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f90a1f524cf07c4aa8b7dfc464907b2f39b827d2 | In just a few decades they have escaped total extinction after being saved by breeders. The Hucul horses are pictured frolicking in the meadows and forests near Odrzechowa in southeastern Poland. The Hucul is a small primitive breed of sturdy pony which were used as pack horses to carry heavy loads over treacherous pat... | Hucul ponies, known for their endurance and hardiness, were used in eastern Europe in the Second World War .
Only 300 remained in the area after the conflict and the historic breed became known as threatened .
Series of breeding programmes in Carpathian Mountains has replenished population of the species . |
f90a9d95c1a99981f132d8a9d1ce92a97c2a0874 | The Australian government is facing a lawsuit that could cost billions after tobacco giant Philip Morris instigated legal action over the incoming law forcing cigarettes to be sold in plain packaging. The controversial law, which comes into effect from late next year, is being closely watched by other governments in Eu... | Company seeks compensation for loss of trademarks .
Australian government prepares for lawsuit worth 'billions of dollars'
Other major tobacco companies 'to follow suit' |
f90ac55c4ced2c423e66310b97dfab6200fcbbc1 | Grand Rapids, Michigan (CNN) -- I am a big-time news junkie but there are days in which I don't turn on the television because I don't want to find out who's next. The next to fall. The next to be torn down. The next to have their nice and shiny public persona ripped apart, doused with gas and set on fire -- done in by... | LZ Granderson: When our heroes let us down, we're bitterly disappointed .
He says the more we learn about people, the more we see their flaws .
Few people are as good as advertised, or as bad as rumored, he says .
Granderson: We're living in a new kind of America, one without heroes . |
f90b72d0c1146a0a2eea25a31401b8164555c4f3 | By . Fiona Macrae . PUBLISHED: . 19:33 EST, 16 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:33 EST, 16 June 2013 . Doomed and saved: An ash tree infected by dieback which may now be a sight soon forgotten . Scientists have made a breakthrough in the battle against the disease that is ravaging Britain’s ash population. They have unrav... | Scientists have identified the genetic code of tree resistant to dieback .
Discovery may help save the British ash tree population . |
f90b9b286ea68e5b54d46f57727170d4ff96f4ed | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:06 EST, 5 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:59 EST, 5 October 2013 . Cold case: Police suspect they may have found the remains of Doris Anne Wood, 42, who went missing in July 1997 in Delaware . A Kentucky family have discovered human bones inside a storage unit they had purcha... | Doris Anne Wood, 42, went missing in Delaware in July 1997 on her way to meet her sister .
Missing woman's husband, Robert Wood, had been renting out storage unit in Corbin, Kentucky, until his death in May .
Bones found by a man and his dad who bought Mr Wood's storage locker at auction for $170 .
Condition of remains... |
f90bef2f2357b612c75dba71bc1520bb1acfd402 | Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye was barred from boarding a flight back home on Wednesday from the Kenyan capital, where he was undergoing treatment, an airline official said. Besigye flew to Nairobi for treatment two weeks ago after he was injured when police pulled him from a vehicle d... | Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye was in Kenya for treatment .
He has been arrested several times for protesting rising fuel prices .
The protests will continue in his absence, he says . |
f90d4d0508b6fd546904ba34deb452d919809da7 | Arizona Cardinals running back Jonathan Dwyer head-butted his wife and broke her nose after she refused to have sex with him, and punched her in the face the next day, police revealed today. The details surfaced in a law enforcement report a day after Dwyer was arrested on aggravated assault charges and deactivated fro... | Arizona Cardinals running back Jonathan Dwyer was arrested Wednesday on aggravated assault charges in connection with two altercations in July .
Police records show the 25-year-old football star allegedly broke his wife Kayla's nose and punched her with a closed fist in the face .
One of the counts was 'aggravated assa... |
f90da623aa17dc10d457f34c457b65131bc44086 | A bus driver who has been off work with depression for seven months after the sudden death of his daughter following childbirth has been sacked. Robert Parkisson, 62, from Greater Manchester, lost his child Lisa, 35, last June, just two days after she gave birth to her son Zac. Mr Parkisson was diagnosed with reactive ... | Robert Parkisson, 62, claims he was sacked after failing to return to work .
He has been on sick leave since his daughter Lisa died seven months ago .
She died in hospital just two days after giving birth to her son Zac .
Mr Parkisson has been suffering with depression ever since .
But he claims he has been sacked afte... |
f90db18f551d2ce6888efdb76b4966ece59b62c1 | Tottenham's Emmanuel Adebayor has blasted Yaya Toure and his Ivory Coast team-mates for trying to be heroes rather than playing together. The Togolese striker was hugely critical of a squad brimming with Premier League stars including Kolo Toure, Cheick Tiote and Wilfried Bony, as well as former Premier League stars Di... | Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor has blasted Yaya Toure and the Ivory Coast for 'always letting you down' at the World Cup .
He said he 'never trusts' the Elephants to do well at the World Cup .
Adebayor says the team do not play together and forget about their jobs .
The Togolese predicts Nigeria will do the best o... |
f90dd0f33adcd1aae09190c46bef08a1009c0163 | Jerusalem (CNN) -- The Israeli military said Monday that it has suspended an officer who was caught on video striking a pro-Palestinian activist in the face. In a statement, the military described the incident as severe and promised that the circumstances would be investigated and "the necessary measures carried out." ... | Tape of Saturday's incident shows soldiers attempting to block activists .
One young man is shown being hit in face with a rifle .
Israeli military says incident will be investigated .
Video doesn't tell the whole story, military says . |
f90deb49158d245e0912f726376d61062cfa80c3 | A group of daredevil climbers have shown just how fearless they are after camping out on the side of a frozen cliff face in frigid Kyrgyzstan. These jaw-dropping photos show climbers Thomas Senf, Ines Papert and Wolfgang Rusegger taking a break while scaling Mount Kyzyl Asker in Central Asia. The adrenaline junkies wer... | Climbers Thomas Senf, Ines Papert and Wolfgang Rusegger were forced to take a break on Mount Kyzyl Asker .
They were forced to stop in their tracks just 985ft from the summit when a dangerous winter storm struck .
The storm brought heavy snow and triggered avalanches, and prevented the group from completing the climb . |
f90eeb24430b024447340c4c17f72d0d3e0fbbd4 | London (CNN) -- A second case of the potentially deadly MERS virus has been identified in the Netherlands, a spokeswoman for the country's National Public Health Institute told CNN. It comes one day after authorities confirmed the first case. The cases in the Netherlands involve two family members who had traveled toge... | A second MERS case is reported in the Netherlands .
The two cases involve family members who traveled together .
There have been 571 confirmed cases of MERS, including 171 deaths . |
f90f382d1856e3ccd50512ca2b53d0fc275ed473 | (CNN) -- Less than a week after releasing its 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime, Amazon is out with a new list: 150 Love Stories for Every Romantic Mood, just in time for Valentine's Day. Books that made the cut include Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind," Elizabeth Gilbert's "Eat, Pray, Love" and E.L. James' "Fifty... | Amazon.com unveiled its list of 150 love stories fit for any romantic occasion .
