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"Epsom has confirmed that the start of this year’s Investec Derby on June 6 will be pushed back by half an hour in an effort to halt the alarming slump in viewing figures.",
"The plan for a 4.30pm fifth-race slot with the meeting also starting at the later time of 2pm was revealed by Sportsmail in October amid speculation that the track and sponsors were even considering an evening start for the biggest Flat race of the British season.",
"Australia ridden by Joseph O'Brien wins The Investec Derby at Epsom Racecourse in June last year .",
"Such a move was not an option this summer with the Champions League final also rostered for June 6.",
"The need for Buckingham Palace approval with attendance of the Queen being regarded as crucial plus the potential of spiralling police costs are likely to have been other factors for that idea being parked, at least for time being.",
"But Epsom supremo Rupert Trevelyan made it clear that an evening Derby has not completely been removed from the agenda when he said: ’At this stage this is the extent of our changes to race times but we will review following the 2015 Investec Derby Festival.’ Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on the Royal Balcony at the Epsom Investec Derby last summer .",
"That will heap the pressure on Channel 4 and Stephen Lyle, their new Commissioning Editor for Sport, whose appointment was announced on Wednesday.",
"Lyle, currently Series Editor of BBC Match of the Day 2 and Programme Editor on Match of the Day, is faced with 2014 figures showing year-on-year falls in peak audience (1.55million compared to 1.95m), audience share (14.7 per cent compared to 21.8 per cent) and average audience (770,000 compared to 834,000).",
"With an half-hour later start time hardly have a seismic effect, the emphasis will be on Channel 4 to draw in viewers with the sort of promotional push they have previously concentrated on the Cheltenham Festival.",
"Real Madrid will hope to retain their Champions League title in the final which is scheduled for June 6 .",
"The Epsom Derby is set to move the race start times to try and boost falling TV audience figures .",
"That meeting looks like it has lost another big name with news that Jonjo O'Neill’s 2014 Ladbroke World Hurdle winner More Of That broke a blood vessel during a piece of work under AP McCoy on Wednesday morning.",
"O’Neill described the gelding’s participation at the Festival as ‘unlikely’.",
"More Of That had been expected to be one of McCoy’s best chances at his last Festival.",
"TV figures for the biggest Flat race of the British season, the Epsom Derby, have dropped in recent years .",
"He had undergone treatment for a breathing issue since finishing a disappointing third to Medinas in the Long Distance Hurdle at Newbury in November but was still 5-2 favourite to retain his title.",
"Ladbrokes have suspended betting on the race.",
"O’Neill and McCoy, successful with Sebastian Beach at Chepstow, will be hoping for better news when Gold Cup contender Holywell tries put a couple of tame efforts behind him in the Ivan Straker Memorial Chase at Kelso on Thursday.",
"Meanwhile, trainer Oliver Sherwood claimed his 1,000th career win with Financial Climate at Chepstow."
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"June 6 Epsom Investec Derby will be pushed back by half an hour .",
"The Champions League final is also scheduled for June 6 this summer .",
"TV figures for the biggest Flat race of the British season have dropped ."
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"A mother told she had just months to live says being diagnosed with cancer has made her a better, more positive person.",
"Kate Tonner brought her wedding forward after doctors declared the disease was incurable.",
"She says the dire warning forced her to embrace life – so she moved house, left her job and started a bucket list of things to do before she died.",
"Now, two years on, she feels 'more alive than ever' - and credits cancer for her positive outlook.",
"'I've realised that the most important thing is to grab life full on,' she said.",
"'Before I was treading through life.",
"Now I live in the moment - life is way too short.'",
"Kate Tonner (pictured right with daughter Grace) brought her wedding forward after doctors warned she didn't have long to live.",
"The now 34-year-old was diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer in 2012 .",
"Mrs Tonner and her husband Ian, a fire officer, married on December 28, 2012, at a country home in Warwickshire.",
"She said: 'By that stage, the cancer was in my lymph nodes and doctors said \"we don't think you should wait\"' Not only that, the 34-year-old believes her diagnosis has led her to have more fun and excitement than many people achieve in a lifetime.",
"Not only has she sneaked into Buckingham Palace for a garden party, she has met Prince Charles and the Queen, been on a helicopter ride and spent hours having fun with her ten-year-old daughter, Grace.",
"The former police officer, from Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, who was medically retired from her job in 2012, said: 'Weirdly, cancer has made me more positive about life.",
"'It's encouraged me to embrace life.'",
"Mrs Tonner was diagnosed with type 2B cervical cancer in March 2012 when she was 30.",
"It followed a smear test in winter 2011.",
"'I had been bleeding but had ignored having a smear test because I was too embarrassed,' she said.",
"'But I was at the doctors for something else and mentioned that I was bleeding.",
"'The nurse insisted I had a smear test.'",
"Mrs Tonner (with husband Ian) had been diagnosed with the disease after a smear test.",
"She had initially delayed having it as she was embarrassed - but a nurse insisted she have one after she mentioned bleeding .",
"Despite undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy, in September 2012 Mrs Tonner was given the devastating news that the cancer had spread to her pelvis and lymph nodes and was 'incurable' THINGS ACHIEVED SO FAR... Get married .",
"Move house .",
"Raise money for charity .",
"Go on holiday every year .",
"Focus more on home life .",
"Make Grace our priority – always make time for her school pays .",
"Go on a helicopter ride .",
"Go to London and see West End shows .",
"Make every half-term an adventure .",
"After tea at The Ritz and The Dorchester .",
"Meet the Queen .",
"Meet Steph and Dom from Gogglebox .",
"Get pet dog .",
"And the last outstanding thing.... Meet the singer Will Young .",
"Just weeks later, in March 2012, Mrs Tonner was referred University Hospital Coventry, where doctors revealed her symptoms were actually those of cancer.",
"Despite undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy, in September that year there was more bad news - the cancer had spread to her pelvis and lymph nodes and was 'incurable'.",
"As a next step, she needed more radiotherapy.",
"'Doctors said I had between six and 12 months,' she said.",
"'They knew my wedding was in April 2013 and told me it was a good idea to move it forward.'",
"'By that stage the cancer was in my lymph nodes and the doctors had said \"we don't think you should wait to get married\".",
"'I had already picked my dress so it was all okay – I just handed over money and let other people organise it.",
"'It was a really lovely day although I was really tired.",
"'But we were aware we didn't have long.",
"They had said 'six to 12 months' in October 2012 so we knew we were living on a deadline.'",
"And it was this deadline prompted the couple to make changes.",
"'After the initial shock, we decided we needed to make the best of the time we had,' said Mrs Tonner.",
"'We moved house because we were doing up the one we currently lived in - and wanted our free time to be free.'",
"After the initial shock of the diagnosis, Mrs Tonner (pictured at Ascot) decided to make the most of the time she had left.",
"She compiled a bucket list and vowed to spend as much time with her family as possible .",
"Mrs Tonner and a friend in the house belonging to Gogglebox stars Steph and Dom .",
"She and her friends also participated in a 10km race to raise money for a cancer charity .",
"Previously a Police Community Support Officer, she also wanted to spend as much time as she could with her family.",
"'We wanted our free time to be spent together and with Grace,' she said.",
"Shortly afterwards, she had the epiphany to write a bucket list before she died - and raise money for charity.",
"'I did a 10km race with all my friends for a cancer charity,' Mrs Tonner said.",
"'We go on holiday as often as we can, we went on a helicopter ride over Warwickshire and we've been to loads of shows in London.",
"'We've also had afternoon tea in The Savoy and The Ritz - and every half-term is an adventure.'",
"One of her highlights was going to Buckingham Palace for a garden party.",
"She saw the Queen, Prince Charles and Princess Anne.",
"She continued: 'One of my best friends is in the RAF and was invited to a garden party but unfortunately got shingles and couldn't go so I went.",
"'We go on holiday as often as we can, we went on a helicopter ride over Warwickshire and we've been to loads of shows in London,' Mrs Tonner added .",
"She is now working with the cancer charity Macmillan to promote its latest campaign - to raise awareness of the estimated 550,000 people in the UK who suffer with loneliness as a result of their cancer .",
"'It was a fab day. The Queen was there – but I forgot to take lots of pictures.'",
"She also visited the home of Gogglebox's posh couple Steph and Dom, who she loves.",
"She said: 'Being diagnosed with cancer has changed me completely.",
"'Cancer has changed me for the better – it's made me more positive.",
"'I don't know what the future holds.",
"Doctors are unsure.",
"They didn't expect me to be here. 'It's watch and wait.'",
"Mrs Tonner's story features in Macmillan Cancer Support's Isolation Box which will take over London Paddington Station today as part of its Not Alone campaign.",
"The interactive box, will allow people outside to see in but stop the person inside seeing out.",
"The aim is to raise awareness of the estimated 550,000 people in the UK who suffer with loneliness as a result of their cancer."
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"Kate Tonner, 34, was diagnosed with cervical cancer in March 2012 .",
"Months later, doctors said it was incurable and she had 6-12 months left .",
"Urged her to bring forward wedding and make the most of remaining time .",
"She and her family moved house, she quit work and she made a bucket list .",
"Says the experience of living life to the full has made her a better person .",
"'Before I was treading through life - now I live in the moment,' she said .",
"Two years after her diagnosis, she is still working her way through the list ."
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"Ever wondered why the Spaniards always seem so romantic?",
"Or why Italians never fail to get the ladies?",
"New research shows that the reason these countries are such magnets for love is because it's much cheaper to woo a woman there.",
"The currency exchange website Currencyfair researched the cost of a date that included a cocktail for your lover, cinema tickets, a meal and a taxi journey in some of the best-known cities in the world.",
"They found that the cheapest place to get all of these is Madrid, where it would cost just £71.40, while in Geneva would cost twice as much, coming in at £169.99.",
"Valentine's day is just around the corner and new research has shown that the cheapest mini break location for a date is Madrid (picture posed by models) Those looking for a romantic night out in London could be looking at a £116.41 spend and those who happen to be spending the romantic evening in Rome are looking at £82.82 for their date.",
"But you don't have to splash out, there's always the option to 'date on a budget.'",
"In Rome a trip to the famous Trevi fountain costs absolutely nothing and in Sydney there are miles and miles of beaches which you can walk down for free, whereas in New York you can take a stroll in Central Park.",
"Read on to discover the least and most expensive cities int he world to date a woman... Madrid has been revealed as the cheapest place to go a date this Valentine's day with a day out for two costing a total of £71.40 .",
"In Rome you can go on a date for £82.82 but if you are looking for a cheap day out, a trip to the Trevi fountain is completely free .",
"Those looking for a romantic moment in Paris might wish to visit the lovers lock bridges .",
"At date in Sydney will set you back £102.79, with the average cost of a cocktail coming in at £8.61 .",
"If you want to splash out in Singapore you might want to think about heading to the Joël Robuchon, L'Atelier for a rib eye steak .",
"In London a Valentine's date will cost an average of £116.41, but trips to the Natural History Museum, National Portrait Gallery and Tate Modern are free .",
"If you're super rich and fancy taking in the New York skyline, why not take a helicopter ride around the city for £996 .",
"Geneva is the most expensive place to go on a date with a meal for two coming in at £96.06 ."
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"Madrid has been named the cheapest city break location for a date .",
"London is the sixth most expensive as an evening costs £116.41 .",
"Geneva comes in at the most expensive with a date costing £169.99 ."
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"They may have been attempting to make peace but the tensions in the air were all too clear as the presidents of Russia and Ukraine met for crisis talks.",
"Against a backdrop of escalating conflict in eastern Ukraine, one telltale image shows Vladimir Putin giving a smug smile while Petro Poroshenko glares across the table at the Russian leader during the meeting in the Belarusian capital Minsk today.",
"The line-up for the world's most awkward tea party was completed by the leaders of France and Germany, Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel, who joined Putin and Poroshenko for drinks, biscuits and nibbles.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) appears completely at ease while his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko (right) fixes him with a steely glare at the meeting in Minsk .",
"Putin and Poroshenko shake hands while France President Francois Hollande looks on (left) Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko (left) attempts to lighten the mood while Presidents Putin and Poroshenko (second left and far right) continue to eye each other up .",
"In the same image President Hollande and Chancellor Merkel looked decidedly ill at ease themselves, perched uneasily next to each other on a sofa.",
"Putin and Poroshenko had earlier shaken hands anything but warmly after the Ukrainian leader warned on arrival that without a de-escalation of the conflict and a ceasefire, the situation in the east of the country would get 'out of control'.",
"The four leaders met alone at around 5.15pm before heading for a full summit with their delegations later, as part of a Franco-German lead attempt to end the fighting.",
"A Belarusian representative said the four leaders meeting alone was an unexpected break with diplomatic procedure and it was not clear whether they would meet with their delegations as planned.",
"The four were joined by their foreign ministers before moving into the official negotiating room.",
"Hopes for a breakthrough appear slim and would depend on Ukraine making most of the concessions, with advancing rebels unlikely to agree to halt and go back to previous positions.",
"Still, Moscow expressed optimism.",
"A Russian diplomatic source said it was 70 per cent likely that an agreement would be reached.",
"The Russian, French, German and Ukranian leaders shared an awkward tea party meeting before the talks .",
"Angela Merkel makes a point to Putin before the leaders sat down for an opening meeting before the summit .",
"'The presidents aren't travelling [to Minsk] for no reason,' the source said.",
"But even as he spoke pro-Moscow separatists tightened the pressure on Kiev by launching some of the war's worst fighting.",
"The Kiev army said 19 of its soldiers were killed in a day of pro-Russian separatist assaults near the railway town of Debaltseve, some of the worst losses it has reported in nine months of war.",
"Rebels who tore up a five-month-old truce in January are trying to encircle government forces in Debaltseve, a strategic location that would let them link up their main strongholds.",
"Fighting has already killed more than 5,000 people, and Washington is now openly talking of arming Ukraine to defend itself from 'Russian aggression', raising the prospect of a proxy war in the heart of Europe between Cold War foes.",
"A surge in fighting in the 24 hours before the summit, including a rocket attack that killed 17 people deep in government-held territory on Tuesday, could be intended to force Ukraine to accept a deal recognising the rebel advance.",
"Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said there had been progress in the run-up to the Minsk summit but Kiev could be holding back a deal by insisting on control of the Russian-Ukrainian border, part of which is held by the separatists.",
"The talks are taking place while an International Monetary Fund mission is trying to negotiate a bailout to save Ukraine from bankruptcy brought on by corruption and mismanagement as well as war.",
"Left to right: Lukashenko, Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Hollande and Poroshenko pose for a noticeably wooden photo opportunity during the peace talks .",
"The leaders met in an attempt to resolve the escalating crisis in eastern Ukraine, which saw 19 more soldiers killed today, according to the Ukranian army .",
"President Putin gestures as Angela Merkel and Petro Poroshenko prepare to take their seats for the meeting .",
"Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said he hoped for a loan deal within days.",
"Kiev and NATO accuse Russia of supplying separatists with men and weapons.",
"Moscow denies it is involved in fighting for territory Putin calls 'New Russia'.",
"If the French and German leaders were hoping their peace initiative would be met by conciliatory moves on the ground, the prospect of talks appears to have triggered the opposite, with the pro-Russian rebels determined to drive home their advantage.",
"Armoured columns of Russian-speaking soldiers with no insignia have been advancing for days around Debaltseve.",
"Last week they captured the small town of Vuhlehirsk next to Debaltseve, and a reconnaissance unit was there on Tuesday salvaging equipment from abandoned Ukrainian trenches.",
"The squad's commander said his men did not want a truce while they had government forces on the run.",
"On the Russian side of the border, Moscow announced war games on Tuesday on the eve of the talks.",
"President Poroshenko arrives in Minsk for talks, aimed at halting the 10-month war in the east of his country .",
"French President Francois Hollande (right) and Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (second left) took part in Franco-German attempts to broker a peace deal .",
"Vladimir Putin arrives in Minsk for the summit.",
"He has referred to eastern Ukraine as 'New Russia' The United States has been openly discussing arming the Ukrainian government, a move that is opposed by European allies who say it would escalate the conflict while falling far short of giving Kiev the firepower needed to win.",
"President Barack Obama says he has yet to make up his mind on the question of sending weapons.",
"He spoke by phone overnight to Putin, and the White House said he warned the Russian leader that the costs would rise if Moscow kept aiding the separatists.",
"A decision by the West to provide arms to Ukraine could prompt a rapid escalation of Russian support for the separatists, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a global security think tank, said on Wednesday.",
"Kiev military spokesman Vladyslav Seleznyov, briefing journalists on rebel attempts to encircle government forces holding Debaltseve, said the 19 soldiers had been killed 'in shelling, rocket attacks and military clashes'.",
"In separatist-held territory, rebel authorities said six people were killed and eight seriously hurt when a shell hit a bus station in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.",
"Reuters journalists saw the body of a man behind the wheel of a minibus after the shell fell through the roof of the station, burning up the vehicle and another beside it."
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"Vladimir Putin looks smug while Petro Poroshenko glares across at him .",
"Russian and Ukranian presidents met in Belerusian capital Minsk for talks .",
"Were joined by French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss escalating conflict in eastern Ukraine .",
"Came on a day the Kiev army said 19 of its soldiers were killed in a series of pro-Russian separatist assaults near the railway town of Debaltseve ."
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"Think you can’t have lunch for under a fiver?",
"We’re here to tell you that you can. But it will mean changing some lunchtime habits.",
"You will need to steer clear of popular options such as Pret, Whole Foods, Eat and Crussh and start going to supermarkets for your sarnie, salad and snack.",
"And while an Asda sandwich or a Tesco salad might not be the most glamorous of lunches, you could end up saving between £2 to £5 a day, depending on your food choices.",
"While they may have some enticing options salad bars and hot lunch counters can often ending costing a lot .",
"While we all love hearty office lunch, the cost of a daily takeaway can be crippling .",
"The combined cost of a sandwich, drink and a snack from popular lunchtime outlets can often come up to more than £6 a day.",
"For instance a Pret a Manger lunch of a chicken and avocado sandwich (£3.25) with a bottle of pomegranate and hibiscus still water (£1.65) and a slice of banana cake (£1.60) comes up to £6.50, which when multiplied by five (assuming you work Monday to Friday) will cost you a whopping £32.50 a working week.",
"Compare that to the cost of an M&S lunch of a chicken, chilli and mango salsa sandwich with coconut pieces and orange juice, which comes up to £5, or £25 per working week and the price disparity is obvious.",
"And while you're losing the pounds from your purse, you may well be piling them elsewhere as a lot of these options are high calorie foods.",
"Pret's 482-calorie sandwich also loses out when pitted against M&S's, which contains a mere 295 calories.",
"Marks & Spencer's £5 a day lunch includes a sandwich, coconut pieces and freshly squeezed orange juice .",
"Bargain: Asda's chicken and wholewheat pasta, savoury popcorn and cranberry drink costs just £3.69 .",
"Hot food counters like the ones at Whole Foods Market are also guilty of making us overspend.",
"The pay-by-the pound pricing structure can be misleading and there are times when you can end up paying as much as £20 or a salad or hot lunch just because you weren't paying attention to what you were putting in your takeaway bowl.",
"Supermarkets may not have the most exotic of choices but their prices are far more appealing.",
"The M&S Piri Piri Chicken and Coleslaw Sandwich costs just £2.50.",
"Bored of sandwiches?",
"Splash out an extra 50p and go for the Tikka Chicken & Rice Salad.",
"Snacks include the 50p Sour Cream & Chilli Lentil Curls, Reduced Fat Hummus and Carrot, and Cracking Coconut, both £1 or the £1.20 fruit selection of melon, pineapple and grapes.",
"Add a bottle of Orange Juice (£1.50) or Revitalise Sparkling Apple & Blueberry (£1) and your meal will cost you exactly £5.",
"Looking to make bigger lunchtime saving?",
"Try Asda’s super salads.",
"Lunch on either Baby Potato and Free Range Egg Salad, (153cal); Spiced Chicken and Wholewheat Pasta (305cal) or Spiced Chicken and Mango Salad (164cal), all from their Good and Balanced range and you won’t be spending any more than £2.",
"And as you’ve only spent £2 on salad, you can afford a snack of either walnuts and dates, crinkle cut crisps, popcorn or lentil chips, all which cost £1.",
"Add a drink (69p) and you’ll still be hard pushed to spend more than £4 here.",
"Tesco's £3 meal deal options include tuna and cucumber sandwiches on malted bread (left) and the 2 for £2 sushi combinations such as their veggie taster (right) Have Asda's baby potato and free range egg salad (left) for lunch and snack on lentil chips as a treat (right) Tesco is another great option.",
"There are a number of healthy combinations within the supermarke'ts £3 sandwich meal deal which means you get a choice of any sandwich or salad, snack and drink for £3.",
"It also does a two-for-£2 sushi offer: choose any two products, any combination, for £2.",
"Healthy options include the Tesco Healthy Living Chicken and Stuffing Sandwich, Healthy Living Smoked Ham and Chutney Salad and the No Mayo Chicken Salad with Bacon.",
"For snacks there is a range of fruits and vegetables such as apples, grapes and celery to choose from.",
"The £3 price also includes fruit juices, smoothies and still or sparkling water.",
"The any 2 for £2 sushi combo includes items from the supermarket's sushi selection such as sweet chilli smoked salmon, tuna teriyaki taster and hoisin duck taster.",
"Even Waitrose, with its reputation for pricey products, offers inexpensive and healthy lunch options.",
"Both the paprika chicken and vegetable rice salad with beetroot dip with cauliflower combination and the feta and lemon quinoa salad and minted pea dip with carrot and cucumber option cost less than £5.",
"M&S . Option 1 . Tikka Chicken & Rice Salad: £3 .",
"Sour Cream & Chilli Lentil Curls: £0.50 .",
"Revitalise Sparkling Apple & Blueberry: £1 .",
"Total cost: £4.50 .",
"Option 2 . Chicken, Chilli and Mango Sandwich: £2.50 .",
"Cracking Coconut: £1 .",
"Orange Juice: £1.50 .",
"Total cost: £5 .",
"Option 3 . Piri, Piri Chicken & Coleslaw Sandwich: £2.50 .",
"Reduced Fat Hummus and Carrot: £1 .",
"Asda . Option 1 . Baby Potato and Free Range Egg Salad, £2 .",
"Date and Walnut Snack Pack, 3x30g - £1 .",
"Chosen by you Exotic Juice Drink, 1L – 69p .",
"Total cost: £3.69 .",
"Option 2 . Spiced Chicken and Wholewheat Pasta, £2 .",
"Savoury Variety Popcorn, 6 x 15g - £1 .",
"Chosen by you Cranberry Juice, 1L – 69p .",
"Tesco £3 Meal Deals and 2 for £2 sushi .",
"Option 1 . Healthy Living Roast Chicken Salad Sandwich .",
"Mini carrots snack pack .",
"Copella apple and mango juice .",
"Total cost: £3 .",
"Option 2 . Ploughmans No Mayo Sandwich .",
"Fresh apple snack pack .",
"Tropicana Smooth orange juice .",
"Option 3 . Smoked salmon nigiri taster and hoisin duck taster .",
"Total cost: £2 .",
"Waitrose . Option 1 . LOVE Life paprika chicken and vegetable rice salad: £2.95 .",
"LOVE Life beetroot dip with cauliflower: £1.29 .",
"Highland still water: £0.50 .",
"Total cost: £4.74 .",
"Option 2 . LOVE Life feta and lemon quinoa salad: £2.75 .",
"LOVE Life minted pea dip with carrot and cucumber: £1.29 .",
"Buxton still water: £0.50 .",
"Total cost: £4.54 ."
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"All ten supermarket lunches cost less than £5 and are from healthy range .",
"Save between £2 to £5 a day depending on what you choose to buy ."
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"A mother says she returned home from the school run to find a gaping hole in her new extension after the new £14,000 windows had been removed and 'held hostage' by fitters in a row over payment.",
"Phoebe Oliver, 40, says she and her husband James had paid for the floor to ceiling windows to be installed in the annex of their home in Brighton, east Sussex.",
"But when the mother-of-three returned home from taking their children to school last week she was shocked to find they had vanished, and there was a gaping hole where the windows had been.",
"Phoebe Oliver (pictured) returned home from the school run to find a gaping hole in her new extension after the £14,000 windows had been removed and 'held hostage' by fitters in a row over payment.",
"She has written this message on the windows herself - police say no crime has been committed and it is a civil matter .",
"Mrs Oliver, who runs a PR firm and is also a fitness coach, had paid in full for the windows in November, but the bi-fold doors were later removed by the company which had installed them as part of a dispute between the firm and two other companies.",
"Now the windows are being 'held hostage' at the warehouse of window and door specialist Sussex Bifold Doors, which says it will hold them until the firm has been paid by the other companies involved.",
"'This is just unbelievable,' she said.",
"'I took the kids on the school run and came home to find my windows had vanished.",
"On a freezing cold winter day.",
"'And I have done absolutely nothing wrong.",
"The bill for the windows was settled months ago when I paid the builders doing the job.",
"The argument here is between a load of builders who I don't even know.",
"Sussex Bifold Doors installed the windows, and says it will not return them until the firm is paid.",
"Mrs Oliver has written this message on the board herself.",
"The police have made it clear that no crime was committed, and the dispute over the windows is a civil matter .",
"Fitness coach Mrs Oliver, who also runs a PR firm, had wanted to use the new annex as a gym .",
"'Yet they thought they had the right to simply turn up unannounced while I was out and, for want of better word, steal my new bi-fold windows.",
"It is outrageous. 'I was left looking at nothing but fresh air where the windows should have been.",
"I was only out of the house for a couple of hours at most.'",
"Mrs Oliver, who planed to use the annex as a gym area for her fitness coaching, paid for the windows to be installed at her £730,000 four-bedroom home with inheritance money she was left by her father.",
"'What makes this worse is the fact I used the money my dear father left me for the work when he died,' she said.",
"'I felt an emotional attachment to the improvements I was making anyway and this has been a terrible way to treat someone who had paid in full.",
"'I feel like these people trespassed on my property without my permission and its an awful feeling, like they have violated my property and my family.",
"I have three kids, two under 11 years of age, and I feel very vulnerable now.'",
"Mrs Oliver says she paid in full for the work three months ago.",
"She hired a building firm, who in turn hired another company to source the windows from Sussex Bifold Doors, which installed them .",
"Mr Oliver visited the Sussex Bifold Doors warehouse in nearby Lancing to try and get the windows returned but was told by company staff they were holding them until the dispute was concluded.",
"A scuffle ensued which led to Mr Oliver being arrested and ordered to pay a £90 fine.",
"He also accidentally broke his foot in the incident and spent the night in hospital.",
"Mrs Oliver has contacted Sussex Police who said it was a civil matter.",
"She has also contacted lawyers over legal action to get her windows back.",
"Now the annexe has been boarded up as Mrs Oliver tried to recover her windows.",
"A spokesman for Sussex Bifold Doors said it would be keeping the windows until paid in full by the builders involved.",
"Brighton-based builders Armstrong White, who were paid by Mrs Oliver, claim they paid a Brighton sub-contractor D and L Property Maintenance to source the windows from Sussex Bifold Doors.",
"Lee Clowes, director of D and L, said: 'I am caught in the middle of an akward situation and the windows are really nothing to do with me.'",
"He said he had not been paid by Armstrong White.",
"Armstrong White have since returned to the house to secure the building.",
"Mrs Oliver added: 'How can it be right for someone just to turn up and take what I have paid for while I am out taking my kids to school.",
"'It is just a disgraceful state of affairs.",
"I think they thought they were dealing with a woman who would be intimidated.",
"I am deeply upset by this but I won't let them get away with it.'"
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"Phoebe Oliver paid building firm, who hired sub-contractor for windows .",
"Window supplier says it never received the cash – so took them back .",
"Mrs Oliver's husband James went to speak to the firm, but ended up being arrested, fined and accidentally breaking his foot .",
"Fitness instructor, 40, 'feels vulnerable' after windows removed from home .",
"Police say no crime was committed and it is a civil matter ."
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"Tilfert D. Vaughn (pictured) is accused of breaking into the home of a woman and raping her at knifepoint while her partner lay next to them .",
"A man has been accused of breaking into the apartment of a woman he met in a bar and raping her at knifepoint while her terrified partner lay next to them in the bed.",
"Tilfert Darrell Vaughn, 54, of Phoenix, Arizona was arrested on Sunday following the alleged incident.",
"Police say Vaughn broke into the couple's apartment and sexually assaulted the 27-year-old woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, while holding a large knife to her throat after spotting her earlier that evening in a bar.",
"Phoenix police say the alleged incident took place on November 5 in the apartment the woman shared with her partner.",
"Court records show the woman's 30-year-old girlfriend woke up when Vaughn allegedly got in to the bed and was injured when her hand and fingers came into contact with Vaughn's knife.",
"She required 'extensive surgery' according to AZ Central.",
"Both women told police that they feared Vaughn would kill them if they did not do as he said.",
"Court papers show the victim told investigators that following the rape Vaughn told her: 'You now have a baby.",
"Bless it and take care of it.'",
"The woman told police she woke up and saw the suspect standing naked inside her bathroom holding a knife.",
"She claims Vaughn then ordered her to lie on the bed and he proceeded to sexually assault her.",
"The alleged victim said he told her not to look at him as he went to the bathroom before he dressed and left.",
"Police say Vaughn's DNA matched physical evidence taken from the woman's forensic exam.",
"Vaughn denies going to the victim's apartment and denies raping her.",
"He is facing charges of rape, sexual assault, aggravated assault, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, kidnapping and burglary.",
"Investigators also believe that Vaughn took several items from the couple's apartment, including sunglasses, toiletries, beer and food, according to AZ Central.",
"Vaughn is set to attend a preliminary hearing next week.",
"The alleged incident took place in Phoenix, Arizona (pictured) on November 5 in the woman's apartment ."
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"Tilfert Darrell Vaughn, 54, from Phoenix was arrested on suspicion of rape .",
"He allegedly broke into the woman's home and sexually assaulted her .",
"She claims rape took place at knifepoint as her partner lay next to her .",
"The woman told investigators that immediately following the rape Vaughn told her 'You now have a baby.",
"Bless it and take care of it'\nPartner also suffered injuries to her hand and fingers from the knife ."
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"Lined up on the quayside of an Italian port yesterday, these hearses are a chilling reminder of the risks migrants are prepared to take to reach Europe.",
"At least 300 are feared to have drowned as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya in rubber dinghies.",
"The nine who survived, thought to be West African, told how many drowned as at least two of four dinghies that set out for Italy sank in 30ft waves.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Grim task: The scene in Lampedusa harbour yesterday as hearses queued to collect victims' corpses .",
"Tragedy: The hearses wait as the bodies of migrants are unloaded from a ship in Lampedusa harbour .",
"Tragic: Hearses wait in Lampedusa's harbour in expectation of hundreds of victims to wash ashore .",
"Sad: People carry a coffin of a migrant who died in the shipwreck at Lampedusa airport this afternoon .",
"RIP: A coffin containing the body of a victim of the disaster is seen being removed from Lampedusa harbour .",
"Other migrants, including children, were swept overboard after being packed 100 to a boat in craft meant to hold just 20, or froze to death during a four-day ordeal without food or water.",
"A further 29 died from hypothermia as they clung to the deck of a rescue boat during the journey to shore on the island of Lampedusa.",
"Those rescued said each passenger had paid people smugglers £500 for the crossing.",
"Some had been concerned about the rough seas and had not wanted to make the trip but were forced into the boats at gunpoint.",
"UNHCR Europe director Vincent Cochetel warned: 'This is a tragedy on an enormous scale and a stark reminder that more lives could be lost if those seeking safety are left at the mercy of the sea.'",
"The tragedy turned the spotlight on the EU decision to withdraw rescue and patrol boats that had saved tens of thousands of lives.",
"The operation, which was costing £7million a month, ended after Britain and other states complained it was helping attract more migrants and refused to contribute.",
"Resting place: Hearses drive off the boat from Lampedusa to Porto Empedocle, where the dead will be buried .",
"Heavy price: Those rescued said each passenger had paid people smugglers £500 for the crossing .",
"Mourning: A man lays flowers on the coffins, packed one atop the other as they await burial in Sicily .",
"The savage sea: Hearses wait by the quayside in Porto Empedocle with the coffins of the dead migrants .",
"No choice: A policeman stands by the hearses.",
"Survivors of the crossing said some victims had been afraid of the rough seas and had not wanted to make the trip, but they were forced into the boats at gunpoint .",
"Could they have been saved?",
"The tragedy turned the spotlight on the EU decision to withdraw rescue and patrol boats that had saved tens of thousands of lives after Britain and other states refused to contribute .",
"The spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Carlotta Sami, says the nine survivors have confirmed the existence of a fourth rubber boat that left Libya on Sunday.",
"The agency's spokeswoman in Italy, Carlotta Sami, had said the victims had been 'swallowed up by the waves,' the youngest of them aged just 12-years-old.",
"In an incident apparently related to yet another boat full of migrants, the Italian coast guard picked up 105 people on Sunday in extremely dangerous sea conditions near to Libya and with the temperature hovering just a few degrees above zero.",
"29 people from that dinghy died of hypothermia in the 18 hours it took the coast guard to ferry them to Italy.",
"UNHCR blasted the new EU-backed rescue patrol as ineffective for saving lives.",
"The European Union took over Mediterranean patrols after Italy phased out its robust Mare Nostrum operation, launched after 360 migrants died in 2013.",
"But the EU's Triton mission only operates a few miles off Italy's coast, whereas Mare Nostrum patrols took Italian rescue ships up close to Libya's coast, where most of the smuggling operations originate.",
"'The Triton operation doesn't have as its principal mandate saving human lives, and thus cannot be the response that is urgently needed,' Laurens Jolles, the head of the U.N. agency for southern Europe, said in a statement.",
"Survivors: A tug boat rescued nine people (pictured) who had been on two different vessels .",
"Ordeal: A man who survived the tragic Mediterranean crossing is helped on to dry land yesterday morning .",
"Anguish: The nine who survived, thought to be West African, said many of their fellow migrants drowned .",
"Trauma Survivors wrapped in insulating 'space blankets' after being plucked from the near-freezing waters .",
"Rescue: The spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Carlotta Sami, says the nine survivors have confirmed the existence of a fourth rubber boat that left Libya on Sunday .",
"Pope Francis this morning told pilgrims in St. Peter's Square that he was 'following with concern the news out of Lampedusa', saying he would pray for the victims and 'again encourage solidarity so that those in need are rescued'.",
"Britain's Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Shadow Home Secretary, responding to reports that at least 300 migrants are feared to have drowned in the Mediterranean this week, said: .",
"'This is an appalling tragedy for hundreds of desperate people to lose their lives making the treacherous journey from North Africa to Europe.",
"'And it is an indictment of the Government and EU's decision to refuse to support the search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea."
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"Nine migrants were plucked from freezing Mediterranean Sea on Monday .",
"Told authorities four rubber dinghies had set off from Libya at weekend .",
"UN said the 300 people on board are now missing and presumed dead .",
"Comes a day after coast guard picked up dinghy carrying 105 people .",
"Overloaded vessel was sailing in 'extremely dangerous' sea conditions ."
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"An argument between two women descended into a violent brawl of hair pulling and punching after a customer headbutted a tax worker in Walmart.",
"Jessica Albitz claims Alice Keener, who works at a Jackson Hewitt stall within the store in La Porte, Texas, was rude to her and her husband the day before the fight broke out, when the couple came into the store to get their taxes prepared.",
"The next day, the two women got into another argument when Albitz returned to the store and that's when things turned violent.",
"Video footage of the brawl shows Keener react by slamming Albitz's head onto a table five times before dragging her to the floor by her hair as the two women continued to attack each other and shout.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Customer Jessica Albitz headbutted tax worker Alice Keener as a row descended into violence .",
"They eventually had to be pulled apart by a male customer.",
"Keener, who is larger than the slight Albitz, was later seen picking up pulled out strands of her hair from the floor.",
"After they were separated she can be heard to shout on the video: 'You better get her.",
"'She come in messing with me.",
"I'm at work.' Albitz later told Click 2 Houston that she doesn't regret the fight.",
"'I hope I broke her nose.",
"I hope she has two black eyes and I hope she remembers me for the rest of her life,' she said.",
"Albitz said her and her husband had encountered Keener the evening before at a Jackson Hewitt kiosk and she was very rude to them both, allegedly 'talking trash' to Albitz's husband.",
"She told NBC: 'She came in in a bad mood and took it out on us.'",
"When she returned the next day the pair started to argue when Albitz said she heard Kenner whisper an insult under her breath, as she passed the kiosk.",
"Albitz says she confronted Kenner, who then chased her to the front of the Walmart, got 'right up in my face' and spat at her.",
"'She spit in my face, calling my mother a (expletive).",
"I'm sorry. I love my family and I'm going to take up for my people,' Albitz said.",
"Albitz claimed Kenner began hurling insults at her in the Walmart store and she decided to headbutt her .",
"Albitz claimed Kenner (left) started shouting insults at her as the pair began to argue in a Texas store .",
"She claimed Kenner spat in her face so she decided to headbutt her in retaliation for the insults and spitting .",
"After being headbutted Kenner was see smashing Albitz's head into a table five times as they fought .",
"The tax worker then dragged Albitz to the floor by her hair as the pair continued to brawl in the store .",
"A man had to separate the brawling women and helped Albitz to her feet from the supermarket floor .",
"She said she was left with a large bruise on her arm and marks on her forehead after the violent fight.",
"Neither of the women were charged with a crime after the violent brawl but Kenner has been put on 'administrative leave.'",
"After the incident Jackson Hewitt issued a statement which said: 'We do not tolerate harassment, discrimination or violence in any capacity.",
"'The tax preparer has been placed on administrative leave as we investigate this matter.'",
"She is also at risk of losing the full-time job she has held with the city of La Porte for the past 15 years.",
"Her employer said he was shocked by the video, and that they are now investigating whether she violated the city's code of conduct.",
"Meanwhile, Albitz has been banned from entering the Walmart where the fight happened ever again.",
"'I was willing to take the charges,' Albitz said.",
"'If I were to have charges taken, I would've accepted that.",
"For the remainder of my life, I am no longer allowed to go to Walmart on Spencer Highway.'"
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"Jessica Albitz and tax worker Alice Keener began to argue in Walmart .",
"Albitz claimed Keener shouted insults at her and then spat in her face .",
"Albitz retaliated by head-butting Keener who then grabbed her violently .",
"Keener slammed Albitz's head on table five times and dragged her to floor .",
"The two women had to be pulled apart after the brawl, captured on video .",
"Albitz said she doesn't regret the fight: 'I hope I broke her nose.",
"I hope she has two black eyes and I hope she remembers me for the rest of her life.'"
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"The man who allegedly led police on a wild chase through the streets of LA and carjacked a woman at gunpoint is said to be a known gang member.",
"Aaron Lorta was shot and wounded by officers after the high speed pursuit that was caught on camera.",
"The 29-year-old was arrested after undergoing surgery and was said to be in a stable condition in hospital.",
"Police said Lorta could face a number of charges, including carjacking.",
"Court records show the suspect has a long criminal history, including convictions for battery, assault with a deadly weapon, grand theft auto, and attempted robbery, KNBC-TV reported.",
"Lorta was held on $100,000 bail.",
"It wasn't immediately known if he has a lawyer.",
"Aaron Lorta, 29, has been arrested on suspicion of carjacking after the high speed chase through the streets of LA .",
"Unbelievable: A shocking car chase unfolded in Los Angeles on Monday that saw a driver zoom through red lights at a massive city intersection--and that was just the start of a pursuit that lasted some 40 minutes across miles .",
"Reckless: The car was reported as stolen before the driver took police on the unforgettable chase across much of Los Angeles.",
"Here, the driver speeds recklessly onto a median after weaving through traffic going the wrong way .",
"In pursuit: After clipping several cars and nearly smashing into others, the car barreled down a turning lane as helicopters buzzed overhead and the police were hot on his tail .",
"Turn for the worse: The car soon dangerously hooks a left through oncoming traffic .",
"Spinning out of control: While the driver manages to cut through oncoming traffic with no problem, he sounds finds himself spinning out of control .",
"Worsening: The car soon clips a white truck at right and then barrels uncontrollably toward the white car at top .",
"Fight or flight?",
"The driver soon smashes into the white car and finds himself at a standstill and with a decision to make .",
"Flight: The driver leaps from the car and takes off on foot along a Los Angeles roadway .",
"Armed: The man approaches a car with what appears to be a gun and opens the door .",
"Carjacking: The driver of the car flees as the man gets in and drives off once more .",
"Chase continues: With the first car still visible in the picture, the driver peels out as at least eight squad cars follow after him .",
"Stuck: As the sun set over Los Angeles, the car found itself wedged between two other cars and unable to move further .",
"The chase began at around 5pm on Monday after officers answered a report of a possible stolen car in Boyle Heights, east of downtown Los Angeles, police said.",
"Footage shows the vehicle travelling at between 50 and 60mph on city streets as it ignores stop lights, races through intersections and weaves through traffic.",
"The Toyota Camry sped through South Gate and other cities southeast of Los Angeles.",
"It hit at least four cars at least four times before the driver lost control and it careered into a vehicle near an intersection.",
"The man, wearing a white T-shirt, jumped out and tried to steal another car as television news helicopters hovered overhead.",
"The driver then pulled out what appeared to be a gun, stole the second car from a Elizabeth Yarahuan, 22.",
"'He just came up to me and pointed the gun at me and told me to get out of my car,' Elizabeth Yarahuan, 22, told KABC-TV as she tried to fight back tears.",
"'I unbuckled myself, and I opened the door and ran out.",
"It was horrible. I don't wish that on nobody.'",
"Car theft attempt 3: The suspect tried and failed to carjack a third car, the SUV pictured here .",
"Runs for it: The driver bolts though a busy roadway after unsuccessfully trying to jack the SUV .",
"Theft attempt 4: The suspect tries to steal a car yet again as he flees police on foot .",
"Taken down: The suspect is finally taken down in the street, apparently by a police bullet .",
"The police swarmed the suspect before he was eventually hauled away in an ambulance suffering from unknown injuries .",
"He raced along Interstate 710 and state Route 60 with at least eight patrol cars in pursuit.",
"The car veered onto an off-ramp and then a Montebello street, where it became wedged between two other vehicles in traffic.",
"The man jumped out and pulled open a door on a stopped SUV as police chased him.",
"He tried to stop another car, but it took off before officers opened fire.",
"No officers were hurt.",
"Driver Martha Duron said she was fine after her car was sideswiped, but it could easily have been different.",
"'If he would've hit me hard, in the front, I would've been gone,' she told KCAL-TV.",
"'He was going so fast.'",
"Police opened fire as the man appeared to be trying to steal another car."
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"Aaron Lorta, 29, arrested in hospital after police chase through LA .",
"Was shot and wounded after high speed pursuit caught on camera .",
"Chase began with a report of a stolen vehicle and ended 40 minutes later .",
"Driver crashed the first car then stole a second before he took off on foot .",
"Was shot by police and taken to hospital in an ambulance ."
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"One of the consequences of living in our universe - where space and time are linked - is that as you travel faster, time can appear to speed up.",
"This theory, known as time dilation, was first postulated by Albert Einstein in the early 20th century, and has since been proven in a number of experiments.",
"But, considering that Earth is moving through space, does that mean time for us is travelling faster than someone who is stationary?",
"The answer is 'yes', and by about one second per week.",
"But why? A US physicist answered a question regarding time dilation on Earth (satellite image shown).",
"They said our motion around the sun and galaxy causes time to slow.",
"And even on the planet, the spin of Earth changes time for people.",
"Shown is an image of Earth taken by Nasa's Suomi NPP satellite in 2012 .",
"This question was posed on the website Ask a Mathematician, and answered by their resident expert known as ‘The Physicist’.",
"The ‘twin paradox’ is a thought experiment proposed by Albert Einstein in the early 20th Century.",
"It is derived from his theory of special relativity.",
"Einstein suggests that the faster you travel, the slower you move through time.",
"If one twin travelled in a spaceship near the speed of light, they would return home considerably younger than their sibling under laws of special relativity.",
"Known as ‘time dilation,’ this was proven in 1971 with the Hafele-Keating experiment.",
"Atomic clocks were set to the same time and then sent in different directions around the world in separate planes.",
"The clocks were found to have ticked differently, proving special relativity.",
"The expert says that the spin of Earth, its orbit around the sun and the solar system’s motion around the Milky Way all combine to decrease the time we experience on Earth.",
"This is compared to someone who was stationary as compared to moving at our planet’s speed.",
"On Earth itself, the effects of the planet’s spin on time are not too extreme - although they can be calculated.",
"At the poles on Earth’s rotation axis, there is no velocity from the spin of the planet - but at the equator, it’s about 0.3 miles (0.5km) per second.",
"‘The difference in time experienced between people living in Longyearbyen (near the pole) and people living in Ecuador (near the equator) is about one part in a trillion,’ explained The Physicist.",
"This ‘gives those proud Norwegians an extra second every 25 thousand years,’ they added.",
"‘Don’t spend that second all in one place, Norwegians.’ Around the sun, Earth is moving about 18.5 miles (30km) per second, which causes us to lose even more time that we would experience compared to someone moving slower.",
"Earth's motion around the sun, as it orbits within the solar system (illustration shown) is about 18.5 miles (30km) per second, which causes us to lose even more time compared to someone who is stationary .",
"Our motion around the galaxy, meanwhile, which is about 125 miles (200km) per second, equates to a gain in time of about one part in every 4.5 million, which is an extra second every couple of months.",
"And just being in the Milky Way itself, which is travelling through space, also adds some extra time to our everyday life.",
"By being in the galaxy and spinning around its centre, we lose roughly a second every week over someone who was floating out in intergalactic space.",
"In an email The Physicist, who remains anonymous, told MailOnline added that gravitational time dilation also had an effect, caused by the presence of gravity.",
"It should be noted, though, that time is relative and there is no one true clock for the universe.",
"This means that no one experiences the 'correct' time, but each person merely has their own frame of reference to space-time.",
"The biggest effect on the time we experience is the motion around the galaxy, which is about 125 miles (200km) per second, and the movement of the Milky Way itself (shown from Earth).",
"With everything combined, we gain approximately an extra second every week, compared to someone who is stationary in the universe ."
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"A US physicist answered a question regarding time dilation on Earth .",
"They said our motion around the sun and galaxy causes time to speed up .",
"And even on the planet, the spin of Earth changes time for people .",
"In total, we experience time faster by about one second per week .",
"This is compared to someone floating in intergalactic space ."
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"At 15-years-old, most people's biggest worry is what they will wear to the school disco.",
"But by this age Ruth Pearcey had been battling bone cancer for years - and was now faced with a decision about whether to have her leg amputated in order to beat the disease.",
"The now 21-year-old was diagnosed with bone cancer when she was 12, and had already beaten the disease once.",
"When it came back a second time, she was told she only had a five per cent chance of survival if she kept her leg.",
"She chose to make a huge sacrifice, and have an above the knee leg amputation in order to save her life.",
"Ten years later, she says the gamble paid off as she is finally cancer free and enjoying life.",
"Ruth Pearcey, 21, decided to have her leg amputated when she was 15, after doctors said without it she only had a five per cent chance of surviving bone cancer.",
"She is pictured, left, with her prosthetic leg, and right, at her brother's wedding, before her leg was removed .",
"Ms Pearcey had battled bone cancer since she was 12.",
"In 2008, her kidneys failed due to intensive cancer treatment (she is pictured during chemotherapy), and doctors said she had just 24 hours to live.",
"Luckily she was able to recover - and attended her brother's wedding days later .",
"Now, ten years later, Ms Pearcey said having her leg removed was the right choice.",
"She said: 'Thankfully the amputation prevented the cancer from returning and I have finally been able to move on with my life' She is now sharing her story to raise awareness for Ewing's sarcoma, the rare form of bone cancer she suffered.",
"Ms Pearcey, from Leeds, said: 'I was given the ultimate sacrifice, lose your leg or your life.",
"'It was heart-breaking at 15-years-old to have to make such a life-changing decision but I wasn't ready to die.",
"'Losing my leg would increase my chances of survival and I was willing to try anything to survive.",
"'Thankfully the amputation prevented the cancer from returning and I have finally been able to move on with my life.'",
"Ms Pearcey first noticed a lump on her leg at the age of 12, it was painful and caused her to limp.",
"She said: 'I enjoyed playing football but the pain was unbearable.",
"'My parents took me to the doctors and they thought it was an infection so I was prescribed with antibiotics but the lump didn't budge.",
"'It took three visits to our GP before I was given a life-saving X-ray and that was only because my mum had asked for one.",
"'I was diagnosed with aggressive bone cancer after having a biopsy of my tumour.",
"Last year Ms Pearcey was finally given the 'all clear', after being in remission for five years .",
"It was first discovered Ms Pearcey had cancer when she began to limp, and found playing football painful.",
"She endured gruelling chemotherapy and surgery throughout her teenage years .",
"She underwent rounds of gruelling chemotherapy as well as surgery to remove the tumour on her leg.",
"She was in remission for just under two years when the lump on her leg reappeared.",
"'I knew straight away that my cancer was back, I was petrified,' Ms Pearcey said.",
"'I was older this time around and I knew the seriousness of my condition, I was also devastated about the thought of losing my hair again.'",
"In June 2008, Ruth was given just 24-hours to live after her kidneys began to fail due to invasive cancer treatment.",
"Luckily she survived and was able to attend her brother's wedding just days later – when hospital staff allowed her out for the day.",
"She said: 'I was on dialysis after my kidneys failed but I beat the odds and my kidneys recovered.",
"'I was faced with an amputation a few months later and that was the scariest part of my cancer journey.'",
"Doctors told Ruth that without having her leg amputated that she would have just five per cent chance of beating cancer.",
"She needed to have her leg amputated to improve her chances of making a full recovery.",
"Ms Pearcey added: 'My supportive friends and family helped me make the decision, I needed my leg removed.",
"Ms Pearcey had to learn to walk again with a prosthetic leg.",
"But she can now look forward to the future without worrying about cancer, she says .",
"'When I woke up from my operation I was worried about the future but losing my leg gave me my life back.",
"'I was finally given the all clear last year after five years in remission.",
"'I can now look forward to the future without worrying about cancer every day.'",
"Ms Pearcey has been supported throughout her cancer journey by the Bone Cancer Research Trust and The Teenage Cancer Trust.",
"Julie Harrington, chief executive of the Bone Cancer Research Trust, said: 'Ruth is an absolute star and has shown nothing but incredible bravery, strength and positivity since her diagnosis.",
"'She has overcome the odds with dignity and courage and her story will no doubt inspire others who are battling cancer.",
"'Primary bone cancer is brutal disease which affects 600 people in the UK and Ireland every year.",
"'Only half of these will survive and those who do are left with long-lasting physical and emotional scars.",
"'It is the third biggest cancer killer in young adults and children and it is only through research and awareness that we can change these devastating statistics to help people like Ruth - now and in the future.'",
"For more information visit the Bone Cancer Research Trust website."
