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Ronaldo left Madrid wearing a pair of sunglasses but he's unlikely to need them during his stay in Liverpool. Temperatures on Merseyside are set to reach just 12 degrees on Wednesday, with rain forecast around three hours before kick-off at Anfield as the tail-end of Hurricane Gonzalo hits Britain. Cristiano Ronaldo an... | Real Madrid face Liverpool at Anfield on Wednesday evening . Carlo Ancelotti's side flew out ahead of crucial Champions League fixture . Cristiano Ronaldo and Javier Hernandez among those pictured arriving . Gareth Bale has not travelled after suffering a muscle injury . Ronaldo and his Real team-mates trained as rain ... | 1d157f6bcb5a36966c6719581a1ba23de8deb7ba |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:48 EST, 13 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 15:13 EST, 13 January 2014 . This is the moment a baker lost both his legs as the shop front of his bakery came crashing down on him. Josiah Pereira dos Santos, 48, was crushed by the facade of his own shop in Goiania, Brazil, on Saturd... | Josiah Pereira dos Santos, 48, was crushed by the facade of his own shop . Security cameras show Mr dos Santos standing outside the bakery . But seconds later the structure suddenly collapses landing on the man . | 0a27003458d20a02f5d662ca450733b96a807496 |
As a successful TV chef, you might expect Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall to urge you to eat more. But the presenter of Channel 4’s River Cottage series has turned to fasting to offset his Christmas ‘gluttony’, he said yesterday. He has become the latest supporter of ‘intermittent fasting’, heralded as the biggest diet rev... | The chef has already lost 8lbs since starting starting diet at New Year . Dieters on 'intermittent fast' dramatically reduce calorie intake twice a week . Fearnley-Whittingstall said he feels 'lean and sharp' since starting diet . | cc8522c79af51b0f467137c62f2e614ec572b807 |
London, England (CNN) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife, Samantha, announced Tuesday the birth of their fourth child, a baby girl. The baby was born by Caesarean section at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, southwestern England, at midday. She had been due next month. The baby weighed 2.75 kilogr... | David and Samantha Cameron announced the birth Tuesday . The girl weighed 6 pounds, 1 ounce . The baby had been expected in September . | bad926687f949102b2f6e0db7af2461e4f2f3b50 |
(CNN) -- A member of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot -- convicted last summer after a protest performance inside a Moscow cathedral -- had her parole bid rejected Friday when a judge said she'd broken prison rules and never expressed regret, state news reported. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's lawyer argued that she should b... | Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, one of 3 arrested Pussy Riot members, had asked for parole . State news: A judge denies it, saying she broke prison rules and hasn't expressed regret . Pussy Riot staged a performance protesting Russia's leaders in 2012 in a Moscow church . Activists have decried the arrest and conviction of the... | e7d757df3dd3225b01af9e80d0e2e36d22a4592d |
Crystal Palace have stolen ahead of West Bromwich Albion in the pursuit of Shola Ameobi. Alan Pardew is keen to link up with the striker he knows from his Newcastle United days and bolster his attacking options. West Brom were the first club to offer a deal to Ameobi, a free agent, but Palace are believed to have prese... | Shola Ameobi has been a free agent since leaving Gaziantep in December . West Brom were the first club to offer a deal to Ameobi . But Palace are believed to have presented better terms . Palace are looking to sign Ameobi on a short-term deal . Ameobi scored 79 goals in 397 appearances for Newcastle . | e7de36fd3359d1d96db471008231d0b6a9b73511 |
By . Anna Hodgekiss . PUBLISHED: . 05:20 EST, 1 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:29 EST, 2 January 2013 . More than one in four Britons have the early signs of liver disease, according to the British Liver Trust . A booze-free January is not enough to repair the liver and keep it healthy, leading experts have warned. A... | 28 per cent of people tested by the British Liver Trust were showing the early signs of liver damage . Liver disease is now the fifth biggest killer in the UK, due to alcohol, fatty diets and sedentary lifestyles . Charity is calling for early liver screening to be made available to all those at risk, in a bid to save ... | 703f56d00375cb5e8a8a04342e16943a2bd3bab6 |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . The body of a Florida restaurant owner has been found six days after he disappeared while diving into the Ganges to save a holiday-maker. Hector Rolotti, who ran the popular Novecento chain, which has four restaurants in Miami, had been on a yoga retreat in India with his wife, Mora Barber, w... | Hector Rolotti and his wife Mora had been on vacation when he was swept away . Father-of-three from Miami was found six days after being pulled under . Argentinian-born restaurateur ran the popular Novecento chain . | 6b13d8679bd2e76be2aac20c6813646e82bafd30 |
By . Daily Mail Reporter and Reuters Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:31 EST, 21 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:05 EST, 24 April 2012 . One former U.S service member alleges she was raped by a fellow cadet and then forced to take out her attacker’s trash as punishment for reporting the assault to the military school. Another... | Leah Marquet, 20, and Anne Kendzior, 22, are suing military officials for 'systematically' ignoring sexual assaults . Last month eight other female service members filed a lawsuit saying they were raped or abused . | 4128cfbb632c3f96827cbed7becb81bca6ca558c |
(CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's claim that terrorists "can run but they can't hide" following two operations in Africa over the weekend is a reminder that America's military is increasingly active on the continent. It also raises questions about the international legality of such operations, and their lo... | Counter-terrorism policies live on the edge of international law, Alex Vines writes . U.S. raids in Africa show that America's military is increasingly active on the continent . Building up professional, accountable militaries is only part of the solution, Vines says . | 0d8f8bad4680a1ab57197f60923e8cf71c748d6f |
Erica Ginnetti, 34, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in a Pennsylvania court to institutional sexual assault and disseminating sexually explicit materials to a minor . A high school math teacher from Pennsylvania has admitted having sex with a 17-year-old student and sending him inappropriate text messages and videos. Erica G... | Maths teacher Erica Ginnetti, 34, pleaded guilty in a Pennsylvania court on Tuesday to having sex with a 17-year-old student . She first approached her victim in May 2013 when she chaperoned the senior prom and invited him to come work out at her gym . Two months later they met at Starbucks and drove to an industrial p... | a7afe7ce54ceaffbf8ddd2cbb78e52e442420b09 |
'It may surprise some of you to know this is not the first time I've sung on board a ship,' Mr Gordon Sumner - aka rock god Sting - declared to an enraptured audience on the Queen Mary 2. 'One of my first-ever jobs as a professional musician was on SS Oriana. 'In the early 1970s I sang every night, until the ship's pur... | Top cruise ship Queen Mary 2 regularly plays host to major celebrities . Sting recently played an intimate show when the liner stopped in New York . Other major music artists, including Kid Rock, have also played on board . | 4921a234e2494276a7ecd7a59c2decd71dcfc638 |