The list includes both fiction and nonfiction, adult and young adult romance .
CNN Living curated the list to our 40 favorite picks, including "Cold Mountain" and "Bel Canto"
Did your favorite book about love make the list? Share your opin... |
f90fa3a1d818d2bded6bb0c1007c574975370177 | (CNN) -- The French spend more time eating and drinking than anyone else among the world's wealthy nations, a new study reveals. The study, by the Paris-based Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), found that the average French person spends nine hours sleeping every night, and spends two hours a ... | Average Japanese spends longer at work and getting to work than on leisure .
South Korea and Japan have the lowest obesity rates .
Survey looks at 18 countries among OECD's 30 members to gauge use of time . |
f910e0ac51efdcb9d972e1ee04ae4a0a802b1c78 | (CNN) -- Chelsea have warned a group of supporters they are slowing the progress of the English Premier League outfit after they opted not to return the freehold to the club's Stamford Bridge stadium. The ground, in the west of the English capital, was sold to a fans' organization called the Chelsea Pitch Owners (CPO) ... | Chelsea lose vote to buy back their Stamford Bridge stadium .
A group of the club's fans who own the freehold opt against handing it back .
The 'Chelsea Pitch Owners' have owned the freehold since 1997 .
Club says they are losing $56 million of revenue a year due to limited capacity . |
f910ede2d3f598d2ce379d5c3221b2671fa339bf | By . Sadie Whitelocks . PUBLISHED: . 16:33 EST, 29 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:35 EST, 29 October 2013 . Blonde bombshell Kate Upton is the unlikely cover star of Golf Digest's December issue. The 21-year-old, not known for her putting skills, appears casually leant against golfing legend Arnold Palmer on the fron... | The blonde bombshell appears casually leant against golfing legend Arnold Palmer on the December issue .
'The way she waggled the club was very easy and natural,' Mr Palmer, 84, noted after giving the model a lesson . |
f91128399def5d46eb42e3a2d48a865b75c7eb6b | An Alabama Democrat representative has said that white people would force their child to have an abortion if the father was black. Rep. Alvin Holmes made the comments during a debate on a bill in the Alabama state house which would see the state implement the toughest abortion laws in the U.S. Targeting Republican lawm... | Democrat say 'whites would force daughter to abort baby if father is black'
Alvin Holmes targeted white Republicans in the Alabama House of Reps .
He said that the prospect of a mixed-race baby would change their mind .
He said 'not one in 100,000' would allow child to have a mixed-race baby . |
f9114f17372535bad8568fe332abbf7f001d2188 | A 24-year-old man was tasered at least 13 times before he died in police custody, an attorney for the deceased victim has revealed. Gregory Lewis Towns, Jr was killed last April in East Point, Georgia after he was arrested by police who responded to reports of a domestic dispute with his girlfriend. Towns died after Cp... | Gregory Lewis Towns, Jr was killed on April 11 after a confrontation with police in East Point, Georgia .
While laying on the ground hand-cuffed, Towns was tasered a total of 13 times by two officers .
His death was later deemed a homicide by the medical examiner . |
f911b343e9a5be947618dc2e371aafa12caba8c9 | Marouane Fellaini appeared to land a nasty elbow to the face of Joe Allen during Belgium's Euro 2016 qualifier against Wales on Sunday night. The Manchester United and Belgium midfielder was caught on camera as his elbow collided with the face of his Welsh opponent, before escaping without punishment. The incident, mid... | Wales travelled to Belgium for a Euro 2016 Group B qualifying match .
Marouane Fellaini appeared to land an elbow on Joe Allen .
The incident left the Welsh midfielder gushing with blood .
Fellaini escaped punishment from the referee .
The Belgian has caused controversy for elbows in the past . |
f911d1c5992b930e9bed7ee2220c6f37e72c65f5 | David Cameron was yesterday pushing for tougher sanctions to strike at the heart of Russia’s economy over its incursion into Ukraine – even if they risk hurting the City. Downing Street admitted that targeting lending to sectors such as oil could have an impact on London’s financial heart. But the Prime Minister’s spok... | Brussels has announced proposals to step up sanctions against Moscow .
A new embargo on arms sales to Russia is also set to be introduced .
EU has pledged to pass new sanctions by Friday unless Putin pulls back . |
f9120f1ffd514298409d7b540f189090447ceafe | Wonton Food replaced the 'saucy' notes with milder messages . By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 04:06 EST, 11 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:44 EST, 11 February 2013 . Change: Parents contacted Wonton Food after becoming concerned . The world's largest fortune cookie manufacturer has removed romantic messages from the... | Wonton Food replaced the 'saucy' notes with milder messages . |
f912335139a31ecae8793fac393410c587ed936c | Mario Balotelli was reportedly dumped by Belgian model Fanny Neguesha because he objected to her sexy mag poses. The Italian striker proposed to the 22-year-old beauty at last year's World Cup in Brazil with a £25,000 sparkler. However, the relationship proved short lived as Fanny returned the engagement ring after he ... | Mario Balotelli did not want to see his fiancee in photoshoots .
Hated the idea of other men gawping at her body in magazines .
Fanny Neguesha ended relationship and returned £25,000 engagement ring .
Model is preparing for Italy's version of 'I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here' |
f9128171bd085d0e44f7ea396935116cceb9e367 | By . Ryan Gorman . PUBLISHED: . 11:31 EST, 23 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 11:32 EST, 23 January 2014 . U.S. birth rates have been on a steady decline since the onset of the ‘Great recession.’ Newly released data shows births fell 10 per cent from 2008 to 2011, down to well under 4million births after hitting an all-t... | U.S. births hit an all-time high of 4.3million in 2007 .
Births dropped to only 3.8million by 2011 .
A steep decline in the number of teen pregnancies is believed to be a contributing factor . |
f912f04ac3925d228fb6dc43344951bc5c4c91e6 | Super Bowl advertisers are being careful not to offend with this weekend's television spots, going for cute, cuddly and sentimental as opposed to the sexy commercials of years past. The millions who tune in on Sunday can expect lots of puppies and relatable celebrities, as opposed to scantily clad women and sexual situ... | Super Bowl advertisers are going for cute, cuddly and sentimental spots as opposed to the sexy commercials of years past .
Celebrities like Mindy Kaling, Kim Kardashian, Lindsay Lohan and Brett Favre all appear in commercials that poke fun at their fame .
Puppies are also big, appearing in ads for Budweiser and GoDaddy... |
f9133ad5a1940d06329b56c4c9956f944fca1c78 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Satirical TV anchorman Stephen Colbert may not have a dog in this fight, but his name alone may have helped a Pomeranian-Chihuahua mix puppy beat a 6-year-old Cavalier King Charles spaniel. Stephen Colbert el dos rips the prize away from Mozart in the weekly competition. In the online doggie beauty ... | "Stephen Colbert el dos" beats Mozart in dog beauty pageant .
Contest Web site says Mozart fans violated the voting rules .
