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e98e838aa2e007d2056c5d37924775ad9ce6a951 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The rules governing air traffic over New York's Hudson River need to be rewritten to prevent another mishap like this month's fatal collision of a small plane and a sightseeing helicopter, federal safety investigators said Thursday. The wreckage of a plane that collided with a helicopter is lifted t... | NTSB advises rule changes over Hudson River after August 8 crash .
Nine people were killed when helicopter, small plane collided .
One proposal: Make helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft fly at different altitudes over river .
NTSB makes recommendation before end of crash probe -- a rare move . |
e98e95e3a5c68f30b7e770c55cb2057c5409ce1f | Martin Skrtel may have suffered a nasty cut to the head during Liverpool's 2-2 draw with Arsenal on Sunday - but that did not stop him enjoying a day out with his family at Winter Wonderland. Skrtel scored an injury time equaliser for Liverpool to earn a point, but had earlier suffered a horrible wound which required e... | Liverpool drew 2-2 with Arsenal in the Premier League clash at Anfield .
Martin Skrtel was caught by Olivier Giroud's boot during the second half .
Skrtel needed six minutes of treatment on the pitch .
The Slovakian later scored the equaliser in the 96th minute .
Skrtel posted a picture on Instagram showing eight stapl... |
e98ea4cb392c80215da941d1213e04bc2942aca8 | (CNN) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo went into hiding last week, canceling appearances and perhaps hoping that a blast of sharply negative press coverage -- triggered by a hard-hitting front-page New York Times story -- will somehow fade away. That was wishful thinking: The bad press isn't going to vanish anytime soon. ... | The Times found N.Y. Gov. Cuomo's aides interfered with anti-corruption panel .
Errol Louis: Cuomo ran on anti-corruption platform, but created this scandal himself .
Louis: He has been ducking the press, but he will have to address this head on .
Louis: N.J.'s Christie handled his Bridgegate scandal with press confere... |
e98f352afd14d7570e818f9ccf3b042946a090ee | PUBLISHED: . 12:01 EST, 8 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:15 EST, 8 April 2012 . As London 2012 looks to the future with its sci-fi-style cable cars across the Thames, an artefact has come to light giving a fascinating insight into the capital's Olympic past. This newly uncovered poster showing the medalists of 1908 dem... | Poster gives a glimpse of the first London Olympics, when just a fifth as many athletes took part .
Among the people shown is original owner William Knightsmith, a pioneering sports announcer and toastmaster to the royals .
Mr Knightsmith's great grandson unveiled his ancestor's Olympics memorabilia to the BBC's Antiqu... |
e98f3534eca87a54e7cc051d8bdc345292fbb8a6 | A 15-year-old schoolgirl who died after falling from a historic monument following an argument with her boyfriend sent him a text message in which she threatened to 'jump off the tower' prior to her death, an inquest heard. Ashli Blake, who was born with the surname Cook, was found dead by her boyfriend Marcus Webb on ... | Ashli Cook, 15, was found dead near a historic monument in Hampshire .
Prior to her death, she text boyfriend and threatened to 'jump off the tower'
Marcus Webb, 20, said he laughed at her because he didn't believe threats .
Winchester inquest also heard she had been suffering bullying at school .
Coroner ruled that th... |
e9900c3b37b1ca3c0a62d203670f7e0e5ac5da89 | Arrested: Margo Bronstein, 56, has been arrested on suspicion of killing three people and injuring nine others after ploughing into a crowd of churchgoers . Pedestrians were filing out of a church Christmas service when a car sped around other vehicles at a red light and plowed into the crowd before hitting another car... | Margo Bronstein hit group while heading north on Pacific Coast Highway .
Victims had just enjoyed Christmas service at church in Redondo Beach .
Bronstein was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence . |
e99070f7e02ec8258c14dad841be0349d5ba5193 | Madrid (CNN) -- Loud chants rise up from the street below, the noise bouncing off the wall of the building across the way and pouring in to an apartment on the top floor of a block in Vicalvaro, a working class suburb of Madrid. "The people, united, will never be divided!" yells the crowd, angrily waving banners and pl... | Spain has seen hundreds of protests since the "Indignados" movement erupted .
In 2011, activists took over Madrid's Puerta del Sol, inspiring the global "Occupy" campaign .
Two years on, many are still angry, and marches and sit-ins are common in the capital .
A mass demonstration is planned in towns and cities across ... |
e990c3b28df1b9740034bd36d148dd0e170b7a50 | First she was told she had breast cancer. Then doctors explained that the treatment she needed to save her life might rob her of the chance of having children. For Natasha Eaton, 32 at the time of the diagnosis and desperate to be a mother, the news was devastating. 'I basically went outside into the street and I just ... | The drug goserelin was found to successfully reverse early menopause in women receiving chemotherapy .
Natasha Eaton gave birth to a healthy boy after struggling through chemotherapy for her breast cancer .
The drug works by reversibly 'shutting down' the ovaries during treatment . |
e9913a938692180d6e2e35eb07219365e26c2f41 | By . Nikki Murfitt . PUBLISHED: . 17:00 EST, 23 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:23 EST, 23 February 2013 . Eight-legged feast: Stefan Gates munches on a tarantula . Tarantula kebabs, fried crickets and mealworm burgers... it sounds like a stomach-churning I’m A Celebrity bushtucker trial, or perhaps one of celebrity ... | Eating bugs could soon be the norm in Britain, says food writer .
Creepy crawlies are considered treats in many countries outside of Europe . |
e991b5423671573c879713be3e34c1ac166fc619 | As the United Kingdom continues to enforce sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine, the British Museum has announced it is lending one of the controversial Elgin Marbles to a St. Petersburg museum, describing it as "a marble ambassador of a European ideal." A statue originally from the Parthenon in Greece will ... | The British Museum says it is lending one of the Elgin Marbles to a foreign museum for the first time .
The sculpture of the river god Ilissos will go on display at Russia's Hermitage Museum .
The Elgin Marbles are a set of Parthenon sculptures "acquired" by Lord Elgin in the early 1800s .
For decades, Greece has been ... |
e991c265e8e935b4d9e24ee3c9c22a4647fa19b2 | (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama does not foresee a scenario of "American boots on the ground in Syria," telling reporters Friday that it would not be good for the United States or for that county. "As a general rule, I don't rule things out as commander-in-chief because circumstances change," Obama said during a j... | NEW: "As a general rule, I don't rule things out as commander-in-chief," president says .
Obama says he has discussed the issue with leaders in the region and they agree .
He says there is evidence of chemical weapons use in Syria .
"We don't know when, where or how they were used," the president says . |
e99211ebb362da247d17e98b30a24df8524688ae | US Special Forces soldiers injured on the battlefield could soon be put into 'hibernation' until they can be moved to safety, it has been revealed. The US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is providing $550,000 to fund a radical new drug being developed by Australian scientists. It can put people into a 'survival wind... | US Special Forces working with James Cook University in Australia .
Drug aims to raise the heart and blood pressure into a 'survival window' low enough to reduce blood loss, but high enough to prevent brain injury .
Human trials expected to begin within a year . |
e99262d01f8403c11cab381bc8c62de6b0c65e40 | By . Rob Cooper . A Somalian grandmother was allowed to come to Britain to live in a council house with her daughter who is an unemployed single mother-of-three living on benefits. Halima Jimale, 68, was reunited with her daughter Fadumo Mohamed, 43, who claims £310 a week in handouts despite fears that she would also ... | Halima Jimale, 68, came to Britain to be reunited with her daughter .
