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fe91b116be88038024cfad97807cc73ad5eb9c6b | Commuters without signal at London Underground stations will be updated on the score of World Cup matches this summer. TFL and ESPNFC teamed up to deliver football updates, news, results and scores, to be displayed at more than 140 stations across the capital. On the board: TFL and ESPNFC have teamed up to provide upda... | TFL will deliver football news, results and scores during the World Cup .
It will be displayed at more than 140 stations across the capital .
The service on the Tube will start on June 12 and will continue until July 14 . |
fe91b1ed7bc747b748faa41ad6025349b064bf02 | A documentary it certainly is not, but a new television show is discussing the highs and lows of British history using a cast of drunk historians. The controversial series, named Drunk History, begins tonight on Comedy Central and is sure to divide viewers. A runaway web series success in the US, the show features come... | The UK version of Drunk History airs tonight on Comedy Central at 10pm .
The web series success, produced by Will Ferrell, first began in the US .
Tonight, Rob Beckett offers a less historical, boozy tale of Henry the VIII . |
fe920bad83a1c21d08492ad9071892819962fd8f | The Christmas Tinner, pictured, from GAME is made up of nine layers including a scrambled egg starter, turkey dinner, and Christmas pudding . With gamers admitting they’d give up Christmas dinner to avoid having to stop playing, one store has invented an entire festive feast in a tin. Dubbed 'Christmas Tinner', the nau... | The 'Christmas Tinner' is made up of nine layers of traditional festive food .
There is a scrambled egg starter and turkey dinner with trimmings .
The bottom layer is Christmas pudding and it even comes with mince pies .
It was created by retailer GAME with designer Chris Godfrey and costs £1.99 . |
fe9236a0450cb0a64b0c382c740982da63d94541 | It was unusually calm in the city of Donetsk today, as government troops and separatists observed a ‘Day of Silence’ after weeks of bitter fighting. But, amid the shaky ceasefire, there was a stark reminder that a truce in war-ravaged eastern Ukraine is still a long way off. As both sides prepared to hold a 24-hour ce... | Troops and separatists observed ceasefire after weeks of bitter fighting .
Truce came into force at 10am and could lead to further peace talks .
But, hours before, shelling in Kuibishevskiy destroyed residents' homes .
Military said troops recorded six violations by the rebels during 'silence'
Six Ukrainian soldiers we... |
fe92825c9b171fad9bce84d0e3d8bb9dea2418d4 | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 12:06 EST, 10 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:06 EST, 10 February 2013 . Fly-tippers dumped a caravan filled with household rubbish at one of the country's most beautiful nature reserves. Park rangers at Cotswold Water Park said today it was one of the 'worst incidents' they had seen a... | The vehicle had been towed and dumped at Cotswold Water Park .
Rangers said it was one of the 'worst incidents' they had seen .
The caravan had split in two, spilling rubbish, gas canisters and toys .
It took 24 hours to clear and Wiltshire Police have been informed . |
fe933d873f358970cd40198b181411d0b4810d6d | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:21 EST, 26 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:44 EST, 27 May 2013 . Spirit Airlines forced six passengers off a flight last week because stewardesses were reportedly 'intimidated' when they heard the group speaking Russian. The passengers, from San Diego, were on their way to an ann... | Group from San Diego were on their way to Las Vegas for anniversary party .
Spirit Airlines says passengers were 'loud and disruptive' |
fe9357a19613446add87708468bbe6cdb98bd02e | (CNN) -- Real Madrid have reduced Barcelona's lead at the top of the Spanish Primera Liga to three points after coming from behind to win 2-1 at Almeria on Thursday. Madrid, looking to bounce back following their defeat in "El Clasico", suffered a poor start and fell behind in the 14th minute. Kalu Uche broke down the ... | Real Madrid reduce Barcelona's lead at the top of the Primera Liga to three points .
Madrid come from behind to secure a hard-fought 2-1 victory at Almeria .
Cristiano Ronaldo scores a stunning goal to bring Madrid back into the game . |
fe93abfba4198cd11cdbc9bbd93d9cefc0b9fce1 | (CNN) -- Less than six weeks after President Hugo Chavez's death, Venezuelans will head to the polls Sunday to pick a new leader. It will be the second time in just over six months that voters in the south American country have cast ballots in a presidential election. Chavez, who ruled Venezuela for 14 years, celebrate... | Maduro, Capriles will square off in Sunday's presidential vote .
The election comes less than six weeks after the death of Chavez .
More than 18.9 million Venezuelans are registered to vote .
The economy and crime are key issues at stake . |
fe9414e5c577e361a64a538152dbc36ef9951288 | (CNN) -- A patient isolated in a California hospital after possible Ebola exposure does not have the virus, testing revealed. The unidentified patient, who had recently traveled to West Africa, was isolated at the Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center during the testing. "We're happy to report that we've he... | Tests confirm a patient isolated in a Sacramento hospital is not infected with Ebola .
The patient, who has not been identified, had recently traveled to West Africa .
Health authorities said the testing was done out of an abundance of caution .
Two Americans infected while working with Ebola patients in Liberia have r... |
fe942157d6523071d1e25c0ab954ca3e196084ac | Radamel Falcao has been left out in the cold frequently by Louis van Gaal during his start to life at Manchester United. However the 28-year-old has been fortunate enough to live in some fine locations around the globe including Colombia, Porto and Monaco. Surely he knew the climate would be slightly different in Engla... | Radamel Falcao moved to Manchester United on loan during the summer .
The Colombian has not lived up to expectations with just three goals .
Manchester United host Leicester City in the Premier League on Saturday . |
fe950012f70d96648dc6e41ae9efcd901498c406 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:34 EST, 3 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:51 EST, 3 December 2013 . Police are hunting for two young female suspects after a massive early-morning brawl broke out in a Victoria's Secret in a Maryland mall on Black Friday. A 17-year-old shopper told Anne Arundel County Police... | Three girls filmed in punch up in crowded Maryland store in the early hours of Black Friday . |
fe951e9e3a999091532322a493eadf8ed798defe | Police say they are growing increasingly concerned for a man who was reported missing after he failed to return home from watching a football match in a pub. Colin Pine, 55, from Washington in Tyne and Wear, went out to watch the Tyne-Wear derby between Newcastle and Sunderland on Sunday. He was last seen in the Swan p... | Colin Pine went out to watch a football match in a pub on Sunday afternoon .
The 55-year-old was last seen in the Swan pub in Felling, Gateshead .
Believed he had called his wife to say he would be getting the bus home .
But failed to return to his house in Washington, Tyne and Wear .
Police say they are growing increa... |
fe954e108708531e155eadf4945fff5e432c57b3 | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S. military coalition in Iraq confirmed Tuesday that a business jet -- not a U.S. military aircraft -- was recently forced down in Iran due to an airspace violation. A Falcon business jet is shown in an undated file photo. "The airplane is now being confirmed as a light transport plane with... | NEW: Iran now says aircraft was forced down a week ago .
There were no Americans on board the aircraft, U.S. says .
Iranians say they forced down plane after it violated Iranian airspace .
