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by daily mail reporter published: 23:33 est, 26 december 2013 | updated: 05:53 est, 28 december 2013 santa was apparently right on target for christmas for south carolina gov nikki haley the republican posted on facebook, twitter and instagram on thursday a picture of the beretta px4 storm she got as a present, saying she must have been good to have received such a nice present from santa claus the gun costs $575 and, according to the berretta website, is good for 'faster follow up shots' a spokesman for the mother of two confirmed that the gift was from haley's husband, michael, and that she 'cannot wait to get on the range and fire the pistol' scroll down for video she's known for her love of fire power, thanks to a video of her touring a gun production plant went viral in july (pictured) and now sc gov nikki haley has recieved her own for christmas, as a present from husband michael sc gov nikki haley seen here with her husband michael, who gave her a gun for christmas the couple have two children, daughter rena and son nalin, together real life version of a christmas story: nikki haley facebooked a photo of the beretta she received for christmas along with the message: 'our family had a wonderful christmas together! i must have been good santa gave me a beretta px4 storm' the post garnered more than 10,000 likes and 1,100 comments as of midday thursday, many of which in support of haley having a firearm 'my kind of governor!' wrote one supporter 'it makes me proud to be a south carolinian way to go, gov haley,' another said but not all the comments were supportive 'true love is certainly attainable with weapons that bring death and violence,' said one person 'nothing says 'i love you' like a machine designed to kill another human being' lucky santa didn't bring this! gov haley tours a gun production plant in colombia, south carolina, in july, with a video of the tour going viral sc gov nikki haley fires from a mounted machine gun, later delcaring she was proud to say she had done it in heels another big one: sc gov nikki haley is very comfortable around guns another comment read: 'ah yes, a holiday that's supposed to celebrate peace and love and she gets an instrument of violence and death' the governor is no stranger to firearms and has made headlines for her affinity with them in the past she has a concealed weapons permit, and she got plenty of attention in july when her office posted a video of her firing a machine gun while touring a gun manufacturer in columbia, sc haley is shown in the video examining a variety of guns and speaking with fn manufacturing employees before taking to the shooting range 'it was a good time, it was a good stress reliever,' she said in the video, after taking several target shots 'and i did it in heels!' haley will be running as an incumbent in south carolina’s 2014 gubernatorial election bang: nikki haley tests out a machine gun at a shooting range inside a gun manufacturing plant in columbia south carolina gov nikki haley called her time shooting at a local gun manufacturer 'a good stress reliever' in july | south carolina nikki haley the beretta px4 storm 575 michael haley columbia sc | south carolina governor nikki haley tweeted a photo on thursday of the gun she got for christmas . the beretta px4 storm, which costs $575, was a gift from her husband michael . haley hit headlines in july after a video of her touring a gun production plant in columbia, sc, complete with handling and firing machine guns, went viral |
by daily mail reporter published: 22:20 est, 11 june 2013 | updated: 22:20 est, 11 june 2013 too soon? as outrage continues to build over the national security administration's controversial prism program, in which the federal government collects the electronic communications (email, text messages, phone calls, etc) of average citizens, the nation's highest intelligence official is yucking it up about what many consider to be an unconstitutional violation of the us citizenry's right to privacy foot in mouth prone director of national intelligence james clapper spoke at a black tie dinner honoring former cia and national security agency chief michael hayden on friday night and just days after admitting that he'd provided false testimony to congress in regards to the prism program started cracking jokes about reading people's emails waka waka! director of national intelligence james clapper already is cracking jokes about the federal government's controversial prism program 'some of you expressed surprise that i showed up,' clapper quipped, according to the blog government executive 'so many e mails to read!” but clapper's comedy show was just getting started shortly after the line about reading people's emails, he tackled another controversial topic du jour last week much to the ire of the airlines, pilots unions and congress the transportation safety administration removed pocket knives from its list of prohibited items so, naturally, clapper worked it into his routine while greeting transportation security administration chief john pistole, clapper asked, 'john, can i borrow your pocket knife?' manhunt: as nsa prism program leaker edward snowden is on the run, clapper is joking about the controversial program the former nsa employee blew the whistle on clapper's big mouth has landed him in hot water on several occasions over the course of his career in 2003, while attempting to explain the absence of weapons of mass destruction in iraq, clapper, then the head of the geospatial intelligence agency, said the weapons were there, but they'd been shipped out of the country to places like syria just prior to the american invasion a conclusion his own agency said it 'could not provide further evidence to support' in 2010, while serving as under secretary of defense for intelligence, clapper let it slip to diane sawyer that he had no clue that 12 would be terrorists had been arrested in england earlier that day, despite the news having been broadcast across international news outlets like cnn and the bbc in february, 2011, clapper appeared before a house intelligence committee while serving in his current post as director of national intelligence during the hearing, clapper gave the muslim brotherhood a violent, islamic jihadist group what pundits would later call a 'pr makeover' 'the term 'muslim brotherhood'…is an umbrella term for a variety of movements, in the case of egypt, a very heterogeneous group, largely secular, which has eschewed violence and has decried al qaeda as a perversion of islam…there is no overarching agenda, particularly in the pursuit of violence,' clapper explained to the committee is it something i said? clapper's comments have landed him in hot water several times over the course of his career those comments were later described by former us ambassador to the united nations john bolton as 'perhaps the stupidest statement made by any administration in us international history' in march 2011, as the us was assisting rebels in their efforts to oust libyan dictator muammar gadaffi, clapper as the director of national intelligence told the senate committee on armed services that 'over the longer term, [gadaffi] will prevail' even the white house tried to distance itself from clapper's comments, with then national security adviser thomas donilon telling reporters clapper's gaffe was nothing more than a 'static and one dimensional assessment' during that same hearing, clapper neglected to include iran and north korea on a list of nuclear powers that might pose a threat to the united states the general consensus, of course, is that the us' two biggest nuclear threats are those very countries | james clapper clapper tsa | james clapper jokes he was busy reading emails and almost didn't make it to the dinner . clapper has a history of foot in mouth moments . clapper also took comedic aim at the tsa's controversial decision to allow pocket knives on airplanes |
by ray massey published: 17:59 est, 27 december 2013 | updated: 10:00 est, 28 december 2013 up to a million passengers were caught in rail chaos yesterday in what network rail bosses said was ‘the worst disruption in recent memory’ a quarter of all 8,000 trains running in britain were cancelled or seriously delayed as 114mph gales, flooding and landslides threw services into disarray the fiasco is set to trigger compensation payouts to thousands of travellers holidays derailed: thousands of passengers were stuck waiting at euston, pictured, in severe disruption commuter services in the south east and long distance virgin west coast services in the north west were among the worst hit virgin trains said around half of its services on the main anglo scottish route from london to glasgow were disrupted with up to 28 trains running in each direction from london to scotland, it means thousands of passengers were affected some services to liverpool, manchester and north wales were also hit, but not as badly a network rail spokesman said: ‘around 2,000 of the 8,000 services run were seriously delayed or cancelled this is one of the worst disruptions in recent memory but is down to the adverse weather conditions ‘we do apologise and hope passengers will understand’ there was virtually no service at all on some lines chaos: a network rail spokesman described the disruption as the worst in recent memory pictured: euston impatient: stephanie harris, 19, from sutton, surrey, was stranded on her way to liverpool for the new year no room at the inn: this passenger used his groaning suitcases as a makeshift bench at euston station southeastern, which covers services from london to kent and sussex, only started running services at midday yesterday but last night it said timetables would be back to normal today robin gisby, managing director of network operations at network rail, said: ‘passengers have had a tough week of travelling and unfortunately that is likely to continue for at least another day’ he added that safety ‘comes first’ on another day, a cheerful festive greeting from virgin trains may have passed with barely anyone noticing a spokesman tweeted: ‘we’re back in the game did everyone have a good christmas?’ it was followed by: ‘we’re planning on running a normal service today’ alas, he spoke too soon as the cheery tweet became the focus of passenger fury when the schedule went off track as its page was inundated with angry tweets, virgin posted more sober messages such as: ‘new: from 1145am the line between carlisle and preston will be blocked for two hours to make repairs replacement buses will run’ however, mps said it was not good enough conservative mp for hastings and rye, amber rudd, said she had received many gripes about southeastern and its failure to supply buses to replace the trains ‘i have received a lot of complaints about them,’ she said ‘they have been just too complacent the fact is that the buses are getting through ‘why haven’t southeastern made sure that constituents who want to get to tunbridge wells or to london can use those buses? ‘their point is that it’s a bit late in the day to try and get bus replacement services in place, but that’s not good enough’ labour mp graham stringer, a member of the all party commons transport select committee, said regulators should consider stripping franchises from those rail firms who have failed to deal effectively with the christmas floods he said: ‘these failings sadly confirm what is already known rail companies’ performance has been extremely patchy and that should be taken into account when the system is re franchised some of these companies are clearly not capable of running a public service’ however, mr gisby insisted network rail staff have been doing their best: ‘this has been one of the most challenging periods we have faced in recent times and our engineers have been doing all they can to get things moving again ‘we’ve spent 48 hours clearing up the remains of trees, a lot of landslips, mudslides and washouts ‘on top of that we’ve got our christmas weekend engineering work, which kicked in on christmas eve so i’m afraid what passengers are facing today is some disruption anyway because of the engineering work’ chaos: several trains were also delayed out of london's paddington station, pictured | 114mph britain southeastern noon tory amber rudd | trains were delayed as 114mph gales, flooding and landslides hit britain . some lines had virtually no service and southeastern only started at noon . tory mp amber rudd said rail firms 'have been just too complacent' |
by chris hastings published: 16:21 est, 13 october 2012 | updated: 16:21 est, 13 october 2012 as a hollywood legend, shirley maclaine could have been forgiven for expecting a wardrobe of new tailor made costumes when she joined downton abbey but the oscar winning star made her debut in the hit itv show in a second hand coat that had already appeared in three other television dramas in 20 years more than ten million viewers saw the 78 year old star of movies including the apartment and terms of endearment make her flamboyant entrance as martha levinson in the first episode of the new series second hand: shirley maclaine makes her downton abbey debut in a coat first seen on television in 1994 welcome back: the familiar coat has made an appearance in at least five television dramas her character, a wealthy american socialite, stepped out of a car in an elegant evening coat embroidered with a silk and metal thread and topped off with a fur collar and cuffs it was a show stopping arrival – but the dress had already been seen on screen several times firstly, in 1994, the actress gaye brown wore it in an episode of the bbc drama the house of eliott, which was set in the twenties three years later it was worn in an itv adaptation of catherine cookson's the wingless bird – a story of love and intrigue in the north east at the outbreak of the first world war in april, french actress and model josephine de la baume wore the coat in itv's four part drama titanic – which was also scripted by downton abbey writer julian fellowes miss de la baume's character, the flirtatious madame aubert, can clearly be seen wearing it on the deck of the doomed liner a week after miss maclaine donned the coat, it was on screen again – in the bbc's highly acclaimed five part first world war drama parade's end debut: gaye brown, right, gives the coat its first tv outing in 1994 as anne beaumont in the house of eliott in that show, rebecca hall, 30, who played the beautiful but scheming sylvia tietjens, wore it when she visited the front line to confront her husband christopher, played by benedict cumberbatch nigel stafford clark, the producer of titanic, said he had no problem with the fact that madame aubert's coat had resurfaced in downton he added: 'i'm delighted it's keeping such exalted company – costumes do get recycled' the fashion for reusing clothes is due partly to the fact that drama budgets have become increasingly tight in addition, there has been a spate of recent productions set in the years leading up to and immediately following the first world war, and a consequent need for clothing to define that era male stars are also having to make do with hand me downs in tonight's episode of downton abbey, kevin mcnally, who plays the gruff horace bryant, will be seen wearing a scarf previously sported by rupert everett in parade's end a spokesman for downton abbey said: 'as with all television costume drama, theatre productions and films, a proportion of the costumes will be originally designed and others will be hired' back again: the coat was back on television screens earlier this year with josephine de la baume, left, in itv's titanic before returning just months later with rebecca hall, right, in first world war drama parade's end | oscar itv 20 years | the oscar winning actress made her debut on itv's hit show wearing a coat that had already appeared in three other television shows in 20 years |
by steve nolan published: 05:43 est, 13 march 2013 | updated: 09:14 est, 13 march 2013 balanced high above the desert skyline at sunset, there can be no doubt that anyone attending utah's annual slacklining festival needs a good head for heights pictured smiling perched 400ft above the ground these daredevils are confident enough in their ability to stay on the highline that they stop and pose for photos they are among hundreds of adrenalin junkies from across the world who travelled to the utah desert to take part in the fifth annual slack lining, base jumping and climbing festival known as the turkey boogie scroll down for video head for heights: adrenalin junkies travelled from all over the world to take part in the fifth turkey boogie in the utah desert daredevils: julien desforges and pierre carrillo pose for a picture as they balance above the utah desert, left, while andy lewis, right, keeps his balance as he negotiates the slackline participants' adventures are captured in this stunning set of pictures taken by event organiser scott rogers, 25, who started the annual gathering as a way of getting his friends from around the globe together each year he said: 'people are often all over the world doing their thing so it's a place we can all get together and let off steam and have some fun 'it started out as something really informal with about 20 people at the first event 'as the years went on we continued to host the event and word of mouth, as well as the beautiful pictures we captured every year, helped it to grow in popularity 'this year was the biggest yet with more than 100 people attending from lots of different countries' balancing act: pierre carrillo, left, and ben plotkin, right, are pictured perched high above the utah skyline balancing in the desert sun spectacular view: heidi blais, pierre carrillo, brian mosbaugh, julien desforges and andy lewis (left to right) were among 130 intrepid adventurers who attended the 10 day festival the festival lasts for ten days but the first two days are devoted to getting ropes and equipment set up this year, it got off to a dramatic start with one of the 130 people who attended had to be carried down the mountain and airlifted to hospital after picking up an injury scott, from denver, colorado, added: 'fortunately she was okay and the rest of us were able to do some really great highlining and base jumping during the festival just as i hoped 'it's just a full on week of absolute shenanigans it's unbelievable' scott, who has been slacklining for 10 years and base jumping for four years, got his first taste of the daring sport at a climbing competition he was competing in annual gathering: scott rogers started the festival as a way of getting his friends from all around the world together once a year he was so amazed by it that he forgot to compete and just slacklined all day he said: 'at the festival, which has taken the name turkey boogie, the community comes together and creates a space where people can do these dangerous things with the help and support of others 'for an entire week we walk highlines at or above our ability level we take falls, we get back up, we try again, we walk across 'the feeling of doing something both physically and mentally difficult is taken to the next level when you have the support of your friends 'spending time here is just unbelievable everyone becomes great mates and you never know who you might bump into each year 'i don't think there is anywhere else in the world you can have as much fun' heady heights: both ben plotkin, left, and pierre carrillo's, right, faces are etched with concentration in these close up shots of slackliners at the festival | cashboxes calamar humbler | no related information |
by alex ward published: 15:55 est, 24 february 2013 | updated: 16:55 est, 24 february 2013 a flurry of preparations is being made in the hope that britain’s only two giant pandas will mate with the female panda only in season for less than 48 hours and the success rate in captivity notoriously low, the pressure for female tian tian and male yang guang at edinburgh zoo is immense zoo staff and experts, brought in from berlin, are doing all they can to prepare the pair including playing relaxing music in yang guang’s pen and managing a strict diet and training regime for both of them panda preparations: it is hoped that britain's only two giant pandas female tian tian (left) and male yang guang (right) will mate and preparations are taking place at edinburgh zoo in the hope it will be a success if they succeed, the pandas’ cubs will become the first born in the uk, but it will also be a significant step in the fight to save the endangered species – there are just 1,500 remaining in the wild already both pandas have started to show important changes in their behaviour which are encouraging signs that they are ready to mate soon physical changes suggest that the ideal date for mating will be easter sunday the nine year old pair arrived from china at the scottish zoo in december 2011 but previous mating attempts have not been successful as a contingency plan, experts from berlin have been brought in to perform artificial insemination on tian tian as well as the hoped natural mating iain valentine, director of giant pandas at edinburgh zoo, said of the two methods being used: ‘this follows the best practice methodology adopted by other panda keeping zoos around the world and gives our giant pandas the best possible chance of success’ body weight in food: the male is being fed more bamboo to increase his stamina he is currently eating 110lbs a day but this will be increased to 220lb, his whole body weight in bamboo small window of opportunity: tian tian will be in season for less than 48 hours and females are also known to be very selective on their mates, making the act of mating a very difficult process it is hoped the pandas will bear and rear cubs during their 10 year stay at the zoo the success rate of breeding giant pandas in captivity has been notoriously low few zoos outside china have managed to achieve results females are in season for such a small window and are also known to be very selective on their mates tian tian, which means sweetie, and yang guang, which means sunshine, have been kept apart for their mating preparations since their unsuccessful attempt last year yang guang is being trained to stand on his hind quarters to strength his legs in preparation for doing the deed, which lasts just two minutes reunion: the pandas have been able to glimpse each other through a grate as their reunion approaches in an attempt to 'tease' them they will be gradually introduced to each other as the date approaches a whistle and rewards such as carrots and apples have been used to encourage him to stand tian tian is also being trained to stand so zoo keepers can perform ultrasound scans to monitor her ovaries and womb, and hopefully the pregnancy she has also been trained to urinate on cue making it easier for keepers to get samples to detect changes in her hormone levels which can indicate when the right moment for mating will be indoor light timers have been fitted in both their pens to mimic outside sunlight levels so both pandas can undergo physiological changes at the same time the male is being fed more bamboo to increase his stamina he is currently eating 110lbs a day but this will be increased to 220lb which is almost his whole body weight in food mr valentine told the sunday telegraph: ‘it is physically demanding for the male, as though he has got weight and power on his side, the female does not make it easy encouraging sign: yang guang recently started doing handstands against trees, walls and rocks, scent marking as high up as possible, which is known as a display of virility in the wild ‘we are training him to help him cope with that ‘he has got to be physically, mentally and chemically pumped up’ tian tian’s urine samples from when she was in season last year have been dabbed around yang guang’s pen to increase his hormone levels in the wild, male pandas would track down the female in season by tracking the chemical signals given off by her urine it also triggers hormonal and chemical changes in the male’s body smooth radio is being played in his pen as well to relax him after his adjustment to his new home has been difficult new year’s fireworks, planes and high winds have unsettled him in the past the pandas have also been able to glimpse each other through a grate as their reunion approaches in an attempt to ‘tease’ them they will be gradually introduced to each other as the date approaches mating call: tian tian has already started calling out to the male which is common during breeding season, and her urine samples from when she was in season last year have been dabbed around yang guang's pen to increase his hormone levels yang guang recently started doing handstands against trees, walls and rocks, scent marking as high up as possible, which is known as a display of virility in the wild meanwhile tian tian has already started calling out to the male which is common during breeding season artificial insemination is fraught with danger for both pandas that will have to be put under general anaesthetic, but will be done to increase the chances of a successful mating season staff will then have to wait 180 days until cubs are born two incubators have been installed in at the zoo to give the cubs the best chance of surviving breeding in captivity has become vital to the giant pandas’ survival with the destruction of bamboo forests in china and south east asia the pair are the first giant pandas to come to the uk in 17 years after a panda called ming was sent back to china in 1994 two pandas were sent to the uk from china in 1974 but were unsuccessful currently there are 36 pandas in 15 zoos and parks outside of china | female tian tian yang guang china 2011 edinburgh zoo | female tian tian and male yang guang arrived from china in 2011 . previous mating attempts in captivity have proved unsuccessful . breeding in captivity has a notoriously low success rate . edinburgh zoo staff are doing all they can to prepare the pandas |
by steve nolan published: 16:19 est, 13 march 2013 | updated: 03:30 est, 14 march 2013 almost 30 young children were found living in one room and sharing one broken toilet between them after an illegal care home for poor tribal girls was raided in india police officers and representatives from the child rights commission found 29 girls, all aged between five and 14, living in squalid conditions in the home in jaipur, the state capital of rajasthan in the north west of the country police found more than 600 empty alcohol bottles and only rotten vegetables in a store cupboard at the grace home scroll down for video squalid: 29 girls, some as young as five were found living in a single room in an illegal care home in india rotting: old vegetables were found in the home, along with dozens of liquor bottles and a broken toilet the girls, who were put in the home with promises of education, food and care, were being looked after by a 14 year old boy and were not allowed to contact their families, according to ndtv the children, all from christian families, were never sent to school and no teacher ever attended the home the child rights commission raided the home on tuesday after parents complained when one child died and the building was surveyed by officers for a month the man who ran the home, which was based in a two bedroom rented house in the city, has been arrested by police he reportedly owns a second home for boys in jaipur from which 15 children have been rescued deepak kalra, chairman of the child rights commission told ndtv: 'they stay in the hall and study by themselves the older children teach the younger ones illegal: 29 girls were found by police officers and representatives from the child rights commission living in the home in jaipur 'there is no female warden or domestic help to take care of them and no registration papers' according to indian law, all children's homes in the country are meant to be registered with the government so that they can be monitored and authorities can ensure that residents are being properly looked after residents living close to the home claim that they never saw any youngsters allowed out to play in the garden or a park close to the building the rescued children have been moved to different shelters and will be given medical check ups and counseling police are to investigate the source of the home's funding | jaipur rajasthan | 29 children were rescued from the home in jaipur, rajasthan, on tuesday . police found 600 empty alcohol bottles and stores of rotten vegetables . the group of girls were living in one room and sharing one broken toilet |
by louise boyle and meghan keneally published: 17:58 est, 25 february 2013 | updated: 19:49 est, 25 february 2013 comments (8) share dmhas('sharelink', 'sharelinks', { 'id': '2284336', 'title': 'jodi arias \'sent coded messages to her friend while she was in prison telling him to change his testimony before an interview because he contradicted her story\' of how she killed her ex boyfriend travis alexander', 'url': 'http://wwwdailymailcouk/news/article 2284336/jodi arias murder trial she sent coded messages friend saying contradicted story killed ex boyfriend travis alexanderhtml', 'etwitterstatus': 'jodi%20arias%20murder%20trial:%20she%20\'sent%20coded%20messages%20to%20her%20friend%20saying%20he%20contradicted%20her%20story\'%20http:\/\/bitly\/xxcjsi%20via%20@mailonline' }); new evidence in the jodi arias trial shows that she may have been trying to influence the testimony of her friend by slipping out coded messages while she was in jail for her ex boyfriend's murder the phoenix courtroom was shown a picture of the bottom of a page of one of the magazines that she handed a visitor who it is thought was meant to pass it along to another person who was going to testify on arias' behalf the picture shows numbers written at the bottom of a page in her copy of star magazine, that were intended to match messages that she had written on the corresponding page numbers from the second magazine, digital photo pro 'you f***ed up what you told my attorney the next day / directly contradicts what i've been saying for over a year / get down here asap and see me before you talk to them again and before / you testify so / we can fix this / interview was excellent! must talk asap!' the message read when pieced together scroll down for video grilling: jodi arias, pictured on the stand on monday, gave testimony for the tenth day where she was harshly questioned by the prosecution over her various versions of events the evidence is intended to show that she tried to manipulate one of the few people who could theoretically corroborate her story about being abused by alexander the date of the magazine incident and the interviews scheduled around that time point to the prospect of the recipient being her friend and former boyfriend matt mccartney when presented with the magazine codes on thursday, arias denied trying to sway mccartney 'you tried to get someone to lie at that hearing, didn't you?' prosecutor juan martinez said 'no, she responded her trust and the veracity of mccartney's knowledge was brought up again when the trial picked back up on monday his name was mentioned when she said that she showed bruises that she sustained from one of her fights with alexander 'i saw (mccartney) a few days later and he called me out on all the bruises that were on me,' she said in court one on one: prosecutor juan martinez (left) aggressively questioned jodi arias (right) last thursday as cross examination began after going back and forth with martinez over the specific timing and driving directions that she went through during this supposed trip when she traveled from alexander's house in mesa, arizona to mccartney's house in seaside, california, it was eventually determined that he would not have been able to see the bruising though the prosecutor asserts that it was because of the timeline of the trip, she said that she also applied multiple coats of makeup to avoid any questioning the 32 year old eventually admitted that there is no physical evidence, documentary or anecdotal evidence that alexander hurt her martinez also questioned her motive in moving to mesa after she and arias had officially broken up she went on to say that alexander was very 'persuasive' and convinced her to still move even though they were no longer together arias' grueling tenth day on the stand was part of criminal proceedings that have been going on since early january arias, 32, lost a bid last week aimed at getting a reprieve from a potential death sentence if convicted of first degree murder after the arizona supreme court swiftly denied her motion that claimed a detective committed perjury in the case her attorneys have filed multiple motions for mistrials, all of which have been denied negotiations: the prosecution and defense have fought bitter battles over evidence and approached the judge's bench on several occasions on monday earlier in monday's testimony, arias was grilled about her decision to send alexander's grieving grandmother flowers following his murder the court viewed a tape of arias' 48 hours interview where she said that she had sent the flowers to alexander's grandmother 'because iris was one of travis' 'favorite baby names' she went on to send an 18 page note to his siblings in the note, she said that they 'deserved to know' who killed their brother by shooting him and stabbing him 27 times she left out any mention of her involvement which she has now admitted to in court the prosecutor asked why she lied to detective flores when she denied being in arizona on june 4, 2008 arias said she had lied because she was ashamed of things that she and alexander had done in the past that she wanted to keep secret martinez kept at arias over her motives for lying he picked apart her often contradictory responses and questioned her memory of events, even opening his examination on the tenth day of the trial by asking: 'ma'am, you have a problem with telling the truth, don't you?' the lawyer then picked apart each of the versions of events that arias had told to friends following mr alexander's murder previous stories: jodi arias sat down for multiple interviews with 48 hours mystery shortly after being arrested but her version of event has changed dramatically since then her former self: the clips have been played for the court and arias had to answer for her previous responses smiling: arias, pictured in her mugshot center, was asked why she chose to smile in her booking photo and in the 48 hours interview she said it was because she thought it is what alexander would have done arias was grilled on her conflicting testimony on monday where she both appeared to say that she knew and didn't know alexander was dead when she left his mesa home on june 4 she told the jury that her 'mind wasn't right' as to why she had could not remember clearly the events or why she had been covered in blood when she drove from arizona to utah to visit a romantic interest, ryan burns martinez said: 'and to continue this litany of lies, it isn't restricted to utah you also lied to people in arizona' she responded: 'i lied to everyone' when arias was told by friend daniel freeman that her former boyfriend had been murdered, she pretended she knew nothing about it she then called a spiritual adviser bishop leighton to find out what he knew about alexander's death, a move that martinez claimed was 'to see if someone was on to you' the murder suspect then added that she could not remember much from that day of june 4 referring to the fateful day at alexander's house martinez asked: 'you remembered the confrontation, you remembered that you didn't call 911, so why did you need to know second hand knowledge? last week, prosecutor martinez hammered arias with intense questioning about her inability to recall crucial details in the case, yet noted it was puzzling that she can remember 'what kind of coffee you bought at starbucks sometime back in 2008' despondent: it was another day under close scrutiny for the murder suspect in the arizona courtroom damning words: pages for arias' own diary were used by the prosecution to contradict claims that alexander had been physically violent towards her during their relationship arias smirked at times while martinez stammered in frustration, and the judge admonished both to stop talking over each other as the questioning grew heated and the two traded barbs arias first told authorities she knew nothing about alexander's death, then later blamed it on masked intruders before eventually settling on self defense she said she was scared of being arrested, had been contemplating suicide and didn't want to sully alexander's name with accounts of his violent behavior and lurid details of their sexual relationship, given his public persona as a devout mormon who was saving himself for marriage of the day she killed alexander, arias says she remembers him in a rage, body slamming her and chasing her around his home she said she grabbed a gun from his closet, and fired it as they tussled, but didn't know if she hit him doomed: jodi arias is accused of murdering her on off lover travis alexander which she claims was in self defense while the prosecution says she flew into a jealous rage she had no explanation for the 27 stab and slash wounds he suffered, or his slit throat, or how his body ended up stuffed in his shower according to court records, however, she previously told police before her trial began that alexander was unconscious after she shot him, but then 'crawled around and was stabbed' she says she remembers putting a knife in the dishwasher and disposing of the gun in the desert as she drove from arizona on her way to utah she immediately began planning an alibi arias' grandparents reported a 25 caliber handgun stolen from their northern california house about a week before the killing the same caliber used to shoot alexander but arias claims to know nothing about the burglary she says she brought no weapons to alexander's home on the day she killed him, undercutting the prosecution's theory of premeditation | matt mccartney juan martinez arias travis alexander's phoenix martinez alexander | tried to pass messages along to her friend and former flame matt mccartney after he 'f***** up' by telling investigators a statement that contradicted her claims . prosecutor juan martinez asked why arias posted travis alexander's siblings an 18 page letter following his death saying that they 'deserved to know' who killed him, but didn't say that she was the one who killed him . during cross examination in the phoenix courtroom, martinez asks: 'can you imagine how much it must have hurt mr alexander when you stuck that knife right into his chest?' |
by james gordon in los angeles, the city of rolling hills could be its most exclusive consisting of a single gated community, there is a one story height limit on houses, so instead of building up, you build down deep into the bedrock the story of hacienda de la paz and its owner john z blazevich, who's the ceo of shrimp importer viva food group, decided to build his mansion five stories underground it's accessible by stairs and two elevators spreading over 50,000 square feet and on 727 acres, it was built over 17 years and overseen by rafael manzano martos, a curator for king juan carlos of spain there are nine bedrooms, 25 bathrooms, secret passageways, a moroccan style turkish bath and even an underground tennis court which could be yours for a cool $53 million prepare to enter: as featured on the cover of the la times one of california's most unique & stunning homes look at the view: unimaginable panoramic views encompassing the beaches, west side, the hollywood hills, downtown los angeles & the san gabriel mountains another world: tranquil & exceptionally aromatic manicured grounds that include jetliner views museum like: extraordinary handcraft & artisan finishing throughout sleep well: just one of the nine bedrooms and 25 bathrooms on the property billiards anyone? hacienda de la paz on the palos verdes peninsula in los angeles county took nearly 17 years to build down the rabbit hole: ah, this must be the a moroccan style turkish bath midnight swim: at nearly 50,000 square feet, it sits mostly underground to meet zoning requirements stunning: built over 17 years, the house was overseen by rafael manzano martos, a curator for king juan carlos of spain indoor play: a five story indoor tennis court designed to us open specifications (pete sampras has visited) imported: the interlocking wood ceilings were built in spain and hand fitted together what lies beneath: the house is nearly 50,000 square feet and sits on 727 acres | cocentric huma intermure | no related information |
by bianca london kate moss has graced the cover of vogue 33 times but now she's gone behind the scenes by becoming a contributing fashion editor for the magazine british vogue today unveiled the 40 year old model's first shoot for the fashion bible in all its glossy glory the shoot, which features in the march issue, is called cause célèbre and is inspired by the devil may care glamour of cult seventies band destroy all monsters it's here! the vogue march issue, which kate moss styled a shoot for, has landed in all its glossy glory bringing four fashion legends together, the shoot features model daria werbowy, is styled by kate and is photographed by duo mert alas and marcus piggott speaking about the shoot, ella alexander of voguecouk, writes: 'working with cover girl werbowy and long time friends and collaborators mert alas and marcus piggott, moss creates a hazily beautiful world with a healthy splash of the rock'n'roll cool that you would expect from the world's most photographed supermodel' in her editor's letter, alexandra shulman writes: 'kate moss, surely one of the most famous free spirits of our age, has styled her first fashion shoot for us 'case célèbre is possibly unsurprisingly a homage to renegade rock style rock 'n' roll: bringing three fashion legends together, the shoot features model daria werbowy, styled by kate and photographed by mert alas and marcus piggott 'from gathering the initial moodboard to talking me through the rail of clothes in the vogue fashion room and adjusting the accessories on daria werbowy, kate took on the complete role of fashion editor although perhaps not every editor takes her model out partying on the first night of the shoot!' when vogue announced the new role last october they promised moss would bring her decades of experience in the industry to fashion shoots and 'work with her choice of photographers and models' at the time, alexandra shulman, said: 'i am absolutely delighted that kate is going to work with us in this new role 'her undoubtedly brilliant sense of style, depth of fashion knowledge and understanding of what makes a wonderful image will be exciting to see on the pages of british vogue i am really looking forward to working with her on ideas' cover girl: the model has appeared on the front of vogue 33 times during her career natural career development: the model will bring her years of experience on fashion shoots to her role sarah doukas, founder of storm models who represent moss, added: 'we are absolutely thrilled at kate's appointment 'this is a natural development in her remarkable career bringing her unique sense of style and creative sensibility to vogue is the perfect fit she is the definitive vogue cover girl' she may have just hit the big 4 0 but kate moss clearly isn't letting her age get in the way of her career if her recent projects are anything to go by the editorial role adds another string to moss's bow after it was also announced that she will once again collaborate with topshop the croydon born model last worked with the high street brand between 2007 2010 and will now design a new collection to be sold in 40 countries in 2014 the blonde who last month celebrated her milestone birthday with an epic week long celebration was also unveiled as the face of alexander mcqueen's ss14 campaign, rimmel's ss14 campaign, as well as the pre ss14campaign for liu j busy year ahead: kate moss, pictured with sir philip green, has also announced she will design a new collection for topshop she's still got it! kate moss, who turned 40 this month, has been unveiled as the face of alexander mcqueen's ss14 campaign party girl: kate totters out of her 40th birthday bash at the exclusive 34 restaurant see the full shoot in the march issue of vogue, on sale thursday 6th february | supermodel first vogue march last october daria werbowy mert alas marcus piggott alexandra shulman kate | supermodel's first stylist shoot for vogue appears in the march issue . was announced as contributing fashion editor last october . styled daria werbowy, who was shot by mert alas and marcus piggott . editor alexandra shulman said kate took on 'complete role of editor' |
by bianca london published: 10:22 est, 2 october 2013 | updated: 08:29 est, 7 october 2013 with huge, doe eyes reminiscent of audrey hepburn, a pair of eyebrows to rival cara's and a hollywood career that's going from strength to strength, it was only a matter of time before lily collins landed a big beauty contract so it's no surprise to hear french beauty house lancôme has snapped up lily collins to act as its new brand ambassador the 24 year old actress will join the likes of julia roberts (she made her acting debut alongside the pretty woman actress in mirror mirror), as well as emma watson and daria werbowy, from january 2014 new face: lily collins, 24, has been announced as an ambassadress for french house lancôme her first campaign will be for the house's french ballerine collection for spring 'it's an absolute honor and privilege to have been chosen to represent the maison lancôme 'i have always admired the brand's unique and distinctive appreciation for inner beauty and grace, elegance and utter radiance 'i feel incredibly lucky to be included among the most inspirational women ambassadresses for one of the most prestigious brands in the world it's truly a dream come true,' said lily of her new role 'with her charm, gracefulness, modernity and lively wit, lily collins is the perfect embodiment of femininity according to lancôme' 'we are delighted to begin this collaboration with lily, who brings a renewed sense of radiance and youthfulness to lancôme,' said françoise lehmann, general manager of lancôme international style queen: lily collins wore the lusted after £750 givenchy bambi print jumper to the paris fashion week show in the capital on sunday a rising hollywood star, lily divides her time between england, the country of her birth, and the united states, where she currently lives of mixed european and american descent and fittingly the granddaughter of a ballerina lily initially set her sights on a career in journalism however, a dazzling debut in the blind side with sandra bullock, followed by mirror mirror in 2009 showed movies were her destiny in crowd: lily joined the likes of noomi rapace, ciara, kanye west and kim kardashian at the givenchy s/s14 show in paris dream come true: the actress said she feels incredibly lucky to be included among the most inspirational women ambassadresses for one of the most prestigious brands in the world she will next be on screen in 2014 in love, rosie, a romantic comedy adapted from the novel where rainbows end by the irish author cecelia ahern 'a free spirited, confident, sparkling and delicate beauty, lily collins – who bears a singular resemblance to the iconic audrey hepburn – will bring her talent and freshness to lancôme as of january 2014, starting with the spring make up collection french ballerine,' said a spokesman for the brand finding fame: she shot to fame after her role as snow white in the 2012 film mirror mirror | superdubiously merops shellacking | no related information |
by anna edwards lee broadbent fled to spain's costa del sol and continued to operate a major cocaine supply ring is behind bars a drugs baron who fled to the costa del sol and headed up a major cocaine supply ring is behind bars after he was finally arrested at a water park lee broadbent, 33, led a lavish lifestyle in malaga as a result of his drug dealing business, selling class a substances in huge quantities police observed one of his associates completing a deal to sell two kilos of cocaine with at least £259,000, and found the packages stuffed under the seat of a car he was eventually caught by the spanish national police at a water park in torremolinos after english police obtained an international arrest warrant he was then formally charged and brought back to the uk the gang were today jailed for over 80 years for their part in supplying drugs in the north west of england lancashire policed launched operation oriole in september 2011 to dismantle the gang, their supply chain and to remove potentially harmful substances from the county’s streets preston crown court heard that as head of the crime group, broadbent’s role was to organise the supply and distribution of cocaine in lancashire and greater manchester in october 2011, broadbent and one of his associates david wignall, were seen supplying cocaine to another criminal, gary gairns, on a car park at tesco in blackpool a search of gairns’ vehicle revealed a package hidden under the front passenger seat containing 1,003 grams of cocaine of 87 per cent purity, with a street value of £130,000 cuaghtout: broadbent and one of his associates david wignall (right), were seen supplying cocaine to another criminal, gary gairns (left) after gairns was arrested, broadbent fled to spain gary gairns was subsequently arrested and charged with possession with intent to supply cocaine that evening, broadbent fled the country to malaga, spain via glasgow and then belfast despite being abroad, he still continued to distribute cocaine around the north west, giving orders to other drugs suppliers via pay as you go mobile telephones which he believed were unlikely to be traced the police operation continued and one occasion wignall was seen walking with a concealed package under his jacket after visiting an address in blackpool he then got into a vehicle and after a short drive, wignall exited the car without the item a cocaine package which was seized lancashire policed launched operation oriole in september 2011 to dismantle the gang and their supply chain in one raid two kilos of cocaine (1002g at 70 per cent purity, 1010g at 78 per cent purity) worth approximately £259,000, along with around £10,000 in cash was found in a vehicle police observed one of his associates completing a deal to sell two kilos of cocaine with at least £259,000, and found the packages stuffed under the seat of a car drugs discovery: oakden car which was stopped by police who discovered cocaine inside the vehicle was stopped by police, and over two kilos of cocaine (1002g at 70 per cent purity, 1010g at 78 per cent purity) worth approximately £259,000, along with around £10,000 in cash was found in the vehicle officers were working to locate broadbent and bring him back to the uk to be charged with drugs offences he managed to evade capture until he was eventually caught by the spanish national police at the aqualand water attraction in torremolinos on 15 august 2012 he was formally charged on 14 september 2012 lee broadbent, 33, of poulton le fylde was given a 16 year sentence following a seven week long trial at preston crown court earlier this month, where he was found guilty of conspiracy to supply class a controlled drugs cocaine kevin cawdrey (left) was jailed for five years, having pleaded guilty of conspiracy to supply class a drugs jeremy lowe (right) was jailed for four years after being found guilty of the same charge paul gairns (left) was jailed for six years after pleading guilty of conspiracy to supply class a controlled drugs and waseem afzal (right) was jailed for eight years after being found guilty of the same offence michael johnson, 32, of partington, manchester was jailed for 11 years after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply class a controlled drugs cocaine adam boyd, 44, of manchester, was jailed for nine years after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply class a controlled drugs cocaine david wignall, 44, of blackpool, was jailed for six years, four months after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply class a controlled drugs cocaine jamie may, 38, of blackpool, was jailed for six years, four months after previously being found guilty of conspiracy to supply class a controlled drugs cocaine gary gairns, 33, of miles platting, greater manchester, was jailed for six years after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply class a controlled drugs cocaine kevin cawdrey, 28, of irlam, manchester, was jailed for five years, six months having previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply class a controlled drugs cocaine jeremy lowe, 44, of manchester, was jailed for four years after previously being found guilty to conspiracy to supply class a controlled drugs cocaine adam boyd (left) was jailed for nine years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply class a controlled drugs and jamie may (right) was jailed for six years after being found guilty o the same charge michael johnson (left) was jailed for 11 years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply class a controlled drugs while michael oakden (right) was jailed for three years for the same offence michael oakden, 38, of little hulton, manchester, was jailed for three years, six months after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply class a controlled drugs cocaine waseem afzal, 32 of nelson, was jailed for eight years after previously being found guilty of conspiracy to supply class a controlled drugs cocaine paul gairns, 35 of manchester was jailed for six years after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply class a controlled drugs cocaine broadbent’s partner jacqueline thomas, 31, of poulton le fylde was also given a two year suspended sentence after having previously been found guilty of money laundering following a previous trial at preston crown court police swoop: the £69,17980 in cash seized from boyds home when it was raided big find: around £10,000 cash was found in oakden's vehicle | lee broadbent malaga uk spanish torremolinos english the north west england | lee broadbent, 33, led a lavish lifestyle in malaga as a result of his drug dealing business, selling class a substances in huge quantities . despite being abroad, he continued to distribute cocaine in uk . he was eventually caught by the spanish national police at a water park in torremolinos after english police obtained an international arrest warrant . his gang were today jailed for over 80 years for their part to supply drugs into the north west of england |
