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Nasa 's Kepler telescope scans the skies for ` habitable worlds ' - but an American chemist has suggested the whole project might be a terrible idea . Ronald Breslow suggests that life-forms based on slightly different amino acids and sugars could take the form of huge , ferocious dinosaurs that have evolved to have human-like intelligence and technologies . ` We would be better off not meeting them , ' says Breslow , who claims that it was a stroke of luck that an asteroid wiped out dinosaurs on earth , leaving the field clear for mammals such as humans . A scientist has suggested that other planets could be populated by intelligent dinosaurs . Amino acid tryptophan : A scientists suggests that a tiny ` tweak ' to such acids could mean life on other worlds evolved very differently . On other worlds , dinosaurs could have evolved into huge , intelligent warriors armed with hi-tech weaponry - but without losing their hunger for fresh meat . ` Of course , ' Breslow says , ` Showing that it could have happened this way . is not the same as showing that it did . An implication from . this work is that elsewhere in the universe there could be life forms . based on D-amino acids and L-sugars . ` Such life forms could well be . advanced versions of dinosaurs , if mammals did not have the good fortune . to have the dinosaurs wiped out by an asteroidal collision , as on . Earth . ` We would be better off not meeting them . ' In the report , noted scientist Ronald Breslow , Ph.D. , discusses the century-old mystery of why the building blocks of terrestrial amino acids -LRB- which make up proteins -RRB- , sugars , and the genetic materials DNA and RNA exist mainly in one orientation or shape . There are two possible orientations , left and right , which mirror each other in the same way as hands . In order for life to arise , proteins , for instance , must contain only one chiral form of amino acids , left or right . ` Such life forms could well be advanced versions of dinosaurs , if mammals did not have the good fortune to have the dinosaurs wiped out by an asteroidal collision , as on Earth , ' says Breslow . With the exception of a few bacteria , amino acids in all life on Earth have the left-handed orientation . Most sugars have a right-handed orientation . How did that so-called homochirality , the predominance of one chiral form , happen ? Breslow describes evidence supporting the idea that the unusual amino acids carried to a lifeless Earth by meteorites about 4 billion years ago set the pattern for normal amino acids with the L-geometry , the kind in terrestial proteins , and how those could lead to D-sugars of the kind in DNA . | Life-forms based on different amino acids could be intelligent dinosaurs . Mammals only triumphed on Earth due to ` accident ' of asteroid . ` We would be better off not meeting them , ' says American scientist . | [[1942, 2002], [412, 419], [426, 545], [361, 402], [1394, 1437], [1396, 1398], [1415, 1437]] |
A woman went in search of her long-lost mother - and discovered she has unknowingly married her own brother . Adriana , 39 , and her husband Leandro , 37 , have been together for seven years and have a six-year-old daughter . The Brazilian couple - who did n't want to reveal their surnames - spent their lives trying to find their respective mothers , who were both called Maria , and had both abandoned their children when they were still babies . Related : Married couple Leandro and Adriana discovered they are brother and sister - but vow to stay together . But neither ever imagined - until this week - that the women they had both been searching for could have been the same person . Adriana , a cosmetics saleswoman , had n't seen her mother since she was just one , when she left home leaving her to be raised by the girl 's father . Meanwhile , truck driver Leandro found out aged eight that his own mother had also abandoned him , and that the woman he knew as his mum was actually his step-mother . While Leandro stayed in the same town where he was born in the state of Sao Paulo , southeast Brazil , Adriana moved away to work as a housemaid , was married for 15 years and had three children . The pair met for the first time ten years ago after Adriana 's marriage broke down and she moved back to her home town , and they soon fell in love and moved in together . Discovery : They were both abandoned as infants and spent their lives searching for their mothers called Maria . Still unable . to forget the give up the search for her mother , last month Adriana . decided to contact a a radio station in their town to ask for help - and . this week the two were reunited live on air . But . at the end of the interview on Radio Globo 's ` The Time Is Now ' programme , which specialises in finding lost relatives , the mother . revealed she also had a son who did n't know her , Leandro . A phenomenon called genetic sexual attraction can occur when estranged relatives meet for the first time as adults . Feelings of intense intimacy can be confused as the brain struggles to associate each other as family . When families grow up together , an inherent taboo is created which desensitises them to sexual attraction . It is known as the Westermarck effect but is missing from relatives who do not know each other . As . it becomes clear that it is the same Leandro that she was married to , . Adriana is heard weeping uncontrollably : ' I do n't believe that you 're . telling me this . Leandro is my husband , ' she sobs . At the end of the interview she says : ` Now I 'm scared to go home and find out that Leandro does n't want me any more . I love him so much . ' Adriana and Leandro - who never married legally - yesterday told Radio Globo that they would stay together , despite the bombshell that they are actually brother and sister . Adriana said : ` Only death is going to separate us . All this happened because God wanted it to happen . ` Of course it would have been different if we had known all this before , but we did n't and we fell in love . ` We thought it was funny that both our mothers had the same name , but it is a common name so we just thought it was a coincidence . ` At first we were really knocked by it all . But we had a family meeting and told everyone that we are going to stay husband and wife , whatever anyone might think . ` We have so many plans together , nothing 's going to break us up , nothing . ' The couple said they do n't blame their mother for leaving them , have spoken with her a number of times since and plan to meet up soon . | Adriana , 39 , and husband Leandro , 37 , both abandoned as infants in Brazil . Couple from different towns married 7 years ago , have 6-year-old daughter . They have spent their lives searching for their mothers - both called Maria . Adriana found her mother through TV show , they were reunited on air . Maria reveals she also had a son called Leandro , Adriana breaks down . Couple vow to stay married and meet up with their mother together . | [[226, 229], [395, 449], [1392, 1396], [1407, 1427], [110, 140], [195, 225], [0, 46], [226, 248], [253, 317], [226, 248], [299, 379], [1392, 1396], [1432, 1477], [1464, 1492], [1654, 1699], [1843, 1870], [2409, 2448], [460, 562], [2685, 2706], [2745, 2815], [3262, 3264], [3290, 3346]] |
Ministers tried to twist to the truth over plans to block online porn so David Cameron can declare ` victory ' on the issue . Ministers have secretly urged internet giants to pretend they are blocking online porn -- so that David Cameron can declare a ` victory ' on the issue . A leaked letter from the Department for Education asks the main internet service providers -LRB- ISPs -RRB- to rebrand their anti-porn filters as being ` default-on ' , giving the impression that adult material is automatically blocked . The letter , from an official at the DfE , and leaked by industry insiders , tells providers : ` Without changing what you will be offering , the Prime Minister would like to be able to refer to your solutions as `` default-on '' . ` Would you be able to commit to include `` default-on '' or similar language , both in the set-up screen and public messaging ? ' The extraordinary demand appears to encourage internet firms to exaggerate the level of protection they are giving families . Shadow Culture Minister Helen Goodman condemned the move , and warned that it could lead parents to assume wrongly that their children were protected from online porn . ` It is disgraceful that instead of trying to get the ISPs to switch their filters to a default-on position , they are trying to persuade them to just say they are doing it , ' she said . ` It is a deliberate attempt to mislead parents . That is dangerous because it means that people wo n't be taking the precautions they need to be taking . ` If people think filters are switched on when they are not there is obviously a risk that they wo n't be on their guard in the way they should be . ' Internet giants have successfully lobbied ministers against campaigns seeking an automatic block on website filth . Instead they have agreed to introduce a system called ` active choice plus ' , which encourages parents to keep anti-porn filters switched on . Industry sources said they were unhappy about the political bid to make them misrepresent the safeguards they are offering . ` What this is about is allowing the Government to declare a victory , ' said one . A leaked letter from the Department for Education asks the main internet service providers -LRB- ISPs -RRB- to rebrand their anti-porn filters as being ` default-on ' , giving the impression that adult material is automatically blocked . The leaked letter will reinforce concerns that the DfE and Education Secretary Michael Gove are resisting a block on online porn within government . Last year another leaked email said DfE ministers opposed an automatic block on porn , adding : ` The only reason they are consulting on this is because No10 told the Daily Mail that they would consult and listen to all views . ' A source at the Department for Culture , Media and Sport , which is now in charge of dealing with the issue , insisted that the email did not represent government policy , adding : ` The Department for Education is part of the problem . ' The latest letter also asks ISPs to fund an unspecified awareness campaign for parents , which will be announced by Mr Cameron . It says : ` I know that it will be challenging for you to commit to an unknown campaign but please can you indicate what sum you will pledge to this work that the PM can announce . ' Internet giants , which benefit from the lucrative online porn market , insist that an automatic block would not work and would make parents complacent . Campaigners say it is a vital step in protecting children from the harmful effects of material that is freely available . A Downing Street spokesman said : ` The Government continues to work with ISPs to help keep children safe online . ' The DfE declined to comment . | Leaked letter asked web firms to rebrand anti-porn filters as ` default-on ' Memo was sent by Department for Education to internet service providers . Told companies not to change what they are doing , just what it is called . Labour condemns ` dangerous ' plan to leave people unprotected . | [[126, 212], [279, 443], [659, 748], [1183, 1194], [1208, 1282], [2138, 2302], [279, 443], [2138, 2302], [517, 563], [594, 656], [1006, 1062]] |
An Israeli Iron Dome operator is claiming that he witnessed ` the hand of God ' diverting an incoming Hamas rocket into the sea . The commander claims that the divine intervention stopped the death of hundreds of Israeli citizens . Israel 's Iron Dome system allows it to shoot down incoming rockets or mortars headed toward major population centres in Israel . Scroll down for video . An Israeli Iron Dome operator is claiming he witnessed the hand of God ' diverting an incoming Hamas rocket into the sea . Israel Today translated a report from a Hebrew-language news site , which carried the man 's report after about an incoming rocket headed toward Tel Aviv last week . The commander recalled : ' A missile was fired from Gaza . Iron Dome precisely calculated -LSB- its trajectory -RSB- . ` We know where these missiles are going to land down to a radius of 200 meters . This particular missile was going to hit either the Azrieli Towers , the Kirya -LRB- Israel 's equivalent of the Pentagon -RRB- or -LSB- a central Tel Aviv railway station -RSB- . Hundreds could have died . The defence system has emerged as a game-changer in the current round of violence with Israeli officials citing a success rate as high as 90 per cent . ` We fired the first -LSB- interceptor -RSB- . It missed . Second -LSB- interceptor -RSB- . It missed . This is very rare . I was in shock . The defence system has been highly effective in the current round of violence between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip - Israeli officials say it has a success rate as high as 90 percent . The commander explains that with ` just four seconds ' until the missile landed the military warned emergency services to be on standby . ` Suddenly , Iron Dome -LRB- which calculates wind speeds , among other things -RRB- shows a major wind coming from the east , a strong wind that ... sends the missile into the sea . We were all stunned . I stood up and shouted , ` There is a God ! , ' he said . ' I witnessed this miracle with my own eyes . It was not told or reported to me . I saw the hand of God send that missile into the sea . ' On Monday President Barack Obama signed a bill granting an additional $ 225 million in U.S. taxpayer dollars for Israel 's Iron Dome missile defense system . Iron Dome uses radar , advanced tracking technology and anti-missile batteries to follow the trajectory of an incoming rocket or mortar and determine if it is headed for a major population center . If an urban area is threatened , interceptors are fired to detonate in the air in close proximity to the missile . Projectiles not posing a threat are allowed to fall in empty fields . The system targets short-range rockets with a range between two miles and 45 miles ; interceptors cost as much $ 100,000 apiece . Created by Israel 's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems , Iron Dome has enjoyed strong U.S. technological and financial support . On Monday President Barack Obama signed a bill granting an additional $ 225 million in U.S. taxpayer dollars for Israel 's Iron Dome missile defense system . The U.S. has provided hundreds of millions of dollars for Iron Dome in the past . The new package is intended to replenish Israel 's capabilities . Congress approved the money last week before lawmakers left for their annual summer break . Obama signed the bill in the late afternoon in the Oval Office with a handful of photographers present . | The commander claims that the divine intervention stopped the missile . ' I witnessed this miracle with my own eyes , ' the commander . Obama has signed bill granting xtra $ 225 million to the Iron Dome system . Israeli officials say it has a success rate as high as 90 percent . | [[0, 129], [47, 129], [130, 231], [386, 508], [0, 129], [386, 508], [1980, 2023], [2117, 2274], [2157, 2236], [2915, 3072], [2955, 3034], [1170, 1234], [1473, 1576]] |
The second teenager accused of brutally killing a 16-year-old West Virginia girl because she no longer wanted to be her friend will be tried as an adult . Sheila Eddy , 16 , was identified Wednesday by prosecutors as the second teen that lured Skylar Neese to a remote wooded area to stab her to death July 6 , 2012 to avoid being her friend . Investigators found Ms Eddy 's body six months after the horrific slaying , but only after Ms Shoaf confessed to the brutal murder . She has since pleaded guilty as part of a deal with prosecutors and is awaiting sentencing . Cold blooded ? Shelia Eddy , 16 , pleaded not guilty to first degree murder and will be tried as an adult . Friends : Rachel Shoaf -LRB- on the right in both pictures -RRB- has confessed to stabbing Skylar Neese -LRB- left -RRB- to death last summer . Tragic : Police chased numerous leads in trying to find Neese with no luck . Until Shoaf came forward . Ms Eddy will likely plead not guilty and head to trial , according to prosecutors , much to the disappointment of the slain girl 's father . ' I do n't want to hear the grisly details of how Skylar was murdered , ' Dave Neese said . ' I do n't want to hear how she screamed and cried . But I do want these girls to get what they deserve . ' Proceedings will be held in open court going forward , prosecutors announced this week . She even helped in the search : Ms Eddy acted like she was sad the girl she allegedly killed was missing , even helping to look for her . Prosecutors have said they will recommend Ms Shoaf receive a 20-year sentence , but the confessed killer faces as much as 40 years behind bars . Court documents offer no insight into the motive for the crime . On May 1 , Skylar 's father said the only reason he could think of was that they ` did n't like her any more . ' WDTV reported that Dave Neese stated : ` They did n't like her anymore . That 's the only response I got . ' I want a reason , I want some kind of reason -LRB- for this to -RRB- happen . There is no reason I do n't care if you have the best reason in the world , but there 's no reason -LRB- for this to happen -RRB- . ' What went wrong ? : The three girls were said to be inseparable friends before Neese was stabbed to death because the two teens allegedly no longer liked her . Neese added of Rachel Shoaf : ' I feel bad for your parents and I hope you rot in hell . ' The victim was last seen on surveillance video leaving her family 's apartment voluntarily and getting into a car on July 6 , 2012 . She was initially considered a runaway , but her parents soon suspected she was abducted . Police chased numerous leads with no luck . The break finally came when Shoaf admitted plotting with another girl to kill her -- shocking even the investigators working the case . Skylar Neese disappeared in July 2012 and was initially thought to be a runaway but her parents soon suspected she had been abducted . The two girls were charged with . luring the straight-A student at University High School out of her . family 's apartment in the middle of the night , stabbing her to death at . an agreed-upon moment and hiding her body under branches in a . Pennsylvania township about 30 miles away from her house , according to . court documents . The pair had spent time with Neese 's mother after the slaying and even helped with the search . The cold calculation and brutality of . the plot shocked a community already frustrated by the slow pace and . secrecy surrounding the case . Charged : Rachel Shoaf , of Morgantown , pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Skylar Neese and she awaits sentencing in a juvenile detention center . Investigators have said little since announcing the charges three weeks ago . People sit in the chairs at John 's . Barber Shop , gaze at Neese 's photo on a bulletin board and wonder : How . could anyone so young plot to kill a classmate and friend ? ` They look as normal as any other kid . that you could ever see , ' said barber BJ McClead . ` Not kids you would . think would have anything to do with anything like this . ' The other girl 's identity is , for now , shrouded by the confidentiality of juvenile court . Though McClead says most people in town have figured out who it is , it 's unclear how long the three girls had been friends or just how close they were . It 's also unclear whether prosecutors will try to have the second suspect charged as an adult , as Shoaf was . ` People are confused . They 're like , `` What is taking so long ? '' ' said McClead , whose daughter Hayden had been friends with Neese since junior high . ` It 's ridiculous . Who 's protecting these girls ? ' said the barber , who still hands out red-and-yellow bracelets bearing the victim 's name . ` Three families ' lives are now ruined because of this heinous crime that these girls committed . ' Monongalia County Prosecutor Marcia Ashdown has refused to return repeated calls seeking comment . The mystery began last July when Neese climbed out of her bedroom window . Surveillance video showed her getting . into a car at the end of her street in a quiet residential neighborhood . near West Virginia University . With no sign of fear , no money and no contact lenses , she apparently expected to return . Shock : In Star City , West Virginia , the community was shaken . Barber BJ McClead -LRB- pictured -RRB- said of the accused : ` They look as normal as any other kid that you could ever see . ' When . she did n't , Dave and Mary Neese worried . Police initially suspected . their daughter was a runaway , but they knew better . They walked up and . down Crawford Street with Neese 's photo , then plastered fliers . everywhere . ` You could n't go 5 feet without seeing her , ' said 24-year-old Brittany Crouse , who moved in around the time of the disappearance . ` Everybody really , really wanted her to come home . ' For months , police chased down tips to no avail . The transcript from Shoaf 's hearing shows the break came January 3 , when she finally told investigators the truth - and where to find the body . But it was n't until March that authorities confirmed it was Neese , and silence followed until the day of the plea hearing . Accused killers : Eddy -LRB- right -RRB- makes faces with confessed killer Rachel Shoaf -LRB- left -RRB- while tweeting a picture that describes their friendship . ' I think police who were involved in the front lines of that interview and that part of the investigation were stunned at Rachel Shoaf 's confession , ' Ashdown told Judge Russell Clawges that day . ` She confessed to a plan and conspiracy with another juvenile to kill Skylar Neese . A plan carried out . ' The three girls drove to Wayne Township , Pa. , got out of the car and the suspects pretended to socialize with Neese . ` And , at a planned and agreed upon moment , ' Ashdown said , the girls ` attacked and stabbed Skylar to death , and they left her there . ' They tried to bury Neese , she said , but covered her with branches when they could n't . In . the five-page court file on Shoaf , prosecutors say they plan to . recommend a 20-year prison sentence . But she could get as many as 40 . years under the law . Mystery : People in the small West Virginia town had wondered for months about Skylar Neese . She vanished after slipping out the bedroom of her Star City home in July 2012 . Shoaf 's family issued a public apology through a lawyer but has made no further statements . ` There is no way to describe the pain that we , too , are feeling , ' they said . ` We are truly sorry for the pain that she has caused the Neese family , and we know her actions are unforgivable and inexcusable . ` Our daughter has admitted her involvement and she has accepted responsibility for her actions . ` Our hearts are broken for your loss , ' they told the Neese family , ` and we are still trying to come to terms with this event . ' Mary Neese has declined interview requests . But the family has tried to spare others their agony , persuading legislators to pass ` Skylar 's Law ' earlier this year . Tribute : A Facebook image created by Skylar Neese 's friends as they all prayed she would show up . Under the law , Amber Alerts are no longer limited to kidnappings in West Virginia . Even when authorities suspect a child is a runaway , information is turned over to Amber Alert officials . The transcript of Shoaf 's hearing shows other students also had suspicions , chattering on social media about all three girls . A few overheard a conversation between the suspects about the plot but waited to report it . The teenagers thought it was a joke , Ashdown told the judge , ` but only later decided and believed it was all too true and all too prophetic . ' McClead marvels that two teenage girls could maintain their deception from July to January . ` Some of the criminals that are locked up for life are n't that hard . ' | Sheila Eddy , 16 , was publicly identified Wednesday by prosecutors and will be tried as an adult . Prosecutors allege that Ms. Eddy and Rachel Shoaf ,16 , stabbed friend Skylar Neese , 16 , to death last summer . 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Teen detective : Connor Kendall managed to track down the thief who burgled his family home in just one hour . It was a bit of detective work that even Sherlock Holmes would be proud of after a teenager tracked down a thief who burgled his family home - in just one hour . Connor Kendall , 16 , was told by police that there was little hope of ever finding the burglar who got away with a # 1,000 haul - including a digital camera , camcorder , a laptop , and wristwatch - from his family home in Cornwall . But he decided to take matters into his own hands and incredibly the amateur sleuth had things wrapped up in no time when he managed to track down the culprits himself . Connor and three friends went into Bodmin near where he lives and began talking to local youngsters , friends and neighbours to find out if anyone knew anything . After just 60 minutes of investigating the burglary , they discovered that someone was trying to sell his watch on a Facebook page . Connor showed the page to police who arrested 22-year-old Jamie Fisher , from Roche , Cornwall - who has now been jailed for 28 months . Connor said : ' I contacted some of my mates and we found out that someone was trying to sell a laptop and cameras to people . ` We decided to go out and try to find the person who was selling them because they sounded like the things stolen from my house . ` We found some boys who said it was Jamie Fisher and the watch was on his Facebook . The whole thing took an hour . ' Truro Crown Court heard Connor decided to take his own action after returning to his house and discovering the burglary on October 16 . The kitchen window of the home was ajar and the back door unlocked . Connor rounded up three friends Zak . Landert , Jake Campbell , and Alex Long and began asking around until . someone showed them the Facebook page . Team effort : Connor Kendall , pictured far left , was helped by three friends , pictured from left to right , Jake Campbell , Alex Long and Zak Landert . Police gathered the information from their young helper and arrested Fisher , who admitted the burglary . Connor 's father , water technician Kevin Kendall , 51 , said : ` They went into town and asked people around their age if they knew whether the items were being sold somewhere . ` The name of Jamie Fisher came up and that was the case solved . The laptop is still missing but , thanks to Connor and his friends , everything else was found . ` It 's a bit of a worry thinking about him talking to people who might know criminals but they all did an excellent job and I 'm very proud . ' Justice : Burglar Jamie Fisher , 22 , was jailed for 28 months at Truro Crown Court . Fisher told the court he entered the property because he had no money and was not in receipt of benefits . The court heard Fisher sold the laptop for # 30 to buy cannabis but the other items were recovered . The total value of the laptop , two digital cameras and the wristwatch Fisher stole was # 960 - of which # 330 worth was returned . Sentencing Fisher to 28 months in prison , Judge John Neligan said : ` You may have got away with it but for the young man 's detective work . ' | Burglar stole # 1,000 haul - including digital camera , camcorder , laptop , and wristwatch - from Connor Kendall 's family home in Cornwall . Police took fingerprints but said it was unlikely the thief would be caught . But Connor , 16 , tracked him down on Facebook in just one hour . Jamie Fisher , 22 , from Roche , Cornwall , has now been jailed for 28 months . | [[216, 223], [228, 272], [344, 507], [2885, 3016], [273, 287], [290, 292], [295, 368], [17, 63], [192, 223], [1455, 1485], [1060, 1068], [1075, 1082], [1095, 1110], [1060, 1070], [1079, 1110], [2591, 2598], [2629, 2676], [3017, 3057]] |
A mobile phone company has developed a new handset for old people - dubbed the Grandroid - that has a ringtone as loud as a pneumatic jackhammer . The smartphone also features an easy-to-read screen as well as a special button on the rear to call for help . The Amplicomms Power Tel M9000 uses the Android operating system and has a simple system of menus on screen so as not to confuse elderly users . The ` Grandroid ' smartphone features larger than normal menus and a special SOS button on the rear . The company describes the unit as a ` Senior Smart Phone ' although it is more commonly known as the Grandroid due to its operating system and easy-to-use menus and extra-loud ringtone . The phone is also designed to be compatible with hearing aids and has a louder than normal handset volume . Pensioners will also be able to download their favourite musical tracks as MP3s onto the device adn carry their music with them . Also the ` Grandroid ' has Bluetooth allowing it to connect to a range of devices such as computers , in-car audio system and even induction loops . The # 140 handset features a clever Caller ID system which will read out the phone number for the pensioner . The phone also comes with a two-year warranty offering considerable peace of mind . Ran Reyrav of Amplicomms told The Sun : ` This phone ensures older generations are not excluded . ' The grandroid phone also features an extra-loud ringtone and works well with different types of hearing aid . | The Amplicomms Power Tel M9000 has a louder than normal ringtone . It also features larger menus for those pensioners with failing eyesight . Phone uses an Android operating system hence its ` Grandroid ' nickname . The ringtone is as loud as a jackhammer or a petrol powered lawn mower . It also has a special SOS button on the rear for summoning assistance . | [[1373, 1392], [1398, 1482], [403, 504], [258, 322], [55, 65], [68, 146], [573, 691], [1373, 1392], [1398, 1482], [147, 161], [167, 238], [230, 257], [403, 504]] |
The Jordanian air force pilot filmed being burned to death by Islamic State extremists was heavily sedated and unaware of what was about to happen , it has been claimed . A report in Saudi Arabia 's burnews.com claims ISIS militants admitted giving Moaz al-Kasasbeh drugs so that he did not scream as flames consumed his body during his grotesque execution . Jordan has struck back hard following the circulation of the video last week , hitting the militant group 's territory with 56 air strikes in three days and executing two ISIS-linked prisoners . Drugged ? A report in Saudi media claims Islamic State militants drugged Jordanian fighter pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh before filming the video that shows him being locked in a cage and burned alive . Little pain : The report also cites unspecified observers who said that Kasasbeh 's ` sensory centres ' burned away quickly , sparing him the agony of the inferno as it consumed him . Brutal : Titled ` Healing the Believers ' Chests ' , the 22-minute film posted last week showed the captured airman locked in a cage before a trail of petrol leading up to its bars is set alight by masked Islamic State militants . Burnews.com reports that Kasasbeh 's apparent resignation to his fate , as well as his apparently heroic stoicism as his petrol-soaked jumpsuit burst into flames , was due to heavy sedation . The report also cites unspecified ` observers ' it says conducted a detailed study of the video , who concluded that that Kasasbeh 's ` sensory centres ' burned quickly , leaving him unable to feel the pain of the inferno . ` It is important to note that -LSB- Kasasbeh -RSB- seemed unconscious and unaware of what awaits him and not , as some have said , that he is not afraid , ' the site quotes these observers as saying . Titled ` Healing the Believers ' Chests ' , the 22-minute film posted last week showed the captured airman locked in a cage before a trail of petrol leading up to its bars is set alight . Officials believe Kasasbeh had been killed almost one month earlier , despite ISIS attempting to carry out a prisoner exchange in return for the captured pilot . Martyr : Kasasbeh was downed over Raqqa , the Islamic State 's de facto capital in Syria , and held for almost a month . Right , his wife Anwar Tarawneh , holds a photo of him before his grotesque execution was confirmed . Nation in mourning : Queen Rania of Jordan consoles Miss Tarawneh after the video showing her husband being burned to death was released by militants from Islamic State last week . After the footage was released , Jordanian officials promised to retaliate harshly and quickly executed two Iraqi militants connected with ISIS . This included Sajida al-Rishawi , the female would-be suicide bomber whose freedom ISIS had originally demanded in exchange for releasing Kasasbeh . King Abdullah II later said Jordan 's response would ` be harsh because this terrorist organisation is not only fighting us , but also fighting Islam and its pure values . ' In a statement , he pledged to hit the militants ` hard in the very centre of their strongholds ' . The United States and several Arab allies , including Jordan , have been striking ISIS in Syria since September 23 , after the militant group seized control of large areas of Iraq and Syria last year and declared a ` caliphate ' . Warplanes from the U.S. and other countries have been waging an air campaign against the extremists in Iraq for even longer . | Saudi news site claims ISIS militants admitted drugging Moaz al-Kasasbeh . Its report also cites observers who claim he would have felt little pain . A video showing the pilot 's grotesque execution was circulated last week . | [[147, 170], [218, 358], [564, 667], [595, 692], [1165, 1356], [750, 761], [780, 873], [1739, 1782], [0, 86], [987, 1022], [1827, 1862]] |
The mother of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects is set to travel to the U.S. today with her ex-husband , nearly a week after one of their reign of terror came to an end . Zubeidat Tsarnaeva , who now lives in Dagestan , Russia , said in an emotional telephone interview that she believes her sons , Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev , have been framed for the bombings . The suspects ' father , Anzor Tsarnaev , has already been interviewed by Russian and American authorities there - and will also travel to the U.S. to be interviewed by investigators . Speaking out on Wednesday , Mrs Tsarnaeva launched into a bizarre rant in . which she claims she does not care if she or her youngest son are killed . by U.S. authorities . Scroll down for video . Rant : Zubeirat Tsarnaena , the Boston bombers ' mother , has said she does not care if her surviving son is killed . Their eldest son , Tamerlan , 26 , died . after a shootout with police in Watertown , Massachusetts on Friday , . while her youngest , Dzhokhar , 19 , is in hospital recovering from a bullet wound . to the neck . ` If they are going to kill him , I do n't . care , ' she told CNN of Dzhokhar . ` My oldest one is killed , so I do n't care . I do n't care is my . youngest one is going to be killed today . I want the world to hear this . And I do n't care if I am going to get killed too . And I will say . Allahu akbar ! ' While Dzhokhar was reportedly injured from a self-inflicted gun shot wound as he sought to hide from police in a boat parked in a backyard , his mother said she does not believe this account . ` You know what I think ? I think now they . will try to make my Dzhokhar guilty because they took away his voice , . his ability to talk to the world ... They did not want the truth to come . out , ' she said . She added that the only reason her sons were targeted was because they were Muslim , adding that she saw footage of Tamerlan being killed ` really cruelly . ' U.S. authorities are on their way to speak with Zubeidat Tsarnaeva in the aftermath of the bombings . Suspects : Dzhokhar , right , and Tamerlan Tsarnaev are accused of planting the Boston bombs at the historic race on April 15 . Investigators traveled to southern Russia on Tuesday to speak to Mrs Tsarnaeva and her husband Anzor , an American Embassy official said . But if she returns to the U.S. to see . her son - as she reportedly intends to as early as Thursday - she could . be arrested , thanks to an outstanding shoplifting charge . Busted : Mrs Tsarnaeva , 45 , was arrested last year after she allegedly stole $ 1,600 worth of clothing from a Massachusetts Lord & Taylor store . ABC News reported on Tuesday that Mrs Tsarnaeva failed to show up at a court hearing stemming from a July 2012 arrest . So if she returns to the U.S. to visit her hospitalized son or make burial arrangements for the other , she . could be arrested on an outstanding warrant . Mrs Tsarnaeva , 45 , allegedly stole $ 1,600 worth of clothes from a Massachusetts Lord & Taylor store . She was charged with two . counts of malicious/wanton damage and defacement to property after . allegedly swiping the merchandise from the retailer 's Natick , . Massachusetts location in June 2012 . She was due in court on October 25 for a hearing in the case , but never showed up . The Lord & Taylor location is . not the same as the one on Boyleston Street in Boston , where a . surveillance camera captured what police say is her younger son . dropping a pressure cooker bomb that was hidden inside a backpack . The family 's lawyer Heda Saratova , asked for the family to be left alone and said that the parents had just seen . pictures of the body of their elder son and were not up to . speaking with anyone . Questioning : Zubeidat Tsarnaeva , mother of Boston bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar , leaves her home for the first time on Tuesday in Dagestan with an unidentified man . Grief : Zubeidat Tsarnaeva is pictured outside her home in Dagestan , a predominantly Muslim province in Russia 's Caucasus . ` The mother is in very bad shape , ' Saratova said . ` She watches the video and cries . ' The images , taken by a resident of Watertown , Massachusetts and posted on his blog , appear to show the Tsarnaev . brothers sheltering behind a vehicle and taking aim at police . officers . They are reportedly seen running to a car for more supplies before . hauling out a pressure cooker bomb they then detonated , filling the . street with smoke . The photographs , taken on the . eyewitness ' phone from a third-floor bedroom overlooking the . scene , are the first images giving insight into the fraught battle that . left one brother dead . Dzhokhar Tsarnaev then jumped in the car . and barreled towards the police barricade , making a narrow escape . Authorities said that he ran over his brother Tamerlan . Dad : U.S. investigators traveled to southern Russia on Tuesday to speak to Mrs Tsarnaeva and the brothers ' father Anzor , pictured , an American Embassy official said . Their mother told Channel 4 on Tuesday that her sons had nothing to do with the terrorist attacks . She said : ` What happened is a terrible thing but I know my kids have nothing to do with this . I know it , I am mother . ' She added to CNN that she had spoken . to Tamerlan after the bombings and he told her he missed her and loved . her , and she said her ` loving ' son even inquired about the cat . The trip by the U.S. team was made . possible because of Russian government cooperation with the FBI . investigation into the bombing at the Boston Marathon . Also on Tuesday , the bombers ' sister , . Ailena and Bella Tsarnaev , released a statement to the media , saying . that they ` do n't have the answers ' about their brothers ' alleged crimes . Battle : The eyewitness said the men ran to the green sedan , left , for more supplies such as explosives . Threat : In another image , a red circle shows what the eyewitness believed to be a pressure cooker bomb . Taken down : Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed in a gunfight with police on April 19 . Dzhokhar , who was injured , was captured that evening . The statement read : ` Our heart goes . out the victims of last week 's bombing . It saddens us to see so many . innocent people hurt after such a callous act . ` As a family , we are absolutely devastated by the sense of loss and sorrow this has caused . ` We . do n't have any answers but we look forward to a thorough investigation . and hope to learn more . We ask the media to respect our privacy during . this difficult time . ' The mother is from Dagestan , while the suspects ' father is from neighboring Chechnya . Their . sons had spent little time in either place before the family moved to . the U.S. a decade ago , but the elder son was in Russia for six months . last year . Shielded : Katherine Russell , the widow of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev , leaves her lawyer 's office on Tuesday . The father of the two Boston bombing suspects will apparently travel to the U.S. later this week in order to seek ` justice and the truth ' . Anzor Tsarnaev says he has ` lots of questions for the police ' and is keen ` to clear up many things ' when he arrives from his home in Makhachkala in Russia . See below for video . | Zubeidat . Tsarnaeva will travel to the U.S. with her ex-husband Anzor as early as Thursday . says her sons have been framed for the bombings . U.S. investigators have flown to southern Russia to speak with her . 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A Jetstar plane has made an emergency landing after it was reportedly struck by engine problems shortly after take off . The plane was supposed to fly from the Gold Coast to Christchurch in New Zealand , but was diverted to Brisbane not long after departing . The airliner landed in Brisbane about 10am on Tuesday . Scroll down for video . A Jetstar plane made an emergency landing at Brisbane airport at around 10am . Jetstar told AAP the flight had been diverted , but could n't confirm the reason . The airline later said the captain had requested a priority landing and the plane landed without incident . A full statement on the airliner 's website said : ` Jetstar can confirm flight JQ 189 from Gold Coast to Christchurch has diverted to Brisbane . ` The captain requested a priority landing and the aircraft landed without incident . We 're currently investigating . We will work to get customers on their way to Christchurch as soon as possible . ' The plane was on its way from the Gold Coast to Christchurch when it was forced to stop . The airline is investigating what went wrong and ` will work to get customers on their way to Christchurch as soon as possible ' | The plane took off from the Gold Coast airport bound for Christchurch . Soon after the pilot requested a ` priority ' landing in Brisbane . The plane landed safely about 10am on Tuesday . ` We 're currently investigating , ' Jetstar said . | [[121, 201], [121, 130], [202, 259], [340, 418], [502, 609], [520, 583], [758, 815], [260, 315], [340, 418], [574, 609], [803, 841], [842, 844], [849, 874], [1048, 1162]] |
Every school child in Los Angeles is to be given an iPad following a $ 30million deal with Apple . The Los Angeles Unified School District announced on Tuesday the decision after teachers voted iPads the cheapest product and the best quality in the market . iPads will now be handed out in 47 schools to give students from low-income households a better chance in the classroom as new national and state tests are to be taken on the devices . Core issue : Each school student in Los Angeles is to get an iPad to use in class . Supt. John Deasy said that the tablet project would be paid for using school construction bonds that are repaid over decades , according to the LA Times . By only using Apple devices , the school district will pay out millions of dollars to the California-based company over the next two years . Mr Deasy and another board member did not take part in the vote on the iPads because each has stock in Apple . Each iPad will cost $ 678 which is more than the retail price because it comes with special educational software . Students will be allowed to take the devices home and although there will be blocks put in place for damaging material like pornography , children will be able to access social media . However there were critics of the scheme including board member Richard Vladovic . He admitted that he had already dropped and broken two iPads and there was a danger students could do the same . Big investment : Apple Inc. is set to make millions of dollars from the deal with the LA school district . | iPads will be handed out in 47 schools across the California city . | [[0, 98], [258, 409], [456, 508], [456, 490], [494, 526]] |
A heavily pregnant mother drowned her three small children in the bath and scrawled ` I love you x ' on their bodies before leaping to her death , an inquest heard yesterday . Police who went to Fiona Anderson 's home after finding her body at the bottom of a multi-storey car park discovered the children tucked up in their mother 's bed with their teddies . All three had lipstick kisses on their forehead , and messages written on the wall included : ` I love them and I 'm going to keep them safe . ' Tragedy : Fiona Anderson pictured on CCTV at the house where her ex-boyfriend was staying two hours before she killed herself . Unknown to anyone else her three children were already dead . Siblings : Levina , three , Addy , two , and 11-month-old Kyden were two months from having another sister . Anderson , 23 , killed the two boys and a girl aged between 11 months and three after her former partner , the children 's father , said he was in a new relationship . The tragic deaths left social services in the dock yesterday as the inquest heard the family were known to child protection officers . Social workers visited them more than 50 times between 2009 and last year and were aware the two older children had been sleeping in a double buggy and fed on biscuits . A serious case review by independent expert Ron Lock for Suffolk Local Safeguarding Children Board said the family were considered ` hard to reach ' because of Anderson 's ` unwavering and determined ' refusal to engage with staff . Inquest : The hearing today heard ` Fiona Anderson loved her children but that she was extremely emotionally disturbed ' when she killed them . Captured : Fiona Anderson clutching a teddy bear minutes before she fell to her death in Lowestoft . Child protection plans were allowed to ` drift ' and while legal intervention was considered , no court action was taken . Anderson 's refusal to co-operate also meant her mental health was never assessed . Mr Lock said the deaths were not foreseeable but concluded : ` If the children had been placed into care this could have avoided this tragic outcome . ' Anderson was seen wandering around Lowestoft in Suffolk clutching a teddy bear for 90 minutes on April 15 last year before jumping to her death . Her unborn baby , who was due two months later , died with her . When police went to her flat in the town they found the bodies of Levina , three , Addy , two , and 11-month-old Kyden . She had written ` I love you x ' with a small heart on their stomachs and they all had lipstick kisses on their foreheads . Scrawled on the walls were messages including : ` I put them to bed with their bears -- they loved their bears . ' Another said : ` They 're cuddled up together sleeping . They look so peaceful . ' Tragedy : Levina , three , Addy , two , and 11-month-old Kyden , all died at their home in Lowestoft , Suffolk , having been drowned by their mother . Loss : Fiona Anderson was heavily pregnant when she died and her death led police to her home where the bodies of her three children were found . She had split from ex Craig McLelland , pictured today . Officers discovered evidence they had been drowned in the bath . A post-mortem examination found nothing to suggest they had been restrained or assaulted . Anderson had the names of each of her children written on her body , along with the name Eve for her unborn daughter . Chief Inspector Andy Smith told the hearing in Bury St Edmunds that Anderson had argued the night before with the children 's father , Craig McClellan , after he told her he was in a new relationship . She told him , ` Say goodnight to the children as it 's the last time you 'll see them ' , before stabbing him , the inquest heard . Mr McClellan , who also lives in Lowestoft , was treated at a hospital but told police he had been attacked in the street by a stranger . ` He later told us he lied to protect Fiona and stop the children being taken into care , ' Mr Smith said . The officer added that a torn-up letter found in a bin provided a ` harrowing insight ' into Anderson 's state of mind . ` She felt unable to cope with the situation and apologetically outlined her intention to take the children with her , ' he said . ` In her words : `` A mother never abandons her children '' . ' Coroner Dr Peter Dean said : ` It seems there were missed opportunities to engage with a non-engaging family . ` It was perhaps wise , instead of doing the same thing for 18 months , to stop what you 're doing and see if there is a different way . ' Dr Dean said he did n't want to ` imply liability ' , but ` the required steps were not approached to psychologically assess ' Anderson . Bereft : Father Craig McLellan pictured with his children -LRB- left to right -RRB- Addy Kyden and Levina and arriving with his mother to lay flowers after their deaths . Investigation : Police found the children in their mother 's double bed and she had also written messages all over the walls . Police : Chief detective Inspector Andy Smith -LRB- left -RRB- and Bob Cook , chairman of the Suffolk safeguarding panel . Recording a verdict of unlawful killing for the three children and suicide for their mother , he added : ` There is no doubt in my mind that Fiona dearly loved her children . ` It 's clear -- through her abnormal perception of her circumstances and her subsequent actions of what she thought was in their best interests at the time -- the need to help these families and spot psychological and behaviour problems . She was clearly a social and psychological risk and what she did was extreme . ' The coroner said he would write to Health Minister Norman Lamb about the case because it highlighted the need for more awareness of parents with mental health issues and how to provide support for them . Mr Smith , speaking on behalf of Mr McClellan , said : ` He loves his children dearly and always will . He hopes that following today 's proceedings he can try to move forward and rebuild his life . ' Sue Cook , Suffolk County Council 's director for children and young people 's services , said : ` Some families can be harder to engage with than others which can make the task of protecting children even more complex . ' The council had introduced changes following recommendations in the serious case review , she added . For confidential . support call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90 , visit a local . Samaritans branch or click here . | Fiona Anderson jumped to her death hours after killing her three children . Mother was seven months pregnant when she drowned them at home . Levina , three , Addy , two , and Kyden , 11 months , found in mother 's bed . Had ' I love you ' written on their bodies and lipstick kisses on foreheads . Social services had contact with her before any of children were born . Expert concedes they could have been saved if taken into care by council . CCTV shows her outside ex 's home and also walking streets with a teddy . She had stabbed Craig McLellan when he told her about a new girlfriend . Text said : ` Say goodnight to your children . 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President Christian Wulff is though to be about to leave his office amid an escalating scandal . He is alleged to have accepted free holidays from wealthy friends , upgrades on airlines and discounted cars . Germany 's president resigned in disgrace yesterday after failing to gag newspapers investigating him over political favours . The resignation of Christian Wulff -- a victory for Press freedom -- is an embarrassing blow to Chancellor Angela Merkel , who had hand-picked her political ally as president . In a curt statement at the presidential palace in Berlin , Mr Wulff said he had lost the trust of the German people , making it impossible to continue in a role meant to serve as a moral compass for the nation . Close : Christian Wulff , pictured with German Chancellor Angela Merkel , has been forced to resign after trying to gag newspapers investigating political favours . He was forced to resign after trying to stop German newspapers investigating a home loan scandal involving more than # 430,000 received from a businessman friend 's wife -- allegations taken up by prosecutors . Mr Wulff , 52 , whose role was mainly ceremonial , admitted making a ` grave mistake ' by leaving a message on the answering machine of the editor of Germany 's best-selling Bild newspaper threatening ` war ' if the daily published a story about his private finance dealings . He was later criticised for accepting free upgrades on holiday flights for himself and his family as well as staying free of charge at the villas of wealthy businessmen . The media continued to delve into his dealings and on Thursday state prosecutors in Hanover -- his former power base as governor of Lower Saxony -- asked parliament to end Mr Wulff 's legal immunity over accusations he accepted favours . Problems : Ms Merkel 's Germany is leading the fight to save the Euro and this news will come as a bitter blow . The move was a prelude to opening an investigation into him . It is the first time prosecutors have sought to investigate a German president and the decision triggered opposition calls for him to go . Mrs Merkel , who postponed a trip to Rome yesterday , said she regretted Mr Wulff 's departure . He is the second president to step down in two years . His predecessor , Horst Koehler , resigned unexpectedly in 2010 after coming under fire for comments he made about the German mission in Afghanistan . Der Spiegel , the prestigious news magazine , had taken up the gauntlet laid down by the popular Bild , saying : ` All of the revelations come together to form . . . a picture of a character that revolves around three concepts : perks , upgrades and self-abasement . These concepts run counter to what is expected of a politician in a democracy . ` Wulff . . . does n't want to pay the prices a normal citizen would have to pay for his lifestyle , for such expenses as his house , his car and his vacations . Wulff uses his public offices to secure discounts . . . They give him the privilege to accept perks from rich friends or companies -- who hope to get something in return . ' Mr Wulff 's resignation reflects badly on Mrs Merkel 's judgment as she pushed for his election in June 2010 against an opposition candidate backed by most Germans . She said she would talk to the opposition this time to find a consensus candidate . | President Christian Wulff is though to be about to leave his office amid an escalating scandal . He is alleged to have accepted free holidays from wealthy friends , upgrades on airlines and discounted cars . | [[0, 28], [39, 96], [0, 25], [36, 96], [97, 207], [97, 99], [111, 162], [97, 99], [165, 207], [1377, 1389], [1401, 1547], [1377, 1547], [1764, 1785]] |
