , Labour came within 617 votes of losing the Heywood and Middleton by-election to Ukip , despite the party boasting on polling day it would win with a majority of more than 3,000 . Senior Labour figures privately admit they have struggled to tackle the threat posed by Ukip on one side and the Green party on the other . Ms Ayling , who came within 700 votes of winning the Grimsby seat for the Tories in 2010 , accused Mr Mitchell of ` insulting the great people of Great Grimsby ' . She added : ` It 's exactly the sort of ` take them granted ' attitude that is turning people away from the establishment parties . ` Austin Mitchell has been a respected constituency MP but he 's assuming that people do n't think very carefully about how they vote . People do think very carefully and I do n't like Mr Mitchell insulting the people of Grimsby . ' Mr Mitchell hit back on Twitter , accusing the Independent on Sunday of bad journalism . Even Labour 's own candidate in the seat , Melanie Onn , said Mr Mitchell 's comments were ` awful ' . Last night Mr Mitchell responded by accusing The Independent on Sunday of ` bad journalism ' saying his comment was a response to an attack on Grimsby and the Labour candidate , Melanie Onn . ` Making summation of nowt , ' he wrote on his Twitter feed . ` Was a response to an attack on Grimsby and Mel . Grimsby is loyal , Labour & Great . ' | Austin Mitchell claims there is ` no chance ' Labour will lose Great Grimsby . Suggests Ukip do not have enough support to win Commons seats . Latest poll puts Ukip just one point behind Labour in his constituency . Mitchell standing down after four decades as the town 's Labour MP . | [[165, 243], [441, 524], [966, 1044], [1108, 1146], [1568, 1645], [252, 298]] |
Getting through an airport might not be the most exciting part of a holiday , but it 's unavoidable if you want some winter sun . If you 're travelling through a UK airport , though , the experience wo n't be as good as it could be in , say , Moscow or Reykjavik . According to passengers who voted in the Airport Service Quality -LRB- ASQ -RRB- Awards , the best European airport for customer service is Keflavik International Airport in Reykjavik , Iceland , with Moscow Sheremetyevo , Porto , Malta and Zurich completing the top five . Keflavik International Airport in Reykjavik , Iceland , was voted by passengers as Europe 's best airport . Sculptures in Reykjavik 's Keflavik International Airport , which passengers said had better security , facilities , shopping and food and drink options than other European airports , as well as a better overall experience . London 's Heathrow and Gatwick airports were nowhere to be found on the list . Passengers judged the ASQ Awards based on key service areas , including how easy it is to access the airport , the check-in experience , security , airport facilities , food and drink options available , and the shopping on offer . Hlynur Sigurdsson , director of the Leif Eiriksson Air Terminal at Keflavik Airport , said he was surprised the airport had won in the face of a 20 per cent increase in passenger numbers , but put the success down to improving the airport 's free wifi service and keeping the public areas clean . He said : ` The 10-point improvement from last year is truly remarkable in light of a 20 per cent hike in passenger numbers and considerable renovation work being conducted simultaneously in the check-in area . ` We have worked diligently with our staff and other service providers to improve the services that are most important to our customers . Moving walkways at Indianapolis International Airport , which was voted the best airport in North America . ` We improved the wifi connection and provide free service , restructured the cleaning operation with improved supervision and made first place in that category together with that of business/executive lounge where we expanded an area that was becoming crowded during peak hours . ` What I think sets Keflavik apart is the mindfulness of our dedicated staff . They take pride in their job and understand that the service affects the experience of individual customers . ' Indianapolis International Airport in Indiana came top in North America for airport service , followed by Tampa , Jacksonville , Sacramento and Ottawa airports . An offbeat seating area made from vintage luggage at Indianapolis International Airport in Indiana . San Javier Airport , which serves Murcia in south-eastern Spain , was voted the best small European airport . Other winning international airports were Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport in Port Louis , Mauritius -LRB- Best African Airport -RRB- , Ecuador 's José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport in Guayaquil -LRB- Best Latin-American Airport -RRB- , Jordan 's Queen Alia International Airport in Amman -LRB- Best Middle Eastern Airport -RRB- and South Korea 's Seoul Incheon -LRB- Best Asia-Pacific Airport -RRB- . Bigger airports generally meant lower passenger satisfaction , with smaller airports scoring higher for customer service . Although Seoul Incheon bucks the trend , with 40 million passengers a year , Amman , Mauritius and Guayaquil all serve fewer than 10 million passengers per year . Heathrow , by comparison , receives a massive 70 million passengers per year . The best small airport for terminals with two to five million passengers went to Murcia San Javier Airport in Spain for Europe , while Victoria International Airport in British Columbia , Canada , was the best in North America in that category . North America 's best small airport was Victoria International Airport in British Columbia , Canada . A seating area in San Antonio International Airport 's new Terminal B. Passengers said the Texas airport had improved more than any other North American airport in the past year . A new building at St Petersburg 's International Airport , which won the Best Improvement Award for Europe . St Petersburg Airport in Russia , and San Antonio International Airport in Texas won the Best Improvement award for Europe and North America , respectively . Angela Gittens , director general of Airports Council International -LRB- ACI -RRB- , the body behind the ASQ Awards said : ` Airports are more than simply points of departure and arrival . They are complex businesses in their own right . ` At the end of the day , good business acumen comes down to a simple equation : better service , improved traffic and a healthier bottom line . ' Best Airports for Service Quality by Region . Africa : Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport , Port Louis , Mauritius . Asia-Pacific : Seoul-Incheon International Airport Seoul , South Korea . Europe : Keflavik International Airport , Reykjavik , Iceland . Latin America-Caribbean : José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport , Guayaquil , Ecuador . Middle East : Queen Alia International Airport , Amman , Jordan . North America : Indianapolis International Airport , Indianapolis , Indiana . Best Airports for Service Quality by Size . 2-5m : José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport , Guayaquil , Ecuador . 5-15m : Haikou Meilan International Airport , Haikou , Hainan Province , China . 15-25m : Seoul Gimpo International Airport , Seoul , South Korea . 25-40m : Indira Gandhi International Airport , Delhi , India . 40m + : Seoul-Incheon International Airport , Seoul , South Korea . Best Airports for Service Quality for Improvement by Region . Africa : Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport Port Louis , Mauritius . Asia-Pacific : Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport Kolkata , India . Europe : Pulkovo International Airport St. Petersburg , Russia . Latin Am-Caribbean : Las Américas International Airport , Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic . Middle East : Queen Alia International Airport , Amman , Jordan . North America : San Antonio International Airport , San Antonio , Texas . | Reykjavik 's airport voted best European airport for customer service . 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Turkey has launched a military operation into Syria in order to evacuate troops guarding a tomb containing the remains of the ` grandfather ' of the Ottoman Empire . Nearly 600 troops and 100 tanks and were involved in the operation to extract soldiers guarding the crypt and to move it to a new location , Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Sunday . The tomb of Suleyman Shah , grandfather of Osman I , founder of the Ottoman Empire is sovereign Turkish territory , and some 40 troops have been guarding it since the start of the Syrian Civil War . Scroll down for video . Moving in : Turkish army vehicles drive through Kobane , during the operation to retrieve the garrison guarding the Suleyman Shah mausoleum in northern Syria . Breaking ground : Turkish soldiers put a wire fence around area after Turkish flag is raised in the Esme region of Aleppo where the Tomb of Suleyman Shah will be placed . Standing guard : Turkish soldiers protect at the new location as the Turkish Army launched a military operation into Syria to evacuate soldiers guarding Tomb of Suleyman Shah . The location of the tomb , in Karakozak village , northeast of Aleppo , is surrounded by ISIS fighters , putting the lives of the Turkish military guards at risk . The overnight operation was split in two , with one group crossing into Syria to reach the tomb to repatriate the soldiers and extract the remains of Suleyman Shah . A second group took control of an area near the Turkish border where authorities plan to move the tomb , Turkish media reports . One soldier was killed in an accident during the operation , Prime Minister Davutoglu said today . ` We had given the Turkish armed forces a directive to protect our spiritual values and the safety of our armed forces personnel , ' Davutoglu said in televised remarks . Returning : Turkish soldiers stand guard at the entrance of the memorial site of Suleyman Shah , grandfather of Osman I , founder of the Ottoman Empire , in Karakozak village , northeast of Aleppo , Syria . Incoming : Nearly 600 troops and 100 tanks and were involved in the operation to extract soldiers guarding the crypt and to move it to a new location , . The sun rises as Turkish troops stand guard over what is set to become a new Turkish enclave in Syria . Davutoglu said on his Twitter that the remains of Suleyman Shah would be moved to a different area of Syria which had been brought under Turkish military control . Turkic leader Suleyman Shah was born circa 1178 , and was the grandfather of Osman I , the founder of the Ottoman Empire . He is believed to have drowned in the Euphrates around 1236 . His followers headed north into what is today Turkey , where they launched the Ottoman Empire . Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in the wake of World War I , a treaty was signed between Turkey and France , then the colonial power in Syria . The 1921 Treaty of Ankara assigned an area of 8,000 sq. m. northeast of Aleppo , containing the tomb , to remain Turkish territory . The location of the tomb was flooded in 1973 due to the building of a new dam , and Turkey moved the mausoleum . Some historians question official accounts about the Shah 's tomb , saying they might have been retrospectively concocted to enrich an imperial identity for Turks . The tomb , once some 22 miles from Turkey on the banks of the Euphrates River , was in Syria 's embattled Aleppo province and is considered Turkish territory . The overnight operation was launched 11 months after ISIS militants threatened to launch an attack on the tomb unless Turkey removed its troops within three days . At the time , the Turkish government responded that any attack on the location of the tomb would be considered an attack on Turkish soil . Prime Minister Davutoglu said today that Turkish troops later destroyed the tomb 's complex , apparently to prevent it from being used by ISIS militants . Authorities launched the operation around 9pm Saturday and ended it Sunday morning , he said . Kobane was the focus of U.S. airstrikes as Kurdish forces battled militants of the Islamic State group , who hold about a third of Iraq and neighboring Syria in their self-declared caliphate . Turkey stayed out of the battle at the time , which saw Kurds ultimately push out the extremists . The U.S.-led coalition forces were informed of the Turkish operation after its launch to prevent any casualties , Davutoglu said . U.S. officials offered no immediate comment . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article . | Overnight operation saw 600 Turkish troops enter Syria near Kobane . 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Formula One driver Fernando Alonso was today taken to hospital after being involved in a crash at speeds of up to 150mph . The 33-year-old McLaren driver was taken from the track by ambulance after suffering concussion during the high-speed accident . The Spaniard was then airlifted by helicopter to hospital following the crash , which happened during the final day of the Formula One pre-season test in Barcelona . Aid : Formula One driver Fernando Alonso was yesterday taken to hospital by helicopter after being involved in a crash at speeds of up to 150mph . Evacuation : The 33-year-old McLaren driver was taken from the track by ambulance and evacuated for treatment after suffering concussion during the high-speed accident . Treatment : Fernando Alonso receives medical assistance after crashing during the final last of Formula One testing . Damage : Fernando Alonso 's McLaren car is recovered back to the pits on the back of a truck in Barcelona . Taken away : The crash was on the final day of the Formula One pre-season test at the Circuit de Catalunya . Help : Medical staff hold sheets around Alonso as he is evacuated from the medical centre to the helicopter . McLaren said the two-time former world champion was ` conscious and able to speak ' while receiving first aid at the circuit 's medical centre , but had been taken to hospital for ` precautionary checks ' . After several hours of tests and observation , the team later added that Alonso was ` uninjured ' but had suffered concussion in the accident , which took place just before turn four at the Circuit de Catalunya . Team director Eric Boullier said : ` Fernando 's accident was just one of those things that happens in testing . ` Fortunately , he 's fine , but was concussed during the accident , which therefore required an overnight stay in hospital as a precaution . That 's normal practice after a concussion . ' The Spaniard crashed after completing 20 laps . The accident occurred at turn three , when Alonso went off course and the right-hand side of his car hit the wall . Neither the team nor track officials have reported the cause of the crash . Mr Boullier said the car was not badly damaged . A Circuit de Catalunya spokesman said all driving on the course - which is located in Montmeló , in the north of the city - was stopped until 2pm local time -LRB- 1pm GMT -RRB- . The spokesman had said : ` We hope that everything 's alright and all ends with just a shock . ' Leaving : It was unclear whether the crash was a result of a driver error or a malfunction with the car . Airlifted : People watch as Alonso is transported to hospital in a helicopter after crashing on the circuit . Take off : Alonso was taken to the medical centre in an ambulance before going to hospital by helicopter . Driving : The 33-year-old McLaren driver was taken from the track by ambulance after the incident . His team director Eric Boullier said Alonso had suffered concussion but was ` fine ' McLaren has been plagued by technical problems after switching to Honda engines ahead of the upcoming season . A McLaren spokesman said : ` Fernando Alonso 's McLaren-Honda car left the track at Turn Three , causing the right-hand side of his car to strike the wall . ` Fernando was driven to the circuit 's Medical Centre where the circuit 's doctors gave him first aid . He was conscious and spoke with the doctors . ` However , as per usual procedure in such circumstances , he was then airlifted to hospital where he is undergoing precautionary checks . ' Ferrari , the two-time champion 's former team , tweeted : ` All the best Fernando . ' It was unclear whether the crash was a result of a driver error or a malfunction with the car . Alonso rejoined McLaren this season after a disappointing fifth and final campaign with Ferrari . He won back-to-back world titles with Renault in 2005 and 2006 before spending one season at McLaren in 2007 . Alonso has 32 career grand prix victories , the last of which came at Montmelo in 2013 . | McLaren driver , 33 , taken from track by ambulance and then to hospital . His team director said he suffered concussion during accident but is ` fine ' Happened during final day of Formula One pre-season test in Barcelona . | [[0, 44], [51, 122], [0, 34], [45, 122], [123, 251], [123, 153], [192, 251], [252, 264], [269, 329], [576, 646], [578, 608], [651, 734], [747, 852], [1180, 1187], [1329, 1382], [2692, 2789], [2790, 2889], [3243, 3297], [3453, 3464], [3475, 3532], [3453, 3455], [3460, 3486], [123, 251], [123, 153], [192, 251], [565, 575], [675, 734], [1387, 1431], [1434, 1528], [1729, 1731], [1746, 1779], [2890, 2957], [2890, 2921], [2962, 2972], [320, 329], [338, 417], [747, 852], [974, 1069]] |
It 's ` very likely ' Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan will be moved from their Bali jail cells for execution this week , Bali 's chief prosecutor says . Momock Bambang Samiarso says he 's only waiting on the green light from Nusakambangan , the jail island where the executions will take place . There has been no word as yet , but it is ` very likely ' to happen this week , he says . ` What we want is the sooner the better , ' he told reporters on Monday . Scroll down for video . The executions of Andrew Chan -LRB- L -RRB- and Myuran Sukumaran who are on death row in Indonesia for drug smuggling have been delayed . Advisers to Indonesia 's President Joko Widodo -LRB- pictured -RRB- say he should get the executions over and done with . ` If they -LRB- Nusakambangan -RRB- can be fast , we 'll be fast too . ' The arrival of fighter jets in Bali has fuelled speculation the Bali Nine pair would be moved soon . The prosecutor did n't comment on that , but said there would be a meeting on Monday to discuss changes to the plan to transport the men by air . Meanwhile advisers to Indonesia 's President Joko Widodo say he should get the executions of drug offenders over and done with , as pressure builds from overseas . Australia has been making strong representations for clemency to Indonesia on behalf of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran , sentenced to death in 2006 for the Bali Nine heroin smuggling plot . An adviser on corruption to Mr Joko , international law lecturer Hikmahanto Juwana , told Indonesia 's Metro TV on Sunday that Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff viewed Indonesia as ` easily pressured ' . He argued it would be better for Indonesia to push ahead with the executions before any other foreign ` manoeuvres ' . ` If it were me , I 'd say just finish the executions , ' he said . Michael Chan -LRB- left -RRB- and Chinthu Sukumaran -LRB- right -RRB- outside Kerobokan prison today to visit their brothers Andrew and Myuran . Brazil has taken the strongest stance so far , choosing not to accept the credentials of Indonesia 's new ambassador , who has now been recalled to Jakarta . Brazilian drug smuggler Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira was executed last month , reportedly without receiving his last rites . Pleas for a Brazilian man set for execution this month , Rodrigo Gularte , have gone unheeded , despite evidence he has a severe mental illness . The transfer of Chan and Sukumaran to the execution site of Nusakambangan island was postponed last week after it was found there were n't enough isolation cells for more than five prisoners . This comes after the brother of Sukumaran spoke out about of his brother 's love for Indonesia as reports emerged that fighter jets had arrived in Bali to escort the two men to their deaths . Speaking on behalf of his brother outside Kerobokan prison , Chinthu Sukumaran told reporters that both Myuran and Andrew Chan are very grateful to the Indonesian people for their respect and help during their ten years in jail . Chinthu Sukumaran arrives at Kerobokan Prison in Bali last week to visit his brother Myuran who is facing execution by firing squad in Indonesia with fellow Australian Andrew Chan . ` Myu and Andrew love Indonesia , they have a great respect for the Indonesian people and its culture , ' Chinthu said . ` It was through the support of the Indonesian justice system that they were able to help set up many programs that have helped a lot of Indonesians and has also helped better themselves and they are very grateful for that ' , Mr Sukumaran told Perth Now . It comes after four Air Force Sukhoi fighter jets were spotted at Bali 's Denpasar International Airport . It is believed the jets will be used to transfer Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran to the prison island of Nusakambangan . The presence of the fighter jets only adds fire to speculation that the men may be flown from Denpasar to Nusakambangan in helicopters , instead of taking the traditional route of sailing there . Chinthu Sukumaran told reporters the family barely speak when they visit Myuran in jail and said he does not need the added strain of seeing his beloved family members crying at the moment . ` We were all standing around barely talking , ' Chinthu Sukumaran told reporters of the morning his family had gathered at the prison to say what they thought were their last goodbyes . ` We were trying to tell each other there was still hope but it just felt like we were lying to each other ' he told the Sydney Morning Herald . The family had understood the move would ` definitely happen this week . ' Both Michael and Chintu spoke on behalf of their brothers who are awaiting execution at the prison . Chinthu Sukumaran told reporters that both Myuran and Andrew love Indonesia and the respect they have shown them during their 10 years in prison . Chinthu Sukumaran said his brother Myuran was comforting his family on Tuesday as they collected his artworks and wept . ` He was trying to be strong , ' he told the Herald . ` It was very difficult . For him to stay strong at a time like that , he really did n't need people crying around him . ' When news reached the Bali Nine pair at midday that their transfer to Nusakambangan ` death ' island would be delayed , Myuran Sukamaran got back to his painting and had something to eat with his loved ones . Four Air Force Sukhoi fighter jets were spotted at Bali 's Denpasar International Airport.It is believed the jets will be used to transfer Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran to the prison island of Nusakambangan . ` Myuran said he could actually taste the food . That had n't happened for a long time , ' his younger brother told reporters . He also slept for the first time in a long while . Indonesian authorities had planned to move Sukumaran and fellow prisoner Andrew Chan to the island at midnight but announced a last-minute delay because of ` technical matters . ' It leaves the men more time to spend with family visiting from Australia , and more time for their lawyers to prepare a legal challenge . The men have been locked-up in Kerobokan prison for almost 10 years for trying to smuggle drugs to Australia . Despite the delay , President Joko Widodo has insisted that that their killings will go ahead as planned , telling Indonesian media on Friday that it was the nation 's ` legal sovereignty , ' and that the postponement was ` only about technical matters ' . An earlier picture of Chinthu Sukumaran -LRB- left -RRB- , his mother Ranjini and sister Brintha with a photo of Myuran Sukumaran , one of the ` Bali Nine ' condemned to die by firing squad for drug trafficking in Indonesia . Indonesia 's Attorney-General H.M. Prasetyo explained that isolation rooms and executions fields on the island were not ready for the pair , The Sydney Morning Herald reported , but said the pair 's execution should take place ` the sooner the better . ' The reason was later disputed by officials on Nusakambangan island , following claims that the families of Chan and Sukumaran were entitled to more time with the pair . Meetings to plan the transfer continued on Friday , but no date has been set . ` As soon as Nusa Kambangan is ready , we 'll send them immediately , ' Bali chief prosecutor Momock Bambang Samiarso told reporters . On Thursday , Husain Abdullah , the spokesman for Vice-President Jusuf Kalla , said the execution of the drug smugglers ` will be delayed for between three weeks to a month from now due to technical reasons . ' Jusuf Kalla took a phone call on Thursday afternoon from Foreign Minister Julie Bishop , who reportedly thanked his government for delaying the men 's transfer to the execution site on Kambangan island . The news came after senior government figures expressed concerns Mr Abbott had derailed efforts to save the Bali Nine duo from execution by making comments taken as a ` threat ' by Indonesia . Andrew Chan 's and Myuran Sukumaran 's families speak to journalists at a press conference in Jakarta last week . Indonesian president Joko Widodo has insisted that that their killings will go ahead . Ms Bishop has been leading a carefully crafted campaign to spare the lives of Australians Sukumaran and Chan , exercising caution in pointing out problems with Indonesia 's legal system while remaining respectful , Fairfax reported . But on Wednesday , Mr Abbott linked the men 's fate to Australia 's donation of $ 1 billion in aid following the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami that killed more than 200,000 in Indonesia , and suggested the Asian country should ` reciprocate in this way at this time ' . President Widodo told local media that Ms Bishop had clarified the remarks , speaking directly with Vice-President Jusuf Kalla . ` She has explained that it was n't the intention . Actually we wanted to say something but since it has been explained , we cancelled it , ' said Widodo . Senior government figures were concerned Prime Minister Tony Abbott -LRB- left -RRB- had derailed efforts to save the Bali Nine duo , after Foreign Minister Julie Bishop 's -LRB- right -RRB- carefully crafted campaign to spare their lives . The comments had previously sparked a sharp rebuke from the Indonesian government , with the country 's foreign affairs ministry spokesman , Arrmanatha Nasir , hitting back by saying ` no one responds well to threats ' . Senior members of the Abbott government slammed the prime minister 's comments as ` awful ' . ` It undid a lot of the good work , ' a source told Fairfax . Ahmad Yuspahruddin , chief of the Indonesian Justice Ministry 's Central Java penitentiary division which governs the prisons on Kambangan island told Daily Mail Australia today that preparations were in place to put the two Australians to death by firing squad . ` Nothing problem , everything is okay here , ' Mr Yuspahruddin said , ` Whenever the Bali nine duo will be coming we have prepared it for some days ago . We are waiting for them . ' Chan and Sukumaran are enjoying a few days ' reprieve from the firing squad after Indonesia delayed moving them from their Bali jail cells . ` Everything is ready for execution - we are waiting for them ' : The ` death island ' prisons boss Ahmad Yuspahruddin -LRB- pictured -RRB- , chief of the Central Java penitentiary division which governs Nusakambangan Island is prepared to execute Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran . Condemned men : Myuran Sukumaran -LRB- pictured in a Bali holding cell -RRB- . The temporary reprieve gives the condemned men 's lawyer , Michael O'Connell , precious time to progress their case . Mr O'Connell says it 's a strong one , but lawyers will first have to clear jurisdictional hurdles to determine whether Mr Joko 's decree can be characterised under administrative law or is simply a decision that 's a matter for the president . Mr O'Connell said the Sydney men were coping extremely well . ` They 're humbled really by the depth of support that has been coming from Australia and to some extent in Indonesia as well , ' he said on Thursday . ` They are very grateful for it and they simple wait and hope . ' | Advisers to Indonesia 's President say get executions over and done with . He has been told to push ahead with Bali Nine duo 's executions before any other foreign ` manoeuvres ' It comes as reports have emerged that fighter jets have arrived in Bali . 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Rich people in America have better and more sleep than people with lower incomes , a study revealed -LRB- above file photo -RRB- . Rich people get more sleep than people with lower incomes , a study revealed . Ethnic minority students , along with students from lower-income families or those living in urban areas get less sleep compared to wealthier white males , according to the Columbia University study . Researchers surveyed 270,000 students in America from both public and private schools between 1991 and 2012 , and asked them : How often they slept for more than seven hours a night and how often they sleep less than they should . The recommended amount of sleep for adolescents is nine hours , however students from lower-income families and ethnic minorities did not report having more than seven hours of sleep a night . This could be due to housing quality , obesity and conditions that disrupt sleep , according to researchers . Surprisingly , while these students received less than the recommended amount , they reported they felt they had received enough rest . Girls reported having less hours of sleep compared to boys . Factors that are potentially contributing to the decline of recommended sleep includes the increase use of the Internet and social media , and demands of school and extracurricular activities -LRB- above file photo -RRB- . Stick to the same bedtime : Sleep experts believe going to bed and waking up at the same times on a regular basis is vital for healthy sleep . This is because humans have an inbuilt body clock called the circadian rhythm . Controlled by hypothalamus at the base of the brain , it governs the body 's daily alternation between sleep and wakefulness . Take a hot bath : Taking a hot bath before bed can help induce sleep , says Paul Martin , author of a new book called Counting Sheep . This is because your body temperature has a strong influence on how fast you fall asleep . A night 's sleep is normally proceeded by a slight drop in body temperature and scientists have established that this drop in temperature tells your body to go to sleep . The theory behind taking a hot bath is to raise your body temperature artificially before allowing it to drop again as it adjusts to the cooler environment of your room . The trick , says Martin , is to take a bath one to two hours before bedtime and keep your bath temperature warm , rather than hot . Treat yourself to a hot , milky drink : It may sound like an old wives ' tale but taking a hot milky drink can encourage drowsiness because milk contains sleep-enhancing properties . This is thanks to its calcium content , which sleep experts claim can help you relax . It is also rich in tryptophan , which the body converts into serotonin - a natural hormone in the body that can make you sleepy . This compares to coffee - which is twice as stimulating as tea due to its high caffeine content . Sleep experts recommend drinking coffee no later than within two to three hours of going to bed , so that your body has a chance to process the caffeine . This disparity could mean those from lower-income families and ethnic minorities have not received enough education on the importance of sleep when it comes to health . Students from middle and higher-income families who had parents that received a high school education regularly reported having more than seven hours of sleep . The study also found that girls had less hours of sleep a night compared to boys . The recommended amount of sleep for adolescents is nine hours , however students from lower-income families and ethnic minorities did not report having more than seven hours of sleep a night . Over the years , 15-year-old children had the biggest drop in sleep as it dropped nine per cent from 1991 and 2012 -LRB- above a graph of the amount of sleep adolescents receive by age group -RRB- . Over the years , 15-year-old children had the biggest drop in sleep as it decreased a total of nine per cent - from 71.5 per cent in 1991 to 63 per cent in 2012 . And generally , there has been a decline in adolescents who are not getting enough sleep , one-third , which could be a public health concern . Factors that are potentially contributing to the decline of recommended sleep includes the increase use of the Internet and social media , and demands of school and extracurricular activities . | Ethnic minorities , students from lower income families or those living in urban areas get less sleep compared to wealthier white males . Students from higher-income families who had parents that received high school education regularly reported having more than seven hours of sleep . Recommended amount of sleep is nine hours a night for adolescents , according to Columbia University study . 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As snow moved across north Alabama on Friday , snarling travel and traffic throughout the area , it meant serious conditions for residents in more rural areas . Sadly the driver of a pickup in Huntsville discovered that the hard way . Incredible video obtained by the Weather Channel shows the white truck sliding down an iced-over road , picking up speed as it goes and without chance of stopping . When it crashes into two other vehicles it appears the cars had provided a buffer , but the bump just pushes both down the same frozen slope . Scroll down for video . Slipping : This truck in Huntsville , Alabama , did n't stand a chance driving on an iced-over road . Incoming : The pickup starts sliding dangerously close to some cars nearby . Smash : The truck collides with the other , which sets off a chain reaction . Rolling trio : All three then start sliding further down the slope together . Dangerous : The cars keep going before the video cuts off , but the drivers and passengers are said to be fine . The video was captured by local David Inman . Many roads in Huntsville are impassable , according to AL.com . Authorities asked residents to avoid traveling at all costs , unless it were an emergency . A winter storm warning was in effect until . Saturday for Huntsville and Madison County , as well as the surrounding Jackson and DeKalb counties in northeast Alabama . Emergency only : Weather officials asked locals not to travel if they could avoid it because of the condition of the roads . | Many roads in Huntsville , Alabama , have been deemed impassable . Snow and ice have over-run the roads . One accident involving three cars was captured on video . | [[1061, 1100], [1061, 1085], [1103, 1124]] |
A Sydney mayor who was allegedly assaulted at a polling booth on Saturday afternoon has been released from hospital after he was reportedly ` king hit ' . Bill Pickering - who is the mayor of Ryde in Sydney 's northwest - said he barely saw the punch coming but said it will take a few days to get over the shock . Mr Pickering , 52 , said he can identify the man who assaulted him at Putney Public school on Saturday but he declined to give specifics because a police investigation is underway . Bill Pickering -LRB- pictured -RRB- has been released from hospital after being assaulted outside a polling station on Saturday . ' I had an MRI scan , everything 's OK neurologically , ' he told reporters on Sunday . ` Obviously there 's swelling and other things , but nothing I wo n't recover from in a couple of days . ' Mr Pickering was handing out sandwiches when he was allegedly confronted by independent candidate Vic Tagg , deputy mayor Roy Maggio told Nine News . It is believed the mayor then fell to the ground and had a seizure . Independent candidate Vic Tagg -LRB- pictured -RRB- has denied his involvement in the attack . Mr Pickering said he was talking to a couple when he was approached and only just saw the punch coming . ' A couple were being berated , I went to speak to them and then obviously the incident that you 're now aware of occurred ' . ` It was too late to react , ' he said . independent candidate Vic Tagg denied that he was responsible for Saturday 's attack telling Seven News that he was ` going to speak to his solicitor ' . Tagg said he snapped when mayor Pickering approached him at the booths and called him ` corrupt ' and a ` crook ' He told the station that he snapped when mayor Pickering approached him at the booths and called him ` corrupt ' and a ` crook ' . Cr Maggio , who was also at Putney Public School for a council by-election today , says the mayor was ` king hit ' . ` He -LSB- Mr Tagg -RSB- king hit him -LSB- Cr Pickering -RSB- front on and the mayor fell down , ' Liberal Cr Maggio told Nine News . Witnesses say Cr Pickering - a member of the Liberal party - was handing out sandwiches to voters at a council polling booth for Ryde 's East Ward by-election , when Mr Tagg claimed the Liberal party was ` corrupt ' before allegedly punching the mayor . The by-election was prompted by the resignation of former mayor and independent councillor Ivan Petch in December . Witnesses say Cr Pickering - a member of the Liberal party - was handing out sandwiches to voters at a council polling booth for Ryde 's East Ward by-election , when Mr Tagg claimed the Liberal party was ` corrupt ' before allegedly punching the mayor . Mayor of Ryde Bill Pickering -LRB- left -RRB- has been released from hospital after an alleged attack . Witnesses say he was ` king hit ' by independent candidate Vic Tagg -LRB- right -RRB- . Mr Petch withdrew his position from council after the Independent Commission against Corruption made corrupt conduct findings against him . The results of the by-election are expected to be released on Tuesday . A police spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia inquiries are continuing as they are currently questioning a number of witnesses . No arrests have been made . Police were called to the school on Morrison Road at about 2pm today , following reports of an assault . Mr Pickering -LRB- pictured -RRB- was taken to hospital after the attack . He said there is some swelling but he will recover in a couple of days . ` Initial investigations suggest that a 52-year-old man was assaulted by another man known to him , who left the school before police arrived , ' a police spokesperson said . Cr Pickering was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to Ryde Hospital . Fellow Liberal councillor Craig Chung told Daily Mail Australia he was shocked when he heard about the alleged assault . ` Violence of any sort is a terrible blight on our democracy and violence allegedly from a candidate is just deplorable , ' he said . Cr Chung said the mayor spent the night in hospital . Police are urging anyone with information about the incident to come forward . | Mayor of Ryde Bill Pickering has been released from hospital following an alleged attack . He said it will take a couple of days to recover from the shock . The mayor barely saw the punch coming and ` it was too late to react ' He was reportedly handing out sandwiches at a primary school for a council by-election on Saturday . A witness says Cr Pickering was then confronted by independent candidate Vic Tagg . Cr Pickering reportedly hit the ground and began to have a seizure . 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Sir Philip Green knows how to tap the starriest of fashion week front rows and today 's Topshop Unique show was no different . Cara Delevingne , Kendall Jenner , Ellie Goulding , Emily Ratajkowski , Daisy Lowe and Alexa Chung all came out in force as the British high street Mecca unveiled its AW15 collection at the Tate Britain on a rainy Sunday afternoon . But it was n't just the glitzy front row getting tongues wagging ; the brand 's upcoming collection , which was inspired by the British countryside , proved to be as impressive as the stars watching it hit the runway . Topshop Unique unveiled its AW15 collection at the Tate Britain on Sunday - and proved the country bumpkin has had a cool and edgy makeover . Unique knows how to do the kind of wearable and accessible fashion that makes Topshop 's clothes fly off the shelves quicker than you can say Cara Delevingne - and today 's offering was no exception . The country bumpkin uniform -LRB- once embraced by a young Kate Middleton -RRB- has been treated to a cool and playful new edge . The collection aimed to add that touch of luxury to every day pieces , trimming coats with shearling and giving the standard mini skirt a high gloss finish . Dresses and shirts came emblazoned with dainty thistle prints inspired by the wild . Feminine floral silk dresses were slashed to the hip and teamed with streamlined hunting boots , while the country trench was souped up in vinyl . This season , garments were given a sophisticated edge by adding a touch of luxury to every day pieces . Dresses and skirts were trimmed with luxurious shearling , racer back mini dresses were heavily embellished with eye-catching crystals and tailored shirts were ornately embroidered with dainty thistle prints inspired by the wild . The collection was designed with capsule wardrobes in mind and is all about layering come autumn . The winter coat was given a sexy makeover and came in glossy vinyl . Turtle necks still reign supreme and came in powder blue , vibrant yellows and off white teamed with blue corduroy mini skirts and blazers or check pinafore dresses . The collection , which was designed with capsule wardrobes in mind , will make autumn the season of layering . As for evening wear - perhaps in a nod to the show 's entire front row - it 's all about the spirited party girl . Alexa Chung , Pixie Geldof , Kendall Jenner , Cara Delevingne and Sir Philip Green held up the frow . Emily Ratajkowski , Ellie Goulding -LRB- in Paul Andrew boots -RRB- , Jessie Ware and Alexa provided some front row glamour . | Inspired by the playful wilds of the countryside . Dresses were printed with thistle motifs and coats trimmed with shearling . Watched from frow by Cara Delevingne , Kendall Jenner and Alexa Chung . | [[425, 461], [468, 507], [1052, 1187], [1210, 1271], [1250, 1294], [1295, 1323], [1352, 1389], [1686, 1754], [1733, 1777], [127, 225], [230, 280], [2339, 2440]] |
Parents have been warned that allowing their children to miss just a week of school can cut their chances of succeeding by up to a quarter . Education Secretary Nicky Morgan today released research showing the dramatic affect just a few days absence can have on attainment . She claimed it ` busts the myth ' that term-time holidays are harmless and vindicates headteachers who take a hardline stance with parents who break the rules . Figures for 2012-13 show the impact of missing just 14 days on pupils ' ability to gain good GCSE results . The coalition changed the law so that headteachers can only grant leave from school in exceptional circumstances . But many parents have complained that the cost of package holidays is so much cheaper during term-time that they have no choice but to take their children out of school . However , the Department for Education today released data which it claims shows how as little as a week off each year can put pupils behind those who miss no school . It examined how many pupils achieved the English Baccalaureate , which includes a GCSE at Grade C or above in English , maths , history or geography , the sciences and a language . Some 44 per cent of pupils who missed no lessons achieved the so-called ` gold standard ' of qualifications . But this fell to only 31.7 per cent of those who missed 14 days over two years of studying for their GCSEs , equivalent of around one week per year . Among those who missed 28 days over two years , just 16.4 per cent achieved the English Baccalaureate standard . Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said the research busts the myth ' that term-time holidays are harmless and vindicates headteachers who take a hardline stance with parents who break the rules . As a result of the crackdown on term-time absences imposed by former Education Secretary Michael Gove in September 2013 , headteachers can no longer grant up to 10 days ' holiday a year . Instead , they can allow leave only in ` exceptional circumstances ' Each parent who ignores a ban faces a # 60 fine per child , rising to # 120 if it is not paid within 21 days . Failure to pay the fine can result in prosecution , with a maximum fine -- if convicted -- of # 2,500 or a jail sentence of up to three months . The move was intended to stop families damaging their children 's education by taking them away when holiday firms offer cheaper holidays . A quarter of primary schools have punished parents for ignoring bans . At primary school , pupils who misses 14 days at age 11 were a quarter less likely to achieve level 5 or above in reading , writing or maths tests than those with no absence . Mrs Morgan said : ` The myth that pulling a child out of school for a holiday is harmless to their education has been busted by this research . Today heads across the country have been vindicated - missing school can have a lasting effect on a pupil 's life chances . ' Under the new rules , each parent who ignores a ban faces a # 60 fine per child , rising to # 120 if it is not paid within 21 days . Failure to pay the fine can result in prosecution , with a maximum fine -- if convicted -- of # 2,500 or a jail sentence of up to three months . The move was intended to stop families damaging their children 's education by taking them away when holiday firms offer cheaper holidays . A quarter of primary schools have punished parents for ignoring bans . Mrs Morgan added : ` This is why we are doing all we can to encourage more pupils back into class by toughening up on term-time holidays and attendance . Heads and teachers are now firmly back in charge of their classrooms thanks to our plan for education and new flexibility over term dates allow them to set term breaks outside of peak times . ` Fewer pupils than ever before now regularly skip class , while more pupils than ever before are leaving school with a place in education , employment or training . ` But today 's research shows we must never slip in our mission to ensure all pupils leave school properly prepared for life in modern Britain . ' Roy and Jenny Davies were fined # 240 for taking their children Alistair , 14 , and Rhiannon , 13 , out of school for a holiday to Corfu after a ` traumatic year ' Last week a couple who took their children on a term-time holiday to Corfu after a ` traumatic ' year have been dragged into court and fined # 240 . Roy and Jenny Davies pulled son Alistair , 14 , and daughter Rhiannon , 13 , out of school for a week so they could enjoy some much-needed ` quality time ' . The holiday followed a stressful year in which a family member died and Mrs Davies underwent emergency surgery which left her unable to walk . While the family deemed their circumstances ` exceptional ' , Alistair 's school did not agree , fining the parents # 60 . Parents have campaigned for holiday prices to be slashed now legislation stops families from taking time off during term time . More than 170,000 people have signed a petition calling on the Government to force holiday companies to cut their prices , meaning it could be debated in Parliament . As many as two-fifths of parents would flout the rules so they can get a cheaper summer holiday , a poll found last year . One frustrated father Paul Cookson , 41 , was inspired to speak out after trying to book a trip to Center Parcs with his seven-year-old daughter Phoebe . His Facebook rant about perceived ` rip-off ' prices went viral , with outraged parents sharing the post more than 143,000 times . ` I think I 've touched a nerve with this one , ' he said . ` I do n't see why I should be penalised for sticking to the rules . ' | Education Secretary Nicky Morgan releases data on impact of absence . She claims it ` busts the myth ' that term-time holidays are harmless . 44 % of pupils who missed no lessons achieved English Baccalaureate . But only 31.7 % who missed 14 days over two years got ` gold standard ' | [[151, 236], [840, 976], [275, 373], [1562, 1684], [2647, 2662], [2667, 2790], [1199, 1205], [1210, 1252], [1179, 1205], [1228, 1288], [1293, 1333], [1328, 1333], [1338, 1395]] |
Alejandro Betts -LRB- pictured -RRB- who advises the Argentine government , has written books denouncing British rule of the Falkland Islands . A leading propagandist in Argentina 's long-running campaign to claim the Falklands has been denounced as a traitor -- not just to the Falkland Islands , where he was born , but to his daughters and heavily pregnant former wife . Alejandro Betts , who advises the Argentine government , has written books denouncing British rule of the ` Malvinas ' , including a recently published work presented to Pope Francis , an Argentinian by birth , a few weeks ago . But the family he abandoned when he left the Falklands has spoken out , claiming the real reason he left was not to follow political principle but to pursue an Argentinian mistress Santina Toranzo , in June 1982 . His British daughter , Magaly Betts , said : ` We were brought up with the knowledge that my father had cheated on my mother and left her when she was heavily pregnant for an Argentine woman just before the Falklands War . ` The reason my father left the Falklands was never political . He actually made a choice to abandon my pregnant mother for this woman and everyone on the islands knows about this . ` Since he has left the islands for Argentina he has not acknowledged our existence and has chosen not to participate in our lives . I would not want anything to do with him . ' Now a senior Argentine civil servant , Betts remarried in Argentina and in 2007 unsuccessfully stood for mayor of Cordoba , which is the country 's second largest city . He is also a government adviser on the Falklands . He has been dubbed ` the Falklands Lord Haw-Haw ' -- after the notorious William Joyce , who broadcast Nazi propaganda to the UK during the Second World War and was hanged for treason in 1946 . Late last year , the Argentine embassy in London issued a book called Malvinas Matters in which Betts wrote a chapter about how he discovered the ` truth ' . He outlines Argentina 's historical claims , which centre on Spain 's control of the islands during the 18th Century , and his conviction that islanders were blocked from the truth by the British . Betts , a fourth generation Falklander , who changed his name from Alexander to Alejandro , has previously said : ` I stood up for what I thought was best for the Malvinas , for the Falklands , and that is where my heart still lies . ' Yet for the family he abandoned , the book is another callous insult . Betts was born in 1947 and in 1978 he married his second wife Rosa , who was working in Government House in Port Stanley . In January 1981 , Rosa , a Chilean , gave birth to Magaly and soon after became pregnant again . Now living in North Wales , Rosa , 62 , remembers the day that Alex abruptly ended their relationship with a phone call when she was visiting her family in the Chilean port of Punta Arenas . Betts married Rosa in 1978 -LRB- pictured -RRB- - she now lives in North Wales after he left her and their children . She said : ` Just a few days before Christmas Alex phoned me and said : `` I have got someone else . We have fallen in love . I want you to stay with your mother in Chile . '' ` I said : `` Thank you , so you are washing your hands of us ? No , thank you . We will sort this out when we are back in the Falklands . ' ` Alex had come out to collect me and the children . But on the plane back he told me that when we arrived in the Falklands he would leave me . ` That 's exactly what he did . When we landed in Port Stanley he went off . ' In 1987 Rosa , Magaly and Zoe would move to the UK . Rosa said : ` I was ill , I wanted a better future for my children and when Magaly was only three she was being taught how to recognise a bomb . I did not want them growing up with this . ` But the main reason was that after the war Dawn used to go to school in the Falklands , and if her father spoke out publicly in Argentina , they would say , `` Poor Dawn , your father is a traitor '' . ` What he did was not my fault , was not my children 's fault . I did not want Dawn to continue to suffer this and I did not want Magaly or Zoe growing up with this . ` He does not mention in his book that we were married and had two children together . He never mentions to the Argentine people that he left a heavily pregnant woman . He was never pro-Argentine when we were married . On the contrary he was pro-British . He followed whatever the Argentine government told him to do . That 's it . ' Betts meanwhile is resigned to the fact that he can never go back to the Falklands . Of the family he left behind he will say only : ` Anything Rosa might have to say does n't interest me . ' I am sure she tells a very neat version that fits into her life and way of thinking . I do n't think it is anything worth troubling about . ' | Leading propagandist Alejandro Betts advises the Argentine government . He is part of the long-running campaign to claim the Falkland Islands . He has been denounced as a traitor to not only the Falklands , where he was born , but to his daughters and the heavily pregnant wife he left there . Betts has been dubbed ` the Falklands Lord Haw-Haw ' -- after William Joyce . Joyce broadcast Nazi propaganda during War and was hanged for treason . | [[0, 73], [374, 389], [396, 428], [144, 227], [144, 204], [214, 295], [275, 295], [304, 315], [607, 617], [621, 672], [907, 916], [946, 1039], [1104, 1202], [4293, 4327], [1621, 1639], [1642, 1668], [1680, 1707], [1714, 1777], [1621, 1623], [1774, 1814]] |
Dozens of men have posed in mini skirts in protest about the low status of women in Turkey after a 20-year-old student was murdered after she is believed to have tried to stop a man raping her . Ozgecan Aslan 's burned body was found in woodland after she is alleged to have tried to resist a sexual assault by minibus driver Ahmet Suphi Altindoken who then stabbed and clubbed her to death , it is claimed . Her death saw thousands of people take to the streets of Turkey during several days of protests about the lack of equality in the country , and saw women share their stories of harassment and violence on Twitter . The murder of Ozgecan Aslan has caused outrage in Turkey , with people protesting in the streets about violence against women in a country where females are frequently seen as not equal to men and has now seen men pose in miniskirts in neighbouring Azerbaijan to call for equality in the country . More than 1,500 men have posted pictures of themselves wearing miniskirts in a campaign for equality . Men in neighbouring Azerbaijan , which has strong cultural ties to Turkey , have now started their own social media campaign to call for better rights for women , by posing in skirts and holding up signs bearing Miss Aslan 's name . The men have posted pictures of themselves in skirts using the hashtag # y which translates to ` wear miniskirts for Ozgecan ' . The campaign aims to draw attention to the notion that wearing a skirt is seen as provocative , highlighting the poor way women are treated and regarded . And as the anger continues in Turkey a second hashtag has emerged calling for men to don their skirts and go to Taksim Square in Istanbul for further public protests . More than 1,500 men have taken part in the campaign so far . Miss Aslan 's death has caused outrage in Turkey where women are frequently killed at the hands of violent men and are seen as having a lower status - a view recently inflamed by comments made by the Turkish president who said women were not equal to men . Her death has also led to calls for the death penalty to be used for her killers . Ozgecan Aslan was allegedly attacked by the bus driver and killed after she used pepper spray against him . Dozens of people took to the streets following Miss Aslan 's murder to protest against the status of women . A woman with red tears painted on her face -LRB- left -RRB- and another with a bullet hole -LRB- right -RRB- took part in protests . The student was reported missing on February 11 in Tarsus in Turkey . According to reports she was the only passenger left in a minibus driven by Altindoken , who allegedly changed the route of the bus when the other passengers got off and attempted to rape her . It is then claimed that when she resisted him and used pepper spray he murdered her and disposed of her body . Altindoken has been arrested for the murder , as well as two other people who have been held in connection with the killing . Days of protests have ensued , with women taking to the streets with red tears and bullet wounds painted on their faces . Other have marched , bearing placards with the student 's picture on . | Ozgecan Aslan , 20 , was found burned in woodland near Tarsus in Turkey . Student allegedly resisted a sexual assault by a bus driver and was killed . Her death has outraged people in Turkey over the unequal status of women . Thousands have staged days of protests following Miss Aslan 's murder . Men from Azerbaijan have now joined the campaign , posing in miniskirts . They have posted pictures on Twitter calling for other people to do same . Campaign calls for equality in Turkey where women have a low status . | [[195, 348], [91, 181], [138, 194], [195, 348], [2110, 2164], [2724, 2834], [2748, 2807], [623, 679], [752, 761], [768, 790], [796, 815], [1548, 1577], [1770, 1818], [1825, 1830], [1894, 1957], [2218, 2326], [436, 546], [623, 679], [1770, 1818], [2218, 2326], [2243, 2326], [2961, 2989], [0, 90], [768, 775], [824, 920], [768, 775], [820, 827], [833, 920], [965, 1023], [1024, 1054], [1100, 1108], [1117, 1184], [1257, 1309], [1825, 1830], [1894, 1957]] |
