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He is regarded as the next big thing in South American football and he's coming to the Premier League. Chelsea are set to confirm the £4.5m signing of Nathan Allan de Souza on Wednesday, beating rivals Manchester City to his signature. The dazzling Brazilian attacking midfielder, who turned 19 last month, arrives from Atletico Paranaense with a glowing and ever-growing reputation. Scroll down to watch video of Chelsea's new signing Nathan in action . Chelsea are set to announce the £4.5million signing of Brazilian wonderkid Nathan . Nathan tweeted the news he was set to sign for Chelsea by revealing he was headed for contract talks and a medical. He said: 'Very happy!!! In London to sign my contract with Chelsea and take tests' Full name: Nathan Allan de Souza . Born: 13 March 1996 in Blumenau, Brazil . Position: Attacking midfield . Clubs: . Atletico Paranaense (2014-15) - 13 appearances, 0 goals . Chelsea (2015-) - signed April 2015 . International: . Brazil U17 - 6 caps, 5 goals . Brazil U20 - 5 caps, 0 goals . Nathan will add to the Samba feel at Stamford Bridge, joining compatriots Willian, Ramires, Filipe Luis and Oscar. And he should have plenty to offer Jose Mourinho's side on the evidence of his highlights reel for his club and the Brazilian youth teams. The YouTube compilations certainly offer enough to get Chelsea fans excited - there are lightning-fast runs through opposition defences, pinged long balls to the forward line and a promising knack of getting into goalscoring positions. Most of the best bits come from the 2013 FIFA Under 17 World Cup, the tournament that first alerted the Premier League elite to Nathan's talents. Although Brazil only reached the quarter-finals of the competition, Nathan scored five goals and demonstrated his full potential. He found the net twice in a 6-1 rout of Slovakia and scored two more as the hosts UAE were beaten by the same scoreline. Nathan is brought down by Martin Junas of Slovakia to win a penalty during the Under 17 World Cup in 2013 . The young midfielder made his name while starring for Brazil at the tournament two years ago in Abu Dhabi . Nathan shows his strength by shrugging off the challenge of Russia's Dimitriy Barinov . In the last eight, he scored an 85th-minute equaliser in a 1-1 draw with Mexico, before converting in the marathon penalty shootout, which Brazil ultimately lost 10-11. His classy performances earned him a spot in the FIFA Team of the Tournament and a star was born. At that time, Nathan was playing for the Atletico Paranaense Under 19 side. The club is based in Curitiba, a city about three hours' drive from his hometown of Blumenau. But those performances out in the Middle East put the rocket boosters on his career, with promotion into the first-team squad at his club and advancement to the Brazil Under 20 team, for whom he has played five times. Chelsea will soon boast another Brazilian in their ranks to add to the likes of Willian (left) and Oscar (right) Nathan will join Ramires (right, in action against QPR last Sunday) as the fifth Brazilian in the squad . Nathan will not be ready to throw into the Chelsea first-team right away. He hasn't yet completed a full 90 minutes for Paranaense, with the majority of his 11 appearances in the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A coming from the bench. Leaving Brazil will come as something of a relief for Nathan and, in particular, his family following an ugly contract dispute with the Brazilian club. With his contract due to expire this month, the club informed Nathan's father and agent, Jose Carlos de Souza, they wished to trigger a clause to keep him for another two years. Nathan currently plays in midfield for Atletico Paranaense in the Brazilian league . Nathan battles for the ball against Tiago Real of Goias at Arena da Baixada stadium in November last year . Caught off guard, Nathan's family offered the club £2m to release him from the contract and allow them to negotiate with European clubs who had shown an interest. Paranaense refused, saying that figure fell well short of what they could sell the player for and went to court to settle the dispute. But with a fee now agreed with Chelsea, the club should drop the legal proceedings when he settles in at Stamford Bridge. It now remains to be seen whether Nathan can live up to his promise in the Premier League. | Chelsea are set to sign Nathan from Atletico Paranaense for £4.5m .
The 19-year-old Brazilian was also wanted by Manchester City .
Nathan first showed his talent at the Under 17 World Cup in 2013 .
He has recently been embroiled in a contract dispute with his club .
READ: Chelsea open contract talks with Patrick Bamford .
CLICK HERE for all the latest Chelsea news . | [
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A devastating fire has caused serious damage to a world-famous hotel used as a setting for television’s Inspector Morse. The Randolph, in Oxford city centre, went up in flames this afternoon, with smoke billowing from the roof as dozens of firefighters battled to bring the inferno under control. The extent of the damage to the Grade II listed Victorian building remains unclear but aerial pictures of the scene showed gaps in the roof and exposed beams. The Randolph Hotel, in Oxford, used as a setting for television’s Inspector Morse, caught fire today . A devastating fire has caused serious damage to The Randolph Hotel, in Beaumont Street, today . Plumes of black smoke was seen coming from the hotel by those on the Ashmolean Museum's roof terrace . The fire's cause is not known and the extent of the damage to the Grade II listed building remains unclear . The five-star hotel, run by the Macdonald chain, includes the Morse Bar, named after being used as a frequent setting for many scenes where Morse and Lewis deliberated on complex cases. Cast and crew also stayed there while filming the detective drama. The Morse Bar has featured in episodes of the follow-on TV series, Lewis, too. Roads were closed around the hotel as fire crews fought to stop the flames spreading, while its staff and guests were evacuated. Firefighters will remain overnight at the scene of the fire, which is not believed to be suspicious and is thought to have started in the ground floor kitchen. An aerial view over the historic hotel shows massive plumes of smoke billowing over Oxford city centre . The fire is not believed to be suspicious and is believed to have started in the ground floor kitchen . The extent of the damage is unclear, but pictures of the scene showed gaps in the roof and exposed beams . No-one was believed to be injured and guests and staff evacuated to the nearby Oxford Playhouse theatre . Eyewitness Anabel Bacon, who was on the roof terrace of the Ashmolean Museum opposite the imposing, gothic hotel, said there was an initial plume of smoke, which stopped very quickly - but “all of a sudden it resumed again with just as much force”. She said: ‘The fire service was there very quickly after the second plume erupted, within five minutes. Everyone was surprised… no one knew what was going on.’ No-one was believed to have been injured in the fire, with guests and staff quickly evacuated to the nearby Oxford Playhouse theatre. It was not yet known how many people were inside the hotel at the time. An Oxfordshire fire service spokesman said: ‘The call was received by fire and rescue at 4.39pm and a total of 14 fire engines have been sent to the hotel - including two high-reach appliances. ‘Firefighters have not had to rescue anybody from the blaze and the building has been evacuated. 'Roads nearby have been closed as firefighters deal with the incident.' The Randolph was built in 1864 by William Wilkinson, an architect who also designed many other buildings in North Oxford, and first opened in 1866. There have been many attempts to preserve the grandeur of the building with major refurbishments taking place in 1952, 1978, 1988 and most recently in 2001, at a cost of £4 million, which saw the redecoration of 119 bedrooms and the creation of three new meeting rooms. Firefighters have been battling the blaze at the world-famous in the centre of Oxford, since around 4.30pm . A total of 14 fire engines have been sent to the Beaumont Street hotel - including two high-reach appliances . Beaumont street has been closed in both directions to allow emergency services access to the building . Smoke was seen billowing from the roof as dozens of firefighters battle to bring the inferno under control . | Witnesses reported massive plumes of smoke billowing above the building .
Famous for being used a filming location for TV show Inspector Morse .
Firefighters have been battling fire at five-star gothic hotel since 4.30pm .
Blaze is not believed to be suspicious and is thought to have started in ground floor kitchen . | [
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An Australian businesswoman has come out on top against the world's 13th richest billionaire after stopping BeneFit Cosmetics from using the term 'Brow Bar' exclusively. Beautician Chernae Noonan, who founded eyebrow shaping business The Brow Bar, has blocked the cosmetic giant's application to trademark the phrase. BeneFit is owned by Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH), which is run by luxury goods tycoon Bernard Arnault. Australian beautician Chernae Noonan founded eyebrow shaping business The Brow Bar in 2003 . Mr Arnault's estimate wealth is thought to be $37.4 billion and makes him the second richest person in France, according to Forbes. The case between Ms Noonan and BeneFit was heard in the Australian Trade Marks Office earlier this year in February and ruled in the Queensland woman's favour. Ms Noonan started her business in 2003 in her Springwood home and since then it has seen 'significant growth'. She has rolled out six stores across Australia - including on the Gold Coast, Sydney and Melbourne. She has stopped BeneFit Cosmetics from using 'Brow Bar' exclusively after the company launched an application to trademark the term in Australia . The Brow Bar services 'women of relatively high disposable income aged 25 to 55' along with a small group of men. Ms Noonan took action against BeneFit when the cosmetics giant sought to trademark 'Brow Bar' in Australia in 2011. BeneFit is owned by luxury goods company LVMH, which is run by the world's 13th richest billionaire, Bernard Arnault (pictured) She said customers would confuse her business, The Brow Bar, with BeneFit Brow Bar at Myer stores in Western Australia, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria. According to the ruling, Ms Noonan said journalists, media writers and online forum contributors often confused the two. Lawyers for BeneFit told the Australian Trade Marks Office the company had already trademarked the term in Hong Kong and Mexico, and had been using the name in its United States stores since 2003. Hearing officer Nicole Worth said she did not consider the word 'Brow Bar' to be used commonly enough to be deemed as 'generic' as lawyers for BeneFit argued. She added the addition of the word 'BeneFit' to 'Brow Bar' also did not help differentiate the cosmetic giant's services from Ms Noonan's business. 'Additionally, although [BeneFit] did not know of [Ms Noonan's] trademark when it adopted the phrase "browbar" in the USA, it is reasonable to expect that it ought to have checked the Australian market for conflicting trade marks before entering it,' Ms Worth said. 'It also continued to expand its business under the [trademark] in the knowledge that a prior conflicting mark was registered and being used... That it did so is a risk it chose to bear.' Daily Mail Australia has contacted Ms Noonan for further comment but she did not wish to as BeneFit is appealing the decision. A statement on the matter has also been sought from the cosmetics brand. | Owner Chernae Noonan stopped BeneFit Cosmetics from using 'Brow Bar'
The Queenslander said her business was often mistaken as beauty giant's .
BeneFit Cosmetics is run by French luxury goods tycoon Bernard Arnault .
He is the 13th richest billionaire in the world and is worth $37.4 billion .
BeneFit are appealing the decision made by Australian Trade Marks Office . | [
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Scotland youth international Jack Cosgrove has agreed to join Edinburgh next season. The 20-year-old Worcester Warriors prop, capped nine times for the Dark Blues Under 20s side, has penned a two-year deal with Alan Solomons' side which ties him to the Murrayfield outfit until May 2017. He said: 'I'm over the moon to be coming north. With the club being in a European Cup Final, they're really showing they've got quality players and everyone is speaking very highly of Edinburgh. Scotland youth international Jack Cosgrove has agreed to join Edinburgh next season on a two-year deal . The 20-year-old Worcester Warriors prop has been capped nine times for the Dark Blues Under 20s side . 'I know quite a few of the younger lads - Damien Hoyland, Magnus Bradbury, Jamie Farndale and Jamie Ritchie - from playing with Scotland under 20 and they've all spoken about how much they enjoy being with the club. 'I think I've got a strong set-piece game and I'm looking to add something extra to the squad. I'm under no illusions it's going to be tough but there's a great buzz at the club and I'm eager to improve my game and kick on. 'I don't have heroes, as such, but I look at people I admire who play in the same position. Alasdair Dickinson is obviously an exceptional player and I'm keen to look at what he does and learn from him.' Andries Strauss and Neil Cochrane applaud the crowd after Edinburgh reach the European Cup final . Edinburgh's Stuart McInally celebrates scoring a try against Newport Gwent Dragons in the semi-final . | Scotland youth international Jack Cosgrove is joining Edinburgh .
Young Worcester prop will move north of the border next season .
The 20-year-old expressed his delight in joining the European Cup finalists . | [
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A bartender and model has filed a civil lawsuit against the police, claiming officers used excessive force during her arrest when they slammed her to the ground, breaking four bones in her face. Megan Sheehan, of San Francisco, said that camera footage of Bay Area Rapid Transit officers and Oakland Police conflict with what police say happened the night she was knocked unconscious at Santa Rita Jail. She had been arrested and booked at the Santa Rita Jail for suspicion of resisting arrest, battery on a police officer and public intoxication on St. Patrick's Day of 2014. Megan Sheehan, of San Francisco, was knocked unconscious and suffered broken facial bones and cracked teeth after police took her to ground at Santa Rita Jail . Sheehan claims that camera footage of Bay Area Rapid Transit officers and Oakland Police conflict with what police say happened - that she was guided to the ground after 'violently punching' Security and body camera footage shows Sheehan being booked into the jail after a night of heavy drinking when two officers grab Sheehan's arms and slam her to the ground. Sheehan, who said she's psychologically still recovering from the attack, suffered severe facial injuries and was left bloodied, lying on the ground after the incident. She said that she is embarrassed with how drunk she was the night she was arrested, but that didn't warrant the force the police used. 'I should have never gotten that drunk, but also there are ways to detain someone and not break their face,' she told ABC. Sheehan was arrested by a BART officer, which she said she deserved because she was being drunk and belligerent. She was intoxicated, 'verbally argumentative' and didn't appear to be able to take care of herself, BART Police who found her sitting on a bench inside a station said, according to SF Gate. In the right side of the video frame, Sheehan can be seen being grabbed by two officers who take her to the ground. She then loses consciousness and police call for medical assistance . As Sheehan lies unconscious in a pool of her own blood, medical staff and an officer try to tend to her injuries. Medical staff were called after a woman behind the jail counter asked if Sheehan was 'down', and officers told her 'you might want medical', according to body camera footage . She had to be taken to the ground to be handcuffed and she hit an officer in the shoulder as well as kicked him in the face, police said. She was booked on resisting arrest, battery on a police officer and public intoxication. Sheehan was taken to Santa Rita jail in Dublin, where her handcuffs were removed so she could remove her jewelry. She was 'initially compliant', but after she was told she couldn't bring a hair tie into the jail, she threw it at one of the officers. She then 'inexplicably' started looking through her purse and didn't stop when asked to do so, BART police said. Officer Nolan Pianta put her in an 'arm bar control hold to gain compliance', but she resisted and tried 'violently punching', the police report said. Sheehan said she is embarrassed by how drunk she got the night of the incident and that she deserved to be arrested. But she added that her drunkenness shouldn't warrant the police to be as forceful as they were . Sheehan, a bartender and model, filed her lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco. She names BART and Officer Pianta as defendants . She was then 'guided' to the ground by BART and Oakland Police officers, the report said. But Sheehan claims she was forcefully slammed to the ground and left severely injured. Surveillance footage shows Sheehan being grabbed by two officers and being taken to the ground head first. She lost consciousness, suffered four broken cheek bones, a split molar and a cracked front tooth, according to SF Gate. 'They knew by throwing her to the ground without having her hands available to break the fall, that she was going to suffer serious head injuries,' Sheehan's attorney John Scott told ABC. He added that she was uncooperative, and that he believes the excessive force was intentional. Sheehan was arrested by BART officers in a transit station on St Patrick's Day of 2014. She booked into the jail for suspicion of resisting arrest, battery on a police officer and public intoxication after a night of heavy drinking . Sheehan said it took her a long time to recover from her injuries physically, and psychologically, she still has yet to fully recover . 'In police jargon, she flunked the attitude test,' Scott said, claiming that Sheehan was being 'taught a lesson'. Sheehan was treated by nurses in the station and was taken to the hospital. She said it look a long time to recover physically and she is still recovering psychologically. She is seeking unspecified damages in her suit, filed in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco. She names BART and Pianta as defendants. Attorneys for BART said in court papers that no wrongdoing occurred and that Sheehan was partially responsible for the injuries she sustained. Sheehan was treated by nurses at the jail before she was taken to the hospital. She suffered four broken cheek bones, a split molar and a cracked front tooth . | WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES .
Megan Sheehan was arrested in 2014 for suspicion of resisting arrest, battery on a police officer and public intoxication .
She is filing a civil lawsuit against BART and Oakland, California, police who she says used excessive force during the arrest .
She claims she was violently slammed to the ground, where she was then left bloodied and unconscious, with several broken facial bones .
Police report says she was 'violently punching' and 'guided' to the ground .
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Serge Gnabry says he is feeling 'better and better' all the time as the Arsenal teenager prepares to return after more than a year out. The 19-year-old midfielder impressed for the Gunners last season, but his progress has been stunted by a serious knee injury. Gnabry, as a result, has not featured since the Champions League last-16 second leg against Bayern Munich in March 2014, although he is at last closing in on a return. Serge Gnabry played 90 minutes for Arsenal Under 21s against Reading on Monday . The 19-year-old has not featured for the first team since March last year after suffering serious knee injury . Gnabry impressed for the Gunners last season before his progress was curtailed due to injury . The Germany Under-21 international played for Arsenal's development squad as they lost 1-0 to Reading on Monday and is now over his injury worries. 'I am feeling good, I'm feeling better and better,' Gnabry told Arsenal Media. 'It is my second 90 minutes [in the space of a week], I am playing and over my injury so it is all good and I am looking forward to the next game.' | Serge Gnabry impressed for Arsenal last season before suffering injury .
Midfielder has been out for more than a year after with serious knee injury .
Gnabry played 90 minutes for Arsenal development squad on Monday .
Germany Under 21 international says he is feeling 'better and better'
READ: Arsenal have doubts over signing Liverpool star Raheem Sterling . | [
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This is the dramatic moment a fireman risked his own life to grab the arm of a woman who was attempting to throw herself off the ledge of a 10-storey Chinese tower block. The video - filmed by a passer-by in Shanghai - shows the young woman dangling off the ledge having apparently threatened to jump, reports People's Daily Online. Police had failed to convince the woman - who was depressed after being dumped by her boyfriend - to climb back into a nearby apartment while firefighters on the street below prepared a ladder to try to reach her. Video footage captured the moment fireman Xu Weiguo grabbed the suicidal woman's arm just in time . But before the ladder could be used the woman became more agitated and suddenly lowered herself on to the edge of the concrete ledge. Fireman Xu Weiguo, who was also inside the apartment, immediately climbed out on to the ledge and video shows him grabbing her arm just as she appears to be pushing herself away. He holds on to her right arm and is seen calling for someone to assist him before a colleague also clambers out on to the ledge to help to haul the woman to safety. She was then pushed kicking and screaming back in through the window by the firemen before being restrained by police officers and taken to hospital. He had clambered out on to the ledge when police failed to talk her down . Having held on to her arm, a colleague then joined him to help pull her back on to the ledge . The woman reportedly said she'd felt depressed after being dumped by her boyfriend . She was eventually bundled back through the window kicking and screaming by the firemen . Xu has been widely praised for his actions but insisted he was only doing his job. He told ThePaper.cn 'At the time I hadn't even put on my safety rope or even my helmet when I heard someone outside shout, "She's going to jump". 'I didn't have time to think - I just ran through the apartment and seeing her hanging on the ledge I jumped through the window and grabbed her arm. 'As the ledge is narrow and difficult for me to get good leverage I had to flatten myself out and wait for my colleagues to help. Luckily we were able to save the woman. 'There was no time to think, the entire rescue took 2-3 minutes. Any hesitation by me and she may have fallen off the ledge so I didn't have any of my safety apparatus in place when I grabbed her. 'It was quite dangerous. Under normal operational procedures I would have to wear my helmet as well as my safety ropes.' | Woman threatened to jump off Shanghai tower block after being dumped .
Dangled herself off ledge after police failed to talk her down .
Fireman Xu Weiguo climbed out and grabbed her arm just as she was attempting to push herself off . | [
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A woman who was arrested and charged with manslaughter for a crash that caused the death of a 5-year-old child showed no remorse for her actions according to court records. Aaronessa Keaton of Phoenix, Arizona was eight months pregnant and had marijuana and Benzodiazepines in her system when she collided head-on with a car carrying two children in February 2014, and one of the children later died from their injuries. When told of this after her arrest, Keaton, 24, said; 'Sh*t happens.' Aaronessa Keaton (above) was arrested Monday and charged with manslaughter for a 2014 accident that resulted in the death of a 5-year-old child . Keaton hit another car head-on (above) while she was eight months pregnant and had marijuana and Benzodiazepines in her system . Keaton, who was also on probation for marijuana possession charges at the time, was indicted by a grand jury in February, and taken in Monday after she was pulled over for a traffic stop. According to CBS 5, Keaton was driving southbound on February 28, 2014 when she swiped a car going north, and she then continued across the northbound lane until she struck a 2007 Nissan Frontier. That car contained the child whose injuries were so severe they later died. The other child in the car was in serious condition, but later made a full recovery, and both adults in the front seat suffered only minor injuries. Keaton was also rushed to the hospital where an emergency C-section was performed. The baby, which had diazepenes and THC in their system as well, was in extremely critical condition after it was delivered. | Aaronessa Keaton was arrested Monday and charged with manslaughter for a 2014 accident that resulted in the death of a 5-year-old child .
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A Reading fan is facing a three-year ban after running topless on to the pitch and performing a series of somersaults during his first-ever game at the Madejski Stadium. Charlie Sumner, 20, staged a one-man pitch invasion during the Royals' FA Cup 3-0 quarter-final replay win over Bradford City last month. Sumner, whose team were 3-0 up at the time, did four front flips on the pitch - landing on his back, before being tackled by stewards. Reading fan Charlie Sumner (left) faces a three-year football ban after his one-man pitch invasion last month . Sumner - who said going to his first game was a 'brilliant experience' - is now facing a potential three-year ban for carrying out the stunt. The order, due to be decided on April 30, would stop him going to all of Reading's future home and away matches. On Wednesday, Sumner, from Wokingham, Berkshire, said he had no regrets about the incident, adding that he had done it for 'laugh' and that his family had 'seen the funny side'. Speaking outside court, he said: 'After doing it and seeing good comments and messages, even from the away fans, I don't look back and regret it. The incident occurred during the Royals' 3-0 FA Cup quarter-final replay win over Bradford . 'Obviously I wouldn't inform other people to do it. It was just spur of the moment. It's good to see good feedback and not negative feedback. 'I'd had a few drinks, I was happy and Reading were winning and I just went for it and had a laugh. It was brilliant.' Asked whether he goes to many Reading matches, he added: 'That was my first game actually. It was a good experience. Obviously being there on the first game - not after what I've done, but standing in the stadium, watching the game from the stadium - it's a brilliant experience. 'Obviously with the ban, I wouldn't be able to experience that experience again.' The incident took place on March 16, when the match was being broadcast live to millions of viewers on BBC One. Afterwards, footage of Sumner's antics also went viral on the internet. Despite facing a potential banning order Sumner was in good spirits outside Reading Magistrates' Court . Sumner, who went to the match with a group of eight friends, said he spoke to them in a taxi on the way to the match about potentially running on to the pitch. 'I did say no at first. Then Reading were winning and I got a bit excited,' he said. 'I went to rave on Friday and there's another video on Facebook and I'm doing flips there. I've had a few selfies, a few drinks bought for me.' But Sumner, who works as a dry liner fixing ceilings, said he thought a potential football banning order 'seemed a bit much.' After running on to the pitch, Sumner (centre) was tackled by stewards and footage of his antics went viral . 'I don't want a three-year ban because obviously it's quite a bit,' he said. 'I'm not encouraging people do it and if I go to another game, I'm not going to do it again.' At Wednesday's hearing, Sumner's solicitor entered a guilty plea on his client's behalf to one count of going on to a playing area at a football match under the Football Offences Act 1991. Sumner, who was at court but missed his hearing after leaving the building briefly, was released on bail with conditions that he does not attend Reading's home or away matches. He will appear at Reading Magistrates' Court on April 30 when a decision will be made on whether he receives a football banning order. Sumner (centre) said he spoke to friends on the way to the stadium about the stunt and has no regrets . | Reading beat Bradford City in their FA Cup quarter-final replay last month .
Charlie Sumner, 20, invaded Reading's Madejski Stadium pitch in March .
He did four front flips during FA clash before being tackled by the stewards .
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Karim Benzema showed his talents aren't just limited to the football pitch as the Real Madrid star posted a video showcasing his rapping skills while cruising along in his Bugatti Veyron. As Real Madrid prepare for their La Liga clash against Granada at the Bernabeu on Sunday, Benzema shared a video of him singing along to Tupac's classic track 'Check Out Time'. Tupac's track 'All Eyez on me' might have been a more suitable choice for the Los Blancos star, however, as Benzema looks to add to his goal tally of 20 goals in all competitions so far this season. Real Madrid and France forward Karim Benzema sings along to Tupac in his Bugatti Veyron . Benzema boldly stated earlier this week that he can win the Ballon d'Or award during his career. The France international is confident his club success at the Bernabeu can force his way into contention for the prestigious award. However, Benzema's Real team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo has picked up the last two accolades for the world's best footballer whereas Barcelona talisman Lionel Messi prevailed between 2009-12. Benzema vents his frustration during France's recent 3-1 loss to Brazil at the Stade de France in Paris . Despite the duo's dominance, Benzema is adamant he can compete for the title if he continues to perform for Real Madrid and at international level. 'If I keep winning titles then I can win this award in future,' he told Le Parisien. 'We have Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, the two best players. We know I won't reach 80 or 100 goals in a season. They can do that.' Benzema (right) has scored 20 goals, in all competitions, for Real Madrid this season . | Karim Benzema has scored 20 goals in all competitions this season .
Real Madrid face Granada in a crucial La Liga clash on Sunday .
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A 33-year-old Palestinian man says he has been 'duped' into selling a valuable work created by acclaimed British graffiti artist Banksy for less than £100. The popular street artist is believed to have ventured into Gaza earlier this year, leaving behind four murals - including an image depicting the Greek goddess Niobe cowering amid the rubble. That painting, titled 'Bomb Damage,' was drawn on the metal door that formed the last remaining part of a two-story house belonging to the Dardouna family in northern Gaza. But unaware that Banksy's works are usually valued at hundreds of thousands of pounds, Rabie Dardouna said he has been tricked into selling the door to a local artist for just £100. But having been told of its true value, Mr Dardouna is now demanding the decorated door is returned. In place: The painting, titled 'Bomb Damage,' was drawn on a metal door that formed the last remaining part of a two-story house belonging to the Dardouna family in northern Gaza . Unaware that Banksy's works have been valued for hundreds of thousands of pounds, Rabie Dardouna said he has been tricked into selling the door (left) for just £100. Pictured is how the door frame looks now . Speaking of the sale, Mr Dardouna said: 'I did not know that it was this valuable. I heard it can be sold for millions. Now I want the door back.' Artwork: Belal Khaled agreed to show reporters the mural on condition that its location not be revealed . He admitted, however, that he still has no idea who Banksy and struggles to pronounce his name. Meanwhile the Gaza artist who bought the door, Belal Khaled, said he did not mean to trick anyone, had no intention of profiting from the purchase and simply wanted to protect the painting. 'I bought the painting to protect its artistic value and preserve it from damage,' he said. 'Another reason is to display it in other places as well. I don't have any monetary interest in this.' Mr Khaled added that he has been in touch with Banksy's representatives, hoping to get a clearance to showcase the mural in Gaza art exhibits. The debate over the issue has heated up on Facebook, with Palestinian activists and journalists accusing the buyer of tricking the Dardounas family while others have defended him for buying it legally and not simply stealing it from the unguarded bomb site. Mr Khaled agreed to show reporters the mural on condition that its location not be revealed. The Dardouna home was one of 18,000 destroyed in the 50-day war between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers last summer. Vacant: A Palestinian school girl walks past the now empty door frame, which is still seen standing amid the rubble of a destroyed Dardouna family in northern Gaza . Banksy is a critic of Israel and he has created works in Gaza and the West Bank meant to draw attention to the plight of the Palestinians. Other Banksy works spotted in Gaza after the mystery visit were a mural of a playful kitten and of children swinging from a military watchtower. On a previous visit to the region the artist drew a painting of a girl pulled upward by balloons on Israel's West Bank separation barrier. | British graffiti artist painted mural on metal door of Dardouna family home .
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This is the terrifying moment an SUV hurtled head-on into a school bus full of students on Monday morning. Footage taken from the bus's windscreen dash-cam captures the screams of 36 7th graders on board as a Dodge Durango swerves erratically in their direction at 60 mph. It crashes into an SUV on the right side of the road then ricochets across the center median. The clip, obtained by News On 6, ends abruptly as the two vehicles collide. Horrifying: The red Dodge Durango can be seen hurtling at 60 mph towards the school bus on an Oklahoma highway at 8.20am as 36 7th grade students are being driven to school . Screams: The children on board shriek with fear as the driver is powerless to move out of the car's way . Crash: The impact sends smoke pouring into the air and crushes the SUV . Five of the 36 pupils were hospitalized with minor injuries and 11 were treated at the scene at 8.20am in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Monday. The 44-year-old driver of the SUV, who allegedly has a history of seizures, was driving approximately 20 mph over the speed limit. He was trapped inside his car for 20 minutes after the crash until firefighters were able to cut him from the wreckage, News On 6 reported. The driver of the SUV, a 44-year-old man with a history of seizures, had to be cut out of the wreckage . Police commended the bus driver for doing what she could. They are investigating whether the SUV driver had a seizure before or during the crash in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Monday at 8.20am . He is recovering in a serious condition in hospital as police work to determine whether his medical history was a factor in the crash. Police commended the bus driver for 'doing what she could' by noticing the SUV and stopping the bus. She then checked every student on board was safe. Tulsa Public Schools spokesman Chris Payne said parents of the pupils, from McClain Junior High School and McClain's 7th Grade Academy, were notified immediately. Police have refused local media requests to release a second video which shows the pupils reacting to the crash, on the grounds that it is traumatic and the passengers are all minors. | Dash-cam footage captures 36 screaming 7th graders on board .
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Do you have white spots on your nails or bleeding gums? Pimples on your arms or a dodgy stomach? These are in fact signs your body is under stress, a nutritionist has warned. Charlotte Watts argues that stress drain nutrients from the body, meaning it shows up in some surprising ways. These seven symptoms are an indicator you are stressed, warns nutritionist Charlotte Watts. Below, she recommends the best foods to get rid of each one . Writing for the Healthista website, she said: 'Periods of stress use up nutrients more quickly. 'This is because our whole system - including energy, brain responses, hormones and immunity - is working at a higher and faster rate.' As a result, some symptoms associated with vitamin or mineral deficiencies can also be a warning sign of the deeper, long-term effects of chronic stress. Here, in an extract from her new book - The De-Stress Effect: Rebalance Your Body’s Systems for Vibrant Health and Happiness - she reveals seven surprising signs of stress and what to eat to replenish lost nutrients... CRACKS AT THE SIDE OF THE MOUTH . What’s causing it? Need for vitamin B6 . Those unpleasant little sore fissures we can get at the corners of the lips are a sure sign that B vitamin status is low and particularly B6. B vitamins are important for the health of the nervous system and are needed to get energy from the carbohydrates, fats and proteins that we eat, so we use them up during the energy-rich stress response. Cracks at the side of the mouth are a sign the body is low on vitamin B6 . Important for the nervous system, B6 is involved in the production of the neurotransmitters (brain chemicals) serotonin and dopamine that regulate mood and motivation and also melatonin, that governs sleep, so we also see these suffer when stress is prolonged. We have a higher need for B6 with during contraceptive/HRT and antidepressant medication use. Food sources: carrots, chicken, eggs, fish, meat, peas, spinach, sunflower seeds, walnuts, avocados, bananas, beans, broccoli, brown rice, whole grains, cabbage, corn and potatoes . JAW GRINDING . What’s causing it? Need for vitamin B5 . Another B vitamin, B5 is often referred to as the anti-stress vitamin, as it helps with the production of adrenal hormones, cholesterol and immune antibodies, all of which have a higher turnover during the stress response. Note here that this cholesterol production is not all ‘bad’, we need it to produce new cells and the steroid hormones like cortisol and DHEA that are part of the stress response. Long-term stress often shows up as jaw clamping and teeth grinding, partly as tensing muscles around the face increases brain alertness, which the body senses it needs to deal with danger, but it is also associated with lowered levels of B5. This vitamin is also needed for production of the memory neurotransmitter acetylcholine, which also calms us down after stress has past. Lowered levels mean difficulty self-soothing after stress has passed and the memory issues we see with chronic stress. Taking B vitamins together in supplement form (eg. in a B complex or a multivitamin) is advised as they all work together for energy production and nervous system health. Food sources: beef, eggs, fresh vegetables, kidney, legumes, liver, mushrooms, nuts, saltwater fish, whole rye flour . Sunflower seeds are a good source of zinc. Zinc is easily used up by stress, and a stressful period can often be charted from where white spots grow on the fingernails . WHITE SPOTS ON NAILS . What’s causing it? Need for zinc . Although white spots on the nails are often assumed to be a calcium deficiency, it is actually another mineral loss they are indicating. The mineral zinc is very important for many of the enzyme systems in the body, for immunity and for the production of hormones, including insulin and sex hormones. It is the most abundantly used mineral in the body and allows energy production, but also all healing and replication (like fertility and sexual health) rely on good levels. Alternating constipation and diarrhoea is a sign of a magnesium deficiency . It is easily used up by stress and we can often chart a stressful period from where white spots appear grown from the nail bed. Zinc in plant foods is less bioavailable that in animal foods because it binds to phytate (a fibre) that makes it difficult to absorb, so vegetarians may want to consider a supplement of about 15-20mg a day. Food sources: fish, meat, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, pine nuts, nuts, oysters and other shellfish, crab, rye flour, cheddar cheese . ALTERNATING CONSTIPATION AND DIARRHOEA . What’s causing it? Need for magnesium . Magnesium is an essential mineral with about 70 per cent in the bones and the remaining 30 per cent in the soft tissues and body fluids. We use up massive amounts in the stress response and when we eat sugar. Our ability to calm muscles and brain after stress rely on this ‘calming mineral’ and you can see a vicious cycle can be set up when stress depletes it and our coping capacity is diminished. Low levels are associated with classic stress-related symptoms like anxiety, irritability, insomnia, depression and muscle pains. As the muscles of the digestive tract also rely on magnesium for calming and we feel stress keenly in the enteric nervous system in the gut, low levels often manifest there as difficulty regulated digestive muscle function and we can tend to constipation (seizure) or diarrhoea (spasm). Often these can alternate as the body struggles to find ‘normal’. Plenty of food sources and perhaps a supplement of 300-500mg magnesium citrate a day may help. Food sources: buckwheat, nuts, soybeans, dark green vegetables, carrots, peas, sweet potato, sunflower and sesame seeds, lentils, avocado, cauliflower, fish, meat . BLEEDING GUMS . What’s causing it? Need for vitamin C . Vitamin C is an antioxidant and needed for at least 300 metabolic functions in the body. It aids in the production of anti-stress hormones, interferon (immune-system protein) and is needed for the production of collagen, from which we make all body tissues. This is why the classic vitamin C full-on deficiency, scurvy involves haemorrhaging – body tissues are unable to be replenished and break down. Citrus fruits are a rich source of vitamin C. If the body is deficient in this nutrient some people suffer bleeding gums and bruise easily . A very mild form of this can be seen in easy bruising and bleeding gums when brushing teeth, signs we are probably using up vitamin C very quickly in the stress response. Other signs of deficiency include susceptibility to infection/colds and difficulty recovering from illness. It is depleted by smoking, alcohol, analgesics, oral contraceptives, steroids and with antidepressant use. Food sources: berries, citrus fruits, green vegetables, asparagus, avocados, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cantaloupe, kale, mangos, onions, papayas, green peas, pineapple, radishes, spinach, strawberries, tomatoes and watercresss . HARD PIMPLES AT THE TOP OF ARMS AND THIGHS . Hard spots at the top of the thighs and arms reveal a vitamin E deficiency . What’s causing it? Need for vitamin E . Follicular keratosis is also associated with lowered vitamin A levels, as it is also a fat-soluble antioxidant and works with vitamin E. Another nutrient that can contribute to easy bruising, Vitamin E is a fat-soluble antioxidant that protects fatty body areas and is needed for fertility – the meaning of the Greek word tocopherol, its chemical name. Low levels of vitamin E and also omega oils can be seen as hardened, raised pimples at the tops of arms and legs that show abnormal skin growth called follicular keratosis, where too much of the skin protein keratin builds up. Vitamin E may also help with improved circulation, the promotion of normal blood clotting, scarring, blood pressure and enhanced sperm production. Food sources: cold-pressed vegetable oils, dark green leafy vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds, whole grains, brown rice, eggs, kelp, milk, oatmeal, organ meats, soybeans, sweet potatoes and watercress . FREQUENT THROAT AND CHEST INFECTIONS . What’s causing it? Need for vitamin A . Vitamin A is essential for night vision (yes, carrots can help you see in the dark!) and the health and resiliency against infection of the outer skin and the mucous membranes that line the respiratory, gastrointestinal and urinary tracts. Stress can cause people have trouble shifting colds and they commonly move to the chest and throat. Increasing vitamin A - found in fish liver oils can help replenish the body . When you have trouble shifting colds and they commonly move to the chest and throat, increasing levels through plenty of greens and (if you eat) high-quality organic meat can help, in a stew helps deliver the nutrients efficiently and hydrate tissues at the same time. Sufficient supply of zinc is needed to mobilise and release stores of vitamin A. Food sources: animal livers, fish liver oils and green, red, orange and yellow fruits and vegetables. Foods that contain significant amounts include apricots, asparagus, broccoli, cantaloupe, carrots, papayas, peaches, pumpkin, red peppers, spinach, watercress and yellow squash . CHARLOTTE WATTS is a nutritionist, yoga teacher and author of new book The De-Stress Effect: Rebalance Your Body’s Systems for Vibrant Health and Happiness. Her work has focussed on how nutrition and yoga can meet to help people cope with the type of demands we face in the 21st century. She has also authored The De-Stress Diet (with Anna Magee), 100 Top Recipes for Happy Kids, 100 Best Foods for Pregnancy and 100 Foods to Stay Young. | Charlotte Watts, a nutritionist, says stress drains the body of nutrients .