Her daughter Fadumo Mohamed claims £310 a week in state handouts .
Ms Jimale was allowed to come to Britain after judge rules she won't be a drain on taxpayer's money .
But relative who promised to give family £100 a week financial support had just £... |
e992ee17be47c8713309aa894f451142ac58be14 | (CNN) -- Jordan Belfi has a great job: He plays Adam Davies on the HBO show "Entourage," a comedy series that takes a look at the life of a young actor, Vincent Chase, and the old friends who surround him in Hollywood. Jordan Belfi arrives at the premiere of "Entourage" season six in Los Angeles, California. Davies is... | Jordan Belfi plays acting agent Adam Davies on the HBO show "Entourage"
Belfi has played Ari Gold's nemesis on the show since the first season .
"I think he's the kind of agent that I'd certainly like to have," Belfi says of Davies .
A little something about coming story lines: Belfi says Adam might get Lloyd . |
e992f7af824256d2f1e43d86ca7139a2800a5728 | (CNN)NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell acknowledged Friday that "it's been a tough year" for him and his league after months' worth of news about everything from allegedly abusive players to ongoing concerns about concussions to deflated footballs. But it was also one, he insisted, marked by significant progress on severa... | The NFL's Roger Goodell: "We've done a lot of soul-searching, starting with yours truly"
The league has been criticized for its handling of domestic violence cases .
Goodell says NFL has "made no judgments" on the so-called Deflategate controversy . |
e99329c09b39301042de4f7f5559a2706f9fd7da | This heart-wrenching photo shows how a Navy SEAL’s dog refused to leave his master’s side during an emotional funeral. Petty Officer Jon Tumilson, 35, killed in the major U.S. helicopter crash in Afghanistan this month, was remembered by around 1,500 mourners. But it was his Labrador retriever Hawkeye that really captu... | Petty Officer Jon Tumilson killed in Afghanistan crash .
Navy SEAL was one of 38 shot down in helicopter .
Labrador retriever Hawkeye was at emotional service .
A fund was set up in the SEAL's honour. Donations can be sent to 'Frogman 238 Memorial Fund' at: First Security Bank and Trust, 201 West Main Ave, Rockford, Io... |
e9935a7f974067701828296c1db7fa6c4dcd8012 | Questions have been raised over the authenticity of the ice axe used by Mount Everest explorer George Mallory which sold for a whopping £132,000 at auction earlier this year. The axe, which is made from iron and wood and stands nearly 3ft tall, was bought by American investor and climbing enthusiast Warren B Kanders in... | Axe was sold at London auction for £132,000 in April despite £8k guide price .
Bought by American investor and climbing enthusiast Warren B Kanders .
Experts now questioning whether axe was really used by Mallory on Everest . |
e9937f98c5564dbe077d27d2cc4eeb889cc8b3da | After the disastrous mid-term elections for President Barack Obama and the Democratic party, the commander in chief could be in dire need of a way to 'shake off' his party's failure at the polls. The answer could be in this hilarious mash-up song which debuted on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday. In the cl... | Hilarious mash-up song debuted on the Tonight Show monologue Tuesday .
The clever clip, features President Obama's speech with Taylor Swift's song .
It uses her popular hit 'Shake it off' with words from Obama's speech . |
e993af7ac71a73f741350387d0283026f5318fdc | A ute illegally overloaded with 24 rolls of old carpet tied down with just two lengths of rope has been caught on camera and the footage handed into police. A concerned motorist captured the vehicle on camera as it drove around Sydney with its unsteady heavy load covered with a black plastic tarp. The images were share... | A motorist captured the vehicle on camera as it drove around Sydney .
On the back of the ute was an unsteady heavy load covered with plastic .
The images were shared on NSW Police's Traffic and Highway Patrol Command Facebook site on Wednesday .
The post generated more than 200 comments many of which expressed outrage ... |
e993cf863c7278d70a97574a056e7ff743b5e704 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 1:32 PM on 4th August 2011 . The possibility that man walked much earlier than previously thought has been raised after a study of ancient habitats. Scientists now believe that grassy open spaces - where human predecessors would have been forced to walk - have dominated the Ea... | East African region previously thought to have been heavily forested until 2million years ago .
Experts thought our ancestors only came down from the trees and walked upright after forests receded . |
e993da7b47a9bed59e1748bc0161b00583555d84 | The entire West Bromwich Albion team is on trial for their futures, according to Chris Brunt, who says Tony Pulis has ‘stamped his authority’ immediately. Brunt concedes some players might benefit from a ‘kick up the a***’ from Pulis and likens the new head coach to Roy Hodgson. ‘When a new manager comes in he may brin... | Chis Brunt says some players might benefit from a 'kick up the a***'
New boss Tony Pulis has made an instant impression on midfielder .
Baggies captain compared Pulis to current England boss Roy Hodgson . |
e993dcc318ed8e0ca889cf7f801c273f506e5447 | The Blackpool Tower Ballroom is the seaside town's pride and joy. But it takes a lot of elbow grease to keep it sparkling. Last year, the well-known landmark hosted The iconic Blackpool Tower’s 120th Anniversary celebrations and events such as the Carnival Ball, Gold Soul and Lancashire Tourism Awards – not to mention ... | Annual spring clean begins with refurbishment of the 120ft parquet dance floor consisting of 30,602 wooden blocks .
Every shard of crystal in the ballroom's 14 ornate Edwardian chandeliers is buffed .
Ballroom hosted Blackpool Tower’s 120th Anniversary celebrations as well as BBC series Strictly Come Dancing . |
e99487f47b197dc7c7146ca3f7a4cc4d6a91cd1e | (CNN)The MotoGP cavalcade trooped into Malaysia this week for three days of testing at a sultry Sepang circuit. While there were no surprises about the man leading the pack, results further down hint at an interesting season ahead in motorcycle racing's top class. Repsol Honda's Marc Marquez blew away the winter cobweb... | MotoGP teams and riders in Sepang, Malaysia for three days of testing ahead of 2015 season .
Reigning world champion Marc Marquez three tenths of a second faster that nearest rival .
One more round of testing in Qatar before season opener at same track on March 29 . |
e9948971131d8ec6a3264a4f90b3afc743d8710e | Scroll down for video . A Stradivarius violin forgotten in a closet for decades and formerly . owned by a reclusive U.S. heiress to a copper fortune could sell for as . much as $10 million in a sealed bid auction next month, according to . Christie's. If the 1731 violin, known as 'The Kreutzer' after the . French conce... | Stradivarius was discovered after her death .
French violinist Rodolphe Kreutzer played the instrument from 1795 until his death in 1831 .
Highest price for a Stradivarius remains $16 million . |
e9957f5db04d2112d383cc4406cd5e157a8010a1 | A chef has created Scotland's priciest pudding made with edible 24-carat gold leaf, Dom Perignon champagne jelly and vanilla beans imported from Madagascar. Edinburgh-based restaurateur Mark Greenaway's rhubarb and Champagne crumble will set diners back £30 for a portion. Mr Greenaway, who previously appeared on popula... | Dessert created by Edinburgh-based restaurateur Mark Greenaway .