Margaret Thatcher once faced a diplomatic row about roses. The incident, which saw the UK mediate between Germany and Japan over who could name a rose after her, stretches for more than 40 pages in her 1984 files. The Tory leader was asked by the German Central Horticultural Association if it could name a flower in her... | Margaret Thatcher once at heart of row over who could name rose after her . Incident was mentioned in more than 40 pages of her 1984 personal papers . Germany and Japan bickered over who could name bloom after former PM . | a5a131f3562fba282a5c688b148715c51017fa4f |
By . Daniel Bates . PUBLISHED: . 16:27 EST, 28 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:16 EST, 29 January 2013 . The District Attorney who refused to prosecute JonBenet Ramsey's parents did so because he was 'too scared' to put them on trial, it was claimed today. Alex Hunter did not indict John and Patsy Ramsey because he wa... | JonBenet, 6, found bludgeoned to death at home on Christmas Day, 1996 . Parents remained suspects before finally being exonerated of crime in 2008 . Now sources reveal grand jury voted in 1999 to indict them on charges of child abuse resulting in death . But district attorney refused to sign vote and never revealed the... | 04be58c6e8de90d0a03e6587f7064a69a7747c77 |
Washington (CNN) -- Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 made drastic changes in altitude and direction after disappearing from civilian radar, U.S. officials told CNN on Friday, raising questions for investigators about just who was at the controls of the commercial jetliner that went missing one week ago with 239 people on b... | Report: Investigators suspect communications were manually switched off . More investigators learn, "the more difficult to write off" human intervention, official says . Malaysian military radar shows drastic altitude changes, an official says . A classified analysis calculates the flight crashed into the Indian Ocean,... | 2d209af068db24892c800272d04906736d835c20 |
(CNN) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday it has approved a new vaccine to prevent seasonal influenza. Agriflu, made by Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, is not intended to protect against the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu. The vaccine was approved using an accelerated approval process, the ... | Agriflu, made by Novartis, is not intended to protect against the H1N1 virus . The vaccine was approved using an accelerated approval process, the FDA said . Vaccine induces antibodies in the blood that are effective in preventing seasonal influenza . | 5bd6ed12cad6a9e6f7b03a7a93842cbdbf7139b8 |
By . Jonathan O'Callaghan . Will the next amazing technology to explore the solar system and beyond be an advanced telescope, a high-speed mission to Neptune, or something else entirely? With that question in mind, Nasa has selected 12 advanced proposals for further study in the first phase of its 2014 Nasa Innovative ... | Nasa has unveiled proposals for next-gen exploration tech in Washington . The Nasa Innovative Advanced Concepts programme picked 12 missions . These will each receive $100,000 of funding for study over 18 months . Concepts include a proposal to send a submarine to Titan's biggest sea . Another is a spacecraft that coul... | ddf70dc6ee89bb5a33bf9c7db42c5e2f8efd4c52 |
(CNN) -- Taryn Lopez doesn't think it got too terribly cold during the two days she was stranded on Alaska's Mount Mageik volcano. "I think about 28 degrees was the lowest we saw -- but then the temperature gauge was frozen," she said Saturday evening from King Salmon, Alaska. Thanks to sleeping bags, waterproof gear a... | NEW: Rescued researcher describes two days in sleeping bags inside chopper . NEW: Research aimed at improving assessment of risks of eruption . Trio stranded 6,500 feet up Mount Mageik . They had emergency provisions and were rescued unharmed . | 097854d6610d2bbdd1a79c4428b8042b6b385015 |
By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 10:29 EST, 20 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:38 EST, 21 June 2013 . This is the sickening squalor left behind at a once-loved family home by tenants from hell. A couple and their five children lived in this stomach-churning filth - sharing it with up to 14 mastiff dogs. Occupants Louisa and ... | Tenants caused £8,000 in damage to the Lincolnshire property . Dog faeces was caked into floor and walls . Two rooms were turned into kennels and others filled with rotting waste . Eviction battle cost owners Midge Clayton and Richard Douville £2,000 . 'The smell, the dirt - it clings to your skin' said Mr Douville . | 2ab9070ab6b11f495f9e22d22103ae0c21de56e6 |
(CNN) -- The national conversation over Trayvon Martin's killing is loud and intense. In some places, it's also vile and violent. The case -- in which a Hispanic neighborhood watch volunteer killed the unarmed black teen in Sanford, Florida, on February 26 -- has sparked a national controversy. It has also stoked extre... | "Extremists on both sides" are stirred up, the Southern Poverty Law Center says . The New Black Panther Party offers a reward for George Zimmerman's capture . One group says "white nationalists are trying to inject their poison" into the case . Anonymous Internet comments fan the flames, experts say . | 60ea2c12dbb19cf3f3948103505acadfcd950670 |
By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 10:45 EST, 25 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:01 EST, 25 July 2013 . A Swedish politician who wanted to show his new tattoo to followers on a social media site accidentally revealed far more than he intended. Lars Ohly, former leader of Sweden's Left Party, and supporter of Liverpool Footb... | Lars Ohly, 56, is the former leader of Sweden's . Left Party . Posted a picture . of the liver bird tattooed on his leg . Mr Ohly said the photo 'showed more than intended' | 3a43098b71e6b2962e23ec721dfb6b46713c1e0d |
By . Jennifer Newton . The Asiana Airlines flight that crashed in San Francisco in July killing three people was going dangerously slowly, a new document reveals. Asiana Airlines said in a report to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) that the flight crew failed to maintain a minimum air speed during its fi... | Airline says 'inadequate' warning system failed to alert pilots to slow speed . The auto-throttle design has been blamed by Asiana, an issue previously raised . Three people were killed and 180 injured in last year's crash in San Francisco . Boeing say 'there were numerous cues' that the aircraft's speed was slowing . | 8426379a9d386cecb9f201a584a1c381e6c20de4 |
West Brom will step up their interest in Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher following his failure to move to West Ham. Fletcher can commute from his Cheshire home, Joleon Lescott makes the same journey down the M6, and head coach Tony Pulis is keen to do business, preferably a deal until the end of the season... | Darren Fletcher looked set to join West Ham from Manchester United . The move fell through when the Hammers tried to make the transfer a loan . United had agreed to let Fletcher go on a free transfer . CLICK HERE for all the latest transfer news with our live updates . | e19e17ec9799342bbac0ff417e5871b1060c3d6e |
By . Matt Barlow and Neil Ashton . PUBLISHED: . 16:27 EST, 24 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:09 EST, 25 January 2013 . Chelsea hope new TV camera angles will help Eden Hazard escape with a three-match ban after his fracas with Swansea ball boy Charlie Morgan. As the FA’s disciplinary chiefs examined the evidence - wi... | 17-year-old is accused of acting . Chelsea think video will clear Eden Hazard . Police called in to investigate fracas . Former Chelsea star Pat Nevin calls Charlie Morgan 'disgraceful' Morgan is heir to £42m Swansea director's fortune . Claims ball boys were under orders to help Swansea rubbished by club . FA investig... | 52f3cd883d7e8d48ad74a23a6b24c6134ba5c158 |
(CNN) -- Democracy campaigners in Bahrain and politicians around the world are calling for this Sunday's Formula 1 race in the Gulf state to be canceled as violent clashes continue between activists and authorities. What are the issues around the controversy, and how are the sport and its fans reacting? Why are there c... | Democracy campaigners in Bahrain want Sunday's F1 race in the Gulf state to be canceled . Protesters see race as publicity stunt by country's rulers to make nation seem more unified . Shiite opposition groups in the Sunni-ruled kingdom want equality and human rights reforms . Motorsport's governing body say race should... | 6d51a7dad1ede597c6421088e7ecbc5605165775 |