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"Ruth Pearcey, 21, had battled a rare bone cancer in her leg since 2005 .",
"Beat the disease once but was 'petrified' when she found another lump .",
"Was told she had less than a 5% chance of survival the second time around .",
"At 15-years-old she decided to have her leg amputated to beat the disease .",
"Now she is cancer free and says losing her leg gave her her life back ."
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"Somewhere in America a lucky Powerball lotto player maybe be nearly half-a-billion dollars richer as the numbers for the fifth largest jackpot in U.S. history were revealed at 11 p.m. on Wednesday.",
"The winning numbers for the $564.1 million jackpot are 11-13-25-39-54.",
"The Powerball red number is 19 and the Powerplay is 3x.",
"The $500 million pot - which equates to a cash value of $337.8 million - has been building steadily for two months.",
"Are you the winner? :The winning numbers for the $564.1 million jackpot are 11-13-25-39-54 as revealed in the drawing on Wednesday night .",
"If no one wins the Powerball tonight then the jackpot for the next drawing on February 14 could reach up to $650 million making it one of the largest lottery game jackpots in U.S. history.",
"To win, the players needed five numbers and the Powerball number.",
"The odds of winning are one in 175 million.",
"Each ticket costs just $2.",
"The lottery is played in 44 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.",
"The Powerball jackpot was last won on November 29.",
"A Washington woman who bought her first-ever lottery tickets on a whim on Thanksgiving Day won $90 million.",
"February 2014 was the last time that the Powerball reached the current prize amount.",
"Jackpot winners receive either payments over 29 years or .",
"a smaller cash lump sum.",
"The Powerball jackpot reached $500 million for Wednesday night's draw, making it the fifth largest prize in U.S. history .",
"Powerball's biggest ever jackpot was awarded by the Multi-State .",
"Lottery Association - a cool $590.5 million went to the holder of .",
"a single winning ticket in 2013.",
"The association also operates .",
"the Mega Millions jackpot, which awarded a top prize of $656 .",
"million three years ago.",
"The Powerball is drawn on .",
"Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10.59pm in Tallahassee, Florida.",
"Powerball sales reached nearly $5 billion last year for game .",
"tickets that are sold through more than 210,000 lottery .",
"terminals. Each ticket costs $2.",
"the odds of winning are slim and people are more likely to die from vending machines than win, according to the Daily Beast.",
"The odds of matching all five normal numbers drawn without matching the sixth 'Powerball' number are one in 5million."
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"The winning numbers for the $564.1 million jackpot are 11-13-25-39-54 .",
"The Powerball red number is 19 and the Powerplay is 3x .",
"The cash payout reached $337.8 million for the $564.1 million jackpot drawing at 11:00 on Wednesday night .",
"Odds of winning are one in 175 million .",
"If no one wins the Powerball tonight the next drawing on February 14 could reach up to $650 million making it the largest drawing in Powerball history ."
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"An alleged prostitute has been accused of conning a married businessman out of $4,500 by threatening to show his wife incriminating text messages .",
"Satirhea Goncalves was also alleged to have said she would reveal the man's seedy messages to his boss if he did not meet her demands, according to court documents.",
"The 34-year-old was arrested and charged with extortion after the embarrassed victim contacted police.",
"The victim was said to have met the 34-year-old after he responding to an advert on Backpage.com for a 'sexy naughty model,' according to papers lodged by prosecutors at the King County Courthouse .",
"Satirhea Goncalves, 34, was alleged to have targeted the businessman after he responded to an advert for a sex worker .",
"An hour after their first $600 liaison detectives said the businessman received his first demand for money.",
"Court papers alleged the unnamed victim was then bombarded with calls and text messages threatening to expose his seedy behaviour.",
"'This disclosure to his employer would be the end of his successful career as well as the reputation of the company that he has built,' the detective told the court reported Seattle PI.",
"The woman had allegedly extorted $4,500 from the victim before she was arrested .",
"'He 'believed that the disclosure to his wife would result in an incredible pain and probable destruction of his family.'",
"Court papers say that the victim was also contacted by a someone posing as a Seattle Times reporter and asking about his use of escorts to get money out of him, according to Seattle PI.",
"As well as handing over $4,500 in cash the man was also said to have sent Goncalves a laptop computer before he contacted police.",
"Goncalves was arrested after she thought she was meeting the man's attorney to receive $6,000 in exchange for signing papers to end her demands.",
"In court documents the defendant was said to have blamed the extortion on her pimp.",
"The man denied the claims.",
"Goncalves is currently in jail on $20,000 bail, according to Seattle PI."
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"Alleged prostitute Satirhea Goncalves arrested and charged with extortion .",
"Businessman met woman in Seattle hotel after responding to a web advert .",
"Accused of conning him out of $4,500 by threatening to expose him .",
"Goncalves is currently in jail after bail set a $20,000 ."
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"Furious MPs have accused Britain’s tax authorities of 'failing' the public by letting thousands of people stash their cash in Swiss bank accounts.",
"The Chair of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee Margaret Hodge said she was furious at the 'pathetic' response to leaked HSBC files which showed thousands of British-linked individuals held bank accounts in Switzerland.",
"It came after revelations HM Revenue and Customs received a list of 6,800 HSBC customers with Swiss bank accounts five years ago – but had only managed to prosecute one person, despite £135million in owed tax being recovered.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Margaret Hodge said she was furious at the 'pathetic' response to leaked HSBC files showing thousands of British-linked individuals held bank accounts in Switzerland .",
"Mrs Hodge said HMRC had failed to serve British taxpayers' interests in their response to the leak in 2010.",
"David Cameron was earlier accused of being 'up to his neck' in the Swiss bank account scandal after it emerged that a string of the individuals with Swiss accounts were Tory donors.",
"In a fiery Commons debate, the Prime Minister insisted 'no-one had done more' than the current government to crack down on tax avoidance.",
"But Mr Miliband said the PM was 'bang to rights', adding: 'He can't get away from it – he's a dodgy Prime Minister, surrounded by dodgy donors.'",
"Mrs Hodge meanwhile laid the blame at the door of the tax authorities for failing to act on the leaked list of Swiss bank account owners.",
"She said the activities related to the Geneva branch of HSBC's Swiss subsidiary were 'pretty outrageous'.",
"HMRC chief Lin Homer defended her record prosecuting tax dodgers .",
"HMRC was offered a copy of a disk detailing HSBC clients who had potentially avoided tax seven years ago – but ignored it.",
"Mrs Hodge told HMRC chief Lin Homer that taxmen should have spoken to whistleblower Herve Falciani, who initially obtained the list while employed as an IT worker in 2007.",
"Ms Homer insisted that HMRC staff had been 'diligent' in their approach to the files, and said their record of securing one conviction and £135 million in unpaid tax, fines and interest compared well with other countries.",
"But Mrs Hodge told her that the French tax authorities had recouped £200 million from 3,000 names and the Spanish £180 million from 2,900.",
"And she told the HMRC chief: 'It's pretty outrageous what was going on.",
"'It's the first time in many of these leaks that there are really strong allegations not of egregious tax avoidance, but of tax evasion, and that is incredibly serious.",
"'For you to sit there and say, as you are doing, that ‘We couldn't get the money in in the same way as the French and Spanish did’ and ‘We didn't litigate because we wanted to get the money in’ and yet you did worse on the money - it leaves me believing that you are not serving the British taxpayer.'",
"She added: 'The worst that can happen to you, if HMRC can be bothered to catch up with you, is that you may have to pay, you won’t have a prosecution, you won’t have any shame, you won’t be an example to anybody else, you will get away with it.",
"'That’s a terrible message to give out to British taxpayers.'",
"Responding to Ms Hodge's comments, Ms Homer insisted ‘that is absolutely not the case' and denied the agency had a 'soft' approach to tax avoidance.",
"Some 300 staff, led by three directors, had been sifting through the data supplied by French authorities in 2010 and had traced 3,200 individuals, including 150 ‘most serious’ cases which could be considered for criminal prosecution, 500 which were ‘more serious’ but not likely to meet the criminal threshold and 400-500 which could be pursued for disclosure and settlement.",
"Tory MP Stephen Phillips said the decision to prosecute just one person sent out the message that there was little risk in dodging tax.",
"Ms Homer, who was branded ‘Ms Incompetence’ over her record at the UK Border Agency, said prosecutions were expensive and needed stronger evidence.",
"She also insisted the agency’s poster campaigns were effective in reducing tax avoidance.",
"Ed Miliband today accused David Cameron of being 'up to his neck' in the Swiss bank account scandal .",
"But the Prime Minister said no government had done more to tackle tax avoidance since coming to power .",
"Ms Homer, who was appointed to lead HMRC in 2012, said she believed the authority would have told Government ministers about the data within months of receiving it.",
"‘We are confident we will have told ministers that we were about to receive a big tranche of operational information,’ she said.",
"‘We will have told people, including ministers, I suspect some time in the next few months.’ HMRC had previously told the committee that it hoped to bring about 15 cases to prosecution, but in the event three were passed on to the Crown Prosecution Service, which decided to take just one to court.",
"HMRC officials are meeting with other agencies later this week to discuss a new investigation, the committee heard.",
"This is thought to include the Serious Fraud Office and the police."
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"Public Accounts Committee chair says HMRC 'failing' British taxpayers .",
"Margaret Hodge hit out at the 'pathetic' response to leaked HSBC files .",
"HMRC received list of 6,800 HSBC customers with Swiss accounts in 2010 .",
"Just one person prosecuted, despite £135m in owed tax being recovered .",
"Comes after Miliband and Cameron clashed in the Commons over tax .",
"PM accused of being 'up to his neck' in the Swiss bank account scandal .",
"Miliband said string of individuals with Swiss accounts are Tory donors ."
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"A crazed father stabbed his wife during a fight at their family home before shooting two of his children - killing one - and turning the gun on himself.",
"Jeremy Gehl, 37, stabbed his estranged wife Melissa Randolph, 33, with a knife during a confrontation on Tuesday night in Paoli, Indiana.",
"When his six-year-old son and three-year-old daughter heard the disturbance and came downstairs, he shot them, killing his daughter and seriously injuring his son.",
"Police say he then fatally shot himself with the gun.",
"Jeremy Gehl stabbed his estranged wife Melissa Randolph (pictured right) with a knife during a confrontation on Tuesday night in Paoli, Indiana before fatally shooting his three-year-old daughter Addison (left) Gehl and Randolph had a third child, a boy, in the home, who was not hurt.",
"Friends and family on social media named the little girl as Addison and paid tribute to a 'beautiful baby girl.'",
"Local news station WLKY reported that police arrived to find Randolph, who had managed to run outside, but was bleeding heavily.",
"Police said she had the unharmed child in her arms.",
"Gehl was pronounced dead by the Orange County Coroner's Office.",
"Friends and family on social media named the little girl as Addison and paid tribute to a 'beautiful baby girl' Jeremy Gehl stabbed his estranged wife before shooting his six-year-old son and daughter, three, before turning the gun on himself.",
"The little girl died of her injuries - his wife and son are in a critical condition .",
"Addison (pictured as a baby) was pronounced dead at the hospital - her brother remains in a critical condition .",
"The station also reported that the married couple were estranged.",
"Both Addison and her brother were flown to Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky.",
"Addison was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital and her brother is believed to be in a critical condition.",
"Randolph was airlifted to the University of Louisville Hospital but was later transferred to Kosair to be with her children.",
"Her condition is currently unknown.",
"Indiana State Police, local sheriffs and the Paoli Police Department are investigating the killings.",
"A neighbor, who did not want to be named, told WLKY: 'The kids, they are just the sweetest things, they didn't deserve this at all.'",
"Addison (pictured) and her brother were flown to Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky .",
"On Facebook friends and family paid tribute to Addison.",
"Angelica Wedemeyer wrote: 'RIP Addi... fly high and watch over your mommy and brothers baby girl!",
"Our 'girls' day will be one I'll forever cherish.'",
"Diana Fancher wrote: 'You may have left this world, but you will never leave my heart...R.I.P Addison.'",
"Autumn Marshall said: 'Precious baby girl.",
"This makes no sense.'",
"Cherokee Lavon Wininger said: 'RIP Addison I'll keep all the Good memories we had when you came and played at my apartment not to Long ago.",
"I love you baby girl fly high!",
"Keep looking over your mommy and everyone.",
"We love and miss you princess.'",
"State police at the scene - they say they found Melissa Randolph bleeding outside with a child in her arms .",
"The attack took place at 5pm on Tuesday in Paoli - Gehl was found dead at the scene by police ."
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"Jeremy Gehl, 37, repeatedly stabbed estranged wife Melissa Randolph .",
"Son, aged six, and daughter, three, came downstairs and Gehl shot them .",
"Police say Gehl then appears to have fatally turned the gun on himself .",
"Daughter, named on social media as Addison, was pronounced dead .",
"Son and wife are in hospital with 'serious injuries' following incident .",
"A third child who was also in the house at the time was unharmed .",
"Family and friends have paid tribute to a 'precious' and 'beautiful baby girl'"
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"An Iranian actress - already exiled from the country for exposing her breasts in a 2012 photo shoot - has caused another uproar after posing naked in French magazine, Egoiste.",
"A stylish black-and-white picture of Golshifteh Farahani taken by world-renowned photographer Paolo Roversi features on the front cover.",
"It shows the 31-year-old staring sultrily into the camera, body slightly twisted to reveal her completely uncovered form.",
"Farahani was exiled from Iran in 2012 for revealing her right breast in a promotional video with other actors to promote Cesars - the French equivalent of the Academy Awards.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Exile: Golshifteh Farahani, who has caused an uproar by posing naked in a French magazine, has not been able to return to Iran since 2012 (pictured) when she exposed her right breast in promotional video .",
"Controversy: The 31-year-old actress (pictured at the premier of 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' features completely naked on the front cover of French magazine Egoiste .",
"Authorities phoned her family in Tehran to say she would be 'punished, that her breasts would be cut off and presented [to her father] on a plate', Middle East news site Al-Arabiya reported at the time.",
"She now lives in Paris with her husband but this latest act of rebellion against her allegedly oppressive home country has raised questions about her safety.",
"Fox News claims Farahani told the luxury publication: 'France has liberated me.",
"[Paris] is the only place in the world where women do not feel guilty.",
"'In the East, you are that [guilty] all the time.",
"As soon as you feel your first sexual impulses.'",
"Farahani is considered Iran's most famous actress after being the first woman from the country to star in a Hollywood blockbuster film.",
"She recently starred alongside Oscar winner Christian Bale in Ridley Scott's epic 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'.",
"And she appeared in the hit 2008 film 'Body of Lies' with Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio.",
"In the 2012 road-trip movie 'Just Like a Woman', she played a fugitive accused of her mother-in-law's death alongside Sienna Miller whose character had aspirations of winning a belly dancing competition.",
"Iran has seen a rise in policies which infringe the 'most basic rights of Iranian women' since the current President took power in 2013, according to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.",
"But some argue that Farahani posing naked is not the best way to support the rights of Iranian women.",
"Big screen: Farahani is considered Iran's most famous acting export after appearing in the 2008 film 'Body of Lies' (pictured) and more recently in Ridley Scott's epic 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' Unwelcome: The actress (pictured at the Venice Film Festival) now resides in Paris with her husband and claims that France has 'liberated her' Kamal Nawash from the Free Muslims Coalition said: 'In addition to degrading and objectifying women, posing naked may actually be counterproductive to supporting women's rights.",
"'Those opposing equality for women, will just point to the naked women and argue to the parents of the nation that it is their traditional values that prevent their daughters from being degraded and objectified as women.'",
"The official Tehran-based news agency has described her as the 'hidden, disgusting face of cinema'.",
"She was also condemned by Iran's Ministry of Culture for 'not wearing a headscarf' at the New York premiere of 'Body of Lies'.",
"Censors banned the last film she made in the country - 'About Elly' - from being shown in the country.",
"It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards and eventually won the award for Best Narrative Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival.",
"Farahani told the British newspaper The Telegraph that she was also informed by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guide official that the country 'does need any actors or artists' and that she should offer her 'artistic services somewhere else.'",
"A representative for Farahani did not respond for further comment, and the Iranian government is yet to issue a response to her photo shoot."
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"Golshifteh Farahani, 31, modeled naked in luxury French magazine, Egoiste .",
"She is already exiled from Iran for exposing her breast in 2012 photo shoot .",
"Authorities allegedly threatened to 'chop her breasts off' after that incident .",
"Iran's most famous actress recently appeared in 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'\nFarahani lives in Paris with her husband and claims France 'liberated' her .",
"You feel guilty for experiencing 'sexual impulses' in the East, she has said ."
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"Principals are struggling to deal with the students and parents who are falling under the sway of radical Islam, according to a group representing educators.",
"The Australian Principals Federation has welcomed the Victorian government's move to introduce new measures to deal with the growing problem in schools.",
"A state education spokesman said the department was working closer with police and had nominated staff in regional officers to work with Victoria Police counterparts 'to provide advice and support to schools'.",
"The Australian Principals Federation says principals are having trouble dealing with the radicalisation of parents and students who may turn out like Abdullah Elmir .",
"Numan Haider, 18, was another teenager who was suspected of terrorist activity before he was shot dead by police .",
"It comes after one principal told Fairfax Media of his struggles to help two children whose parents have left Australia to Syria to fight with Islamic State in the Middle East at his state-run primary school.",
"'We have to work extra hard to ensure students don't take up their parents extreme beliefs,' he said.",
"'I have them singing the national anthem with the Australian flag and say what a lucky country they live in.'",
"The school is made up of a lot of children from the Shiite, Alawite and Sunni Muslim communities.",
"Since then, there had been a rise in suspensions of students as they fought at school.",
"'What's happening in the Middle East does impact here - the families are divided in their beliefs,' he said.",
"Haider was shot dead after he stabbed two officers outside a police station in Melbourne .",
"The Australian Principals Association branch president Peter Kearney told Daily Mail Australia 'several issues' about 'social cohesion' had been raised with the group by principals.",
"'One thing we see is that where there are tensions in the community then there are tensions in the school,' he said.",
"Mr Kearney said radicalisation in students and children had been 'a battle for principals' but they were unsure about how to deal with it.",
"'What are the guidelines, where do you go?",
"What do you do when children behaving extremely?",
"It's quite complex for principals to make a decision without rules,' he said.",
"'Kids, for example, who come from different religious groups have different ways to wear uniform.",
"Boys might like to have their ankles exposed deliberately.",
"And [principals ask]: \"Is that is they way we like to wear our uniform?\"",
"'Parents like the fact that children show their strength, it's what their beliefs are, that is required for what they do for their religion.",
"'We might not thing its important but it's the start of all sorts of wedges.'",
"The former principal's comments come after concerns grow for the vulnerability of teenagers being recruited by terror group Islamic State.",
"Elmir - who is known as the Ginger Jihadi - has appeared in a number of terror group recruitment video since he made his way over to Syria .",
"Abdullah Elmir - dubbed the Ginger Jihadi - who went missing from his western Sydney home has appeared in a number of recruitment video for the extremist organisation in Syria.",
"Another teenager who was suspected of having ties to terrorism was Numan Haider who was shot dead by police last year after he stabbed two officers in Melbourne.",
"But Mr Kearney stressed this behaviour was not isolated to one religion.",
"'Most of the stuff schools deals with, it's confronting because of the ability to recruit other kids,' he said.",
"'The culture of schools is always open to challenge.",
"The last school I was principal of had 64 nationalities.'",
"A Victorian Department of Education spokesman said education was key to ensure young people were not marginalised and 'embrace the values of respect, diversity and tolerance'.",
"'Schools, like other areas of the community, can be environments in which children and young people may become marginalised, or the victims of racial, cultural or religious intimidation or bullying,' he said.",
"'The department has strengthened its relationships with Victoria Police, and has nominated staff in regional offices to work with their counterparts in Victoria Police to provide advice and support to schools.",
"'The department has appointed one of its senior advisers to work with government and non-government schools on initiatives to promote racial and religious tolerance and social cohesion, and to identify how best the department can support these initiatives.",
"'The department's nominated staff in regional offices are always available to advise and support school principals who may have concerns about a student’s safety or well-being.'"
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"Principals have raised issues about dealing with radicalism in schools .",
"One educator said he struggled to help two children who had parents fighting in Syria .",
"Australian Principals Federation's Peter Kearney said 'several issues' had been flagged by principals with the group .",
"Victorian Department of Education is now moving to introduce new measures to deal with the problem .",
"These include regional education officers working closely with Victoria Police ."
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"A couple who were terrorized by a woman after they outbid her on a 'dream home' have revealed the strain that the year-long ordeal put on their marriage.",
"Jerry Rice, 40, and Janice Ruhter, 37, who have a young son and daughter, were targeted by 53-year-old Kathy J. Rowe after they bought a home in San Diego, California, in late 2011.",
"Soon after they moved in, the couple had their mail stopped, $1,000 of magazine subscriptions delivered and Valentine's cards with Rice's name sent to other women on their quiet suburban street in Carmel Valley.",
"Even more sinister, when Mr Rice searched his wife's name online, he discovered in horror that there were ads for sex parties at their home, entitled 'Carmel Valley Freak Show'.",
"Mrs Rowe, pretending to be the couple, had advertised for men to visit the home while Rice was not there and force themselves upon Ruhter, claiming it was her fantasy to be raped.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Janice Ruhter (pictured giving her victim impact statement in court last month) and her husband Jerry Rice (left) said that being tormented for a year by a stranger had a devastating impact on their marriage and sense of safety .",
"Ruhter's photo and address were included in the posts which were made sometime between October 2011 and June 2012.",
"'I love to be surprised and have a man just show up at my door and force his way in the door and on me, totally taking me while I say no,' Rowe wrote to one man who responded, according to reports.",
"Kathy Rowe, 53, tormented the young couple for a year after claiming she was left 'devastated' by missing out on her dream home .",
"One man did show up at the couple's home but was thwarted once by a locked gate and a second time when the husband answered the door.",
"The couple contacted the police who traced the emails to Rowe.",
"Rice, a school teacher, and Ruhter, a hospital lab scientist, told People this week that the campaign of harassment badly damaged their marriage.",
"Mr Rice began to neglect his family and became obsessed with watching online videos on how to install security lights and cameras.",
"The couple now attend therapy sessions to rebuild their marriage.",
"They both also spend two nights of the week practicing self-defense martial arts after the harassment destroyed their sense of safety in their own home.",
"Ms Ruhter added: 'It was a huge stress in our life for so long.",
"We are trying to heal the best way we can.'",
"Rowe was sentenced last month to a year of electronic surveillance and five years of probation for terrorizing the young family.",
"The 53-year-old, who was fired from her job as a county administrative analyst, was charged with solicitation of rape and stalking charges in June 2012.",
"The prosecutor said the charges were filed because Rowe's actions went far beyond a prank.",
"In December, Rowe entered a plea bargain over the stalking charges, in exchange for prosecutors to drop felony charges of soliciting rape and sodomy and misdemeanor charges of identity theft and harassment.",
"'Dream home': Rowe told a California court last month that it was 'devastating' when she lost the home, pictured, due to a miscommunication with real estate agents in 2011 .",
"Rowe said that she tormented the couple as revenge because the home (pictured) they outbid her for had been perfect for her sick husband and disabled daughter .",
"Rowe posted ads online encouraging strange men to go to the home (pictured) and rape Ms Ruhter .",
"A conviction for soliciting rape would have required Rowe to register for life as a sex offender.",
"In court last month, Rowe apologized to the couple for what she had put them through.",
"'I just wanted to say how humiliated I am by my behavior – that this is not representative of who I am.",
"I've never behaved like this – never will again,' she said.",
"She said she acted due to the stress she was under and never intended to cause the couple any harm.",
"Rice and Ruhter both made victim impact statements at her sentencing.",
"'The home should be a place of safety and sanctuary,' Ruhter said.",
"'But I never truly felt this way in our house.",
"I felt most secure away from my home.",
"The house became my prison.'",
"Rice added: 'Had law enforcement not intervened in this case, I am certain Mrs. Rowe would have continued her attacks until she successfully brought physical harm to a member of my family.'",
"In a letter to a judge last year, Rowe explained it had been 'devastating' when she lost the house due to miscommunication with real estate agents, and a more attractive bid from the other couple.",
"She had her heart set on the home because it was a single story, to accommodate her severely disabled daughter, and had a pool, to provide exercise for her husband who has stage 4 stomach cancer.",
"'The anger and grief over losing that house (and especially in the way we did) drove me to behave in a very childish way and to do what I thought were childish pranks to let off steam and ease the pain,' Rowe said in January.",
"'I never intended for them to be hurtful.'"
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"Jerry Rice, 40, and Janice Ruhter, 37, who have two young children, were targeted by Kathy Rowe after they bought a home in San Diego, California .",
"Rowe said she was 'heartbroken' when the couple outbid her for home in 2011 which she wanted for her sick husband and disabled daughter .",
"She hatched revenge plans which included advertising sex parties at the couple's home and posting ads claiming Ruhter had a rape fantasy ."
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"This is the moment a £300,000 Lamborghini Aventador was seized by police because the owner had forgotten to pay his vehicle tax.",
"The 217mph supercar was stopped by officers in West Bromwich, West Midlands, on Saturday night and database checks revealed the imported German car was not taxed for Britain’s roads.",
"But the 35-year-old owner, who lives and works in the UK, had his car returned after paying a £260 fine.",
"He was pulled over as part of Operation Jessica, a project being carried out by six UK forces.",
"Seized: The 217mph Lamborghini was stopped by officers in West Bromwich, West Midlands, on Saturday .",
"Black supercar: Database checks revealed the imported German car was not taxed for Britain’s roads .",
"It gives police powers to order owners of foreign vehicles to tax, insure and register their cars in the UK or leave the country within 56 days.",
"If they do not comply then their cars will be crushed.",
"Detectives estimate that up to 350,000 foreign registered vehicles entered Britain and overstayed the six-month exemption period without registering and licensing between 2010 and 2013.",
"The problem is said to cost the taxpayer £60million a year in lost tax revenue.",
"West Midlands Police stated in November that 130 foreign vehicles had been seized in the first few weeks of its operation.",
"Superintendent Paul Keasey, from the force, said: ‘The DVLA has provided us with a “hot list” of vehicles that have entered the country and stayed longer than permitted without licensing it here.",
"Given back: The owner, aged 35, who lives and works in the UK, had his car returned after paying a £260 fine .",
"‘We are actively targeting these vehicles and making stops on other foreign cars to check they are complying.",
"‘It’s the responsibility of every driver, no matter where they come from, to ensure they obey the UK road laws and that includes falling in line with on taxation, registration and insurance, as well as those on safe driving.",
"‘This initiative allows us to deal more effectively with criminality on our roads, thereby increasing our communities’ safety and security.’ The Aventador can accelerate from 0 to 62mph in 2.9 seconds and comes with a powerful 6.5-litre V12 engine.",
"A Top Gear review described it as having 'bodywork that scares small children'.",
"The 700bhp vehicle, which can achieve 17.6mpg, costs between £242,000 and £295,000 - which is about 1,000 times the value of the fine given to the driver in West Bromwich."
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"217mph supercar stopped by officers in West Bromwich, West Midlands .",
"Database checks found imported German car was not taxed for UK roads .",
"Owner, 35, who lives and works in UK, had car returned after paying fine .",
"Aventador can do 0-62mph in 2.9 seconds and has a 6.5-litre V12 engine ."
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"The very first sketches of Mary Poppins by the Disney costume designer who was also married to Julie Andrews are to go on sale for the first time.",
"The ink drawings were produced by costume designer Tony Walton before the filming of the 1964 movie began.",
"One depicts Julie Andrews' character with a long flowing skirt, holding her famous parrot-head umbrella in one hand and her carpet bag in the other.",
"The ink drawings were produced by costume designer Tony Walton before the filming of the 1964 movie began - the sketch on the right is the costume for the Mary Poppins' chimney scene (left) From left to right: Dick Van Dyke as Bert, Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins, Karen Dotrice as Jane Banks and Matthew Garber as Michael Banks in the Disney musical which was directed by Robert Stevenson .",
"Two more sketches show how the perfect nanny was to appear in the chalk painting 'Jolly Holiday' scenes, dressed in an Edwardian gown and bonnet and holding a parasol.",
"The images were conception drawings for Mary Poppins for the big screen version of the PL Travers' children's books.",
"They were the work of Mr Walton, who was the costume designer for the Walt Disney musical film and who was married to Julie Andrews at the time.",
"The costume department used them to create the outfits worn by Andrews.",
"Two of the sketches show how the perfect nanny was to appear in the chalk painting 'Jolly Holiday' scenes .",
"A letter from Julie Andrews to Mrs Rames is also being auctioned off - it thanks her for a telegram she received in the wake of winning an Oscar for Best Actress for Mary Poppins .",
"After the filming Neva Rames, a member the costume department, kept the drawings as a memento.",
"They are now being sold at auction for $1,500 each.",
"Also up for sale is a letter Andrews sent to Mrs Rames, thanking her for her telegram she received in the wake of winning an Oscar for Best Actress for Mary Poppins.",
"Lucy Carr, from the entertainment department at auctioneers Bonhams, said: 'They are drawings of Mary Poppins in a couple of dress costumes; two of her in Jolly Holiday scene and one of her in traditional outfit for the chimney sequence.",
"The images were conception drawings for the big screen version of the PL Travers' children's books .",
"'They were created during the production of the film.",
"The owner, Neva Rames, worked in the costume department.",
"'Walt Disney bought the rights to the books in 1961 but not the illustrations and so he wasn't tied to what period the film was to be set.",
"'He changed the period to Edwardian London in 1910 because it was far more interesting costuming compared to the 1930s.",
"'These would have been informal drawings, conceptualising her appearance in the film .",
"'A lot of these sort of memorabilia was retained by Walt Disney and it is rare to see such items come up for sale.'",
"The sale will take place in Los Angeles on March 1.",
"Theater and costume designer Tony Walton (pictured left) and with Julie Andrews on their wedding day (right) Julie Andrews won her first Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Mary Poppins in the 1964 film ."
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"Iconic ink drawings were produced by costume designer Tony Walton .",
"He was married to Mary Poppins actress Julie Andrews at the time .",
"Conception drawings were produced before movie began filming .",
"The three sketches are now being auctioned off for $1,500 each ."
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"A greedy crocodile has died from overeating after record numbers of worshippers started throwing goats and chickens into its pond in a bid to get good luck.",
"For years, visitors had gone to the Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali Shrine in Sadar Upazila of Bagerhat district in south-western Bangladesh, in the belief that feeding the crocodile would guarantee them luck in troubled economic times.",
"But priests at the shrine said that a large number of worshippers in recent months had been turning up and offering sacrifices to the crocodile, who had rapidly grown very fat from the offerings.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Overweight: The 100-year-old croc was fed chickens and goats by worshippers who believed their sacrifices would get wishes granted .",
"Crocked: A crocodile keeper fishes the giant reptile from a pond in the Bagerhat district in south-western Bangladesh.",
"The 100-year-old was overweight after diet of goats and chickens .",
"Crocodile keeper Mohammed Sarwar, 40, said: 'We were aware of the problem but were not sure what to do about it.",
"The legend is that anybody who feeds the hunger of the crocodiles will have their hearts desire fulfilled.",
"'Usually it was just a chicken but more recently people have been offering even more, including goats, believing that big sacrifices meant more chance of a wish being granted.'",
"According to local legend, the pond containing the crocodile had been dug by the Muslim saint Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali 600-years-ago.",
"He used it to rear two crocodiles named Kalopahar and Dholapahar.",
"Worshippers: The crocodile was fed chickens and goats by worshippers who believed their sacrifices would get wishes granted .",
"Dead: The 100-year-old died after enjoying a diet of goats and chickens fed to him by worshippers.",
"He was recovered from pond in Bagerhat district in south-western Bangladesh .",
"Until recently, there were four crocodiles in the pond but the other three had also died from obesity related problems, leaving a massive food supply for the final remaining crocodile.",
"When an offering was made, the crocodile was summoned by priests who would bang a gong and announce that dinner was served, prompting the crocodile minutes later to surface and eat the preferred offering.",
"No more: The giant crocodile was the last of four in the pond, which legend said was blessed by a saint in the Bagerhat district in south-western Bangladesh .",
"However when staff turned up for work one morning they discovered the crocodile floating upside down in the pond and realised it had died.",
"Crocodiles have a lifespan similar to humans generally living between 70 and 100-years-old, with one of the oldest specimens dying in a Russian zoo aged 115."
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"Keeper found 100-year-old crocodile floating upside down in pond .",
"He was the last of four giant reptiles to live in pond dug by Muslim saint .",
"Worshippers gave goats as gifts in belief wishes would come true .",
"Death of other three fat crocs meant he piled on weight with extra food ."
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"Islamic State militants have launched an urgent appeal for people under their control to donate blood after suffering heavy casualties in Coalition air strikes, it was reported today.",
"U.S. and partner nations conducted three air strikes in Syria and six in Iraq since Sunday which followed 56 bombing raids by Jordan in retaliation for the murder of its pilot.",
"The attacks have reportedly killed dozens of jihadists and left many more seriously injured.",
"In the terror group's de facto capital of Raqqa, fighters are understood to be calling for residents to give blood to treat their wounded comrades.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Syrians donate blood during a campaign to supply field hospitals in Aleppo in March last year.",
"Islamic State militants have now launched their own urgent appeal for people under their control to donate blood after suffering heavy casualties in Coalition air strikes, it has been reported .",
"Anti-ISIS activist group Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently (RIBSS) claims people are being urged to donate regardless of their blood group such is the need to replenish stocks.",
"It is not the first time ISIS has adopted such measures.",
"Last month, a pregnant teenager who was captured by Islamic State militants has revealed how girls are being forced to give blood transfusions to keep their attackers alive.",
"Hamshe told of how sickening Islamist jihadists have been using the blood of captured women and children for wounded fighters in the battlefield.",
"The 19-year-old, who also has a baby with her husband who is believed to have been murdered by militants, was held captive for 28 days before she escaped.",
"Sex slave: Hamshe, an Iraqi Yazidi girl, told last month how girls are being forced to give blood transfusions to keep their attackers alive .",
"She said: 'When each of them took a Yazidi girl, one of them took me to his house and locked me inside a room and told me \"I will not give you food or water if you refuse to marry me\".",
"'They forced the Yazidi girls to donate blood to ISIS wounded fighters.",
"Which God allows these acts?'",
"In September, the militants also resorted to making appeals through loudspeakers at mosques after suffering mass injuries during its attack on the Syrian town of Kobane.",
"The Coalition carried out air strikes on Islamic State weapons depots and training sites over the weekend .",
"The recent U.S.-led strikes in Iraq hit a tactical unit and destroyed an Islamic State building and heavy machine gun near Mosul, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement on Monday.",
"Strikes also hit near Falluja, Baiji, al Asad and Kirkuk.",
"The air strikes in Syria hit near Kobani, Dayr az Zawr and ar Raqqa, destroying five vehicles and hitting a tactical unit, the statement said.",
"The strikes followed three days of air strikes by Jordan, which said on Sunday it had conducted 56 bombing raids in that period against the militants in northeastern Syria.",
"They targeted key bases and arms depots in a stepped-up campaign in response to the killing of a Jordanian pilot."
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"U.S.-led bombing raids have struck various locations in Iraq and Syria .",
"Follows 56 air strikes by Jordan on Syrian strongholds after pilot's murder .",
"Residents in capital Raqqa 'urged to donate regardless of blood group'"
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"A man who tricked a woman he met on a dating site into having sexual relations with him after deceiving her over his appearance has fronted court.",
"Deepak Dhankar, 29, an Indian man, told the woman who he met on dating website Oasis he was a blonde, built, and muscular Australian man called Jamie.",
"When Dhankar turned up to the woman's house he engaged in sexual activity with her - while she kept her eyes closed - the Victorian County Court heard on Tuesday, Fairfax reported.",
"Prosecutor Russ Hammill told the court the woman did keep her eyes shut through their exchange, but caught a glimpse of the man's dark skin when she opened them after hearing one of her children stir next door.",
"Deepak Dhankar (not pictured) tricked a woman into having sex with him by telling her he was a blonde muscular man called Jamie (stock image) The woman had been left suffering from crippling anxiety and panic attacks, it was revealed when her victim impact statement was read to the court.",
"Dhankar, a married and apparent father-of-two pleaded guilty to one charge of procuring sexual penetration by fraud over the incident, which took place in October 2012.",
"Mr Hammill also told the court the mother feared for her safety and that of her children once she became aware the man was not who she thought he was, but continued to 'play along' with Dhankar until he left.",
"She then confronted him following the ordeal and the 29-year-old pleaded with her not to contact police, as he had two daughters that needed a father.",
"Dhankar is said to have repeatedly called the woman that night, and sent her an image of two young girls the next day who he claimed would with be without their dad if he was put behind bars.",
"The couple met on dating site Oasis and the woman kept her eyes closed throughout their encounter .",
"The woman's victim impact statement revealed she considered herself a 'lesser person and a horrible mother' and blamed her trusting nature for the incident.",
"Defence counsel Jane Dixon, QC said Dhankar's actions as 'extremely deceitful, dishonest and stupid'.",
"'What might have started off as experimental sexual behaviour online ... developed into a deception which had very significant consequences,' she told the court.",
"Dhankar's wife has said she will stick by his side, and the man has agreed to undergo counselling.",
"Judge Jane Patrick warned that people should not mislead others on dating websites.",
"Dhankar is on bail and will be sentenced later this month."
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"Deepak Dhankar tricked a woman into having sexual relations with him .",
"He told her he was a muscular blonde Caucasian man called Jamie .",
"The woman kept her eyes closed through their sexual encounter .",
"Dhankar, 29, of Indian heritage, has a wife and two children .",
"The woman also has children ."
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"There are many odd sports taken up by thrill-seekers looking for that next adrenaline rush, but a new game of Russian roulette using Tasers must surely be one of the most extreme - and bizarre.",
"The sport sees a group of hardcore pain addicts electrocuting themselves with the weapons, which shoot out two electrical darts through which courses 50,000 volts of electricity.",
"Pictures show the competitors - many of them shirtless - holding 'guns' to each others heads, or their own heads, before firing them.",
"But it seems the fun of the game is not getting shocked, but rather 'surviving' to fight another round.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"The game - named Perm, after the Russian city it was invented in - sees people shooting each other, or themselves, with Tasers .",
"Tasers shoot out 10,000 volts of electricity - but players say it is just like being punched .",
"There is only a one-in-seven chance of being electrocuted at the start of the game, as there is only one live cartridge in the seven chambers .",
"Each of the gun-like weapons only has one 'live' cartridge in the barrel of the seven chambers - so there is only a one in seven chance you will end up writhing in pain.",
"Players claim the shock is a bit like being punched.",
"However, if a player 'survives' the first round, a second live cartridge is placed in the gun which doubles the chance of them firing the weapon into their body.",
"As each round continues the number of cartridges increases accordingly.",
"And if people get bored with just shooting just one person, there is the 'Love Triangle' where three players face off against each other .",
"However, the game is still probably a more sensible option than the original version of Russian roulette, which uses actual bullets and comes with a substantial risk of death.",
"And there is an added bonus for the winner, who gets to take home the 200 roubles - about £2 -each player has paid to take part.",
"Very lucky players even win competitions, medals - not to mention the respect of their competitors.",
"The winners - the last man or woman standing - take home the money collected from the 200 rouble entrance fee .",
"It is said the game was invented by an ex-champion fighter, who wanted to find a new thrill after injury ended his career .",
"The game is named Perm - after the industrial city on the edge of the Ural Mountains where the participants live.",
"According to local legend, it was invented by former champion fighter Valery Eschenko, who invented it after realising his days in the ring were over due to an injury.",
"However, whether the game is risk free remains to be seen: people suffering from epilepsy are banned from playing in case a shock induces a seizure.",
"Meanwhile, there are questions in the West - where Tasers are regularly used by police forces - about the safety of the weapons."
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"Players have a one-in-seven chance of being electrocuted by the weapon .",
"Tasers shoot out 10,000 volts but players say it is like being punched .",
"People pay 200 roubles - about £2 - to take part in the game .",
"Winners - the last player standing - take home cash and even medals .",
"Underground 'sport' developed by ex-champion fighter in Russia ."
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"Elizabeth Scarrott, 28 (pictured outside court), was pregnant when she joined Shereene Warrington, 32, in confronting their ex-boyfriend Christian Plumley .",
"A love rat who was seeing three different women was confronted by the mother of his unborn child and another ex-girlfriend after the pair discovered his new affair, a court heard.",
"Pregnant Elizabeth Scarrott, 28, and Shereene Warrington, 32, are said to have joined forces before driving 130 miles from Gloucestershire to Devon to confront their former boyfriend Christian Plumley, 27.",
"The pair hammered on the door of his new girlfriend's terraced home in Newton Abbot as terrified Mr Plumley cowered behind the curtains and shouted: 'She's going to get her head kicked in.'",
"Warrington, a mother, then allegedly produced an axe from under the car seat and smashed the windscreen of Mr Plumley's grey Peugeot 206, causing £600 of damage.",
"The two women then got back into their VW Golf and sped out of the cul-de-sac before driving for two hours back to Gloucestershire.",
"The tangled love life - including the fact that Scarrott and Mr Plumley are now engaged with a child - was outlined to magistrates in Torquay, Devon, yesterday.",
"Scarrott, who was pregnant at the time of the attack but has since given birth, admitted one count of causing another person harassment, alarm or distress with intent and was given a 12-month probation order.",
"Warrington, of Dursley, Gloucestershire, has not yet entered a plea to charges of using threatening words and behaviour with intent, criminal damage and possession of an axe in public.",
"At yesterday's court hearing for Scarrott, Nicholas Bradley, prosecuting, said: 'The defendant travelled down from Gloucestershire to Newton Abbot.",
"'She had previously been in a relationship with Mr Plumley.",
"She was pregnant with his child.",
"'The attack related to Mr Plumley's behaviour to do with a relationship with another girl.",
"Scarrott was very upset.'",
"Scarrott (pictured above with Mr Plumley) and Warrington 'drove 130 miles from Gloucestershire to Devon to confront Mr Plumley'.",
"They hammered on the door of his new girlfriend's terraced home in Newton Abbot .",
"Warrington allegedly smashed Mr Plumley's Peugeot 206 with an axe, causing £600 of damage.",
"She faces charges of using threatening words and behaviour with intent, criminal damage and possession of an axe .",
"Alistair James, mitigating, said Scarrott, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, was dealing with personal issues and is actually a 'candid' and 'reasonably intelligent' girl.",
"'She did not come down to cause trouble,' he said.",
"'She does accept, however, that in the highly emotive environment words were said and it became a public order incident.",
"'In the heat of the moment she got herself into a foolish situation.'",
"On his Facebook page shortly after the incident on June 15, Mr Plumley described the attack as a 'result ov a snake in the grass' (sic).",
"However, after patching up their differences Scarrott got engaged to Mr Plumley and she gave birth to their son on June 29, just two weeks after the incident.",
"On her Facebook page, Scarrott said that she could not wait to marry Mr Plumley.",
"She wrote: 'I have finally after all these years found my sole (sic) mate, my best friend and love of my life.",
"Scarrott, who was pregnant at the time of the attack, has since given birth to Mr Plumley's child and the pair are now engaged.",
"She claims she can't wait to marry her future husband after settling their differences .",
"Scarrott (pictured left with Mr Plumley and right) admitted one count of causing another person harassment, alarm or distress with intent and was given a 12-month probation order.",
"She was also ordered to pay costs .",
"'It's bin ups and downs and sometimes a hard road.",
"But all it's made me realise is haw (sic) much I love this man and the hard times just made us stronger.",
"'No one is perfect.",
"But I love every imperfection of his.",
"He has given me my third amazing son and there is nothing I wouldent do for him (sic).'",
"District Judge Kevin Gray ordered Scarrott to pay £85 in court costs and a £60 victim surcharge.",
"He said: 'This was an incident where clearly you have travelled and we all know the reason why.",
"'Clearly there has been a making up and that clearly is relevant.'",
"Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article."
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"Elizabeth Scarrott, 28, and Shereene Warrington, 32, confronted ex-partner .",
"Pregnant Scarrott and Warrington said to have targeted Christian Plumley .",
"Pair drove to his new partner's home in Devon after finding out about affair .",
"Warrington is accused of smashing Mr Plumley's Peugeot car with an axe .",
"Scarrott admitted causing him harassment, alarm or distress with intent .",
"Mr Plumley and Scarrott now engaged and she has given birth to his child ."
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"A Syrian girl has been stoned to death for opening a Facebook account, it has been claimed.",
"The girl, named in media reports as Fatoum Al-Jassem, was sentenced to death by a Sharia court in Al-Reqqa after it ruled having a Facebook account was immoral behaviour.",
"She was taken to the court by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants after she was caught using the social networking site, it has been reported.",
"ISIS militants have reportedly stoned a Syrian girl to death for having a Facebook account (file picture) The court, which is under the jurisdiction of ISIS, ruled the act of being a member of the social network deserved to be punished the same way as adultery, according to examiner.com.",
"A report in the Arabic-language Al-Rai Al-Youm was picked up by the Fars news agency, a semi-autonomous organisation linked to the Iranian government.",
"The Iran regime has supported Bashar Al-Assad throughout the Syrian civil war.",
"The ISIS is a pro-Al Qaida jihadist group that many fear is taking .",
"an iron grip over parts of Syria.",
"The . group was formed in April 2013 and grew out of Al Qaeda's affiliate .",
"organisation in Iraq.",
"It has since become one of the main jihadist .",
"groups fighting government forces in Syria.",
"It took over Al-Reqqa after rebels overran the city in March 2013.",
"It was the first provincial capital to fall under rebel control.",
"ISIS took over the city of Raqqa after rebels overran the city in March 2013.",
"It was the first provincial capital to fall under rebel control (file picture) Rebels who have voiced their opposition to ISIS have found themselves arrested and thrown in jail without trial.",
"The town’s women, meanwhile, have been ordered by ISIS via posters to ‘cover up their beauty’, according to CNN, and banned from seeing male doctors or even leaving home without a male relative.",
"One female activist drew comparisons between the once-liberal Raqqa and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.",
"The final 's' in the acronym Isis stems from the Arabic word 'al-Sham'.",
"This can mean the Levant, Syria or even Damascus but in the context of the global jihad it refers to the Levant.",
"Its precise size is unknown, but it is thought to include thousands of fighters, including many foreign jihadists.",
"Analysts say non-Syrians constitute a majority of Isis's elite fighter corps and are disproportionately represented in its leadership.",
"It took over the city of Al-Reqqa after rebels overran the city in March 2013.",
"It also has a presence in a number of towns close to the Turkish border in the north of the country, and has gained a reputation for brutal rule in the areas that it controls.",
"The group has been operating independently of other jihadist groups such as the Nusra Front and has had a tense relationship with other rebels in Syria.",
"In July, a commander of the Western-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) was reportedly shot dead by Isis fighters in the coastal province of Lattakia.",
"There were also reports of deadly clashes between the two groups in the north-western province of Idlib.",
"Isis also seized the northern town of Azaz from the FSA on 18 September.",
"There has also been friction with other Islamists.",
"In November 2013, ISIS was accused of killing a prominent member of the Syrian Islamist rebel group Ahrar al-Sham.",
"In the most recent sign of continuing tension, ISIS suffered losses in two days of fighting against an alliance of other rebel forces in Aleppo and Idlib provinces."
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"Girl sentenced to death by Sharia court for having Facebook account .",
"Court ruled being a member of social network deserved to be punished in the same way as adultery ."