Three Gold Coast Titans players have been stood down from the team effective immediately amid the cocaine crisis currently rocking the NRL . State of Origin players Greg Bird and Dave Taylor are the latest players to be implicated in the scandal , and Gold Coast Titans CEO Graham Annesly announced in a press conference on Sunday evening they had been stood down . The big name rugby league players were both served with notices to appear in court on Sunday evening , according to the Courier Mail . Mr Annesly confirmed these reports , but said he did n't have any further information . Scroll down for video . Greg Bird is one of three Gold Coast Titans players stood down on Sunday night amid the NRL club 's cocaine crisis . Winger Kalifa Faifai Loa was also stood down on Sunday , after being charged earlier in the day . So far six players have been charged . Faifai Loa and former squad member Joe Vickery were charged on Sunday , whilst hooker Beau Falloon and fringe first grader Jamie Dowling were charged on Friday . Mr Annesly said it was his understanding that no one else from his club was caught up in the controversy , but acknowledged the massive damage it was doing to the club . ' I do n't think anything would surprise me but my information is this is the last of it for our club , ' he said on Sunday . ` To be constantly dragged through these kind of scandals this is incredibly damaging for the club . ' The CEO also confirmed that players would be forced to cover their own legal costs for the potentially lengthy processes ahead , and said there would be a contractual review for those involved . Dave Taylor is also one of the latest players to be implicated in the scandal . Mr Annesly also revealed that the NRL as a whole had been supportive of the club through recent times of turmoil . ` We 've had nothing but support from the NRL right through this process . ' Last week it was revealed the career of code-hopping Queensland Reds Super Rugby star Karmichael Hunt was in serious doubt after he was arrested on charges of cocaine supply and possession along with , reportedly , two Gold Coast Titans rugby league players . The charges are a result of an ongoing operation by Queensland 's Crime and Corruption Commission -LRB- CCC -RRB- and local police , focusing on a period between June -LRB- when Hunt was still an AFL player -RRB- and December of last year . Detectives questioned Hunt on Thursday night , ahead of his arrest . Two other men , one identified by the Telegraph as being Gold Coast Titans player Beau Falloon , 27 , are also understood to be facing counts of the same offence . Falloon was the Titans ' NRL player of the year in 2014 . A woman was also taken into custody . Winger Kalifa Faifai Loa was also stood down on Sunday , after being charged earlier in the day . Queensland Police believe they have broken up a drug cartel and are continuing investigations into other suspects . Eight people have now been arrested in the ring , with four to appear in court on the drug charges . Queensland 's CCC said that four men are expected to front court in the coming days . ` Four men will face drug supply offences after being identified allegedly arranging the supply of cocaine during an ongoing drug trafficking investigation by the Crime and Corruption Commission -LRB- CCC -RRB- , ' a statement released on Sunday said . ` The CCC will allege that during an investigation focused on a cocaine trafficking syndicate operating in South East Queensland , these men were identified contacting the syndicate and arranging for the supply of cocaine . ` The CCC can confirm the four men were identified during the same CCC drug trafficking investigation as four other individuals who were served with a Notice to Appear in Court on Thursday 19 February 2015 . ' The CCC statement also revealed a 26-year-old man from Burleigh Waters , a 31-year-old man from Mermaid Beach , a 25-year-old man from Burleigh Waters and a 25-year-old man from Miami were all served notices to appear in court . The 26-year-old is facing one count of possesion , the 31-year-old two counts of supplying a dangerous drug , with the 25-year-old from Burleigh Waters is facing one supply charge . The 25-year-old from Miami is facing seven counts of supplying a dangerous drug . Code-hopping Queensland Reds Super Rugby star Karmichael Hunt was arrested on charges relating to cocaine supply and possession on Friday . Two other men and a woman are also in custody . Three-code Australian footballer Karmichael Hunt faces charges of drug supply after a Crime Commission operation in Queensland . It 's believed the charges against Karmichael Hunt follow an ongoing operation by Queensland 's Crime and Corruption Commission and he was arrested on Thursday night . The Crime and Corruption Commission -LRB- CCC -RRB- also released a statement on Friday , which said four people had been charged as part of an investigation into a cocaine trafficking syndicate in south-east Queensland . Among them , it stated , was a 28-year-old man from Hendra who was facing four counts of drug supply and who is due to appear at the Southport Magistrates Court on March 5 . ` During an investigation focused on a cocaine trafficking syndicate operating in southeast Queensland , these four individuals were identified contacting the syndicate and arranging for the supply of cocaine , ' the CCC said in a statement . If proved , the charges threaten to end a glittering sporting career just when Hunt appeared in the mix to cap it by playing for the Wallabies at the Rugby World Cup later this year . It comes just weeks after another former Queensland rugby league representative , Jason Smith , was arrested and charged with trafficking offences . He was taken into custody with a restaurant owner , Jason Wood , and the pair was charged with supplying the illicit substance between June and December of last year . Smith remains on bail and will reappear in Toowoomba Court again on May 6 . Police prosecutors will also allege that former New South Wales Origin player Matt Seers had taken part in drug deals . Their bail conditions including having no contact with each other . Hunt left rugby league to try his hand at AFL , playing 44 games for the Gold Coast Suns before signing to play rugby union for the Queensland Reds . Karmichael Hunt , 28 , has played three codes of football in Australia . He was a rugby league international during his days as a Brisbane Broncos player before a high profile switch to AFL and the Gold Coast Suns . He is in custody following a police operation which has reportedly busted a drug syndicate . Hunt was on Thursday named at fullback for the Reds in their match against the Western Force at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night but is unlikely to take his place . The crisis led to the Reds postponing a pre-match captain 's media conference on Friday morning , as reports of Hunt 's arrest spread . Both the Queensland Rugby Union -LRB- QRU -RRB- and the Australian Rugby Union -LRB- ARU -RRB- , were scrambling to respond to the shock news . The Reds , in particular , were in crisis mode with costly off-season signing Hunt having been named to play at fullback against the Western Force at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night . No comment was made but a joint statement was issued : ` The Australian Rugby Union and Queensland Rugby Union are aware of reports regarding Karmichael Hunt . ' ` The ARU 's Integrity team and the Queensland Rugby Union are making enquiries into the reports . ' Similarly , the Suns released a statement : ` The Gold Coast Suns have been made aware of charges laid against Karmichael Hunt through the media reports this morning . ' ` As this matter is now before the court , it would be inappropriate to make any comment . ' The Titans issued a short statement acknowledging the reports linking them to the operation . ` The club is aware of current media speculation in relation to police charges on the Gold Coast , ' the statement said . ` We are currently trying to confirm the veracity of these reports and a public statement will be made immediately we have been able to do so . ' An NRL spokesman added that the game 's governing body was ` seeking advice from the Titans on the matter . ' Hunt , 28 , has played three codes of football in Australia , the only sportsman to have done so at the elite level . He is now facing four counts of supplying a dangerous drug after being arrested in a joint police operation . Hunt , 28 , has played three codes of football in Australia , the only sportsman to have done so at the elite level . He was a rugby league international during his days as a Brisbane Broncos player before a high profile switch to AFL and the Gold Coast Suns , where he played just 44 games in four years beset by injuries . The Crime Commission said : ` Three men and one woman will face drug supply offences after being identified allegedly arranging the supply of cocaine during an ongoing drug trafficking investigation ' . ` The CCC will allege that during an investigation focused on a cocaine trafficking syndicate operating in South East Queensland , these four individuals were identified contacting the syndicate and arranging for the supply of cocaine . ` The CCC will allege the three men and one woman arranged for the supply of cocaine for personal use or to on-supply cocaine to friends and colleagues between June and December 2014 . ' A 28-year-old man from Hendra was served with a notice to appear in court to face four counts of supply -LRB- a -RRB- dangerous drug . ' The Commission also reported the arrest of a 24-year-old man from Burleigh Waters on seven counts of possession and two counts of supply , a 27-year-old Mermaid Waters man and a 22-year-old woman , also of Mermaid Waters . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article . | Three Gold Coast Titans players have been stood down from the club . Greg Bird , Dave Taylor and Kalifa Faifai Loa are the latest to be implicated in the NRL cocaine scandal . Queensland Reds Super Rugby star Karmichael Hunt and Gold Coast Titans player Beau Falloon arrested for cocaine supply on Friday . Former squad member Joe Vickery was charged on Sunday . Corruption Commission operation has targeted a multi-million dollar cocaine syndicate . 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A tourist attraction popular with children has sparked fury by displaying a model railway version of Auschwitz complete with cattle trucks , labourers ' huts and barbed wire . A Holocaust survivor was among those to criticise Birmingham 's Wonderful World of Trains and Planes for the ` crass ' miniature railway set of the infamous concentration camp . The static train set is a dark addition to the intricate village green , mountain and woodland rail layouts at the venue , which is popular with children and model enthusiasts . A model railway version of Auschwitz , complete with guard towers and barbed wire , at a tourist attraction popular with children has sparked fury . Labourers ' huts and cattle trucks are on display as part of the exhibit at Birmingham 's Wonderful World of Trains and Planes . The static train set is a dark addition to the intricate village green , mountain and woodland rail layouts at the venue . The detailed model of Auschwitz , where at least 1.3 million people were slaughtered during the Second World War , shows a train entering the Nazi death camp . The model of the camp where around a million Jews were murdered is situated next to a 1930s seaside scene and Swinging Sixties London in the tourist attraction . The exhibit claims it ` will take you on a journey of adventure past , present and future ' . Matt Lawson , a Holocaust expert from Edge Hill University , said : ` It 's a step too far and I really do n't understand the thought process . Did someone wake-up one morning and say , `` you know what this place needs ... '' ' I think the Holocaust is a vital part of kids ' education . But I also think that during a light-hearted , family day out to suddenly be confronted by a model of a concentration camp is bizarre . ` If it was a prisoner of war camp , maybe it would be OK , but this is a concentration camp . Thankfully , it 's a static display . Imagine if the train was moving . I do think it 's very unusual , I do think it 's out of place . ' The detailed model of Auschwitz , where at least 1.3 million people were slaughtered during the Second World War , shows a train entering the Nazi death camp . A Holocaust expert said it was a ` step too far ' , while a concentration camp survivor also criticised the model . Mala Tribich , a survivor of both Ravensbrück and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps who now gives talks on the traumatic experiences , also criticised the model railway . The 84-year-old said : ` What are they trying to say ? They used trains in wartime and trains played a very big part in the Holocaust , they could not have done what they did without trains . ` They were moving millions of people , but then you have to show the whole exhibition in a different context . As it is , it is useless , frivolous , even . ' Visitor to the attraction Simon Hardy said : ` It 's just unthinking and crass . Totally bizarre , those are the only words for it . ` It is just not something you put in a train exhibition , it is just not something you put in a fun activity centre where you can play with Scalextric . It 's not the kind of thing you buy from a toy shop or even a hobby shop . ' The attraction 's managing director defended the piece , saying it had proven popular with visitors . Death camp : At least a million Jews were killed at Auschwitz during the Second World War . Peter Smith , managing director of Birmingham 's Wonderful World of Trains and Planes , defended the piece and said it had proven popular with visitors . He said : ` It 's gone down very well . I have seen people in tears as they realise that without the trains the Holocaust would not have happened . ` For some schools , it 's part of their curriculum so we can show it to them . There is nothing moving . ' He pointed out that the attraction has a HS2 high-speed rail link scene , adding that ` some may find that more controversial ' . ` Our depiction of a concentration camp is meant as a small reflection on those who suffered during the War . It does not represent Auschwitz or anywhere in particular . However , the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz was celebrated in January and so our little model is a timely reminder of that , ' he said . Of all of the Nazi 's extermination camps , Auschwitz is the most infamous because of the especially large number of people murdered there . Auschwitz , in southern Poland , was the final destination for one in six of Europe 's Jews as well as prisoners of war , gypsies and other groups deemed undesirable by the Nazis . The original camp , Auschwitz I , was built in 1940 to house Polish and Soviet prisoners , and continued to do so throughout the Nazi period , although Jews were also held in the camp from the start . Auschwitz II-Birkenau was built in 1941 and was designated an extermination camp by SS leader Heinrich Himmler the same year . One of the first death camps , gas chambers were pioneered at Auschwitz and replaced the unreliable gas van method , which saw small groups murdered using the carbon monoxide produced by the exhaust . The technology paved the way for a further five large camps : Chelmno , Sobibor , Bełżec , Majdanek and Treblinka , as well as two smaller camps , Sajmište in what is now Serbia and Maly Trostinets in Belarus . But of all the camps , none murdered as many as Auschwitz which , after mass transports of prisoners began in 1942 , was able to ` process ' 9,000 Jews a day at the peak of its operations . Among those who died at Auschwitz II-Birkenau were 400,000 Hungarians , 300,000 Poles , 69,000 French , 25,000 Belgians , 7,500 Italians and six British Jews from the Channel Islands . Of the estimated 1.3 million murdered at Birkenau , 200,000 were children . | Model train set of Auschwitz at children 's tourist attractions sparks anger . Holocaust survivor among those criticising train set display in Birmingham . Auschwitz model includes cattle trucks , labourers ' huts and barbed wire . Owner defends the piece , saying it is popular with families and collectors . More than a million people were slaughtered at Auschwitz by the Nazis . | [[0, 59], [0, 42], [60, 175], [176, 353], [532, 680], [176, 353], [207, 276], [2225, 2254], [2260, 2282], [2283, 2295], [2423, 2453], [0, 42], [60, 175], [532, 680], [681, 809], [0, 59], [0, 42], [60, 175], [465, 474], [483, 531], [3170, 3224], [3234, 3236], [3170, 3205], [3227, 3271], [3364, 3375], [3452, 3470], [3364, 3375], [3475, 3517], [967, 1045], [1093, 1114], [1121, 1254], [2041, 2119], [3272, 3282], [3294, 3363], [5666, 5715]] |
A fresh band of winter weather that . churned up the East Coast on Saturday , pummeling the storm-weary . region with snow , sleet and freezing rain , was expected to . gradually taper off Sunday morning , forecasters said . Six inches or more of fresh snow was forecast for parts of . the Northeast by early Sunday , according to the National Weather . Service -LRB- NWS -RRB- . Bitter cold is also expected , but conditions . should start to ease in many areas by mid-morning , the service . said . Boston , which had already been hit by 98.7 inches of snow going into the weekend , saw only about an inch Saturday , . but local weather watchers there were forecasting the total . tally to hit 100 inches by midnight . The city 's total is well . above the average yearly total of 31 inches . Commander in sleet : The White House was covered in snow Saturday as wintry weather coated Washington , D.C. Snow problem : This plow cleared the snow from the President 's front path on Pennsylvania Avenue . Hey , big guy : This two-story snowman towered over streets in Irondequoit , New York . Above , Anna Vincelli , 45 , takes a picture . Deadly cold : In Tennessee , 18 people died in the cold . Pictured above is a crossroads in Knoxville . The new round of harsh weather is part of a system that has . cut a curving , 2,000-mile path from southern Missouri to Maine . Snow and ice contributed to major delays at John F. Kennedy . International Airport in New York Saturday , with some arriving . flights delayed more than two hours , and flights destined for . Newark International Airport in New Jersey were delayed more . than three hours , according to a Federal Aviation Administration . advisory . Winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings were in . effect until Sunday for parts of West Virginia , Pennsylvania , . New York , Massachusetts , Maine and New Hampshire , the NWS said . The system dropped steady snow on Washington and Baltimore . as it pushed up the East Coast Saturday . West Virginia saw 18 . inches of snow , according to state officials . Frozen harbor : The waters around New York City 's financial district were covered in ice this week due to the frigid weather . Clean-up : In Danville , Kentucky , a city worker shovels snow off the roof after the devastating cold snap . Struggling on : A wrapped-up figure makes their way through the snow in Philadelphia after an NHL game Saturday . Widespread chill : IN Denver , Colorado , this commuter took to the streets on cross-country skis on Saturday . NWS warned that ` structural collapses ' are possible for . rooftops overloaded with the persistent snowfall . Maryland State . Police said people had abandoned their vehicles along . interstates and roadways . Nearly a week of cold and ice has contributed to 18 . weather-related fatalities in Tennessee since Monday , according . to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency . They include nine . people who died of hypothermia and five victims of motor-vehicle . accidents . And in Kentucky , 10 people have died since Monday in . weather-related incidents , said Buddy Rogers , a spokesman for . Kentucky Emergency Management . Pennsylvania authorities said Friday at least two people had . frozen to death outside . A 119-year-old record low temperature for February 20 was broken . in Washington , with a temperature of 5 degrees Fahrenheit -LRB- minus . 15 degrees Celsius -RRB- recorded at Ronald Reagan Washington . National Airport . Fun for some : Ella Gregg , six , and her three-year-old sister Olivia made the most of the snow on a hill in Dublin , Ohio . Chillout : The Broadway Bridge in the Bronx borough of New York City was pounded by snow Saturday night . Brave : Hardy souls took to the waters in Newport , Vermont , for the U.S. Winter Swimming Championships . Cold stroke : Jonathan Gladstone -LRB- left -RRB- of the USA and Yuta Tsuboi -LRB- right -RRB- of Japan compete in the frosty waters at Lake Memphremagog . Snow art : William Green , 25 , spray paints flowers onto a snow bank in the parking lot of Genrichís Garden Center where he works in Irondequoit , New York . | Six inches or more was forecast for the Northeast during early Sunday , alongside bitter cold . Some parts will also be hit by bitter cold , though it is expected to warm up by the morning . In frost-hit Tennessee 18 people died in the past week from the weather , while in Kentucky the death toll was 10 . | [[225, 285], [286, 315], [318, 353], [380, 408], [380, 408], [428, 477], [1139, 1145], [1153, 1165], [1168, 1196], [2751, 2804], [2805, 2857], [2860, 2871], [3018, 3073]] |
Gullible workers were tricked into trashing their own convenience store by a prank caller posing as their corporate bosses . Two employees at a roadside Circle K store in Globe , Arizona , let off fire extinguishers inside the store , smashed up a computer and threw extinguishers through store windows at the unknown caller 's behest . He apparently convinced the pair to destroy their workplace , while customers were inside , by claiming he was calling from Circle K 's corporate security department . Trashed : This Circle K store in Globe , Arizona , had all but one of its widows broken by employees who were tricked into throwing fire extinguishers through them . Tricked : Two gullible employees thought the outlandish instructions were coming from their superiors in Circle K 's corporate security department . They followed the commands because they were told it was the only way to shut off a silent fire alarm , police said . After smashing the computer , the two realized something was amiss , and stopped their rampage , local news station Fox10 Phoenix reported . By this time the outlet , which doubles as a gas station , was left so battered it was forced to close . Only one window was left intact . The store was open the day after the Wednesday evening call , after the windows had been boarded up . Soldiering on : The battered store opened up again the day after the spree of violence closed it down . Before : The unlucky store is pictured above in the summer of 2011 , before all its windows were smashed . It was not clear exactly how much it will cost to undo the carnage unleashed by the prank phone call , though police said that ' a significant amount of damage ' was caused . Red-faced Circle K bosses reportedly asked Fox10 not to run the story after being approached by reporters . Nobody was available for comment when DailyMail.com called . Globe Police department say they do not yet know who made the call , but are looking through phone records in the hope of tracking him down . | Two employees at a Circle K store in Globe , Arizona , took a call Wednesday . Unknown prankster said he was from Circle K 's corporate security team . Told them to smash up windows and computers to turn off ` silent fire alarm ' By the time they realized it was a prank call , damage had been done . | [[405, 414], [429, 504], [681, 819], [125, 176], [235, 256], [125, 141], [261, 336], [337, 396], [1079, 1102], [1128, 1158], [1641, 1705]] |
Fans of Gary Glitter -LRB- pictured outside Southwark Crown Court where he was convicted of sexual offences -RRB- expressed support of singer in Amazon reviews . Amazon is still carrying glowing reviews of Gary Glitter CDs , with fans describing the paedophile as ` not a vile monster ' despite his numerous convictions for sexual offences against children . Among products for sale on the website are the artist 's Greatest Hits album , with 23 customers rating the CD with five stars , the highest possible review on the site . Most made reference to his chequered criminal past but said it had ` nothing to do ' with his abilities or success as a musician . One fan even cast doubt over his convictions , writing : ` He would have been massive in America before his `` crimes '' came to light ' . The 70-year-old was found guilty of sexual attacks at Southwark Crown Court this month , his youngest victim an eight-year-old girl . It was the latest in a string of convictions relating to indecency and children , having been jailed for three years over separate incidents in 2006 and tried in court in 1997 after police found child pornography on his computer . Among the most supportive comments is one written by a fan calling himself ' R N Smith ' . It reads : ` Gary glitter is a genius and should have been more popular than Elvis , I believe he would have been massive in America before his `` crimes '' came to light . ' I personally could listen to his music every day and I very often do . ' I do n't believe for one minute that he is this vile monster everyone paints him to be , most of you claim to know so much about what he has supposed to have done and yet hardly anything has ever been published regarding his crimes . ' Another said they felt sympathy for the paedophile who they had grown up listening to . ' I am so upset for this guy - yes I know he has gone to places people do n't wish to speak of . ` But I grew up in the Seventies and I thought him the Sweet , Mud , Slade , T rex - Suza Q , Showaddywaddy , etc were great send up fun . ` Do you remember when it was the thing to go to Glasgow and watch the New year GG show ? well I do and went a few times too ... . a great night out - what a deep shame ... coz it was very very good . ' Among reviews for the singer 's many CDs are some which dismiss his convictions for sexual assaulting children . Among comments of support for the musician were others describing him as a ` lowlife ' . Many fans acknowledged his convictions but said they should be kept separate from his body of work . Amazon has not responded to MailOnline 's request for comment on the matter . Earlier this month Glitter was found guilty of a string of sexual assaults on children as young as eight . It comes after the paedophile was first found guilty of possessing child pornography in 1997 . After being sentenced to four months imprisonment he fled the UK . After settling in Cambodia , in 2002 he was deported to Vietnam having been accused of the rape of a child . Three years later he was arrested trying to board a flight to Thailand . Six girls and women , aged 11 to 23 , came forward to say they had had sex with the musician . Following his conviction of offences this month he was remanded in custody . He will be sentenced on February 27 . Glitter was arrested in Vietnam in 2006 over the sexual assault of children . Last month he was convicted of more offences in London . The singer was previously convicted of possessing child pornography . Above , he addresses the media at a 2000 press conference over other alleged assaults . | Dozens of reviews remain under singer 's Greatest Hits album on the site . Fans dismiss convictions claiming ` he would have been bigger than Elvis ' Others described the 70-year-old as ' a genius ' who they felt sorry for . Glitter has been convicted of attacks against children as young as eight . The paedophile will be sentenced at Southwark Crown Court this month . | [[162, 168], [172, 222], [359, 435], [661, 705], [708, 715], [718, 778], [1341, 1409], [2312, 2316], [2323, 2379], [1740, 1790], [44, 59], [66, 113], [230, 358], [800, 886], [2648, 2754], [3271, 3308]] |
For radicalised Muslim women in Britain and beyond who seek to marry into the blood-stained ranks of Islamic State , Saja al-Dulaimi is the ultimate icon . She is the striking former wife of the supreme IS leader and mother of his child ; a smuggler of gold chains worth hundreds of thousands of pounds -- hidden under her burka -- to finance the IS 's murderous schemes , and a figure so senior she was once central to a high-value prisoner exchange . And now , along with her daughter by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi , she has special martyr status . Her home is a cell in the grim Yarze jail , one of the most feared prisons in the Middle East , a military detention centre in Beirut notorious for its dungeons and systematic use of torture . Described by one Lebanese general as a ` fabulous beauty behind her veil ' , the defiant prisoner in her early 30s is barred from receiving visitors . Heavily armed female soldiers on the all-women wing pace the corridors outside as they keep watch over their prized captive . The only picture : Saja al-Dulaimi is the ultimate icon for radicalised Muslim women in Britain and beyond . Dulaimi is probably the most infamous female jihadi operating in the maelstrom of the Middle East -- although only one picture believed to be of her exists . Born in Iraq into a family of lethal fanatics , her ex-husband is responsible for spreading bloody carnage across Iraq , Syria and Libya . Dulaimi was caught late last year close to Lebanon 's Mediterranean coast with the couple 's daughter after an American tip-off to Lebanese authorities . She was using false papers and smuggling huge sums of gold under her Islamic dress to fund the murderous activities of militants . Despite weeks of intensive questioning , however , she has said almost nothing and , astonishingly , her daughter Hajaa , thought to be only ten years old , has also refused to crack . To the dismay of local and Western intelligence agencies , neither has given any significant information ; reports concluded both are ` well-trained ' to withstand interrogations . Yet , slowly , security teams are piecing together a hazy picture of a mysterious woman connected by family and three marriages to some of the world 's most deadly firebrands . ` One day they 'll make a movie about her , ' concluded an observer . Certainly this independent and beguiling woman must have stood out in the sinister world of Islamic fanatics as she flitted around Middle Eastern countries using false names -- such a contrast with conventional jihadi imagery of docile women hidden away in homes . One analyst concluded her exploits on behalf of the extremists marked her out as an ` honorary jihadi man ' ; another even called her ` a bit of a superstar ' . Such is the secrecy swirling around Baghdadi and his ex-wife , there are few precise details known about their relationship . Baghdadi is thought to have had three wives , although Dulaimi is the only one ever seen in public . Yet she refused to confirm their marriage under interrogation in prison , sometimes responding in an aggressive or rude manner to questions . She even told one senior officer her husband was dead . Lebanese security sources say they wed six years ago in Syria , staying together for only three months . Saja al-Dulaimi is the former wife of IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and is the mother of his child . Their union would have come after Baghdadi was freed by the Americans , who held him for three years in the aftermath of their ill-conceived invasion of Iraq in 2003 . Having been radicalised in prison , Baghdadi became head of the group now known as IS within a year of his release . DNA tests using samples taken during his detention confirm Hajaa is the daughter of the self-styled successor to the Prophet Mohammed . Yet one senior Iraqi government source said there was evidence the couple married in 2005 -- which would fit with the age of their child -- and remained formally wed until two years ago . ` Everyone is very tight-lipped about her , ' said Abdel Bari Atwan , author of Islamic State : The Digital Caliphate . ` The problem is that these ultra-orthodox Islamists do not like to talk about their wives , and when it comes to Baghdadi there is little known about his wives or children . ' Dulaimi had previously been married to another Iraqi militant leader named Fallah Ismail Jassem , with whom she had her first child . He was gunned down by Iraqi troops five years ago . Iraqi sources believe Dulaimi spent time in the Lebanese port of Tripoli last year before moving to Arsal , a turbulent mountain town on the border , swollen by tens of thousands of refugees from the conflict in Syria . During her months there , she frequently crossed the border wearing gold chains worth up to # 25,000 hidden by wearing full hijab , knowing male border guards would not search her , then sold to provide funds for fighters . Lebanese security sources say she was so successful she is ` implicated ' in providing several hundred thousand pounds to rebels from Al Nusra -- an Al Qaeda affiliate group -- in the Syrian border regions . She was caught in mid-November at a Lebanese army checkpoint in Madfun near the fishing village of Berbara , with papers claiming to be a Syrian called Mallak Abdullah and two other sets of false documents . She was in the early stages of pregnancy after hooking up with her latest husband , a Libyan or Palestinian militant from another extremist Sunni group who has been arrested on charges of assisting Dulaimi in funding terrorism . One intelligence source , asked what she had revealed , replied : ` Only the devil knows . ` My colleagues believe her CV , obtained by Lebanese security , is fraught with false confessions to avoid giving damaging leads . ' Such is the confusion , Iraqi officials have even claimed she is not Baghdadi 's wife but the sister of a senior Al Qaeda commander awaiting execution in their country . Dulaimi 's importance to IS first became apparent amid negotiations early last year to swap 150 women and children held by the Syrian government for 13 Greek Orthodox nuns , kidnapped by Islamist rebels . During tense discussions , negotiators from Al Nusra insisted a woman identified as Saja Khalaf must be among those freed , even postponing the deal several times until this was agreed . ` The negotiators said she was very important , ' disclosed one security source . ` They were ready to cancel the deal for her sake . ' The group was finally released in March , ` Khalaf ' walking out with dainty handbag hanging from her arm and her two children alongside her . When a local official touched her , an Al Nusra operative screamed : ` Keep your hands away from that woman -- no one touches her . ' Days later , it emerged why she was seen as so special . First , a leading local jihadi cryptically tweeted : ` If only you knew , my brother , who was released in the negotiations , you would have cried a bit and laughed a lot . ' Then , an Al Nusra emir tweeted the truth : ` Our sister , the wife of Sheik Abu Bakr , God bless him , was freed by us . We did this because it 's our duty . ' Incredibly , the shaky Syrian regime had released the former wife of IS 's leader -- a person of immense symbolic and strategic significance to the barbaric group . Now she is a possible pawn again in hostage negotiations , this time over the release of 25 Lebanese security personnel threatened with execution by IS and Al Nusra after being seized last August . A Lebanese Salafist attempting to mediate their release claimed to have received a letter from IS demanding Dulaimi 's release in return for those kidnapped . However , if she does end up dying for her twisted cause , Dulaimi would be far from the first member of her extraordinarily-militant family to meet a bloody end . Her father was a high-ranking jihadist who may have arranged her marriage to seal an alliance with Baghdadi as the self-proclaimed caliph began his rise to power . He was reportedly killed in September while fighting against the Syrians . She has three brothers , all thought to be militants fighting in Syria and Iraq . One is said to have been caught and sentenced to death for a bombing in Basra . Her sisters include one reported to have died in a suicide attack , while a second was arrested with 13lb of explosives wrapped around her body in the Kurdish city of Irbil , northern Iraq . This is indeed an extraordinary life story that seems like a film script . But sadly it would be for the darkest and most blood-drenched of stories , starring a deadly woman playing a key role in the horrific events ripping apart the Middle East . | For radicalised Muslim women , Saja al-Dulaimi is the ultimate icon . She 's the striking former wife of supreme IS leader and mother of his child . She and her daughter by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi have special martyr status . She is in the Yarze jail , one of the most feared prisons in the Middle East . 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Eleven children are among 48 people who drowned in Bangladesh today when a ferry carrying at least 100 passengers capsized and sank . The ferry collided with a cargo vessel and foundered within minutes on the Padma River . It was the second deadly boat accident in a fortnight in Bangladesh , which has a history of ferry tragedies . About 50 passengers were able to swim ashore or tread water long enough to be rescued . Divers were tonight working under floodlights to pick bodies from the water . Officials admitted they did not know the exact number of people missing . Men carry the shrouded bodies of drowned victims of a ferry tragedy on the River Padma in Bangladesh . A woman howls with grief at the Paturia ferry terminal , where the bodies of victims were being brought . Two men try to console another bereaved woman after the accident , which claimed at least 41 lives . Rescues carry the body of another victim to shore as they work through the night to recover the dead . ` Divers have recovered 41 bodies . The dead included 11 children and seven women , ' local police chief Rakibuz Zaman told AFP . The death toll has risen throughout the day . Survivors said the MV Mostofa was overcrowded with about 70-150 passengers crammed into the upper and lower decks . They were left scrambling to find loved ones when the tragedy struck . ' I was holding my mother 's hand when the cargo boat hit our ferry from behind , ' an 18-year-old who gave his name as Al Amin told AFP at the terminal . ` Within two minutes the ferry was sunk . Before I realised I was washed away to the middle of the river . ' I swam and a ferry rescued me . But I do n't know what happened to my mum . ' Police chief Zaman said some 50 people ` swam ashore or were rescued by other vessels ' . Local newspaper Prothom Alo quoted one survivor , Hafizur Rahman , as saying tragedy struck 15 minutes after departure . Many passengers were trapped beneath decks and unable to escape . ' I was on the deck of the ferry and fell into the river . Those who were on the deck were able to come out but none of the passengers inside could get out , ' Mr Rahman told the paper . After darkness fell , divers continued working under floodlights to pick bodies from the River Padma . A boat returns to the quay laden with the bodies of victims of the latest ferry disaster to strike Bangladesh . Rescue workers take the bodies of victims ashore to be identified by waiting relatives at Paturia . An official points the way as men carry another body bag into the Paturia ferry terminal . Rescue workers struggle through crowds as they carry another body bag into the ferry terminal . Bangladeshi ferries do not normally keep passenger lists , making it difficult to establish how many are missing after an accident . An official said a salvage vessel was on its way to raise the sunken ferry , adding that the master of the cargo ship and two other crew had been arrested . The ferry was submerged 20ft beneath the surface of the river , said Inspector Zihad Mia , who is overseeing the rescue operation . ` We do n't have a clear picture about how many were exactly in the ferry when it sank , ' Insp. Mia told Reuters . ` But I think many have survived . ' Rescuers were unloading bodies from small boats at the ferry terminal in Paturia , some 50 miles from the capital Dhaka . People have gathered there to identify the dead . ` We found one body but five are still missing , ' Hindu holy man Kumud Ranjan Goswami said . ` We were returning home after the opening of a temple ' Authorities ordered an investigation into the accident and a five-member committee has been asked to submit a report within 15 days , the Ministry of Shipping said in a statement . A man holds his head in grief and sobs after finding his loved one among the dead at the Paturia terminal . A boy looks towards the photographer as a grieving woman is comforted before a line of dead bodies . Four men grieve over the bodies of their dead loved ones while others file past trying to identify bodies . A man holds his eyes as he reaches down to teach the face of a young boy killed in the disaster . The Padma river is one of the largest in Bangladesh , a nation formed around the delta of the great River Ganges and criss-crossed by more than 230 rivers . Boats are the main form of travel in many of the remote rural areas , especially in the south and north-east of the country , which is one of Asia 's poorest . Capsizes are common . Experts blame poorly maintained vessels , flaws in design and overcrowding for most of the tragedies . This month , at least five people including a child were killed when an overloaded ferry carrying some 200 passengers capsized in an estuary in the south of the country . About 50 people were also killed in August last year when a crowded ferry sank in rough weather in the Munshiganj district . Naval officials have said more than 95 per cent of Bangladesh 's hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized boats do not meet minimum safety regulations . | Divers working through the night to pluck bodies from the Padma River . Officials admit they do not know the exact number of people missing . Ferry sank after it collided with a trawler in waters 20ft deep . 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Pauline Cafferkey -LRB- pictured -RRB- faces disciplinary action over claims she concealed being unwell when she returned from Africa . The nurse who became the first Briton to be diagnosed with ebola in the UK faces disciplinary action over claims she concealed being unwell when she returned from Africa . Pauline Cafferkey , who spent almost a month in an isolation unit in London earlier this year while her life hung in the balance , is one of five medics being investigated . Their ` fitness to practise ' is being assessed by regulators . According to one unsubstantiated report , a temperature test showed that Ms Cafferkey was over the limit -- and others present were aware of it -- but the result was not reported . In theory , if any of the five are judged to have broken professional standards , they could be ` struck off ' . However , bearing in mind the nature of their lifesaving efforts in Africa , they are more likely to receive a slap on the wrist if they fail to clear their names . It is understood the investigation centres on claims that signs of Ms Cafferkey 's illness were ignored before she flew back from Sierra Leone to Scotland , potentially placing fellow passengers at risk . The inquiries are an embarrassment for the UK , given the plaudits the country received for the work of British medical staff in the ebola-hit area . The nurse , who had spent three weeks working for Save The Children at an ebola treatment centre , was diagnosed with the virus on her return to Glasgow in December . According to reports at the time , she had complained of feeling ill when she landed at Heathrow from Sierra Leone , but despite having her temperature tested seven times she was cleared to fly on to Scotland . When Ms Cafferkey , 39 , became feverish , she was transferred by RAF Hercules back to London to be treated at the Royal Free Hospital . After being treated with blood plasma from an ebola survivor and an experimental new drug , she made a full recovery . Now Ms Cafferkey and two other nurses are being investigated by their governing body , the Nursing and Midwifery Council , while two doctors in their party are subject to a General Medical Council probe . The investigation was launched after Department of Health officials carried out a review of the screening process at Heathrow for the 30 NHS staff who flew back from the affected region with Ms Cafferkey . Drama : Ms Cafferkey recovered after being flown from Glasgow -LRB- pictured -RRB- to London for treatment . An interim hearing to decide whether Ms Cafferkey should be placed on restricted duties could be held within days : the Nursing and Midwifery Council can bar or suspend nurses from the profession because of misconduct or incompetence , or on grounds of ` character ' or poor health . Officials were forced to trace more than 200 passengers who had sat close to Ms Cafferkey during her journey from Sierra Leone . A Save The Children review concluded that she probably contracted the virus by wearing a visor as part of her protective equipment instead of goggles . At the time , the charity 's chief executive , Justin Forsyth , said : ` Lessons have already been learned and as a result of the findings we have further tightened our protocols and procedures . ' Dr Martin Deahl , who sat next to Ms Cafferkey on the flight to the UK , said screening procedures at Heathrow were ` shambolic ' . Last night , the nursing council and GMC confirmed they were investigating allegations about the conduct of three nurses and two doctors . A spokesman for Ms Cafferkey said last night : ` Since she returned from Sierra Leone , Ms Cafferkey has fully co-operated with all investigations being undertaken by the relevant bodies and she will continue to do so . ` These are ongoing and it would therefore be inappropriate for her to make any public comment at the present time . ' | Pauline Cafferkey became first Briton to be diagnosed with ebola in the UK . The nurse spent almost a month in isolation unit in London earlier this year . Faces disciplinary action over claims she concealed being unwell on return from Africa . The 39-year-old is one of five medics being investigated , it has emerged . Spokesman for Ms Cafferkey says she has fully co-operated with all investigations . | [[136, 145], [150, 248], [308, 325], [332, 401], [0, 103], [77, 135], [136, 145], [150, 248], [249, 307], [1005, 1159], [308, 325], [439, 460], [449, 481], [3409, 3419], [3422, 3547], [3548, 3592], [3636, 3694]] |
Mummified remains of a monk have been found encased in a Buddha statue dating back to the 11th or 12th Century . Erik Bruijn , an Buddhism expert , led the study that determined the mummy was of Buddhist master Liuquan , who belonged to the Chinese Meditation School . The CT scan and endoscopy were carried out by Drents Museum at Meander Medical Centre in the Netherlands . Ancient : A study led by Erik Bruijn , a Buddism art and culture expert , looked into mummified remains of a monk that were found encased in a 1,000-year-old Buddha statue . Reserachers knew that there were remains dating back to the 11th or 12th Century in the statue , but it was n't until the CT scan that they discovered all of the monk 's organs had been removed . While it was known before the scan that a mummy was inside the statue , it was n't until then that researchers discovered that the monk 's organs had been removed from his body , according to Colossal . Rolls of paper scraps covered in Chinese writing were discovered alongside the monk . After the scan , the mummy was taken to Budapest , where it will be on display at the Hungarian Natural History Museum until May 2015 . Many practicing Buddhists believe that mummies like that of Buddhist master Liuquan are n't actually dead , but are rather in an advanced state of meditation , according to International Business Times . Many practicing Buddists believe that mummies like that of Buddhist master Liuquan are n't actually dead , but instead , they believe these monks are in an advanced state of meditation . Another mummified monk like the one in the statue was found in Mongolia in January . In January , mummified remains of a man apparently meditating in the lotus position were unearthed in Mongolia . The human relic is believed to be around 200 years old and was preserved in animal skin . Initial speculation is that the mummy could be a teacher of Lama Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov . Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov , born in 1852 , was a Buryat Buddhist Lama of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition , best known for the lifelike state of his body . While researchers are still looking into their findings from the hollow statue , the mummy was taken to the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Budapest where it will be on display until May 2015 . | Mummified remains in the statue date back to the 11th or 12th Century . Researchers knew there was a mummy in statue but were shocked to find that the monk was missing all of his organs . Study determined the mummy was that of Buddhist master Liuquan . | [[0, 70], [480, 489], [495, 549], [550, 644], [0, 70], [480, 489], [495, 549], [550, 644], [786, 815], [840, 948], [113, 124], [148, 210], [195, 218], [225, 268]] |
Ghostly creatures come to life in otherworldly light paintings in a collection of pictures by a Finnish art teacher . The pictures were made with LED lights by Janne Parviainen , 34 , from Helsinki , Finland . The blue and green bodies appear to exist in another dimension as they walk through the human world . Janne Parviainen from Helsinki , Finland , takes up to 20 hours to create each light painting in his studio or at local landmarks . Each painting can take up to 20 hours to complete in Janne 's studio or at Finnish landmarks . First , he draws with white paint on his black studio walls to create the base of the painting . Then using a long exposure , Janne uses his coloured LED lights to create the bizarre human shapes . Janne said : ` The most time consuming part of this is to calculate the perspective right since I do n't use any projectors or such as a help . ' First , Janne draws with white paint on his black studio walls to create the base of the painting , then , using a long exposure , he uses his coloured LED lights to create the human shapes . Janne continued : ' I think it pays off to use your own brains instead of machines . ` The light painting is executed when the studio is completely dark so I can light the correct parts of the drawings in the desired effect and to draw the characters with LED light while the camera is on long exposure . ` As you can imagine , working in pitch black conditions and drawing in the air can be a bit hard so I usually need quite a lot of takes before I 'm happy with the result . ' Most of Janne 's paintings take place in near or total darkness , which means he has to do several attempts before he is pleased with the result . Janne 's antics in the centre of Helsinki attract a lot of attention . He said : ' I decided to create a spontaneous guerrilla light art piece and finally found a spot right in the centre of Helsinki and started drawing the figures on the asphalt with chalk sticks . ' I gathered quite a crowd on the set when I started light painting the upper parts of the figures since I had to sit on the ground on top of the chalk drawings and trace my body with a flashlight . ' I can imagine it looked quite a performance . ' Janne 's antics in the centre of Helsinki attract a lot of attention - for this picture he had to sit on the ground on top of the chalk drawings and trace his body with a flashlight . Janne in the early stages of one light painting . | Janne Parviainen , 34 , from Helsinki , Finland , makes light paintings . The art teacher takes up to 20 hours to create each picture . He draws images using chalk and then tracks the lines with LED lights . | [[118, 181], [312, 342], [355, 443], [312, 342], [355, 443], [444, 538], [473, 475], [482, 538], [118, 181], [1228, 1340]] |
A fresh leak of highly radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean has been detected today . Sensors detected contamination levels up to 70 times greater than the already-high radioactive status seen at the plant campus , Tokyo Electric Power Co -LRB- TEPCO -RRB- announced this morning . TEPCO said its emergency inspections of tanks storing nuclear waste water did not find any additional abnormalities , but the firm said it shut the gutter to prevent radioactive water from going into the Pacific Ocean . Dangerous leak : A member of the IAEA mission team inspects TEPCO 's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Okuma , Fukushima prefecture , earlier this month . The contamination detected early this morning by sensors rigged to a gutter that pours rain and ground water at the Fukushima Daiichi plant to a nearby bay showed radiation levels 50 to 70 times greater than usual , TEPCO said . Though levels have steadily fallen throughout the day , the same sensors were still showing contamination about 10 to 20 times more than usual , a company spokesman said . It was not immediately clear what caused the original spike of the contamination and its gradual fall , he added . ` With emergency surveys of the plant and monitoring of other sensors , we have no reason to believe tanks storing radioactive waste water have leaked , ' the unnamed spokesman said . ` We have shut the gutter -LRB- from pouring water to the bay -RRB- . We are currently monitoring the sensors at the gutter and seeing the trend , ' he said . Big risk : Fukushima sensors detected contamination levels up to 70 times greater than the already-high radioactive status seen at the plant campus -LRB- stock image -RRB- . Destruction : The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power plant after the massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 14 , 2011 in Futaba , Japan . The latest incident , one of several that have plagued the plant in recent months , reflects the difficulty in controlling and decommissioning the plant , which went through meltdowns and explosions after being battered by a giant tsunami in March 2011 , sparking the world 's worst nuclear disaster in a generation . TEPCO has not been able to effectively deal with an increasing amount of contaminated water , used to cool the crippled reactors and molten fuels inside them and kept in large storage tanks on the plant 's vast campus . Adding to TEPCO 's headaches has been the persistent flow of groundwater from nearby mountains travelling under the contaminated plant before washing to the Pacific Ocean . The International Atomic Energy Agency recently said TEPCO has made ` significant progress ' in cleaning up the plant , but suggested that Japan should consider ways to discharge treated waste water into the sea as a relatively safer way to deal with the radioactive water crisis . | Leak of highly radioactive water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean . Contamination levels 50-70 times greater than the already-high status . Gutter from plant to the sea has since been shut and levels have dropped . | [[0, 122], [1403, 1472]] |
Travelling to far-flung exotic destinations can be a hugely rewarding experience that many women in the West take for granted . For most , it is an entirely safe and liberating adventure that they will never forget - for all the right reasons . But while wolf whistles , cat calls and belligerent taxi drivers may be an annoyance for some solo travellers , there are some countries where women may be exposed to misogyny , pestering and , in some extreme cases , danger . Scroll down for video . There are some countries where women exposed to misogyny , pestering and , in some cases , danger . Horrific crimes against women have become worryingly commonplace in countries such as India , but there are a number of popular holiday hotspots , such as Turkey and Morocco , that may not be as female-friendly as you think , according to experts . Julie Kreutzer , co-owner of website the International Women 's Travel Center , has written extensively on the issue of women 's safety abroad , and believes that honesty is the best policy when it comes to discussing the dangers that solo female travellers face . She said : ` I 'm truly appalled at how unsafe and how unfriendly some places are . You ca n't even enter some countries if you 're a woman , yet most travel websites just skirt around the issue and prefer to focus on what lipstick a woman should wear . ` We 're absolutely in favour of women being adventurous and having a great time , but let 's not delude ourselves and say that women are welcome everywhere . Blogger and frequent traveller Amanda Williams advises female travels to be smart and listen to their gut . Source : YouGov . ` There 's a big different from going to Brazil versus Denmark as a female traveller , at least let 's be honest about what the dangers are . ' Seattle-based American blogger Stephanie Yoder has travelled extensively and says she 's always felt relatively safe on her travels , and stresses the importance separating the reality from the hype . ` I 've been very fortunate . I honestly do n't feel like I 've been anywhere particularly dangerous , but I was definitely more on edge in South America than anywhere else . ` Crime rates are higher there and tourists can be targets for muggings , so I was careful never to carry many valuables and not to be out alone after dark . ' Expat traveller Ali Garland now lives in Berlin and agrees that women have a few extra challenges to deal with than men while travelling , although she says it 's no reason to stay at home . ` There certainly are places where women are sort of second class citizens , and that can be frustrating . But I just try to remember that most people are genuinely nice , and I do my best to dress appropriately so I do n't attract unwanted attention . ' And if you do travel to danger hot-spots , social media consultant and explorer Liz Borod Wright advises against being too forthcoming on when sharing your experiences . ` Be wary of posting real-time updates on social media about where are you in case someone is paying a little too close attention . It 's safer to post that awesome photo to Instagram when you 're on to the next destination , especially if you plan to geo-tag it . ` And while the instinct is to live-tweet your trip , it may be best to rave -LRB- or rant -RRB- about your accommodations after you have checked out . ' Intrepid traveller and blogger Amanda Williams advises female travellers to use their common sense . ' I would say to women just be smart and listen to your gut . Do n't do anything you would n't do at home - do n't drink too much alone , do n't go wandering alone at night , do n't go home with strangers , and read up on common scams . ' MailOnline Travel has rounded up a number of popular destinations that solo female travellers should visit with caution . Some reports suggest that a sexual assault is reported every twenty minutes in India . 1 -RRB- India . Gang rapes of local women and tourists have reached worrying levels in parts of the country with reports suggesting that a sexual assault is reported every twenty minutes . The authorities struggle to bring many perpetrators to justice , and according to the country 's National Crime Record Bureau crimes against women have increased by 7.1 per cent since 2010 . Earlier this month a Japanese student was drugged and raped in northern India , and last week horrifying video footage of two woman being gang raped by grinning men was released by a campaign group in a bid to name and shame the attackers . Ms Williams says India is the only place she would think twice about visiting , although not because she 's concerned about her personal safety . ` It 's just a personal thing . I know plenty of women who have been there and loved it . I just do n't think I could deal with the grabbing and lack of personal space , ' she explains . Reports of rape increased by 157 % between 2009 and 2012 , according to the Brazilian Health Ministry . 2 -RRB- Brazil . Stunning images of scantily-clad women from Rio 's world-famous Carnival does little to mask the fact that much of Brazil remains in the grip of widespread violence led by criminal gangs and abusive police . And , according to the Brazilian Health Ministry , rape increased by 157 per cent between 2009 and 2012 , spurred the country 's machismo culture . Two years ago , an American tourist was gang raped on a public bus while her handcuffed boyfriend looked on helplessly . The authorities tried to clean up their act for the FIFA World Cup last year , but rape , gender-based violence and gunpoint robberies of tourists remain a problem . Istanbul is just hours from London although it is poles apart when it comes to attitudes towards woman . 3 -RRB- Turkey . Istanbul is less than a four-hour flight from London , but it is poles apart when it comes to attitudes towards woman . The attempted rape and subsequent murder of 20-year-old student Ozgecan Aslan last week thrust the thorny issue of gender-based violence directly into the headlines . The horrific crime sparked dozens of protests by women seeking to raise awareness of violence against women , which is still a taboo subject in Turkey . According to Thailand Domestic Violence Information Center , violence against women is a growing problem . 4 -RRB- Thailand . Millions of tourists flock to Thailand every year , but the brutal murder of British backpackers David Miller and Hannah Witheridge , who was also raped , in Koh Tao last September lifted the lid on the country 's seedy , and often violent , underbelly . In 2013 , Thai police threatened to arrest a 20-year-old female Scottish student who had been gang raped when no witnesses came forward to support her claim . According to Thailand Domestic Violence Information Center , violence against women is a growing problem in Thailand , fuelled , in part , by the widespread availability recreational drug Yah Bah as well as alcohol . In the aftermath of the 2011 revolution Egypt has seen a wave of sexual violence against women . 5 -RRB- Egypt . Package holidays to Sharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada have been the mainstay of tourism in Egypt for a number of years . But in the aftermath of the 2011 revolution the country has been gripped by instability and an unprecedented wave of sexual violence against women . With fewer police on the streets , a sharp increase in the number of sex attacks - including a British journalism student in Cairo 's Tahrir Square - has seen visitor numbers at the country 's famous ruins dwindle . Bogota , Colombia was found to have the most dangerous public transport system for women . 6 -RRB- Colombia . Tourism in Colombia has enjoyed an enormous boost in recent years as the conflict-torn country works towards addressing it troubled past . But while the country is undoubtedly far safer than it was even 10 years ago , sexual violence against women remains widespread , particularly against displaced women in poorer areas . Colombia 's capital Bogota , which has no train system but a network of red buses , was found to have the most unsafe public transport in a poll conducted by YouGov in 2014 for the Thomson Reuters Foundation . According to Human Rights Watch , corrupt police also have a poor track record when it comes to protecting women , and rapists are rarely brought to justice . More than 66,000 sexual offenses were reported in South Africa in 2012 and 2013 . 7 -RRB- South Africa . With a new domestic airline - Skywise - launching in March , tourism in South Africa is going from strength-to-strength . Yet despite its continuing popularity , it remains one of the most dangerous countries in the world . The African nation has one of the highest rates of rape and sexual assault , and robberies at gunpoint are commonplace . More than 66,000 sexual offenses were reported in 2012-2013 , a rate of 127 sexual offenses per 100,000 population . A popular short-haul destination with Britons , Morocco has a poor record when it comes to women 's rights . 8 -RRB- Morocco . Another popular short-haul destination with Britons , Morocco has a poor record when it comes to women 's rights . Female travellers are advised to dress modestly and cover up in the conservative Muslim country . Although the Foreign Office advises that violent crime is n't currently major issue , it 's common for female tourists , particularly those travelling on their own , to be routinely harassed by men . Many tourists travel to Mexico 's beaches without problem , but violence persists in some parts of the country . 9 -RRB- Mexico . Although millions of Americans - including high-profile celebrities - travel safely to Mexico every year , parts of the country remain in the grip of utter lawlessness . While the Mexican government does strive to protect tourist hotspots , such as Cancun , Playa del Carmen , Cozumel , Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta , reports of gun crime and violence still persist . According to the Foreign Office , violent rapes against women travelling on public transport -LRB- ` micros ' -RRB- is also a significant threat . A UN report said ` women of all ages , education levels , and social groups ' are subjected to violence in Kenya . 10 -RRB- Kenya . Kenya has built a thriving tourist trade on the back of its incredible wildlife and safari parks . What is less well-know , however , is its reputation for violence against women . According to a report from United Nations Development Fund for Women , ` women of all ages , education levels , and social groups , in rural and urban settings are subjected to violence in Kenya . ' In 2010 , a national survey indicated that 32 per cent of girls experienced sexual violence before becoming adults , and in November last year , a sex attack on a young woman wearing a short skirt provoked demonstrations by women highlighting the country 's widespread violence against women . Kidnappings and sexual assaults against tourists are also not uncommon . | Experts warn female travellers to avoid geo-tagging their current locations . Reports suggest sexual assaults are reported every twenty minutes in India . Turkey and Morocco may not be as female-friendly as you think . YouGov survey named Bogota , Mexico City and Lima as most unsafe cities . | [[810, 819], [822, 844], [3826, 3912], [3847, 3912], [4026, 4101], [751, 769], [777, 806], [7978, 8004], [8054, 8059], [8062, 8102], [7978, 8004], [8072, 8122], [8116, 8187]] |
