The emotion of gaining a career breakthrough and striking a blow for the less gilded outfits at Cheltenham proved too much for Warren Greatrex. The unsung 40-year-old trainer was unable to blink back the tears behind his spectacles after Cole Harden had provided him with a first Festival winner, and in the biggest race of the day, the World Hurdle. It was a victory for an emerging trainer, ridden by his freshman jockey Gavin Sheehan on a 14-1 horse owned by former customs and excise investigator Robin Eynon and his wife Jill from Winchester. Cole Harden makes every yard of the running to win the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival . Gavin Sheehan  celebrates winning the Ladbrokes World Hurdle, his first victory at the Cheltenham Festival . Sheehan gets to work on Cole Harden as he wins from the front on the third day of the famous Festival . 1 Cole Harden (G Sheehan) 14-1 . 2 Saphir Du Rheu (Sam Twiston-Davies) 5-1 Fav . 3 Zarkandar (N D Fehily) 6-1 . Suddenly the winners’ enclosure looked less the preserve of the fabulously wealthy and the heavyweights of the industry they employ. There was incredulity among the victorious names that they had elevated themselves to the kind of company more regularly associated with names like McManus, Mullins and McCoy. Cole Harden had struck out for the front from the off and stayed there for three miles, winning by three-and-a-quarter lengths. ‘If you’re going to break your duck you may as well make it a big one. Anyone that knows me will tell you I can talk all day long but I’m stuck for words,’ said Greatrex, who eventually managed to articulate his achievement. ‘I’m small, I’m a youngster at this. I’ve got nine runners here, we’re breaking through — we’re trying to compete with the big guys and hopefully this will help. We’ve beaten the best. You look at the next two horses behind and they’re trained by Paul Nicholls ... unbelievable.’ Sheehan celebrates as he crosses the line in front of the favourite Saphir Du Rheu at Cheltenham . Sheehan gives the horse a pat after a brilliant front-running performance on Cole Harden . Sheehan celebrates with Daryl Jacob after riding Cole Harden to victory in the Ladbrokes World Hurdle . After a modest career as a jockey in which he rode 13 winners, Greatrex served a long apprenticeship as a trainer, working under some of the finest in the business such as David Nicholson, Josh Gifford and Oliver Sherwood. He now works out of Uplands, the former premises of legendary jockey and trainer Fred Winter in Lambourn, where he has built up a mid-size yard of 75 horses. ‘I am sure the Duke (Nicholson) is looking down from somewhere with pride and I hope Fred would have been proud as well,’ said Greatrex. His faith in Cole Harden was tested when, after a win at Wetherby in November, he struggled in the January’s Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham and so, less than two months ago, was sent for an operation. ‘I was struggling with him early season, having trouble with his wind, but then he won at Wetherby. He wasn’t right at the Cleeve, so we had it done. It was a soft pallet operation, not a big thing, but I knew we needed to do something.’ Trainer Warren Greatrex and jockey Gavin Sheehan celebrate their first ever success at the Festival . Sheehan takes the acclaim of the crowd as he heads for the Winners' Enclosure on Cole Harden . If Greatrex is a different name to conjure with then so is Eynon, who comes from a less ostentatious school than the increasingly select number of tycoon owners who dominate national hunt racing, like JP McManus, Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary and American Rich Ricci, with his permanently attached sunglasses. Cole Harden is one of two horses he owns, along with a half-share in Paint The Clouds, running in today’s Foxhunter’s Chase. He is the kind of enthusiast who makes a pilgrimage to Cheltenham at least once a year, regardless of whether he has a horse running or not. ‘We’ve had horses since 1996 and this is the best day we’ve had so far,’ he said. ‘We’ve been lucky, every horse we’ve had has done quite well. I’ve forgotten how much we spent on Cole Harden, it wasn’t much; we don’t spend a lot on horses. ‘I’ve been retired a few years but I worked for many years as an investigator for Customs and Excise in London, in a department that doesn’t exist anymore because Gordon Brown closed it. ‘When you get something like this it’s really special. We always come to Cheltenham once a year and if they got rid of the traffic we’d be here every time.’ While Cole Harden’s victory provided the romance, the powerhouse yard of Willie Mullins notched his sixth winner of the meeting after Vautour destroyed the field in the earlier JLT Novices’ Chase. Ruby Walsh and Vautour romp home to leave trainer Willie Mullins dreaming of next year's Gold Cup . The Irish trainer, now just one short of Nicky Henderson’s record of winners for the meeting, could scarcely contain his excitement about the 6-4 favourite’s potential, which could exceed that of Faugheen ‘The Machine’. ‘This is the real machine,’ said Mullins. ‘He is a Gold Cup horse.’ Jockey Ruby Walsh was equally effusive after his 15-length victory. ‘He jumped like a gazelle and quickened up so impressively off the bend, it was flawless,’ he said. ‘The horses behind are very good and he ran them ragged.’

Cole Harden won the World Hurdle from the front at Cheltenham . The six-year-old was allowed an easy lead and was never caught . Saphir Du Rheu finished second with stablemate Zarkandar in third . Jockey Gavin Sheehan enjoyed his first Festival victory .

 the victory of his old stable companion, the veteran Grand National-winning trainer Jonjo O'Neill, with the 11-year-old Vieux Lion Rouge. "I didn't need to read from my script," he said. "I've had a wonderful day and I've got two more years left on my licence. To ride this race was fantastic. The thing I've enjoyed most today was the last furlong. You need to believe in your horse, it's the final furlong that counts and you need a horse who's going to respond for that. When I rode Vieux Lion Rouge to finish first [at Hexham on 20 October 2013] I knew he had that bit of class to run a big race, but then you worry that's all he is, a top racehorse. But he's a lovely horse to train and a real sweet-tempered horse. His temperament is perfect for a horse who wants to be a Grand National horse."
O'Neill was the only person in a fit state to speak for himself on a ground-record day of 15 winners at Cheltenham. He looked stunned and elated as he held the microphone for a BBC radio interview, still wearing his trademark leather cap and flat cap at the side of the track. Grand National-winning trainer of 11 winners, Jonjo O'Neill's tears were from happiness, and of gratitude for what he calls "The Grand National curse".
Of the four horses who will line up for the first time in the Cheltenham National Hunt Festival championship race in his charge, the 11-year-old Vieux Lion Rouge will start as one of four 11-year-olds in his search for his first national-level victory. But O'Neill's "curse" as a National-winning trainer is based on the 12 times he and his brother Martin have ridden four National winners in one championship National Hunt hurdle race, only once for victory. He blames his luck with a "curse" on a superstition which he said he picked up from his cousin. He said: "Every race you ride for your cousin you get lucky. I was very lucky to get my four-timer last year [with the winners Cappa Bleu, Captain Chris, Don Poli and Don Cossack]. My cousin would go on holiday or something and when I rode the four-timer for him last


Captain of St Mirren at 17 the course of Tony Fitzpatrick’s life altered on a January morning in 1983. The day he lost his six-year-old son. His previous existence had been blinkered, revolving around the mainstays of family, football and faith. His family was shattered by the death of son Anthony following a two year battle with acute myeloid leukaemia. Somehow, the football and faith - subjected to anguished, grief stricken examinations in the months which followed - survived. “I have always believed in God" reflects Fitzpatrick, sipping fizzy water in a coffee shop in Glasgow's west end. “But what happened to little Tony made me angry. I wondered how something like that could happen. Tony Fitzpatrick wants his book to serve as a legacy for the six-year-old son he lost to leukaemia . “It challenged my faith for a wee spell. It challenged how I felt. “There was anger, bitterness, every emotion you might associate with bereavement. “I just couldn’t understand why God had done it. Even to this day I still ask myself the question.” He sought refuge and answers in writing. Scribbled notes on his experiences and emotions became a habit. The outcome of his jottings is ‘The Promise, Together Again’, the 59-year-old’s first book. It features the adventures of Babakoochi Bear, the pet name he used for the son lost 32 years ago. The memories are undimmed by the passage of time. He remembers the awful weather most. Through the grey clouds and rain enveloping Glasgow’s Hospital for Sick Children he grasped for a silver lining. “I always remember my wife and I coming out to the car park after Tony died and there being most stunning rainbow I had ever seen. “Maybe I was looking for something. But the colours were so vibrant, it was stunning. To me it was a sign. A sign of.... something." A committed, church goer he interpreted the rainbow as a token of hope. Some kind of message from above. Yet in the months which followed he examined his faith and found it wanting. Rationalising what kind of kind of God might take the life of an innocent six-year-old child proved impossible. An uneasy, restless peace descended slowly. “Listen, after a time faith became a great comfort again. You don’t know where it comes from. But when you are in despair your beliefs offer you peace and help when you need it most. “But was that challenged for a time? Yes. Yes, it was. They say time is a healer. You hear that all the time. And it probably is to some degree. “But when you lose a child you never ever get over it. “You learn to live with it. But that’s all. “Tony died in 1983. But every day he is with me in my life. “I feel him all the time in the room. “I can sit with my eyes closed in a quiet space and I don’t see him. But I take comfort from the fact I feel he is there. “It never gets any easier. There are times all these years on when I still break down for no reason.” Former St Mirren captain Fitzpatrick (right) in action for his club against Celtic . When religion was no comfort for his loss, professional football filled the void. Fitzpatrick was just 24 when his child’s illness was diagnosed and 26 when he died. In the course of two and a half years maturity was thrust upon his shoulders in brutal fashion. “I had been very, very selfish,” he reflects now. “What the illness of my son did was make me realise there were things in life more important than football. “For 90 minutes you would play and then as soon as the game was over it was ‘right, I have to get to the hospital.’ “Ach, I still played after he died. But something was missing.” His career, until then, had been on an upward trajectory. He started under Sir Alex Ferguson at Love Street, appointed skipper as a teenager, before a move to Bristol City, where Roy Hodgson was the manager . He returned to Paisley after two years, flirting with a Scotland cap and winning a Scottish Cup winners’ medal in 1987. Fitzpatrick managed St Mirren twice and remains a respected, likable figure in Scottish football. His 642 appearances for St Mirren make him a club icon, yet grief took a yard from his legs. “I always tried my best. I played in a good St Mirren team with guys like McAvennie, Frank McDougal and Peter Weir – really good players. “We had good teams, we were in Europe and we won a Scottish Cup. “But I had always had a deep desire to be the best player I could be. When Tony took ill it wasn’t the same. “I remember beating Celtic 3-1 and things were going great. It was looking good. And then ‘bang.’ “He had been unwell for a couple of weeks. One night he was really bad and I came down for training the next morning and saw he wasn’t right. “I went back to the doctor and told him Tony had purple spots. That’s when the alarm bells rung. “Within minutes of taking him in we were sent to Yorkhill Sick Kids’ hospital. “He had septicaemia, meningitis and then they found the leukaemia. His prospects were awful. “We spent all our time in Yorkhill. We slept there. “In the course of two and a half years we had Tony at home for no more than three months.” Tuesdays and Thursdays were spent donating blood to improve the quality of his son’s remaining days. With Elizabeth went on to have another boy and a set of twins before the couple went their separate ways. A product of the West of Scotland before counselling became the fashiom, however, Fitzpatrick found it difficult to express himself beyond the football pitch. He wasn't the only one. “I remember when little Tony died that neighbours and friends didn’t know what to say to us. “They would cross the road because they couldn’t deal with it. “I was very conscious of it and later they would explain they didn’t want to cry or break down. “My daughter was nine when it all happened and I regret that I couldn’t express my feelings to her either. “The little soul was left to cope because I couldn’t speak about it. “It occurred to me then that a book might be a way of breaking down the barrier.” Babakoochi Bear, the star of ‘The Promise, Together Again’, dedicates himself to pursuing peace on earth while adressing the themes of grief, loss and the rainbow which appeared over Yorkhill in January 83.. Fitzpatrick concedes that writing was also a form of catharsis. His way of finding some inner peace. “People feel their grief in different ways,” he admits. “I’m not educated in any way, but I started to jot down ideas about Babakoochi Bear and that developed. “I waited a long time – but this was the right time. I had a huge urge to do it.” An initial print run of 1000 books, with professional illustrations, cost money and when it sells out Fitzpatrick will use the funds to print more. Further stories of Babakoochi Bear’s travails bulge from notebooks in his Glasgow home and the Waterstones branch closest to Paisley have agreed to stock the book aimed at 7-11 year olds. “I did it for Tony,” explains Fitzpatrick. “Listen, he was a normal wee boy – he could be a wee nightmare at times like any child. “But he made a big impact on a lot of people in a short time. And more than anything I want this book to serve as his legacy.” ‘The Promise; Together Again’ by Tony Fitzpatrick is available from www.babakoochibear.com .