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"After 40 years of fruitlessly wandering the fields - a metal detector from Southampton hit it big by stumbling on one of the largest hordes of Anglo-Saxon coins, now believed to be worth £1 million.",
"Until that day Paul Coleman had only found a musket ball and had been moving from one field to the next when by 'pure fate' his metal detector gave a signal.",
"And when he dug down he found 5,200 silver coins wrapped in a lead sheet - which are now set to go on display before they are put up for sale.",
"Paul Coleman discovered approximately 5,200 of these Anglo-Saxon silver pennies, worth £1million, in Buckinghamshire late last year .",
"Paul Coleman, from Southampton, was with his son Liam and friend Jack when he unearthed the hoard of ancient coins .",
"Mr Coleman, 59, from Southampton, added he normally would not normally have gone up to Lenborough, Buckinghamshire.",
"The hoard contains coins from the time of Athelred II (978-1016) and King Cnut (1016-1035) and were believed have been buried at the end of Cnut's reign.",
"A small number of the coins were today on display at the British Museum for the launch of a report which lists the discovery as the biggest of the nationwide treasure finds.",
"The father-of-two was with his son Liam and friend Jack when he discovered the huge find while out on a dig with the Weekend Wanderers Detecting Club on December 21 last year.",
"A modern British penny (left) is pictured beside one of the roughly 5,200 Anglo-Saxon coins unearthed .",
"He said: 'It was just a day's metal detecting, but it was perhaps a little further than I wanted to travel, it was about a 120 miles or so drive.",
"'On the day it just seemed like the thing that was going to happen.",
"Sometimes you have that feeling, it was so natural when it happened, I can't explain it.",
"'I just had that feeling that the day was going to end well.",
"'At the time it would not have been my choice to spend that kind of money to go all that way to find nothing, because that's what generally happens.",
"But I was talked round by my son and his friend Jack.'",
"Just before the find, the trio had decided to leave the field they were in and move into another.",
"While making their way they continued to use their equipment as they walked, but he found his friend's metal detector affected his, and he moved over away from him and walked directly over it.",
"He said: 'It was pure fate, and we drove all the way to the Midlands which we wouldn't normally do, so you see what I mean I felt I was drawn to it.",
"Paul Coleman said he had only found one musket ball in 40 years of using a metal detector before he discovered the stash of Anglo-Saxon coins .",
"'After that I said to Jack I will always move over.'",
"He added: 'It's the first treasure I've found, but that depends how you qualify as treasure.",
"I have found things which I treasure, because they are interesting, but this is the first treasure.",
"'The signal from the find was so large and so deep, that when I first uncovered the first coin I knew there was more than that one coin.",
"When I picked it up I could see behind it and I knew there was more.",
"'There so much speculation going round and someone suggested that each Cnut coin is worth £250 and times that by 5,000 is more than £1million, but I just don't know and I don't want to speculate, I don't want to get my hopes up.",
"'I've been doing this for 40 years. But there aren't many metal detectors that would describe themselves as treasure hunters, that's not really why you do it.'",
"Discussing his emotions at the time, he said: 'I think people want me to say is that I jumped up and down and run round the field, but it didn't work that way.",
"'It's like you've been doing the lottery for 30 years and you find one day you win, the first reaction is relief.",
"It's hard to describe.",
"'I was like winning the pools, but not in the sense I was running around and dancing around.",
"It was nice to know all that effort all paid off.",
"I only found one musket ball before I found all those coins.'",
"The coins are still being catalogued and examined by experts at the British Museum, before the hoard goes to corners court where the coroner will decide whether it is treasure or not.",
"It will then be valued by independent experts before they are sold to a museum.",
"On what he would spend his share of the money on, Mr Coleman, he said: 'I haven't really thought about it.",
"I don't really know.",
"'I have to say our family home is a bit small for family to visit, from Liverpool, so it would be nice to be able to put them up if they were to come to stay.'",
"King Canute (pictured) was King of Denmark, England, Scotland and Norway at the same time .",
"Ethelred became King of England at the age of seven following the murder of his half-brother Edward II in 978 at Corfe Castle, Dorset, by Edward's own supporters.",
"Given the nickname 'Un-raed' or 'Unready' (meaning 'no counsel', or that he was unwise), Ethelred failed to win or retain the allegiance of many of his subjects after the church transformed his brother into a 'royal martyr'.",
"In 1002, he ordered the massacre of all Danes in England to eliminate potential treachery.",
"Unable to soldier, Ethelred defended the country against increasingly rapacious Viking raids from the 980s onwards by diplomatic alliance with the duke of Normandy in 991.",
"In 1013, Ethelred fled to Normandy when the powerful Viking Sweyn of Denmark dispossessed him.",
"Ethelred returned to rule after Sweyn's death in 1014, but died in 1016.",
"Meanwhile, King Canute, pictured right, also known as Canute the Great, lived between 985 and 1035.",
"Although Danish he was King of Denmark, England, Scotland and Norway at the same time.",
"Canute's claim to the throne of England was initially rejected by this country's noblemen so he returned home.",
"There he raised an army of more than 10,000 men and in 1016 launched an invasion force that sailed up the Thames.",
"According to legend he believed himself to be so powerful his command could hold back the tide.",
"He tested this theory by having his throne placed on the shore where he vainly tried to command the tides back until he nearly drowned.",
"However, some historians argue the demonstration was proof of his wisdom in showing courtiers he was not taken in by their flattery.",
"After his death Canute was buried in the Old Minster at Winchester.",
"During the English Civil War, his coffin was among those smashed by parliamentarian soldiers and his bones scattered.",
"His bones remain at Winchester Cathedral but are intermingled with those of other deceased English kings."
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"He had only ever found a musket bullet prior to the historic discovery .",
"Mr Coleman said: 'I just had that feeling that the day was going to end well'\nThe stash of Anglo-Saxon coins set to go on display at British Museum ."
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"One member of the public dies at the hands of the police in Jamaica every day, the Daily Mail can reveal.",
"Since the start of the year, officers from the island’s notoriously corrupt force have killed someone every 24 hours.",
"The shocking figure comes after a local newspaper last weekend alleged there are ‘police death squads’ operating in the country.",
"Similar accusations have been around since the 1980s.",
"Amnesty International has called for an urgent inquiry into the fresh claims, which have been denied by senior officers.",
"Starling figures have revealed Jamaican police forces have killed one person a day since the start of 2014.",
"Police patrol the streets of Kingston in 2010 after two officers were killed .",
"A former Scotland Yard murder squad chief is already conducting an independent investigation into dozens of fatal police shootings in Jamaica – more than half of which are said to be suspicious.",
"Ex Detective Chief Superintendent Hamish Campbell moved there six months ago, shortly after retiring from the Metropolitan Police.",
"He describes the number of police killings on the island as ‘just incredible’.",
"In response to claims of death squads in the Jamaica Constabulary Force he told the Mail there was a widespread belief that the police were killing people because they knew they wouldn’t get them into court.",
"‘There is a widespread belief that the police are killing people who can’t otherwise get to the courts.,' he said.",
"'The courts have huge backlogs.",
"Trials are years and years behind.",
"Some cases are dismissed by the courts, because the police evidence is simply not up to scratch.",
"'It is difficult finding people who are brave enough to sit on juries.",
"Generally speaking, the police say they ‘all the people we shoot are criminals, they have guns, we have an encounter with them and they are killed’,’ said Mr Campbell.",
"‘But the obsessive deadly force does not match up with the witness testimony in many of the cases.’ ‘A long-term culture has developed (in the police) that these judicial killings will cleanse the ranks of criminals.",
"It is a completely unacceptable and inappropriate approach to take.’ Armed police enter Kingston Public Hospital in May 2010.",
"This year's figures reveal a rise in the number of people killed by officers since last year .",
"Mr Campbell described a 'long-term culture' in which police officers are accused of killing criminals who can't get to court.",
"Above, officers in Kingston tote guns while patrolling streets and stopping citizens .",
"Mr Campbell pointed out the differences between the island's police force and that of London where the shooting of Mark Duggan by Metropolitan police sparked riots and an inquest .",
"And he points out that the police’s method is not working as the murder rate on the Caribbean island is as high as ever.",
"Mr Campbell, who led a series of high-profile Met investigations including those into the murder of BBC presenter Jill Dando and the ‘spy in the bag’ death of MI6 agent Gareth Williams, added: ‘Around 1,100 people were murdered in Jamaica (population 3million) last year.",
"‘I can put that into context by saying that across the whole of London (population around 8-9million), there were 100 murders in the year before I left.’ At the current rate, the number of people killed by police on the Caribbean island this year could surpass the 258 of 2013.",
"That figure – which included 40 people in October alone – represented a sharp rise on deaths in the previous two years.",
"In 2012, 219 people were killed by police while the corresponding figure for 2011 was 210.",
"Mr Campbell, 56, knows he and his team of 37 investigators at Jamaica’s Independent Commission of Investigations – a watchdog set up in 2010 – are facing an enormous challenge as they bid to bring down the number of people killed by police.",
"Hamish Campbell (left) said he was not concerned for his safety but for that of his investigators within Indecom.",
"His team are pictured in Denham Town, West Kingston after two men were killed by police .",
"After 40 people were killed in October last year, Mr Campbell¿s watchdog held a press conference to express concerns about the wave of shootings, which only merited three paragraphs in a leading local newspaper .",
"Since he arrived on the island, six police officers have been charged with murder and he is aware that in a country where a contract killing can cost as little as £12, his job is not without its risks.",
"He said: ‘I am not worried about my own safety.",
"I am more concerned about my investigators.’ Last year all but 13 of the 258 people killed by the police were shot.",
"The majority of those who died could be described as criminals, with some record or other, said Mr Campbell.",
"He said the people killed by police .",
"‘are generally unemployed, criminals, individuals convicted or acquitted .",
"at court. They are not middle-class Jamaicans.",
"‘Individuals . who give evidence against corrupt officers have also been killed, as .",
"have completely innocent people gunned down by mistake.’ Mr Campbell described the stark contrast between policing in London and the Caribbean island.",
"Former Detective Superintendent Hamish Campbell described the situation as 'just incredible' He said: ‘I was watching the aftermath of the Mark Duggan inquest in London on TV.",
"I thought it was quite interesting how people reacted to one single shooting by the police, which admittedly caused a riot, but which inquest jurors decided was a lawful killing.",
"'I saw how the Commissioner of the Met went on TV and there was a lot of media interest in the case.",
"‘I almost wrote to Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, because the Duggan case had all the hallmarks of an accountable shooting – an audit trail, video recording, statements and evidence of police planning and it all came before an inquest to be explained and in that case justified.",
"‘Over here, in the first 13 days of January, we had 13 people shot dead by the police.",
"‘But very little, if anything is said.",
"There is no police response, There is no coroner’s inquest.",
"No public inquiries.",
"The level of response, or lack of it, is simply alarming.",
"‘Indecom was established by the Government here to redress the Jamaican police investigating themselves and to try to bring down – through training and education and examination of police practices – the level of shootings.",
"’ After 40 people were killed in October last year, Mr Campbell’s watchdog held a press conference to express concerns about the wave of shootings.",
"It merited only three paragraphs in a leading local newspaper – a sign, perhaps, of how even the media in Jamaica are not shocked by the frequency of police killings.",
"At a public meeting in November, he spoke of his frustration that three years after his watchdog was set up, many in the police still oppose the crackdown on shootings.",
"‘In the UK and elsewhere, an independent body is just that, it sets out to investigate on behalf of the public matters of death, brutality, all sorts of things and doesn't allow the police service to interfere with the laws which have been settled,’ he added."
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"A person has been killed by police every 24 hours since the start of 2014 .",
"A local newspaper recently alleged there are 'police death squads' on island .",
"Amnesty International has called for an urgent inquiry into claims .",
"Former Scotland Yard murder squad chief described 'obsessive deadly force'\nEx Detective Chief Superintendent Hamish Campbell spoke of 'judicial killings'"
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"The Roman Catholic archbishop of Cincinnati has criticized the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' movie as 'a direct assault on Christian marriage.'",
"The new movie is based on the best-selling erotic novel of the same name by E.L. James that includes bondage, dominance and sadomasochism.",
"'Fifty Shades of Grey' follows the relationship between 27-year-old billionaire and BDSM enthusiast Christian Grey and virginal college student Anastasia Steele.",
"Archbishop Dennis Schnurr said in a message to priests and on the archdiocese's Facebook page that the movie is in 'direct contrast to the Christian message' about marriage and sexual intimacy.",
"Critical: Archbishop Dennis Schnurr has said that 'Fifty Shades of Grey' is in 'direct contrast to the Christian message' about marriage and sexual intimacy .",
"His statement urges informing people about 'the destructive message' of the movie and highlighting 'the beauty of God's design for loving relationships between a husband and wife in the bond of marriage.'",
"In full, the Facebook post read 'From Archbishop Schnurr: The movie, Fifty Shades of Grey, is scheduled to debut in theaters across America on February 13, 2015.",
"The story line is presented as a romance; however, the underlying theme is that bondage, dominance, and sadomasochism are normal and pleasurable.'",
"It continued 'In the story line, a young Miss Steele is urged to sign a contract becoming a sex slave and agreeing to an abusive and degrading relationship.",
"This movie is in direct contrast to the Christian message of God’s design for self-giving and self-sacrificing love, marriage and sexual intimacy.'",
"'The movie is a direct assault on Christian marriage and on the moral and spiritual strength of God’s people,' the statement went on.",
"'We need to inform our people about the destructive message of this movie and to highlight the beauty of God’s design for loving relationships between a husband and wife in the bond of marriage.'",
"Controversial: 'Fifty Shades of Grey' follows the relationship between 27-year-old billionaire and BDSM enthusiast Christian Grey and virginal college student Anastasia Steele (played here by Dakota Johnson) According to the Cincinatti Enquirer, Schurr's letter to priests was from February 4.",
"The newspaper reported that the Facebook page for the archdiocese previously had a photo up with the words 'Boycott Fifty Shades of Grey' - and beneath that line were the words 'Ditch the film, and give instead to a domestic violence shelter.'",
"A staffer mistakenly uploaded the photograph, archdiocese spokesman Dan Andriacco told the Cincinnati Enquirer.",
"'I'm sure the archbishop would not think it's a bad idea, but it's not his idea,' Andriacco told the newspaper.",
"'This is not something the archbishop specifically has asked for.'",
"The Cincinnati Archdiocese comprises 19 counties.",
"In an Associated Press interview published Wednesday, James said of 'Fifty Shades' 'The fact is, it's a love story, and women respond to the love story.",
"The fact that there's a little bit of kinky sex in there is sort of like an added bonus.",
"It's just become sensationalized, because it's like... Oh my God, women like sex.",
"Yes we do, thank you very much!'"
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"Archbishop Dennis Schnurr has said that 'Fifty Shades of Grey' is in 'direct contrast to the Christian message' about marriage and sexual intimacy .",
"The new movie is based on the best-selling erotic novel of the same name by E.L. James that includes bondage, dominance and sadomasochism .",
"'Fifty Shades of Grey' follows the relationship between 27-year-old billionaire Christian Grey and virginal college student Anastasia Steele ."
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"The United States and UK have closed their embassies in Yemen as Shiite rebels have taken control of much of the country on the brink of civil war.",
"'Due to uncertain security situation in Yemen, we have suspended our embassy operations; embassy staff have been relocated out of Sana'a,' the State Department said.",
"The closure follows months of unrest in the country and the southwestern end of the Arabian Peninsula, including the collapse of its US-backed government.",
"Staff at the embassy, which was already working with a bare bones crew, will leave the capital by Wednesday evening.",
"The US has closed its embassy in Yemen as the country teeters on the brink of civil war after the government's collapse.",
"Above, a photo from 2012 shows Yemenis protesting at the gates of the American diplomatic building .",
"The State Department said that the closure of the embassy (pictured with Yemeni soldiers) was due to the 'uncertain security situation' in the country .",
"Shiite Houthi rebels, linked to Iran, have bombarded and now taken control of the majority-Sunni nation's capital Sana'a.",
"'The security situation in Yemen has continued to deteriorate over recent days,' UK Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood said.",
"The State Department urged all US citizens to leave Yemen, and said anyone planning on traveling to the Middle Eastern country should wait.",
"The embassy told US citizens that 'All consular services, routine and/or emergency, have been suspended until further notice'.",
"A British statement on the closure said the move was 'a temporary suspension of operations'.",
"An American diplomatic car in the country was shot by 87 automatic rounds on Jan 19, according to the New York Times.",
"Armor on the car was able to withstand the assault and two diplomats inside were able to reach safety.",
"An embassy (pictured) statement to US citizens said that all services would be 'suspended until further notice'.",
"The US is expected to ask Turkey or Algeria to look after its interests in the peninsular country .",
"Yemen has been rocked in recent months by fighting between the government, Iran-linked Houthi rebels and anti-Houthi protesters (pictured) The US is expected to ask either Turkey or Algeria to look after its interests in Yemen while the embassy is closed.",
"British citizens can ask for consular assistance at any European Union member state embassy.",
"American officials said that counter-terrorism operations in the area would continue.",
"Last month President Barack Obama said that 'Yemen has never been a perfect democracy or an island of stability' but that the US was able to combat terrorist organizations 'by partnering and intelligence-sharing with that local government'.",
"The government of Yemeni president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi resigned in late January after losing control of the military and intelligence services.",
"He remains under house arrest.",
"Houthi rebels bombarded and eventually took over the Yemeni capital Sana'a (pictured) earlier this year, forcing the government to resign .",
"The US had been supportive of former Yemeni president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi (left with Secretary of State John Kerry, right, in 2013) and launched drone operations in the country .",
"The Houthi rebels dissolved parliament last week and Mohammed Ali al-Houthi was appointed as president, according to Al Jazeera.",
"Mr Al-Houthi's cousin Abdel-Malik al-Houthi is the leader of the insurgents and gave a televised speech to the country on Tuesday.",
"The minority group also announced a transitional council to act as an interim government.",
"Rival political factions have begun UN-brokered talks after the fall of Western-backed leaders, though two parties backed out this week because of alleged Houthi threats.",
"Observers say the breakdown of talks could lead to civil war.",
"A statement from the UK Foreign Office said, 'We will continue to work internationally to help Yemen achieve a legitimate, transparent political transition in which all Yemenis are represented'.",
"Saleh Ali al-Sammad, a senior Houthi figure in Sana'a, said that his party wanted normal relations with the United States and other countries.",
"They oppose al-Qaeda's foothold in their country but are also suspicious of widespread US drone activity in Yemen.",
"Abdel-Malik al-Houthi, leader of the Houthi rebels, gave a televised speech on Tuesday after his movement dissolved parliament last week .",
"The country had been a key operating area for CIA agents and dozens of drone strikes over the past several years.",
"The CIA and the military's Joint Special Operations Command conducted reportedly conducted 23 drone strikes in country in 2014, with the intelligence service leading the majority.",
"The American Embassy in Yemen was the site of a terrorist attack in 2008, when 19 people including ten Yemeni guards and civilians were killed along with six al-Qaeda militants.",
"Non-essential staff at the embassy were sent out of the country in September.",
"Tuesday's shuttering of the embassy is the third such closure for the US since the Arab Spring in 2010, following the end of operations in Damascus, Syria and Tripoli, Libya."
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"Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi stepped down last month .",
"Country has been mired in violence as Shiite Houthi rebels have taken over .",
"Two diplomats in US Embassy car attacked by automatic weapons .",
"Turkey or Algeria likely to keep track of US interests in the country ."
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"A toddler is likely to need a kidney transplant after contracting E.coli on a family holiday to Dorset.",
"Three-year-old Joseph Fincham-Dukes, along with sister, one-year-old Poppy, fell seriously ill after contacting the 055 strain of the bacterial disease.",
"Joseph was left in intensive care for two weeks due to kidney failure after suffering from gastric illness, and it is likely the damage was so severe he will need a kidney transplant.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Three-year-old Joseph Fincham-Dukes suffered kidney failure after contracting E.coli on a holiday in Dorset .",
"Eighteen people are believed to have contracted the illness in the Dorset area between July and November last year.",
"Ten were confirmed in the Blandford area, with others reported in Portland, Bournemouth and Poole.",
"The Fincham-Dukes were visiting family in Portland and have instructed lawyers to investigate how the two young children contracted E.coli.",
"Joseph's father Neil, said: 'It was absolutely heart-breaking and terrifying to see Joseph in intensive care and then going through dialysis every day.",
"Thankfully, he is now in a stable condition but the whole situation has been very scary for us all.",
"An outbreak of E.coli in Dorset, that is believed to have started in June last year, is still being investigated by Public Health England .",
"'We have been told that he is not suffering from neurological problems, but experts are unsure how this illness will affect him in the long-term.",
"'We are extremely upset and angry that his condition was not diagnosed earlier and that GPs were apparently not informed of an outbreak of E. coli and the symptoms to look out for.",
"'We want to know how this could have happened and we have approached lawyers because we heard that other children in the area were ill with similar symptoms.",
"Escherichia coli or E.coli, is a group of bacteria that live in the intestines of animals and humans.",
"Many strains are harmless, but some can cause serious health problems.",
"About 35,000 people are struck down by different forms of E.coli infection every year.",
"Many cases are mild, such as urinary tract infections, but 1,000 a year are hit by E.coli food poisoning which can be very serious, particularly to children and the elderly.",
"The most common serious E.coli strain in Britain is O157.",
"Symptoms include severe diarrhoea, stomach cramps and fever.",
"Infections can cause serious complications such as potentially fatal kidney problems or brain damage.",
"The bug releases toxins which can affect blood vessels – leading to fits and attacking the kidneys.",
"It may also harm the heart.",
"Infection is spread by consuming food or water contaminated with the bacteria, or through contact with infected people or farm animals.",
"A severe outbreak at a petting farm in Surrey affected 76 young children in 2009, ten of them suffering long-term effects.",
"The UK’s largest E.coli food poisoning outbreak killed 21 people in Lanarkshire in 1996.",
"'I hope that they can find out what caused our children's' illnesses so that lessons can be learned and no one else has to suffer as my children have done.'",
"E. coli O55 is a rare strain of the bacteria which can have very serious consequences.",
"Joseph's symptoms began in early November 2014 and he suffered with diarrhoea and sickness.",
"He visited his doctor on two occasions, but unfortunately his condition worsened and he suffered a number of seizures and became disorientated.",
"He was rushed to hospital and diagnosed with Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS).",
"He spent two weeks in intensive care and required daily dialysis for a number of weeks due to the severity of his symptoms.",
"He is still receiving dialysis three times a week and his treating doctors have confirmed that he is likely to need a kidney transplant in the future because of the severity of the damage to his kidneys.",
"Now Joseph's father Neil, 31, from Bath has instructed public health lawyers at Irwin Mitchell to investigate why his son and daughter contracted the disease which ruined their trip away.",
"Tonia Kingsley, a solicitor and expert public health lawyer at Irwin Mitchell said: 'The illness described to us by our clients is particularly concerning and it illustrates the serious consequences E.coli can have on vulnerable people, particularly children.",
"'Sadly, many of our clients have suffered long-term and often permanent health problems arising from their initial infections including kidney damage and severe neurological injury.",
"We hope that Joseph, Poppy and everyone else affected by this outbreak make a complete and swift recovery.",
"'We will be obtaining detailed expert medical evidence to identify the extent of any long-term health issues that there may be for our clients and to pinpoint the risks of any future complications which may affect their health and quality of life.",
"'The seriousness of severe gastric illness should never be underestimated and it is vital that authorities work quickly and thoroughly to determine the cause of the outbreak in Dorset and establish if there is a wider problem in the way illness outbreaks are controlled, as this follows other UK-wide outbreaks of bacterial illness in recent months.'",
"'As we conduct our investigations we ask anyone who has also suffered gastric illness, which could be related to the recently reported outbreak in Dorset, to contact with to assist us with our enquiries on behalf of Joseph and Poppy.'",
"Public Health England (PHE) and local environmental health officials are investigating the outbreak in a bid to find the cause.",
"A spokesperson for PHE told MailOnline Travel: 'The investigation is ongoing and although we haven't had any reported cases of E.coli since November, every effort is being made to discover the cause.",
"'We have conducted enhanced screening in Dorset, but we have yet to find a real link concerning all the cases, apart from that they are all from Dorset.",
"'It's a multi-agency team that deals with outbreak control, from the PHE to food hygiene standards, and the work is ongoing.'"
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"Three-year-old Joseph Fincham-Dukes fell seriously ill on family trip .",
"Joseph was left in intensive care for two weeks due to kidney failure .",
"Public Health England (PHE) say investigations are continuing .",
"PHE say there have been no reported cases in Dorset since November ."
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"Robots may well replace factory workers over the next decade, but they don't pose a serious threat to middle class jobs, claims billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel.",
"Venture capitalist Thiel, who co-founded PayPal and was early backer of Facebook, dismissed claims that machines pose an imminent threat to American workers.",
"'Middle class jobs in the U.S. are not threatened by artificially-intelligent robots.",
"That's like science fiction.",
"It might happen in 100 years, maybe never,' he said on Tuesday at The Economist's Buttonwood Gathering.",
"Robots may well replace factory workers over the next decade, but they don't pose a threat to middle class jobs for at least one hundred years, claims billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel .",
"The Silicon Valley entrepreneur also said middle class jobs were threatened more by globalization, not technology.",
"'I'm not against globalization, but we should be very clear that that's the force of pressure on the middle class.",
"It's not this scapegoat called technology,' he said, reports CNN Money.",
"New research from the Boston Consult Group released this week claims that the falling cost of industrial robots will allow manufacturers to use them to replace more factory workers over the next decade.",
"Robots now perform roughly 10 percent of manufacturing tasks that can be done by machines.",
"The management consulting firm projected that to rise to about 25 percent of such 'automatable' tasks by 2025.",
"In turn, labor costs stand to drop by 16 percent on average globally over that time, according to the research.",
"Robots now perform 10 percent of manufacturing tasks that can be done by machines, according to the Boston Consulting Group, which says this will rise to about 25 per cent by 2025 .",
"The shift will mean an increasing demand for skilled workers who can operate the machines, said Hal Sirkin, a senior partner at Boston Consulting.",
"Factory workers 'will be higher paid but there will be fewer of them,' Sirkin said.",
"The research found a tipping point for installing robots: Companies tend to start thinking about replacing workers when the costs of owning and operating a system come at a 15 percent discount to employing a human counterpart.",
"For example, in the U.S. automotive industry, which is predicted to be one of the more aggressive adopters of robots, a spot-welding machine costs $8 an hour versus $25 an hour for a worker.",
"A robot that can perform certain repetitive tasks costs about one-tenth as much as it did more than 10 years ago, Sirkin said.",
"Costs tied to one commonly used robotics system, a spot welder, are expected to fall 22 percent between now and 2025.",
"Three-fourths of robot installations over the next decade are expected to be concentrated in four areas: transportation equipment, including the automotive sector; computer and electronic products; electrical equipment and machinery.",
"Certain countries also are expected to be more briskadopters.",
"China, the United States, Japan, Germany and South Korea now account for about 80 percent of robot purchases and are expected to maintain that share over the next decade .",
"21st century traffic warden: Research showed that images produced droids could give out parking tickets .",
"According to Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, a research fellow in UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies, care for the elderly and even children are among the jobs to be replaced by artificially intelligent beings within the next 50 years.",
"Her research suggests human workers across a plethora of service sectors and caring professions could be replaced by droids within our lifetimes.",
"She believes that as the rapid advances in technology achieved this century are projected to continue at an astonishing rate, this will allow robots to break free of science fiction and establish themselves in our everyday life.",
"According to her research - which polled 2,000 people about which jobs they thought were most unpopular and could be among the first to be given to robots for the TC channel Syfy - traffic wardens (65 per cent), estate agents (40 per cent) and car salesman (33 per cent) could soon be lost to history.",
"By 2025, robots should be able to handle 30 to 40 percent of automatable tasks in these industries.",
"Adoption will be slower in industries such as food products, plastics, fabricated metal, and wood products, where many tasks will remain difficult to automate and wages are relatively low.",
"Thanks to technological advances, however, robots are making greater inroads in these industries as well.",
"'Regardless of whether it's time to invest in next-generation robots, manufacturers everywhere should start preparing,' added Sirkin.",
"'They need to understand how costs and automation technologies are changing in their industries and what their competitors are up to.",
"Stark warning: Professor Stephen Hawking says we must be vigilant about artificial intelligence .",
"Artificial Intelligence has been described as a threat that could be 'more dangerous than nukes'.",
"Now a group of scientists and entrepreneurs, including Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking, have signed an open letter promising to ensure AI research benefits humanity.",
"The letter warns that without safeguards on intelligent machines, mankind could be heading for a dark future.",
"The document, drafted by the Future of Life Institute, said scientists should seek to head off risks that could wipe out mankind.",
"The authors say there is a 'broad consensus' that AI research is making good progress and would have a growing impact on society.",
"It highlights speech recognition, image analysis, driverless cars, translation and robot motion as having benefited from the research.",
"'The potential benefits are huge, since everything that civilization has to offer is a product of human intelligence; we cannot predict what we might achieve when this intelligence is magnified by the tools AI may provide, but the eradication of disease and poverty are not unfathomable,' the authors write.",
"But it issued a stark warning that research into the rewards of AI had to be matched with an equal effort to avoid the potential damage it could wreak.",
"For instance, in the short term, it claims AI may put millions of people out of work.",
"In the long term, it could have the potential to play out like a fictional dystopias in which intelligence greater than humans could begin acting against their programming."
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"Dismissed claims that machines pose an imminent threat to American workers .",
"Said it could be 100 years before middle class jobs are threatened by artificially-intelligent robots .",
"New research claims falling cost of industrial robots will allow manufacturers to use them to replace more factory workers over the next decade ."
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"At 302ft, it is the world’s longest aircraft.",
"That’s longer than the Airbus A380 airliner and almost as long as Big Ben is high.",
"But that is not the HAV304’s main claim to fame.",
"It is a hybrid aircraft – part plane and part airship.",
"It is also almost 30ft (8m) longer than .",
"the airlift cargo aircraft Antonov An-225, which was until now the .",
"longest aircraft ever built.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Full of gas: The world's longest aircraft - part airship, plane and helicopter - has been unveiled in Cardington, Bedfordshire.",
"It will be used for surveillance and aid missions... and resembles something very familiar .",
"The world's longest aircraft, which can stay in the air for up to three weeks, has been unveiled.",
"It will be vital in delivering several tonnes of humanitarian aid .",
"Does my bum look big in this?",
"The amusingly-shaped aircraft has been funded by the singer in Iron Maiden .",
"Useful: It's claimed the unusual craft could be used for surveillance, staying airborne for three weeks at a time .",
"The giant aircraft is being displayed at Cardington in Bedfordshire in the only hangar big enough to accommodate the 113ft (34m) wide and 85ft (26m) high beast.",
"Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of Iron Maiden and a high-profile investor in the aircraft, compared the ship to Thunderbird 2 and described it as a 'game changer.'",
"'It will be able to cross the Atlantic and launch things right where they need to be,' he told Radio 4’s Today programme.",
"At 300ft, the aircraft is longer than the biggest airliner, the Airbus A380, which is 239.5ft.",
"It is also almost 30ft (8m) longer than the airlift cargo aircraft Antonov An-225, which was until now the longest aircraft ever built .",
"Now that's rock-n-roll!",
"Bruce Dickinson, frontman of the 1980s rock legends Iron Maiden, with the craft .",
"So... how does it work? Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson chats with pilot David Burns in the cockpit .",
"Flight deck: Bruce Dickinson at the controls of the helium-filled aircraft.",
"It could be used for aid missions .",
"The designers are planning an even bigger version that will eventually be able to carry 50 tonnes at a time .",
"Bruce Dickinson (left), lead singer of Iron Maiden, compared the ship to Thunderbird 2 (left) and described the craft as a 'game changer' 'It can reach about 100mph and stay airborne for about three-and-a-half weeks.'",
"The low carbon ship, known as the HAV304, doesn't require a runway to take off and is thought to be about 70 per cent more environmentally friendly than a cargo plane.",
"It is due to fly in the UK later this .",
"year and is designed to stay airborne for up to three weeks to help with .",
"activities such as surveillance, communications and delivering aid.",
"Created by Hybrid Air Vehicles and first flown in the U.S, the ultra-green HAV304 project has just received a £2.5 million grant from the UK government.",
"Pictured is the HAV304 arriving at Cardington in December.",
"The aircraft is about 70 per cent more nvironmentally friendly than a cargo plane and doesn't need a runway to take off .",
"Cardington hangar, which now houses the aircraft, was built 100 years ago and is where they built the ill-fated airship, R101 (pictured), in the 1920s .",
"Volume: 1,340,000 ft³ (38,000 m³) Length: 302 ft (92m) Width: 143 ft (43.5m) Height: 85 ft (26m) Endurance: 5 days manned Altitude: up to 20,000 ft (6,100 m) Speed: 92 mph (148 km/hr) Weight: 44,100 lbs (20,000 kg) Payload capacity: 22,050 lbs (10,000 kg) It looks like giant airship but it has a unique aerodynamic shape that means it can also create lift just like an aeroplane wing.",
"The cambered shape provides up to 40 per cent of the vehicle’s lift.",
"This allowed engineers make the machine heavier than air, removing the need for crew to hang onto ropes to hold it down.",
"A number of ballonets fore and aft in each of the hulls provide pressure control.",
"The aircraft is powered by four 350 hp, four litre V8 direct injection, turbocharged diesel engines.",
"Two engines mounted forward on the hull and two on the stern of the hull for cruise operation.",
"The plan is that the HAV304 will eventually lead to the development of the Airlander 50, which would be able to transport 50 tonnes of freight.",
"HAV304 Hull and Mission Module arriving at Cardington.",
"Hybrid Air Vehicles plans to produce around 10 a year for the next four or five years .",
"The huge aircraft combines the best of aeroplane, airship and helicopter design.",
"HAV believes there could be a world market for between 600 and 1,000 of these aircraft.",
"For the time being, the company plans to produce around 10 a year for the next four or five years.",
"This is expected to lead to the creation of 1,800 jobs in the Bedfordshire area.",
"‘The growing aerospace sector has the potential to generate thousands of new jobs and billions of pounds to the UK economy in contracts,’ business secretary Vince Cable said today.",
"‘That is why so much effort is being put in by government and industry to ensure we stay ahead of the competition and build on our strong position as second in the world for aerospace.’ He added: ‘As part our long-term industrial strategy we are jointly funding £2 billion of research and development into the next generation of quieter, more energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly planes.",
"‘That includes backing projects like HAV's innovative low-carbon aircraft which can keep us at the cutting edge of new technology.",
"Here is a British company that has the potential to lead the world in its field.’ Cardington hangar, which now houses .",
"the aircraft, was built 100 years ago and is where they built the .",
"ill-fated airship, R101, in the 1920s.",
"The R101 was twice as long as the hybrid air vehicle and had a dining room and lounge on board.",
"However, it was engulfed by fire after it crashed in France in 1930."
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"Known as the HAV304, aircraft is being displayed at hanger in Bedfordshire .",
"It is 300ft (91m) long making it 60ft (18m) longer than the biggest airliners .",
"It can stay in air for 3 weeks and will be vital to delivering humanitarian aid .",
"Its funders have included the Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson .",
"The aircraft, due to fly later this year, is 70 per cent more environmentally friendly than a cargo plane and doesn’t need a runway to take off ."
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"The latest hazard caused by this winter’s devastating storms and floods has been revealed by police – unexploded bombs.",
"The storms that have ravaged and reshaped parts of the British coastline have led to the discovery of wartime shells long-buried on beaches.",
"There are also fears that flooding along the Thames will erode riverbanks, leading to the discovery of bombs dropped on the area by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War.",
"Remnants: Ammunition has been unearthed by the terrible weather that battered Britain's coasts .",
"Police say that high tides and huge waves have either exposed devices or brought them closer to the surface.",
"Further storms and flooding are expected today as a new front moves in from the Atlantic.",
"The Met Office has issued three severe rain warnings and gusts of wind are expected to reach 70mph.",
"The Environment Agency also still has 48 severe flood warnings issued across the UK following what the Met Office has described as the wettest winter on record.",
"Now walkers are being urged not to touch unidentified metal objects but to alert police to their finds instead.",
"In South West England and West Wales, which bore the brunt of the storms, six devices have been handled by bomb disposal units in six weeks.",
"The Navy’s Southern Diving Group said it had received a 20 per cent increase in reports of unexploded bombs since January.",
"A 100lb Mk XIX Second World War .",
"British anti-submarine mine was found by surfers at Watwick Bay, .",
"Haverfordwest, while a rare First World War German mine surfaced on a .",
"beach near the popular Cornish resort of Newquay.",
"Two mortar shells were found .",
"in Poole Harbour, and mortars have emerged on the shore at Mountbatten .",
"Point, Plymouth, and Crow Point, North Devon.",
"Across the country, more mild weather has seen the floods almost vanish from Thames-side streets .",
"This is how the same street looked a week ago, as rescue workers were force to wade through .",
"A shell at Minehead, Somerset – close to a former naval firing range – was also made safe.",
"Meanwhile a mortar was discovered on a beach at Hemsby, Great Yarmouth.",
"‘Ferocious seas and weather are thought to be responsible,’ said Sergeant Lee Henderson of Devon and Cornwall Police.",
"‘There is also the potential for further bad weather to unearth more devices.",
"‘The bombs may still be very dangerous and people should not touch them but call police officers immediately.’ Other glimpses of wartime Britain have been uncovered at Woolacombe, North Devon, one of the key training beaches for the D-Day landings.",
"The storms revealed an old pill box together with concrete anchorages and pile-driven iron girders.",
"Meanwhile vessels in the English Channel have been warned to watch out for empty shipping containers washed from the Danish-owned Svendborg Maersk cargo ship during the Valentine Day’s storm.",
"About 520 containers were lost and Falmouth Coastguard said: ‘There are a lot and they’re a hazard.",
"The owners are trying to recover what they can.’ The Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s Receiver of Wreck, Alison Kentuck, has warned that anyone recovering items must report finds within 28 days."
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"Weather reshaped parts of British coastline to reveal weapons .",
"Bomb disposal units handling ammunition dropped by Luftwaffe in WWII .",
"Also fears explosives will be found along the Thames after flooding .",
"Met Office has warned storms will continue today with gusts of 70mph ."
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"A motorist in California claims that a gas pump continued to take his money after it stop dispensing fuel, with video evidence to prove it.",
"Luis Maya said he was at a Costco store on Pelandale Avenue in Modesto on February 4 when the incident happened and quickly whipped his phone out to record the 'scam'.",
"Footage shows a price sign on the pump continuing to creep up at the rate of around one cent every three seconds despite the nozzle being outside of the vehicle not dispensing gas.",
"Maya apparently told Costco staff about what had happened and showed them his film.",
"They reported that they'd been having similar problems with another pump.",
"Maya said he was outraged over the extra charges.",
"'I feel this is stealing, even though it's some change coming out of my account, but it adds up when you have hundreds of people that may not check throughout the day.'",
"He uploaded his video to YouTube to serve as a warning to other drivers.",
"Unfair charges: A motorist in California claims that a gas pump continued to take his money after it stop dispensing fuel, with video evidence to prove it .",
"Caught on camera: Luis Maya said he was at a Costco store on Pelandale Avenue in Modesto on February 4 when the incident happened and quickly whipped his phone out to record the 'scam' 'When you're done pumping, check to see if it's still taking your money when it shouldn't, no matter what gas station,' Maya advised.",
"According to the gas nozzle manufacturer Husky, there are many causes behind the phenomenon known as 'meter creep'.",
"It can indicate that parts on the pump need replacing or there is a problem inside the dispenser.",
"Fuel dispensers are subject to stringent requirements regarding safety, accuracy and security.",
"The exact details differ between countries.",
"Almost all California counties by law inspect gasoline pumps at least once per year.",
"However, in Arizona checks are completed every four years unless there is a complaint.",
"Maya says he will be more vigilant for 'meter creep' from now on.",
"'This isn't OK,' he concluded."
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"Luis Maya said he was at a Costco store on Pelandale Avenue in Modesto on February 4 when the incident happened .",
"He quickly whipped his phone out to record the 'scam'\nThe phenomenon is known as meter creep and can occur when parts of the pump need replacing or there is a problem inside the dispenser ."
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"Admiral Lord West of Spithead was on board a cruise liner when the captain told him they had been threatened with a fine, if they did not lower the red ensign .",
"A former First Sea Lord who served in the Falklands War has today accused Argentina of 'flexing its muscles', by banning all non-military British ships flying the 'red duster' flag.",
"Originating in the 17th century, the red ensign was flown by all Royal Navy vessels.",
"But later it became the civil ensign for the United Kingdom.",
"Admiral Lord West of Spithead, who was at the helm of his frigate HMS Ardent when it was bombed and sunk during the Falklands war, was on a cruise earlier this month, when he learned of new laws imposed by the Argentinians.",
"He told Channel 4 news he was a passenger on Cunard's liner, the Queen Victoria cruise ship earlier this month when he discovered his old enemy had been 'flexing their muscles'.",
"He said while dining with the captain one night, she told how she had been threatened with a fine of $10,000, and warned 'there would be trouble', if she didn't take down the red flag.",
"The red duster, as it is known, is flown by all British non-military ships.",
"But Argentina's largest region has passed a law banning vessels flying the flag from docking in Buenos Aires.",
"'I think it’s an insult – it’s an insult to the nation,' Admiral West said, describing the provincial law as 'atrocious'.",
"The law is believed to apply only to ships that have travelled to the Falklands.",
"As such, the Queen Victoria, should not have fallen foul of the new rule.",
"A Foreign Office spokesman said: 'We .",
"condemn any attempts by the Argentine authorities to unnecessarily .",
"interfere with the legitimate transit of UK-flagged vessels…This appears .",
"to be another example of unacceptable harassment and intimidation…We .",
"are urgently discussing the matter with Carnival UK [Cunard's parent .",
"company] and will raise this with the Argentine authorities.'",
"Argentina's president Cristina .",
"Fernández de Kirchner stoked tensions with Britain when she called for .",
"David Cameron to hand the Falklands back to her country.",
"Admiral West - a Labour peer - said he plans to ask questions in parliament about the latest diplomatic incident.",
"Admiral West accused Argentina of 'flexing its muscles' after the country's largest region banned British ships bearing the 'red duster' flag from docking in Buenos Aires .",
"Admiral West was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his leadership during the Falklands War .",
"Admiral West was was promoted to commander in 1980, taking control of the frigate HMS Ardent.",
"He was deployed to the Indian Ocean, where he took part in the first Armilla Patrol.",
"In 1982 he laid a wreath off the coast of Norway, on the spot where the previous Ardent had been sunk by the Germans during the Second World War.",
"Shortly afterwards, the ship was deployed to the South Altantic, for the Falklands War.",
"She sank in Falkland Sound on May 21, 1982, during the successful operation to regain control of the islands.",
"West was the last to desert the sinking ship.",
"He was subsequently awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his leadership and led the victory parade through the City of London on return from the Falklands.",
"He remains President of the HMS Ardent Association.",
"In 1986, while working on the Naval Staff at the Ministry of Defence, West left documents revealing large cuts to the Navy on a canal towpath.",
"The documents were recovered and published by the Mail on Sunday.",
"At a court martial hearing West pleaded guilty to charges of negligence and breaching security.He said the documents had fallen from his coat pocket while he was out walking a friend's dog.West was issued with a severe reprimand.",
"A year later, West was promoted to Captian and given command of HMS Bristol.",
"He spent three years as head of naval intelligence rewriting the NATO intelligence manual after the collapse of the Soviet Union.",
"HMS Ardent sank during the Falklands conflict .",
"In 1993 he was promoted to Commodore and was made Director of Naval Staff Duties at the Ministry of Defence.",
"In 1996 West became Commander of the United Kingdom Task Group, deploying to the Gulf for first UK fighter patrols over Iraq.",
"IN 1997 West was promoted to the role of Vice Admiral and Chief of Defence Intelligence.",
"He was responsible for the provision of intelligence to the chiefs of staff on operations in Sierra Leone, East Timor, Operation Desert Fox in Iraq and the Kosovo war.",
"He was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 2000 New Year Honours.He became a full admiral in November 2000 when he took up the post of Commander-in-Chief Fleet, NATO Commander-in-Chief East Atlantic and NATO Commander Allied Naval Forces North.",
"West co-ordinated the naval response to the September 11 attacks in the North Arabian Sea and Afghanistan.",
"In September 2002 West was appointed as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff.In his role he had overall responsibility for fighting effectiveness and morale of the Naval Service for the successful operations on the US right flank in the invasion of Iraq.",
"In June 2007 West was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the British Home Office, with responsibility for security in the administration of Gordon Brown.",
"He was appointed a life peer by Brown's government.",
"In July 2007 he was created Baron West of Spithead, of Seaview in the County of Isle of Wight and took his seat in the House of Lords."
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"Argentina's largest region has banned all UK ships from docking in Buenos Aires if they are flying the 'red duster' flag .",
"Cruise liner the Queen Victoria was threatened with a fine if it did not lower the flag, which is flown by all non-military British ships .",
"Admiral Lord West of Spithead, who served in the Falklands War, was on board and accused the South American country of 'flexing its muscles'"
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"A couple have been fined for failing to control their six noisy Jack Russell terriers whose barking kept their neighbours awake at night.",
"Dennis Yates, 71, and his wife Valerie, 63, from Stapleford in Nottingham, failed to comply with an abatement notice ordering them to keep the noise down, a court heard.",
"Magistrates were told the couple's dogs were so noisy they drowned out the sound of neighbours' televisions and radios and one said the barking had driven them 'round the bend'.",
"Valerie Yates, 63, and her husband Dennis, 71, (right) admitted failing to comply with an abatement notice to keep the noise down and were fined £1,000 after they were unable to control their six 'noisy' Jack Russells .",
"Other residents complained it was 'like living next to a boarding kennels' and said they were often woken in the early hours by howling and whining.",
"The court heard residents complained about the barking dogs at the Yates' £170,000 semi-detached home last year.",
"Noise monitoring equipment was then installed at their house in July 2014 after residents said the abatement notice had not stopped the problem.",
"Prosecutor Nicola Dumville said: 'When the equipment was removed, several breaches were identified over the course of a weekend.",
"'There were over 50 records that captured barking and howling.'",
"The court heard the couple had previously lived on a 24-acre plot in a £500,000 house with the dogs but were forced to move to a smaller home when Mr Yates was declared bankrupt.",
"Lauren Manuel, defending, said: 'The couple have had these dogs for a number of years - the eldest is 13 years old.",
"'They've clearly been dog lovers for a number of years.",
"It's hard to control the dogs and stop them from barking.",
"If the postman comes or the dogs hear noises at night, it's their instinct to bark.",
"Neighbours on Pasture Road in Staplegrove, Nottingham, complained the dogs were driving them 'round the bend' and said it was 'like living next to a boarding kennels' 'Since the prosecution, they've done everything they can to never really leave the dogs alone.",
"Effectively they don't go out.'",
"One of their neighbours, who did not want to be named, said: 'They are really whiny, yappy dogs and the sound of their bark goes right through you - it's like someone scraping their nails down a blackboard.",
"'We have been driven round the bend by the noise, I feel liked climbing the walls some days.",
"You can barely hear yourself think.",
"They are out of control. 'I just hope I can get a good nights sleep now because it has been a nightmare.",
"I haven't been able to hear the radio, it's been that bad.'",
"The dog-lovers pleaded guilty to failing to comply with the abatement notice at Nottingham Magistrates Court yesterday.",
"They were each ordered to pay an £80 fine as well as a £20 victim surcharge and court costs of £548.38.",
"The couple refused to comment as they left court."
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"Dennis Yates, 71, and wife Valerie, 63, failed to adhere to abatement notice .",
"They had been told to keep their dogs quiet after neighbours complained .",
"One described the barking noise as 'like living next to a boarding kennels'\nThe pair pleaded guilty and fined £80 plus costs of more than £540 each ."
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"The problem of foreign fighters taking up arms alongside the ISIS terror army is growing, according to a senior member of Congress, and more than 150 Americans are now among them.",
"ISIS operates a 'virtual caliphate' online, California Republican Rep. Ed Royce said Thursday, recruiting foreigners at an 'unprecedented rate.'",
"'Some 20,000 foreign fighters from more than 90 countries now make up its ranks' including at least 3,400 from the West and more than 150 Americans,' Royce said during a hearing in the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which he chairs.",
"ISIS 'occupies territory the size of Great Britain, holds an estimated $2 billion in assets, and is believed to be the most well-funded terror group in history.'",
"he warned. Douglas McAuthur McCain was killed in Syria while fighting alongside the ISIS terror army .",
"Abdirahmaan Muhumed is one of 15 young Somali-American men from Minnesota who are fighting for ISIS; 'a Muslim has to stand up for (what's) right,' he told a radio interviewer last year .",
"Executions are common within ISIS, usually staged for public consumption online; a British citizen known as 'Jihadi John' is thought to have carried out many of the killings .",
"House Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce (right), shown with King Abdullah II of Jordan, warned of a 'virtual caliphate' recruiting Americans online to join ISIS .",
"On Wednesday in a separate hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee, FBI Assistant Director Michael Steinback said the U.S. hasn't been able to keep track of all the Americans who might be going overseas with the intention of helping ISIS.",
"'We don't have it under control,' Steinbeck said.",
"'If I were to say that we had it under control, then I would say I know of every single individual traveling.",
"I don't. And I don't know every person there and I don't know everyone coming back.",
"So it's not even close to being under control.'",
"Even more troubling, he said Wedneday, is the possibility of Americans returning from their time alongside ISIS with the motive of attacking U.S. targets.",
"'Certainly I would not be truthful if I told you we know about all the returnees,' he said.",
"'We know what we know. There is a number that we don't know about.'",
"An exasperated Texas Republican Rep. Mike McCaul, who chairs the Homeland Security Committee, later said of ISIS that 'they're barbarians.",
"And I think the barbarians are at the gate.",
"But we want to keep them outside the gate of the United States.'",
"American authorities confirmed in August 2014 that a California man who once considered himself an aspiring rapper had been killed in Syria while fighting for ISIS .",
"Douglas McCain was 33.",
"He converted to Islam from Christianity, later adopting an identity on Facebook as 'Duale ThaslaveofAllah.'",
"His Twitter biography read: 'It’s Islam over everything.'",
"At least 15 Somali-Americans from Minnesota have also been lured to Syria and Iraw to fight with the murderous jihadi group.",
"Abdirahmaan Muhumed told Minnesota Public Radio in June 2014 that he was fighting for ISIS when it captured the Iraqi cities of Mosul and Tikrit.",
"ISIS's terrorist ranks now include thousands of foreigners who have streamed into Syria and Iraq from nearly 100 countries .",
"'A Muslim has to stand up for (what's) right,' the 29-year-old wrote on Facebook last year.",
"'I give up this worldly life for Allah.'",
"Muhumed told the radio network that he and ISIS are 'rying to bring back the khilaafa' – the caliphate, or Islamic empire.",
"He also said 'Allah loves those who fight for his cause.'",
"Nicholas Rasmussen, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, told McCaul's committee that more than 20,000 foreign fighters overall, from more than 90 countries, have joined with ISIS on the battlefield.",
"'The rate of foreign fighter travel to Syria is unprecedented,\" Rasmussen warned.",
"'It exceeds the rate of travelers who went to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Iraq, Yemen or Somalia at any point in the last 20 years.'",
"Congress is gearing up for an intense debate over a new war powers resolution intended to give the White House legal backing for expanded military role in fighting the organization.",
"President Barack Obama sent his proposed language for an Authorization for Use of Military Force to Capitol Hill on Wednesday.",
"'Now he needs to make the case to the American people,' Royce said, calling for 'bipartisan backing behind a proposal that ensures that the Commander-in-Chief has the authority needed to decisively defeat this enemy.'",
"'But congressional authority is of no value if the president isn’t willing to act decisively.'"
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"House Foreign Affairs Committee convenes hearing on ISIS threats .",
"'Foreign fighter' phenomenon boosts terror group's numbers .",
"Internet recruiting has brought thousands to fight along ISIS from Western nations, including 150 or more Americans .",
"'It's not even close to being under control,' according to an FBI official who spoke of Americans who return from the battlefield and might attack the US .",
"At least one American has been killed in battle while fighting with ISIS ."
