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f50dfe06cdf15b21fed83006a18e24cdb8dd559d | Parts of Britain experienced its coldest temperatures for three years last night as forecasters warn another blast if snow is set to hit this evening. Temperatures dipped to at minus 13.7C at Loch Glascarnoch in the Highlands overnight, Britain’s coldest temperature since the mercury sunk to minus 15.6C at Holbeach, ... | Temperatures dipped to at minus 13.7C at Loch Glascarnoch, in the Highlands, overnight - coldest for three years .
Met Office forecasters have issued severe weather warning for Midlands and further north of at least 5cm of snow .
Weather caused chaos on Britain's roads and railways, as AA said it was called to 14,000... |
f50e12922a65c9d34f13f5fc14a4dd53eb77e1f1 | New York (CNN) -- Lady Gaga met with me this week about the launch of her new fragrance, Fame, but as is often the case with this pop mega-star, it is hard to determine what is marketing, what is performance and what is her reality. "Fame has a very interesting prospect with dangerous encounters around the corner.....F... | Pop superstar Lady Gaga has launched worldwide a new perfume line, Fame .
The 26-year-old performer earned $52 million last year, according to Forbes .
On the scent of the new line: "I wanted it to smell slutty, to be totally honest"
The perfume itself is tinted black, a first for the fragrance industry . |
f50e12fbc7ce3fcabbdfad888c5ef6de375f8702 | By . Simon Tomlinson . A former Playboy model has reportedly been accused of embezzlement by a jailed fraudster. Brande Roderick, a former Playmate of the Year and Baywatch actress, and her husband Glenn Cadrez are facing allegations from Michael Prozer III. Prozer, who was jailed for eight years in 2012 for fraud, cla... | Ex-Baywatch actress facing allegations from Michael Anthony Prozer III .
Claims she and husband Glenn Cadrez took £150,000 for their business .
But he accuses them of paying cash into their personal accounts instead .
Prozer was jailed for eight years in 2012 for fraud totalling $3million .
He appeared on Millionaire M... |
f50e5b1837c154c66950255562761a574eb4a946 | By . Louise Saunders . PUBLISHED: . 07:39 EST, 21 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:42 EST, 21 September 2012 . She shot to fame thanks to the now infamous sex tape she made with ex-boyfriend Ray J in 2007. And it could be that Kim Kardashian has more in common with her current beau Kanye West than she initially thoug... | According to industry insiders Kanye is 'terrified' the 20 minute tape will be leaked .
Sources who have seen the tape claim the curvaceous woman with long brown hair is a 'dead ringer' for Kim .
It has been reported the tape is for sale to the highest bidder - a fact that has the rapper 'practically in tears' |
f50e6ed4e3b14536612b72807d16c2d270b5b2e0 | Mia Farrow has continued her attacks on her ex Woody Allen in light of his Golden Globes tribute by bringing up the claims of sexual assault that one of her adopted daughters made against the famed director. She posted a loaded question to her more than 370,000 Twitter followers on Monday, asking them to decide if Alle... | Woody Allen was accused of sexually assaulting his 7-year-old daughter that he raised with then-partner Mia Farrow in the early 1990s .
Now Farrow asked Twitter followers to decide if Allen was a 'pedophile' for what he did to her daughter .
The girl, Dylan, was never asked to testify because of her age and the charges... |
f50ec93ff23302b02a5f1725c14890619b340eef | By . James Chapman . PUBLISHED: . 19:25 EST, 16 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:40 EST, 16 December 2013 . Signal: Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg left the door firmly open to further welfare reform yesterday . Nick Clegg has signalled he is prepared to consider Tory calls to cut the £26,000 household benefit cap an... | DPM Nick Clegg leaves the door firmly open to further welfare reform .
Says it's inevitable that more will have to be done in the years ahead .
Insists pensioners' free TV licences and bus passes must be reviewed . |
f50ef190c5c30633f70c4b6abf1ad1a18644be55 | By . Sophie Borland, Health Correspondent . Experts believe the 10p-a-day statins will be offered to up to an extra five million patients . Prescriptions for statins have trebled in a decade, with nearly 60million doled out last year. The NHS now spends £100million a year handing out the pills to approximately seven mi... | NHS spends £100million a year handing out statins to seven million people .
Number set to rise as GPs urged to prescribe pills to many more patients .
Experts say 10p a day drugs will be given to an extra five million patients .
But critics say they can cause type 2 diabetes and debilitating muscle pain . |
f50f1142e38d57dd4681cd563625056b5394103b | (CNN) -- Nakoula Basseley Nakoula -- who a year ago was, arguably, the most hated man in the Islamic world -- will soon be a free man. The 56-year-old Egyptian-American behind the inflammatory film "The Innocence of Muslims" is set to be released from a residential re-entry facility, or a halfway house, in Southern Cal... | Nakoula Basseley Nakoula is set to be released Thursday from a federal halfway house .
He'd been there and in a federal prison for violating his probation in a bank fraud case .
Those violations came to light amid the uproar over his film, "The Innocence of Muslims"
That movie spurred virulent anti-American protests in... |
f51089665ee91339112210d0c6e750b5d9309b57 | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 08:45 EST, 26 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:21 EST, 26 April 2013 . Mourners today gathered to celebrate the life of teenager Jade Lomas-Anderson, who was mauled to death by a pack of dogs. The 14-year-old was described as the 'World's Biggest One Direction Fan' on her funeral's ord... | Jade Lomas-Anderson died last month in an incident that shocked Britain .
Four dogs had to be destroyed after attack that killed her .
The teenager's funeral was held in Chorlton, Greater Manchester .
Mourners wore One Direction T-shirts at moving service today . |
f510d0de38aff77176971a83371799e26b536967 | The partial remains of Tennessee nursing student Holly Bobo have been found in Tennessee more than three years after her disappearance from the driveway of her rural home, officials said on Monday. The remains, which included a skull, were found in a Decatur County wood, not far from her home in the town of Parsons, ab... | Remains found on Sunday confirmed by DNA to be those of missing student Holly Bobo .
Holly Bobo, 20, disappeared in April 2011 .
Two men, Zachary Adams, 29, and Jason Wayne Autry, 39, have been charged with her kidnap and murder .
Witnesses told police they saw Holly still alive walking into woods with the two men afte... |
f51157e1b4426bedb1d26ac1897c65f24b4dbb03 | New Delhi, India (CNN) -- After a decade in power, India's ruling Congress Party conceded Friday that it is headed to defeat as vote counting in the world's largest election was under way. The mammoth election appears likely to unseat Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's two terms of leadership after a rash of high-profile ... | India begins counting votes after a five-week general election .
Congress Party spokesman concedes it's likely to head to defeat .
Corruption scandals have hit exiting PM Manmohan Singh's two-term government .
Exit polls predict win for Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party and leader Narendra Modi . |
f511bdfb8da081ab3ab7a9d7b6cecb30ffefbfff | By . Daily Mail Reporter and Reuters Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:50 EST, 13 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:01 EST, 13 December 2012 . Comments (31) Share . DM.has('shareLink', 'shareLinks', { . 'id': '2247548', . 'title': '\'I FAKED my heart attack\': \'Broke\' tycoon John McAfee admits \'playing the crazy card\' whi... | Antivirus software mogul, 67, landed in Miami last night following his deportation from Guatemala .
