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074b54dc0e9c1493af207e40f37ab5d0da9d98f0 | By . Damien Gayle . A cyclist is making his way more than 1,900 miles across Europe fuelled only by food he is able to rescue from bins along the way. Baptiste Dubanchet set off from Paris, France, in April and is cycling all the way to the Polish capital, Warsaw, in a bid to raise awareness of how much food we waste. ... | Baptiste Dubanchet's project aims to show how much food Europeans waste .
He has cycled across six countries eating only food destined for landfill .
On the way he has stayed in strangers' homes or camped under the stars . |
074c4b44aa8d4d79fde5ada47b970b24cd2db556 | By . Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 08:17 EST, 26 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:17 EST, 26 June 2013 . A Connecticut couple are letting customers at a Starbucks coffee shop choose the name of their baby. Twenty-five-year-old Jennifer James and 24-year-old Mark Dixon of New Haven say th... | Jennifer James and Mark Dixon couldn't agree on a name for their son due in September .
They decided to let customers at their local Starbucks chose between Jackson or Logan .
More than 1,800 and Logan is the clear favorite so far . |
074d0715e360f7245913847a05840c5b2e083138 | By . Becky Barrow . PUBLISHED: . 19:05 EST, 28 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:38 EST, 28 April 2013 . Pledge: Business Minster Michael Fallon said the share handout will be ¿as attractive as possible¿ . Every postal worker in Britain will be given around £1,500 of shares in Royal Mail when it floats on the stock market... | 140,000 workers from postmen to managers expected to scoop a windfall .
Government has promised ten per cent of the company to employees .
CWU is bitterly opposed to the privatisation, fearing future pay cuts . |
074d14be5764bc663f6632fa2b6eb39e812344d1 | Greece's new radical left wing finance minister arrived for a crunch Downing Street meeting with George Osborne this morning wearing a leather jacket and a casual blue shirt without a tie. Following his meeting with economics professor Yanis Varoufakis, Osborne warned that a euro zone stand-off over Greek debt is becom... | Osborne described Greek debt as a 'rising threat to the British economy'
Urged Europe to 'choose competence over chaos' in Greek debt standoff .
Called on new Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis to 'act responsibly'
Varoufakis is carrying out whistle-stop European tour in attempt to build support across the EU for ... |
074da12f991cf7a6ede210fa88f43c4688f3952d | By . Simon Walters . and Glen Owen . UPDATED: . 05:46 EST, 13 November 2011 . Tony Blair is facing questions after one of his charities launched a bid to grab a slice of Britain's £8billion foreign aid budget. His organisation has taken the first steps to become eligible for grants awarded by the Department for Interna... | Concern that taxpayers' cash for project will conflict with £2m JP Morgan contract .
Ex-PM's organisation has already passed first hurdle to get money .
Award of grant would enable him to conduct 'peace-building' in war-torn countries... such as Iraq . |
074e60ffb9d889861da08d56a036f5382c5ff9b1 | By . Emily Allen . PUBLISHED: . 07:35 EST, 29 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:09 EST, 29 June 2012 . Mistake: Toby Donachie, 19, was supposed to be . flying to Biarritz with Ryanair, but ended up boarding a flight with the . same airline to Malmo, Sweden . A professional surfer who thought he was flying to the south of F... | Toby Donachie said staff checked his ticket at the gate and on the plane but the error was STILL not spotted .
Cabin crew told him they didn't know there was an extra passenger when they did a head count as a child was hiding . |
07503ae3e3fdbe149acd00b62e3edc947f903522 | By . Freya Noble . Guns, snakes and drugs have been seized in Sydney's west as police target an outlaw bikie gang. Four men were also arrested as Strike Force Raptor continued its investigation into the Rebels motorcycle gang, police say. On Thursday morning, a 47-year-old life member of the Rebels was arrested in Macq... | A diamond python, a jungle python and a carpet python were found at a series of bikie properties in western Sydney .
This comes a day after Cleo the alpaca was rescued from rival gang Gypsy Jokers .
Police charged one Rebel gang member with 16 drug related offences .
Weapons, drugs and ammunition also seized from three... |
0750da22697df8026e125ce5ee4b410ebcb74811 | Multi-millionaire Roisin Isaacs has given an inordinate amount of time and energy to two places in recent years. One is the deprived Hilltown quarter of Dundee. The other – her private passion – is Pennlands Kiln. The farmhouse, dating from 1862, was in a dilapidated state when she bought it, but she has devoted the pa... | Roisin Isaacs spent £700,000 on house in Buckinghamshire .
Victorian property was dilapidated and renovation bill was £750,000 .
Stencilled quotes adorn the house and animal area is now high-tech office .
Roisin lived in Dundee off benefits and foodbanks for Secret Millionaire .
Gave £40,000 to charity does not believe... |
0751739edff08f08ef0d74cb31b3226849934d12 | A council is set to build a £12,000 'noise barrier' at a children's playground - because the sound of youngsters having fun is too loud. Bakewell Recreation Ground in Derbyshire hit headlines last June after it was closed following a single complaint about the noise of children playing. But after a public outcry, Derby... | Bakewell Recreation Ground in Derbyshire temporarily closed in June .
Popular playground shut after a single complaint children played too loudly .
Council then reopened site and recorded playing noise at 57 decibels .
Sound level is equivalent to a normal conversation or quiet laughter . |
0753905d0fcee780b7f5a115f5db6a070b7a2198 | (CNN) -- Libya's newly appointed Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni stepped down from his post on Sunday after an attack on him and his family. The General National Congress, the country's interim parliament, appointed al-Thinni Tuesday as interim prime minister and gave him a week to form a new cabinet. In a letter to ... | Abdullah al-Thinni is stepping down after he and his family were attacked .
He said the attack, a "cowardly" shooting, "terrified people"
A resident in al-Thinni's Tripoli neighborhood told CNN a militia was responsible . |
0753a471e6908c35bcbc2daa37e21f3a8443b590 | Charlie Grieves-Cook died after falling 40ft onto a concrete car park . He clung to metal rail for 10 minutes while intruders fired shots in apartment . Kenyan police investigating whether a spurned lover was involved in his death . Claims Grieves-Cook was initially refused treatment at a Nairobi hospital with staff de... | Charlie Grieves-Cook died after falling 40ft onto a concrete car park .
He clung to metal rail for 10 minutes while intruders fired shots in apartment .
Kenyan police investigating whether a spurned lover was involved in his death .
Claims Grieves-Cook was initially refused treatment at a Nairobi hospital with staff de... |
0753fc6778ad63eeff2407c0121755ee168284ac | (CNN) -- Four people died when a school bus collided with a tractor-trailer at an intersection in Nebraska's rural Webster County on Wednesday, the sheriff's department said. Both drivers were both killed as well as two passengers on the bus, Webster County Sheriff Troy R. Schmitz said. The sheriff's department did not... | A school bus and a tractor-trailer collided near Blue Hill, Nebraska, the sheriff says .
Both drivers have been killed, he says .
Also killed were two passengers on the school bus, he says . |
07554dab02f056aba8cbf35c992592bd9d745c1d | By . Sarah Griffiths . PUBLISHED: . 05:16 EST, 8 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:31 EST, 8 October 2013 . It was thought to have died out over 50 years ago, but photographers have managed to snap an exceptionally rare lizard in Ecuador. The long-nosed Pinocchio lizard was spotted by a team of photographers and researc... | The long-nosed Pinocchio lizard was spotted by a team of photographers in a remote region of north west Ecuador .
