An eight-year-old boy believed to have been taken to Syria by his radicalised mother had scrawled the word 'jihad' across the walls of his play room. Rehana Begum Islam abandoned her husband of 14 years, vanishing overnight with her eight-year-old son and three-year-old daughter. The 33-year-old travelled from Heathrow to Istanbul where she is believed to have entered Syria with her young children. But before the boy was taken, a neighbour has revealed that the walls of his play room in the family shed were daubed with the word 'jihad' by the child, who was taught how to pray by his mother. An eight-year-old boy believed to have been taken to Syria by his radicalised mother had scrawled the word 'jihad' across the walls of his play room, pictured above . Runaway: Rehana Islam with husband Azizul and their two children, whose identities are protected . Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, a friend of the mother-of-two took reporters around the house and garden of the family, in Enfield, north London, where she showed them the shed where the children would play. She said: 'She tried as much as possible to raise her child this right way. 'He is a very special boy, at the age of eight he prays, she taught him how to pray, he said she made him go to special school. He goes to an Islamic school. They are nice kids you know.' She said that Mrs Islam was a 'nice person' but that she had seemed 'depressed and moody' before she fled her home, claiming that was going on a two-week break in Wales. The woman said: 'She has got kids and she was like every mother, you know when your kids are misbehaving, you are shouting "stop this, stop that". '(She was) moody and depressed. She would keep saying to me, 'this is not me, I wasn’t this person before. I am having this pressure', I think because she was having problems with her marriage. 'Always shouting shouting, shouting, shouting.' When asked if the Mrs Islam had mentioned her plans to go to Syria, the neighbour said: 'No she said she was going to Wales, she needed a two week break. 'Every time the conversation was leading to religion, I would kill it. She was too on the other side. Too extreme. 'She would say the Muslims are being killed as a protest. I said to her "stop".' She is believed to have been helped by Syrian Mohammed al-Rashed, who was arrested last week on suspicion of getting the three east London schoolgirls across the border. Her passport details were found on his laptop – showing she and her children have been with Islamic State fanatics for five weeks. Mrs Islam's devastated husband Azizul has previously told reporters he has not stopped crying since police revealed she had travelled to Gaziantep, a popular gateway to Syria for foreign fighters and jihadi brides. Intelligence revealed Mrs Islam's documents were found on Mohammed al-Rashed's laptop, who  was arrested on suspicion of helping Shamima Begum, Kadiza Sultana and Amira Abase (pictured) become jihadi brides . 'It's really hard for me,' said the 36-year-old minicab driver. 'I haven't seen my kids for more than one month. I can't even sleep without my kids. 'My question is why did she go there? She has two kids, she has a family, and this house is in her name. Why has she left everything? This is really unbelievable. 'When the police told me she travelled to Gaziantep – I've seen it in the news, so many British people are trying to travel there – it came into my mind that maybe she's gone to Syria but still I can't believe it.' Turkish intelligence sources revealed her ID documents were found on the laptop of Mohammed al-Rashed. He was arrested on suspicion of helping Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and Amira Abase, 15, become jihadi brides in Syria. All three attended Bethnal Green academy in Tower Hamlets. Al-Rashed, 28, is said to have told detectives he has mainly helped British fighters but also South Africans and Australians. The details of two other Britons, aged 19 and 29, were on his laptop. Mr Islam said: 'He must've also helped her to get there. 'I'm worried about my kids, I hope she comes back with my kids. Please. She's going to destroy my two kids' lives. 'IS is killing Muslim people as well. My religion doesn't say anything about killing people. 'If you're Muslim you should know that the Koran doesn't say this. These people are dangerous.' The Bangladeshi-born father said he had no idea how his wife, who suffers from depression, had become radicalised. He did not know that the former RBS clerk posted frequently on Facebook about Islam. But he said she spent a lot of time on her smartphone. Mrs Islam took her laptop with her when she disappeared. Her husband added: 'If I knew anything I would do everything to stop my wife, especially my two kids. I do everything for my kids since they were born. I look after the kids like I'm their mother. Schoolgirls Kadiza Sultana, 16, Shamima Begum, 15, and  Amira Abase, 15, (pictured at Gatwick airport) fled to Turkey before crossing the border into Syria where they are believed to have become ISIS jihadi brides . 'I play the role of mother because my wife can't handle them sometimes. When I married her she wasn't religious, she was like a normal girl, she didn't even cover herself. But a couple of years ago she started covering up and praying five times a day.' Mr Islam, who works nights in Enfield, north London, said he suspected his wife was missing when he came home in the early hours. 'I couldn't see anyone in the house but most of the weekends she spends at her sister's house, it's not far, it's round the corner,' he said. 'I tried calling her big sister but she said she wasn't there. We called her friends, relatives and made phone calls, but no one knew so we called the police. 'The police told me she took a flight from Heathrow to Amsterdam, and from Amsterdam to Istanbul. When they found out that she flew to Gaziantep maybe then they thought she went to Syria. I don't have any clue.' Turkish intelligence sources said British authorities did not inform them that Mrs Islam might be travelling to Syria until February 23 – nine days after she landed in the country. Turkey has faced criticism for not controlling its border with Syria, but has accused European states in turn of failing to prevent would-be jihadists from leaving in the first place. There are increasing concerns about the growing numbers of young people being lured to the war zone in Syria and Iraq. Security services estimate that more than 600 Britons have gone to join militant groups since the explosion of violence in the region began. They include 22 women and girls who have travelled in the past 12 months, many of whom wanted to become jihadi brides.

Rehana Begum Islam has fled to Syria with son, eight, and daughter, three . She abandoned husband of 14 years and flew from Heathrow to Istanbul . Later fled across border into Syria and has been 'with fanatics for weeks' A neighbour has revealed that his playroom in the family shed was daubed with the word 'jihad' by the child before he was taken by his mother .

 and four children in 2015, fleeing the UK with their then 15-year-old son to join her husband in Syria.
Her eldest son was at the same time battling to be released from a "torture chamber" in the war zone. The boy was aged four and "beyond hope" when he was released from the hellish Yarash camp in June 2015. He was suffering from malnutrition, severe pain and swelling of the genitals, which was attributed to an untreated sexually transmitted infection.
He was also suffering from diarrhoea, and said to have been beaten and whipped. Begum Islam had travelled to Syria two months before in a "family solidarity mission" with her husband, who had gone to "support our brothers and sisters struggling under the weight of a tyrannical, inhuman regime", she said. They had been forced out of the UK by a travel ban that stopped them being able to renew their passports, she said.
In a statement released on the official website of the Islamic State (IS) militant group, IS spokesman Abu Hamza al-Muhajir said his mother had been killed during a military offensive in Deir az-Zor on Sunday. She was killed by a US airstrike, al-Muhajir said. It comes after an official document showed Rehana Begum, who was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, used her middle name of Rauza to travel to war-torn Syria in June 2015.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the man was believed to be 19-year-old Rilwan Hassan Alie. The young man's family feared for his safety, as they believed the IS militant could be held prisoner in the Yarash camp. One of the group's most prominent British supporters, Shamima Begum, who is thought to be pregnant, is among around 60 women and children who have fled Britain to join the militant group, it was reported. The number of British nationals who have travelled to Syria has reached more than 400, according to Prime Minister Theresa May. The Ministry of Defence confirmed a woman aged around 44 from Luton had been killed in Syria but could not confirm which woman the victim was.
Police were conducting "routine enquiries" in connection with the death, it said. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the woman was part of a group of three Britons and a