Mozart, a 6-year-old Cavalier King Charles spaniel, had been winning . |
f91384e4c5b418c08e56572d9030fe15db76d32c | Edinburgh Rugby are facing a fight to keep Scotland international Tim Visser, with a host of clubs pursuing the signature of the prolific winger. Sportsmail can reveal that, although contract talks have opened with the SRU, the 27-year-old has yet to sign an extended deal. That has alerted clubs from the Aviva Premiers... | Tim Visser has yet to sign a new contract with Edinburgh Rugby .
His potential availability will alert Premiership and Top 14 clubs .
Dutch-born Scotland winger is a fans' favourite at Murrayfield .
He scored during Edinburgh's 21-19 loss to Lyon on Saturday . |
f913966e558b9f9b3bceccdd1c32ca91b6508bc5 | A grandmother has been jailed for 25 years over the death of her three-year-old grandson who was suffocated to death using six blankets in a twisted punishment called The Wrap. Michael McMullen was 'tied like a mummy' with his arms pinned to his side and loose ends of fabric wrapped over his head for four hours - while... | Michael McMullen was wrapped in blankets after refusing to have a nap .
Grandmother Gale Watkins, 57, pinned boy's arms to his side and rolled him in a king-sized blanket, wrapped it over his head and tied a knot .
She checked on him once to tell him to stop crying so she could sleep .
She tried to untie it then gave u... |
f9141cf0d52c7d55dc47c550455da69c130ae278 | (CNN) -- James von Brunn, who was accused of killing a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in June, died Wednesday morning at a hospital in North Carolina, his attorney said. "He was just very sick," public defender A.J. Kramer said. "It is a sad end to a very sad occurrence." Von Brunn, 89, a self-av... | He was accused of killing Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns at the Holocaust Memorial Museum .
Von Brunn faced seven-count indictment, four could have made him eligible for death penalty .
He died in a North Carolina hospital . |
f91453ada2caf9defb3a6d4e839b53f1c3529cb1 | By . Dan Bloom . For most holidaymakers, there's enough fear of heights to be had from the Eiffel Tower or the Empire State Building. Clearly these are not living on the edge enough for James Kingston - who dangled a 'free climber' off the side of a 377ft-high bridge in the Ukraine holding only his wrist. The thrillsee... | 'Mustang Wanted' scaled 377ft Moscow Bridge in Ukraine unharnessed .
Stunt features in C4 film about British free climber James Kingston, 23 .
Lives with his mother near Southampton scaling cranes and radio towers .
Feature will carry a prominent Don't Try This At Home warning, say chiefs . |
f914552aa4a3f30c489361c301b0c5b079c9e3b3 | (CNN) -- Should a sporting event be allowed to continue if a key participant dies during competition? Golf's European Tour insisted it should be following the death of Alastair Forsyth's caddie Iain McGregor on the final day of the Madeira Islands Open Sunday. Known affectionately as Mac by his friends, McGregor collap... | Caddie Iain McGregor dies after suspected heart attack at Madeira Islands Open .
European Tour decides tournament should be completed .
A number of golf players angered by European Tour's decision to finish play . |
f914565fc81405838335dc32ca0b2fb070783912 | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 11:17 EST, 17 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:17 EST, 17 December 2013 . Normally the rejects of the Christmas dinner plate, sprouts are often shoved aside to make way for roast potatoes and scoops of stuffing. But a self-styled Willy Wonka may have achieved the impossible task of get... | Chocolate shop owner and magician created Truffle Sprouts .
Chocolatier started experimenting with the vegetables at a family party . |
f914a9884444a6a1fa9993a2aef732dc4b82d9aa | By . Martin Robinson . A teacher who held a knife to a student's throat and then joked he would kill him after he got an answer wrong has been banned for two years. John Holmes grabbed a 12-year-old pupil, put him in a headlock and pulled a blade from his pocket during a lesson at Landau Forte College in Derby in the s... | John Holmes, 53, said incident at Landau College in Derby was 'jovial' fun .
He pulled a knife from his pocket and 'made a pretend threat to kill' boy, 12 .
Disciplinary panel finds Holmes guilty of 'unacceptable professional conduct' |
f9150b4960ed5ef0f82c6d70acb66309de1599a6 | Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- In a very clever television advertisement, Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell looks directly at the camera and says to voters: "I'm not a witch. ... I'm you." In another ad, O'Donnell says that unlike her Democratic opponent Chris Coons, "I didn't go to Yale. I didn't inherit m... | Christine O'Donnell's campaign, ads stress populist theme of "I'm You"
Julian Zelizer: Republican policies have helped wealthy and increased inequality .
He says the GOP has supported supply-side economics, deregulation since Reagan .
Under Democrats, Americans of all income have done better, Zelizer says . |
f9155589f417f0179a40abec5ef8862a006ceb7c | (CNN) -- You had to feel sorry for the home team when host country Brazil got trounced 7-1 by Germany in their World Cup final match on Tuesday. Unless you're Twitter. If you're Twitter, it was open season on the hapless squad, and the more brutally funny you were about the shocking blowout, the better. We've rounded u... | Brazil's stunning loss to Germany in World Cup inspired a flood of tweets .
They range from standard sports trash talk to pop culture references .
One gem: "I just took the poll, Which German Goal Against Brazil Are You? I'm #6!" |
f91565ffbf4c2b5101cfe2e2a25670301098dd29 | By . Mail On Sunday Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 16:15 EST, 18 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:50 EST, 19 May 2013 . Departed: Tracey Sharp has left self-proclaimed Messiah Philip amid claims that the family are suffering 'difficulties' The man dubbed the ‘Rampant Rabbi’ after claiming God told him to take seven wives has been... | Karyn Sharp shared 'husband' Philip with six other women for ten years .
Mother-of-five walked out amid claims the family is having 'difficulties'
Mr Sharp has self-proclaimed rabbi has one legal wife and 17 children .
To see the full interview from This Morning click here . |
f9159446a4463f1b9832758989655b269cfb1eb3 | New York police have cut back on arrests and reduced the amount of summonses they normally issue at this time of year, as relations continue to sour with Mayor Bill de Blasio. In the week to last Sunday, officers made half as many arrests as they normally do and issued just 347 summonses. During the same period a year ... | 2,401 arrests were made compared to 5,448 during the same period .
And just 347 summonses were issued compared to 4,077 last year .
Comes after officers turned their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio . |
f915fa4bde1b60bb655c78702d770173ab6bbde7 | Liverpool vice-captain Jordan Henderson insisted it was vital the Merseyside club do not become another shock FA Cup fourth-round victim. Having seen the Premier League's top three of Chelsea, Manchester City and Southampton plus sixth-placed Tottenham all lose at home to lower-placed opposition, the Reds were then hel... | Liverpool were held to a goalless draw by Bolton at Anfield on Saturday .
Jordan Henderson glad to have survived a weekend full of shocks .
Manchester City, Chelsea, Southampton and Tottenham all crashed out .
Draw for the next round takes places on Monday . |
f9163f8df1b21eff0daa086dc3c63ffd035c9833 | A Utah high school teacher charged with raping her 16-year-old student pleaded not guilty Thursday to three counts of first degree sexual assault. Brianne Altice, 34, was an English teacher at Davis High School in deeply Mormon Kaysville, Utah when she was arrested in October for the alleged sexual relationship, which ... | Brianne Altice, 34, was a teacher at Davis High School in Kaysville, Utah .