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"Traffic came to a standstill for the biggest load ever transported on Britain's roads - a power station transformer weighing an earth-shattering 640 tonnes.",
"The giant transformer, a vital component used to transmit energy at power stations, and specialised transporter vehicle combined are heavier than a space shuttle.",
"The enormous vehicle is 100m long and 5m wide and took up two lanes of the motorway while it crawled to its final destination at just 4mph.",
"Such an epic undertaking has never before been attempted in the UK and took a team of six heavy haulage experts nine months to plan, as well a team of 20 accompanying the vehicle as it inches its way along the road.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"The load began its slow journey from Didcot power station in Oxfordshire on Friday and caused 13-mile long tailbacks .",
"Behemoth: The trailers and vehicles combined are the length of 10 buses and travels at just 4mph .",
"Such an epic undertaking has never before been attempted in the UK and took a team of six heavy haulage experts nine months to plan .",
"The generator transformer is the second and largest of three being removed from Didcot power station as part of its decommissioning programme .",
"It began its slow journey from Didcot power station in Oxfordshire on Friday and caused 13-mile long tailbacks when it wound its way along the M4 on Saturday.",
"Yesterday it continued along the M32 to the transformer's destination at Avonmouth Docks, Bristol, arriving at 6pm.",
"The transformer will next be transported by sea to Cottam power stations near Retford, Nottinghamshire.",
"Police officers escorted the load at the expense of the haulier, Allelys Heavy Haulage, one of only two firms in the country capable of hauling such a monolithic load.",
"For months the company has been liaising with various authorities to assess road conditions and ensure bridges can take the crushing payload, even dispatching their own structural engineers to assess them.",
"Typically, two or three trucks are used to haul the transformer but more are added if the load has to go up or down a hill.",
"Allelys transport manager Robert Ford has 23 years' experience in the field of heavy haulage and has never undertaken a job like this.",
"He said: 'It's exciting when a job like this comes along.",
"It makes the job interesting because every job is different.'",
"The epic undertaking took a team of six nine months to plan and 20 staff accompany it on the journey .",
"Gargantuan: The sheer scale of the operation caused many bystanders and motorists to stop and watch it go by .",
"Allelys transport manager Robert Ford has 23 years' experience iand has never undertaken a job like this.",
"The giant transformer and specialised transporter vehicle tipped the scales at an earth shattering 640 tonnes .",
"The biggest abnormal load ever transported on the roads trundled across the west of England at the weekend .",
"The journey could not be undertaken at night - when the roads are quieter - because health and safety legislation prevents police vehicles escorting the load in darkness.",
"A spokesman for Wiltshire Police said: 'Police vehicles had to ensure the road and traffic ahead was managed to ensure there was no conflict with the load.",
"'There are only a few locations where traffic could pass.",
"Police asked motorists to avoid the area and plan alternative travel routes.'",
"The first was moved at the beginning of the month.",
"Didcot, a coal fired power station, was disconnected from the National Grid in March after 43 years of service.",
"Traffic chaos in the wake of one of the biggest loads to take to the roads as it passes under Liddington Bridge near Swindon .",
"The load is almost 100m long, 5m wide and around 640 tonnes, making its way to Avonmouth, carrying a transformer from Didcot power station .",
"A spokesman for Wiltshire Police said: 'Police vehicles had to ensure the road and traffic ahead was managed to ensure there was no conflict with the load' The transformer will next be transported by sea to the Cottam power stations near Retford in Nottinghamshire ."
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"Giant transformer and specialised transporter vehicle weighs 640 tonnes - more than a space shuttle .",
"In total it is 100m long and 5m wide and took up two lanes of the motorway to Avonmouth Docks in Bristol .",
"Vehicle caused 13-mile long tailbacks when it wound its way along the M4 at a 4mph crawl .",
"The trip took nine months to plan and is the biggest logistical challenge of its type attempted in the UK ."
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"Nick Clegg today names the price Labour or the Tories will have to pay for him to support them in a coalition after the general election.",
"The Lib Dem leader will use the launch of the front page of his party manifesto to set out demands for £8billion for the NHS, protection for nurseries and colleges from cuts and an increase in the amount workers can use before paying income tax.",
"Five commitments on the front page will form the basis of coalition negotiations in the event of a hung parliament after May 7.",
"Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg, pictured during his radio show today, will launch the front page of his party manifesto .",
"The full manifesto will be released once the election campaign gets under way in April.",
"But the Lib Dems say the policies on the front page will be key demands for any future power-sharing deal.",
"It includes promises to protect spending from nursery to college throughout the next parliament,to balance the budget 'fairly', to cut taxes by raising the tax-free allowance to £12,500, to invest £8billion in improving the NHS, and to protect the environment.",
"However, there is no mention of scrapping university tuition fees – the flagship policy the party ditched when it came to power in 2010 which lead to a catastrophic collapse in support for the Lib Dems.",
"The Lib Dems dismissed suggestions that the party had lost credibility on education after breaking its pledge.",
"The front page of the manifesto sets out key demands for any future power-sharing deal .",
"'Don't judge us by the one policy we couldn't deliver.",
"Judge us by the policies that we did deliver,' one source said.",
"'Our credibility rests on the things that we have done.",
"In every single area on these five policies our record in government is bloody good.'",
"In a speech in the Tory-held seat of Oxford West and Abingdon, Mr Clegg will say the Lib Dems had been 'relentless' in government in ensuring the life chances of children had been at the heart of the coalition's programme.",
"He will say that in a new government, the Lib Dems would act to protect schools budgets in real terms as well as funding for early years and colleges.",
"'The Liberal Democrats will prioritise education, just as we have done over the last five years because nothing is more central to what we believe.",
"Nothing is more important to creating a fairer society where everyone has the opportunity to reach their potential,' he is expected to say.",
"'Other parties will have their own priorities.",
"And for that reason we know we cannot take the progress we have made in education for granted.'",
"The Lib Dems have already announced plans for an £8billion tax hike after the election, in what was seen as laying the groundwork for a coalition with Labour.",
"In a significant shift towards Labour’s position, Mr Clegg said the Lib Dems would pursue a higher ratio of tax rises to spending cuts if they find themselves still in power again after the election.",
"He said this would involve ‘at least’ £8 billion in tax rises, more than half of which have yet to be set out."
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"Front page of Lib Dem manifesto spells out key demands for coalition deal .",
"Clegg says either Labour or Tories need to add £8billion a year to NHS .",
"Lib Dem's election manifesto will pledge to save the NHS's finances .",
"Nurseries and colleges should be protected from cuts, says manifesto .",
"Increase in amount workers can earn before paying income tax to £12,500 .",
"Also promises to balance budget 'fairly' and to protect the environment ."
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"Teachers and healthcare professionals who fail to report suspected female genital mutilation in children will face the sack, under a new law expected to come into effect this year.",
"Doctors, nurses and teachers would be obliged to report cases of FGM in under -18s or risk being fired and barred from practising, according to the proposed legislation.",
"Today's announcement comes after the Government unveiled a raft of measures to crack down on the practice, including the creation of a new specialist FGM Unit which will go into affected communities.",
"New law: Doctors, nurses and teachers would be obliged to report cases of female genital mutilation in children or risk being sacked and struck off, under new laws announced by ministers (stock image) Prime Minister David Cameron announced his intention to introduce mandatory reporting at last year's Girl Summit, attended by Hollywood actress and UN envoy Angelina Jolie.",
"The new law will be fast-tracked through Parliament and is expected hit the statute books before the general election in May.",
"Crime Prevention Minister Lynne Featherstone said: 'FGM is a criminal offence and it is child abuse.",
"It can cause extreme and lifelong physical and emotional suffering and we all have a responsibility to do all we can to put a stop to it.",
"'We believe that introducing a mandatory duty will provide clarity for professionals and will give them the confidence to confront FGM.",
"It will aid police investigations and increase the number of perpetrators caught and prosecuted.",
"'It will also send a clear message to perpetrators that they will be held responsible for their actions and help prevent this appalling crime from happening.'",
"Crime Prevention minister Lynne Featherstone, pictured on the International Day of Zero Tolerance towards Female Genital Mutilation last week, said 'we all have a responsibility to do all we can to put a stop to it' The new law will apply in all cases of known FGM in under 18s, whether it is either disclosed by the victim or seen by the professional.",
"It means all teachers and regulated health and social care professionals will have to report the FGM to police within one month.",
"If they fail to do so they will face internal disciplinary measures or be referred to their professional organisation, which has the power to bar them from practice.",
"Ministers stressed that not all reports of FGM will trigger arrests, and police may launch a safeguarding response instead.",
"It has been estimated that more than 20,000 girls under the age of 15 are at risk of female genital mutilation in the UK each year.",
"It is believed that 130,000 women living in Britain have been subjected to FGM, which can cause infection, problems in childbirth and death.",
"It is believed that these figures are much higher, but due to the hidden nature of the crime, the true extent of FGM is unknown.",
"FGM is prevalent in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, mainly in rural communities.",
"In the UK and tends to occur in areas with larger populations of communities who practise FGM, such as first-generation immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers.",
"These areas include London, Cardiff, Manchester, Sheffield, Northampton, Birmingham, Oxford, Crawley, Reading, Slough and Milton Keynes.",
"Source: nhs.co.uk .",
"The practice has been illegal in Britain since 1985, but no one has ever been successfully prosecuted for it.",
"NHS doctor Dhanuson Dharmasena, 32, stood trial for FGM last month, but was acquitted in less than 30 minutes amid claims the Crown Prosecution Service had brought the case because of political pressure to secure a conviction.",
"The Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 makes it illegal to participate in any sort of arrangement for FGM to be performed on another, either inside or outside the UK.",
"Those who are involved in any way - be it aiding, abetting, counselling, procuring or carrying out FGM inside or outside the UK can face 14 years imprisonment.",
"Young victims of FGM are often taken abroad during the school holidays, with the wounds healing before they return to the UK.",
"The procedure is carried out for cultural, religious and social reasons within families and communities and it is often considered a necessary part of raising a girl properly, and motivated by the belief that it is beneficial for the girl or woman.",
"The procedure is traditionally carried out by an older woman in the community, who often has no medical training.",
"Often, anaesthetics and antiseptics are not used and the cutting usually takes place with basic tools including knives, scissors and even razor blades.",
"There is a high risk of infection and damage to the genitals as well as long-term effects both physically and psychologically."
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"Proposed law would make it mandatory to report FGM in under 18s .",
"'Professionals' who fail to report FGM face being sacked and struck off .",
"Would apply to teachers, regulated health and social care professionals ."
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"Facebook will from today allow users to appoint an ‘online executor’ of their profile to decide what happens to it after they die.",
"The ‘Legacy Contact’ will be able to administer the page after you pass away by writing one last post and even approving new friend requests.",
"They will also be able to update your cover and profile photo meaning you have no say in what your final image will be, even if the image is embarrassing.",
"US-based Facebook has revealed a method to update your page after you die.",
"Users can now name a 'Legacy Contact' (shown) to take over their account.",
"The 'heir' will not have access to everything but can change key details.",
"For example, your profile can be changed, and they can send a final status .",
"Facebook said that the feature will work in the same way as a real-life executor of a will, only for your online profile.",
"The Legacy Contact will be able to close down your profile, keep it frozen as a memorial or leave it as it is.",
"However it risks confusing people who may think that their loved one is still alive if they respond to a friend request.",
"- Open your settings.",
"Choose Security and then Legacy Contact at the bottom of the page.",
"- After choosing your legacy contact, you’ll have the option to send a message to that person.",
"- You may give your legacy contact permission to download an archive of the posts, photos and profile info you’ve shared on Facebook.",
"- Facebook has also redesigned memorialised profiles to pay tribute to the deceased by adding 'Remembering' above their name and making it possible for their legacy contact to pin a post to the top of their Timeline.",
"-Legacy Contacts will be introduced in the US first and then expand to more countries.",
"Setting up a Legacy Contact is completely optional.",
"Other issues which may arise are when family members cannot reach Legacy Contacts - or if they are ex-husbands or ex-wives with an axe to grind.",
"Facebook, which has 890 million users worldwide, said that it was responding to hundreds of thousands of requests for this kind of feature.",
"Like other social media companies it is trying to respect the wishes of the dead whilst also being sensitive to their families.",
"Facebook product manager Vanessa Callison-Burch said: ‘We heard from family members who wanted to post funeral information or download and preserve photos.",
"‘We realised there was more we could do.’ Until now when family or friends told Facebook that a user had died, the company verified the death and ‘memorialised’ the account.",
"This meant that it could be viewed but not edited, Miss Callison-Burch said.",
"But starting today, users choose a Legacy Contact from their friends list under the security settings menu and they can take over.",
"When somebody dies Facebook will put the tagline ‘Remembering’ over the user's name and notify the appointed Legacy Contact.",
"The Legacy Contact can then download a copy of what they have shared on Facebook, though this does not include private messages.",
"The Legacy Contact will not be able to log into a person’s account and remove or change past posts, photos and other things shared on a person’s Timeline.",
"They will also not be able to delete friends, Facebook said.",
"The Wall St Journal reported that the changes are being rolled out to US users first with the rest of the world following suit.",
"The announcement was mocked on US TV and on NBC’s Today show they joked that people will update their status as ‘dead’.",
"Facebook has in the past been criticised for its 'Year in Review' feature which dredged up unhappy memories of the past 12 months including breakups.",
"On Twitter many thought that the Legacy Contact feature may be going too far.",
"Quinn Warnick wrote: 'Designated my wife as my \"legacy contact” on Facebook in case I die.",
"Nope, that didn’t feel weird AT ALL'.",
"And Hannah Hannah Cushma wrote: 'btw Facebook's canned designated legacy contact notification message ends \"Please let me know if you want to talk about this.\"'",
"From Facebook to Instagram, we spend an increasing amount of time documenting our lives on the internet.",
"Now there’s a service that claims to allow people to set up an ‘online tomb’ so they can create their own web-based memorial to show themselves in the best light after death too.",
"The satirical service, called EverTomb costs from $1 a month and lets users add new features so the digital tombs will ‘evolve to a great and probably creepy memorial of your online existence.’ The Amsterdam-based start-up’s website says that tombs can also be used during their owner's lifetime.",
"It reads: ‘Your tomb lets followers connect with you in the social afterlife and make some beautiful offerings.’ Essentially, it offers users the chance to make a memorial for themselves, despite being alive.",
"Currently there are no examples of what these tombs may look like, but 202 people have signed up so far.",
"The satirical site includes instructions, such as: ‘Let people know that you died online or just prepare for the afterlife like a great digital Pharaoh.’"
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"US-based Facebook reveals tool to update your page after you die .",
"Users can now name a 'Legacy Contact' to take over their account .",
"The 'heir' will not have access to everything but can change key details .",
"For example, your picture can be changed, and they can send a final status .",
"Facebook said the move was in response to hundreds of thousands of requests for such a feature ."
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"Voting for Ukip is about a 'state of mind', not policies, Nigel Farage will say today.",
"In his first major election event, the Ukip leader will use a speech in Essex to pledge to fight a 'positive' campaign that highlights the party's values and beliefs.",
"Last month, it emerged that Ukip policy chief Tim Aker had been forced to quit after falling behind on work to finish the party's manifesto.",
"Ukip's 2010 manifesto included a number of bizarre policies, such as requiring taxi drivers to wear uniforms.",
"Mr Farage was later forced to disown it, saying it was 'drivel' that had been written by an 'idiot'.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Upbeat approach: Voting for Ukip is about a 'state of mind', not policies, its leader Nigel Farage will say in a speech in Essex today .",
"But Mr Farage last night said the party's supporters were more interested in its general approach than its detailed policies.",
"He said: 'We will have a fully-costed manifesto, with policies across a range of issues.",
"But I actually think people are looking for the right type of people – they are sick of the college kids of the political class who are in hock to the big corporates.",
"We are different – we are unashamed to be patriotic.",
"'It's about a state of mind, an attitude.",
"We are on the side of the small guy, we are on the side of patriotic people, we believe in a Britain that is free and independent with a proper border control policy, and people know that.'",
"The three main parties launched their election campaigns six weeks ago, but Mr Farage said voters were not yet ready to pay attention.",
"And he accused them of a conspiracy of silence on immigration.",
"'They have started miles too early – already they are boring the public to death,' he said.",
"'Labour are trying to weaponise the NHS, the Tories pretending everything in the garden is rosy – both of them barely credible.",
"'Neither of them is offering any solution at all to the immigration issue and its impact on jobs, schools and hospitals.",
"What the people want: Mr Farage says the party's supporters were more interested in its general approach than its detailed policies .",
"'Instead we are getting a negative, US-style campaign of personal attacks, which we are not going to have anything to do with.",
"They can say what they like about me - I will turn the other cheek.'",
"Mr Farage will also make the audacious claim that Ukip, which has MEPs in England, Scotland and Wales is now the only national party.",
"He will attack the others as 'regional parties', with the Conservatives unable to break out of their southern heartlands, and Labour making no progress outside the north."
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"Ukip leader Nigel Farage will make first big election speech in Essex today .",
"General approach more important to supporters than policies, Farage says .",
"Accused Tory and Labour parties of 'US-style campaign of personal attacks'\nUkip Policy chief forced to quit last month after falling behind on manifesto .",
"2010 manifesto included bizarre policies which Farage described as 'drivel'"
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"Right wing bloggers have used the death of captured aid worker Kayla Mueller to criticise her humanitarian work with Palestinians and brand her a 'Jew-hating piece of c***.'",
"Kayla Mueller was a dedicated humanitarian who worked across the world and in Palestine to help those displaced by war.",
"She was confirmed dead last week after being held hostage by extremist group ISIS since August 2013.",
"While dozens of tributes have been paid to the woman who was captured in Syria as she tried to help refugees caught up in the conflict, bloggers have used the opportunity to criticise her for her work.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Right wing blogger Debbie Schlussel branded ISIS hostage Kayla Mueller a 'jew-hater' and 'anti-American' because of her work with Palestinians, following confirmation of Miss Mueller's death on Friday .",
"Right wing blogger Debbie Schussel called her death last week 'poetic justice', attacking the 26-year-old for supporting Palestinians and trying to help those displaced by the Syrian civil war.",
"On her self-titled blog wrote: 'So, it’s poetic justice that Mueller spent her last months as a hostage of the Islamic terrorists with whom she thought she had some sort of kinship and sisterhood.",
"And that she died in their hands.'",
"The post was written under the heading: 'Dead ISIS Hostage Was Jew-Hating, Anti-Israel B****.'",
"Schlussel accused Miss Mueller of writing anti-Israel blog posts and of supporting Palestinians and HAMAS to carry out attacks and smuggle weapons by trying to help them, and stopped Israelis demolishing the houses of extremist groups.",
"She claimed the 26-year-old 'helped Palestinians harass Israeli soldiers and block them from doing their job of keeping Islamic terrorists out of Israel' and dubbed her 'anti-American.'",
"In a hate-riddled rant Schlussel said her reaction to news of the death of Miss Mueller and other hostages like her was 'so sad, too bad.'",
"Joel Pollak, a political commentator in America, branded Miss Mueller an 'anti-Israel activist' for her work .",
"Miss Mueller volunteered across the world to help refugees who had been displaced by civil wars .",
"Her comments have been echoed by other campaigners in America.",
"Joel Pollack, an American political commentator and author, posted on Twitter: 'Sad that Kayla Mueller was anti-Israel activist.",
"If she understood both sides she might have avoided idealizing the enemy that killed her.'",
"The Gatewaypundit blog also accused the American of aiding terrorists and opposing Jewish people.",
"Miss Mueller, originally from Arizona, had been volunteering across the world since 2009 and was working at the Syrian-Turkey border in 2013.",
"In August she travelled to Syria, desperate to help refugees displaced by the war, and was taken hostage with three other people.",
"The 26-year-old was forced by ISIS to feature in a video to prove to her parents she was still alive and last Friday the terrorist group claimed she had died.",
"They said she was killed by a Jordanian strike in Raqqa - a fact disputed by authorities in America and Jordan."
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"Kayla Mueller was captured by ISIS in 2013 and died in Syria last Friday .",
"Had been helping refugees and previously volunteered to help Palestinians .",
"But Ring-wing bloggers have used news of her death to attack her actions .",
"Claimed by helping Palestinians she stopped soldiers keep terrorists out .",
"Debbie Schlussel accused Mueller of being 'jew hater' and 'anti-American'"
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"So much plastic is dumped into the sea each year that it would fill five carrier bags for every foot of coastline on the planet, scientists have warned.",
"Around 8million tons of plastic bottles, bags, toys and other plastic rubbish ends up in the world’s oceans each year.",
"The ‘staggering’ total is much higher than previous estimates – and enough to leave an area around 25 times the size of Manchester ankle-deep in plastic waste.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"More than half of the plastic waste that flows into the oceans comes from just five countries: China, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and Sri Lanka.",
"Because of the difficulties in working out the exact amount, since much of it may have sunk, the scientists said the true figure could be as much as 12.7million tons polluting the ocean each year.",
"Dr Jenna Jambeck, one of the researchers from the University of Georgia in the US, said we are becoming ‘overwhelmed by our waste’.",
"The only industrialized western country on the list of top 20 plastic polluters is the United States at No.",
"20. The U.S. and Europe are not mismanaging their collected waste, so the plastic trash coming from those countries is due to litter, researchers said.",
"While China is responsible for 2.4 million tons of plastic that makes its way into the ocean, nearly 28 percent of the world total, the United States contributes just 77,000 tons, which is less than 1 percent, according to the study published Thursday in the journal Science.",
"The team also warned that this ‘ocean of plastic’ can harm sea life.",
"Turtles can mistake plastic bags for jellyfish and eat them.",
"The bags then block their stomachs, which causes them to starve to death.",
"Sea birds also often mistake floating plastic for food; over 90 per cent of fulmars found dead around the North Sea have plastic in their stomachs.",
"It is also feared that it could harm our health to eat fish that have consumed plastic.",
"The scientists reached their figures by analysing data on the amount of waste generated and how well it is disposed of in 192 coastal countries.",
"This included litter left on beaches as well as plastic from fly-tipping and badly-managed rubbish dumps.",
"Their figures are much higher than those from previous studies, which only looked at rubbish floating on the surface and did not factor in the plastic that had sunk to the sea floor or was trapped in ice.",
"They estimated that between 4.7million and 12.7million tons of plastic made its way into the world’s oceans in 2010, with a best estimate of 8million tons.",
"The figure is expected to rise each year.",
"Between 2010 and 2025, some 155million tons of plastic could be dumped into the ocean – enough to fill 100 bags per foot of coastline.",
"Piled one on top of the other, the bags would create a wall of rubbish 100ft high.",
"China topped the league of plastic polluters, accounting for up to 3.5million tons a year, or almost a quarter of the total, the American Association for Advancement of Science’s annual conference in San Jose, California, heard.",
"Writing in the journal Science, Dr Jambeck said that while the UK isn’t among the worst polluters, we cannot be complacent, adding that global action is needed to tackle the problem.",
"Co-author Roland Geyer, associate professor of industrial ecology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, said: ‘Large-scale removal of plastic marine debris is not going to be cost-effective and quite likely simply unfeasible.",
"‘This means we need to prevent plastic from entering the oceans in the first place through better waste management, more reuse and recycling, better product design and material substitution.’ The scientists, from the University of Georgia in the US, used data on the amount of waste generated and how well it is disposed of in 192 coastal countries to come up with their estimates.",
"Here, Jenna Jambeck of the University of Georgia collects plastic samples from a beach near Caleta de Famara, Canary Islands, Spain, November 2014.",
"Plastic dumped on a beach near Caleta de Famara, Canary Islands, Spain, November 2014 .",
"‘This means we need to prevent plastic from entering the oceans in the first place through better waste management, more reuse and recycling, better product design and material substitution.’ Frank Davis, director of the National Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis in the US, said: ‘The numbers are staggering but the problem is not insurmountable.’ The Daily Mail has been campaigning for seven years for tougher action to reduce plastic bag waste.",
"A major victory came in June last year when a 5p charge for plastic bags was announced in England.",
"The charge, which will be introduced by October, is expected to reduce bag use by up to 80 per cent and raise up to £100million a year for good causes.",
"Around eight billion bags are currently handed out in England each year – or 150 per person.",
"Campaigners say the carrier bags can take up to 1,000 years to degrade – but are used on average for just 20 minutes.",
"Jenna Jambeck, an environment engineering professor at the University of Georgia, holds a plastic bag with trash collected last fall from a clean up at Panama Beach in Florida.",
"Each year about 8.8 million tons of plastic ends up in the world oceans, a quantity much higher than previous estimates, according to a new study that tracked marine debris from its source ."
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"Other main offenders are Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and Sri Lanka .",
"United States contributes just 77,000 tons, which is less than 1% ."
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"The president of the United States is a man few would dare to offend.",
"But when you are the greatest basketball player the country has ever produced, it is possible to get away with a light-hearted jibe.",
"According to a recent New York magazine interview, former presidential adviser David Axelrod (now strategic adviser for the Labour Party) said he wanted to get Barack Obama something special for his 50th birthday.",
"Given the president had strong roots to Chicago, Mr Axelrod contacted Jordan (a Chicago Bulls legend) in the summer of 2011 to try and get him to sign a greeting for his boss.",
"Former basketball star Michael Jordan signed a poster for the president spelling his name 'Barrack' When he received the signed poster, the president said 'I can't put this up, he misspelled my name!'",
"He said: 'When the president turned 50, I wanted to get him something special...so I sent it to Jordan to have him sign it for me.",
"'To Barrack: you still owe me dinner.",
"Wishing you well, Michael Jordan.",
"'I gave it to the president, and he said, \"I can't put this up, he misspelled my name!\"",
"So I said, \"Fine, I'll take it.'\"",
"This is not the first time the basketball star has made fun of the US President.",
"Last year the NBA legend - who has a golf handicap of three - made a quip about Mr Obama (who is trying to get his handicap below 18) describing him as a 'hack' on the golf course.",
"He said: 'I've never played with Obama, but I would,' he said, before promptly changing his mind.",
"'But no - that's OK - I'd take him out. He's a hack. I'd be there all day playing with him.'",
"'Do you really want to say that?'",
"former NFL star Ahmad Rashad asked, looking at the camera, bemused.",
"'He's the President of the United States - he's a hack?'",
"Jordan added: 'I never said he wasn't a great politician.",
"I'm just saying he's a s***ty golfer.'",
"In the past, Mr Jordan has referred to the US President as a 'hack' on the golf course and a 's***ty golfer'"
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"David Axelrod wanted to get Barack Obama a special 50th birthday gift .",
"So the presidential adviser contacted Michael Jordan in summer of 2011 .",
"Asked him to sign poster but he wrote 'To Barrack: you still owe me dinner'\nMr Jordan has also referred to the president as a 's***ty golfer' in the past ."
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"Few things in life frighten me, but dying before my time is one of them.",
"To achieve my dream of longevity, I lead a relatively healthy life, exercising daily, drinking in moderation, eating plenty of fruit and veg, and — most important of all — shunning fatty foods including butter and dairy products to reduce the risk of heart disease.",
"Well, that’s turned out to be a huge waste of time!",
"The truth is, I shall probably die at exactly the same age as my mum and dad, and I will have wasted decades on a virtuous eating plan based on a lie.",
"This week, we were told that the advice dished out by doctors in 1983 — that to avoid heart disease we must cut our fat intake drastically, and increase our carbs correspondingly — turns out to be based on flawed evidence.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Janet leads a healthy life exercising daily, drinking in moderation, eating plenty of fruit and veg as well as shinning fatty foods including fruit and veg .",
"Shockingly, medical experts have reversed their opinion and now say they find it ‘incomprehensible’ that millions of us were advised to alter our diets, because the conclusion that fats were bad was based on a small sample of ‘unhealthy men’.",
"(Just as shockingly, women weren’t even included in the original survey!)",
"I can’t tell you how annoyed I am by this news, having spent all those years since 1983 eating slimy, flavourless, low-fat spreads, cutting down on meat and never roasting my spuds in beef dripping, completely taken in by ‘official advice’ from ‘government health advisErs’.",
"Drinking black tea, not eating trifle, spurning custard and never dripping cream on my crumble.",
"I was totally brainwashed about butter, along with millions of you.",
"The dairy industry never recovered from the dietary warnings of 1983 — milk sales plummeted, along with those of butter, and supermarkets drastically increased the amount of shelf-space devoted to low-fat spreads, zero-fat yogurt and skimmed milk.",
"Unsurprisingly, the dairy industry is now in crisis, and in The Archers, poor Ed Grundy has had to flog off four of his cows because he can’t make a living from the herd, while Mike Tucker can’t find a buyer for his milk round.",
"It’s not surprising when on any given day you’ll hear yet another celebrity proudly announce that they’ve given up dairy as part of their healthy eating regime.",
"Dairy has become horribly, unfairly demonised — and all because of bogus medical advice.",
"Janet says that spreads such as Flora Pro-activ taste like 'taste like slimy muck' But then, when it comes to lifestyle advice, why should anyone bother listening to the medical profession?",
"Doctors are usually over-weight, middle-aged men with flushed faces and paunches, although my own NHS doctor is the opposite.",
"He’s a fitness fanatic, a fell-runner so scrawny he looks on the point of death every time I walk through the door.",
"He’s always got the fat-measuring callipers handy, to check my body mass index.",
"(Another discredited method, incidentally, of measuring how near to death we are).",
"For years now, both Labour and Tory governments have decided to interfere and tell us what we should eat, what we should weigh, and how often we should exercise.",
"Sod the economy, they seem to be thinking, let’s focus on the nation’s blood pressure!",
"Politicians have become like the extra foster-mum we never wanted.",
"By the way, both my parents ate thick slabs of butter on white bread with every meal.",
"They loved salad cream slathered over their lettuce.",
"They gorged on tinned ham, tongue, huge joints of red meat every Sunday, potatoes roasted in animal fat, and meat and offal at least five times a week.",
"Yes, we ate fish on Fridays — usually in batter from the chippy, with chips cooked in dripping — and the idea of a wholemeal grain or a low-fat vegetarian meal was a completely alien concept back in Fifties Britain.",
"They took sugar in tea, and salt was always on the table.",
"Yet, both parents were as thin as rakes and walked for miles well into old age, even if they did smoke.",
"But then I regularly meet healthy pensioners over 80 who survive on full-fat milky tea and bread and butter, interspersed with the odd ciggie and a glass of beer or gin.",
"My generation of baby boomers decided we didn’t want to age like them or get wrinkly and stooped, so we adopted every life-extending fad going, starting with no saturated fat.",
"I love the taste of butter — particularly on crumpets — but a packet of butter now lasts three months in my fridge.",
"It sits unloved on a special shelf, next to that other devil food, creamy Gorgonzola, which I only eat when I’ve had several glasses of red wine too many.",
"Janet says although she loves the taste of butter on crumpets, a packet of butter now lasts three months in her fridge .",
"Full fat cheese is like a class A drug to me — a super-evil.",
"I am a total food snob, so how I ever persuaded myself that low-fat spreads were delicious is a mystery, no matter what twaddle Lulu claimed in her advertising campaign extolling the benefits of the Flora Pro-activ ‘cholesterol-lowering’ range.",
"Let’s be honest, all these spreads taste like slimy muck.",
"And now we’re told we have been smearing them over our wholegrain for no reason at all.",
"This strategy of demonising fats was shown to be a sham last year when the British Heart Foundation concluded that UK dietary guidelines on fat needed rethinking.",
"And yet the government did nothing.",
"Common sense dictates that eating too much fat can’t be good for us, but the advice in dietary guidelines — which substituted carbohydrates for fats — just seems to have been scribbled out on the back of an envelope.",
"And if the levels of obesity now plaguing the population are anything to go by, the advice has been totally counter-productive.",
"Janet says full fat cheese is a like a class A drug to her and that Gorgonzola is reserved for when she's had several too many glasses of red wine .",
"My beef with all this is that it’s just tinkering around the edges.",
"Instead of promoting cookery lessons in schools (they’re starting this year at long last) and encouraging people to enjoy all sorts of food and use unprocessed ingredients, the government prefers to waste millions of tax-payers money trying to encourage us to change our behaviour using ‘nudge’ tactics like giving people vouchers for free slimming classes.",
"David Cameron said he would slash government advertising when he took office, but spent a whopping £90 million in the 11 months to November 2013, up from £64 million during 2013, and almost double what was spent in 2011.",
"We are bombarded with public health messages about ‘healthy eating’ in every ad break on telly.",
"Change4Life was set up by Public Health England in 2009 and made a big expensive fuss about the benefits of eating five fruit and veg a day.",
"Last June, the National Diet and Nutrition Survey concluded that only ten per cent of boys and seven per cent of girls had heeded that advice.",
"Yes, a million people have downloaded the app, and 1.9 million families joined the scheme — but when it came to actually EATING fruit and veg, the average number of portions a day we consume remains at three — and, like the great Butter Scandal, experts can’t agree whether it should be five portions, or seven, or what even constitutes a portion.",
"As for me, I’m too set in my ways to change.",
"My longevity breakfast will remain raw tomatoes or mashed avocado on a slice of heavy, seed-laden wholemeal bread, with chopped anchovies, slathered in olive oil.",
"I can’t remember what health ‘advice’ brought me to this point, but I’m not stopping now.",
"Heaven forbid that in a moment of terrible weakness I might even start living dangerously and buy another packet of butter.",
"The moral of this saga?",
"Eat a little of whatever you like, don’t listen to government busybodies — and remember that butter’s not only delicious, it’s also officially good for you."
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"The number of Muslim children in England and Wales has doubled in a decade, according to the most detailed study of its kind.",
"An analysis of 2011 Census data carried out by the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) suggests the Muslim population increased by more than a million in the ten years from 2001, rising 75 per cent from 1.5 million to 2.7 million.",
"The research shows that one in 12 school-age children is now Muslim, and a third of all Muslims are aged 15 and under, with half under the age of 25.",
"A new study undertaken by the Muslim Council of Britain has analysed the 2011 Census to reveal details of Britain's growing Muslim population - as seen in this info graphic .",
"The number of Muslim children in England and Wales has doubled in a decade, according to an analysis of 2011 Census data for the Muslim Council of Britain (file photo) And, due to settlement patterns, in some inner city areas as many as 86 per cent of all children aged between five and 15 are officially classed as Muslim.",
"The British Muslims in Numbers report, led by Dr Sundas Ali of the University of Oxford, was undertaken by the MCB to provide detailed statistics on Muslims in the UK, and the issues affecting them, such as education, employment and health.",
"It also predicts that by 2021, there will be approximately 300,000 Muslim teenagers in England and Wales.",
"Although more than half of all Muslims in the UK were born outside of the country, 73 per cent of those practising the religion said their national identity was British, the report found.",
"It also states that around one in 20 of the population was Muslim.",
"Due to settlement patterns, three-quarters of the Muslim population was concentrated in London, the West Midlands, the North West and Yorkshire and Humber and 46 per cent lived in the top 10 per cent of the country's most deprived areas.",
"In some inner city wards the percentage of Muslim pupils is very high, with more than 60 per cent of children in schools in Tower Hamlets identifying as Muslim.",
"Overall the London borough is 34.5 per cent Muslim.",
"Although 47.2 per cent of Muslims were born in the UK, 73 per cent state their national identity is British .",
"Just 29 per cent of Muslim women aged between 16 and 24 are in employment, compared with around 50 per cent in the overall population .",
"The Muslim prison population is 'disproportionately large', according to researchers, with Muslims accounting 13 per cent of prisoners within England and Wales .",
"Many wards in Birmingham have young Muslims making up more than 80 per cent of a school's intake, such as the Washwood Heath ward where 86 per cent of children are Muslims.",
"The research states there has been a significant improvement in Muslim education - with just a quarter not having any qualifications compared with two in five in 2001 - just one in five was in full-time employment.",
"This compares with one in three of the wider population, with the researchers saying Muslims face a 'double penalty ... in entering the labour market - of racial discrimination as well as Islamophobia'.",
"The report also found that: .",
"The report stated that while the vast majority of Muslims in Britain speak English, six per cent struggle with the language, while 24 per cent of Muslims over 16 are qualified to degree level, compared to 27 per cent of the general population.",
"Although the 2011 Census revealed there were 329,694 Muslim full-time students in 2011 - 43 per cent of them female and 57 per cent male, the study found that 71 per cent of Muslim women between the ages of 16 and 24 were not in employment - compared to 50 per cent of the wider population.",
"In some inner city wards the percentage of Muslim pupils is very high, with more than 60 per cent of children in schools in Tower Hamlets, where this family was pictured, identifying as Muslim .",
"Almost half of Muslims in Britain were born in the United Kingdom or Northern Ireland, according to the study .",
"A third of Muslims in Britain are aged 15 and under, and half are under the age of 25 .",
"Although more than half were born outside of the country, 73 per cent of Muslims said their national identity was British, according to the report .",
"Among women aged between 25 and 49, 57 per cent of Muslim women were in work, compared with 80 per cent of women overall, according to the report.",
"'There are many stakeholders rightly concerned with the well-being and educational potential of Muslim and BME [Black and Minority Ethnic] youth,' the report states.",
"'The need of the hour is to address issues such as underachievement, low teacher expectations, high rates of student exclusions, racism and Islamophobia, lack of role models and levels of parental involvement.'",
"Talha Ahmad, a senior member of the MCB, told the BBC the significant rise in the population could be put down in part to refugees from countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq and conversions.",
"Other factors in population growth are the age profile of British Muslims - with more people at an age where they would be raising children - the traditions of larger families within some ethnic groups, the fact there was a better response to the Census's question on religion, and the possibility that numbers may have been under-counted in 2001.",
"'About one third of Muslims are under 15, it's quite a youthful population,' Mr Ahmad told the broadcaster.",
"'And also, more striking, is the fact that only four per cent of Muslims are 65 or over.'",
"He added: 'We know there is a growing proportion of the Muslim population who are actually converted Muslims - they are the indigenous white population, the black population - all sorts of people.",
"The significant rise in population can be put down in part to refugees from countries such as Afghanistan, conversions, and the fact that many British Muslims are at an age when they are raising children .",
"'But we have also seen that during the last decade there have been a number of conflicts that have affected the Muslim community, for example the Somali community is a growing factor.",
"'You have Iraqis, Afghans and others who are coming here as refugees and so on.",
"There are multiple factors and also many Muslims are moving from European countries.",
"'It's a youthful population.",
"It's still producing people but the elderly population is still not there to balance it out.",
"It would seem as if they have had a disproportionately larger growth rate compared to the other populations but that is simply because it does not have the older population to balance it out.'",
"The report said: 'There is need for various stakeholders - Muslim civil society, policy institutes, employers, trade unions and the Department for Work and Pensions - to facilitate conditions and opportunities in the labour market.",
"'Muslim civil society needs to have a better appreciation of the social realities.'",
"Explaining the purpose of the study, Dr Ali told MailOnline described the research as 'ground-breaking', and said it was the first of its kind to be undertaken.",
"Some 65.8 per cent of school pupils in Tower Hamlets, London are Muslim, compared to 34.5 per cent of the wider population .",
"The majority of people living in Britain are Christian, but those who told the 2011 they were Muslim amount to more than those who put down any other minority religion combined .",
"'The research centres on 94 per cent of the population - that's the largest sample size you can get,' she said.",
"'It was much needed because there is so much interest in the Muslim community but we didn't have a set of statistics.",
"We had data from the Office of National Statistics, but no one had analysed it before.",
"'This report covers Muslim life across a number of areas - education, the labour market, deprivation, health.'",
"Dr Ali said the study was released now as it had taken a year to analyse all the data contained in the Census.",
"'Although the Census was carried out in 2011, they release the data in stages so the data for the 2011 Census was released in 2013,' she said.",
"'We started analysing it in 2013, it took a year to analyse and consult academics to get their feedback.'",
"Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said: 'Taking data from the 2011 Census, this important new report from the Muslim Council of Britain helps give us a snapshot of the socio-economic challenges and opportunities now facing Britain's Muslim communities.",
"'What's not in doubt is that British Muslims can be proud of the contribution they make to our country.",
"'Drawing on analysis like this, together, we can help create jobs, drive growth and enable more people to get on - building the stronger economy and fairer society we want for Britain's future.'"
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"A third of all Muslims in England and Wales are aged 15 and under .",
"Analysis of 2011 Census suggests Muslim population has risen by 75% .",
"Number in UK increased from 1.5 million in 2001 to 2.7 million in 2011 .",
"Research was carried out by the Muslim Council of Britain .",
"In some parts of Birmingham more than 80% of school pupils are Muslim .",
"The Muslim prison population is 'disproportionately large', according to researchers, with Muslims accounting 13 per cent of prisoners within England and Wales .",
"There is a higher rate of unemployment among Muslim women compared with the wider population .",
"Almost half of the country's Muslim population was born in the UK ."
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"Two Aussie housewives who began writing Mills & Boon novels after dropping off their kids at school have turned their love of raunchy romance books into successful and lucrative careers.",
"Despite always being fans of the most popular genre of fiction in the world, Melanie Milburne and Ally Blake fell into their sexy writing style and have now penned almost 100 romantic pieces between them.",
"Hopeless romantics at heart, the women love their fun jobs and say their husbands try to cheekily take credit as their ongoing inspiration for the kinky bedroom chapters.",
"Ally Blake drops her three children at school then goes to cafe and writes her raunchy novels .",
"Hopeless romantics - Ally and Mark got married in Las Vegas in 2000 and honeymooned throughout the U.S. Mark claims that he is Ally's ongoing inspiration for her risque Mills & Boon novels .",
"Melanie, who lives in Hobart, has always wanted to be a writer but with a husband doing crazy hours as a surgeon she needed to hold down the fort at home and care for their two sons.",
"It wasn't until her boys were in their teens that she found the time to give writing a go and has now written 64 Mills & Boon books in the past 12 years.",
"'I couldn't stop writing and the rest is history,' she said.",
"'I had all of these ideas backed up inside my head because I had wanted to write my whole life.'",
"Her sons were 'quietly embarrassed' about their mother's new raunchy writing career but now adults themselves - they have an appreciation Melanie's books.",
"'My husband is also very proud of my career and is always offering himself up for \"research\", she said.",
"'Actually, he's fantastic at helping me when I write the occasional medical romance as he is a general/ trauma surgeon.'",
"Melanie Milburne's husband Steve (right) always offering himself up for 'research' for her books .",
"Melanie's sons were 'quietly embarrassed' about their mother's new raunchy writing career but now adults themselves they have an appreciation for her books .",
"Ally's husband likes to claim the credit as being the inspiration for his wife's books.",
"'He tries to help me write my books - I let him name the dogs and that's about it,' she laughed.",
"'His idea is to add an alien ship which is not terribly helpful in the genre.'",
"Ally also sold the first book that she submitted to Mills & Boon 12 years - and 30 books - ago.",
"The 40-year-old now drops off her two girls, 7 and 5, and her son, 4, to school before getting stuck into her script.",
"'I was hoping to get a nice rejection letter where the editor gives me helpful feedback so it was wild when it sold - it still feels magical,' she said.",
"It wasn't until Menalie's boys were in their teens that she found the time to give writing a go and has now written 64 Mills & Boon books in the past 12 years .",
"Melanie knew she was going to marry her husband of 32 years after their second date and Steve proposed six weeks later .",
"The Queenslander makes sure she keeps away from the obvious distractions of home and heads to a local cafe or library to set up office for the day before collecting the kids after school.",
"'If I'm at home the fridge calls to me too much so I go to work I get dressed, put on lipstick and \"go to work\",' she said.",
"'I could work at a Bon Jovi concert, I can work with that much cafe noise around me - I'm very lucky that my job is portable and flexible.'",
"Ally says she is not a 'plotter' and describes the novels that don't come naturally to her as 'giving birth to a pineapple.'",
"'I take a deep breath and say \"ready, set, go\" so when the readers are surprised about how a book turns out sometimes I'm surprised as well,' she says.",
"However, Melanie says she never has a shortage of ideas for risque story lines.",
"'I read trashy mags and listen to the news - it can be a combination of ideas that I just start playing with,' she explains.",
"'I always go through the bedroom doors but it's not erotic or illicit.'",
"As with all great romance novels - every story always has a happy ending.",
"'People think it's all bout sex but that's not a huge part - it's all about the growth of the characters,' she said.",
"A hopeless romantic, Melanie knew she was going to marry her husband of 32 years after their second date and he proposed six weeks later.",
"'We were looking at a painting at the Opera House and I just had this feeling - I can't explain it.'",
"Ally, who confesses to having a different crush everyday at school, married Mark in Las Vegas in 2000 .",
"While Ally, who confesses to having a different crush everyday of the week when she was at school, married Mark in Las Vegas in 2000.",
"'I always relished that tummy flutter sensation,' she admits.",
"Melanie, who has Billionaire's Ultimate Acquisition coming out in April, says she is never short of story ideas and has not changed her writing style over the years.",
"'As to readers expectations due to 50 Shades, I haven't changed the level of sensuality,' she said.",
"'I've always written on the passionate side - it's not erotica, however.'",
"While Ally, who has a new book Billionaire on her Doorstep set to be released in March, describes her style as 'fun, fresh and flirty'.",
"Despite Mills & Boon books being perceived by some as corny and cliche, the women usually only experience positive reactions when they reveal their occupation.",
"'It's such a unique and unusual kind of job that if you are at a party and people find out you're a romance author suddenly their eyes light up and they have a million questions, so it's quite a cool conversation starter,' Ally said.",
"Mills & Boon has been in Australia for 41 years and in that time: ."
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"Melanie Milburne and Ally Blake are Australian Mills & Boon authors .",
"Busy housewives juggle motherhood and writing sexy books on daily basis .",
"Both hopeless romantics - their husbands claim to be their inspiration .",
"Melanie started writing raunchy novels when her sons were teenagers .",
"Ally drops off her three kids at school and writes from cafes and libraries ."
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"It's an industry known for its use of smoke and mirrors.",
"But these candid shots taken by photographer David Strick from Los Angeles, California, show just what takes place behind the scenes of some of Hollywood's biggest movie sets.",
"The images reveal the work necessary to create the illusions that entertain us on the big screen and even shed light on some of the unsung crew who work tirelessly to create the magic of cinema.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Gigantic vampire: A special effects technician smooths down the 'skin' on vampire Pearl as they shoot the movie Blade in 1998 .",
"Playful: Actor David Hasselhoff appears to sit on a tripod and put his legs in the air on the set of movie SpongeBob Squarepants, 2004 .",
"From the technician on the set of Blade smoothing down a gigantic obese vampire called Pearl or an elephant wrangler collecting a bag full of elephant dung - some of the work showcased is the less than glamorous side of an industry known for its glitz.",
"The photographer behind the images said his fascination with documenting the movie industry begun after his great-aunt, Gale Sondergaard, won the very first Best Supporting Actress Academy Award.",
"However, it still took him a while to feel comfortable on Hollywood film sets.",
"He told Slate: 'There were plenty of competent adults working the sets, and I would have felt like Bart Simpson trying to work alongside King Kong.'",
"'What I did manage to absorb was a sense that the work the grown-ups were doing was a high-stakes, deadly serious one, and to some extent a comically inexplicable version of let's dress up and pretend.",
"I don't think that sense of confused awe ever left me.'",
"The novice photographer went on to become a highly successful editorial and commercial photographer.",
"This series of photographs came about after he was sent to do an assignment for The New York Times in 1975 and ended up seeing first-hand 'the decline of Hollywood.'",
"Primate: Actress Charlize Theron stands beside an enormous animatronic life-like gorilla in the 1998 movie Mighty Joe Young .",
"He gradually gained access to lots more movie and television sets and started doing regular behind-the-scenes columns about Hollywood for Premiere Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and the Hollywood Reporter.",
"He said: 'Making photos on a set is like spending your day jaywalking back and forth across a busy street and trying not to be run over while doing your best not to be noticed.",
"'The best way to describe the parameters is that you have all the freedom in the world not to be a nuisance.",
"Some actors love outside attention, some love it right up until they hate it, some just hate it.'",
"Strick has been fortunate to photograph a host of big name stars including Charlize Theron on the set of Mighty Joe Young, George Clooney in Oh Brother Where Art Thou and David Hasselhoff messing around in the sea in The SpongeBob SquarePants movie.",
"To view more of his work and to attend his workshop which runs March 21-22 please click here .",
"Action: Actor Jon Favreau, left, stands on the set of Zathura: A Space Adventure, in 2005, the film was a science fiction fantasy .",
"Candid: Actor George Clooney wears a pair of dungarees and shares a laugh on the set of the film Oh Brother Where Art Thou in 1999 .",
"Green screen: A cow prop is hoisted into the air as technicians prepare to shoot a scene on green screen on the set of Rat Race in 2001 .",
"Restroom: A man dressed in a science fiction outfit goes into the bathroom in the men's room on the set of New World Pictures in 1982 .",
"Dung: An elephant handler performs the not so glamorous task of collecting elephant dung in a bag on the set of Deep Impact in 1998 ."
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"The images reveal just what it takes to make the billion dollar industry tick and shows movie and TV sets .",
"Photographs were taken by photographer David Strick from Los Angeles who gained unprecedented access .",
"He became fascinated with the candid world behind the slick blockbuster films that grace our screens ."