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Veteran actor Robert Hardy is selling his enormous collection of antiques in a £100,000 auction after deciding to downsize his home. The star, known for appearing in All Creatures Great and Small and playing Winston Churchill several times, is auctioning off more than 200 items he has collected over his career. Mr Hardy, 89, is a keen military historian who studied English with J.R.R. Tolkien and is now an expert on the medieval longbow. Sale: Actor Robert Hardy is selling off his collection of antiques including a diorama of the Battle of Agincourt . Cabinets: A pair of early Victorian items of furniture made by Gillows of Lancaster which are set to fetch up to £4,000 at the auction on Saturday . Portrait: A painting of Mr Hardy holding a longbow, reflecting his interest in medieval history . One of the most unusual items featured in the auction of his possessions is a hand-painted limewood diorama depicted the progress of the Battle of Agincourt in 3D. The piece was created by artist L.M. Rendall in the 1960s after being commissioned by Mr Hardy himself, and has an estimate of £4,000 to £6,000. There is also a longbow made from yew with a mother-of-pearl handle, as well as a portrait of Mr Hardy holding the bow, which is set to sell for up to £2,000. The actor is also selling paintings, furniture, swords, flintlock rifles, silverware and a fine collection of crystal chandeliers. Diorama: The 3D model was commissioned specially by Mr Hardy from artist L.M. Rendall in the 1960s . Close-up: The piece was rendered in amazing detail showing the progress of the battle in 1415 . Luxurious: A view of many of the items of furniture and other antiques which are being sold . Dozens of books, some dating back to the 17th century, are included in the auction which is set to take place this Saturday. A total of 238 lots are being sold by Dominic Winter auctioneers at its saleroom in South Cerney, Gloucestershire. Mr Hardy, who lives in the Cotswolds, said that he was sad to sell his collection. 'Downsizing and losing a great part of a treasured library makes for sadness,' he said. 'Entrusting it all to Dominic Winter and Co has taken away much of the pain, and through them I wish anyone who comes to possess anything that was mine as much joy and pleasure as it has given me through the years.' Historical: An early 20th-century painting of Alfred the Great rebuilding London, by Frank Owen Salisbury . Auction: The objects are being sold at Dominic Winter in Gloucestershire on Saturday . Pride: Mr Hardy pictured in 2012 with the longbow and other objects from his collection . He has built up the haul of antiques thanks to his interest in classic literature and military history. Mr Hardy was taught by Tolkien and C.S. Lewis when he studied English at Magdalen College, Oxford, and he has published two books on the history of the longbow. He was also consulted as an expert during the raising of the Tudor shipwreck the Mary Rose. Mr Hardy, a close friend of Richard Burton, worked with top actors including Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud and Judi Dench during his early days as a Shakespearean specialist. He found national fame playing vet Siegfried Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small, the hit BBC drama which aired between 1978 and 1990 and also starred Lynda Bellingham. Star: Mr Hardy, left, is known for his role as vet Siegriein the BBC's All Creatures Great and Small . Role: He has frequently played Winston Churchill in a series of television dramas . New generation: Mr Hardy appeared as Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge in the Harry Potter films . The actor is well known for portraying Winston Churchill in a number of television performances, and has also played Churchill's fellow Second World War leader Franklin D. Roosevelt. More recently, he introduced himself to a younger generation of viewers with an appearance in the Harry Potter films, where he played Cornelius Fudge, the Minister for Magic. Mr Hardy was forced to retire from stage acting two years ago, when he suffered a fall while playing Churchill again in The Audience, a West End play about the Queen which starred Helen Mirren. However, he has insisted that he will continue to do television work despite his advanced age. | Robert Hardy, 89, is a military enthusiast who studied English literature under J.R.R. Tolkien .
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(CNN)When ISIS overran their villages near Mosul in August 2014, a small group of Assyrians, a Middle Eastern minority with a history reaching back more than 4,000 years, picked up weapons and formed their own militia: Dwekh Nawsha -- "The Sacrificers." Assyrians belong to the rapidly dwindling Christian population of Iraq -- recent estimates from CAPNI, the largest Christian relief organization in northern Iraq put the number as low as 300,000 compared with 1.5 million 20 years ago -- and many among them see the fight with ISIS as a final battle for survival against the Islamists. "'Ah, Assyrians -- I've read about them in the Bible,' is what many people say," says Marcus Naissan, a 25-year-old electrical technician and member of Dwekh Nawsha. "But we are not just history, we are still alive, we are still here." The exodus of Christians from Iraq started prior to ISIS -- and the civil war in the mid-2000s took an especially heavy toll. Today, most Iraqi Christians live in Kurdish areas in the north, which have been a relative haven of stability. And so far, the Kurds have been taking heavy losses to defend Christian and Yezidi minorities against ISIS. Every night, the fighters hear the rumbling sound of coalition airplanes in the sky over Baqufa where they have their safe house just a few miles from the frontline. Here they relax, patrol the empty streets of the village and try to hinder ISIS suicide commandos from entering the near city of Dohuk where UNHCR says almost 100,000 refugees -- many of them Christians -- have found a temporary place to stay. So far, the militia has only assembled and trained 40 fighters. But Rama Baito, manager of the digital media presence of the group, shows me his direct messages on Facebook -- dozens of ex-soldiers, diaspora Assyrians or Christian activists from all over the world contact him and offer monetary support or their own presence on the frontline. "We have 200 people waiting right now, because we simply do not have enough weapons and training capacities," Baito says. Since they are still small and have no heavy weaponry, the Dwekh Nawsha fighters say they coordinate closely with local Kurdish Peshmerga commanders and share the same foxholes on the frontline. The fighters are a very mixed bunch. A young baker, carrying his large military dagger in an elegant sheath, says he brought his father when he enlisted. "But now, we see each other only rarely because he is in another unit of our group," he says. "When I go on vacation, he goes to the field and the other way around. So every time we swap units, I wait for him, give him a quick hug and then leave back home." Right now, ISIS is focused on other fronts -- the yellow fields of the Niniveh plains are quite safe for the mostly young fighters. But none of them thinks victory over ISIS will be quick, nor that fighting will end immediately afterward. All they can do now is patrol the deserted alleys of Baqufa, making sure the wild dogs don't take over the town and hope one day their relatives will be able to return. | Assyrians are an ancient Middle Eastern minority -- they are part of the rapidly dwindling Christian population of Iraq .
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(CNN)Every day, images of war and conflict are splashed across our desktops, plastered on our TV screens and scattered through our mobile news feeds. Because of that, one's response to such imagery often becomes calloused or desensitized. This concept of "how we digest images of war through mainstream media outlets," was what drove photographer Simon Brann Thorpe to begin his project "Toy Soldiers." This idea to create a fresh perspective drove him into the desert of Western Sahara, a long-disputed region of northwestern Africa. Thorpe uses the area's harsh landscape as a powerful backdrop for soldiers posed as green plastic figurines -- similar to the popular toys that many children play with. The soldiers are with the Polisario Front, an independence movement that has been clashing with Morocco over the region since the mid-1970s. Thorpe said his project enables "the creation of a visual metaphor from which a viewer develops their own emotional, physical and political response to war and conflict, when faced with the realization that the images do not contain toy soldiers but real soldiers." Thorpe's background was not in photojournalism, but in landscape photography, which lends to his powerful placement of the soldiers in the desert -- not to mention that all the locations chosen are historic locations of battles between Morocco and the Polisario Front. "The conflict in Western Sahara receives virtually zero coverage despite 2015 being the 40th anniversary of the outbreak of war there," Thorpe said. After a ceasefire in 1991, the people of Western Sahara have been living in a state of non-resolution. The people are split into two camps -- those living in Moroccan-occupied territory, and those in refugee camps in Algeria. Social media . Follow @CNNPhotos on Twitter to join the conversation about photography. Thorpe had to get clearance to work with the Polisario Front military and also had to be cautious of how many troops he moved about at one time -- otherwise he would have needed permission from the United Nations. He usually worked with about 50 or 60 soldiers at a time. The autumn months did not offer much reprieve from the long hours in the sweltering desert sun. Thorpe would work with the troops' commander to position the men, then climb atop sandy mountains with his wide-angle lens and capture these striking images. They would work till dusk and then spend the night under the stars. Not only were the soldiers willing participants for this project, but they also helped construct the platforms they stood on. Thorpe said they were made out of old oil drums. After the elaborate five-week production, Thorpe hopes his images will raise questions on "how images of war (will) be consumed in the future with ever-diminishing attention spans and competition for them." Simon Brann Thorpe's "Toy Soldiers" book is available for pre-order through Dewi Lewis Publishing. You can follow Thorpe on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. | Simon Brann Thorpe's project makes real-life soldiers resemble toy soldiers .
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A swimming pool on the banks of the Thames is one step closer to becoming a reality following lobbying by celebrity backers - with David Walliams saying he will be the first to take a dip. In two years the Thames Bath Lido, which will sit near Blackfriars Bridge, should open with the backing of a recently launched crowdfunding project. The plans have moved far quicker than an initial ten-year initiative to clean up the Thames for swimmers with the aid of celebrities such as artist Tracy Emin and David Walliams. In two years the Thames Bath Lido, which will sit near Blackfriars Bridge, should open with the backing of a recently launched crowdfunding project . Floated in 2013 the original idea was conceived by three Londoners who dreamt of bringing the beautiful lakes of Zurich to the capital . James Lowe (left), Chris Romer-Lee (centre) and Matt Bamford-Bowes (right) originally thought up the Thames Lido . Walliams has said if the water is clean enough he will be the first to jump in. The Little Britain star has been a vocal champion of open-water swimming since he crossed the English Channel unaided for charity in 2006. He also did a 140-mile charity swim of the Thames in 2011. Tracy Emin said she couldn't believe how underused the Thames is adding 'If you could swim in the Thames, it'd be incredible' Professional bodies such as the Royal Academy of Arts, New London Architecture and many others have also pledged their support for the scheme. The plan is to incorporate two pools, a 25 meter lap pool and a training pool. The baths will also be heated to make them available for use all year around. Founder of the Kickstarter campaign to launch the lido, Chris Romer-Lee said 'Ever since we first sketched out the original concept for Thames Baths, we have always wanted to build something that benefited the community and allowed them to participate in its creation. 'The latter is one of the reasons why we are launching crowdfunding on Kickstarter. We want Londoners, swimmers and anyone passionate about urban waterways to show their support for this project and what better way than a very public campaign.' David Walliams, here pictured swimming the Thames in 2011, has said he will be the first to jump in the new pool . The plan is to incorporate two pools, a 25 meter lap pool and a training pool. The baths will also be heated to make them available for use all year around . The two year plan will include a sophisticated filtration system that would turn the fuel drenched Thames into crystal clear water for anyone swimming in the lido . Floated in 2013 the original idea was conceived by three Londoners who dreamt of bringing the beautiful lakes of Zurich to the capital. The original plan was to create a lido that wasn't just for swimmers, but one that would benefit the local community while also creating a haven for wildlife. The two year plan will include a sophisticated filtration system that would turn the fuel drenched Thames into crystal clear water for anyone swimming in the lido. The local community is set to be a part of the vision of the project too. The facility will be run as a social enterprise rather than a company dictated by profit. A public space created for the people that use it. Thames Baths, the Community Interest Company behind the scheme, is hoping to promote the use of the new Lido to local schools and the elderly. The crowdfunding scheme is hoping to raise a total of £125,000 within 30 days and a donation of £50 will entitle members to 12 swims. Pledging £5,000 will give investors a year's access to the lido and an opportunity to overview the development project. To donate to the Thames Bath Lido, click here. Thames Baths, the Community Interest Company behind the scheme, is hoping to promote the use of the new Lido to local schools and the elderly . | Heated open-air swimming pool to open on the Thames in two years' time .
Celebrity backers Tracy Emin and David Walliams speeded the plans along .
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This picture shows the dramatic moment a 'hero' police officer smashed a car window to save a baby trapped in the vehicle on one of the hottest days of the year. The boy's mother frantically tried to open the door when the keys to her Range Rover were locked inside and the eight-month-old boy was stuck in the car alone as temperatures hit almost 23C yesterday. She grew increasingly distressed as the car became hotter - with no fresh air inside the vehicle - and called police for help. The incident occurred when temperatures peaked at 22.8C at St James's Park in London - making it the second hottest day of the year so far beaten only by today when temperatures soared in the capital to nearly 24C. Scroll down for video . Saved: This photo was taken moments after a police officer rescued a baby from a Range Rover after his mother (pictured left with her baby) had tried frantically to open the door when her keys were locked inside . 'Hero': Kingston Police published a photo of the incident on their Twitter account, along with a caption hailing PC Resteghini as a 'hero' Officers were called to the parked car in Surbiton, south-west London, at lunchtime yesterday and the baby was rescued after officer PC Resteghini smashed the car's window with his baton. Kingston Police tweeted the picture along with the caption: 'PC Resteghini has just rescued an infant trapped inside a hot vehicle, smashing a window to gain access #hero'. Police confirmed the baby was unhurt. The baby's father told MailOnline there had been a fault with the Range Rover's automatic locking system and that the matter was being investigated. His wife had left the keys in her bag inside the vehicle, which the man, who did not wish to be named, said was designed not to lock if the keys are inside. He said: 'My wife had put our son into the car seat in the back and closed the door. When she did that it locked automatically and wouldn't open when she walked round to the driver's side. 'She was extremely panicked so called the police. They were fantastic and turned up in about five minutes. They tried for a while to get into the car, in the same way my wife had, but eventually had to smash the window.' Speaking to Radio Jackie News, PC Resteghini said: 'We used one of the batons to gain entry to the car...the baby was safe and well and the mother was OK.' Scorchio: Sunbathers packed out beaches up and down the country today, including Bournemouth (pictured), as the mercury rose to 23C . Busy: Brighton beach was packed with couples and families who were desperate to make the most of the sun on the hottest day of the year . Hot: Beaches, including Brighton beach (pictured) and parks were packed today with sunseekers making the most of the unseasonably high temperatures. The mid-20s temperatures made Britain hotter than Athens, Rome and Madrid but forecasters warned a cold front will move in . Relax: Temperatures reached 23C in the capital and south east yesterday, making it the hottest day of the year, before the record was beaten by today's temperatures of 23.6C and rising. Pictured: One sunbather enjoys the sunshine but keeps her head cool as the mercury spars . Taking it easy: People in Britain have been enjoying the hot weather so far this week including at Tower Bridge in London today (pictured) The south-east of England has enjoyed unseasonably warm temperatures over the last few days, with a high of 22.8C at St James's Park in London yesterday. Temperatures also peaked at 22.6C in Shoeburyness, Essex, and 22.4C at Manston, Kent. It meant yesterday was the hottest day of the year until temperatures surpassed those recorded . Forecasters said today was not only the hottest of the year but also expected it to be the warmest day for the rest of the month, as temperatures are predicted to return to average or just above average later this week. A cold front moving down from the north of the country will bring cooler weather, which will see temperatures drop to between 15C and 17C. However, despite the drop in temperatures, it will still be warmer than usual for April and forecasters said sunny spells will be felt across much of the country until at least next week. Six-year-old Isabella-Love Mee enjoys the water fountains at Granary Square in London as Britain basks in the warmest day of the year so far . Two youngsters made the most of the warm weather this morning in Paignton, Devon, as the mercury gradually increased from a sunny start . Workers made the most of their lunch breaks by relaxing in the sunshine near Tower Bridge as temperatures exceeded 23C in the capital . Warning: A police inspector last week tweeted a picture showing what officers would do if dogs were left in hot cars during the warm weather . | The eight-month-old baby's mother frantically tried to open the door after the Range Rover's keys were locked inside .
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Cuts and wounds in the skin heal in much the same way as a zip being fastened, new microscopic images have revealed. Biologists have studied the healing process at a molecular level using electron microscopes to examine skin as it repairs itself. They found skin cells appear to attach to each other using tiny tubes that then pull them together so they interlock like a zip. This image on the left taken of skin cells healing a wound using an electron microscope show how cells on opposing sides (coloured green and brown) interlock together in a similar way to a zipper used on clothes. The image on the right shows how the would looks on the surface at this stage in the healing process . The researchers hope their findings could help in the development of new treatments for wounds that could speed up this process. Dr Mikhail Eltsov, one of the scientists behind the study at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, said: 'When we look at it from a distance, it appears as if skin cells simply fuse to each other, but if we zoom in, it becomes clear that membranes, molecular machines, and other cellular components are involved. 'Our electron microscope allows us to distinguish the molecular components in the cell that act like small machines to fuse the skin. 'In order to visualize this orchestra of healing, a very high-resolution picture of the process is needed. 'For this purpose we have recorded an enormous amount of data that surpasses all previous studies of this kind.' Dr Eltsov and his colleagues used cells from fruit fly embryos to study the healing processes that take place in skin. The study, which is published in the journal Nature Cell Biology, found that the skin cells on either side of the wound begin by 'sniffing' each other out to find their opposing partners. They then develop adhesive like structure made of microscopic tubes, called microtubules, that pulls them closer together. These attachments work a like velcro and pulls the skin cells towards the opening. Once the cells meet, they use these microtubules as a scaffolding to interlock together like a zip. Professor Achilleas Frangakis, a microscopy expert at Goethe University Frankfurt who led the study, said: 'What was also amazing was the tremendous plasticity of the membranes in this process which managed to close the skin opening in a very short space of time. 'When five to ten cells have found their respective neighbors, the skin already appears normal.' Skin taken from the dead could soon be used to treat wounds in the living. Researchers have found that skin taken from cadavers that is stripped of its cells is effective in healing acute wounds, such as burns, as well as painful ulcers. They believe the new treatment could be used to treat wounds that do not easily heal by themselves, which cost the US alone more than $25 billion (£17 billion) a year. The scientists stripped out the skin’s inner layer – the dermis – which contains blood vessels, nerve endings, hair follicles and sweat glands, to leave behind its matrix of proteins. The team discovered that ‘decellulised’ skin provides a scaffold that the recipients own cells can populate and can effectively treat acute wounds, such as burns. Clothing zips, like the one above, hold fast by using interlocking segments and this is how skin closes a wound . | Biologists at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, studied skin healing in fruit fly embryos using an electron microscope to watch what happened .
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Denim designer Bettina Liano has revealed that she cannot afford to pay the Australian Taxation Office the almost $130,000 she owes in taxes. 'They're chasing me because I can't afford to pay them, the embattled jeans queen told Daily Mail Australia. 'I wish there was something I could do,' she added, 'I'm really embarrassed.' Financial woes: Denim queen Bettina Liano is reportedly being pursued for almost $130,000 by the Australian Tax Office . Ms Liano is being pursued for $126,594 in taxes withheld between March and December 2012, the Daily Telegraph reported on Friday. The designer told DMA that she was unaware of court proceedings, and only became aware of it when contacted by the media yesterday. The sister of Real Housewives Of Melbourne's Gina last year relaunched her eponymous jeans label last year as By Bettina Liano, after going into liquidation in 2013. Empire: The jeans designer relaunched her label last year as By Bettina Liano after going into liquidation in 2013 . Liano's denim empire started in 1986 in Melbourne, but ran into difficulty in recent years. After going into administration in 2011, the brand was revived by backing from the Apparel Group, who own Sportscraft and Saba, but the deal ended acrimoniously, with Liano ordered to pay back $150,000. 'I lost my entire business,' Liano told DMA. 'A lot went down... it was disastrous.' 'I just want to make jeans. I'm starting out again with my new label, but it's going to take time to recover.' Bettina revealed that she is also in the process of writing a 'motivational' book charting her career. Struggles: Bettina Liano previously went into administration in 2011 but was briefly revived by a deal with the Apparel Group, which turned sour . Family ties: Bettina is the sister of Real Housewives of Melbourne star Gina (pictured) | Jeans designer reportedly owes $126,594 in tax .
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(CNN)Eyewitness video showing white North Charleston police Officer Michael Slager shooting to death an unarmed black man has exposed discrepancies in the reports of the first officers on the scene. Slager has been fired and charged with murder in the death of 50-year-old Walter Scott. A bystander's cell phone video, which began after an alleged struggle on the ground between Slager and Scott, shows the five-year police veteran shooting at Scott eight times as Scott runs away. Scott was hit five times. If words were exchanged between the men, they're are not audible on the tape. It's unclear what happened before Scott ran, or why he ran. The officer initially said that he used a Taser on Scott, who, Slager said, tried to take the weapon. Before Slager opens fire, the video shows a dark object falling behind Scott and hitting the ground. It's unclear whether that is the Taser. Later in the video, when Slager approaches Scott's body, Slager appears to drop a dark object near Scott. Slager is seen in the video handcuffing Scott after the shooting. Witness: I nearly erased shooting video out of fear . Feidin Santana, the witness who recorded the video, said he didn't see Scott grab Slager's Taser. His account contradicts what Slager told dispatchers. In two interviews with NBC, Santana said that he was walking to his job in North Charleston on Saturday morning when he saw Slager chase Scott, who had been pulled over for a broken taillight. Santana told NBC's Lester Holt on Wednesday that he saw the two men struggling on the ground. "They were down on the (ground) ... before I started recording," Santana said. "I remember the police (officer) had control of the situation. He had control of Scott." Santana said he heard the sound of a Taser being used. He believed Scott was trying to get away from it. But Scott never got the Taser or used it on the officer, Santana told NBC. Who was Walter Scott? A North Charleston Police report included brief statements from eight police officers, but not Slager. One officer, identified as Sgt. J. Gann, said in the report he was conducting a separate traffic stop about 9:30 a.m. Saturday when he heard -- apparently via radio -- Slager say he was "in foot pursuit" of another motorist. Gann said that while driving to the officer's location, "Slager advised that he deployed his Taser and (requested) back up units." Seconds later, Gann reported, he heard Slager tell a dispatcher, "Shots fired and the subject is down. He took my Taser." Hours after the shooting, The Post and Courier of Charleston quoted a statement from police spokesman Spencer Pryor, who said Slager attempted to use his Taser to stop a fleeing suspect. The men struggled over the device, with the suspect taking the Taser and attempting to use it against Slager, the newspaper reported. In the police report, another officer, J. Banias, said he was heading to the scene about 10 minutes after the initial call. Slager asked him to "secure his vehicle at the site of the traffic stop." Banias said he spoke to a passenger in the car Scott was driving. "The passenger was ... detained and placed in the back seat of my vehicle," the officer reported. The passenger's identity was not given in the report, but the officer said in the report that the passenger was detained. Scott family spokesman Ryan Julison confirmed to CNN that a man was with Scott and said he is not related to the family. The family declined to provide any more information. A timeline of events . The North Charleston Police Department is not providing additional information, citing an ongoing investigation of Scott's killing by the independent South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. Gann said when he arrived at the shooting scene, an officer identified only as Habersham "was administering first aid" to Scott. "I exited my vehicle and assisted Officer Habersham with first aid and CPR to the driver," Gann said in the report. "We continued to perform first aid and CPR until EMS arrived... When EMS and first responders arrived, EMS took care over providing care to the driver, who was pronounced deceased a short time later." Habersham, in his account, did not mention performing CPR. "I attempted to render aid to the victim by applying pressure to the gunshot wounds and (directing) the best route for EMS and fire to get to the victim faster," he said in the report. An officer identified as Sgt. Webb said that he requested an ambulance. Webb said that at 9:41 a.m. he saw Habersham "administering chest compression to the defendant." North Charleston Police Chief Eddie Driggers was asked at a news conference this week whether CPR was performed on Scott. "I do not know. I was told that life-saving ... that they tried to save his life," Driggers said. North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey added that not every North Charleston police officer is CPR certified. What we know about Officer Slager . | More questions than answers emerge in controversial S.C. police shooting .
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A terminally-ill five-year-old has died just days after his devoted parents granted his final wish by getting married at his hospital bedside. Corey Edwards was born with a complex congenital heart defect and endured eight traumatic open heart surgeries in a bid to save his life. His greatest wish was for his parents Jemma, 21, and Craig, 28, to tie the knot, but despite getting engaged three years ago, his ill health put their plans on hold. Corey Edwards, five, has died five days after his final wish - to see his parents get married - was granted . Corey, who was born with a complex congenital heart defect, held the rings at the ceremony at his bedside in Bristol Children's Hospital . Corey's condition had gradually deteriorated since January, when he was admitted to hospital with a cold, and his parents were warned he had just days to live. To grant the little boy's final wish, staff at Bristol Children's Hospital pulled out all the stops to allow his parents to marry at his bedside, including getting the Archbishop of Canterbury's permission for the ceremony to be held on the paediatric ward. The five-year-old held the rings at the wedding on Saturday, with his mother saying Corey looked 'very handsome' in a suit. Sadly Corey died last night, five days after the ceremony. Speaking shortly after the wedding, father-of-three Mr Edwards, from Teignmouth, Devon, said: 'It may not have been the day we had initially planned in our heads but it didn't matter to us. 'To have our son there meant more than anything and it will be a day we will never forget. 'We can't thank the staff enough for what they have done for us and Corey and we would like them to know how much we appreciate their hard work and dedication.' The terminally ill boy's parents Craig and Jemma had been engaged for years but delayed tying the knot because of Corey's ill health . To grant the little boy's final wish, staff at Bristol Children's Hospital pulled out all the stops to allow his parents (pictured with sisters Isabelle and Caitlyn) to marry at his bedside . Mrs Edwards added: 'The most important thing for us was having our son Corey at our side, holding the rings and wearing his suit. 'We couldn't have been more proud of him. We were also incredibly lucky to have our daughters there and the support of so many.' After deciding to get married, the couple had barely 48 hours to organise the ceremony, which was complicated by requiring permission from the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to go ahead. The newlyweds signed the wedding register at their son's hospital bedside . The law allows couples to marry in hospital if one of them is desperately ill and that did not apply in this case. But a law dating back to Henry VIII gives the Archbishop of Canterbury special dispensation to allow weddings in hospital for 'pastoral reasons'. 'When we knew Corey's wishes, everyone on PICU (Paediatric Intensive Care Unit) and Ward 32, including staff and friends, got together to help us,' Mr Edwards said. 'The Bishop of Bristol had to write to the Archbishop of Canterbury to get special permission for us to marry in the hospital and we are so grateful he agreed.' Corey was diagnosed with a complex congenital heart defect when he was seven months old and had eight open-heart surgeries as well as other treatments. Staff at Bristol Children's Hospital grew close to the family during numerous hospital stays., and rallied together to help with the wedding. Mr Edwards, a council road sweeper, said: 'When we got the go ahead, we only had a matter of days to plan. 'We rushed into town to buy a dress and suit and made do with our engagement rings as wedding rings. 'We couldn't believe the generosity of all those involved. One nurse helped to do Jemma's hair, whilst another two members of staff made the cake and iced it. 'Chairs were pulled together to form an aisle and decorations were put up to make it feel like a wedding venue. 'We were married by the hospital's chaplain, Rev Stephen Oram, who was very excited to be sharing this occasion with us.' Corey was diagnosed with a complex congenital heart defect when he was seven months old and had eight open-heart surgeries as well as other treatments . After deciding to get married, the couple had barely 48 hours to organise the ceremony, which was complicated by requiring permission from the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to go ahead . Mr Edwards added: 'It turned into a really, really amazing day and Corey was so proud. He looked very handsome. I think he really enjoyed it, which was the main thing. 'Getting married is usually the bride and groom's special day, which it was, but it's more Corey's special day because he is such a special boy. 'It was nice to share our special day with the people who have helped us enjoy Corey's short life. It has got to the point where there isn't more they can do now, which is obviously very hard. 'Instead of being at his bedside crying the whole time at least on that one day we had a real special day. We know he was happy that day. 'When he's home and well you wouldn't know he is a cardiac patient. He's happy, running around and loves to play.' The newlyweds spent their wedding night at their son's bedside and later returned to the nearby Ronald McDonald House where they are staying whilst Corey is in hospital. Speaking before Corey passed away, William Booth, matron for PICU, said it was a privilege to share the special day with Corey's family. He added: 'The whole hospital was abuzz with excitement. 'One of the nurses made and iced a cake others brought in flowers and gifts for the newlyweds. 'Lots of the nursing and medical teams involved in Corey's care came in over the Easter break to share this special occasion with them all.' | Corey Edwards, five, was born with a complex congenital heart defect .
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The boy held the rings and wore a suit as his parents wed at his bedside .
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Can a child recognise their mother simply through touch and scent? In a heart-warming video that will have you reaching for the tissues, six real-life women and their children are gathered to find out the answer. The sweet youngsters are blindfolded and asked to pick their mum out of the group, while their mothers can be seen waiting anxiously to see whether their child would recognise them. A unique connection: A heart-warming new video poses the question - can children recognise their mothers without seeing them? Mummy, is that you? Six children were blindfolded and asked to pick out their mother from a group of six women just by touch and scent . Found her! The task was designed to understand the special bond between mother and child . Touchingly, the women become quite emotional as they children move tentatively along the group one by one, taking the women's hands, touching their hair and faces. Each child eventually locates their own, throwing their arms around them in recognition. The video, called The Unique Connection, was created by Pandora to celebrate Mother's Day and the special bond between mother and child. Trust your instincts: The sweet youngsters were blindfolded in turn . Anxious: The six mothers line up in a row, and can be seen becoming emotional as they wait to see whether their child will be able to recognise them . Now you see me: The children move tentatively along the row, taking hands and touching hair and faces until their recognise their own . Touching: The video was released to celebrate Australian and US Mother's Day on May 10 . It has so far been viewed 2.8 million times, and has even attracted the attention of celebrities. Ashton Kutcher shared the video on his Facebook page, and wrote: 'I could watch this all day.' Mother's Day 2015 is celebrated in Australia and the US on May 10. The UK already celebrated their holiday, also called Mothering Sunday, in March. Viral: The heart-warming video has so far been viewed 2.8 million times . | Video shows six children asked to pick out their mother while blindfolded .
Mums become emotional waiting to see if their child will recognise them .
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A city's communications boss has been fired after she allegedly stopped a tourism photo shoot with a black and an Asian model and told the photographer they were 'not the image I want for the city'. Rosemary Taylor, communications director of the City of Brookhaven in Georgia, made the 'racist' remark to hired photographer Nelson Jones at the local Cherry Blossom Festival two weeks ago . After witnessing Mr Jones capture a test shot of models Dominique Jackson, 18, and 19-year-old Khamlee Vongvone at the event, she apparently went over to him and referenced the two girls. She reportedly told him: 'This is not the image I want for the city of Brookhaven'. The girls' mouths 'dropped' and, moments later, they and Mr Jones were asked to leave the festival by a city official. Scroll down for video . Models: Rosemary Taylor has been fired after she allegedly stopped a tourism photo shoot with Dominique Jackson (right), 18, and Khamlee Vongvone (left), 19, and said they were 'not the image I want for the city' Sacked: Taylor (pictured) communications director of the City of Brookhaven in Georgia, made the 'racist' remark at Cherry Blossom Festival, which photographer Nelson Jones had been hired to take pictures of . Now, Ms Taylor, who had been in the high-profile position for less than a month, according to her LinkedIn page, has been fired by officials for exhibiting 'conduct unbecoming of a city employee'. In a statement, Brookhaven’s leadership told WSB-TV: 'Rosemary Taylor was relieved of her duties as the city's communications director after she exhibited conduct unbecoming of a city employee.' However, Ms Taylor has released her own statement, in which she claims she was wrongly accused in the incident, which occurred between March 27 and 29, and says Mr Jones was 'unprofessional'. In the release, seen by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the sacked employee writes: 'Racism had absolutely nothing to do with my interactions with the photographer and his hired models.' She adds: 'It had all to do with a lack of professionalism on behalf of the photographer, a conflict of interest, misuse of city funds and money spent unnecessarily. Ms Taylor says she had already decided to hire another photographer after deciding that Mr Jones's work was 'simply not acceptable' - and had not discussed hiring models as part of the festival job. Day of the incident: Dominique (left) and Khamlee (right) are pictured in a test shot just minutes before Taylor approached them and Mr Jones. The trio were then asked to leave the event by a city official, it is reported . Communications director: Taylor (pictured in her LinkedIn photo) had been in the high-profile job for the City of Brookhaven for less than a month when she was fired for exhibiting 'conduct unbecoming of a city employee' 'When I questioned [Mr Jones] about the models and why he was posing them in the VIP tent, against the festival's branding, as if it was a photo shoot, he got agitated and defensive,' she writes. 'My mistake was getting agitated back, as he continued to tell me he was the official photographer and he had hired top models and this was going to be good for the city. I told him it wasn’t.' Mr Jones told WSB-TV that he was pleased Ms Taylor had been fired by the City of Brookhaven on Monday, adding that both he and the models had considered her remark racist and offensive. According to her LinkedIn page, Ms Taylor has previously worked for CBS, People Magazine and ABC. In January, she left her job as Senior Communications Manager of the City of Johns Creek. An internal investigation into the incident is ongoing. Offended: Mr Jones said he was pleased Taylor has been sacked, adding that both he and the two models had considered her remark racist and offensive. Above, Khamlee is pictured, left and right, in Facebook photos . | Rosemary Taylor approached photographer Nelson Jones at a city festival .
Jones was taking pictures of a black and an Asian model for tourism shoot .