She has been charged with rape after police investigated three counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor .
The teen was able to accurately describe her tattoos to police and layout of her home .
16-year-old boy admitted to investigators h... |
f91749c337c600444ae73c1edc9d8263f499103c | By . Claire Bates . PUBLISHED: . 18:01 EST, 15 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:25 EST, 16 May 2012 . Abiraterone is marketed as Zytiga . A drug to treat advanced prostate cancer should be given to patients in England and Wales, according to the NHS rationing body. Abiraterone, marketed as Zytiga, can extend the lives of l... | Final approval of abiraterone for England and Wales expected in June .
Prostate cancer charity calls on Scotland to approve drug . |
f917b9be5e0040b20f700409c9bfb9181c26f598 | (CNN) -- Two years ago, the Supreme Court upended the rules for campaign finance, unleashing a tsunami of unregulated, unrestricted and undisclosed spending that has, in effect, allowed donors to buy elections. The full impact of this decision is just now becoming clear, and it's bad both for America's businesses and f... | David Brodwin says Citizens United ruling is bad for small businesses .
He says poll found that most small businesses don't like role of money in politics .
He says that role favors old, moneyed industries, not new ones that drive innovation .
Brodwin: Campaign spending has un-American effect of stifling competition . |
f917f1c56c4fbe980d952b3f644c19cec3309936 | By . Lucy Crossley . PUBLISHED: . 03:46 EST, 10 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 08:50 EST, 10 January 2014 . Criticism: Carole and Mike Middleton's firm Party Pieces has been accused of cashing in ahead of the Duchess of Cambridge's tour of Australia . The Duchess of Cambridge's parents have been accused on cashing in on... | Party supplies website is promoting Australia Day merchandise .
Range includes flip flop notepads, balloons and sunglasses .
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit Australia and New Zealand in April . |
f9180fd14888416a5f62d0d0c62925ad902e5161 | (CNN) -- Just hours after fatally shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman told police investigators the shooting followed a life-and-death struggle in which the teen told him, "You're going to die tonight." Read the written statement from Zimmerman to police about what happened (PDF) The audio of the Febr... | George Zimmerman tells police he was attacked by Trayvon Martin .
He says Martin "jumped out from the bushes" and punched him .
The audio and video interviews shed light on Zimmerman's account of the shooting . |
f91870e956989b71c86462b256d7dd74148e0d32 | John Higgins suffered a heavy defeat to little-known Li Hang in the first round of the International Championship. The 39-year-old Scot has slipped into steady decline, failing to advance beyond the quarter-finals of any tournament since finishing runner-up at the Wuxi Classic in June 2013. The four-time world champion... | John Higgins beaten 6-1 by relatively unknown Li Hang in first round .
Higgins only managed a break of 69, Graeme Dott also knocked out .
Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Ben Woollaston 6-4 to advance to last 32 . |
f9189e28912eff660a65ff4ca703879fd92f4850 | Parents take note: Spain is cracking down on its sulky teenagers. And not before time, some argue. Under a draft bill approved in the Spanish Parliament, under 18s will be legally obliged to do chores and be 'respectful'. Teenagers in Spain could be forced to help out with the chores under a draft bill in Spain. Pictu... | The bill has been approved in the Spanish Parliament .
If it is passed, under 18s will have to help out with housework .
They will also have to respect 'their parents and siblings' |
f918a1028d5239c93dddd3184b8af0047f317ad6 | BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Wei Wenhua was a model communist and is now a bloggers' hero -- a "citizen journalist" turned martyr. The construction company manager was driving his car when he witnessed an ugly scene: a team of about 50 city inspectors beating villagers who tried to block trucks from unloading trash near th... | Beating death of Chinese Wei Wenhua prompts outrage .
One Chinese blogger writes: "City inspectors are worse than the mafia"
City inspectors in China act as auxiliary support to police .
Wei reportedly died at hands of inspectors this month . |
f918e3077f0e59e730bc8d7688c6f50ee926e294 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Each year at the national figure skating championships, the top three finishers are named as the US Olympic team. But a controversial decision by the U.S. Figure Skating Association on Sunday has seen Ashley Wagner - a major marketing element of the Olympics plan who crashed out of the finals... | Ashley Wagner, 22, placed a distant fourth at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Boston on Saturday after falling twice during her routine .
On Sunday she was shocked to learn she had been selected to compete at the Winter Olympics in Sochi despite her performance .
The decision meant the third-place finisher, Mi... |
f9199156c71365e85d2a2df3efef9f52967133a4 | By . Richard Spillett . Britain was the in the depths of war, and in the fields of Flanders, his Army comrades were fighting and all too often dying. But for Second Lt the Hon Rowland George Winn it was an affair of the heart which threatened to end his war: the Coldstream Guards officer was forced out of his regiment ... | Marriage of officer and stage girl caused scandal during First World War .
Roland Winn had to leave Coldstream Guards after marrying 'a commoner'
His bride, Evie Carew, was not recognised at court for years after marriage .
Now new details of the union have emerged ahead of radio show on couple .
Historians uncover rec... |
f91a2002270712da9ce9e739a80adfd03078add5 | Muhammad Ali cannot remember his third heavyweight title win, his daughter has revealed . Boxing great Muhammad Ali cannot remember winning his third world heavyweight title, his daughter has revealed - but he still jokes about making a comeback to win it again. Ali, who has been fighting bravely against Parkinson's Di... | Muhammad Ali cannot remember winning his third title, daughter says .
But she revealed the boxing great still jokes about making a comeback'
Boxing legend says he is 'going to be the four-time champ' aged 72 .
Ali won his third heavyweight world title against Leon Spinks in 1978 .
Sporting great has been fighting agai... |
f91a7dfc7c9e73520a361fe8bcc34336b72879ac | (CNN) -- Apple CEO Tim Cook had to apologize for the buggy new Maps app in the iPhone 5 and iOS 6 on Friday, saying that his company "fell short" of making a "world-class product." It was a gracious and humble admission of a major mistake -- a sign that Apple takes its customers seriously and conducts itself with integ... | Apple CEO Tim Cook had to apologize for new Maps app on iPhone 5 and iOS 6 .
Nilay Patel: In its competition with Google, Apple seems to have gotten a bit lost .
He says it's more than a little strange for Apple to tell customers to try other products .
Patel: No company wants to be praised for its apologies; Apple nee... |
f91a988cbae23ce823b9e329f142545aa2e8dd3b | Sam Burgess scored his first Aviva Premiership try for Bath as the title contenders brushed off Recreation Ground visitors Wasps in bonus point fashion. Former rugby league star Burgess struck 45 minutes into the contest, which highlighted his most effective performance since he entered the union code as a second-half ... | Rugby league convert Sam Burgess gave best performance so far .
Francois Louw, Semesa Rokoduguni, Matt Banahan and Ollie Devoto also scored tries for the hosts as England fly-half George Ford kicked 14 points .
Wasps collected a losing bonus point after scoring four tries of their own .
