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From Rosie Huntington-Whiteley 's beloved green juice to Miranda Kerr 's favourite Noni juice , the two models are walking adverts for the power of vitamins and super fruits . When the A-listers came out in support of clean juices , the world converted to all things green quicker than you could say kale . And now , a new beauty drink that claims to boost your health and your beauty regime in one hit is set to take the health world by storm -LRB- and the models backstage at fashion week have already jumped on the bandwagon -RRB- . Miranda Kerr , left , and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley have long preached the power of the green juice . And now , one Spanish company are combining the power of superfoods and anti-ageing benefits of collagen into a tipple that claims to boost your health and beat wrinkles . Beauty & Go is a range of drinks packed with bioactives - biologically active substances that have a positive effect in your body and skin . The drinks , which are gluten-free , claim to be filled with a selection of bioactive ingredients aimed at keeping your skin healthy and glowing . The ingredients , which are called Macro-Antioxidants and occur naturally in the skin of fruits such as olives and pomegranates , aim to protect cells against free radicals -LRB- the main cause of ageing -RRB- , as well as stimulate skin regeneration and boost skin 's firmness and elasticity . The brand 's researchers claim the effect of Macro-Antioxidants on our system is long-lasting -LRB- three times longer than conventional antioxidants -RRB- . Beauty & Go is a range of drinks that are packed with bioactives - biologically active substances that have a positive effect in your body and skin - and superfoods such as spirulina algae , rosehip and ginkgo biloba . The tipples , which contain under 100 calories and are made by a Spanish company , are also enriched with other beauty ingredients such as hyaluronic acid and collagen , which are well-known for their skin firming properties . As well as the wrinkle-beating ingredients , the drinks , which cost # 2.99 each and are launching in Selfridges in March , are full of celebrity-approved superfoods . They are sweetened using stevia - a natural plant extract . It seems that the trend for beauty-boosting drinks is taking off and Beauty & Go aims to combine the nation 's penchant for health drinks with beauty benefits . There are four options and the anti-ageing and radiance ones claims to be packed with ingredients to help beat wrinkles and keep skin glowing . The detox variety is akin to a green juice and , say the brand , will be your greatest ally when your skin needs to recover from a few days of excess . It promises to help stimulate metabolism and contribute to toxin elimination , thanks to cucumber , spirulina algae , broccoli , spinach , mint and nettle . The vitality option , meanwhile , contains pineapple , ginkgo biloba and guarana and claims to boost energy levels . The makers suggest drinking one a day for a month to see results , but are the drinks just another health fad promising the key to eternal youth ? Michela Vagnini , Nutritional Therapist at Nature 's Plus , is n't convinced . ` This drinks range looks more marketing-based than science-based , ' she said . ` The website states the drinks have been used in a clinical trial but the only information on the website points to a 56-day trial of only 30 people . ` The website mentions Macro-Antioxidants are used but it does n't specify which anti-oxidants are included . Antioxidant is a general name that by itself means very little . ' It seems that the trend for beauty-boosting drinks is taking off . Beauty'in beauty drink offers a similar anti-ageing infusion , which is full of hibiscus , grape and acai and collagen , designed to keep skin looking healthy . Neal 's Yard Remedies offer a similar new product - but theirs comes in powder form and can be used to make up a drink or added to juices and smoothies . The brand 's Organic Greens Complex is apparently packed full of vitamin C with ingredients like acerola cherry , which is renowned for its collagen boosting properties . It also is full of spirulina , spinach and parsley powder . | Beauty & Go is a range of drinks that are packed with bioactives . Claim to protect cells against oxidative stress and boost firmness . Models sipped on it backstage at London Fashion Week . | [[810, 842], [836, 898], [951, 985], [988, 1048], [1027, 1097], [1551, 1583], [1574, 1583], [1589, 1648], [1098, 1225], [1228, 1392], [307, 314], [317, 490], [454, 503], [511, 535], [454, 485], [491, 535]] |
A controversial scheme to pay GPs # 55 for every new case of dementia on their books is leading to patients being wrongly told they may have the devastating illness , researchers warn . The initiative was launched by the NHS in the autumn to boost shockingly low detection rates and meet ambitious targets . Leading doctors and campaigners branded it ` unethical ' and warned patients would be wrongly labelled as having dementia . Now researchers at the University of Sheffield say there is evidence these concerns have been realised . Researchers have warned that a controversial scheme to pay GPs # 55 for every new case of dementia on their books is leading to patients being wrongly diagnosed . Stock photo . They have found that the number of ` inaccurate ' referrals by GPs to memory clinics -- centres to diagnose dementia -- has doubled since the scheme was introduced . A study of 150 patients found that just over half -- 52 per cent -- who had been sent to memory clinics for scans since October were later found not to have dementia . This compares to rates of between 25 and 30 per cent before the scheme was introduced . Many had temporary memory problems brought on by depression or old age rather than dementia . Lead researcher Dr Daniel Blackburn , consultant neurologist at the University of Sheffield , said the initiative may be having a ` devastating consequence ' on patients and families . The scheme sees practices paid # 55 for every new case of dementia recorded on their lists by the end of March . GPs can either make a diagnosis themselves following a series of detailed questions or send patients to memory clinics for scans . But neither system is accurate so it follows that as more patients are sent for tests , the higher the chance of more people being misdiagnosed . Researchers are also concerned that as GPs refer more patients to memory clinics , waiting times increase ever further for those who genuinely do have the illness and need treatment . Dr Blackburn , whose study was uncovered by Pulse magazine , said : ` We already know there are long waiting lists to be seen and if you send more people who do n't have dementia into those clinics ... it slows down the process . ` But also I think there is a risk that if we do n't analyse patients carefully enough then we are going to give people a false diagnosis . ' Meanwhile Dr Martin Brunet , a GP in Guildford , Surrey , said there was ` no way of knowing if doctors have gamed the system ' . He added : ` Consider also that someone might have dementia , but the GP knows the memory clinic wo n't turn them around before the end of March . ` What would you do in that situation ? Tell yourself that 's bad luck that the memory clinic has such a long waiting list in your area , or code them as dementia now , knowing that after the end of March you can always change the code if the specialist diagnoses something else . ' Figures show that the number of patients diagnosed with dementia has increased seven-fold since the scheme was introduced . There were nearly 35,000 recorded cases in the five months since October 2014 compared to 4,600 between April and September 2014 . A study of 150 patients found that just over half who had been sent to memory clinics for scans since October were later found not to have dementia . Stock photo . Currently , around 850,000 adults in Britain have dementia but only 45 per cent have been formally diagnosed with the illness . NHS England say the scheme is only a temporary measure to improve detection rates and will stop after the end of March . Professor Alistair Burns , NHS England 's national clinical director for dementia , said : ` High quality , accurate and timely diagnosis of dementia allows people to access the emotional , practical and financial support they need . ` There is absolutely no evidence to suggest the # 55 scheme is leading to patients being wrongly diagnosed by GPs . ` The small study of patients visiting a memory clinic in Sheffield in 2012/13 was carried out long before the introduction of the temporary # 55 financial incentive for GPs , launched in late 2014 . ` It is highly unlikely a patient would be told they have dementia if the GP was not certain - if there is any doubt , the patient will be referred for a further assessment to determine the diagnosis , as is clearly happening in Sheffield . ' Last week it emerged that GPs could win bonuses for prescribing fewer antibiotics . Health bosses fear the drugs are being handed out so freely that they are losing their effectiveness and they claim cash incentives will help curb their use . | Initiative was launched by the NHS to boost shockingly low detection rates . But leading doctors and campaigners branded it ` unethical ' They warned patients would be wrongly labelled as having dementia . | [[186, 307], [186, 200], [239, 278], [308, 350], [328, 362], [99, 164], [369, 431], [537, 699], [665, 699], [2311, 2358], [3898, 3939]] |
A 16-year-old father has admitted killing his three-week-old baby boy . His biological son was just 27 days old when the teenager , then 15 , from Bunbury , WA , allegedly assaulted him at Bunbury Regional Hospital . Nine News reported had been left alone with the premature child for between three and 10 minutes . When his mother returned , she found he was limp and no longer breathing . The baby was airlifted to Princess Margaret Hospital but it did not survive its injuries . Scroll down for video . The father , pictured here with his son , allegedly struck the baby with blunt force twice . The baby boy was just 27 days old when the teenager , then 15 , from Bunbury , WA , allegedly assaulted him at Bunbury Regional Hospital . The teenage father originally told police he had ` bumped ' the baby on a door frame . The child died in its mother 's arms , according to the Nine Network . After the tragedy , she later posted to social media : ` Omg what do I do sitting here so lost missing my son ? ` RIP mummy 's boy , love you to the moon and back . You went in my arms -- I love you so much . The teenager , who can not be identified for legal reasons , pleaded guilty to manslaughter at Perth Children 's Court yesterday , The West Australian newspaper reported . The baby , born six weeks premature , was killed in the three to 10 minutes the father was left alone with him . Bunbury Regional Hospital : Where the young father was visiting his son when he killed him . The baby 's head was struck on either side against a hard surface , according to The West . The teenager originally told police he had ` bumped ' the baby on a door frame . However , the court was told this explanation was ` implausible ' by the state prosecutor Bruno Fiannaca . PerthNow reported the surgeon who examined the baby said he had suffered the worst head and brain injuries she had ever seen . The infant 's mother was quoted saying outside court : ` There is not a day that goes by that I do n't think of him . ' The teenager will be sentenced next month . The father will be sentenced next month after pleading guilty in Perth 's Children 's Court yesterday . | Perth father , then aged 15 , pleaded guilty to killing his baby son . The attack occurred in the ten minutes he was left alone with him . The baby was airlifted to hospital but it did not survive . It then died in his mother 's arms , according to reports . | [[0, 71], [1105, 1117], [1166, 1233], [2054, 2157], [2054, 2064], [2094, 2157], [217, 315], [1277, 1287], [1303, 1352], [1345, 1389], [391, 443], [825, 861]] |
The 36-year-old man arrested on suspicion of raping Karen Danczuk says he feels as though he is part of an ' X Factor sob story ' . The suspect , who can not be named for legal reasons , says he was left ` shaking with fear ' after being arrested on Sunday over child abuse claims made by the 31-year-old . Mrs Danczuk , the wife of crusading anti-child sex abuse MP Simon , revealed last week that she was allegedly raped and sexually assaulted ` hundreds of times ' as a child at her family home in Manchester . The 36-year-old man arrested in connection with sex abuse allegations made by MP 's wife Karen Danczuk -LRB- pictured left and right -RRB- said he feels as though he is part of an ' X Factor sob story ' Mrs Danczuk , pictured with her Labour MP husband Simon , said she was abused from the age of six . After some members of family disputed her version of events , Mrs Danczuk reported the allegations to police , who arrested the suspect at his home in Rochdale . Speaking from his home , which is just a few miles from where Mrs Danczuk lives , he told The Sun : ' I feel like I am living in a soap opera - that 's the best way to describe it . It 's not real . ' He added : ` Everyone likes an X Factor sob story do n't they ? It 's seems to be the way of the world these days . ' The man , who was questioned for six hours , has been bailed by Greater Manchester Police until April 30 . Mrs Danczuk , who has became well known for Twitter selfies showing off her cleavage , claims the abuse took place between 1989 and 1995 when she was aged between six and 11 . She told how her selfies were rooted in the abuse she suffered as a child and are a defiant way of reclaiming control over her alleged attacker . Mrs Danczuk said she was regularly abused in the bedroom of her family home in Middleton , Greater Manchester , shortly after her parents ' marriage broke up . Mrs Danczuk claims the repeated abuse took place in the bedroom of her family home in Greater Manchester . In response to the arrest , Mrs Danczuk tweeted that she would never forgive those who doubted her claims . Her father Martin Burke , now 73 , moved out , leaving Mrs Danczuk , three older brothers and an older sister living with their mother Susan Burke . Mrs Danczuk 's claims were branded a ` figment of her imagination ' by her mother Susan Burke -LRB- pictured -RRB- . But Mrs Danczuk 's claims were branded a ` figment of her imagination ' by her mother , as well as two of her four siblings who challenged her story . Mrs Burke , 58 , called her daughter an ` attention-seeker ' . The war of words led Mrs Danczuk to report her claims to the police ` as a matter of urgency , to prove I am telling the truth ' . After news of the arrest , the mother-of-two tweeted : ` For all those who doubted me , publicly slated me & made me feel like scum for coming out . I will NEVER forgive & NEVER forget ! ' She later said she felt ` more numb than angry ' and her rage is instead directed at her mother . She said : ' I am not a fantasist . I am telling the truth . I was raped or sexually abused hundreds of times . ` She did nothing to protect me and I will never forgive her . ' Asked why she had waited two decades to name her attacker , she said : ` Because I am still coming to terms with it . It is a very difficult thing to confront -- as any paedophile victim will know . ' DI Caroline Ward of Greater Manchester Police said : ` We work hard to support victims of sexual offences and thoroughly investigate all reports of sexual abuse and rape no matter how long ago they happened . ` We will do everything we can to support victims and bring offenders to justice . ' Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article . | Karen Danczuk says she was raped as a child at family 's Manchester home . Police arrested and bailed man who lives a few miles from 31-year-old . Man , who can not be identified , said : ' I feel like I 'm living in a soap opera ' Labour MP 's wife says ` selfie ' photos are way of saying ` I 'm in control now ' Mrs Danczuk 's mother had said allegations are ` figment of her imagination ' | [[262, 306], [307, 318], [375, 513], [1887, 1993], [993, 1001], [1010, 1058], [1298, 1404], [71, 127], [132, 184], [187, 273], [658, 714], [1081, 1143], [1581, 1584], [1659, 1726], [2251, 2316], [2372, 2491]] |
` Double wife killer ' Harold Henthorn is fighting to keep a $ 1.5 million life insurance payout from a policy taken out on his second wife , whom he is accused of murdering . Henthorn was charged with the murder of second wife , Toni Bertolet , 51 , last November and police have reopened their investigation into the suspicious death of his first wife some 20 years earlier . Both women died in ` freak ' accidents to which Henthorn , 59 , was the sole witness . Dr Toni Jill Bertolet plunged 140ft to her death shortly before her 12th wedding anniversary while hiking with Henthorn in a remote stretch of Rocky Mountain National Park . Lynn Rishell - his first wife - was crushed to death under the front of Henthorn 's Jeep when , he told first responders , the jack gave way as she reached under the vehicle for a lug night while changing a flat tire in the dark . In both cases Henthorn was named as the sole beneficiary in a string of lucrative life insurance policies totalling $ 500,000 on the death of his first wife and $ 4.5 million on the death of his second . SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO . Married : Harold and Toni Henthorn with their daughter . The couple were married for 12 years and her life was insured against death when she feel 140ft and died in the Rockies . He claimed it was an accident . Scene : Deer Mountain in the Rocky Mountains National Park in Colorado , where the couple were hiking at the time of the ` freak accident ' which claimed her life . He is now on trial for murder . First wife : Harold and Lynn Henthorn on their wedding day . She died in what he said was a freak accident but his trial for the alleged murder of his second wife will hear claims the ` accident ' was also murder . Now court documents seen by DailyMail.com and filed as part of a civil case in Colorado have revealed that Henthorn is fighting a case brought by American General Life Insurance Company for a $ 1.5 million policy taken out on Dr Bertolet . Submitted to the court as Exhibit A , the policy gives the reason for taking out such a substantial coverage as ` Estate planning and income protection/planning to have children ' . Henthorn has not relinquished the claim he made in September 2013 , one year after his wife 's death the previous September . He cited cause of death as ` Accidental Fall . ' At the time of making this claim Henthorn was unaware that he was under investigation by the FBI who painstakingly scrutinized every aspect of the widower 's life across two years before swooping and arresting him in November last year . But an autopsy carried out on Dr Bertolet had already concluded that she ` died as a result of multiple blunt force injuries when she fell or was pushed down a cliff ' . The manner of death was noted as ` undetermined , ' by the coroner who stated : ` Homicide can not be excluded . ' Now , in its case against Henthorn , American General Life Insurance Company has asked the court to decide what should be done with the $ 1.5 million currently being held by the court . And shockingly , in a separate motion , court documents filed just last week show that Henthorn fought his late wife 's family to have funds from Dr Bertolet 's estate released into his possession . As well as owning her own successful practice , ophthalmologist Dr Bertolet had two further life insurance policies taken out in her name . Last February the District Court of Douglas County , Colorado found in her family 's favor and barred Henthorn from accessing his late wife 's estate on the grounds that allowing him to do so posed an ` imminent risk of substantial harm ... to -LSB- its -RSB- financial interests . ' But newly filed documents reveal that Henthorn attempted to have these funds released into his possession as recently as December . He only finally failed in his bid last month , when a court denied him access to the funds , and demanded that he appoint a forensic accountant to detail the contents of his late wife 's estate . Last month DailyMail.com revealed that , in 2009 , Henthorn also took out a life insurance policy on his sister-in-law Grace Rishell who was married to his first wife 's brother . Verdict : Harold and Toni Henthorn before her death . An autopsy carried out on Dr Bertolet concluded that she ` died as a result of multiple blunt force injuries when she fell or was pushed down a cliff ' . Survived : Toni henthorn left behind a daughter , Hayley , who was seven when she died . The $ 1.5 million policy at the center of the legal dispute was for ` estate planning and income protection/planning to have children ' . Payout : Harold Henthorn and Lynn , whose death , supposedly when their Jeep fell on top of her while jacked up , resulted in $ 500,000 in insurance payouts . It is not known if this is the car which claimed her life . Grace Rishell was going through a divorce and ` concerned for her financial stability , ' when she initially agreed to Henthorn taking out a policy that would pay $ 50,000 to Grace 's brother and each of her four daughters for a total of $ 250,000 . According to prosecutors in Dr Bertolet 's murder case , ` the evidence will show that Henthorn had a romantic interest in Rishell ' . But Rishell had a change of heart in spring 2010 and told the insurance agent to stop the policy from going through . Instead she took out a policy of her own with another insurer . Unbeknownst to her ` her signature was forged to procure the original policy as well , ' with Henthorn making payments on the policy until December 2012 and listing himself as sole beneficiary . The policy was cancelled in 2013 when the insurer concluded that Henthorn had no insurable interest in Rishell . But the very fact of its existence raises the specter that Henthorn had Rishell in his sights as a third potential victim . Henthorn was arrested on November 6 when FBI apprehended him as he returned home after dropping his nine-year-old daughter , Hayley , at school . His indictment was the result of a prolonged investigation during which the FBI eavesdropped on his telephone conversations , combed through his finances , scrutinized his employment history and concluded that the ` freak ' hiking accident that claimed the mother-of-one 's life was murder . College days : Harold Henthorn and Lynn Rishell when he was a new geology graduate from Virginia . The couple moved to Colorado , where after 12 years of marriage , she died in a ` freak accident ' , now said to be murder . He was denied bail by US District Judge Kathleen Latoyfa who described him as a ` danger ' and said , ` there are rather glaring similarities between the loss of his first wife and the loss of his second ' and pointed to large sums of money recently transferred by Henthorn to his brother as suggestive that he was ` hiding funds . ' Though Henthorn claimed to work as a fundraiser for a charity the economic crime auditor for the US Attorney found no evidence that the geology graduate from Virginia had any earnings other than some in 1993 , 1999 and 2000 . The only job he appears to have had was one briefly held in the petroleum industry -- the job that saw him and his then new bride , Lynn Rishell , move from their hometown of Harrington , Virginia , across the country to Colorado . The prosecution 's case against Henthorn highlights the similarities between both his wives ' passing -- not least the substantial windfall both saw him set to receive . Both ` freak accidents ' occurred at remote locations with Henthorn the lone witness . Both occurred after about 12 years of marriage and Henthorn told wildly varying stories about both deaths . Prepared : Harold Henthorn was said to have made nine different trips to the area around Rocky Mountain Park in the summer before his wife died . According to prosecution documents Henthorn even told a Sunday school class that his first wife died of cancer and that she lost a baby she was carrying to chemotherapy . In the case of his second wife , two years before her death Dr Bertolet almost died when she was struck by a wooden beam Henthorn had thrown off the deck of their cottage . After that incident Henthorn joked to friends , ` I was trying to kill my wife . ' Investigators have also established that Henthorn ` extensively scouted ' the fatal hike trail . Contrary to what he told law enforcement he made nine different trips to the area around Rocky Mountain Park that summer . The fortnight before their anniversary -- the date of her death -- Henthorn had hiked six trails to ` find the perfect one for the trip . ' And damningly a map found in his car showed the spot where Dr Bertolet fell to her death , marked with a pink X . In both Lynn Rishell and Dr Toni Jill Bertolet 's deaths Henthorn was eager to have his wives ' bodies cremated quickly despite family requests against it and , disturbingly , he spread both women 's ashes on the same mountain near Ouray , Colorado . A hearing for the civil case is scheduled for April while a trial date of May 4 -15 has been set for the murder case to which Henthorn has entered a not guilty plea . | Harold Henthorn is charged with murdering his second wife in criminal trial which will also hear that he killed his first wife . Both died in freak ` accidents ' to which he was sole witness and FBI spent months investigating second death before he was charged . Court papers disclose he is trying to keep $ 1.5 million paid when second wife - Dr Toni Jill Bertolet - plunged 140ft to her death in Rockies . Civil case in Douglas County , Colorado comes ahead of May criminal trial . | [[124, 139], [150, 175], [176, 227], [639, 668], [671, 727], [1474, 1505], [1567, 1700], [1617, 1720], [378, 416], [1567, 1700], [2377, 2414], [6385, 6399], [6414, 6444], [7435, 7457], [7460, 7521], [2, 38], [51, 110], [465, 638], [1196, 1276], [1721, 1855], [3654, 3726], [8980, 9044]] |
Rachel Reeves : Labour frontbencher is set for a Cabinet role if Ed Miliband wins the election in May . David Cameron yesterday distanced himself from remarks by a Conservative MP who questioned a Labour frontbencher 's plan to go on maternity leave straight after the election . Rachel Reeves hopes to become Work and Pensions Secretary if Ed Miliband wins power in May , but is due to have her second baby just five weeks later . She said at the weekend that she would begin maternity leave shortly before her baby is due and stay away from work until September . That prompted Tory MP for Romford Andrew Rosindell to say : ' 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 . ' Yesterday , however , when asked whether the Prime Minister believed a pregnant woman could serve in the Cabinet , Mr Cameron 's official spokesman replied : ` Why on Earth not ? ' He 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 . ' Despite Mr Cameron 's support , Miss Reeves last night accused the Conservatives of having a ` women problem ' . She wrote on Twitter : ' 300,000 women a year take maternity leave but @AndrewRosindell thinks ca n't do big job & be a mum . Tory women problem ? ' The election Miss Reeves , 36 , hopes will propel her into the Cabinet is on May 7 , and she is due to have her second child on June 15 . She has said she believes she will have time before she goes on maternity leave to abolish the so-called bedroom tax -- the reduction of benefits for claimants in social housing who are deemed to have more living space than they require , which ministers refer to as ending a ` spare room subsidy ' . Miss Reeves said : ` I 'm having a child and I shall be on maternity leave for the early weeks and months of the next government . Miss Reeves took to Twitter to hit back at criticism of the idea of taking maternity leave from the Cabinet . ` The first thing I would do is abolish the bedroom tax . 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 . ' Jo Swinson , the Lib Dem minister for employment relations , yesterday joined the criticism of Mr Rosindell . She said : ` The suggestion that a woman should be turned down for a job because she is pregnant is clearly outrageous . ` That kind of discrimination would be illegal under employment law and is an appalling attack on the right of pregnant women to take on high-profile leadership roles in government or business . It echoes the outdated sexist view that women ca n't be good mothers and also good at their jobs . ' David Cameron -LRB- left -RRB- distanced himself from remarks by Tory MP Andrew Rosindell who questioned whether Miss Reeves could give the job her full attention . Mr Rosindell was last night unavailable for comment . Miss Reeves , who is married to civil servant Nick Joicey , does not have a nanny or any formal childcare and relies mainly on her mother and aunt . She took five months ' maternity leave from Parliament after her first child was born in March 2013 . During the election campaign she is expected to be one of Labour 's most prominent public faces with regular TV appearances . She has been pushed forward by Ed Miliband , becoming shadow chief secretary to the Treasury in 2011 before being promoted to shadow work and pensions secretary in 2013 . But she insisted last night that she does not want to become Labour leader , telling LBC radio : ' I see the sacrifices my leader Ed Miliband makes and the toll I think it must place on family life . It 's not something that I want to do . ' | Rachel Reeves hopes to be Work and Pensions Secretary if Labour wins . But she is due to have her second baby just five weeks after the election . Tory MP questioned whether she would be able to give job full attention . David Cameron has distanced himself from Andrew Rosindell 's comments . Despite this Miss Reeves accused Tories of having a ` women problem ' | [[280, 337], [280, 293], [377, 431], [477, 523], [508, 527], [1890, 1938], [104, 179], [162, 179], [184, 224], [3270, 3294], [3299, 3369], [104, 179], [3230, 3294], [1571, 1582], [1588, 1647]] |
Google and Apple already want to be in your pocket and on your wrist , and for their next battle the rivals are gunning for your car 's dashboard . 2015 will be the year Android Auto and Apple 's CarPlay systems roll out to more cars and reach the mainstream . But concerns have already been raised about how dangerous the software is for drivers and how much the tech giants will be able to track owners . Scroll down for videos . Apple 's contender : The firm first toyed with an in-car system at its Worldwide Developer Conference in June 2013 . At that point it was known as ` iOS in the Car ' but following changes in the design team the system was unveiled at last year 's Geneva Motor Show , under the moniker CarPlay -LRB- Apple Maps on CarPlay pictured -RRB- . Google 's fighter : Google used its annual developer I/O in June to unveil Android Auto , a key feature of its latest operating system Android Lollipop . Android Auto works with any Android phone to show a user 's information on the dashboard -LRB- Google Maps on Android Auto pictured -RRB- . Apple first toyed with an in-car system at its Worldwide Developer Conference in June 2013 . At that point it was known as ` iOS in the Car ' but following changes in the design team the system was officially unveiled at last year 's Geneva Motor Show , under the moniker CarPlay . Google used its own annual developer I/O in June to unveil Android Auto , a key feature of its latest operating system Android Lollipop . Android Auto works with any Android Lollipop phone to show information on the dashboard . In April , Texas researchers found that using voice to send text messages while driving - on software such as Apple 's Siri - is just as dangerous as texting with fingers . They found both methods impacted . driver response times equally - but it often took voice . recognition users longer to fix mistakes with their messages . While a separate study from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety in the US , discovered that hands-free kits increase mental workload and distractions , causing reaction times to get slower and brain function to become compromised . This results in drivers scanning the road less and potentially not seeing items right in front of them , including pedestrians . Rather than running its own operating system , the unit acts an external display for connected devices . The software automatically starts when a user plugs in their phone , and Google has subsequently demonstrated how maps , Google Now cards and music will appear on the car 's built-in screen through a series of promotional videos and trailers . Android Auto uses voice control for navigation , using Google Maps , and can read and reply to messages . Music is accessed through Google Play or the phone 's music library . Certain models of car will have a voice-activation button on the wheel , while others will respond automatically to ` OK Google . ' At the launch , Google 's Patrick Brady said the firm will allow developers to build cars apps for audio and messaging applications and has signed up more than 28 car makers . These include Abarth , Acura , Alfa Romeo , Audi , Bentley , Chevrolet , Chrysler , Dodge , Fiat , Ford , Honda , Hyundai , Infiniti , Jeep , Kia , Maserati , Mazda , Mitsubishi , Nissan , Opel , Ram , Renault , Seat , Skoda , Subaru , Suzuki , Volkswagen and Volvo . The first wave of Android Auto cars are ` coming soon ' , but they are expected to launch this year . Apple 's integrated CarPlay system works in an almost identical way . Plugging an iPhone into the car starts the system . It works with the iPhone 5 up to the iPhone 6 Plus running iOS 7 and above , and features Siri Eyes Free - a voice-activated , hands-free way to use the system with Apple 's Siri software . Once connected , Siri can be used to access the phone 's contacts , make calls , return missed calls and listen to voicemails . Navigation uses Apple Maps , and music can be played through apps including Apple 's own Beats Music , iHeartRadio , Spotify and Stitcher . Both systems work with connected handsets and let drivers control maps , make calls -LRB- CarPlay pictured -RRB- , open and respond to texts and play music using voice commands . In Apple CarPlay this is called Siri Eyes Free . CarPlay is compatible with the iPhone 5 and above while Android Auto works with Android Lollipop . Android Auto uses voice control for navigation , using Google Maps , and can read and reply to messages . Music will be accessed through Google Play -LRB- pictured -RRB- or the phone 's music library . Many car manufacturers will also include touchscreen controls , plus physical knobs and controls in their vehicles . The first car to be sold with a fully-functioning version of CarPlay was Ferrari 's FF unveiled in September . Earlier this month Hyundai confirmed its Sonata sedan will have the features by the end of March . Other partners include Abarth , Alfa Romeo , Audi , BMW , Chevrolet , Chrysler , Citroen including its DS branch , Dodge , Fiat , Honda , Jaguar , Jeep , Kia , Land Rover , Mazda , Mercedes Benz , Mitsubishi , Nissan , Opel , Peugeot , Ram , Renault , Subaru , Suzuki , Toyota , Volkswagen and Volvo . Certain models of car -LRB- Kia example pictured -RRB- will have a voice-activation button on the wheel , while others will respond automatically to spoken commands such as ` OK Google ' And by 2016 all new Ford models are expected to have either Android Auto or CarPlay built-in . But despite the promises from both firms in terms of adding easy-to-use , hands-free features , a recent study from Texas Transportation Institute found the technology may be as dangerous as texting . The first car to be sold with a fully-functioning version of CarPlay was Ferrari 's FF -LRB- pictured -RRB- unveiled in September . Earlier this month Hyundai confirmed its Sonata sedan will have the features by the end of March . Other CarPlay and Android Auto partners include Abarth , Audi , BMW , Mitsubishi , Volkswagen and Volvo -LRB- CarpPlay on a Volvo car pictured -RRB- . By 2016 , all Fords are expected to have either Android or CarPlay built-in . While a separate study from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety in the US , discovered that hands-free kits increase mental workload and distractions , causing reaction times to get slower and brain function to become compromised . CarPlay works with the iPhone 5 up to the iPhone 6 Plus running iOS 7 and iOS 8 -LRB- pictured -RRB- . This results in drivers scanning the road less and potentially not seeing items right in front of them , including pedestrians . Apple has not commented on the findings , but during a demonstration of Google 's technology Andrew Brenner , the lead project manager of Android Auto , told the New York Times that no action on the system should take more than two seconds . This was designed to comply with the Transportation Department 's voluntary guidelines . For example , there is no Back or Recents button , and the font on Google Maps is larger and less detailed to be less distracting . Video streaming is blocked , as is most social media , and texts will only be sent using voice commands . And with the latest rumours about Apple 's electric , self-driving car project Titan , both dashboard systems could be just the next step towards vehicles running solely on Android or iOS . Android Auto will also take advantage of Google Now -LRB- example pictured -RRB- . Google Now scans calendar entries to work out where a user is , or should be . It combines this with location data from the phone 's GPS , as well as posts on social networks and email . It then shows Cards designed to offer support it thinks the user needs . Apple said many cars will also include touchscreen controls , plus physical knobs and controls to make controlling CarPlay as easy as possible without distracting the driver . A recent study from Texas Transportation Institute found the technology may be as dangerous as texting . Reports claim Apple has several hundred employees developing its own electric car at a secret lab . Speculation was rife earlier this month when an Apple-owned car was spotted driving around California fitted with Street View-style cameras . Further cars were spotted in Florida and Hawaii . If Apple was developing such technology , it would would rival Google 's self-driving cars . Google 's head of self-driving cars recently said he expects people to be using them on public roads in two to five years . Chris Urmson added the cars would still be test vehicles , and Google would collect data on how they interact with other vehicles and pedestrians . Following the latest rumours about Apple 's electric self-driving car project Titan , both systems could be just the next step towards vehicles running solely on Android or iOS . Speculation was rife earlier this month when an Apple-owned car was spotted driving around California fitted with Street View-style cameras -LRB- pictured -RRB- . If Apple was developing such technology , it would would rival Google 's self-driving cars -LRB- pictured -RRB- . Google 's head of self-driving cars Chris Urmson recently said he expects people to be using them on public roads in two to five years and Google would collect data on how they interact with other vehicles and pedestrians . Similarly , Apple is said to be working on a release date of 2020 for its own range of vehicles . Other concerns around Android Auto , CarPlay and both firms entering the car market involve privacy and tracking . Following users on their phones , into their cars as well as their homes , campaigners are worried the tech giants will have access to a wealth of personal information . But Mr Brenner responded : ` It 's exactly the same as having it in your pocket in your phone because it is on your phone . So the same privacy controls that we have already for Google Now and for other third-party applications exist for this as well . ' | 2015 will see Android Auto and Apple 's CarPlay rolling out to more cars . Both firms have developed dashboard technology that sync with phones . Devices running Android Lollipop and iOS 7 can plug into the systems . Systems then allow drivers to control maps , make calls , open and respond to texts and play music from their handsets using voice commands . Ferrari and Hyundai are first cars signed up to run full versions of CarPlay . 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One person has been taken to hospital after a boat crashed into the shore and slammed into a beach bar . The vessel , which had seven people on board , ran aground in Little Harbor near Ruskin and hit the front of the Sunset Grille at around 5pm on Monday . After crossing the beach , the hull splintered the outside of the venue and ended up inside . Smash : The vessel , which had seven people on board , ran aground in Little Harbor near Ruskin and hit the front of the Sunset Grille at around 5pm . Collision : After crossing the beach , the hull splintered the outside of the venue and ended up inside . Two people on board were said to have suffered minor injuries and it is unknown whether anyone was inside the restaurant at the time . Bob Schafer , an ironworker visiting from Pennsylvania , saw the crash unfold . The 50-year-old told the Tampa Bay Times the person driving the boat ` just kept going straight and never turned ' . He and his wife Jackie said the boat disappeared into thick fog so they could only hear the impact . Emergency crews responded to the scene and were seen trying to remove it from the restaurant . The boat is a 39-foot SeaVee with quad 300 horsepower engines . Impact : Two people on board were said to have suffered minor injuries and it is unknown whether anyone was inside the restaurant at the time . Conditions : Witnesses say thick fog in the area may have been to blame for the incident . | Vessel ran aground and slammed into the Sunset Grille in Ruskin . There were seven people on board at the time , two had minor injuries . Witnesses say thick fog may have been the cause of the incident . | [[0, 104], [44, 104], [0, 10], [44, 50], [78, 104], [105, 149], [152, 192], [105, 117], [197, 257], [352, 357], [360, 370], [407, 447], [352, 357], [360, 370], [452, 502], [105, 149], [152, 192], [352, 357], [360, 404], [609, 670], [1210, 1229], [1240, 1271], [1358, 1435]] |
Healthy gay men should be given anti-viral drugs to ` slash the number of cases of HIV ' , a groundbreaking new study has suggested . The Proud study , conducted in England , provides the first evidence that preventative HIV treatment is highly effective in a real-world setting . It showed that pre-exposure to the HIV drug Truvada can reduce the risk of infection in men-who-have-sex-with-men -LRB- MSM -RRB- by as much as 86 per cent . Previous research had suggested that preventive treatment might cut HIV infection rates but it was unclear whether such an approach would work in practice . A new study , hailed a ` game-changer ' by experts , has found pre-exposure to HIV drugs in healthy gay men can reduce the risk of infection by as much as 86 per cent -LRB- file image posed by models -RRB- . The new study recruited 545 participants at 13 sexual health clinics in England . They were divided into two groups , one of which was to be given Truvada immediately and the other a year later . Comparing the two made it possible to assess the effectiveness of pre-exposure prophylaxis -LRB- PrEP -RRB- in men at high risk of HIV infection . Of the 276 men treated straight away , just three were infected with HIV over the subsequent year . During the same period , 19 of the men from the ` deferred group ' became HIV positive . Chief investigator professor Sheena McCormack , from the Medical Research Council 's Clinical Trials Unit at University College London , said : ` These results are extremely exciting and show PrEP is highly effective at preventing HIV infection in the real world . ` Concerns that PrEP would not work so well in the real world were unfounded . ` These results show there is a need for PrEP , and offer hope of reversing the epidemic among men who have sex with men in this country . ` The findings we 've presented today are going to be invaluable in informing discussions about making PrEP available through the NHS . ' Dr Michael Brady , medical director at the HIV/Aids charity Terrence Higgins Trust , said : ` PrEP is , quite simply , a game-changer . ` We know that most gay men use condoms most of the time , and that this has prevented tens of thousands of HIV infections since the epidemic began in the UK . ` However , we also know that condomless sex vastly increases the risk of HIV being transmitted . ` This research shows just how effective PrEP can be in preventing transmission of the virus in groups at greatest risk ; offering another line of defence alongside condoms and regular testing . ` It is not a vaccine and it wo n't be for everyone , but once approved , we expect it to significantly increase the momentum in our fight against the virus . Sexually active gay and bisexual men are at highest risk of HIV infection , pictured under the microscope . In 2013 , an estimated 2,800 new HIV infections occurred in men who have sex with men in the UK . ` We urge the Government , NHS England and local authorities to make PrEP a key priority in the fight against HIV . ' The findings , presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections -LRB- CROI -RRB- in Seattle , US , also showed that taking a drug to protect against HIV did not appear to alter rates of condom use . No significant impact was seen on levels of infection of other sexually transmitted infections -LRB- STIs -RRB- . An aggressive new strain of HIV has been identified , scientists have warned . A new study found the strain , called CRF19 , is capable of transforming from an infection to full-blown aids within just three years . That is considerably faster than the average conversion time of around 10 years - and can be so quick that a person may not even realise they are infected . Scientists were prompted to investigate after noting a growing number of reports of people in Cuba suffering a rapid progression to AIDS , within three years of infection . HIV tests often do not detect the virus within the first few weeks of infection , sometimes months . Once a person develops the flu-like symptoms that characterise acute infection - usually coming two to four weeks after infection - the virus undergoes a latency period . During that time the virus replicates and lives inside the body , but does not cause any symptoms . That period can last between five and 10 years before AIDS develops , in most cases . But researchers at the University of Leuven in Belgium noted the CRF19 strain causes patients to make the transition to AIDS much faster . It can be so quick that a person may not even realise they are infected . Deborah Gold , chief executive of the National Aids Trust , said : ` The study shows two important things - one , that PrEP is highly effective in preventing HIV . ` And two , that gay men wo n't just throw away the condoms as soon as they start taking PrEP -LRB- STIs were the same in men taking and not taking PrEP -RRB- . ` During the study period there were 19 HIV infections in the group not taking PrEP . ` If we can stop people getting HIV by giving them PrEP , we have an ethical duty to do so . ` Furthermore , over the course of their lifetime the treatment of those 19 men will cost the NHS nearly # 7 million . ` So the financial argument is clear , as is the ethical one . PrEP needs to be available on the NHS as soon as possible for all those who need it . ' Proud stands for PRe-exposure Option for reducing HIV in the UK : immediate or Deferred . In October last year , an ethical decision was taken to offer men in the ` deferred group ' arm of the study Truvada earlier than planned . This followed an interim analysis of the data that revealed the extent of the protection provided by prophylactic treatment . Sexually active gay and bisexual men are the population group at highest risk of HIV infection . In 2013 , an estimated 2,800 new HIV infections occurred in MSM in the UK . Dr Des Walsh , head of infections and immunity at the Medical Research Council , which co-funded the study , said : ` HIV remains a serious public health concern - in 2013 alone , around 2,800 gay , bisexual and other men who have sex with men became infected . ` So clearly , additional approaches are needed to tackle the HIV epidemic , particularly for populations at higher risk . ` The Proud study addresses this very important issue and shows promising results that a relatively straightforward intervention based on existing therapy - PrEP - could have a major impact in preventing HIV infection . ' | Pre-exposure to the drug Truvada reduce risk of HIV infection in men who have sex with men by as much as 86 per cent , English study found . First study of its kind to show the treatment works in healthy people . Previous research had indicated treatment such as this might cut HIV rates . 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Children in Canada as young as six will learn about the age of consent while eight-year-olds will introduced to the ideas of same-sex relationships . The topics will be discussed as part of a revamped sex-education curriculum in the province of Ontario that has n't been updated for 17 years - long before the invention of the smartphone . Parents have been voicing their unhappiness at some of the topics on the agenda with some threatening to pull their children out of class on the grounds that it is ` too early ' for such discussions to take place . However , the new curriculum actually brings Ontario in line with other Canadian provinces . Scroll down for video ... Now , listen ! Education Minister Liz Sandals -LRB- pictured -RRB- says Ontario kids as young as six will learn about consent while eight-year-olds will be taught about same-sex relationships under the revamped curriculum . Update : The document -- last updated in 1998 before smartphone were invented -- brings Ontario in line with other provinces . ` The world had changed a lot in the last 15 years . Concepts such as smartphones , SnapChat and sexting were not familiar to anyone , let alone students , ' Education Minister Liz Sandals told a news conference . ` Today , we live in a digital and interconnected world where information is literally at our fingertips around the clock . Students have instant access to quite explicit information from unreliable , inaccurate and often offensive sources . This is why it 's so important to ensure that our children have the right information . ' In first grade - age six and seven , students will learn how to understand non-verbal signals like facial expressions and tone of voice , as well as the proper names for body parts . Students in second grade will learn about the stages of development and related bodily changes along with the concept that ` no means no . ' Lesson plan : Grade 1 students will learn how to understand non-verbal signals like facial expressions and tone of voice , as well as the proper names for body parts . Syllabus : Children in Grades 4 and up will learn more about the dangers of online bullying and of posting or sharing sexual images , while specific lessons on the dangers of sexting will come in Grade 7 . By Grade 3 -LRB- age eight and nine -RRB- , students will learn about same-sex relationships , in an effort to help children with two moms or two dads feel their families are just like everyone else 's , provincial officials say . Children in Grades 4 and up will learn more about the dangers of online bullying and of posting or sharing sexual images , while specific lessons on the dangers of sexting will come in Grade 7 - age 12 and 13 . Students in Grade 6 will be taught about masturbation and ` gender expression , ' while kids in Grades 7 and 8 will discuss contraception , anal and oral sex , preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections . Education minister Liz Sandals says she realized some believe it is too early but does n't believe many will ban their kids from attending the classes . ` Given that we have n't had hoards of people withdrawing from the public education system given what 's already in the curriculum , to be perfectly honest , I do n't anticipate that affect now , ' she told Global News . The new curriculum pays particular attention to gender identify and teaches children from a very young age that they may not be the gender of their body and that there may be six genders . Thumbs up : Planned Parenthood praised the inclusion of consent , the lessons about online activities , as well as the decision to teach about puberty at an earlier grade . -LRB- pictured , Education Minister Liz Sandals -RRB- . The government is also publishing online parents ' guides to the new curriculum to help them integrate their conversations at home with what will be taught in the classroom . ` Peers , romantic partners or even strangers can pressure or coerce a young person to participate in sexting , ' the parents ' guide to the sexting portion of the curriculum says . ` Once a person sends a sext , they lose control of it . ' Children in Grades 1 through 3 will learn about ` respectful communications , ' while those in 4 to 6 will learn about ` the risks of posting or sharing sexual images or information . ' The Ontario Physical and Health Education Association called the curriculum update long overdue and cautioned critics against overreacting . The updated curriculum will be in place for the start of classes in September . Planned Parenthood praised the inclusion of consent in the revised curriculum , the lessons about online activities , as well as the decision to teach about puberty earlier , switching to grade 4 from grade 5 . Grade 1 : Identify body parts , including genitalia , using correct terminology . Recognize caring and exploitative behaviors . Grade 2 : Outline the basic stages of human development . Describe how to relate positively to others and behaviours that can be harmful in relating to others , including both online and face-to-face name calling . Grade 3 : Identify the characteristics of healthy relationships , including those with friends , siblings and parents . Describe how visible differences , such as skin colour , and invisible differences , including gender identity and sexual orientation , make each person unique . Develop safety guidelines for Internet use . Grade 4 : Describe the physical changes that occur at puberty , as well as the emotional and social impacts . Demonstrate an understanding of personal hygienic practices associated with the onset of puberty . Grade 5 : Identify the parts of the reproductive system . Describe the processes of menstruation and spermatogenesis . Describe stresses related to puberty and identify strategies to manage them . Explain how a person 's actions , either in person or online , can affect people 's feelings and reputation , including making sexual comments and sharing sexual pictures . Grade 6 : Identify factors that affect a person 's ` self-concept , ' for example stereotypes , gender identity and body image . Describe how to lay a foundation for healthy relationships by understanding changes that occur during adolescence . Grade 7 : Explain the importance of understanding with a partner about delaying sexual activity and the concept of consent . Identify common sexually transmitted infections and describe their symptoms . Identify ways of preventing STIs and unintended pregnancy . Grade 8 : Identify and explain factors that can affect decisions about sexual activity . Demonstrate an understanding of gender identity and sexual orientation . Demonstrate an understanding of contraception and the concept of consent . Grade 9 : Demonstrate an understanding of the benefits and risks of using communication technologies . Describe the relative effectiveness of methods to prevent unintended pregnancy or STIs . Demonstrate an understanding of factors influencing a person 's gender identity and sexual orientation . Grade 10 : Describe factors that influence sexual decision making . Describe some common misconceptions about sexuality in our culture , and explain how these may harm people . Explain how being in an exclusive relationship with another person affects them and their relations with others . Grade 11 : Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of mental illnesses and addictions . Describe how proactive health measures and supports , for example breast and testicular examinations , can be applied to avoid or minimize illness . Grade 12 : Demonstrate an understanding of the effects and legal implications of different types of harassment , violence , and abuse in different relationships and settings and describe ways of responding to and preventing them . Demonstrate an understanding of how relationships develop and how to maintain a healthy relationship . Source : Ontario Ministry of Education . Read the full documents , one for elementary students and one for secondary school , here ... Ontario health and physical education curriculum for elementary students . Ontario health and physical education curriculum , secondary school . | Ontario 's updated sex education curriculum will impact students from first through 12th grades . Issue of consent will be addressed with first grade students . Some parents say the new curriculum introduces material at too young an age including - sexting in Grade 4 . In Grade 7 - age 12 and 13 - information about sexually transmitted diseases and oral and anal sex will be discussed . This is the first time the curriculum has been updated since 1994 , long before the invention of the smartphone and legalized gay marriage . | [[150, 252], [680, 799], [2966, 3007], [3304, 3322], [3372, 3410], [2623, 2710], [2799, 2868], [2799, 2821], [2871, 2929], [229, 252], [258, 339]] |
The husband of actress Emma Thompson has said he and his wife will not pay a penny of tax until those involved in the HSBC scandal are sent to jail . Actor Greg Wise said he and his Oscar-winning wife Thompson were ` disgusted ' with the HMRC and HSBC after the tax row . He warned the couple were even willing to go to prison in their moral stand after the allegations earlier this month that HSBC 's Geneva branch had helped its wealthy customers dodge taxes . Actor Greg Wise , pictured with Oscar-winning wife Emma Thompson , said he was ` disgusted ' with the HMRC and HSBC after the tax row . ' I want to stop paying tax , until everyone pays tax , ' Wise told the Evening Standard . The ` profound ' socialist , who met Thompson on the set of Sense and Sensibility in 1994 when she was splitting up with Kenneth Branagh , claimed they loved paying tax but refused to pay any more until the row was resolved . ' I am disgusted with HMRC . I am disgusted with HSBC . And I 'm not paying a penny more until those evil b ******* go to prison , ' he added . 'Em 's on board . We 're going to get a load of us together . They ca n't send everyone to prison . But we 'll go to prison if necessary . ' Allegations had emerged earlier this month that HSBC 's Geneva branch -LRB- pictured -RRB- had helped its wealthy customers dodge taxes . Mr Wise , pictured with British actress Emma Thompson , daughter Gaia and adopted son Tindyebwa Agaba , warned he and his wife were even willing to go to prison over their stand on HSBC . Although he claimed yesterday to live in a ` poor bit ' of West Hampstead , Mr Wise and Miss Thompson in fact live on one of the most expensive roads in the upmarket North West London district . Average house prices in the street , where Miss Thompson was born , are more than # 2million -- meaning that the Labour-supporting luvvies , who sent their daughter to private school , will also be expected to pay a mansion tax if Ed Miliband becomes Prime Minister . Their peaceful tree-lined street , a 15-minute walk from Hampstead Heath , is home to Miss Thompson 's mother , the actress Phyllida Law , as well as Downton Abbey star Jim Carter . Other actors , television personalities , politicians and public figures living nearby include Stephen Fry and Bank of England governor Mark Carney . The HSBC row came to light after an investigation by journalists claimed that its Swiss arm had helped wealthy clients such as sports stars , celebrities and politicians evade huge amounts of tax . A trove of documents were leaked relating to accounts worth $ 100 billion held by more than 100,000 people and legal entities around the world . Details of thousands of UK-based clients of the branch were handed to authorities in 2007 by a whistleblower . But the reports did not reach Britain until 2010 after a deal between HMRC and the French authorities . Officials say part of the deal was that the taxman could not pass on the details -- but they have since been leaked . Since then only one person has been prosecuted despite # 135million being recovered . HSBC boss Stuart Gulliver has since admitted to the bank 's shame over its Swiss tax scandal today as it disclosed profits slumped by 17 per cent last year . But Wise , 48 , was furious that HSBC had not been given even a slap on the wrist because , he claimed , the row fell into the grey area between avoidance and evasion . | Emma Thompson 's husband Greg Wise was ` disgusted ' over HSBC row . He has now refused to pay tax until those involved in scandal were jailed . Wise warned he and Thompson were prepared to go to prison over stand . | [[150, 271], [178, 200], [217, 226], [229, 271], [463, 478], [530, 598], [945, 971], [0, 101], [46, 130], [601, 626], [629, 652], [690, 716], [837, 841], [863, 915], [972, 1021], [272, 388], [1164, 1186], [1339, 1346], [1443, 1526]] |