The animal was first discovered in 1953 but disappeared in the 1960s, before being rediscovered in 2005 and sighted just three times since .
Alejandro Arteaga, of eco-tourism company Tropical Herping, photo... |
0755608389afb292c3a13f9647a806bb57d53138 | The United States is offering its help, but making clear that the Nigerian government must take the lead in finding more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. Officials told CNN the Obama administration is sharing intelligence with Nigerian authorities and could provide other assista... | A top State Department official is traveling to Nigeria .
President Obama is briefed on the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria .
Sources: The United States is sharing intelligence with Nigerian authorities .
There are no plans for U.S. troops to get involved, officials say . |
07559652193959e5aa46b040361439682e141305 | She’s known for her perfect figure and dazzled viewers with her foxtrot in the tenth series of Strictly Come Dancing. But Denise Van Outen has revealed she's never followed a fad diet and doesn’t deliberately cut out any foods entirely. In fact, she claims she ‘not a big one for getting on the scales’ and ‘couldn’t tel... | Denise, 40, says she never weighs herself and 'doesn't do' fat diets .
Uses a pair of unforgiving skinny jeans to gauge if she needs to slim down .
Likes to keep her legs in shape so she can fit into jeans and pencil skirts .
Recommends avoiding carbs in the afternoon and 'booze-free' periods . |
0755a200b44b9b9701b827152d9c5e6fdc688f6f | A New York father who has spent 18 months desperately trying and failing to rescue his two sons from Uruguay after they were kidnapped by his wife will shortly return to the United States. Guy Brunetti, 47, from Eastchester, flew to the South American country after his 42-year-old spouse, Ivanna Soto, then pregnant, ab... | Guy Brunetti, 47, returned home from work in May 2013 to wife had fled .
Ivanna Soto, who was pregnant, had also taken son, Octavio, now three .
Mr Brunetti, of New York, flew to Uruguay and begged his wife to return .
After she refused, he filed and won a court motion - causing her to flee .
Ms Soto, who has since giv... |
07579ae0dad0bb7e6fea045723deb29c26919ea8 | By . Beth Stebner . PUBLISHED: . 09:08 EST, 2 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:25 EST, 2 June 2012 . Several rare tornadoes battered parts of the East Coast and Mid-Atlantic Friday night, setting much of the Eastern Seaboard up for a soggy Saturday full of flood warnings, high winds, and heavy rain. The intense storm syst... | Tornadoes reported in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina, with up to 17 twisters possible .
Storms left severe damage in their wakes, uprooting trees and downing power lines .
More than 11,000 reported without power in Washington, DC .
Severe flood warnings exist throughout the day for parts of the co... |
07579d1fd7f2f366bac249b493997efa3a44c801 | By . Alex Greig . PUBLISHED: . 16:44 EST, 28 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:44 EST, 28 October 2013 . The ex-wife of a Russian billionaire is asking $30 million for a waterfront compound in the New York borough of Brooklyn. Galina Anissimova, former wife of oligarch Vasily Anisimov, is selling the property which has ... | The most expensive Brooklyn property ever is up for sale .
The $30 million compound is in the Mill Basin area .
It's owned by Galina Anissimova, ex-wife of Russian billionaire Vasily Anisimov . |
0757ab4eef03760513889364c734220da8284e81 | Warren Gatland accepts that Wales need to 'get across the line' in their pursuit of a major rugby prize that has eluded them for six years. Not since November 2008 and the 11th game of head coach Gatland's current 82-Test reign have Wales floored a southern hemisphere heavyweight. On that occasion it was Saturday's ope... | Wales play Australia at Cardiff in their opening autumn international .
Wales have not beaten southern hemisphere opposition since 2008 .
Warren Gatland admits he is desperate to break hoodoo before World Cup . |
07580b633a293e3153f3af5c0ff92bb312684ee7 | (CNN) -- A single phone call by Osama bin Laden's trusted courier tipped off U.S. officials to his Pakistan compound, ultimately leading to the raid that killed the al Qaeda leader, a senior Pakistani intelligence official told CNN Saturday. The telephone call the courier made was "not the final one -- it was the initi... | NEW: U.S. officials release five edited videos found at bin Laden's compound .
Phone call was the "initial piece of evidence" leading to compound, Pakistani official says .
The phone call was made to an old friend by bin Laden's courier, Post reports .
Time of the phone call is unclear . |
0758f6859285b8aa78d5940838a94e8ce10d2c0b | (CNN) -- When a marriage ends up in court it usually means the end -- but for Todd Rogers it was just the beginning. For an Olympic gold medalist and a former world champion, looking for the perfect partner on the beach volleyball court is what life is all about. The 39-year-old was a single man following the breakdown... | Todd Rogers and Ryan Doherty are U.S. beach volleyball stars .
Rogers has won Olympic gold and a World Championship .
Doherty is former baseball player who has taken up beach volleyball .
The pair could compete at the 2016 Olympics in Rio . |
075a0fd896c4d9ba135d55372ef419f41a682138 | By . Daily Mail Reporter and Leah Simpson . PUBLISHED: . 14:37 EST, 8 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:52 EST, 9 July 2012 . Usher's 11-year-old stepson 'has been declared brain dead by doctors' following a jet ski accident yesterday. TMZ reports that Kyle Glover, the son of Usher's ex-wife Tameka 'has not experienced any... | Usher chartered a plane to transport mother Tameka to Kyle's bedside .
Struck on the head by passing jet-ski while he was riding an inner tube on Lake Lanier .
He has not experienced any 'brain activity' since the accident . |
075a381f9e797796d0749f0747fa494979bbc62c | A teenager told authorities that her mother killed two siblings and forced her to put one of the bodies in the freezer of their Detroit home where both were found by an eviction crew. Details of death and extreme abuse emerged Thursday as Mitchelle Blair appeared in court, two days after the bodies of a 9-year-old son,... | Mitchelle Blair appeared in court, two days after the bodies of a 9-year-old son, Stephen Berry, and 13-year-old daughter, Stoni Blair, were found .
Blair, 35, is charged with child abuse, but she could face murder charges when the bodies thaw and autopsies are performed, prosecutors said .
Bond was set at $1 million .... |
075a466b54e5be21db38ea1675f2323373da06af | By . Harriet Arkell . Nicola Hicks, 42, was told she wasn't allowed to buy more than three packs of steak from her local Morrisons supermarket in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire . A mother who wanted to buy four packets of steak for a family dinner was told she was only allowed buy three by a supermarket cashier. Nicola Hicks... | Nicola Hicks, 42, wanted to buy four two-packs of meat for a family dinner .
But cashier at Morrisons in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, only scanned three .
Her supervisor told Mrs Hicks she had to leave some steak for other people .
The mother of three said the meat wasn't on special offer or running out .
In the end she g... |
075ac0b564098ded1f1a3a93e8cf471bdc6defe9 | At £50 per head, it's not the most expensive of meals, and even comes with a cocktail. But if Lady Luck smiles on them, customers at the world's first pay-by-poker restaurant could walk away with paying just a fraction of the price... or even get their three-course gourmet feast for free. All-In Kitchen, which will be ... | All-In Kitchen is a collaboration between PokerStars and Jones & Son .
Pop-up opens from 19 to 21 January in Haggerston, east London .