Tony Fitzpatrick lost his six-year-old son in 1983 after a leukaemia battle . Fitzpatrick is a former captain and manager of St Mirren . The 59-year-old has released his first book 'The Promise, Together Again'

 football, and as he sat on that cold, black, early morning, the real world slammed into the young Irishman.
“I’d been at Parkhead with 60,000 people around me and suddenly there was no one there,” Fitzpatrick, 59, tells the Scottish Sun. “It came and went. It was surreal. It changed me for life. I didn’t know how to get through it.
“The next 15 years of my life were a total struggle to get over that. And then it came back to haunt me again. It all started again when I came to St Mirren and I had to get over this all over again. I could be talking about my life any year now and the next chapter would be the same story. But after 15 years, I’m OK. It’s not as if it goes away for 15 years and then comes back. It’s just not that simple.
“But if you’re a fighter, you’re not going to give in. I was always in the fight. It’s part of my DNA.
“I was the most fortunate person I’ve ever met to be involved in football, but at what price.
“I don’t regret any of it. I had great times and I was very lucky to have worked with some very, very successful managers.
“I remember a certain English manager in the 1970s – we’re talking long before I was born – gave me my first experience in football. It’s a long story, but I think he was a manager at Charlton. He was the first to give me the chance to play a part in the game.
“Before I met that bloke, I had no idea what to do. I just wanted to play for Ireland. I thought I could pick it up at that stage of my career.
“Even at 17, I still didn’t think I was ready to play for Ireland. I hadn’t realised then what I was in for.
“One of our biggest regrets is that we couldn’t ever get the Irish job on the night for Mickey Whelan. My Dad was a great man and he had a lot of belief in him.
“We worked with Mickey for about two years before he signed for Celtic. We thought that was going to be a great chance for us, but unfortunately things never worked out for Mickey.
“My


In 2001, then-New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Bernard Kerik was like a brother to him, at the police commissioner's NYPD retirement ceremony. But just five years later, as he was accused of ethics violations and conspiracy charges, Kerik learned that Giuliani's friendship was anything but as strong as blood. In his new memoir From Jailer to Jailed, due out Tuesday and excerpted in the New York Daily News, Kerik details his fall from grace and how Giuliani cut ties not only with him, but with his wife and daughters - one of whom is Giuliani's goddaughter. From friends to strangers: Disgraced for New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik says ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani abandoned him and his family once he was hit with legal woes in the mid-2000s. The two pictured above on Saturday Night Live following 9/11 (Kerik on the left, Giuliani on the right) Abandoning his own goddaughter: Kerik says Giuliani completely cut ties not only with him but with his family, including his daughter Celine who is Giuliani's goddaughter. Kerik pictured above with his family in New York City in December 2006. In the photo, Kerik holds daughter Angelina, with his arm around daughter Celine, next to wife Hala . When the first accusations against Kerik were lodged in 2006, his old pal Giuliani was gearing up for the 2008 presidential election and the two appeared to still be close. But in June of that year, Kerik went from being a 9/11 hero to a corrupt city official on the cover of tabloids when the Bronx District Attorney's Office hit him with two ethics code violations - one for not disclosing a personal loan on his conflict-of-interest report and the other for accepting renovations on his home from a New Jersey company vying for city work. It was in November that Kerik first started to feel the cold shoulder from the Giuliani camp. Writer: In his memoir From Jailer to Jailed (cover, left), due out Tuesday, Kerik details how he sent Giuliani a Bronco Buster statue (stock image right) for Christmas in 2006 and had the gift sent back with no explanation . Kerik says he was sitting in his office one day when his then 6-year-old daughter Celine came in and asked to send her godfather a present - one befitting a possible future president of the United States. 'Given that my daughter Celine was only six years old at the time, she had no idea of the difference between a Democrat and a Republican. All she knew was that people were saying that her godfather was going to be the next president of the United States. Disgraced: Kerik was sent to prison in 2010 after pleading guilty to felony tax and false statement charges. Pictured above at a press conference in November 2007 . 'She was talking about it twenty-four hours a day, as if that were the only thing going on in her little world. She had no idea of what this really meant, of course, but she was convinced that Rudy was going to be president,' Kerik writes. Remembering a previous visit to the White House to meet President George W Bush, Celine asked to give her godfather a Bronco Buster statue - just like the one she saw in Oval Office during her visit. The two picked out a statuette and sent it to Giuliani with a handmade card from Celine ahead of Kerik's out-of-town trip to London. By the time he returned though, Kerik was having a hard time getting in contact with Giuliani. Kerik had promised his daughter that they could see her godfather during their annual holiday-time stay in New York City and when Giuliani didn't return his calls, Kerik 'didn't have the hard to tell Celine'. Kerik fully got the message when soon after he found a box containing the statue returned to his front step. 'I just didn’t understand it. What bothered me more than anything was that whoever sent it back took the girls’ card and didn’t have the courtesy to send a note back with the box,' Kerik recalls. What's more - Giuliani failed to send his daughters birthday or Christmas cards like he did every year - and they haven't received one since. The next year, Kerik was hit with even more allegations - this time for conspiracy, tax fraud and making false statements during his Department of Homeland Security appointment. In 2009, he pleaded guilty to eight felony tax and false statement charges and was sent to the minimum-security prison camp in Cumberland, Maryland on May 17, 2010 - where he spent the next nearly three years. Kerik says what bothers him most about his sudden estrangement from Giuliani, is the fact that the former NYC mayor abandoned his wife and daughter when they needed his support the most. ' During my time in Cumberland, Rudy never once called Hala [Kerik's wife] to speak with the girls. He never tried calling any mutual friend of ours to check up on them, ask how they were doing. There were no Christmas or birthday cards. 'My safe guess is that as a former U.S. attorney Rudy had a sense of what the separation of incarceration does to families — yet not once did he call to help in any way,' Kerik writes. Before he was jailed, Kerik  held positions as the corrections commissioner of New York City, New York City police commissioner and interim Iraqi minister of the interior. Giuliani ran as a Republican in the 2008 presidential primary but lost the party nomination to Arizona Senator John McCain.