by rachel quigley and louise boyle published: 14:20 est, 14 august 2013 | updated: 16:58 est, 14 august 2013 a woman who was stabbed 32 times stared down the ex boyfriend who brutally attacked her in court on tuesday at his attempted murder trial melissa dohme's story is a miraculous tale of survival after she lived against the odds, only to fall in love with the paramedic who came to save her following the horrific assault in january 2012 miss dohme, 22, bravely faced robert lee burton jr in the florida courtroom, the first time she has seen her ex since he repeatedly knifed her before leaving her to bleed to death on the sidewalk scroll down for video tale of survival: melissa dohme, who survived being stabbed 32 times by her ex boyfriend, attended his trial on tuesday she was hand in hand with her boyfriend cameron hill, the paramedic who saved her robert lee burton jr has pleaded guilty to attempted first degree murder after repeatedly stabbing his girlfriend on the sidewalk in january 2012 miss dohme's spoke in court on tuesday, according to bay news 9, about the horrific attack which happened when she was 20 years old the room was filled with her family and friends there to support her she said: 'the last time i saw him [burton] was when he was walking away with the knife in his hand and i was lying in the road lifeless and no one else was around' a tearful burton pleaded pleaded guilty to attempted first degree murder and domestic abuse in the stabbing of his ex girlfriend he had initially said that he would plead guilty if he could serve less than ten years in jail a request that the judge dismissed he remained with his guilty plea if he is found guilty, he will face between eight years to life in prison miss dohme was accompanied to court by her heroic boyfriend, clearwater firefighter paramedic cameron hill, 38, who responded to the 911 call mr hill said the sight of the young woman drenched in blood with stab wounds to her hands, arms, face and head was the most gruesome he had seen in his 17 year career fate: melissa dohme and cameron hill were brought together after he was the paramedic on the scene when she was stabbed 32 times by her ex boyfriend melissa was in the hospital for three weeks: she flat lined four times, received 12 units of blood, suffered a stroke that affected her balance and the left side of her face was paralysed head over heels: cameron did not know what to do but could not get the young woman he rescued out of his head he eventually asked her out and ever since their first date the pair have been inseparable love: melissa dohme was saved by cameron hill, second left, who said he instantly connected with her, even though he couldn't see her face, couldn't tell if she was blond because of the blood and didn't know her name though he couldn't see her face, couldn't tell if she was blond because of the blood and didn't know her name, a strange feeling came over him and he said he knew in his heart he was going to see her again melissa ended up being in the hospital for three weeks she flat lined four times, received 12 units of blood and suffered a stroke that affected her balance, according to the tampa bay times a severed nerve partially paralyzed the left side of her face remarkable recovery: melissa posted this montage of photographs that documented her recovery from a near fatal stabbing in 2012 guilty plea: robert burton was in court on tuesday though doctors did not know if she would speak smile or walk again, she made a remarkable recovery and left rehab without a cane she became determined to reach out to all those who helped save her and to tell her story to others after a trip to europe with her girlfriends, she returned determined to become a nurse for a time, she spoke to everyone except the firefighter paramedics from clearwater station 47 in october last year when melissa was speaking at a clearwater church, two of her first responders surprised her one of whom was cameron after hugging and crying and exchanging numbers, melissa said: 'i was weirdly giddy i had this feeling about him' when they met up again, she said she felt she was in the grasp of a full blown crush, according to tampa bay times as they talked easily and naturally cameron did not know what to do but could not get the young woman he rescued out of his head but he eventually asked her out and ever since their first date the pair have been inseparable survivor: melissa dohme was stabbed in the face and neck more than 32 times, but her scars are quickly fading; the picture on the right shows how her scars have healed in a two month span emotional: cameron hill breaks down in tears as he recalls the sight of his girlfriend lying on the sidewalk drenched in blood support: melissa pictured with her mother joann at church in clearwater within days of the near lethal attack, ms dohme was able to breathe on her own, could grasp a pencil, and could walk down the hallways of the icu | perturbance marrows peract | no related information |
by simon jones manchester city have held talks with sergio aguero to underline their desire to keep him well beyond this summer the brilliant argentina striker is understood to have met city owner sheik mansour in london last week despite being hindered by niggling injuries, aguero has still scored 26 goals in 28 games this season to cement his reputation as one of the best forwards in the world super striker: manchester city are keen to keep sergio aguero beyond this summer goal king: aguero celebrates one of his 26 goals for city this season, despite being hampered by injuries (right) that standing means he is continuing to attract interest from the likes of real madrid who have wanted him at the bernabeu since he emerged on the spanish scene at neighbours atletico city realise a move back to sunnier climes and a spanish speaking community is a potentially attractive proposition but they are determined to show he is valued as a pivotal part of their plans he is expected to be fit to face liverpool in the crucial premier league clash this weekend and the ultimate goal is for him to spearhead city's champions league challenge next season hot shot: aguero scores against blackburn in an fa cup replay earlier this year losing a talent such as aguero would be extremely difficult to replace with only liverpool's luis suarez considered in the same bracket at this stage although chief executive ferran soriano has already underlined to florentino perez at real madrid that aguero is not for sale at any price, sheik mansour wanted to ensure aguero understands just how much he is appreciated city will continue to look at strengthening their support for him with monaco's radamel falcao an option they are considering and talks ongoing for the likes of eliaquim mangala and fernando at porto meanwhile, the latest city player to interest the ever busy inter milan is midfielder javi garcia the italians would like to arrange a loan deal but city would prefer a permanent deal atletico madrid will consider asking for petr cech should chelsea make thibaut courtois their no 1 goalkeeper next season atletico want courtois to accept a new deal at chelsea as they believe it represents the best chance of him being loaned out to them again next season however, jose mourinho is understood to be seriously considering promoting the excellent belgian to his first team next season leaving atletico with the prospect of looking at alternatives cech will be one of them but they will also evaluate other keepers in spain and pepe reina at liverpool moving to madrid? atletico are considering a move for petr cech should thibaut courtois become chelsea's no 1 tottenham are favourites to sign adam lallana in the summer despite interest from other clubs there is an expectation at st mary's that the talented crop of southampton players could break up this summer as england's and europe's elite circle their young stars striker jay rodriguez, who is to undergo a scan on his injured knee on monday, may yet end up staying for another season but lallana is widely tipped to leave once the right bid is made manchester united and city have watched lallana but tottenham have made it clear they are keen on taking him to white hart lane as part of their summer rejig spurs have already confirmed an interest in romelu lukaku but they would have to outbid all rivals for chelsea to consider selling to them real madrid have joined the likes of manchester united, chelsea, city and liverpool in admiring southampton's teenage left back luke shaw but they still seem more intent on signing alberto moreno from sevilla, who again remains on united's list spur of the moment: tottenham are favourites to sign southampton star adam lallana (centre) seydou doumbia is expected to secure a move to the premier league this summer the ivory coast striker has scored 16 goals in 18 games for cska moscow this season and is once again attracting keen interest across europe with his agent jean bernard beytrison sounding out potential clubs the 26 year old was the golden boot winner in russia in 2012 and, although injury curtailed his following season, he has returned to form this year however, doumbia will be hoping most of the big premier league sides don't get their main target this summer, that's because he is emerging as a popular back up prolific: seydou doumbia (right) has scored 16 goals in 18 games for cska moscow this season chelsea and arsenal are among his admirers they have monitored his scoring exploits over recent seasons but cska's variable valuations ranging from £15m to £30m have put them off negotiations this time round, chelsea want two strikers and doumbia is coming in at around no 5 on their list of preferences which is topped by atletico madrid's diego costa arsenal consider him to be around fourth on their list while he is also being discussed at everton and newcastle but may prove too expensive for their budget qpr have agreed a new three year deal with 18 year old winger michael petrasso the canada under 20 international, has been linked with former manager mark hughes at stoke, and would have been out of contract in the summer petrasso has had two loan spells in league one this season, with oldham and coventry wolves are continuing to show interest in portsmouth midfielder jed wallace the 20 year old england u19 man has rediscovered his form under the tutelage of caretaker manager andy awford and has turned in some dependable performances despite the club's slide towards the foot of league two middlesbrough, derby county and millwall have also been watching wallace this season but wolves will prove an exciting project as they seek to follow up promotion from league one with an concerted attempt on replicating that in the championship next season newly promoted leicester city are ready to contest with the big boys for argentinian prospect luciano vietto the 20 year old, tipped to follow compatriots sergio aguero and carlos tevez to europe, has a £75million buy out clause but cash strapped racing club are willing to accept around £6m with add ons to ensure a sale this summer everton, liverpool and arsenal have all been made aware of the 5ft 8in forward, who has scored two in his last three games and has a dual italian passport however, leicester are also keen to speak to his representatives as they look to strengthen their squad in key areas early in the summer to prepare for their premier league return europe bound: luciano vietto (right) is on the radar of leicester and some premier league big boys | sergio aguero manchester city sheik mansour last week atletico madrid petr cech thibaut courtois first chelsea tottenham adam lallana the summer moscow seydou doumbia england leicester argentinian luciano vietto | sergio aguero met manchester city owner sheik mansour last week . atletico madrid will ask for petr cech if thibaut courtois becomes the first choice goalkeeper at chelsea . tottenham are favourites to sign adam lallana in the summer . cska moscow striker seydou doumbia is expected to move to england . leicester are in the race to sign argentinian starlet luciano vietto |
by rob cooper published: 05:56 est, 27 december 2013 | updated: 19:10 est, 27 december 2013 dog attack: maddison green was forced to have 80 stitches after being mauled by her grandparents' dog a three year old girl was left needing 80 stitches in her face after she was mauled by a husky dog in her grandmother's home sparking a bitter family row maddison green was forced to undergo a two hour operation after being attacked by the pet as she was being taken bed in newport, south wales her grandmother’s partner is refusing to have his husky called zeus put down despite the attack if the incident had happened in a public place the dog could have been put down but the law does not apply on private land the government has pledged to removed the loophole next year maddison’s father craig said zeus jumped forwards and bit into her face last saturday after she was treated at the royal gwent hospital in newport he has called for the dog to be put down but his own stepfather dave sellwood, 41, has said no craig green, 28, of porth, rhondda, said: 'i cannot believe that there is nothing we can do to prevent this dog from attacking again 'my stepfather is refusing to put the dog down he regards it like a child but it could have killed my daughter 'he has no children of his own, but maddison has been brought up to call him grandad i cannot believe he is putting the dog first' anger: maddison's father craig said that the husky called zeus should be destroyed after it mauled his daughter attack: maddison was forced to undergo a two hour operation after being mauled by her grandparents' pet dog owners cannot be prosecuted if their pet attacks a person if the attack takes place on private land the dangerous dogs act currently only covers 'maulings' in public places however, the government has vowed to change the law after 14 year old jade anderson was killed no one could be prosecuted for the attack by four bull mastiff type dogs in athertron, greater manchester, because it happened on private land under the law, introduced in 1991, it is an offence to be the owner of a dog that was dangerously out of control in a public place or a 'non public place in which it is not permitted to be' the reform will change the wording of the law to cover all attacks, regardless of where they take place mr green said changing the dangerous dogs law needs to be changed now so the husky can be destroyed he added: 'the law should be changed right now we have to stop this from happening how can a little girl be injured and no one be held responsible?' fitness trainer mr sellwood, 41, who lives with his wife catherine, has told craig there is 'no point' in putting the dog down now mr green said: 'he has told me and my partner that now the attack has happened there is no point in killing his pet but it is totally absurd the husky could have killed maddison' on the night of the attack last saturday maddison was staying with her grandmother mr green and his partner, cerys shirley, 24, had left her with their son david, four, and his brother’s children to stay the night mr green added: 'when we got the call about what had happened it was horrible cerys is devastated it seems utterly unfair that no one is responsible for this in the eyes of the law' more than 6,400 people a year are admitted into british hospitals for micro surgery to life changing injuries caused by dogs one in six victims is under ten mr sellwood said: 'craig wasn’t even here when it happened, whatever he says is just hearsay apart from that, i’ve got nothing else to say' row: dave sellwood, pictured here with his wife and maddison's grandmother catherine, has refused to have his beloved husky put down disagreement: dave sellwood, pictured with his wife catherine, was looking after his grandchildren when the dog attacked attack: this is zeus, the husky which mauled maddison green last weekend, just days before christmas family row: maddison's grandmother's partner has refused to have his beloved pet put down despite the attack proud: dave sellwood, 41, who is maddison's grandmother's partner holds her hours after she was born in 2010 | undiscretion heretics burgall | no related information |
by suzannah hills published: 11:53 est, 25 december 2013 | updated: 16:17 est, 25 december 2013 the duchess of cambridge normally dominates the royal style stakes, but it was the queen who today stole the show with some vintage glamour in a luxurious fur coat queen elizabeth ii arrived for the royals' traditional christmas church service at a chapel on the sandringham estate in the brown fur coat which she has owned since 1961 paired with some simple black shoes and pearl earrings, the look was reminiscent of the hollywood glamour typically associated with starlets in the 1950s vintage glamour: the queen arrives for a christmas day service at the church of st mary magdalene on the sandringham estate in norfolk in a luxurious dark brown fur coat she has owned since 1961 family outing: the queen was joined by other members of the royal family for the christmas day church service the queen would have been perfectly warm in the thick coat, as while parts of the country were covered in snow or flood water, the weather in sandringham, norfolk, was mild and sunny she was joined for the service at st mary magdelene church by the rest of the royal family, including her pregnant granddaughter zara phillips, prince harry and the duke and duchess of cambridge but the queen didn't stay in the coat for long, making her first outfit change of the day into a vibrant burnt orange cashmere stewart parvin coat sticking with her glamourous theme, the queen made the outfit even more dramatic by adding a black fur hat to match the fur ruffs on her coat she kept on her classic pearl earrings with a matching necklace but added a diamond brooch in the shape of a bow to complete the ensemble second outfit: after the service, queen elizabeth ii changed into a eye catching burnt orange cashmere stewart parvin coat, pictured elegant: queen elizabeth ii matched her hat to the black fur ruffs on her coat sleeves on average, the queen is said to make at least five clothes changes on christmas day choosing a new outfit for breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner, and something to wear for shooting or horseback riding as well as these changes on the day, the queen also reveals a carefully chosen outfit in her annual pre recorded christmas day speech which is aired every year on december 25th at 3pm but this year she opted to recycle one of her favourite outfits a yellow dress by designer angela kelly which she wore to the wedding of her grandson william to kate middletonin march 2011 she again wore a brooch on her left shoulder but picked a different one for this occasion rather than plain diamonds, she opted for a flower bouquet containing diamonds, rubies and sapphires the brooch was a present from her parents to celebrate the birth of charles in 1948, which she wore at george's christening during her speech, the queen paid tribute to family and milestones but also urged people to reflect on the last 12 months well wishers: queen elizabeth ii receives flowers from children as the duchess of cambridge, top, looks on after the christmas day service style queen: the queen changes her outfits at least five times on christmas day for breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner and outdoor activities she said: 'with so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock' seated at a table decorated with pictures of her immediate family, the 87 year old monarch touched on prominent events over the past year from the service that marked the 60th anniversary of her coronation to the birth of george the birth of a baby 'gives everyone the chance to contemplate the future with renewed happiness and hope,' she said the queen's message the latest in a royal tradition that began with a radio address by king george v in 1932 also contemplated the role of the commonwealth and looked ahead to the commonwealth games being held in glasgow next year the queen has made a prerecorded christmas broadcast on radio since 1952 and on television since 1957 she writes the messages herself and the broadcasts mark a rare occasion on which the queen voices her own opinion without government consultation recycled: the queen wore the same yellow dress she wore to kate and william's wedding during her christmas day speech small touches: the queen wore a flower bouquet brooch containing diamonds, rubies and sapphires the queen pictured wearing the yellow dress at the royal wedding of prince william and kate middleton | the sandringham estate elizabeth ii stewart parvin | the queen attended a traditional christmas service at a church on the sandringham estate with other members of the royal family . she wore a thick, brown fur coat with low black heels and pearl earrings . elizabeth ii then changed into a burnt orange cashmere stewart parvin coat . the queen usually changes her outfits five times on christmas day . but she recycled a yellow dress for her christmas speech aired today at 3pm |
by anna sanders published: 17:14 est, 14 june 2013 | updated: 17:14 est, 14 june 2013 arrested: joseph martino, 34, was charged with criminal posession of a weapon and reckless endangerment when police found about 40 explosive devices in his apartment a new york man found with an arsenal of weapons in his apartment was arrested thursday night after an explosion when he reportedly tried to dry materials for a pipe bomb in his oven joseph martino, 34, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment when police found about 40 explosive devices and materials in his apartment, according to 13wham tv police said bomb making was just martino's hobby police arrived at martino's springwater, ny, apartment shortly after 8 pm when neighbors called 911 upon hearing an explosion police said damage from the explosion was limited to martino's oven, where he was trying to dry materials he intended to use to make a pipe bomb police believe martino was manufacturing homemade explosives in several objects 'some were pipe bomb, but there were also pill bottles and large pill bottles anything that he could put an explosive in,' livingston county undersheriff james szczesniak said, according to the livingston county news szczesniak said the sheriff's office hadn't had much prior contact with martino 'we are still try to determine the reason behind the activity and the quantity,' he said explosion: joseph martino's neighbors on mill street called 911 after hearing an explosion police said the explosion originated in martino's oven, where he was drying materials for a pipe bomb martino was being evicted from his apartment, 'but we have no indication he was trying to destroy the building', szczesniak said according to the associated press police said the scene was not rendered safe until 1 pm friday afternoon because of the explosive devices and ingredients they found in the apartment mill street, where martino's apartment is located, was closed off from traffic until 2:30 pm friday residents of martino's apartment building were evacuated along with six homes nearby they were expected to return home friday afternoon authorities detonated some of martino's explosives in a secluded rural field in springwater later on friday because they were 'extremely volatile' dangerous: police said the scene at joseph martino's apartment on hill street, seen here, was not safe until friday afternoon volatile: police detonated some of the explosives found in joseph martino's apartment that were too volatile to move in a rural field, pictured in addition to the pipe bombs, explosive materials and firearms found in martino's home, several jars of the chemical tatp were recovered at the scene, an official with the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives told wham tatp is a form of acetone peroxide martino could have purchased at a drugstore, though the chemical is also commonly associated with terror groups police don't believe martino is affiliated with any groups, but they said they found more materials in another storage site in livingston county martino has a criminal history, but it does not involve explosives and police would not give further details martino was arraigned and remanded to the county jail without bail | joseph martino springwater ny martino livingston county | joseph martino, 43, was arrested after police found about 40 explosives devices and materials in his springwater, ny apartment . police said martino's bomb making was just a hobby . martino was remanded to the livingston county jail without bail |
by david mccormack published: 00:56 est, 8 june 2013 | updated: 01:00 est, 8 june 2013 the rich and famous of beverley hills are experiencing a nanny crisis and the lack of talent is forcing up salaries for the elite in childcare, claims a leading nanny recruitment firm the rise of these super nannies was one of the issues tackled in abc’s 20/20 episode on friday entitled ‘the new help’ nowadays top nannies can charge the earth, with some making the kind of salaries more typically associated with lawyers beverley hills nanny: the rich and famous are experiencing a nanny crisis and the lack of talent is forcing up salaries julie swales from the nanny recruitment firm the elizabeth rose agency told abc that she knows nannies working in beverley hills who can charge as much as much $270,000 for just three days work a week not only are these super nannies working for the super wealthy they are extremely well off themselves with million dollar mortgages, plus perks of the job including pass me down prada dresses and ball gowns agency boss jack lippman revealed that a current trend is for nannies who are trilingual with mandarin especially popular he says he's even had requests for scuba certified nannies before in san francisco mormon nannies are very popular because concerned parents don’t have to worry about what they get up to outside of their job one popular trend at the moment is for nannies who are trilingual with mandarin especially popular lana fuchs hired a nanny for her pet monkey, while robin williams married his son's nanny marsha garces the agency claims it is struggling to meet demand from its demanding clients who only want the best for their precious children a common mistake that some budding nannies make is being too pretty for the lady of the house who tends to have final say on who gets hired many wives are concerned about hiring attractive nannies after infamous high profile cases of affairs including robin williams married his son's nanny marsha garces in 1989 and jude law who admitted to an affair with his children's nanny and apologised to fiancee sienna miller the elizabeth rose agency warns wannabe nannies to wear limited makeup and avoid sexy clothes if they want to get hired sin city rules reality tv star lana fuchs had a different criteria when hiring a nanny for her pet monkey – prince mikey – who requires three baths a day and regular treats the show also featured a man who so despaired at trying to find the right childcare that he started a website allowing parents to post reviews about their help julie swales and jack lippman from the elizabeth rose agency claim there is a nanny recruitment shortage in beverley hills nate poupko created the nannyreviewscom site after experiencing difficulties in finding staff he could trust with his family when nate poupko moved his family to santa monica he and his wife knew very few people in the city with three children under two years old, the couple approached several local nanny agencies to find quality care the parents despaired after time and again getting disappointing candidates many nannies lacked appropriate qualifications or credentials 'i've had nannies ask for six figures and benefits i was like, hell, i want that job,' said popupko while other product and services such as restaurants and contractors had online review sites, there was no such forum for nannies, so he launched nannyreviewscom the site has blossomed into an online forum that connects nannies and parents with a wealth of resources and reviews to make the relationship between nannies and families successful and rewarding he finally found what he was looking for – a house keeper, two baby nurses and a nanny but also has cameras in every room in his house so he and his wife can view what their nanny and baby nurses are up to reading several horror stories in the press about nannies abusing the children in their care budding nannies are advised to dress down and not to wear make up or else they won't impress the lady of the house | beverley hills as much as $270,000 mandarin | beverley hills is experiencing a nanny crisis with a lack of talent at the top forcing up salaries . some of the top nannies in beverley hills charge as much as $270,000 for their services . mandarin skills are in demand and even in some cases scuba certified nannies . budding nannies are advised to dress down and not to wear make up or else they won't impress the lady of the house |
by louise boyle and meghan keneally published: 01:44 est, 28 february 2013 | updated: 01:44 est, 28 february 2013 high school football star nathaniel fujita did an internet search about whether or not water erases finger prints just hours after he strangled and killed his former girlfriend nathaniel fujita, 20, is accused of luring lauren astley to his massachusettes home on july 3, 2011, strangling her with a bungee chord and slashing her throat open though his lawyers argue the murder took place in a fit of insane rage today, a forensic investigator testified that fujita looked at pictures of himself shirtless and joined a facebook group helping to raise awareness about astley's disappearance, even though he knew he was the one to kill her and dump the body in a marsh just hours before fatal: nathanial fujita (right) killed his girlfriend lauren astley (left) just months after they ended their three year relationship at 1258am on the night of july 3, 2011 the day of his girlfriend's murder fujita looked at a page titled 'does water remove fingerprints' according to the boston globe, he also joined the group 'have you seen lauren astley?' and then he was still awake at 423am and looked at two pictures of himself as he was posing shirtless in sports shorts during cross examination, fujita's lawyer asked the forensic investigator about whether or not the then teen had searched the internet to find out information about weapons, and he had not the point of the question was to help bolster his case that fujita was a teen with health issues who snapped and had mental episode that lead him to kill his long term girlfriend fujita arranged to meet astley, who had been texting and calling to check up on him, at his house on july 3, and police say he then killed her in the garage the prosecutor also showed the bloodied and torn leopard print spaghetti strap dress that astley was wearing on the day she died the site of the dress made her mother, mary dunne, weep earlier in the trial, fujita's uncle and cousin were taken onto the stand the uncle, phillip saba, said that he voted 'nothing unusual' in fujita's demeanor at their family fourth of july barbeque the day after the murder trial: nathaniel fujita, right, and defense attorney william sullivan watch july 3, 2011, security camera video footage of lauren astley ascending an escalator at the natick mall mother: mary dunn sobbed quietly in the gallery as the cctv footage was shown to the court earlier in the trial and on wednesday she wept again when her daughter's last outfit victim: phone records show that 18 year old lauren talked to nathanial several times before going to meet him after she finished work at the local mall the more damning evidence came from his cousin caroline saba who said that he specifically said 'they're not going to find a weapon there if that's what you mean' fujita was arrested after a search of his family's home found blood in the garage and his clothing which was stained with blood stashed in the attic fujita was spotted driving shirtless, car windows down and music blaring, mere moments after allegedly dumping the 18 year old's body, according to the filings prosecutors allege fujita made an elaborate but failed attempt to cover up; police found bloody clothing and sneakers in the fujita home, in addition to a second pair of wet sneakers and a sweatshirt with mud in the pockets one of the biggest points of argument is whether or not the murder was premeditated; the prosecution argues that he actively planned the killing and tried to cover it up afterwards, while the defense argues that he snapped murder trial: nathanial fujita and his ex girlfriend lauren astley both went to the same high school suspect: prosecutors believe fujita cut his ex girlfriend's throat, strangled her with a bungee cord and dumped her body in a swamp prosecutors believe fujita took astley’s jeep grand cherokee from his home and drove it to the wayland town beach parking lot, then dumped the keys in a storm drain phone records show that as she finished up her shift at a local store on the final day of her life, fujita and lauren had a number of conversations and she told co workers that she was going to meet him after she left the mall her parents reported her missing shortly after she failed to return home from work that day | embays lizardfishes unultra | no related information |
by daily mail reporter published: 10:08 est, 1 november 2013 | updated: 11:57 est, 1 november 2013 var twittervia = 'dailymailus'; dmhas('sharelinktop', 'sharelinks', { 'id': '2483576', 'title': 'jenna bush posts picture of former president with sapce granddaughter', 'url': 'http://wwwdailymailcouk/news/article 2483576/jenna bush posts touching picture president granddaughterhtml', 'etwitterstatus': 'jenna+bush+posts+picture+of+former+president+with+sapce+granddaughter http:\/\/dailymai\/16scewi via @' + twittervia, 'articlechannelfollowbutton': 'mailonline ', 'ischannel': false, 'placement': 'top' }); 9 shares 109 view comments former first daughter, jenna bush hager celebrated halloween by dressing up her five month old daughter in an astronaut costume her dad, former president george w bush was seen holding little mila in a cute nasa outfit jenna tweeted that her father was discussing astronomy with the baby girl space baby: former president george w bush holds his granddaughter mila who is dressed up in an adorable nasa spacesuit for halloween for the former president, it will almost certainly have brought back fond memories of his time in office president bush championed nasa and its technologies unveiling a new vision for space exploration back in 2004, calling on nasa to 'gain a new foothold on the moon and to prepare for new journeys to the worlds beyond our own' had the funding for the space program not been slashed by president obama, a planned mission to the moon would have been ready for launch next year he'll instead have to keep his dreams invested in his granddaughter and enjoy playing space cadets here on rarth after conducting a space walk with the rookie, it was time to hand control of the mission to former first lady laura bush as she took little mila on a walk on the outdoor patio given the halloween festivities it looks as though it was treats all round for the family mission control: former first lady laura bush took over duties looking after baby mila as the two took a walk outside meanwhile, the current president and first lady greeted adorable children at the white house in the annual festivities the revellry was a bit more ghoulish in new york, as the 40th annual greenwich village parade returned to the city after a year off in 2012 because of the damage that happened during hurricane sandy while the parade that rolled up new york's sixth avenue was made up largely of adults given the later start time, the white house party was all about the kids the fake insects could be seen slithering down from the truman balcony along the south portico, where haystacks and nearly 200 pumpkins dotted the lawn for the annual white house halloween event scroll down for video happy hand outs: first lady michelle obama and president barack handed out treats to children from local schools and members of military families haunted white house: the historic home was decorated for the festive holiday winning over the ladies: the president was joined by his wife and her mother marian robinson who lives with the first family in the white house the goods: the gift bags were filled with a box of m&ms with the seal of the president, a bag of dried fruits and a sugar cookie baked by the white house pastry chef leveling with them: in the past, the president joked that if they only handed out healthy treats the white house might get egged by angry children president barack obama and first lady michelle obama, clad in orange and black, emerged in the evening to greet the zombies, wizards and superheroes waiting diligently to hear the president's response to an eerie query: trick or treat? thousands of packages of jelly beans, dried fruit and white house sweet dough butter cookies were doled out to the thousands of children who came to the white house for their halloween celebrations the president and mrs obama handed the goods out to children as they walked across the south lawn, past stilt walkers, jugglers and a giant, transparent bubble housing glinda the good witch, who brandished her magic wand in true wizard of oz fashion decked out: a giant spider web was put up on the white house fog billowed across the lawn, obscuring the washington monument in the distance as children and their parents mingled with white house staffers dressed as football players, vampires and princesses a brass band of white faced skeletons set the mood with creepy halloween tunes, dancing as they played alongside a family of ghosts camped out near the area where the president's helicopter normally lifts off even the president's dogs donned costumes no, not the real sunny and bo, but topiaries carved from ribbons and pipe cleaners and dressed up, bo as a pirate and sunny as a sunflower appropriate: one happy boy was dressed up as a secret service agent seasonal: barack and michelle avoided actual costumes and opted in favor for black and orange outfits treats: the baggies with three different items were similar to the ones that the obamas handed out in the past the festivities marked the return of a favorite annual tradition at the white house that had to be scrapped last year after three straight years of passing out goodies, rain or shine, obama and the first lady canceled the event last year because of superstorm sandy, which had walloped the east coast earlier in the week more than 5,000 people took part in this year's event, the white house said one of the biggest annual parades wrapped up in new york city's greenwich village at around 11pm the final headcount for the storied mile long celebration has not been reported but there were no major police incidents the official number of arrests will not be reported until around 2am local time this was the parade's 40th year and it was expected to be extra raucous because it was cancelled last year due to hurricane sandy the superstorm hit the north east badly damaging parts of new york city just days before halloween so officials made the decision not to redirect police services from rescue operations to security at the parade route living it up: a brass band participated in the 40th annual greenwich village halloween parade keeping up tradition: giant puppet skeletons are a regular feature in the parade attack of the living dead: a crowd of zombies got into the spirit enjoying the night: the parade was cancelled last year due to hurricane sandy because of the money lost by cancelling the parade at the last minute after the storm, the organizers had no money left to fund the event 'we asked for grants, we hoped the bloomberg foundation would give us some money, but nothing was happening,' organizer jeanne fleming told the associated press they were saved by a kickstarter campaign that raised $55,000 and let the show go on additional help came from sympathetic business owners, like those who gave them discounted insurance rates 'we found the people who think of community that felt really good to us they were committed to helping us do it they think beyond themselves, the think 'this matters for my city, and i'm going to step up'' ground control: talk show host kelly ripa was the grand marshall of this year's parade loving the spotlight: this woman had a range of different accessories to complete her look lighting up the night: cobwebs and colored lighting helped make this particular float stand out scary: marcos villegas avoided any real pain by using a mask as part of his costume making a statement? one man opted for a bloody pharmacist (left) while a woman went back in time for a marie antoinette themed look (right) dancing in the street: a man dressed as a ballerina busted a move in the middle of times square | prescout safflow hamulites | no related information |
by jill reilly a terrified shopkeeper ran for cover after a flock of sheep stampeded into her dutch shoe shop and caused chaos bieke tjon, 38, was left speechless when the sheep ran into the store entrance and two them decided to run after her the incident happened when the flock were being herded to the centre of barneveld, a town in the central netherlands, where they were due to be used in an exhibition of sheep shearing skills to locals scroll down for video a terrified woman ran for cover after flock of sheep smashed their way into her dutch shoe shop and caused chaos the shepherd had also arranged for some lambs to be there to create a mini petting zoo for children, but the sheep had other ideas when the shepherd was not nearby they took a wrong turn and ended up running down the passageway leading to the shoe shop, with two of the animals then running inside ms tjon told local media that it was the last thing she had expected and as a result she had run off, hiding behind a customer as the curious sheep ran around the store bieke tjon (seen wearing black) is filmed on cctv helping a customer in the shop where she has worked for five years suddenly the sheep burst through the door and ms tjon turns around in shock ms tjon runs for cover as the pair burst into the store while her customer sits in her seat calmly ms tjon told local media that it was the last thing she had expected and as a result she had run off, hiding behind a customer as the curious sheep ran around the store the pair soon quickly decided that perhaps it was better to be back outside with the rest of the flock and scarpered ms tjon said: 'i was really startled, i saw the sheep and then the others behind it, and my first thought was to get away' the image captured on a cctv camera shows the sheep running around the store before giving a male shop worker, who went to try and catch it, the slip the incident happened when the flock were being herded to the centre of barneveld, a town in the central netherlands, where they were due to be used in an exhibition of sheep shearing skills to locals the shepherd had also arranged for some lambs to be there to create a mini petting zoo for children, but the sheep had other ideas the pair soon quickly decided that perhaps it was better to be back outside with the rest of the flock and scarpered | unforward apoxesis monkeylike | no related information |
by sara malm published: 17:34 est, 16 october 2013 | updated: 06:07 est, 17 october 2013 the body of a missing pakistani born model has been found dumped in a ditch out the outskirts of islamabad fehmina chaudhry, 27, based in singapore, disappeared last thursday while visiting her home country to buy property, local police said estate agent maaz waqar has confessed to the murder of supermodel mother of two, originally from karachi, and is in police custody model death: beauty queen fehmina chaudhry, 27, was found murdered on tuesday after she had allegedly been kidnapped and held at ransom in islamabad chaudhry went missing last week, after which her mother received demands for money in return for her daughter islamabad police tracked down mr waqar, who admitted to murdering the beauty queen after interrogation ‘police arrested the real estate broker and after interrogation, he told officers that he had murdered the model and dumped her body in a stream at the outskirts of the city,’ islamabad police spokesman muhammad naeem said miss chaudhry's promoter in pakistan, asif hashmi, confirmed the death of the model, who was married with a son and a daughter mystery: ms chaudhry, originally from karachi, now based in singapore, had been visiting islamabad to look at real estate when she disappeared ‘she was a dedicated philanthropist and she was planning to set up a fashion school in pakistan,’ hashmi said, adding that she had won several beauty contests the officer leading the investigation, yasir afridi, said chaudhry's mother had contacted her for the last time on the evening of october 10, after which she received a text message saying her daughter had been kidnapped ‘she used to visit pakistan often to see her mother and was staying at a private hotel in islamabad where she came to buy real estate for her mother,’ yasir said | fehmina chaudhry islamabad singapore | fehmina chaudhry was kidnapped as she looked for property in islamabad . the body of the singapore based supermodel was found in a ditch . a real estate agent has confessed to the murder and is under arrest |
by richard shears in sydney a british man was due to appear in court in melbourne today after what police said was the world’s first arrest for illegal courtside gambling during a tennis tournament the 22 year old, who has not been named, is alleged to have been acting for a gambling syndicate in eastern europe or central asia he is said to have used a hidden device at the australian open in melbourne to take advantage of the few seconds’ delay between the live action and what is seen on tv scam: the 22 year old briton is alleged to have used a hidden device at the australian open in melbourne he faces up to ten years in jail if convicted of behaving in a way that would corrupt a betting outcome according to police, the man sat at matches in the opening days of the tournament and used an electronic device to send messages to an associate that second person allegedly then placed bets before a tv delay – of between seven and ten seconds – caught up and bookmakers changed the odds it is not known what matches the briton watched, but the tournament has attracted the big names of the sport, including britain’s andy murray, rafael nadal, novak djokovic, serena williams and maria sharapova delay: the tv delay from matches at the australian open is between seven and 10 seconds (file picture) australian police said the man flew into melbourne specifically for the grand slam event, but was caught and charged after a sharp eyed official became suspicious deputy commissioner of police in melbourne, graham ashton, said the device was concealed in the man’s clothing at various stages, he allegedly pressed buttons on it to indicate, for example, whether a point had been won or lost or a double fault served this allowed his associate to place bets on certain outcomes before they ‘happened’ on bookmakers’ television screens mr ashton added: ‘we believe he is part of a syndicate, but we don’t yet have the details i don’t think it’s an isolated incident popular: the tournament has attracted tennis's big names, including rafael nadal (left) and andy murray (right) ‘overseas, certainly, there are examples in relation to football, in relation to cricket it’s been around for several years it’s becoming more difficult to do because of the speed of communications and technology, but it is still very active’ police said they received information about the man’s alleged activities and arrested him after checking cctv evidence detectives said investigations were continuing to find the person he was sending messages to – believed to be in melbourne – although it is thought the syndicate leaders are in europe or asia tennis australia said last night it would ‘continue to do whatever is necessary’ to rid illegal activity from the sport sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article | british 22 the australian open melbourne up to 10 years | british man, 22, alleged to have been acting for a gambling syndicate . accused of using a hidden device at the australian open in melbourne . could be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison if found guilty |
by daily mail reporter published: 11:10 est, 14 august 2013 | updated: 17:41 est, 14 august 2013 two young teachers married for just three months have died after a driver taking them to the airport after a wedding lost control of the vehicle, sending them crashing into a tree in a further tragic twist, the newlywed wife, jamie soukup reid, 25, was pregnant with the couple's first child ultrasounds were recovered from her purse she died instantly when the driver of their hired town car, 45 year old rodney koon, lost control of the vehicle in asheville, north carolina on sunday her husband, 26 year old will reid, was still conscious when paramedics arrived and he urged them to help his pregnant wife first he also died from his injuries loss: will reid, 26, and his wife jamie, 25, have both died following a car crash in north carolina on sunday speaking to the philadelphia inquirer, jamie's father ron soukup, a retired engineer for microsoft corp, shared his heartbreak at losing the young couple, who were both teachers in philadelphia 'we lost our two kids and our first grandchild,' he said 'she had the ultrasound pictures in her purse' he added: 'we loved will like he was our son he was a wonderful guy' the couple married on may 26 at the college of physicians surrounded by friends and family, and beautiful facebook photographs show them beaming happily on their big day they visited asheville at the weekend to attend a wedding of one of mr reid's college friends together: they were in asheville, north carolina to attend the wedding of another friend at the weekend newlyweds: the couple were married just three months ago and were expecting their first child happy: family described the couple, who were both teachers in philadelphia, as 'the perfect match' best friends: the couple met during their postgraduate teaching studies at the university of pennsylvania they were in the back of a town car heading east on interstate 26 on sunday morning when koon lost control at 1111am the vehicle hurtled down an embankment and struck a tree, police said jamie was pronounced dead at the scene while her husband died of his injuries at mission hospital rodney koon remains hospitalized after the crash and could face charges an investigation is continuing and police have not said what caused koon to crash but in search warrant applications filed on tuesday, police investigators said koon's 'actions directly contributed to the collision,' the asheville citizen times reported the warrants allowed officers to search the vehicle and a digital recording device in the car’s electrical system was seized it could reveal speed and other operational details before the crash loss: the couple were in the back of a town car driving to the airport when the driver lost control tragic: the couple, who married in may, were pregnant with their first child and were carrying ultrasounds at the time of the crash will urged paramedics to save jamie first but it was too late koon operates a premier transporation service inc and regularly takes people to and from the airport, the citizen times added the couple had met while attending the urban education master's program at the university of pennsylvania and moving in the same social circles, according to a website set up for their wedding mr reid, who grew up in phillipsbury, new jersey, was a math teacher at the people for people charter school he had been named the valedictorian for phillipsburg high school class of 2005 before earning a ba degree from dartmouth college and his masters of education degree from upenn his wife, who grew up in sammamish, washington, taught literature to seventh graders at the harrity elementary charter school in west philadelphia she graduated magna cum laude from whitman college crash scene: the driver lost control, sending the town car down and bank and hitting a tree 'she was fantastic with the written word,' her father said will reid’s father, james reid, an orthopedic surgeon in phillipsburg, said that the young couple were a perfect match for each other 'he was very talkative and had a dry wit,' reid said 'he was very funny she was just beautiful and nice and happy she was very caring they were very much caring for each other' a memorial service will be held for the couple on august 17 at noon in phillipsburg, new jersey | symbioses windmill irregularness | no related information |