Bali Nine drug kingpin Andrew Chan , who is facing death by firing squad in Indonesia , masterminded another international heroin smuggling attempt out of Hong Kong - but the operation failed , resulting in three young Australians being jailed . Daily Mail Australia can reveal for the first time that Chan enlisted Sydney teenager Rachel Diaz , 17 , and Chris Vo , 15 , both from western Sydney , as drug couriers to smuggle $ 1 million worth of heroin in condoms , which they were to swallow in Hong Kong and bring back to Australia . The Hong Kong deal was to run at the same time as the Bali Nine operation - when Chan , Myuran Sumurakan and seven Australian mules were arrested , some with the drugs strapped to their bodies . It can also be revealed that after his own arrest , Chan wrote a letter to Diaz in Hong Kong , ordering her to keep her mouth shut . Scroll down for video . The Godfather : Andrew Chan was involved in three international drug smuggling operations when he was arrested in Bali . Drug mule : Rachel Diaz was hired by Bali Nine mastermind Andrew Chan who , following her arrest and incarceration in a Hong Kong prison , wrote her a letter ordering her to keep her mouth shut . Hard to swallow : The 114 heroin-filled condoms which Rachel Diaz , 17 , was supposed to swallow when the trainee Sydney hairdresser was arrested in a seedy Hong Kong hotel room . Drug kings : One-time mail room worker Myuran Sukumaran -LRB- left , with Andrew Chan -RRB- says he became involved in the 8.3 kg Bali importation to satisfy his lust for fast cars , glamorous women and and a life of nightclubbing . Chan and syndicate partner Sumurakan are on death row and were told this week by new Indonesian President Joko Widodo that he would not grant them pardons , despite their attempts to rehabilitate themselves behind bars . They could face death by firing squad in coming months . Chan , who Indonesian police called ` The Godfather ' when they arrested him , was a key organiser of the Australian end of the smuggling and distribution network , which was detailed in the Hong Kong court during Diaz 's trial and described as a ` predatory crime syndicate ' . In just two weeks in April 2005 , the syndicate was responsible for the arrest , and later the incarceration , of 17 young Australians for heroin trafficking in three countries . The hotel room in a seedy Hong Kong district where Rachel Diaz , 17 , and Chris Vo , 15 , were preparing to swallow 114 heroin-filled condoms and make the eight-hour flight back to Sydney . Frantic father : Coca Cola representative Ferdinand Diaz , pictured in Hong Kong , made several attempts to get his daughter -LRB- pictured during her school days -RRB- freed from prison . Diaz , Vo and their minder Hutchinson Tran , 22 , were arrested in a low budget Hong Kong hotel room on April 12 , 2005 . They were found with 114 condoms filled with up to 1kg of heroin - but Diaz had had second thoughts about taking part in the operation , for which they were to be paid $ 200 for each 5cm-long condom they ingested . Diaz 's father Ferdinand failed to get his daughter released on bail and 12 months after her arrest , she was sentenced to 10 years and eight months . Vo , by then 16 , received nine years , and Tran got 13 years and four months . All have since been released , with Diaz serving out the majority of her sentence in a NSW women 's prison after being transferred in February 2009 under the International Transfer of Prisoners ' Act . Five days after her arrest , Bali police arrested Chan , Sukumaran and their mules Renae Lawrence , Martin Stephens , Scott Rush , Si Yi Chen , Matthew Norman , Michael Czugaj and Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen . The seven couriers recruited by Chan and Sukumaran have all received sentences ranging from 18 years to life . Predator : Death row inmate Andrew Chan , who claims he would serve God as a pastor if he was set free , was a cynical drug trafficker who landed at least 17 young Australians in jail before his arrest . No way back : Scott Rush , aged 19 , at Denpasar Airport on April 17 , 2005 , as Bali police remove packages of heroin strapped to his body . Several trips : Panel beater turned drug mule Renae Lawrence made two successful trips for Chan from Bali with heroin strapped to her body but was caught on the third , in April 2005 , and sentenced to 20 years . Young dupes : Former Wollongong bartender , Martin Stephens -LRB- left -RRB- and Sydney catering worker Matthew Norman -LRB- right -RRB- , pictured at Kerobokan Jail , Bali , in 2007 , two years after they were duped by Chan who had promised them quick riches by acting as heroin mules in Bali . Behind closed doors : Lured to this hotel in Hong Kong 's Tsim Sha Tsui district by a drug gang which preyed on young Australians , Diaz , 17 , and Vo , 15 , were arrested with 1kg of heroin in condoms . Both the Bali Nine and the Hong Kong drug smuggling deals were connected with a third , lesser-known attempted heroin importation in which Chan and Sukumaran conspired with four young Brisbane people . Daily Mail Australia can also reveal that in the lead up to the Bali Nine and the Hong Kong operations Chan and Sukumaran visited a young Korean-Australian who was later arrested and charged over the Hong Kong conspiracy following the arrest of Diaz , Vo and Tran . A Korean-Australian and a co-conspirator were charged with plotting to import the packages of heroin that Diaz and 15-year-old Vo were meant to swallow . The Bali Nine are a group of nine Australians who attempted to smuggle 8.3 kg of heroin from Bali to Australia on August 17 , 2005 . Drug mastermind Andrew Chan and his cohort , Myuran Sukumaran , recruited six men and one woman aged between 19 and 30 years old and strapped heroin to their bodies . Renae Lawrence , Martin Stephens , Scott Rush , Si Yi Chen , Matthew Norman Michael Czugaj and Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen were arrested in a hotel and at Denapasar airport and taken to Bali 's Kerobokan prison . Lawrence was sentenced to 20 years , Rush 's sentence has been redeuced to 18 years and the other five mules are serving life sentences . Chan and Sukumaran were given the death penalty and in early December 2014 , Indonesia 's new President Joko Widodo said the men would face execution by firing squad . With prison remission , Lawrence 's current earliest possible release date is February 2026 . Chan visited the Korean-Australian at least three times in different NSW prisons and once with Sukumaran in late 2004 , just before the two made two ` practice ' runs to Indonesia with several of the future Bali Nine couriers , including Renae Lawrence , and successfully returned to Australia with heroin strapped to their bodies . Chan , who was a manager at a Sydney catering company , duped three of his staff - Lawrence , Norman and Stephens - into becoming mules , promising them thousands of dollars in return . Following the arrests in Hong Kong and Bali within days of each other - and a series of other arrests in Sydney and Brisbane just days later - police said the Bali Nine had no connection with the Diaz case . However , detectives have exclusively revealed that Chan was in contact with Diaz for months and all three trafficking deals were connected to a Sydney-based Chinese drug smuggling syndicate which had links to Myanmar . Chan , who has found God in prison , was regularly visiting another convicted drug dealer in prison as he was conspiring to commit the Bali Nine deal . Diaz and Vo were recruited to go to Hong Kong as drug mules , police say , on the promise of $ 6000 or $ 7000 for a single trip . Diaz , a trainee hairdresser with churchgoing Filipino migrant parents , and Vo , a McDonald 's worker and son of a single mother of Vietnamese origin , came from modest income families in western Sydney . Neither had previously known connections with drug syndicates , nor had they met before they flew out from Sydney to Hong Kong in April 2005 . Diaz 's parents , Ferdinand and Maria , believed she was having a sleep-over at a friend 's house and then reported her missing when she failed to return . Squalor and misery : Australian inmates Si Yi Chen , Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen and Matthew Norman in a holding cell before a court appearance at Denpasar . Greedy fool : Myuran Sukumaran -LRB- pictured arriving at court to appeal his death sentence -RRB- admits his role in the Bali Nine drug deal just because he wanted an easy life with cars , money and women . On the day she and Vo were due home , April 13 , police believe the Korean-Australian went to Sydney Airport to collect them , armed with three packets of laxatives . Diaz and Vo were in a room at the Imperial Hotel , in Hong Long 's Tsim Sha Tsui backpacker district , with the 114 heroin-filled condoms , supplied by Hutchinson Tran , when police burst in . Vo was prepared to swallow 30 packages but Diaz had apparently reconsidered , realising they could burst inside her stomach during the eight-hour flight back to Sydney . Fearful place : Hong Kong 's notorious Tai Lam correctional facility where Diaz was incarcerated before being transferred to a Sydney prison . Firing squad : After a series of court appeals , Myuran Sukumaran -LRB- left -RRB- and Andrew Chan are the sole remaining members of the Bali Nine who still face death by an Indonesian firing squad . Earliest possible release : With prison governor 's remissions , Bali Nine drug smuggler Renae Lawrence will be the first of the group to gain freedom , in February 2026 at the earliest . Meanwhile , four Australians from Brisbane - aged 24 , 22 , 18 , and 19 , had been arrested in Brisbane and charged with conspiring with Chan and Sukumaran of conspiring to import heroin to Australia . A fifth , Khanh Thanh Ly , 24 , was arrested in Sydney . Ly subsequently pleaded guilty , but said he was only a ` runaround ' in the gang whose members included Sukumaran , and was never paid but did it for the ` glamour ' and entries to parties and clubs . The Bali Nine incident was linked to one of the world 's biggest drug syndicates , Crescent Moon , which has smuggled large quantities of heroin from Myanmar -LRB- Burma -RRB- to Western countries . Chan has admitted he saw the Bali Nine deal as a ` quick pay day ' . He has never spoken about his involvement in the Hong Kong deal . In an interview with ABC TV he pleaded for clemency , saying if his death sentence was commuted and he was released from prison , he wanted to help the community and become a minister of religion . | Bali Nine kingpin Andrew Chan masterminded another overseas heroin deal that went wrong . Rachel Diaz , 17 , of Sydney , was arrested with two others in a Hong Kong hotel . Diaz , a trainee hairdresser , and Chris Vo , then 15 , were due to swallow 114 heroin-filled condoms when police raided their hotel room . Chan sent threats from Kerobokan jail to Diaz 's Hong Kong prison cell , telling her to keep her ` mouth shut ' Chan set up at least 17 young Australians who were arrest on heroin charges . He was part of a ` predatory crime syndicate ' which recruited young people as drug mules . 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Apple iPhone 4S : The smartphone 's Safari browser is the most popular mobile web browser - Google is alleged to have bypassed privacy features built into the browser . Google and Facebook may have used a computer ` trick ' that allows them to . monitor web browsing via Apple 's Safari browser to build up advertising ` profiles ' - circumventing Apple 's . safety measures . The search giant bypassed privacy settings built into Apple 's Safari web browser on iPhones , PCs and Macs , according to a recent report . Other advertising companies , and Facebook , reportedly used a similar method . Safari is the most popular mobile web browser , used in all models of Apple 's iPhone and iPad . Google allegedly circumvented the protection to build up profiles of web users , using a ` cookie ' that collected advertising information . The move has caused outcry among privacy advocates . It comes shortly after EU privacy groups wrote to the search giant to ask it to ` halt ' a new privacy policy that would allow it to ` share ' customer data between services such as Search , Gmail and YouTube . Google allegedly used a ` trick ' which sends a blank message to the browser to make it accept unauthorised ` cookies ' . Apple says it is ` working to put a stop ' to the practice . The code was uncovered by a Stanford University researcher Jonathan Mayer and was reported in the Wall Street Journal . Google has since disabled the code , and claims that the report is in error , and that its cookies only collected anonymous information . The revelation caused outcry among online privacy advocates . San Francisco 's Electronic Frontier Foundation says , ` Coming on the heels of Google 's controversial decision to tear down the privacy-protective walls between some of its other services , this is bad news for the company . ` It 's time for Google to acknowledge that it can do a better job of respecting the privacy of Web users . ' Google says that the report was in error . ` The Journal mischaracterizes what happened and why , ' says a spokesperson . ` We used known Safari functionality to provide features that signed-in Google users had enabled . It 's important to stress that these advertising cookies do not collect personal information . ' Under fire : Google is accused of ` bypassing ' Apple 's privacy protection to gather advertising information . ` Unlike other major browsers , Apple 's Safari browser blocks third-party cookies by default , ' says the spokesperson . ` However , Safari enables many web features for its users that rely on third parties and third-party cookies , such as ` Like ' buttons . Last year , we began using this functionality to enable features for signed-in Google users on Safari . ` To enable these features , we created a temporary communication link between Safari browsers and Google 's servers , so that we could ascertain whether Safari users were also signed into Google , and had opted for this type of personalization . '' However , the Safari browser contained functionality that then enabled other Google advertising cookies to be set on the browser . We did n't anticipate that this would happen , and we have now started removing these advertising cookies from Safari browsers . European regulators recently wrote to . Google CEO Larry Page calling on the search giant to halt the . introduction of its new ` one-size-fits-all ' privacy policy . The . policy was due to come into effect on March 1 , and would allow Google . to share what it knows about users between services such as Google . Search , Gmail and YouTube . The . move horrified privacy advocates and bloggers - tech site ZDNet said . that Google would ` know more about you than your wife does ' and said the . policy was ` Big Brother-ish ' . The European Union working party asked for Google to stop the new policy while the working group investigate whether personal data is protected . ` We call for a pause to ensure that there can be no misunderstanding about . Google 's commitments to information rights of EU . citizens . ' ` Given the wide range of services you . offer , and the popularity of these services , changes in your privacy . policy may affect many citizens in most EU member states , ' the group wrote to Google Chief Executive Larry Page . | Search giant allegedly used ` cookie ' to monitor browsing habits . Bypassed Apple 's safety measures . Privacy group says , ` This is bad news for the company . It 's time for Google to do a better job ' | [[695, 701], [776, 835], [2258, 2268], [2271, 2333], [836, 888], [1795, 1829], [1847, 1937]] |
A woman has been sentenced to five years ' probation after being found guilty of first sexually assaulting and then having intercourse with her best friend 's teenage son over a two year period starting when he was just aged 13 . Karen Lee Carstens , 43 , was convicted of sexual assault of a child by a jury in Houston , Texas , on Wednesday and was then sentenced on Thursday morning . Police said she began sexual assaulting the teen in 2007 when he was 13 years old and eventually ended up having a sex with him on numerous occasion at her home . Karen Lee Carstens , 43 , has been sentenced to five years probation after being found guilty having sex with her best friend 's teenage son . ` I feel like she deserved everything that she got , ' the unnamed victim , now 19 years old , told KHOU . The improper relations had begun when Carstens volunteered to help babysit the teen while her friend , the boy 's mother , was hospitalized . The boy described a couple of the encounters to investigators , particularly those which happened over a three-month period when his mother was in and out of the hospital due to a gallbladder infection . He said on May 15 , 2009 , he and Carstens were lying on a sofa bed and watching television when they started to have sex . The unnamed victim , now 19 , told local TV news that he believed that Carstens had gotten what she deserved . According to court documents the boy ` cried believing he had impregnated -LSB- Carstens -RSB- but she assured him not to worry because her menstrual cycle was due soon . ' The boy told investigators that when the relationship began it involved just touching her breasts and genitals , but progressed to oral sex . In the court documents , the boy described one encounter where he suggested anal sex as a way for them to avoid pregnancy . She at first refused but then allowed the teen to do it . The affair ended shortly after when Carstens moved to Riva , Maryland . The improper relations had begun when Carstens , pictured in court , had volunteered to help babysit the teen while her friend , the boy 's mother , was hospitalized . Police say the victim said Carstens told him not to tell anyone about their sexual relationship because she could get into trouble . Authorities investigated and found enough evidence to file charges against Carstens . Her bail was set at $ 30,000 . | Karen Lee Carstens , 43 , has been sentenced to five years probation after being found guilty of having sex with her best friend 's son . Relations with the unnamed boy began when he was just 13 years old and continued for two years . Cartsens volunteered to help babysit the teen while her friend , the boy 's mother , was hospitalized and during that period the pair had sex . The boy , now 19 , told reporters outside the court that he felt Cartens had received all she deserved . | [[0, 193], [551, 569], [572, 574], [577, 693], [0, 193], [176, 229], [410, 469], [0, 193], [450, 452], [474, 550], [801, 901], [891, 901], [924, 942], [1951, 2077], [2067, 2077], [2100, 2118], [696, 744], [1271, 1289], [1301, 1381]] |
A woman who claims she had a ` drunken fumble ' with Prince Harry at his now-infamous naked party in Las Vegas can today be revealed as a dominatrix who charges $ 1,000 an hour for BDSM sessions . British-born Carrie Reichert , 40 , offers kinky fun as a dominatrix under the name Lady Dominique and bills herself as a ` mistress of pain ' . Her sordid secret was revealed after the Daily Mail Online obtained X-rated videos of Reichert -- who is also a pole-dancer going by the name Carrie Royale -- spanking and whipping a man during a wild session . Scroll down for video . ` Mistriss of pain ' : British-born Carrie Reichert offers kinky fun as a dominatrix under the name Lady Dominique . She is the only woman to come forward to claim that she partied with Prince Harry in Vegas . Prince Harry , pictured above in Las Vegas in 2012 , was said to have invited 10 women to party with him at his VIP suite at the Encore at Wynn hotel , including Miss Reichert . Dressed in raunchy bondage gear , Reichert likes to belittle and humiliate her clients -- earning up to $ 5,000 a time . In the video she wears a black PVC basque , knee-high boots and circles a bound , naked , masked man as he pants and cowers on the floor . She tells the whimpering man , ` You 're so pathetic ' before spanking him with a black paddle whip . Reichert claims she kissed a naked Prince Harry in a 20-minute ` drunken fumble ' at his penthouse hotel room during the famous Las Vegas party in August 2012 . She said in a newspaper interview at the time : ` We kissed , he was naked at the time , and pretty open . It was a drunken fumble . It was n't romantic , just fun . ` He was a gentleman , but he was so wasted . The alcohol affected him . I was there for 15 to 20 minutes . ' Now it can be revealed that the blonde charges $ 5,000 to $ 10,000 dollars for private BDSM sessions in her New Orleans apartment . A source said : ` Carrie -LSB- who also uses the code name Ms X -RSB- has a dungeon in a room at her place with big bed restraints and a St Andrew 's cross which she ties men to and whips them . ` She also has Christian Grey-style racks with all her instruments and sex toys laid out on them - like paddles , nipple clamps and cat-of-nine-tail whips . Busted : The bedraggled ` party girl ' Carrie Reichert posing for a jail booking photo . The 40-year-old , was arrested on check fraud charges and jailed in Mississippi earlier this year . ` She charges $ 1,000 for appearances at parties and for private sessions she can earn as much as $ 5,000 depending on how extreme the client wants to go . ` Recently she filmed a series of X-rated DVDs for her private clients . ` Rarely does she have sex with clients - she 's had some really strange people so far but she enjoys it . ' Earlier this year , Reichert performed a striptease show in which she used underpants she claimed belonged to Prince Harry . The routine -- which she performed at the Harry Mohney Erotic Heritage Museum in Las Vegas in January -- involved her taking off the outfit she wore on the night she allegedly met the young royal before twirling the underpants she claims he gifted to her . Reichert , who lied that she was 32 when she spoke about the royal party in 2012 , claims she has now donated the underpants , along with a string bikini she wore , to the museum . Kensington Palace has previously denied Reichert was one of 10 women invited back to the Prince 's VIP suite at the Encore at Wynn hotel and dismissed her story as ` untrue ' . Reichert is the only woman to have ever spoken out about the prince 's wild night . She claims she was hand picked by a member of the royal entourage as she hung out by the pool at the Encore and invited to the Prince 's penthouse suite . British-born Reichert , 40 , says she performed a routine involving her taking off the outfit she wore on the night she met the prince and will twirl his undergarments . The dominatrix previously told how Prince Harry was already naked when she entered the room and was playing air guitar with a pool cue and giving ` random naked hugs ' . Among other shocking claims she made at the time , the pole dancer said that high-spirited Harry pressed his naked body up against the giant window of his suite and declared : ` Look at me , Vegas , these are the royal jewels . ' Later , the prince was photographed on a cell phone wearing nothing but a necklace while a naked female guest hid behind him during a game of strip pool . Another photo showed him giving the same topless woman a naked bear hug . The photos - which have since been seen by tens of millions across the world -- caused acute embarrassment for the royal family as well as raising security fears about how well the prince was protected on his Vegas trip . Just weeks after the party , Reichert spent a month in Harrison County Jail in Mississippi after being arrested for a $ 22,000 check fraud . | Carrie Reichert claimed to have partied with the prince in his hotel in 2012 . She says she was alone with the royal and kissed him for 20 minutes . Palace has described her story as ` untrue ' Under the name Lady Dominique , she bills herself as a ` mistress of pain ' The ` party girl ' was busted on check fraud charges and jailed in Mississippi earlier this year . | [[701, 786], [1327, 1487], [1343, 1406], [1437, 1487], [1727, 1761], [3338, 3355], [3479, 3510], [197, 225], [233, 280], [197, 225], [300, 337], [600, 676], [2337, 2352], [2355, 2436], [4775, 4801], [4804, 4915]] |
Menace : The Tineola bisselliella moth has infected the Olympic village . They came in the dead of night , attracted by a blaze of light so vast it could be seen from miles away . To an inquisitive moth , the Olympic village must have looked like paradise - 9,000 brand new wardrobes , each containing enough clothing to see athletes through two weeks of the Games . Or , to put it another way , a fortnight of prime packed lunches for Tineola bisselliella and its pesky cousin pellionella . For the Olympic park is at the centre of an area infested with fabric-chomping moths - and Stratford was pinpointed yesterday as one of the worst hit areas in the UK . Do n't even dare to imagine what might happen should they chance to munch on the women 's beach volleyball bikinis . Perish the thought that British athletes will parade proudly in uniforms that invite critics to describe our opening ceremony as moth-eaten . And forget the fact that so much unpalatable Lycra and man-made ` performance fibres ' will deter the larvae of the common clothes moth -LRB- bisselliella -RRB- or the case-bearing clothes moth -LRB- pellionella -RRB- . With this many people concentrated into such a small area , there is enough grub here for a plague of biblical proportions . The revelation that the Olympic stadium 's recently assigned E20 postcode is a hot-spot for moth invasion came from anti-moth and homecare company Caraselledirect . It monitors pest control sales daily . to determine which areas are most affected . On a moth map of the UK , . Stratford is plotted at the epicentre of what it described as an . escalating ` epidemic ' . Figures . suggest the problem is 40 times bigger than in Newcastle upon Tyne , for . example ; nearly 400 times worse than in Belfast ; and greater than in . the whole of Scotland . On the menu ? Members of Team GB model their Olympic kit as they arrive at the Olympic Village yesterday . Rich pickings : The Olympic village has 9,000 brand new wardrobes , each containing enough clothing to see athletes through two weeks of the Games . ` They show no respect for Savile Row suits , Primark jumpers or athletes ' outfits , ' said the firms moth expert , Jonathan Beriland . ` Anything they can get their teeth into - jackets , trousers , underpants - will become a casualty . ' London and the south east saw a big increase in moth populations recently because of unseasonal or prolonged spells of cold , wet weather . That meant homes , offices -LRB- and flats in the Olympic village -RRB- kept windows closed and heat on - perfect conditions for moths to lay eggs that turn into cloth-eating larvae . Females can lay 40 eggs in three weeks , producing larvae which may carry on chomping for up to a year before pupating . No doubt granny would simply have shaken out the clothes and stocked up on pongy mothballs . Do n't even think about it ! Members of the Australian beach volleyball team during a training session at Horse Guards Parade yesterday . By . the time athletes notice any adult moths flying out of their wardrobes , . however , the seeds of sartorial disaster will already have been sown . Ironically , the Stratford stadium . boats that ` sustainable development ' has provided new habitats for a . host of species , including the toadflax brocade moth , whose larvae spurn . athletics gear in favour of the plant from which it takes its name . But . even recently revamped security measures , plus surface to air missiles , . appear to not to have stopped the airborne cloth-destroyers . infiltrating . Olympic . officials said yesterday they had ` not been overwhelmed ' by complaints . about masticated clothing , or by reports of munching sounds from inside . athletes ' wardrobes -LRB- which , it is understood , have no moth protection -RRB- . But one did report that an American athlete spent an uncomfortable night swatting moths after leaving his balcony doors open and dozing off with the light on . Finally , a terrifying thought . Just where did those big holes in the Olympic rings come from ? | London and south east have seen a big . increase in moth populations because of unseasonal or prolonged . spells of cold , wet weather . | [[2313, 2386], [2313, 2386]] |
An NHS clinic is treating transgender children as young as 12 with drug therapies to prepare them for a sex change , it has been revealed . More than 20 youngsters with ` gender dysphoria ' are being prescribed hormone blockers by doctors at the Tavistock Clinic in north London . The treatment halts the onset of puberty - preventing children from developing the sexual characteristics of the gender they were born . Controversial : The Tavistock Clinic in north London is prescribing hormone blockers to children as young as 12 . The clinic started offering the medication in 2011 as part of a study to determine whether transgender children could benefit from starting treatment earlier than in the past , according to The Sunday Times . It was initially deemed controversial due to the patients ' ages - with critics arguing that the youngsters lacked the ability to consent to the therapies . However , since then , the clinic has received a staggering 142 referrals of children aged 11 to 15 from parents and carers . Dr Polly Carmichael , director of the Tavistock Clinic 's gender identity service , said she plans to continue offering the treatment to youngsters after the study culminates in April . Fight : Transgender Leo Waddell , 12 , was born as a girl called Lily , right . Last month , he vowed to fight a doctor 's decision to ban him from taking hormone blockers , which halt the onset of puberty . ` Thirty-five -LSB- children -RSB- so far have been accepted into the early intervention study , about half of these born as girls and half as boys , of whom 23 are already being treated with hormone blockers , ' she told The Sunday Times . ` Another 12 have gone forward but are not yet in treatment , perhaps because they are still too early in puberty . ' Once they have reached 16 years old , children are given two options : To halt the hormone blockers - causing them to stay the same gender - or to take ` cross-sex ' hormones , which change their body to the opposite gender . At the age of 18 , the Tavistock Clinic is able to refer them for a sex change operation . Upset : Speaking on This Morning last month , Leo - pictured with his mother , Hayley , 48 - said he started to cry when he was told he could n't undergo hormone therapy . The clinic 's approach is a sharp . contrast to most doctors ' surgeries in the UK , where children under 16 . years old are generally refused hormone blockers . However , pro-treatment campaigners argue that , by their 16th birthday , most youngsters have experienced the onset of puberty - making it harder for them to change gender . . Dr Carmichael said it was ` better ' for children not to have gone through puberty before ` transitioning ' . But she added : ` You are asking someone aged as young as 11 to make big decisions about their adult life and identity . We have to be very careful to keep options open . ' Beauty Queen : Miss England finalist Jackie Green became the youngest person in the world to undergo transgender surgery . Last month , 12-year-old transgender Leo Waddell vowed to fight a doctor 's decision to ban him from taking hormone blockers . Leo , from Lowestoft , Suffolk , was born as a girl called Lily but has lived as a boy since the age of five . He plans to take testosterone at the age of 16 , before undergoing gender reassignment surgery at the age of 18 . In the meantime , he wants to take hormone . blockers to prevent the onset of puberty and the release of female . hormones in his body . However , despite undergoing numerous psychological and hormone tests , his GP has refused to prescribe them because . she was unsure of the long-term effects - adding : ` Any clinical decision I make always gives consideration to every aspect of the patient 's wellbeing ' . Speaking on This Morning with his mother , Hayley , 48 , Leo said : ' I did n't like it , I started to cry when she told me . ' Mrs Waddell added : ` What so many people do n't understand is that I feel it 's far more dangerous for Leo to not have these hormone blockers . ` The things he has to go though , the emotions and the torment is slowly bringing him down and down . ' Leo is one of a growing number of British children with gender dysphoria , a . condition whereby you feel have been physically assigned the wrong . gender at birth . In 2009 , aged 16 , Jackie Green became the youngest person in the world to undergo transgender surgery - having travelled to America aged 12 to receive hormone blockers . Last year , as a 19-year-old woman , Jackie made history once again by becoming . the first transgender Miss England finalist . She later claimed she ` would have killed ' herself if she had n't been prescribed the blockers by a doctor in Boston . | Transgender children as young as 12 are being given hormone blockers . They are being prescribed by doctors at Tavistock Clinic in north London . Hormone blockers halt the onset of puberty and sexual characteristics . Treatment is generally denied to children under the age of 16 . | [[0, 81], [140, 187], [190, 280], [434, 531], [4446, 4491], [140, 187], [190, 280], [434, 531], [281, 400], [1349, 1417], [3408, 3476], [2377, 2427]] |
A businessman fearing he had cancer after discovering blood in his urine has been left stunned after doctors discovered he has a fully functioning womb - and the blood was from his period . The 37-year-old man , who MailOnine is not identifying , said he has experienced strange symptoms for years , such as a dull ache after sex , but his concerns were always brushed aside by medics . Specialists have since discovered that , as well has having typical exterior male genitalia , he also has an interior uterus , cervix , fallopian tubes and ovaries . A 37-year-old businessman has been shocked to learn he has a fully functioning womb in addition to the typical male genitalia after suffering from a rare genetic disorder . They say he has been having periods since his teens , has experienced PMT , and may even be able to get pregnant . The man , from Lancashire , is now preparing for surgery to remove the womb having lived his whole life as a ` red blooded ' male , according to The Sun . Doctors say this is the best way to treat the condition , but have warned him that he could start the menopause once the operation is complete . Persistent Mullerian duct syndrome -LRB- PMDS -RRB- is a rare genetic disorder which occurs when the body fails to produce or respond to certain hormones while developing during pregnancy . Every foetus contains the beginnings of a womb , known as the Mullerian duct , but if the baby is male then it will produce hormones meaning this reduces and then disappears all together . However in those with PMDS the body either does not produce these hormones , or does not react to them properly , meaning the duct develops into a functioning womb . Because these hormones do not affect the growth of the penis , it means the child will also develop typical exterior male genitals . Persistent Mullerian duct syndrome is a genetic condition which means that both sets of genitals will form . Symptoms include one or both testicles failing to descend , and fleshy hernias in the lower abdomen . The syndrome is believed to be extremely rare , although the exact number of cases each year is largely unknown . The condition is usually spotted in early childhood or around puberty . Symptoms include one or both testes failing to descend properly or fleshy hernias in the lower abdomen . The condition is usually discovered during surgery to treat these problems . All foetuses develop with the beginnings of a womb , known as the Mullerian duct . In the male foetus hormones will be produced causing this to shrink and eventually disappear . But in those with PMDS these hormones will not be produced , or the body will not react to them . This means the Mullerian duct will develop into female sexual organs , including cervix , ovaries and uterus . Because different hormones are responsible for growing a penis , the male reproductive organs will also develop . Symptoms include one or both testicles failing to descend , and fleshy hernias in the lower abdomen . If the condition goes undiscovered into puberty , blood may also occur in the semen or urine after periods start . However in very exceptional cases the problem is not picked up by medics until adulthood , during which time the patient may have experienced blood in the semen or urine after starting periods , according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine . The businessman , who is in a relationship with a woman who knows about his condition , says the first sign something was wrong came at six months old , when he had an operation on an undescended testicle . He told Alison Smith-Squire : ` As a child I did n't have any other problems and went through puberty normally , developing a deep voice and body hair . ` But as I reached my teen and 20s I began experiencing a dull ache , during and after sex . ' When he was 18 blood first appeared in his urine , leading doctors to suspect he had bladder cancer , but a biopsy came back negative . Eventually he was sent for an MRI , and the images revealed he has a uterus , fallopian tubes , ovaries , and even a cervix . A consultant has now told him that the ache after sex was caused by PMT , and the blood in his urine came from his periods . As well as surgery to remove the female organs , he will also take part in genetic screening to find out how his gender balances out . He added : ` It 's possible tests will show I 'm both male and female , but I feel completely right living life as a guy . Even if tests showed I was mostly a woman , I would still continue living as a man . ' The 37-year-old is being sent for a hysterectomy at Manchester University Hospital - and has been told the operation may start the menopause -LRB- file image -RRB- . | Man , 37 , experienced dull ache after sex and found blood in his urine . 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Bashar Al-Assad launched the chemical attack which killed hundreds of people because he ` lost his nerve ' in a moment of panic and worried that Damascus would fall to rebel troops , according to new intelligence . In a telephone call which was tapped by German spy chiefs , a senior Hezbollah commander told the Iranian embassy in Lebanon that Syria 's president intended to tilt the balance of power towards the regime in the battle for control of the country 's capital . However , it appears that the chemical attack backfired , as it looks set to prompt a major intervention from American and French troops aimed at crippling Assad 's military capabilities . Barack Obama today spoke out to demand that the world take action against Syria , saying that the international community ` can not be silent ' over the use of chemical weapons . Scroll down for video . Attack : Bashar Al-Assad is said to have launched a barrage of chemical weapons after he ` lost his nerve ' Promise : Barack Obama said that the ` credibility ' of the West was in question if it did not intervene . The German intelligence came as Vladimir Putin warned the West not to take unilateral action against Syria , and repeated his claim that the regime was not responsible for the chemical weapons strike in the suburbs of Damascus two weeks ago . Russia today announced that it is sending a missile cruiser to the eastern Mediterranean to enforce the country 's interests in the volatile region . Pope Francis also entered the fray , attempting to slow the march to war by summoning ambassadors from all over the world . The call from a Hezbollah leader about the chemical attack , in which he described the move as ' a big mistake ' , was intercepted by Germany 's BNC intelligence service and reported by Der Spiegel magazine . The revelation has led the country 's top spies to agree with the U.S. intelligence assessment that Assad was indeed responsible for using chemical weapons in the attack on August 21 . BND president Gerhard Schindler said that following a ` thorough analysis ' , the regime must have been the perpetrator , and the government is the only actor which possesses chemical agents such as sarin . Vote : Mr Obama , pictured with Sweden 's prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt , is facing a debate in Congress . Meeting : Mr Obama with his national security team at a breakfast summit with Swedish officials . The BND believes that the use of . sarin may have been meant as a deterrent against rebel forces , but that . the military used too much of it by mistake . ` The . new information from the BND could become important in the coming . days , ' Der Spiegel said . ` Thus far the U.S. has only noted that after . the attack , intelligence agencies had intercepted internal government . communications indicating concern about a possible UN inspection of the . site . ` The telephone . conversation intercepted by the BND could be an important piece in the . puzzle currently being assembled by Western intelligence experts . ' Despite . the findings , Germany is unlikely to join any military action by the . West after both Angela Merkel and her main election rival ruled out an . attack . Britain also . seems certain to stay away from the front line of any conflict after . David Cameron 's Government was defeated in a vote in the House of . Commons last week . War : Children stand around in the rubble of a building apparently destroyed by Assad 's forces . Strike : The West is expected to launch military attacks on Syria within the next few days . By contrast , Mr Obama is expected to win the support of the U.S. Congress after leading figures from both the Democratic and Republican parties came out in support of intervention . Speaking in Stockholm as he travelled to the G20 summit in St Petersburg , Mr Obama insisted that it was essential to strike against Assad over the chemical attacks . ` In the face of such barbarism the international community can not be silent , ' he said at a press conference . ` Failing to respond to this attack would only increase the risk of more attacks and that possibility that other countries would use these weapons , as well . ' The President defended his decision to intervene once Assad crossed the ` red line ' of using chemical weapons , saying that it was vital to uphold ` international norms ' . Defiant : Vladimir Putin has warned the West against intervening in Syria and igniting a regional conflagration . ` That was n't something I made up , ' he said . ' I did n't pluck it out of thin air . There 's a reason for it . ` The . international community 's credibility is on the line . America and . Congress ' credibility is on the line , because we give lip service to the . notion that these international norms are important . ' He also suggested that Putin might be persuaded to change his mind on supporting Assad 's government . ` I 'm . always hopeful , and I will continue to engage him , ' Mr Obama said . ` Ultimately , we can end deaths much more rapidly if Russia takes a . different approach to these problems . ' Speaking . alongside Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt , he concluded : ` The . moral thing to do is not to stand by and do nothing . ' Summit : World leader will soon be meeting at the Constantine Palace in St Petersburg , pictured . Banquet : The leaders will dine tomorrow at the Grand Palace Peterhof State Museum . The French parliament is today set to debate a possible military response , although the vote is considered much less important than in Britain or the U.S. because of president Francois Hollande 's large majority and relative freedom of action . ` If you want a political solution you have to move the situation , ' foreign minister Lauren Fabius said this morning . ` If there 's no sanction , Bashar Assad will say , `` That 's fine , I 'll continue what I 'm doing . '' ' Adding to the tension in the eastern Mediterranean , where Israel and the U.S. test-fired a missile yesterday , Russia today ordered a missile cruiser to take over its operations in the region . The ship , named Moskva , will be joined by a destroyer from Russia 's Baltic Fleet and a frigate from the Black Sea Fleet . ` The Cruiser Moskva is heading to the Gibraltar Straits , ' a military source told the state news agency . ` In approximately 10 days it will enter the east Mediterranean , where it will take over as the flagship of the naval task force . ' Russia is Assad 's most powerful global ally , and has consistently opposed Western intervention in Syria 's long-running civil war , calling instead for negotiations to reach a diplomatic solution . Attack : A boy who survived the chemical attack on the eastern suburbs of Damascus two weeks ago . Mr Putin suggested in an interview yesterday that Russia would support a UN resolution on military strikes if Assad is proven to have carried out the chemical attack . However , he insisted that it would have been ` ludicrous ' for the regime to draw the opposition of the international community by using banned substances such as sarin . ` From our viewpoint , it seems absolutely absurd that the armed forces , which are on the offensive today and in some areas have encircled the so-called rebels and are finishing them off , that in these conditions they would start using forbidden chemical weapons while realising quite well that it could serve as a pretext for applying sanctions against them , ' he said . ` If there are data that the chemical weapons have been used , and used specifically by the regular army , this evidence should be submitted to the UN Security Council . ` And it ought to be convincing . It should n't be based on some rumours and information obtained by special services through some kind of eavesdropping , some conversations and things like that . ' Votes : Presidents Barack Obama and Francois Hollande have both submitted to lawmakers ' debates on Syria . The Russian president said he was sorry that Mr Obama had cancelled a one-on-one meeting which was due to precede the G20 summit . ` President Obama has n't been elected by the American people in order to be pleasant to Russia , ' he said . ` And your humble servant has n't been elected by the people of Russia to be pleasant to someone either . ` We work , we argue about some issues . We are human . Sometimes one of us gets vexed . But I would like to repeat once again that global mutual interests form a good basis for finding a joint solution to our problems . ' One country which is likely to support any Western action is Turkey , one of the leading regional powers , whose prime minister said today that he would join an international coalition designed at reining in Assad . Authorities at the Vatican , which has been outspoken about attempting to avoid war in Syria , have asked all ambassadors in the city-state to attend an audience with the Secretary of State tomorrow . It is the first time that the whole diplomatic corps has been summoned since 2003 , when John Paul II attempted to prevent the invasion of Iraq . Vatican spokesman Padre Federico Lombardi said the Secretariat of State would put the Pope 's position on Syria clearly . The summons was ' a very infrequent and significant even ' , he added . Francis has already announced a day of peace for Syria on Saturday , ` the meanings and purpose ' of which will be explained at the conference of ambassadors , the official Vatican newspaper the Osservatore Romano explained . In an impassioned plea for peace during his Angelus prayer on Sunday Francis said his heart was ` deeply wounded by what is happening in Syria and anguished by the dramatic developments which are looming ' . Syria 's civil war has been raging for two and a half years , since Assad started cracking down on protests inspired by the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt , and has killed more than 100,000 people . It was revealed this week that more than 2million Syrians had been forced out of their homeland by the fighting , with the vast majority ending up in Lebanon , Turkey or Jordan . | Claim by Hezbollah commander intercepted by German intelligence agency . But Assad 's attempt to crush the rebels failed as West prepares to attack . Obama says ` international credibility is on the line ' over its response . Russia has announced the deployment of a cruiser in the eastern Med . Putin yesterday warned U.S. against attacking Syria and provoking conflict . The Pope has summoned all diplomats to a meeting in a bid to stop the war . 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Vanilla Ice is free on bond after being charged with burglary of a $ 1million mansion and grand theft . The rapper-turned-home improvement show host , whose real name is Robert Van Winkle , was arrested in Lantana , Florida , on Wednesday amid allegations he broke into a vacant home and stole furniture , a pool heater , bicycles and other items . The burglarized residence , which is in foreclosure , is near a home that Van Winkle , 47 , was working on for his show on DIY Network , The Vanilla Ice Project , and some of the stolen property was later found at Van Winkle 's home , police say . This as it have been reported he told his work crew he owned the home and sent them over twice to burgle the property . Scroll down for video . Vanilla Ice , whose real name is Robert Van Winkle , was charged with burglary of a residence and grand theft . Police say Van Winkle stole items from this house in Lantana , Florida , while he was filming his reality show . Van Winkle -LRB- center -RRB- was released from the Palm Beach County Jail on a $ 6,000 bond last night . According to the New York Daily News ; ` Cops later interviewed Ice 's construction foreman , who said Ice told him he 'd bought the property and ordered him to fetch stuff from it , including the pool heater and two bikes , worth about $ 400 . In the show , Van Winkle and a crew renovate and flip houses . ' Then , earlier this month , a mirrored coffee table and some glass knick-knacks were reported missing from the property . The real estate broker of the burglarized $ 1million home , Jim Lovely , called the situation a ` hassle ' , according to NBC Miami . Lovely said : ` Why would you jeopardize going to jail for basically junk ? ` It was just worthless furniture and some items so it does n't make much sense . ` The house was n't full of Picassos , so it was n't a high-dollar heist . ' The former pop star , who rose to fame with the 1990s hit ` Ice Ice Baby , ' was released from the Palm Beach County Jail on a $ 6,000 bond , according to WPBF . Van Winkle called the situation a ` misunderstanding ' that ` was blown out of proportion ' . He said : ` It 's sad that good news does n't travel this fast . ` It 's just out of proportion and I wish you guys would focus on all the good things I 've done . ` It 'll all get cleared up , you 'll see . ' Authorities believe Van Winkle stole furniture , a pool heater -LRB- above -RRB- , bicycles and other items . The broker for the property said the house , which did contain some furniture -LRB- above -RRB- , ` was n't full of Picassos ' Police took Van Winkle into custody after they obtained a search warrant and recovered some of the stolen items at his home in Palm Beach County . The Lantana Police Department said : ` During the investigation , it was determined Robert Matthew Van Winkle played a role in the burglary and theft . ' A search warrant was obtained and executed in unincorporated Palm Beach County in which several of the stolen items were recovered at a residence under the care and control of Robert Van Winkle . ' The items have been returned to their owner . In his DIY Network show , Van Winkle and a crew renovate and flip homes . DIY is ` aware ' of the situation . The items which Van Winkle allegedly took from the home -LRB- pictured -RRB- have been returned to their owner . Van Winkle in a 2001 mugshot -LRB- left -RRB- after he allegedly threatened a man and in a 2008 mugshot -LRB- right -RRB- after an assault charge . According to Van Winkle , the incident was not related to his television show . He said : ' I wish it was . There 's nothing fun about this . ' I wish everybody all the best , and maybe some of the good news will travel this fast in the future . ' DIY Network is ` aware ' of the situation and ` looking into the matter ' . The cable star is still scheduled to appear at the Columbus Dispatch Home and Garden Show on Saturday in Columbus , Ohio . Tommy Quon of TQ Management Agency told the Columbus Dispatch that Van Winkle will be speaking about home renovation . He said : ` Rob will be available to make the home show in Columbus . ' I still do n't know what exactly happened but will get all the facts together and decide a course of action . ' Van Winkle has been married to wife Laura since 1997 and they have two daughters together . This is not his first brush with the law ; in 1991 , he was arrested and pleaded no contest for threatening a homeless man with a gun . A decade later , he was arrested by Florida police and spent a night in jail for assaulting his wife as they argued while driving . He admitted that he had pulled her hair , but said it was to stop her from jumping out of their truck , and was sentenced to probation and attended family therapy sessions . In 2008 , Van Winkle was arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife again - but was released the following day after she said he had only pushed her . The case was dropped two weeks later . | Vanilla Ice - real name Robert Van Winkle - was arrested in Lantana , Florida . Cops say he took furniture , a pool heater and bicycles from vacant $ 1million home near a property he was working on for his reality show ` The Vanilla Ice Project ' He allegedly told his crew he owned the home and sent them over TWICE to burgle the property . The items were later found inside his own house , according to authorities . Van Winkle was charged with burglary and grand theft and then released . 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Kelly Osbourne has quit Fashion Police - just days after her co-star Giuliana Rancic was forced to apologize over a joke about Disney star Zendaya Coleman . The lilac-haired star , 30 , has been a fixture on the show since 2011 . E! confirmed Kelly 's departure on Friday with a statement : ` Kelly Osbourne is departing E! 's Fashion Police to pursue other opportunities , and we would like to thank her for her many contributions to the series over the past five years , during which time the show became a hit with viewers . ' Scroll down for video . ` Kelly threw her under the bus ' : Access Hollywood host Billy Bush said he ` doubts ' things are OK between Kelly Osbourne and Giuliana Rancic . However , a source insisted Kelly 's possible departure has nothing to do with the Zendaya row . ` Fashion Police will return , as scheduled , on Friday , March 30th at 9:00 p.m. and no decisions have been made on her replacement , ' the statement went on to explain . Earlier that day a source told Daily Mail Online : ` Kelly stayed on the show after the beloved Joan Rivers passed away , but nothing has been the same since . ` The chemistry has not been the same between the hosts since the show came back on air and Kelly knows it 's time to move on . ' Apology : Giuliana Rancic was forced to apologize after joking that Zendaya 's dreadlocks at the Oscars would ` smell of patchouli ' or ` weed ' Kelly fired back on Twitter after her co-star Giuliana said Zendaya 's Oscar dreadlocks looked like they would ` smell of patchouli ' or ` weed ' on the Academy Awards Fashion Police special on Monday night . She raged : ' I DO NOT CONDONE RACISM SO AS A RSULT OF THIS IM SERIOUSLY QUESTIONING STAYING ON THE SHOW -LSB- sic -RSB- . ' However , the source insisted : ` This has nothing to do Giuliana . Zendaya accepted Giuliana 's apology and she 's already moved on to a new hair style ! ` Even Kelly tweeted ` this too shall pass ' and was over it . ` Joan was the mama bear , she stopped all the quarrels and held the show together , even when Kelly was being testy . ' When Fashion Police returned on air following Joan 's death , Kathy Griffin was at the helm , with stylist Brad Goreski brought on board . E! execs are now keen to revamp the show before it returns in March . Kelly 's bid to leave comes as her dad , rocker Ozzy Osbourne , waded into the argument with some words of warning for Billy Bush . After the Access Hollywood host slammed his daughter Kelly and stood up for pal Giuliana , the star fired back on Twitter . ' @BillyBush stop acting like a b **** . Act like a man , ' Ozzy wrote on Thursday night . ` Lay off Kelly or we 'll be going to hospital to get my foot out of your a ** . God Bless . ' Billy did not respond directly to the Black Sabbath star 's message , but joked about it a few hours later while discussing the viral photo of a dress that some see as white and gold and others see as blue and black . ` Need to book an opthomologist AND a proctologist on @AHLive tomorrow . For #TheDress and Ozzy 's foot , ' he tweeted . Contrary to reports , Billy blasted the suggestion that Kelly tried to stop Giuliana from making the comment about Zendaya 's hair - and that the segment was taped three times . As Daily Mail Online has revealed , the joke was actually scripted by Fashion Police writers - and was not off the cuff from Giuliana . Words of warning : Ozzy Osbourne told Billy Bush to ` lay off ' his daughter Kelly on Thursday . The rock star is pictured with his daughter in November . Team Giuliana : The Access Hollywood host , seen in November , slammed Kelly over the Zendaya Fashion Police controversy . ` We 'll be going to hospital ' : Ozzy took to Twitter to fire back at Billy . Seeing the funny side : Billy did not respond directly , but joked about the Black Sabbath frontman 's comment a few hours later . The 43-year-old said he spoke to Giuliana directly and that she denied claims it was filmed more than once - as did the show 's network E! . ` And the Kelly Osbourne part ... that never occurred , ' Billy went on , adding that he ` doubts ' the two hosts have made amends . ` How could it be good ? Kelly Osbourne threw her under the bus , in my opinion , ' he said . Billy also added : ` Giuliana is taking the hit for this . That joke that Giuliana delivered , it was a written joke . Which means there were a lot of people involved - and nobody saw racism . ' MailOnline revealed that the joke about Zendaya 's dreadlocks was scripted , and that Kelly did not speak out against it during filming . The following day , she added : ` Im giving everyone involved 24 hours to make it right or the world will hear how I really feel . contactually -LSB- sic -RSB- Im not allowed to speak ! ' ' I DID NOT MAKE THE WEED COMENT . I DO NOT CONDONE RACISM SO AS A RSULT OF THIS IM SEREIOULSY QUESTIONONIG -LSB- sic -RSB- STAYING ON THE SHOW ! ' Shortly afterwards , Giuliana apologised on E! News . ' I want to apologise for a comment that I made on last night 's Fashion Police about Zendaya 's hair , ' she said . ` As you know , Fashion Police is a show that pokes fun at celebrities in good spirit , but I do realise that something I said last night did cross the line . ' Sorry : Giuliana issued an apology on E! News on Tuesday , which Zendaya graciously accepted . Threatening to leave : Earlier this week Kelly suggested she would quit the show if Giuliana did n't ` make it right ' ' I just want everyone to know that I did n't intend to hurt anybody , but I learned it 's not my intent that matters , it 's the result . And the result is people are offended , including Zendaya . And that is not OK . ' Zendaya graciously accepted the apology , saying that she ` appreciates ' it and adding that she is ` glad it was a learning experience ' . Kelly then tweeted : ` It takes a strong women to apologize & makes a forgiving women even stronger ! #ThisTooShallPass . ' Khloe Kardashian - who reported for E! from the Oscars - is now in talks to join the show , according to Radar . Fashion Police , now fronted by Kathy Griffin , is not back on air until March , and Giuliana is expeted back . Close friends : Kelly and Zendaya , seen here on February 14 at New York Fashion Week , are good pals . | Kelly , 30 , has been on Fashion Police since 2011 . E! confirmed her departure with a statement on Friday . Sources insist it 's NOT to do with the Zendaya row . Source says : ` The chemistry on the show has n't been the same since Joan Rivers passed away . E! execs now plan to revamp the show . Khloe Kardashian is being touted as Kelly 's replacement . | [[157, 178], [181, 229], [230, 231], [233, 288], [1749, 1768], [1773, 1806], [1132, 1217], [2217, 2286], [2220, 2225], [2239, 2286]] |