Iran had claimed aircraft was a U.S. "Falcon fighter" |
fe956b0f86e2f4c3970cfdf22c5d5709e2684956 | (WIred) -- Have you been wondering if that new 4G smartphone you purchased is really getting 4G speeds? Wonder no longer. RootMetrics performed an extensive study to determine how each network's 4G speeds are holding up to their claims. The testing was performed across the Seattle area. Their findings showed that Veriz... | RootMetrics performed a study to determine how each network's 4G speeds are holding up .
Findings showed Verizon's LTE network performed at a 100 percent data-success rate .
Verizon's average upload speeds were faster than every other carrier's average download speeds . |
fe9616e613a5dbeaf2d11bc6816ae9c84df82575 | (CNN) -- The climate change crisis is upon us. The world's leading climate scientists agree that time is rapidly running out and that urgent steps are needed in the next 10 years to dramatically reduce our carbon emissions. But exchanging global warming for nuclear meltdown is not the answer. From a purely practical st... | Authors: There isn't time to choose nuclear power as a way to stop climate change .
Wall Street rejects nuclear power plants for being costly and time consuming, say authors .
Beyond Nuclear's Linda Gunter and Kevin Kamps say advanced nuclear technology is risky . |
fe96400de67ecee0b2fa8456e229dc6732a44e52 | Israeli troops have shot dead a 17-year-old Palestinian boy who was throwing stones at drivers in the occupied West Bank. The army said soldiers had fired warning shots before opening fire on a group when they persisted hurling the stones at Israeli civilians near the Tapuah settlement, south of Nablus. Palestinian sec... | Army said soldiers fired warning shots before opening fire on the group .
Palestinian security officials said stones were thrown at military vehicles .
They said that a 19-year-old had also been wounded in the same incident . |
fe967f987cef7e191e3eea7c4cb188ffb5308a8e | By . Mark Prigg . PUBLISHED: . 07:17 EST, 28 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:52 EST, 28 December 2012 . Asthe supposed end of the world passed, Nasa engineers took a photo of the sun – and were stunned to find it appeared to be winking at them. The image, which actually reveals sunspots caused by intense magnetic act... | Eruptions of magnetic activity on the solar surface appear to make the sun 'wink' as the time many believed the world would end passed .
Comes after Nasa was forced to issue two videos explaining the Maya prophecies were a misconception . |
fe96a621eb274f22415f8eada377834fb3076d87 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:50 EST, 15 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:32 EST, 16 September 2012 . QPR defender Anton Ferdinand sparked a row today as he snubbed Chelsea's John Terry and Ashley Cole at the pre-match handshake at the Barclays Premier League clash. It was the first time that Ferdinand a... | QPR fans start chanting against Terry and Cole . |
fe96dd2938a269984e8243bf8e4b9628b8dbc66c | (CNN) -- Sherri Shepherd is ready for a new "view." In Monday's pre-recorded episode of ABC's "The View," Shepherd was both optimistic and emotional. "The View" co-host announced in June she would be leaving the show after seven seasons. In her final farewell, which Sherri admitted was loaded in the teleprompter, Sheph... | Sherri Shepherd said an emotional goodbye to "The View"
She co-hosted the daytime talk show for the last seven years .
Shepherd will next appear on Broadway in "Cinderella" |
fe972bd9f35ce8ebd81dca02a6e13ecf396efff4 | By . Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 20:08 EST, 7 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 07:17 EST, 8 March 2014 . Depositions in the sexual assault case of a Missouri teenager who claimed she was raped by a school friend show contradictions in statements between the girl and her mother. The special prosecutor in the ca... | 100 pages of depositions are released, detailing mother and daughter's statements about high-profile case .
Daisy accused Matt Barnett, 17, of getting her drunk before raping her in 2012 .
Melinda Coleman, who claims her daughter's case was thrown out because of political pressure, says she doesn't believe the content ... |
fe975828c9bb00a644b3bbb7257ff6033dd8c260 | President Obama's decision to target militants from ISIS -- which is now calling itself the "Islamic State" or "IS" -- operating in Iraq comes as a huge relief to the Iranians. Officials in Tehran have been panic stricken since ISIS forces overran the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on June 10. All political factions in T... | Alex Vatanka writes that Tehran is relieved by the U.S. decision to strike ISIS .
Political hawks in Iran are avoiding admitting shared goals with the U.S., he says .
But Vatanka says both agree on the need for airstrikes and new leadership in Iraq .
Recent trends suggest that Tehran's moderates have the upper hand, he... |
fe9856c900dc8eb6d49f0a387620fa5c8d9cd21b | (CNN) -- Comedian and impersonator Fred Travalena died Sunday afternoon after a seven-year battle with cancer. He was 66. Comedian Fred Travalena had a 40-year career in show business. Travalena -- known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces" -- died at home in Encino, California, surrounded by family, according to his publi... | Travalena known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces"
Comedian had battled non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and prostate cancer .
Travalena was a regular on the "Tonight Show" |
fe9861b290ca3e272c93fcbb717d5fe867d4ae5a | By . Joe Ridge . Follow @@JoeRidge87 . Phil Neville has described the reaction to his first co-commentary experience as 'brutal' after returning home from the World Cup to discuss his Manchester United future. The former United, Everton and England utility man made his debut on the microphone during England's 2-1 defea... | Phil Neville co-commentated on four World Cup games for the BBC .
BBC received 445 complaints regarding his debut in England vs Italy .
Neville says criticism he received was 'brutal'
Neville has returned to England to discuss future as Man United coach . |
fe99071300f0ce656429cac829335ff0bb6e9c14 | Cairo (CNN) -- Egyptian protesters threw tomatoes and shoes at U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's motorcade Sunday and shouted, "Monica, Monica, Monica" as she left the newly reopened U.S. Consulate in Alexandria. Clinton said she was in the city to answer critics who believe Washington has taken sides in Egypti... | Protesters pelt Clinton's motorcade with tomatoes and shoes .
Clinton was not hit, but an Egyptian official was .
Clinton discusses Egypt's political transition with the head of Egypt's military leadership .
A day earlier, she met President Morsy and urged him to assert his authority . |
fe99217cb66a13463c785187ee126625f5d9554e | (CNN) -- Chris Christie got to the point immediately. The embattled New Jersey governor, who's seriously considering a 2016 run for the White House, began his State of the State address on Tuesday by pledging to cooperate with multiple investigations into controversies that are threatening to complicate his political f... | N.J. Gov. Chris Christie's State of the State address garnered national attention .
Christie tackled head-on a controversy that suggests political payback by aides .
John King: "He did exactly what he needed to do by getting to it first"
Ryan Lizza: Christie used phrase associated with past scandal that has been mocked... |
fe9a20370c3a7d7af5ab9e5ed18da685a365cfa9 | By . Bianca London . After three 'reem' years . of vajazzles, make-ups and break-ups on TOWIE, Sam Faiers left the ITV2 show that rocketed her to fame in April. Since then, she has been snapped up by countless beauty brands, seen Minnie's Boutique - the shop she owns with her sister - become a success and even landed h... | Star, 23, unveils debut fragrance, La Bella, which costs £24.50 .
Has added 'by Samantha' to bottle to represent elegance .
Will be working on modelling projects this summer .