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"A 20-year-old bride-to-be stabbed an unarmed teenager to death on her doorstep after sending text messages about how to kill someone ‘legally’, a court has heard.",
"Rebecca Tootle allegedly grabbed a knife and attacked Ashley Meadowcroft, 18, in a confrontation at her home in Blackburn after the teenager was said to have turned up there with his pitbull dog.",
"The court was told yesterday that she had earlier sent a text saying: ‘I’d love to see him break into my house when I’m there because three legal marks on me and I can actually kill him [sic].’ Bride-to-be: Rebecca Tootle (left) allegedly grabbed a knife and attacked Ashley Meadowcroft (right), 18, in a confrontation at her home after the teenager was said to have turned up there with his pitbull dog .",
"She later falsely claimed Mr Meadowcroft had been armed with the blade and even gave herself scratch marks which she wrongly alleged occurred when she wrestled the knife off him, it was said.",
"As police in the Lancashire town detained Tootle, she allegedly said: ‘He’s a f****** d***.",
"He’s stabbed me so I took the knife off him and stabbed him (in) self-defence.",
"He could have killed me.",
"He could have definitely killed my fiancé.",
"He broke into my address.",
"I didn’t do it on purpose.’ Mr Meadowcroft, a former former friend of Tootle, suffered a fatal knife wound near his left armpit which penetrated his lung - and he died in hospital 45 minutes later despite attempts to save him.",
"Preston Crown Court heard Tootle - who was living with her fiancé Matthew Moran and two other friends - had fallen out with Mr Meadowcroft and the group had moved house to get away from him.",
"She claimed she had ‘loads of trouble’ with the teenager - alleging he had stalked her, robbed her and tried to rape her.",
"In the run up to the killing, Tootle sent three messages on her mobile phone.",
"The last of these, to her father, read: ‘Here’s an interesting fact, you come into my house when I’ve told you not to and I’m in the house thress [sic] marks on myself and I can legally kill you.’ The killing took place last September after Mr Meadowcroft arrived at Tootle’s home with his dog Leo after she and two housemates had been smoking the legal high drug ‘Happy Joker,’ it was said.",
"Fatality: Mr Meadowcroft (right), a former former friend of Tootle (left; and together, right), suffered a fatal knife wound near his left armpit which penetrated his lung - and he died in hospital 45 minutes later .",
"Mr Meadowcroft was said be ‘extremely agitated and irate’ and one of Tootle’s housemates Julian Doyle claimed the teenager was ‘provoking’ the dog into barking and growling.",
"He was shouting up at a bedroom window demanding to speak to Mr Moran and saying: ‘I’ll (let) the dog have every one of you.’ Tootle went downstairs and opened the front door but as the dog ran into the property she came back saying: ‘He tried to stab me - I think I’ve stabbed him.’ Paul Reid QC, prosecuting, told the jury: ‘She showed a small mark on one of her arms and was saying: \"I had to take the knife off him because he’s mental\".",
"‘But Ashley Meadowcroft never had a knife, he did not try to stab the defendant and he caused her no injury to her arm.",
"The defendant was lying about all these matters within a short time of her having plunged the knife into Ashley Meadowcroft’s chest.",
"‘It was a knife she had armed herself with from somewhere in the house before she went to confront Ashley Meadowcroft.",
"‘The marks and scratches were self-inflicted by the defendant in the moments before the police arrived to cause them to falsely believe that Ashley Meadowcroft was the aggressor with the knife - when in fact the truth was just the opposite.",
"Trial: Preston Crown Court (above) heard Tootle - who was living with her fiancé Matthew Moran and two other friends - had fallen out with Mr Meadowcroft and the group had moved house to get away with him .",
"‘The idea that a few marks on her would justify her in killing someone who had come into her house was not something that had just occurred to her that night.",
"‘She had previously spoken about this is messages which police extracted from her mobile phone.",
"On the night of the killing, she was quick to make some marks on her skin so as to be able to justify to the police her right to attack him.",
"‘You will probably conclude Ashley Meadowcroft was not welcome that night, but nothing that he did justified the defendant in arming herself with the knife and plunging (it) into his body.’ In a statement to police Mr Moran - known as ‘Mos’ - had claimed Mr Meadowcroft had been holding the dog by its collar with a chain wrapped around his knuckles.",
"He claimed he went to speak to Mr Meadowcroft but had been threatened with the chain before the teenager attempted to barge past him into the house.",
"Mr Moran fled upstairs only to hear a female shout: ‘He’s got a knife.’ Moments later Mr Meadowcroft was heard shouting: ‘You just stabbed me’ before being seen stumbling backwards down the front path and collapsing.",
"The court heard in a 999 call minutes before the stabbing, Tootle told an operator: ‘I need police.",
"'There’s a lad here with a knife and he’s kicking off, he’s banging on the door, he’s got a vicious dog with him, he’s taken it off, he’s whacking the chain with him, he’s threatening to beat my friend up.’ In a second 999 call she added: 'He’s got an American pitbull with him - an illegal dog - and he’s threatening to use it.’ Held: Tootle was said to have made a number of ‘unsolicited comments’ to police as she was questioned .",
"She then handed over the phone to Mr Doyle before being overheard saying: ‘No Matt, f****** sort it out now, don’t just f****** stand there talking.’ The call ended when the victim was heard screaming: ‘Help me, help me, I’ve been stabbed.’ Mr Reid said Tootle made a number of ‘unsolicited comments’ to police as she was questioned.",
"At a police station she said: ‘The things you’ll do for people - you get arrested for self defence’ and she said she hoped Mr Meadowcroft would be ‘getting arrested when he comes of out of hospital’.",
"When told she was being held for murder, Tootle retorted: ‘He’s died?'",
"She added: ‘I stabbed him.",
"If I didn’t it would have been me or my boyfriend.",
"I did it, yeah, but he came into the house.",
"It was unlocked and he had an illegal dog.",
"‘What if it was me or Mos? I heard the door smash.",
"I went down and he had a knife in his hand.",
"Mos was holding his wrist.",
"I grabbed hold of his hand and tried to get the knife and it went in.",
"If I intended to kill him, I would have stabbed him in the heart.’ She also showed a superficial scratch on her left forearm to a nurse who examined her and said: ‘That’s what happened when I tried to get the knife off Ash.’ She later gave a no comment interview but issued a prepared statement through her lawyer.",
"The knife was found in a garden next door.",
"Tootle now admits Mr Meadowcroft never had the knife but she denies murder.",
"The trial continues.",
"Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article."
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"Rebecca Tootle 'grabbed knife and attacked' Ashley Meadowcroft, 18 .",
"He arrived at her front door in Blackburn with his pitbull dog, court told .",
"She allegedly falsely claimed former friend Mr Meadowcroft had a blade .",
"Even 'gave herself scratch marks to show when she wrestled knife off him'"
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"As chairman of Ofsted, she was the guardian of good behaviour for the nation’s schoolchildren.",
"But a rather less wholesome side to Zenna Atkins has emerged after enraged parents complained about X-rated comments posted on her publicly available Facebook page.",
"In one smutty post, the 49-year-old boasted of offering to perform a sex act on a ‘very handsome man’, and in another she posted a picture of herself making a lewd gesture.",
"Parents have slammed former Ofsted chief Zenna Atkins, 49, (pictured), who is now chairman of a school's governing board, over x-rated messages she posted on Facebook .",
"Miss Atkins was Ofsted chief from 2006 to 2010 and is now the chairman of governors at a school in Brighton.",
"Her Facebook posts – branded ‘absolute filth’ by parents – are the kind of adult material that pupils might be scolded for viewing on their smartphones.",
"Had she still been chief at the schools watchdog, she would have presided over its recent drive to drum into children the perils of ‘sharing personal data’.",
"It is a lesson that Miss Atkins has learnt the hard way, after parents noticed the nature of the remarks she was sharing with the world on Facebook.",
"One post appeared on the site saying the ‘handsome’ man to whom she had offered a sexual service had replied: ‘Nah... I’d rather watch Jools Holland!’ and she added: ‘How sad is that!’ This joke, made on New Year's Eve sparked anger from parents after appeared on Ms Atkins's Facebook page.",
"The site was public at the time, but has since been made private .",
"Another crude joke seen on Ms Atkins's Facebook profile when it was publicly visible .",
"One parent sent this anonymous letter to the school, complaining about the comments and pictures on Ms Atkins's Facebook page .",
"Ms Atkins, 49, stepped down as chair of Ofsted in October 2010 after causing fury by making comments about every school needing a 's*** teacher' It got 23 likes – seen as marks of approval – from her Facebook friends.",
"Another posting showed a photo of three people sharing a bed under a coarse joke which began: ‘Three in a bed and the little one said...’ Miss Atkins also posted a photo of herself in a hospital bed sticking one finger up to the camera in a rude gesture.",
"She is the chairman of the board of governors at the 900-pupil Portslade Aldridge Community Academy in Brighton.",
"One parent said: ‘It’s just not on.",
"My son’s class have been told time and time again to conduct themselves properly on social media, yet the chair of the governors goes and does whatever she wants.’ Another wrote an anonymous letter of complaint saying: ‘I find it appalling this lady has these things on her Facebook page for all to see, including students.",
"I do not believe such a person should be in a position of authority.’ A mother of three, who asked not to be named, said: ‘It is horrible to see things like that on Facebook, especially when it is open for all to see.",
"It is absolute filth.’ Although the page has since been made private, the contents came to the attention of parents at Portslade Aldridge Community Academy in Brighton (pictured) where Ms Atkins is now chair of governors .",
"Another parent said: ‘It’s not a good message to be sending out.",
"It questions their professionalism.’ The posts on her Facebook profile could previously be viewed by anyone but have been made private since the complaints.",
"Miss Atkins declined requests to comment but a spokesman for the Aldridge Foundation said: ‘Neither the academy, the foundation, nor the local authority-nominated governor has received any complaint regarding this.",
"‘Zenna Atkins’ professional social network profile can be viewed publicly on LinkedIn.",
"She has confirmed that her Facebook account is intended for a private network of close friends and family.",
"‘She and her fellow governors talk with parents on a regular basis and take their views very seriously.’"
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"She left post after commenting that every school needing a 's*** teacher'\nShe is now chair of governors at Portslade Aldridge Community Academy .",
"Parents complained over joke and photo posted on her Facebook page .",
"Mother-of-two's page was public but has since been made private ."
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"Jaine Stanley, 4, was diagnosed with severe scoliosis of the spine at the age of two .",
"A girl with a 63-degree bend in her spine is now a step closer to her dream of becoming a gymnast after a pioneering operation to straighten her back using remote controlled magnetic rods.",
"Jaine Stanley, 4, was diagnosed with severe scoliosis of the spine at the age of two and forced to wear restrictive and uncomfortable plastic braces for 23 hours a day to support her back.",
"The painful condition meant she could only sit on the sidelines as her friends played and could not even sit on the sofa because her tight braces got in the way.",
"Instead she would sit on the living room floor of her home in Newport, Isle of Wight, where she was first mesmerised by gymnasts on television and began to dream of joining them one day.",
"Yet, as her spine continued to curve into a shocking 63 degree bend - the worst case her spinal surgeon had ever seen - her ambition seemed further away than ever.",
"But now the budding gymnast is a giant step closer to her goal - and an incredible four centimetres taller - after a pioneering operation to straighten her spine.",
"Jaine had the life-changing seven-and-a-half hour operation in October and was the first - and youngest - patient to have the surgery at Southampton Children's Hospital, Hampshire.",
"The MAGEC rods brace the spine to minimise the growth of scoliosis and are lengthened over time using an external remote control.",
"This is placed on top of the skin and triggers a magnetic motor inside the rods to cause them to grow.",
"The process, first introduced in 2009 and now NHS England's recommended practice, replaces the need to operate to manually lengthen the growing rods every six to nine months.",
"Jaine will next return to the hospital every 12 weeks, when her rods can be lengthened within just minutes during a routine outpatient appointment.",
"She will have her first follow up appointment later this month and hopes to start gymnastics lessons in the coming months.",
"Jaine's mother Berenice, 42, said: 'The difference in Jaine is already amazing.",
"'We couldn't believe it when she came out of the operation four centimetres taller - in less than eight hours.",
"'We've taken her swimming since the operation and she was over the moon that she could finally touch the floor of the pool.",
"'She has always been so positive and despite the discomfort she felt with her braces, she just got on with things the best she could.",
"Jaine was unable to play with friends after the severe scoliosis left her in crippling pain.",
"Pictured is an x-ray of her back prior to having the pioneering operation .",
"Jaine's back was bent at a 63 degree angle (left) before the operation straightened her spine (right) 'She'd put the braces on her teddy bears when she wasn't wearing them.",
"But it was horrible to see her missing out on bouncy castles or soft play parties and struggling in the summer as she got hot and uncomfortable.",
"'It's still early days so we are taking it slowly but now she's set her sights on becoming a gymnast.",
"She keeps talking about getting a leotard.",
"It's lovely to see her so happy.'",
"Mrs Stanley began to have concerns about Jaine when she was two and a family friend pointed out that her body did not look 'straight'.",
"The mother-of-eight, who owns a burger van with partner Myles, 47, said: 'When Jaine got to about two years old we noticed that she didn't look straight and her body was going off to the side.",
"'It was concerning so we took her for an x-ray and she became the youngest child on the island to be diagosed with scoliosis.'",
"Jaine had to be fitted with for four different braces over the next two years, which she had to wear for 23 hours a day.",
"The tube-shaped plastic frames encased her torso and works to support Jaine's spine, but they had to be fastened tightly to be effective.",
"Her mother said: 'She had to wear the brace all day and it would dig into her armpits and make her very hot in the summer.",
"The MAGEC rods inside Jaine brace the spine to minimise the growth of scoliosis and are lengthened over time using a remote control .",
"Hospital x-rays show the two rods implanted in her back, which are extended using remote controls in order to help straighten her spine .",
"Scoliosis is a condition that causes the spine to curve to the left or right.",
"While it is usually mild and doesn't require treatment, severe cases such as Jaine's require back braces or surgery.",
"The word itself comes from the Greek word meaning crooked - and it can form in either the upper or lower spine.",
"It generally starts during puberty and begins gradually and painlessly.",
"But if it is severe, it can become disfiguring as the bending spine contorts nearby muscles, vertebrae and ligaments.",
"If not treated properly, it can cause back pain, breathing and heart problems later in life.",
"'She would flip it off her body when she was asleep and give it to her teddies to wear when she was having a break.",
"It supported her completely for 23 hours of the day and when she took it off, her spine would curve back around again.",
"'It was so hard for her because she couldn't play with her friends or join in on the bouncy castles at parties, but she stuck with it and got on the best she could.'",
"The life-changing surgery was carried out by Consultant Orthopaedic Adult and Paediatric Spinal Surgeon Christopher Dare.",
"Mr Dare said: 'Jaine's curvature was certainly the worst case of early onset scoliosis I've ever seen.",
"'I've never have I seen it progress quite so rapidly and to that sort of size, because we do try to stop it getting so bad with the use of braces but it was relentless in this case.",
"'The braces press on the rib cage externally to try to manipulate the spine into a straight position and hold it there while it grows.",
"'Often the bones are too small to operate on at that age and so the braces hold things in place until the child is old enough for us to operate.",
"'However, with Jaine it was clear - with a 63 degree bend - that we were losing the battle against the scoliosis with the braces and so the external pressure wasn't working and we needed to operate to fit the internal rods.",
"Jaine is now looking forward to fulfilling her ambition of becoming a gymnast - something she was unable to do before undergoing the operation .",
"Jaine's mother Berenice Stanley said she began to have concerns about her daughter when she was two and a family friend pointed out that her body did not look 'straight' 'Historically, we used screw in rods which we would have to operate every six to nine months to stretch the rods out under general anaesthetic.",
"'The advantages of the rods is they have a magnetic motor built into the rod, which is driven by an externally applied magnet.",
"'So rather than have the operation to stretch the rods, we can place a magnetic motor on the skin and use that to stretch the rods, without exposing the rods and risking infection.'",
"He added: 'Jaine will have that lengthening procedure every three months until she is eight or nine.",
"'A scoliotic spine does not grow like a normal spine, so we are trying to achieve as much longitudinal growth of the spine as possible.",
"'We will lengthen the spine for as long as we can, usually until a child is 11 or 12, and when it is unlikely to grow any more we will then do a final spinal fusion to fix it into a fixed position.'"
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"Jaine Stanley was diagnosed with severe scoliosis of the spine aged two .",
"The four-year-old's painful condition meant she couldn't play with friends .",
"Her spine was curved at 63 degrees - the worst case her surgeon had seen .",
"She was given pioneering surgery which utilised remote controlled rods .",
"The rods brace the spine and are lengthened over time using a remote .",
"It is placed on top of the skin and triggers a motor which makes rods grow .",
"She is now beginning to realise her dream by starting gymnastics lessons ."
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"Half of all violent attacks last year were fuelled by alcohol – with pub closing time on a Friday night accounting for one in three assaults.",
"Of the 1.3million violent crimes reported in England and Wales last year, some 53 per cent were booze related, figures released by the Office for National Statistics revealed.",
"The figures also showed that most booze-fuelled crime took place between 11pm to 1am on a Friday night - when 31 per cent of all assaults took place.",
"Of the 1.3million violent assaults reported in England and Wales last year, 53 per cent were booze related .",
"Men are far more likely to be victims of alcohol-related violence – with six out of 10 attacks on men.",
"Two-thirds of violence between strangers also involved alcohol, while one-third of domestic violence occurred after drinking, the figures revealed.",
"Eight out of 10 violent incidents were alcohol-related between 10pm and midnight, whereas booze only played a part in half the violent attacks earlier in the evening, between 6pm and 10pm.",
"The trend continued into the early hours - with alcohol featuring in 84 per cent of all violent incidents between midnight and 6am.",
"According to the Crime Survey for England and Wales, violent incidents at the weekend were twice as likely to involve alcohol as during the week.",
"Andrew Brown, director of policy with charity DrugScope, said: ‘Today’s statistics on alcohol-related violence show the extent of the problem, with more than half of all violent incidents involving alcohol.",
"‘DrugScope’s state of the sector report, published today, found that almost half of substance misuse services are seeing an increased demand for alcohol treatment.",
"We also know that every £1 invested in alcohol treatment saves £5 in health, care and criminal justice costs.",
"‘Making sure that people who need treatment are able to get it must be an important part of the response to alcohol-related violence.’ Analysis of the ONS statistics showed 13 per cent of all threats to kill offences involved alcohol, while some 43 per cent of assaults on police officers occurred after drinking.",
"Home Secretary Theresa May has welcomed falling crime figures - including an 18 per cent fall in alcohol related crime .",
"Separate analysis showed the number of incidents involving alcohol had dropped by more than 150,000 between 2012/13 and last year.",
"There were 704,000 such incidents reported in the latest batch of annual figures - the lowest in two decades.",
"A spokesman for the Portman group, which represents alcohol producers, said: ‘It is good news that alcohol-related violent crime has fallen by 18 per cent in just one year.",
"‘But alcohol-related harms still remain and some areas suffer more than others.",
"The best way to support these communities is to get local businesses, police, local authorities and health services working together to improve town centres, tackle harmful drinking and make our high streets safer places to enjoy.'"
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"More than 650,000 violent assaults in England and Wales alcohol related .",
"Men more likely to be victims, accounting for 60% of booze-fuelled attacks .",
"Two-thirds of violence between strangers involved alcohol, figures show .",
"Most alcohol related crime took place between 11pm to 1am on a Friday ."
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"Twenty eight Alabama counties have stopped issuing all marriage licenses rather than comply with a federal court order to legalize same-sex unions.",
"Now 3.1million people - straight and gay alike - are caught in a tug of war between US District Judge Callie Granade and Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who has said told counties not to comply with the federal ruling.",
"By Wednesday, only 23 of the state's 63 counties were issuing licenses to same-sex couples.",
"That leaves two-thirds of the state refusing to follow Judge Granade's order.",
"Sixteen counties are issuing marriage licences to only straight couples.",
"John Humphrey (left) and James Strawser wait for a marriage license along with several other gay couples at the Mobile County Probate office, where the local judge has decided to stop issuing all marriage licenses - even to straight couples .",
"Just 23 of the 63 counties in Alabama have opted to obey a federal judge's ruling and begin issuing marriage licenses to gay couples .",
"Twenty eight counties (pictured in red) have stopped issuing marriage licenses to anyone, while 16 (in grey) are issuing licenses to only straight couples - that makes two thirds of the counties refusing to comply with a judge's order .",
"One study in 2013 suggested that just 2.8percent of Alabama's population is gay, lesbian or transgender.",
"In Mobile, on Tuesday 51-year-old James Strawser and 38-year-old John Humphrey sat outside the marriage license window at the county courthouse - protesting the fact that local officials refused to open it and give them - or anyone else - a marriage license.",
"'Come on, you've got a federal order.",
"Open those windows,' Strawser said, to no avail.",
"Strawser and Humphrey filed one of the lawsuits for the right to marry in Alabama.",
"US District Judge Callie Granade's order overturning Alabama's same-sex marriage ban took effect Monday.",
"Granade has been on the court since 2002 after she was appointed by President George W Bush.",
"Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore on Sunday night ordered the state's probate judges to not issue the licenses, arguing that probate judges were not bound by Granade's decision since they were not defendants in the lawsuit that led to the order.",
"President Barack Obama, in an interview with BuzzFeed News, was asked about Moore's resistance and the comparisons some have made to Alabama Governor George Wallace's efforts to fight integration 50 years ago.",
"Tug of war: Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore (left) has ordered state probate judges to ignore US District Court Judge Callie Garande's ruling legalizing gay marriage .",
"'I won't say it's a perfect analogy, but there's a core principle here that's at stake, which is we have a supremacy clause in our Constitution,' Obama said.",
"'My recollection is that Judge Moore had a similar problem with a federal court ruling that you couldn't put a huge ...",
"Ten Commandments statue in the middle of your courthouse and, ultimately, federal law was obeyed and I think that the same thing will end up happening here,' Obama said.",
"Granade on January 23 ruled that the state's marriage ban was unconstitutional in a case brought by two women seeking to have their California marriage recognized by Alabama.",
"She struck a second blow to the law on January 26 in the case brought by Humphrey and Strawser, who were seeking to get married.",
"At least 19 of the state's 67 counties had issued wedding licenses to same-sex couples or said Tuesday they would do so, compared to just seven on Monday.",
"The exact number of counties refusing to sell licenses wasn't immediately clear.",
"Robert Povilat, left, and Milton Persinger, comfort each other after hearing that for a second day, the Mobile County Probate office won't issue marriage licenses .",
"Elmore County Probate Judge John E. Enslen said in a statement Tuesday that 'the dust has quickly settled' and it was clear same-sex marriages were allowed.",
"'Whether national or not, it now applies to Alabama,' he said.",
"Limestone County Probate Judge Charles Woodruff began issuing same-sex licenses Tuesday after seeking legal advice because of the conflicting opinions.",
"'I wasn't sure what the law was,' Woodruff said.",
"'I have never received an order from the chief justice of the Supreme Court in an email before.'",
"Robert Povilat, 60, and Milton Persinger, 47, were among the couples waiting in Mobile for a second day on Tuesday.",
"They said they would return every day until they were able to get a marriage license there.",
"'We sat and waited all day for them to open a window,' Povilat said.",
"'They never did.' Mobile County Probate Judge Don Davis said he closed the marriage-license section of his office because of 'conflicting orders' from Moore and Granade.",
"Davis said he will keep the section closed until he gets additional clarification, which could come Thursday.",
"Granade has scheduled a hearing after Strawser and Humphrey asked the court to force Mobile County to issue same-sex marriage licenses.",
"A second lawsuit filed by other couples against the Mobile County probate judge also names Moore as a defendant.",
"Strawser said he hoped the Thursday hearing would settle the issue, once and for all.",
"The case in Mobile only seeks to force that county's judge to issue the licenses.",
"However, a lawyer for Strawser and Humphrey said she hoped Granade's decision would be 'instructive' to the other probate judges."
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"US District Judge Callie Granade ordered that Alabama courts must begin issuing marriage licences to gay couples on Monday .",
"Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore ordered county officials to ignore the federal ruling .",
"23 out of 63 counties are issuing marriage licenses to gay couples .",
"Two thirds of counties are disobeying the federal order .",
"16 counties are still issuing marriage licenses, but refusing to give them to same-sex couples ."
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"A bizarre list of more than 300 slogans used by North Koreans covering every topic from the misdeeds of the U.S. 'warmongers' to the cultivation of mushrooms has been revealed.",
"The official KCNA news agency published the list, drafted by the ruling Worker's Party of Korea, on Thursday to mark the 70th anniversaries of its founding and the liberation of the Korean peninsula from Japanese rule.",
"Political slogans are an intrinsic part of the relentless, daily propaganda formula that North Koreans are weaned on almost from birth.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Devotion: A North Korean policeman stands near a wall of propoganda posters in the capital city of Pyongyang .",
"North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (centre) visits the construction site of an orphanage in Wonsan, Kangwon Province, on the east coast of North Korea .",
"The tone of the 310 slogans, which ran to more than 7,000 words in translation and spanned two pages of the party's broadsheet newspaper, is by turns aggressive, encouraging, comforting and threatening, and the style ranged equally widely from the oddly poetic to the laboriously clunky.",
"'Make fruits cascade down and their sweet aroma fill the air on the sea of apple trees at the foot of Chol Pass!'",
"was one agriculture-themed offering, followed by: .",
"'Let us turn ours into a country of mushrooms!'",
"and 'Grow vegetables extensively in greenhouses!'",
"Prominence was given to a long section of slogans hailing the legacy of late leaders Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il, and urging loyalty to the third generation Kim ruler, Kim Jong-Un.",
"Others covered military strength, the economy, farming, science and technology, education, the arts and sports.",
"The slogans shore up the internally propagandised image of the North as a racially pure nation that must make every effort to protect itself from scheming enemies - led by the United States - who are bent on invasion and enslavement.",
"'We were permanently buried by an avalanche of slogans,' said defector Lee Min-Bok who fled North Korea 14 years ago and now lives in the South.",
"Propaganda: North Koreans pass a poster on a street in Kaesong, North Hwanghae Province, close to the border with South Korea .",
"'We had to memorise a lot of them to show our loyalty, but they slowly lost any meaning for anyone, especially after the famine in the 90s,' said Lee, 57.",
"'That greenhouse one has been around for decades.",
"The problem is nobody had any plastic sheets of glass to build them, or fuel to heat them.'",
"Some defector-run websites have run reports of how slogans have become the butt of private jokes among ordinary North Koreans who often amend them to reflect reality.",
"The 1998 slogan 'Though the road ahead may be perilous, let's travel it laughing!'",
"was changed to 'Let them laugh as they go, why are they making us come too?'",
"But the slogans do offer some insights into the thinking and priorities of the North Korean regime, and a few ground realities are recognised.",
"One of those published Thursday stressed the urgent need to increase food production, in order to 'resolve the food problem of the people and improve their dietary life'.",
"Dear Leader: Prominence was given to a long section of slogans hailing the legacy of late leaders Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il, and urging loyalty to the third generation Kim ruler, Kim Jong-Un .",
"There was a special section devoted to the evil misdeeds of the US 'warmongers' and another underlining the absolute necessity of maintaining a powerful military.",
"'Should the enemy dare to invade our country, annihilate them to the last man!'",
"read one slogan in the military section, that also exhorted the wives of officers to 'become dependable assistants to their husbands!'",
"The slogans also seemed to stress the country's eagerness to mend ties with their southern counterpart.",
"'It is a long-cherished desire of all the fellow countrymen and an urgent task of the nation to put an end to the tragedy of national division that has lasted 70 years,' one of the slogans read.",
"The United Nations and human rights groups say North Korea is guilty of appalling treatment of many of its citizens, with defectors reporting mass-starvation, abuse and infanticide in prison camps.",
"Poverty is rife outside the capital, which is home to about 2.8 million people.",
"North Koreans are expected to worship their leaders past and present above any deity.",
"Propaganda is pumped into the young minds of children from the moment they start kindergarten."
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"The list of 310 slogans was drafted by the ruling Worker's Party of Korea .",
"There's a long section hailing the legacy of late leaders and Kim Jong-Un .",
"Others covered military strength, the arts, technology, science and sports .",
"The slogans also seem to stress eagerness to mend ties with the South ."
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"Toys of characters from Disney's Frozen are selling at a rate of seven a second, figures from eBay reveal.",
"After parents paid for DVDs, visits to sing-along screenings and specially-themed childrens' parties, youngsters are now pleading for Princess Elsa dolls and other toys linked to the film.",
"On average, 12,623 Frozen items sell every day via eBay, outstripping all other brands of merchandise.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Toys linked to Disney's Frozen are selling at the rate of seven every second on online marketplace eBay .",
"The Japanese franchise Pokémon is the second most traded brand of toys on the site, followed by Harry Potter in third.",
"Despite Frozen dominating the market, classic cartoons like Thomas the Tank Engine and Scooby Doo remain in the top 10.",
"Thomas the Tank Engine sells nearly 700 items each day via the site, while one piece of Scooby Doo merchandise is sold every hour.",
"Spokesperson for eBay Laura Wilkinson-Rea said: 'Frozen has really captured the imaginations of an entire generation of children, and is a true phenomenon.",
"'It will be interesting to see if people are still buying or selling Anna and Elsa dolls in ten, or even 50 years time.'",
"The film was released last spring and soon became the highest grossing animation in history .",
"Soaring demand for Frozen merchandise over the last year has seen Disney's revenues grow by 20 per cent .",
"The fact that the Frozen toys are now being widely sold on eBay also suggests that some children's enthusiasm for the film is beginning to flag and unwanted Christmas presents are now being sold on to others.",
"1. Frozen . 2. Pokémon . 3. Harry Potter .",
"4. Toy Story . 5. Thomas the Tank Engine .",
"6. Dr Who . 7. Fireman Sam .",
"8. In the Night Garden .",
"9. The Simpsons . 10. Scooby Doo .",
"Frozen is the highest-grossing animation in history, taking more than £700million at the box office after it was released last spring - sparking a series of merchandising spin-offs.",
"It emerged last week that the parents of two young fans of the film in the US have spent £45,000 turning their youngster's rooms into Frozen-style palaces.",
"Prime Minister David Cameron told MailOnline last week that his youngest daughter, Florence, is a huge fan.",
"He said: '(She) has got an Elsa dress with all the trimmings and regularly launches into song.'",
"The Tory leader admitted he didn't know all the words to film's hit song Let It Go but 'had listened to it being sung more times than I care to remember'."
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"More than 12,000 Frozen toys are traded on the website every day .",
"Merchandise getting huge sales after film was highest grossing animation .",
"Japanese franchise Pokémon second most sold, followed by Harry Potter .",
"eBay say figures show the film 'captured the imaginations of a generation'"
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"An 18-year-old former public schoolboy who shot primary school children with a BB gun to 'let off steam' has been spared prison.",
"Jack Hewitt, of Gilmerton, Edinburgh, took potshots from a window of his parents' home at children aged between eight and 10 playing in the grounds of a neighbouring primary school.",
"When he was arrested a tearful Hewitt told police he 'was letting off steam' during his exams.",
"Former public schoolboy Jack Hewitt (pictured left) has avoided prison despite admitting to shooting at primary school children with a BB gun in May 2013 - he was instead ordered to carry out community service .",
"He admitted culpably and recklessly discharging a firearm - but today avoided jail and was instead sentenced to 200 hours community service .",
"Hewitt has twice had his sentence deferred - once to finish his exams and another to go on a charity trip to Fiji.",
"During the May 2013 incident he shot at and hit a group of young children who were playing in the grounds of Gilmerton Primary School during their lunch break.",
"Several of the children were hit by the pellets - one girl was struck on the forehead and another was hit just below the eye.",
"Hewitt (pictured) has twice had today's sentencing deferred - once to finish his Scottish Highers exams and another to go on a charity trip to Fiji .",
"Others had red marks and bruising on their arms, legs, stomach and heads.",
"Today, a sheriff said Hewitt had an 'uncommon fascination' with firearms and had committed a serious crime when he fired at the children in Edinburgh in 2013.",
"But after taking into account his previously clean record and guilty plea the judge ordered him to serve 200 hours of community service.",
"Sheriff Isobella McColl ordered Hewitt to complete his community service over the next nine months.",
"She said: 'I would have given you the maximum of 300 hours, but because you pled guilty it will be 200 hours.'",
"She added Hewitt had 'an uncommon fascination, like other young people, with firearms'.",
"After hearing a plea from Hewitt's defence lawyer for him to be admonished - the judicial equivalent of a verbal warning - the sheriff replied: 'Admonishment is impossible due to the seriousness of the offence.'",
"But the father of one of children slammed the sentence and said Hewitt should have been jailed.",
"He said Hewitt was getting off lightly because he had attended the £10,000-a-year George Watson's College in the city.",
"He said: 'This young man was shooting at children.",
"If he had hit one of them in the eye it could have been life-changing for them.",
"'He went to a private school and I think that is the reason why he got off lightly.",
"Anyone else would have been sentenced a long time ago and not been let off to go to Fiji.",
"This ten-year-old (pictured left) was shot with a BB gun pellet in the arm (right) along with his friends .",
"'This was a chance to make a point about firearms but they have just let this person walk - it's ridiculous.",
"'He must have fired that gun loads of times which shows he had no remorse after hitting the first child.",
"'Since this happened we have been keeping an eye on similar cases and people have ended up in jail, which should have happened in this instance.'",
"Outside court, Hewitt told reporters: 'I don't want to speak.'",
"Scottish Conservatives previously criticised the delays in sentencing Hewitt.",
"Today a spokesman said: 'We feel that the sentence is appropriate.'",
"Former public schoolboy Hewitt was a student at the £10,000-a-year George Watson's College in Edinburgh ."
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"Jack Hewitt, 18, shot at the primary school children from his window .",
"Schoolchildren aged between eight and 10 were hit with BB gun pellets .",
"When arrested he told police he was just 'letting off steam' during exams .",
"Hewitt pleaded guilty to culpably and recklessly discharging a firearm .",
"But today avoided jail and was instead sentenced to community service .",
"The father of one of the children slammed the sentence as 'ridiculous'"
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"More than a quarter of the public say that victims of rape or sex attacks are at least ‘a little bit responsible’ if they were drunk at the time.",
"Among 16 to 19-year-olds, this leaps to one in three who believe people are partly to blame if they have been drinking.",
"It then falls to fewer than one in four for people over the age of 25.",
"Research by the Office for National Statistics also revealed that a fifth of victims of sexual assaults were unconscious or asleep.",
"Three out of ten were ‘under the influence’ of alcohol.",
"One in three teenagers said a rape victim's drunkenness made them 'completely', 'mostly' or 'a little' responsible .",
"The study comes at a time of huge controversy over rape laws in the wake of the Ched Evans case.",
"The Welsh international footballer was released from prison in October, halfway through a five-year sentence for raping a 19-year-old woman.",
"Jurors had decided that a woman he had sex with was too drunk to consent.",
"Last month, the row intensified further when the head of the Crown Prosecution Service, Alison Saunders, said society must ‘challenge’ the view that rape victims should be blamed if they had been ‘drinking’.",
"Footballer Ched Evans was convicted of raping a 19-year-old after a jury found she was too drunk to consent .",
"However yesterday’s ONS report – based on the Crime Survey for England and Wales, which questions thousands of people – found a sizeable minority did think that people who had consumed alcohol before they were attacked should shoulder some responsibility.",
"Some 6 per cent said the victim is ‘completely/mostly responsible’ if they were drunk.",
"A further 20 per cent said they were ‘a little bit responsible’.",
"Two-thirds of respondents said the victim was ‘not responsible’ and 7 per cent didn’t know.",
"Among those aged 25 to 44, around 23 per cent felt that a person who was drunk was at least partly responsible.",
"For those aged 16 to 19, the figure was 33 per cent.",
"Sarah Green, from the campaign group End Violence Against Women Coalition, said: ‘We already know that a significant minority of the population are inclined to blame women for being raped, but what should be a cause of great concern in these figures is the fact that younger people are more likely to blame women and girls for rape.",
"‘Young people today are bombarded with confusing messages about men and women and sexuality – women are constantly portrayed as sex objects and it is implied that it is ‘natural’ for men to pursue women to the point of coercion.’ The figures also showed that for over half of victims – 57 per cent – physical force had been used by the offender to try and make them have sex.",
"One in ten victims reported that the offender had choked or tried to strangle them.",
"A quarter reported that they had been frightened or threatened.",
"Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders suggested people accused of rape should have to prove how their alleged victim had consented .",
"Overall, sex offences recorded by police rose to 64,205 in 2013/14 – the most since 2002/03 – and the ONS said there was a ‘greater willingness’ to report abuse.",
"Experts added that the rise in reports was ‘thought to reflect’ better recording.",
"At a special conference on rape last month, CPS head Mrs Saunders said people accused of sexual crimes must be able to show they had the person’s consent.",
"‘For too long society has blamed rape victims for confusing the issue of consent – by drinking or dressing provocatively for example,’ she said.",
"‘It is not a crime to drink, but it is a crime to target someone who is no longer capable of consenting to sex through drink.’"
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"Shock findings published by the Office for National Statistics today .",
"Teens and those in their late 50s are the least sympathetic to rape victims .",
"It will trigger further debate about the role of consent in rape cases .",
"Issue thrown into spotlight after rape conviction of footballer Ched Evans .",
"Evans convicted of rape after a jury found victim was too drunk to consent ."
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"The central cast of Friends all went on to achieve continued success in Hollywood, and it seems the same goes for one of the show’s cutest characters.",
"The white-throated capuchin monkey who played Ross’s pet Marcel just landed a Mario Testino photo shoot for Allure magazine, alongside Kendall Jenner.",
"The primate, who is in fact a female called Katie, perched on the reality star turned model’s shoulder and sat in her arms as she posed in a series of cut-out swimsuits.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"It's a jungle out there: Katie the monkey stars with Kendall Jenner in a new photo shoot for Allure magazine .",
"Katie certainly acted like a pro, staring at the camera and even showing off an endearing head tilt.",
"And Kendall, 19, was clearly a fan of the monkey, telling the magazine during her accompanying interview that she loves animals.",
"Katie was born in 1993, two years before the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star.",
"Capuchins can live until the age of 45 or older in captivity, but their life expectancy in the wild is between 15 and 25 years.",
"Monkeying around: The white-throated capuchin played Ross's pet Marcel on Friends in seasons one and two .",
"A pro: Katie gazed at the camera as Kendall modelled cut-out swimsuits, and later perched on her shoulder .",
"Agent Provocateur Dakotta swimsuit .",
"Rip it up here... Visit site .",
"Fact: Kendall Jenner is a mega babe.",
"But just in case anyone, anywhere needed any more proof.",
"These pictures should put the matter to rest.",
"Shot by Mario Testino for Allure magazine, Kendall looks amaze-ing as she poses up a storm in a series of sexy swimsuits.",
"And her perfect accessory?",
"That adorable monkey!",
"We love her cut-out one shoulder Versace number in the image below, but this slashed Agent Provocateur number is our fave.",
"Obviously it's a mega hot piece to wear around the pool, but you could also team it with skinny jeans and killer heels for a banging after-dark look.",
"So with that in mind, why not stand out out from the rest and click right to get yours?",
"Or, see our looks for less below from the likes of Missguided and ASOS?",
"Or splash the cash with this designer ViX's number at Bloomingdales.",
"ASOS lattice strap swimsuit (now $22.93) Visit site .",
"ViX solid crossed cut out monokini one piece swimsuit at Bloomingdale's .",
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"The animal appeared in eight episodes of Friends, during the first and second seasons, along with her double Monkey.",
"Sadly, David Schwimmer wasn't as much of a fan of his on-screen pet as his character Ross Geller was.",
"‘I hate the monkey,’ he told Entertainment Weekly in 1995.",
"‘I wish it were dead.’ David explained that he wanted to be able to get to know the animal, adding: ‘The trainers won’t let me bond with it.",
"They’re really, really possessive.",
"It’s like, “Land on your marks, do your job, don’t touch or bond with the monkey.” It’s a bummer.",
"Big fan: The 19-year-old model, who was shot by Mario Testino, told the magazine that she loves animals .",
"And Matthew Perry, who played Chandler Bing, told TV Guide: ‘The monkey doesn't know he's on TV.",
"He isn't going to perform perfectly every time, so they're going to use the take where the monkey gets it right.",
"‘It didn't matter what our performances were like.",
"If the monkey got it right on the first take, that was the one they used.",
"The monkey also ate live worms.",
"And then he'd vomit constantly.’ Katie and Monkey (born in 1988) additionally starred in Ace Ventura II: When Nature Calls, George Of The Jungle, Flinstones II: Viva Rock Vegas, Outbreak, Addicted To Love and Instinct.",
"Not really Friends: Sadly, David Schwimmer said in 1995 that he 'hated' the monkey and wished 'it were dead' Animal A-lister: Katie went on to become the Rally Monkey for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim baseball team .",
"They also appeared in commercials for Bud Light, Diet Coke, Pepsi, McDonalds, Doritos, Sony and Yahoo.",
"Katie later became the unofficial mascot, or Rally Monkey, for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Major League Baseball Team.",
"The two capuchins are owned by Nerissa Politzer and were trained by Mike Morris of Bob Dunn’s Animal Service.",
"Nerissa told People in 1995: 'If Monkey was human, she’d be Meryl Streep.'",
"Cover girl: Stunning Kendall appears on the cover of Allure magazine's March issue ."
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"The parents of a 22-year-old woman shot dead by police outside a Hungry Jack's on Monday has released a photo of their beloved daughter who lived with Asperger's syndrome.",
"Two days after Courtney Jade Topic was shot in the chest after wielding a knife, the Topic family said that they were grateful for the love they had felt from the Australian public.",
"'The Topic family would like to thank everyone for their overwhelming support,' the family said in a statement released through NSW Police.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"The distraught family of 22-year-old Courtney Topic released the above photo of their beloved daughter .",
"'We ask that you could respect our privacy during this tragic time,' the statement said.",
"The Topic family also released a photo of Ms Topic, which shows her smiling and standing next to a birthday cake.",
"On Wednesday, Ms Topic's father said the family was distraught by her death and still trying to come to terms with the loss.",
"'We are really struggling to cope… we are just devastated,' he told the Daily Mail Australia.",
"The family is focusing on organising a funeral for Ms Topic, as her former principle offered his condolences to her loved ones.",
"'Our deepest prayers and sympathies have been extended to the family concerned,' said Raymond Wooby, the principal at Freeman Catholic College.",
"'Their ongoing support and care will be our highest priority and we will continue to monitor the wellbeing off all student and staff in this difficult time,' he told The Sydney Morning Herald.",
"Ms Topic, from Carnes Hill in south-west Sydney, was wielding a knife when a police officer shot her in the chest in West Hoxton on Tuesday.",
"Ms Topic had Asperger syndrome, a condition that comes under autism spectrum disorder and causes difficulty relating to people and problems understanding instructions and social rules, the Daily Telegraph reported.",
"A photo obtained by Channel 7 shows the victim sipping on a drink and brandishing a knife by a service station next to Hungry Jack's before she died .",
"The moment after a 22-year-old woman was shot by a male officer in Sydney's west on Tuesday were captured on a passing driver's phone .",
"Frozen: Five officers surrounded the woman's body with their guns still drawn, seconds after the fatal shot was fired .",
"The shooting was captured on the phone of a shocked motorist driving past the bloody scene.",
"Shouts of 'he shot her!'",
"could be heard from the car as it slowly edged towards the footpath on Tuesday just before midday in West Hoxton, Sydney's west, where five police officers were filmed surrounding the 22-year-old woman's body on the ground.",
"The officers appeared to be frozen in place for an instant, with their guns still drawn, when the car finally came right up to the scene, the footage aired by Nine News revealed.",
"As one policeman kneeled on the ground and rolled the woman's body onto its side, a male officer could be seen bending over with his hands on his knees before pacing slightly forward.",
"Bending again even further and lowering his head, a female officer in front of him could be seen turning to face him as the unseen filmers hid their camera from view.",
"Just before they finally drove off, the driver and his passengers captured a final glimpse of the scene.",
"A second officer was filmed bending over the body as three more rushed to the scene, two of which had already begun putting on blue forensic gloves.",
"A male officer who is believed to have fired the shot, was filmed pacing (left) and bending over in shock, with his hands on his knees as a female officer turned to comfort him (right) Just before they finally drove off, a last glimpse of the scene showed a second officer bending over the body as three more rushed to the scene, two of which had already begun putting on blue forensic gloves .",
"Police attempted to revive the woman immediately after she was shot and an ambulance was called, however she died at the scene.",
"The intersection was temporarily closed to the public.",
"NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Frank Mennilli said 'a number of tactical options were deployed' including capsicum spray and a taser before a male constable 'resorted to using his firearm'.",
"A witness who watched the confrontation between the woman and police unfold told Nine News that the 22-year-old repeatedly lunged at police with her 30cm blade.",
"'They tried to talk to her a little bit and she kind of lost it,' the witness, Ashton Tuimaseve, said.",
"'She started charging the male officer and the male officer was backing up looking like he was unwillingly not wanting to do anything.",
"And then he fired one shot and it hit her in the chest.",
"'I think at the time she was being tazered and that's what might have slowed her down a little bit.",
"Witness Ashton Tuimaseve said: 'there was two female officers comforting the male officer that did fire the shot' The woman was 'walking around with a large kitchen knife' and had been spotted 'running around the street earlier in Carnes Hill' when police were called, NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Frank Mennilli said .",
"Police said they tried a 'number of tactical options' before shooting the 22-year-old woman .",
"Police and Forensic Service personnel on the scene of a shooting at a fast food restaurant at West Hoxton .",
"'And she just, you know, the male officer obviously didn't want to do it like he just kept running backwards.'",
"'There was two female officers comforting the male officer that did fire the shot.'",
"Another witness, Robert Duncan, described the woman as moving towards the police 'in a zombie like fashion' while 'wielding and swinging a knife'.",
"'The woman came so close to one of the officers that he was going to be stabbed or had been stabbed and then I heard a pop sound and she went to the ground,' Mr Duncan told News Corp. Police reportedly spent time trying to revive the woman after she was shot .",
"Witnesses described the woman as moving towards the police 'in a zombie like fashion' while 'wielding and swinging a knife' 'She could not have been tackled, the way she was running and swinging the knife it would have been impossible to get an arm or leg shot on her… she just kept coming as if she was possessed.'",
"The woman was 'walking around with a large kitchen knife' and had been spotted 'running around the street earlier in Carnes Hill' when police were called, Mr Mennilli said.",
"'The officers are distraught and also at this time I would like to pass on my condolences to the friends and family of the deceased,' he added.",
"Her mother was reported to have collapsed after being informed of the incident according to News Corp, who revealed she works as a teacher's aide.",
"These images are thought to show the spot, marked by orange cones, where the woman was shot dead .",
"A father, daughter and son who live across the road from Hungry Jack's - with their backyard backing onto Hoxton Park Road - told Daily Mail Australia they had a view of the whole thing.",
"'The girl was the only one outside.",
"We think she was trying to hold up the petrol station.",
"An incident happened near the service station last week.",
"Policemen chasing the person but there were no shots that time,' Alan Sobbi, 45, said.",
"'My son said he saw something in her hand.",
"We saw a group of police officers with some trying to revive her,' he added.",
"Another witness, who did not want to be named, told Daily Mail Australia he had stopped his car 30 metres away and saw police shoot the girl.",
"'Basically I just saw a girl run away from the Hungry Jack's, servo area to the corner of Cowpasture Road,' he said.",
"'There were four or five officers basically running towards her and she was trying to run away and the copper just shot her in the stomach.",
"'She was surrounded by all four corners so the only way out was to run towards a cop anyway, it would have been a hard situation.'",
"The women was 'walking around with a large kitchen knife' police said .",
"She had been spotted 'running around the street earlier in Carnes Hill' NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Frank Mennilli said .",
"A critical incident team from the State Crime Command's Homicide Squad will investigate the shooting .",
"'I saw her put her hands up and saw her put her hands down towards her belt and then she got shot,' he said.",
"'She may have been trying to grab something.",
"I didn't see a big butcher's knife in her hand or her lunge at police.'",
"'A critical incident team from the State Crime Command's Homicide Squad and assisted by investigators from South West Metropolitan Region will now investigate all circumstances surrounding the incident, including the woman's actions prior to police intervention and the discharge of a firearm,' a police statement said.",
"'That investigation will be overseen by the Professional Standards Command.",
"'All information will be provided to the Coroner who will determine the cause of death and make any findings about the events leading to the woman's death.'",
"Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward.",
"Anyone who can assist police should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.",
"Local people and police are gathering at the scene of the shooting ."
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"Courtney Topic was shot dead by police on Tuesday .",
"The 22-year-old lived with Asperger's Syndrome and was wielding a knife .",
"She lunged at police who attempted to sedate her with capsicum spray .",
"Ms Topic was shot dead and the incident was captured on a phone .",
"Her family has released a treasured photo of her from a birthday .",
"In a statement the family said they were thankful for the public's support .",
"They asked for privacy as they grieved for their daughter ."
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"A woman donated her kidney to a total stranger and they are now engaged after he proposed on Christmas Day.",
"Ashley McIntyre, 25, discovered Danny Robinson, 25, was on dialysis treatment and was in need of an organ donor.",
"She turned out to be the the perfect match in more ways than one.",
"Ashley McIntyre and Danny Robinson became engaged after she donated her kidney to him .",
"Miss McIntyre first found out about Mr Robinson from her mother, Kim, who heard his mother talking about his need for a kidney on a radio show .",
"Speaking to the USA Today, she said: 'I never in a million years imagined this would happen...it was a whirlwind.",
"It's crazy how it all worked.",
"It was all planned out by God.'",
"She added: 'I know being a living organ donor is not possible for a lot of people.",
"But it's something to just think about.",
"'It's just kind of a human thing, something (to) do for another person that could change their life.'",
"Danny's mother, Denise Stutzenberger, says even before she met Ashley, she was convinced her son would end up marrying her.",
"'I told her, \"You are going to be my daughter-in-law, you just don't know it yet,\"' she said.",
"'I don't know how to explain it.",
"Something in me told me.'",
"Their story is also highly unusual for the fact only one per cent of living kidney donations are from strangers.",
"On Christmas Day, he proposed and she accepted.",
"The two are now expecting a baby in June .",
"Overall in Kentucky last year, there were 135 kidney transplants, 33 involving living donors - so the couple's transplant was likely to have been one of the only live donations between strangers across the state.",
"He had been diagnosed at 16 with IgA nephropathy, which occurs when an antibody lodges in the kidneys, causing inflammation that gradually damages kidney function.",
"Family members offered to donate their kidneys but no one matched and so he spent two years on the transplant waiting list.",
"The next day Miss McIntyre send a Facebook message to the radio show ('Terry Meiners & Co') and made contact with representatives from UK's transplant program.",
"When the two were discharged from hospital, they remained close and started a romantic relationship after a Memorial Day family barbecue .",
"She then underwent a series of tests and found they matched perfectly.",
"When the procedure was 'almost set in stone', the two families agreed to meet at a Cheesecake Factory restaurant and they 'all clicked immediately'.",
"Following that, Miss McIntyre and Mr Robinson, who are both from Louisville, Kentucky, chatted on the phone and regularly exchanged messages.",
"Then in April she underwent the operations which went smoothly.",
"It left her with one kidney and him with three — his two non-functional ones and hers working beside them.",
"The two are now expecting a baby in June and are hoping to buy their own place.",
"'It still doesn't register to me,' Miss McIntyre said.",
"'Before all of this [attention], we don't really think about our situation.",
"We just live our daily lives.",
"So to relive it all is kind of surreal, but it's awesome.'"
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"Ashley McIntyre, 25, donated her kidney to stranger Danny Robinson, 25 .",
"She found out he was on dialysis treatment and needed an organ donor .",
"Before operation, they chatted on the phone and regularly exchanged texts .",
"Once complete, they remained close and started romantic relationship .",
"He proposed on Christmas Day and they are now expecting a baby in June ."