A father has been hailed as ` SpiderDad ' after he donned a superhero costume to surprise his terminally ill son on his birthday . Mike Wilson leapt from a roof at his family home in Basingstoke , Hampshire as part of the birthday stunt for five-year-old Jayden , who has a grade four brain tumour . The heart-warming video of him surprising his son - a huge Spiderman fan - has since been viewed around the world . Scroll down for video . Mike Wilson leapt from a roof above the family 's front door in Basingstoke , Hampshire to surprise his son , Jayden , on his fifth birthday . Jayden has been diagnosed with a brain tumour and doctors gave him just a year to live . Jayden was diagnosed with a glioblastoma multiforme -LRB- GBM -RRB- brain stem tumour 15 months ago after his parents took him to hospital following a fall . Mr Wilson told MailOnline : ` We could n't believe it at first . You never expect something this bad to happen to any of your close family members . ` He was given an average of 12 months to live , and today he 's still fighting it like a champ . ' Doctors have said Jayden 's speech , movement and coordination will continue to deteriorate as he receives treatment . He is currently finding it . difficult to walk and has weakness in his left arm . As Jayden 's fifth birthday approached , Mr Wilson was determined to do something to make his son 's day especially memorable . Mr Wilson ordered a special suit to be made in the US before carrying out the stunt for Jayden 's birthday . He is an expert in free-running and parkour so was able to pull off the jump without injuring himself . A video of the stunt shows Jayden rushing to hug his favourite superhero after he lands outside their home . Mr Wilson then took the birthday boy inside and played with him while still in character as Spiderman . With his son 's bedroom covered in Spiderman posters , Mr Wilson decided there was only one character he would want to wish him happy birthday . Mr Wilson , who is an expert in parkour and free-running , said : ` I 've always been a big Spiderman fan myself and , out of no influence , Jayden also absolutely loves him . ' I wanted to surprise him so much with one of his favourite heroes , so I found two costume designers local to me in Basingstoke , who were up for the challenge . ` We had the costume printed in America and then got to work putting it together . It was finished about three weeks before Jayden 's birthday so perfect timing to work out how to surprise him . ' Jayden got a big hug from his favourite superhero after disguised Mr Wilson became a guest at the party . Family and friends were delighted to see the joy his father 's entrance brought to the youngster 's face . The family took photos of the occasion so Jayden can remember the day Spiderman came to his house . Mr Wilson added : ` Being a Spiderman fan , I hate it when people pretend to be Spiderman but ca n't do the right poses , I 'm not perfect but I like to try doing my best . ' Glioblastoma multiforme -LRB- GBM -RRB- is one of the most common and aggressive brain tumours . Unlike other cancers , which are more likely to strike as patients get older , GBM is just as prevalent in young patients and kills more people under 40 than any other cancer . Common symptoms include seizure , nausea , vomiting and headaches , although the most prevalent is a progressive neurological deterioration because of its location near the temporal and frontal lobes . The average sufferer will only survive for 14 months after diagnosis and 2,500 die from their tumours annually . Glioblastoma is extremely difficult to treat for a number of reasons because the tumour cells are very resistant to conventional therapies . Mr Wilson , who is a professional freerunner and has featured in films including Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Pirates of the Caribbean , spent half an hour playing with his son in character , leaving the youngster star-struck . A video of the surprise stunt shows birthday boy Jayden venturing onto his front doorstep after it appears nobody is there . But he is shocked to see Mr Wilson , concealed by his Spiderman outfit , fly down from the roof and wish him happy birthday . Jayden was given the CT scan in August last year after a fall and , following the discovery of a mass on his brain , he was transferred to a hospital specialising in brain surgery . After an MRI scan and biopsy , doctors told his parents that he has cancer . After what they described as ` the worst weeks of our lives ' , the couple launched a fundraising to make the rest of Jayden 's life full of special days . The ` SpiderDad ' video has been viewed more than 20,000 times on YouTube since it was posted this weekend . Mr Wilson has also been inundated with messages of support on the family 's Facebook and gofundme pages . The tumour only came to light when Jayden -LRB- pictured with his parents , Lou and Mike , and his sister , Ella -RRB- was taken to hospital after banging his head last year . The youngster is a huge Spiderman fan and has posters of the superhero all over the walls of his bedroom . | Five-year-old battling brain tumour after shock diagnosis last year . His father was determined to make his birthday a special one . He had a Spiderman outfit made to fit before practising moves . Parkour expert then leapt from a roof above the family 's front door . Video shows the youngster 's surprise as superhero appears at home . 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Exhausted , covered in mud and desperately hungry , a team of Swedish athletes sat down for a meal as they prepared to take on a dangerous 20-mile trek through the Ecuadorian rainforest . As they opened their canned meat , a tired Mikael Lindnord noticed a scruffy , miserable stray dog staring at him out of the corner of his eye . Feeling sorry for him , he fed the dog a meatball and thought nothing of it , but as the team stood up to continue their race the animal started to follow them - and he did n't stop . As the group of four navigated the final two stages of the 430-mile Adventure Racing World Championship , the dog befriended them and was eventually given the name Arthur . Every grueling task the team face , Arthur would do the same . He swam alongside them while they kayaked down rivers , dragged himself up hills during hikes and pulled through knee-deep mud during treks . Even when the team tried to get rid of their new member out of concerns for his safety - he refused to leave . Scroll down for video . The fifth member : Team Peak Performance walk with stray dog Arthur during a stage of the 430-mile Adventure Racing World Championship . He followed the group of four during the grueling race . All terrains : Despite numerous attempts by the team to get rid of the dog , primarily for his own safety , he refused to go . It meant when he got stuck in the knee-deep mud they helped get him out and when he was exhausted , they stopped to take a break . Encounter : Mikael Lindnord first noticed the scruffy dog when he was sitting down to eat canned meatballs . He fed Arthur one thinking nothing on it , but ended up creating a bond with the dog . This meant when he was tired they stopped for a break and when he got stuck in the mud they pulled him out . After six days the team finished the race , and the dog had suffered . They therefore decided to take him to a vet while still in South America to have him checked out . During that time Lindord thought to himself that after their experience , they could not leave Arthur , so he decided to adopt him and take him back to Sweden . He applied to the Jordbruksverket -LRB- the Swedish Board of Agriculture -RRB- and was made to wait to see if his application was successful . After a tense few days , the team arrived at the airport with Arthur and boarded the plane with him back home . Adventure Racing is a form of extreme sport that combines continuous hiking , trekking , mountain biking and kayaking over a successive number of days . The world championships held in Ecuador covered three diverse geographical regions - the Andes , the Pacific and the Amazon rainforest . Lindord told Swedish news site Aftonbladet : ' I had just opened a food pack when I saw a scruffy miserable dog in the corner of my eye . For more from Team Peak Performance click here . Determined : Before one of the segments of the race - a 36 mile kayak around the coast - organizers warned the team that taking Arthur along posed a risk to his and their safety . But Arthur swam alongside the boat and ended up being pulled in by Lindord . Grueling : The race takes teams of four around ten days , and involves continuous hiking , trekking , mountain biking and kayaking . Resting : When the team slept Arthur would also curl up and take a nap alongside them . Video Source Team Peak Performance . ' I thought he was hungry and gave him a meatball . Then I thought no more of it . He added : ` At one stage we had to take a break and the dog was totally wrecked . We opened two cans of food and let him eat , because he could find no food at all in the jungle . ' Before one of the segments of the race - a 36 mile kayak around the coast - organizers warned the team that taking Arthur along posed a risk to his and their safety . They tried to set off without him , but as they left he jumped into the water beside them and started desperately paddling . Lindord , heartbroken by the site of Arthur struggling in the water , picked him up , put him in the kayak and let him stay for the rest of the journey . The gesture prompted a standing ovation and cheers from spectators watching from the banks . The ordeal to get him back to Sweden was documented on the team 's Facebook page . In one post Lindord wrote : ' I almost cried in front of the computer , when receiving the decision from Jordbruksverket -LRB- Board of Agriculture -RRB- in Sweden ! ' ` The team is overwhelmed and happy knowing that Jordbruksverket has approved Mikaels application to bring Arthur to Sweden . A big important piece in the work to get Arhur on the plane , is done . So far so good . But , There are -LSB- sic -RSB- still one paper to go . The team are now working hard for the very last piece in this puzzel -LSB- sic -RSB- . Lindord ended by saying : ' I came to Ecuador to win the World Championship . Instead , I got a new friend . ' Support : At one point the dog was not able to find any food in the jungle , so the team stopped and gave him some of their canned food . Challenge : As the team neared the finished the tasks began to take their toll on Arthur and he ended up with some injuries . Health checks : When the team finished the race , they took Arthur to Ecuador to see a vet in order to prepare him for the trip back to Sweden . Donations : Team Peak Performance set up a PayPal account while they were still in South America to garner funds for Arthur 's care . Spotlight : Team member Staffan Bjorklund takes Arthur for a walk outside the clinic . Their story had already grabbed the attention of the media . Greeting : Arthur offers out his paw to one of the vets as the team wait in the clinic for him to be checked over . Aftermath : After the procedures were complete he was forced to wear a cone on his head . It was then that Lindord decided to adopt him and take him back to his family in Sweden . Emotional : When Lindord received news that the Board of Agriculture had approved his request for Arthur to be brought back to Sweden , he said he cried while looking at the computer . Happy : Despite his injuries and the toll the final two stages of the race had taken on him , Arthur began to look healthy as he prepared to fly to Sweden and settle into his new home . Attention : The team let passengers stroke Arthur as he wondered around the airport terminal before their flight back to Sweden . Pose : Members of the team stand alongside with flight attendants and a pilot as they prepare to take Arthur home to his new family . | Team Peak Performance were sat down for a meal before a 20 mile trek in Ecuador when they saw a stray dog . 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Israel funding dissident People 's Mujahedin of Iran , say officials in Tehran . U.S. officials confirmed today that Israel has been funding and training Iranian dissidents to assassinate nuclear scientists involved in Iran 's nuclear program . The claim has already been levelled by the Iranian government who believed that Mossad , Israel 's secret service , have been arming dissidents with the terrorist organisation the People 's Mujahedin of Iran -LRB- MEK -RRB- . Last month Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan , 32 , a chemistry expert , was killed in a brazen daylight . assassination when two assailants on a motorcycle attached a magnetic . bomb to his car in Tehran . Scroll down for video . Thousands of mourners chanted ` Death to Israel ' and ` Death to America ' as the coffin of chemical engineer Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan , 32 , was carried through the streets of Tehran . Washington insiders confirmed there is a close relationship between Mossad and MEK , according to NBC , but said the U.S. was not involved . Mohammad Javad Larijani , a senior aide to Iran 's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , told NBC : ` Israel does not have direct access to our society . Mujahedin , being Iranian and being part of Iranian society , they have ... places to get into the touch with people . ` So I think they are working hand-to-hand very close . And we do have very concrete documents . ' At one point , Mr Larijani claimed Mossad had built a replica home of an Iranian scientist so assassins could get to know the layout before they carried out an assassination . MEK denied involvement while the Israel Foreign Ministry declined to comment . A spokesperson for The National Council of Resistance of Iran , of which MEK is the largest member , also denied the claim , saying : ` The claim that the People 's Mojahedin Organization of Iran -LRB- PMOI/MEK -RRB- had any role in the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists and the claim of the PMOI/MEK cooperation with Mossad is a total lie and there is not event a scintilla of truth in it . ` The National Council of Resistance of Iran has repeatedly denied the baseless allegation of playing a role in the assassination of nuclear scientists , whose primary source has been the propaganda organs of the clerical regime and the regime 's officials . ' In an address yesterday , Israeli president Shimon Peres referred to the Iranian nuclear issue . Assassinated : Ahmadi-Roshan 's car is taken away for examination after he was killed . He addressed the Iranian people , . saying : ` We were not born enemies and there is no need for us to live as . enemies . Do not allow the flags of hostility to cast a dark shadow on . your heritage . ` You are a sensitive people that aspire to friendship and . peace , not conflict and wars . ' However there have been suggestions that Israel 's focus on Iran might really be a cover for destabilising President Obama 's administration in Washington . Target : Chemistry expert Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan was allegedly killed by Iranian dissidents sponsored by Israel . Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said publicly last month that he believed that an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities might be welcomed by the people of the country . President Obama reiterated his view in an interview earlier this week that the increasing tension with Iran over the country 's nuclear program could be resolved peacefully through talks . However he did also say that a range of options were available . According to salon.com , Netanyahu 's statements were to paint Obama as ` weak ' on Middle Eastern issues and undermine the President 's second run for the White House . Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan 's death was the latest in a string of attacks on Iranian scientists . Mr Roshan , who was a . chemical engineer and reportedly worked on procurement for the uranium . enrichment plant at Natanz , was killed with his driver by a motorcycle . assassin in rush-hour traffic . The killing of Mr Roshan in January bore a strong . resemblance to earlier killings of scientists working on the Iranian . nuclear programme . His funeral in Tehran several days later saw the ruling clergy stir the crowd of thousands of mourners who had gathered into a frenzy , urging the public to face down Western and Israeli threats against Iran 's nuclear programme . They chanted ` Death to . Israel ' and ` Death to America ' as the coffin was hoisted high and carried through the streets . Several scientists have been killed or injured in the past two years and others have also been attacked or allegedly kidnapped - with Iran blaming the west . In June 2009 , Shahram Amiri claimed to have been kidnapped while on a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia and transferred to the U.S. where he said he was offered $ 50million to ` spread lies ' about Iran 's nuclear work . He returned to Iran in July 2010 . War of words : Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu -LRB- left -RRB- has made veiled threats over Iran 's nuclear program while Obama -LRB- right -RRB- has repeatedly said the issue can be resolved peacefully . In January 2010 , nuclear scientist Massoud Ali Mohammadi was killed by remote-controlled bomb in Tehran while in November , two car bomb blasts killed a nuclear scientist and wounded another in the capital . Physicist Darioush Rezai , 35 , was shot dead by gunmen in eastern Tehran last July after being linked to the nuclear program . The People 's Mujahedin , also known as MEK , MKO and PMI , has been named a terror organisation both by the U.S. and Iran . It was accused of being responsible for the deaths of American servicemen and citizens in the 1970s and 80s . Israel , . thought to hold the Middle East 's only atomic weapons , has warned Iran . in the past against pursuing its nuclear research and development . Explosion : A cloth covers a blood stain on the road as onlookers watch police on Iran 's state-run Al-Alam TV . Iran has accused Israel 's Mossad , the . CIA and Britain 's spy agencies of engaging in an underground . ` terrorism ' campaign against nuclear-related targets , including at least . three killings since early 2010 and the release of a malicious computer . virus that temporarily disrupted controls of some centrifuges - a key . component in nuclear fuel production . All three countries have denied the Iranian accusations . The U.S. and its allies are . pressuring Iran to halt uranium enrichment , a key element of the nuclear . programme that the West suspects is aimed at producing atomic weapons . Uranium . enriched to low levels can be used as nuclear fuel but at higher . levels , it can be used as material for a nuclear warhead . Iran denies it is trying to make nuclear weapons , saying its programme is for peaceful purposes only . Claims : Mohammad Javad Larijani , a senior aide to Iran 's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , blamed the assassination of an Iranian scientist on a ` dirty plot ' by Israel . | Israel funding dissident People 's Mujahedin of Iran , say officials in Tehran . | [[0, 52], [0, 24], [55, 80], [112, 206], [284, 306], [311, 420], [3017, 3057]] |
He was best known for battling the Daleks as one of the best-loved Doctor Whos . But now it has been revealed that Jon Pertwee was a real-life secret agent years before he donned the Time Lord 's cape . The actor , who died in 1996 aged 76 , was a senior intelligence agent during the Second World War and reported directly to Winston Churchill . He was also recommended for another role by James Bond creator Ian Fleming -- and proved to be an expert in using a range of 007-like gadgets , including a smoking pipe that fired bullets and handkerchiefs containing secret maps . Actor Jon Pertwee , pictured left in the Navy , was a senior secret intelligence agent during World War II before he became well-known for playing Doctor Who , pictured right . The revelations -- in a long-lost tape-recorded interview -- confirm that Pertwee 's wartime activities were as remarkable as his acting career , which saw him play the third incarnation of the Doctor between 1970 and 1974 . Pertwee said he kept silent about the nature of his covert role with the Naval Intelligence Division for decades for fear of breaching the Official Secrets Act . On the tape he says : ` The team I worked with , the brothers in intelligence , were an amazing collection of characters . TV favourite : Jon Pertwee battled Daleks and aliens as Doctor Who for four years . ` There was a huge range of talents all being used to better protect the security of the nation , often in very surprising ways . ` I did all sorts . Teaching commandos how to use escapology equipment , compasses in brass buttons , secret maps in white cotton handkerchiefs , pipes you could smoke that also fired a .22 bullet . All sorts of incredible things . It suited me perfectly as I have always loved gadgets . ` I used to attend meetings where Churchill would be at the end of the table and he would be smoking his cigars . At the end of the meeting , I used to collect the butts and sell them on to the Americans for a few dollars . ` I do n't remember much of my first meeting with Churchill except he gave me some priceless advice . He told me to always watch people , that there was a lot you could learn about someone 's character from the little actions they make -- which was great advice for an actor . ' Pertwee also worked alongside Ian Fleming during his spell with Naval Intelligence . He recalled : ` One day Fleming sent me for an interview for a job . They wanted a good French speaker . ` I thought the job was going to be liaison with the Free French . I did not fancy that at all , so I deliberately messed up the interview , pretending I could not understand what they were saying at times and throwing in the most inappropriate answers . ` Afterwards , when Fleming got the report back , he said they did not want me and how badly I had done . I confessed I had done it on purpose because I did not want to work with de Gaulle 's mob . ` He told me I was a blithering idiot because the interview was a chance to be our man in Tahiti . ' Before taking up his clandestine role , Pertwee narrowly avoided death on the battlecruiser Hood , sunk by the Bismarck in 1941 . Jon Pertwee , pictured as Doctor Who with Nicholas Courtney who played Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart , made the revelations in a long-lost interview . He recalled : ` I was on HMS Hood and I got called to the captain 's cabin . I was told I had passed the captain 's test and I was now a fully fledged officer cadet . I had 20 minutes to pack before being transferred back to Pompey barracks for training . ` It saved my life . Of the 1,418 crew , only three survived . ' Pertwee 's many obituaries all referred to his wartime service in the Navy , but made no mention of his top-secret role . He gave the interview in 1994 to two young reporters , Matt Adams and David Southwell . They are lifelong Doctor Who fans -- and decided this year 's 50th anniversary of the show was the ideal time to publish his revelations in Doctor Who Magazine . Mr Southwell , now an author , said : ` Eighteen years ago the opportunity arose to exploit our positions with a local paper to wangle an interview at the home of one of our childhood heroes . ` We have gone on to quiz Oscar-winners and meet Prime Ministers , but no interview was ever more demanding than coming face-to-face with our Doctor . ' Jon Pertwee , pictured as the Doctor with Elisabeth Sladen , said he got to use all sorts of ` incredible equipment ' | Actor was . an intelligence agent in WWII and reported to Winston Churchill . Revelations were made in a long-lost tape-recorded interview . The complete interview is being published over two editions by Doctor Who Magazine . | [[203, 214], [242, 301], [203, 212], [306, 346], [578, 595], [626, 684], [755, 812], [816, 898], [3144, 3155], [3246, 3293]] |
Two new species of spider , nicknamed Skeletorus and Sparklemuffin , have been discovered by researchers . Discovered in Queenstown , Australia , the creatures are new species of peacock spider . The spiders are given the moniker ` peacock ' for their bright colours and also the bizarre dancing rituals that they use to attract mates . Two new species of spider have been discovered in Queenstown , Australia . They have been nicknamed Skeletorus and Sparklemuffin -LRB- pictured -RRB- for their odd looks . The former has a multi-coloured ` fan ' that it uses to attract females , and both have a bizarre dancing ritual . The discovery was made in southeast Queensland by graduate student Madeline Girard from the University of California , Berkeley . Scientists have suggested that golden orb-web spiders may be able to ` count ' . The arachnids create ` prey larders ' of victims trapped in their webs and it appears that they are able to keep track of how many meals they have left . Scientists observed that the spiders search for missing prey when it is taken from their webs . Golden orb-web spiders -LRB- Nephila clavipes -RRB- wait for prey to fly into their webs , but dead insects are sometimes stolen from their sticky nets by other spiders . Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee controlled the number of prey items in the spiders ' ` larders ' by giving them mealworm larvae and taking them away again . They discovered that the arachnids search for them if they are removed from their web . The scientific names of Sparklemuffin and Skeletorus are Maratus jactatus and Maratus sceletus respectively , but they were given the nicknames for their colourful appearances . Sparklemuffin has blue and red stripes on its abdomen , while Skeletorus has white stripes across its whole body - making it look a bit like a skeleton . Jürgen Otto , an entomologist who specialises in photographing the arachnids and who co-authored the report , told Live Science that Skeletorus looked ` dramatically different -LSB- from -RSB- all other peacock spiders known to date , making me think that this group is perhaps much more diverse than we had thought ' . At just 0.1 to 0.3 inches -LRB- three to seven millimetres -RRB- in length , the spiders are very small . Aside from their colour , though , the most intriguing thing about them is the odd mating dance they perform . The males display a flap-like body part called a fan , which is patterned with the stripes , while performing a routine to attract a mate . They also move from one leg to the other , to make themselves more prominent . Jürgen Otto , an entomologist who specialises in photographing the arachnids and who co-authored the report , told Live Science that Skeletorus -LRB- pictured -RRB- looked ` dramatically different -LSB- from -RSB- all other peacock spiders known to date , making me think that this group is perhaps much more diverse than we had thought ' At just 0.1 to 0.3 inches -LRB- three to seven millimetres -RRB- in length , the spiders are very small . Aside from their colour , though , the most intriguing thing about them is the odd mating dance they perform . The male Sparklemuffin is pictured part-way through the dance . ` Positions may be switched 10 times in a 20 second interval , with only about one second or less of display in a single position , ' the researchers explain about Skeletorus in their report . ` The fan is prominently elevated and often waggled from side to side during this display , but the greatest and most rapid movement is that of the extended spinnerets , separately twitched from side to side . ` During display , the pedipalps are often moved up and down in front of the clypeus and chelicerae . ` One leg is elevated but also flexed , displaying a prominent black stripe with little significant movement . ' The scientific names of Sparklemuffin and Skeletorus are Maratus jactatus -LRB- female pictured -RRB- and Maratus sceletus respectively , but they were given the nicknames for their colourful appearances . | Two new species of spider have been discovered in Australia . They were nicknamed Skeletorus and Sparklemuffin for their odd looks . The former has a multi-coloured ` fan ' that it uses to attract females . And the latter has white stripes that make it look like a skeleton . They are species of peacock spider , which have a bizarre dancing ritual . | [[0, 25], [28, 66], [0, 106], [337, 397], [0, 25], [28, 66], [0, 106], [412, 471], [452, 508], [509, 580], [2391, 2443], [2409, 2481], [1762, 1821], [1798, 1812], [1815, 1853], [587, 623], [2315, 2390], [3090, 3165]] |
A Florida nurse is suing Cesar Millan after she was viciously attacked by a pit bull that had left the Dog Whisperer 's training center just six days before . Alison Bitney was visiting a friend in California in September 2014 when the dog named Gus -- which had a documented history of aggressive behavior -- savagely bit her left arm , which has left her hand with no feeling or function . Bitney filed suit in California against her friend John Vazzoler , the Dog Psychology Center in Santa Clarita , Millan and a rescuer who 'd previously saved the dog from being euthanized following an attack in Katy , Texas in February 2013 . Scroll down for video . Sued : Florida nurse Alison Bitney is suing Cesar Milan after a pit bull -LRB- not the one pictured -RRB- that was trained at his California Dog Psychology center savagely attacked her in September . According to the suit , the dog inflicted ` disfiguring open wounds , deep muscle and tendon lacerations ' on Bitney , who 's now seeking punitive damages , reports the LA Times . The dog had previously been sentenced to die by a Texas judge in February 2014 after he attacked a trainer named Amber Rickles . The canine was in her care after its owner surrendered him for being ` nervous , growling and does n't like children , ' according to Bitney 's suit . ` With the pit bull still attached to her left breast , Ms. Rickles backed into a laundry room where the dog released his grip , enabling Ms. Rickles to close the door . The pit bull then broke through the door and attacked Ms. Rickles a third time , latching onto her left arm and breaking it in two places , ' reads the suit as obtained by Courthouse News . Despite the horrific nature of the attack and the grueling surgeries and rehabilitation the suit says Rickles had to endure , Gus was rescued by the woman who 'd originally brought him to Rickles , Jennifer L. Romano . Bitney says Romano appealed to the judge , who allowed Gus to live so long as Milan 's Dog Psychology Center then agreed to take the pit bull and rehabilitate it at Millan 's center , according to the 27-page lawsuit . The Dog Whisperer , as he 's known , did not have contact with the animal in question , his lawyers say . However , Bitney 's suit claims his facility released the dog , which had a history of attacking people and other dogs , while knowing it was a danger . ` Thereafter , Cesar Millan and his Dog Psychology Center , agreed to take over custody and control of the pit bull and not to release it until it was `` fully deemed a safe member of society , '' ' reads complaint . However , Rickles claims the dog owner fell behind in payments to the center and was ` entrusted it to someone with no training or experience ' on September 17 , according to the suit . Days later , Bitney was attacked . However , the Dog Psychology Center tells the LA Times that Gus left the facility ` against the strong advice and objection of his trainer . ' What 's more , Cesar Millan , who is named in the suit , was never in contact with the animal , they say . Bitney is suing for an unknown sum . A call to her attorneys at Scolinos , Sheldon & Nevell was not immediately returned . | Alison Bitney was visiting a friend in Santa Clarita , California when she says the dog Gus viciously attacked her . The suit says the dog inflicted ` disfiguring open wounds , deep muscle and tendon lacerations ' on Bitney , who 's now seeking punitive damages . Gus had been sent to Millan 's Dog Psychology Center to escape being euthanized after he 'd previously savagely attacked a Texas trainer . Bitney says the center released the dog into her friend 's care prematurely and is suing the center , Millan , her friend and a previous rescuer . | [[0, 84], [159, 249], [821, 857], [0, 84], [882, 925], [882, 889], [944, 974], [968, 974], [984, 1012], [1275, 1283], [1288, 1317], [515, 524], [529, 542], [549, 606], [515, 524], [543, 606], [821, 857], [1038, 1144], [1123, 1166], [1488, 1500], [1533, 1566], [1952, 2005], [2232, 2283]] |
Meet Hulk , the world 's biggest pit bull dog weighing in at an incredible 12-and-a-half stone -LRB- 174lbs -RRB- . The enormous hound is owned by Dark Dynasty K9s , from New Hampshire , which specialises in breeding some of the world 's most fearsome guard dogs . Hulk , who towers above his handlers when standing on his hind legs , has now become an internet star after footage of him uploaded to YouTube racked up around 1.1 million in just one week . Good boy : Hulk is the world 's biggest pit bull dog weighing an astonishing 174lbs . American Pit Bull Terriers were created as fighting dogs by crossbreeding bulldogs , mastiffs and terriers . They are descendants of English dogs used to bait bulls and bears for cruel pit fights . They continue to be used for illegal dog fighting in the US and In the UK are considered so dangerous it is illegal to own one . However Dark Dynasty K9s insist their animals have calm , well balanced temperaments and would be suitable as family pets . Feeding time : Hulk towers above his owner as he stretches up to grab a treat . Record breaker : Digital scales capture the weight of the huge hound - 173.4 lbs - almost 12 and a half stone . To find out more visit Dark Dynasty K9 's Facebook and Instagram pages . | Fearsome hound is bred by U.S. firm specialising in guard dogs . He towers above his owners when standing on his hind legs . YouTube clip gets over a million hits in less than a week . | [[171, 184], [193, 264], [265, 269], [276, 332], [400, 455]] |
Cissy has never run away from home before . But on Saturday the miniature schnauzer from Iowa did , in order to find the person that is home . Cissy disappeared from her yard in Cedar Rapids , only to show up about 20 blocks away at Mercy Medical Center . Her owner , Nancy Franck , has been at the hospital for the last two weeks , after undergoing surgery for ovarian cancer . But it remains a mystery how the dog managed to find her way back to her beloved ` mom ' . Scroll down for video . Puppy love : Cissy the miniature schnauzer ran away from her Cedar Rapids home on Saturday , traveling about 20 blocks to the hospital where her owner was undergoing treatment for cancer . ` Mom , where are you ? ' : CCTV footage from Mercy Medical Center show the moment Cissy entered the foyer . ` She 's got to be in here somewhere ' : Security eventually spotted the dog walking up and down the halls . Searching : The family have no idea how Cissy found her way to the hospital , or knew to go there at all . ` We looked up and there was this dog just that was just running across the lobby , ' Mercy Security Officer Samantha Conrad told KCRG . ` We started looking at the tags and it had the address and we saw how far away this dog had lived , as far as going at least fifteen blocks to get here . ` So it was quite an amazing journey that this dog made . ' The security guard used the dog 's tags to call Nancy 's husband , Dale Franck . Mr Franck said Cissy had been acting weird and he could tell she seemed anxious to go somewhere . She had been missing about four hours before the hospital called . Happy patient : Owner Nancy Franck was grateful for the surprise visit from her pet . The journey : Cissy walked an estimated 20 blocks from her home on Washington Ave to Mercy Medical Center . Loyal : Cissy had never ran away from home before . ` She wanted to go see her mom , ' Mr Franck told KCRG . ` She was on a mission but she could n't find the right elevator to take . ' The couple 's daughter , Sarah Wood , then went to the hospital to get Cissy . She of course took the eager pet up to see their mom . ' I said '' did you sneak this dog in here ? '' She said '' no , she sneaked herself in here , mom '' ' , ' Mrs Fanck said . Scene : After being missing about four hours , Cissy turned up at Mercy Medical Center on Saturday . However the family have not been able to figure out how Cissy found the way . They say she has never even been to the hospital before . ` That was great just being able to see her , ' Mrs Fanck said . ` That was perfect . ` I 'm glad she thought of it . ' | Cissy the miniature schnauzer disappeared from her Cedar Rapids home . She had never ran away before but turned up 20 blocks away at the hospital . Owner Nancy Franck had been at Mercy Medical Center for two weeks . Security found the dog in the hallways and used her tags to call home . Cissy 's family have no idea how she knew to go to the hospital . | [[143, 190], [494, 504], [507, 567], [507, 584], [0, 43], [143, 148], [198, 255], [494, 504], [587, 628], [1706, 1799], [1808, 1851], [2253, 2289], [2292, 2345], [256, 265], [274, 330], [333, 378], [833, 900], [1360, 1424], [913, 1007], [2354, 2423]] |
United States-based airlines reported 17 animal fatalities and 26 injuries in 2014 . Of all the carriers , United Airlines reported the most deaths and injuries , while SkyWest boasted a record zero animal fatalities . The data was released by the Department of Transportation , as part of a larger compilation of operating information , in its Consumer Air Travel Report . In 2014 , 17 animal fatalities and 26 pet injuries were reported by several U.S. airlines . Most of the injuries reported involved dogs and cats that had been hurt as they attempted to escape from their cages . Alaska - 3 deaths . American - 3 deaths . Delta - 4 deaths . Hawaiian - 2 deaths . SkyWest - 0 deaths . United - 5 deaths . Source : Department of Transportation . Many of the deaths were a result of the animals actually escaping from their transport cages and being hit by other vehicles at the airport . Another major cause of death was underlying health conditions , such as dogs with short or snub noses , which were then aggravated by the stress of travelling . Several airlines are currently reviewing their policies for those types of animals , such as pugs and English bulldogs . These brachycephalic breeds , more frequently than others , experience breathing problems when faced with stressful conditions . Thus , they have a particularly high risk of suffocating in-flight . Whenever possible , it is advised to purchase your pet a spot in the passenger cabin instead of cargo hold . Despite friendly staff and smooth air , animals travelling in the cargo hold of a commercial jet do face their fair share of environmental stresses , such as varying temperatures , loud noises and air pressure drops . However , since two million animals travel on commercial flights each year , the number of those injured , lost or killed is still extremely low . And the total number of animal deaths seems to be declining . In 2011 , 35 pets died while travelling on U.S. airlines and in 2012 , 29 pets died . Between 2010 and 2013 , it was Delta reported the greatest number of animal incidents and was held responsible for 41 of the 97 reported deaths . However , Delta maintains that the reason for their higher numbers is simply because they carry more pets than any other competing airline . Delta is also very open about the lengthy precautions that taken to ensure animal safety on board , which includes not allowing pets to travel between May 15 and September 15 when temperatures my get too hot . They also reserve the right not to carry pets in the cargo hold during periods of extreme cold weather . Good news , since nearly all animal incidents reported to the Department of Transportation involve pets in the cargo hold . | Department of Transportation has released its most recent data sets . United Airlines had greatest number of animal deaths and injuries in 2014 . Numbers on the decline in recent years , down from 35 pet deaths in 2011 . | [[219, 276], [0, 84], [107, 160], [374, 381], [384, 465], [1845, 1882], [1889, 1906]] |
A dog that risked its life trying to save its owner from a deadly blaze is recovering . Carmen , a 9-year-old boxer , was found covering her owner 's face as the residential fire burned . It 's still unclear what started the fire at the house in Ohio 's Goshen Township . Scroll down for video . Carmen , a 9-year-old boxer , was found covering her owner 's face as the residential fire burned . Owner Ben Ledford died after the fire despite his dog 's brave effort . KTLA reports that Ben Ledford , 33 , did not survive despite the dog 's heroism . ' A lot of dogs instinctively know when there 's a crisis going on and so a lot of them do go try to protect their owners , ' said veterinarian Dr. Marlo Anderson . WCPO reports that Carmen remains in critical condition at the Seven Hills Pet Clinic . There she rests in an oxygen chamber where vets feed her fluids intravenously . She can stand but has difficulty breathing on her own . Carmen currently rests in an oxygen chamber where vets feed her fluids intravenously . It will be at least 24 hours before they can determine Carmen 's chances of recovery . At least one person , Ron Mitchell , attempted to get Ledford to safety before firefighters arrived but the fire and smoke were too much for him . ' I tried to climb through the front door . I got about a bodies length in and the smoke was so thick that I had to come back out and then I went around the back of the door in back of the house and saw that the dryer vent that was on the back that window to the basement was on fire , ' he said . Ledford was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at Bethesda North Hospital , though he displayed signs of life when medics first reached him . Authorities are focusing their investigation on the basement to find the fire 's cause . It will be at least 24 hours before they can determine Carmen 's chances of recovery . | Carmen , a 9-year-old boxer , was found covering her owner 's face as the residential fire burned and is currently being kept in an oxygen chamber . Owner Ben Ledford died at the hospital despite Carmen 's efforts to protect him . Authorities still uncertain what caused the fire . | [[0, 71], [0, 87], [88, 94], [110, 178], [158, 187], [296, 302], [318, 386], [366, 395], [802, 838], [821, 838], [845, 881], [938, 981], [964, 981], [988, 1024], [396, 467], [468, 549], [486, 497], [505, 549], [1557, 1634], [188, 199], [208, 271]] |
Carmen the 9-year-old boxer that has been praised for her heroism during a deadly house fire in Ohio is showing signs of improvement . The pooch who was found covering her owner Ben Ledford 's face as his home in Goshen Township burned last Thursday , today was taken off the ventilator and was breathing on her own . Ledford , 33 , did not survive despite his dog 's efforts . He was laid to rest Tuesday . Scroll down for video . On the mend : Carmen , a 9-year-old boxer , was taken off the ventilator and was breathing on her own six days after her owner was killed in a house fire . Tragic : Owner Ben Ledford died after the fire despite his dog 's brave efforts to save him by shielding his face from the smoke with her body . Carmen was rushed in critical condition to CARE Center veterinary clinic in Cincinnati last week suffering from severe damage to her lungs cause by smoke inhalation . ' A lot of dogs instinctively know when there 's a crisis going on and so a lot of them do go try to protect their owners , ' said veterinarian Dr. Marlo Anderson . After a weekend spent in an oxygen chamber being fed fluids intravenously , the hulking canine began to turn the corner Monday . On Tuesday morning , the team at CARE Center posted an update on their Facebook page sharing the good news that Carman was taken off the ventilator and her vital signs were holding steady . The 9-year-old dog is currently getting oxygen through a nasal tube and is starting to wake up from the sedative drugs . The critical care staff were expecting to see Carman up fully awake and moving around by Wednesday . ` She 's doing very well . We 're very happy with where her progress is at this point , ' Dr. Marlo Anderson , the critical care specialist , told WCPO . Once Carmen recovers , her owner 's brother , Philip Ledford , plans to adopt her . Emily Leford , Ben and Philip 's sister , said her late brother had a very special relationship with his pet . Good news : Staff at CARE Center veterinary clinic said Carmen 's vital signs and oxygen levels were holding steady . Outpouring of support : Good Samaritans from all over the country have been sending notes to the clinic in support of the ailing pooch . Getting better : The 9-year-old dog is currently getting oxygen through a nasal tube and is starting to wake up from the sedative drugs . ` There was nothing in this world that Ben loved more than Carmen and there was nothing that Carmen loved more than Ben , ' she told the site . Mr Ledford has set up a donations page to help with Carmen 's medical bills . As of late Tuesday night , the campaign has drawn more than $ 19,000 in donations , inching towards the $ 25,000 goal . ` While we 're not out of the woods yet and there is still significant care that she needs , her chances of survival have increased , ' the Ledford family wrote on the fundraiser page . ` We 're hopeful that we will actually be able to take her home one day . ' At least one person , Ron Mitchell , attempted to get Ben Ledford to safety before firefighters arrived but the fire and smoke were too much for him . Best buddies : Ledford 's sister said her late brother and Carmen loved one another very much . Kept in the family : Once Carmen recovers , her owner 's brother plans to adopt her . ' I tried to climb through the front door . I got about a bodies length in and the smoke was so thick that I had to come back out and then I went around the back of the door in back of the house and saw that the dryer vent that was on the back that window to the basement was on fire , ' he said . Ledford was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at Bethesda North Hospital , though he displayed signs of life when medics first reached him in the basement . Carmen was found laying across her owner 's face , apparently trying to protect the 33-year-old from smoke and heat from the fire . | Carmen , a 9-year-old boxer , was found covering her owner 's face as her owner 's Ohio home burned Thursday . She spent the weekend in an oxygen chamber suffering from damage to her lungs . Owner Ben Ledford , 33 , died at the hospital despite Carmen 's efforts to protect him by shielding his face from the smoke with her body . Carmen was taken off ventilator Tuesday and her vital signs were holding steady . Doctors expect her to be fully awake and moving around by Wednesday . | [[0, 100], [135, 144], [149, 197], [135, 144], [159, 177], [198, 209], [135, 144], [201, 249], [135, 177], [291, 317], [676, 732], [3745, 3793], [830, 871], [1090, 1138], [1065, 1107], [1141, 1193], [135, 144], [149, 197], [318, 325], [333, 377], [597, 667], [643, 679], [676, 732], [3583, 3660], [3745, 3793], [3745, 3751], [3796, 3876], [432, 443], [446, 452], [468, 504], [1259, 1361], [1346, 1383], [1505, 1605], [1505, 1528], [1544, 1605]] |
A warm-blooded man in Russia is being hailed a ` hero ' for plunging into a frozen pond to save a drowning dog . The thick-skinned swimmer , known only as Ivan , was filmed as he dragged the canine to shore . Footage shows the shirtless 21-year-old using his arms to smash through the ice to catch the dog . The animal bobs just above the surface around ten meters away . Scroll down for video . Caught on camera : A warm-blooded man in Russia is being hailed a ` hero ' for plunging into a frozen pond to save a drowning dog . Chilly : The thick-skinned swimmer , known only as Ivan , was filmed as he dragged the canine to shore . In safe hands : Footage shows the shirtless 21-year-old using his arms to smash through the ice and get to the dog which is stranded around ten meters away . Ivan eventually grabs the animal by its body and makes his way back to dry land . According to the local Russian news channel m24.ru , Ivan had stopped his car near the pond to help a motorist who had broken down . But as he was talking to the driver , he heard the dog barking for help . The pup apparently did n't have an owner and Ivan later adopted him , naming him Rex . The duo now appear to be inseparable . Indeed , as they were interviewed safe and dry at home Rex affectionately wandered around Ivan . To date the video of Ivan diving into the ice cold pond has attracted more than 130,000 hits . New pet : According to the local Russian news channel m24.ru Ivan later adopted the dog and named him Rex . Best of friends : The duo appeared to be inseparable as they were filmed safe and dry at home . Many have applauded his actions however , some have highlighted that it could have potentially proved fatal for both parties . ' I do n't think physically I could of done that . Even if I tried , ' one viewer mused . It 's believed the incident took place last March in a village outside of Moscow . The Russian capital is currently experiencing lows of minus 12 Celsius . | The thick-skinned swimmer from Russia known only as Ivan , was filmed as he dragged the canine to shore . According to local media , he later adopted the dog and named him Rex . | [[113, 138], [141, 159], [113, 138], [155, 208], [528, 534], [537, 562], [565, 583], [528, 534], [537, 562], [579, 632], [1112, 1147], [1080, 1087], [1150, 1166], [1398, 1451], [1464, 1485], [1398, 1405], [1490, 1505]] |
A former Power Ranger has been arrested for allegedly murdering his roommate with a sword . Ricardo Medina Jr , the Red Ranger , has been charged with killing Joshua Sutter by stabbing him in the abdomen with the sharp weapon on Saturday afternoon . The 37-year-old , who reportedly called 911 himself , was taken into custody in Palmdale , California , shortly after , reports claim . Sutter was taken to hospital and pronounced dead . Murder accusation : TMZ reported that Ricardo Medina Jr stabbed his roommate in the abdomen and was arrested . He is pictured left at a fan convention and right in Power Rangers Samurai . According to TMZ , the roommates started fighting at around 3.30 pm . Medina went into his room with his girlfriend but Sutter tried to follow them , the report states . It was then that Medina allegedly dealt the fatal blow . He has been charged and detained , with his bail set at $ 1 million . Medina starred in the 2002 TV series Power Rangers Wild Force before playing Deker in the 2011 series Power Rangers Samurai . He also voiced Deker in the video game Power Rangers Samurai , and in the movie Power Rangers Samurai : A New Enemy , which hit theaters in 2012 . Born and raised in Los Angeles , California , Medina was also pursuing a singing career and had stints in ER and CSI , according to his IMDb profile . ` Attack ' : The actor allegedly speared his roommate during an argument then called 911 himself . ` He is a great friend and a great client . It 's something I ca n't even conceive . I do n't see that in him . He was a very helpful guy and great with his dog . It 's such a shock , ' said Gar Lester , Medina 's former agent who has known the actor for 12 years , told ABC7 . Medina 's neighbor , Justin Adamson , said the actor had moved into the block about two months ago . He told ABC7 : ` We brought him some bread and just tried to interact a little bit with him , but he was more of the , you know , the type of guy that did n't really want to communicate . ' | Ricardo Medina Jr , 37 , allegedly stabbed roommate in abdomen on Saturday . Actor , who played Red Ranger on TV and then the big screen , was arrested . Allegedly killed Joshua Sutter after running from an argument . Sheriffs said Sutter followed , then Medina lashed out with sharp weapon . | [[92, 109], [120, 188], [159, 165], [173, 203], [457, 547], [812, 851], [1359, 1418], [695, 701], [745, 785], [1359, 1418]] |
Television producer and writer Glen Larson , whose hits included some of the biggest series of the 1970s and 80s , including Battlestar Galactica and Magnum P.I. , has died aged 77 . Larson , who was also responsible for Quincy M.E. and Knight Rider , passed away from esophageal cancer at UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica , California , on Friday night , his son , James , said . On Saturday , dozens of industry professionals took to Twitter to express their grief at the death of the married father-of-nine , described by many as a ` creative ' and ` inspirational ' man . Actor and director Edward James Olmos , who played William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica in the 2000s , tweeted : ` Glen Larson , we thank you for the ride , you are a battlestar . ' Scroll down for video . Successful : Television producer and writer Glen Larson -LRB- pictured -RRB- , whose hits included some of the biggest series of the 1970s and 80s , has passed away aged 77 from esophageal cancer , according to his son James . Popular : Larson 's show Battlestar Galactica -LRB- pictured -RRB- - for which he was given a then-unprecedented $ 1million-per-episode budget - lasted just one season on ABC from 1978-79 , yet the impact was incredible . Paying tribute : On Saturday , dozens of industry members took to Twitter to express their grief at the death of the married father-of-nine . Actor and director Edward James Olmos tweeted : ` We thank you for the ride ' Meanwhile , screenwriter Steven de Souza wrote : ` RIP #GlenLarson , one of my 1st bosses in Hollywood , I really took off the training wheels under his tutelage , as did many others . ' And producer Jesse Stern said : ` RIP Glen Larson . Thank you so much . Magnum , The Fall Guy , Sheriff Lobo , BJ McKay and his best friend Bear , Manimal . I loved you . ' Born in in Long Beach in 1937 , Larson started in the business in the 1950s as a singer in the clean-cut pop group The Four Preps , which later composed a number of the theme songs in his TV shows . After first becoming enthralled with storytelling as a child , he then went on to work for Quinn Martin Sr on several productions , including The Fugitive , on which he gained his first credit as a writer in 1966 . Saying thanks : Producer Jesse Stern . who has worked on Call of Duty , wrote : ` RIP Glen Larson . Thank you so much . Magnum , The Fall Guy , Sheriff Lobo , BJ McKay and his best friend Bear , Manimal . I loved you ' Expressing his sadness : Meanwhile , screenwriter Steven de Souza said : RIP #GlenLarson , one of my 1st bosses in Hollywood , I really took off the training wheels under his tutelage , as did many others ' Hospital : Larson passed away at UCLA Medical Center -LRB- pictured -RRB- in Santa Monica , California , his son said . In following years , he produced a number of popular shows , including ABC 's It Takes a Thief , which starred his fellow Hollywood High School alum Robert Wagner as a burglar for the U.S. Government . He also took it upon himself to rewrite the original pilot for The Six Million Dollar Man - based on the 1972 novel , Cyborg - after ABC initially spurned it . The pilot , alongside scripts for a pair of 90-minute telefilms , convinced then-network executive Barry Diller to greenlight the action series , starring Lee Majors as a former astronaut with bionic implants . During his long-running career , Larson also created NBC 's McCloud , Alias Smith & Jones , B.J. and The Bear , Switch -LRB- another series starring Wagner -RRB- , Manimal and The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo . Creative : Born in in Long Beach in 1937 , Larson -LRB- pictured -RRB- first became enthralled with storytelling as a child . Pop group : Larson started in the business in the 1950s as a singer in the clean-cut pop group The Four Preps -LRB- pictured , Larson is second on right -RRB- , which later composed a number of the theme songs in his TV shows . His show Battlestar Galactica - for which he was given a then-unprecedented $ 1million-per-episode budget - lasted just one season on ABC from 1978-79 , yet the impact was incredible . The science-fiction series , featuring Lorne Greene and Richard Hatch as leaders of a homeless fleet wandering through space , was greatly influenced by Larson 's Mormon beliefs . Although it was axed after 24 episodes due to its cost , in 2003 , it was re-imagined and remade , beginning with a three-hour mini-series , followed by a weekly series which ran from 2004 to 2009 . Quincy M.E. , starring Jack Klugman as an LA-based medical examiner , ran for 148 episodes on NBC from 1976 to 1983 , while CBS 's Magnum P.I. aired for a whopping eight seasons from 1980 to 1988 . One of his creations : Larson 's Knight Rider , featuring David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight -LRB- pictured -RRB- , a modern crime fighter aided by a Pontiac Trans-Am with artificial intelligence , lasted four seasons on NBC . Another show : Quincy M.E. , starring Jack Klugman -LRB- left -RRB- as an LA medical examiner , ran for 148 episodes . NBC 's Knight Rider , featuring David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight , a modern crime fighter aided by a Pontiac Trans-Am with artificial intelligence , lasted four seasons -LRB- 90 episodes -RRB- . And ABC 's The Fall Guy , with Lee Majors , Douglas Barr and Heather Thomas , ran for five seasons -LRB- 113 episodes -RRB- from 1981 to 1986 . When asked how he kept up with such a huge workload in 2009 , Larson , who left Universal for Fox following his production of Knight Rider , said he attempted to keep every show under control . ' I tried to stay with things until I thought they were on their feet and they learned to walk and talk , ' he told the Archive of American Television . ` If you believe if something , you must will it through , because everything gets in the way . Everyone tries to steer the ship off course . ' But despite his incredible career , Larson never won an Emmy ; earning just three nominations , two for his work on McCloud and one for Quincy . However , he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1985 . ' -LSB- Our shows -RSB- were enjoyable , they had a pretty decent dose of humor . All struck a chord in the mainstream . What we were n't going to do was win a shelf full of Emmys , ' he told the news station . Hit : Meanwhile CBS 's Magnum P.I. -LRB- with Tom Selleck , pictured -RRB- aired for eight seasons from 1980 to 1988 . ` We got plenty of nominations for things , but ours were not the kind of shows that were doing anything more than reaching a core audience . ' Larson is survived by his wife Jannie , brother Kenneth , five daughters and four sons -LRB- including his son , James -RRB- from his former wives , Carol Gourley and Janet Curtis . A memorial service will be held in the near future , James told The Hollywood Reporter . | Glen Larson , 77 , died from esophageal cancer at hospital on Friday night . Married father-of-nine 's hits were some of the biggest series of 1970s/80s . Included Battlestar Galactica , Magnum P.I , Quincy M.E. and Knight Rider . Larson was also an accomplished singer ; formerly part of The Four Preps . 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Charles Manson 's fiancee has spoken out for the first time about her engagement to tell the world : ' I think he 's the most handsome man in the world . ' Afton Elaine Burton , who goes by the mononym ` Star ' , tells Inside Edition on Monday that she still plans to marry the 80-year-old convicted murderer despite the fact that their marriage license expired earlier this month . She insists Manson did not brutally murder Sharon Tate and six others and adds that she wants to ` take very good care of him ' . Her words come amid claims she tricked her murderous beau into an engagement so that she could put his corpse on display after his death . Vow : Afton Elaine Burton , 27 , insists she will marry Charles Manson although their marriage license expired . Side-stepping the allegation , Burton reminds the interviewer that she moved to California nine years ago to care for Manson , who is not eligible for parole until 2027 - when he will be 92 . ` Yes , I 'm going to marry Charles Manson , ' Burton declares . Manson has been in prison in Corcoran , California , since 1969 , when he was convicted of murdering Roman Polanski 's wife , the actress Sharon Tate , and six others . He was aided by three women - his ` followers ' . Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel , remain encarcerated . A third , Susan Atkins , died of cancer in prison . According to the New York Post , Burton tried to get the rights to Manson 's remains without marrying him , but was turned down . The paper claimed that she offered herself up as a his bride after being rebuffed , because Californian law allows spouses to choose what happens to their husbands ' and wives ' bodies after they die . The claims come from Daniel Simone , a journalist who has spoken extensively with Manson and is planning to write a book on him . He claimed that Manson is now wise to the plot - and thinks it is ridiculous because he believes that he 's immortal . Simone told the Post : ` He 's finally realized that he 's been played for a fool . ' ` He feels he will never die ... Therefore , he feels it 's a stupid idea to begin with . ' Simone also said that Manson never had any intention of marrying Star - but he kept up the pretense because they would bring presents to his prison cell in Corcoran , California . The prospect of Star becoming Mrs Manson diminished this week after it emerged the couple 's 90-day marriage license had expired . Killer : Manson was convicted of killing Sharon Tate and six others with his ` followers ' . He is pictured left during his trial in March , 1971 , and of right in a mugshot taken on March 18 , 2009 at California State Prison , Corcoran . Prison rules mean the two could only marry during visiting hours on a weekend - and they had their final shot two weeks ago before the license expired on February 5 . Simone said that Manson has been unable to receive visitors lately because he is being treated for an infection . In a statement , Star has said she an Manson will still marry - but that an ` interruption in logistics ' got in the way . Manson has been in prison for more than four decades after being put away for a series of murders in 1969 killings . His victims included the brutal murder of director Roman Polanski 's actress wife , Sharon Tate , who was eight-and-a-half months pregnant . Star insisted last year that she and Manson were madly in love and already consider themselves married . ` I 'm completely with him , and he 's completely with me . It 's what I was born for , you know . I do n't know what else to say , ' she told CNN in August of the now gray-haired killer , who has a swastika tattooed on his forehead . She said she had been following Manson 's ` philosophy ' since she was a teenager and moved to Corcoran , where the convicted murderer is detained , to be closer to him . Manson was married twice before he was jailed , first to Rosalie Jean Willis from 1955 to 1958 , and later to Candy Stevens between 1959 and 1963 . He was sentenced to death in 1969 along with four of his disciples for having led the killing of seven people , but their sentences were later commuted to life in prison . Manson applied for parole in 2012 but was denied release and is not eligible to apply again until 2027 . Manson headed an apocalyptic cult that committed murders in upscale , mostly white neighborhoods of Los Angeles in order to blame the crimes on African Americans , in the hope of sparking what he termed a ` Helter Skelter ' race war . | Afton Eliane Burton , 27 , got marriage license with Manson , 80 , last year . The certificate expired this month , but she insists they will still marry . In first interview about engagement she says he is ` the most handsome ' Burton reportedly planned to turn body into a tourist attraction after death . Manson is not eligible for parole until 2027 when he will be 92 years old . | [[156, 175], [213, 308], [331, 382], [652, 655], [685, 764], [2298, 2428], [2377, 2428], [2752, 2834], [0, 80], [103, 153], [540, 651], [883, 889], [896, 935], [936, 956], [4161, 4167], [4222, 4265]] |
A wire-tapping lawsuit in San Francisco against Google could cost the internet giant billions of dollars or nothing , depending on the result of a search of two hard company hard drives . 22 plaintiffs accuse the search engine company of vacuuming personal data off their Wi-Fi networks with its roving Street View cars between 2008 and 2010 . If successful the lawsuit would be a landmark judgement , as online corporations have faced criticism but rarely judgments for their handling of users ' privacy . Snooped : Google is accused of indiscriminately gathering data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks with Street View cars . The Street View cars were deployed with 360-degree camera systems to capture images for Google Street View and Google Earth . When the Street View cars were announced , Google did not reveal they were also loaded with wireless analyzers , tools designed to ` sample , collect , decode , and analyze ' data sent over accessible Wi-Fi networks . That led to Street View cars vacuuming up huge amounts of ` payload ' data , which includes passwords , email and multimedia like videos and photos . Even data from Voice Over Internet Protocols , such as the Internet phone service Skype , may have been collected . Bloomberg reports that the case stalled while Google fought to appeal the wiretapping accusation , claiming that data on unsecured wireless networks was equivalent to that on AM/FM transmissions . The Supreme Court declined to hear Google 's case in June . Mapping : Street View cars were intended to map the globe and capture photos for Google Street View and Google Earth . Rogue : Marius Milner added code that turned Street View cars into vacuums of personal data , which Google alleges he did on his own . Even as the lawsuit goes forward , proof will need to be found that personal data was collected by searching two hard drives held as evidence in San Francisco . Both sides have been ordered to settle on a neutral expert to comb through the hard drives to find traces of data being picked up . Once over that hurdle , the plaintiffs will have an easier time winning what would be a watershed online privacy lawsuit , as they do not have to prove they suffered damage from Google 's actions or that Google initiated the project maliciously . In the past , Google claimed that the wireless analyzer program was the work of a ` rogue ' programmer , which the corporation only found out about after it was initiated . The employee , first referred to as ` Engineer Doe , ' was later outed as Marius Milner , a respected British expert on wireless networks , according to the New York Times . Street View cars throughout the United States , Canada and Europe collected data , triggering various investigations . In 2013 , the search engine company said it would pay $ 7million to settle with over 30 states and the District of Columbia over its data collection practices . The ongoing lawsuit , which has yet to move to the class action phase , would net up to $ 10,000 in damages for each affected user , leading a windfall judgement . | 22 plaintiffs will need to find evidence of their personal data on two Google servers held in evidence . The suit involves a wireless analyzer used in Google 's Street View cars from 2008 to 2010 that gathered data sent over personal Wi-Fi . Lawsuit is seeking up to $ 10,000 in damages for each affected user , which could total billions . Google blames the use of the analyzer on a ` rogue ' engineer named Marius Milner , who it says added the code without authorization . The Supreme Court declined to hear Google 's appeal earlier this year , allowing the case to proceed . | [[1778, 1869], [1813, 1826], [1841, 1905], [515, 623], [863, 868], [915, 922], [925, 967], [2912, 2981], [2984, 3042], [2285, 2296], [2299, 2387], [2494, 2508], [2513, 2545], [1431, 1490]] |