Taylor apparently told photographer: 'This is not the image I want for city'
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Jemma Peacock (pictured on her wedding day) says the NHS is denying her two daughters (pictured) their mother by refusing to fund a life-saving drug . A terminally-ill cancer sufferer has accused the NHS of denying her two daughters their mother by refusing to fund a potentially life-extending drug. Jemma Peacock, 31, suffers from a rare form of stomach cancer and is currently taking three drugs to try to prolong her life. The third and most effective drug - regorafenib - costs the NHS around £1,000 a week to provide and has been removed from the health service's approved list of treatments. Mrs Peacock, who lives with her husband Tony and daughters Kacie, six, and Willow, four, in Storrington, West Sussex, has wild-type gastrointestinal cancer, which causes tumours to grow in the stomach and intestines. The mother-of-two, who is yet to tell her young children about her condition, says she cannot afford to buy regorafenib privately and has called on NHS England to reverse their decision. She said: 'The final drug is the most effective and it is heart breaking they have removed it from the treatment list. 'The cancer that I have is extremely rare and the research into it is limited so it angers me that they are removing a drug that has been proven to work. 'I am lucky that I have managed to spend 14 months on the first drug, Imatinib, in the series but I know that it will soon have no effect on my body. 'The second drug, Sutan, is not very effective and I know that when I have to be put on it I will have minimal time left. 'You can buy regorafenib privately but that costs £3,700 a month and I don't have that kind of money. 'Family members have offered to sell their houses and belongings to pay for my treatment but I can't accept that. 'I cannot ask my family to put their lives on hold when I might only get another year of life.' Mrs Peacock (pictured with daughters Kacie, left, and Willow, right), who has a rare form of stomach cancer, has been refused a drug which could help her battle the disease . The mother-of-two, who set up a 100,000-strong petition for the drug regorafenib to be funded, has not told her daughters that she has cancer . Mrs Peackock, who lives in Storrington, West Sussex, with her daughters and husband Tony, has wild-type gastrointestinal cancer, which causes tumours to grow in the stomach and intestines . After NHS England removed the drug from their list of treatments in January this year, Mrs Peacock launched a petition calling on the NHS to reinstate it. More than 100,000 people have signed it, meaning MPs will have to discuss the issue in Parliament when they return to the Commons after the election - but by then Mrs Peacock's cancer may have progressed. Despite thousands joining her cause, Mrs Peacock is yet to tell her daughters that she has cancer. 'I do not want to scare them with what I am going through,' she said. 'We had to watch my dad die of lung cancer just 18 months ago and the girls found that really tough as they were very close to him. 'If I told them I had cancer it would scare them and no parent wants to scare their child. I do spoil them more then what other parents would but who can blame me. 'I want them to have as many happy memories with us as a family as possible before I get too ill and I can no longer enjoy the time I have. 'I think about the conversation I will have to have with them in the future and it heart wrenching that I will have to tell my daughters I will soon not be here anymore. 'But I know that I have to push that conversation to the back of mind and enjoy the time I have left with my family.' The NHS currently spends in the region of £1.3billion on cancer drugs a year, and receives a further £200million annual boost from the Cancer Drugs Fund - which helps to fund treatments for rare forms of the disease. NHS England then decides what drugs this money goes towards, with a ruling in January removing regorafenib from the fund's list because the treatment's effectiveness did not represent 'sufficient value for retention'. The report found that, on average, it cost £4,493 to provide a four-week cycle of regorafenib to a patient, with the average recipient needing the drug for 23 weeks. NHS England declined to comment. | Mother-of-two Jemma Peacock, 31, has a rare form of stomach cancer .
NHS England has refused funding for a drug which could prolong her life .
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A pit pull puppy who couldn't walk due to a crippling birth defect has now been likened to the sprightly-footed tap dancer Fred Astaire after undergoing reconstructive surgery. Four-month-old Roscoe was caught on camera this week at the Asheville Humane Society in North Carolina taking some of his first steps. Footage shows him teetering around on a tiled floor with his bandaged legs making a tapping sound as he goes. Scroll down for video . Ready to roll: A pit pull puppy who couldn’t walk due to a crippling birth defect has now been likened to the sprightly-footed tap dancer Fred Astaire after undergoing reconstructive surgery . Tap dog! Four-month-old Roscoe was caught on camera this week at the Asheville Humane Society in North Carolina taking some of his first steps . The rescue pup was born with a deformity which caused his front to legs to be bent backwards at the knees. As a result, he was forced to crawl around on his joints. However, thanks to more than $3,000 in public donations, the canine was able to have the life-changing operation he needed. Both of his limbs were broken and reset into a straight position. Flashback: The rescue pup was born with a deformity which caused his front to legs to be bent backwards at the knees - as a result, he was forced to crawl around on his joints . Commenting on Roscoe's progress his foster owner, Laurel York, told WLOS-TV: 'For the first couple of days he was really wobbly on his stilts. 'But [now] he's kinda like tap dancing like Fred Astaire.' Dr. David Crouch, who operated on Roscoe, said he's been impressed by the pup's swift turnaround. Recalling his pre-surgery appearance, the vet said: He was left with little flippers and trying to walk on the tops of his wrists and created bloody sores.' It's hoped in around three to four months’ time Roscoe will be fully healed and ready for adoption. | Roscoe was caught on camera this week at the Asheville Humane Society in North Carolina taking some of his first steps .
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Wisconsin's Frank Kaminsky has brushed off the obsenity and racial slur that Kentucky guard Andrew Harrison directed at him during a postgame news conference at the Final Four. Harrison muttered 'F*** that n****' into a live microphone when another player was asked a question about Kaminsky after Kentucky lost 71-64 to the Badgers Saturday. The loss ruined the Wildcats' undefeated season; they finished 38-1. Harrison has since apologized for his comment. 'He reached out to me, we talked about it, [I'm] over it,' Kaminsky told reporters Saturday. 'Nothing needs to be made out of it.' Scroll down for video . Offensive: University of Kentucky guard Andrew Harrison found himself in hot water last night when he directed a racial slur at a University of Wisconsin player, at a press conference following the Wildcats 71-64 loss . Everyone heard: When another player at the press conference as asked about Badgers player Frank Kaminsky (right), Harrison (left) covered his mouth and said 'f*** that n****' - but his microphone still projected the comment. Kaminsky and Harrison pictured above at Saturday night's semi-final game in Indianapolis, Indiana . The sophomore's comment came as a reporter asked Kentucky's Karl-Anthony Towns about defending the 7-foot Kaminsky. He muttered it with his hand in front of his mouth, but the mic picked up the comments. Social media immediately lit up with tweets about what Harrison said along with video clips, and the program looked into the matter. Harrison said in a series of comments on Twitter that he wanted to apologize 'for my poor choice of words used in jest towards a player I respect and know.' 'When I realized how this could be perceived I immediately called big frank to apologize and let him know I didn't mean any disrespect,' he added. He said the two of them had a 'good conversation' and he wished him good luck in Monday's championship game. Harrison had 13 points and four assists in the loss. Harrison and his twin brother, Aaron, have been projected as NBA draft picks but didn't discuss their futures after the loss. Final round: The Wildcats will now face Duke for the championship title Monday night. Kaminsky (number 44) pictured above trying to lock a lay-up from Harrison (number 5) | The University of Kentucky Wildcats were kicked out of the NCAA tournament Saturday night after a loss to Wisconsin .
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Wladimir Klitschko will match Joe Louis in boxing's record books with his 27th heavyweight title fight on Saturday and could set more marks since he has no plans to retire anytime soon. The 39-year-old Ukrainian, speaking to reporters ahead of Saturday's fight against American Bryant Jennings at New York's Madison Square Garden, has dominated the heavyweight division for nearly a decade and shown no signs of slowing down. 'As long as I have motivation and health, I'll do it. I don't feel old, or bad, or slow,' said Klitschko, who has 17 successful defenses in a row since winning the crown for the second time in 2006. Veteran heavyweight boxer Wladimir Klitschko (left) speaks to the press ahead of his next fight on Saturday . Klitschko speaks on the podium during the final press conference ahead of his bout with Bryant Jennings . Klitschko shakes hands with Jennings (right) before the two meet at Madison Square Garden on Saturday . Klitschko (left) and Jennings (right) square up to one another at the press conference ahead of their fight . 'What could be cooler, or better, than to be the best man on the planet and beating up people for a living?' The 6-foot-6 Ukrainian boasts a 63-3-0 record heading into the bout against Jennings, who is 19-0 since taking up boxing six years ago. But the 30-year-old challenger from Philadelphia is not impressed by Klitschko's accomplishments and plans on starting a new reign. 'My first edge is youth. Youth is always an edge that you can't deny. Speed. Speed is an edge. These are things that are obvious,' said Jennings. And Jennings wasn't alone in trying to bring the Ukrainian down. Maverick heavyweight Shannon Briggs made an appearance at the press conference and taunted Klitschko while taking his shirt off. Despite a three-inch height advantage in Klitschko's favor, Jennings enjoys the same edge in reach, which could help him keep the champion at bay with jabs. Youthful exuberance may go only so far against Klitschko though, who has shown himself a master technician during his long run. Klitschko poses alongside Cecilia Braekhus (right) as the pair show off their title belts on Tuesday night . Former heavyweight Champion Shannon Briggs taunts Klitschko during the press conference on Tuesday . Klitschko, who would also move within one of Larry Holmes's 19 consecutive title defenses with a win - second to the mark of 25 held by Joe Louis -said he was 'allergic' to comparisons with other greats. 'How long I've been champion, how many title defenses I've made ... I don't want to compare myself with any of the great heavyweights,' Klitschko, the 1996 Olympic champion said. 'I'm still looking up to those guys. They are still icons to me.' Jennings believes that age is on his side as he prepares to take on the experienced Klitschko on Saturday . Klitschko shows off his title belts ahead of the clash with Jennings at Madison Square Garden on Saturday . Should Klitschko conquer Jennings, other up-and-comers await including Britain's Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder, who holds the WBC belt, the only one to elude the Ukrainian. 'I see the change of the generations is slowly coming, because I had all of those guys in my training camp coming up,' Klitschko said. 'They are very competitive, very young, very ambitious, very strong fighters that definitely are going to bring a lot of excitement in the ring.' | Wladimir Klitschko will match Joe Louis' record of 27 heavyweight bouts .
He is set to take on Bryant Jennings at Madison Square Garden .
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When Ulster confirmed the audacious signing of All Black wing Charles Piutau this week, the scale of their transfer coup was illustrated by the complaints emanating from New Zealand. ‘I’m extremely disappointed he’s going,’ said Steve Hansen, coach of the world champions, having learned that the 23-year-old had rejected a new deal with the Blues and NZRU in favour of a season in Belfast, in 2016-17. His views were echoed, more robustly, by commentators and fans alike. That might not be the end of the short-term Kiwi exodus, despite Jerome Kaino’s decision to stick around in favour of a shot at the Lions in 2017. Charles Piutau rejected a new deal with the Blues and NZRU in favour of a season in Belfast . Fly-half Colin Slade is thought to be deciding between a move to Toulon or Pau in France – while the latter club have already landed Conrad Smith. The prospect of piles of Euros and a gathering of elite players from around the world makes the Top 14 league the destination du jour, for southern stars seeking a stint abroad. What makes the Piutau deal so eye-catching is that it is a bold endorsement of Ulster’s ambition and also a boost to the wider Celtic game, below Test level. That boost is much-needed, because there are simmering problems – as exposed and bemoaned by Leinster’s head coach Matt O’Connor last weekend. The Australian was infuriated by the softly-softly stance of Ireland coach Joe Schmidt, whose final say on release of Test players meant he was forced to rest a raft of leading lights for the Pro 12 clash with leaders Glasgow. Alun Wyn Jones can put his body on the line for Ospreys and Wales . ‘It hurts the league,’ said the Australian, which is absolutely true. The Pro 12 has a credibility issue, due to the continuing absence of so many Irish stars from so many matches. While player welfare is quite rightly prioritised, there is a feeling that the national management go too far on occasions. No wonder the Welsh regions were so keen to align themselves with the Aviva Premiership clubs during the European rebellion last year. A leading figure such as Alun Wyn Jones gives body and soul to the Ospreys week after week, but still found the energy to face down the more rested Irish in Cardiff during the Six Nations. He and so many others in Wales would enhance the Premiership. If the Irish cannot fully commit to a league – making it a fitting stage for Piutau’s class – they could play club rugby at home to sharpen up for European combat with their provinces. Scrap the LV Cup and bring the regions into an expanded Premiership. Job done. Wasps forward Hughes was clumsy, not reckless . Wasps players were incensed by the three-game ban handed to their No 8, Nathan Hughes, for the collision which left George North unconscious last Friday night, and their angst is understandable. The big Fijian was clumsy, but no more, by failing to move in time to prevent his knee striking the head of the Lions wing, as he scored a try. Nathan Hughes was clumsy rather than reckless and didn't deserve a three-game ban . The disciplinary panel called the offence ‘reckless’ and the reaction of Wasps captain James Haskell was priceless. ‘Rugby is reckless,’ he said. ‘The whole game is reckless. If you’re going to worry about that… maybe we should all be wearing foam suits and playing touch.’ The England flanker had a point. The sport is founded on physicality and danger. A player who has scored a try deserves to be protected from belated, damaging contact, however accidental, but the suspicion lingers that Hughes is serving a ban because North was knocked out. If the scorer had jumped up and walked off, it’s fair to guess that the red card might have sufficed. Fill World Cup seats or face fan fury . Is anyone really surprised that trying to buy World Cup tickets is such a drawn-out ordeal? For those without the benefit of a corporate invite (or a media pass, before anyone pipes up), securing entry to a modern sporting showpiece is as appealing as a morning of root-canal treatment and as likely to deliver the desired outcome as a lottery ticket. The Webb Ellis Cup visits a school in Toronto as part of the Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour . We are in the cost-cutting age of do-it-all-online, so thousands of wannabe spectators were forced to endure endless hours of staring at a seemingly frozen screen on Monday. At least the old-fashioned system of queuing in person could foster a certain collective spirit, as so wonderfully evident at Wimbledon tennis down the years. Ultimately, the World Cup will be a sell-out, but organisers better be right when they say there won’t be the empty seats which blighted the Olympics. As if being stuck on the outside with noses pressed against the glass is not bad enough, those denied tickets will be apoplectic if hordes of well-heeled ‘guests’ can’t be bothered to leave their plush marquee and venture into the arena, or even turn up at all. Signing Sinfield is an inspired move . It’s been dismissed in some quarters as a mere publicity stunt, which is harsh on all concerned. Kevin Sinfield is a colossus of rugby league who is switching codes in Leeds later this year, from the Rhinos to Yorkshire Carnegie. Yorkshire Carnegie's signing of rugby league legend Kevin Sinfield is a statement of intent . He wants to play fly-half and while the prospect of him igniting the Championship at the age of 34 is far-fetched, he is a proven leader and winner, and his mentality is what the union side at Headingley are keen to tap into. No doubt, he’ll bring a few more through the turnstiles, too, but coach Bryan Redpath will want him to provide inspiration to the rookies around him. It is a worthwhile roll of the dice and amid talk of an end to promotion and relegation, Leeds are another second-tier club demonstrating a desire to be upwardly mobile. Last Word . Team GB, under the auspices of England, face the growing threat of having to come through a qualifying competition this summer in order to reach the Olympic Sevens tournament in Rio. In Hong Kong last weekend, Simon Amor’s side – nominated as the best prospect to qualify on behalf of Great Britain, ahead of Wales and Scotland – lost further ground to Australia and remain stuck in fifth place in the world rankings, one below the final qualification slot. This weekend in Tokyo, they must try to catch their rivals from Down Under, but they have been drawn in a pool with Fiji, who won in Hong Kong and are second in the rankings behind South Africa. Realistically, one Olympic place is up for grabs, behind those nations and New Zealand, and England’s advantage is that the series culminates at Twickenham next month. Sadly, Team GB’s preparations – complicated by the presence of separate home nations in rugby – have been marred by a chronic lack of clarity and foresight, and being forced to enter what amounts to a repechage event would be somehow fitting. | Capture of Charles Piutau is a bold endorsement of Ulster's ambition .
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Even after offering so little on the pitch, Harry Kane still served a useful purpose for his manager on Sunday. He drew the attention away from the cold reality of a disappointing display against Burnley; away from the fact that Tottenham’s chances of now qualifying for the Champions League appear extremely remote. If there was a danger Mauricio Pochettino might have to endure some less than flattering headlines, Kane at least offered an alternative. Harry Kane was captain for Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League match against Burnley at Turf Moor . Tottenham striker Kane became the youngest Premier League player to be captain this season at the age of 21 years and 251 days . Tottenham went into the Premier League match looking to get back into the race for Champions League qualification after Liverpool's loss . Burnley (4-4-2): Heaton 6; Trippier 7, Duff 7, Shackell 7, Mee 6.5; Boyd 7.5, Jones 6.5, Arfield 6.5, Barnes 7; Ings 6.5, Vokes 7 (Jutkiewicz 76, 6) Subs not used: Gilks, Keane, Ward, Kightly, Sordell, Ulvestad . Booked: Trippier, Mee . Goals: NONE . Manager: Sean Dyche 7 . Tottenham Hotspur (4-2-3-1): Vorm 6.5, Walker 6 (Davies 47, 6), Chiriches 6, Dier 6, Rose 6.5; Bentaleb 6, Mason 6.5 (Townsend 83); Chadli 6.5 (Lamela 64, 6), Eriksen 7, Paulinho 5; Kane 6 . Subs not used: Friedel, Dembele, Stambouli, Soldado . Booked: NONE . Goals: NONE . Manager: Mauricio Pochettino 6 . MOM: Boyd . Referee: M. Atkinson 5 . Attendance: 18,829 . How the Premier League table looks . Kane's heat map vs Burnley. Click for more . Harry Kane had a bad day at the office by his recent high standards: . 0 SHOTS on target by Kane. The last time he failed to hit a shot on target in the Premier League was on December 6 against Crystal Palace. 14 Kane made just 14 passes, the joint lowest of any Spurs starter. 56% Kane's pass completion rate was the worst of any Spurs player except goalkeeper Michel Vorm. In fairness to Pochettino, this would not have been in his thinking when he selected Kane as captain for this contest and he was honest enough to admit afterwards that securing a top-four place would now be difficult. But the post-match autopsy was relatively painless because there was more interest in discussing the continuing rise of the 21-year-old striker rather than the thoroughly unremarkable performance Kane and his colleagues had just produced. Seemingly miffed by the line of questioning, Pochettino’s only explanation for why he made Kane the youngest skipper in the Barclays Premier League this season was brief and to the point. ‘He deserved it,’ he said, and with so many senior players missing it was not entirely without logic when he is said to be one of the more vocal members of the dressing room. But Pochettino did not stop there, accepting the invitation to gaze briefly into the future and imagine Kane as club captain. ‘He has the quality,’ he said. ‘So yes, maybe (he could be captain in the long term).’ Right now anything would appear possible with this kid. The goal only 78 seconds into his England debut; the fact that he is just one short of becoming the first Tottenham striker since Gary Lineker to score 30 in a season. Perhaps he will be hosting Match of the Day next week. Here at Turf Moor, though, the dream and the reality were not quite in tandem for once, Kane enduring one of the more difficult afternoons he has experienced this season alongside team-mates unable to provide him with the service he requires. ‘It was difficult for him and difficult for his team-mates too,’ Pochettino acknowledged. He also pointed to Manchester City’s recent defeat here and complained that ‘long balls into the box’ made Sean Dyche’s side hard to play against. But Tottenham played like a side that took one look at Arsenal’s thumping defeat of Liverpool on Saturday and concluded that a place in the Champions League was already beyond their reach. They lacked urgency as well as energy, and while Pochettino could point to illness, injury and the international commitments of his players it remained a disappointing display. ‘Maybe we like playing on Thursday nights??’ tweeted Darren Anderton. Captain Kane pictured in the tunnel beforehand with his Tottenham team as they prepared for the match with Burnley . It was the first time Kane has been captain this season for Tottenham as manager Mauricio Pochettino put his faith in the young striker . Kyle Walker receives treatment on the pitch before he was forced off through injury and replaced by Ben Davies for Tottenham . Walker was forced off through injury in the second half as Tottenham chased the win against Burnley at Turf Moor . Tottenham had only two shots on target in this game — they have only managed fewer three times in Premier League games this season. It remained more than a little perplexing that Pochettino waited until the 83rd minute to unleash Andros Townsend from the bench. The scorer of England’s equaliser against Italy and probably full of confidence as a result, he might have injected some much-needed momentum into Tottenham’s football. As it was he once again found himself the target of Paul Merson’s venom, the former Arsenal midfielder teasing him on Twitter that he must have missed the bus. Dyche focused more on the positives of his own team’s efforts but should really see this as a missed opportunity, given how poor Tottenham were. A point would have been welcome but three would have lifted them out of the relegation places, and on reflection his side had the best of the chances. Danny Ings squandered a marvellous opportunity in the opening few minutes before forcing a fine one-handed save from Michel Vorm shortly before the interval. The fact that the first booking came in the 78th minute illustrated how timid a contest this was. Even after Dyche had taken the fairly bold step of starting with Ings, Sam Vokes and Ashley Barnes. This game boasted the two hardest working players in the Premier League this season, with George Boyd top of that list with 338.8km covered and Christian Eriksen second, just 600m behind the Burnley midfielder. Ashley Barnes shoots under pressure from Tottenham's Eric Dier during the match as Burnley tried to steal three points . Barnes tumbles over as a chance goes begging for Burnley against Tottenham in the Premier League match . Kane closes down Michael Duff during the match as Tottenham and Burnley played out a goalless draw on Sunday . Burnley striker Danny Ings stands with hands on hips as he failed to score during the Premier League stalemate at Turf Moor . It was Boyd’s industry that created the first decent chance of the game, the pressure he applied on Ryan Mason forcing the newly capped England player into directing a back-pass into the path of Ings. The Burnley striker should have scored but succeeded only in firing his shot straight at Vorm. The second half was no better. Eriksen burst clear only to send a shot well over the crossbar, while Barnes threatened too. Paulinho found himself clean through at one stage only to scuff his effort embarrassingly wide. And the irrepressible Boyd would go close moments before the final whistle only to see his header bounce agonisingly wide. ‘I think we edged the game,’ said Dyche afterwards. ‘Danny (Ings) has had a couple of great chances but the first one he’s probably just hit too cleanly. But I’m pleased by the fact that we’ve got another clean sheet against a team that has spent a couple of hundred million on players.’ Not that there was much evidence of that here. Christian Eriksen runs with the ball and breaks clear of George Boyd and Duff as he tries to steal the win late on . Tottenham manager Pochettino pictured on the touchline as he tried to get his team to take advantage of Burnley away from home . Burnley manager Sean Dyche may well have taken a point before the match but may feel like his team could have stolen the victory . | Harry Kane became the youngest Premier League player to be captain this season (21 years and 251 days)
Tottenham Hotspur could not steal the win at Turf Moor against relegation-threatened Burnley .
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Violent spectators might not be the only ones to face strict disciplining after Friday night's NRL match, as NRL head's reveal players could also face sanctions for their unacceptable behaviour on the field. Canterbury forwards James Graham and David Klemmer could face point penalties or a temporary game ban for their arguments with a referee during the Good Friday showdown between South Sydney and Canterbury at the ANZ Stadium in Sydney. NRL head of football Todd Greenberg revealed that the match review committee would 'look very closely at' their behaviour, noting that contrary conduct and detrimental conduct requirements will 'form part of the review'. Scroll down for video . David Klemmer and James Graham could face demerit point penalties or a temporary game ban after their argument with referee Gerard Sutton who awarded the Rabbitohs a late penalty at the ANZ Stadium in Sydney on Friday . Klemmer reacts after being sent to the sin bin for dissent after yelling 'you're off your f****ing face,' at the lead referee . The NRL Judiciary Code of Procedure states that Contrary Conduct refers to 'the misconduct on the part of a Player constituted by behaving in a way that is contrary to the true spirit of the Game' while Detrimental Conduct means 'misconduct on the part of a Player constituted by behaving in a manner which is detrimental to the interests, welfare or image of the NRL'. Both Canterbury forwards could have these charges referred straight to the NRL judiciary, with the highest contrary conduct charge, a grade five, carrying a 525-demerit point penalty and a five-game ban. Graham's charges would relate to his argument with referee Gerard Sutton when he awarded Souths a penalty, after the Bulldogs captain's controversial tackle on Adam Reynolds. Klemmer meanwhile was sin-binned after crowding in on Sutton alongside Graham and yelling 'You're off your f****ing face,' at the lead referee. NRL head of football Todd Greenberg revealed that the match review committee would 'look very closely at' their behaviour, noting that contrary conduct and detrimental conduct requirements will 'form part of the review' 'I don't want to talk specifically about the incidents because they will form part of our match committee review but, in general terms, the behaviour of players on the field is something we will look very closely at,' Greenberg said on Saturday on Triple M. 'Swearing at match officials is not acceptable and I put a full stop on that sentence, because it is really not acceptable. 'I know our match review (committee) will look closely at those incidents. 'There are requirements under the code, things like contrary conduct and detrimental conduct which will all form part of that review and, if there are penalties that need to be imposed, I expect the match review (committee) will discharge their duties accordingly.' It comes as the NRL announced they are determined to come down hard on a worrying trend of increasing dissent towards match officials after a violent end to Friday's game when spectators threw bottles at match officials . The NRL match review committee will be headed up by Michael Buettner along with Brad Clyde, Michael Hodgson and Peter Louis. The NRL introduced new measures last season as to how and when captains could talk to referees. Former Bulldogs chief executive Greenberg again indicated that these would be monitored closely. 'James is the captain so he has the right to talk to him (Sutton) at certain parts during the game, but there were episodes in last night's game that caused me some concern,' Greenberg said. 'And that will form part of the review but it goes to a broader point - match officials need to be held with a much greater level of respect within the game.' Bulldogs CEO Raelene Castle checks on the NRL interchange official who was injured at the end of game. Darren Alchin was taken to hospital with a broken shoulder blade after slipping over in an attempt to avoid a bottle thrown from the stands . Bulldogs fans react towards the match officials at full time at ANZ Stadium on Friday night in Sydney . Bulldogs fullback Brett Morris will also come under scrutiny from the match review committee after being placed on report for appearing to kick Souths hooker Issac Luke in the head as he scored a try just before halftime at ANZ Stadium. It comes as the NRL announced they are determined to come down hard on a worrying trend of increasing dissent towards match officials after a violent end to Friday's game when spectators threw bottles at the referees. 'The behaviour of players on the field is something we will look very closely at,' Greenberg said on Saturday . Officials had to run from the field for cover and sideline interchange official Darren Alchin was later taken to hospital with a broken shoulder blade after slipping over in an attempt to avoid a bottle thrown from the stands. A police spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia that two people had been identified and their details taken down over the incident, however no charges have been laid. Officers are continuing with their inquiries and are yet to identify how many people were involved in incident. Those found responsible are facing a life time ban from the NRL. Two other men were charged with assault in unrelated incidents following the game, including a 22-year-old male who pushed a young relative to the ground, causing him to hit his face. 'The boy received minor facial injuries and did not require medical treatment. The relative was charged with common assault (domestic related) and given strict bail conditions to appear at Burwood Local Court,' a police statement read. A 38-year-old man was also charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm after knocking down a 21-year-old man outside the stadium. The injured man was taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital by paramedics where he was treated for a cut above his eye and his aggressor will appear at Burwood Local Court in April. | NRL head of football Todd Greenberg said the match review committee would 'look very closely at' the Canterbury forwards' behaviour .
Graham argued with referee Gerard Sutton for awarding Souths a penalty .
Klemmer was sin-binned for yelling 'You're off your f****ing face,' at the ref .
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When Dr Michael Shannon saved Chris Trokey's life when he was born premature more than 30 years ago, he could never have known that the favor would one day be returned. But in 2011, Dr Shannon was trapped in his burning SUV after it was T-boned by a semi-truck, when Trokey, now an Orange County Fire Authority paramedic, worked to pull him out alive. Their incredible story was shared by KTLA after the pair both participated in a fundraiser for childhood cancer in Rancho Santa Margarita, California on Sunday. Reunited: Chris Trokey, second left, saved the life of Dr Michael Shannon, pictured center, with fellow paramedics (pictured) in 2011 - thirty years after the doctor saved his life as a newborn . The two men greeted each other like old friends before having their heads shaved for The St. Baldrick's Foundation. They recalled how, exactly four years prior, Dr Shannon had been driving on Pacific Coast Highway in Dana Point when he was hit by a truck and pinned beneath it in his vehicle. Firefighters from Paramedic Engine 29 - of which Trokey was a part - responded to the fire and managed to stop the flames and cut him out of the car. But Trokey was unaware of who he had saved until he went to the hospital, where Dr Shannon spent more than a month recuperating. 'I was like, "Oh my gosh, Dr. Shannon?"' Trokey told KTLA. Wreckage: Trokey was one of the paramedics who treated Dr Shannon and rushed him to hospital - where he spent more than a month - after he was hit by a semi-truck and trapped in this burning SUV . Firm friends: The two men caught up last Sunday when they both took part in a fundraising event . They had met many years before - when Trokey was born weighing just 3.2 pounds and his pediatrician - Dr. Shannon - stayed with the baby around the clock to make sure he survived. 'It's amazing to watch them all grow up, but to have one come back in your life, on a day you really need it, that's really incredible,' Shannon said. He added to Yahoo: 'I do believe that things are supposed to happen when they do. I see examples of this almost daily in my life and practice.' Trokey said that Dr Shannon is now pediatrician for his own newborn son. The duo joined dozens of others to have their heads shaved on Sunday, raising a total of $12,000. | Orange County Fire Authority paramedic Chris Trokey was part of a team that saved a driver's life after his car was hit by a truck in 2011 .
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A hiker exploring Chile's natural wonders got the shock of his life on Wednesday afternoon when a volcano erupted before his eyes. A man identified as Walter Witt on YouTube was casually filming a serene forest with gentle waterfalls a short distance away from the foot of the 6,500-foot-high Calbuco volcano. Since being posted online the video has over 72,000 views. 'There aren't many people here,' the hiker says in Spanish in the video. 'Beautiful, the volcano there...'he says just before the volcano begins to blow. Scroll down for video . Nothing to see here: This hiker's surroundings are serene up until the moment a volcano erupts before his eyes and he runs for the hills . 'Wow,' he then says with shock as he pics up his camera and travels as far away from the erupting volcano as he possibly can. The Volcano has been dormant since 1972 and neither scientists nor government officials predicted the eruption, reports Mashable. Volcano Calbuco, believed to be among the three most dangerous of Chile's 90 active volcanoes, had erupted for the first time at 6pm local time on Wednesday. An estimated 1,500 people were forced to flee the nearby town of Ensenada after the eruption, while several smaller townships were also cleared. Locals described an apocalyptic scene as ash clouds were shot six miles into the air creating an incredible display of lightning and lava against the night's sky. Another unexpected eruption in the Los Lagos Region heightened fears of local waters becoming contaminated, residents developing severe breathing problems and more flights being grounded. 'Beautiful volcano': The hikers speaks about the volcano's natural beauty just seconds before it erupts . The ash covered cars and houses in cities as far as 18 miles away from the source of the eruption as another massive evacuation effort gets underway. Previous and equally violent eruptions at Calbuco have continued for up to a week, according to a volcanologist from Oxford University who told Dailymail.com it is impossible to predict what will happen next. The volcano is located near the tourist town of Puerto Varas and the city of Puerto Montt, a little more than 620 miles south of Chile's capital, Santiago. The National Mining and Geology Service issued a high alert, setting up an exclusion zone of 12.5miles around the volcano, barring access to the area. Trevor Moffat, who lives in Ensenada, some six miles from the volcano, said the eruption happened without warning. Volcano Calbuco's last major eruption happened in 1961, with a weak eruption following in 1972. He said: 'It sounded like a big tractor trailer passing by the road, rattling and shaking, guttural rumbling ... we left everything there, grabbed my kid, my dog, got in the car with my wife. Mr Moffat, who was originally born in Canada, said he was now driving his family to Puerto Varas. He added: 'All the neighbors were outside, a lot of young people crying. Armageddon type reaction.' 'Wow': The hiker expresses his amazement at the volcanic eruption before quickly traveling to safe territory . Up in smoke: Volcano Calbuco, in southern Chile, erupted forcing 1,500 residents from Ensenada, about 10 miles away, to flee their homes . | A man identified as Walter Witt on YouTube was casually filming a serene forest a short distance away from the foot of the Calbuco volcano .
'Beautiful, the volcano there...'he says just before the volcano begins to blow .
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The Arkansas judge who posted private details of Charlize Theron's adoption of her son has been forced to hand in his law licence because of a bribery conviction in a separate case. By surrendering his licence, circuit Judge Michael Maggio has avoided a disciplinary hearing over the conviction, for which he faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced in July. Maggio, 52, sparked controversy last March when he admitted posting a series of comments that were racist, sexist and offensive towards the LGBT community over the past several years. Charlize Theron pictured with Jackson, the boy she adopted from her native South Africa. Michael Maggio revealed the Hollywood actress had adopted two months before she announced it publically . Theron with her partner Sean Penn. Maggio initially pretended a friend had been the judge who oversaw the star's adoption hearing . Using the under the pseudonym 'geauxjudge', Maggio made the comments on the on a Louisiana State University fan message board. His comments in January 2012 divulged details of Theron's adoption - two months before she publicly released the information. On the message board, Maggio said a 'judge friend' had handled Theron's adoption, before admitting that he was also involved in the case. When a poster asked if she had adopted a black child, he said that she had. Such proceedings are confidential in Arkansas. Theron adopted the boy, Jackson, from her native South Africa. In a June 2011 posting, 'geauxjudge' suggested that women who seek divorces after their husbands cheat may be better off financially by staying married. 'I see it everyday,' he wrote. 'A woman makes (an) emotional decision to divorce because the husband stepped out. When otherwise he was a good provider, father, and husband. 'Then a year or two later realizes uh oh I am worse off financially, emotionally and relationship wise but hey they showed that SOB. Too many times the women get their advice from other divorced women.' In another, Maggio, who has three sons and two daughters from a previous relationship and lives with his partner, Dawn, made derogatory comments about women, saying they needed to take care of a man's two basic needs for sex and food, adding: 'It takes two to pull the wagon'. Responding to a story about a woman who was arrested for allegedly having sex with a dog, 'geauxjudge' wrote that it was 'just a small step' from having 'TGGLBS' sex, an apparent reference to transgender, gay, lesbian or bisexual sex. Two months after he pleaded guilty to federal bribery charges Maggio filed a request with the Arkansas Supreme Court in March to voluntarily surrender his law licence in order to 'avoid the expense, stress and publicity of further addressing his [bribery] conviction', according to court notes. Now he has been completely barred from practising law in Arkansas and removed from the state's registry of licensed attorneys. A call to his lawyer for comment by the Associated Press was not immediately returned yesterday. Theron with Jackson in LA in February. Adoption proceedings are confidential in Arkansas but Maggio leaked details of the actress's hearing . Maggio, who has five children from a previous relationship, is pictured with his partner, Dawn, left and right . Postings on the website TigerDroppings.com show Maggio discussing confidential information about Theron's adoption application . Prosecutors in Maggio's bribery case said he accepted campaign donations from nursing home owner Michael Morton and a lobbyist in exchange for reducing a jury award in a negligence case. In that case, Maggio reduced the jury award from $5.2 million to $1 million in a lawsuit stemming from the death of a nursing home patient. Campaign finance records showed Morton's political action committees contributed money to Maggio's campaign for the Arkansas Court of Appeals. The family of the woman who died, Martha Bull, filed a lawsuit late last year against Maggio, nursing home owner Michael Morton and lobbyist Gilbert Baker protesting the reduction of the award. A circuit court judge dismissed Maggio from the civil case last month, but not the other two defendants, saying Maggio had judicial immunity because he was acting in his official capacity as a judge. | Michael Maggio is already banned for life from holding judicial office for revealing actress's adoption of boy two months before she went public .