Bernard Kerik was imprisoned for three years in 2010 when he pleaded guilty to felony tax and false statement charges . The former New York City police commissioner, who served during 9/11, was once as close as family with ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani . But when he was first hit with accusations in 2006, he says the then-presidential hopeful stopped talking to him . In his new memoir due out Tuesday, Kerik says Giuliani also abandoned his goddaughter, Kerik's daughter Celine .

 allegations of domestic violence by his wife, Kerik's life had changed drastically. Giuliani said he had been blindsided by the allegations, and in a recent interview with "20/20," Kerik told ABC News he had been betrayed by his longtime friend.
In a phone interview, Giuliani told ABC News that Kerik's problems were "self-inflicted," but would not comment on the allegations themselves.
"I'm not going to comment on it, other than to say, you know, I was very, very shocked by the allegations because I saw no evidence of these allegations at the time he was there," the former mayor said. "I was really disappointed."
"I had an absolute love of Bernie," he said. "My affection for him is great. He's like a brother to me."
Kerik is expected to plead guilty Thursday to one misdemeanor count of making false statements to federal investigators and another misdemeanor count of illegal use of a campaign fund in a plea deal with the Manhattan district attorney's office. Giuliani's lawyer, Dan Horwitz, told ABC News Tuesday that the former mayor received a copy of Kerik's plea deal and Giuliani's "strong impression is that this was an action based on Bernie's self-inflicted problems," and not on any facts discovered by a grand jury in New York.
Giuliani's comments about Kerik come after a very different kind of conversation with Kerik in 2008. After Giuliani's election as a Republican in 2001, Kerik served as New York City's Police Commissioner. When Giuliani stepped down in 2002, Kerik moved to Washington, D.C. to become Giuliani's security chief at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Kerik said in a 2008 interview with ABC News, that after Giuliani's second term ended and Kerik moved to Washington, the two remained close and he spent more time at Giuliani's Upper East Side residence than anywhere else on the East Coast.
"The mayor of New York is my brother," Kerik said.
During the interview, Giuliani also referred to Kerik as "Buddy" and said he was "honored and delighted" that Kerik joined him as a security advisor, along with former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta and former FBI Director Robert Mueller.
Asked whether it was


A mother-of-one has argued that parents should be doing more to teach their children about sex following the news that pupils as young as 11 will be taught the difference between rape and consensual sex in schools. Education secretary Nicky Morgan said the proposed lessons (which schools and parents can choose to opt in to) will better prepare pupils for life in modern Britain. The question over whether such lessons are appropriate led to a heated debate on today's This Morning as two women appeared to share their opposing views. Scroll down for video . Mother-of-one Sonia Poulton shared her views on modern parenting on today's This Morning, pictured . Mother-of-one Sonia Poulton, 50, a journalist from London, argued that the onus should not be on schools to teach children such issues around sex education. Rather, she believes parents should be taking much more responsibility. She said: 'I think it's entirely inappropriate the kind of conversations we are allowing strangers to have with our children. If anybody needs to be having sex education lessons it's parents. 'Children are becoming sexualised earlier and there is plenty a parent can do. First of all, start parenting again. Parents have handed their children over to computers and smart phones to raise them. They have taken their foot off the pedal and that is the issue. 'Children are seeing "pop porn" from Rihanna and Nicki Minaj and we need to be telling children in schools - if anything at all about sex education - that's it's about relationships and respecting yourself. Anna Williamson, 33, a Childline counsellor, believes it's never too early for children to talk about sex . 'We are thrusting them into this sexualised world when we don't need to.' She added on the issue of teaching the difference between rape and consensual sex in schools: 'We should not be normalising this for children. I am an open-minded mum and I sexually educated my daughter because I am the safest person to do it.' However, TV presenter Anna Williamson, 33, from London, who is a Childline counsellor, said she believes it's never too early for children to talk about sex education. She said: 'The key word about this is age appropriate. It's not about storming into a classroom and giving children a barrage of information that as adults we find difficult to take in. 'It's gently starting that conversation and getting schools on board and parents taking responsibility too so it's a three way conversation. 'We know at Childline that there is a deficit (in sex education) between the ages of six and 11 so these children don't have the tools and the know how - or where to ask for help - or to know what is wrong.' She said that having a proper syllabus is vital to keep children safe and to stop them being misinformed and then spreading myths about sex in the playground. Under Morgan's proposal, pupils are to be taught from the age of 11 about the difference between rape and consensual sex. The two women debated the issue raised by education secretary Nicky Morgan with TV presenters Phillip Schofield and Amanda Holden . The lessons, which could come in as soon as after the Easter holidays, will be based on a series of resources being developed by the PSHE Association. Writing in The Sunday Times to mark International Women's Day, the Conservative MP said: 'We have to face the fact that many pressures girls face today were unimaginable to my generation and it's our duty to ensure that our daughters leave school able to navigate the challenges and choices they'll face in adulthood. 'Our commitment to supporting women should start long before they take home their first wage. We have to ensure that the education girls receive not only allows them to reach their academic potential, but also prepares them for life in modern Britain.' The recommended materials, which she has stressed will be age appropriate, are aimed at giving teachers more confidence and better guidance to teach difficult subjects. The sex education lessons will be based on a series of resources being developed by the PSHE Association . Nicky Morgan has said 'it's our duty to ensure that our daughters leave school able to navigate the challenges and choices they'll face in adulthood' Thousands of This Morning viewers took to the show's Facebook page to join in the debate. Carla Pointing said she agreed with Anna's points and welcomes the move to change sex education in schools. She wrote: 'Think that's a great idea. In an ideal world it wouldn't have to happen at all but it's good to educate children on the difference and make them aware in an age appropriate way. 'I'd be more than happy for my child to be taught about this at school.' Toni Greenacre also believes it's a good idea. She said: 'They should be taught that anything under the age of 16 is wrong too. If they don't know, then how will they speak out about it?' But Samantha Roythorne thinks 11 is too young for children to be taught about rape. She said: '11-year-olds should not know what sex is. You can protect your children from horrible people without going into detail. 'I would be mortified if my daughter found out what sex was at that age! Sex is for adults not children!' Leanne Marie Christie agreed saying she thinks the proposal takes away childhood innocence. She said: 'How can an 11-year-old process the feelings and emotions that go along with this conversation, we moan about the state our country is in yet we give children responsibilities and emotions they can't deal with and wonder why they are stressed, self harming and having mental health problems it's ridiculous! They are only children for a short time lets let them be innocent!'

Education secretary Nicky Morgan has new plans for sex education . Pupils as young as 11 will be taught about rape . Mother-of-one Sonia Poulton says it's not appropriate . She thinks it should be parents educating their children about sex . TV presenter Anna Williamson has welcomed the new lessons . Thinks it will keep children safe and well-informed .

 and the British government have said that from 2018 onwards, children at the age of 11 would be taught the legal definition of 'consensual sex'. The government wants to 'empower' children to say 'no' to unwanted sexual touching by using a term of 'consensual sex'. Meanwhile, 13-year-olds will be told they can consent to sex from the age of 13 if both parties are under 16, while 15-year-olds will be told they can consent to sex from the age of 15 if they are under 18. The move by the government is expected to cause controversy among parents and campaigners who feel that sex is already being taught as part of the national curriculum and that too much focus is being placed on the age of consent. But the government is keen to 'empower' children to say no to unwanted sexual touching.
"The government is keen to 'empower' children to say no to unwanted sexual touching."
The Education Secretary, Damian Hinds, has said: "We want to empower children to know that they have a choice. We want to empower them to say no to something they’re not happy with. We also want to make sure they’re educated about how to say no to unwanted touching."
He added: "We want parents, teachers and pupils to be confident that when children talk to someone about an incident that may constitute sexual harassment or sexual abuse, they will be listened to, taken seriously and supported."
His comments came after the government announced that from 2018 onwards, children at the age of 11 would be taught the legal definition of 'consensual sex'. The government also said that the law would be changed so children at the age of 16 would be allowed to have sex without fear of prosecution if they are under 18 and their partner is not more than three years older than them.
According to a survey by sex education charity, Brook, one in three children have never been taught about sex education by their parents. In a poll of more than 5,000 school-aged children, the charity found that 31 per cent of boys had never been taught about sexual consent by their parents. Meanwhile, 39 per cent of girls and 37 per cent of boys never knew how to say no to unwanted sexual touching from the age of 16.
Dr Lisa Hallgarten, senior policy adviser for Brook, said: "Parents


These candid photos reveal what life is like in a poverty-stricken village in Cuba – and how much the Caribbean island’s rural communities could benefit from an influx of American tourists. Thawing relations between the US and Cuban governments could open isolated communities to new economic opportunities once the US fully lifts its ban on trade and travel. It’s in villages such as Gabriel where visitors can experience a side of the Caribbean island that few holidaymakers bother to see. Scroll down for video . People linger outside a residence, where meat is sold at a roadside stand, in the rural village of Gabriel, Cuba . Cuba's rural communities, where there are few jobs, could benefit the most from thawing relations between the US and Cuban governments . Like in Havana, posters or paintings of revolutionary hero Che Guevara are visible everywhere in the village of Gabriel . A salesman waits for customers at his roadside stand, where customers can buy fresh vegetables and fruit from a local farm . In Gabriel, there are very few cars, workers harvest tomatoes by hand, farmers sell produce and meat at roadside stands, goods are transported by horse and buggy or tractor, and – just like in the capital of Havana – posters or paintings of revolutionary hero Che Guevara are visible everywhere. While life goes on as normal in 'the real Cuba', talks continue to take place between US and Cuban officials to restore full diplomatic relations and move towards opening trade. The old Cold War foes are claiming progress after a second round of discussions to end a half-century diplomatic freeze. Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro have promised to restore embassies in each other’s capitals, although a few hurdles remain, including Cuba’s place on the US state sponsor of terrorism blacklist. Thawing relations between the US and Cuban governments could open isolated communities to new economic opportunities . It is likely that with economic sanctions lifted, Cuba will change forever, and there are fears it will lose some of its unique identity . In Gabriel, Cuba, there are very few cars, workers harvest tomatoes by hand, and goods are transported by horse and buggy or tractor . The US is planning to ease travel and trade restrictions with Cuba, a former Cold War foe, after agreeing to restore ties severed since 1961 . While most US tourists will likely stick to Havana or all-inclusive resorts on the sea once the ban on travel is lifted, rural villages who do welcome foreigners are not prepared to handle them in large numbers. Many lack running water, suitable accommodation and modern facilities, including toilets. With Cuba poised to open itself up to a massive market for holidaymakers, tourists from outside the US are being warned that if they want to see 'the real Cuba' they should book their trips now, before the Caribbean country becomes 'Americanised'. Rural villages are not prepared to handle foreign tourists in large numbers, as there are very few modern facilities . With many issues unresolved, the US is hoping to reach agreement on reopening embassies in time for a regional summit in Panama in April . Some travel experts are encouraging tourists to visit Cuba sooner rather than later if they want to see unadulterated local culture . In rural Cuba, villagers make a living by selling vegetables, fruit and meat from local farms . The number of tourists visiting Havana has seen a steady increase following the normalisation of Cuba-US relations last year . While the landmark thaw in relations signals a positive future for Cuba, travellers looking to explore the 'timewarp' nation are being urged to go before it changes forever. TravelSupermarket travel expert Bob Atkinson recently told MailOnline Travel: 'It really is a unique place to visit, and once it becomes fully open to the Americans, they will without doubt pile in. 'Havana was seen as a party destination for Americans years ago, such was its close proximity to Florida. Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro have promised to restore embassies in each other’s capitals, although a few hurdles remain . One of the biggest hurdles is Cuba's place on a US list of state sponsors of terrorism, from which Cuba is pushing to be removed . Tourists on a double-decker bus take in the sights, including a local football match, during a tour of Havana, Cuba's capital . If the US lifts its restrictions on travel and trade, one of the biggest draws for American tourists could be Major League Baseball games . 'However you look at it, opening up to the Americans will change the way it feels and I think this will be to the detriment to the culture and heritage of the place. If restrictions are lifted and Cuba becomes a popular destination for US tourists once again, one of the biggest draws could be the countries’ shared love of baseball. Major League Baseball is considering playing spring exhibition games on the baseball-mad island nation, where American teams played before Fidel Castro came to power. Major league teams regularly held spring training camps in Cuba in the 1940s and ‘50s, and there have been discussions to bring them back to the country once the governments officially end the diplomatic freeze.