By . Robert Hardman . PUBLISHED: . 17:50 EST, 3 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:32 EST, 4 December 2012 . While the world – and especially the bookies – enjoy the traditional speculation over the sex and name of any impending royal arrival, the future third in line to the throne has already made royal and constitutio... | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s first-born will trump subsequent siblings - even if she is a girl and they are boys . | 7568c1c5a75060096622ebb84e6f08d71d683538 |
A senior teacher is being made redundant in Dundee after councillors refused to reduce their drinks budget by £44,000. Norma Seith is set to lose her post at the Menzieshill Young Mum's Unit (YMU) - which helps teenage mothers stay in education. Ms Seith is principal teacher and manager of the organisation, which provi... | SNP administration voted to retain alcohol budget over saving senior role . Means principal teacher at Young Mum's Unit (YMU) in Dundee will lose job . Norma Seith currently paid £44,000 to manage the unit for pregnant teens . More than 1,000 people signed petition urging council to reverse decision . | fe5b7b185862213d855a997246bffc1f7023ad32 |
When Angus the spaniel decided to go for his winter walkies yesterday, he soon found himself up to his neck in deep trouble. His chilly surprise came as he nosedived off a wooden table and was buried in snow. The drift was clearly deeper than the clumsy canine had predicted and it took some seconds for him to emerge an... | Angus goes face first into the snow when he takes a leap off a tabletop . Blizzards across Britain left thick blanket of snow causing traffic delays . More sleet and snowstorms on the way and expected to last until Tuesday . | 716b9ec5f3ad50c65de67dae862ea56e57e637df |
It promises to be some wedding. Carolyn Bourne, 60, launched the first salvo by sending her future daughter-in-law an email criticising her ‘staggering uncouthness and lack of grace’. Yesterday the father of bride-to-be Heidi Withers hit back, branding Mrs Bourne a ‘snotty Miss Fancy Pants’. In the stinging repost, Ala... | Carolyn Bourne told Heidi Withers she was 'an ideal candidate for Ladette to Lady television series' She sends vitriolic email three times in a day and tells bride-to-be she needs 'guidance from experts' Heidi's shocked father hits back and says he will never forgive Carolyn for abusing his daughter . He says Carolyn w... | 24a7475213ab0632cccf7bdef70445112d9e5ea1 |
New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- A highly anticipated test designed to measure pressure within BP's ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well finally began Thursday, and for the first time in nearly three months, oil stopped flowing into the Gulf. The move was lauded by a variety of officials as a positive step, accompanied by a... | NEW: Thad Allen says it "remains likely" oil will be sent to surface ships, after test . Florida, Louisiana governors caution that much cleanup work remains . BP says there is no oil flowing into Gulf for first time in months . Cutoff in flow is part of the key "well integrity" pressure test . | b4d7ddfa5e9a66dfb8670d82149cd8f0705b9d06 |
(CNN) -- A 60-foot-long whale that was discovered still breathing on a New York beach Wednesday morning is likely to die overnight, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Biologists have been closely monitoring the status of the whale since its discovery early Wednesday morning. Late Wednesda... | NEW: NOAA is hoping "nature will take its course," with the whale likely to die overnight . "It's stuck in (water) five feet deep at most," firefighter says . The whale is alive but looks injured, New York Police Department officer says . "We are keeping it wet and dousing it with water to keep it breathing," he says . | b9e8f53c10c6c54e22d31cb0df0221f8fc88c14c |
American Apparel has issued a new ethics code which demands employees who are 'casually dating' or involved in 'committed romantic relationships' inform human resources to seek approval. The new code, which is four times the length of the previous version, was introduced in order to help 'prevent sexual harassment in ... | American Apparel's conversational former CEO Dov Charney was terminated last June over allegations including sexual harassment and racism . He stands accused of using one employee as a 'teenage sex slave' and calling another 'a wannabe Jew' Despite this, Mr Charney stayed on in a consultant role but was fired from that... | c7a5b3ee4415d6db016abdfc95471c5754afba34 |
Iain Duncan Smith’s officials have attacked a Church-backed campaign that claims his benefit changes are forcing people to go to food banks. In a striking billboard advert that says ‘Britain Isn’t Eating’, the charity Church Action on Poverty uses the famous image from the Conservatives’ 1979 election poster, ‘Labour ... | Charity Church Action on Poverty has created the billboard . Features the design of Saatchi an Saatchi's famous Tory election poster . Slogan Labour Isn't Working replaced with Britain Isn't Eating . Advert blames benefit reforms for more people using food banks . Iain Duncan Smith has labelled the campaign 'scaremonge... | bc3c2ffda9cca8328c030931d05bac8b73b2a9ee |
A Manhattan judge approved a millionaire investor's request for a restraining order against his 'volatile and unpredictable' younger girlfriend in Family Court on Friday. The motion to grant former hedge fund manager Brad Zipper, 50, a two-year protective order against 29-year-old former flame Nicole Raef was the final... | Former hedge fund executive Brad Zipper, 50, filed a protective order against his girlfriend in November . Fashion consultant Nicole Raef, 29, had allegedly threatened Zipper with a knife in September, reportedly only one of a series of violent incidents . It emerged in court that Zipper had tried to break up with Raef... | a1ea56fe60d5c2ecfa00dcbed0b05e4b44306a96 |
It is pointless asking Steven Gerrard where it all goes wrong. Gerrard is where it all goes wrong. Not just in this tournament, not just with the odd mistake of a player raging against the dying of the light, but from the very start, from his earliest days as an international footballer. All those times when we looked... | Gerrard has never been able to replicate his Liverpool displays for England . He has had countless memorable games for Liverpool down the years . In his 113 international appearances, he has far fewer for England . Andorra away in 2007 arguably his finest performance in Three Lions shirt . Gerrard in the national team ... | a33cc1a50f748d090ed0f56ea7663081c51f7da5 |
By . Corey Charlton for MailOnline . Robert Toney failed to provide basic life-saving treatment to the baby when he arrived at the scene . A paramedic who failed to give adequate emergency care to a new-born baby boy that was blue and ‘looked dead’ was suspended for a year today. Robert Toney raced to an address in Ply... | Robert Toney failed to give the baby life saving oxygenation when he arrived . Instead he blew on its face and rubbed him with towels, tribunal heard . He was today suspended from the profession for 12 months . | c0d0eecda63e553f389ef551ed12aad14206ed1c |
By . Rachel Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 06:10 EST, 8 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:12 EST, 8 July 2013 . Psychologist Dr Linda Papadopoulos said simple play can build a child's self-esteem . Young children should return to old-fashioned games such as hide-and-seek and hopscotch to beat worries over their body image, a leadin... | Psychologist Dr Linda Papadopoulos said her research had shown that simple games helped prevent and treat anxiety in children as young as five . Her report said play can be just as important as sport in getting . children to participate in physical activity . Studies have shown that 25% . of 7-year-old girls have diete... | 50cd5a5d7a3058d13ccea764e440039ef161ccc1 |