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A. Alfred Taubman, the self-made Michigan billionaire whose philanthropy and business success — including weaving the enclosed shopping mall into American culture — was clouded by a criminal conviction late in his career, has died aged 91. Taubman, who donated hundreds of millions of dollars to universities, hospitals and museums, died Friday night at his home of a heart attack, according to son Robert S. Taubman, president and CEO of Taubman Centers, Inc. 'This company and all that you stand for were among the greatest joys of his life,' Robert S. Taubman wrote in a message to the company's employees. Dead at 91: Real estate mogul and Michigan billionaire A. Alfred Taubman died on Friday night at his home after a heart attack . 'He was so proud of what this wonderful company he founded 65 years ago has accomplished.' Taubman's business success spanned from real estate and art houses to the hot dog-serving A&W restaurant chain, for which he traveled to Hungary to figure out why the country's sausage was so good. He also became a major backer of stem-cell research. But it was his rearrangement of how people shop — parking lot in front, several stores in one stop close to home — that left a mark on American culture. Taubman Centers, a subsidiary of his Taubman Co., founded in 1950, currently owns and manages 19 regional shopping centers nationwide. 'Everything that excited me that I got interested in, I did,' Taubman told The Associated Press in a 2007 interview. Born January 31, 1942, in Pontiac, Michigan, to German-Jewish immigrants, Taubman worked as a boy at a department store after school near his family's home, which was among the custom houses and commercial buildings developed in the area by his father. He was a freshman at the University of Michigan when he left to serve in World War II, around the time he stopped using his first name, Adolph. When he returned to Ann Arbor to study art and architecture, he created small on-campus businesses to cover expenses, then transferred to Lawrence Technological University near Detroit to take night classes while working at an architectural firm as a junior draftsman. Family business: Taubman Prestige Outlets Chesterfield officially opened in 2013 in Chesterfield, Missouri a western suburb of St. Louis . Recognizing the booming post-war growth of the middle class, particularly in the Motor City, he launched his first real estate development company in 1950. His first project was a freestanding bridal shop in Detroit — but he had his eyes on something bigger. He'd noticed shoppers responding to the convenience of 'one-stop comparison shopping opportunity,' he wrote in his autobiography. So when a friend suggested a shopping plaza in Flint, Taubman's company did something radical for the time: stores were pushed to the back of the lot and parking spaces were put up front. It was a success, his young company took on larger-scale developments in Michigan, California and elsewhere in the 1950s and early '60s. A. Alfred Taubman is assisted as he leaves federal court in New York, on Monday, April 22, 2002 where Taubman was sentenced to a year in jail for fixing commissions at Sotheby's . Taubman served as chairman of Sotheby's Holdings, Inc., parent company of Sotheby's art auction house, from 1983 to 2000, and was a partner in international real estate firm The Athena Group before he was tangled in a price-fixing scheme. He was convicted in 2001 of conspiring with Anthony Tennant, former chairman of Christie's International, to fix the commissions the auction giants charged. Prosecutors alleged sellers were bilked of as much as $400 million in commissions. Taubman was fined $7.5 million and spent about a year in a low-security prison in Rochester, Minnesota, but long insisted he was innocent and expressed regret for not testifying in his own defense. 'I had lost a chunk of my life, my good name and around 27 pounds,' he recalled in his book, saying he was forced to take the fall for others. Mall man: A. Alfred, Robert and William Taubman, along with Randy Benderson and other dignitaries, cut the ribbon today to open The Mall at University Town Center in Sarasota, Florida in 2014 . The case cast a shadow over Taubman's accomplishments, but it diminished over the years — and his philanthropy continued unabated. He had pledged $100 million to the University of Michigan's A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute and its stem-cell research by 2011. He also financed public-policy programs at Harvard, Brown University and the University of Michigan, which received several large donations. He donated millions and spoke passionately in support of the 2008 ballot initiative in Michigan that eased restrictions on embryonic stem-cell research and enabled his namesake institute to conduct major research for diseases — including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, which claimed the life of his good friend, New York Sen. Jacob Javits, in 1986. After turning over control of Taubman Centers to his two sons, Taubman made sustaining the Detroit Institute of Art a priority. His knowledge of how shoppers negotiated malls was tapped to help reconfigure the flow of the museum, and he helped guide the DIA as president of the Detroit Arts Commission through chronic financial problems. | A. Alfred Taubman, the self-made Michigan billionaire died on Friday night at his home of a heart attack .
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A hospital has delayed kidney transplant surgery after a fundraising effort on behalf of donor to cover his time off work and expenses raised so much money it is now an 'ethical issue' The donor, Josh Dall-Leighton of Windham told the Portland Press Herald that Maine Medical Center officials informed him this week that it has concerns about the amount of money raised for him. Christine Royles, 24, of South Portland, who is suffering from kidney failure, organized fundraisers to reimburse Dall-Leighton for unpaid time away from work. The donor, Josh Dall-Leighton of Windham said that Maine Medical Center officials informed him this week that it has concerns about the amount of money raised for him. Pictured: Josh-Dall Leighton with his wife and two of their three sons, Christopher and Mason . Needing help: Christine Royles, seen left with her fiance Dominick Morrilly and right with her son Talan, scribbled a want ad for a kidney on her back windshield after going on the national waiting list for a donor . Christine Royles, 24, of South Portland, who is suffering from kidney failure, organized fundraisers to reimburse Dall-Leighton for unpaid time away from work. Someone else established an online fund that ballooned to more than $40,000 (pictured) Someone else established an online fund that ballooned to more than $40,000 - it can be seen here. The appearance that someone could be profiting from an organ donation raises ethical concerns because it's illegal to sell organs. Royles was 23 when she learned she had two autoimmune diseases, lupus and ANCA vasculitis, leading to kidney failure. She went on the national waiting to find a donor, but chose to go a different route. Plea: Royles wrote this message on the back of her car looking for for assistance . Royles painted an appeal for a donor on the rear window of her car, along with a phone number. The message read 'Looking for someone 2 donate me their kidney! Must have type O blood :) (you only need one kidney.)' Josh Dall-Leighton, 30, saw the message on a trip to the Maine Mall with his family, according to the newspaper and called the number. The father-of-three, who works as a corrections officer told the Portland Press Herald: 'I just looked at my wife and said, "I have to try." I think it was the fact that I have three kids of my own, and that really resonated with me. 'If (my wife) needed a kidney and I couldn't provide for her, I would hope that somebody else would kind of step up and help her out.' Royles spends 10 hours on a dialysis machine upon returning from her Applebee's job. The surgery had been scheduled for May. A hospital spokeswoman had no comment. | Donor, Josh Dall-Leighton said Maine Medical Center officials informed them it has concerns about amount of money raised for them .
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The sister of a bride-to-be who has been missing for three days says the 26-year-old is 'so in love' with her fiance and could not possibly have cold feet. Stephanie Scott, an English and drama teacher, was last seen at her workplace Leeton High School in Leeton, 550km west of Sydney, at 11am on Easter Sunday. At 12.59pm on Sunday afternoon she sent an email from the school to a bus company arranging transport for guests for her upcoming wedding this Saturday. That was her last known activity. Ms Scott's parents plan to hire a helicopter to join the desperate search for their daughter, as they fear her disappearance has something to do with 'her car or foul play'. Scroll down for video . Stephanie Scott (right), pictured with her fiance Aaron Leeson-Woolley, was last seen on Easter Sunday . A month before her planned April 11 wedding she texted her sister to say she was 'so freakin excited' Family say the 26-year-old is 'so in love' with her fiance and could not possibly have cold feet . Ms Scott in Canberra last month on a wine tour for her hen's party with her mother Merrilyn . A Police image of a car similar to Ms Scott's - a red Mazda 3 sedan with NSW registration BZ-19-CD. Her vehicle is also missing and family fear she may have had an accident . 'It is the worst thing I have ever been through. You can't eat and you can't sleep,' mother Merrilyn Scott told AAP on Wednesday. 'I think today, if we don't find her today ... you can't let yourself think about it but you do.' As friends and community members turned out in Leeton to search surrounding roads, her parents began organising a helicopter to search from the sky. 'It's cold and we are running out of days,' Mrs Scott said. She said while the area was flat, there were a lot of irrigation ditches, creeks and crossings. On Wednesday, police released an image of the car Ms Scott was travelling in, a red Mazda 3 sedan with the NSW registration BZ-19-CD. A NSW Police spokesman told Daily Mail Australia authorities were investigating Ms Scott's disappearance but were not deploying search teams to look for her. 'We don't actually have a location of where she may be, the best lead we have is that she's in a car,' he said. 'That why the appeal's gone out to look for her car. Ms Scott (left) pictured with her sister Kim Scott (right) who said she spent Sunday morning picking up last-minute things for her wedding and honeymoon to Tahiti . Kim Scott said her sister had designed the invitations and handmade pots for the reception table placements . Kim Scott said her sister was 'excited' about marrying her partner of five years Mr Leeson-Woolley, adding that she 'just wouldn't' run away . Saturday April 4: Stephanie Scott drives 45 minutes to nearby Griffith to pick up cuff links for the groomsmen and a bikini for her honeymoon to Tahiti . Saturday 1pm: A friend sees Ms Scott at Woolworths in Leeton . Saturday 7pm: Ms Scott talks to her sister Robyn on the phone for 55 minutes, expressing how excited she is about her upcoming wedding . Sunday 10am: She texts her fiance Aaron Leeson-Woolley to tell him about her plans for the morning . Sunday 11am: Ms Scott meets a colleague at her workplace - Leeton High School - to pick up a set of keys . Sunday midday: Mr Leeson-Woolley tries to call Ms Scott but she does not answer . Sunday 12.59pm: Ms Scott sends an email from the school to the bus company she has hired for her wedding . Sunday 7pm: Ms Scott fails to show up for a planned dinner date with her fiance in Leeton . Monday 3pm: Mr Leeson-Woolley reports to police that Ms Scott is missing . Monday 4pm: Family members start posting on Facebook asking for help in locating Ms Scott . Tuesday 11.54am: 48 hours after she was last seen, police appeal for public assistance to locate Ms Scott, saying they are investigating the circumstances surrounding her disappearance . Tuesday afternoon: Police door knock houses in the area surrounding Leeton High School . Tuesday night: Police search the school . Wednesday 8.37am: Ms Scott's sister Kim, who fears her car may have rolled of the road, asks public to help search along roads in the area . Wednesday 11.12am: Police release an image of a car similar to Ms Scott's missing red Mazda 3 sedan . 'The current information is that she's taken off in a car – there's no information to believe she's wondered off in any particular area which would constitute a search.' Her sister Kim Scott said she spent the weekend picking up last-minute things for her wedding and honeymoon to Tahiti. She also sent a text message a month before her April 11 wedding date saying she was 'so freakin excited'. 'People are saying maybe she got cold feet, it's definitely not cold feet she's so in love with [fiance Aaron Leeson-Woolley],' Ms Scott told Daily Mail Australia, adding that her bank accounts have not been used since Saturday. 'She spent [Saturday] shopping for her honeymoon. 'She'd driven to Griffith in the morning to get cuff links for the boys, and a bikini for the honeymoon.' She texted her fiance Mr Leeson-Woolley at 10am on Sunday about her plans for the morning, and got a pair of keys from a school colleague at 11am, but when he tried to call her at midday there was no answer. Her last known location is the school, where she sent the email to the bus company just before 1pm. On Sunday afternoon, Mr Leeson-Woolley - who had been visiting his parents in Canowindra three and a half hours away - drove back to Leeton and was due to meet Ms Scott for dinner at 7pm but she never showed up. On Wednesday, Police issued a photo of a car similar to Ms Scott's missing red Mazda 3 sedan, with NSW registration BZ-19-CD. Kim Scott said she was worried her sister's car had rolled off the road, and she posted on Facebook asking people to help search for Ms Scott along roadsides in the area. 'Please, anyone available or who can make themselves available, get yourselves to Leeton and the surrounding areas and check those roads. Go slowly. We need as much help as we can.' Family have also begun the heartbreaking task of cancelling arrangements for the wedding. On Sunday, Stephanie Scott was at Leeton High School to organise work for her students to do while she was away. 'She went to the school to plan work for her students while she was on her honeymoon,' Kim Scott said. 'Then she was meant to meet Aaron for dinner [in Leeton] on Sunday and never showed.' On Saturday morning, she went shopping in Griffith. A friend saw her at a Woolworths supermarket at Leeton about 1pm and she spoke to her sister Robyn Scott on the phone on Saturday night. Desperate family and friends have flooded social media with dozens of messages about their search for the Leeton High School drama and English teacher . Ms Scott spoke to her sister Robyn on the phone for 55 minutes on Saturday night about how excited was . Kim Scott said 'It's really hard for Aaron to hear' people speculate his finacee has cold feet . Their wedding was planned to take place at the Eat Your Greens function centre in the NSW town of Eugowra . Kim Scott said her sister was 'excited' about marrying her partner of five years Mr Leeson-Woolley this coming Saturday, adding that she 'just wouldn't' run away. 'It's really hard for Aaron to hear that, obviously it's three days she's been missing,' Ms Scott said. 'Our sister Robyn spoke to her for 55 minutes on the phone on Saturday night about how excited she is about marrying him. 'She wants to get married and wants to be there.' Kim Scott said her thoughtful and crafty sister had handmade flower pot table placements and designed invitations for the wedding. 'She was the most thoughtful person - my birthday was on Easter Monday and she didn't message me and that's just not like her,' she said. 'I've lived in London and now I live in Abu Dhabi and if I've ever had a birthday or big event she's the first one to send a card. On Sunday she spoke to a friend on the phone, saying she was 'excited' about marrying her partner of five years Aaron Leeson-Woolley (right) this coming Saturday . Police have asked anyone who might know of her whereabouts or have any information to come forward . 'Even with cold feet she wouldn't not message me on my birthday, it's got to be something more than that.' Ms Scott's Facebook profile photo shows her on a wine tour in Canberra last month for her hen's party, smiling and wearing a veil and 'Bride-to-be' sash. The couple got engaged in Thailand and their wedding was planned to take place at the Eat Your Greens function centre in the NSW town of Eugowra. Mr Leeson-Woolley said he last spoke to Ms Scott at 10am on Sunday morning. 'I was in Canowindra, back at mum and dad's place, and she was in Leeton,' Mr Leeson-Woolley told the Sydney Morning Herald. 'Everything seemed pretty fine. 'One of her friends rang her on Easter Sunday and she was saying how she was excited and couldn't wait. That's the last time [anyone heard from her].' Mr Leeson-Woolley told ABC: 'I've been with her for five years and... [her disappearance is] just out of the blue, out of character for her.' Officers plan to review CCTV footage from Woolworths and look into Ms Scott's phone and bank records . They say Ms Scott could be travelling in a red Mazda 3 sedan with registration BZ-19-CD . Desperate family and friends have flooded social media with dozens of messages about their search for the Leeton High School drama and English teacher. Police said they hold concerns for Ms Scott's welfare. Officers plan to review CCTV footage from Woolworths and look into Ms Scott's phone records and bank statements. Police have asked anyone who might know of her whereabouts or have any information to come forward. Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or Griffith Police on 6969 4310. Ms Scott was last seen at her workplace, Leeton High School (pictured), about 11am Easter Sunday . She was seen at a Woolworths supermarket at Leeton (pictured) 550km west of Sydney, on Easter Saturday . | Stephanie Scott was last seen at Leeton, 550km west of Sydney, on Sunday .
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Her parents plan to hire a private helicopter to assist with the search .
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In the midst of the family's fighting and different claims, Bobby Brown has made a bold move. According to a Saturday report by NBC affiliate 11Alive, the 46-year-old singer has filed for guardianship over daughter Bobbi Kristina's estate. This news comes just days after the 22-year-old's loved ones were split over whether she had awoken from her coma as her father had claimed. Scroll down for video . Bold move: Bobby Brown has filed for guardianship over daughter Bobbi Kristina's estate according to a Saturday report from NBC affiliate 11Alive . Bobby was spotted earlier this week spending time at the DeKalb Medical Center in Decatur, Georgia, where his daughter is being cared for. The daughter of Whitney Houston was recently moved from Emory University Hospital - where she had been treated since being found unresponsive on January 31 - so she could be provided with long term care. While over the weekend Bobby claimed his daughter was awake, her maternal grandmother Cissy Houston clarified to People on Monday that her granddaughter 'is no longer in a medically induced coma' but is not awake nor expected to ever fully recover. Fight for her life: The 22-year-old was found unconscious on January 31 (pictured in October 2012) Bobby, shocked fans on Saturday by revealing that 'Bobbi is awake,' during a Dallas concert last Saturday. And on Monday, the former New Edition hitmaker released an official statement about his child writing: 'Bobbi Kristina's condition has changed and there has been improvement.' While Bobby remains adamant his daughter is awake, his ex-wife's 81-year-old mother has insisted her one time son-in-law is being far too optimistic, saying that even though Bobbi is no longer in a coma, she is irreversibly brain damaged and said that only a miracle could save her. In a new statement, Cissy said: 'I have just returned from visiting my granddaughter Bobbi Kristina in the hospital and while she is no longer in a medically induced coma, she has a tracheotomy and according to the doctors she has global and irreversible brain damage and remains unresponsive. Family bonds: The 46-year-old singer recently claimed at his concert last Saturday that his daughter - pictured together in an Instagram from Bobbi in June of last year - was 'awake' 'Meeting with the doctors and understanding that she can live in this condition for a lifetime truly saddens me. 'We can only trust in God for a miracle at this time. Keep us in your prayers.' A family source told TMZ: 'They have no idea where Bobby Brown is getting his information that Bobbi Kristina is awake, not do they know why Tina said she's awake and no longer on life support.' The other side: Bobbi's grandmother Cissy Houston (pictured in June 2012) said that her granddaughter is not awake but is 'is no longer in a medically induced coma but has global and irreversible brain damage and remains unresponsive' Sad update: 'Meeting with the doctors and understanding that she can live in this condition for a lifetime truly saddens me' (pictured in April 2013) Bobby's lawyer Christopher Brown said in a statement: 'Bobbi Kristina’s condition has changed since moving from Emory University Hospital and there has been improvement. Doctors have indicated that she will have a long life. 'However, Bobbi Kristina is presently embarking on a rehabilitation process and the quality of her life will not be known for years to come. We thank everyone that supports Bobbi Kristina and God is hearing our prayers.' On Monday, Bobby's second wife Alicia Etheredge-Brown - who is currently pregnant with the couple's second child - also released a statement about Bobbi Kristina. By her side: The 46-year-old singer and his second wife Alicia Etheredge-Brown released official statements about Bobbi Kristina on Monday (pictured together leaving Emory University hospital on February 6) 'My husband made an attempt to correct the negative comments he must endure on a daily basis from both family and the public regarding his daughter’s medical condition. He is encouraged by the steps that Bobbi Kristina has made since her hospitalization on January 31, 2015. 'She has made it out of ICU, opened her eyes, and started a rehabilitation that will be long and hard. We will hold on to all the blessings GOD gives us to help her at this time and we look forward to her having a relationship with her unborn sister as our family grows in love and faith.' Adding: 'I just wish my husband could deal with this most painful and difficult time with people surrounding him who fully support and pray for Bobbi Kristina’s recovery and only her recovery. Life is the most precious thing that we all have.' 'My husband made an attempt to correct the negative comments': Alicia - who is currently pregnant with the couple's second child - tried to clarify Bobby's statements (pictured April 16) Brown family: Bobbi Kristina's aunt Tina Brown took to her Facebook page echoing a similar statement of Bobby's on Saturday, that has since been taken down . Bobbi Kristina's aunt Tina Brown took to her Facebook page echoing a similar statement of Bobby's on Saturday, that has since been taken down. 'So many messages, sorry can't answer them all right now but I will get to them later..just allow me this time with my family,,yes,she woke up and is no longer on life support!!!!!:):)God is good!!thanks for your prayers,,still a process,but she is going to be ok (sic).' In March, the only daughter of Whitney and Bobby was moved from Emory University hospital - where she stayed for two months - to a rehabilitation facility in Atlanta. Her legacy: Bobbi Kristina is the only child of the late icon who was found face down and unresponsive in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 11, 2012 (pictured just days before her death) In late February, her doctors attempted to take out of her medically induced coma but she began having violent seizures and was placed back on life support. Bobbi Kristina's mother Whitney was found face down and unresponsive in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 11, 2012. Autopsy concluded that the 48-year-old icon had accidentally drowned and listed heart disease and cocaine as contributors to her death. | Bobby Brown has filed for guardianship over his daughter's estate .
He has maintained Bobbi Kristina is awake from her coma .
Maternal grandmother Cissy Houston updated fans clarifying that her grandchild is 'no longer in a medically induced coma'
But Cissy explained that her granddaughter is irreversibly brain damaged and unresponsive .
The hospitalised woman's 46-year-old father told fans at a Dallas concert last Saturday that 'Bobbi is awake. She's watching me'
On Monday, his wife Alicia tried to clarify Bobby's statement saying 'she has made it out of ICU and opened her eyes'
A source close to the Houston family shared that they 'have no idea where Bobby is getting his information'
The 22-year-old only child of the late Whitney Houston was first hospitalized on January 31 after being found face down and unconscious in a bathtub at her Georgia home . | [
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The return of Game of Thrones has sparked a surge in internet piracy with fans making more than 100,000 illegal downloads per day. More than seven million episodes from seasons one to four were illegally downloaded between February and April this year as fans of the hit HBO show caught up or re-capped before its eagerly-return on Sky Atlantic on Sunday night. Figures by anti-piracy and security firm Irdeto revealed overall illegal downloading of show is up 45 per cent year-on-year, jumping from 4.9 million for the same two-month period in 2014. Popular: Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen in the first series of the hit show. New figures reveal it is the most illegally downloaded show in the world . The top country for illegal downloads of Game of Thrones episodes was Brazil, which accounted for almost one million of them, followed by France in second, the US, Canada and the UK. The snapshot also revealed the top five TV shows illegally downloaded during the same period were period were The Walking Dead (5.7m), Breaking Bad (3.8m), Vikings (3.4m) and House of Cards (2.7m). Worldwide following: There were seven million illegal downloads of Game of Thrones, which features Natalie Dormer as Margaery Tyrel above, . Appeal: Fans of the hit HBO show have been rushing to download old episodes featuring Jack Gleeson as King Joffrey, left, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister, right . Lack of access for global audiences is used as a defence of pirates, as many of their favourite films and shows that debut in the US are delayed by weeks or months. So to make it easier for people to watch legally, HBO announced in March that the forthcoming season will air across 170 countries at the same time. This week the cable network also launched a new internet streaming service, HBO Now, in an attempt to curb piracy and recapture revenue, although it is only available in the US. The return of Game of Thrones, starring Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei, above, has sparked a surge in internet piracy with fans making more than 100,000 illegal downloads per day . 'Piracy is a tidal wave that cannot be controlled, only managed,' said Irdeto in its report. 'But if people want to continue to have great TV shows like Game of Thrones, business models need to be protected.' | Fans downloaded seven million episodes between February and April .
Illegal downloads beat favourites The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad .
Season five of the hit HBO show premieres on Sky Atlantic on Sunday .
Cable network launched internet streaming service to curb piracy . | [
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A Transportation Security Administration agent who was fired in Nashville after becoming obsessed with a coworker - following her, taking videos and photos and breaking into her house five times - was jailed this week as a result of the stalking case. Daniel Boykin, 33, plead guilty to charges of unlawful photography, aggravated burglary, wiretapping, unlawful telephone recording and two computer crimes. In apologizing for his actions in court Thursday, Boykin admitted to repeatedly filming the woman inside a bathroom at Nashville International Airport and was subsequently sentenced to six months prison. At the time of his arrest last year, Boykin was found with 92 videos of the victim — 29 taken from the airport bathroom — and 1,527 photographs. Investigators found additional images taken inside the woman's home of air vents and shelves in the bathroom, which they believe suggested he intended to plant hidden cameras at some point. Obsessed: Daniel Boykin, 33, a former TSA employee, appeared in court in Nashville on Thursday as he was sentenced to six months prison for stalking a colleague. More than 90 videos and 1,500 photos of the victim were discovered on Boykin’s phone and computer, and he broke into her home five times . Disturbed: Boykin was sentenced Thursday for unlawful photography, aggravated burglary, wiretapping, unlawful telephone recording and two computer crimes. He will be under strict probation for five years once he leaves prison, however will not be registered as a sex offender . He also took photos of her clothing and stole pictures from her electronic devices. The victim, who has not been named, came forward in May 2014. She told authorities that Boykin would watch her dog on the weekends. However when looking at some photos of the dog on his phone one day at work, the woman discovered a cache of photos of herself. 'I was sick to my stomach,' she told the court, according to WKRN. 'I am sure I was as white as these walls. 'So eventually I said I had a headache and had to go home.' Boykin also took to the stand to say he was sorry. 'I have abused and broken a trust that I can never repair, and for that I am truly sorry,' he told the court. The detective in the case, Andrew Vallee, said he as truly shocked during the investigation. Arrest: Police began investigating Boykin on May 30, 2014, after the U.S. Attorney's Office forwarded a complaint filed by the victim. She came forward after observing videos of herself on Boykin's phone. He was arrest after a search warrant was served at his Nashville apartment . 'This was one of the worst cases I have seen in terms of invading somebody's privacy in their most intimate moments and the most secure place, her home,' the detective told The Tennessean. 'My biggest disappointment in terms of justice was that under current law, (Boykin) doesn't have to register as a sex offender. 'Because my main motivation for justice is reducing the possibility that he will ever do this again to anyone else.' On top of the six months in prison, the sentence includes more than five years of probation with strict supervision and GPS monitoring. The judge also emphasized that Boykin should continue seeking mental health treatment. | Daniel Boykin plead guilty to charges of unlawful photography, aggravated burglary, wiretapping and unlawful telephone recording .
He became obsessed with a female colleague .
She discovered he was stalking her after finding photos on Boykin's phone .
He had 92 videos of the victim - 29 taken from the bathroom at Nashville International Airport - and 1,527 photos .
Also broke into her home five times and took photos of her clothes .
Told the court Thursday he was 'truly sorry'
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A former Premier League footballer 'cast his net around' for players willing to take part in a plot to fix lower league matches, a court has heard. Ex-Bolton Wanderers striker Delroy Facey, 34, is alleged to have become involved in the 'ugly side' of his sport by acting as a middleman for two men who have already been convicted of match-fixing. Facey, who also played for West Bromwich Albion and Hull City, denies conspiracy to commit bribery and is standing trial at Birmingham Crown Court alongside former non-league player Moses Swaibu, who also denies the charges. Delroy Facey (right) arrives at Birmingham Crown Court for the start of his trial on Monday. He is accused of being involved in a plot to fix lower league football matches . Facey (right) celebrates after scoring for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League in 2003 . Opening the Crown's case against both Facey and Swaibu at the start of a three-week trial, prosecutor Nick Mather told jurors they would not need to know anything about football to try the defendants. Mr Mather told the jury panel: 'Football in this case is really nothing more than a means to an end - it's an opportunity to make money. 'It's described sometimes as the beautiful game but football has an ugly side to it as well, and it's that ugly side we are going to be looking at.' After explaining to jurors that match-fixers Chann Sankaran and Krishna Ganeshan were found guilty of conspiracy to commit bribery at a previous trial, Mr Mather alleged that Swaibu was one of the players they had tried to corrupt. Sankaran and Ganeshan, both from the Far East, were at the centre of the conspiracy, the court heard, having travelled to Britain with the specific purpose of fixing matches. Defendant Moses Swaibu (right) on the ball during an FA Cup match between Lincoln and Bolton in 2010 . The Crown alleges that the plot - which aimed to profit from rigged bets - targeted the lower leagues because of the high level of scrutiny surrounding the Premier League. Swaibu played at a semi-professional level between 2009 and 2014, including stints with London-based Sutton FC and Brighton club Whitehawk. Jurors were also given details of Facey's career, which included a spell at Lincoln City in which he earned around £65,000 during the 2010/11 season. Describing Facey's alleged role in the conspiracy, Mr Mather added: 'He was a middleman, a fixer. He was somebody who cast his net around to find players who might be willing to take part in match-fixing.' By the time of the alleged conspiracy in November 2013, Mr Mather told the court, Facey was earning considerably less than previously. 'That may well have been his motivation, the prosecution say, for what took place,' Mr Mather said of Facey's reduced income. Facey (top) in action for West Brom during a match against Norwich City in March 2004 . Informing jurors that another footballer, former Whitehawk FC defender Michael Boateng, was also found guilty at a previous trial, Mr Mather said there was no doubt that an agreement to fix lower league matches occurred. 'This case is not about whether this scheme existed,' the prosecutor told the jury. 'The issue for you to decide is whether you are sure that firstly, Delroy Facey, and secondly Moses Swaibu, was a part of that agreement. 'This case is focused on them and what they did, and why they did it.' Facey, from Woodhouse Hill, Huddersfield, and 25-year-old Swaibu, of Tooley Street, Bermondsey, south London, deny conspiring together with others to commit bribery between November 1 and 27, 2013. Mr Mather said betting on football was not confined to the Premier League and extended from the very top of the sport down to semi-professional leagues. Lower league games in the Football Conference had been targeted, Mr Mather claimed, partly because highly-paid professionals would have to be offered 'astronomical' sums to even think about becoming involved in corruption. Huddersfield's Facey (left) vies with Brentford's Michael Dobson during an old Second Division match in 2002 . The conspiracy came to the attention of the National Crime Agency after initial inquiries by a private investigator who wanted to expose match-fixing led to the identification of Sankaran. A national newspaper then became involved, the court was told, and Sankaran arrived in the UK in November 2013. During a meeting with an undercover investigator on November 16, Sankaran is alleged to have made unsuccessful attempts to contact footballers and made reference to an agent named Delroy who used to play for Bolton. At that point, the court heard, the National Crime Agency took over the investigation, deploying a covert officer to gather evidence. The officer met Sankaran five days later and mobile phones belonging to the defendants, including Facey, were subsequently seized. Mr Mather will continue his opening speech to the jury on Tuesday. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article. | Delroy Facey is standing trial in Birmingham over match-fixing allegations .
The former Premier League footballer denies conspiracy to commit bribery .
Facey formerly played for Bolton, West Brom and Hull City .
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Together they wrote a string of chart-topping hits for some of the world's biggest stars and created the memorable theme tune of Australian television soap Neighbours. Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent, who were married for more than three decades, were dubbed 'Mr and Mrs Music' after composing for artists including Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Scott Walker, Shirley Bassey and Petula Clark. So when Trent died last month aged 74 after a long battle with cancer, Hatch was expected to be at her funeral to say a final goodbye. True, their marriage had ended in divorce, but they had a daughter together and one of the most successful creative unions in showbusiness. But The Mail on Sunday can reveal that Hatch was banned from the funeral by Trent's second husband, Colin Gregory, who today accuses the composer of breaking his wife's heart. Scroll down for video . Tony Hatch (left) and his former wife Jackie Trent (right) wrote a chart-topping hits for the world's biggest stars but he was banned from her funeral last month . He says that not only did she never forgive Hatch for the infidelity that ended their marriage, but she believed to her dying day that he had denied her the credit she was due for some of their compositions. Although they were responsible for about 400 songs together, they had been mired in a long-running feud over seven that Trent claimed she co-wrote. After years of pressure, says Gregory, Hatch agreed to acknowledge Trent's part and her name now appears against some of the songs on the Tony Hatch website. But on other songs, Hatch is the only composer credited. Gregory told The Mail on Sunday: 'Yes, I banned Hatch from attending Jackie's cremation.' The 71-year-old former policeman, who married Trent in 2005, said: 'It might seem petty and churlish of me because, whatever anybody says, Hatch and Trent are welded at the hip for all the wonderful work they did together. 'I would never contest that. Jackie never contested that. But her firm words to me were, "I hate him for what he did to me and for what he's still doing to me." 'I couldn't and wouldn't contact Tony Hatch myself. It would be inappropriate because we're in litigation.' Instead, he passed the message to Trent's son from her first marriage, Darren, who Hatch had adopted when they married. Gregory said: 'Darren rang, giving it the smooth patter of, "Oh, they had such a lovely warm life together", which they did not. And when he said he wanted to invite Hatch to the cremation, I said quite firmly, "No. If he turns up, I shall call the police." 'Suffice it to say that Jackie would not want Tony Hatch anywhere near her final moments on this earth. He and his wife were specifically banned from attending her funeral, or anything in connection with it. 'Jackie always told me, "No service – just you."' The cremation was held on the Spanish island of Menorca, where Trent lived with Gregory. It is also home to Hatch and his wife. Hatch, 75, clearly got the message, writing on his Facebook page on the day of the funeral: 'Today was final departure day for her soul but I was BANNED by her husband Colin Gregory from attending the crematorium.' Gregory now plans to bring Trent's ashes home to Britain for a memorial service in May at her local parish church in Chesterton, Staffordshire. Much of Trent's wealth, he said, had recently been eroded – not least by the legal battle with her former husband over the songs, which Gregory claimed has cost about £20,000. It's a far cry from 1965 when Hatch and Trent met and fell in love. Hatch was already married and the couple embarked on an affair before marrying the next year and going on to become one of the most successful teams in music, earning millions of pounds. But if Hatch, the son of a pianist, who grew up in Pinner, North West London, and Trent, the daughter of a miner from Newcastle-under-Lyme, made a fortune, they seemed to have trouble holding on to it. The couple moved to Ireland at one point because of its tax benefits for artists. Hatch wrote the theme tune to Crossroads and is still remembered by many as the 'Mr Nasty' judge on 1970s TV talent show New Faces. In 1982, the pair moved to Australia and were later asked to write the theme song for Neighbours. Their marriage ended abruptly and abrasively back in Britain at Trent's 55th birthday party in 1995, when Hatch confessed that for years he had been in love with one of his wife's friends. Trent was devastated. Gregory plans to persevere with Trent's legal battle over the disputed songs: 'not for financial gain – Jackie was getting her share [of songwriting royalties] – but because it was her dying wish that he finally admitted she co-wrote those songs.' Hatch declined to comment. | Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent wrote chart-topping hits for musical superstars .
They divorced after three decades of marriage but have a daughter together .
But he did not attend her funeral when Trent died at the age of 74 last month .
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Not only does Gareth Bale definitely want to stay at Real Madrid beyond the end of this season but he is determined to win over some of the hardest to please supporters in football and become the best player in the world. Sportsmail can reveal that is the unswerving message from the world's most expensive player. And it is one that is not set to change regardless of how persistent the rumours of a possible switch to Manchester United become. Bale is injured and out of Wednesday's Euroderby II showdown with Atletico Madrid. Carlo Ancelotti has already gone on record as to just how important he believes the Welshman is to Real Madrid. Gareth Bale is adamant that he wants to stay at Real Madrid despite strong interest from Manchester United . Bale has scored 17 goals for Real this season but has still bee criticised by supporters . Bale holds off the challenge of Atletico forward Raul Garcia during Champions League quarter-final . He said last week: 'He had a fantastic season last year and he is having a very good season this time. He did very well for us in the finals that we played and we need him for this season's run-in too.' Real Madrid's £86million player is hoping to be back in time for the Champions League semi-finals should the holders qualify. His future continues to be the source of much speculation with Manchester United desperate to make a signing that would send shockwaves throughout world football and immediately install them as favourites to win the Premier League next season. Real Madrid have also privately declared their interest in making David de Gea the long-term successor to Iker Casillas, just as he is expected to be in the Spain side. Bale is out of Real's Champions League quarter-final second leg against Atletico on Wednesday . The Wales international injured his calf during Saturday's 3-1 win against Malaga after just two minutes . The possibility of a Bale-plus-cash move for De Gea this summer would certainly suit United and please those Real Madrid supporters who fail to see the value of Bale and those goals that won the club three trophies last year, but the player remains adamant that his future is in Madrid. In nearly all transfer wrangles the player gets what he wants over and above the desires of the clubs involved and it seems highly unlikely that he will be wearing anything other than a white shirt next season such is his desire to ride out the storm in Madrid. He had a sensational first season in Spain winning four trophies and scoring in the Copa del Rey, Champions League and World Club Cup finals. This season he has been the target of some post-decima criticism and even booed at times in his own stadium but he is determined to win over fans who have jeered some of the greatest players in history in their time. Bale enjoyed a standout first season in Madrid and won the Champions League and the Copa del Rey . The former Tottenham star scored a decisive goal in extra-time during the Champions League final last season . He wants to emulate Cristiano Ronaldo, who also had to change the minds of the disgruntled masses, and to eventually follow in his Ballon d'Or footsteps. At the moment Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are a considerable cut above everything else in football but Bale sees himself up against Barcelona's Neymar as the young pretenders trying to dethrone football's greatest. In the Spanish capital, while no one expects him to leave this summer, nobody sees Bale's desire to stay put as something that would necessarily prevent De Gea from arriving at the Santiago Bernabeu at the end of the season to become his team-mate. Carlo Ancelotti said recently that if the club acquired a better goalkeeper than Casillas then the Spain international would lose his place and De Gea is the man most supporters and the club directors identify as the one keeper who would justify the coach leaving out the legend. Real Madrid would like to sign Manchester United goalkeeper to be long-term successor to Iker Casillas . De Gea punches clear under a challenge from John Terry during Saturday's defeat by Chelsea . De Gea's girlfriend continues to live in Madrid and her recent unflattering comments about Manchester did little to quell rumours that family pressures are being applied on the keeper to return to Spain. He appears no closer to signing a new contract and last year Louis van Gaal made sure he installed Victor Valdes - a keeper he knows from his Barcelona days - as De Gea's No 2. Valdes was given his debut by the Dutchman and stories coming out of Old Trafford suggest that for all his heroic shot stopping, Van Gaal does not see De Gea as in anyway irreplaceable. De Gea spent one season in the Atletico first team before joining United in 2011 for £18million . All that points to the possibility of a return to Madrid where he previously represented Atletico but left after only one season in the first team. Despite his Atletico past he has none of the emotional pull that Fernando Torres once had leading him to declare he would never play for Real. The supporters would welcome him. Currently if they had to choose between De Gea and Bale they would opt for the goalkeeper providing there was a considerable cash bonus for sending Bale back to Britain. But they don't believe it will be necessary. They see both men lining-up for them next season. Bale's desire to stay in Spain will keep him at Madrid. It only remains to be seen just how much De Gea wants to join him in the Spanish capital. | Gareth Bale has been linked with a summer move to Manchester United .