(CNN)A nuclear deal with international powers on Iran's nuclear program is within reach and achievable, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told reporters Saturday. Rouhani said negotiators from both sides have found new common ground in recent days, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported. The President believes that "clinching a general deal is easy," according to the IRNA story, but hammering out agreements on certain details "will be a very tough and complicated job." Iran has been largely isolated for years for its nuclear program, one that its leaders say the country wants for peaceful purposes. Others, like the United States, have challenged that assertion and instituted strict sanctions, fearing that Tehran actually plans to develop nuclear weapons. After years of basic stalemates, Iranian officials and representatives of the P5+1 have managed to reach short-term agreements as they try to strike a larger deal. The sides have been working toward that end in Lausanne, Switzerland, hoping to get a framework pact in place ahead of a March 31 deadline. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, joined these talks Monday. All sides took a break Friday, but are expected to return to the negotiating table soon. Kerry, addressing reporters Saturday in Lausanne before leaving for London, said "substantial progress" had been made toward reaching a deal but that "important gaps remain." He insisted that the international powers involved in the talks, the P5+1 -- consisting of Germany and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council: the United States, Russia, China, France and Britain -- were united in their determination to ensure that Iran's nuclear program is purely peaceful. The stakes are high and the issues complicated, Kerry said. "Let me once again be clear: We don't want just any deal," he said. "If we had, we could have announced something a long time ago." There has been "genuine progress" over the past 16 months since a joint plan was agreed and in his conversations with Zarif of the past few days, Kerry said. The international powers won't rush the process, he said, but the negotiations are at a decisive point. "We recognize that fundamental decisions have to be made now and they don't get any easier as time goes by," he said. "It is time to make hard decisions. We want the right deal that would make the world, including the United States and our closest partners and allies, safer and more secure, and that is our test." U.S. President Barack Obama has made clear that he wants to achieve a "comprehensive and durable agreement" that is based on intensive verification of its implementation rather than trust, Kerry added. "We have not yet reached the finish line but, make no mistake, we have the opportunity to get this right," he said. While in London, Kerry met with his counterparts from the UK, Germany and France, as well as the European Union foreign policy chief, to discuss their coordinated approach. British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond spoke for the group, echoing Kerry but saying while "substantial progress has been made in some areas," there were other areas that lacked agreement. "The time has come now for Iran in particular to make some very tough decisions if we are going to see progress made," Hammond said. Kerry also spoke Friday by phone with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The Iranian President's guarded optimism Saturday -- which also happens to be Nowruz, a holiday marking the start of spring and beginning of a new year in the Persian calendar -- jibes with the progress cited recently by the Iranians' counterparts in the talks. Western officials said Friday that the ongoing negotiations have led to compromises on some crucial issues that have long divided the West and Iran. Specifically, the parties are coalescing around an idea that Iran could keep 6,000 centrifuges in any deal, down from the 6,500 that had been under discussion, two Western diplomats told CNN. The pace of relief from sanctions is a sticking point for Iran, according to a Western official. Iranian negotiators want them lifted immediately, while U.S. and European negotiators prefer they be phased out over several years, contingent on Iran meeting its end of the bargain. The debate has generated heated disagreements not only in Switzerland, but also in Washington, where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Congress on March 3 at the invitation of Republican leaders to warn about any nuclear deal with Iran. The speech was made without the approval of U.S. President Barack Obama. The next week, an open letter signed by 47 Republican senators, addressing Iran's leadership, noted that any agreement made with the U.S. administration that is not approved by the Senate could be nullified by Obama's successor. Late Thursday, Obama reached out "directly to the people and leaders of Iran," in a video message recorded ostensibly for Nowruz, to urge them to back a deal curtailing Tehran's nuclear program. "This year we have the best opportunity in decades to pursue a different future between our countries," Obama said. "... Together we have to speak up for the future we seek ... I believe our countries should be able to resolve this issue peacefully with diplomacy." But Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in his own Nowruz address on Saturday, noted the political divisions within the United States over the nuclear talks, Iran's state-run Press TV reported. He suggested the U.S. President's Nowruz message "included dishonest assertions and his claim of friendship for Iranian people was not sincere," he is quoted as saying. Khamenei also said Obama had claimed falsely that some people in Iran did not back a diplomatic resolution to the nuclear issue. What they are in fact resisting is the bullying approach of the United States, he said, according to Press TV. The Ayatollah also insisted that the removal of sanctions should be part of the negotiations, not a step that only followed the implementation of a deal. "Iran will never accept this," he said. "This is the Americans' ploy. Removal of sanctions should be part of any agreement." CNN's Laura Koran, Elise Labott and Hamdi Alkhshali contributed to this report.

British FM: "The time has come now for Iran ... to make some very tough decisions" U.S. secretary of state says substantial progress has been made but important gaps remain . Iranian President says getting a general deal is easy, but ironing out the details may be hard .

 first concrete sign since international nuclear talks began last week in Geneva, and could reach an agreement in "three or four months."
Rouhani's remarks came a day after Iran's foreign minister warned that time is running out to reach a deal and Tehran won't allow any "stupidity."
The Iranian president said he had a "productive discussion" with the "lead negotiators" of the six world powers in Geneva.
"We can and we will make progress," Rouhani said.
The six powers, including the United States and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council -- Britain, China, France, Russia and Germany -- are seeking assurances that Iran's nuclear program is purely civilian, not military. Tehran insists its work is for peaceful energy, but suspicions persist that the country is using the program to produce nuclear weapons.
"We know there are technical solutions and, if we can agree on them, they will give them to us and I believe we have to reach an agreement in three or four months," Rouhani said in response to a question by CNN in Tehran.
In a sign that his country could have reached a compromise on major sticking points, Rouhani said Iran's "red lines" won't get in the way of progress on its nuclear talks. He said his country won't go back to old ways of making decisions and will decide for itself on the deal.
"We've agreed on some points but there are no final deals," he said in a televised news conference.
He said "red lines" means "some limits" and not "a wall" in the talks.
He also warned that "Iran will never back off from its rights under the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty."
Rouhani stressed he's confident Tehran can reach a deal, but will not do so at any price and will not hesitate to "make concessions," if the international community can prove that Iran is making progress toward a nuclear weapon.
He didn't elaborate on his comment.
The chief negotiator for Iran at the Geneva talks, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, also spoke to reporters. He said time is running out and the deal-makers must "avoid stupidities."
"I believe that a reasonable consensus is possible in the next few weeks, but I think that it's time to avoid stupidities," Zarif said.
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Ed Miliband has accused David Cameron of running away from the leaders debates after he refused to take part in any during the election campaign . David Cameron tonight flatly refused to appear in televised leaders debates during the election campaign - despite Britain's biggest broadcasters threatening to go ahead without him. Number 10 said the Prime Minister's position was 'clear' – reiterating that he was willing to do one seven-way debate at the end of March but no more. Downing Street's response came after the BBC, ITV, Sky and Channel 4 rejected his 'final offer' – and threatened to 'empty chair' him if he did not show up. They said they would stick to their plan for three debates during April - including a head-to-head showdown between Mr Cameron and Ed Miliband - and urged Mr Cameron to 'reconsider' his refusal to take part in these shows. Downing Street had written to the broadcasters on Wednesday saying the PM's 'final offer' was a single 90-minute debate featuring at least seven leaders before March 30. But in a joint statement, the broadcasters said they would stick to plans for a seven-way debate involving Mr Cameron, Labour's Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg of the Lib Dems and the leaders of the Greens, Ukip, Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru on ITV on April 2. This would be followed by a second show on BBC featuring the same line-up on April 16 and a final one-on-one clash between the Tory and Labour leaders on Sky News and Channel 4 on April 30 - exactly a week before the May 7 election. In a letter to Mr Oliver, the broadcasters made clear they were ready to go ahead with the debates even if Mr Cameron decides not to take part - effectively 'empty-chairing' the Prime Minister. They wrote: 'We very much hope that all invited leaders will participate in the broadcast debates. 'However, in the end all we can do - as impartial public service broadcasters - is to provide a fair forum for debates to take place. It will always remain the decision of individual leaders whether or not to take part.' Mr Clegg called on the Prime Minister to join the debates in a message on Twitter: 'Come on, David Cameron, you haven't got your own way so accept it and take part.' Labour leader Ed Miliband said the Prime Minister's was running scared of taking him on in leaders debates . The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said the Prime Minister should accept the broadcasters' decision . Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the BBC, ITV, Sky and Channel Four had called Mr Cameron's bluff . But Number 10 immediately hit back at the broadcasters tonight. Craig Oliver, Downing Street's director of communications, replied to the broadcasters: 'I made the Prime Minister's final position clear in my last letter – he is willing to do a seven-way debate in the week beginning March 23rd. 'Clearly it is disappointing that you are not prepared to take him up on that offer. 'I am ready to discuss at your convenience the logistics of making the debate we have suggested happen. Best wishes, Craig Oliver.' The Prime Minster's Director of Communications Craig Oliver has written to the broadcasters tonight . The standoff leaves the prospect of election debates hanging by a thread. In their statement, the broadcasters said: 'Today the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky confirm they will continue with the series of televised leaders' debates as planned in the general election campaign. 'The broadcasters welcome the fact that the Prime Minister has for the first time agreed to take part in a televised debate. 'However, the group believes there needs to be two seven-way debates of a minimum of two hours each, within the election campaign, allowing time to properly represent the views of all parties, covering a broad range of subjects. 'The broadcasters also believe that a head-to-head debate between the two individuals who could become prime minister - David Cameron and Ed Miliband - is important - something the Prime Minister has publicly supported.' They added: 'The broadcasters would like the Prime Minister to reconsider taking part in all of these debates. Twenty-two million people watched the leaders' debates in 2010 and there is a public desire and expectation for them to happen again in 2015 . 'The broadcasters' proposals have come after extensive work over the last six months to ensure the public have the opportunity to watch televised election debates once more. 'The group have worked in an independent, impartial manner, treating invited parties on an equitable basis. They have listened to the views expressed by all parties and adapted the proposals to take into account electoral support. 'The broadcasters will continue to work closely with all parties invited to take part in the televised debates to bring them to their millions of viewers across the UK. The heads of news of all four broadcasters would welcome the opportunity to meet Mr Cameron, or his representatives, to discuss the debates.' Following stormy exchanges on the debates at Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons on Wednesday, Sky News and Channel 4 said they were ready to move the two-header debate to another date if Mr Cameron and Mr Miliband could agree on a preferred day. The new statement made clear that this offer remains on the table. Green Party leader Natalie Bennett and the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon have attacked the the Prime Minister's stance over the debates . In the letter to Mr Oliver, the broadcasters said elements of the debate he proposed had not been 'fully thought through'. They said his proposal involved 'an idea that you had not raised in the previous six months of discussions' on the debates. The letter said: 'We believe the proposal for just one debate of 90 minutes duration is insufficient to cover the main election issues with seven participants. 'Our two x two-hour debates format will allow all seven leaders sufficient time to discuss properly a good range of the main election issues. One 90-minute debate with seven leaders would inevitably lead to much less ground being covered, with much shorter contributions from all involved.' They added: 'We have given your proposal serious consideration but we don't think it achieves the goal of providing our viewers with election debates that can properly explore a reasonably full range of issues.' Nigel Farage has claimed the Prime Minister has set out from the start to ruin the leaders debates . In a sign that they will keep the door open for Mr Cameron to perform a last-minute U-turn, they said: 'The debates will go ahead and we anticipate millions of viewers will find them valuable as they did in 2010. 'Our invitations will remain open to all the invited leaders right up to broadcast. We'll set no deadlines for final responses. We very much hope all the leaders will participate.' Ukip leader Nigel Farage said he would 'accept the challenge' of taking part, even though he preferred the broadcasters' earlier proposal for a four-way debate featuring himself, Mr Cameron, Mr Miliband and Mr Clegg. He said: 'I'm pleased that the broadcasters have stood firm at last but it would have been far better had they stuck with their original proposal which included fewer parties. But nonetheless we accept the challenge.'