Rhubarb and Champagne crumble takes five hours to make from scratch .
Pudding served from 7 to 13 February at Restaurant Mark Greenaway . |
e99586fd71703798ded36846867b0a15c36bb9cc | By . Richard Shears . The coy residents of a small Japanese town have been so shocked by a replica of Michelangelo’s Renaissance sculpture of a naked David that they have called for it to be fitted out in underpants. The 16ft replica of the classic sculpture has been put up in a park in Okuizumo where, standing on a pl... | Residents have complained about the statue because it is near a park .
They say the masterpiece's 'nakedness' is scaring local children .
The replica was given to the town of Okuizumo along with another of the 'topless' Venus de Milo by a local businessman .
Local official Yoki Morinaga said art in Japan of 'unclothed ... |
e995e2dc13c26be750950038565eadf95dfe32e1 | Eugenie Bouchard and Serena Williams were reluctant to discuss suggestions of sexism at the Australian Open after a male on-court interviewer sparked outrage by asking some female players to 'give a twirl'. However Williams, the world No 1, acknowledged that leading men's players would never be asked to do the same in ... | Tennis Australia commentator Ian Cohen asked female tennis players to 'give a twirl' to show off their outfits on court .
Serena Williams was reluctant to discuss whether it was sexist or not .
Eugenie Bouchard said it was 'unexpected' that an 'old guy' had asked her to twirl following her straight-sets win over Kiki B... |
e9964197be1b32af242aaa022b0cfd7ce804702c | By . James Rush . PUBLISHED: . 12:15 EST, 15 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:18 EST, 15 August 2013 . Burial site: An estimated 6,000 bodies were 'jammed in' to shallow graves under the stone flooring of Bath Abbey (pictured) which is now beginning to collapse because the bones are rotting . An ancient city centre chur... | Thousands of people were buried under the stone flooring at Bath Abbey .
The floor of the 500-year-old building is starting to lift and collapse .
The abbey has now discovered 'huge great voids' beneath its flooring .
The huge voids were created by burials shifting and decaying . |
e9966f83bc203babb85b05cdfd40dacf73b03797 | Just six months since Google unveiled designs of its Project Ara handsets, engineers have already created the first working prototype. Dubbed Spiral 1, an engineer is shown turning on the device, unlocking it and launching an app during a video filmed at NK Labs in Boston. Individual modules are shown being added to, a... | First prototype has been dubbed Spiral 1 by engineers at NK Labs .
In a video, an engineer is shown turning on the device and launching an app .
Individual modules are shown being added to, and removed, from handset .
This includes the LED module, battery, processor, speaker, and a USB port .
Spiral 2 will be demonstra... |
e996b3cc1ea43186288467a14d177f3b18077662 | By . Richard Marsden . PUBLISHED: . 03:34 EST, 13 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:12 EST, 13 December 2013 . It may seem unlikely as the annual Christmas spending spree gets under way, but a survey has found the British are among the least materialistic in the world. Out of 20 countries, people in the UK were ranked ... | Survey said UK third least worried about shopping after Spain and Sweden .
China, Turkey and India topped the table as most affected by Black Friday .
Britons were found to believe money isn't everything in Ipsos MORI study . |
e996c05af7795cf5e66a0632a953ade55f58be8c | By . Will Payne In Providence, Rhode Island . Hollywood blockbuster Frozen captured the hearts of millions around the globe with its touching story of two warring sisters who eventually reconcile and rediscover their deep love for one another. But few people realize the movie's theme of sisterly love has been plucked f... | Jennifer Lee, 42, who wrote and co-directed the movie based the relationship between Elsa and Anna on her ups and downs with her own elder sister, Amy .
The sisters drifted when they were growing up in Rhode Island but Amy came to become Jennifer's rock when her true love died in a swimming accident when she was 20 .
J... |
e996cca4081c0fd5c66fed46d9698c8a289ce452 | By . Ian Garland and Thomas Durante . UPDATED: . 07:08 EST, 3 July 2012 . A new search for missing aviator Amelia Earhart is all set to begin - just about 75 years to the day after she vanished while flying over the Pacific. A research team will set off for the remote island of Nikumaroro with some high-tech tools in h... | New search for the wreckage will start on July 3 - 75 years after the first search for Amelia Earhart began .
International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery will launch new search to scour island for debris of famed aviator's plane .
Research team will search Pacific island of Nikmaroro for crash debris . |
e996eda18f94dd3ae4d14f8f465fb21a412945cd | What christening gift do you choose for the boy who is going to have everything? A £7,000 silver sculpture of his hands and feet, of course. At least, that’s what Pippa Middleton has bought for her baby nephew, Prince George. And while the unusual gift may strike some as a little creepy, Miss Middleton evidently thinks... | The 'life casts' were made from moulds of the young prince's limbs .
Sculptors Wrightson and Platt call them a 'perfect keepsake to preserve precious memories in the finest materials'
Bronze versions start at £1,900, but the silver versions cost at least £6,200 . |
e99775f32ce28ffff036eb20873b7fad703086af | By . Sarah Harris . Examiners have included JB Priestley's classic 'An Inspector Calls' on the GCSE syllabus . British authors including J.B.Priestley and Meera Syal dominate a new English Literature GCSE amid the dropping of classic American fiction. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and... | Harper Lee's classic To Kill a Mockingbird has been pulled from the GCSE syllabus .
Education Secretary Michael Gove wants to concentrate on British authors .
Exam chiefs admit the new syllabus will be a challenge to teachers . |
e9985ba98d457101b8b3948004b6dd1905509a0f | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 01:06 EST, 14 September 2013 . A Florida judge ruled today that 'Hiccup Girl' Jennifer Mee can share her story with the public and the media ahead of her murder trial. Earlier this week, Pinellas County prosecutors had asked Judge Nancy Moate Ley to bar any interviews Mee had plann... | Jennifer Mee, 22, is charged with murder in the 2010 killing of Shannon Griffin .
She gained notoriety at age 15 when Mee got a case of hiccups that wouldn't stop .
Mee's co-defendant Laron Raiford was sentenced to life in prison August 30 . |
e9988e0ae7ba74db25c631dd7845f9a338babc6a | By . Steve Doughty . UPDATED: . 03:00 EST, 6 September 2011 . Squatters should be encouraged because they bring empty homes back into use, a judge said yesterday. Fiona Henderson ruled they were not criminals and there was no evidence they carried out more anti-social behaviour than rent-paying tenants. Her judgment is... | Camden Council told to hand addresses to squatter website that advises people on how to occupy homes .
Judge dismissed claim that squatting victims suffer high costs as a result of occupation . |
e998f96b4b17e4dcf8d4bf37876bbb97c4dfbac1 | No longer number one: Barack Obama's America now has the second largest economy in the world . China has toppled America to become the biggest economy in the world, according to figures from the International Monetary Fund. The US has been the global leader since it overtook Britain in 1872, but has now lost its status... | Figures show the Chinese economy is worth £11trillion, the US £10.8trillion .
The IMF estimates China's economy will be worth £16.7trillion in 2019 .
The US has been the global leader since it overtook Britain in 1872 . |
e9992730557ffd0d1767a88ac78f553cbcbe0a88 | By . John Hall . Russian president Vladimir Putin has called comments made by Prince Charles comparing him to Adolf Hitler 'unacceptable' and 'wrong', adding remarks of this kind are 'not what monarchs do'. Mr Putin's response came just days after the Prince was reported to have made the remark in a private conversatio... | Russian president discussed thoughts on Prince of Wales' comments .