May fly to Marbella but not for 'crazy partying'
She and boyfriend Joey Essex want to go on an 'exotic' holiday . |
fe9a6edb622d781b75c6fde42908efd4b8a09684 | (CNN) -- Researchers in Tanzania have chemically reproduced the stench of smelly feet in an innovative new approach to combat the spread of malaria in the country. The scientific team at Tanzania's Ifakara Health Institute has developed a potent serum -- similar to that of human foot odor -- to lure and kill mosquitoes... | Scientists have chemically reproduced the pungent smell of foot odor .
The chemical mixture is four times more powerful in attracting mosquitoes than natural odor .
The synthetic smell is being used in a new initiative to kill mosquitoes in the open air .
"The goal is to eliminate malaria" says researcher Fredros Okumu... |
fe9adfa55da2ac2477673060228faa6da89debfa | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 12:57 EST, 28 September 2011 . The scale of customers' anger at High Street banks was revealed today as it was announced that the banks receive 10,000 complaints every day. The number of complaints has risen by the three per cent since last year thanks to the scandal of mis-sold Pa... | Barclays most complained about with more than 250,000 disputes recorded in first half of year .
Banks struggling to increase cash reserves as recommended . |
fe9b0fda26e8f297a48fdda47400aa73eb1a6c39 | By . Wills Robinson . Magistrates were left stunned when a cannabis user said he was 'too busy' to come into court for sentencing and shouted through the door: 'I'll be two minutes.' Steven Holford said 'sorry guys', when he eventually entered the courtroom at Telford Magistrates', but a legal adviser said his arroganc... | Steven Holford, 27, said he was busy when called through to be sentenced .
Legal adviser at Telford Magistrates' Court criticised his rude remarks .
When he eventually arrived in the courtroom, he calmly said 'sorry guys'
Said he could not pay £175 fine because police had taken £200 from him .
When he left the courtroo... |
fe9b1ed8ae235925b514cbc4726bcd8ca67feb8a | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor and Rebecca Evans . PUBLISHED: . 07:03 EST, 29 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:22 EST, 30 July 2013 . Now let’s see... you’re running the country while the PM is away and keen to get some good publicity after taking a recent hammering. So why not ditch the official Jaguar an... | Couple return to work in London after week-long holiday in Spain .
Deputy PM is most senior minister in Westminster while Cameron is away .
Prime Minister is in Portugal with wife Samantha and 3 children . |
fe9b6310826dcfda9e365862f5190994593aad7d | YUSUFIYA, Iraq (CNN) -- Female suicide bombers, who often slip through security checkpoints untouched because of cultural norms, are taking a more deadly toll than ever across Iraq. A female suicide bomber struck northeast of Baghdad on Sunday, killing 16. But the U.S. Army has created a solution with "Daughters of Ira... | Halfway through 2008, the number of female suicide bombers is 20 .
"Daughters of Iraq" trains Iraqi women to find female suicide bombers .
Women will work two or three days a month, making up to $300 . |
fe9b92bbf808e6ba24d315aae8a824399bc3fe7e | Miami (CNN) -- The death of Trayvon Martin is an undeniable tragedy. People are outraged, and rightly so, because a young, unarmed teenager lost his life. The incident has brought Florida's "stand your ground" law into sharp focus in the center of a media and legal firestorm. The shooting of Martin was not something th... | Florida's 'stand your ground' law permit citizens to use force in self-defense .
Zachary Weaver: National Rifle Association had reasons to support the law .
Weaver: Law officers who opposed the measure should have gotten more attention .
He says given the tragegy of Trayvon Martin, we need to reconsider the law . |
fe9c75fae66abd8c76c3831832888bca46f0441e | By . Jo Macfarlane . PUBLISHED: . 19:19 EST, 5 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:20 EST, 5 January 2013 . E number which can cause hyperactivity in children is still being found in common medicines . Children are being exposed to banned artificial food colourings that can trigger hyperactivity –because they are still in... | Drugs such as banana-flavoured penicillin can contain them .
UK's food watchdog only implemented voluntary ban .
Most complied but some still put them in medicines . |
fe9ce4373aeb5fcecb306d81a44af6a3c4f459d3 | PHOENIX, Arizona (CNN) -- A man toting an assault rifle was among a dozen protesters carrying weapons while demonstrating outside President Obama's speech to veterans on Monday, but no laws were broken. It was the second instance in recent days in which weapons have been seen near presidential events. A man is shown l... | Video shows man with an assault rifle slung over his shoulder at Phoenix protest .
Arizona law has nothing in the books regulating assault rifles .
Secret Service: Man considered no threat to president, who was nearby .
Man carrying rifle: "I think that people need to get out and do it more" |
fe9d07cdba1a2decd557fa5932a404ff0a226704 | A few days ago, the first reviews began to trickle in for the comedy The Interview, which depicts a shambolic attempt to assassinate the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. Unfortunately, they were less than enthusiastic. One critic called it a ‘non-stop sledgehammer … bereft of satiric zing’, while the Hollywood indust... | If the Russians or North Koreans launch an all-out cyber attack they could effectively bring Western society to its knees within just 15 minutes . |
fe9d334f414e2c36308a5539e888a2da3e13a18c | By . Tim Shipman and Kirsty Walker . PUBLISHED: . 19:00 EST, 9 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:54 EST, 10 April 2012 . David Cameron will pay a historic visit to Burma this week – the first by a Western leader since decades of military rule ended last year. The Prime Minister will signal Britain’s support for the politi... | Prime Minister will signal Britain’s support for political thaw in former colony .
Miss Suu Kyi spent 15 of the past 22 years locked up by the former junta . |
fe9d3e2766536bfcca65dc756152277dfa261ec5 | (CNN) -- Americans' clicking fingers must be sore. Analysts have begun providing their final tallies for Cyber Monday sales, which found that people piled more in their virtual shopping carts than ever before. Monday was the highest-grossing online shopping day in U.S. history, with spending reaching $1.25 billion, acc... | ComScore: Cyber Monday was the biggest U.S. online shopping day ever .
Consumers spent $1.25 billion on Monday, the research says .
Some retailers saw a Cyber Monday spike even without offering big discounts . |
fe9d8a82cb4122fdd905012becc7418e2d2ff740 | Carl Chang, 26, has been jailed for four years after a single drop of blood left as he broke into a home in Maidstone lead forensic teams to him . A single drop of blood left at the scene of the crime helped cops nail a serial burglar. Carl Chang was in the process of breaking into a home in Maidstone, Kent, on June 27... | Carl Chang, 26, cut his hand while breaking kitchen window during raid .
Climbed into Maindstone home last year and stole cash and jewellery .
He was jailed for four years after court heard he is a prolific offender . |
fe9ddd45a83334ed165da3c87c7c616216c6a108 | An icebound convoy in Alaska is in nearly the same position it was a day ago, despite efforts to extricate it from the ice so it can deliver fuel to the capital, nearly 100 miles away. Because of strong currents from the Bering Sea and thick ice, the vessels moved through 56 miles of the sea Tuesday, but made minimal p... | Drone photographs ship's position and sending images to researchers .