Alcohol is n't the only substance that could get you in trouble behind the wheel -- your medication could put you over the limit , too . A Department for Transport study found drug driving -LRB- due to legal or illegal drugs -RRB- was responsible for up to 200 fatal accidents every year . From next month , new legislation will set limits for certain prescription medicines , such as the painkiller morphine , and drugs for anxiety or insomnia , such as diazepam , clonazepam , oxazepam and temazepam . Experts warn that many motorists are not aware that seemingly innocent over-the-counter drugs such as hay fever remedies can also have an effect on driving and get you into trouble with the law . It 's already illegal to drive if your reactions are impaired by medication -- the new law is designed to bring drug driving into line with drink driving , with clear limits on prescription medications . Experts warn that many motorists are not aware that seemingly innocent over-the-counter drugs such as hay fever remedies can also have an effect on driving and get you into trouble with the law . ` Many forms of medication make it clear on the label that when taken they can impair your ability to drive , ' says solicitor Paul Reddy , of firm Slater & Gordon . ` Just because they are legal and widely available , if taking them affects your driving you could end up with points , a fine , disqualification from driving or even worse if you have an accident . ' Here , we examine the common medicines -- over-the-counter and prescription -- which could have an influence on you behind the wheel ... BLOOD PRESSURE . Drugs such as the ACE inhibitor ramipril can make you feel dizzy . As blood pressure drops , the brain may receive less blood , causing light-headedness . ` If it happens , it 's likely to be within a couple of hours of taking the drug , so avoid driving then , ' says Dr Nigel Durham , a consultant cardiologist at York Hospital . Take these drugs at night to be extra careful , and if the problem persists , see your GP . UPSET TUMMY . Over-the-counter medicines to treat diarrhoea may cause drowsiness as a side-effect . This is linked to the ingredient loperamide -- found in products such as Imodium -- which slows down the digestive process . HAY FEVER . Some hay fever treatments can make you feel drowsy , though this is less common with newer types of antihistamines . ` Anti-allergy drugs are divided into sedating and non-sedating medication , ' says Dr Jude Gunasekera , a Manchester GP . Some hay fever treatments can make you feel drowsy , though this is less common with newer types of antihistamines . ` If you 're taking a sedating medication , allow at least two to three hours before driving . ' Otherwise , use treatments that work on symptoms locally , such as eye drops . COLDS AND FLU . Nearly one in seven motorists who has taken cold or flu medication containing codeine has suffered side-effects , such as lethargy , behind the wheel , according to a 2014 survey by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society . Codeine , a painkiller , can slow reaction times and has been linked to low concentration levels and blurry eyesight . Remedies such as Night Nurse contain antihistamine , which can cause drowsiness , says Professor Ron Eccles , director of Cardiff University 's Common Cold Centre . ` I would n't drive for at least six hours after taking one of these preparations , ' he says . NERVE PAIN . The anti-depressant amitriptyline is routinely prescribed for chronic pain , such as severe arthritis or a trapped nerve . However , the drug can affect nerve receptors in the eye , causing blurred vision , so should be taken before you go to bed , says Dr Gunasekera . INDIGESTION . Antacids containing magnesium can cause severe diarrhoea -LRB- understandably , this can make driving difficult -RRB- if you exceed the recommended dose -- easy to do when it 's in liquid form , says Dr Anton Emmanuel , consultant gastroenterologist at University College Hospital , London . INSOMNIA . Sleeping pills -- including over-the-counter remedies such as Nytol , whose main ingredient is an antihistamine -- can have a hangover effect the next day , as it can take this long for the liver to expel the drugs from the body . Elderly people are particularly sensitive , so may feel sedated for longer . Sleeping pills can have a hangover effect the next day , as it can take this long for the liver to expel the drugs from the body . ` They also prevent you going into a deep , `` slow-wave '' sleep during the night , so you may not feel refreshed in the morning , ' says Russell Foster , professor of circadian neuroscience at Oxford University . ` Avoid sleeping pills if you have a long drive the following day . ' DEPRESSION . Taking antidepressants may make you more prone to accidents as the chemical changes in the brain that improve mood may also slow reaction times . In 2012 , research at the University of Taiwan found those taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors -LRB- SSRIs -RRB- , a group of antidepressants including Prozac and Seroxat , were 72 per cent more at risk than people who were not on medication . HEADACHES . Triptans , taken for migraine , work by acting on the blood vessels to block the pain-triggering action of nerves . But they can leave you feeling tired , says Dr Andrew Dowson , director of headache services at King 's College Hospital , London . ` It 's unclear whether it 's the drug or the fact it takes away the headache pain associated with migraine , so other symptoms , such as feeling spaced out , appear more acute . ' THE PAINKILLER DANGER ZONE . Strong prescription painkillers such as tramadol -- for conditions including chronic lower back pain -- can make you drowsy , says Dr Aditi Ghei , consultant anaesthetist at Watford General Hospital . Tramadol mimics endorphins -- naturally pain-reducing chemicals in the brain . ` It 's possible to build up a tolerance , so you may need more for it to take effect , which could have a greater impact on driving , ' says Dr Ghei . ` If you 've just been prescribed tramadol , do n't drive for two to three days at any dosage , so you can check its effects on you . ' | New legislation next month will set limits for certain prescription medicines . 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A college student has been charged with sexually assaulting 19-year-old woman after he allegedly attempted to recreate Fifty Shades of Grey . Mohammad Hossain , 19 , is accused of tying up his victim , a fellow student , whipping and punching her before raping her in his dormitory at the University of Illinois at Chicago . The engineering student has admitted to police that he assaulted the woman , but explained to them that it was because they were 're - enacting scenes from Fifty Shades of Grey ' . Charged : Mohammad Hossain , 19 , is accused of tying up a fellow student , also 19 , whipping and punching her before raping her in his dormitory at the University of Illinois at Chicago . Mr Hossain , a college freshman and student ambassador to the alumni association , and the alleged victim went to his room on Saturday afternoon . Hossain is said to have asked her to remove her clothing , which she consented to but kept her bra and underwear on , before tying her hands and legs with belts , the Chicago Tribune reports . He used a necktie to cover her mouth and pulled a knit cap over her eyes , before removing her underwear , Assistant State 's Attorney Sarah Karr told the Cook County court . Mr Hossain then struck her several times with a belt before she told him to stop as he was hurting her , the court heard . The woman ` began shaking her head and crying ' , but Mr Hossain is said to have continued to hit her with the belt and also punched her several times . Copy cat : The engineering student allegedly admitted to university police that he assaulted the woman , but explained to them that it was because they were 're - enacting scenes from Fifty Shades of Grey ' Assault : The victim , also a University of Illinois at Chicago student , said Mr Hossain continued to whip and punch her with his fists after she began crying and telling him to stop , before proceeding to rape her . Despite the victim crying and continuing to beg him to stop , Mr Hossein held her arms behind her back and sexually assaulted her , an arrest warrant claims . The woman left Mr Hossain 's dorm after the alleged assault and reported the incident to the police . Mr Hossain was arrested by campus police , and after admitting to ` doing something wrong ' and assaulting the woman , he told officers they had been 're - enacting scenes from Fifty Shades of Grey ' , Ms Karr said according to the newspaper . Mr Hossain remains in custody on a $ 500,000 bail . His lawyer claims he thought the sex was consensual . The hit film Fifty Shades of Grey is an adaptation of the adaptation of the best-selling novel by British author E.L. James . The film , which stars James Dornan as BDSM-loving billionaire Christian Grey and Dakota Johnson as innocent college student Anastasia ` Ana ' Steele , spent a second weekend at the top of the U.S. and Canadian box office charts . Fifty Shades , directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson , has already racked up $ 410 million in global sales in less than two weeks , according to Universal Pictures . | Mohammad Hossain , 19 , is accused of assaulting a fellow student . He ` tied up his victim , whipping and punching her before raping her ' Alleged assault took place in his dorm at University of Illinois Chicago . He allegedly told police they were 're - enacting scenes from Fifty Shades ' | [[0, 86], [40, 141], [0, 86], [40, 141], [142, 158], [161, 163], [166, 199], [142, 150], [234, 324], [377, 399], [506, 513], [540, 591], [506, 513], [592, 600], [618, 695], [506, 513], [605, 695], [1211, 1291], [1384, 1449], [1388, 1398], [1459, 1486], [1498, 1589], [1694, 1701], [1704, 1714], [1768, 1836], [1773, 1811], [1831, 1840], [1974, 1984], [2019, 2041], [2173, 2183], [2220, 2289], [0, 86], [142, 150], [234, 324], [506, 513], [592, 600], [618, 695], [506, 513], [605, 695], [40, 141], [325, 348], [406, 501], [1487, 1495], [1596, 1691], [2220, 2240], [2292, 2370]] |
Bill Clinton and Sean Penn attended a hotel opening in Haiti on Tuesday during a charity trip to the impoverished country as the Hollywood actor remained silent on the row over his xenophobic Oscars remarks . Penn was criticized after remarks he made about Mexican-born Alejandro Inarritu 's ` green card ' status as he presented the director 's Academy Award on Sunday . Penn declined to speak to reporters in Haiti over the furor . The actor attended the opening of a new 175-room , Marriott Hotel in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince along with the former president in what backers and officials hope will spur further economic development in the impoverished country . Scroll down for video . Silence : Sean Penn stands next to a photograph of a camp for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake that he rebuilt in a different location . He refused to speak to reporters on Tuesday in Haiti following his ` xenophobic ' remarks at Sunday 's Oscars . Bill Clinton and Sean Penn visit a Cholera treatment Center yet to be opened in Port-au-Prince , Haiti on Tuesday . The ceremony to mark the opening of the hotel was also attended by Haitian President Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Evans Paul . Penn left town the day after Sunday 's glitzy ceremony to travel to the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation as part of a delegation led by the former U.S. President , who is also the UN Special Envoy for Haiti . The actor was a major player in efforts to rebuild Haiti after the January 2010 earthquake that devastated the country . The actor was subsequently honored for his relief work with the 2012 Peace Summit Award at the 12th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Chicago . However a shadow was cast over this week 's charity trip by his on-stage remarks on Sunday . As Penn presented the Academy Award for Best Picture , he said of Inarritu : ` Who gave this son of a b **** his green card ? Birdman . ' Twitter quickly went into meltdown with users denouncing Penn 's ill-judged ` joke ' as ` insensitive ' to the plight of many immigrants in the U.S. and ` racist . ' Clinton and Penn share a joke during their charity trip to view new projects in Haiti after a surge of economic development in the earthquake-ravaged country . Clinton , and actor Sean Penn , toured a Lime Nursery in Mirebalais , Haiti on Monday as part of a U.S. envoy to the country . One of the first to call Penn out was filmmaker and immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas . ` Mexican director = green card joke . Not funny , just plain xenophobic . Wtf , Sean Penn ?! ' he tweeted . Others , including TV presenter Mario Lopez , pointed out that the comment was made about a Mexican director while no one questioned the immigration status of the countless British and Australian actors in attendance . The term ` green card ' refers to a document that confers permanent residency to immigrants in the United States . While the remark about Inarritu 's immigration status struck many as an insult , the director insisted it was nothing more than a brutal joke between old friends . ' I found it hilarious , ' Inarritu said after the ceremony . ` Sean and I have that kind of brutal -LRB- relationship -RRB- where only true friendship can survive . ' Director Alejandro Inarritu , seated , insisted afterwards that Penn 's remark was nothing more than a brutal joke between old friends . TV presenter Mario Lopez was quick to point out that the comment was made about a Mexican while no one questioned the immigration status of the countless British and Australian actors in attendance . One of the first to call out Sean Penn was filmmaker and immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas . Inarritu directed Penn in his 2003 film , 21 Grams , and the pair remain friends . Penn posed for pictures with Inarritu after the ceremony . The director , who won three Oscars on Sunday night , said he has told many similarly brutal jokes at Penn 's expense . ' I make on him a lot of very tough jokes that I will not tell you , ' Inarritu said . Joke or not , the remark struck many as problematic for an awards ceremony that had been criticized for not having more nominees of color . Inarritu joked that after his three wins on Sunday , the Academy might institute a residency requirement . ` Maybe next year , the government will inflict some immigration rules -LRB- on -RRB- the academy . Two Mexicans in a row , that 's suspicious , I guess , ' the director quipped . His win in the best directing category marks back-to-back wins for Mexican-born directors ; last year director Alfonso Cuaron received the Academy Award for Gravity . It took some of the sting out of Penn 's words , but Inarritu also used the opportunity to celebrate immigrants . The director called on his fellow Mexicans to build a better government , and said those who have come to the U.S. should be afforded the respect that previous generations of immigrants have been given . ' I want to dedicate this award for my fellow Mexicans , the ones who live in Mexico , ' Inarritu said . ' I pray that we can find and build the government that we deserve . And the ones that live in this country who are part of the latest generation of immigrants in this country , I just pray that they can be treated with the same dignity and the respect of the ones who came before and -LRB- built -RRB- this incredible immigrant nation . ' Penn 's ill-judged attempt at humor was considered racially insensitive by a number of people on Twitter . 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A couple have been arrested after allegedly leaving a baby in a freezing car outside while they had sex inside their feces-filled home . Louis Thomas Cope and Katrina Marie Norman , were detained by police after officers found an infant inside a minivan with the driver and passenger door completely open in temperatures below freezing . Police were initially called to the house in Gwinett County , Georgia after a complaint regarding animals at the property . Katrina Marie Norman , left , and Louis Thomas Cope , who have been accused of leaving a baby outside in a freezing car while they had sex inside their feces-filled home . When officers arrived at the home in Snellville , they found the baby in the vehicle and when they knocked on the door , Norman 32 , answered after several minutes wearing a pink lace suit and a blanket . According to a police report obtained by the Gwinett Daily Post , the responding officer wrote : ` Based on their appearance it has appeared they had left the child in the vehicle while having intercourse . ' Cope , 23 , reportedly told police that he and Norman had just returned from food shopping when Norman surprised him with pink lingerie . The couple insist that the child was n't left unsupervised for more than a few minutes , but authorities say they had been on the scene nearly 15 minutes before the pair emerged . The report also added that once police entered the house , there was a strong smell of urine and feces and there was trash thrown about the floor with animal feces in children 's bedrooms . Officers from Gwinett County Police , pictured , were called to the house after a complaint regarding animals at the home . The report by the officer also added : ' I saw a knife lying on the ground within reach for a child to grab and hurt themselves . ' Police also described the baby and the other two children living at the house as deprived . The pair have now been charged with maintaining a disorderly house and second-degree cruelty to children , which is a felony . Both have since been released after posting $ 16,900 bonds . Online booking sheets at Gwinett County jail also revealed the tattoos adorning both suspect 's bodies with Cope 's arm saying ` Family forever ' and Norman 's back saying ` Partners in crime . ' | Police were called to a home in Georgia after receiving an animal complaint . When they arrived they found a baby left outside in a freezing minivan . They discovered Louis Thomas Cope and Katrina Marie Norman inside . Police report says it appears that they had been having intercourse . Couple were arrested and have been charged with a child cruelty offence . | [[414, 461], [1556, 1591], [1594, 1679], [0, 84], [137, 337], [212, 337], [496, 581], [634, 681], [684, 718], [839, 867], [1904, 2008]] |
A fisherman has caught a giant 8ft 9in long catfish weighing 19 stone - and it could be the biggest ever caught with the humble rod and line . Dino Ferrari hooked the huge wels catfish , which was 2.67 m in length , last week in the Po Delta in Italy . The cannibalistic wels catfish , also known as the sheatfish , is native to Europe and can grow as long as 13ft and up to 62st - but it is exceedingly rare to catch one that is over two metres long . Scroll down for video . Dino Ferrari hooked the huge wels catfish , which was 2.67 m in length , last week in the Po Delta in Italy . It is exceedingly rare to catch a catfish over 2m long . The giant fish caught by Dino Ferrari measured 2.67 m long and weighed 19 stone . Mr Ferrari poses with his remarkable catch in the waters of the Po Delta , Italy . While Mr Ferrari 's fish might set a new record for the biggest ever caught on a line , it is not the heaviest ever hooked . But while Mr Ferrari 's fish might set a new record for the biggest ever caught on a line , it is not the heaviest ever hooked - that award goes to catfish which weighed 22st and was 9ft long , and was caught in the Po Delta , reports The Mirror . In December schoolboy Sam Lee , 14 , caught an 8ft 14 stone catfish while on a fishing holiday in Spain with his father Peter . The giant catfish immediately bolted 100 metres downstream , but Sam , from Chester , hung on and after a 35 minute battle finally landed the 2.5 metre-long fish . In time honoured tradition , he then posed for a photo to secure bragging rights before letting the creature swim back into the water at the River Ebro in Catalonia . Mr Ferrari -LRB- pictured -RRB- poses with his monster catch . Wels catfish can grow as long as 13ft and weigh up to 62st . The wels catfish can live for thirty years and live off annelid worms , gastropods , insects , crustaceans and fish . Mr Ferrari took this photo after hauling in his catch , showing it to measure 2.67 m in length . In October a Cornish pensioner caught an 8ft-long , 15 stonepart-albino catfish , thought to be the biggest of its kind ever caught . The aptly named Tom Herron , 68 , from Launceston , battled the cream-coloured monster fish in the River Segre , Mequinenza , Spain , for 40 minutes before finally hauling it in . The wels catfish is scaleless and lives in fresh and brackish water . It is recognisable by its broad , flat head and wide mouth . The wels catfish can live for thirty years and live off annelid worms , gastropods , insects , crustaceans and fish including other catfish ; the larger ones also eat frogs , mice , rats , and even ducks . Recently , wels catfish have been spotted in non-native habitats lunging out of the water to grab pigeons on land . | Fisherman caught an 8ft 9in long catfish weighing 19 stone in Italy . Could be the biggest ever catfish hooked with a humble rod and line . Dino Ferrari caught the massive wels catfish last week in the Po Delta . But the biggest catfish ever hooked weighed 22st and was 9ft long . | [[0, 51], [39, 69], [143, 186], [386, 388], [409, 452], [477, 520], [644, 681], [707, 725], [0, 51], [76, 142], [815, 877], [861, 894], [944, 1006], [990, 1023], [0, 51], [143, 186], [163, 184], [193, 213], [477, 520], [497, 518], [527, 547], [644, 702], [644, 681], [707, 725], [1026, 1028], [1126, 1158], [0, 51], [386, 388], [409, 452], [1082, 1089], [1096, 1108], [1082, 1089], [1113, 1125]] |
Death row : Kelly Renee Gissendaner -LRB- above -RRB- , 47 , is scheduled to be executed at 7pm on Wednesday . A woman who is will become Georgia 's first female inmate to be executed in 70 years when she is given the lethal injection tomorrow is making a final plea for her life this morning . Kelly Renee Gissendaner , the only woman on death row in the state , is scheduled to die at 7pm on Wednesday at a Jackson prison for the 1997 death of her husband in suburban Atlanta . The 47-year-old has exhausted all appeals to higher courts but on Tuesday morning , she will ask the parole board - the sole authority who can commute a death sentence - for clemency . ` The Board will either grant clemency , commuting to life with or without parole possibility , deny clemency , or issue a stay not to exceed 90 days , ' board spokesman Steven Hayes told the Athens-Banner Herald on Monday . The board will meet in private at 9am . They could reach a decision on Tuesday but the only guideline is that they must decide the outcome before her scheduled execution time . Gissendaner was convicted of killing her husband , Douglas , in February 1997 along with her then-boyfriend Gregory Owen . Authorities said she had wanted to kill her husband - whom she had previously divorced and then re-married - because she wanted to split from him again but thought he would not leave her alone . Together , the duo plotted the murder for months and Owen followed her orders to kill Douglas while she was out at a nightclub with friends on February 7 , 1997 , CNN reported . Owen waited at the couple 's home until Douglas arrived before kidnapping him and driving him to a remote area . He stole his watch and wallet to make the murder look like a robbery . Arrest : Gissendaner , who is Georgia 's only female death row inmate , was arrested in 1997 for plotting to kill her husband with her then-boyfriend , Gregory Owen -LRB- right -RRB- , who ultimately testified against her . Victim : Douglas Gissendaner was stabbed multiple times in the neck by Owen in February 1997 after his wife wanted to divorce him but thought he would not leave her alone . His body was found two weeks later . He then beat Douglas across the head with a nightstick and stabbed him in the neck and back between eight and 10 times . Kelly Gissendaner arrived as the murder took place but remained in her car . She later got out to make sure that her husband was dead before the pair took Douglas ' vehicle and burned it using kerosene . The duo then left the scene . Douglas ' burned-out car was found the following morning , and more than a week later the body was found a mile away . Animals had eaten away at the skin on Douglas ' neck , making it hard for authorities to deduce which stab wound had killed him , CNN reported . In the days before he was found , Kelly Gissendaner had appeared on local TV to appeal for help finding her husband - but on February 24 , Owen confessed to the murder and implicated her . While in jail , she plotted to pay someone $ 10,000 to falsely claim that they had driven her to the murder scene at gunpoint , but her cellmate alerted authorities to the plan . Owen is serving life in prison in Washington state for his role in the murder . He avoided the death penalty after testifying against his former lover . In court : Gissendaner was found guilty of plotting the murder in 1998 -LRB- pictured -RRB- and sentenced to death . Locked up : Gissendaner , who will be the first woman to be executed in Georgia in 70 years , is seen eating a meal in her cell at Metro State Prison in Atlanta in 2004 . She has requested a 2,400-calorie final meal . She was sentenced to death in November 1998 after she was found guilty of her part in the death . Gissendaner , who is incarcerated at Arrendale State Prison , is the only woman among 84 inmates facing the death penalty in Georgia , according to a report by the state 's Department of Corrections . She is set to be only the 14th woman executed in Georgia since 1735 , according to the AJC . The last time a woman was executed was in 1945 . Lena Baker was electrocuted in March of that year after she was convicted of murder for shooting her boss . In 2005 , the state pardoned her after agreeing with her family that she acted in self defense . Gissendaner has requested a last meal of cornbread with a side of buttermilk ; two Burger King Whoppers with cheese ; two large orders of fries ; cherry vanilla ice cream ; popcorn ; a salad with boiled eggs , tomatoes , bell peppers , onions , carrots , cheese and Newman 's Own buttermilk dressing ; and lemonade , according to CBS46 . A rough estimate shows that the food contains more than 4,200 calories . Under Georgia law , only three offenses are punishable by death - murder , rape and kidnapping . | Kelly Gissendaner will be put to death by lethal injection in Jackson , Georgia at 7pm Wednesday for the 1997 murder of her husband . On Tuesday , she will make a last ditch effort to commute the death penalty . She has requested a massive last meal including two Burger King Whoppers with cheese , cornbread , fries and cherry vanilla ice cream . She was sentenced to death for persuading her then-lover to kidnap and stab her husband before she helped him burn the man 's car . 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Disney fans are lining up to get their hands on an incredible collection of vintage memorabilia from ` the happiest place on Earth ' . Providing a glimpse into the theme park 's early days , nearly 1,000 souvenirs from a lot titled ` The Story of Disneyland ' are set to go under the hammer in what is being billed as ` the most comprehensive and complete collection ' to hit the market . Spanning more than 60 years , the set includes an original Donald Duck hat , a Disneyland blueprint , a red flag bearing Mickey Mouse 's face , staff uniforms and tourist photos from the 1960s . An original Donald Duck souvenir hat is one of the items going under the hammer at an auction in California . The one-of-a-kind vintage collection includes a red banner featuring an image of Mickey Mouse . Bidders will have a chance to buy a Pirates of the Caribbean skeleton and a 1956 popcorn box . This Disneyland bade is one of nearly 1,000 collectibles that are being auctioned by Van Eaton Galleries . It is believed the rare collection will fetch tens of thousands of pounds when it is sold off piece by piece at Van Eaton Galleries in Sherman Oaks , California , this weekend . The assortment of souvenirs , games , toys and collectibles from the famous theme park in Anaheim offers a look at Walt Disney 's empire through the ages . Some of the items date back to the very beginning of Walt Disney 's planning for his first resort , and the one-of-a-kind collection has been amassed over 30 years . Those looking to own a piece of Disney history can bid on the original audio-animatronic skeleton from The Pirates of the Caribbean , an original Bob Bushman concept drawing for Tomorrowland , and an original Cigar Store Indian from Frontierland . One of the rarer items , a Disneyland blueprint , is expected to sell for up to $ 70,000 -LRB- # 45,000 -RRB- . Some of the more unique items include colourful uniforms worn by front-line staff and entertainers . It is believed the rare collection will fetch tens of thousands of pounds when it is sold off piece by piece . Mr Bushman 's concept drawing is hotly tipped to do well , with it expected to sell for up to $ 70,000 -LRB- # 45,000 -RRB- . High bids are also expected on a Tiki bird from the enchanted Tiki Room -LRB- valued at $ 20,000 to $ 25,000 or # 13,000 to # 16,000 -RRB- and a Michael Jackson artwork from the Captain EO attraction -LRB- estimated at $ 40,000 to $ 60,000 or # 26,000 to # 39,000 -RRB- . Some of the more affordable items include a 1956 popcorn box -LRB- valued at $ 150 to $ 200 or # 100 to # 130 -RRB- , and a 1955 cigar box featuring Sleeping Beauty 's castle -LRB- estimated at $ 250 to $ 350 or # 160 to # 225 -RRB- . Nearly 1,000 souvenirs from a lot titled ` The Story of Disneyland ' are set to go under the hammer . This old souvenir promoted ` acres of fun ' at Frontierland , including its Sleeping Beauty Castle . Some of the rare pieces of memorabilia were initially collected by Roy O Disney , the brother of Walt Disney . High bids are expected on a Tiki bird from the Tiki Room and an original Cigar Store Indian . Some of the rare pieces of memorabilia were initially collected by Roy O Disney , the brother of Walt Disney . Mike Van Eaton , founder and president of Van Eaton Galleries , said in a statement : ` The collection is beyond extraordinary . ` The breadth of this vintage collection offers every collector an opportunity to bid and own a piece of Disneyland history . ` It tells a story of Disneyland from the beginning which we have never seen before , and I 'm sure we wo n't ever see again . ' | Nearly 1,000 items included in ` The Story of Disneyland ' collection . Set includes Donald Duck hat , Disneyland blueprint and staff uniforms . It is billed as ` the most comprehensive and complete collection ' Blueprint is expected to fetch a top bid of nearly $ 70,000 -LRB- # 45,000 -RRB- . Other items include skeleton from The Pirates of the Caribbean . | [[191, 224], [247, 366], [885, 941], [2725, 2763], [419, 566], [584, 640], [191, 224], [247, 366], [191, 224], [294, 371], [320, 366], [369, 388], [1740, 1762], [1790, 1851], [2128, 2189], [790, 884], [1492, 1623]] |
Spanish investigators have smashed an alleged online terror network accused of recruiting young women to join Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria . Two suspects were arrested in Melilla , the Spanish enclave neighbouring Morocco , in the latest operation by Spain 's authorities targeting such recruiting networks . Another two were detained in Girona and Barcelona in Spain 's northeast . The arrests came as European nations scramble to halt a surge in young people wanting to travelling to Iraq and Syria to fight with the jihadists . Suspect : One of the two suspects were arrested in Melilla , the Spanish enclave neighbouring Morocco . Another as-yet unidentified man is seen being led away by anti-terror officers following his arrest . Grinning : A third man is seen laughing and smiling as he is arrested at his home in Barcelona today . The two arrested in Melilla were said to be behind the creation and operation of several Internet platforms spreading propaganda , particularly for ISIS , the interior ministry said in a statement . ` In line with the strategy of the Daesh terrorist group , they focused on the recruitment of women who , after a process of indoctrination , would end up joining the terrorist group in conflict zones , ' it said , referring to a derogatory Arabic acronym for ISIS . Private home visits were also organised for recruiting purposes and a number of young people had begun preparations to travel to war zones , the ministry said . One of those arrested ran a ` virtual community ' with ISIS propaganda and more than 1,000 subscribers , it said . On Facebook , he had a ` multitude of subscribers ' outside Spain , including Latin America and countries such as Belgium , France , Morocco , Pakistan , Saudi Arabia , Tunisia , Turkey and the United States , the statement said . A man is seen being arrested in Barcelona this morning on suspicion of being involved in the terror network . The father of one of four arrested men stands outside his home in Sant Vicens dels Horts , near Barcelona . The father and brother of one of the arrested men are photographed in their home this morning . One of the suspects arrested in Spain 's northeast was described as an Islamic State sympathiser-turned-propagandist . The other was said to have published video to recruit potential jihadists . Authorities were working to establish links between the two in Melilla and those in Spain 's northeast . Spain has dismantled several similar networks , particularly in Melilla and its other African enclave , Ceuta . The two enclaves constitute the only land borders between Africa and Europe . Authorities estimate that around 100 Spanish nationals have joined jihadist fighters in Iraq and Syria , a lower number than those from France , Britain and Germany . Britain says some 500 people have travelled from the country to join jihadist groups , while France says about 1,400 residents have either joined the jihadist cause in Syria and Iraq or were planning to do so . France on Monday announced that it had confiscated the passports of six suspected would-be jihadists and would ban another 40 from travelling . | Four men arrested on suspicion running alleged terror recruitment network . Men accused of using the internet to spread propaganda aimed at women . Even arranged private home visits for those preparing to leave for Syria . One of those arrested ran a ` virtual community ' with ISIS propaganda and more than 1,000 subscribers . He distributed pro-ISIS propaganda to Latin America , Belgium , France , Morocco , Pakistan , Saudi Arabia , Tunisia , Turkey and the U.S. | [[0, 101], [1328, 1420], [1489, 1591], [1604, 1615], [1618, 1811], [2149, 2168], [2200, 2267], [1604, 1615], [1618, 1811], [2149, 2168], [2200, 2267]] |
Thousands of people gathered today to witness the brutal execution of two pigs which were chopped in half so villagers could dip their money in the blood as part of a good luck ceremony . Each year residents of Nem Thuong village in Bac Ninh province , Vietnam , hack two pigs in half with ceremonial machetes in a ritual they believe will bring them good luck and fortune in the coming year . But many people in the country , where animal rights are a newly emerging concept , are becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the annual ` pig slaughtering ' festival . Each year residents of Nem Thuong village in Bac Ninh province , Vietnam , hack two pigs in half with ceremonial machetes in a ritual they believe will bring them good luck and fortune for the coming year . One of the sacrificial pigs is carried into the ceremony as villagers take photographs on their phones . During the bloody ritual the pigs are held down with ropes and sliced in half across the belly with swords as part of Lunar New Year celebrations . Vietnam 's Ministry of Culture , Sports and Tourism had called on villagers to tone down the more bloody aspects of the ritual sacrifice . Local officials in Bac Ninh province also urged villagers to change it to a ` pig-parading festival ' following criticism from animal rights groups and local media . Those pleas fell on deaf ears today as two pigs were paraded around the village to the sound of beating drums and horns before being tied down and hacked in half with machetes to cheers from the crowd . The popular event is increasingly coming under fire from the growing animal rights movement in Vietnam . A man dressed in ceremonial clothing carries one of the machetes he will use to hack the pigs in half . Men in ceremonial robes prepare one of the pigs for sacrifice during today 's pig slaughtering ceremony . Nguyen Dinh Loi , from Nem Thuong 's old people 's association , said : ` The older generations here say it is the village 's choice , that the pig slaughtering does not violate the law and must be decided by the villagers themselves . ` We want to keep the traditions of our ancestors . ' After the animals were slaughtered , villagers dipped bank notes into pools of blood in the belief that doing so will ensure good luck and fortune for the new year . Animals Asia Foundation , which campaigns against the tradition and other animal cruelty issues , says this year 's festival was preceded by increasingly disapproving commentary in Vietnam 's tightly controlled media and on social networks . ` We are seeing a broad condemnation of cruelty from Vietnam 's people and increasingly from politicians too , ' Tuan Bendixsen , the group 's Vietnam director , said . Thousands of people attended the event despite growing criticism of such bloody rituals in Vietnam . The pig is sacrificed in the village -LRB- left -RRB- . A man lifts his bloody machete as he hacks the pig in half -LRB- right -RRB- . ` Those who act in defiance of that consensus do so using culture as an excuse , and a lack of animal cruelty laws has fuelled this further . ' Nem Thuong 's pig slaughtering ceremony has taken place for centuries on the sixth day of the first month of the new lunar year . Locals and historians say the festival commemorates the 13th century anti-imperial general Doan Thuong , who is regarded as the village 's guardian deity . | Two pigs were brutally executed in bloody tradition in Vietnamese village . Annual ceremony sees the pigs hacked in half with a ceremonial sword . Villagers then dip their bank notes into the pools of blood for good luck . Government asked them to tone down bloodier aspects of the sacrifice . Animal rights group said the village was ` using culture as an excuse ' | [[0, 78], [188, 250], [263, 309], [566, 628], [641, 687], [878, 911], [941, 972], [1331, 1378], [70, 78], [85, 105], [878, 911], [941, 972], [1812, 1848], [3096, 3225], [106, 187], [2139, 2173], [2176, 2223], [1026, 1056], [1059, 1152]] |
A photographer managed to capture a tender moment between two cold-blooded amphibians on film as one frog appeared put a protective arm around the other . The amorous pair of flying frogs were balanced on a branch in a pond and gazing into the distance when photographer Hendy Mp took the picture in West Kalimantan , Indonesia . The 25-year-old photographer came across the ` very happy ' frogs in his friend 's back garden at the end of last month and was delighted when they seemed to hug each other . The amorous pair of flying frogs were balanced on a branch in a pond and gazing soulfully into the distance when photographer Hendy Mp took this picture in West Kalimantan , Indonesia , last month . The cold-blooded lover are known as rhacophorus reinwardtii , a species of frog in the Rhacophoridae family . Hendy said : ' I was watching the frogs for around seven minutes when I took these photographs . It was in the garden behind my friend 's house . ' I was glad to see the frogs like this , they looked like they were very happy and I wanted to take a photo . ' The lovers are rhacophorus reinwardtii , a species of frog in the Rhacophoridae family . They are also known as the black-webbed tree frog , green flying frog , or Reinwardt 's tree frog . This particular type of frog is found in China , Indonesia , Laos , Malaysia , Thailand , and Vietnam . Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests , subtropical or tropical moist montane forests , freshwater marshes , and intermittent freshwater marshes . The females grow to be larger than the males , to a length of 3.5 inches . They are also known as the black-webbed tree frog , green flying frog , or Reinwardt 's tree frog . This particular species of frog is found in China , Indonesia , Laos , Malaysia , Thailand and Vietnam . | Unusual show of affection by frogs was captured on camera in Indonesia . Photographer Hendy Mp took a photograph of the tender moment . Picture appears to show the amorous amphibians hugging as they gaze out . Called rhacophorus reinwardtii - also known as the black-webbed tree frog . | [[0, 93], [155, 187], [228, 315], [618, 676], [691, 703], [94, 154], [155, 252], [155, 187], [228, 315], [505, 612], [1162, 1166], [1182, 1261], [1162, 1261], [1621, 1625], [1641, 1720], [1621, 1720]] |
Brooklyn Beckham has been left disappointed in his attempts to secure an Arsenal scholarship . The 15-year-old is enrolled at the club 's Hale End academy and was hoping to be handed a two-year term to continue with the Gunners . However , it is understood the teenager will not be retained next season , ending his tenure with Arsenal . Brooklyn Beckham -LRB- sitting third right -RRB- , posing with his team-mates , will be released at the end of the season . Beckham Jnr -LRB- right -RRB- recently posted a video of him hitting the crossbar while playing for Arsenal 's youth side . The news comes as a surprise after Beckham was called up into the club 's Under 18 side earlier this month . However , Sportsmail can reveal that Beckham was one of only a few Under 16 and Under 17 players still at the club 's Hale End academy that weekend as the rest travelled to the Al Kass youth tournament in Qatar . And many at the club 's Hale End academy saw his promotion as more of a case of default rather than merit . Beckham will remain at the club , however , until the end of the season . It is unclear whether the teenager will look to find a new club . David Beckham with sons Brooklyn -LRB- left -RRB- , Cruz -LRB- centre -RRB- and Romeo -LRB- right -RRB- at the World Cup last year . David and his sons in LA Galaxy kits ahead of the match with Houston Dynamo in the 2012 MLS Cup . Proud dad David -LRB- centre -RRB- watched Romeo in action for the young Gunners against Liverpool last week . Having started later at Arsenal 's academy than the majority of other youngsters at Hale End , Beckham was always playing catch up . Despite the decision not to retain him , Arsenal youth coaches still rate the teenager highly , but feel other players in his right midfield position are more advanced in their development at the club . They also feel Beckham can still make the professional grade at another club . His brothers Romeo and Cruz are also enrolled at Hale End . Cruz , 10 , is said to be the most promising of the Beckham brothers . Proud parents David and Victoria Beckham without the boys during last summer 's Wimbledon final . Beckham with his sons Brooklyn -LRB- left -RRB- and Romeo -LRB- right -RRB- watch a game at the Emirates Stadium in 2013 . Beckham -LRB- right -RRB- trained with Arsenal players at London Colney to maintain his fitness in 2008 . Former England captain Beckham , pictured here celebrating his goal against Argentina in Japan in 2002 , also played on the right of midfield and scored for his country in three World Cups - 1998 , 2002 and 2006 . | Brooklyn Beckham will not be retained by Arsenal 's academy next term . David Beckham 's son , 15 , had been promoted to the Under 18 side recently . But the call-up came as most of the squad were at a tournament in Qatar . Arsenal coaches still rate Brooklyn , who plays on the right of midfield . But other youngsters are at a more advanced stage of their development . Brothers Romeo and Cruz will remain at the Hale End Academy . | [[240, 302], [586, 694], [615, 694], [846, 907], [1672, 1724], [2371, 2401], [2481, 2512], [1731, 1833], [1913, 1972]] |
You will have to fork out a few beans if you fancy this chocolate as it is said to be the world 's most expensive bar . To'ak chocolate , which translated to ` earth ' and ` tree ' in ancient Ecuadorian dialects , costs a whopping $ 260 -LRB- # 169 -RRB- per bar . Despite its hefty price tag the handmade treat is surprisingly light , in fact it is so delicate that each bar weighs just 1.5 ounces . The To'ak chocolate bar is said to be the world 's most expensive pure chocolate bar costing # 169 . It is eaten using wooden tongs , or tasting utensils , so that it is easier to perceive the chocolate 's aroma on the nose . The creators of the snack say that one of the reasons for To'ak 's price tag is that 95 per cent of chocolate is made using mass-produced beans , whereas their chocolate comes from the remaining five per cent , known as fine grade cacao . Each step towards making the bar - which is 81 per cent cacao mass and the rest sugar - is meticulous , requiring 36 steps to make the bar . The chocolate bar is presented in a wooden gift box complete Arriba Appelation map and wooden tongs that are used to eat the treat to best enhance the chocolate 's aroma . Producers of the bar say it 's high price is due to its 85 per cent grade cacao as opposed to ordinary chocolate that only contains fiver per cent . Rare cacao seeds are first harvested from the coast of Ecuador , before they are fermented and turned into liquid chocolate . This liquid chocolate is then hand-moulded and a single , hand-selected , hand-measured and shelled cacao bean is placed in the centre - this must fit perfectly and measure between 7mm and 8mm . Though there are other chocolates out there with higher price tags , To'ak claim their chocolate is the most expensive pure chocolate - with no expensive additions . This chocolate is then hand-moulded and a single , hand-selected , hand-measured and shelled cacao bean is placed in the centre of each bar - this must fit perfectly and measure between 7mm and 8mm . Rare cacao seeds are first harvested from the coast of Ecuador in order to create the chocolate bar . Jerry Toth , co-founder of To'ak , says that their approach to chocolate is similar to that of other luxury food products with high price tags . ` We make chocolate with the same care and precision as we know it from fine wine and premium small batch whiskey . ' Carl Schweizer , co-founder of To'ak , added : ` It is the most expensive pure dark chocolate in the world without any fancy stuff like gold leaves or diamonds in it to increase its value . ` We produce our chocolate in the country of origin and focus a single origin that sums only 14 small farmers . ` Being so small permits us to be 100 % involved in absolutely every step of making chocolate : from earth to tree to bean to bar . ' Carl Schweizer -LRB- pictured -RRB- is the co-founder of the company . | To'ak chocolate retails at $ 260 -LRB- # 169 -RRB- a bar weighing just 1.5 ounces . Contains a cocoa bean measuring between 7mm and 8mm in the centre . Is eaten with wooden tongs to make it easier to smell the aroma of the bar . | [[120, 135], [214, 264], [344, 400], [452, 501], [1501, 1595], [1578, 1648], [1855, 1961], [1946, 2014], [565, 626], [1090, 1106], [1112, 1178]] |
Olivier Giroud is not available for Arsenal 's Champions League qualifier against Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday - because the club failed to register him for the tournament . The France striker scored against Manchester United on Saturday in his first action since breaking his leg against Everton three months ago . The 28-year-old was not expected to be available again until January but has made a surprisingly swift recovery . All clubs had to submit their 25-man squad lists for the Champions League group stages by August 31 and Giroud sustained the injury on August 23 . VIDEO Scroll down for Giroud 's thoughts on closing out games when winning . Olivier Giroud scored a superb late goal in the 2-1 defeat to Manchester United on Saturday . Arsenal striker Giroud has recovered from an ankle injury earlier than expected . Arsenal 's doctors predicted that he would miss at least five and more likely all six of their Champions League group games and a decision was made not to include him in the initial squad list . Arsenal need a point from their final two games and if they qualify , they will be able to make three changes , so Giroud will be able to play in the rest of the tournament . Jack Wilshere is a major doubt for the Dortmund tie but his latest ankle injury is not expected to keep him out long-term . Wilshere limped off against United at the Emirates and although scans revealed nothing was broken , the ankle is sprained and doctors are waiting for the swelling to reduce before making a final assessment . Danny Welbeck -LRB- left -RRB- is likely to start up front for Arsenal against Jurgen Klopp 's side . Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny is also expected to miss the clash after injuring his hip in a collision with Kieran Gibbs . To compound matters , manager Arsene Wenger was on Monday criticised by Alisher Usmanov , the Russian who owns 30 per cent of the club . ` I like Arsene for his principles , but principles are a sort of restriction , ' Usmanov told CNBC . ` We need to strengthen every position . Wenger is one of the greatest coaches but he can make mistakes and as you age it is more difficult to accept one 's mistakes . Maybe it 's a problem . ' Conditions for registration : List A . 18.08 No club may have more than 25 players on List A during the season , two of . whom must be goalkeepers . As a minimum , eight places are reserved . exclusively for `` locally trained players '' and no club may have more than four . `` association-trained players '' listed on these eight places on List A. List A must . specify the players who qualify as being `` locally trained '' , as well as whether . they are `` club-trained '' or `` association-trained '' . The possible combinations that . enable clubs to comply with the List A requirements are set out in Annex VIII . 18.13 List A has to be submitted by the following fixed deadlines : . a -RRB- 23 June 2014 -LRB- 24.00 CET -RRB- for all matches in the first qualifying round ; . b -RRB- 10 July 2014 -LRB- 24.00 CET -RRB- for all matches in the second qualifying round ; . c -RRB- 24 July 2014 -LRB- 24.00 CET -RRB- for all matches in the third qualifying round ; . d -RRB- 11 August 2014 -LRB- 24.00 CET -RRB- for all matches in the play-offs ; . e -RRB- 2 September 2014 -LRB- 24.00 CET -RRB- for all further matches from the first match . in the group stage up to and including the final . Subsequent registration . 18.18 For all matches from the start of the round of 16 , a club may register a . maximum of three new eligible players for the remaining matches in the . current competition . Such registration must be completed by 3 February 2015 . -LRB- 24.00 CET -RRB- at the latest . This deadline can not be extended . | Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud was not expected to return from an ankle injury until January 2015 . Giroud has since recovered and scored in Arsenal 's 2-1 defeat to Manchester United on Saturday . Arsene Wenger 's side need one point to qualify for the Champions League knockout stages . | [[318, 386], [176, 317], [656, 749], [750, 831]] |
Paul Gascoigne has revealed Arsenal paid # 50,000 towards his medical care - and that part of that was arranged by Arsene Wenger . The 47-year-old was spotted for the first time recently following an apparent alcohol binge that led to Gascoigne being sectioned under the Mental Health Act a month ago . The ex-England midfielder has told how Arsenal , a team he never played for and north London rivals of his former club Tottenham Hotspur , helped pay for his treatment . VIDEO Scroll down to see Gascoigne open up about his alcoholism . Paul Gascoigne is said to be doing well a month after he was sectioned following an apparent alcohol binge . Friends are said to have credited a new diet and exercise regime as he gets himself on the mend . The footballing legend visited an off-licence in a taxi but only to buy cigarettes as he gets himself on the mend . ' I rang up -LRB- Arsenal -RRB- physio Gary Lewin and told him I was n't feeling great , ' Gascoigne told The Sun . ` He said to go to hospital as he feared it was pneumonia . Wenger then agreed to arrange # 28,000 to pay for treatment . Arsenal also paid # 22,000 when I had hip treatment . ' But , when Tottenham were facing Real Madrid in 2011 in the Champions League , Gascoigne claims he was told by his former club that he would have to pay to get into White Hart Lane . ' I wanted to watch Spurs against Real Madrid and got told they only had two tickets for # 60 , ' he continues . ` I 'd have to watch from under the directors ' box with some players who played 30 years before me . ' Gascoigne spent almost a week in hospital after being sectioned under the Mental Health Act in October , and says he was doing ' 800 press-ups , 800 sit-ups and 800 squats per day ' to stay fit . Gascoigne is still remembered for his stunning goal against Scotland during Euro 96 at Wembley . Gascoigne performing the infamous ` Dentist 's Chair ' celebration with Teddy Sherlingham after the goal . He promises he is on the mend , and adds : ` There is nothing wrong me - as long as I do n't pick up a can . The only person who can save me is me . ' Gascoigne tells The Sun that police turned up at his home and put him in a van , though not in handcuffs . A trip to hospital followed for a brain scan , which ` came up fine ' . But the next thing the England legend knew , he continues , was that he was at St Ann 's Hospital in Poole , Dorset , where he spent almost a week and was told to rest . He has struggled with alcohol addiction for several years since retiring from the game in 2004 . Gazza made 57 appearances for England , but later entered rehab seven times and was first sectioned under the Mental Health Act in 2008 following an incident at a Newcastle hotel . | England legend Paul Gascoigne insists he is getting back to healthy living . ` There is nothing wrong with me - as long as I do n't pick up a can , ' he says . Gascoigne has opened up after being sectioned under Mental Health Act . Arsene Wenger arranged for # 28,000 treatment and the Gunners added # 22,000 when Gascoigne had hip surgery . He claims Tottenham tried to make him pay to get into White Hart Lane . | [[1956, 1985], [1999, 2036], [1956, 1958], [1992, 1996], [2001, 2056], [163, 288], [235, 302], [94, 130], [303, 472], [1038, 1099], [1068, 1099], [1100, 1107], [1113, 1153], [1162, 1232], [1235, 1338]] |
Kellermeister owner Mark Pearce said he made the ` unfortunate ' discovery that 25,000 litre of his wine had been drained on Sunday morning . Wine worth more than $ 300,000 has gone down the drain after a man allegedly snuck into a South Australian winery and opened the taps . About 25,000 litres of wine was released from four tanks at the Kellermeister winery , in Lyndoch , in the early hours of Sunday morning . A 57-year-old Barossa Valley man has been arrested over the incident , and charged with property damage . Kellermeister owner Mark Pearce said he made the ` unfortunate ' discovery on Sunday morning . ` We 're pretty lucky that the wine that was affected was some of our chardonnay and back vintage wines so all of our higher value wines were unaffected and , you know , are safe and sound , ' Mr Pearce told Daily Mail Australia . ` It is what it is . We ca n't do much about it , it 's in the hands of the police now . ' Mr Pearce said his winery predominantly produced high-value shiraz-based wines . But he declined to comment on whether he knew the man charged with property damage . The 57-year-old man arrested Tuesday has been bailed to appear in the Elizabeth Magistrates Court on March 31 . A spokeswoman for the Barossa Grape and Wine Association said ` it 's disappointing that it 's happened ' but declined to comment further as it is a legal matter . More than $ 300,000 worth of wine was wasted after a man allegedly snuck into the winery and opened the taps . A 57-year-old Barossa Valley man has been arrested over the incident , and charged with property damage . Mr Pearce said his winery predominantly produced high-value shiraz-based wines . Kellermeister was founded by Ralph Jones in 1976 , and he ran it with his wife Val until the couple retired in 2012 . Current owner Mr Pearce purchased the business following their retirement , having joined the winery in 2009 after coming from McLaren Vale 's Wirra Wirra . Since taking over Kellermeister Mr Pearce has led the winery to global success , winning the World 's Best Shiraz , Australia 's Best Shiraz and the Barossa 's Best Shiraz at the International Wine Challenge in London in 2012 and the Barossa 's best Shiraz , Grenache and Mataro in 2013 . Mr Pearce lives on the property with his wife and three children . The 57-year-old man arrested Tuesday has been bailed to appear in the Elizabeth Magistrates Court in March . Kellermeister was founded by Ralph Jones in 1976 , and he ran it with wife Val until the couple retired in 2012 . Current owner Mr Pearce purchased the business following their retirement , having joined the winery in 2009 . | Wine worth more than $ 300,000 wasted after man released taps on purpose . About 25,000 litres of wine was released from four tanks at the Kellermeister winery , in Lyndoch , South Australia . A 57-year-old Barossa Valley man has been arrested over the incident . | [[142, 208], [142, 172], [260, 277], [1382, 1438], [1382, 1415], [1475, 1492], [0, 131], [37, 141], [278, 362], [417, 485], [417, 449], [492, 522], [1106, 1217], [1493, 1561], [1493, 1525], [1568, 1598], [2311, 2419]] |