Number 10 said PM would do one seven-way debate at the end of March . But Cameron will not take part in any debates during the election campaign . Broadcasters said they planned to go ahead with three debates in April .

s broadcasters offering him a free £5m chance to fight Ed Miliband live on air.
The PM's refusal to take part in the two-way broadcast debates, where both leaders answer questions from viewers and each other, came as an ITV News investigation uncovered the Government had repeatedly attempted to block the idea of the leaders facing voters together on TV.
The Prime Minister's decision to rule out the debates comes a day after the broadcasters made their offer to Conservative leader David Cameron - in an open letter to him and Labour boss Ed Miliband - who have previously dismissed the idea of the pair going head-to-head.
But as the broadcaster's letter was published, Downing Street appeared to distance itself from the letter, with a spokesman for the Prime Minister saying Cameron would not participate in the debates - but the broadcaster had not ruled out the idea of Cameron taking part in the debates.
Ed Miliband took the decision to participate in the TV debates - but on Thursday evening Mr Cameron declined to rule out taking part in the televised debate later on, saying only: 'I have made clear we are looking at it.'
ITV News has today exclusively revealed the Prime Minister and Mr Cameron were repeatedly approached and rebuffed over attempts to block the debates, following a meeting between the leaders and the broadcasters earlier this month.
A government source told ITV News today there was no point in any election debates, unless all three leaders took part - but the broadcasters have now ruled out the Prime Minister. The source said: 'There are certain issues for example on immigration. If the PM took part he would have to answer on that. He would have to answer on the NHS. He would have to answer on tax and spending.'
The broadcasters have offered to film two simultaneous debates, one with each of the two party leaders. But it appears the Conservatives are opposed to the idea of Mr Cameron and his team appearing live before millions of viewers on two different channels, which could force the Prime Minister to pick which debate to take part in.
ITV News understands it has been suggested that one debate be held on ITV, with the other on Channel 4 - although the broadcasters were expected to insist on joint filming because of the potential impact on viewers.
A spokesman for Mr Cameron said: 'We are looking at it, we are discussing it with the broadcasters. We are having very detailed discussions about exactly how it would work.'
ITV News understands Mr Cameron was


Artist Tracey Emin has insisted she is actually 'very neat' as she unveiled her £2.54million unmade bed - complete with discarded condoms - on its return to its 'home' at the Tate. My Bed became notorious when it was shortlisted for the Turner Prize and displayed at Tate Britain in 1999. Now, 15 years later, it is back at the gallery on a long-term loan for at least 10 years. Scroll down for video . Artist Tracey Emin has insisted she is actually 'very neat' as she unveiled her controversial £2.54million unmade bed - complete with discarded condoms - on its return to its 'home' at the Tate Britain today . My Bed became notorious when it was shortlisted for the Turner Prize and displayed at Tate Britain in 1999 . Emin admitted that unlike the chaotic-looking installation, which features empty vodka bottles, cigarette butts, stained sheets and discarded underwear, her bed at home is now a different affair. 'I make my bed every day. It's so boring, it's very neat. I'm really OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder),' she said. Wiping away tears, the artist said that seeing the work - which is now subject to rigorous security in the form of a sensor and a guard to prevent visitors from getting too close - left her emotional. 'I'm 52 nearly. Even though I was quite old when the bed came into fruition I didn't look old or behave old,' she said. 'I'm a bit tearful, it means a lot to me. I feel pathetic but there are things on that bed that have no place in my life any more. 'That bed belonged to a young woman and hopefully in 20 or 30 years' time the bed will be here but I won't probably. 'That's what art's about. It's about a legacy, about making something which goes on without you. 'It's a statement of history and now it's in safe hands ... it will never change.' The work, which expressed the artist's suicidal depression following a relationship breakdown, is displayed in its own room alongside two paintings by Francis Bacon and six nude drawings by Emin which she has given to the Tate. Emin said she felt validated seeing the installation on display alongside works by some of Britain's 'greats' after all the criticism about the bed at the time. The controversial artwork was created by Emin in her Waterloo council flat in 1998 and features empty vodka bottles, cigarette butts, stained sheets, discarded underwear, old slippers, a waist belt and even condoms . My Bed was one of the key works of the 1990s Young British Artists (YBA) movement and was bought by millionaire collector Charles Saatchi  for £150,000 in 2000 before later being sold to Christie's and auctioned . My Bed, which fetched £2.54million at auction last year, is now on a long-term loan to the Tate Britain and will be shown at both Turner Contemporary in Margate - Emin's home town - and Tate Liverpool later this year . 'I love it, why wouldn't I? I was right ... It's a good feeling ... it feels like home,' she said, later adding that her fellow students at art school had 'thought I was a bit thick'. Earlier in the day, Emin had told photographers: 'I think I look like the cat who got the cream. I feel so happy.' She later added: 'My Bed is a symbol of that time. It was a zeitgeist. It was perfect for that moment. It has captured a part of history.' Pointing to her belt on the installation, she added: 'I would be lucky if it fitted around my thigh now and it used to fit around my waist. 'There are so many things about that bed that don't relate to my life any more. 'It's a time capsule of a woman living in the 1990s in a really wild way. It's not just sad, but how that bed came about was through sadness. 'It's also about being in the worst situation in your life and being able to pull through and get out to the other side.' Sir Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate, said: 'It's a work we've always wanted to bring into the collection. 'It was quite clear from 1999 when it was first seen in the Turner prize that it was going to be regarded as one of those iconic works from the late 90s.' Emin insisted she was actually 'very neat' as she unveiled the return of My Bed at the Tate today. The 51-year-old said the artwork (part of which is pictured right) was 'a time capsule of a woman living in the 1990s' My Bed fetched £2.54m at auction, a record for the artist, when it was purchased by dealer and White Cube gallery owner Jay Jopling last year. He acquired the work on behalf of collector Count Christian Duerckheim . The 'really important work' was being given 'a historical dimension', he added as 'part of the story of British art over a long period'. My Bed is on long-term loan to the Tate and will be shown at Turner Contemporary in Margate - Emin's home town - and Tate Liverpool. The work fetched £2.54million at auction, a record for the artist, when it was purchased by dealer and White Cube gallery owner Jay Jopling last year. It later emerged that Jopling acquired the work on behalf of German industrialist and collector Count Christian Duerckheim, who announced the long-term loan to the Tate for at least 10 years. Sir Nicholas said that he hoped that the Tate would be able to hold on to My Bed for longer than 10 years. 'I'm sure we could keep it. This is a collector who has been incredibly generous. It's all to play for,' he said. My Bed was one of the key works of the 1990s Young British Artists (YBA) movement. Emin, who is now 51-years-old and a CBE, made the piece in her Waterloo council flat in 1998. Millionaire collector Charles Saatchi bought My Bed for £150,000 in 2000 and sold it at Christie's. Emin's My Bed 1998 exhibition opens to the public at Tate Britain tomorrow.

Artist Tracey Emin has insisted her bed is actually 'very neat' nowadays . 51-year-old unveiled iconic £2.5million My Bed artwork at Tate Britain today . My Bed was shortlisted for Turner Prize in 1998, gaining international fame . Artwork now returns to the Tate on a long-term loan from artist for 10 years .

 in 1998 when it went on show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and was subsequently bought for £2.3m by Sir Paul McCartney. But when it was bought for the Tate's collection a decade ago, Emin vowed she would never have a permanent home again.
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"I think it would be nice for my bed to have its own bed," the 51-year-old artist said in 2001, when she signed a deed of gift for the sculpture - which has been off show ever since.
"There's an element of the sentimental that you've got to take out in the first place, because it is the whole point of making the thing."
But after a decade apart, and as part of the Tate's 2018-21 exhibition - 'Tate Modern - Tracey Emin: Everything' - which brings together Emin's entire career in one place for the first time, a reissued photograph of the work is now on display.
"The story of My Bed began here with its debut at Tate Modern in 2010," writes director Frances Morris of the Tate in the show's catalogue.
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In 1998, My Bed had its debut at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It was quickly dubbed 'The Great Big Fat Bed'. Photo: David Levene/Getty Images
The bed - a mattress on a plinth - had been installed in a huge vitrine in a stark white room on the eighth floor of the building that is now Tate Modern.
As usual, for a period, it was accompanied by Emin's diaries, which chart the highs and lows of her life and form an intimate and intimate record of an eventful two decades. But as with all of her work, My Bed was never 'finished'.
"I'm not finished with My Bed," she said in an interview with The Art Newspaper in 2001. "It keeps changing, the objects, how I use the room, it changes. It has been my bed and has been a great place to sleep - even though people keep saying it is very untidy. I'm very neat."
She then signed her name to the deed of gift which states that 'the Tate may hold the Bed within the United Kingdom in a suitable location, as it sees fit'.
Her bed went on show to the public for the first time in February