Belize authorities say they still want to question McAfee in the murder of his neighbor, Gregory Viant Faull, 52 .
He claims police in Belize are 'corrupt' and he would have been killed if he turned himself in . |
f511e4eb67993a646c772d57c6615171edebfca5 | By . Emma Clark . PUBLISHED: . 03:51 EST, 21 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:51 EST, 21 July 2012 . A murder trial turned into a farce when an interpreter confessed half-an-hour into vital evidence that he was a fake, filling in for his busy wife. The judge halted the trial of Rajvinder Kaur, who killed her mother-in-law... | Fake translator stopped half-an-hour into key evidence .
A second translator was also dismissed from the case .
A junior counsel who spoke Punjabi was forced to continue with translating .
Farce cost courts tens of thousands of pounds . |
f51277430e15ba806c0b98f5d4682054aa4b84aa | For all the moves and deals, click here . Luis Suarez has turned up at Liverpool's training ground on transfer deadline day... but the £75million Barcelona star is only there to clear out his locker. The 27-year-old striker arrived with a cheeky gift for Steven Gerrard - a Barca shirt with his name and number on it - a... | Luis Suarez drove into Melwood to collect his belongings .
He brought Steven Gerrard a signed Barcelona shirt as a gift .
Gerrard has revealed his disappointment at Suarez leaving Liverpool .
Suarez posted message on Twitter and picture of him with former team-mates Gerrard, Glen Johnson and Jon Flanagan .
Suarez joine... |
f512c0143bc12391bcf9f2b3ee3f4478971c40a5 | (CNN) -- It was, said Novak Djokovic, the highest level of grand slam tennis he had ever been involved in, an unquestionable highlight of his career. No wonder after the Serb surpassed such luminaries as his head coach Boris Becker on the all-time list of grand slam winners with a seventh career title after edging Roge... | Novak Djokovic hails Wimbledon final win over Roger Federer as best of his career .
Serb is taken to the wire before sealing second Wimbledon title .
Djokovic had lost five of the previous six grand slam finals he had competed in .
Serb says he and head coach Boris Becker have proved the doubters wrong . |
f512f3cffa5af63c7f605e470e728fc7e7459d1c | A Louisiana mayor whose son is Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu's chief of staff told voters at a private event to vote twice, speaking to a partisan crowd 24 hours before Election Day last month. Video of Opelousas, Louisiana Mayor Don Cravins Sr.'s Nov. 3 remarks show him telling a crowd in his home town that 'if you "e... | Black conservative group obtained videotape of Don Cravins Sr. telling Louisianans to vote twice in Nov. 6 Senate runoff election .
'One more time’s not going to hurt,' he said on November 3, telling voters to cast multiple ballots for Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu .
Cravins is a former Louisiana Democratic state legis... |
f5135913543cab5b4ac8099c272089cd137943a2 | 4-4-2: Petr Cech, Branislav Ivanovic, Vincent Kompany, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Cristiano Ronaldo, Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Gareth Bale, Didier Drogba, Lionel Messi. Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and John Terry have all been selected in Frank Lampard's greatest-ever team. The 36-year-old picked the best XI he has played... | Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi feature in Frank Lampard's best XI .
Manchester City midfielder Lampard selected the team of the greatest players he played with or against during his career .
John Terry was one of five former Chelsea team-mates chosen by Lampard .
Vincent Kompany was the only City player to make Lam... |
f513e708cd86f1cf6d407a1e2d2cd5e482300fac | By . Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 07:42 EST, 8 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:09 EST, 8 May 2013 . Michelle Obama jumped on the latest sports pose craze in a meeting with San Francisco 49ers star quarterback Colin Kaepernick. The First Lady is pictured in Instagram photos posted by the footballer mimicking his famous bice... | Kaepernicking is the latest posing craze to follow Tebowing and Griffining . |
f514457236d252dff105a1b62f21bd24144e6ca3 | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 09:05 EST, 22 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:38 EST, 23 March 2012 . The company hosting the frozen data of millions of users of the file sharing site Megaupload have said their bill must be paid or be allowed to delete the data. Carpathia Hosting said it is using more than 1,100 servers... | Carpathia Hosting wants to delete files saying it is costing them $9,000 a day to host the data .
It hosts data of up to 66 million users . |
f514d454f7060392b09739e78b3c96240b4f881c | By . Ap Reporter . President Barack Obama's aunt Zeituni . Onyango - who was denied asylum in the United States but remained in the country illegally . for years - died on Tuesday at age 61. Onyango, whose immigration status first hit headlines days before Obama's election in 2008, had been . treated in recent months ... | Zeituni Onyango was born under a mango tree in Kenya .
She was the half-sister of Barack Obama's late father .
Onyango moved to the U.S. in 2000 but was denied asylum by an immigration judge in 2004 .
She continued to live in a public housing complex in Boston .
Obama did not step in to help with the immigration case s... |
f515186e89568731b55ae946d63f5bc4533dab23 | Boston (CNN)The death penalty trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev -- long delayed by painstaking jury selection, crippling snowstorms and last-ditch appeals to move the case someplace else -- is on track to get underway here next week. Judge George O'Toole, along with the prosecution and defense t... | Trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev set to begin March 4 .
Opening delayed by jury selection, crippling snowstorms and appeals to move the trial .
On Wednesday, the judge and attorneys settled on pool of 70 prospective jurors . |
f515a3c665f975e7f867690d8d2b4529fb11367b | By . Mia De Graaf . Older than Stonehenge, taller than the White Cliffs of Dover and wider than 50 football pitches: this is the magical Iron Age hill fort that has been bought by the National Trust to preserve for the nation. At more than 2,000 years old, Hambledon Hill in Dorset has a rich natural and archaeological ... | Hambledon Hill, Dorset, is around 6,000 years old and stands at twice the height of the White Cliffs of Dover .
It is home to half the UK's butterfly population, wider than 50 football pitches put together, dubbed 'magical'
Iron Age fort is the first the National Trust has bought for 30 years, hope to preserve neolithi... |
f515e98f7fb8a7b8b8cd076c79fbdfbe102aa787 | Luis Suarez was spotted linking up with Lionel Messi and Neymar as Barcelona trained ahead of Monday's friendly. The Uruguayan forward is now able to train with his new team-mates after the Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) ruled that FIFA did not have the powers to stop him. Barcelona will face Mexican side Leon on... | Luis Suarez trains with Lionel Messi and Neymar .
Barcelona face Leon in a friendly on Monday .
Leon match could be Suarez's first for the club .
Luis Enrique's side begin La Liga campaign at home to Elche next weekend . |
f51654ca2a71694e32f73ff80ac02ac773974cd0 | 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... | Janet leads a healthy life, excercising daily and shunning fatty foods .
Advice from doctors suggested cutting fat intake to avoid heart disease .
Medical experts have reversed their opinion, given the poor data .