Partnership to celebrate the 2015 UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) |
075b2a1e78f6493ebba2ae92bbdf5289f6e1f43a | (CNN)An early blast of cold air will leave more than half of the United States shivering into the weekend. About 200 million people will be affected by the severe cold, CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri said. The unseasonably cold temperatures associated with an arctic air mass will continue to surge southward through... | By the weekend, the eastern two-thirds of the nation will be affected .
In Wyoming, the wind chill is expected to be between 25 to 35 below zero .
Farmers urged to move livestock into a barn . |
075b9f635bcd96346886d6e6d8e626af4f223ce6 | By . Alexandra Klausner . A wave of sheep mutilations in Port Lavaca, TX over the past . few months lead some residents and UFO groups to believe the killers may be . from another planet. Wayne and Karen Daggs lost 21 of their Barbados Sheep since July . and lost their last two less than a week ago. At first Daggs thou... | Mutual UFO Network helps law enforcement investigate the precise mutilations of 21 sheep .
‘This was too clean to be an animal. Whoever did this knew what .
they were doing,’ said a sheriff . |
075baa16014a67a82a84cdb1022b5570fcdee81f | An awful 146-word term paper littered with grammatical errors that is barely even readable has become a potent visual symbol of the University of North Carolina's fake classes scandal. The one-paragraph essay on civil rights icon Rosa Parks earned an A- and was exposed by former UNC professor Mary Willingham, who spent... | A terrible 146-word term paper on Rosa Parks that received an A from University of North Carolina is released .
Whistleblower Mary Willingham claims that it is just one example of academic fraud at the institution .
Willingham alleges athletes were guided towards fake classes and gifted grades to comply with NCAA guidl... |
075e071c6241e2b0ea7a1a7ecab1a32d7cd1a4e2 | Every November, millions of men globally grow mustaches to raise awareness of men's health. And this year, one woman did not want to miss out - despite being unable to grow facial hair. Photographer Van Lokey-Saltzman, from Dallas, Texas, is transforming herself into an array of mustached men for Movember 2014 with the... | Van Lokey-Saltzman is turning herself into mustached men for Movember .
Each day, she selects mustache from her collection of more than 50 types .
Uses paint to darken hair, eye liner to define it and makeup to shade face .
Then dresses up and pulls expressions, before taking shot with iPhone .
Photos look incredibly r... |
075e0eb572789dbbae8ced8d2e79bc3c82090c73 | The female relative who said she was sexually assaulted by accused murderer Lian Bin 'Robert' Xie told court that she didn't want to pursue the allegations. The young woman, who cannot be named, told NSW Supreme Court on Thursday that she believed he was 'completely innocent' of the alleged murders of five members of ... | The young woman told court on Thursday that in the years leading up to the murders, there had been a number of 'uncomfortable' behaviours .
After the murders, she told court that his behaviour intensified into regular sexual assaults .
But she told court that she didn't want to pursue the allegations because she believ... |
075eff30bb4534c6df87eca3e4bef0ecad34098c | By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 07:37 EST, 19 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:27 EST, 19 January 2013 . From a perfectly sculpted snowman riding a bicycle to a dog lover taking his Alaskan malamutes for their first ever sledding experience in the unlikely location of Barnes Park in Sunderland, Tyne & Wear - your pi... | As snowstorms sweeps the UK our readers are sending in their best pictures from every corner of the country . |
075f0bd5c716a2ba29d71f6d05946209ee908512 | Dressed in a floor-skimming crimson gown, the Netherlands' Queen Máxima was every inch the royal style icon as she arrived for the traditional Prinsjesdag [Prince's Day] session of the Dutch Parliament. With her husband King Willem-Alexander, 47, by her side, Máxima, 43, cut a dramatic figure as she stepped out of the ... | The Dutch Queen, 43, was in the Hague for the Prince's Day speech .
As with the State Opening of Parliament, it sets out government business .
Husband King Willem-Alexander was dapper in pinstriped trousers .
Speech outlined Dutch Government plans for the next financial year . |
075fb5ad34cc56bde1e80dadc9b65413da20aa31 | Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew believes once striker Dwight Gayle finds his inner confidence he will be a real handful for Barclays Premier League defences. The 24-year-old, who was playing for Conference North side Bishop's Stortford three and a half years ago, scored twice as the Eagles came from 2-0 down to beat... | Dwight Gayle has scored in all three games since Alan Pardew took over at Crystal Palace .
The 24-year-old was playing for Conference North side Bishop's Stortford three years ago .
Burnley boss Sean Dyche felt his players were not at their best in 3-2 loss . |
075fce7ef948b7e7b7e87669e67dba1272395cbf | (CNN) -- There isn't just one Republican national convention that started on Tuesday; there are four of them going on. There's the convention for the base, which is why Rick Santorum and Ted Cruz were up there, and why the day was suffused with religion. Then there's the convention for the undecided -- or as they are c... | Adam Hanft: These are four GOP conventions in one, playing to different groups .
He says the party is aiming at the base, undecideds, the media and everyone else .
He says GOP has fragmented message with too many masters .
Hanft: Can politics win anyway? So far it doesn't look good . |
076042a9fc5ecd5b9794bc8d9174f3fb475caa2f | Los Angeles (CNN) -- Current TV filed a countersuit Friday against its former star employee Keith Olbermann, a day after the television personality filed his suit against the company. Current TV, co-founded by former Vice President Al Gore and businessman Joel Hyatt, ousted Olbermann last week. The company's 16-page su... | Current TV accuses Olbermann of breach of contract .
Company co-founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt are "dilettantes," Olbermann's suit says .
Olbermann says he's owed $50 million to $70 million in cash and equity compensation .
Current TV terminated Olbermann last week . |
0760fba5bff4b1b1c30a0aac13d2c3a10be44fee | Tinder has quickly settled a sexual harassment suit brought against the company by one of the app's co-founders. Whitney Wolfe, 24, has been awarded an undisclosed amount of money after claiming she was harassed and forced out of the company when her romantic relationship with Chief Marketing Officer and co-founder Jus... | Whitney Wolfe, 24, was awarded an undisclosed sum of money just two months after filing a lawsuit against Tinder .
Miss Wolfe had claimed she was subjected to sexual harassment, and then ultimately fired, after breaking up with co-founder Justin Mateen .
Mr. Mateen is now no longer with Tinder or parent company IAC, ac... |
0763d82d190d0dfb4722be705887643e14c2eb75 | By . Jaya Narain . PUBLISHED: . 04:41 EST, 2 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:58 EST, 2 September 2013 . Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell raped a young girl in her bed after covering her mouth with her favourite teddy bear, a court heard yesterday. A jury was told that he even threatened the youngster with dea... | Actor plays Kevin Webster and faces 12 charges at Manchester Crown Court .
Le Vell hasn't appeared in the soap for months and pleaded not guilty .
Prosecution says actor was 'heavy drinker' who carried out years of abuse .
'No-one needs to know otherwise you'll die,' he allegedly told girl .
Le Vell told police the chi... |
076474379e59bab1807c3c66d28aef1c7916c01a | By . Jennifer Newton . A married couple claim they were victimised at work due to their religious beliefs after being refused holidays during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Donna Tunkara, 32, and husband Yassin, 31, say they suffered discrimination, harrassment, victimisation and constructive dismissal after bosses ... | Donna Tunkara and husband Yassin were refused time off during Ramadan .