He called Prince of Wales 'angry', adding: 'That means you are wrong'
Charles made remarks three days ago while he was on tour of Canada .
Allegedly said Putin was 'doing just about the same as Hitler' in Ukraine .
The men now face an awkward meeting i... |
e9997a3c74ae2c6bbe6fb3767bd4e51c77d43b81 | By . Sally Lee . Australia's incoming Defence chief has unwittingly been drawn in to an internet fraud scam, with his identity being used to con women out of money. Police have confirmed a fake Facebook account in the name of Air Marshal Mark Binskin was set up and the fraudster contacted his latest victim last month. ... | The identity of next chief of the Australian Defence Force, Air Marshal Mark Binkskin, was stolen by an unknown person .
The impersonator sent various Facebook messages and declared their love for Anna Linden, 54, who is a waitress in Aachen in Germany's west .
Messages include 'I really love you' and requests for mone... |
e999a7653d1b1f825a62681d07108784f12aa986 | (CNN) -- British authorities have charged a veteran children's television host with more than a dozen counts of child abuse stemming from an ongoing investigation into another TV personality. Australian-born Rolf Harris was charged with nine counts of indecent assault dating to 1980, the Crown Prosecution Service annou... | Rolf Harris faces 13 counts, some of which date to 1980 .
He hosted children's and painting shows in Australia and Britain .
Charges were part of investigation into another entertainer, Jimmy Savile . |
e99a05a49a6c909d0e8dffa63f1e67797a27b078 | A swarm of locusts has crossed the border from Egypt into neighbouring Israel, raising fears that the country could be plagued by the insects over the forthcoming Passover holiday. A swarm of an estimated 30 million insects had been devastating crops in Egypt putting authorities in Israel on high alert. But a smaller s... | A small swarm of 2,000 locusts has been spotted near Jerusalem .
Israel's Agriculture Ministry set up an emergency hotline and task force .
The swarm was estimated to be made up of 30million insects while in Egypt .
The infestation has been devastating crops in Egypt ahead of Passover . |
e99a467c3d56b1abd001f49f52475c0c6df07b44 | Click here to see all the stats, heat maps and more in Sportsmail's Match Zone. Robin van Persie clenched his fist in delight and no little relief after responding to doubts over his Manchester United future with a thumping strike which completed a one-sided afternoon at Old Trafford. Manager Louis van Gaal kept faith ... | Chris Smalling gave Manchester United the lead after 16 minutes against Hull City .
Wayne Rooney doubled the home side's lead at Old Trafford shortly before half time .
Robin van Persie added the third as Louis van Gaal's men ran riot against Hull . |
e99a60c85ede974c645cda3bf39ec9a72bd47768 | Sam Clucas‘s extra-time double set up Chesterfield’s first competitive meeting with county rivals Derby in 27 years. Full-back Clucas scored twice, the second a superb 25-yarder, to terminate Scunthorpe’s three-month unbeaten run and book the fourth-round FA Cup tie with Steve McClaren’s Championship promotion chasers ... | Chesterfield midfielder Sam Clucas scored two extra-time goals in their FA Cup third round replay with Scunthorpe .
The Spireites near their tournament best of the fifth round by booking their place to face Derby .
Chesterfield were FA Cup semi-finalists in 1997 but lost out to Middlesbrough in a replay . |
e99a6b87eb61594c75f411100f35829a942fdf29 | Rory McIlroy predicted there would be some surprises among the European pairings and Paul McGinley certainly hinted at one yesterday when he suggested the world No 1 would not be partnering fellow Northern Irishman Graeme McDowell. Throughout the summer the Europe captain had said they would play together at some point... | Rory McIlroy predicted some surprises in the European pairings .
Paul McGinley may not pair world No 1 with Graeme McDowell .
Ian Poulter may instead be his Ryder Cup partner . |
e99bbd6c4bf972c66b6c831a98812fc2933d409b | By . Jill Reilly . A French court has rejected a residency appeal by a Roma 15-year-old whose arrest in front of her schoolmates and expulsion to Kosovo sparked national protests. Leonarda Dibrani was detained in October as she got off a bus from a school trip, sparking rowdy protests in Paris and other cities. A court... | Court in eastern French city of Besancon threw out family's request .
Ruled expulsion did not contradict country's international commitments .
Leonarda Dibrani was detained in October as she got off a bus .
Sparked rowdy protests in Paris and other cities . |
e99c80b082972289157f2f42dde01d046650bdd0 | By . James Chapman . PUBLISHED: . 20:14 EST, 16 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:29 EST, 17 July 2013 . George Osborne is considering an extra squeeze on benefits to ensure no family can get more than £20,000 a year in state handouts. Treasury aides confirmed that the Chancellor will examine the case for lowering the new ... | The Government’s £26,000 cap came into force this week .
Labour insists the cap is too low for areas with high property prices .
Polls suggest many voters believe the cap should be even lower . |
e99cf9d7e5113958ee7684184ca4c934210ca5cb | By . Hannah Roberts . Pope Francis has met British victims of clerical sex abuse to beg forgiveness for the ‘sacrilegious’ crimes committed by the ‘sons and daughters of the church, who betrayed their mission.’ The Pope told six victims of paedophile priests, including two Britons, that the church would ‘weep’ for its ... | The Pope met with six victims of paedophile priests at the Vatican today .
It follows two UN reports which said church policies allowed priests to rape .
Francis had been accused of silence on the paedophile priests scandal . |
e99d14f326ec80905045d8e47a3060cc7b4ae65b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . A incredibly well-preserved example of a fossilised marine creature is set to fetch £100,000 at auction. The 6ft long ichthyosaur was discovered by a fossil hunter at low tide after rough seas tore away a section of cliff. The unnamed fossil enthusiast worked tirelessly for three days to coll... | The 6ft long creature was exposed by rough seas at Black Ven in Dorset .
Remarkably, one of its paddles on its side is preserved in 3D protruding from its body at an angle of 45 degrees . |
e99d4106ef629e0ac5c92df9b3f86a9b1fe09510 | (CNN) -- President Obama needs to send U.S. marshals to Southern California. They can protect the Central American women and children whom the federal government has sent out West, with more due to arrive every 72 hours under an immigrant redistribution plan hatched by the Obama administration. The next group of immigr... | Ruben Navarrette: Obama needs to send U.S. marshals to protect women, kids at border .
Federal law enforcement relocation operation met with protests in Murrieta, California .
On July 4, Border Patrol tricked the anti-immigration protesters by going somewhere else .
The faces in Murrieta reminded Navarrette of white So... |
e99d5b790bc5bf77ce5453d993dbe60d31a70d57 | By . Rob Preece . PUBLISHED: . 09:16 EST, 12 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:16 EST, 12 June 2012 . Armed police stormed into a house and forced its residents to lie on the ground at gunpoint, only to realise they had entered the wrong property. Bungling officers were searching for an armed gang after a security guard re... | Officers were searching for an armed gang after a security guard reported that a shot had been fired in Haverhill, Suffolk .
They pounced on an innocent group of housemates who were enjoying drinks in their garden .