Russian tanker Renda moved 50 miles Monday but only 50 feet Tuesday . |
fe9e006e4f718545e9695b794012fa0e014a8f83 | South African Oscar-winner Charlize Theron, and Idris Elba led the tributes to Nelson Mandela on Thursday night just hours after the Royal premiere of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Charlize, 38, said: 'My thoughts and love go out to the Mandela family. Rest . in Peace Madiba. You will be missed, but your impact on thi... | Oscar winner Charlize says: 'There will never be words to say what I'm feeling right now, I'm saddened to the depths of my soul'
Idris - winning plaudits for playing Mandela - said: 'What an honor it was to portray a man who defied odds, broke down .
barriers, and championed human rights before the eyes of the world'
... |
fe9e47773daff3a69e110ab2d505e47119a6ad28 | President Barack Obama will nominate Bob McDonald -- a West Point graduate and former CEO of Procter & Gamble -- to head the Department of Veterans Affairs, a White House official told CNN on Sunday. McDonald would take over a troubled department. The VA, a massive bureaucracy with more than 300,000 full-time employees... | Bob McDonald is a "surprising pick," says the head of an advocacy group .
McDonald is a West Point graduate and former CEO of Procter & Gamble .
The VA is under fire as it deals with allegations of delayed care at its medical facilities .
Eric Shinseki stepped down as head of the department in May under bipartisan pre... |
fe9e57c21e21fb4ec26e394f0e92824f38d18a95 | (CNN) -- Beijing blasted a Chinese dissident's Nobel Peace Prize win Friday, calling the decision to award Liu Xiaobo the honor "blasphemy." Ma Zhaoxu, a spokesman for China's foreign ministry, said the award is supposed to be given to those who "promote national harmony, international friendship" and work toward peace... | The award will harm relations between China and Norway, spokesman says .
Spokesman for foreign ministry says Liu Xiaobo's actions contradict the purpose of award .
The award is supposed to "promote national harmony," he says . |
fe9eadd6b9b39cb875d2f07ed1d32a0dab2f7b84 | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 20 people were killed and 30 wounded in a double suicide bombing Thursday in northern Iraq, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said. Houses are left in ruins earlier this week after truck bombings in the northern Iraqi village of al-Khazna. Two suicide bombers with explosive vests carr... | At least 20 people killed and 30 wounded in double suicide blast west of Mosul, Iraq .
Many in town are part of Yazidi religious sect, mainly Kurdish minority .
Attack at least second this week appearing to target ethnic minorities in northern Iraq .
Thirty people killed earlier this week in village with Shiite Shabak ... |
fe9f295cba2c5af4416f46b6f177743b9e5d04eb | By . Amanda Williams . PUBLISHED: . 08:59 EST, 18 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:26 EST, 19 December 2012 . Lee Wilkinson arrives at Newcastle Crown Court where he admitted biting off another man's finger at a children's nativity play . A father who admitted biting off another man's finger at a children's nativity p... | Lee Wilkinson, 40, bit off Michael Dent's finger at Harton Primary School, South Shields, last year .
The offshore worker has pleaded guilty and will be sentenced in January . |
fe9f48df1d58a92e580ee6b78b44bae085f63b24 | Police searching for missing mother-of-four Samantha Henderson have found a body in a lake. Miss Henderson, 25, vanished from Corfe Castle, Dorset, last week. The body, believed to be that of the young mother, was today found in Ham Common lake, near Poole - eight miles from where she disappeared. Scroll down for video... | Police searching for a missing mother-of-four have found a body in a lake .
Samantha Henderson was last seen in Corfe Castle, Dorset, nine days ago .
The body was found in Ham Common lake - eight miles from her home .
Her boyfriend Dominic Isom was charged with her murder earlier this week . |
fe9f8cec8b8f661ba2a8ddc673c72984684f5c3a | Is obesity a disability or a self-inflicted condition triggered by a lack of willpower and overeating? And should people who are overweight be protected by the same discrimination laws that were put in place to shield those who are wheel-chair bound, people with learning difficulties, hearing and visual impairments or ... | Landmark test case will be heard at European Court of Justice today .
Danish childminder Karsten Kaltoft was sacked by his local authority for being unable to perform his duties because he was too fat .
Sparked debate over whether obesity should be defined as a disability .
If successful in redefining obesity as a disa... |
fea01a439086d02fd0b7ec44333dab2b2188314b | By . Paul Donnelley . A police crackdown on burglary in the Northeast has resulted in more than 400 arrests and sentences totalling 100 years being handed down. Northumbria Police launched Operation Soundwave in July last year in a bid to tackle opportunist crime. The measures have had some success with burglaries in N... | Northumbria Police Force launched Operation Soundwave last July .
Burglaries have fallen four per cent on same period last year .
Repeat offenders sent to prison for opportunist crimes . |
fea0d021a48ec956bb07215e30111e40c3157cc6 | A senior Iranian naval official said Iran is sending warships toward U.S. maritime borders to send a message -- a move a U.S. defense official characterized as an announcement, not a deployment. "Iran's military fleet is approaching the United States' maritime borders, and this move has a message," Adm. Afshin Rezayee ... | Iran's move is meant as a message, a senior Iranian naval official says .
There is no operational info to support the claim, a U.S. military official says .
"We have an announcement, not a deployment," a U.S. defense official says .
In 2011, Iran twice announced plans to send ships toward the U.S. maritime borders . |
fea0ee3f8ab9085f236736deb09bc03dd2d1c82e | Far-right politician Marine Le Pen has fractured her spine after falling into an empty swimming pool in France, it emerged tonight. News of the 44-year-old's 'rather serious' accident will send shockwaves around nationalist groups, not just in France but across Europe. Le Pen, who is leader of the National Front (FN), ... | Marine Le Pen is leader of France's far-right Front National party .
Father Jean Marie Le Pen was runner-up in presidential elections of 2002 .
Their party is one of the most successful right-wing movements in Europe .
Poll showed she would beat President Hollande if France voted tomorrow . |
fea17a16d4fa1e24d7d8973a78e7b78698cbb3fa | Barcelona boss Luis Enrique is full of praise for his players after their 9-0 aggregate win against Elche in the Copa del Rey. He told the club's official website: 'I have to compliment them all on their attitude. When you've got a tie virtually won, it's not easy to maintain the intensity levels that are necessary, bu... | Luis Enrique has been buoyed by Barcelona's performance over Elche .
Barcelona ran out 9-0 winners on aggregate in the Copa del Rey .
Enrique's side will face Atletico Madrid in the next round .
The Catalan club are currently second in La Liga . |
fea1b69d3d0c8aa849fd2996d3e88500a4336e2a | By . Laurie Whitwell . UPDATED: . 17:04 EST, 30 October 2011 . Former astronaut Edgar Mitchell has reluctantly given back the space camera he brought home from his 1971 Apollo 14 moon mission, rather than face a federal lawsuit over its ownership. The 81-year-old argued the data acquisition camera was a gift from NASA,... | Edgar Mitchell hands over 16mm motion picture camera .
The 81-year-old had kept it for 40 years .
Claimed device instead of dumping it after Apollo 14 .
He was sixth man to walk on the moon . |
fea43ff894b2018eff695627f7d1bb7f7d782d00 | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 08:30 EST, 19 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:45 EST, 19 March 2013 . A grandmother who is 'trapped in World War Two' after a police car ploughed into her garden plans to sue the Metropolitan Police. The family of Eileen Lee, 76, said she now crouches on the ground with her hands over her... | Eileen Lee suffered post-traumatic stress after the police car crash .