Apple fans may need to wait a little longer to get their hands , or wrists , on the tech giant 's upcoming smartwatch . A ` source close to Apple ' told The Information that the firm ` would be lucky to ship -LSB- the watch -RSB- before Valentine 's Day ' . Apple is said to be unhappy with the watch 's battery life , and the long lead time before the $ 349 -LRB- # 216 -RRB- product ships could mean the device will be more functional once it 's released early next year . Scroll down for video . A ` source close to Apple ' told The Information that the firm ` would be lucky to ship -LSB- the Apple Watch -RSB- before Valentine 's Day ' . Apple is said to be unhappy with the watch 's battery life , and the long lead time before the $ 349 -LRB- # 216 -RRB- product ships could mean the device will be more functional once it 's released early next year . And The Information also reported that Apple partners and employees expected the watch to launch this year . Apple 's chief executive Tim Cook unveiled the watch at a launch event earlier this month . But despite the range of impressive features unveiled by Mr Cook , there was something he failed to mention : battery life . The telling omission , suggests the watch 's battery life will be the Achilles Heel of the device when it sold in early 2015 . Most existing smartwatches on the market , such as Pebble and MetaWatch , tend to last up to a week on a single charge . The closest Cook came to talking about the battery life for the Watch was saying that users would ` charge it at night . ' The watch has a completely new user interface , different from the iPhone , and the ` crown ' on the Apple Watch is a dial called the ` digital crown . ' Users can turn the crown to zoom in and out on a map , or scroll a list . The crown can also be pressed to take the user back to the home screen . Different areas on the watch face can be customised with taps and swipes , and force touches . The Glances feature shows info users would like to see , similar to Google Now , and is accessed by swiping the screen up from the bottom . Music can also be controlled on an iPhone through the Apple Watch . Built-in is a ` taptic engine ' that responds to a subtle vibrations users feel on their wrist for notifications . It understands questions in messages and then offers pre-selected answers , and messages can be dictated to the iPhone . Users can also talk to the watch and send a voice reply , or have it transcribed to them . There is no keyboard on the watch , and messages can only be sent through dictation , or emoji . Siri also is built into the Apple Watch . During an interview in Bloomberg Business Week , Apple 's senior vice president of operations Jeff WIlliams said : ` We want to make the best product in the world . ` One of our competitors is on their fourth or fifth attempt , but nobody is wearing them . ' The company 's chief executive added that the Apple Watch ` can be worn all day , for any occasion , ' but hourly figures were notably absent . A source said that Apple is unhappy with the watch 's battery life , according to Re/Code . Another source confirmed to the technology site that that the battery life ` is about a day now . ' Apple 's chief executive Tim Cook -LRB- pictured -RRB- unveiled the watch at a launch event earlier this month . Although he did n't reveal battery life details , Mr Cook did spend some time talking about the Watch 's charging system , which combines Apple 's MagSafe technology with inductive charging . The watch has a completely new user interface -LRB- left -RRB- , different from the iPhone , and the ` crown ' on the Apple Watch is a dial called the ` digital crown ' -LRB- right -RRB- presented by chief executive Tim Cook . The company 's chief executive added that the Apple Watch ` can be worn all day , for any occasion , ' but hourly figures were notably absent . The product costs $ 349 -LRB- # 216 -RRB- and is now not expected to launch until at least February next year . A spokesperson for Apple declined to provide battery details to MailOnline and said they will be revealed closer to launch next year . Like many of Apple 's other products , the Apple Watch appears to have a sealed back , which means the battery can not be replaced . This suggests that the entire $ 349 -LRB- # 216 -RRB- device will have to be replaced , once the battery eventually deteriorates from constant charging and use . Another concern is the launch of the health and activity-tracking apps on the Apple Watch , which will rely on adequate battery life for round-the-clock monitoring . Built-in is a ` taptic engine ' that responds to a vibrations users feel on their wrist . It understands questions in messages and then offers pre-selected answers , and messages can be dictated to the iPhone . Companies like Fitbit and Withings have health trackers that are designed to be worn at night too , monitoring sleep patterns through movements . However , if the Watch has to be charged at night , vital health signs could be missed by the gadget which Apple says will ` motivate people to be more active and more healthy . ' Apple did , however , spend some time talking about the Watch 's charging system , which combines Apple 's MagSafe technology with inductive charging . The long lead time before the product ships could mean the device will be more functional once it 's released , since app developers have more time to create apps specifically for the watch . Apple 's silence on battery life suggests the company is still working to improve the feature . The success of the device could hang on whether or not it manages to do it in time . | The Apple Watch was unveiled at an event in California earlier this month . CEO Tim Cook did not announce when the wearable device would go on sale . Reports now claim the gadget may not launch until at least February 2015 . A source said that Apple is unhappy with the watch 's battery life . The long lead time before the $ 349 -LRB- # 216 -RRB- product ships could mean the device will be more functional once it 's released early next year . | [[969, 1060], [3222, 3334], [0, 106], [3898, 3927], [3944, 4009], [258, 316], [643, 701], [1209, 1312], [3030, 3121], [3049, 3096], [323, 474], [708, 859], [3898, 3939], [3898, 3927], [3944, 4009], [5295, 5404]] |
After a two year battle with stage four colon cancer that included , rapper Ahmad Givens died . The VH1 reality star , who also went by the name Real , was 33-years-old when he passed away on Friday night , according to TMZ . He had been bedridden since January after being diagnosed with cancer in 2013 following three misdiagnoses . Scroll down for video . After a two year battle with cancer , Ahmad Givens died on Saturday . The reality star and rapper , who also went by the name Real , was 33-years-old . Mr Givens -LRB- center , with his mother , left , and grandma , right -RRB- said he had not felt well since an event in January 2013 . Doctors originally diagnosed him with hepatitis A , mono and the Norovirus after he felt sick in at an event January 2013 , he told UrbanDaily in April . Mr Givens said that he had n't felt fully better since , with his condition worsening after he fell in January . The star , who first became known on I Love New York in 2007 , said that he checked himself into the hospital in March 2013 after a medicine from the last doctor he saw made him lose thirty pounds from diarrhea . He said the doctor came in crying and I knew something was seriously wrong . Mr Givens 's cancer eventually spread to his brain , and he had a procedure -LRB- pictured -RRB- to remove nerve damage caused by the disease . He posted this picture of his surgery scar two months ago and said that he was choosing between clinical trials after his chemotherapy stopped working . ` She said , `` I have bad news to tell you . You have cancer . You have stage four colon cancer . '' ' Another doctor told him that he likely had two weeks left to live . Mr Givens had an operation to remove cancerous growths from his colon in December 2013 . While in surgery , doctors removed most of his liver after they found that the cancer had spread and created seven tumors . He later found out that the tumors had also spread to his brain and he was partially paralyzed on his right side . Two months ago he posted on Instagram that he was being taken off of chemotherapy because ` none of it works anymore ' . He said that he was choosing between different clinical trials to try new medicines . The rapper made his name as a bad boy on television but had become a family man , regularly professing his love for his wife Racquel -LRB- left -RRB- . Mr Givens died Saturday after complaining of vision problems nearly two years after he found out that he had stage four colon cancer . On Thursday Mr Givens complained he had trouble with his sight . He died only a few hours later . While Mr Givens and his brother Kamal ` Chance ' Givens first made their television splash by being bad boys who rode around on motorcycles , the cancer patient had become a family man in his final years . He is survived by his wife Racquel , who he called his ` number one nurse , ' and his son Mahdi . In recent months he posted several pictures of Bible verses on social media . His brother posted a tearful tribute to Ahmad on Saturday , saying ` Bye to my favorite guy in this whole world be in peace we love you forever bro ' . Mr Givens appeared in Real Chance Of Love with his brother from 2008 to 2009 , and Real & Chance : The Legend Hunters in 2010 . They also rapped in the group Stallionaires . Mr Givens 's brother Kamal , who starred in reality shows with him , posted a tearful tribute to him on Instagram and called him ` my favorite guy in this whole world ' Ahmad Givens 's last post on Instagram was a picture expressing love to the support his brother had given him during his treatment . The Real Chance Of Love star -LRB- right , in 2012 with brother Kamal , left -RRB- was eventually diagnosed with cancer in 2013 after complaining of flu like symptoms . | Reality star said two months ago that his chemotherapy was n't working . Brother Kamal posts touching tribute to ` favorite guy in this whole world ' Doctors originally diagnosed him with hepatitis A and the Norovirus . Cancer patient had become family man after being bad boy on television . | [[1347, 1349], [1409, 1499], [2038, 2116], [2974, 3031], [2974, 2985], [3034, 3085], [3300, 3320], [3369, 3413], [3300, 3320], [3418, 3466], [646, 695], [2207, 2217], [2248, 2286], [2732, 2797]] |
Theresa May has asked advisers to examine whether files alleging abuse by senior figures in the 1980s were ever passed to the security services . Theresa May made the extraordinary admission that there ` might have been a cover-up ' of an Establishment paedophile ring by the Home Office in the 1980s . The Home Secretary 's comments came after the publication of a report into how her department handled papers relating to alleged Westminster child abusers . NSPCC boss Peter Wanless and Richard Whittam QC had tried to track down 114 files that went missing in the Home Office . Just one was found ; another was shredded by the Ministry of Justice , which took possession of the dossier , just three years ago . The men concluded : ` It is ... not possible to say whether files were ever removed or destroyed to cover up or hide allegations of organised or systematic child abuse by particular individuals because of the systems then in place . ` We can not say that no file was removed or destroyed for that reason . ' Their report also revealed the list of names which officials were asked to search under when looking for the missing files -- suggesting possible links to the so-called Dickens dossier . It included known paedophiles such as Cyril Smith and members of the Paedophile Information Exchange , which campaigned to legalise sex with children . It also featured senior political figures such as former Home Secretary Leon Brittan , Labour peer Lord Janner , and two Tory grandees , Sir Peter Morrison and Sir Peter Hayman , who are both now dead . Police have questioned Lord Brittan and searched Lord Janner 's home in recent months , but neither has been charged . In a statement to MPs , Mrs May said of the latest findings : ` It does n't prove or disprove the Home Office acted appropriately in the 1980s . ' She added : ` There might have been a cover-up . ' However , contradicting the Home Secretary and the findings of the report , David Cameron said on the campaign trail in Rochester that ` conspiracy theorists ' would have to ` look elsewhere ' . He added : ` I think it is important that -LSB- the report -RSB- says there was not a cover-up . ' Last night , Mr Wanless said his comments were ` wrong ' . The new report centred on the work of late Conservative MP Geoffrey Dickens , who wrote to Lord Brittan in 1983 to say he would expose eight public figures suspected of child abuse unless action was taken . Lord Brittan has said in a statement that he ` told Mr Dickens that I would ensure that the papers were looked at carefully by the Home Office and acted on as necessary ' . The files were never published . Earlier this year , amid revelations in the Mail about Smith and the PIE , it emerged that the Dickens dossier had gone missing , along with a string of other documents . NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless has carried out a review into Home Office handling of historic allegations of child abuse . Former Tory MP Geoffrey Dickens -LRB- left -RRB- , who died in 1995 , said he gave details of Establishment paedophiles -- known as ` Dickens dossier ' -- to then Home Secretary Leon Brittan -LRB- right -RRB- in 1983 . After an initial review by the Home Office found they could not be traced , Mrs May appointed Mr Wanless and Mr Whittam to conduct a full trawl across Whitehall . Yesterday , the two men said one file had come to light as a result of ` heightened awareness ' of the subject in the Home Office -- but none of Dickens ' were found . The report also failed to rule out a whistleblower 's claims that the Home Office directly awarded tens of thousands of pounds of public money to the PIE . Simon Danczuk , the Labour MP who has raised the issue of historic child abuse , branded the review a ` whitewash ' . He said : ` We -LSB- can not -RSB- just gloss over the past and hope it all goes away . ' | NSPCC 's Peter Wanless found no evidence of Home Office cover-up . Home Office filing system makes it hard to piece ` what was known ' Tory MP Geoffrey Dickens compiled details of Establishment abuse . Says he gave the dossier to then-Home Secretary Leon Brittan in 1983 . Brittan has flatly denied failing to deal with the alleged dossier . | [[2818, 2945], [2234, 2309], [2346, 2414], [2946, 2983], [2989, 2994], [3016, 3065]] |
Campaigners for survivors of child sexual abuse have savaged David Cameron after he called claims of a Home Office paedophile cover-up a ` conspiracy theory ' . Referring to the findings of a review into allegations of a VIP paedophile ring , the Prime Minister said on the campaign trail in Rochester that ` conspiracy theorists ' would have to ` look elsewhere ' . Last night the author of that review flatly called Mr Cameron 's comments ` wrong ' , while the National Association for People Abused in Childhood said his intervention was ` appalling ' . David Cameron teaches politics at Strood Academy in Rochester : He sparked outrage among victims of child sexual abuse after he called claims of an Establishment paedophile cover-up a ` conspiracy theory ' It seemed to directly contradict an extraordinary admission by Theresa May , the Home Secretary , that there ` might have been a cover-up ' of an Establishment paedophile ring by her department in the 1980s . The comments by Mrs May and Mr Cameron came after the publication of a report into how her department handled papers relating to alleged child abusers at Westminster . NSPCC boss Peter Wanless and Richard Whittam QC had tried to track down 114 files that went missing in the Home Office . Just one was found ; another was shredded by the Ministry of Justice , which took possession of the dossier , just three years ago . Mr Cameron seemed to directly contradict an extraordinary admission by Theresa May , the Home Secretary , that there ` might have been a cover-up ' The men concluded : ` It is ... not possible to say whether files were ever removed or destroyed to cover up or hide allegations of organised or systematic child abuse by particular individuals because of the systems then in place . We can not say that no file was removed or destroyed for that reason . ' Their report also revealed the list of names which officials were asked to search under when looking for the missing files -- suggesting possible links to the so-called Dickens dossier . It included known paedophiles such as Cyril Smith and members of the Paedophile Information Exchange , which campaigned to legalise sex with children . It also featured senior political figures such as former Home Secretary Leon Brittan , Labour peer Lord Janner , and two Tory grandees , Sir Peter Morrison and Sir Peter Hayman , who are both now dead . Police have questioned Lord Brittan and searched Lord Janner 's home in recent months , but neither has been charged . In a statement to MPs , Mrs May said of the latest findings : ` It does n't prove or disprove the Home Office acted appropriately in the 1980s . ' She added : ` There might have been a cover-up . ' But Mr Cameron , speaking in Rochester where he is desperately trying to head off another possible by-election win for Ukip , contradicted both his Home Secretary and the findings of the report . ` There will be lessons from the report and people should study it closely . But I think it is important that it says that there was n't a cover-up , ' he said . ` Some of the people who 've been looking for conspiracy theories will have to look elsewhere ' . Last night , Mr Wanless said his comments were ` wrong ' . The National Association for People Abused in Childhood told The Sun : ` It 's an appalling thing for the Prime Minister to say . ' ` Wrong ' : The response of NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless to Mr Cameron 's comments . He carried out the review into Home Office handling of historic allegations of child abuse that the PM was referring to . The new report centred on the work of late Conservative MP Geoffrey Dickens , who wrote to Lord Brittan in 1983 to say he would expose eight public figures suspected of child abuse unless action was taken . Lord Brittan has said in a statement that he ` told Mr Dickens that I would ensure that the papers were looked at carefully by the Home Office and acted on as necessary ' . The files were never published . Earlier this year , amid revelations in the Mail about Smith and the PIE , it emerged that the Dickens dossier had gone missing , along with a string of other documents . After an initial review by the Home Office found they could not be traced , Mrs May appointed Mr Wanless and Mr Whittam to conduct a full trawl across Whitehall . Former Tory MP Geoffrey Dickens -LRB- left -RRB- , who died in 1995 , said he gave details of Establishment paedophiles -- known as ` Dickens dossier ' -- to then Home Secretary Leon Brittan -LRB- right -RRB- in 1983 . Yesterday , the two men said one file had come to light as a result of ` heightened awareness ' of the subject in the Home Office -- but none of Dickens ' were found . The report also failed to rule out a whistleblower 's claims that the Home Office directly awarded tens of thousands of pounds of public money to the PIE . Simon Danczuk , the Labour MP who has raised the issue of historic child abuse , branded the review a ` whitewash ' . He said : ` We -LSB- can not -RSB- just gloss over the past and hope it all goes away . ' And campaigning journalist Don Hale , who was given a dossier naming VIP paedophiles in the 1980s , said the review was a ` complete waste of time ' , telling The Sun 's Stephen Hawkes : ` It was always going to fail . 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It is the episode of Fawlty Towers best remembered for the line ` Do n't mention the war ' and John Cleese 's silly walk when impersonating Hitler . The references have proved controversial before , but when The Germans was repeated on BBC2 on Sunday evening it was n't our European neighbours that the corporation was worried about offending . Instead , the episode was edited to omit racist language -- only for some viewers to then complain that the BBC was ` airbrushing history ' . Scroll down to see the clips . ` Do n't mention the war ' : John Cleese as Basil Fawlty giving an Adolf Hitler impression to German guests , with Polly in the background played by Connie Booth . The Germans episode of Fawlty Towers was voted number 11 in Channel 4 ¿ s One Hundred Greatest TV Moments in 1999 . In one scene one of the hotel 's permanent residents , Major Gowen , uses derogatory terms to describe black people . It was included in the episode 's first airing in October 1975 , but this time around the major 's words were edited out . The scene involves Basil Fawlty and the major , played by actor Ballard Berkeley , exchanging their normal pleasantries before the conversation moves on to Basil 's wife Sybil and women in general . The major tells Fawlty about the time he took a woman to see India play cricket at the Oval . He then says : ` The strange thing was , throughout the morning she kept referring to the Indians as niggers . `` No , no , no , '' I said , `` the niggers are the West Indians . These people are wogs '' . ' Several years ago there were concerns that the episode would never be shown again because of the offensive words . However , recent editions of The Complete Fawlty Towers DVD , distributed by BBC Worldwide , have not been edited and included the segment that was cut by the BBC on Sunday . Some fans took to the BBC 's Points Of View message board yesterday to say they ` despaired ' at the ` unnecessary ' editing . One . wrote : ` You ca n't airbrush history away and I doubt if anyone but the . terminally thin-skinned could be offended by the major , a character . we 're clearly supposed to laugh at rather than with . ' Ballard Berkeley as the Major Gowen , who makes the offensive remark . Viewers said that the ` bigoted character ' was meant to be laughed at - not with . Another posted : ` The point is that the major is a racist old bigot , incongruous with modern society -- even in the Seventies . The audience is n't supposed to agree with him , they 're supposed to laugh at him . The whole episode is about xenophobia in various forms -- it 's social satire . I instinctively dislike the airbrushing of history . ' A third viewer wrote : ` So how sad BBC you have finally succumbed and lost the guts to transmit the episode of Fawlty Towers `` The Germans '' in its original form . The major 's speech of his experience of going out with a woman to the Oval is one of the funniest things ever . ` You edited it because it includes the W-word and the N-word . Let 's face it , the whole episode and much of Fawlty Towers is racist by today 's standards and misogynistic , but above all it is hilarious . ` We are all grown up , you know . We , the vast majority of us , can laugh at this without being racists . ` It 's about time you grew up BBC , and trusted your audience . We know what is acceptable and what is not and what is funny and why , and the fact it is of a time which is now long past . We understand context , the major is a figure of fun , he does n't whip up hatred . ' Fawlty Towers was written by and starred Cleese and his then wife Connie Booth . The Germans was the sixth episode of the 12 that were made and was voted number 11 in Channel 4 's One Hundred Greatest TV Moments in 1999 . The series has continued to entertain families since being made in the 1970s and was in 2000 voted by industry professionals to be the best British series of all time . A BBC spokesman said : ` We are very proud of Fawlty Towers and its contribution to British television comedy . ` But public attitudes have changed significantly since it was made and it was decided to make some minor changes , with the consent of John Cleese 's management , to allow the episode to transmit to a family audience at 7.30 pm on BBC2 . ' CENSORED Cleeses 's ` Hitler Walk ' was previously deemed one of greatest moments of TV . | Viewers complain that only the ` terminally thin-skinned ' could be offended by the character . BBC said it was edited to suit a family audience to reflect changing attitudes . | [[2038, 2092], [4210, 4284]] |
A 35-year-old Detroit mother accused of killing two of her chidlren and stuffing their bodies inside a deep freezer said through her attorney Thursday that she loves her two surviving kids and wants to see them . Prosecutors charged Mitchelle Blair Thursday with felony murder , premeditated murder and torture . Court officers carrying out a March 24 eviction at the family 's apartment found the frozen corpses of 13-year-old Stoni Ann Blair and 9-year-old Stephen Gage Berry . Impassive : Mitchelle Blair , pictured left and right in court Thursday , appeared stone-faced during her arraignment on murder and abuse charges . Laundry list of counts : Prosecutors charged Mitchelle Blair Wednesday with felony murder , premeditated murder and torture . Inked : The tattooed names of her four children , including Stoni and Stephen , are visible on her right forearm below the crossed out name of an ex . Blair initially was charged with child abuse , but more charges had been expected after autopsies revealed the siblings were beaten to death . Investigators believe Stephen died in August 2012 and Stoni died the following May . Blair 's two surviving children -- ages 8 and 17 -- have been placed into a relative 's care . Appearing in court Thursday for a probable-cause hearing , with the names of her four children inked on her forearm , Blair was arraigned on two counts of felony murder , first-degree premeditated murder and torture . The 35-year-old woman previously had been charged with four counts of first-degree child abuse and one count of committing first-degree child abuse in the presence of another child . Responding to a reporter 's question about the woman 's two surviving children , Blair 's defense attorney , Wyatt Harris , said his client ` loves her children very much . ' He then added he is sure Blair ` wants to see her children , ' reported The Detroit Free Press . Blair 's daughter , Stoni -LRB- left -RRB- and son Stephen -LRB- right -RRB- . Stoni 's sister claimed Blair killed Stoni by strangling her with a T-shirt and suffocated her with a plastic bag . ` Violent ' : The 35-year-old woman previously had been charged with four counts of first-degree child abuse and one count of committing first-degree child abuse in the presence of another child . confession : According to police , during her arrest March 24 , Blair admitted to killing the two children , saying : ` They 're both dead ! I did it ! ' Attorney Wyatt Harris -LRB- right -RRB- told reporters his client loves her surviving children and wants to see them . Harris entered a not guilty plea on behalf of Blair , who appeared impassive as she stood by his side with her tattooed arms crossed and wearing blank expression on her face . The attorney made a motion for an independent mental health evaluation for his client , which Judge Kenneth King granted . Experts will assess Blair 's mental competency to waive her Miranda rights , to be held criminally responsible for her actions and to stand trial . Judge King also gave the defense attorney permission to review two videotaped interviews conducted with Blair 's surviving children by child advocates working with law enforcement . At the request of the prosecution , the lawyer was ordered not to share the recordings with anyone other than doctors or members of Blair 's family . Mitchelle Blair was ordered held without bail pending a preliminary hearing scheduled for June 19 . According to police , during her arrest March 24 , Blair admitted to killing the two children , saying : ` They 're both dead ! I did it ! ' She also allegedly stated that she was not evil , ` It was just an evil act . ' A medical examiner has determined that the exact cause of death was blunt force trauma and ruled it a homicide . A joint funeral for Stoni and Stephen will be held April 13 in Detroit . At Harris ' -LRB- left -RRB- request , a judge ordered a mental health evaluation for Blair to determine if she was cempetent enough to waive her Miranda rights and stand trial . Details of death and extreme abuse emerged Thursday as Mitchelle Blair appeared in court , two days after the bodies of her 9-year-old son , Stephen Berry , and 13-year-old daughter , Stoni Blair , were discovered . Child welfare officials revealed last week that Blair 's two surviving children had been terribly abused in a house of horrors . The Michigan Department of Human Services is taking steps to end Blair 's rights to her two other children , a 17-year-old daughter and an 8-year-old son , who are currently with a relative . In a court filing , the state said her daughter described a home where she and her surviving brother were beaten with an extension cord and piece of wood and hit and burned with a hot curling iron . Medical exams revealed evidence of abuse , including numerous scars , on the surviving children . Twenty-five scars were found on the boy 's back that were consistent with being hit by an extension cord , according to a petition obtained by the Detroit News . Blair 's teenage daughter also described how her siblings were killed , according to court papers . ` Blair tortured Stephen for approximately two weeks prior to his death by tying a belt around his neck , throwing hot water on him while in the shower and putting a plastic bag over his head , ' the state said , quoting the 17-year-old . Court officers serving an eviction notice at Blair 's home -LRB- pictured -RRB- opened the freezer and found the bodies of her daughter Stoni Ann Blair and her son Stephen Gage Berry . In a court filing , the state said the teen described a house of horrors , where she and her surviving brother were beaten with an extension cord and piece of wood , hit with a hot curling iron and burned with a clothing iron . Stephen was ` unresponsive ' on Aug 30 , 2012 , and Blair wrapped his body in bed linen and put him in the freezer , the state said . Nine months later , Blair became ` enraged ' when Stoni said she did n't like her surviving siblings and strangled the girl with a T-shirt and suffocated her with a plastic bag , the department said . Blair then made the teen ` put Stoni in the deep freezer following her death , ' the agency said . The bodies of the children were discovered on Tuesday while court officers were serving an eviction notice . The apartment was reportedly filled with food and trash and rendered almost ` unlivable ' , according to the report . Blair 's 8-year-old boy also was aware that his sister and brother were killed and subsequently placed in the freezer , the department said . While being questioned , Blair told investigators she placed Stephen ` in a boiling hot tub of water until his feet blistered ' because she found out Stephen was allegedly sexually assaulting a relative , according to the Detroit News . Blair also told police that when he died , she wrapped him ` in his favorite blanket ' and put him in the freezer , the police report states . The surviving children did not mention sexual abuse when they were interviewed by counselors , according to a juvenile court petition . A woman walks past notes left on the door at at the family 's home on Wednesday . The teenager said neither she nor her siblings have attended school for two years . Blair 's teenage daughter said neither she nor her siblings have attended school for two years . Neighbor Shanetria Lanier , 21 , told the Detroit News Blair home-schooled her children and ` that 's why no schools were wondering where they were ' . There is no record of the children attending classes , according to a Detroit Public Schools official . People did notice that two of her children seemed to disappear about a year ago . Lanier told the newspaper : ` When people asked her where her other two kids are , she said they were at their aunt 's house . ` Or sometimes she 'd tell people they stayed inside because they did n't like to be around people . ' Tori Childs , who also lives in the complex , told the Detroit News she often saw the children and sometimes gave them clothes or food . She said they were ` the nicest kids ' who were ` so respectable ' . ` This is just wrong , ' she said in tears . Childs said she saw two bodies on the floor after police arrived at the home on Tuesday . ` It was a little girl and a little boy , ' she said . ` The little girl had on a pink jacket . ' Earlier Thursday , Blair appeared in court on child abuse charges via a video feed from a police lockup . Magistrate Renee McDuffee entered a not-guilty plea on her behalf . The state said it investigated allegations of abuse in 2002 and 2005 . Blair was referred to counseling and allowed to keep custody of her children . Toni Williams , 28 , left , and Natasha Bell , 30 , leave balloons at the house on Wednesday . The two fathers of Blair 's surviving children are unfit to care for them , according to the state . Together they owe $ 50,000 in child support and have n't seen the kids in two to three years . Neighbors say Blair has lived in the complex at least 10 years . She was unemployed and having money troubles , and she had gotten behind on her rent . Neighbors said they knew about the impending eviction . Court records show a judgment filed last month against her for $ 2,206 owed to the complex . ` While we all understand the desire to know what happened in that home is strong , I will ask you to be mindful of the two children who were also in that home and are still living , ' Detroit Police Chief James Craig told reporters Wednesday . ` They 've been through a lot , a tremendous trauma . ' | Mitchelle Blair , 35 , was arraigned Thursday on charges of felony murder , premeditated murder and torture . The deaths of two of her children Stoni Blair , 13 , and Stephen Berry , 9 , have been ruled a homicide . She will undergo a mental health evaluation to determine her competency . Blair 's surviving children were discovered to have been terribly abused , according to child welfare officials . Blair 's 17-year-old daughter said her mother forced her to put her sister 's body in the deep freezer . 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Most men will tell you they hate going shopping . But if you are in any doubt have a look at this collection of photos from around the world which show men bored out of their minds while waiting for their partners to replenish their wardrobes . The pictures appear on a parody Instagram account called Shopping with their Ladies : The Miserable Men of Instagram . The account now has more than 50,000 followers and captures the pain and suffering felt by many men out there who dread being dragged around the shops by their wives or girlfriends . Bored : This man has his head in hands as he waits for his partner to finish shopping in a lingerie shop . Despair : The gentleman looks like he 's had enough as he follows his partner around with her shopping trolley . Queue : These fellas have found themselves in the same predicament waiting for their other halves to hurry up in the changing rooms . Putting their feet up : Two men form a united front and decide to sit down instead of follow their partners around the store . In the same boat : This men look like they have seen better days while they wait patiently to go home after shopping . It is no secret that a lot of men hate going shopping with their partners and may have to spend hours waiting around . You might be there for a while : Two men play on their phones and have a coffee in a ladies ' clothes shop . These chaps have nothing better to do than play on their phones while the ladies pick out a new pair of shoes . In it together : These men look like they have bonded while waiting for their partners in the changing room . New low : This poor man has resorted to sitting on the floor of this shop while his partner spends the cash . With their eyes firmly fixed on their phones these men wait patiently in a ladies ' clothes shop . Time for a snooze : This patient shopper uses the time his other half is trying on clothes to have a nap . This man is just following orders from the sign on the door of this shop : ` No Grumpy Husbands ' Shopped till they dropped : Two elderly gentleman have a sleep in this department store . Can we go yet ? A man plays on his phone while his girlfriend queues to buy a new piece of clothing . Season to be holly : Christmas is without doubt one of the worst times to hit the shops if you hate shopping . Keeping you up ? A man stretches out and puts his feet up on this shopping trip . The land of nod : This poor man is worn out after his trip to a ladies ' bag shop . Death by shopping : Fed-up men stand with their heads in their hands as they wait for their partners to finish shopping . The pictures from around the world appear on a parody Instagram account called Shopping with their Ladies : The Miserable Men of Instagram . | Photos have appeared on parody account called Shopping With Their Ladies : The Miserable Men of Instagram . Account now has more than 50,000 followers and captures the pain suffered by men around the world who dread being dragged around the shops . | [[245, 294], [268, 328], [2602, 2673], [2647, 2707], [0, 49], [131, 140], [147, 213], [364, 410], [364, 375], [415, 446], [424, 463], [1147, 1265], [1168, 1220]] |
Extraordinary new drugs have cleared tumours that have spread throughout lung cancer patients ' whole bodies , scientists say . Some are even talking of the new immunotherapy drugs effectively curing patients of the disease , which has a grim survival record . After lung cancer has spread to other organs -- and by the time it 's spotted , it usually has -- most patients die within months . Dr Mick Peake : The doctor saw one man in his 40s who had lung cancer which had spread to his liver , brain , bones and adrenal glands - but the disease disappeared . Of all cancers it is by far the biggest killer in Britain , claiming 35,000 lives a year , more than bowel and breast cancer combined . But now scientists are reporting incredible success treating advanced lung cancer with drugs such as nivolumab . Next week ` stellar ' trial results for the antibody drug will be presented at the world 's biggest cancer conference , for the American Society of Clinical Oncology , in Chicago . Doctors will reveal that a quarter of 129 US patients with advanced lung cancer have survived at least two years after starting nivolumab . Dr Mick Peake of Glenfield Hospital in Leicester said : ` You would expect patients in that group to survive a few months , if you 're lucky . So to get 24 per cent living two years is extraordinary . ' He saw one man in his 40s had lung cancer which had spread to his liver , brain , bones and adrenal glands , he said . ` By the time it 's spread that far , you do n't expect patients to last more than a couple of months . But in a recent scan , his doctor could not find any evidence of residual disease . ' Dr Peake said it was also remarkable that so many were responding to this treatment . Of those treated with the optimum dose , 45 per cent were alive after two years . He said : ` In any trial you get the odd patient who does very well , but this is an order of magnitude above that . ' Glenfield Hospital : Dr Mick Peake of Glenfield Hospital in Leicester said in any trial you get the odd patient who does very well , but this is an order of magnitude above that . Last September , The Mail on Sunday revealed these drugs were being used to treat skin cancer with great success . Now they are having a similar effect on lung cancer , which is 15 times more deadly . Nivolumab is one of a new class of drug , called anti-PD1s and anti-PDL1s , which help the immune system ` see ' that tumours are deadly foes . Explaining how the drugs work Dr Peake said : ` Tumours develop a ` cloak ' , like a Star Wars force field , around themselves . This stops the immune system attacking them . ` These drugs take that force field away and allow the body 's immune response to fight the tumour . The beauty is we do not have the adverse side effects of conventional treatment . ' Professor Dean Fennell , who has been treating British patients with a similar drug , MK3475 , said : ` This is an enormous deal . There are patients on treatment who 've been going an incredibly long time . ' He added it was ` not inconceivable ' that they could be an ` effective cure ' for some -- allowing patients to live virtually disease-free for years . Dr Julie Brahmer . of John Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Centre in Baltimore , who has helped spearhead US nivolumab trials , said it was ` a little early ' to call it a cure . But she added : ` That 's what our hope is . ' She has also witnessed patients whose tumours have shrunk to almost nothing , with some people still well three years after treatment began . One is still well a year after treatment stopped -- suggesting the immune system ` learns ' from the intravenous therapy . However , Dr Brahmer , a supporter of US charity Uniting Against Lung Cancer , warned these new drugs were no ` magic bullet ' for lung cancer . ` The next step is to make the drugs even better -- combining them with standard treatments , other antibodies , and by priming the tumours . We have to figure out how to make them work for everyone . ' | Scientists are reporting success treating advanced lung cancer with drugs such as nivolumab . The drug helped a quarter of . 129 US patients with advanced lung cancer survive two . years . Nivolumab is one of a new class of drug , . called anti-PD1s and anti-PDL1s . | [[700, 808], [990, 1129], [990, 1129], [1015, 1129], [990, 1129], [1015, 1129], [2310, 2349], [2310, 2319], [2352, 2383]] |
Scientists are poised implement decades of study to give vision to the blind if a new bionic eye is approved by the FDA . In January , the Food Drug Administration was supposed to approve the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System by California developer Second Sight , now those in the U.S. who would qualify for the device wait with bated breath as February roars on . SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO . A new vision : A California company hopes to soon get approval for its retinal implant that could give sight back to thousands . A first of its kind technology , the Argus II was already approved for use in Europe in 2011 and is the culmination of 20 years of scientific research into the delicate and deeply complex sight organ . The implant and eyewear duo will most benefit patients with an inherited form of degenerative blindness that destroys the retina called retinitis pigmentosa , which affects about 3,000 people in the U.S. New eyes , new life : One day Elias Konstantopoulos -LRB- left , with grandson Anthony -RRB- hopes to see his families faces again with the help of the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System -LRB- on Konstantopoulos , right -RRB- . Sufferers of the disease experience a gradual retinal generation and an accompanying loss of vision that eventually leads to blindness . By implanting a series of electrodes inside the eye , the Argus II prosthesis will make up for the failing retina by itself transmitting information about lightness and darkness , for instance , to the brain . A second aspect of the Argus II is the eyeglass headset . Patients wear eyeglasses mounted with cameras that then transmit data about what is in front of them to a small wearable computer . Cyborg eye : a tiny set of electrodes become an electronic retina , as seen in this close-up . Form there , the information is . transmitted wirelessly to the implant and the brain is sent a series of . electrical impulses the patient . eventually learns to interpret as light , dark , and shapes . ` No . one really thought it would be possible because the tissue around the . eye is so soft and delicate , ' Dr. Mark Humayun , of the Keck School of . Medicine at USC told the Wall Street Journal . ` If . we continue to develop this type of technology and begin to understand . the new electrical language of pulses to the brain , to the eye , we can . apply it to other parts of the body and we can change our world and how . we relate to it , ' continued Dr. Humayun , who has been working on the . technology for 25 years and is co-creator the Argus II . Seeing the future : Lead reseachers believe the device will once day allow the blind to see color and even have their vision zoon , like like an iPhone . One early patient , Elias Konstantopoulos of Glen Burnie , Maryland , had . lost his sight completely to retinitis pigmentosa and sought help from . the Argus II researchers . After undergoing the implantation in 2011 , Konstantopoulos was able to distinguish between dark and light and used that ability to help him maneuver through space . His hope is to one day see the face of his grandson , Anthony . Neither Konstantopoulos nor any of the other recipients of the Argus II in the U.S. and Europe thus far are able to see completely normally . However , researchers say some of the Argus II recipients are able to identify letters just a few inches tall . Dr. Humayun says the device 's reliance on an external computer is key to its future success and usefulness . ` Software upgrades will allow us to do more for people -- because the implants do n't need to change , the glasses can be enhanced with software upgrades . ' Humayun sees a future where thanks to his device , once-blind patients will see in various colors and even , he says , in digital zoom , just like ` your iPhone . ' | First bionic human eye now awaiting approval from FDA . Argus II Prosthetic Retina is the product of over 20 years of research . ` We can . apply it to other parts of the body and we can change our world ' says inventor . | [[77, 121], [553, 565], [617, 721], [2337, 2345], [2346, 2381], [2386, 2409]] |
As the financial crisis hit in 2008 , she spoke for the nation when she asked a group of economists : ` Why did nobody notice ? ' Four years on , the Queen finally got her answer -- although it did n't seem much to her liking . The monarch was visiting the Bank of England in Threadneedle Street yesterday when she was buttonholed by one of its financial policy experts . Scroll down to watch . Golden look : Her Majesty examines the stacks of gold bars stored in the Bank 's vaults . Royal inspection : The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were shown the vaults at the Bank of England where thousands of gold bars are kept . Sujit Kapadia said he wanted to put . her mind at rest after she famously described the credit crunch as . ` awful ' during a visit to the London School of Economics in 2008 . At the time , she asked academics how the onset of the crisis could have been missed when it was so enormous . Yesterday Mr Kadapia told her that it . was partly because financial crises , like flu pandemics and earthquakes , . are hard to predict . People , she was also informed , got complacent because they thought the risk was being managed better than before . The Queen grimaced at this and said : ` But people had got a bit ... lax , had they ? ' Usually , she is notoriously discreet about her views on international events . But , remarkably , the Queen went on to . suggest that the Financial Services Authority may not have been . aggressive enough in its policing . She said : ` The Financial Services -- . what do they call themselves , the regulators -- Authority , which was . really quite new ... it did n't have any teeth . ' Hands-on : The Queen thoroughly inspects the gold vaults during her visit to the Bank of England . Value : The vaults contain thousands of bars of gold worth billions of pounds . The Duke of Edinburgh did n't help matters much , asking : ` There 's not another one coming , is there ? He then fixed Mr Kapadia and his group with a typically gimlet eye and barked : ` Do n't do it again ! ' Afterwards Mr Kapadia was optimistic . as he assessed the encounter , saying : ` It was a real pleasure to be able . to offer some explanation . I think she recognised that these things are . very difficult and it 's not a straightforward exercise . ` The strongest thing I got -LSB- from the Queen -RSB- is what are we trying to do so it does n't happen again . ' The FSA , which is being disbanded . after failing to spot the financial crisis which engulfed Britain , later . issued a stiff response to the Queen 's remarks . It said : ` We 've widely acknowledged . that the regulatory approach before the financial crisis in 2008 was . flawed and has since been completely changed . ' It was the Queen 's ninth visit to the . Bank . On her first , as the 11-year-old Princess Elizabeth , she signed a . thousand pound note . Interesting discussion : The Queen was taken with the discussion on how another downturn could be prevented , while the Duke joked with the Bank 's staff . Reason why : The Queen spoke to Sujit Kapadia who explained why the financial crisis was n't foreseen . During yesterday 's visit , she and . Prince Philip were each given the honour of each signing a # 1million . banknote , known as a ` giant ' by staff . As she scribbled her signature next to the 1937 note , she muttered : ` It has n't improved , really . ' On their tour , the Queen must have . been a little over-awed by the # 27billion worth that glittered in the . Bank of England 's basement vault . Visit : A large crowd had gathered outside the Bank as the Royal couple toured inside , which included an inspection of bank notes . It 's one of nine vaults dotted around London , in which the Bank stores around # 200billion of gold . This one contains 63,000 gold bars stacked in eight rows . Each four-tonne stack is four pallets high , and each pallet carries 80 bars . While , at 13kg -- around 2st -- a gold . bar is a little heavy to steal , the Duke of Edinburgh did seem tempted . by the # 1million banknote he was asked to sign . He joked ` is this just lying about ? ' , adding ` you wo n't miss it , will you ? ' . Signature : The Queen and the Duke each signed a # 1 million bank note to go into the guest book . Afterwards the Governor of the Bank , . Sir Mervyn King , thanked the Queen for her visit , describing the Bank 's . staff as ` unsung heroes ' who had kept the economy going ` in the most . difficult circumstances ' . And he asked the Queen for two early . Christmas presents . One was her signature on the banknote , and the other . was the Royal Assent on the Financial Services Bill . ` When is the Bill due ? ' The Queen . asked . ` It has gone through Parliament and should be with you before . Christmas , ' Sir Mervyn replied . Sweet view : Camilla , Duchess of Cornwall views a gingerbread model village on the Queen Victoria cruise ship at Southampton docks . | HM suggested Financial Services Authority watchdog ` did not have teeth ' Queen asks about economic crash and says : ` People got lax , did n't they ? ' Prince Phillip then tells Bank staff : ` Do n't do it again ! ' | [[1168, 1186], [1199, 1203], [1208, 1253], [1930, 1932], [1997, 2007], [2012, 2030], [2010, 2021]] |
One of Michael Jackson 's friends who testified that he was not molested by the pop superstar has now changed his story as he fights for money from Jackson 's estate . Wade Robson , one of the top music choreographers who has worked with Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake , got to know Michael Jackson decades ago when he began going for sleepovers at the Neverland Ranch . The now-30-year-old Robson is changing his tune , however , as he filed legal requests for financial compensation from the singer 's estate for ` childhood sexual abuse ' . Scroll down for video . Fanboy : Wade Robson , seen here at age 7 , grew close to Jackson when he was a child and frequently slept over the star 's infamous Neverland Ranch . The legal motion , which has been filed under seal so it is not available to the public , comes years after Robson made repeated public statements defending Jackson and denying any wrongdoing . New story : Wade Robson , seen here in 2008 , reportedly filed legal papers on May 1 claiming that Jackson 's estate should pay him money for childhood sexual abuse . The two met when Robson was five years old and Jackson was in his late 20s or early 30s . They bonded over a love of music and he repeatedly slept over his house and spent nights in the same bed as the much-older singer . Robson played a pivotal role in the 2005 trial , when Jackson faced 14 counts relating to child molestation and conspiracy to molest minors . He was found not guilty on all of the charges , and Robson was one of the star witnesses who defended Jackson , saying that he was never inappropriately touched or molested . A similar defense was given by their mutual friend Macaulay Culkin , who also slept over the singer 's ranch over a long period of time . In the past eight years , Robson has made a name for himself in the entertainment world , becoming one of the most sought-after choreographers . He has worked with Usher , Britney Spears , and NSYNC . His name hit the gossip columns in 2002 when Britney Spears ' relationship with Justin Timberlake ended after she allegedly cheated on the NSYNC star with the choreographer . Since then , Robson has worked on the show So You Think You Can Dance , and is currently in charge of Demi Lovato 's choreography . Synched stories : Though Robson testified at Jackson 's 2005 trial that he was never molested by the singer -LRB- both seen outside of the courtroom -RRB- , the papers his legal team just filed suggest otherwise . New gig : Robson has made frequent appearances on So You Think You Can Dance as a guest judge . But now , TMZ is . reporting that they heard from unidentified legal sources that Robson 's . legal team filed papers asking for an undisclosed sum from the Jackson . estate on May 1 . No other details about the filing have been released , . but they reportedly give an explicit detail of the alleged assault . News of the filing comes the same day as the late singer 's autopsy report revealed that Michael Jackson tattooed his lips pink , permanently inked his eyebrows and relied on a dark tattoo to blend his hairline into his wig . As the high profile trial of the singer 's tour promoter , AEG , continues , a disturbing photograph of the fallen pop star 's corpse was shown to the court on Monday by Dr Christopher Rogers . His coroner 's report described a man . whose struggle to hide a skin pigmentation disease forced him to mask . his true features but who would have lived a long life had he not . overdosed on propofol . The revelation of Jackson 's permanent . make-up comes during the trial brought by the singer 's mother . and children who claim AEG shares blame in his death for neglecting to . vet and supervise Mr Jackon 's doctor , Dr Conrad Murray . Face paint : A disturbing autopsy photograph of the singer , not released , was shown in court yesterday revealing that he tattooed his lips , his eyebrows and his hairline as seen here in older photos . | Wade Robson , a choreographer who was friends with Jackson when he was a child , filed papers to get money from the Jackson estate . Cites ` childhood sexual abuse ' but Robson was one of the star witnesses during the singer 's 2005 trial . At the time , Robson said that he was never sexually assaulted by the singer during the infamous sleepovers . Comes the same day autopsy revealed how the singer also tattooed his lips pink and suffered from a skin pigmentation disease since the 1980s . | [[0, 33], [94, 101], [110, 167], [0, 33], [98, 167], [440, 520], [998, 1085], [2675, 2747], [2692, 2747], [1308, 1354], [1502, 1538], [2296, 2378], [1520, 1538], [1562, 1624], [1656, 1675], [1703, 1762], [2296, 2378], [2892, 2966], [2933, 3080], [3367, 3402], [3375, 3423], [3843, 3948]] |
Sir Elton John , who has generously donated funds raised from his single Candle In The Wind to charity , with Princess Diana in 1993 . Sales of Candle In The Wind , the song performed by Sir Elton John at the Princess of Wales 's funeral , raised an incredible # 38 million for charity . The star 's performance moved mourners and millions watching the service on TV and became the fastest-selling single in history . The recording sold more than 33 million copies . Sir Elton generously donated his royalties to the Diana , Princess of Wales Memorial Fund . It will close on New Year 's Eve having raised a total of # 138 million , money that has been used to fund more than 400 projects close to Diana 's heart . The Princess was famed for her charity work , particularly raising the plight of AIDS victims . She also campaigned for a ban on landmines during a high-profile visit to Angola . John Bechard , the memorial fund 's accountant , said : ` When Diana died there were thousands of donations pouring in , but they were mostly around the # 5 and # 10 mark . ` The proceeds from Candle In The Wind gave us a remarkable chunk of money which massively raised the fund 's profile , triggering a snowball effect . We are indebted to Sir Elton for his generosity . ' Ownership of the fund will now pass to the charitable foundation set up for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry . Sir Elton John performing the specially re-written version of his classic Candle in the Wind during the funeral service for Diana , Princess of Wales at Westminster Abbey . | A total of # 38 million has been raised for charity from sales of Candle In The Wind . The recording sold more than 33 million copies following Sir Elton John 's performance at service . Money went to the Diana , Princes of Wales Memorial Fund , which closes of New Year 's Eve . | [[0, 14], [21, 102], [135, 162], [240, 287], [1067, 1141], [418, 466], [559, 591]] |