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"Florida authorities say a twin-engine propeller plane crashed in a rural part of Miami-Dade County shortly after takeoff on Wednesday, killing all four people aboard.",
"Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen identified the plane as a Beechcraft 1900 that had been headed to Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos Islands.",
"She said the plane was attempting to return to Miami Executive Airport when it crashed about 2:45 p.m after reporting engine trouble.",
"Tragedy: This twin-engine propeller plane crashed in a rural part of Miami-Dade County shortly after takeoff Wednesday, killing all four people aboard .",
"Trip: An FAA spokeswoman has identified the plane as a Beechcraft 1900 that had been headed to Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos Islands .",
"Return: FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the plane was attempting to return to Miami Executive Airport when it crashed about 2:45 p.m. All four people on board the aircraft died in the crash, said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokesman Lt. Arnold Piedrahita.",
"He said the pilot reported engine problems after takeoff, then clipped a power line before the plane hit the ground and burst into flames.",
"No buildings on the ground were damaged in an area dominated by farmland, although one large structure was not far away.",
"'We have found no signs of survivors,' Piedrahita said.",
"'We know the plane experienced some form of engine trouble.'",
"Piedrahita told WSVN 'Thankfully he was able to touch down in an area where there wasn't more people on the ground, in an open field.",
"Unfortunately, the passengers weren't able to survive this.'",
"The identities of the people killed were not immediately released.",
"However, family friend Adriana Chirinos told Local 10 that Venezuelan Raul Chirivella piloted the plane, and that the other men included Roberto Cavaniel, Juan Carlos Betancourt, and a fourth man.",
"'He's a really good guy,' Chirinos told the television station.",
"'We have known him more than 30 years.'",
"Pilot: Raul Chirivella, pictured, was reportedly the man piloting the plane .",
"Victims: The identities of the four people on board who perished have not yet been released .",
"Rural crash site: No buildings on the ground were damaged in an area dominated by farmland, although one large structure was not far away .",
"Witness Hector Garcia told WSVN 'I was heading south on Krome Avenue, and I saw the plane getting pretty, pretty close to the ground.",
"'The pilot looked like he was trying to save the plane, to smooth out the landing, but when it crossed Krome Avenue heading west, the tail, once it caught ground, it just slammed the front end of the plane, and it instantly caught fire.'",
"Another witness, Angelica Rivera, told the television station 'For a second I thought it was coming down to land but then I knew that the [Miami Executive Airport] was kind of a distance from it, so that's when we all started to notice that it was just coming downwards like faster in a plummet than it should have been.'",
"Bergen said the plane is not registered in the U.S. She said the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the cause of the crash."
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"FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen identified the plane as a Beechcraft 1900 .",
"The plane took off destined for the Turks and Caicos Islands .",
"But the plane crashed attempting to return to Miami Executive Airport about 2:45 p.m.\nAll four people on board the aircraft died in the crash, said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokesman Lt. Arnold Piedrahita .",
"He said the pilot reported engine problems after takeoff, then clipped a power line before the plane hit the ground and burst into flames ."
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"Weight loss expert Steve Miller believes that fat shaming is the best way to encourage people to lose weight and now he is encouraging people to tell their overweight loved ones if they're fat .",
"From calorie-counting apps to old fashioned slimming clubs, there are plenty of ways to motivate yourself to lose weight.",
"But would being called fat give you the final push you needed to shift the surplus pounds?",
"Weight loss expert Steve Miller believes so and now he is encouraging people to tell their overweight loved ones they’re fat.",
"The Fat Families star is sick of people branding ‘fat shaming’ as bullying and wants the nation to stop hiding behind political correctness.",
"Steve uses what he calls 'constructive fat shaming' as part of his approach.",
"Whilst some may find it offensive, he claims he’s built his success by telling clients' to their face that they’re fat and then working with them to develop an 80-20 regime whilst training them in self-hypnosis.",
"Steve claims people are too scared to tell the truth, but if they want to help others avoid health problems and early death then it’s time to speak up.",
"Despite many saying fat shaming is cruel, he claims that it can be a huge motivator to shed the excess pounds when done in the right way.",
"As a straight-talking coach, Steve is regularly labelled ''nasty' for his blunt approach, but he says constructive fat shaming is an effective weight loss method.",
"Steve, who calls himself the 'life b****', said: 'Whenever anyone discusses fat shaming, they automatically say it’s mean but this isn’t the case.",
"In actual fact, fat shaming and telling people they’re overweight is a huge motivator.",
"'It’s about being constructive, you wouldn’t want a family member or friend to die early from health complications so if you can do something to help them, then you should.'",
"Steve recommends using the word 'fat' constructively by speaking in a 'considered' tone.",
"He also believes you should judge someone's eating habit rather than them as a person and remind them about the realities of being fat.",
"'Is it OK to be fat?,' he asks.",
"'It's OK as long as you remember that you're not going to live as long as your slim and healthy friends and relatives.",
"It's OK to be fat unless you want to be able to lead a full, active life and play with your grandchildren.",
"'Remember, it's the slim and healthy people who pay for your treatment when your health fails.",
"Why should we pay for your lack of self-control?'",
"Tracey Howson, 34, weighed 19st and was a size 24, left, when she decided it was time to make a change.",
"She followed Steve's programme and is now size 12 and weighs 12st .",
"'But really though,' he continues.",
"'You know it's not OK to be fat when every time you look in the mirror someone you vaguely remember as being you when you were slim says, \"Let me out you fat f*****.",
"I've had enough\". Listen to your inner voice.'",
"'I’m tired of being labelled as nasty, I admit that I do tell people they’re fat but that is not bullying.",
"I have worked with over 2,000 clients who have thanked me for being so direct with them because it gave them the motivation they needed.",
"'I myself used to be fat and if it wasn’t for me looking in the mirror one day and telling myself I looked awful, I would never have been motivated enough to lose weight or get to where I am today.",
"'As a nation, we need to stop being so frightened of it, if we felt someone close to us was drinking or smoking too much then we’d tell them.",
"It’s the same with weight, obesity can lead to serious illness so we shouldn’t be scared to save our loved ones.",
"'I want to teach people how to use constructive fat shaming so they have guidance and support if they want to approach overweight loved ones.'",
"Tracey, pictured with Steve, says that meeting him and following his approach was one of the best things she's done.",
"'He taught me that it's about changing your life as a whole and not just finding a short-term diet solution,' she said .",
"One of his success stories is Tracey Howson, 34, who halved her dress size thanks to Steve.",
"Tracey weighed 19st and was a size 24 when she decided it was time to make a change.",
"Tracey, who had struggled with her size from a young age, joined WeightWatchers to help her slim down.",
"Despite seeing some success from the diet, Tracey was unable to keep the weight off and soon began to pile the pounds back on.",
"As a straight-talking coach, Steve is regularly labelled as 'nasty' and 'cruel' for his blunt approach, but he says constructive fat shaming is an effective weight loss method .",
"She became a yo-yo dieter and soon after her marriage broke down, Tracey found herself at 19st again.",
"The mother-of-two from Leeds knew an inflexible diet wasn’t enough for her to keep weight off in the long-term and sought help from Steve.",
"Tracey bought his book, Get Off Your Arse And Lose Weight, and attended one of his seminars in Birmingham.",
"She rapidly started losing weight by following an 80/20 approach rather than obsessing over her food intake.",
"Before she knew it, she had lost three stone within the space of three months.",
"Tracey shed seven stone in total thanks to Steve Miller’s approach and is now a healthy and stable size 12.",
"His diet plan includes a fruit salad and apple juice for lunch, herby chicken, sweet potatoes and vegetables is on the menu with a wholegrain scone and strawberries for pudding.",
"For dinner, Steve recommends a leafy salad with poached salmon.",
"She said: 'I’ve struggled with my weight for as long as I can remember.",
"I’ve always been big, even when I was at school.",
"'I joined WeightWatchers and lost weight but I soon realised that having to constantly monitor my food wasn’t going to work in the long run and I put it all back on.",
"'Meeting Steve and following his approach was one of the best things I’ve done.",
"He taught me that it’s about changing your life as a whole and not just finding a short-term diet solution.",
"'I now eat healthily most of the time and really enjoy exercising and that’s something I never thought I’d say especially when I was at 19st.",
"Steve doesn’t let you make excuses for yourself, which is great.",
"I needed to be pushed into shape and that’s exactly what he did, he says it how it is and is so supportive.",
"'A lot of people do take up diets to lose weight, I’ve been there myself, but to keep the weight off you really need to be making lifestyle changes and that’s exactly what Steve teaches.",
"'I lost seven stone, it’s not been easy but it’s never felt like I’m on a diet.",
"It’s about having everything in moderation and exercising regularly.",
"I’ve never felt better.'",
"The key here using my 80/20 regime is that you avoid living a life of denial.",
"My clients reduce their calorie intake by making an improvement in portion control and also the quality of food but there is no rigid denial because they still eat a bit of what they fancy.",
"Typical Day Before 80-20 .",
"Breakfast . • Two slices of toast with marmalade .",
"• Banana . • Cup of tea . Lunch . • Cheese and tomato sandwich .",
"• Packet of crisps .",
"• Chocolate bar .",
"• Can of fizzy drink .",
"Dinner . • Chicken with mixed vegetable .",
"• Sherry trifle and ice cream .",
"• Half bottle of wine .",
"Supper . • Cheese and biscuits .",
"• Cup of tea . Transforming This to My 80-20 Regime .",
"• Cup of tea . Lunch . • Fresh chicken salad without dressing .",
"• A small chocolate bar .",
"• Bottle of water .",
"Dinner . • Lean chicken breast with mixed vegetables .",
"• Fresh fruit salad .",
"• Glass of wine .",
"Supper . • Carrot sticks with low fat dip .",
"EXERCISE . The reality is that most people do not want to undertake vigorous exercise.",
"Therefore it is important to encourage them to exercise for pleasure so it does not become a chore.",
"Such exercises can include: .",
"• Walking . • Horse riding .",
"• Zumba . • Swimming . • Salsa dancing .",
"My message here is that the gym is often short-lived because people may become bored.",
"I advise people to blend around 45 mins of exercise per day as well as embracing my 80-20 meal plan regime."
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"Claims people are too scared to tell the truth, but it's time to speak up .",
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"She followed Steve's programme and is now size 12 and weighs 12st ."
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"The Democratic National Committee announced on Thursday that it had selected Philadelphia as the site of its 2016 presidential nominating convention - a snub to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who had aggressively lobbied the organization to have the gathering in Brooklyn.",
"In a statement explaining the decision DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz specifically cited the City of Brotherly Love's 'commitment to a seamless and safe convention' and its 'deep rooted place in American history' as the reason the Pennsylvania metropolitan was chosen.",
"The DNC had previously said the convention would take place the week of July 25, a month earlier than in the past, following the a Republican Party arrangement to have its convention the week prior in Cleveland, Ohio.",
"Democrats have selected Philadelphia as the site of the party's 2016 national convention, choosing a patriotic backdrop for the nomination of its next presidential candidate.",
"The convention will be held the week of July 25, 2016, a week after Republicans fete their nominee in Cleveland, Ohio .",
"New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio had aggressively lobbied the Democratic National Committee to have the gathering in Brooklyn .",
"Also on the losing end of the deal was Columbus, Ohio, a third site under consideration for the large-scale event.",
"Philadelphia has hosted eight presidential nominating conventions, most recently in 2000 when Republicans formally picked George W. Bush as their nominee.",
"New York City has also served as the backdrop for national party gatherings and was the location in 1992 in which Bill Clinton received his party's stamp of approval.",
"Hoping to make history again, especially if Clinton's wife, Hillary, a former New York Senator is named the Democratic candidate for president, de Blasio had pushed the DNC party hard to have its conference in the Big Apple.",
"The NYC Mayor has close ties to the Clintons and served as Hillary's campaign manager during her Senate bid in 2000.",
"But Brooklyn, where de Blasio wanted to hold the event at the recently opened Barclays Center, is so far untested for an event of this size.",
"And, the borough featured just 3,500 hotel rooms.",
"Convention planners were looking for a location with roughly 17,000 rooms nearby.",
"Had NYC been selected, most convention goers would have had to commute from Manhattan, clogging up the public transit system for the extremely populated city's residents.",
"On a website making the case for why it should host Democrats' 2016 gathering, the city of Philadelphia said it could offer 16,726 rooms in close range.",
"Laura Bush, who would later become first lady, is pictured here at that year's convention at the First Union Center .",
"New York City also had less cash on hand to put toward the convention, though it boasted more commitments, than Philadelphia.",
"At the end of January de Blasio said his planning committee had $6.5 million and a total of $20 million pledges.",
"Pennsylvania Gov.",
"Ed Rendell, a former Philadelphia mayor, said he had $8.6 million cash on hand and $14 million promised.",
"In 2000, the city ultimately brought in $63.7 million.",
"Aside from logistical problems of the convention, de Blasio's rocky relationship with his city's police force was said to be a concern for Democratic Party officials.",
"A source familiar with the situation told the New York Daily News committee members were 'worried about the optics' and that in selecting NYC as the host city the spotlight would be taken off the party's presidential nominee and put on de Blasio and the police.",
"'The way the mayor has handled the tensions in the city has raised the hurdle for New York City being chosen as the convention site. ...",
"In all probability, it's a death knell for the city's chances,' a Democratic operative told the publication at the end of last year.",
"Then- Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary are pictured here in April of 1992 campaigning in front of the Federal Hall in New York.",
"New York City has served as the backdrop that year when Clinton received his party's stamp of approval.",
"With Hillary now a probable candidate, de Blasio wanted NYC to again hold the Democratic National Convention .",
"The NYC mayor is not well liked by certain law enforcement division in his city who allege that his behavior following the death of Brooklyn man Eric Garner at the hands of police and grand jury hearing of an involved officer helped incite violence toward cops there.",
"A group of police turned their backs on him at a funeral honoring two fallen officers killed in the name of Garner when de Blasio spoke, and distrust between the mayor's office and members of the police force remains high.",
"With the tagline 'Because it all started here,' Philadelphia had touted its history as the first Capitol City in the nation and the site of the signing of the Declaration of Independence as reasons it should be selected.",
"It also played up its 'strong minority business community,' '130+' local labor unions and ability to provide adequate security for attendees of the gathering.",
"Celebrating his city's good news today, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said in a statement, 'We believe that it was our proven track record of hosting big events safely and efficiently' in addition to the city's 'tremendous amenities, its accessible location and historical significance, which made Philadelphia the ideal choice for the 2016 DNC.'"
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"Also on the losing end of the deal was Columbus, Ohio, a third site under consideration for the large-scale event .",
"DNC chair cited the City of Brotherly Love's 'commitment to a seamless and safe convention' and its 'deep rooted place in American history'\nConvention will take place week of July 25, a month earlier than in the past, following the a GOP arrangement to have its convention the week prior ."
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"A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man in his 80s died at a care home.",
"Police were called to Sowerby House care home in Thirsk, North Yorkshire yesterday afternoon after the man was found dead in his room.",
"The woman, of Thirsk, was arrested late yesterday evening on suspicion of murder and is currently in police custody for questioning.",
"Police believe she was an 'associate' of the resident, not an employee at the care home, but detectives say they are looking into their relationship.",
"Police were called to Sowerby care home in Thirsk, North Yorkshire after a man was found dead in his room .",
"Officers were called to the privately-owned care home at around 3.20pm yesterday after the pensioner was found dead in his room.",
"The Edwardian property, which has a modern side extension, stands in the tree-lined Front Street in the attractive village of Sowerby on the outskirts of Thirsk.",
"A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said: 'Following an early investigation and forensic assessment, it is suspected that the injuries suffered by the deceased are non-accidental.",
"'As a result, a woman in her 50s from Thirsk, who has no known connection to the care home, was arrested late on Wednesday evening on suspicion of murder.",
"'She is currently in police custody for questioning.'",
"The care home has yet to comment on the incident.",
"Police have arrested a woman in her 50s on suspicion of murder and are continuing to question her today .",
"Senior investigating officer Detective Superintendent Dai Malyn said: 'We ask that consideration is given to the residents and the families connected to the care home at this time.",
"'The home has not been closed; however, there are areas within the home which are still being examined.",
"'Specially trained police family liaison officers have been deployed to support the deceased's family.",
"At this moment we are not in a position to release the identity of the deceased.'",
"Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article."
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"Man in his 80s found dead at care home in Thirsk, North Yorkshire .",
"Police say injuries he suffered are suspected of being 'non-accidental'\nWoman in her 50s is arrested and questioned on suspicion of murder .",
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"Tesla boss Elon Musk is involved in a number of ventures - from electric cars to establishing a colony on Mars.",
"Now the eccentric entrepreneur wants to create battery-powered homes.",
"During an earning’s call, Mr Musk said the firm is going to unveil a Tesla ‘home battery’ - and it should start going into production by the summer.",
"Elon Musk said his Tesla firm has designed a ‘home battery’ that is expected to go into production by the summer.",
"He didn’t reveal how the battery would be used, but it could act as a generator during a power cut .",
"It is likely to build on the power packs used in Tesla’s range of electric cars such as the Model S. ‘We are going to unveil the Tesla home battery, the consumer battery that would be for use in people’s houses or businesses fairly soon,’ Mr Musk told analysts.",
"‘We have the design done, and it should start going into production in about six months or so.’ The Mirai features the Toyota Fuel Cell System, which combines fuel cell technology with hybrid technology.",
"The firm said it can serve as a 'high capacity power supply during emergencies'.",
"The Mirai converts the DC power from the CHAdeMO power socket in the boot to AC power, using an attachment.",
"Toyota calls it a vehicle-to-home system.",
"Tesla's home battery could work in a similar way, or be a standalone battery.",
"He didn’t reveal what a home battery would be used for, but it could act as a generator during a power cut, for example.",
"As The Verge pointed out, rival car manufacturer Toyota already uses a hydrogen fuel cell in its Mirai car that can be removed and used to power a home.",
"According to the Japanese car maker, the battery can supply electric power to an average home for a week.",
"Last year, Tesla Motors unveiled plans for a $5billion ‘Gigafactory’ designed to help the firm ramp up production of batteries for its electric cars, and now homes.",
"Tesla said the factory will cut current battery production costs by up to 30 per cent, and will be powered predominantly by renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar.",
"The technology is likely to build on the power packs used in Tesla’s range of electric cars such as the Model S. ‘We are going to unveil the Tesla home battery, the consumer battery that would be for use in people’s houses or businesses fairly soon,’ Mr Musk told analysts during yesterday's earnings call .",
"Rival car manufacturer Toyota already uses a hydrogen fuel cell in its Mirai car (pictured) that can be removed and used to power a home.",
"Elsewhere, Mr Musk is already the chairman of SolarCity - a company that offers solar power systems for homes - and Tesla's home battery could be an extension of this.",
"On the earnings call, Tesla also announced that during the fourth quarter of last year sales of its Model S vehicle fell short of predictions.",
"The firm said it shipped a total of 9,834 sedans - 1,136 off the company’s 11,000 target.",
"The man who invented the lithium battery (pictured) - which powers almost every portable device on the planet - claims he is working on a super battery .",
"The man who invented the lithium battery - which powers almost every portable device on the planet - claims he may have another invention up his sleeve.",
"Professor John Goodenough first demonstrated that lithium cobalt oxide could be used to create a rechargable battery capable of storing energy in 1979 at Oxford University.",
"Now, aged 92 and at the University of Texas at Austin, he is working on a new type of 'super battery' that could change the way we use electricity.",
"Professor Goodenough instead wants to use pure lithium or sodium metal as the negative electrode.",
"This would, in theory, allow batteries to store 60 per cent more energy than current lithium ion batteries.",
"That would also mean electric cars - which currently have a maximum range of up to 265 miles on a single charge - could make much longer journeys before needing to be recharged.",
"It could also allow new ways to economically store power produced by renewable energy."
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"The consumer battery is expected to go into production by the summer .",
"Mr Musk didn’t reveal what a home battery would be used for .",
"But it could act as a generator during a power cut, for example .",
"Toyota already uses a fuel cell in its Mirai car that can also power a home ."
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"In December last year, Amanda Hacche went on a day trip for work and for the first time ever she left her eight-month-old son Devon behind.",
"When she returned from Auckland, New Zealand, to her hometown of Tauranga to collect Devon from a family member she noticed he was unsettled and seemed like he had a sore throat.",
"For three days doctors insisted he had bronchiolitis, but Ms Hacche, 37, was unconvinced and when she took him to hospital three days later an X-ray revealed he had a lithium-ion battery lodged in his throat.",
"Now 10 months old, Devon faces an uncertain future and months in hospital intensive care as Ms Hacche comes to terms with the fact he may never speak or breathe unassisted.",
"Devon, now 10 months old, from Tauranga in New Zealand, swallowed a lithium-ion battery .",
"His mother Amanda Hacche has to come to terms with the fact he may never speak or breathe unassisted .",
"'In the beginning it seemed so surreal, I kept thinking \"Is this really happening?\"'",
"she told Daily Mail Australia.",
"'And it's a process of the more you know, the more you realise how bad things are.'",
"Ms Hacche said after she picked Devon up on the evening of December 15 - a Monday – he started wheezing as he breathed.",
"Devon pictured before his horrific injury .",
"'The doctor thought he had bronchiolitis, and I did question that at the time, the wheezing seemed to not be coming from his lungs but almost in his throat,' she said.",
"'By Wednesday evening he hadn't improved at all, which I thought the medicine should have given him some improvement.",
"'We were given asthma medication to open up and relax his throat but I couldn't do it, it was too upsetting for me, he became too distressed using the spacer.'",
"On Thursday morning Devon still hadn't improved so Ms Hacche took him to the emergency department at the hospital, where he was given an X-ray within 20 minutes.",
"The X-ray revealed the battery in his throat, with subsequent tests showing it had caused major internal corrosive burns.",
"'When they're inside the body the acids, excretions and moisture amplifies the electric charge [of the battery],' Ms Hacche said.",
"'It increases the rate of corrosion so the battery is actually speeding up the process of tissue damage.",
"'While the battery had been lodged low in his oesophagus it had actually corroded the tissue right through and caused a hole in oesophagus right through to his trachea.'",
"In addition an abscess formed with the laryngeal nerve – the nerve which controls his voice box – running right through it.",
"'We can't leave hospital, he can't breathe,' Ms Hacche said.",
"'It's been two months now, but we expect to be here a long time.'",
"Devon has undergone three major operations and more than 30 other smaller procedures.",
"An X-ray revealed a battery in his throat, with subsequent tests showing it had caused internal corrosive burns .",
"In addition an abscess formed, with the nerve which controls his voice box running right through it .",
"He is confined to his hospital bed, and can only sit up out of bed if he's held by a family member.",
"This is particularly heartbreaking for Ms Hacche, who last year was watching her son meet all his milestones early.",
"'He was meeting them and blowing them away,' she said.",
"'He was pulling himself to standing.",
"He started crawling at six months.",
"'He was saying words like \"Mama\" and \"Da\".",
"\"Da\" was his favourite.'",
"Ms Hacche has to be by her son's side every day and is now living at Auckland's Ronald McDonald house with her six-year-old daughter.",
"She had spent years building up her own successful human resources and employment law business but has had to let her clients go to be there for Devon.",
"With her main source of income gone, her sister has set up a fundraising page to help the family cover their living and medical expenses.",
"Devon is confined to his hospital bed, and can only sit up out of bed if he's held by a family member .",
"But Ms Hacche said even more important than raising money was telling her story to spread a warning about the danger of batteries to other parents.",
"'I'm anally-retentive, vacuum cleaning, OCD tidier upperer,' she said.",
"'And these things are so prevalent in our homes, from kitchen scales to little bedside alarm clocks, car keys, digital remotes from iPod docking stations.'",
"'They seem so benign and that's the way we treat them but they're not they're incredibly dangerous.'",
"Ms Hacche said battery wounds can be fatal within a few hours.",
"'We don't always have eyes in the back of our heads so it can happen to anybody and you've just got to be so aware of how dangerous they are,' she said.",
"'If our story shows one parent the dangers and saves one family from this journey to hell that we've been on and the tortuous situation for Devon and what it means for his future then it's worth it.'"
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"Amanda Hacche's baby son Devon swallowed a lithium-ion battery .",
"It corroded his oesophagus and wind pipe and now he may never be able to talk or breathe without the assistance of a machine .",
"For days doctors said he had bronchiolitis before took him to get an X-ray ."
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"With its mixture of historic medieval towers, elegant Georgian townhouses and imposing Victorian structures, it is easy to see why Edinburgh is regarded as one of Britain's most beautiful cities.",
"But one local conservationist is calling for it to be stripped of its Unesco World Heritage status due to what he describes as a series of 'architectural blunders'.",
"David Black, Chairman of the city's Southside Association is horrified by the way his beloved cityscape has changed in recent years and is compiling a damning report criticising planning decisions.",
"Heritage site: Edinburgh was awarded Unesco status in 1995, but one local conservationist is so appalled by recent buildings he is compiling a damning report to send to the group's New York headquarters .",
"Mr Black intends to send his report to Unesco's New York HQ next month in a bid to have then strip the city of the heritage status which was awarded in 1995.",
"He told the Edinburgh Evening News: 'At the time [1995], Edinburgh was seen as a prime example of an old town and new town co-existing well.",
"'But since then we have seen one poor planning decision after another, from St Andrew Square to the Parliament building and Princes Street.",
"'This is not just some old fogey talking who doesn't like anything modern.",
"I like the Festival Theatre, for example.'",
"Eyesore: The Scottish Parliament building, opened in 2004, is an imposing structure of steel, oak, and granite .",
"Another view of the Scottish Parliament which many believe does not fit in well with Edinburgh's historic buildings .",
"A mixture of old and new buildings along Princes Street which Mr Black has criticised as a poor planning decision .",
"Among the city's most criticised modern buildings are Appleton Tower, a 1960s eyesore next to the University and the new airport expansion recently named 'Scotland's Worst Building'.",
"Mr Black said he is concerned at the plans to develop the area around Waverley Station and to transform the 190-year-old Old Royal High School building into a luxury hotel.",
"The city's Unesco status is seen as an important draw for tourists and the city council is understandably keen to keep it.",
"Britain currently has 28 sites on the World Heritage List, including Westminster Abbey, the City of Bath, the Giant's Causeway, Stonehenge and a section of Liverpool's waterfront.",
"If Mr Black is successful in convincing Unesco, it would not be the first time a city has been stripped of it's World Heritage Status.",
"Monstrous: Appleton tower is a typical example of a 1960s housing block and often cited as one of Edinburgh's ugliest buildings .",
"Carbunkle: The new expansion to Edinburgh airport was recently named 'Scotland's Worst Building' Concerns have been raised over plans to transform the 190-year-old Royal High School into a luxury hotel .",
"In 2009 the German City Dresden was taken off the list after a four lane bridge was built just over a mile from the city limits.",
"A spokesman for Unesco said at the time that the city had failed to keep its 'outstanding universal value as inscribed'.",
"MailOnline has approached Unesco for comment regarding Edinburgh's status but they are yet to respond."
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"A Florida home where a seven-year-old girl was lured, molested, and murdered five years ago was burned to the ground Thursday.",
"Its been five years since seven-year-old Somer Thompson was lured into the home at 1152 Gano Avenue in Orange Park where she was molested and murdered by Jarred Harrell, 29.",
"Little Somer disappeared in 2009 while walking home from school.",
"Her body was found days later in a landfill.",
"Harrell, who is now serving a life sentence, kidnapped, molested, and killed the seven-year-old in the house, the Clay County Sheriff's Office said.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Posed for pictures: Diena Thompson, mother of Somer Thompson, center, stands with her daughter Abbey, 15, and son Samuel, 12, as family members and friends take photos as their house former burned in the final training fire in Orange Park, Florida on Thursday .",
"Fire Gear: Here, Diena Thompson is seen in fire gear as she prepares to help firefighters set the final blaze to the home where her daughter was murdered in 2009 .",
"Fire crews and other first responders used the house in a live training exercise after it was procured by the Somer Thompson Foundation.",
"Now, the home that once sparked painful memories when Somer's loved ones passed by is destroyed.",
"The home was burned down as part of a training exercise for the Orange Park Fire Department, Clay County Fire Rescue, and Jacksonville Naval Air Station Fire Department, WJXT reports.",
"Participating firefighters started and extinguished small fires throughout the morning, according to WJXT, and the victim's mother, Diena Thompson, joined the firefighters at around 1.30pm and set the final blaze.",
"'How could you not feel good about burning down some place where unimaginable things happened?'",
"Thompson said.",
"Flames: Here, the home located at 1152 Gano Avenue in Orange Park is seen in flames .",
"Training exercise: The home was burned down as part of a training exercise for the Orange Park Fire Department, Clay County Fire Rescue, and Jacksonville Naval Air Station Fire Department, WJXT reports .",
"Cheers: Cheers erupted from onlookers when flames became visible after smoke began pouring out of the windows .",
"'At the same time, it's like almost being brought back to the very beginning in a different way.'",
"Cheers erupted from onlookers when flames became visible after smoke began pouring out of the windows.",
"By 3pm, the house was completely destroyed.",
"The home was vacant after the 2009 murder, and ownership was later transferred from a bank to The Somer Thompson Foundation, founded by Thompson after her daughter's death, WFMY reports.",
"Thompson reached out to the department looking for a way to use the home to benefit the community and destroy the home at the same time.",
"She said she wanted something good to come from the tragedy, according to WFMY, and allowing firefighters to train at the house would be a good way to do it.",
"Somer: The Florida home where Somer Thompson, 7 (photographed), was lured, molested, and murdered five years ago was burned to the ground Thursday .",
"Memories: The home that once sparked painful memories when Somer's (right) loved ones passed by is destroyed .",
"She donated the home to Fire Station 19.",
"The specialized training included search and rescue techniques.",
"On Oct. 19, 2009, Somer was walking home from elementary school with her twin brother and older sister when she became separated from the two and found herself in front of Harrell's home, The Florida Times-Union reports.",
"'She was literally just walking home one day and stopped right here and put her face up to the fence and talked to a little doggie,' Thompson told WJXT about the day her daughter was abducted.",
"'And then an even-meaner dog came out and took her.'",
"Harrell admitted to abducting, sexually abusing, and lewdly touching Somer before strangling her, HLN reports.",
"Investigators later revealed that Somer often played with a dog outside of Harrell's house, suggesting that he used the dog to lure the young girl into the home.",
"Vacant: The home was vacant after the 2009 murder, and ownership was later transferred from a bank to The Somer Thompson Foundation, founded by Thompson after her daughter's death .",
"He also admitted to putting the girl's body into a container and placing it in a dumpster.",
"Harrell became a person of interest in the case after authorities arrested him on 29 counts of possession of child pornography, unrelated to Somer's investigation.",
"He later pleaded guilty to a total of 59 charges, including Somer's abduction, molestation, and murder, the molestation of a three-year-old girl, and possession of child pornography.",
"A judge sentenced Harrell to six life sentences with no chance to appeal the convictions.",
"Since her daughter's death, Thompson founded the Foundation, which is is a non-profit organization to help the families of victims of child abduction resulting in death, according to the Foundation's Facebook page.",
"Criminal: Jarred Harrell, 29 (photographed), admitted to abducting, sexually abusing, and lewdly touching Somer before strangling her .",
"Life: Harrell pleaded guilty to a total of 59 charges; a judge sentenced Harrell to six life sentences with no chance to appeal the convictions .",
"The mother-of two was outspoken throughout her daughter's investigation and both she and her remaining two children spoke directly to Harrell at his sentencing.",
"Now, five years after Somer's death, Thompson and the community are receiving a sense of closure.",
"She told WJXT that it 'takes a village to help a mother who lost a child.'",
"'I hope she's proud of me and I'm so sorry that I let her down,' Thompson said."
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"The house was donated to a local fire station who used it for specialized training including search and rescue techniques Thursday .",
"Diena Thompson, Somer's mother, helped set the blaze and now the house that brought back painful memories is destroyed .",
"On Oct. 19, 2009, Jarred Harrell, 29, lured little Somer into his home, molested and murdered her before disposing of her body in a dumpster .",
"Harrell is now serving six life sentences for Somer's murder, molesting another little girl, and several counts of possession of child pornography ."
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"Brian Williams career at NBC is effectively over after bosses handed him a six month suspension, according to industry experts .",
"As anchor Lester Holt stepped in for Brian Williams on Wednesday night, it wasn't just the embattled NBC Nightly News host who was missing--his name was yanked from the show's opening title credit.",
"Suddenly Nightly News with Brian Williams is simply Nightly News.",
"What's more, while the show's website continued on Wednesday to bear Williams' moniker, Page Six reports the NBC veteran's name will be scrubbed from there, too.",
"Meanwhile, Williams' career at NBC is effectively over after bosses handed him a six month suspension according to industry experts who predict that the former star anchor is unlikely to read a teleprompter for the network ever again.",
"The beleaguered anchor was suspended without pay on Tuesday amid a firestorm of criticism over false claims that he was in a helicopter that was shot at during the Iraq War in 2003.",
"Lester Holt directly addressed the controversy in Wednesday night's broadcast.",
"He first reported statements made by NBC chiefs regarding Williams before assuring the audience, 'We will work every night to be worthy of your trust.'",
"In his statement, NBC Stephen Burke chief executive wrote: .",
"'By his actions, Brian has jeopardized the trust millions of Americans place in NBC News.",
"His actions are inexcusable and this suspension is severe and appropriate.'",
"'I know Brian loves his country, NBC News, and his colleagues.",
"He deserves a second chance and we are rooting for him.",
"Brian has shared his deep remorse with me and he is committed to winning back everyone’s trust.'",
"'We will work every night to be worthy of your trust': Williams' temporary replacement Lester Holt directly addressed the controversy surrounding the anchor on Wednesday night's broadcast .",
"Something missing?",
"The banner graphic for NBC Nightly News was wiped of Brian Willams' name starting Wednesday .",
"But industry experts are predicting that it is unlikely Williams, 55, will ever return to his position as anchor and managing editor of the flagship Nightly News show.",
"Williams’ credibility - and by extension that of NBC News - had been under fire for 11 days until his bosses handed out their swift and brutal punishment.",
"Six months without pay means Williams has effectively been fined $5 million.",
"The network's former star man hasn't commented publicly about his punishment which suggests that he isn't thrilled by his bosses' decision.",
"'He’s not going to read a teleprompter at NBC ever again,' television news analyst Andrew Tyndall told The Daily Beast.",
"Williams' bosses NBC Chief Executive Stephen Burke and Deborah Turness, the president of NBC's news division, issued a joint statement on Tuesday night revealing that the anchor had been suspended .",
"'I’ve never heard of this kind of public announcement saying, \"We’re not paying you.\"",
"Whatever has gone on behind closed doors, they’re daring him to resign.'",
"The severity of the punishment has lead some to speculate that the report being carried out into Williams had already uncovered enough damning evidence to make his position untenable.",
"An NBC News veteran who spoke to The Daily Beast on condition of anonymity said they were ‘flabbergasted’ by the punishment.",
"'What NBC just did, by handing down this kind of six-month sentence, really prevents Brian from redeeming himself in any kind of expedient way.",
"Don’t we agree that when you make a mistake, you correct it immediately, in the world we live in now?",
"What is Brian going to do for the next six months?'",
"Another option is that NBC simply do away with the Nightly News altogether, argues Michael Wolff in The Hollywood Reporter.",
"‘The affair exposes the entire make-believe aspects of Williams' job,’ wrote Wolff, who believes that the major networks can no longer compete with other sources of news.",
"Weekend Nightly News anchor Lester Holt, right, who had stepped in this week is set to continue to substitute for Williams .",
"Replacements? The network may consider Today’s Savannah Guthrie and NBC Sports anchor Josh Elliott as possible placements for Williams .",
"‘Network news, as has been evident for a generation, but never as starkly clear as now, is never going to be the network news again.",
"It's finished. Finally. Take a breath.’ In a note sent to NBC staff, Deborah Turness, the president of NBC's news division, had described Williams' puffed-up retellings of events from 2003 as 'wrong and completely inappropriate'.",
"Weekend Nightly News anchor Lester Holt, who had stepped in for Williams this week is set to ‘continue to substitute Anchor the NBC Nightly News,’ said Turness.",
"Longer term the network may consider on-camera talent, such as Today’s Savannah Guthrie and NBC Sports anchor Josh Elliott, as possible placements for Williams.",
"The scandal began on January 30, when Williams repeated an often-told anecdote about being on board a Chinook helicopter during the 2003 Iraq invasion.",
"He said that he was on board a chopper which got hit by a rocket-propelled grenade and was forced to land.",
"In fact, he was on a completely different helicopter.",
"After being called out on the tall tale by veterans who objected to his glory-grabbing, Williams issued an on-air apology - and said he had been in a 'following' helicopter.",
"This detail too came under scrutiny, and it emerged his chopper had been part of a different mission and was around half an hour behind.",
"Boots on the ground: Williams, pictured above covering Iraq, was pulled up by veterans on an overblown story of being aboard a helicopter hit by an RPG - which it emerged he was not on at all .",
"His plight worsened after other grand, personal stories - from Hurricane Katrina, Israel's 2006 war with Hezbollah, and even a childhood tale of being mugged - were also called into question.",
"In her note, Turness wrote: 'We have decided today to suspend Brian Williams as Managing Editor and Anchor of NBC Nightly News for six months.",
"'The suspension will be without pay and is effective immediately.'",
"'While on Nightly News on Friday, January 30, 2015, Brian misrepresented events which occurred while he was covering the Iraq War in 2003.",
"'It then became clear that on other occasions Brian had done the same while telling that story in other venues.",
"This was wrong and completely inappropriate for someone in Brian’s position.",
"'In addition, we have concerns about comments that occurred outside NBC News while Brian was talking about his experiences in the field.'",
"Williams had just celebrated 10 years as Nightly News anchor last December, when he was also reported to have signed a $50 million contract for an additional five years.",
"An advertising campaign – voiced by Michael Douglas – that touted his credibility as a reliable news source and featured clips of Williams in Iraq and during Hurricane Katrina was broadcast at the time.",
"‘It’s a thing that you build slowly, over time.",
"It can happen during big moments.",
"More often, it’s the day-to-day things,’ said Douglas.",
"‘And what you build, if you work hard enough, if you respect it, is a powerful thing called trust.’ Currently off the air after he admitted to lying about being hit by enemy fire in Iraq, a number of Williams' other seemingly outlandish claims are currently coming under increased scrutiny .",
"Red Bank, New Jersey, 1970s .",
"In a 2011 interview, Brian Williams recalled his time as a teenage volunteer firefighter during which he saved a puppy.",
"However in a 2005 Esquire interview, Williams had claimed to save not one but two puppies.",
"In the same Esquire interview Williams also revealed that he had been mugged at gunpoint while selling Christmas trees in the sleepy New Jersey town in which he grew up.",
"A number of locals have questioned the credibility of his claim that someone ‘stuck a .38-caliber in my face'.",
"Iraq War, 2003 .",
"Over the years Williams has told multiple versions of a story about being in an Army Chinook helicopter during the Iraq War in 2003.",
"Last month he claimed his helicopter was hit by ground fire, an allegation he was later forced to admit was false after an outcry from soldiers who were present.",
"Williams issued an on-air apology and wrote on Facebook: 'Nobody's trying to steal anyone's valor.'",
"Hurricane Katrina, 2005 .",
"Williams has told several stories about his experiences reporting from New Orleans.",
"He has claimed to have seen a dead body float past the window of his hotel in the city's French Quarter – even though the area wasn't flooded.",
"The accuracy of other Katrina claims, including that he caught dysentery drinking the flood waters and that his hotel was ‘overrun’ with gangs, have been called into question by others who were on the ground during the disaster.",
"Israel, 2006 .",
"In a 2007 interview with Fairfield University Student Television, Williams recalled 'Katyusha rockets passing just underneath the helicopter I was riding in' during a trip to Israel.",
"In fact he was nowhere near enemy fire and in a broadcast segment filmed that day he described rocket fire 'six miles away'.",
"Boston, 2006 .",
"A Navy vet accused Williams of lying to skip an event honoring members of the Armed Forces so that he could appear on Saturday Night Live.",
"On the day of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society event the NBC News anchor told organizers that a 'pressing engagement' meant he wouldn't be able speak at the dinner, but later that evening he appeared in a walk-on role on SNL's Weekend Update."
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"Six months without pay means Williams has effectively been fined $5 million, punishment his bosses have described as 'appropriate'\n'They're daring him to resign,' said television news analyst Andrew Tyndall .",
"Weekend Nightly News anchor Lester Holt has replaced Williams in the short-term but the network might consider Savannah Guthrie longer term ."
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"Brusthom Ziamani - accused of planning a 'Lee Rigby-style' terror attack has denied a hammer, knife and flag he was carrying was a terrorist 'tool kit' that would be used to kill a soldier or politician .",
"A teenager accused of plotting a 'Lee Rigby-style' murder has denied a 12in knife and a hammer in his rucksack were a terror 'tool kit'.",
"Brusthom Ziamani, 19, was arrested in an east London street last August carrying the blade and hammer along with a black flag and had earlier researched the location of Army bases in the south east of the capital, a jury has heard.",
"His Old Bailey trial was told that he turned to Islam early in 2014 and was arrested after he showed his ex-girlfriend his weapons, described one of Lee Rigby's killers as a 'legend' and told her he would 'kill soldiers'.",
"After his arrest last year, Ziamani told a security officer that he had been on his way to kill a British soldier at an army barracks when he was stopped, jurors have heard.",
"But at his trial today, Naeem Mian, defending, asked Ziamani whether the flag, hammer and knife he was carrying could be correctly described as a 'tool kit' and he planned to use the flag once he had beheaded a soldier or member of the Government.",
"The defendant replied: 'That's not what I was going to do.'",
"Ziamani told the jury he was 'kicked out' of his home after his Jehovah's Witness parents found out that he had converted to Islam.",
"Initially he turned to the Camberwell Mosque for help, before he fell in with members of an extreme group called al-Muhajiroun - or ALM - who gave him money, clothes and a place to stay.",
"They invited him to a meeting in the basement of a Whitechapel halal sweet shop and then he went on demonstrations organised by the group.",
"Talking about the discussion he had heard about sharia law, he said: 'When I heard it, I thought it was extreme what they would do to someone when they steal or commit a sin.",
"I did not share those views at all, what sharia law does.",
"For example, a theft under sharia you have your hands cut off.'",
"But the court heard that afterwards, he posted on Facebook: 'Sharia law on its way on our streets.",
"We will implement it, it's part of our religion.'",
"Asked why he did that, he said: 'I did not believe it.",
"I wanted to fit in with these people because they were giving me places to stay and they did not like moderate Islam.'",
"The jury have been shown the 12in knife found in Ziamani's back pack when he was stopped by police .",
"He insists the knife and a hammer found on him were not going to be used in a terror attack on a soldier .",
"At the time he was arrested in June last year on an unrelated matter, police found a ripped up letter in his jeans pocket in which he wrote about mounting an attack on a British soldier and expressed the desire to die a martyr.",
"But he told jurors: 'I was ranting and raging about the situation in Muslim countries which was described in these talks.",
"I did not believe it at all. I was ranting out of anger.'",
"Ziamani told the jury that he did not disagree with what happened to Fusilier Rigby but he had told police that he would not do it himself.",
"He went on to say that he carried the black flag with him because he could get texts to go to an ALM demonstration at short notice.",
"The court heard after he bought the flag at one of the protests, he posted on Facebook: 'I have got my black flag.",
"I'm going to rock it everywhere I go in the Kaffirs' face.'",
"But the defendant, who had been a Muslim for just three-and-a-half months at the time of his first arrest, said he believed public preaching was the way to achieve sharia law in the UK.",
"He denied styling himself as Mujahid Karim after one of Fusilier Rigby's killers, saying the Muslim first name meaning 'fighter, a warrior' suited his character because he used to do boxing and wrestling.",
"Ziamani's lawyer put it to him that he would use the flag after he had committed the attack.",
"He denied this . Ziamani said he was only 'ranting and raving' about extremism to fit in with a group who were offering help .",
"Mr Mian asked: 'At any time were you planning a terrorist attack on military personnel or a member of the Government?'",
"Ziamani replied: 'No.'",
"Mr Mian had earlier told the jury: 'It's not illegal to be offensive.",
"In fact only recently we saw heads of state in Paris marching to defend the right to be offensive in the wake of that atrocity that happened there.",
"'Our Prime Minister went there and said it's quite right people have this right.",
"We have this right in this country.",
"That's the beauty of rights - they apply to all of us.",
"'We have the right to be offensive.",
"We all have the right to have an interest in gore and grisly stuff.",
"We have the right to have undoubtedly repulsive views, some of which he has expressed.",
"'He is not on trial for his views.",
"He is on trial because the Crown bring a charge to say that he was going to behead a British soldier despite the fact there is not one shred of evidence to show he carried out a reconnaissance mission and, you bet, if there was, they would know.",
"Quite easily done.'",
"The lawyer added: 'He is not on trial for the murder of Lee Rigby.",
"He is not on trial for his opinions, as repulsive as you may find them.'",
"Ziamani, of Camberwell, south London, denies a charge of preparing an act of terrorism on or before August 20 last year.",
"The trial continues and was adjourned until tomorrow.",
"Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article."
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"Prosecutors say he was intent on carrying out 'Lee Rigby-style' attack .",
"But 19-year-old denies he was going to actually carry out atrocity .",
"He says he used extremist language online in order to 'fit in' with group .",
"His lawyer tells jury that it is not a crime to hold 'repulsive' views .",
"Ziamani, of south London, denies charge of preparing act of terrorism ."
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"Chimpanzees and bonobos are just as susceptible to the enticement of winning the lottery as their human cousins are.",
"A study conducted by biologists at Duke University has shown that the primates - our closest living animal relatives - will choose to gamble food if they think they have a chance of winning more.",
"However, if they are offered the same odds but believe they might lose, then they will be less inclined to play.",
"A study conducted by biologists at Duke University has shown that the bonobos (pictured) will choose to gamble food if they think they have a chance of winning more.",
"This is thought to be similar to the kind of economic biases - the hope of getting more despite the odds - that drive humans to play the lottery.",
"In this case, the prospect of winning a life-changing amount of money makes people ignore the extremely high odds against them.",
"However, if they are told that they are more than likely to lose the money they use to buy a lottery ticket or to place a bet, they are less inclined to take the risk.",
"The researchers behind the study said that their findings could help to provide clues about the evolution of traits that make humans susceptible to marketing and spin.",
"Chimpanzees have special 'words' that they use for different types of food and can even learn the calls used by strangers from foreign groups.",
"Primatologists have found that a group of adult chimpanzees from a safari park in Holland adapted the grunts they produced for foods like apples to match those of other chimps they lived with in Edinburgh.",
"Their findings are the first evidence that chimpanzees can learn calls referring to specific foods or objects.",
"Many scientists have assumed that one of the defining features of human language is that objects and events can be named with different words or symbols depending on the culture.",
"the researchers, whose findings are published in the journal of Current Biology, watched a group of adult chimpanzees from Beekse Bergen Safari Park in the Netherlands were moved to join a group of chimpanzees in Edinburgh Zoo.",
"By analysing the acoustic structures of the calls they produced for apples, they found that the two groups of animals had different calls for the fruit before they were put together in 2010.",
"While the Dutch chimps used high pitched grunts the Edinburgh chimps used far lower and softer sounds.",
"After a year of integration, the grunt calls for apple were still different, but after three years the calls produced by the Dutch chimpanzees had changed to match those produced by those from Edinburgh.",
"Christopher Krupenye, a behavioural biologist at Duke University who is the lead author of the study, said: 'People tend to prefer something more when you accentuate its positive attributes than when you highlight its negative attributes, even when the options are equal.",
"'The lottery is a good example of a context in which attribute framing can be very influential.",
"'Highlighting the five people who won 10 million pounds (the 0.00001%) will much more effectively encourage people to purchase lottery tickets than highlighting the 99.99999% who won nothing.",
"'Historically, researchers thought these kinds of biases must be a product of human culture, or the way we’re socialized, or our experience with financial markets.",
"'But the fact that chimps and bonobos, our closest living primate relatives, exhibit the same biases suggests they’re deeply rooted in our biology.",
"'That means it’s very difficult to overcome these biases, but it is possible to create environments that might help us make better choices.'",
"The researchers, whose work is published in the journal Biology Letters, conducted experiments on 23 chimps at the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Sanctuary in the Republic of Congo and 17 bonobos Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of Congo.",
"The apes were offered a choice between two snacks - a handful of nuts and some fruit.",
"In one series of trials, the researchers framed the fruit option positively - by offering one piece of fruit, with a 50 per cent chance of a surprise bonus piece.",
"In another series of trials, the researchers framed the fruit option negatively.",
"This time they offered two pieces of fruit rather than one, but if the apes chose the fruit, half the time they were shortchanged and received only one piece instead.",
"Chimps and bonobos were more likely to choose the fruit over the nuts when they were offered a smaller amount of fruit but sometimes got more, versus when they were initially offered more but sometimes got less - despite receiving equal average payoffs in both scenarios.",
"The preference for the option framed as a prize rather than a penalty was especially strong in males, the researchers found.",
"Dr Alexandra Rosati, a psychologist at Yale University who took part in the study, said: 'I think this might be similar to how people respond to playing the lottery or gambling.",
"Kiki, a chimpanzee at Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Sanctuary in the Republic of Congo, was found to also have a 'glass half full' attitude when offered the right kind of reward that has implications for our evolutionary past .",
"'For example, if you think \"I have a 10 per cent chance of winning\" that sounds a lot better than \"I have a 90 per cent chance of losing\" - even though the situations are completely equivalent.",
"'The idea is that emphasising the positive attribute of you chance of hitting the jackpot makes it seem a lot more attractive than emphasizing the negative attribute.'",
"This bias is the same as the kind of behaviour that sees people say they are more willing to recommend a medical procedure when they are told it has a 50 per cent chance of success compared to when it has a 50 per cent chance of failure.",
"It is this subtle psychological difference that advertising executives have been taking advantage of for decades.",
"Dr Rosati added: 'I think these primate studies can tell us a lot about human biases.",
"'When people make decisions that appear \"irrational,\" it is often not clear why.",
"'Perhaps people learned to respond that way due to socialization or culture.",
"Perhaps the kinds of experiences we have as people who use money in economic markets causes this bias.",
"'But animals do not have these kinds of human-specific experiences - so when our closest primate relatives show the same \"irrational\" responses, that suggests that these economic biases have deep biological roots.'"
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"Scientists at Duke University found apes are susceptible to positive 'spin'\nThey offered one piece of fruit with a 50% chance of getting a bonus piece .",
"In other tests the researchers offered two pieces and removed one of them .",
"The apes were more likely to choose fruit in the first test than the second .",
"The findings may help explain the roots of our own 'glass half full' thinking ."