Family say the grandmother is now 'trapped in World War Two'
Pensioner survived bomb attack that destroyed family home in war . |
fea560cef2ae4240ccb7ef62e340191691944716 | By . Emily Davies . PUBLISHED: . 07:09 EST, 17 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:26 EST, 18 March 2013 . Danny Boyle nearly quit as artistic director of the London 2012 Olympics on multiple occasions due to rows over penny pinching, it has been revealed. He has also threatened to resign in order to get his own way, he has... | Boyle nearly quit when 200 drums were provided for 1,000 drummers .
He spoke up for volunteers after Locog tried to make them pay for costumes .
Queen persuaded to take part but original plan vetoed by 'powers that be'
Damien Hirst and Frank Cottrel-Boyce also came close to quitting the Games .
Danny Boyle: Creating Wo... |
fea5fd962739f964b229ee4e9b62ff598e4f51e3 | (CNN) -- Last week the U.N.'s senior official for extrajudicial executions, Philip Alston, argued in a critical report and remarks delivered in Geneva, Switzerland, that the United States should explain the legal rationale for the CIA's campaign of drone strikes in northwest Pakistan, which he characterized as "a vague... | U.S. drone warfare claims life of al Qaeda's number 3 leader, the 8th person to hold that position .
Co-authors say data shows drone strikes getting more accurate, killing fewer civilians .
They say Obama has stepped up drone war in northwest Pakistan .
U.N. official has asked U.S. to explain the legal rationale for th... |
fea7501cc0e489ac118f998ab3617993d5d0a64d | PUBLISHED: . 10:55 EST, 16 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:58 EST, 16 August 2013 . A 12-year-old girl barred from playing football for her school because of her gender is fighting back with the help of a civil liberties group. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is throwing its weight behind the case of Makhaela... | Makhaela Jenkins plays youth football but her school has barred her from games because of her gender .
The Thurston District, Ohio, says it is not violating the law because there are other sports on offer for girls that are non-contact .
The American Civil Liberties Union says the district's policy is out-dated, unacce... |
fea7cfbe4dc94737bc194517fd492386ba1cf6b1 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:17 EST, 1 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:46 EST, 1 May 2012 . The two Bronx men who lost their wives, daughters and other family members in a deadly crash on Sunday which claimed seven lives visited the site yesterday at 12.30pm - exactly 24 hours after the fatal crash occurred.... | Juan Gonzalez says his family went to church shortly before the Sunday crash .
Driver was his wife, 45-year-old Maria Gonzalez .
Parents, sister, daughter and nieces, aged three to 85, died in the crash .
All seven passengers had to be extracted from the car and were pronounced dead at the scene . |
fea7f01d8490816d049e0acb2edad17479111758 | By . Chris Brooke . PUBLISHED: . 04:28 EST, 23 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:40 EST, 23 November 2012 . Caring: Shannon was a 'loving and absolutely fantastic daughter' A teenager who had been prescribed a contraceptive pill to clear up her acne died after suffering a blood clot, an inquest heard yesterday. Hours b... | Shannon Deakin stopped taking the Dianette pill four weeks before her death .
GP thought it was an infection and gave her antibiotics but she died 12 hours later .
Devastated mother Susan said her daughter was a 'loving, outgoing, girl' |
fea81f133d6f296003889e5eb8ef578c13966ec0 | By . Richard Shears . Last updated at 10:14 AM on 1st January 2012 . Kim Jong-Il's estranged playboy son has made a secret visit to North Korea using a false passport to pay respects to his father, it was revealed today. Kim Jong-Nam, 40, flew from the Chinese territory of Macau direct to Pyongyang, according to a repo... | Kim Jong-Nam, 40, avoided his father's funeral to avoid speculation about why he was not the new ruler .
North Korea promise New Year drive for prosperity . |
fea835686561862b3c632802c93da5358f0048cb | By . Tom Kelly . PUBLISHED: . 07:29 EST, 8 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:01 EST, 8 March 2013 . Sold stories: Former Surrey PC Alan Tierney admitted two counts of misconduct in public office . A policeman and a prison officer yesterday pleaded guilty to selling stories about a celebrity and a high-profile inmate to Th... | Alan Tierney sold information about arrest of John Terry's mother Sue .
Tierney also sold information about arrest of Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood .
Prison officer Richard Trunkfield admitted leaking high profile inmate details .
Tierney and Trunkfield were arrested under Operation Elveden . |
fea83a415e291801ad5284f3dc7d49a53b73cebc | (CNN) -- A Georgia youth football coach who made disparaging comments on Facebook about ethnic groups and women wants to continue coaching and hopes people accept his apology, his attorney said Wednesday. Frank Samuelson, who coached 10-year-old athletes at the Brookwood Football Association in suburban Atlanta, made ... | Georgia youth football coach apologizes for Facebook postings .
Posts disparage ethnic groups and women .
Coach says they were taken out of context .
Some parents don't think he should be allowed to continue coaching . |
fea8c710d72f9038a367a60e1f4c4be73723e1d6 | By . Dan Bloom . Jeremy Clarkson claims the BBC has put him on his final warning for 'appearing' to use the n-word in unaired Top Gear footage - and he will be sacked if he ever makes an offensive remark again. The 54-year-old admitted 'not even the angel Gabriel' could survive after the threat - especially not a prese... | He said he will be dropped if he makes a remark 'anywhere, at any time'
Presenter with long history of stirring controversy said it is unavoidable .
Top Gear host 'begged' for forgiveness for appearing to use racist word .
Today he also said apology was BBC's idea and 'it wasn't a very good' one .
More than 1,000 sign ... |
fea90ccdd6f4aa2f4db0de0248c857a99a58d7ec | Arsenal travel to Swansea in Sunday's 4pm kick-off, and star forward Alexis Sanchez is confident of bringing three points back to the capital. Sanchez, who has scored consecutive braces in his last two Premier League matches, took to Twitter on Saturday night to reassure Arsenal fans that they have every reason to feel... | Arsenal play Swansea at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday afternoon .
Alexis Sanchez tweeted that the '3 points are coming to London'
Sanchez is in form, having scored four goals in his last two league games .
Arsenal can rise above West Ham to fourth with a win . |
fea93b904e63db7c8906fa47f7eb32a919428b1a | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 11:28 EST, 25 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:17 EST, 25 April 2013 . Car headlights that make rain 'invisible' for drivers are under development and could save lives on the roads, engineers say. Developers hope their brainchild will reduce the number of accidents by improving visibility ... | Develops say the 'see through rain' technology will help make driving safer .
Intel engineers say headlights could be in cars within decade .
Lights detect water droplets and 'dis-illuminate' them as they fall .
Lights work as a projector rather than traditional single bulb . |
fea9e9e5f41bc3e2f7c82a28a7d95cd52224bf26 | Moscow (CNN) -- The Bolshoi Ballet says the allegations swirling around one of its dancers -- that he choreographed an attack to blind the artistic director -- are "absurd." Even an alleged confession in the case does nothing to convince the cast and crew that Pavel Dmitrichenko could be behind the attack that severely... | The Bolshoi Ballet cast and crew issue an open letter standing by the plot's alleged mastermind .