A three-year-old boy's parents were horrified when some of his first words were expletives they say he learned from a Peppa Pig toy. Amari Black had been given the Peppa Pig Fun And Learn tablet as a present and parents Garfield and Marcha had hoped it would help their  son improve his speech. But then they heard the boy utter 'f*** you', and realised he had picked it up from the malfunctioning £20 toy. Scroll down for video . Amari Black's parents are horrified when some of the three-year-old's first words were 'f*** you', which they say he picked up from this Peppa Pig toy . Painter and decorator Mr Black, 48, noticed that instead of saying 'find the odd one out', the toy says 'f**k you? odd one out'. 'I was cooking in the kitchen when I heard him saying 'f*** you,' he said. 'I was disgusted, I thought he had learned it at nursery. 'But then when I was playing with him I realised that it was Peppa Pig that was teaching him it - I was very upset. Amari  had been given the Peppa Pig Fun And Learn tablet as a present and parents Garfield and Marcha (pictured with their son) had hoped it would help their son improve his speech . Amari's parents heard the boy utter 'f*** you', and realised he had picked it up from the malfunctioning £20 toy . Amari's father noticed that instead of saying 'find the odd one out', the toy says 'f**k you? odd one out' 'I was going to destroy it, that's how angry I was. 'Now he's saying it constantly and he finds it funny. I tell him swearing is wrong but he keeps saying it now.' The toy was bought as a Christmas present for Amari by a family friend from Argos and is said to be suitable for children three and above. Amari was was born with rickets and has learning difficulties so his parents hoped the toy would help him improve his speech . Amari was was born with rickets and has learning difficulties so his parents hoped the toy would help him improve his speech. 'We want our kids to be happy - so we work hard to buy these things for our kids but they just go and teach them how to swear.' said Mr Black, who believes the foul language is down to a malfunction in the toy. 'He can say "mum", "dad", "please", "thank you", and sadly "f**k you". 'We've been buying Peppa Pig toys for our kids for years but will never buy them again.' Job centre advisor Mrs Black, 34, said she was shocked when relatives questioned whether Amari had learned the swear word from his parents. 'I'm devastated. He got in trouble at my mum's for saying it and told me off because she thought he was learning it from us at home,' she said. 'He's definitely banned from playing with it now. 'We would never use that language at all, let alone in front of an impressionable child. 'I want to encourage him to talk as much as possible, but it's hard because whenever I tell him he's doing well, he responds with 'f*** you'.' Mother-of-four Marcha says she has written two emails of complaint to manufacturers InspirationWorks, but is yet to hear back. She said: 'I feel devastated and let down by them.' InspirationWorks is yet to comment on the family's claims.

Amari Black was given Fun And Learn tablet to help his language skills . Parents Garfield and Marcha say their son learned 'f*** you' from the toy . Instead of saying 'find the odd one out' it utters expletive, parents say . Toddler is now swearing 'constantly', to the horror of his family .

, which he loves using at home.
But his mother Lauren Black said the device, which she describes as 'like an iPad' had become a nightmare since the first-time her son heard the bad words. She said the tablet was programmed with a number of games and activities designed for children and it allowed them to connect with characters on TV.
Lauren added: "I'd never have bought it for him if I knew it had swearing in it." She said her son has come home from nursery and has told them that the Peppa Pig Fun And Learn tablet (PFD) has taught him bad words. She added: "If he says them in front of the nursery teachers they don't mind at all.
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The mum-of-three added: "But when I ask him where he has learned them, he says he has learned them from Peppa Pig. It doesn't make sense to me what he's learning from Peppa Pig as there's no swear words in the show. I'm horrified by that and it's not just me, that’s why I'm speaking out about it."
Lauren Black, 29, from Walthamstow, says her son Amari, who has been learning his sounds and numbers using the tablet but can't read or write, will often stop and repeat the bad words. She says she had thought the PFD was a great learning tool until her son started saying them at home. Lauren added: "I have always been against Peppa Pig because I've got lots of friends who won't let their kids watch it, or they have to put a limit on what they can watch on it because they just can't listen to the language or they just don't want their kids to hear bad language. So how has Peppa Pig Fun And Learn got these words in the first place?
"How has my three-year-old come out with that? I can't fathom what he could have been watching or listening to. I think it’s appalling and I've reported it to Ofcom because I don't want him to be learning it from his own tablet."
The toy, which is aimed at pre-schoolers, costs £24.99 and is manufactured by Vivid Image


It's well accepted that the bars preferred by backpackers offer cheap drinks and the chance to meet like-minded future Facebook friends, but Fremantle Prison YHA is offering up a whole new experience. Western Australia's only World Heritage-listed building has been transformed into a youth hostel where worldly travellers can spend a night behind bars in the cells previously occupied by hardened criminals. Bookings open this week ahead of the opening of the hostel following a renovation of the famous institution's Women's Prison which took nine months. Bookings open this week for the Fremantle Prison YHA, a youth hostel in Western Australia's only World Heritage-listed building . Perfectly manicured lawns have replaced the dirt-covered yard that prisoners would have used for exercise in the former jail . A combination of new and old is found at the Fremantle Prison's new short-term accommodation . The Fremantle Prison's Women's division has been transformed from a place for incarceration to a haven for young travellers . YHA spokeswoman Emily Abbott says the launch of the hostel will be the culmination on five years of planning for a project that almost didn't get off the ground but that it is now ‘one of the most unique accommodation options in the country’. The north-western complex of the prison was built in the 1850s and originally served as the cookhouse, bakehouse and laundry but the closure of Perth Gaol meant a place was needed to keep female prisoners. They were transferred to Fremantle and the wing was secured by an extra wall to keep them in, with varying results. And as Western Australia’s criminals increased with the population, the division was further extended until it was rendered redundant by the building of the specialist Bandyup Women's Prison in 1970. The entire prison was closed in 1991 and its historic status has since been confirmed and honoured by Unesco, a blessing and a curse as far as the hostel is concerned. Inspection time at the cells will take on a whole new meaning when the Fremantle Prison YHA opens soon . A double bunk fits perfectly in this rather luxurious cell formerly occupied by law-breaking women . Hangings, floggings and some famous escapes once took place in the prison soon to be filled with smiling faces . The Fremantle Prison's cookhouse before being devoted to women has extensive stainless steel food preparation facilities . ‘The status as a World Heritage site added many challenges to the development, which was shelved a number of times before finally receiving approval in April 2014,' Abbott says. Building approval was officially given the green light the following month. The prison itself was built by convicts between 1851 and 1859, and was consequently referred to as the Convict Establishment. It remained a prison for 136 years until it closed, with the Women's Prison part of the property used as education facilities by TAFE School of Art and Design from 1993 to 2009. Fremantle Prison was built by convicts from 1851-1859 and the majority of original features have been preserved throughout the facility . Reminders of the history of the prison, from past inmates to renowned escapees, are found throughout the halls . A tribute of sorts on the wall honouring Estelle Williams, an escapee who climbed onto the roof and then perimeter wall to get out in 1931 . A recreation of a  typical cell that would have been home to a Fremantle inmate around 1855 . The Fremantle Prison's entire complex serves as a popular and award-winning tourist attraction in its own right . Only a small overhaul was needed - and allowed due to the heritage listing's restrictions - to turn the prison into short-term accommodation which Abbott says is 'as prison-like as it is comfortable'. The walls, floors, windows and bars in some case retain the feeling of a place where you could be locked in with the key thrown away, but additional facilities have also been added to bring the hostel in line with its competitors. For those who don't like the idea of being behind bars, the Victorian-style guards’ cottages outside the front gates are a more luxurious option. The women once locked away in this wing would have usually ‘offended the good order’ of society, with the most common offences including 'vagrancy, loitering in public places, drunkenness, obscenity, soliciting, running a brothel, being idle or having no visible means of support'.

Fremantle Prison is Western Australia's only World Heritage-listed building . The former Women's Prison section has become Fremantle Prison YHA . The youth hostel has been renovated to be 'as prison-like as it is comfortable'

listed prison, the place is set to become a mecca for music and culture, hosting the inaugural Western Australia Music Awards (WAMs).
The WAMAs are a national, non-profit awards program that honour's WA's creative talent, as well as supporting the next generation of artists. The award categories have been decided and the first WAMAs ceremony is due to take place in the historic cells of Fremantle Prison on May 22.
From metal to indie, the WAMs is set to celebrate the talent of West Australians across many genres and provide an alternative music and cultural experience, in a unique location.
Perth's music scene has long been regarded as a source of Australia's most exciting creative talent, and Western Australia's only World Heritage-listed place of correction is the perfect place to hold the event.
Not only is it unique – where else do you have a music awards ceremony held in a former prison? – but it also allows WA musicians to tell their own story, in their own environment. And Fremantle Prison is home to a great history of its own, hosting some of the country's most notorious and colourful characters, from Ned Kelly and the bushrangers to the first Australian citizen to be executed.
The WAMAs will be a cultural celebration of the diversity of music Western Australia has to offer. From a rich history of rock and punk, to roots and folk, from experimental and avant-garde to hip hop and metal, a range of genres will be celebrated.
Fremantle Prison is set to be transformed into a cultural hotspot for the night. Not only will it offer a different experience for WAMs winners and performers, it will also provide an alternative for the broader music audience, offering an escape from the norm. The live music will be amplified via a combination of speakers in the prison cells, the prison garden and the grounds of the historic location. The event will open to the public and will feature a range of food and drink vendors as well as artists, musicians, street performers and cultural exhibitors.
The WAMAs will provide a forum to highlight the issues and successes of local creatives. In addition to the main awards, which will be held in May, a number of development activities will run in the lead up to the big night. These activities are aimed at supporting and showcasing local talent and include:
· WAMAs in Schools which is a series of workshops designed to develop the next generation of