Housemates said they were dragged out of the house and ordered to lie with their hands behind their back... |
e99d6d9c8046ce9c3572495561e9cc2edf4e9be8 | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 13:21 EST, 20 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:14 EST, 21 June 2012 . Marc Kirvin leaves Manchester Magistrates Court where he pleaded guilty to stealing the handbag of a woman knocked down and decapitated by a lorry . A sick sneak thief dubbed 'The Vulture' was jailed today for stealing a ... | Marc Kirvin, 46, grabbed shoes and handbag after woman was killed by lorry .
Split £1,600 with friend and was going to use it to take wife on holiday . |
e99d930bec3f95e0d4420dedea2363dd71b7d572 | Bournemouth will be 'rubbing their hands' at the prospect of facing Liverpool right now because the Reds are 'there for the taking', believes Jimmy Case. The ex-Liverpool and Bournemouth midfielder is adamant that Eddie Howe's men will be confident they can catch Brendan Rodgers' side cold and cause an upset. With the ... | Liverpool face Bournemouth at Dean Court in Capital One Cup .
Brendan Rodgers' men are 'there for the taking', believes Jimmy Case .
Ex-Liverpool and Bournemouth midfielder thinks Eddie Howe will be 'rubbing his hands' because 'everyone wants to face' Reds right now .
Case believes there could be an upset in quarter-fi... |
e99dff09672c07f0d5852af00449d6c2c0d5c0d8 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 6:55 PM on 16th July 2011 . The middle of July may normally see the sun shine and temperatures soar, but it seemed a long way from the height of summer today as heavy downpours hit Britain. The prospect of a barbecue summer was put on hold nationwide over the weekend as foreca... | Rain expected to last into next week according to Met Office .
British Open golf in Sandwich, Kent, hit by heavy showers . |
e99e838547705d39e7f182c1b0242a368aa505d6 | (CNN) -- The U.S Army has granted a member of a religious minority permission to keep his turban, beard and uncut hair while he serves in the military, the Pentagon and a group representing him said. Capt. Kamaljit Singh Kalsi, a doctor, is a Sikh, a faith that calls on its adherents not to shave or cut their hair. Kal... | Capt. Kamaljit Singh Kalsi is a doctor in the U.S. Army, practicing Sikh .
Army has granted his request for an accommodation to follow the principles of his religion .
Sikh Coalition has letter saying ruling applies only to Kalsi's, not a change of Army policy . |
e99ea2b231ed957719e5a77fa2a8fcf01d4abf86 | By . Sophie Jane Evans . A village was rocked by an exploding Second World War shell today after it was dug up by an unsuspecting gardener. The live mortar shell was discovered by an unnamed woman as she tended to plants in her back garden in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, this afternoon. Police and an Army bomb disposal tea... | Live mortar shell found by an unsuspecting gardener in Kidlington today .
Police and an Army bomb disposal team arrived at scene just before 3pm .
As shell was still live, they were forced to carry out 'controlled explosion'
Detonation caused massive bang and rattled windows of houses in area .
Thames Valley Police say... |
e99ec549a55f515f518c4aca34a6e201d42cc9fc | By . Joshua Gardner . Naked dog door girl revealed: The girl who gained widespread internet notoriety when she crawled naked through a stranger's dog door has spoken out to tell her side of the story . A Texas woman who won internet infamy last year for crawling through a stranger's dog door naked has spoken out to rev... | Sara 'Toke-A-Lot' Soto won internet infamy in spring of 2013 when she was found naked in a bathtub of a stranger's Texas home .
The 4'11'' amateur rapper had been in a car accident and wanted to use a phone but no one answered their doors .
Her solution was to get naked to prove she wasn't there to steal and break into... |
e99ef467133cee1db139ad6994c2476f7c2f5b26 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- A high-pitched device used to combat anti-social behavior among young people has been called "unfair" by children's campaigners in England. "The Mosquito" has been used to combat anti-social behavior among young people across England . The Children's Commissioner for England, who oversees child... | Campaigners want to ban ultra-sonic device used against young people .
"The Mosquito" emits sharp sounds that can only be heard by under 20s .
About 3,500 of the devices are used in England to disperse young people .
Human rights groups say they create divide between young and old . |
e99fbaae5210e023d693d179aac398eae0a06e82 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 07:15 EST, 5 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:05 EST, 5 December 2012 . Arriving back on American soil after a pioneering operation the world’s first ever transsexual was captured on camera by the renowned film company British Pathe. Christine Jorgenson underwent gender reassign... | George Jorgensen shocked the U.S. in December 1952 by transforming into a glamorous woman named Christine .
Former soldier read about a Danish doctor who was experimenting with sex change therapy using animals and booked a ticket to Copenhagen .
After taking female hormones, Jorgensen underwent a series of operations t... |
e9a09d181de5b15f554771e64b9a99ea34d59b3f | Married Catholic couples who attend church at least once a week have better sex than other demographics, according to the Family Research Council. The Council, which is a socially conservative Christian group, presented its findings in a talk entitled 'Porn in the Dorm: The Impact of Pornography on College Campus Life... | A Christian group says married Catholic couples have better sex than other demographics .
The group says religious virgins who marry will have great sex - because its the only sex they'll ever know .
Recent studies show that Catholics are more permissive than previously thought .
Only 14 per cent of Catholics would fee... |
e9a0f469cb4f90ecc142cc0ac0723738b2c97fde | (CNN) -- As he prepares Sunday's Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show, Hamish Hamilton isn't free with details about what its millions of viewers should expect. Except for one. "I'm fairly sure that the lights will stay on for the entire Super Bowl," said Hamilton, the Grammy-nominated director of this year's show, which wi... | Hamish Hamilton has directed Super Bowl halftime shows, Oscars, Olympic ceremonies .
He says technology is crucial but can distract from performances .
Last year's Super Bowl blackout was not caused by halftime show, Hamilton says .
He says the extreme weather possibility this year is a concern but also "exciting" |
e9a167cb62891c177e5a2ec94a37ddf9a9d72e97 | By . Kieran Corcoran . Convicted: Sergeant Alexander Blackman was found guilty of murder by a court martial in November . A Royal Marine who murdered a wounded Afghan fighter in cold blood has failed in his attempt to overturn the conviction. But sergeant Alexander Blackman - who fired a pistol into the man's chest wit... | Sergeant Alexander Blackman, 39, killed an Afghan man in 2011 .
He shot the wounded man in the chest with a pistol .
Blackman was convicted of murder in a court martial last November .
He tried to overturn the conviction, but his attempt was not successful .
However, judges reduced time he will spend in prison from 10 ... |
e9a2208769cc575ac163cef4b4b3e6601f766075 | By . Jaya Narain . PUBLISHED: . 04:51 EST, 29 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:45 EST, 29 October 2013 . Jailed: Wayne Langley, 29, used a pitchfork to attack the husband of a woman he had an affair with. He was found guilty of affray and jailed for two years . Tending manicured lawns and meticulously kept borders on b... | Wayne Langley, 29, slept with the wife of neighbouring florist Ben Smith, 48 .
The affair sparked two years of feuding and fighting between the families .
On April 3 Langley and his family beat the Smith brothers with weapons after finding them working on the front lawn of a potential customer .
The four attackers give... |
e9a2862fb11d1a048e3d9a174e446b021aa7d61e | By . Alasdair Glennie Tv Correspondent . Accused: Mastermind, hosted by John Humphrys, is being accused of gender bias after it emerged most of its questions last week were about men . Mastermind is being accused of gender bias after it emerged most of its questions last week were about men. A debate has broken out amo... | During first episode of Mastermind, 81 general knowledge questions asked .