In village of Gabriel, farmers sell produce and meat at roadside stands, and there are very few cars . Like in Havana, paintings or posters of revolutionary hero Che Guevara are visible everywhere . US and Cuban government officials continue to hold talks to end half-century diplomatic freeze .

 up the country to a boom in tourism.
But it’s not all fun in the sun for the Cuban poor, and many struggle to make ends meet in the Caribbean island. The 100-year-old community of La Viga, a small village in Pinar del Rio Province near the Sierra Maestra mountain range, has seen its fortunes decline since the Cuban Revolution.
Despite being blessed with a tropical climate and rich agricultural land, the isolated village has been neglected by successive communist governments, resulting in a long-running economic decline.
Residents living in tiny wooden huts in the humid climate rely on the government for their only source of income, receiving around $8 per month in basic welfare payments for working on the local sugar plantation. Most people are forced to work for the plantation for up to 12 hours a day, according to Elsa Velazquez, a community leader from La Viga.
The villagers have no means of transport other than by foot, and are at the mercy of the weather. “It rains a lot here, and if it rains for ten days in a row, we’re done for. We can’t get to the fields to work,” said Velazquez.
The villagers struggle to make ends meet
Villagers rely on the government for their only source of income
The only way for villagers to travel to the main town of El Cobre is by train, at a cost of 3.50 CUC (4.50 US dollars). But the village has no railway station of its own. Instead, the railway ends in El Cobre, at a distance of around 6 miles.
The railway tracks are a prime target for thieves and bandits, who regularly break into the train as it approaches the village. If people working on the railway hear that someone else is approaching they often leave to join the gang.
Velazquez says that there used to be a small store where people could buy basic food, but the government closed it down. “There was a grocery store in the village, but the government closed it down. They have left nothing for us, and we have no electricity, just the railway,” she said.
Life is tough in the village, with most residents enduring low wages, poor infrastructure and little money to spend on anything other than survival. The only way of earning money in the village is by working the fields of the sugar plantation. “Here, we don’t have anything else to do,” said


Ukip leader Nigel Farage said an Indian NHS doctor almost killed him by failing to diagnose his cancer . Nigel Farage has launched an astonishing attack on the National Health Service accusing doctors of 'incompetence and negligence' over their failure to diagnose his cancer. The controversial politician developed cancer in his 20s and said an Indian doctor tried to convince him he had an infection even though his left testicle had swollen to the size of a rock hard lemon. The Ukip leader claimed he was 'fobbed off by one NHS doctor to the next', and, without private health insurance, he would 'probably be dead'. Writing in his memoir, The Purple Revolution, which is being serialised in the Telegraph, Farage wrote: 'Several doctors examined me - registrars, locums, all that lot - and they came to the conclusion that I had a twisted testicle. I would need an immediate operation, they said. I was taken by ambulance to hospital in Farnborough, Hampshire, where I was re-examined by another four doctors. It was pretty painful. 'An Indian doctor told me that the Bromley doctors had got it all wrong: I had an infection. I was to go home and take a heavy dose of antibiotics. I did not need an operation after all. A few weeks went by and the pain was just as bad. All the time, my left testicle was getting markedly larger.' Mr Farage said that six weeks later he was having difficulty walking and his 'left testicle was as large as a lemon and rock hard'. But despite being in a 'terrible state' a consultant directed him to ''keep taking the antibiotics' and sent him away. Eventually Mr Farage said he sought an opinion from a private consultant who diagnosed cancer. Scroll down for video . After being told he was covered by company health insurance he went for private treatment and was swiftly informed he had a tumour and would need to have a testicle removed. Mr Farage told how he was 'terrified' when doctors told him he may have secondary tumours in his stomach and lungs. More than 30 years on, recounting the period 'makes  me upset', he added. On the day of the 2010 general election, Mr Farage said a plane crash during a publicity stunt and an earlier car crash has left him with the body of a 70-year-old.d. Mr Farage, pictured, revealed that one of his testicles had swollen up to the size of  large rock hard lemon . Mr Farage, pictured after a plane crash on election day in 2010 admitted the NHS was good in emergencies . After the air accident Mr Farage was told that he could be  signed off as partially  disabled but having a blue badge would be ' conceding  defeat'. ' I remember thinking, 'so this is it, this is how it ends',' he said of the air crash. 'When people say that their life flashed before them when they thought they were about to die, it is rubbish. 'All I could think of was how much there was I still wanted to do and the impact my death would have on others - my girls were still so little and the boys were only just finding their way in the world.' He added: ' Having nearly died three times has made me a much bigger risk-taker. When you think your life is about to be taken away and you are given it back, you just want to get on and do things. 'There's no time to waste: children to bring up, elections to win, pheasants to pluck, wine to drink.' The Ukip leader accused other political parties of being afraid of criticising the NHS . He has also taken the opportunity in his memoir to attack the other major Westminster political parties over their fear of criticising the NHS. He said that he is 'better qualified to criticise and defend our health care system than most politicians'. Mr Farage praised the NHS for being 'astonishingly good' at emergency critical care but claims the NHS will 'probably let you down' over screening and a fast diagnosis. He said the system is 'so over-stretched that if you can afford private health care, you should take it' and warned that the NHS ' is so battered and poorly run that unless you are really lucky, you will fall through the cracks'. 'There are huge problems with the NHS, deep structural ones, but, as I have said, I know more than most what that means on a personal level,' he wrote. 'When I had cancer, the incompetence and negligence of the NHS almost killed me, but it has also saved my life. I am certainly not taking any flak from gutless politicians who claim that I am no fan or supporter of the NHS.'

Nigel Farage has revealed he had testicular cancer at the age of 21 . He lost his left testicle after it swelled up to the size of a lemon . He blamed an Indian NHS doctor for failing to diagnose his cancer . The Ukip leader has written about his trauma in his new memoir .

 diagnose his cancer early. He had already been told the cancer had spread and had only two weeks left to live when it was finally diagnosed.
Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party, told the Sun that his 'only regret' was that he did not die 'a long time ago'.
'I can't tell you how angry this makes me,' Farage told the newspaper.'My only regret was that I didn't die long ago rather than a long time later.'
'I will make sure this woman is fired. I'm an advocate for firing people when they do something like this. There are some very good doctors in the NHS and they have saved my life. But some of them are absolutely appalling.'
'She didn't seem to have any clue what the hell was going on. The last two and a half years has been absolute hell and that is the only regret I have about any of it, I'm afraid. She failed to diagnose my cancer. We have got into a situation where NHS doctors don't feel their jobs are safe any more. That is why so many doctors want us to leave the EU, because they don't want to be made redundant by Brussels. This doctor should be made redundant and I would not employ her again under any circumstances. I am an advocate for firing people when they do something like this.'
Farage, 53, revealed his anger after it was revealed that a doctor, who treated him for stomach pains, told him: 'You're still alive, aren't you?' when he finally received treatment for stomach pains after becoming worried about them. The doctor, known as 'Dr N,' told him he was 'concerned but not panicked' by the diagnosis.
'She actually seemed more pleased about the fact that the cancer hadn't spread to the liver than about the fact that it had got into my stomach,' he told the Sun.
'It's not like my stomach was bleeding or anything like that. This woman was concerned and annoyed that she thought she could diagnose everything I've had over the years.'
Farage was told he had lung cancer in June this year, weeks before the general election. He told the Sun that he had known about his cancer for a long time and kept having scans 'but there was nothing showing up'.
The Ukip leader was diagnosed two days before he had to take part in a question and answer session at