The couple worked at Morrisons distribution centre in Stockton-on-Tees .
Mrs Tunkara says stress of working nights meant she ended up in hospital .
Morrisons solicitor says they failed to meet deadline for holiday requests . |
076474e8aa6dc19df944f6615286827dffe409e1 | An arrest has been made in the mysterious case of a New Hampshire 15-year-old girl who went missing nine months ago and reappared home last week. Nathaniel Kibby, 34, was arrested at his home in Gorham Monday afternoon and charged with the felony kidnapping of Conway teen Abigail Hernandez. The New Hampshire Attorney G... | Abigail Hernandez, 15, mysteriously returned to her North Conway, New Hampshire home last week, after disappearing in October .
On Monday, 34-year-old Nathaniel Kibby was arrested for her kidnapping .
According to a press release, Kibby confined Abigail on last year 'with purpose to commit an offense against her'
He is... |
076480e9ee039bc8bcfff5b7c75d336b22f9fba2 | By . Luke Augustus . Follow @@Luke_Augustus29 . Manchester United are the most valuable team in the world after signing a world record £750million kit deal with Adidas. Wall Street values the Red Devils at £2.1billion after shares in the club rose to almost five per cent on Monday following their ground-breaking partne... | Manchester United are the most valuable club in the world according to Wall Street .
United's £750million kit deal with Adidas moves them above Real Madrid .
Louis van Gaal's side valued at £2.1billion . |
0764d8aba3ab247eacc9b13d41438d82f131e4a4 | By . Francesca Chambers . Barack and Michelle Obama are just like any 'normal' parents when it comes to raising teenagers. Even the President and First Lady of the United States face teen troubles, Michelle Obama said in an interview Monday. And like other parents, Barack and Michelle have had to come up with their own... | Michelle Obama gave an interview to Live with Kelly and Michael during the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday.
During the interview she discussed her and Barack's parenting techniques.
'We're like any parents. We love to embarrass them,' she said of First Daughters Sasha and Malia Obama.
The First Lady also divulged... |
0764fc12a29e67a514696b63804ec87fc92baf32 | By . Lizzie Parry for MailOnline . Andrew Ross, 48, died after suffering severe brain damage during an operation to remove excess skin . An obese man died after suffering severe brain damage when he was put to sleep for surgery to remove excess skin, the result of a gastric band operation. Andrew Ross' weight dropped f... | Andrew Ross, 48, suffered severe brain damage prior to the operation .
He was admitted for treatment to remove excess skin in March 2011 .
In 2008 Mr Ross underwent a gastric band op after ballooning to 41 stone .
Inquest heard 'complications' arose as he was being put to sleep .
Father-of-three went into cardiac arres... |
07668a6320ff5f3ea7e1d9876a14b3cc9cfb35e0 | Kabul (CNN) -- The ordeal of Gulnaz did not simply begin and end with the physical attack of her rape. The rape began a years-long nightmare of further pain, culminating in an awful choice she must now make. Even two years later, Gulnaz remembers the smell and state of her rapist's clothes when he came into the house w... | Afghan rape victim Gulnaz found guilty by courts of adultery and jailed for 12 years .
The only way victim can escape incarceration is to marry her attacker .
Gulnaz refuses to give away the daughter who resulted from the rape .
Women in her situation can be killed for the perceived shame their ordeal has brought their... |
0767258fdd09dd589a8b59dedc17e713642fdcd5 | A female pastor arrested during a peaceful protest in Ferguson last night has told of her shock as she was 'grabbed' and dragged along the ground so roughly that it tore off her vest marking her out as clergy. Speaking to MailOnline just hours after her release Pastor Rebecca Ragland recalled her ordeal and voiced her ... | Reverend Rebecca Ragland tells MailOnline she was dragged along ground so roughly her vest, marked clergy, was ripped off .
Her arrest is one of the first since declaration of state of emergency in the St Louis suburb .
Protests last night are expected to be followed by much larger demonstrations when grand jury reache... |
07672731beebb09f3d5c726704adf7eba09c59d3 | Former secretary of state and potential 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton made it very clear during an appearance earlier this week that she is no fan of Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked thousands of classified documents to journalists and who currently is avoiding cri... | Clinton says Snowden's leaks did nothing to help national security .
The former secretary of state says Snowden should have revealed his information to U.S. officials under whistleblower protections rather than hand it over to foreign governments .
The possible 2016 presidential candidate says she's puzzled how someone... |
076763a34d181cbb907b3bfd307a922c7edddd07 | By . Emma Innes . PUBLISHED: . 06:25 EST, 4 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:36 EST, 4 June 2013 . Natasha Porter, 23, developed Guillain-Barre syndrome after being bitten by a mosquito in Australia . A woman bitten by a mosquito while on holiday in Australia was left paralysed from the neck down. Natasha Porter was confi... | Natasha Porter developed Guillain-Barre syndrome while travelling .
The condition causes the body to attack its own immune system .
She was in a wheelchair for four months and paralysed for three weeks .
Was warned she might die if her diaphragm also became paralysed .
It was six months before she was fully recovered a... |
07680a355d5c4ea045c3625507e30dd4b08fb460 | Spain striker David Villa has announced he will leave La Liga champions Atletico Madrid after being made an ‘irresistible’ offer thought to be from MLS side New York City FC. The 32-year-old was spotted in Manchester's Bridgewater Hospital on Saturday, where he was underwent a medical ahead of a move to Manchester City... | Villa would be New York City FC's first marquee signing .
NYCFC will be launched in the next Major League Soccer .
The club is a joint venture between Man City and the New York Yankees .
Villa says he's been made a 'irresistible' offer that is 'about football'
He thanked boss Diego Simeone, who tried to convince him to... |
076c5ae5abca3f8fa9f20cc36c96fb5a3e3b0c0c | By allowing only the best eggs or embryos to be selected for IVF, the Oxford University test is expected to slash the odds of miscarriage and greatly boost the chances of a woman having a healthy baby (picture posed by model) A three-in-one test that could almost guarantee the chance of having a baby could be available... | Financial cost of trying to start a family would be cut .
Only quarter of 40,000 women who currently have IVF succeed . |
076c765cf49953637725bace56cf9fa1e568a1ef | CIA-funded weapons have begun flowing to Syrian rebels, a U.S. official told CNN. But opposition groups say they have yet to receive any. The official confirmed details first reported by the Washington Post but would not speak publicly. "That is something we are not going to dispute, but we are not going to publicly sp... | Rebel groups say they have yet to receive weapons .
Official: "That is something we are not going to dispute"
The weapons are not American-made but are funded and organized by the CIA .
They started to reach rebels about two weeks ago, the official says . |
076c9476beb2024f045a91bd1e01b4862f6f7531 | The judge in the divorce case between New York City banker Sage Kelly and his ex-wife Christina has called their trial a 'fiasco.' Justice Matthew Cooper said that the pair's behavior was 'horrible,' and that he felt bad for their 'innocent children.' This as Sage Kelly, a $7 million-a-year Manhattan banker who worked ... | Sage Kelly, the $7million-a-year head of health care investment at Jefferies & Co. in New York City, has settled his pricey divorce out of court .