Kenny McDowall would welcome Ally McCoist back into the Rangers dug-out were he to make a surprise return from gardening leave. The question of who leads the squad for the remainder of a flagging promotion campaign is high on the agenda for Dave King and the new Ibrox directors. McDowall became caretaker manager when McCoist left under the previous regime before Christmas, but began working his own notice period in January. Kenny McDowall and Ally McCoist (right) worked together before the latter left Rangers on gardening leave . Interim chairman Paul Murray has stated that new board — which has already been approached by number of managerial candidates as they weigh up a longer-term appointment — will have to speak to both men to ‘ask what they want to do’ given that they remain employees. A financial agreement over McCoist’s remaining contract may well be the more likely outcome, but McDowall would be happy to see his old colleague back for the Championship run-in were that to transpire. ‘I was working with Ally, so obviously that would appeal to me,’ said McDowall. ‘But it’s a difficult one to answer because the board will obviously have their own ideas.’ McDowall said it wasn't for him to decide but that he would welcome Walter Smith back to the club too . Another former Ibrox boss, Walter Smith, refused at the weekend to completely rule out what would be a third stint in charge, but stressed that he wasn’t looking for it ‘in any way, shape or form.’ McDowall was first-team coach during Smith’s hugely successful second spell and admitted his presence would provide a guaranteed boost. ‘It’s not for me to decide,’ said McDowall, who is keen for coach Ian Durrant to return to first-team duties after being demoted by the old board. ‘It’s for Walter to discuss with the board, if that’s the case. ‘But Walter Smith going anywhere would absolutely give the place a lift. He is a great man and has done so much in the game. Why would you not, at the end of the day? But, as I say, it’s not my call. McCoist left the Ibrox club before Christmas on gardening leave and McCall later did the same . ‘We had a very successful time when he was here but times are different. It’s been a tough, tough time we’ve had since he left. ‘Ally did a fantastic job without getting a whole lot of credit. But that will come eventually.’ The new directors are likely to speak with McDowall about his own future once tonight’s game against Queen of the South is out of the way. They met yesterday with former Fulham boss Felix Magath, who is a Rangers shareholder and has ideas on how the footballing department could move forward. But he is not thought to be an immediate candidate to replace McDowall. Felix Magath is not thought to be an immediate candidate to replace McDowall despite a meeting with the club . ‘Every day, there is someone else being quoted — Walter, Felix Magath, Billy Davies, Stuart McCall, Terry Butcher,’ said McDowall. ‘All of those guys are out there and it’s the board’s right to talk to whoever they want. It doesn’t really affect me, because talk about replacing me has been there since I took the job as caretaker manager. ‘I’m here and ready to meet the new board whenever they want to meet me. I’m working my notice. If they want to keep me, they can keep me. If they want me to go then I’ll go. ‘There is nothing tricky about it. I’m here and I’m doing my best to try and get the team through a difficult period.’

Kenny McDowall would welcome Ally McCoist back in the Rangers dug-out . Interim chairman Paul Murray has said the board will speak to candidates . The management situation at Rangers is still uncertain as it stands .

 at Ibrox. However, with McCoist no longer boss, a man who knows both the current and new gaffer’s qualities better than most is willing to give them all the time they need to make a decision.
McCoist’s future on the sidelines has been a long running saga with the Rangers fans desperate for any news on what’s happening with him. With fans’ patience running out and the club in a poor run of form since Christmas the supporters are eager for a swift resolution. But Kenny McDowall says that he will be patient with both men involved.
“With the manager, if the manager wants some advice, of course, I’m only too happy to give some advice. With Ally, he’s a big part of my own life. He and I had some great times and we’re still good friends. When we played for Scotland together, he was always there to help me out. He knew me well so if he wants to give me a call and talk about the football club then I’m only too happy to listen to him.”
McDowall himself isn’t on a football runaway train, as he’s a strong believer in giving a manager some time when taking over a squad that has fallen into disarray. However, he says that even he is reaching his tipping point.
“I’m a huge believer that you should give a manager time when you bring someone in. Look at David Moyes who took a team to the final in his first season at Manchester United. I know Ally and I feel for him because I’m a good mate of his, but I think he needs to be given time. It’s a lot to take on because you’re coming into a bad situation and you are the person who is responsible for turning things around. It’s a lot for anyone to take on.”
With the squad on such a poor run of form in recent games, McDowall agrees that the team needs to improve their game as a unit.
“The results we’ve had recently have been a little bit on the disappointing side. If we look at the performances, there are times when we play well but we can’t finish the teams off. This is our 16th game in 40 days so everyone is getting tired. If you look at the second half in the St Mirren game, it took us too long to get going and if we had played like we played in the first


(CNN)A sixth suspect in the shooting death of a top Russian opposition figure blew himself up after a standoff with police in the capital of the Chechen Republic, state-run television reported Sunday. Beslan Shavanov, 30, was holed up in a building in Grozny when police arrived to arrest him Saturday afternoon, Russia 24 reported.  Police surrounded the building and Shavano tried to escape, throwing a grenade at police officers before blowing himself up, the station said. The news came as Russian authorities reported making five other arrests in connection with Boris Nemtsov's killing. One of those arrested claims to have an alibi, according to Russia's Sputnik News. "At the time of the murder, I was at work as I usually am every day. There are many people, my colleagues, who will confirm this," the news agency quoted Tamerlan Eskerkhanov as saying in Moscow's Basmanny District Court. Two of the suspects have been formally charged and three "remain under the status of suspects," court spokeswoman Anna Fadeyeva told Sputnik. Nemtsov, one of President Vladimir Putin's most outspoken critics, was shot in the back on a Moscow bridge as he walked with his girlfriend near the Kremlin in late February. Surveillance video showed someone darting from the sidewalk and into a nearby car right after Nemtsov collapsed. Putin has been informed of the arrests in connection with Nemtsov's death, Russian media said, citing Federal Security Service director Alexander Bortnikov. Two of the other suspects are Anzor Gubashev and Zaur Dadayev, Bortnikov said in a televised statement. The others are Ramzan Bakhayev and Shagit Gubashev, Anzor's younger brother, according to a Sputnik report that also said Dadayev was the only one of the five to plead guilty -- though to what crimes was not clear. Bortnikov said those detained are from the southern region of the North Caucasus, which for years has been a hotbed of unrest and rebellion against Moscow. Dadayev had previously served as an officer in a Chechen police battalion, Albert Barakhayev, secretary of the Security Council of the Caucasian republic of Ingushetia, told the official news agency TASS. Dadayev was the deputy commander of one of the Chechen Republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs groups, Sputnik reported, adding that Gubashev worked at a security firm in Moscow. Gubashev was arrested between the town of Malgobek and the village of Voznesenovskaya, while Dadayev was arrested in the city of Magas, Barakhayev told TASS. The slain opposition leader's daughter, Zhanna Nemtsova, told CNN she is "not surprised both of them (are) of Caucasus origin. It was predictable." Nemtsova said the only things she knew about the arrests came from media reports, as authorities did not contact her immediately. Later Saturday, a southern Russian law enforcement official told state news agency RIA Novosti that two more men were arrested. The two suspects in the second arrest were not named, but one of them was driving with Dadayev, and the other man is Gubashev's younger brother, Barakhayev said. Like Gubashev and Dadayev, those two suspects are also ethnic Chechens, according to Barakhayev. After Nemtsov's shooting Putin blamed extremists and protesters who he said were trying to stir internal strife in Russia. Many opposition sympathizers and people close to Nemtsov have pointed the finger at Putin and the Russian government he leads. They note that Nemtsov -- the deputy prime minister under former President Boris Yeltsin -- is the latest in a list of Putin's opponents who have been killed or imprisoned. Nemtsov had also been arrested several times for speaking against the government. In her first TV interview since her father's death, Nemtsova told CNN that Putin shares "political responsibility" for her father's assassination. She spoke from Germany. "I don't believe in the official investigation," she said Saturday. Other opposition figures previously jailed or killed include Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist critical of Russia's war in Chechnya. She was gunned down at the entrance to her Moscow apartment in 2006. There was also business magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who backed an opposition party and accused Putin of corruption. Khodorkovsky landed in jail after a conviction on tax fraud, which he said was a ploy to take away his oil company. The government rejected the claim. Putin pardoned him in 2013. Former Russian security agent Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned by a lethal dose of radioactive polonium, his tea spiked in a London hotel during a meeting with two former Russian security service men in 2006. He had blamed the agency for orchestrating a series of apartment bombings in Russia in 1999 that left hundreds dead and led to Russia's invasion of Chechnya later that year. The Kremlin has staunchly denied accusations that it or its agents are targeting political opponents or had anything to do with the deaths. CNN's Catherine Shoichet, Ben Brumfield, Elena Sandyrev, Brian Walker, Greg Botelho, Joshua Berlinger and Alla Eshchenko  contributed to this report.