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"If Kim Kardashian and Beyonce have told us anything it's that big bums are big business.",
"Now Debenhams is giving you the chance to enhance that all important asset with a pair of £45 bottom-boosting jeans.",
"The new denims, designed by Jasper Conran, can add up to two extra inches to your derriere and have proved an instant success for the high-street chain.",
"One woman's bottom looks compact in normal jeans (left) but the bum-boosting jeans (right) give the bottom a rounder and more lifted shape as makers claim the garments add two inches to the derriere .",
"Bigger bottom: The model looks happy with her boosted bottom whilst trying out the Jasper Conran jeans .",
"Indeed, the Shape Enhancing Jeans are said to be flying off the shelves, purchasing by women looking for a more shapely figure.",
"It's a confusing turnaround for many long suffering partners as women trying on these denims and asking 'does my bum look big?'",
"will no doubt be hoping for a resounding 'yes', in response.",
"The innovative new jeans, which discreetly lift and boost behinds, were only introduced this week but already sales have exceeded expectations.",
"The secret to the new jeans' success is a clever combination of cheek-enhancing cut, expert tailoring, and heavier denim strategically built in to give extra bulk and curve, turning a shapeless bottom into rear of the year.",
"Control panels at the front also flatten the tummy to emphasise the effect, while the position of the darts in the denim give a flattering hourglass effect.",
"The bottom line can be an extra two inches on vital statistics, as well as a significant 20 degree rise in overall curvature to the rear.",
"Inspiration: Women are said to want to emulate the curvy bottoms of stars like Nicki Minaj and Kim Kardashian .",
"Famous: Kim is well known for her famous bottom which she likes to show off in figure hugging clothes .",
"The J by Jasper Conran lifting jeans are now available in all stores nationwide and online at Debenhams.com priced at £45 in sizes 8 to 18.",
"The retailer is putting the early success down to the celebrity-led trend for bigger behinds proving popular with customers keen to emulate the look.",
"'Pictures of curvy famous women, from Kim Kardashian and Nicki Minaj, to Pippa Middleton and Carol Vorderman, have helped women with prominent rears realise they have a gorgeous fashionable asset to emphasise, rather than minimise,' said Debenhams spokesperson Lizzie Singleton.",
"'Of course it is a little more difficult for women with a slimmer, straight up and down silhouette.",
"The only solution used to be an expensive gym membership and weeks of working out, but now buying a pair of shaping jeans can offer a wonderful, instant booty boost.'"
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"Debenhams now stocking the Jasper Conran Shape Enhancing Jeans .",
"The £45 garments use panels, stitching and secret denim patches .",
"The jeans went on sale this week and already proved very popular ."
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"Ed Miliband was under fire last night over a ‘sickening’ suggestion that the row over Tory links to tax avoidance could be another ‘Milly Dowler moment’ to be exploited for political gain.",
"The toxic claim was made by one of the Labour leader’s most senior aides, as Mr Miliband tried to drive home his efforts to link Tory donors to the tax avoidance scandal involving clients of HSBC’s Swiss private bank.",
"Labour last night said the exact phrase ‘Milly Dowler moment’ had not been used, and said the only comparison between the issues was the way they had ‘crystallised’ public opinion.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"The Labour Party was accused last night of exploiting the murder of Milly Dowler, left, for political gain after a senior aide to Ed Miliband, right, claimed the Tory tax row could provide another Milly Dowler moment .",
"But critics said it was astonishing that Labour saw any link between the two and called for the aide involved to ‘resign immediately’.",
"Mark Lewis, a solicitor who represented the Dowler family over phone hacking, last night condemned the intervention.",
"He said: ‘It is rather inappropriate that someone would regard the hacking of a murdered schoolchild as a political opportunity rather than the tragedy it was.’ Tory MP Mark Garnier, a member of the Commons Treasury committee, described the comparison as ‘sickening’.",
"He said: ‘I am genuinely shocked that anyone would make such an utterly distasteful and revolting comparison.’ The row erupted after BBC political editor Nick Robinson posted a message on Twitter saying: ‘The Labour leader’s aides say that he sees this as another Milly Dowler moment.’ Mr Robinson later stressed the comment – which emerged from a lunch with Mr Miliband’s chief spin doctor Tom Baldwin – was not a direct quote.",
"A Labour spokesman said: ‘An official talked about how the news story on Milly Dowler crystallised what a lot of people thought about the Press.",
"‘And this tax avoidance story on HSBC crystallises what a lot of people thought about tax avoiders.",
"The words “Milly Dowler moment” never cropped up.’ Tory MPs last night urged the Labour leader to sack Mr Baldwin, a former journalist.",
"Philip Davies said: ‘Tom Baldwin, like his mentor Alastair Campbell, represents the ugly underbelly of Labour.",
"‘Baldwin’s actions are utterly unforgivable.",
"He should resign immediately.’ Mr Baldwin declined to comment.",
"Mr Miliband claimed the row with former Conservative treasurer Lord Fink was 'a defining moment' in the general election campaign .",
"The controversy overshadowed the row between Mr Miliband and the former Tory treasurer Lord Fink over his tax affairs.",
"On Wednesday, Lord Fink challenged the Labour leader over claims that he was involved in ‘tax avoidance activities’ after he was named as one of the clients of HSBC’s Swiss private bank.",
"Mr Miliband also appeared to suggest Lord Fink was a ‘dodgy’ donor.",
"Lord Fink challenged Mr Miliband to repeat the claims outside the Commons – where he has protection from libel laws – saying he would sue him for defamation if he did.",
"In a partial climbdown yesterday, Mr Miliband said he did not consider Lord Fink to be ‘dodgy’.",
"Grocer's son who made £180 m - and gave away a fortune writes ANDREW PIERCE .",
"Lord Stanley Fink at the Savoy Hotel, in London .",
"He lives in a mansion in North London, owns a villa that he built and designed on a vast estate in Spain, and has a five-star hotel in the swish ski resort of Courchevel in France, complete with a dozen luxury apartments.",
"Oh, and he’s worth £180million.",
"Little wonder that Ed Miliband, the son of a Marxist, saw Lord Fink’s riches and the revelations about his tax affairs and his account with the Swiss bank HSBC as the opportunity of a political lifetime.",
"So who exactly is Lord Fink?",
"Where does his money come from?",
"And how great is his influence in Tory circles?",
"He is known as the Godfather of hedge funds after turning a humble commodities firm called the Man Group, which sold rum to the British navy, into the biggest fund in the world with assets of £80billion.",
"He became chief executive of Man in 2000, successfully catching the rapidly-rising hedge-fund tide, and has given the Tories millions of pounds.",
"A classic Conservative rags-to-riches success story, Fink, 57, is the son of a Manchester grocer who made money on the side by selling his own range of lampshades.",
"He is the most successful of his siblings – one of his brothers trades computer parts from a garage, the other is a middle-manager for a car windscreen company.",
"Fink went to Manchester grammar school and studied law at Trinity College, Cambridge, from which he entered the City working in accountancy firm Arthur Andersen and then Mars, before turning Man into the largest listed hedge fund company in the world – and the biggest money-making machine in the City for decades.",
"He enjoys the trappings of success.",
"His Alpine hotel, he says, ‘is the best of both worlds, having a private house with a Michelin chef.",
"I go to the hotel bar and use the pool and the gym.’ The father of two grown-up sons and a daughter, he met his wife Barbara when they were both volunteers in an old people’s home.",
"For their 25th wedding anniversary in 2006 he flew 200 of his family and friends to Spain.",
"Each guest received a suede mock-up passport that opened up to reveal pictures of the happy couple through the years.",
"He chartered two planes for a three-day party with the stipulation that the only bags allowed in the luggage hold were to be Prada, Gucci and Louis Vuitton.",
"The celebration took place in the Ronda mountains behind Marbella on La Zagaleta estate, one of the world’s most exclusive golf clubs, which he owns.",
"Fink has described the location, with its views to the Mediterranean, as ‘a place as close to paradise as I have witnessed’.",
"His screen saver on his computer in London is a view of the La Zagaleta golf course.",
"Prime Minister's Questions became so heated yesterday the Commons Speaker John Bercow was forced to intervene .",
"But despite the riches, life has not been plain sailing.",
"In 2004 he was diagnosed with a benign brain tumour after he suffered a mild stroke while on safari in Botswana with his family.",
"He had been struck dumb midway through a sentence.",
"The tumour required immediate surgery and he spent three months recovering.",
"A passionate champion of the NHS, after one of his children had been dangerously ill he raised millions of pounds for Evelina London Children’s Hospital which opened in 2005, the first purpose-built children’s hospital in London in 100 years and a landmark in paediatric medicine.",
"‘A sick child is a sick family,’ Fink said of his decision.",
"After his own health scare he quit Man Group in 2007.",
"The following year he surprised the City when he returned with a new hedge fund, ISAM.",
"An even bigger surprise was his choice of business partner – Lord Levy who was Tony Blair’s financial fixer for more than a decade.",
"Levy was so successful at raising money for Labour he was dubbed Lord Cashpoint.",
"Fink can, of course, always seek advice from Levy – who himself was accused of avoiding tax – over his current fix.",
"When Blair was accused of selling honours for cash, Levy was twice interviewed by the police.",
"No action was ever taken.",
"Fink’s new hedge fund has offices in Australia, Dubai, New York and the tax- friendly Cayman Islands, and assets of more than £1billion.",
"Unlike Levy he has always been a passionate Tory.",
"He became a Tory after working as a student in a paper factory in Bury.",
"While there, he developed a new method of generating more orders for the company.",
"After a couple of days he was taken aside by a trade union shop steward and told this was ‘very unhelpful because there were people who weren’t able to pick orders at quite the same rate’.",
"Fink was appalled.",
"‘It was a great shame because clearly my way was better for the company,’ he said.",
"‘I saw a negative side of trade unions.",
"That hardened my views.’ Having served for two years as Tory treasurer, Fink was made a peer by David Cameron in 2011 and has been his guest for dinner at Chequers.",
"A noted philanthropist, he gave £2million to education charity ARK – or Absolute Returns for Kids – to fund Burlington Danes City Academy in White City in West London.",
"But he is happy to speak his own mind.",
"When in 2012 George Osborne tried to stop the rich from enjoying tax breaks by making donations to charities, Fink led the opposition.",
"It was unprecedented for a Tory treasurer to publicly denounce a Conservative Chancellor but Fink did so, and it was a decisive intervention.",
"Within days Osborne had backed down."
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"Ed Miliband thinks row over tax dodging makes him appear on voters' side .",
"Aides said the Labour leader sees parallels to Millie Dowler case .",
"Labour leader said Cameron was 'dodgy PM surrounded by dodgy donors'\nHe accused Tory donor Lord Fink of avoiding tax with Swiss bank account .",
"Former Tory treasurer threatened to sue Mr Miliband if he repeated it .",
"But, 24 hours later he admitted that he had avoided tax and it was 'normal'\nThe Labour leader today insisted he stood by his Commons remarks .",
"But Mr Miliband stopped short of accusing Lord Fink of being 'dodgy'"
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"Taxpayers paid out more than £2,300 a month for a council chief executive Bryn Parry-Jones to drive around in a luxury Porsche, it was revealed today .",
"Taxpayers paid out more than £2,300 a month for a council chief executive on a £195,000 a year salary to drive around in a luxury Porsche, it was revealed today.",
"Chief executive Bryn Parry-Jones' high-powered office car was leased at more than £28,000 a year, and funded by taxpayers in Pembrokeshire.",
"Then, the cash-strapped council had to pay £8,600 to end the hire contract on the Porsche Panamera when Mr Parry-Jones, 62, quit his post last October.",
"The highest earning council boss in Wales had the sleek £90,000 Porsche leased for him while earning a salary of £195,000 plus benefits, earning him more than the Prime Minister - who is paid £142,500 a year.",
"The car, a favourite of popstars and professional footballers, cost the council a further £2,368 a month - and over the course of the year added up to more than the average annual salary of £26,500.",
"A graduate nurse is paid around £21,000 a year, while a newly qualified teacher would be on a starting salary of £22,000.",
"Last month, Pembrokeshire Council was ordered by the Information Commissioner to reveal the full cost of the hire car within 35 days.",
"A local councillor then revealed that ending the lease agreement ahead of schedule had cost £8,670.",
"The council has confirmed this figure was correct.",
"Mr Parry-Jones was handed a £280,000 golden goodbye, despite the fact he had been forced to quit over a suspected unlawful payments scandal.",
"Details of his car only emerged at the start of December after a long Freedom of Information battle with the council.",
"Insiders said the extravagant expense had 'stuck in the craw' of cash-strapped council workers who knew about it for months.",
"Campaigners and politicians hit out at the 'offensive waste of money' at a time when the council was making cuts to local services.",
"Last year, Pembrokeshire Council revealed it would have to make savings of £20million over two years.",
"Proposed measures include closing public toilets, charging for social services and increasing parking fees.",
"Council tax rose by 3.4 per cent this year.",
"The highest earning council boss in Wales had the sleek £90,000 Porsche Panamera leased for him while earning a salary of £195,000 plus benefits .",
"Paul Miller, who leads the opposition Labour group on the Independent-controlled council, said: 'Why a council chief executive needed a Porsche is completely beyond me.",
"'It's an absolute disgrace, the way he used to operate that council was outrageous.",
"'He was a dictator and it got to the point where he thought he could do whatever he wanted and it was council tax payers who footed the bill.'",
"Mr Parry-Jones came under pressure to resign from his post after it was revealed he had taken cash payments which the Wales Audit Office said were unlawful.",
"The payments to Mr Parry-Jones were investigated by police, who later decided there was no evidence of wrongdoing, and no further action should be taken."
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"Bryn Parry-Jones, 62, was leased Porsche for Pembrokeshire Council role .",
"It cost £28,000 a year to hire, more than the average £26,500 yearly salary .",
"He left the position in October with a £280,000 'golden goodbye'\nCouncil had to pay £8,600 to end the hire contract on Porsche Panamera ."
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"Currently the only way of spotting cars on dark country roads is by their lights.",
"But Nissan has trialled technology that means cars could glow-in-the-dark on the roads to become more visible.",
"The Japanese car manufacturer has become the first to apply UV absorbing paint on a production car.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Nissan has become the first car to manufacturer to apply UV absorbing paint on a production car.",
"The 'ultraviolet-energised paint' on the Nissan Leaf electric car is a demonstration of a secret paint formula made up of organic materials.",
"Use the slider, above to see the car glow after dark .",
"Known as Starpath, the paint is applied by spraying and absorbs UV energy from the sun throughout the day.",
"It is able to glow for between eight and 10 hours when the sun goes down.",
"The paint is the brainchild of Surrey-based inventor Hamish Scott, who is already trialling glow-in-the-dark cycle paths in Cambridge.",
"Known as Starpath, the paint is applied by spraying and absorbs UV energy from the sun throughout the day (pictured).",
"It is the creation of Surrey-based inventor Hamish Scott, who is already trialling grow-in-the-dark cycle paths in Cambridge .",
"The paint is able to glow for between eight and 10 hours when the sun goes down (pictured).",
"It’s made from very rare earth materials, including Strontium Aluminate, which is solid, odourless and chemically and biologically inert .",
"However, the paint option won't be a choice for future customers because the ingredients mean it is unlikely to be used on a large scale.",
"People can, however, have the treatment applied to their own car or buy UV car ‘wraps’ to enable their car to glow-in-the-dark.",
"This would enable them to find their car easily in a dark car park, as well as making them more visible on pitch black roads.",
"Nissan told Autoexpress that if the paint was ever offered, the glow would probably last for around 25 years.",
"The experiment was done to showcase the increasing number of Leaf owners who are charging their cars using solar energy.",
"Nissan says its eco-friendly car costs less than two pence per mile to run and that 89 per cent of Leaf owners in the UK charge their cars at home overnight.",
"The paint option won't be a choice for future customers because the ingredients in the paint mean it is unlikely to be used on a large scale.",
"However, glow-in-the-dark cars could prove useful for making vehicles extra visble on dark country roads (pictured) A trial of the Starpath technology is under way in Cambridge city centre, where a spray has been applied to cyclepaths to make them glow.",
"The luminescent, rain-resistant coating could one day replace street lights.",
"It is applied in three layers, with a middle aggregate stage that absorbs UV energy during the day, which is then released as a blue glow when it's dark.",
"The system uses polyurethane base and a polyaspartic topcoat that seals the whole thing together.",
"According to the Pro-Teq Surfacing, the company behind the technology, it can be applied to almost any solid surface including tarmac, concrete and wood.",
"Unlike those glow in the dark stars you used to stick on your walls, Starpath reacts to varying levels of ambient light.",
"‘This product adjusts to the natural light, so if it is pitch black outside the luminous natural earth enhances,’ said Mr Scott, who owns the firm.",
"‘If the sky is lighter, it won’t release as much luminosity – it adjusts accordingly, it’s almost like it has a mind of its own.’ Nasa has teamed up with car manufacturer Nissan to develop new self-driving cars that could be used to race across the surface of Mars.",
"The technology created during the five-year partnership will also be adapted to create better driverless vehicles that can be used on roads on Earth.",
"Robotics experts from the space agency will work with engineers from Nissan to adapt the company's electric Leaf cars.",
"Future rovers on Mars could look more like Nissan's Leaf electric cars (pictured) as the automobile manufacturer is to develop technology jointly with Nasa to create self-driving vehicles that could be used on Earth and in space .",
"Nissan has pledged to have autonomous cars on the market by 2020, but the technology currently faces significant challenges to cope with the dangers of public roads.",
"However, Nasa believes sensors and systems being developed to help driverless cars deal with pedestrians, cyclists, overtaking vehicles and parked cars, could also help to develop new robotic rovers for use in exploring other planets.",
"t is not the first project that Nasa and Nissan have collaborated on.",
"In 2005 the two organisations teamed up to develop more comfortable and safer car seats.",
"Nissan drew upon data from Nasa's Human Research Program at its Johnson Space Centre that had used experiments from space to examine the neutral body position of astronauts while they were sitting in low gravity.",
"Nissan used this to build seats for its cars that would lower the amount of fatigue drivers would feel and reduce pressure spots."
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"Nissan is first car maker to apply UV absorbing paint on a production car .",
"Experiment uses Starpath paint made from rare organic ingredients .",
"It absorbs UV energy during the day so it can glow through the night .",
"Surrey-based inventor Hamish Scott invented the paint, which is also being used for glow-in-the-dark cycle paths in Cambridge ."
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"When Kim Kardashian bared her derriere on the cover of Paper magazine in an attempt to 'break the internet', the reality TV star created a frenzy.",
"It is just one of many recent magazine images that show the 34-year-old flaunting her giant backside, each one more compromising than the last.",
"But while many have been horrified by Kim's bare bum in the media, it turns out that it is nothing new - as Stylelite points out, bottom-flashing has been a fail-safe marketing tool for nearly 60 years, selling anything from beauty products and magazines to albums and fashion.",
"From The Coppertone Girl in 1959, left, to Kim Kardashian's infamous Paper magazine shoot last year, right, the bottom has a long history been used as a marketing tool .",
"Long before the curvy Kardashians appeared on the scene, there was the Coppertone Girl.",
"In 1959, the suntan lotion advert featured a three-year-old girl on the beach trying to pull her pants out of her dog's grip, with the taglines, 'Don't be a Paleface!'",
"and 'Tan - Don't Burn.' The little girl in the illustrations was based on drawings of Cheri Brand by her mother Joyce Ballantyne Brand, was also famous for sketching the Pampers baby in 1977.",
"But little did Joyce know then, how dominant bottoms would become in advertising, as well as popular culture.",
"The Motor Show At Earls Court London in 1971 used two bottom baring models to promote new vehicles .",
"But it wasn't until a decade later, in the 1970s, that rear-ends began to be used prolifically in advertising.",
"In 1971, The Motor Show At Earls Court, west London, combined two of men's favourite things: cars and women, by using two bottom-baring models, Susan Shaw And Helen Jones, to promote new vehicles on display.",
"Even serious financial institutions were at it - in 1978, TSB bank used a bikini-clad lady analysing her bottom in a mirror to promote their travellers cheque service.",
"In 1978, TSB bank used a bikini-clad lady analysing her bottom to promote their travellers cheque service .",
"Perhaps the best known behind from the decade though, was on the famous Athena poster.",
"When Fiona Walker, a freelance illustrator, was snapped flashing her cheeks on the tennis courts at the University of Birmingham by her boyfriend, the then-unknown 29-year-old commercial photographer Martin Elliot in 1976, she could never have imagined how popular the image would become.",
"It has now sold more than two million copies internationally and been recreated by superstars such as Kylie Minogue and Ricky Gervais.",
"The couple split in 1979, three years after the photo was taken and while Fiona was never officially paid for the shot, Martin always said: 'I looked after her.'",
"Fiona Walker, 53, poses with a picture of herself as the eighteen year-old 'Athena tennis poster girl' from 1976 .",
"The next significant moment in the derriere's part in pop culture came in 1984, with the picture of Bruce Springsteen's pert denim-clad behind on the cover of Born In The USA.",
"Shot by top photographer Annie Leibovitz, critics said the singer, nicknamed 'The Boss', only became a music icon after working out and showing off his new gym-toned rear on the album cover.",
"In 1992, rapper Sir Mix A Lot released his tribute to big bottoms, the Baby Got Back album.",
"The cover featured the artist standing on a giant bottom and the song, with its shameless lyrics, was so controversial that it was banned from MTV.",
"The following year, in 1993, Benetton, well known for their powerful advertising campaigns, used a close-up of a bottom with a tattoo that read 'HIV positive' to raise awareness of AIDS.",
"Sir Mix A Lot’s Baby Got Back album cover in 1992 showed him standing on a pert derriere .",
"In 1994, the BBC comedy The Fast Show started with a character created by Arabella Weir who always asked, 'Does my bum look big in this?'",
"The focus wasn't just on women's behinds though - in 1995, the pop star Robbie Williams posed up in a pair of white skimpy briefs, complete with back wig and high heels for 7-Up ad campaign.",
"But the small tush tide was about to turn.",
"By 2000, pop stars were using their bottoms to promote their music - and bigger was fast becoming better.",
"Jennifer Lopez took curves into the mainstream when she had a global hit with Jenny from the Block.",
"The singer was enormously proud of her large backside and instead of dressing to make it seem smaller, she actively sought out clothes that enlarged her bottom.",
"In 1993, Benetton used a snap of a bottom with a tattoo that read 'HIV positive' to raise awareness of AIDS .",
"Robbie Williams posed in pair of women's briefs in a 1995 7UP advert .",
"But it was the rapper Nicki Minaj who really got tongues wagging after she revealed her ample curves in a tiny pink thong.",
"Her explicit Anaconda video firmly proved that we are in the era of the rear end.",
"Styled as an Amazonian goddess, Nicki kicks off the Da Internz and Polow Da Don-produced video by standing on a bamboo platform surrounded by four bikini-clad back-up dancers.",
"The tropical-themed tune was guaranteed to get pulses racing with its cut-away shots of jiggling bottoms, including one of the dancers twerking while doing the splits.",
"Spoof versions of the cover quickly followed.",
"Sydney boy Shane Jenek, who goes by the onstage persona of Courtney Act, uploaded a spoof version with her head superimposed on an exaggerated version of Minaj's body and booty.",
"Nicki Minaj's Anaconda cover caused quite a stir when it was released last year .",
"The controversy courting the artist roused a variety of reactions from the industry, with fellow pop star Katy Perry commenting: 'I wanna take a nap on dat pillow doe @NICKIMINAJ'.",
"But others labelled it 'overly explicit,' causing The Beauty And A Beat hitmaker to respond that the pose was no more 'unacceptable' than similar images of white models.",
"To prove her point, the BET Award winner posted several images of Sports Illustrated models, including Kate Upton, striking poses that were equally racy.",
"In fact, the men's magazine has long used scantily-clad women on its covers.",
"Sport's Illustrated magazine has long used scantily-clad women on the cover, including Nina Agdal, Lily Aldridge and Chrissy Teigen, centre, and Kate Upton, right .",
"It included models Nina Agdal, Lily Aldridge and Chrissy Teigen wearing skimpy bottom-baring bikinis in the Cook Islands on the magazine's 50th anniversary cover last year.",
"Not long afterwards, Jennifer Lopez attempted to steal back the limelight for her bottom by releasing a song called Booty with rapper Iggy Azalea.",
"The cover for the track featured the two females baring their famous bottoms for the camera.",
"The song, which is a remix of Lopez's original, had an equally raunchy music video filmed to go with it.",
"Jennifer Lopez and Iggy Azalea released an aptly-named song, Booty, and bared their bottoms on the cover .",
"The duo could be seen gyrating in revealing swimming costumes and being soaked with water.",
"It isn't only singers and models using their bottoms for promotion though.",
"In 2011, it was announced that Britain's female beach volleyball champions were renting out their rears in an advertising deal that encourages spectators to photograph their behinds.",
"Zara Dampney, 24, and Shauna Mullin, 26, inked a deal where they would wear bikini briefs with a Quick Response (QR) code printed on the back where it will catch the eye of spectators.",
"When photographed on a smartphone, the code takes the user to a specific website - in this case, for bookmakers Betfair.",
"Shauna Mullin, left and Zara Dampney, show off the 2011 Betfair advertising campaign with barcodes on their bottoms ."
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"Advertisers have been using bottoms to sell products since the Fifties .",
"In 1959, sun cream poster featured dog pulling down a girl's bikini bottoms .",
"1970s saw prolific use of backside in ads and the infamous Athena poster .",
"Recently, Nicki Minaj, J-Lo and Iggy Azalea all bared bottoms in videos ."
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"A woman who shot dead an off-duty policeman before turning the weapon on herself had previously tried to sue a traffic officer.",
"Otto Thomas rang 911 after she gunned down Larry Tuttle and told the operator she had killed her boyfriend as he was allegedly about to hit her again.",
"The 42-year-old then blasted herself as police surrounded the officer's home in Dallas, Texas, and urged her to give herself up.",
"It has been revealed that Thomas had previously filed a $1 million lawsuit against another officer for blowing kisses at her in a traffic stop in November 2012, according to WFAA.com.",
"Otto Thomas, 42, rang 911 to report that she had shot dead off-duty police officer Larry Tuttle, 40, at his home in Dallas, Texas .",
"Records at Bexar County Court show that Thomas unsuccessfully tried to sue Universal City, its police department and Officer Corey Vullo, the website reported.",
"She alleged that Officer Vullo made inappropriate sexual advances towards her after pulling her vehicle over and on an online dating website.",
"Officer Vullo denied the allegations and the case was dismissed last year, WFAA.com reported.",
"Thomas called 911 around 6:15pm on Saturday to report that she had shot dead 40-year-old Officer Tuttle and needed his colleagues to come and pick up her six-year-old daughter.",
"She told the operator: 'He was getting ready to hit me again and I just went off.",
"I killed him because he was going to hit me again.'",
"Officers have not found any evidence at the scene that supports Thomas' claim.",
"Left behind: SWAT teams stormed Tuttle's apartment and found the couple dead, with Thomas' 6-year-old daughter uninjured in a bedroom .",
"When they arrived at the scene they ordered the Thomas to drop the weapon and leave the apartment.",
"Moments later a gunshot was heard from inside the building.",
"SWAT teams swarmed the apartment and found the couple dead, with Thomas' young daughter uninjured in a bedroom.",
"Her daughter, who neighbors say is autistic, has been transferred to the care of Child Protective Services, which are trying to get in contact with Thomas' family in Mississippi.",
"Police say there have been no prior disturbance or domestic violence calls to the apartment.",
"Tuttle's wife Kandie Morgan told KXAS- TV that they had been separated for a few months, and that he had been a great father to their 10-year-old son.",
"Police are unsure whether Thomas was living with Tuttle at the apartment.",
"They say she recently lived in an apartment in Arlington."
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"Otto Thomas shot dead off-duty officer Larry Tuttle in Dallas, Texas .",
"Mother-of-one, 42, rang 911 and told officers she had murdered him .",
"Turned the weapon on herself as police surrounded the property .",
"Thomas, 40, previously tried to sue another officer for harassment ."
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"His smart cream shoes dusted of desert sand, the Prince of Wales continued his tour of Saudi Arabia with a traditional sword dance at a Bedouin camp last night.",
"Standing with his knees bent and feet shoulder-width apart, the heir smiled alongside local men as they jolted scimitars in the air, swaying from side to side.",
"And while his navy blazer and beige chinos were a far cry from the flowing robes and headbands of those standing beside him, the Prince tried his utmost to fit in with locals at the camp found near the town of Onaizah.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Prince Charles took part in a traditional sword dance during a visit to a Bedouin camp near the town of Onaizah on his tour of Saudi Arbia .",
"Public executions, most often in the form of beheading, are commonplace in Saudi Arabia which observes Sharia law.",
"Stoning is reserved for those found to have committed adultery with those sentenced to sedated before being killed.",
"With ceremonial daggers in their waistbands, the men looked like fearsome warriors as they made space for the future king when he was led over to them.",
"Earlier in the day Charles was seen sporting a dapper cream suit and black sunglasses.",
"The 66-year-old looked every inch the stylish traveller as he struck a pose outside the remains of the ancient city of Al-Ula.",
"With him was Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince, Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who in 1985, became the first royal to venture into space.",
"Not the first time: Like his son Prince Harry, Charles has previously taken part in Omani sword dances .",
"En garde! Charles gamely took part in a traditional sword dance with a group of local tribesmen .",
"Charles swayed from side to side, keeping his sword aloft as he took part in the dance last night .",
"Yesterday's visit was considerably more down to earth, with the two royal princes taking in a clutch of historical sites.",
"Charles also had to deal with a choking desert dust storm, which although uncomfortable, appeared to leave him unfazed.",
"The swirling clouds of dust had given his private jet a bumpy landing, as he later told Prince Sultan while they boarded a tourist coach to the first site.",
"Charles' first stop was at Al-Khuraibah, the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Lihyan where 6th century tombs are carved into the side of the mountains.",
"As the two princes walked to the archaeological site, another small dust storm sprang up and engulfed the entourage of the two princes briefly.",
"Charles, who was asked to pose for a picture, joked with photographers: 'Do you mind if I keep my sunglasses on the dust will get in my eyes.'",
"They then travelled on to Mada'ain Saleh, a place of pilgrimage for Muslims, that was originally built by the Nabataean people, who also created the ancient city of Petra in Jordan.",
"Formerly known as Hegra, it boasts well-preserved monumental tombs with decorated facades dating from the first century BC to the first century A.D.",
"The site also features some 50 inscriptions dating from the pre-Nabataean period and some cave drawings which are evidence for human settlement as early as the third or second century B.C.",
"Warm welcome: The heir was showered with flower petals as he entered the old town of Ala Ula last night .",
"A Saudi woman hands the prince a cup of tea as he is shown around the old town on the fifth day of the tour .",
"Looking good: A dapper Charles strikes a pose in front of the Al-Ula historical site .",
"Guided tour: Despite being engulfed in a dust storm at one point, Charles stayed upbeat throughout .",
"Incredible: The site has prehistoric origins and was once a hub for the Nabataean people .",
"On tour: Charles has spent the last two days in Saudi Arabia and will travel on to Qatar on Thursday .",
"Fascinating stuff: A dapper Charles is given a tour of the remains of the Al-Ula buildings .",
"Charles has spent the last two days in Saudi Arabia and used his meeting with newly enthroned King Salman to raise the case of imprisoned blogger, Raif Badawi.",
"Mr Badawi was sentenced to 1,000 lashes for discussing political and religious freedom on the internet and 'disobeying' his father.",
"Today Charles will fly on to Qatar for the next stop on his government-backed tour aimed at fostering better relationships in the crucial Arabian region.",
"Nice to meet you: Charles is welcomed to Al-Ula province by Crown Prince Sultan bin Salman .",
"Bumpy ride: Dust storms meant that Charles had to endure an uncomfortably bumpy flight .",
"Warm welcome: Charles chats to Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef in Riyadh early this morning .",
"Friendly: Prince Mohammed is the country's Interior Minister and is also a member of the Al Saud dynasty ."
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"Charles was touring the ancient city of Al-Ula during visit to Saudi Arabia .",
"He took part in traditional dance at Bedouin camp near town of Onaizah .",
"Earlier the heir sported a dapper cream linen suit and black sunglasses .",
"Was with Saudi's Crown Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud .",
"Today he will travel to Oman as his tour of the Middle East continues ."
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"This is the shocking moment a driver was knocked down by his own van after he tried to stop a thief making off with it – after he left the keys in the ignition at a petrol station.",
"The 43-year-old motorist's van was targeted at Dean Service Station in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, after he went into the petrol station and left his van unattended with the keys inside.",
"An 'opportunistic thief' jumped into the driver's seat and drove the van, which was loaded with tools, off the forecourt.",
"The thief jumped into the unattended van and started to drive it off the forecourt.",
"CCTV footage shows the driver running out of the shop and attempting to stop the van by putting his hand up in front of the bonnet .",
"The driver then attempts to run in front of his van as part of a desperate attempt to stop the thief making off with it.",
"The white van was loaded with tools and equipment, including a laptop, at the time of the incident .",
"The driver can be seen in the CCTV video being struck by the van, as the thief continues to make his getaway .",
"The motorist fell to the floor after being knocked down by the thief, who drove off in the van after the incident .",
"However, as he did so, the motorist saw his van being taken and ran out of the garage shop, jumping in front of the moving van in a bid to stop the thief.",
"He was knocked to the ground in the broad daylight incident on December 29, but escaped without serious injury.",
"The van was found abandoned a few days later, with a laptop missing.",
"Police have now released CCTV footage of the incident as part of desperate attempts to trace the thief.",
"Detective Sergeant Chris Mannion, from Greater Manchester Police, said: 'This was an opportunistic robbery, the thief saw the keys left in the ignition, ran over to the van and drove.",
"'When the victim saw what was happening he tried to protect his livelihood and ran into the path of the moving van.",
"'Luckily for him he was not badly hurt, but that doesn't take away the fact he had his van stolen with equipment in the back.",
"The 43-year-old motorist's van (pictured) was targeted at Dean Service Station in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, after he went into the petrol station and left his van unattended with the keys in the ignition .",
"Police have now released CCTV footage of the incident as part of attempts to trace the thief (pictured), who is described as being late teens to early 20s, with a dark grey hooded top.",
"He is also said to have a 'gaunt face' CCTV footage captures the thief approaching the van on the petrol station forecourt prior to the theft .",
"The thief can be seen getting into the white van, after spotting his opportunity when the driver left it unattended, and with the keys in the ignition, when he went into the petrol station shop to pay for his fuel .",
"'A few days later the van was found through its tracker on Mellor Street in Royton.",
"The thief had stolen a laptop and abandoned the van.",
"'If you recognise the man from the CCTV footage or have any formation about who may have committed this crime, please contact us as soon as possible.'",
"The thief is described as white and was wearing a grey hooded top with the hood up at the time of the incident.",
"Police said he was in his late teens to early 20s, of slim build and is described as having a 'gaunt face'.",
"Anyone with information should call police on 0161 856 8549 or contact independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555111."
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"Driver left his keys in the ignition while he went into petrol station to pay .",
"'Opportunistic thief' jumped into van and started to drive it off forecourt .",
"43-year-old motorist ran out of shop and jumped in front of moving van .",
"He was knocked down by thief, who continued to make off with vehicle .",
"Police have released CCTV footage of the incident in bid to trace thief ."
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"Perched on the northern end of Great Salt Lake, Box Elder County is named after a tree native to the area.",
"Once an historical and cultural centre, a barren landscape and broken down buildings now populate the town.",
"Also the site of Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty artwork, it was this conceptual work that first inspired London-based photographer, Anthony Gerace, to fly out and explore the area.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Box Elder County, named after a native tree, is now a barren landscape dotted with abandoned buildings .",
"The area is most famous for Robert Smithson's conceptual artwork, which inspired Anthony Gerace .",
"As he researched the Jetty further, Gerace became more and more interested in everything that surrounded it.",
"'It's a case study in decline,' Gerace told MailOnline Travel of his photo project.",
"'How a community that has so much history can still have it rendered null by the encroachment of desert, salt and heat.'",
"'By tracing a path from habitation to skeletons of towns that no longer exist and finally to the scrubland desert and salt flats edging the Great Salt Lake, the project seeks to explain how history can fail and become meaningless in the face of nature's absoluteness.'",
"As Gerace researched the home of Smithson's Jetty further, the more interested he became in its surroundings .",
"Gerace refers to his Box Elder photographer project as 'a case study in decline', capturing how nature is claiming back space as towns stand all-but abandoned .",
"The community has been all but rendered null due to the encroachment of desert, salt and heat and declining local industries .",
"The project seeks explain how history can fail and become meaningless in the face of nature's absoluteness .",
"For the project, Gerace traced a path to skeletons of towns that no longer exist and to the desert and salt flats .",
"American space agency, NASA, has a site and conducts rocket tests in the little-known town, making use of its expanses of wilderness .",
"Ultimately, Gerace hoped that - despite the desolate images - that the project would say something positive .",
"Despite the desolate images, Gerace wanted Box Elder to ultimately say something positive about the county and the country, more generally.",
"The project conveys a multitude of voices to varying degrees, even in a place this remote.",
"'What I ended up finding is that history itself conforms to the pervasive decline felt everywhere else in the country,' Gerace explains.",
"'Everyday objects are raised to the status of relics while the places people live go to seed.",
"'Small wonders, such as the Golden Spike or the world's biggest peanut, for instance, are made canonical and static by the inclusion of a staffed museum that tries to obliterate anything negative from the record.'",
"Everyday objects are raised to the status of relics while the places people live go to seed, he tells MailOnline .",
"Gerace found that the history of Box Elder conforms to the pervasive decline felt everywhere in the country .",
"Although inspired by the Jetty, Smithson's vision was ultimately not what Gerace expected it to be, but he still found inspiration in the sense of abandonment .",
"Gerace also said that quickly 'perception became a joke,' since everything was flat and white in the landscape .",
"Although Smithson's vision of the Jetty was admittedly not what Gerace thought it would be.",
"'We drove out to the Spiral Jetty on our third day in the country, and like all the days preceding and all the days following, it was sunny, dry and incredibly hot,' he remembers.",
"'Rozel Point, the part of the lake where the Jetty resides, is famous for a botched oil drilling operation, a piece of conceptual art and a pink algae that's the only that can survive in the hypersalinated water.",
"'Perspective becomes a joke: everything is flat and white and the horizon bleeds into the sky.",
"On that day, after walking the length of the jetty and photographing several dead birds, I began to walk toward the horizon.",
"'Utah was in the midst of a drought and that, coupled with the amount of salt around us and the heat, made me thirsty and crazy and bug-eyed.'",
"More often than not in Gerace's landscape photographs, the horizon bleeds into the skyline .",
"The series of photographs is about 'confronting the effect of entropy on objects,' says Gerace .",
"He hopes that he's created a project that radiates the joy that comes with being some place strange .",
"Box Elder County is sliding into an entropic state and the garbage and weirdness that's there reinforces that .",
"'Really, [Smithson's work] is just a means of confronting the effect of entropy on objects and that's what the series ended up being about,' he adds.",
"'Box Elder is a place that's sliding slowly into an entropic state and the garbage and damage and weirdness that's there, and the absolutely beautiful but incredible hostile and alien landscape surrounding it, reinforces that.",
"'I'd wanted to make the project something that radiated the joy felt at being in a place so strange and different.",
"'I'd wanted to engage with the space in a way that provoked a sublime response, and in a lot of ways it did, although not at all in the way I'd envisioned.'"
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"Haunting photo series is the work of London-based photographer Anthony Gerace .",
"Inspired by Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty conceptual artwork, photographer visited now-declining area .",
"Community has long history but encroachment of desert, salt and heat is transforming surroundings .",
"Photographs highlight skeleton towns, scrubland desert and expansive salt flats ."
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"Australian of the Year and domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty has marked her 11-year-old son Luke's one year anniversary of his murder on social media.",
"The 52-year-old from Tyabb, Victoria, has taken to her Twitter page to pay a heartbreaking tribute to her son who was murdered at cricket practice by his father Greg Anderson last February.",
"One year ago today, Luke was brutally attacked with a baseball bat and knife by his 54-year-old father during a custody visit at Tyabb cricket ground before Mr Anderson was fatally shot by police.",
"'My world changed a year ago today.",
"I miss Luke every moment of every day but I push forward with courage because of everyone's support,' Ms Batty posted on Thursday morning.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Rosie Batty has posted a heartbreaking tweet to mark her son's one year anniversary of his brutal death .",
"One year ago today, Luke was brutally murdered with a baseball bat and knife by his 54-year-old father .",
"Ms Batty, from Victoria, was announced Australian of the Year 2015 as she received her award in Canberra .",
"Through Ms Batty's tireless efforts, she won the respect and hearts of Australians for her strength of character and was announced Australian of the Year 2015 last month in Canberra.",
"'I am truly honoured.",
"I would like to dedicate this award to my beautiful son Luke.",
"He's the reason I have found my voice and I'm able to be heard,' Ms Batty said outside of Parliament House.",
"During her speech, Ms Batty called on the government for 'strong leadership' to end family violence and deliver intensive support to those who 'desperately need it'.",
"'As the Australian of the year, I am committed to building greater campaigns, to educate and challenge community attitudes.",
"'I am on a path to expose family violence and to ensure that victims receive the respect, support and safety they deserve.",
"'And to Luke, my little man, you did not die in vain and will not be forgotten.",
"You are beside me on this journey and with me every step of the way,' Ms Batty said as she concluded her speech.",
"Ms Batty speaks at the funeral service for Luke at the Flinders Christian Community College last February .",
"Local children leave tributes at Tyabb Cricket Oval after Ms Batty's son Luke, 11, was killed last February .",
"Ms Batty's story jolted the country into recognising that family violence can happen to anyone .",
"Her award comes after she overcame the huge personal tragedy to be a voice for many thousands of unheard victims of domestic violence after the death of her son which shocked the nation.",
"Ms Batty's story jolted the country into recognising that family violence can happen to anyone and believed the unimaginable tragedy gave her the drive to help others struggling daily with violence.",
"She took her own tragic experience and turned it into a call for change to help save others as she bravely fronted the media in the wake of the horrendous killing."
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"Rosie Batty has marked her son's one year anniversary of his murder .",
"Luke was brutally attacked by his dad Greg Anderson during custody visit .",
"Ms Batty was named Australian of the Year after her tireless efforts .",
"She had overcome the tragedy and became the voice for domestic violence .",
"Ms Batty used her own experience and called for change to help others ."
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"Maria C. Waltherr-Willard (pictured) tried to sue her school district for discrimination after claiming she had a phobia of young children .",
"An Ohio school teacher who tried to sue her school district for discrimination after claiming she had a phobia of young children has had her case thrown out by court.",
"Maria C. Waltherr-Willard, of Greenhills, Ohio, had worked as a high school French and Spanish teacher but alleged the school district reassigned her to teach junior high as a way of expediting her exit.",
"The 63-year-old said she suffered from pedophobia, a fear of young children, and claimed the Mariemont school district knew of her condition and still assigned her to teach younger aged students.",
"But she lost her appeal at a three-judge panel of the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.",
"The teacher claimed she had suffered from pedophobia since the 1990s and had been told by school district that she would not have to teach young children.",
"Mariemont sent Willard to a psychiatrist for an independent evaluation, which confirmed that her 'mental state...would disable her from teaching [children under 12].'",
"For the next twelve years, Willard remained at the high school, where she taught all levels of French and the introductory course in Spanish.",
"Ms Willard had worked as a high school French and Spanish teacher but alleged Mariemont High School (pictured) reassigned her to teach junior high as a way of forcing her to quit .",
"Eventually, Mariemont decided to move its French courses online, which meant that the high school no longer needed a French teacher.",
"The school district's superintendent, Paul Imhoff, met with the high-school principal, James Renner, to discuss what to do with Ms Willard.",
"Mr Renner told Mr Imhoff about Willard's pedophobia and so he decided to transfer her to middle school.",
"Ms Willard did not object to the new assignment, and later expressed 'enthusiasm' for teaching middle school children.",
"Willard began teaching at the middle school in September 2010.",
"Six months later, she asked Mr Imhoff to send her back to the high school, saying that her talents were 'underutilized' at the middle school and that another year there would have 'further detrimental impact on [her] health.'",
"Mr Imhoff responded that '[t]here are currently no openings at Mariemont High School for the next year, but I will keep your request on file.'",
"Shortly thereafter, Ms Willard retired.",
"The teacher claimed her move to middle school caused her blood pressure to soar - but her case was rejected .",
"Two years later, she brought the lawsuit against the school saying her transfer to the middle school had triggered her phobia.",
"She claimed it caused her blood pressure to soar and forced her to retire in the middle of the 2010-11 school year.",
"But the federal court upheld the decision of the lower court saying it was correct in ruling in the school district's favor on the various claims, including age and disability discrimination.",
"It said Ms Willard had asked to school to employ her at the high school as a full-time Spanish teacher (on account of her disability), but it already had one and so did not need another.",
"It also said she was not discriminated against for her age, as her replacement was 'not substantially younger than she was'.",
"The court also rejected her claim she was treated with 'ridicule and insult' as any emails circulated behind her back did not refer to her age or pedophobia."
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"Maria C. Waltherr-Willard tried to sue her school district for discrimination .",
"Claimed she had a phobia of young children but has had case thrown out .",
"Alleged the school knew but still assigned her to teach younger pupils .",
"But not needed as French teacher as school moved to online courses .",
"School also did not need another Spanish teacher in the high school ."
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"Bruce Jenner may be to blame for the four-car crash that left one person dead and seven injured, according to sources who said that the pattern of damage on the car he rear-ended suggested that impact was the very first in the sequence.",
"Former Olympian Jenner, 65, smashed his Cadillac Escalade into the back of the victim's white Lexus on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California, on Saturday.",
"According to previous reports, the Lexus had been in Jenner's path after coming to a halt when it hit a Prius travelling ahead.",
"The Lexus was then pushed into the path of a Hummer coming the other way, leaving the vehicle a crumpled wreck and the sole occupant, 69-year-old Kim Howe, dead.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Bruce Jenner may have struck both the white Lexus and and a Prius in the horror crash on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California, on Saturday, according to TMZ .",
"Police sources told TMZ that an theory operating theory is that Jenner rear-ended the Lexus and when the Lexus cleared his lane, his car kept moving and crashed into the Prius .",
"Bruce Jenner surveys the crash scene and the damage to the cars which were involved in the horrific smash .",
"The 65-year-old former Olympian's Cadillac Escalade rear-ended a white Lexus, whose sole occupant died .",
"Sources told TMZ that there is an imprint of Jenner's license plate in the car, pictured after the crash .",
"The Kardashian family patriarch, who escaped the crash unscathed, took a roadside sobriety test in front of officers in the wake of the collision, which he passed.",
"Investigators are now trying to determine the cause and circumstances surrounding the crash and plan to look at the cellphone records of all four drivers and check for any video evidence .",
"Now, sources have told TMZ that, rather than the chain reaction being caused by the victim's Lexus hitting the Prius in front of her, Jenner may have hit both cars.",
"They claimed that because the Lexus had been travelling in a straight line before being rear-ended by Jenner's Escalade, if the Lexus had first struck the Prius, there would have been the same amount of damage to the left and right sides of the front of the Lexus before he hit it - but pictures of the incident suggest there is not.",
"A representative for the Prius also driver told TMZ that there is an imprint of Jenner's license plate in the car.",
"Law enforcement sources told the celebrity news site that one operating theory is that the Prius had been stopped behind cars and, as a traffic light turned green, vehicles began moving.",
"It was at this point, sources say, that Jenner rear-ended the Lexus and when the Lexus cleared his lane, his car kept moving and crashed into the Prius.",
"TMZ reported that police say when Jenner hit the Lexus, it veered left while his Escalade moved to the right.",
"The woman who died in the four-car crash was 69-year-old widow Kim Howe, a neighbour of the Kardashians .",
"Bruce Jenner was pictured holding a cigarette out the window of his Cadillac Escalade before the crash .",
"Here, a zoomed-out version of the image shows Jenner's SUV before it sustained dents to the bonnet .",
"Detectives in Malibu have opened a vehicular homicide investigation.",
"If any of the drivers in the crash are found criminally negligent, felony charges could be filed - which carry a sentence of up to six years in prison.",
"If it is determined that Jenner's Escalade struck both cars and authorities find he was following too closely, it would make prosecution for vehicular manslaughter more likely than if he was just part of the chain reaction.",
"Jenner, who was involved in the fatal crash on Saturday, is seen taking a sobriety test in front of officers .",
"Jenner co-operated with officers, walking in a straight line at their instruction.",
"He passed the test .",
"The Kardashian family patriarch was towing a dune buggy at the time of the crash, pictured right .",
"Investigations will determine if Jenner, or any of the other three drivers involved in the collision, were texting or on their mobile phones at the time of the collision.",
"It is illegal to text while driving in California.",
"The star's representative has denied that he was texting behind the wheel.",
"Breaking his silence on the crash the following day, Jenner said in a statement: 'My heartfelt and deepest sympathies go out to the family and loved ones, and to all of those who were involved or injured in this terrible accident.'",
"'It is a devastating tragedy, and I cannot pretend to imagine what this family is going through at this time.",
"I am praying for them. I will continue to cooperate in every way possible.'",
"But three days after the crash, Jenner was seen talking on his phone while driving in Los Angeles.",
"The reality star had the device pressed to his ear while behind the wheel in Thousand Oaks, California.",
"Jenner's Cadillac Escalade hit the back of the victim's white Lexus on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California, which then reportedly hit a Prius before being pushed into the path of a Hummer .",
"The Pacific Coast Highway was shut down as detectives opened a vehicular homicide investigation .",
"If it is determined that Jenner's Escalade struck both cars and authorities find he was following too closely, it would make prosecution for vehicular manslaughter more likely .",
"An aerial view of the crash scene on Saturday shows the damaged cars, and police markings as they work to establish the cause .",
"Bruce Jenner, pictured above with his Olympic gold medal for the Decathlon in the 1976 Montreal games .",
"Bruce married Kris Jenner, pictured together, in 1991, but their divorce is expected to be finalized next month .",
"Bruce Jenner (back center) is ex-husband of Kris Jenner (back row with Bruce) and father to Kylie and Kendall Jenner (right of Kris).",
"He is stepfather to the Kardashian sisters Kim (center), Khloe (left with basketball player Lamar Odom) and Kourtney (right with fiance Scott Disick)"
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"Jenner, 65, smashed his Cadillac Escalade into the back of victim's Lexus .",
"Previous theory suggested Jenner had been unable to avoid Lexus after it ran into back of Prius travelling ahead .",
"But sources suggest Jenner's car may have struck the Lexus first, before driving on and hitting the Prius .",
"Pictures of incident suggest lack of damage to Lexus that would be expected if it had rear-ended another car, sources claim .",
"Horrific crash left sole occupant of the Lexus - Kim Howe, 69 - dead after her car was pushed into path of oncoming Hummer ."