Only a small number of ‘unhealthy men’ were questioned originally . |
f516cdbf4a17f1069dd51b44e3500d6e37eb131f | California health officials on Wednesday declared electronic cigarettes a health threat that should be strictly regulated like tobacco products, joining other states and health advocates across the U.S. in seeking tighter controls as 'vaping' grows in popularity. The California Department of Public Health report says e... | 'E-cigarettes are not as harmful as conventional cigarettes, but e-cigarettes are not harmless' said California Health Officer Ron Chapman. 'They are not safe.' |
f516ffb3a2b70b838b3dea998f9df03b9a977ca1 | By . Jaya Narain . A Ukip Euro MP was branded ‘crass, ignorant and insensitive’ yesterday after he joked about encouraging jihadists to blow up a building that spoils his view. Steven Woolfe said that if ISIS terrorists ever came to the picturesque city of Chester he would ask them to destroy a newly-built NHS centre n... | Steven Woolfe joked that the terror group could prioritise the building .
He has since apologised for his 'hyperbolic' comments . |
f5172c8ccd28d0f9d012b692e7c5e2440afd88fa | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Cholera is caused by becoming infected with a bacterium called vibrio cholera. It's a disease that affects the bowels and in its most severe form is characterized by acute watery diarrhoea that can lead to immediate death through severe dehydration and kidney failure. A man from Zimbabwe wheels... | Cholera is a disease that affects the bowels and untreated .
Malnourished and HIV-infected people are at a high risk for death if infected .
Cholera is transmitted through contaminated water and food supplies . |
f517c55a7d381a6d8f93143e4d80f50615d76c27 | By . Vanessa Allen . Andy Coulson was not at the News of the World on the day a phone hacker claims he played him an incriminating voicemail from Sienna Miller, it was claimed yesterday. Lawyers for the former Downing Street communications chief told a court he was not in London on the day Dan Evans claims he played hi... | Dan Evans told the Old Bailey he played hacked message to Coulson .
But editor's lawyer says defendant was not in London on that day .
Court hears that the News of the World has a safe containing 'the secrets of the great and good' |
f5183de8dcd036f6a75c9c67ae9b68d2b7867b1c | Three hospitals just outside Cincinnati received an influx of ten suspected heroin overdose victims in just 48 hours last week. Facilities in Fort Thomas, Florence and Covington treated the men and women aged 23 to 50 all with the lifesaving drug Narcan. Two victims, men aged 26 and 31, died from their overdoses, which... | Between Friday to Sunday in Northern Kentucky outside Cincinnati, three hospitals treated the ten suspected heroin ODs .
All of the patients were treated with the opiate antagonist Narcan .
Two of the victims, men aged 26 and 31, died . |
f51a0ea9d33f43f5e5d47f235ee7317103b5c574 | Newcastle boss Alan Pardew handed a first Premier League start to 17-year old Adam Armstrong on Boxing Day, a daunting debut against Manchester United. But who is the young gun chosen to try and help the Geordies secure victory at Old Trafford? Adam Armstrong takes on Manchester United's Paddy McNair during his full Pr... | Pardew hands youngster his full league debut against Manchester United .
Adam Armstrong is Newcastle's youngest ever Premier League starter .
Armstrong is usually a No 10, but played on the wing at Old Trafford . |
f51bc756f048da8ce8c2c54c3bd736f2633bfde7 | (PEOPLE.com) -- After suffering the miscarriage of their 20th child, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar will hold a memorial service on Wednesday, December 14, for the baby girl they have named Jubilee Shalom Duggar. The reality TV stars of TLC's "19 Kids and Counting" had discovered on Thursday at a routine ultrasound appoin... | Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar will hold a memorial service for their 20th child .
Following the miscarriage Sunday night, Michelle was taken to the hospital .
Michelle is recovering well and expected to return home later on Monday . |
f51c08752cbe429ca96c02d816f594c671e81695 | (CNN) -- Terrorists in Benghazi, Libya, "essentially walked right into the Benghazi compound unimpeded and set it ablaze," a special Senate report on the September 11 attack that killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans says. The bipartisan report, "Flashing Red: A Special Report on the Terrorist Attack at Be... | Senate committee finds that terrorists "walked right into the Benghazi compound unimpeded"
Intelligence community, Defense Department, Congress, Obama administration also blamed .
"Flashing Red: A Special Report on the Terrorist Attack at Benghazi" released Monday .
The September 11 attack killed a U.S. ambassador and ... |
f51c95d43e72e3a05880230ddcc5bb8be52f1226 | In the second half of last year, Twitter saw a dramatic rise in the number of governments asking for content to be removed from the site. An interactive map based on the site's latest transparency report shows Turkey filed 477 requests between July and December - an increase of more than 150 per cent compared to the f... | An interactive Twitter transparency map plots the number of content removal requests from governments globally .
It is based on the site's annual report and shows Turkey filed 477 requests between July and December .
This represents an increase of more than 150% compared to the first six months of 2014 .
Russia and Ger... |
f51cb6d54480d6ee537480e3761c64e025359d4e | (CNN) -- Erykah Badu's naked stroll through downtown Dallas, Texas, for a music video has earned her a disorderly conduct citation. The singer shed her clothes as she walked through Dealey Plaza until she was nude and then fell near where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Badu said the video was "shot guerri... | Citation of misdemeanor disorderly conduct has been mailed to Erykah Badu .
The singer shed her clothes as she walked through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas .
Badu was filming a music video in the March 17 incident .
If convicted, Badu could be fined $500, police said . |
f51e01b193ed11d124fd82ce009e1cf73d5f1c0f | There have been plenty of spectacular catches in Twenty20 cricket but Trent Boult's effort for New Zealand against West Indies tops the lot. Boult was standing on the boundary when West Indies' Kieron Pollard mowed Corey Anderson into the leg-side. The ball was going over his head so the New Zealand fielder caught it w... | Boult caught Kieron Pollard off the bowling of Corey Anderson .
New Zealand fielder took ball in one hand, threw it up then dived and caught it inside the rope .
West Indies beat New Zealand in Twenty20 match .
Boult's effort possibly better than Adam Lyth/Aaron Finch combination . |
f51e75ce4d6613729772a9895940f1fd5eac6e0a | By . Deborah Arthurs . PUBLISHED: . 11:41 EST, 13 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:43 EST, 13 November 2012 . She is frequently seen jogging near her Downing St home, and is said to attend private pilates classes at Number 10 in a bid to keep her slender figure fighting fit. So it came as no surprise to see Samantha C... | PM's wife rode a Pinnacle hybrid bike, available at Evans . |
f51e8fdb4a3019b162ca908ff9339baae7cf9129 | By . Adam Shergold . Harry Kane and Aaron Lennon were on target as Tottenham completed their pre-season tour of North American with a comfortable win over Chicago Fire. After a draw with the Seattle Sounders and back-to-back wins against Toronto FC and now Chicago, Mauricio Pochettino can be satisfied with the results ... | Tottenham completed their tour of North America unbeaten after 2-0 win over Chicago Fire .
Harry Kane opened the scoring at Toyota Park on five minutes .
Aaron Lennon added second goal six minutes from time in comfortable win .
Spurs have drawn with Seattle and beaten Toronto and Chicago on tour . |
f51ebc8b75b044733177e670b9b5cca5fc54a231 | 6:06 p.m. EST -- The White House confirmed Friday night that President Obama will nominate Loretta Lynch to become the next attorney general. Loretta Lynch, the U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, is expected to be President Barack Obama's pick for attorney general, U.S. officials briefed on the matter said. An announcement is ... | Loretta Lynch is a U.S. attorney in Brooklyn .