(CNN)Computer hacking was once the realm of curious teenagers. It's now the arena of government spies, professional thieves and soldiers of fortune. Today, it's all about the money. That's why Chinese hackers broke into Lockheed Martin and stole the blueprints to the trillion-dollar F-35 fighter jet. It's also why Russian hackers have sneaked into Western oil and gas companies for years. The stakes are higher, too. In 2010, hackers slipped a "digital bomb" into the Nasdaq that nearly sabotaged the stock market. In 2012, Iran ruined 30,000 computers at Saudi oil producer Aramco. And think of the immense (and yet undisclosed) damage from North Korea's cyberattack on Sony Pictures last year. Computers were destroyed, executives' embarrassing emails were exposed, and the entire movie studio was thrown into chaos. It wasn't always this way. Hacking actually has some pretty innocent and harmless beginnings. The whole concept of "hacking" sprouted from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology nearly 50 years ago. Computer science students there borrowed the term from a group of model train enthusiasts who "hacked" electric train tracks and switches in 1969 to improve performance. These new hackers were already figuring out how to alter computer software and hardware to speed it up, even as the scientists at AT&T Bell Labs were developing UNIX, one of the world's first major operating systems. Hacking became the art of figuring out unique solutions. It takes an insatiable curiosity about how things work; hackers wanted to make technology work better, or differently. They were not inherently good or bad, just clever. In that sense, the first generation of true hackers were "phreakers," a bunch of American punks who toyed with the nation's telephone system. In 1971, they discovered that if you whistle at a certain high-pitched tone, 2600-hertz, you could access AT&T's long-distance switching system. They would make international phone calls, just for the fun of it, to explore how the telephone network was set up. This was low-fi stuff. The most famous phreaker, John Draper (aka "Cap'n Crunch) earned his nickname because he realized the toy whistle given away in cereal boxes emitted just the right tone. This trained engineer took that concept to the next level by building a custom "blue box" to make those free calls. This surreptitious little box was such a novel idea that young engineers Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs started building and selling it themselves. These are the guys who would later go on to start Apple. Wire fraud spiked, and the FBI cracked down on phreakers and their blue boxes. The laws didn't quite fit, though. Kids were charged with making harassing phone calls and the like. But federal agents couldn't halt this phenomenon. A tech-savvy, inquisitive and slightly anti-authoritarian community had been born. The next generation came in the early 1980s, as people bought personal computers for their homes and hooked them up to the telephone network. The Web wasn't yet alive, but computers could still talk to one another. This was the golden age of hacking. These curious kids tapped into whatever computer system they could find just to explore. Some broke into computer networks at companies. Others told printers at hospitals hundreds of miles away to just spit out paper. And the first digital hangouts came into being. Hackers met on text-only bulletin board systems to talk about phreaking, share computer passwords and tips. The 1983 movie "War Games" depicted this very thing, only the implications were disastrous. In it, a teenager in Washington state accidentally taps into a military computer and nearly brings the world to nuclear war. It's no surprise, then, that the FBI was on high alert that year, and arrested six teenagers in Milwaukee -- who called themselves the 414s, after their area code -- when they tapped into the Los Alamos National Laboratory, a nuclear weapon research facility. Nationwide fears led the U.S. Congress to pass the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in 1986. Breaking into computer systems was now a crime of its own. The damage of hacking started getting more serious, too. In 1988, the government's ARPAnet, the earliest version of the Internet, got jammed when a Cornell University graduate student, curious about the network's size, created a self-replicating software worm that multiplied too quickly. The next year, a few German hackers working for the Russian KGB were caught breaking into the Pentagon. In 1990, hacker Kevin Poulsen rigged a Los Angeles radio station's phone system to win a Porsche, only to be arrested afterward. The cat-and-mouse game between law enforcement and hackers continued throughout the 1990s. Some hacked for money. Russian mathematician Vladimir Levin was caught stealing $10 million from Citibank. Others did it for revenge. Tim Lloyd wiped the computers at Omega Engineering in New Jersey after he was fired. But hacks were still more of an annoyance than anything devastating, though it was quickly becoming apparent that the potential was there. The stock market, hospitals, credit card transactions -- everything was running on computers now. There was a bone-chilling moment when a ragtag group of hackers calling themselves L0pht testified before Congress in 1998 and said they could shut down the Internet in 30 minutes. The danger was suddenly more real than ever. The ethos was starting to change, too. Previously, hackers broke into computers and networks because they were curious and those tools were inaccessible. The Web changed that, putting all that stuff at everyone's fingertips. Money became the driving force behind hacks, said C. Thomas, a member of L0pht who is known internationally as the hacker "Space Rogue." An unpatched bug in Windows could let a hacker enter a bank, or a foreign government office. Mafias and governments were willing to pay top dollar for this entry point. A totally different kind of black market started to grow. The best proof came in 2003, when Microsoft started offering a $5 million bounty on hackers attacking Windows. "It's no longer a quest for information and knowledge by exploring networks. It's about dollars," Thomas said. "Researchers are no longer motivated to get stuff fixed. Now, they say, 'I'm going to go looking for bugs to get a paycheck - and sell this bug to a government.' " Loosely affiliated amateurs were replaced by well-paid, trained professionals. By the mid-2000s, hacking belonged to organized crime, governments and hacktivists. First, crime: Hackers around the world wrote malicious software (malware) to hijack tens of thousands of computers, using their processing power to generate spam. They wrote banking trojans to steal website login credentials. Hacking payment systems turned out to be insanely lucrative, too. Albert Gonzalez's theft of 94 million credit cards from the company TJX in 2007 proved to be a precursor to later retailer data breaches, like Target, Home Depot and many more. Then there's government. When the United States wanted to sabotage the Iranian nuclear program in 2009, it hacked a development facility and unleashed the most dangerous computer virus the world has ever seen. Stuxnet caused the Iranian lab computers to spin centrifuges out of control. This was unprecedented: a digital strike with extreme physical consequences. Similarly, there's proof that Russia used hackers to coordinate its attack on Georgia during a five-day war in 2008, taking out key news and government websites as tanks rolled into those specific cities. Then there are hacktivists. The populist group Anonymous hacks into police departments to expose officer brutality and floods banks with garbage Internet traffic. A vigilante known as "The Jester" takes down Islamic jihadist websites. What exists now is a tricky world. The White House gets hacked. Was it the Russian government or Russian nationalists acting on their own? Or freelance agents paid by the government? In the digital realm, attribution is extremely difficult. Meanwhile, it's easier than ever to become a hacker. Digital weapons go for mere dollars on easily accessible black markets online. Anonymity is a few clicks away with the right software. And there are high-paying jobs in defending companies like Google or JPMorgan Chase -- or attacking them. As a result, law enforcement tolerance for hacking has fallen to zero. In 1999, the hacker Space Rogue exposed how FAO Schwarz's website was leaking consumer email addresses and forced the company to fix it. He was cheered. When Andrew Auernheimer (known as "weev") did the same thing to AT&T in 2010, he spent more than a year in prison until his case was overturned on a technicality. The days of mere curiosity are over.

The concept of "hacking" began nearly 50 years ago at MIT . In the '80s, hackers wanted to make technology work better . The story of '80s teen hackers busted by the FBI is featured on cnn.com/shortfilms .

 Martin's systems last year and got away with a top-secret U.S. fighter jet design, according to a new report.
For years, Lockheed has kept the design for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter "top secret, sensitive compartmentalized information," or TSSCI, in a special compartmented facility at Lockheed's Fort Worth, Texas, plant. "The [tape] used to protect that data is a type that's no longer manufactured," according to the report, which was obtained by NBC News.
In other words, this tape was so outdated that it's unlikely it could have been purchased on the open market or found in a junk shop. If the Chinese hackers weren't already in possession of this TSSCI tape, the thieves must have stolen it from the Fort Worth plant. The plant sits about three miles from the Air Force base.
So they're not just breaking in to get a look at Lockheed's fighter jet blueprints. They're stealing data that could help them make weapons of their own.
"When someone breaks in to get blueprints, they know the U.S. is going to replace the old one and that they're going to update the plans," said former U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency officer Mark Jacobson. "The problem here is the Chinese are not only stealing the plans. They're stealing the plans for a top-of-the-line weapon that only the U.S. and (its) allies have right now."
The Chinese government has never denied breaking into Lockheed Martin's systems. And in 2010, Lockheed Martin acknowledged that some of its proprietary data had "probably" been stolen. The stolen documents include blueprints for the F-35, which the Chinese stole from a joint Lockheed Martin-Japanese production plant in Kobe, Japan.
Last December, the Pentagon announced that it would build an additional 35 F-35s -- for a total of 195. The F-35 has not yet entered into U.S. military service.
The report does not indicate why China wanted this specific part of data, however.
Other reports have indicated that the Chinese are very focused on stealing U.S. military technology, and that the F-35's internal design might be particularly attractive to them. While the U.S. has been very successful in the realm of military technology and military secrets,