Only five of these were about real of fictional women, but 38 related to men .
Imbalance quickly attracted ire of some viewers on BBC's own online forum . |
e9a36c9989f5e6f997753ed444da91ceb7bf6c72 | Shocking injuries: 78-year-old Sabina Harrison was left black and blue after an alleged attack in Leeds in broad daylight . This is the shocking image of a grandmother-of-four who was beaten black-and-blue by a gang of thieves who allegedly launched a violent attack on her in broad daylight to steal her handbag. Sabina... | Sabina Harrison suffered shocking injuries after she was allegedly attacked .
She told police she was dragged along the floor as four men mobbed her .
The alleged attack took place in Leeds as she walked to the bus stop .
Mrs Harrison says she is now too scared to leave her home . |
e9a37dbf5c9c53503eb593a5f3c8313b7347cecc | By . Ian Drury . PUBLISHED: . 04:39 EST, 19 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:50 EST, 19 June 2013 . The families of British soldiers killed in battle have won a landmark legal victory that gives them the right to sue the Ministry of Defence. The Supreme Court ruled that relatives of four servicemen who died in Iraq could ... | Supreme Court rules relatives can sue for negligence and claim damages .
They claim soldiers killed in friend-fire attacks and Snatch Land Rovers were not properly protected under Ministry of Defence's duty of care .
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond warns against military decisions being open to the 'uncertainty of lit... |
e9a41f96a04281e5b74521924e7f6cd7869426ce | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Suleman Maknojioa denies seven counts of sexually touching a child . A religious teacher put his hand under a schoolgirl's headscarf and touched her sexually as she prayed, a court heard. The attacks allegedly took place as he gave religious lessons to the girl - who is of primary school age ... | Suleman Maknojioa said to have 'squeezed' the child's chest, court hears .
40-year-old, of Blackburn, denies seven counts of sexually touching a child .
Attacks allegedly took place as he gave religious lessons to girl and her brothers . |
e9a4b01eeb578c96c4516b5c130640311c5e62ce | (CNN) -- Lights went off across the world Saturday as millions of homes and businesses went dark for one hour in a symbolic gesture highlighting concerns over climate change. The lights go off Saturday at the Houses of Parliament and the Big Ben clock tower in central London. More than 2,800 cities and towns worldwide ... | Lights go out over Sydney Harbor as city launches Earth Hour .
650 communities in Philippines flip the switch .
Millions of homes and businesses were expected to join event .
Organizers hope event will send message on climate change to world leaders . |
e9a4c8a20dc507860dbc3504d2ef4095a6326c23 | Things have only gotten messier at Dartmouth College in the weeks since a former fraternity brother went public with hazing allegations involving swimming in and swallowing vomit. Senior Andrew Lohse brought the issue to the forefront in January, when he wrote a column in the school newspaper describing 'dehumanizing' ... | Former Dartmouth member said Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity pressured pledges to eat vomit omelettes and chug cups of vinegar .
SAE president denies allegations .
More than 100 faculty members called hazing 'open secret' and demanded independent task force to be formed . |
e9a4cd4eafb164d48caf075983ab1ce0a6713bee | By . Vanessa Allen . PUBLISHED: . 04:27 EST, 29 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:49 EST, 5 June 2013 . The girl at the centre of the child cruelty trial told the High Court she went along with her mother’s shocking attempts to get her pregnant because she thought: ‘If I do this . . . maybe she will love me more.’ The gir... | 'Wicked and selfish' mother forced her daughter to inseminate herself .
Adopted virgin girl 'miscarried' at 14 but later had a baby aged 16 .
Mother who adopted three children jailed for five years for child cruelty .
Girl and her baby later placed in foster care following court proceedings .
Mother abused another daug... |
e9a4f31fa5b911ac218745b9da689acd34741aa3 | (CNN) -- European foreign ministers said Monday that they would loosen travel restrictions on senior members of the Myanmar government in recognition of the Southeast Asian country's recent efforts at political reform after decades of military rule. Describing the Myanmar government's program of changes as "remarkable,... | EU foreign ministers praise Myanmar's "remarkable" political reforms .
They say they have decided to suspend a visa ban on senior Myanmar officials .
That "first step" could be followed by further easing of restrictions, the ministers say .
The Pakistani president will be the latest in a string of foreign officials to ... |
e9a53f96a7d1cd86400db9869506e2f475839655 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 15:40 EST, 28 September 2012 . The father of a beautiful, 23-year-old Lacoste marketer who was partially beheaded and disemboweled after being stabbed some 30 times by her jilted boyfriend, has told a judge the look of 'terror' on his dead daughter's face will 'haunt me for the res... | Sarah Coit, 23, was sliced across the mouth and jaw with such force that the knife snapped .
Girl's father Lynde Coit today described 'terror' on dead daughter's face when he identified her body in morgue .
Her live-in boyfriend Raul Barrera pleaded guilty this week to the gruesome murder after confessing to police: 'I... |
e9a5875ffe2c785cb6f3d0453ca5ab107f5a204a | By . Riath Al-Samarrai . PUBLISHED: . 11:19 EST, 24 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 14:20 EST, 24 January 2014 . Carl Froch has claimed George Groves rejected a seven-figure payday to hold a rematch of the slugfest that ended so controversially last year - but prospects of a second bout appear good after the IBF ordered ... | Carl Froch claims George Groves rejected a seven-figure sum for a rematch .
The fee was double what Groves received for the duo's last bout .
IBF have ordered a super-middleweight title rematch within 90 days .
Froch also considering Julio Chavez Jnr as an opponent in Las Vegas .
Groves says they are 'still in negotiat... |
e9a5cbd2f0ed31d1e45f6b31f1b2895bbf54b326 | Dr. Ken Yeang is the world's leading architect in ecological and passive low energy design. He has delivered over 200 built projects and his 'bioclimatic' towers have had an impact around the world, fusing high-tech and organic principles. Born in Penang, Malaysia in 1948, Yeang was educated there, as well as in the U.... | Born in Malaysia in 1948, Yeang studied at Cambridge in the UK .
He is an expert in green design, incorporating organic and inorganic elements .
Yeang is best known as inventor of the bioclimatic skyscraper . |
e9a60b46ec81e8aad50870a1ec8f75d0ad18ec24 | By . Lizzie Parry . A bride-to-be died two days after she was due to walk down the aisle, after contracting pneumonia in both lungs. Katie Kozlowska was 26 years old when she passed away in January 2011. Doctors suspect the pneumonia was triggered by swine flu. Three years on and her mother Jean Barker, of New Whittin... | Katie Kozlowska died in January 2011 contracting pneumonia in both lungs .
Doctors believe 26-year-old's illness was triggered by swine flu .
Three years on, her mother Jean Barker has written a book to help other parents who lose their children to cope with their grief .
54-year-old watched as her fit daughter succumb... |
e9a64fb50e95d4067d549948e268e4991c024365 | (CNN) -- The Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a shipping channel linking New Orleans, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico led to catastrophic flooding during Hurricane Katrina, a federal court ruled Wednesday. "It is the court's opinion that the negligence of the Corps, in this instance by failing to... | Corps didn't properly maintain Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, court rules .