President Obama is expected to nominate Lynch to succeed Eric Holder as Attorney General .
It is not clear when the official announcement will be made or when Lynch could get a confirmation hearing . |
f51ecf3cf1a683ff63481e1fbbdddcc6013d5a8d | (CNN) -- The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania challenging the state's ban on same-sex marriages and its refusal to recognize such marriages from other states. A similar suit will be filed in Virginia, while an existing lawsuit in North Carolina will be amended to broaden the scope, the... | The ACLU plans to challenge three states' positions on same-sex marriage .
The move comes after the Supreme Court's Defense of Marriage and Prop-8 rulings .
The organization is aiming for 20 same-sex marriage rights states by the end of 2016 . |
f51fcfebc203a4f7f3d9b7e287e5400053e2c1fb | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 07:18 EST, 19 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:36 EST, 19 February 2013 . They say true beauty never dies, and one Scottish grandmother is certainly an example of this. Former model Marion Finlayson, 80, has been snapped up by a top Glasgow modelling agency Colours, after catching th... | Marion Finlayson, from Aberdeen, first appeared on catwalk in 1940s .
Gave up modelling to become a teacher .
Took part in charity fashion show as distraction after husband's death .
Signed by top Scottish modelling agency Colours .
Appeared on ITV's This Morning .
Does yoga, Pilates and aerobics every week to stay in ... |
f520174d74402f91f0b3fa4b5d8dd55cf3e109d1 | Anthony Crolla has revealed he received a phone call from Sir Alex Ferguson after he was assaulted by burglars. The 28-year-old suffered a fractured skull and a broken ankle in a confrontation with two alleged burglars he spotted fleeing a neighbour's back garden in Chadderton, Greater Manchester. Crolla was hit with a... | Sir Alex Ferguson phoned Anthony Crolla to send him his best wishes .
Boxer is a lifelong United supporter and thought Fergie call was a wind up .
Crolla suffered fractured skull after being attacked by two burglars . |
f5201d3d1b8d44be0d6ae54a4121ad1271b92722 | By . James Rush . PUBLISHED: . 07:03 EST, 16 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:58 EST, 16 May 2013 . Farmer Val Gunn was left horrified when she discovered Nelson the lamb after his ears had been hacked off by thugs . A farmer was left 'shocked and horrified' after a newborn lamb had its ears hacked off by cruel yobs. Val G... | Nelson the lamb left deaf after his ears were hacked off by yobs .
Investigators believe thugs used a knife or scissors in the attack .
Farmer Val Gunn discovered the injured animal while checking flock .
The lamb has also now been abandoned by its mother following attack . |
f5204ad0753cc36875c149fb16296c078eec6558 | (CNN) -- They say that to succeed in politics, you need a thick skin, and nowhere is that more true than in Scotland in the run up to the country's long-awaited independence referendum. With just a week to go before Scots go to the polls to decide whether to break away from the rest of the UK, the debate is gearing up ... | A week out from Scotland's independence vote, the debate getting heated .
"Cybernats" have been accused of debasing the campaign for independence .
More traditional bad-tempered tactics, like egg-throwing, have also been employed .
Supporters on both sides of the debate have been targeted by Twitter trolls . |
f520da028cc61111aa68d9f40e6cf2cf90014b6d | By . Sean Poulter . PUBLISHED: . 19:16 EST, 23 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:07 EST, 24 October 2012 . Watchdogs have ruled that a TV ad featuring a naked man strolling through the countryside wearing nothing but a cap was not offensive. The commercial for Richmond ham was supposed to be a light-hearted attempt to p... | Advert drew 370 complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)
The company said the advert demonstrated a ‘well-adjusted, comfortable, and completely non-sexual attitude to the human body’
ASA was fine with the nudity but said ad gave misleading information about where the ham was made . |
f521c1785693ab4704478a94ae578231642de5eb | Franz Muller, known as the first train murderer, was hanged for the killing of Thomas Briggs in 1864 . It was the story that gripped the nation: a well-to-banker bludgeoned to death in a first-class train carriage on his way home from work. The suspect then fled abroad and, in what must be the slowest police chase ever... | City banker Thomas Briggs, 70, was bludgeoned on train home in July 1864 .
Police chased Franz Muller, a German tailor, across the Atlantic by boat .
Muller was later convicted and hanged in front of a baying crowd at Newgate . |
f521d533f7e0cdd1fe01b09b0dcee57a02addca0 | By . Helen Pow . Marilyn Monroe called Jackie Kennedy at the White House and confessed she was having an affair with her husband, to which the First Lady responded 'that's great... I'll move out and you'll have all the problems,' according to an explosive new book. In 'These Few Precious Days: The Final Year of Jack wi... | 'These Few Precious Days: The Final Year of Jack with Jackie' claims the First Lady 'knew everything' about JFK's cheating .
But his relationship with Marilyn Monroe 'seemed to bother her the most'
The book also reveals JFK's alleged dependence on drugs administered by his physician nicknamed 'Dr Feelgood' |
f5223db1677629f02eec01487c18cd7bcb80323c | One of the star’s of TLC’s hit reality series My 600lb Life has been out on her first ‘traditional’ date, after losing over half of her body weight. During a special one-off episode of the TLC show, which aired last night, viewers were given a chance to see how life has changed for season two success story Tara, 36, wh... | Tara, 36, from Lafayette Louisiana weighed 606lbs when she starred on season two of the TLC reality series .
On Wednesday's one-off special episode, Tara started dating following her 300lb weight loss. |
f5226d9047f7937da066502874f42a3ef44deb67 | Police were forced to subdue a 100-strong angry mob which had gathered on a street where a one-month-old baby boy was allegedly raped and battered so badly his heart stopped. The infant remained in a serious condition today after allegedly suffering multiple horrific injuries in Gravesend, Kent, in one of Britain's wor... | Man, 35, and woman, 33, arrested and bailed .
Police attend candlelit vigil which saw house damaged .
Over 100 gather outside property in Gravesend, Kent . |
f52288239ea6df3b173b22e0f51dafbd9fd8d65a | (EW.com) -- If you loved "21 Jump Street," you're in luck: The sequel, "22 Jump Street," is the exact same movie. Since the first film was such a fast and fizzy buddy-cop bromance, that's not the worst news in the world. But it is a bit of a disappointment. Reprising their Mutt-and-Jeff routine, Jonah Hill and Channing... | Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill revive their roles .
The film is very similar to "21 Jump Street"
The similarities is a running joke in the movie . |
f522cd447444ef5270b69397c7bbfc733f136ab1 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 06:38 EST, 24 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:22 EST, 24 January 2013 . Sylvester Stallone paid his half-sister more than £3million to ‘shut her up’ after she threatened to ruin his career with claims he abused her, the actor’s mother has revealed. The Rocky star agreed to give ... | Rocky star agreed to .
give Toni-Ann Filiti £1.2m plus £10,500 per month .
Sources say Toni-Ann threatened a lawsuit, but the 66-year-old star settled .
Stallone's agent says star was a victim of fabricated blackmail plot .