Volte face : Sue Marsh campaigned against cuts before taking a # 75,000-a-year job with the firm used by the Government to reform disability benefits . A leading campaigner against welfare cuts who claimed to be too sick to work has taken a # 75,000-a-year job with the firm used by the Government to reform disability benefits . Sue Marsh , a darling of the Left who has railed against Iain Duncan Smith 's reforms for the last five years , has been recruited by Maximus , the US company that has taken over a controversial ` fitness for work ' test for benefit claimants . Her extraordinary volte face has shocked and infuriated supporters , who have branded her a ` Judas ' and a ` sell-out ' . Mrs Marsh said she had undergone an ` enormous - almost cosmic - mindset shift ' that had led her to accept a job as the company 's new ` head of customer experience ' . She had previously claimed that in Maximus , the Department for Work and Pensions had sought out the ` worst provider they could find ' to assess claimants of disability benefits . Mr Duncan Smith , the Work and Pensions Secretary , welcomed Mrs Marsh 's decision to jump ship and take a lucrative position with the firm . ` I would be the first person to congratulate anyone who gets a job . I 'm sure there will be some whose negative attitudes to our reforms mean they will criticise her move . They should be ignored , ' the minister told the Daily Mail last night . Mrs Marsh ran a blog which she called the ` Diary of a Benefits Scrounger ' , detailing her own efforts to be declared unfit for work because of Crohn 's disease , an inflammatory bowel condition . She was eventually placed into the ` support group ' for employment and support allowance , the main sickness benefit , which is for people judged e unable to work or even to attend interviews . She was an architect of the Spartacus campaign , which produced a series of reports accusing the Government of cruelty and incompetence in its efforts to cut the welfare bill and was championed on Twitter by supporters including Lord Prescott , Alastair Campbell , Stephen Fry and Billy Bragg . Mrs Marsh appeared at the Labour Party 's annual conference in 2013 and wrote regularly for the Guardian . Announcing her new job , she admitted she had ` agonised ' about how to tell her supporters of her decision . Late last year , Maximus was awarded a three-and-a-half year contract to take over delivery of the ` work capability assessment ' -- the test of claimants ' ability to work -- from the much-criticised Atos Healthcare . Mrs Marsh insisted said she was motivated only by a desire to improve the system . ` Those who doubt my intentions and goals and those with different goals to mine will almost certainly be critical , and , in a sense , I understand that response . If I did n't know me I might be sceptical too , ' she added . Mrs Marsh said her own , successful application to be declared eligible for sickness benefits had been ` threatening and scary ' . But she insisted : ` It is not inherently a good thing for support group numbers to be high . If some of those people who qualify would actually rather like to work , but are terrified of an intimidating and farcical system of support , that actually leads to a life of fear of change , ' she said . ` We are coming up to an election period . There will be a hiatus and a time to breathe and take stock . There is a new provider , Maximus ... If there was ever a time to get significant and valuable changes to what now seems universally accepted to be a system that is in serious need of better delivery , it is now . ' Fans : Mrs Marsh was championed on Twitter by supporters including Alastair Campbell -LRB- L -RRB- and Stephen Fry . She said Maximus had given her ` fairly free rein to devise a strategy to bring about a wide range of improvements to the service from a customer perspective ' . ` Of course there are considerable benefits to both myself and Maximus in this development . I will be giving the same 300 per cent passion and commitment to them that I have been giving to campaigning . ` Crucially , it 's a campaigner 's job to change things , not just to make a lot of noise . Whilst I have to make an enormous - almost cosmic - mindset shift to take this direction , Maximus also have to bring me into their trust and with very little to go on . ` Someone is going to do it . I can do it , with all of my knowledge and personal experience of what is wrong with the system at the moment . ' One correspondent on Mrs Marsh 's website wrote : ` I am so sorry to say this but I feel betrayed so much I can only now call you Judas . ' Sue Marsh is a darling of the Left who railed against Iain Duncan Smith 's -LRB- above -RRB- reforms for the last five years . Another former supporter , Peter Farrington , said : ` Sorry , I have to add my name to the list sickened by this decision . So sickened in fact I do n't even want to try to explain why I find this a betrayal of the trust so many of us placed in you in recent years , Sue . ' Tony Cyphus branded Mrs Marsh a ` sell-out , just like all the MPs who go on to work for the multinationals ' . ` So what happened to `` I 'm in so much pain I ca n't work , please give me DLA -LSB- Disability Living Allowance -RSB- '' ? I ca n't wait to see how much of a hypocrite you turn out to be . And be aware you have just marked yourself for a life of hate from people who really are true victims of this and future governments , ' he added . Another activist wrote : ` You 've proudly displayed photos of yourself bed and hospital bound , yet it seems an offer of -LSB- reportedly -RSB- # 75k per annum plus benefits has healed you . You 've gone straight from the support group to full time employment - you truly are a modern day miracle . IDS 's prayers have been answered . ' A spokesman for Maximus said : ` We believe , given her experience , that Sue will be able to contribute a great deal in making the customer experience of work capability assessments a better one . ' | Sue Marsh campaigned against welfare cuts claiming to be too sick to work . But she 's taken # 75,000-a-year job with the firm used by the Government . 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Created : . 17:51 GMT , 16 May 2014 . A New York man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday for raping a girl and killing her mother after cutting off his ankle monitor last year . David Renz learned his fate in Onondaga County Court after a judge said he hoped the penalty would comfort the victims ' family . The 30-year-old had pleaded guilty to first-degree murder , admitting that he carjacked Liverpool librarian Lori Ann Bresnahan and her 10-year-old daughter March 14 , 2013 . Justice served : David Renz , 30 , pictured entering Judge Thomas Miller 's courtroom Friday , was sentenced to life in prison without parole for raping a girl and killing her mother . Divine judgement : Judge Thomas Miller warned Renz that one day he will face ` another judge ' who will impose a much harsher sentence . Renz stabbed and strangled the mother as she tried to stop him from raping her daughter . He had been under federal monitoring on child pornography charges but cut off his ankle GPS . Renz was sentenced earlier this year to 30 years in federal prison for possessing more than 11,000 images and 1,100 videos of child pornography . On Friday , Renz remained motionless and wore a blank expression on his face as his sentence was being read . Innocent victim : Lori Ann Bresnahan , a school librarian from Liverpool , New York , was kidnapped along with her daughter by Renz last March and stabbed to death while trying to prevent her attacker from raping the 10-year-old . Judge Thomas Miller had some harsh words for the defendant , whose behavior last March he characterized as ` despicable , ' Syracuse.com reported . ` One day , you will face another judge . One day when you pass from this earth , another judge will impose a harsher sentence for the absolute evil you committed , ' he said . Some of the slain librarian 's family members read their impact statements from the stand before the sentencing as Renz 's relatives sat in the audience . ` Nothing , absolutely nothing , prepares you for such a tragedy in your own family , ' Bresnahan 's cousin Jim O'Hara said . O'Hara , a former reporter with The Post-Standard , vividly described in his six-page handwritten statement the moment he found out that his relative had been brutally murdered , saying that he felt as cold ` as the most brutal of winter days . ' Kathleen Renz , the convicted killer 's mother , spoke to reporters after her son 's sentencing , saying that she prays every day for Lori Bresnahan and her daughter . Mrs Renz added that she was relieved to learn that federal prosecutors will not seek capital punishment for her son . ` It 's a great burden lifted , ' the mother said . The victim 's family pleaded with officials not to hold a death penalty trial to spare Bresnahan 's daughter additional trauma . Spared : Renz , pictured here in 2013 , will not face the death penalty because the victim 's family said they do not want Bresnahan 's daughter to testify against him in court . The shocking murder of Lori Breshnahan - and . the rape of her young daughter - occurred while Renz was awaiting trial . for the child pornography charges , and was confined to his home and . required to wear a monitoring device . On March 14 , 2013 - just six weeks . after he 'd been arrested for possessing child pornography - Renz removed . his required electronic monitoring device and drove to the Great . Northern Mann in Clay , New York , a suburb of Syracuse . Heartless : Renz , seen here in a mugshot , remained expressionless as his sentence was being read . Once at the mall , Renz parked his car . and walked around the parking lot , where he found Breshnahan - a school . librarian - and her daughter getting into their vehicle . Renz then forced his way into Breshahan 's car using an air pistol he claimed was a real gun and forced her to drive to a remote area of the mall 's parking lot where he bound both of his victims and - using a knife to cut a hole in her clothes - raped the young girl . Prosecutors said Renz was trying to . use cable ties to bind the woman to a headrest in her car when she . fought back and shouted for the girl to bolt from the vehicle . As the girl ran off and was rescued . by a passing motorist , her mother was strangled and repeatedly stabbed . in the head and chest , officials said . Renz was captured by police . shortly after . Weeks after the attack , a report by a . federal judge found that the officers failed to do monthly checks on . Renz that would have included inspection of the bracelet . Federal . probation officers in Syracuse who were monitoring Renz were fired or . demoted . Renz pleaded guilty to the murder and rape charges last year . Authorities say that several of the . child pornography videos found in Renz 's possession depicted acts . similar to the rape and murder for which Renz pleaded guilty . ` Let . the defendant 's other victims not . be forgotten , ' Assistant U.S. Attorney Lisa Fletcher said during Renz 's . child pornography sentencing hearing in March , according to Syracuse.com . ` Each and every child in each and every one of . the defendant 's 11,000 images and 1,100 videos for which he stands . convicted , every single one of those children was used by David Renz to . fuel his twisted interest in the exploitation of children . Every one of . them is also his victim . ' Fletcher . asked for a sentence of 30 to 70 years , and asked that any sentence the . judge imposed would run consecutively with whatever sentence Renz gets . for Breshahan 's murder . Perp walk : The attack happened two or three weeks after Renz acquired cable ties and an air pistol they said was used to threaten the woman into stopping in a suburban Syracuse mall parking lot . Monster : David Renz , 30 , pleaded guilty to charges of murder , rape and kidnapping in connection to a deadly carjacking of a woman and her daughter . Crime scene : New York State Police investigate a car involved in a fatal carjacking on Verplank Road , Clay , N.Y . Renz 's attorney , Assistant Federal . Public Defender Randi Bianco , asked for a sentence within the sentencing . guidelines of 19 to 24 years , citing the difficult life Renz has . suffered as the result of a facial deformity . Renz was born without the lower half of his left jaw and part of his cheekbone - a hereditary condition that would come to dominate his and his family 's lives . The man 's father , brother and sister all had the facial deformity but it was more pronoucnded in him , requiring multiple jaw-lengthening surgeries that drained his parents ' already limited resources . In school , his friends recalled that Renz had to cover the hole in his neck from a tracheotomy so he could be heard , drawing bewildered stares from his classmates . Those who knew him as a child described Renz as a bright kid who loved computers and was good at math , science and social studies , but he was also a loner who was always picked last for athletic activities and group work . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article . | David Renz , 30 , fatally stabbed librarian Lori Ann Bresnahan as she tried to prevent him from raping her daughter in March 2013 . Renz pleaded guilty to possessing more than 11,000 images of child pornography and 1,100 videos . While out on bond for the child pornography charges , Renz carjacked the mother and daughter in a Syracuse , New York , parking lot . Victim 's family asked prosecutors not to hold death penalty trial to spare Bresnahan 's daughter additional trauma . Renz 's mother said after sentencing she prays for the victim 's family every day . | [[827, 831], [844, 916], [1285, 1303], [1414, 1497], [1011, 1120], [1011, 1015], [1078, 1156], [4856, 4877], [331, 346], [391, 504], [1267, 1282], [1285, 1303], [1346, 1409], [5645, 5651], [5659, 5755], [5756, 5763], [5784, 5908], [2689, 2732], [2689, 2709], [2723, 2797], [2818, 2824], [2858, 2996], [2351, 2364], [2400, 2446], [2456, 2464], [2351, 2364], [2449, 2518]] |
David Cameron 's authority in Parliament and on the world stage was dealt an unprecedented blow last night as he faced a breathtaking Commons defeat over plans for missile strikes on Syria . In an extraordinary assault on the Prime Minister 's authority , 50 coalition MPs joined Labour in voting against a watered-down Government motion supporting the ` principle ' of military action . There were shouts of ` resign ' from the Labour benches as the result -- 285 votes to 272 -- was announced to a shocked House of Commons . Scroll down for video . Chastened : British MPs voted by 272 votes to 285 to reject Prime Minister David Cameron 's motion backing British intervention in principle . The last time a Prime Minister was defeated over an issue of war and peace was in 1782 . A . Downing Street source said Mr Cameron had no intention of resigning , . adding : ` His colleagues support him on most things , but on this issue . they disagreed . ' Education . Secretary Michael Gove was said to have shouted at Tory rebels outside . the chamber : ` You 're a disgrace , you 're a disgrace . ' Chancellor George Osborne today raised concern that the UK 's place in the world would be undermined by the vote . He told BBC Radio 4 's Today programme : ' I think there will be a national soul-searching about our role in the world and whether Britain wants to play a big part in upholding the international system , be that big open and trading nation that I 'd like us to be or whether we turn our back on that . ' I understand the deep scepticism that my colleagues in Parliament many members of the public have about British involvement in Syria . ' I hope this does n't become the moment where we turn our back on the world 's problems . ' Blast : People inspect the damage at a site hit by what activists say was a car bomb in Raqqa province , Syria . Conservatives David Amess -LRB- Southend West -RRB- Richard Bacon -LRB- Norfolk South -RRB- Steven Baker -LRB- Wycombe -RRB- John Baron -LRB- Basildon & Billericay -RRB- Andrew Bingham -LRB- High Peak -RRB- Crispin Blunt -LRB- Reigate -RRB- Fiona Bruce -LRB- Congleton -RRB- Tracey Crouch -LRB- Chatham & Aylesford -RRB- David Davies -LRB- Monmouth -RRB- Philip Davies -LRB- Shipley -RRB- David Davis -LRB- Haltemprice & Howden -RRB- Nick de Bois -LRB- Enfield North -RRB- Richard Drax -LRB- Dorset South -RRB- Gordon Henderson -LRB- Sittingbourne & Sheppey -RRB- Philip Hollobone -LRB- Kettering -RRB- Adam Holloway -LRB- Gravesham -RRB- Phillip Lee -LRB- Bracknell -RRB- Julian Lewis -LRB- New Forest East -RRB- Jason McCartney -LRB- Colne Valley -RRB- Stephen McPartland -LRB- Stevenage -RRB- Nigel Mills -LRB- Amber Valley -RRB- Anne-Marie Morris -LRB- Newton Abbot -RRB- Andrew Percy -LRB- Brigg & Goole -RRB- Sir Richard Shepherd -LRB- Aldridge-Brownhills -RRB- Sir Peter Tapsell -LRB- Louth & Horncastle -RRB- Andrew Turner -LRB- Isle of Wight -RRB- Martin Vickers -LRB- Cleethorpes -RRB- Charles Walker -LRB- Broxbourne -RRB- Chris White -LRB- Warwick & Leamington -RRB- DR SARAH WOLLASTON -LRB- Totnes -RRB- . Lib Dems Gordon Birtwistle -LRB- Burnley -RRB- Mike Crockart -LRB- Edinburgh West -RRB- Andrew George -LRB- St Ives -RRB- Mike Hancock -LRB- Portsmouth S -RRB- Julian Huppert -LRB- Cambridge -RRB- Ian swales -LRB- Redcar -RRB- Sarah Teather -LRB- Brent Central -RRB- Dan Rogerson -LRB- North Cornwall -RRB- Roger Williams -LRB- Brecon and Radnorshire -RRB- . Mr . Cameron , who had made a passionate plea for support over proposals for . targeted strikes on Damascus after a chemical weapons attack last week , . was forced to issue a humiliating climbdown . ` It . is clear to me the British Parliament does not want to see British . military action . I get that and the Government will act accordingly , ' he . told MPs . His decision to . pledge to stand shoulder to shoulder with the US in a planned attack on . Syria , and to recall Parliament from its summer recess for an emergency . debate , backfired spectacularly . Mr Cameron had been counting on . Labour 's support to ensure he could win a Commons vote authorising . strikes , despite the doubts of scores of Tory MPs . Labour , . however , refused to back the Government , prompting the angriest foreign . policy row between the main parties since Suez in 1956 . The Tories . accused Ed Miliband of giving ` succour ' to President Bashar Assad 's . regime . Defence Secretary . Philip Hammond said : ` I 'm disappointed with Ed Miliband 's behaviour , . frankly . Anything that stops this from giving a clear , united view of . the British Parliament will give some succour to the regime . ' After . the vote , Mr Hammond said : ` I hope Britain is n't going to retreat into . being the sort of nation that is n't going to act to uphold international . norms . ' Sir Gerald . Howarth , a former defence minister who voted ` reluctantly ' with the . Government , accused Mr Cameron of rushing into the vote . Reza Afshar , head of the Syria team at the Foreign Office , tweeted simply : ` Disaster . ' Senior US officials said President Obama was prepared to move ahead with a limited military strike despite last night 's vote . Two . Tory ministers , International Development Secretary Justine Greening . and Foreign Office minister Mark Simmonds , apparently missed the vote . after not hearing a division bell . Debate : A chastened Mr Cameron was forced by Labour leader Ed Miliband to pledge not to deploy any UK military forces without first staging another Commons vote . Dusty landscape : Free Syrian Army fighters drive a military tank that belonged to forces loyal to Syria 's President Bashar al-Assad after they seized it , in Aleppo 's town of Khanasir . An . earlier Labour motion , demanding further conditions before Britain . could be involved in any military action , was defeated by 332 votes to . 220 . In other developments : . Moment : MPs last night dramatically voted against David Cameron 's plea to take military action against Syria . Recall : Mr Cameron told a packed House of Commons that Britain had to decide how to respond to ` one of the most abhorrent uses of chemical weapons in a century ' Demonstrate : Protesters speaking out against military action in Syria stand outside the Houses of Parliament . Last . night 's vote is a grave humiliation for Mr Cameron and will also raise . doubts about the future of the ` Special Relationship ' between Britain . and the US . One Whitehall source said Britain was ` handing back its . deputy sheriff 's badge ' to Washington . The shadow of Tony Blair loomed . large over yesterday 's proceedings , with speaker after speaker referring . to the mistakes and misinformation of the Iraq War . The . Prime Minister acknowledged that Iraq had ` truly poisoned the well of . public opinion ' on military intervention . Prudent : An RAF Typhoon jet comes in to land at Akrotiri in Cyprus yesterday as a ` prudent and precautionary measure ' , the Ministry of Defence said . Target : Syria 's President Bashar al-Assad -LRB- centre left -RRB- pictured yesterday during a meeting with a Yemeni delegation in Damascus . He admitted there was not ` one . smoking piece of intelligence ' but insisted it was ` beyond doubt ' that . Assad 's regime was responsible for a chemical attack that killed at . least 350 civilians . Mr . Miliband insisted he was not ruling out backing military strikes at some . point , but presented his own ` sequential roadmap ' before he thought . Britain should take such a step . Asked if Mr Miliband was giving comfort . to Assad , a Downing Street spokesman said : ` Yes . The fact is that a lot . of the arguments over this could give succour to the regime . ' No . 10 also accused Mr Miliband of ` flipping and flopping ' and having . privately indicated his party would back military intervention before . moving the goalposts at the last minute . Making their point : Protesters demonstrating against military action in Syria stand outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster , central London . Placards : A protester demonstrating against military action in Syria outside the Houses of Parliament in London . Opposition : As MPs debated the UK response to the Syria crisis , protestors gathered outside the Commons . Anger : Anti-war protesters have staged a number of demonstrations in Westminster this week . Labour said the suggestion it . was giving succour to Assad was ` frankly insulting ' . Mr . Cameron acknowledged voters were sceptical about getting into ` another . war in the Middle East ' but insisted he was not proposing a long-running . campaign to dislodge Assad -- rather a strike on ` command and control ' assets to try to reduce the chances of another chemical weapons attack . A . string of senior Conservatives , however , expressed doubts about the . wisdom of intervention and Mr Cameron 's rush to join the US . Former Tory . leadership contender David Davis said : ` It 's very simple -- when you are . going to do things which will lead to the death of people , civilians in . particular , you should get your facts right first . ' Campaign : UKIP leader Nigel Farage -LRB- left -RRB- and his deputy Paul Nuttall launched this poster opposing Britain intervention in Syria . Condemnation : Mr Farage said David Cameron 's policy on Syria was his ` gravest misjudgment yet ' Lord Dannatt , former head of the British Army , said he did not support military intervention in Syria in any shape . He said : ` The drums of war were banging very loudly two or three days ago . The people did n't like it . ' But . Dr Liam Fox , former Conservative defence secretary , said : ` Appeasement . has never worked to further the cause of peace . It will not now and it . will not in the future . ' Lord . Howard , the former Conservative leader , said : ` We are in danger of . allowing the United States and France to act as the conscience of the . world while the United Kingdom stands on the sidelines wringing its . hands . ' | PM 's authority in Parliament and on world stage dealt unprecedented blow . Shouts of ` resign ' from Labour benches as 285-272 vote was announced . Last time any PM was defeated over issue of war and peace was in 1782 . Downing Street source says David Cameron has no intention of resigning . Gove allegedly shouted at Tory rebels outside chamber : ` You 're a disgrace ' Britain faces ` soul-searching ' about role in the world , says George Osborne . | [[0, 190], [191, 253], [256, 337], [388, 457], [461, 526], [563, 649], [694, 768], [708, 724], [763, 782], [787, 854], [814, 854], [965, 1037], [1075, 1095], [1098, 1212], [1256, 1414]] |
Google has . denied it ever deleted - and then reinstated - a MailOnline story about a . notorious child killer under the controversial ` right to be forgotten ' European . Court ruling . The search . giant had informed MailOnline earlier this month that a story about killer . Ronald Castree , which appeared on the website in November 2007 , had been . removed from European search results . The father . of Castree 's 11-year-old victim Lesley Molseed had described the removal of the . article as ` appalling ' . Father . Fred Anderson said : ` He has n't got the right to be forgotten - it 's terrible . ` He 's . locked up in prison for life and he keeps coming up with things . We 'll never . get peace , this has been going on for 40 years . ' Scroll down for video . Killer : The story Google has denied ever deleting relates to the 2007 conviction of paedophile Ronald Castree , 61 , -LRB- left -RRB- , for the murder of Lesley Molseed , 11 -LRB- right -RRB- in 1975 . Lesley 's father Fred Anderson -LRB- pictured -RRB- said : ` He has n't got the right to be forgotten - it 's terrible ' Lesley had walked to the shop from her home in Delamere Road , Rochdale , pictured , when she was abducted . The ruling by European judges gives . people the right to have ` inadequate ' and ` irrelevant ' results about . them wiped from the web , which led to the search engine being bombarded . with requests . The article about the conviction of Castree , 61 , is just one of thousands Google has removed from search results and just one of numerous MailOnline articles affected by the ruling . A story about a millionaire banker blamed for helping cause the global financial crisis was among the first to be hidden as was an airline accused of racism by a Muslim job applicant . However , a spokesman from Google early Saturday said that while the article HAD been removed from some search results it was NOT at the request of Ronald Castree . And he said the request had been granted to someone else mentioned in the article but that the story would still appear if Castree was used at the search term . Under the right to be forgotten rule , stories are not entirely deleted by Google , rather they simply will no longer appear if a certain search name is used . The spokesman refused to say who had asked for the article to be removed and thus granted the right to be forgotten . The body of Lesley Molseed being removed from the windswept moor where Castree left it in October 1975 . Castree , a book dealer and married father of one , snatched Lesley off the street near her home in Rochdale as she went to buy bread for her mother in October 1975 . He had been on the way to visit his wife and her new baby in hospital . Castree killed Lesley in a frenzied attack , stabbing her 12 times , once through the heart , before leaving her body on a lonely moor in West Yorkshire . He then kept quiet when an innocent man , Stefan Kiszko , was tried , convicted , sentenced and served 16 years for a crime he did not commit . The real killer was only captured in 2006 when a DNA sample Castree had given in relation to an attack on a prostitute in 2005 was found to be an exact match for sperm found on Lesley 's underwear . In 2007 , he was found guilty of murder at Bradford Crown Court and told he would not be considered for parole until 2037 , by which time he will be 84 . He attempted to appeal his conviction in 2008 , but was rejected . Jim Killock , Executive Director of Open Rights Group , said : ` It is deeply problematic that a private company can make decisions about things that get censored , as they will end up making mistakes . ' The BBC 's economics editor , Robert Peston , was affected by the ruling when he had a 2007 blogpost about the former Merrill Lynch boss Stan O'Neal excluded from some search results . He said today of the MailOnline 's story : ` It does not seem to be in the public interest for the `` right to be forgotten '' to be applied to stories such as this one . ' Paedophile convicted of Lesley Molseed murder - after evading justice for 32 years . Original article that was published by MailOnline on 16 November 2007 . Lesley Molseed was abducted and stabbed to death by Ronald Castree in October 1975 . Ronald Castree , 54 , will serve a minimum of 30 years for what the judge called ' a truly dreadful crime ' , adding that he accepted the killer would probably die in jail . Lesley Molseed , from Rochdale , was abducted and killed in 1975 , in a case which resulted in one of Britain 's most notorious miscarriages of justice . Her body was found on Rishworth Moor in West Yorkshire and Stefan Kiszko , a lonely misfit , confessed to the crime under duress . He was jailed and served 16 years before he was cleared in 1991 when it emerged that sperm samples taken from her clothes could not have been his , as he was infertile . He died the following year . Forensic scientists used new techniques to produce a DNA profile in 2000 . And last year they found that Castree , who had given a sample after being arrested in 2005 on another matter , was a one-in-a-billion match . Court records also showed that days before Mr Kiszko stood trial , Castree had abducted a nine-year-old and subjected her to an indecent assault which led to a conviction . At the murder trial , Castree tried to have this conviction kept from the jury . He also argued that the sample from Lesley 's clothes must have innocently become contaminated with his DNA . But the jury at Bradford Crown Court was not taken in . Mr Justice Openshaw told Castree , a trader in comic books : ` You kept quiet whilst an entirely innocent man was arrested , tried , convicted and sentenced for this murder . ' Lesley 's mother April Garrett , left , said justice had been done when Castree was convicted of her daughter 's murder - not before innocent man Stefan Kiszko , right , spent 16 years in jail for a crime he did not commit . Afterwards Lesley 's mother , who has reverted to her maiden name , April Garrett , said : ` We are relieved that after so long our quest for justice for Lesley is now over . ' He appeared to all the world as a caring father - and a hard-working , self-made man . But for 32 years , Ron Castree lived with a terrible secret . Behind his respectable facade , he was a paedophile and serial sex attacker who eventually progressed to child murder . While his wife and her baby were in hospital in 1975 , Castree snatched Lesley Molseed off a street in Rochdale as she went to buy bread for her mother . He drove the 11-year-old , who had learning difficulties , to a windswept moor , sexually assaulted her and stabbed her to death in a ` frenzied ' attack . To read the full story click here . The EU 's ` right to be forgotten ' legislation allows European citizens to request that links to ` inadequate , irrelevant or no longer relevant ' information be removed from Google search results . In short , Google must remove articles if the impact on the individual 's privacy is greater than the public 's right to find it , the European Union Court of Justice found . The landmark case that led to the new legislation was brought by a Spanish man who complained that an auction notice of his repossessed home on Google 's search results infringed his privacy . Since the legislation was introduced in May , Google has said it has received more than 120,000 requests from across Europe ranging from serious criminal records , embarrassing photos and negative press stories . An online form was launched to allow EU citizens to ask for personal data to be taken down . The form requires links to the material the person wants removed , their country of origin , and a reason for their request . Individuals also have to attach a valid photo identity . Google then assesses each request individually , before deciding whether to remove information from search results . Since May , MailOnline has had several articles taken down . Among the most high profile articles removed was one from May 2009 describing the captivity in which Josef Fritzl kept his family . It has also included a September 2010 article about multi-millionaire Tory MP Jonathan Djanogly , who admitted hiring private eyes to spy on his local party members . A December 2003 column on how the schoolfriend of Prince William , Edward Stanbury , was jailed for nine months after 43 ecstasy tablets , 4.2 grammes of cocaine and three-quarters of a kilo of cannabis were found at his London flat . A March 2004 column by Richard Kay , also on Mr Stanbury , about how just weeks after he had been allowed home from prison , the Old Etonian had put his university studies aside and sold his flat . A July 2007 story about teenager Kyle Ivison who was given an ASBO for committing 40 per cent of the offences in Clitheroe , Lancashire . An article from 2008 about drunken University of Bristol student Alex Fiallos , who drove his Mini Cooper round the university campus like a scene from the Italian Job . An article from February 2011 about Muslim airport worker Salim Zakhrouf who accused airline Cathay Pacific of racism after he was refused a job interview -- only to be offered one when he applied two days later using a fake white British-sounding name . A story about Scottish referee Dougie McDonald , who admitted lying to Celtic manager Neil Lennon about the awarding of a penalty in 2010 . | The ruling by European judges gives people the right to have ` inadequate ' and ` irrelevant ' results about them wiped from the web . Spokesman from Google said that while the article HAD been removed from some search results it was NOT at the request of paedophile Ronald Castree . He said request was granted to someone else mentioned in the article . Paedophile is serving a 30-year jail term for murdering young girl in 1975 . | [[355, 393], [1209, 1246], [1247, 1321], [6745, 6904], [6872, 6944], [1479, 1572], [1793, 1947], [1948, 2070], [4255, 4269], [4272, 4360], [4429, 4443], [4479, 4493], [4496, 4505]] |
Graphic photographs have emerged of the victims of an massacre allegedly committed by gangs of Syrian militia loyal to President Bashar Assad . The images - pixelated because they are so horrific - show shot , stabbed and burned bodies piled in the streets of the village of Baniyas . Among the victims are a number of children , some no more than toddlers . Scroll down for video . In May , photographs were released of bodies lying in a street in Baniyas after more than 140 people died in a sectarian massacre by pro-Assad forces in Baniyas and Bayda . Massacred : This image provided by The Syrian Revolution against Bashar Assad reportedly shows dead bodies at Bayda village , where scores of people were allegedly killed by regime forces . Bodies lying inside lying inside a house in Bayda were shown in a YouTube video after two days of slaughter in May . Some were lying in pools of blood , and one toddler was covered in burns , her clothes singed and her legs charred . Some of the women victims were mutilated . April 2011 : More than 70 protesters killed as security forces fire on crowds in Deraa and Damascus . December 2011 : Activists say more than 100 army defectors killed over two days in Idlib province . May 2012 : Some 108 killed in Houla , near Homs - UN later blames Syrian troops and militia . August 2012 : Witnesses and activists say at least 300 killed as government forces storm Darayya , a Damascus suburb . January 2013 : At least 100 people killed and burned in their homes in Haswiya , near Homs . At least 77 people - 20 from the same family - were killed , a day after 72 died in nearby Bayda after it was overrun by government forces . Assad 's regime claimed it had fought back against ` terrorist ' groups ' and restored peace and security to the area . But activists have posted harrowing video . clips online to back up their claims that pro-regime militia known as . the Shabbiha are involved in the operation . The BBC 's correspondent Jim Muir claims there is a strong sectarian dimension to the killings . Baniyas is a Sunni Muslim pocket in the middle of a large Alawite enclave on Syria 's Mediterranean coast , and activists in the area accuse militias loyal to Assad of ethnic cleansing . The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the names of at least 50 dead in Bayda . There were reports of men 's bodies , some blindfolded , lying in the street . The Observatory , which relies on a . network of activists on the ground , cited witnesses as saying that some . of the victims were killed with knives or blunt objects and that dozens . of villagers were missing . The massacre began following clashes with Assad forces who had earlier arrested villagers and killed them in prison after torture . A survivor named as Abu Abdullah told the Sunday Telegraph : ` Security and Shabbiha militia entered the village with knives and guns and started to kill everybody they met . ` Almost 60 per cent of the women and children of the village were killed . ' Lifeless : Lying sprawled on the ground , the body of a man killed when Syrian regime forces overran the village of Bayda . The image was taken from a video . His face has been pixelated because of his injuries . Conflict casualties : Two bodies lying in the village of Bayda - said to be victims of militia loyal to President Assad . Hundreds of Sunni families are now fleeing the area , heading for nearby towns like Jableh and Tartou . But Rami Abdelrahman , head of the Observatory said : ` Now the army is turning people back at the checkpoints outside the town , telling them to go back to Baniyas , that nothing is wrong . ` There are also announcements going out on mosque loud speakers telling people to return home . ' | Bodies of women mutilated and one toddler was covered in burns . Survivor tells of pro-regime gangs killing everybody they met with knives and guns . Sunni families fleeing the sectarian attacks , but army tells them to go home . | [[144, 284], [899, 937], [980, 1022], [51, 143], [463, 555], [2832, 2861], [2907, 2943], [3357, 3408], [3465, 3512], [3517, 3588]] |
Revolution : Gene therapies can change a person 's DNA . Regulators yesterday approved the first therapy in the western world that can correct errors in a person 's genetic code . Europe has approved Glybera to be used against a rare inherited disorder which disrupts fat production in the body . The treatment uses a virus to counteract LPLD , lipoprotein lipase deficiency , which can led to acute inflammation of the pancreas . The illness affects around one or two people per million and sufferers have damaged copies of a gene which is essential for breaking down fats . The virus infects muscle cells with a copy of a healthy gene and a one-off treatment is effective . The treatment was backed by an advisory panel to the European Commission in July and full approval was granted yesterday . The medicine should be available next year . Professor John Kastelein , of the University of Amsterdam , said the therapy would have a ` dramatic impact ' on patients . Only two other gene therapies have previously been approved for sale , both in China . It will cost around # 1 million -LRB- $ 1.6 million -RRB- per patient , a new record for pricey modern medicines . Joern Aldag , chief executive of Amsterdam-based uniQure , said more such treatments would follow and argued a high price was justified because gene therapy restored natural body function and was not just a short-term fix . ` This provides higher benefit to patients than the classical protein replacement strategy and this is why we think we should be fairly and adequately compensated , ' he said in a telephone interview on Friday . Patients with LPLD , which affects no more than one or two people per million , are unable to handle fat particles in their blood and are at risk of acute and potentially fatal inflammation of the pancreas . The approval follows a positive recommendation from the European Medicines Agency in July . Glybera treats the genetic disorder lipoprotein lipase deficiency -LRB- LPLD -RRB- by altering sufferers ' DNA . LPLD affects about one in a million people , leaving them without a vital gene that breaks down fat particles in their blood . It means fat builds up in the blood leading to abdominal pain and life-threatening inflammation of the pancreas -LRB- pancreatitis -RRB- . The only other way to manage the disease is by having a very low-fat diet . The therapy uses a virus -LRB- pictured -RRB- to infect muscle cells with a working copy of the gene . The privately owned firm is now working with governments on potential pricing strategies , which are likely to vary from country to country , ahead of the commercial roll-out from the second half of 2013 . Aldag said some countries preferred the idea of a one-off payment at the time of treatment but others were interested in an annuity system , which would probably involve charging around # 200,000 a year for five years . That kind of annual charge would put Glybera in a similar price range to expensive enzyme replacement therapies for other rare diseases , such as Cerezyme for Gaucher disease from Sanofi 's Genzyme unit . UniQure is also preparing to apply for regulatory approval for Glybera in the United States , Canada and other markets . The idea of treating disease by replacing a defective gene with a working copy gained credence in 1990 with the success of the world 's first gene therapy clinical tests against a rare condition called severe combined immunodeficiency -LRB- SCID -RRB- . People with SCID - also known as ` bubble boy disease ' - can not cope with infections and usually die in childhood . The field then suffered a major setback when an Arizona teenager died in a gene therapy experiment in 1999 and two French boys with SCID developed leukaemia in 2002 . In China , Shenzhen SiBiono GeneTech won approval for a gene therapy drug for head and neck cancer in 2003 but no products have been approved until now in Europe or the United States . More recently , some large pharmaceutical companies have also been exploring gene therapy . GlaxoSmithKline , for example , signed a deal in 2010 with Italian researchers to develop a SCID therapy . | Gene therapy drug given green light for rare disease . Glybera to cost # 1m -LRB- $ 1.6 m -RRB- for each patient . Drug is first to get approval in Western world . EU go-ahead paves way for many more treatments . | [[180, 252], [1055, 1124]] |
In his youth : Sydney Swift -LRB- pictured as a Lance Sergeant -RRB- , who helped bury Rifleman Horace Savage , wants his fallen comrade exhumed and re-buried . For seven decades Sydney Swift believed the soldier he buried in a battlefield after his death in front of him was given a proper military funeral and headstone in a cemetery . But when the 95-year-old British Lance Sergeant 's friends visited the Catania War Cemetery in Sicily , Italy , they could not find any memorial for Rifleman Horace Savage . The soldier was first buried in unmarked graves along with Rifleman Edwin Pearton and Lance Corporal John Biggs , close to where the three men fell during World War Two in July 1943 . After the war , the bodies of Rfn Pearton and LCpl Biggs were exhumed and they were given a military funeral and headstone at the Sicily cemetery . It had been presumed that Rfn Savage was also re-buried there after a funeral following his death at Primosole Bridge in Catania , which preceded the mainland Allied Invasion of Italy . So when friends told Mr Swift they were visiting the cemetery , the great-grandfather asked them to leave flowers on the grave of Rfn Savage . But they found no headstone for the soldier . This prompted an investigation by Mr Swift , who found his fallen comrade 's name on the Cassino Memorial at the Cassino War Cemetery in Frosinone . This site is 370 miles from Sicily on mainland Italy and lists more than 4,000 Commonwealth soldiers who took part in the Italian campaign but whose graves are not known . Fallen : After the war , the bodies of Rifleman Edwin Pearton -LRB- grave left -RRB- and Lance Corporal John Biggs -LRB- right -RRB- were exhumed and they were given a military funeral and headstone at the Catania War Cemetery in Sicily , Italy . Now , despite the passing of seven decades , Mr Swift said he can pinpoint to within a few yards the location of the grave he placed the serviceman in with the help of a stretcher bearer . With the London Irish Rifles Regimental Association 's backing , he is urging Italian authorities and the Commonwealth War Grave Commission to now bury Rfn Savage with full military honours . They also want to trace the family of Rfn Savage , who was in the 1st battalion London Irish Rifles . Mr Swift , from Wisbech , Cambridgeshire , said : ` Last year friends of mine were going to Sicily and asked them to look up the three men killed in action at Primisole Bridge in Catania . ` They came back and said they had only found two graves . We researched his name and realised it was on the Cassino Memorial as `` no known grave '' . Nowhere to be seen : When the friends of British Lance Sergeant Sydney Swift visited the Catania War Cemetery in Sicily , Italy , they could not find any headstone for Rifleman Horace Savage . Site : It had been presumed that Rfn Savage was also re-buried at the Catania War Cemetery after a funeral following his death at Primisole Bridge in Catania , before the Allied Invasion of Italy , but his grave is not there . ` Well , I know where his grave is . because I buried him in a ditch that we were holding as a position . It . was the only time I have buried somebody in my life . I am hardly likely . to forget it . The successful push into Italy began in Sicily in July 1943 , which led to the collapse of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini 's government . The Sicily invasion , which faced relatively little resistance , was the beginning of the Allied invasion of Axis-controlled Europe . Allied forces made it into mainland Italy by September that year , landing in the south , and the Italians agreed to surrender . But the Germans set up huge defensive lines to block any push north , and the Allied attack proved to be long-running and costly . However the Allies managed to break through and captured Rome in June 1944 , two days before D-Day in Normandy , France . Germany 's forces in Italy surrendered on May 1945 , six days before the whole country did so . ` I put a . marker on the grave . He must still be there . The Commonwealth War Graves . Commission have told me that if a body is discovered they can arrange . for a proper burial and a headstone . ` Somebody needs to go and find him for that to happen . He needs a proper burial and proper grave . ' The . three men were killed when a 16-man patrol was sent out towards high . ground in Catania to make contact with the Germans . As they neared the . enemy line German machine guns opened up . Mr . Swift and a stretcher bearer recovered a mortally-wounded Rfn Savage . and carried him back to a dressing station 400 yards away , where he died . a few minutes later . Mr Swift said : ` The men had been mown . down by machine gun fire and Savage had been shot . Two stretcher bearers . were told to recover him but one of them was too frightened so I went . ` The Germans were very fair and did n't . fire on us and allowed us to bring Savage back to the ambulance . He was . in a lot of pain and was delirious . Attack : Scenes during the Allied Invasion of Italy in World War Two , as British troops pick their way through the ruins of the Italian village of Cassino , where Rfn Savage is commemorated on a memorial . ` We could n't do anything for him and . he died at the ambulance . We buried him out of sight in the ditch . ` The Germans were very fair and did n't fire on us and allowed us to bring Savage back to the ambulance . He was in a lot of pain and was delirious . We could n't do anything for him and he died at the ambulance . We buried him out of sight in the ditch ' Sydney Swift on Rfn Horace Savage . ` I . was very upset as he was a friend and it was probably due to the trauma . that I forgot to take his identity tags and personal possessions of . him . I think he had a ring on his finger . I do n't know why he was n't . found . ' Details of where dead soldiers ended up were often recorded contemporaneously in the regimental war diaries . After the fighting had moved on or even . after the war had finished the Commonwealth War Graves Commission . located as many men as possible and buried them in local war cemeteries . But due to the ` fog of war ' , the records were sometimes missing or incomplete and many men were forgotten about . Successful mission : File pictures of the Sicily invasion in 1943 . The three men were killed when a 16-man patrol was sent out towards high ground in Catania to make contact with the Germans . London Irish Regimental Association spokesman Nigel Wilkinson said : ` Mr Swift believes that he can still locate Savage 's grave and desperately wants to see his comrade buried beside his friends before he dies . It is right that he should be properly buried . ' Peter Francis , of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission , said : ` If a set of remains were discovered and confirmed to be a Commonwealth serviceman they would be presented to us for proper burial . We would mark the grave and care for it . ' | Sydney Swift buried Horace Savage after he died in battle in Catania , Italy . He was buried along with Edwin Pearton and John Biggs , who died with him . After war , bodies of Pearton and Biggs exhumed and put in Sicily cemetery . 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Should Neymar have been sent off for elbow on Modric ? Should Neymar have been sent off for elbow on Modric ? Now share your opinion . Croatia coach Niko Kovac launched a broadside at referee Yuichi Nishimura after his side lost 3-1 to Brazil in the World Cup opener . Kovac was fuming after Neymar escaped a red card for elbowing Luka Modric in the first half and the hosts were awarded a soft penalty when Fred was fouled by Dejan Lovren in the second . And his team saw a late goal disallowed when the Japanese official adjudged Ivica Olic to have fouled Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar while challenging in the air . VIDEO Scroll down to watch Sportsmail 's Ashton and Sale verdict on Brazil v Croatia . Fuming : Croatia coach Niko Kovac argues with fourth official Alireza Faghani after his side lost 3-1 to Brazil in their opening World Cup match in Sao Paulo . Making a point : Kovac continues to remonstrate with the officials after a series of decisions went against his team . Surrounded : Luka Modric , Darijo Srna and Dejan Lovren -LRB- shown the yellow card -RRB- argue with referee Yuichi Nishimura after he awarded a penalty to Brazil . ` If that 's a penalty , then we can just stop playing football right now , ' said Kovac after the final whistle in Sao Paulo . ` Let 's play basketball instead . It 's shameful . We talk about respect , but there was n't any respect for Croatia . ` If that 's how we start the World Cup , then we may as well give up and go home now . ' Blame game : Kovac slammed Nishimura for his performance as Croatia were beaten by the hosts . Sizing him up : Neymar checks exactly where Luka Modric is standing as he prepares to enter the aerial challenge with his elbow . Clattered : Neymar makes contact with Modric 's face as he looks up at the flight of the ball . Going down : The Real Madrid man is send to the floor as Thiago Silva watches on with concern . Skirmish : Neymar is shown a yellow card by Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura for his elbow on Modric as the Croatian players protest vociferously . At the double : Neymar scored twice to set Brazil on their way to victory on opening night . He added : ' I must say the referee was completely out of his depth . If someone 's not up to scratch to referee the first game then find someone else . Two-and-a-half billion people saw this was n't a penalty . ' Kovac also claimed that Nishimura was a ` bad choice ' for the match because he had sent off Felipe Melo in Brazil 's 2-1 defeat to Holland in the 2010 World Cup quarter-final . After being gifted an early advantage when Marcelo put through his own net , Croatia ultimately succumbed to defeat following Neymar 's double and a late third by Oscar . They head to Manaus next to play Cameroon next Wednesday . History : Nishimura shows Brazil 's Felipe Melo a red card during their 2010 World Cup quarter-final loss to Holland . | Croatia coach furious after Japanese official made string of decisions against his team . Kovac called it ` shameful ' and said ` we might as well give up and go home ' Neymar escaped with yellow card after elbow on Luka Modric . Brazil awarded soft penalty after Dejan Lovren fouled Fred . Ivica Olic saw late goal disallowed for foul on Julio Cesar . | [[135, 255], [706, 712], [715, 733], [883, 960], [939, 984], [1313, 1329], [1440, 1485], [292, 360], [1914, 1996], [361, 455], [456, 542], [473, 587], [501, 522], [532, 618]] |
Private Lewis Curtis has finally been buried in the Netherlands almost 70 years after he was killed in action in WWII . A British soldier has finally been buried in the Netherlands almost 70 years after he was killed in action in the Second World War , and nine years after his remains were found . Private Lewis Curtis , from Liskeard , Cornwall , who served with 5th Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment , was laid to rest at the Arnhem-Oosterbeek War Cemetery in a funeral with full military honours today . Pte Curtis 's remains were found in an unmarked field grave by builders clearing the way for a new housing estate , but it took five years to identify him using forensics . His family , including his great nephew Rifleman Richard Edwards , 20 , who has just returned from Afghanistan with 5th Battalion the Rifles - the Wiltshire Regiment 's successors - were at the funeral . Pte Curtis , who survived the Normandy landings , was killed aged 19 in the Netherlands in an artillery barrage during Operation Market Garden on October 2 , 1944 . He was buried in a shallow grave where he fell , but the markers for the plot at De Laar Farm were washed away when German military engineers flooded the area . His burial site was lost , and his family believed he had died in Belgium . Six decades after his death , in 2003 , his remains were unearthed by builders excavating the old Dutch battlefield to make way for a new housing estate . Since then , a Dutch forensic team has been using scientific tests including DNA analysis to try to discover who he was . Pte Curtis , who served with 5th Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment , was laid to rest at the Arnhem-Oosterbeek War Cemetery in a funeral with full military honours today . His family , including his great nephew Rifleman Richard Edwards -LRB- pictured -RRB- , 20 , who has just returned from Afghanistan with 5th Battalion the Rifles - the Wiltshire Regiment 's successors - were at the funeral . It was only after old dental records were uncovered in 2008 that Pte Curtis 's identity was revealed . Warrant Officer Class 1 Geert Jonker , the head of Recovery and Identification Unit for the Royal Netherlands Army , said the lengthy process to confirm remains is not unusual . ` It can take anything from three days to seven years to be able to identify remains because it 's important to get it right for the next of kin , ' he said . ` So when we can make a positive identification , it makes all those years of research worthwhile . It 's the ultimate reward , but sometimes it is about luck . ` In this case it was only because we went for a second opinion on the age of the soldier that told us he was a lot younger than we originally thought . ` Lewis had an undiscovered growth defect that would not have caused him any problems but made his remains seem older than his 19 years . Pte Curtis was laid to rest in Oosterbeek today close to where he was killed in action nearly 70 years ago . Pte Curtis , who survived the Normandy landings -LRB- above -RRB- , was killed aged 19 in the Netherlands in an artillery barrage during Operation Market Garden on October 2 , 1944 . Members of Pte Curtis 's family lay a wreath at his funeral . The young soldier was buried in a shallow grave where he fell , but the markers for the plot at De Laar Farm were washed away when German military engineers flooded the area . ` Based on that information , we had seven new names we were considering - three of whom had dental records . One of which was Lewis , who was a perfect match . ' Pte Curtis 's sister Alice died 20 years ago but her children , Susan Wilbourne and Robert Cole , who are in their 50s and still live in Liskeard , grew up with tales of their Uncle Lewis , and flew to the Netherlands for the burial . ` Mum was always talking about Lewis , so it 's unbelievable to be here now to finally lay him to rest after so long of not knowing , ' said Mrs Wilbourne . ` It 's been quite an emotional rollercoaster since we found out . A horn is sounded at the cemetery . It was only after old dental records were uncovered in 2008 that Pte Curtis 's identity was revealed . Allied paratroopers touch down in the Netherlands during 1944 's Operation Market Garden . ` It is just such a pity that Mum could n't be here to bury her little brother , but I can feel her here . She was always very close with Lewis . ' The pair buried their uncle with a glass marble - one of the few keepsakes their mother had of her young brother . ` It feels right to return it to him , ' Mr Cole added . To this day , 18 soldiers of the old Wiltshire Regiment are still unaccounted for , an Army spokeswoman said , and some lie buried in unnamed graves marked ` Known unto God ' in Allied War Cemeteries in Oosterbeek and Nijmegen . Mr Jonker and his identification team continue to try to trace their identity to help their families . A schoolgirl lays flowers at the graveside of the war dead as a mark of local gratitude , in keeping with tradition . | Pte Lewis Curtis , 19 , from Cornwall , died in Operation Market Garden , 1944 . Markers on his grave in Netherlands , were washed away by flood . His family thought he had been killed in Belgium . 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The remains of eight Royal Air Force crew members who died in a 1945 plane crash have been buried in Malaysia . The lost RAF crew of the Liberator bomber had been listed as missing ever since the aircraft struck a tree and came down in the dense forest in Malaysia . But today the men were buried in a single grave with full military honours at a Commonwealth War Grave Commission cemetery in Kuala Lumpur . Military honours : : The remains of eight Royal Air Force crew members who died in a 1945 plane crash have been buried in Malaysia . Unaware : A picture of the crew with their plane before the accident . The lost RAF crew of the Liberator bomber have been listed as missing ever since the aircraft struck a tree and came down in the dense forest in Malaysia in August 1945 . In 1991 , the part-buried wreckage was discovered . in by a local tribesman , but it took another 18 years for a proper . archaeological dig to take place . The eight airmen actually died several days after the end of the Second World War . The . RAF Liberator KL654 from the long-range 356 Squadron was tasked with . dropping supplies to prisoners of war in central Malaysia at the time . It . is thought the tailplane of the bomber struck a tall tree , causing a . catastrophic loss of control sending the plane spinning into the jungle . Poignant : Family members and army personnel pay respect during the ceremony . Remembrance : A family member scatters earth soil during the burial . The men have now been buried with full military honours at a Commonwealth War Grave Commission cemetery in Kuala Lumpur . Tragic : The men lost their lives when their aircraft crashed near Seremban , Malaysia , due to poor weather . No message or signal was sent from the crew and it was assumed the plane either crashed in the sea or in the jungle . The . bomber was found in 1991 in the jungle of Kuala Pilah . But it was n't . until 2007 that the British defence attache to Malaysia and the . Malaysian Army visited the crash site . Memorial : The British Royal Air Force -LRB- RAF -RRB- officers carry a coffin with the remains of a crew member . Respect : Relatives of the eight crew members attended the ceremony in Kuala Lumpur . Commemoration : Tina Christison -LRB- left -RRB- and Jane Davies at the headstone of their uncle Flt Sgt Ross ' grave at the British military cemetery in Kuala Lumpur . Together : The men ¿ s remains were interred in a single grave while a bugler played the Last Post . British and proud : Members of the Queen 's Colour Squadron fold a British flag during the military honors ceremony . They discovered a plate bearing the serial number of the engine fitted to Liberator KL654 but no human remains at that time . In . July 2009 a private expedition to the site was carried out and the . group of British and Malayan volunteers found 63 human bones . The excavation uncovered the remains . of the crew as well as some of their personal effects , including . identity tags and a wedding ring . Forensic experts commissioned by the Ministry of Defence identified them as being the crew of KL654 . Scene of crash : The remains of the Liberator at the remote crash site . Unearthing history : The painstaking excavation of the crash site in a Malayan jungle . The . men were identified as pilot Flight Lieutenant John Watts , 24 , co-pilot . Flying Officer Edward Mason , 24 , navigator FO William Dovey , 20 , air . bomber FO John Bromfield , 20 , wireless operator Flight Sergeant Arthur Turner , 19 , flight engineer FS Jack Blakey , 31 , wireless operator FS Raymond Towell , 21 , and air gunner FS William Ross , 20 . Today their relatives , who included the . brother of FO Dovey , attended the poignant service at which members of . the RAF Queen 's Coloured Squadron carried the Union Flag-draped coffin . The men 's remains were interred in a single grave while a bugler played the Last Post . Happier times : William Ross -LRB- left -RRB- with his sisters Hilda and Nelly , and brother-in-law Billy Musgrove . Killed : William Ross , 20 , who died in the plane crash - he was an air gunner . Died : A portrait of a young Arthur Turner , possibly taken on completion of training with the RAF and right , Edward Donald Mason known as Don . Nick Bromfield , 53 , the nephew of FO Bromfield said : ` John was the youngest of four brothers . ` My father Geoff died in 2004 and obviously never knew what happened to his brother . ` The whole family adopted a very stoic attitude and stiff-upper lip over it . ` But I know that my father was very . proud of John and would have been very pleased to know what had happened . to him and that he has now been given a proper grave . ' I feel very honoured to have been able to represent my family at the funeral . ' William Ken Dovey -LRB- far left -RRB- with and his brother Geoff during on a spell of R&R in Parkgate , Wirral , Cheshire -LRB- circa 1944 -RRB- and right a ring found at the crash site . Mr . Bromfield , a solicitor from Canterbury , Kent , added : ` John 's identity . tags were handed to me at the service and I did have to bite my lip . ' FO Dovey 's brother John , 74 , said : ` We think about him every day and finally finding out how he died is a relief . ' I was seven when he died , but I have memories of us at the seaside . ' Nicola Taylor , the niece of FS Blakey , said : ` We had always thought they had crashed into the sea . ` We 're very grateful to everyone involved for helping to find out what really happened . ' Young love : The newly married Mr and Mrs JS Watts , taken on their honeymoon in Blackpool , five weeks before his tragic death . Letter : A signed note of condolence sent from King George VI to Mrs JS Watts after news of her young husband 's death . Simon Featherstone , the British high commissioner to Malaysia , said : ` It has been 67 years since the crash and now the servicemen , who tragically lost their lives for their country , have finally been laid to rest . ` I 'm glad the family members have been able to pay their last respects and the men accorded the military honours they deserve . ' Ft Lt Watts was from Crofton , West Yorks , FO Mason , was from Sheffield , FO Dovey , was from Ludlow , Shrops , FO Bromfield , from Cheam , Surrey , Ft Sgt Turner was from Dewsbury , West Yorks , . Ft Sgt Blakey , was from Boston , Lincs , Ft Sgt Towell , from Wellingborough , Northants and Ft Sgt Ross was from Gateshead , Durham . | The lost RAF crew of the Liberator bomber have been listed as missing ever since the aircraft struck a tree and crashed in August 1945 . The part-buried wreckage was discovered in 1991 by a local tribesman . Took another 18 years for a proper archaeological dig to take place . 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Many saluted , some cried and a few held signs . But for 70 miles , hundreds of people paid their respects to a Second World War airman who died in combat in the South Pacific almost 70 years ago and was finally returned to his upstate home on Friday . Funeral director Vincent Locovozzi , who escorted Sergeant Dominick Licari 's remains from the Albany airport to the small town of Frankfort , said there was ` only one word that describes this : unbelievable ' . ` He 's a man who has been dead longer than most people have been alive , but he 's a hero coming home , ' Mr Locovozzi said . Homecoming : A flag-draped coffin , containing the remains of Sergeant Dominick Licari , arrives in Albany . Veterans groups , businesses and residents lined a 10-mile stretch of the Mohawk Valley to pay tribute to Licari as his remains made the journey home . Honor guards from Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion chapters were posted along Route 5 as the vehicle procession carrying his casket left the New York State Thruway at Little Falls and traveled to Frankfort , west of Albany . A commercial flight carrying Licari 's casket arrived at the Albany airport , and military pallbearers carried the casket from the plane to the hearse on Friday evening , Mr Locovozzi , a distant relative of the fallen airman , said . Licari 's brother and sister , and several nieces and nephews , were at the airport to accompany his casket home , with the Patriot Guard motorcycle riders providing an escort . ` It 's great to bring him back after all these years because you never leave anyone behind , ' Fred Schultz , the post commander , told Times Union . War hero : Licari , pictured right with other airman , died after his plane crashed as he returned from a bombing mission in Japan . Guard of honor : As the coffin was carried from the plane those greeting it saluted . At Melrose Market , the windows facing the street were decorated with American flags and a sign that read : ` Thank you and Welcome Home Sgt. Dominick Licari ' . Organizations and business owners along Route 5 also posted signs in Licari 's honor . Lost : Licari 's remains were only identified this year , after his fatal crash in 1944 . ` We just thought it would be a nice . tribute for him for giving his life for our country , ' grocery store . owner Linda LaValla said . ` It 's good to know that they take the time years later to find our servicemen and bring them home . It 's closure for everybody . ' Clint Whittemore , of Chatham , was among those who gathered inside the airport to watch Licari 's homecoming . He said he came to support Licari 's family , just as others had turned out when his uncle , airman Ken Scripter , was shot down and killed over Germany in 1943 . Mr Whittemore said found closure after his family tracked down the uncle 's grave ten years ago . ` To be able to identify the remains means a lot . I know it meant a lot to my mom , ' he said . Licari was a 31-year-old gunner on board . a two-man Army Air Force A-20 Havoc bomber that crashed into a . jungle-covered mountain in Papua New Guinea on March 13 , 1944 , while . returning from a bombing raid on a Japanese airfield . The pilot , 2nd Lieutenant Valorie Pollard , of Monterey in California , also was killed , along with four airmen in two of the mission 's other A-20s , which slammed into the mountain in bad weather . Licari , one of nine children , was officially declared dead in 1946 . Last month , U.S. military officials notified his two surviving siblings that his remains and those of Pollard had been found and identified . Pride : Ex-servicemen and residents lined the route from the airport as Licari was finally returned home . Licari 's funeral and burial , with full military honors , is expected to be held in Frankfort on Tuesday . Governor Andrew Cuomo directed flags on state government buildings to be flown at half-staff on Tuesday to honor Licari . Pollard 's burial arrangements are pending , a Pentagon official said . | Second World War hero died in crash after 1944 bombing mission in Japan . Remains found in Papua New Guinea only identified this year . Family and ex-serviceman line route as Sergeant Licari 's coffin is driven by . | [[110, 135], [140, 195], [1655, 1663], [1710, 1738], [1721, 1787], [2130, 2178], [2181, 2212], [3136, 3190], [2130, 2178], [2181, 2212], [593, 603], [606, 626], [629, 679], [702, 829], [3615, 3713]] |