The Wales forward has been criticised by Real Madrid fans this season .
United want Bale but he has no desire to cut short his time in Spain .
A swap deal involving United keeper David de Gea has been mooted .
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Winger Dom Manfredi stole the limelight from Ben Flower and Sam Tomkins as Wigan thrilled a 14,175 crowd at the DW Stadium with an exciting 30-20 win over Warrington. Most eyes before kick-off were on Welsh international Flower as he prepared to make his return from a six-month suspension imposed for punching Lance Hohaia in October's Grand Final defeat by St Helens. And the Wigan fans were delighted at half-time when the club announced the re-signing of Tomkins on a four-year deal from New Zealand Warriors, starting next season. Wigan winger Dom Manfredi scored a hat-trick for the second time in five days . All eyes were on Ben Flower on Thursday night as he made his return from a six-month ban after being sent off for punching Lance Hohaia in the opening moments of Wigan's Grand Final defeat by St Helens last October. RECEPTION: Flower's name was greeted with huge cheers when the team announcement was made 10 minutes before kick-off and there was a deafening roar 23 minutes into the match when he made his entrance, with Wigan fans on their feet for a standing ovation. PERFORMANCE: The Welshman came up with a knock-on four minutes into his return and clearly looked rusty after his lengthy lay-off. He produced some strong charges, however, and did his fair share of tackling before taking a breather after 32 minutes. Flower later returned for the last four minutes, by which time his side were firmly in charge. OVERALL: A steady if unspectacular return for the former Crusaders front rower in a match dominated by the tryscoring prowess of his young outside back team-mates. Unsurprisingly rusty at times, he will be better for his 36-minute contribution, made in two spells. By the end of a pulsating derby, however, it was the name of 21-year-old Manfredi which was on most people's lips after he scored a second hat-trick in five days. Manfredi had touched down three times in Wigan's 34-0 win over Catalans Dragons on Sunday and he once more demonstrated his exceptional ability to finish off the Wolves after they had taken the lead for a third time early in the second half. Warrington could hardly have made a better start, scoring two tries inside the first 10 minutes as they monopolised the early play. Skipper Joel Monaghan had gone close in the opening moments after gathering Richie Myler's high kick to the corner and he enjoyed an unopposed run-in after taking Stefan Ratchford's cut-out pass to open the scoring. Ratchford added the touchline conversion and the visitors increased their lead when Chris Bridge went through the attempted tackle of his opposite number Dan Sarginson for the first of his two tries. Wigan barely had touched the ball at that stage but they quickly demonstrated their attacking flair with two superbly-crafted touchdowns. Stand-off George Williams came up with a break for the first but it was a magnificent final pass from winger Joe Burgess that enabled England second rower Liam Farrell to finish off the move . Ben Flower (centre) returned to action after serving six-month ban for punching Lance Hohaia . Moments later Sydney-bound Burgess was again the provider as full-back Ryan Hampshire, making amends for the first of two bad handling errors, went over for the Warriors' second try, with Matty Smith's second goal edging his side in front. That was the signal for Wigan coach Shaun Wane to reintroduce Flower but there was little scope for the forwards to get into the action as the outside backs continued to dominate. The lead changed hands twice more before half-time, with Bridge going through Sarginson for his second try - only for Manfredi to cancel it out by taking advantage of some outrageous offloads from Anthony Gelling and Joel Tomkins to score his first. Forward Flower enjoyed a low key return as the Wigan backs ran Warrington ragged in the second half . Leading 16-14 at the break, the highly-impressive Gelling twice took the wrong option as Wigan were the first to attack in the second half and the misses began to look costly when when Warrington second rower Ben Currie sliced through the home defence for his side's fourth try to put them back in front. Wigan were not to be denied, however, and Manfredi went over twice in eight minutes to complete his hat-trick and apply the finishing touches to a splendid victory. The hosts produced some quick hands to get him over on 61 minutes but it needed a huge slice of good fortune for him to complete his hat-trick, with Smith's drop-goal attempt charged down and falling nicely for the big winger after Gelling had instinctively put his boot to the loose ball. | Wigan winger Dom Manfredi scored a hat-trick of tries on Thursday night .
Warriors announced re-signing of Sam Tomkins at half-time during derby .
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A woman is in a critical condition after falling 30 metres from the highest lookout in Blue Mountains when she slipped trying to retrieve her mobile phone. The 44-year-old, named by locals as Donna Christie, slipped and fell from Hassans Fall lookout at Lithgow on Tuesday afternoon, the ABC reports. She was bushwalking with a male friend and her two children, aged 12 and 13, when she dropped her phone at the lookout, which is almost 1,100 metres above sea level. The 44-year-old, named by locals as Donna Christie, slipped and fell from Hassans Fall lookout at Lithgow on Tuesday afternoon . She is believed to have suffered serious head, spinal and chest injuries when she plunged 30 metres. Her friend raised the alarm and it took two hours for police, paramedics and the Lithgow Volunteer Rescue Squad to rescue the woman. 'The paramedics were assisted by emergency services personnel to stabilise the then unconscious patient, lift her back up to the top of the cliff face, where an ambulance helicopter was then dispatched from Sydney,' an Ambulance spokesman said. She was bushwalking with a male friend and her two children, aged 12 and 13, when she dropped her phone at the lookout, which is almost 1,100 metres above sea level . She is believed to have suffered serious head, spinal and chest injuries when she plunged 30 metres . She was airlifted to Westmead Hospital in Sydney where she remains in a stable condition. 'It was one of those tragic accidents that could have been avoided,' Lithgow police inspector Chris Sammut said. 'In this case, it would appear that she's accidently dropped her phone and in trying to retrieve it, she's lost her footing and fallen.' Inspector Sammut said parts of the lookout didn't have fencing and walkers needed to be vigilant to avoid risks. 'We have to weigh up whether a mobile phone is worth a life and obviously the answer is 'no',' he said. 'The phone can be replaced.' She was airlifted to Westmead Hospital in Sydney where she remains in a stable condition . Inspector Sammut said parts of the lookout didn't have fencing and walkers needed to be vigilant to avoid risks . It took two hours for police, paramedics and the Lithgow Volunteer Rescue Squad to rescue her (file photo) | Woman slipped and fell from Hassans Fall lookout at Lithgow on Tuesday .
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Wojciech Szczesny must use his current spell out of the Arsenal side as a catalyst to come back a stronger goalkeeper, according to former club legend David Seaman. Szczesny has found himself demoted to the substitutes' bench in recent months due to a combination of poor performances and the form of David Ospina since the new year. Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has benefited from competition for places brought by the £3.2 million signing of Colombian Ospina from Nice last summer, as eight consecutive wins have lifted his side to second in the Premier League. Wojciech Szczesny hasn't played a Premier League game since the 2-0 defeat to Southampton in January . David Ospina boasts the highest win ratio of any Premier League player to make more than 10 appearances . Szczesny is expected to line up in goal for Arsenal in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Reading at Wembley, and Seaman believes the Poland international can make the number one jersey his own once more. 'With Wojciech, it must be hard for him now to be number two, coming off the back of a season where he was a regular and had been playing at his best, but it is totally just because he had a couple of bad mistakes and Ospina has gone in and done his stuff,' Seaman said. 'Either of them could be Arsenal's number one, it is about who is on form - and if Ospina keeps his form, then he is going to stay there.' Former Arsenal goalkeeper David Seaman was speaking as an ambassador for the 'Know the Score' campaign against bowel cancer to Press Association Sport. Szczesny compounded his indifferent on-field performances by being caught smoking in the showers after defeat at Southampton on New Year's Day - the last time the 24-year-old started a league game for the North Londoners. But Seaman has every faith in the 6ft 5in deposed keeper, believing that if Szczesny takes the positives from a spell on the sidelines, he can emerge a far better goalkeeper in the years to come. The 51-year-old continued: 'It is not a difficult situation, but it keeps you on your toes to know that there is quality behind you. 'It is not just the games which make you play better, it is the training. 'The goalkeepers train together, and you see the other guy, you think "I want to be better than him" or "I am going to show him how good I am". That is day to day and is good because it brings the best out of you and tests you, so you become a better goalkeeper.' David Seaman is a former English goalkeeper who joined Arsenal from Queens Park Rangers in 1990 for £1.3m, a then British record transfer fee for a goalkeeper. He spent 13 seasons at the Gunners, winning the old First Division Championship and the Premier League twice. Seaman also won four FA Cups, a League Cup and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup during his time at Highbury. In all, he made 564 appearances for the Gunners between 1990 and 2003, before joining Manchester City on a free transfer. A return of 11 wins from 12 starts has turned Ospina into a fans' favourite at the Emirates, but Seaman is only too aware of how quickly things can change in football, and has urged Szczesny to think carefully before making a decision on his future. 'Wojciech has a big choice now, but he has still got loads of time, I did not join Arsenal until I was 26,' said Seaman, who left Arsenal for Manchester City in 2003 after leading the Gunners to FA Cup glory over Southampton at the Millennium Stadium. 'It is about how he reacts, and what does the player want - does he want to play as a number one? Or is he happy being at a big club as a number two? 'It is all about his ambition. If he wants to be a number one somewhere, then how long is he going to have to wait? 'But if he leaves Arsenal, then it won't be the same level, because it is not until after they go, that all these guys realise how good Arsenal is.' When did Ospina join Arsenal? Arsenal signed Ospina from Ligue 1 side Nice last summer. The 26-year-old made close to 200 appearances for the French club during six seasons. How much did Arsenal pay for him? Originally signed as back-up and competition for Wojciech Szczesny after the Gunners No 2 Lukasz Fabianski joined Swansea, Ospina cost a paltry £3million. Is he of international calibre? Ospina had won 52 caps for Colombia and impressed during their run to the World Cup quarter-final in Brazil last summer. When did Ospina make his first appearance for Arsenal? Ospina made his debut for Arsenal in a 2-1 defeat by Southampton in the third round of the Capital One Cup back in September and only made one further appearance in the Champions League before 2015. When did he displace Wojciech Szczesny as No 1? Ospina was recalled to the starting line-up as Arsenal beat Hull 2-0 in the FA Cup third round in January after Szczesny was at fault for both goals during a 2-0 defeat by Southampton. It later emerged that the Poland goalkeeper was caught smoking in the showers after the game. Ospina kept his place for the league game the following week and has played every Premier League match since. Did you know... Ospina is brother-in-law to Real Madrid midfielder and Colombia team-mate James Rodriguez. The former Monaco star married Ospina's sister Daniela in 2011. | Wojciech Szczesny has watched on from the sidelines in recent months .
Form of David Ospina has lifted Arsenal to second in the Premier League .
Seaman gives Poland keeper confidence boost ahead of FA Cup semi-final .
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Rand Paul's timing couldn't be better, and it couldn't be worse. Kentucky's junior senator is poised to enter the 2016 presidential contest on Tuesday, at a moment when only Sen. Ted Cruz, the tea party darling, is already in the race and consuming precious news-cycle oxygen. But the issue that made him a national figure two years ago – domestic snooping by the National Security Agency – is no longer on America's front-burner. Paul will launch his campaign Tuesday morning in Louisville, Kentucky with the populist slogan 'Defeat the Washington machine. Unleash the American dream.' An aide to a member of the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives laughed that line off on Monday. Scroll down for video . READY TO RUN: Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul will announce his candidacy for president on April 7 in Louisville . CHIP OF THE BLOCK? Paul's uber-libertarian father, former Texas Rep. Ron Paul (left), earned an image party-wide as a cantankerous and prickly contrarian with little chance of winning over centrist Republicans . NEW AUDIENCES: Paul the younger has made a name for himself meeting with minority groups – and speaking to all-black audiences – in an attempt to win them over with a message of criminal justice reform . 'That's hilarious,' the Capitol Hill staffer said in a phone interview. 'Rand Paul is as much a part of the Washington machine as Joe Biden or Harry Reid.' 'It's like Hillary Clinton running on a platform of email transparency in government.' 'If he's an outsider, I'm a Democrat,' he said. An Iowa Republican Party official who said he hasn't chosen a horse in the 2016 primary told Daily Mail Online that 'Rand Paul is going to have problems if he thinks he can position himself as an outsider.' 'That can work for a governor,' he explained, 'and maybe for his father, who was outside the mainstream in just about every way. But it won't sell in Iowa, especially since he's walking his views back toward the center.' Both men spoke on condition of anonymity. Paul has taken heat in recent days from libertarians for softening some of the principled stands thad have defined his brand since Kentuckians sent him to Washington. He described himself as 'a judicial activist' in January, for instance, telling a conservative audience that federal judged shouldn't hesitate to toss out majority-rule decisions by Congress if they infringe on constituional rights. In an interview Sunday with the blog The Federalist, however, he said Americans 'should leave more power in the hands of the states and local governments.' 'More often than not, the longer a federal judge or elected official is in office, the more out of touch they become,' he said. SMALL POND: The only other big fish to announce his candidacy so far is Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, an evangelical Christian whose views couldn't be much more different from Paul's . Paul has found himself occasionally in the policy weeds as the news cycle shifts away from his natural area of strength and into territory where he has yet to define himself. Bashar al-Assad, Ayatollah Khamenei and Bowe Bergdahl now occupy the space once dominated by NSA leaker Edward Snowden. And as other Republican presidential hopefuls strategize about how to approach the Middle East foreign policy mess on Barack Obama's desk, Paul has to contend with his past isolationist statements that make the president's approach seem bold and Reaganesque by comparison. In February he warned a Heritage Foundation gathering that 'until we understand at least a modicum of what animates our enemies, we cannot defend ourselves and we cannot contain our enemies.' That word – 'contain' – put him on the path to what conservatives have griped most about in the Obama administration's foreign policy: a tendency toward acceptance of global threats instead of a willingness to wipe them out. In the Federalist interview, he sauntered back toward the middle of the road from its tenuous shoulder. 'I support military action against ISIS,' he said of the Islamist terror army, adding that 'if we are to go to war, we should make it brief, succinct and we must fight to win.' He did allow, however, that 'there must be a vote by Congress and a formal declaration of war.' Paul would be the first major-party candidate with roots in Kentucky to run for president since Abraham Lincoln, who was born in a one-room log cabin in the Bluegrass State. He teased his Tuesday announcement over the weekend with a 3-minute YouTube video reprising portions of his February speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference near Washington, D.C. 'To fix Washington, we can't have business as usual,' Paul says in one clip. 'It's time for a new way. A new set of ideas. A new leader, one you can trust. One who works for you and, above all, it's time for a new president,' OUT OF THE GATE ALREADY: Paul has been making campaign-style stops in the eary primary state of New Hampshire, like this March 21 appearance in the Granite State town of Rochester . WINNER: Paul has won three straight straw polls at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, buoyed by throngs of young libertarians whose views are often at odds with mainline conservatism . The video ends as his CPAC speech did, with boisterous shouts of 'President Paul! President Paul!' from a largely young and libertarian-leaning audience. Sandwiched in the middle, is his problematic slogan: 'On April 7, one leader will stand up to defeat the Washington machine and unleash the American dream.' Paul won a straw-poll of CPAC attendees for the third year in a row. His next big test will be winning support from high-dollar donors. He is expected to focus some of his rhetorical firepower on reforming the IRS with a 'flat' tax system that would eliminate much of America's labyrinthine income tax code in favor of a 5-minute math exercise. The senator also advocates for limiting the length of time members of Congress can serve in Washington, and for criminal justice reform – especially in cases where drug users and low-level traffickers have been sentenced to lengthy mandatory-minimum prison terms. But he has been silent on the two most discussed news stories of the last few weeks. Unlike Cruz, Paul hasn't weighed in on the Indiana and Arkansas religious-freedom laws that caused a gay-rights furor. And his campaign-in-waiting has held its fire on Obama's triumphant proclamations that a nuclear deal with Tehran is all but in the bag. | Paul slogan will underscore a Tuesday presidential campaign launch .
He's battling perceptions that he has softwned some of his once-rock-solid libertarian positions in order to build broad electoral appear .
Paul was for 'containing' ISIS, and now says he supports military action; he was 'a judicial activist' in constitutional cases but now complains judges are 'out of touch'
Iowa Republican Party official says the senator's claims to Washington-outsider status 'won't sell in Iowa' although it might work for a governor . | [
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Sunderland are under pressure to suspend England star Adam Johnson after he was charged with grooming and three counts of sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl. Johnson, 27, has been bailed to appear before Peterlee magistrates on May 20 — the same day Sunderland travel to Arsenal — where it is expected the case will be sent to the Crown Court. If found guilty, Johnson faces a lengthy prison term. Sunderland chiefs held talks on Thursday to decide Johnson’s future, knowing that if they suspend their top scorer he would miss the club’s remaining six games. They are just a point above the Barclays Premier League drop zone and travel to Stoke tomorrow. Adam Johnson leaves Peterlee police station after being charged with three offences of sexual activity . Johnson leaves the Peterlee police station after learning of the charges against him . The 27-year-old looks on during Sunderland's 1-0 Premier League win against Newcastle earlier this month . Johnson was suspended by the club after his arrest on March 2 but that was lifted when his bail was extended by five weeks a fortnight later. He returned to training under new boss Dick Advocaat and has featured as a substitute in Sunderland’s last three matches, including the 1-0 derby win over Newcastle. The suspension could now be reimposed. Johnson is accused of three offences of sexual activity with a child, contrary to Section 9 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003. The offences are alleged to have taken place between December 30 last year and February 26. Johnson has also been charged with meeting a child following sexual grooming under Section 15 of the same Act. Gerry Wareham, CPS chief Crown prosecutor for the North East, said: ‘Following an investigation by Durham Police, I have today authorised police to charge Adam Johnson, aged 27, with four offences under the Sexual Offences Act 2003. Johnson will now appear at Peterlee Magistrates Court on May 20 . The England international (right) was wearing a black tracksuit as he attended the hearing in County Durham . Johnson was accompanied by his lawyer as the Sunderland winger arrived at the police station on Thursday . ‘The offences are alleged to have been committed on one girl aged 15 at the time. We have reviewed the available evidence in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors and concluded that there is a realistic prospect of conviction and it is in the public interest to charge Adam Johnson. ‘Durham Police have charged the defendant accordingly and he is due to appear before Peterlee Magistrates on May 20. It is important that there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could prejudice these proceedings. The complainant in this case is entitled to lifelong anonymity under the law.’ Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article. | Adam Johnson charged with three offences of sexual activity with girl, 15 .
Winger also facing charge of grooming and had been bailed until May 20 .
Sunderland chiefs held talks Thursday night to discuss Johnson's future .
READ: Johnson charged with three offences of sexual activity with a child .
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Nick Clegg was heckled over his broken tuition fees pledge today as he ramped up his attack on George Osborne – with a stark warning that the Tory Chancellor is 'a very dangerous man'. The Deputy Prime Minister was met by protesters in Surbiton, south-west London, who chanted: 'Nick Clegg lied to me, he said uni would be free'. Mr Clegg ignored the protesters as he stuck to his message that only the Lib Dems can be trusted to balance the budget without hitting the poor. Scroll down for video . Nick Clegg was heckled by tuition fees protesters while out campaigning in Surbiton, South West London, today - while Lib Dem supporters tried to intervene . Nick Clegg was in Kingston and Surbiton to campaign with fellow Cabinet member, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Davey today . The Lib Dem leader's campaign stop came after he launched a furious attack on the 'ideological' cuts planned by the Tories. Speaking to Tony Blair's former spin doctor Alastair Campbell in May's edition of GQ magazine, Mr Clegg said the chancellor's plans would do 'so much damage'. He added: 'I don't know of a developed economy that wants to do something as rigidly ideological as he wants to do, to balance the books through public spending reductions alone, not tax, with one section, the working poor, taking the biggest hit. 'I find it socially and morally unacceptable, but also economically a disaster.' The 'dramatic lurch to the right' involves a 'harder approach than anything the arch-Thatcherites would do' and would 'destroy public services', he said. Mr Clegg added: 'George Osborne is a very dangerous man with a very dangerous plan, and I will do everything in my power to stop it.' In contrast, Mr Clegg said the Prime Minister was 'a classic traditional shire Tory', adding: 'I can live with that.' He said Mr Cameron was 'very much a Tory, and in that tradition he is not too much about grand vision'. The Deputy Prime Minister launched a furious attack on the 'ideological' cuts planned by the Tories . Mr Clegg met seven-month-old Elise Popperwell and her mother Melissa Popperwell in South West London this morning . The Deputy Prime Minister said David Cameron was 'a classic traditional shire Tory', adding: 'I can live with that.' Asked about Ed Miliband, Mr Clegg said he was a 'perfectly nice guy, personable, as is David Cameron'. The Lib Dem leader said he wanted his party back in government 'because Osborne's ideological assault on public services has to be stopped' and 'Ed Miliband and Ed Balls' head-in-the-sand approach to public spending has to be challenged, because it would be really bad for the economy'. Treasury Secretary Danny Alexander meanwhile claimed that a top Tory told him 'you take care of the workers and we'll take care of the bosses', in a private Whitehall meeting to discuss the Coalition Government's priorities. Mr Alexander said it showed that David Cameron and George Osborne were guilty of 'breathtaking hypocrisy' for trying to claim responsibility for raising the threshold at which people pay tax - while privately arguing for tax cuts for the better-off. He said: 'In March 2012, when the economy was still in the very early stages of recovery, we wanted to do a very big increase in the personal allowance to put a lot of money back into folks' pockets. The Tories' priority at the time was the top rate of tax. 'I remember one meeting with a group of senior Conservatives and one of them said, 'listen, you take care of the workers and we'll take care of the bosses'. | Deputy PM was met by protesters in Surbiton, south-west London .
Protesters chanted: 'Nick Clegg lied to me, he said uni would be free'
Mr Clegg ignored the protesters and launched new assault on the Tories .
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(CNN)A dress worn by Vivien Leigh as she played Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind" has fetched $137,000 at an auction. That's a pretty healthy profit for the collector who bought the outfit decades ago for a mere $20 as it was on the verge of being tossed out. The outfit, a gray two-piece ensemble, was sold at an auction in Beverly Hills, California, on Saturday, according to Heritage Auctions. It was the most sought after item among roughly 150 pieces of "Gone With the Wind" memorabilia on sale in the auction. They come from the huge collection amassed by James Tumblin, who used to work at Universal Studios. Tumblin said he came across the Scarlett O'Hara dress in the early 1960s while doing some research at a costume company. "I saw this dress on the floor and a docent told me not to bother to pick it up, because they were throwing it away," he said, according to The Telegraph. "I asked if he would sell it to me," he said. "I had noticed there was a printed label saying Selznick International Pictures and 'Scarlett production dress' was written in ink." From that savvy purchase, his "Gone With the Wind" collection snowballed. Other standout items include a straw hat worn by Leigh in a number of scenes in the movie and a gray wool suit worn by Clark Gable as his character, Rhett Butler, kicks down the door of Scarlett O'Hara's boudoir. The dress -- a jacket and full skirt ensemble -- was worn in several key scenes in the 1939 movie, including when Scarlett O'Hara encounters Butler and when she gets attacked in the shanty town. The outfit has suffered a little with age, however. When Leigh wore it in the movie, it was slate blue-gray. Over the years, it's faded to light gray. But that didn't deter the winning bidder on Saturday. | Collector says he bought the outfit as it was about to be thrown away .
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Australian homeowners are making room in their backyards to allow budget travellers to pitch a tent and stay for a few nights. This is the latest cost-saving travel trend, with each night costing an average of $30. HomeCamp, which launched in January, has been attracting both backpackers and locals who are looking for cheap and fast accommodation. One Sydney host, Steve York, has been using the website to connect with potential guests and has already had four successful bookings. Australian homeowners are making room in their backyards to allow budget travellers to pitch a tent and stay for a few nights . HomeCamp, which launched in January, has been attracting both backpackers and locals who are looking for cheap and fast accommodation . Sydney-sider Steve York (left) used HomeCamp to connect with Rose Smith (right) and let her stay in his backyard for three nights . As a full-time university student, Steve felt the financial burden when he moved out six months ago. The 20-year-old asked around for any 'easy money-making methods' when a friend told him about HomeCamp. 'I wasn't too keen at the start but I thought I may as well give it a go to see what it's like,' he told Daily Mail Australia. 'I just wanted a some extra income to help pay for groceries and little things like that because I was struggling financially.' Steve says he did initially consider placing his rental property in Dee Why, Sydney's northern beaches, on Airbnb and Couchsurfing but could not warm to the idea of living under the same roof with a complete stranger. 'I really wasn't comfortable with people staying inside the house so I guess that's why HomeCamp appealed to me more,' he said. Steve listed his Dee Why home, in Sydney's northern beaches, on HomeCamp in February and has since had four bookings . There are currently more than 50 Australian homeowners using the website, according to founder David Abitbol . Steve's first booking was in February with local traveller Rose Smith of Queensland. Both parties took all precautions to ensure they were reliable. 'Obviously I wanted to make sure that I wasn't having some weird person staying in my backyard,' Steve said. 'Rose was really great and she even let me speak to her parents. I was really able to trust her for the three nights she stayed.' For Rose, she was after an affordable place to stay in Sydney and Steve's home was perfect for the occasion. 'It was also my first time staying in someone's backyard so I was a bit scared at the start,' she told Daily Mail Australia. 'But after a few conversations with Steve I felt more comfortable and now I'm definitely looking to do it again.' The 22-year-old says she enjoyed the freedom of having her own space as opposed to 'staying in a youth hostel in a crowded space and sharing the bathroom with other heaps of other travellers'. 'I got along with Steve so he allowed me to use the bathroom and other amenities quite freely which made the whole experience even better,' Rose said. HomeCamp was launched in Australia but has been used by homeowners worldwide including New Zealand, France, South Africa, USA, Canada and Sweden . Steve believes HomeCamp offers tourists a unique experience. 'The affordability of it and the location with a great vibe - I think that's what tourists are looking for these days,' he said. 'They're not really looking for the typical touristy places anymore but want more local and real experiences.' Rose agrees with Steve and also believes HomeCamp is 'going to be the next big thing'. There are currently more than 50 Australian homeowners using the website and that number continues to grow, according to founder David Abitbol. HomeCamp was launched in Australia but has been used by homeowners worldwide including New Zealand, France, South Africa, USA, Canada and Sweden. | HomeCamp is a service which connects homeowners and tourists .
Travellers can pitch a tent in a homeowner's backyard at a cheap rate .
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Harry Panayiotou has scooped the Barclays Premier League Player of the Month award after impressing for an in-form Leicester City side in March. The striker, 20, scored three goals, including those in impressive victories against Sunderland and reigning champions Chelsea, and has been chosen ahead of all the players in Division 1 and 2 based on his performance statistics. Panayiotou also netted a hat-trick in his third game for St Kitts and Nevis on international duty, and is looking to make an impression under Nigel Pearson at the King Power Stadium. Sportsmail held an exclusive Q&A with the forward after he found out about the accolade. Harry Panayiotou has scooped the Barclays Premier League U21 Player of the Month award for March . Congratulations, Harry. How would you describe your style of play at Leicester? Hold up play, roll the defender. And I've got a good burst of acceleration! Who do you look up to in the first team? Jeff (Schlupp). I grew up with Jeff so to see him come through the youth ranks, he's definitely my role model. Do you train with them often? I do, but not as much as I'd like to. Your record at Leicester reads one game, one goal. How did that come about? I was a first year and I scored 20 goals that season. They had nothing to play for [against Leeds] so they chucked me up there, and I came on and scored! How often do you speak to Nigel Pearson? Not too much this season, he's a busy guy! But when he has a chance to come talk to me, he comes and talks to me. Is your goal to make it at Leicester next season, or go out on loan? I'm Leicester born and bred and my goal is to make the first team, that's all I've ever wanted to do, it's not about going anywhere else to me. I'd love for us to stay in the Premier League, and I believe I can handle it. Panayiotou hopes to make Leicester City's first team in the Premier League and has grown up nearby . How do you relax away from football? Chill with my friends, I'm around some really good people. On to that international hat-trick... how did you get to play for St Kitts? My mum and grandma are from St Kitts, and my grandma passed away when I was younger - so making the choice to play for them came from the heart. What was the reaction when you came back? Everyone's jealous when I go away (laughs), but they were still really happy. U21 manager Steve [Beaglehole] couldn't stop looking at me for a week! Where did you play, and what was it like? Turks and Caicos. It was really hot! When you go to the Caribbean, you either have to train at 7am or at night time. The players in the Caribbean are much stronger and really quick, so you have to think quick - that's all it is. Some of them aren't the best players but they have certainly got a lot of strength so you've got to adapt to that. Any St Kitts players you would tip to make it? Romaine Sawyers from Walsall, he's technically brilliant. I think he'll get a move this summer because he's really good. And our captain is doing great with FC Dallas in the MLS right now, Atiba Harris. There's a few others from England, who could definitely be higher up but they just haven't been seen. Panayiotou posted this picture on Twitter with the caption 'motherland' while he was away on international duty . Last album you listened to? I went to the Nicki Minaj concert the other day [in Nottingham[ so has to be The Pink Print . Last film? Fast and furious 7... emotional to be fair. Last holiday (apart from your international break!)? Egypt . A player you would tip to make it at Leicester? Ben Chilwell (England U19 international) Best advice you've received from a first team player? I remember Andy King once speaking to me. He said when you come and make an impression, don't worry about what anyone has to say and just make sure you're seen. Keep working hard, going to the gym, keep practicing. Best player you've ever played against? Sammy Ameobi, he's got great feet, we played him a tournament a couple of years ago. For how tall he is it's actually amazing, and his finishing is on point! What would you be doing if you weren't a footballer? I've always seen myself as a footballer. Nothing else. Maybe I'd be in the Caribbean, it's just peaceful. The striker battles with Everton's Ryan Ledson during an Under 21 Premier League game in January . The award has been established to recognise the next generation of players coming through, coinciding with Barclays' own work to encourage the next generation of fans, which will see thousands of tickets and unique football experiences given away via the Barclays Spirit of the Game website. A winner will be selected every month for the rest of the season, as well as the Barclays Under 21 Premier League Player of the Season being unveiled in May. | Harry Panayiotou selected from 24 teams in Division One and Two .
20-year-old scored in Leicester City wins against Sunderland and Chelsea .
Also netted a hat-trick in his third game for St Kitts and Nevis .
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First this dog helped do the dishes, now he's been trained to use the toilet - and even puts the lid down once he's finished. Baron the German Shepherd was captured in a video using the toilet after he began learning the impressive skill a few weeks ago. In the footage, the five-month-old pup enters the bathroom and lifts up the toilet seat. He then climbs up balancing his paws on the raised seat cover as he holds himself up and hovers over the toilet while relieving himself. Once he's finished, he puts down both the toilet seat and flushes before running out. Viewers' reactions of the video, which to date has been viewed more than 16,400,000 times, mostly included that Baron did the job better than most men. One viewer wrote: 'He could teach a few men some tricks. Even puts the lid down!!' Another wrote: 'I want to live with him, he puts the toilet seat down!!!!!!' Baron was filmed using the toilet as he entered the bathroom and lifted up the toilet seat . He then climbs up balancing his paws on the raised seat cover as he holds himself up and hovers over the toilet while relieving himself . Once he's finished, the five-month-old pup politely puts the toilet seats down . Baron then he goes to the left side of the toilet, climbing up to flush before running out . Baron was professionally trained at the Hillcountry K9 School. Two weeks ago his trainer shared a picture of him in the bathroom on his Instagram account as they began training. 'Working on a new video today...Wana take a guess what we are doing!!' the post read. 'He's even got some eye candy up there.' Earlier this month, Baron was seen in footage helping with some housework as he reached up and grabbed rinsed goods between his teeth from the sink, before he loaded them into the dishwasher at home in California. Other videos show the pup breaking a sweat as he helps his trainer workout as he performs a range of moves, including aerobic step exercises and lunges. He also helpins with recycling. | Baron the German Shepherd was filmed using the bathroom .
In the footage shared on Facebook, the dog raises the toilet seat, relieves himself and puts the seat down before flushing the toilet .
The video has been viewed more than 16,400,000 times to date .
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No footballer has ever been late for kick-off because he was tied up negotiating a new contract. So, from the start, Raheem Sterling’s explanation for the end of his conversations with Liverpool did not stand up. It isn’t the talks that are the distraction. It is the thinking. No player is sat in an office haggling over image rights, only to check his watch at 3.30pm and bolt out of the door. A player may feel uncertainty about his future. His brain may whirl over where he will play next season. Liverpool? Arsenal? Abroad? Yet postponing the process to the end of the season doesn’t solve that issue. If anything, it makes it worse. If Sterling wanted to stop thinking right now, he could sign his new deal or tell Liverpool to come back in a year. He has, after all, got more than two seasons left on his existing arrangement. Raheem Sterling has turned down a new deal with Liverpool and put off contract talks until the summer . Sterling (right) has confirmed that he rejected an offer of £100,000-a-week to stay at Liverpool . The 20-year-old gave an interview to the BBC on Wednesday giving his reasons for his decision . So all Sterling did, the day his advisers ended negotiations until May at the earliest, was complicate his affairs. It is not as if he will be able to forget about the decision in the coming weeks, particularly as his stance appears to have damaged his relationship with Liverpool’s supporters. Without doubt, they were dissatisfied with his attitude even before this week’s ill-conceived BBC interview. As Liverpool’s hopes of a Champions League place next season became increasingly remote with the home defeat against Manchester United, Sterling bore the brunt of the dissent. In truth, his performance was little worse than any of his team-mates that day - but he is the one who is seen as disloyal, as rejecting at the first opportunity the club and manager that have best developed his game. Liverpool and Brendan Rodgers have done well by Sterling. They made him a key player in last season’s title near miss, got him to the World Cup. He owes them a little more respect than has been displayed in recent weeks. He owes them enough to know it is downright rude to talk of being flattered by Arsenal just days before the teams meet. Liverpool are entitled to think it is equally flattering for a club of its stature to offer a salary worth more than £5million annually. Apparently not. Sterling (left) shakes hands with Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers during training on Thursday . Sterling has played in various positions this season under Rodgers - including as a striker and at wing back . Among the reasons advanced for Sterling’s coldness towards a long-term commitment at Liverpool has been Rodgers’s recent decision to play him at right wing back. This has been a result of injuries and suspensions, rather than a long-term strategy - but it does raise wider questions regarding the mindset of English players, and why many might find their pathway blocked. Would a young player brought up through Ajax’s system, for instance, be so affronted by this temporary change? Why is it the English in particular that see football in straight lines? Sterling has played as a centre forward, a No 10, a wide midfielder and now a wing back. Isn’t this the versatility that we envy in the best foreign teams? Isn’t this an education? Why is it that England produces pigeon-holed full backs or midfielders, and not footballers? Shouldn’t a player - certainly one who wishes to command in excess of £100,000 a week - be able to fill in anywhere? Indeed, shouldn’t he welcome that endorsement from his manager? Arsenal progressed to the 2006 Champions League final at a time when Ashley Cole was injured. In his place through the knockout stages, home and away against Real Madrid, Juventus and Villarreal, was the 22-year-old French midfielder Mathieu Flamini. He hadn’t played full back in his entire professional career, he said. But he never complained, and Arsenal didn’t concede in any of his six matches. Midfielder Mathieu Flamini (right) was used a full back in Arsenal's run to the 2006 Champions League final . Flamini isn’t a creative in Sterling’s mould - but then right wing back isn’t the same as left back, either. Sterling is still operating as a winger when Liverpool attack. Flamini, a central midfielder, was used strictly as a defender. It wasn’t as if Arsene Wenger was gung-ho in those games: three ended goalless, two in 1-0 victories. Flamini performed with exceptional discipline. One imagines that midfielder Emre Can didn’t sign for Liverpool expecting to be part of a back three. Rodgers first used him as a defender this season against Burnley in December, and he has remained there ever since. Can is German, though, the product of a more intellectually vibrant football culture. World Cup-winning captain Philipp Lahm eagerly switched between holding midfield and full back. Midfield lynchpin Bastian Schweinsteiger began his career as a right winger, while Thomas Muller can play centre forward, support striker, attacking midfielder and winger. Every player will have a favourite position but in England these desires become entrenched. Even the most gifted, such as Steven Gerrard, never seemed entirely at ease with his versatility. Maybe Sterling should spend his time thinking less about his contract and more about the type of footballer he wishes to be; maybe about the type of footballer who can demand more than £100,000 a week. Because that player goes wherever his team needs him — and that makes him worth the coin. Sterling's Liverpool team-mate Emre Can (centre) has been used mainly in defence, despite being a midfielder . | Raheem Sterling has turned down a Liverpool deal worth £100,000-a-week .