Jackie Stallone: 'Toni-Ann was drug addict who will say anything' |
f522d58c3686395dc779330f32517f0066fcaee9 | Yahoo boss Carol Bartz has been fired as the company's chief executive after the ailing internet firm lost further ground to main rival Google. Miss Bartz, who was axed by phone, has had a rocky tenure lasting nearly three years punctuated by stagnating growth and a bitter row with one of the firm's Chinese partners. T... | Troubled internet firm had lost ground to rivals .
Yahoo revenue growth 11 times less than Google .
Bartz sacked by Yahoo Chairman . |
f522ed5a861b2d9ba3a229900c67f2014800cd7b | By . Sarah Griffiths . PUBLISHED: . 13:55 EST, 28 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 13:55 EST, 28 February 2014 . Everyone has nodded off in front of a film that were looking forward to watching, only to miss the ending. But this annoying problem could be a thing of the past as a team of hackers have proved that it is pos... | The ‘Sleep Tracker’ software was created .
during an experimental Netflix Hack Day in California but there are no plans to roll it out a present .
Data is collected from a Fitbit device to determine if a viewer is asleep and is used by a laptop to pause films on Netflix automatically . |
f5235289e8dbffa350290bc150a03b4182b300a8 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 08:05 EST, 12 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:34 EST, 12 September 2012 . Arrested: Sabrina Ann Howard, 40, was arrested on preliminary charges of causing suicide and neglect to her 16-year-old son Charles . A mother whose 16-year-old son committed suicide is accused of drivin... | Charles Howard was found after overdosing on pills stolen from his mother in July .
Sabrina Howard, 40, said she confronted son about pills missing but didn't seek medical help though he appeared 'groggy'
Mother is an admitted methamphetamine user .
Boy had threatened to commit suicide in January but was not pushed for... |
f523628900ae9d33d4f5758f3b078427ccfa5b5d | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 04:35 EST, 15 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 11:34 EST, 15 January 2014 . TV superchef Ludo Lefebvre (right) has told how he and Nigella Lawson, his co-star on new cookery show The Taste, have become 'very, very, very close' Nigella Lawson's French co-star in her new cookery show ... | Ludo Lefebvre said the pair 'click right away' after they met a year ago .
He descried the British celebrity chef as 'a great woman' in recent interview .
The celebrity chefs appear together on new cookery show The Taste .
Mr Lefebvre's wife said Miss Lawson described him 'a very good-looking younger brother' |
f52380129ee24e53b91fc2be5720ea42c077f249 | Tech juggernaut Google may be hatching a plan to make their claim on the U.S. auto insurance industry. An entity named Google Compare Auto Insurance Services is not licensed to sell insurance in 26 states as well as being authorized to sell policies in one state for six insurers, revealed analyst Ellen Carney. More evi... | An entity named Google Compare Auto Insurance Services is not licensed to sell insurance in 26 states as well as being authorized to sell policies in one state for six insurers .
A Google executive was recently given authorization to sell insurance using Google Compare .
Reports that there's evidence Google could work ... |
f523afb3c462da062eed2bdb120a6d0145f4ca10 | (EW.com) -- What's 20/20 divided by 2, minus 8? Just ask tuxedo professional/arithmetic wizard Justin Timberlake: His "The 20/20 Experience 2 Of 2," officially scheduled for release on Sept. 29, is now streaming a full eight days early on iTunes. EW: Drake talks Kendrick Lamar's controversial 'Control' verse . The sequ... | Timberlake's album is scheduled to be released Sept. 29 .
His "20/20 Experience" is best-selling album so far .
He will be touring through the fall . |
f523d4c2bbbf449538a0dc4ef5ae293b16d34f89 | By . Ian Drury, Home Affairs Correspondent . Most council bosses have defied government demands for pay restraint by handing out huge salaries while cutting services. Around 61 per cent of councils paid their biggest earners more than the Prime Minister, who receives £142,500 a year. The highest salary was thought to b... | Most council bosses have defied government demands for pay restraint .
Around 61 per cent paid their biggest earners more than David Cameron .
Highest salary thought to be £318,500 paid by Somerset County Council .
It was handed to Peter Lewis, the council's director of children's services . |
f523e72ef9ec910ba6a2b8137493b012bb624381 | By . Alex Greig . PUBLISHED: . 10:44 EST, 14 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:52 EST, 14 March 2014 . A Long Island man with no patience for traffic jams has won $5 million after stopping to buy some lottery tickets on his way home from work to pass the time until a bumper-to-bumper back-up cleared. Thomas Mainella, 62, ... | Thomas Mainella, 62, got stuck in traffic on his way home from work, so pulled over to buy lottery tickets to pass the time .
Mainella bought six tickets and won $5 million on the fifth one he scratched .
The electrician plans to use the money to marry his girlfriend and fund their retirement . |
f524463cd7efdc988ba811c2f9e2d27c7e680c5c | By . Olivia Fleming . PUBLISHED: . 15:35 EST, 19 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:35 EST, 19 October 2012 . Much like models, professional ballerinas famously face low wages, early retirement, constant risk of injury and most notably, a tyranny of thin. However, a new book which highlights the dance industry's morally ... | Ballet critic Deirdre Kelly is the author of a new book, Ballerina: Sex, Scandal, and Suffering Behind the Symbol of Perfection .
She says dancers today are allowed to be curvier than they have been for 50 years . |
f524691b48459a5d6f6b42b200c25569d15f041d | By . Sam Webb . Human bones have been discovered buried under a suburban driveway, police have said. The skeletal remains, including what are believed to be part of a skull and femur, were found by workmen on a job in Purley, near Croydon in south London, the Metropolitan Police said. They made the find in Riddlesdown ... | The grim find was made in Purley, a quiet area near Croydon, south London .
Police say they have probably been under driveway for many years .
The home sits on a Saxon burial site, police said . |
f52483d1348df90c6e9959cb6d0629afa46a622c | Queens Park Rangers were left so concerned by new signing Mauro Zarate’s fitness that they contemplated pulling the plug on a loan deal with West Ham United. Zarate has played just 14 minutes of the club’s two fixtures since arriving and was an unused substitute in Saturday’s 2-0 home defeat by Manchester United. The r... | Mauro Zarate signed for Queens Park Rangers on a six-month loan deal .
West Ham United striker has played just 14 minutes in two matches .
QPR were so concerned by his lack of fitness nearly plugged plug on deal .
Harry Redknapp has been reassured by Tony Fernandes his job is safe . |
f5251b8f5da5c2129525708d9a791ffae18278d3 | (CNN) -- At the funeral of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, his good friend, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was photographed embracing Chávez's bereaved mother, in a show of compassion and support. Back home in Tehran, Ahmadinejad was immediately bashed by newspapers and by conservative politicians who cited a... | Eduardo J. Gómez: Ahmadinejad criticized back home for hugging Chávez's mother .
He says support in Iran may be waning for alliance with Venezuela .
Chavez bankrolled anti-U.S. alliance, but new leaders may not want to, he says .
Gómez: Nations in Latin America may see benefits of improved relations with U.S. |
f525acbebcb2e280bad3b430676bbe44d5ac0131 | By . Mark Prigg . Uber is to begin offering a package delivery service in New York, the firm has announced. The controversial car firm which has come under fire for its 'surge' pricing policies, will offer deliveries by bike and foot for the first time, taking on existing services like Postmates. It will charge at leas... | Will offer courier services in Manhattan from below 110th Street .