A Chilean cyclist 's quest to bike around the world in five years has ended with his death in a road accident in northeast Thailand . Police say the 47-year-old Juan Francisco Villa Honorato was hit by a pickup truck and immediately killed Saturday on a highway in Nakhon Ratchasima province . Col. Torsak Thammingmongkol says the driver was arrested on a charge of causing death by dangerous driving and released on bail . Juan Francisco Villa Honorato was killed Saturday after he was hit by a pickup truck in northern Thailand province of Nakhon Ratchasima . The pickup truck ended up on its roof , according to a Thai expat website . According to police and accounts on social media , Mr Guillermo was attempting to set a Guinness World Record by cycling 250,000 kilometers -LRB- 155,350 miles -RRB- in five continents in five years . His journey started in November 2010 and was scheduled to end in November this year . The cyclist carried a sign that said he had been to 49 countries and four continents and had suffered from more than 700 flat tires during the process . When he reached Mexico in 2012 , the 5 ' 9 '' man weighed 140 pounds , according to Diario Presente . He said he found and ate an anaconda while biking through Brazil . He left Chile with 20,000 and has now been all over the Americas , northern Africa and Europe , according to Montenbaik.com . Mr Guillermo 's wife , who he met during his journey , was on another bicycle with their 2-year-old son Lucas and suffered a slight sprain in the accident , said police Col. Torsak Thammingmongkol . It was not clear how long they had accompanied Guillermo in his round-the-world cycling odyssey . Police said that the accident was caused by the driver and that the cyclists were in their own lane . In 2013 , a British couple on a similar round-the-world quest was killed in a road accident in eastern Thailand . The driver in that case paid a $ 30 fine . The current offense carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison . Juan Francisco Guillermo 's quest to go 155,000 miles on his bike in five years was cut short after the accident . | Juan Francisco Guillermo , 47 , killed by driver in Nakhon Ratchasima . Journey across the world was scheduled to end in November this year . Guillermo 's wife from Hong Kong suffered sprain after the accident . | [[0, 54], [60, 133], [134, 216], [221, 293], [424, 561], [474, 561], [839, 850], [871, 875], [880, 924], [1373, 1393], [1487, 1527]] |
John Bercow ran up a # 177 fare for a four-mile limousine trip , and the taxpayer picked up the bill . The cost of the Commons Speaker 's return journey from Parliament to Euston station in north London came to more than his rail fare to Lancaster and back . The extraordinary bill emerged as Mr Bercow admitted to being ` bumptious and pompous ' . The cost of the Commons Speaker 's return journey from Parliament to Euston station in north London came to more than his rail fare to Lancaster and back . Mr Bercow has been repeatedly criticised for his jet-set lifestyle , embarking on globe-trotting trips funded by the taxpayer . Since becoming Speaker he has enjoyed flights to Australia , Poland , Hungary , Slovenia , Greece , India , USA , South Africa , Finland , Denmark , Germany , Lithuania , Austria and Romania . But he now faces criticism for a short trip across London , which cost more than 10 times the price of travelling on the Tube . Latest figures show that Mr Bercow had his chauffeur-driven car take him from the Houses of Parliament to Euston station , and then picked up up and took him home at the end of the day . The four-mile round trip cost a total of # 177 , The Sun reported . The cost was higher than two train tickets , for Mr Bercow and an aide , to travel the 460-miles to Lancaster and back . The standard class rail far came to only # 154 compared to # 177.49 for the car . Detaiuls of his expenses also show that he charged # 193.64 for a 24-mile return trip to Bromley , South East London and an eight-mile journey to and from Battersea was # 138 . Insight : The programme , by respected political documentary maker Michael Cockerell , to be broadcast on Tuesday , focuses on Mr Bercow 's stormy clashes with MPs in the Commons -LRB- pictured -RRB- . Andy Silvester , of The TaxPayers ' Alliance , said : ` This is an outrageous waste . Why could n't he have just hailed a black cab or , like most Londoners , jumped on the Tube ? ' A Commons spokesman said : ` Every effort is made to balance cost effectiveness and time efficiency . ' However , some MPs have accused Mr Bercow of becoming too grand in his role . Now he has admitted that it cold be true . His frank admission comes in the final episode of Inside The Commons , the BBC2 fly-on-the-wall documentary . The programme , by respected political documentary maker Michael Cockerell , to be broadcast on Tuesday , focuses on Mr Bercow 's stormy clashes with MPs in the Commons . It also covers his reportedly fraught relationship with ex-Commons Clerk Sir Robert Rogers who quit last year after allegedly being told to ` f *** off ' by the Speaker . In this week 's documentary , alongside clips of Mr Bercow berating misbehaving MPs , Mr Cockerell says : ` Many MPs say John Bercow is his own worst enemy because of his manner . ' The Speaker admits : ` Some critics say I 'm bumptious and can be pompous . If people say that , there may be truth in it . ' He defends efforts to modernise the Commons , saying : ` It 's not possible to make an omelette without breaking eggs . ' But he admits he ` lost ' his battle last year to replace Sir Robert with Australian parliamentary administrator Carol Mills amid protests she knew nothing about Commons procedure . Her appointment was blocked after a revolt by senior MPs . Mr Bercow says : ` There will be people who say , ` the Speaker lost ' . Well , that is undeniable . She has not been appointed . ' | Commons Speaker 's bill for chauffeur-driven car to drive across London . Cost was more than rail fare for Bercow and aide to go to Lancaster . He admits that there is truth in claim he is ` bumptious and pompous ' Bercow makes frank admission in final episode of Inside The Commons . The fly-on-the-wall documentary focuses on his stormy clashes with MPs . | [[0, 62], [103, 258], [349, 504], [954, 1098], [103, 258], [349, 504], [1209, 1251], [259, 344], [293, 344], [2155, 2197], [2832, 2850], [2855, 2907], [2198, 2266], [1589, 1596], [1599, 1673], [1705, 1790], [2273, 2307], [2308, 2382], [2414, 2478]] |
An alleged gang member who is on bail for gun possession has been taunting police while enjoying his freedom , showing off his access to cash and party lifestyle on social media . Mohammad Qais Niazy , 23 , posted pictures of himself shamelessly using $ 100 bills to write lewd messages directed at police and numerous pictures of him snorting a white powder . In the three months since he was surprisingly given bail , Niazy , from western Sydney , has posted a series of controversial images on Facebook despite his strict parole conditions . He has used $ 100 notes to spell out ` f *** all cops ' and shared shameless videos and photos of himself snorting large amounts of a white substance . Mohammad Qais Niazy posted a photograph of himself snorting a white crystallised substance on December 27 , shortly after he was released from prison under strict bail conditions . The 23-year-old flaunted his wealth by posting an photo on Facebook with ` F *** all cop ' written in $ 100 notes . The alleged gang member posted a photo with huge eyes and copious amounts of bling , alongside the photos of him snorting a white powder . Another photo was posted on December 27 of the young man snorting a white , crystallised substance which had been used to form the phrase ` f *** all b ***** ' . ` Lol this will get you on the news ! ' commented one of Niazy 's friends . Two other photographs were also uploaded of Niazy posing next to copious amounts of the same white substance , alongside huge piles of cash . In a brash move , the 23-year-old shared a photo of himself excitedly posing with the leader of the Nomads gang , Simon Taijour . ` The head of AMF Nd the head of NOMADS !! , ' Niazy gushed alongside the photograph . Late last year , Niazy was formally charged with several firearms offences , including possessing a shortened firearm and contravening a firearms prohibition order , according to News Limited . The young man , who also goes by the names Ace Niazy and Ali Gewad , is accused of keeping a shortened semi-automatic shot gun at a residence in Wentworthville , western Sydney . It 's alleged he used tape around the barrel of the gun in an attempt to avoid leaving fingerprints . However , traces of his DNA were found on the weapon , according to police documents . On two occasions the western Sydney man brazenly posted images of him appearing to snort a white substance alongside enormous piles of cash . In a brash move , Niazy -LRB- right -RRB- shared a photo of himself excitedly posing with the leader of the Nomads gang , Simon Taijour -LRB- left -RRB- . Niazy has used social media to lash out at the law enforcement officers responsible for his arrest , including the Middle-Eastern Organised Crime Squad -LRB- MEOC -RRB- . The MEOC has been set up to target the culture of crime that exists within the Middle Eastern community in western Sydney . ` F *** the meoc . f *** the gang squad . f *** the afp -LRB- Australian Federal Police -RRB- . f *** the crime commision f *** them all hehehehehehehe ... -LRB- sic -RRB- ' he wrote on February 11 , accompanied by the picture of his message written with his carefully positioned cash . Niazy has used Social Media to lash out at the law enforcement officers responsible for his arrest , including the Middle-Eastern Organised Crime Squad . Niazy is accused of being a core member of the Afghani Murderers gang and having past association with notorious bikie gang , Hells Angels . Also known as the Afghani Mafia Family , the Afghani Murderers have been in existence for around two years and proclaim themselves to be the replacement for the now former gang , ` Brothers 4 Life ' . Niazy 's brother Mohammad Wais Niazy , also known as Cisco , is also accused of being involved with the gang . Niazy is accused of being a core member of the Afghani Murderers gang and having past association with notorious bikie gang , Hells Angels . ` Girls only who wants it ??? ' Niazy posted yesterday , accompanied by this image of a bag filled with $ 100 notes . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article . | Alleged gang member Mohammad Niazy has posted a series of controversial images on Facebook . He is out on bail after he was charged for firearm offences in late 2014 . The 23-year-old has posted several photos and videos snorting a white substance next to piles of $ 100 notes . The western Sydney resident also spelt out ` f *** all cops ' in $ 100 bills , and ` f *** all b ***** ' in the white powder . 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The father of Kayla Mueller , the American woman killed after spending months in captivity under Islamic State militants , says the U.S. government ` put policy in front of ' American lives . ` We understand the policy about not paying ransom but on the other hand ... we tried and we asked . But they put policy in front of American citizens ' lives , ' Carl Mueller told NBC 's Today show in an interview that will air Monday . Carl Mueller said he is sure the government will work on somehow changing policy . Carl and Marsha Mueller and their son Eric spoke to Today 's Savannah Guthrie about losing Kayla , 26 , the U.S. aid worker who was killed earlier this month while in captivity in Syria , held by ISIS . Kayla Mueller , 26 , was an aid worker who grew up in Prescott , Arizona . She was taken hostage in 2013 after leaving a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Aleppo , Syria . ` Any parents out there would understand that you would want anything and everything done to bring your child home , ' he said . In the interview with Today host Savannah Guthrie , Mueller 's mother , Marsha , agreed with her husband . She said she believes the U.S. government hoped to do everything possible to get her daughter back . ' I think they wanted to but I think again it 's the policy , and I do n't think anyone had any idea how this group would be as powerful as they were , ' Marsha Mueller said . Mueller 's brother , Eric Mueller , also spoke with Guthrie . In a letter sent to her family last spring , Mueller wrote : ' I DO NOT want the negotiations for my release to be your duty , if there is any other option take it , even if it takes more time , ' according to Today . Mueller 's parents Carl and Marsha hold a candle each during the emotional vigil for their daughter in their hometown . Carl , second from left , and Marsha Mueller , center , bow in prayer at the candlelight memorial in honor of their daughter . Mueller 's death was confirmed February 10 by her family and U.S. officials . The Islamic State group claimed she died in a Jordanian airstrike , but U.S. officials have not confirmed that . The Pentagon said it did n't know how she was killed . The 26-year-old international aid worker , who grew up in Prescott , Arizona , was taken in August 2013 after leaving a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Aleppo , Syria . She has been honored in the past week with memorials in her hometown and her alma mater in Flagstaff , Northern Arizona University . A vigil was held on Tuesday in a plaza of a central Arizona courthouse , when hundreds gathered to hear Eric Mueller offer a heart-wrenching tribute to his sister . Friends and family have dedicated memorials and held vigils for the slain aid worker who was taken captive by ISIS in August 2013 . Eric Mueller talked about his sister during the emotional vigil . He told the crowd that his sister Kayla was his first and best friend . Before the crowd , her brother offered a poignant message to his sister when he told her : ` You can rest in peace knowing you have changed the world . ' Mueller encouraged those in attendance to live as his best friend and sister had , by reaching out to others who were suffering . In the first public comments he has made since her death , he said : ` Only now will you be able to see how much you truly did for this world by looking down on it . You can rest in peace knowing you have changed the world , ' USA Today reported . He went on to implore the crowd to help those who are struggling - a belief his sister had dedicated her life to . Eric Mueller told the crowd to reach out to those who were suffering , and included a poem about his late sister in his speech . Carl Mueller is embraces a friend at the candlelight memorial . Friends and strangers came from all over to honor his daughter with cards and flowers . ` If you see someone struggling , see somebody upset , go give them a hug . It will make the community stronger . That 's all it 's going to do , ' he said . His father , Carl Mueller , stood up immediately after his son finished speaking and hugged him tightly at the bottom of the stage . Friends , family and strangers wore pink ribbons on their shirts as they listened to speakers reflect on her life and work . Strangers and friends dropped off cards and wrote messages for a scrapbook , calling her an angel and saying she represented the best of humanity . Miss Mueller 's friends set up tables to accept canned goods and money for the needy , saying that was what she would have wanted . Miss Mueller 's father Carl got up to embrace his son moments after he finished his speech . Here Carl is pictured beside his wife Marsha . Former Arizona Secretary of the State Ken Bennett holds a candle during the heartbreaking memorial service . | Kayla Mueller , 26 , was killed last month while held hostage by ISIS militants . Her parents sat down with Today for first interview , screening on Monday . Father said U.S. government ` put policy in front of ' American lives . Mother believes government hoped to do everything possible to get her daughter back . The international aid worker 's death has been confirmed by U.S. officials . On Tuesday friends and family gathered for an emotional candlelight vigil . 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A female suicide bomber thought to be as young as seven has blown herself up killing five people at a market in north eastern Nigeria . The young girl , who had explosives strapped to her , detonated the bomb at a security checkpoint in the town of Potiskum . Witnesses say she refused to be searched at the gate to the market and after an ensuing argument , she let off the bomb , killing five others and injuring 19 people . A girl thought to be as young as seven has blown herself up killing five people at a market in Potiskum , Nigeria . Another young female suicide bomber targeted the market last month , pictured . They added she appeared to be as young as seven years old and is the latest in a string of child suicide bombers in Nigeria . Local vigilante leader Buba Lawan said : ` We sent her back four times , because given her age , she did not have anything to do in the market . ` When we were screening people , she bent and tried to pass under the ropes , some distance from our view . That was when the explosives went off . ' It is the second such suicide attack around the same market , where new and second-hand mobile phones are sold and repaired . The first attack happened on January 11 , when two suicide bombers , one of them appearing to be around 15-years-old , blew themselves up outside the market , killing six and injuring 37 . Nobody has so far claimed responsibility for the bombing , which bore the hallmarks of Islamist militant group Boko Haram , which has been terrorising Nigeria . The insurgents have suffered a string of defeats in a military offensive by Nigeria and neighbours Cameroon , Niger and Chad . The Islamist fighters appear to be on the run in many parts of Nigeria and regions near its borders , after being subjected to a major offensive on all sides , but retain the ability to mount deadly surprise attacks . The market repairs new and second hand mobile phones . Nobody has yet claimed responsibility for the attack . The last attack , pictured , was carried out by Boko Haram . The use of female suicide bombers , sometimes young girls , has been a common tactic of Boko Haram since last year , as have revenge attacks on civilians when the group is under pressure . Nigerian forces backed by air strikes seized the north eastern border town of Baga from Boko Haram on Saturday , the military said , a significant victory and one of a string of recent successes . President Goodluck Jonathan , who has been strongly criticised for not taking tougher action against Boko Haram , faces an election on March 28 in which security is a key issue . Nigeria 's military - west Africa 's largest - has faced repeated criticism for failing to end the Islamist insurgency , as well as allegations of human rights abuses . Soldiers have complained of a lack of adequate weapons and even refused to deploy to take on the better-armed rebels . Nobody has so far claimed responsibility for the bombing , which bore the hallmarks of Islamist militant group Boko Haram , pictured , which has been terrorising Nigeria . The UN children 's fund said harrowing reports from survivors of the attack and the use of 10-year-old girls as human bombs ` should be searing the conscience of the world ' . ` Words alone can neither express our outrage nor ease the agony of all those suffering from the constant violence in northern Nigeria , ' UNICEF executive director Anthony Lake said in a statement . ` But these images of recent days and all they imply for the future of Nigeria should galvanise effective action . For this can not go on . ' The violence of Boko Haram began soon after 276 schoolgirls were abducted from the Borno town of Chibok in mid-April . Nine months on , 219 are still being held . | Suicide bomber blew herself up at a Nigerian market killing five people . Witnesses say the female bomber was a girl who looked as young as seven . She refused to be searched at a checkpoint and then blew herself up . Another 19 people were injured in the attack on a mobile phone market . Comes after a similar suicide attack on the market in Potiskum last month . Then two bombers , one appearing to be around 15 , killed 6 and injured 37 . | [[50, 135], [359, 362], [382, 426], [460, 506], [484, 530], [1240, 1251], [1290, 1305], [1309, 1327], [0, 46], [427, 456], [543, 609], [543, 578], [612, 622], [623, 748], [634, 661], [634, 637], [647, 680], [136, 187], [190, 259], [260, 356], [359, 379], [460, 506], [1240, 1251], [1290, 1305], [1309, 1327], [359, 362], [382, 426], [50, 135], [484, 530], [543, 609], [1045, 1104], [0, 46], [359, 362], [382, 426], [427, 456], [484, 530], [1240, 1287], [1240, 1246], [1330, 1359]] |
A former police officer and human rights activist has been named as one of the men involved in an allegedly racist incident on the Paris Metro last week involving Chelsea supporters . Richard Barklie , 50 , from Carrickfergus , Northern Ireland was identified after the Metropolitan Police released stills of men they want to speak to in connection with the incident . Mr Barklie now works with human rights charity in Northern Ireland which helps people affected by the troubles . Scroll down for video . Richard Barklie , pictured , has been identified as one of the people wanted in connection with the Paris Metro racism row . Mr Barklie is a former RUC police officer from Northern Ireland and a human rights worker . Mr Barklie , right , released an image of the former police officer who has denied that he is a racist . Mr Barklie , left , addressed the World Human Rights Forum 's conference in India in 2013 . He has flown around the globe , even addressing a World Human Rights forum in India in 2013 where he said he was a director of the World Human Rights Forum . The Sunday World newspaper in Dublin revealed that the former police officer and Chelsea season ticket holder was on the train at the time of the incident . Mr Barkley has since been suspended by the Wave Trauma Centre in Belfast where he helped victims of the Northern Irish Troubles . The Chelsea season ticket holder is one of the three men whose images were released by Scotland Yard as part of an investigation into a group of supporters who allegedly pushed a black man off the train and chanted a racist song in the French capital on Tuesday . The incident happened ahead of Chelsea 's Champions League clash with Paris Saint-Germain , which ended 1-1 . Footage posted online showed the commuter - named in reports as Souleymane Sylla - being pushed back on to the platform amid chants of ` we 're racist , we 're racist and that 's the way we like it ' . Mr Barklie , bottom right , admitted that he was involved in the incident on the train but denies being a racist . In a statement released tonight , Mr Barklie 's solicitor said his client , centre , is a Chelsea season ticket holder . The statement claimed , Mr Barklie , centre , did not engage in any racist singing or chanting . Tonight , Mr Barklie issued a statement through his lawyer in which he admitted involvement in an ` incident ' that resulted in Souleymane Sylla being ` unable to enter part of the train ' . He said he had an account he wanted to provide to police that would explain the ` context and circumstances ' . Mr Barklie denied singing any racist songs ; said he travelled to the game alone ; insisted he did not know any of the other individuals captured on video footage of the incident ; and said he has never been part of any ` group or faction ' of Chelsea fans . The statement was issued by Belfast solicitor Kevin Winters . ` We act on behalf of Mr Barklie identified as one of the people sought by authorities investigating an incident on the Paris Metro on 16/2/15 , ' it said . ` We contacted London Metropolitan Police today to advise that our client is happy to assist with inquiries . ` Pending formal engagement with police , our client is anxious to put on record his total abhorrence for racism and any activity associated with it . ` As someone who has spent years working with disadvantaged communities in Africa and India he can point to a cv in human rights work which undermines any suggestion he is racist . ` Today a senior official in the World Human Rights Forum confirmed their support for him . ` Mr Barklie is a Chelsea season ticket holder and has travelled to matches for over 20 years now without incident . ` He travelled alone to the Paris St Germain match and has no knowledge whatsoever of the identities of the other people depicted in recent YouTube video releases . He wants to stress that he was not and never has been part of any group or faction of Chelsea supporters . ` He did not participate in racist chanting and singing and condemns any behaviour supporting that . ` He accepts he was involved in an incident when a person now known to him as Souleymane S was unable to enter a part of the train . ` He has an account to give to police which will explain the context and circumstances as they prevailed at that particular time . ` In the meantime pending that , he wants to put on record his sincerest apologies for the trauma and stress suffered by Mr Souleymane . ` He readily acknowledges that any judgement on the integrity of his apology will be kept in abeyance pending the outworkings of the investigation . ` Given the extremely sensitive nature of the issues engaged we urge upon all media outlets to exercise as much restraint as possible when commenting on the case . ` We accept on behalf of our client that public interest demands nothing but total indignation and condemnation from all media reporting but such reporting ought not to persist at the expense of undermining Mr Barklie 's right to a fair trial . ` Tonight London Met confirmed with us that arrangements were in hand to take the investigation to the next stage . ' Mr Barklie said he wants to explain to police what happened between him and Souleymane Sylla , pictured . Mr Barklie , right , said he offered ` his sincerest apologies for the trauma and stress suffered ' by Mr Sylla . The WAVE Trauma Centre , which supports victims of the Northern Ireland Troubles , tonight said it had suspended a part-time worker pending further investigation into the Paris incident . ` As this matter is subject to an investigation by the Metropolitan Police it would not be appropriate to comment further at this stage , ' said a spokesman for the charity . A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the three men had now been identified and the force was liaising with the French authorities . None of the men sought by Scotland Yard have been arrested . A police spokesman said the force can not arrest people for offences which happen outside the UK but ' a number of people ' have now been spoken to in relation to the incident . Five people have so far been suspended from Chelsea 's Stamford Bridge ground following investigations into the incident . The club has reiterated its promise to ban for life anyone proved to have been involved in the altercation and is helping police in the UK and Paris . Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said the club are ` appalled ' by the racial abuse , adding that owner Roman Abramovich is also ` disgusted ' . Meanwhile , police are seeking a gang of men , believed to be Chelsea fans , who were heard shouting racist chants at London St Pancras station on Wednesday evening . A member of the public reported the men , who had travelled by train from Paris Gare du Nord , British Transport Police -LRB- BTP -RRB- said . It is believed they were returning home after attending Chelsea 's match with PSG . | Former RUC officer Richard Barklie identified as a Paris Metro race suspect . Mr Barklie admitted being involved in an incident , but denies racism . 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A historic footbridge is in need of repairs -- just weeks after multi-million - pound restoration work was completed . The 179-year-old Victoria Bridge in Bath -- one of the world 's first taper suspension bridges -- underwent a # 3.4 million refurbishment late last year amid safety concerns . But the council has now recalled contractor Balfour Beatty to fix a peeling surface on the structure , which was officially reopened last month . Victoria Bridge in Bath is already in need of more work just weeks after being unveiled to the public following a # 3.4 million refurbishment . Bath and North East Somerset Council has now been forced to contact the contractors to repair the damage . A statement said : ` The council is aware of this problem and the contractor will be returning to the bridge on Monday to rectify the problem at no cost to the local taxpayer . ' The Grade II listed bridge , which crosses the River Avon , was built in 1836 to a design by James Dredge , who was a Bath resident , brewer and bridge builder . More than 50 further taper bridges were built throughout Britain , Ireland , India and Jamaica , using the same principle with Victoria Bridge the eldest of a small number of the survivors . It was temporarily shut in 2010 due to structural weaknesses and , in 2012 , the council agreed funding to have the bridge restored . Balfour Beatty began work in 2014 , completely dismantling the bridge before reconstructing it . The newly refurbished bridge was officially reopened on 15 January 2015 with English Heritage removing it from the Heritage at Risk Register . Loose wooden floorboards on the bridge which is already undergoing more work despite recent repairs . | Victoria Bridge in Bath underwent an expensive refurbishment last year . The 179-year-old structure was only reopened last month following work . But council officials have already called contractors back to fix peeling . | [[119, 159], [217, 294], [441, 584], [441, 449], [508, 584], [47, 118], [382, 395], [404, 440], [1455, 1548], [299, 395], [585, 691], [585, 621], [642, 691], [692, 708], [713, 868]] |
Mat Collins , a Professor in climate systems at Exeter University , said the storms have been driven by the jet stream . One of the Met Office 's most . senior experts yesterday made a dramatic intervention in the climate . change debate by insisting there is no link between the storms that have . battered Britain and global warming . Mat . Collins , a Professor in climate systems at Exeter University , said the . storms have been driven by the jet stream -- the high-speed current of . air that girdles the globe -- which has been ` stuck ' further south than . usual . Professor . Collins told The Mail on Sunday : ` There is no evidence that global . warming can cause the jet stream to get stuck in the way it has this . winter . If this is due to climate change , it is outside our knowledge . ' His . statement carries particular significance because he is an . internationally acknowledged expert on climate computer models and . forecasts , and his university post is jointly funded by the Met Office . Prof . Collins is also a senior adviser -- a ` co-ordinating lead author ' -- for . the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -LRB- IPCC -RRB- . His . statement appears to contradict Met Office chief scientist Dame Julia . Slingo . Last weekend , she said ` all the evidence suggests that climate change has a role to play ' in the storms . Prof . Collins made clear that he believes it is likely global warming could . lead to higher rainfall totals , because a warmer atmosphere can hold . more water . But he said this has nothing to do with the storm conveyor . belt . He said that . when the IPCC was compiling its Fifth Assessment Report on climate . change last year , it discussed whether warming might affect the jet . stream . But , he went on , ` there was very low confidence that climate . change has any effect on the jet stream getting stuck ' . In the end , the . possibility was not even mentioned in the report . Prof Collins declined to comment on his difference of opinion with Dame Julia . Five . months ago , in a briefing on the IPCC report to Ministers , Dame Julia . conceded the consequence of warming for rainfall ` is not simulated well ' by climate models -- though they are the basis for most of what she and . other scientists say about the effects of climate change . Last . April , after the temperature fell to -11 C in Aberdeenshire , the coldest . April temperature for more than 100 years , Dame Julia said the cold . winter and spring might also be due to global warming , because of ice . melting in the Arctic . Professor Collins ' statement appears to contradict Met Office chief scientist Dame Julia Slingo . Meanwhile , the Met . Office has continued to issue questionable long-term forecasts . In . mid-November , two weeks before the first of the storms , it predicted . persistent high pressure for the winter , which was ` likely to lead to . drier-than-normal conditions across the country ' . It . added that its models showed the probability of the winter being in the . driest of five official categories was 25 per cent . The chances of it . being in the wettest category was 15 per cent . Infamously , . in April 2009 , the Met Office promised a ` barbecue summer ' -- which then . turned out to be a washout . It forecast the winter of 2010 to 2011 . would be mild : it was the coldest for 120 years . In . 2007 , the Met Office said that globally , the decade 2004-2014 would see . warming of 0.3 C . In fact , the world has not got any warmer at all in . this period . At the . beginning of 13 of the past 14 years , the Met Office has predicted the . following 12 months would be significantly warmer than they have been . This , says the sceptic think-tank the Global Warming Policy Foundation , . indicates ` systemic ' bias . Firing line : A storm passes over Britain on the ` conveyor belt ' last week . | Mat Collins , Exeter University Professor in climate systems , said storms driven by jet stream that has been ` stuck ' further south than usual . He told The Mail on Sunday there is ` no evidence that global warming can cause the jet stream to get stuck in the way it has this winter ' Appears to contradict Met Office chief scientist Dame Julia Slingo . | [[0, 11], [68, 120], [418, 459], [491, 494], [500, 566], [491, 517], [538, 543], [546, 566], [587, 618], [623, 657], [1185, 1256], [1185, 1194], [1203, 1256], [2586, 2684], [2586, 2615], [2624, 2684]] |
The United States military should launch ` targeted ' strikes against the ` terrorist army ' of ISIS in Iraq - if the situation deteriorates so that it threatens the security of the West said David Petraeus . The retired general - who led commanded the surge eight years ago that rid the war-torn nation of al-Qaeda - said that he does support limited military action to stem the flood of ISIS troops . Former CIA chief Petraeus made these remarks on Thursday , the same day that President Obama declared he was sending 300 special forces advisers to Iraq in addition to the 275 ` combat ready ' troops he has deployed to protect the US Embassy in Baghdad . Scroll Down for Video . Action : -LRB- former -RRB- General David Petraeus -LRB- pictured here in 2011 -RRB- has called for military strikes in Iraq to stem the flow of the ISIS terror army . In an exclusive interview with the UK 's Daily Telegraph , Petraeus said that he favored using drones to specifically target the ISIS leader , Abu Bakr el Baghdadi . ` If ISIS is seen as a terrorist organization with the potential to engage in terrorist acts beyond the Middle East , then that could warrant the targeting of high value targets , ' said Petraeus . He referenced the complicated sectarian friction that currently exists in Iraq between Sunni and Shia Muslims . ` We must be careful not to take sides if we offer military support . But the growing threat posed by Isis means that military action will be necessary , ' said Petraeus to the Daily Telegraph . Leader of the surge : Former US General David Petraeus -LRB- L -RRB- walks with his entouage in the Shorja market area while on foot patrol to meet shopkeepers and other Iraqis March 3 , 2007 in the downtown area of Baghdad , Iraq . Survey : -LRB- then -RRB- US Army Gen. David H. Petraeus -LRB- R -RRB- , commander of the Multi-National Force in Iraq , speaks with then Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama -LRB- D-IL -RRB- during an aerial tour July 21 , 2008 in Baghdad , Iraq . ` We must realize that Isis poses a threat not only to Iraq but to the UK and other countries as well . ` Isis poses two challenges , to the stability of Iraq , and also the emerging threat it poses beyond Iraq and Syria . ' Speaking in London , Petraeus said that he was worried that Syria and Iraq could become havens for terrorist planners and was ` disappointed ' that Iraq has descended into chaos again . ' I certainly do not think it was in vain , ' he said to the Daily Telegraph . ` The surge provided Iraq with an excellent opportunity . However it is undeniably very sad to see the tragic turn of events in Iraq knowing personally how great the sacrifice and the cost was for the US , Britain , Iraq and all the other coalition partners . ' Leader : -LRB- Then -RRB- General David Petraeus , commander of multi national forces in Iraq , walks down a street in the Ghazaliya neighborhood August 18 , 2007 in Baghdad , Iraq . On Thursday President Barack Obama announced his intention today to send up to 300 U.S. military advisers into Iraq to help train the country 's military . The president expressly stated that the move does not ` foreshadow ' a military intervention and said sending troops back into Iraq to fight radical extremists would not benefit the U.S. ` American forces will not be returning to combat in Iraq , ' Obama said , ' but we will help Iraqis as they take the fight to terrorists who threaten the Iraqi people , the region and American interests , as well . ' The president also said the U.S. was currently ` identifying targets ' associated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria terrorist group and that the U.S. would take ` targeted and precise military action if and when we determine that the situation on the ground requires it ' - an obvious nod to air strikes . President Barack Obama announced today that the U.S. would send in up to 300 soldiers to train and advise the Iraqi military . American forces still wo n't be engaging in combat he promised . After meeting with national security advisers early this afternoon , the president said in a statement that the U.S. intended would coordinate with Iraqi security forces , put up joint operation centers in Baghdad and share intelligence with the Iraqi government . Already , the president had deployed 275 armed marines to protect State Department personnel working at the embassy in Baghdad . He had also sent the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier with . its usual battleship escort , the USS Mesa Verde , an amphibious transport . ship that can carry 550 marines and helicopters and armed F-18 Super Hornet warplanes to do surveillance . Obama told members of Congress during a meeting on Wednesday that he did not need their permission to take the actions he was considering . However , he said on Thursday that he would continue to work with Congress to provide additional equipment to the Iraqi military through his newly created Counterterrorism Partnership Fund and that he would consult Congress , as well as Iraqi leaders , if he decided to pull the trigger on air strikes . Iraqi . Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki , a Shiite , has asked President Obama for air . strikes against the Sunni Islamist militants who have been carving a . wide swath through his country , but Obama has been slow to comply . The President told congressional leaders yesterday that the U.S. does not have strong enough intelligence at this time to carry out the strikes , an aide with knowledge of the discussion told the Huffington Post yesterday . Obama also expressed anxiety about the number of civilian casualties that the strikes could cause , as well concerns about instability within Iraq 's government . The president said last week that he would not provide Iraq with military assistance until the country 's leaders made serious moves toward putting their sectarian differences aside . Standing up for themselves : More than 200,000 Iraqis have volunteered to defend their country , including this group of farmers . Vice President Joe Biden spoke on Wednesday with Maliki , the country 's Sunni parliamentary speaker and the the . president of the country 's self-ruled Kurdish region . He . praised their efforts to bring together their respective communities in . a televised show of unity against ISIS , the White House said . Lawmakers . have been putting pressure on Obama to call for Maliki 's resignation . for days , and the Associated Press said reported Thursday morning that . Obama might ask Maliki to resign as a Hail Mary effort to stop the . country 's civil war . However , Obama repeatedly said on Thursday , ` It 's not the place for the United States to choose Iraq 's leaders . ' There . is an ` urgent ' need for Iraq to convene a new parliament that gives all . Iraqis the sense that they are part of a unity government , though , Obama said . ` Right now what is happening is the fate of Iraq hangs in the balance . ' The U.S. president hedged when asked at a presser Thursday after his statement if he had lost faith in Maliki to lead . the country and referred back to his previous statements . US President Barack Obama meets with Congressional leadership including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid -LRB- 2nd R -RRB- , Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell -LRB- L -RRB- , House Speaker John Boehner -LRB- 2nd L -RRB- , and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi -LRB- R -RRB- , in the Oval Office of the White House on June 18 , 2014 in Washington , DC . The leaders met to discuss strategy on Iraq . Former U.S. general David Petraeus , . who led the ` surge ' that finally brought calm to Iraq , struck a cautious . note on Western intervention on Wednesday . Speaking . at a conference in London , General Petraeus said the Iraqi government . needed to reach out to the Sunni minority before the US got involved . militarily . He said : ` If . the US is to support the Iraqi government it would have to be a . government against terrorism , rather than one side in a civil war . ' ` This . can not be the United States being the air force for Shia militias , or a . Shia on Sunni Arab fight , ' he told the Margaret Thatcher Conference on . Liberty . President Obama . expressed concern at doing just that on Thursday and again called on . Iraq 's government to come together to fight the common treat to their . nation . He also fired a warning shot at Iran . The . U.S. welcome 's the country to play a ` constructive role ' in Iraq , he . said , but ` If Iran is coming in solely as an armed force on behalf of . the Shia , and it is framed in that fashion , that probably worsens the . situation . ' ` Obviously . what has happened in Syria in part is the result of Iran coming in hot . and heavy ' on one side , Obama said , referring to the upheaval in that . country . Obama said he hopes Iran will take a ` more promising path ' in Iraq , ` but old habits die hard . ' Deployment : F-18 launches off the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush during flight operations in the Arabian Gulf after the ship was deployed into the Gulf in response to the crisis in Iraq . MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter lands on the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush during flight operations in the Arabian Gulf on June 17 , 2014 . Yesterday 's surveillance missions mark the first declared U.S. flyovers since American troops left Iraq at the end of 2011 . Reports . first surfaced on Twitter from ABC , NBC and Fox News about the sorties , . which are taking off and landing on the USS George H.W. Bush , an . aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf . The Obama administration had already authorized ` manned and unmanned ' surveillance flights , Fox News reported . But F-18s are not surveillance aircraft . They are attack planes . A . U.S. official hinted to Fox that part of the strategy is to project . strength by rolling out the big guns even on routine video and photo . missions . ` It 's not so much about looking as it is being seen , ' the official said . The White . House told reporters on Wednesday afternoon that the president is still . undecided about whether to commit military force to the country that . once hosted 143,000 American servicemen and women . Obama said on Thursday that he would prefer Iraq 's neighbors in the region step up instead . On that note Obama said he would be sending Secretary of State John Kerry to the Middle East and Europe to meet with the U.S. 's allies abroad about working together to quell the violence in Iraq . ` Rather than play whack-a-mole where these terrorist networks pop up , ' the president said , the U.S. has to be able to build effective partnerships . The big picture : ISIS has taken the red-shaded areas in this map and are making progress in their advance toward Baghdad . | Former General David Petraeus believes that drone strikes against the leadership of ISIS is necessary . Claims that ISIS could become a hotbed of terror planning against the West . The former CIA said he was disappointed that Iraq had descended into chaos . Petraeus led the troop surge which forced al-Qaeda from Iraq eight-years ago . President Obama announced today that he would send 300 soldiers into Iraq to train , advice and support Iraqi security forces . He had also sent in 275 marines to protect State Department personnel in Baghdad , the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier , the USS Mesa Verde and armed F-18 Super Hornet warplanes to do surveillance . But U.S. will only take ` targeted and . precise military action if and when we determine that the situation on . the ground requires it ' Obama said . | [[850, 906], [909, 990], [1021, 1080], [2267, 2431], [403, 459], [2267, 2431], [209, 315], [480, 587], [2956, 3071], [3001, 3004], [3021, 3111], [3830, 3956], [3869, 3956], [596, 657], [4287, 4294], [4297, 4415], [4416, 4474], [4559, 4634], [4645, 4665], [3517, 3530], [3536, 3730], [0, 127], [3517, 3530], [3536, 3730], [3736, 3829], [3736, 3829], [6877, 6889]] |
They are scared of vacuum cleaners and chase their own tails , but it seems dogs may be smarter than you think . Man 's best friend can sense whether a person is lying to them or telling the truth , according to a new study . Dogs remember if a person is trustworthy and decide whether to follow their orders based on their opinion of the human , scientists believe . Dogs keep track of whether people lie or tell the truth so they can work out which humans they can rely on , especially when it concerns food -LRB- file picture -RRB- . The latest research , published in Animal Cognition , suggests that canines learn which people they can rely on , especially when it concerns food . It is common knowledge that if a person points at something , a dog will usually follow the instruction and run and sniff out what they are being directed towards . A team at Kyoto University , in Japan , tested this theory on 34 dogs . Firstly , a researcher pointed each of the animals towards a container which had food hidden inside , which they ran over to before eating the treat . In the second test , the same researcher pointed each of the dogs towards an empty container , which they dutifully ran towards . When the scientist tried to direct them towards a third tub , which had food inside , most of the dogs ignored the instruction . Dogs will only follow orders , such as fetch , from people who have a track record of being trustworthy , research shows . However , when a new researcher pointed them towards the container , they keenly did as they were told and found the treat . Akiko Takaoka , who led the study , said this means that dogs can use their experience of the human to judge whether they can be trusted . She told the BBC that she was surprised that the dogs ` devalued the reliability of a human ' so quickly . ` Dogs have more sophisticated social intelligence than we thought . This social intelligence evolved selectively in their long life history with humans , ' she added . John Bradshaw , a veterinary scientist who specialises in human-animal interactions at the University of Bristol , said that dogs like their lives to be predictable . He said : ` Dogs whose owners are inconsistent to them often have behavioural disorders . ' | Dogs can sense whether a person is lying or telling the truth , study shows . Canines remember which people are trustworthy and follow their orders . Man 's best friend is socially smarter than previously thought , scientists say . | [[113, 225], [150, 196], [199, 225], [368, 423], [226, 344], [537, 588], [591, 661], [1829, 1895]] |
Philip Hammond announced the medal in the Commons today . The Falklands are to be awarded a special medal in recognition of the ` indomitable will and personal commitment ' of the islanders during the Argentine occupation . The South Atlantic Medal has been awarded to almost 30,000 troops and civilians who served during the operation to liberate the Islands in 1982 . Among its holders is the Duke of York , who flew helicopters for the Royal Navy during the war . Eligibility for the medal was recently extended , following a review , to cover individuals involved in the clean-up period after the Argentine surrender . But the Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has now announced , in a statement to the House of Commons , that the medal is to be awarded to the whole archipelago next year . ' I am pleased to inform the House that in 2015 the South Atlantic Medal will be presented , on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen , to the Falkland Islands , in recognition of the assistance provided to the Forces of the United Kingdom during the liberation of the Islands in 1982 , ' Mr Hammond said . ` The islanders ' individual acts of courage exemplified the indomitable will and personal commitment to defending the islands ' right of self determination . ' The award of a medal to islands is not unique . Malta was granted the George Cross in recognition of its inhabitants ' bravery during the Second World War . David Cameron , in his Christmas message to the Islanders , said next year would also see the unveiling of a bronze statue of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher in the Falklands . He said 2015 would be a year when ` the British government , again , steadfastly defends the freedom she helped you secure ' . The Prime Minister said : ` One hundred years ago , the Allies defended their base in Stanley from German aggression and this month we honour the sacrifice that so many made . ` And three decades ago , UK forces stood with the islanders as they faced a direct and grave threat to their sovereignty and it is absolutely right that we will be recognising this next year , when your islands will collectively receive the South Atlantic Medal and that you 'll be unveiling a bronze statue to honour someone who played such an important role in that liberation - Baroness Thatcher . ' Royal Marine Pete Robinson -LRB- Peter Robinson -RRB- of 40 Cdo RM anti tank troop attached to 45 Cdo RM yomping towards Port Stanley , Falkland Islands , with the Union Jack flying from his backpack in June 1982 . Roger Edwards , chair of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands , said : ` It is an honour for the Falkland Islands to be awarded the South Atlantic Medal . ` We will never forget the sacrifices made by all to protect our home . ` The Falklands have come a long way since the dark days of 1982 when many in the Islands faced extreme difficulty with steely resolve . ` It is a testament to the resourcefulness , integrity and determination of our proud community that the islands are now one of the United Kingdom 's most dynamic and successful overseas territories with opportunities for all . ' | South Atlantic Medal awarded to almost 30,000 troops and civilians . Among its holders is the Duke of York , who flew helicopters during war . But the medal will be awarded to the whole archipelago next year . | [[224, 303], [269, 303], [308, 335], [370, 407], [403, 407], [414, 466], [58, 141], [725, 793], [834, 884], [887, 915], [2100, 2163], [2621, 2686]] |
Scam : Pauline Elfreda Barrett , 55 , swindled # 1.3 m from the oil and tax giant she worked for . A payroll officer carried out an elaborate tax scam to swindle # 1.3 million from the oil and gas giant she worked for . Pauline Elfreda Barrett , 55 , convinced her bosses to cough up for thousands of pounds in fabricated tax bills in a shocking betrayal of trust . Barrett , of Ashford , Kent , doctored incoming emails from the firm 's accountants , making it appear they were demands for payment from HMRC . Bosses at Saipem Limited -- part of Italian giant Eni -- would then approve the payments , with Barrett funnelling the funds into her own account . A judge heard how , between November 2010 and September 2014 , she made at least 28 payments to her account in this way totalling # 1.3 m . The court was told that she was a trusted employee at the Kingston-based firm . Detective Sergeant Mick Walker from the Metropolitan Police said : ` For four years , Barrett abused her position . Her theft was calculated . ` She first made demands for small sums of money as she wanted to test the water . ` As her confidence grew , so did her demands . The largest payment she fabricated was for around # 80,000 . ' Barrett was told at Kingston Crown Court that she faces jail after admitting one count of fraud by abuse of position . She will be sentenced on Friday . Barrett was told at Kingston Crown Court -LRB- pictured -RRB- that she faces jail after admitting one count of fraud by abuse of position . She will be sentenced on Friday . | Pauline Elfreda Barrett doctored incoming emails from firm 's accountants . Bosses would then approve payments , believing they were going to HMRC . But the 55-year-old was funnelling the funds into her own account . | [[366, 449], [452, 510], [511, 535], [568, 578], [587, 599], [511, 535], [579, 599], [607, 658]] |