20-year-old gave an interview to the BBC on Wednesday over the issue .
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They were young men from stable families who believed they were stuck in dead end jobs and looked on with jealousy at the flashy lifestyles of others who had girls, money and fast cars at their fingertips. What Andrew Chan, then aged 21, and Myuran Sukumaran, 24, came to have in common was the belief that smuggling drugs would provide them with a short cut to the life of ease and glamour and - their biggest mistake - that they could get away with it. Thirteen years since their fateful first meeting, after all their legal appeals and pleas for clemency have been rejected, the ringleaders of the infamous Bali Nine, who were caught trying to smuggle more than eight kilograms of heroin out of Indonesia, are now dead. Scroll down for video . Andrew Chan, pictured aged 21, and Myuran Sukumaran, 24, pictured during their first trial in October of 2005, were both attracted to drug smuggling by the promised riches, after being disillusioned by their jobs . Thirteen years since their fateful first meeting, after all their legal appeals and pleas for clemency have been rejected, the ringleaders of the infamous Bali Nine and their tragic tale will shortly come to an end . Dubbed the masterminds behind the $4 million drug plot from the very beginning, the death penalty has never left the table for Chan and Sukumaran since they were first convicted in 2005 following a tip off from Australian federal police to Indonesian officials. But a glance at their working-class backgrounds would never have led anyone to predict their dismal fate. Chan, the youngest of four children and the son of Chinese immigrants, once described himself as the black sheep of his family. He worked as a supervisor for the catering company Eurest, where he first met Renae Lawrence, Martin Stephens and Matthew Norman, who he would later recruit into the drug smuggling roles that landed them in various Indonesian prisons. Sukumaran, a university drop-out and the eldest of three, still lived with his parents while working in a mail room. The Bali Nine trials began in October 2005 at Denpasar district court: Top row (from L-R) Myuran Sukumaran, Andrew Chan and Martin Eric Stephens, 2nd row (from L-R) Chen Si Yi, Tach Duc Thanh Nguyen and Matthew Norman, and 3rd row (from L-R) Scott Rush, Michael Czugaj and Renae Lawrence . Both men, who first met at a party in 2002 despite attending the same Sydney high school, had one thing in common; they were disillusioned by their jobs and had been won over by the riches and lifestyle that selling drugs promised. 'I don't think I was really going anywhere in life. I don't think, you know, I was achieving too much, even though I had a stable job and all… I was a drug user,' Chan told Dateline in a 2010 interview in which Sukumaran also admitted: 'I didn't see myself working in the mail room for the next 50 years of my life'. He continued: 'I thought "No, I can't do this", then you see all these people like in night clubs with nice BMWs, and nice Mercedes and there's always chicks there, and they was buying drinks for everyone and you think "F***", how do you do this on a mail room salary'. Both men were arrested on April 17 in 2005. Chan was intercepted at Denpasar airport along with Scott Rush, Michael Czugaj, Lawrence and Stephens who had heroin strapped to their stomach and legs, while Sukumaran was found at the Melasti Beach Bungalows hotel on Kuta Beach with Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, Si Yi Chen and Norman. The latter were found with 334g of heroin along with materials for smuggling including Elastoplast, scales and plastic wrap. Both men were arrested on April 17 in 2005. Chan was intercepted at Denpasar airport along with Scott Rush, Michael Czugaj, Lawrence and Stephens who had heroin strapped to their stomach and legs (pictured) Sukumaran was found at the Melasti Beach Bungalows hotel on Kuta Beach with Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, Si Yi Chen and Norman. Pictured: Scott Rush (left and right) with heroin strapped to his stomach and legs after being arrested . Renae Lawrence is pictured being searched by police. The latter group were found with 334g of heroin along with materials for smuggling including Elastoplast, scales and plastic wrap . It's difficult to imagine the two men, now in their 30s and swearing by their rehabilitation, as the gangster thugs that threatened the lives of their drug mules. Although the Indonesian courts concluded that it could not be proven, Rush and Lawrence both claimed that Chan had threatened their families' lives if they did not follow his orders. Meanwhile prosecutors accused Sukumaran of being uncooperative and having no remorse for his actions, making it all the easier to push for the death penalty. By October, the trials had begun for the Bali Nine at Denpasar district court and within just five months on February 14 in 2006, Chan and Sukumaran were sentenced to death by firing squad. Stephens, Czugaj, Lawrence, Nguyen, Chen, Norman and Rush meanwhile, were given life in prison during trials between February 13 and 15. However by the 17th, all of them had appealed their sentences except Rush, marking the beginning of a long battle with prosecutors as their verdicts wavered between death and life in prison. Although the Indonesian courts concluded that it could not be proven, Rush and Lawrence both claimed that Chan had threatened their families lives if they did not follow his orders . It's difficult to imagine the two men, now in their 30s and swearing by their rehabilitation, as the gangster thugs that threatened the lives of their drug mules . Renae Lawrence is the only Bali Nine member who was given a reduced sentence of 20 years, while the other six (Chan and Sukumaran excluded) were sentenced to life in prison. Pictured Nguyen (left) and Rush (right) Finally in 2011, Rush was the last of the smugglers to be sentenced to life in prison along with five others. Renae Lawrence is the only Bali Nine member who was given a reduced sentence of 20 years. All seven are now waiting out their sentences from inside various Indonesian jails scattered around the country. Chan and Sukumaran's death sentence on the other hand, would never budge. An initial appeal of the death penalty was rejected by the Bali high court in April of 2006 at a time when Australia's prime minister at the time, John Howard, refused to interfere. A second attempt, this time requesting for a judicial review in August 2010, were supported by prison officials who attested to their rehabilitation. Chan, covered in tattoos and gold jewellery upon his arrest, had transformed into a devout Christian minister ordained by the Bayside Church in Melbourne. All seven are now waiting out their sentences from inside various Indonesian jails scattered around the country. They fought a long battle with prosecutors as their verdicts wavered between death and life in prison . Several trips: Panel beater turned drug mule Renae Lawrence made two successful trips for Chan from Bali with heroin strapped to her body, but was caught on the third, in April 2005, and sentenced to 20 years . Former Wollongong bartender, Martin Stephens (left) and Sydney catering worker Matthew Norman (right), pictured at Kerobokan Jail, Bali, in 2007, two years after they were duped by Chan who had promised them quick riches by acting as heroin mules in Bali . Skumaran meanwhile, had obtained an Associate Degree in Fine Art from Curtin University in Perth and became known for his haunting paintings. Both organised and ran various classes, including English and art classes, for their fellow inmates and spoke out in media interviews about their lengthy imprisonment and how they reflected on their past with regret. Both judicial review requests were rejected by July 2011, leading the duo to appeal for presidential clemency from Indonesia's then President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the following year. But a two year long wait amounted to nothing as both men had their pleas reject by Joko Widodo, who was elected in July of 2014 and by December had announced his hard-line stance on drug smugglers. The first four months of 2015 has proved to be a complete nightmare for Chan and Sukumaran and their families. Handcuffed and shackled, Andrew Chan cut a bleak figure as he was transferred from Bali to central Java and a prison cell on 'Death Island' Utter despair was etched on Myuran Sukumaran's face as he was led away to be transferred to Nusakambangan where he is due to face the death penalty . It began with the rejection of their clemency and the announcement that they would be amongst those next executed. In the following months judicial reviews were rejected, legal appeals failed along with appeals against the refusal for clemency and prisoner swaps were refused as the men's lawyers mounted a new case in the constitutional court. The pleas of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and the Grand Mufti of Australia, Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohamed, fell on deaf ears as Mr Widodo repeatedly made his stance on drug smugglers clear - there would be no mercy. | Andrew Chan is the youngest of four children and the son of Chinese immigrants who worked as a supervisor for a catering company .
Myuran Sukumaran, a university drop-out and the eldest of three, lived with his parents while working in a mail room .
Both men revealed that flashy lifestyles attracted them to drug smuggling .
They were arrested in 2005 for organising eight kilos of heroin to be smuggled out of Indonesia, and sentenced to death five months later .
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A runaway cab driver ended up sending a pedestrian tumbling through the air before crashing into a bus stop full of waiting passengers. The chilling footage was posted on Facebook and shows the cab throwing 25-year-old Kadeem Brown across a median in the Bronx, New York. The conditions were so icy at the time he slid into the opposite curb before coming to a stop. His green taxi struck and killed little Tierre Clark who was five. She was waiting with her mother at a bus stop when she was hit by the cab. WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES . Fatal blow: A store owner posted video that shows the moment a cab hits a pedestrian in the Bronx, killing him. The victim is seen in the red circle . Careening: Kadeem Brown, 25, can be seen sliding across the ice after being knocked over by a passing taxi . Shocking: Brown can be seen laying on the ground as horrified onlookers attempt to summon help . 'Accident happened at 170 and Grand Concourse in front of my bodega,' Facebook user Junior Papi Sanchez posted online. Police say Emilo Garcia, the 44-year-old driver, suffered a seizure moments before the crash on Friday evening. Despite the impact, he reportedly continued driving another 100 feet or so, before jumping a curb and crashing into the group waiting at the bus stop. He finally smashed into the side of a building. Mr Brown died at the scene, while the little girl who is not featured in the video died a short time later. Garcia has since had his TLC license taken away but has not been not been charged with any crime. Gone too soon: Kadeem Brown, 25, was killed . 'A state and city licensed driver has killed two people in broad daylight,' said Charles Komanoff of the safe street group Right of Way. 'The public has every right to demand that everything about the crash and the driver be dug up and made public.' A memorial service was held for Brown Wednesday evening at Mount Carmel Pentecostal Church, and he will be buried Thursday morning. Grieving relatives and friends of Brown posted memories of him on a fundraising page for his family. 'I always admired him, and said that's how our young men should act and carry themselves,' wrote his friend's aunt Tia Linder. 'He was destined for greatness, but God had a much higher calling for him. You can tell a person's true character by what others say about them when they are no longer here.' Another pal wrote that he was always the first friend to wish her a happy birthday. In heaven: Tierre Clarke, 5, was tragically killed on Friday, March 20th when a taxi jumped the curb while waiting for the bus with her mother . 'He was down to earth, and always gave an ear when needed,' wrote Renesha Barrett. 'I miss him already.' Little Tierre Clark died at Lincoln Hospital. 'She loved to sing and dance — that was Tierre,' said the girl's devastated grandmother, Liz Romani, 58 told the Daily News. She would just be walking down the street and break into song. She loved whatever popular music was out.' 'We'd be watching TV, some sitcom, and she would just break into song and start dancing,' Romani said through tears. The family are attempting to raise funds for a funeral for their daughter by also using a crowdfunding page. Crash: The New York City cab driver who killed a five-year-old girl and a 25-year-old man after mounting a curb on Friday has been stripped of his TLC license. Above, the driver's smashed-up taxi . Smashed in: The unidentified male driver, 44, was reportedly traveling along the snowy Grand Concourse service road near 170th Street in the Bronx when he swerved on to the sidewalk. Above, police at the scene . Fatal: The man's green-colored taxi struck and killed Kadeem Brown and little Tierre Clark, who were part of a group of people waiting at a bus stop on the road (pictured). A man, 55, and Tierre's mother were left injured . Police at the scene: Emergency crews arrived at the bustling Grand Concourse, where they discovered Mr Brown and Miss Clark lying unresponsive on the ground. Mr Brown, who lived nearby, was pronounced dead . | Male driver, 44, struck Kadeem Brown, 25, as he walked through the Bronx .
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Cab driver suffered a seizure moments before the crash and has been stripped of his TLC license .
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She became a model at the tender age of 14. And after achieving global success as one of the world's most famous supermodels, Gisele Bundchen took one last strut down the catwalk on Wednesday. The 34-year-old beauty - who has announced she's retiring from the runway - was seen walking for Colcci during São Paulo Fashion Week in her native Brazil, wearing a selection of summery ensembles. Scroll down for video . Her swan song: Gisele Bunchen sashayed down the catwalk for the last time at São Paulo Fashion Week on Wednesday . It's goodbye: A teary-eyed Gisele shared this photo on Instagram revealing the experience of walking the catwalk for the last time and the rousing send-off she received had left her speechless . The Brazilian mother of two, who is married to NFL quarterback Tom Brady, has said she wants to spend more time with her family but has also vowed to continue working in the industry. Gisele made her big entrance with the lights dimmed - apart from the glow of a neon Colcci logo behind her - and launched down the catwalk to the beat of an uptempo indie-rock track. The mother-of-two sizzled in a pretty white embroidered halterneck dress along with some black knee-high gladiator-style boots. Her golden blonde tresses were styled into her signature beachy waves and her make-up palette was natural with a nude lip. One more turn: The mother-of-two sizzled in a white embroidered halterneck dress with knee-high gladiator boots as she modeled for Colcci . Sexy shoulders: Gisele appeared to be wearing a black multi-strap bra under the frock . Colcci Spring 2016 Dress . Check out Colcci's current line here . Visit site . After 20 years of striding with pride, Giselle Bundchen finishes her runway career at Colcci, a Brazilian fashion brand, in a stunning sheer white halter neck dress. This kind of dress is a must have for summer. Throw it over a bikini for the beach or style it just like the runway over a black cage bra and gladiator heels for the ultimate rocker boho music festival look. Colcci style is heavily influenced by street wise clothing, with a hint of hip hop culture as well as Mexican folk art. They have one store in New Jersey and they're a hard brand to find online. Not to worry, if you're not heading to Brazil anytime soon, we found several sheer breezy dresses that will have you ready for your summer entrance. The Free People one is under $100 and our favorite pick. Isabel Marant Eyelet Serena sundress at Barneys . Visit site . Free People Eyelet slip dress . Visit site . Free People Dress in Lace with Cold Shoulder Detail at Asos . Visit site . Motel Anderson Halterneck Knit Dress at Asos . Visit site . Showstopper: Gisele made her big entrance to the beat of an uptempo indie-rock track and the lights dimmed . Stunning: The 34-year-old showed off her yoga-honed limbs in the designer wear . Golden goddess: Ms Bundchen's golden skin tone popped next to the delicate white fabric of her baby doll style dress . International catwalk star: The Brazilian beauty has enjoyed a career spanning 20 years has announced she is now retiring from the runway . Supportive: The model's NFL star husband Tom Brady was watching proudly from the audience . Another outfit featured a silk white and orange striped sundress which she teamed with a nude version of the same toeless boot. Supporting her from the sidelines was Tom Brady, as well as many of her family members including her parents Vania and Valdir. The 37-year-old athlete took to Facebook to write a loving message for his wife of five years. 'Congratulations Love of my Life, you inspire me every day to be a better person. I am so proud of you and everything you have accomplished on the runway. I have never met someone with more of a will to succeed and determination to overcome any obstacle in the way. 'You never cease to amaze me. Nobody loves life more then you and your beauty runs much deeper then what the eye can see. I can’t wait to see what’s next. I love you. #GOAT #thebestisyettocome.' She's a pro: Gisele was also seen in a delicate orange and white striped frock with nude boots . Supermodel credentials: The wife of Tom Brady oozed sex appeal as she made her turn at the end of the runway . End of an era: Gisele was the perfect model for the Colcci 2016 Summer collection . Strike a pose: The model displayed her expert moves that are no doubt second nature to her after her 20-year career . Celebrating her: At the end of the show the bronzed beauty was joined by the other models who sported white T-shirts with images of the supermodel . Effortlessly cool: Gisele flashed her toned tummy in a cropped white sleeveless T-shirt and ripped jeans . Family affair: Also watching from the audience was Gisele's parents Vania and Valdir as well as her sister Gabriela . At the end of the show Gisele made one last appearance and was joined by all the other models to take a bow at the end of the runway. They all sported white T-shirts bearing the chiseled face of Gisele herself. Gisele flashed her toned tummy as she raised her arms to cheer alongside her catwalk crew and looked emotional as she bid farewell to the catwalk. Before she took to the spotlight on Wednesday, Gisele sipped on a cocktail while backstage of the show. 'Almost ready,' the supermodel captioned an image of her holding a giant piece of fruit with a straw in it as she got ready in her dressing room. Earlier in the day the Vogue staple posted a shot to Instagram as a fresh-faced 14-year-old, writing: 'I am grateful that at 14, I was given the opportunity to start this journey'. Grateful: The blonde beauty acknowledged the audience at the end of the show . That's all folks: Gisele jumped for joy as she was joined by the rest of the genetically blessed catwalk crew . Final fling: Her own T-shirt appeared to show the health-fanatic bending over backwards in one of her yoga poses . Stealing the show: The 5' 11" star playfully pulled out the hem of her dress . She can't stop smiling! Gisele cheerfully posed alongside designer Adriana Zucco before the show . A household name the world over, Bundchen rivals soccer legend Pele for the status of Brazil's most internationally famous citizen, and her meteoric rise from a middle-class family in a small, rural town to superstar is the stuff of modeling legend. When the iconic model announced at the weekend that she would walk her final catwalk on this week in Brazil, it marked the end of an era on the catwalk. On Wednesday she told her followers: 'Today after 20 years in the industry it is a privilege to be doing my last fashion show by choice and yet still be working in other facets of the business. #firstrunway #14yearsold.' First look at her last hurrah: Later an image of the wife of Tom Brady was seen on the carpet. Gisele appeared to be wearing a lacy white Baby Doll dress with black straps . Flashback: Gisele posted a fresh-faced snap aged 14 to her Instagram account on Wednesday after announcing her retiremen . Sexy: Gisele has been called the last remaining true supermodel by Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campell, pictured at the Victoria's Secrets Secret fashion Show in New York in 2003 . The 5ft 11in Amazon told a Brazilian newspaper: 'Automatically my body tells me if what I do is worth it, and it asked to stop.' She told the Folha de São Paulo newspaper: 'I respect my body, it's a privilege to be able to stop.' Bündchen continued: 'I don't see how to continue [modeling on the catwalk]... and stopping will leave room for other projects I have for myself.' She was born and raised along with five sisters, including a fraternal twin, in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, a center of German immigration to Brazil. Bundchen was discovered by a modeling agency at age 14 and she came in second place in a nationwide modeling contest, before moving to New York to work the fashion runways there. By age 20, she'd become a fashion sensation, her freckled face and flowing dirty blond locks gracing the cover of top fashion magazines worldwide and her unique combination of legginess and curves causing a sensation during her runway appearances. Bundchen's success with her healthy good looks was heralded as marking the end of the sickly skinny and bedraggled "heroin chic" look that had dominated runways for years. The Brazilian beauty was one of the Victoria's Secret Angels from 2000 until mid-2007. On the catwalk, the leggy supermodel pioneered the 'horse walk', a stomping movement created when a model picks her knees up high and kicks her feet out in front. However, the IMG model plans to continue with her numerous print and commercial campaigns. Running out: The Brazilian announced her retirement on Saturday marking the end of an era on the catwalk, pictured at the Victoria's Secrets show in 2002 . According to Forbes, Gisele is worth $386 million and has amassed $47 million in the last year alone, thanks to her lucrative campaigns for Chanel, Under Armour, Pantene, H&M, Carolina Herrera, and more. That amounts to her pocketing $128,000 a day - dwarfing Linda Evangelista who famously declared she wouldn't get out of bed for less than $10,000 . The highest-paid supermodel for the last ten years, she plans to publish a coffee table book and appear in a documentary on her life. Forbes list her as the 89th most powerful woman in the world. She ventured into acting and appeared in fashion flick The Devil Wears Prada in 2006. From 2000 to 2005, Gisele was in a relationship with actor Leonardo DiCaprio. She married NFL star Brady in 2009. The New England Patriots quarterback says he has no plans of his own to retire. The 6ft4in athlete told the Salesforce World Tour - according to the Boston Herald: '[Boston] is where my kids were born, where they'll be raised. I'll be a lifer here.' The attractive power couple share son Benjamin, 5, and daughter Vivian, 2, and Brady has a son Jack, 7, with ex-partner Bridget Moynahan. Trend-setter: On the catwalk, the leggy supermodel pioneered the 'horse walk', a stomping movement created when a model picks her knees up high and kicks her feet out in front . High-profile romance: From 2000 to 2005, Gisele was in a relationship with actor Leonardo DiCaprio, pictured at the Oscars in 2005 . Lady in red: She married NFL star Brady in 2009, pictured together at MOMA in New York in 2011 . | The 34-year-old beauty was seen walking for Colcci during São Paulo Fashion Week in her native Brazil, wearing a selection of summery ensembles .
Supporting her from the front row was husband Tom Brady, her parents Vania and Valdir and sister Gabriela .
Tom shared gushing Facebook message about his wife: 'Your beauty runs much deeper than what the eye can see'
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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has heaped praise upon Loic Remy after the striker scored his second consecutive winner in the 2-1 victory over Stoke on Saturday. Remy's goal meant Mourinho's side took another step towards securing the Premier League title with three points, despite an injury to Diego Costa. Costa hobbled off 10 minutes after replacing Oscar at half-time, with another hamstring problem leaving him set for a spell on the sidelines. Remy scored Chelsea's winner against Stoke in the game at Stamford Bridge on Saturday . Remy's importance to Chelsea could grow as Diego Costa left the Stoke game injured . Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho praised the professionalism and scoring ability of Remy . But Mourinho refused to let the injury dampen the significance of the win, instead lauding Remy's scoring instincts after the forward also netted the decisive strike when Chelsea beat Hull 3-2 in their last game before the international break. 'When Eden (Hazard) recovered the ball from a loose throw from Asmir Begovic, you could see immediately Remy sprinted to score what I call an easy goal, but I love strikers to score easy goals,' Mourinho said. 'The tap-in when the goalkeeper has an incomplete save, attacking the ball on a low cross, rebounds - I love the easy goals from a striker. Remy (centre) also netted Chelsea's winner against Hull before the international break . Mourinho said Remy has already made a crucial contribution to Chelsea despite not playing too often . 'Remy keeps himself in great condition, even without having played many minutes, to be ready for us. 'He's a great boy and his contribution is already crucial, with these two match-winners in the last two matches.' | Loic Remy hit the decisive goal as Chelsea beat Stoke 2-1 on Saturday .
He also scored the final goal in Chelsea's 3-2 victory at Hull .
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Glasgow Warriors have confirmed that experienced duo Al Kellock and Dougie Hall will both start Friday night's Guinness PRO12 match with Cardiff Blues at Scotstoun. Both skipper Kellock and Hall - who have played nearly 300 matches between them for the club - are to retire come the end of May and each have a maximum of six outings left of their distinguished professional careers. And while Warriors head coach Gregor Townsend was naming his full squad for the Blues match on Thursday, he announced that the second-row and hooker would start in the pack against the Welsh outfit. Glasgow Warriors veteran Al Kellock will start at lock against Cardiff Blues at Scotstoun on Friday night . The encounter is being billed as a tribute to them both and, in a nice touch by the club, the match ball will be presented by Kellock's dad and Hall's mum along with Alistair Johnson, who was Kellock's best man, and Bernie Mitchell, who was an inspirational figure for Hall coming through at Hillhead/Jordanhill. Having been a pro player for 13 years and earned 42 Scotland caps, Hall admits it will be a strange feeling hanging up his boots for good at the end of the current campaign. 'You get to a point where you start thinking to yourself 'this could be the last game of rugby I ever play' so you want to make the most of it,' the 34-year-old said. 'I really want to enjoy these last few games, but also stay focused and help the Warriors secure a play-off place and hopefully the trophy. Glasgow hooker Dougie Hall is hanging up his boots after 13 years of professional rugby . As retirement draws closer you do start to think more about the things that you love about the game. You start to think about your last team huddle, the last time you will walk out onto the pitch with your team mates and it is those moments that I will miss incredibly.' Since he first played in the equivalent of the PRO12 for Edinburgh Rugby back in 2002/03 Hall has seen the standard of all of the sides improve incredibly. As a result, despite the fact that the Warriors are first and the Blues are 10th in the table, he does not expect an easy night, far from it. 'They have a number of quality players in their side and a lot of internationals while all of the teams are getting better year on year,' he explained. 'We really have to concentrate on what we are doing ourselves and keep getting results and hopefully that takes care of things and gets us into the play-offs in the coming weeks. 'I hope that gone are the days when the PRO12 is looked on as a lesser league, the teams and the talent involved now really is top class.' Gregor Townsend's Glasgow side are currently top of the Pro12 standings ahead of Cardiff's visit . This season Hall has been restricted to seven appearances in the PRO12 for the Warriors to date, Fraser Brown and Pat MacArthur playing the majority of minutes with Kevin Bryce also pushing hard for game time in the number two jersey. And while Hall himself admits that he may not be in the gym as often as the younger trio, he feels the experience he has gained in over 140 match for the club can still help during the league run-in and in the play-offs. 'The last thing you want to do when you have played for all those years is to pick up an injury in the gym,' Hall explained. 'For me now it is all about managing myself throughout the week so that when it comes to getting out on the field I can give it everything. 'As you get older you perhaps become a bit more of a leader in the group, but I like to think I have acted like that since I came to the Warriors in 2007. Wales prop Gethin Jenkins is a doubt for Cardiff as the loosehead struggles with a calf strain . 'I was the starting hooker for a number of years and as Pat, and more recently, Fraser and Kevin have come in I hope they have learnt from watching what I do and also have learnt from what I say too.' Meanwhile, Cardiff Blues prop Gethin Jenkins is a doubt for the match with a calf strain. The injury forced the Wales and British & Irish Lions' man off last week in his side's European Rugby Challenge Cup quarter-final defeat to the Dragons. 'Gethin has got a calf strain but it is not as bad as we thought. He hasn't trained this week so is a doubt, but he is keen to play a few more games for us yet this season,' Blues attack coach Paul John said. 'We want to play to a game plan, execute well and perform to the best of our ability. To do justice to the league we have to do that. 'Glasgow are a good offloading side, they are a complete side in many ways, and we've got to control the ball better than we did last weekend.' | The Glasgow duo have played nearly 300 games between them .
Al Kellock and Dougie Hall will both retire at the end of the season .
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Nairobi, Kenya (CNN)Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto on Saturday gave the United Nations' refugee agency three months to relocate refugees from the Dadaab camp -- the world's largest -- to Somalia, or "we shall relocate them ourselves." "The way America changed after 9/11 is the way Kenya will change after Garissa," Ruto said in Nyeri, according to a statement from his office. Al-Shabaab gunmen stormed Garissa University College in eastern Kenya this month, killing 147 people. Kenya's government says that attack was masterminded by senior Al-Shabaab leader Mohamed Mohamud, whose "extensive terrorist network within Kenya" extends into the sprawling Dadaab complex, according to a Kenyan government document given to CNN. Students wake to Islamist militants' terror . Ruto, who is the second highest-ranking person in Kenya's government behind President Uhuru Kenyatta, said his government has had discussions with United Nations officials about what to do with the camp. On Saturday, a U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees officer said the agency had not received any formal request from Kenya's government about moving Dadaab. The U.N. refugee agency manages the Dadaab complex, having set up the first camps there in late 1991 amid Somalia's civil war. The agency and the governments of both Kenya and Somalia agreed in 2013 on a process for the repatriation of Somali refugees. But that was supposed to be mutually agreed-upon and voluntary, in accordance with the refugees' "freely expressed wish and their relevant knowledge of the conditions" where they'd end up, according to the pact. None of those things, it seems, applies now to the move pushed by Ruto on Saturday. It's not clear where he expects the refugees to go, other than somewhere into Somalia and out of Kenya. Any mass move would be a monumental task, disrupting the already difficult lives of more than 600,000 Somalis who call the camp their home. Simply meeting basic needs is a challenge in the vast complex, which has seen devastating droughts, contagious diseases and other travails that have tested its residents and those trying to help. Still, as tough as conditions there are, they are seen as a better alternative to life back in Somalia, where Al-Shabaab is based and has carried out violent attacks for years. Yet the Islamist extremist group hasn't confined its terror to its homeland, as illustrated by the Garissa attack and the 2013 siege of Nairobi's upscale Westgate Mall, which ended with at least 67 dead. The Dadaab complex came under government scrutiny after the Westgate Mall attack, too. But just a few weeks later, CNN's Nima Elbagir managed to go from Somalia to the Dadaab refugee camp undetected by taking one of the panya, or "rat routes," just like many others have done, Al-Shabaab sympathizers among them. Such illicit travel along porous borders as well as police officers' willful ignorance of migrants' fake IDs, as acknowledged by then-Interior Minister Ole Lemku, illustrates Kenya's challenge in keeping out threats from Somalia. That's why, in addition to moving the Dadaab camp, Kenya is building of a 435-mile (700-kilometer) wall covering most of the Somali border from Mandera to Kiunga -- a wall that Ruto says has begun to prevent Al-Shabaab elements from getting into Kenya. The deputy president also vowed that any businesses collaborating with the militant group will be shut down. These measures are in addition to Kenyan airstrikes on Al-Shabaab camps in Somalia in the days after the Garissa massacre. "We must secure this country at whatever cost, even if we lose business with Somalia," Ruto said Saturday. "No politics, no games, no half-measures should apply, as the death of the 147 students must touch all Kenyans." CNN's Lillian Leposo reported from Nairobi, and CNN's Greg Botelho reported and wrote this story from Atlanta. | The Dadaab refugee camp is the world's largest, with more than 600,000 people .
Kenya will change "the way America changed after 9/11," deputy president says .
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They are supposed to be the dream team who can solve the conundrum of how to win the election. But David Cameron and Boris Johnson were left scratching their heads today as they struggled with a children's jigsaw teaching toddlers about the seasons. As the London Mayor tried to hammer ill-fitting pieces together with his hands, the Prime Minister tried out what could be a new election slogan, telling him: 'If in doubt, wedge it in.' After being put right by a four-year-old who spotted their errors, the pair had more fun finger painting with Tory blue paint. David Cameron and Boris Johnson were left stumped by the puzzle at Advantage Children's Day Nursery in Surbiton, as three-year-old Stephanie looked on . When they tried to put the puzzle back together, they hit trouble after it proved to be more difficult than expected . The Conservative duo made their first appearance together on the campaign trail with a visit to Advantage day nursery in Surbiton, south west London. They were supposed to be highlighting Tory plans to double free childcare for 600,000 children aged three and four. They sat at a table with Joshua and Stephanie, both aged three, and four-year-olds Hamish and Leo where they broke up a puzzle which depicted the four seasons. When they tried to put it back together, they hit trouble after it proved to be more difficult than expected. After taking nine minutes to complete the puzzle, the Tory duo were relieved to try their hand at hand painting, which they found much easier . The pair were at the nursery in Surbiton to promote a Tory pledge to double free childcare for working parents of three and four-year-olds to 30 hours a week . Arriving at the nursery, Mr Cameron appeared to be giving Mr Johnson a ticking off before the visit had even started . Like a bad workman blaming his tools, Mr Johnson soon started to question whether there was a fundamental design fault. 'January is in winter,' he complained. 'There's something wrong with the puzzle.' The clock ticked on and Tory aides grew nervous, as Mr Cameron insisted: We've got all day.' Mr Johnson, fearing defeat, was adamant: 'We can't be beaten by the puzzle.' With the media crowding into classroom, Hamish asked Mr Cameron why there were so many journalists. 'If we finish the puzzle it will make them go away,' the PM said. But the children had spotted more errors. 'I've found another problem,' said Leo. Mr Johnson, already known as a political heavyweight, then tried brute force to get the pieces to fit by hammering them with his fist. He had the backing of the PM who declared: 'If in doubt, wedge it in.' Samantha Cameron got into less mess with blue paint during a visit to The Growing Zone allotment project in Kippax, West Yorkshire . Fearing it might be taking too long, and perhaps that the puzzle might get broken, a teacher then stepped in to point out yet more problems. 'This one is not right,' she said. 'This one goes there.' As the last piece went in to cheers - nearly nine minutes after they began - Mr Cameron initiated a group hug. 'Thank God for that. That was stressful,' he said. 'I do have to have a hug after that.' Mr Johnson joked: 'That was a bit like the (election) campaign ... suddenly, the final surge.' 'It all comes together in the end,' said Mr Cameron, before stopping one of the children taking the puzzle to pieces. 'Don't break it up again - I can't take the stress.' Afterwards the two men joined another group of children for a hand painting session - appropriately using blue paint. | David Cameron and Boris Johnson visit nursery to promote childcare .
Duo left flummoxed by jigsaw aimed at teaching children about seasons .
London Mayor resorted to brute force to hammer wrong pieces together .
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A security guard who shot dead a masked gunman, only to find out seconds later the man was his friend, says he is still haunted by the attack which took place almost a year ago. In an interview with Nine Network's A Current Affair, Wayne Heneker recalled the day he was going about his usual drop off of funds at a local tavern in Queensland. During the attempted armed robbery, Mr Heneker says he felt he had no other choice but to shoot the bandit. It was only after he fired the shots that he realised that the man he had just killed was an ex-colleague. Scroll down for video . Wayne Heneker (pictured) recalled the day he was going about his usual drop off of funds at a local tavern in Queensland during an interview with Nine Network's A Current Affair . Seconds after Mr Heneker shot his attacker, he discovered the gunman was former colleague Shameem Rahman (pictured) Mr Heneker told A Current Affair of the moment he was ambushed by Shameem Rahman. 'It was like every other morning, I was always vigilant, I was always keeping an eye out,' he said. He parked his vehicle and got out to deliver thousands of dollars to the Highland Park Tavern, according to the Courier Mail. That's when he noticed a man approaching him wearing a motorcycle helmet. 'Straight away I thought this guy, his body language was very aggressive,' Mr Heneker said. 'I've seen him and said: "get back, get back, stay back".' However the man pulled out a pistol and pointed it straight at Mr Heneker, who was also armed at the time. 'Take the money, they money is there, just take the money,' Mr Heneker recalled telling the gunman. But instead, the thief decided to reach for Mr Heneker's gun which is when a struggle ensued between the two men. The father-of-two appears to be distraught after shooting Mr Rahman three times . Mr Heneker speaks to police soon after the incident occurred last year . Mr Heneker said he made the decision to shoot at his attacker in a bid to save his own life . During the tackle, Mr Heneker says he was concussed but was able to pull off the gunman's helmet. Yet he was was still unable to see his attacker's face. It was at that very moment the father-of-two made the decision to fire three shots at his attacker in a bid to save his own life. When the gunman rolled over and faced the security guard, Mr Heneker recognised him straight away. 'It was shock horror. There was absolutely not one moment from the beginning to the end that he identified himself,' Mr Heneker said. Mr Rahman was a former workmate who worked alongside Mr Heneker as a security guard for Border Security. Mr Heneker told A Current Affair how he had worked with Mr Rahman for two years, who had also made the same cash drop off at the tavern during that time. He says he is still struggling to cope with the fact that he had killed one of his mates. 'It's horrible enough to shoot someone you don't know. But when you've had a relationship with someone and you thought they were your friend,' Mr Heneker said. 'It's been very, very difficult. Every day has been difficult. 'You realise that you've taken someone's life. A life that cannot be replaced.' It was later discovered that Mr Rahman's gun was fake. Police did not charge Mr Heneker over the incident, according to the Herald Sun. | Wayne Heneker says the incident a year ago still haunts him today .