The letter suggests illegal methods in obtaining Pavel Dmitrichenko's confession .
Police say their investigators are acting honestly .
The ballet wants an independent commission to investigate . |
feaa615b66b8e2bfc8aeec6e89823f980f5c2b13 | By . Meghan Keneally . The frosty relationship between the late Senator Ted Kennedy's first wife and his widow has apparently improved over time. A new report in the National Enquirer claims that the famed Democrat's widow Vicki has tried comforting her predecessor Joan over the past few years after the surprise death ... | Ted Kennedy's widow Vicki has reportedly reached out to his first wife Joan after the sudden death of her daughter Kara .
Joan and Ted's daughter died of a heart attack in 2011- two years after the death of the longtime Senator .
Friends have said that Vicki was fearful that Joan, who has a history of alcohol abuse, wo... |
feabf4b15da9ba301813244b0409a4f8622329b5 | Leo . Waddell was one of the young people who started taking hormone blockers . on the Tavistock and Portman clinic’s trial at the age of just 12. The . schoolboy, who began life as Lily, has favoured boy’s clothes over . dresses and frills since he was a toddler and at the age of nine told . his mother: ‘I don’t want... | Leo Waddell took part in controversial hormone blocker trial aged 12 .
He was born Lily, and favoured boy's clothes from when he was a toddler .
Leo says he would have considered suicide if forced to continue as a girl . |
feacb0714375a6d16f14e4a5eae07a706e5e49b4 | Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israel has identified six military personnel who are missing after an Israeli helicopter crashed in Romania Monday during a joint military exercise. According to Israel Defense Forces, the Israelis included: Lt. Col. Avner Goldman, Lt. Col. Daniel Shipenbauer, Maj. Yahel Keshet, Maj. Lior Shai, Lt. N... | The crash occurred during a joint exercise, the Romanian Defense ministry says .
1 Romanian service member and 6 Israelis were on board .
The Israeli crew includes four pilots and two mechanics . |
feacda962ad5a94cde446010b795b302de505142 | By . Freya Noble . and Candace Sutton . The five members of the Van Den Hende family who tragically lost their lives in the fatal MH17 flight will be laid to rest in Australia. Hans, 48, his wife Shaliza Dewa, 45, and their children Piers, 15, Marnix, 12 and Margaux, 8, lived in Australia for just five years and were o... | Five family members were killed when plane went down in Ukraine .
Father Hans was from the Netherlands while mother Shaliza was Malaysian .
There was uncertainty where they and their three children would be buried .
Hans' sister revealed they will be laid to rest together in Australia . |
feacf91b08bd7d3e2a4285f5a85e00ad83f1a83c | It didn't take long Monday for speculation to ramp up online over the timing of the Boston Marathon bombings, which came on Patriots Day, a Masschusetts state holiday commemorating the opening battles of the American Revolutionary War. The American uprising against the British in Lexington, Massachusetts, was on April ... | Patriots Day in Massachusetts commemorates opening battles of American Revolution on April 19 .
Boston Marathon is always held on Patriots Day, which falls on third Monday in April .
April 19 is anniversary of 1993 FBI siege of Waco compound, 1995 Oklahoma City bombing .
Expert: April 19 is a "high holiday" for those w... |
fead0b1f6cb1bfcf32ddfbfb8d37d78d01352890 | By . Jonathan O'Callaghan . Dryland ecosystems such as deserts play a more important role in the global carbon cycle than previously thought, research has revealed. And one of the biggest contributors, responsible for a huge spike in the amount of CO2 absorbed in 2011, is located in Australia. The findings suggest that... | New research suggests deserts could have a bigger role in climate change .
And the scientists say the Australian savannah is a major driver .
The study looked into what caused the 2011 CO2 absorption spike .
It was found to be the greening of drylands caused by La Niña .
They say their findings should be included in mo... |
feada2ff3693f14a9b5e45e8a8740d881e5acf5f | (CNN) -- Nine people were killed and 25 injured Thursday in twin blasts in eastern Iraq, health officials said. The attacks took place in Wasit as thousands of worshipers jammed the streets to attend festivals marking Ashura, the most important holy day on the Shiite Muslim calendar. Ashura commemorates the death of Im... | The latest attacks took place on Ashura, the most important holy day on the Shiite calendar .
At least six blasts have targeted Shiite Muslims in Iraq over the past two days .
Dozens have been injured in those explosions . |
feae30bd5a364967c36130d9d3018b25b28eb44f | By . Alex Greig . PUBLISHED: . 14:14 EST, 10 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:14 EST, 10 August 2013 . The IRS agent in charge of the Exempt Organizations Office in Cincinnati at a time when political groups were targeted for extra scrutiny has just received a promotion. Cindy Thomas, a 35-year IRS veteran, has been app... | Cindy Thomas has been promoted to the senior technical team for the Director of Exempt Organizations .
Thomas was in charge of the Exempt Organizations Office in Cincinnati when political groups were targeted for extra scrutiny .
Thomas is filling a role left vacant when a sixth senior IRS staff member quit recently .
... |
feae49717017cf9e026c4bb123497a20229d750b | By . Ryan Gorman . A homeless man hospitalized in Brazil after a random attack has a best friend in his dog who waited eight days in the hospital parking lot until being able to see him. Lauri da Costa, of Passo Fundo, staggered to a hospital after being smashed in the face with a rock only to be told he had melanoma o... | Lauri da Costa was hospitalized eight days while dog Seco waited outside for him .
The homeless man was smashed in the face with a rock but was diagnosed with melanoma while receiving treatment . |
feae9cb7285866476f3400194c2d16e27ed6b4c7 | Dubai (CNN) -- In a Dubai café, patrons sip camel-milk lattes, camel-ccinos and shakes made with camel milk. The newly opened Cafe2Go is one of the first to put camel milk on its menu and it seems to be passing the taste test with intrigued customers. "I'm surprised because I was thinking it was tasting really differe... | Camel milk is used in lattes, milkshakes, chocolate and cheese in Dubai .
Bedouins have drunk camel milk for centuries, but commercial production is new .
"Camelicious" bottled milk is produced at a huge farm on the outskirts of Dubai . |
feaebccdd2fac1f69fb7cefae015e4444c8bc94f | Federal authorities accuse a 35-year-old Florida man of hacking into accounts on computers and other devices belonging to more than 50 people, including entertainers Scarlett Johansson, Christina Aguilera, Mila Kunis, Simone Harouche and Renee Olstead, officials announced Wednesday. Christopher Chaney of Jacksonville, ... | Christopher Chaney makes first court appearance; he's released on $10,000 bond .
Among more than 50 victims are Scarlett Johansson and Christina Aguilera .
Authorities accuse Chaney of hacking into personal e-mail accounts and other devices .
He is charged with 26 counts involving computer hacking, identity theft and w... |
feaf07751aefa0e191352f36bf8cbb18c2eb3cc3 | By . Chris Richards . PUBLISHED: . 04:13 EST, 17 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:14 EST, 17 June 2012 . The BBC is facing an angry backlash over its decision not to screen the unveiling of the RAF Bomber Command Memorial on its flagship channel next week. While the Queen will be honouring the 55,000 Bomber Boys who gave... | Cash In The Attic and Bargain Hunt will be aired on BBC1 instead .