by daily mail reporter published: 22:55 est, 14 august 2013 | updated: 23:13 est, 14 august 2013 desperate singles are always told to play it cool to snag a date but it's a different story for the lucky in love according to a new recoveryorg study, men are more likely to hit on women online who are actively looking to cheat on their partner and the more brazen the cheating profile the better, with affair seekers reportedly turned on by the prospect of readily available 'fresh, immoral meat' study: research shows okcupid users in the five most unfaithful us cities were more likely to message 'brazen cheaters' honey trap: the self confessed 'brazen cheaters' attracted the most interest on okcupid for this experiment, 40 fake profiles (20 men, 20 women) were created on dating website okcupid, using photos of real people, identifying themselves in one of four categories: 'brazen cheaters', 'married maybes', 'recently taken' and 'sincerely single' the fake daters stated they lived in the most adulterous us cities, as identified by married dating site ashley madison oklahoma city, miami, houston, austin, texas, and washington dc recoveryorg is a site for people struggling with drug and alcohol addiction the study, called 'to catch a cheater', found the female brazen cheats were the most popular group, receiving 998 messages in a month compared to 890 for single women, 355 for married maybes and 284 for the recently taken while the men received drastically less messages than the women overall, the male brazen cheats also received more messages than any other group corrosive: the study found users were more likely to mention self identified cheaters than 'married maybes' and the 'recently taken' online interaction: okcupid is a dating and social networking website and the brazen profiles were incredibly brazen 'my profile lists me as single but i'm not going to lie to you, i am in a relationship right now i'm here because i want to meet someone new but i don't want my current partner to know about it,' one fake user wrote the responses were mixed: 'you are the most striking woman i have laid eyes on in years let me know if i can fill any holes in your relationship for you,' one potential cheater wrote 'we are in the same boat lol,' another claimed however of the 44 messages the male cheaters received, 36 were insults or inquiries into whether their adulterous ways were really true messages ranged from 'i presume this is a joke if not then wow' to 'do you have any idea how unattractive your profile is?' | recoveryorg okcupid | a recoveryorg study has found more okcupid users message self confessed 'brazen cheaters' than singles . more affair seeking women were hit on than their male counterparts |
by paul bentley and chris brooke published: 06:53 est, 12 june 2013 | updated: 18:09 est, 12 june 2013 as england’s cricketers prepared for a pre ashes match on saturday, australian captain michael clarke appeared on the big screen and told the crowd: ‘remember to drink within your boundaries’ but perhaps his advice would have been better directed at the professionals in the changing rooms just a few hours later, australian batsman david warner attacked england’s rising star joe root, 22, during a drunken scuffle in a birmingham city centre bar after he took offence at the green and gold comedy wig he was wearing england beat australia in the competition’s opening match at edgbaston – a warm up before next month’s ashes scroll down for video altercation: australian david warner, pictured left with partner samantha williams, has been dropped after an alleged fight with england's joe root, right night out: both players were believed to be in this walkabout bar in birmingham on saturday night after enjoying the weekend sunshine and posing in town with fans, young england players root, steve finn and stuart broad headed out to walkabout – an australian themed bar there they met warner, who was out drinking with five of his australian teammates at about 2am, a ‘slaughtered’ warner confronted members of the squad and cctv footage shows him throwing a punch at root, striking him in the chin with a ‘glancing blow’ australian clint mckay managed to drag warner away, while england’s stuart broad protectively put his arms around root warner was apparently mortified when he woke up the next morning, phoning root to apologise for overreacting at the bar: root poses with fan adam wilbourn during his night out at the walkabout on saturday he later picked up the group’s bar tab to try to make amends for his outburst teacher ashley fox, 25, from stourbridge, west midlands, was at the bar on saturday night he said: ‘we were having a laugh with stuart broad and joe root on the dancefloor ‘they were in good spirits and root even bought me a drink they seemed to be having a good time star: but opening batsman warner could miss the ashes after courting more controversy ‘i saw it kicking off and a punch was swung but it was just a bit of a glancing blow the two teams had been goading each other all night 'i never expected it to boil over like it did you would expect two professional teams to behave’ staff said warner had been drinking at walkabout in the evenings ever since the team arrived in birmingham last week a barman said: ‘on thursday i was serving him jagerbombs [shots of jagermeister liqueur combined with red bull] and vodka red bulls ‘he had quite a few he was downing them on saturday night as well he was pretty slaughtered’ warner was dropped from the australian team after a crisis meeting yesterday morning he now faces a disciplinary hearing for bringing the game into disrepute with ‘behaviour unbecoming to a representative player’ a spokesman for cricket australia said: ‘warner was allegedly involved in a physical altercation with an england player in the early hours of sunday morning ‘team management have stood down warner pending the outcome of the hearing’ west midlands police said officers were not called to deal with the alleged assault relaxed: root showed no signs of having been in a fight during practice at the oval in london today face off: the alleged fight came after england beat australia in a champions trophy game at edgbaston bodyline the row which sparked a diplomatic crisisengland captain douglas jardine devised arguably the most controversial of all cricket tactics to combat the great batsman donald bradman during the ashes series of 1932 his bowlers in particular harold larwood repeatedly bowled fast, short deliveries which bruised the australian batsmen the tactic sparked an international outcry and a row which reached governmental levels botham/chappell two fiery figures who could never get alongtensions ran high when england star ian botham and australian firebrand ian chappell clashed in a melbourne hotel in 1977 supposedly botham repeatedly asked chappell to stop criticising england, before throwing a punch the pair were pulled apart but continued to trade insults for years, with botham saying of chappell: 'as a human being, he is a non entity' ponting run out australian captain snaps on live tvaustralian captain ricky ponting was feeling the pressure during the 2005 ashes series, and he finally snapped when he was run out by england substitute fielder gary pratt at trent bridge as he left the field ponting screamed and swore up at the england dressing room, accusing them of using a specialist replacement england won by three wickets snow joke england bowler attacked over aggressive play england bowler john snow was warned for short pitched bowling after striking australian batsman terry jenner on the head during the 1970 71 ashes encounter in melbourne snow was jostled by a fan and had bottles thrown at him before captain ray illingworth led england from the field in protest they eventually returned to win by 62 runs and regain the ashes lillee's metal bat aussie star attempts to bend the rulesdennis lillee walked out with a controversial metal bat in the middle of the 1979 ashes test in perth although it was clearly a publicity stunt and did little to boost lillee's batting, the bat provoked a furious reaction from england captain mike brearley and led to a lengthy discussion over its legality by the umpires before the match was allowed to continue | comatiks victimizable remands | no related information |
by rachel reilly published: 02:41 est, 7 june 2013 | updated: 07:29 est, 7 june 2013 a teenager who was given painkillers and antacids after complaining of stomach pains died of bowel cancer just weeks after her misdiagnosis layla watt, 19, visited her gp surgery at least five times in january and february of this year, but each time she saw a different doctor each one suspected she was suffering with irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) until her final appointment in february when the gp said her symptoms required immediate attention she died from bowel cancer that had spread to her liver in april layla watt died aged just 19 because doctors failed to recognise that she was suffering with bowel cancer she was repeatedly given painkillers and indigestion medication to relieve her symptoms layla, of cleland, lanarkshire in scotland, started to complain of pains in her side and having a swollen stomach in january she was seen by different gps on four separate occasions at the wishaw health centre and because layla's mother and sister suffered with ibs, the doctors presumed her problems were symptomatic of the same condition as the weeks went by layla complained of extreme fatigue, loss of appetite and developed an intense thirst she was offered routine blood tests but they were not classed as urgent her concerned mother margaret, 56, eventually insisted on accompanying her on a visit to the surgery on february 19 the doctor who examined her said her symptoms required urgent treatment and she was immediately rushed to hospital where she was given a scan doctors discovered a tumour that had wrapped itself around her bowel the cancer had also spread to her liver layla was transferred to glasgow's beatson hospital and despite chemotherapy, her condition worsened and she passed away on april 30 'full of life': her mother margaret said that layla (pictured age six, left, and age four in dance clothes) was a 'unique, bubbly and beautiful person' who as a teenager loved going out with friends and listening to music mrs watt has opened up about how she held layla's hand in her final moments just 10 weeks after she had been diagnosed with cancer she said: 'layla was a unique, bubbly and beautiful person being a typical teenager she loved music and going on with her friends 'she was just so full of life and things were just starting for her, but in january this year she started complaining about feeling ill 'she wouldn't be able to go out [with friends] because of a sore pain in her side 'as time wore on she went to the doctors again and again she had been to the doctors about four or five times, but each time she was prescribed something different layla (pictured, right, in 2012 with her mother margaret, left, and her sister emma, centre) had initially been diagnosed with ibs but doctors eventually realised she was suffering from bowel cancer 'she would never finish the course of the drugs and i was always on at her to take them but she would say they were making her feel worse, not better 'she lost her appetite and her stomach swelled up but we thought she was putting on a bit of weight 'but on february 17 she was crying and saying she thought something was really wrong 'she told me she thought she had cancer i broke down in tears, but looking back it was almost as if she knew doctors eventually discovered that layla had developed a tumour that had wrapped itself around her bowel the cancer had also spread to her liver by the time she was diagnosed 'two days later i took her to the doctor again and insisted on going into the room with her 'after a quick examination the doctor looked at me and told me she needed to get to hospital immediately' her father bobby said: 'we were just speechless this was our young, healthy teenage daughter who was so healthy and had everything to live for the worse part of knowing the truth was knowing that layla had to be told too 'she was 19, an adult and she had a right, but we just wanted to save her layla (pictured left as a one year old with her sister emma, then 14, and brother bobby, then six) fought against the cancer but died on april 30 bowel cancer affects 40,000 britons and kills 16,000 each year symptoms usually include abdominal pain, blood in the stool, unexplained constipation or diarrhoea and unexplained weight loss it is the third most common cancer in the uk, but is the second most common in women around 72 per cent of cases occur in those aged over 65 but numbers of young people developing the disease are rising rapidly the number of young people with bowel cancer has more than doubled in ten years obesity and lack of exercise are blamed for the 120 per cent rise in cases among under 30s between 1997 and 2006 age, a low fibre diet, being overweight, high alcohol intake, smoking and a family history of the disease increases your risk of developing disease the disease is usually treated with a combination of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy early detection and treatment usually results in a cure but late diagnosis only has a five year survival rate of 6 per cent 'we didn't want her to be frightened a doctor explained that without treatment she wouldn't survive that day, our whole world just fell apart' layla remained in the beatson centre where she was treated and visited by her parents and her older sister emma haddow, 33, and brother bobby, 25 but after just 10 weeks she lost her battle against the disease mrs watt said: 'when layla was admitted, we were just in such shock, even layla was convinced she was going to get better 'she even updated her facebook status telling her friends that she did have cancer, but she would get better 'but every day i watched my beautiful daughter grow weaker and weaker, i just felt so helpless, so useless 'she was in a single room because she was so sick and from then on, i just slept in a chair beside her bobby was given a fold down bed and stayed with her every moment for her final month 'in the last three days of her life she couldn’t speak but i knew she could hear us' on april 30, margaret woke up and noticed layla's breathing had become laboured bobby called for the nurse and they advised the parents to call in siblings emma and bobby 'later that day she slipped away we were numb, shell shocked, devastated,' added mrs watt 'it had all happened so fast and it we were living our worst nightmare 'we watched our little fighter go through hell but she fought all she could to the very last second' while layla's parents do not blame the health centre for her death, they are seeking answers mrs watt said: 'we don't want anyone else to be faced with this it was the last thing anybody would ever have expected to have to such a young person' over 600 people attended layla's funeral and gathered at cambusnethan cemetery on may 3 margaret added: 'the past few months have just been overwhelming somehow layla knew she had cancer, but she tried to be strong for everyone else 'it all happened so fast, we don’t know if anything else could have been done but we do feel we need some answers, so that we can gain some closure and properly start grieving layla's mother (centre) as well as layla's friends and family recently ran the race for life to raise money for research into cancer 'our family have had to go through this and we don’t want anyone else to be faced with this it was the last thing anybody would ever have expected to have to such a young person 'now we want to urge parents to really listen to their children even bobby and i feel we overlooked layla’s symptoms but we are not medical people 'we should have pushed more, went back to the doctors and insisted' doctors at the hospital told the family that they had never seen a case like layla’s because she was so young bowel cancer is typically seen in older men but numbers of the deadly disease have risen by 120 per cent in the past ten years layla repeatedly visited wishaw health centre to get help for her upsetting symptoms but doctors overlooked the possibility of cancer because the media studies student was so young more than 60 of layla's friends and family ran the glasgow 5k race for life in her honour last month to raise money for cancer research margaret said: 'we have already collected £4500 for cancer research with more money still to come in 'it was a good day and is for a very worthwhile cause layla would have liked it as all her friends did it' a spokeswoman for wishaw health centre said: 'this is a very tragic case and our thoughts are with layla's family at this difficult time 'we would encourage them to get in touch with us if they want to discuss their concerns further' | layla watt 19 january this year margaret 56 emma 33 february april 120% the past ten years | layla watt, 19, complained of abdominal pain, a swollen stomach, fatigue, intense thirst and appetite loss in january this year . she visited her surgery five times but each time saw a different gp . doctors presumed she suffered with irritable bowel syndrome because both her mother margaret, 56, and her sister emma, 33, had condition . but in february she was diagnosed with bowel cancer that had spread to her liver and despite undergoing chemotherapy, she died in april . once thought of as a disease that only affected the elderly, cases of bowel cancer in under 30s have shot up by 120% in the past ten years |
by meghan keneally published: 20:19 est, 13 march 2013 | updated: 05:37 est, 14 march 2013 the man who secretly filmed the infamous ’47 percent’ video of mitt romney has finally come forward and explained why he decided to wade into the presidential dogfight scott prouty publicly admitted that he was the bartender who released the footage of republican presidential candidate mitt romney speaking at a private fundraiser and he said that the motivating reason behind the move was so that all americans could see the ‘true’ romney ‘frankly the people that were there that night, they paid $50,000 per person for a dinner i grew up in a blue collar area of boston,’ mr prouty said in an interview with msnbc’s ed schultz ‘there's a lot of people who can’t afford to pay $50,000 for one night, for one dinner… i felt an obligation for all of the people who can't afford to be there scroll down for video the man behind the movie: scott prouty is the bartender who filmed the infamous video of mitt romney making off the cuff remarks about 47 percent of the american public being entitled ‘i knew where he came from, he was born with all of the advantages he was the son of a governor, a cfo, went to prep school and harvard and i don’t think he has any clue what a regular american goes through on a daily basis the day in day out struggles of regular americans that guy has no idea and i don’t think he will ever have any idea,’ he said mr prouty said that he brought a camera to the event because he was never told not to, and he told schultz that he was not the only one as a number of other staff members wanted to possibly have their picture taken with romney after the event mr prouty said that he had the camera set up behind the bar so that he could film his speech while tending to his bar duties, but once he realized that romney’s talk at that may fundraiser ‘wasn’t just any other speech’ his attention was piqued when romney walked into the room and quickly began ordering staff members around even though his comments that the workers should speed up their service was likely in jest, that still rubbed mr prouty the wrong way leaked: james carter, an opposition researcher, said he found the video online and put reporters from the left leaning us website mother jones in touch with an unnamed individual who had shot the footage woops! the resulting outcry over romney's remarks is still regarded as one of the main reasons why the republican lost the race to the white house ‘i can’t imagine demanding to be fed faster to be served faster,’ mr prouty said in an interview for the ed show after that, romney began talking about the military style organization of a factory in china where one of his companies had outsourced some of its work the former governor went on to describe how 12 young women were living in each of the small boarding rooms, in three tiered bunk beds ‘at this point i realized this was not your typical speech,’ mr prouty said mr prouty thought that romney’s views on the factory were the most outlandish, and reflective of what the candidate thought of practical work environments ‘he just wandered through this horrendous place, and he thinks this is pretty good,’ mr prouty said reasoning: mr prouty, seen left being interviewed by msnbc's ed schultz, said that he wanted to remain anonymous until after the election so that the focus stayed on the video and not on him ‘he doesn’t care about the people who are out of work in the us … he’s a vulture capitalist who just doesn’t care on any level’ from there, romney went on to say the infamous remark that critically damaged his campaign: ‘there are 47 per cent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it that that's an entitlement and the government should give it to them and they will vote for this president no matter what' egalitarian: mr prouty said that he wanted the comments to be seen by all of the electorate, and not just those who paid $50,000 to attend the dinner once it truly hit home that this was not the average stump speech, mr prouty realized that his recording was potentially damaging to romney’s campaign and he needed to protect it at one point, he tossed a towel over the camera to make sure that no one spotted it at another moment, he readjusted it’s position because a secret service agent was standing behind him ‘i had no idea that it would be this big thing that it turned out to be,’ he said once he cleaned up the bar and the night ended, the portion that struck a chord with mr prouty was the comments romney made about the chinese factory, where he recalled the site was fenced in with barbed wire on top not to keep the workers in but to keep overzealous job applicants out mr prouty said that if he decided to release the video, he wanted to make sure that he had the proper facts behind him so that it stood up against critical tests, so he began reading up on romney's visit to china and the questions raised about the global tech factory that he toured that research lead him to david corn, a journalist for liberal newsmagazine mother jones, as mr corn wrote an article about the factory mr prouty reached out to mr corn's assistant, james carter, and the group began to discuss the tape and the decision to publish it online ‘people could decide for themselves whether they agreed with him or not but i thought it was my duty to make sure as many people saw it as possible ‘i thought it could be a game changer, i thought maybe it could take him out’ mr prouty said that he is a registered independent but tends to vote for democratic candidates, and that the major reason why he debated for two weeks about whether or not he should release the footage came from the inevitable threat of backlash from conservative supporters ‘i had offers today show and this and that and the other as far away as germany and i thought it was absolutely the wrong thing to do i thought that would change the topic of the conversation away from the subject to me,’ he said | osteectopia perlid entranced | no related information |
by daniel miller china's richest man wang jianlin says it is easier to do business in britain than america or the eu china's richest man has announced he will be increasing his investments in the uk, claiming he finds it easier to do business in britian than america or the eu wang jianlin, who is said to be worth around £13billion ($22billion), was speaking to reporters at the world economic forum in davos, switzerland his conglomerate, the dalian wanda group, last year bought british boat maker sunseeker in a £320million deal and has announced plans for a five star hotel and apartment complex on london's south bank in 2012, the firm snapped up the us cinema chain amc entertainment holdings (amc) for $26 billion deal and today they announced they are talks with the french aviation firm dassault wang told cnn: 'if we compare [the united states and the european union], the us is more open than the eu but the uk is the most open' the announcement will come as welcome news to british prime minister david cameron who last year took some 131 representatives of businesses ranging from financial services to healthcare on a trade mission to china the trip reportedly resulted in over £56 billion ($93 billion) worth of trade deals between the two countries in september last year dalian wanda announced it was spending $82 billion to develop 'motion picture city,' which wang described as the biggest ever single investment in the movie and television industry last year wang's conglomerate, the dalian wanda group, bought dorset based boat builder sunseeker in a £320million deal when completed in 2017, the oriental movie metropolis will boast of 20 sound stages, including the world's first underwater studio, a massive convention and exhibition complex, a sprawling shopping mall with an indoor amusement park and seven resort hotels the project also will include a yacht club with 300 berths wanda group, which is privately held, has invested in 72 wanda plazas across china, along with 40 five star hotels the company also owns 6,000 movie screens, 62 department stores and 68 karaoke centres more recently, the company has turned to offshore markets to expand its real estate and leisure investment shrewd move: british prime minister david cameron prepares to jet off to china last year with 131 businesses representatives the trip reportedly resulted in over £56 billion worth of deals between the two countries | assentiveness preaxiad tunicles | no related information |
by toni jones an artist has created an astonishing portrait as a tribute to singer amy winehouse, composed entirely of her song lyrics next monday marks the one year anniversary of the 27 year old’s death, and fan annemarie wright spent 30 hours etching the portrait in honour of the star the portrait, which measures 3ft by 2ft, features all 24 of her songs from her two albums 'frank' and 'back to black' back to black: this portrait of amy winehouse has been created using song lyrcis from her catalogue annemarie, who has been creating similar sketches of celebrities for ten years says: ‘i was a big fan of amy’s music, it hit me hard when she died because she seemed to be just getting her life in order again and getting over her problems ‘i had been planning to make this picture before she died but someone reminded me of it when she passed away so i decided to do it as a tribute to her ‘i used every song from her two albums, in the order they are on the records, and added in a tribute to her at the bottom remembering amy: monday 23rd july is the first anniversay of the singer's death ‘it took about 30 hours to make in total i draw an outline in pencil to make sure i have the right shape and then fill in the middle by writing the lyrics in pen 'i try to write every different lyric in a different font, or a different pen, in order to give it some variation ‘my next project is david cameron using people’s opinions of him, but that’s taking some time as i’m not getting enough positive opinions' one year on: a fan views the portrait which is hanging at the adee phelan studio in birmingham | july 23 the one year anniversary amy 30 hours | july 23 is the one year anniversary of singer's death . portrait includes lyrics from all 24 of amy’s songs . took artist 30 hours to complete the sketch |
by tv correspondent published: 19:25 est, 29 august 2013 | updated: 03:11 est, 30 august 2013 the bbc has been accused of wasting the licence fee on ¿boozy farewells¿ for its staff the bbc has been accused of wasting the licence fee on ‘boozy farewells’ for its staff after it emerged that it spent more than £2million on food and drink last year figures show the bbc spent £42,971 on alcohol and another £33,745 on leaving parties the corporation ordered in more than 13,000 bottles of wine and 11,000 bottles of beer and cider to fuel a series of celebratory drinks parties and ‘ad hoc team parties’ another £1,655 was spent on spirits – including 31 bottles of smirnoff vodka, 15 bottles of bombay sapphire gin and a bottle of ten year old isle of jura whisky in 2008, it was reported that the corporation had introduced a champagne ban but last year it splashed out £4,673 on sparkling wine instead and the food and drink bill shows that the bbc is spending more than £1,000 a day providing free tea and coffee to its staff in total, the spend on hot drinks increased by around 60 per cent in a year another £13million was spent subsidising canteens to allow staff to eat cheaply at work, while £293,000 was spent on water dispensers the figures, released under the freedom of information act, also revealed that staff claimed £32million in expenses for meals and drinks when they were not in the office, as well as £187,000 for business entertaining the expenditure appears at odds with the bbc’s drive to reduce costs, which has resulted in deep cuts to programme budgets and thousands of job losses in recent years some £1,655 was spent on spirits – including 31 bottles of smirnoff vodka, 15 bottles of bombay sapphire gin and a bottle of ten year old isle of jura whisky and the news comes as it faces a scandal over its generosity to departing staff after last month’s revelation that it handed £369million in severance deals in eight years yesterday matthew sinclair, chief executive of the taxpayers’ alliance, said: ‘the licence fee should be spent on quality programming, not boozy farewells for departing staff ‘bbc bosses should focus on reducing the burden funding the broadcaster places on families by ensuring it provided better value for money that means spending less on subsidised wining and dining’ a bbc spokesman said: ‘we are mindful of our obligation to the licence fee payer when purchasing food and drink and the bbc has tight guidelines that govern the occasions when alcohol may be bought’ | anticreational unvenerably jerrids | no related information |
by jason groves demotion: nicky morgan, 42, the new women's minister, will attend cabinet but won't have full voting rights new women’s minister nicky morgan was immediately plunged into a row yesterday after it emerged that she will not hold the full cabinet rank of her predecessor labour seized on the ‘demotion’ of the role as further evidence that david cameron has a ‘women problem’ mrs morgan, 42, will attend cabinet but will not have full voting rights, taking the number of female full cabinet ministers from four to three she also takes over the powerful role of financial secretary, making her effectively number three at the treasury downing street raised eyebrows by initially suggesting the new culture secretary, sajid javid, would retain overall responsibility for women’s issues in his new role as equalities minister but number 10 later said this was a ‘mistake’ mrs morgan will now report directly to mr cameron like other cabinet ministers labour said the confusion was further evidence of mr cameron’s ‘blind spot’ about women gloria de piero, shadow minister for women and equalities, said: ‘there are now just three women running government departments out of a possible 22, demonstrating that when it comes to women, it’s out of sight, out of mind’ but planning minister nick boles, a key ally of the prime minister, said the criticism was ridiculous mr boles, who is openly gay, wrote on twitter: ‘nothing irritates me more about the left than the tedious suggestion that the rights and interests of women can only be promoted by a woman ‘does that mean that my rights and interests as a gay man can only be promoted by another gay man?’ mrs morgan has faced criticism from some activists over her opposition to gay marriage the former corporate lawyer was one of 128 tory mps who voted against it last year criticism: labour seized the demotion as evidence that david cameron has a 'women problem' gloria de piero, shadow minister for women and equalities, said the number of females running governments was 'out of mind' she said at the time it was a ‘fact that marriage is between a man and a woman’ veteran activist peter tatchell said her appointment would undermine efforts to promote equality ‘how can nicky be an effective and fully inclusive minister for women if she doesn’t support the right of lesbian women to marry their partners?’ he added no 10 stressed that the mini reshuffle meant there were now four ministers rather than three with responsibility for women’s issues: mr javid, mrs morgan, helen grant and lib dem jenny willott mr javid was the big winner from maria miller’s departure yesterday, moving from number three at the treasury to take charge of his own department chancellor george osborne also ended a rumoured block on promotion for tory mp andrea leadsom she blotted her copybook in 2012 when she suggested he should apologise to shadow chancellor ed balls over the libor rate fixing scandal but yesterday she was appointed to replace mrs morgan as economic secretary to the treasury | nicky morgan 42 cabinet labour david cameron financial treasury sajid javid downing street | nicky morgan, 42, will attend cabinet but not have full voting rights . labour seized demotion saying david cameron has a 'women problem'. she will become financial secretary, making her treasury's number three . number 10 had said sajid javid would be responsible for women's issues . but downing street said it was a 'mistake' |
by associated press and daily mail reporter published: 23:50 est, 26 december 2013 | updated: 23:56 est, 26 december 2013 former florida state football coach bobby bowden's grandson was one of two men killed when their car flipped into a small ditch off a central florida road early on thursday morning taylor jeffrey bowden, 23, and driver rafael fernandes de aguiar valim, 25, died in the crash, according to a news release from the polk county sheriff's office a third man in the crash 22 year old robert lewis edwards was rescued after spending hours in water up to his neck 'our whole family had just celebrated christmas together in panama city, as well as celebrated tj's graduation from florida state just three weeks ago,' bobby bowden said in a statement released by the university of akron, where son terry is the football coach scroll down for video dead: taylor jeffrey bowden, pictured left with his sister, the grandson of former florida state football coach bobby bowden, was one of two men killed when their car flipped into a small ditch crash: a third man in the crash 22 year old robert lewis edwards was rescued after spending hours in water up to his neck 'we will cherish those last memories together with tj forever' tj bowden was the son of jeff bowden 'i can't express the grief i feel right now,' jeff bowden said in a statement 'please keep us in your prayers' a trash collector reported the submerged car at 7:47 am the mitsubishi wasn't very visible from the road, but the florida refuse truck was high enough to allow the worker to see it at first, winter haven police, sheriff's deputies, paramedics and the sheriff's office dive team who responded couldn't find survivors the front end of the care was completely submerged, while part of the back end was sticking up out of the water friends: driver rafael fernandes de aguiar valim, 25, right, also died in the crash, according to a news release from the polk county sheriff's office coach: tj's uncle terry bowden, pictured, is head coach at university of akron more than three hours later, dive team members in the water heard noises coming from in the car they were able to communicate with edwards, who said he was cold and needed help after several minutes, edwards was out of the water and he was being treated for hypothermia and other injuries at a hospital the dive team then located the bodies of bowden and de aguiar valim the details of the crash were being investigated, but alcohol appears to be a factor, the sheriff's office reported alcohol: the details of the crash were being investigated, but alcohol appears to be a factor, the sheriff's office reported graduate: tj, pictured second from left, had just finished university three weeks ago de aguiar valim is pictured second from right deputies have attempted to talk to edwards about what happened but said he wasn't lucid it appears that the car was heading north on country club road when it cross the southbound lane, crashed through a fence, went down an embankment and came to a rest upside down in the water bobby bowden led the seminoles from 1976 to 2009 the 84 year old holds the ncaa division i record for career wins and bowl victories and won two national championships in september 2004, bobby bowden's grandson, 15 year old bowden madden, and former son in law, john allen madden, were killed when their car was hit a by a utility truck that was helping to restore power outages caused by hurricane frances | pubic enzymosis tanjib | no related information |
by michael zennie published: 12:48 est, 14 august 2013 | updated: 16:10 est, 14 august 2013 ouch: binge drinking costs more than just a hangover the cdc says it costs more than $2235billion a year a shocking new government study claims that excessive drinking costs the nation more than $2235billion a year in health care, lost productivity, crime and early death and most of the burden is carried by taxpayers the research, released tuesday by the centers for disease control, finds that binge drinking, alcoholism and alcohol abuse is dragging millions and sometimes billions of dollars from the economies of every state in the country the health and productivity losses mean that for every cocktail, pint of beer or glass of wine consumed, american society must pay nearly $2 in additional costs the nation's capital, which has one of the highest rates of alcohol consumption in the country according to cdc figures, pays the most washington dc residents consumed more than 680 drinks each in 2006 the year that the study surveyed those drinks cost out more than $966billion in ancillary healthcare bills and productivity losses as a result more than $1,660 per resident of the city utah, where strong influence from the mormon church means alcohol is heavily regulated, has the lowest rates of alcohol consumption and as a result the lowest costs utah residents consumed fewer than 200 drinks each in 2006 and paid just $578 per capita the shocking figure of $2235billion is larger than the economies of ireland and pakistan researchers say it should serve as a wake up call that the country needs to curb its drinking habit 'excessive alcohol use has devastating impacts on individuals, families, communities, and the economy,' cdc director dr tom frieden said in a statement 'in addition to injury, illness, disease, and death, it costs our society billions of dollars through reduced work productivity, increased criminal justice expenses, and higher healthcare costs 'effective prevention programs can support people in making wise choices about drinking alcohol' about 42 percent of the cost of heavy drinking was paid by state or federal funds whether through medicare and medicaid or by other government services that amounted to the largest share of the cost and less than the cost paid by heavy drinkers and their families some 70percent of the costs of excessive alcohol use was incurred by binge drinkers those who consume five or more drinks in a single sitting binge drinkers account for an estimated 70percent of the cost of alcohol abuse in america, the cdc study found authors of the study cautioned that the data doesn't include drinkers whose productivity at work is hampered by hangovers a mailonline analysis of cdc data shows that new hampshire had the highest rates of alcohol consumption, with 736 drinks purchased per capita in 2006 washington, dc, and nevada were the next highest however, the cdc points out that in new hampshire many of the package liquor buyers come from other states and in nevada home to sin city much of the state's alcohol consumption can be attributed to tourists the lowest per capita alcohol consumption was in utah, oklahoma and arkansas the study will be published in the october issue of the american journal of preventative medicine | unpropounded debussed sultanism | no related information |
by lydia warren published: 09:17 est, 14 august 2013 | updated: 13:18 est, 14 august 2013 a former kentucky official has shot his much younger ex lover and killed her father and brother in their home before shooting himself dead at his own father's graveside raymond curtis smith, 51, a former knox county judge executive who later served time in federal prison for fraud, shot and wounded 21 year old robin smith in the bedroom of her pineville, kentucky home on tuesday morning, police said trooper shane jacobs told cnn that the pair had recently ended a relationship despite their names, they are not related robin's brother, 21 year old mychael dustin smith, and her father, 50 year old michael smith, were both killed at the home each victim had been shot once victims: michael smith, left, and his son dustin, right, were killed and robin smith, center, was critically wounded when robin's former love opened fire on them at their home on tuesday morning gunman: raymond curtis smith, 51, was a former elected official in knox county but had a troubled term for more videos, please go to wymt raymond smith then fled the scene and drove ten miles away to hammons fork cemetery in fort lick, where his father is buried, and fatally shot himself beside the grave his body was found by relatives robin smith was conscious and speaking when police arrived at her home shortly before 10am and was airlifted to the university of tennessee hospital, where she is in critical but stable condition raymond smith was elected in 2002 and served as judge executive between 2003 and 2007 in the role, he was responsible for overseeing the money and expenses for the county, similar to a chief financial officer but his term was wrought with problems throughout a turbulent four years, he argued with the county jailer, closed the jail and divorced his wife close: robin and her father michael grin beside other relatives including her sister, left injured: a trooper said that robin smith, pictured, and raymond smith had recently ended a romance loved: robin, second right, was a cheerleader at school she is now in critical but stable condition he also filed for bankruptcy in which a creditor accused him of fraud and and he was charged with assaulting against a bank employee who was trying to repossess items from him in yet another twist, he eventually pleaded guilty to mail fraud after audits of his administration questioned millions of dollars in spending, wymt reported in 2008 he admitted his involvement in a scheme to award construction contracts to firms that were managed by his family while he was in office he was sent to federal prison for two and a half years before he started his prison term in 2008, he told wymt in 2008 that his intentions had been good loss: 50 year old michael brown, pictured, was remembered by his family as a loving grandfather doting: facebook images show michael, left, and dustin and robin, right, as a close, happy family tragic: robin's 21 year old brother mychael 'dustin' was also shot dead in the home on tuesday morning 'i've tried to help a lot of people,' he said 'nobody is worse off for knowing me and i think i stood up for the right thing and i'm sorry that didn't work' his friend, coroner mike blevins, was responsible for pronouncing him dead at the knox county hospital on tuesday 'very surprising,' blevins said of the death he added that he had seen smith recently: 'he seemed to be in good humor when you saw him in the street just very shocking' another friend, county clerk mike corey, added: 'my heart goes out to all the families involved in this it's a great tragedy for this area' scene: robin was still conscious when she was found at her family's home in pineville on tuesday suicide: raymond smith was found dead with a handgun beside his father's grave, pictured hope: friends and relatives are now praying for the healthy recovery of robin, pictured neighbor dalton hughett, 20, told wate that robin smith 'was good in school, a cheerleader she's just an all around good girl' 'i didn't go to school with her but we have hung out with her several times to know the things she's gone through, and she's my age, i just can't believe it,' he said the family of robin, dustin and michael smith expressed their grief on facebook on tuesday, sharing photos of the family in happy times | raymond curtis smith robin smith michael dustin 10 miles raymond smith knox county | raymond curtis smith shot and wounded robin smith at her home before shooting dead her father michael, 50, and brother dustin, 21 . he then drove 10 miles to a cemetery and shot himself dead . robin smith is in critical condition in hospital . raymond smith was knox county judge executive from 2003 until 2007 but later served two years in prison for mail fraud while in the role |
by daily mail reporter published: 15:37 est, 14 august 2013 | updated: 16:20 est, 14 august 2013 former president george w bush's daughter barbara bush recently opened up about her new boyfriend, being an aunt and her support for a hillary 2016 ticket ms bush is currently working as the ceo of global health corps, a company she helped start with partner dave ryan she's been spending much of the last year traveling throughout africa, but she's still made time to start a relationship with miky fabrega, who lives in panama former first daughter: barbara bush recently spoke with people about her new boyfriend, niece mila and her support for a hillary clinton bid for president in 2016 the family bush: barbara bush, far left, followed by her mother laura bush, father and former president george w bush and twin sister jenna hager the painter and creative consultant was ms bush's date for her father's presidential library dedication in april and says her father approves of the new boyfriend 'my dad is obsessed with art right now,' ms bush told people, referring to mr bush's recent foray into painting 'so anyone that likes art, he is excited about' father's approval: ms bush says her father is a fan of new boyfriend miky fabreja, sitting on her left at the dedication of the george w bush presidential library last april artiste: the former president has become quite the prolific artist in his retirement his daughter says her cat has sat for two portraits getting serious: despite constantly traveling for her job, and the fact that her boyfriend lives in another country, the two have been pictured together quite a lot pets are a favorite subject of the former president, and ms bush said that her cat had sat twice in her father's studio though she has no political affiliation, the republican president's daughter admitted that she's rooting for hillary clinton to run for president in 2016 she called the former first lady and secretary of state 'unbelievably accomplished' but didn't promise she would vote for her in a general election 'i don't know who she'd be running against,' ms bush said hillary's time: ms bush says she'd like to see hillary clinton run for president in 2016, but didn't promise to vote for her in the general election in her charity work, ms bush works with both the clinton health initiative and michelle obama's 'let's move' campaign her organization beings young professionals to africa for a year to use their expertise to help those living in third world conditions but ms bush also has another job: being an aunt her twin sister jenna recently gave birth to a baby girl named margaret laura 'mila' hager aunt barbara: ms bush, far right, holding niece mila with twin sister jenna hager, middle, in new york city this past june more bush babies? ms bush said she's like to give niece mila a cousin one day, but having children isn't what she's focused on right now 'i love having her to spoil,' she said while she'd like to give mila a cousin someday, she doesn't have any plans in the near future 'it's just not what i'm focused on right now,' she said 'i never felt like there had to be a parth that i followed' | first clinton bush jenna mila | the former first daughter says she'd like to see mrs clinton run, but didn't promise to vote for her . ms bush says her father approves of her new boyfriend, since they are both painters . the nonprofit ceo also spoke about being an aunt to twin sister jenna's new baby mila |
by reuters reporter published: 00:51 est, 16 march 2013 | updated: 11:16 est, 16 march 2013 a russian soyuz capsule made a 'bull's eye' landing in the steppes of kazakhstan on saturday, delivering a russian american trio from the international space station, a day after its originally scheduled touchdown was delayed by foul weather nasa's kevin ford and russian cosmonauts oleg novitskiy and evgeny tarelkin, who had manned the $100 billion orbital outpost since october as expedition 34, landed in cloudy weather at 7:06 am moscow time (0306 gmt) northeast of the town of arkalyk they had spent 144 days aboard the multinational iss on their space journey of almost 61 million miles (98 million km) touch down: russian cosmonauts yevgeny tarelkin, left, oleg novitsky, centre, and nasa astronaut kevin ford pose for a photograph after returning to earth 'energetic and exciting': the astronauts had spent 144 days aboard the international space station 'the landing was energetic and exciting,' russian tv showed novitskiy as saying nasa television said the deorbit burn and other events during the descent had gone flawlessly it said the capsule had landed upright, almost hitting its bull's eye target in thick fog down to earth: video footage showed nasa's kevin ford (right) and the two russian cosmonauts wrapped in blankets after leaving the space capsule following its landing in kazakhstan warm welcome: expedition 34 commander kevin ford posed for photographers in traditional kazakh costume at the airport in kostanay 'oleg novitskiy reported to search and recovery teams that the crew is feeling good,' nasa television said 'everything seems to be in order' due to hampered visibility, it took a few minutes before helicopters with russian search and recovery teams could locate the soyuz capsule after its landing welcome back: crew members for the international space station are finally back on the planet earth after weather troubles delayed their landing while aboard the iss, the crew members were able to communicate with their families the first images shown by russia's vesti 24 television featured rescue workers standing in a snow covered steppe opening the hatch of the capsule the three smiling astronauts were seated on semi reclined chairs and covered with blue thermal blankets they were then carried to a nearby inflatable medical tent blast off: the soyuz tma 06m spacecraft took off from its launch pad on october 23, 2012 russian cosmonauts evgeny tarelkin and oleg novitskiy (c) and us astronaut kevin ford posed for a picture in moscow before they took off on friday, fog and freezing rain at the landing site in kazakhstan prevented helicopters from setting up for the crew's return to earth in preparation for their departure, canadian astronaut chris hadfield took the helm of the space station on wednesday, becoming the first canadian to take command of the outpost it is only the second time in the 12 year history of the station, a project of 15 nations that has been permanently staffed since november 2000, that command has been turned over to someone who is not american or russian hadfield will be part of a three man skeleton crew until nasa astronaut chris cassidy and cosmonauts pavel vinogradov and alexander misurkin arrive later this month | restacking scuft unoffensiveness | no related information |
by mark prigg published: 11:05 est, 15 march 2013 | updated: 11:06 est, 15 march 2013 with the charts already dominated by electronic music, an all robot band is the obvious next step but while daft punk and others have relied on costumes, one italian music producer decided to actually create a real robot band the toa mata band is made up entirely of lego robots, and has already released its first video and become an online hit scroll down to see the band in action rehearsal time: the band play a variety of instruments, from a stylophone to a drum machine although their musuical direction does veer towards instruments that can be hit a charismatic front man: one of the lego robot band members, who plays the drums the robot band is the brainchild of italian music producer giuseppe acito he built the robots along with his son, and drum pads, percussion instruments and synthesizers 'my passion for the lego world was born in the early 70's when i was a child and the bricks had just arrived italy,' he said 'i have re discovered the passion for it with my son mattia, a big collector of vintage lego and the bionicle toa mata team is part of his world' 'opificio sonico (sonic factory in english) is the name of my lab near modena' the band is controlled by an ipad, while a small computer called an arduino converts the singals from the ipad into 'hit's on the robot's arms one's of the band's members taking a well earned break during rehearsals a range of modern and vintage synthesisers are used in the project | stylophone ipad | robots play a variety of instruments, from drum machines to a stylophone . band is controlled by an ipad, and their first video is already an online hit |