Pop singer Selena Gomez went to rehab last month , Star Magazine has revealed . The 21-year-old star - who has an on/off relationship with Justin Bieber - was admitted to Dawn at The Meadows recovery centre in Arizona on January 5 , and spent two weeks at the facility , which treats people aged 18 to 26 years old who are ` struggling with emotional trauma , addiction or dual diagnosis concerns . ' Her representative tells MailOnline : ` Selena voluntarily spent time at Meadows but NOT for substance abuse . ' Scroll down for video . Shock revelation : Selena Gomez , 21 , was admitted to Dawn at The Meadows recovery centre in Arizona on January 5 , and spent two weeks at the facility , her rep has confirmed . Although her reps have denied this , Star claims that the Come And Get It singer was ` heavily into the drug Molly -LRB- which contain MDMA -RRB- ' and was using prescription drugs like Xanax and Ambien . The former Disney child star was urged to seek help by those close to her amid concerns her partying was getting out of control . Meanwhile , TMZ have claimed that Selena blames her ex Justin for her ` predicament ' . Another source has told Radar : ` Her friends and family became increasingly worried that there might be a serious problem with Selena . ` Particularly , her parents . The partying was , at times , wild . They wanted to help her -- and they very much encouraged her to go to rehab . Others very close to her also urged her to seek professional help . ' Was her relationship to blame ? Selena with her ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber at the 2011 Teen Choice Awards in happier times . Another added : ` It 's important to remember that Selena had worked in Hollywood non-stop for six years . She was exhausted . Selena was smart enough to understand that she needed to take control of her life . ` It just got to a point where she needed to get out of Los Angeles , get away from ` the scene ' and the pressures of Hollywood , to also get away from those who had , admittedly , become a bad influence on her . ` Selena needed to take the opportunity to work on herself . She realised she needed help . ' Sanctuary : The Meadows Rehabilitation center in Wickenburg , Arizona , where Selena Gomez stayed last month . Confirming the news : A representative for Gomez has revealed that she ` voluntarily spent time at Meadows but not for substance abuse ' . Selena - who reportedly ` regularly ' smoked marijuana with Justin - had been due to tour Australia this month but cancelled the shows in order to ` spend time on -LSB- herself -RSB- . ' And the brunette beauty is now said to be doing well . A source said : ` Selena is now happy and very healthy and already getting back to work . ' At the time of her cancelling her tour , it was reported that Selena was suffering from Lupus disease , although this was not confirmed or denied by her reps. In a statement to her fans about cancelling her shows , Selena said she needed to ` spend some time on myself in order to be the best person I can be . ' Adding : ` My fans are so important to me and I would never want to disappoint them , ' ` But it has become clear to me and those close to me that after many years of putting my work first , I need to spend some time on myself in order to be the best person I can be . ' Finding inner peace ? It is unclear exactly what Selena was treated in rehab for but her rep has ruled out substance abuse . | Selena was admitted to Dawn at the Meadows rehab center on 5 January . A rep for the singer says her visit was ` not for substance abuse ' Star Magazine claims Selena was ` heavily into the drug Molly ' and was using prescription drugs like Xanax and Ambien ' TMZ claim the singer blames ex Justin Bieber for her ` predicament ' | [[0, 10], [24, 48], [134, 152], [155, 230], [538, 554], [577, 652], [2248, 2258], [2268, 2382], [3386, 3429], [754, 837], [869, 921], [1052, 1061], [1064, 1135]] |
A video showing what is thought to be first ever 3D-printed bullet being fired has appeared on YouTube . In the video , from user Taofledermaus , three bullets of different weights and shapes are fired at various targets using a Mossberg 590 shotgun . According to the video , each plastic pellet has been 3D-printed . A small lead shot was then added to give the bullet weight . In the YouTube video , uploaded by Taofledermaus , three different 3D-printed bullets are fired at various targets . The first bullet , pictured , weighed four tenths of an ounce . A small lead shot was added to each bullet to give it weight as it travels through the air . Each of the three 3D-printed bullets were loaded into shotgun casing and fired using a Mossberg 590 gun . In this screenshot , the shooter - YouTube user JackIsMyCopilot - is shown loading the bullets into the gun . Earlier this week a working plastic gun , printed using a self-assembled 3D printer , a nail and some household screws , successfully fired nine shots . The gun , based on blueprints made available online by Defense Distributed last month , cost just $ 25 -LRB- # 16 -RRB- to make and fired the .38 caliber shots by the Wisconsin engineer who built it . Up until now , the blueprints for the ` Liberator ' gun have been mainly printed using industrial-grade 3D printers that cost around # 5,250 -LRB- $ 8,000 -RRB- . This latest gun is one of the first to be 3D printed using the much cheaper Lulzbot A0-101 3D printer - a printer that can be bought online , assembled at home and costs # 1,136 -LRB- $ 1,725 -RRB- . Because the gun is made entirely from plastic it makes it possible to carry the gun through airport security metal detectors , for example , without being found out . Earlier this month , the Mail On Sunday tested this theory by smuggling a version of the Liberator gun onto a Eurostar train . In the video , Taofledermaus is heard saying : ` You 've heard of a 3D-printed gun ? How about 3D-printed bullets . ' He goes on to explain that YouTube user ArtisanTony printed a ` couple of shotgun pellets ' with the first weighing about four tenths of an ounce . Taofledermaus adds that a small piece of lead shot is added to the casing to give the bullet enough weight to travel and pierce the target . Each pellet took an hour to print and is fitted into a traditional shotgun case . In the video , YouTube user JackIsMyCopilot is shown firing the first bullet using a Mossberg 590 shotgun aimed at a dartboard , perched above a wooden table in a field . The bullet goes through the dartboard , and through the plastic cans its resting on . In . a second experiment the pair are shown firing another bullet , this time . weighing five tenths of an ounce , at a block of wood with a target on . it . The second bullet fired in the YouTube video weighed five tenths of an ounce . It also had a small lead shot added and was fitted to a shotgun casing . This bullet was nicknamed the Red Rocket . The Red Rocket 3D-printed bullet was fired at a target attached to a plank of wood . The wood was rested up against a wooden table . The bullet appeared to bounce off the plank , yet when the Taofledermaus inspected the wood he discovered it not only pierced the plank , -LRB- pictured -RRB- it also pierced the wooden table behind it . This second bullet , nicknamed in the video as the Red Rocket , had a honeycomb-design with strips of plastic . In the video , the bullet hits the target but does n't appear to pierce it , instead it looks as if the bullet bounces off . Taofledermaus goes on to explain the reason the Red Rocket . did n't pierce the wood is because of the ` stability problem that 's . common with a bullet not shot through a rifle barrel . ' Adding ` It goes on the path of least resistance , and this path is usually sideways ' and this is known . However , when Taofledermaus examines . the piece of wood he finds that the bullet not only pierced the plank of . wood , but it also pierced the wooden table holding the plank of wood . upright . He 's heard saying : ` That 's amazing . I did n't expect that . That was pretty awesome . ` Even though it hit sideways , it still went through . ' A third bullet with three points on the end , nicknamed the ` Tri-Factor round ' , is then shown being fired at a polystyrene mannequin head on the wooden table . The bullet hits the top of the head , knocking it off the table , but then ricochets off behind . The third 3D-printed bullet , nicknamed the Tri-Factor because it has three points on the end , was fired in the YouTube video at a polystyrene mannequin head . The Tri-Factor bullet performed the weakest of the three 3D-printed bullets . It hit the polystyrene mannequin target before bouncing off sideways . This may have been because the head was knocked off the table , due to its light weight , before the bullet could penetrate . Earlier this week a working plastic . gun , printed using a self-assembled 3D printer , a nail and some . household screws , successfully fired nine shots . The gun , based on blueprints made . available online by Defense Distributed last month , cost just $ 25 -LRB- # 16 -RRB- . to make and fired the .38 caliber shots by the Wisconsin engineer who . built it . Up until now , the blueprints for the . ` Liberator ' gun have been mainly printed using industrial-grade 3D . printers that cost around # 5,250 -LRB- $ 8,000 -RRB- . This latest gun is one of the first to . be 3D printed using the much cheaper Lulzbot A0-101 3D printer - a . printer that can be bought online , assembled at home and costs # 1,136 . -LRB- $ 1,725 -RRB- . Because the gun is made entirely from . plastic it makes it possible to carry the gun through airport security . metal detectors , for example , without being found out . Earlier this month , the Mail On Sunday tested this theory by smuggling a version of the Liberator gun onto a Eurostar train . As a result , 3D-printed plastic bullets could also be smuggled . VIDEO : You 've seen the 3D-printed gun . Now meet the 3D-printed bullets . | Three 3D-printed guns are shown being fired from a Mossberg 590 shotgun . Each bullet is a different weight and shape and is fired at targets of various thickness . | [[205, 251], [654, 690], [727, 759], [2370, 2382], [2385, 2413], [2423, 2475], [2453, 2496], [105, 117], [146, 220], [380, 400], [431, 496], [2980, 3034]] |
Finally found : The body of Derek Allen , pictured aged 20 , has been discovered in an unmarked grave 71 years after his death . He took to the skies above northern France as the Nazi Blitzkrieg was unleashed across Europe . It was May 10 , 1940 , and at the controls of his Hurricane aircraft , young Flying Officer Derek Allen 's brief but heroic war had begun . Eight days later , the 22-year-old Second World War fighter pilot was dead . But in his short blaze of glory , the RAF ace was awarded a gallantry medal , shot down twice and credited with four outright and three shared enemy kills . He died after his plane was shot down over farmland , but because his body was never officially recovered , he was listed as missing in action , presumed dead , for seven decades until historian Andy Saunders began researching his case . He discovered the young pilot had been removed from his wrecked plane on May 18 by locals and buried in the village of Poix-du-Nord , near Cambrai . Now his younger brother Richard Allen is preparing to lead family members at a dedication service later this year when a new headstone with FO Allen 's name on it will replace an anonymous one erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission . Mr Allen , an 81-year-old retired stockbroker from Great Shefford , near Hungerford , Berkshire , said yesterday : ` It is a great relief to know what did happen to Derek and where he ended up after all these years . ` We are grateful to Andy for finding this out and it means an awful lot that the family have at last a grave to visit so we can pay our respects . ' Flying squad : Derek Allen 's squadren sits for an official photograph in a hanger in Essex , before being sent to France . Rest in peace : Fighting Officer Allen 's younger brother Richard Allen , 84 , can finally pay his respects at his brother 's grave . FO Allen , one of three brothers from Leicester , signed up with the RAF in 1937 , aged 18 , and joined No 85 Squadron a year later . At the outbreak of war , the squadron . moved to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force , and the . young airman 's first action came on May 10 , 1940 , as Germany launched . its Blitzkrieg across France and the Low Countries . Unmarked grave : Derek Allen 's war grave in the village of Poix-du-nord near Cambrai , Northern France , will soon be replaced with a headstone with his name engraved on it . During his first airborne skirmish , . he shot down a Henschel reconnaissance plane and was credited with . playing a part in bringing down a Junkers 88 warplane . The next day he shared two kills -- . both Dornier bombers -- and on May 13 he single-handedly shot down two of . the Luftwaffe 's Heinkel fighters . He was posthumously awarded the . Distinguished Flying Cross for bringing down a Junkers 87 dive bomber on . May 15 that had been wreaking havoc on British armour during the Battle . of France , which was to lead to the Dunkirk evacuation later that . month . In the same action , FO Allen 's Hurricane was hit by anti-aircraft fire , forcing him to bail out . His citation for the DFC read : ` After . his aircraft had been severely damaged by anti-aircraft fire he did n't . hesitate to attack a Junkers 87 over enemy territory and shot it down . ' After spending 24 hours walking . through enemy territory to get back to his base , the exhausted airman . was spotted falling asleep while sitting eating his dinner . On May 17 he took off for the final time and his war ended when he was shot down and killed . With France being overrun by the Germans , local records detailing the discovery of his body were not meticulously maintained . It was only after historian Mr . Saunders began his investigation five years ago that he found a witness . account of a Hurricane crashing near Cambrai on the same day FO Allen . went missing . Lost at war : The telegram sent to Derek Allen 's family with the message that Derek was missing after a battleon May 17th , 1940 . Happier times : Derek Allen , aged 17 , holds his younger brother Richard 's hand , aged three , while on a family holiday before the war . With the approval of the French . authorities and the Allen family , he began excavating the crash site and . found parts from the downed Hurricane . He presented his findings to the . RAF Air Historical Branch , which , after delving into FO Allen 's old . records , was able to confirm it was his body in a grave three miles from . the excavation site . Mr Saunders , of Hastings , East . Sussex , who wrote a book entitled Finding the Fallen about his research , said : ` The Ministry of Defence had the information for 70 years . but it had just been overlooked . ` You have to remember there were 40,000 RAF casualties who were unaccounted for by the end of the war . ` A lot of cases were left pending and Derek Allen 's was one of those . ` It was just after we did our examination that they pulled out his file and there was this information all along . ` Had he survived , going at the pace . he did , Derek Allen would have become one of the leading fighter aces of . the Second World War . ` He would have been up there with Douglas Bader and Robert Stanford Tuck , yet history records record him as an unknown airman . ' Fighter pilots : Derek Allen , aged 20 , with his fellow flying aces at an RAF base in Essex before being sent to France . Derek Allen , aged 19 , with his new car and friends shortly after joining the RAF as a fighter pilot . Derek Allen , aged 19 , standing , with his then girlfriend , left , and best friend , sitting down , in Leicester before he signed up to the RAF . | Historian : ` Had he survived , he would have been one of the leading fighter aces of the Second World War ' | [[4988, 5005], [5037, 5103]] |
A mother who began sprouting thick facial hair after the birth of her son 28 years ago says she 's feeling sexier and more confident than ever before , having finally stopped trying to get rid of her beard . The German-born woman , identified only as Mariam , appeared on ITV 's This Morning to discuss why she stopped tweezing the hair on her face which she had been plucking every day for almost two decades . Mariam , 49 , also explained to Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield that she is happy with the way she looks and would not change her situation , despite being criticised for her behaviour by her own mother . SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO . Dating turn-off : Facial hair may be a no-no for single American guys , but German woman Mariam , 49 , who has been growing a beard since 2008 , insists that it is sexy . She also said she is able to look past the comments of internet trolls who target her bearded woman blog to tell her ` people like me should be sent to Russia ... or shot ' . Mariam - who has had tests to rule out serious medical problems more associated with excessive hair growth in women - told Phil and Holly , along with expert Dr Carol Cooper , that she had never had any facial hair before the birth of her son , after which it gradually began growing . Ten years on , the hair was growing thick enough for a full beard , and Mariam would laboriously tweeze out each hair every morning . ' I asked my mother what to do and she told me to tweeze them , never to shave or wax . And then I visited my gynaecologist who said it happened to lots of other women so I should n't worry . But they did n't really give me a reason . Now I know it must be inherited . ` My chin got really red and inflamed from all the plucking , and some of the hairs were ingrown , so it always looked like I 'd fallen on my chin . But when people asked what had happened and I told them they could n't believe it . ' In 2008 , when she was living alone and unemployed , Mariam decided to give her beard a chance to grow . She said : ' I had no job so I had free time to give it a chance and see what happened , so I started a blog to inform other women about it , and to see what was happening every day and how I felt . Mariam explained to Holly and Phil that prior to her ` experiment ' plucking her beard had become an obsession , and that her son , who has not been named , used to remember it taking her hours to leave the house . She added : ' I thought about it all the . time . I had to double check before leaving the house that it was OK , . and take a mirror in my pocket . That was life . ` When . I decided to let it grow it did n't feel brave , it was more like a . curiosity . I wanted to see hwat would happen to me . There was a big fear . that everyone would turn away and nobody would talk to me anymore . ' Mariam , 49 , appeared alongside Dr Carol Cooper on ITV 's This Morning to explain her situation to Holly and Phil . And Mariam did meet some resistance - from her family . ` My . mum said `` do you have to shock people like this '' . Then she got used to . it and thought that one day I 'd finish it , and was patient , but now . she 's getting nervous and wants me to stop and become `` normal '' . ' She received negative reactions from . other people , too , especially on the internet : ` People can be cruel . depending on where you go . ` Some people say people like me should be sent . to Russia or shot , but that 's just one person on the internet writing . horrible stuff . Other people say it 's courageous and inspiring . So there . are both sides . ' Mariam now travels with a circus as the bearded lady act , which she says she enjoys since she has studied acting in the past and also likes educating people about the issue . She said : ' I want to give people the opportunity to talk to a bearded lady , because usually they are too scared in the street . ' Mariam , who has been single for a decade , also says she is looking for a relationship now that she is feeling sexy and more confident . She told Holly that even if she could she would not change her situation . Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield asked Mariam how she felt about having a beard . ' I know myself more now , ' she said . ` There are always people with a fetish who might only be attracted by the beard , but that is the same with lots of things , even if I were a blonde woman . ' I tried electrolysis three times but it just grew back - and now I 'm happy with it . It is sometimes annoying when I go shopping but otherwise it has given me other opportunities . Dr Cooper explained that it is fairly common for women to have facial hair they do not want , but if it comes on suddenly - especially if accompanied by other symptoms such as weight gain and irregular periods - you should see your GP since it could be to do with excessive of androgen hormones . What causes excess facial hair ? It 's estimated that one in ten women suffers from excess facial and body hair . But what causes it ? ` Sometimes race or just a family tendency to be more hairy is to blame , rather than any medical problem , ' explains Dr Rina Davison , an endocrinologist from Whipps Cross University Hospital , London , with a special interest in excess hair . ` People of South Asian or Mediterranean descent tend to have more hair than Caucasians or those with black skin , for example . It 's also possible to be quite a `` hairy '' family regardless of race . ' But there are other factors that could be to blame . Women normally produce low levels of male hormones called androgens , but an excess can trigger unwanted hair growth known as hirsutism . A common cause of hirsutism is Polycystic Ovary Syndrome , which has accompanying symptoms of acne , weight gain and irregular periods . Other , rarer , causes include a tumour on the ovary or adrenal gland as well as certain medicines including steroids . Rarely , a woman will have normal androgen levels and the cause of the unwanted hair growth will not be identified . | German-born Mariam , 49 , has been letting beard grow since August 2008 . Used to pluck her beard every single day with tweezers . Now travels the world as part of bearded lady circus act and writing blog . Has been single for 10 years but is finally hoping to find love in England . 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He was hundreds of miles from civilisation , lost in the burning heat of the desert . Second World War Flight Sergeant Dennis Copping took what little he could from the RAF Kittyhawk he had just crash-landed , then wandered into the emptiness . From that day in June 1942 the mystery of what happened to the dentist 's son from Southend was lost , in every sense , in the sands of time . Shifting sands : The final resting place of the Kittyhawk P-40 has been discovered in the Sahara 70 years after it crashed there . Time capsule : Aside from the damage it sustained during impact , the aircraft appears to have been almost perfectly preserved in the sands of the Sahara . Chance discovery : The single-seater aircraft was found by a Polish oil company worker exploring a remote region of the western desert in Egypt . But 70 years later , the ghostly remains of his battered but almost perfectly preserved plane has been discovered . Like a time capsule that could provide . the key to his disappearance , it had lain intact alongside a makeshift . shelter Dennis appears to have made as he waited , hopelessly , for . rescue . Now a search is to begin for the . airman 's remains -- as aviation experts and historians begin an operation . to recover and display the P-40 aircraft in his memory . The chance find was made by an oil . worker exploring a remote region of the Western Desert in Egypt . It is . more than 200 miles from the nearest town in a vast expanse of largely . featureless terrain . Flight Sergeant Copping , part of a . fighter unit based in Egypt during the North Africa campaign against . Rommel , is believed to have lost his bearings while flying the damaged . Kittyhawk to another airbase for repair . All that is known is that he . went off course and was never seen again . At the controls : The plane 's cockpit , but there are fears over what will be left of it after locals began stripping parts and instruments for souvenirs and scrap . Unseen and untouched : Equipment and controls from the plane were found scattered around the craft at the crash site . The plane is still in very good condition . Intact : Most of the plane 's cockpit instruments were untouched and it still had it guns and ammunition before they were seized by the Egyptian military for safety reasons . Remarkably , the plane remained almost . untouched for the next seven decades -- right down to the guns and . ammunition found with it . Most of the cockpit instruments are intact , . and the twisted propeller lies a few feet from the fuselage . Crucially , the P-40 's identification plates are untouched -- allowing researchers to track its provenance and service history . There is flak damage in the fuselage , . which is consistent with documents on the aircraft . Historian Andy . Saunders said : ` It is a quite incredible time capsule . It 's the . aviation equivalent of Tutankhamun 's tomb . ` This plane has been lying in the same spot where it crashed 70 years ago . ` It has n't been hidden in the sand , it has just sat there . ` He must have survived the crash . because one photo shows a parachute around the frame of the plane and my . guess is the poor bloke used it to shelter from the sun . The radio and . batteries were out of the plane and it looks like he tried to get it . working . Second World War weaponry : The machine gun on the wing of the crashed plane . It appears the pilot got into trouble and brought it down in the middle of the desert . Bullet holes : The Kittyhawk appears to have been shot at -LRB- left -RRB- , while its broken propeller lays nearby -LRB- right -RRB- . Historians have described the find as the ` aviation equivalent of Tutankhamun 's Tomb ' Well-preserved : The Kittyhawk 's magazine of bullets were also found in the wreckage . The radio and batteries were discovered out of the plane . ` If he died at the side of the plane . his remains would have been found . Once he had crashed there , nobody was . going to come and get him . It is more likely he tried to walk out of . the desert but ended up walking to his death . It is too hideous to . contemplate . ' The RAF Museum in Hendon , North . London , has been made aware of the find and plans are already under way . to recover it before anyone tries to strip it for scrap or souvenirs . Efforts have also been made to trace any immediate members of Flight . Sergeant Copping 's family in the UK , but it is believed that none . survives . Captain Paul Collins , British defence . attaché to Egypt , confirmed a search would be mounted for the airman 's . remains but admitted it was ` extremely unlikely ' it would be successful . The spot could be marked as a war grave after the aircraft is . recovered . Heading home : The RAF Museum at Hendon , north London , has been made aware of the discovery and plans are underway to recover the aircraft for exhibition in the future . Sign of the time : The Kittyhawk 's factory stamp -LRB- left -RRB- and gun loading instruction panel -LRB- right -RRB- . However , some locals see the aircraft as a piece of junk . Signs of survival : Flight Sergeant Dennis Copping 's parachute was part of what is believed to be a makeshift camp alongside the fuselage . Remote : The crash site is about 200 miles from the nearest town . No human remains have been found but it is thought the pilot 's decomposed body may lay anywhere in a 20 mile radius of the plane . Captain Collins added : ` The scene is close to a smuggling line from Sudan and Libya . ` We will need to go there with the Egyptian army because it is a dangerous area . ' Ian Thirsk , of the RAF Museum , confirmed staff are working with the MoD to recover the plane . The P-40 was a US-made fighter and . ground attack aircraft . It was outclassed by later German fighters and . saw little combat in Europe but performed a key role in North Africa . and Asia where high-altitude performance was less critical . Around 20 . are still airworthy . Did you know Flight Sergeant Dennis Copping ? Are you related to the brave pilot ? Contact editorial@dailymailonline.co.uk . In flight : Ft Sgt Copping and another airman were tasked with flying two damaged Kittyhawk P-40 planes -LRB- like this one -RRB- from one British airbase in northern Egypt to another for repair . | Pilot of the Kittyhawk P-40 was thought to have survived crash , but died trying to walk out of the desert . Aircraft was found almost perfectly preserved , unseen and untouched , after it came down in 1942 . Historian describes find as ` an incredible time capsule ' and ` the aviation equivalent of Tutankhamun 's Tomb ' | [[3052, 3087], [4002, 4045], [4020, 4045], [4046, 4056], [4061, 4092], [405, 518], [583, 674], [821, 839], [842, 936], [2091, 2134], [2310, 2320], [2323, 2350], [2797, 2810], [2815, 2854], [3621, 3707]] |
A 5-year-old Kansas girl died on Friday after her mother 's boyfriend allegedly kidnapped her and engaged in a shootout with police officers . The sequence of events began about 7:30 pm on Friday when Cadence Harris of Leavenworth was reported kidnapped , police said . Police said there was some relationship between the child and her abductor but would not provide details . The suspect , however , has been identified by local news stations as 30-year-old Marcus McGowan . He was reportedly dating the girl 's mother , Christie Harris . Victim : Cadence Harris , 5 , died on Friday after her mother 's boyfriend allegedly kidnapped her and engaged in a shootout with police officers . Suspect : Marcus McGowan , pictured , allegedly kidnapped Cadence on Friday night . He was reportedly in a relationship with her mother , Christie Harris . Scene : At some point the suspect got out of his vehicle and pointed a gun at officers and they exchanged fire , police said . ` The matter unfolded quite rapidly , ' said Leavenworth Police Chief Patrick Kitchens , calling the girl 's death tragic . ` We are still trying to sort out specifically what happened . ' Police in both Missouri and Kansas were involved in a chase as the suspect crossed the state line before the incident ended in the northeast Kansas town of Leavenworth . At some point the suspect got out of his vehicle and pointed a gun at officers and they exchanged fire , Kitchens said . ` Anytime we have the loss of a small child it is devastating , ' Kitchens told a news conference , adding that officers on the scene had tried to revive the girl . He said it was not clear if the child was shot by her abductor , who was seriously wounded and is hospitalized in Kansas City . The Kansas Bureau of Investigation -LRB- KBI -RRB- was called in to help investigate . Stressing that the probe only just getting under way , KBI Special Agent in Charge Mark Malick said it did not appear the girl was hit by bullets fired by police officers . Mother : Christie Harris , Cadence 's mother , said that McGowan has previously abused her . Brother : McGowan 's brother Andree McGowan has said he is ` up and down like a roller coaster ' because of his brother 's alleged behavior . ` Evidence we have at the scene at this time does not support any indication that gunfire struck the car or the victim , and specifically gunfire coming from law enforcement , ' Malick said . An autopsy was being carried out and would not be completed on Saturday , he told reporters . Christie Harris , Cadence 's mother , said McGowan has a history of domestic violence in an interview with 41 Action News . She also told the station that McGowan was under the influence of drugs . ` He 's hurt me before lots of times , but he 's never hurt her , ' she told the affiliate station . ` He 's never even spanked her . ` She was perfect , she was beautiful , she was smart , she was perfect , ' Harris also said . McGowan choked Harris in 2009 and was convicted twice in 2011 for domestic battery , the Atchison Globe reported . McGowan 's brother Andree McGowan told KCTV5 he is ` having emotions ' and is ` up and down like a roller coaster ' because of his brother 's alleged behavior . ` It 's testing our -LSB- family 's -RSB- togetherness , ' he also told the station . ` It 's testing our will to stay together . Is it going to break us up or make us stronger ? ' | Cadence Harris , 5 , was reported kidnapped on Friday evening at about 7:30 pm . Police said there was some relationship between the child and her abductor but would not provide details . The suspect , however , has been identified by local news stations as 30-year-old Marcus McGowan . McGowan was reportedly dating the girl 's mother , Christie Harris . Harris said McGowan ` hurt me before lots of times ' McGowan choked Harris in 2009 and was convicted twice in 2011 for domestic battery . | [[143, 195], [201, 253], [201, 230], [235, 253], [256, 262], [688, 695], [698, 712], [726, 771], [270, 344], [270, 276], [349, 376], [377, 388], [401, 475], [688, 695], [698, 712], [726, 771], [476, 519], [772, 823], [2004, 2010], [2051, 2096], [2525, 2540], [2563, 2648], [2725, 2759], [2952, 2981], [2952, 2959], [2977, 3013]] |
Excavation : Guido Lewandowski , a member of VBGO , digs out the remains of a German soldier at a former army headquarter in Klessin , Germany . The remains of a German soldier killed during the Second World War have been unearthed during an excavation by volunteers dedicated to giving dignified burials to the war dead . Bones and personal belongings were dug up during the excavation near the eastern German town of Klessin , which lies about 50 miles east of Berlin . The area around the small town which lies close to the Polish border was the place of a . battle between German and Soviet forces between February and March . 1945 - part of the final push into Germany known as the Battle of Berlin . As many as 200 of the soldiers who were part of the conflict are still missing . today - instigating the dig . The excavation was carried out by members of The Association for the Recovery of the Fallen in Eastern Europe who have been carrying out digs to help identify those killed in both the First and Second World Wars . Known in Germany as Vereins zur . Bergung Gefallener in Osteuropa or VBGO , the group is made up entirely . of volunteers , many of whom are from Russia , Poland , Czech Republic , . Slovakia , Ukraine and the US . Since they were founded in 1992 the group has recovered more than 7,000 sets of remains all over Europe . But due to the level of decomposition they are only able to identify around 25 per cent of those discovered . Discovery : An old German ` Wehrmacht ' helmet lays on a pile of soil as members of the Association for the Recovery of the Fallen in Eastern Europe dig in Klessin . Findings : Personal belongings including glasses were also discovered during the groups most recent dig . The group have dug up the remains of a number of nationalities and they state : ` We are not looking for soldiers of the Wehrmacht , not for U.S. GI 's , . Marines , soldiers of the red army or Polish Military - not for infantry . soldiers , sailors or airmen - not for good or bad . ` We are looking for people - sons , fathers , brothers . ' The not-for-profit association has now carried out 100 searches since they were formed 20 years ago and now has more than 200 members . The dig in Klessin , . which belonged to a defence line during the Battle of Seelöw Heights , . was the seventh carried out this year , following excavations in Poland . and Russia . The area was defended by 800 German soldiers , against three Soviet-divisions during the war . The overall offensive saw the Germans outnumbers by almost ten to one , as a million soviet soldiers took part in the final push that hastened the end of the Second World War . Fire power : Soviet artillery bombard German positions during the battle for the Seelow Heights . It is thought there are more than 200 soldiers in unmarked graves around the small town , which was the scene of battle during the Second World War . Klessin lies around 50miles east of Berlin . when the German defences fell , it left a clear path to the capital for the Soviets . A statue in Eastern Germany that commemorates Battle of Seelow Heights . The Battle of the Seelöw Heights -LRB- fought over three days , from April 16 to 19 , 1945 -RRB- was a part of the one of the last assaults on large entrenched defensive positions of the Second World War , . Known as Seelow-Berlin Offensive Operation -LRB- which lasted until May 2 , 1945 -RRB- , this battle is often incorporated into . the Battle of the Oder-Neisse - only the . opening phase of the Battle of Berlin , which was the name given to the final push of the Soviet forces into the German capital at the end of the war . Seelow Heights was where the most bitter . fighting in the overall battle took place , but it was only one of . several crossing points along the Oder and Neisse rivers where the . Soviets attacked . Close to one million Soviet soldiers , commanded by Marshal Georgi Zhukov , attacked the position known as the ` Gates of Berlin ' . They were opposed by about 110,000 soldiers of the German 9th Army , commanded by General Theodor Busse . By the end of 19 April , the German Eastern Front line had ceased to exist . All that remained were pockets of resistance , and the road to Berlin was wide open for the final assault . Four days later the capital Berlin was encircled and the Battle of Berlin entered its last stage . Within two weeks , Adolf Hitler was dead and the war in Europe was effectively over . | Search aims to give as many as 200 missing soldiers proper funerals . Body was uncovered during dig in German town of Klessin . Soldiers died in the battle of the Seelow Heights in the final days of the Second World War . | [[709, 736], [767, 786], [0, 10], [52, 132], [145, 176], [202, 266], [323, 426]] |
Their bodies had lay in shallow graves in the dense Malaysian jungle for almost 60 years . However , the crew and passengers of a Royal Air Force plane which crashed during ferocious conflict in 1950 have finally been laid to rest , four years after their bodies were excavated in 2008 . All 12 victims - including eight British servicemen - were given a full burial today following a painstaking search inspired by the brother of one of the dead airmen . Crash site : The wreckage of RAF Dakota KN630 which crashed deep in the Malaysian jungle on August , 1950 , during a target marking mission near Kempong Jendera , killing all 12 crew and passengers on board . Remains : The bodies were discovered in 2008 , excavated from shallow graves close to the plane 's wreckage . Paying their respects : Members of the 150-strong expedition team laying a poppy wreath at the crash site . Military honour : Members of the Queen 's Colour Squadron and the 47th Squadron of the British Royal Air Force carry a casket of a British soldier for the reburial ceremony at the Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery . The RAF Dakota aircraft suffered catastrophic engine failure and went down during a mission in 1950 . UK forces were dispatched to the country to fight against Communist insurgents in a conflict known as the Malayan Emergency between 1948 and 1960 . The plane from 52 Squadron had been dropping smoke markers near Kempong Jendera to help Lincoln bombers pinpoint Communist camps , but it lost power during its second run and plummeted into a ravine . RAF pilot Edward Talbot , 27 , from Dorchester , Dorset ; navigator Geoffrey Carpenter , 23 , from West Norwood , Greater London and signaller Thomas O'Toole , 34 , from Merthyr Tydfil , South Wales , were the crew . They left their base at RAF Changi , Singapore , on the morning of August 25 , 1950 , with four Royal Army Service Corps Despatchers - Corporal Phillip Bryant , 25 , from Southend-on-Sea , Essex ; Driver Peter Taylor , 20 , from Bournemouth , Dorset ; Driver Roy Wilson , 21 , from Birkenhead , Merseyside and Driver Oliver Goldsmith , 21 , from Neston , Cheshire . Recovered : Royal Army Service Corps Corporal Phillip Bryant -LRB- left -RRB- and Royal Army Service Corps Despatcher , Driver Oliver Goldsmith -LRB- right -RRB- . Undiscovered : Driver Roy Wilson 21 , from Birkenhead , Merseyside , was among those who died when the RAF Dakota KN630 crashed . Tragic : Signaller Thomas O'Toole -LRB- left -RRB- and Navigator Geoff Carpenter -LRB- right -RRB- were among those who perished . The RAF Dakota aircraft - like this one - suffered catastrophic engine failure and went down during a mission in 1950 . Described as a guerilla war , the . Malayan Emergency was a conflict fought between the UK , Commonwealth and . other security forces against Communist insurgents in . Malaysia . It lasted from 1948 to 1960 and began after a period of sustained civil unrest in the region . The Malayan economy was left in turmoil following the withdrawal of Japan at the end of the Second World War . Attempts were made by the British . administration to repair the country 's economy , as revenue from Malaya 's . tin and rubber industries were important to Britain 's own post-war . recovery . However , food was scarce and . expensive , wages were low and unemployment was high . Significant labour . unrest resulted in a large number of strikes between 1946 and 1948 . Protestors were dealt with harshly . during the strikes , with many being arrested and deported . This resulted . in protesters becoming more and more militant . The Malayan Emergency was sparked on . June 16 , 1948 , by the first overt act of war ; three European plantation . managers were killed at Sungai Siput , Perak , and retaliation against Communist insurgents was swift . Passengers Major John Procter , a . British Army Officer ; Anker Rentse , a civilian lands development . officer ; Pc Mohammed Bin Abdul Lalil ; Sakiak guide Saiap Alais Sherda . and civilian Yaacob Mat were picked up later at Kota Bahu airfield . A rescue party reached the crash site in early September 1950 after nine days journey on foot to discover all 12 had died . The bodies were buried near the crash . site in a shallow grave because the difficult terrain and prevailing . security situation placed the rescue party at severe risk of attack . However , decades later , the brother of Flight Navigator Geoffrey Carpenter - 82-year-old Dennis - wrote to the Malaysian tourist office in . Britain asking for a map of the remote mountainous region around . Kampung Penchong where they died . In . a remarkable stroke of luck , his request landed on the desk of a . military officer at the Malaysian High Commission in London . Colonel . Tajri Alwi ordered a full-scale expedition to be carried out to recover . the remains of the warplane , and incredibly , the Malaysian Army 's 8th . Brigade located the wreckage . In November 2008 a 150-strong team of Malaysian military , police and specialist forensic archaeologists recovered the men 's remains . Father of three Mr Carpenter , who is married to . Jean , 82 , said : ` He left home so young I never knew him fully but we were always . determined to see him properly buried . ` We could have gone out before now but we had . nowhere to visit . It is comforting that we now have a proper grave with a . headstone . ' Excavation : Members of the 150 strong expedition team search for remains at the crash site . The dead were found in 2008 . Laid to rest : Relatives of the British soldiers killed during the Malayan Emergency in 1950 lay wreaths during the reburial ceremony at the Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur . Final journey : Family members of the crew and passengers of those killed laid their loved ones to rest with military honours . Dense : The jungle of the Kelantan region in Malaysia close to the crash site . | All 12 crew and passengers died when their aircraft crashed during the Malayan Conflict . They were buried in shallow graves by a search party in 1950 . Bodies were excavated in 2008 following a painstaking search by the brother of one dead airman . 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Deaths from cuts and grazes , diarrhoea and flu will soon be common as antibiotics lose their power to fight minor infections , experts have warned . The World Health Organisation says the problem has been caused by antibiotics being so widely prescribed that bacteria have begun to evolve and develop resistance . It claims the crisis is worse than the Aids epidemic -- which has caused 25million deaths worldwide -- and threatens to turn the clock back on modern medicine . Antibiotic resistance needs to be taken as seriously as AIDS was in the 1980s , experts say . The WHO warns that the public should . ` anticipate many more deaths ' as it may become routine for children to . develop lethal infections from minor grazes , while hospital operations . become deadly as patients are at risk of developing infections that were . previously treatable . Doctors . are increasingly finding that antibiotics no longer work against . urinary and skin infections , tuberculosis and gonorrhoea . The . WHO is urging the public to take simple precautions , such as washing . hands to prevent bacteria from spreading in the first place . Doctors . are also being told to prescribe antibiotics sparingly and ensure . patients finish the full course , as if they stop mid-way the bacteria . may become resistant . In England last year some 41.7 million . prescriptions were written out , up from 37.2 million in 2006 . MRSA - Patients infected with MRSA -LRB- methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus -RRB- are 64 per cent more likely to die than those with a non-resistant form of S. aureus . People infected by resistant superbugs are also likely to stay longer in hospital and may need intensive care , pushing up costs.C . difficile - This bacteria produces spores that are resistant to high temperatures and are very difficult to eliminate . It is spread through contaminated food and objects and can cause blood poisoning and tears in the large intestine . E. coli - this now accounts for one . in three cases of bacterial infections in the blood in the UK and a new . strain is resistant to most antibiotics . It is highly contagious and . could cause more than 3,000 deaths a year . Acinetobacter Baumannii - a common bacteria which is resistant to most antibiotics and which can easily infect patients in a hospital . It can cause meningitis and is fatal in about 80 per cent of patients.CRKP - this is a bacterium that is associated with extremely difficult to treat blood infections and meningitis . It is resistant to nearly all antibiotics and is fatal in 50 per cent of cases.Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis is estimated to kill 150,000 people globally each year . NDM-1 - a bacteria detected in India of which some strains are resistant to all antibiotics . Dr . Keiji Fukuda , the WHO 's assistant director for health security , said : . ` Without urgent , co-ordinated action , the world is headed for a . post-antibiotic era , in which common infections and minor injuries which . have been treatable for decades can once again kill . ` Effective . antibiotics have been one of the pillars allowing us to live longer , . live healthier , and benefit from modern medicine . ` Unless . we take significant actions to improve efforts to prevent infections , . and also change how we produce , prescribe and use antibiotics , the world . will lose more and more of these global public health goods and the . implications will be devastating . ` We should anticipate to see many more deaths . ` We are going to see people who have untreatable infections . ' Only . last month , Britain 's chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies . criticised GPs for needlessly ` dishing out ' antibiotics to patients . In . the largest study of its kind , the WHO looked at data from 114 . countries on seven major types of bacteria . Experts are particularly . concerned about bacteria responsible for pneumonia , urinary tract . infections , skin infections , diarrhoea and gonorrhoea . They are also . worried that antiviral medicines are becoming increasingly less . effective against flu . Dr . Danilo Lo Fo Wong , a senior adviser at the WHO , said : ` A child falling . off their bike and developing a fatal infection would be a freak . occurrence in the UK , but that is where we are heading . ' British . experts likened the problem to the Aids epidemic of the 1980s . Professor Laura Piddock , who specialises in microbiology at the . University of Birmingham , said : ` The world needs to respond as it did to . the Aids crisis . ` We . still need a better understanding of all aspects of resistance as well . as new discovery , research and development of new antibiotics . ' The . first antibiotic , penicillin , was developed by Sir Alexander Fleming in . 1929 . But their use has soared since the 1960s , and in 1998 the . Government issued guidelines to doctors urging them to curb . prescriptions . Nonetheless , surveys suggest they are still prescribed . for 80 per cent of coughs , colds and sore throats . The spread of deadly superbugs that evade even the most powerful antibiotics is happening across the world , United Nations officials have confirmed . Image shows the superbug MRSA which already kills almost 20,000 people a year in Europe . Jenna and Andrew Hannon , pictured , were distraught after losing their son Oliver to a superbug . The human cost of the rising number of superbugs is becoming all too familiar . Distraught young couple Jenna and Andrew Hannon lost their second son to an infection at a hospital neo-natal unit in Bristol . Little Oliver was born early at 24 weeks and although he had seemed well enough to go home with his parents , he soon fell dangerously ill . He was taken to Southmead Hospital but the infection had taken hold and the youngster passed away . Tragically the couple had lost another prematurely born son , Travis , to infection in 2010 , just five-and-a-half hours after his birth at 26 weeks . An inquest into Oliver 's death later found he had been killed by the pseudomonas bacteria . He was one of three babies in the hospital to be hit by the killer bacteria , which was later linked to baby deaths around the country . An investigation took place at the hospital into Oliver 's death , but it could not find what caused his infection . The inquest was told that Oliver was being given two types of antibiotics before he died as a precaution , but neither specifically fought pseudomonas . As a result of the investigation the hospital also now uses antibiotics which more specifically target the bacteria . Jennifer Cohn of the international medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières agreed with the WHO 's assessment and confirmed the problem had spread to many corners of the world . ` We see horrendous rates of antibiotic resistance wherever we look in our field operations , including children admitted to nutritional centres in Niger , and people in our surgical and trauma units in Syria , ' she said . Earlier this month , Government body NICE said that one in 16 patients are developing infections on NHS wards because of poor hygiene among staff . NICE said 800 patients a day , the equivalent of 300,000 a year , are infected by a member of staff or by dirty equipment . It is estimated the infections cause 5,000 deaths annually and contribute to another 15,000 . Antibiotics are substances that kill or interfere with the growth of microorganisms , especially bacteria . But not all microorganisms are susceptible to all antibiotics , according to Public Health England . Microorganisms which are not killed or inhibited by an antibiotic are called ` antibiotic resistant ' . They continue to grow and multiply in the presence of that antibiotics . There are several ways in which bacteria can be resistant . Some destroy the antibiotic , for example by producing enzymes against it ; some prevent the antibiotic getting into their cells ; others get the antibiotic out of their cells before it can harm them . HOW DOES RESISTANCE DEVELOP ? Some bacteria are naturally resistant ; new resistances also arise spontaneously by chance mutations and these resistant strains then multiply . Some resistances can be passed from one bacterium to another , spreading resistance between species . Loops of DNA -LRB- called plasmids -RRB- carry the resistance genes from one bacterium to another . When an antibiotic is given , it kills the sensitive bacteria , but any resistant ones can survive and multiply . The more antibiotics are used -LRB- in animals and agriculture as well as in man -RRB- the greater will be the `` selective pressure '' , favouring resistant strains - i.e. survival of the fittest . Antibiotics do n't 'cause ' resistance ; rather , they create an environment which favours the growth of resistant varians which already exist in nature or arise by chance . | Spread of deadly superbugs that evade antibiotics is happening globally . It 's now a major threat to public health , the World Health Organisation says . It could mean minor injuries and common infections become fatal . | [[5036, 5052], [5058, 5098], [5022, 5052], [5069, 5128], [6580, 6630], [6694, 6757], [6760, 6808], [684, 727], [758, 820]] |
It was once the place to buy panthers , tigers and camels and even caught the fancy of Ronald Reagan , who rang up to pay for a baby elephant . But the Harrods Pet Kingdom will soon be no more - to be replaced with a womenswear section . The London department store 's pet section opened in 1917 , and rivalled London zoo with a vast array of animals which it sold for more than 50 years until most were outlawed by the 1976 Endangered Species Act . Barmy : John Rendall paid # 3,000 in today 's money for Christian the lion cub , which he kept in his Chelsea flat . The playwright Noël Coward was one of its more famous customers , having an alligator bought for him for Christmas in 1951 by the Canadian actress Beatrice Lillie . And in 1969 , Australian backpackers John Rendall and Anthony Bourke bought Christian the lion cub for 250 guineas , or # 3,000 in today 's money . Who 's a clever boy ? Mohammed Al Fayed , the store 's former owner , visited the pet department . Sadly he outlived their flat in nearby Chelsea , and had to be released into the wild in Kenya . But the most famous purchase from the pet store came in 1967 , when future American president Ronald Reagan , then the governor of California , rang up to buy a baby elephant called Gertie . Legend has it the shop worker on the other end of the phone said : ` Would that be African or Indian , sir ? ' Less than a decade later , the Endangered Species Act would put a halt to most of the department 's more exotic sales . However , it maintained a good trade in hamsters , rabbits , cats and pedigree dogs until recently . Mr Rendall told the Evening Standard : ` It was a completely different time and the world has moved on . ` After the Endangered Species Act they could n't have a zoo , and the pet shop was no longer a big draw so I understand they have to think of something more profitable but it 's certainly the passing of an era . ' A Harrods spokesman said : ` The Pet Kingdom department will close to make way for further exciting planned developments in our womenswear offering . 'Em ployees have been informed and Harrods is working with them to find alternative positions in the store where possible . ' The world-famous store was once owned by the outspoken billionaire Mohammed Al Fayed , but was bought out by the Qatari royal family 's fund Qatar Holding in 2010 - becoming only the fifth owner since it was founded . Bought out : The famous store , pictured on Boxing Day , was bought up by the Qatari royal family . | Department store Pet Kingdom opened in 1917 selling tigers and panthers . Two Australian backpackers bought a lion cub and kept it in their flat . The future U.S. president rang up to buy an elephant , his party 's symbol . But its exotic wares were outlawed under the 1976 Endangered Species Act . | [[260, 295], [516, 528], [540, 566], [87, 100], [107, 143], [388, 449], [1378, 1402], [1405, 1497]] |
Andy Carroll 's fiance , Billi Mucklow has shared her first pregnancy scan photo on her official Instagram account . The 26-year-old , best known for her time on reality TV show The Only Way is Essex , is clearly excited and captioned the snap , ` Ca n't wait to cuddle and kiss my little Bubba ! ' The post earned nearly 7000 ` likes ' and drew countless well wishes from fans . ` Ca n't wait to cuddle and kiss my little Bubba ! ' Billi Mucklow is expecting her first child with Andy Carroll . Reality TV star Mucklow announced her pregnancy on Boxing Day after posting on her official Twitter account . Caroll wins a header against Bristol City 's Mark Little and George Saville in the FA Cup fourth-round tie . While Carroll already has two children from a previous relationship - four-year-old daughter Emily Rose and two-year-old son Lucas , this will be Mucklow 's first child . The couple announced their engagement last year after the West Ham striker orchestrated an extravagant proposal to Mucklow outside the Colosseum in Rome . Earlier in his career , Carroll had developed something of a bad boy reputation off the pitch , but now seems to have settled down . He has been in good form for West Ham this season and has five goals in 12 Premier League games . Carroll has scored five goals in 12 Premier League games this season as West Ham sit seventh in the table . | Billi Mucklow has revealed a snapshot of her pregnancy scan . Mucklow got engaged to West Ham striker Andy Carroll last year . The couple are expecting their first child together . Carroll seems to have settled down as a family man . | [[25, 116], [886, 960], [433, 495], [1065, 1072], [1141, 1173]] |