The makers of Immigration Street have been accused of hindering a police probe over alleged crimes which took place during filming of the controversial documentary . The Channel 4 show , created by the team behind Benefits Street , focused on Derby Road , a street in a deprived area of Southampton where just 17 per cent are considered white British . The programme , which aired last night , divided opinion on the street , with those who had agreed to take part reportedly being threatened by those against the production . Scroll down for video . Andy , a resident of Derby Road in Southampton features in the Channel 4 documentary Immigration Street . Cleaner Delroy Campbell , the outspoken Jamaican who was happy to contribute , was threatened and intimidated by fellow residents who were not impressed that he was cooperating with the production . The furore around the filming even led to film crew being subjected to verbal threats from locals and being pelted with stones - a scene which featured in the documentary . But police claim that programme makers have failed to assist their investigations into the incidents , by refusing to provide statements about the allegations . Superintendent James Fulton , Southampton 's police commander , told The Daily Telegraph : ` We did receive reports of a number of confrontations between local groups and film crew . ` However , Channel 4 has declined to provide any statements which would provide us with the evidence necessary to make follow-up inquiries against suspects , so we have been unable to take these allegations any further . ' Love Productions said it believed an official complaint against individuals would ` make life more difficult for contributors ' . It added that police were belatedly permitted to watch the show just before it began on Channel 4 . The broadcast of the hour-long programme came after ten months of fierce campaigning by residents who have made repeated attempts to force producers to axe the show . The strength of feeling led to one man being allegedly beaten up after standing up for a local resident who chose to participate in the film . The furore around the filming , which prompted a protest meeting -LRB- pictured -RRB- , led to film crew being subjected to verbals threats from locals and being pelted with stones - a scene which featured in the documentary . The broadcast of the hour-long programme came after ten months of fierce campaigning by residents who have made repeated attempts to force producers to axe the show . Separately , local gang members threatened to shoot production staff , demanded # 200,000 protection money and allegedly slashed tyres on a crew member 's vehicle , it was reported . A scene on last night 's programme showed a masked youth shouting at camera crew : ` Get out of this f ***** g area . Next time , gunshot ' , while pelting them with grit . There was also footage of the production crew discussing the threats they had received and making calls to locals who they believed would be at risk . After the attack , security consultants told producers that filming should be cut short , amid fears for their safety . The broadcaster 's initial plan had been to have an entire series filmed on the street , but that was scaled back following the confrontation . There had also been a public meeting organised by disgruntled locals during which the show 's producer Kieran Smith was shouted down . Security consultants told producers that an attack and threats was so serious that filming was cut short . He said afterwards : ` Many people on Derby Road made the crew feel welcome and wanted to share their stories but there were local groups who , for their own reasons , were determined to halt production . ` It 's a great shame as the footage we have shot shows Derby Road is a place where , on the whole , people of different nationalities , cultures and religions respect and get along with each other . This will be reflected in the film . ' And Channel 4 said : ` On the street itself , verbal aggression was turning into threats of violence . Finally the producers reluctantly took the decision to pull out , as the safety of the crew could no longer be guaranteed . ' Earlier this week , TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady has added her voice to calls for Channel 4 to cancel the documentary . She followed in the footsteps of local MP Alan Whitehead , who urged makers to reconsider scheduling the programme . Ms O'Grady said : ` Channel 4 needs to respect the views of the Southampton community and cancel Immigration Street . ` The show looks set to encourage social division and hostility towards migrants and the black , minority and ethnic community . Instead of such irresponsible broadcasting , the media should expose how communities are suffering from the shocking impact of low wages , lousy contracts and cuts to services . ' A Channel 4 had said claims of racism were ` pure fiction ' . The Channel 4 show , created by the team behind Benefits Street , focused on Derby Road , a street in a deprived area of Southampton where just 17 per cent are considered white British . They said : ` We understand immigration is a much debated issue which is why Channel 4 , as a public service broadcaster has a duty to explore it and not shy away from difficult subject such as this . ` Anyone who does not want to be in the series wo n't be but we intend to continue to film with residents who are very happy to share their experience of living on Derby Road . ' The programme was billed as a follow-on from Channel 4 's controversial Benefits Street which aired last year and sparked a nationwide debate about welfare in Britain . The five-part series , which first aired in January 2014 , provoked hundreds of complaints to police , broadcast watchdog Ofcom , and Channel 4 . Among them were claims it portrayed criminal activities , foul language and misleading portrayals of those on benefits . Some critics labelled it ` poverty porn ' and said it painted a false picture of life in modern Britain . Channel 4 was criticised for demonising those living on the breadline , while some of the residents claim they were misled into appearing . Those starring in the series , including single mother White Dee -LRB- real name Deirdre Kelly -RRB- , were also subjected to death threats by Twitter trolls . The show even attracted fierce political debate and was the subject of the Prime Minister 's Questions . | Show , which aired last night , focused on Derby Road in Southampton . It divided opinion and led to participants being threatened by other locals . Producers were forced to scale back plans after being verbally abused . Documentary showed masked youth threatening crew and hurling grit . But Hampshire Police said it has not been able to take allegations further . 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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker 's campaign strategy , described by one insider to Daily Mail Online as becoming ` everyone 's second choice , ' is paying dividends early with poll numbers that put him out front nationally among Republicans . A Public Policy Polling survey released Tuesday found Walker is the clear favorite of one in four GOP voters , with both moderates and the tea-party right wing giving him high marks . That 25 per cent showing is well ahead of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush , whose 17 per cent showing is a poor indicator of any public-opinion muscle his gargantuan fundraising advantage might earn him . Even Dr. Ben Carson , an outsider who only brought on a campaign finance chairwoman this week -- former Newt Gingrich fundraising coordinator Amy Pass -- placed one point ahead of Bush , with 18 per cent support . WHO , ME ? WIsconsin Gov. Scott Walker has emerged as an early Republican favorite in the first lap of a very long 2016 race . MONEY CA N'T BUY ME LOVE : Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is lagging behind the leader despite a presumed massive fundraising advantage . The numbers tell an early story , with the Republicans ' nominating convention still 17 months away in Ohio , but will do wonders for Walker 's ability to attract high-dollar donors and earn critical media exposure among a crowded field as the race begins to take shape . In a separate poll published Tuesday , Walker drew into a statistical dead heat for the lead in Texas , where his 19 per cent showing was just one point lower than that of home-state favorite Sen. Ted Cruz . That University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll showed Cruz with a commanding 25 percentage point lead over all other potential 2016 presidential nominees just four months ago . In Tuesday 's numbers , Walker atracted support from twice as many Texans as the state 's outgoing governor Rick Perry . Cruz was near the bottom of the pile in PPP 's national sample , with just 5 per cent support . Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee , who ended his Fox News Channel weekend talk show last month to explore his options , placed behind Walker , Carson and Bush at 10 per cent . New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie tied with Cruz at 5 per cent . Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul registered 4 per cent support in the PPP poll ; Perry and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio came last , tied at 3 per cent . ` Walker is climbing fast in the polling because of his appeal to the most conservative elements of the Republican electorate , ' PPP noted . He crushes the field among Republican voters who identify themselves as ` very conservative , ' winning support from 37 per cent of them . Next-best among ` very conservative ' GOPers is Carson with 19 per cent for Carson , then Bush with 12 per cent and Huckabee with 11 . ` There are two times more GOP primary voters who identify as `` very conservative '' than there are ones who identify as moderates , ' reports PPP . Some Bush insiders say the former governor aims to raise as much as $ 100 million by the end of March in a ` shock and awe ' financial blitz designed to intimidate his potential opponents . But the poll numbers show he has yet to make serious inroads with the tea party crowd . Just 37 per cent of ` very conservative ' Republicans say they have a favorable impression of him , compared with 43 per cent who say they have an ` unfavorable ' opinion . Those ` under water ' numbers could spell trouble for Bush on the eve of the Conservative Political Action Conference , a three-day event where he has opted for a more laid-back Q&A with Fox News moderator Sean Hannity instead of a more traditional speech . While Bush is seen as an establishment fundraising behemoth , his 37 -- 43 showing indicates a distrust he 's earned from right-wing partisans who fear the prospect of pitting a political moderate against HIllary Clinton , the Democrats ' all-but-inevitable nominee . By comparison Carson 's approve/disapprove numbers among the most conservative GOP voters are 73-2 , Walker 's are 68-3 and Cruz 's are 68-8 . ` The party is either going to win with a conservative next year or lose with Mitt Romney 2.0 , ' one Iowa political consultant told Daily Mail Online . ` The base senses that , and the story of 2016 will be whether all of Jeb 's money is enough to buy his way in to the winner 's circle . ' But a Republican National Committeeman countered that ` Gov. Bush is one of the party 's most reliable conservative voices , and ultimately the far-right snake-oil-sellers will shoot themselves in the foot . It 's a long campaign , and we need someone steady at the helm . ' Neither man agreed to be identified . SURPRISE SHOWING : Retired pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson placed one point ahead of Jeb Bush in the latest national poll of Republican primary voters . IN THE HUNT : Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee had a 10 per cent showing in the Public Policy Polling survey . A Walker insider outlined one of his campaign 's strategies a week ago in a conversation with Daily Mail online , predicting that the party would fracture by the end of 2015 ith Bush on one side and tea party stalwarts like Cruz , Perry and Carson on the other . Becoming ` everyone 's second choice , ' the adviser said , is Walker 's most likely path to victory -- especially in a contest with more than a dozen credible contenders . ` The tea partiers are goign to love Cruz , and they 'll all wish they could elect Carson , ' the aide explained . ` The rest of the voters will feel safe with Jeb . ' But neither camp is thought to have the ability to overwhelm the field , potentially setting up Walker as a consensus choice next year . The governor is treading carefully in the early going , telling reporters three days ago in Washington that if he forally runs for president , ` I 'm not going to go out and attack my opponents . ' But Monday night at a convention of Christian broadcasters , he carved out some distance between himself and Bush with a story about his hardscrabble family history . ' I realize that unlike some out there , I did n't inherit fame or fortune from my family , ' Walker said . ' I got a bunch of things that were a whole lot better than that . ' | Public Policy Polling found the WIsconsin governor is favored by 25 per cent of Republican voters . Outsider Ben Carson is second with 18 per cent , one point ahead of fundraising leader Jeb Bush 's 17 . Mike Huckabee at 10 per cent , Gov. Chris Christie and Sen. Ted Cruz at 5 , Sen. Rand Paul at 4 , and Gov. 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Ivanka Trump has spoken about her conversion to Judaism for the first time in the new issue of Vogue . The mother-of-two , 33 , whose father , Donald , is Presbyterian , converted in 2009 ahead of her marriage to New York Observer owner Jared Kushner , whose family are Orthodox Jews . ` It 's been such a great life decision for me , ' she tells the magazine . ' I am very modern , but I 'm also a very traditional person , and I think that 's an interesting juxtaposition in how I was raised as well . Scroll down for video . Mom first : Ivanka was shot for Vogue in her Manhattan apartment . Her son Joseph , 17 months , makes a cameo in one of the photos . ' I really find that with Judaism , it creates an amazing blueprint for family connectivity ... ` We observe the Sabbath , ' she continues . ` From Friday to Saturday we do n't do anything but hang out with one another . We do n't make phone calls . ' But , Ivanka adds , she has been reluctant to discuss the subject in the past . ' I always shied away from it being a public conversation because it 's such a personal thing , ' she says . ` We 're pretty observant , more than some , less than others . I just feel like it 's such an intimate thing for us . ' The former model-turned-businesswoman says her marriage is a far cry from her parents ' who divorced in 1992 after 15 years and three children together . Stealing the show ! A behind-the-scenes snap shows Ivanka 's three-year-old daughter Arabella putting on a performance for the camera . Dolce & Gabbana Polka Dot Printed Silk Gauze Dress . Available at Luisaviaroma.com . Visit site . When Ivanka Trump appeared in the pages of Vogue magazine we knew she would n't be wearing any old rags . The young businesswoman opened up her home to the readers of the fashion bible in a $ 9,000 Dolce & Gabbana dress . And we would expect nothing less from the heiress to the Trump throne . The bold mix of polka dot and floral prints makes a huge style statement . Spots and botanicals are classic motifs on their own , but when combined they make a daring duo that Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana execute flawlessly . The risk-taking Italian designers did n't play it safe when creating their Spring collection with unconventional pairings like flowers with stripes and lace with fringe . The silk frock is available at Luisa Via Roma by clicking to the right . But for most of us , this style is out of our price range . Not to worry , we 've got spotted options from Sophie Hulme and Julie Brown that wo n't break the bank . However , our preference goes to Rebecca Minkoff 's Devy dress . It looks like it was pulled from D&G 's runway at a fraction of the cost of the original . Rebecca Minkoff Devy Dot-Print Silk Maxi Dress at Saks Fifth Avenue . Visit site . JB by Julie Brown Black Printed Stretch Woven Wrap-Style Maxi Dress at Bluefly . Visit site . Sophie Hulme Burgundy Polka Silk Long Dress at Avenue 32 . Visit site . Tuana Long Dress at Yoox . Visit site . Family time : Ivanka pictured in an Instagram snap with husband Jared Kushner in January taking Arabella ice-skating at the Trump Rink in Central Park for the first time . ' I saw the glamour and the excitement that surrounded my parents , ' she recalls . ` Rooms would hush when they 'd walk in . But I think for Jared and me , it 's more about real relationships . I always prefer smaller groups . ' The interview with Ivanka Trump appears in the March issue of Vogue , on newsstands now . The couple go out together almost every night , Ivanka reveals , as soon as she has bathed Arabella , three , and Joseph , 17 months , and put them to bed . Indeed , being a hands-on mother is important to her , though she does have the support of a Chinese nanny , XiXi , who is teaching the children to speak Mandarin . ' I would say she is definitely the CEO of our household , whereas I 'm more on the board of directors , ' says Jared . ` We both pick up slack for each other where it 's needed , but she does n't want to outsource mothering , so she 's very involved . ' Ivanka jokes that her husband 's idea of a date night is a visit to one of his development sites . It 's just as well she shares his passion for real estate development . In all seriousness though , the pair seem to have remained besotted with one another , even six years on . ` You realize in life not that many things matter that much , but your choice of spouse is really everything , ' Ivanka says . ' I am running a thousand miles a minute , and so is he , but none of it really matters . And I would n't be able to do any of it if I did n't have somebody who cared about me and had my best interests in mind . ` If I was married to somebody who , even if beneath the surface , did n't like the fact that I work so hard or did n't support my ambitions for myself or felt self-conscious about my last name ... I think it would be very hard to build a solid foundation on that . ' | Ivanka converted in 2009 ahead of her marriage to New York Observer owner Jared Kushner , whose family are Orthodox Jews . The mother-of-two , 33 , calls the conversion ` such a great life decision ' | [[103, 125], [170, 236], [213, 250], [266, 285], [103, 125], [152, 167], [288, 290], [294, 332]] |
Two fly tippers were caught on CCTV as they dumped rubbish out of their truck while driving through a seaside town . Footage shows the flat-bed truck leaving behind a trail of waste as it passes in front of a row of homes in Blackpool , Lancashire . Drivers Rick Taylor , 40 , and Daniel Ashworth , 22 , opened the tail gate on their Ford Transit and used hydraulics to tilt the bed - scattering their load on the road while still travelling at 30mph . Scroll down for video . Footage shows the flat-bed truck leaving behind a trail of waste as it passes in front of a row of homes . Drivers Rick Taylor , 40 , and Daniel Ashworth , 22 , opened the tail gate on their Ford Transit and used hydraulics to tilt the bed - scattering their load on the road while still travelling at 30mph . Taylor and Ashworth admitted to a string of offences including carrying , handling and depositing illegal waste at Blackpool Magistrates ' Court yesterday . Victoria Cartmell , prosecuting for Blackpool Council , said waste dumped from the vehicle included asbestos which was left near two schools . She said : ` Waste has been collected illegally around the area . Some of it was hazardous . ' ` The prosecution say that these two men were involved in a joint enterprise.They collected waste cheaper than it would cost to dispose of it legally . Therefore to make a profit it had to be dumped illegally . ' After the hearing a spokesman for Keep Britain Tidy said : ` This sort of behaviour is symptomatic of wider social decay . Cleaning up litter costs the ratepayer # 1 billion a year . ' Victoria Cartmell , prosecuting for Blackpool Council , said waste dumped from the vehicle included asbestos which was left near two schools . Above , debris left behind by the flat-bed truck . This residential road in Blackpool was left covered in rubbish after Taylor and Ashworth drove through . ` We do not hesitate to prosecute or issue fixed penalty tickets . ' Rick Taylor , 24 , from Fleetwood , Lancashire admitted five offences of carrying , handling and depositing illegal waste . Daniel Ashworth , 22 , of Thornton Cleveleys , Lancashire , admitted nine similar offences . Both will be sentenced at a later date . | Flat-bed truck left behind trail of waste as it passed homes in Blackpool . Drivers used hydraulics to tilt the bed and scatter rubbish while driving . Rick Taylor and Daniel Ashworth admitted handling illegal waste . | [[0, 116], [39, 101], [117, 181], [131, 187], [185, 234], [477, 541], [491, 583], [944, 961], [1000, 1034], [1580, 1597], [1636, 1670], [1723, 1728], [1731, 1773], [1774, 1878], [1774, 1808], [1818, 1862], [0, 116], [39, 101], [117, 181], [131, 187], [250, 296], [351, 418], [477, 541], [491, 583], [584, 630], [685, 752], [1723, 1728], [1731, 1773], [787, 943], [787, 806], [874, 943]] |
A DNA match has led New York Police Department cold-case investigators to solve the 22-year-old murder of a young mother , who was strangled and stabbed to death in The Bronx . Police on Friday arrested 46-year-old Johnathan Jolivert in connection to the March 1993 slaying of 21-year-old Michelle Page , who was the mother of his baby son . Page was discovered dead in her apartment in the 1200 block of Morris Avenue on the afternoon of March 24 , 1993 . Case cracked : Police arrested Johnathan Jolivert , 46 -LRB- left -RRB- , in the 1993 murder of the mother of his young son , 21-year-old Michelle Page , after a DNA sample matched to the suspect . She had a scarf wrapped around her neck and had been stabbed . The woman 's naked body was found by her mother lying in a hallway with a kitchen knife protruding from her throat . According to prosecutors , Jolivert visited Page 's home on the day of the murder to give her child support money , reported PIX11 . The couple 's 14-month-old son was not home when Ms Page , a business student at Manhattan Community College , was killed . NYPD 's cold-case squad made the arrest after resubmitting for testing a DNA sample found under Michelle Page 's fingernails . The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has determined that the crime scene evidence matched Johnathan Jolivert 's DNA . Jolivert , a homeless man from Brooklyn , was taken into custody without incident at around 6.15 pm February 13 at a drug treatment facility in Carmel , New York . He has pleaded not guilty to a second-degree murder charge . Grisly crime scene : Michelle Page 's naked body was found by her mother in March 1993 lying in a hallway of her apartment on Morris Avenue in The Bronx with a kitchen knife protruding from her throat . There is no word at this time on a possible motive behind the grisly killing . Records cited by DNAInfo.com show that the 46-year-old murder suspect has a lengthy criminal history , which includes more than 20 prior arrests dating back to 2002 on charges ranging from possession of stolen property to criminal contempt and grand larceny . At his arraignment Saturday , a judge ordered Jolivert held without bail . | Johnathan Jolivert , 46 , charged with second-degree murder for the March 1993 killing of Michelle Page , 21 , who was the mother of his baby son . DNA sample collected from under Page 's fingernails 22 years ago returned a positive match . Page , a business student , was found naked in the hallway , with a scarf wrapped around her neck and a knife in her throat . Jolivert has a long criminal record with more than 20 arrests . | [[177, 302], [277, 302], [309, 341], [509, 528], [531, 580], [1505, 1565], [0, 120], [617, 654], [1138, 1218], [655, 658], [699, 717], [663, 694], [718, 765], [755, 834], [968, 1076], [1585, 1652], [1566, 1578], [1653, 1718], [1724, 1768], [1887, 2023]] |
A woman is claiming she was raped by the son of one of Canada 's most successful businessman . Elizabeth Kelly , 50 , of Toronto , stated in papers filed on Friday that Steven Joyce sexually assaulted her on board a yacht belonging to his father . Joyce 's father is Ron Joyce , the billionaire owner of the doughnut chain Tim Hortons . Steven Joyce -LRB- left -RRB- , the son of billionaire Tim Hortons owner Ron Joyce -LRB- right -RRB- has been accused of rape . Elizabeth Kelly -LRB- above -RRB- , 50 , of Toronto , stated in papers filed on Friday that Steven Joyce sexually assaulted her . Kelly alleges that the incident happened in October of last year , when she traveled with a friend to Fort Lauderdale , Florida , to celebrate her birthday . Joyce , 48 , met the two women and they went to his father 's $ 30million yacht , Destination Fox Harb ' r Too . In and interview with the National Post , Kelly says she had consensual sex with Joyce when they first arrived , and that later in the evening he asked for a threesome with both women . After the other woman refused , Kelly claims Joyce ` grabbed her arm and tried to pull her onto the bed with them . ' During this scuffle Kelly claimed she injured her wrist when she was thrown off the bed . Later that night the Kelly and Joyce were in the hot tub , and that the incident happened when she got out of the tub , naked , and put on her robe . ` Steven Joyce , without warning , suddenly and inexplicably forced the plaintiff face down on a chaise lounge and subjected the plaintiff to a vicious sexual battery , ' Kelly claims in court papers . She also states she ` screamed that he was hurting her and she begged him to stop . ' The incident allegedly happened on Joyce 's father 's $ 30million yacht , Destination Fox Harb ' r Too -LRB- above -RRB- . Kelly , who had previously dated Joyce , said he was apologetic the next morning , but after speaking with a friend she realized the severity of the situation . ` It does n't matter if it 's on a $ 30-million yacht or in the street . '' Ms. Kelly said . ` It affected me a lot more than I realized . As glamorous a surrounding as it was , it just was n't cool , ' Ms. Kelly said . ` That is not what love looks like . ' Joyce 's father said his son did not have his permission to be on the boat and then added ; ` Everything I 've heard so far is an accusation of a young person who was likely making allegations that are unfounded . ' Joyce also said his father had nothing to do with the incident and is named only because he owns the boat . Kelly is seeking $ 5.7 million in damages . | Elizabeth Kelly , 50 , of Toronto , stated in papers filed on Friday that Steven Joyce sexually assaulted her on board a yacht belonging to his father . Joyce 's father is Ron Joyce , the billionaire owner of the doughnut chain Tim Hortons . Kelly alleges that the incident happened in October of last year , when she traveled with a friend to Fort Lauderdale , Florida , to celebrate her birthday . She is seeking $ 5.7 million in damages . | [[0, 94], [95, 128], [131, 147], [141, 221], [214, 247], [465, 516], [519, 535], [529, 594], [1581, 1611], [1698, 1769], [248, 276], [595, 659], [667, 712], [725, 752], [2565, 2608]] |
Humbled : Professor Paul Frampton said his time in the notorious prison left him wiser , more empathetic and less arrogant . An eminent British scientist told today how he witnessed a brutal murder while serving time for drug smuggling in a ` hellhole ' South American prison . Oxford-educated professor Paul Frampton , 71 , was jailed for trafficking cocaine after falling victim to an Internet scam involving a bikini model . The renowned physicist believed he was taking a suitcase to a voluptuous 32-year-old brunette he had fallen for online . But police found two kilos of cocaine in a secret compartment in the bag when professor Frampton was stopped as he boarded a plane in Argentina . The respected academic spent nine months inside the notorious Villa Devoto jail in Buenos Aires , locked up 24 hours a day with violent criminals . In his first interview since serving his sentence , professor Frampton told how he watched in horror as a fellow inmate was stabbed to death by a Colombian hitman . Speaking at his new home in Oxford , he told Mail Online : ` The prison was a squalid place and we were treated like animals in a zoo . ` There were thousands of cockroaches crawling all over the floors and walls . ` We used a hole in the floor for a toilet and had just two showers between the 80 men on my wing . ' I can honestly say it nearly killed me . I believe I would have died if they had not let me out when they did . ` There was a lot of violence . I saw a man murdered just a few feet away from me . ' I was chatting to a young Colombian inmate who had just arrived . The rumour was he had murdered a policeman . Married model Denise Milani , had no idea her identity was being used , was shocked at the sting . Alluring : Former Miss Bikini World Denise Milani was used to lure Professor Frampton into carrying two kilos of cocaine that were hidden in a bag . Innocent : Denise Milani was blissfully unaware she was being used by South American mafia as bait to lure Professor Frampton to carry a bag full of drugs . ` He was a bit wild-eyed but we were getting on fine , then suddenly out of nowhere he had a knife in his hand , pulled from his shirtsleeve . ` It was about six inches long and very sharp . He leapt up and attacked another Colombian . He murdered him right in front of me . ` He went straight for the neck , for the carotid artery and almost decapitated him . ` There was blood everywhere , the man collapsed and died instantly on the spot . I was in shock . The murderer was restrained and I never saw him again . ` The rumour was he was a professional assassin working for the Medellin cocaine cartel . There was always the threat of violence in the prison but that was the only murder I saw . Notorious : Prisoners protest over conditions at Villa Devoto jail in Buenos Aires . Professor Paul Frampton said the nine months there ` nearly killed ' him . Hidden : The packets containing two kilos of cocaine were hidden inside a bag Professor Frampton was tricked into carrying by South American drug traffickers . ' I had nightmares about it . ' The scientist continued : ' I was nicknamed Prof by the other inmates . ` Drugs were rife in the prison and I was surrounded by inmates taking crack and cocaine every day . The guards were corrupt and brought it in . ` The inmates frequently offered me drugs but I was n't interested . ' I was lucky because a major smuggler called Vito took me under his wing and looked after me , so for the most part people left me alone . ` But the conditions were terrible and I lost around 25lbs as the food was mostly stale bread . ' Mr Frampton , originally from Kidderminster , Worcs , was on a wing of 80 foreign drug smugglers , all sharing one large cell with 40 bunk bolted to the concrete floor . The prison , built for 800 prisoners but holding twice as many , is renowned as one of the toughest in South America , and was the scene of a riot in which 62 inmates were killed in 1978 . Mr Frampton arrived in handcuffs in January 2012 after being stopped with two kilos of cocaine at Ezeiza International Aiport in Buenos Aires . His bizarre story began two months earlier when he struck up an online romance after joining a dating website , while working at the University of North Carolina in the US . He admits he was lonely and looking for love after splitting from his wife Anne-Marie seven years previously . Professor Frampton , who has written hundreds of academic papers including some co-authored with Nobel prize winners , has now written a book about his ordeal called ` Tricked ! The Story of an Internet Scam ' . Mug : Lovelorn Professor Frampton thought he was chatting to a bikini model online . It was in fact members of the South American mafia who tricked him into carrying two kilos of cocaine . Brutal : Renowned physicist Professor Frampton saw another inmate brutally murdered by a hitman during his time at Villa Devoto jail in Buenos Aires . The professor believed he was romancing a bikini model called Denise Milani , winner of Miss Bikini World in 2007 . He began exchanging hundreds of messages with his online ` girlfriend ' before he agreed to fly to Bolivia to meet her in person . In fact , unbeknown to him , he was communicating with drug traffickers from the South American mafia , who were posing as Ms Milani . The model had no idea her identity had been taken over and played no part in the sting . Mr Frampton admits he was ` incredibly naïve ' for falling for the scam , which he says was ` incredibly convincing and professional . ' He said : ' I was very attracted to Denise . She 's obviously a very attractive woman physically , but it also seemed that she was also very interesting to chat to and was very interested in my work . ` She told me she was bored of younger men chasing her for her looks and wanted to be with someone more mature . ' I was foolish enough to believe what I read . I would n't say I was in love as we never met in person or even spoke on the phone . ` But I believed we had a genuine relationship . ' Honeytrap : Bikini model Denise Milani had no idea she was being used to lure Professor Frampton into a trap . Lonely : Professor Frampton was looking for love after splitting from his wife when he started what he thought was an online relationship with bikini model Denise Milani . When the professor arrived in La Paz in Bolivia he received a message from ` Denise ' saying she had flown to Brussels for a photoshoot . She asked him to pick up a suitcase she had forgotten and bring it with him to Belgium . He picked the case up from a man who came to his hotel , but later decided to return to the US via Argentina as he was frustrated at not having met Denise . He was checked in to a flight to Miami via Lima , Peru , when he was stopped by armed police at the Buenos Aires airport . He said : ` They cut open the suitcase and found packets of cocaine weighing 2 kilos . ` It was surreal and confusing . It never entered my head the suitcase would contain anything illegal . ' Professor Frampton was jailed for four years and eight months , reduced to four years on appeal . He was so convinced of the scam that even after his arrest he believed he had been communicating with ` Denise ' . He said : ` The other prisoners laughed at me . They could n't believe how naïve I was . ` But I had spent my life sheltered in an ivory tower and had no idea there were professional scammers who would operate like that . ' Professor Frampton lost his job at the University of North Carolina and is looking for a new position . He spent nine months in prison before being released to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest at a friend 's house in Buenos Aires , because of severe health problems he was suffering in jail . He was freed from house arrest last June , and moved to the UK last month , where he continues to research particle phenomenology and theoretical cosmology . Moving on : Professor Paul Frampton , 71 , at his new home in Oxford . The honeytrap victim is seeking a way back into academia following his time in an Argentinian jail . He currently holds no position and says he would welcome a new academic post . He said : ` Prison has definitely made me wiser , more empathetic , less arrogant , more sympathetic . ' I met some very good people and also some very cruel and despicable people . I am much less naïve now . And I wo n't be trying Internet dating ever again . ' | Professor Paul Frampton sentenced to four years for cocaine smuggling . Watched inmate brutally murdered as he stood just feet away . Renowned physicist duped after falling for bikini model online . Voluptuous 32-year-old was in fact member of South American mafia . Model had no idea she was being used as honeytrap in trafficking scam . Sacked academic wants job so he can return to the classroom . He has written ` Tricked ! The Story of an Internet Scam ' about horrific ordeal . ` Tricked ! 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These dramatic photographs show the moment an out-of-control # 40,000 Jaguar smashed into two cars before shunting another car with such force it ploughed through a brick wall . The bizarre incident unfolded in a private members ' club car park in Stourbridge , West Midlands , today , when the driver of a silver Jaguar XF apparently lost control of his vehicle . His luxury car , which had a personalised number plate , reportedly clipped a barrier before crashing into a parked car and later into the back of a stationary purple Renault . The driver of a silver Jaguar XF apparently lost control of his vehicle and clipped a barrier and a parked car before striking a stationary purple Renault with such force that is careered through a brick wall -LRB- pictured -RRB- . The unusual incident unfolded in a private members ' club car park in Stourbridge , West Midlands , earlier today . The force of the impact sent the Renault through a wall before its front end plunged six foot into the neighbouring Tesco car park . It is thought the owner of the mangled burgundy car was shopping in the town at the time of the incident and was unaware of the drama . Police and ambulance crews were called to the scene at about 1pm and two people were treated for minor injuries . West Midlands Ambulance Service confirmed paramedics tended to the two people but said they were both discharged at the scene and did n't require further treatment . The service was unable to confirm whether both patients were occupants of the Jaguar . Witness David Holing , 50 , said : ` It was crazy . This silver car barrelled through the car park like something out of the Dukes of Hazzard . ` It hit one parked car and cannoned off into the back of the Renault which shot through the wall like a bullet . ` It 's just so lucky the car park was n't busier and no one got in the way because it could have been a very different story . ' The Jaguar clipped a parked car -LRB- above -RRB- before crashing into the purple Renault and sending it through the wall . It is believed the # 40,000 Jaguar belonged to one of the members of the nearby private members ' club . The driver of the Jaguar is believed to long-standing member of the private members ' club . Ron Peplow , chairman of Stourbridge institute who own the car park , added : ` It 's very fortunate no-one was going down the ramp at the time . ` The fire service had been alerted as fuel was believed to be leaking from the vehicle . ' West Midlands Police said the collision was ` damage-only ' but refused to comment further on the incident . | Driver of # 40,000 Jaguar apparently lost control and smashed into vehicles . Jaguar reportedly clipped car park barrier before crashing into parked car . It then struck a stationary Renault with such force it smashed through wall . Two people treated at the scene for minor injuries but both now discharged . Incident occurred in car park of a private members ' club in West Midlands . | [[0, 114], [52, 142], [291, 364], [365, 381], [422, 484], [542, 613], [542, 574], [618, 712], [365, 381], [422, 484], [542, 574], [618, 712], [1672, 1706], [1711, 1739], [1914, 2037], [132, 177], [365, 381], [422, 484], [542, 574], [618, 712], [702, 712], [718, 756], [890, 966], [1914, 2037], [1228, 1272], [1273, 1304], [1355, 1438], [178, 259], [774, 889], [2038, 2142]] |
More than a quarter of British Muslims have sympathy for the motives behind the attack on the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris , which left 12 people dead , a survey shows . The new poll also revealed that 32 per cent of respondents were ` not surprised ' that the massacre took place after the publication printed a number of images of the Prophet Mohammed . And more than 10 per cent of the 1,000 British Muslims interviewed agreed that the magazine ` deserved ' to be attacked . Scroll down for video . More than a quarter of British Muslims have sympathy for the motives behind the attack on the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris , a new survey reveals . Above , British Muslims at prayer . Killers : Brothers Cherif -LRB- left -RRB- and Said Kouachi -LRB- right -RRB- who killed 12 people during the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris . It was the first in a spree of killings across the French capital last month . The survey also found that almost one in 10 knew other Muslims who had strong sympathies with those fighting for Al-Qaeda or Islamic State . The figures were branded as ` worrying ' by Former faith and communities minister Baroness Warsi , who said they needed to be ` unpicked further ' . Twelve people , including eight journalists , were murdered when masked gunmen stormed the Charlie Hebdo offices , in the first of a spree of killings across the French capital last month . The satirical newspaper made a name for itself as an irreverent and often provocative newspaper after taking a number of controversial swipes at Islam and other religions . When polled , 27 per cent said they agreed with the statement ' I have some sympathy for the motives behind the attacks on Charlie Hebdo in Paris ' . ` Worrying ' : Lady Warsi , the first female Muslim in the Cabinet , said the figures had to be ` unpicked ' The new survey , conducted by ComRes for BBC Radio 4 , revealed that almost 80 per cent of British Muslims found it deeply offensive when images depicting the Prophet were published . While more than one in three said that they understood the motives of those who launched attacks in the name of Islam because the religion had been insulted . Speaking to the Today programme on Radio 4 , Lady Warsi , the first female Muslim in the Cabinet , said : ` These are as far as I 'm concerned worrying statistics . ` I 'd have like to unpick that further and the reasoning 's why they came to that decision . ' She added that a citizenship survey should be reintroduced to provide the Government with a ` solid evidence base ' and to help them try and understand the ` changing picture ' of Britain . The poll also found that a majority of Muslims - 85 per cent - said they felt no sympathy for those who want to fight against Western interests . The same proportion of respondents said they oppose violence against people who publish images depicting the Prophet Mohammed . Nearly three million Muslims live in Britain , but instances of extremist ideology have led to growing unease among many and fears of rising prejudice . The poll also suggests that almost half of British Muslims believe they face discrimination because of their faith and that Britain is becoming less tolerant , while the same percentage feel prejudice against Islam makes it difficult being a Muslim in the UK . More than a third of those interviewed felt that most Britons do not trust Muslims and a fifth said they thought Western liberal society could never be compatible with Islam . Of those polled , 95 per cent felt a loyalty to Britain , while 93 per cent believed that Muslims in Britain should always obey British laws . And Muslim women were more likely than men to feel unsafe in Britain , the survey revealed . When asked about the place of faith schools in Britain , more than a third said they would want their children to go to a Muslim state school if they had the choice . And only 55 per cent of those polled felt the Muslim Council of Britain adequately represented the views of Muslims in the country . A poll conducted by ComRes for BBC Radio 4 questioned 1,000 Muslims living in Britain on a range of issues affecting their daily lives . Key findings revealed their attitudes towards extremism , prejudice and terrorist attacks . 8 per cent of respondents said they know Muslims who feel strongly sympathetic towards people fighting for IS and al-Qaeda . One in three said they would like their children to go a Muslim state school if they had the choice . 13 per cent agreed with the statement , ' I would rather socialise with Muslims than non-Muslims ' More than a third of those interviewed felt that most Britons do not trust Muslims . 46 per cent believe the nation is becoming less tolerant of Muslims . The same percentage thinks prejudice against Islam makes it difficult to be a Muslim in Britain . More than a quarter of British Muslims have sympathy for the motives behind the attack on the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris . Almost 80 per cent found it deeply offensive when images depicting the Prophet were published . More than 10 per cent of the 1,000 people polled agreed Charlie Hebdo ` deserved ' to be attacked . Only 55 per cent of those polled felt the Muslim Council of Britain adequately represented the views of Muslims in the country . | When polled , 27 % said they agreed with the statement ' I have some sympathy for the motives behind the attacks on Charlie Hebdo in Paris ' More than 1 in 10 agreed that satirical magazine ` deserved ' to be targeted . And 10 % knew Muslims who had Al-Qaeda and Islamic State sympathies . 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Seven men sought by police investigating racist chanting at a mainline station following a Chelsea Champions League football match earlier this month have all been identified , police said . Britsh Transport Police -LRB- BTP -RRB- said they would be interviewed in due course . BTP had released images of seven men taken at St Pancras International station in London at around 8pm on February 18 . The British Transport Police released images of seven men , believed to be Chelsea supporters , who arrived back in St Pancras Station following their return from Paris after last week 's Champions League footage . Officers confirmed they had identified seven men in the CCTV footage and will interview them ` in due course ' Passengers travelling through the station complained over the allegedly racist chants as Chelsea fans returned to London following their Champions League match against Paris St Germain . It is the second investigation into allegedly racist chanting involving Chelsea fans attending the same game . This was the day after an incident on the Paris Metro before Chelsea 's match with Paris St Germain when a man was subjected to alleged racist abuse . In a statement today , solicitor John Kaye , who has been engaged by Chelsea fan Jamie Fairbairn , 23 , said his client had accepted being among those in the carriage of the Metro train in Paris during the incident involving a black man , Souleymane Sylla , on the evening of February 17 . He added that Mr Fairbairn denies preventing Mr Sylla from boarding or using words of a racist or threatening nature , and also denies saying anything of a racist nature during his visit to Paris or later at St Pancras . He said Mr Fairbairn was not even present during the alleged racist chanting incident at St Pancras . The solicitor added that media interest in the story had forced Mr Fairbairn to move away from his home and he had been suspended from work . ` On behalf of Mr Fairbairn , I have been in contact with the Metropolitan Police to offer Mr Fairbairn 's assistance as a witness , ' Mr Kaye said . | British Transport Police issued CCTV grabs of seven men for identification . Police wish to speak to the men about allegedly racist chanting in London . The men were returning from Paris following last week 's Chelsea game . BTP confirmed they have identified the seven men and will speak to them . This follows a separate probe into an alleged racist incident in Paris . | [[0, 47], [278, 314], [398, 455], [613, 721], [20, 78], [947, 982], [1733, 1785], [60, 149], [473, 491], [498, 612], [724, 910], [191, 277], [613, 721], [613, 621], [632, 636], [686, 721], [911, 972], [1122, 1172]] |
Islamic State militants are planning to murder 150 Christian hostages they kidnapped after sweeping through villages in Syria if the U.S. does not stop air strikes , it has been reported . The abductions of the Christians took place yesterday after ISIS seized two Assyrian communities from Kurdish forces in the northeast province of Hassakeh . The dawn raids are said to have spread ` panic ' in the villages , inhabited by the ancient Christian minority along the banks of the Khabur River near the town of Tel Hmar with most coming from the village of Tal Shamiram . Coptic Christians being held by ISIS fighters in Libya . Now the terror group is reportedly planning to threaten to kill another 150 Christian hostages that were seized in Syria . Most of the captives are said to have came from the village of Tal Shamiram , located 50 miles miles southwest of the Hassakeh provincial capital of Qamishli , with others taken from Tal Hermuz . It is thought that the militants are holding the seized women and children in houses in the ISIS-held town of al-Shadadi and using them as human shields from air strikes . Now CNN has reported that the terror group are now planning to release a video as early as today , where they will threaten to kill the hostages if air strikes do n't stop . Osama Edward , founder of the Assyrian Human Rights Network told the station that the video will be directed to US President Barack Obama and other members of the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS . The video is expected to say that the hostages will be killed unless the strikes stop . Meanwhile , it has also been reported that at least 500 families escaped the attack and fled to a nearby church in Hasakah city , where they found refuge . Mr Edward told the IBTimesUK : ` We 're involved , many of them are friends and relatives . I 'm trying not to get involved and be as objctive and accurate as possible without surrender to personal feelings . ' The kidnappings come as ISIS released a video showing militants beheading 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya earlier this month . The United States has condemned the attack on the Assyrian Christians and demanded their immediate release . It is thought that ISIS militants , pictured , are holding the seized women and children in houses in the ISIS-held town of al-Shadadi and using them as human shields from air strikes . US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said : ` ISIS latest targeting of a religious minority is only further testament to its brutal and inhumane treatment of all those who disagree with its divisive goals and toxic beliefs . ` ISIS continues to exact its evil upon innocents of all faiths , and the majority of its victims have been Muslims . ` To bring an end to these daily horrors , we remain committed to leading the international coalition to degrade and defeat ISIS and to working towards a negotiated political solution that stops the bloodshed and secures a future of freedom , justice , and dignity for all Syrians . ' After ISIS attacked the two villages as well as the nearby town of Tal Tamr , which remains under Kurdish control , the jihadists set fire to a church there and then installed fighters in the remains of the building , an activist network reported . After ISIS attacked the two villages as well as the nearby town of Tal Tamr , which remains under Kurdish control , the jihadists set fire to a church there -LRB- file picture -RRB- . The US-led coalition fighting ISIS , which has backed Kurdish forces battling the group , then bombed the building on Monday , destroying it and killing IS militants inside , said the Syrian Revolution General Commission . Control of Hassakeh province is largely divided between Kurdish forces , who in some places patrol with regime troops , and ISIS fighters . Since recapturing the strategic border town of Kobane in Aleppo from IS fighters on January 26 , Kurdish forces have taken dozens of nearby villages . They have also seized 19 villages from IS in Raqa , where the jihadist group has its de facto capital , and another 30 villages and hamlets in Hassakeh . The Kurdish advances have been aided by the US-led air strikes , including a series in Hassakeh on Monday that killed at least 14 IS fighters , the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said . | ISIS are reportedly planning to release a video showing Christian hostages . Will threaten to kill them if US does not to air strikes on militants in Syria . Thought seized women and children are being held as human shields . Comes after 150 hostages were taken from two Assyrian communities . They were seized during dawn raids which have spread panic among local Christians . | [[1119, 1215], [628, 722], [1218, 1263], [1490, 1570], [1490, 1499], [1512, 1577], [947, 1118], [966, 1118], [947, 949], [1072, 1118], [2188, 2373], [2188, 2190], [2327, 2373], [47, 125], [189, 345], [346, 410]] |
An astronaut conducting a spacewalk outside the ISS today reported dangerous water leak in his helmet - a problem reminiscent of a near-drowning in orbit two years ago . Flight engineer , Terry Virts , reported the water while he waited in the air lock for today 's spacewalk to formally conclude . The amount of water increased slightly , but he appeared to be in no immediate danger , said Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti , who helped to remove his suit . Terry Virts reported the water while he waited in the air lock for Wednesday 's spacewalk to formally conclude . The amount of water increased slightly , but he appeared to be in no immediate danger , said Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti , who helped to remove his suit . In 2013 , another Italian astronaut , Luca Parmitano , barely got back into the space station after a considerable amount of water filled his helmet during a spacewalk . The water escaped from his suit 's cooling system . Nasa spent months investigating the mishap , before clearing the way for more spacewalks . Today 's problem did n't impact the spacewalk which saw Virts join fellow astronaut Barry ` Butch ' Wilmore on a 6.5 hours mission to prepare parking spots for future ` space taxis ' . A camera fixed to the astronaut 's spacesuits provided stunning shots of the ISS and Earth , as the astronaut 's grapple with lubrication of the latches and brackets . Astronauts floated outside the International Space Station earlier today in the second of three spacewalks to prepare parking spots for future ` space taxis ' A camera fixed to the astronaut 's spacesuits provided stunning shots of the ISS and Earth , as the astronaut 's grapple with lubrication of the latches and brackets . Wilmore took a moment to savor the view . ' I do n't think I 've seen blue that blue , ' he observed above the Caribbean . The spacewalkers struggled to remove a cover protecting the berthing slip , one of two sites being reconfigured for new spaceships under development by Boeing and SpaceX . ` This thing has rigidified out here , ' Wilmore radioed to flight controllers in Houston . ` That 's as expected , so good luck with that , ' replied astronaut Joe Acaba at Mission Control . Station commander Wilmore , call sign EV-1 , is wearing a suit with red stripes and is using helmet camera No. 18 . Virts , EV-2 , is wearing an unmarked suit is using helmetcam 20 . The cover 's removal was another step to prepare the station for new international docking port adapters that are due to arrive later this year . In this image , Butch Wilmore is dwarfed by Tranquility node as he prepares the ISS for the Bigelow module . ` Orbital sunrise on @Space_Station during the #spacewalk , ' Nasa tweeted alongside this stunning image . Station commander Barry ` Butch ' Wilmore , 52 , and flight engineer Terry Virts -LRB- pictured -RRB- , 47 , left the station 's Quest airlock just after 7 am EST -LRB- 1200 GMT -RRB- and headed to the space shuttle 's old docking port . The adapters will be installed during four more spacewalks Nasa plans in 2015 . Construction of the ISS began on 20 November 1998 . It supports a crew of up to six , with crews split into groups of three . The station orbits at a height of about 255 miles -LRB- 410km -RRB- . It has a total mass of about 990,000 pounds -LRB- 450,000 kg -RRB- and has living space roughly equivalent to a five-bedroom house . It completes an orbit of Earth every 92.91 minutes and moves at 17,100 miles -LRB- 27,600 km -RRB- per hour . It has now been in space for more than 5,900 days , during which time it has completed more than 92,000 orbits of Earth , and has been continuously occupied for more than 13 years . On Saturday , Wilmore and Virts installed about 340ft -LRB- 104 metres -RRB- of power and data cables to support the new docking systems . During today 's spacewalk , scheduled to last about 6.5 hours , they plan to attach two more cables and lubricate the grapple fixture at the end of the station 's robot arm . The spacewalkers will also prepare the ` Tranquility ' connecting node for the September arrival of an experimental inflatable habitat built by privately-owned Bigelow Aerospace . Las Vegas-based Bigelow is developing free-flying expandable habitats for lease by agencies , researchers and businesses . Nasa is looking at the technology for future human expeditions beyond the station 's 260-mile -LRB- 418-km -RRB- high orbit . The station , a partnership of 15 nations , is a collection of laboratories and platforms for materials and life science experiments , Earth studies , physics and other investigations that take advantage of the microgravity environment and unique vantage point of space . The Russian space agency Roscosmos said yesterday it would remain part of the international outpost until 2024 , a four-year extension proposed by the US . ' #AstroButch captured a #spacewalk selfie with his reflection in @Space_Station radiator panel , ' Nasa tweeted . During today 's spacewalk , which lasted about 6.5 hours , astronauts attached two more cables and lubricated the grapple fixture at the end of the station 's robot arm . Astronauts Wilmore -LRB- left -RRB- and Virts -LRB- right -RRB- began the second of three jobs in preparation of private space taxis . | The problem is reminiscent of a near-drowning in orbit two years ago . Astronaut Terry Virts reported water while he waited in the air lock . 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Celebrity journalist Kevin Sessums descended into the depths of his own drug and sex-crazed addictions after heady years of inhabiting the world of Hollywood stars and writing about it . He interviewed Courtney Love while she was nude in her own bathtub . While waiting for her to come downstairs , he had discovered a tiny box on a Buddhist shrine in her living room containing Kurt Cobain 's pubic hair . Anna Nicole Smith flew by him smelling like vomit after exiting the ladies room and returning to a Pulp Fiction party at Chasen 's . While Daniel Radcliffe confessed to the author that he had always been a ` fag hag ' . Scroll down for video . The naked truth : Celebrity journalist Kevin Sessums interviewed Courtney Love while she was nude in her own bathtub . He discovered a tiny box on a Buddhist shrine in her living room containing Kurt Cobain 's pubic hair . Passages : While Kevin did n't interview Oprah , the talk queen called Kevin in February 2012 to tell him she had read his first book , Mississippi Sissy and she was going to read parts of it to Sidney Poitier . Name game : Sessums asked Oscar winner Jared Leto and his brother Shannon if they 'd be adverse to being called queer because ` some of his straight friends have begun to define themselves as queer without it being a sexual term but a cultural one . ' ' I do n't think we 'd care at all , ' Jared responded . ` We certainly identify with people who are different ' Revelation : Sessums interviewed multi-talented actor Alan Cumming for dot429 in which the Broadway star told the journalist he was bisexual as well as being married to his sweetheart , Grant Shaffer . Hugh Jackman wished he had been around in the 1970s to experience the mattress room at Plato 's Retreat in NYC because he loved the ` idea of animalistic chaos and following our desires ... ' ` My favorite play I studied in drama school was The Bacchae . It 's about King Pentheus , who gets eaten alive by all the women in a kind of orgy ' , Jackman revealed . From the heights of celebrity society , Sessums was thrust further into his own addictions while listening to intimate confessions of the stars . Born in the Deep South , he lost both parents by the age of nine and was abused by a minister in the hometown of his grandparents in rural Mississippi at age thirteen . Sessums , now 59 , tells of his struggle to find his way out of his addictions , reclaim his own life and forgive himself after learning he was HIV positive . He candidly explores his descent and destitution in the life he lived in the shadow of fame in his provocative and beautifully written new memoir , I Left it on the Mountain , published by St. Martin 's Press . During those intoxicating years of interviewing the stars , Sessums maintained a residence at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles and a loft in downtown Tribeca in New York . See more on YouTube . Anna Nicole Smith flew by Sessums smelling like vomit after exiting the ladies room . Michael J. Fox discovered the magnitude of Sessums ' sexual obsessions after he came upon a piece of paper the author accidentally left behind during an interview with every written word being sexual : ` P **** . D *** . C *** . F *** ' . Daniel Radcliffe conceded he was a ` fag hag ' Sessums was one of a few celebrity interviewers who was treated like an insider by stars while writing for Andy Warhol 's Interview , Vanity Fair in the 1990s , as well as later interviews for the Daily Beast , Allure and Parade . Michael J. Fox discovered the magnitude of Sessums ' sexual obsessions after discovering a piece of paper the author accidentally left behind during an interview with every written word being sexual : ` P **** . D *** . C *** . F *** ' . At an Oscar after-party in 1995 , Tony Curtis was checking out Sessums and confessed that he once had a crush on Yul Brynner . ' I think that 's why you 're making me feel so odd . You kinda look like him . I have n't slept with a man in decades , but the night is young ' , Curtis told him . Daniel Radcliffe , who became a star through the Harry Potter films , revealed how ` more collegial and camp and ... well , let 's face it : gay ' -- working in the theatre was versus making the Harry Potter films . He said : ` For a lot of straight guys and I know I 'm guilty of it sometimes . When you know a gay guy has a crush on you it is the most flattering thing . Hugh Jackman told Sessums he wished he had been around in the 70s to experience the mattress room at Plato 's Retreat , a sex club in NYC . ` Yeah , I 'm a fag hag , to use your term . ' I know I definitely caught it . Absolutely . My mom was a casting director and my dad was a literary agent and I was surrounded by gay men from a very young age . And I was the only boy in my class at school who had that kind of relationship with gay men . ` That 's one thing Harry Potter has done if nothing else . It has restored the reputation of the English boarding school . It has made it something other than a hotbed of sexuality . ' Sessums smoked a joint with Heath Ledger in Prague and later told Ledger 's wife , actress Michelle Williams about their shared experience . He thought it was cool the way they had watched the moon rise over the Vitava River in Prague while taking tokes and getting really stoned until Heath died of a drug overdose - and then it did n't seem so cool anymore . Michelle thanked him for sharing that memory . He had an intimate conversation with Diane Sawyer in her ABC World News office in New York in January 2010 , while discussing a cover story for Parade magazine . Sessums looked frayed from a night of sex and drug bingeing and Sawyer noticed . Sessums asked Diane how so much travel covering breaking news stories affected her marriage with director/writer Mike Nichols , who died suddenly in November 2014 . ` He loves -- God bless him -- seeing the story with me in it ' , she said . ` And he 's excited to hear when I get home how it smelt 'n' felt . How hot it was . What it tasted like . So he loved seeing me stretched flat out ' . ` Mike is a genius at helping you know who you are and helping you know what is real and what is not real in the world and keeping you aimed toward a North Star ' . ` And I love the fact that this son and grandson of blazing Jewish intellectuals ends up with this Methodist girl from the South ' . After listening to so many stories from others , Sessum 's life was on the line . He needed help . His drug and sex addiction was killing him -- the crystal meth , the cocaine and anonymous sex with male prostitutes from online sex services . He learned that he might find forgiveness in a climb up Mount Kilimanjaro and emailed Martha Stewart knowing she had once made the climb . Her words of advice were ' ` Do n't take the altitude for granted ' . He took Hemingway 's words to heart in The Snows of Kilimanjaro : ` You ca n't die if you do n't give up ' . But on reaching the top in 2006 he had n't found the epiphany he was seeking . ' I looked out at the world below and all that I had left behind -- my fear of death and yet my longing for it . I shivered in the unrelenting wind and heard that howl my heart had finally found . I turned and reached the summit ' . The mountain forgave him , but he still had further to go to forgive himself . He would eventually find it after a spiritual pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela , more than 500 miles across northern Spain that pilgrims have walked for over two thousand years . That coupled with walking the deserted and lonely winter beaches of Provincetown at the outermost tip of Cape Cod . I Left it on the Mountain by Kevin Sessums is published by St , Martin 's Press and is available on Amazon . | Kevin Sessums was one of a few celebrity interviewers who was treated like an insider by stars . He lost both parents by age nine and was abused by a minister in rural Mississippi at 13 . He 's interviewed everyone from Courtney Love to Diane Sawyer to Jared Leto . Alan Cumming revealed he was bisexual and married to Grant Shaffer . Actor Tony Curtis said Sessums resembled his crush Yul Brynner . 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Jack Fox fell 2,500 feet down a mountain side during a skiing trip with his school . Amazingly he survived with only ice burns to his arms . A British schoolboy who miraculously survived a 2,500 ft fall in the Alps has told how he bounced off rocks and ice as he tumbled down the mountain . Jack Fox , 14 , stopped to take a photo on a rocky ledge during a school ski trip to Flattach near Salzburg , Austria last week . But despite falling the equivalent of two and a half Eiffel Towers , the Year 10 student survived with just ice burns to his arms . Jack , an accomplished skier from Southport , Merseyside , fell on the very last run of his school 's six-day , # 850-per-head break . A group of eight children were with an Austrian ski instructor when they took their skis off so they could take pictures of the scenery . But as he lined up his photo , Jack slid over the edge and plunged down the mountain-side . He said : ' I thought that was it -- that I 'd be killed . I remembered it was a complete sheer drop to the mountain floor . I said to myself : `` Jack , it 's only you that could do this . '' ` But as I came down the mountain I kept trying to dig my feet in and pull up with my arms . ' I was crashing through ice and bouncing off rocks . It was terrifying . It felt like I was falling forever . I kept thinking `` How much more of this can I take ? '' ` Eventually I came to a halt . I checked everywhere to make sure I had n't broken anything and it all seemed fine . ` When I looked back up the mountain I thought : `` I 've just fallen from there '' . It was only then that I noticed the pain in my arms ' . His cries for help were heard by an extreme skier and rescuers soon arrived and airlifted him off the mountain . He was later handed the smashed ski helmet that saved his life , which had virtually disintegrated during the fall . He said : ` It was a sunny day and other people had taken their helmets off to take pictures . I kept mine on -- and I 'm so glad I did . Without it I would n't have survived . ' Doctors found he had severe ice burns on his left arm and only slightly less serious ones on his right . He was kept in overnight because of the concussion he had suffered . After being flown back to Britain he went into surgery at Alder Hey Children 's Hospital , Liverpool , for a deep skin scrub under anaesthetic . ` That was worse than the fall itself , ' said Jack , a pupil at Tarleton Academy . Jack , pictured with his mother Amanda , 41 , and brother , Ryan , 13 , had stopped to take a photo when he fell . Describing the fall , he added : ` One moment it was fine , the next my boots were slipping and I was gone . ' I heard later the rest of the party were crying and praying for me . They thought I was a gonner , and the instructor was pretty upset . ' I know I 'm really lucky . My teachers said I should go out and by a lottery ticket -- I was bound to win ' . Jack 's father Stewart Fox , 48 , found out about the accident when he received a call from his son 's teacher . He said : ' I got the call from this distressed teacher and because of the tone of his voice , the first thing I asked was `` Is he alive ? '' ` When you pack your lad away to Austria on a skiing trip and get a teacher in distress , you think the worst . ` He was with the advanced party and went to the top of the mountain and to a well known beauty spot up on a ledge . ' The accident happened in the Alps near Flattach , not far from Salzburg , Austria . File photo . Mr Fox added : ` Apparently all these people were taking photos at this area . He was facing forward and taking photos of the view . ` He just lost his footing . He 's very keen to stress he was not taking a selfie because it makes him sound stupid . It could have so easily been the dreaded call . '' ` His friends were all praying and in tears at the top . They could n't go and look because they would follow him and they would be like lemmings . They all thought he was dead . ` When the teacher told me he was alive , my thoughts went from sheer dread to relief . He could very very easily have died . ` They told him in the helicopter it was 2,500 ft he fell . He tells me he used his boots to try and dig in and slow himself down and then as soon as he did they gripped and they flipped over . I do n't think he realised how fast he was going . ' His mother Amanda , 41 , had nothing but praise for Jack 's teacher , Jack Snowden and the rest of the teachers . ` We 've absolutely no complaints . They were brilliant ' . | 14-year-old was on school trip to Austria when he stopped to take photo . He then fell down mountain side - the equivalent of two Eiffel Towers . Schoolboy says he thought he was going to die during the plunge . 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A Czech porn star who played a prisoner in one of her films has been arrested after allegedly leading police on a 136mph high speed car chase through Prague while high on crystal meth . Sona Muellerova who goes by the stage name of Laura Crystal had been asked to attend her local police station after earlier being caught on camera driving whilst banned . But after turning up at the station to hand in her licence , accused her of getting into her car and driving off . Scroll down for video . Porn star Sona Muellerova is arrested by police in Prague after leading officers on a high speed car chase through the Czech capital . Officers then jumped into their squad cars and gave chase as the 25-year-old sped off through the Czech capital . She then led the officers on a high speed chase before they finally caught up with her and she was arrested . Muellerova was then taken to the nearest police station were it was found she was under the influence of crystal meth . In one of her films , Muellerova , whose stage name is Laura Crystal played a prisoner who is jailed . The 25-year-old had been asked to attend her local police station to hand in her licence after earlier being caught on camera driving whilst banned . Pictured is the porn star in one of her films . A police spokesman said : ` At one point she was going at 136 mph and officers called in other cars for support . ` When they eventually stopped her she gave a fake name , which is something she has often done , and said she had forgotten her driving licence . ` When the officers explained that she had given them her driving licence just half an hour before , she cursed and when she was arrested , she did n't seem at all surprised . ' When Muellerova was tested by police from drugs after being arrested , it was found that she was high on crystal meth . ` She was heavily under the influence of crystal meth and admitted she had taken the drug . ` She has been charged with dangerous driving , driving under the influence of a narcotic , taking narcotics , obstructing the police and endangering the lives of others . ' If found guilty the porn star , who appears in several adult films , faces three years in jail . | Sona Muellerova was arrested after leading police on high speed car chase . Came after she went to police station to hand in her licence due to ban . She then went to her car to drive home and officers chased the 25-year-old . When they finally caught up with her she was going at 136 miles per hour . She was arrested and when tested was found to be high on crystal meth . Is now facing three years in jail if convicted of dangerous driving . Porn star had previously played a prisoner in one of her adult movies . | [[0, 17], [50, 185], [496, 630], [496, 521], [554, 602], [631, 639], [678, 744], [745, 819], [186, 201], [232, 340], [186, 201], [261, 347], [361, 415], [1078, 1180], [1078, 1093], [1109, 1186], [1119, 1227], [361, 392], [418, 471], [496, 630], [496, 521], [554, 602], [631, 639], [678, 744], [0, 17], [50, 185], [800, 831], [1276, 1299], [1302, 1354], [0, 17], [50, 185], [855, 865], [911, 974], [1720, 1783], [1715, 1834], [1804, 1834], [1837, 1888], [1927, 1932], [1975, 2016], [2117, 2130], [2170, 2197], [0, 17], [22, 59], [975, 994], [997, 1007], [1030, 1077]] |