by daily mail reporter published: 22:34 est, 26 december 2013 | updated: 22:34 est, 26 december 2013 gordon hayward, a player for the utah jazz, had all his christmas wishes come true when his girlfriend accepted his proposal of marriage on christmas dayhayward, 23, posted a picture of himself and his new fiancee robyn van vliet on instagram with the caption: 'merry christmas to everyone out there! hope it’s a good one! mine was especially good bc [sic] she said yes!!!! so thrilled i get to marry my best friend and such an amazing person @robynvanvliet! i love you!!!'for her part, the teen wrote that she was happy to be 'finally engaged to the love of my life' 'soo happy i get to marry this babe,' she wrote on her own instagram account accompanied by the same photograph of the couple according to van vliet’s facebook page, she graduated in 2013 from bishop chatard high school in indiana and is currently in her first year of beauty schoolshe listed herself as 'in a relationship' on september 8 on her facebook account young love: gordon hayward and robyn van vliet became engaged after dating for five months hometown: the pair are both from indiana, where she recently graduated high school young love: van vliet called hayward the love of her life, adding she was glad to 'finally' be engaged to him he grew up in indiana and up until last summer was dating kolbi killingback, with whom he was in a relationship for five years the pair began dating in high school, though killingback was two years younger than him van vliet graduated high school in the spring she first mentioned hayward on her instagram account in late july, which appears to be around the time they met on his game: hayward is a valuable player for the utah jazz last month hayward posted about how much he was looking forward to spending thanksgiving with van vliet 'love that i get the chance to see this beautiful girl for thanksgiving,' he wrote she responded, 'welll [sic] i love you soooo i'm happy i get to be with you too gordon' hayward is in his fourth nba season with the utah jazz | ungullibility entrepreneur gladier | no related information |
by emma innes published: 11:57 est, 17 may 2013 | updated: 11:58 est, 17 may 2013 ancient egyptians primarily had sex in the summer, new research reveals the most popular time for love making was july and august meaning that 20 per cent more babies were born in march and april than in other months as a consequence, most deaths among women of childbearing age also occurred in these months a roman mosaic depicting the flooding of the nile from the 1st century bc researchers say beliefs about the impact of nile floods on fertility may explain birth patterns in the region archaeologists working at a cemetery in the dakhleh oasis in egypt excavated 765 graves and were able to establish the month of each person’s death because the graves were all pointed towards the rising sun live science reported that they uncovered the graves of 124 babies that had died 18 to 45 weeks after conception – putting these two pieces of information together enabled the researchers to piece together the most popular time for love making the findings are particularly surprising because in other ancient mediterranean cultures fewer babies are thought to have been conceived during the hot summer months because the heat lowered libido and possibly affected sperm count it is thought that in ancient egypt beliefs about fertility and the nile flood may have been responsible for the baby booms the residents of the dakhleh oasis believed that the river was the key to their land’s fertility and the floods occurred during the summer months meaning that there were widespread celebrations the researchers believe that the peak in spring births continued until the 1920s or 30s the medina district in the settlement of al qasr in the dakhla oasis of western egypt, where the researchers studied the skeletons of children to find the time of the year they were born in contrast, conception rates fell to annual lows in january and this is believed to have been because christian believes required abstinence during advent and lent additionally, it is thought that early egyptian christians were encouraged to avoid sex on saturdays, sundays, wednesdays and fridays finally, it is believed that some form of contraception must have been in use and it is thought that recipes including crocodile dung were so unpleasant that they put people off intercourse altogether | egyptians july august 20 per cent march april other months of the year these months nile january egyptian christian advent and lent | ancient egyptians mainly had sex in july and august meaning there were 20 per cent more births in march and april than in other months of the year . most deaths among women of childbearing age occurred in these months . beliefs about impact of nile floods on fertility may explain birth patterns . conception rates were lowest in january because egyptian christian beliefs discouraged sex during advent and lent |
by becky evans published: 08:18 est, 21 may 2013 | updated: 01:24 est, 22 may 2013 'miami cannibal' victim ronald poppo has learned to play guitar as part of his ongoing treatment after the horrifying attack a homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a horrific attack last year in miami has learned to play guitar as he continues to receive treatment for his injuries as the first anniversary of the attack nears, ronald poppo has spoken publicly for the first time in a video released by hospital staff, mr poppo thanked all the people to have supported him through his difficult recovery he said: 'i thank the outpouring of people in the community and i will always be grateful for that' mr poppo spent almost a month in hospital after the attack in may last year he has been left blind but his doctors say he has been working with an occupational therapist to learn how to take care of himself he has been living in a long term care facility since the gruesome attack mr poppo has been learning to play guitar and practices the instrument daily a year after the broad daylight attack, mr poppo is smiling again he recently celebrated his 66th birthday with staff at jackson memorial hospital about 75 per cent of mr poppo's face was chewed off by rudy eugene in the shocking assault miami police shot and killed eugene after being called to the scene on the side of a highway surveillance video from a nearby building showed eugene stripping poppo and beating him before appearing to hunch over and lie on top of him scroll down for video mr poppo is smiling again one year after a 75 per cent of his face was chewed off by rudy eugene hospital staff helped mr poppo celebrate his 66th birthday and he has put 50lb under their care the police officer who shot eugene to death said he growled at the officer when he told him to stop emergency callers had reported seeing a naked man swinging from a light pole on miami's macarthur causeway a few minutes before the attack it was widely speculated that eugene was on bath salts when he launched the frenzied attack however toxicology tests found only marijuana in his system the case made headlines world wide but mr poppo has chosen not to speak publicly until now hospital staff have revealed mr poppo is 'living happily and adjusting to his new life' at the perdue medical center where he has learned to play guitar a graphic picture released at the time showed the extent of mr poppo's injuries ronald poppo (right) has been learning to play guitar as part of his treatment a year after 75 per cent of his face was chewed off by rudy eugene (left) in a frenzied attack on a miami highway poppo has been living in a care facility since the gruesome attack that was captured on surveillance cameras two thirds of his face was covered in scabs and his nose was missing his grey beard was trimmed, leaving a moustache over his upper lip however, in the latest pictures his wounds have clearly improved the homeless man underwent several surgeries at jackson memorial hospital in florida before being transferred to a local term care center mr poppo, who is originally from new york, had been living on the streets of florida for the past 30 years, estranged from his family who thought he had committed suicide years before he said in the clip released today: 'thanks for contributing and helping out people in my predicament need to be helped out and i am sure there are people also that have the same type of predicament' | ronald poppo rudy eugene poppo | ronald poppo almost died after he was attacked by rudy eugene . he was left blind and lost his nose in the frenzied assault in may last year . mr poppo works with occupational therapist on how to take care of himself . doctors say he has learned guitar and practices every day . today, he thanked people for their support over the past year |
by richard shears human remains have been found near the australian waterway where a 12 year old boy was grabbed by a crocodile on the weekend, it was revealed today police would not provide any more immediate details but sergeant steve constable said the previous search for the youngster has now become a recovery operation the body parts, which have yet to be formally identified, were found near the scene of the attack, in the world famous kakadu national park the child's parents, who live on a nearby aboriginal settlement, have been informed of the discovery scroll down for video a saltwater crocodile lurks in the water at kakadu national park: human remains believed to be those of a 12 year old boy snatched by a saltie have been found by police the remains were found after police shot a third crocodile and examined its stomach contents for evidence of the boy, but nothing was found they said that two more crocodiles were seen in the area where the body parts were found, but they sank back beneath the water before they could be shot and examined in a statement, police said that officers and rangers from parks australia had recommenced the search for the missing boy, 'believed to have been taken by a crocodile whilst swimming in a billabong west of jabiru' acting commander michael white of the northern command said teams have been conducting ground, boat and air searches since the boy's disappearance at mudginberri billabong on sunday afternoon' he said that this morning, 'search teams have now located evidence within the search area which strongly indicates the boy has died from the crocodile attack' commander white said further dna testing would be carried out to confirm identification remote: the park boasts stunning, unspoiled landscapes and sits in the northern part of australia but he said that no specifics would be given in relation to the trauma or type of evidence located out of respect for the family a report will now be prepared for the coroner meanwhile a mother of one of the victim's friends told the northern territory news of her son's terror as he witnessed the crocodile attack sandra djandjul, 38, who lives near the billabong, said her son was still frightened by the horrific attack 'he keeps thinking too much about his cousin brother,' she said it was her son, jayden, who was initially attacked by the crocodile, resulting in his right arm being bruised all the way to the shoulder he also had to have three stitches, but he was able to escape with his life the small community of about 50 people, who live some 14 miles from the mining town of jabiru, have been shaken by the attack, aware that many children have been swimming in the billabong in recent times residents said the killer crocodile, which is believed to have been fairly small at around 25metres long, could be anywhere and there were fears that it could strike again 'even small crocs can be dangerous,' said a local business owner, who pointed out that all they had to do was drag a human under water and hold the victim until they drowned the child was taken while swimming in mudginberri billabong just north of jabiru in kakadu national park since the boy's disappearance on sunday, a grim search has been conducted which has involved several crocodiles being shot and their stomachs cut open two large crocodiles were shot on sunday night as police and park rangers patrolled the stretch of water where the boy and a group of friends were swimming a crocodile expert examined the bite marks on the arm of jayden, the boy who survived the attack, to establish the size of the reptile to prevent numerous 'innocent' creatures being shot he estimated the attacking crocodile to be between 25 and 3metres police sergeant stephen constable said other officers and park rangers had located two large crocodiles in the mudginberri billabong in the early hours of the morning in the area where the boy was taken 'one was 43 metres and one was 47 metres,' sergeant constable told the australian broadcasting corporation 'both of those were shot and removed from the area 'we've since had a look at both crocodiles and neither of them had anything in their stomachs and we're now going to continue the search' more spearfishing doctor fights off shark with a knife then calmly stitches up the bites before going to the pub officials had been searching the area, around 140 miles east of darwin, since early sunday afternoon after the alarm was raised police also spoke to four of the boys from a nearby aboriginal settlement who witnessed the terrifying attack kakadu is where the original crocodile dundee movie was made twelve months ago another teenager fought off a five metre saltwater crocodile in the same area, resulting in warnings being stepped up about the dangers of crocs in northern territory rivers and waterways because there have been no attacks in the mudginberri billabong area in recent times, police believe the boys entered the water without looking around for crocodiles that might be lurking there the current wet season is the most dangerous time of year to be swimming in the territory's waters from the beginning of the search, it was understood that privately police and rangers feared there would be little chance of the missing boy still being alive crocodiles usually swim with their prey to the bottom of rivers and perform a 'death roll' until the victim drowns, if death has not already occurred in the reptile's jaws saltwater crocodiles known as salties can grow up to seven metres long, weigh more than a tonne, and are a common feature of australia's tropical north their numbers have increased steadily since the introduction of protection laws in 1971, with government estimates putting the population at 75,000 100,000 the most recent fatality was in august last year, when a man was taken by a 47 metre croc as he swam across the mary river parks officials said the magela creek area was well signposted as a crocodile danger zone 'we have big croc warning signs with croc jaws and a big thing saying 'croc risk; do not swim here, do not enter',' a spokeswoman said australian researchers launched the world's first crocodile attack database, crocbite, last month, hoping to firm up anecdotal reports that harmful or fatal incidents are increasing sunday's attack in kakadu is the 11th fatality recorded so far this year by the crocbite team, which is based at australia's charles darwin university the other crocodile related deaths in 2014 have been in angola, east timor, india, indonesia, namibia, papua new guinea, south africa, zambia and zimbabwe five have involved saltwater crocs thirteen people, including six children, have been killed by crocodiles in australia in the past 12 years | detector curvacious ginnel | no related information |
by richard shears police and park rangers are looking for a 12 year old boy taken by a crocodile while he was swimming with his friends in northern australia officers said the boy was swimming with other youngsters in the mudginberri billabong in kakadu national park when the crocodile moved in on them another boy, also aged 12, was bitten on the arm and had to receive treatment at a medical centre in his remote community, but the second boy disappeared taken: police privately believe there is little chance that the boy will be found alive after he was dragged away by a crocodile his friends said they believed the crocodile had grabbed him police and park rangers later put out in boats for look for the missing boy saltwater crocodiles referred to locally as 'salties' are in abundance in the national park, where filming for the original crocodile dundee movie was made early today deputy police superintendent sachin sharma told the northern territory news that police and park rangers were on their way to the location, some 140 miles east of darwin a billabong an aboriginal word describes a calm, isolated stretch of water left behind when a river changes its course 'i can confirm there has been a report (of a young boy being taken by a crocodile),' he said 'police have just arrived, but it's outside the communication zone' the unnamed boy is believed to have been taken while swimming in mudginberri billabong just north of jabiru in kakadu national park miss margot marshall, a spokeswoman for parks australia, confirmed that rangers had joined police in the search for the missing boy the feared tragedy has occurred when the rest of the country was celebrating australia day, commemorating the time when the first fleet, bringing pioneers and prisoners arrived on the continent on january 26, 1788 signs have been erected near many rivers and pools in the northern territory warning people not to enter the water because of the large numbers of crocodiles thirteen people, including six children, have been killed by crocodiles in australia in the past 12 years | mudginberri billabong kakadu national park crocodile dundee | the unnamed boy was at mudginberri billabong in kakadu national park . he is believed to have been taken by a crocodile while swimming . the reptiles are common in the park which was used in crocodile dundee |
by hugo gye published: 12:58 est, 2 december 2013 | updated: 14:39 est, 2 december 2013 outspoken: katie hopkins has sparked outrage by tweeting about scottish life expectancy katie hopkins has sparked widespread outrage by mocking the short life expectancy in scotland just a day after the glasgow helicopter crash the former apprentice star tweeted: 'life expectancy in scotland is 595 goodness me that lot will do anything to avoid working until retirement' thousands of web users were offended by the joke, which came the day after a helicopter crashed through the roof of the clutha pub, killing nine and injuring dozens more ms hopkins initially refused to apologise, instead mocking those who expressed anger, but she has now backed down and admitted the quip was 'terribly ill timed' thousands of people have now signed a petition calling for her to be taken off the air by television bosses the tv personality is well known as a controversialist, appearing on programmes such as this morning to give her views on topics such as bad parenting and political correctness on her twitter feed, she rails against aspects of modern life in short messages to her 82,000 followers the tweet about scotland referred to an official document detailing life expectancy trends across the country although 595 is in fact the 'healthy' life expectancy for scottish men, not the total figure as soon ms hopkins' message was published on saturday, other twitter fans started to suggest that it was in poor taste given the clutha disaster which happened on friday night controversy: ms hopkins' tweet came just hours after the glasgow helicopter crash apology: the former apprentice star has backed down over the 'terrible timing' of her tweet several people accused her of 'racism', while others suggested that she should be reported to the police the outspoken star started retweeting many of the insults she received, and wrote: 'yikes, i am being reported to channel 4 and the bbc in a moment i will forced to read the labour manifesto and subscribe to the guardian' she added: 'there appear to be a number of conflicting petitions out there to have me hung and quartered please do feel free to sign them all pc tastic' the most popular petition, 'remove katie hopkins from all programmes and interviews', has attracted 43,000 signatures on changeorg and is directed at producers from itv and channel 5 tragedy: nine people have died in glasgow after a helicopter crashed into the clutha pub it reads: 'on the 30th of november 2013, scotland was still in shock and trying to come to terms with a horrible crash that took the lives of innocent people within 24 hours of this happening katie hopkins posted vile remarks on twitter about how long the people of scotland live for 'this is unacceptable and distressing to those who lost friends and family we the undersigned are sick and tired of itv and channel 5 giving her airtime and want her banned from all tv shows on your channels such as this morning and the wright stuff 'this woman is nothing more than an attention seeker who does not deserve to be a celebrity' ms hopkins finally apologised for the tweet today, saying that it was only intended to relate to the official document and adding: 'i apologise to those i offended it was poor timing' she continued: 'the timing was terrible i apologise to everyone xx' | unbankably siderophilin exacted | no related information |
by associated press reporter blood covered young men swarm into the streets as part of a religious procession in pakistan children also take part in the gory ritual self flagellation which is held ahead of ashura on the ninth day of muharram in peshawar shi'a muslims all over the world pay their respects with the flowing of their blood as they mourn the slaying and martyrdom of imam hussein, the grandson of prophet mohammad scroll down for video flagellation: afghan shi'ites beat themselves with chains and blades to mark ashura outside the abul fazel shrine in kabul, afghanistan ashura: a pakistani shiite muslim boy prepares to flagellate himself with chains a day ahead of ashura, the tenth day in the month of muharram, in peshawar, pakistan bloodied: an afghan shi'ite muslim flagellates himself during an ashura procession in kabul hitting: a pakistani shiite muslim boy (left) and a man (right) participate in ritual self flagellation during the religious procession ashura, which falls on the 10th day of the islamic month of muharram, commemorates the death of imam hussein, grandson of prophet mohammad, who was killed in the 7th century battle of kerbala imam hussein who was killed by armies of the yazid near karbala in 680 ad he was killed by his political rivals along with 72 companions in the seventh century battle of kerbala where some of the bodies of the dead were then mutilated people taking part in the procession hit themselves with blades on long chains and draw blood on their backs and heads millions of pilgrims poured into the iraqi city of karbala for the peak of commemorations for ashura today, the most important day in the shi'ite calendar, with security tight following mass casualty attacks in previous years shi'ite muslims run between the imam hussein and imam abbas shrines as part of the ritual ceremony of ashura in karbala, 50 miles southwest of baghdad in some regions of muslim countries such as afghanistan, iran, iraq, turkey, azerbaijan, pakistan, lebanon, and bahrain, the commemoration has become a national holiday painful: some men took knives to themselves during the procession devoted: the people use blades on chains to inflict injuries on themselves religion: millions of pilgrims poured into the iraqi city of karbala for the peak of commemorations for ashura today, the most important day in the shi'ite calendar mourning: iranians and iraqi shiite mourn at the ashura ceremonies at the kerbala mosque in tehran, iran | imam hussein yazid karbala afghanistan iran iraq turkey azerbaijan | graphic content warning . imam hussein was killed by armies of the yazid near karbala in 680 ad . afghanistan, iran, iraq, turkey, azerbaijan have day as national holiday |
published: 06:17 est, 11 october 2012 | updated: 18:55 est, 11 october 2012 an immigrant who killed a disabled jeweller during a burglary was on the run from a polish prison, it emerged yesterday ireneusz melaniuk, 28, beat peter avis, 66, around the face with an ashtray before stabbing him 13 times after breaking into his home mr avis, who used a walking stick after suffering a brain aneurism, had no chance of defending himself and died of his injuries melaniuk had been serving time in his home country for robbery, but fled to britain after being granted day release three years ago fugitive: robber ireneusz melaniuk, left, was on the run from jail in poland when he stabbed jeweller peter avis, right, after breaking in to the 66 year old's suffolk jewellery shop it is understood melaniuk could not be found on a european watch list, so british authorities would not have known he was a wanted man he evaded capture by using a variety of aliases, and carried a fake passport to enter the uk however, he had several distinguishing features which would have made him stand out the two middle fingers of his right hand above the knuckles are missing, as is the thumb from the same hand he also has tattoos on his hands after the murder in bury st edmunds, suffolk, the killer returned to poland, where he was later arrested last night the uk border agency faced questions as to why it had no idea that melaniuk was a wanted man 'gentle' classic car fan mr avis was found dead in his bed in the flat above his jewellery shop in bury st edmunds tragedy: mr avis was described as an 'old fashioned jeweller' who relied on a walking stick and frame to get around after suffering a brain aneurysm more than 20 years ago david ruffley, mp for bury st edmunds, said: ‘the first question we should ask is how did an escaped criminal on the run from poland not get picked up at the uk border? ‘this reminds us of the need to tighten our borders so that heinous crimes like this don’t happen on our doorsteps’ 'old fashioned family business': the jewellery shop in bury st edmunds where mr avis was killed vicky ford, mep for the east of england, added: ‘if you have relatively open borders, then you need to have the ability to protect yourself from very dangerous people, which means sharing information’ earlier this year ipswich crown court heard how melaniuk and friend aleksandra karpiuk, 27, raided mr avis’s shop in january they broke into the flat above the store and attacked him when he tried to confront them he had lived on his own since the death of his mother in 1989 melaniuk was driven to stansted airport by his accomplice and boarded a flight to poland the following month polish police tracked him down he was extradited and in august he admitted murder eu citizens can freely live and work in britain, but can face deportation if they are still claiming state hand outs after three months melaniuk was thought to have been living a nomadic lifestyle in britain and did not have a regular job the uk border agency said its officers had no contact with melaniuk once he passed through immigration control a spokesman said it was poland’s responsibility to ensure britain is told when criminals could be entering the uk melaniuk also admitted burglary karpiuk, of bury st edmunds, was convicted of assisting an offender and conspiracy to commit burglary they will be sentenced later weapon: this knife was found on melaniuk's person following his arrest in poland under scrutiny: ireneus melaniuk's identity card | ireneusz melaniuk 28 peter avis bury st edmunds poland day avis | ireneusz melaniuk, 28, stabbed peter avis to death during a raid on his jewellery shop in bury st edmunds . melaniuk was on the run from jail in poland at the time of the attack . the fugitive had failed to return to prison where he was serving a sentence for robbery after being granted day release . 'vulnerable' victim mr avis lived alone above his shop and relied on a walking frame and sticks |
by alex gore published: 12:16 est, 22 march 2013 | updated: 12:28 est, 22 march 2013 powerful images of a city ruined by syria's civil war have emerged today after rebels took control of the area from government forces the provincial capital of raqqa is the first major city to fall entirely under rebel control, having been seized from the government last week the pictures come as president assad vowed to 'cleanse' the country of muslim extremists, whom he blames for a suicide blast that killed at least 49 people defiance: civilians in raqqa hold up messages of freedom among the ruined buildings of the city reduced to rubble: the provincial capital is the first major city to fall entirely under rebel control trail of destruction: the photographs paint a shocking picture of a broken city destroyed by civil war victory: raqqa is shaping up to be the best test case yet for how opposition fighters will administer territory opposition fighters and civilians posed among the rubble of the northern city and clutched flags and signs featuring messages of defiance against president bashar assad's regime militants captured security forces in public squares and have driven their bodies through the streets they have posted guards at state buildings, returned soaring bread prices to pre war levels and set up a hotline for residents to phone to report security issues, anti regime activists said raqqa is shaping up to be the best test case yet for how opposition fighters will administer territory amid western concerns over who will fill the vacuum if president assad is ousted death toll: the conflict has lasted two years, with an estimated 70,000 people killed and countless wounded in control: rebels have posted guards at state buildings and returned soaring bread prices to pre war levels brothers in arms: proud rebel fighters make victory salutes in the shadow of ruined buildings bloody battle: opposition fighters display what they claim is the body of a member of assad's forces but while the city's new rulers try to govern, they are struggling with the same divisions that have hampered the rebel movement's effectiveness throughout the fighting caught in the fighting: a mother and her children remained in the city despite the conflict the conflict has lasted two years, with an estimated 70,000 people killed and countless wounded a a top sunni preacher, who was a staunch supporter of the regime, was among those killed in the bombing in damascus last night the bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in the heart of the capital, killing sheikh mohammad said ramadan al buti as he was giving a sermon, and wounding more than 80 others in a statement carried by syria's state suna news agency, preisdent assad said al buti represented true islam he said: 'your blood and your grandson's, as well as that of all the nation's martyrs will not go in vain because we will continue to follow your thinking to wipe out their darkness and clear our country of them' earlier this week, syria's main opposition group demanded a full international investigation into an alleged chemical weapons attack in the north of the country the syrian national coalition has blamed government forces and called for a team to be sent to the village of khan al assal in aleppo province, where the missile attack reportedly occurred split: raqqa's new rulers are struggling with the same divisions that have hampered the rebel movement finger pointing: the rebels and regime have traded accusations about a chemical attack in khan al assal denied: a us official said there is no evidence of chemical weapons, which are internationally prohibited conflict: if confirmed, it would be the first time a chemical weapon was used in syria's two year long crisis the rebels and regime traded accusations about the purported chemical attack, which if confirmed would be the first in the two year long crisis the coalition called for those responsible to be tried, and added: 'chemical warfare is internationally prohibited 'its use against any enemy is banned, however all evidence now indicates that the assad regime is using these weapons against its own people' a us official said there is no evidence that chemical weapons were used but a senior israeli minister said it is 'apparently clear' that such weapons have been used, either by rebels of the regime revenge: president assad, left, vowed to 'cleanse' syria of extremists after the death of sheikh al buti, right patrol: rebels keep watch in the streets of the northern city after seizing it from government troops uprising: opposition troops manage a smile despite the destruction around them in the provincial capital loyalist: a top sunni preacher, a staunch supporter of the regime, was killed in the damascus bombing if confirmed, the attack would be the first time a chemical weapon was used in syria's two year long crisis but a us official has said there was no evidence a chemical attack had happened president assad, meanwhile, has made a rare public appearance, visiting a fine arts school in the capital costly blow: rebels were reported to have shot down a regime warplane in raqqa province he met the parents of students who were killed in the civil war, state tv reported it was his first public appearance outside his palace since january activists have reported violence around the country including clashes in khan al assal, where the chemical attack reportedly occurred, suburbs of the capital and near the damascus palestinian refugee camp of yarmouk the aleppo media center, an opposition media arm, said rebels shot down a regime warplane in the northern province of raqqa, whose provincial capital fell in the hands of rebels earlier this month the britain based syrian observatory for human rights said troops were trying to storm the rebel held neighborhood of khaldiyeh in the central city of homs, syria's third largest rebels have been holding the neighborhood for more than a year in lebanon, the state run national news agency said five rockets fell on the lebanese side of the border in the town of al qasr it said there were no casualties the rockets fell two days after the nna said syrian warplanes hit targets along syria's border with lebanon lebanese president michel suleiman strongly condemned the air raid while the foreign ministry in damascus denied syrian aircraft bombarded lebanon hungry mouths: rebel fighters stop for food in the area surrounding the captured city of raqqa showing his face: president assad has made his first public appearance outside his palace since january tough talk: president assad has vowed to 'cleanse' the country of muslim extremists | raqqa assad rebels damascus | rebels and civilians pictured among the ruins of provincial capital raqqa . they clutch messages of defiance against president assad's regime . militants captured security forces and drove their bodies around streets . rebels guard state buildings and return bread prices to pre war levels . pictures emerged as assad vows to 'cleanse' country of extremists . president was responding to suicide bombing in capital damascus |
by sarah johnson published: 15:30 est, 8 october 2012 | updated: 07:09 est, 20 september 2013 heath bowden (pictured) has been accused of biting off a man's ear and nose a 45 year old man told another man he was going to eat him before almost biting off his nose and leaving it hanging by a thread, a jury heard heath bowden then took a ‘chunk’ out of his victim graham brook’s right ear before sinking his teeth into his left ear, gloucester crown court was told julian kesner, prosecuting, said: ‘having bitten through [mr brook's] nose, he bit a large chunk out of his right ear and then started on the left ear when he was pulled away’ mr bowden of norbury ave, matson, gloucester, has pleaded not guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent on his victim, graham brook, in february 2012 he claims he acted in self defence mr kesner, said that ‘he had lost his temper totally as a result of an argument inside the pub' he added: ‘we say the attack was so ferocious that whoever started the fighting the defendant was not defending himself when he bit mr brook’ the incident occurred outside the pelican pub in st mary’s street, behind gloucester cathedral mr brook and a friend had gone there for a drink in the early evening mr bowden was one of a few other customers already in the pub, mr kesner said according to mr brook, he was being abusive to other customers mr brook, who was previously a pub landlord, tried to usher him out of the pub to avoid him causing further trouble when he gave evidence, mr brook said mr bowden swore at him he told the jury: ‘obviously i was not impressed with being spoken to in that manner i believe also that the landlady was not keen to serve him anymore ‘i tried to politely, in a professional manner, ask the gentleman to leave the public house the fight between the two men started in the old pelican pub (pictured) in gloucester ‘i said if he did then probably the landlady would not bar him but he started using bad language again and then took a swing at me which caught my jaw’ a fight broke out in the pub and carried on outside the defendant walked away followed by mr brook who was concerned that he would come back to cause more trouble after seeing the defendant leave, mr brook turned back to go back inside the pub with his back turned, the defendant ran up behind him and knocked him to the ground, landing on top of him mr brook said: ‘he jumped on me and pinned me down on the road with his knees on my hands ‘he said, “right, i’m going to f***ing eat you, you bast*rd” ‘the first thing he did was chew the end of my nose off he bit into it he got the nose between his teeth and just kept biting and biting and biting until the nose came off, basically ‘it was hanging into my mouth’’ the trial is taking place at gloucester crown court (pictured) mr bowden has denied causing grievous bodily harm with intent mr brook continued: ‘he then bit my right ear he kept pulling my head backwards and forwards off the road with my ear in his mouth until eventually my ear came off ‘the pain was horrendous ‘i was screaming “get this man off me, get this man off me” i was covered in blood after biting chunks out of his face, mr bowden was dragged off mr brook saying ‘that was nice’ the jury saw photographs of mr brook’s injuries which prosecutor mr kesner labelled ‘rather unpleasant’ they then heard that when mr bowden was arrested he walked past mr brook and said: ‘you smashed my f***ing face in’ mr bowden added to police: ‘they attacked me and they got beaten up all i did was bite the first person that came along’ when police charged mr bowden with the assault he said: ‘i think i need help’ the trial continues | gloucester graham brook heath bowden graham brook's 8 november 2012 bowden | fight broke out in a pub in the centre of gloucester after graham brook tried to take man outside to avoid causing further trouble . heath bowden also took a 'chunk' out of victim graham brook's right ear before starting on the left one . he has claimed he was acting in self defence . on 8 november 2012 mr bowden was cleared of any charges after a jury accepted he was acting in self defence when he bit off part of a man's ear |
by mark duell published: 04:03 est, 12 june 2013 | updated: 07:48 est, 12 june 2013 an invasion by millions of caterpillars has turned a graveyard into a spooky scene from a horror film mourners at sutton road cemetery in southend on sea, essex, have been astounded by the phenomenon with the caterpillars crawling along dozens of gravestones, benches and trees the bird cherry ermine moth caterpillars, which have created web like nests and left the graveyard with a ghostly white appearance, even hang from the trees on thin strands of their silken threads scroll down for video mysterious: mourners at sutton road cemetery in southend on sea, essex, have been astounded by the phenomenon with the caterpillars crawling along dozens of gravestones, benches and trees unusual sight: the bird cherry ermine moth caterpillars, which have created web like nests and left the graveyard with a ghostly white appearance, even hang from the trees on thin strands of their silken threads habitat: in their caterpillar stage, the bugs, known as web worms, weave leaves of trees together there are no plans to remove the caterpillars, known as 'web worms', because they do not cause any damage to the headstones and benches julia heath, 42, who was left stunned when she visited the graveyard to lay flowers, said: ‘it really is quite a sight i don’t think i have ever seen anything quite like this before the bird cherry ermine moth is entirely harmless unlike many other caterpillars that cause infestations they can be found across europe as well as in northern and eastern asia ranging in size from 06 to 1in, they live on bird cherry trees and make an extensive web like nest they can eat an entire tree bare although many trees survive with reduced growth in the following growth seasons in 2011, 20 matures trees disappeared under a web of white silk in birmingham when they experienced an infestation experts say there are often outbreaks in areas with a group of bird cherry trees which are quite rare in england, compared to scotland it is not thought year on year climate variations affect the numbers of caterpillars but it is believed the rise in reports of recent outbreaks may be simply because people are noticing the webs more, following increased publicity it is not for the faint hearted because the caterpillars look like maggots or worms which really could make your stomach turn 'but there is something quite beautiful too in the way they create the ghostly white webs that hang from the trees it would be the perfect setting for a scene from a horror movie it reminds me of tim burton films like sleepy hollow' following a similar phenomenon at the cemetery this time three years ago which was also reported by mailonline southend museum's natural history curator roger payne had said the caterpillars would emerge as moths in july the invasion is not the only of its kind seen this month as reported last thursday, a plague of the same bugs has covered pavements, walls and cars in hampton, south west london today, mr payne told mailonline: ‘maybe they have received a bit of publicity recently and people are noticing them a bit more 'sometimes you get really specific outbreaks and people notice often people see a tree covered in webbing and think that is unusual and could be spiders they don't really connect it with thousands and thousands of small caterpillars ‘i don't think the climate affects them very much it just so happens that somebody long ago thought they would plant bird cherry trees at the cemetery and this is an unlimited supply ‘it's probably a migrant moth that laid a few eggs there years ago it's not a common tree around here in the south the only thing that knocks them back a bit are wasp parasites ‘so that is the main way in which the population is controlled, because birds don't seem to touch them i suspect because they don't taste very nice the web does offer some sort of protection’ webs: there are no plans to remove the caterpillars because they do not cause any damage to the area elsewhere: the avenue of trees on jesus green in cambridge, which has been covered by the caterpillar webs last week: as shown in these pictures from last thursday, a plague of bird cherry ermine caterpillars has completely covered pavements, walls and cars on a street in hampton, south west london | southend essex | bugs have made their home at a cemetery in southend on sea, essex . the bird cherry ermine moth caterpillars have created web like nests . similar phenomenon happened in the graveyard just three years ago . 'web worms' create web like nests so they can eat entire trees bare |
by tim shipman and peter campbell published: 19:30 est, 8 october 2012 | updated: 19:30 est, 8 october 2012 ministers are prepared to let the french and german governments hold a stake in the uk’s largest defence company, it emerged yesterday at the same time, the coalition could accept britain not having an effective stake in the firm to be created by the merger of bae systems and franco german aviation firm eads the two companies are expected to apply for a two week extension from the stock market today over their plans for the £30billion merger the red arrows: bae systems hawk trainer jet fighters line up bae and eads are expected to apply for a two week extension from the stock market over their plans for the £30billion merger but with investors in revolt over the deal, the government admitted it is prepared to give ground to make it happen defence secretary philip hammond said britain could tolerate both paris and berlin owning 9 per cent of the new company and senior government sources said david cameron was prepared to ‘hit the phones’ to thrash out a deal with french president francois hollande and german chancellor angela merkel that will enrage the 45 tory mps who last week demanded the pm block the deal unless france and germany sell all their shares the backlash grew yesterday when bae’s largest shareholder, invesco perpetual, denounced the deal in a scathing attack, invesco’s neil woodford said he had ‘significant reservations’ about the deal his intervention adds to the opposition to a merger that threatens up to 50,000 uk jobs still british: royal airforce typhoon eurofighter taxis out in front of hawk t1 aircraft both produced by bae sytems investors are in revolt over the deal invesco, which owns 133 per cent of bae, warned the company would be ‘driven more by political considerations than shareholder value creation’ while britain would retain a so called ‘golden share’ in the new firm, this will have no monetary value and will only theoretically allow a veto on future takeovers the two companies have until tomorrow to alert the stock market to their detailed plans but mr hammond said: ‘i don’t think there’s any chance of getting the deal done by wednesday ‘we will want to make sure that british jobs, british strategic interests, british defence interests are protected’ an eads refuelling aircraft lands at farnborough airshow the government has admitted it is prepared to tolerate paris and berlin owning a share in the new company british made: a bae eurofighter typoon produced in warton, lancashire defence secretary philip hammond said wants to protect british interests the french and germans are seeking to maintain control of up to 135 per cent of the new firm but mr hammond said 9 per cent was the maximum the uk would tolerate he said: ‘if the french government is prepared to reduce its stake and dismantle arrangements that have given it the ability to control the company, then with the addition of safeguards, a national security agreement, safeguards about where the company is headquartered, what the composition of the board will be, i think it will be possible to put something together ‘what we can’t have is this business going forward with the french or german state able to direct its activity that would not be acceptable’ a senior cabinet minister also expressed doubts that a deal could be done with ‘meddling’ european politicians he said: ‘for french and german politicians it is axiomatic that they should own shares in companies like this ‘when you say we don’t think it is a role for governments to meddle in the running of these companies they look at you strangely the problem is that they want a stake and the right to decide where things are built ‘they don’t understand where we are coming from at all they are where we were in the 1970s before the thatcher government’ the government’s position puts it at odds with investors and mps last night tory mp ben wallace said: ‘it is time we stopped listening to bankers and started listening to investors did we not learn anything from the financial crisis?’ | £30bn french germans 135 per cent philip hammond 9 per cent | two companies expected to apply for extensions over plans for £30bn merger . investors in revolt but government prepared to give ground to make it happen . french and germans want 135 per cent stake but philip hammond said the limit was 9 per cent |
by mark duell updated: 06:18 est, 14 september 2011 barack obama is risking a clash with the us federal judiciary by pushing through an unprecedented diversification of the system nearly three out of every four people the president has confirmed to the federal bench are women or minorities his efforts are unique as he is the first us president who has not selected a majority of white males for lifetime judgeships changing faces: judge sonia sotomayor beams in 2009 as president obama applauds her as her supreme court nomination is announced more than 70 per cent of his confirmed judicial nominees during his first two years were ‘non traditional,’ or non white male nominees that far exceeds the percentages in the two term administrations of bill clinton at 481 per cent and george w bush at 329 per cent ‘it is an absolutely remarkable diversity achievement,’ said sheldon goldman, author of the book picking federal judges professor goldman, of the university of massachusetts at amherst, is only counting judges once even if they fit more than one category the white house has been touting its efforts to diversify the bench during mr obama's tenure the president won senate confirmation of the first latina to the supreme court, justice sonia sotomayor trailblazer: senate last week confirmed the first african american woman to sit on the 6th us circuit court of appeals in cincinnati, bernice donald and with the confirmation of justice elena kagan he has put three women on the high court for the first time the obama administration also nominated and won confirmation of the first openly gay man to a federal judgeship it was the former clinton administration official j paul oetken, who was confirmed to an opening in new york city senator patrick leahy, chairman of the senate judiciary committee, praised that confirmation as a ‘critical step’ to increase diversity the first openly homosexual federal judge was deborah a batts in new york city, a lesbian nominated by clinton in 1994 of the 98 obama nominees confirmed to date, the administration says 21 per cent are african american and 11 per cent are hispanic seven per cent are asian american and almost half 47 percent are women by comparison, of the 322 judges confirmed during george w bush's presidency, 18 per cent were minorities and 22 per cent were female of the 372 judges confirmed during clinton's terms, 25 per cent were minorities and 29 per cent were women in these figures, some judges fit into more than one category better: president obama's record of ‘non traditional’ confirmed judicial nominees far exceeds that of former presidents bill clinton, left and george w bush, right the senate last week confirmed the first african american woman to sit on the 6th us circuit court of appeals in cincinnati, bernice donald 'it is an absolutely remarkable diversity achievement' sheldon goldman, university of massachusetts at amherst earlier, she was the first african american woman elected as a judge in tennessee and appointed as federal bankruptcy judge in the nation mr obama also has doubled the number of asian americans sitting on the federal bench denny chin was added to the 2nd us circuit court of appeals in new york as the only active asian federal appeals court judge there currently are 14 asian american federal judges on the 810 judge roster obama has nominated as many as were sitting on the bench when he was inaugurated for more than 140 years, there were no females or minorities among the nation's federal judges the first female federal appellate judge was florence allen, who gained her seat on the 6th us circuit court of appeals in 1934 the first female us district court judge was burnita shelton matthews, who took the bench in washington dc in 1950 judges: the us supreme court in 2010 top (l r): sonia sotomayor, stephen breyer, samuel alito and elena kagan bottom (l r): clarence thomas, antonin scalia, john roberts, anthony kennedy and ruth bader ginsburg william henry hastie jr was the first african american us district court judge, sitting in the virgin islands in 1937 he was later elevated to the 3rd us circuit court of appeals in 1949 reynaldo g garza became the first hispanic federal judge when he was appointed to the us district court in texas in 1961 'the more diverse the courts, the more confidence people have in our judicial system having a diverse judiciary also enriches the decision making process' nan aron, alliance for justice herbert choy became the first asian american federal judge when he was appointed to the 9th us circuit court of appeals in 1971 thurgood marshall became the first african american to serve on the supreme court in 1967 sandra day o'connor was the first woman to be elevated to the nation's highest court in 1981 ‘i think it's always good to have diverse perspectives, whether it's gender, sexuality or ideology,’ professor tobias said nan aron, of the liberal alliance for justice, added: ‘the more diverse the courts, the more confidence people have in our judicial system ‘having a diverse judiciary also enriches the decision making process’ | handshake reserpinized jubes | no related information |