Dr Tony Shaw drove the 76-year-old patient to hospital in his own car . A family doctor has told how he took a seriously ill patient to hospital himself because no ambulance was available . Dr Tony Shaw drove 76-year-old Richard Moses to hospital in his own car after being told there would be a two-hour wait for paramedics to turn up . And when the two men arrived at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough , there was no sign of a porter so Dr Shaw found a wheelchair and pushed his patient to a ward . Mr Moses had gone to Dr Shaw 's surgery in Darlington with what he thought was a virus . But his condition deteriorated as he waited for his appointment and staff diagnosed a heart condition which required the urgent fitting of a pacemaker . Dr Shaw tried to arrange for Mr Moses to be admitted to his local hospital , Darlington Memorial , but was told that , as the request was being made out of hours , he would need to travel 20 miles to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough . Dr Shaw arranged for an ambulance car and was told it would arrive within an hour . When that deadline passed , he was warned that the system was under such pressure that it would be another two hours before a replacement vehicle could be found . The GP was given the chance to upgrade the call to a blue-light emergency but that would have meant Mr Moses going to the Memorial Hospital . Dr Shaw said : ` I made the decision to take him to James Cook in my car and one of our nurse practitioners very kindly offered to come with me . ` We took an oxygen cylinder , defibrillator and resuscitation equipment . I drove and the nurse sat with Mr Moses and monitored his condition . ` When we reached James Cook we could not locate a porter so I found a wheelchair and pushed him to the ward . ' Mr Moses was fitted with a pacemaker and has made a full recovery . Dr Shaw said yesterday that A&E departments were ` overloaded and inundated ' because too many patients were being referred by call handlers working for the NHS 111 helpline . He added : ` The default position of 111 is , `` Go to A&E . '' They err on the side of caution but that adds to the pressure . ' Mr Moses , from Darlington , has since been back to the surgery to thank Dr Shaw for his help . The retired maintenance supervisor said : ` He 's a wonderful man and a fantastic doctor . ' After arriving at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough -LRB- above -RRB- the pair could not find a porter . | Dr Tony Shaw drove his 76-year-old patient to hospital in his own car . He had phoned for an ambulance but was told to expect a two-hour wait . The pair had to travel 20 miles to a suitable hospital as it was ` out of hours ' Upon arrival at James Cook University Hospital they could not find porter . Dr Shaw said A&E 's across the UK were ` overloaded ' and ` inundated ' | [[0, 71], [72, 152], [101, 160], [190, 324], [1396, 1408], [1413, 1503], [190, 324], [262, 332], [1173, 1236], [72, 152], [190, 324], [757, 764], [854, 1006], [338, 417], [420, 449], [1689, 1696], [1711, 1768], [2363, 2446], [2363, 2481], [1868, 1943], [1896, 1911], [1934, 1943], [1946, 2043]] |
Half of British workers say that 40 per cent of their business is now conducted outside traditional office hours -- sending and reading emails in the evenings and at weekends . Being constantly ` connected ' means that one in three Brits find working from home more conducive to working from an office and 18 per cent claim to use a hotel , cafe or outside space to work . The study of 2,000 workers , by hotel chain Premier Inn , suggests the traditional 9-to-5 working environment is well and truly dead . Being constantly ` connected ' means that one in three Brits find working from home more conducive to working from an office . Business becoming increasingly global also means many find themselves working to different time zones . The study found that 35 per cent of Brits feel the most important thing when staying in a hotel during a business trip is a reliable wi-fi connection . The average British worker now spends seven hours and 12 minutes a week working outside of traditional working hours . A spokesperson for Premier Inn said : ` With one in five people suggesting that having no Wi-Fi is the most frustrating element of being away from home , we understand it 's now more important than ever to be connected . ` Whether it 's keeping in touch with friends and family or making sure that ` that ' email can go when it needs to , we want all our guests to sleep easy in the knowledge they can get online with a quality connection in any of our 690 hotels free of charge . ' The average British worker now spends seven hours and 12 minutes a week working outside of traditional working hours . | Third of Brits find working from home more conducive than being in office . One in five claim to use a hotel , café or an outside space to work . Average worker spends seven hours a week working outside normal hours . Premier Inn study suggests traditional 9-to-5 working environment is dead . | [[177, 205], [214, 323], [177, 182], [208, 323], [508, 536], [545, 634], [508, 513], [539, 634], [306, 317], [324, 372], [891, 962], [956, 1009], [1493, 1564], [1558, 1611], [373, 416], [431, 507]] |
A California State University , Northridge -LRB- CSUN -RRB- fraternity will be suspended for approximately three-and-a-half years . Jeff Noblitt , a representative for CSUN , told the Los Angeles Times that Tau Kappa Epsilon is not a recognized fraternity anymore . The chapter 's Greek duties were relieved , Noblitt also said . ` CSUN has a zero-tolerance policy for hazing , ' Noblitt told the newspaper . Tau Kappa Epsilon is the third fraternity suspended by the university . Scroll down for video . Suspension : Tau Kappa Epsilon will be suspended from Cal State Northridge for approximately three-and-a-half years -LRB- file photo -RRB- . Tau Kappa Epsilon will be suspended from January 21 , 2015 through July 20 , 2018 , according to the Los Angeles Times . CSUN was looking into a fall 2013 retreat at which hazing and sexual misconduct allegedly took place , the newspaper reported . Noblitt told the newspaper someone requested a fraternity pledge snap a woman 's chest , which had the TKE letters on it . The student refused and told authorities what happened , Noblitt said . CSUN had already prohibited on-campus pledging , the Los Angeles Times noted . 19-year-old Armando Villa died in 2014 and suffered dehydration on a July Pi Kappa Phi hike , according to the newspaper , which said that the fraternity is no longer operating . Pi Kappa Alpha 's Zeta Omicron chapter was received a six-year-ban from CSUN in October 2014 , according to the Los Angeles Times . A spokesman for Tau Kappa Epsilon 's international headquarters declined to comment . On Monday , Noblitt told Daily Mail Online in an emailed statement ` Hazing is prohibited at CSUN and any organization failing to comply with university policies are subject to a variety of punishments or sanctions . Individuals who participate in acts of hazing are personally accountable under the CSUN hazing policy , regardless of the outcome of any related case brought against a student group or organization . ' Noblitt also said that ` CSUN has a zero-tolerance policy regarding hazing -- every complaint is investigated and disciplinary action is taken for any violations . ' He added ` We have made it abundantly clear how seriously we take these issues . This has resulted in CSUN suspending three organizations , including one permanently . CSUN President Dianne F. Harrison and Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Dr. William Watkins are leading a cultural shift here at CSUN . Taking the unprecedented step to halt all pledging or new member intake clearly shows that CSUN is backing its words with actions . We are working collaboratively with our students , our alumni , and our faculty and staff advisors to create the landscape where these organizations can operate and meet the expectations of CSUN and their own parent organizations . ' Incident : Someone reportedly requested a fraternity pledge snap a woman 's chest which had the TKE letters on it , a CSUN spokesman has said . The spokesman said the student refused and told authorities what happened . | Tau Kappa Epsilon will be suspended by California State University , Northridge -LRB- CSUN -RRB- for approximately three-and-a-half years . A CSUN representative has said TKE is not a recognized fraternity anymore . The university was looking into a fall 2013 retreat at which hazing allegedly took place . Someone requested a fraternity pledge snap a woman 's chest , which had the TKE letters on it , the representative said . The student refused and told authorities what happened . | [[0, 131], [516, 645], [132, 144], [175, 265], [2959, 2986], [767, 808], [789, 808], [818, 867], [895, 981], [940, 1009], [965, 981], [990, 1017], [2854, 2924], [2883, 2956], [1018, 1037], [1018, 1029], [1042, 1072], [2987, 3062], [3006, 3025]] |
The royal family has fashion fever as Princess Eugenie followed in her mother 's footsteps by taking centre stage at a London Fashion Week event last night . Just days after Sarah , Duchess of York , strutted her stuff in a long black dress down the catwalk for Naomi Campbell 's charity show , Fashion For Relief , her daughter Princess Eugenie did her own bit for style . Looking chic in an all-black ensemble and red lips , the 24-year-old , joined celebrities and the art crowd at the Coach X Serpentine Future Contemporaries Party at The Serpentine Sackler Gallery , London . Scroll down for video . Princess Eugenie of York channelled her inner rock chick at the Coach X Serpentine Future Contemporaries Party at The Serpentine Sackler Gallery on Saturday night . While Oscar fever was taking hold in Los Angeles , homegrown stars were getting ready for the annual designer showcase of London Fashion Week . Princess Eugenie - who had just flown home after a long week of fashion week festivities in New York , where she works as a benefit auctions manager at Paddle8 - looked every inch the fashionista . She donned a black skater dress with strappy heels , a patent leather black Moschino clutch , and a leather jacket with fur panels . Black eyeliner , a slick of red lipstick and gold and tuquoise earrings completed the look . She was joined by the likes of model Daisy Lowe , DJ Mary Charteris and indie rock band Warpaint , who concluded the evening with a lively performance . The 24-year-old royal posed for photos with Issa founder Daniella Helayel -LRB- left -RRB- and fashion blogger Kelly Eastwood -LRB- right -RRB- . She later took off her jacket to show off her dress , boldly braving the wintry weather in bare legs . Other guests on the night included singer MIA , The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo star Noomi Rapace , blogger Susie Bubble , Atlanta de Cadenet , daughter of Amanda de Cadanet and Duran Duran 's John Tayor , Jack Guinnes and Pixie Lott . London Fashion Week has only just begun , but it 's likely the style-savvy Princess will be a regular fixture on the front row . London Fashion Week has only just begun , but it 's likely the style-savvy Princess will be a regular fixture on the front row . She 's the second member of her family to get into the style spirit in the last few days after the Duchess of York gave a spirited show at Fashion For Relief at Somerset House . In a floor-length black gown she wore her hair down and little jewellery except for an eye-catching Fabergé Soleil de Nuit platinum necklace , featuring pear-shaped white diamonds and moonstones . In 2007 , Eugenie 's sister Beatrice even joined her mother on the catwalk , walking the Fashion For Relief runway with her mother , wearing matching fitted , floor-length black dresses . Eugenie 's mother the Duchess of York gave a spirited show at Fashion For Relief at Somerset House on Thursday . In a floor-length black gown she wore her hair down and little jewellery except for an eye-catching Fabergé Soleil de Nuit platinum necklace , featuring pear-shaped white diamonds and moonstones . | Princess Eugenie wore a chic all-black ensemble to fashion event last night . The 24-year-old , who lives in New York , celebrated London Fashion Week . Her mother Sarah , Duchess of York walked on Fashion For Relief catwalk . | [[374, 424], [38, 54], [91, 157], [158, 179], [182, 197], [200, 287], [2797, 2814], [2835, 2909]] |
His dialogue is renowned for his extended pauses , yet even by the standards of Harold Pinter , 15 years is a long wait . But now two new plays by the writer -- who died in 2008 aged 78 -- are being unveiled in the first premieres of his work since 2000 . The announcement by Radio 4 of the productions is sure to cause great excitement in the literary world -- and also among fans of Game Of Thrones star Rose Leslie , who has been cast in one of the new works . The productions also feature Last Tango In Halifax 's Anne Reid and Hollywood actor Mark Strong . Two new plays by Harold Pinter -- who died in 2008 aged 78 -- are being unveiled in the first premieres of his work since 2000 . The radio dramas are based on Pinter 's adaptations for the screen of Joseph Conrad 's 1915 novel Victory and his screenplay for Karen Blixen 's short story of love and loss , The Dreaming Child . Pinter found fame as a playwright in the 1950s . He established himself as one of Britain 's most prolific screenwriters and is perhaps best known for his collaborations with maverick director Joseph Losey in the films The Servant and The Go-Between . The new scripts form the centrepiece of Radio 4 's Unmade Movies series . BBC drama commissioner Jeremy Howe says : ` It is n't often that you can announce the premiere of a script by the late great Harold Pinter , one of the leading dramatists of the 20th Century , and then two come along , both wonderfully Pinteresque and both utterly different in tone . This will be a treat for listeners . ' Mark Strong will star in Victory , alongside narrator Simon Russell Beale and Bjarne Henriksen , the Danish actor who played the grieving father in the first series of TV 's The Killing . Conrad 's novel is a tragic tale of love , deceit and murder in the Dutch East Indies . Henriksen will play Axel Heyst , whose life spirals out of control when he comes to the rescue of a female musician molested by a local hotel owner . Strong , whose film credits include Oscar-nominated The Imitation Game , will play the murderous Ricardo , sent to punish Heyst for his intervention . Harold Pinter found fame as a playwright in the 1950s . When Pinter completed the screenplay for Victory in 1982 , he was riding high on the success of the French Lieutenant 's Woman which starred Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep . But the film never materialised because of financial problems . Pinter 's adaptation of The Dreaming Child is set in Bristol in 1868 and tells the story of childless couple Emily and Tom Carter and their decision to adopt a boy from the slums . But happiness eludes the couple because Emily continues to be haunted by her passionate fling with a young soldier who was killed at sea . It will be narrated by Anne Reid , who plays Celia in the Bafta-winning Last Tango In Halifax , and stars Rose Leslie . Pinter was originally commissioned to write the screenplay by Hollywood star Julia Ormond , who at the time had signed a production deal with 20th Century Fox . She was delighted with Pinter 's work but the project collapsed when she insisted on directing the film as well as producing it . Pinter later commented : ` It was this that brought the project to its knees . The money-men simply would n't give her the chance . ' In his official biography of the playwright , critic Michael Billington said the screenplay for The Dreaming Child compared favourably with Pinter 's very best work . The new adaptation of Victory will launch the series of Unmade Movies when it is broadcast next Saturday , February 28 , at 2.15 pm on Radio 4 . | Two of Harold Pinter 's plays to be unveiled in first premieres since 2000 . Radio dramas are based on his adaptations of Joseph Conrad 's Victory and his screenplay for Karen Blixen 's The Dreaming Child . The new scripts form the centrepiece of Radio 4 's Unmade Movies series . Victory will launch series next Saturday February 28 at 2.15 pm on Radio 4 . | [[562, 592], [624, 690], [691, 864], [1140, 1213], [3440, 3558]] |
New Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said that the US may keep more troops in Afghanistan than expected . The Pentagon head , who met with the Afghan president Ashraf Ghani on Saturday , said that the Obama administration was considering ` possible changes to the timeline for the drawdown of U.S. troops ' . He said that there could be a slowdown because the Afghan government was becoming a more reliable partner . Scroll down for video . Defense Secretary Ashton Carter -LRB- left -RRB- , making his first trip abroad since taking the position , met with Afghan president Ashraf Ghani -LRB- right -RRB- . Carter said that the Obama administration was considering making changes to the timeline of troop withdrawals . Former Afghan president Hamid Karazi had previously criticized the US military . The new unity government with Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah , which took office in September , could help with stability , Carter said . His trip to Afghanistan , his first journey abroad as Defense Secretary , comes as Ghani is scheduled to visit President Obama at the White House next month . There are currently 10,000 US soldiers in the country , though its security is the responsibility of the Afghan security forces , who number about 350,000 . At one point in 2010-2011 there were 100,000 US personnel in Afghanistan . American and NATO forces transferred control of their bases to local forces last year and the number of troops is expected to half this year before falling to near zero by 2017 . Carter did not say that the president was thinking of elongating troops ' stay in the country . The US plans of keeping a security cooperation office in Afghanistan 's capital Kabul after 2016 . It is not known how a slowdown would affect the current plan for troop withdrawals , which has been criticized by Obama 's Republican critics who say that extremists could return to the country like they did after US troops left Iraq . The Afghan military -LRB- pictured -RRB- took over responsibility for their country 's security last year , and fierce fighting between the military and insurgents has raged since . Afghan soldiers -LRB- pictured , December 2014 -RRB- have been fighting Taliban fighters in the Helmand province , but also face threats from Al Qaeda remnants and now militants pledging support to Islamic State . General John F Campbell , the top commander in the country said that there is progress in how Afghan forces are fighting and said ` We 've got a government here that wants us to be here . ' There are still remnants of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan in addition to Taliban fighters , as well as fears that Islamic State militants could recruit or become powerful in the Middle Eastern country . In January an Afghan general said that fighters loyal to ISIS were active in some southern regions , though Gen Campbell says that the situation is not like that in Iraq , where the extremists control large swaths of territory . Carter called ISIS 's presence in Afghanistan ` aspirational ' . Taliban forces remain the largest threat to the Afghan government , and dialogue with their lingering forces is expected to begin as soon as March . Last year was the bloodiest year in Afghanistan since 2001 , with 5,000 Afghan security forces and more than 3,000 civilians killed , according to the BBC . The period since the US handed control over to the Afghanis has seen fierce fighting between the government 's forces and insurgents , largely Taliban in the Helmand province . Carter -LRB- left , with General John F Campbell -RRB- said that Afghanistan was his first visit ` because -LSB- it -RSB- is where we still have 10,000 American troops and they come first in my mind , always ' Carter said that ' a lot has changed here , so much of it for the better ' since his last visit to Afghanistan in 2013 . Ghani has said he supports a slower withdrawal . Both he and Carter said they would discuss ` reality on the ground ' with President Obama . The new defense secretary officially took over for Chuck Hagel earlier this week , and said Afghanistan was his first visit ` because this is where we still have 10,000 American troops and they come first in my mind , always ' . The appointee also stressed continued resource and equipment support for the Afghan government to establish progress . Carter also met with US commanders in Afghanistan General Lloyd J. Austin and General Campbell , in addition to US Ambassador P Michael McKinley . US troop levels have fallen since reaching 100,000 in 2010-2011 and are now at roughly 10,000 soldiers . Pictured , a suicide bus attack in the capital Kabul in December 2014 , shortly following the security handover . | Ashton Carter , sworn in last week , visited country for first visit abroad . He said President Ghani 's new government is more reliable than before . 10,000 troops in Afghanistan , with half expected to leave by year 's end . Fighters loyal to ISIS reported in the country 's south last month . 2014 was bloodiest year in Afghanistan since 2001 . | [[444, 481], [495, 549], [3988, 4068], [3988, 4013], [4075, 4113], [4080, 4172], [325, 419], [1114, 1167], [1436, 1524], [4080, 4172], [4483, 4498], [4551, 4587], [2302, 2351], [2739, 2837], [3182, 3240]] |
The $ 35 million program to retrain New York City cops in the aftermath of Eric Garner 's death last July has been branded a big flop by a high-ranking NYPD official . To date a fifth of the city 's 20,000 strong force has taken the course which was introduced last December by Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton in a bid to address criticism of the illegal chokehold maneuver that resulted in the death of the father-of-six . Once officers gave completed the three-day ` smart policing ' course they are asked to fill out a survey , but the results have been less than impressive . The $ 35 million ` smart policing ' program to retrain New York City cops in the aftermath of Eric Garner 's death last July has been branded a big flop by a high-ranking NYPD official . A high-ranking official -- who was n't named - told the New York Post that of the 2,000 surveys reviewed eight out of every ten officers have branded the exercise a waste of time . The problem says the insider is that the course involves too little practical training and two days of boring eight-hour lectures that have caused some cops to fall asleep . ` It 's three days , it 's boring and there 's no real tactics , ' said the Post 's source . ` They 're not putting them in scenarios . Cops felt they would get more tactical training in light of the Eric Garner case . ' On Day 3 of the course officers are taught the ` high-low takedown , ' in which two cops apprehend a suspect , one from behind at the legs , the other from the front at the torso . Mayor de Blasio had ordered a review into training within the department following Garner 's death . The 43-year-old died after NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo placed him in a illegal chokehold during an attempted arrest on Staten Island on July 17 , 2014 . Julian was appointed to the NYPD by Police Commissioner Bill Bratton , pictured , after the Garner death . Officers were attempting to arrest Garner because they suspected he had been selling untaxed cigarettes illegally . ` The training that 's going to happen here in this building will change the future of this city , ' said de Blasio when he introduced the scheme . ` It will have not just an impact on thousands of people , it will have an impact on millions of people , because every interaction that every officer has with their fellow New Yorkers after they are trained again will be different . ' A deputy NYPD commissioner appointed to reform the department in the wake of Garner 's death has lasted just two months in the job , it was announced Saturday . Michael Julian has been moved to a less controversial position after he proposed officers be supplied with breath mints to prevent them from swearing and that protesters should be sprayed with baby oil so they would be easier to remove . . MIchael Julian , pictured , tried to introduce a number of controversial new training methods within the NYPD following the July 2014 death of Staten Island man Eric Garner who died as he was being arrested . A source told the New York Post : ` He would come up with these wacky ideas . We would roll our eyes and move on . ' Julian ordered 10,000 individually wrapped breath mints which were delivered to the NYPD headquarters building . The mints were due to be deployed to individual officers , who would then be instructed to unpeel the wrapper if they felt the urge to swear . Julian believed that by the time the officer had unwrapped the mint and placed it into his mouth , he would no longer want to curse . Earlier he had suggested that police should deploy baby oil in situations when protesters link arms and sit down . He claimed that the baby oil would prevent the protesters from hanging onto each other and officers with rubber gloves could remove them easily . It is understood that Julian was removed from his position as deputy commissioner for training following the gaffes and transferred to the personnel department . | Eric Garner died last July when police officers used a chokehold maneuver while attempting to arrest him . In the outcry following his senseless death , Mayor de Blasio announcement that all NYPD officers would undergo a 3-day ` smart policing ' course . Feedback from officers who have taken the course so far has been overwhelmingly negative . ` It 's three days , it 's boring and there 's no real tactics , ' said one unnamed high-ranking official . | [[369, 399], [405, 449], [1678, 1795], [2956, 2985], [2990, 3021], [0, 3], [96, 167], [606, 609], [721, 792], [793, 888], [917, 973], [974, 1103], [1169, 1210], [1215, 1240]] |
The Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat instructed his bodyguards to apprehend a Palestinian man who had just stabbed an ultra-Orthodox Jew in the stomach in the middle of a busy street . Mr Barkat said he and his staff were travelling in a car when he noticed the ` terrorist ' with a knife . He and his bodyguard leaped from their car to stop the attacker . Scroll down for video . Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat , pictured , was driving through Jerusalem when he saw the ultra-Orthodox Jew being attacked by an 18-year-old Palestinian man with a knife in IDF Square earlier today . Mr Barkat , centre , praised his security detail , pictured , for the way they deal with the armed attacker . The 27-year-old victim , pictured , suffered a stab wound to his stomach and was taken to hospital . The bodyguard drew his firearm and wrestled the 18-year-old attacker to the ground and held him until police arrived . The 27-year-old victim suffered a stab wound to the stomach and was only ` lightly injured ' according to police . The stabbing took place between the Old City and the western sector 's city hall . A police spokesman said the suspect was in Israel illegally and has being taken into custody for questioning . Speaking to the Jerusalem Post , Mr Barkat said : ' I was driving my car near -LSB- IDF -RSB- Square when suddenly my team saw the terrorist near us with a knife . ` Both myself and my bodyguard immediately jumped out of my car , my guard drew his weapon and we held the terrorist until police arrived , and immediately took care of the casualty who fortunately was lightly injured . ' Police said the 18-year-old alleged attacker , pictured , was in Israel illegally and is being held for questioning . Police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said : ` Police force are on heightened alert in Jerusalem after the attack . The Palestinian is being questioned by the police . He said that an investigation into the attack is continuing although there has been an increase in the level of security patrols around the centre of Jerusalem following the incident . The motive for Sunday 's attack was not clear but it came after a series of knife assaults by Palestinians on Israelis in recent months . Last month , a knife-wielding Palestinian attacked passengers on a morning rush-hour bus in Tel Aviv , wounding 12 people , before being shot and wounded by a passing prison officer . In December , a knife-wielding Palestinian wounded two Israeli police officers in Jerusalem 's Old City . CCTV footage shows Mr Barkat , -LRB- in white shirt -RRB- approaching the attacker with his security detail . Mr Barkat and his men detain the Palestinian man until the police were able to arrive at the scene . | Nir Barkat stopped his car when he seen the stabbing happen earlier today . Mr Barkat and his security guard detained the 18-year-old Palestinian man . The Palestinian stabbed a 27-year-old ultra-Orthodox Jew in the stomach . The victim was taken to hospital with what is described as ` light injuries ' | [[378, 404], [418, 574], [0, 90], [786, 799], [873, 904], [2605, 2705], [73, 90], [95, 98], [112, 181], [73, 90], [104, 181], [685, 707], [710, 718], [685, 707], [721, 757], [685, 707], [750, 785], [905, 964], [685, 707], [750, 785], [905, 927], [969, 1019], [1547, 1559], [1564, 1597]] |
A letter written in Italian by Albert Einstein in 1925 has sold for almost # 50,000 at auction . A letter by Albert Einstein that is unusually written in Italian has fetched # 49,000 at auction . The Austrian genius 's 1925 missive to Italian electrical engineer Giovanni Giorgi defends his 1915 theory of relativity in the face of strong criticism . It also speaks of ` God ' as a scientific concept despite Einstein not believing in a deity . The letter was penned after the scientist faced the criticism of American physicist Dayton Miller who sought to disprove his theory in a series of experiments . Dismissing his findings , Einstein wrote to Giorgi : ' I agree with your opinion on the fact that the movement of an ether with a -LSB- mathematical formula -RSB- so high is particularly impossible . ` God created the world with more intelligence and elegance . You 're right to compare with Miller 's works , the laws of aberration . ` The theory of Stokes-Planck is very artificial and can not - in my opinion - explain this law of aberration . ' I would be very curious to know the real cause of the Miller 's phenomenon . . I do not doubt the validity of the theory of relativity . ' Although Einstein was fluent in Italian having lived in Italy with his family in the mid 1890s letters written by him in the language are scarce . A spokesman for RR Auction in Boston , Massachusetts , where the sale was held , said : ` This magnificent letter is rife with intriguing content - each and every sentence contains a revelatory turn and could be expounded upon at length within the context of Einstein 's life and work . ` That it is written in Italian is notable in itself . His family had moved to Italy for a few years in the mid-1890s and , although he was fluent , letters in Italian are seldom seen . ` While in Italy at just 16 years old , Einstein published what is generally considered his first scientific paper , entitled ` On the Investigation of the State of the Ether in a Magnetic Field . ' ` This presents a nice connection to the letter , which refutes some of the concepts surrounding that very topic . The Austrian scientist was fluent in Italian after living in Italy with his family for some time as a teenager . ` Especially interesting is the strong stance he takes in defence of the theory of relativity at the conclusion . ` Einstein had dedicated much of the previous decade to refining the study of relativity after introducing his ` General Theory of Relativity ' in 1915 . . ` As Einstein 's revolutionary theory grew in acceptance within the scientific community through the 1920s , a small but vocal minority emerged in opposition . Einstein , who famously did not believe in God , makes reference to the deity in the rare letter . ` Dayton Miller , an advocate of ether theory and absolute space , was one such opponent and offered Einstein experimental evidence to support his ideas . ` While Einstein acknowledged that a positive result for the existence of ether would invalidate the theory of special relativity , he asserted that Miller 's results were erroneous and tainted by environmental factors . ` The discussion of God as a creator is also fascinating . Although he did not believe in a personal deity , Einstein was not averse to speaking of God in a scientific context when discussing differing interpretations of quantum physics . ` In 1929 , he said that he believed `` in Spinoza 's God , who reveals himself in the harmony of all that exists , '' and in the 1950s he wrote `` If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it . '' ` It is this conception of God that appears in the present letter , with the idea of a world designed with `` intelligence and elegance '' corresponding with these later notions of structural harmony . ` It was these harmonious structures - the things at the very core of creation - that Einstein hoped to uncover and describe in his quest for knowledge as a physicist , forming a bridge between the scientific and the spiritual . ` All together , this is a truly exceptional letter that encompasses a varied range of Einstein 's thoughts during this period . ' | The letter was written in 1925 and addressed to engineer Giovanni Giorgi . In it , Einstein dismisses views of American critic opposed to his theory . It is one of the rare examples of the scientist 's knowledge of Italian . The letter was sold for # 49,000 to a private buyer at an auction in Boston . | [[196, 350], [196, 350], [0, 96], [97, 124], [162, 195]] |
ASIO is currently investigating thousands of terror leads and suspects , with at least 400 people being deemed high risk , it will be announced by Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Monday . This is double last year 's figure , and Mr Abbott will also warn that Australia is heading for a ` long-term era ' of heightened terror threat , when he announces the appointment of a National Counter-Terrorism Co-ordinator . In a major secutiry speech , the prime minister is also expected to announce the creation of new strategies for counter-terrorism , following a review of Australia 's current defence , Fairfax reported . The review , separate to the one into the Sydney siege whose findings were released on Sunday , will show that ` Australia has entered a new , long-term era of heightened terrorism threat , with a much more significant home-grown element , ' Mr Abbott will say , according to Fairfax . Scroll down for video . In a speech to Parliament on Monday Prime Minister Tony Abbott will announce new counter-terrorism measures and a National Counter-Terrorism Coordinator . ` It assesses that the terrorist threat in Australia is rising . On all metrics , the threat to Australia is worsening , ' he also says , according to Fairfax . The prime minister is expected to announce an increase in funding for national security agencies , and present a more cohesive plan that would see state and national efforts brought in alignment . Plans to strip dual citizens of their citizenships should they present as a terror threat and a crackdown on extremists groups are also believed to be included in Monday 's address . The public will have more information available to them about the country 's current terror threat - which now sits at high - so they can better understand the system and its levels . On Sunday when Mr Abbott released the review into the Sydney siege , he said that a shift in the balance between individual freedoms and community safety . ` There is an ongoing and inevitable debate in a country such as ours ... between the rights of the individual and the protection of the community , ' he said . The prime minister is also expected to announce an increase in funding for national security agencies , and present a more cohesive plan that would see state and national efforts brought in alignment . Mr Abbott may also reveal that another attack , like the one carried out by Man Haron Monis -LRB- pictured -RRB- is likely . ` My judgment is that -- while having always to respect both -- the question of precisely where we draw the line in the era of terrorism will have to be reconsidered and the line may have to be redrawn . ' Meantime The Australian reported that Mr Abbott will also announce that another terrorist attack is likely given the current climate . This comes as the review into Sydney 's Martin Place siege was released , revealing crazed gunman Man Haron Monis ` slipped through the cracks of the system ' . Despite an apparent 18 calls to ASIO in the days leading up to December 15 when Monis took 18 people hostage in the Lindt Cafe , authorities had deemed him as not a threat . The inquiry report made a number of recommendations and Mr Abbott and NSW Premier Mike Baird said governments needed to learn lessons from the siege . The new counter terrorism mechanisms are aimed at stopping home grown terrorists like Khaled Sharrouf -LRB- left -RRB- and Mohamed Elomar . The announcement will come a day after an review into the Sydney siege was released . ` Plainly , this monster should not have been in our community , ' Mr Abbott said . ` The difficulty is that while he was well and truly on a lot of radar screens , he was routinely assessed as not being a threat to himself or to the community . ` Plainly , at some stage he did become a threat . We obviously do need more checks and more scrutiny in the visa process , in the citizenship process . ' The new counter-terrorism measures set to be announced on Monday are going to deal increasingly with ` home-grown terrorists ' , like Australia 's most wanted jihadists Mohammed Elomar and Khaled Sharrouf . The review found that despite multiple reports to ASIO about Monis , he slipped through the cracks of the system to hold hostages for nearly 17 hours on December 15 and 16 . Sharrouf and Elomar both fled Australia to join the Islamic State insurgents fighting in Syria and Iraq in 2013 and in July 2014 the Australian Federal Police issued arrest warrants for the disturbed pair . Sharrouf flew out of Sydney in December 2013 using his brother 's passport and was soon followed by his convert wife Tara Nettleton who brought their five children to the Middle East with her . The men gained notoriety as part of the more than 100 Australians who have joined Islamic State after they posted disturbing photos of themselves holding up decapitated heads of Syrian soldiers last year . Sharrouf even got his seven-year-old son to hold up the severed head of a soldier in the Syrian city of Raqqa , accompanied with the caption ` that 's my boy ' , in an image that shocked the world . | In a speech on Monday , Prime Minister Tony Abbott will announce new counter-terrorism measures . He will reveal ASIO is currently investigating thousands of terror leads and 400 ` high risk ' suspects . A review will show that Australia has entered a ` long term era ' of terrorism . This comes a day after a review into the Sydney siege was released . It found that gunman Man Haron Monis ` slipped through the cracks ' | [[121, 185], [413, 439], [442, 542], [927, 1081], [3905, 4029], [0, 17], [32, 70], [0, 4], [8, 70], [81, 120], [227, 329], [617, 671], [704, 854], [1084, 1146], [650, 710], [1807, 1873], [1876, 1962], [2792, 2850], [2806, 2863], [3418, 3488], [3457, 3503], [2866, 2948], [4112, 4224]] |
The niece of Mitt Romney has been elected to lead the Michigan Republicans for two years as the party 's next state chairwoman . Ronna Romney McDaniel , 41 , won 55 per cent of the vote on the first ballot at the state 's Republican Party convention on Saturday before her selection was made unanimous by delegates . McDaniel defeated Norm Hughes , who worked in the Ronald Reagan administration , and Kim Shmina , a nurse . Ronna Romney McDaniel , Mitt Romney 's niece , has been elected to lead the Michigan Republicans for two years as the party 's next state chairwoman . McDaniel , 41 , won 55 per cent of the vote on the first ballot at the state 's Republican Party convention on Saturday before her selection was made unanimous by delegates . The married mother-of-two campaigned for her uncle 's 2012 presidential campaign and served as the Michigan representative for the Republican National Committee , a position she said she will now step down from , according to the Detroit Free Press . McDaniel , whose father Scott is Mitt Romney 's brother and mother Ronna was a former U.S. Senate candidate , was the front-runner for the chairman seat . She was endorsed by the party and also supported by a number of tea party activists . During her acceptance speech , McDaniel said the state needs to work on getting a Republican in the White House in 2016 . ` We might not agree on everything , but we can agree that seven years of liberal Obama policies have a destructive effect on our nation , ' she said . McDaniel -LRB- pictured here with father Scott , who is Mitt Romney 's brother -RRB- was serving as the state 's representative for the Republican National Committee and was the front-runner for the seat . A Republican presidential candidate has n't won Michigan 's electoral votes in 27 years - including Mitt Romney , a native of the state . McDaniel added that she hopes she can win the ` support and trust ' of the people who did not support her on Saturday . She later told reporters that the theme of her campaign is ` unity ' . Activist Mike Farage told the Free Press he voted for McDaniel because she wants the party to reach out to minority voters . McDaniel succeeds Bobby Schostak , the party 's state chairman for the last four years . He did not seek reelection . | Ronna Romney McDaniel , 41 , won 55 per cent of the vote on the first ballot . She defeated a nurse and a former employee of the Reagan administration at the state 's Republican Party convention . McDaniel , who served as the state representative for the GOP National Committee , was the front-runner for the two-year seat . Said state needs to work to help elect a Republican president in 2016 . No GOP presidential candidate has won state 's electoral votes since 1988 . | [[129, 150], [158, 261], [576, 584], [592, 695], [129, 150], [158, 261], [335, 346], [353, 395], [576, 584], [592, 695], [751, 776], [836, 911], [1002, 1010], [1112, 1156], [1517, 1531], [1687, 1722], [1243, 1271], [1274, 1364], [1723, 1834]] |
The international team searching the Indian Ocean for the Boeing 777 are now considering the seemingly impossible scenario of the aircraft having ` landed ' somewhere , instead of crashing in the southern Indian Ocean . ` We may have to regroup soon to look into this possibility if no positive results come back in the next few days , ' sources within the International Investigation Team were quoted as telling the New Straits Times today . Scroll down for video . Looking : Captain Flt Lt Tim McAlevey of the Royal New Zealand Air Force flying a P-3 Orion during a search trying to locate missing Malaysia Airways Flight MH370 over the Indian Ocean . While the sources have not suggested which country the aircraft might have landed - or crashed - in , the possibility that an entirely new search in a different area is in line with suggestions by the Mail weeks ago that alleged sightings of a low-flying aircraft could have located it in a different place than the ocean . ` The thought of it landing somewhere else is not impossible , as we have not found a single debris that could be linked to MH370 , ' sources were quoted as telling the paper . ` However , the possibility of a specific country hiding the plane when more than 20 nations are searching for it , seems absurd , ' said the sources . But they admitted that it was difficult to determine if the plane had really ended in the Indian Ocean , despite calculations seeming to point to that direction . The Mail reported early in the search that fishermen and villagers living in north east Malaysia had filed official statements with police claiming to have seen - or heard - a low-flying aircraft at the time when MH370 lost all contact with ground control . The plane has been missing for more than six weeks and sources are now considering the previously unthinkable prospect that it has landed somewhere . The search for the plane has been concentrated on an area of the southern Indian Ocean , off the coast of Western Australia . Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has now been missing for 46 days - an important milestone as it allowed U.S. lawyers to pursue Boeing in U.S. courts . A 45-day rule , enforced by the National Transportation Safety Board , means that families can now file suits in U.S. courts against Boeing , an American manufacturer . ` We do n't feel we have a whole lot of other choices because we 're certainly not getting any answers without -LRB- legal action -RRB- , ' Sarah Bajc told CNN . Ms Bajc , whose partner Philip Wood was on the flight , said she hoped that pressure in the courts might lead to the Malaysian government releasing important data . One key problem however could bt the lack of any plane . ` If we do n't have the `` black box '' with all the critical information on it , or we do n't have any part of the wreckage , it would be very hard to maintain a claim against Boeing in any court in the United States , ' Daniel Rose , an aviation attorney from Kreindler & Kreindler , told CNN . Their descriptions of a ` very loud engine ' and headlights like those switched on by an aircraft about to land at night suggested that the aircraft was flying to the west , across jungle , very fast , at a low altitude . The sources told the government-controlled paper that it was difficult to determine if the plane had really ended in the Indian Ocean , although calculations pointed to that direction . The Malaysian-led investigation team , along with experts from Inmarsat and the UK 's Air Accidents Investigation Branch , had to rely on an Inmarsat communications satellite , which did not provide any definite details , including the aircraft 's direction , altitude and speed . One of the sources told the New Straits Times : ' A communications satellite is meant for communication ... the name is self explanatory . ` The reason investigators were forced to adopt a new algorithm to calculate the last known location of MH370 was because there was no global positioning system following the aircraft as the transponder went off 45 minutes into the flight . ' The source added that the international team was looking at adding more ships and aircraft to the existing search area in the Indian Ocean - as well as widening the area because there were fears that searchers had been ` looking for the plane in the wrong place ' . ` We ca n't focus on one place too long as the ocean is very big , although the search team has been following the leads received and analysed . ` It is by luck if we find the wreckage using the Bluefin-21 -LRB- the US-owned underwater search vehicle -RRB- . ` There is no physical evidence and we are totally depending on scientific calculations since day one , including the pings . ' With the search now into its 45th day , . Malaysian authorities are hoping more countries will come forward to . share their crucial satellite and radar data . A map of the search area , which is 5,700 feet off the coast of Perth . The area that had been search , as of Sunday 20th April is shown in grey . A source told the New Straits Times that if they were to find debris from the jet it would be down to ` luck ' and they might need to expand the search . Sources said that while the plane could be on land , the possibility of a specific country hiding the plane was ` absurd ' The paper said it understood that the team had not been receiving as much information from countries as it had hoped . Suggesting that national security of various countries was involved , the source added : ` We have mainly been provided with selective data . ' The source said that because the information potentially involved the national security of the country from which it was requested , only partial raw data had been provided , making it difficult for Malaysian authorities to get the full picture . ` The data involved would be official information , so the -LRB- foreign -RRB- country can not simply give it to us on paper or in soft copy - they will select only the ones that can be revealed . ' The Malaysians had asked the US government to view data collected by its secret base , Pine Gap , in the Australian outback . But the request had been denied , sources said , after the US had said that no contact had been made with MH370 . ` We ca n't be forcing them to show us the data , as they had already said there was nothing , ' one source said . The search is currently in its 45th day and sources told the New Straits Times that the search team might be looking in the wrong place . Anger : A Chinese relative of a passenger on missing flight at a meeting at Metro Park Hotel in Beijing . | Sources with the search team say the aircraft may have landed somewhere , rather than crashed into the Indian Ocean as previously believed . If no debris is found in the next few days the team may shift search focus . 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Parents of preschoolers at a St Louis school say their kids have been heartbroken after losing one of their favorite teachers . Kelly Hahn was put on leave from Wilkinson Early Childhood Center last December , just two weeks after being named the St Louis Public School district 's ` Pre-K Teacher of the Year . ' Fox2Now reports that children were coming home in tears after learning their favorite teacher was gone , and a rumor spread that Hahn had been diagnosed with cancer . Leave : Kelly Hahn was put on leave two weeks after being named St Louis Public School district 's ` Pre-K Teacher of the Year ' over an incident involving a student who came to school in a pull-up diaper . ` She is one of those people that I would say is the glue that holds Wilkinson together , ' PTO President Dana Evans told KMOV . But sadness turned to anger after parents learned that Hahn had received a letter saying she 'd been dismissed for child neglect and endangerment , which parents say stemmed from an incident over a diaper . A three-year-old had come to school one day in a pull-up diaper , which is against the rules at Wilkinson . After Hahn discovered the diaper , she let the child keep it on instead of removing it , and simply notified the parents . Another teacher notified Missouri Department of Family Services , which conducted an investigation that found no signs of neglect . St Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams says that the district has separate standards of conduct , though he did not comment specifically on Hahn . Early education : Wilkinson Early Childhood Center is a pre-K to second grade school under the St Louis Public Schools system . ` That 's the handcuffs that we have relating to personnel , we can not discuss specific personnel issues , ' Adams told Fox2Now . Even the parent of the child who came to school in a diaper says the punishment was n't deserved . ` Regardless of the policy , what happened is so minor that it could n't possibly warrant incriminating a fabulous teacher , ' said Cynthia West . Now , parents say , their children are under the supervision of a substitute who is n't certified . They 've send more than 100 emails trying to get Hahn reinstated . ' I just want what ` s best for her , what 's best for my kids , ' said parent Sue Gilmor . ` And what 's best for him is having his teacher back . She loves those kids , and there 's no substitute for that . ' | Kelly Hahn was put on leave from Wilkinson Early Childhood Center last December , two weeks after being named Pre-K Teacher of the Year . A rumor spread Hahn had been diagnosed with cancer , but parents became angry when they learned she 'd been punished for an incident with a diaper . A student had come to school wearing a pull-up diaper , which is against the rules , and Hahn did not remove it . Parents have sent more than 100 emails for Wilkinson to be reinstated . | [[128, 207], [225, 311], [487, 576], [489, 499], [508, 626], [314, 430], [423, 480], [821, 962], [932, 962], [983, 1023], [615, 687], [1024, 1087], [1071, 1087], [1096, 1131], [1132, 1164], [1167, 1218], [1825, 1834], [1839, 1865]] |
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani , attempting to lay to rest his controversial remarks about President Barack Obama 's patriotism , is now admitting that he ca n't question the Commander in Chief 's ` mind or heart . ' ` My blunt language suggesting that the president does n't love America notwithstanding , I did n't intend to question President Obama 's motives or the content of his heart , ' Giuliani said in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal . ` My intended focus really was the effect his words and his actions have on the morale of the country , and how that effect may damage his performance . Let me explain . ' Giuliani , who has taken heavy fire for the remarks he made last week at a New York City dinner hosted by prominent conservatives , argued that Obama is guilty of ` criticizing his country more than other presidents have done . ' SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO . Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani , pictured here on the set of Cavuto in September , attempted to lay to rest his controversial remarks about President Barack Obama 's patriotism today in an op-ed this weekend . He is now admitting that he ca n't the the Commander in Chief 's ` mind or heart ' ` Furthermore , this president sometimes seems to have a difficult time in expressing adequate support for important allies , particularly Israel , Ukraine and Jordan , ' he added . The 2008 Republican presidential candidate claimed that he bears Obama ` no ill will , and in fact think that his personal journey is inspiring and a testament to much of what makes this country great ' . But he expressed doubt that Obama ` can rise to the occasion and underscore America 's greatness as our history and values merit . ' ` If he does so , I will be the first to applaud him , ' Giuliani wrote . ` But I can only be disheartened when I hear him claim , as he did last August , that our response to 9/11 betrayed the ideals of this country . ` When he interjected that `` we tortured some folks , '' he undermined those who managed successfully to protect us from further attack , ' he asserted . Giuliani said he also takes issue with Obama 's past critiques of American exceptionalism . To say the U.S is ` no more exceptional than the exceptionalism of any other country in the world , does not suggest a becoming and endearing modesty , but rather a stark lack of moral clarity , ' he argued . Fondly referred to as ` America 's mayor ' for his tenure as New York City 's top political official during the September 11 , 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center , Giuliani 's legacy has taken a hit in the last week following his stern rebuke of Obama . ' I know this is a horrible thing to say , but I do not believe that the president loves America . ' Giuliani said during the speech . ` He does n't love you . And he does n't love me . He was n't brought up the way you were brought up and I was brought up through love of this country . ' The flap ballooned as Giuliani repeatedly tried to clarify his remarks . The day after the dinner , the Republican told Fox News he was not , in fact , questioning Obama 's ` patriotism ' and was being reported . ` He 's a patriot , I 'm sure , ' Giuliani told the news station . ` What I 'm saying is , in his rhetoric , I very rarely hear him say the things that I used to hear Ronald Reagan say , the things that I used to hear Bill Clinton say , about how much he loves America . ' And on Friday , Giuliani told the New York Daily News his concern about the president 's morals dates back to young Obama 's introduction to Frank Marshall Davis , a communist organizer , via his grandfather , and his relationships with quasi-communist ' figures Saul Alinsky and Rev. Jeremiah Wright , Obama 's former pastor whose radicals sermons caused a stir in the months before the 2008 presidential election . Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker walks through a crowd to take his seat for the opening session of the National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington on Saturday , where he floundered in the face of tough questions about Giuliani 's remarks and his beliefs about Obama 's faith . Also attending the Manhattan dinner at which Giuliani spoke was Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker , who also made remarks , but they were deemed off the record . Walker , considered likely to bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination , offered a muddled response when asked about Giuliani 's comments . ' I do n't know , I honestly do n't know , one way or the other , ' Walker told the Washington Post on Saturday when he was again asked to give his views on Obama 's patriotism . He also refused to say whether he believes that Obama is a Christian , adding a new dimension to the discussion . ` I 've actually never talked about it or I have n't read about that , ' Walker said of the president 's faith . ` I 've never asked him that . ' ` You 've asked me to make statements about people that I have n't had a conversation with about that . How -LSB- could -RSB- I say if I know either of you are a Christian ? ' he asked the Post reporters . His spokeswoman subsequently claimed he was trying to highlight ` gotcha ' questions from ` the media ' out of ` principle ' . It is unclear if he was ever previously articulated such a principle . Other likely contenders for the White House opted to distance themselves from Giuliani . ` Governor Bush does n't question President Obama 's motives . He does question President Obama 's disastrous policies , ' aides to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said in a statement on Friday . Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul gave a similar response to a local radio station on Friday when the subject came up . ' I think it 's a mistake to question people 's motives . It 's one thing to disagree on policy , ' he said . Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said he does n't think it 's his responsibility ` to answer for every person in my party that makes a claim . ' ` I 'll suffice it to say that I believe the President loves America ; I think his ideas are bad , ' the freshman senator said . South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham told ABC News on Sunday , ` Well , I love Rudy , but I do n't want to go there . The nation 's very divided , President Obama has divided us more than he 's brought us together and I do n't want to add to that division . ' He added : ' I have no doubt that he loves his country , I have no doubt that he 's a patriot . But his primary job as President of the United States is to defend this country , and he 's failing miserably . ' Indiana Gov. Mike Pence , a potential dark horse candidate for the presidency , likewise praised Giuliani when questioned about his claims on Sunday morning , calling him ' a great American , ' in the context of the 9/11 , of Fox News Sunday . However , he said , ' I do n't think it helps to question the president 's patriotism or motives . ' The rumble led one of Giuliani 's former communications aides , Mike Paul , stating that his previous employer had ` lost the throne ' as America 's mayor and that his remarks were an ` abomination , ' according to Mediaite . Speaking about the dust up on Friday , the president 's spokesman said Friday he felt sorry for Giuliani . ' I can tell you that it 's sad to see when somebody who has attained a certain stature and even admiration tarnishes that legacy so thoroughly , ' White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters during his daily briefing . Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Sunday that Giuliani 's statements were ` very regrettable . ' ` His comments were not helpful ... And I 'm sorry to see statements like that coming from the former mayor whose response to 9/11 in 2001 I admired very much , ' Johnson said on CNN 's State of the Union . | ' I did n't intend to question President Obama 's motives or the content of his heart , ' Giuliani said in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal . ` My intended focus really was the effect his words and his actions have on the morale of the country ... 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A two-year-old girl 's entire shoulder was left burned and blistered after she suffered a severe allergic reaction to a plaster that claims to promote skin healing . Doctors say Jayda Johnson could be scarred for life after wearing the Savlon plaster for just one day . Her family have complained to the plaster 's manufacturers as her shoulder now looks ` disgusting ' from just one tiny cut . Jayda had a tiny graze on her shoulder after cutting herself on the sofa . Her father Daniel put a plaster from a # 3.99 pack of Savlon dressings on her shoulder to stop her from scratching the wound . Scroll down for video . Jayda Johnson , two , suffered a severe allergic reaction after wearing a plaster from a pack of # 3.99 Savlon Hydrocolloid Dressings . Doctors say she may be scarred for life after wearing the plaster for just one day . Jayda 's father put the plaster on his daughter on a Sunday morning after she cut herself on the sofa . He checked the plaster on Monday morning and found it had burned through his daughter 's skin -LRB- left -RRB- . Her whole shoulder and part of her back became inflamed due to the allergic reaction -LRB- right -RRB- . A doctor said the reaction could scar Jayda for life . She has been told to return to see a nurse every two days to get her dressing changed and is on a course of antibiotics after the wound became infected -LRB- pictured -RRB- . The instructions advised leaving it on for up to a week . But when Mr Johnson checked the cut the next day , he was horrified to find the plaster had burned through his daughter 's skin . The plaster was only 7.5 cm long by 5cm wide , but Jayda 's entire right shoulder and part of her back had become inflamed . Doctors said Jayda had suffered a severe allergic reaction to the dressing , and could be scarred for life from it . The packaging for the Savlon Hydrocolloid Dressing says the plasters ` help prevent scarring ' and ` promote faster healing ' . Hydrocolloid plasters and dressings are said to absorb moisture from the wound but at the same time create a protective barrier so that oxygen , water and bacteria can not get into the wound . This creates a moist , humid environment which promotes faster healing , and prevents scarring as a hard scab does n't form . The Savlon plasters also claim to be hypoallegenic - which means the product is claimed to cause fewer allergic reactions . Mr Johnson , a father-of-two , from Harlow , Essex , said : ` It 's not good . It 's definitely affected her , she 's fully aware of it and it looks terrible , to be honest . ` She had a little nick from the edge of the sofa so I put a plaster over it . ' I applied it on Sunday morning and then when I took it off on Monday when she got home from nursery I noticed it had burned her massively . The packaging for the Savlon Hydrocolloid Dressing says the plasters ` help prevent scarring ' and ` promote faster healing ' ` It seemed to be burning into her skin . The packet said to leave it on for four to seven days . ` I 'm terrified that if I had left it on for the full seven days it would 've burned down to the bone . ' Mr Johnson , 31 , noticed the burn on January 26 and took Jayda to see a doctor the following morning while his wife Lisa , 29 , was at her telesales job . Mr Johnson , a coach driver , added : ` The doctor said it must have been an allergic reaction to the patch . ` It looks awful , like a second degree burn . ` She does n't seem to be in too much pain from it , which makes me worry her nerves may have been damaged . ' There have been reports of people suffering allergic reactions to hydrocolloid wound dressings . One report found the allergic reaction was caused by an ingredient called ` pentaerythritol ester of hydrogenated rosin ' as a tackifying agent , to make the plaster sticky - though it is not known if this ingredient caused Jayda 's reaction . Jayda has now been told to return to see a nurse every two days to get her dressing changed and is on a course of antibiotics after the wound became infected . Her grandmother Margaret Johnson said : ` She 's only two and it 's going to scar her . ` The doctor said it could scar her for life and it was only for a nick on the shoulder . ` It looks like it is spreading . I 'm very concerned for her . ` If it had been on her face it could have been 20 million times worse - she has never had any sort of skin reaction before . Jayda 's father Daniel Johnson , 31 , said she had what looked like a second degree burn after just one day . He said : ` I 'm terrified that if I had left it on for the full seven days it would 've burned down to the bone ' ` For all we know she might be a model when she 's older . ` She 's a stunning little girl but this is disgusting . ' The family have written to Savlon owners Novartis Consumer Health to complain about the product . A company spokesman said : ` Novartis Consumer Health -LRB- NCH -RRB- is aware of a recent case concerning a patient who has experienced a skin reaction on the application site of Savlon Hydrocolloid dressing . ` Patient safety is our highest priority . ` As with any NCH products , we monitor carefully any adverse reports received and forward them to Health Authorities according to local legislation . ` NCH is investigating this report in line with regulatory requirements . ' | Jayda Johnson cut her shoulder on the sofa and had a tiny graze . Her father Daniel , 31 , applied a Savlon ` hydrocolloid ' plaster . 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Two people have been killed after an horrific car crash just outside the town of Fresno in California after a drunk driver in a pickup truck ran a red light smashing into an SUV . Two others were also injured in the crash in Northeast Fresno on Saturday night . Investigators say the driver of a pickup truck , who they say was drunk , ran a red light and collided with an SUV . Fresno police said the 23-year-old driver of the SUV , Molly Griffin , was killed in the crash as well as Oscar Felix , a 32-year-old passenger in the truck . Killed : Oscar Felix , 32 , and Molly Griffin , 23 , were travelling in different cars that were involved in a collision . Scene of the crash : The northbound and southbound lanes of Friant Road were closed between Copper River Drive and Old Rice Road for several hours as authorities collected evidence from the scene . Griffin had been a surgical nurse at Madera Community Hospital since July of last year , while Felix was a father of three young children . Two other people were injured in the crash . Police said the suspected DUI driver , 23-year-old Hector Castillo-Pichardo , suffered minor injuries . A 23-year-old woman from Fresno is listed in critical condition . Castillo-Pichardo was booked on felony DUI and vehicular manslaughter charges . Cut short : 23-year old Molly Griffin -LRB- right -RRB- died last night after her Acura SUV was hit by a suspected DUI driver . 32-year old Oscar Felix -LRB- left -RRB- of Fresno was riding in the drunk drivers ' car at the time of the accident . Family man : Felix was the father of three young beautiful young girls . Caring : Griffin was a surgical nurse at Madera Community Hospital and is seen here in the front row , second from left . | Molly Griffin , 23 , and Oscar Felix , 32 , were killed after the cars they were travelling in collided with one another . It 's believed the driver of Felix 's car was DUI and ran a red light . | [[0, 101], [398, 431], [440, 496], [538, 544], [547, 583], [586, 588], [591, 624], [607, 624], [630, 660], [1306, 1385], [1422, 1472], [108, 179], [1372, 1421]] |