The head of Britain 's new press regulator has said he is ` determined ' for the press to take its own code of practice seriously . Sir Alan Moses , chairman of the Independent Press Standards Organisation -LRB- Ipso -RRB- , said : ` We are determined to be , for the first time , a regulator . The Press Complaints Commission was not a regulator , it was a complaints handler and we wish to be an independent regulator . ` The press said they wanted an independent regulator and we are going to hold them to that and we believe that we can achieve that . ' Ipso chairman Sir Alan Moses , pictured , told MPs that he was determined his office would remain independent . He added that it was his belief that complaints were being dealt with more speedily and taken ` far more seriously than previously ' . The former appeal court judge said he had only agreed to take the job last year after receiving assurances that he would be able to operate independently from the Press . He said it was too early to declare success , but told MPs on the Commons culture , media and sport committee that the regulator was already having a significant impact on the way the media deals with complaints . Earlier , a pro-privacy campaigner told the culture select committee that she does not have faith in the new press regulator because it is the ` same old thing ' . Hannah Weller , founder of the Protect campaign for children 's privacy , said she had initially ` great hope ' following the Leveson inquiry but had been left disappointed . She told the hearing : ` I think it -LRB- Ipso -RRB- is the same old thing , it 's changed its outfit and changed its name but it 's behaving in same way . ` Even in the short-term period post-Leveson , post the introduction of Ipso , who is to say when the heat is off in five years time it 's not going to go back to old ways ? ` I do n't think it 's independent enough and I do n't think the general public have faith in it . ' Sir Alan , pictured , is a former appeal court judge and said Ipso was already having an impact with the press . | Sir Alan Moses said he had no intention of being ' a complaints handler ' The former judge said he received assurances of Ipso 's independence . He told MPs the regulator already had a ` significant impact ' on the media . | [[558, 586], [600, 669], [805, 916], [885, 975], [1091, 1116], [1124, 1189], [976, 978], [1026, 1085], [1091, 1104], [1109, 1189], [1960, 1968], [2017, 2072]] |
For most people , honeymooning involves stretching out on the beach and doing very little . But not this couple . Anne and Mike Howard , from New York , USA , spent 675 days travelling the world after they decided that a two-week holiday just was n't enough when they tied the knot . The adventurous spouses returned to the US one year ago after visiting a total of 302 places across 33 countries , and six continents - and all on a budget of around just # 50 a day . Scroll down for video . Honeymooners Anne and Mike Howard , pictured here , at Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve , in Bolivia spent 675 days travelling the world . The Howards pose infront of the spectacular scenery of the Fitzroy mountain in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in Patagonia . Mike and Anne Howard 's trip allowed the couple to experience : . 140 hikes . 105 buses . 72 luxury hotels . 41 safaris . 39 scuba dives . 18 Couchsurfs . 12 extreme sports . 8 glacier treks . 6 volunteer projects . The Howards logged a total of 125,675 miles , 140 hikes , 105 buses , 72 luxury hotels , 41 safaris , 39 scuba dives , 18 Couchsurfs , 12 extreme sports , 8 glacier treks and 6 volunteer projects . Anne , 32 , said : ` When choosing a honeymoon destination , we realised the list was too long and life was too short . ` We had money saved , no kids , good health , and there is a lot of world to see - what better time to travel than now . ` We believe honeymoons are about starting a life together with a bang - having memorable and meaningful experiences rather than just splashing out on luxury . Mike , 37 , said : ` Instead of spending all of our funds in a couple of weeks , we stretched our budget to last a couple of years . ` We saw the most beautiful places , immersed ourselves in other cultures , embarked on big adventures and created memories for the rest of our lives . ` And this time as newlyweds seemed like the perfect opportunity to embrace our freedom , good health , and celebrate and nurture our marriage in an extraordinary way . ` So we turned our honeymoon into the adventure of a lifetime . ' The couple , from New York , visited a total of 33 countries , including Kenya , where they went on safari in the Maasai Mara Nature Reserve . The Maasai people of Kenya . The Howards spent just # 50 per day between them - for transportation , food , lodging and excursions . Peru 's 15th-century Inca site , Machu Picchu . The couple were as frugal as they could be , but found countries like Japan were expensive . The average honeymoon is estimated at costing around # 4,000 for an eight day getaway in one luxury destination - with an average cost of around # 500 a day per couple . But the savvy pair managed to stretch theirs to a whopping 675 days with an average daily cost of just # 50 -LRB- $ 74 -RRB- between them - for transportation , food , lodging and excursions . Anne and Mike scrimped and saved to afford the once in a lifetime trip and took advantage of a multitude of travel hacking strategies to keep their travel and accommodation costs low . They said : ` We tried to be as frugal as we could - but some countries cost more than others . ' Anne and Mike now run HoneyTrek Coach to help others travel safely and affordably on their own journey of a lifetime . The honeymoon period does n't have to end : Anne and Mike Howard pictured at the Ngauruhoe volcano , in New Zealand . The happy couple say their lengthy trip allowed them to immerse themselves in other cultures and create meaningful memories . Angelica Malin , editor of online travel and lifestyle magazine About Time says : ` This couple did what we all dream of ; escaping the 9-5 and travelling the world , each day more adventure-filled than the next . ` Holidays and honeymoons are often too rushed as trying to pack everything in at once . Here 's five ways to make the most of your trip : . 1 . Planning - make sure you use websites , guide books and friends to find out what 's best and what can be missed in the city . 2 . Get out early - carpe diem ! You 'll get the most out of your trip by getting out of bed . 3 . Look for homestays and flat shares - if you want a taste of local culture , homestays are a great way to experience the local culture first hand . 4 . Get flight ready - keep flight day stress to minimum by checking in online , and try to take minimal luggage . 5 . Look at seasonal timings - some countries may be cheaper to travel to at different times of the year , check out which destinations have more favourable flight prices in the less fashionable seasons . ' Anne Howard makes use of the local transport in the Mekong Delta , Vietnam . The average honeymoon costs around # 4,000 for eight days . Kayaking Milford Sound , in New Zealand . The adventurous couple travelled to six continents on a budget of less than # 50 per day . ` Our average cost was around $ 40 a day per person - but this is an average as countries like England , Japan and Australia were more expensive than places like Vietnam , Turkey , and Bolivia . ` For example Norway cost around $ 75 a day each , but south east Asia worked out to be less than $ 20 per person . ` We kept our lodging costs low and had more local experiences by opting for homestays , housesitting , volunteering , couchsurfing . ` And through our partnership with Honeymoons.com , we occasionally exchanged our photography and writing skills for luxury stays . ` Getting savvy with frequent flyer miles , our savings on flights alone allowed us to extend our trip an extra 160 days longer than if we paid for all our flights . Hitch-hiking from Mozambique to Tanzania . Anne and Mike Howard visited a total of 302 different places on their extended honeymoon . Diving with whale sharks in the Philippines . The nomadic pair are now offering ` trip coaching ' encouraging others to go out and see the world . Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia . The couple said they occasionally exchanged their photography and writing skills for luxury stays . ` We saved around $ 12,000 on flights alone using mileage hacking tricks that helped us rack up 430,000 frequent flyer miles before we left . ` Travelling around the world turned out to be less expensive than the rent on our apartment . ' The couple are now back in the USA but claim their trip of a lifetime has completely changed their outlook on life - and led them to start their business , HoneyTrek Trip Coach , hoping to inspire others to make the most of their freedom and help them to take gap years , sabbaticals and extended honeymoons . Annapurna base camp in Nepal . The couple want to inspire others to take gap years , sabbaticals and long honeymoons . Cycling in Gili Trawangan , Indonesia . The husband and wife team now hope to help people travel independently , affordably and safely . The Northern Lights , pictured in Norway 's Arctic Circle . The couple said experiences were more important to them than luxury resorts . Anne and Mike added : '' When we came back to America we felt like we had learnt so much that we wanted to teach and share with other people to help them mobilise their own trips . ` We are not a travel agent - but we learned so much from two years on the road that we want to share everything we know with those who dream of exploring the world but are n't quite sure how to pull it off . ` We coach people through the planning process to help them travel independently , affordably and safely . ` Taking the time to explore the world is an invaluable experience and we want people to know it is entirely possible when you set your mind to it and you do n't need to be a millionaire to do it . ' The romantic pair stop for a kiss in Queenstown , New Zealand , right , and on the world 's biggest swing - Queenstown 's Nevis Swing . Over the rainbow : Nomadic couple Mike and Anne Howard pose at the iconic Victoria Falls , in Zambia . Romance on the road : The duo pictured in Austin , Texas as part of their 675-day adventure around the world . El Chalten , Argentina . Anne and Mike took advantage of a multitude of travel hacking strategies to keep their travel costs low . The stunning Perito Merino glacier in Argentina . The couple say they believe honeymoons are about starting a life together with a bang . Party time ! Anne and Mike found time to hit the Rio de Janeiro carnival on their epic honeymoon around the world . | Adventurous New Yorkers , Mike and Anne Howard , logged a total of 125,675 miles on their epic global honeymoon . Couple visited a total of 302 places across 33 countries , and six continents - and all on a budget of around just # 50 . 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They may not appear to be related , but hippos have long been thought to share an ancient ancestor with whales . But up until now , a huge age gap between in the fossil record has prevented scientists from confirming their theory . Now researchers have uncovered 28 million-year-old molars of a great-great grandfather of the hippo which has finally provided direct proof of their link with whales . A great-great grandfather of the hippopotamus likely swam from Asia to Africa some 35 million years ago , long before the arrival of the lion , rhino , zebra and giraffe Pictured is a view of one of the fossils that confirmed this . It shows an upper molar of a species known as Epirigenys lokonensis . ` Epiri ' means hippo in the Turkana language and Lokone after the discovery site . The species was about the size of a sheep , weighing in at 100kg -LRB- 220lbs -RRB- , which is about a twentieth the size of today 's ` common hippopotamus ' , a sub-Saharan giant . It may have spent much of its time immersed in water . E. lokonensis was not a direct forefather of today 's hippo , belonging instead to a side branch . But it lived much closer in time to the ancestor from which they both branched off , allowing for inferences to be drawn about the ancient animal . Dental analysis led the team to conclude that E. lokonensis and the hippo both came from an anthracothere forefather , which migrated from Asia to Africa about 35 million years go . As Africa was then an island surrounded by water , it likely swam there . The previously unknown , long-extinct relative also confirmed that cetaceans - the group to which whales , dolphins and porpoises belong - are in fact the hippo 's closest living cousins . ` The origins of the hippopotamus have been a mystery until now , ' Fabrice Lihoreau , a palaeontologist at France 's University of Montpellier . ` Now we can say that hippos came from anthracothere ' - an extinct group of plant-eating , semi-aquatic mammals with even-toed hooves . Until now , the oldest known fossil of a hippo ancestor dated from about 20 million years ago , while cetacean remains aged 53 million years have been found . The remains of a 28-million-year-old animal discovered in Kenya 's Lokone Hills has provided an important piece of the puzzle , according to a study in the journal Nature Communications . It has been name Epirigenys lokonensis - ` epiri ' means hippo in the Turkana language and Lokone after the discovery site . The species was about the size of a sheep , weighing in at 100kg -LRB- 220lbs -RRB- , which is about a twentieth the size of today 's ` common hippopotamus ' , a sub-Saharan giant . It may have spent much of its time immersed in water . E. lokonensis was not a direct forefather of today 's hippo , belonging instead to a side branch . But it lived much closer in time to the ancestor from which they both branched off , allowing for inferences to be drawn about the ancient animal . The anthrocothere , shown here , is believed to be a common ancestor to hippos . These were an extinct group of plant-eating , semi-aquatic mammals with even-toed hooves . Pictured is a simplified family tree showing the relation between hippos , anthracotheres and cetaceans and the key position of the new species from Kenya . This image shows the evolutionnary transition of the upper molar from an anthracothere -LRB- left -RRB- , Epirigenys -LRB- middle -RRB- , and a primitive hippo -LRB- right -RRB- . Black circle are the cusps , black line are the crests and in orange the styles show enamel . Dental analysis led the team to conclude that E. lokonensis and the hippo both came from an anthracothere forefather , which migrated from Asia to Africa about 35 million years go . As Africa was then an island surrounded by water , it likely swam there . This means the ancestors of hippos ` were among the first large mammals to colonise the African continent , long before those of any of the large carnivores , giraffes or bovines , ' all of which arrived only about 18 million years ago . The modern-day hippo evolved independently in Africa , and is a creature truly endemic to the continent , according to the research paper . ` We filled a gap in the evolutionary history of the hippo , bringing us closer to the point of divergence from their modern-day sister group of cetaceans , ' said Professor Lihoreau . The right image shows a Epirigenys lokonensis fossil with molars -LRB- right -RRB- compared to the left of a hippopotamid fossil . The left image shows a hippopotamus at the chobe National Park , Botswana , Africa . The previously unknown , long-extinct relative also confirmed that cetaceans - the group to which whales -LRB- pictured -RRB- , dolphins and porpoises belong - are in fact the hippo 's closest living cousins . The remains of a 28-million-year-old animal discovered in Kenya 's Lokone Hills . It has been name Epirigenys lokonensis - ` epiri ' means hippo in the Turkana language and Lokone after the discovery site . | Molars of ancestor , Epirigenys lokonensis , were found in Kenya . The species was about the size of a sheep , weighing in at 100kg -LRB- 220lbs -RRB- . Until now , oldest known hippo ancestor dated from 20 million years ago . E. lokonensis and the hippo both came from an anthracothere forefather , which migrated from Asia to Africa about 35 million years ago . 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Nigel Farage is set to appear alongside some to the United States ' most high-profile conservative politicians at a conference in Washington tomorrow . The Ukip leader will address activists immediately after the darling of the Tea Party movement Sarah Palin . The annual Conservative Political Action Conference is attended by leading Republican politicians as well as gun activists , anti-abortion campaigners and evangelical Christians . Nigel Farage , who has developed a cult following in the States after regular TV appearances on Fox News , will address the annual Conservative Political Action Conference tonight . Visitors to the summit are sometimes handed plastic foetuses by activists to show their opposition to abortion . Tea Party supporters -- who favour a dramatic reduction in the size of the State -- also walk the halls in uniforms from the 18th-century American Revolutionary War . But the Ukip leader , who has developed a cult following in the States after regular TV appearances on Fox News , defended his decision to appear at the conference . He said : ` There are parts of the American Conservative movement that I get on well with and other parts not so well with . ` We have learned quite a lot from some of them in terms of campaigning techniques , many of which we put into use in Rochester . ` Some of the very hard-line religious stuff is not where I 'm going with politics and I often find myself disagreeing about interventionist foreign policies . ' Mr Farage is expected to tell the gathered activists that unless they reclaim the Republican Party they ` might have to do a Ukip ' and break off . The Ukip leader will share a stage with the darling of the Tea Party movement Sarah Palin and a host of gun activists and anti-abortion campaigners . Former Vice President Dick Cheney , centre , accepts a rifle from National Rifle Association chiefs Kayne Robinson -LRB- right -RRB- and Wayne LaPierre -LRB- left -RRB- . Mr LaPierre will attend the conference alongside Mr Farage . The Ukip leader has been given a super-star build-up for the annual gathering at the Gaylord National Resort in Maryland , near Washington DC . PR agents promoting the event have described him as a ` political tour de force ' who has 'em erged as a serious and viable candidate who can run England in the near future ' . Mr Farage will appear after Mrs Palin , the former Alaska governor who rose to prominence after being chosen as Senator John McCain 's running mate in the 2008 Presidential race against Barack Obama . The Ukip leader will also rub shoulders with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker - a frontrunner for the Republican Presidential nomination next year - who wants to ` prioritise ' the end of universal healthcare introduce by President Obama . Mr Farage will also be joined by Wayne LaPierre , the head of the pro-gun National Rifle Association . Speaking after one of the recent multiple killings in the US , Mr LaPierre said : ` The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun . ' | Ukip leader will address annual Conservative Political Action Conference . He will share a stage with former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin . Visitors to the summit sometimes handed plastic foetuses by Evangelicals . | [[0, 151], [0, 12], [20, 151], [441, 453], [541, 622], [1634, 1783], [623, 659], [667, 735], [623, 735]] |
Rumors have long claimed it to be haunted , and it is one of the most-photographed houses in the U.S. , consistently booked for fashion shoots and features for the likes of Vogue , Elle , W and New York Magazine . Now the Staten Island mansion once owned by Gustav A. Mayer -- the 19th century inventor who sold his sugar cookie recipe to Nabisco for their ` Nilla ' wafers - has been listed for sale at $ 2.3 million . Mayer , who died in 1918 , left the home to his two daughters , Paula and Emilie , who never married and both lived until they were over 100-years-old , refusing to leave two certain rooms of the 10-bedroom house . In this regard , the manor has become ideal for photoshoots , providing a setting that is rustic and dilapidated but also trapped-in-time , with many of the rooms untouched for decades . Haunted ? : Gustav Manor in Staten Island is , according to local folklore , still inhabited by the spirits of former owner , inventor Gustav A. Mayer , and his daughters , all of whom died in the mansion . Historic : The 10-bedroom manor measures at 7,700-square-foot and has been listed for $ 2.3 million . However legend has it the spirits of Gustav and his two daughters continue to roam the halls . The house , built in 1855 , was put up for sale in June for $ 1.79 million . However the listing was then removed . It has now reappeared for $ 2.3 million , according to Top Ten Real Estate Deals . However a $ 520,000 allowance for exterior restoration and another $ 50,000 for interior refurbishment is being offered to the buyer , bringing the final price to $ 1.74 million . After buying the house from original owner David R. Ryers in the 1890s , Mayer transformed the 7,700-square-foot home so that it allowed him to live and workshop his inventions . Besides his famous cookie recipe , he also made many successful molds for the likes of Vienna Roll , Cigaretta , Carlsbad , Fancy Dessert and Virginia Sugar . Fashion focus : The home has been the setting for countless fashion shoots over the years . Strike a pose : Thanks to its history , look and proximity to Manhattan , the manor is often rented out by magazines and fashion houses . Hitchcockian : Here two models pose for a Cosmopolitan shoot themed as an Alfred Hitchcock movie . Mayer is also said to have developed ' a birch beer , patented a room humidifier and marketed a system of pre-formed letters for use on store signs . He also designed and manufactured sparkling reflectors for use as Christmas tree ornaments , ' according to The Staten Island Advocate . The sale however is likely to put an end to the myriad of fashion shoots the house and its gardens have witnessed over the last few years . The Fault In Our Stars actor Ansel Elgort shot a high fashion feature on the grounds for Elle magazine , sitting in a tree out back with a model . Mary Kate Olsen has appeared in a Bohemian-themed shoot there for Harper 's Bazaar . Amber Heard has also shot a profile for V magazine inside the house . Ornate : The house was first built in 1855 and has many of its original features . Dilapidated : Because some parts of the manor are so outdated , the real estate is offering internal and external renovation allowances for the new owners . Classic : The house has a distinct Victorian look and feel , including hand-painted drawings on the walls . The proximity to Manhattan makes the site even more popular . However that does n't make it an easy place to work . Photographer Tom Corbett , who shot a Hitchcock-inspire piece for Cosmopolitan called ` Dial F for Fashion ' , said he was scared to enter the house . ` When I first showed up , I almost did n't go in , ' Corbett told The New York Times . `` I thought I was in the wrong place , but it turned out to be this total gem . '' The three-level house is located at 2475 Richmond Rd. in Staten Island . Retro chic : A model is seen posing out front of the home in Cosmopolitan . | Gustav Manor in Staten Island is now on the market for $ 2.3 million . Formerly owned by German inventor Gustav A. Mayer . Mayer sold his sugar cookie recipe to Nabisco for their ` Nilla ' wafers . Local folklore says house is haunted by his two daughters , who died inside . Built in 1855 , the manor has hosted countless fashion shoots over the years . | [[218, 273], [347, 364], [367, 419], [1029, 1037], [1040, 1054], [1086, 1130], [1342, 1352], [1364, 1381], [1342, 1344], [1349, 1381], [277, 302], [307, 346], [0, 41], [834, 866], [879, 896], [834, 863], [869, 896], [882, 896], [899, 992], [995, 1028], [1139, 1196], [1153, 1225], [48, 50], [104, 155], [635, 649], [652, 694], [1226, 1251], [1254, 1302], [1957, 2034], [2109, 2127], [2135, 2172], [2109, 2118], [2122, 2172], [3010, 3019], [3024, 3043]] |
Luis Suarez chewed up and spat out Manchester City with a deadly double but the Barcelona striker found himself at the centre of a fresh bite row as Twitter users suggested he had a nibble of Martin Demichelis . Suarez 's first-half goals have Barca in the driving seat ahead of the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie but it was his actions at the end of the 2-1 win that threatened to overshadow his classy finishing . The 90 minutes had come and gone when the former Liverpool star ran across Demichelis and as the City defender 's arm flicks towards Suarez , he appears to move his head down to meet it . Did he try another bite ? VIDEO Scroll down for Does Suarez try to bite Demichelis during 2-1 win over Man City ? Barcelona 's Luis Suarez makes a run across Manchester City defender Martin Demichelis in the 92nd minute . Demichelis raises his hand towards Suarez 's face during the Champions League last-16 first leg clash . Did Suarez bite the Argentine defender at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night ? Demichelis did n't flinch after the incident as Barcelona went on to win the game 2-1 . Suarez and Demichelis tussle for the ball as Manchester City went on to lose with 10 men . July 2010 : Prevents Ghana 's Dominic Adiyiah from scoring in the final minute of World Cup semi-final with a deliberate handball on the line and is sent off . November 2010 : Banned for seven games after biting PSV midfielder Otman Bakkal while playing for Ajax . October 2011 : Alleged to have racially abused Manchester United 's Patrice Evra while playing for Liverpool . Found guilty by the FA - banned for eight matches and fined # 40,000 . April 2013 : Bites Branislav Ivanovic on the arm during fixture between Liverpool and Chelsea . Fined by club the following day and charged with violent conduct by the FA . Subsequently handed 10-game ban . June 2014 : Bites Italy 's Giorgio Chiellini on the shoulder during World Cup fixture in Brazil . Originally protests innocence but then apologises and is handed four-month ban from world football and fined # 66,000 by FIFA . At first , it looked like Suarez was moving his mouth towards Demichelis ' hand . However , another vine posted on the social media site appeared to show the Uruguay international attempt to run past the Man City defender 's outstretched arm . One Twitter user , @Zachsadri posted : ' -LRB- sic -RRB- Pretty sure Suarez tried to bite Demichelis here . . Not again . ' @PeteMcMenemy wrote : ' -LRB- sic -RRB- Suarez trying to bite someone again the man has problems ' @Oddsjones said : ' -LRB- sic -RRB- Was Suarez About To Bite Again ' There was no reaction from Demichelis or his City team-mates but we all know Suarez , who cost Barcelona # 75million from Liverpool , has history . Before the Reds shelled out # 22m for the Uruguayan , Suarez had already developed a ` bad-boy ' reputation with Ajax in Holland . His play-acting antics were one thing , but in November 2010 , a new side to the forward was born . As PSV and Ajax players scrapped off the ball , Suarez chomped down on opposing midfielder Otman Bakkal 's shoulder . No red card followed , but a seven-match ban meant he never played in the Eredivise again . And then Liverpool entered the fray . Suarez was banned for seven games and never played in the Eredivise again after biting Otman Bakkal . Bakkal shows his bite mark to a team-mate during the game between Ajax and PSV in 2010 . Suarez was given an eight-match ban after being charged with racially abusing Patrice Evra in 2011 . Suarez was first embroiled in a biting storm in England when clashing with Branislav Ivanovic . Suarez appeared to bite down on Chelsea defender Ivanovic 's arm during a Premier League game in 2013 . Suarez was banned for eight games after biting Ivanovic at Anfield . Suarez -LRB- holding a book about him -RRB- and Lionel Messi make their way through Manchester Airport on Tuesday . Suarez had already been given an eight-match ban after being charged with racially abusing Manchester United 's Patrice Evra during a Premier League game in 2011 , before biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic in a 2013 fixture . He went on to score the equaliser but after that , his reputation was set in the eyes of the British public , and press . ` His behaviour is not befitting of any player wearing a Liverpool shirt , ' chief executive Ian Ayre said . Brendan Rodgers added : ` Players are always replaceable , it does not matter how good they think they are . ' Suarez strongly denied the accusations of racism against Evra , but had no choice but to apologise after the incident with Ivanovic . He had lost his temper , and inexcusably bitten the Serbian defender 's shoulder . The FA handed out a 10-game ban to Suarez , who then tried to angle a move away from Anfield . Arsenal laid down # 35m to give the striker a fresh start , but Liverpool rejected the bid and placed their trust in his ability . They were n't wrong , as Suarez went on to net 31 goals and become the top scorer in the 2013/14 Premier League season despite missing the first five games . He almost lead the Reds to the title , and a summer switch to some of the world 's best was again mooted . Suarez was in fine form for Liverpool in the 2013/14 Premier League season , netting 31 goals . Suarez was voted PFA Player of the Year after a stellar season in England . Suarez and Demichelis battle for the ball during a World Cup qualifier between Uruguay and Argentina in 2009 . Suarez went to the 2014 World Cup as a man reborn . Full of confidence , named the PFA and FWA Player of the Year in England , even scoring the goal to all-but knock out Roy Hodgson 's side in Brazil . However , he was about to return to the centre of attention for all the wrong reasons . The prolific star first said he ` lost his balance ' when appearing to bite Italy 's Giorgio Chiellini in Uruguay 's final group stage game . Again , his side went on to score a crucial late goal . Chiellini protested to the referee , lowering his shirt to present bite marks on his shoulder as the pair clashed in the box as a cross came in . The third bite in his professional career earned him a nine-game ban from world football , his eventual statement apologising to the defender was similar to that of the sorrow he expressed to Ivanovic . ` The truth is that my colleague Giorgio Chiellini suffered the physical result of a bite in the collision he suffered with me , ' said Suarez . ' I deeply regret what occurred . ' I apologise to Giorgio Chiellini and the entire football family . I vow to the public that there will never again be another incident like this . ' Suarez was embroiled in a fresh controversy at the 2014 World Cup after clashing with Giorgio Chiellini . Suarez appears to dig his teeth in the Italian defender 's shoulder during Uruguay 's final Group D fixture . Chiellini shows bite marks on the back of his shoulder after the incident on June 24 . Suarez went down holding his teeth and originally denied biting the Italy defender - but later apologised . He was banned for four months , but Barcelona still spent a club record fee to bring him to the Nou Camp . Suarez revealed he had been seeing a therapist in Barcelona as he looked to prevent a further incident from happening . ' I think all the bad things I have been through are in the past , ' Suarez told the Guardian before his return to action in October . ' I believe I am on the right path now , dealing with the people who can help me , the right kind of people . His form in recent weeks as he has seamlessly fitted into Luis Enrique 's side has been impressive . His performance against City in the Champions League last-16 first leg was sublime . Joe Hart had no chance with the two goals . But has he tarnished that reputation further after clashing with Demichelis ? Suarez scored both goals as Barcelona beat Manchester City 2-1 on Tuesday night . | Luis Suarez clashed with Martin Demichelis in 92nd minute at the Etihad . Barcelona beat Manchester City 2-1 in Champions League last-16 tie . Did the Uruguayan striker really bite again on Tuesday night ? Suarez was banned for seven games after biting Otman Bakkal of PSV . FA handed him 10-match suspension after clash with Branislav Ivanovic . Forward was given nine-game ban from world football after biting the back of Giorgio Chiellini 's shoulder in a World Cup group game . Suarez scored both goals as Barcelona took advantage in first leg . 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Mothers aged 30 to 34 gave birth to more babies than any other age group last year , new figures have revealed today . A maternity services report , published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre , said almost a third of babies delivered in 2013-14 had a mother in this age group . Overall , 646,900 babies were born in NHS hospitals in the past year - the smallest number ever recorded since 2006 - 07 . There was a noticeable reduction in the number of young mothers giving birth , the report said . Women aged 30-34 gave birth to more babies last year than any other age group , new figures show . In 2013-14 , mothers aged 15 to 19 years old gave birth to 26,300 babies - a 14 per cent reduction compared to the previous year . Deliveries to mothers aged 20 to 24 were also reduced by 8.6 per cent to 110,000 . The report also revealed the numbers of babies being delivered by C-section has steadily increased since 2011-12 , a trend the Royal College of Midwives has described as ` concerning ' . More than 26 per cent of babies were born by Caesarean in 2013-14 , a 0.6 percentage point increase on 2012-13 and a 1.2 percentage point increase on 2011-12 . London hospitals were more likely to deliver babies by C-section than those in other parts of the country . In the capital , almost 29 per cent were delivered this way . And West Yorkshire hospitals had the lowest proportion of C-section births - just 22 per cent . In turn , they had the highest proportion of spontaneous births , where a baby is delivered without the need for forceps , vacuum , or any other instruments . More than 67 per cent of births in West Yorkshire hospitals were born this way , while London hospitals had the lowest proportion of spontaneous deliveries , at nearly 57 per cent . Across the country , nearly 61 per cent of all births were spontaneous . Figures published by the ONS yesterday showed rates of conception for women aged 35 to 39 rose fastest in 2013 , compared to all other age groups . The statistics show teenage conceptions have fallen to their lowest rate since records began in 1969 . The figures come a day after statistics from the ONS revealed rates of conception for women aged 35 to 39 rose fastest in 2013 , compared to all other age groups . The number of teenage mothers conceiving fell to the lowest level in more than 40 years . Growing numbers of women are giving birth by Caesarean section , a report revealed today . The numbers of babies by C-section has steadily increased since 2011-12 , according to Health and Social Care Information Center data . The Royal College of Midwives says the rise is ` concerning ' and the major surgical procedure ` should not be undertaken lightly ' . The figures show more than 26 per cent of babies were born by Caesarean in 2013-14 , a 0.6 percentage point increase on 2012-13 and a 1.2 percentage point increase on 2011-12 . London hospitals had the greatest proportion of babies - almost 29 per cent - delivered by C-section . And West Yorkshire hospitals had the lowest proportion of births - almost 22 per cent - delivered by Caesarean . Commenting on the report , Louise Silverton , director for midwifery at The Royal College of Midwives , said : ` We are concerned by yet another increase in the Caesarean section rate , which is steadily climbing . Some are , of course , needed for medical reasons . However , this is a major surgical procedure for mother and baby that should not be undertaken without serious consideration . ` There is increasing evidence about the negative implications for women and their babies of having a Caesarean section . We support NICE recommendations on this issue . These say health professionals should review and discuss this thoroughly with women who want a Caesarean section that is not medically necessary . A decision to have a Caesarean section should not be taken lightly . Experts warned yesterday that a growing number of women are delaying motherhood as they prioritise their careers . Balancing concerns over the cost of raising a child , uncertainty over job security and unstable relationships are increasingly causing women to delay having a baby , they said . They added that while pregnancy and childbirth in later life can present challenges , women should not be pressured into having children before they are ready . Rather , the health service must ensure maternity services are tailored to meet the needs of an increasingly ageing population of expectant mothers . Last year , ONS figures revealed that the average age of first-time mothers had risen above 30 for the first time , increasing by four years since the 1970s . This year 's figures revealed the conception rate for women aged 35 to 39 increased to 64.5 conceptions per thousand women - almost doubling since 1990 , according to the Office for National Statistics figures . Clare Murphy , director of external affairs at bpas -LRB- British Pregnancy Advisory Service -RRB- told MailOnline : ` There are many reasons for this , not least the time it takes to achieve financial stability and establish a career . ` Women are often warned about leaving it too late to start trying for a baby , but this really needs to be kept in perspective . ` Pregnancy and childbirth for older women can present particular challenges , but rather than pressuring women into having children earlier than they feel is right for them , we need to ensure maternity services are in place to deliver the care they need . ' A spokesman for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists -LRB- RCOG -RRB- said while women must be supported in their decisions about when to plan having a child , they ` need to know how fertility and pregnancy outcomes change with age ' . Biologically the optimum childbearing age is between 20 and 35 years old , the RCOG said . But they warn after the age of 35 , ` it is increasingly difficult to fall pregnant , and the change of miscarriage rises ' . RCOG spokesman , Dr Patrick O'Brien , said : ` The growing trend of women delaying motherhood until their late thirties or early forties is , we believe , an inevitable one , because of the increasing equality in the social , professional , financial and corporate environment that we live in . ` The average age of fatherhood has also been rising . ` It is the role of healthcare professionals , including the RCOG and its members , to ensure that all women are made aware of the potential risks of having pregnancies in later life , so that they have an informed choice when doing so . ' It comes as teenage pregnancy rates for women aged 15 to 17 fell to 24.5 conceptions per thousand of the population - the lowest rate since 1969 . The growing trend of having children later in life is becoming the norm , as women prioritise their education and careers . And in deciding when to embark on motherhood , financial worries , uncertainty over job security and unstable relationships are increasingly causing women to delay family life , experts said . The figures show a 13 per cent drop in the estimated number of conceptions for women under 18 in 2013 , down to 24,306 in 2013 compared with 27,834 in 2012 . For the under-16s , there was also a 14 per cent drop in the number of conceptions - an estimate of 4,648 in 2013 , compared with 5,432 in 2012 . Overall , for women aged under 35 conception rates fell in 2013 , compared with the previous year . Teenage pregnancy rates have fallen to their lowest rates since 1969 . The latest ONS figures reveal for women aged 15 to 17 fell to 24.5 conceptions per thousand of the population . The figures show a 13 per cent drop in the estimated number of conceptions for women under 18 in 2013 , down to 24,306 in 2013 compared with 27,834 in 2012 . For the under-16s , there was also a 14 per cent drop in the number of conceptions - an estimate of 4,648 in 2013 , compared with 5,432 in 2012 . The ONS believed the drop in the number of under-age pregnancies could be explained by several factors , including the improved programmes of sex and relationship education introduced by successive governments . The Government has included the under 18 teenage conception rate as one of its three sexual health indicators in its Public Health Outcomes Framework , and it is one of the national measures of progress on child poverty . Professor Kevin Fenton , national director of Health and Wellbeing at Public Health England -LRB- PHE -RRB- , said : ` Young people who have the highest rate of unplanned pregnancy and teenage parenthood can be at risk of a range of poor outcomes , such as poor educational achievement , poor physical and mental health , social isolation and poverty , so it is vital this downward trend is continued . ' He said one of PHE 's seven national priorities is ` ensuring every child has the best start in life ' . Public health experts hailed the fall in teenage conception rates , adding it proves ` young people 's sexual health can be improved if they receive the right support ' . In 2013 , overall conceptions in women of all ages fell slightly , with an estimated 872,849 conceptions compared with 884,748 in 2012 - a decrease of 1.3 per cent . Conception estimates include all pregnancies that lead to a maternity leading to birth or stillbirth , or an abortion . Teenage pregnancy rates and early motherhood is significant , as it is linked to poor educational achievement , poor physical and mental health , social isolation , poverty and related factors , the ONS note . The ONS believed the drop in the number of under-age pregnancies could be explained by several factors , including the improved programmes of sex and relationship education introduced by successive governments . Its report also stated that it could be due to a ` shift in aspirations of young women towards education ' or the ` perception of stigma associated with being a teenage mother ' . The Government has included the under 18 teenage conception rate as one of its three sexual health indicators in its Public Health Outcomes Framework , and it is one of the national measures of progress on child poverty . Professor Kevin Fenton , national director of Health and Wellbeing at Public Health England -LRB- PHE -RRB- , welcomed the fall in teenage conception rates . He said : ` Young people who have the highest rate of unplanned pregnancy and teenage parenthood can be at risk of a range of poor outcomes , such as poor educational achievement , poor physical and mental health , social isolation and poverty , so it is vital this downward trend is continued . ' He said one of PHE 's seven national priorities is ` ensuring every child has the best start in life ' , adding the authority are committed to working with local government to further reduce teenage conception rates ` because we know this is generally better for both parents and children ' . Health experts have hailed the fall in teenage conceptions , noting early motherhood increases a teenage girls ' risk of poor educational achievement , poor physical and mental health , social isolation and poverty . | In 2013-14 , women aged 30-34 gave birth to more babies than other groups . Smallest number of births recorded countrywide since 2006-07 . Figures shows a decrease in teenagers and young women giving birth . Report revealed an increase in babies delivered by Caesarean section . 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Beatrice Nokes , pictured , is suspected of grooming three young women to sell their bodies for sex . The daughter of two respected solicitors is accused of running an upmarket vice ring with a Scotland Yard detective . Beatrice Nokes , 21 , faces claims she incited a ring of prostitutes operating out of properties in Central London . The University College London chemistry student is suspected of grooming three young women to sell their bodies for sex . She is accused of running the vice ring in the capital last year with 37-year-old Met police officer Daniel Williams . He faces several further offences including voyeurism and hiding the profits of their activities in socks stuffed up the chimney of his home . It is understood he is accused of committing the crimes while on and off-duty , using a tablet computer to co-ordinate illicit liaisons while working . Nokes , a keen horsewoman , artist and charity fundraiser , is the daughter of two highly experienced legal professionals . Her father , Jonathan Nokes , 66 , is a partner at respected law firm Anthony Gold where he specialises in commercial property law . Her mother , Ceinwen Rowles , 59 , specialises in education law , discrimination and complaints and is taking a case to the European Court of Human Rights . They both accompanied her to Westminster Magistrates ' Court when she went before a judge for the first time last month . Yesterday , she appeared in the dock alongside Williams at Southwark Crown Court where their cases were formally joined . The pair , who sat at either end of the dock and did not speak or look at each other , spoke only to confirm their identities . The both face three charges of ` causing or inciting ' prostitution ` in the expectation of gain ' in September and October last year . Beatrice Nokes -LRB- pictured at Southwark Crown Court -RRB- is facing claims she incited a London prostitute ring . Nokes is accused of running the vice ring in the capital last year with 37-year-old Met police officer Daniel Williams who was based at Tooting police station in Wandsworth , South West London -LRB- pictured -RRB- before he was suspended from duty . Williams faces seven further charges including controlling prostitution for gain in the 10 months up until his arrest by anti-corruption colleagues on October 8 . The detective constable , who is suspended from duty , was based at Tooting police station in Wandsworth , South West London . He is accused of two counts of misconduct in a public office , firstly by running the prostitution ring and secondly by using police computers to check clients . A further charge alleges he concealed a ` large quantity of cash ' by stuffing it in socks and hiding it in the chimney of his Putney home . Several weeks after he was first arrested Williams was also accused of using high-tech hidden equipment to spy on unsuspecting women hotel guests . He is said to have watched the victims at the Jury 's Inn in Milton Keynes and The Mandolay Hotel , Guildford , Surrey , between January and October last year . Williams also faces charges of voyeurism after he was accused of using high-tech hidden equipment to spy on unsuspecting women hotel guests at the Jury 's Inn in Milton Keynes -LRB- left -RRB- and The Mandolay Hotel , Guildford , Surrey -LRB- right -RRB- . The court heard Williams , who wore a navy suit and purple tie , has been refused legal aid or financial support from the Police Federation . His barrister Paul Spreadborough said he was working for free for the detective until the legal funding is sorted out . ` The defendant did the alleged offences while acting as a police officer and faces charges of misconduct in a public office , ' he said . ` It is to that end that those instructing me were most surprised that the Police Federation have refused his funding on the basis it had nothing to do with police work . ' Williams , of Putney , South West London , and Nokes , of Islington , North London , were both released on conditional bail . They are expected to go on trial later this year . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article . | Beatrice Nokes allegedly ran a prostitute ring in Central London last year . She is suspected of grooming three women to sell their bodies for sex . Nokes is the daughter of two highly experienced legal professionals . The 21-year-old organised the sex ring Met police officer Daniel Williams . He also faces charges of voyeurism and concealing profits in his chimney . | [[102, 219], [220, 234], [242, 336], [459, 559], [1795, 1815], [1856, 1911], [1912, 2006], [0, 14], [28, 70], [0, 14], [41, 101], [337, 427], [337, 384], [398, 458], [1795, 1815], [1856, 1911], [102, 219], [102, 142], [154, 219], [873, 878], [933, 996], [102, 219], [102, 142], [154, 219], [578, 683], [658, 720], [2614, 2754], [2614, 2638], [2709, 2754], [3064, 3072], [3078, 3245]] |
Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin has said Nasa must commit to building a permanent settlement on the surface of Mars and sending astronauts there to colonise it . The second man to walk on the Moon told a special Senate subcomittee hearing that the United States needed to accept that crews sent to the Martian surface would not be coming back . Instead he said the US space agency needed to focus on sending people to Mars to stay to avoid the huge cost of bringing crews back home . Former Nasa astronaut Buzz Aldrin -LRB- above -RRB- said the US needs to commit to building a permanent Mars base . The made his comments while outlining his vision for how the US should lead the race to the red planet at the Senate Subcommittee on Space , Science , and Competitiveness . If private space venture Mars One has its way , Nasa could be beaten to put human feet on the surface of Mars . It is aiming to send four people chosen from a longlist of 100 applicants to the red planet in 2025 . The organisers behind the project play to send a supply mission to Mars as soon as October 2016 followed by a settlement rover in 2018 that would prepare for the astronauts . However the proposed mission has been widely criticised ever since it was first announced in 2011 . Lack of funding , no signs of technology development and an overly ambitious ` reality TV ' approach have all been cited as reasons that Mars One will never be more than a pipe dream . Others have warned that the project does not have access to the required techology to meet its timescales . Astronaut Chris Hadfield , former commander of the ISS , is among the critics , describing the project as having a ` self-defeating optimism ' . Igore Mitrofanov of the Space Research Institute at the Russian Academy of Sciences has warned that the doses of radiation that the colonisers could receive during the mission could pose a significant risk . He warned that the US risked being caught up and even beaten by other countries like China who are looking at sending people to Mars . The Apollo 11 pilot , who is now a campaigner for missions to Mars , said the next US president needed to commit by 2019 to building a permanently manned Martian base . In his evidence presented to the hearing , Mr Aldrin said : ` If we wish to retain American leadership in space , I believe that early in the next administration , the nation must commit to developing a permanent presence on Mars . ' He added : ` Focus on sending people to Mars to stay . The huge cost driver for Mars missions is the cost of bringing everyone back home after a relatively brief stay . ' I envision a program of settlement that schedules most of the crews who go to Mars will remain and establish a permanent settlement there . ' The former astronaut , who now spends much of his time promoting the US space programme around the world , was giving evidence alongside two other former Nasa astronauts Walt Cunningham , who was the pilot on Apollo 7 , and space shuttle mission specialist Michael Massimino . Mr Aldrin , who along with Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon for the first time on July 20 1969 , said that since the Apollo moon landings , the US had failed to demonstrate that it led the world in space exploration . He said that repeating the ` flags and footprints ' approach taken by the Apollo missions to the Moon , would not be enough to keep the US in the lead of the space race . Buzz Aldrin said the US space programme needed to go beyond putting ` flags and footprints ' on Mars -LRB- above -RRB- . Mr Aldrin said America had lost its leadership of the space race since the Apollo missions to the Moon . The 85-year-old said : ` Over the next few years we must choose whether we are to go forward as a nation and lead the extension of global civilization to a permanent presence beyond Low Earth Orbit , or to allow American leadership in space to erode over the next decades . ` American leadership is inspiring the world by consistently doing what no other nation is capable of doing . We demonstrated that for a brief time 45 years ago . I do not believe we have done it since . ` Another Apollo like mission to put flags and footprints on Mars does not ensure sustained leadership , and restarting a failed constellation program will only require one small step for China to catch up . ' Mr Aldrin was the second man to walk on the Moon -LRB- above -RRB- after Neil Armstrong on Apollo 11 , but says the US must now focus on putting astronauts on the surface of Mars where they will stay for the rest of their lives . Mr Aldrin has compiled what he describes as his Unified Space Vision , which includes using robots to build habitation structures on the Moon by around 2028 that could support future missions to Mars . He said that much of this could be conducted by commercial companies and for scientific activities . Setting out a timetable for the missions , he suggested deploying a cycling spacecraft that perpetually orbits between the Earth and Mars to reduce the amount of fuel needed to send habitable structures to Mars , which could be sent in advance of any astronauts . He added that most pioneers to the red planet would not be expected to return . He said that initially a crew of three could land on the Martian Moon Phobos before later transferring to the red planet itself . He said that this would probably not happen much before 2034 . He said : ` Every four and a half years the population of Mars will continue to grow as recurring outbound cyclers bring additional crews of up to 9 new inhabitants . ` The list of potential tasks the surface inhabitants of 18 might accomplish is far too long to enumerate in my remaining time , but I would just note that Steven Squires , the Principle Investigator of the Mars Pathfinder mission . once said that a single crew could accomplish in one week what took two rovers five years to do . ' During his evidence Mr Aldrin attempted to lighten the mood of the hearing by showing off a pair of planetary themed socks to those around him . Mr Aldrin 's evidence was briefly interupted when his mobile phone buzzed loudly , causing him to sheepishly fumble in is pocket . After 10 seconds of silence , US Senator Ted Cruz , the Texas Republican chairing the hearing , asked : ` Just tell us if that 's a call from the space station . 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Marie Holmes first day as a multi-millionaire started off as normally as possible - making breakfast for her four kids and aimlessly checking Facebook . It was when she was scrolling through her feed though that life changed forever . A friend posted the winning numbers to the $ 564million Powerball , so 26-year-old Holmes went and fetched her tickets . When she noticed that all the numbers matched she started screaming so loud that her three daughters and son thought something was wrong . ' I started screaming and stuff and my kids ran away from me and said I scared them ... they ran into the next room , ' Ms Holmes said on Good Morning America on Tuesday . Scroll down for video . Powerball winnter Marie Holmes appeared on Good Morning America on Tuesday and discussed the moment she realized she won $ 188million . Ms Holmes was cooking breakfast for her children and reading Facebook when she saw a post with the winning numbers , and saw that one of her tickets matched . Ms Holmes says she then called her mother and told her to come over , saying : ' I think I got the matching numbers ' . She fave her mother $ 15 to buy five tickets on the way to church , and later bought five more . When her mother arrived , they checked the numbers again and this time Ms Holmes had to run outside to release her utter excitement . Ms Holmes accepted a check for a lump-sum payment $ 188million on Monday in a press conference in her home state of North Carolina . But even though her newfound fortune is in the bank , the reality of her life as a millionaire still has n't sunk in . ' I still do n't believe it , ' she told GMA . ' I do n't know when I 'm actually going to believe it . ' Ms Holmes , a single mother , plans to spend her money getting her mother a new house , fixing up her gradmother 's house and setting up college funds for her children . But she insists she wo n't spoil the kids . ` They 're not going to get everything they want , ' she said . ` They 're going to learn . It 's a learning process . ' Ms Holmes accepted a $ 188million lump-sum payment at a press conference in North Carolina on Monday . She plans to use the money to buy a new house for her mother , fix up her grandmother 's house and set up a college fund for her children . While she plans to spend some of the money travelling , Ms Holmes is also eager to get back in the classroom and finish her education . She plans to study nursing . Holmes , one of three winners of the historic $ 564million jackpot , announced her winnings to a local news station two weeks ago . Holmes and her family live in a trailer in Shallotte , North Carolina -- just north of South Carolina on the coast . 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 . Ms Holmes is a single-mother to four children - three daughters and a son ages 9-months to 7-years-old . It 's beleived that Ms Holmes son has cerebral palsey . She intends to donate to a foundation that researches the disease . 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 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 . 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 . This is the trailer where Ms Holmes lives with her four children - but odds are she 'll be upgrading soon . She used to work at McDonald 's and Walmart before quitting to take care of her children . 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 . | Mother-of-four Marie Holmes is one of three winners of the recent $ 564million jackpot . 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A teacher from Connecticut has been accused of carrying on inappropriate relationships with two teenage students - and sexually assaulting one in the high school where she works . Allison J. Marchese , 37 , from Madison turned herself into police on charges of second-degree sexual assault and impairing the morals of a minor , police and school officials said . Police say they discovered inappropriate text messages - as well as sexy selfies of herself wearing only a thong and a bra . Mrs Marchese is now on paid leaving pending the outcome of an internal investigation . Harmless ? This ` selfie ' of Marchese ` dressed in only thong style underwear with her breast covered and her midriff exposed ' was sent to a student . After investigating for almost five weeks , police were able to get all of the information they needed ; including talking to people at the Daniel Hand High School , reviewing phone records , and locating some inappropriate pictures that were exchanged between the teacher and the student . Pending : Marchese , 37 , who has worked at the school district for 12 years and is a mother of two children , is on paid leave pending the outcome of an internal investigation . There were winking , smiling emoticons , flirtations , sexual hints and a ` selfie ' of Mrs Marchese ` dressed in only thong style underwear with her breast covered and her midriff exposed , ' according to police . The indiscretion was taking place directly under the nose of her husband , Robert Marchese , 39 , who not only taught at the same school but also in the same English department . Court records show that she struck up relationships with two teenage boys at the school and it was n't long before rumors started circulating in classrooms . In the arrest warrant affidavit , a 17-year-old student told police he received a selfie of Marchese scantily dressed . In her defense , the affidavit says Mrs Marchese said she sent the photo to her husband . In one instance , Mrs Marchese messaged the 17-year-old through Instagram to come to her classroom . The teen excused himself from a different class by pretending he needed the bathroom and headed to Room 347 where Mrs Marchese was allegedly waiting . ` Once in the room , they got into each other 's personal space and started to ` hook up ' which he described as kissing each other and she then started touching him ` downtown , '' the affidavit said . Fearing it was ` not safe , ' Marchese ` locked the classroom door and closed the blinds . ' She then performed a sex act on him , the affidavit said . After the summer break ended in September 2014 , the student wanted to cool the relationship off but Mrs Maechese was addicted as did not want their encounters to stop . She sent him a confusing Instagram message that said , ' I know when to stop , I know when to move on , but I know is different from I can , ' the affidavit said . Desperate to put an end to the encounters , the teenager then came up with a plan to blackmail Marchese , telling her that he would stay silent about their relationship if she gave him $ 200 . In response , the teacher let him know that her father had ` Mafia ties ' who would make sure he ` would never play football again , ' if he told anyone . The student finally gave in and reported the allegations to staff at the school . The police were contacted and the English teacher was arrested on January 7 WTNH-TV reports . Media message : At one point Marchese messaged the teen through Instagram to come to her classroom . The teen told the teacher whose class he was in at the time he had to use the bathroom and went to see Marchese . When police went to the school to look into the allegations they discovered that there were others with whom the teacher had behaved inappropriately with . Madison police investigators also interviewed 15-year-old student who claimed that he too had a relationship with Mrs Marchese , that began when he was 14 . Like the 17-year-old , much of the communication took place through Instagram . The student told investigators that Mrs Marchese had texted him to say that she could not concentrate on teaching her own class because he he was so attractive . The younger teen said Marchese messaged him ` nonstop ' the first week of summer vacation , including long messages expressing her feelings and trying to make him feel badly for not responding . The English teacher at Daniel Hand High School , Marchese is now on paid leave pending the outcome of an internal investigation . Playing with fire : Madison police began investigating Marchese in early January after the 17-year-old went to the principal . Silent : Nobody has been at home to speak to the press in recent days to discuss the allegations . ' I find the alleged conduct of this teacher vile and disgusting , ' Superintendent of Schools Thomas R. Scarice said . ` The bond of trust between a professional educator and a student is fragile and precious . The violation of this bond is nothing less than reprehensible . ' Broken down : Robert Marchese , 39 , who also teaches English at Daniel Hand has now filed for divorce against his wife . He is looking after their two children . Education officials have said they will take ` the ` most aggressive actions possible to see to it that any individual who abuses theirs bond is removed from the profession and brought to justice . ' Under state law , second-degree sexual assault is a felony that carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $ 10,000 . If the victim is under 16 years of age , the maximum sentence is 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $ 20,000 . Mrs Marchese had worked in the school district for 12 years and was a well regarded teacher . The school has put in place support services to help students who may need some support . Mrs Marchese 's husband , Rob , 39 , also teaches at the school . During an interview with Madison police in January , Robert Marchese told investigators that his wife had recently become obsessed with ` social media and working out . ' He said his wife told him she was having an ` inappropriate relationship ' with the 15-year-old , communicating with him in ` sexually explicit ways , ' and that she ` admitted having oral sex ' with the 17-year-old , the affidavit said . He also turned over tape recordings of a conversation he had with his wife in which she admitted those things , according to the affidavit . The couple have since filed for divorce . | Teacher Allison Marchese , 37 , pleaded not guilty to sexual assault charges . At least two students , age 15 and 17 , have come forward to say they had improper relationships with the English teacher . Marchese allegedly sent a selfie dressed in only thong underwear and a bra . On one occasion she encouraged a student to take bathroom break so that he could come and visit her classroom , according to police . With another teen , the teacher contacted a student through Instagram . She allegedly told him that she could not concentrate during class because he was so good-looking . 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Minnie Driver is dating writer Neville Wakefield - and the pair were happy to show off their romance as they made their public debut at New York Fashion Week , Daily Mail Online can reveal . The Brit star , 45 , and Neville , 51 , could not hide their affection for each other as they attended the Thomas Wylde show last Wednesday , cuddled up together and holding hands . Although the pair were spotted together at a Golden Globes bash in Los Angeles in January , this was the first time they had made a very affectionate public appearance . Minnie and her man : Minnie Driver and Neville Wakefield step out in public at the Thomas Wylde Maison show on February 18 at New York 's Lincoln Center . Cosy : Minnie Driver and Neville Wakefield looked extremely happy to be together at the fashion show . Neville , also a well-known art curator , has two teenage sons , Atticus and Jackson , with his ex-wife , esteemed stylist and former Vogue fashion editor Camilla Nickerson . The couple split after 10 years of marriage in 2004 . While Minnie has a six-year-old son Henry with former boyfriend , television writer Timothy J Lea . Minnie made mention of her Neville 's son in a tweet last week , writing : ` Text from boyfriend 's son renews humor after grumpy afternoon . ' However , Brit-born Neville , who lives in Manhattan near his ex-wife and children , did not accompany Minnie to the glittering Vanity Fair Oscars bash in LA on Sunday night , where she was joined by her friend Kevin Kollenda , who runs new media company Two Hustlers . As well as Matt Damon , the striking actress had were high-profile romances with John Cusack and Harrison Ford and an engagement to Josh Brolin . In February 2012 , she joked about her love life as she told The Guardian : ` There was one time I realised I 'd s **** ed a whole billboard ! My sister pointed it out when we were driving past and we laughed so hard . But oh , that 's so ... I 'm being so naughty . ' All smiles : Minnie Driver had a grin on her face as she made her public debut with Neville Wakefield . Touchy feely : Minnie Driver and Neville Wakefield held hands during the fashion show . Joke : Minnie posted a joke from one of Neville 's two teenage boys on her Twitter account . Minnie is currently starring on NBC sitcom About A Boy , however , the fate of the popular show is now unclear . The star has launched a petition to save the comedy and is still hoping it will be make a comeback . Before last week 's episode , she tweeted : ` Ok then , tonight is the last episode of About A Boy . ` We shot six more and maybe NBC will air them at some point . Have loved this show . ' Minnie 's spokeswoman was unavailable for comment . Lady in Lilac : Minnie Driver at the Vanity Fair Oscars bash on Sunday night in Los Angeles . Date for the night : Minnie took her friend , new media ` creative guru ' Kevin Kollenda to the Oscars party . | Mom-of-one Minnie is dating the divorced dad-of-two . The pair made public debut at New York Fashion Week - after first being spotted at Golden Globes bash . | [[0, 48], [55, 63], [75, 157], [382, 462], [564, 645]] |
The Brazilian government has deployed forces to one of Rio de Janeiro 's largest slums - in a clean-up operation which aims to reduce crime in the city ahead of the World Cup . Federal forces are here pictured entering the violence-plagued Complexo da Mare - one of Brazil 's biggest slums - ` favelas ' in Portuguese . These pictures show troops storming the favela bearing guns in bullet-proof vehicles while a helicopter circles above . The faces of the 130,000 residents who live on the Mare complex have also been pictured . Mare is formed of 16 separate communities and has been riddled with drugs and dominated by gangs and militias . It is close to Rio 's international airport , which means that visitors must drive past it on their way into the city . Senior officials have denied that the Mare clean-up is related to the World Cup - claiming that they aim to improve the lives of Rio favela residents . Today , daily life in one of Rio de Janerio 's biggest shanty towns was disrupted by military personnel in an attempted to clean up the city before the World Cup . Residents looked on bemusedly as armed federal officers in bullet-proof vests strode through the run-down streets in a bid to crack down on crime . This emaciated horse eating from a bin is not an uncommon sight in the violence-plagued Complexo da Mare , which is controlled by gangs and militias . Tanks were even rolled out into the complex early Sunday morning to carry more than 1,000 police and further military personnel on an impromptu patrol . Helicopters circle the Mare slum complex in Rio de Janeiro . The slum - ` favela ' in Portuguese - is home to some 130,000 residents . Residents walk through the slum as dozens of police officers , in camouflaged uniform hold machine guns from behind heavy-duty navy trucks . Residents are seen walking out of the favela as armed troops in bullet-proof vests storm in . Locals carried on with daily life as police officers and marines in uniform filed through the narrow streets . No shots have been fired so far . Police in the city have attracted widespread criticism for their heavy-handed approach to controlling drug crime in the city . Last year , police were charged after bricklayer Amarildo de Souza , who lived in the city 's biggest shanty town Roncinha , was tortured and murdered . Police were then charged with hiding his body . A special operations officer is pictured here in front of a graffiti drawing of Rio 's symbolic statue : Christ the Redeemer . Troops have stormed the favela to rid it of drug gangs and clamp down on violence . In the coming days , army soldiers will begin patrolling the virtually treeless , flat area of about two square miles in northern Rio that hugs the main road to the airport and is home to about 130,000 people . A navy tank drives behind a police van carrying scores of police officers holding machine guns . One soldier hides behind a wall as he point his gun towards the street . It was dusk in Rio when troops entered the favela . Navy tanks roll through the favela . The police community pacification unit , known as the UPP , will step in once federal forces have left the area . The UPP will then remain in the shanty town in order to keep peace and control any uprising . A couple walks along as a navy tank storms into the place where they live . The army presence in favelas across Rio has sparked rage across the city . Last week , protestors set fire to a police office in the city . A policeman stands next to a piece of graffiti bearing the words : ` Politicians and the UPP ' will die . The UPP is a special community officer group which steps in to keep peace in the favela once government troops have left . One police officer is pictured here holding a man up against a wall while he searches him . Troops took over the favela this afternoon - six weeks before the World Cup . Brazil will host the World Cup from June 14 and has been named host of the 2016 Olympics . The clean-up is an attempt to make Rio a safer place for tourists attending the events . Police wait outside an unknown house in the slum . Security forces will eventually set up permanent posts in Mare as part of the ` pacification ' programme that began in 2008 and is meant to secure Rio ahead of the World Cup and also the 2016 summer Olympics . Early evening today the troops stormed the favela . It is unknown how long the operation will last . Once troops leave a ` pacification ' force will be introduced into Mare . The BOPE paramilitary police unit have been patrolling streets since dusk . Once they leave a more long-term patrol force will be established in the favela . Police have installed 37 such posts in recent years in an area covering 1.5 million people . Please line up outside a boarded up pharmacy . They are pictured here in Nova Holanda , a part of the Mare slum complex . Three children sit on a sofa staring at the camera in the Complexo da Mare slum - one of the largest ` favelas ' in Rio de Janeiro . Today , Brazilan government forces will clear out the favela ahead of the World Cup which begins on June 14 . Little Jessica prepares to carry water from the one pipe with running water - available to dozens of residents in the impoverished area . Mare favela is located near to Rio 's international airport . Mother Quiva stands with her son Joao Vitor in the impoverished favela . The Mare complex has more than 13,000 residents . An ` pacification ' initiative was launched in 2010 by government forces to reclaim power of the city 's slums from armed gangs . Pictured here Louis Carlos de Sousa and Tania Gozalves at their home on the Complexo da Mare . Mare resident Joao Vitor kneels with a dog in the slum . The Complexo da Mare is close to Rio 's international airport , which means that visitors to Rio must drive past it on their way into the city . Jessica washes dishes at the one with with running water available to dozens of residents in the area . The Brazilian government has claimed that the clean-up operation will improved the quality of life of favela residents ' Rubbish litters the floor and graffiti covers the walls in the da Mare slum . The favelas are self-contained communities within the city and even have schools and local shops on site . Pacification officers , known as the UPP , will soon occupy and control life within the slum . UPP officers come in after federal troops ` clean-up ' a slum imprisoning drug dealers in an attempt to rid the favela of crime . Pictured behind the children are community posters advertising items that are up for sale . Mothers gather to chat in the Mare complex . From today UPP officers will occupy the slum , the government pacification program was launched in December 2011 . Louis Carlos de Sousa -LRB- right -RRB- and Tania Gonsalves stand in their home on the complex . Police in the city have attracted widespread criticism for their heavy-handed approach to controlling drug crime in the city . Joao Batista da Silva -LRB- left -RRB- and wife Gizelda Alves da Silva pose on their bed in the Complexo da Mare slum . Police have been criticised for violent control tactics in the slums . Last year , police were charged after bricklayer Amarildo de Souza , who lived in the city 's biggest shanty town Roncinha , was tortured and murdered . Friends hug in the complex while little Jessica washes dishes outside her home . ` Disappearances ' of shanty town residents have become widespread in the police clean-up operation . Mother Quiva stands in her home near son Joao Vitor . The police have been the subject of much controversy in the country . Last week . a police headquarters was burned down in a protest against government presence in the favelas . A Mare resident Louis Carlos de Sousa is pictured here . Since winning the World Cup host title and being chosen as host for the 2016 Olympics , Brazilian authorities have cracked down on violence and drug gangs in the country 's major cities . Joao Batista da Silva lives in the slum . A clean-up operation began on Rio 's biggest slum Rocinha in 2011 . In the clean-up helicopters circled the slum and troops charged into the favela in bullet-proof clothing . Community spirit is strong in the Brazilian slums where residents exist almost apart from the rest of society . Shanty towns in Rio are built into the hills weaved into the city . Rio has long been in the global spotlight for its slums and the drug-related violence . The government is hoping to change the face of the city with the upcoming World Cup . | 1,400 armed police and marines have stormed one of Brazil 's biggest slums in bulletproof trucks . Helicopters circle as scores of military point guns at residents as they walk through the streets in which they live . 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Hundreds of battle-weary troops flying home from Afghanistan endured a 48-hour delay at a sweltering Middle East airbase because of a farcical row over an aircraft 's damaged tyre . Box-ticking military chiefs refused to allow the RAF Voyager 's crew to swap a damaged tyre with one from a nearby international airport - because it would breach a # 10.5 billion private-finance deal , passengers claimed they were told . Instead , top brass sent a team with a new wheel on a 3,400-mile trip from the UK to the Gulf . Grounded : A RAF Voyager transporter aircraft flying British troops home from Afghanistan was delayed for 48 hours because of a row over replacing its spare tyre -LRB- file picture -RRB- . It meant more than 250 soldiers desperate . to see their families after six months fighting the Taliban were forced . to twiddle their thumbs at the base until the replacement arrived . Some servicemen were even forced to cancel their eagerly-awaited summer holidays because of the hold-up . The fiasco happened on July 16 as the . troops , including 100 members of the Royal Artillery , travelled from . Kandahar to RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire , via the United Arab . Emirates . As they prepared to depart Al Minhad Air Base , the Voyager was suddenly forced to abort take-off after striking a bird . A check of the stricken # 150million transport plane revealed the collision had punctured a tyre - which was replaced with a spare carried on board . However , during the emergency landing a second tyre was damaged and needed to be replaced before the plane could take off . The . disgruntled troops - already three days late returning to Britain . because of a broken-down plane in Afghanistan - were herded into huts . where temperatures touched a stifling 42C . Because . the Voyagers are militarised versions of the Airbus A330-200 passenger . jets , the RAF crew tried to source a new tyre from an international . airport in Dubai . Astonishingly , . senior military officers in the UK refused permission . Passengers were . told this was because it would invalidate the aircraft 's warranty under a . private-finance project signed with the AirTanker consortium in 2008 - . costing the Ministry of Defence extra money . The . deal , where the Government repays the cost of planes over 27 years , . apparently states all repairs must be carried out by engineers based in the UK . However , today , the MoD denied that the contract stated it has to use its own engineers . One soldier said : ` It was an absolute disgrace . The guys were furious . We were fobbed off with one excuse after another . ` It . was only a flat tyre . The aircrew said it would have taken an hour to . change and yet it ended up taking two days . There was almost a . mini-riot . ' Farcical : More than 250 soldiers had flown from Kandahar base -LRB- pictured -RRB- but were left stranded in the Middle East until a replacement wheel could be flown out from Britain . One of the reasons the RAF selected the A330-200 Airbus was because spare parts were available all around the world . The soldier told the Mail : ` We were told that the aircrew we trying to source a tyre locally and we should be back in the air in a few hours . ` Then the message came through that the RAF engineer chain of command had refused permission , claiming it could invalidate the warranty . ` There was a real protest . A lot of people were very frustrated , very angry . ` Some of the guys on board were returning to the UK to go on family holidays and were going to miss them . ` The story kept changing with every briefing we were given . One minute we were going to get spare tyres locally and the next we were n't . ` No one could believe it . What is the point of having a strategic aircraft which can only be repaired in the UK . It 's an absolute nonsense . ' The incident is the latest problem to hit the Voyagers , which were acquired by the previous Government for air-to-air refuelling and transporting troops . Three years ago the MoD 's deal to buy the planes from AirTanker was condemned as ` not value for money ' by MPs on the Commons ' Public Accounts Committee . And last year it emerged that the planes were failing to refuel RAF fighter jets . Technicians had to work out how to stop leaks that occurred when the pipes of the giant Voyagers were attached mid-flight to RAF Tornados to fill them up at the rate of 5,000 litres a minute . The MoD was also blasted by the National Audit Office , Britain 's spending watchdog , for ` astonishing failures ' because the planes can not be flown in warzones as they lack proper protection . An MoD spokesman said : ` We understand how much the chance to see loved ones means to our personnel and that is why any leave lost will be given back in line with standard policy . ` While we of course try to get service personnel home as quickly as possible , unforeseen circumstances can cause delays and safety has to be a priority . ` Flying replacement tyres out from the UK on the next available aircraft was the quickest solution available . ' | RAF Voyager aircraft was left with a tyre problem after being hit by bird . Crew could have swapped tyre with one from a nearby . international airport . But top brass ` feared it would breach a # 10.5 billion . private-finance deal ' Instead a new wheel had to be flown 3,400-miles from the UK to the Gulf . | [[1238, 1311], [1312, 1408], [1374, 1442], [182, 318], [321, 382], [2775, 2783], [2786, 2808], [2853, 2960]] |
Another former model has come out accusing beleaguered comedian Bill Cosby of plying her with alcohol and sexually assaulting her more than three decades ago . Heidi Thomas , a 54-year-old music teacher from Colorado and a married mother of three daughters , this week added her voice to a chorus of allegations against the comic . More than a dozen women have publicly accused Cosby , 77 , of sexual misconduct in recent months , many of them claiming that America 's beloved TV dad took advantage of them while they were intoxicated . Cosby and his attorney have staunchly and repeatedly denied all the allegations . Scroll down for video . One more accuser : Heidi Thomas -LRB- left -RRB- , a married mother of three from Colorado , claims that Bill Cosby -LRB- right -RRB- sexually assaulted her in 1984 when she came out to Reno to get an acting lesson from him . Lawyer Martin Singer said in a statement to CNN that it defies common sense that ` so many people would have said nothing , done nothing , and made no reports to law enforcement or asserted civil claims if they thought they had been assaulted over a span of so many years . ' In 1984 , Heidi Thomas , nee Johnson , was a 24-year-old model from Denver , Colorado , who was dreaming of a career in acting . Thomas was being represented by the city 's top modelling agency , JF Images , but by 1984 she was questioning whether or not she wanted to stay in the business . Then one day in the spring of 1984 , she got a call from an agent who told her that a famous entertainer was searching for young talent to mentor . Thomas said that Annie Maloney , of JF Images , instructed her to travel to Reno , Nevada , where she was supposed to meet with Bill Cosby , who allegedly had expressed interest in becoming her acting coach . Years of silence : Thomas , pictured left with her husband and right with her father , says she kept quiet all these years because she felt somehow responsible for what happened to her . Cosby was already a famous comedian by that time but not yet a household name , as the premiere of his trailblazing sitcom The Cosby Show was still five months away . The stand-up comic was performing April 4 , 1984 , at Harrah 's Hotel and Casino in Reno , and Thomas was told to meet him there for a coaching session . When the tall , slender model arrived in Nevada , she was picked up from the airport in a limousine . But instead of taking her to Harrah 's , the driver transported Thomas to a private home on the outskirts of town , telling her that a friend had lent Cosby the property so he would n't be assailed by paparazzi . Bill Cosby greeted Thomas at the entrance and ushered her inside , according to the woman . The aspiring actress began by performing a monologue for Cosby , who then asked her to do a cold read of a person who was intoxicated . Thomas said Bill Cosby was not impressed because to his mind , she was not convincing as a drunk . Change of heart : Mrs Thomas , seen here with her husband , decided to speak out about the 1984 incident after learning that her mother knew about it . Heidi Thomas recalled that Cosby wanted her to relax , so he poured her a glass of Chablis . The married music teacher said that her memory of the next several hours is very hazy , but when she woke up later that night , she found herself in bed next to a naked Bill Cosby who was ` forcing himself ' in her mouth . According to the woman , the married comedian then got on top of her and said to her : ` I 'm your friend ... your friend is gon na -LSB- ejaculate -RSB- again , ' according to the 54-year-old mother of three . Thomas said she was confused as to what happened and eventually stormed out of the room and slammed the door behind her , but she later apologized to Cosby for being rude . Thomas ' memory of the remainder of her four-day trip to Reno is foggy . She recalled riding with Cosby to Harrah 's and having a drink with him before the show , but not much else . She could not even recall calling her mother from Reno to tell her that she had done something ` wrong , ' or getting on a plane to go home . Thomas also had no memory of being picked up by her parents at the airport in Denver . Months later , Heidi Thomas attended Bill Cosby 's show in St Louis and went backstage to meet him , but she never brought up their encounter in Reno . The former model kept the incident a secret from everyone for three decades , believing that she was somehow to blame for what happened . But Thomas said she had a change of heart a couple of weeks ago when her mother , Greta Lea Johnson , finally told her about the disturbing phone call from Reno 30 years ago . Mrs Johnson said she kept mum about the conversation with her daughter all these years because she wanted things to go back to normal . ` I finally find out that she knows , that dad knows , that they are supporting me if I want to go public ... Then it became full steam ahead , I want to empower people , ' Heidi Thomas told CNN . | Cosby 's latest accuser is Heidi Thomas , 54 , a music teacher and married mother of three from Colorado . Thomas claims when she was 24 years old and working as a model , Bill Cosby lured her to a home in Reno , Nevada , and assaulted her . The accuser says she does n't remember much of her four-day trip past the point when Cosby offered her a glass of Chablis . 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A British soldier who suffered life-changing injuries while serving in Afghanistan after being hit by a roadside bomb has been found dead at his home in Manchester . Private Bradley Paul , 23 , was heading up a supply patrol in Helmand Province in 2012 when an explosion severed an artery in his neck and left him with multiple fractures . He was airlifted back to the UK and spent 12 months recovering , but also began fighting an ` internal struggle ' to come to terms with his injuries , his commanding officer Captain Chris Middleton said . Private Bradley Paul , 23 , had an artery in his neck severed and sustained several fractures after being hit with an IED while serving in Afghanistan , and was medically discharged from the Army a year later . Private Paul , who served with the 1st Battalion , The Mercian Regiment , was medically discharged from the Army last year , and found dead at home in Altrincham , Greater Manchester , last week . Police say he was found with a neck injury and the death is not being treated as suspicious . Private Paul 's family say they are now working to raise awareness of mental health issues facing former soldiers , and are appealing for donations to fund a full military funeral . They have so far raised # 8,000 , and say they have been overwhelmed by messages of support . In a message posted on the Gofundme website , Private Paul 's mother , Sam Paul , said that her son would be ` smiling down ' if he could see the outpouring of emotion . After being wounded Mr Bradley was flown to the UK where he spent 12 months recovering . Despite his progress , he was found dead at his home in Manchester with a neck injury . Captain Chris Middleton , who was Private Paul 's commanding officer during his time in Helmand , said he lost his battle with an ` internal struggle ' to come to terms with his injuries -LRB- Private Paul pictured right -RRB- . She said : ` I 'm overwhelmed b . y all the donations and messages on this page . Thank you so much every one of you on behalf of Brad 's family . ' I know Brad will be smiling down on you all to see how loved he is . Thank you again and much love to you all . ' His aunt , Lauraine Cover , thanked Private Paul 's commanding officer in Afghanistan , Captain Chris Middleton , for launching the appeal . She added : ` Thanks to all the caring , generous people who have donated , you are all amazing . ' The family are also promoting the work of charity Combat Stress , which works to provide clinical support and treatment for veterans with psychological wounds . If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this story , then you can contact Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 or Combat Stress on 0800 138 1619 . | Bradley Paul , 23 , had artery in neck severed by roadside bomb in Helmand . Flown back to UK where he spent a year coping with life-changing injuries . But was found dead in home in Manchester last week with ` neck injury ' If you have been affected by issues in this story , contact Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 or Combat Stress on 0800 138 1619 . | [[0, 17], [60, 117], [0, 165], [258, 300], [545, 565], [573, 638], [0, 17], [22, 82], [340, 371], [340, 342], [376, 402], [340, 342], [414, 488], [1493, 1543], [1537, 1543], [1550, 1581], [1493, 1498], [1537, 1543], [1550, 1552], [1562, 1581], [0, 165], [953, 1009], [1603, 1648], [2564, 2610], [2634, 2715]] |
Isis terrorists have blown up the Mosul Public Library , sending 10,000 books and more than 700 rare manuscripts up in flames . Leading members of Mosul society reportedly tried to stop the fanatics destroying the building , but failed . The director of the library , Ghanim al-Ta ` an , said that the extremists used homemade bombs in the attack , which took place on Sunday . Demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they carry the group 's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul . Members of the terrorist group have destroyed the city 's public library . Iraqis look at books on al-Mutanabi Street , home to the city 's book market in central Baghdad . Iraq is home to a great many culturally significant books and manuscripts . He told Middle Eastern website Geran : ` ISIS militants bombed the Mosul Public Library . They used improvised explosive devices . ' Presumed destroyed are the Central Library 's collection of Iraqi newspapers dating to the early 20th century , maps and books from the Ottoman Empire and book collections contributed by around 100 of Mosul 's establishment families . Mosul blogger Rayan al-Hadidi , according to The Fiscal Times , said : ` Nine hundred years ago , the books of the Arab philosopher Averroes were collected before his eyes ... and burned . One of his students started crying while witnessing the burning . Averroes told him ... the ideas have wings ... but I cry today over our situation . ' Isis first invaded the Central Library in January . Residents say the extremists smashed the locks that had protected the biggest repository of learning in the northern Iraq town , and loaded around 2,000 books -- including children 's stories , poetry , philosophy and tomes on sports , health , culture and science -- into six pickup trucks . They left only Islamic texts . ` These books promote infidelity and call for disobeying Allah . So they will be burned , ' a bearded militant in traditional Afghani two-piece clothing told residents , according to one man living nearby who spoke to The Associated Press . The man , who spoke on condition of anonymity because he feared retaliation , said the Islamic State group official made his impromptu address as others stuffed books into empty flour bags . Presumed destroyed are the Central Library 's collection of Iraqi newspapers dating to the early 20th century , maps and books from the Ottoman Empire and book collections contributed by around 100 of Mosul 's establishment families . Since the Islamic State group seized a third of Iraq and neighboring Syria , they have sought to purge society of everything that does n't conform to their violent interpretation of Islam . They already have destroyed many archaeological relics , deeming them pagan , and even Islamic sites considered idolatrous . Increasingly books are in the firing line . Mosul , the biggest city in the Islamic State group 's self-declared caliphate , boasts a relatively educated , diverse population that seeks to preserve its heritage sites and libraries . In the chaos that followed the U.S.-led invasion of 2003 that toppled Saddam Hussein , residents near the Central Library hid some of its centuries-old manuscripts in their own homes to prevent their theft or destruction by looters . But this time , the Islamic State group has made the penalty for such actions death . A University of Mosul history professor , who spoke on condition he not be named because of his fear of the Islamic State group , said the extremists started wrecking the collections of other public libraries in December . He reported particularly heavy damage to the archives of a Sunni Muslim library , the library of the 265-year-old Latin Church and Monastery of the Dominican Fathers and the Mosul Museum Library with works dating back to 5000 BC . | Extremists used improvised explosive devices to blow up Mosul library . Presumed destroyed are its significant collection of Iraqi newspapers . Maps and books from the Ottoman Empire have also been burned . Isis said it will kill anyone privately hoarding books or manuscripts . | [[0, 54], [238, 265], [288, 346], [525, 599], [782, 810], [815, 863], [864, 904], [907, 983], [2291, 2367], [967, 1078], [2351, 2462], [3312, 3321], [3324, 3393]] |
Jill Elizabeth Evans , 54 , a former head teacher , allegedly allowed a caretaker to supervise a primary school class while the teacher had a haircut . A respected primary school head allowed a caretaker to supervise a class while the teacher had a haircut , a disciplinary hearing has been told . Jill Elizabeth Evans allegedly permitted the professional hairdresser to come to Heolgerrig Primary School in Merthyr Tydfil during school hours to cut staff members ' hair . On one occasion , the school caretaker was left in charge of the class for 20 minutes while the teacher made a trip to the makeshift salon . Mrs Evans , a teacher for more than 20 years , also allegedly encouraged pupils to disrupt supply teachers ' lessons and employed her future daughter-in-law in a role that had not been advertised , the hearing heard . The 54-year-old is also accused of bullying eight members of staff and flouting health and safety rules , which are said to have put pupils at risk . Mrs Evans denies all nine charges of ` unacceptable behaviour ' , which relate to her time as head teacher between 2007 and 2010 . Yvonne Mahoney , who worked as a Learning Support Assistant -LRB- LSA -RRB- at Heolgerrig during the period of the alleged misconduct , told the hearing : ` Haircuts always extended into classroom time . ` Classes were left unsupervised from qualified staff . ' Presenting the allegations , Martin Jones told the General Teaching Council that another charge related to Mrs Evans allegedly allowing children to play football around building work . She is also alleged to have misused around # 1,500 of grant funding that had been attained to pay for a ` Success Maker ' education package , which would buy support software for staff . But , in his opening remarks , Gwilym Roberts-Harry , who represents Mrs Evans , said that all witnesses in the case ` had a grudge to bear ' against his client . He said that ` ulterior motives were going on ' against Mrs Evans , who he said had been recognised in a number of Estyn and HMI school inspections . Mrs Mahoney told the hearing how Mrs Evans ` wanted to control everyone and everything ' and would often take away a teacher 's preparation , planning and assessment entitlement , time used for members of staff to catch up with marking and lesson planning . The teacher worked at Heolgerrig Primary School -LRB- pictured -RRB- in Merthyr Tydfil between 2007 and 2010 . Mrs Mahoney said : ` If she -LRB- Evans -RRB- had an issue with a member of staff she , would change their PPA timetable to cause a nuisance for them . She told me that . ' She also alleged that Mrs Evans would encourage pupils to ` play-up ' and be disruptive in front of supply teachers they did not like . ` This was a common theme for Jill , ' Mrs Mahoney said . ` She would encourage this disrespect for supply teachers , to see how the supply teachers would handle it . ' Mrs Mahoney was asked whether she knew that a classroom assistant appointed in 2009 was in a relationship with Mrs Evans ' son - a fact Mrs Evans claims to have been unaware of . Mrs Mahoney said : ` They were definitely in a relationship , and got engaged either just before or just after she started at the school . Jill told me herself . ' She said that the role had not been advertised . The hearing in Cardiff continues . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article . | Jill Elizabeth Evans worked at Heolgerrig Primary School , Merthyr Tydfil . She allegedly allowed hairdresser on site for staff to use in school hours . 54-year-old also allegedly willed pupils to disrupt supply teachers ' classes . Also hired son 's partner in unadvertised role and bullied staff , it is claimed . Mrs Evans denies nine charges of ` unacceptable behaviour ' at hearing . | [[2318, 2371], [2387, 2397], [2340, 2428], [298, 442], [614, 623], [666, 730], [2602, 2605], [2611, 2717], [774, 780], [786, 809], [832, 935], [3264, 3298], [982, 1043]] |
Connor Watts was at an office leaving party when he got drunk and passed out on his train home . A teenage insurance worker had to call police to get rescued after he passed out in a train toilet on a drunken night out and woke up in a deserted depot . Connor Watts , 19 , had gone for drinks at an after work leaving party on Thursday before taking his normal route from London Cannon Street to his home in Gillingham , Kent , at around 11.30 pm . But on the journey back he started to feel ill and went to the train toilets to be sick where he ended up passing out . After more than two hours he woke up and went back to his seat in the carriage where he sat for about 20 minutes before realising he was the only person on the train and it was n't moving . Mr Watts was due to change trains at Dartford , Kent , to meet his connecting train to Gillingham , but because he had been in the toilet he missed it and ended up locked in the train at Dartford 's depot . The teenager , who is currently doing temp work at Howden Insurance Brokers , said : ` There was quite a big group of us that had gone out for a leaving do to a bar called Agenda . ` I 'd had quite a long day and had been up since 5.30 am for work . I was also drinking on empty stomach , which was n't a good idea . ' I remember getting the 11.40 pm train and going into Tesco to buy a spicy wrap , but I did n't realise it was so spicy so I went to the toilet on the train and then I was sick and must have passed out . ' I came round but did n't realise I 'd passed out so I sat on a seat and I was still feeling a bit ill . I was n't really paying attention and sat there for about 20 minutes and then I realised we were n't moving and I was the only one on the train . ' He explained that he looked outside and although it was dark he could see other trains parked up and worked out he was in a depot . He posted on Twitter the next morning about his night out , telling his 489 followers that he woke up ` trapped on a train ' He explained that when he woke the train lighting and heating was still on and it took him 20 minutes to realise it was n't moving anywhere . He was left with a # 40 taxi bill to get back to his home in Gillingham . A picture of the depot looking down the side of the train -LRB- left -RRB- that Mr Watts took as he got off the train . ` The train I was on still had its lights on and the heating on so I think that 's why it took me a while to realise . ` When I tried the door it was locked so I called the police and just said I was stuck on the train . They sent someone who works there to come and let me off . ` He found it quite funny and was laughing and said something like ` at least you 've got a story to tell everyone tomorrow ' . ` He said they normally check the train but I think it was because I was in the toilet , but they should check them really . It could have been a different story . ' The Southeastern rail worker let him out a side gate at the depot and Mr Watts , who lives with his mother , walked back to the train station where he made attempts to call a taxi . ' I knew that most people would be asleep so I did n't bother ringing my mum and the people I had been out with all live in London so I tried calling a taxi . ` It took me a while to eventually get one and it cost me # 40 to get home . I did n't get back until 4am and luckily I had booked the next day off otherwise I would have been up again at 5.30 am . ' Mr Watts said this is the first time something like is ever happened but did n't feel embarrassed by the situation and decided to share what happened on his Twitter page . A spokesperson from the British Transport Police said : ` We were contacted at around 2.15 am on Friday , 20 February , by a passenger who had fallen asleep on a train and woken up in a depot in Dartford . ` Officers contacted colleagues from Southeastern , who attended the depot and escorted the man from the train . ' They added that it is quite rare for police to get a call of this nature unless a crime has been committed but that they were happy to help in this situation . Connor Watts , left , on a recent night out with friends , says this is the first time anything like this has happened to him . He had fortunately booked the next day off work after getting home at 4am . Michelle Ulyatt , from Southeastern Railway , said : ` Our control centre received a call from British Transport Police in the early hours of Friday 20 February to advise that a passenger was still on board one of our trains at Dartford sidings . ` We contacted the passenger to reassure him and advise that a member of staff was on the way to unlock the train and assist him . Our station team escorted him from the train . ` Our station staff check all trains that terminate at Dartford station before they proceed to the sidings or run to the depot at the close of service . ` We are currently investigating why we did not discover the passenger on board on this occasion and will put in place learning points required as a result of this incident . ' This map shows the route that Connor Watts should have taken , starting at London Cannon Street Station and ending at Gillingham in Kent , but after passing out in the toilet he ended up at Dartford depot station . The depot is about a five minute walk from Dartford Station , where Mr Watts had to walk down a road , past a Wickes store , across a bridge and back to the station where he waited for a taxi to take him home . | Connor Watts , 19 , had gone for drinks with colleagues for after work party . He started to feel ill on his train journey home from London to Gillingham . Insurance worker went to the train toilet where he was sick and passed out . Woke up later and realised he was only one on train and it was stopped . Mr Watts was locked in so rung police who sent train worker to let him out . 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A Scottish mansion has sold for # 4million in what is thought to have been the biggest sale north of the border since the financial crash . With nine bedrooms , a cinema room , gym and seven-acre garden , Hillwood House has been trumpeted as a sign of Scotland 's recovery , though it still costs the same as a three-bed flat in London 's South Kensington . The house with its own mock-turret on the slopes of Corstorphine Hill , Edinburgh , was once home to the MacKinnon family , who owned the rights to Drambuie for a century before selling the alcohol brand in September . Plush : Hillwood House in Edinburgh has sold for # 4million , making it what is believed to be Scotland 's biggest post-crash property sale . Lavish : The kitchen of the luxury home , which was built in the late 1800s and housed the family behind the Drambuie alcohol brand . Room with a view : Property analysts say Scotland 's market is creeping up to the level it attained in 2007 , but it is not there yet . Big : But the nine-bedroom mansion still costs less than a three-bedroom apartment in London 's district of South Kensington . The sprawling home has sold for almost # 1million more than Scotland 's previous post-crash record holder , a mansion in one of Aberdeen 's most exclusive streets which fetched # 3million last year . And its price is close to that fetched by Scotland 's most expensive home ever sold - Seton Castle in Longniddry , East Lothian , which dotcom millionaires Stephen Leach and Heather Luscombe bought for # 5million just before the crash in 2007 . Built in 1872 a few miles from the city centre , Hillwood House was restored before going on sale last year and includes period features and a private tennis court . It is perhaps best-known for its links to Scottish industry , having been home to the MacKinnon family which owned the Drambuie blend of whisky , honey , herbs and spices for more than 100 years . Legend claimed Bonnie Prince Charlie handed the recipe to a Captain John MacKinnon -LRB- no relation -RRB- for helping him escape to the Isle of Skye after defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746 . Dreaming of summer : The house backs on to seven acres of private garden and has its own tennis court . The buyer 's identity is unknown . Relax : Its price is close to that fetched by Scotland 's most expensive home ever sold - Seton Castle in Longniddry , East Lothian . Living room : Sales of # 1million-plus homes in Scotland are on the rise , with 146 properties fetching seven figures last year . It was then reportedly passed to hotel owner John Ross in 1873 , after which he began serving it to his guests on the Isle of Skye . The name is said to have come from the Gaelic ` an dram buidheach ' , meaning ` the drink that satisfies ' . In the early 20th Century the recipe 's rights were sold to Malcolm MacKinnon , no relation to the Captain who originally obtained it . With a few cases of the drink bottled in Edinburgh , he founded an empire which has now made Drambuie one of Britain 's most popular spirits . Hillwood House was still the Scottish base of Drambuie until around a decade ago , but the brand was sold by the MacKinnon family in September last year to the makers of rival spirit Glenfiddich . Sales of # 1million-plus homes in Scotland are on the rise , and yesterday it emerged 146 properties fetched seven figures last year - up from 137 in 2013 . Bathroom : The grand house 's facilities have the feel of a hotel sauna - useful for relaxing after a match on its private tennis court . Cinema room : The house has the sort of facilities which would normally be reserved for the ` iceberg basements ' of the mega-rich . Keeping fit : The house 's private gym . One estate agent claimed . ` Confidence has returned . People -LRB- buyers -RRB- act by following each other ' Alan Fraser , of the Edinburgh-based Investment Property Agency , claimed sales such as Hillwood House will become more prevalent over the next few years . ` Confidence has returned , ' he said . ` People act by following each other . After seven years of property recession people are realising they need to get on with their lives . ' Blair Stewart , a partner at Strutt & Parker , which sold the house , declined to comment on the sale or confirm the price . But he said 66 sales in excess of # 1million were recorded in Edinburgh last year . ' 2014 's figures were slightly up on the previous three years but still only represents 52 per cent of the total sales at the peak of the market in 2007 , ' he added . ` Transactions in this sector are still a long way off the boom years of 2007/2008 . ' Eat in style : Despite its modern interiors , there are some rooms in the now-sold house which have been kept to a period effect . Gardens : The house is on the side of Corstorphine Hill , Edinburgh , and is a few miles from the city centre . Competition : Its price is close to that fetched by Scotland 's most expensive home ever - Seton Castle in Longniddry , East Lothian -LRB- above -RRB- . | Hillwood House near the city centre has nine bedrooms , cinema room , gym and tennis court in seven-acre garden . Built in 1872 , it was once home to the MacKinnon family which owned the Drambuie whisky brand for 100 years . Now it has sold for almost # 4million , beating a previous post-crash record set last year by # 3m Aberdeen mansion . 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The missing plane MH370 could have been ` cyber-hijacked ' using advanced electronic warfare technology , a new book co-written by a former lead Law and Order : SVU actor suggests . The controversial theory is one among several canvassed in the new 257-page essay Someone Is Hiding Something , which also asks whether UFOs could be responsible for its disappearance . The book was co-written by actor Richard Belzer - better known as detective John Munch in the syndicated fictional crime drama - radio host George Noory and author David Wayne . It 's the latest in a series of publications and documentaries published since the plane went missing , with some aviation experts writing off the ` cyberhijacking ' theory as ` far fetched ' . On the hunt : Actor Richard Belzer is one of three authors of a new book examining various theories about the fate of missing flight MH370 . Actor and author Richard Belzer -LRB- pictured as Detective John Munch in Law and Order -RRB- has turned his attention to the hunt for missing flight MH370 . No wreckage of the missing plane has been located by official search parties . The Boeing 770-300 vanished on March 8 2014 . But Perth widow Danica Weeks , whose husband Paul was on board , said that while she has been ` bombarded ' with theories brought about by a slew of books , she has now become ` numb ' to them . ` Someone 's got to be right , ' she said . ' I myself ca n't explain how such a sophisticated plane can just disappear . ' The current phase of the MH370 search will conclude in May , with the head of Australian Transport Safety Bureau saying he is hopeful the wreckage will hopefully be found in the next few months . The head of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has said he is optimistic the plane will be found by May . ` POSSIBLE THEORIES ' PUBLISHED IN THE BOOK . ` CYBERJACKING ' The authors believe the idea the plane was downed by ` cyberjackers ' is among the more credible possibilities . ` Cyber hijacking is about the only possibility that fits the above circumstances insofar as the known evidence regarding the actions of the plane , ' the book said . ` We 're not saying that 's what happened . The evidence , at this juncture , is inconclusive . ` We are saying that the official version of `` We lost the plane and it may never be found '' is an obvious ruse and a very weak one at that . ` What we keep hearing as the official explanation of this case has got more holes in it than Swiss cheese -- and a pretty `` holey '' batch of Swiss cheese . ' Investigators searching for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 say they could finish scouring the priority zone by May , more than a year after it vanished , if there are no delays . ` LANDED AT A MILITARY BASE ' One of the most popular theories circulated online is that the flight was diverted to a U.S. military base in the Indian Ocean , on the island of Diego Garcia . It 's a theory that still ` can not be ruled out ' , the authors contend . ` All in all , the evidence indicates that diverting Flight 370 to Diego Garcia , by whatever means , for whatever reasons , can not be ruled out as a possibility . ` And we 're not saying that we know what those reasons are , or that that is definitively what happened to Flight 370 . ` But we are saying that diversion to Diego Garcia can not currently be eliminated as a possibility , ' they write . The initial international search effort involved more than a dozen planes and at least nine ships . ` MISSILE SHOOT DOWN ' An ` accidental or intentional ' strike followed by ` surreptitious debris retrieval ' is highlighted as another theory by the authors . Given the widespread debris that would such an attack would cause , the authors suggest that the enormous search afterwards was ` actually part of a larger plan to discreetly recover and destroy what little evidence of the aircraft remained after the strike ' . Search team : International search crews have been unable to locate the missing flight in the Indian Ocean . ` ALIEN CONTACT ' Co-author George Noory , who runs a US radio show that examines ` unexplained phenomena ' , told the Nine Network on Wednesday the possibility of alien intervention was ` fantastic , but possible ' . In the book itself , the authors admit the eyebrow-raising possibility is rather unlikely , noting there is ` no evidence ' so far . But the truth is out there , they write . ` So , how does the possibility of alien life relate to Malaysia Flight 370 , one might ask ? That 's a damn good question . We have no idea . ` It 's just that it 's something that a discernible percentage of the population actually believes in and - if it is true - it 's an unknown that some apparently believe could possibly explain many otherwise unexplainable things , including the bizarre circumstances of Flight 370 . The ADV Ocean Shield -LRB- pictured -RRB- , an Australian vessel , was involved in the initial search for the downed plane . USE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES . The book posits that an advanced kind of electronic warfare technology could be deployed to ` hide ' the missing plane . ` Today 's electronic warfare -LRB- EW -RRB- capability includes weaponry that can hide planes , ' the authors write in one passage . Despite the lack of any evidence indicating sabotage , the book concludes the use of a ` cloaking technique ' ` remains possible ' . Someone Is Hiding Something : What Happened to Flight MH370 by Richard Belzer , David Wayne and George Noory is published by Nero and on sale now . | New book co-written by Law and Order star suggests ` cyber-hijacking ' a plausible theory . The Malaysia Airlines flight has been missing for nearly a year after it vanished on March 8 . Authorities believe it most likely crashed into an arc of the Indian Ocean , west of Australia . ` Fantastic , but possible , ' one of the authors told the Nine Network of the possibility of alien interference - to some scepticism . | [[0, 103], [106, 119], [120, 158], [368, 424], [740, 751], [754, 812], [1852, 1964], [1118, 1163], [2533, 2672], [4030, 4052], [4122, 4156], [4030, 4039], [4176, 4210]] |