With its front wall slipping into the garden, and its crumbling interior open to the elements, it looks like a disaster waiting to happen. But this derelict house has become a treasured feature of a seaside town after an artist transformed it into a unique art by making it look like the facade has slipped into the fron... | Mid-19th century house was compulsorily purchased by Thanet District Council after being empty for 11 years . Derelict four-storey Margate house will be brought back into use at the end of the year-long public art exhibition . Part of the upper floor is exposed as curving bricks, windows and a door below give the illus... | 96c880af02c1c8801150052fbf76164f81845e90 |
By . Janet Tappin Coelho . PUBLISHED: . 14:51 EST, 1 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:00 EST, 1 October 2013 . Four would-be cowboys have brought the wild-west to Brazil with their brazen robberies on horseback. The underage buckaroos, said to be between 13 and 16 years old, were caught on security cameras mugging two ... | The four would-be cowboys were said to be between 13 and 16 years old . They mugged two elderly women, stealing their purses and shopping . Victims seen cowering on the streets of Fortaleza, north east Brazil . Locals say it is not the first time these brazen attackers have struck . But some have referred to the bandit... | be342f3070356ff35f975a8a96b5f71a37519bad |
Zola Tongo, 34, who is serving an 18-year term, was giving evidence in the trial of Shrien Dewani, who is accused of arranging the murder of his wife . The taxi driver who is in jail for the murder of newlywed Anni Dewani in South Africa claims he fitted child locks on his car to prevent her escaping, a South African c... | Zola Tongo, 34, was giving evidence in trial of Shrien Dewani in Cape Town . Says he installed locks to stop murder victim Anni Dewani from escaping . The 28-year-old's body was found in Tongo's abandoned shuttle taxi . | 72967ec5791a72ddb6af432d3fbcdc7aa569d7a2 |
CLICK HERE for all the stats from the Cherries' Capital One Cup win over the Baggies on Tuesday night . It's what you might term an upset, though you suspect Alan Irvine can’t have been too devastated. Not when he made 10 changes to the side he fielded in his most recent Barclays Premier League fixture. A cheer for the... | Eunan O'Kane gave Bournemouth the lead against West Brom in the 49th minute . Substitute Georgios Samaras's cross deflected off Tommy Elphick for an own goal equaliser . But Callum Wilson, also a substitute, struck back almost immediately for the hosts to reclaim the lead . Both sides made 10 changes each to their resp... | 48288f87520dd94e5c3ebd60b4eb8a8e9ae12f31 |
By . Helen Collis . PUBLISHED: . 10:57 EST, 3 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:34 EST, 4 September 2013 . Aviation fans are in for a treat as a 450-seater jumbo jet has been converted into a unique hotel - letting guests sleep on a Boeing 747. The unique Jumbo Stay hostel has a selection of 27 cabins to choose from, ... | Hostel owner Oscar Divs bought the decommissioned Boeing 747 in 2006 . Plane is now a fixed hostel at Arlanda airport, near Stockholm . Prices start from £42 per night and include en-suite, WiFi and flatscreen TV . | 41f0e04f2801b852ab38e24ef239e7bdbf62544a |
By . Leslie Larson . PUBLISHED: . 13:01 EST, 17 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:24 EST, 17 September 2012 . A nine-year-old Brooklynite is fed up with street fashion and wants people to start covering their assets. Amor 'Lilman' Arteaga and his father, Juan, penned a catchy rap titled 'Pull Ya Pants Up' to vent thei... | Amor 'Lilman' Arteaga was scolded by his father for letting his back-side hang out of his trousers . Father and son duo penned a tune to correct the fashion faux pas rampant in Flatbush, Brooklyn . Nine-year-old boy stars in music video, rapping instructions to keep pants in the locked and upright position . Brooklyn B... | dd7735f6b6e1a176cf9e153dcd537f1196dd0874 |
Divorce can be a turbulent time, so why not do it in extreme comfort? That's the big sell behind Gideon Putnam Resort & Spa, a luxury resort in upstate New York's, latest venture. Previously renowned for putting on lavish weddings the hotel and spa has turned it's attention to quick splits with $5,000 (£3,000) weekend ... | Gideon Putnam Resort & Spa in New York charges couples £5,000 for stay . Guests have the option of being filmed during the process for reality show . In between consulting attorney parties play golf, swim and enjoy massages . | fc0311c15e620eab236d7c7452a5d7e789de2fb3 |
Britons are 'pre-toxing' in the run-up to Christmas so that they can indulge more come December, with people hoping to lose an average of half a stone in the festive run-up. A new study also shows Brits rate looking good at the office Christmas party more important than a first date or a new job. However, post Christma... | People in UK are hoping to lose an average of half a stone in festive run-up . 47 per cent are starting their healthy 'pre-tox' fitness regime in next week . Almost a quarter said motivation is looking good at office Christmas party . | 577f134eab80a0bf6f046d733ac6e3c3af16bd59 |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 09:53 EST, 7 November 2011 . Convert: Bellfield, who sources claim has turned to Islam, was given a second life term in June for killing schoolgirl Milly Dowler . The killer of schoolgirl Milly Dowler has changed his name and is converting to Islam in jail, it has been claimed. Lev... | Serial killer 'becomes Muslim for better meals and a cushier life' | af02339f0df4f5136f5dda066734cb604eded790 |
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (CNN) -- The tug-of-war between the two men who claim the presidency of the Ivory Coast intensified Wednesday. Soro Guillaume, who was picked by Alassane Ouattara to be prime minister in his government, said on Wednesday that the international community should use force to remove incumbent Presiden... | NEW: U.N. commission agrees to back Ouattara-picked ambassador . Augmenting the U.N. force in Ivory Coast is being discussed . Ouattara-appointed PM calls for "military leverage" against Gbagbo . The World Bank has halted lending to Ivory Coast . | 6523e0e44d52be11580ffda69990677cd51626d7 |
Sarah Cullen, 25, was found guilty of shaking Cash Bell to death in Omaha in February 2013 . A former nanny convicted of killing a baby that was in her care has been sentenced to 70 years to life in prison. Sarah Cullen, 25, was found guilty of shaking Cash Bell to death in Omaha in February 2013. Investigators say Cul... | Sarah Cullen, 25, was found guilty of shaking Cash Bell to death . The four-month-old baby died in Omaha in February 2013 . Cullen sentenced to 70 years in prison . | 43806bcb0889b9a222d5eebe7dd00ebd13ef50ca |
The United States once had Islamic State of . Iraq and al-Shams (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi in custody at a detention facility in Iraq, but president Barack Obama let him go, it was revealed on Friday. Al Baghdadi was among the prisoners released in 2009 from the U.S.'s now-closed Camp Bucca near Umm Qasr in Ira... | WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT . The U.S. once had Islamic State of . Iraq and al-Shams (ISIS) leader . Abu Bakr al Baghdadi in custody at a detention facility in Iraq, it was revealed Friday . Al Baghdadi was among the prisoners released in 2009 from the U.S.'s now-closed Camp Bucca near Umm Qasr in Iraq . It is . unclear w... | 7800c33700f8eb61fda27dab558fa7355d1333d4 |
(CNN) -- What do you get when you cross thousands of plastic water bottles with an adventure-loving entrepreneur? A boat, of course, designed to carry a team of scientists, adventurers and artists halfway around the world. Sounds like an interesting proposition? It clearly did to David de Rothschild, one of the younges... | Boat made primarily from recycled plastic bottles set to sail Pacific Ocean . Organizers of voyage aim to spotlight dumping of plastics, other pollutants . Solar panels, wind turbines, recumbent bicycles will power the vessel . | 3d4261c8a588a5cb6ef4cfdb11f5c876736318c9 |