Service will use existing Uber app and use couriers on bike and foot .
Couriers will charge at least $15 for each delivery .
Back to Mail Online home .
Back to the page you came from . |
f52600922db811c376da54e37f1aef2640024eab | (CNN) -- Eight people who shared a flight with tuberculosis-infected traveler Andrew Speaker on May 24 filed suit Thursday against him in a Canadian court. TB patient Andrew Speaker set off an international health scare when he traveled to Europe for his wedding in May. Canadian Press reported the suit, filed in Quebec... | Eight people on flight with Andrew Speaker sue him for $1.3 million .
Lawsuit is filed in Canada, where plane carrying litigants landed .
Georgia health officials say they recommended Speaker avoid travel .
Patient's diagnosis downgraded to a less dangerous strain of disease . |
f5264c1487028e3e8ce6969213be8a61e3c58d35 | By . Jaymi Mccann . PUBLISHED: . 05:54 EST, 5 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:46 EST, 5 March 2013 . The opera Carmen has featured the most iconic and talented stars of the stage. But now, two donkeys will enter stage left and take parts in this year’s production at the King’s Theatre in Southsea, Hampshire. The show, p... | Donkeys Ollie and Rusty will grace the stage when they appear in Carmen .
The touring show is directed by Ellen Kent and features mezzo soprano Nadia Stoianova . |
f5266d7e346938c22adc4ae61af156338bf328bb | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . Gamers are to be allowed to use their consoles to find out how to claim benefits. People with Sky or Virgin interactive television will also be able to access details of the new Universal Credit scheme. Ministers said they wanted to use technology so more people know how... | Games consoles and 'red button' interactive TV service to give advice .
Ministers want to use technology to spread the word on Universal Credit .
But Tory MPs warn workers are 'irritated' by claimants' expensive gadgets .
Universal Credit will combine a raft of benefits to 'make work pay' |
f526da7f150524543f6c28cb3a803845e1f375ab | A couple in Alabama raped an underage relative multiple times hoping that the girl, who was mentally incapacitated, would get pregnant and give them a baby, police said. Jeremy Swann, 29, and wife Amanda Swann, 28, were arrested last week at their home in Jones, where authorities say the sexual assaults took place over... | Jeremy Swann, 29, and wife Amanda Swann, 28, are charged with first-degree rape of a female relative .
The couple gagged the mentally incapacitated girl to stop her from screaming through 'at least six' assault, investigators said .
Jeremy's mother, Dianna Swann, 57, was arrested for knowing about the rapes but not tel... |
f52708281212ae9f584e8ee0a025bac827c35367 | By . Ryan Gorman . and Associated Press Reporter . A former ‘Sopranos’ actor who served eight years in prison has revealed he is now using his experience to teach lessons to younger would-be offenders. Lillo Brancato Jr, who played a young mobster on the hit HBO show, ended up behind bars after a drug-fueled 2005 robbe... | Lillo Brancato Jr was imprisoned in 2005 and released just months ago .
He had roles in a number of movies and television shows including the HBO hit, 'A Bronx Tale' and 'Crimson Tide' |
f5273f54224ae383dba7e55ebcd8ec526b1e0633 | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 08:43 EST, 4 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:04 EST, 4 March 2013 . She is Britain's richest women with a £7.4bn fortune, a £100m super yacht and the title of former Miss UK to her name. But that isn't enough for ambitious Kirsty Bertarelli. The 41-year-old, who is listed as the UK's ri... | Kirsty Bertarelli, 41, wrote All Saints no 1 hit Black Coffee .
Now releasing album titled Love Is - a collection of songs inspired by her musings of 'real life'
Married to Swiss biotech magnate Ernesto Bertarelli and listed as the UK's richest woman with fortune of £7.4bn .
Former Miss UK and Miss World runner up .
Ow... |
f5279e9fe49a1129ccc4d0d86ee3e9d5c9f31172 | By . Rachel Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 06:08 EST, 7 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:08 EST, 7 June 2013 . Just 20 minutes of yoga a day sharpens the mind, researchers say. The ancient practice was found to be more effective at boosting brain power than conventional aerobic exercise. Researchers in America discovered that a si... | Experts found a single session of Hatha yoga improved cognitive skills .
The ancient practice was compared to running on a treadmill .
It is thought that breathing and meditative exercises help to calm the mind and body and keep unhelpful, distracting thoughts at bay . |
f527df261003ae62d817f76dcb868495cc4eedcf | Russian diplomats say the unnamed 17-year-old was 'seduced' by a homosexual couple in a church (file picture) An Russian high school student has found himself at the centre of diplomatic storm after he was adopted by a same-sex couple while on an exchange programme to the U.S. It is thought that the unnamed 17-year-old... | Russian student sought asylum in U.S. after finishing exchange programme .
But Russia say the boy, 17, was 'seduced by an older gay couple at church'
His mother visited to try to persuade him to come home but he refused .
Russia axes exchange programme amid heightened tensions with the U.S. |
f529090eb7400953619bf5d05d1d82280e8e3d86 | Nasa scientists are developing new nuclear powered rockets that they hope could be used to travel the huge distances needed to take astronauts to Mars and explore the solar system. They believe the rockets, powered using nuclear fusion rather than traditional chemicals, could dramatically cut the time it takes to trave... | Nasa engineers are planning to build rockets powered by nuclear fission .
The nuclear fuel is used to heat liquid hydrogen to create jets of plasma .
Researchers say the rockets could halve the time it takes to reach Mars .
They hope it could be used to carry astronauts to the red planet in 2033 .
They have proposed a ... |
f529139c8547696c3e6fc5c5986b05063782b5e8 | Manchester United hope Real Madrid winger Angel Di Maria will fly to their rescue on Monday after another dispiriting afternoon of Barclays Premier League football at Sunderland. United are desperate for new players and they were in discussions with the Spanish giants over the details of the 26-year-old’s transfer, wi... | Manchester United are hoping to complete deal for Angel Di Maria this week .
But Real Madrid are holding out for £75m for the 26-year-old winger .
Di Maria said his goodbyes to Madrid team-mates over the weekend .
Louis van Gaal said players were 'disappointed' with 1-1 Sunderland draw .
Luke Shaw, Ander Herrera and Ch... |
f529912147adba40166971d0ba6d2ad55abe1cd0 | By . Rebecca English . PUBLISHED: . 13:52 EST, 8 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:43 EST, 9 July 2012 . At first glance, the outspoken Geordie singer and the future king don’t appear to have that much in common. But Prince Charles is so taken with Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole that he has employed her right-hand woman as o... | Kristina Kyriacou appointed as second most senior member of staff in Prince Charles's press office .
Former music industry executive is director of Cheryl Cole's new charity .
She will work three days a week in Clarence House role . |
f529a9f711648c97de4b4da80b3ae07433dee903 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. attorney general is trying to prevent immigration authorities from sending a Muslim woman to her home country, where she was a victim of female genital mutilation. Attorney General Michael Mukasey ordered an immigration court to reconsider an African woman's case. In a stinging order overri... | Court ruled that because woman already had surgery, she should not get asylum .
In rare move, Attorney General said court's ruling was "flawed"
Michael Mukasey ordered court to reconsider its ruling .