The legality of parking tickets issued by enforcement firms is being challenged in a landmark case at the Appeal Court . In a stand against what he calls ` bullying ' tactics , Barry Beavis , who owns a fish and chip shop in Billericay , Essex , will say today that an # 85 fine for exceeding his two-hour free stay by 56 minutes was disproportionate and should not be enforced . If he wins , what critics see as a nauseating bonanza will end and new systems will be put in place to manage parking on private land . His action comes after the Daily Mail exposed the antics of ` parking cowboys ' last year . McDonalds in Uxbridge is one of many McDonalds identified by the Mail last summer as installing signs and cameras in car parks warning customers they can stay a maximum of 90mins or face a # 100 fine . In a hard-hitting campaign , we revealed how the rogue firms are making tens of millions of pounds from fines handed out to motorists who overstay -- sometimes for only a few minutes - in car parks at hospitals , railway stations , shopping centres and fast food outlets like McDonald 's . Cancer sufferers and patients whose treatment has over-run are among those who have been ripped off by the parking squads who issue official-looking # 100 tickets . Mr Beavis , who owns The Happy Haddock fish and chips takeaway in Billericay , Essex , says he 's making his stand against a firm called ParkingEye Ltd on behalf of every motorist in the country . He has dedicated hundreds of hours and made three court appearances in an attempt to change the law that allows ` bullying ' parking operators to ` extort ' money from people . He said : ` I 'm not an activist , I 'm not an armchair lawyer . I was just someone who got a ticket . ` But as I researched my case I became incredibly angry with the way parking companies operate and bully people because they exploit human weakness -- doing what we 're told . ` There 's lots of strongly worded language saying you must pay , with ANPR photos . It 's all deliberately made to look like parking tickets but they are just speculative invoices . ' I thought what it would be like if it happened to my mother-in-law -- she would have been afraid and frightened and would have paid immediately . ' Mr Beavis received a demand for # 85 -- discountable to # 50 if paid within 14 days - after parking at Riverside Retail Park in Chelmsford on April 15 , 2013 . The site offers two free hours of parking and he returned 56 minutes late . He ignored the first three demands from ParkingEye Ltd after researching his rights on the internet but had no option but to fight his case when he received a court summons . A close-up of the sign : We revealed how the rogue firms are making tens of millions of pounds from fines handed out to motorists who overstay . Mr Beavis 's case centres on the argument that the ticket was unfair because it was a disproportionate sum for an hour 's parking . A judge found against him at Cambridge County Court last year , where he was not legally represented . The ruling stated operators like ParkingEye Ltd are entitled to impose charges higher than their outgoings -- and more expensive than typical parking charges in the area -- to act as a deterrent . Now A barrister , Sa'ad Hossain QC , has offered to represent Mr Beavis pro bono at the Court of Appeal hearing in London next week . The 47-year-old added : ` I 'm hoping that parking companies will no longer be allowed to act in the current way . ' I agree there is a need for parking management . In the place where I overstayed it 's close to the train station and if there was no management system it would be clogged up with commuters . So something is needed but this is not it . ' His wife , Wendy , added the free parking system at Riverside Retail Park was unfair because drivers sometimes spent up to half an hour waiting for a space after driving in . She added : ` Barry has put in a hell of a lot of time but he should still pursue it . It 's not just about him -- it 's about other people that panic when they get one of those letters . ` I 'm proud of him for standing up to those bullies . ' Mr Beavis 's case has been strengthened by new research by the RAC Foundation which suggests hundreds of thousands of drivers are likely to have been illegally penalised for overstaying their welcome whilst parking on private land - and could be entitled to repayments totalling many tens of millions of pounds . It says that parking companies are levying huge charges on drivers ` out of all proportion ' to the losses suffered by landowners as a result of motorists ' actions . Although the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 banned clamping on private land , drivers who stay longer than the time they have paid for are still likely to receive tickets that demand payments of up to # 100 , and in some cases significantly more . In his paper for the RAC Foundation barrister John de Waal QC argues that this is likely to be several times more than compensation for a genuine loss . Mr de Waal , who will NOT be a witness at Mr Beavis 's case , says : ` Payments at the level that operators presently demand as sanctions are unlikely to count as genuine pre-estimate of loss ; they should be seen by the Courts as penalties , which means they are unenforceable . ' If the courts agree with Mr de Waal that many of the tickets issued are ` extravagant and unconscionable ' , drivers are potentially in line to receive tens , if not hundreds , of millions of pounds in refunds . Professor Stephen Glaister , director of the RAC Foundation , said : ` We would like to see this legal argument tested in a higher court so that a binding precedent is set . At the same time we would like the government to do what it should have done at the outset and set out what are reasonable charges . ' A ParkingEye spokesperson said : ` ParkingEye can not comment on the outcome of a yet unheard case but remains confident in its position . ' | If he wins , what critics see as a nauseating cash bonanza will end . New systems must then be introduced to manage parking on private land . The Daily Mail exposed the antics of ` parking cowboys ' last year . | [[383, 390], [393, 515], [383, 390], [393, 515], [516, 593], [539, 607]] |
Finding a boyfriend to take home for the holidays can be stressful , particularly around New Year in China when unmarried women face an inquisition about their single status from extended family . So single Chinese women have found a novel way to stave off marriage pressure - by renting fake boyfriends to put on an act for their parents . Taobao - China 's largest online marketplace - is the place to go to find a temporary boyfriend as men advertise companionship starting from 1,000 yuan -LRB- # 103 -RRB- to 10,000 yuan -LRB- # 103,300 -RRB- a day . They even charge extra for romantic activities such as hand holding , going to the cinema together , cuddles , or joint Internet surfing . Single women in China can now rent fake boyfriends from website Taobao , pictured is an online profile for a young man who offers companionship over the holidays . An advert for Greater China Royal Sovereign boyfriend rental centre on Taobao offers a selection of men including American boyfriend , Canadian boyfriend and domineering boyfriend Jiangsu . It says : ` New Year back home , no longer afraid of gossip , regardless of your eight aunts . ` Why are you still hesitating ? Hurry over to order a fit for your boyfriend now . ' One potential boyfriend had a clear list of his prices , including 800 yuan -LRB- # 82 -RRB- for trips to other cities to visit family and 150 yuan -LRB- # 15 -RRB- an hour to act as a shopping escort . He even said he would listen to complaints or abuse for 50 yuan -LRB- # 5 -RRB- per 20 minutes . Office worker Lily Li , 26 , who hired a fake partner , revealed that she wanted to take a boyfriend home to curb speculation . One potential boyfriend , who uses the name Xiaojun -LRB- pictured -RRB- for his profile , said : ` Parents reminder . So you want to customize the shape of a boyfriend to take home ? ' Greater China Royal Sovereign boyfriend rental centre on Taobao offers a selection of fake boyfriends , including Canadian boyfriend -LRB- left -RRB- and American boyfriend -LRB- right -RRB- . ' I was not looking for some perfect guy to marry . Just someone tall -- my parents like tall guys a lot -- honest and not too talkative , so he does n't say something wrong , ' she told The Guardian . ` Bringing a ` boyfriend ' back home simply means I get less hassle from relatives and my parents will stop worrying about my romantic life . ' The Chinese New Year , which fell on February 19 this year , sees an explosion of listings of men offering their services as pretend boyfriends , according to ForeignAffairs.com . Once you 've picked a ` boyfriend ' you 'd like to date , you can click on his profile and look at the services he offers . One potential boyfriend , who uses the name Xiaojun for his profile , said : ` Parents reminder . So you want to customize the shape of a boyfriend to take home ? ` Do you want a boyfriend to make the journey with you ? I am alive and I look like I do in the photograph . ' Another describes himself as kind , a dog lover and someone who parents tend to like . He said it would cost more if he needs to dress or act in a certain way . Once you 've picked a ` boyfriend ' you 'd like to date , you can click on his profile and look at the services he offers . You can also look up reviews that a potential ` boyfriend ' has received . Sui Wei , 29 , makes a living by renting himself out as a boyfriend to help reassure worried parents that their child is on the path to matrimony . Once he took a big wad of cash stuffed in a traditional red wedding envelope , from the mother of his fake bride . ' I knew she and the father were expecting us to live happily ever after , but I knew we would be together for only one day , ' he told the Financial Times . Online searches for the term ` rental boyfriend ' rose by 884 per cent between 2012 and 2013 , according to Taobao . Hu Xingdou , a social commentator at the Beijing Institute of Technology , suggested that the trend for hiring fake partners had emerged from a clash between old and new ideas . Online searches for the term ` rental boyfriend ' rose by 884 percent between 2012 and 2013 on Taobao . | Pressure to find boyfriend reaches boiling point in China around New Year . So single women have started renting fake boyfriends from website Taobao . Men will put on act for parents over holidays from # 103 to # 103,300 a day . They chance extra for hand holding , joint internet surfing and shopping . | [[197, 330], [232, 239], [244, 340], [695, 724], [730, 765], [695, 716], [721, 765], [1844, 1976], [556, 623], [556, 560], [626, 694]] |
A 43-year-old man jumped to his death from the third floor escalator at Debenhams ` after a psychiatric hospital refused to admit him ' , an inquest heard . Painter and decorator Percival James , who had battled with schizophrenia for many years , was told he did not ` pass the threshold ' for admission , according to his former partner and carer . Donna Burney told Westminster coroner 's court she had repeatedly tried to have him sectioned by Maudsley Hospital as his schizophrenia worsened . Percival James , 43 , jumped to his death from the third floor escalator at Debenhams in central London -LRB- pictured -RRB- ` after a psychiatric hospital refused to admit him ' , an inquest heard . Mr James was admitted to the hospital six times between 2007 and 2010 , but had not taken any medication or been treated at the hospital since 2010 . Coroner Dr Shirley Radcliffe said : ' I find it very striking that there were six admissions in three years and then no admissions in four years . ' The 43-year-old from Lambeth died at the flagship Debenhams store in central London in front of hundreds of shocked customers and staff in November last year . The Debenhams store in Oxford Street , pictured , has seven floors in total . Witness Serpil Veira told the court she saw a man run towards her before throwing himself over the escalator barrier , according to the Evening Standard . A post mortem examination gave the cause of death as multiple trauma and head injury . Mr James had been under the care of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust since 2007 . His former partner Ms Burney told the inquest he ` believed he had to fight demons and was often heard crying out in anxiety by his neighbour ' . Coroner Dr Radcliffe expressed concern at the impact that reorganisations at the Maudsley were having on the quality of patient care . A report found staff to be ` overwhelmed with clinical duties ' . The coroner adjourned the inquest , saying she wished to hear from the trust 's medical staff who had cared for Mr James , as well as from a senior official about the reorganisations . It is expected to reconvene in the summer . A spokesman for South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust said it would not provide a comment until the inquest had been completed . For confidential support call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90 , visit a local Samaritans branch or click here . His carer Donna Burney told Westminster coroner 's court she had repeatedly tried to have him sectioned by Maudsley Hospital as his schizophrenia worsened . | Percival James , 43 , jumped to his death from escalator at Debenhams . Partner Donna Burney said psychiatric hospital ` refused to admit him ' He was admitted to Maudsley Hospital six times between 2007 and 2010 . Schizophrenic had not been sectioned or taken any medication since 2010 . He died at flagship Debenhams in Oxford Street in November last year . | [[0, 112], [498, 512], [520, 607], [997, 1132], [90, 133], [157, 193], [248, 350], [587, 674], [698, 767], [698, 706], [792, 847], [1477, 1572], [698, 706], [774, 802], [997, 1132], [1157, 1193], [1196, 1204]] |
A distraught father has criticised doctors after they repeatedly failed to diagnose his son 's brain tumour after he suffered nose bleeds for four months . Ten-year-old Stewart Sheridan had visited his GP surgery regularly over a number of months after suffering from severe nose bleeds . But time after time he was sent home and on his last visit to his family GP he was prescribed with an anti-viral nose cream with doctors at his local surgery believing he had a virus . But just days later his condition worsened and his father , Michael , rushed him to hospital where a scan revealed that he had a malignant brain tumour . Now medics are saying he has just months to live with a serious grade three tumour that is inoperable . Stewart Sheridan , 10 , from Manchester has just months to live , after a scan revealed he had an inoperable , cancerous brain tumour . He had been taken to the GP several times over a number of months after suffering nose bleeds . The youngster was first taken to see his GP in November last year after he began suffering from persistent nose bleeds . But over a four-month period Stewart was repeatedly sent home without referral to specialists with the GP telling his family he had ` excess blood ' . On February 2 this year , he was sent home from school with a bloody nose and dizziness and was suffering hallucinations , diarrhoea and vomiting . When he arrived home his father said his son began to behave ` strangely ' punching the air and speaking out loud . The same evening Mr Sheridan , 46 , took his son to their family GP at the Ribblesdale Medical Practice in Bury , Greater Manchester . But the GP , who is said to have been ` running behind ' on his appointments prescribed the youngster with a viral cream for his nostrils to stem the blood flow . Three days later Stewart complained of a headache and wobbly legs and was again behaving unusually when Mr Sheridan decided to take him to hospital . The youngster was given a CT scan which revealed a brain tumour . He was taken by ambulance to Royal Manchester Children 's Hospital , where he remains . Doctors now say he has just months left to live . He is currently heavily sedated with his mother Kelly and his grandmother Carole Sheehan by his bedside . His devastated father , Michael , has now made a formal complaint to the GP practice saying his sons ' symptoms should have been picked up earlier . He said : ` That night when my son was unwell I took him to the doctor , told him the symptoms and he said it was a virus and gave me a cream to put up his nostrils . On his last visit to see a doctor he was prescribed a nose cream , the GP suspecting he was suffering a virus . But days later his condition worsened and his father Michael rushed him to hospital . It was there , that scans revealed Stewart was suffering a brain tumour . Now medics are saying Stewart , pictured with his nana Carole Sheehan , has just months to live with a serious grade three tumour that is inoperable . ` He should have picked up that it was something more serious , but he did n't . ` It makes me feel very annoyed . He did not do his job properly . ` That night he -LRB- the GP -RRB- was running late , with his appointments behind schedule , and I feel like he rushed to get it done . ' Stewart now faces intense radiotherapy sessions at specialist cancer hospital , The Christie , to shrink the tumour , but medics fear the treatment will only delay the inevitable . Mr Sheridan , added : ` They do n't know how long he has had the tumour -- or whether the nose bleeds were connected to it -- but it is right in the middle of his brain which means it is inoperable . ` The radiotherapy will just shrink it , but the doctors said he has months to live . ` I asked them if he had years , weeks or days left and they said months . We 're all devastated . ` He 's still out of it , even when he 's awake he does n't know what ' s going on . When they told us , I had to go out of the room , I could n't believe it . Mr Sheridan urged other parents to obtain a second opinion on their child 's symptoms . He said : ` I just want to let parents know , so that if anyone is in the same situation or going through anything similar they know to take their child to a hospital and get them checked over . ` Everyone is so worried about him -- his friends , our family , even people who do not really know him . I am so cut up about it . ' Stewart 's grandmother Mrs Sheehan said : ` I have n't slept properly since we found out . I have n't stopped crying . We 're just hoping for a miracle . ' Mr Sheridan , pictured with his son and mother , said : ' I just want to let parents know , so that if anyone is in the same situation or going through anything similar they know to take their child to a hospital and get them checked over ' Mr Sheridan made a formal complaint to Ribblesdale Medical Practice on February 6 and was called back by the practice manager four days later . He was told the GP involved was ` devastated ' and offered to apologise , but Mr Sheridan declined to speak to the GP . A spokesman for Ribblesdale Medical Practice said : ` This is obviously a very difficult time for the patient , and our thoughts are with him and his family . ` However , we are unable to comment further due to patient confidentiality . ' Medical director for Lancashire and Greater Manchester at NHS England , Raj Patel , said he was awaiting a formal complaint from the family . He said : ` We would like to offer thoughts to this patient and their family , at what must be a difficult time for them . ` We have not received any formal complaint regarding this patient 's care , however we take complaints about the services we commission very seriously , and would be happy to speak to the family about the care and treatment that the patient has received from their GP practice . ' | Stewart Sheridan visited his GP regularly for months suffering nose bleeds . Time after time he was sent home but on last visit prescribed nose cream . Doctors said they suspected 10-year-old was suffering a virus . But days later his condition worsened and he was taken to hospital . 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Travelers at airports across the U.S. can expect further travel misery this week with the Siberian Express impacting the eastern half of the country predicted to bring two additional cold spells over the coming days . The cold weather is sweeping south after causing havoc on the northeast with cities as New York and Boston being battered by frequent heavy snowstorms , while the NOAA reports that over half of the U.S. is currently snow-covered . Temperatures across much of the country are predicted to be 25 to 30 degrees below normal on Monday , according to the National Weather Service and anything from rain to sleet to snow is possible in many areas . However there is some good news on the way with the extreme cold expected to ease up next week as we enter March . Scroll down for video . Fort Worth , Texas : Winter has n't loosened its grip on the U.S. just yet , as evidenced by freezing rain in North Texas and more arctic air in New England and New York on Monday . Snow is on the ground in 48 out of 50 states - with only Florida and South Carolina currently without , according to WSI . New York : Travelers were forced to sleep at JFK International Airport over the weekend after icy weather closed the airport on Sunday morning and crews worked to clear the runways of ice , slush and snow . Additional waves of frigid air will continue to flow southward out of Canada and into the central and eastern United States this week , but there are indications the worst of the cold will ease up next week . Up to an inch of ice is possible in parts of North Texas through late Monday . Already , more than 900 flights in and out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport have been cancelled in anticipation of another powerful winter storm that is due to hit the south spreading ice , snow and freezing rain . Over the weekend travelers were forced to sleep at New York 's JFK International Airport after the icy weather closed the airport on Sunday morning and crews worked to clear the runways of ice , slush and snow . According to Flight Aware , as of 5 pm on Monday more than 2,900 flights are currently delayed because of the weather and some 1,500 are cancelled . Fortunately there are indications that the worst of the extreme cold will ease up next week . ` Indications are the pattern will change next week so that the cold is much less severe from the Midwest to the Northeast , ' said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson . ` Temperatures from the Midwest to the Northeast will still average below normal , but they will be much less extreme . ' Rather than temperatures averaging 20-30 degrees F below normal , temperatures may average 10 F or less below normal . During March , normal temperatures will rise by a degree every few days . Texas : Up to an inch of ice is possible in parts of North Texas through late Monday . Already , more than 900 flights in and out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport were cancelled on Monday morning . More than 175 million people from the Upper Midwest to the interior South and the Northeast will have to endure more extreme cold conditions this week . Parts of the South , including Atlanta , Birmingham , Alabama , and Charlotte , North Carolina , may break out into some warm early spring weather next week . Highs may in the 60s on a few occasions . ` The pattern shift will allow frigid air to take aim more at the northern Rockies , ' Anderson said . As a byproduct of the weather pattern change , a series of storms may track from the Southwest states to the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Valley . The stormy pattern may translate to wintry mix events that transition to rain for the Ohio Valley and Northeast . Snow is currently on the ground in at least 48 of 50 U.S. states according to three separate national snow cover maps , reports USA Today . None of the maps show snow in Florida , but they all differ slightly with regards the other snow free state as the country is pummeled by another cold front . Depending on which map you consult the other snow free state is either South Carolina , Louisiana or Mississippi . With snow forecast to fall this week in all three states , Florida could be the only state without snow by the weekend . Ice on the East River : New York City and much of the East Coast has been experiencing frigid temperatures over the past week with heavy snow and sleet accumulations . Some small children take advantage of the unseasonably cold temperatures in Enid , Oklahoma , to head down the side of the north Van Buren overpass in their cardboard sled . Dallas/Forth Worth airport was forced to cancel around half all incoming and outgoing flights on Monday in anticipation of another powerful winter storm that is due to hit the south spreading ice , snow and freezing rain . The maps do n't feature Hawaii and Alaska , although both also have snow , although the National Weather Service says it is the second least-snowy winter on record in Anchorage . The lack of snow has saved the city about $ 1 million in snow removal and related public services , reports the Alaska Dispatch News . After a brief flirtation with sunshine and slightly higher temperatures on Sunday , arctic air returned to parts of New England and New York on Monday . Wind chills will send temperatures diving below zero in northern parts of the U.S. starting Monday afternoon into the night . Winds could cause Bennington , Vermont , to drop to 17 below zero , while Lake Placid , New York , could see minus 30 . In Michigan , Saginaw , Bay City and Midland dropped to 10 below zero early in the day , breaking the area 's record of minus 2 . Dallas firefighters respond to an accident on Central Expressway on Monday as freezing rain affected travel in nearly half of Texas and winter storm warnings were issued in the northern part of the state . New York : Travelers sleep in Terminal 4 of JFK International Airport in New York on Sunday morning before the airport re-opened with lengthy delays for travelers . Further travel misery is predicted this week with two additional cold spells dropping southward from Canada over the coming days . The cold weather is predicted to remain this week , but then temperatures should start to climb as we enter March . Normal temperatures will rise by a degree every few days next month . Texas : Workers clear ice from sidewalks in front of City Hal in Fort Worth as sleet covers the ground after an overnight winter storm on Monday . Downtown Fort Worth , Texas , is quiet and empty as sleet and freezing temperatures hit the area on Monday . In Canton , Massachusetts , a man was killed on Sunday when he fell through a snow-covered skylight on the roof of a building . In Portland , Maine , chunks of ice described as the size of end tables slid off the roof of a five-story building and crashed through the front and rear windows of an unoccupied car on Sunday . In rural western Pennsylvania , a man and a woman were found dead in the snow outside their home on Sunday afternoon , but their causes of death were n't immediately clear . Winter storm warnings and advisories have also been posted in parts of Texas , Oklahoma , Arkansas , Louisiana and Mississippi , calling for freezing rain and snow . In Texas , a 31-year-old Amarillo man died Sunday when he lost control of his car on icy Interstate 27 . Monday 's icy weather also delayed the murder trial of the ex-Marine charged with killing Navy SEAL and American Sniper author Chris Kyle . The trial will resume on Tuesday in Stephenville , Texas , and the jury could receive the case this week . Two James Madison University juniors attempt to dig themselves out of the snow after sledding into a light pole near University Park in Harrisonburg , Va. , during a snow storm . Stephenville , Texas : Monday 's icy weather also delayed the murder trial of the ex-Marine charged with killing Navy SEAL and American Sniper author Chris Kyle . Multiple locations including Boston , New York City , Detroit , Pittsburgh , Cleveland and Chicago are likely to finish the month within the top three coldest Februaries on record . In some cases , temperatures for the remainder of the month may deliver the coldest February on record and could rank as the one of the coldest months ever , reports AccuWeather . The coldest month ever was in January 1977 , with an average temperature of just under 13 degrees , but the city is on track to break that record . Boston 's transit agency is slowly returning to normal after a series of crippling snowstorms and low temperatures . Most subway and trolley branches had service restored on Sunday just in time for the Monday morning commute . Buses were running on a regular weekday schedule , but cautioned there might be delays and commuter rail passengers were told to expect delays and cancellations . Colorado 's lawmakers were told to stay at home on Monday because of snowy weather , prompting a hearing on a contentious bill limiting penalties on businesses in discrimination to be rescheduled . The cold snap has caused numerous water main breaks and leaks in suburban Washington , D.C. , with 75 broken mains needing repair on Sunday alone . The Great Lakes are going the way of Niagara Falls and Sioux Falls and are freezing over . Lake Erie is nearly totally frozen , and Lakes Huron and Superior are nearly 80 percent frozen . Storms and freezing temperatures last week in Tennessee are being blamed for 22 deaths . As an upper-level system ejects out of the Southwest , another winter storm may take shape in the South on Tuesday night through Wednesday . Multiple locations including Boston , New York City , Detroit , Pittsburgh , Cleveland and Chicago are likely to finish the month within the top three coldest Februaries on record . | The cold spell that has brought snow and freezing rain to the eastern half of the country set to continue through this week . Temperatures across much of the country are predicted to be 25 to 30 degrees below normal on Monday . Snow is on the ground in 48 out of 50 states - with only Florida and South Carolina currently without . More than 900 flights in and out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport were cancelled on Monday morning . 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The gap between British boys and girls in school science performance is one of the biggest in the world , figures show . Boys in the UK are outperforming girls by 13 percentage points in international tests , while the average gap across other participating countries is just one point . Author Shirley Conran , adviser to the Government on girls , blamed sexism and poor teaching , telling the Sunday Times : ` Maths and science are a feminist issue . It is a myth that boys are better at them than girls . ' Gap : British boys are further ahead of girls in science than in almost any other country -LRB- posed by models -RRB- . Physicist and TV presenter Brian Cox said girls formed a ` great reservoir of untapped talent ' but were getting the impression that science was ` male-dominated and not for them ' . The report , due to be published by the OECD next week , ranks Britain in the bottom five for gender equality in science , just above Colombia and alongside Costa Rica . The gap in Colombia is 18 points and the UK is one of four countries with gaps of between 10 and 15 points . Experts said the narrow gap in other countries proved that girls could perform as well as boys -- but simply were not reaching their potential in the UK . Support : TV science presenter Brian Cox said girls formed a ` great reservoir of untapped talent ' They said the tests suggested girls were being denied the chance to access to well-paid science jobs because they were being held back at school . In some countries in the rankings , including Finland and Singapore , girls performed as well as boys in science or even better . Pupils in 67 countries took Pisa international tests in maths , science and reading at the age of 15 . British boys taking part in the 2012 Pisa tests did better than girls in maths by 12 percentage points , one point higher than the OECD average gap . Girls meanwhile outperformed boys by 25 points in reading ; the OECD average was 35 points higher for girls . Andreas Schleicher , OECD special adviser on education , said there was ` no biological reason for girls to do badly . ' He added : ` It 's not the case that boys are good at science and girls at reading , that 's just not true . People say boys are better at maths and science and girls at reading but there is simply no evidence from our research to support that . ` Aged 9 and 10 , both girls and boys in the UK think science is really interesting ; by age 15 girls in the UK think it is really boring . ` The study choices girls are making do not lead to the best-paid occupations . Too many schools are not giving them the answers to why are we studying this , what jobs will it lead to , what life opportunities it is opening up . ` There is a lot of work to do in terms of attitudes , expectations and careers for girls . Parents can play a part in tackling these social and emotional factors and so can teachers . ' Experts said one solution currently under consideration is the introduction of ` gender policies ' in schools which would challenge assumptions about suitable roles for girls and boys . They said phrases like ` man up ' could be considered sexist but are often used by teachers and in the playground . A Department for Education spokesperson said : ` Last year as many girls as boys achieved grade C and above in science GCSEs and the number of girls taking physics A-level has gone up by almost 1,000 in the last four years . In the same period , the number of girls taking biology and chemistry have also risen significantly . ` Developing the best schools and skills is a key part of our plan for education , and the skills taught by subjects like maths and science are some of those most valued by employers and universities . ' | Gap which has opened up in OECD rankings shows stark differences . British boys taking part in 2012 tests also did 12 points better in maths . TV physicist Brian Box : Girls should not see science as ` male-dominated ' | [[121, 206], [1727, 1829], [630, 666], [730, 808]] |
A final challenge to the presidential decree denying Bali Nine ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran clemency has failed . Judge Hendro Puspito said the Administrative Court in Jakarta was not authorised to hear the challenge . ` Clemency is the president 's prerogative , ' Judge Puspito said . Scroll down for video . Todong Mulya Lubis , the pair 's lawyer , said that their legal team would appeal the judge 's decision . Lawyers for Andrew Chan -LRB- left -RRB- and Myuran Sukumaran -LRB- right -RRB- will challenge the presidential decree that denied them clemency in a Jakarta court . ` It is the president 's right to give pardon therefore clemency is not about technicalities , ' The Age reported Judge Puspito as saying . The human rights lawyers informed the court that they intended to appeal the decision . Earlier on Tuesday , their lawyer , Todong Mulya Lubis , admitted they did n't have ` much chance ' of succeeding with the appeal but said : ' I hate not to try ' . ' I hate not to do it , because when we talk about human life , we have to do everything possible , ' the human rights lawyer told ABC Radio . Lawyers for the pair argued that Indonesian President Joko Widodo did not follow due process when he denied the Bali Nine pair clemency . They claimed that President Joko did not consider their circumstances because the pair were death row drug offenders . The only other case ever deemed to be outside the realm of the court was brought against fellow Australian Schapelle Corby . It 's a rare challenge , and the only one like it was brought by an anti-drugs group against the decision to grant clemency to another Australian drug smuggler , Schapelle Corby . Advisers to Indonesia 's President Joko Widodo -LRB- pictured -RRB- say he should get the executions over and done with . When the same challenge was brought by an anti-drugs group against the decision to grant clemency to the convicted drug smuggler in 2012 , the court ruled that it had no power to overturn presidential decrees . The 37-year-old is now free on parole . Authorities say it 's ` very likely ' the Bali Nine duo will this week be relocated to the island where Indonesia plans to execute them . Reports from the Indonesian government indicate that the duo will be transported via military planes to Nusakambangan penal island . It has not been confirmed whether the government will use a Hercules plane which will mean a journey by both air and land for the pair , or the smaller airforce fighter jets which can land directly on the island . Four Air Force Sukhoi fighter jets were spotted at Bali 's Denpasar International Airport.It is believed the jets will be used to transfer Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran to the prison island of Nusakambangan . Four jets from Denpasar airport have the capacity to land in the regency of Cilacap , where Nusakambangan is located , and would take an estimated three hours to fly the 900 kilometres from Bali to the island where the Australians are scheduled to be executed . If the Indonesian government made the decision to deploy a Hercules from Densapar , where the pair are being held , to Yokyakarta , the former capital in East Java , Chan and Sukumaran would then have a four-hour road journey to reach the Cilacap port to be ferried to Nusakambangan Island . Chan and Sukumaran were to be transferred from their Bali jail cells to the island last week , but it was found to have inadequate isolation cells . Indonesian Attorney General HM Prasetyo on Monday said preparations were now ` about 80 per cent ' complete . Michael Chan -LRB- left -RRB- and Chinthu Sukumaran -LRB- right -RRB- outside Kerobokan prison today to visit their brothers Andrew and Myuran . Chinthu Sukumaran arrives at Kerobokan Prison in Bali last week to visit his brother Myuran who is facing execution by firing squad in Indonesia with fellow Australian Andrew Chan . Construction materials have been arriving on the island and a jail official has said there are orders to accelerate the works for completion within days . The Indonesian Military has also made plans to secure the transfer of the men from Bali to central Java . A squadron of Sukhoi jets has arrived at Bali 's Ngurah Rai Airport , where air force commander Sugiharto Prapto said they were yet to receive orders related to the Bali Nine pair , but were there for seven days if needed . If they use a charter plane , we 're ready to secure it so that the operation can be implemented safely and smoothly , he said . Indonesian news agency Antara reports Indonesian Military commander General Moeldoko has given orders for a Hercules aircraft to transport the men to Nusakambangan , guarded by the jets . Both Michael and Chintu spoke on behalf of their brothers who are awaiting execution at the prison . Chinthu Sukumaran told reporters that both Myuran and Andrew love Indonesia and the respect they have shown them during their 10 years in prison . An earlier picture of Chinthu Sukumaran -LRB- left -RRB- , his mother Ranjini and sister Brintha with a photo of Myuran Sukumaran , one of the ` Bali Nine ' condemned to die by firing squad for drug trafficking in Indonesia . ` Do n't try to disrupt the executions by any means . The military is prepared . Do n't try to introduce a scenario that will disrupt the executions , ' Gen Moeldoko reportedly said . Meanwhile Mr Joko appears to be keen to let tensions with Australia over Chan and Sukumaran simmer down . Asked about Prime Minister Tony Abbott drawing a link between tsunami aid to Indonesia and the death sentences on Monday , Mr Joko reportedly said : ` There 's already been clarification . Do n't you heat this up . ' Asked if it would affect plans to execute the convicted drug smugglers , Mr Joko said : ` No , that 's our sovereign law ' , as quoted by Indonesian news website detik.com . Tensions between Canberra and Jakarta boiled over last week after Jakarta perceived Mr Abbott 's comments as threats and warned that ` no one responds well to threats ' . Chan and Sukumaran were to be transferred from their Bali jail cells to Nusakambangan penal island last week , but it was found to have inadequate isolation cells . ` Everything is ready for execution - we are waiting for them ' : The ` death island ' prison boss Ahmad Yuspahruddin -LRB- pictured -RRB- , chief of the Central Java penitentiary division which governs Nusakambangan Island is prepared to execute Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran . Condemned men : Myuran Sukumaran -LRB- pictured in a Bali holding cell -RRB- . | Chan and Sukumaran have had their final appeal for clemency dismissed . The case was denied on the basis that the court was not authorised . Their lawyers admitted earlier on Tuesday challenge to presidential decree that denied them mercy in a Jakarta court did n't have ` much chance ' of success . The same challenge was brought against Schapelle Corby in 2012 . It was thrown out when the court ruled it had no power to overturn presidential decrees . It 's ` very likely ' the Bali Nine duo will be sent to ` Death Island ' this week . The pair may be transferred directly by military jets or a Hercules plane . | [[0, 129], [0, 129], [130, 234], [156, 234], [0, 129], [478, 598], [848, 860], [884, 956], [0, 129], [130, 234], [1819, 1898], [1958, 2029], [2070, 2140], [2131, 2167], [2208, 2340], [2256, 2340], [2645, 2766], [4559, 4646], [4627, 4684]] |
Dark history : Virginia Roberts accused two young men of rape in 1998 , just months before she was recruited to join billionaire Jeffrey Epstein 's underage harem . Pictured above in January 2015 in Denver . The woman who claims she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew during her time as a ` sex slave ' for billionaire Jeffrey Epstein is now having her credibility questioned following a new report that reveals she previously accused two young men of rape . Virginia Roberts , 31 , is currently in the midst of a lawsuit claiming she was recruited to join Epstein 's harem of underage women in 1999 , naming Prince Andrew and attorney Alan Dershowitz as two of the men she was made to ` service ' . Both men strongly deny the claims . It has now been revealed that just months before she was introduced to convicted-pedophile Epstein , then 14-year-old Roberts accused two acquaintances of rape . The Daily News uncovered court records which show prosecutors decided not to press formal charges due to Roberts ' ` lack of credibility ' as a victim . According to the records , police started investigating the case on the insistence of Roberts ' mother and after a report made by a social worker at a group home . While officers at first had a hard time getting in contact with Roberts because she was living at a medical facility , she eventually told them her side of the story . She reported that in early February 1998 , she had been drinking alcohol and smoking pot in a wooded area near West Palm Beach with friends Josh , 18 , and Kevin , 17 , when she passed out . -LRB- Their full names were not reported since they were not formally charged with a crime . -RRB- . She says she later woke up to both of the young men taking turns raping her - an ordeal she says went on for about five to seven hours . Royal connection : Roberts went on to work as a ` sex slave ' for Epstein for three years , during which she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew -LRB- pictured together above -RRB- . Roberts recalled being dropped off at Josh 's house later where he had sex with her again . When officers tracked down the two men later the following summer , both testified that it was a consensual threesome . A detective who spoke with Josh reported that the young man said the girl was tired and that he urged her to do to sleep . He says she then ` said to him something to the effect of `` why do n't you keep me awake . '' ' So he thought it was consensual when they had sex following that statement . Accusations : The 1998 rape case never went to trial because prosecutors said Roberts lacked credibility . She went on to serve as a sex slave for Epstein -LRB- left -RRB- for three years . In addition to having sex with Prince Andrew , she says she was forced to service attorney Alan Dershowitz -LRB- right -RRB- as well . Dershowitz and the Prince have strongly denied the claims . ` At no point did I hear no , I guess that 's the important thing , ' Josh said , according to the police report . Josh surrendered to police in August 1998 and was booked on a charge of lewd assault upon a child . He told the Daily News that he only saw Roberts once again after that night and that he was completely surprised by the accusation . Kevin was processed as a juvenile . However , prosecutors decided to drop the case in October 1998 due to Roberts ' ` lack of credibility and no substantial likelihood of success at trial . ' Michael Salnick , the defense lawyer who represented Kevin in the rape allegations , says the fact that prosecutors did n't believe Roberts would be a believable victim could hamper her current lawsuit . ` She needs to be careful the past does n't come back to haunt her , ' he told the Daily News . But one of Roberts ' current lawyers says the previous case proves nothing . ` For the prosecutors to describe her as not credible means only that they did not think they had sufficient evidence to win . But she was raped , ' attorney Sigrid McCawley said in a statement . ` And to be victimized all over again with the leak of sealed juvenile records is disgraceful . ' All alone : Epstein is alleged to have taken his harem and wealthy businessmen to vacations on his private island in the Caribbean -LRB- pictured above -RRB- . According to court records connected with Roberts ' current lawsuit , she maintains that she was recruited to join Epstein 's harem in 1999 by his friend , the socialite Ghislaine Maxwell . She says during the three years she worked for Epstein , she was made to entertain his friends and named Prince Andrew and Dershowitz as two men she had sex with . Both men have denied having sex with Roberts , and Dershowitz is trying to get his name removed from the suit , claiming Roberts made the entire story up . Epstein , 61 , has already served 13 months behind bars after admitting to soliciting sex from the underage girls . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article . | Virginia Roberts was 14 years old in 1998 when she claimed she was raped by two male acquaintances . 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Parents know all too well that sickening feeling when they turn around to discover their child has unbuckled their seatbelt but a new invention will now put their minds at ease . With 90 percent of cars not fitted with a seatbelt alert system for the backseats in Australia there is too much potential for parents to not realise that their kids are unrestrained until it 's too late . Although as many as 99 percent of parents say they always restrain their children at the beginning of the trip - it is the potential for what can happen when the driver 's eyes are peeled to the road which is the concern . However , an Australian-made seatbelt safety system aptly called , buckle me up , could take that worry away for adults . Deborah Khoury , pictured with her three girls , Sarah , Hannah and Amelia , has trialled the buckle me up device for three weeks which has worked a treat both times one of her children has unbuckled while she was driving . The small device , similar to an E-Tag , is mounted to the dashboard , and wirelessly connects with small monitors on seatbelts so the driver is alerted both visually and with sound if a child unbuckles their belt . The small device , similar to an E-Tag , is mounted to the dashboard , and wirelessly connects with small monitors on seatbelts so the driver is alerted both visually and with sound if a child unbuckles their belt . Only NSW and WA have statistics of fatalities of children not wearing seatbelts : . Mother-of-three Deborah Khoury , from Sydney , has been trialling the device for three weeks which has worked a treat both times one of her children has unbuckled while she was driving . ` It 's really comforting because it comes on in a second so I just press the button at the start of the trip and then do n't have to take my eyes off the road to see if they are buckled up , ' she said . ' I think it will happen less and less because it 's teaching them that when the alarm goes off something serious has happened . ' Ms Khoury feels extremely fortunate to not have experienced accidents when her children has taken off their belt without her knowing . ` It can make me quite emotional really , ' she says . ' I have had to put the brakes on quickly and the kids move forward which is when I 've realised they are unrestrained which makes you think of all of the terrible accidents that could have happened like going through the windscreen . ' Greg Pace , a Northern Sydney region firefighter for 18 years , knows all to well the dangers involved when children have undone their belts during the journey . According to a 2013 study by Monash University Accident Research Centre , children are 12 times more distracting to a driver than talking on a mobile phone while at the wheel . Greg Pace , a Northern Sydney region firefighter for 18 years , is very familiar with the dangers involved when children have undone their belts during a car journey . Mr Pace recalls attending the scene of a car crash a few years ago when a five-year-old boy had undone his lap sash around his booster seat and was thrown underneath the passenger side seat . ` It took me and my team over an hour just to remove the child from under the seat due to the injuries he sustained , ' he said . ` Once we got him out of the car , he was rushed to hospital with a broken leg - it was the femur which is a very hard bone to break , a broken arm and a broken nose . ' ` The mother of the child was in hysterics -- she was crying as she had sworn she 'd buckled up the child at the start of the journey . ' Ms Khoury is a psychotherapist who has counselled clients that have lost children in car accidents when they were unbuckled from their seats . ` Losing a little one is serious stuff - it 's devastating , ' she said . ` It is n't something that you would ever get over - it will stay with you forever especially if it 's something that you could have been avoided - it could haunt you for the rest of your life . ' This device could save not only a child 's life but also a lifetime of unbearable guilt endured by parents . | 90 percent of Australian cars do n't have seatbelt alert system for backseats . 99 percent of parents say they restrain their children at beginning of trip . Wireless seatbelt safety system aptly called , buckle me up , alerts drivers . Small device mounted to dashboard alerts both visually and with sound . | [[198, 273], [397, 500], [618, 659], [675, 681], [685, 729], [954, 992], [995, 1022], [1085, 1135], [1170, 1208], [1211, 1238], [1301, 1351]] |