A Chicago man confessed to killing his girlfriend's mother, whose body was found last month in a suitcase outside a hotel in Indonesia, police in Bali tell CNN. The girlfriend also confessed to being involved and trying to get rid of her mother's body, police say. Heather Mack, 19, and Tommy Schaefer, 21, have been det... | Heather Mack, 19, and Tommy Schaefer, 21, of Chicago area confess, police say . They had been charged in the death of Mack's mother, Sheila von Weise Mack . Motive was how mother "was against Schaefer's relationship with Heather," police say . Daughter was at the killing scene when her mother was killed, police say . | 90ef647d7db4b42165f8456c6b8b0318a7bcf980 |
(CNN) -- Authorities in Vietnam have arrested the former chief executive officer of Jetstar Pacific Airlines and are preventing two airline executives from leaving the country, Vietnamese and Australian officials said. The former chief executive, Luong Hoai Nam, faces prosecution for "lack of responsibility causing ser... | Jetstar Pacific is partly owned by Qantas Airlines of Australia . Airline: Vietnamese authorities not allowing airline's CEO, financial officer to leave . Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman says ex-CEO faces prosecution . | 39d3e4f7004ae72df219e2a0349e2ff18f665263 |
Nigel Pearson is set to escape punishment from the Football Association despite appearing to put his hands around the neck of Crystal Palace midfielder Jame McArthur. The Leicester City boss was involved in an extraordinary clash with the Palace midfielder in the dying minutes of the Foxes' 1-0 home defeat on Saturday.... | Leicester City lost 1-0 against Crystal Palace at the King Power Stadium . Foxes boss Nigel Pearson and James McArthur clashed on touchline . In the 86th minute Pearson appeared to put his hands on McArthur's throat . He appeared to keep hands around McArthur's throat for several seconds . But Pearson set to escape pun... | 31e41ed869d82ac4f9e824f674f3872266f756d7 |
(CNN) -- The Justice Department is preparing to sue Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, known internationally as "America's toughest sheriff," saying talks between the two sides have fallen through. The Obama administration and Arpaio's Maricopa County Sheriff's Office had been in the midst of settlement talks, after the Justi... | The two sides had been in the midst of settlement talks . The Justice Department wanted Arpaio to allow an independent monitor . Arpaio: "This will not happen, not on my watch!" The government alleges the sheriff's office has committed constitutional violations . | 97c289461aace68b258e378f9a26d6e2ccfc14fc |
By . Daily Mail . PUBLISHED: . 20:57 EST, 11 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:58 EST, 11 November 2012 . A baby being taken home from a maternity hospital was killed by a roadside bomb yesterday. The child’s mother and four other members of the family also died in the blast which happened in the Khost province of Afgh... | The child's mother and four other members of the family also died in the blast in Khost province . A roadside bomb . also killed three and wounded two members of one family on their way to a . wedding in southern Helmand . | 995c807ba5b86ad8ba64369ca55735036b404c34 |
New York (CNN) -- Pakistan's foreign minister expressed disappointment Friday over what he called "a very harsh sentence" for a Pakistani scientist convicted of attempting to kill Americans in Afghanistan. A federal judge issued Thursday the 86-year sentence for Aafia Siddiqui, who was convicted by a jury in February o... | Aafia Siddiqui was sentenced to 86 years in prison . She was convicted in February of attempting to kill Americans . Pakistan's foreign minister calls the sentence "very harsh" | 7a792ecb2b3c885ddec95402fcb6383a727d84d4 |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . Shock and joy are the best two words to describe 11-year-old Logan Fairbanks' reaction to learning he'll soon be a big brother. The only child from Hartford, Michigan thought he may stay the only child as his parents struggled to conceive years after they became parents for the first time at... | Photographer Josh Fairbanks of Hartford, Michigan caught his son Logan on camera as he struggled to believe he'll be a big brother . The heartwarming footage quickly racked up an astonishing 800,000 views on Vimeo in just a day . | 75f485694248f93e4a7255e28a24dac5c24bb7ca |
Roy Hodgson insists he is happy with the fitness of all members of his squad apart from Phil Jones, and admits John Stones will replace the Manchester United man if he is not 100 per cent by the start of the tournament. The Everton defender has been named on the standby list for Brazil, and with Jones recovering from a... | Roy Hodgson reveals 23 man squad for World Cup finals in Brazil . Manager admits John Stones will replace Phil Jones if he is not fit . Hodgson: 'It was unbelievably hard leaving Ashley Cole out' Goalkeepers: Fraser Forster, Ben Foster, Joe Hart . Defenders: Leighton Baines, Gary Cahill, Phil Jagielka, Glen Johnson, Ph... | 076b9ca4d9760825e51410c4a33f1dbcb365dbf0 |
By . Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 05:32 EST, 6 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:32 EST, 6 December 2013 . An Indian man who allegedly murdered and dismembered his French wife in their Mumbai flat did it in a fit of rage after she refused to give him money to spend on his mistress, police say. Girish Kote allegedly beat... | Girish Kote allegedly beat his wife to death before dismembering her body . Police say he confessed to killing her after they rowed over money . He is said to have asked her for cash to spend on his girlfriend . | 8c11797f582407a805c40168b8d20ff2ae8af3ef |
By . Graeme Yorke . Luis Suarez's transfer to Barcelona is being held up because Chile star Alexis Sanchez - his proposed replacement - is a wanted man across Europe. Liverpool would like Sanchez in part-exchange for Suarez. But Sanchez is being courted by Arsenal as well as Juventus and would prefer those clubs to Anf... | Suarez will leave Liverpool for Barcelona after the clubs agreed £75m fee . Spanish side want Sanchez to be makeweight in deal for Suarez . Arsenal and Juventus also interested in signing Chile winger . | ea2d019db5e4b7e6c43898a19b0c1979593eeb17 |
By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 09:28 EST, 3 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:44 EST, 3 May 2013 . A group of wealthy car enthusiasts bored with Lamborghinis and Ferraris have teamed up to build their own ultimate supercar - a road legal Batmobile. The men, who call themselves Team Galag, regularly compete in the infamo... | The car weighs 2.5 tonnes, has a 6.2-litre V8 engine and can reach 100mph . It will take part in the exotic car rally Gumball 3000 later this month . | aa9298fe8b4ab884a3ce124f54d293eb81588e6c |
Washington (CNN) -- Several veterans and conservative bloggers are taking issue with President Barack Obama choosing not to attend the Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Vice President Joe Biden is attending in his place. "Arlington is a place of tremendous symbolism," said Paul Rieckhoff, founder of... | Obama to mark holiday at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery outside Chicago . Vice president to attend Arlington National ceremony in Obama's place . Blogger says absence from Arlington shows lack of respect for veterans . But some veterans groups say absence is OK, citing that of other presidents . | 388eebf5c04311ff2121dca803e3663d4df0f73c |