With police surrounding hiding place, sixth suspect kills himself, Russian media say . One of the men arrested reportedly served as an officer in a Chechen police battalion . Four of the five suspects are ethnic Chechens, law enforcement official tells media .

blew himself up "using an improvised explosive device in front of the main entrance" of the building where the confrontation was taking place, the television channel Channel One said. An explosives expert from Chechnya was also wounded in the blast. "This proves that the main organizer of the murder of Boris Nemtsov on the territory of the Republic of Chechnya was the head of the criminal gang of the Russian mafia who lives and operates in Moscow," Deputy Prosecutor General Alexander Zinkevich was quoted by Channel One as saying. The deputy prosecutor general did not disclose the identity of the suspected leader of the crime ring, and Channel One reported that the man was identified as one Oleg Tinkov. Also on Sunday, the Chechnya republic's top investigative body reported on its official website that two men were arrested in connection with the killing. "These suspects will be charged with a crime of premeditated murder," the Republic of Chechnya Investigative Committee said. Earlier on Sunday, two men were reported to have been detained, but it was not immediately clear if they were connected to the shooting. Vladimir Markin, a spokesman for the Investigative Committee, told the Russian news agency ITAR-Tass that both were born in 1989 and were Chechen residents of Moscow. The Russian news agency RIA quoted another law enforcement source as saying one man was found wounded with gunshot wounds, the other unconscious. The second was named as Tazbekov Khadzhimuradov and he lived in Moscow's Petrovka Street, the Chechen Republic's Investigative Committee press service reported. The other person is being treated in hospital, Russian news agencies reported. The Investigative Committee has opened a criminal investigation into Nemtsov's murder, and the Russian Prosecutor General's Office has assigned special investigators to the case, Deputy Prosecutor General Alexander Zinkevich said. "The investigation is now at the stage of collecting evidence," Zinkevich said. Nemtsov's friend and fellow politician Stanislav Cherchesov has accused the head of the Chechen government and one of Chechnya's deputy governors of masterminding the killing. In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday, Cherchesov said he had told Nemtsov, "not a word to anybody, because your life is in danger" after the politician had warned him and other activists about possible


A teenager from Tennessee has miraculously regained the ability to walk again - just six weeks after being diagnosed with a rare spinal disease that could have paralaysed her for life. 15-year-old Jessica Shainburg woke up one morning in January to discover she could not feel anything below her waist, according to an ABC report. Doctors diagnosed her with a disorder which causes the spine to inflame known as transverse myelitis - and said it could be permanent if she was not walking within six weeks. The chances of that happening were less than one in three but incredibly, Jessica recovered in time thanks to another rare disorder in her brain that catalysed her recovery. Jessica from Nashville told WKRN-TV: 'I'm so blessed and lucky to be able to be walking again.' Miracle: 15-year-old Jessica Shainburg (pictured) is up and running - literally - just six weeks after being diagnosed with a spinal disease which could have left her paralysed for life . Grateful: Jessica (pictured) from Nashville, Tennessee said: 'I'm so blessed and lucky to be able to be walking again.' Blessing in disguise: Doctors told her father Jeff (left) that her rapid return to health could be down to another inflammation they found in her brain which improves recovery rates . A few days before she completely lost the use of her legs, she claimed to experience some tingling in her lower limbs but the emergency room doctors could not find anything serious and sent her home. Even her father Jeff did not believe her at first and told Jessica: 'You gotta wake your legs up and we got to go to school.' A few days earlier, Jessica said she felt a tingling in her legs, but emergency room doctors found no signs of anything serious and sent her home, said her father. She was eventually diagnosed with a disorder which inflames the spinal cord called transverse myelitis. Jessica surpassed all doctor's expectations during the weeks of rehabilitation at Scottish Rite Hospital, according to her father. After her recover, he said: 'It's a miracle... Every day she's getting better and stronger. 'She just always had a great attitude and was willing to do the work with the therapist. They loved her attitude and they wanted to work with her continuously.' The doctors at the hospital in Atlanta, Georgia also discovered Jessica had signs of a rare inflammation of the brain known as Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM). Inexplicable: Jessica (pictured) woke up one morning with a tingling in her legs but the emergency room doctors could not find anything wrong and sent her home . Disease: She was eventually diagnosed with a disorder which inflames the spinal cord called transverse myelitis . Proud: Jessica surpassed all doctor's expectations during the weeks of rehabilitation according to her father Jeff (pictured) Recovery: Jeff said the healthcare professionals at Scottish Rite Hospital 'loved her attitude and they wanted to work with her continuously' They believe it is this second disorder which explains her rapid return to health as patients with ADEM tend to have quicker recovery rates. Jeff Shainburg added: 'The doctors didn't expect her to recover like that... They were so impressed with her rehab. They hadn't seen a patient like this in a while.' He says Jessica - who is still too weak to return to her High School studies - has a personal walker and wheelchair which she only uses when she has been standing for long periods of time. While the teen is likely to start school in a few weeks, doctors are keeping a close eye on her as she recovers. If the rare symptoms reappear, there is a chance it could be a sign of multiple sclerosis.

Jessica Shainburg was diagnosed with a rare spinal disease six weeks ago . Doctors said she needed to recover quickly or she would never walk again . The 15-year-old from Nashville, Tennessee started running again recently . Could be due to another disease in her brain which hastens recovery rates . Doctors say she could have multiple sclerosis if the rare symptoms return .

 in December to discover she couldn’t feel her legs, and that all of her muscles had gone stiff.
It took three years for Jessica to be officially diagnosed with a very rare disease called 'Shingo Fujinuma Syndrome,' and it's so rare that only 32 cases had been reported in the medical journals between 1997 and 2014. Now, she’s fully recovered and she’s even dancing again, although she can’t yet walk properly.
“When it started, I could barely get out of bed, I could barely walk to the kitchen and back,” she told WREG3. “When I had it, I could move my head and my neck, but my legs were frozen.”
Now, she’s working with physical therapists, and just last week she started walking again!
“I remember saying, ‘I will stand again! I will walk again!’ I wanted to cry,” Jessica said.
"There are only two treatments, and neither really worked for her."
According to the National Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain Association, Shingo Fujinuma Syndrome is a condition that causes "exquisitely sharp, stabbing, and burning pain throughout the body that often feels as though one has been burned."
It's so rare because doctors do not know what causes it, and it's also not really recognized in the medical community. Only recently have they determined that it's caused by a problem in the immune system, and they don't know why it's happening in her.
She was on medication for years for her chronic back pain and fibromyalgia, but it never helped, so her mother took her to see an array of doctors, including a holistic doctor who recommended a more natural approach. Jessica's mother also said that when the disease finally hit, Jessica was diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and a hormone imbalance.
"I would be lying if I said I didn't think about giving up and just wanting to go back to my room and never come out again, but then, I started to think about my dad," she said. "My father has had a similar situation. He had to fight, because he said he was a fighter and that's who he was, and I wanted to be a fighter, too."
This isn't the first case of Shingo Fujinuma Syndrome to hit the media.
In 1993, 13-year-old Krista Gaud


(CNN)A salary dispute between North and South Korea has sent jitters through factory owners operating at an industrial complex that is supposed to be a symbol of cooperation for the divided Korean peninsula. The disagreement started in late February, when the North Korean government demanded an increase of around $8.60 a month for North Korean employees working in the Kaesong Industrial Complex. South Korea is working on a response to the demands, leaving factory owners worried about the threat of a factory shutdown. "I'm already nervous about the situation because of the traumatic experience in 2013 when the North closed down the complex," said Yoo Chang-geun, the South Korean head of an automobile parts manufacturer that employs 400 North Koreans in Kaesong. Yoo's company, SJ Tech, operates out of Kaesong, which is just north of the Demilitarized Zone in North Korean territory. He was referring to North Korea's monthslong closure of Kaesong in 2013, during a period of heightened tension on the peninsula. About 125 South Korean companies operate out of Kaesong, employing more than 50,000 North Korean workers. An official from the South Korean government's Unification Ministry, who according to policy spoke to CNN on condition of anonymity, says companies at Kaesong pay their North Korean workers an average of $155.50 a month. North Korea is demanding an increase of roughly 5.5%, to an equivalent $164.10 a month. The South Korean government argues that the salary hike is a breach of an existing agreement for the industrial park, which first opened in 2004. The official called the North's request a "one-sided demand."  The official did not rule out the possibility that penalties could be imposed on South Korean companies if they individually agree to raise employee salaries. Manufacturers in Kaesong rely on the government in Seoul to represent them in negotiations with Pyongyang. "It feels like we're entering a very difficult phase where innocent corporations are being beaten up by political fights between the North and South," Kim Seo-Jin, the director of Corporate Association of the Kaesong Industrial Complex, said Wednesday. Experts say this isn't the first time the North and South have butted heads over employee salaries in Kaesong. The industrial park was established as a symbol of cooperation at a time when a previous government in South Korea was pursuing a "Sunshine Policy" of friendship with its northern rival. South Korean companies benefited from the extremely low cost of North Korean labor.  Meanwhile, North Korea gained a valuable stream of hard currency revenue by appropriating an undisclosed amount of salary from its citizens working in Kaesong. South Korean employers also made a practice of giving small food bonuses to some hungry employees. For a time, this came in the form of "Choco Pies," a packaged South Korean dessert.  The snacks reportedly became highly-prized items on the black market in the communist North's rigidly controlled economy.  Eventually, employers transitioned to giving workers instant noodles, as one former Kaesong factory owner told CNN in 2014, "in order to provide a more substantial snack." "The whole project is built with an understanding that North Korean wages should and will continue to rise," says John Delury, associate professor at Yonsei University's graduate school of international studies in Seoul. But one factory owner said the communist regime's most recent approach to the salaries is problematic. "The amount of the pay raise demanded this time is small," said  SJ Tech's Yoo Chang-geun. "But having this kind of precedent may lead to losing control of the operation in the complex." Experts say Seoul and Pyongyang's approach to the Kaesong salary dispute will serve as an important barometer for the direction of future relations between the rival governments. "Kaesong is the last living legacy of the Sunshine Policy," says professor Delury of Yeonsei University. "If something like wage disputes lead to the shutdown or freezing of Kaesong, that would be a major blow."