Bath are one point behind Premie... |
f91aeb60cd4c5b09c89fb862f3ef63c67286f303 | (CNN) -- A raging wildfire near the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico has prompted the evacuation of more than 10,000 residents in the town as firefighters battle hot temperatures and high winds, authorities said Monday. An estimated 8,000 people were expected to evacuate Monday, according to Kelly Stewart, ... | NEW: More than 10,000 people are affected by the evacuation order .
Central structures at the facility are well protected, officials say .
Authorities order a mandatory evacuation for the town of Los Alamos .
The Los Alamos National Laboratory will remain closed on Tuesday . |
f91aef4a4c7ac69c9fdba625031bec5d4e3c7e55 | Youth unemployment is falling faster in Britain than in any major global economy, employment minister Esther McVey will boast on a visit to Australia today. More than 6million people aged 16-24 are in work or studying after businesses made a 'game-changing investment' in the nation's young people, Miss McVey claims. Th... | In first three months of 2014 UK saw 5.38% fall in youth unemployment .
Fall was lower in Germany and France, but Canada, USA and Italy saw rises .
Top Tory Esther McVey attends employment ministers' summit in Melbourne .
Says British firms making a 'game-changing' investment in young workers .
Will examine Australia's... |
f91b163fad5a2f6cffb3a7f55b77de88742c1e1f | Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg will start the Italian Grand Prix on the front row of the grid, the Briton on pole, the German alongside him. Within a few gear-flicking seconds, the road will narrow at the Variante del Rettifilo and the two of them will try to thread their silver Mercedes over the corner’s kerbs in the... | Italian Grand Prix at Monza the latest setting for Mercedes feud .
Lewis Hamilton is on pole, Nico Rosberg starts in second .
German driver is 29 points ahead in drivers standings . |
f91b2a2cfe439de741e8cb7aca3fc253b0873876 | A sex abuse victim who was forced by his neighbour to act out Kama Sutra scenes when he was just nine years old has finally received justice after he bumped into his grinning abuser more than 30 years later. Taxi driver Guy Beadle, 45, was abused at the hands of Barry Rosamund, then 15, who would hold his victim in a h... | Guy Beadle, 45, was just nine when he began being abused by neighbour .
Attacker, 15, would put him in headlock until he carried out sickening acts .
Mr Beadle kept what happened secret, but was traumatised by the abuse .
Then, in 2012, he bumped into Barry Rosamund unexpectedly in London .
It prompted him to tell his ... |
f91b9e1279e8a05510b8e74c56d1cea6c72d060e | (CNN) -- PGA star Hunter Mahan chose family over work this weekend, and though it may have cost him more than $1 million, he sounds ecstatic. "What a whirlwind of a day," Mahan tweeted Sunday morning, "but I'm happy to announce the birth of my daughter Zoe Olivia Mahan born at 3:26 am. Thanks for all the support! "Both... | Pro golfer Hunter Mahan and his wife, Kandi, have their first child .
Mahan withdraws from RBC Canadian Open tournament in which he was leading .
He walks away from a potential $1 million payday .
He thanks sponsors "who appreciate what's important in life" and "awesome" fans . |
f91ba84ea14ea9aa3ba9e2994d7a9ef5230e30f1 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:45 EST, 28 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:48 EST, 28 June 2012 . Two of Surrey Police's most senior officers are being investigated over claims they turned a blind eye to allegations News of the World reporters were hacking schoolgirl Milly Dowler’s phone. A probe has been laun... | Watchdog to examine claims the senior officers failed to act on reports as early as 2002 that News of the World journalists had listened to murdered schoolgirl's voicemail . |
f91bb51cb2930b5d42704a80c8c664d8ee491a1b | (CNN)After two weeks of failed negotiations, Houthi rebels announced Friday that they will chart Yemen's political future, setting up groups to replace the volatile Arab nation's parliament and form a presidential council. This all follows last month's resignations of President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi and other official... | Yemen's President, Prime Minister resigned as Houthi rebels advanced .
U.N.-sponsored talks didn't lead to a resolution agreed to by all parties .
The Houthi Revolutionary Committee will be in charge, with a new parliament coming . |
f91be713164d3c6d4f9e4a5fd438183c36d5e743 | By . Eleanor Harding . PUBLISHED: . 12:12 EST, 28 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 09:27 EST, 1 March 2014 . Roaming charges for British travellers using their phones in EU countries are on course to be slashed from October. Proposals to outlaw the exorbitant fees – which have led to holidaymakers and businessmen being ... | Proposals are currently under review in .
Brussels to outlaw the exorbitant fees, which have long been the bugbear .
of holidaymakers and businessmen .
If charges are scrapped, Britons travelling in the EU would enjoy the same charges for calls, texts and data use as they would in the UK .
Experts predict the removal o... |
f91c1f95f5959c92736487d5781a46b34d210096 | Editor's note: Rep. Jared Polis, a Democrat, represents Colorado's 2nd Congressional District and is appearing in CNN.com's "Freshman Year" series along with Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a Republican from Utah. Jared Polis says America's immigration system is broken and urgently needs reform. (CNN) -- Twelve-year-old Josh Garc... | Jared Polis: America urgently needs to reform broken immigration system .
He says the public supports comprehensive immigration reform .
America's strength comes from being a nation of immigrants, Polis says . |
f91c4fe20339c882a52f3e80abee161f135bffc6 | Formula One drivers will have to be at least 18-years-old from 2016. The announcement of new rules by motorsport governing body FIA on Tuesday came following the Toro Rosso team's decision to hire 17-year-old Max Verstappen for this year's championship. Max Verstappen will become the youngest F1 racer ever when he driv... | Toro Rosso snapped up Max Verstappen when he was just 16 .
Verstappen is the son of former Formula One driver Jos .
From 2016 drivers will also have accumulated certain amount of points . |
f91c56119880deea37677abf75ded6031d50872a | St. Louis, Missouri (CNN) -- An employee at a transformer manufacturing company opened fire on his co-workers Thursday, killing three people before turning the gun on himself, police said. Five other ABB Inc. employees were wounded in the shooting in the company's factory in St. Louis, police said. A law enforcement of... | NEW: Timothy Hendron opened fire on co-workers, turned gun on himself, police say .
Three others dead, three critically injured and two in fair condition, officials say .
Hendron is part of group of employees who sued company's retirement plan administrators . |
f91d0cfee74e6c37bd51dfe403f7402ceade0727 | More men are raped in the U.S. than woman, according to figures that include sexual abuse in prisons. In 2008, it was estimated 216,000 inmates were sexually assaulted while serving time, according to the Department . of Justice figures. That is compared to 90,479 rape cases outside of prison. 216,000 prisoners are rap... | In 2008 it was estimated 216,000 inmates assaulted in detention .
Four per cent of prisoners said they had been sexually abused in 2011 .
Department of Justice introducing regulations to tackle high rates of abuse . |
f91db112804dc480d27207c542e4ac85c7907263 | By . Gerard Couzens . The Spanish mayor of a popular expat town has come under fire for posting pictures of a pretend military invasion of Gibraltar on his Facebook page. Fransisco Perez Trigueros was branded a 'fool' after using a mocked-up image of Spanish Army soldiers marching over Gibraltar's runway while fighter ... | Fransisco Perez Trigueros branded a 'fool' for putting picture on Facebook .