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Eight people were killed and 17 were injured Wednesday when an improvised explosive device detonated followed by a suicide bomber's explosion, according to police and medical officials. The attacks targeted people leaving al-Mustafa Shiite mosque after night-time prayers in al-Furat neighborhood ... | NEW: A suicide bomber, IED kill 8, injured 17 in Shiite neighborhood . Nuri al-Maliki declares amnesty for tribe members, except those who have killed Iraqi forces . Iraq gets 5 Russian-made fighter jets and is expecting more . Military spokesman says Iraqi forces are making gains against ISIS militants . | 0437d4abdd58f8760bf2e708c744e16e6caff9ed |
A 30-year-old Princeton graduate, who allegedly shot dead his multimillionaire hedge-funder father, was upset that his weekly allowance had been cut back, according to published reports. Tommy Gilbert Jr, a former pupil of Manhattan's most prestigious private schools, was being questioned by police on Monday after 70-... | Thomas Gilbert, 70, was allegedly shot in the head by Thomas Gilbert Jr, 30, at his $6,000-a-month Manhattan home, according to police sources . Gilbert Sr founded $200million hedge fund Wainscott Capital in 2011 . Father and son were discussing 'differences in their relationship' before shooting, according to reports ... | 9aff0cb67836f97254552c7e7803a8d008d2bb66 |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:57 EST, 20 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:57 EST, 20 March 2013 . Lance Armstrong kicked back with Willie Nelson last night, clearly making the most of his time since admitting that he won numerous cycling titles with the help of doping and performance-enhancing drugs. The dis... | Infamous drugs cheat dined with the country star in Texas on Tuesday night . Cyclist currently in PR blitz as two movies about his life are currently in development . | df21030e4356da25c84b5bc9592a41a49174ee68 |
Peter Moores has described Andrew Flintoff’s prospective comeback for Lancashire this week as a 'sensitive issue' which must be handled correctly. Moores was Lancashire coach until a few weeks ago, when England asked him back - and for the vast majority of his time at Old Trafford, 2005 and 2009 Ashes hero Flintoff app... | Moores believes the situation must be handled correctly . The England head coach left Lancashire just a few weeks ago . Flintoff is likely to make a return in the T20 Blast match against Yorkshire . Lancashire have won each of their last four Twenty20s without Flintoff . Moores says it must be a 'cricketing decision' t... | 1d313cb044b87c3a3178fe608427c9ed1d3c82f4 |
By . Kathryn Blundell . PUBLISHED: . 17:47 EST, 16 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 19:42 EST, 16 February 2014 . The Baftas last night saw an impressive array of leading ladies squeezed into the slinkiest of designer dresses. Many looked as though they’d been dieting for months to iron out the creases. But, as I’ve disc... | Kathryn paid £55 to be wrapped in a cling film-type material for an hour . Originally a large size 12 after over-eating at Christmas . Lost over an inch on her hips through this 'Shrinking Violet' treatment . | 75a8a96c5eebd62e387dd1cc8d91c47136023f86 |
A relic hunter dubbed 'Indiana Bones' has lifted the lid on a macabre collection of 400-year-old jewel-encrusted skeletons unearthed in churches across Europe. Art historian Paul Koudounaris hunted down and photographed dozens of gruesome skeletons in some of the world's most secretive religious establishments. Incredi... | Art historian Paul Koudounaris hunted them down in secret Catholic vaults . Said to be remains of Catholic martyrs dug up from Roman catacombs . They were sent to churches to replace relics destroyed in Reformation . Some took up to five years to decorate in gold, silver and gemstones . But none were actually canonised... | 29717d3c13c4517ff8d72432f6b42c13ae4f0973 |
Gulfport, Mississippi (CNN) -- Gulf Coast states have seen drops in tourism linked to the BP oil spill in the Gulf, though it has not caused any beaches to close, tourism officials told CNN Wednesday. More worrisome than the people who call to cancel are those who don't call to book their trip in the first place, said ... | Some Louisiana seafood festivals canceled to concentrate on cleanup . Florida, Alabama, Mississippi officials report cancellations, drop in bookings . BP has offered money to the states to help them promote tourism . Biloxi restaurateur who bounced back from Katrina vows he'll survive oil spill effects, too . | 1b32e8a86a739b24c805c7628edac38b796cd688 |
Psychiatric injury: Former police officer John Pike is seeking worker's compensation after the controversial incident . The former police officer who sparked worldwide outrage when he pepper-sprayed students during an Occupy protest at the University of California, Davis, is now appealing for worker's compensation. Joh... | Former police officer John Pike caused anger after pepper-spraying peaceful students at Occupy Wall Street protest in 2011 . His personal details were released by hacking group Anonymous in video message that concluded: 'We are going to make you squeal like a pig' Pike received numerous threats and now is seeking compe... | 7ba4a03eba9d4ebd44b101528ce27a58ffe0d1bf |
Campaigner: Actress Angelina Jolie . When celebrities lend their names to a good cause, it rarely fails to attract some welcome publicity. The trouble is, the main beneficiaries are usually the stars themselves, according to a study by British academics. And while only a cynic would suggest they are motivated by anythi... | Study found that celebrities who do charity 'often do better' out of attention . Stars like Angelina Jolie and Robbie Williams more popular for charity work . Survey carried out by University of Manchester and Sussex University . | e29413596624016517e41423f9bc97dd4ba79d0c |
By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 06:40 EST, 14 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:54 EST, 14 August 2013 . Bizarre: Nathan Meunch arrives at Shrewsbury Crown Court with a paper bag over his head despite being pictured at an earlier hearing . Two fraudsters who tried to pass off ice cubes as iPads but were rumbled when they ... | Nathan Meunch and Nigel Bennett claimed they were posting iPads . In fact they had stuffed the package with ice cubes . Tried lodging an insurance claim worth £2,500 when 'iPads' never arrived . But their plan was foiled when the soggy parcel burst behind the counter . Both men received a 12-month community order and 1... | 4e225faa80f442292632a31f32e9184205341b7c |
A Pennsylvania teenager has been charged with murder after he allegedly shot a classmate then posed for a selfie with the victim's body and sent the image to a friend. Maxwell Morton, 16, has been charged with first-degree murder in the case of 16-year-old Ryan Mangan, who died of a single gunshot wound to the face, an... | Maxwell Morton from Pennsylvania has been accused of shooting Ryan Mangan . Mother of Morton's friend told police her son received Snapchat image of him with victim - message had Maxwell written across it . He admitted to shooting Mangan after police found 9mm handgun hidden in his house . Both teens were juniors at Je... | 4af313475782bf63945a609254395b7d59be437c |
(CNN) -- It has been nearly a year since Haiti held elections, but it was not until late Tuesday night that the troubled nation finally was able to form a new government. Garry Conille, a United Nations development specialist and aide to Bill Clinton, was ratified by the Haitian Senate after debate that lasted more tha... | Senators ratified Garry Conille as Haiti's next prime minister . President Michel Martelly had failed to get his first two choices approved . Conille is a development expert who served as an aide to Bill Clinton . The new government must lead post-earthquake recovery efforts . | 2d27fa5c03ed625427c7f8d8855a52bc8cca9875 |
With her ribs visible beside her slender arms, anorexic 21-year-old Holly Griffiths looks barely able to carry herself, let alone a growing child. Incredibly, however, she is eight months pregnant, her tiny frame hiding an almost fully-formed baby. Pictures of the young woman, who weighs just 8st 1lb and is 5ft 7in tal... | Holly Griffiths, 21, has suffered with anorexia since she was eight years old . She was induced at 37 weeks while pregnant with first baby, Dylan, now 2, because she was so thin he cracked her rib and began to crush her lungs . Dylan was born weighing a healthy 5lb 10oz and luckily he has suffered no ill effects of bei... | a6c97fe0d6e1192b05ed7a05412e702582b53359 |