A seal that was left struggling to breathe after being born with illegal netting around its neck which dug in to leave a gaping wound was able to swim away unrestricted for the first time in its life after being freed by rescuers . Video footage shows the seal struggling to escape as the net bit into its skin as it lay helpless on a beach in Shetland , where it was stranded for three days as rescuers battled bad weather to reach it . The animal appeared to be choking to death but the moment it was cut free it made its way for the open sea , stealing a look back at its rescuers as if in a nod to say thank you . Scroll down for video . Rescuers found a seal with a deep gaping wound around its neck , which had been cut by a net the animal was likely to have been caught up in since it was born . The animal was choking and struggling to breathe . Shortly after being freed from the net the seal made for the sea and turned around quickly to look at rescuers . The monofilament wires of the net - illegal in the UK for almost 30 years - may have been wrapped around the seal 's neck for up to a year . The animal is likely to have been in agony as it grew from a pup and the net cut deeper into its neck as it got larger . Experts believe the wound will eventually be healed by the sterilising effect of seawater and that the seal will make a full recovery . The animal was first spotted on a beach on Saturday in Fethaland on the northern tip of the mainland . The weather was so bad that rescuers could not get to the area for three days . Jan Bebington , who runs the Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary along with husband Pete , said : ` We managed to get down on Tuesday but we almost gave up when we could n't find the seal . Thankfully , as we were leaving the beach someone spotted it and we were able to help . ` The net was cutting really deeply into its throat and it could hardly breathe . We covered its head so it would n't be startled or bite , and after about five minutes managed to cut all the monofilament off . The seal was found lying helplessly on a beach in Shetland , choking and struggling to breathe or move . Rescuers worked hard to free the seal from the net , which had been wrapped around its neck for a year . Rescuers approached the animal and cut away the illegal netting , freeing it for the first time in its life . ` The seal just lay there very still the whole time - I think it could tell we were trying to help it . ` However , as soon as the net was off it rocketed into the sea . It was lovely to see and it even turned around one last time before disappearing . ' Mrs Bebington said the seal was in such pain it would have been unable to dive for food and would have had intense difficulty eating and breathing . She said : ` If we had n't found it , it would have died a slow and very horrible death . It was already very thin and emaciated so it would n't have eaten for a long time . Mrs Bebington said that finding seals in this condition was a ` regular occurrence ' and made a plea to fishermen not to abandon their nets . Shortly after the seal was released it made a dash for the sea , making the most of its new freedom . Experts believe the salt in the sea water will disinfect the wound , and allow the deep cut to heal properly . Rescuers urged people to stop using the illegal nets to prevent more animals being caught up in them . Monofilament nets were banned in 1986 because of the impact they were having on the environment . ` This type of netting is now illegal , but unfortunately a lot is still floating around in the sea , ' she added . ' I would urge fishermen to not abandon their nets in the sea , and if anyone sees nets floating around to pick them up and take them away from the beach . ' Monofilament nets consist of thin mesh-like plastic wires which used to be popular for catching fish . They are cheap to produce and are effective as their clear colouring makes it hard for fish to spot them before it is too late . However , in 1986 , the use of monofilament nets for inshore fishing in Scotland was made illegal , due to the environmental impact they were causing and to protect salmon stocks . A Scottish SPCA spokesperson said : ` We would urge anyone fishing to show consideration to the natural environment and its wild inhabitants . It 's vital that people make sure they clear away every last piece of fishing equipment as it could save an animal 's life . ' | WARNING : GRAPHIC CONTENT . Seal was born with an illegal monofilament net wrapped around its neck . As seal grew from a pup the net dug into its neck , making a deep wound . When it was found it appeared to be choking and struggling to breathe . 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A commuter train bound for Los Angeles derailed before dawn on Tuesday in a fiery collision with an abandoned commercial pickup after the truck 's driver took a wrong turn and got stuck on the tracks . That driver , Jose Alejandro Sanchez-Ramirez , 54 , of Yuma , Arizona , was briefly hospitalized then arrested Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of felony hit-and-run , said Jason Benites , an assistant chief of the Oxnard Police Department . There was a loud boom and the screech of brakes before three of the train 's five cars toppled over , sending 30 people to hospitals . Four were in critical condition , including the engineer . ` It seemed like an eternity while we were flying around the train . Everything was flying , ' said passenger Joel Bingham . Investigators are seen behind police tape as they walk past the mangled truck driven by Alejandro sanchez-Ramirez that was hit by a Los Angeles-bound Metrolink train in Oxnard , California on Tuesday . ' A brush of death definitely came over me . ' Lives were likely saved by passenger cars designed to absorb a crash . They were purchased after a deadly collision a decade ago , Metrolink officials said . The four passenger cars remained largely intact , as did the locomotive . Police found the disoriented driver of the demolished Ford F-450 pickup 1.6 miles from the crossing 45 minutes after the crash , said Benites . Sanchez-Ramirez , who delivers produce , was driving a pickup with an empty bed pulling a trailer with some welding equipment in it . He told police he tried to turn right at an intersection but turned prematurely and his truck got stuck straddling the rails . Police said they tested Sanchez-Ramirez for drugs and alcohol but they would not discuss the results . There were no fatalities following the crash of a commuter train which was on its way to Los Angeles but 28 people were injured , four in a critical condition . The crossing where the crash happened has been the scene of many collisions over the years . The train , the first of the morning on the Ventura route , had just left its second stop of Oxnard on its way to downtown Los Angeles , about 65 miles away , when it struck the truck around 5:45 a.m. . There were 48 passengers aboard and three crew members who were all injured . The engineer saw the abandoned vehicle and hit the brakes but there was n't enough time to stop , Oxnard Fire Battalion Chief Sergio Martinez said . Bingham said the lights went out when the train fell over . He was banged up from head to toe but managed to find an escape for himself and others , many of whom had been asleep when the crash happened . ' I was just shaking , ' he said . ' I opened the window and told everybody , ` Come to my voice . ' Firefighters set up red , yellow and green tarps to categorize people according to their injuries , taking 28 to hospitals by ambulance . Two of the 22 people treated at the scene later showed up at hospitals , but only eight people had been admitted by the end of the day . ` Patients have complained of dizziness , of headaches , of lower back pain , of pains related to being bumped , thrown , hit and so forth , ' said Dr. Bryan Wong , chief medical officer at Ventura County Medical Center . One patient described how he had been working on his laptop and a moment later there was a sudden jerking motion that happened so quickly he was n't able to grab hold of anything , Wong said . He was violently tossed against a wall of the train . A fiery collision engulfed a tractor-trailer which was hit by a Metrolink commuter train in the early hours of Tuesday in Ventura County , California . The train typically would be accelerating out of the Oxnard station past verdant farm fields at about 55 mph , Metrolink spokesman Scott Johnson said . With braking , he estimated it would have hit the truck at between 40 mph and 55 mph . The train was pushed by a locomotive in the rear , allowing trains to change direction after their run without having to turn around or swap engines . It 's a configuration that has been criticized for putting passengers in a vulnerable position in a crash . After such a crash killed 11 people and injured 180 others in Glendale in 2005 , Metrolink invested heavily to buy passenger cars with collapsible bumpers and other features to absorb impact . Metrolink spokesman Jeff Lustgarten said the Oxnard crash showed the technology worked . ` Safe to say it would have been much worse without it , ' he said . A Metrolink train derailed Tuesday morning after it collided with a truck on the track in Ventura County . A Southern California Metrolink commuter train derailed early on Tuesday morning following a smash with a truck which then burst into flames . A firefighter crawls out of a derailed passenger train carriage at the scene of a Metrolink accident on Tuesday . The city of Oxnard has wanted to build a $ 30 million bridge over the crossing for 10 years , but is only at the environmental review stage , said Darren Kettle , executive director of the Ventura County Transportation Commission . There have been six accidents at the crossing in the past seven years , including one in which a driver accidently turned onto the tracks in 2010 and was struck by a Metrolink train and injured , according to federal railroad accident reports . Two people were killed at the crossing last year when a car struck an Amtrak train . Sanchez-Ramirez , the driver in Tuesday 's crash , told police he turned onto the tracks before the crossing arm came down , which occurs 29 seconds before a train arrives . It was n't clear how long his truck was stuck before the train hit it . The accident happened on the same line as Metrolink 's worst disaster when 25 people were killed September 12 , 2008 . A firefighter climbs into the wreck of a Metrolink passenger train that derailed in agricultural country 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles . A commuter train engineer was texting and ran a red light , striking a Union Pacific freight train head-on in the San Fernando Valley community of Chatsworth . More than 100 people were hurt in what was one of the worst railroad accidents in U.S. history . The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Railroad Administration were sending investigators to the Tuesday crash in Oxnard . Cranes moved the trains at the end of the day , but the tracks , which are also used by Amtrak and freight trains , remained shut down . Officials initially said that the driver had stopped his produce truck on the tracks and the accident was ` avoidable ' . However at a press conference on Tuesday afternoon , Oxnard police Officer Miguel Lopez said the man may have accidentally turned on to the tracks and become stuck became he did not know the area . When police first responded to the scene they found the tractor-trailer ` engulfed in flames ' . Once fire crews extinguished the blaze , police found the cabin of the truck empty . It was also not clear if the truck was carrying any produce at the time of the crash . A patrol cop later found a ` disorientated man ' walking along the side of the road and who was confirmed to be the driver . Authorities described the driver as ` unsettled ' but would not say if he was under the influence of alcohol or substances . It was also unclear if the driver was properly licensed . Video shot from a helicopter revealed train carriages overturned after the crash . Some 28 people were injured according to officials . The force of the collision had forced one of the carriages on to the highway in Southern California , just northwest of LA . The charred remains of a tractor-trailer which ended upon train tracks in Southern California on Tuesday . Some commuters from the derailed train were treated at the scene in California following the early hours collision with a tractor-trailer . Footage from a news helicopter showed firefighters treating numerous people at the scene in California . The collision happened around 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles , California in the city of Oxnard . The crash was reported at 5.44 am on Tuesday , according to officials . Some 51 people were traveling on board the train to LA at the time . According to the LA Times , three of the four train carriages had a ` crash energy management ' . Metrolink 's website explains that since 2010 , 117 new cars used by the rail company have had the latest safety technology which included redesigned seats , work tables and ` energy absorbing ' zones at the ends of cars . One overturned train carriage was lying half on the tracks and half on the highway running parallel to the train line . Some passengers were treated in triage areas set up at the scene while others were taken by ambulance to local hospitals . Firefighters and emergency responders were seen treating numerous people at the scene , ABC7 reported . Metrolink 's website says the train was on a run from Ventura County to Los Angeles . Metrolink tweeted : ` VC Line 102 to Los Angeles is stopped between Oxnard & Camarillo due to striking a vehicle on the tracks . ' The company canceled trains on the line on Tuesday and encouraged commuters to seek alternative transport . The National Transportation Safety Board was sending a ` go-team ' on Tuesday to the scene of the accident . The scene was in Oxnard , about 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles . Prior to Tuesday 's collision of a Metrolink train with a tractor-trailer in Ventura County , the Southern California rail company has had several major accidents . Tuesday 's accident left around 30 people injured but no fatalities , according to fire chiefs . In 2002 , two people were killed and 22 other passengers seriously injured when a BNSF freight train hit a Metrolink train in Placentia , California , head-on . Three years later , a crash in Glendale , California -LRB- pictured right -RRB- , killed 11 people and left more than 100 injured with 40 passengers left in a serious condition . A Metrolink passenger train hit a vehicle on the tracks , jackknifed and smashed into a freight locomotive and a Metrolink train traveling the opposite way . The driver of the vehicle left on the tracks in 2005 was charged with 11 counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without parole in June 2008 . In 2008 , 26 people were killed and 135 injured when a train collided with a Union Pacific freight train and toppled carriages in the Chatsworth neighborhood of LA. . The driver of the tractor-trailer , Jose Alejandro Sanchez-Ramirez , which was on the tracks reportedly ran off but was caught , authorities said . Firefighters attend to injured passengers at the scene of a Metrolink accident on Tuesday morning . Firefighters raced to the scene shortly before 6am on Tuesday after a commuter train hit a tractor-trailer . Fire crews fought the blaze at the intersection of train tracks and a highway with water and foam . Fire trucks raced to the scene in what was being described by fire officials as a multi-casualty incident . | Truck Driver Jose Alejandro Sanchez-Ramirez , 54 , of Yuma , Arizona , was briefly hospitalized then arrested Tuesday for a felony hit-and-run . Four cars of a Metrolink commuter train overturned after slamming into a truck on tracks in Ventura County northwest of Los Angeles . Truck driver , 54 , from Yuma , Arizona , was not in cab of truck and later found wandering away from the scene . The crash was reported at 5.44 am on Tuesday and left 30 injured . 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A Hungarian mayor is putting his entire village up for rent to put it on the map and bring in some cash , even offering the deputy mayorship as part of the bargain . For 210,000 forints - around # 500 - a day , interested parties can rent out all facilities in the pretty but largely deserted village of Megyer , which has a population of 18 and is located 180 kilometres -LRB- 110 miles -RRB- southwest of Budapest . An advertisement posted online Monday says rental includes use of Megyer 's four streets , two of them asphalted and two gravel , as well as the mayor 's office , the cultural centre , the bus-stop , and seven furnished ` peasant-style ' houses . A Hungarian mayor is putting his entire village -LRB- pictured -RRB- up for rent to put it on the map and bring in some cash . The rental includes access to the village 's three resident sheep -LRB- stock image -RRB- . ' A law I brought in means an outsider can also become deputy mayor for a weekend , and even change the street names if you want , ' Megyer Mayor Kristof Pajer told AFP by telephone on Tuesday . Tenants can also use the village cooperative 's six horses , two cows , three sheep , poultry house and four hectares of arable land . A 42-year-old engineer from Budapest , Pajer said he fell in love with tiny Megyer when he first passed by it by chance ten years ago . A year later , soon after buying a property there , he was elected mayor . Tenants can also use the village cooperative 's six horses -LRB- stock image -RRB- . Pajer told AFP his goal was to save Megyer from the slow death suffered by many remote Hungarian villages whose young people leave for Budapest or abroad as soon as they can . ` Megyer was always poor , but it has kept its charming rustic atmosphere , ' says Pajer , who lives and works mostly in Budapest but visits the village once a week . Only five of the village 's twenty houses are lived in around the year . ' I hope the advertisement will bring Megyer some revenue , but more importantly some attention , ' Pajer said . | Mayor of Megyer , in Hungary , has put the ` charming ' village up for rent . It has a population of 18 and is around 110 miles southwest of Budapest . Rental includes use of Megyer 's four streets , two of them asphalted . It also includes seven ` peasant-style ' houses , six horses and two cows . Three sheep , a poultry house and four hectares of arable are thrown in . | [[0, 59], [665, 718], [665, 682], [771, 791], [304, 310], [319, 341], [304, 310], [339, 417], [418, 653], [461, 627], [418, 653], [1079, 1213], [1425, 1501], [792, 875], [1079, 1213]] |
Intrepid : Jac Holmes has left his job and moved to Syria after becoming outraged at the atrocities committed by ISIS in the country . An IT worker from Bournemouth has quit his job and travelled to Syria to fight against Islamic State terrorists - despite having no military training . Jac Holmes , 22 , has joined up with the Kurdish peshmerga militia and hopes he will be allowed onto the front line in the battle against the Islamist extremists who rule vast swathes of Syria and Iraq . He says he is keen to take up arms against ISIS as soon as possible even though he has never fought in battle before and has received little training from the Kurdish forces . Mr Holmes was until recently working on the service desk for an outsourcing firm which provides services to Bournemouth Council . But now he has resigned from the company and left his parents in order to go to the Middle East . He told the BBC World Service he flew to Iraqi Kurdistan , where he was met at the airport by a peshmerga contact and taken to a safe house in the city of Sulaymaniyah . From there , fighters smuggled him over the border with Syria - which is now partly patrolled by ISIS - and transported him to a camp in the war-torn country . An initial attempt to join up with the peshmerga was foiled when he was deported from Erbil airport in northern Iraq and forced to leave the country . Mr Holmes said he was inspired to oppose both ISIS and the murderous regime of Bashar Al Assad after seeing Western governments fail to intervene in the mounting chaos . Asked if he found the idea of fighting in Syria exciting , he replied : ' I see it as a necessity , something which if our governments were supporting the Kurds in the ways that they should probably would n't need to happen . ' Fight : Mr Holmes has now joined up with Kurdish peshmerga troops at a training camp in Syria -LRB- file photo -RRB- . Opponents : The IT worker is planning to battle against ISIS , left , and dictator Bashar Al Assad , right . He said that he was just one of many Westerners at the pershmerga camp , adding that those with military experience had helped him build his own fighting skills . Mr Holmes added that he was prepared for the possibility of being taken hostage , saying : ` It 's something you take into account when you think about coming here - but I 'd rather die than be captured by Islamic State , because we all know what sort of brutality they get up to . ' He said that his parents were resistant to his decision to put himself in danger , but were nonetheless continuing to support him . Mr Holmes told the BBC he was likely to start fighting on the front line soon despite his inexperience . ` We are expecting to move out of the training camp fairly soon , ' he said . ` There is an operation planned in our area but it has been delayed at the moment due to weather and we are waiting for NATO air strikes too . ' However , a peshmerga leader insisted that no one was allowed to take up arms until they had been thoroughly trained in the militia 's tactics . Conflict : Berkshire bouncer Tim Locks , pictured , is another Briton who is now fighting against ISIS terrorists . Last week , a bouncer from Berkshire revealed that he had sold his home in order to join the fight against ISIS . Tim Locks has joined up with Dwekh Nawsha , a Christian military group based in Iraq which is opposed to Islamic extremism . The Foreign Office currently advises British citizens not to travel to any part of Syria due to the civil war there which has raged for nearly four years . A spokesman said that British authorities would be unable to offer consular assistance to anyone who got in trouble in the area . The Home Office warns that anyone who travels to areas where ISIS is active could face arrest on their return , due to the high volume of terrorist groups in the region . ` The UK advises against all travel to Syria and parts of Iraq , ' a spokesman said . ` Anyone who does travel to these areas , even for humanitarian reasons , is putting themselves in considerable danger . ` The best way for the public to help is to donate to or otherwise support UK-registered charities with ongoing relief operations . ' | Jac Holmes , 22 , was working in IT for Bournemouth outsourcing firm . But now he has given up his job and travelled to Syria via Iraqi Kurdistan . He has joined peshmerga forces and plans to join front line against ISIS . Insists that he would ` rather die than be taken hostage ' by terrorists . | [[135, 181], [728, 747], [754, 796], [9, 38], [135, 181], [801, 837], [287, 297], [300, 302], [305, 353], [1782, 1799], [1810, 1892], [1782, 1791], [1796, 1892], [2581, 2685], [2596, 2653], [3251, 3283], [2335, 2384], [2387, 2429]] |
Paris police are holding three Al-Jazeera reporters for allegedly flying a drone , days after the machines sparked a terror alert in the city . Journalists from the Qatar-funded news network were arrested in a park in the French capital from where they were illegally operating a drone , a judicial source told AFP . The arrests come after drones were on Monday seen buzzing the Eiffel Tower , Bastille Square and the U.S. embassy , then on to the Place de la Concorde and the Invalides military museum , where Napoleon is buried . Fear : Drones were spotted flying near the Invalides military museum , where Napoleon Bonaparte is buried . French security sources where unable to catch the drones , which are typically fitted with cameras and can be used for target surveillance to assess security and any spikes in pedestrian footfall ahead of a planned attack . The Al-Jazeera reporters arrested today , aged 70 , 54 and 36 , were arrested yesterday afternoon after police saw a drone flying in the Bois de Boulogne woods in western Paris , said Paris prosecutors ' spokeswoman Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre . She said it was unclear what the trio were trying to accomplish . A judicial source earlier told AFP : ` The first was piloting the drone , the second was filming and the third was watching . ' Responding to an Associated Press request for comment , Doha-based Al-Jazeera said : ` Three Al-Jazeera English journalists have been held by police in Paris while filming a report on the city 's recent mystery drones . ` We will comment further when more information is available . ' The journalists can be held for a maximum of 24 hours under French law . Flying drones without a license in France is illegal and carries a maximum one-year prison sentence and a 75,000 euros -LRB- $ 85,000 -RRB- fine . Alert : Paris is on alert for a new terror attack after ` at least ' five drones were spotted illegally flying around city landmarks , including the the U.S. embassy building -LRB- pictured -RRB- . Tension : Drones were also seen flying around the world-famous Eiffel Tower . New threat : French law bans small , civilian drones from areas such as nuclear facilities , which are protected by a no-fly zone that spans a 1.6-mile radius and a height of 1,000 metres . The above drone crashed on the grass near the White House in the United States last month . A map showing where the drones have been sighted in Paris . There is so far no suggestion the Al-Jazeera journalists are linked this week 's night-time drone sightings over Paris , including on Monday and Tuesday nights . Police sighted one or more drones in five instances buzzing in the Paris sky in the night of Tuesday to Wednesday - from 11.30 pm to 2am . An unidentified flying object was first seen Tuesday night near the Gare de l'Est train station , with sightings continuing in sequence for over two hours over the Paris Opera , then on to the Tuileries gardens , past the Eiffel Tower and then south past Paris ' Montparnasse Tower , according to Thibault-Lecuivre . An inquiry was launched after drones , which are banned over Paris , were also spotted Monday night - beginning over the U.S. Embassy at around midnight on Monday . Between then and 6am the Eiffel Tower , Bastille Square , the Place de la Concorde and the Invalides military museum ` were also flown over ' , a security source said . ` It could be a coordinated action but we do n't know for now , ' the source , who asked not to be identified , added . ` We did everything to try and catch the operators but they were not found , ' another source close to the investigation said . France has experienced a series of mysterious drone appearances in the last few months . On January 20 , a pilotless aircraft briefly went over the presidential palace in Paris , while around 20 drones were earlier seen flying above nuclear power plants . However until Tuesday ` there have never been so many drones appearing in one night , ' the security source said . Location : At some point between midnight and 6am on Monday , drone aircraft were spotted flying near Bastille Square . Tourist hotspot : The first drone sighting in the French capital was around midnight on Monday . Shortly after an unmanned aircraft was seen flying near the Place de la Concorde . The emergence of drones comes amid warnings by terrorist groups that they will attack the city , following January shootings which left a total of 20 dead , including three terrorists . ` They could be seen throughout the night , but nobody knows who were operating them , ' said a police source in the capital . A specialist police aviation unit tried to establish who was at the controls , but there have been no arrests . There have been other mysterious drone flights across Paris , but this is the first time that such a concentrated number have been seen above so many potentially vulnerable targets . The US embassy has been threatened by numerous groups in the past , from Al-Qaeda to Algeria 's Armed Islamic Group . French law bans small , civilian drones from areas such as nuclear facilities , which are protected by a no-fly zone that spans a 1.6-mile radius and a height of 1,000 metres . Experts say that the small unmanned craft would not pose a threat if crashed into a hardened nuclear facility . Fightback : Earlier this month France unveiled its latest weapon against the growing menace of rogue drones buzzing through their nation 's skies : another drone , with a net . Caught : In a demonstration in La Queue-en-Brie , east of Paris , the mesh-wielding flying machine was shown snaring a DJI Phantom 2 drone - the same brand as one which crashed onto the White House lawn last month . France has barred six ` would-be jihadists ' from leaving the country after discovering their plans to travel to Syria and join the Islamic State terror group . It the first such travel ban under a new law aimed at preventing French Islamic radicals travelling to the vast swathes of Syria and Iraq currently under the control of Sunni extremists . French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve says some 40 other French citizens will face travel bans in the coming weeks . He did not reveal the identity of the six people whose passports have already been confiscated . The bans are the first since a sweeping anti-terrorism law passed in France last year . The government is especially worried since attacks in Paris last month killed 20 people , including three gunmen claiming ties to Islamic extremists in Syria and Yemen . An Interior Ministry official says the passports and ID cards of the six have been declared invalid for six months - a measure that can be extended for up to two years . The news comes just days after Cazeneuve said he asked Google , Facebook and Twitter to work directly with French officials during investigations and to immediately remove terrorist propaganda when authorities alert them to it . Earlier this month France unveiled its latest weapon against the growing menace of rogue drones buzzing through their nation 's skies : another drone , with a net . In a demonstration flight in La Queue-en-Brie , east of Paris , the mesh-wielding flying machine was shown snaring a DJI Phantom 2 drone - the same brand as one which crashed onto the White House lawn last month . The U.S. Secret Service was sent scrambling by the unexpected intrusion , but France has already faced dozens of drone overflights over sensitive sites . Mystery drones have buzzed nuclear plants , military installations and even the presidential palace in recent months , as fears run high of terror attacks linked to the Islamic State terror group . Concerned at the new technology , officials have asked scientists and companies to develop ways to monitor and detect intruding drones and their remote-control pilots ; analyse and track their flight paths ; and ultimately neutralise the drones , either temporarily or permanently , with the least collateral damage possible . Last October it emerged that holidaymakers who are planning to fly a camera-equipped drone in Paris ' tourist zones risk spending time in jail and being slapped with a hefty fine . An Israeli tourist found out the hard way this week when he was arrested in front of Notre Dame Cathedral while flying a drone above some of Paris ' top attractions . | The reporters were allegedly operating the drone from a suburban park . There is no suggestion they were involved in a recent spate of sightings . Unmanned aircraft on Monday flew over tourist hotspots in French capital . Appeared in ` at least ' five locations in the city in early hours of Monday . Security officials were unable to catch the operators of the drone aircraft . Civilian drones are thought a serious security risk and are banned in Paris . | [[144, 236], [2423, 2584], [317, 430], [3712, 3725], [3728, 3799], [4005, 4012], [4056, 4113], [4114, 4129], [4132, 4210], [4211, 4293], [4211, 4245], [4255, 4293], [8218, 8332], [8166, 8168], [8278, 8332], [1861, 1970], [2585, 2636], [4114, 4129], [4132, 4210], [1658, 1710], [2094, 2171], [3065, 3079], [3086, 3107], [5020, 5097]] |
Police have revealed the driver of a Toyota van fell asleep at the wheel and allegedly swerved into oncoming traffic this morning . The 37-year-old woman was driving south over the Sydney Harbour Bridge which witnesses say crossed into a northbound lane and crashed into another vehicle . This resulted in a major car accident on the Bridge and caused chaos amongst commuters this morning , with traffic stretching back to Sydney 's city centre . The five-vehicle accident occurred just after 6.45 am , closing all northbound lanes plus two of the five southbound lanes on the bridge . Scroll down for video . A major car accident on the Sydney Harbour Bridge has caused chaos amongst commuters . Traffic was at a standstill southbound heading onto Harbour Bridge and into Sydney 's centre . A NSW police spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia the driver of the Toyota van was a 37-year-old woman . ` She fell asleep at the wheel just before 6.45 am , ' the spokeswoman said . All lanes of the bridge have reopened after the multi-vehicle crash . Emergency crews cleared the accident by 8am but all roads approaching the CBD were affected causing peak-hour chaos for commuters . Motorists were urged to take the ferry or train . Two people were hurt in the accident and have been taken to hospital , an ambulance spokesman said . All lanes of the Sydney Harbour Bridge have reopened after a multi-vehicle crash but roads around the city remain in gridlock . A person was stretchered away from the scene by paramedics on Wednesday morning . ` Inquiries are continuing after a crash on the Sydney Harbour Bridge this morning , ' police said earlier in the day . ` The crash , which involved a number of vehicles , occurred shortly before 6.45 am . A number of people are being assessed on site by ambulance paramedics . ' One patient is in a serious condition and has been taken to St Vincent 's Hospital , while the other is going to Royal North Shore with minor injuries , an ambulance spokesperson told AAP . The crash , which involved a number of vehicles , occurred shortly before 6.45 am . A taxi and a van appear to have been involved in the multiple-vehicle pile up . Ambulance crews were quickly on the scene at Sydney Harbour Bridge . | Police say a 37-year-old drove the Toyota van which allegedly swerved into oncoming traffic . The woman reportedly fell asleep at the wheel before 6.45 am while driving on the Sydney Harbour Bridge . Multiple vehicles were involved in the crash on Wednesday morning . All northbound lanes on the bridge were shut and two southbound . The lanes reopened at 8am but long traffic lines continued . | [[0, 47], [0, 6], [77, 131], [872, 897], [35, 72], [900, 948], [1661, 1670], [1711, 1744], [2009, 2018], [2059, 2092], [447, 500], [1539, 1621], [1661, 1670], [1679, 1708], [2009, 2018], [2027, 2056], [2093, 2109], [2117, 2167], [493, 500], [503, 531], [447, 472], [503, 585], [1414, 1456]] |
Peter Pan 's opening line of ` All children , except one , grow up ' , is the nation 's most memorable . Peter Pan is the book with the nation 's favourite opening line , according to a new poll . ` All children , except one , grow up , ' wrote JM Barrie in his children 's classic which scooped 20per cent of the vote in a poll commissioned to mark World Book Day next month . But it 's not just childhood fairytales that adults have fond memories of , as the opening lines from classic 19th Century novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens came second place , while George Orwell 's 1984 completed the top three . However , the first words of 50 Shades of Grey did little to inspire as just one in 20 -LRB- five per cent -RRB- were wooed by EL James ' opening line . One in five of those polled admitted they will put a book down if the first line is n't engaging . However , one in four -LRB- 25per cent -RRB- said they will continue reading a novel to the end even if they do n't enjoy it and , with complete disregard for the opening line , 15per cent admit jumping to the last chapter first to find out a book 's ending . When it comes to reading with their children , one in eight parents -LRB- 12per cent -RRB- say youngsters will switch off if a book does n't capture their imagination quickly , and one in 10 are forced to adopt the characters ' voices to make reading more enjoyable . Parents know when they deserve an Oscar , as one in seven children -LRB- 14per cent -RRB- will enjoy a book so much that they will read it again and 21per cent of people admit they 've used a line from a book as their own in order to impress a member of the opposite sex . The poll was commissioned by Asda . Laura Grooby , Asda 's book buyer , said : ` First impressions are everything , and even though hundreds of new books are released every week , it is clear the nation never forgets a famous opening line . ` This year , we hope by encouraging everyone to pick up and persevere with a book on World Book Day , children and adults alike will enjoy the pleasures reading can bring . ' George Orwell 's 1984 -LRB- left -RRB- and J.R.R. Tolkien 's The Fellowship of the Ring both feature on the top ten list . 1 . ` All children , except one , grow up . ' - Peter Pan . 2 . ` It was the best of times , it was the worst of times , it was the age of wisdom , it was the age of foolishness , it was the epoch of belief , it was the epoch of incredulity , it was the season of Light , it was the season of Darkness , it was the spring of hope , it was the winter of despair . ' - A Tale of Two Cities . 3 . ` It was a bright cold day in April , and the clocks were striking thirteen . ' - 1984 . 4 . ` When Mr Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence , there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton . ' - The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring . 5 . ` Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank , and of having nothing to do : once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading , but it had no pictures or conversations in it , `` and what is the use of a book , '' thought Alice `` without pictures or conversation ? '' ' - Alice in Wonderland . 6 . ` It is a truth universally acknowledged , that a single man in possession of good fortune must be in want of a wife . ' - Pride and Prejudice . 7 . ` Mr and Mrs Dursley , of number four Privet Drive , were proud to say that they were perfectly normal , thank you very much . ' - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer 's Stone . 8 . ` Here is Edward Bear , coming down the stairs now , bump bump , on the back of his head , behind Christopher Robin . ' - Winne-The-Pooh . 9 . ` My father got the dog drunk on cherry brandy at the party last night . ' - Adrian Mole . 10 . ` The sun did not shine , it was too wet to play , so we sat in the house all that cold , cold wet day . ' - The Cat in the Hat . | The opening of the book Peter Pan has been named the nation 's favourite . Author J.M. Barrie started his story with : ` All children , except one , grow up ' In a poll commissioned to mark World Book Day , it beat Orwell and Dickens . Peter Pan scored 20per cent of the vote which canvassed 1,000 readers . | [[0, 66], [71, 104], [105, 168], [0, 66], [71, 104], [105, 114], [171, 196], [322, 377], [258, 281], [288, 328]] |
David Cameron admitted yesterday he should cut benefits and tax credits for immigrants more quickly to stop Britain being such a ` massive draw ' . The PM was asked by MPs about what lessons he would draw from the Government 's failure to hit its net migration target . Giving evidence to the Commons liaison committee he said : ` The biggest lesson I would learn is we need to act more rapidly on the financial draw to Britain . David Cameron pictured yesterday at the Liaison Select Committee said he would cut migrant 's benefits . ` I think that the way the tax credit system and benefit systems work to make Britain a massive draw -- not only because we 're creating so many jobs but also the financial draw -- we needed to act on that faster . ` I have made very clear pledges about what will happen in the next Parliament if I 'm lucky enough to come to another one of these meetings . ' In 2010 , Mr Cameron pledged to reduce net migration -- the number of arrivals minus departures -- to below 100,000 . But despite sharp cuts in the number of non-EU migrants , a surge in European arrivals means the figure has barely changed in the past five years . The figure currently is 260,000 a year . In November , Mr Cameron promised to stop EU migrants claiming in-work benefits , such as tax credits , and getting access to social housing for four years . Mr Cameron , pictured , has pledged to stop EU migrants from accessing social housing for four years . Child benefit and out-of-work benefits will also be curbed , he said . The measures will form the centrepiece of his proposed renegotiation of EU free movement rules ahead of a proposed referendum in 2017 . Some Tory backbenchers were disappointed by the speech because it stopped short of more robust action , including a temporary ban on migrants -- the so-called emergency brake . It emerged that No 10 dumped the idea after German Chancellor Angela Merkel made it clear it would not win EU support . The Tories are expected to keep the net migration target as part of their election manifesto . Last month Mr Cameron said Britain would be a ` better , stronger country ' if the number of immigrants was cut . | David Cameron appeared in front of a parliamentary committee yesterday . He was asked what lessons he learned from failing to cap migration . He told MPs , Britain needed to act more rapidly on the UK 's ` financial draw ' | [[430, 494], [148, 235], [319, 326], [329, 429], [716, 749]] |
When John Travolta planted an awkward kiss on an unwitting Scarlett Johansson at the Oscars on Sunday evening , the surrounding paparazzi swiftly captured the fist-gnawingly awful moment in its full glory . Scarlett 's icy stare spoke volumes as John snaked an arm around her svelte waist and brushed his lips against her cheek , and promptly sent the Twittersphere into a frenzy of Travolta-related memes . But it seems the Hollywood actor is n't the only one guilty of mistiming a smooch . We 've found a whole raft of celebrities who lunged in for a kiss and ended up on a collision course with embarrassment . Here 's our pick of the best ... plus a guide to how you can get it right . Scroll down for video . Scarlett Johansson looks distinctly unimpressed as John Travolta leans in for a surprise kiss at the 87th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday evening . Successfully puckering up in public is always a minefield ... it 's difficult to create chemistry with a hundred flashbulbs pointing in your direction . Recent kissing fails include supermodel Naomi Campbell , who struggled to get to grips with Sarah Ferguson during the Fashion For Relief Show , at London Fashion Week . And pop mogul Simon Cowell seems to struggle with all of his paramours . Simon and girlfriend Lauren were captured in an uncomfortable embrace at the Elle Style Awards in London this week while an appearance on the Jay Leno Show in 2010 with then fiancée Mezhgan Hussainy attracted plenty of ridicule . In for the kill : Pop mogul Simon Cowell and girlfriend Lauren Silverman -LRB- left -RRB- looked more than a little wooden when displaying affection for the cameras at the Elle Style Awards in London this week . Simon has form on terrible kisses - an appearance -LRB- right -RRB- with ex-fiancée Mezhgan Hussainy attracted plenty of ridicule on the Jay Leno show in 2010 . Ouch ! William H. Macy -LRB- left -RRB- squashes his nose while moving in on wife Felicity Huffman and -LRB- right -RRB- Selma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault clash faces in an embarrassing PDA at a film gala in 2014 . Trout pout : They may have one of the most enduring relationships in Hollywood but Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell still made a dog 's dinner of this kiss , taken in Cannes in 2007 . Puckering up fail : Jeff Goldblum and wife Emilie Livingstone -LRB- left -RRB- appear to be clinging on to each other for dear life and -LRB- right -RRB- Sarah Ferguson and Naomi Campbell tussle while trying for a polite kiss at London Fashion Week . Kiss of life ? Sandra Bullock -LRB- right -RRB- famously embraced Meryl Streep at the Critics ' Choice Movie Awards at the Hollywood Palladium in 2010 ... but it looks more like she 's attempting resuscitation . So , what are the golden rules when it comes to clinches ? How do you avoid clashing teeth , bruising chins or bruising noses ? Etiquette consultant William Hanson says the trick is letting a woman guide the situation . He says : ` In social situations , a man should take the lead from the woman as to how they will greet . ` Sadly women do n't know now that they need to make the first move , as it were . If the woman extends her hand then that means the pair will shake hands . If she opens her arms wide , there will be a hug , and so on . ' It 's hard enough for couples who are comfortable in each others ' presence but greeting an acquaintance can also throw up squirming situations . William adds that : ` Two kisses is now the norm in the UK and Europe , although older British generations will just kiss once -LRB- cheek to cheek - never lips on cheek ! -RRB- . ' He adds : ` While across the pond in America social kissing is not as popular although it is seen more in New York and LA. . And if you get stuck - simple extend a hand and forget the kiss altogether . ' Political mishaps : The Obamas -LRB- left -RRB- usually have great chemistry but this kiss falls short of the mark and -LRB- right -RRB- Labour leader Ed Miliband tries to wave and kiss at the same time ... with dismal consequences . Guy Ritchie appeared to be aiming for Madonna 's eye in this clinch at the Snatch premiere in Hollywood in 2001 . Eve Mavrakis and Ewan McGregor both look confused with what 's happening in this smooch at the ` Haywire ' film premiere in LA in 2012 . Is Brenda Warner looking so intense because she 's wondering where husband Kurt 's hand has disappeared to ? The former American footballer and his wife look like they 'd need a crowbar to separate them . And squeeeeeze ! Mike Myers -LRB- left -RRB- is n't letting wife Kelly Tisdale get away while -LRB- right -RRB- Stephen Moyer soaks up a lunging kiss from Anna Paquin at the True Blood Season 7 premier in 2014 . Etiquette consultant William Hanson offers some sage advice on how to handle public displays of affection with lovers , close friends and mere acquaintances ... How not to do it : Charles and Diana missed the kissing target during a polo match in Jaipur in 1992 . | Hollywood actor ridiculed on Twitter for ` creepy ' Oscars display . But he 's not the only one : Simon Cowell and the Obamas have failed too . Expert : Women should take the lead when it comes to public embraces . | [[412, 480], [412, 414], [421, 491], [2868, 2959], [2909, 2959]] |
Brigitte Bardot 's animal rights charity has offered to help send two alcoholic Russian bears to rehab after they became addicted to beer because customers were allowed to buy them drinks . A court ordered the bears to be confiscated from the restaurant in Sochi , in south-western Russia 's Krasnodar Krai region , after they were found lying in a filthy cage surrounded by rubbish . But Russian zoos refused to take the bears on because of their addiction , which made them bad tempered . Finally , British animal welfare organisation Big Hearts Foundation stepped forward and with backing from the Brigitte Bardot Fund it is hoped the bears will soon be on their way to a bear park in Romania which will treat them for their addiction . The two alcoholic bears were confiscated from a restaurant in the city of Sochi , Russia , after they were found lying in this filthy cage -LRB- pictured -RRB- surrounded by rubbish . Patrons regularly bought them beer for ` fun ' The alcoholic bears are believed to have lived in the squalid cage at the back of a restaurant for 20 years . The restaurant owner , Dzheniks Uzaroshvili , has rejected the suggestion that it was cruel to give the bears alcohol , and said : ` Beer is good for the bears because of the Sochi climate . ' The court heard the bears often had a spotlight unexpectedly shone on them on them as people laughed at their reaction . According to evidence given in court the spotlight was the reason one of the bears was virtually blind . Anna Kogan , from the British Big Hearts Foundation , said that the bears had been served alcohol to entertain guests in a cage at the back of the restaurant for around 20 years . A British animal charity became involved in re-homing the bears after zoos refused to take them on . Dzheniks Uzaroshvili -LRB- pictured -RRB- the restaurant owner , denied it was cruel to give the bears alcohol . Alcoholic bears suffer in the same way as humans including unpredictable tempers and withdrawal symptoms . The alcoholic bears , which are currently going cold turkey , will now be moved to a huge Bear Park in Romania . Ms Kogan said : ` The problem is that they are alcoholics , and it is even more difficult to wean bears off alcohol than is with human beings . ' Experts said that alcoholic bears suffer all the same problems that humans do , including unpredictable tempers and the withdrawal symptoms that a human being might expect . Vets say with proper care the bears will be able to beat their addiction , . After a lengthy appeal the British charity won backing from the Brigitte Bardot foundation and a new home has now been found . Prosecutors decided to confiscate the bears after 500 activists protested outside the restaurant in 2012 . The alcoholic bears , which are currently going cold turkey , will now be moved to a huge Bear Park in Romania . But first they must be confiscated from the restaurant , where they remain , and moved to the Romanian port of Constanta by funds paid for by the Brigitte Bardot foundation . They will then be sent to the Bear Park in central Transylvania , just 20 miles from the city of Brasov . The sanctuary has offered to re-home the bears and provide them with treatment for their alcohol problems . However , Ms Kogan says they are still looking for a company to transport the bears - which they can not do until the Russian authorities act on the court order and confiscate them . She said today : ` The bears are still with the restaurant owner . ` The Ministry of Natural Resources , which is the body that has to take them away , is taking their time with acting on this decision as there is no where in Sochi to put them temporarily . ` There is a home for these bears in a rehabilitation centre in Romania . ` Big Hearts Foundation and others are happy to organise the move when the authorities start cooperating with us on document preparation and veterinary assessments of the animals . ' The sanctuary is home to around 70 bears who have been mistreated and have spent years in captivity . Prosecutors decided to confiscate the bears after 500 activists protested outside the restaurant in 2012 . Anna Kogan -LRB- pictured -RRB- from the British Big Hearts Foundation , led the appeal to find the bears a new home . | Two bears were kept in filthy cage at the back of a restaurant in Sochi . Customers regularly bought the animals alcoholic drinks for entertainment . Bears had spotlight shone on them unexpectedly causing one to go blind . Court finally removed bears but no one wanted them because of addiction . Animal charities became involved and bears are being moved to sanctuary . Bear Park will provide them with treatment for their alcohol problems . | [[316, 360], [347, 384], [971, 1080], [109, 189], [924, 968], [1500, 1510], [1554, 1679], [1274, 1356], [1310, 1394], [1461, 1499], [190, 262], [389, 457], [1680, 1743], [2921, 2925], [2939, 2987], [0, 137], [685, 695], [702, 739], [3139, 3246], [3139, 3152], [3190, 3246]] |
Apple has revealed its latest weapon in the battle to take on Google in the mapping wars - making them more real . The firm today launched an update to its 3D flyover map of London , showing the London Eye rotating and the real time on Big Ben . Apple also added several new cities to the flyover feature of its Maps app in a bid to rival Google . Scroll down for video of the new feature in action . The new feature can be seen on Big Ben - which now moves and displays the correct time . The firm has made a huge effort to boost the quality of its maps . One of the most impressive features are the 3D flyovers of major cities , which Apple creates using data from plane and helicopter flyovers . Today Apple added Edinburgh , Scotland ; Linz , Austria ; Venice , Italy ; Cáceres , Spain ; Rennes , France ; Guadalajara , Mexico and Ponce , Puerto Rico . Also additional US cities . Apple has made a huge effort to boost the quality of its maps . One of the most impressive features are the 3D flyovers of major cities , and today Apple added Edinburgh , Scotland ; Linz , Austria ; Venice , Italy ; Cáceres , Spain ; Rennes , France ; Guadalajara , Mexico and Ponce , Puerto Rico . Also additional US cities . ` Flyover in Apple Maps lets you see select major metro areas from the air with photo-realistic , interactive 3D views , ' the firm says . ` You can explore cities in high resolution as you zoom , pan , tilt , and rotate around the city and its landmarks . ' Apple has also taken steps to boost the number of places available , and the information about them . In October , it launched launched Maps Connect in the US , enabling businesses to edit or add listings , as well as set up indoor mapping within selected areas . Entries made by businesses typically show up in Apple Maps around a week later . The international rollout has reached the UK , Australia , New Zealand , Ireland and Singapore , and was today expanded to Canada , France and Germany . The service has also gained two new language options , French and German , to correspond with the regional expansion . Apple also finally switched from Google Maps to its own mapping service on iCloud.com in December . Apple-leased camera cars have been spotted recently , with some suggesting that they are being used to add Street View style images to Apple Maps , while others believe they are part of the Apple ` Titan ' Car project . The London Eye has also been updated , and now rotates and users see it . Apple has also added Venice to its flyover section , allowing people to tour in 3D . Last year the service hit the headlines when one user claimed he has spotted Nessie on it . This shadowy form measuring around 100ft long and seemingly with two giant flippers powering it through the waters of Loch Ness was photographed by a satellite . For six months the image has been studied by experts at the Official Loch Ness Monster Fan Club , where excitement is mounting after various explanations for it were ruled out ... leaving them to conclude it is ` likely ' to be the elusive beast . Google also offers a 3D version of its map showing Big Ben - but the image is stativ . A satellite high in the atmosphere , accessed using Apple 's satellite map app , may have provided proof that the legend lives on - with amazing images of a creature swimming below the surface of the world famous loch . This new sonar image was revealed just weeks after satellite images appeared to show a mystery object in the loch . A shadowy form , pictured , measuring around 100ft long -LRB- 30 metres -RRB- with two giant flippers was photographed by a satellite and spotted on the Apple Maps app . Club president Gary Campbell , who keeps a register of sightings , said : ` We 've been looking at it for a long time trying to work out exactly what it is . ` It looks like a boat wake , but the boat is missing . ` You can see some boats moored at the shore , but there is n't one here . ` We 've shown it to boat experts and they do n't know what it is . ` Whatever this is , it is under the water and heading south , so unless there have been secret submarine trials going on in the loch , the size of the object would make it likely to be Nessie . ' | Features initially only available for London landmarks . 3D flyovers show the correct time , and the London Eye moving . Apple also expanded service allowing firms to add their details to maps . Believed firm can map animated image in real time onto existing buildings . | [[115, 123], [183, 245], [401, 416], [462, 489], [1213, 1331]] |
The NHS budget for out-of-hours care has been slashed by almost 9 per cent in real terms in the last four years , shocking new figures show . Thousands of patients have been left struggling for medical help when their GP is unavailable , flooding the NHS 111 helpline with calls and causing huge pressures at A&E departments . Now ministers have admitted that the total amount of money available for care in evenings and at weekends was # 40million lower in real terms last year than in 2009-10 . In 2013-14 , there was # 399.4 million available for out of hours care in England but using 2013-14 prices to take into account the effect of inflation , it was worth # 438.4 million in 2009-10 , the year before the coalition was formed . Hospitals in England have failed to meet waiting time targets in A&E for five months running . The crisis has been blamed in part on people who are sick and injured being unable to see their GP . New figures today showed the NHS is ` greater than ever before ' as it emerged 900 more patients are being admitted to hospital every day compared with a year ago . The government insists it has invested extra money into helping health trusts to deal with the rise . David Cameron has insisted the NHS has risen in real terms under the coalition . In his party conference speech last year he declared : ` We in this party can be proud of what we 've done . We came in and protected the NHS budget . ` The next Conservative Government will protect the NHS budget and continue to invest more . ' But official figures reveal how the amount of money available for out of hours care has fallen year after year . In 2013-14 , there was # 399.4 million available for out of hours care in England . But using 2013-14 prices to take into account the effect of inflation , it was worth # 404,660 a year earlier and hit # 438.4 million in 2009-10 , the year before the coalition was formed . It means out-of-hours spending last year was lower than at any point since 2007-08 . Jamie Reed , Labour 's shadow health minister , said : ` It is shocking that despite his promise to protect the NHS , David Cameron has cut out-of-hours care at the same time as wasting # 3billion on a damaging NHS reorganisation he promised would n't happen . ` As a result , out-of-hours care is going downhill under the Tory-led Government , with patient satisfaction declining significantly since 2010 . It is proof that you can not trust David Cameron with the NHS . ' The figures were released by health minister Dan Poulter in response to a parliamentary question . It shows how much has been spent on out-of-hours care since 2004 , when GPs stopped being responsible for their patients at evenings and weekends as part of a lucrative new pay deal agreed by Labour . Mr Poulter said : ` This Government has sought to improve access through the Prime Minister 's Challenge Fund , which is making available # 50 million this year and # 100 million next year to improve access to general practice . ' Hospitals across England have failed to meet waiting time targets in A&E for the last 20 weeks . But the latest set of figures , published last week , reveal the misery for patients is ongoing , with no end in sight for medical staff who are under mounting pressure . NHS England said 91.6 per cent of patients spent four hours or less from arrival in A&E to being admitted to hospital , transferred or discharged . The figures revealed performance for the week ending February 15 and is down from 92.9 per cent the previous week - short of the 95 per cent target . The damning statistics marked the 20th consecutive week that the A&E target has been missed . New figures published today by the Health and Social Care Information Centre reveal NHS hospitals in England dealt with 15.5 million admissions in 2013-14 . That figure equates to 42,400 patients being admitted each day - 870 more on average than the previous year . Those aged 65 to 69 were most likely to be admitted to hospital , and the age group saw the greatest increase in admissions , up 66,000 from the previous year to 1.3 million . Falls accounted for 421,800 admissions , an increase of 11,000 from 2012-13 , with patients aged over 65 most likely to suffer a fall . | Cash for care in evenings and weekends has fallen every year from 2009-10 . Taking inflation into account , funding last year is 9 % lower in real terms . David Cameron has promised real terms increases in the NHS budget . Labour condemns ` shocking ' cuts to out-of-hours care despite pledge . A&E waiting times missed for five months after surge in patient numbers . | [[0, 111], [327, 496], [360, 496], [1530, 1638], [0, 111], [327, 496], [360, 496], [497, 507], [510, 515], [583, 648], [1530, 1638], [1727, 1792], [1199, 1279], [212, 220], [238, 326], [736, 830], [736, 756], [769, 830], [3003, 3099]] |
It 's synonymous with rock chicks and is a fabric beloved of the style set - but you do n't often see a royal stepping out in leather . One who does is Spain 's Queen Letizia who stepped out in a fitted burgundy dress crafted from the fabric in Madrid today . But in true royal style , what could have been a risqué look was toned down with one of the 42-year-old 's trademark tailored jackets . Scroll down for video . Glamorous : Letizia opted for a burgundy leather dress for her meeting in Madrid today . The more serious approach to dressing was echoed in the theme of the day 's events , with the royal on businesslike form for a meeting with the board of the Royal Council on Disability . One of Letizia 's favoured causes , the mother-of-two appeared deep in concentration as she listened to the points raised by her fellow board members . The visit was the first outing of the week for Letizia , who spent much of last week championing another of her favoured causes - Spanish culture . That saw her travel to the town of La Coruna where , with 47-year-old husband King Felipe , she toured the Museo de Belas Artes . All business : She kept the dress businesslike by adding a tailored jacket and a pair of matching plum courts . Paying attention : She appeared deep in concentration during the meeting for the Royal Council on Disabilies . Keeping busy : The meeting was Letizia 's first of the week and follows a busy period of cultural pursuits . The previous week , again with King Felipe , she hosted the National Culture Awards and welcomed some of Spain 's finest writers , directors and actors to the El Pardo Palace in Madrid . Both Letizia , a former journalist , and Felipe are famous for championing Spanish culture , with Letizia even flying to Vienna last October to open an exhibition dedicated to Diego Velázquez . Velázquez , who was born in 1599 , is best known for his 1656 work , Las Meninas , which is usually housed in Madrid 's Prado Museum . The painting , which shows Infanta Margarita Teresa surrounded by her maids of honour and servants , was commissioned by Felipe IV - an ancestor of the current King Felipe . Interests : Along with Spanish culture , disability is a favoured cause of the Spanish queen . Royal work : Last week saw Letizia travel to La Coruna with King Felipe to visit a museum . | The 42-year-old was attending a meeting of the Royal Council on Disability . Wore an unusually risqué burgundy leather dress and matching courts . Toned down the look with an elegant tailored black jacket . | [[1257, 1348], [152, 174], [179, 217], [194, 259], [432, 508], [1150, 1159], [1173, 1237], [286, 363], [307, 395], [1150, 1159], [1173, 1237]] |