A teenager born without any fingers on his left hand has been given a Darth Vader-style ` bionic ' limb which was made using a 3D printer . Joe Oxenbury , 15 , was born six weeks premature with an upper limb deficiency in his left hand which meant his fingers did not form properly while in the womb . But in September last year , his father Chris , 40 , read an article about 3D printing techniques and contacted an organisation about the niche process . Joe Oxenbury , 15 , who was born without fingers on his left hand , has now been given a ` bionic ' limb , which took 20 hours to make using a 3D printer . A volunteer used the measurements of Joe 's right hand and a design inspired by George Lucas ' iconic Star Wars films to produce the # 30 hand . Four months later , Joe and his father were ` lost for words ' when the # 30 hand arrived at their home in Stourbridge . The hand was crafted by a volunteer from Enabling The Future , James Holmes-Siedle , a global collective which encourages owners of 3D printers to make hands for those who need a prosthesis . Joe said : ` It is a bit like the one Darth Vader had in Star Wars . ' I chose it deliberately as I was going for that kind of style and colour . I was very happy when it arrived . It was better than I thought it would be . ` It is not robotic at all , which is great and it feels really comfortable on . I 'm able to do things I have n't before . ' The charity used the measurements of Joe 's right hand and a design inspired by George Lucas ' iconic Star Wars films to produce the ` bionic ' limb , which took 20 hours to make . Mr Oxenbury , a full-time artist , said : ' I was just browsing the internet last September and saw that a three-year-old from Hawaii had a 3D printed hand done . ' I was amazed . I got in contact with the same charity who put me in touch with James , a 3D-printing charity based in the U.S. Joe , who lives in Stourbridge , said : ` It is a bit like the one Darth Vader had in Star Wars ' ` They use a special tool to measure Joe 's hands and I sent the measurements across online after that . ` It came the post last Wednesday , it was amazing . It just came in the post and we were flabbergasted . I was lost for words . ' He added : ` Because it is mechanical and not electric at all , it is organic and it is all really functional . ` It only costs # 30 to make because they are volunteers we did n't have to pay anything - we are incredibly grateful . ` Within five or ten minutes , he was picking up bananas and picking up oranges . It seems very intuitive . ` The arm uses strings and no electronics at all . The strings act as tendons would do . It 's like something off Star Wars . ' His father Chris , 40 -LRB- pictured left -RRB- , decided to contact a group of volunteers who specialised in 3D printing techniques after reading an article about the niche process . Mr Oxenbury said the 3D-printed version was ` more organic ' than previous prosthetics which he said can be very expensive and ` more cosmetic than practical ' . He added : ` This new hand feels like part of him . When he rotates his wrist , his fingers clench . ` It is quite rare in the UK . I know someone in Wales had one done but that is it really . ` When Joe gets older and grows , we can just print out a new one or new parts to fit him . It is always going to be printable . That is the beautiful thing about it . ` When Joe was born , I thought some kind of technology would be able to help him , and now , 15 years on , we are there . ` It is great to get the word out there that there is hope for kids , and adults , with limb deficiency . ' James Holmes-Siedle , the volunteer who made the model , said : ` It 's a complicated bit of technology and it took about 20 hours to print the hand . ' Jo Dixon , from charity Reach , who work with children with limb deficiency , added : ` It 's something that 's moving really fast because printers are so accessible . ` The 3D hands are not as all-singing , all-dancing as they could be , but prosthetic hands for children can be very heavy and cumbersome . The 3D printed ones are much lighter and they look funky and robotic . ' | Joe Oxenbury , from Stourbridge , was born with upper limb deficiency . His father Chris , 40 , contacted charity which specialised in 3D printing . They spent # 30 and 20 hours making the Star Wars-inspired ` bionic ' limb . Joe , 15 , said : ` It is not robotic at all . I 'm able to do things I have n't before ' | [[140, 152], [155, 157], [160, 235], [1893, 1896], [1903, 1923], [306, 328], [331, 341], [404, 455], [1853, 1892], [0, 103], [68, 103], [110, 139], [456, 473], [524, 598], [543, 560], [569, 611], [1479, 1568], [1549, 1568], [1577, 1600], [2656, 2692], [1296, 1320], [1375, 1417]] |
Ryan McDonald , a physics student at Oxford University , said his prospective trip to Mars is putting a dampner on his love life . One of the British volunteers who wants to be chosen for a pioneering mission to Mars has admitted that the prospective one-way journey is hampering his love life . Ryan McDonald , 21 , is the youngest - and the only man - among five Britons who have been shortlisted for the Mars One Mission , which is aiming to send people to live in space by 2025 . The Oxford University physics student , who is also president of Oxford University Space and Astronomy Society , applied for the trip because he wants to leave a legacy . But he said today that the potential life-changing mission leaves him with little hope of finding love . He told The Daily Mirror : ` Being single makes it easier for me at the moment because what kind of conversation start is it to say `` I 'm going to be leaving the planet in the next 10 years '' . ` I 'm full-on focused on the mission ... So I would n't be able to have a future with anyone if I started a relationship . ' But Mr McDonald , from Derby , said he ` would n't rule out ' an extra-terrestrial relationship once he has been propelled into space . Mr McDonald has been shortlisted for the mission alongside Hannah Earnshaw , 23 , a PhD student in astronomy at Durham University , Dr Alison Rigby , 35 , a lab technician from south east London , Maggie Lieu , 24 , an astrophysics student at the University of Birmingham , and Clare Weedon , 27 , a systems information manager from Addlestone , Surrey . The Mars 100 Round Three candidates were selected from a pool of 660 candidates after participating in personal online interviews . They include 50 men and 50 women who successfully passed the second round . The majority of the 100 applicants come from the U.S. , 31 from Europe , 16 from Asia , seven from Africa and seven from Australia . The team is scheduled to arrive in 2025 following a gruelling seven-month journey from Earth . Mr McDonald , a sci-fi fan , is currently designing a Thermal-IR camera for a future sample return mission to Mars 's moon Phobos , which could one day select the first landing site on the moons of Mars . Of his enthusiasm for the Mars One mission , he said : ` To search for evidence of past or present life , to speak to and inspire school children back on Earth , to build the first civilisation on another planet ... How could anyone say no to that ! ' He added : ` The most important thing to do in life is to leave a legacy . A lot of people do that by having a child , having a family . For me this would be my legacy . ' Mr McDonald -LRB- left -RRB- has been shortlisted alongside Clare Weedon -LRB- right -RRB- , 27 , from Addlestone , Surrey . Maggie Lieu -LRB- pictured -RRB- , 24 , an astrophysics PhD student at the University of Birmingham was also chosen . While the experience may be amazing , it will certainly be tough . The crew of four will have to contend with temperatures as low as -62 C and high radiation levels . They could also be at risk of suffocation , starvation and dehydration . If all goes well , additional teams would join the settlement every two years , with the intention that by 2033 there would be over twenty people living and working on Mars . There , they will collect data , plant oxygen-producing vegetation and set the foundation for human colonisation . In spite of the risks , more than 200,000 people from around the world applied when the Netherlands-based group called for volunteers to join the mission in 2011 . In the next stage , which may involve ` rigorous , potentially televised competitions ' to test individuals ' responses to stressful situations , the current shortlist will be reduced to 40 . Hannah Earnshaw -LRB- left -RRB- a PhD student in astronomy at Durham University and Dr Alison Rigby , a 35-year-old laboratory technician from Kent -LRB- right -RRB- are also through to the next round of selection . Endemol , the production company behind Big Brother , said last year it will be documenting the progress of the group of hopefuls as they compete for a 2025 ticket to the Red Planet . Candidates do not need to have any scientific qualifications and an audience vote will be used to make the final choice . Any chosen Mars settlers will then be required to dedicate eight years of their lives preparing for the 300 million-mile -LRB- 482 million km -RRB- pioneering mission . Last year , researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that any manned mission to Mars would result in the crew dying after 68 days , while critics have pointed out that the estimated cost of Mars One is a fraction of the amount proposed by Nasa . The privately-funded mission is estimated to cost $ 6 billion -LRB- # 4 billion -RRB- . The robotic lander and orbiter are scheduled to lift off in 2018 , followed by a scouting rover in 2020 and six cargo missions in 2022 . The time frame for this next stage depends on how long it takes the team to sort through the 100 on the list , but candidates are expected to know whether they have made the cut by the end of this year . | Ryan McDonald , 21 , is the youngest Briton to be shortlisted for Mars trip . Mission , which will arrive in 2025 , aims to start a colony on the red planet . Oxford University student said potential trip is stopping him finding love . Sceptics believe # 4m project , backed by Dutch company , will never work . | [[296, 309], [317, 372], [399, 425], [432, 483], [1915, 1964], [1915, 1923], [1937, 2009], [0, 13], [57, 130], [131, 160], [212, 295], [659, 759]] |
Birdman may have taken four Oscars at last night 's star-studded awards , but Lady Gaga stole the show on Twitter . The singer 's tribute to The Sound of Music while joined on stage by Julie Andrews saw the most tweets per minute -LRB- TPM -RRB- - and it was discussed more than when Birdman won the Best Picture accolade . The pop star was also the most tweeted-about star of the show . This was all revealed thanks to a special interactive Twitter heat map , created to plot spikes in traffic around the globe as the Oscars award show was broadcast from Los Angeles . Hover cursor over interactive map below or scroll down for video . Twitter has created an interactive heat map -LRB- pictured -RRB- that plots the spikes in traffic around the globe as the Oscars was broadcast from Los Angeles . Hovering over the stars on the timeline shows what announcement the spikes relate to and the time they occurred . The tool also shows the number of tweets increasing as the stars took to the red carpet . To use the tool , users should hover their cursor over the star icons on the timeline to reveal what announcement the traffic spikes relate to . In a blog post , Twitter wrote : ` The stars shone brightly in Hollywood for the 87th Academy Awards . ` And as a vast array of actors and makers celebrated their year of filmmaking , the rest of the world celebrated alongside them on Twitter . ' Most tweets per minute : . 1 . LadyGaga 's performance of The Hills are Alive from The Sound of Music . She was also joined on stage by Julie Andrews . 2 . Alejandro Iñárritu 's Best Picture award for Birdman . 3 . Patricia Arquette 's acceptance speech for winning Best Supporting Actress for Boyhood in which she campaigned for wage equality for women . More Tweeted-about stars : . 1 . Lady Gaga . 2 . Patricia Arquette . 3 . John Legend . Most Tweeted-about films : . 1 . Birdman . 2 . The Grand Budapest Hotel . 3 . Boyhood . During last night 's show , Scarlett Johansson introduced Lady Gaga to the stage in a tribute to The Sound Of Music . Lady Gaga , whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , performed a rendition of The Hills Are Alive and was joined on stage by Julie Andrews , who played Maria von Trapp in the 1965 film . The moment that received the second most TPM was towards the end of the event , at 21.03 , when Sean Penn awarded the Best Picture Oscar for Birdman . The award was accepted by producer James Skotchdopole , director Alejandro Iñárritu and producer John Lesher . And in third place was Best Supporting Actress winner Patricia Arquette 's acceptance speech at 18.53 . She won the award for her portrayal of Olivia Evans in Richard Linklater 's Boyhood . Ms Arquette used her speech to highlight pay inequality in Hollywood . During her speech , she said : ` To every woman who gave birth , to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation , we have fought for everybody else 's equal rights . ` It 's our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the United States of America . ' Lady Gaga 's -LRB- pictured left -RRB- tribute performance to The Sound of Music and being joined on stage by Julie Andrews -LRB- right -RRB- saw the most Tweets per minute -LRB- TPM -RRB- . Lady Gaga was the most tweeted-about star , too . The second most tweets per minute came towards the end of the event , at 21.03 , when Sean Penn -LRB- pictured second from left -RRB- awarded the Best Picture Oscar for Birdman . The award was accepted by producer James Skotchdopole -LRB- left -RRB- , director Alejandro González Iñárritu -LRB- second from right -RRB- and producer John Lesher -LRB- right -RRB- . And in third place was Best Supporting Actress winner Patricia Arquette 's acceptance speech -LRB- pictured -RRB- at 18.53 . She won the award for her portrayal of Olivia Evans in Richard Linklater 's Boyhood . She was also the second most tweeted-about star of the night . This led to cheers from the crowd , especially from Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lopez . Lady Gaga was also the most tweeted about performer of the night , followed by Patricia Arquette . In third place was singer John Legend who performed the song ` Glory ' with rapper Common . Glory , from the Martin Luther King film Selma , won the Oscar for Best Original Song and Mr Legend was introduced on stage by actress Octavia Spencer . The third most tweeted-about star was John Legend . The singer -LRB- left -RRB- performed the song ` Glory ' with rapper Commo -LRB- right -RRB- . Glory , from the Martin Luther King film Selma , won the Oscar for Best Original Song and Mr Legend was introduced on stage by actress Octavia Spencer . Following the performance of Glory , a number of audience members were in tears , including Selma actor David Oyelowo -LRB- pictured -RRB- , Oprah Winfrey and Chris Pine . Following the performance a number of audience members were in tears including Selma actor David Oyelowo , Oprah Winfrey , and Chris Pine . Unsurprisingly , Best Picture winner Birdman was the film that received the most mentions on Twitter during the event . In second place was The Grand Budapest Hotel . Wes Anderson 's film won Oscars for Best Production Design , Best Makeup and Hairstyling , Best Original Score and Best Costume Design . Best Picture . Birdman - WINNER . American Sniper . Boyhood . The Grand Budapest Hotel . The Imitation Game . Selma . The Theory of Everything . Whiplash . Best Director . Alexandro G. Iñárritu , Birdman - WINNER . Richard Linklater , Boyhood . Bennett Miller , Foxcatcher . Wes Anderson , The Grand Budapest Hotel . Morten Tyldum , The Imitation Game . Best Actor . Eddie Redmayne , The Theory of Everything - WINNER . Steve Carell , Foxcatcher . Bradley Cooper , American Sniper . Benedict Cumberbatch , The Imitation Game . Michael Keaton , Birdman . Best Actress . Julianne Moore , Still Alice - WINNER . Marion Cotillard , Two Days One Night . Felicity Jones , The Theory of Everything . Rosamund Pike , Gone Girl . Reese Witherspoon , Wild . Best Supporting Actor . J.K. Simmons , Whiplash - WINNER . Robert Duvall , The Judge . Ethan Hawke , Boyhood . Edward Norton , Birdman . Mark Ruffalo , Foxcatcher . Best Supporting Actress . Patricia Arquette , Boyhood - WINNER . Laura Dern , Wild . Keira Knightley , The Imitation Game . Emma Stone , Birdman . Meryl Streep , Into the Woods . Best Cinematography . Birdman -- Emmanuel Lubezki - WINNER . The Grand Budapest Hotel -- Robert Yeoman . Ida -- Lukasz Zal & Ryszard Lenczewski . Mr. Turner -- Dick Pope . Unbroken -- Roger Deakin . Best Foreign Language Film . Ida - WINNER . Leviathan . Tangerines . Timbuktu . Wild Tales . Best Adapted Screenplay . The Imitation Game - WINNER . American Sniper . Inherent Vice . The Theory of Everything . Whiplash . Best Original Screenplay . Birdman - WINNER . Boyhood . Foxcatcher . The Grand Budapest Hotel . Nightcrawler . Best Makeup and Hairstyling . The Grand Budapest Hotel - WINNER . Foxcatcher . Guardians of the Galaxy . Best Original Score . The Grand Budapest Hotel - WINNER . The Imitation Game . Interstellar . Mr. Turner . The Theory of Everything . Best Original Song . ` Glory , ' Selma - WINNER . ` Lost Stars , ' Begin Again . ` Everything is Awesome , ' The LEGO Movie . ` Grateful , ' Beyond the Lights . ` I 'm Not Gon na Miss You , ' Glen Campbell ... I 'll Be Me . Best Animated Feature . Big Hero 6 - WINNER . The Boxtrolls . How to Train Your Dragon 2 . Song of the Sea . The Tale of Princess Kaguya . Best Documentary -- Short . Crisis Hotline : Veterans Press 1 - WINNER . Joanna . Our Curse . The Reaper . White Earth . Best Film Editing . Whiplash - WINNER . American Sniper . Boyhood . The Grand Budapest Hotel . The Imitation Game . Best Production Design . The Grand Budapest Hotel - WINNER . The Imitation Game . Interstellar . Into the Woods . Mr. Turner . Best Animated Short . Feast - WINNER . The Bigger Picture . The Dam Keeper . Feast . Me and My Moulton . A Single Life . Best Live Action Short . The Phone Call - WINNER . Aya . Boogaloo and Graham . Butter Lamp . Parvaneh . Best Sound Editing . American Sniper - WINNER . Birdman . The Hobbit : The Battle of the Five Armies . Interstellar . Unbroken . Best Sound Mixing . Whiplash - WINNER . American Sniper . Birdman . Interstellar . Unbroken . Best Visual Effects . Interstellar - WINNER . Captain America : The Winter Soldier . Dawn of the Planet of the Apes . Guardians of the Galaxy . X-Men : Days of Future Past . Best Documentary -- Feature . Citizenfour - WINNER . Finding Vivien Maier . Last Days of Vietnam . The Salt of the Earth . Virunga . Best Costume Design . The Grand Budapest Hotel - WINNER . Inherent Vice . Into the Woods . Maleficent . Mr. Turner . Boyhood received the third most mentions on Twitter . The film and its director were nominated in six categories , but Ms Arquette was the only nomination to win an award . The interactive map revealed the most Twitter activity occurred on the east coast of the US and in the UK . Unsurprisingly , Best Picture winner Birdman was the film that received the most mentions on Twitter during the event . Star Michael Keaton -LRB- pictured -RRB- was nominated for Best Actor but lost out to Eddie Redmayne . Eddie Redmayne 's Best Actor award for The Theory of Everything -LRB- left -RRB- and Julieanne Moore 's Best Actress win for Still Alice -LRB- right -RRB- did not make the top three lists on Twitter , but the interactive heat map reveals a dramatic spike after each award was announced at the end of the event . But there were also spikes in Lagos , Singapore and Mumbai , in particular following each of the award announcements . Eddie Redmayne 's Best Actor award for The Theory of Everything and Julieanne Moore 's Best Actress win for Still Alice did not make the top three lists on Twitter , but the map reveals a dramatic spike after each award was announced . Following his win , Mr Redmayne said : ` Thank you - I do n't think I 'm capable of articulating quite how I feel right now but please know this - I am fully aware of that I am lucky , lucky man , ' he began , clutching his trophy . The interactive map revealed the most Twitter activity during the event at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles -LRB- pictured -RRB- occurred on the east coast of the US and in the UK . But there were also spikes in Lagos , Singapore and Mumbai , in particular following each of the award announcements . | Lady Gaga 's tribute to the Sound of Music saw the most tweets per minute . Singer was also the most tweeted-about star , ahead of Patricia Arquette . Ms Arquette 's acceptance speech for the Best Supporting Actress award received the third most tweets per minute . In second place was the Best Picture win for Alejandro Iñárritu 's Birdman . Birdman was the most tweeted-about film of the night , ahead of The Grand Budapest Hotel - both films won four Oscars . 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Police have released CCTV images of three men suspected of a possible racist attack on a woman who had her hair set on fire in a branch of McDonald 's . Detectives appealed for the men to get in touch for questioning over the incident , which took place in the early hours of the morning in Canterbury , Kent last week . Now police are investigating the possibility that the attack was racially motivated , after one witness said the woman queuing for food was targeted ` simply because she is not white ' . CCTV : This image shows three men whom police want to speak to over an alleged racist attack which saw a woman 's hair get set on fire in McDonald 's in Canterbury . Appeal : Detectives investigating the incident want the men featured in the footage to contact them . Those present said that the men who carried out the assault filmed the incident on a mobile phone then ran away before they could be apprehended . Detective Sergeant Barry Carr , of Kent Police , said : ` Fortunately the fire was put out quickly and the victim was not seriously hurt , but things could clearly have turned out much worse . ` This was a nasty and extremely dangerous thing to do , and I urge anyone who recognises the men in the CCTV images to contact me as soon as possible . ' After the incident on Friday morning , a friend of the victim wrote on a Kent University Facebook page : ` To the disgusting person in McDonald 's tonight who set my friend 's hair on fire simply because she is not white . ` You are disgusting and a disgrace to the human race , she did absolutely nothing to you as she was simply waiting around for myself and others who were waiting for food . Attack : Witnesses claim the victim had her hair set on fire only because she was non-white . Venue : The attack took place in the early hours of Friday morning at McDonald 's , pictured . ` The fact you targeted her is disgusting , and that you left like a wimp without owning up to your criminal act makes you even more despicable . ' I can not believe that in this day and age there are still people who are as racially discriminative and backwards thinking as you . ' Kent Police confirmed today that they were investigating the claim that the attack was motivated by racism . McDonald 's said in a statement : ` We are aware of the incident and are co-operating with the police fully . ' Anyone with information is asked to contact the police on 101 . | Woman had her hair set on fire while queuing in Canterbury McDonald 's . Witness claimed the woman was targeted ` simply because she 's not white ' Police today released CCTV of three men whom they want to speak to . | [[87, 94], [99, 152], [576, 600], [607, 673], [1406, 1425], [1430, 1459], [1676, 1727], [0, 94], [430, 503], [413, 478], [1475, 1493], [1707, 1760], [0, 94], [153, 234], [515, 600], [683, 775]] |
A man accused of crashing his car into four pedestrians on a footpath in Sydney 's south west allegedly tried to pretend he was n't behind the wheel . A mother and her two-year-old daughter were seriously hurt when a Holden Commodore ran into them and two other women on a footpath in Belmore on Sunday afternoon . Peter Boslikouski , 50 , was denied bail at Newtown Local Court on Monday , where it was alleged he had smoked ice and stayed awake for three days before the crash . Scroll down for video . A mother and her two-year-old daughter were seriously hurt when a Holden Commodore ran into them and two other women on a footpath in Belmore on Sunday afternoon . Peter Boslikouski , 50 , was denied bail at Newtown Local Court on Monday , where it was alleged he had smoked ice and stayed awake for three days before the crash . It was also alleged he tried to pretend he was n't the driver when police arrived . ` Mr Boslikouski tried to disguise the fact that he was driving , ' Magistrate Robert Williams said . The 23-year-old mother 's condition has improved to serious but stable and her daughter , who suffered head injuries , is in a serious condition at the Sydney Children 's Hospital . The two other women , 21 and 49 , are listed as stable . Police were called to Canterbury Road about 2.40 pm on Sunday after receiving reports Boslikouski had crashed along the footpath and struck the pedestrians . It is believed the little girl was thrown from her pram when the car hit . The 23-year-old mother 's condition has improved to serious but stable and her daughter , who suffered head injuries , is in a serious condition at the Sydney Children 's Hospital . The two other women , 21 and 49 , are listed as stable after they were rushed to hospital . Boslikouski , from Bass Hill , was taken to hospital to be treated and was charged when he was released at 2.45 am on Monday morning . He was charged with numerous offences , including three counts of dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm . Witness Briannan Purser told 9News on Sunday that she saw the women lying on the ground , covered in blood . ' I saw two ladies on the ground along with a child who had blood around her face , ' she said . Boslikouski , from Bass Hill , was taken to hospital to be treated and was charged when he was released at 2.45 am on Monday morning . It is believed the little girl was thrown from her pram when the car hit . Inspector Rick Agius from NSW Police told reporters that the event was ` tragic ' . ` It 's tragic . Tragic for the family and the child , ' he said . ` People think they 're safe on the footpath walking along with a young child . ' During a bail hearing on Monday morning , he offered a $ 10,000 surety and said he would live with his brother and stick to whatever curfew the court wished to impose . The court heard he had strong community ties and two children he visits regularly . The prosecution opposed bail , which was denied by Mr Williams . ` The nature of the offence is serious , ' the magistrate said . Boslikouski is due to appear at Central Local Court on March 9 via audio visual link . Crash investigators remained and the scene and motorists were advised to avoid the area . The man was charged with numerous offences , including three counts of dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article . | Peter Boslikouski allegedly smoked ice before crashing his car in Sydney . A toddler and three woman are in hospital after they were hit on Sunday . The 50-year-old allegedly pretended he was driving after mounting curb . Little girl remains in a serious condition after suffering head injuries . Her 23-year-old mother remains in a stable condition in hospital . | [[0, 93], [382, 388], [397, 429], [736, 742], [751, 783], [151, 314], [215, 314], [505, 668], [569, 668], [2132, 2181], [0, 150], [151, 314], [505, 668], [1096, 1108], [1115, 1137], [1096, 1108], [1140, 1202], [1568, 1580], [1587, 1609], [1568, 1580], [1612, 1674], [1021, 1108], [1493, 1580]] |
Singer Glen Campbell 's wife said that he 's probably ` not aware ' that he was nominated for an Oscar for best song , because of his advancing Alzheimer 's . Mr Campbell was nominated for the song I 'm Not Gon na Miss You , a goodbye to his loved ones , which features in the documentary Glen Campbell , I 'll Be Me . Country singer Tim McGraw performed a moving rendition of it during the Academy Awards show last night , as Mr Campbell is now too poorly to play in public . The wife -LRB- right -RRB- of singer Glen Campbell -LRB- left -RRB- said that he 's probably ` not aware ' that he was nominated for an Oscar for best song , because of his advancing Alzheimer 's . Moving : Glen Campbell pictured on his goodbye UK tour at the Lowry Theatre in Manchester . Kim Campbell said on the red carpet before the ceremony that her husband would n't really understand what was happening . She said : ` I 'm not sure if he 's really aware but he will be at his own little Oscar party tonight . It would be lovely to go back and let him hold one . It 's just hard for him to understand . ' Best Song gong went to rap artist Common and R&B star John Legend for Glory , the anthem from Selma . Glen Campbell , I 'll Be Me documents how the singer and his family came to terms with his condition and his farewell tour across America in 2011 , which saw him perform in 151 sold-out shows . The documentary features appearances from Bruce Springsteen , The Edge and Paul McCartney . The best actor award went to Brit Eddie Redmayne , who was almost too choked to speak as he picked up the gong for his portrayal of physicist Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything . ` Thank you -- I do n't I 'm capable of articulating quite how I feel right now but please know this -- I am fully aware of that I am lucky , lucky man , ' he began , clutching his trophy . Kim Campbell -LRB- second from left -RRB- with I 'll Be Me director James Keach , producer Trevor Albert , songwriter Julian Raymond and guest at this year 's Oscars . Country singer Tim McGraw performed a moving rendition of I 'm Not Gon na Miss You at the ceremony . Glen Campbell , I 'll Be Me documents how the singer and his family came to terms with his condition and his farewell tour across America in 2011 . ` This Oscar -- wow ! -- this Oscar , this belongs to all of those people around the world , battling ALS , ' he added staring at the statuette in disbelief . Meanwhile , it might not have swept the board completely , but Birdman still flew home with the Oscar for Best Picture on the night . The comedy drama swooped off with a total of four awards on Sunday night - a number that tied with The Grand Budapest Hotel - including Best Director and Best Original Screenplay . However , Birdman 's lead actor Michael Keaton was beaten to his Best Actor by Eddie . Backstage , 33-year-old Eddie revealed that winning was like a ` weird and wild dream ' . There were no surprises when it came to the actresses , with favourites Julianne Moore winning for Best Actress for Still Alice , and Patricia Arquette winning for Boyhood . The other big winner of the night was Wes Anderson 's The Grand Budapest Hotel , taking home four awards in total . The energetic evening saw Oscar host Neil Patrick Harris put on a theatrical performance at the Kodak theatre . Neil , 41 , only managed a few jokes before bringing out his jazz hands , performing a hilarious original song - Moving Pictures - about the great and good of Hollywood . Neil 's spirited routine - where he was joined by Anna Kendrick and Jack Black - paid tribute to some of Hollywood 's best known performances and scenes , and had the star-studded audience . Taking home the first of award of the night was J.K. Simmons for Whiplash - a perhaps unsurprising win considering he has swept the board in the same category this awards season . The actor - who won for his portrait of a demented music teacher in the film Whiplash - paid tribute to his wife Michelle Schumacher . Ashley Campbell -LRB- left -RRB- and Glen Campbell performing during ` The Goodbye Tour ' in a scene in the documentary Glen Campbell ... I 'll Be Me , directed by James Keach . | Glen Campbell 's song I 'm Not Gon na Miss You was Oscar-nominated . He wrote it for a documentary about succumbing to Alzheimer 's . The film documents his struggle with the condition and his farewell tour . Tim McGraw performed a rendition of the song at the Academy Awards . Kim Campbell spoke about her husband on the red carpet on Sunday . | [[1206, 1335], [2139, 2270], [319, 405], [2022, 2122], [767, 888]] |
Profoundly deaf Shahab Reza , 52 , has been jailed for nine years after admitting his role in a # 800,000 disability allowance scam , pictured at Southwark Crown Court . The profoundly deaf ringleader of an # 800,000 disability allowance scam has been jailed for nine years after spending the cash on diamonds and foreign holidays . Shahab Reza , 52 , set up a network of fake companies around the world while receiving benefits and persuaded his wife Shehnaz , daughter and son to take part in his crimes . By submitting bogus invoices for sign language interpreters , the couple from west London duped officials out of the huge sum with ` scandalous ease ' , a court heard . The cash from the elaborate scam was used to buy a luxury home , a # 600,000 penthouse , gold jewellery , an # 8,000 ` flawless ' diamond , a holiday to Dubai and a ` student jolly ' to America . Shehnaz Reza , 53 , and her children , Dr Abbas Reza , 26 , and Zainab Reza , 22 , admitted the scam took place but insisted they were ` doing what they were told ' . Southwark Crown Court heard today that Reza 's wife and children have since ` rejected ' him . Judge John Price said that because of Reza 's deafness , he would be condemned to ' a prison within a prison ' . Reza 's lawyer Rag Chand said he has ` literally lost everything ' . Mr Chand said : ` The idea that this defendant lured others physically is an affront to common sense , but Mr Reza , through me , wishes to convey to the court this - through the interpreter who sits behind me , he said this in conference this morning : ` It was my fault . I should not have done it ' . ' ` He ca n't communicate with anybody . He does n't communicate with anybody . ` He is the only person in his prison with this disability . ` That has had a hugely significant impact on his emotional state . ` He was certainly bullied at school for this disability and that has carried on at various stages throughout his adult life . ` It is even conceivable that in prison that is something that will be visited upon him . ` Greed got the better of this defendant and in my respectful submission that greed may have been more to do with pleasing others around him than necessarily his personal greed . ' Judge John Price said Reza , who has been deaf since birth , ` had overcome that challenge very bravely ' . Shehnaz Reza , 53 , -LRB- left -RRB- and her children , Zainab , 22 , -LRB- centre -RRB- and Abbas , 26 , -LRB- right -RRB- , were found guilty of fraud charges at an earlier hearing . The jury could not reach a verdict on Zainab . ` You son and daughter both reject you now - and your wife - understandably , because of the way you dragged them into a dishonest fraud . ` The aggravating factor is that you brought in your wife , you brought in your son , you brought in your daughter . ' Shahab Reza orchestrated the four-year con by submitting fake invoices for sign language interpreters to the Department of Work and Pensions through the Access to Work scheme . The money was then laundered through six sham companies set up in Canada , the United Arab Emirates and the UK to claim thousands every month in bogus fees . Shahab even used his connections at a local mosque and training college to recruit fraudsters to widen the scheme . The couple 's son Abbas -LRB- pictured outside court -RRB- was found guilty of fraud charges at Southwark Crown Court at an earlier hearing . Southward Crown Court heard how Shahab and his wife Shehnaz , who are both deaf , oversaw a four-year benefit swindle on the Department of Work and Pensions using false invoices for sign language interpreters . Their ` employees ' were given a cover story and paid hundreds of pounds a month for their ` silence and co-operation ' , the court heard . The court previously heard how Daiva Alisauskaite , 43 , and Natela Babina , 30 , helped pull off the fraud by submitting fake invoices for sign language interpreters . Alisauskaite made # 8,000 while Babina pocketed # 9,500 , after they collectively submitted 48 false claims over 23 months . They were both handed 12-month prison sentences , suspended for 18 months . A jury had failed to reach verdicts against Zainab , Shehnaz and Abbas last December and they now face a retrial in September . Shahab Reza received six years for conspiracy to defraud and two years consecutive for each count of obtaining a money transfer by deception and dishonestly obtaining exemption from liability . He admitted his role in the con before the trial began . His wife and son Dr Abbas Reza were both found guilty of fraud charges at an earlier hearing . The jury has not yet reached a verdict on whether daughter Zainab , 22 , was involved . | Shahab Reza , 52 , admitted stealing # 800,000 in disability benefits scam . He persuaded wife Shehnaz and university-educated children to take part . Deaf father set up a network of fake companies around the world . He used money to buy a luxury home , diamonds and foreign holidays . 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MP Tim Yeo -LRB- pictured -RRB- has warned energy watchdog Ofgem that it needs to ` get its act together ' Energy watchdog Ofgem needs to ` get its act together ' to cut customers ' energy bills , MPs have warned . In a scathing attack on the market regulator , the Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee said Ofgem has failed to stop big companies from charging too much , despite new price caps intended to curb costs . The committee said the new caps were too generous and that network companies -- those responsible for the wires and pipes that distribute gas and electricity -- had continued to make huge profits . At the same , performance targets are too low and consumers are having to wait too long to see if Ofgem is delivering savings , it said . Committee chairman Tim Yeo said : ` Ofgem 's chief executive told us that we would have to wait eight years to see whether value for money was being delivered for bill payers . This is too long for hard-pressed consumers to wait . ` Ofgem must get its act together and scrutinise these near monopolies more effectively . Simpler charging methodologies are needed to strengthen the market 's ability to scrutinise costs and increase the pressure for greater cost-saving efficiencies . ` Barriers preventing smaller players from entering the market must be removed to drive down costs for consumers . ' The so-called ` network costs ' currently account for around 23 per cent of a gas and electricity dual fuel bill . They are passed onto consumers by the energy suppliers , who are charged by the network companies for using their transmission and distribution infrastructure . In 2013 , Ofgem introduced a new price control system - known as RIIO - which was designed to ensure that the costs of distributing and transmitting gas and electricity were competitive and profits were not excessive . But the committee said there was ` clear evidence ' that the network companies were making higher profits than expected . ` This suggests that the targets and incentives set by Ofgem are too low , barriers to market entry are high and that Ofgem needs to monitor RIIO more effectively and to equip RIIO with stronger , corrective measures , ' it said . The Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee said Ofgem has failed to stop companies charging too much , despite price caps intended to curb costs of distributing gas and electricity . ` While we recognise that the new RIIO framework is an improvement on its predecessor , Ofgem has not yet created the conditions for the market to thrive and provide consumers with best value for money . ' The committee also highlighted the complexity of the charging system . It said a combination of codes and regional charges across the UK made it difficult to compare price and performance across network companies . It called on the Government and Ofgem to conduct an in-depth study into the merits of replacing the current system with a standard national tariff . The price of oil has more than halved since last summer , while gas -- the main source of electricity in Britain -- has dropped by 29 per cent . But power firms have reduced their prices only modestly . British Gas will cut its prices by 5 per cent at the end of this month . EDF has trimmed rates by just 1.3 per cent , while SSE has been ridiculed for refusing to introduce its 4.1 per cent cut until the end of April . Ed Miliband had pledged to freeze prices for two years if Labour wins power at the election in May . The policy has been widely criticised , and experts say many energy companies would have cut their tariffs sooner if the threat was not in place . Critics have also warned that the move would sap investment from Britain . Last week , a report by the Competition and Markets Authority said customers of the Big Six energy suppliers are being overcharged by up to # 234 a year for gas and electricity . Ninety five per cent of the UK 's 19million ` dual fuel ' customers , those who get their gas and electricity from the same company , could have saved by switching , the probe found . Despite this , half of customers surveyed said they have never switched , and a third said they had never even considered it or thought switching was impossible . | MPs said Ofgem has failed to stop companies from charging too much . They have continued to make huge profits despite new price caps , MPs say . Consumers also having to wait too long to see if Ofgem delivers savings . New price control system in 2013 to ensure profits were not excessive . | [[215, 259], [262, 376], [2212, 2338], [529, 548], [573, 624], [1863, 1980], [2212, 2338], [675, 712], [675, 684], [696, 722], [675, 684], [713, 750], [763, 794], [797, 939], [940, 983], [961, 993], [1640, 1647], [1650, 1711], [1705, 1709], [1731, 1858]] |
Motorists driving through Kuwait could not believe their eyes when it started raining money in the middle of the city . Thousands of notes flew through the oil-rich city on a busy afternoon earlier this month , and officials have yet to give an explanation as to why , or reveal a source of the cash . Drivers abandoned their cars in order to get their hands on the notes blowing down the road , and were filmed holding handfuls of notes . It is estimated that notes valued between two and three million Dirham were loose - meaning up to # 500,000 was blowing in the wind . Making it rain : This is the incredible moment people abandoned their cars and ran into the streets of Kuwait after a strong wind carried hundreds of notes through the city . The notes were carried by strong winds through Kuwait for several minutes , but locals have got no idea where it came from . One surprised local described how his wife pulled over her car to film motorists dodging cash collectors on a busy stretch of highway in the city . He said : ` It was a very windy day . She was stuck in the traffic . She saw all this money . ` It was just raining money . It was 500 AED notes which is worth quite a lot . It was a lot of money . If you got money and you know it : Traffic came to a halt as drivers ran out to pick up notes which lined the streets of the oil-rich city . Paved with gold : It is not known where the money came from , and no explanation has been given to locals . Cash flow : Locals were filmed as they ran through the road , picking up notes from the street . The notes were carried by strong winds through the city for several minutes . ' A lot of people were getting out of there care to grab this month . ` It does n't happen every day . Everyone was amazing this was happening . ' The baffling incident happened at around 3pm on February 11 and locals have no explanation . Police later arrived at the area and ushered people away , local media reports . | Hundreds of notes was blown through Kuwait . People dashed out of their cars to get their hands on the money . It is not known where it came from , and no explanation has been given . | [[120, 208], [690, 729], [749, 822], [1566, 1643], [1255, 1296], [1646, 1713], [215, 301], [825, 873], [1423, 1468], [1855, 1883]] |
The Caño Cristales river in Colombia is regarded by many as the most beautiful in the world . Known as the ` liquid rainbow , ' the spectacular waters are turned into a kaleidoscope of colour thanks to freshwater plants known as macarenia clavigera and endemic to the Sierra de la Macarena , a mountain range south of the capital Bogota . During the short time between the wet and dry season , July to November , along with moss , aquatic plants and corals , the red plants cling to rocks throughout the 62-mile long river , and help create a fusion of colours just under the surface of the water . Scroll down for video . Pits have been created along the length of the river that the macarenia clavigera plants cling to creating a beautiful sight . A fusion of five colours are created by a mix of plants clashing with the grey rocks and the crystal blue waters . Tourists flock to the witness the display in season , with the crystal clear water showing the wildlife under the surface as well as the beautiful plants . Green , blue , black , red and yellow are all very visible during the season and locals say the best time to see the plants at their brightest is just after a storm , when the colours appear at their most vivid . The geological formation of the river is rich with sediment , and the rocks are some 1.2 billion years old . This , combined with the different-coloured plantation helps create the prism of colour . But for half the year , the river is much like any other ; the bed of rocks creating a shimmering grey colour , with the odd splashes of green moss along the way . Looking like something from a pre-historic age , the colours of the plants almost make the water appear blood red . Tourists were warned from travelling to the Caño Cristales prior to 2009 due to terrorism and threats of damaging the environment . However , the Caño Cristales is not accessible by road ; instead tourists will have to fly into La Macarena , then organise a short transfer to the Serrania de la Macarena National Park , where they can then make the last part of the journey by foot or on horseback . The Caño Cristales season runs from mid May to the start of December . It is not possible to book tours outside of these dates . The site was only re-opened to tourists in 2009 after years of terrorist activity , as well as the perceived threat of humans damaging the natural environment . There are also other important waterfalls such as Angostura I in the Guayabero and Caño Cafre rivers , surrounded by rocky edges with a great amount of ` petroglifos ' -LRB- rock engravings -RRB- , making the national park a sight to behold . You almost ca n't believe this is a river - but the Caño Cristales stretches over 60 miles and is wonderous in colours . The macarenia clavigera , left , is indigenous to the area of the macarenia clavigera , and right , the sunshine shows off the beauty . The clean and clear waters offer tourists the chance to discover just what causes such a fusion of colours in the Caño Cristales . | The macarenia clavigera , indigenous to the area , helps create a spectacular river view . The beautiful red plants cling to the rocky bed , clashing beautifully with green moss and clear blue water . Situated in the Serrania de la Macarena national park , that was a no-go area for tourists before 2009 . | [[199, 289], [681, 749], [2767, 2790], [2800, 2852], [339, 391], [459, 522], [681, 749], [750, 805], [2694, 2712], [2741, 2766], [2903, 3033], [1713, 1844], [1713, 1721], [1734, 1844], [2242, 2367]] |
A British oil rig worker in Indonesia heard his young wife die from a ruptured heart valve while she was receiving treatment in Shetland , 7,000 miles away . Darron Smith , 35 , was working on the rig off Batam Island when he got a phone call from his mother to call home urgently as his 37-year-old wife Anna had been taken ill . Over the next 24 hours she was transported to Gilbert Bain Hospital on Shetland in preparation to be taken to Scottish mainland for specialist care , but her condition rapidly deteriorated . Knowing she was unlikely to survive , Mr Smith stayed on the phone while medical workers fought to save her life - and eventually heard them telling his mother the tragic news that she had died . Tragic : Darron Smith , 35 , -LRB- left -RRB- was working in Indonesia when he was told to call home urgently as his 37-year-old wife Anna -LRB- right -RRB- had been taken seriously ill . Below is their four year old daughter , Ava . Despite the trauma of hearing his wife die over the phone , Mr Smith is actually pleased that even though he had been in Indonesia at the time , he had a presence during the last minutes of her life . ' I take comfort in being with Anna in her last moments - even if it was on the phone and I was thousands of miles away , ' he said . ' I heard my mum , Carolyn , say , Is she gone ? ' and the medical team confirm it ... It was distressing , but comforting to be there , albeit thousands of miles away at the end of the phone . ' It took Mr Smith five flights over two days to eventually get back home to Shetland after his wife 's death on 23 January 2015 . It is understood that she had ruptured a valve after suffering two massive cardiac arrests brought about by a previously undiagnosed heart condition . ` She was a young mother with everything to live for , she was fit and looked after herself , ' Mr Smith said about his wife . Sad : It is understood that Anna Smith -LRB- pictured holding her daughter , Ava -RRB- had ruptured a valve after suffering two massive cardiac arrests brought about by a previously undiagnosed heart condition . Mr Smith spent the time waiting for his flight home downloading psychology books on how to help small children cope with the death of a parent - to better prepare him for helping their only daughter Ava , four , deal with her grief . ` Ava is coping much better than me at times , but children that age have a remarkable way of speaking up and stating what 's happened , ' he said . ` We will cope with losing Anna in the way Ava finds best , ' he added . Mr Smith is now making memory boxes to help Ava remember her mother when she grows up . ` She will want to know what her mum was like , ' he said . Memories : Mr Smith is hoping his four-year-old daughter Ava -LRB- right -RRB- will be able to deal with her grief of tragically losing her mother Anna -LRB- left -RRB- . The dental nurse 's death has struck a chord with friends , family and hundreds of people who never even met here , with # 14,000 being raised in just a few days through a JustGiving fundraising page set up in Anna 's memory . The money will be donated to the British Heart Foundation in order to help other cardiac patients . A team of heart specialists had been flown to Shetland 's Gilbert Bain Hospital ready to transport Anna to a unit on the mainland but she died before she could be stablised for transfer . The previously healthy young mum died within hours of being admitted to hospital . ` Anna became ill so quickly they had to put her into a induced coma to prepare her for surgery , . ' Mr Smith said . ` Every hospital doctor on Shetland had been put on alert to assist if needed . But she deteriorated so quickly she did n't make it to the operating table , ' he added . ` One of the main doctors told me that it was the first time he had seen this happen in more than 30 years in the job , ' Mr Smith went on to say . With his future changed so painfully , Darron is now wondering what he is going to do for employment with the rest of life . ' I have a lovely wee daughter to raise , ' hesaid . ` Hopefully , I will find something which allows me to earn a living and be a dad at the same time . But it 's early days and Anna has only been gone a month ... . I know something suitable will turn up , he added ' . * To donate to Anna 's appeal , go to justgiving.com/Darron-Smith/ . | Darron Smith , 35 , was working on an oil rig off Batam Island in Indonesia . He was told to call home urgently as his wife Anna , 37 , had been taken ill . Over the next 24 hours her condition deteriorated at a hospital on Shetland . 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A 30-year-old woman claiming benefits , who weighs nearly 22 stone , says she 'd love to work but employers wo n't give her a chance because of her size . Kirsty Kennedy , from Stirling , has been on the dole for seven years and gets # 500 a month in welfare handouts while she tries to find a job . ' I have applied for Poundland , I think Iceland are getting fed up of me asking all the time . I 'm just getting to the point where I will take anything . Scroll down for video . Kirsty Kennedy from Stirling , pictured on Channel 5 show Benefits Britain , has been on the dole for seven years and gets # 500 a month in welfare handouts . ` People look at me and think she 's too heavy , we can not take her , ' she said on Channel 5 show Benefits Britain : Life On The Dole . The documentary follows Kirsty as she trawls Stirling city centre dropping off her CV in stores so she can be considered for work . But she 's not hopeful because of her 21st 11lb size . She said : ` I 'm not exactly Twiggy but I 'm here and willing to learn if you give me a try . It feels like they take one look and me and say `` you 're not getting a job '' . ' Kirsty still lives at home with her parents Rosie , 57 , and Des , 63 . They also get # 500 a month benefits as overweight Des has type 2 diabetes and is unable to work because of his poor health , and Rosie gets a carer 's allowance for looking after her husband . The couple gave their daughter a Nissan Micra car and would love her to pass her driving test and get a job . Kirsty 's parents also claim benefits as her father , Des , right , is unable to work due to his health and her mother , Rosie , left , acts as his carer . Rosie said of her daughter : ` She needs to learn to concrete and start listening . ' Speaking to Kirsty , she said : ` If you 're not earning , why is that car sitting out there ? ' Kirsty , who has a mild learning disorder , said she wants to be able to drive so she can widen her employment opportunities but she has failed her driving theory test five times . She said : ' I just get confused with directions . If someone gave me a map and told me to get to a place and go left , then right , I 'll go the opposite to what they have told me . ' Kirsty is enrolled on a Scottish work programme in order to gain her benefits which involves doing shifts for a charity dealing out food . Her participation in the programme means she qualifies for gym access which she has been using to try and lose weight . She currently has a Body Mass Index of 55 - which classes her as ` very severely obese ' as healthy BMI is between 18.5 to 25 . Kirsty admitted to her gym instructor that she has ` my good days and my bad days ' when it comes to sticking to a diet . She explained : ` Bad days are one too many packets of crisps , a bit too much chocolate . ' Kirsty , pictured here , said employers often do n't take her seriously because of her size . Her instructor said she will lose weight if she remains committed to a diet and consistently exercises three times a week . But Kirsty told the Daily Record that she needs more support to lose weight . She said : ' I know what I should be doing to lose weight . But I think I need someone to be firm with me . Not too hard on me - but just enough to tell me what I should be doing . ' I need someone to be a mentor . I have been under dieticians in the past and my weight has been like a yo-yo . It 's difficult to keep it going in the right direction . ' Kirsty is convinced that if she was n't overweight she would get a job - but she admits she 's not sure if she could cope with working full-time as being on the dole is all she 's known . She said : ' I think I would struggle with a full-time job . I have never had one . I think I would struggle physically and mentally . ' Benefits Britain : Life On The Dole is on Channel 5 , Mondays at 9pm . | Kirsty Kennedy , 30 , from Stirling has been on the dole for seven years . Gets # 500 a month in welfare handouts while she tries to find a job . She weighs nearly 22 stone and says she 'd love to work . ` People look at me and think she 's too heavy , we can not take her , ' she said . | [[0, 66], [0, 37], [69, 93], [155, 224], [480, 508], [547, 593], [480, 508], [598, 638], [155, 169], [229, 267], [274, 299], [480, 508], [598, 638], [1215, 1219], [1225, 1251], [0, 66], [0, 37], [69, 93], [98, 154], [641, 658], [641, 647], [663, 685], [913, 963], [1059, 1140], [1073, 1098], [2826, 2832], [2851, 2919]] |
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon wants to brief Whitehall mandarins on the SNP 's expensive shopping list should the party hold the balance of power in a hung parliament . Nicola Sturgeon has demanded talks with the UK 's top civil servants ahead of the election , sparking claims that Scottish Nationalist MPs are ` preparing ' to enter government at Westminster . The First Minister wants to brief Whitehall mandarins on the SNP 's expensive shopping list should the party hold the balance of power in a hung parliament . It is tradition for civil servants to meet opposition politicians who could form the next government before an election , allowing them to prepare for sudden policy changes . Miss Sturgeon wants to prop up Ed Miliband in Downing Street , even if Labour is the second largest party after the Tories . The most likely scenario would be a confidence-and-supply arrangement rather than a formal left-wing coalition -- but that has not been categorically ruled out by either party . In return , the First Minister would make a series of unrealistic demands -- such as scrapping the replacement programme for Trident nuclear missiles , a Scottish veto over an in/out EU referendum , and sweeping new powers for Holyrood that would effectively end the Union that over 2million Scots voted to save last year . She has also said she also wants an extra # 180billion to be spent over four years on the UK 's credit card , derailing plans to cut Britain 's deficit . Miss Sturgeon has now written a letter to UK Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood to ask for talks -- which would have to be sanctioned by Prime Minister David Cameron . She outlines some of the SNP 's post-election demands , although Labour pointed out that she fails to mention further powers for Holyrood . ' I am writing with regard to the contact between opposition parties and the civil service prior to General Elections , which has become a standard feature of the UK 's democratic processes , ' the letter states . ` These meetings - which as you know require to be sanctioned by the Prime Minister - enable an opposition party to brief civil servants on its policy agenda , and gain deeper understanding of the systems of policy delivery in Whitehall . ' It adds : ` The SNP programme includes a substantial alternative to the austerity cuts supported by the UK Westminster parties , cancelling the renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system , and a requirement that each and every constituent nation of the UK would have to vote to leave the European Union in any in/out referendum before the UK could exit . ` These and other policies which we will seek to advance in the next parliament are obviously of UK-wide application , and I believe that the Whitehall system would benefit from becoming more familiar with our propositions . ' Miss Sturgeon has now written a letter to UK Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood -LRB- pictured -RRB- to ask for talks -- which would have to be sanctioned by Prime Minister David Cameron . Asked if the coalition will give the SNP access to the civil service , Commons leader William Hague yesterday told Pienaar 's Politics on BBC Radio 5 Live : ` That will be up to the Cabinet Secretary . ` We are a very democratic county and we do indeed open up to opposition parties . We benefited from that before the last election . ` Those decisions are generally up to the senior civil servants and it 's not up to the Government in power whether to deny any cooperation or planning to people on the other side of politics so that is up to them . ` But I think this does illustrate a very important point - the SNP are preparing for that and Labour will not deny they will enter into a coalition with the SNP . ' A Labour insider said Miss Sturgeon ` will get the brush off from the civil service ' . ` Random politicians ca n't just turn up at talks , ' said the source . Commons leader William Hague stressed that any decision to open up the civil service to the SNP would be made by the Cabinet Secretary . A Scottish Labour spokesman added : ` In her letter Nicola Sturgeon has chosen not to mention her number one priority in the general election -- ending the Barnett formula so Scottish spending is only supported by Scottish taxes . ` Binning Barnett would cost Scotland billions so perhaps it is no surprise that he SNP have decided to keep quiet about but the people Scotland deserve to know that SNP plans would put public services and pensions at risk . ' SNP deputy leader Stewart Hosie said : ' I think it makes perfect sense for the civil service to look at our manifesto when it 's published so if there is a deal to be done , if there 's discussions to be had , then they can be done on a proper professional technical level in terms of how we might be able to support a minority Labour administration . ' A spokeswoman for the Cabinet Office said : ` We can confirm that we have received the letter , it is a matter for the Prime Minister and he will respond in due course . ' | First Minister wants to brief mandarins on SNP 's expensive shopping list . Raises prospect of party holding the balance of power in a hung parliament . Sturgeon would prop up Labour even if Tories are the largest party . | [[0, 103], [0, 30], [90, 169], [170, 260], [364, 455], [364, 382], [442, 521], [697, 757]] |