Ceremony will only be screened live on little-watched BBC News channel .
Veterans say decision is a 'huge disappointment' |
feaf8a0d36a3a967f8ed54467bbe7f23f0efdda2 | A satanic group which planned to hold a black mass at Harvard University has been forced to take the event off-campus after thousands signed a petition against the service. The Harvard Extension Cultural Studies Club originally planned to hold the event, conducted by the Satantic Temple of New York, in the basement of ... | The Harvard Extension Cultural Studies Club planned to host a satanic black mass reenactment on campus Monday night .
The club dropped sponsorship of the event when Catholic groups on campus and in Boston expressed outrage .
The archdiocese held a Eucharistic procession in protest, culminating in a holy hour mass at St... |
feafbcb8df6faa61bb8c7d511b6205e6fa28c1a7 | (CNN) -- A new poll this week claims the thing people most want to see in an airport is a cinema. Not automated, super-fast security checks, not complimentary Michelin-star dining options, not even Star Trek-style transporters to your destination (presumably those questioned could have chosen anything?). No, it seems p... | Nearly half of those surveyed say they would like a cinema in airports .
But where airport cinemas already exist, few people reportedly use them .
Hong Kong International Airport's IMAX cinema is the biggest in the city . |
feafc83f0141178a2d631344deacbf0faf3caab8 | (CNN) -- A federal agency is examining what caused the Dallas Cowboys' practice facility to collapse on Saturday, paralyzing a scout and injuring 11 others. An aerial view of the scene shows the Dallas Cowboys logo amid the ruins of the indoor practice facility. "We're trying to determine if there were any violations, ... | NEW: Cowboys' attorney's office says OSHA involvement standard procedure .
Facility's manufacturers point to weather reports of a "microburst" in statement .
Competitor says there might have been fewer injuries in an air-supported dome .
Special teams coach scheduled to undergo surgery for fractured spine Monday . |
feb020ce9e0dbaedc8e3ac2ad875a0df6de9f59f | By . James Nye and Victoria Wellman . PUBLISHED: . 16:22 EST, 19 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:29 EST, 19 September 2012 . A Colorado man has won $7million after suing a Denver supermarket chain and food manufacturer on the grounds that their microwave popcorn gave him a chronic lung condition known as 'popcorn lu... | Wayne Watson, 59, said he contracted the chronic condition 'popcorn lung' in 2007 because of the dangerous butter flavouring in microwave popcorn .
During the trial that began September 4 his attorney argued a warning should have placed on the packet .
Watson claims to have had a three-pack-a-day popcorn habit .
He now... |
feb03de9f0ce6c6d6ae7109b00ae0efaee5e5d60 | Beijing (CNN) -- Three Chinese airlines received "false bomb threats" on Wednesday that caused disruption to five different domestic flights destined for the southern city of Shenzhen, state-run media reported. Shenzhen Airlines said on its official microblog account that it had received multiple threats that lead it t... | NEW: Police are investigating the threats to three Chinese airlines .
Five different flights to the southern city of Shenzhen are affected .
Two flights are rerouted and three are delayed .
The state-run news agency says the airlines received "false bomb threats" |
feb050d9715ad3d6c13bcdc5eecd96bc43c2d3f3 | London (CNN) -- The mother of a victim of one of Britain's most notorious killers died Saturday, a day after police said they were investigating a possible clue to where her child was buried nearly 50 years ago. Winnie Johnson, whose 12-year-old son Keith Bennett went missing in 1964 in northern England, had spent the ... | NEW: Mother's death before she could find her son's body is "heartbreaking," lawyer says .
Winnie Johnson died the day after a new lead in her son's case was revealed .
12-year-old Keith Bennett was a victim of notorious killer Ian Brady in 1964 .
Brady admitted Keith's murder in 1987 but has not revealed the location ... |
feb0bd824bfa76f71edccd48c1f167b42a210c8b | Fukushima, Japan (CNN) -- This is my first time visiting one of the most dangerous places on earth. The devastated Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is isolated from the rest of Japan by police checkpoints, security fences, and barricades. We ride on a bus with a handful of journalists into the highly contaminated "red z... | CNN's Will Ripley visited the devastated Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant .
The only people regularly allowed in the red zone are workers in protective gear .
Conditions inside the Fukushima plant are extremely dangerous .
It will take decades to make the place safe again . |
feb16d7b250feb6813dedd981cbe937cad7436e0 | San Francisco, California (CNN) -- Just after Apple CEO Steve Jobs debuted the next version of his company's iPhone to the world, the tech luminary had a bit of technical trouble. "Well jeez," Jobs said, struggling to get the spanking new iPhone 4 to do much of anything without a connection to a Wi-Fi network. The tech... | Apple CEO Steve Jobs has internet trouble during a presentation .
Jobs was debuting the iPhone 4 at an event in San Francisco .
Wi-Fi troubles stop his presentation at one point .
Jobs asks conference attendees to get off network so he can continue . |
feb1f995edeb87c15c3adf61de9c5e12ce4e0b3c | Nearly three million children in Syria are absent from the classroom as the devastating effects of the civil war take their toll on the country's education system, a new report today revealed. A fifth of schools have been bombed, damaged, transformed into shelters and military barracks, as war rages into its fourth yea... | Unicef publishes new report Under Siege: The Devastating Impact On Children Of Three Years Of Conflict In Syria .
It reveals nearly three million children are absent from the classroom .
A fifth of schools have been bombed, damaged or transformed into shelters or military barracks .
40 per cent of Syrian school-age chi... |
feb3268ed9f8ce831aa64db7dde7f9fd3a66819f | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 04:52 EST, 28 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:53 EST, 28 November 2012 . More than 100,000 children aged between six and 11 have visited pro-anorexia websites that encourage people to compete against eachother in deadly starvation games, a study has found. There are at least 500 of... | More than 500,000 - mainly teenage girls - are visiting these sites every year .
One in five are aged between six and 11, study finds .
500 websites offer 'thinspiration' and encourage people to starve themselves .
Expert Emma Bond: 'To a vulnerable teenager sites offer sense of belonging' |
feb3553c244f84a989e5036ecdfa87f3dec1fa0e | By . Daily Mail Reporter . No longer on the rise: Baguettes are falling out of favour compared to hamburgers in France . The hamburger is threatening to overtake the baguette as France’s staple sandwich. Three-quarters of traditional French restaurants now sell hamburgers and nearly half of all sandwiches sold in Franc... | Almost half of all sandwiches sold in France last year were hamburgers .
That compares to just one in nine in 2000, according to a marketing firm .
The French eat 970 million burgers a year, a quarter in sit-down restaurants . |
feb3a4f92a7d95d62520fd1f5cbe940adc84250a | A senior Sun journalist was cleared yesterday of paying a corrupt tax official to get secrets from the Government’s Budget. Clodagh Hartley, 40, was accused of handing over £17,000 in exchange for leaks from Alistair Darling’s Budget in 2010 and embarrassing information about revenue officials and government waste. But... | Clodagh Hartley was accused of handing over £17,000 to a civil servant .
She was acquitted at the Old Bailey of corrupting public officials .
She was the first journalist to face trial under Operation Elveden .
Ms Hartley maintained that her source, Jonathan Hall, was a whistle blower .