(CNN) -- Actor Jeremy London escaped from armed carjackers who kidnapped him along a Palm Springs, California, roadside last week, police said. London said the kidnappers forced him to "use illegal drugs," according to a Palm Springs Police statement. London, 37, is known for his television work, including five seasons... | Police: Jeremy London said his kidnappers had helped him fix a flat tire . Armed men forced actor to buy alcohol and "use illegal drugs," police said . He escaped and called police, who found his vehicle in a residential area . A 26-year-old Palm Springs, California, man was arrested later that day . | 4aead74e93869a377012a0e0a34603fc0343ba0e |
By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 04:02 EST, 7 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:58 EST, 7 January 2013 . Leeroy Reed was released on bail until the end of the month . A star of MTV's reality television show The Valleys has been arrested on suspicion of rape. Leeroy Reed, 21, was arrested at around 9am on New Year's Day f... | Leeroy Reed, 21, was arrested on New Year's Day following the allegation . The Metropolitan Police said he has been released on bail . | 9cd79b110f7907ba14b139c87f7f55c44abca95f |
Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- Rival dissident army officers are claiming to lead the increasingly armed rebellion within Syria, exposing rifts within the opposition. In an interview by telephone with CNN, Maj. Mahar Naimi introduced himself as a spokesman for the "Higher Military Council," a newly formed organization that ... | Various officers say they are the lead opposition . "Higher Military Council," "Free Syrian Army" are two of the rebel groups . A third says it represents rebels battling government forces in the besieged city of Homs . | 3ca526ea378ba31fc85400bb08f69be587536fae |
Ched Evan's mother Helen Roberts has praised Judy Finnigan after the TV presenter made controversial comments that the footballer's rape was not 'violent' The mother of Ched Evans eagerly backed Judy Finnigan’s ‘level-headed’ claim that his offence was ‘not violent’. Helen Roberts, who has consistently defended her son... | Helen Roberts has consistently defended her son’s name . Ched Evans jailed after raping a woman in a hotel room in 2011 . Ms Roberts blasted women's campaigner Jean Hatchet . Ms Hatchet has started a petition to prevent the player's return to football . | 2ac512a9456c93e908712287f25f9720c5ef7d3b |
By . Mail On Sunday Reporter . Britain's top heart doctor has called for statins to be sold over the counter, saying that not taking them is a ‘disaster’. Sir Magdi Yacoub told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that everyone over 40 should take the cholesterol-lowering drugs daily. His call comes after claims that statins ... | Sir Magdi Yacoub called for drug to be sold over the counter . The call comes after claims statins caused harmful side effects . He told BBC Radio 4 all over-40s should take the drug daily . | f6c91cbc27975102a473df0dc7aeead4fe919f27 |
The sister of Australian terrorist Khaled Sharrouf, who is fighting in Syria with Islamic State forces, has condemned her brother's actions as 'abhorrent'. This week Sharrouf's older sister Damour Sharrouf and her husband Ahmed Alwash are again under scrutiny over their business Bisotel Rieh, located in Lakemba in Sydn... | The sister of Khaled Sharrouf has said her brother's actions are repugnant to Australian law and values . Her business, Bisotel Rieh, is under investigation accused of funding terrorism in the Middle East . The remittance firm was suspected last month, and proceedings against it commenced on Thursday . Sharrouf is one ... | a57b75c79e6fdc7ada374ca6762ab2a3943a671d |
A man slashed an eight-year-old boy to death and severely injured two others today in China's latest random 'slasher' attack. The man slashed the three children with a knife while they were walking home from school for a noon break in Luojia village. A suspect who was released from jail in April attacked the children i... | The man attacked three children as they were walking home from school . Police are searching for the man, but the motive for the attack is not clear . China has seen a string of high-profile slashing attacks in the past few years . Last month, a man fatally stabbed four schoolchildren in Guangxi . Also in September, an... | 3a2106ce02f9d7e6326913937f2faf98c8ab1a06 |
By . Julian Robinson . Former Bond girl Fiona Fullerton has defied her neighbours and cut down two 'iconic' trees outside her mansion - despite being warned felling them would be 'vandalism'. The 57-year-old actress came under fire after she obtained a licence to fell the towering Cypress trees as part of a major renov... | Fiona Fullerton had trees felled despite neighbours calling it 'vandalism' The 57-year-old actress said she was following guidance from council . Former Bond girl is renovating £900,000 house in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire . Cypress trees, described as 'iconic' by neighbour, have now been cut down . | 8f1c711f925e89d3fa395cf06abefdb5aa61d81d |
Despite no solid proof of its existence ever being found, it is one of Britain’s most feared animals. But newly-unearthed records have revealed a six-month Government investigation into the Beast of Bodmin Moor proved it was far from a monster – and, rather, just a large pussycat. The probe in 1995 into the Cornish ‘be... | £84,000 probe into Cornish 'beast' 19 years ago found it was a 12in cat . Experts looked at photographs and videos and staged reconstructions . Beast first 'spotted' in 1983, with at least 60 reported sightings since . | 67d349232a48674a3bd44b53adeeba21799b62db |
A baby girl who suffers from a rare condition that caused her head to swell to nearly double its size is recovering in hospital today after receiving life-saving surgery. Following a series of preliminary procedures last week, 15-month-old Roona Begum, who was born with hydrocephalus, received a major operation at a ho... | Roona Begum suffers from a severe case of hydrocephalus . Doctors drain fluid from her brain and say surgery went 'perfectly' Kind-hearted students raise $52,000 to help fund any further care . | 224d9f33af4acf2daa5398ac2d0ff77db7debdf9 |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:27 EST, 18 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:00 EST, 18 September 2013 . An Ohio man who confessed in an online . video to causing a fatal wrong-way crash after a night of heavy drinking today changed his plea to guilty. Matthew Cordle, 22, pleaded guilty . to aggravated vehi... | Matthew Cordle, 22, admitted to killing Vincent Canzani, 61, during a June drunken hit-and-run accident in Ohio in a video posted on YouTube . He pleaded not guilty last week and changed it today . Will be sentenced on October 10 . | 29f95e2e281cdf7e58cb8b5c7485275e8cb88d41 |
By . Rajvir Rai . Follow @@R_Rai . Argentina may have got their World Cup campaign off to a winning start against Bosnia on Monday but it appears not everyone was impressed. Sead Kolasinac own goal gave Argentina the perfect start after three minutes before they scored arguably one of the best goals of the tournament -... | Argentina beat Bosnia 2-1 on Monday with Lionel Messi scoring the second . Rio de Janeiro based paper Lance however remain unimpressed with the Argentinians despite World Cup 2014 opener win . | d0d83af023b320abf658105d71a641e4ef6e5271 |
Leicester midfielder Danny Drinkwater has signed a new deal that will keep him at the club until the end of the 2017/18 season. The 24-year-old playmaker's existing contract was due to expire next year, but he has now committed himself to the recently promoted Foxes. Drinkwater, who joined the Midlands club from Manche... | Midfielder's contract was set to run out next year . Drinkwater has been rewarded for his brilliant Championship performances . Leicester are aiming to establish themselves in the top flight next season . | d2dee7de0c0d7bb13c322f0f350ff1009bf18193 |