The disagreement started in late February . North Korea demanded a pay increase; South Korea's working on a response .

 demanded that the South increase its wage bill for the complex's 60,000 workers — the most of any South Korean company operating in the Kaesong Industrial Zone.
But South Korean officials said they would take steps to minimize the impact on Korean workers, and insisted the North's action was a political ploy.
The United States also voiced concerns about a possible resumption of tensions on the Korean peninsula.
"Any escalation would be a cause for concern, as it would hamper the efforts of the Korean people to achieve a peaceful reunification that can foster economic opportunity and prosperity for the entire Korean peninsula and throughout East Asia," State Department spokesman John Kirby said Thursday.
A statement of intent was read in North Korean state media on Friday that the North "will have to take an appropriate action with (an) inevitable counteraction" to the South's "reckless provocations."
Workers, a 'buffer' in the complex.
The South Korean workers' wages are paid to them by their employers based on what the North Korean government charges South Korean companies for production. The South Korean companies have to pay for their workers' salaries whether or not they operate their factories in the zone.
If the South Korean employers leave Kaesong, their workers are simply left without a job. Many of the factories are small, with hundreds or even thousands of workers, who now are trying to figure out what comes next.
"The North has been saying this for years — they don't want the Kaesong Industrial Zone any more — but this is the first time they are actually threatening to get rid of the Kaesong Industrial Zone," said Kim Kwang-seok, the head of the KITA-Korea International Trade Association. "So of course this affects the daily lives of the South Korean companies here."
In recent years, the Kaesong Industrial Zone has been seen as a symbol of cooperation and unity by the two Koreas, an important diplomatic achievement for both sides.
When the South Korean government announced a review of its business ties with the North in August 2015, the Kaesong zone was one of the first projects the two countries jointly operated.
But since then, the Kaesong zone has seen a steady decline in employment numbers.
When South Korean factory owner Kim Sang-hyeon first started sending workers to Kaesong in the 1990s, there were 10,000 employees at 25 companies


A federal appeals court has given new life to a Holocaust survivor's claim that the University of Oklahoma is unjustly harboring a Camille Pissarro painting that the Nazis stole from her father during World War II. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan has directed a lower-court judge to consider whether the lawsuit she threw out should be transferred to Oklahoma, saying she has authority to do so. The court's order on Thursday came as the school found itself amid a racial controversy after video of fraternity students engaged in a racist chant spread across the Internet. Dr. Leone-Noelle Meyer maintained she is entitled to Pissarro's 1886 'Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep' because it belonged to her father when it was taken by the Nazis as Germany moved across France . University President David Boren ordered a fraternity house closed and expelled two of its members after reviewing clips of the chant that referenced lynching and said blacks would never be allowed in the fraternity. The school and Boren are defendants in the lawsuit brought in 2013 by 75-year-old Holocaust survivor Leone Meyer, who lives in Paris. She maintained she is entitled to Pissarro's 1886 'Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep' because it belonged to her father when it was taken by the Nazis as Germany moved across France. Her father, Raoul Mayer, died in 1970. Swiss records show Meyer's father in Paris had owned the painting. But a Swiss court ruled that the painting's post-war owners had properly established ownership and rejected her claim. Bequeathed to OU by Clara Weitzenhoffer, the wife of oil tycoon Aaron Weitzenhoffer, the school displayed it publicly for over a decade. The painting: Swiss records show Leone-Noelle Meyer's father in Paris had owned the painting 'Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep' by Camille Pissaro . Disputed item: This Monday, May 12, 2014 photo shows a display of information on the 1886 painting 'Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep' by Camille Pissarro . The Weitzenhoffers bought the painting from a New York gallery in 1956. When she died in 2000, she donated more than 30 works worth about $50 million to the University of Oklahoma. In an emailed statement Saturday, Oklahoma University spokeswoman Catherine F. Bishop said: 'The University is continuing its efforts to work with the plaintiffs to determine all the facts in this matter, some of which may still be unknown, and to seek a mutually agreeable resolution.' Last year, Boren defended Oklahoma University's ownership, saying the school does not want to keep any items it does not legitimately own but also wants to avoid a bad precedent by automatically giving away gifts it receives to anyone who claims them. Boren and the school have opposed the lawsuit on largely procedural grounds, saying the school has sovereign immunity and that Meyer was not diligent in pursuing her claim and had sued in New York rather than Oklahoma as a 'forum shopping strategy' to avoid Oklahoma's more restrictive statute of limitations. Several Oklahoma lawmakers who authored a resolution in the state Legislature seeking to force the school to turn the painting over have spoken out against the university's position. In a letter to the people of Oklahoma, Meyer has said her quest 'has nothing to do with money. It is about justice and a duty to remember.' Pierre Ciric, a lawyer for Meyer, said Saturday he welcomed 'any progress toward the resolution of our client's claim.' 'It appears that everyone involved with this case agrees that `La Bergere' was the property of my client's father prior to the Nazi occupation of France, which we have asserted since the complaint was filed,' he said. Under fire: The court's order on Thursday came as the school found itself amid a racial controversy after video showing Sigma Alpha Epsilon members singing a racist chant while traveling on a tour bus went viral .

The court's order after video of fraternity students at the school engaged in a racist chant spread across the Internet . The school and Boren are defendants in the lawsuit brought in 2013 by 75-year-old Holocaust survivor Leone Meyer, who lives in Paris . Meyer says she entitled to Pissarro's 1886 'Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep' because it belonged to her father when it was taken by the Nazis . Swiss records show Meyer's father, Raoul Meyer,  had owned the painting in Paris .

. Circuit Court of Appeals said the Oklahoma museum should reconsider its decision to leave the painting untouched in a case filed by the daughter of the original owner.
The court sent the case back to a lower court, directing officials to decide whether to preserve the disputed painting in its possession, a 1888 "View of the Port of Honfleur" by the French Impressionist Camille Pissarro, or allow it to be exhibited elsewhere.
U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell, in Little Rock, ruled last April that the painting should not be returned to the museum, whose history is detailed in a lawsuit that traces its ownership through four countries, including Nazi-occupied France. Frizzell found that there was no evidence to indicate that the university "either directly received the painting from the Nazi regime or purchased it from such a person or entity."
Frizzell ordered the painting kept sealed in a vault as the museum pursues a claim that its director, Paul Lunder, (pronounced lou-NUR) had the right to the painting in his capacity as a "curator at large," according to Frizzell's order. U.S. District Judge James M. Moody in Little Rock upheld that determination.
Moody has since recused himself from the case and Lunder was removed from his position.
The latest appeals court ruling comes almost a year after a federal appeals panel overturned a lower court's ruling that barred the museum from selling two Impressionist works it had owned from 2002 to 2008.
In 2010, Moody's court said the university, acting on behalf of the state of Oklahoma, lacked title to a 1913 painting by Henri Matisse, "Dora Maus" ("Dora's Mouse"), and a 1911 painting, "La Toilette," by French artist Maurice Utrillo. The paintings were given to the museum by a Tulsa art dealer who had acquired them from a Nazi war victim.
Moody noted that both the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum had recommended returning the paintings to their rightful owners. Moody said it was "obvious" that there was no legal basis for the museum to hold the works.
A museum attorney, Mary Anne Strother, told Moody that museum officials had no choice but to accept the gifts. She said they were "gifted" by the victim'


A farmer who left dozens of pigs drowning in a mud pit that was so disgusting seven of the animals had to be put down has been fined more than £37,000. Jonathan Forbes-Brown, 54, allowed the 64 animals to live in squalid conditions and failed to provide food and water at his farm in Braintree, Essex. Seven of the animals had suffered so much that they had to be put down after getting stuck in mud to such an extent that slurry covered more than half of their body. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT . Jonathan Forbes-Brown, 54, allowed  64 pigs to live in squalid conditions and failed to provide food and water at his farm in Braintree, Essex. Dozens of the pigs were found drowning in mud and covered in slurry (above) Forbes-Brown allowed the animals to live in the thick slurry and failed to help them when they became stuck in the mud. RSPCA officers spent hours rescuing the animals from the 'worst conditions they had ever seen' Seven of the pigs had to be put down after being rescued from the mud pit, while another was found to be suffering from a bad leg injury having been hit by a car but never taken to the vets by Forbes-Brown . Another pig was found to be suffering from a bad leg injury after being hit by a car and never being taken to the vet. Forbes-Brown denied seven animal cruelty charges for failing to provide a suitable environment, food, fresh water or appropriate veterinary care at Colchester Magistrates' Court. However, he was found guilty by magistrates and fined more than £37,000. Samantha Garvey, an RSPCA Inspector, said rescuers spent hours trying to free the pigs from the mud after receiving reports they were living in squalor. She said: 'These were the worst conditions I have ever had to work in - the pigs had just been left to literally drown in the mud. 'The slurry was halfway up their bodies in some cases, and took several of us most of the day to try and heave them out to safety. 'I spent at least one hour holding one little piglet's head above the slurry as we desperately tried to get her out. 'It was so, so sad. I have seen some horrible things in my job, but I was close to tears. Samantha Garvey, an RSPCA Inspector, said: 'These were the worst conditions I have ever had to work in - the pigs had just been left to literally drown in the mud. The slurry was halfway up their bodies in some cases' Ms Garvey said  heavy rain  turned the pigs' pen into a  slurry pit which had sucked them into the mud. She said Forbes-Brown failed to care for them, adding: 'They did not have water or food, and no vet had  attended' Forbes-Brown denied seven animal cruelty charges for failing to provide a suitable environment, food, fresh water or appropriate veterinary care but was found guilty at Colchester Magistrates' Court and fined £37,000 . The pigs which survived the ordeal have now been taken into care by another farmer who lives in the area . 'A lot of the pigs were in a very weak condition and they could not have escaped, or survived, had they been left.' Ms Garvey said that heavy rain had turned the pigs' pen into a deep slurry pit that had sucked them into the mud, with Forbes-Brown not having the experience to resolve the issue. She said: 'This was a case of someone keeping pigs as a hobby, without realising how hard pigs are to look after. 'He just did not have the experience or expertise to care for them. They did not have water or food, and no vet had ever attended to make sure they were cared for. 'This lack of knowledge, along with the bad weather, led to a near tragedy.' The pigs which survived the ordeal have now been taken into care by another farmer in the area.