A sketch of the bizarre creature that terrorized Van Meter in 1903 based on eyewitness accounts . A bizarre legend and unsolved mystery which has haunted a small Iowa town for more than 100 years is the subject of a new book called The Van Meter Visitor . For several nights in 1903 , the small town of Van Meter , Iowa was terrorized by a giant bat-like creature that emerged from an old abandoned mine . The identity of this mysterious monster has never been discovered , but over 100 years later a new book is retelling the amazing tale and hoping to shed some light on what happened all those years ago . The legend dates back to the fall of 1903 , when several of Van Meter 's most well . respected citizens reported a half human , half animal with enormous , . smooth bat wings flying about . The . creature is described as moving at speeds the townsfolk had never witnessed before , plus it let off a powerful stench and shot a blinding light . from its horned head . Each . time the townsfolk encountered the creature they fired their guns . at it , but this appeared to have no impact on the creature . On the first night it . was first spotted flying across . the building tops . The next evening it was spotted by both the town doctor and bank cashier . Peter Dunn who took a plaster cast of its ` great three-toed tracks . ' On the third night , a man spotted it perched atop a telephone pole . Another resident who saw it , described the monster as hopping like a kangaroo , while the local high . school teacher likened it to a devil . Scared and angered by what they had witnessed , the townsfolk followed the creature to an abandoned coal mine near an old brickyard where they heard a noise from the mine . ` Presently the noise opened up again , as . though Satan and a regiment of imps were coming forth for battle , ' reads an article in the Des Moines Daily News from Oct. 3 , 1903 . The unsolved mystery of the strange creature has haunted the Iowa town of Van Meter for more than 100 years . A photo of the ' 1901 Bachelors of Van Meter , ' including several men who claimed to have seen the mysterious monster . The monster appeared together with a smaller version . In a flash of bright light they sailed away , but returned in the morning when the town 's men had gathered with weapons ` to rid the earth of them ' . ` The reception they received would have sunk the Spanish fleet , but aside from unearthly noise and peculiar odor they did not seem to mind it , but slowly descended the shaft of the old mine . ' The creature was never seen again . This amazing tale has survived and been retold for several generations now and a written version even exists in the town 's centennial book . The new book is the work of Chad Lewis , who has written over 15 books about the supernatural , plus co-authors Noah Voss and Kevin Lee Nelson and help from local librarian Jolena Walker . Author Chad Lewis visited Van Meter to speak to local residents about the creature and visit several historic locations including the mine . A historic portrait of Van Meter , Iowa near the time of the unexplained sightings in 1903 . The myth of the strange creature has survived and been retold for several generations and a written version even exists in the town 's centennial book . The authors visited the quiet town and spoke to local residents who told them the stories about the creature which passed been down and they visited several historic locations including the mine . Lewis says he has found no evidence to suggest the monster was a hoax , . although be believes the facts of the story may have been embellished over the years . Lewis told the Des Moines Register that even though he said he 's unsure . what happened those fall nights in 1903 in Van Meter , seeking the . answer was more important than finding it . ` It was an era when anything was possible . Science was starting to gain momentum . In fact , they had just discovered the mountain gorilla . So the beast in the jungle was real , ' he told . ` People were open to the fact that anything could happen . ' A new book explores the unsolved mystery of the strange creature that attacked the Iowa town of Van Meter more than 100 years ago . | A new book explores the strange legend of a winged monster that terrorized the town of Van Meter in Iowa over several nights . It was described as a half human/half animal with enormous bat wings and a blinding light shooting from its horn . The townsfolk chased the creature to a local mine shaft which it disappeared down , never to be seen again . 110 years later the mystery has never been explained . | [[12, 32], [38, 66], [119, 135], [142, 195], [98, 135], [196, 224], [256, 282], [313, 363], [478, 550], [1904, 2013], [4094, 4158], [4138, 4158], [4164, 4225], [256, 282], [313, 363], [338, 363], [369, 405], [694, 762], [890, 897], [928, 951], [338, 363], [369, 405], [1598, 1681], [2492, 2536], [2539, 2574], [119, 135], [142, 195], [1904, 2013]] |
It roamed the countryside spreading death and terror -- a giant , ferocious hell-hound with flaming eyes and savage claws . For centuries , the beast that came to be known as Black Shuck struck fear into the hearts of all who crossed its path . Just a single glimpse was enough to impart a fatal curse ; the briefest encounter sufficient to suck the life from any hapless victim . Discovery : These remains of a giant dog were found during a dig among the ruins of Leiston Abbey in Suffolk . Is it him ? The bones are believed to date back to the 16th century , when the legendary hell hound Black Shuck -LRB- pictured in an artist 's impression -RRB- was rumoured to roam East Anglia . They show the dog was a ` large male ' One thing , however , has always been . absent from the many tales of the dog-like entity and its sinister . appearances in the East of England flatlands : A single fact . Now that may be about to change with an answer to the question : Did it exist only in folklore ... or was it flesh and blood ? Yesterday , . 500 years after Black Shuck first went on the prowl , archaeologists . were examining the skeleton of a 7ft long dog unearthed in the remains . of an ancient abbey . It was . discovered a few miles from two churches where Black Shuck is said to . have killed worshippers during an almighty thunderstorm in August 1577 . What 's . more , it appears to have been buried in a shallow grave at precisely . the same time as Shuck is said to have been on the loose , primarily . around Suffolk and the East Anglia region . Site : The bones were uncovered in a 20-inch deep unmarked grave among the ruins of Leiston Abbey -LRB- pictured -RRB- . Experts will subject the bones and surrounding material to 21st century dating techniques . But . first , the legend . The beast 's most celebrated attack began at Holy . Trinity church , Blythburgh . A clap of thunder burst open the church . doors and a hairy black ` devil dog ' came snarling in . It . ran through the congregation , killing a man and boy and causing the . church steeple to fall through the roof . Scorch marks still visible on . the church doors are purported to have come from Shuck 's claws as it . fled . Local verse records . the event thus : ` All down the church in the midst of fire , the hellish . monster flew , and , passing onward to the quire , he many people slew . ' Next . stop was 12 miles away in Bungay , where two worshippers were killed at . St Mary 's church . One was left shrivelled ` like a drawn purse ' as he . prayed . Brendon Wilkins , projects director of Dig Ventures , which organised the dig , pictured , said he believed the dog could have lived around 1577 because it was buried alongside pottery fragments from the period . Ruins : Dig Ventures projects director , Brendon Wilkins , said the grave was dug partly over the foundations of what appeared to have been a kitchen area - indicating it had been created after the abbey fell into disrepair . In his 1577 pamphlet . A Straunge And Terrible Wunder , the Rev Abraham Fleming told how the . Satan-like beast came ` running all along down the body of the church . with great swiftnesse and incredible haste , among the people , in a . visible fourm and shape ' , wringing the necks of two parishioners as they . knelt . Spookily , a later work reveals : ` Although his howling makes the hearer 's blood run cold , his footfalls make no sound . ' Subsequent . appearances of Shuck -- a name believed to derive either from an old . English word for demon , or from local dialect meaning ` shaggy ' -- have . immortalised it . An image of Black Shuck is incorporated in Bungay 's . coat of arms , and the nickname for equally legendary Bungay Town FC is . the Black Dogs . The bones of the giant dog were found during a dig among the ruins of Leiston Abbey in Suffolk . The bones . uncovered in the ruins of Leiston Abbey , Suffolk , were first found by . archaeological group Dig Ventures in a project last year . Painstaking . work revealed the skeleton of an extremely large dog . Estimates suggest . it would have weighed more than 14 stone and stood 7ft tall on its hind . legs . The grave was less than 20 inches deep and unmarked . Pottery . fragments found at the same level date from the height of Shuck 's . alleged reign . Radio carbon . dating tests will now give an exact age for the bones , results that will . serve either to enhance the shaggy dog stories -- or perhaps to support . the far less entertaining theory that here lies a 16th century abbot 's . beloved old hunting dog . Folklore : The legend of Black Shuck is now so popular that images of the dog have been put up across Bungay . Above , a weather vane in the town . According to folklore , Black Shuck appeared during a storm on August 4 , 1577 , at Holy Trinity Church in Blythburgh , about seven miles from Leiston in Suffolk . Villagers were reportedly sheltering inside the church when a huge clap of thunder caused the doors to burst open and the snarling dog crashed in . It ran through the congregation , killing a man and a boy , before the steeple crashed through the roof . The dog then fled , leaving scorch marks from its claws on the church door which are still visible today . Later the same day , Black Shuck is said to have struck again 12 miles away , killing two worshippers during a service at St Mary 's Church , Bungay , while the storm was still raging . Clergyman , . the Rev Abraham Fleming , is believed to have described the appearance of the legendary hell hound in a pamphlet written in 1577 , entitled ` A Straunge and . Terrible Wunder ' . He wrote : ` This black dog , or the divel in such a . linenesse -LRB- God hee knoweth al who worketh all , -RRB- running all along down . the body of the church with great swiftnesse , and incredible haste , . among the people , in a visible fourm and shape , passed between two . persons , as they were kneeling uppon their knees , and occupied in prayer . as it seemed , wrung the necks of them bothe at one instant clene . backward , in somuch that even at a moment where they kneeled , they . strangely dyed . ' Historian W. A. Dutt also wrote about Black Shuck in his 1901 book , Highways and Byways , set in East Anglia . ` He takes the form of a huge black dog , and prowls along dark . lanes and lonesome field footpaths , where , although his howling makes . the hearer 's blood run cold , his footfalls make no sound , ' he wrote . The legend of Black Shuck is now so popular that images of the dog have been put up in buildings across the town - and the animal is even being . incorporated into Bungay 's coat of arms . There is also a Black Dog Running . Club and a Black Dog antiques shop , while the nickname for the town 's football club is ` The Black Dogs ' . And the legend has even infiltrated popular culture - with British rock band The Darkness featuring a track inspired by the devil dog on their debut album , Permission To Land . The track , named ` Black Shuck ' , includes the lyrics : ` In a town in the east , the parishioners were visited upon by a curious beast . ` And his eyes numbered but one and shone like the sun , and a glance beckoned the immediate loss of a cherished one . ' | According to folklore , Black Shuck terrorised East Anglia in 16th century . He towered at seven feet tall , with flaming red eyes and shaggy black hair . Now , remains of legendary hound may have been unearthed during a dig . Bones found by archeologists among ruins at Leiston Abbey in Suffolk . They belong to ` male dog ' , standing at seven feet tall and weighing 200lbs . Experts are currently carrying out radio carbon dating tests on remains . | [[567, 609], [622, 686], [4730, 4751], [7136, 7144], [7166, 7184], [393, 491], [3756, 3852], [393, 491], [1561, 1668], [3756, 3852], [3865, 3904], [3922, 3938], [687, 723], [697, 725], [1110, 1155], [1141, 1182], [4087, 4089], [4132, 4160]] |
A university lecturer is claiming to have photographed fairies flying through the air in the British countryside . John Hyatt , 53 , says his series of photos which were taken over the past two years prove the tiny winged creatures do exist in the Rossendale Valley , Lancashire . Mr Hyatt , Director of Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design -LRB- MIRIAD -RRB- at Manchester Metropolitan University insists his photos are genuine and have not been altered in any way . A university lecturer is claiming to have photographed these ` fairies ' flying through the air in the British countryside . John Hyatt , 53 , says his series of photos which were taken over the past two years prove that they do exist in the Rossendale Valley , Lancashire . And he has now put his photographs on display at a special exhibition . Mr Hyatt , who was a member of the Three Johns punk band in the 1980s and 1990s , says adults that have seen his photos have started to harbour ideas that they may indeed be real . He said : ` It was a bit of a shock when I blew them up , I did a double take . Mr Hyatt insists his photos are genuine and have not been altered in any way . ` From my experience they were just enjoying themselves and there was a little dance in the sunlight going on ' said Mr Hyatt . ' I went out afterwards and took pictures of flies and gnats and they just do n't look the same . ` People can decide for themselves what they are . ` The message to people is to approach them with an open mind . ' I think it 's one of those situations where you need to believe to see . ' A lot of people who have seen them say they have brought a little bit of magic into their lives and there 's not enough of that around . ' Mr Hyatt , who lives Rawtenstall , has posted some of his images on social media and says they have attracted much debate . The existence of fairies has long been resigned to the realm of children 's books and Disney films , such as Tinkerbell in Peter Pan , right , but Mr Hyatt , left , wants to get more adults to bring ` magic into their lives ' The exhibition , called Rossendale Fairies , will be on show at The Whitaker Museum in Whitaker Park in Rossendale , throughout the spring . Mr Hyatt said the name is a nod to the famous story of the Cottingley fairies where two schoolgirls in Bradford claimed to have photographed fairies in their garden , which they confirmed 60 years later had been faked with cardboard cut-outs . However he admits the creatures he snapped are a long way from the characters depicted in children 's stories and hopes his pictures will change people 's perceptions of them . ` Everything gets stereotyped , whatever it is . ` But there are stranger things in life than fairies , and life grows everywhere . Experts and the simply sceptical will no doubt point to explanations involving reflections , flashes or technical glitches or that the tiny shapes could be a flea , left or a fly , right . In 2009 , Phyllis Bacon , 55 , believed she took a photo of a fairy at the bottom of her garden in New Addington , near Croydon in South London . ' I do n't believe they are just smaller versions of us and go home and have a cup of tea at the end of the day . ` And one is suggesting they have any special powers . ` From my experience they were just enjoying themselves and there was a little dance in the sunlight going on . ` They are just beautiful pictures and beauty can make people believe . ' In 2009 , Phyllis Bacon , 55 , believed she took a photo of a fairy at the bottom of her garden in New Addington , near Croydon in South London . Cottingley , a village outside Bradford in Yorkshire , would have remained in much deserved obscurity had 16-year-old Elsie Wright not taken a remarkable photograph of her ten-year-old cousin , Frances Griffiths , playing with ` fairies ' on the banks of a stream which ran behind the garden of Elsie 's house . A few days earlier , in the summer of 1917 , Frances had slipped and gone into the stream , later telling her mother she had fallen into the water while she was ` playing with the fairies ' . Her mother , unamused , sent her up to the attic bedroom she shared with Elsie where , later that afternoon , the two girls hatched a childish prank that would make headlines around the world , severely damage the reputations of eminent public figures and generate a controversy that endured for generations . Elsie suggested they should take a photograph of the ` fairies ' to prove to Frances ' mother that she had been telling the truth . The girls drew some fairies , cut them out and pasted them on to cardboard . With a few long hatpins on which to mount their ` fairies ' and a roll of zinc oxide bandage tape . Arthur Wright willingly agreed to lend his daughter his camera and girls set off , blissfully unaware that they were about to create one of the most reproduced photographs in history . They arranged the four fairies - three with wings and one playing a piped instrument - in front of Frances , who put flowers in her hair , cupped her chin in her hand and , curiously , stared intently at the camera rather than the fairies when Elsie took the picture . Wright developed the exposed plate a darkroom he asked Elsie what they were , and she told him they were the fairies that she and Frances played with by the stream - they took another photo a month later . Polly Wright , Elsie 's mother , and her sister , Annie Griffiths , Frances ' mother took the photographs to a meeting of the . Theosophical Society in Harrogate . Knowledge of photography was not . widespread at this time and few understood that the ` spirit ' could be . introduced by a simple double exposure on the same photographic plate . As . a result , many Spiritualists were encouraged to believe that the camera . could ` see ' what the naked eye could not , a belief which helped . legitimise the Cottingley fairy photographs . Soon the word spread and it was only many decades later did they admit that the photographs were faked and involved cut-out drawings of fairy figures that were fastened to foliage with hatpins . Elsie and Frances stuck doggedly to their story for years . Not until March 1983 , when she was 76 years old , did Frances finally confess . ` I 'm fed up with all these stories , ' she complained . ' I hated those photographs and cringe every time I see them . I thought it was a joke , but everyone else kept it going . It should have died a natural death 60 years ago . ' Elsie at first refused to comment , but later confirmed her cousin 's story : ' I do not want to die and leave my grandchildren with a loony grandmother to remember . ' Frances continued to claim , contrarily , that she had seen fairies and that the fifth photograph - the fairy bower - was authentic . She died in 1986 ; Elsie died two years later . ` The joke was only meant to last two hours , ' said Elsie towards the end of her life . ` It lasted 70 years . ' | University lecturer John Hyatt claims he has proof the creatures are real . He says they are residing in the Rossendale Valley , Lancashire . Mr Hyatt has now put his photographs on display at a special exhibition . | [[0, 114], [498, 622], [773, 787], [792, 844], [773, 779], [784, 844]] |
Scientists believe they may have found evidence to show that big cats really are roaming the British countryside , by analysing teeth marks on the bones of their ` victims ' . From the Beast of Trowbridge , to the Wildcat of Woodchester , big cat sightings have sparked the imaginations of many people over the years , although bar a few fuzzy photographs there has been little to prove their existence . Now expert Dr Andrew Hemmings believes he has found proof that big cats have been stalking Gloucestershire and neighbouring counties by analysing the remains of wild animals , which appear to have been eaten by beasts larger than any knows British carnivores . Beastly goings on : Scientists believe they may have found evidence to show that big cats , such as the ` Beast of Trowbridge ' , spotted earlier this year , really are roaming the British countryside , by analysing teeth marks on the bones of their ` victims ' Dr Hemmings , a senior lecturer in animal science at the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester , has spent the last year examining 20 animal skeletons which all bore unusual teethmarks . Some of the livestock and deer remains , found by farmers , landowners and volunteers , had been found in unusual circumstances which suggested that they may have been killed by a big cat . Dr Hemmings studied the bones in order to figure out which animals had eaten them , and in a quarter of his samples found that the ` tooth pit ' markings made by canine teeth had been inflicted by an animal larger than those living in the British countryside , such as badgers and foxes . Dogs ' teeth can leave behind similar markings , so Dr Hemmings also examined the bones to look for markings made by the carnassial teeth - used for cutting flesh . These teeth are wider apart in a big cat than a dog , which would enable Dr Hemmings to eliminate dogs as being behind the attacks , according to the Daily Telegraph . He was unable to reach a firm conclusion in 17 of the cases , but said that in the remaining three there were clear indications to show that big cats were responsible . One of the bones came from a wild boar found in Gloucestershire , while the others were from sika deer discovered in Dorset . Some believe that the animals are the descendents of large species such as panthers , leopards and lynx which were released into the wild in the 1970s after their owners were banned from keeping them as pets by the Dangerous Wild Animals act . The scientist is now hoping to uncover more evidence , including fresh carcasses which may show traces of feline DNA , before his research is publish in the Journal of Archaeological Science . ` All three are certainly wider than you would expect to find in a dog imprint ' , he told the Daily Telegraph . ` But we need to let the sample size build up before we have anything approaching a statistical basis . ' Dr Hemmings said that his research was . not the most conclusive proof of big cats , but added to the growing . weight of evidence to suggest that big cats were living in Britain . ` We are excited as we are finding some tooth pits in many of the . bones that suggest the animals could have been killed by a large-sized . feline , but at the moment it is impossible to tell whether they have . been caused by a domestic dog or big cat , ' he told local newspaper the Gloucester Citizen last month . Big cat sightings have been a regualr . feature of country life , going back decades , such as in the case of the . Beast of Bodmin , said to live in Cornwall . More than 60 sightings of a large black cat have occurred in the area over the years and in 2005 , a skull with large fangs and thought to be the remains of a big cat were found in the River Fowey close to the moor . In 2005 a large cat scull was found in the river Fowey , on the edge of Bodmin Moor , however , it was later found to have come from a leopard-skin rug . The skull was sent to the Natural History Museum in London for verification . They determined that it was a genuine skull from a young male leopard , but also found that the cat had not died in Britain . In fact , the skull had been imported as part of a leopard-skin rug . Some believe that the animals are the descendents of large species such as panthers , leopards and lynx which were released into the wild in the 1970s after their owners were banned from keeping them as pets by the Dangerous Wild Animals act . In August , pensioners Herbert and Doreen Smith told how they had spotted a big cat , dubbed the ` Beast of Trowbridge ' , prowling through Murhill Woods , near Trowbridge , Wiltshire , eating its prey . There was a flurry of reported sightings of the creature in 2009 , with members of the public claiming they had seen a big cat lurking by the side of the road . In January last year DNA tests were carried out on the carcasses . of three roe deer found dead at Woodchester National Park , near Stroud , . in a bid to establish how they were killed . One of the deer had its vital organs missing and had had its snout severed - the hallmarks of a panther-like kill - but the tests found no evidence of a wild cat , which many had called the Wildcat of Woodchester , being involved . In February 2012 , grainy film footage emerged online showing what . appears to be a 6ft-long beast slinking across a field just three miles . from Woodchester Park . Teaching assistant Coryn Memory , who lives . in the area , said she had spotted the large black animal - dubbed the . ` Wildcat of Woodchester ' , five times before shooting the video . She . said her first sighting came in July 2009 , when she saw the . panther-like creature crossing a field near her house in Thrupp , near . Stroud . Also in February 2012 , a gigantic paw print was discovered in the Mendip hills near Bristol , this size of which correlated with the paw of a big cat , according to wildlife experts , and were unlikely to be those of a fox - unless it was an extremely large one . The Mendips have been the site of several reported big cat sightings in recent years , and savaged carcasses discovered in the West Country added weight to claims that at least one giant beast is living there . In July last year , Sir Benjamin Slade claimed a beast had been on his land and that animals had been killed at the 98-acre Maunsel House . A major hunt for a creature nicknamed ` The Essex Lion ' was underway in August 2012 , when photographs of what appeared to be a lion spotted near a caravan park at Clacton were handed to police . Police and zoo workers armed with tranquilliser guns were scrambled to hunt for the Essex Lion , only for the creature to be exposed as a domestic cat . Following reports of a wild animal on the loose , armed officers and two police helicopters using heat-seeking equipment , which cost # 880 an hour to run , were scrambled . Workers from nearby Colchester Zoo carrying tranquilliser guns scoured the fields and residents were warned to stay indoors . Caravanners were temporarily moved to a nearby garden centre . However , the creature was later revealed to be a domestic cat , named Teddy . The . Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food conducted an official . investigation into the ` beast ' and other unknown animals reported to be . roaming Britain in 1995 . It concluded there was no ` verifiable evidence ' of exotic felines loose in Britain . However , it also stated that the investigation could not prove that big cats were ` not present ' . | Bones of wild animals found dead analysed for unusual teeth marks . Dr Andrew Hemmings studied bones animals found around Gloucestershire . 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It lurks just inches below the surface coiled and ready to strike - and yet you would n't know it was there . These remarkable images show the enormous 26-foot -LRB- eight metre -RRB- anacondas of Mato Grosso in Brazil searching for prey in the murky depths . They were captured by brave diver and snake enthusiast Franco Banfi , 53 , who joined the beasts in their natural habitat armed only with a camera . Ready to strike : Brave diver and snake enthusiast Franco Banfi captured this image of an enormous anaconda snake lurking beneath the surface of a river in Mato Grosso do Sul , Brazil . Hunting : This anaconda scans the surface of the water looking for prey such as mice , fish or birds . Enormous : This coiled anaconda was about eight metres in length . Swiss diver Franco Banfi captured the photographs on a ten-day visit to the Mato Grosso do Sul region in Brazil . In another shot , Banfi gets up close to a huge anaconda that is lying on the riverbank and glistening in the ferocious tropical heat . Thankfully for the photographer , it had just gobbled up a capybara rodent and was n't interested in devouring him as a second course . Banfi , a father-of-two from Switzerland , said : ` As the snake had just eaten it did n't take much interest in us . ` Everything is possible but I do n't think it would have eaten us . I was very close , I could have touched it if I wanted to . ' Time for your close-up : Banfi was able to reach out and touch this massive anaconda sunbathing on the riverbank having devoured a capybara rodent . He saw six different female anaconda snakes on his ten-day trip to the Mato Grosso do Sul region , right in the heart of South America . The region is known for its diverse natural beauty and attracts thousands of visitors every year . The name literally means ` Thick Forest of the South ' and it 's easy to see why . Banfi added : ` At the first moment it 's scary because you do n't know the animal and everybody says it 's dangerous . ` But after a while you understand that nothing happens if you respect the snake . ' I have never been so close to a snake like this before . But I think a small poisonous snake is more scary than a big one . At least you can see the anacondas clearly and know what they 're doing . ' Say cheese ! Banfi , 53 , goes up close to take an underwater shot of one of the anacondas . He saw six huge female snakes during his time in Brazil . On the prowl : The bright sunlight suggests this anaconda is close to the surface and about the attack . Elegant : This smaller snake glides through the waters . | Swiss diver Franco Banfi went to the Mato Grosso region of Brazil to capture these amazing close-up of enormous anaconda snakes in their natural habitat . These underwater beasts feed on rodents , birds and fish , lurking close to surface coiled and ready to strike . | [[110, 259], [260, 327], [427, 522], [765, 827], [837, 878], [879, 894], [897, 935], [2273, 2291], [2299, 2365], [0, 45], [640, 697], [2424, 2436], [2439, 2528]] |
Hundreds of mourners attended ex-EastEnders actress Gemma McCluskie 's funeral today - eight months after her dismembered torso was found in a north London canal . Miss McCluskie , 29 , who played Kerry Skinner in the BBC soap in 2001 , went missing on March 1 , and her torso was found by police divers scouring the Regent 's Canal near trendy Broadway Market five days later . Two weeks after that an arm and two legs were recovered from the same stretch of water and her severed head was discovered more than six months later on September 9 . Tragedy : Family and friends of Gemma McCluskie gathered for her funeral in east London today , eight months after her dismembered torso was found . Sorrow : The young woman 's wicker coffin lay inside a glass carriage heaped with floral tributes including ` daughter ' and ` sister ' spelled out in flowers and drawn by two black horses adorned with black feathers . Grief : Miss McCluskie 's brother Danny , left , sobbed as her coffin was carried into St Monica 's Church , right . Shocking : Miss McCluskie 's torso was found in Regent 's Canal , followed by an arm and two legs and finally a severed head , which was recovered more than six months later in September . One poignant message read : ' I still ca n't believe I am writing this Gem ... It 's going to be so hard to say goodbye , but now you can rest in peace like you deserve . ' Miss McCluskie 's . brother Tony McCluskie , 35 , who shared a house with her in Bethnal Green , . near where the body parts were found , has been charged with her murder . He has admitted to killing her and now faces a trial to determine whether it was murder or manslaughter . Dressed in black : Some 300 mourners attended her funeral at St Monica 's Catholic church in Hoxton Square , east London , many struggling to control their tears . ` Hard to say goodbye ' : Emotional cards and flowers from friends and family paid tribute to the 29-year-old . Beautiful occasion : A large wreath of white carnations and pink roses on one of the cars spelled out ` GEM ' and ` LIL GEM ' Our rose : Miss McCluskie 's father Tony , left , was among the mourners but her mother Pauline , who has cancer , was unable to attend because of her illness . Artist 's impression : Miss McCluskie 's brother Tony , 35 , has been charged with her murder . Tearful goodbye : A mourner dries a tear from her face outside Miss McCluskie 's funeral today . He was remanded in custody at the Old Bailey last month and his trial is due to take place on January 14 . The young woman 's wicker coffin lay inside a glass carriage drawn by two black horses and adorned with black feathers . It was decorated with floral tributes including ` daughter ' and ` sister ' spelled out in white carnations and pink roses . About . 300 people , but no stars from the EastEnders cast , attended the funeral . at St Monica 's Catholic church in Hoxton Square , east London - some . dressed in black and others wearing skyscraper heels . Many . struggled to control their tears as the carriage pulled up and Miss . McCluskie 's distraught brother , Danny , sobbed as he helped carry her . coffin into the church . Her father , Tony , held a single red rose . Church bells tolled as the priest . blessed her coffin , before the hundreds of friends and family piled in . for the hour-long service . Mourners sang Amazing Grace and Ave Maria and listened to a reading by Miss McCluskie 's father and friend Carly . Floral tributes on top of the cortege contained heartfelt tributes for the actress . A note on a bouquet of yellow and white flowers read : ` Heaven has gained the funniest angel . TV career : Miss McCluskie playing Kerry Skinner with Dean Gaffney as Robbie in a scene of EastEnders in 2000 . ` I 'm sure you will have everyone in hysterics up there . ' Another said : ` Rest in peace Gemma . True and honest is what you were . Fond memories shared will stay with me . forever . Gone but never forgotten . ' A large wreath of white carnations and pink roses on one of the cars spelled out ` GEM ' and ` LIL GEM ' . Saying goodbye : About 300 people , but no stars from the EastEnders cast , attended the funeral at the Catholic church in Hoxton Square . Sorely missed : Mourners at the hour-long service sang Amazing Grace and Ave Maria and listened to a reading by Miss McCluskie 's father Tony and friend Carly . ` True and honest ' : A tribute describes Miss McCluskie and says that her memory ` will stay with me forever ' As the doors opened following the service , tearful friends sobbed loudly as Sarah McLachlan 's In the Arms of an Angel played out . One friend said : ` It was a very nice , fitting service . She was a good friend and really will be missed by everyone . ' As the horse-drawn carriage pulled away , friends and family had a minute 's silence before following it on foot to Gemma 's home in Bethnal Green . Hunt : Police search for Gemma 's remaining body parts after her torso was discovered in Regent 's Canal . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article . | Gemma McCluskie 's body parts were found by police divers . Her head was only recovered last month , six months after she died . Friends and family sobbed as the 29-year-old 's coffin was carried into the east London church . Her brother Tony , 35 , has admitted to killing her and now faces a trial to determine whether it was murder or manslaughter . 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Goldfinger 's infamous ` No Mr Bond , I expect you to die ' quote has been voted the best moment from the 007 movies . The laser-charged confrontation between Goldfinger and Sean Connery 's Bond was named the nation 's favourite Bond moment in a new poll from Sky Movies HD to celebrate the return of its dedicated Bond channel Sky Movies 007/HD . After 50 years and 23 films to date , Sky Movies asked more than 2,500 people to name their favourite Bond scenes as part of a special programme , Bond 's Greatest Moments . Iconic : The ` No Mr Bond , I expect you to die ' quote from villainous Auric Goldfinger -LRB- played by Gert Frobe , centre -RRB- has been voted to number one James Bond moment in a poll . Hosted by Sky Movies presenter Alex Zane , the programme includes contributions from Bond stars including Daniel Craig and Judi Dench , Bond directors , producers and celebrity fans including Andrew Garfield and Hugh Jackman . When informed of the winning moment , which received 10.3 per cent of the votes , current Bond star Daniel Craig said : ` Yes , that would take some beating . ' Second in the poll was the breath-taking pre-title moment in The Spy Who Loved Me which showed Roger Moore skiing off the edge of an Austrian mountain to open a Union Jack parachute -LRB- 7.6 per cent -RRB- , pipping the first ever , now definitive ` Bond ... James Bond ' statement from Sean Connery in 1962 's Dr. No , which completed the top three with 5.7 per cent of the votes . ` Bond ... James Bond ' : Sean Connery 's legendary introduction came in at number three in the poll . Daniel Craig 's pulse-pounding chase at the start of Casino Royale came in at fourth . Thrill ride : The opening car chase in Quantum of Solace made the top ten , despite the film dividing critics . Daniel Craig 's chase across a building site in Casino Royale came fourth -LRB- 5.3 per cent -RRB- ahead of The Man With The Golden Gun 's barrel roll car sequence , which saw Roger Moore 's Bond perform a daring car jump across a Bangkok river -LRB- 4.5 per cent -RRB- . Pierce Brosnan made his entry into the poll in sixth place with 3.3 per cent for his tank chase through St. Petersburg in Goldeneye , beating Roger Moore 's crocodile ` stepping stone ' escape in Live And Let Die . The eighth most popular Bond scene was back to four wheels for Daniel Craig 's Quantum Of Solace Aston Martin DBS race through the banks of Lake Garda -LRB- 2.2 per cent -RRB- . -LRB- Others = 54.6 % -RRB- . Explosive : Pierce Brosnan 's tank chase in 1995 's Goldeneye came in at six . Following at nine is Desmond Llewellyn 's final scene as Q in The World Is Not Enough where viewers saw him advise Pierce Brosnan to ` pay attention 007 ' for the very last time . A sombre moment rounds off the top 10 , courtesy of On Her Majesty 's Secret Service and George Lazenby 's only turn as 007 . Following a tumultuous relationship and just moments after marrying his bride Tracy -LRB- played by Diana Rigg -RRB- , celebrations were cut short when Blofeld carried out a drive-by-shooting that killed her and left Bond grief-stricken -LRB- 1.7 per cent -RRB- . Grief : The shocking murder of Bond 's wife , played by Diana Rigg , in ` On Her Majesty 's Secret Service ' was a sombre entry in the countdown . | Poll ranks top ten James Bond moments from 23 films over 50 years . Gold-obsessed villain 's line to trapped spy comes in at number one . Other entries include tank chase in Goldeneye and shooting of hero 's wife . | [[348, 383], [386, 492], [2493, 2559]] |
Andy Carroll has been keeping busy as recovers from his latest injury setback - by modelling for the Alexander Wang for H&M fashion campaign . The West Ham frontman , who has been on the sidelines since suffering ankle ligament damage during the club 's pre-season tour to New Zealand in July , was on his first assignment since signing for agency Select Models . Carroll was up against 200 other candidates to be the face of the campaign but was the chosen one and showed off a whole new set of skills . West Ham and England striker Andy Carroll fronted a campaign for Alexander Wang for H&M . Carroll has yet to play this season and is currently recovering from knee ligament damage . In an interview with Vogue magazine , the England forward said : ' I obviously had heard of Alexander Wang but until I walked on set I did n't realise how big this campaign was . ' I was being told that everyone who was working on the campaign was fashion royalty ; the world 's top stylists , hairdressers and photographers were all there ! ` It was all a bit surreal to be honest . The set and location were unbelievable ; I 've done photo shoots for West Ham and England before but nothing like this , there were so many different people running around with cameras and TV screens everywhere , it was seriously impressive . ' Carroll described his modelling debut as ` surreal ' but expected to be back in front of the camera lens soon . Carroll pictured with fitness coach Lieven Maesschlck during recovery from his last injury setback . Carroll , seen here scoring against Sweden at Euro 2012 , is hoping to regain his place for England . Carroll , 25 , thought it wise to keep the final set of snaps away from his team-mates . ` Modelling has never been something I have considered , I guess my focus has always been on my football , ' he said . ` There is plenty of banter that goes on in the dressing room every day , but there are worse things to get stick about than being a model ! ' Despite the sucessful debut , Carroll is not quite planning to follow in the footsteps of David Beckham and launch his own fashion line . He added : ' I do n't think I 'm quite ready to take on Becks yet . I will leave that to him for the time being , I 'm going to concentrate on the day job of scoring goals for West Ham and hopefully England . ' VIDEO Our strikers delivered - Allardyce . | Andy Carroll fronted a campaign for fashion designed Alexander Wang . The West Ham striker is recovering from a knee ligament injury . Carroll described the modelling experience as ` surreal ' He beat 200 other candidates to be the face of the campaign . | [[0, 142], [0, 12], [83, 142], [505, 594], [595, 602], [635, 647], [659, 686], [595, 602], [638, 686], [1316, 1366], [364, 407], [387, 438]] |
A former Colorado jail officer has been arrested and charged with murdering his wife , three years after local detectives allegedly covered up evidence of his crime and ruled her death a suicide - even though she was shot in the back of the head . Ashley Fallis ' family never believed the 28-year-old mother of three had killed herself and they campaigned for three years for police in Evans , Colorado , to reopen the case and investigate whether her husband , Tom Fallis , was responsible for the New Years Day 2012 shooting . Tom Fallis , 34 , was arrested today in Bloomington , Indiana , where he had been living with the couple 's three young children after fleeing Colorado . He will be extradited back to Colorado to stand trial . Scroll down for video . Murdered : Ashley Fallis , 28 , was shot in the back of the head after a New Year 's party in 2012 . Her death was ruled a suicide after minimal investigation by local police . In cuffs : Three years after his was was killed , Tom Fallis was arrested in Bloomington , Indiana , for Ashley 's murder . He will be extradited back to Colorado to stand trial . Did n't give up : Ashley 's parents Joel Raguindin -LRB- left -RRB- and Jenna Fox -LRB- right -RRB- campaigned to have their daughter 's case re-opened after claiming the police covered up evidence of a crime . Ashley 's parents , Jenna Fox and Joel Raguindin , are flying to Indiana to take custody of their grandchildren and raise them as their own . A grand jury indicted Tom Fallis for murder after police agreed to reopen the investigation following a series of damning reports by KDVR-TV reporter Justin Joseph . Ashley was found shot in the back of the head after a booze-fueled New Year 's Eve party at the Fallis home turned sour when Tom Fallis learned someone had brought marijuana to the party and became enraged . Fallis , who was working as a Weld County corrections officer , called 911 in screaming hysterics to say his wife had committed suicide . He angrily denied that he had anything to do with his wife 's death and Evans police quickly ruled that Ashley had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound . Mr Joseph uncovered shocking evidence that was either ignored or left out of a police report by Evans police officer Michael Yates . Yates was later cleared of criminal charges by an independent investigation , but still faces an internal review , according to the Denver Fox affiliate . Tom Fallis became irate in a police interview when an interrogator suggested his wife could not have shot herself in the back of the head . Ashley Fallis could be heard screaming for her husband to get off of her before the gunshot that took her life . The bedroom where Ashley was found was a mess and showed signs of a struggle - despite Tom Fallis ' claims that he and his wife had never had a fight . Among the details that KDVR uncovered : A friend at the party who said he overheard Ashley crying for her husband to get off of her ; a neighbor who said he heard outside his window as Tom Fallis confess to killing his wife ; scratches and defensive wounds on Tom Fallis ' chest that indicated there had been a struggle ; reports from Ashley 's parents that he had been violently angry before Ashley 's death ; clear evidence of a struggle in the bedroom where Ashley 's body was found - including . Most shockingly , one of the the Fallis ' young children , age six , told police that she saw ` daddy getting the gun ready ' and ` saw daddy shoot mommy . ' ` He was irate and explosive . He was abusive with his words and he was telling us he hated us , and to ` F everybody ' and then he went into the room and slammed the door , ' Ashley 's mother , Ms Fox , told KDVR . Ms Fox and Mr Raguindin never gave up their search for justice . They rallied friends and supporters to picket outside the police station when Ashley 's death was ruled a suicide . They have targeted Officer Yates and called for him to be criminally indicted . They raised money for lawyers fees to win visitation rights for their grandchildren and set up a memorial for their Ashley . A Facebook page that they set up for Ashley , which has nearly 500 followers , states unequivocally : ` Ashley Fallis was murdered by Tom Fallis the night of , 1/1/12 . Covered up by Evans colorado Police Dpt . They held viable info that would have convicted Tom . ' | Ashley Fallis , a 28-year-old mother of three , was found shot in the back of the head on New Year 's Day 2012 . Her husband Tom Fallis said she shot herself and her death was quickly ruled to be a suicide . Ashley 's parents say local cops covered up for Tom Fallis , who was a jail officer in the county at the time . An investigation by KDVR-TV found that cops left out details of her killing . 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British hostage John Cantlie believes ` two-thirds ' of what he is saying in propaganda videos released by Islamic State , according to his sister . The photojournalist , who was kidnapped by jihadists nearly two years ago , has been shown in a series of videos recently in which he speaks about ISIS , and criticises both the UK and U.S. governments over their strategies to deal with the terrorists . Mr Cantlie , who wears an orange jumpsuit and appears to be reading from prepared scripts , has said it is true that he is a prisoner but claimed he had been abandoned by the government . Scroll down for video . John Cantlie believes two-thirds of what he says in videos released by the Islamic State , his sister says . The photojournalist was kidnapped by jihadists nearly two years ago and has appeared in several ISIS videos . Jessica Cantlie said her brother John was a ` very principled man ' , and she understands how he feels . His sister Jessica , who issued a video plea to his captors last week to renew contact with her family , believes some of her brother 's words reflect his views . She told the Sunday Times : ` He believes at least two-thirds of what he is saying . He 's a very principled man . ' She added that she understands his feelings of abandonment . Referring to his captors she said : ` I 'm never going to be an apologist for who they are now . But these people , all of them , have suffered a huge injustice . ' Ms Cantlie pleaded with her brother 's captors to renew contact with her family saying the ` channels are open ' Ms Cantlie , whose father Paul spoke earlier this month from his hospital bed to appeal for his son 's release , said her family last received evidence the freelance journalist was alive at Christmas which was ` the most fantastic ' present . The next they heard of him was in the first IS video released last month . She said her family ` really , really need to hear ' from her brother 's captors , saying : ` The channels are open . If they can not access -LSB- the existing -RSB- channel , please set up a new one , because we are trying to communicate . ' | John Cantlie was kidnapped by jihadists nearly two years ago . He has criticised both the U.S. and UK governments in ISIS videos . His sister Jessica says her brother believes ` two-thirds ' of what he says . | [[149, 170], [175, 222], [724, 791], [0, 94], [123, 148], [615, 673], [706, 723], [939, 949], [1044, 1081], [1132, 1186]] |
Marco Reus suffered another problem with his left ankle - calling for a stretcher in stoppage time during Germany 's 2-1 win over Scotland - just months after being ruled out of the World Cup with a similar issue . The Borussia Dortmund forward was taken from the field in the closing stages of the Euro 2016 qualifier after tweaking his ankle as he looked to pull away from a Charlie Mulgrew challenge . Team-mates Thomas Muller and Mario Gotze looked concerned as they watched on and Reus eventually had to be helped from the midfield - minus his boot and sock - by Germany 's medical staff . Agony : Marco Reus winces after another problem with his left ankle which ruled him out of the World Cup . Concern : It was a positive night for Germany but his team-mates were gutted to see Reus go down . The main concern for Reus , Borussia Dortmund and Germany will be that Reus has had a similar problem before . He has only just returned from a partial tear of an ankle ligament that ruled him out of this summer 's triumph in Brazil . However , Joachim Low told reporters after the game that he did not believe Reus ' injury ` to be that bad ' . Ginger steps : Reus has to be helped from the field by the medical staff in what could be a big blow . In need of help : Reus had to be taken from the pitch and treated immediately by the medical staff . Nightmare : Oliver Bierhoff helps the star wing man from the field at full time . | Reus was forced off in the closing stages with an ankle injury . He suffered a similar problem that ruled him out of the World Cup . The injury could be a concern for Germany and Borussia Dortmund . Germany coach Joachim Low says : ` It does not seem to be that bad ' | [[0, 81], [215, 343], [215, 244], [319, 404], [609, 662], [1268, 1303], [153, 214], [648, 662], [669, 701], [961, 978], [984, 1035], [1093, 1142]] |
The woman killed in a horror crash involving reality TV star Bruce Jenner once appeared in a music video alongside Elvis Presley , it has been revealed . Kim Howe , 69 , died after her car was hit head-on by a Hummer earlier this month , with investigators looking into whether Jenner rear-ended her vehicle , causing it to cross into the oncoming lane . Now it has been revealed that widow Ms Howe made a short appearance in 1967 movie Double Trouble , starring Elvis Presley , when she danced with The King himself . Scroll down for video . Happier times : Kim Howe , the 69-year-old who died in a multi-car pileup earlier this month involving Bruce Jenner , once appeared in a film alongside Elvis Presley -LRB- pictured left -RRB- . Ms Howe was killed while driving along Pacific Coast Highway on February 7 . During a pile-up her white Lexus -LRB- pictured -RRB- was forced into oncoming traffic and hit by a Hummer , killing her . In her early 20s , Ms Howe is seen dressed as a traditional German frauline holding a stein of beer with her long blonde hair tied up in a bun . She features on screen a few moments into the song I Love Only One Girl , as Elvis walks down the steps of a bandstand and into a dancing crowd before walking up to her . The King takes her hand , they raise their glasses and then perform a short dance , during which time Ms Howe can be seen beaming at the music star . Elivs grabs a bouquet of flowers from a passing seller , hands them to Ms Howe , and then walks off while continuing the song . According to gossip site TMZ this was one of the highlights of Ms Howe 's life , as she does not appear to have starred in any other film or TV projects . Ms Howe lived alone in a $ 2.5 million house in Calabsas , Los Angeles , following the death of her husband Robert in 2003 . The pair had no children , but Ms Howe was reported to own a dog . More details of Ms Howe 's past emerged as police revealed they have not yet determined who started the car accident which lead to her death . Law enforcement officials have revealed they have not yet determined who started that chain-reaction crash involving Bruce Jenner that resulted in a woman 's death on a Malibu highway earlier this month . Jenner 's SUV rear-ended two cars , pushing a white Lexus into oncoming traffic , the official said . The driver , Kim Howe , 69 , was killed when it was struck head-on by a Hummer . It was initially thought that Ms Howe may have hit a Prius which was stopped at lights in front of her , causing Jenner to hit her from behind , forcing her into oncoming traffic where she was hit again . New reports have suggested that Jenner could have caused the accident by rear-ending both Ms Howe 's white Lexus , and the black Prius in front of her . Jenner was hauling an off-road vehicle on a trailer behind his Cadillac Escalade on February 7 when he steered to avoid cars slowing for a traffic light in front of him on Pacific Coast Highway . The Los Angeles Sheriff 's Department is investigating the cause of the wreck and will consider whether to issue a citation that could result in criminal charges - possibly vehicular manslaughter . The official said the video taken by cameras on an MTA bus in the area showed Jenner 's vehicle continued forward and rear-ended a Toyota Prius . Officials initially said the victim 's white Lexus had struck the Prius . Most significantly the video shows that the Lexus driver did n't make contact with the Prius involved , reports TMZ . A video showing a possible recreation of the accident has been created by Integral Media Works . Investigators have sought cellphone records to see if any drivers were distracted , but the video appears to show that Jenner was not using his phone . His publicist , Alan Nierob , has said Jenner was not texting and is cooperating with investigators . A video showing a possible recreation of the accident has been created by Integral Media Works . The video shows Jenner rear-end the Lexus and when the Lexus clears his lane , his SUV keeps moving and crashes into the Prius . The MTA video is alleged to show that Jenner hits the Lexus , propelling it into a Hummer coming the other way . Jenner then continues on and hits the Prius . According to earlier reports , the Lexus had been in Jenner 's path after coming to a halt when it hit a Prius travelling ahead . The Lexus was then pushed into the path of a Hummer coming the other way , leaving the vehicle a crumpled wreck and the sole occupant , 69-year-old Kim Howe , dead . The Kardashian family patriarch , who escaped the crash unscathed , took a roadside sobriety test in front of officers in the wake of the collision , which he passed . This latest evidence suggests that rather than the chain reaction being caused by the victim 's Lexus hitting the Prius in front of her , Jenner may have hit both cars , claims TMZ . Law enforcement sources told the celebrity news site that one operating theory is that the Prius had been stopped behind cars and , as a traffic light turned green , vehicles began moving . It was at this point , sources say , that Jenner rear-ended the Lexus and when the Lexus cleared his lane , his car kept moving and crashed into the Prius . TMZ reported that police say when Jenner hit the Lexus , it veered left while his Escalade moved to the right . Detectives in Malibu have opened a vehicular homicide investigation . If any of the drivers in the crash are found criminally negligent , felony charges could be filed - which carry a sentence of up to six years in prison . Jenner 's Cadillac Escalade hit the back of the victim 's white Lexus on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu , California , which caused a chain reaction that resulted in the luxury sedan veering into oncoming traffic . An aerial view of the crash scene on February 7 shows the damaged cars , and police markings as they work to investigate the cause . If it is determined that Jenner 's Escalade struck both cars and authorities find he was following too closely , it would make prosecution for vehicular manslaughter more likely than if he was just part of the chain reaction , TMZ claims . Investigations will determine if Jenner , or any of the other three drivers involved in the collision , were texting or on their mobile phones at the time of the collision . It is illegal to text while driving in California . The star 's representative has denied that he was texting behind the wheel . Breaking his silence on the crash the following day , Jenner said in a statement : ` My heartfelt and deepest sympathies go out to the family and loved ones , and to all of those who were involved or injured in this terrible accident . ' ` It is a devastating tragedy , and I can not pretend to imagine what this family is going through at this time . I am praying for them . I will continue to cooperate in every way possible . ' But three days after the crash , Jenner was seen talking on his phone while driving in Los Angeles . The reality star had the device pressed to his ear while behind the wheel in Thousand Oaks , California . Bruce married Kris Jenner , pictured together , in 1991 , but their divorce is expected to be finalized next month . | Kim Howe , 69 , killed in crash involving Bruce Jenner earlier this month . It has now been revealed she appeared in 1967 movie Double Trouble . Ms Howe , then in her 20s , danced with star Elvis Presley during song . Can be seen beaming at The King during track I Love Only One Girl . Comes as police say they have not ruled on who is to blame for the crash . It was suggested Jenner hit Ms Howe , forcing her into oncoming traffic . Widow died after being hit head-on by a Hummer in the opposite lane . | [[20, 73], [154, 162], [170, 235], [570, 585], [590, 635], [559, 567], [636, 658], [2079, 2089], [2094, 2225], [355, 451], [454, 476], [484, 508], [543, 556], [559, 567], [661, 714], [1124, 1153], [1344, 1402], [1921, 1994], [2021, 2089], [2075, 2127], [278, 307], [310, 354], [814, 900], [2554, 2587], [2571, 2613], [2614, 2766], [5667, 5673], [5695, 5784], [154, 162], [170, 235], [814, 840], [862, 867], [905, 920], [2079, 2089], [2094, 2225], [2328, 2338], [2352, 2408], [4076, 4089], [4101, 4182], [4157, 4188], [4365, 4383], [4391, 4423], [4365, 4374], [4379, 4433]] |
Social media should be monitored by police and security services , a former intelligence chief has said , to prevent paedophiles and terrorists from communicating unhindered . Sir David Omand , former Permanent Secretary and Security and Intelligence Co-ordinator in the Cabinet Office , says criminals are increasingly making use of online social networks such as Twitter and Facebook to communicate . He added that those responsible for protecting society need to use the technology to keep suspects under surveillance . Challenge : Sir David Omand says that without the monitoring and . collection of social media intelligence the sites could become ` secret . spaces ' where those carrying out illegal activities could communicate . unhindered . He said that without the monitoring and . collection of social media intelligence , known as Socmint , websites . could become ` secret spaces ' where those carrying out illegal activities . could communicate freely . However , the former Whitehall Intelligence officer made it clear that an individual 's account should only be ` hacked ' into under certain circumstances . The soon to be published Communications Capabilities Development Programme is expected to force internet service providers to store details of when and where emails are sent and by whom . Mr Omand wants a Green Paper to be published on monitoring social media sites and for private industry to link up with the Government to develop analytical tools to monitor developments . There have been reports to suggest that Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden are using social media to communicate with one another and Mr Omand said that in such circumstances the authorities need to be able to gain access to private accounts . Monitoring : Mr Omand said criminals are increasingly making use . of online social networks such as Twitter and Facebook to communicate . He added : ` I do n't know anybody who thinks that it should be ring-fenced and allowed to become a secret space . ' A new report by the think-tank Demos indicates that Twitter and Facebook accounts could be legally accessed by using the Regulatory and Investigatory Powers Act -LRB- RIPA -RRB- . The act states that warrants are not necessary for ` directed surveillance ' of a suspect -- for example when monitoring a person 's movements -- and that the principle could be extended to the internet where investigators were using publicly available information . However , the former director of GCHQ said it was essential that monitoring was put on a legal footing so that where individuals have put up privacy settings on their social network accounts any monitoring which involves the interception of communications should require a warrant . Networking : Mr Omand wants a Green Paper to be published on monitoring social media sites and for private industry to link up with the public sector to develop analytical surveillance tools . The report states : ` Democratic legitimacy demands that where new methods of intelligence gathering and use are to be introduced , they should be on a firm legal basis and rest on parliamentary and public understanding of what is involved , even if the operational details of the sources and methods used must sometimes remain secret . ` People now share vastly more . personal information about themselves , their friends and their networks . in new a varied ways : what is ` public ' and what is ` private ' is not . always obvious and differs greatly across social media platforms and . even within social media platforms . ' The . report 's publication comes against the background of intense . controversy over the Government 's plans to extend the monitoring of all . texts , telephone calls , emails and internet traffic in the UK . Sir David said that proper regulation was essential to ensure public trust in the system . ` The . problem with social media is that it does n't really fit the 19th and . 20th century structures we have for how you go about regulating these . matters , ' he said . ` After Iraq , we must be sure that if people are engaged in this kind of monitoring , they are doing it for the reasons set out in the authorisation -LRB- and that -RRB- it has not been politicised . ' A Home Office spokesman said communications data has played a role in every major security service counter-terrorism operation over the past decade and in 95 per cent of all serious organised crime investigations . However , Google says that when it comes to accessing pornography online laws will not protect children - only parents can keep their children safe from such adult material . | Sir David Omand says monitoring of social media must be put on proper legal footing . Existing laws regulating interception of communications by police and intelligence agencies need overhaul . Public need to be confident they are not being abused . | [[2458, 2553]] |