by snejana farberov published: 17:45 est, 14 august 2013 | updated: 19:22 est, 14 august 2013 a man from southern new jersey has apparently killed his wife and young son before taking his own life in what police consider to be a murder suicide the tragedy unfolded tuesday in pitman a town of about 9,000 located 15 miles south of philadelphia where local authorities found the bodies of 49 year old francis adolf, his 44 year old wife, bonnie, and the couple's 6 year old son, francis jr authorities say when they arrived at the home of the adolf family, they found the husband's writings indicating that he intended to harm himself and his loved ones family tragedy: police say 49 year old francis adolf (left) murdered his wife, bonnie (right), 44, and their 6 year old son before taking his own life crime scene: a police vehicle is parked outside the adolfs' home on kenton avenue in pitman, new jersey, where three family members were found dead the medical examiner is expected to perform autopsies on the bodies to determine the cause and manner of death police arrived at 65 kenton avenue at around 10am tuesday to perform a welfare check after getting a call from someone expressing concern as officers walked into the house, they discovered the bodies of francis adolf, his wife and son handwritten notes and emails authored by francis adolf led investigators to believe that he had planned to kill his family and then himself mr adolf worked as a nurse at virtua health system along with his wife, and was a self described christian libertarian according to his facebook page, he attended gloucester county community church according to bonnie adolf's page, the woman graduated from helene fuld school of nursing in camden in 1990 the couple married in 2004 francis adolf had been active on twitter and had 210 followers outlining his personal philosophy, he wrote: ‘i'm a christian libertarian but i frequenty [sic] find myself tweeting in the flesh, and sometimes in the nude too’ grisly: officials are seen wheeling away the body of one of the victims on a gurney; the medical examiner will perform autopsies to determine the cause of death alarming: officers were performing a welfare check after getting a phone call when they came upon the dead family cops also found francis adolf's writings indicating that he had been planning to harm his family the 49 year old nurse posted messages criticizing president barack obama and his signature health care legislation; the catholic church and social welfare some of his tweets were particularly odd on july 27, he wrote: ‘finally, out of the er driving/texting and the percocet is kicking in weeeeeeeeeee!!!’ three days later, mr adolf posted an enigmatic message on twitter, writing: 'goodbye forever twitter my marriage is too important pray for me, my wife and family love you all thanks' local authorities have said that there was no history of domestic abuse in the adolf household, although one neighbor recalled hearing loud arguments between bonnie and francis other homeowners in the area described the 49 year old husband and father as asocial and not very talkative, with at least one person, gus bader, labeling him as ‘strange,’ according to njcom members of the tight knit community were left in equal measures shocked and puzzled after learning of the tragedy neighbors told nbc 10 philadelphia that francis adolf jr, known to all as frankie, was about to turn 7 years old and was getting ready to enter second grade at memorial elementary school last tweet: on july 30, mr adolf posted an enigmatic message on twitter, writing: 'goodbye forever twitter my marriage is too important pray for me, my wife and family love you all thanks' pitman mayor russ johnson iii said the slain boy and his own son were classmates ‘you've got to do your best as parents but i don't know how i can possibly explain it to my kid to any of those kids in that school,’ the mayor said the elementary school sent a statement out to parents, saying that frankie died in a tragic incident ‘everyone here in the district especially those within the memorial school community is heartbroken about the loss of frankie,’ the missive read ‘we extend our sympathy to all of frankie's family and friends, and to the wider community of pitman, on this very sad day’ local resident jack klose, 66, described the 6 year old victim as a 'beautiful boy' who was his grandson's best friend francis adolf’s mother, delores, told the philadelphia inquirer she could not explain what happened ‘bad things happen to good people,’ she summed it up | parges gastroadynamic billowy | no related information |
by associated press published: 15:35 est, 26 december 2013 | updated: 16:10 est, 26 december 2013 the man authorities say killed a transportation security administration screener and wounded three other people during a rampage at los angeles international airport last month pleaded not guilty on thursday to murder and other felony charges in a case that could bring the death penalty paul anthony ciancia, 23, who was wounded before his arrest, occasionally touched a bandage on his neck and spoke in a hoarse voice during a three minute arraignment before a federal magistrate at the west valley detention center east of los angeles where there is a medical facility the diminutive defendant acknowledged his name in a near whisper and that he had read his 11 count indictment paul anthony ciancia, 23, is questioned today by us magistrate judge david bristow in this court sketch at west valley detention center in california he pleaded not guilty to murder trial was set for february 11 in a downtown los angeles federal court authorities say the unemployed motorcycle mechanic arrived at the airport's terminal 3 on november 1 with the intention of killing tsa workers paul anthony ciancia, 23, pleaded not guilty to murder on thursday over the fatal shooting of a tsa agent at lax officials have said ciancia had a grudge against the agency, but they have not indicated what prompted it after entering the terminal, police say ciancia pulled a semi automatic rifle from a duffel bag and began spraying the area with gunfire as hundreds of people fled in terror tsa officer gerardo hernandez was killed two other uniformed tsa officers and a traveler were wounded hernandez, 39, became the first tsa officer to die in the line of duty a coroner's report showed he was struck by a dozen bullets witnesses have said that after first shooting him the gunman returned to shoot again when he saw hernandez move airport police arrested ciancia following a gunfight in which they wounded him four times an indictment accuses him of 'substantial planning and premeditation to cause the death of a person and to commit an act of terrorism' authorities say if convicted he could be sentenced to death ciancia is from pennsville, new jersey, and moved to los angeles in 2012 it was revealed earlier this month that federal agents are investigating the possibility that the alleged gunman believed in a conspiracy theory about a global takeover by the government accused los angeles airport shooter paul ciancia, pictured in a court sketch earlier this month, had a tracheostomy plug in his throat after he was wounded in a shootout with police paul ciancia, 23, moved to la in 2012 from his native new jersey the fbi were given a warrant in early november to search paul ciancia's cell phone for materials reflecting his 'views on the legitimacy or activities of the united states government, including the existence of a plot to impose a new world order,' according to court documents ciancia, an unemployed motorcycle mechanic, got a ride to lax on november 1, walked inside and began targeting transportation security administration officers, authorities said by the time lax police officers subdued him with several gunshots, one tsa officer, gerardo i hernandez, had been killed and two others were injured a note found in a bag after the shooting mentioned the 'nwo,' an apparent reference to the new world order belief that holds an international cabal of elites is planning to take away the guns and personal freedoms of americans, authorities said perceived masterminds behind the conspiracy have shifted over several generations, among them bankers, communists and the government itself why airport security officers apparently came to personify oppression for the gunman remains unclear the tsa does not regularly feature as a target of the theory's ire, according to mark potok, who has studied extremist groups for the southern poverty law center more typically, believers focus on another homeland security agency, the federal emergency management agency, which according to the theory plans to build camps to detain resisters to the new order, potok said potok said he has seen no evidence that ciancia was personally involved in hate groups the rant in his note also spoke of how tsa searches were a violation of constitutional rights and a vulgar term was used to refer to janet napolitano, the former secretary of the department of homeland security, which oversees tsa ciancia's family, from pennsville, new jersey, have offered sympathy to the family of the victim in a statement, they also expressed their shock at the rampage and hope for the recovery of the surviving victims a motive? they are investigating his ties to the belief in the new world order that a totalitarian regime will take away weapons and freedoms pictured, los angeles airport after the shooting victim: tsa screener gerardo i hernandez, pictured, was killed in the shooting and two others were hurt | mecate icy obligator | no related information |
by becky evans published: 12:15 est, 8 october 2012 | updated: 03:18 est, 9 october 2012 manson was jailed for five years in 2003 after attempting a similar £17million fraud a lawyer who posed as a wealthy investor to con two venture capitalists out of £250,000 has been jailed for six years gordon manson, 48, from edinburgh, used the cash in an attempt to negotiate the takeover of a business worth £19million his scam was only foiled when the owner of the company mentioned the deal to a friend over drinks and was told manson was a conman jailing him at the old bailey, judge brian barker, the common serjeant of london, told manson: 'your whole lifestyle has been self centred and based on dishonesty and self delusion' he added: 'you gave every appearance that your interest in that company was genuine, using professional advisers 'subsequently your true identity was discovered and you were arrested ‘you were financing these activities on the back of two loans from venture finance companies this was fraudulent from the outset and professionally planned’ the old bailey heard manson first made an approach to invest in avanta, a serviced office company, in late 2010 posing as fraser henderson, he claimed he was ‘cash rich’ with a portfolio of serviced offices outside london in may 2012 he made another approach to buy the business and met with the owner david alberto at the westbury hotel in mayfair to discuss the deal manson claimed he ran a property investment business and spent most of his time in andorra and madrid he also claimed that he had access to a £50million fund to invest, although prosecutor antony swift said there is not believed to be any truth to the claims mr alberto spent £80,000 in professional fees relating to the deal before learning ‘henderson’ was in fact a conman named gordon manson in 2003, manson, a qualified solicitor, was jailed for five years in 2003 after attempting a similar £17million fraud in edinburgh after the discovery, mr alberto contacted police and then arranged a meeting with manson at an office in london so the fraudster could be arrested old bailey judge brian barker said manson based his life on 'dishonesty and self delusion' as he jailed him for six years manson later admitted that he had obtained loans worth £250,000 in order to finance the acquisition of avanta, including £100,000 from jeremy keith and £150,000 from zafir rafiq both loans were backed by personal guarantees which had been falsified by manson mr swift said: ‘he used false documentation about his own financial worth and false accounts, all giving the impression he was a man of substance when he was in fact a man of straw ‘his explanation was the deal could have worked and nobody would have lost anything the crown say that is simply untrue ‘clearly when a fraudster like the defendant is looking to buy a company like avanta the risk is once he gets his foot in the door he will use its good standing in order to fleece them and line his pockets’ defence barrister wayne cleaver said all of the money had been spent on surveyors, lawyers and ‘other expenses’ and there was nothing left manson pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud by false representation the judge sentenced him to 32 months for the avanta fraud he was also sentenced for 40 months for each of the bridging loan frauds to be served concurrently | gordon manson £19m old bailey six years | gordon manson scammed fortune before trying to takeover £19m business . his life was based on 'dishonesty and self delusion' according to old bailey judge . jailed for six years |
by damien gayle published: 03:17 est, 28 may 2013 | updated: 00:18 est, 29 may 2013 a cat left to die in a ditch by callous owners must wear woolly jumpers to survive because her fur was so matted and tangled rescuers had to shave it off the cat, who has been named freida the throw away kitty, was last month found underweight and abandoned in a ditch in rural maine, a mile from the nearest house she was taken in by animal rescue charity forgotten felines of maine, who said: 'she was emaciated and matted and weighed less than 2lbs she did not walk to that ditch by herself scroll down for video forlorn feline: freida the throw away kitten was last month found underweight and abandoned in a ditch in rural maine, a mile from the nearest house cute: tiny freida, who despite her size is actually a grown up cat, was taken in by animal rescue charity forgotten felines of maine the charity is appealing for funds to help to pay for her vets bills costly cat: the group, which describes itself as a 'small grassroots organization' has already stumped up over $1,000 towards vets bills for freida, who is suffering from a range of health problems 'thank god for the man [who found her] taking a walk that day he saved her life' the group, which describes itself as a 'small grassroots organization' has already stumped up over $1,000 towards vets bills for freida, who is suffering from a range of health problems because her tangled fur was so painful and irritating they were forced to shave most of her body and she not wears jumpers to keep her warm and protect her sensitive skin for days after she was found she ran a high fever and her anaemia meant that vets were unable to draw more than a single cc of blood at a time for diagnostic tests although she is in fact fully grown, her health problems mean she looks like she is still only a tiny kitten social media star: freida's plight has been highlighted by a facebook fan page which at the time of writing has so far attracted over 1,500 likes she is pictured on the page wearing a range of jumpers matted: because her tangled fur was so painful and irritating they were forced to shave most of her body she needs your help: freida pictured shortly after her rescue she is suffering from a malfunctioning liver and an enlarged gall bladder that mean she will need a lifetime of care forgotten felines is now appealing to the public for more cash to help freida, who they say will need a life time of care 'she has multifocal portal venule hypoplasia and arteriolar hyperplasia (reduplication); mild bile ductular hyperplasia,' volunteers said on a facebook page set up to highlight the forlorn feline's plight 'in essence her liver doesn't work her gall bladder is hundreds of times larger than it should be 'freida needs much more vet care and treatment and we really need your continued support if you think freida should have a chance live please help us help her' for more information about freida, and to find out how you can help her, visit her facebook fan page or the fundrazr page set up to support her care | freida maine | freida was discovered underweight and abandoned in a ditch in rural maine, a mile from the nearest house . she is suffering from a range of health problems which means she will now need a lifetime of medical care . animal rescue charity is appealing for the funds to help look after freida |
by jill reilly shrien dewani has been sent to a psychiatric hospital until next month after a brief court south african appearance in which he was formally charged with murdering his wife during their honeymoon the 34 year old was brought to western cape high court in cape town in a police convoy this morning after he was extradited from britain last night at the end of a long legal battle his wife anni dewani, 28, died when she was shot in the neck as the couple travelled in a taxi on the outskirts of cape town in november 2010 millionaire businessman dewani is accused of paying three men to kill her during the couple's honeymoon, which he denies scroll down for video shrien dewani arrives at the airport in cape town today after his extradition from britain last night he has been sent to a psychiatric hospital until next month after a brief court south african appearance in which he was formally charged with murdering his wife shrien dewani leaves with a police escort from western cape high court in cape town the 34 year old was brought to western cape high court in cape town in a police convoy this morning after he was extradited from britain last night at the end of a long legal battle dressed in a dark suit he attended court for a short hearing this morning and will now be held at valkenburg psychiatric hospital until his next appearance on may 12 the south african government has agreed with the uk that if a trial has not started within 18 months, dewani will be returned to britain following his court appearance his family released a statement saying dewani was 'committed to proving innocence' dewani was sent to the psychiatric hospital until next month after a brief court south african appearance in which he was formally charged with murdering his wife during their honeymoon shrien dewani, silhouetted on right, is driven into the valkenburg psychiatric hospital in cape town shrien dewani's father and other family members arrive at the western cape high court in cape town the prosecution and defence agreed he should be remanded to valkenberg psychiatric hospital in cape town, until his next court appearance on 12 may happier times: dewani is pictured with his wife, anni, whom he allegedly ordered to have killed in 2010 'shrien remains committed to proving his innocence in a court of law and uncovering the truth behind his wife’s murder' 'the extradition process has resulted in a number of assurances being provided by the south african authorities in relation to his continued hospital treatment 'we are grateful to the south african authorities for these assurances 'shrien's family and his legal team have every confidence in the south african judicial system the van carrying dewani through the city streets of cape town a member of the ruling african national congress women's league holds a picture of anni dewani during a protest against violence against women, outside the western cape high court media wait for the arrival of dewani anni dewani died when she was shot in the neck as the couple travelled in a taxi on the outskirts of cape town in november 2010 journalists wait for dewani to appear at the western cape high court a south african policeman stands next to the stairs leading to the holding cells of court one where dewani was processed 'we look forward to his health improving, his name being cleared and there being an end to this legal trauma for all involved 'we recognise the widespread public interest in this case but respect the proper place for its resolution to be the south african courts' dewani was flown out of bristol airport in a private jet last night the care home owner from bristol had engaged in a marathon legal battle to block extradition claiming he was unwell, but last night he was flown out of bristol airport in a private jet last night, pictured the 33 year old (right) and his father are pictured walking outside the bristol psychiatric hospital where he was being treated secure: the valkenberg psychiatric hospital in cape town, where shrien dewani will be assessed to see if he is mentally fit to stand trial for allegedly organising the honeymoon murder of his wife anni a spokesman for the country's justice department said in a statement: 'shrien dewani has landed at cape town international airport and was received by members of the sa police service 'he arrived in the company of a medical doctor, nurse and members of saps (south african police service) and interpol' anni dewani died when she was shot in the neck as the couple travelled in a taxi on the outskirts of cape town in november 2010 dewani, a care home owner, is accused of paying three men to kill her, which he denies scotland yard said dewani was taken from fromeside hospital in bristol to the airport accompanied by officers from the metropolitan police service extradition unit he was then taken on a private jet because south african authorities had concerns about his 'suicidal tendencies' and wanted to avoid media attention spokesman for the department of justice mthunzi mhaga said: 'we took into account the fact that there was undisputed evidence during (the) extradition hearing that he had displayed suicidal tendencies and the south african government did not want to take chances concern: his extradition comes as mrs dewani's brother, anish hindocha (pictured with anni's uncle, ashok hindocha), has said there are 'so many different' questions to be answered over his sister's death cctv: footage taken from the couple's honeymoon hotel in south africa shows the final hours of anni dewani who was murdered in 2010 'his peculiar medical condition needed to be monitored and the situation on a commercial fight had the potential to compromise it and that would have (an) adverse effect on the pending medical examination in a bid to get him to recover the department said in a statement: 'there was a need to ensure him and the whole team are secured and that would have been difficult on a commercial flight with many passengers which had potential to compromise their security as his identity is now well known' relatives of mrs dewani said during a london press conference yesterday that they 'need justice', with her uncle, ashok hindocha, adding: 'from today and onwards this case will be about anni until now it hasn't been about what really happened to her 'the justice system is the way it is obviously we were extremely surprised that it took such a long time 'there is one nation, one powerful nation called the united kingdom, that has a treaty with south africa that treaty was challenged, so we are happy that it went through unfortunately it took a long time' mrs dewani's brother, anish hindocha, said: 'it's been very difficult there is no life in our family any more, we struggle with the help of the south african people, with the help of the british people, we are at least trying to cope 'we need justice for anni that's the only thing in our minds, and we will hopefully get it soon' three men have been convicted and jailed over mrs dewani's death, including taxi driver zola tongo, who was given 18 years after admitting his role in the killing xolile mngeni, who prosecutors claim was the hitman, was convicted of premeditated murder over the shooting, and another accomplice, mziwamadoda qwabe, pleaded guilty to murder and was handed a 25 year prison sentence dewani's lawyers had argued that he should not be forced from the uk to face trial until he had recovered from mental health problems, including depression and post traumatic stress disorder but last month judges at the high court rejected all his grounds for appeal against removal and denied him the chance to take the case to the supreme court members of the dewani family leave the family home in bristol on the day of dewani's expedition to south africa they agreed with the south african authorities that if dewani was not fit to stand trial within 18 months, he would be returned to the uk ashok hindocha said the protracted legal battle had been 'very heavy' for the family, who have not seen dewani since his niece's funeral he added: 'at the beginning, we thought this was a very simple case that was until shrien became a suspect 'five people were in that car four men and one woman three of the men are in jail, one girl was shot in the neck one person hasn't answered the questions about what happened in the car' it is understood that if he is found fit to do so, dewani could stand trial in september murdered: anni dewani was 28 when she was murdered in a remote suburb of cape town in 2011 anger: vinod hindocha (right), the father of murdered bride anni dewani (left with murder suspect shrien), said he had always questioned how genuine his son in law's mental illness could have been claims: prosecutors claim dewani hired a hitman to kill his wife, which dewani has consistently denied guilty: taxi driver zola tongo (pictured) was jailed for 18 years after he admitted his part in 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by eddie wrenn published: 06:30 est, 8 october 2012 | updated: 09:51 est, 8 october 2012 a mother whose 11 year old son sneaked aboard a passenger jet then flew to rome alone is furious after three airline staff were told they would all keep their jobs liam corcoran jumped on a plane at manchester airport and travelled over 1,000 miles without a passport, cash or boarding pass three jet2com workers were suspended in the wake of the incident, and warned they could be dismissed while the airline reviewed procedures at all their british airports but today it emerged the staff members had been told they will not lose their jobs and are back at work after being retrained jetsetter: liam with his mother mary corcoran, who is furious that jet2 staff have not been sacked after the 11 year old sneaked on to a plane at manchester airport rome alone: liam managed to get on to the plane even though he had no passport or boarding pass liam’s mother mary corcoran, 30, said: 'i’m disgusted with jet2 three months on and i have not even had so much as an apology i still haven’t had a letter, any correspondence or anything 'that would have been the bare minimum that i would have expected after my son got half way to rome before anyone realised 'it’s a disgrace that these people can be reinstated after what happened and that’s what i find hard to understand this was a vulnerable child who was by himself she added: 'i knew that the staff were being investigated and i was hoping that the outcome would be that someone would be held accountable and sacked for it 'at the end of the day they let a child who was alone get through all the security and on to a flight heading to rome 'it’s a disgrace and i’m very angry that the staff have not been sacked and have only been re trained i think it’s outrageous and i still can’t get my head around it 'they put my son’s life at risk by not doing their job properly and checking alarm bells should have been ringing 'i really do dread to think what could have happened if he’d got out of rome airport i don’t think i would ever have seen him again' liam corcoran fort said he climbed on to the jet2 plane looking for a toilet after slipping away from his mother near to manchester airport liam from newall green, near wyhenshawe, manchester evaded five separate checks to board the plane at terminal one after giving his mother the slip at a shopping centre near her her home he was only noticed by staff after the aircraft had taken off, and he spent two hours in the airport in rome as the plane's crew were quizzed by italian authorities liam was brought back on the return flight and reunited with his mother mrs corcoran added: 'thousands of people pass through that airport and i thought that it was meant to be one of the top ones for security, especially because the olympics were approaching and security was meant to have been upped 'they could have let anyone through 'they should have done a head check when people boarded the plane but that never happened i’m glad that this procedure will be put back in place but it does not excuse what happened and that is what failed liam 'i’ve still not had any answers about how he ended up on the plane before he was spotted i’d like to ask them how he got through without a passport and boarding pass' she added: 'thankfully i got my son back but it could have been much worse and i’d hate to think that it could happen to another child, especially if these people are still employed liam on a less jet setting holiday: as a toddler riding on a donkey in blackpool 'liam could have got all the way to rome and i dread to think what could have happened, he could have ended up dead 'he got through five security checks and when he got to the one where the body scanner is they just told him to put his hands out and he said they said 'off you go' it’s unbelievable 'he was not stopped by anyone official and there must have been hundreds of people passing through who were going on their holidays who didn’t stop him' as part of its review jet2com reinstated a headcount of passengers on every flight after it emerged that crews did not routinely carry out the check and concluded that this was the main reason why liam was not spotted sooner the practice is not legally required by the civil aviation authority whose rules state the final check can be cabin crew checking boarding cards as passengers get on the plane from a walkway a spokesman for jet2com said the incident had been ‘thoroughly investigated' and all staff involved had been retrained and were still employed by the airline he added: 'following a full and thorough investigation, revised procedures have been implemented 'head counts are now in place across each of our flights from all airports, including those where airbridges are in use, and additional staff training has been carried out across the business 'we continue to liaise closely with manchester airport regarding security processes' aviation security expert chris yates said: 'the fact that the department for transport has not come forward with an investigation would suggest that the actions taken by jet2com are proportionate given the risk involved' | liam corcoran manchester airport jet2 liam mary | liam corcoran sneaked away from his mother near manchester airport and managed to board a plane without a passport or boarding card . three jet2 workers suspended but re instated after investigation . liam's mother mary said it was a 'disgrace' the staff had been reinstated |
by leon watson twelve chinese workers trapped for more than 80 hours in a collapsed railway tunnel have been rescued china’s xinhua news agency reported the men were pulled to safety yesterday after the accident in hunchun city in north east china's jilin province all the 12 were conscious while they were carried out of the tunnel, and some of them could even walk out by themselves scroll down for video firefighters carry a trapped worker out of a collapsed railway tunnel in hunchun, china the high speed railway tunnel was under construction when it collapsed at around 2am on wednesday they were taken to the hospital immediately by the ambulances waiting at site, and are receiving medical treatment there the high speed railway tunnel was under construction when it collapsed on wednesday at about 2am beijing time at the time, the workers were pouring concrete into it rescuers were able to contact the trapped workers through a passage into the collapsed tunnel, and delivered food to them on friday at 155pm chinese authorities are investigating the reason for the collapse a medical worker looks at a trapped worker, saved from a collapsed railway tunnel in hunchun, china ambulances wait at the accident site after a railway tunnel collapsed in hunchun, china rescuers clean their boots at the accident site rescuers were able to contact the trapped workers through a passage into the collapsed tunnel the workers were taken to a nearby hospital immediately by the ambulances waiting at site, and are receiving medical treatment there | china jilin province wednesday morning | men rescued after accident in north east china's jilin province . all the 12 were conscious while they were carried out of the tunnel . high speed railway tunnel had collapsed on wednesday morning |
by helen pow and meghan keneally published: 11:57 est, 26 december 2012 | updated: 15:42 est, 26 december 2012 the girlfriend of a suspect in a new hampshire murder case has been arrested for lying to police about her whereabouts on the night when the missing college student was last seen elizabeth 'lizzie' marriott went missing on october 9 and may have been involved in a kinky threesome with seth mazzaglia and his girlfriend kathryn mcdonough mazzaglia, an aspiring 29 year old actor, remains in police custody and is charged with the second dregree murder of 19 year old marriott even though her body has never been found charged: kathryn mcdonough, 19, seen at her arraignment (left) and arrest (right) was charged with lying to the police about her whereabouts on the night that a supposed friend went missing support: mcdonough's parents watched in court as their daughter's bail was set for $35,000 mcdonough, also 19, was dating mazzaglia at the time and investigators believe that she is the connection between the seemingly wholesome marriott and mazzaglia who is thought to be a member of various online dating and bondage websites marriott was a student at the university of new hampshire, and her friends said that on the day that she disappeared, she had told them that she was going to visit a friend in a town called dover mcdonough who lived in an apartment with mazzaglia in dover and marriott previously worked together at target and became friends there marriott's aunt said lizzi loved marine biology, volunteered at the new england aquarium in boston and enjoyed reading the harry potter series and the lord of the rings trilogy with her younger brother university of new hampshire student elizabeth 'lizzi' marriott vanished on her way to visit a friend on tuesday police now believe she is dead and have called off the search hunt: new hampshire associate attorney general jane young holds a 'missing' flyer of lizzi on friday mcdonough was arrested on christmas eve for hindering apprehension or prosecution and conspiracy to commit hindering apprehension or prosecution, both of which are felony charges the union leader reports that mcdonough was arrested which comes two months after mazzaglia was arrested for suffocating marriot because she lied about where she was on october 9 and 12 her bail has been set at $35,000 marriott's body has not been recovered so far divers equipped with sonar and underwater cameras have been scouring the ocean for the teen 'we truly believe she’s in the ocean, and we're just waiting for her to come back to shore,' said dawn downey of westboro, a family friend though the search was briefly called off, authorities have no focused their efforts on the waters around peirce island in nearby portsmouth using both sonar technology to scan the bottom of the lake and cadaver dogs to try to pick up her scent authorities in maine and massachusetts have also been asked to watch their shorelines in case marriott's body washes up seth mazzaglia (left and right) of dover, who is a struggling actor has been arrested and charged with the murder of missing student lizzi marriott but that was the last activity on her phone and her bank accounts have not been accessed since the suspect, seth j mazzaglia is listed as living at apartment 341 in the complex of 1 mill street in dover his website indicates that he is an 'experienced actor, writer and fight choreographer' who stands 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds he claims that his 'special skills and talents' include a third degree black belt in okinawan karate and that he is proficient with a samurai sword, butterfly swords and other hand held weapons robert modee, who is a kittery, maine, martial arts instructor, confirmed that mazzaglia is an expert in karate and that he trained with the suspect for almost 20 years 'he's been with me, training with me, since he was probably 10 or 12 years old,' modee said as well as his expertise in hand to hand combat, mazzaglia claimed to have performed in 17 theater productions between 2000 and 2010 in 2005, mazzaglia played the role of richie valens in a july performance of the buddy holly story, at seacoast repertory theater one former cast member, brett wulfson said she remembered mazzaglia as a pleasant man, 'very involved with self defense' silent: seth mazzaglia, bottom center, is seen during his video arraignment from the strafford county jail in dover, nh to the district court in dover for the murder of elizabeth 'lizzi' marriott fruitless: a portsmouth fire boat joins the search of the piscataqua river in new hampshire for the body of student elizabeth 'lizzi' marriott, which has since been called off strangled: lizzi's body has still not been found but police have called off the search they will not say what led to her arrest but simply it was due to evidence collected according to the portsmouth herald, mazzaglia had several accounts on online dating sites, including okcupidcom, where his user name was listed as darkaiser another account of a 29 year old darkaiser was found on an s&m website described as 'the world's largest largest bdsm (bondage, discipline, dominance and submission, and sadomasochism) community and the most exciting bondage and fetish web site' the user by the name darkaiser wrote in his profile that he is 'a master seeking a slave' on another bondage website described as a facebook 'run by kinksters,' a 29 year old darkaiser from new hampshire wrote that he was looking for 'a lifetime relationship, a relationship; a play partner' princess by day, slut by night' and a sub' in addition, mazzaglia claims to have a 750 hour certification in massage therapy awarded by mcintosh college in 2007 marriott was a 2011 graduate of westborough high school in massachusetts she lived with an aunt in chester and commuted to the durham campus | unwettable mucilaginously rid | no related information |
by harry mount british prime minister margaret thatcher still has no monument in her home town tomorrow is the first anniversary of the death of the most influential peacetime prime minister in british history take a walk through margaret thatcher’s hometown, though, and you could be forgiven for thinking she hadn’t spent her formative years here yes, there’s a plaque on her childhood home, the greengrocer’s owned by her father, alfred roberts, grantham’s mayor in 1946 but it could hardly be smaller — high up on the first floor, barely legible from the pavement and it isn’t even one of the official blue plaques normally granted to the great and the good today, her childhood home is a health clinic, living health, specialising in ‘chiropractic, natural therapies and beauty’ in the shop window, a large poster offers a treatment to ‘tone, slim and detox’ you with a marine algae bodywrap one wall of alfred roberts’s old shop is given over to an advert that reads: ‘gift vouchers available here — give the gift of relaxation’ lady thatcher had many gifts — the art of relaxation wasn’t one of them in grantham’s pretty town centre, there is nothing to remind you of the person who changed the face of britain on the green, there’s a statue to grantham’s most famous son — sir isaac newton opposite is the isaac newton shopping centre there’s another plaque marking the spot where newton lodged as a schoolboy and there are two more newton plaques outside king’s grammar school, where he was head boy a few yards away, there is a bronze statue to the honourable frederick tollemache, grantham’s liberal mp, on and off, from 1826 until 1874 the inscription reads: ‘erected in 1891 by the friends who revered his memory, irrespective of political opinions’ i mean no disrespect to mr tollemache but, even in the 19th century, he wasn’t much of a name to conjure with in british politics certainly nothing compared with the town’s colossally famous, most distinguished daughter even her most fervent supporters might not rank margaret thatcher alongside the man who discovered gravity but surely she deserves a statue at least as much as frederick tollemache if this were america — where thatcher is revered more than she is in britain — grantham would be the equivalent of a presidential birthplace every hotel, tea shop and pub would be plastered with thatcher references the town signs would be emblazoned with her name; her childhood home would be bought up by admirers, and thronged with pilgrims but not in modern britain on two recent visits to grantham, i had the pavement outside her childhood home to myself, for half an hour each time, as i took photographs baroness margaret thatcher's birthplace in grantham the site was a greengrocer, then a restaurant and is now a health clinic so thank god, then, for two women who, off their own bat, have determined to leave a thatcherite stamp on the town that made her the first is helen goral, chairman of grantham museum three years ago, the museum was in a terrible way, with lincolnshire county council unable to afford its upkeep it had a thatcher display, but it was woeful — not much more than one of her handbags and a pair of her shoes enter helen and a team of volunteers, who took over the running of the museum as a community heritage association in 2011, and reinvigorated the thatcher display the museum remains small but now has some real gems: including the dinner jacket worn by alfred roberts in his mayoral year, and an utterly characteristic royal blue dress and handbag, donated from lady thatcher’s personal wardrobe there’s a copy of handel’s messiah, owned by a 15 year old margaret roberts in 1940, and the programme for the 1937 grantham and district eisteddfod, in which she performed most intriguing is the hockey stick margaret used to wield at kesteven and grantham girls’ school, where she was head girl when she left, her hockey stick, and her school uniform, were passed on to ann nidd, a young neighbour, just starting at the school scratched into the head of the hockey stick are two names, ‘m roberts’ and ‘a nidd’ the museum also has a copy of thatcher’s memoirs, inscribed by her with the words: ‘from this town i learnt so much and am proud to be one of its citizens’ but still, the streets of grantham are empty of any tribute to its proud daughter but, with luck and a little money, not for long a bust of margaret thatcher resided in her birthplace, but an official monument is still in the pipeline on march 8, 2013 — coincidentally, exactly a month before lady thatcher’s death — helen goral started an appeal to raise £100,000 for a lady thatcher statue, and another £100,000 for further improvements to the thatcher display at the museum much of the money collected has come from grantham locals helen says they are still ‘two big donations’ away from achieving their goal ‘we didn’t consider applying for government funds,’ she says ‘private donations are much more in line with lady thatcher’s beliefs ‘this is a project for the community, but it shouldn’t be taxpayer funded lady thatcher wouldn’t have wanted council tax to be spent on a statue she’d have said that the money could be better spent elsewhere’ helen is chair of the advisory panel that will determine what the statue looks like three prospective poses have been considered — two standing, one sitting — but no final decision has been made the plan is for the statue to go inside the museum or stand on the green between isaac newton and frederick tollemache is a perfect stretch of grass just waiting for her ‘people are concerned about the potential of vandalism,’ says helen, ‘it depends on planning, too, but i’d prefer it to be outside’ of course it must go outside, even at the considerable risk of vandalism — another statue of margaret thatcher was decapitated by a thug at the guildhall art gallery in 2002 but even that attack was a kind of tribute, i thought at the time — who’d bother to decapitate a statue of john major or gordon brown? the second woman to strike a blow for margaret thatcher’s memory in grantham is sculptor lisa hawker as of last friday, her charming bronze bust of lady thatcher has taken pride of place in grantham museum’s main hall it shows margaret thatcher, with a slight smile, in the early eighties, when she was in her 50s and her prime lisa based the work on video footage and old photographs to ‘absorb her personality’ then she spent several months moulding lady t in clay before casting her in bronze the bust — which is at the museum on a free loan — will be on show until the end of the month lisa says she was inspired to do the bust because of negative reaction to thatcher after her death ‘she deserved respect after she died — i thought it was absolutely shocking how she was treated ‘people weren’t getting the person behind the politician and most of the art showed her as a politician, not as a woman, which is what i wanted to do you had to respect her drive and determination ‘i was a young adult when she came to power, so i remember what the country was like before,’ she says ‘she was a force for good at the time opinion is always going to be divided but her legacy was so great and she achieved so much from humble origins’ as for the statue, the sculptor has yet to be decided helen goral jokes that although the material is most likely to be bronze, ‘iron has been suggested!’ in the meantime, margaret thatcher will be remembered in the condolence book, signed in the grantham museum after her death one entry pays tribute from someone who says they are for ever in her debt, having benefited from thatcher’s flagship policy of selling people their council house it adds: ‘people must not forget the three day week and sitting at home in candlelight because the coal miners were on strike rip’ another simply says: ‘you will always be remembered in grantham for all you did for the country — and you were a grantham girl’ | grantham margaret thatcher | harry mount on the fight for a monument to the iron lady in grantham . you can donate towards the margaret thatcher statue at margaretthatcherstatueorg |
by michael zennie, david mccormack and meghan keneally published: 20:42 est, 27 february 2013 | updated: 00:38 est, 28 february 2013 crime writer patricia cornwell said that when she became successful, she was unprepared to handle it because of her mood disorder and so she hired a third party to handle her financial expenses that decision turned out to be a costly one as a federal jury just determined that they swindled her out of millions of dollars the jury awarded ms cornwell nearly $51million last week after they found that new york based anchin, block & anchin llp were at fault for her disappearing fortune and not her rentals of private jets and luxurious apartments at the trump tower 'for the last couple of years before we left this particular company, it seemed that no matter what i did i never had any more money i kept thinking 'how can i earn this much money and it's not accumulating in any sort of way?' and i began to be very confused and very concerned,' she said on wednesday scroll down for video telling her side: intensely private crime writer patricia cornwell said that she pursued the lawsuit against her former money manger because she felt that she was sticking up for people who are victimized and aren't able to fight despite earning over $10million a year in book sales, ms cornwell is reportedly down to her last $13million and has been forced to sell off her helicopter, sports cars and several homes in a bid to reduce her debt the tipping point came when the fbi began investigating ms cornwell for illegal campaign contributions to hillary clinton, only to find out that she had no idea about the contributions but that it was her financial planners making those deposits without her approval or permission 'the next thing i knew i'm being investigated by the fbi as if i was the one who had done all of this,' she said during an appearance on katie couric's talk show 'what happens to the average person if someone does this to you? i had the means to fight it i have a voice and i have the funds but what is really so bad about this is you wonder how many people go through something like this and they have no way to fight it explaining the process: katie couric asked cornwell about how she first discovered her millions were missing 'i mean you have to have millions and millions of dollars to pay your legal fees and that's not fair justice should not be this expensive so i thought we will fight this for everybody it's not just for me, i'm doing it for you i don't want anybody ever going through this' this scandal is not the first time that her money has been an issue for her, and her first success came at an emotional and mental cost because of her unspecified mood disorders 'if you're not really prepared for it it can be overwhelming,' she said 'anything that is destabilizing makes it harder for you' during the trial, cornwell, 56, testified that anchin moved her from a conservative management strategy to an aggressive one without her permission she said she fired the firm in 2009 after discovering that her net worth was a little under $13million, despite having eight figure earnings in each of the previous four years she had said the firm caused her to miss a book deadline for the first time in her career when it failed to find her a suitable place to write after renovation work on her house in concord went on much longer than expected 'this was very destabilizing i really lost my ability to focus and concentrate i did not know what the book was about anymore,' cornwell said author patricia cornwell, with spouse staci gruber to her right, leaves federal court in boston after taking the stand in her lawsuit against her former financial management company the lawsuit said the missed deadline caused cornwell to lose one year's income: about $15 million in non recoverable advances and commission defense lawyer james campbell said cornwell's money worries were due to her extravagant lifestyle which included spending $1,000 per day on a car service, a $10 million renovation project at her massachusetts estate and the $12 million purchase of a florida condo the best selling crime author also spent $40,000 a month for an apartment at trump tower in new york city, $200,000 in taxes alone for her customized, personal helicopter, $5million for private jets to ferry her across the country and $11million for private estates in concord, massachusetts she also had several employees, including one who was paid $100,000 the trial has cast a harsh spotlight on the intensely private 56 year old cornwell lives with her longtime partner, harvard university neuroscientist staci gruber wildly popular: most of cornwell's novels center around virginia medical examiner kay scarpetta the novels, which have sold 100million copies worldwide, are credited with introducing the forensic science crime genre crime fiction author patricia cornwell (pictured right with partner staci gruber) is at the centre of an epic legal battle against her accountants 'where did the money go? ms cornwell and dr gruber spent the money,' said campbell 'you have to consider the large lifestyles involved, the spending habits, impulsive buying' cornwell's crime novels, most of which follow virginia forensic examiner kay scarpetta, have made cornwell a nationally recognized name her books which lean heavily on the use of forensic science are credited as a major influence for the tv show 'csi: crime scene investigation' watch the video here | patricia cornwell 56 anchin, block & anchin llp evan snapper said fbi clinton | patricia cornwell, 56, sued anchin, block & anchin llp and money manager evan snapper, claiming she lost untold millions . federal jury awarded her $51million after agreeing that her personal account was mismanaged and her spending was not to blame . said she found out that the money was gone when the fbi began investigating her for clinton campaign donations she never made |
by jennifer newton fears have been raised over safety at the 2014 brazil world cup after a british oil worker was shot dead in an attempted carjacking scot peter campsie, 48, was killed by two gunmen in rio de janeiro as he returned home to his family following a business meeting the operations manager for diamond offshore drilling international was shot twice as he tried to flee his lexus on wednesday, it has been reported his death comes just three months before the start of the world cup tournament and as officials desperately try to reassure the world they will host a safe competition peter campsie, 48, who was killed by two gunmen in rio de janeiro in an attempted car jacking on wednesday the oil worker from montrose was returning home to his family when he was shot, reports suggest mr campsie moved to the country 16 years ago from scotland where the rest of his family live mr campsie, from montrose, angus, had worked in brazil for 16 years and lived in the city of macae, north of rio, with his wife and 10 year old daughter he is survived by two sons and his mother, brother and sister in scotland in a family statement to the press & journal, they said: 'he was a man who loved life and and brought so much joy and laughter to those around him 'wherever pete went, the good times followed a darkness has fallen on us all as we try and make sense of why pete had to die in the prime of his life 'he was a loyal friend and father, brother and son who cared deeply about making sure everyone got the best out of their lives our anchor has been pulled away so cruelly' mr campsie's family said today he was a 'loyal friend and father' who 'loved life' mr campsie pictured in a golf course with his family his shooting comes just months before the start of the brazil 2014 world cup tournament mr campsie, had lived in brazil had worked in brazil for 16 years and lived in the city of macae with his wife and 10 year old daughter it is understood mr campsie died at the scene of the attack in the late afternoon in the niteroi municipality of rio it is understood mr campsie died at the scene of the attack in the late afternoon in the niteroi municipality the gunmen fled empty handed a spokeswoman for the foreign and commonwealth office said: 'we were made aware of the death of a british national in brazil on april 2 'we stand ready to provide consular assistance to the family at this difficult time' the foreign office say they were made aware of the death and were ready to provide consular assistance | scot peter campsie brazil world cup | scot peter campsie, 48, was killed by two gunmen as he returned home . the operations manager shot twice as he tried to flee his car . family say a 'darkness has fallen on them' as they pay tribute to him . comes just three months before the start of the 2014 brazil world cup |