Mr Trigueros is nationalist mayor of Callosa de Segura near Alicante .
The image shows Spanish Army soldiers marching over Gibraltar's runway .
He came under fire last month for a Facebook rant over Catalonia . |
f91dbcb1d331b891ee34bdda933c9dc4b3f187ae | By . David Martosko . PUBLISHED: . 20:20 EST, 1 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:55 EST, 2 May 2013 . White House Press Secretary Jay Carney denied on Wednesday that the Obama administration was prohibiting any U.S. personnel who survived last year's attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya from testifying before Co... | White House Press Secretary insisted that no government employees were being blocked from testifying about the 2012 Benghazi consulate attack .
Four survivors have retained lawyers to help prepare their testimony, with at least one attorney saying her client's superiors threatened him .
The House Oversight committee wi... |
f91deb71781b40b442a9543a6f8519fef5f88f89 | Facial surgery that targets and removes small portions of migraine-triggering muscle or nerve tissue may offer permanent relief for some people with the debilitating headaches, a new study suggests. More than 30 million Americans experience migraine headaches. "Other migraine treatments either temporarily prevent the s... | Migraine patients who responded to Botox on a trigger point were enrolled in study .
Patients were given real surgery to deactivate trigger point or sham surgery .
57 percent of patients who had actual surgery said migraines were eliminated .
Some patients who got sham surgery reported improvements as well . |
f91e1576ab12cd386d7e67b4e140d10205afbae2 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 05:20 EST, 14 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:53 EST, 15 October 2012 . Cockfighting is gaining popularity among middle-class professionals such as doctors and dentists, the RSPCA warned yesterday. The organisation raised concerns about the growing trend after raiding two farms ... | 500 birds found in raid by organisation - along with 60 pairs of lethal spurs .
Father and son plead guilty to animal cruelty at West Sussex farms they ran .
Growing revival of a 'sport' which was .
banned in England and Wales in 1835 . |
f91e2ea3da240559196a84f0df1c1f145a611b02 | Sherman Hemsley's body lies in an El Paso, Texas, funeral home refrigerator more than a month after his death while a court decides who gets the actor's remains. A Philadelphia man claiming to be the "Jeffersons" actor's brother is challenging a will Hemsley signed a month before his death, according to the funeral hom... | A Philadelphia man claiming to be the "Jeffersons" actor's brother is challenging his will .
"It is disgraceful," Hemsley's longtime partner Flora Enchinton tells CNN affiliate KVIA-TV.
Will signed by Hemsley a month after cancer diagnosis named Enchinton as executor .
Hemsley died of cancer on July 24 . |
f91ebd901d331f88b64ad3342f6dbff354da7c7e | A fridge-sized asteroid has crashed into the Moon, in the largest lunar collision with a space rock ever captured on video. Incredible video footage has emerged of the spectacular fireball created as the asteroid impacted the Mare Nubium, a lava-filled basin on the moon. Spanish astronomer Jose Maria Madiedo, a Profess... | Spanish astronomer films asteroid hitting the moon .
Impact creates longest and brightest afterglow ever recorded .
Asteroid hit the moon at 61,000 kilometres an hour . |
f91f2b201bd0959bc53bfc9097b9f4bb6c4e956a | By . Alasdair Glennie . PUBLISHED: . 19:00 EST, 10 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:37 EST, 11 September 2012 . Being critical is Barry Norman’s job. But now the veteran film reviewer is facing some critics of his own. Readers have taken him to task over his weekly film review column in the Radio Times, saying it is ... | Readers have taken the veteran film reviewer to task over his column in the Radio Times .
They pointed to his recent review of the 1990 film Julia Roberts film Pretty Woman . |
f91f36e23505ae8a9be3162ae20ba9f73b1ee804 | Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Federal officials Thursday barred the promoters of last week's deadly off-road race in Southern California from holding future races on public land while an investigation is under way. Saturday night's crash in the desert east of Los Angeles left eight people dead and nine injured when ... | Organizers of a race that turned deadly are barred from racing on public land .
The California Highway Patrol says it will not file criminal charges against the driver .
The driver says he is devastated by the incident .
Saturday night's crash left eight people dead . |
f91fa63c57f35b7fe2d47e13d0463535e5210425 | The fault zone expected to generate the next 'big one' earthquake has gone silent. Researchers are baffled by the lack of activity at the 1,00km long Cascadia fault which stretches from Northern Vancouver Island to Cape Mendocino in California. Experts believe the lack of activity could point to a build up of pressure ... | Cascadia 'megathrust' fault is a 1,000 Km long dipping fault .
It stretches from Northern Vancouver Island to Cape Mendocino California .
Researchers believe fault is 'locked' and pressure building in it . |
f9201cd8f6daec5f9e871ae59a25d441e025cc2b | New York (CNN) -- As snow fell across New York Harbor, Isabel Belarsky clutched her mother, Clara, aboard a passenger ship that puttered toward Ellis Island and wondered what their new lives would bring. The year was 1930. About a week earlier, the 10-year-old girl from what is now called St. Petersburg, Russia, had em... | Friday marks the 125th anniversary of the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty .
A Russian immigrant recalls her Ellis Island passage in 1930 .
The Statue of Liberty was a French gift .
Webcams stream video footage from the torch on anniversary . |
f920c32ff144eb8c3e9a656d623ab9f9fd573242 | By . Anna Hodgekiss . PUBLISHED: . 08:07 EST, 27 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:27 EST, 27 March 2013 . A mother advised to abort her baby daughter after scans showed her organs were on the outside of her body has spoken of her relief that she saved her. Nine-month-old Piper Smith was given just a 25 per cent chance of... | Amanda Smith, was told at 11-week scan she should .
consider an abortion .
Baby Piper had rare weakness of abdominal wall, so organs were protruding .
She grew in the womb with her liver, intestine and bladder outside her body .
But doctors discovered when she was born that they were all working fine .
Is now being kep... |
f921bb465b151e104e806ebc15013784b39a02c8 | An RAF training plane came dangerously close to colliding with a remote controlled aircraft while flying above Cambridgeshire, it has emerged. The plane came to within just 40ft of the remote-controlled model aircraft, which the report stated may have been flying at 600ft. A UK Airprox Board report labelled the inciden... | Training plane came within 40ft of RC aircraft in near collision .
Airprox report said 'safety of the aircraft may have been compromised'
The pilot was required to bank hard left to avoid a collision, report said .
Both the training aircraft and RC plane were allowed to use airspace . |
f9227dd7435a86219ff830146f07ac2bdb6c9eba | Voicing her concerns: Camille Paglia is urging a major overhaul of sexual education classes in public schools so that the information is more focused on actual needs of students . A top academic has called for massive changes in the sex ed system so that rather than simply being told not to get pregnant, young girls sh... | Paglia, one of the leading academics in gender and sexual dynamics, has revealed that sex ed should not be focused on preventing pregnancies .
Says that young girls need to be aware of fertility rates so that they can plan whether or not they want to focus on their career or family early on .