Borussia Dortmund eased past Galatasaray to continue their 100 % record in this season 's Champions League group stages . A brace from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang , followed by goals from Marco Reus and Adrian Ramos , secured the points and took Dortmund three clear of Arsenal in Group D . The Gunners came from behind in Brussels to steal a late , vital 2-1 win against Anderlecht , with goals from Kieran Gibbs and Lukas Podolski . Their victory means they stay relatively close to Dortmund , but it is the Germans who look the most fearful in this group . Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang wheels away in celebration after scoring his side 's first goal in Istanbul on Wednesday . Aubameyang heads towards his Dortmund team-mate Henrikh Mkhitaryan after scoring early on in his side 's Group D match . The Dortmund squad celebrate after Aubameyang scored the opener against Galatasaray in Istanbul , Turkey on Wednesday . Galatasaray : Muslera , Tarık , Chedjou , Semih , Telles -LRB- Öztekin 62 -RRB- , Melo , Hamit -LRB- Dzemaili 61 -RRB- , Selçuk , Sneijder , Pandev -LRB- Colak 78 -RRB- , Burak . Subs not used : Bulut , Balta , Kurtulus , Bolat . Booked : Sneijder 25 , Semih 68 . Borussia Dortmund : Weidenfeller , Piszczek , Hummels -LRB- Gündogan 69 -RRB- , Subotic , Aubameyang , Mkhitaryan , Sokratis , Kehl , Kagawa -LRB- Ramos 82 -RRB- , Reus , Bender -LRB- Ginter 55 -RRB- . Subs not used : Immobile , Jojic , Grosskreutz , Langerak . Goals : Aubameyang 6 , 18 , Reus 41 , Ramos 83 . Referee : Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz . In Turkey , Dortmund did not have to wait long to take the lead , when Aubameyang tucked away a Marco Reus cross with ease to put the away side ahead after just six minutes . The German 's have struggled in their Bundesliga campaign , winning just two of their first eight matches , but they are having no such trouble on the European stage . To compound Galatasaray 's misery early on , Aubameyang doubled both his tally and his side 's lead with Dortmund 's second after 16 minutes . Latching onto Lukasz Piszczek 's inch-perfect cross , the Gabon international finished with relative ease to take the game further from the home side 's reach . Marco Reus continued the rout four minutes before the break , when he hammered home a wonderful strike from 25 yards out . The goalkeeping was questionable from Galatasaray stopper Fernando Muslera , but to take anything away from Reus ' effort would be an injustice . In the second-half , Dortmund continued their impressive performance , albeit at a slower pace than the first . Shinji Kagawa was injured with 10 minutes to play , and was replaced by Adrian Ramos . The Columbian scored twice in Dortmund 's 3-0 win over Anderlecht , and took less than a minute to get on the scoresheet again . The fourth goal completed Dortmund 's easy win , and they will be confident of progressing in first place from Group D. Click here to view our brilliant match zone , including the move for Marco Reus ' stunning third goal . Marco Reus celebrates his goal with Lukasz Piszczek - the wonder-strike put Dortmund 0-3 up against Galatasaray . Reus jumps in celebration after scoring Dortmund 's third of the night against Galatasaray . Aubameyang , Piszczek and Shinji Kagawa celebrate during their Champions League Group D match at the Turk Telekom Arena . Aubameyang sees his strike hit the back of the net , putting Dortmund 0-2 up in the process . Piszczek competes with Alex Telles of Galatasaray during the match on Wednesday night . Galatasaray 's Burak Yilmaz heads the ball past Dortmund 's Sebastien Kehl during the Champions League Group D match . Former Manchester United midfielder Shinji Kagawa -LRB- right -RRB- fights for the ball against Galatasaray opponent Felipe Melo . The Turk Telekom Arena prior to kick-off in the Champions League Group D match between Galatasaray and Borussia Dortmund . Jurgen Klopp , manager of Borussia Dortmund , prior to kick-off on Wednesday night . Borussia Dortmund substitute Ilkay Gundogan looks on from the bench before kick-off on Wednesday night . The Borussia Dortmund players pose before the game - they would go on to win the game 4-0 , and with ruthless efficiency . Galatasaray players pose with a ` No To Racism ' sign before the match at the Turk Telekom Arena on Wednesday night . | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang opened the scoring for Borussia Dortmund in the sixth minute . Aubameyang scored again shortly after to double both his personal tally and his side 's lead . Marco Reus grabbed Dortmund 's third goal four minutes before the half-time break . 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Full-skirted ballgowns were , quite literally , the biggest red carpet trend at the Oscars last night . Amy Adams , Jennifer Lawrence and Fan Bingbing lead the princess-like trend with dresses boasting layers and layers of tulle , making their skirts wide as they are tall . Jennifer Lawrence 's was undoubtedly the most showstopping . As the newest face of Christian Dior , she was lucky enough to wear an haute couture gown by the French fashion house 's new creative director Raf Simons , and Chopard jewels including a fine necklace that cascaded down her back . Full-skirted and fabulous : Jennifer Lawrence in Christian Dior Haute Couture was undoubtedly one of the most showstopping looks at the Oscars last night . A fashion fairytale : Amy Adams wore a dove grey Oscar de la Renta gown with a full and feathery skirt made up of cascading ruffles . She was followed swiftly in the . ballgown size - and style - stakes by Amy Adams , who wore a dove grey . Oscar de la Renta gown with a full and feathery skirt made up of . cascading ruffles . The look was deemed ' a fairytale ' by Vogue UK , and . they were n't the only ones to rate it . Less ethereal , but no less sensational was the Marchesa gown worn by Fan Bingbing . The searing hue was given edge by the sculptural folds of satin at the bodice , exposing ravishing embroidery at the back . Also braving bright shades were Sally Field and Jennifer Aniston , both of whom opted for punchy reds courtesy of Valentino . Sensational : The hue of Fan Bingbing 's Marchesa gown was given edge by the sculptural folds of satin at the bodice , exposing ravishing embroidery at the back . Braving the brights : Sally Field -LRB- left -RRB- and Jennifer Aniston -LRB- right -RRB- both opted for punchy reds courtesy of Valentino . Of course the princess look probably felt most special for the stars young enough to enjoy a fairytale . Youngest-ever Academy Award nominee Quvenzhane Wallis , nine , had a dress made for her by Giorgio Armani , complete with matching stole . The dog-shaped bag is one she already owned . Curfew actress Fatima Ptacek , 12 , also worked the look to great effect in Bonnie Young - the creation had a lace top and almost tutu-like frills by way of a skirt . The youngster played on the look with her hair in a high bun . Wearing full-skirted gowns to a less dramatic degree were Kristen Chenoweth and Kelly Osbourne , both in Tony Ward Couture and Octavia Spencer in Tadashi Shoji . Little princesses : Curfew actress Fatima Ptacek , 12 , worked the look to great effect in Bonnie Young -LRB- left -RRB- while Quvenzhane Wallis , nine , had a dress made for her by Giorgio Armani , complete with matching stole . The dog-shaped bag is one she already owned -LRB- right -RRB- . Big trend : Also in full-skirted gowns were Kristen Chenoweth -LRB- left -RRB- and Kelly Osbourne -LRB- right -RRB- , both in Tony Ward Couture and Octavia Spencer in Tadashi Shoji -LRB- center -RRB- . That was n't where the red carpet trends ended though . From ink-like hues to shimmering gold statuette-like gowns , there were plenty more themes - the most dazzling looks courtesy of those who dared to be different without ending up on worst-dressed lists . Here are a few of our favorites ... GETTING THE INKY BLUES . Ink-like hues spanned in spectrum from rich royal blue to navy . Reese Witherspoon in Louis Vuitton and Jennifer Hudson in Roberto Cavalli were the leaders of this trend , though it was also seen on Quvenzhane Wallis , a radiant Robin Roberts in Marc Bouwer and Helen Hunt , the latter of whom surprised style-watchers by wearing a gown from H&M . Fifty shades of dark blue : Jennifer Hudson in Robert Cavalli -LRB- left -RRB- , Reese Witherspoon -LRB- center -RRB- in Louis Vuitton and GMA anchor Robin Roberts in Marc Bouwer -LRB- right -RRB- . CHANNELLING OSCAR . What is the Academy . Awards red carpet without some statuette-like shimmering column gowns . The gilded look is always a favorite , and this year was no different , with . Halle Berry , Naomi Watts , Jessica Chastain , Renee Zellweger and . Catherine Zeta Jones just a few of the stars to dazzle in it . One that stood out was Naomi Watts , whose silver Armani Prive gown was a surefire winner for its incredible cutaway neckline . Girls with the golden touch : Jessica Chastain in Armani Prive -LRB- left -RRB- Catherine Zeta Jones in Zuhair Murad -LRB- center -RRB- and Renee Zellweger in Carolina Herrera -LRB- right -RRB- . Heavy metal : Stacy Keibler in Naeem Khan -LRB- left -RRB- , a sensational Naomi Watts in Armani Prive -LRB- center -RRB- and Halle Berry in custom-made Versace -LRB- right -RRB- . PALE AND INTERESTING . Academy Award-winner Anne Hathaway looked like a modern-day Audrey Hepburn with her cropped dark hair and high-necked Prada column gown . It was perfect in its simplicity , but no doubt anything but to construct . Zoe Saldana 's Alexis Mabille dress , with layers of grey peeking from beneath was refreshingly different , and Charlize Theron 's Christian Dior Haute Couture was so sharp and sculptural , it seemed fashioned from paper . All white on the night : Anne Hathaway looked like a modern-day Audrey Hepburn with her high-necked Prada gown -LRB- left -RRB- . Zoe Saldana 's Alexis Mabille , with layers of grey peeking through was refreshingly different -LRB- center -RRB- and Charlize Theron 's Dior Couture was so sculptural , it seemed fashioned from paper -LRB- right -RRB- . | Inky blues were another standout trend , thanks to Reese Witherspoon , Jennifer Hudson and Robin Roberts . Shimmering column gowns are an eternal favorite and Stacy Keibler , Nicole Kidman and Renee Zellweger did the classic look proud . | [[3351, 3455], [3901, 3946]] |
The seaside town might be famed for its oysters , but this incredible image could soon have visitors flocking to Whistable in the hope of catching Britain 's biggest crab . The photograph , which has been shared online , appears to show a crustacean that is at least 50ft-wide lurking in shallow water . While some insist it is proof of ` Crabzilla ' , others argue that the shadowy figure is nothing more than an unusually-shaped sandbank - or is simply a playful hoax . Crabzilla : The photograph , above , which has been shared online , appears to show a crustacean that is at least 50ft wide lurking in the shallow water . It dwarfs the fishing boasts resting on the nearby pier . The image shows the outline of a crab in the mouth of the Kent harbour - dwarfing the fishing boats resting on the nearby pier . It is shaped like an edible crab , a species that is commonly found in British water and grows to an average of five inches . The photograph was posted on a website called Weird Whitstable - an online collection of strange and unusual sightings in the town . Its curator , Quinton Winter , said that at first he thought the image - sent to him by a follower - showed an unusual sand formation , but that he is now convinced it is a monster of the deep . Speaking to the Daily Express , he claimed that he saw the giant creature close to the shore when he took his son crabbing last summer . He said : ` At first all I could see was some faint movement , then as it rose from the water I thought , `` that 's a funny looking bit of driftwood '' . Hoax ? It is shaped like an edible crab , a species that is commonly found in British water but normally grows to no more than 10 inches . Some claim that the incredible image is simply a playful hoax . ` It had glazed blank eyes on stalks , swivelling wildly and it clearly was a massive crab with crushing claws . ` Before this incident I thought the aerial photo showed an odd-shaped sand bank . Now I know better . ' The largest known species of crab is the Japanese spider crab , which can measure more than 12ft . | Picture appears to show a giant crab in the harbour at Whitstable , Kent . Shadowy figure seen in shallow water dwarfs nearby fishing boats . Some insist that it is evidence of Britain 's biggest crab . But others argue that it is nothing more than a playful hoax . | [[173, 218], [221, 249], [472, 481], [484, 506], [540, 568], [685, 784], [627, 684], [685, 784], [739, 755], [758, 813], [310, 348], [353, 471], [1699, 1762], [1715, 1762]] |
What are the chances of this happening ? You set up a time-lapse camera in the hope of getting some minute-by-minute shots of the ever-changing beauty of autumnal Windermere . Instead , you capture the clearest snap ever taken of a giant , Loch Ness Monster-style beastie , so close you can almost see it smiling . Scroll down for video . This picture , apparently captured by an amateur photographer , appears to show a creature not unlike the Loch Ness Monster . The photo is said to have been taken by a man who left his camera at the side of the lake to automatically capture images throughout the day , but questions were raised over the suspicious timing of the snap . So the question must be asked : could this be a glimpse of a legendary monster that has been teasing , attracting and eluding sightseers for decades ? Or is someone trying to lift Britain 's gloom by suggesting Nessie has fled South in advance of the Scottish independence vote . Add to that the fact the photograph was taken and tweeted by the firm that makes the clever automatic camera responsible for the shot , and it becomes a matter on which even a partial Scottish jury surely would not be able to agree . Yet there are some intriguing elements to this , the alleged first picture of Bownessie , the Sassenach version of the famed Loch Ness Monster . It was taken on an Autographer camera on a tripod at the Cumbrian lake shore at Brockhole . Ellie Williams , who provides photographs for the company , claims she wanted to get a sequence of nature and wildlife shots taken throughout the day . When the camera content was examined on Wednesday , it appeared she might have got more wildlife than she bargained for . The dinosaur-like creature was apparently captured swimming or paddling into the distance before disappearing . ` At first I thought it might have been a swan or a goose , as I was looking at the image quite small on my smartphone , ' said Ellie , 24 . ` I 'm open to suggestions as to what the creature could be -- I 'm just glad I put the camera in the right place at the right time . ' Yesterday the company said it had examined the images and insisted they had not been altered . A famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster was taken in 1934 , but was later said to be a fake . The legend of the creature attracts millions of tourists to Loch Ness , Scotland 's second largest body of water . Lake Windermere - the largest natural lake in England - is situated about 40 miles from the Scottish border . With tongue firmly in cheek , marketing executive James Ebdon said : ` At first , we thought it was a swan or goose , or on closer look , a larger animal like a horse with a saddle pack or something . ` Whatever it is we will leave it to the experts . ' A spokesman for the firm insisted : ` It certainly looks real . It 's ridiculous , but we ca n't offer any logical explanation . ' He said the camera took shots every few minutes , so all the images were scrutinised to see if they revealed anyone putting something in the water or taking it out afterwards . But there was nothing -- not even a sighting of Alex Salmond trying to lead Nessie home . | Referendum campaign has seen banks tell of plans to leave Scotland . Now a picture taken at Windermere appears to show Nessie in the water . However , with vote next week , timing of picture is somewhat suspicious . | [[339, 353], [403, 429], [608, 674]] |
Margaret Rowe , 65 , claims she lost her # 184,000 a year job and objected to a boss circulating a nude portrait of his wife in a ` chauvinistic culture ' A city lawyer who was sacked after she voiced objections to a boss circulating a nude portrait of his wife around the office was described by her manager as having ` the maturity of an eight year old . ' Margaret Rowe , 65 , of North London , claims she lost her # 184,000 a year job at ` chauvinistic ' Fidelity Worldwide Investment because she refused to act like a woman who ` knows her place ' . But Philip Warland , head of public policy and Miss Rowe 's manager , said she constantly made aggressive and false accusations that she was being treated differently because she was a woman . He said her comments were made with ` startling vehemence and ferocity ' and had a ` machine gun delivery . ' He recalled he was physically sick after one ` abusive ' encounter . Miss Rowe had objected when Fidelity 's head of portfolio management James Bateman showed junior women colleagues photographs of the full-frontal painting of his wife , Cambridge don Dr Victoria Bateman . She said many women in the office found the picture awkward . She also claimed she was constantly seen as aggressive because she was assertive and forthright in a man 's culture . The Central London tribunal previously heard she had claimed victimisation when she was overlooked for promotion at the firm . But she was sacked after an independent investigation found no evidence of sex discrimination or bullying . Ms Rowe is claiming unfair dismissal and sex discrimination against Fidelity . She said after she was dismissed it was the end of her career because at 65 she had been planning to work until she was 70 . She joined the firm in 2007 and took a post as Director of Public Policy under Mr Warland in 2013 . He told the tribunal that claims he treated her differently because she was a woman were ` without foundation . ' ' I have been a manager in the City for 50 years and one of my leitmotifs has been to value people for themselves , ' he said . ` Partly this is based on Christian principle . ' Mr Warland , who was a trustee of the charity Oasis which rescues women from prostitution and trafficking , said he had become frustrated with Miss Rowe 's constant attempts to undermine him . Philip Warland claims Miss Rowe was aggressive in her dealings with him and spoke with ferocity . He admitted describing her as having ` the maturity of an eight-year-old ' in an email to his boss , Peter Yandle after another frustrated interaction . He said he tried hard to include Miss Rowe in discussions and meetings , only excluding her from those she was not qualified to attend , but her unwillingness to compromise made her hard to work with . ` It felt like she was jumping from the fact she was not happy with the way she was being treated to allege the treatment was based on her being a woman , ' he added . ` That was completely groundless . ' In March 2014 Miss Rowe challenged him after the job of Director of Public Policy was given to a man . She had told his boss , Mr Yandle , that the decision ` makes clear I am a lackey ' , so Mr Warland claims he tried to speak to her and explain her sex was not a factor in the decision . Mr Warland said : ` What was frightening was not the content of what she said but the startling vehemence and ferocity and the machine gun delivery of the personalised invective . ' I found it offensive and abusive and was physically sick when I left the office . ` In my 47 years working in the City I have never encountered this sort of abusive behaviour . ' By May Mr Warland said it became increasingly difficult for him to work with Ms Rowe . He added : ` By the time it came to the investigation , I would have found it difficult to get over the aggressiveness with which she treated me on March 31 and I would not want to work in an environment where there was a risk I might be subjected to that again . ' The asset management firm says there was nothing prurient about the portrait of the Gonville and Caius College economist , Dr Victoria Bateman -LRB- left -RRB- by Anthony Connolly which was featured in an exhibition . He said he believed that by December 2013 Miss Rowe had decided she would undermine his authority in any way possible . He added : ' I treated Margaret fairly thoroughout investing a considerable amount of time trying to manage her and work though our issues and her gender never had any part to play in any of my dealings with her and others . ' Miss Rowe previously told the tribunal the culture of the asset management firm was chauvinistic . James Bateman is said to have shown junior women colleagues photographs of thepainting of his wife . Other members of staff had told the court they felt her emails were aggressive and she would often overstep the mark from professional interaction to personal attack . The tribunal previously heard that the firm denied there was anything prurient about the portrait of the Gonville and Caius College economist , which was featured in an exhibition . Fidelity insisted the almost life-size painting -- which received publicity when it was shown at London 's Mall Galleries last year -- was meant as a ` challenge against the objectification of women ' . Miss Rowe joined Fidelity in 2007 as head of the investments legal team and within four years was earning # 135,000 a year and picking up annual bonuses of # 49,000 . Speaking of her dismissal she previously said : ` It hurt me very deeply I was dismissed when I had gone out of my way to treat people with respect and dignity . ' Some bosses accused her of playing the ` woman card ' when she did not like a decision that had been made . The tribunal continues . | Margaret Rowe lost # 184,000 a year job at Fidelity Worldwide Investment . Claims it 's because she refused to act like woman who ` knows her place ' Had objected to colleague showing off photos of wife 's nude portrait . Asset management firm says there was nothing prurient about the painting . Her manager claimed Miss Rowe was aggressive in their interactions . 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A British rapper who joined rebels fighting the Syrian regime has claimed he was kidnapped , tortured and robbed by members of rival Islamic terror groups . Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary , 23 , walked out of his family 's # 1million home in Maida Vale , west London , last year to join militant groups , telling them he was ` leaving everything for the sake of Allah ' . Now Bary - whose music has featured on BBC Radio 1 - has posted on Twitter that he and another Briton were abducted and robbed , with their money , phones and guns stolen by other jihadists . ` Hip-hop jihadist ' : Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary , 23 , walked out of his family 's # 1million home in Maida Vale , west London , last year to join militant groups , telling them he was ` leaving everything for the sake of Allah ' Bary walked out of the family home last year in order to join rebels fighting in Syria . Since then he has been tweeting under the names ` Terrorist ' and ` Abu Klasnikov ' though his account in now suspended . Bary , who posts under the name ` Terrorist ' , said : ` Me & Abu Hussein al britani got kidnapped / tortured by FSA/IF scum they stole our 4 ak 's and a 7mm , my vechile & our phones and cash . ' The tweet was posted last month . A Foreign Office spokesman said he had no details on the claims . Friends said Bary - an aspiring rapper on the ` grime ' music scene - grew increasingly radical and violent after mixing with thugs linked to hate preacher Anjem Choudary . He has posted a series of photographs online , including shots of him masked and posing with g guns under the title ` soldier of Allah ' . In other messages he called on Allah to ` grant us martyrdom ' , and praised Osama Bin Laden . Bary , whose music has featured on Radio 1 , is one of six children of Adel Abdul Bary , 53 . Bary launched a twitter rant against anti-terror police who raided his family home in west London calling them ` kuffar ' -LRB- non-believers -RRB- and pagans . Bary Snr was extradited from Britain to the US in 2011 after an eight-year legal battle that made him a cause celebre of the Left as lawyers took his publicly funded case to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg . ` Me & Abu Hussein al britani got kidnapped / tortured by FSA/IF scum they stole our 4 ak 's and a 7mm , my vechile & our phones and cash ' Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary . Investigators believe Bary Snr was one of Bin Laden 's closest lieutenants in the infancy of Al Qaeda and ran a London cell of the terror network . He faces life in prison if convicted of involvement in the bombings of US embassies in East Africa in 1998 . His son 's appearance among the ranks of UK jihadists in Syria , where several Britons fighting for the militants have already been killed , will add to concerns about their potential threat to the West . Video courtesy of SBTV . ` Tortured ' : It has been claimed that Bary - whose music has featured on BBC Radio One - and another Briton were abducted and robbed , with their money , phones and guns stolen by other jihadists . Bary lived with his mother Ragaa for more than a decade in a home in Maida Vale , owned by Westminster Council . If it were sold on the open market it would be worth # 1million . She travelled to Britain from Egypt in 1990 after her husband was granted refugee status . Friends said Bary 's conversion to radical Islam happened as he grew increasingly frustrated with the British authorities over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan . And it came despite his fledgling success on the underground grime music scene , where he rapped under the names Lyricist Jinn and L Jinny Bary appeared in dozens of videos , including one in which he posed outside the Bank of England and declared his allegiance to the global hacking group Anonymous . Connection : Friends said Bary - an aspiring rapper on the ` grime ' music scene - grew increasingly radical and violent after mixing with thugs linked to hate preacher Anjem Choudary -LRB- pictured -RRB- . On July 1 last year , he announced that he was turning his back on music as ' I have left everything for the sake of Allah ' . It is understood that soon afterwards he travelled to Syria , where one of his oldest friends had already joined the fighting . He changed his Twitter name to Soldier of Allah and posed for pictures wearing a mask and military fatigues while carrying an AK-47 and other large assault rifles . Last November he said , ` Oh Allah , grant us martyrdom ' and praised Bin Laden , calling him a ` lion ' . Referring to conditions in Syria , he said it is the ` real jungle out here ' . | Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary left Maida Vale home last year to go to Syria . 23-year-old 's cash , phones and guns allegedly stolen by other jihadists . 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A family is in shock after a SWAT team threw a stun grenade into their 19-month-old son 's crib during a midnight drugs raid , leaving the baby in a medically induced coma with severe burns . Wisconsin mother Alecia Phonesavanh , her husband , Bounkham , and their children including toddler , Bou Jr. , were visiting her sister-in-law in Atlanta , Georgia , when police raided the home early Wednesday . Phonesavanh said officers threw a stun grenade , which landed in the sleeping child 's crib . Scroll down for video . Horror : Little Bou Phonesavanh , pictured right before and left after , was severely injured by a grenade during a police raid early Thursday . ` It landed in his playpen and exploded on his pillow right in his face , ' the distraught mother told WSBTV . ` It 's my baby . He 's only a baby . He did n't deserve any of this . ' The child was seriously injured and was rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital 's burn unit where doctors placed him in a medically induced coma . ` He 's in the burn unit . We go up to see him and his whole face is ripped open . He has a big cut on his chest , ' Phonesavanh said . ` He 's only 19 months old . He did n't do anything . ' A picture shows the charred portable crib . Most photographs of the baby 's injuries are too graphic to share though one shows burns all over his face . Cornelia Police Chief Rick Darby confirmed the raid took place at the home just before 3 a.m. . He . said a multijurisdictional drug unit issued a warrant and organized the . SWAT operation . It 's not clear if any drugs were found in the home . during the raid . Sleeping baby : This picture shows the badly charred portable crib where Bou Bou was sleeping the night a SWAT team broke in and seriously injured him with a stun grenade . Scene : Police raided this Cornela , Georgia , home in the early hours of the morning as four children slept . Shocked : The child 's mother , Alecia Phonesavanh , pictured , is in shock after what happened to her baby who is still recovering and may have suffered permanent brain damage . Deputies said they bought drugs from the house and came back with a no-knock warrant to arrest a man known to have drugs and weapons , WSB reported . They arrested Wanis Thometheva , 30 , during the raid . Darby told WSBTV that the entire police unit is upset over the incident , which was an accident . Bou Sr. , a musician , wrote of his grief on his Facebook page Thursday morning . ` My friends my heart my mind my soul is fill with sadness right now my son is not doing too good l will need few days to get myself together l will get back and share music with you when we are all feels better keep rocking friends . ' Friends of the Phonesavanh family have set up a fund to help pay for medical expenses for the little boy . To donate , click here . | Wisconsin mother Alecia Phonesavanh and her 19-month-old son , Bou , were visiting her sister-in-law in Atlanta , Georgia . They were all asleep when police raided the home early Wednesday . Phonesavanh said officers threw a grenade , which landed in her baby 's crib and exploded in his face . The child was seriously injured and was rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital 's burn unit where doctors placed him in a medically induced coma . Most photographs of the baby 's burns are too graphic to show . Police said a multijurisdictional drug unit issued a warrant and organized the SWAT operation . It 's not clear if any drugs were found in the home during the raid . | [[192, 208], [244, 291], [304, 346], [1132, 1158], [364, 404], [1382, 1434], [1865, 1886], [0, 124], [437, 451], [460, 498], [523, 529], [532, 554], [596, 667], [670, 694], [0, 8], [127, 191], [523, 529], [532, 554], [596, 667], [852, 938], [929, 938], [945, 993], [996, 1020], [1230, 1295], [1440, 1513], [1445, 1493], [1445, 1476], [1498, 1513], [1547, 1584]] |
Growing threat : Infections like C. difficile are becoming increasingly difficult to treat as bugs become more resistant to antibiotics , leaving millions vulnerable . The rise of drug-resistant superbugs will drag the health service back ` to the early 19th century ' , Britain 's most senior medical adviser has warned . Unless urgent action is taken , the ` ticking timebomb ' of growing antibiotic resistance could leave millions vulnerable to untreatable bugs within a generation . This could make even routine operations such as hip surgery deadly , said Chief Medical Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies . In an attempt to tackle the problem , GPs will be ordered to prescribe fewer antibiotics . While infections are becoming increasingly difficult to beat , no new class of antibiotic has been discovered since 1987 . In contrast , a new infection emerges on an almost yearly basis . Dame Sally said the ` catastrophic threat ' from infections resistant to frontline antibiotics is so serious that she has asked the Government to put antibiotic resistance on the national risk register -- ranking it alongside a large-scale terrorist attack or flu pandemic . ` That is one way of getting central and cross-government action internationally , ' she said . ` It should be -LSB- on the register -RSB- because this is a growing problem . And if we do n't get it right , we will find ourselves in a health system not dissimilar to the early 19th century at some point . ` If we do n't act now , any one of us could go into hospital in 20 years for minor surgery and die because of an ordinary infection that ca n't be treated by antibiotics . And routine operations like hip replacements or organ transplants could be deadly because of the risk of infection . ' Acknowledging that ` global action ' must be taken , she said : ` This is an international threat . ' In the past five years , the number of cases of blood poisoning from antimicrobial resistant -LRB- AMR -RRB- forms of E. coli -- which is twice as fatal as the normal bug -- has gone up 60 per cent . The drug-resistant gut bug alone , which is picked up in hospital in half of cases , could be responsible for up to 2,500 deaths in 2011 -- more than MRSA and C. difficile combined . And a deadly strain of tuberculosis which can not be dealt with by most treatments has trebled in Britain in little over a decade . Figures from the Health Protection Agency -LRB- HPA -RRB- show that instances of ` multidrug resistant ' tuberculosis were 81 in 2011 , up from just 28 in 2000 , with around half of the patients dying . Warning : Chief Medical Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies has said that even routine operations such as hip surgery could become deadly due to growing antibiotic resistance . Cases of extensively-resistant TB , which resists almost all types of drugs , have also emerged in the UK , with 12 in the past two years -- as many as in the previous 15 years . Another worrying trend is the rise in infections resistant to powerful antibiotics called carbapenems , the last line of treatment to tackle the most serious infections . Figures from the HPA show samples testing positive for resistance to the drug have gone up more than 250-fold in the past decade , from three in 2003 to 800 in 2012 . Warning that ` widespread ' AMR would be an ` apocalyptic scenario ' , Dame Sally has called for improved protection of our current stock of antibiotics , better incentives for the pharmaceutical industry to develop new drugs , and improved hygiene in hospitals . But with antibiotics liberally used in agriculture , and available over the counter in many countries , these efforts will be undermined without a united global effort . In 2010 , infectious diseases accounted for 7 per cent of all deaths and 4 per cent of all potential years of life lost in England . They also lose the economy a staggering # 30billion a year in direct costs to the NHS and indirect costs to industry in terms of lost work hours . Emeritus Professor Richard James , former director of the centre for healthcare associated infections at the University of Nottingham , called for ` effective antibiotic stewardship to prevent the overuse/misuse of antibiotics ' . | Dame Sally Davies warns over timebomb over antibiotic resistance . GPs will be ordered to prescribe fewer antibiotics . Drug-resistant E-Coli could be responsible for 2,500 deaths . Cases of multidrug resistant tuberculosis rising . | [[271, 322], [355, 464], [898, 1001], [2596, 2762], [2942, 3024], [3280, 3484], [613, 626], [649, 703], [2068, 2100], [2145, 2150], [2153, 2204], [2763, 2796], [2841, 2868], [2942, 3024]] |
Freed to kill again : Convicted murderer Andrew Dawson called himself the ` Angel of Mercy ' and butchered two neighbours after getting a life sentence for a 1981 killing . Five convicted killers released from jail have murdered again in the past four years , some just weeks after leaving custody , it was revealed today . Andrew Dawson , George Johnson , Ernest Wright , David Cook and . Desmond Lee were only given ` whole life ' sentences after committing murder for the second time . The families of their victims said today ` life should mean life ' . Even some relatives of the killers believe that their family-member should never have been released the first time round . Convicted murderer Andrew Dawson branded himself the ` Angel of Mercy ' after a series of murders . He was given a life . sentence in 1982 after admitting the murder of a 91-year-old Henry Walsh in his . flat at Ormskirk , Lancashire , stabbing him a dozen times with bread knife . Within weeks of his release in 2010 , he . stabbed defenceless John Matthews and Paul Hancock to death in separate . attacks , before leaving their bodies in their bathtubs in Derby . The 51-year-old told police he felt an ` urge to kill ' before knocking on the . men 's doors in the block of flats , where he also lived , and hacked them to death . Dawson then . wrote a rambling note to police confessing to one of the killings which . he signed : ` Yours , the Angel of Mercy ' . Murder scene : Dawson savagely attacked John Matthews and Paul Hancock in the block of flats that they shared with him , pictured , and then dumped their bodies in bathtubs . His own brother Malcolm told The Sun : ` My brother was clever and hoodwinked those in charge that he was no threat . But he was evil . Cold blooded : George Johnson battered to death an 89-year-old widow after being released from jail after a sadistic murder in 1986 . ` If . you kill you should be locked up forever , no question . My brother never . apologised for what he did -- he was just sorry he got caught ' . George Johnson murdered Gerald Homer in 1986 for just # 3 , forcing him to strip naked before hacking him to death , inflicting 35 wounds using knives and scissors in Wolverhampton . He was freed in 2006 and five years later he battered to death 89-year-old widow Florence Habesch for # 25 as she made a cup of tea . His attack was delivered with such force he caved in her skull . His first victim 's sister Eileen Dawson , 64 , told The Sun today : ` Life should mean life , not just 15 or 20 . years . If someone takes someone else 's life , then why should they have . their own ? ' Her husband Vincent , 63 , added : ` It is n't right . If . life meant life then that old lady would be still alive today ' . Pensioner David Cook , 65 , of Rhymney , South Wales , beat neighbour Leonard Hill , . 64 , senseless before throttling him with a TV flex in 2011 . Cook carried out the violent killing when next-door neighbour Mr Hill paid him a visit . Afterwards Cook ransacked his neighbour 's bungalow , stealing his wallet before going to a nearby pub for a drink with locals . The murder was chillingly similar to the strangulation of Sunday school teacher Beryl Maynard , which he did in 1987 . Cook then used a dressing gown cord and ` strangled her and killed her ' , his trial heard . Killed again : Pensioner David Cook , 65 , left , beat neighbour Leonard Hill , 64 , right , senseless before throttling him with a TV flex in 2011 - 25 years after his first murder . Murdered : Victim Beryl Maynard -LRB- right -RRB- , with her husband Roger and their two children , was strangled with a dressing gown cord in 1987 by David Cook . ` Evil and dangerous ' Desmond Lee killed his lover Christopher Pratt , before dumping his body in 2009 . Lee killed his lover by breaking his voice box and a bone in his neck . The . body was still in his flat when he stole Mr Pratt 's credit and debit . cards , paid off a phone bill , bought booze for a party with neighbours , . ordered more than # 200-worth of food from Asda and attempted to buy . # 1,181-worth of goods from Argos . Lee . killed him while out on licence , having spent nearly 14 . years in jail for the murder of Bradford woman Shirley Carr in 1989 . He suffocated Mrs Carr , who was his landlady , in November 1989 after she taunted him over the breakdown of a relationship . Lee was jailed for life in 1990 but released on licence in 2004 . Twice jailed : ` Evil and dangerous ' Desmond Lee killed his lover Christopher Pratt , before dumping his body in 2009 , 20 years after he throttled and killed his landlady . In 2010 pensioner Ernest Wright was told he would spend . the rest of his life behind bars after carrying out a shotgun execution . 38 years after murdering another man . The 70-year-old had served 26 years in prison for a 1971 killing when he was freed on life licence in 1999 . Career criminal : Pensioner killer Ernest gunned a man down 38 years after his first murder . Despite his release he continued to mix in criminal circles and carried out several night-time burglaries , police said . Then , in March three years ago , he gunned down Neville Corby , 42 , after bursting into his home in Bradford , West Yorkshire . Wearing . a balaclava he twice reloaded his shotgun as he fired six shots at Mr . Corby and his intended target , Craig Freear , 31 , whom he had a . long-standing feud with . He was jailed in 1973 after beating Trevor . Hale to death with an iron bar in Aylesbury , then trying to burn his . body in a shallow grave . All the five killers were ready for freedom by parole boards , but . then murdered again , often in similar ways to their first homicide . David Cameron is known to back ` whole life ' terms for murderers , but Eurocrats fight them in Strasbourg because they believe they breach the offenders ' human rights and are ` inhumane ' . Justice Minister Jeremy Wright said : ` Reoffending has been too high for . too long and we are introducing significant reforms to the way offenders . are rehabilitated and managed in the community . ` From 2015 all . prisoners will for the first time receive a minimum 12 months ' supervision on release and GPS satellite tags will also allow us to keep . a much closer eye on them . ` Our changes will see the best of the voluntary , public and private sector working together to cut reoffending . ' It came as it was revealed that one in seven murders in Britain is committed by suspects freed on bail while awaiting trial for other crimes . Last year 56 murders -- more than one a week and a shocking 37 per cent rise on 2011 -- were carried out by people bailed by the courts . If they had been remanded in custody , the victims ' lives may have been saved . | Andrew Dawson , George Johnson , Ernest Wright , David Cook and . Desmond Lee were all allowed out on licence despite getting life sentences . Some even killed again within weeks of being released from prison . Bereft families of their victims say that ` life should mean life ' for murderers . | [[390, 488], [781, 802], [4382, 4413], [173, 257], [390, 397], [443, 488], [489, 553], [530, 553], [1899, 1955], [1899, 1939], [2494, 2515]] |
From a dainty pair of stiletto shoes to an electric guitar and even an innocuous jar of pickled cucumbers - these seemingly innocent objects are in fact the world 's weirdest murder weapons . Photographer Ed James has compiled a striking collection of photos featuring 10 seemingly ordinary items that were all used in real-life murders . The 43-year-old says that the images are meant to unsettle and provoke and should make people uneasy yet curious . Well heeled : A 44-year-old Texas woman stabbed her boyfriend to death with a five-and-a-half-inch stiletto heel . He explained : ` This set of ten images show the strange and sometimes bizarre items that people have used to kill with . ' I wanted each item to be unusually lit and out of context to mirror the way that the killers used them . The work should make people uneasy yet intrigued . ' Mr James says that although the subject is a dark one , he would like to think that the final images reflect the opposite of what the object was used for . He said he found an array of horrifying cases , but chose not to identify the names of the perpetrators . Instrument of death : A 33-year-old man used an electric guitar to murder a 53-year-old Texas pastor in 2012 . Snack attack : A 16-year-old Ohio male murdered a 55-year-old man by smashing him over the head with a jar of pickled cucumbers . ' I did not want to use names as these were all real crimes I thought that a brief description of place , age & sex would be appropriate . ' ` The objects are not the actual murder weapons that were used , I wanted to just use clean everyday objects & thought that this would best illustrate there bizarre use . The photographer who lives in Athens , Georgia says his favourite kind of photography is anything with an idea or concept that is executed in an interesting way . Crucifix : A 45-year-old Dublin woman used a crucifix to murder a 81-year-old woman . Flipped : A 32-year-old Salt Lake City woman killed a five-year-old girl with a spatula . Toilet tank lid : In Knoxville , Tennessee a 49-year-old man murdered a 28-year-old woman using a toilet tank lid . ` Being an Advertising photographer for 18 years I have always been involved in ideas . I just wanted to think of something that was not so commercial . So starting with the fact that most of what I do is still life based I thought of objects , then alternative ways to use objects whilst online I found some articles on murders that had been committed with ` strange ' weapons . ` As I researched it I found more so decided to shoot a series on these bizarre murder weapons . I then photographed them in the studio . I wanted each object to be unusually lit and out of context to mirror the way that the killers used them . ' Spoon : A 31-year-old man killed a 38-year-old man with a teaspoon in St Albans , England . Ballpoint pen : A 21-year-old man killed a 26-year-old woman with a ballpoint pen in Hull , England . Fatal strike : A 14-year-old boy from Fort Worth , Texas killed a five-year-old boy with a bowling ball . He lives in Athens with this wife , three children and their dog . The photographer says that he used to split his time between London and New York , and still travels to the big apple for much of his commercial photography . After leaving school at 16 , he went to work on a building site . However Ed 's interest in photography began after he quit his job as a roofer . ` Someone I was working with turned to me a said that I should go back to school and do something I have a thirst for knowledge for . ' I always liked art in school and decided to take a foundation course , from there I went on to a full time course studying photography film and television for five years . ' Brick : A 42-year-old man killed a 48-year-old man with an ordinary house brick in Hartford , England . | British photographer Ed James reveals haunting collection of images . It features ten innocent-looking objects all used in real-life murders . He has deliberately chosen not to name the murderers or their victims . Advertising photographer said collection is meant to ` unsettle and provoke ' | [[192, 258], [252, 338], [586, 690], [1007, 1009], [1059, 1112], [339, 453], [365, 397], [365, 375], [402, 453], [798, 848]] |
What do Barack Obama , Thomas Jefferson , George W. Bush and the other past U.S. presidents have in common ? Besides holding the coveted title of commander-in-chief , it appears that all of them but one are cousins . The remarkable discovery was made by 12-year-old BridgeAnne d'Avignon , of Salinas , California , who created a ground-breaking family tree that connected 42 of 43 U.S. presidents to one common , and rather unexpected , ancestor : King John of England . ` They all have the trait of wanting power , ' d'Avignon told the station WFMY . Budding genealogist : BridgeAnne d'Avignon created a family tree that connected 42 of 43 U.S. presidents to one common ancestor . History detective : It took d'Avignon several months to search through more than 500,000 names and trace the male and female lineages of American leaders . King John , also known as John ` Lackland ' , is renowned for signing the Magna Carta in 1215 , which limited the monarch 's power and helped form the British Parliament . John 's other claim to fame , or infamy , is that he was depicted as the villain in the Robin Hood tales . Common grandfather : The 12-year-old traced the lineages of nearly all of the U.S. presidents to King John , the signer of the Magna Carta . D'Avignon , a seventh-grader at Monte Vista Christian School in Watsonville , started the project in hopes of tracing back her own bloodline in France , but somewhere along the way she decided to take her genealogical quest to the highest level . In order to create the family tree , the 12-year-old spent months scouring through over 500,000 names in search of the ` presidential Adam . ' Her 80-year-old grandfather , who has been tracing roots for nearly six decades , helped her make the presidential links . D'Avignon started with the first U.S. president , George Washington , she traced both the male and female family lines to make the connection . Prior to d'Avignon 's discovery , genealogists were only able to link 22 families of presidents , likely because they only focused on male bloodlines . The only former commander-in-chief not linked to King John is the eighth president , Martin Van Buren , who had Dutch roots . The teen also found out that she is the . 18th cousin of President Obama . She even wrote to her new-found relative . a letter to share her findings with him . So far , however , d'Avignon said she received only a generic response from the White House . Odd man out : Only the eighth president of the U.S. , Martin Van Buren , was not related to King John because he had Dutch roots . D'Avignon created a poster of the presidential family tree and is selling signed copies of it in hopes of raising enough money to make a trip to Washington DC . The middle-school student says her goal is to hand-deliver a replica of her family tree to the president . ' I think we just all go back somewhere ; it 's just a matter of proving it , ' she said . Powerful relative : D'Avignon discovered that she is the 18th cousin of President Obama . | 12-year-old girl created family tree linking 42 of 43 U.S. presidents to King John of England , who signed Magna Carta in 1215 . Only eighth president , Martin Van Buren , was not related to John . | [[217, 299], [292, 299], [319, 445], [574, 681], [838, 847], [884, 931], [1117, 1135], [1138, 1223], [2067, 2149], [2447, 2450], [2461, 2498], [2520, 2577]] |
A hitman who led a shootout in Peru during which a policeman and a rival gang member were killed and two others were injured has been revealed as a 12-year-old boy . Police say Nabil Blanco Cerda is the youngest hitman who has ever been arrested in the country after he was held along with alleged teenage accomplices in Chincha , in the country 's Ica region . He was said to be part of a gang that opened fire in a café , killing a rival gangster and injuring two others , then cutting down a policeman in a hail of bullets as they made their escape . Under arrest : Alleged members of the gang which included a 12-year-old hitman are searched after their arrest by Peru 's Criminal Investigation Department in the town of Chincha , in the country 's Ica region . Agents of Peru 's elite Criminal Investigation Department , the Latin American nation 's equivalent of the FBI , finally arrested the gang in an armed raid on Sunday . The youngster , together with two 16-year-olds and a number of adults , had allegedly been recruited by Edwin Lopez Gabriel , a mob leader known as ` Loco Peluza ' , as part of a mafia-style extortion ring . Police say that Gabriel had set up a trade union in order to cover his criminal activities and had used the gang to intimidate businessmen into paying protection money and to wipe out rivals . Operating under the guise of the Civil Construction union , they are said to have stalked the streets of Chincha dealing drugs and extorting cash in a reign of terror which has been linked to four other killings and more than 30 assaults . ` For months -LSB- Gabriel -RSB- covered up his crimes by pretending to be union leader , ' said one of the officers who caught him . In total , 16 people were arrested by police who said they were shocked to find that the gang 's hit squad was led by the 12-year-old , who would act as the enforcer while collecting illegal taxes . The discovery of such a young boy involved in violent crime in the country raises the spectre of Brazilian-style gang warfare , in which the youths of that country 's ghettoes are enlisted into gangs , sometimes before reaching adolescence . The film City of God gives a fictionalised account of the kinds of violence that the Brazilian favelas have become notorious for . City Of God : The arrest of such a young boy on suspicion of involvement in violent crime and murder raises the spectre of Brazilian-style ghetto violence in Peru . The beginning of the end for the gang came with the March 2 shootout at a Chincha cafe . Members opened fire , killing former convict Miguel Santillan Reymundo , 32 , and injuring Marvin Fajardo and Cecilia Sánchez Velásquez Dianderas . Minutes later they shot police Lieutenant Eric Lévano Castilla , 29 , six times as he tried to arrest them . A Criminal Investigation Department spokesman said that , along with alleged ringleader Gabriel and the three minors police arrested Roberto Parra Belleza , José Llerena Enríquez , Elvis Medina Bernaola , Jhonatan Asencio Llancari , Miguel Romero Palla , Víctor Tasayco Talla , Ciro Páucar Martínez , Samir Roberto Falla , Steven Moreno Ramos , Luis Cárdenas Chacón y Néstor Echegaray Guillén on suspicion of involvement in the gang . | Boy said to have been part of a gang that opened fire in a Peruvian café . He and his alleged accomplices operated extortion ring in Chincha , Ica . They were arrested after a raid by Peru 's Criminal Investigation Department . | [[0, 8], [13, 42], [0, 27], [101, 165], [362, 394], [388, 394], [400, 421], [199, 218], [223, 352], [554, 566], [569, 596], [622, 732], [879, 933]] |
The wife of a respected county judge claims her husband beat her unconscious - but no attorney in the Florida district would hear her case . Hillsborough Circuit Judge Eric Myers , who was appointed by Jeb Bush in 2000 , was arrested at 2am on Saturday January 17 on suspicion of punching his wife Shirley Myers until she passed out in front of their five-year-old daughter at home in Tampa . But Mrs Myers said she could n't get anybody to take on the domestic violence case against her ` well-respected ' husband , who regularly hears abuse cases . Problem : Shirley Myers said nobody would take on the domestic violence case against her ` well-respected ' husband after he allegedly beat her unconscious in their home in Tampa , Florida . Charged : Hillsborough Circuit Judge Eric Myers , appointed by Jeb Bush , was charged with domestic abuse . ` Some people had told me they did n't want to ruin their reputation of their firm , that they knew him , worked with him or they were scared , ' Mrs Myers told a hearing in Tampa . ` No one from Hillsborough County was going to help me because Eric is part of Hillsborough County and they stick together . ' Mrs Myers claims she was slapped and punched in the face with an open and closed fist on Friday January 16 . She says her hair was pulled and she eventually passed out before waking to hear her daughter shout : ` Daddy stop hitting mommy . ' Police reponded to a call early on Saturday January 17 and detained Judge Myers , who was released after posting $ 500 bail , The Tampa Bay Tribune reported . According to Chief Judge Ron Ficarrotta , Judge Myers , who was re-elected without opposition in 2014 , was a former assistant state attorney with an ` outstanding reputation ' . Mrs Myers claims her husband -LRB- pictured -RRB- slapped and punched her in the face with an open and closed fist . Arrested : Police responded to the call on January 17 and detained Judge Myers in the parking lot -LRB- pictured -RRB- . But according to Mrs Myers , the first attorney she approached , Julia Chase , spent 40 minutes on the phone trying to dissuade her . Chase is now representing Judge Myers . Trying to get Chase pulled from the case , Mrs Myers told a court on Friday : ' -LSB- Chase said -RSB- just think about it , -LSB- that -RSB- she knows Eric , that everybody has a moment . ` She told me she would hold it until Sunday so I could take some time . ' Chase rebutted : ` She testified to things that never came out of my mouth , which makes me think that either she 's confused or she 's trying to eliminate attorneys as a pre-emptive strike . ' A judge dismissed Mrs Myers ' motion . Mrs Myers ' attorney Alberto Ayo told Fox 13 : ` This courage that our client had to come out and talk about these very private facts should be an example for our society . ` There are many woman who endure this abuse in silence and that should not occur . ' The couple have filed for divorce and the case is ongoing . | Hillsborough Circuit Judge Eric Myers has an ` outstanding reputation ' He was arrested on January 17 for ` punching wife unconscious ' Wife , Shirley Myers , says nobody would take the domestic violence case . One attorney tried to dissuade her from pressing charges and is now representing Judge Myers , according to the alleged victim . Judge Myers was appointed by Jeb Bush in 2000 , re-elected in 2014 . | [[1602, 1613], [1664, 1734], [0, 133], [44, 78], [141, 178], [214, 263], [141, 167], [280, 297], [673, 729], [0, 133], [83, 140], [397, 514], [561, 666], [2111, 2116], [2120, 2150], [141, 180], [185, 218], [752, 789], [792, 813]] |
A heartbroken dog whose owner died two months ago is missing her so much he is attending services at the Italian church where her funeral was held patiently waiting for her to return . Loyal Tommy , a seven-year-old German Shepherd , belonged to Maria Margherita Lochi , 57 , and had been her faithful companion after she adopted him when she found him abandoned in fields close to her home . Mrs Lochi adopted several strays she found but friends said she developed a particular close affection for Tommy and would walk to church with him from her home every day - where the priest would allow him to sit patiently by her feet . Pining : Tommy the German Shepherd waits faithfully during Mass at the church where his owner Maria Margherita Lochi 's funeral was held . Following her death at San Donaci near Brindisi , a funeral service was held at which Tommy joined mourners and since then he has been a regular at the church arriving on time when the bells ring out to mark the start of services . Father Donato Panna said : '' He 's there every time I celebrate Mass and is very well behaved - he does n't make a sound , I 've not heard one bark from him in all the time he has been coming in . ` He used to come to Mass with Maria and he was obviously devoted to her - I let him stay inside as he was always so well behaved and none of the other parishoners ever complained to me . ` He 's still coming to Mass even after Maria 's funeral , he waits patiently by the side of the altar and just sits there quietly . I did n't have the heart to throw him out - I 've just recently lost my own dog so I leave him there until Mass finishes and then I let him out . Sad : Heartbroken Tommy , a seven year old German shepherd , had been adopted by Maria Margherita Lochi , 57 , after she found him wandering fields behind her house in San Donaci near Brindisi , Italy . Routine : Tommy and Maria would walk to church together every day - where the priest would allow him to sit patiently by her feet . ` Tommy 's been adopted by everyone in the village now and he is everybody 's friend . Everyone looks out for him and leaves food for him - although it would be nice to find a proper home for him . ' The story of Tommy is similar to the 2009 Hollywood blockbuster Hachi starring Richard Gere which told of how a faithful Akita dog waits patiently for his master after he also dies . It was based on the true story of a Japanese Akita called Hachiko , whose owner died in 1925 but for the next nine years he waited patiently at a railway station for his owner from where they regularly caught a train . | Tommy , a German shepherd , had been adopted by Maria Lochi as a stray . He would accompany her to church everyday and sit at her feet . | [[185, 196], [234, 273], [1666, 1669], [1672, 1689], [1716, 1769], [1777, 1858], [440, 563], [1201, 1235], [1877, 1936]] |
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