(CNN)Thirty years ago, a journey across Europe meant a passport full of stamps, a wallet full of different currencies and plenty of time spent waiting in line to be glared at by border officials. That all began to change in June 1985, when the continent's countries began signing up to the Schengen agreement -- a deal that lifted frontier controls between cooperating neighbors. Today, 20 years after it came into force, with more than 26 states now participating, Schengen has completely altered the experience of traversing Europe. Nowhere is this more visible than at the old crossing points -- places that were once hives of activity but are now ghostly, vacated shells of their former selves. Not entirely forgotten though. Spanish photographer Ignacio Evangelista spent several years criss-crossing the continent to capture these abandoned checkpoints on camera for a project he calls "After Schengen." The result is a fascinating gallery of images that charts the unusual architecture of places whose fate has been intertwined with Europe's ever-evolving political and economic allegiances. "I don't know why but from many years ago, I feel very attracted to situations or places where the natural and the artificial come together, sometimes a little bit in conflict," Evangelista tells CNN, explaining his interest in frontiers. He says he spent his formative years poring over the World Atlas, marveling at the straight-line borders carved by colonialists across the map of Africa and wondering why Europeans couldn't iron the kinks out of their own squiggled frontiers. "When you are a young child in front of a map you feel ... you have the whole world in front of you and you can travel with your mind of course, with your imagination," he says. As a young adult in the early 1990s, Evangelista experienced many of these borders firsthand when he embarked on an Interailing trip -- a country-hopping rite of passage that sees many young Europeans take advantage of cheap pan-continental train tickets. "Before, when I was young, if you traveled from Spain to Germany you had to cross three countries and take three currencies," he recalls. "Once I was traveling with my friend, Interailing ... from Italy to Greece, we had to cross the old Yugoslavia. "I think into the night,  2 or 3 a.m.,  we cross the border from Italy into Yugoslavia and the train stopped. We were sleeping, of course. Then three or four soldiers come into the train and shouted at everybody, very aggressively, like in a spy movie. "We waited half an hour, then half an hour later the train went on. It was exciting, even funny as I was 18 years old, but now it's not so funny." As Evangelista points out, in a Europe cleaved by the Cold War, many borders were not just the cultural dividing lines they are today. Back then they were fortifications demarcating places of oppression and freedom. The checkpoints themselves were sometimes places of fear, of hostile bureaucracy -- a past Evangelista says lingers on in the buildings left behind. "For me it's fascinating because you can see the passage of the time, the human footprint. "These places had a very strong coercive role, people had to stop the car and the policeman had to ask you who you are, you showed your passport, maybe you had to open your bags. The police had the power to not let you go on. "It's interesting to me, looking at these places now they are a little bit spooky, because at most of them you can feel this ghostly atmosphere." The frontier buildings range in size and style, from giant Soviet declarations of authority that loom over major highways to tiny huts in deep, dark forests. Europe's richer countries tend to maintain old posts, while less wealthier states seem content to let them deteriorate, Evangelista says. Some, he says, are gone completely, marked only on maps and located using GPS trackers or by talking to locals. A strong supporter for an open Europe at a time when some of the continent's nations are talking about severing the close economic and political bonds they share with their neighbors, Evangelista recalls one encounter that underscored the human side to his project. While setting up his camera at a checkpoint on the Austria-Hungary frontier, he watched as a man drove in from the Austrian side and parked, followed by a woman, two minutes later, from the Hungarian side. "They began to speak and they were kissing very much. After 10 minutes they went back their separate ways, and I thought, before the Schengen agreement, this couple had no future." Follow Evangelista's ongoing project at www.ignacioevangelista.com .

Spanish photographer Ignacio Evangelista's "After Schengen" project captures images of abandoned European checkpoints . Schengen agreement came into force 20 years ago, lifting border controls between participating European nations . Border checkpoints range from giant Soviet statements to small huts in deep, dark forests .

5, when the Schengen Agreement was adopted, leading to the disappearance of internal border controls throughout Europe.
There are now 26 Schengen states, including the 25 that are members of the European Union, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, which are all part of the single market area.
That ‘Schengen’ name comes from the town of Schengen in western Luxembourg, the birthplace of the Schengen Agreement, signed on June 14, 1985. It abolished border controls for short-stay visits between the signatory states — and later Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, known as the ‘Schengen Plus’ countries.
So, what does that mean in practice? The short answer is: a lot.
Schengen makes travel and work a lot easier across Europe, including for Americans and other non-EU citizens. If you’re moving for work, for instance, there’s no longer a need for a work visa.
There are still border controls — but they only apply if you have not been to a Schengen state for six months. If you have, then there are no border checks for travelers from the other Schengen countries.
Some travelers have reported a long wait at the border, or being questioned by border agents in countries like Germany, which is sometimes called “border control hell.”
Other travelers have been asked to pay a deposit for a bus ticket, to stop tourists returning with suitcases full of souvenirs.
The EU’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier also suggested last week that he might introduce a new “backstop” for Britain if the backstop for Ireland is not a success.
But the agreement that has allowed Europeans to visit each others’ countries without controls for decades is under threat.
The UK is set to leave the EU on March 29, 2019, and under the terms of the Brexit deal, European citizens would be allowed to enter Britain for as long as they wanted to stay up to six months. But after that six months, there is no guarantee of right to entry. This is causing a lot of concern in the European Parliament, which has put forward a recommendation that citizens of other European countries be granted three-year residence permits if necessary. This recommendation would need a unanimous vote by the parliament before going into negotiations with the UK.
But the UK has warned against any special arrangements for non-EU citizens, arguing that such an arrangement would “create


Of all the terrible things a single mother has endured since discovering a malignant tumour in her breast, one of the worst was how to explain to her young daughter that she had cancer. Following her diagnosis in May 2014, 42-year-old City worker Ebba worried most about how six-year-old Lene would take the news. Her greatest fear was that Lene would be left without a mother at a young age, just like her own mother had been. Ebba's grandmother had died of liver cancer when Ebba's mother was only 10. Ebba is proud of how daughter Lene, six, has dealt with her breast cancer diagnosis . Ebba, who is originally from Germany and now lives in London, said: 'When I was first diagnosed, I had all the shock, horror and anxiety to deal with and I worried history would repeat itself. 'My grandmother died of liver cancer when she was 33 and my mother was 10. I was told she was in horrific pain and that has always informed my image of cancer.' After finding a lump in her breast, Ebba waited until she had confirmation that it was cancer following a number of tests before broaching the subject with her daughter one bedtime. 'I thought it would be the worst thing ever to tell Lene and I was worried I would dissolve into tears,' she told MailOnline. 'But I forgot that children don't have the same images of people being bald and throwing up. 'Beforehand I was very stressed and tearful at the thought of having to tell Lene but when it happened she was calm. 'She'd never heard of cancer before so her first response was to be puzzled. I didn't get the reaction I'd had from other people that something terrible was happening to me so in the end it was one of the few occasions I didn't cry when telling someone I had cancer.' Mother and daughter pictured after one of Ebba's chemo sessions when she started to lose her hair . Ebba tried to make her hairloss fun for her daughter so it was less traumatic for them both . Since her diagnosis, Ebba and Lena have found 'The Clouds toolkit' a useful resource to help them through the incredibly difficult time. Created by the Fruit Fly Collective using money raised through Red Nose Day, the resource pack provides invaluable guidance to parents on how to talk to their children about what cancer is and the treatments and side-effects involved. Designed by psychotherapists and artists, it includes puppets, photos and illustrations which help families share their emotions and gain a greater understanding of what lies ahead. As Ebba explains, children often need reassurance about issues that adults wouldn't usually consider - like whether cancer is contagious - and are most alarmed by the hair loss caused by chemotherapy. 'When we initially talked about it, Lene was most concerned about hair loss, I still remember her eyes looking big and shocked when I told her my hair would fall out,' Ebba said. 'She was also worried about catching cancer and I found her looking for lumps.' When Ebba did start to lose her hair, she found a way to make it less traumatic for Lene. She said: 'They say it's good to take control before it starts so I looked online for nice head scarves and in a funny way I was looking forward to wearing them. 'It meant that when it happened it was a big event but not too traumatic for me. But Lene found my hair loss very tough to deal with, very disconcerting. Ebba wearing a scarf, left, and wig, right, her daughter helped her choose following her chemo . 'I'd decided I was going to shave my hair off so we had a little party and my daughter cut my hair. I invited a few friends and we had drinks and biscuits. Lene took the scissors and then everyone else got involved.' Thanks to eight gruelling chemotherapy cycles, two operations, and forthcoming radio therapy, Ebba is getting better and hopes to make a full recovery. She said: 'Now from what they can see it looks like the primary cancer is gone and I should be cancer free. But it's hard to say I'm cured because some of the cancer cells may have survived and escaped into the rest of my body so I'll have annual check-ups and hope for the best.' Ebba said it's been a difficult time for both her and Lene but she has felt proud of the way her daughter has adapted and coped. She said: 'I'm amazed at how calm Lene has been all the way through. When I had my first cycle we were all very scared and she papered my bedroom with get well cards. 'She has always tried to cheer me up and encouraged me to look nice. She pressed me to get a wig, to put on a nice dress and make-up so I would feel better. 'She reads to me and when I've been really sick and tired she sits next to me and draws very quietly instead of jumping across the furniture like she normally would. 'Like most mothers, the thought of dying and leaving my daughter is really hard to deal with. But one thing I've learned through all this is that she is extremely adaptable and would be okay.' The Clouds toolkit, pictured, gives parents with cancer information on how to support their children . For any other parents who find themselves in the same terrible situation, Ebba has the following advice: 'I think it's really important to let children get involved and have an active role as much as they can. 'All of the things Lene has done have made her feel part of things. Just like adults, if children feel included and are able do something to help it gives them an important feeling of having some control over their situation.' She added: 'I think being honest is also really important. Children already know when something is up, they sense the emotional temperature and see the hugs and furtive conversations so you can't lie to them, especially if they are older child as they might get upset when they find out. You don't want to fall apart in front of them but don't totally hide what you're feeling either, let them be part of your journey.' She also recommends the The Clouds resource pack which is available via www.fruitflycollective.com. Ebba said: 'It was really brilliant. From a kid's perspective it's like a treasure box and it was nice to have something Lene could open and explore. 'It was a massive help to learn about things and I think it's really important to be honest with children because healthy communications help families get through cancer more easily. Lene kept her mother's spirits up with get well cards like this one she created . Lene wrote her experiences down in a book to hep her deal with them, like when she helped Ebba chose a wig . Lene's story, which she wants to sell to raise money, shows how they coped when Ebba's hair fell out . 'It was a great way to kick off the conversation. I gave this box to my child and she opened it. There were things for her to play with and it really helped to explain to her about the good and bad cells. 'It turned into a game and the whole thing was very relaxed, which is the beauty of it because it doesn't feel like a big deal. It's also been really useful to have something to refer back to when we've been talking about things later on.' One of the ideas suggested in the information pack was for Lene to write down her feelings. So she has created a storybook about her experiences called 'How It Is With Breast Cancer'. The selfless six-year-old wants to get the book published so she can support other children going through what she has experienced and give any money made from sales to charity. Watch Comic Relief – Face the Funny on Friday night from 7pm, BBC One, to see how Red Nose Day cash is transforming lives in the UK and across Africa .