Erich Nowsch , the suspect in the ` road rage ' slaying of mother-of-four Tammy Meyers , was high on marijuana while police questioned him following his arrest - and detectives knew it , his defense lawyers said today . Nowsch , 19 , had smoked pot before surrendering himself in the midst of a standoff with Las Vegas police , according to his attorney Augustus Claus . Claus said he plans to argue in court that anything Nowsch told investigators after he was taken into custody can no longer be used in the impending murder trial . It 's not clear what Nowsch told detectives after his arrest . Erich Nowsch 's defense lawyers claim that police knew the 19-year-old was high during questioning . His attorney Augustus Claus claims that police ` watched ' Nowsch smoke pot before he surrendered during a standoff with police -LRB- pictured -RRB- at his Las Vegas home . Claus said it could now be argued that anything Nowsch told investigators after he was taken into custody can no longer be used in the impending murder trial . ` People tend to say things that are n't entirely credible when they 're under the influence , ' he told the Associated Press . Claus said ` not only ' did the police let Nowsch smoke , they ` watched him do it ' as they tried ` to talk him down ' during a standoff that involved a helicopter and a SWAT team . The allegation was just the latest in a string of turns that has plagued what was initially thought to be a ` road rage ' murder . Yesterday local resident Robert Selig said Meyers , 44 , was killed in a ` drug deal gone bad ' . ` The son and mother left the Meyers residence looking for Eric on a drug deal gone bad , ' he said . ` That 's the word on the street . A prescription drug deal gone bad . ' Selig said he believes Meyers went to the park to pick up pharmaceutical pills ` like Xanax ' from Erich . ` The kid sold it right there at that concrete table , day in day out , ' he said . The Meyers family initially claimed that Meyers had gotten into an argument with Nowsch while giving her daughter a driving lesson on the night of the February 12 shooting . They said Nowsch followed them home and shot at them . It has since emerged that Meyers went home and recruited her son Brandon , who brought his handgun , to help her look for Nowsch after the late-night altercation . Tammy Meyers , 44 , was shot in the head in what initially appeared to be a road-rage incident involving Nowsch . Robert Meyers watched in court as his wife 's alleged murderer made his first appearance . He said he would be present at every hearing . Erich Nowsch , left , with his attorney Conrad Claus as he is arraigned for the alleged murder of Tammy Meyers after a confrontation between him and her and her armed son . Meyers was shot in the head and died after two days on life-support . Claus said he believes Nowsch will be able to claim self-defense because Brandon Meyers was armed . Nowsch appeared in court in Las Vegas on Monday to be arraigned . His preliminary hearing was set for March 10 . Sitting on the public benches was Tammy 's widower , Robert Meyers , who stared intently at Nowsch throughout the five-minute hearing . As he left court he told MailOnline : ` I 'll be here every court date . You 'll see me here at every hearing . ` That 's what Tammy would want . ' Outside the hearing district attorney Steven B Wolfson told Daily Mail Online : ` There 's been some speculation about drugs and drug use - but that 's not the heart of the case . ` The center focus of this case is the interaction between adults which occurred one night - that 's the focus . Somebody lost their life and it was stupid . ' Last week it was revealed that the Meyers family actually knew Nowsch . 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 . Nowsch told friends he had been involved in a shooting and had fired 22 shots at a single location , according to a police report . Mrs Meyers husband Robert , who claims police told him to keep his family 's relationship with the suspect a secret , described how his wife had consoled Nowsch , would tell him to pull his pants up around the neighborhood and tried to teach him how to be a man . Mr Meyers told reporters outside his home on Thursday : ` We know this boy . I could n't tell you this before . He knew where I lived . ' ` We knew how bad he was , but we did n't know it was this bad . That he 'd gotten to this point , and his friends . ' It is rumored that Nowsch has been affiliated with a gang called Alpha Block . Nowsch posted a picture of him lighting up and taking a hit from a bong on Instagram . Another image posted on his Instagram appears to show more of the drug spread out on a glass slab . Local resident Colorado Wright , who knew both the Meyers ' three sons as well as Nowsch , said the latter was known for being mixed up in drugs - including ` weed , meth probably , molly , ecstasy ' . ` He was always dealing drugs , ' Wright said . ` He had a moped at one time and he would go up and down the streets in this neighborhood selling to everybody . ' ` He 'd be walking down the street yelling out `` I got weed '' so loud and brazen about it ' . ` Most definitely he 'd have been under the influence of drugs on the night of the shooting ' . Last week it was revealed that the Meyers family actually knew Nowsch . Mr Meyers told reporters outside his home on Thursday : ` We know this boy . We knew how bad he was , but we did n't know it was this bad ' Meyers was taken off life support after she failed to recover from the injuries she sustained in the incident . Daily Mail Online spoke to one person who has known Nowsch for a number of years -- who asked not to be named -- and he said three years ago Nowsch only had one tattoo and was always getting picked on by bigger kids . The source explained : ` Baby G , everybody called him that because he was so small . He 's 19 but looks 14 . He had to take pills just to grow . ` Everyone kept on robbing him and robbing him . I think he got a gun because he was getting robbed . ' According to the Associated Press , police said Nowsch showed his friends a .45 - caliber handgun after the shooting and bragged that he had ` got those kids ' who were after him . Nowsch then claimed he fired several shots during the first altercation and 22 shots in the cul-de-sac where Meyers was killed , according to a police report . He has been charged with murder , attempted murder and discharge of a gun within a vehicle . Las Vegas police are still searching for a second suspect they believe was Nowsch 's accomplice . 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 . February 23 - Nowsch is arraigned on murder charges in Las Vegas . | Erich Nowsch , 19 , is charged with murder of Tammy Meyers , 44 , a mother of four and grandmother of one . His lawyer Augustus Claus said Nowsch had smoked pot before surrendering to police after standoff at his home . Claus said police ` watched him do it ' Said it could now be argued that anything Nowsch told investigators after he was taken into custody can no longer be used in murder trial . Nowsch appeared in court to be arraigned on murder charges on Monday . Local resident recently told Daily Mail Online he believes drugs were actually behind the murder . 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A young mother-of-two has refused NHS cancer treatment and is trying to cure herself with herbal remedies and a raw food diet instead . Kelly Logan , from Dagenham , Essex , was diagnosed with breast cancer just five months ago after finding a lump in her chest . The 34-year-old was devastated when doctors told her she needed emergency surgery , chemotherapy and radiotherapy to give her the best chance of survival . But to the horror of her doctors - and initially her family - she has defiantly refused all medical treatment , opting to eat raw vegetables and take vitamin supplements in a bid to prolong her life . Kelly Logan , 34 , was diagnosed with breast cancer but has refused medical treatment , as she says chemotherapy would leave her unable to care for children Logan , 14 , and Blaze , 4 . Ms Logan was told she needed surgery , chemotherapy and radiotherapy . But she refused these treatments , opting to eat a diet of raw vegetables - with no fish or meat - and take vitamins and herbal remedies instead . Ms Logan said she has always been against invasive medical treatments , and believes doctors are ` biased ' towards them . She is pictured , left , before she became ill and , right , after her diagnosis . Ms Logan said : ' I do n't want to lose my breast and be pumped full of chemotherapy . ` People have called me selfish because I 'm refusing all treatment provided on the NHS but if anything , having the treatment is selfish . ' I would n't be able to do anything with my eldest son , Logan , who is 14 , and my youngest son , Blaze , who is just four , if I was being sick and feeling tired all the time . ` Thanks to my new eating and exercising regime , I now feel healthier than ever . ` Being diagnosed with breast cancer at such a young age is heartbreaking but I was more petrified of chemotherapy than I was about the cancer . ' I felt doctors were biased towards conventional treatment . ' Ms Logan has always been against chemotherapy and invasive treatments that aim to cure cancer . Ms Logan takes around 20 vitamins a day as well as herbal remedies , which she claims shore up her immune system . She also exercises as often as she can . Professor Peter Johnson , medical oncologist and chief clinician at Cancer Research UK , warned if left untreated , Ms Logan 's cancer is likely to spread around her body . He told MailOnline : ` I completely understand that someone who has just been told they have cancer might be scared and worried - and might seek alternative treatments . ` But this is a very risky strategy . ` Cancer Research UK spends millions carrying out clinical trials to ensure the advice doctors give to patients about cancer is evidence-based . ` There simply is n't any reliable evidence for alternative approaches . ` Sometimes we see spontaneous remissions , which are put down to alternative therapies , but no clinical trial has ever showed them to be effective . ' He added : ` If I was getting on an aeroplane to travel across the Atlantic , I would want to get on the plane with someone who was trained , knew what they were doing , and had looked at the evidence . ` Not with someone without a licence who vaguely thought there was a chance they could fly a plane . ` There is simply no evidence diet changes and vitamins can treat cancer . ` One of the reasons breast cancer deaths have come down in recent years is because we have effective treatments in the form of surgery , chemotherapy and radiotherapy . ` If people do n't take those treatments they have to realise they are putting their lives at risk . ` Breast cancer spreads into the breasts , into the chest wall , into the lymph nodes and into the blood stream and around the body . ` It 's likely if this lady is n't treated her cancer will spread around her body . That 's what usually happens . ` She has a high chance of cure with chemotherapy and radiotherapy . It would be a real shame for her to miss out on this . ' She said : ` One of my friends had cancer but he died while having chemo as his immune system became so low . ` Also , the thought of losing my hair terrified me as well , I did n't want to look like a cancer sufferer . ` Doctors told me I needed to lose my whole right breast and that chemo would stop it from spreading . ' I decided to research alternative treatments online and that 's when I found out about the different herbal remedies you can take to help your body . ' I no longer eat meat or fish and live off a 90 per cent raw vegetable diet so I eat a lot of vegetables and fruit juices . ' However , experts warn there is no evidence alternative therapies can cure cancer , stop its spread or slow tumour growth . Sue Green , senior information development nurse at Macmillan Cancer Support , said : ` Using herbal remedies instead of traditional cancer treatment is considered a form of alternative therapy . ` Alternative therapies are used instead of conventional cancer treatments . They are different from complementary therapies . ` No alternative therapies have ever been proven to cure cancer or slow its growth and Macmillan Cancer Support does not advocate the use of them . ` For anyone considering , or currently having , alternative therapy it is important to tell your doctor as soon as possible . ' But Ms Logan believes chemotherapy would ruin her quality of life , and alternative therapies will allow her to live longer . She said : ' I do n't allow cancer to rule my day to day life but I like to see if my self-healing is working to halt the growth of my lump . ' I work 50-hours a week , I support two young children and I exercise as often as I can . ' She monitors the size of the lump on her breast by drawing two black dots onto it every day . Her family were devastated when she told them she was going to refuse all treatment , but . She said : ` My mum was really upset but once I showed her my research and what I hoped to do , she understood and accepted my decision . ` My breast cancer is ductal carcinoma and doctors think it 's linked to an infection I caught during breastfeeding in my milk duct which caused the mutation of cells to grow . ' Ms Logan has an ultrasound on her breast every three months but does n't plan to accept treatment even if her cancer starts to grow rapidly . Ms Logan , pictured with her youngest son Blaze , four , before she was diagnosed , says she will carry on treating herself with alternative therapies even if scans show her cancer tumour has grown . She said : ` On my last check-up in January they told me that my lump at grown 0.9 mm , which is such a tiny amount considering how long I have had the tumour for . ' I have asked for an MRI but my doctor knows that even if my cancer had spread that I would n't want chemotherapy so there 's no point in finding out . ' She says feels that she 's taking her life into her own hands and wants others to do the same . She added : ' I feel better than I ever have , people always say I look great considering I have cancer but it 's because I have n't been pumped with drugs . ' I take about 20 different vitamins to help keep up my immune system . ` I 'm not looking for a miracle cure but I feel I can keep my life as normal by following my own detoxing treatment plan . ' I have n't asked doctors how long I will live without treatment but I 'm confident it will be longer than if I had conventional treatment . Ms Logan has even set up a blog to document her journey and is writing an eBook in a bid to provide others with diet tips and herbal remedies that combat cancer . She said : ' I know not everyone will agree with my choice of self-healing but there are lots of people who do and it 's amazing how much support I have had from complete strangers . ' I hope my story gives others the strength to make their own cancer treatment decisions based on what they want rather than what doctors feel is best . ' For more information on cancer treatments , or support from Macmillan please visit their website www.macmillan.org.uk or call their support line on 0808 808 0000 . To read more about Kelly 's story visit her blog : www.cancerwontbeatme.com . Ductal breast cancer - also called ductal carcinoma - is the most common type of breast cancer . Around 90 out of every 100 breast cancers diagnosed -LRB- 90 per cent -RRB- are this type . A ductal carcinoma is a cancer that started in the cells that line the ducts of the breasts - the ` pipes ' that carry milk from the milk-producing lobules to the nipple . It has begun to spread into the surrounding breast tissue . Treatment for ductal breast cancer includes : . Source : Cancer Research UK . | Kelly Logan , 34 , was diagnosed with stage 2 cancer five months ago . Was told she needed surgery , chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment . But she has refused medical care as she is against invasive treatments . Says chemotherapy would leave her unable to care for her two children . Now takes herbal remedies , vitamins and eats a raw vegetable diet . 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The Arctic could be completely free of ice in just 40 years as a result of global warming , one of the world 's leading climate change experts has warned . Nobel Peace Prize winner Professor Oleg Anisimov said there is evidence that temperatures are rising four times faster in the frozen region than the rest of the planet . This means that there will only be open water in the polar region by the 2050s , with nothing more than a few floating icebergs at the North Pole , according to the Russian academic . Alarming : The Arctic could be completely free of ice in just 40 years as a result of global warming , one of the world 's leading climate change experts has warned . This map shows rates of erosion on the Arctic coast , with the fastest rates marked in red . Professor Anisimov , from the State Hydrological Institute in St Petersburg , gave his stark warning during a lecture in the Sakha Republic - the coldest part of Russia . He forecasts that the region will see temperature rises of up to 7 °C within a century . ` For several reasons , the Arctic climate change is more intense and faster than in other regions . There is a reduction in snow and ice cover , which has a protective function , ' he said . ` On average over the last year , the minimum area of sea ice has decreased from 5.4 to 5.3 million square kilometres -LSB- two million square miles -RSB- . Over the past 10 years , the reduction of sea ice in the Arctic was by 13.7 per cent . Shocking pictures from Siberia -LRB- one is pictured -RRB- show the collapse of buildings due to melting permafrost . According to environmentalists , as the snow and ice melts , the ability of the Arctic region to reflect heat back into space is reduced and the rate of global warming is accelerated once more . Nobel Peace Prize winner Professor Oleg Anisimov -LRB- pictured -RRB- said there is evidence that temperatures are rising four times faster in the frozen region than the rest of the planet . ` By the middle of the century it may be that the Arctic Ocean will be completely ice free . ' Environmentalists and climate change scientists have long known about the potential disaster in the Arctic as a result of rising global temperatures . The Yakutia region is experiencing climate change at a rapid rate and a 1884 map -LRB- pictured -RRB- shows Arctic islands that have already vanished . The sea ice is already at the lowest ever level recorded , with the WWF warning that a rise of just 2 °C would be enough to melt the remaining floes . As well as rising sea waters , climate change could threaten delicate ecosystems and marine life . According to environmentalists , as the snow and ice melts , the ability of the Arctic region to reflect heat back into space is reduced and the rate of global warming is accelerated once more . This could spark increasing numbers of forest fires and unpredictable storms and , at worst , bring a halt to the Gulf Stream which warms Europe . The Sakha Republic , also known as Yakutia , is experiencing climate change at a quicker rate than other parts of the world , The Siberian Times reported . A map of the region from 1884 is already radically different to today 's , with Arctic islands having vanished under rising sea waters . Professor Anisimov predicts overall increases of about 7 °C by next century in Russia 's frozen north . Shocking pictures from Siberia highlighted by the academic show the collapse of buildings due to melting permafrost . In 2007 , as part of an Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change , he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for research on the impact of global warming , and is considered one of the world 's most eminent experts on the subject . He said : ` If the global temperature got warmer by 0.85 °C in 100 years , in Yakutia the winter temperature will have increased by 3.5 °C . Professor Anisimov said : ` If the global temperature got warmer by 0.85 °C in 100 years , in Yakutia the winter temperature will have increased by 3.5 °C . ' This picture shows s house destroyed by melting ice on Yenisey - the largest river system flowing to the Arctic Ocean . As well as erosion -LRB- areas of which are marked on this map -RRB- , climate change has been blamed for the series of unexplained craters appearing throughout Russia . ` That is , global warming here is four times faster . According to our forecasts , the temperature in the north will increase by six to seven degrees by the 2100s . ' Other scientists have already speculated that global warming could be partly responsible for the series of unexplained craters appearing throughout Russia . They believe warming air is melting thick permafrost , leading to the accumulation and release of volatile ` fire ice ' gases which then explode to create the giant craters . Almost two thirds of the Russian land mass lies within a permafrost zone and there are concerns that any melting of this could cause potential problems for infrastructure , such as buildings in cities and pipelines . ` Projected changes in the permafrost seriously threaten the Russian economy , primarily due to the increased risk of damage to the infrastructure of the Far North , ' Professor Anisimov said . The US-based Natural Resources Defence Council said it is vital to pay attention to environmental changes at the top of the world . ` The Arctic is global warming 's canary in the coal mine . Most scientists view what is happening now in the Arctic as a harbinger of things to come , ' the council said . Four new mysterious giant craters have appeared in the Siberian permafrost in northern Russia , sparking fears that global warming may be causing gas to erupt from underground . Scientists spotted the new holes , along with dozens of other smaller ones , in the same area as three other enormous craters that were spotted on the Yamal Peninsula last year . The craters are thought to be caused by eruptions of methane gas from the permafrost as rising rising temperatures causes the frozen soil to melt . It has sparked fears that the craters could become more common as climate change continues to warm and led to warnings that the area is facing a looming natural disaster . Unexplained : The first of the new craters discovered , named B1 -LRB- pictured above -RRB- , shows signs of an huge eruption of gas . Four new mysterious giant craters have appeared in the Siberian permafrost in northern Russia , sparking fears that global warming may be causing gas to erupt from underground . One of new craters , surrounded by at least 20 smaller holes , is just six miles from a major gas production plant . Experts have predicted there could be up to 30 more are waiting to be discovered . Scientists , however , are still largely baffled by the exact processes causing the craters . Professor Vasily Bogoyavlensky , deputy director of the Moscow-based Oil and Gas Research Institute , part of the Russian Academy of Sciences , has called for ` urgent ' investigation of the new phenomenon amid safety fears . Until now , the existence of only three Siberian craters had been established when great caverns in the frozen landscape were spotted by passing helicopter pilots . ` We know now of seven craters in the Arctic area , ' Professor Bogoyavlensky told The Siberian Times . ` Five are directly on the Yamal peninsula , one in Yamal Autonomous district , and one is on the north of the Krasnoyarsk region , near the Taimyr peninsula . ` We have exact locations for only four of them . The other three were spotted by reindeer herders . ` But I am sure that there are more craters on Yamal , we just need to search for them . I would compare this with mushrooms . ` When you find one mushroom , be sure there are few more around . I suppose there could be 20 to 30 craters more . ' Two of the newly-discovered large craters - also known as funnels to scientists - have turned into lakes , revealed Professor Bogoyavlensky . ` It is important not to scare people , but this is a very serious problem . We must research this phenomenon urgently to prevent possible disasters . ` We can not rule out new gas emissions in the Arctic and in some cases they can ignite . ' | Professor Oleg Anisimov said Arctic temperatures are rising fast . This means that there will be open water in the polar region by the 2050s . Forecasts that the region 's temperature will rise by 7 °C within a century . Melting permafrost is already causing damage to buildings in the region . | [[156, 325], [210, 325], [1779, 1969], [1854, 1969], [3253, 3356], [4378, 4459], [5179, 5204], [5867, 5878], [5952, 5981], [0, 59], [326, 509], [342, 404], [519, 580], [941, 1029], [954, 1029], [3253, 3356], [4378, 4459], [1466, 1583], [1519, 1583], [3357, 3387], [3416, 3474], [4004, 4093]] |
Victim : Jon-Jo Highton , 18 , suffered horrific injuries after one of his attackers shouted ` That 's him ! ' and he was set upon by a gang , a jury was told . A teenager was hacked to death in the street near his home by eight men who jumped out of two cars and launched a brutal revenge attack , a court heard yesterday . Jon-Jo Highton , 18 , suffered horrific injuries after one of his attackers shouted ` That 's him ! ' before the group began slashing at him , a jury was told . His mother fled the court in tears as the jury was shown a computerised image showing the horrific injury to the side of the head which the prosecution say was the fatal blow . The shocking attack in a street in Preston , Lancashire stemmed from rivalry between groups of drug-dealers but had been provoked by a violent incident hours earlier at the home of one of the alleged killers , the court heard . Member of the group which set upon the father-of-one had earlier been storing axes , knives , hammers and a sword , telling people they were ` in case the enemy rolls on us ' , the jury was told . ` We are not able to say which of the defendants struck the fatal blow , but what we do say is that each of the defendants charged on count one is guilty of the offence of murder because he participated in the attack on Jon-Jo Highton and he did so with murderous intent , ' Neil Flewitt , QC , prosecuting , told the jury at Preston Crown Court . He said Jon-Jo had been killed by being struck on the side of the face by a long-bladed weapon ` with considerable force ' , severing his jugular vein and carotid artery , but suffered numerous other wounds as well . He said the jury would hear the attack had been launched in revenge for an incident in the early hours of that morning , August 23 last year , at 19-year-old Owen Whitesmith 's home in which a friend of his mother was headbutted . Mr Flewitt said the jury would hear that Whitesmith had been storing weapons including a sword in the flat of a girl he had been dealing heroin only for them to be moved a week before the killing . He said Jon-Jo 's group and Whitesmith 's associates were rival drug dealers and that there was ' a background of hostility ' between them . In the day following the headbutt attack , another witness told police Whitesmith had been ` trying to get some lads together in revenge ' , Mr Flewitt said . The jury was told Whitesmith referred to friends as ` G ' in texts , meaning ` gangster ' , Mr Flewitt said . Among those they recruited was 23-year-old Arran Graham , known as ` Scottish ' . In one text , the jury was told Whitesmith asked him : ' Are you going to come and do something with me today because all the boys are pussies ? ' Graham allegedly replied : ` Come and get me bro . ' Mr Flewitt said Graham later sent Whitesmith a text message asking ` What soldiers have we got ? ' to which he answered ` L 's bro and big weapons ' . Preston Crown Court : The attack in a street in the Lancashire town stemmed from rivalry drug-dealers but had been provoked by a violent incident hours earlier at the home of one of the alleged killers , the court heard . Flanked by security guards in the glass-panelled dock , Graham appeared to smirk and exchanged glances to a smiling co-defendant as the prosecution case against them was outlined . Another was Craig Walton , 26 , who according to visitors to his flat had a large machete-type weapon and a stick with a spike taped to one end to defend his drugs if someone tried to steal them , Mr Flewitt said . Mr Flewitt said the quartet , joined by 24-year-old Stephen Walton -LRB- no relation -RRB- drove towards Jon-Jo 's home in the Deepdale area in Whitesmith 's blue Vauxhall Vectra at about 10.30 pm that day , keeping in touch with three further men in a second car , a Vauxhall Meriva . At about 11.15 pm , he said , the jury would hear that 20-year-old drug dealer Zaahid Patel , who was in the second car , spotted Jon-Jo - who had just left a pub near his home where he was playing pool - and shouted ` That 's him ! ' and called Whitesmith . ` It is the prosecution case that the purpose of the call was for Zaahid Patel to let Owen Whitesmith know that he had spotted Jon-Jo Highton , ' he added . Moments later , Jon-Jo was attacked with fatal consequences . Whitesmith , Graham , Patel , Craig Walton , Minhaj Musa , 21 , Mohammed Sabaar Dal , 20 , all of Preston , Joshua Bore , 19 , of Ribbleton , and Stephen Walton , of no fixed address , all deny murder . Liam Tunstall , 26 , of Penwortham , Stuart Eastham , 32 , of Ribbleton , and John Wilding , 36 , of Darwen , all deny assisting an offender . The trial continues . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article . | Jon-Jo Highton 's mother fled the court in tears at learning of his injuries . 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It 's well known that Isis are violently anti-Western -- but not , it seems , when it comes to fast food . In the terrorist group 's Iraqi stronghold of Mosul it 's possible to eat US-style burgers and fries , courtesy of a burger joint . ` Big Burger ' , which can be found in the north of the city by the Tigris River , in the Elarabi Quarter , serves a variety of meals . In Isis ' stronghold of Mosul , it 's possible to by a Western-style cheeseburger at a Big Burger joint . Super-sized : Big Burger offers its customers the option of having large fries , just as fast food restaurants in the West do . ` Big Burger ' , which can be found in the north of the city by the Tigris River , in the Elarabi Quarter , lets its customers eat inside , or al fresco . It 's possible to order a chicken sandwich , cheeseburger and Mexican-style fillings , as well as Western soft drinks such as Sprite and Coca-Cola . Customers can eat their meals al fresco , or inside , on tablecloths adorned with the words ` fast food ' , in English . The restaurant appears to be very popular , with an average score of 4.2 out of five from 201 reviews on its Facebook page , which has nearly 3,000 ` likes ' . The fact that the terrorists allow the restaurant to operate may surprise some . The group mete out extreme punishments to people who embrace Western habits , even executing those they deem to have strayed from their strict interpretation of Islamic Sharia law . Earlier this year , for instance , 13 teenage boys were shot dead for watching the Asian Cup football match between Iraq and Jordan last week . Isis declared that they 'd broken religious law by watching the game . And this week it emerged that Isis terrorists have blown up the Mosul Public Library , sending 10,000 books and more than 700 rare manuscripts up in flames . Leading members of Mosul society reportedly tried to stop the fanatics destroying the building , but failed . The director of the library , Ghanim al-Ta ` an , said that the extremists used homemade bombs in the attack , which took place on Sunday . He told Middle Eastern website Geran : ` ISIS militants bombed the Mosul Public Library . They used improvised explosive devices . ' The restaurant appears to be very popular , with an average score of 4.2 out of five from 201 reviews on its Facebook page , which has nearly 3,000 ` likes ' Presumed destroyed are the Central Library 's collection of Iraqi newspapers dating to the early 20th century , maps and books from the Ottoman Empire and book collections contributed by around 100 of Mosul 's establishment families . Mosul blogger Rayan al-Hadidi , according to The Fiscal Times , said : ` Nine hundred years ago , the books of the Arab philosopher Averroes were collected before his eyes ... and burned . One of his students started crying while witnessing the burning . Averroes told him ... the ideas have wings ... but I cry today over our situation . ' Isis first invaded the Central Library in January . Residents say the extremists smashed the locks that had protected the biggest repository of learning in the northern Iraq town , and loaded around 2,000 books -- including children 's stories , poetry , philosophy and tomes on sports , health , culture and science -- into six pickup trucks . They left only Islamic texts . ` These books promote infidelity and call for disobeying Allah . So they will be burned , ' a bearded militant in traditional Afghani two-piece clothing told residents , according to one man living nearby who spoke to The Associated Press . The man , who spoke on condition of anonymity because he feared retaliation , said the Islamic State group official made his impromptu address as others stuffed books into empty flour bags . | ` Big Burger ' in Isis ' strong-hold of Mosul sells Western-style fast food . It 's possible to order cheeseburgers with fries and drink Sprite and Coke . It scores an average of 4.2 out of five from 201 Facebook reviews . | [[107, 207], [375, 404], [407, 480], [107, 207], [375, 404], [407, 480], [495, 559], [764, 912], [764, 769], [779, 912]] |
Thousands of over-55s will be unable to access new pension freedoms in April because there are still gaping holes in the Government 's policy , it is claimed . Britain 's insurers say neither they nor the Government will be ready when the radical reforms are introduced in just six weeks ' time . In a startling admission , the industry body for pensions firms say ` critical pieces of the jigsaw ' will not be in place when the changes ` go live ' on April 6 . Chancellor George Osborne , pictured , announced last March that over-55s would be allowed to use their pension pots how they liked from this April , instead of being forced to buy an annuity . Last March , Chancellor George Osborne made the surprise announcement that over-55s would be able to withdraw their pension and spend it as they wished , rather than being forced to buy an annuity . It followed criticism that annuities , a guaranteed income for life , had become poor value for money . Under the plans , people should be able to dip into their pension whenever they like , with 25 per cent of any withdrawal tax-free . But the Association of British Insurers will use its annual conference today to say missing details mean it is ` impossible ' to say the new freedoms will be available on time . The ABI pointed out that the Government 's guidance service , which offers free information on the reforms , still had no phone number just 40 days before the rules change , meaning there is nowhere for pension providers to direct people to if they did not have internet access . Insurers also have little information on how the guidance , called Pension Wise , will work and how consultations will be logged so insurers know what had been discussed with customers . Pensions expert Dr Ros Altman , pictured , feared some pension firms would not allow customers to switch to a flexible income drawdown scheme . Providers are also still waiting for ` critical rules ' from the Financial Conduct Authority on what information they must give to customers before allowing them to withdraw their cash . But critics have also accused insurers themselves of ` dragging their feet ' and failing to adapt to the reforms quickly enough . Pensions ' expert and government advisor Ros Altmann , said : ` The fact that Pension Wise is not yet fully operational should not stop pension firms from helping their customers to benefit from the freedoms . ` Some firms are moving with the times whereas too many others are just staying with the status quo which has suited them so well for so long but has not necessarily been in customer interests . ' The uncertainty will raise fresh doubts over how many people will actually be able to use their pension like a bank account , as has been suggested by ministers . Dr Altmann said she feared many pension firms would not allow their customers to switch to a flexible income drawdown schemes , forcing customers to move . Millions are stuck in older schemes that will not let them swap . These savers may incur exit fees worth up to a fifth of their pension pot if they move to a more flexible company . Others will be forced to wait while their provider decides if it will accommodate the reforms . Many pension firms have already admitted they will not make the changes by April , if at all . A Treasury spokesman said : ` We have already seen firms announce new products for April 2015 , launched the first arm of the guidance service -- the Pension Wise website -- and are on course to meet demand for face to face and telephone guidance in April . ' | George Osborne announced major pension rule changes last March . Over 55s will no longer have to buy an annuity with their lump sum in April . Pension experts believe ` critical pieces of the jigsaw ' are still missing . | [[462, 487], [501, 578], [297, 321], [324, 396]] |
A former Knox Grammar teacher and convicted sex offender who took the stand on Tuesday at the royal commission into child sexual abuse said he was not fired when the school learned of his abuse . Craig Treloar , a former teacher at the elite boy 's school , told the inquest he expected to be fired when he was caught , but was instead shown leniency , the ABC reported . He engaged in sexual abuse with young male students at the school , as well as showing them pornographic images with some depicting bestiality . Treloar - who was convicted on a number of charges including sexual abuse in 2010 - told the commission he expected to be sacked by the then principal Dr Ian Paterson after he admitted to showing students porn in 1987 , but he was not reprimanded . Scroll down for video . Craig Treloar , a former teacher and convicted sex offender told an inquest on Tuesday he was not fired as he though he would be when he confessed to showing students pornography in 1987 . ' I thought my career was over , ' he told the hearing . ' I thought I 'd be sacked . ' ` The decision was that obviously I would leave the boarding house , that I would lose my teaching position for a period of six months , ' Treloar said . But according to the former teacher he was never asked about the extent of the abuse , and after being told he was to lose his paid teaching position for a period , did not even have to serve that time immediately . There was no mention of either an internal inquiry or involving the police . The hearing continues . Former Knox Grammar School student Scott Ashton , told a royal commission hearing investigating how the Uniting Church and the private school responded to child abuse allegations , that he was left deeply confused by the tribute to the late Bruce Barrett . Earlier this week the inquiry was told the prestigious Sydney school erected memorial gates for a teacher who was known to be a ` notorious molester ' with the inscription ` he touched us all ' . Former Knox Grammar School student Scott Ashton , 44 , told a royal commission hearing investigating how the Uniting Church and the private school responded to child abuse allegations , that he was left deeply confused by the tribute to the late Bruce Barrett . Mr Ashton called the art teacher a ` notorious molester ' while giving evidence to the commission on Tuesday , as he revealed the abuse he had personally suffered at Barrett 's hands in the Wahroonga school 's classrooms on Sydney 's North Shore . In his statement , read out by close friend Gretel Pinniger who is also known as the high profile Sydney dominatrix Madame Lash , Mr Ashton said Barrett would chase and tickle his students . Pictured : Counsel assisting the inquiry David Lloyd at the Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse public hearing into Knox Grammar School , Sydney . Mr Ashton said he was inappropriately touched in sight of other staff and students in the playground . He told the inquiry that Barrett would occasionally wear a red tie , announcing ` watch out boys , it 's a red tie day ' to signify someone would be caned that day . On one occasion , he recalled being chased by the teacher who then requested he stay back after class . Fearing that he would be caned , Mr Ashton was instead sexually assaulted . ' I felt ashamed of my abuse . I was deeply ashamed and unable to discuss it with anyone , ' Mr Ashton said in his statement , according to News Corp. . ` It was an issue which I avoided because any reminder of it would cause me severe stress and interfered with my ability to function and cope on a day-to-day basis . ' Pictured : Justice Coate at the Royal Commission . Mr Ashton 's statement was read out by close friend Gretel Pinniger , who is also known as the high profile Sydney dominatrix Madame Lash . On one occasion , Mr Ashton recalled being chased by the teacher who then requested he stay behind after class . Fearing that he would be caned , Mr Ashton was instead sexually assaulted . Despite his notoriety , Mr Ashton said everyone at the school was expected to pay tribute to Barrett , who had died young . ` The fact that he was so well regarded by the school despite being a notorious molester made me feel very confused and powerless , ' he said . Mr Ashton said he was nine when he went to Knox and from the start he was abused ` openly and brazenly ' by another teacher , Barrie Stewart . He said the sexual abuse he suffered led him to become a teenage sex worker , according to the ABC . Pictured : Her Honour Justice Coate -LRB- left -RRB- and Commissioner Atkinson at the Royal Commission . Mr Ashton said the sexual abuse he suffered led him to become a teenage sex worker . He described another incident in which he was inappropriately touched in sight of other staff and students in the playground , saying : ` It was so common I was n't sure it was wrong for teachers to touch me like that . ' In 2009 , Stewart was convicted of five counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault . He was given a suspended sentence . Five former teachers have been convicted of sexual assault , however the inquiry has heard allegations against a further three staff members who have never been charged . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article . | Knox Grammar School gate was a memorial to late teacher Bruce Barrett . Former student Scott Ashton , 44 , called him a ` notorious molester ' He gave evidence at a royal commission hearing into how the Uniting Church and the private school responded to child abuse allegations . 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Goalkeeper Hope Solo has maintained she was the victim of domestic violence following a brawl at a family event - and not the aggressor , as police initially said - in her first interview since the incident last year . The 33-year-old athlete admitted however that it was ` stupid ' of her to get into a U.S. Soccer van last month after a night out with her husband , who was charged with driving under the influence , resulting in Solo being banned from the game for 30 days . Solo was charged with two counts of domestic violence assault in June last year a family party in Washington state , following an altercation with her half-sister and 17-year-old nephew , who weighs 280lbs and stands 6ft 9in , however the charges were later dropped . In a sit-down with Robin Roberts on Good Morning America on Wednesday , Solo said that she was assaulted by her nephew . Scroll down for video . ' I was the victim ' : Despite police claiming she was the aggressor , Hope Solo has said her nephew assaulted her at a family function in Washington state last June , in which she was charged with assault . ` It was a horrible choice ' : Solo admitted to Robin Roberts on Wednesday that her actions during a traffic stop in California last month - which lead to a 30-day suspension - were ` stupid ' ' I am very grateful U.S. Soccer let due process play itself out ' : Solo is grateful to have been reinstated . ` It 's still very difficult for me to talk about , ' Solo said in the GMA interview . ` I 'm not going to go into all the details . ' I was a victim of domestic violence , at the hands of my 17-year-old nephew , who is 6 foot 9 inches and 280 pounds . ` He struck me over the head and I was concussed pretty severely . ` It was a very scary night . ' Solo 's nephew and her half-sister were not charged in the fight , and they still maintain Solo was the aggressor . U.S. Soccer did not suspend her after the incident , however they did following the controversial traffic stop with her husband , former Seattle Seahawks tight end Jerramy Stevens . In January the two were driving in southern California - where Colo was in a training camp - when Stevans was pulled over in a U.S. soccer van and arrested on suspicion of drink driving . Solo was said to have become ` belligerent ' with police during the stop and was almost arrested for disorderly conduct . U.S. Soccer subsequently suspended her for 30-days , which threw into doubt her chances to play in next month 's Alagrve Cup in Portugal . However Solo was reinstated last week . ` Well , clearly , I was n't thinking , ' Solo said Wednesday of the incident . ' I mean , it was a horrible choice . ' I think I just was n't in a good place , emotionally , to even make good decisions . ' I mean , it 's not an excuse but I just , it was stupid . ' I should 've called a taxi . ' She 's back : U.S. starting goalkeeper Hope Solo was reinstated after a formal review by U.S. Soccer . She missed two games during her 30-day suspension following her husband 's arrest on drunken driving charges . Troubled : Solo was suspended after her husband , former Seattle Seahawks tight end Jerramy Stevens , was arrested in Southern California on suspicion of driving under the influence in a U.S. team van . Solo thanked U.S. Soccer for reinstating her and seeing her through the controversy . ` All of us , in my opinion , have a fundamental right to be considered innocent until proven guilty , ' she said . ' I know U.S. Soccer took a lot of heat . ` But I am very grateful that they let due process play itself out . ` Those eight months were some of the worst months of my entire life . ' U.S. women 's national team coach Jill Ellis announced Solo 's inclusion on the Algarve Cup 25-player travel roster on Saturday . The United States , playing in its 20th Algarve Cup , opens with Norway . Solo has posted inspirational messages from fans on social media during her absence , and cheered on the national team in exhibition games in Europe . The United States fell 2-0 against France before beating England 1-0 with goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris starting in both games . Solo 's suspension came at a critical time for the U.S. team , which is preparing for the Women 's World Cup this summer in Canada . ` The situation warranted a consequence , and we thought it was reasonable , ' Ellis said about Solo before the team traveled to Europe . ` This is important for us to be able to focus the players that we have on these games and then allow Hope some time to sort of reflect on some things . ' The goalkeeper was dismissed in January from training camp in Southern California , where the team was preparing to play in the World Cup starting in June . Hope Solo was in the car when her husband Jerramy Stevens , pictured together in 2013 , was arrested for drunk driving last month . It was the latest off-field trouble for the 33-year-old Olympian , considered one of the best goalkeepers in the women 's game . Earlier this year , a judge dismissed two misdemeanor counts of domestic violence against her . Jerramy Stevens , a former Seattle Seahawks tight end , was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence in Manhattan Beach , California . Solo had pleaded not guilty in that case and she continued to play for the U.S. team and with her National Women 's Soccer League team , the Seattle Reign , while awaiting trial . Her last appearance in a match with the national team was in December , when she started in a scoreless draw against Brazil in the championship game of the 2014 International Tournament of Brasilia . In a statement released following her suspension , Solo said : ' I think it 's best for me to take a break , decompress from the stress of the last several months , and come back mentally and physically ready to positively contribute to the team . ' A representative for Solo did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Saturday . The Algarve roster also includes Christine Rampone -LRB- back -RRB- , Megan Rapinoe -LRB- right knee -RRB- , who were injured during the team 's January training camp in Carson , California , and did not play the two matches in Europe . Newly married forward Sydney Leroux , who had been nursing a sore ankle , was also included . The U.S. women , currently ranked No. 2 in the world behind Germany , are seeking their third World Cup title , but first since 1991 . | Solo , 33 , claims her nephew , 17 , assaulted her last year . Altercation occurred at a family function in Washington in June . Solo was charged with two counts of domestic violence assault , but they were later dropped . She was then suspended for 30 days following an incident on January 19 . Her and husband Jerramy Stevens were stopped driving U.S. soccer van . Former NFL star Stevens , 36 , was arrested on suspicion of DUI . Reports said Solo ` became belligerent ' with police . ' I was n't thinking . It was a horrible choice . It was stupid , ' Solo said . | [[558, 566], [595, 663], [746, 815], [818, 866], [962, 1056], [0, 135], [962, 1056], [1030, 1056], [1062, 1098], [478, 547], [713, 735], [713, 724], [730, 745], [4967, 4984], [4987, 5062], [432, 477], [1216, 1237], [1246, 1273], [1254, 1273], [1276, 1289], [2364, 2414], [2972, 3054], [2147, 2196], [3055, 3063], [3147, 3257], [5063, 5078], [5119, 5195], [2242, 2246], [2256, 2314], [219, 330], [1101, 1127], [2562, 2580], [2585, 2622], [2625, 2631], [2634, 2660], [2792, 2807]] |
A Massachusetts boy is heartbroken after the gifts he received at his birthday party were seemingly accidentally loaded into a different vehicle and disappeared . Presents in honor of Gage Desmond 's fifth birthday have yet to show up , his mother Jessica Fratoni has said , despite her efforts to get them back . The boy 's presents were reportedly lost Sunday . Birthday boy : Gage Desmond is heartbroken after his gifts were seemingly accidentally loaded into a different vehicle and disappeared . The Salem News reported that that after a bowling alley birthday party for the boy , a friend volunteered for the job of placing the items in Fratoni 's car . It seemed as though the presents were placed in another car , according to the newpspaper . Fratoni told the Salem News ` This is the worst thing that could possibly happen to a 5-year-old boy . ` He cried yesterday because he was wondering where his gifts were . ' She also told the newspaper ' I told him honestly . Nana 's friend put them into the wrong car . ` And we do n't know where they went . But he 's not quite grasping that . ' The Salem News reported that Fratoni reached out to the bowling alley , which in turn got in touch with different parties - and no one has come forward . She also reached out to police and asked for help on Facebook , according to the newspaper . Incident : The presents reportedly went missing after Gage 's Sunday birthday party , which was held at Metro Bowl -LRB- file photo -RRB- . Fratoni was quoted by Peabody Patch as saying on the social media website ` I 'm trying to spread the word and pray someone is kind enough to return his stuff to either the Metro Bowl or the Peabody Police Department . ' ` She said she used my key to unlock it , ' Fratoni told the Salem News . ' I said , `` That does n't happen . '' You ca n't use the same key to unlock two cars . I 'm guessing the car was already unlocked . ' Fratoni told the newspaper ` It 's hard to believe , that if someone finds the gifts in their car they wo n't say , `` These had to be put there at the Metrobowl by mistake . '' And they 'll bring them back . '' The boy 's great-grandmother , Sandra Hopkins , also spoke to the news outlet , saying ` I 'm waiting for the right time -LSB- to talk to the woman -RSB- . She wanted to be helpful . ` She saw a Honda Pilot and she thought that was it . ... She 's an older woman . ' | Gage Desmond is heartbroken after his gifts were seemingly accidentally loaded into a different vehicle and disappeared . The presents have yet to show up , his mother Jessica Fratoni has said , despite her efforts to get them back . The gifts were lost on Sunday . | [[0, 50], [41, 50], [85, 144], [314, 363], [379, 482], [660, 751], [673, 719], [163, 234], [237, 247], [264, 272], [275, 313], [163, 234], [314, 363], [1358, 1430]] |
A New York City cabbie 's license has been suspended after surveillance video showed him pulling a pregnant passenger out of his vehicle and driving off . CBS New York reports that passenger Leslie Cooper says she climbed into the cab in Manhattan last week , and the driver told her his credit card reader was broken . She offered to stop at an ATM near her Brooklyn home , and he told her to get out of the cab . It was cold , and she refused . Surveillance video shows the driver pulling up to a curb , getting out and pulling Cooper from the car . Scroll down for video . Shocking : This footage , obtained by CBS , allegedly shows the moment a New York cab driver in Midtown gets out of his car to remove a pregnant woman from the back of the vehicle . Grab : Security footage from a nearby camera appears to show passenger Leslie Cooper being dragged out of the cab by the driver . Thrown : Leslie Cooper is seen here is falling to the wet sidewalk after the driver removed her . Suspended : Driver Amin Jarjisu Issah -LRB- left -RRB- has had his license suspended . Passenger Leslie Cooper -LRB- right -RRB- says the ordeal forced her into labor five weeks early . She landed on the ground , and he drove off . ' I was just in shock -- complete shock , ' Cooper told the station . ' I was really worried about my baby . ' Cooper went to the hospital to be checked out and was cleared to go home . However , she went into labor a few days later and delivered her baby five weeks early . She believes her cab ordeal brought upon the premature labor . The driver has been identified as Amin Jarjisu Issah . New York City 's Taxi and Limousine Commission said Tuesday that the cabbie 's license has subsequently been suspended . Cooper said she filed a police report at the scene but had no visible physical injuries . She said police told her they can not file any assault charges when she does n't have any proof that she was harmed during the incident . ` It 's a little heartbreaking , ' Cooper told CBS . ` But this is life , and I 'm just trying to deal with it . ' Parents groups have now picked up Cooper 's story and are fighting for change on her behalf . In shock : Leslie Cooper posted this status to Facebook after the incident . | Leslie Cooper is eight months pregnant . Was trying to get a cab at Madison Ave and E 57th St in Manhattan . She told driver she was going to Brooklyn ; he said his machine was down . Driver told her to get out and she refused . He removed his ID card and pulled her from the car , before driving off . Police not pursuing assault charges because Cooper was n't harmed . She says the ordeal caused her baby being born five weeks premature . | [[379, 414], [433, 446], [59, 154], [0, 15], [141, 154], [379, 414], [447, 551], [647, 757], [814, 887], [1203, 1217], [1732, 1738], [1787, 1821], [1822, 1884], [1843, 1959], [1073, 1171], [1120, 1171], [1414, 1417], [1455, 1492], [1493, 1555], [1506, 1555]] |
A global report last night made a blistering attack on the UK Government for its ` evasion , denial and delays ' over establishing the truth about Britain 's complicity in torture . There had been ` no significant progress in holding those responsible to account ' , said the group , which had reviewed human-rights abuses around the world . In December , a US Senate intelligence committee revealed the most gruesome detail about the CIA 's torture programme , which included subjecting detainees at a network of secret jails to beatings , waterboarding , sleep deprivation and other forms of torture . A detainee is escorted to an interrogation room at the Camp Delta detention facility at the U.S. Marine Base at Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , which was linked to a network of secret jails where inmates were abused . Those detained included more than a dozen British residents , among them Shaker Aamer , 48 , a father of four whose family live in South London . He has been held in Guantanamo Bay for 13 years without charge or trial . Many of the detainees have claimed they were ill-treated with the knowledge of British agents . MPs and campaign groups have insisted a judge-led investigation is needed to establish exactly what Britain knew -- and if it fed questions to the CIA to ask the detainees . But the Government has insisted that a probe by Parliament 's Intelligence and Security Committee -LRB- ISC -RRB- will suffice . This is despite the fact the ISC has already cleared the UK of complicity in torture before , in a 2007 ruling . Critics say the ISC does not have the powers to uncover the extent of the involvement and knowledge of the security and intelligence agencies and what former Labour ministers -- including Tony Blair , Jack Straw and David Miliband -- knew . And yesterday it was thrown into further disarray by the resignation of chairman Sir Malcolm Rifkind over the cash-for-access affair . The Amnesty report says : ` Several -LSB- European countries -RSB- hosted secret detention sites -- Poland , Lithuania and Romania -- or otherwise assisted the US government in the illegal transfer , enforced disappearance and torture and other ill-treatment of dozens of detainees , including in particular the UK , Sweden , Macedonia and Italy . ` In none of these countries was there any significant progress in holding those responsible to account ... Accountability continued to be undermined by evasion , denial and delays . ' Before capture : Shaker Aamer , 48 , pictured with two of his children . After 13 years in Guantanamo he has been cleared for release but US officials are determined that he is sent not to Britain but to Saudi Arabia . Amnesty says that the UK ` talks the talk on the global stage on human rights but this year 's summary shows they need to tend to their own garden ' . Its report heaps further pressure on the Government over the ongoing scandal of Mr Aamer 's imprisonment . Condemning official ` evasion , denial and delays ' over Britain 's complicity in torture during the Blair years , Amnesty International 's blistering report brings deep shame on our country . Meanwhile , more than a dozen British residents languish in prison camps without trial -- including Shaker Aamer , who has been held in Guantanamo Bay for 13 years . Only when they are given justice , and the nation is told the truth about torture , can we begin to lift the stain . Barack Obama last month promised David Cameron he would free Mr Aamer but so far no action has been taken . He has been cleared for release but US officials are determined that he is sent not to Britain but to Saudi Arabia , despite serious concerns he could face torture there . Other criticisms of the UK by Amnesty are likely to prove politically controversial , including an attack on new laws introduced in the UK to give the police and security services access to telephone records and electronic surveillance . Amnesty International UK director Kate Allen said : ` We should all be concerned about waking up in a surveillance state without having a proper public debate about it first . ' The report also calls for the five permanent members of the UN Security Council -- Russia , France , US , China and Britain -- to renounce their veto rights in cases of genocide and other mass atrocities . It comes after the threat of the veto being exercised led to a failure by the UN to agree resolutions in Syria , Iraq , Gaza , Israel and Ukraine , despite ` horrific crimes being committed against civilians by states or by armed groups ' . | Amnesty International accuses UK of hypocrisy over human rights stance . Detainees claim they were ill-treated with the knowledge of British agents . But Parliament 's Intelligence and Security Committee cleared UK of abuses . | [[2674, 2820], [1034, 1129], [1069, 1129], [1341, 1432]] |