by toni jones published: 10:34 est, 15 march 2013 | updated: 12:04 est, 15 march 2013 the duchess of cambridge and her cousin zara phillips have never been one to rock the boat when it comes to their wardrobe choices despite her style icon status kate is actually a rather conservative dresser for a woman of her age, while sporty zara is more at home in jodhpurs and a fleece than a glamorous dress this week the two girls and kate's younger sister pippa middleton attended the chilly cheltenham racing meet in a selection of smart and stylish winter coats from designers including paul costelloe and katherine hooker so far, so good (if a little sensible) but underneath the elegant double breasted coats style watchers were horrified to spot one of fashion's biggest fashion faux pas on display: frumpy brown tights the duchess of cambridge in a salmon pink coat and brown tights zara phillips in a belted navy jacket, heeled brogues and brown tights pippa middleton in yellow katherine hooker and brown tights bafflingly each of the women had chosen to finish their various cheltenham outfits with the chocolate coloured style no no for most grown women, brown opaque tights are a vague memory associated with bad brownie outfits, but here are three of the country's most photographed women striding confidently around the gloucestershire countryside as though cladding your legs in cocoa coloured 60 deniers is the most normal thing in the world 31 year old kate arrived at the course today with husband william wearing a peachy pink joseph coat teamed with head to toe brown accessories her hat was a £240 betty boop style from milliners lock & co, the boots a pair of stuart weitzman suede knee highs even her gloves and clutch bag matched 31 year old kate arrived at the course today with husband william wearing a peachy pink coat teamed with head to toe brown accessories and on ladies day yesterday, both zara and pippa chose to show off hazel hued legs underneath their winter coats the queen's granddaughter zara teamed hers with a navy funnel necked coat, sensible shoes and a khaki coloured hat by karen henriksen the 31 year old's tom ford sunglasses were the only nod to current fashion trends meanwhile 29 year old pippa set out to dazzle her eligible racing date tom kingston in a bespoke bright yellow coat by british designer katherine hooker but finishing the look with brown tights, brown knee high boots and a cocoa coloured cossack hat gave the overall look an unfortunate 'bananagirl' effect zara phillips chose brown tights to finish off her ladies day outfit yesterday, brightening the muted look up with a cute giraffe print clutch on day one and two of the racing meet the queen's granddaughter styled her winter coats with light brown tights left, and black tights, right in fashion terms, they say that three's a trend, and the freezing temperatures at prestbury park have meant practical outfits all round, but will the the royal seal of approval make chestnut hosiery appropriate outer wear for the masses? nicole mowbray, editor of the daily mail's life & style section hopes not she says: 'you can see how it happened sloaney brown boots aren’t an easy shoe to accessorise 'black tights look too, well, black; sheer have too much sheen; navy invoke memories of the school librarian… but brown? 'as every style maven knows, brown tights are the least stylish hosiery known to womankind, rendering skinny pins twig like and leaving larger legs looking similar to tree trunks 'so what could the royals have worn instead? it’s a tough one, but if the weather is too cold for bare legs (which would be my preference with that footwear), i’d plump for something matt black, preferably with a high denier (so one over 70) 'kate may have single handedly (inexplicably) brought flesh coloured 'nude' tights back from the fashion graveyard last year, but she should abandon all hope she’s going to do the same for brown ones' banana girl: 29 year old pippa set out to dazzle her eligble racing date tom kingston in a bespoke bright yellow coat by british designer katherine hooker kate recycled a lock & co hat with bow detail for day four pippa wore a fur cossak style hat and huge sunglasses for ladies day zara chose a velvet jane taylor hat featuring swarovski crystals for day one she wore a modern pillbox finished with a bright peacock feather for day two for ladies day the royal wore a khaki design by karen henriksen and designer sunglasses | the duchess of cambridge joseph jacket stuart weitzman day four cheltenham pippa middleton zara phillips ladies day | the duchess of cambridge recycled a joseph jacket and stuart weitzman boots for day four of cheltenham . chose patterned brown tights to finish off her outfit . pippa middleton and zara phillips both chose chocolate hosiery on ladies day . style experts pray this doesn't mean a 'fashion moment' for frumpy tights |
by sean rayment published: 20:09 est, 2 november 2013 | updated: 20:09 est, 2 november 2013 the cost of sacking thousands of troops in one of the largest ever armed forces redundancy programmes will reach almost £500 million, the mail on sunday can reveal it is the first time the ministry of defence has officially disclosed the huge cost of the controversial cuts over the past four years almost one in ten soldiers has been axed as the army has shrunk from 102,000 to 82,000 troops – its smallest for more than a century the royal navy and raf have also each lost about 5,000 personnel as part of the restructuring programme aimed at filling a £38 billion funding black hole created by years of mismanagement redundancies: over the past four years almost one in ten soldiers has been axed as the army has shrunk from 102,000 to 82,000 troops, its smallest for more than a century details of the redundancies costs were disclosed in an answer to a parliamentary question by russell brown, labour mp for dumfries and galloway defence minister anna soubry replied: ‘we estimate that the costs of exit packages in 2013 14 and 2014 15 will total some £460 million ‘exit costs beyond 2014 15 are expected to be relatively small’ earlier this year the mod was forced to admit that some soldiers serving on the front line in afghanistan faced being made redundant shortly after their return to the uk earlier this year the mod was forced to admit that some soldiers serving on the front line in afghanistan faced being made redundant shortly after their return to the uk bills: defence minister anna soubry estimates that the cost of exit packages in 2013 14 will reach £460m | demerol busbies nonplutocratical | no related information |
by sam webb four people have been arrested after three wealthy tourists were bludgeoned by a hammer wielding attacker who sneaked into their hotel room in the middle of the night one woman is in a critical condition and the other two remain in hospital although their injuries are not believed to be life threatening khuloud al muhairi, 36, is still fighting for her life more than 48 hours after being attacked at the hotel, which is off oxford street in central london she is reported to have been placed in an induced coma a police car parked outside the entrance of the cumberland hotel in central london, where three women were attacked with a hammer by an intruder in one of the rooms inside their father said: 'my heart is broken to a million pieces' four stars: the cumberland hotel in london, where the hammer attack on three women in their thirties took place botched burglary: police believe the suspect entered a room on the seventh floor where the three women were staying with three children in adjoining rooms (stock image of a cumberland hotel room) the 70 year old father of the three emirati women was able to speak to his eldest daughter for the first time on monday evening he told the national: 'khuloud, they told me, had an operation on her nose and jaw,' said jaffar nasser al najjar “i could barely hear her she kept saying, ‘i’m ok, dad don’t worry’ 'my heart is broken to a million pieces and i can’t do anything except to pray that they return safely'it is understood two other women injured in the same incident in the early hours of sunday and now recovering at a london hospital are her sisters fatimah al muhairi, 31, and 34 year old ohoud al muhairi all three women, from the united arab emirates (uae), were enjoying a break in london with their children and other relatives scene: one of the women is in a critical but stable condition after the assault at the cumberland hotel near oxford street in london manhunt: police are appealing for any witnesses of the incident on sunday morning at the cumberland hotel, pictured, to come forward a fourth woman, who was staying next door and ran down from the seventh floor to the first screaming for help, is believed to be 18 year old relative shekha al mauhairi a lone man managed to get into the room on the seventh floor of the four star cumberland hotel near marble arch in london's west end in the early hours of sunday morning when one of the women woke up, he attacked her with the hammer, and then turned on the two other victims, fleeing the hotel in bloodstained clothes a metropolitan police spokesman said three men, aged 56, 34 and 32, were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder at addresses in islington, north london, yesterday a 31 year old woman was held on suspicion of handling stolen goods all four remain in custody at north london police stations the women, who are in their thirties, had travelled to london for a shopping spree from their home in the united arab emirates it is understood that the three women, who are all from the united arab emirates, had deliberately left their door unlocked because they were staying in the hotel as part of a large family group they were sleeping with three children, who were unharmed, in two adjoining rooms the wealthy family, who had come to london for shopping and sightseeing, arrived in the uk between april 3 and 5 and the women had visited large west end stores on saturday no keys were stolen from the hotel and police said there had been no breach of security at the venue detectives are scouring cctv to establish the movements of both the women and their attacker earlier in the day the cumberland hotel is near europe's busiest shopping street, oxford street, and has 1,000 rooms including a jimi hendrix suite sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article | cumberland hotel sunday morning oxford street | three victims of the cumberland hotel hammer attack have been named . assault happened on sunday morning just yards from oxford street . one woman is in a critical but stable condition following the 2am attack . their father said: 'my heart is broken to a million pieces' |
by anna edwards published: 07:37 est, 13 october 2013 | updated: 18:36 est, 13 october 2013 road rage killer tracie andrews has set up home with a married father of four who ditched his wife for her two years after she was released from prison for stabbing her fiance lee harvey 42 times, she is pictured with new lover phil goldsworthy, 52 now calling herself jenna stephens and with her appearance changed by dark hair and plastic surgery, andrews is reportedly playing housewife at the home he shared with his wife, linsie, in south west england killer tracie andrews, who stabbed her boyfriend to death and blamed it on a road rage stranger, has moved in with a father of four who allegedly dumped his wife for her killer tracie andrews and boyfriend phil goldsworthy were spotted holding hands as they strolled round the shops andrews, 44, completed jobs around the 52 year old's semi detached house near st ives, cornwall, before she headed out with him to do a spot of shopping, the sunday mirror reported despite being sentenced to life imprisonment in 1997 for the murder of lee harvey, andrews was released on licence after just 14 years in 2011 her aim then was to slip back into the community unnoticed and she has tried to build up a new life after her horrific crime she not only changed her name but also attempted to change her appearance phil goldsworthy is currently divorcing his wife linsie and has moved in with the cold hearted killer who stabbed her fiance 42 times with a penknife tracie andrews claimed her boyfriend had been murdered by a stranger this included a £5,000 operation, paid for by the nhs, to correct her distinctive protruding jaw her mane of blonde hair also disappeared and was replaced by a dyed black bob and it would appear that she has formed a new life for herself as she settled into mr goldsworthy's home mrs goldsworthy, a mother of two, has previously bitterly accused andrews of being involved in the breakdown of their relationship she claimed andrews showered mr goldsworthy with gifts, and described how they became close while working together last year mrs goldsworthy said her husband was 'fascinated' by the cold hearted killer 'if we went out with friends, he would say excitedly: 'guess who’s working at the pub? the woman who stabbed her boyfriend to death',' she said 'he would defend her from any criticism, claiming she had changed 'he used to say she looked like kat slater from eastenders — and he has always fancied her 'then he started coming home from the pub at 4am, claiming they were really busy' after the discovery of a text message between the pair, says mrs goldsworthy, she and her husband split up andrews stabbed lee with a penknife 42 times during a violent row despite forensic evidence confirming her guilt, she denied the charges at trial but mr goldsworthy has insisted his estranged wife's version of events was ‘all lies’ and that he and his wife broke up before andrews came on the scene andrews tried to convince the nation of her innocence when she gave an interview at a press conference occasionally weeping and sporting buises, andrews clutched lee's mother maureen’s hand as she described how a road rage assailant stabbed 25 year old lee following a cat and mouse car chase through worcestershire as the couple drove home from the pub but her recollection was revealed to be a complete lie jealous, possessive and volatile, andrews had stabbed lee with a penknife 42 times during a violent row despite forensic evidence confirming her guilt, she denied the charges at trial it was only 21 months after she was convicted that she confessed to killing lee, claiming self defence, in a letter to her solicitor, despite lee sustaining a stab wound to his back | phil goldsworthy england | held hands with phil goldsworthy as they strolled through shops . has moved in to semi detached home in south west england |
by fiona macrae yoga can re energise women who have battled breast cancer just three months of practising postures, breathing and meditation cut fatigue in cancer survivors by more than half inflammation, which is linked to health problems from heart disease to frailty, and increases the odds of cancer coming back, was also eased yoga can re energise women who have battled breast cancer and just three months of practising postures, breathing and meditation cut their fatigue by more than half, according to a new study the large, us based study suggests that something as cheap and gentle as yoga could be of huge benefit to breast cancer patients breast cancer is britain’s most common cancer with almost 50,000 cases a year survival rates are improving but the gruelling treatments can leave women feeling worn out for months – or even years – after they have stopped the ohio state university researchers recruited 200 women who had survived cancer of varying degrees of severity half were asked to attend 90 minute yoga classes twice a week and practise at home, if they could the research suggests that something as cheap and gentle as yoga could be of huge benefit to breast cancer patients breast cancer is britain's most common cancer with almost 50,000 cases a year magnified human breast cancer cells dividing are pictured the other women were told to go about life as normal but promised yoga classes after the study was finished the women, who had undergone surgery and powerful treatments such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy, were also quizzed about their energy levels and subjected to blood tests none had done any yoga before the start of the study three months after the yoga classes had ended, fatigue was an average of 57 per cent lower in attendees, the journal of clinical oncology reports this is important as persistent tiredness can make people more frail by reducing the amount of exercise they are able to do as a result, even day to day activities become more challenging the study also showed that the more yoga a woman did, the greater the boost in energy levels blood tests showed a reduction in levels of compounds linked to the inflammation it is thought that better sleep, helped by the yoga, could have cut fatigue and inflammation and allowed the cancer survivors to do more and so enhanced their quality of life yoga sessions could give others including older women (pictured) an energy boost, the scientists said the psychological benefits of yoga have been much studied but this research is some of the first to pin down some of the underlying biology researcher professor janet kiecolt glaser said the women may have benefited from improvements in their breathing and the stress relief of mediation better sleep could have cut fatigue and inflammation and allowed the women to do more and so enhanced their quality of life she said: ‘this showed that modest yoga practice over a period of several months could have substantial benefits for breast cancer survivors’ the professor added that yoga sessions could give others – including the elderly – an energy boost eluned hughes, of charity breakthrough breast cancer, said: ‘more people are getting breast cancer than ever before which means quality of life after treatment is increasingly important ‘these are promising results which suggest that yoga could reduce fatigue and inflammation after treatment; improving well being for many breast cancer survivors’ | three months the ohio state university | three months of practising postures, breathing and meditation cut fatigue in cancer survivors by more than half . inflammation, which is linked to health . problems from heart disease to frailty and increases the odds of cancer . coming back, was also eased . the ohio state university research found that the more yoga a woman did, the greater the boost in her energy levels |
by david wilkes updated: 03:24 est, 23 november 2011 after 25 years in the baking business, rachel brown knew her exquisitely decorated cupcakes were popular she just didn’t realise how popular so when she decided to drum up a little extra trade with a discount deal, she bit off more than she could chew swamped by orders, mrs brown, who normally makes 100 cupcakes a month, found herself having to bake an astonishing 102,000 recipe for disaster: rachel brown had to draft in 25 staff as demand surged for her cupcakes and disastrously, because her deal had been so generous and the demand so huge, she made a loss on every order – wiping out her profits for the entire year the cupcake catastrophe started when the 50 year old cook posted a deal on money saving website groupon she offered subscribers to the site a 75 per cent discount on 12 cakes – selling them for £650 instead of the usual £26 mrs brown, from woodley, near reading, said: ‘we only expected to get a few hundred orders out of it but we had thousands and thousands pouring in we had to cut it off at 8,500 orders’ her company, called need a cake, normally employs eight workers, but it had to bring in 25 agency staff after spending an extra £12,500 on staff and distribution, she made a loss of £250 per order sour taste: cake maker rachel brown outside her company need a cake, in woodley near reading she was besieged with more than 8,500 requests after placing a discount deal on money saving website groupon rising to the occasion: mrs brown's staff worked night and day to meet the extraordinary demand ‘without doubt, it’s the worst ever business decision i have made,’ she said ‘it’s been an absolute nightmare’ us based groupon is a ‘deal a day’ website offering coupons to subscribers, giving discount deals on anything from restaurant meals to spa treatments it uses collective buying power to achieve lower prices and the deals it offers are available only if a minimum number of people sign up companies that offer deals hope to gain new custom or sell extra goods to customers during their visit mrs brown’s offer on the website invited customers to ‘construct their ideal cupcake, choosing from sponge flavour, icing and decoration options’ and it certainly proved tempting mrs brown said: ‘as soon as we were making, packaging and sending the cakes out we were on to the next order it was non stop we take pride in making cakes of exceptional quality but i had to bring in agency staff on top of my usual staff, who had nowhere near the same skills ‘i was very worried about standards dropping and hated the thought of letting anybody down ‘even a much larger company would have difficulty coping, but my poor staff were having to slog away at all hours ‘one of them even came in at 3am because she couldn’t sleep for worry i’ve been running this business for 25 years and i thought i knew what i was doing we are still working to make up the lost money and will not be doing this again’ heather dickinson, groupon’s international communications director, said there was no limit to the number of vouchers that could be sold sinking feeling: need a cake, which usually employs eight people, had to take on an extra 25 agency staff to meet demand, and in the process wiped out all the profits for the year fallout: one of mrs brown's employees jo walsby was given the unenviable task of fielding calls from angry cupcake buyers whose orders were taking longer than expected to be fulfilled boxed in: need a cake usually sells boxes of cupcakes for upwards of £26, meaning a £250 loss was made on each of the £650 groupon offers she said: ‘we approach each business with a tailored, individual approach based on the prior history of similar deals’ she added there had been ‘constant contact’ with need a cake and this was the first time she had heard the company had experienced difficulties but mrs brown has refuted this claim, saying she has written records of correspondence highlighting the problem meanwhile, a message on her website informs customers the deal is no longer available it reads: ‘the groupon offer is now closed we regret that we cannot process any unused vouchers as they have now expired with groupon’ groupon is a 'deal a day' website that offers a series of discount offers on a variety of products and services the website, at grouponcouk, offers a different daily deal such as a meal out, skills class or beauty treatment in participating cities 36 in britain so far if you are attracted by a deal, you click 'buy now' and give your credit card details if enough people have committed, the money is taken and you're emailed back a voucher (or groupon) which you redeem the company boasts that its collective buying power means it can offer discount prices while bringing together businesses and consumers how to use it the site is easy to navigate and very clearly laid out on entering the website you pick your nearest city from a scroll down menu the offer is described in minute detail and limitations are highlighted for example a deal of three microdermabrasion facials for £40, real value £165, is in a salon with 'edgy décor' groupon vouchers have to be used within a specified time framebest deals beauty treatment offers abound with treatments and spa days frequently on offer one treatment that has gained nationwide popularity thanks to groupon is the 'fish pedicure' (where fish nibble at the hard skin on your feet), which is almost permanently on offer for less than £10 other decent deals include car valet service for £10 instead of £25, cupcake decorating classes for £29 from £99, photography lessons for £30 down from £150 downsides deals aren't always available nationwide and are limited to particular cities, which may not be near you groupon has very few offers from big companies or well known chains and is top heavy on beauty treatments | 26 650 250 rachel brown | cake shop owner received 8,500 orders after offering the discount voucher online . box of cupcakes usually sold for £26 offered at £650 with a £250 loss on each box . 'without doubt, it's the worst business decision i've ever made,' says owner rachel brown |
by chris pleasance published: 06:49 est, 10 december 2013 | updated: 08:53 est, 10 december 2013 motoring chain store halfords has been criticised by road safety groups for selling key rings apparently promoting drink driving the stocking fillers are being sold at several stores across the uk with slogans such as 'm1ne5 a p1nt' and 'w4sted' on them ellen booth, senior campaigns officer for road safety charity brake, said they send out 'a very irresponsible message' halfords have been criticised for selling key rings that seem to promote drink driving at the same time as police are trying to crack down on the illegal activity during the festive season motoring groups have called the £199 items 'silly' and 'irresponsible' and are asking people not to buy them 'they make light of a serious problem on uk roads traffic is the biggest killer of young people 'a combination of age and inexperience, means that young drivers are hugely overrepresented in road crashes she stressed it's particularly important to send out the right messages to young drivers as they are more likely to take risks and are less able to deal with the consequences of the risks 'that’s why it’s so important that we send out the right messages to young drivers that risk taking on roads is deadly serious 'it could cost your health or even your life if you take risks like speeding or drinking alcohol or taking drugs and driving' hundreds of people are killed while drink driving each year, with 230 fatalities recorded in 2011 alone pam hatton, 42, said she was shocked when she saw the key rings in one of halford's stores they were spotted in cardiff store but are sold in many of the motoring chain's other stores 'i couldn’t believe it,' she said 'i can’t believe a responsible company would be so stupid as to encourage this kind of behaviour 'don’t they know how many people die every year because of drink driving?'' neil greig, director of policy for the institute of advanced motorists said: 'these are silly gifts for silly people 'clearly these keyrings are totally out of touch with most people’s views on driving sadly safety messages aren’t seen as being as cool as this sort of thing they can’t be banned, so our simple message is don’t buy one andrew misell, director of alcohol concern, also criticised the key rings: 'alcohol and cars just don’t mix, 'obviously these key rings are supposed to be a bit of a laugh, but i doubt anyone who’s suffered as a result of drink driving will see the funny side' the novelty items, which halfords described as 'fun', were on display with christmas products at the checkout the key chains were seen on display at the motoring chain's cardiff store (pictured), but were also thought to be on sale in stores across the uk the government advises that any amount of alcohol affects your ability to drive and say 'it’s better to have none for the road' a conviction for drink driving can lead to a fine of £5,000, a minimum 12 month driving ban and a criminal record the institute of advanced motorists say being caught drink driving could cost between £20,000 and £50,000 in fines, solicitors fees, increase in car insurance and loss of job a halfords spokesman said: 'we take the issues of road safety and drink driving very seriously our consistent and strong advice to motorists is not to drink and drive 'the keyrings are popular with our customers who see them as a fun item and the slogans are not meant to encourage irresponsible driving at all 'we do take on board this feedback and will review the range, removing any items that fall short of acceptable standards' | m1n3s w4asted 199 | halfords was selling key rings with slogans 'encouraging' drink driving . 'm1n3s a p1nt' and 'w4asted' on sale alongside other novelty phrases . driving groups branded the £199 stocking fillers 'irresponsible' and 'silly'. halfords say they are conducting a 'review' following the complaints |
a man who blew himself up at beijing airport claims he was left paralysed by local law enforcement officers and heavily in debt following a horrific and unprovoked attack miraculously no one was killed when ji zhongxing detonated a home made bomb strapped to himself at terminal 3 on saturday, including the bomber himself it has now emerged in a blog post, the the 34 year old from shandong province has been fighting for justice over what he says was a terrifying attack when he was beaten unconscious with iron bars by security men in 2005 scroll down for video suspect: this photograph of ji zhongxing has emerged since he blew himself up at beijing airport on saturday left, zhongxing shortly before detonating his home made bomb beaten: zhongxing claims he was horrifically beaten by security guards in 2005 and left paralysed as a result in a blog post, zhongxing wrote: 'we looked to the sky, and the sky looked away; we called to the earth, and the earth did not respond 'we have been forsaken but have nobody to turn to, so all i could do was to hold back tears and go back to shandong 'and now i am festering away, paralysed and over 100,000 yuan in debt' according to media website shanhaiist, zhongxing was originally from shandong province, but moved to guangdong in search of work he bought himself a motorbike and started a taxi business one night in june, 2005 he claims he was taking a chef home called gong tao when a police car sounded its' siren desperate? beijing bomber ji zhongxing claims to have been horrifically beaten by security staff armed with iron bars he wrote: 'at the time i didn't think i was doing anything wrong, and the road was quite narrow so i did not stop and continued driving 'when i passed by the xin tang public security office, i saw there were seven or eight chengguan (local law enforcement officers) blocking the road, holding steel rods and pipes 'just as i was about to brake, a chengguan threw one of the steel pipes across my face, throwing both myself and my passenger on the floor 'when i came to, it was already noon the next day i was in pain all over, and when i opened my eyes i saw that i was lying on the hospital bed, the passenger i took was also hurt and in hospital 'when gong tao saw that i was conscious, he told me that policemen from xin tang public security refused to let me go and started hitting my legs, feet, waist, striking me furiously with the steel bars explosion: photographs emerged online in the wake of the blast of a man in a wheelchair waving his arms in the air at beijing airport 'they hit me until i was unconscious, and only took me to hospital when they'd seen the police car that was following me had also arrived onto the scene, and that i was practically dead after that, they disappeared without a trace 'because we are farmers, and are poor, no matter who we turn to, nobody wants to help us and what's more, when the chengguan found us, they turned around and called us tramps and beat us 'if it weren't for them taking us to hospital on time, i wouldn't have survived' zhongxing claims to have been left heavily in debt as a result his legal battle for compensation, and is trying to claim 334,782 yuan from the chinese authorities, about â£36,000 the post has not been corroborated and his original blog was taken down shortly after saturday's chilling incident zhongxing was originally suspected to have died in the blast at around 624pm local time, but chinese state media said later he survived and was taken to hospital shortly before the explosion, zhongxing was seen handing out leaflets to passengers a photograph emerged online in the wake of the explosion showing a man in a wheelchair brandishing something in the air, along with another showing an empty wheelchair on its side in the smoke filled arrivals hall panic: clouds of smoke filled the arrivals hall today after the man set off a home made bomb in the busy airport witnesses say that ji shouted 'i have a bomb, stay away from me' before detonating his device ji was rushed to a local hospital following the explosion reports vary as to his injuries, with some chinese media saying his arm had to be amputated hospitalised: this picture released by china's xinhua agency shows police and paramedics attending to the man at terminal 3 blast: smoke could be seen billowing over the heads of crowds making their way through the terminal today | beijing airport ji zhongxing | the beijing airport bomber is still alive following shocking explosion . ji zhongxing claims he was left in a wheelchair after attack by security . he has been fighting unsuccessfully for compensation ever since |
by daily mail reporter published: 15:55 est, 8 december 2013 | updated: 05:14 est, 10 december 2013 american airlines and us airways have reached a deal with the government that lets the two form the world's biggest airline a judge refused to block a merger between american airlines and us airways on saturday evening, saying a bankruptcy judge correctly rejected arguments made by a lawyer for some consumers san francisco attorney joseph alioto argued that the deal would harm fliers because it would result in less competition and higher prices us district judge loretta preska repeatedly noted that his arguments relied on outdated facts, had no evidence to support them and sometimes made no sense the new american airlines: us airways and american airlines officials plan to sign the papers to make the marriage final, prior to the start of market trading monday cleared for takeoff: us airways ceo doug parker, who becomes american airlines group ceo on monday, will ring the opening bell for nasdaq as the new stock symbol, aal, starts trading one happy family: american airlines and us airways are set to combine to become the world's biggest airline 'there is nothing in the record from which i can make a finding that your clients are likely to be irreparably injured personally,' she said american is owned by amr corp and is based in fort worth, texas the company has said it plans to complete the merger with tempe, ariz based us airways on monday preska said a federal bankruptcy judge was 'correct in all respects' in deciding last week to let the merger proceed she also refused to stay the effect of her ruling while alioto appeals to the 2nd us circuit court of appeals alioto complained friday to preska that he'd gotten 'the bum's rush, with all due respect, by the bankruptcy court' deal: under the proposal, american and us airways would sell 104 takeoff and landing slots at ronald reagan national airport in washington, 34 slots at la guardia airport in new york preska said alioto had failed to show consumers would suffer irreparable harm or that he was likely to succeed in his effort to temporarily block the merger until a trial could be conducted on his antitrust lawsuit lane said last week that even if alioto won his lawsuit, he could demand additional divestitures by the two airlines but could not wreck the merger alioto's case lacked proof, said attorney dan wall for us airways group inc 'we're here on just attorney argument and rhetoric,' he said the merger means american, united, delta and southwest will control more than 80 per cent of the us market a series of mergers in the industry since 2005 has reduced nine big airlines to four in august, the justice department had sued to block the merger, saying it would hurt competition and produce higher prices but regulators settled their case in exchange for the airlines' promise to surrender some coveted landing rights at reagan national near washington and laguardia in new york and a few gates at five other airports competing low cost carriers will also be given more access to airports in boston, chicago, dallas, los angeles and miami, the government said 'this is very good news and we are grateful to all who have made it happen,' said doug parker, ceo of us airways, and incoming ceo of the combined airline, which will be based in dallas/fort worth and go by the american name 'we are pleased to have this lawsuit behind us and look forward to building the new american airlines together' under the terms of the settlement, the airlines will divest 52 slot pairs at reagan and 17 slot pairs at laguardia the airlines will also surrender two gates each at boston's logan airport, o'hare, dallas love field, los angeles and miami 'it provides more competition than exists today in this industry,' baer said 'that is good news for consumers all across the country who will benefit from more choices and more competitive airfares' what next: the settlement still needs to be approved by the federal district court in the district of columbia as well as a judge overseeing american airlines¿ bankruptcy proceeding the merger could deal could be done by mid december after completion of the required divestitures, the combined company expects to operate 44 fewer daily departures at reagan and 12 fewer daily departures at laguardia than the approximately 290 daily dca departures and 175 daily lga departures that american and us airways operate today parker said the combined airline must still decide which destinations to drop because of the lost slots at reagan and laguardia but he said they would be announced with enough time for the airlines that acquire the slots to decide whether to continue serving those communities 'we do indeed serve some communities that it is unlikely will be served by those that pick up these slots,' parker said tom horton, ceo of american, said the loss of slots is relatively modest, totaling about 15% of the combined airlines' slots at reagan and 7% at laguardia but the airlines said the changes wouldn't reduce total employment at the new company 'this is an important day for our customers, our people and our financial stakeholders,' horton said 'this agreement allows us to take the final steps in creating the new american airlines' saving the day: america west bought out us airways in 2005 the airline was days away from being liquidated america west ceo doug parker headed up the new airline, a post he still has to this day and will continue with the new american airlines end result: after completion of the divestitures, the combined carrier expects to operate 44 fewer daily departures at dca and 12 fewer daily departures at lga today, the airlines operate 290 and 175 flights respectively at those airports to maintain its service to small and medium size airports that us airways warned might suffer from a reduction in slots at reagan and laguardia, the combined company announced plans to use its gates at reagan to serve those communities another part of the settlement also committed the combined american to maintain its hubs in charlotte, new york's jfk, los angeles, miami, chicago o'hare, philadelphia and phoenix for a period of five years, the merged company will continue daily service from those hubs to each of the states participating in the lawsuit: arizona, florida, pennsylvania, michigan, tennessee and virginia delta air lines issued a statement welcoming the agreement and saying the airline 'looks forward to the opportunity to acquire slots that will be divested under the agreement, particularly at washington reagan national airport' delta said it is the airline best positioned to continue competitive non stop flights from reagan to small and midsize cities that could otherwise see service reduced or eliminated early days: piedmont airlines began in 1931 and the merged with us airways in 1987 1939: richard du pont, of the dupont chemical dynasty, founds all american aviation, providing airmail service in pennsylvania and the ohio valley 1948: piedmont airlines begins flying out of its base in winston salem, nc 1949: all american transitions to passenger service pacific southwest airlines begins operations with service in california 1953: all american changes its name to allegheny airlines 1968: allegheny merges with indianapolis based lake central airlines 1972: allegheny acquires mohawk airlines, based in utica, ny 1978: deregulation comes to the us airline industry airlines are free to pick their own routes and set their own fares 1979: allegheny changes its name to usair it enters arizona, california, colorado and texas 1983: america west airlines begins operations in phoenix 1986: piedmont acquires empire airlines and its syracuse, ny, hub 1987: piedmont airlines and san diego based psa become wholly owned subsidiaries of usair group in two separate deals 1992: usair takes a 40 percent interest in the trump shuttle hourly flights from new york are offered to boston and washington, dc, on what is now called usair shuttle the airline takes full control of the shuttle five years later 1993: usair and british airways announce an alliance plan, under which usair gives up its london route authority three years later the partnership falls apart and usair is left without lucrative spots at heathrow airport 1997: the airline changes its name to us airways 2000: united airlines announces a deal to buy us airways for $43 billion but the merger is blocked the following year by the justice department 2002: us airways enters chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on aug 11 2004: the airline files for bankruptcy protection for the second time in as many years on sept 14 2005 america west announces on may 19 plans to buy us airways out of bankruptcy us airways was days away from being liquidated america west ceo doug parker heads up the new airline, a post he still has today 2006: parker makes an unsolicited $85 billion bid for delta air lines which was restructuring in bankruptcy court the airline rebuts the offer, with its ceo calling us airways 'the worst of all potential merger partners' 2009: on jan 15, flight 1549 hits a flock of geese and loses power in both engines shortly after taking off from new york's laguardia airport capt chesley b 'sully' sullenberger ditches the airplane in the hudson river all 155 passengers and crew survive 2010: us airways and united once again discuss a merger only to have united ultimately chose to merge with continental 2011: amr corp, the parent of american airlines, files for bankruptcy protection on nov 29 us airways hires advisers to study a possible combination 2012: us airways and american disclose on aug 31 that they have signed a non disclosure agreements and started confidential merger talks feb 13, 2013: the boards of american and us airways approve a merger creating the world's biggest airline the deal is publically announced the next day aug 13, 2013: the department of justice, six state attorneys general and the district of columbia filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to block the merger, saying it would lead to higher airfares nov 12, 2013: american, us airways and the doj announce a settlement to the suit, requiring the airlines to give up takeoff and landing slots at reagan national and laguardia airport dec 8, 2013: us supreme court rejects last ditch effort to block american airlines us airways merger from many sources: allegheny became us air in 1979 | merger more than 80 per cent us | settlement paves way for world's largest airline . merger will harm competition as just four airlines will control more than 80 per cent of air travel in the us. agreement also opens door for low cost carriers at several us airports . passenger group believes merger will result in higher fares and reduced choices . the two airlines can sign papers before the financial markets open monday |
by lizzie edmonds inquest: lieutenant edward drummond baxter, 29, was shot dead by a man in afghan police uniform at a checkpoint in helmand province, an inquest heard a british officer who had only been in afghanistan for a month was shot by an afghan he believed to be an ally, an inquest heard eton educated lieutenant edward drummond baxter, 29, from county durham, had initially disarmed the man he returned the ak 47 to him at a checkpoint but was then shot through the head at close range the man, wearing afghan police uniform, then turned his weapon on another soldier, 28 year old lance corporal siddhanta kunwar, fatally shooting him twice through the chest another officer in a nearby watchtower tried to return fire, but the killer managed to flee to nearby cover he has not been traced the two men were shot just days after taliban leader mullah omar had called for his followers to infiltrate 'within the ranks of the enemy' mr drummond baxter, who left the foreign office to join the army, had told his family he feared the taliban were trying to kill him the two soldiers were based at checkpoint prrang, near nahr e saraj, in helmand province when the shooting took place on october 30, 2012 they were from the 1st battalion, royal gurkha rifles, and were part of the gradual handover by isaf, the international military force, to local army and police units the inquest heard how it is still unclear whether the gunman aged around 19 or 20 was a real member of the afghan uniformed police an interpreter from the base said in a statement: 'i recognised the aup because he had been here before 'an interpreter who worked here, who left 10 days before, had told the previous commander there was a member of the aup who was suspicious 'he looked like real aup but was fake,' said the interpreter 'his brother may have given him the uniform' others claimed they had never seen the man before death: the man also shot lance corporal siddhanta kunwar, 28, twice in the chest, killing him the hearing was told the hearing at oxford guildhall heard how he had turned up at the checkpoint wearing uniform before and a previous british commander at the base had raised suspicions about the man the killer approached the checkpoint saying he wanted to speak to an interpreter he was sent away, but returned to ask again after spending 15 minutes talking to farmers nearby eventually he was let in and disarmed after being in the base for about an hour and telling lt drummond baxter: 'you are my friend, a very good friend,' the killer then asked for some boots he claimed he had been promised when told there were none, he asked to leave and was escorted to the gate by the interpreters and lcpl kunwar, while the commander went to get his gun neither of the british soldiers was wearing body armour or helmets but both had sidearms on as they approached the gate the interpreter said: 'the aup was stood level with the commander and close to him 'the commander handed his his weapon i think the magazine was already fitted 'he (aup) loaded it the commander didn’t seem concerned the mood was good, it was friendly he had laughed he turned his face back towards the aup and as he did the aup started shooting 'it was the commander’s face he was aiming at' both interpreters fled, with one of them shouting repeatedly: 'shoot the aup, shoot the aup' the inquest heard how lt drummond baxter had told his family the taliban were trying to kill him proving he was doing a good job the officer was just a month into his first deployment to afghanistan when he died there had been a grenade attack three days earlier and someone had fired a shot at his patrol base’s raised cctv camera on the morning of the fatal attack operation: the two soldiers from the 1st battalion, royal gurkha rifles, were part of the isaf military handover to local army and police units (pictured) a lawyer for the officer’s family also said taliban leader mullah omar had said six days earlier that his followers should increase their 'efforts to expand the areas of infiltration within the ranks of the enemy' yet the two solder's colleagues said they were not aware of any specific 'insider threat' from their afghan counterparts the coroner said she had broadened the scope of the hearing to include a number of matters, including the role of the so called ‘guardian angel’ a role allotted to a soldier to provide cover inside a checkpoint and to watch for any threat danger: the two men, based in helmand province, pictured, were shot days after taliban leader mullah omar called for his followers to infiltrate 'within the ranks of the enemy' speaking outside the hearing, the family of edward drummond baxter said: 'we know from many different accounts that in his role in afghanistan edward strived to serve alongside his platoon and the communities he was tasked to protect, with commitment, loyalty and friendship 'we hope the lessons learned from edward and siddantha’s deaths will be heard and applied as allied forces continue to withdraw to ensure the safety of our men and women still serving in afghanistan' the inquest before oxfordshire’s assistant coroner alison thompson continues | edward drummond baxter afghanistan taliban lance corporal siddhanta kunwar afghan helmand province | lieutenant edward drummond baxter, 29, shot in the head at close range . he had only been in afghanistan for one month but had told his family the taliban were trying to kill him . lance corporal siddhanta kunwar, 28, also shot and killed . unnamed shooter wearing an afghan police uniform approached checkpoint in helmand province asking for an interpreter, inquest heard . was granted access to site and disarmed but shot the two as he exited . remains unclear whether he was a member of the police, hearing told |
by aaron sharp published: 06:53 est, 7 december 2013 | updated: 03:14 est, 10 december 2013 japanese scientists have created what they claim to be the world's thinnest condoms, which are one sixth the width of a human hair the thickness of the rubber in the ultra light polyurethane contraceptive tool has been measured at 001 millimeters, with the average width of a human hair measuring 006 millimeters the sagami original 01 ultra thin polyurethene condom is the world's thinnest, according to manufacturers according to reports, it took creators sagami rubber industries more than a decade to complete the design of the material they claim over 20,000 condoms were put through rigorous stress tests to ensure they were safe for human use sagami have a track record of pioneering change in the world of contraceptive technology according to the manufacturers it took 10 years to develop a rubber which was both thin and safe they were the first company to create a colour condom, and set a previous thinness standard in 2005 when they released a 002 millimeter version in 2005 their products are streets ahead of western contraceptive technology with the biggest brand in the us only offering a condom which is 006 millimeters thick launched in tokyo two weeks ago, the 'sagami original 001' costs the equivalent of £730 for a box of five according to reports, they have been flying off the shelves in japan, with many stores having sold out researchers told japanese tv show tokyo sports, that they were now exploring the possibility of going even thinner a researcher for sagami, told brian ashcroft of kotakucom: 'honestly, i don't how we can make them thinner than this 'but as long as there is a need for thinner, we will continue researching 0009 millimeter and 0008 millimeter thinness' the japanese technology is streets ahead of western rivals with the thinnest american condom 006mm thick | lightweight 'sagami originals' 001mm 006mm around £730 japan | lightweight 'sagami originals' are 001mm thick . the thinnest western condom is 006mm thick . they cost around £730 and have sold out in japan |