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"Seven warehouse workers have been awarded nearly $15 million by a federal jury after their bosses segregated workers by race and called black employees 'lazy, stupid Africans'.",
"Among the plaintiffs was a white whistleblower who lost his job shortly after complaining about the racist treatment at Matheson Trucking and Matheson Flight Extenders Inc., according to the lawsuit.",
"The verdict in Denver, Colorado on Wednesday includes $13 million in punitive damages, $318,000 in back pay for workers who were fired for being black, and another $650,000 for emotional distress, the Denver Post reported.",
"Matheson, a company based in Sacramento, California that transports mail for the U.S.",
"Postal Service and private companies, such as FedEx, also was ordered to pay the workers' legal costs.",
"Lawsuit: Mahamet Camara, left, and Macire Diarra, right, were among seven warehouse workers who were awarded $15 million by a jury after their employers discriminated against them for being black .",
"According to the lawsuit, black employees worked on one side of the Commerce City warehouse and whites worked on the other side.",
"White staff were accused of using racial epithets and calling employees 'lazy, stupid Africans', and on one occasion, an employee yelled that all black people should be shot - and used the 'n' word.",
"The workers added that the treatment became much worse after 2007, when Leslie Capra became the station manager and was 'more openly hostile towards black employees' - and encouraged others to act in the same way, according to the lawsuit.",
"Six of the plaintiffs were black - many were from the African country of Mali and one was from Brazil - and one plaintiff was a white whistleblower who was fired for challenging the company's practices.",
"After complaining, he said he was branded 'the tribe's assistant', by bosses, the lawsuit said.",
"'Basically, I did the right thing.",
"This isn't 1960 anymore,' said the white employee, Dean Patricelli.",
"According to the lawsuit, which was filed in 2010, workers were discriminated against in all phases of employment, including hiring, termination, conditions of employment, promotion, vacation pay, furlough, discipline, work shifts, benefits and wages.",
"Accused: The lawsuit said the treatment became more commonplace when Leslie Capra, pictured, became the station manager in 2007.",
"She was 'openly hostile' to black employees, according to the lawsuit .",
"Workplace: Attorneys for Matheson Trucking and Matheson Flight Extenders Inc., which transports mail for the U.S.",
"Postal Service and private companies, such as FedEx, said they will appeal the jury's decision .",
"For example, all employees liked working holidays because they would get double pay.",
"But supervisors gave the shifts only to white employees, including those with less seniority than their black counterparts.",
"'I thought I was back South again with the same old racist attitudes,' said plaintiff Ernie Duke.",
"But Matheson attorney Stacey Campbell said the company 'prides itself on hiring and employing a highly diverse workforce consisting of men and women of different races and cultures.'",
"She said Matheson would appeal the jury's decision.",
"The plaintiffs, who were part-time workers, were Patricelli, Duke, Mahamet Camara, Andre De Oliveira, Bemba Diallo, Salif Diallo and Macire Diarra."
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"Seven workers for Matheson Trucking and Matheson Flight Extenders Inc. in Denver, Colorado won the $15 million payout on Wednesday .",
"Their lawsuit claimed that black employees worked on one side while white employees worked on the other, and staff regularly used racial slurs .",
"One worker said all 'n*****s' should be shot - and was not reprimanded .",
"One of the plaintiffs was a white single dad who complained about the treatment - and was fired shortly afterwards, the lawsuit said .",
"But an attorney for the company denied the accusations and said they would appeal the decision ."
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"The Deputy leader of the Opposition has made a passionate plea for the lives of the Bali Nine ringleaders on death row in Indonesia to be spared by highlighting her own husband's drug reform story.",
"Tanya Plibersek's husband Michael Coutts-Trotter was convicted of conspiracy to import drugs in 1986, at the age of 21, and served three years of a nine-year prison sentence.",
"He has turned his life around and is now Secretary of the New South Wales Department of Family and Community Services.",
"Meanwhile, Sydney men Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, are due to face a firing squad this month after they were convicted of heroin trafficking in Indonesia in 2006.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Tanya Plibersek's husband Michael Coutts-Trotter (left) was convicted of conspiracy to import drugs in 1986 .",
"They have already spent nine years in jail for a crime they committed when they were in their early twenties and could be executed by firing squad any day now.",
"'In 1988, my husband left prison after being charged and convicted of a similar crime to these young men.",
"I imagine what would have happened if he had been caught in Thailand instead of in Australia where that crime was committed, where he was coming back to Australia,' Ms Plibersek said in Parliament on Thursday.",
"'I think about – I didn't know him at the time, this is 30 years ago – what would the world have missed out on?",
"They would have missed out on the three beautiful children we have had together.",
"They would have missed out on a man who spent the rest of his life making amends for the crime that he committed,' she added.",
"Despite lawyers arguing they are reformed men and mounting international pressure against their execution, Indonesia's president has refused to grant Chan and Sukumaran pardons.",
"Legal appeals against their sentence have also repeatedly been quashed.",
"Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have been in an Indonesian jail since 2006 and are facing execution in the next month .",
"'We need to have a principled and methodical approach to punishments of serious crime.",
"I perhaps have a particular view on remorse and redemption because of experiences in my own life.",
"I imagine what would have happened if he had been caught in Thailand instead of in Australia where that crime was committed, where he was coming back to Australia.",
"They would have missed out on a man who spent the rest of his life making amends for the crime that he committed.",
"I have another perspective on this, too.",
"In 1997, I lost my brother to a violent crime in Port Moresby.",
"I know that if I had been the one making the decision about the punishment of the person who did that crime, I couldn’t have thought of a punishment bad enough.",
"That’s why we don’t make decisions about punishment on the basis of how we feel but on the basis of universal, consistently-applied rules.",
"I think it is important to say that when it comes to the death penalty, there has been for many years in Australia a bipartisan rejection of the death penalty.'",
"Deputy opposition leader Tanya Plibersek speaks in the House Of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, February 12 .",
"Mr Coutts-Trotter, now a high-level public servant, said in a statement to Daily Mail Australia his experience was no where near as difficult as that faced by Chan and Sukumaran or their families and he doesn't want to disrespect them by suggesting otherwise.",
"'Like a great many Australians I oppose the death penalty,' he said.",
"'These two young men have done serious wrong and should be punished with substantial gaol terms.",
"But they should be granted mercy and not death.",
"'Alive in gaol Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have the chance – and the obligation - to make amends and regain their dignity by serving others.",
"And their families have the chance to love and support them to do so.",
"'From all reports, they would work their lives through to repay that generosity,' Mr Coutts-Trotter reasoned.",
"'I was afforded a second chance by our Australian justice system.",
"I remain grateful for that every day.'",
"The couple have 'three beautiful children' together, seen here at the Lego Movie premier in March, 2014 .",
"Ms Plibersek spoke in parliament in support of Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, who says the execution of the Bali nine ringleaders would be a grave injustice.",
"An emotional Ms Bishop also made a speech in parliament on Thursday to plead for the lives of Chan and Sukumaran.",
"Australia was not seeking to understate the gravity of their crimes, but the death penalty was a bridge too far, she said.",
"'This motion goes to the heart of what we believe will be a grave injustice against two Australian citizens facing execution in Indonesia,' she told the lower house.",
"'Without doubt, Andrew and Myuran need to pay for their crimes with lengthy jail sentences but they should not need to pay with their lives.'",
"Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek spoke out in a bid to help the Bali Nine pair .",
"Mr Coutts-Trotter has turned his life around and is now Secretary of the New South Wales Department of Family and Community Services .",
"Ms Plibersek said capital punishment 'barbarised' the executioner, while speaking in parliament .",
"Ms Bishop said more than 30,000 Australians have implored the Indonesian president and members of the Indonesian government for a stay of their executions.",
"Her shared hope with those petitioners was for the Indonesian government to show mercy, she said.",
"'I believe it is Indonesia that will lose the most from executing these two young men,' she said.",
"No country had done as much as Australia to support Indonesia in fighting drug-related crime, Ms Bishop said.",
"Ms Plibersek said capital punishment 'barbarised' the executioner.",
"'It's left over from an earlier and more barbaric time,' she said.",
"She said she remained hopeful the Indonesian government would show clemency and order a stay of execution.",
"A candlelight vigil was held in Sydney's Martin Place in January in support of Sukumaran and Chan .",
"Sukumaran and Chan are both reportedly reformed after turning to art and religion in jail ."
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"Tanya Plibersek's husband Michael Coutts-Trotter sold heroin .",
"He was convicted of conspiracy to import drugs in 1986, at the age of 21 .",
"Bali Nine pair Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran face execution .",
"They were convicted of heroin trafficking in Indonesia in 2006 .",
"Ms Plibersek and Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop have pleaded for mercy from Indonesia's government ."
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"Jamaica now has the world's highest proportion of female bosses according to a new United Nations study but the country's men could be falling prey to a culture of criminality.",
"With nearly 60 per cent of the country's managers being women, it dwarfs both United States' 43 per cent and Japan's 11 per cent.",
"Experts claim their rise to power is partly due to improvements in female education but also because men have failed to keep pace with them.",
"While government officials celebrate the women's success, they are deeply worried about their 'stagnating' men who are performing worse academically and have a much higher risk of falling into criminality.",
"The boss: Jamaica has more female managers - such as Ravn Rae (pictured) who owns her own smoking paraphernalia store - than any country in the world .",
"Girl power: Experts say the dramatic rise in female managers is due to improvements in female education but also because the country's men are falling behind and, in some cases, moving backwards (file photo) High school teacher and blogger Wayne Campbell believes they are being brought down by musical culture that 'celebrates law-breaking'.",
"Jamaica is the birthplace of reggae music - made famous by the legendary Bob Marley.",
"But its offshoot 'dance-hall' has been criticised for its violent, misogynistic and homophobic lyrics.",
"Last year, dance-hall star Vybz Kartel was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of one of his former associates in August 2011.",
"He was the first Jamaican artist whose music was completely banned from the airwaves by the country's National Communications Network, who said his lyrics were 'obscene' and brought 'nothing positive' to the entertainment industry.",
"But his songs continued to be played by many - especially those in Jamaica's slums where he is considered somewhat of a hero, the Huffington Post reports.",
"Mr Campbell also claimed men devalue academic achievement and boys who display school smarts are ridiculed as feminine by their peers and even adults.",
"'It's almost as if manhood and masculinity have been hijacked by a thug culture far removed from education,' he added.",
"Growing, selling and consuming cannabis in Jamaica is technically illegal but the law is often overlooked and the drug is sold openly.",
"And on January 22, the country's Cabinet approved a bill to decriminalise the possession and sale of small amounts of marijuana - as well as allowing private cultivation.",
"Falling behind: High school teacher Wayne Campbell claims men devalue academic achievement and boys who display school smarts are ridiculed as feminine by their peers and even adults (file photo) Bad influence: Dance-hall DJ Vybz Kartel (pictured) was recently imprisoned for murder and his brand of music has been accused of promoting a culture of criminality .",
"Grey area: Growing, selling and consuming cannabis in Jamaica is technically illegal but the law is often overlooked and the drug is sold openly (file photo) A young businesswoman who sells smoking paraphernalia and hopes to expand into medical marijuana says women are now the 'main breadwinners'.",
"Ravn Rae said: 'Caribbean culture has a laid-back, slow-paced vibe.",
"But generally, Caribbean men are a lot more relaxed than the women... We push harder to earn.'",
"With more women pursuing higher education than men, the gender gap could grow even wider.",
"For years there has been a steady 70-30 ration in favour of women at the University of West Indies, a public university system serving over 18 Caribbean countries and territories.",
"Educators say the sheer scale of boys' academic underachievement points to the need for big changes in the way lessons are planned and delivered.",
"From Trinidad and Tobago in the south to the northern archipelago of the Bahamas, education ministries have been trying for years to solve the crisis which spills over to create social unrest.",
"Grace McLean, Jamaica's chief education officer, says their underachievement in the classroom is 'weighing heavily on national socio-economic development.'",
"Not everyone is convinced regional women are close to pulling ahead of men in Caribbean societies.",
"The majority of top positions are still dominated by men even if countries like Jamica have female heads of state, says Camille Hernandez-Ramdwar who researches Caribbean cultures at Canada's Ryerson University.",
"She says women in the Caribbean still 'have to contend with old-boy networks, male privilege, and males dominating in the justice, social, political and religious systems'."
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"Nearly 60 per cent of Jamaica's managers are women, new data has shown .",
"Government proud of their success but worried about its 'stagnating' men .",
"Some believe boys falling prey to a musical culture celebrating criminality .",
"Jamaican dance-hall music criticised for its misogynistic and violent lyrics ."
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"Claire Marshall Hernandez posted a photograph of a 'vulnerable' passenger online and called her 'an absolutely barking mad nutter' An air stewardess posted a photograph of a 'vulnerable' passenger online and called her 'an absolutely barking mad nutter'.",
"Claire Marshall Hernandez uploaded the image to a Facebook group, telling colleagues that the female passenger was an 'absolute nightmare.'",
"The Thomson Airways attendant, who has been disciplined for her actions, said the unidentified woman claimed to have been on the X Factor and began 'belting out' a Diana Ross tune, adding: 'She will keep you very busy.'",
"Miss Hernandez, 37, was on a return flight from the Caribbean when she secretly took a picture of the woman in her seat.",
"The mother of one, from Manchester, then uploaded the picture to the Thomson Airways Info Group on Facebook and criticised the passenger in the photo's caption, in which she added: 'Oh and she's got a stash of brandy in that handbag.",
"'She also blocked up the whole of the front toilet with God knows what.'",
"Miss Hernandez went on to criticise the woman's floral dress in a comment beneath her post, which received at least 12 'likes'.",
"It is understood that a group administrator removed the post shortly afterwards, but not before it was spotted by a member of the public.",
"The man, who asked not to be named, said Miss Hernandez's post was 'appalling'.",
"He said: 'This lady is clearly a vulnerable adult.",
"What the stewardess's post is saying, up to an extent, is that 'she is clearly unwell, however I am going to mock her and make a laughing stock of her'.'",
"He added: 'Considering that cabin crew are trained in ensuring that passengers are taken to their destination safely, supposedly without judgment, to look after the welfare of 300 or more people ... and considering the traveller is paying for the seat and expecting that, I find this appalling.",
"This mocks the whole purpose of having someone there for your safety and welfare.",
"She said the unidentified woman claimed to have been on the X Factor and began 'belting out' a Diana Ross tune, adding: 'She will keep you very busy' 'She is saying 'we are the number one holiday leisure company – however, we will mock you and cause you embarrassment on your travels'.'",
"A Thomson Airways spokesman confirmed that Miss Hernandez had been disciplined for her conduct but would not say if she has been sacked.",
"She said: 'We can confirm that the post was removed immediately, and the member of staff involved has been dealt with accordingly.'",
"A spokesman for airline regulator the Civil Aviation Authority said: 'Cabin crew do frequently find themselves in stressful situations.",
"However, they should clearly treat passengers with respect.",
"'Airlines have a duty to ensure that cabin crew follow appropriate behaviour when dealing with passengers.'",
"Facebook post: Along with the picture posted online, the attendant added a caption criticising the passenger .",
"Thomson Airways said the post was 'removed immediately' and the employee 'dealt with accordingly'"
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"37-year-old air attendant from Sale said she began 'singing Diana Ross'\nImage posted to 'Thomson Airways MAN Info Group' Facebook group ."
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"Two 160 million year old fossils found in China are from the earliest known tree-dwelling and subterranean mammals ever discovered.",
"With claws for climbing and teeth adapted for a tree sap diet, Agilodocodon scansorius is the earliest-known tree-dwelling mammaliaform (long-extinct relatives of modern mammals).",
"The other fossil, Docofossor brachydactylus, is the earliest-known subterranean mammaliaform, possessing multiple adaptations similar to African golden moles such as shovel-like paws.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"The earliest mammals are thought to have appeared roughly 200 million years ago, arriving on the scene during the Mesozoi cEra with dinosaurs ruling the land and flying pterosaurs keeping an eye out for a quick snack.",
"The earliest-known bird did notappear until about 150 million years ago.",
"Where they were found . Agilodocodon scansorius, an omnivore that lived about 165 .",
"million years ago, possessed paws with curved claws for .",
"climbing, limb dimensions characteristic of other tree-dwelling .",
"mammals and flexible elbow, wrist and ankle joints good for .",
"scrambling up trees with agility.",
"Its spade-like front teeth, similar to some New World .",
"monkeys today, allowed it to chew into bark and eat tree gum or .",
"sap. Docofossor, a mole-like insect-eater that lived about 160 .",
"million years ago, boasted shovel-like paws for digging, teeth .",
"similar to later burrowing mammals that forage underground and .",
"sprawling limbs ideal for underground movement.",
"University of Chicago paleontologist Zhe-Xi Luo called .",
"Docofossor a \"dead ringer\" for today's African golden mole.",
"Traits in Docofossor's fingers are so similar to that mole .",
"that the researchers suspect the same genes may be responsible .",
"even though the two creatures belong to different branches of .",
"the mammalian family tree and are separated by 160 million .",
"years. The earliest mammals are thought to have appeared roughly .",
"200 million years ago, arriving on the scene during the Mesozoic .",
"Era with dinosaurs ruling the land and flying pterosaurs keeping .",
"an eye out for a quick snack.",
"The earliest-known bird did not .",
"appear until about 150 million years ago.",
"\"Before the 2000s, it was generally thought Mesozoic mammals .",
"could not diversify much in the dinosaur-dominated ecosystem,\" Luo said.",
"The fossil of of Docofossor brachydactylus as preserved in split rock slabs with dense and carbonized furs around its skeleton .",
"Docofossor, a mole-like insect-eater that lived about 160million years ago, boasted shovel-like paws for digging, teethsimilar to later burrowing mammals that forage underground andsprawling limbs ideal for underground movement.",
"But Luo said this notion has been undercut by discoveries in .",
"recent years of fossils of many Mesozoic mammals with numerous .",
"specializations including swimming, tree-living and digging.",
"\"Simply put, our distant mammalian relatives explored .",
"ecological niches that were just as varied and interesting as .",
"many modern mammal groups,\" Luo said.",
"Agilodocodon and Docofossor both belonged to a long-extinct .",
"early mammalian order called docodonts.",
"Castorocauda, another .",
"docodont living at about the same time in the Jurassic Period .",
"whose fossil was unearthed in China in 2006, had beaver-like .",
"traits tailored for an aquatic lifestyle.",
"The fossil of Agilodocodon scansorius, an omnivore that lived about 165million years ago .",
"Agilodocodon scansorius, an omnivore that lived about 165million years ago, possessed paws with curved claws forclimbing, limb dimensions characteristic of other tree-dwellingmammals and flexible elbow, wrist and ankle joints good forscrambling up trees with agility.",
"The research was published in the journal Science.",
"Stem mammaliaforms (also known as “stem mammals”) are long-extinct relatives The newly discovered fossils show stem mammaliaforms had very diverse feeding and locomotor functions, and a much wider ecological divergence as a whole, despite the dominance of dinosaurs in the Mesozoic Era."
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"Fossils found in China reveal two shrew-sized creatures .",
"Represent the oldest-known tree-climbing and burrowing mammals .",
"Lived during the Mesozoic Era with dinosaurs ruling the land and flying pterosaurs in control of the skies ."
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"She endured years of abuse at the hands of bullies and faced constant rejection from the fashion world, but size 22 Tess Holliday is certainly having the last laugh.",
"The plus-size model and mother has proven her critics wrong after she was signed by a top agency, hailed by Vogue Italia as one of the top six plus-size models in the world and landing the coveted cover of SLiNK magazine's Role Models issue.",
"The Mississippi-born clothes horse who, at 5ft 5in, was always told she was too short and too big to model, is the star of the glossy plus-size magazine issue and speaks candidly about her weight.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Size 22 model Tess Holliday has gone high fashion for plus-size magazine, SLiNK .",
"Speaking to the London-based magazine, the 18st 5lb model said: 'I want to empower girls in a different way.",
"I’m lucky that I can do that with my body right now, but I’d like to do that with words.'",
"Her big break came in 2011, when A&E chose her to be the face of their documentary series, Heavy, after discovering her online.",
"Since then, she has modeled for Domino Dollhouse, SWAK, Jessica Louise Clothing, Evil Pawn Jewellery, Black Cat Bikinis, and more.",
"The 18st 5lb model says she wants to empower girls in a different way and is lucky that she can do that with her body but also wants to do it 'with her words', too .",
"MiLK Model Management recently announced they had signed Holliday to their plus-size arm, Curves .",
"In 2013, Holliday started a social media movement she called #effyourbeautystandards, a salute to pushing positive body image.",
"That same year, she was named by Vogue Italia as one of the top six plus-size models in the world.",
"Her biggest break yet came when MiLK Model Management announced they had signed Holliday to their plus-size arm, Curves.",
"The agency said they cottoned on to Holliday because of her vast social media influence, especially on Instagram.",
"In 2013, Holliday started a social media movement she called #effyourbeautystandards, a salute to pushing positive body image, and she has since accumulated thousands of followers .",
"Size 22 mother Tess is being hailed as the largest professional plus-size model in the business .",
"Tess, with her husband, Nick Holliday, says that when you're over a size 16, you have sex and have it a lot .",
"Holliday's trajectory is a triumph over her critics and her bullies.",
"Perhaps in a 'that-will-show-them' move, she has a tattoo of Miss Piggy on her right arm.",
"Her personal life is booming, too.",
"Last year she became engaged for Australian businessman Nick Holliday, whose surname she has now adopted.",
"The couple have a nine-year-old son - and, it seems, a very active love life.",
"'I think people need to be taught that when you get past a size sixteen you still have sex and you have sex a lot and that you have healthy relationships.",
"That you live your life, have fun.",
"People assume that fat people live miserable lives, that being my size is a death sentence,' she said.",
"She also hopes to have more children with him - and the future is looking bright.",
"She concluded: 'I’ve had a s****y life.",
"And some people can’t move on from that but I want to use it as a way to tell people that nothing should stop them doing what they want.",
"I remind myself that I can pay my rent this month and pay my bills and support myself doing something everyone told me I would never be able to do.'",
"Holliday has built her name on social media over the years, and now has an agency .",
"The 29-year-old is being hailed as the largest plus-sized model in the business .",
"Holliday's career has proven wrong the bullies that have followed her through life .",
"Holliday is a mother and a wife and says she works out each week with a trainer .",
"The model became engaged to Australian businessman, Nick Holliday, last year.",
"They live in LA . SLiNK magazine issue 15 has a full interview with cover star Tess ."
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"She is size 22, 5ft 5 in and weighs 18st 5lb .",
"Being hailed the largest plus-sized model in the business .",
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"A Labour council has banned pork from primary schools in its area claiming it is too expensive to monitor the diets of Islamic and Jewish pupils.",
"Islington Council, in north London, has been slammed by members of the pork industry for taking chops, sausages and bacon off the menu.",
"But while the local authority admits pork is no longer on the menu, it denies banning the meat - instead claiming pork is simply not provided under its current catering contract.",
"Islington Council (pictured) in London has taken all pork products off the menu at primary schools in its area .",
"The council has removed pork from all primary school lunches despite the fact it is still being served in Islington's secondary schools.",
"An Islington Council spokesman said today: 'It's not true that pork is banned in our primary schools.",
"'It is not currently provided in our catering contract, but if any primary school wants to serve pork we will work with them to arrange it.'",
"But the council has said previously that it is too expensive to serve pork because it has to monitor what every child eats, in case those whose cultural or religious beliefs forbid pork - such as Muslim or Jewish children - eat it by accident.",
"Chris Godfrey, a master butcher who runs the 100-year-old Godfrey's butchers in Highbury Park, said: 'I feel quite strongly about this.",
"I don't really feel we should pander too much to other religions.",
"The local authority removed the meat despite the fact that pork is still being served in local secondary schools and is considered an affordable meat .",
"'It's not a bad thing to show consideration, but that shouldn't restrict the choice of everyone else.",
"'The kids deserve to have a choice.",
"I don't think this ban helps anyone.'",
"Dr Zoe Davies, chief executive of the National Pig Association, said: 'This is something we are particularity concerned about.",
"'It's something we have heard of but we wouldn't say it's common.",
"'It tends to happen in areas where there are large numbers of children from, for example, a Muslim background who wouldn't eat pork.",
"'But we would like there to be a choice.",
"Pork is a very affordable and nutritious meat.'",
"Cllr Joe Caluori, Islington Council's executive member for children and families, said: 'By not having pork on the menus in our schools, we can keep down costs and reduce food waste, maximising the schools meal budget in tough financial circumstances.",
"'We meet regularly with our catering contractor and stakeholders and the feedback is that schools are very happy with the food offered by the service.'",
"A council spokesman said: 'Young children, some as young as four, of different religious and ethnic backgrounds may not know which foods contain pork, or may not realise the importance of avoiding it due to their culture or beliefs.",
"'Monitoring each child, every day ensuring they are avoiding pork, is an unnecessary cost at a time of tight budgets.'"
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"Imposed controversial ban despite pork being considered a cheap meat .",
"Says it's too expensive because they have to monitor what each child eats .",
"Some pupils have cultural or religious beliefs that forbid eating pork .",
"Decision has been slammed by butchers and National Pig Association .",
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"On the day a ceasefire was finally agreed in Ukraine, two MPs traded blows in a full-blown and vicious punch-up.",
"The fight took place between Yegor Sobolev, of the centre-right Samopomochi party, and Vadim Ivchenko, from the Fatherland party, also centre-right, in the country's parliament building.",
"They squared up to one another and then threw a flurry of powerful punches at the other in the brawl that lasted half a minute.",
"Mr Sobolev wore a T-shirt and zip-up sweater and was left with a bloody nose, while his opponent who wore a suit (without a tie) emerged unscathed.",
"Yegor Sobolev, of the centre-right Samopomochi party, prepares to take a swipe at Vadim Ivchenko .",
"But his opponent reacts and moves intently towards the politician in their clash over an anti-corruption bill .",
"Vadim Ivchenko, from the Fatherland party, then throws an almighty right hand on to the jaw of Mr Sobolev .",
"The two then grapple in the middle of the halls of Verkhovna Rada in Kiev as a guard tries to break it up .",
"The pair then square up to one another again - ironically on the day a ceasefire was finally reached in Ukraine .",
"The violent scenes are not a rare sight in Ukrainian politics - a mass brawl also took place in April last year .",
"An onlooker tries to shield his papers as the two hold on to one another in the parliament building .",
"Mr Sobolev in a T-shirt and zip-up sweater holds off his opponent dressed in a suit, but without a tie .",
"The altercation in the halls of Verkhovna Rada in Kiev was allegedly over an anti-corruption bill that is currently being discussed.",
"Following the break-up of the brawl, a guard stood between the pair as they continued to discuss their disagreement in a more diplomatic fashion.",
"This is not the first time the country's politicians have been at the centre of violent scenes.",
"In April last year, a session of parliament was interrupted when a fight broke out on the floor of the legislature.",
"Then in September an angry mob bundled top-ranking MP Vitaly Zhuravsky into a huge rubbish bin and tossed a tyre on top of him before pouring liquid over his face.",
"As he lay helpless, a woman was heard shouting: 'Boys, let me kick him at least one more time.'",
"It comes after an agreement aimed at ending the fighting in Ukraine was finally reached today, following marathon talks in Belarus.",
"The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France announced a ceasefire would begin on February 15.",
"The deal also includes weapon withdrawals and prisoner exchanges, but key issues remain to be settled.",
"The pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine have signed the agreement.",
"Thousands of people have died in almost a year of fighting in the region."
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"MPs Yegor Sobolev and Vadim Ivchenko were involved in a full-blown fight .",
"Brawl lasted 30 seconds and took place in halls of Verkhovna Rada in Kiev .",
"Fight between the politicians was reportedly over an anti-corruption bill .",
"Came on the day a ceasefire in Ukraine was finally reached after long talks ."
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"For two Aussie flatmates, it all began as a fun project to recreate the iconic opening credits from their favourite television show, The Simpsons.",
"They used pixel art, which mimics the distinctive style of retro arcade games, to pay tribute to the 26-year-old credits which are known and loved in households across the globe.",
"On February one Melbourne-based mates Ivan Dixon and Paul Robertson uploaded their incredible 'Simpsons Pixels' clip to YouTube and were amazed when it went viral, receiving more than a million hits in the first two days.",
"But the real shock came when just twelve hours after their upload an email landed in their inbox from the makers of The Simpsons, requesting that they ring straight away.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Aussie flatmates Ivan Dixon and Paul Robertson recreated the 26-year-old opening credits (left) from The Simpsons in a retro, arcade game-style (right) using pixel art .",
"The clip was seen by the creators of The Simpsons and just 12 hours later the young Melbourne men received an email requesting they call the US as soon as possible .",
"The ingenious reinvention of the opening credits (right) will appear at the beginning of a new episode, set to air on Sunday in the US .",
"'The email went to my spam folder, so I actually thought it was a hoax!'",
"Dixon told Fairfax media.",
"Instead, it was an entirely genuine request for their fantastic appropriation to be used as the opening credits for the very next episode of the Simpsons.",
"It has been a whirlwind and a dream-come-true for the graphic designers.",
"'We secretly hoped they would pick it up, but it all came so fast,' Dixon told Fairfax.",
"Exactly two weeks after the clip was uploaded, it will be seen at the beginning of a new episode which is set to air in the US this Sunday February 15 at 8pm.",
"The flatmates called on visual artist Jeremy Downer to recreate the notorious Danny Elfman theme song for their clip, perfectly pairing with their arcade game theme.",
"The artists have paid meticulous attention to detail, recreating scenes like Maggie and Marge driving .",
"Homer Simpson, Mr Burns and Smithers (left to right) are shown in the new pixelated-style at the Nuclear Plant .",
"And although the artists admit they had a lot of fun creating the video, they had to pay meticulous detail to ensure they carried it off without a hitch.",
"In each episode of The Simpsons, the credits begin with prankster Bart Simpson writing a new phrase on the blackboard at Springfield Elementary School.",
"Appropriately for the duo's contribution, the digitised credits open with Bart scribbling 'Pixel art is not art' repeatedly during detention.",
"The quirky trip through Springfield shows the Nuclear Plant, Kwik-E-Mart, Moe's Tavern and their home at Evergreen Terrace as never seen before.",
"Bart skateboards through town as if in a Mario Bros game, swerving through some familiar faces - and gaining 50 points when he bounces on barman Moe's head.",
"The tribute video cleverly references some classic Simpsons moments for keen-eyed, die-hard fans.",
"Shop owner Apu scans baby Maggie at the Kwik-E-Mart just like in the original opening credits .",
"One of the most impressive moments of the clip is Marge's volumous hair flick at the supermarket .",
"These include Stampy the elephant in a field; Poochy on a boardwalk; Homer Simpson's barbershop quartet 'The Be Sharps' on the pub roof and the tragic Maude Flanders with a halo.",
"However, there are new details to be found on every replay.",
"'Number One' from The Stonecutters and a flying pig are both particularly well-hidden within the action.",
"In another nod to the gaming culture the creators love so much, nerdy muso Lisa Simpson plays the saxophone whilst the other students in the classroom stare down at their laps, distracted by their Gameboys.",
"As for the ending, The Simpson's voice artist Hank Azaria put it best when he tweeted the clip with the caption: 'This gets kind of mind blowing at the end!'",
"Dixon and Roberston are extremely talented and already have some amazing accomplishments to their name.",
"The quirky trip through Springfield shows the Nuclear Plant, Moe's Tavern and Evergreen Terrace (pictured) Robertson works on graphics for games and did animation for episodes of Disney show Gravity Falls.",
"Dixon was co-director on three of acclaimed Australian musician Gotye's filmclips.",
"He has created Rubberhouse, an animation studio.",
"He is beginning to gain notoriety, as just two weeks ago one of Dixon's clips was shared by UK comedian Ricky Gervais on his official Facebook page to more than two million followers.",
"The hilarious cartoon shows Gervais' character from 'The Office' Brent dancing manically using the same pixel art animation.",
"As for The Simpsons intro, there's also an extra incentive for anyone who manages to identify all the cameos in the clip.",
"'First person to name all the references wins a date with one of the hunks who made the SIMPSONS PIXELS video,' the pair joked."
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"Two Melbourne-based flatmates recreated The Simpsons opening credits .",
"Ivan Dixon and Paul Robertson created an arcade-style interpretation .",
"They put it on YouTube on February 1 and it quickly went viral .",
"12 hours after the video was put online, they received an incredible email .",
"The email was from The Simpsons producers requesting to use the clip as the opening credits in the very next episode .",
"The episode with the special opening credits will air in the US this Sunday, February 15, exactly two weeks after it was first put on YouTube ."
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"The Pope has branded couples who choose not to have children 'selfish' and said they are part of a 'greedy generation.'",
"The pontiff said it was a 'depressed society' that considered offspring to be a weight or a risk.",
"Pope Francis made the remarks in front of a large crowd during his weekly general audience in St Peter's Square, Rome.",
"The Pope has branded couples who choose not to have children 'selfish' during an address to a large crowd in St Peter's Square .",
"The pontiff said it was a 'depressed society' that considered children to be a weight or a risk .",
"Addressing the crowd, he said life 'rejuvenates' when children arrive and they 'enrich it.'",
"'A society with a greedy generation, that doesn't want to surround itself with children, that considers them above all worrisome, a weight, a risk, is a depressed society,' he said, the Guardian reported.",
"'The choice to not have children is selfish.",
"Life rejuvenates and acquires energy when it multiplies: It is enriched, not impoverished.'",
"Pope Francis said children 'rejuvenate' life .",
"The Pope had to apologise for offending large Catholic families by saying that there was no need to breed 'like rabbits.'",
"The Pope caused dismay among larger families last month when he cautioned 'responsible parenthood' advising that three children was 'about right'.",
"Speaking during a press conference on a flight back from the Philippines, he said that 'Some think that in order to be good Catholics we have to be like rabbits.",
"No. Responsible parenthood.'",
"Vatican Archbishop Giovanni Becciu apologised on Pope Francis' behalf by saying 'the Pope is truly sorry' that his remarks about large families 'caused such disorientation'.",
"Archbishop Becciu told the Italian bishop's newspaper Avvenire that the pope 'absolutely did not want to disregard the beauty and the value of large families.'",
"Just last week Pope Francis said it is fine for parents to smack their children as punishment for misbehaving.",
"'One time, I heard a father say, \"At times I have to hit my children a bit, but never in the face so as not to humiliate them\".,' the Pope said.",
"'That's great. He had a sense of dignity.",
"He should punish, do the right thing, and then move on.'",
"His comments come after he was forced to apologise to large Catholic families after saying that there was no need to breed 'like rabbits ."
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"Comments made to a large crowd in St Peter's Square, Rome .",
"Come after he offended Catholics by saying there was no need to breed 'like rabbits'"
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"A three-year-old was fatally shot on Monday after picking up her father's loaded gun he left out in the living room where he was cleaning it earlier in the day.",
"Alexis Mercer, 3, of LeBleu Settlement died at a local hospital on Monday night following the accidental shooting at her home on Arsene Road.",
"'This is a moment as a Sheriff that I have to tell people, you have got to protect our children,' said Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso in an interview with KLPC.",
"Accidental shooting death: Alexis Mercer, 3, was fatally shot on Monday after picking up her father's loaded gun left out in the open in the living room where he was cleaning it earlier in the day .",
"Mancuso said the father had been cleaning his guns in the living room that day, while his wife and children were gone, and he did not put them up before leaving for work.",
"When the mother returned home with the three children, ages 1-3, the 3-year-old girl was able to get one of the loaded guns, accidentally causing the gun to fire.",
"'It makes me angry,' said Mancuso.",
"'It makes my heart hurt.",
"It's just something that shouldn't happen.'",
"Sheriff's office spokeswoman Kim Myers said the other children were not injured.",
"She says the assortment of guns included a rifle and two handguns and said the child most likely used the hand gun.",
"Mancuso said incidents like this could have easily been avoided.",
"'Lock your guns, and keep them out of reach of children,' he said.",
"'They can't do it on their own. They're curious. They're going to go look.",
"They're going to show a friend.",
"If you can't afford a gun safe, every single gun that's sold in America comes with a gun lock.",
"Lock your guns and keep them out of reach of children.'",
"Myers said when the investigation is complete, the case will be turned over to the District Attorney's Office to determine if any charges will be filed.",
"Services for Mercer will be handled by Johnson & Brown Funeral Home.",
"Visitation for Mercer will take place from 3-9 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home, followed by a mass at 10 a.m. on Saturday.",
"Father Bennie Wego will officiate.",
"Burial will follow the mass at LeFranc Cemetery."
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"Alexis Mercer, 3, allegedly shot herself with her father's gun he left sitting out in the living room .",
"Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso said the father had been cleaning his guns in the living room that day and never locked them up .",
"When the mother returned home with the three children, ages 1-3, the 3-year-old girl was able to get one of the loaded guns and it fired .",
"Myers said when the investigation is complete, the case will be turned over to the District Attorney's Office to determine if any charges will be filed ."
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"Claire O'Hanlon pictured, died after she grabbed onto the back of a truck while drunk and slipped under its wheel after it went over a speed ramp .",
"A ‘bubbly’ woman was crushed to death under the wheels of a scaffolding lorry after drunkenly jumping onto the back to get a lift home, an inquest heard today.",
"Claire O’Hanlon, 47, suffered massive head and pelvic injuries after the lorry bounced over a sleeping policeman and she fell under the wheels of the five ton truck.",
"She and housemate Michelle Moore had clambered onto the back of the lorry around 4pm on November 15, 2013, after their friend Kate McMullen got into the cab to join her boyfriend Damon Carr and driver John Boswell.",
"The women had been waiting at a bus stop near the scene at Danebury Avenue, Roehampton, on their way home following an afternoon out drinking at a nearby club.",
"Ms O’Hanlon was more than three times over the drink driving limit when they flagged down the lorry after spotting it in the street, Westminster Coroner’s Court heard.",
"Ms Moore broke down in tears as she told how she pulled Ms O’Hanlon up on to the flatbed lorry after climbing up herself when it was travelling at roughly 3mph.",
"She looked on in horror as Ms O’Hanlon fell from the vehicle after it moved off and was crushed underneath the rear near-side wheel.",
"Giving evidence, Ms Moore said: ‘Claire was unpredictable.",
"She could come across as if she wasn’t heavily intoxicated.",
"‘We were going towards the bus stop when Kate saw Damon go by in the lorry and went over to ask for a lift.",
"‘He said no, but Kate and his daughter Ella got into the cab and suggested we jump on the back.",
"‘Claire asked me to give her a lift up by the time the lorry was moving and it all happened very quickly.",
"‘There was a bus behind us and I tried to give Claire a hand up as the lorry was moving off after I jumped on the back.",
"‘I looked over and before I knew it, she had gone.",
"The lorry had hit a sleeping policeman, which was where she died.’ In a statement to police, Ms Moore - who had got onboard into a gap between the scaffolding poles - said: ‘Claire’s hands were slipping, I looked behind and saw her lying on the floor.’ Ms O'Hanlon was waiting at a bus stop on Danebury Avenue, Roehampton, pictured, after spending an afternoon drinking when she clambered aboard the lorry moments before she slipped to her death .",
"Ms Hanlon's friends left a floral tribute near the scene of the tragedy after her death in November 2013 .",
"She described her friend as a ‘happy go-lucky, bubbly’ person.",
"Paramedics arriving within two minutes of a 999 call found Ms O’Hanlon close to the sleeping policeman surrounded by a crowd.",
"Nothing could be done to save her and Ms O’Hanlon of Clarence Lane, Roehampton, she was declared dead at the scene.",
"A post mortem revealed the cause of death as a ‘significant’ head injury following a ‘massive trauma’.",
"Tests showed she had 293 microgrammes of alcohol per 100ml of blood, and a 364mg urine alcohol level, which is four times the legal drink drive limit.",
"Cocaine was also found in her bloodstream plus a small amount of the anti-depressant diazepam.",
"Driver Mr Boswell, who was driving home from work, told the inquest: ‘I was just driving off with my new passengers in the cab, I didn’t know there were other people (on the back).",
"‘I knew Damon’s girlfriend was getting in but that was it.",
"As soon as the door was shut I just thought ‘That’s it, we’re ready to go’.",
"‘Then suddenly we had to stop, the lorry came to a standstill and I knew something had happened.’ Mr Carr told the hearing he heard a ‘scream’ and he jumped off to help but his ‘body turned numb’ and he ‘couldn’t do anything’ to help.",
"They ruled there was good visibility and the road was dry at the time of the incident, which took place on a ‘cool, dry, evening’.",
"Cars were parked along the road but traffic levels were good, the inquiry found.",
"Collision investigator PC Richard Clark, of Thames Police, said: ‘This is not an incident where it requires the benefit of hindsight.",
"It was clearly dangerous.",
"‘The lorry was excessively overweight but Mr Boswell did not need any extra driving license.",
"‘Anyone who passes a driving test is told to check their mirrors regularly when moving.",
"‘A trained HGV lorry driver would be expected to pay extra attention and look constantly for hazards in this built up area, but Mr Boswell was not one.’ Westminster Coroner's Court, pictured, heard that Ms O'Hanlon had an alcohol level in her system of four times the legal drink-drive limit, as well as cocaine and a small amount of the anti-depressant diazepam .",
"Coroner Shirley Radcliffe recorded a verdict of accidental death.",
"Ms Radcliffe told the court: ‘This was the tragic death of a young woman who was only 47 years old and fit and well.",
"‘Sadly she had been drinking on this afternoon, to the extent that her decision making was impaired.",
"‘Standing at a bus stop with her friends and their friend’s daughter, a lorry drove by which they flagged down and were given a lift on the vehicle.",
"‘In circumstances not entirely clear, Ms McMullen said the couple should just jump on the back.",
"‘I am satisfied the driver was unaware of Ms O’Hanlon and Ms Moore and their attempts to get on.",
"‘Ms Moore was lucky to get a good position on the vehicle, although clearly it was a risky one but Claire could not and sadly tried to get on the side.",
"‘It was only moving at about 3mph at the time and sadly did not seem as dangerous to her as it does in the cold light of day.",
"‘The lorry picked up to 15mph and tragically went over a speed cushion, creating some sort of jolt and Claire lost her grip and went underneath the lorry rather than just fall down.",
"‘Having gone under the rear axle, she was run over by a tyre, giving her a head injury.",
"‘This was simply a tragic accident and I offer my deepest condolences to her family and friends.’ Mourners left cards, flowers and notes - plus champagne bottles and scones - in memory of Ms O’Hanlon at the scene and paid tribute to a ‘very popular, lovely girl’."
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"Claire O'Hanlon tried to climb on board a scaffolding lorry while very drunk .",
"She fell underneath the rear wheel of the vehicle after it hit a speed ramp .",
"The 47-year-old suffered a 'significant' head injury and 'major trauma'\nShe was four-times the legal drink drive limit and had also taken cocaine .",
"Coroner Shirley Radcliffe recorded a verdict of accidental death .",
"She said Ms O'Hanlon's decision making had been 'impaired by drinking'"
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"Prince Andrew is to be promoted to the naval rank of Vice Admiral just weeks after he became mired in a teenage sex slave scandal.",
"The Queen has approved the appointment, which is timed to mark her second son’s 55th birthday next week.",
"Buckingham Palace last night said the move was a ‘long-standing convention’ that enables Andrew, who served as a Sea King pilot with the Royal Navy in the Falklands War, to be promoted in line with peers still serving in the military.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Birthday present: The Duke of York has been promoted to vice-admiral by the Queen for his 55th birthday next week .",
"Having fun: Andrew, pictured during a visit to Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, Somerset, last month, joined the Royal Navy at 18 and served in the Falklands .",
"Sources stressed that the move also recognised the ‘enormous amount of work that HRH does in support of the Royal Navy’.",
"The honorary appointment comes after a difficult few weeks for the Duke of York.",
"Last month he was publicly accused by Virginia Roberts of knowingly having sex with her when she was just 17, which he has continued to deny vigorously.",
"In court papers US citizen Miss Roberts, now a married mother of three, claimed that she was forced to sleep with the prince on three occasions by his close friend, convicted paedophile Jeffery Epstein.",
"A photograph showing Andrew with his arm around Miss Roberts’ bare midriff when she visited London with Epstein was also submitted as part of the case.",
"Andrew has already admitted a grave error of judgment on his behalf on continuing his friendship with Epstein after he was released from prison for soliciting a minor.",
"In 2011 he was forced to step down as special UK trade envoy after being photographed with the shamed billionaire financier the previous year.",
"Allegations: Virginia Roberts (right) has claimed that she was forced by financier Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender, to have sex with Prince Andrew when she was 17, pictured together in early 2001 .",
"Denial: Prince Andrew spoke for the first time last month to deny the sex accusations at the World Economic Forum in Davos .",
"Buckingham Palace has vehemently denied the latest claims on the prince’s behalf, saying they are ‘categorically untrue’ and lack ‘any foundation’.",
"And in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this month, Andrew, who continues to undertake royal duties funded by the Queen, stressed his innocence.",
"The Queen has privately made clear she wants to stand by her second son and earlier this week allowed him to publish a photograph of her in her private apartment.",
"The image, posted on the prince’s public Facebook account, was seen by some as a clear sign of her support.",
"Now she has rubber-stamped his honorary promotion with the Royal Navy.",
"In 2009 it was agreed that Andrew – who formally left the service in 2001 after 22 years – would enjoy ‘age-related’ promotions on par with colleagues who had remained in the service.",
"Under the agreement, the prince was promoted to Rear Admiral when he turned 50 in 2009 and will become Vice Admiral on his 55th birthday on Thursday next week.",
"He is due to become Admiral at 60 but any honorary rank after that would be at the behest of the Queen.",
"The latest appointment was announced in the London Gazette.",
"A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: ‘This was approved by the Queen in line with long-standing convention covering military promotions for members of the Royal Family.’ A Royal Navy spokesman added: ‘Following his active service, His Royal Highness has been hugely supportive of the Royal Navy and has undertaken a vast amount of work for the service over many years.’ A source added: ‘The Duke of York does a huge amount of work for the Royal Navy and in order for him to remain in step in terms of rank with his contemporaries... the Royal Navy established a policy in 2009 by which he is promoted in line with his peers.’ Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article."
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"Duke of York has been promoted in time for his 55th birthday next week .",
"Prince joined Navy at 18 and fought in the Falklands before retiring at 41 .",
"Andrew still carries out official naval duties from the Armed Forces .",
"Royal is under pressure after being engulfed in underage sex scandal ."
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"Embattled Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber abruptly changed his mind and refused to resign despite the growing corruption scandal engulfing him and his fiancée, three people close to the situation told the Associated Press.",
"They said the Democratic governor informed some of his aides on Sunday that he was going to step down, and on Tuesday he asked his would-be successor, Secretary of State Kate Brown, to rush back from a conference in Washington, D.C.",
"They spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday because they were not authorized to talk about private discussions.",
"Brown's abrupt and unexplained return to Oregon sparked speculation that Kitzhaber planned to quit.",
"Hours later, Kitzhaber issued a statement saying he would stay put.",
"It was not clear why Kitzhaber changed his mind.",
"Scroll down for video .",
"Trouble? As an ethics controversy heats up around Gov.",
"John Kitzhaber (seen in October 2014), he has said he is not resigning and is staying in office .",
"Scandal: Newspaper editorial boards and Republican political operatives have been criticizing Kitzhaber and calling for him to leave office over allegations that his fiancée, Cylvia Hayes, used his office to land contracts for her consulting business.",
"The couple are seen together in January 2015 .",
"'I was elected to do a job for the people of this great state and I intend to continue to do so,' Kitzhaber said, repeating a refrain he's uttered at least twice before in the past two weeks.",
"The governor told KGW that he asked Brown, a Democrat, to return from Washington so he could tell her he was not resigning.",
"Newspaper editorial boards and Republican political operatives have been criticizing Kitzhaber and calling for him to leave office over allegations that his fiancée, Cylvia Hayes, used his office to land contracts for her consulting business.",
"She's accused of advocating policies that she was paid to promote.",
"Hayes has been under increasing scrutiny since October, when a series of reports chronicled her work for organizations with an interest in Oregon public policy, which came as she served as an unpaid adviser in the governor's office.",
"The focus led Hayes to reveal that she accepted about $5,000 to illegally marry an immigrant seeking immigration benefits in the 1990s.",
"Later, she acknowledged purchasing a remote property with the intent to illegally grow marijuana.",
"Kitzhaber, meanwhile, has denied wrongdoing, saying he and Hayes took steps to avoid conflicts of interest.",
"Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum has launched a criminal investigation.",
"Kitzhaber was re-elected by a wide margin in November, easily defeating Republican state Rep. Dennis Richardson.",
"With the scandal surrounding Kitzhaber has overshadowing the state legislative session, which began last week, the governor met separately with legislative leaders on Tuesday.",
"He told KGW that he wanted to discuss how his presence would affect the legislative agenda.",
"Senate President Peter Courtney and House Speaker Tina Kotek, both Democrats, declined to say what was discussed, but Courtney indicated his was a difficult meeting.",
"'That was not a \"hi, how are you' meeting,\"'said Courtney, who, like Kitzhaber, is among the state's most enduring political figures.",
"'I'm not smooth today, I'm not cool today.",
"I don't have the nice cookie cutter press release statement today.'",
"A fiercely private person, Kitzhaber has been forced to answer embarrassing and personal questions about his relationship.",
"In response to questions at the news conference last month, Kitzhaber told reporters that he's in love with Hayes, but he's not blinded by it.",
"Mystery: Kara Brown's abrupt and unexplained return to Oregon sparked speculation that Kitzhaber planned to quit.",
"Hours later, he issued a statement saying he would stay put.",
"It was not clear why he changed his mind.",
"(November 2012 file photo)"
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"Embattled Governor John Kitzhaber had decided to resign, but he changed his mind, three people with direct knowledge of the situation said .",
"They said the Democratic governor informed some of his aides on Sunday that he was going to step down .",
"The sources said on Tuesday he asked his would-be successor, Secretary of State Kate Brown, to rush back from a conference in Washington, D.C.\nBrown's abrupt and unexplained return to Oregon sparked speculation that Kitzhaber planned to quit .",
"Hours later, Kitzhaber issued a statement saying he would stay put .",
"It was not clear why Kitzhaber changed his mind ."
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