Ruling issued in lawsuit brought by six plaintiffs affected by the 2005 hurricane .
Precedent will apply to 100,000 homes and businesses, plaintiffs' lawyer says . |
e9a66ff8b442e0dae381976ca97f770f7fe80ae0 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:24 EST, 23 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:49 EST, 8 February 2013 . A retired police officer is facing financial ruin after she bought her dream home at auction just a week before a landslide left it teetering on a cliff edge. Sue Diamond, who is disabled, made a telephone b... | Disabled Sue Diamond paid £154,000 for her Torquay home just a week before the landslide .
The house now sits just 50 yards away from a vertical drop .
She's locked in a legal battle with the property's seller after refusing to pay up after the auction . |
e9a6c8850c6dc36768cdb46898cded8e0764875d | A disabled killer whale that is missing two fins is able to survive in the wild with the help of its family, who hunt food its food. The young killer whale has no dorsal fin or right-side pectoral fin, leaving it unable to hunt for itself. But rather than be left to fend for . itself or die, the whale appears to be car... | Rainer Schimpf spotted the whale off Port Elizabeth in South Africa .
It was missing its right-side pectoral fin and dorsal fin .
But it was cared for by its pod which shared food with the young male . |
e9a74111d0ee0bc498c654ee52eac3fac9a8dd88 | (CNN) -- Nasty allegations have been haunting one of America's most iconic comedians, a man with a reputation for moral wholesomeness. For nine years, Bill Cosby has been accused of sexual assault by women who say they were the victims. Cosby has repeatedly said that the allegations are untrue. And he has never been pr... | NEW: Cosby doesn't respond when asked about claims in an NPR interview .
Woman says lawyer she approached in 1989 "laughed me right out of the office"
Many people referred to allegations of rape toward the comedian .
Cosby has repeatedly denied the allegations . |
e9a86f95a47c4a11332192ed580ab7b409b0ed58 | London, England (CNN) -- The new English Premier League season kicks off with the first round of fixtures this weekend - Fanzone details what to expect from the new campaign: . So what's new? There is no doubting the biggest Premier League news of the close season was Rafa Benitez leaving Liverpool to join European Cha... | Champions Chelsea still the team to beat thanks to Drogba/Anelka strike force .
Roberto Mancini under heightened pressure to challenge for the title .
Manchester United's new striker Javier Fernandez must lessen goal-scoring burden on Wayne Rooney . |
e9a877ee5580ca3b53b27e21a87f302ad68cadda | Police have arrested a 33-year-old man after a driver ran a red light and mowed down two 17-year-olds in a heartless hit and run accident. Friends Anthony Nguyen and Jasmine Vuong were ploughed down at a pedestrian crossing in Delahey in Melbourne's north west at 11.30pm on Tuesday. Anthony died last night from his in... | Anthony Nguyen and Jasmine Vuong, both 17, were ploughed down at a pedestrian crossing in Melbourne on Tuesday night .
Driver of SUV allegedly ran a red light and failed to stop after the accident .
Police arrested a 33-year-old man on Thursday afternoon .
Anthony was placed on life support but died in hospital late on... |
e9a8d8477ecb7e22f369cd83c65d5e146d510299 | They say hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and the owners of the SUV in this video clip would probably agree. The shocking footage shows two couples engaged in a heated argument over a parking spot close to the shopping district in Serris, France last Saturday. After a few moments, the man who lost the parking sp... | Footage shows two couples arguing over a parking spot in Serris, France .
Man then drives off leaving angry female companion to follow on foot .
Minutes later, woman returns to key the car before running off .
Footage filmed from overlooking building . |
e9a8d8853e1f16aeff340c8a9e50d53159576d76 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States on Saturday removed North Korea from its list of states that sponsor terrorism, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said. "Based upon the cooperation agreement North Korea has recently provided ... the secretary of state this morning rescinded the designation of the DPRK [Dem... | N. Korea agrees to halt nuclear activities that produce plutonium, allow inspections .
Bush made decision Friday night, Rice signed order Saturday morning .
North Korea recently had taken steps to restart nuclear reactor .
Republican in Congress says she's disappointed by decision . |
e9a93691930453802e74154dba8d34f7ea9d3b5f | Two families from Wisconsin have accepted a settlement offer from General Motors after two teenagers were killed in their cars in a crash caused by a faulty ignition switch. Amy Rademaker, 15, and Natasha Weigel, 17, were killed with the Chevy Cobalt they were passenger in crashed. A fault with the car's ignition swit... | General Motors admitted 2.6 million cars have the potentially lethal fault .
The ignition switch turns off the power in affected cars while driving .
Amy Rademaker and Natasha Weigel died after their car veered off the road .
The fault switched off the vehicle's airbags and power steering .
GM only issued a recall for... |
e9a9d5817521df51aedf7f12095d3b8523fa2c40 | By . Graham Smith . PUBLISHED: . 07:09 EST, 21 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:25 EST, 21 June 2012 . Staff at a cash-strapped council have spent more than £5million on takeaway pizzas, cosmetics, nightclubs and lingerie using company credit cards, it has emerged. Bosses at Essex County Council allowed 757 employees the ... | 757 staff at Essex County Council have use of 'purchase cards'
Receipts show £645 spent on cosmetics, £3,600 in takeaway pizza orders and £3,830 spent in bars and nightclubs .
Since 2009, council has doubled number of purchase cards in use from 295 to 757 . |
e9aa064e9515a701b2a277759068bd21364b091f | A former Army staff sergeant is set to receive the Medal of Honor for his heroics during one of the deadliest battles of the U.S. campaign in Afghanistan. Staff Sergeant Ryan Pitts from Nashua, New Hampshire, spent an agonizing 90 minutes fighting off enemy fighters despite shrapnel injuries . to both legs and an arm t... | Ryan Pitts is set to receive the medal for his heroics during one of the deadliest battles of the U.S. campaign in Afghanistan .
He spent 90 minutes fighting off enemy fighters despite shrapnel injuries .
to both legs and an arm that left the young soldier critically wounded .
Nine paratroopers gave their lives and 27 ... |
e9aa43d70a7c397f43dab0c239065ae429964463 | New York (Cnnmoney.Com) -- Once again, the high-profile Cadillac Escalade SUV is the car that thieves love to steal, according to the Highway Loss Data Institute. Each year, 10.8 out of every 1,000 late-model Escalades get stolen, broken into, or have parts ripped off. That's the highest rate of theft claims of any veh... | The Highway Loss Data Institute calculates the theft rate of recent models .
The Cadillac Escalade SUV tops the list .
The Chevrolet Silverado and the Dodge Charger take second and third . |
e9aa6573b7c633788c3026e2bfed5d23fac1501b | By . Tom Gardner . Only ghostly reminders now remain where once there would have been rows upon rows of sick patients. New photographs have emerged of the long-abandoned St Gerard's Hospital in Warwickshire which for decades treated thousands of children struck down with potentially deadly TB. The site was closed in 19... | St Gerard's Hospital in Warwickshire was shut in 1988 after decades treating thousands of TB cases .
Hospital was established in late 19th century by a catholic priest to car for orphaned and destitute children .