This as the judge in his divorce trial has described he and his ex-wife's behavior as 'horrible,' and having a bad impact on their 'innocent children'
The banker and father ... |
076d838140ed3280d9cb62e60fea4b951834d6c4 | By . Mark Duell . This is the astonishing moment holidaymakers watched wild dolphins put on a show for them just yards away from a Cornish beach. Sunseekers in Gwithian, near St Ives in Cornwall, were amazed to see three dolphins leaping out of the water close to people swimming. Tourist Mary-Anne Drabble, 41, quickly ... | Holidaymakers watch wild dolphins put on a show in Gwithian, near St Ives in Cornwall .
Tourist Mary-Anne Drabble, 41, quickly took out mobile phone to take pictures of them .
Lifeguards eventually encouraged them away from swimmers, with help from helicopter .
Dolphins seen closer to British coastline as sea temperatu... |
076e56e116dbff0f738ba19c4dcdd2bec30c1601 | By . Richard Shears . Regina Soosalu, 23, was found dead on a beach on Rawa island . An Estonian model linked to Malaysian royal family has been found dead on the same group of islands where a British traveller died in mysterious circumstances a month earlier . Regina Soosalu, who uses just her surname, was found dead ... | Regina Soosalu was found dead on Rawa island, off coast of Malaysia .
Treating death as murder after ‘suspicious wounds’ were found on her body .
Today seven were arrested for questioning over her death .
Found 20 miles from where body of Mr Huntley, 34, from London was found .
Pathologists are now trying to establish... |
076f0fd9400cf4059262d57404de7eac1bc7ef10 | She has vowed not to let her $127million Powerball win change her - and has even promised to give some of the cash to church. But single mother-of-four Marie Holmes looked to have treated herself to a millionaire makeover as she collected her share of the vast lottery jackpot. The 26-year-old, from Shallotte, North Car... | Marie Holmes, from Shallotte, North Carolina, came forward to a local news station two weeks ago with winning ticket .
She chose to take lump-sum payment of $127million before taxes .
She plans to set up college funds for her kids, buy a new home .
Holmes, 26, also plans to give money to church and travel with funds .
... |
076f488be801ae3c4ff30a48c4fd55e3fd1b5d4f | NEW YORK (CNN) -- It's a historic event taking place on an international stage that's been seven years and $40 billion in the making. The National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, is shrouded in smog on opening day of the 2008 Olympics. Opening ceremonies last week of the 2008 Olympic Summer Games were lauded as the ... | China has spent $40 billion, seven years planning for 2008 Olympic Games .
In 2001, China promised to improve human rights, press freedom and pollution .
Beijing official: Free Internet jeopardizes national security, detrimental to youth .
Experts disappointed in 'significant opportunity lost' for reform, improve world... |
07708ce3b9c6003ed4fb3fd2770fb9426219b532 | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 06:44 EST, 28 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:36 EST, 28 May 2013 . They are widely regarded as a safe means of making a phone call while behind the wheel. But researchers have today suggested that drivers using hands-free kits could pose almost as much of a safety risk as those illegal... | Study shows hands-free devices lead to sharp increase in driver errors .
Users more likely to speed or suddenly change lanes, researchers say .
Academics in Canada monitored the brain activity of drivers . |
0770d6bb6732153dbd97f0d8247722ff0a69e90d | Washington (CNN) -- President Obama wished the nation a happy Thanksgiving on Thursday and also used his weekly address to renew his call for bipartisan cooperation on addressing major issues facing the nation. In the remarks usually delivered on a Saturday, Obama said the first family will have the same kind of holida... | NEW: President Obama calls troops on Thanksgiving .
The president uses his weekly address to wish Americans a happy Thanksgiving .
Obama calls the holiday one of counting blessings and helping others .
The first family helped distribute Thanksgiving food packages Wednesday . |
077109d2a5078e77b07262755014e9006e92ab87 | Washington D.C. (CNN) -- Kim Jong Un has further solidified his control over North Korea by reportedly purging his uncle Jang Sung-taek, Vice Chairman of the important Nation Defense Commission. Although Jang was often referred to as the "second most powerful man in North Korea," he may now been ousted from the leaders... | Jang Sung-taek was the vice chairman of North Korea's top military body .
Klingner: Shows that leader Kim Jong Un is firmly in control and confident .
Widespread rumors that Jang was defeated in a struggle with personal rivals, he says .
Klingner: Departure of his uncle will have little impact on North Korea policy . |
077160329d73878526eab8683b76adfc775aca40 | A 12-year-old girl gave the store Dick's Sporting Goods a dose of girl power after receiving their catalog and noticing there were no female basketball players featured. McKenna Peterson, the daughter of reporter Chris Paterson of AZCentral Sports and NBC12 wrote a fiery letter to Dick's about the lack of women players... | McKenna Peterson, 12, wrote a fiery letter to Dick's Sporting Goods store about the lack of women players in their Basketball 2014 catalog .
'So, back to the point,There are NO girls in the catalog! Oh, wait, sorry. There IS a girl in the catalog. SITTING in the STANDS,' she writes angrily .
With pictures of girls sitt... |
07719fe2593c6f75979defc14130871cfdccbd67 | An online fundraiser for the family of a Pennsylvania woman allegedly killed by her stepfather last month has nearly reached its $15,000 goal, as prosecutors have revealed the shocking murder was motivated by the suspect's necrophilia. Gregory Graf, 53, was arrested late last month and charged with shooting dead his ne... | Jessica Padgett's friend Shauna Wilkins started a GoFundMe page to help the slain Massachusetts woman's husband and three kids .
Donations will go towards covering family's basic living expenses .
Gregory Graf recorded himself sexually abusing Padgett's body, Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli said Fr... |
0772025c767462d7cc0a7ef85348a85f9dd9c1c5 | Niamey, Niger (CNN) -- Two French citizens who were kidnapped in Niger's capital were killed -- apparently executed by their abductors -- during an attempted rescue mission, the French Defense Ministry said Sunday. "During this rescue operation, the two hostages were killed, probably executed by their kidnappers. Two F... | NEW: Sarkozy calls the killings "a barbaric act"
The French Defense Ministry says the men were likely executed by their abductors .
It's believed the kidnappers are linked to al Qaeda, a spokesman says .
The two were abducted while having dinner at a restaurant . |
07729d070cdec7716ee7ba62f8dbf93531970248 | By . Paul Harris . PUBLISHED: . 14:04 EST, 31 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:08 EST, 31 January 2013 . He was the art world’s king of bling – a man who devoted a lifetime to acquiring some of the most exceptional and bizarre works of gold and silver ever produced. Many of the items London dealer Michael Wellby bought... | Collection labelled most important museum donation in more than a century .
Pieces donated by the late antiques collector Michael Wellby .
Among them are unusual works considered inferior when he bought them . |
0773777996b449f94dc2229211f0ade7eb330d62 | Cricket Australia has decided to trademark the phrase ‘63 not out’ to prevent people from cashing in on the death of Australian cricketer Philip Hughes. Tributes have flowed for Hughes since his death on November 25 when he was hit in the head by a Sean Abbott bouncer during a Sheffield Shield match at the Sydney Crick... | To prevent people making a quick profit off the cricketer's legacy Cricket Australia have trademarked the phrase ‘63 not out’
The agreement will cover several classes of goods and services including clothing and other memorabilia .
It means Cricket Australia controls the use of the phrase on all merchandise - a move th... |
077403a734f30c8d9af7ee3f1561c32795de7ef5 | By . Rebecca English . PUBLISHED: . 12:09 EST, 23 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:02 EST, 23 January 2013 . You can always rely on children to ask the questions that even Jeremy Paxman would fear to utter. The Duchess of Cornwall's bananaskin yesterday came courtesy of a six year old primary school pupil who asked her... | The Duchess was there to promote her new patronage of national literacy charity, Beanstalk .