Mali woman said she fears any daughter she had would be subject to mutilation . |
f529ebc4df2e911a104cade11ac98955da8e5fa7 | Maria Sharapova outlasted Petra Kvitova 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 to win the China Open and return to No 2 in the rankings. The fourth-seeded Sharapova won her fourth title of the year and first since capturing her fifth Grand Slam title at the French Open in June. With the win, the 27-year-old will jump over Simona Halep and Kvit... | Maria Sharapova has won the China Open .
Sharapova beat Petra Kvitova 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 .
The win takes her back up to No 2 in the world rankings .
Serena Williams still world No 1 . |
f52acfc27eb4a88b5f7c67ac29b358d092fe66cd | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 05:43 EST, 25 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:51 EST, 25 July 2013 . The police have refused to get involved in the increasingly bitter row between Ed Miliband's Labour party and his union paymasters. Officers today said they have found ‘insufficient grounds’ ... | Huge row over Unite union trying to seize control of Labour candidates .
The trade union, Britain’s biggest, is by far the party's largest donor .
Labour banned unions from paying party subs for new members .
Two members suspended over allegations in Falkirk and police called in . |
f52af593e2ba2e88128c7f08794da1fa8d011b85 | Police are hunting for the person who pierced a hook into the back leg of a dog. The injured Labrador-mix found was on Tuesday afternoon wandering the streets of Bakersfield, California. Authorities believe someone intentionally pierced the hook into the dog's right rear leg as a method of keeping it tied up. Scroll do... | The injured Labrador-mix found wandering streets of Bakersfield, California .
Hook pierced into the dog's right rear leg through his skin .
Authorities believe it was done as a method of keeping it tied up .
Dog underwent surgery to remove the hook and clean the wounds .
The dog, now named Boy, is available for adoptio... |
f52b00c4c243de5fb930f9f3fb30a8471ca3341e | By . Damien Gayle . Laser weapons are a step closer to deployment on Earth's battlefields as a U.S. defence company gears up to test a new land-based device. Boeing has announced that it has successfully mounted a 10kw solid-state laser on an eight-wheeled, 500-horsepower truck that could be used alongside conventional... | Boeing's land-based laser weapon could be used for missile defence .
Beam will hit targets at a phenomenal 186,000 miles a second . |
f52c932dab7d9cbbf3133b9fbab30ab9698d7cc1 | By . Rob Cooper . Last updated at 4:49 PM on 5th September 2011 . Jailed: Jeffrey Adams made £100,000 from shares which should have gone to Jeff Adams, a U.S. executive . A Tesco checkout manager who cashed £100,000 worth of shares meant for his executive namesake has been jailed for two years. Jeffrey Adams was accide... | Shares were meant for executive with the same name .
Tesco did not discover the blunder for seven years .
Adams claimed the shares had been left to him by his grandfather when he was arrested . |
f52caee5871b472ea3caf858767de655e2e48f57 | (CNN) -- Serie A leaders AC Milan have agreed a deal to sign unsettled Italy international striker Antonio Cassano from Sampdoria in the January transfer window. Italian news agency Ansa confirmed on Tuesday that the 28-year-old will finally be leaving the Genoa-based club following his highly-publicized row with Sampd... | AC Milan poised to sign Antonio Cassano after reaching a deal with Sampdoria .
The Italian forward has not played since falling out with Genovese club in October .
Cassano's arrival could hasten the departure of Milan's Brazilian forward Ronaldinho . |
f52cd2ea26c0bc05fe8a82bad6b847ca28349688 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:50 EST, 30 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:01 EST, 30 October 2013 . British billionaire financier Alan Howard paid $43million three years ago for a Monet masterpiece that New York prosecutors now allege was pilfered by a former aide to ousted Philippine first lady Imelda Mar... | Brevan Howard Asset Management founder Alan Howard legitimately bought the 1899 masterpiece Japanese Footbridge Over the Water-Lily Pond at Giverny in 2010 .
Artwork was sold by Imelda Marcos' secretary and personal shopper Vilma Bautista, who now faces conspiracy charges .
The Monet is part of a multimillion-dollar ro... |
f52d19dacc9cf9c75bfe32b5f8002f16a03c6ce3 | By . Ollie Gillman for MailOnline . A family that joked their house was haunted after they started hearing noises were shocked to find a deadly 10ft python that had been slithering around their home for a week. Rachel Leck and her son Xavier, 10, joked that creepy occurrences, such as a lamp being knocked over and glas... | Rachel Leck and son Xavier, 10, thought their home was haunted by ghosts .
Furniture kept falling over and glasses fell out of cupboard for no reason .
As they watched TV, Xavier saw 10ft deadly python on sofa next to his mom .
Huge snake from south-east Asia had been living there for more than a week .
Man at nearby a... |
f52d1d1c913091cd608f5039ddec0fd1d7687fe2 | Arsene Wenger was confronted by an angry fan, believed to be an Arsenal supporter, towards the end of his side's defeat to Southampton. The supporter was hauled away by two stewards after he managed to get right in front of Wenger and assistant manager Steve Bould and was later arrested by police. Southampton believe t... | Fan runs to Arsene Wenger and gestures at the Arsenal boss .
The supporter is eventually led away by stewards .
Arsenal lost 2-0 to Southampton after two goalkeeping errors . |
f52d275b82c6277eec1b0a74a16a80a248a98c63 | (CNN) -- Below is the list of nominees for the 82nd annual Academy Awards. The Oscar ceremony will take place on March 7 and will be televised by ABC. Full Oscar coverage . Best picture . "Avatar" "The Hurt Locker" "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire" "Up in the Air" "Inglourious Basterds" "Up" "The Blind ... | Oscar nominations announced Tuesday morning; ceremony to be March 7 .
"Avatar," "The Hurt Locker" among leading nominees .
Sci-fi film "District 9" earns nominations for best picture, adapted screenplay . |
f52e2546dd7ba22b4201497ff868397cd249e192 | By . Emma Thomas . PUBLISHED: . 01:27 EST, 20 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:46 EST, 20 December 2013 . Author: Paul Torday, pictured at his home in Northumberland. He has died aged 67 . Businessman-turned-writer Paul Torday, whose novel Salmon Fishing in the Yemen was made into a hit film, has died aged 67. His pub... | Paul Torday had been suffering from cancer since the age of 61 .
His book sold more than 500,000 copies and was made into a film in 2011 .
He spent 20 years running an engineering business in the North East . |
f52f45ffeb9f79a2597dc21ba523b78a4c63dd2f | (CNN Student News) -- Record the CNN Special Investigations Unit Classroom Edition: Narco State: The Poppy Jihad when it airs commercial-free on Monday, January 7, from approximately 4:10 -- 5:00 a.m. ET on CNN. (A short feature begins at 4:00 a.m. and precedes the program.) Program Overview . Opium now makes up 46 per... | Examine the economic, political and social aspects of poppy cultivation .
Identify the challenges that Afghan officials face in banning opium production .
Assess national strategies for combating the illegal drug trade . |
f530bf4831f6c626ab8a5ff2fdc64849ba5e03fc | (CNN) -- In the wake of the important decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to block mining in Alaska's Bristol Bay in order to protect the wild salmon population there, it's a good moment to take stock of the many dangers facing our world's waterways -- and our world's fish. It turns out the wild salmon of B... | Sally Kohn: EPA is blocking mining in Alaska's Bristol Bay to protect the healthy wild salmon .