Facility was one of many which helped cut TB cases in Britain from 117,000 in 1913 to 5,000 in 1987 . |
e9aa6ca0e8ae1b400134230814328efe894aaa6f | By . Ryan Gorman . PUBLISHED: . 08:32 EST, 31 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:58 EST, 31 August 2013 . A California man was forced off a cross-country flight in Denver after allegedly groping multiple women seated near him. Gregory Meyer, 47, of Studio City, CA, was arrested Friday after his boorish behaviour turned le... | Gregory Meyer grabbed the waist of one female passenger and the head of another passenger .
Meyer had taken Ambien, brought his own bottle of vodka onto the plane .
Meyer is originally from New York . |
e9aa73df416f6022859c3fb846e5a38fce3033b6 | By . Wills Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 09:36 EST, 6 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:04 EST, 8 September 2013 . An American tourist has admitted she is very lucky to be alive after a car she was driving rolled 500ft down one of Britain's steepest passes. Jane Lukic, 60, only suffered a cut to the head, a broken arm, brui... | Jane Lukic, 60, was driving a Mercedes on the Wrynose Pass in Cumbria .
The music teacher then veered off the road onto the dangerous slope .
She admitted being 'very fortunate' to be alive and is recovering in a hotel . |
e9ab6a951be9aa2e75863ba3636d884a23ac217d | By . James Slack . PUBLISHED: . 20:40 EST, 29 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 20:41 EST, 29 January 2014 . The number of police officers in England and Wales fell by almost 3,500 last year to the lowest level in more than a decade. The 2.6 per cent dip in officer numbers follows a sharp reduction in funding. Overall, the... | There were 128,351 officers in England and Wales after 2.6 per cent dip .
And the number of PCSOs fell 6 per cent to 13,552 . |
e9ac11bb9065d7903b8fe663dbde5c444bcb2aad | By . Julian Gavaghan . PUBLISHED: . 11:48 EST, 18 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:19 EST, 19 June 2012 . German neo-Nazis helped Palestinian terrorists kill 11 Israeli athletes during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, newly released intelligence files reveal. Abu Daoud, who is believed to the mastermind of the atrocity, met... | Mastermind Abu Daoud was driven round Germany by neo-Nazi Willi Pohl .
Pohl also helped terrorists procure fake passports and other documents .
Dortmund police told German intelligence agency but they did not act .
Weeks later terrorists stormed Olympic village and held Israelis hostage .
Two were killed by Palestinian... |
e9ac8f99f0bd24393d09571abef9f97d313cbd17 | Ched Evans is engaged to his girlfriend Natasha Massey just two weeks after he was released from prison after serving half of a five-year sentence for rape. The former Sheffield United and Wales striker proposed to Ms Massey, who led the campaign against his conviction for raping a 19-year-old girl in his hometown of R... | Welsh footballer jailed for five years in 2012 for raping 19-year-old woman .
He was freed from prison earlier this month after serving half of sentence .
Fiancee seen wearing ring in recent video in which he protested innocence .
It emerged today that couple are now engaged and she is 'over the moon'
Evans has been cr... |
e9ac94b4399a7450404a82f967a99d79e0251fbd | (CNN) -- Solange Knowles has always been independent. Just ask her big sister, Beyonce, who told the New York Times back in 2012, "My sister will not record with me. She's her own woman." After years of carving her own niche in fashion and music, Knowles, 28, has once again stepped out of the limelight around her more ... | Solange Knowles married in New Orleans on Sunday .
Attendees wore white, not just the bride .
Knowles wore a pantsuit with a cape . |
e9acaa1b9dbe90259cc0262f2b512c002ab7fb20 | Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville has thrown his support behind a bid to save a 400-year-old building used as a location in the hit ITV drama. Villagers in Bampton, Oxfordshire, are hoping to raise £250,000 to help preserve their village library and museum in the Old Grammar School. Downton fans will recognise the bui... | Old Grammar School in Bampton, Oxfordshire, is a key location in series .
Downton fans will recognise the building as Downton Cottage Hospital .
Now used as a library and museum, it has a Downton Abbey exhibition .
400-year-old Building needs £250,000 for maintenance works . |
e9acdecc2f25fa4cf18925790bc71aebf846fe11 | Tokyo (CNN) -- A Japanese volcano was erupting for a second day on Thursday, spewing smoke and ash up to 9,800 feet (3,000 meters) into the air, officials said. The smoke from the Mt. Shinmoe volcano, on the boundary between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, is rising and falling from the volcano crater, said the Kag... | Mt. Shinmoe's last eruption was in July .
Some residents evacuated voluntarily, but have returned . |
e9ad3ef12e49a4f0ce16c8aa4cb26bae3f0991d2 | A disabled man with the mental age of seven has been barred from his regular visits to Legoland with his carer because of 'child protection' fears. Simon Thomason, 40, who has cerebral palsy, autism and a mental age of seven, has been told his annual pass to the Manchester-based attraction will not be renewed. Legoland... | Disabled Simon Thomason barred from regular visits to Legoland .
40-year-old has cerebral palsy, autism and a metal age of seven .
Attraction also barred Anthony Lewis, 20, who has Williams Syndrome .
Legoland Discovery Centre refuses entry to adults without children .
Policy branded 'unfair' and 'ridiculous' by famili... |
e9ad3fb9df7586c9c58cb6bacd6558d8d20fe223 | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 06:12 EST, 18 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:05 EST, 18 July 2013 . Her curves are the envy of women worldwide and she regularly tops best body polls, so it is fair to say that Kim Kardashian looks good in almost anything that she wears. And it seems that age isn't a barrier to Kim's st... | Kim's £40 dress is from the 2012 Kardashian Kollection at Dorothy Perkins .
Arlene, 70, wore a carbon copy at last night's ITV annual summer party .
Kim wore hers in London in November last year .
Youthful Arlene has admitted to having Botox . |
e9ae27e67f40b1197f53c64cf7323980b8053e60 | In a victory for same-sex marriage supporters, the United States Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in a 5-to-4 decision. The law had denied federal recognition to same-sex couples. On the other side of the world, in China, the fight for gay rights is making progress. It is a common cliché to ... | China's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community is becoming more assertive .
There have been some successes but same-sex marriage is still taboo subject for many .
Social media allows communities to thrive online without restrictions .
Family pressure has resulted in "tongqi," women who unknowingly marry gay m... |
e9ae43320a29cf4070ded74b6e4b260110b316ca | By . Reuters Reporter and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:23 EST, 11 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:04 EST, 12 April 2013 . Boasting Jay-Z today took a swipe at critics of his and wife's Beyoncé's recent trip to Cuba in a swaggering new rap song. The song, 'Open Letter' calls out the politicians who questioned th... | Rapper and mogul released song, Open Letter, Thursday following outrage from politicians over trip licensed by the Treasury Department .
Republican members of Congress asked for information on what type of license they obtained .
U.S. trade embargo against Cuba prevents most Americans from traveling to the island witho... |
e9ae844ba500a76cfba31de2d46312badd004a28 | Editor's note: Dr. Vance Harris is a primary care physician in Redding, California. An earlier version of this commentary was posted on SERMO.com, a private, physicians-only online community. Dr. Vance Harris says primary care doctors get minuscule payment for saving the system huge sums of money. (CNN) -- Health polic... | Dr. Vance Harris: Health care reform assumes doctors will be available .
He says primary care doctors are dropping out of the business .
He says he saves the system big bucks but gets only small payments .
Harris: My financial incentive is less than half what it was 20 years ago . |
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