She visited St Mary’s RC Primary School in Battersea, south west London, who have benefitted from their help .
The organisation recruits and trains volunteers to work in primary schools with children who have fallen behind in t... |
077513520791c6486a8978a92596e7a7f1b5db03 | Elena Vesnina, breezed through to the second round in just 53 minutes at the expense of Austrian Patricia Mayr-Achleitner - and the Russian will pick up at least £43,000. The 27-year-old won 6-0, 6-4 to register the first victory of this year's Wimbledon Championships. But it wasn't all bad news for Mayr-Achleitner who... | Russian Elena Vesnina takes just 53 minutes to progress to the second round and guarantee herself £43,000 .
Beaten Patricia Mayr-Achleitner takes home £27,000 despite her heavy defeat .
Samantha Stosur became the first major casualty on the opening day at Wimbledon .
Sloane Stephens and Kimiko Date-Krumm also crashed o... |
0775bdcec271c5175e3a4a68e9f5a8ffa7bc8108 | Los Angeles (CNN) -- Lindsay Lohan was taken into custody at the end of Friday's hearing in her necklace theft case after the judge sentenced her to 120 days in jail for violating her drunk driving probation. The actress was expected to post a $75,000 bond at the jail and be freed. The judge granted the bond after her ... | NEW: The judge sentences Lohan to 120 days in jail for a probation violation .
NEW: Lohan is expected to post bond Friday night while her lawyer appeals .
Lohan's theft charge is reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor .
Lohan trial set for June 3 . |
0776b470aa7ce48492722c76198475b9300d5c2e | By . Matt Blake . PUBLISHED: . 12:19 EST, 26 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:03 EST, 26 November 2013 . If you anger animals on an Antarctic isle, they won't attack you, they'll just sit on your stuff - as this unfortunate wildlife photographer found out. He did his best to save what belongings he could, but the fate... | The mishap occurred on the isle of South Georgia near the Antarctic Circle .
Seals launched the attack as the crew shot penguins for a documentary .
The four-tonne mammals sat on one of the tents and refused to budge .
They only rolled off the mangled tent when they got bored to rejoin herd . |
077a049cd0f11842fb93160980eec5118feb9d4f | By . Sophie Jane Evans . PUBLISHED: . 15:10 EST, 17 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:58 EST, 18 September 2013 . Fans of the iPhone 5S have began queuing outside Apple's flagship store ahead of its official launch on Friday. The first diehard customer has been spotted camping outside the gadget giant's London store i... | Apple's eagerly-anticipated new iPhone 5S will be launched on Friday .
It is available in three colours and has an in-built fingerprint scanner .
The first diehard fan Gad Harari, 17, has been spotting camping outside the gadget giant's flagship London store in a makeshift tent .
He says he would only consider selling ... |
077a56120574116ef940771a59934417720e663d | By . Steph Cockroft . Coach driver Felicity Hall, 46, pleaded guilty to drink driving after she was spotted 'staggering around' Manchester Piccadilly station . A coach driver who was caught 'staggering around' a railway station just minutes before she was due to drive passengers home has been banned from the roads. Fel... | Felicity Hall, 46, from Horwich, Manchester, pleaded guilty to drink driving .
She was heard 'slurring words' before she was due to drive passengers .
Staff member at Manchester Piccadilly railway station raised the alarm . |
077a6fc0a693a8727138bd242e6cea731b0c33f8 | (CNN) -- England batsman Jonathan Trott has been named the ICC's cricketer of the year for 2011. The 30-year-old headed off teammate Alastair Cook, who won the Test player award, last year's winner Sachin Tendulkar of India and South Africa opening batsman Hashim Amla. He scored 1,042 runs in 12 Tests, including four c... | England cricketers rewarded after dominating in the past 12 months .
Batsman Jonathan Trott named top overall player by ruling body the ICC .
Alastair Cook is chosen as the best player in the five-day Test format .
Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara wins two awards, in one-day and public vote categories . |
077b04dc31d1a17daeef27effab87974b0024a91 | (CNN) -- The principal cellist of the Beijing Symphony Orchestra has been dismissed from his post after a video of his boorish behavior on a passenger train last week outraged users on Chinese social networks. Russian national Oleg Vedernikov was filmed with his bare feet placed on the headrest of a female passenger in... | Beijing Symphony Orchestra fired its principal cellist after his boorish behavior was caught on camera .
The Russian national refused to remove his bare feet from a fellow train passenger's headrest, taunting and cursing at her .
Beijing Symphony Orchestra said the incident damaged the group's reputation, following wid... |
077c2c9511616e8738a42c0a8f17a76dab5ac01b | (CNN) -- When Britney Spears sings "you better work, b***h," it sounds like she might be singing that to herself. The 32-year-old pop star has had a hectic year -- a new album, "Britney Jean," preparations for her upcoming two-year Las Vegas residency and her everyday role as a mom to two boys. Spears admitted while pr... | E! documentary went behind-the-scenes with singer preparing for Las Vegas .
Britney Spears admits she sometimes thinks about retiring .
Spears says she's "not really made for this industry because I am so shy" |
077d6b77a05959d7d6b6eaeec92908487d7abe8e | By . Lawrence Conway . PUBLISHED: . 10:53 EST, 13 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:55 EST, 14 May 2012 . These are the incredible birds eye view photos of Iceland’s extreme landscape - taken from up to 9,000ft in the air. The stunning shots were captured by husband and wife duo Erlend Haarberg, 46, and Orsolya Haarberg, 35... | Dramatically contrasting landscapes captured during five-hour break in weather that allowed the photographers to take the shots from a light aircraft .
One pictures shows a huge fork of sideways .
flying lightening over the Eyjafjallajokull volcano - which caused air .
travel chaos when it erupted in 2010 . |
077db73a078f21b9aa069d22368b2612d96083b9 | By . Deborah Arthurs . PUBLISHED: . 08:29 EST, 17 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:56 EST, 18 April 2013 . A former international ice dancer has returned to the rink - three years after going completely blind.Tracy Compton, 45, says she used her sense of hearing to avoid other skaters. In her early 20s, she travelled the... | In her 20s Tracy Compton, 45, travelled world as international ice dancer .
Mother of two lost sight in left eye at 13 after suffering a detached retina .
30 years later glaucoma claimed the sight in her right eye .
Tracy, from London, was 'transported back in time' after getting back on ice . |
077dcc948a5e86f4fffcdb658a279348877f7ce0 | Jose Riga lauded his Blackpool players for focusing on the task in hand as they ended a six-month wait for a victory amid protests against the club's owners in the stands. Fans disillusioned with the Oyston family's handling of the Seasiders since their top-flight demotion in 2011 targeted Friday night's home clash aga... | Blackpool beat Cardiff 1-0 to move off the bottom of the Championship .
Francois Zoko's strike gave the hosts victory at Bloomfield Road .
Blackpool fans staged several protests against the club's ownership throughout the match . |
077e0f00c713675db4f5c5a26f1c818f4b3c21fa | (CNN) -- Bashing Cliven Bundy for his remarks regarding race is like LeBron James dunking on a 5-foot rim: Pointless. And the same is true for Los Angeles Clippers owner Don Sterling, if you believe that he made the remarks attributed to him by TMZ and Deadspin. As President Barack Obama said, "when ignorant folks want... | Granderson: Bashing Cliven Bundy's remarks is easy, but he's not face of today's racism .