Kohn: Pollution, climate change, overfishing threaten our stock of fish that are best to eat .
Kohn: One of the best is the Alaska wild salmon, another is tasty, healthy sardines .
Check out the easy recipe for grilled sardi... |
f53124b30ae32f9a514da7a777cd6eadd877ebe7 | (CNN) -- The upheaval in Ukraine has spiraled into an increasingly tense dispute between Russia and the West. The United States and many European countries are demanding that Moscow scale back its deployment of troops in Ukraine's southern region of Crimea. But Russian President Vladimir Putin so far appears unfazed by... | The presence of Russian troops in Ukraine's Crimea has ratcheted up tensions .
U.S. President Barack Obama appears to have limited options to pressure Russia .
A military response isn't considered to be a realistic possibility .
The crisis is roiling global markets, pushing up the price of oil and hurting the ruble . |
f5316cf86fa3d88c0ef5a612ad68d1c299635865 | By . Darren Boyle . A top Swedish skier was hit by a baby elk after it smashed through his window together with entrails when the car hit its pregnant mother as he drove in Oestersund in northern Sweden. Jesper Modin said: 'I had just come over a hill and the sun was shining directly in my eyes, I only saw the elk when... | Jesper Modin was blinded by the sun seconds before the collision .
His car struck the pregnant elk which forced out the calf which shot through the windscreen .
Despite the impact, the calf was still alive but was later put down .
Mr Modin said he was struck by the calf and its mother's entrails as they entered the car... |
f53370657f706778e44fa4ee76d66f074089e678 | A 22-year-old footballer's girlfriend has died just months after their premature baby daughter passed away. Gemma Porteous, 22, the girlfriend of Cowdenbeath FC player Dean Brett, died of spinal cancer on Tuesday. She was diagnosed with cancer shortly after giving birth to twins Mollie and Mia three months early on Jun... | Gemma Porteous, girlfriend of footballer Dean Brett died of spinal cancer .
She died just months after their premature baby daughter passed away .
The Cowdenbeath FC player said he will 'always love' his 'best friend' |
f533acf9edfd5ce4bc182ad26105d48bfc5b86b7 | By . Harriet Hernando . The traditional family structure with a father as the breadwinner and a mother who stays home to raise children is becoming increasingly uncommon in Britain. Just one in five families fits the 'traditional' model which has become less popular over the past decade, research shows. In Britain, 22 ... | The number of British fathers who bring home the bacon is declining .
Housewives who stay home to look after the children are becoming rarer .
Change attributed to flexible employment and part-time work options . |
f533d241657fd5dab8f1c4af01fb850b3b0957b8 | (CNN) -- In 2000, only 11.7 percent of Fortune 500's board members were women. Today, that figure is still disappointingly low at just 16.9 percent. Heather McGregor, a former investment banker turned headhunter, thinks she might know why this is. As managing director and principal shareholder of the executive search c... | Only 16.9 percent of Fortune 500's board members are women .
McGregor explains that a man will get hired over a suitable women if she recently married .
Women have to be noticeably better than men to get ahead . |
f533ff5a780d4152aa9d9a42deed930b392cc240 | Defence contractor Benjamin Bishop has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for giving military secrets to his Chinese girlfriend . A former civilian defence contractor working at the U.S. military's Pacific headquarters has been sentenced to seven years and three months in prison for divulging military s... | Benjamin Bishop, 60, showed poor judgement and jeopardised national security because of the relationship, Judge Leslie Kobayashi said .
He also kept classified documents at his home in Honolulu, Hawaii .
His girlfriend is in her late 20s and is a Fulbright scholar in the USA .
FBI believe her to be a Chinese national b... |
f5343686731871506eb92d5ee96b7bbf9c78ef3c | By . Ralph Ellis . Ralph Ellis runs you through what we learned from the weekend's football... with relief in East London and a look through the leagues, too. This week includes Carlton Cole's contract situation, James Milner's important (if short) role at Manchester City and Tim Sherwood's first call at Spurs may be h... | West Ham striker Carlton Cole is putting himself in the shop window .
Fulham's average age on Saturday was 30 years and two months .
Gary Cahill has now cemented his position in central defence at Chelsea . |
f53451fe30641488dd7cbe29a3c3331dce82f283 | MONTE CARLO, Monaco -- Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva has broken her own world record in the women's pole vault with a leap of 5.04 meters as she warmed up for her Olympic defense. Isinbayeva broke her own women's pole vault world record on her third attempt in Monaco. The record came at the Monaco Grand Prix on Tuesday o... | Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva breaks her own women's world pole vault record .
Leaps 5.04 meters on her third and final attempt at height at Monaco meeting .
Jamaican Asafa Powell wins third 100 meters race in a week in 9.82 seconds . |
f534cbd05b1f80daed5d6077846118df780353e8 | An elaborate 300-year-old ring, discovered in mud in a maize field, has been officially classified as treasure. Metal detectorist Ron Pitman, of Swansea, found the gold and silver ring on farmland in Gower. The ring’s outer surface is engraved with a trellis-style pattern, while its inner surface is inscribed with the ... | The ring’s outer surface is engraved with a trellis-style pattern .
Its inner surface is inscribed with ‘prepared bee to follow me’
The extra 'e' in ‘be’ is said to have been a common feature in the late 1600s .
Ring was discovered by metal detectorist Ron Pitman in a field in Gower .
It contains at least 10% precious ... |
f5350baf139d587ae9fd9825ce00d52169771a14 | The deep red wine in my glass was tempting me. But this time I didn't just say 'Cheers!' and take a sip, swiftly followed by another. Four words from Susie Barrie, Master of Wine - best known for pairing wine with food on the TV show Saturday Kitchen, were ringing in my ears… 'Stop. Look. Sniff. Taste.' The previous ev... | River cruise specialist has just launched a range of new luxury longboats .
Vessels will sail on European rivers including the Rhine, Douro and Danube .
Great British Bake Off judge Mary Berry has christened one of the new ships . |
f53536a231bb46974ceede28eb5be40249a97b0a | McDonald's doesn't think its employees should eat the food they serve. The fast food giant has advised employees to avoid meals with burgers and fries and to eat healthier options like salad and sandwiches. The advice was dispensed on the now-infamous McResource Line, the employees-only website that has told workers to... | The same website that told employees to apply for food stamps, pawn their things and find second jobs is at it again .
McResource Line advises employees to not eat deep fried food .
The Golden Arches wants employees to eat salad and vegetables - minus the bacon, cheese and mayonnaise . |
f5360e488b0839571b8c734c95d7f2636cd8e43e | By . Daily Mail Reporter . A Yemeni faction of al-Qaeda may be planning on attacking western targets, including the United States, a recent video indicates. The video allegedly shows a gathering of hundreds of al-Qaeda members, filmed during a celebration of a mass jailbreak of fighters in Sana'a, Yemen. During the 15-... | Video filmed hundreds of Al-Qaeda members meeting in Yemen in March .
'Crown prince' of AQAP seen speaking of 'removing America'
Shot during celebration of mass breakout from Yemeni prison . |
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