When lifeboatman Mark Thorne lost his wedding ring in the sea during an emergency call-out , he pulled out all the stops to get it back . He scoured the shoreline with a metal detector and even searched for it underwater using scuba gear , before finally giving up hope . Now , six years later , he has finally been reunited with the precious piece of jewellery after a friend stumbled across it during a walk at low tide . Lifeboatman Mark Thorne has been reunited with his wedding ring , six years after he lost it in the sea . Mr Thorne , pictured with his wife Sarah , lost his ring at sea while he was helping to launch a life boat in 2009 . Mr Thorne 's platinum ring , which has a distinctive dent , came off his finger and plopped into the water in 2009 as he helped to launch a lifeboat in Weymouth Harbour , Dorset . It was eventually found by his friend Steve Woolford who had taken a stroll along the shoreline . Mr Woolford said he had remembered the lost ring and thought ` you never know , it 's worth a look ' -- before spotting it glinting in the mud . He added that he was ` over the moon ' with the discovery . Mr Thorne said he was ` really , really chuffed ' to be reunited with the ring . ` When I was a lifeboatman every time I got a shout I would move it to my right hand because it fitted better on that hand when my hands got cold , ' Mr Thorne , who is now a paramedic , said . ` But it pinged off and plopped into the harbour . REunited : The platinum band was found in low tide . six years after it ` plopped ' into the water . Mr Thorne 's friend Steve Woolford found the ring as he walked along the haroburside . ` After I lost it I searched in dry suits with some fellow crew but found nothing . I even employed a man with a metal detector to help find it and went down every month on low spring tides to no avail . ` Luckily the ring does still fit but it was always slightly loose . ' I really did believe it was gone until Steve found it years later . I 'd like to say a massive thank you to him for continuing to look , even after I 'd given up finding it . ' Mr Thorne 's wife Sarah added : ` It 's absolutely crazy . When Mark lost it I never thought I 'd see it again but it 's definitely his ring . It 's an incredible end to the story . ' The former lifeboatman , who married in 2004 , said : ' I think I owe Steve a bottle of whisky . ' Mr Thorne scoured the shoreline with a metal detector and even searched for the ring underwater using scuba gear after losing it during an emergency call-out . Mr Woolford said he had always kept an eye out for the ring because he works on the harbour . He said : ` It was an exceptionally low tide in Saturday afternoon so thought I would have a look , just in case . ' I climbed down the ladder to get onto the seabed and literally just two feet out in the mud there it was . ' I remember Mark telling me it was a thin , platinum ring with a smell dent in which was the same as the one I found . ` The magnitude of the situation did n't sink in at first and I put it on Facebook rather than phone Mark straight away . ` He saw it later that evening and came and picked it up . If we were women we would have been hugging each other and crying about it , but Mark said `` cheers '' and I 'm waiting for him to buy me a beer . ` It is a great feeling to give the ring back to him after all these years . He must have resigned himself to the fact that he had lost it forever . ' | Mark Thorne 's platinum ring fell into Weymouth Harbour during a call-out . It was found by his friend Steve Woolford during a stroll along the shore . Mr Thorne said he was ` really , really chuffed ' to be reunited with the ring . | [[0, 90], [93, 137], [530, 539], [573, 646], [647, 673], [707, 815], [1411, 1413], [1429, 1455], [2455, 2538], [368, 423], [827, 864], [854, 864], [871, 879], [884, 924], [1557, 1576], [1592, 1643], [272, 275], [278, 293], [296, 376], [424, 487], [1130, 1210], [1163, 1210]] |
There are few places in Britain you could take these spectacular images - the iridescent colours of the Milky Way illuminating the night sky . But one photographer has found a perfect spot to capture the constellations in stunning definition - the pitch-black countryside of the Isle of Wight . Astro-photographer Jamie Currie , 35 , has been taking pictures of the phenomenon in locations across the island over the past 18 months . Scroll down for video . It was on a starry night : Bembridge Lifeboat station on the Isle of Wight photographed at a very low spring tide . Stunning sights : The Milky Way in the countryside -LRB- left -RRB- and photographer Jamie Currie looking towards its northern part -LRB- right -RRB- . Vibrant scene : Gurnard Beach huts , in an image which has 200 photos laid on top of each other to show the stars moving around the world . Space age : A gorilla-shaped rock facing south-west from Freshwater Bay out to sea -LRB- left -RRB- and Castlehaven in the south of the island -LRB- right -RRB- . Known for its low levels of light pollution , the idyllic island is a hotspot for stargazers to capture the immense beauty of the disk-shaped galaxy . It contains between 100billion and 400billion stars but can not be distinguished properly with the naked eye . Mr Currie said : ` I have always been interested in the night sky and wanted to try something different with my camera . ` Astro was the way to go . The pictures were all taken on the Isle of Wight over the last 12 to 18 months . It 's turned into a bit of a labour of love . Illuminating the night sky : St Catherine 's Oratory , which is the oldest lighthouse on the island - and is said to have been built in 1328 . On the lookout : St Catherine 's Lighthouse -LRB- left -RRB- , built near the Oratory ; and a view from Froglands Lane , south-west of Newport -LRB- right -RRB- . Things are looking up : Galactic hunters chasing the Milky Way capture another couple of stargazers on the Isle of Wight . Colourful stars : Whale Chine steps used for many years - but shut to the public due to recent landslips -LRB- left -RRB- , and hay bales in a field -LRB- right -RRB- . ` The Isle of Wight is very good for astro-photography due to the little light pollution on the south coast of the island . ' In what looks like a rainbow of stars arched across the night sky , one photograph shows the glowing band looming over St Catherine 's Oratory on the southerly tip of the island . Another depicts Bembridge Lifeboat station below an explosion of luminous colours . According to Mr Currie , a former Royal Marines Commando from the Isle of Wight , most of his shots are taken using a Canon 6D camera over a 30-second period with very high ISO - light sensitivity - levels to capture the Milky Way , which is just visible with the naked eye . Mr Currie said low light pollution is crucial to capturing the galaxy on camera . He said : ` I have been very interested in taking photos of the Milky Way over the last two years . ` The light pollution on the Isle of Wight allows me to pull as much possible light into the camera to capture the billions of stars in the galaxy . It 's a truly astounding phenomenon . ' I would like to travel to the Yellowstone National Park in the future to capture the Milky Way at its very best as there is very little light pollution . ' | Astro-photographer Jamie Currie says Isle of Wight countryside is best place to capture constellations . Idyllic island is known for its low levels of light pollution and is hotspot for stargazers to capture galaxy . Milky Way contains between 100 and 400billion stars but can not be distinguished properly with naked eye . | [[143, 294], [174, 294], [295, 326], [329, 331], [334, 433], [1075, 1179], [2165, 2288], [174, 294], [1029, 1072], [1075, 1179], [1897, 1995], [2165, 2288], [3317, 3355], [1180, 1231], [1180, 1182], [1236, 1290]] |
Moms who are against vaccinating their children have responded to the backlash against them , suggesting they are a ` medical choice ' that ` should be researched carefully ' . Three mothers -- all of them educated , middle-class professionals -- are among the skeptics who have been widely ridiculed since more than 100 people fell ill in a measles outbreak traced to Disneyland . Critics question their intelligence , their parenting , even their sanity . Some have been called criminals for foregoing shots for their children that are overwhelmingly shown to be safe and effective . ` Contrary to the common sentiment , we are not anti-science , ' said Michelle Moore , a businesswoman who lives in the affluent Portland suburb of Lake Oswego with her 2 1/2 - year-old twin girls . ` I 'm not opposed to medicine , and I think vaccines have a place . We think it 's a medical choice , and it should be researched carefully . ' Scroll down for video . Michelle Moore , win daughters , Sierra , right , and Savannah is not opposed to medicine but thinks vaccines have a place and are a medical choice that should be researched carefully . The backlash , much of it from people who fear unvaccinated children could infect their own kids , has been so severe that dozens of anti-vaccine parents contacted by The Associated Press were afraid to speak out . But a handful of mothers agreed to discuss their thinking . Moore , an MBA graduate who runs an agriculture-related business , traces her feelings back to the time she took Lariam , a supposedly safe anti-malaria medication . Instead , she said , the drug saddled her with multiple health complications . She questions whether the government knew about the risks at the time . Health officials now acknowledge Lariam can cause severe side effects , some of which can be permanent . That experience broke Moore 's trust in the medical establishment and launched her on years of research into how vaccines can affect people 's health . When she got pregnant , Moore and her husband delayed immunization for Sierra and Savannah . ` It was not an easy decision , ' she said . ` The thought of something happening to them because we chose not to vaccinate is terrifying . But I have so many questions , and I do think it 's the right decision for our family . ' Nancy Babcock of Spokane , Washington , says people who share her opinions ` are being vilified and ostracized . ' Babcock , a vice president at a bank , told her daughter about her doubts . Then her daughter and her husband looked into the issue , and they decided not to immunize their two children . ` In a community with many young people , those who do n't vaccinate are feeling a lot of pressure , ' she said . Nationwide , parents who seek an exemption from vaccine requirements are still in a tiny minority . The median total exemption rate for kindergartners during the 2013-14 school year was just 1.8 percent , according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . But some individual schools or communities have higher exemption rates , at times approaching 60 percent or more . Sonja Wright , left , of Ellensburg , Washington , holds her daughter Iris , four months , as she waits to testify against House Bill 2009 that would remove personal or philosophical opposition as an acceptable reason for parents to not vaccinate their school-age children . The CDC says years of testing are required before a vaccine is approved , and the shots are continually monitored for safety and effectiveness . Anti-vaccination parents include a mix of views -- from religious communities to families practicing alternative medicine and libertarians who shun government interference . But many are Americans with college degrees living in liberal communities such as Santa Monica or Marin County in California and Portland , said Gary Freed , a professor of pediatrics at the University of Michigan . Most hesitant parents do not avoid all vaccinations . They typically under-vaccinate , either delaying the shots until their child is older or refusing certain vaccines while continuing with others , Freed said . The parents who spoke to AP recounted spending hundreds of hours reviewing medical studies , books and news stories and networking on social media . They cited cases of children who were supposedly hurt by vaccines and the existence of a government-run vaccine injury-compensation program . And they worried about the oversight of pharmaceutical companies that reap profits from vaccines and are shielded from liability when a vaccine causes harm . Moore said she read a 1998 study published in The Lancet journal by Dr. Andrew Wakefield , who raised the possibility of a link between the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine , bowel disease and autism . She said she knows the study was later discredited and retracted . She believes the research was inconclusive . Moore concedes that the vast majority of studies show vaccines are safe , but she says some research points to inconsistencies , unknowns or negative effects that deserve further investigation . And while autism is still a concern , Moore and others also worry about how exposure to chemicals , bad nutrition and stress can affect genes and health . They say large doses of synthetic additives found in vaccines , including aluminum and mercury , can harm the immune and digestive systems and brain . They 're believers in living naturally and eating organic food who also question the safety of genetically modified organisms , pesticides and other common substances such as flame retardants and plastics . ` There are so many environmental toxins , but anything in my children 's world that I can influence I do , ' Moore said . The CDC has phased out a mercury-containing preservative in vaccines as a precautionary measure , and the agency says vaccines containing aluminum pose extremely low risk to infants . Federal officials also say GMOs in foods are safe , as are pesticides if used according to labels . More than 100 people have fallen ill as a result of the outbreak at Disneyland - prompting anti-vaxxers to be vilified and ostracized . These parents say they should be able to decide whether their child undergoes a medical procedure -- a decision , they say , that goes to the core of what it means to have freedom of choice . ' I have the right to decide what to put into my child 's body , ' said Heather Dillard , a mom in Springfield , Missouri , who is also a registered nurse . ` Nobody has the right to put toxic chemicals into my son 's bloodstream . That 's taking my rights away , and it 's very scary to me . ' Dillard said she decided against vaccinating because her first child was born a preemie and has autism . Dillard does not believe vaccines caused the autism , but the disease led her to do a lot of research about health . She says she now chooses to build her son 's immunity naturally , through diet , while avoiding shots or other medication . Dillard and others say they are not worried about measles because their children have strong immune systems . They cite statistics : Out of the 1,000-plus measles cases in the past decade , there was not a single death . ` What I 'm more nervous about is the hysteria that would result , ' if her children were to get ill , Moore said . Moore said she does worry about affecting children who are immune-compromised and can not be vaccinated . Before visiting friends with babies or young children , she said , she always informs them her twins are not vaccinated ` so they have the power to make a choice . ' She also keeps the girls home at any sign of sickness . Researchers say berating parents who oppose vaccines will not persuade anyone and only puts people on the defensive . Educational messages from health officials may also make little difference and could , in fact , be counterproductive , said Brendan Nyhan , assistant professor of government at Dartmouth College . A study conducted by Nyhan and his colleagues last year showed that when parents were presented with evidence that vaccines do not cause autism or that measles cause great harm , some ended up feeling even more ambivalent . ` We tend to be skeptical toward information that contradicts our existing views , ' Nyhan said . If Oregon were to take away the right to a vaccine exemption , Moore said , she would likely home-school her twins . She 's keeping an open mind about vaccinating as her children get older , but hopes more studies on the long-term effects of vaccines can help dispel her doubts . ' I worry about living in a society that 's progressively more intolerant toward any dissent , ' Moore said . ` All scientific advances have come from questioning the status quo . ' | Skeptics have been vilified after 100 people fell ill in outbreak . Many fear they are at risk of infection from un-vaccinated children . Critics have questioned their intelligence , parenting and their sanity . Businesswoman Michelle Moore believes vaccines ` have a place ' | [[251, 269], [274, 327], [307, 358], [2312, 2336], [2352, 2424], [6009, 6112], [6077, 6144], [6009, 6029], [6132, 6144], [1171, 1177], [1182, 1208], [382, 448], [1140, 1177], [1187, 1236], [822, 853], [954, 1016], [1048, 1076]] |
An electrician accused of murdering his girlfriend by stamping on her head when she refused to give him her Facebook password claimed they would often use each other 's accounts to play Candy Crush saga . Kane Boyce , 34 , allegedly killed 20 year-old Paula Newman at the home they shared in Croydon in South London , when she stopped him from reading her online messages after becoming obsessed with the idea she was cheating on him . Boyce has denied the murder of his girlfriend , and has previously claimed she fell out of his BMW during a late night drive . Kane Boyce -LRB- left -RRB- has denied murdering his girlfriend Paula Newman -LRB- right -RRB- in a row over getting her Facebook password as he told the Old Bailey he had it anyway and regularly used it to play Candy Crush . He admitted pushing her over the evening before she died during an argument in the street , after he claimed she accused him of having an affair . He told the court she fell over and he helped her back into the car . The 34-year-old told a hearing at the Old Bailey that the couple both regularly accessed each other 's Facebook accounts to give eachother extra lives to play Candy Crush saga , a mobile phone game . ` You get four lives an hour or something , ' he added . ` I went on her phone to send myself a life so I could carry on playing . ' He added : ` Yes we knew each other 's passwords because we would often send each other lives on that game we used to play . ' Boyce said while he was on Facebook he noticed Miss Newman had been sending messages to an ex-boyfriend , in which she referred to Boyce as an a ******* . He admitted to the court that he was upset over the message and took a screenshot to post it to his own account , so people would see ` there was another side to her . ' He also said they had had used her account to send messages to his girlfriend 's former partner . Boyce admitted pushing Miss Newman over during an argument in the street on the evening before she died . He said Miss Newman accused him of sleeping with ' a tart ' as they drove around the area off Lodge Lane in New Addington . ` Paula was shouting at me to stop the car . I just carried on , ' he said . ` She started lunging at me to grab the wheel . I felt a blow to my face . In order to get her off me I struck out with my hand . ' He said the argument continued after he stopped the car near some garages . ` She was still saying I was sleeping with that tart . I said the only reasons she is saying that is because she has been talking to people on Facebook as well . ' He said he shouted at her : ` Log on or give me back my phone ' . Boyce added : ` She had my phone , she was using it to log into her emails . ' However the prosecution claim he shouted : ` If you do n't log on we will see what happens . ' He said he got out of his car and followed Miss Newman to Parkway and told her to calm down and come home . ` She tried pushing past me . I pushed her quite hard and she stumbled back and she banged herself on the side of the garages . ` It was just like she fainted . She fell over . I was n't expecting her to fall into the garages . ' I did n't intend for any of it . I helped her up and took her back to the car . ' Boyce told the court he would go on his girlfriend 's account to give himself more lives to play Candy Crush . Ms Newman was taken to hospital on the morning of 12 November 2013 but died later the same day . A previous hearing was told that a post mortem found she had died of head injuries . The trial was previously told that in the weeks before her death Boyce became obsessed with checking his girlfriend 's Facebook account . He was described as manipulative and having a history of violence against women . Boyce admitted he had previous convictions for assault and harassment against a former partner but added : ` I was quite young and immature . ' After this he married another woman but met Ms Newman after moving out of the marital home into a friend 's house in around March 2013 . Boyce said they started a relationship after around six or seven weeks and added : ` I did love her . It was hard but I loved her and I think she loved me as well . ' He claimed they went out nightfishing and on his superbike together . But he denied keeping her in the house so she could not go out . He was also asked about abusive messages the pair sent each other , and said : ` We used to watch box sets of Shameless , our language did come from there . It was n't always like that . ' The pair had been together just seven months when Miss Newman died . Boyce , from Erith , southeast London , denies murder . The trial continues . 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The A-listers on the Oscars red carpet were the epitome of glamour and sophistication , with most of the stars looking elegant in their floor-length gowns . However , the after-parties were a different affair altogether , with celebrities - some of whom who were not invited to the awards ceremony itself - trying their best to grab the limelight in revealing dresses and no underwear . Rita Ora flashed her bottom in her see-through black gown at the Vanity Fair Oscar bash , while model Irina Shayk gave the singer a run for her money as the most daringly dressed in a gown that exposed half her body with only a few black panels to protect her modesty . Scroll down for video . Barely there : Singer Rita Ora wows in a see-through black floor-length gown that left little to the imagination at the Vanity Fair Oscars party . Little to the imagination ... Rita 's outrageous floor-length gown , which she accessorized with a pair of black diamond earrings by Lorraine Schwartz , showed off her curves - as well as her tattoo . Model Irina Shayk turns heads at the Vanity Fair Oscars party in an Atelier Versace gown boasted a cutaway feature down one entire side , with the missing material replaced by a sheer mesh catsuit . At the Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party , mother-of-four Heidi Klum , 41 , also went for a daring outfit . She wore a sparkling Versace gown that exposed her ribs and side boob as well as her hips and legs , forcing her to forgo wearing any underwear for the evening . Model Gigi Hadid also opted for a slinky cut-away style floor-length gown , complete with thigh-high split as she attended the Vanity Fair party . Model and mother-of-four Heidi Klum , 41 , could n't wear underwear with this sparkling Versace gown at Elton John 's Oscars after party . Model and TV personality Gigi Hadid was another who wore a revealing black dress with no underwear to the Vanity Fair party . Bras were definitely not an outfit staple for the evening as many of the stars ditched theirs to show off their bare backs or reveal a plunging cleavage . Some of the actresses who had attended the ceremony - such as Naomi Watts and Emma Stone - changed into different outfits for the after parties which were more revealing . Birdman actress Naomi Watts ditched her Armani gown for a white suit that flashed her cleavage while best supporting actress nominee Emma swapped her custom-made Elie Saab gown for a less flattering maroon dress that also revealed her decolletage . Jennifer Lopez , left , and Beyoncé , right , were spotted at the Vanity Fair Oscars party in Beverly Hills on Sunday . Stella McCartney white open back maxi dress . Buy it at Net-a-Porter . Visit site . Beyonce looked breathtaking at Sunday 's night 's post Oscar Vanity Fair party as she shunngled up next to Jennifer Lopez - and it was her simple white dress accessoried with stunning diamonds -LRB- the size of that necklace ! -RRB- that caught everyone 's attention . It 's by Stella McCartney and we love the padded shoulders and dramatic puddle train . Whilst a white maxi dress might seem a bit too bridal , the key is to keep it simple like this one . Add a chunky choker and numerous cocktail rings a la Beyonce and you wo n't be in danger of anyone thinking you 're about to walk down the aisle ! Click the link -LRB- right -RRB- to buy Beyonce 's dress at Net-a-Porter . But if you do n't fancy flashing quite so much cash , then check out our edit below . AQ/AQ is all over the trend , or the back of this short BCBGeneration dress is very reminiscent of the real deal . AQ/AQ Seiber Backless Maxi Dress . Visit site . Alice McCall Maxi Dress with Cut Out Detail and Cross Back . Visit site . Indah Flamingo Smocked Bandeau Lined Maxi Dress at Revolve . Visit site . BCBGeneration Dress with Racer Back Lace Detail and Cut Out Back at ASOS . Visit site . Jennifer Lopez wore a cleavage-exposing dress to the Oscar ceremony and then changed into this revealing gown at the Vanity Fair party . The sheer nude dress meant she wore neither bra or knickers for the evening . Speaking of the trend for revealing outfits at the after-parties stylist Jules Standish told FEMAIL : ` Once the formal ceremony is over it 's OK for the celebrities to let their hair down and get into their revealing after-show-stopping outfits . ` Rita Ora , Irina Shayk and Gigi Hadid all seemed in competition to see who could wear as little of their black dresses as possible . Irina shows us all why she is a top lingerie model with an intricate outfit of black tights with what seems to be a dress attached . No underwear modelling needed here . ` Rita Ora shows off her stunningly fit derriere in her sheer dress , and Gigi wears a cut-out dress with swirls which leaves no place -LRB- or need in her case -RRB- for Spanx or any other body hugging under garments . ` These girls are daring , brave and want the world to know they are outgoing , risk taking ladies -- there 's nowhere better to get a guaranteed picture in the press than the Oscars after-party and with a green ticket to be as outrageous as they like . ' Miranda Kerr attends the Vanity Fair Oscars Party wearing a full-length Emilio Pucci gown , with side cut-aways and a plunging neckline . 31-year-old Victoria 's Secret model Miranda Kerr showed off her assets in a revealing custom Emilio Pucci gown , Lorraine Schwartz jewels , Jimmy Choo shoes and Judith Lieber clutch . Flashing the flesh : Kylie Minogue showed off her toned legs in a revealing powder-blue by Ralph & Russo gown at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills . Nicole Scherzinger showed off her newly dyed blonde locks at Elton John 's Oscars Viewing Party wearing a very low-cut black gown , complete with cut-away sides and back . Actress Lily Collins flashed the flesh is a backless dress which showed she was n't wearing a bra at the Vanity Fair bash . Lady Victoria Hervey did n't look very ladylike at Elton John 's party in this revealing gown - but unlike Rita , she did fully cover her bottom . Model Malin Akerman at the Vanity Fair party in a black lacy gown which was split to her midriff . Best Picture . Birdman - WINNER . American Sniper . Boyhood . The Grand Budapest Hotel . The Imitation Game . Selma . The Theory of Everything . Whiplash . Best Director . Alexandro G. Iñárritu , Birdman - WINNER . Richard Linklater , Boyhood . Bennett Miller , Foxcatcher . Wes Anderson , The Grand Budapest Hotel . Morten Tyldum , The Imitation Game . Best Actor . Eddie Redmayne , The Theory of Everything - WINNER . Steve Carell , Foxcatcher . Bradley Cooper , American Sniper . Benedict Cumberbatch , The Imitation Game . Michael Keaton , Birdman . Best Actress . Julianne Moore , Still Alice - WINNER . Marion Cotillard , Two Days One Night . Felicity Jones , The Theory of Everything . Rosamund Pike , Gone Girl . Reese Witherspoon , Wild . Best Supporting Actor . J.K. Simmons , Whiplash - WINNER . Robert Duvall , The Judge . Ethan Hawke , Boyhood . Edward Norton , Birdman . Mark Ruffalo , Foxcatcher . Best Supporting Actress . Patricia Arquette , Boyhood - WINNER . Laura Dern , Wild . Keira Knightley , The Imitation Game . Emma Stone , Birdman . Meryl Streep , Into the Woods . Best Cinematography . Birdman -- Emmanuel Lubezki - WINNER . The Grand Budapest Hotel -- Robert Yeoman . Ida -- Lukasz Zal & Ryszard Lenczewski . Mr. Turner -- Dick Pope . Unbroken -- Roger Deakin . Best Foreign Language Film . Ida - WINNER . Leviathan . Tangerines . Timbuktu . Wild Tales . Best Adapted Screenplay . The Imitation Game - WINNER . American Sniper . Inherent Vice . The Theory of Everything . Whiplash . Best Original Screenplay . Birdman - WINNER . Boyhood . Foxcatcher . The Grand Budapest Hotel . Nightcrawler . Best Makeup and Hairstyling . The Grand Budapest Hotel - WINNER . Foxcatcher . Guardians of the Galaxy . Best Original Score . The Grand Budapest Hotel - WINNER . The Imitation Game . Interstellar . Mr. Turner . The Theory of Everything . Best Original Song . ` Glory , ' Selma - WINNER . ` Lost Stars , ' Begin Again . ` Everything is Awesome , ' The LEGO Movie . ` Grateful , ' Beyond the Lights . ` I 'm Not Gon na Miss You , ' Glen Campbell ... I 'll Be Me . Best Animated Feature . Big Hero 6 - WINNER . The Boxtrolls . How to Train Your Dragon 2 . Song of the Sea . The Tale of Princess Kaguya . Best Documentary -- Short . Crisis Hotline : Veterans Press 1 - WINNER . Joanna . Our Curse . The Reaper . White Earth . Best Film Editing . Whiplash - WINNER . American Sniper . Boyhood . 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Inherent Vice . Into the Woods . Maleficent . Mr. Turner . | Stars rocked up in see-through frocks at the Oscars after-parties . Celebrities including Rita Ora and Irina Shayk took opportunity to steal the limelight in daring dresses . Many at Vanity Fair Oscars party and Elton John bash attended in no-knicker gowns . Followed the trend for dresses with plunging necklines and gowns that exposed their hips and legs . | [[387, 474], [720, 757], [763, 827], [1228, 1290], [1293, 1318], [1331, 1357], [3876, 3943], [5775, 5833], [278, 304], [307, 386], [387, 474], [1667, 1702], [1710, 1805], [1806, 1931], [2712, 2790], [4013, 4090], [5120, 5209], [5464, 5602], [5817, 5833], [5840, 5898], [569, 575], [581, 602], [720, 725], [726, 812], [858, 894], [981, 1028], [1358, 1456], [1520, 1536], [1542, 1626]] |
Microsoft 's Bing has often played second fiddle to Google , but at the Oscars , it shone - correctly predicting 20 of the 24 results . Bing successfully predicted best picture , best director , best actor , best actress , and the results for supporting actor and actress . Even the four predictions it got wrong were its second choice predictions . Scroll down for video . Microsoft 's scorecard : Only four predictions were wrong out of the 24 made by the Bing prediction system . Microsoft says its predictions are based on a ` several attributes beyond accuracy , including flexibility , scalability , and timeliness . ' The key was to find people skilled at predictions . ` Prediction markets follow a select group of people who have high levels of information on what voters will do and are willing to wager real-money on the outcomes , ' the firm said . ` Perfectly calibrated 20 of 24 -LRB- w / 4 2nd place winners -RRB- , ' said David Rothschild , who leads Microsoft 's New York team . Ahead of the Oscars Microsoft shared its latest predictions , claiming that most of the awards are ` relatively unpredictable . ' Microsoft uses a prediction model for the Oscars managed by Rothschild at the company 's New York City research lab . He correctly predicted 21 of 24 Oscar winners last year , and 19 of 24 winners in 2013 . This year , he said , said that many of the categories were influenced by films not nominated . Before the ceremony , many online comments were objecting to the lack of nominations for ` Selma , ' and , on a light-hearted note , incredulity about ` The Lego Movie ' not receiving an Animated Feature Film nomination . Rothschild said that does n't mean the un-nominated ca n't affect the Oscar winners in those ` disputed ' categories . ` Absence in the category makes a difference in the distribution of votes for the remaining choices , ' he said . ` As this controversy ebbed and flowed over the last few weeks , we had to make sure to take into account how it may affect the final votes , ' he said . ` Whenever I create predictions I focus on several attributes beyond accuracy , including flexibility , scalability , and timeliness , ' Rothschild said . However , he admitted that the pubic ca n't always be trusted . ` One way to take this into account is to follow the public opinion on the topic and assume that public opinion will translate into pressure on the voters . ` However , public opinion is only loosely related to winners in the Oscars , because the sentiment and expectations of the general public is closely tied to name recognition and popularity . ' A night full of stars : The Koda Theatre in LA was filled to the brim with Hollywood 's leading actors . The man who predicted the Oscars : David Rothschild , who leads Microsoft 's New York team . Rothschild says it 's also difficult to match public opinion to a specific category . ` There are not even many alternatives to express dissatisfaction in the nomination process in that there is no clear movie for people to support in lieu of Selma 's lack of nominations . ' The key was to find people skilled at predictions . ` Prediction markets follow a select group of people who have high levels of information on what voters will do and are willing to wager real-money on the outcomes , ' he says . ` And , prediction market-based forecasts have been incredibly accurate , ' hence the aforementioned successful predictions of previous years ' Oscar winners . ` Had you asked me about the likely winners in the top six categories last week , two of them would have been different , ' Rothschild admitted . The winners of the 87th Annual Academy Awards were announced in Los Angeles on Sunday evening . Continuing his clean sweep of awards season , emotional Eddie Redmayne was almost too choked to speak as he picked up Best Actor for his portrayal of physicist Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything . ` Thank you -- I do n't I 'm capable of articulating quite how I feel right now but please know this -- I am fully aware of that I am lucky , lucky man , ' he began , clutching his trophy . ` This Oscar -- wow ! -- this Oscar , this belongs to all of those people around the world , battling ALS , ' he added staring at the statuette in disbelief . Meanwhile , it might not have swept the board completely , but Birdman still flew home with the Oscar for Best Picture on the night . The comedy drama swooped off with a total of four awards on Sunday night - a number that tied with The Grand Budapest Hotel - including Best Director and Best Original Screenplay . Overcome : British actor Eddie Redmayne , 33 , gave an emotional speech as he was named Best Actor for his portrayal of physicist Stephen Hawking in The Theory Of Everything - a win predicted by Microsoft . Elegant as ever : The 54-year-old beauty wore her hair in a sleek updo and set off the look with a pair of sparkly drop earrings . The 87th annual ceremony favoured niche movies instead of big box office hits , with films including American Sniper and Wild missing out on the top prizes . However , Birdman 's lead actor Michael Keaton was beaten to his Best Actor by Eddie . Backstage , 33-year-old Eddie revealed that winning was like a ` weird and wild dream ' . There were no surprises when it came to the actresses , with favourites Julianne Moore winning for Best Actress for Still Alice , and Patricia Arquette winning for Boyhood . Julianne became emotional when she revealed for the first time that her husband Bart Freundlich predicted she would win the Oscar . ` I 've never told anyone this ... but -LSB- my husband -RSB- was the first person to see the film . ` He was crying and I was like what 's going on ? ' she said . ` When we walked out he said you 're going to win an Oscar and I said ` Like come on ! ' . The other big winner of the night was Wes Anderson 's The Grand Budapest Hotel , taking home four awards in total . The energetic evening saw Oscar host Neil Patrick Harris put on a theatrical performance at the Kodak theatre . Neil , 41 , only managed a few jokes before bringing out his jazz hands , performing a hilarious original song - Moving Pictures - about the great and good of Hollywood . Neil 's spirited routine - where he was joined by Anna Kendrick and Jack Black - paid tribute to some of Hollywood 's best known performances and scenes , and had the star-studded audience . Taking home the first of award of the night was J.K. Simmons for Whiplash - a perhaps unsurprising win considering he has swept the board in the same category this awards season . Best Picture . Birdman - WINNER . American Sniper . Boyhood . The Grand Budapest Hotel . The Imitation Game . Selma . The Theory of Everything . Whiplash . Best Director . Alexandro G. Iñárritu , Birdman - WINNER . Richard Linklater , Boyhood . Bennett Miller , Foxcatcher . Wes Anderson , The Grand Budapest Hotel . Morten Tyldum , The Imitation Game . Best Actor . Eddie Redmayne , The Theory of Everything - WINNER . Steve Carell , Foxcatcher . Bradley Cooper , American Sniper . Benedict Cumberbatch , The Imitation Game . Michael Keaton , Birdman . Best Actress . Julianne Moore , Still Alice - WINNER . Marion Cotillard , Two Days One Night . Felicity Jones , The Theory of Everything . Rosamund Pike , Gone Girl . Reese Witherspoon , Wild . Best Supporting Actor . J.K. Simmons , Whiplash - WINNER . Robert Duvall , The Judge . Ethan Hawke , Boyhood . Edward Norton , Birdman . Mark Ruffalo , Foxcatcher . Best Supporting Actress . Patricia Arquette , Boyhood - WINNER . Laura Dern , Wild . Keira Knightley , The Imitation Game . Emma Stone , Birdman . Meryl Streep , Into the Woods . Best Cinematography . Birdman -- Emmanuel Lubezki - WINNER . The Grand Budapest Hotel -- Robert Yeoman . Ida -- Lukasz Zal & Ryszard Lenczewski . Mr. Turner -- Dick Pope . Unbroken -- Roger Deakin . Best Foreign Language Film . Ida - WINNER . Leviathan . Tangerines . Timbuktu . Wild Tales . Best Adapted Screenplay . The Imitation Game - WINNER . American Sniper . Inherent Vice . The Theory of Everything . Whiplash . Best Original Screenplay . Birdman - WINNER . Boyhood . Foxcatcher . The Grand Budapest Hotel . Nightcrawler . Best Makeup and Hairstyling . The Grand Budapest Hotel - WINNER . Foxcatcher . Guardians of the Galaxy . Best Original Score . The Grand Budapest Hotel - WINNER . The Imitation Game . Interstellar . Mr. Turner . The Theory of Everything . Best Original Song . ` Glory , ' Selma - WINNER . ` Lost Stars , ' Begin Again . ` Everything is Awesome , ' The LEGO Movie . ` Grateful , ' Beyond the Lights . ` I 'm Not Gon na Miss You , ' Glen Campbell ... I 'll Be Me . Best Animated Feature . Big Hero 6 - WINNER . The Boxtrolls . How to Train Your Dragon 2 . Song of the Sea . The Tale of Princess Kaguya . Best Documentary -- Short . Crisis Hotline : Veterans Press 1 - WINNER . Joanna . Our Curse . The Reaper . White Earth . Best Film Editing . Whiplash - WINNER . American Sniper . Boyhood . The Grand Budapest Hotel . The Imitation Game . Best Production Design . The Grand Budapest Hotel - WINNER . The Imitation Game . Interstellar . Into the Woods . Mr. Turner . Best Animated Short . Feast - WINNER . The Bigger Picture . The Dam Keeper . Feast . Me and My Moulton . A Single Life . Best Live Action Short . The Phone Call - WINNER . Aya . Boogaloo and Graham . Butter Lamp . Parvaneh . Best Sound Editing . American Sniper - WINNER . Birdman . The Hobbit : The Battle of the Five Armies . Interstellar . Unbroken . Best Sound Mixing . Whiplash - WINNER . American Sniper . Birdman . Interstellar . Unbroken . Best Visual Effects . Interstellar - WINNER . Captain America : The Winter Soldier . Dawn of the Planet of the Apes . Guardians of the Galaxy . X-Men : Days of Future Past . Best Documentary -- Feature . Citizenfour - WINNER . Finding Vivien Maier . Last Days of Vietnam . The Salt of the Earth . Virunga . Best Costume Design . The Grand Budapest Hotel - WINNER . Inherent Vice . Into the Woods . Maleficent . Mr. Turner . The actor - who won for his portrait of a demented music teacher in the film Whiplash - paid tribute to his wife Michelle Schumacher . Director of the Polish film Ida made the audience laugh as he took home for Best Foreign Film . Kerry Washington and Jason Bateman took to the stage to present Live Action Short Film -LRB- The Phone Call -RRB- and Best Documentary Short Film -LRB- Crisis Hotline : Veterans Press 1 -RRB- . British film-makers Mat Kirkby and James Lucas - who won the best live action short film for The Phone Call made by Network Ireland Television - thanked their mothers for volunteering on the film . Sienna Miller and Chris Evans took to the stage to present Best Sound Mixing , which went to Whiplash . Best Sound Editing went to American Sniper , which presenter Sienna - who starred in the film - was particularly excited for . Winner of Best Supporting Actor last year Jared Leto came on stage to present this year 's Best Supporting Actress . | Predicted best picture , best director , best actor , best actress , and the results for supporting actor and actress . Even the four predictions it got wrong were second places . 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Last week , a stranger told me how sexy I was . Or rather , he told my friend Matthew , with whom I was having dinner . ` Do you know how lucky you are to have such an attractive companion ? ' the man asked him while I was at the bar . Immediately , Matthew puffed up to twice his size -- but I could scarcely believe my ears . Surely they did n't mean me ? At the age of 70 ? Perhaps this man needed his eyesight testing . Scroll down for video . Liz , 70 , says that in the last ten years she 's been besieged by dating offers from men in her own age group -LRB- Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin in It 's Complicated -RRB- . Still , I was secretly thrilled . Who would n't be ? No one ever paid me such a compliment when I was younger and had the looks to deserve it ; yet now , someone was honestly wowed by me . I felt great . Sexy , even . I 'm not exaggerating when I say this was n't an isolated incident . Over the past ten years , since my partner died , I have been besieged by dating offers from men in my age group . And not just dating . Far from thinking that it 's not possible to have a fulfilling sex life in later life , I have to tell you I 'm very satisfied . While I am still single , I do have a male friend -LRB- not Matthew -RRB- whom I see every now and then . Our relationship is not exactly romantic , but it is certainly red-blooded . In today 's rather coy slang , it is a ` friendship with benefits ' . Sex is in no way off the agenda because of my age . Yes , it really is true -- like many women my age , at 70 I 'm sexier than ever . Even Matthew later told me that he was in complete agreement with the stranger . ` It 's true , ' he insisted , as I suppose he felt he had to . ` You really have n't lost your sex appeal . ' Traditionally , sexiness is a short-lived commodity , fleetingly bestowed upon the young and quickly lost -- like sand running through your fingers . Liz -LRB- pictured -RRB- says she sees women in their 60s and 70s everywhere who still think , ` look and act sexy ' In our 70s , goes the received wisdom , we become old crones and ` little old ladies ' living out our days in a care home or alone in a one-bedroom flat with only a cat for company . We are grannies or aged spinsters , a burden to the NHS and even to our families . For someone of my age , sex appeal is supposed to be a distant memory . Yet it simply is n't true . When I look around me , I see dozens of women in their 60s and 70s who still think , look and act sexy . Indeed , this is a generation that refuses to accept the passing of sexiness ; that rejects the notion we 're past our prime the moment we pick up a pension . Could it be , in fact , that we 're just coming into it ? This is such a new and radical thought that it requires a significant culture change . But -- and it 's a big but -- it does n't just happen by itself . In my opinion , sexiness at our age has to be worked at . We might not be crones , but gone are the days when we can walk into a room with unbrushed hair , wearing a tacky T-shirt and flip-flops . That works for gorgeous 20-year-olds , but not for us . After dinner , I talked about this at length with Matthew , who is a psychologist and himself over 70 . And , while his views may verge on stuffy , they do come from the horse 's mouth . ` In my view , all older women should dye their hair because grey or white immediately says : `` You 're old , you 're past it . '' It says you do n't care any more , ' he says . ` And most men , including myself , are not interested in a woman who does n't care what she looks like . ' Liz says that celebrities like Tina Turner -LRB- pictured in 1969 -RRB- show that older people can still be sexy . And yes , we do have to submit to the pedicurist and manicurist , and wear make-up all the time . In order to keep the old chassis more or less on the road , we must polish it and buff it up . ` You also have to smile , ' says Matthew . ` A young person can get away with looking moody , but there is nothing worse than a miserable old person . ' In fact , I admit to keeping several High Street beauty shops more or less in business these days . The local nail salon , brow bar , tanning shop and even the dentist thrive on my custom . I go to the gym , too , for while it might be possible to be sexy and overweight in your 20s , no one is going to ask for your number if you look flabby at 70 . Men will think your heart is about to give out , and the only new relationship you 'll forge is with a cardiac surgeon . Cher , who is 68 , -LRB- pictured in 2013 -RRB- is an example of how women who are nearly 70 can have the energy and vibrancy that make them sexy . I 'm afraid to say that a good figure at this age requires an intense effort -- but it 's worth every moment on the cross-trainer . At least nowadays there are gyms that cater for this level of vanity . It 's also true that I have had some work done : a facelift five years ago that has held up reasonably well and removed a lot of the ` old lady ' look . While this might be cheating , at # 12,000 it certainly was n't cheap . In any case , I do n't regret it and am considering a tummy tuck , too -- though whether I can put myself through the expense and trauma , not to mention the scarring , remains to be seen . I do n't have any particular beauty regime . Products by Simple have always seemed to me as good as anything more expensive . Hands are a perennial problem , and over the years I have tried every kind of hand cream , from cheap to pricey to really very dear indeed -- and none seem to make any difference . Same with the neck . Once again , the only real solution is a neck lift . And as for the decolletage : well , just do n't have too much on show . Yes , it all takes more time and effort every year . And , of course , I sound extraordinarily vain . I also never wear flat shoes , except trainers for the gym . But really it is about attitude -- and I am certain that is what my admirer at dinner picked up on . I looked animated and lively and fun to be with -- perhaps because I was dining with a relatively new friend rather than a grotty old husband of 50 years -LRB- I 'm sure that helped , in any case -RRB- . Energy and vibrancy are probably the sexiest qualities of all in older people . Look at Tina Turner , who is 75 , and Cher , nudging 70 . Look at the way they project and light up a stage -- they are at least as sexy as they were 30 , 40 , even 50 , years ago . Cosmetic surgery has helped them , too , but it 's their lust for life that has truly kept them hot . And then there is the fantastic former ballerina Dame Gillian Lynne , still with a lithe dancer 's body and working at the age of 89 . I am not the only one enjoying herself so thoroughly at this late -LRB- ish -RRB- point in life . Recently , a 70-something girlfriend confessed that she was having a torrid affair with a married man , which , at any age , is morally dubious and extremely exciting . Liz also refers to former ballerina Dame Gillian Lynne -LRB- pictured in 2014 -RRB- who still has a lithe dancer 's body and is working at the age of 89 . Because of this , she knows there is no future in the relationship and , in any case , he lives abroad so they can not meet very often . But he is so besotted with her that he Skypes or phones at least five times a day , and is always emailing her love poems he has written . He is distraught when he can not make contact , and tells her she is the sexiest woman he 's ever met . I wish I could say that she did n't go to enormous efforts to remain attractive -- but the opposite is true . I have never seen her without full make-up , manicured nails and high heels . She also always exudes a delicious but subtle aura of expensive scent -- another little touch older women often forget . No wonder her lover ca n't wait to get on a plane and book a five-star hotel . Yes , we 70-year-olds of today are sexy , youthful and raring to go . Now all we 're waiting for is men of the same age to catch up . | Liz Hodgkinson says she 's been ` besieged by dating offers ' recently . Traditionally , sexiness is a short-lived commodity . Women in their 70s are often thought to be ` little old ladies ' Liz says this generation have refused to accept the passing of sexiness . | [[448, 451], [459, 623], [911, 934], [937, 991], [961, 962], [982, 998], [1772, 1807], [2503, 2570]] |
These are the horrific injuries of Syrian civilians who Bashar al-Assad 's political rivals say were targeted with phosphorous bombs by the regime . The troubled country 's opposition coalition said yesterday that the President 's forces had dropped the bombs and napalm on civilians in rural Aleppo on Monday . It comes as Turkey sent extra aid workers trained to identify and decontaminate chemical weapons victims to its border with Syria after an apparent poison gas attack in Damascus a week ago . Scroll down for video -LRB- WARNING Graphic -RRB- . Response : United Nations chemical weapons experts wearing gas masks carry samples from one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack in the Ain Tarma neighbourhood of Damascus . Serious injuries : Civilians were taken to Syrian border hospitals after the opposition claimed that the al-Assad regime had used napalm and white phosphorous bombs on a student population in Aleppo . Probe : United Nations arms experts visit a clinic as they inspect the site where rockets had fallen in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta during an investigation into a suspected chemical weapons strike . Care : A member of the UN investigation team takes samples of sands near a part of a missile likely to be one of the chemical rockets according to activists , in the Damascus countryside of Ain Terma , Syria . ` We have increased our measures . significantly since last week , to be prepared particularly in case of a . chemical attack , ' said Mustafa Aydogdu , of the Disaster and Emergency . Management Directorate . ` We . have experts who could deal with chemical attacks and we have deployed . almost all of them in Kilis , Hatay and Sanliurfa , ' he added , naming . Turkish border cities housing dozens of refugee camps . Turkey , . which has a 560-mile border with Syria , hosts half a million refugees . from the two-and-a-half year conflict and is braced for a new influx . should Western powers strike . Mr . Aydogdu said a number of refugees crossing into Turkey in recent days . via Cilvegozu , the nearest border gate to Aleppo , had burns and were . being tested for chemical weapons exposure . Awful : Turkey has sent extra aid workers trained to identify and decontaminate chemical weapons victims to its border with Syria after an apparent poison gas attack in Damascus a week ago . Claims : The troubled country 's opposition coalition said yesterday that the President 's forces had dropped the bombs and napalm on civilians in rural Aleppo on Monday . Suffering : A woman -LRB- right -RRB- affected by what activists said appeared to be a gas attack is led to a team of UN chemical weapons experts -LRB- left -RRB- for checking during the team 's visit to a site of an alleged attack in Damascus . Investigating A United Nations chemical weapons expert wearing a gas mask carries samples from one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack in the Ain Tarma neighbourhood of Damascus . Wreckage : Syrians walk in a heavily damaged street in the country 's eastern town of Deir Ezzor . ` We ca n't say at this stage that these burns are due to a chemical attack , ' he added . White phosphorus is a toxic substance used in industry to manufacture chemicals used in fertilisers and cleaning compounds . It can be absorbed into the body by inhalation , ingestion , or skin contact . It causes skin to melt away from the bone and can break down a victim 's jawbone . The substance can also stick to clothing or on the skin and continues to burn unchecked as particles are exposed to air . Particles scorch through layers of tissue until their oxygen supply is cut off . Doctors say the best way to treat the burns is by keeping oxygen away from the wound by ensuring it is wet , and surgically remove all the phosphorous particles . ` We have heard about the use of phosphorus but I ca n't confirm as yet that people who have been subject to a chemical attack have crossed into Turkey . ' United Nations chemical weapons investigators crossed Syria 's front line into rebel-held territory today for a second visit to the scene of the poison gas attack near Damascus . US President Barack Obama and his European and Middle East allies have blamed Mr Assad for last week 's killing of hundreds of civilians and are drawing up plans for punitive military action . Turkey has emerged as one of Mr Assad 's most vocal critics and has been a staunch supporter of the rebels . It has spent # 1.3 billion sheltering refugees , Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said . Turkey 's near two dozen camps are home to about 200,000 refugees , Mr Aydogdu said , while the rest live in rented accommodation in border cities . He said new capacity was being built , adding : ` We can host another 20,000 people in our camp in Viransehir , near the border . There is no capacity problem at this stage . ' | WARNING : GRAPHIC CONTENT . Opposition says forces dropped bombs and napalm on Aleppo civilians . Turkey sends aid workers to decontaminate chemical weapons victims . UN investigators cross Syria 's front line into rebel-held territory today . | [[503, 554], [35, 51], [85, 148], [149, 311], [209, 311], [760, 847], [816, 943], [2364, 2432], [2424, 2526], [312, 353], [324, 441], [336, 502], [2170, 2293], [2188, 2354], [3967, 4066]] |