Jonathan Forbes-Brown kept 64 pigs in squalid conditions at Essex farm . Animals found drowning in mud pit with slurry covering half of their body . Farmer failed to provide adequate food, water or living conditions for them . Seven  pigs were put down, while other had leg injury after being hit by car . Fined £37,000 after being found guilty of seven counts of animal cruelty . WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT .

 in their own waste and die without any food or water for three months at his farm in Burbage, Leicestershire. The farmer was “completely unaware” of the pigs’ condition until a neighbour spotted the pigs had run out of food and went to inform the RSPCA. A vet found the seven dying pigs had been left in “one of the worst scenes of suffering and neglect” it had seen in the UK. The RSPCA called it the “worst farm inspection in years”.
A judge ruled at Leicester Magistrates’ Court that Forbes-Brown, of Ash Lane, Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicestershire, was “knowingly or recklessly responsible for serious animal welfare offences.” He was jailed for 28 days after being sentenced in his absence on October 11. Prosecuting barrister Caroline Wood told the court that the pigs had been kept at the farm with a ‘no water’ sign, while there were also allegations of physical abuse.
Judge Simon Cooper added that the pig was found in “an incredibly bad state of health” at the RSPCA’s vets’ surgery in Coalville on November 11 last year. Mr Cooper said: “What is particularly bad, and probably in the top 10 to 15 cases the RSPCA vets have seen, is the amount of dead piglets that this pig was carrying. This is the worst farm inspection in a long time.” He ruled there was a “significant risk of causing serious suffering” and ordered Forbes-Brown pay a £2,400 fine and £12,100 in costs.
His bank account was frozen by the court after the RSPCA applied to the High Court.
The judge warned Forbes-Brown that this is the only time in his career the “saddest day of my life” in his profession. He said the case was so serious he didn’t see any other outcome than a custodial sentence. It was an almost impossible task for the RSPCA team which rescued the pigs. The team of volunteers worked 24 hours over two days in November to get the pigs out of the 200-square-metre mud pit. They said the farm’s drainage system was broken down and water was still being pumped into the field. They described the stench and mess when they arrived on November 11.
The RSPCA said the farm was a “disgusting and filthy site”, and described the situation


In his autobiography published late last year, Andrew Cuomo described himself as the victim in his bitter divorce from Kerry Kennedy - saying he learned about the break-up from a reporter who called him for comment. But a new biography of the New York governor says he had a larger part in the unraveling of the marriage, which briefly united two political dynasties. Vanity Fair's Michael Shnayerson alleges in 'The Contender' that the couple started talking 'not if but when' to divorce just two months after the birth of their third daughter Michaela in 1997. However, Cuomo dragged out the break-up for years - possibly to use his wife's political clout to fuel his failed 2002 gubernatorial run, the book alleges. Doomed: A new biography of  Andrew Cuomo details the bitter divorce between the current New York Governor and Kerry Kennedy, daughter of Robert F Kennedy. The former couple pictured above on their wedding day in 1990 . The New York Daily News, which previewed the book, cited Shnayerson's sources who said the couple learned they were incompatible fairly early on in their relationship. Shnayerson did not interview Cuomo himself. Shnayerson quotes a Douglas Kennedy - Kerry's 46-year-old younger brother -  who says that while Cuomo treasured the connection to the Kennedy family, he loathed participating in reunions at the family's estate in Hyannis, Massachusetts and eventually stopped going altogether. Douglas Kennedy said on one occasion, when the Kennedys spent a night partying and singing, Cuomo stood by 'looking disgusted'. Douglas also described Cuomo as a 'bully' who thought many member's of his wife's family as weak or 'political'. Not if, but when: Author Michael Shnayerson says in 'The Contender' that Cuomo and Kennedy started talking not if 'but when' to divorce just two months after the birth of their third daughter Michaela in 1997. The couple pictured above with twins Cara Ethel and Mariah Matila, with father Andrew holding baby Michaela . Staying together for the campaign: Kennedy allegedly decided to stay with her husband during his ultimately failed 2002 run for governor. According to the book, the couple agreed to break-up after the campaign, but Cuomo kept putting it off . The Contender, written by Vanity Fair writer Michael Shnayerson, is due out March 31 . Perhaps one of the most painful digs at the Kennedy family was the Manhattan party that acted as the informal launch for Cuomo's 2002 campaign for governor. At the party, the Rolling Stones song 'Sympathy for the Devil' was played at high-volume - a song which deals with the assassinations of both President John F Kennedy and Kerry father's Robert F Kennedy. The Kennedy's who were in the room for the party were aghast, but it's unclear if Cuomo was behind the decision to play the song. Disdain for the in-laws wasn't the only issue between the political couple. Kerry Kennedy and Cuomo harbored ill-feelings about the little things too, the book claims. When she first started dating Cuomo, Kennedy allegedly 'rolled her eyes a bit' when she saw the plastic covers he kept on his furniture. And a friend close to one side of the former couple told Shnayerson that Cuomo wasn't dazzled by his wife's cooking, cleaning or even the 'dowdy' way she dressed. By the time Cuomo started planning his 2002 run for governor, his wife agreed to stay with him through the campaign. But when the campaign failed, Cuomo allegedly asked her to stay together for just a little longer. The breaking point for Kennedy, according to Shnayerson, came when Cuomo confronted her for having an extra-marital affair with polo player Bruce Colley. A 'closer observer' told Shnayerson that Kennedy told Cuomo to mind his own business, break the news to the kids and move out of their home. 'After 13 years of marriage, and truly stressful times, I knew the ties that bound us together had frayed,' Cuomo wrote in his autobiography All Things Possible, published late last year. 'But I had hoped we could work through what I saw was a difficult time, not an end. Obviously, I was in denial.' 'Even though Kerry had told me she wanted a divorce I thought I could fix it, I couldn’t accept it — it only became real when a reporter called and said she filed the papers.' Breaking point: The couple officially divorced in 2005. Cuomo eventually won the New York governorship in 2011 - the same year he started dating celebrity cook Sandra Lee. Above, Cuomo and family after his re-election last November. From left to right: Cara, Michaela, Cuomo, Sandra Lee, and Mariah . Single life: Kerry Kennedy pictured above on March 10 with human rights lawyer Elisa Massimino at an event in New York City . The couple originally said their break-up was amicable, but that didn't last long, according to the book. Soon an attorney for the Cuomos started spreading stories about Kennedy's betrayal. Cuomo did eventually win the New York governorship in 2011 - the same year he started dating celebrity cook Sandra Lee. Kerry Kennedy still lives near her ex-husband in Westchester, New York. Last week on Wednesday, their youngest daughter Michaela was rushed to the hospital when she was found unconscious at her mother's home. The 17-year-old was treated and released from Westchester Medical Center. It's still unclear what caused the medical emergency. Michael Shnayerson's 'The Contender' is due out on March 31. Health scare: The couple's daughter Michaela was hospitalized last week after she was found unconscious at her mother's home. Michaela was treated at the hospital and released. It's still unclear what caused the hospitalization. Michaela pictured with her father, and father's girlfriend Sandra Lee on January 5 .

Kerry Kennedy and Andrew Cuomo were married in 1990, merging two political dynasties . New biography of the New York governor reveals their marriage hit the rocks much earlier than previously believed . Kennedy and Cuomo officially divorced in 2005, but started planning their split in 1997, the new book alleges . The former couple had three daughters together: 20-year-old twins Cara Ethel and Mariah Matilda and 17-year-old Michaela Andrea . Last week, daughter Michaela was found unconscious in her mother's home, but was later released from the hospital . It's still unclear what caused the medical emergency .

 by Jerry Oppenheim reveals that Cuomo had actually been notified by the Kennedy camp, who wanted him to stay quiet. Oppenheim alleges that the senator, who has now admitted to a sexual relationship with a staffer, was "in the dark" about the fact she had been seeing another man at the same time as their affair. The relationship is described in Oppenheim's book, The Last Kennedy.
The book claims that one of the senator's lawyers told him that Mrs Kennedy had not informed Cuomo of the relationship with Russell Smith – the man who recently told a New York Post reporter he had had a tryst with Mrs Kennedy. The New York Daily News reported that Cuomo is suing Smith for slander. The New York Post said Mrs Kennedy and Smith, whom she called a friend, had become "serious" lovers in 2006 and that he had a romantic interest in her since she was a child.
Meanwhile, on the campaign trail, Mr Cuomo has spoken about his family and the personal nature of his divorce in public remarks that are far more personal than anything he has ever said to Mrs Kennedy. During an early appearance he recalled the painful process of telling the former First Daughter about his separation: "I did it by phone. It was a Friday night in the spring of 2011. Kerry Kennedy had gone to the opera that night and I called and let her know. I said I was very sorry. I never thought it would happen, and you just wish you could turn back time. You wish you could reverse what you did and do things differently."
The book, which is a biography, provides the first in-depth account of Mr Cuomo's life. It details some of his major achievements in public life, including as prosecutor and governor, but also covers the allegations of sexual harassment for which he was forced to apologise. The book says the allegations were the result of Cuomo's "tremendous anger" that his former aide, Michael Square, had not been properly recognised for his contribution to the "greatest accomplishment of the [Cuomo] administration".
According to the book, after Mr Square left, Governor Cuomo had decided to make a presentation – titled "Michael Square, my 21st century warrior" – about his long service. But he later discovered his speech had been scrapped by his office and reworked so that it read: "My 21st century warrior was Michael Square. Michael, I really