42-year-old City worker Ebba found lump in her breast in 2014 . Test confirmed she had cancer . She was terrified daughter, Lene, six, would lose her mother . Worried about how to tell her but was was amazed by how Lene coped .

old Susan Wylie, a nurse, underwent a lumpectomy, radiation and six chemotherapy cycles. And then, after months of testing and more scans, she had to tell her 10-year-old daughter. “We had to sit down with her at our kitchen table and explain. We were both sitting there crying and she told me she didn’t want me to die,” Wylie recalls.
It was a heartbreaking moment for the whole family.
As soon as the news was broken, her daughter, a bright, vivacious child, lost interest in eating and began acting up at school. “She would come home and tell me that she didn’t like the food I cooked,” says Wylie, who started noticing her behaviour change at the end of last year. Her parents were concerned, too, especially when they noticed their granddaughter becoming less and less sociable. “She didn’t want to go to her friend’s house and her school performance began to fall apart. Her attendance went down, and she used to love sports, but all of that started to disappear as well,” says Wylie.
They suspected depression, but they didn’t understand why a child who had just been told that her mother was sick didn’t want to go to her friend’s birthday party at school. “We thought it was depression until her dad started going to see our family doctor and a psychologist,” says Wylie, who has two older children, Sarah and Chris, and who is now married to Greg. “We started getting her tested and she was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome.”
Wylie wasn’t surprised. “You need someone like our child to say, ‘I don’t feel right anymore’ because she’s so quiet and she doesn’t communicate well,” she says. “She had all the signs. The doctor had heard her say she wasn’t feeling well, and she’s so different when she’s with her dad because she talks and she communicates with him.”
Asperger’s is a high-functioning autism spectrum disorder with traits that include poor social skills, a tendency to over-think things and an inability to understand facial expressions and body language. As part of the family practice, Greg had started reading about the condition over a year ago, and he recognised the signs of Asperger’s straight away. Wylie didn’t need much convincing. “It was like it was written for


The remains of a woolly mammoth that died 10,000 years ago have been unearthed in Siberia by oil workers. Two tusks, teeth and rib bones of the extinct giant mammal were discovered buried three metres down in the frozen soil around 31 miles (50km) from Nyagan in Khanty-Mansi, Russia. Oil workers had been digging at a site owned by Rosneft close to the town when they noticed a tusk sticking out of the excavator bucket. Ancient: Two mammoth tusks (shown above) together with fragments of jaw, teeth, tibia and ribs were dug from the frozen soil of Siberia. Oil workers noticed a tusk sticking out of the excavator bucket . Using shovels they then unearthed a second tust, a tibia, ribs, teeth and fragments of the animal's jaw. Aton Rezvy, head of palaeontology at the Khanty-Mansiysk Museum of Nature and Man, said he believes the mammoth is at least 10,000 years old. Since the 1700s scientists have debated what caused the demise of mammoths. All but a few isolated island populations disappeared between 20,000 and 10,000 years ago. One popular theory, bolstered by this study, is that Ice Age people hunted most of the mammoths out of existence. However, some experts argue that global warming helped make the giant creatures extinct between 20,000 and 25,000 years ago. Other researchers argue that an impact of extraterritorial objects in North America 13,000 years ago, led to rapid climate change, eventually wiping out the mammoths. Today, it's thought that a combination of factors led to extinction. He estimated that the giant animal had been a fully grown adult female, around 30 to 40 years old when she died. He said they hoped to conduct further analysis of the bones to learn more about the mammoth. He told the Siberian Times: 'We can send the find to determine the radiocarbon date. 'Genetic analysis will help to determine which population this mammoth was from - European or North American.' Recent research has shown that many woolly mammoths discovered in Siberia may have originated in North Ameria and migrated across the Bering Strait when sea levels were lower. Many believe the original Siberian population of mammoths disappeared around 40,000 years ago, with North American mammoths dominating until around 4,500 years ago. The exact reason for their extinction is still debated with many blaming changes to the climate as causing their demise. Others have pointed to evidence that humans and neanderthals hunted the giant creatures along with other ice age megafauna and may have pushed them to the brink of extinction. Palaeontologists who examined the mammoth's remains (shown above) estimate it died 10,000 years ago . Oil workers had been excavating a site 31 miles from Nyagan in Russia (above) when they found the mammoth. They estimate that the giant had been a fully grown female, around 30 to 40 years old . A recent study has suggested that human hunting caused a massive drop in mammoth populations in western Europe around 30,000 years ago. Just a few isolated populations of mammoth are though to have clung on. Dozens of mammoth remains have been unearthed in Siberia, including entire skeletons and even mummified bodies still preserved in the ice. The mammoth's remains were unearthed about 30 miles from the town of Nyagan in Khanty-Mansi, Russia . Vladimir Bednyakov (pictured above) had been operating the digger when he unearthed the mammoth tusks . Vladimir Bednyakov was operating the excavator when he discovered the latest mammoth. He said: 'I noticed something in the excavator bucket. It turned to be a mammoth tusk. 'We have the rule - if we find something, we stop the work and call the bosses. 'But I was also interested myself, in what this was. 'I took the shovel and began to dig.... found more remains, the second tusk, teeth and other bones.' Woolly mammoths, like the one shown in the artists impression above, lived from about 200,000 years ago until around 4,500 years ago when the last isolated populations are thought to have  died out completely .

The remains of the woolly mammoth were found close to Nyagan in Russia . Oil workers for Rosneft noticed a tusk sticking out of the excavator bucket . Palaeontologists estimate the  mammoth had been a 30-40 year old female . They hope to carry out tests to find out whether it had migrated from North America or was part of the native Siberian population of woolly mammoths .

 ground near a drilling platform in the Yamal Peninsula. Mammoth tusk and jawbone fragments are also being studied at Britain's Natural History Museum in the capital London. (Tusks are teeth found in the head of a mammal with ivory hard material at the front and softer, yellow-colored marrow at the back.)
This was the last time the great Siberian beast was seen alive, and experts say the mammoth probably died because of the climate change which occurred during the Ice Age.
The mammoth died shortly after being hit by a meteorite that was likely to have struck the ground just 5 km away. Experts believe the collision with the meteorite triggered an avalanche, which caused the mammoth's death. In addition, the mammoth died of suffocation as the permafrost melted and a swampy morass formed.
Experts say the newly found bones have revealed the most detailed mammoth remains ever discovered in Siberia. They include the mammoth's skin, which may provide valuable information on what the mammoth looked like.
"The tusk itself is in excellent condition - much better than any of the tusks [of mammoths] ever found before, because in some cases the teeth of them have actually been ripped out of them [during erosion], or they're broken, " Dr Paul Cockshott, a mammoth expert, says. "So this is a very important find."
The mammoth's tusks were discovered by accident by workers during the "summer season" on the Yamal Peninsula. The area in which the discovery was made is estimated to be 250,000 square kilometres.
The discovery of the mammoth, and the tusks, is important because it shows the animal died after the last big ice age ended around 12,000 years ago, but prior to the arrival of humans in the region. This could mean the mammoth was the last survivor of an already extinct species, rather than a species that was adapted to modern-day cold conditions.
"The climate of the time would have been the same for the giant mammoth as it is now, with the Arctic conditions and the low temperatures, so it means that we haven't had any surviving relatives of this species alive since the last period of glaciation," Dr Cockshott adds.
The woolly mammoth was the largest animal that has ever lived on earth and is one of several types of prehistoric mammal discovered