CBS paid tribute to veteran correspondent Bob Simon on Sunday night with a special hour-long episode which celebrated his life and career . CBS paid tribute to veteran correspondent Bob Simon last night with a special hour-long episode which celebrated his life and career . Presented by Steve Kroft , the special 60 Minutes Presents charted Simon 's 47-year career presenting from war zones and disasters across the world . The veteran reporter was killed in a car crash in New York City 12 days ago . On the show Simon was remembered for having travelled to more than 130 different countries to report on every possible type of news . ` It was his love of adventure and the search for new experiences that drove him to explore exotic and often dangerous places , ' Kroft said . Simon , 73 , who survived being held in an Iraqi prison under the regime of Saddam Hussein and was one of the last reporters to leave Saigon during the Vietnam War , died following the crash on Manhattan 's West Side Highway . Kroft said : ` Tonight , we remember and celebrate the life and extraordinary career of our friend and colleague Bob Simon . ` He spent 47 years covering the world for CBS News and 60 Minutes and survived dozens of wars and other calamities . ` He died 11 days ago in a New York City traffic accident not far from this studio . ` The irony would not have been lost on Bob . Irony was one of his favorite journalistic devices . ` He was a brilliant combination of sophistication and street smarts , who liked to tell people he was just a Jewish kid from the Bronx . ` He did n't tell you that he was also Phi Beta Kappa , and had been a Fulbright scholar , or that he came to become television 's quintessential foreign correspondent . ' The show looked at three of Simon 's most memorable stories : The Shame of Srebrenica , which looked at the slaughter by Serb troops of more than 8,000 Muslim civilians in that Bosnian town and the role of Dutch U.N Peacekeepers ; The Sea Gypsies , about a small community who survived the 2004 Asian Tsunami ; and The Recyclers , about a town built on a rubbish dump in Paraguay . Leslie Stahl and Steve Kroft -LRB- above -RRB- talked about Simon and his daughter in an interview about their friend . Colleague Lesley Stahl said : ` It was n't an easy choice to pick only three , given the hundreds of stories he did , and the range of subjects he took on . ` He combined bravery , an eye for the telling detail and , at times , a righteous indignation at war 's folly and its consequences . ' Scott Pelley said : ` Bob Simon was always ready for an adventure - a chance to travel somewhere he 'd never seen and tell us all about it . ` He had a gift for finding the surprising , even the magical , in the most unexpected places . ' Simon was born on May 29 , 1941 , in the Bronx , New York City , and graduated from Brandeis University in 1962 , receiving a degree in history . He started his 47-year career with CBS News in 1967 . Two years later , Simon joined the network 's foreign bureaus , where he was until 1981 when he became the State Department correspondent . He went on to report from war zones in Portugal , Cyprus , the Falkland Islands , the Persian Gulf , and Yugoslavia . He covered the conflict in Northern Ireland and U.S. military actions in Grenada , Somalia and Haiti . Simon , reporting from the back of a helicopter , during the Vietnam War -LRB- left -RRB- and -LRB- right -RRB- in his final piece . Simon was described by his 60 Minutes producer as a ` reporter 's reporter ' and his coverage and insight into some of the world 's most hostile regions brought numerous accolades including 27 Emmys and four Peabody Awards . Simon joined CBS News as a reporter and assignment editor , covering campus unrest and inner-city riots . He also worked in CBS ' Tel Aviv bureau from 1977 to 1981 and in Washington , D.C. , as its Department of State correspondent . He got his start as a globe-trotting war correspondent in Vietnam . During one broadcast from the war zone , Simon reported from the back of a helicopter on its way to collect an American with shrapnel wounds . Simon 's and his wife Françoise in an undated picture - they had one daughter , Tanya , and one grandson . He covered the length of the Vietnam War and was on one of last helicopters out of Saigon in 1975 when the U.S. withdrew troops . In 1987 , he was made chief Middle East correspondent for CBS News . At the beginning of the Persian-Gulf war in January 1991 , he was captured with colleagues by Iraqi forces . The team spent 40 days in a prison of Iraqi despot Saddam Hussein . He was interrogated , beaten with canes and truncheons , and starved by his Iraqi captors . He would later recount his story in the book Forty Days . Following his ordeal , he returned to Iraq in January 1993 to cover the U.S. bombing of the country . He was made the Middle East correspondent for CBS News in 1987 - he is pictured here in Israel . Simon after he was released from 40 days of captivity by Iraqi forces during the first Iraq War in 1991 . Simon won numerous awards , including his fourth Peabody and an Emmy for his story from Central Africa on the world 's only all-black symphony in 2012 . Another story about an orchestra in Paraguay , one whose poor members constructed their instruments from trash , won him his 27th Emmy , perhaps the most held by a journalist for field reporting , CBS said . He also won the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award , for ` Shame of Srebrenica , ' a '60 Minutes II ' report on genocide during the Bosnian War . His range was broad - from reporting on the Lost Boys of Sudan during the 1987 civil war to more recently , the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster which was hit by a tsunami triggered by a 9.0 earthquake . ` It 's a terrible loss for all of us at CBS News , ' said 60 Minutes Executive Producer Jeff Fager . ` It is such a tragedy made worse because we lost him in a car accident , a man who has escaped more difficult situations than almost any journalist in modern times . ' ` Bob was a reporter 's reporter . He was driven by a natural curiosity that took him all over the world covering every kind of story imaginable . ' Bill Whitaker added : ` Bob Simon 's great passion - apart from his family and good writing - was music . ` He delighted particularly in opera , but a symphony in Kinshasa , a young conductor in Caracas or a rap star from Brooklyn were all worthy of Bob 's attention , and in his judgment , ours . ' Simon 's final reporting piece for CBS was a collaboration between him and his daughter , Tanya , who also works for the network . It was about Ebola and aired last Sunday . Watch the full tribute from 60 Minutes here . Simon 's daughter Tanya -LRB- pictured , left with her father , centre -RRB- produced his final 60 Minutes piece . | Veteran reporter Bob Simon , 73 , died in car crash 12 days ago in New York . Last night 60 Minutes paid emotional tribute to their friend and colleague . Show looked back on Simon 's 47-year career and some of his best work . Was once held for 40 days in Iraqi prison under Saddam Hussein 's regime . 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Rachel Reeves : Labour frontbencher is set for a Cabinet role if Ed Miliband wins the election in May . Labour frontbencher Rachel Reeves today hit back at claims she could not handle being in the Cabinet while having a baby . She hopes to become Work and Pensions Secretary if Ed Miliband wins power in May . But she is due to have her second baby just five weeks later , on 15 June , and will begin her maternity leave before that . Tory MP Andrew Rosindell questioned whether becoming a mother means she will be able to give her job her ` full attention ' . But Miss Reeves rejected the suggestion , writing on Twitter : ' 300,000 women a year take maternity leave but Andrew Rosindell thinks ca n't do big job & be a mum . Tory women problem ? ' The row erupted after Miss Reeves , 36 , said she believes she would have time to abolish the housing benefit under-occupancy charge -- known as the ` bedroom tax ' -- before she goes on maternity leave until September . ` Yes . I 'm having a child , and I shall be on maternity leave for the early weeks and months of the next government , ' she said in an interview at the weekend . She added that she had already planned her first moves if Labour is in government and she takes over at Work and Pensions . ` The first thing I would do is to abolish the bedroom tax , ' she said , referring to the Coalition 's controversial policy of cutting housing benefit for council tenants with a spare room so their rent is not fully covered , meaning they have to pay the shortfall or move . ` That 's something I can do really quickly . My baby 's due in June , and I want to cancel the bedroom tax before I go on maternity leave . That would be a great start for when I come back in September . ' Despite her heavy workload , Miss Reeves , who is married to civil servant Nick Joicey , does not have a nanny or any formal childcare and mainly relies on her mother and aunt . Speaking about her childcare arrangements , she added : ' I do make sure I get things done ; that I 've sorted out the shopping and that there 's food in the fridge . ' Miss Reeves , a fast-rising Labour star since she was elected in 2010 , has been tipped as a successor to Ed Miliband as Labour leader . She is currently work and pensions spokesman , shadowing Iain Duncan Smith . Miss Reeves took to Twitter to hit back at criticism of the idea of taking maternity leave from the Cabinet . But in an interview at the weekend , the Leeds West MP , who has a one-year-old daughter , ruled herself out of taking over if Labour loses the election . ' I think Ed is going to win and I hope that I will be in his first Cabinet , so that 's not a scenario I have given any thought to , ' she said . Tory MP Andrew Rosindell said last night : ' I do n't want to say someone who is having a baby is not eligible to be a Cabinet minister , but I certainly think perhaps the demands of that particular job will require someone to give it their full attention . ' I do n't expect Rachel Reeves to be in the Cabinet after the election because I expect the Conservatives to win , but clearly people need to be put in the positions they can handle . ' David Cameron 's official spokesman also dismissed suggestions that pregnant women should not be appointed to the Cabinet . Asked whether the Prime Minister believed a pregnant woman could serve in the Cabinet , the spokesman told a regular Westminster media briefing : ` Why on Earth not ? ' The spokesman added : ` The Prime Minister 's views around maternity leave -LRB- entitlements -RRB- is that they are universal , they apply to everyone and it is entirely a matter for individual families to take the decisions that they think are right for them , and the Government 's job is to support them in those decisions they take . ' Next in line ? Miss Reeves , a fast-rising Labour star since she was elected in 2010 , has been tipped as a successor to Ed Miliband , left , as Labour leader . But Tory MP Andrew Rosindell questioned whether she could give the job her full attention . Miss Reeves is expected to be Labour 's public face of the General Election campaign with regular TV appearances . She has been pushed forward by Mr Miliband , becoming shadow chief secretary to the Treasury in 2011 , before being promoted to shadow work and pensions secretary in 2013 . After studying politics , philosophy and economics at Oxford , state-educated Miss Reeves 's first job was as an economist at the Bank of England . She took five months ' maternity leave from Parliament after her first child was born in March 2013 , returning to work in early September after the summer recess . A week after her return , she faced embarrassment following an appearance on BBC2 's Newsnight when its editor Ian Katz sent a tweet calling her ` boring snoring Rachel Reeves ' . He had intended it as a private direct message but instead it was tweeted publicly . At the time , Miss Reeves said she was particularly aggrieved about the comment because she had agreed to be interviewed even though she had a new baby . She said : ' I thought , I 've just been on your programme at 11 o'clock at night , I 've got a tiny baby at home , I could have been at home . I just felt humiliated . ' Liberal Democrat equalities minister Jo Swinson was criticised last year for taking six months ' maternity leave . She complained of the lack of support for mothers , such as ` bizarre ' rulings banning MPs from taking babies through the voting lobby . Miss Swinson said new mothers may need to breastfeed during all night votes and debates . ' I hardly think it would be too much of a disruption , ' she said . ` You can take a sword through there but you ca n't a baby . I think we need to get away from this guilt culture in terms of judging other people 's decisions as parents . ' Desperate Ed Miliband brings back Two Jags . By Jack Doyle , Political Correspondent for the Daily Mail . Veteran : John Prescott is to return to frontline politics as a climate change adviser to Ed Miliband . John Prescott is to return to frontline politics as a climate change adviser to Ed Miliband . But the move , widely seen as an attempt by the Labour leader to fend off the threat of Ukip by shoring up working-class votes , was greeted with widespread derision . The appointment of Lord Prescott -- dubbed Two Jags -- came as a second poll in a week put the Tories ahead of Labour . The Opinium survey for the Observer had the Conservatives up two points on 35 per cent and Labour down two on 33 . Senior Labour figures admitted Lord Prescott , 76 , would play a significant campaigning role ahead of the election . The appointment of the veteran bruiser -- during the 2001 election campaign he famously punched a protester who threw an egg at him in North Wales -- came as a surprise . He recently criticised Mr Miliband 's ` far too timid ' approach . ` He might as well have said at the end of his conference speech , ` Go back to your constituencies and prepare for coalition ' , ' Lord Prescott said in October . He was deputy leader of the Labour Party for 13 years and deputy Prime Minister under Tony Blair until he resigned in 2007 . He earned the sobriquet Two Jags after it emerged he owned one and had a second as his ministerial car . In 1999 , he was criticised for driving the 200 yards from his hotel to the Labour Party conference venue . He blamed the need to protect his wife Pauline 's hair . In 2006 he took a chauffeur-driven Jaguar the 200 yards from his hotel to speak on global warming at a US conference At the time he said he was ` fully focused ' on saving the planet . That year it also emerged that he had a two-year affair with his secretary Tracey Temple , a divorcee 24 years his junior . On BBC1 's Andrew Marr show yesterday , former Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell denied Lord Prescott 's return was ` terrifying ' but admitted Mr Miliband 's personal poll ratings were ` not good ' . Former Blair aide Matthew Taylor told Sky News that Lord Prescott was ` probably past the stage of punching people ' . Mr Miliband said he was bringing back the veteran because he ` knows how to knock heads together ' . Lord Prescott will advise him ahead of the UN climate change conference in Paris later this year , he said . Lord Prescott was the lead EU negotiator during the talks which led to the 1997 Kyoto agreement on reducing carbon dioxide emissions . Labour foreign affairs spokesman Douglas Alexander said Lord Prescott was one of the party 's strongest campaigners . He said : ` The role and brief that John 's been given right now is to focus on climate change but I fully expect that as well as that policy role , he 'll continue to support the Labour campaign in the months ahead . ' Tory MP Nigel Mills said : ` So , Labour appoints the man who spent his ministerial career swanning around in two gas-guzzling Jaguars to be their adviser on climate change ? Another dud appointment from weak Ed Miliband who 's got a man who crashed the economy running the shadow Treasury and a deputy leader who thinks the way to attract the female vote is daubing her campaign material in pink . ' Ukip 's Nigel Farage mocked the appointment , telling Radio 4 : ' I think they 're a bit short of talent . ' Yesterday 's Opinium Poll shows Labour has fallen 11 points since the end of 2012 . It follows an ICM poll for the Guardian which put the Tories on 36 per cent and Labour on 32 . Opinium 's Adam Drummond said the recovering economy was boosting the Coalition 's ratings . | Miss Reeves hopes to become Work and Pensions Secretary if Labour wins . But she is due to have her second baby just five weeks after the election . Believes she will have time to abolish ` bedroom tax ' before maternity leave . | [[227, 274], [1221, 1258], [104, 137], [211, 226], [314, 370], [5046, 5066], [750, 757], [791, 882], [809, 812], [829, 912], [1610, 1675]] |
Campaigners in the Lake District are fighting plans for a proposed ` eyesore ' fence which they say will spoil the national park and ruin its chances of becoming a world heritage site . Water company United Utilities wants to erect the six-mile fence in open land above Thirlmere , in a bid to keep out sheep from the three-square-mile area . They say ` over-grazing ' by the sheep has eroded the peat , causing it to wash down the hill and discolour the reservoir water . Scroll down for video . Campaigners in the Lake District are fighting a proposed six-mile fence above Thirlmere reservoir -LRB- pictured -RRB- which they say will spoil the national park and ruin its chances of becoming a world heritage site . This map shows the proposed fence line which United Utilities believes will improve the reservoir water . But the Open Spaces Society and the Friends of the Lake District are fighting the scheme , saying the fence will be an eyesore on the landscape and will prevent walkers from roaming freely across the fells . They also fear the barrier could undermine the government 's bid to make the Lake District a world heritage site , something which will be considered by Unesco 's committee in June 2017 . Now Miriam O'Reilly has waded into the debate , warning the move could open the floodgates for more development on open land in the national park . ` It would take away the right of hill farmers to graze their animals there , but would also hinder hill walkers who have enjoyed the landscape for centuries , ' she told The Times . Miriam O'Reilly , the former Countryfile presenter , has joined campaign groups in opposing the plans . She added that it would not only ` destroy the look of the landscape ' but would also ` prevent people from roaming freely ' . The proposal , which is due to be considered by the government 's Planning Inspectorate later this year , said the fence would be temporarily erected for 15 years . United Utilities said the move is needed to stop peat entering Thirlmere and contaminating the reservoir , which is one of the North West 's most significant sources of public drinking water . It also promised that access to walkers would not be hampered and that it would only prevent the free movement of livestock . Gates will be included at regular intervals , the plan says . But Ian Brodie , who represents OSS , said the fence was not ` temporary ' because it would be in place for 15 years . He said : ` The proposed fence will be one of the greatest threats the Lake District has faced to the traditional openness and freedom of the fells . ` It will impact on many walkers each year and it appears to run contrary to the principles of the bid for World Heritage inscription which United Utilities are supposedly supporting . ' Rory Stewart , MP for Penrith and The Border , has also joined the campaign , saying the fence would jeopordise ` that combination of wild and pastoral that inspired Wordsworth ' . But biodiversity officer John Gorst , from United Utilites , said : ` It absolutely is n't our intention to hamper people 's access or enjoyment but what many probably do n't realise is that , although beautiful , the Thirlmere valley is not working the way nature intended . ` We 're trying to encourage natural vegetation which has been over-grazed for many years to regenerate and hopefully restore habitats like blanket bog , which is natural to the valley . ' He added : ` Unfortunately without a fence , it 's hard to see how we can help restore the land . ' | United Utilities wants a fence above Thirlmere reservoir to keep out sheep . They say over-grazing causes peat to wash down hill and discolour water . But campaigners say fence will restrict walkers from roaming on open land . Also fear it will put park 's bid for Unesco world heritage site in jeopardy . | [[186, 290], [285, 342], [343, 381], [343, 347], [354, 401], [343, 347], [404, 472], [1946, 2050], [0, 84], [827, 887], [914, 1030], [1369, 1371], [1449, 1524], [1654, 1776], [1654, 1657], [1729, 1734], [1742, 1769], [133, 185], [575, 716], [1031, 1035], [1041, 1095]] |
Season after season , Burberry 's Christopher Bailey unveils the most coveted catwalk collection - and his AW15 womenswear show today was no different . Named Patchwork , Pattern & Prints , Burberry is bringing back bohemian style for AW15 with a print-filled show nostalgic of the 70s . The show at Kensington Gardens opened with the dulcet tones of singer-songwriter Clare Maguire , who had written a song specifically for the show . Scroll down for video . Named Patchwork , Pattern & Prints , Burberry is bringing back bohemian style for AW15 with a print-filled show nostalgic of the 70s closed by hot young models Malaika Firth and Edie Campbell . Supermodels Cara Delevingne , Jourdan Dunn , Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell may have taken a break from the catwalk to admire the collection from the front row but that was n't to say Bailey did n't tap the rest of the cool young Brit pack . Whilst last season 's favourite Suki Waterhouse was partying at the Oscars in Los Angeles with beau Bradley Cooper , Malaika Firth closed the show with aplomb . Mosaic-encrusted tops , patchwork leggings and a new take on the classic trench rocked the runway . The collection also included several floaty peasant style dresses that finished below the knee . Coats were trimmed with the softest shearling and the bucket bag came in leopard or decked in fringing . Following closely behind was the biggest clothes horses in the business , Sam Rollinson , Edie Campbell and Matilda Lowther , all dressed head-to-toe in the British heritage label 's latest offering . This time last year , Bailey introduced the poncho - and a who 's who of fashion wore their personalised versions all season long . Known for his ability to reinvent trends time and time again , he updated it for AW15 with the help of some fashionable fringing - and Kate Moss arrived wearing a black version before it had even hit the runway . The collection saw some of Christopher Bailey 's signature graphic prints that he has favoured over the past few seasons of the Burberry Prorsum catwalk . Tassels were omnipresent on Bailey 's runway and patchwork print boots were seen on the runway and on the front row -LRB- worn by none other than Cara Delevingne -RRB- . The collection carried a folklore feel with models ' dainty outfits completed with pompoms round the wrist . The poncho has become a new classic for the brand with this season seeing embellishment to the capes . The soft outline was first seen at the fashion house a year ago with the monogrammed blankets . Suede and leather fringing was a theme throughout the line and even the models ' shoes were complete with a tasseled edging . For the braver Burberry girl full-length fringing was seen on several models in tan and plum shades . Mosaic-encrusted tops and dresses were worn with black waistcoats and fringed booties sashayed down the runway . The designer Christopher Bailey takes a bow after presenting his AW15 collection . Burberry 's new arm candy , the bucket bag , was given a fringed makeover , as were the brand 's winter ponytail booties . The staple trench , meanwhile , came with paisley prints in blossom hues , while teal and olive maxi dresses made a comeback and were worn with the tiniest of waistcoats . Mosaic-encrusted tops , quilted floral jackets , and patchwork leggings rocked the runway , with the occasional injection of leopard-print making a graphic statement . Today 's show , which closed with a shower of metallic confetti , was boho Burberry at its absolute best . Sam Smith , Cara Delevingne , Jourdan Dunn , Kate Moss , Mario Testino and Naomi Campbell sat front row . The show at Kensington Gardens opened with the dulcet tones of singer-songwriter Clare Maguire - who had written a song specifically for the show . | AW15 womenswear held on Monday in Kensington Gardens . Named Patchwork , Pattern & Prints . Sam Smith , Kate Moss and Cara Delevingne sat front row . | [[654, 811], [2160, 2227], [3530, 3635]] |
An investment bank may pay staff their bonuses early in order to avoid extra taxes that Labour have pledged to bring in , it was reported last night . Rothschild is believed to be considering the move after Ed Balls promised to introduce a windfall tax on bankers ' bonuses in the first year of the next parliament if Labour comes to power . The shadow chancellor has threatened to repeat the move -- which Labour say will raise up to # 2billion -- the following year if bankers do not show more restraint on pay . Shadow chancellor Ed Balls -LRB- pictured -RRB- has promised to introduce a windfall tax on bankers ' bonuses if Labour wins the election in May . Rothschild would normally pay its staff their bonus relating to performance for 2014 in June this year . But two people familiar with the bank 's thinking have revealed the bank is considering bringing the pay-out forward to before the next general election , according to the Financial Times . The bank has officially declined to comment . In a statement , it said : ` Rothschild annually distributes a percentage of its profits for the year to its staff as a profit share . ` The payment date of this distribution varies across divisions and geographies . ' Under the Labour plan , bonuses paid to bankers would be taxed to fund the party 's compulsory jobs gua5rantee to get young people into work . Mr Balls said last year : ` After the global banking crisis and with bank bonuses soaring again this year , it 's fair to pay for our jobs plan with a repeat of Labour 's tax on bank bonuses . We need a recovery for the many , not just a few at the top . ' It comes after it was revealed this weekend that high street banks are to pay out bonuses worth more than # 5billion - with the chief executives in line for millions of pounds next week . Stuart Gulliver , HSBC 's chief executive , is in line for pay and perks of # 7.4 million , including a bonus of # 1.3 million . Investment bank Rothschild -LRB- pictured in London -RRB- is believed to be considering paying the 2014 bonus before the general election , instead of the usual time in June . Despite the recent string of scandals - including tax avoidance at its Swiss private banking arm -- it is preparing to reward its top staff with a total bonus pool of # 2.2 billion . From 2015 , banks across the European Union now face tougher constraints on bonuses paid out to senior staff and key risk-takers . These employees at Rothschild -- called ` code staff ' -- shared bonuses of # 12million between 50 of them between 2013 and 2014 . A final decision on the timing of bonuses is expected to be taken before the Rothschild group 's year end on March 31 . | Shadow chancellor Ed Balls wants to bring in tax in first year of parliament . Rothschild would normally pay staff 2014 bonus in June , after May election . High street banks expected to pay out bonuses worth more than # 5billion . | [[207, 314], [662, 766], [702, 766], [1622, 1797], [1631, 1809]] |
She has vowed not to let her $ 127million Powerball win change her - and has even promised to give some of the cash to church . But single mother-of-four Marie Holmes looked to have treated herself to a millionaire makeover as she collected her share of the vast lottery jackpot . The 26-year-old , from Shallotte , North Carolina , was pictured wearing a woollen beanie when she came forward with the lucky ticket , which netted her a lump-sum payment of $ 127million before taxes . But as she finally stepped forward to claim her winnings , she dazzled with a new hairstyle and smart suit . Scroll down for video . Dazzling : Marie Holmes , looked to have treated herself to a millionaire makeover as she collected her share of the vast lottery jackpot . The 26-year-old , from Shallotte , North Carolina , was pictured wearing a woollen beanie when she came forward with the lucky ticket . Marie Holmes , 26 , from Shallotte , North Carolina , made her $ 127million lottery winnings official on Monday with a press conference for the Education Lottery . Holmes announced her winnings to a local news station earlier this month . But the handing over of the large check makes her winnings official . Holmes , one of three winners of the historic $ 564million jackpot , announced her winnings to a local news station two weeks ago . But the passing over of the over-sized check at a news conference yesterday made her winnings official . Holmes has said that she hopes to set up college funds for her children , buy a new home , give money to church and to travel - perhaps to Paris , as she 's never been outside the United States . Holmes says she gave her mom $ 15 to buy five tickets on her way to church . She later bought five more . Weeks later , life is very different . She says security accompanies her everywhere . At the news conference , she was flanked by her lawyer and her financial adviser . Holmes and her family live in a trailer in Shallotte , North Carolina -- just north of South Carolina on the coast . Winning still ` does n't feel real ' , Holmes said at the press conference . ` It 's not going to change the person that I am , but it 's going to change our situation , ' she added . ` It 's going to be very fortunate . ' The lucky winner said earlier this month that she scared her kids , one of whom has cerebral palsy , after she found out she had won and began screaming that they ` did n't have to struggle anymore ' . ' I am humbled and grateful for the opportunities this has created for my family , ' she said . Holmes said at the press conference that having the money has n't hit her yet , and that it still ` does n't feel real ' Holmes said she originally bought five tickets for a total $ 15 before the lottery was announced . She later bought five more in homes of winning the jackpot . She said at the conference that now she is happy her family wo n't have to struggle anymore now that she has the money . ` They 're going to be able to live a comfortable life , ' she said . ` That 's everything . ' She used to work at McDonald 's and Walmart before quitting to take care of her children . Her four children , Brayden , Charisma , Andrea and Ebony , are aged from nine months to seven years old . Brayden is believed to suffer from cerebral palsy . Holmes sacrificed her education to care for her four children and took minimum wage jobs to provide for her family . With little or no help from the fathers of her four young children , she has struggled financially for most of her adult life . Holmes has also seen her own father repeatedly jailed and her favorite cousin shot and left paralyzed after a home invasion . Family members describe Holmes as a loving mother who always put her children first . ` Marie is very grounded and she will know what to do with all that money , ' said her uncle William Bryant . ` I 'm sure she will want to buy a new home for herself and her kids , but I ca n't see any extravagant purchases . She 's a nice girl who loves her family and loves her church . ' Holmes said in the press conference that she can give her kids all that they want now , but she still wants them to live humbly . Family members have said that the mother is a nice and grounded woman who ` always puts her kids first ' Holmes has little contact with the two fathers of her four children . The three eldest are with her former high school sweetheart who now lives in California . Her youngest child is with a local man but friends say he is not involved in his daughter 's life . Lottery officials said her winning ticket was sold at a convenience store in Shallotte . It is the fourth time that a North Carolina ticket has claimed a Powerball jackpot . In North Carolina , a winner has 180 days from the drawing to claim the prize . The winning numbers were : 11 , 13 , 25 , 39 , 54 and the Powerball 19 . Holmes 's winning line was the fourth of the ` quick picks ' . The odds of winning the Powerball are one in 175million . The gas station she bought the ticket at will get $ 50,000 as a retailer incentive award . Another ticket-holder from the February 11 drawing in Puerto Rico has elected to remain anonymous , while the owner of a winning ticket sold in Texas has not yet come forward . Holmes has been living in the pictured trailer with multiple family members . She hopes to buy a new house for her and her kids with the earnings , but she does n't know if she 'll settle in North Carolina . Before becoming a stay-at-home mom , Holmes , worked at this McDonald 's in North Carolina to help her family get by . The Texas Lottery posted on Twitter that one of the winning tickets was sold at Appletree Food Mart in Princeton , a city about 40 miles north of Dallas . It had been nearly a year since a Powerball prize reached the giant number people have come to expect recently . That was last February , when someone won $ 425.3 million . The February 11 jackpot was the third-largest in Powerball history and the fifth-largest U.S. lottery prize . The last time a Powerball jackpot climbed so high was May 2013 , when a Florida ticket won a $ 590.5 million prize . The largest payout in U.S. history was to three ticketholders in the Mega Millions game , the other national lottery drawing . That was a $ 656million prize won in March 2012 by players in Kansas , Illinois and Maryland . In 2012 , state officials who run Powerball and Mega Millions changed ticket prices and lowered the odds of winning jackpots in hopes the moves would increase the number of huge prizes and draw more players . The new rules worked , causing jackpots to repeatedly climb to record levels . More than half of the top 10 U.S. jackpots have been reached in the past couple of years . | Marie Holmes , from Shallotte , North Carolina , came forward to a local news station two weeks ago with winning ticket . She chose to take lump-sum payment of $ 127million before taxes . She plans to set up college funds for her kids , buy a new home . Holmes , 26 , also plans to give money to church and travel with funds . The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are one in 175 million . | [[281, 313], [322, 414], [757, 789], [798, 892], [1057, 1131], [1202, 1208], [1211, 1268], [1271, 1333], [5183, 5212], [5235, 5253], [398, 414], [423, 483], [1439, 1583], [3874, 3930], [5332, 5399], [0, 3], [73, 127], [1439, 1583], [4928, 4985]] |
A lawyer representing Las Vegas ` road rage ' suspect Erich Nowsch is raising questions about the story the victim 's family told police as more details continue to emerge about the case . Conrad Claus , an attorney representing Nowsch , 19 , is calling into question whether the shooting of 44-year-old Tammy Meyers was a case of road rage or a neighborhood dispute gone terribly wrong . Nowsch is being held on charges of suspicion of murder , attempted murder and firing a gun from a vehicle after he allegedly shot and killed Meyers just after the mother of four finished giving her 15-year-old daughter a driving lesson . Scroll down for video . A Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department official leads Erich Nowsch , 19 , -LRB- pictured center -RRB- from a car . Tammy Meyers , 44 , was shot in the head in what initially appeared to be a road-rage incident involving Nowsch . Nowsch -LRB- pictured left and right -RRB- facces charges of murder , attempted murder and firing a gun from a vehicle . Claus believes the story the Meyers family told the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has changed multiple times and questions the way the family supposedly acted , ABC News reported . He also said a suspect sketch done before Nowsch 's arrest does not remotely resemble his client . Nowsch also has a ` strong argument for self-defense , ' according to Claus . The lawyer told ABC 13 he has issues with the questioning of his client since police ` allowed him to get high before he surrendered to SWAT teams ' and ` the statements he made to police may be inadmissible since he was under the influence of drugs ' . A police report giving a more detailed account of the February 12 incident revealed Nowsch did n't tell his friends he was angry about a traffic encounter , but he did think someone was after him . The suspect also said he was n't driving , a detail which would conflict with the road rage narrative . Conrad Claus , an attorney representing Nowsch , is questioning whether there was any ` road rage ' involved . Claust said this sketch of the man who was initially wanted in the shooting looks nothing like his client . Daily Mail Online has learned Nowsch is believed to have been affiliated with a gang called Alpha Block . In a number of his Instagram pictures , he appears to be smoking marijuana . Police said Nowsch told his friends after the shooting he was a passenger in a silver Audi and saw a gun waved at him from a green car in a school parking lot and thought the occupants were after him . He said : ` Got those kids . ` They were after me , and I got them . ' Earlier that night , Ms Meyers had taken her daughter , Kristal , to the school parking lot to practice driving the family 's green 1993 Buick Park Avenue sedan . After Kristal tried her skills on some nearby residential streets , Ms Meyers hopped back into the driver 's seat at about 10:50 pm to drive home . That 's when a silver car sped up behind them and then pulled alongside , according to the police report . Kristal told authorities she reached over to honk the car horn as her mother kept driving . The silver car cut in front of them , but Ms Meyers turned down another street . The silver car popped up again , passing in a bike lane next to the curb and spinning out sideways in front of them , forcing the Buick to stop , according to the report . Kristal told police later that a six-foot-tall man got out and warned : ` I 'm gon na come back for you and your daughter . ' Nowsch is about five-foot-three and 100 pounds . Brandon Meyers , the son of the victim , posted a photo of his Beretta handgun on his Facebook page . Robert Meyers , the husband of the shooting victim , speaks to reporters in front of the family home . Meyers was taken off life support after she failed to recover from the injuries she sustained in the incident . Kristal said her mother hit the gas , sped around the silver car and headed home . The daughter told police she thought she spotted the silver car again before they reached home , where her mother told her to run in and get her 22-year-old brother , Brandon . Brandon told police he grabbed his Beretta 9mm handgun , but told his mother she should call 911 . He said he got in the car when she told him to come with her or she was going alone . Claus said he found it odd that Meyers and her daughter would not have gone to the police immediately after being threatened . Ms Meyers then drove to where the silver car had blocked their Buick to show her son , then began heading toward home when they spotted a silver car that sped off . They followed for several blocks , passing the school again , before the silver car stopped diagonally in the road and Brandon told police someone on the passenger side starting shooting . Ms Meyers backed up and sped toward their home , Brandon told police . As they pulled up , Brandon said he saw headlights approaching and he silver car turned onto their street . Brandon told police a person leaned out the passenger window and opened fire and he fired back . The silver car drove away and Brandon found his mother lying on the ground , bleeding from the head and called 911 . Nowsch told friends he had been involved in a shooting and had fired 22 shots at a single location . February 13 - Las Vegas police reveal a mother-of-four is shot during an alleged road rage incident . She was later identified as Tammy Meyers . She was teaching her 15-year-old daughter Kristal to drive at the time . February 15 - Her devastated husband , Robert Meyers , vows to find whoever did this to his wife . He turned off her life support after she failed to recover from her injuries sustained in the incident on Valentine 's Day . February 16 - CCTV of the incident is released by police as they hunt for the alleged killer and his accomplice . Police also disclose a sketch of the suspect and say he is 6ft , mid 20s and 180lbs . February 18 - Questions are raised over whether Nowsch acted in self-defense amid claims Mrs Meyers drove back to her home , dropped her daughter off , grabbed her son Brandon and hunted down the car in question . In response , Mr Meyers insists his son is a hero and not a vigilante . February 19 - Following a tense stand-off with police Eric Nowsch is arrested . Mr Meyers claims he knew the suspect and said he knew the kid was bad . After the incident he claimed he was n't aware who shot his wife . Added that his wife consoled the youngsters for hours and tried to teach him how to be a man . Later that night , Nowsch told friends he had been involved in a shooting -- unloading several shots at one location and 22 shots at a second spot . Nowsch said he thought the people in the car in the school parking lot were looking at him so he called a friend with the silver Audi to come and pick him up , according to the report . He displayed a handgun and .45 - caliber ammunition to his friends . Nowsch was questioned five days after the shooting while he was being held in juvenile custody on unrelated charges . Police reported finding six .45 - caliber bullet casings at the first shooting location and eight near the Meyers home . The police report does n't name the driver of the silver Audi . Authorities have said they are looking for another suspect . Ms Meyers and Nowsch knew each other and she counseled him after the death of his father five years ago . Police said they only learned about that personal connection hours before they arrested Nowsch . Claus questioned why the family would n't have told the police Ms Meyers was familiar with the suspect . | Mother-of-four Tammy Meyers , was shot in the head following an alleged ` road rage ' incident on February 12 in Las Vegas , Nevada . Erich Nowsch , 19 , is now facing charges of murder and attempted murder . He told police he started shooting because someone ` was after him ' Lawyer Conrad Claus is questioning details provided by the Meyers family . Claus claims suspect sketch before Nowsch 's arrest does n't resemble him . | [[276, 366], [770, 782], [785, 864], [5280, 5365], [5280, 5303], [5318, 5381], [389, 443], [389, 395], [446, 473], [884, 896], [954, 981], [2495, 2533], [2565, 2583], [0, 103], [189, 201], [243, 327], [1005, 1157], [1197, 1199], [1205, 1295], [2041, 2075], [2068, 2075], [2117, 2148]] |
Militants fighting for the Islamic State in Syria are seeking to attract more foreign recruits by opening two English-language schools in the terror group 's de facto capital city . Activists working undercover in the ISIS stronghold Raqqa uncovered plans for two schools - one for boys and one for girls - where most lessons will be taught in English , not the local Arabic dialect . The plans are just ISIS ' latest attempt to build establish a fully-functioning state within the vast swathes of Syria and Iraq it controls through a campaign of rape , massacre and brutal oppression . Last summer the terror group declared the territory a so-called caliphate and said it as the duty of all Muslims around the world to live under the regime . Since then tens of thousands of foreigners have done just that , with English becoming a lingua franca among the militants and their families . New approach : A poster promoting the schools says that they will cater for children aged between six and 14 , and lessons will run between 9am and midday between Saturday and Wednesday . Militants : The schools are just ISIS ' latest attempt to build establish a fully-functioning state within the vast swathes of Syria and Iraq it controls through a campaign of rape , massacre and brutal oppression . Details of the two new English language schools were revealed by a local activist named Abu Ibrahim Raqqawi , whose group ` Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently ' operate undercover in the city to expose ISIS atrocities and report on local developments in the terror stronghold . He uploaded a photograph to Twitter showing a typed-poster that had been put up informing local fighters that the two schools are soon to open . The poster reads : ` By the grace of Allah we have opened schools for English speaking children . The boys school is named Abu Mus ` ab al-Zarqawi School -LRB- formally known as Al Qadhim School -RRB- and the girls school is called Aisha School and is located next door ' . It then goes to say that the schools cater for children aged between six and 14 , and lessons are run between 9am and midday between Saturday and Wednesday . The children therefore have Thursday and Friday as a weekend . Religious lessons , Mathematics and English Language are all taught in English and take up the majority of the day , although a minority of lessons , such as the teaching of Arabic Language and the reading of the Koran are conducted in Arabic . Location : Details of the two schools were revealed by a local activist group ` Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently ' who later released this map showing where inside the city the education centres will be located . The poster gives a phone number for parents to call if they are interested in enrolling their children and instructs them to ask for a militant named Abu Muhammad . The purpose of opening English language schools in Raqqa is two-fold - firstly to stop English-speaking families leaving the territory over concerns about their children 's education , and secondly to raise a generation of bilingual young men to continue the ISIS reign of terror for years to come . The news comes as Syrian Kurdish forces advanced against Islamic State fighters in two separate attacks in northeastern Syria near the Iraqi border on Sunday , an organisation tracking the war reported , compounding recent losses for the militant group in Syria . The Kurdish YPG militia has been one of Islamic State 's toughest enemies in Syria and last month flushed the group out of the town of Kobani with the help of U.S. and allied air support and Iraqi Kurdish reinforcements on the ground . Hasaka province in the northeastern corner of Syria is strategically important in the fight against Islamic State because it borders areas controlled by the group in Iraq . In an attack backed by U.S.-led air strikes , the YPG advanced to within 3 miles of Tel Hamis , an Islamic State-controlled town 22 miles southeast of the city of Qamishli , Kurdish official Nasir Haj Mansour said . The YPG had decided to launch the attack after Islamic State reinforced its positions in the area with foreign fighters . It is the latest example of coordination between the U.S.-led alliance and the YPG in the fight against Islamic State , which has seized wide areas of Syria and Iraq and declared them part of a cross-border ` caliphate ' . | Local activists revealed terror group 's plans to educate children in English . Posted images online of a poster announcing formation of the two schools . One school is for boys while the building next door will be used for girls . Religious lessons , Mathematics and English Language will all be in English . But Arabic Language lessons and reading the Koran will still be in Arabic . | [[0, 181], [307, 351], [1292, 1373], [2467, 2533], [1571, 1606], [1599, 1696], [182, 304], [1894, 1910], [1921, 1937], [1954, 1985], [307, 351], [2337, 2455]] |
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said Sunday that his state 's border with Mexico is so porous that ` more than 20,000 ' illegal immigrants have crossed it since January 1 . The startling claim comes as congressional Republicans are pushing hard against President Obama 's ` executive amnesty ' plan that would mainstream more than 5 million people who are in the U.S. illegally . ` We all saw what happened on the Texas border last summer , but we need to understand that the problem is not going away , ' Abbott said on the CBS show ` Face the Nation . ' ` Already this calendar year , since January 1 , we have had more than 20,000 people come across the border , apprehended , unauthorized . And so we have an ongoing problem on the border that Congress must step up and solve . ' ASTONISHING : Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said more than 20,000 illegal immigrants have poured across his state 's border with Mexico since January 1 , and blames the Obama administration . AWKWARD : Abbott was in the room along with 49 other state governors when President Obama addressed them on Monday . Obama 's plan that he announced in November does n't apply to illegal immigrants who entered the U.S. in the last five years . The president outlined his intentions four months ago and framed them as an effort to reprioritize scarce Homeland Security Department resources in a way that focused more on new border-crossers and less on people the White House sees as otherwise law-abiding residents . ` If you plan to enter the U.S. illegally , your chances of getting caught and sent back just went up , ' Obama said Nov. 20 . But that message has n't percolated into the communities of Mexicans and Central Americans who are desperate for what they believe is a free ticket to live in America without fear of deportation . That 's the deal Obama has offered to a larger but different group of people , including countless hundreds of thousands of adults who have had children after sneaking into the United States . He is also promising them work permits and Social Security numbers , something the GOP fears will be impossible to roll back once it 's in place . A federal judge agreed last week , calling a halt to the entire process . At the same time , the Obama administration says it stopped 213,719 people from taking up residence in the U.S. illegally last year . Most , however , get through a loose net of border security that then-governor Rick Perry augmented with his own armed Department of Public Safety officers last year . TEXAS : federal border patrol agents have snagged hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants as they cross the border , but nearly a million live in Texas already . EYE IN THE SKY : Abbott 's predecessor Rick Perry put hundreds of Texas Department of Public Safety troops on the front lines to stem the human tide , and hundreds more are coming . Abbott said he will up the ante with ` more than 500 more Department of Public Safety officers , more Texas Rangers , more technology . We are coming out of our own pocket , Texas taxpayers ' pockets , to secure the border and doing the job that the federal government must do . ' More than 800,000 ilegal immigrants currently live in Texas , though . ` You do n't have enough buses to send them back to Mexico , and I do n't expect you can put all of them in jail , ' CBS host Bob Schieffer asked Abbott on Sunday . ` What are you going to do with them ? ' ` Well , two things , ' the governor said . ` One is , the president himself said as these people were coming across the border that he would repatriate them as soon as possible . So , we need to see whether or not the president himself is going to live up to the commitment that he made . ' The second part , he said , is up to federal lawmakers : ` We need Congress to have the latitude to fulfill its responsibility to solve the problem . ' House Republicans say they 've done thir part , passing a Homeland Security budget that strengthens border controls and zeroes out what they call Obama 's ` executive amnesty . ' House Speaker John Boehner castigated Senate Democrats this month for blocking the measure on the other side of the U.S. Capitol , saying they need to ` get up off their a ** and do something . ' | Texas is ground zero for the illegal immigration fight . Gov. Greg Abbott says he will increase the number of his own state-based troops who will patrol the border -- something the White House wo n't do . President Obama announced a plan in 2014 to mainstream 5 million illegal immigrants by giving them work permits and Social Security numbers . A federal judge put a freeze on that plan last week . The unexpected development came as Republicans in Congress are trying to use the power of the purse to defund Obama 's plan . | [[267, 293], [299, 342], [1997, 2063], [2144, 2176], [2144, 2159], [2179, 2217], [168, 293]] |
Tracey Jackson was left heartbroken after she discovered that her Tunisian fiancé had married another woman while they were still engaged . A mother-of-two discovered that her Tunisian fiancé had wed another woman when he posted his marriage certificate on Facebook . Tracey Jackson met Atef Khadhraoui , 20 years her junior , on a social networking website . Over the next four years the 48-year-old lavished the 28-year-old with gifts and cash . However , Tracey was left heartbroken when she discovered that he chose to repay her by marrying another woman -- and not telling her . Tracey from Rhyl , Wales , believes he must have used some of her money to fund the secret nuptials with his new wife , although he denies this claim . She says that funding his lifestyle has left her struggling to manage financially . ` I 'm convinced he must have spent at least some of my money marrying the other woman . He broke my heart and my bank balance . I 'm left in crippling debt from loans . ' Tracey first met Atef after messaging him on the dating website , Tagged , in 2009 . The couple then began speaking on Skype every night . ` He begged me to go out and see him , ' Tracey said . ` But because of a hernia in my bowel , I ca n't work and receive disability allowance . ' I told him it would take a while for me to save and started putting away # 70 from each cheque . Tracey says she had her doubts behind Atef 's motives for speaking to her but he was so charming she was easily won round . ` At first part of me did wonder why a young guy like him was interested in me . He just said you ca n't choose who you fall in love with . ' Despite his romantic declarations , Tracey said she was terrified of meeting him in person . ` I 've had a colostomy bag since I was 19 and was worried he 'd see me as some old biddy , ' she explained . During the four years that they were together Tracey gave Atef Khadhraoui # 7000 . Pictured : Tracey holds some of the receipts from the bank transfers she made to Atef . Tracey 's fiancé -LRB- pictured -RRB- was 20 years her junior but repeatedly told her he loved her . Despite being unable to work Tracey saved up her disability allowance to visit her toyboy in Tunisia . Pictured : Tracey with Atef -LRB- right -RRB- and his mum -LRB- left -RRB- on a visit to Tunisia . ` After six months of scrimping I finally had enough money . The first time I went out there he treated me like a princess . He was so tanned and muscular . I knew I 'd fallen for him . I told him I could n't give him children and that he should find a girl his own age but he told me not to talk like that . ` Over the next week , we barely left the bedroom . I really thought I 'd hit the jackpot . ' After returning to Wales Tracey says she missed him so much she took out a # 400 high interest loan so she could fly out again two months later . By doing so it meant that Tracey could not afford Christmas presents for friends and family and had to buy gifts from discount stores for her daughters , Lyndsey , 26 , and Victoria , 24 . Despite having to make huge sacrifices once Tracey arrived in Tunisia she said it appeared that the effort had been worth it when she was met with a big surprise . Tracey says that at the beginning of their relationship they hardly left the bedroom but she soon noticed that her partner was reluctant to have sex with her . On her second visit to Tunisia , Atef surprised Tracey by proposing to her at his home at a party . ` On my second day out there he arranged a huge surprise party where he proposed . I thought it was soon , but I was swept up in the moment . ' ' I did have doubts when I saw Atef slow-dancing with another woman , but he assured me she was just a friend . ' Just before leaving her fiancé Tracey was met with more monetary demands that she felt she could n't refuse . ` Then the day before I left , he told me he had to pay a # 300 fine or he would be enrolled in the army . ` He said it would mean we could n't speak or see each other any more . I was devastated and agreed to split the amount with his parents . ' After that , the mother-of-two said her toyboy needed to pay an extra # 25 a week to stop him being forced into the military . At the proposal party Tracey says that she noticed Atef slow dancing with another woman but in her state of happiness chose to ignore it . Tracey adapted to Atef 's culture whole heartedly , devoting her life to her husband-to-be . Tracey would go without food in order to afford her tickets to Tunisia and soon enough Atef got wind of her devotion to him and began to ask Tracey for money . ' I could n't stand the thought of not speaking to him , so pretty soon I was giving him # 70 a fortnight out of my benefits , ' she explained . ` He thought I was rich , but I kept telling him it meant I had to go without . I had to bulk buy discount food and often skip meals . But at the end of the day he was going to be my husband , so what was mine was his . ` I 'd send him out gifts too . I bought him trainers , countless mobile phones and aftershave . ' It was during a visit to Tunisia in October 2013 , after dating for almost four years , that Tracey started to get suspicious . They always stayed at the family home , but this time Atef said they needed to stay in an apartment to give his parents a break . After paying # 600 for the week , Tracey said she barely saw her fiancé . ` He stopped wanting to have sex with me and he 'd leave me in the flat while he went out . ` It was like he did n't want to be near me , always snapping and being cruel . He 'd tell me he had to run errands , then not return for hours . I did n't know the language so I was left stranded indoors . ' Despite the warning signs Tracey says she refused to believe that there was anything wrong and continued to pursue the relationship . Atef told Tracey he had to pay a # 300 fine to prevent him being enrolled in the army she agreed to split the bill with his parents and continued to fund him while she was back in Wales . Tracey began to notice Atef 's behaviour change towards her and soon after received a message from the woman he had danced with at the engagement party claiming she was with Atef . ' I told myself we were going through a rough patch . When the holiday was over and I was back home we still chatted every day . We spoke about our future , our wedding , everything felt back on track . ' But just a few weeks later her world came crumbling down when she received a message from a woman on Facebook . ' I logged on and saw that I 'd received a private message from a woman called Mariem . ` It said she was with Atef and that he 'd been using me for money . Clicking on her profile picture , I felt sick to my stomach . Mariem was the woman who had been slow-dancing with Atef at my engagement party . ' I felt like I was trapped in a nightmare . When I confronted him he sounded so calm and assured me that Mariem was just a silly girl with a crush . ' Worse betrayal was yet to come though when Tracey logged on to Facebook a month later , on 14 January this year . ' I had n't heard from Atef in a while so went on his profile and my jaw dropped in horror . He 'd uploaded a new picture - his marriage certificate to Mariem . ' I felt like I 'd been thwacked with a baseball bat . My fiancé had married another woman and I 'd been utterly clueless . Tracey was horrified to discover that Atef had wed the woman in question after he uploaded an image of their marriage certificate -LRB- pictured right -RRB- to Facebook . ' I called Atef and asked how he could do this to me and whether he 'd used my money to afford his big day . All he did was laugh . It was heartbreaking and humiliating . He never apologised , never gave me any explanation . ' Tracey says that she now sees how she was used by her toyboy but has not let it deter her from finding love elsewhere . ' I ca n't believe I wasted four years of my life with that rat . Sometimes I doubt whether he ever really loved me . Maybe all he ever saw me as was a walking , human cash machine . ` I 've added it up and I gave Atef more than # 7,000 . But I 'm determined not to mope . I 've met a new Tunisian man who treats me like royalty and never asks for money . ` The complete opposite of Atef Khadharoui . I want to name and shame him , and let the women of the UK know what he 's capable of . ' When approached by the media , Atef claims that he funded his wedding himself and that he does not wish to hear from his former fiancée . ` Please tell Tracey to forget me . I am married now with my love . ' I do n't need Tracey . I paid for my wedding with my money . ' | Tracey , 48 , met Atef Khadhraoui , 28 , on a social networking website . After visiting him twice he requested large amounts of money from her . Four-year engagement ended when Atef 's new wife messaged Tracey . The mum-of-two has met a new Tunisian man who ` treats her like royalty ' | [[992, 1055], [3737, 3809], [4095, 4105], [4108, 4176], [4534, 4545], [4582, 4613], [0, 107], [140, 213], [5078, 5080], [5129, 5163], [6033, 6039], [6102, 6141], [6423, 6530], [7314, 7349], [2378, 2392], [2410, 2441], [8174, 8256], [8184, 8202], [8207, 8229], [8184, 8202], [8234, 8256]] |
A Malaysian man has been left in critical condition after he was attacked by a machete-wielding gang at a local cinema for ` looking at them funny ' . Slightly cross-eyed Osman bin Musa , 20 , was leaving a cinema in George Town , the capital of the state of Penang , when a group of young men accused him of wanting trouble . CCTV footage shows the gang attacking Mr bin Musa using a machete following a late-night screening of sci-fi thriller Jupiter Ascending . Attack : Slightly cross-eyed Osman bin Musa , 20 , was leaving a cinema in Malaysia when a group of young men accused him of ` looking at them funny ' ` Osama is slightly cross eyed and it does occasionally get people making comments , and usually wears sunglasses , ' a friend told local media . ` But we had just come out of the cinema and he did not have them on , and as he walked into the foyer , a man asked him : `` what are you looking at ? '' ' According to witnesses , Mr bin Musa 's reluctance to respond as not to antagonise the man , only angered the thug . After first throwing an object at Mr bin Musa , the entire gang attacked him in the foyer . Seconds later , Mr bin Musa can be seen on CCTV being pursued by a man wielding a machete , chopping at him as he runs through the cinema . Frenzy : Mr bin Musa can be seen on CCTV being pursued by a man wielding a machete , chopping at him as he runs through the cinema . Caught : CCTV footage proves that the attack on the 20-year-old was unprovoked , and police are looking for witnesses to help catch the culprits . Injuries : Mr bin Musa suffered severe injuries in the attack and is currently in hospital where his condition is described as critical . The footage from the cinema confirms that the incident had been unprovoked and police say they are now looking for the culprits , and appealing for witnesses to come forward . Acting George Town police spokesman Abdul Rahman Ahmad said : ` The case is currently being investigated under Section 148 of the Penal Code for rioting and two suspects have since been arrested . ` We have identified the other suspects as well and will be rounding them up soon . ' Mr bin Musa is currently in hospital where his condition is described as critical . | Osman bin Musa was attacked with a machete at cinema in Malaysia . Gang thought cross-eyed Mr bin Musa was ` looking at them funny ' Mr bin Musa suffered severe injuries and is now in critical condition . | [[0, 146], [52, 118], [327, 464], [365, 464], [1193, 1217], [1144, 1146], [1220, 1267], [0, 146], [123, 146], [565, 613], [0, 146], [1559, 1609], [1548, 1556], [1559, 1570], [1614, 1638], [1630, 1685], [2173, 2228]] |
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