by michael zennie and associated press published: 09:20 est, 14 august 2013 | updated: 13:58 est, 14 august 2013 doctors say the 12 year old girl who contracted a deadly amoeba while swimming at an arkansas water park will be the third to survive the brain eating parasite kali hardig contracted parasitic meningitis, a very rare form of meningitis that only 130 people have been diagnosed with in the us in the past fifty years, a month ago it's 99 per cent fatal with only two reported instances of survival but doctors now believe kali will make it out of the woods, due in large part to early detection and experimental treatment scroll down for video getting better: doctors believe 12 year old kali hardig will survive her rare form of meningitis she got from an amoeba at an arkansas water park good signs: kali wrote her name for the first time monday, left, after only barely being able to squeeze her mother's hand a week ago kali was brought into the arkansas children's hospital on july 19 with a fever, not long after she went swimming at the willow springs water park in little rock doctors diagnosed her with primary amebic meningoencephalitis (pam), a rare form of meningitis which has only produced 130 cases in the us in the past 50 years the rare form of meningitis is caused by the naegleria fowleri amoeba entering the body through the nose and traveling into the brain symptoms appear quickly, about one to seven days after inception, and include headache, fever, nausea, vomiting and get worse causing stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, seizures and hallucinations eventually the infection destroys brain tissue which causes fatal brain swelling to combat the the infection, doctors cooled kali's body to reduce the swelling and even put her on breast cancer drugs 'she wound up being on a ventilator for over two weeks,' said dr mark heulitt, one of the doctors who treated her but the treatment seems to have worked, and she was taken off the ventilator on august 6 three days later, kali was moved out of the pediatric intensive care unit making strides: doctors believe early detection and experimental treatments are helping kali get over her infection stronger: kali was taken off a ventilator and transferred out of the pediatric intensive care unit last week on monday her family posted a picture on a facebook support page of kali writing her name for the first time that's remarkable progress for a girl who was barely able to squeeze her mother's hand last week they are obviously ecstatic at the change of outlook 'we've went from being told that our little girl wouldn't survive this amoeba to now they're saying that kali is going to be the third survivor and going to get to go home,' said her mother traci hardig mother's battle: traci hardig, kali's mother, is battling breast cancer and is focusing on being healthy to take care of her daughter when she is released from the hospital primary amoebic meningoencephalitis is as rare as it is horrific it is caused by an amoeba that implants itself in its victim's brains usually when infected water shoots of their noses the amoeba needs very specific conditions to thrive it grows in the sediment at the bottom of pools of warm, stagnant water and is most active at about 85 degrees the water must reach a relatively high temperature for the parasites to reach numbers that threaten humans health officials have recorded only 125 instances of the disease in the united states in the last 50 years only one person has survived in the united states one other survivor was found in mexico health officials say swimmers can reduce their risks even further by: ms hardig, who is battling breast cancer, is now making sure to focus on her health so she can take care of kali when she gets home 'it's kind of a battle to decide that you want to put your health on hold because you want to totally focus on kali, but i know i have to try to get myself better too, because kali's coming home and i'm going to get to take care of her,' she said ms hardig is also hoping to raise awareness of another case of pam zachary reyna is being treated for the infection at miami children's hospital he contracted the amoeba while knee boarding in a ditch near his house with friends in labelle, florida earlier this month 'we're praying for him to be survivor number four,' ms hardig said the condition is caused when the naegleria parasite enters a patient's brain, usually after accidentally inhaling stagnant, warm water up the nose while swimming arkansas department of health spokesman ed barham told mailonline the water must be forcefully, almost violently, pushed up the nose as it can be after diving into the water, being dunked or using a water slide naegleria are found in nearly every freshwater body of water even lakes but, they only become active when water heats up the cruel irony of the parasite is that the risk is highest when the temperature is hottest and swimmers are looking for a reprieve from the heat the cdc says there have been around 130 cases of the disease in the us in the last five decades making the disease extremely rare, when compared to the number of lakes and muddy swimming holes americans dip into for refuge from the summer heat each year another case: 12 year old zachary reyna of labelle, florida is also fighting the infection after contracting the amoeba knee boarding in a ditch earlier this month the us has recorded just 130 cases of naegleria fowleri infections in the last 50 years the amoebas are most active when the water temperature reaches about 85 degrees, barham said however, this is the second time the parasite has infected a swimmer at willow springs water park in august 2010, 7 year old davian briggs died after contracting the disease after he had been swimming at the lake because two cases have been seen from the same body was water, state health officials asked the park owners to close their swimming hole they obliged 'though the odds of contracting naegleria are extremely low, they are just not good enough to allow our friends or family to swim,' owners david and lou ann ratliff said in a statement closed: the owners of willow springs water park near little rock, arkansas, have shut down the lake after learning of two reported cases of the deadly disease in three years another tragedy: davian briggs, 7, died of the disease in 2010 after swimming at the willow springs water park where little kali is believed to have been infected the park, which attracts up to 250 swimmers a day and thousands over the course of a summer is now looking into installing a hard pool bottom at the swimming hole and filling it with chlorinated water supplied by little rock kali's mother said she had no idea about the risks of swimming in warm lakes and had never heard of the disease 'you're a mom, you're a dad you can still take your child swimming we don't want to scare people we just want you to know there are little things you can do to help them out so they can go and still be a kid,' she said she encourages parents to make their children wear nose plugs while swimming to minimize the risk of inhaling water through the nose and contracting the naegleria parasite still, barham, of the health department, says that swimmers really shouldn't be too concerned about the danger of swimming in fresh water | interstreak coloring stealthful | no related information |
by leon watson published: 08:32 est, 3 november 2013 | updated: 08:34 est, 3 november 2013 mosques will take the unprecedented step of urging british muslims to 'wear the poppy, rather than burn it' this week in a bid to counter claims of being unpatriotic poppy stalls will be set up at around the country leading up to remembrance sunday in a move backed by government ministers and the royal british legion it follows high profile protests in the past by muslim extremists, including those linked to the hate preacher anjem choudary, and the murder of drummer lee rigby outside woolwich barracks in south east london members of muslims against crusaders burning a large poppy at a protest in kensington, west london, in 2010 britain's islamic leaders fear that actions by a minority of extremists have led to a perception amongst some that muslims are 'unpatriotic' or 'disloyal' one example was a protest held in november 2010 when fanatics set fire to a giant paper poppy outside the albert hall in central london in a bid to tackle that negative perception, the centenary of the first world war next year will be used to highlight that thousands of muslim soldiers have fought and died for britain, the sunday times reported tomorrow the communities secretary eric pickles is expected to visit a muslim led poppy stall outside westminster cathedral in central london stalls will also operate at different locations in the capital this week run by the interfaith charity faiths forum and at mosques in leeds, leicester and southampton julie siddiqi, the executive director of the islamic society of great britain, told the sunday times: 'british muslims should be wearing poppies not burning them' extremist anjem choudary speaks to a group of demonstrators in central london she added that the centenary of world war one provided an opportunity to tell young muslims that 'we are all in this together' 'how can you question a whole community's loyalty when thousands [of their forefathers] died serving this country?' she said an estimated 400,000 muslims fought in the war as part of the british indian army, including the sepoy khudadad khan who was awarded the victoria cross for an act of bravery in belgium in 1914 historians put numbers of indians close to 50,000 injured and 8,500 dead on the western front during the war an estimated third to a half of these war dead were muslims, who fought and died alongside their fellow hindu and sikh countrymen the bodies of many of these men were never found and their names are listed on the menin gate memorial in ypres, belgium more than 35million soldiers from the asian subcontinent fought for britain in world war one and two, with tens of thousands killed in action referring to both conflicts, baroness warsi, minister for faith and communities, said: 'sikhs, muslims and hindus courageously battled and lost their lives for a country they had never seen and for a king who was not from their land 'it is fantastic that these poppy stalls are raising awareness of this outstanding contribution' | britain islamic mosques muslim | britain's islamic leaders are trying to counter claims of being unpatriotic . poppy stalls at mosques will be set up at around the country this week . move follows high profile protests . in the past by muslim extremists |
by daily mail reporter published: 20:13 est, 2 november 2013 | updated: 06:51 est, 3 november 2013 dean griffin liked the health insurance he purchased for himself and his wife three years ago and thought he'd be able to keep the plan even after the federal affordable care act took effect but the 64 year old recently received a letter notifying him the plan was being canceled because it didn't cover certain benefits required under the law the griffins, who live near philadelphia, pay $770 monthly for their soon to be terminated health care plan with a $2,500 deductible cancelled: dean and mary lou griffin, of chadds ford, pennsylvania, are among millions of people nationwide who buy individual insurance policies and are receiving notices that those policies are being discontinued the cheapest plan they found on their state insurance exchange was a so called bronze plan charging a $1,275 monthly premium with deductibles totaling $12,700 it covers only providers in pennsylvania, so the couple, who live near delaware, won't be able to see doctors they've used for more than a decade ‘we're buying insurance that we will never use and can't possibly ever benefit from we're basically passing on a benefit to other people who are not otherwise able to buy basic insurance,’ said griffin, who is retired from running an information technology company the griffins are among millions of people nationwide who buy individual insurance policies and are receiving notices that those policies are being discontinued because they don't meet the higher benefit requirements of the new law they can buy different policies directly from insurers for 2014 or sign up for plans on state insurance exchanges while lower income people could see lower costs because of government subsidies, many in the middle class may get rude awakenings when they access the websites and realize they'll have to pay significantly more frustrated: the plan they found on their state insurance exchange only covers providers in pennsylvania, so the couple, who live near delaware, won't be able to see doctors they've used for more than a decade those not eligible for subsidies generally receive more comprehensive coverage than they had under their soon to be canceled policies, but they'll have to pay a lot more because of the higher cost, the griffins are considering paying the federal penalty about $100 or 1 per cent of income next year rather than buying health insurance they say they are healthy and don't typically run up large health care costs dean griffin said that will be cheaper because it's unlikely they will get past the nearly $13,000 deductible for the coverage to kick in individual health insurance policies are being canceled because the affordable care act requires plans to cover certain benefits, such as maternity care, hospital visits and mental illness the law also caps annual out of pocket costs consumers will pay each year in the past, consumers could get relatively inexpensive, bare bones coverage, but those plans will no longer be available many consumers are frustrated by what they call forced upgrades as they're pushed into plans with coverage options they don't necessarily want ken davis, who manages a fast food restaurant in austin, texas, is recovering from sticker shock after the small business policy offered by his employer was canceled for the same reasons individual policies are being discontinued his company pays about $100 monthly for his basic health plan he said he'll now have to pay $600 monthly for a mid tier silver plan on the state exchange the family policy also covers his 8 year old son 'forced upgrades: many say they feel forced into taking plans through the obamacare website that they don't need even though the federal government is contributing a $500 subsidy, he said the $600 he's left to pay is too high he's considering the penalty ‘i feel like they're forcing me to do something that i don't want to do or need to do,’ davis, 40, said owners of canceled policies have a few options they can stay in the same plan for the same price for one more year if they have one of the few plans that were grandfathered in they can buy a similar plan with upgraded benefits that meets the new standards likely at a significant cost increase or, if they make less than $45,960 for a single adult or $94,200 for a family of four, they may qualify for subsidies just because a policy doesn't comply with the law doesn't mean consumers will get cancellation letters they may get notices saying existing policies are being amended with new benefits and will come with higher premiums some states, including virginia and kentucky, required insurers to cancel old policies and start from scratch instead of beefing up existing ones it's unclear how many individual plans are being canceled no one agency keeps track but it's likely in the millions advance notice: dan mendelson, president of the market analysis firm avalere health, says most policyholders in the individual market will receive some notice that their coverage will change insurance industry experts estimate that about 14 million people, or 5 per cent of the total market for health care coverage, buy individual policies most people get coverage through jobs and aren't affected many states require insurers to give consumers 90 days' notice before canceling plans that means another round of cancellation letters will go out in march and again in may experts haven't been able to predict how many will pay more or less under the new, upgraded plans an older policyholder with a pre existing condition may find that premiums go down, and some will qualify for subsidies in california, about 900,000 people are expected to lose existing plans, but about a third will be eligible for subsidies through the state exchange, covered california, said anne gonzalez, their spokeswoman most canceled plans provided bare bones coverage, she said ‘they basically had plans that had gaping holes in the coverage they would be surprised when they get to the emergency room or the doctor's office, some of them didn't have drug coverage or preventive care,’ gonzalez said the cancellations run counter to one of president barack obama's promises about his health care overhaul: 'if you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan' about 330,000 floridians received cancellation notices from the state's largest insurer, florida blue about 30,000 have plans that were grandfathered in florida insurance officials said they're not tracking the number of canceled policies related to the new law national numbers are similar: 130,000 cancellations in kentucky, 140,000 in minnesota and as many as 400,000 in georgia, according to officials in those states cigna has sent thousands of cancellation letters to us policyholders but stressed that 99 percent have the option of renewing their 2013 policy for one more year, company spokesman joe mondy said cancellation letters are being sent only to individuals and families who purchase their own insurance however, most policyholders in the individual market will receive some notice that their coverage will change, said dan mendelson, president of the market analysis firm avalere health the cancellations run counter to one of president barack obama's promises about his health care overhaul: ‘if you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan’ philip johnson, 47, of boise, idaho, was shocked when his cancellation notice arrived last month the gift shop owner said he'd spent years arranging doctors covered by his insurer for him, his wife and their two college age students after browsing the state exchange, he said he thinks he'll end up paying lower premiums but higher deductibles he said the website didn't answer many of his questions, such as which doctors take which plans ‘i was furious because i spent a lot of time and picked a plan that all my doctors accepted,’ johnson said ‘now i don't know what doctors are going to take what no one mentioned that for the last three years when they talked about how this was going to work’ | dean mary lou griffin chadds ford pennsylvania about $100 1 per cent | millions of people with . individual insurance policies are receiving notices that the plans are being discontinued . it's because they don't meet the higher . benefit requirements of the new law . they can buy different policies directly from insurers for 2014 or sign up for plans on state insurance exchanges . dean and mary lou griffin, of chadds ford, pennsylvania, always bought individual insurance policies, but will now have to pay much more . many states require insurers to give consumers 90 days' notice before canceling plans . because of the higher cost, some people consider paying federal penalty about $100 or 1 per cent . of income next year |
by associated press published: 22:09 est, 7 october 2012 | updated: 01:51 est, 9 october 2012 venezuelan president hugo chavez drafted tanks soldiers wielding ak 47s into the streets yesterday as he won a historic third re election after almost 14 years in office the former tank commander increased security in capital caracas amid fears violent protests might erupt at the end of a bitterly fought election campaign between him and challenger henrique capriles both camps had warned that the other was attempting to destabalise the country, sparking allegations of underhand tactics and vote rigging from supporters of either side scroll down for video victory lap: hugo chavez waves a venezuelan flag while speaking to supporters after receiving news of his reelection in caracas celebration: a chavez supporter revels in the streets after the vote in october but in the end the polling booths remained mainly peaceful as chavez clung on to power with 54 per cent of the vote but despite his landmark victory, fears are growing for his ailing health which has been ravaged by cancer in recent months while chavez himself insists he has beaten the deadly disease after successive bouts of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treatment, palace insiders have claimed it is terminal the decision marks the end of a bitter campaign in which the opposition accused him of unfairly using venezuela's oil wealth and his near total control of state institutions to his advantage but capriles' promises to seriously address violent crime that has spun out of control, streamline a patronage bloated bureaucracy and end rampant corruption proved inadequate against chavez's charisma, well oiled political machine and a legacy of putting venezuela's poor first with generous social welfare programs chavez rallied thousands of supporters from a balcony of the presidential palace, holding up a sword that once belonged to 19th century independence hero simon bolivar 'the revolution has triumphed!' chavez told the crowd, saying his supporters 'voted for socialism' the crowd responded chanting 'chavez won't go!' chavez will now have a freer hand to push for an even bigger state role in the economy and continue populist programs six more years: the win gives chavez another term to cement his legacy and press more forcefully for a transition to socialism in the country with the world's largest proven oil reserve jumping for joy: supporters of hugo chavez celebrate in the streets as the longtime president won re election he pledged before the vote to make a stronger push for socialism in the next term he's also likely to further limit dissent and deepen friendships with us rivals a capriles victory would have brought a radical foreign policy shift including a halt to preferential oil deals with allies such as cuba, along with a loosening of state economic controls and an increase in private investment at many polling places, voters lined up two hours before polls opened at dawn good feeling: chavez gestures to supporters after casting his vote during the election in caracas capriles had united the opposition in a contest between two camps that distrust each other so deeply there are concerns whether a close election result will be respected the stakes could not have been higher many venezuelans were nervous about what might happen if the disputes erupt over the election's announced outcome 'i'm really tired of all this polarization,' said lissette garcia, a 39 year old clothes seller and capriles supporter who voted sunday in the wealthy caracas district of las mercedes 'i want to reconnect with all my friends who are 'chavistas'' chavez's critics say the president has inflamed divisions by labeling his opponents 'fascists,' 'yankees' and 'neo nazis,' while chavez backers allege capriles will halt generous government programs that assist the poor during chavez's final rally thursday in caracas, he shouted to the crowd: 'we're going to give the bourgeoisie a beating!' violence flared sporadically during the campaign, including shootings and rock throwing during rallies and political caravans two capriles supporters were shot dead in the western state of barinas last weekend troops were dispatched across venezuela to guard thousands of voting centers sunday chavez, who says he has emerged successfully from long treatment for cancer, held an impromptu news conference saturday night, and when asked about the possibility of disputes over the vote, he said he expected both sides to accept the result revelry: chavez supporters celebrate at the miraflores presidential palace after chavez's victory was announced sadness: supporters of venezuela opposition candidate henrique capriles radonski cry after finding out the election results voting: a woman talks on the phone as people line up to cast their vote at a polling station in caracas 'it's a mature, democratic country where the institutions work, where we have one of the best electoral systems in the world,' chavez told reporters at the presidential palace but he also said he hoped no one would try to use the vote to play a 'destabilizing game' if they do, he said, 'we'll be alert to neutralize them' his opponents mounted a noisy protest in caracas and other major cities on saturday night, beating pots and pans from the windows of their homes to show displeasure with chavez and also their hopes for change drivers on downtown streets honked horns, joining the din the 40 year old capriles, a wiry former governor affectionately called 'skinny' by supporters, infused the opposition with new optimism and opinion polls pointed to him giving chavez his closest election some recent polls gave chavez a lead of about 10 percentage points, while others put the two candidates roughly even 'chavez is going to fight until his last breath he doesn't know how to do anything else,' said antonio padron, a bank employee backing the president padron expressed optimism that the 58 year old chavez would win, noting the leader's survival of a fight with cancer that included surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treatment residents check for their names at the voters list at a polling station in the catia neighborhood in caracas, venezuela video: venezuelans vote in presidential election | hydrospiric circuting phenolization | no related information |
by andrea magrath updated: 11:51 est, 20 july 2011 the former bodyguard suing britney spears for sexual harassment has made yet more unsavoury claims about his former employer fernando flores launched a lawsuit in september claiming that spears continuously exposed herself and attempted to lure him into bed during his time working for her from february to july 2010 now the singer's lawyers have filed a motion to strike his latest allegations, saying his claims that the star, 29, had disgusting hygiene habits and used drugs are false allegations: the former bodyguard of britney spears has made new claims about the singer, saying she was on drugs and had terrible personal hygiene 'he's a liar,' one of spears' entourage allegedly told tmz 'spears was generally personally unkempt' during flores' time working for the singer, he claims in new court documents flores is seeking $10million for psychological damage suffered as a result of the 'unwanted' sexual advances he alleges in court documents, obtained by star magazine and radar online, flores outlines the reasons: 'she broke wind or picked her nose unselfconsciously and unapologetically before plaintiff (flores) and others and she was constantly and gratuitously loud and profane in her speech true or false? fernando flores filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the singer in september, claiming she made continuous 'unwanted' sexual advances toward him 'she did not bathe for days on end, did not use deodorant, did not brush her teeth, did not fix her hair, did not wear shoes or socks' the documents also reveal his claims that spears used drugs 'based on his former experience as a police officer, plaintiff (flores) is informed and believes and alleged thereon that defendant spears was often under the influence of illegal prescription and non prescription drugs, such as ritalin, narcon (naloxone) and methamphetamines,' it reads in her motion to strike the latest lewd claims, spears says flores is simply trying to 'embellish on his tale of lewd and sensational allegations' the claims 'contain a litany of insults toward ms spears that are clearly designed to prejudice ms spears in the eyes of the public and the court' unsavoury: the former bodyguard claims spears (pictured during his time of employment in march 2010) 'did not shower for days, picked her nose and broke wind unapologetically' spears' spokesperson pointed out after the scandal originally broke that details of flores' claims were leaked to the media before the lawsuit was even filed ‘this lawsuit is another unfortunate situation where someone is trying to take advantage of the spears family and make a name of himself,' they said at the time ‘ms spears and her attorneys have every expectation that this matter will be dismissed by the courts’ fernando's initial allegations about britney's sexual appetite and treatment of her children came just as the singer was re establishing herself as a serious artist after a tumultuous few years in her personal life damaging: in the lawsuit, it is alleged that britney mistreated her sons jayden james and sean preston, though the boys' father kevin federline has deemed them unfounded flores said he had been warned about spears' behaviour on his first day of employment by other members of staff who he claims also suffered harassment court documents describe one alleged incident in which ‘she leaned over me and i noticed that her right breast was exposed she looked me right in the eye like she was waiting for something’ flores alleges that on another occasion: ‘she [britney] was wearing a white lace, see through dress she walked over close by [flores], intentionally dropped her cigarette lighter on the floor, bent over to retrieve it and thereby exposed her uncovered genitals to [flores] ‘the incident caused [flores] shock and disgust’ the suit goes on to claim that ‘in addition to exposing herself to [flores], spears engaged in numerous sex acts in front of [flores]’ ‘plaintiff perceived, during security checks of the perimeter, defendant loudly having sexual relations while her two children were in the suite with her’ on tour: spears is in the middle of her femme fatale north american and european tour according to flores' claims, britney created fantasy personalities and some days wanted to be called ‘queen b’ while on others ‘jennifer’ amidst allegations that the singer hit her children, flores also claimed she had a violent relationship with boyfriend jason trawick and claims to have witnessed the singer ‘savagely hitting’ her son with a belt on another occasion, britney allegedly made the children eat crab meat even though she knew they had serious fish allergies when both kids started vomiting, spears apparently wouldn’t allow anyone to intervene, saying, ‘mind your own f***ing business!’ spears' ex husband kevin federline has supported britney throughout, and after looking into the allegations has said the allegations are unfounded federline’s attorney mark vincent kaplan said in september: ‘he is satisfied that the allegations are a product of economic motives they are as baseless as they seem’ britney is in the middle of her femme fatale north american tour, wrapping up in north carolina on august 25 after a month break the singer will then embark on a european tour, playing dates in several countries including the uk, russia, sweden, germany and france before the tour ends in november do you have a story about a celebrity? call the daily mail showbusiness desk on 0207 938 6364 or 0207 938 6683 for us stories, phone 310 642 2317 | fernando flores $10m spears flores | fernando flores seeking $10m for psychological damages claiming he was victim of 'unwanted' sexual advances . alleges spears had terrible personal hygiene and used drugs . previous lawsuit documents claim singer exposed herself in front of flores and repeatedly attempted to lure him into bed . spears denies claims and says former bodyguard is 'a liar' |
by tamara cohen, political reporter published: 19:25 est, 10 march 2013 | updated: 19:26 est, 10 march 2013 uphill struggle: environment secretary owen paterson will attempt to turn the tide on limited use of gm food in europe with a high profile speech genetically modified crops should be sold in europe, despite consumers' concerns about 'frankenstein foods’, the environment secretary owen paterson will say mr paterson, who has previously spoken out about the benefits of gm technology, has decided to make a high profile speech in the hope of turning the tide on the issue it is understood he has the firm backing of chancellor george osborne, who believes gm food could provide opportunities for british farmers brussels has so far only approved two gm crops for human consumption, although they are widely used in the us and china, and can be fed to animals in the eu supporters say europe will suffer food shortages and be more reliant on imports if it continues to reject gm products but the mail has highlighted concerns over 'frankenstein foods' for years, amid fears that tampering with the genes in crops could damage natural ecosystems or even affect human health the environment secretary has dismissed these concerns as 'complete nonsense’ he believes britain should be open to using the gm science to increase crop yields and prevent disease last year he called critics of the technology 'humbugs' and said the case for gm food needed to be made 'emphatically' in britain 'frankenstein foods': brussels has so far only approved two gm crops for human consumption but mr paterson, who has been criticised for his handling of the horsemeat scandal, faces an uphill struggle convincing the british public of the benefits of gm food a survey last month by the food standards agency found two out of three uk shoppers wanted products from animals fed a gm diet to be labelled mr paterson will also have to win over countries who are deeply opposed to any form of gm farming or food such as france and germany his most viable option is for every nation to be allowed to choose whether to sell gm food in their shops campaign: the mail has highlighted fears 'frankenstein foods' could damage ecosystems and human health in 2010, the eu commission considered giving back control over gm crop approval to member states support: mr paterson is understood to have the backing of chancellor george osborne but this policy was abandoned last year after widespread opposition, as the food industry is too globalised for it to work an aide to mr paterson said: 'he wants to have a national conversation about it, based on scientific evidence, and the prime minister supports that' tory mp george freeman has been advising whitehall on the uk’s agri tech policy he believes the safety debate is over he told the financial times: 'over a trillion meals containing gm food have now been eaten in what is effectively the biggest ever global clinical trial in the history of mankind, without one adverse health report 'the world is adopting genetic crop science the question is whether the uk is going to benefit or not?’ the coalition has so far allowed scientists to carry out small scale gm cultivation trials, but its use in consumer products is effectively banned however, british farmers have reportedly written to supermarkets warning them that they will not be able to guarantee chickens are fed on solely non gm feed by may | pickthatch parafunction medicks | no related information |
by james tozer claims: bill roache pictured yesterday leaving preston crown court, where he was accused of twice raping a 15 year old girl william roache pushed a schoolgirl on to a bed at his family home and committed a ‘cold, calculating’ rape, a court heard yesterday the veteran coronation street star targeted the 15 year old a second time during the summer of 1967, pinning her up against a wall and, in a ‘quick fumble’ that lasted a matter of minutes, raped her again, a jury heard however, she came forward only last year after watching a television interview in which roache spoke of how ‘there have been lots of women in my life’, which she said ‘made my skin crawl’ roache, 81, who has appeared as ken barlow since the itv1 soap’s launch in 1960, is also accused of indecently assaulting four girls more than 40 years ago, allegedly exploiting his celebrity status in the belief they wouldn’t speak out wearing a dark blue suit and striped tie, he sat impassively in court as the allegations were outlined on day three of his trial yesterday, the jury heard from a 62 year old woman who told how as a schoolgirl she joined autograph hunters calling at the bungalow roache shared with his first wife, anna cropper, in haslingden, lancashire but on one evening after school in 1967, she said, she went to the house and asked about their newborn daughter vanya, and roache invited her into the living room where they stood chatting at the time, she said, she was ‘just a kid’, a 15 year old virgin who dressed in a t shirt, skirt and socks and enjoyed playing hide and seek and hopscotch she said the actor led her to a darkened back bedroom where she expected to be shown the baby, but instead he pushed her onto a double bed and climbed on top of her ‘he didn’t kiss me, nothing,’ she said in a police interview played to the jury at preston crown court ‘he was very cold and calculating’ she added: ‘i was a bit shocked there was nothing to suggest that anything improper was going to happen he was a friendly person ‘i didn’t know what to do i was panicking i didn’t have to fight him he was not aggressive in any way’ she said that roache put on a condom before raping her unable to resist as ‘he was big, i was little’, she said she lay beneath him for as long as 45 minutes, with roache ‘huffing and puffing’ ‘it just seemed to go on a long time,’ she said ‘i was scared i just remember trying to stare at the ceiling but it was dark that awful feeling of him pinning me down’ afterwards, she said, ‘the door opened and i was allowed to go’ the woman said that later that year roache invited her into a cottage nearby to which he had a key, which proved to be a ‘big mistake’ ‘of course, idiot that i was, i stopped inside the doorway, and before i knew it i had been grabbed again,’ she said scroll down for video 'attack': roache's former home and the cottage his alleged victim went there with autograph hunters family: roache, 81, leaving the court with his children james, linus and verity after the end of the third day of proceedings in his trial for historical sex offences evidence: roache sitting in court watching the witness giving evidence by video link hearing: roache watches an alleged victim recorded in an interview with a police officer this time she said roache pushed her against the wall of the front room and raped her, only this time the alleged attack was over in a matter of minutes ‘there was no intimacy leading up to it,’ she said, describing it as ‘just an instant thing’ ‘i can’t explain why i was so gullible,’ she added the woman said she had not reported the alleged attacks at the time because she feared no one would believe her ‘i thought it had been my fault,’ she said, adding the attacks had left her feeling ‘frightened, ashamed and disgusted’ she denied she had ‘fancied’ roache but added ‘possibly he fancied himself’, describing how she would see him ‘with a golf club teeing off on his lawn’ when female fans came hoping for autographs arriving: roache, 81, pictured outside court with his son linus and daughter verity defendant: the veteran actor came to court with his family and security staff she said she did not speak to the actor again until a chance encounter about ten years later when he was a judge on a baby show at a local carnival, she said walking past her, she said he stopped and said: ‘oh hello, i know you, don’t i?’ following the jimmy savile scandal and allegations against the late mp sir cyril smith in 2012, she said she was talking to her son who branded such claims ‘lies’, and asked: ‘why’s this come to light now?’ she told him child victims would have been too scared to come forward in previous decades, and when he asked how she knew, she answered ‘because i’ve been in that position myself’, telling him she had been attacked by ‘ken barlow’ gift: the jury in the trial of coronation street actor bill roache was shown this signed photo, allegedly sent to a 14 year old girl who has accused him of indecent assault in the 1960s note: the letter, which is allegedly from the star, now 81, was addressed from granada tv and asked her to write back 'when you start school again' witness box: bill roache listens as the first witness in the case against him gives evidence from behind a screen at preston crown court first witness: roache's first alleged victim, now 63, giving evidence to the court in the dock: coronation street star bill roache is accused of two counts of rape and five indecent assaults dating back almost 50 years some time later, she said she was watching roache interviewed on television by piers morgan branding him ‘arrogant’, she added: ‘he was talking about the number of women in his life he was quite amused by it all 'it made my skin crawl, to be honest it was just the way he laughed it all off’ as a result, she contacted police in march last year her complaint led to roache being charged with two counts of rape following publicity over his arrest, four other women came forward alleging roache had sexually assaulted them the woman said she suffered two strokes in 2002 which ‘wiped out’ part of her memory, but insisted she remembered the alleged rapes clearly the crown say roache ‘took full advantage of his stardom’ to sexually abuse the girls, confident his celebrity status would silence his ‘star struck’ victims the widowed actor again attended court with his sons linus, 49, and james, 28, and daughter verity, 32 roache, of wilmslow, cheshire, denies five counts of indecent assault and two of rape involving five girls aged 16 or under the trial continues sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article | serventism implementational linolenin | no related information |
by rachel quigley published: 12:00 est, 14 august 2013 | updated: 13:08 est, 14 august 2013 the mother of the baby murdered by a nurse in 1982 has made a desperate plea to find more victims so her daughter's killer will not be released from prison after serving just one third of her sentence petti mcclellan's daughter chelsea was just 15 months old when she was repeatedly injected with a lethal substance by genene anne jones who was later sentenced to 99 years in prison for the murder it is believed jones killed as many as 46 babies under her care at bexar county hospital while she worked there from 1977 1982 if she gets out, she will have served less than one year for every infant death she is suspected of being involved in scroll down for video petti mcclellan said: 'i need to find someone else, another family that was a victim of genene jones that's the only way to keep this woman in prison this is my mission now' victim: jones was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the 1982 murder of 15 month old chelsea mcclellan who died under her care at bexar county hospital petti is making it her mission to find a family whose baby may have been taken away from them at the hands of jones so she can keep her in prison forever the 63 year old could be released as soon as 2018 under an expired texas law that grants a 'mandatory release' to inmates with good behavior if petti has her way she will remain behind bars, but the shocking news of her early release has forced her to relive the day her daughter died nurse: genene jones was convicted of murdering 15 month old chelsea mcclellan in 1984 'jones was working at a new pediatric clinic in kerrville,' she told abcnewscom 'i remember being so excited to have a neighborhood pediatrician that i could take chelsea and my son cameron to 'cameron was about three years old when he got the flu so i took him into the clinic, and i brought chelsea with me 'as we sat in the waiting room, genene said she would update chelsea's shots 'i took chelsea and followed genene into the examining room i noticed that the syringes were already fixed 'i was holding chelsea, she was facing me, and jones gave her the first shot in her left thigh immediately chelsea had trouble breathing she tried to say my name and couldn't' before she could stop her, jones gave baby chelsea a second shot in her right leg that's when she stopped breathing 'genene had this wild look in her eyes, like she was on a high,' petti recalls 'she got really excited, and she yelled that chelsea was not breathing she grabbed her from me and put her on a table she told me to go get the doctor' by the time an ambulance came to the clinic, a doctor had stabilized chelsea and she was breathing on her own doctors wanted to transfer the toddler to a bigger hospital in san antonio where she could be monitored petti followed in her car while jones was riding in the ambulance with two emts her baby died during that ride after jones again injected her with succinylcholine chloride, claiming she was having a seizure the emts testified in her murder trial that chelsea's vitals were fine monster: nurse genene jones, shown right in january 1984, was convicted of using a powerful drug to kill baby chelsea and injuring another who survived killer: nurse genene jones, in custody of kerr county deputy clay barton, left, and williamson county deputy loretta pickett, right, arrives at williamson county courthouse on february 16, 1984 for her sentencing medical facility: jones is suspected of murdering up to 46 babies while she was a nurse at bexar county hospital now the university hospital of san antonio from 1978 1982 talking about the death of her daughter, petti told abc: 'it was a real mother's terror i was a mess, i just fell apart i don't remember much from that moment' her mission now, she says, is finding another family whose baby was a victim of jones' so that she will stay in prison until the end of her days 'i need to find someone else, another family that was a victim of genene jones that's the only way to keep this woman in prison who knows what she can do if she gets out 'this is my mission now losing a child does not consume you, it drives you,' she said the 63 year old is currently being held in the carole s young medical facility, a correctional center in dickinson, texas a facebook group called 'victims of genene anne jones' has been set up and currently has 60 members joann garza, the group's administrator, had a twin brother her family believes was killed by jones baby joel was taken to bexar county hospital after he choked on his bottle and, according to garza, was given shots by jones along with two unidentified twin girls all three children died the hospital have not responded to requests for comment unfortunately your browser does not support iframes | interstratifying verver tablespoonsful | no related information |
by daily mail reporter published: 13:11 est, 14 august 2013 | updated: 16:53 est, 14 august 2013 three years after an unidentified woman was found abandoned in a hospital waiting room, wearing only an adult diaper and hospital gown, alabama authorities have found her name and the person who was supposed to be caring for her unable to speak, and with no identification, edith allen's history had been a mystery until monday her carers had scant clues to go on just a cesarean section scar and initials in her dentures however, a tip off finally led authorities to ms allen's carer cathy jean thomas, of douglasville, georgia, who faces charges of claiming more than $25,000 in ms allen's social security checks over the past three years named: three years after she was found abandoned, edith allen has her identity back 'it's a relief to me it's been a long, drawn out process over something that should have never happened,' alabama bureau of investigation agent lieutenant scott bartle, who has led the search for ms allen's identity, told alcom because ms allen, who was named sally by the medical staff who have cared for her since she was found in august 2010, did not have an identity she was unable to qualify for medicaid the 68 year old woman, who had a urinary tract infection, and was dehydrated and malnourished when she was found, has built up medical bills of $200,000 in the past three years although she can barely speak and has learning disabilities, ms allen did try to help authorities identify her 'she would attempt to write her name and, what's really sad, is, if you look at the name she was attempting to give the hospitals here in oneonta, it matches the name and the signature that she would give to the adult day care she stayed at in georgia,' blount county district attorney pamela casey said from the start, officers feared someone may still be claiming her social security checks thomas, 59, became the disabled woman's carer in 2009 and, according to authorities, filled out the necessary paperwork to take charge of ms allen's social security benefits 'thomas did acknowledge receiving edith allen's money and using it to obtain goods and services that never went to allen,' lieutenant bartle said 'for three years, she has reaped the benefits of those checks' charged: cathy jean thomas, who was edith allen's carer, is accused of identity theft he added that thomas, who has been charged with identity theft, denied being the one who abandoned ms allen, who weighed less than 90lb when she was found at the hospital ms allen was originally cared for by thomas's sister until she died, which was when thomas took over, according to alcom the search for ms allen's identity was further hampered because her short blonde hair had been dyed dark and she was wearing large, black rimmed glasses when she was found, possibly in an attempt to disguise her several newspaper articles and television reports featured her story, and fingerprints and dna were taken in the hope of finding a match in missing persons databases 'the alabama bureau of investigation probably followed over 1,000 to 2,000 leads,' ms casey told abc3340 in 2011 ms allen's new carers spoke to the press again in the hope of finding her relatives, or anyone who knew her although they did not provide immediate leads, her story was carried on various social media sites, which eventually helped identify her after a tip off to lostnmissing, a non profit volunteer group, officials were able to match ms allen with her medical and financial records thomas has since been charged and is being held on a $50,000 bond ms casey said she now wants to pass edith's law, which would give more security to those with learning disabilities and help stop others being treated in the same way as ms allen was 'we have to do something about this we have to be able to identify these people and we have to make sure the benefits that are provided to them are actually going to them and for them,' she said ms allen's court appointed guardian, attorney sid summey, is thrilled that her identity has been revealed protection: district attorney pamela casey wants to introduce laws to protect patients like ms allen 'a lot of compassion has poured out for this lady many have expressed an interest and concern in finding her identity so she wouldn't have 'jane sally doe' on her tombstone that's not going to happen now, and we're delighted,' he said ms allen, who has no living relatives, will remain in her nursing home 'our intent is for her to remain in our care until or unless her circumstance changes,' mr summey said 'she will stay with us, but now with her rightful name' | edith allen's 25,000 | tip off leads police to edith allen's carer who is accused of cashing $25,000 in welfare checks . 59 year old charged with identity theft but denies abandoning frail woman in waiting room |
by associated press and daily mail reporter published: 06:56 est, 14 august 2013 | updated: 06:56 est, 14 august 2013 authorities say the body of a woman found last week near a northern california park was that of missing federal defense investigator, sandra coke, of oakland police would not say how she died or offer any more information on a possible link between her death and 56 year old randy alana, a violent sex offender and coke's former boyfriend a major hunt began at the solano county fairgrounds in vallejo late on thursday and continued until a body was discovered by contra costa county sheriff's search and rescue teams in a woody area near laguna valley park, vacaville, on friday tragedy: sandra coke, 50, whose body has been discovered after she never returned from answering a call about her missing dog authorities remained tight lipped about what led dozens of local, state and federal investigators to the area and only confirmed yesterday that the body was that of the missing investigator colleagues and friends have expressed their devastation at the news of the death of coke, 50, who spent decades advocating justice for inmates of death row 'it's been real heartbreaking,' said bryan stevenson, director of the equal justice initiative in alabama, where coke worked in the mid 1990s 'she was just a wonderful person and skilled and committed advocate it's a terrible, terrible loss' starting in the 1990s, coke worked for the california appellate project, the san francisco public defender's office, the equal justice initiative of alabama and her own private investigation office at the time of her death, she had been working for the office of the federal defender in the eastern district of california in sacramento, where she helped overturn a wrongfully obtained murder conviction in sacramento county in 2001, according to federal defender heather williams search: members of sonoma county rescue team discovered coke's body in an oakland park after a two day hunt announcement: solano county sheriff spokesman daryl snedeker (second from right) refused to confirm that the body was coke's until tuesday thorough: multiple agencies searched for evidence in the case of sandra coke coke left her oakland home shortly after 830 pm on august 4 after reportedly telling her 15 year old daughter she was meeting with someone who had found her missing dog she said she would be back in 30 minutes her daughter called police when her mother did not come home that night later that night, she was seen with alana, a high risk sex offender with a lengthy criminal history whom she dated some 20 years ago, police said sources said that video has been recovered showing coke's car crossing the carquinez bridge after her disappearance her car was subsequently found in a west oakland parking lot, and one of her cellphones was found in richmond last week alana, 56, of oakland, a registered sex offender with convictions for voluntary manslaughter, rape and kidnapping, was arrested on an unspecified parole violation on august 6 he has not yet been named a suspect or charged in coke's death oakland police officer johnna watson said: 'we are looking at an angle to see if foul play was involved' a family friend, laura burstein, said coke dated alana more than 20 years ago another friend, dan abrahamson, told kgo tv, that alana recently reappeared in the area and reached out to coke for help alana was being held without bail he is considered a high risk sex offender, with state records showing he has convictions for rape and kidnapping dozens of coke's family and friends announced a $100,000 reward on thursday for any information leading to her return ‘these last few days have been a living nightmare,’ said her sister, tanya coke, who believes foul play may be involved questioned: former boyfriend randy alana was arrested in connection with coke's disappearance, but police refuse to confirm any links between the former convicted sex offender and her death calls to tanya coke on friday were not immediately returned earlier, sandra coke's family released a statement hoping for her return ‘we are enormously grateful for the efforts of everyone law enforcement, colleagues and friends of sandra, and members of the public and the media who have labored day and night to find sandra,’ the statement read police found coke's 2007 mini cooper convertible on monday, just a few blocks from her home and her cellphones were discovered near the oakland emeryville border and near interstate 80 in richmond on tuesday afternoon, coke's family released a statement thanking law enforcement, the public and others for helping in the search 'the coke family is devastated by the loss of our beloved sandra,' the statement read 'she was a loving mother, daughter, sister and auntie, and a shining light in our family; her good cheer, easy laugh and generous hugs will be missed 'those of us who were privileged to know sandra will remember her as an unusually kind, generous and big hearted person 'she passionately devoted her professional life to helping the poor and those who endured difficult childhoods 'all of us will miss sandra's beautiful, giving spirit' coke came to alabama in 1995, a time when juveniles could be put to death for crimes, and when the juvenile death row population, at 16 inmates, was the largest in the nation, her colleague bryan stevenson said as an investigator, she was assigned to probe capital cases that are appealed to federal court to ensure death sentences are fair her work collecting school records and interviewing family and friends uncovered that most of the juveniles suffered traumatic childhoods, evidence not presented during trial it was coke's gentle way of interviewing inmates and their families that stevenson remembers most 'she had a wonderful way of endearing people to her and persuading people to talk to her about difficult things,' he said the family asked for privacy to mourn and thanked friends for creating a fund to provide for her daughter's care and education donations to that fund can be made at wwwsandracokefundorg dozens of coke's family and friends announced a $100,000 reward on thursday for any information leading to her return | sandra coke 50 oakland coke two weeks ago daughter randy alana alana 56 | investigators identify body as that of sandra coke, 50, of oakland . friends mourn 'wonderful person' who campaigned for death row justice . coke disappeared two weeks ago . daughter says she was going to meet someone about her lost dog . former boyfriend and convicted sex offender randy alana being questioned by police . police refuse to confirm cause of death or link with alana, 56 |