It's a photograph that captures a collision of worlds; in the foreground is one of the UK's richest society heiresses and, on the table behind her, three of the most famous people on the planet - Kanye West, Kim Kardashian and their daughter North. Whether Alice Bamford, the British heiress to the JCB farm equipment dynasty, was aware of exactly who was photobombing her image when she smiled next to her baby daughter is anyone's guess. The social media moment was taken outside Nobu, Hollywood's favourite A-list Japanese restaurant, close to where Alice owns an organic farm and restaurant. Scroll down for video . How many millionaires can you fit in one photograph?: Kim Kardashian, Kanye West and North West are caught in the back of a heiress Alice Bamford's photo with her daughter in Malibu on Sunday afternoon . Mixing with reality tv royalty: Alice Bamford unwittingly - or was it? - captured Kim Kardashian leaning in to her daughter North (left) while dad, rap star Kanye West looked on (right) Alice might well dine in one of LA's flashiest eateries, for the 39-year-old is the daughter of billionaire Sir Anthony Bamford and his wife, Lady Carole, OBE. Sir Anthony's net worth has been estimated at over £2.8billion by Forbes. The family is also behind the popular Daylesford Organics food brand. Alice is no stranger to Los Angeles having  dabbled in Hollywood when she co-produced Wes Anderson's modern classic The Darjeeling Limited. She was also formerly a show-jumper, and previously owned her own record label in the early 2000s. More recently, she has run an organic farm and restaurant, One Gun Ranch, in Malibu. Completely unaware that one of the world's most famous families were going to be caught in her family snap, Alice can be seen with a wide smile, even slightly distracted by the view behind. When caught off guard by Alice at the high-profile establishment, Kim's famous family didn't appear to be quite the picture of domesticated bliss that the reality TV star would like you to believe. While the Keeping Up With The Kardashians personality may be no stranger to a selfie, it won't be the type of flattering snap that she's used to as she was pictured reaching down to pick something up from the floor. Alice Bamford, pictured with her mother Lady Carole, is heiress to a vast fortune . Alice Bamford might not compare to the Kardashian-West family in terms of global fame but the JCB heiress has certainly led a fascinating life. The 39-year-old is the daughter of billionaire Sir Anthony Bamford and his wife, Lady Carole, OBE. Sir Anthony's net worth has been estimated at over £2.8billion by Forbes. The family is also behind the popular Daylesford Organics food brand, the namesake of the farm in Gloucestershire where Alice grew up. Alice is no stranger to Los Angeles having dabbled in Hollywood when she co-produced Wes Anderson's modern classic The Darjeeling Limited. She was also formerly a show-jumper, and previously owned her own record label in the early 2000s. More recent ventures include One Gun Ranch, which Alice purchased in 2010. The Malibu farm and restaurant supplies bio dynamic organic produce using 'compost-improved soil'. It also offers tours to Los Angeles' inner-city children. A fatigued Kim was in full mummy mode as North wriggled around in her high chair at the table. Meanwhile Kanye, looked transfixed by the mum-of-one appearing to grimace as he watched his wife reach under the table with a stern look on her face. After all, 37-year-old rapper Kanye had spent the afternoon pandering to their toddler as they played on the sands in Malibu. Kanye was beach-ready in a sleeveless vest - albeit in black - with practical trainers while Nori looked cute in a pair of denim shorts and a white vest. Most of Kim's most intimate moments from the last seven years - from her pregnancy to her 2013 divorce -  have been documented on her E! reality show with sisters Kourtney, Khloe, Kendall and Kylie, as well as mother and manager Kris and step father Bruce Jenner. Kim is usually partial to a few photograph filters to brighten or smooth her skin and has even been accused of using Photoshop to alter the appearance of her famous figure in the pictures she's posted. But this particular moment was perhaps the most candid of them all when she and her husband of one year were captured in their most raw form. Polished as always, Kim was arguably unsuitably dressed for a day on the sand on Sunday. She had dressed up in her strappy sandals and a military green midi dress, which clung to her famous curves, deciding to watch her daddy and daughter duo from the restaurant, outside her car. Her hair was looking slightly frazzled after treating it to a third dye job this week to keep the platinum shade from revealing her brunette roots. She had her hair, which she has referred to as a 'full-time job' recently, pulled back into a low-fuss ponytail at the nape of her neck. And as if styled for a red carpet appearance, Kim was carrying a snakeskin clutch bag in her hands, which was far from a traditional baby bag used to tote everything a 21-month-old might need for a day at the beach. Kim may be a style icon to some, but her younger half sister Kylie Jenner has admitted that Nori is actually her main source of fashion inspiration. Speaking to Star! magazine recently, the youngest of the Jenner family said of her icons: 'To keep it in the family, I love Kim and Kanye’s style. 'They definitely inspire me. North probably inspires me the most. Kim and Kanye – I’m obsessed with their style! Kim’s always in the latest stuff, so I always look to her for advice. Kanye West and Kim Kardashian seemed unaware that they'd been caught in someone else's photo . Adorable: Kanye acted like the doting dad as he spent time by the sea with Nori on Sunday afternoon . Mum mobile: Kim was seen in her car in California on Monday and appeared to be chatting on her phone as she sat at the wheel . Busy bee: The mum of one was recognisable just by her peroxide locks as she peeped over the steering wheel .

Alice Bamford is heiress to the  JCB farm equipment fortune . The family is said to be worth £2.8billion and also own Daylesford Organics . Photobombers Kanye, Kim and baby North were dining in Nobu in Malibu .

 Kardashian and Taylor Swift.
The picture was taken last Christmas, when the 37-year-old rapper and his 37-year-old wife, reality TV star Kim, invited Taylor, 25, - perhaps the most famous person in her peer group right now - to their home in Calabasas, California.
But who is Taylor Swift?
What makes her so famous that a party at her $6.5 million mansion, with a “glam squad” in attendance, will make the front pages of almost every newspaper in the English-speaking world?
The answer is simple: it is fame that makes Taylor Swift famous.
In 2005, at the age of 15, she released her debut album. The first single, Tim McGraw, went to No1 in 13 countries and sold more than 5 million copies. That year, Rolling Stone named her among the “10 People Who Shape Your World”. At that time, no one thought to ask whether she had shaped theirs.
But with each successive release, the comparisons to country legend McGraw grew. Before Swift’s second album, 2008’s Fearless, was released, she told the Boston Globe that her fans were McGraw’s. A year later, McGraw told her that he felt she had surpassed him.
“He called me when I was in Boston one night, like, ‘The second single has gone to No1 in 14 countries.’ It was so funny. I was like, ‘Okay! Who the hell is Tim McGraw?’ And he was like, ‘You are,’ so...
"At first, you’re very grateful and proud for the success of your heroes – and they’ve been your heroes for years, they’re not new to you. Then, all of a sudden, you find yourself in a situation like that, where you’re becoming more of a role model for people and you’re so young, you’re like, ‘Oh, wow.’ And that’s a weird thing to be confronted with, but it’s cool.”
In a cover story for the September issue of Vanity Fair, Swift says that, growing up, she idolised Alanis Morissette, Jewel, Celine Dion, Celine Dion – and the Backstreet Boys, Hanson and ‘NSync.
“I would get into my mom’s car and be like, ‘


The families of victims of the Germanwings plane crash face a wait of up to four months for the remains of their loved ones to be identified, it has emerged. The Head of the Criminal Research Institute at France's National Gendarmerie said DNA identification of the victims would take two to four months. Colonel Francois Daoust, the institute's director, said: 'Subject to the amount of body parts found, the time period could fluctuate between two months at the least, and four months. Scroll down for video . French gendarmes and investigators work amongst the debris of the Airbus A320 at the site of the crash, near Seyne-les-Alpes . The families of victims of the Germanwings plane crash face a wait of up to four months for the remains of their loved ones to be identified. Grieving relatives are pictured at a memorial in Le Vernet, France . Friends of  students killed in the disaster hugged each other outside an emotional memorial service last week . 'It is better to work at the rhythm of the science than to rush ahead and thereby run the risk of making mistakes in the identification.' 'We cannot promise that we will be able to identify all of the victims,' he added, according to German newspaper Bild. German prosecutors said Andreas Lubitz, 27, who deliberately caused the crash in the French Alps, had therapy for suicidal tendencies some time before getting his pilot's licence. And he was being treated by a psychotherapist, Dusseldorf prosecutor's office spokesman Christoph Kumpa said. 'At that time he was being treated for what is documented as being suicidal,' Mr Kumpa said. He added that Lubitz paid several visits to doctors right up until the time of the crash but these did not involve suicidal tendencies. Andreas Lubitz (pictured), who deliberately caused the crash in the French Alps, had therapy for suicidal tendencies some time before getting his pilot's licence, German prosecutors said . A top police boss in France has warned that his department 'cannot promise' that it  will be able to identify all of the victims . No suicide note 'or anything like that' was found in searches of Lubitz's German residences, Mr Kumpa said. There was also nothing in his personal, family or professional background to provide any hints 'about his motivation', he said. He also said Lubitz was not suffering from any 'organic medical illness'. Cockpit voice recorder evidence has indicated that Lubitz deliberately put the Airbus A320 into a descent after locking out the captain. All 150 people on board, including three Britons, were killed in the crash last Tuesday. Work  to collect debris and find the second black box continues to take place at the crash site of the Germanwings Airbus A320 - but it could be months before the remains of victims are identified . Mr Kumpa was speaking as the grim search for remains carried on in southern France. There were reports that Lubitz's girlfriend was pregnant with his child and that the co-pilot, as well as having mental health issues, had been receiving treatment for an unspecified vision problem which could have affected his ability to carry on working as a pilot. Authorities have already revealed that he hid from his employers a sick note declaring him unfit to work on the day of the disaster, and German newspaper Bild has said he previously told an ex-girlfriend: 'One day I will do something that will change the whole system, and then all will know my name and remember it.' The Britons killed were Paul Bramley, 28, originally from Hull, Martyn Matthews, 50, from Wolverhampton, and seven-month-old Julian Pracz-Bandres, from Manchester, who died alongside his mother, Marina Bandres Lopez Belio, 37, originally from Spain.

DNA identification of victims will take two to four months, police chief says . Warning came from the Head of the Criminal Research Institute in France . Colonel Francois Daoust fears it may not be possible to identify all victims .

, Christophe Crepin, said a "humanitarian gesture" was being made by French authorities to the families of the 148 people onboard, as the first plane parts from the wreckage were sent to Germany.
Mr Crepin added that it would be a "minimum of two months" before the fragments would be able to be analysed, and even then it could be "at least four months" until all the remains have been identified.
Mr Crepin told BFM TV: "It's a very difficult human task for the investigators on the site who have to make sure there are no further remains than the ones we know about."
He added: "We are therefore in a human gesture, in an effort to enable the families to be able to be with the remains of their loved ones as soon as possible. It won't be possible to do it sooner."
However, French officials have warned that this may not be the end of the process of identification.
Mr Crepin warned that a "maximum" of one per cent of the number of passengers on board could be found when all was said and done.
Meanwhile, French authorities have warned that it could be as many as a year before the cause of the crash is known.
French police told reporters at a press conference in Cologne: "We are in the phase that could last a long time, we won't be able to speed it up.
"There is a long way to go and so much work to be done by the crash investigators. To the best of our knowledge, it will last many months, possibly a year."
A number of experts from the French air accident investigation authority, the BEA, have arrived in Germany as part of the 15-strong French team that is already in Cologne.
The head of the BEA, Remi Jouty, said: "The arrival of our experts is part of the process that will allow the families to be able to return to France.
"We have a responsibility to them and we have to be extremely rigorous."
French President Francois Hollande has arrived in Germany, where he will meet Chancellor Angela Merkel and pay tribute to the dead, with Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius due later in the day.
Mr Hollande has asked the German government to allow for a meeting of family members of the victims of the Germanwings crash to be held - with the meeting set to take place later on Monday