The current student loans system under which graduates only start repayments when they earn more than # 21,000 is unsustainable , according to a leading economist . The threshold for paying back student loans was increased from # 15,000 to # 21,000 in 2012 . But Professor Nicholas Barr said the system costs the taxpayer too much . The academic , from the London School of Economics , suggested lowering the threshold to # 18,000 , or at the very minimum ensuring that the current threshold is not linked to inflation . Cost of an education : A leading economist warns that the current system of student finance through loans is unsustainable and that graduates need to start repaying their debts sooner . He said the move would help to ensure that degree courses remain high quality and that everyone , including those from poorer backgrounds , have a fair chance of going to university . Speaking at a conference on the future of tuition fees , the professor praised some elements of the Coalition 's higher education reforms , including tripling tuition fees to a maximum of # 9,000 a year and raising interest rates on student loans ` to something approximating the Government 's cost of borrowing ' . But he said the system was still too expensive and therefore student numbers risk being capped . He added that his proposal would help to ensure the cost of loans does not outweigh the funding to universities -- in turn ensuring that degree courses remain high quality and that everyone , including those from poorer backgrounds , have a fair chance of going to university . He said : ` What was good about the 2012 reforms was raising the fees cap , raising the interest rate on student loans to something approximating the Government 's cost of borrowing . ` What was bad was abolishing taxpayer 's support for the arts , humanities and social sciences , which pre-supposes that those subjects have no social benefits . Nicholas Barr : He praised some the tripling tuition of tuition fees to a maximum of # 9,000 a year and raising interest rates on student loans . ' I think it is generally agreed that higher education has significant private benefits but it also has social benefits , so the cost should be shared . ' In 2012 , the interest rate of student loans was raised roughly in line with the cost of borrowing , and graduates began to repay money when they were earning # 21,000 , up from # 15,000 , with repayments linked to wages . ` That is unsustainable , ' Prof Barr said . ` In the 2006 system , the interest subsidy made loans fiscally expensive leading eventually to a cap on student numbers . ` The 2012 reforms fixed the problem but loans continued to be fiscally expensive because of the increase in the repayment threshold . ` So the new system creates the same problem , the numbers cap or upward pressure on public spending for the same reason - the high cost of loans . ' He added : ` If the fact that loans are fiscally expensive means student numbers are capped that compromises the objective of size . ` If student numbers are capped then student loans over time , the fiscal cost of loans will crowd out the income going to universities , which puts quality at risk , and in terms of access heavily subsided loans are a really bad way of trying to widen participation . ` It 's spending money that ought to be spent widening participation on the wrong things . ` So what needs to happen is to make the loans system sustainable , that means you need to reduce the fiscal cost . That means the threshold needs to come down , one way or another . ' Access : But he said the system was still too expensive and therefore student numbers risk being capped . Professor Barr 's suggestion is the reverse of a concession made to the Lib Dems when tuition fees were raised in 2012 , when it was agreed that the threshold would rise with inflation each year . Labour is widely expected to outline its policy on tuition fees shortly , and Ed Miliband recently hinted that he would pledge a reduction in tuition fees from # 9,000 to # 6,000 . However , he has faced a backlash from university leaders , who have questioned how the funding shortfall would be plugged . At the weekend , shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna said the process to agree the policy had been difficult partly because the Opposition is ` determined not to repeat the mistake of Nick Clegg ' and make a promise in their manifesto which they can not keep . | LSE Professor Nicholas Barr warns the current system is too expensive . Student numbers could be capped if more funding is n't found , he says . High fees , he claims , actually help poorer students make it to university . And he says taxpayer must support arts , humanities and social sciences . | [[263, 332], [333, 383], [386, 455], [544, 706], [1211, 1288], [3597, 3674], [1268, 1303], [3654, 3689]] |
After setting out over four months ago , the first cargo train to travel on the longest rail route in the world has returned home . On November 18 , the train departed Yiwu in eastern China , a major wholesale centre for small consumer goods , and passed through Kazakhstan , Russia , Belarus , Poland , Germany , France and finally Spain . The entire round-trip is approximately 16,000 miles on the new Yixin ` ou cargo line , which ends in the Spanish capital Madrid . The train has returned to China after travelling on the world 's longest route to Spain . The newly railway route is the longest in the world , longer still than Russia 's famous Transsiberian railwa , y linking Moscow to Vladivostok , near Russia 's border with China . The train 's 82 shipping containers transported goods made in Zhejiang province , including spinning tops for children and cutting tools . The train returned to China with wine , olive oil and cured ham . Speaking at a ceremony when the train arrived in Madrid , Li Qiang , the governor of China 's Zhejiang province where Yiwu is located , said the route was important to ` implement the strategy of developing a new ` silk road ' . China has a regular direct freight train service to Germany , Europe 's largest economy . Chinese officials are hoping the train route to Spain can stimulate a new economic prosperity . One route links the Chinese megacity of Chongqing to Duisburg , a steel-making town and one of Germany 's most-important transportation and commercial hubs . The other route links Beijing , the Chinese capital , to Hamburg , Germany 's second-largest city . The plan is to create a similar regular route between China and Spain , Spanish Public Works Minister Ana Pastor told reporters after the train arrived at a logistical centre near Madrid 's main railway station . The Spanish capital already is ' a European and international distribution hub ' with good links to both Africa and Latin America , she said . Following the successful journey from Yiwu , China to Madrid , Spain , it is hoped a new ` silk road ' can establish trade relations . Euro Cargo Rail , a subsidiary of German freight operator DB Shenker Rail , is studying the possibility of starting a regular service between China and Spain during the first half of next year with two monthly trips . Roughly 80 percent of global trade is shipped by boat as freight train service faces several technical and bureaucratic hurdles which vary according to country . The goods on the train which arrived in Madrid for example had to be transferred to different wagons at three points during the trip because of incompatible track gauges in different countries . But rail transport is less expensive , more environmentally friendly and faster than maritime shipping , according to DB Shenker Rail . China is the European Union 's biggest source of imports , according to the European Commission . | Train set out from Yiwu in eastern China back in November last year . Was laden with Christmas goods , and returned with olive oil and ham . Officials in China have lauded the route as vital for the economy . | [[0, 38], [41, 131], [132, 146], [149, 189], [881, 946], [881, 890], [935, 946]] |
This adorable Russian baby may have a cute face but as soon as it finds something funny , its sinister laugh makes it sound like an evil super-villain . This adorable Russian baby may have a cute and innocent-looking face . But as soon as they find something funny , their sinister laugh makes them sound like an evil super-villain from a Hollywood film . The footage shows the baby appearing to be sitting in a car seat and as the camera films their face . The infant obviously finds something amusing as a big smile spreads across their face before bursting into a fit of giggles . But rather than a high-pitched child-like chuckle , the youngster lets out a long , evil sounding cackle . They then pause for a second and it looks as though they may cry but after they are laughing again in their own unique way . It is unknown who the baby in the footage is , although it is believed the video originated in Russia . It is also unclear exactly what made them laugh continuously for almost 40 seconds . The clip has also been uploaded to Youtube , where it has gone viral , receiving more than 1million views since being published two days ago . The Russian description for the video labels it as ` The most sarcastic baby in the world ' . Meanwhile in English the clip is described as ` the child who laughs like a troll ' . The footage shows the baby sitting in a car seat and and as a big smile spreads across the infant 's face before it bursts into a fit of giggles with a evil-sounding cackle . | Footage shows a young Russian baby who sees something they find funny . But rather than making a high-pitched giggle , they let out an evil cackle . The youngster continues to cackle for the full duration of the video . Clip was uploaded to Youtube , going viral receiving 1million views in two days . | [[52, 59], [90, 152], [636, 690], [602, 606], [607, 633], [636, 690], [920, 922], [947, 1004], [1005, 1047], [1040, 1047], [1050, 1073], [1056, 1058], [1076, 1147]] |
Meagen Collins and Tom Williams have quite the enviable lifestyle . Two years ago , the couple from Brisbane decided to leave their menial jobs behind , withdraw their mortage deposit and pack up their life to travel the world . Since then they 've travelled to 23 countries on a budget of about $ AUS29 per person , per day and they have no regrets . The pair spoke to Daily Mail Australia as they sat on one of the beaches of The Algarve coast , southern Portugal , sharing their memorable moments and some tips for ways to travel cheap . Scroll down for video . Meagen Collins and Tom Williams have been travelling the world for two years . Mr Williams is pictured standing on the sand dunes of the Gobi Desert , Mongolia . The couple have travelled to 23 countries on a budget of about $ AUS29 per person , per day . Mr Williams is pictured swimming with the whale sharks at Oslob in the Philippines . The couple enjoy a picnic at the Eiffel tower , Paris for $ 3 per person -LRB- left -RRB- and pose at the Taj Mahal , India -LRB- right -RRB- . As they began to approach their 30s , Meagen and Tom - who like to call themselves Megsy and Tommo - began saving for a house in the Gold Coast two years ago , eventually amassing $ 35,000 for a deposit . ` We had decided to settle down and get a mortgage ... then we realised that buying into the debt culture was not going to make us happy , ' Mr Williams told Daily Mail Australia . ` We continued saving and then set out to travel forever and build an online income so we could discover a life of travel freedom . ' Ms Collins was a travel agent and Mr Williams was a wedding singer . ' I used to sit in an office 60 hours a week and was too tired to do much more than sleep afterwards , ' Ms Collins said . ` It was all work and no life . I could look back on a year and only remember a few key events . Repetitive routine was essentially robbing me of life memories . I do n't have that problem now I have a travel freedom lifestyle . ' The pair sit on the feet of one of the giant Buddhas at the UNESCO listed Yungang Grottoes in Datong , China . The happy couple enjoy the winter sunshine on a beach in Portugal . The couple also fund their full time travels through their travel blog and postcast ' 5 Dollar Planet ' The couple are able to fund their travels through their travel blog and podcast ' 5 Dollar Planet ' , which aims to teach others how to discover travel freedom for themselves . ` We also get a lot of tours and products for free as successful bloggers , ' Mr Williams said . ` Our podcast 5 Dollar Planet , which is about travel hacking and earning money online , gets sponsorship . ' The pair have had to travel on a tight budget - calculating about $ 29 per person , per day - using simple methods to save money . They include house-sitting for free accommodation , travelling off season and steering clear of tourist restaurants by dining at places that are popular among locals . The couple have also embraced minimalism and carry 12kg of luggage each . ` We have zero regrets leaving our stuff , ' Mr Williams said . ` Materialism does n't make us happy , social interactions , experiences and memories do . I do n't remember my toaster , but I will remember crossing the Gobi Desert in Mongolia for the rest of my life . Plus , other people around the world have toasters , I do n't need my own . ' Ms Collins stands one of the sandstone cliffs of the Algarve , Portugal . The couple pictured dancing on the back of a moving truck while being sprayed by a fire hose at the Thingyan Water Festival on the streets of Yangon , Burma . Ms Collins with one of the dogs she is pet sitting during her stay in Albufeira , Portugal . If there 's one thing they miss , it 's the Aussies . ` We have both been on the road in one form or another for so long its hard to associate with having a home anymore , ' Mr Williams said . ` Mainly we miss family and friends and the Aussie people . You ca n't beat an Aussie BBQ on the beach and we are lucky to have met plenty of other Aussie travellers all around the world from Shanghai to Kosovo - we are always guaranteed a fun night when we do . ' While the couple are house-sitting a cottage near the water as they soak up the sunshine in Portugal , next month they will be heading to Morocco . ` You can get a nice apartment for under $ 300 a month and enjoy the colorful and vibrant culture - and learn some more French ! ' Mr Williams said . And they have no intention of settling down back in Australia . ` We want to visit soon , though the cost of living is so high we are unlikely to return permanently , ' Mr Williams said . The couple have also share some of their travel tips in their free book ' 5 Steps to Kickstarting Your Dream Lifestyle ' , which is available online . | In 2013 couple Meagen Collins and Tom Williams packed up their lives in Brisbane to travel around the world . They decided to withdraw their mortgage deposit and now earn a living travelling the world . Over the last two years , the couple have been to 23 countries . They 've tracked every dollar of their budget from April 2013 and travel on $ AUS29 per person , per day . 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A mother suffering from an often debilitating bowel disease has written a no-holds-barred open letter to the cruel bullies who have tutted at her for using disabled toilet facilities . Sam Cleasby , 33 , from Sheffield , suffers from Ulcerative Colitis , which causes ulcers to form inside the digestive system . Despite her normal outward appearance , the mother-of-three can often be left in huge discomfort by bleeding , diarrhoea , and fatigue , symptoms made worse by unkind remarks from unwitting tormentors . Scroll down for video . Mum-of-three Sam Cleasby , 33 , wrote an open letter addressing her tormentors on her So Bass Ass blog . The post has received two million hits so far and hundreds of supportive comments - including apologies . Ms Cleasby wrote the emotionally-charged post entitled ` Dear lady who tutted at me using the disabled loos ... ' after she was left ` humiliated , angry and upset ' by the reactions of other women when she used the disabled facility at a public bathroom . The post documenting the harrowing encounter has gone viral , attracting around two million hits and supportive comments - and even some apologies - from across the globe . Sam documents her story about living with the disease in her wittily-titled blog ` So Bad Ass ' . She writes : ` When using disabled toilets , I 've had women tutting at me , nudging their friends or loudly questioning why I am using the bathroom when I am not disabled . ' Beating the bullies : Sam uses her online posts on her blog , So Bad Ass , to document living with bowel disease . The mum-of-three says she 's delighted her ` open letter ' has raised awareness . The open letter has had a huge impact : Sam says : ' I regret not calling out the women who judged me at the time , but my letter has turned these bad incidents into something has made a difference to millions . ' She explains about what it 's like to live with the condition before pouring scorn on those who 've judged her : ` Having an invisible illness , such as Ulcerative Colitis , is a very isolating and embarrassing experience . ' I know you saw me running in , with my able bodied legs , my two working arms , without a wheelchair , without any visible sign of disability ... and assumed I was showing guilt at blagging the disabled loos . The fact is that I have no bowel . ' She adds : ` Last week a supermarket cleaner laughed as she heard me using the toilet and then called to her friend : `` OH MY GOD ! You should hear the noise in there ! '' ' I was mortified , but more upset to know that my daughter , who was waiting outside heard her too . ' Addressing the woman directly , she says : ` Perhaps you could have stopped and heard me sobbing with pain because the acid in my stools has no way to be neutralised because I do n't have a large intestine and so opening my bowels actually burns my skin . ' No external signs : Sam feels she suffers more prejudice because people do n't realise she has a disability . Her ` jpouch ' , which is similar to a colostomy bag , is often well hidden beneath her clothes . Sam has to wear a ` jpouch ' , an ileostomy bag -LRB- similar to a colostomy bag -RRB- , after having her large colon removed . In a bid to raise awareness and help others suffering with the disease she has posed for scantily-clad images in a bid to break the taboo surrounding her illness . People with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases , such as Ulcerative Colitis and Crohns disease have the right to use disabled toilets . She has since received messages from thousands of people , many with illnesses or disabilities that are not immediately seen telling their own horror stories at being judged unfairly by members of the public . But interestingly , Sam has also heard from some who admitted they had been the person doing the tutting . ' I have had a lot of apologies , ' she says : ` People telling me they recognised themselves in my letter and would change their behaviour in future . That felt amazing , I regret not calling out the women who judged me at the time , but my letter has turned these bad incidents into something has made a difference to millions . ' Dear lady who loudly tutted at me using the disabled loos , . I know you saw me running in , with my able bodied legs and all . You saw me opening the door with my two working arms . You saw me without a wheelchair . Without any visible sign of disability . You tutted loudly as I rattled the handle with my hands that work perfectly and my able voice call to my kids that I 'd be out in just a minute . My lack of wheelchair may have suggested to you that I was some lazy cow who did n't care . Some inconsiderate bitch who was using something I was n't entitled too . -LRB- I actually carry a card to explain that I 'm entitled to and have a disability key if you 'd have cared to ask -RRB- . You may have seen my face blushing as I caught your eye and assumed I was showing guilt at blagging the disabled loos . Living with a disease that people ca n't see : Sam uses her blog to highlight body image issues for bowel disease sufferers . The fact is that I have no bowel . I have a pouch formed from my small intestine which ca n't handle volume and so I have to go to the toilet and poo several times a day . My lack of large intestine means that my stool is totally liquid as I have no means of absorbing the fluids in food and so its really hard to hold it when I need to go . I sometimes have accidents which means a large toilet that has a sink right by me means I can clean myself up when things go awry . I hate having to use the disabled loos as I have to deal with people like you staring , nudging , tutting . And whenever I can , I use the ladies toilets . Just so you know , disabled loos usually smell bad and do n't seem to be cleaned as often or as well as the ladies and so I would n't choose this option unless totally necessary . Whilst I 'm at it , I 'd like to address the cleaner in the supermarket ladies toilets I used this week . As I ran in , knees together , bursting through the door and running to the cubicle , I 'm sorry that the noise of my -LRB- lack of -RRB- bowels made you burst out laughing . I can actually take the sniggering as since I had a pouch made from my small intestine because my disease ridden colon was removed during surgery , the noise I make when I defecate is hilariously loud . Seriously , I get it . It 's comedic in it 's volume . But before you ran outside the loos and called to your friend `` OH MY GOD ! You should hear the noise in there !!! I would n't go in if I was you !!!! '' Perhaps you could have noted my daughter who was waiting outside with our trolley because her mum had had to leave her stranded to run to the toilet . Perhaps you could have stopped and heard me sobbing with pain because the acid in my stools has no way to be neutralised because I do n't have a large intestine and so opening my bowels actually burns my skin . Perhaps you both could have shown a little empathy , a little compassion , a little understanding . Poo is funny . Disability is confusing . I get that . But humanity and care for fellow human beings is a choice . To everyone else reading this , the next time you see someone who does n't `` look disabled '' using a toilet . Or someone bursting through and crashing into the toilets noisily . Take a moment . Remember that not all people who have the right to use disabled toilets are in a wheelchair . Some of us have a jpouch , a lot of us have an Ostomy bag that needs emptying and changing with the use of space , a sink and a bin . And even more of us just do n't want to shit our pants in public . Think about the nearly 300,000 people in this country who have inflammatory bowel disease -LRB- not to mention the huge number of people with IBS !!! -RRB- who need to use the toilet urgently , noisily , smellily ... It 's an embarrassing enough thing to deal with before having to see disapproving looks or hear your laughs and jeering remarks . Be kind yo ... Peace out . Sam xxxxx . | Sam , 33 , suffers from Ulcerative Colitis and wears a ` jpouch ' bag . Has faced cruel comments from people who do n't realise she 's disabled . Mum of three has penned an open letter to bullies on So Bad Ass blog . | [[185, 218], [221, 252], [3082, 3108], [2904, 2983], [0, 122], [540, 564], [572, 644]] |
Supermarket giant Coles is facing a hefty fine of at least $ 4 million for lying to shoppers about the freshness of its bread . Last year , Coles was found guilty for its ` made today , sold today ' slogan , which was deemed misleading by the Federal Court in June . The supermarket was slapped with a three-year ban to no longer promote its bread as baked on the day it is sold or made from fresh dough . But lawyers for Coles claimed that the average shopper ` does n't care ' that the supermarket 's in-store bread offering is n't entirely fresh , the Sydney Morning Herald reports . The Federal Court banned Coles from advertising its par-baked bread from being baked fresh on the day it is sold for three years . The falsified fresh bread has generated a revenue of about $ 300 million for Coles . After an investigation into the marketing tactics conducted by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission -LRB- ACCC -RRB- , the Federal Court on Tuesday has sought penalties of at least $ 4 - $ 5 million over the breaches to the Australian consumer law . The falsely labelled bread has generated an income of around $ 300 million over three years before former premier Jeff Kennett found that the some of the bread that was advertised as fresh was actually made in Ireland . In many instances , the breads were partially baked in factories overseas , frozen , and shipped to Australia months later to be sold as freshly baked loaves to consumers . Coles was also ordered to display a Federal Court corrective notice in its stores and on its website informing shoppers that it had broken Australian consumer law by falsely advertising bread products as ` Baked Today , Sold Today ' and ` Freshly Baked In-Store ' . After a thorough investigation , the ACCC is seeking $ 4-5million in penalties from the supermarket giant . The ban only applies to products that are partially baked off-site and then finished in-store . They also reported that Coles lawyer , Phillip Crutchfield , SC , said ` just because we 're big , we should n't get hit with a record fine , ' but Colin Golvan , SC , said a hefty fine was appropriate as ` this case is one in which consumers are led to the cash register on the basis of misconceptions about the manufacturing process . ' UPDATE : Coles has been ordered to pay $ 2.5 million in penalties . | ACCC seeking $ 4-5million in penalties from Coles . Slogan ` made today , sold today ' deemed false and misleading . Par baked products from overseas were labelled as ` freshly baked in-store . Federal Court still to give decision on penalties from Tuesday 's hearing . | [[0, 127], [803, 852], [934, 1066], [1726, 1756], [1759, 1833], [167, 183], [140, 145], [186, 266], [1307, 1310], [1404, 1459]] |
A Muslim woman who was turned down for a job by Abercrombie & Fitch after she showed up for an interview wearing a black headscarf is having her employment discrimination claim considered by the Supreme Court . Samantha Elauf was 17 when she interviewed for a ` model ' position , as the company calls its sales staff , at an Abercrombie Kids store in a shopping mall in Tulsa , Oklahoma , in 2008 . She never explicitly voiced her religious views or her need to wear a headscarf but the assistant store manager correctly assumed she was a Muslim . She impressed the assistant store manager , who then consulted a manager and explained that she thought Elauf wore the scarf for religious reasons - but the manager said the headscarf was n't permitted even if it was worn because of Elauf 's religion , according to the suit . Scroll down for video . Lawsuit : Samantha Elauf , pictured outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday , was turned down for a sales staff position at an Abercrombie & Fitch store in 2008 because she was wearing a headscarf . Support : Elauf is pictured with her mother Majda Elauf , left , and P. David Lopez , General Counsel of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission -LRB- EEOC -RRB- , as they leave the Supreme Court in Washington . The headscarf , or hijab , conflicted with the company 's Look Policy , a code derived from Abercrombie 's focus on what it calls East Coast collegiate or preppy style . Abercrombie has said it did n't violate the law because it never got ` direct , explicit notice ' from Elauf that her practice conflicted with the company 's policy . At the time of the interview , the policy required employees to dress in a way that 's consistent with the clothing Abercrombie sells , and it prohibited wearing headscarves or anything in black . The company has said it changed its headscarf policy as early as 2010 , but the ban on black clothing remains . The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit on Elauf 's behalf , and a jury eventually awarded her $ 20,000 . But the federal appeals court in Denver threw out the award and concluded that Abercrombie & Fitch could not be held liable because Elauf never asked the company to relax its policy against headscarves . ` Discrimination ' : Elauf now works in merchandising for Urban Outfitters and has a fashion blog . Fighting back : The company said Elauf never asked them to relax its policy in line with her religious practice . ' -LSB- A -RSB- n applicant or employee can not remain silent before the employer regarding the religious nature of his or her conflicting practice and need for an accommodation and still hope to prevail in a religion-accommodation case , ' Abercrombie wrote in a brief . ` Abercrombie expends a great deal of effort to ensure that its target customers receive a holistically brand-based , sensory experience . To Abercrombie , a Model who violates the Look Policy by wearing inconsistent clothing inaccurately represents the brand , causes consumer confusion , fails to perform an essential function of the position , and ultimately damages the brand . ' Elauf now works for Urban Outfitters and also runs a fashion blog . The case being argued Wednesday explores when an employer must take steps to accommodate the religious beliefs of a worker or job applicant . Organizations of state and local governments are supporting the company out of concerns that , if the EEOC prevails , they would be subject to more discrimination claims as large employers . Battle : Elauf is pictured outside the federal courthouse in downtown Tulsa , Oklahoma in 2011 . The Supreme Court is now considering her employment discrimination claim . Muslim , Christian and Jewish advocacy organizations have weighed in on Elauf 's side , as have gay-rights groups . A legal brief on behalf of Orthodox Jews argues that requiring job applicants to voice the need for religion-related special treatment makes them less likely to be hired , with no reason given for the decision . Orthodox Jews who wear a skullcap , or yarmulke , or who may not work on Saturdays are routinely advised to withhold that information until after they are hired , lawyer Nathan Lewin said in his Supreme Court filing . | Samantha Elauf arrived for an interview for a ` model ' position at an Abercrombie store in Tulsa , Oklahoma in 2008 wearing a black headscarf . At the time , the headscarf conflicted with the company 's ` Look Policy ' The interviewer consulted a manager and they decided not to employ the girl because it clashed with the policy , even if it was worn for her religion . Abercrombie has fought the employment discrimination claim because it says she never asked the company to relax their policy . | [[0, 14], [19, 104], [92, 130], [211, 278], [1010, 1047], [1010, 1047], [1267, 1291], [1294, 1336], [1551, 1603], [0, 14], [19, 104], [549, 736], [563, 590], [626, 758], [756, 799], [1267, 1291], [1294, 1336], [1551, 1603], [2046, 2081], [2106, 2203], [2362, 2459]] |
The popularity of juice and smoothie diets has boomed on the back of celebrity-promoted fitness regimes . But the fad has suffered a blow after watchdogs crushed the health and fat-busting claims behind a string of recipes . Ads featuring nutrition guru Madeleine Shaw asserted that juices containing watermelon , beetroot , pineapple and other fruit and vegetables could reduce fat and tone the stomach . Watchdogs , however , banned the commercials after ruling the claims were not backed up by robust scientific evidence . Banned from our screens : A screengrab from an advert for a Philips juicing machine featuring Madeleine Shaw , which claimed juices containing beetroot , pineapple and other fruit and vegetables could reduce fat . The three ads were commissioned by Philips for its juicing machines . Sales of juicers have gone through the roof thanks to their association with the health regimes of stars such as Gwyneth Paltrow and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley . These particular ads all starred Miss Shaw , whose clients include Made In Chelsea star Millie Mackintosh . In the first commercial , she explained how to make a Watermelon Cooler juice , which she described as an ` amazing fat buster ' . The second showed her making a Classic Cleanse juice , which she said could ` reboot ' the body . One of the key ingredients was beetroot , which she claimed ` acts as a great cleanse for the liver ' . A third commercial , which appeared on the Philips YouTube channel , featured Miss Shaw making her Beat the Bloat juice , which contains mint leaves and pineapple and is ` great for toning your tum ' . Philips said the flesh of a watermelon contained citrulline , an amino acid that is converted by the body into arginine , which is said to improve blood flow and cardiovascular health . It said there was preliminary evidence from animal studies that demonstrated a greater conversion of citrulline to arginine could help prevent excess accumulation of fat . It also said fresh mint was a diuretic that helped bowel movements and aided weight loss . However , the Advertising Standards Authority investigated the science behind the claims and found they did not stand up to scrutiny . Specifically , the evidence -- from a study on mice and an article on a website -- was not good enough to demonstrate that watermelon and mint could contribute to fat loss . Snake oil : The Advertising Standards Authority investigated the science behind the claims made by Miss Shaw in the three adverts she did for Philips and found they did not stand up to scrutiny . Celebrity health experts : Miss Shaw does yoga with former Made In Chelsea star Millie Mackintosh . Miss Shaw said ` juicing should be part of a well-balanced and nutritious diet ' and was not a quick fix . The ASA said the claims about the benefits of the beetroot stemmed from research on liver injury in rats . It said there was no robust clinical evidence it could cleanse a human 's liver . Philips argued the use of mint leaves and pineapple in its Beat the Bloat juice helped to eliminate excess gas around the stomach , so making the muscle tone appear more visible . But the ASA said the company could only provide articles from the internet , rather than robust clinical trials to back up its claims . Given the lack of evidence , the watchdog found the commercials were misleading . Miss Shaw insisted the juices she created would deliver health benefits . She said : ` I firmly believe there are no quick fixes or short cuts in food and that juicing should be part of a well-balanced and nutritious diet . ' Philips said in future it would ensure any nutritional claims on behalf of the company would be backed by ` robust ' evidence . | Advertising Standards Authority bans three juicer adverts from our screens . The Philips commercials claimed juices could help drinkers slash fat . Given a lack of evidence , watchdog found the ads were misleading . | [[526, 549], [225, 405], [406, 415], [428, 525], [2073, 2108], [2156, 2197], [2526, 2567], [2882, 2927], [3280, 3306], [3309, 3361]] |
Heavy snow has turned New England into a frozen winter wonderland , but the icicles and ice dams taking over local buildings are also a dangerous threat . Portland , Maine resident Adam Sousa had his car wrecked this weekend by falling ice that shattered the windows , dented the body and caved in the bumper . Luckily the 28-year-old was n't in the car at the time , since a 3-foot-long ice chunk smashed through the windshield and landed right between the driver and passenger seats . He says the ice chunk was so heavy , both he and a tow truck driver struggled to move it together . Scroll down for video . Shattered glass : A resident in Portland , Maine had his car wrecked on Sunday when it was struck by falling ice in the Old Port part of town . Look up : The huge chunks of 3-foot-long ice , some weighing more than 100 pounds , hit 28-year-old Adam Sousa 's car , seen parked above . Out of luck : Sousa 's liability insurance does n't cover the cost to fix his 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier . He is now working with the building 's owner Joseph Soley to see if that man 's insurance will help fix the car . ' I thought maybe an icicle would fall off , not a whole car-size piece of ice , ' Mr Sousa told WMTW of his expectations parking his 2003 Chevy Cavalier outside the building on Sunday . Mr Sousa dropped his car off in the morning , took the bus to Freeport and then returned in the afternoon to find the startling damage . Unfortunately , his liability insurance does n't cover the cost to fix his car and the city ca n't help either . ` What they told me when I spoke to the police is that they ca n't really do much , because it 's an act of nature . But from what I saw , the size of those ice chunks , they 're a 100 - 150-pound ice chunks , ' Mr Sousa said . However , he has contacted the building 's owner , Joseph Soley , who is looking into whether his insurance might cover the cost of repairs . Mr Sousa told the Press-Herald that he talked to Mr Soley on Tuesday afternoon and that their conversation was friendly . Wrecked : Falling ice chunks shattered several windows on Mr Sousa 's car and banged up much of the body . Rule breaking : It 's a violation of Portland city ordinance to leave dangerous icicles and ice dams on buildings . ` He said he would contact his insurance and he seemed very nice about it , ' Mr Sousa said . ` He did ask why I did n't park somewhere else . ' On Monday , the city investigated and determined that Mr Soley had violated a city ordinance against dangerous ice and snow buildup . Building owners are required to clean up such threatening ice , and if not , they can be fined up to $ 250 . City officials say Mr Soley will not face any sort of criminal charges . ` When that ice dam is noticed , or obviously presents a hazard , they 're required to mitigate that hazard . ' Tim Nangle of Portland Fire and EMS said . Time of need : Friends have been helping drive Mr Sousa to and from his job as a bartender at a local restaurant and a GoFundMe campaign has already raised over $ 3,000 for Mr Sousa 's expenses . However , Mr Nangle added that sometimes there are logistical challenges to keeping building owners from cleaning the dangerous ice in winter - such as the demand for workers to scrape the ice across the city . Still , Mr Nangle says he 's never seen damage to a car as bad as what happened to Mr Sousa . ` It really was a significant chunk of ice that went through the windshield , ' Mr Nangle told WCSH . ' I was surprised and actually glad that there was no one in the car . ' In the meantime , friends have been driving Mr Sousa to and from his job as a bartender at DiMillo 's Restaurant & Lounge , and he has encountered even more support through a crowd-funding campaign that has already raised over $ 3,000 dollars . The U.S. Bartenders Guild has also offered to host a fundraiser for Mr Sousa . ` The amount of help that everybody has been putting forth is just unbelievable , ' Mr Sousa said . | Adam Sousa , 28 , parked his car in downtown Portland , Maine on Sunday and returned to find it wrecked by falling ice chunks . Some of the chunks that shattered the car 's windows and dented the body were as long as three feet and weighted over 100 pounds . The city says building owner Joseph Soley violated an ordinance to keep his building clear of ice , which carries a $ 250 fine . | [[155, 163], [166, 239], [196, 199], [225, 266], [654, 754], [765, 799], [839, 872], [1300, 1308], [1375, 1436], [2042, 2049], [2052, 2126], [196, 199], [225, 266], [166, 180], [269, 310], [374, 428], [374, 397], [433, 486], [755, 762], [765, 799], [802, 836], [765, 799], [839, 872], [765, 799], [875, 894], [2042, 2049], [2052, 2126], [2052, 2070], [2116, 2148], [2410, 2419], [2422, 2430], [2448, 2543], [2619, 2652]] |
A U.S. State Department official was jailed Tuesday on a charge of soliciting a minor . Daniel Rosen was arrested at his home in Washington , D.C. , about noon on Tuesday and was in custody at the D.C. jail Tuesday night , said Fairfax County , Virginia , Police Department spokeswoman Lucy Caldwell . Rosen , 44 , was arrested ` following a series of online exchanges ' with a detective assigned to the Fairfax County Police Department 's Child Exploitation Unit , Caldwell said . Charged : US Director of Counterterrorism Daniel Rosen , charged with soliciting minor , was arrested on Tuesday at his home in Washington , D.C. . He was charged with one count of ` use of a communications device to solicit a juvenile . ' Caldwell did not release any other details of the investigation . She said Rosen would be extradited to Fairfax County jail , but she did not know precisely when . Caldwell said the occupation listed for Rosen is ` Director of Counterterrorism ' for the U.S. State Department . In a statement issued on Tuesday night , State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the department was aware that one of its employees had been arrested and charged but ` for issues related to Department personnel and for privacy reasons ' could not identify the person or the charges . ` His security clearance will be suspended and he will be put on administrative leave while this proceeds to its end through any judicial process , ' Psaki said . Work title : According to his Linked In profile Dan Rosen is the Director of Counterterrorism Programs and Policy for the U.S. State Department . The Los Angeles Times reports that its unclear whether Rosen is alleged to have used personal or State Department-issued devices . Rosen attended UCLA and graduated with a degree in political science and international relations in 1993 . Rosen received a law degree from Tufts University in 1997 , according to his Linkedin . According to a biography from a 2012 counterterrorism seminar at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies , he is responsible for policy and strategic planning in the counter-terrorism bureau . He previously spent two years as a senior advisor with the State Department 's Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism . | Daniel Rosen , 44 , was charged with one count of ` use of a communications device to solicit a juvenile ' ` He will be put on administrative leave while this proceeds to its end through any judicial process , ' spokeswoman Jen Psaki said . I ` ts unclear whether Rosen is alleged to have used personal or State Department-issued devices . | [[0, 87], [0, 32], [64, 87], [482, 489], [539, 568], [507, 536], [547, 568], [630, 695], [672, 719], [1000, 1014], [1041, 1182], [1331, 1373], [1380, 1433], [1438, 1450], [1597, 1727], [1652, 1727]] |
Police are hunting for these seven man who are believed to be Chelsea fans who may also have been singing ` abhorrent ' racist chants . In a fresh scandal for the Premier League football club , a commuter at St Pancras Station made a complaint about supporters allegedly shouting ` disgusting ' abuse . British Transport Police believe these men had just returned to London last Wednesday after Chelsea 's Champions League match with Paris Saint Germain . 24 hours earlier the club 's supporters caused worldwide outrage after they repeatedly pushed a black man off the Paris metro followed by chants of ` we 're racist , we 're racist and that 's the way we like it ' . Appeal : Police want to speak to these four men pictured , seen as part of a group of seven at St Pancras Station , about allegations of racist chants . Row : The alleged chants in London came hours after Chelsea fans were heard singing : ` We 're racist and that 's the way we like it ' in Paris . Police would now also like to speak to these men . It is not known what the St Pancras gang are accused of shouting , but it is believed to be similar to the Metro chant . Two of the seven men pictured today have already contacted the police after the appeal . Detective Sergeant Steven Graysmark said : ' I want anyone who knows the men in the photographs to come forward . I believe the seven , thought to be Chelsea fans , can help us with the investigation ' . Supporters have identified at least six people as either witnesses or participants in the Paris incident . They are Josh Parsons , a 21-year-old City worker , and his younger brother , Benji ; Jordan Munday , 20 ; Mitchell McCoy , 17 ; and 23-year-old Jamie Fairbairn . In a statement today , solicitor John Kaye , who has been engaged by Chelsea fan Jamie Fairbairn , 23 , said his client had accepted being among those in the carriage of the Metro train in Paris during the incident involving the black man , Souleymane Sylla , on the evening of February 17 . Mr Kaye added that Mr Fairbairn denies preventing the black man from boarding or using words of a racist or threatening nature , and also denies saying anything of a racist nature during his visit to Paris or later at St Pancras . Abuse : The Chelsea fans could be heard chanting ` We 're racist , we 're racist and that 's the way we like it ' on the train . Police also want to speak to these men seen in Paris . Pushed off the train : The shocking footage was filmed before the Premier League team 's 1-1 draw in a Champions League fixture with Paris Saint-Germain at Parc des Princes . Identified : Scotland Yard released images of the men they believed were among a group of supporters who allegedly pushed a black man off the train and chanted a racist song in France . Mr Kaye said Mr Fairbairn was not even present during the alleged racist chanting incident at St Pancras . The solicitor added that media interest in the story had forced Mr Fairbairn to move away from his home and he had been suspended from work . ` On behalf of Mr Fairbairn , I have been in contact with the Metropolitan Police to offer Mr Fairbairn 's assistance as a witness , ' Mr Kaye said . The latest to be named was Richard Barklie , 50 , a former police officer and human rights activist from Northern Ireland . Mr Barklie issued a statement through his lawyer in which he admitted involvement in an ` incident ' that resulted in Souleymane S being ` unable to enter part of the train ' , but denied singing any racist songs . Scotland Yard is investigating but can not arrest people for offences which happen outside the UK . It is likely to seek football banning orders . Police in France are also probing what happened and anyone convicted of singing racist songs can face three years in prison and a # 33,000 fine . On camera : Friends said Josh Parsons -LRB- left -RRB- who attended # 30,000-a-year Millfield School appears -LRB- right -RRB- in this image from the horrifying video . The 21-year-old City worker has not spoken out against the allegations . Circled : Jordan Munday has been named locally as being on the train . There is no suggestion he was involved in the pushing of the passenger or the racist chanting but could be a key witness for police . 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 . 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 were ` appalled ' by the racial abuse , adding that owner Roman Abramovich was also ` disgusted ' . Anyone with information on the St Pancras incident should contact British Transport Police , on 0800 405040 , or by text , on 61016 , quoting reference B8/ESUB of 24 February 2015 . Information can also be passed anonymously to independent charity Crimestoppers , on 0800 555111 . | Came day after Chelsea fans sang ` We 're racist that 's the way we like it ' Black man also repeatedly pushed off a train in central Paris before match . British Transport Police now want to interview seven more men in London . Two of the seven men have now contacted the police after the appeal . 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Today 's intrepid traveller needs more than a basic hotel with just a bar and fitness centre to entertain them during their stay . Holidaymakers are looking for bigger and better amenities or experiences when they splurge on a getaway , and that means hotels are doing everything they can to deliver unique experiences that will make guests happy and get plenty of attention on social media . From sipping on mocktails whipped up by a camel milk mixologist to driving a supercar without having to cough up a quarter of a million pounds , these are some of the most unusual or exclusive hotel experiences from around the world . Guests at Six Senses Zighy Bay in Oman can arrive by 4x4 , speedboat or with a professional paraglider . Speedboat , 4x4 or paraglider ? At Six Senses Zighy Bay in Oman , a thrilling experience takes place before guests even walk through the front door . The waterfront resort , 75 miles from Dubai International Airport , offers guests the opportunity to arrive in one of three unique ways . The traditional method is a 4x4 drive down a hill that overlooks the bay , while the other two are ideal for adrenaline junkies . For an extra charge guests can take a scenic 15-minute speedboat trip from a nearby port , but the ultimate experience allows them to travel as a companion passenger with a professional paraglider . Tour operator Scott Dunn can arrange for its clients to arrive on a luxury yacht . Guests at Guy Harvey Outpost can swim with more than 30 species of fish in a restaurant aquarium . Swim with the fishes . A TradeWinds resort in St Pete Beach , Florida , allows guests to snorkel with more than 30 species of fish in a huge aquarium -- in full view of customers in the restaurant . The RumFish Grill at Guy Harvey Outpost features a 33,500-gallon tank that takes up an entire wall in the dining room . Diners chow down on lobster tails or grilled jerk swordfish as the swimmers , who shell out $ 35 -LRB- # 22 -RRB- per person for the experience , encounter a nurse shark and other species indigenous to the Gulf of Mexico . The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Abu Dhabi hired a mixologist to make mocktails with camel milk -LRB- file photo -RRB- . Camel milk mixologist . One camel milk mocktail , coming right up . With hotels always on the lookout for ways to satisfy adventurous palates , the Ritz-Carlton in Abu Dhabi hired an in-house camel milk mixologist to create special concoctions for guests . Made from locally-sourced camel milk , the mocktail flavours include strawberry and mint , and they offer a taste of the Middle East in the most unique manner , the hotel said . Guests at select Waldorf Astoria hotels can get behind the wheel of a McLaren MP4-12C . Drive a supercar ... without the # 250,000 price tag . Car enthusiasts who want to get behind the wheel of a high-powered sportscar -- without paying the exorbitant sale price -- can do so at the Waldorf Astoria . It provides a thrilling driving experience that allows guests to hop into the driver 's seat of a Ferrari 458 Italia , Porsche 911 Turbo or a McLaren MP4-12C . The experience is led by a professional race car driver , who takes guests along a predetermined route . This year 's experiences are taking place at select hotels in the US , Europe and Middle East . The luxurious Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru has a ` manta-on-call ' service for guests . Call me manta . For the ultimate encounter with manta rays and whale sharks , the Baa Atoll , a Unesco World Biosphere Reserve in the Maldives , is one of the world 's hotspots . The luxurious Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru makes sure guests do n't miss a sighting with its ` manta-on-call ' service . Guests are notified of sightings during the peak season from June to November and ferried to the location -- typically Hanifaru Bay or Bathaala , by speedboat . Once they arrive , they can hop into the crystal-clear water and snorkel with manta rays , whale sharks and a variety of fish . Guests at the Namale Resort & Spa are ` kidnapped ' and taken to a surprise location for a private picnic . ` Kidnapping ' in paradise . If you 're going to be kidnapped , there 's likely no better place for it to happen than in Fiji . Guests at the Namale Resort & Spa are ` kidnapped ' during their stay and taken to a surprise location for a private four-course picnic . Popular locations include a hidden waterfall , cave and a spot overlooking the Koro Sea . Located on stunning Vanua Levu island , the all-inclusive resort is a popular retreat for celebrities . Grace Beijing offers private guided tours of the Chinese capital 's labyrinth of hutongs -LRB- narrow alleys -RRB- . Discover Beijing 's hidden hutongs . Visiting Beijing for the first time can be confusing , especially while trying to communicate with locals and deciding which hutongs are worth visiting . Grace Beijing , a luxury boutique hotel in Beijing 's 798 Art District , aims to take the guesswork out of it with a bespoke experience . While most hotels provide a marked map with a few pointers , Grace Beijing offers private guided tours of the Chinese capital 's labyrinth of hutongs , with stops at its hidden boutiques . The tour costs 650 yuan -LRB- approximately # 65 -RRB- per person , with a minimum of two hotel guests per tour . Subsix , a nightclub at Niyama Maldives , lies 20ft below the surface of the Indian Ocean and 1,600 ft off shore . Party in an underwater bar . For those who are looking to let loose away from home , there is no better way to get down than to party in a bar that is underwater . Subsix , a nightclub at Niyama Maldives , lies 20ft below the surface of the Indian Ocean and 1,600 ft off shore . It boasts floor-to-ceiling windows that offer spectacular views of colourful marine life during the day before the venue turns into a nightclub at night . The 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa bills itself as America 's most haunted hotel and hosts nightly ghost tours . Amateur ghost hunter for a night . Fans of all things paranormal , including reality TV series which explore the phenomenon , can spend the night at a hotel in tiny Eureka Springs , Arkansas , to create their own ghost hunting video . The 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa bills itself as America 's most haunted hotel and hosts nightly ghost tours for guests or visitors . The hotel spooks guests with stories about guests who checked in but have never left , including an Irish stonemason who fell to his death while building the hotel in 1885 , a cat named Morris and a mystery guest who , clad in a white nightgown , appears in the luxury suites . Guests at Hotel Crillon le Brave in France can hunt for truffles with Eric Jaumard and his dogs . Sniffing out truffles . Truffle hunting is on the menu at Hotel Crillon le Brave in Mont Ventoux , France . Guests hunt for the delicacies with specially-trained dogs who can sniff them out , and then take part in a cooking demonstration with the hotel 's chef . The luxury hotel in Provence is hosting its popular truffle hunts in February and March with expert Eric Jaumard . The package costs $ 1,460 -LRB- approximately # 1,000 -RRB- for two people for three nights , and it includes accommodation , meals and a visit to a vineyard . | Guests arrive at Six Senses Zighy Bay by paraglider , speedboat or 4x4 . Resort in Florida allows guests to swim with fish in restaurant aquarium . Camel milk mixologist whips up mocktails at Ritz-Carlton in Abu Dhabi . Waldorf Astoria guests drive a Ferrari , Porsche or McLaren supercar . | [[628, 732], [883, 904], [951, 1020], [1151, 1239], [1433, 1531], [1532, 1554], [1555, 1591], [1604, 1730], [3875, 3891], [3894, 4002], [393, 486], [2074, 2187], [2116, 2179], [2332, 2444], [2623, 2710], [2925, 3084], [2925, 2927], [2937, 3084]] |
Police fear a new deadly party drug which are in the shape of the Superman logo have hit the streets of Australia . The drug , known as paramethoxymethamphetamine -LRB- PMMA -RRB- , is usually misrepresented as MDMA or ecstasy and is often dubbed Death , Dr Death , Killer or Red Mitsubishi . It closely related to another life threatening drug , paramethoxymethamphetamine -LRB- PMA -RRB- . The drug , known as paramethoxymethamphetamine -LRB- PMMA -RRB- , is usually misrepresented as MDMA or ecstasy and is often dubbed Death , Dr Death , Killer or Red Mitsubishi . The warning comes after the death of Georgina Bartter last year who died when took what is believed to have been an ecstasy tablet . The 19-year-old was at Harbourlife Dance Party at Mrs Macquarie 's Chair in Sydney . Best friend Rebecca Hannibal , from Cammeray in Sydney 's north , is accused of supplying Ms Bartter with the pill . Queensland 's Detective Superintendent Jon Wacker warned people to stay away from both PMMA and PMA drug , which had potential to cause serious harm or death . Police 's warning comes after Georgina Bartter , 19 , died when she overdosed on ecstasy last year . ` Our concern is that multiple overseas deaths have been attributed to the drug PMMA , in particular a pink/light red `` Superman '' symbol tablet , found to contain deadly amounts of PMMA , ' he said . ` We believe there is a possibility this particular tablet form may be circulating in Australia , however this has not been confirmed at this point . ' PMMA can be a white powder , but can also appear pink , beige or yellowish on the street . In Queensland , it has been detected in other tablet and capsule forms . The Dr Death pill has already killed a number of people overseas , including British couple Suzanne Van Hagen and John Worton . It also claimed the life of 15-year-old schoolgirl Martha Fernback from the United Kingdom . Det Supt Wacker said police were not just singling out one drug or suggesting one is more or less dangerous than any other . ` It is important to understand that any illicit drug is potentially lethal as you really have no idea what you 're actually buying , nor in most cases does the person selling it to you , ' he said . ` We are however warning the public of the hazards of these drugs and the consequences . ' The Dr Death pill has already killed a number of people overseas , including British couple Suzanne Van Hagen and John Worton whose nine-year-old daughter found them dead in bed and 15-year-old schoolgirl Martha Fernback . | Police fear the pill shaped as Superman logo has hit Australian shores . The deadly drug has been dubbed Death , Dr Death , Killer or Red Mitsubishi . This warning comes after the death of Sydney teenager Georgina Bartter . The 19-year-old died after she overdosed on ecstasy in November last year . | [[0, 115], [12, 35], [42, 79], [12, 35], [66, 115], [1370, 1463], [116, 179], [231, 239], [247, 292], [116, 173], [231, 292], [392, 455], [507, 515], [523, 568], [392, 449], [507, 568], [569, 632], [1064, 1115], [569, 632], [606, 632], [637, 701], [1064, 1081], [1118, 1164]] |
Greenland 's wilderness remains largely unexplored thanks to its rugged terrain . Now , to help reach the country 's remotes lakes and glaciers , scientists are using an unconventional mode of transport : a flying rubber dinghy . The dinghy is attached to a light aircraft so it can take off on land and water , and it can carry two people up to altitudes of almost 10,000 ft -LRB- 3,000 metres -RRB- . Scroll down for video . The dinghy -LRB- pictured -RRB- is attached to a light aircraft so it can take off on land and water , and it can carry two people up to altitudes of almost 10,000 ft -LRB- 3,000 metres -RRB- . It has a wingspan of 37ft -LRB- 11.15 metres -RRB- and is powered by a two-stroke engine . The vehicle is being used by scientists to explore remote areas of Greenland . The vehicle , which can reach up to 50mph -LRB- 80k/h -RRB- is being used by staff at the Centre of Geogenetics in Copenhagen , reports Polarfronten . It has a wingspan of 37ft -LRB- 11.15 metres -RRB- and is powered by a twin cylinder , two-stroke engine fitted with a rear-facing propeller . The 551lb -LRB- 250kg -RRB- vehicle carries up to 992lbs -LRB- 450kg -RRB- , including up to two people plus fuel . The scientists explained that the craft is also cheap to fly and it has a range of 93 miles -LRB- 150km -RRB- on a full tank of 35 litres . During expeditions , the aircraft has reached 50mph -LRB- 80k/h -RRB- and the scientists explained it is cheap to fly . It has a range of 93 miles -LRB- 150km -RRB- on a full tank of 35 litres but due to its lightweight nature it is susceptible to strong winds . On a recent expedition to Narsarsuaq -LRB- stock image -RRB- it keeled over and needed to be repaired . However , due to its lightweight nature it is susceptible to strong winds . Greenland was recently the 66th country to be added to Google 's Street View mapping service . Highlights include the Illulissat icefjord , on the west coast of Greenland , and a statue of missionary Hans Egede in Nuuk . Google has also captured Brattahild - Erik the Red 's estate in the Viking colony in south western Greenland . On a recent expedition to Narsarsuaq , for example , it was used to collect water samples from remote lakes , but keeled over and needed to be repaired . Google recently added Greenland to its Google 's Street View mapping service to help armchair explorers visit the region . It became the 66th country added to the site . Highlights include the Illulissat icefjord , on the west coast of Greenland , and a statue of missionary Hans Egede in Nuuk . Google also captured Brattahild - Erik the Red 's estate in the Viking colony in south western Greenland . Greenland was recently the 66th country to be added to Google 's Street View mapping service and highlights include the Illulissat icefjord , on the west coast of Greenland . The Unesco World Heritage site is 155 miles -LRB- 250km -RRB- north of the Arctic Circle and features the Sermeq Kujalleq -LRB- pictured -RRB- . Google has also captured Brattahlíð , known as Brattahild - Erik the Red 's estate in the Viking colony he established in south western Greenland at the end of the 10th century . A reconstruction of a chapel , said to be the earliest church in the New World , stands near the original site -LRB- pictured -RRB- in the town of Qassiarsuk . | The flying rubber dinghy can travel at up to 50mph -LRB- 80 km/h -RRB- . It consists of an ultralight aircraft with a rubber dinghy attached beneath . This means it take offs and lands on water , powered by a two-stroke engine . The 551lb -LRB- 250kg -RRB- vehicle carries up to 992lbs -LRB- 450kg -RRB- and seats two people . Scientists are using the flying dinghy to reach remote lakes in Greenland . | [[205, 229], [791, 916], [791, 850], [919, 941], [1341, 1359], [1362, 1429], [205, 229], [230, 272], [427, 490], [273, 309], [491, 527], [621, 623], [666, 711], [942, 944], [987, 1046], [1029, 1084], [1085, 1200], [1085, 1112], [1162, 1200], [82, 85], [88, 143], [91, 134], [146, 202], [205, 229], [712, 790], [741, 790], [2116, 2152], [2167, 2223]] |
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