He says politicians denounce remarks even as they push or abide de facto racist policies .
He says gerrymandering, stand-your-ground laws, voter ID laws all are Racism 2.0 .
Granderson: Look for real racism in spending on jails, n... |
07819b8fc69ccbd41bfa25578011bda3f0a79320 | By . Guy Walters . PUBLISHED: . 20:35 EST, 10 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 20:35 EST, 10 March 2014 . When archaeologists investigated two 7,000-year-old corpses unearthed in Spain in 2006, they made two startling discoveries. One . of the two Mesolithic hunter-gatherers had carried African and European . genes, which m... | For 3 million lactose intolerant Britons a glass of milk it is not welcome .
But a genetic mutation in the majority means they can enjoy it for years . |
0781e836c067fcdf1fa0a6ed9c1378c34127c2e5 | By . William Turvill . PUBLISHED: . 20:14 EST, 7 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:14 EST, 7 December 2013 . France and the African Union have announced plans to deploy several thousand more troops into the embattled Central African Republic. The move comes as thousands of Christians fearing reprisal attacks sought ref... | Move comes as thousands of Christians fear reprisal attacks from Muslim former rebels who now control the country .
France has also announced plans to increase number of troops in country . |
078266cea1aa6e46d5c2bf3e41f18998ebf44807 | (EW.com) -- A premiere date has been set for Rihanna's fashion competition series, "Styled to Rock." Originally slated to air on the now defunct Style Network, the series will premiere Friday, Oct. 25 at 8 pm ET/PT on Bravo. Executive produced by Rihanna, the show will see 12 aspiring designers face off in weekly chall... | Rihanna's fashion show will now appear on Bravo .
"Styled to Rock" had been slated for the now defunct Style Network .
The grand prize includes a chance to join RIhanna's style team . |
0783bb08ac7a8b8c4f925743cc2fd9ea7c642a2d | By . Rebecca Evans . Former Asian Football Confederation President Mohammed Bin Hammam is alleged to have paid out £3 million in bribes to football officials to secure support for the 2022 Qatar world cup bid . Pressure was mounting last night for Qatar to be stripped of its status as 2022 World Cup host in the wake of... | Emails and account details allegedly reveal how a senior official ‘bought’ support for the Gulf state’s successful campaign to stage the tournament .
Up to £3million from secret slush funds was reportedly used to bribe officials by Mohamed bin Hammam . |
0784188f60d61fa6357e580101a5bb83c08d4cc3 | (CNN) -- Dr. George Tiller knew that violence could come at any moment. For a reminder, he needed to think only of the old gunshot wounds in his arms from 1993 or the bombing of his clinic years earlier. Dr. George Tiller was one of the few U.S. physicians who performed late-term abortions. Still, Tiller, who was fata... | George Tiller was one of few remaining doctors in U.S. offering late-term abortions .
He had been shot in 1993 and lived under the constant threat of violence .
He made mark on confirmation process for head of health and human services .
"Third-trimester abortion is simply a part of abortion," Tiller said in 1999 . |
078596a8cf5fb973bf51c58107ddfda8074d3cc3 | Billionaire: John McAfee arrested in Belize . The millionaire British founder of security firm McAfee has been forcefully arrested in Belize following a drugs and weapons bust at his property. John McAfee had his house in Orange Walk, Belize City, surrounded by armed guards on Monday. McAfee says they stormed his house... | John McAfee says arrest was for refusing to donate to politician .
Dog shot and left handcuffed in sun for 14 hours .
Belize security claim he had illegal weapons and drugs and that he was arrested with 17-year-old minor .
Software entrepreneur moved to Belize after series of lawsuits against him . |
078741450aa35f04a5275c45c1dd8565e430711e | Jennifer Lawrence ‘blindsided’ Chris Martin by breaking up with him after an intense four-month romance, it has been revealed. Friends said today that Oscar-winner Lawrence, 24, split with Martin, 37, late last week, leaving the Coldplay frontman ‘really sad’. She made the decision to end the relationship before embark... | Friend says: 'Jennifer said Chris is an all or nothing kind of guy, so she chose nothing'
'She broke up with him late last week...he's really sad'
Actress is starting six-week promotional tour for new Hunger Games movie .
Martin's closeness to ex-wife Gwyneth Paltrow also a source of strain . |
07878590f7fb4c5c7ca864080c04f6cfeda87127 | (CNN) -- The Scottish Rugby Union has appointed Andy Robinson, formerly coach of bitter rivals England, as the new national team boss. Andy Robinson will be seeking to revive the fortunes of Scotland's struggling rugby side. The 45-year-old won eight caps as a flanker for England, and was assistant coach in Clive Woodw... | Andy Robinson appointed new coach of Scotland's national rugby team .
Robinson replaces Frank Hadden, who resigned in April after poor results .
The 45-year-old has played for and coached England's national side .
He rebuilt his career with Edinburgh after being sacked by England . |
0788adeacefdfa67d56d6906276b3342a9ea8b23 | By . Kieran Corcoran . PUBLISHED: . 14:18 EST, 13 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:46 EST, 14 October 2013 . Seven members of the Red Cross have been kidnapped by gunmen in Syria today. The six workers and one volunteer were travelling in a four-vehicle convoy in the north of the country when the attackers blocked thei... | Six employees and one volunteer are missing, the Red Cross confirmed .
Syrian state TV said that gunmen blocked their convoy and opened fire .
The Red Cross has called for their immediate and unconditional release .
The violent incident comes as two car bombs exploded in Damascus . |
078943b2cf489435c1867b3e04bfc2fa22a05737 | A Canadian teenager has been arrested for a series of 'swatting' incidents across the United States. The 16-year-old boy has not been named but is reportedly to blame for upwards of 30 hoax calls in the U.S. He has been connected to false calls in California, Maryland, Florida, New York and Connecticut. He also faces 6... | 16-year-old in Ottawa arrested over hoax calls throughout the U.S.and Canada .
Connected to incidents in California, New York, Connecticut and Maryland .
One of the latest included four different threats made against Melbourne High in Florida and he began taunting the FBI on Twitter .
Two teens at the school were also ... |
078a417e79bb9112697ce03193c9fdf534ff0dee | Ryan Giggs announced his retirement from playing on Monday after a glittering career with Manchester United. The Welshman won 13 Premier Leagues, four FA Cups and two Champions Leagues with United and will take up his role as assistant manager to Louis van Gaal at Old Trafford next season. As is the norm these days, pi... | Ryan Giggs announced his retirement from football on Monday .
Welshman won 13 leagues, four FA Cups and two Champions Leagues .
Giggs will be assistant manager to Louis van Gaal next season .
The 40-year-old had 150 team-mates in time at Old Trafford . |
078bdebde7f089b666afd7551f98e9868c84069a | (CNN) -- Erroll Southers In the aftermath of the attempted bombing of Northwest Flight 253, it is likely the Senate will move to confirm the embattled nomination of Southers as head of the Transportation Security Administration when it returns from its winter recess. Objections to Southers' confirmation were first made... | Nominee for TSA chief held up by South Carolina senator .
Lawyer for terror suspect familiar with terrorism cases .