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton plans to return to work next week after being treated for a blood clot in her head. The 65-year-old spent three days at New . York-Presbyterian Hospital receiving treatment for the condition and was discharged late on Wednesday. State Department spokesman Victoria Nuland said on Thur... | Hillary Clinton, 65, left New York-Presbyterian Hospital looking relaxed with daughter Chelsea and husband Bill by her side on Wednesday . After three days of treatment for blood clot in vein behind her ear, her medical team reports that she is making 'good progress on all fronts' Secretary Clinton was admitted to New ... | 479d8a1d5d3ed643c948f9eb5c60b469eedfe70e |
(CNN) -- Is it ever acceptable to stand by and let people drown? European leaders seem to think so; in fact it's their new policy. This week Mare Nostrum, the search and rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea deployed to help those who get into difficulty while trying to reach the safety of Europe, is due to end. Si... | Italy's search and rescue operation for migrants crossing Mediterranean Sea to end . Politicians claim it encourages more people to try and make their way to Europe by sea . Refugee advocate Maurice Wren insists their "argument is as flawed as it is chilling" "Those fleeing atrocities will not stop seeking safety in Eu... | a8598b04db8c75d3d51380b0bdd48e8638549246 |
New York (CNN) -- Mayor Bill de Blasio bit into some unexpected publicity recently when he was photographed politely eating pizza -- with a knife and fork. At a Staten Island pizzeria, no less. Now, the act that sent the Internet into a frenzy with chatter about what most New Yorkers scorn as a serious food flub porten... | To the "gates" of political lore, add one for NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio: pizzagate . The new mayor was photographed chowing down in a pizzeria, using a knife and fork . Now the pizzeria owner wants to auction the infamous fork for charity . De Blasio's office is all for it: "We hope they include the knife to raise even ... | 7d5beba2c3da843daacf92cd275ffa59fa331db8 |
New York (CNN) -- An Egyptian executive accused of sexually abusing an employee at a luxury hotel in New York pleaded guilty Friday to sex abuse in the third degree and will also face a $5 million lawsuit tied to the case, his attorney said. Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Omar, 74, the chairman of a salt company who once headed a... | Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Omar was sentenced to five days' community service . He's already completed that service . He must also submit his DNA to the state database . The incident occurred soon after Dominique Strauss-Kahn was accused . | ed9c82180a09e101a5c5fc661e346820713dd131 |
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Music producer Phil Spector was sentenced Friday to the maximum sentence of 19 years to life for the murder six years ago of actress Lana Clarkson. Phil Spector's first murder trial in 2007 ended in a mistrial as jurors said they couldn't reach a verdict. That means Spector, 69, would b... | NEW: Music producer sentenced for 2003 slaying of Lana Clarkson . Actress was found shot dead in foyer of Spector's California mansion . Defense argued it was a suicide; first trial ended in a mistrial . Grammy-winning Spector, 69, was inducted in 1989 to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . | e994f9be3bd0a08c936d5a0adea27a3e1e6f4c24 |
The latest triumph for British engineering – Mercedes’ clinching of the Formula One world constructors’ championship – will earn each of the team’s 700 staff a bonus of at least £10,000 each. Everyone from the cleaners up to the superstar drivers, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, will be rewarded after Mercedes’ blitz ... | Mercedes clinched Formula One world constructors' championship on Sunday . Everyone from the cleaners up to the superstar drivers will be rewarded . Nearest challengers Red Bull are out of contention with three races left . | 2452fe7fb65f4e36d4a1cda4e82e68f26a69a205 |
By . Ian Drury, Defence Correspondent . The families of three Red Caps murdered by a mob in Iraq ditched a controversial lawyer amid claims he was also representing their alleged killers. Relatives of corporals Simon Miller and Russell Aston and Lance Corporal Thomas Keys dropped Phil Shiner over concerns he had a ‘dis... | Corporals Simon Miller and Russell Aston were killed alongside Lance Corporal Thomas Keys in Majar al Kabir near Basra in 2003 . They were cornered by hundreds of locals at a police station and executed . Corporal Paul Long, Sergeant Simon Hamilton-Jewell and Lance Corporal Benjamin Hyde were also slaughtered . Their k... | 952fca171e0e871fa51c3d610f64609f702dbd99 |
Newcomers to Northern Territory roads might be surprised to find themselves overtaking BIGNOSE, tailgating YOLO, or feeling inferior to ADONIS. Cars just have more personality in the NT, and one woman was so taken with the personalised number plates that she has collected a gallery of almost 10,000 and published a book... | Vivien Joseph collected a gallery of almost 10,000 number plates . The plates only cost $178, while they cost $500 or so in other states . The plates are based on nicknames, family jokes and business advertising . Ms Joseph said the plates are a a sign of the quirky attitude of Territorians . | 567b2cb99747a37a65783b562a882b4e2b1e51e0 |
Two high school students died on their way home from a movie theater in after a faulty exhaust pipe leaked carbon monoxide into their car. Carly Marie Imbierowicz, 16, and Daulton David Pointek, 17, were found dead early Saturday morning in a parked car near Cochranville, Pennsylvania. A preliminary toxicology report f... | Carly Marie Imbierowicz, 16, and Daulton David Pointek, 17, found dead . Pair died from carbon monoxide poisoning due to leaking exhaust pipe . The teenagers had been on their way home from a movie on Friday . | 30ff1b5bc9f2d676ec347e34465325ea6d42a04c |
By . John Hall . There can't be many things more out of step with a wet, miserable February than the explosion of heat, humidity and spectacular colour you'll find in an orchid house. But as these stunning images show, spending time among these exotic flowers might be the perfect antidote to the cold and rainy weather ... | New exhibition at Kew Gardens will feature 6,500 varieties of the rare flower . Enclosure took a team of 20 horticulturalists more than four weeks to build . | 110eb94977468da5521fa8ee01916cde90c123ac |
Former Manchester City manager Joe Royle has backed Manuel Pellegrini's assessment that their late return from Abu Dhabi had little to do with their shock FA Cup exit at the hands of Middlesbrough. The Premier League champions were humbled 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium by the Championship outfit, who progressed thanks to g... | Premier League champions were beaten 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium . Patrick Bamford and Garcia Kike scored the goals for Middlesbrough . Manuel Pellegrini claims result had nothing to do with Abu Dhabi return . The Citizens spent five days there prior to Saturday's FA Cup game . | dede855a9f7515935b2b8c81f9153a44c3ff21ff |
Olympic Stadium, London (CNN) -- The 2012 London Olympics has been an awe-inspiring event -- with daily doses of drama, guts and glory -- but its zenith was always going to be the showdown of the gladiators of pace that is the men's 100 meters final. Of all Olympic disciplines there are none as original, pure and spect... | Men's 100 meter sprint the most original, pure, spectacular Olympic event . Reigning Olympic champion Usain Bolt confirms his position as world's fastest man . Jamaican covered the distance in 9.63 seconds, a new Olympic record . Three other athletes ran under 9.8 seconds creating the fastest podium ever . | 8a67311a58c7db771083fabb39118deed9957ecd |
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