Classes are currently focu... |
f9233dcb8b17a53ea7e226d2dc07975d86712814 | MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Any attempt to pardon Mikhail Khodorkovsky -- once Russia's richest man, now its most famous inmate -- must follow standard procedure, including an admission of guilt, the nation's president said Sunday. Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man, is imprisoned in a work camp 4,000 miles f... | There will be no favoritism for Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian leader says .
Former head of Yukos oil company serving nine years for fraud, tax evasion .
President says talks of a pardon are premature . |
f9236f88e7fcf1842fbcb68a72a12efa917d3fa2 | New York (CNN) -- Tommy Hilfiger began his career selling jeans out of the back seat of his car in upstate New York. On Sunday night, the designer celebrated the 25th anniversary of his fashion label with 25 limited-edition pieces inspired by American legends. "It's been an amazing journey from where I started," Hilfig... | The designer's collection includes looks inspired by Grace Kelly and James Dean .
He calls his combination of classic looks with a rock 'n' roll vibe "the Tommy Twist"
The Strokes perform at the after-party, with more than 1,200 guests in the audience . |
f923d849dee71e25bcac77801919c96ca0ba566c | By . Associated Press Reporter and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 16:23 EST, 9 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:30 EST, 9 May 2013 . There was chaos at Miami International Airport on Thursday afternoon after one of it's busiest concourses had to be evacuated as authorities investigated a suspicious package. Airport spo... | The package was found at the airport's J concourse outside the gate of a Caribbean Air flight .
Ten flights were unable to depart and two incoming flights were diverted to other gates . |
f92417383ab362d6458b117fbe9212ecbd377a90 | Bath suffered an agonising defeat that could prove terminal to their hopes of qualifying for the Champions Cup knock-out stages as their young tyros were outgunned by a star-studded French outfit. Following last week's embarrassing loss in Glasgow, Bath were desperate to claim their first win of the European campaign b... | Bath must now win all four remaining matches in the Champions Cup .
Toulouse tries came from Vincent Clerc, Imanol Harinordoquy and Maxime Medard, while Toby Flood (two) and Luke McAlister kicked conversions .
George Ford kicked three penalties, a drop-goal and a conversion .
Ross Batty scored a late try for the hosts... |
f924199bbc98b9f4d08d41184cde2bc8f992e682 | By . Mark Duell . Last updated at 5:21 PM on 13th December 2011 . Expect the poles to be replaced with crosses and songs of praise instead of seedy music - as this former strip club could soon become a church. Art Hage is already a pastor of several churches but now wants to set up a new one at the notorious Pink Pony ... | Art Hage has plans for old strip club in West Virginia .
Trying to raise $795,000 to renovate building in a year .
Strip club notorious for Powerball winner theft incident . |
f9242fde2260d0a3508728f3d5237b33ac83a308 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . A mother who was taunted at school for her love of sports and branded a ‘wimp’ by her bullying ex-boyfriend has fought back by becoming a professional bodybuilder. Heather Crowley, 49, from Baddeley Green, Staffordshire became deeply self-conscious after she got divorced at the age of 30 - an... | Heather Crowley, 49, from Baddeley Green, Staffs. was bullied by her boss .
She was also taunted as a schoolgirl and by an abusive boyfriend .
She's training for National Amateur Bodybuilder's Association contest . |
f92441eadc5cf7e4edc00aca7f8523d277f5bf27 | By . Ted Thornhill . A thug with 19 convictions has been jailed for smashing a New Year’s Eve reveller on the head with a stolen vodka bottle. Victim Jonny Smith, 25, was left in a coma for two weeks, needed a titanium plate in his skull and has been left with brain damage. Surgeons removed a section of his skull the s... | Alexander Hunter was jailed after leaving victim Jonny Smith in a coma .
Hunter smashed a bottle of vodka over Mr Smith's head in Colchester .
Mr Smith was out celebrating the New Year with his girlfriend at the time .
He needed a titanium plate in his skull and has been left with brain damage .
After the hearing the f... |
f924d0437d2f2627db2d464e582c0c37eb3eaef2 | The sombre rumours have stalked him down the decades, but now they are acquiring greater urgency. Muhammad Ali is gravely ill. Parkinson’s Syndrome, the brutal legacy of his 21 years in the professional ring, has tightened its hold and, at 72, there are signs that his battle may soon be over. In time, many will attempt... | Muhammad Ali will be remembered as the greatest heavyweight of all time .
His most famous fight was the so-called 'Rumble in the Jungle' in Zaire .
Ali reclaimed the title after knocking out George Foreman in the 8th round .
Years of punishment have taken their toll with Ali suffering from Parkinson's Syndrome and his ... |
f925806303002fb2f9600c02ff45605f258e5be5 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 08:29 EST, 26 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:22 EST, 26 November 2013 . The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is set to direct airlines to avoid flying Boeing 787 Dreamliners and 747-8 jumbo jets with General Electric engines near thunderstorms after some planes exper... | The regulator said it will issue an airworthiness directive this week .
It is also working with GE and Boeing to come up with a solution .
Ice could affect 747-8 and 787 planes powered by General Electric .
Japan Airlines has pulled Dreamliners from two international routes .
It is the latest in a spate of mishaps for ... |
f925f5716f139340d1ab4162ec26a165aa6619fc | Ahead of his landmark 100th England appearance, Wayne Rooney has been given commemorative boots with '100' printed on them to mark a special century. The striker, who should join the 100 club on Saturday in the Euro 2016 qualifier against Slovenia, posted the picture of him holding the boots on Instagram, and had a spe... | Nike have given Wayne Rooney personalised boots ahead of the striker reaching his 100th England appearance .
Century should come in the Euro 2016 qualifier with Slovenia on Saturday .
Rooney said: 'Never prouder than representing my country'
Rooney is six shy of England's record goalscorer Sir Bobby Charlton . |
f9265ea7fc2c34cdb523decbe51ebe1a58ed8743 | A widow has been left more than £4,000 out of pocket after she says that workmen vanished halfway through revamping her garden. Joyce Watt, 74, paid the builders to redesign her garden and the driveway of her home in Aberdeen. But she was left distraught when the Oakstone Driveways workers failed to return and finish o... | Agreed to pay £3,000 for the work but builders began asking for more cash .
Joyce secured planning permission from Aberdeen City Council .
Workmen 'failed to complete paving in her .
garden, creating steps from house to drive, building .
a wall instead of a fence and gates to drive' |
f926ed3526247b0c4ba25c2b854cd1878a075de3 | Two men have been charged with child rape offences after a huge police raid by police investigating sex abuse in a Buckinghamshire town. Harmohan Nangpal, 40, and Faisal Iqbal, 31, will both appear before magistrates today charged in connection with alleged child exploitation around Aylesbury. Nangpal, of Hayes, Middle... | Harmohan Nangpal, 40, and Faisal Iqbal, 31, to appear before magistrates .
Nagpal, from Hayes in Middlesex is accused of raping a girl under 13 .
Iqbal, from Aylesbury, charged with conspiracy to rape a girl under 16 .
Police say alleged offences were committed between 2005 and 2008 .