10th-grader is youngest player to win national table tennis championship . |
078c5dabca5da5747280aa3529ccc427551b03eb | The once-troubled Bahrain Grand Prix has reported record profits and growth in 2014 after switching to a night race. The event was cancelled in 2011 after violent clashes between police and anti-government protesters. It went ahead in 2012 despite calls for it to be cancelled in the wake of alleged human-rights abuses.... | Bahrain Grand Prix cancelled in 2011 and staged amid protests in 2012 .
Switched to a night race for 10th anniversary of the event in 2014 .
Organisers reported record profits after event attracted 31,000 fans . |
078cdb879079bfdca4e2644e6a5dbd2baece0b65 | By . Simon Jones . Manchester City hope Sergio Aguero will sign his new £210,000-a-week deal before the start of the new season. The Premier League champions have made it clear to the Argentina striker that he is pivotal to their future, along with captain Vincent Kompany, and talks have gone well. Real Madrid and Barc... | Manchester City keen for Sergio Aguero to sign new deal with the club .
Premier League champions offered Argentine £210,000-a-week contract .
City also opened talks with Vincent Kompany, Edin Dzeko, Joe Hart and James Milner . |
078cf91ce33682f797f8d745cea7f93dd5f8ab5e | Moore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- A search-and-rescue effort to find survivors of a monster tornado that pulverized a vast swath of the suburbs of Oklahoma City shifted Tuesday to one of recovery, officials said. No new survivors or bodies have been found since the early hours after the tornado carved a trail 17 miles long on M... | NEW: Mayor of Moore does not expect death toll beyond 24 .
Ja'Nae Hornsby, 9, is among the children killed at the school, her father says .
Authorities revise death toll downward to 24, including nine children .
Crews going "board by board" in search for survivors, victims, official says . |
078db742781cfb7ebd48e922716a4f6acb329756 | Prosecutors presenting their case against two women charged in the beating death of a 23-year-old California nightclub goer showed today a short cellphone video where the victim could be seen being kicked in the head. The jumpy recording depicts Annie Hung Kim Pham wrestling with another woman on a sidewalk. As they st... | Video shows Kim Pham, 23, wrestling on a sidewalk with woman before suspect Vanesa Zavala kicks her in the head, according to prosecution .
Detective said in court Monday a witness claimed they saw the victim throw the first punch .
Police seek to interview woman named 'Amelia' who is believed to be the person seen wre... |
078df757a8acf0a617a40de79efa22de934a03a6 | A ‘British jobs for British workers’ row erupted yesterday as it emerged that a new £1billion wind farm off the Lincolnshire coast is being maintained by teams of workers flown in from Scandinavia. As he officially opened the offshore scheme yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg claimed 30,000 British jobs would ... | Offshore scheme off Lincolnshire coast is being maintained by workers flown in from Scandinavia .
Scandinavian Airlines to run .
six-days-a-week service between Copenhagen and Humberside to keep up with demand .
Deputy Prime Minister claimed .
30,000 British jobs would be created by the end of the decade by .
investing... |
078eaad18c2a36eed5b00089781575f25569b030 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:13 EST, 11 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:15 EST, 12 May 2013 . Detectives investigating the murder of a man whose body was found in a flat have named the victim. Mantas Leonavicius, 22, originally from Lithuania, was found dead in Stanley Street, North Shields, at 2.20pm yester... | Mantas Leonavicius, 22,was found dead yesterday .
Three men in custody on suspicion of the murder . |
078f7c31b354c12a538de09126e939047b1e6632 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . The bodies of three American servicemen who went missing in action more than 40 years ago during the Vietnam War have been returned to the U.S. after being discovered in Cambodia. The remains, in three white coffins draped with U.S. flags, were hoisted Wednesday into a C-17 military cargo pla... | Three unidentified remains have been found in the Kampong Cham province in eastern Cambodia .
Being flown back to Hawaii for DNA testing .
Up to 90 American servicemen were listed as missing in action in Cambodia at the end of the Vietnam War . |
078f9b5ffa2a41e506bdb88c8b30694c0d9f6969 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 00:56 EST, 24 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:07 EST, 24 August 2013 . The chairman of the Housing Authority in Newington, Connecticut has implemented a new no smoking policy for adult residents similar to those implemented in many college dormitories. Only difference is those im... | Andy Nowicki started smoking in the Army when the U.S. government gave him free cigarettes as he fought the Nazis in Europe and Africa .
Mr. Nowicki won a Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts during the war .
The Housing Authority implemented a no smoking policy 18 months ago and is evicting Mr. Nowicki - who has mobility... |
0790e0c58fd3ea5c6e29a5bc8347b5c97063e43a | (EW.com) -- How's your year going? Probably not as well as the Rock's. The former wrestling star (and host of TNT's "The Hero," which premieres Thursday night) is in the midst of an amazing box-office streak. He's starred in four movies so far in 2013 — Snitch (Feb. 22), G.I. Joe: Retaliation (March 28), Pain and Gain ... | The Rock has starred in four movies so far in 2013 .
"Building an empire was the goal," he said .
Three of his films have reached No. 1 . |
07917b93d069037ef9b6399c0886abea0908bc95 | (CNN) -- An autopsy was conducted Monday in the death of a onetime medical student who died of an apparent suicide while facing charges in a killing tied to the Craigslist website. However, the medical examiner is withholding the official cause of death for Philip Markoff pending further tests, prosecutors said. "Marko... | NEW: Sheriff says Philip Markoff did not behave differently before death .
Medical examiner withholding official cause of death for Markoff .
He was accused of killing one woman and robbing two others .
Authorities believe he met his victims on Craigslist . |
07920f4aee5c40961504021e6a1d475c89ac8e8d | Mark Llewellyn, the executive producer of Seven’s prime time current affairs current affairs program Sunday Night apparently was involved in a newsroom brawl at the program's Sydney headquarters this week. Lewellyn, a highly-regarded professional, who has been working as executive producer of the show since 2006, appar... | Executive producer of Seven's Sunday Night show, Mark Llewellyn, reportedly got involved in a newsroom brawl with producer Paul Waterhouse .
It is understood that Llewellyn was unhappy with the angle Waterhouse was taking on a story .
Llewellyn apparently threw Waterhouse against a wall and tore his shirt .
Lllewellyn ... |
0792d35538d6d08575cdc7653f78e246eb5c691a | (CNN) -- Crashing waves. Windy bluffs. The mystique of the high seas and whatever lies beyond: Seaside places possess a dramatic allure that's naturally attractive to storytellers. Maybe that's why so many famous writers have chosen to live, work and set their fiction by the ocean. Or maybe they just liked the beach in... | Add a bit of literary history to your summer beach getaway .
On spectacular Prince Edward Island, find L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables .
Check out Hemingway's home -- and cats -- in Key West .
Find John Steinbeck's inspiration in Monterey . |
079381b05699aa47ffbacc2a2b7386b537784dad | By . Hugo Gye and Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 01:32 EST, 31 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:23 EST, 31 July 2013 . British Gas revealed today it made £23 every second from its customers in the first six months of 2013 and hinted at more price rises. After raising its prices just before last year's record-breaking cold... | Firm raised energy prices by 6% shortly before onset of freezing winter .
Parent company Centrica announces £356million in profits from homes .
Consumer groups demand price freeze to ensure people can heat homes .
But British Gas would not rule out putting up gas and electricity again . |
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