Hall pleaded guilty to a charge ... |
feb3a5e1db5701252296ef7a9420142addf0872b | By . Katie Nicholl . PUBLISHED: . 17:19 EST, 25 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:55 EST, 26 August 2012 . The controversy over the leaked pictures of Prince Harry naked in Las Vegas has focused fresh attention on the role of the two police protection officers who were in charge of him at the time. The Mail on Sunday ca... | Long-serving bodyguard is 'very much one of the boys’
Pictured wearing straw hat surrounded by girls in bikinis while on duty .
Has posted pictures of himself with Harry on Facebook .
Has 'close rapport' with the prince who he refers to as 'Spike' |
feb45e2414eaf32e3a5f7e473e43440c87d27744 | (CNN) -- Thanks to a crop of how-to dating shows, such as Bravo's "The Millionaire Matchmaker" and VH1's "Tough Love," more people are reaching out to matchmakers, making an age-old art fashionable again. Back in 19th-century Russia -- around the time of "Fiddler on the Roof" -- women dreaded visits from the village ma... | Nielsen Media Research: "Millionaire Matchmaker" season 3 ratings show up season 2's .
Matchmaker Janis Spindel's business up 41 percent since matchmaking shows hit TV .
About half of the 20,000 who applied to be on "Tough Love Couples" were younger than 21 . |
feb4e404e129563c82caad06d45d8875860bf78d | By . Richard Spillett . PUBLISHED: . 13:15 EST, 13 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 13:15 EST, 13 March 2014 . A mysterious golden eagle with bells on its feet has been spotted by a group of cyclists in Wales. The huge bird, which is exceptionally rare in the UK, appeared tame and even allowed some of the group touch it. Ex... | Mountain bikers were shocked to see the huge predator of the Llanllwni Mountain in Carmarthenshire .
The rare bird, which usually only lives in the Scottish Highland, even allowed some of group to touch it .
RSPB say the beast, which had bells on its feet, must be an escapee from a nearby sanctuary or bird park .
But p... |
feb526b6f2440432587a32740a160fdb4a23ca89 | By . Claudia Joseph . PUBLISHED: . 05:28 EST, 30 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:35 EST, 30 October 2013 . A dressmaker made famous by appearing on TV's Big Fat Gypsy Weddings is being sued for sacking the head designer at her boutique. Thelma Madine paid Leanne Phillips £400 a week to design dresses for Nico Bridal C... | Thelma Madine, 61, employed Leanne Phillips, 31, as head designer at Nico Bridal Company in Liverpool .
She praised her for taking firm 'to another level' in her autobiography .
But now Phillips is suing after being fired from the company last December .
The pair apparently argued at work when Phillips and her mother a... |
feb527ac5c932adf7afac061cede02407b207b86 | By . Richard Hartley-parkinson . PUBLISHED: . 09:11 EST, 17 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:50 EST, 17 May 2012 . On trial: Daniel Pytlarz is accused of sexually assaulting 18 female clients, including a former employee of Sir Paul McCartney . A masseur groped a woman as she lay naked at his clinic then offered her a loya... | Daniel Pytlarz, 34, also accused of sexually assaulting two lawyers at spa .
Among his 18 alleged victims was a former employee of Sir Paul McCartney . |
feb5cfa641938c9fb47ab11ee99f3eeb0ab8074f | By . Chris Greenwood . PUBLISHED: . 05:23 EST, 9 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 13:54 EST, 10 March 2014 . The father of a young woman allegedly harassed by the so-called Wolf of Shenfield is suspected of arranging for him to be shot as a ‘punishment’. Lee Victory, 51, was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder Cit... | Robin Clark, 44, shot at Shenfield railway station, Essex, in January .
Lee Victory, 51, arrested yesterday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder .
Mr Victory worked for BGC Partners where Mr Clark also worked .
Mr Clark left the firm after allegedly harassing Mr Victory's daughter .
It is claimed Mr Clark made sexual c... |
feb5ec0d808439307f1926d1f9d4b9356491aa57 | Claws the monster lobster won't ever be catch of the day - because he is too big for the cooking pot. The two-and-a-half foot crustacean was hauled out of the sea near Lyme Regis, Dorset and is believed to be at least 60 years old. Now he is being looked after at the town's aquarium for the summer before he returns to ... | Two-and-a-half foot crustacean was hauled out of sea near Lyme Regis .
His size and age mean he won't end up on a plate but will stay at aquarium . |
feb6528fef04cc4e913116e5b0fd84d4e72f990a | By . Emine Sinmaz . PUBLISHED: . 12:20 EST, 12 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:13 EST, 12 June 2012 . A manhunt is underway after a spurned lover forced his ex-girlfriend to tie her daughter to a chair and watch as he fatally shot the young woman in the head. Roy Parmley, of Lapel, Indiana, broke into the home of Terri W... | Terri Wiles, 53, had ended her two-year relationship with Ron Parmley, 53, just two days before he killed her daughter .
The suspect fled the scene on foot and is considered to be armed and dangerous . |
feb6c4f2a3168f1917a1ddb4d1eb8f038cd46e5a | Newlyweds Stacie and Edgar Cobos got more than they bargained during a game drive on their Serengeti Safari Camp in Northern Tanzania. The honeymooners, from Washington DC, were on a game drive when a cheetah got a little too close for comfort - jumping on the car and peering through the open sunroof. The couple had be... | Washington, DC newlyweds were surprised by some large feline visitors .
During their Serengeti Safari Camp, two giant cheetah climbed atop the car .
The giant cats perched on the vehicle, even poking in through the sunroof . |
feb7156fee436e098ab2a3aa05377fea06be2aea | (CNN) -- World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki came through her opener against Nadia Petrova at the WTA Qatar Open after a string of seeded players crashed out Wednesday. Wozniacki, fresh from her triumph in Dubai, had little trouble against 2006 champion Petrova, running out a 6-3 6-2 winner in their second round match. "It'... | Caroline Wozniacki continues winning streak by beating Nadia Petrova in Qatar .
Dane comes to Doha off the back of her Dubai Open success .
Third seed and French Open champion Francesca Schiavone loses to Peng Shuai .
Second seed Vera Zvonareva reaches quarterfinals by beating Dominika Cibulkova . |
feb7222264ba9b55cd26979aaf4a79c7163aa90b | (CNN) -- Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill should be sick of each other by now. And if they weren't really friends off screen, they probably would be. After filming the surprisingly successful "21 Jump Street" and reteaming for the June 13 follow-up, "22 Jump Street," the two actors have put in countless hours filming and ... | Channing Tatum says he and Jonah Hill got "lucky" with their friendship .
The two off-screen friends bring their bond to "22 Jump Street"
The comedy sequel opens on June 13 . |
feb75b4681cdd85f9c6ca7f53d31ed53a62b35ee | A six-month old baby girl has died from meningococcal disease in Adelaide and four other people have been diagnosed with the infection this month. A one-year-old, two-year-old, and two women in their 40s have been identified as the other four SA patients battling the disease. South Australia Health has issued a public ... | Baby girl died on Monday in Adelaide, SA .
A one-year-old, two-year-old, and two women in their 40s are also battling the disease .
SA Health have issued a warning after a spike in cases . |
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