Last week officers carried out daw... |
f927c66ef014ebdd617ba93c5ac7d70f238a3670 | By . Ellie Buchdahl . PUBLISHED: . 15:09 EST, 23 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:18 EST, 23 August 2013 . A robber attacked an elderly woman after pretending to help her take pictures of her childhood home when she returned with her daughter after 73 years. Marjorie Ramondetta, 93, and her daughter Linda Reynolds, 65, ... | Mother and daughter returned to childhood home in Washington Heights .
Women wanted to take pictures for family album .
Career criminal Richard Davidson allegedly attacked two other women in same day . |
f9283f6ba295b109f6dded316f8a3a67712c33b0 | By . Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 00:13 EST, 30 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:57 EST, 30 October 2013 . A new, smaller version of NASA's space shuttle is now recuperating from a rough first landing. The Dream Chaser space plane is vying to carry astronauts to and from the International Spa... | The mini version of NASA's space shuttle will hopefully carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station . |
f928d8391b4dceefc89677845c015e8c94e675b9 | While most Americans celebrate Thanksgiving by gorging on turkeys in the company of their relatives, boxer Floyd Mayweather Jnr has a different take on tradition. The five-division world champion posted one of his typically egotistical videos on Instagram, this time featuring himself receiving a bathtub massage... to s... | Floyd Mayweather Jnr spent American Thanksgiving in a different way .
The undefeated boxer posted a video of him getting a bathtub massage .
Manny Pacquiao has again called out Mayweather to step up and fight him . |
f928e47d0521f07b37b25480e0087fd661e27850 | A Florida-based former Christian missionary was today sentenced to 58 years in federal prison for sexually abusing girls who were part of an indigenous tribe in the Amazon and filming the acts. While he was establishing a church with the Katukina tribe, Warren Scott Kennell, 45, a missionary with the Sanford-based New ... | While he was setting up a church with the Katukina tribe in Brazil, Warren Scott Kennell, 45, befriended the girls and abused them over several years .
Kennell was a missionary with the Sanford, Florida-based New Tribes Mission .
He was arrested in Orlando in May and investigators found more than 940 images of child po... |
f92921a5999a3c17b2803fd8ead567c42d92009a | Hundreds of private emails detailing Michael Jackson’s dramatic deterioration in his final days will play a key role in a £26.5billion ($41billion) wrongful death trial beginning today in Los Angeles. The messages sent by executives at AEG, the US entertainment giant behind the star’s doomed comeback tour, reveal the 5... | Messages sent by executives at US entertainment giant AEG .
Firm was behind Michael Jackson's doomed comeback tour .
Reveal the 50-year-old singer’s turmoil .
as he struggled with his health .
Case being brought by the star’s mother and his three children .
They claim AEG is liable for his death in June 2009 . |
f92930ae8c4ab31923211a9ba6b74c4c9445041a | MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Everyone has heard of the worm at the bottom of the bottle, but what customs officials in Miami found kicked that up a few notches. Customs officials in Miami seized what they believe is "snake wine," poisonous snakes bottled in alcohol. United States Customs and Border Protection officers condu... | Customs officials seize container of poisonous snakes in alcohol .
"Snake wine" popular in Southeast Asia .
Officials say they think wine is used for medicinal purposes .
Spokesman says bottle was discovered during routine inspection . |
f92933752f44adaa551def8dc99535c244318376 | A Texas teacher has resigned following comments she made about President Barack Obama and Muslims. Angela Box of Houston, Texas, was appearing on a local political show, Tommy's Garage, when she joked, 'Can't Ebola just take one for the team and take out Obama?' Box, a frequent guest on the show, also said in one episo... | Angela Box of Houston, Texas, resigned from her job as a third grade teacher after comments she made about President Obama and Muslims .
Box joked that she hoped Obama would get Ebola, and called Muslims 'goat f**kers' and 'bacon haters'
The comments were made on a local political program Tommy's Garage, on which Box i... |
f9297d33e04734a09e1574cde16310802ba16d6c | By . James Rush . Suspended thousands of feet above the city below, this bridge would probably not be the most popular of places for those with a fear of heights. Yet something is not quite right about the city which lies underneath the feet of those walking across the structure - as none of the boats in the harbour mo... | Stunning images offer a 3D glimpse into surreal worlds, giving the impression viewer is thousands of feet above scene .
Works created by French artist Francois Abelanet for an event showcasing the latest range of Renault trucks .
The work was also an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of Records .
for the largest stree... |
f92a766040a05963407f790ce0c2e082f8df0f54 | (CNN) -- Just about every capital city in Eastern Europe seems to have been called "the Paris of the East" at some point. Unlike most other cities in the region, however, Budapest doesn't need the comparison. The grand old dame on the Danube is one of Europe's finest capitals by any measure. The eight landmark building... | "Paris of the East"? Budapest needs no such comparison .
Budapest's Opera House may be smaller than Vienna's -- but it's more opulent .
The city's Chain Bridge and Royal Palace look superb lit up at night . |
f92a8b939da4f87e13e6bb5514ba03c0e15182d8 | It's the whizzy invention scientists say can conjure up anything from chess pieces and toy cars to bones, guns and guitars. Now researchers working on the 3D printer have set their sights on revolutionising home cooking – with the launch of the first food printer. The so-called Foodini, which they say combines ‘technol... | We could soon all be enjoying food made by a 'Foodini' machine .
The gadget is a 3D printer with the capability to make our favourite dishes .
Makers say their invention combines technology, food, art and design . |
f92b2ffecef34a13ed8fce3dbbb260132685848f | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 10:32 EST, 25 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:43 EST, 26 November 2013 . Almost half of Britons think the right to work and live in the UK should be blocked for Romanians and Bulgarians, a survey has shown. It comes as Downing Street confirmed it is lookin... | 47% say Romanians and Bulgarians should not have right to come to UK .
Should not be allowed to work, live or claim benefits in Britain, poll says .
Prime Minister unveiling proposals to renegotiate relationship with Europe .
New arrivals would have to wait a year, up from 3 months, to get benefits .
EU rules ban discr... |
f92b947821f3731c9ef569cd774fc3d979b0f689 | (CNN) -- Lionel Messi broke his own European Champions League record as he scored five goals in Barcelona's 7-1 demolition of Bayer Leverkusen in Wednesday's second leg of their last-16 tie. The three-time World Player of the Year had set the previous best of four against Arsenal two seasons ago, and proceeded to go on... | Lionel Messi hits record five goals Barcelona's 7-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen .
Defending champions go through 10-2 on aggregate .
Messi held previous record of four goals in a tie .
Apoel Nicosia beat Lyon after dramatic penalty shootout . |
f92bded8cea37d0cb988e41968670ead91d5181e | The 55-year-old, was sentenced last week to 200 years in prison for impregnating his granddaughter and sexually abusing her younger sister . An 11-year-old girl from Montana has opened up about how her 55-year-old pedophile grandfather got her pregnant and then tried to cover up the incest by spinning a web of lies. Th... | The 55-year-old, from Stevensville, Montana, was sentenced to 100 years each on two counts of incest .
The judge said that he seemed 'to lack any semblance of a conscience'
He was arrested in June after the 11-year-old girl was found to be 32 weeks pregnant. She gave birth in August .
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