by ellie buchdahl published: 11:09 est, 14 august 2013 | updated: 12:04 est, 14 august 2013 a biplane of the british royal flying corps and a deutsche luftstreitkraefte fighter hurtle towards each other in the midst of the first world war battle for the skies, crashing in flames, the pilots miraculously escaping to safety amid the smoke and the blaze these spectacular photographs have become famous as some of the most dramatic records of the war in the air, and are expected to fetch a princely sum at auction in australia today yet they're all completely bogus clash of the titans: the photographs appear to show british and german warplanes mid combat that hasn't stopped wesley david archer's photographs from becoming coveted by collectors partly for their bizarre history the photos first came to public notice in the 1930s, when one 'gladys maud cockburne lange', who claimed to be the widow of a british air ace, went to a publisher with a trove of photos her husband had reportedly taken with a camera mounted on his plane mrs cockburne lange claimed the pilot had set up the shutter to be triggered with a machine gun the publisher at the time was understandably wowed by the incredible shots so much so that he paid $20,000 for the work the pictures then became the basis for a book, death in the air: the war diary and photographs of a flying corps pilot, which was published in 1933 archer claimed it was the journal of an anonymous flying corps pilot killed in combat incredible: the pilot appears to eject to safety from the german fighter plane true story: the pictures formed the basis of a book of archer's experiences, even though they had been set up with miniature planes on wires the photos caused a sensation, appearing in newspapers and gallery exhibitions to begin with, no one seemed to notice that the clear, high speed images were well beyond the capabilities of cameras and film available at the time nor did the fact that british aeroplanes were smack in the middle of several frames meaning the pilot would have been firing on his mates raise any initial eyebrows the 'widow' quickly disappeared from public view once she had cashed in on the images but it wasn’t until 1984 that the images were definitely declared fakes, after the effects of wesley david archer a former american pilot and early movie special effects man were donated to the smithsonian institution in washington dc the trove included a number of photos similar to the cockburn lange images — but before archer had airbrushed out the wires holding up the miniature planes archer, according to petapixelcom, had fallen on hard times during the depression he created the aerial tableaux, using his skills in visual trickery, then had his wife pose as mrs cockburn lange to sell them the money they made from the fake shots was enough to tide the couple over until archer could find a more suitable outlet for his talents in the film industry bidding starts today at noble numismatics for a collection of 34 of the images | wesley david archer 1930s a 'war diary' of a ' flying corps pilot'. pictures 1984 today | special effects man wesley david archer faked shots in 1930s . images formed the basis of a 'war diary' of a 'flying corps pilot'. pictures discovered to be fakes in 1984 . pictures expected to fetch high sum at auction today |
by tamara cohen and larisa brown published: 11:17 est, 18 october 2013 | updated: 19:36 est, 18 october 2013 five elderly people died after suffering a devastating catalogue of neglect at a care home rated ‘good’ by the official regulator another 14 residents died of natural causes after suffering ‘sub optimal’ care at the home, run by the southern cross chain a coroner yesterday said the orchid view home was riddled with ‘institutional abuse’ yet the care quality commission had failed to raise the alarm victims: residents jean halfpenny, left, and doris fielding, right mrs halfpenny died after being neglected at orchid view she overdosed on the blood thinning drug warfarin 'disgraceful: a five week inquest has heard how residents were given the wrong medication and left soiled she said staff – several of whom are still working in the care sector – should be ‘ashamed’ of their behaviour, some of which involved shredding medical records in an attempted cover up a five week inquest heard that residents were routinely given overdoses of medication, and were left soiled and in pain during two years of terrible mismanagement and staff shortages west sussex coroner penelope schofield said the regulator’s positive assessment of the £3,000 a month home a year before it closed was ‘not fit for purpose’ she ruled that abuse and neglect by staff contributed to the deaths of jean halfpenny, 77, wilfred gardner, 85, margaret tucker, 77, enid trodden, 86, and john holmes, 85 mrs halfpenny died after being given three times the correct dose of the blood thinning drug warfarin, and had to be admitted to hospital for bleeding victims: enid trodden, left, and jean leatherbarrow, right, who were two of 19 elderly residents who died at orchid view care home in copthorne where there was 'institutionalised abuse' abuse: wilfred gardner, 85, who died at the home after being neglected a coroner was scathing as sher delivered a verdict following a five week inquest lisa martin, a former administrator who left in disgust and became a whistleblower, said she was asked to shred mrs halfpenny’s medical records to cover up the blunder, and new ones were falsified the inquest came on the day that health secretary jeremy hunt said the care of many elderly people in britain is a ‘national disgrace’ a million older people are forgotten and isolated because no relatives and friends visit them he promised new measures to beef up inspections of care homes after 112,000 cases of alleged abuse were referred by councils in england last year whistleblower: lisa martin, former carer at orchid view, who raised the alarm after 28 separate drugs failings on one night shift mr hunt said ‘something is going badly wrong’ in a society where potentially so many instances are happening every single week it was revealed during the inquest that nurses shut doors on elderly people who called for help, an elderly woman was left in a toilet and forgotten, and parcel tape was used to secure a resident’s dressing miss martin said the final straw was when she was told by a nurse that they had found 28 drug errors from just one night shift she called police who arrived the next day orchid view was eventually closed down in late 2011 after another cqc probe found it had failed to meet eight of its essential standards of quality and safety sussex police began an investigation and five people were arrested, some on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence in relation to mrs halfpenny’s death but there was judged to be insufficient evidence to prosecute a serious case review will now take place into the deaths it is the latest scandal to hit the nhs watchdog, which is already under fire for failing to spot the scandal at morecambe bay hospital where up to 14 babies died from neglect, and then allegedly trying to cover it up the cqc was also accused of not doing more to stop the horrific abuse of disabled patients at winterbourne view hospital in bristol southern cross was once britain’s biggest care home operator, but collapsed with £1billion debts in 2011 after cost cutting by a private equity firm, leaving 31,000 vulnerable residents stranded the inquest heard the multi million pound home in copthorne, near crawley, had a ‘five star’ feel when it opened in september 2009, and its appearance ‘seduced’ families into believing it was well run but witnesses and former staff told how residents were treated with a lack of respect and dignity, and there were problems with medication and staffing levels miss schofield said: ‘there was institutionalised abuse throughout the home and it started, in my view, at a very early stage, and nobody did anything about it ‘this, to me, was from the top down it was completely mismanaged and understaffed and failed to provide a safe environment for residents ‘it’s a heart breaking case ‘we all have parents who will probably need care in the latter part of their lives’ she said it was ‘disgraceful’ that the home was allowed to be run in the way it was and given a ‘good’ rating by the cqc in 2010 – a year before it shut ‘i question how this could be the case and i question whether the inspection that did take place was fit for purpose,’ she said linzi collings, the daughter of jean halfpenny, said: ‘how such terrible standards could go unnoticed by the authorities for so long has left us baffled’ anger: solicitor ian christian speaks on behalf of the families of the victims of 'institutionalised abuse' at orchid view care home this week the government announced a package of proposals to prevent abuse and neglect in care homes, including hidden cameras and ‘mystery shoppers’ reporting back on their experience ian christian, of irwin mitchell solicitors, which represented seven of the families at the inquest, described the case as a ‘scandal’ which should not be allowed to happen again andrea sutcliffe, the cqc’s chief inspector of adult social care, said the watchdog had to ‘learn lessons’ from the tragedy and a root and branch review had been launched she said: ‘this was completely unacceptable, and i extend my sympathies to the relatives of everyone who received poor care there’ | cooeeing indentment microscopies | no related information |
by jaya narain published: 05:24 est, 13 august 2013 | updated: 17:53 est, 13 august 2013 a british bride who went to live in gambia with her husband was found hanged after he told her he could not father children simone lally, 27, left her home in lancashire for a new life with mohammed jabakhanji, 29, and hoped to start a family but only a year after their beachside wedding, he discovered her dead in their home tragic: simone jabakhanji moved to africa from lancashire to start a new life with her husband mohammed but was found hanged at their home shortly after he discovered he was infertile an inquest was told their relationship was tempestuous from the start and marred by frequent arguments the couple ran into problems when medical tests showed mr jabakhanji had been left infertile by his unhealthy lifestyle of smoking cannabis and drinking just days before she died in august 2011, mrs jabakhanji called her mother and best friend to tell them she had fallen out with her husband and his family mr jabakhanji, who is from ghana, reported the death at their home in the capital banjul and was initially arrested on suspicion of murder he was later released without charge happier times: simone and her husband, who was known as carlos, pictured on their wedding day in a gambian beach ceremony the hearing, held in preston, was told that mrs jabakhanji had been travelling to gambia for many years and met her future husband in 2009 the couple were married in a beachside ceremony there on valentine’s day 2010 attended by her family, including brother paul and mother janice mrs lally said she spoke to her daughter about her husband, who was known as carlos, on the evening of her death dream wedding: simone pictured at her beach wedding on valentine's day in 2010 with her mother janice and peter lally in banjul, gambia ‘she had phoned because she and carlos had an argument, she always wanted to speak with me or her friend when they had an argument,’ she said mrs lally said she had concerns about the relationship as her daughter complained that her husband had become aggressive after returning from ghana, where tests had revealed his infertility she said her daughter was used to her husband going ‘into his own space’ for days after a row and then pretending nothing had happened mrs lally told the hearing: ‘she said “i suppose i can put up with that instead of him breaking my legs” when i spoke to her on the friday, she was frightened of carlos ‘i spoke to him eventually and he promised me that he would look after her’ despite the devastating news that her new husband could be infertile mrs jabakhanji's mother janice said she seemed 'normal' when they spoke on the day of her death just hours later, mrs lally spoke to him again she said: ‘i had a phone call off carlos two minutes after midnight ‘he was crying i kept asking, “what’s the matter?” he said, “it’s simone, she’s dead”’ close friend abigail stone told the inquest that she had also spoken to mrs jabakhanji via video link on the day of her death she said the couple had a furious row after mr jabakhanji accused his wife of disrespecting his family miss stone advised her friend to return to england but she insisted on remaining with her husband coroner simon jones said there had been no co operation from the gambian authorities over the death, despite repeated requests no autopsy was carried out in gambia and the body had been embalmed before repatriation to england mr jones recorded an open verdict, saying: ‘there is very little information about the circumstances’ it was not possible to be certain mrs jabakhanji meant to end her life, he added ‘that would be at odds with conversations she had with family and friends similarly there is no evidence to suggest anyone else was involved’ | simone jabakhanji 27 gambia 2009 mohammed the days gambian british | simone jabakhanji, 27, moved to gambia in 2009 to be with mohammed after the pair met during a family holiday . in the days before her death she told family and friends she was fearful of him and his aggressive behaviour . he was arrested by gambian police for her murder but later released . mother in law tells inquest he smoked cannabis and cigarettes . british coroner critical of gambian authorities for failing to disclose details of her death and says there is not enough evidence that it was suicide . if you or a family member have contemplated suicide, contact the samaritans on 08457 909090 |
by paul thompson published: 10:13 est, 14 august 2013 | updated: 10:14 est, 14 august 2013 arrested: kerrianne johnson, 26, was charged with child molestation in thomasville, georgia a 26 year old woman accused of having sex with a 14 year old boy was arrested on friday after posting a message on facebook saying how much she missed her young lover kerrianne johnson, of thomasville, georgia, wrote: 'i miss holding you at night' the parents of the teen saw the message and tipped off police johnson was charged with child molestation and released on bond johnson was a close friend of the family and is alleged to have had sex with the teen at a local hotel the boy, who has not been named, was picked up from school by police and admitted having sex with johnson several times johnson also later allegedly confessed to sleeping with the teen at a hotel in thomasaville police said the facebook postings by johnson led to the investigation 'one of them said, 'i miss holding you at night,' and it just didn't sound right; and the person who saw it was concerned and we followed up and found that type of activity was going on,' said lt tim watkins, chief investigator with the thomas county sheriff's office watkins said the teen's family and johnson were friends 'she knew the family,' lt watkins said 'i believe the family felt comfortable her being around the young man, but it happened at a local hotel where she rented a room' johnson was arrested friday and taken to thomas county jail she was released on bond and is under court order to not have any contact with the 14 year old released on bail: kerianne johnson was taken to thomas county sheriff's office (pictured) in georgia and allegedly admitted to having sexual relations with the boy | kerrianne johnson facebook | kerrianne johnson charged with child molestation and released on bail . police were tipped off by boy's parents after the facebook post |
by harriet arkell published: 06:34 est, 14 august 2013 | updated: 07:03 est, 14 august 2013 an horrific image of a newborn baby drowned in a river has caused outrage in china after it emerged on local social networking sites the picture taken from a river bank in south east china apparently shows a dead infant wearing a romper suit and a nappy several days after the newborn had been abandoned in the water the photo has appalled chinese internet users who have set up an online search for clues to the baby's identity this photograph (pixellated by mailonline) of the newborn baby drowned in a river has horrified people in china 'abandoning babies is not new but most people do it at a place where the child will have a choice of a new life,' said one 'dumping a baby in a river to die is inhuman,' china has a one baby policy, introduced in 1979 to keep the country's population under control, which restricts urban couples to having just one child despite egalitarian policies in china, many families hope to have a son to provide for them in their old age, and as a result the country has a higher rate of female infanticide and lower ration of female: male births ultrasounds, commonly used in western countries to assess risks of problems with babies in utero, are not allowed in china because of the risk of couples aborting babies if the scan shows that they are not the parents' preferred gender china's one child policy, introduced in 1979, restricts urban couples to having just one baby (file picture) | china search | tragic image of dead infant was taken from a riverbank in south east china . search is on to identify newborn baby wearing a nappy and rompersuit . china has one baby policy and higher levels of female infanticide as result |
by bianca london published: 06:44 est, 30 july 2013 | updated: 06:44 est, 30 july 2013 british shirtmaker thomas pink has filed an infringement case against victoria's secret over the name of its secondary line, pink the london based luxury shirt brand has accused the british arm of the us underwear giant of misleading its customers by using the name pink to market and sell its line, which is aimed at teenagers thomas pink, which has been using the iconic word pink as their trademark since 1984, said that victoria's secret are confusing their younger customers by using the same name legal battle: british shirtmaker thomas pink are taking on lingerie giant victoria's secret because they say using the same name for their younger line is 'confusing' to customers too similar? thomas pink, which was set up in 1984, said that victoria's secret pink are confusing their younger customers by using the same name thomas pink filed the infringement case with the patents county court and a spokesman told vogue: 'thomas pink is determined to protect the considerable investment that has been made into building the world's luxury leading shirt brand' but industry heavyweight victoria's secret is now fighting back the lingerie brand, who can count cara delevingne, miranda kerr and alessandra ambrosio as past and present models, filed a declaratory judgment suit in the us last week victoria's secret want to seek to establish 'the rights of the parties, allowing them to continue the peaceful coexistence that has been in place for many years,' according to vogue classic: thomas pink was established in london in 1984 by three irish brothers james, peter and john mullen and prides itself on its quintessentially british shirts, pictured both left and right challenging: it seems to be a big challenge for thomas pink to take on victoria's secret the largest american retailer of lingerie with 2012 sales of $612bn (£399bn) billion the teen line which was established in 2002 and aims its underwear, loungewear, beauty line and accessories, at 15 to 22 year olds has seen unfounded success in recent years, seeing sales reach $1 billion (£652m) in 2012 now the brand have cashed in by opening standalone stores around the world with two in london (one in westfield stratford and a flagship store on bond street) the average price of a thomas pink ladies shirt is £89, while a victoria's secret pink shirt is around £40 it seems to be a big challenge for thomas pink who recoded annual profits of £3387 million in the uk last year to take on victoria's secret the largest american retailer of lingerie with 2012 sales of $612 (£399) billion no comment has been made by victoria's secret and their pink site is currently temporarily unavailable thomas pink was established in london in 1984 by three irish brothers james, peter and john mullen not available: no comment has been made by victoria's secret and their pink site, fronted by miranda kerr, is currently temporarily unavailable it is now part of the lvmh (louis vuitton moet hennessey) group and has flagship stores in london’s jermyn street, madison avenue, new york and rue francois premier, paris and a total of 90 stores worldwide the company was named after mr pink, an 18th century london tailor he was responsible for designing the hunting coat worn by masters of foxhounds and other huntsmen | british thomas pink the patents county court victoria £3387 million £652m | luxury british shirt brand says name is confusing to customers . thomas pink filed the infringement case . with the patents county court . victoria's secret say they want to keep peaceful coexistence . thomas pink established in 1984 and 2012 profits were £3387 million . victoria's secret pink launched in 2002 with sales of £652m in 2012 |
by rachel reilly published: 07:10 est, 13 august 2013 | updated: 07:38 est, 13 august 2013 astonishing photographs taken by a french photographer have created the illusion that a cargo of air passengers are off to a very hot location indeed the sun photographer sebastien lebrigand, 38, said that it took two days to get the shot he wanted but he eventually took the incredible pictures at around 7pm the father of two added that the shots were difficult to capture because the aeroplanes were moving so quickly and that the blinding glare of the sun made it difficult to get the timing right here comes the sun: photographer sebastien lebrigand, 38, said that it took two days to get the shot he wanted but he eventually took the stunning pictures at around 7pm on night this week the electrician's mate said: 'i waited two days to get the perfect conditions, and it was a beautiful evening 'the plane is so fast it crosses the sun in a quarter of a second, so there was no time to lose 'i couldn't move as i knew the plane was going to arrive very fast 'suddenly i was like 'snap, snap'' and bingo, i'd got it in the bag it was magnificent' mr lebrigand said: 'the plane is so fast it crosses the sun in a quarter of a second, so there was no time to losei couldn't move as i knew the plane was going to arrive very fast suddenly i was like 'snap, snap'! and bingo, i'd got it in the bag it was magnificent' the amateur photographer used a canon eos 500d and an i nova edtf 102 triplet optical instrument, a special lens designed for astrophotography, to take the pictures mr lebrigand, who lives in crepy en valois, outside paris, took three photos he used a canon eos 500d and an i nova edtf 102 triplet optical instrument, a special lens designed for astrophotography, to take the pictures this isn't the first time mr lebrigand has taken striking shots that create the illusion that humans are flying into outer space last month the amateur photographer managed to take shots of what looked like a plane flying to the moon at the time he said: 'i find it fascinating that the planes appear so close to the moon, but yet so far much like we are on earth, in relation to the rest of the universe 'to me, pictures are beautiful when they are unusual, and these are no different' mr lebrigand took these striking shots as he walked alone under the night sky the father of two said the aeroplanes looked 'so close' to the moon as they flew from spain to germany mr lebrigand said: 'it was a still night and the moon was rising, almost full i find it fascinating that the planes appear so close to the moon, but yet so far much like we are on earth, in relation to the rest of the universe' | sebastien lebrigand 38 two days crepy en valois paris france first lebrigand last month moon | sebastien lebrigand, 38, said it took two days to capture the photographs . he captured the images near his home in crepy en valois, near paris in france, using a special lens for designed for astrophotography . this is not the first time mr lebrigand has captured stunning extra terrestrial images last month he took amazing pictures of the moon |
by katy winter published: 10:37 est, 13 august 2013 | updated: 12:45 est, 13 august 2013 she is the powerhouse female chancellor bankrolling europe and she is certainly no stranger to criticism however angela merkel is probably more used to fending off comments about her economic policies than her appearance but now eccentric designer karl lagerfeld has said that he thinks the german chancellor should dress 'according to her special proportions' the chanel designer 9right) described the german chancellor (left) as having 'special proportions the outspoken chanel creative director – who has previously come under fire for his controversial comments about singer adele and other well known females – criticised the german political figure for the trousers she wore in a meeting with united states president, barack obama, in june he told germany's focus magazine: 'miss merkel [should dress] according to her special proportions [when she was pictured with obama], the proportions were bad, like the cut the pants were too long' angela is the latest woman to feel the brunt of the 79 year old fashion designer's acid tongue, following his criticism of adele, pippa middleton and michelle obama never one to shy away from controversy, karl famously branded the 'skyfall' hitmaker a 'little too fat' in february 2012, while complimenting her 'beautiful face and divine voice' at the same time karl gave singer adele a rather backhanded compliment while complimenting her voice he also stated that she was 'a little too fat' pippa middleton was also on the sharp end of karl's tongue when he said she should only ever show her back the designer also insisted pippa middleton – sister to britain's duchess catherine – should 'only ever show her back', and recently claimed: 'i think that her sister looks better' more recently, karl gave his unflinching opinion of us first lady michelle obama's fringe haircut, saying: 'frankly, the fringe was a bad idea' | chanel karl lagerfeld german angela merkel obama june adele pippa middleton | chanel director karl lagerfeld has criticised the german chancellor . described angela merkel as having 'special proportions'. was speaking about an outfit she wore to meet president obama in june . he has previously called adele 'too fat'. also said pippa middleton should only show her back |
by tara brady published: 09:28 est, 2 june 2013 | updated: 10:05 est, 2 june 2013 caught: dane hamilton tried to smuggle drugs into the country by hiding wraps cocaine in jamaican patties a father of three has been jailed for six years after he smuggled £160,000 worth of cocaine into the uk in pasties dane hamilton, 33, was stopped and searched at birmingham airport after arriving on a flight from jamaica on august 2 last year officers discovered a box of jamaican patties, a savoury pasty, in his hand luggage there were only 10 in the box instead of 12 and when officers examined them further they were found to contain small packets of cocaine instead of a meaty filling the drugs weighed a total of 15 kilos and would have been worth approximately £160,400 if cut and sold on the street a jury sitting at birmingham crown court unanimously convicted hamilton, a jamaican national, of drugs smuggling on friday following a two day trial sentencing him to six years in prison, judge michael chambers qc said it was a 'sophisticated' crime and others must have been involved he told him: 'there is a clear inference that you were doing it for substantial gain given the risks you clearly took' hamilton, from wolverhampton, west midlands, said he had been visiting his mother after paying £1,000 for a ticket and had no idea what was inside the patties jabeen akhtar, defending, said there was no evidence hamilton had been involved in any element of the criminal enterprise, other than bringing the drugs to the uk she added that he had not sought to blame others officers discovered a box of jamaican patties in dane hamilton's hand luggage when officers pulled apart the pasties they discovered £160,000 of cocaine hidden inside there were only 10 pasties instead of 12 inside the box when hamilton was stopped and searched after sentencing, dawn cartwright, from the border force, said: 'this was an unusual concealment but our officers are trained to expect the unexpected 'the sentence handed out to hamilton should serve as a warning to others thinking of smuggling drugs 'you will be caught and you will be sent to jail drug smuggling is a vile trade and ruins lives' smuggling class a drugs into the uk carries a minimum sentence of three years and six months and a maximum sentence of 16 years under the misuse of drugs act 1971 and customs and excise management act 1979 haul: packets of cocaine were found inside pasties when hamilton was stopped and searched at birmingham airport after arriving on a flight from from jamaica the drugs weighed a total of 15 kilos and would have been worth approximately £160,400 if sold on the street | apterygotous ultranonsensical noncottager | no related information |
by daily mail reporter published: 08:55 est, 8 october 2012 | updated: 17:26 est, 8 october 2012 some call it the angel of the west; others deride it as the belly of the south but, whether they like it or loathe it, the people of ilfracombe are now the custodians of this giant damien hirst sculpture – and they’ll be looking at it for the next two decades the 25 ton bronze statue of a heavily pregnant woman holding a sword, arrived in the devon seaside resort yesterday on a flatbed trailer dropping in: damien hirst's bronze statue of a pregnant woman, called verity, has arrived in ilfracombe, devon huge: the statue is to be placed on the harbour front and stands at 65ft and weighs over 25 tonnes hundreds of residents came out to catch their first glimpse of the work, which will take more than a week to assemble and install fans call it a ‘modern allegory of truth and justice’, but many townsfolk say it is ‘obscene and disgusting’ on one side the woman’s skin is peeled back, revealing her skull, muscles and foetus – bringing accusations that the work is grotesque it wasn’t long after it arrived that residents took to the internet to voice their opinions one said: ‘whatever did ilfracombe do to deserve this?’ another added: ‘why did he have to make her naked? pregnant women wear clothes most of the time’ a third said: ‘melt it down and get anthony gormley to create a suitable sculpture for ilfracombe, where families spend their holidays’ complaints: some local residents are upset about verity, calling her obscene and claiming she could encourage teenage pregnancy crowds: fascinated people stand and watch as the bronze figure arrived on a huge lorry gormley’s 66ft angel of the north was erected in the north east in 1998 hirst’s 65ft statue, called verity, has been loaned to the local authority by the artist for 20 years and will stand by the town’s pier dozens wrote to the council to object, with one saying it would ‘encourage teenage pregnancies’ another said it was ‘demeaning to women’ while a third claimed it was ‘eccentricity posturing as art’ resident jenny cookson was rather more blunt: ‘it is a monstrosity,’ she said councillors say the statue will boost tourism and improve the town’s image verity’s frame is a single piece of stainless steel the bronze exterior was cast in more than 40 pieces while the sword and upper arm are made from a single piece of glass fibre reinforced polymer standing tall: how the sculpture will look, left, and right, it's controversial artist damien hirst, nearly there: when in place verity will be taller than the angel of the north | 65ft 25 tonnes ilfracombe | 'verity' is 65ft tall, weighs 25 tonnes and will sit on ilfracombe's pier . she has been loaned to the town for 20 years . the council received more than 100 complaints from people who described the artwork as both obscene and disgusting . descriptions from locals included: 'outrageous, immoral, bizarre, obscene, . offensive, disgusting, distasteful, grotesque and not in good taste' |
by sara malm published: 13:50 est, 15 march 2013 | updated: 13:50 est, 15 march 2013 the bolshoi ballet director partially blinded an acid attack has spoken of his determination to return to the stage 'as soon as' he can see again sergei filin appeared at a press conference at the german hospital where doctors are trying to save his eyesight, saying he is ‘full of strength and faith’ that he will work again the artistic director at the famous moscow theater was attacked outside his home in january by a masked man who threw sulfuric acid in his face, leaving him with severe damage to his eyes and skin attacked: sergei filin dries his eyes during the press conference at the university hospital in aachen, germany, as he speaks about his determination to return to the bolshoi when his sight returns swathed in a scarf and hat to cover his burns, he sat next to his doctors at aachen university clinic as they said they remain hopeful mr filin would recover useful vision ‘i am full of strength and faith that i will recover what has been unjustly taken from me,’ mr filin said he said he was not afraid of returning to the theater despite reports of murky rivalries at the ballet that might have been behind the attack top bolshoi dancer pavel dmitrichenko is accused of masterminding the acid attack, and has admitted to a court that he ordered a physical attack on mr filin, but that he never expected the perpetrator to use acid mr dmitrichenko has been refused bail and will remain in custody until april 18 as the investigation is carried out brave: sergei filin is helped onto the stage at today's press conference where he hid his face behind a pair of sunglasses and a black scarf and hat no fear: sergei filin said he is not afraid to return as the bolshoi's artistic director despite one of his top dancers admitting to ordering the attack getting there: sergei filin, second from left, listens as his doctors at the university hospital in aachen, germany, speak of his treatment an alleged accomplice, yuri zarutsky, is accused of accepting 50,000 roubles, around £1,080, from dmitrichenko to attack mr filin meanwhile doctors at aachen university clinic said one of mr filin's badly damaged eyes has already shown some improvement dressed head to toe in black and wearing large dark glasses, mr filin sat quietly as doctors discussed his treatment, before addressing the audience he said he was in daily telephone contact with his deputy at the theater and had no fear about going back to work ‘as soon as i can see, i will go back and do the same work i am not afraid’ confession: bolshoi soloist pavel dmitrichenko, pictured in court last week, has admitted to 'giving his blessing' to a physical attack on filin but not that the perpetrator would use acid then and now: sergei filin pictured today at the conference, left, and, right, before the attack dr martin hermel, an eye specialist, said that mr filin suffered damage to the surface and inner parts of both eyes and had undergone several surgeries he cautioned that filin faces ‘complex and long term treatment’ that could take months rather than weeks dr hermel said that he held out hope that filin would ‘recover useable vision’ to allow him to return to his professional duties while his left eye had shown some improvement, dr hermel said his team 'cannot at this point make a statement about the prognosis for vision in this eye' the bolshoi theater's general director, anatoly iksanov, has accused veteran principal dancer nikolai tsiskaridze of inciting tensions in the theater that led to the attack tsiskaridze, a long time fierce critic of iksanov who is reported to aspire to his job, has rejected the allegation | collegers nonrailroader nonnatives | no related information |
by sara malm an icelandic brewery is launching a beer containing dead fin whales, claiming it is a ‘healthy low fat alternative’ brugghús steðja has teamed up with whaling company hvalur to launch the 52% beer, produced in time for the icelandic mid winter festival environmentalist groups are outraged as they believe the beer poses a threat to the endangered fin whale danger beer: environmental group whale and dolphin conservation (wdc) believes that the new beer poses a risk to the endangered fin whale, traditionally hunted in iceland the conservation group's icelandic whaling campaign leader vanessa williams grey said: ‘demand for this meat is in decline, with fewer and fewer people eating it ‘even so, reducing a beautiful, sentient whale to an ingredient on the side of a beer bottle is about as immoral and outrageous as it is possible to get ‘the brewery may claim that this is just a novelty product with a short shelf life, but what price the life of an endangered whale which might have lived to be 90 years?’ its launch is timed to coincide with the icelandic mid winter festival of torrablst (thorrablot) held in honour of the norse god, thor brewery owner, dabjartur arilmusson, declared: ‘this is a unique beer, brewed in collaboration with hvalur whale beer will include, among other things, whale meal’ thor sday drinks: icelandic brewery brugghús steðja has teamed up with a whaling company to create a beer made with whale meal for the annual festival in honour of the god thor (stock picture) fitness first: whale meal is a byproduct of commercial processing of whales and makes for 'a healthy drink' according to the microbrewery, as it is high in protein (file photo) the brewery also states that the beer is a healthy drink because ‘whale meal is very protein rich, and has almost no fat in it’ ‘that, along with the fact that no sugar is added makes this a very healthful drink, and people will be true vikings drinking it’ asked if he was concerned that the product would fall foul of anti whalers, he commented: ‘doubtless some people won't like it, there is a certain risk and we are aware of that, but we hope icelanders will like it as we're naturally addressing it to thorrablot, when people eat and drink various things which they normally wouldn't’ last year, the whale and dolphin conservation helped expose the use of endangered fin whales in dog food, and the use of fuel made from dead fin whales to power hvalur's own hunting vessels | awiggle unevaded laryngology | no related information |
by daily mail reporter updated: 11:06 est, 13 october 2011 would be time travellers could soon own their very own piece of film history as the delorean car used in back to the future iii goes under the hammer the vehicle, used by michael j fox's character marty mcfly to travel from 1955 to the wild west of 1885, is expected to fetch at least $600,000 when it is auctioned off in hollywood only three of the seven deloreans used in the trilogy survive for sale: the delorean, used by michael j fox's character marty mcfly to travel from 1955 to the wild west of 1885, is expected to fetch at least $600,000 when it is auctioned fans with slightly less cash to burn could be tempted by a $20,000 hoverboard, the flying skateboard used by marty, in the second instalment of the film also on sale are marty's jacket and the shirt worn by his crackpot mentor, doc brown, played by christopher lloyd the delorean is currently in private hands and for 10 years was parked in an area of universal studios reserved for old props it features a high performance engine, roll bars and a switch on the dashboard that allows the rear tyres to spin while the car stays in place profiles in history, the auctioneer, said part of the proceeds would go to the michael j fox foundation for parkinson's research fox has parkinson's disease marilyn monroe's wedding ring from joe dimaggio and a pair of ruby slippers worn by judy garland in the wizard of oz will also be auctioned between december 15 and 17 stars: michael j fox (left) on a hoverboard expected to sell for $20,000 at auction a shirt worn by christopher lloyd (right), who also starred in the back to the future trilogy, is also going under the hammer | marty mcfly's 20,000 marilyn monroe's joe dimaggio | marty mcfly's hoverboard expected to sell for $20,000 . marilyn monroe's wedding ring from joe dimaggio also for sale |
the body found in an indiana lake on sunday is that of missing michigan doctor teleka patrick, an autopsy has confirmed a porter county coroner today said the 30 year old's body was pulled from lake charles in the state's northwest, near where her car was abandoned along interstate 94 in december her body was spotted by a fisherman kalamazoo county sheriff richard fuller said there were no signs of trauma or foul play, and the initial cause of death appeared to be drowning however an investigation is still underway to determine the cause of death, with toxicology results pending scroll down for video confirmed: an autopsy has revealed it was the body of dr teleka patrick, 30 (pictured), that was pulled from an indiana lake on sunday scene: authorities say patrick's body was found in lake charles, in northwest indiana, near where her car was abandoned in december michigan authorities say patrick, who was last seen on december 6, behaved strangely and erratically with colleagues and others in the hours before her disappearance she was last seen trying to get a room at a kalamazoo hotel she didn't stay there and got a ride back to her car at borgess medical center patrick had been in michigan since last summer when she started a medical residency at borgess grammy nominated gospel singer marvin sapp, 46, had secured a personal protection order against patrick in september sapp, pastor of lighthouse full life center church in grand rapids, alleged that patrick claimed to be his wife, contacted his teenage children and had been to his home he said she had joined his church after moving from california 'she has moved from ca to mi,' sapp wrote in part in the ppo request 'joined my church, contacts my children, and has been to my home' wood tv reported that pastor sapp had filed the ppo order in september, and that he had 'over 400 page(s) of correspondence from her to which i have never responded' he added that patrick’s stalking had gone on for at least a year prior to her moving to michigan stalked: pastor and gospel singer marvin sapp, 46 (pictured left and right) filed a personal protection order against teleka patrick after she visited his home and contacted his young children to get close to him according to police, dr patrick worked a shift at borgess on december 5 and had one of her colleagues drive her to the radisson after work both her purse and cellphone were found left behind at work, and surveillance footage at the hotel shows her trying to get a room with cash, but not having enough money in the footage, without audio, dr patrick talks calmly with the front desk clerk for about 15 minutes before leaving after not getting the room she is then seen boarding a complimentary hotel shuttle back to her gold lexus parked at the medical center the last time anyone saw her 'it was really sad to watch it because this is the last video record of her before she went missing,' teleka's sister tenesha patrick told wwmt just two hours later, dr patrick's car was discovered abandoned in a ditch on the westbound side of 194, more than 100 miles away in portage, indiana the keys were missing from the inside of the car trying to find a room: dr patrick is pictured walking up to the radisson hotel in kalamazoo after getting a ride there after work why was she there? dr patrick's family doesn't know why she was trying to book a room investigators later found she left both her phone and purse at work no cards: dr patrick was caught on the hotel's surveillance cameras trying and failing to secure the room with cash dr patrick was officially reported missing the next day when she failed to show up for work one of her colleagues told investigators that she received a phone call that day and that her demeanor changed after she hung up dr patrick's parents, who live in florida, said she has a busy schedule but usually calls them once a week, usually on sundays they did not believe that their daughter was in a romantic relationship her family had asked the investigator handling another famous missing persons case, mary land, who disappeared ten years ago, to help find her dr patrick's parents met with jim carlin of justinian investigative services in battle creek, which agreed to work on the case leaving: the last time dr patrick is caught on surveillance cameras, she is seen boarding a complimentary hotel shuttle which took her back to the medical center where her car was parked accomplished: dr patrick (pictured left and right) had started her first year of residency in kalamazoo after graduating from medical school last spring close to home: the hotel is located just five minutes from dr patrick's apartment her mother irene told cnn: 'she has an outgoing personality she's a warm, friendly, lovely person to be around' she added that her daughter had just bought a plane ticket to fly to florida 'who was calling her, what was that about, does that have anything to do with her disappearance?' her sister asked | teleka patrick lake charles indiana marvin sapp patrick | an autopsy has confirmed dr teleka patrick's body was pulled from lake charles in indiana on sunday morning . authorities had unsuccessfully searched the lake in january . the 30 year old was last seen december 6 trying to get a hotel room . her body was found near where her car was abandoned . gospel singer marvin sapp accused patrick of stalking and filed a personal protection order against her |
by daily mail reporter service for hbo go subscribers went down sunday night during one of the most anticipated premieres this year: game of thrones less than a month after subscribers took to twitter to vent over its crash during the finale of true detective, the latest debacle is also causing a stir online hbo go acknowledged the problem on twitter, advising subscribers that they were working on the problem, and instructing them to 'send a raven' hbo go and do something else: those waiting for the latest in the saga of the mother of dragons were sorely disappointed when hbo go crashed people gathered around televisions and computers to watch the season four premiere of the fantasy show, but many were greeted with 'fatal error' messages many on twitter conveyed the horror of the situation 'in an apartment full of disgruntled gays, @hbogo i will never forgive you for this,' tweeted one error message: hbo go subscribers were greeted with this message when they tried to watch the show waiting, waiting: other frustrated users had this screen the premium cable service blamed the technical difficulties on 'excessive volume' and promised to provide the episode on hbo on demand shortlygame of thrones themed jokes abounded on the twitter, and many also noted that hbo go's servers are likely overburdened due to millenials using their parents hbo accounts rather than purchasing subscriptions of their own 'why don't you guys write letters to hbo complaining about how hbo go is down? or i mean, get your mom, the hbo subscriber, to write a letter,' tweeted one twitter userhbo told the hollywood reporter in a statement later sunday night: 'hbo go did experience issues due to overwhelming demand around the premiere of game of thrones the service has returned to several platforms and we are working hard towards full recovery, which we expect soon' according to the hbo twitter account, full service has now been restored | hbo go game of thrones true detective last month | hbo go crashed during game of thrones premiere . the premium cable network has restored service to some platforms . subscribers experienced similar angst when the network crashed during the finale of true detective last month . as of 1:21am, full service had been restored |
by lizzie parry a woman shot her boyfriend in the face at point blank range at the pennsylvania home they shared, before tampering with the crime scene to make it look like a suicide, a court heard jessica alinsky initially claimed matthew gailie shot himself during a violent row at their home near hazleton in september 2011 after a desperate 911 call by alinksy on the night of september 2, 2011, police and paramedics discovered mr gailie dead on the living room floor with a gunshot wound to the face confession: jessica alinsky has pleaded guilty to third degree murder after her boyfriend matthew gailie was found dead at the home their shared in pennsylvania in september 2011 when questioned, alinksy gave four different versions of what happened the death remained under investigation for years, but in july last year a coroner's inquest determined mr gailie did not commit suicide but was murdered the jury claimed alinksy was the killer, having fired the gun at point blank range, inches from her boyfriend's face giving evidence at the inquest, alinsky chose to invoke her fifth amendment right against self incrimination in november district judge jamie dixon in hazle township ruled that there was enough evidence to send the case to trial but on wednesday, alinksy pleaded guilty to third degree murder and now faces up to 40 years in jail happier times: mr gailie, 34, (pictured with his sister) was found on the living room floor with a gun shot wound to his face alinsky initially claimed he had committed suicide moments later she told reporters she didn't commit the crime, citizenvoicecom reported she said: 'i would never hurt him time will tell, and the truth will come out' luzerne county judge tina polachek gartley told the court alinsky will be sentenced on may 16 state troopers investigating the shooting said they suspected alinsky almost immediately, refusing to believe it was suicide a spokesman said the body had been moved and the blood spatter did not fall in line with mr gailie having committed suicide frank gailie, the victim's father, told eyewitness news: 'we knew it just wasn't right from the start 'my son did not change from a young man to the time of his death' | matthew gailie pennsylvania jessica alinsky gailie alinsky | matthew gailie was found with a gun shot would to his face on the living room floor at the couple's pennsylvania home in september 2011 . jessica alinsky initially told police officers he had committed suicide . she gave four different accounts to detectives before an inquest last july ruled 34 year old mr gailie did not kill himself but was murdered . on wednesday alinsky admitted third degree murder . she will be sentenced on may 16 and faces up to 40 years behind bars |
by tara brady published: 05:27 est, 9 december 2013 | updated: 05:36 est, 9 december 2013 meaghan white is accused of raping the 16 year old boy who she taught a teacher has been accused of raping a 16 year old boy who she taught at a center for troubled teens meaghan white, 34, of valley cottage, new york, was working at leake & watts residential centre in yonkers for three months she has been accused of raping the student in mount vernon and at glenwood lake, in new rochelle, new york lucian chalfen, a spokesman for the westchester county district attorney's office, confirmed both cases involve the same student he said: 'all allegations remain under investigation' white was arrested on wednesday by police and she was released without bail by a mount vernon city judge after the district attorney's office asked for $15,000 bail she was charged on thursday for third degree rape and third degree criminal sexual act white has not entered a plea to the judges but will return to court on january 14 the teacher has been suspended without pay from the job meredith barber, a spokeswoman for leake & watts, told the journal news: 'we are deeply disturbed by these allegations' white has been accused of raping the student in mount vernon and at glenwood lake in new york (pictured) | bedposts nondisparities spahis | no related information |
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