He was dropping off funds at a Queensland tavern when he was ambushed .
Mr Heneker shot the masked gunman when he tried to tackle him .
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Hillary Clinton shaped State Department policy to reward big money foreign donors to her family foundation, an explosive new book written by a political foe will claim. According to author Peter Schweizer there is a clear trend of money flowing into the controversial Clinton Foundation and rewards emerging for donors - in forms such as free trade agreements and development projects. The claims against Clinton, Secretary of State from 2009-13, are laid out in Clinton Cash, due to be published May 5th by HarperCollins. Bombshell: Clinton Cash, right, a new book by Peter Schweizer, is set to spell out a trend whereby big money donors to the Clinton Foundation found U.S. policies coming out of the State Department shift in their favor . Introducing the book, former George W Bush speechwriter said: 'We will see a pattern of financial transactions involving the Clintons that occurred contemporaneous with favorable U.S. policy decisions benefiting those providing the funds'. The passage, and examples of the donations and decisions Schweizer analyzes, were published Sunday by the New York Times, which was given an advance copy of the book. The Times reported that Clinton Cash lists examples of the pattern including a free trade agreement in Colombia that benefited a donor with industrial interests there. It also cites development projects in Haiti after their devastating 2010 earthquake, and a $1million payment to Bill Clinton made by a Canadian shareholder in the Keystone XL oil pipeline while it was being discussed by State Department officials. Author: Peter Schweizer, pictured, researched donations made to Clinton's foundation and was noted by the Times for 'meticulously' documenting his sources . As well as contending that the Clintons favored donors to swell the coffers of the foundation, Schweizer also writes that some of the big-money deals 'put millions in their own pockets'. Marketing information from HaperCollins includes more claims, citing 'the Clinton’s [sic] troubling dealings in Kazakhstan, Colombia, Haiti, and other places at the "wild west" fringe of the global economy.' It continued that the book will see Schweizer raise 'serious questions of judgment, of possible indebtedness to an array of foreign interests, and ultimately, of fitness for high public office.' The White House declined on Monday to categorically rule out the occurrence of any wrongdoing but said there's no 'tangible evidence to indicate that it did.' 'I'm not gonna be in a position here, where every time somebody raises a spurious claim...to sit down here and say that it's not true,' President Barack Obama's spokesman, Josh Earnest, said. Earnest directed reporters who had further questions to Clinton's presidential campaign. Clinton allies have characterized the book as simply the latest in a series of 'absurd conspiracy theories' designed to derail Clinton's 2016 campaign. According to the Times, Republican senators - including presidential candidates Rand Paul and Marco Rubio - have been briefed on the book's findings, and are working them into their campaigns. Paul in particular has been unstinting in his criticism of Clinton, positioning himself as an anti-Hillary candidate before she even announced she was running. No more, please: In light of her presidential bid, the Clinton Foundation has stopped accepting donations from most governments - notably Saudi Arabia. Pictured above is Clinton while Secretary of State standing with her counterparts from Saudi Arabia (right) and Kuwait (left) The Kentucky senator's Twitter feed Sunday night included several references to foreign Clinton donations - and his official website includes a whistle-blowing form where members of the public can forward 'additional information' to Paul's campaign. In light of repeated attacks on the activities of the Clinton Foundation - which is named after Bill, Hillary and their daughter Chelsea - it recently stopped accepting money from all but six foreign governments. Clinton also resigned from the foundation's board when she announced her presidential bid. After the moves, a spokesman said: 'By implementing this new, even stronger and more transparent policy, the Clinton Foundation is reinforcing its commitment to accountability while protecting programs that are improving the lives of millions of people around the world'. | New book, Clinton Cash, points to 'pattern' of donations and rewards .
Says those who gave money to foundation saw favorable outcomes .
Writer Peter Szhweizer points to dealings in Colombia, Haiti, Kazakhstan .
Revelations will be seized upon by Republicans in White House race .
Clinton allies have written of the book as an 'absurd conspiracy theory'
White House declined to categorically rule out any occurrence of wrong doing but said there's no 'tangible evidence to indicate that it did'
President's spokesman said he's not going to be in a position 'every time somebody raises a spurious claim' to 'say that it's not true' | [
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Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel has rejected rumours linking him with a move away from Anfield by declaring he won't be leaving the Premier League side. The Slovakia international has made over 200 league appearances for the Reds since arriving in 2008 but has recently been linked with a summer switch switch to Wolfsburg and Napoli. However, Skrtel has rejected a potential move elsewhere and has said his future remains at Liverpool despite his contract expiring in 2016. Martin Skrtel (left) has been linked with a move to Bundesliga side Wolfsburg and Serie A outfit Napoli . The Liverpool defender played in his side's 2-1 FA Cup semi-final defeat to Aston Villa on Sunday . 'I am not leaving anywhere. Not to Wolfsburg nor to Naples,' he told the Liverpool Echo. Liverpool have endured yet another disappointing campaign this season and are expected to have a clear-out in the summer as they target silverware. But Skrtel's agent Karol Csonto has confirmed it's unlikely the 30-year-old will leave Anfield as he prepares to finalise a new contract. 'The only offer which is lying on Martin Skrtel’s table right now is the extension of his contract from Liverpool,' he said. 'We have been working on the details, and we will be finalising it soon. 'It is not true that he has some offer from the German club. I don’t know anything even about their interest.' Skrtel, pictured above battling with Villa striker Christian Benteke at Wembley, has rejected the rumours . The 30-year-old has made over 200 league appearances for the Reds since arriving at Anfield in 2008 . | Martin Skrtel has been linked with a move to Wolfsburg and Napoli .
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A period of striving came to an end for Liverpool and Brendan Rodgers at the Emirates on Saturday. Hope expired. The manager's 15-minute press conference, where he conceded that his team's chances of qualifying for the Champions League were over, was a requiem for lost opportunities. Rodgers did his best to stay upbeat. The Liverpool manager does not do disconsolate. But he did not pretend that this has not been a difficult season. After their heroic tilt at the title last year, Liverpool have slipped out of contention. It is a bitter pill to swallow for a club that had scented a return to glory. It still feels as if Liverpool are moving forward under Rodgers. It still feels as if he has the confidence, the ability and the strategy to take them back to the top. But there is no disguising the fact that this is an uncomfortable, uncertain time for the manager and his players. Brendan Rodgers admitted Liverpool are unlikely to reach the top four after losing to Arsenal 4-1 on Saturday . Right back Hector Bellerin gave Arsenal the lead as the Gunners went on to win 4-1 at the Emirates . Just four minutes later, Mesut Ozil had doubled the lead for the home side with this brilliant free kick . Alexis Sanchez got in on the goalscoring act just before half-time to give Arsenal an unassailable lead . When they went on a run in which they lost only once in 17 league games from mid-November through to mid-March, it seemed like last season's magic was coming back. But when that 2-1 home defeat by Manchester United was followed by a crushing 4-1 loss to Arsenal, the perspective changed. Suddenly, the troubles are crowding in on Rodgers. He spent much of his press conference answering questions about Raheem Sterling's refusal to sign the new contract he has been offered. It also became clear there was a new controversy involving Mario Balotelli. When asked why Balotelli was not in the squad, Rodgers found it hard to disguise his frustration. 'He took a slight knock to his knee and he deemed it not able to travel with the team,' Rodgers said. 'He felt it was too sore to travel. The medical staff have looked at it but it was just something that he, himself, did not feel comfortable enough to travel with.' The problems with Balotelli, his failure to settle into Rodgers's system, are symbols of the difficulties the club has faced in a season dominated by trying to adapt to life after Luis Suarez and by the long, melancholy farewell to Steven Gerrard, and it has not been easy. Liverpool missed the suspended Gerrard. They missed Martin Skrtel even more. At times, their defending was shambolic. Rodgers spent most of his press conference fielding questions about contract rebel Raheem Sterling . Mario Balotelli was not included in the Liverpool squad to face Arsenal after picking up a slight knock . Rodgers revealed that Balotelli withdrew himself from the squad and did not travel to London . Daniel Sturridge is still feeling his way back from injury and he has not yet rediscovered his confidence. His injury problems added to the sense of loss brought by the transfer of Suarez to Barcelona. Then there is the fact that several of their close-season buys, notably Dejan Lovren, Balotelli and Adam Lallana, have not come close to fulfilling expectations. Emre Can has been a success, Jordan Henderson has had a fine season and Philippe Coutinho has emerged as an outstanding midfielder but nevertheless, failure to make the top four will bring about new problems. Rodgers admitted that the lack of Champions League football would make it harder for the club to hang on to their best players. Wednesday's FA Cup quarter-final replay against Blackburn had now become 'very, very important,' Rodgers admitted. 'The summer was very difficult with losing Luis,' Rodgers said. 'Daniel [Sturridge] was injured from the beginning of the season and the whole integration of new players was an issue. It was like starting again. It was like my first six months. Daniel Sturridge, a second-half substitute at the Emirates, has spent most of the season out injured . It was difficult viewing for Liverpool manager Rodgers as his side imploded in the first half against Arsenal . Long-serving captain Steven Gerrard will leave the cub at the end of the season and join LA Galaxy . 'Up to the defeat against Manchester United we were the form team and playing very, very well. We have been dealt two big blows in these last two games. I very much doubt we will be in the top four now. There is too much ground to make up. That is the realistic view from me. 'Now we must really focus on the FA Cup and that is going to be very, very important for us. There has been a lot of learning that has taken place this year. Young players have improved as the season has gone on and hopefully now we can finish strongly. We need to go into next year and make a really bright start in the opening eight games.' Change is coming. Gerrard, a club icon for nearly 20 years, will be playing in Los Angeles by the time the new season begins. His departure will draw a line under an era at Anfield. Saturday's defeat means that Liverpool's new age will dawn with a team that, once again, has much to prove. | Liverpool were beaten 4-1 by Arsenal at the Emirates on Saturday .
Club's top four hopes have been dealt a massive blow with the defeat .
Liverpool lost to another of their top-four rivals Manchester United before the international break .
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Sheffield Wednesday are ready to offer new contracts to defender Tom Lees and goalkeeper Keiren Westwood. Wednesday equalled their club record of 17 clean sheets in a season on Tuesday night with a 1-0 win over promotion-chasing Brentford. The record has stood since 1978-79 in the days when Jack Charlton was manager. Tom Lees (right) is in line to offered a new deal at Sheffield Wednesday after impressing since joining the club . Lees, who joined last summer from Leeds, has been a key figure and like Westwood is among the contenders for the club's Player of the Year award. He said: 'It would have been a long summer had we not got that clean sheet to equal the club record. It would have been so frustrating because we’ve had so many games to get that one clean sheet.' With three games remaining, naturally, the defender is hoping to go one better. He added: 'Now it would be nice to set a new record. That is our target so we’ll have to see how it goes. The boys who have come in to the back four have done well. 'Our problem recently has been that we haven’t taken our chances, kept clean sheets and seen out games but we did all that against Brentford.' Along with Lees, goalkeeper Kieren Westwood is among the contenders for the club's Player of the Year award . | Sheffield Wednesday beat Brentford 1-0 in the Championship on Tuesday .
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Former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips is suspected of killing his cellmate in a Central California prison, it has emerged. Phillips, who was jailed in 2005, is serving a sentence of more than 31 years for choking his girlfriend in San Diego and driving his car into three teens after a pickup football game in Los Angeles. On Monday, prison officials revealed he is suspected of killing Damion Soward, a 37-year-old inmate from San Bernardino County serving 82 years to life for a first-degree murder conviction. Nebraska's Lawrence Phillips Phillips is suspected of killing his cellmate in a Central California prison . Soward was found lifeless on Saturday morning in the cell he shared with Phillips, 39, at Kern Valley State Prison. He was later pronounced dead, prison spokesman Lt. Marshall Denning said in a statement. Phillips was once one of the nation's top college football players at Nebraska. He played for the St. Louis Rams, until being released in 1997 for insubordination. He also played for the Miami Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers. It wasn't clear if Phillips has an attorney. Prison officials said they suspect a second inmate at the prison of killing his cellmate. It's unclear if the two are related. John Munoz, a 24-year-old sentenced to 42 years on for sexual battery and other charges in Los Angeles County, is suspected of killing cellmate, 41-year-old Rattanak Kim, who was serving a sentence of 35-years to life for conspiracy to commit murder in San Diego County. Prison officials are investigating both deaths along with the Kern County Coroner and Kern County District Attorney, prison officials said. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article. | Lawrence Phillips, 39, was one of the nation's top players for Nebraska .
He was jailed in 2005 and sentenced to 31 years at Kern Valley State Prison .
His cellmate Damion Soward, 37, was found lifeless on Saturday morning .
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Authorities say a second boy has died after his family's car plunged into Los Angeles harbor, killing his 13-year-old brother. The family had left a waterfront restaurant Thursday night when their sedan ran off the road alongside a working dock at the Port of Los Angeles, landing upside down in about 30 feet of water. The boy's parents swam to the surface, but the children were stuck in vehicle. They weren't breathing when rescuers brought them up. The teen died at the hospital several hours later. Coroner investigator Joseph Cronin tells City News Service that the eight-year-old boy died Friday afternoon. Scroll down for video . Pulled from the water: A car plunged off a road into Los Angeles harbor on Thursday, and two children pulled from the submerged vehicle were hospitalized in grave condition. Both have now died . Rescue attempt: The two children pulled from the submerged vehicle by firefighters were hospitalized in grave condition, authorities said . Hero: Firefighter Miguel Meza (left) who dove into the water in San Pedro after a car carrying a family of four plunged into the water has been hailed a hero on the Facebook of City Councilman Joe Buscaino (right) The car left a parking lot at the Ports O' Call entertainment area of San Pedro shortly after 6pm and ran off the road at Berth 73 of the Port of Los Angeles. The car traveled some distance before lurching into the harbor, where it landed upside down in about 30 feet of water just off of Berth 73, Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said. 'They looked like they were doing about 30 mph and turned right off the wharf, right into the water,' said fisherman Ray Prince, 33. 'The car just sunk.' The man came up first and swam quickly to a ladder out of the water, Prince said. 'The poor lady was screaming hysterically. Just screaming. I thought she was going to drown,' he said. The adults were described as being in fair condition but 'clearly emotionally distraught'. Firefighter Miguel Meza, who dove into the water, has been hailed a hero on the Facebook page of Los Angeles City Councilman Joe Buscaino. 'Firefighter Miguel Meza jumped into the water at Berth 73 tonight in San Pedro after a car with a family of four drove into the water. This man is a true hero in the City of Angels and I am so proud of him!, he said. Sucessful search: Divers emerge from the water as debris believed to be from the car floats to the surface where a car went off the berth and into the water . Divers working in murky water searched the car and even opened the trunk, but they found no one else in it, Humphrey said. The cause of the accident was under investigation. 'We don't know at this time whether it was an accident or an intentional event,' Humphrey said. Nearly 100 firefighters, divers and helicopter and boat crews went to the scene, Humphrey said. ABC reports that the event that led up the incident remain unknown. Witnesses told police that they heard screeching tires before the car made the plunge. Two dead: One of the children who fell into the LA Harbor died Thursday, while a second was confirmed as dead on Friday . | Car plunged off a road into Los Angeles harbor on Thursday .
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Faithless’ dance anthem ‘Insomnia’ booms out seconds before games at Fulham, and it’s rather apt for Kit Symons. His sleepless nights must be becoming all the more frequent as these haunting weeks go by. Down rained the boos yet again from a disgruntled bunch of supporters who deserve so much more than this; far more than a team lacking identity and direction. Those fans will quite rightly point to the fact their side were out-played for large parts against Rotherham, a club with a far inferior budget and experience at this level. They are losing faith in their manager, even though Fulham should retain their Championship status from here. Ross McCormack (left) pokes home the equaliser but Fulham were unable to push on for the winner . That they came away with a point was down to poor finishing from the Yorkshire visitors, nothing more. Ross McCormack came to the rescue after Matt Derbyshire’s early opener to spare blushes. Fulham just want this wretched campaign over. ‘First half we were awful,’ Symons said. ‘Second half was a huge improvement to a bit better than awful. We’re limping closer. ‘The sooner we get the points needed the sooner I’ll start sleeping in an evening.’ That spoke volumes. Kit Symons (centre) admitted his side were second best and says the club need to rebuild in the summer . ‘It is slow and it’s painful. We need to rebuild in the summer. It’s an anxious period - people are concerned. The players did show good character to come from behind.’ Steve Evans’ team still await their fate after being charged for fielding an ineligible player, Farrend Rawson, during the win against Brighton earlier this month. Should the Football League follow the precedent set with AFC Wimbledon last year, the Millers will find themselves lumped with a three-point deduction. When that judgement is to be made remains unclear - although it almost certainly will come before the final day on May 2 - meaning the relegation dogfight could go to the wire, with resurgent Millwall enjoying a game in hand. Rotherham knew points must be won here, and set about bossing proceedings from the very first minute. Matt Derbyshire (centre) pokes home the opener after four minutes to put Steve Evans' side in the lead . Fulham XI: Bettinelli, Richards, Turner, Burn, Husband, Parker, Guthrie, Tunnicliffe (Hoogland - 54), Ruiz, McCormack, Smith . Subs not used: Kiraly, Stafylidis, Hutchinson, Woodrow, Rodallega, Kavanagh . Goals: McCormack 67 . Booked: Guthrie, Burn, Turner . Rotherham XI: Martinez, Hunt, Morgan, Broadfoot, Lafferty; Smallwood, Arnason, Frecklington, Pringle; Ward, Derbyshire . Subs not used: Collin, Wilson, Wood, Hammill, Bowery, Milsom, Green . Goals: Derbyshire 4 . Booked: Broadfoot . Referee: Andy Davies . How it came to pass that Matt Derbyshire might’ve put the visitors three goals up inside the first four minutes will mystify Symons. Eventually the former Olympiacos striker settled for one, the simplicity galling for a club who were facing Tottenham this time a year ago. Firstly Derbyshire clipped wide inside the six-yard box before the long legs of Dan Burn prevented him from tapping home seconds later. But Fulham fell asleep from Ben Pringle’s corner to present Derbyshire with a third opportunity and he wasn’t to miss, stabbing in from close range to signal the Craven Cottage dissenters to find their voice. Matt Smith’s header was cleared off the line in an instant reply, but Symons’ side looked shot, as they had been here against Brentford and Wigan previously. And they allowed Derbyshire in again, this time Burn misreading a high ball, but he was thwarted by Marcus Bettinelli. Danny Ward squandered a glorious chance from 12 yards, skewing a shot wide as Fulham continued to be carved open. Bryan Ruiz (10) is denied a goal by the on-rush Arsenal loanee Emiliano Martinez of Rotherham . Fulham's remaining fixtures: Blackpool (A), Middlesbrough (H),Norwich (A) Rotherham's remaining fixtures: Norwich (H), Reading (H), Leeds (A) Kirk Broadfoot was guilty of missing a superb chance from another corner and the central defender later struck a post. Saying they could have scored five before the break isn’t hyperbolic. 'They could've been out of sight,' admitted Symons. Bryan Ruiz spurned a good opportunity for the hosts, McCormack then failing to stretch far enough to covert at the back post. Every stray pass was met with groans, each overhit cross with sighs. Many are resigned to these turgid displays, but more than a small section just will not accept it. Symons was bailed out by McCormack though, who got on the end of Scott Parker’s pass to poke in a 67th-minute equaliser. It was a rare moment of quality, but edges them closer to safety. Matt Smith (centre) was unable to continue his good goalscoring form for the Cottagers . ‘The goal is a blatant handball by McCormack,’ Rotherham assistant Paul Raynor fumed. ‘We dominated possession and created a number of opportunities.’ ‘You hope something’s going to fall for us. One thing that can never be labelled against our team is a lot of character and desire. That’s the minimum we expect. We’re enjoying the challenge and had a difficult week. A good word to use is defiance.’ Symons added: ‘I’ve seen the goal again and there’s probably an element of doubt, but I’d expect them to have a moan about it.’ The goal gave the whole place a lift, Smith unfortunate not to win a penalty after Craig Morgan’s shove and substitute Tim Hoogland thumped a header over when unmarked at the back post. Oddly, one point may have been three but that would’ve merely masked glaring deficiencies. For all the talk of difficulties, staying in the division is the only thing that matters. Time for Fulham to press reset and start again. | Fulham scrapped a draw at home to fellow strugglers Rotherham .
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Ross McCormack poked home an equaliser in the second half .
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Real Madrid closed the gap on Barcelona to just two points at the top of La Liga, but will be praying injuries to Gareth Bale and Luka Modric don't derail their season. Both Los Blancos stars were substituted as Carlo Ancelotti's side struggled to overcome a spirited Malaga, who had chances to snatch a draw. Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty but provided goals for Sergio Ramos and James Rodriguez, before adding the third himself, as Madrid kept within touching distance of league leaders Barcelona. Sergio Ramos celebrates scoring for Real Madrid in the 24th-minute against Malaga . Real Madrid captain Ramos celebrates with his team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo . James Rodriguez made it 2-0 for Real Madrid in the 69th-minute after Ronaldo had missed a penalty . Malaga then pulled one back but Ronaldo look delighted after making up for his earlier miss to make it 3-1 . Real Madrid: Casillas, Pepe, Ramos, Marcelo, Arbeloa (Carvajal 76'), Kroos, Rodriguez, Modric (Illarramendi 60'), Isco, Ronaldo, Bale (Hernandez 5') Subs not used: Navas, Silva, Fernandez, Jese . Booked: Arbeloa, Kroos . Goals: Ramos 24' Rodriguez 69' Ronaldo 90' Malaga: Kameni, Angeleri, Roseles, Boka, Sanchez, Amrabat, Garcia, Recio (Damian Tissone 75'), Castillejo (Horta 81'), Darder (Duda 87), Juanmi . Subs not used: Guerra, Ochoa, Torres, Filipenko . Booked: Sanchez, Damian Tissone . Goals: Juanmi 71' After just four minutes, Bale's game was over. The Welshman tenderly touched his calf and made a pulling motion with his hands to the bench as he left the pitch, which might imply internal muscle damage. Given that Karim Benzema was injured after a brutal Champions League encounter with City rivals Atletico Madrid in midweek, Bale's injury took the famous "BBC" strikeforce just down to C. That's the grade you'd give it too, in 2015, when compared to the performances of Barcelona's trio. Isco came in for Benzema, with the Frenchman's injury solving a problem that was brewing at Real Madrid, with Carlo Ancelotti having to choose between the former Malaga man, and James Rodriguez. The latter was chosen over the former to face Atletico, leading to stories of angst on Isco's part, but the issue was resolved by Benzema's timely absence. Modric, meanwhile, was taken out by a Recio challenge in the second half. It wasn't too fierce a tackle, but the Croatian took a strong knock to his knee and is now a doubt for Wednesday's second leg against Atletico. Malaga, having beaten Barcelona at Camp Nou earlier this season, and drawn with champions Atletico Madrid last week, are no La Liga whipping boys and they came to the Santiago Bernabeu with the belief they could win. Nordin Amrabat, on loan from Galatasaray, charged forward battling with Pepe, escaped the Real Madrid defender and crossed for Juanmi, but the forward couldn't connect and the chance was gone. The Dutchman stung Iker Casillas' fingertips with a strike from distance, the veteran stopper tipping his effort behind for a corner. Carlos Idriss Kameni was forced into a similar save at the other end, spectacularly flicking a header from Bale's replacement, Javier Hernandez, over the bar. Gareth Bale went down injured after less than five minutes at the Bernabeu . The Welsh forward was forced to go off to be replaced in the early stages of proceedings . Ramos tucks the ball in to open the scoring for Real Madrid at the Bernabeu . The defender slides on his knees in front of the Real Madrid fans after netting . Real Madrid broke the deadlock in controversial fashion, when Ronaldo fired in a free kick from the left and Ramos rammed home from close range. The defender seemed fractionally offside, but despite Kameni's cries, the goal was allowed to stand. The Cameroonian goalkeeper was called into action again shortly afterwards, making a fine save down to his right from a James volley. With the most expensive player in the world off the pitch, the second most expensive was having fun. Ronaldo pulled off a quite ridiculous backheel-nutmeg on Marcos Angeleri. In the following minute Ramos had the ball in the net again, nodding home a Toni Kroos free-kick, but this time the officials spotted he was offside and ruled it out. Malaga flew down the other end and created a magnificent opportunity, which Sergi Darder blazed over the bar when he should have found the net. Juanmi's cross was half-cleared by Marcelo and Darder pounced, but lacked balance and spooned his strike off-target from eight yards. Amrabat, flying down the right early in the second half, tried to find Juanmi with a low cross, but it flew past the forward and Casillas gathered it. Ronaldo had the perfect opportunity to put the game beyond Malaga when James was taken down in the box by Samu Castillejo, but lacked his characteristic cool and fired the penalty against the left upright. Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas dives to the floor to grab the ball against Malaga during the La Liga clash . Real Madrid forward Ronaldo (right) in action against Malaga's Samuel Garcia at the Bernabeu . Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti watches on from the sidelines during his side's clash with Malaga . But Real Madrid didn't have long to wait for their second, with James scoring in spectacular fashion just a minute later. He played two one-twos on the edge of the box with Isco and Ronaldo, before lashing the ball into Kameni's top right corner. Game over? Not quite. Malaga were straight down the other end and on the scoresheet, with Roberto Rosales whipping the ball in from the right for Juanmi to head home. Amrabat had a chance to run through after a Marcelo mis-step - this was a rare poor performance for the Brazilian - but Kroos resorted to a blatant kick to stop him. The German went into the book, with the foul a symbol of how Madrid were struggling to prevent the Andalusian side from getting forward on the break. Ronaldo saw his second-half penalty hit the post after Malaga goalkeeper Carlos Kameni had gone the right way . Real Madrid forward Ronaldo looks frustrated after missing a penalty during the second half . But Rodriguez soon doubled Real Madrid's lead just a couple of minutes after Ronaldo had missed the penalty . Ronaldo celebrates after securing the 3-1 victory late on after Malaga had pulled one back . Ronaldo's evening was saved on a personal level at the end, with Hernandez selflessly squaring the ball for the forward to tap home at the far post. His celebration was excessive, considering Madrid had essentially won the game and it was a simple finish, but that's what happens when you have to keep up with the Joneses. Or in this case, the Messis. The Argentine had scored for Barcelona earlier, so Ronaldo would have left frustrated had he not been able to replicate Messi's effort, grabbing his 39th goal of the season in La Liga, and his 50th in all competitions. Ronaldo became the first ever player to net 50 goals in five consecutive seasons, an incredible statistic, but Ancelotti's mind will now turn to Wednesday night and another incredible statistic. He has faced Atletico Madrid seven times so far this season and not won a single game. Will he be forced to try it without Modric and Bale in the eighth? | Sergio Ramos opened the scoring for Real Madrid in the first half at the Bernabeu .
Cristiano Ronaldo then hit the post with a penalty before James Rodriguez nets .
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Petrol heads suffering Top Gear withdrawals will be pleased to know the car show-sized hole in their lives will soon be filled by the return of For the Love of Cars for a second series. The Channel 4 programme, hosted by actor Philip Glenister and car designer Ant Anstead, celebrates the duo's love affair with classic cars. And each episode looks at the history of various types of vehicles, as the pair give old-bangers a new lease of life by restoring them to their former glory. Actor Philip Glenister and car designer Ant Anstead return to present a new series of For The Love of Cars . A teaser from the first episode shows Glenister – perhaps most recognisable behind the wheel of a red Audi Quattro while playing Gene Hunt in Ashes to Ashes – test driving an Aston Martin Vantage. Revving the engine before taking off at speed around a winding country road, Glenister appears to wipe the colour from Anstead's face before stating: 'This is Bond.' The second series also sees the pair broaden their horizon by working on a number of foreign-manufactured cars as opposed to just primarily British ones. Additionally, they work on more than one vehicle per episode and complete stalled restoration projects, instead of just finding dilapidated cars to fix. The finished products are then auctioned off at the end of every programme, and Anstead admits that the quality of the restorations make it hard for the owners to let go. He said: ‘You have to remember, these cars have a special place in the hearts of these people, for various different reasons. Glenister and Anstead speed around a bend as they test drive a classic Aston Martin Vantage . ‘For somebody to let go of something that important to them is hard enough, but when they see the results at the end of the restoration, it’s really tough. ‘These are jobs that they’ve not been able to finish themselves.’ The cars featured in the series include a quintessentially British Aston Martin DBS, which was brought back to life after been recovered from a barn in Oxfordshire. For The Love of Cars series two is branching out beyond just British vehicle makeovers . And a Rover SD1 police car – the classic panda car of the early 1980s – which features in a race conducted by the show’s presenters, to find out what side of the law had a speed advantage. The pair also restore two of the most iconic cars to ever come out of Europe – a run-down Fiat 500 and a VW Beetle. The first episode of For the Love of Cars will broadcast on Channel 4 on Sunday, April 19 at 8pm. | The second series is hosted by Philip Glenister and Ant Anstead .
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QPR manager Chris Ramsey is convinced he is the right man to bring long-term success to Loftus Road - whether Rangers are relegated or not. Ramsey has overseen just one victory since he was appointed permanent manager in February but four points from games against Aston Villa and West Brom, and a narrow defeat to Chelsea, have revived hopes of survival. West Ham's Sam Allardyce and Bournemouth's Eddie Howe have both been linked with Ramsey's job in the summer but the former Tottenham coach believes it would be unfair for his future to depend on Rangers avoiding the drop. QPR manager Chris Ramsey is convinced he is the right man to bring long-term success to Loftus Road . 'I wouldn't say I'm expecting the sack (if QPR are relegated) but I've been in the game a long time and you have to be realistic about what generally happens, whether it's fair or not fair,' Ramsey said. 'I'm going to say it would be unfair because I'll be shopping in Lidl instead of Waitrose, I'll have a different shopping basket. 'I have to look at it from my personal point of view. The club have to do the best for their long term and if it's not me, I'd fully support whatever they decided to do. But I think it is me. 'I think the club long-term needs someone like me to have a holistic approach of building the club.' Ramsey worked with Tim Sherwood at Tottenham's academy, nurturing the likes of Harry Kane, Ryan Mason and Nabil Bentaleb - all of whom have thrived at White Hart Lane this season. Rangers have hung their survival hopes on experienced, and often expensive, signings but Ramsey believes he can carry out the club's wish for a more joined-up strategy. The 52-year-old is a popular and respected man within the game, with aspirations of getting the full-time job . 'I think the chairman wants to go that way because we need to keep that stability at the club for the long term,' Ramsey said. 'At Tottenham, it took us nearly a decade to get them where they are, where you could churn out player after player after player to have loads more ready to bolster the squad even if they weren't quite ready. 'At the moment we might only have three or four that could bolster the squad. 'In order to get that correct development you need to be patient but if you do get it right you set the club up for a long time.' Reports suggest that Ramsey could link up with friend Tim Sherwood (left) at Aston Villa in the summer . Rangers are two points adrift of safety having played a game more than the three teams above them and Saturday's game at home to West Ham looks crucial given the club's next two fixtures are away to Manchester City and Liverpool. Ramsey, however, insists he is not feeling the pressure. 'I had more sleepless nights at Tottenham,' Ramsey said. 'Sometimes it's harder when you're the number two, you want the number one to do so well and you're trying your best to help them. 'At the moment it is just myself and I know exactly what I want. 'The only thing here is the fans are so fantastic, they have travelled away with us and been brilliant, and I've had quite good dialogue with the owners. West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has been linked with Ramsey's job in the summer . 'It's not about sleepless nights, it's more trying to make sure the people around the club have well-deserved success.' West Ham have endured a disappointing second half to the campaign, winning just twice since the turn of the year and slipping to 10th in the table. Allardyce, whose contract expires in the summer, is not expected to remain at Upton Park next season but Ramsey issued a warning to Hammers fans. 'Sam made a comment if he was called Allerdici he'd get more plaudits and I agree with him,' Ramsey said. 'He'd be called a fantastic tactician. They were top half of the table for the first half of the season. 'If it was the other way round and they'd only moved into the top half now, they'd say he'd been brilliant. So it's only perception. 'At the end of the day, you have to be careful what you wish for.' | Chris Ramsey has overseen just one victory since he was appointed permanent manager in February .
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QPR face West Ham at Loftus Road on Saturday .
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(CNN)Thousands remain missing in Nepal after a devastating earthquake struck the region on Saturday. A majority of them are Nepalese, Indian and Chinese residents, but a handful are adventurers, trekkers and vacationers who have not been heard from since the catastrophe. Technology has played a huge role in helping families share their worries, ask for help and search for their missing loved ones. Several organizations, such as Google and the Red Cross, have published features about the missing on their websites. And on CNN iReport, dozens of people have filed reports pleading for information that might help them locate their missing friends and relatives. The death toll in Nepal is rising; it has now surpassed more than 5,000. Though the news is mostly heartbreaking and worrisome, there have been stories of survival, of families reconnecting with loved ones days after the disaster. The walk of survival . After hearing about devastation in Nepal, Ahmed Shadmann of Bangladesh reached out to his nation's embassy in Nepal, made calls to old college contacts in South Asia and posted pleas on social media to help find his younger sister Raisaa Tashnova. Tashnova, 25, was with a group of friends at The Last Resort, a spa-like resort near the border with China. When the earthquake struck, she was getting ready for a group excursion, a canyon swing. She could see the ground splitting apart beneath her feet. What scared her most was seeing large boulders crashing down from the mountains above. She prayed she wouldn't be crushed. She ran from the toppling boulders and shielded herself. When the tremors subsided, Tashnova and her friends huddled together and camped on higher ground overnight, expecting to be rescued. When three days passed and no one came to their aid, the group decided to take their chances and leave the confines of the resort. The walk toward Kathmandu was treacherous. The roads near the resort were mostly blocked or in bad shape because of a landslide. But the worst part was the smell of rotting flesh, which permeated the air as she passed countless villages flattened by the quake. "It was a walk of survival," she said. "My brain refused to feel anything apart from putting one leg before the other until the mountains were left behind." Tashnova hiked six hours through mountainous terrain toward Nepal's capital. After navigating down tricky mountain slopes, she and her friends came across a village and hitched a ride on a local bus. She was able to connect with her family, nearly four days after the quake, from the airport in Kathmandu while waiting for the next flight to Bangladesh. She was exhausted. She hadn't showered or slept since before the quake. When Shadmann got the call from his sister, he said it felt fantastic. "What was surprising is that her voice sounded very strong. It didn't seem like she had gone through a terrible episode in her life," he said. There was little information . Dr. Carol Pineda and her husband, Michael MacDonald, of Massachusetts, were vacationing in Nepal when the quake struck. Her brother, James Pineda, got news of the disaster from a friend. It wasn't until he heard the high casualty figures and reports about the avalanches that he started to get scared. He was prepared for the worst, knowing they were traveling to a Himalayan base camp in Nepal. But that was basically all he knew. James combed through what little information his sister left for him before the trip, but it didn't include the name of the tour group or the hotel where they were staying. He took to social media and started emailing and calling hiking groups that operated in Nepal, but no one was getting back to him. On Sunday, he managed to get inside his sister's apartment in Boston and find documents with information on the trekking company the pair were using. It wasn't until that evening, after emailing the company, that he got a short reply saying that his sister and her husband were safe. But that was all the information he had, and he wanted to hear directly from his sister, so he took to Twitter to see what other people were doing to track down loved ones. Several strangers who were in the same location as the couple responded to his inquiries on social media, saying they were fine. "It was incredible to see people that were stranded themselves over there wanting to help me. At least now we knew they were safe," he said. On Monday, the couple left a voicemail for MacDonald's parents saying they were making their way to the Kathmandu in hopes of catching a flight out. Only one phone call left . Janaki Parajuli, a Nepalese tour guide, was busy Saturday morning, leading a tour group of 17 senior citizens -- nine Americans, five Canadians and three Nepalese -- from Kathmandu to Tibet. They had stopped for lunch at Liping village, just near the border, when the magnitude 7.8 quake struck. Once the tremors eased, Parajuli noticed that his cell phone had died. His connection with the outside world had vanished. Worse, he had a group of older travelers and a short supply of food and water. One American in the group had an international cell phone, but its battery was quickly dying. Unable to contact anyone in the area, Parajuli made one last attempt, calling his daughter. Thousands of miles away, in Louisiana, Jyotsna Parajuli picked up that call. Her father explained the situation: The roads were blocked and there was no way to get back to Kathmandu or enter into Tibet. The only way to escape was by helicopter. Jyotsna learned from the U.S. Embassy that a family had hired a private rescue team, working with the Nepalese army, to rescue the stranded tourists by helicopter, but the team was unable to land because of bad weather. Other rescue and relief operations in the region have faced similar weather issues. Crews planning to help those desperately in need are having to wait for storms to subside. Parajuli was told later that 23 people were rescued from the area and left on a bus headed for Kathmandu, but she wasn't sure if her father or his tour group were among them. "All the people in the group are 60 years old or older. My dad said two Americans in the group were sick because of the weather and altitude, and since the people were older, they couldn't walk to help," she said. Now she is anxiously waiting for the weather to clear, and hoping to hear her father's voice again. If you are looking for someone, we invite you to share your story on CNN iReport. See scenes from Nepal after the earthquake . CNN's Sarah Brown and Anne Claire Stapleton contributed to this report. | Thousands remain missing in Nepal after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck .
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Ethiopian Airlines passengers were forced to endure a frustrating experience when their plane had to divert to Mumbai’s primary airport twice on the same day. Indian media reported that the Boeing 777-300ER first diverted to Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport to refuel about eight hours into its flight from southern China to Addis Ababa. After topping up it departed for Bole International Airport in the Ethiopian capital, but was forced to return after the flight crew declared an emergency shortly after take-off. A 10-hour flight turned into a lengthy delay as an Ethiopian Airlines plane diverted twice to Mumbai . Flight ET607 was carrying 283 passengers and 14 crew members from Guangzhou, China when it had to change course and refuel in Mumbai at about 4:15am local time yesterday. The twin-engine plane departed for Ethiopia at 7:30am, but was forced to turn back as it flew over the Arabian Sea. It made an emergency landing in Mumbai due to engine trouble, Mid-Day reported. The plane was taken out of service for an inspection and any necessary repairs, meaning passengers were forced to disembark and enter the airport terminal. After stopping to refuel the Boeing 777-300ER, travelling from Guangzhou, China, departed for Addis Ababa . The plane turned around over the Arabian Sea and returned due to engine trouble, Indian media reported . They had to go through customs before being transferred to a hotel approximately 12 hours after their original departure, Mid-Day reported. The flight to Addis Ababa was supposed to arrive in a little more than 10 hours without any stops. MailOnline Travel has contacted Ethiopian Airlines for comment. The flight diversions occurred just days after the state-owned carrier was named one of the world’s most reliable airlines. Travel website WanderBrat put Ethiopian Airlines sixth on its list, with Qatar Airways claiming top spot thanks to its flight punctuality, modern fleet and minimal surcharges for passengers. | Plane was flying from Guangzhou, China to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia .
Boeing 777-300ER was forced to land in Mumbai the first time to refuel .
It departed but had to return due to engine trouble, Indian media reported .
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(CNN)He might have just won one of sport's most prestigious events, but it wasn't long before Jordan Spieth's thoughts turned to his autistic sister in the glow of victory. The 21-year-old golfer equaled Tiger Woods' 1997 record winning score of 18 under par to realize his childhood ambitions of donning the green jacket on Sunday as he swept through the field to become Masters champion at Augusta. An ice-cool display made him the second-youngest winner -- behind only Woods, who was 155 days younger that year -- and only the fifth man to have led from start to finish over the tournament's four days. "I miss her a lot, and I wish she could have been here," Spieth told CNN's Don Riddell in the aftermath of his triumph as he opened up about younger sibling Ellie, who was not able to attend the tournament. "But I can't wait to get back to her and maybe let her try on the jacket. "I'll have to bring her back a present from here. That's what she'll be expecting." Amid all the pressure of playing professional golf, Spieth's 14-year-old sister provides him with perspective. "How has she shaped my upbringing? Well, she's the most special part of our family. She's the funniest part of our family," he said. "I love having her around. She's an incredible sister, my biggest supporter. She is somebody who you can watch and then reflect on the big picture of life and understand that all these frustrations in a day, or in a round of golf, are really secondary. "We wouldn't have that realization without her." At the age of just 14, the prodigy from Texas -- who was named after basketball legend Michael Jordan -- had been clear about what he wanted: his aim was to take the Masters title one day. And he betrayed virtually no sign of nerves throughout his stunningly dominant performance, letting slip only a muttered "oh dear" when he marginally sliced a tee shot halfway through the final round. Last year, Spieth lost the lead just before the nine-hole turn on the last day -- but he never looked like being denied this time, beating Phil Mickelson's Masters record of 26 birdies for good measure. "To sit with this jacket on and to be a part of the history of Augusta National and the Masters was something I watched slip away last year," said Spieth, who described the reality of winning as "even better" than his dreams. "I had a chip on my shoulder (about that). I carried some momentum into this week and it all came together, right at the right time." Shown a picture of himself wearing one of the most coveted pieces of clothing in sport, Spieth, born in Dallas, added: "Putting on the jacket, it looks good. It looks good. I'm OK wearing green!" He couldn't stop grinning as he said that he hoped to be finishing his final Masters appearance in 50 years' time, but added that he would "still remember what it was like walking up the 18th hole today." And as he looked less far ahead, he revealed that he would be staying true to his roots at next year's Champions Dinner. Asked what he would put on the menu for that event, he said: "It would be some form of Texas BBQ." The unassuming Spieth's success brings to mind other stars whose supreme ability and self-belief saw them become major champions in the early days of their careers. In 1985, German tennis player Boris Becker stunned Wimbledon when, at the age of 17, he defeated Kevin Curren to become the event's youngest ever men's champion -- a record that still stands today. Becker said people "thought I had done something I wasn't supposed to do, something that shouldn't have been possible. But I did it -- and then I did it again at 18, just to make the point." American player Michael Chang was 118 days younger than Becker when he won the French Open in 1989, while Swiss star Martina Hingis was just 16 when she triumphed at the 1997 Australian Open. Last year, at the age of only 15, Martin Odegaard became Norway's youngest international footballer when he played in a friendly against the United Arab Emirates, provoking huge media interest and the attention of Europe's top clubs, before he signed for Spanish giant Real Madrid. For them, as for Spieth, perhaps success was meant to be from the earliest days. And as he looked at a picture of himself with a golf club in hand, taken at the age of 6 or 7 at his grandparents' home in North Carolina, he reflected on the determination that had put him in the green jacket, referring to another Major winner. "How about the focus on that swing?" he asked. "That's a little John Daly-like there, isn't it?" | Jordan Spieth hails autistic younger sibling as his biggest supporter .
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Ten top doctors sent a letter to Columbia University urging the school to remove TV celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz from his faculty position because he is a 'charlatan' who promotes 'quack treatments'. Dr Oz, 54, is the vice chairman and professor of surgery at Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons. The Harvard-educated doctor joined the faculty at Columbia in 1993. Scroll down for video . Ten top doctors sent a letter to Columbia University urging the school to remove TV celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz from his faculty position because he is a 'charlatan' who promotes 'quack treatments' The doctors sent the letter to Lee Goldman, the dean of Columbia's Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine. Dr Henry Miller of California's Stanford University led the effort and he was the first person to sign the letter, the New York Daily News reported. Columbia's Medical and Health Sciences Center . Miller said: 'He's a quack and a fake and a charlatan. 'I think I know the motivation at Columbia. 'They're star-struck, and like having on their faculty the best-known doctor in the country. 'But the fact is that his advice endangers patients, and this doesn't seem to faze them.' The nine other doctors from across the country included Dr Joel Tepper, a cancer researcher from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, and Dr Gilbert Ross of the American Council on Science and Health in New York City. The physicians accused Dr Oz of pushing 'miracle' weight-loss supplements with no scientific proof that they work. The doctors wrote that Oz, for years a world-class Columbia cardiothoracic surgeon, has 'misled and endangered' the public. The letter read: 'He has manifested an egregious lack of integrity by promoting quack treatments and cures in the interest of personal financial gain. 'Thus, Dr Oz is guilty of either outrageous conflicts of interest or flawed judgments about what constitutes appropriate medical treatments, or both. From left to right, Dr Phil McGraw, financial advisor Suze Orman, host Oprah Winfrey, Dr Mehmet Oz and interior designer Nate Berkus participate in The Oprah Winfrey Show live from Radio City Music Hall in 2010 . The New York Ivy League school responded Thursday, issuing a statement to The Associated Press saying only that the school 'is committed to the principle of academic freedom and to upholding faculty members' freedom of expression for statements they make in public discussion.' Dr Oz first came to public attention as a frequent television guest of Oprah Winfrey. For the past five years, he's been the host of The Dr Oz Show. Last year, he appeared before a US Senate panel that accused him of endorsing products that were medically unsound. At the time, the doctor acknowledged some of the products he advised his viewers to use 'don't have the scientific muster to present as fact.' A show representative did not immediately return a call Thursday from the AP seeking comment. As vice chairman of Columbia's surgery department, Dr Oz still occasionally teaches, said Douglas Levy, spokesman for the Columbia University Medical Center. | Mehmet Oz is on staff at Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons .
Dr Oz is the vice chairman and professor of surgery at the medical school .
Group of ten top doctors sent letter to school urging for Oz's dismissal .
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Tokyo (CNN)A former school principal in Japan says he paid for sex with more than 12,000 women -- some of them girls as young as 14 -- during repeated visits to the Philippines over more than a quarter of a century, according to police. Now, at the age of 64, he's facing criminal charges. Japanese police say they arrested the man, Yuhei Takashima, on Wednesday over allegations he photographed an obscene act with a girl of 13 or 14 and produced pornography in a hotel room in Manila, the Philippine capital. Police officers seized 147,600 photos that Takashima took of his activities over the years, said Takeshi Akimoto, the police officer in charge of crime involving minors in Kanagawa, a prefecture south of Tokyo. The pictures were kept in more than 400 photo albums, he said. Takashima, who comes from the city of Yokohama, told police that he began paying for sex with women in 1988 when he went to work at a Japanese school in Manila. He said that stepping outside of moral codes relieved the heavy pressure he felt at work, according to police. Takashima told police that he continued to pay for sex because it was so cheap. After the end of his three-year stint at the school in Manila, he frequently returned to the Philippines on vacations in order to buy sex. He said the ages of the prostitutes he hired ranged from 14 to over 70. The Philippines is a notorious destination for sex tourists, including pedophiles. The country's sex industry is tied to human trafficking and feeds off the high poverty rate. Akimoto, the police officer, said Takashima's case had been under investigation since 2013. The incident for which he was arrested is believed to have taken place in Manila in January 2014. Yokohama education authorities said that Takashima became a junior high school teacher in 1975 and was sent to work at the school in Manila between 1988 and 1991. He served as a junior high school principal from 2008 until his retirement in 2011. The education authorities said that the crime was very regrettable, if proven to be true, and that the city government works hard to try to prevent inappropriate actions. CNN's Yoko Wakatsuki reported from Tokyo, and Jethro Mullen wrote from Hong Kong. | Police: Yuhei Takashima, 64, says he had sex with girls as young as 14 in Philippines .
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With the date of their hugely anticipated bout less than a month away, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao's training intensity has hit gruelling levels ahead of the clash in Las Vegas. Mayweather is as renowned for showing off his extravagant lifestyle as he is for going undefeated in his professional career. But the latest pictures released from his training camp, appearing to show him hanging a weight from his head, displays the extreme level he hits in order to be as fit as possible for his fights. Manny Pacquiao (right) poses alongside actor Mark Wahlberg, who visited the Filipino at training . Floyd Mayweather released two pictures from his training camp appearing hold a weight from his head . Mayweather (left) takes on Pacquiao in a £160million mega-fight in Las Vegas on May 2 . Mayweather (left) appeared to take his training intensity to a new height before his meeting with Pacquiao . As for Pacquiao, he had a famous visitor check up on his preparations for May 2. Actor Mark Wahlberg stopped by to see the Filipino going through his paces and Pacquiao took to Twitter to thank him for stopping by. 'Thank you @mark_wahlberg for visiting me and supporting me at training in preparation for May 2. Thank you Lord,' Pacquiao wrote alongside the image of the pair. But despite taking time out from his training to meet Wahlberg, Pacquiao made sure it was known he has not backed off the intensity of his regime. 'Don't make training easy,' Pacquiao said on Twitter. 'Make it harder so that you will get better.' Pacquiao also tweeted a picture showing the physical shape he is in with another 27 days to go before the meeting with Mayweather. Mayweather (left) goes through his paces in training while Pacquiao released a picture of his physical shape . Mayweather (right) released a series of pictures of his training camp to social media sight Shots . Pacquiao and Mayweather's clash will be a reported £160million mega-fight, with Pacquiao seeking to inflict a first ever defeat upon Mayweather. The 36-year-old Pacquiao also uploaded a picture to his Twitter page away from training with his daughter. 'My daughter wrote in her What I like about my Dad book #46 'I am so happy that you are a great husband to mommy.' Pacquiao said. Mayweather, meanwhile, shared an image of him listening to music to wind down from his training schedule. Mayweather (right) is seeking to avoid a first ever career defeat when he takes on Pacquiao . Pacquiao uploaded a pictire of him enjoying time with his daughter, away from his training base . Mayweather relaxes away from his training camp by listening to some music . | Manny Pacquiao took time out from training to meet Mark Wahlberg .
Floyd Mayweather shared a picture of him holding a weight with his head .
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For one determined Texas teen, accomplishing a goal on a list of things to do before turning 21 was caught in a touching moment. As Ben Sunderman, 19, who has Down syndrome waited to find out whether he got a spot on the special education internship with Embassy Suites, the anticipation was overwhelming for the family. In the video filmed by his mother, he thoroughly looks over the letter on April 10 as she anxiously interrupts him wanting to know the decision - which he does not reveal until the end shouting 'I get it. I get the job!' With hugs, laughs and excitement all around, the priceless reaction left him and his family with big smiles. Scroll down for video . For Texas teen Ben Sunderman, it was a proud moment (above) last week when he ticked a goal of getting a job off his list of things to do before turning 21 that was captured on video . During the three-minute video posted onto Facebook by his dad Scott Sunderman, Ben reads the letter and his mom eagerly interrupts asking if he got it which he quiets her several times (left). Once he finishes reading it, he freezes with shock as he takes in the news (right) During the three-minute video posted onto Facebook by Ben's father, Scott Sunderman, the family is in their kitchen while his mother Sharon Sunderman is filming the moment. As Ben begins to read the letter, he is heard saying 'congratulations' to which is mom says 'Ben what does that mean?' He quiets her by putting up his hand and continues to read the letter but hilariously she cannot contain her excitement and keeps stopping him as he reads. Ben shouts 'I get it, I get the job!' as he rushes over to his dad and leaps into his arms as they embrace in a big hug . Ben's mom, Sharon (pictured above with her husband Scott) said they always encouraged their son to do everything he could do . Once he finishes reading the letter in its entirety, he puts it down and freezes with shock as he takes in the news. He then looks at his parents and shouts 'I got a job' as he rushes over to his dad and leaps into his arms as they embrace in a big hug. His mom is heard cheering loudly as they all celebrate over his acceptance letter for the internship. Ben puts up both of his fists as he finally has accomplished one of the things on his list before turning 21 - which also includes building his muscles and finding a girlfriend. But for the 19-year-old, this achievement comes behind a line of others. Last year, his mom said he won the title of prom king by a landslide, according to ABC. Last year, Ben's mom said he won prom king by a landslide at school (pictured above) Ben was one of 12 students with special needs who earned a spot on the internship which will begin in August . 'We just always encouraged him to do everything he could do,' she told ABC. 'He does his laundry like his siblings, makes his bed like his siblings.' His internship - which he applied for through Project Search, a program that helps children with disabilities progress from high school to the working world - will begin in August. Ben will travel from his home where he lives with his parents in McKinney to the hotel via public transportation, working eight hours for the internship. Only 11 other students with special needs received an acceptance letter for the placement that will teach them skills in administrative services and housekeeping at Embassy Suites, Nicole Buvari from the company told News 8. And following the news, the family continues to take in the excitement from their son's latest accomplishment. 'Everyone sees him as Ben and loves him for who he is, which is great,' Mrs Sunderman told ABC. 'Just the joy that Ben has at the fact that he is able to get a job and be part of the community. That's what every parent wants for their kid.' | Ben Sunderman, 19, of McKinney, Texas learned he got the job on April 10 .
In three-minute video, he reads the letter from Embassy Suites to family .
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Tottenham are chasing highly-rated German midfielder Julian Weigl. The 19-year-old has been earning rave reviews in Germany's second division playing for 1860 Munich and has a buy-out clause of £2.5million. A 6ft 2ins central midfielder, Weigl was captain of the club until he was suspended after going out with team-mates for a late drinking session and was reportedly overheard criticising the club. 1860 Munich midfielder Julian Weigl is attracting interest from several European clubs - including Tottenham . Juventus and Borussia Dortmund are also said to be keen on concluding a deal for the German starlet . Juventus and Borussia Dortmund have also showed interest in the Germany U20 international whose contract runs out in 2017. Tottenham fell to a 1-0 defeat against Aston Villa on Saturday as former White Hart Lane boss masterminded a win over his former side. | Several top sides are keen on signing German teenager Julian Weigl .
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A man was allegedly bashed by a family with glass bottles and windscreen wipers at a McDonald's drive-through after he waved at them thinking they were his friends. Colin Mcinerney, 28, claims he was beaten and had his head stomped on by a man, two teenagers and a boy aged only about 10 on Friday night at the fast food restaurant in Coolalinga near Darwin. The man's 22-year-old girlfriend, Rachael Sheppard, told the NT News he had just gestured at the family by waving with his little pinky as people do in Darwin. Colin Mcinerney, 28, claims he was beaten and had his head stomped on by a man, two teenagers and a boy aged only about 10 on Friday night at the fast food restaurant in Coolalinga near Darwin . 'Then we arrived at Maccas and pulled up and the same car came through the drive through and the man got out and started yelling at us and asking what the hand gesture was all about and going right off his head,' Ms Sheppard said. Despite telling the family they thought they were someone different, the older man allegedly started bashing Mr Mcinerney. 'He even smashed a beer bottle over Col's head... it didn't look good,' Ms Sheppard said. 'I was yelling for him to stop and next thing you know three boys have jumped out of the back of their car and started bashing Col too.' Ms Sheppard said a woman behind the wheel of the car allegedly tried to ram her as Mr Mcinerney ran for cover at a nearby petrol station. '(They) caught up with Col and kept bashing and choking him,' she said. 'The younger boys were grabbing windscreen cleaners and water bottles and even had a windscreen wiper off their own car that they were using to attack Col with.' NT Police Duty Superintendent Louise Jorgensen says officers were called to the McDonalds about 7.15pm following reports of a 'violent disturbance'. NT Police Duty Superintendent Louise Jorgensen says officers were called to the McDonalds near Darwin about 7.15pm following reports of a 'violent disturbance' 'It was confirmed that two groups were travelling in their respective vehicles in the rural area when they pulled up beside each other at a set of traffic lights,' she said in a statement. 'One did a hand gesture to which another took offence. Both vehicles pulled over in McDonalds and a nasty altercation ensued.' Supt Jorgensen said most of the passengers in the vehicles became involved, including the girlfriends and children of both drivers. 'There were accusations of weapons being involved and one of the parties ramming the other's vehicle,' she said. Police arrived when the altercation had moved to the service station. Supt Jorgensen said Mr Mcinerney and the 35-year-old male drive and his 36-year-old female companion were arrested and later released without charge. The men were taken to Royal Darwin Hospital for treatment. Witnesses are urged to contact Police on 131444 or Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000. | Colin Mcinerney, 28, was allegedly beaten outside Darwin McDonald's .
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Colin pulled up at McDonald's drive-through before the other driver got out and allegedly started bashing him .
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He has shown himself to be quite a philanthropist. And Leonardo DiCaprio is planning to improve the ecosystem of an entire island in his latest crusade as an environmental activist. The 40-year-old actor is launching a project that will transform a small island off the coast of Belize into an eco-resort and conservation area. According to a Friday report from the New York Times, the Wolf Of Wall Street star, along with a partner, purchased the 104-acre Blackadore Caye nearly a decade ago for $1.75 million. But he recently teamed up with Paul Scialla, the chief executive of New York development firm Delos, to create the eco-conscious resort, with plans to open in 2018. 'It was like heaven on earth,' DiCaprio told the New York Times of his visit to the island in 2005. 'And almost immediately, I found this opportunity to purchase an island there.' Scroll down for video . Environmental mission: Leonardo DiCaprio bought Blackadore Caye, an unpopulated, private 104-acre Belizean island, in 2005 for $1.75 million, and now plans to build a luxury eco-resort there. Pictured here is an artists impression of a private villa on the island . 'It will change the world': The resort will have villas on a platform over the water, as well as artificial reefs with 'fish shelters' and other features that hope to rehabilitate the ailing area. It is set to open in 2018 . Ambitious: Renderings of the project show an arc-shaped platform with villas and artificial reefs and fish shelters underneath . The ambitious project, which they will be calling 'Blackadore Caye, a Restorative Island,' will be much like many other luxury resorts and include sprawling villas, infinity pools and beautiful views. But not only will the island revitalize its visitors, but also help restore the land itself, as it has endured deterioration from over-fishing, deforestation and an eroding coastline. The aim of DiCaprio and his partners is to rehabilitate the ecosystem of the area. Renderings of the ambitious project show an arc-shaped platform with villas over the water with artificial reefs and fish shelters underneath. The daily also reports that other features will include a nursery that will grow indigenous marine grass to support a manatee conservation area and mangrove trees replanted to replace invasive species. 'The main focus is to do something that will change the world,' said the Titanic actor. 'I couldn’t have gone to Belize and built on an island and done something like this, if it weren’t for the idea that it could be groundbreaking in the environmental movement.' Activist: DiCaprio, who earned a reported $25 million pay packet for The Wolf Of Wall Street, is known for working on environmental causes . The Times reports that the plan is to build 68 resort villas and 48 private house. Some will are expected to be sold privately, and cost between $5 million and $15 million each, while the others will be available to guests. Nearby luxury resorts cost about $2,000-a-night. The project will also be monitored by a talented team of scientists, designers and engineers who along with landscape architects will closely monitor the resort's impact on the island's environment. After a scuba diving trip in Belize back in 2005, DiCaprio bought the Blackadore Caye for $1.75million with Jeff Gram, who owns Cayo Espanto Island Resort, which is a luxury vacation spot nearby. Private island: The nearest town to Blackadore Caye is San Pedro, which is a 15 minute boat ride away. The tiny Blackadore Caye is currently unpopulated . Big plans: Blackadore Caye (pictured) is a 104-acre island in the Caribbean Sea owned by DiCaprio and a business partner. The two plan to work with scientists and a NYC design firm to develop a resort that will 'rehabilitate' the area, which is suffering . Tropical: DiCaprio hopes the island, when completed, will not only revitalize its visitors, but also help restore the land itself, as it has endured deterioration from over-fishing, deforestation and an eroding coastline. The Blood Diamond actor previously had an agreement with Four Seasons Hotels but the deal ultimately fell through, according to the publication. No doubt the ecotourism venture is right up DiCaprio's alley as the project's aim will certainly follow resorts before it that minimizes negative impact on a location and seeks to preserve natural resources. The actor is currently filming an adventure drama, The Revenant, alongside Tom Hardy. 'Paradise': The closest port to DiCaprio's island is the town of San Pedro, on the southern part of the island of Ambergris Caye in Belize . Tourism: San Pedro is a known vacation spot in Belize. Vistors would take a 15-minute boat ride from here to DiCaprio's resort . | Actor bought Blackadore Caye, an unpopulated, private 104-acre Belizean island, in 2005 for $1.75 million .
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It’s been one of the most indulgent shopping sprees in Hollywood history. In just eight weeks, Lily James, the British star of Disney’s new blockbuster Cinderella, has worn more than £300,000 worth of frocks, shoes and jewellery designed by the glitziest names in fashion as she’s promoted her film. From £3,000 Jimmy Choo shoes to a £35,000 gown and a £40,000 necklace, Claudia Connell and Eliza Scarborough reveal how Downton Abbey star Lily’s very special wardrobe would be a stretch even for Prince Charming’s bulging wallet. Scroll down for video . Luxurious: In just eight weeks, Lily James, the British star of Disney’s new blockbuster Cinderella (pictured), has worn more than £300,000 worth of frocks, shoes and jewellery . On February 13, the beautiful Lily James who is famous for playing Lady Rose in Downton Abbey goes braless in Berlin in a creation by Greek designer Mary Katrantzou (£5,400). With Jimmy Choo sandals (£595). Price: £5,995 . Hours later Lily wears a silk dress by Christian Dior (£20,000), De Beers diamond studs (£7,200), an eternity line necklace (£40,300) and Jimmy Choo shoes (£3,070). Price: £70,570 . Stunning: The Downton Abbey star went braless in Berlin in a creation by Greek designer Mary Katrantzou worth £5,400 (left) before donning a £20,000 silk dress by Christian Dior hours later (right) Next it is on to Moscow on February 17, where Lily picks a dress by British designer Nicholas Oakwell (£20,000) and silver Asha sandals by Chelsea Paris (£475). Price: £20,475 . And the next day in Milan, Lily favours local designers Gucci, opting for a dramatic, red halter-neck dress (£1,640), which she teams with Christian Louboutin Viennana sandals (£695). Price: £2,335 . Globetrotter: She showed off British designer Nicholas Oakwell's £20,000 frock in Moscow (left) on February 17 and a red halter-neck dress worth £1,640 made by Gucci in Milan the next day . Also in Milan the following evening, Lily selects a floral dress (£4,200) that even the Dowager Countess of Grantham would have approved of by British designers Erdem. The sandals are Jimmy Choos (£475). Price: £4,675 . Classy: Also in Milan the following evening, Lily selects a floral dress (£4,200) that even the Dowager Countess of Grantham would have approved of . In LA, Lily wore an Elie Saab gown (£30,000) on March 1. Her Christian Louboutin shoes cost £3,000. Diamond studs (£5,000) and a diamond and platinum ring (£9,000) by Kwiat finished the look. Price: £47,000 . She attended a promotional event in LA the very next day wearing a shimmering pistachio dress by Singapore born designer Prabal Gurung (£2,310). Price: £2,310 . Glamorous: In one of her most expensive ensembles, Lily wore a £30,000 Elie Saab gown with £3,000 Christian Louboutin shoes and platinum ring worth £9,000 by Kwiat in LA (left) - and a £2,310 gown made by Singapore-born designer Prabal Gurung the very next day (right) A second function in LA on the same day and another Elie Saab dress (£30,000) is called for as Lily meets mini Cinderellas at the Disneyland Resort. Price: £30,000 . Another day, another premiere. This time in Mexico City on March 5, where Lily wears an ice-blue Prada dress (£8,000) and Anya Hindmarch clutch (£995). Price: £8,995 . Meeting the fans: A second function in LA on the same day and another £30,000 Elie Saab dress as Lily meets mini Cinderellas at the Disneyland Resort . Cinderella: Lily attends another premiere on March 5, time in Mexico City where she wears an ice-blue Prada dress worth £8,000 . Still in Mexico the following day and another Mary Katrantzou dress (£3,450), worn with Alexandre Birman shoes (£635). Price: £4,085 . Attending a screening in New York on March 8, Lily sports this macrame and leather dress by Dolce & Gabbana (£3,000), with strappy Stuart Weitzman platform sandals (£355). Price: £3,355 . Frantic: Still in Mexico the next day (left), Lily wore another Mary Katrantzou dress - this time worth £3,450 - before wearing a £3,000 Dolce & Gabbana dress at a screening in New York (right) An event at internet giant AOL’s HQ and she wears an ensemble by British designers Camilla and Marc (£405), Stuart Weitzman sandals (£295) and a Jennifer Fisher necklace (£500) the next afternoon. Price: £1,200 . Unveiling a new window at Manhattan store Saks Fifth Avenue later that day. Lily’s trim waist is emphasised in this Christian Dior two-piece (£6,100). Sandals (£660) are by Roger Vivier. Price: £6,760 . Lily wears a stunning backless dress by French designer Thierry Mugler for the David Letterman show (£1,600) that night. Her sandals are by Dolce & Gabbana (£500). Price: £2,100 . Busy: Lily began a frantic March 9 with an ensemble by British designers Camilla and Marc (left), before unveiling a window at Manhattan store Saks Fifth Avenue in a £6,100 Christian Dior two-piece (right) Superstar: The Downton Abbey star then attended the David Letterman show that night in a Thierry Mugler worth £1,600 (pictured) Another fresh look for Lily as she visits a New York TV studio the next day. Her pleated Christian Dior dress (£3,500) is teamed with Stuart Weitzman sandals (£295). Price: £3,795 . Lily picks a Thirties silk and wool dress by Dior (£3,550) at the Canadian premiere. She’s holding an Olympia Le-Tan Cinderella book bag (£1,100) and wearing Aquazzura shoes (£475). Price: £5,125 . Beauty: Lily visited a New York TV studio the next day in her pleated Christian Dior dress worth £3,500, teamed with Stuart Weitzman sandals (left) before sporting a Thirties silk and wool £3,550 dress by Dior at the Canadian premiere (right) Sleek, daring and modern is the order of the day at the London premiere on March 19. Lily wears a strapless Balenciaga gown (£35,000) and Balenciaga shoes (£475), while she is also decked out in funky ear cuffs and rings by Repossi (£12,000). Price: £47,475 . Surrey-born Lily dresses down for the official Cinderella exhibition in London’s Leicester Square the following day. Her shirt and skirt are by New York-based label Altuzarra (£995) with Jimmy Choo heels (£475). Price: £1,470 . Glowing: Lily was daring and modern at the London premiere on March 19, wearing a strapless Balenciaga gown worth £35,000 (left) but she dressed down in a £995 Altuzarra shirt and dress for the official Cinderella exhibition in London’s Leicester Square the following day (right) Lily flashes her shapely legs in a moons and stars Valentino mini dress (£2,500) at the Tokyo press conference for Cinderella on April 7. The gold, T-bar sandals are also Valentino (£650). Price: £3,150 . Statuesque: Lily flashes her shapely legs in a moons and stars Valentino mini dress (£2,500) at the Tokyo press conference for Cinderella . And she chooses the Tokyo premiere to unveil her most ‘Disney princess’ look yet with this Elie Saab gown (£30,000). The peach creation features acres of frothy layers that could well look like a doll loo-roll cover on anybody not as young and pretty as Lily. Price: £30,000 . Her eight-week dress-extravaganza culminated in the Tokyo premiere where she revealed her most 'Disney princess' look in an Elie Saab gown worth a staggering £30,000 . | Lily James, the British star of the upcoming Cinderella film, has traveled the world promoting the Disney fairy tale .
Downton Abbey star's 20 stunning outfits included £70,000 silk gown by Christian Dior and even a £40,000 necklace .
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From kittens for sale to handymen for hire, the majority of ads posted in newsagents' windows are practical ones. But for one lonely heart, it proved the perfect alternative to internet dating after a man, known only as John, used it to advertise for someone special. In the post, which has gone viral after being photographed and put online, the man sets out his requirements and offers 'a way of life with quality'. 'John' who is reportedly a builder posted this advert in his local newsagents, it has since gone viral after it was spotted by a passer by . John posted his advert, which is written in capital letters in black pen, in the window of his local newsagents in Muswell Hill. It reads: 'John looking for a companion an apprentice / worker / lover for a craft that will change your life and bring you a way of life with quality. It then details a phone number and says: 'Contact... Or call me for interview must be female between 30yrs - 40yrs.' Unfortunately for prospective lovers, John did not specify precisely what the 'craft' referred to was. John placed is advert in a corner shop much like this one (stock photo) The lonely heart, which was posted last week, has now gone viral after it was spotted by an eagle-eyed passer by. The anonymous Londoner then posted a picture of the ad on a Facebook account dedicated to London life where it went viral. One user on the Facebook group jokingly commented: 'I seem to remember this is how that film Saw starts?' | A man named John posted the advert in a newsagents in Muswell Hill .
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It's the worst storm to hit the NSW coast in a decade, but what everyone in the region wants to know is why no warning was given that it was going to be this bad. Climate specialist Don White from WeatherWatch Australia confirmed that severe weather warnings were issued by the Bureau of Meteorology on Sunday. However, although they knew it would occur somewhere around the southeast coast, they did not know exactly where. 'The storm was forecast to form between Port Macquarie and Newcastle - that’s as about as accurate as they could have predicted. But it turned out to hit closer to Newcastle than Port Macquarie,' Mr White told Daily Mail Australia. 'It all depends on exactly where it forms. This one formed in the worst possible spot, which was just north of Newcastle. It then covered 150km south from Newcastle to Wollongong where a third of Australia’s population live. Scroll down for video . A tree and power lines lie across a major road in Raymond Terrace, 50km north of Sydney . A large gum tree (left) that has been uprooted on a property at Booragul, a suburb near Lake Macquarie north of Sydney in NSW. Powerful winds on Monday night and Tuesday morning also brought down scaffolding (right) in Edgecliff, in Sydney's eastern suburbs . A chart from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology shows the forecast for wind speed across New South Wales on Tuesday night . The Hunter Valley was one of the worst-hit areas in NSW and this car in the town of Blacksmiths got the brunt of the weather . 'So it was always going to be very destructive. It’s not like it hit a few small fishing villages like a storm did on the south coast a few weeks ago.' Mr White also explained that those trying to forecast the weather had an even more difficult job now as there was not as much resources for them to call on and get the specific information they need. 'Our problem now is that any information that we can get from the upper atmosphere, which is where the cold air exists that initiates these types of conditions, is reliant on predicting satellite imagery,' Mr White told Daily Mail Australia. 'We don’t send up as many weather balloons any more, because of budget cuts so it’ll affect what can be forecast. 'It’s just economics. Weather balloons can now only be used in a limited number of places because of budget cuts, so there’s not as many going up every day which means we don’t get the same data as before from the upper atmosphere.' Mr White added that this information does not normally make a big difference, but it does in the storm season, because you can forecast thunder storms more accurately and pinpoint more accurately where these storms will be. 'But basically this was fairly well forecasted 24 to 48 hours ahead. The forecast was basically wet and windy but the actual intensity of these things is impossible to predict,' he says. 'This storm has also lasted a bit longer and hasn’t moved. Normally it’s 12 hours of severe weather and then it eases off. But this severe weather is lasting from 24 to 36 hours.' Emergency services admitted on Tuesday they were shocked by the severity of the storm and that their teams were overwhelmed by a weather system that changed very rapidly. Asked on ABC’s 7.30 programme if warning systems had failed, NSW State Emergency Services deputy commissioner Steve Pearce said: 'The weather system did change very rapidly. 'This was an east coast low initially which are always historically very severe weather system however they come in and they go very quickly, this didn't. This has just stayed and tracked, again we have never seen these cyclonic winds last for 24 hours straight that's what's caused the majority of the damage.’ A huge tree blocks a road in Avalon on Sydney's Northern Beaches after being uprooted by Tuesday's storms . A radar loop (left) and a cloud map (right) show the East Coast Low weather system causing gales and storm force winds . In Avalon on Sydney's Northern Beaches fallen trees and telegraph poles blocked roads and caused significant damage to property . The cyclone strength winds currently battering the NSW coast are being caused by an intense low-pressure system known as an East Coast Low. The stormy weather system, formed in the Tasman Sea, hasn't hit NSW this strong since 2007 and is expected to be one of the longest lasting ever. But why was everyone taken so by surprise? East Coast Lows are particularly common in June and tend to be more frequent in autumn and winter. They are characterised by gales or storm force winds that can damage buildings, fell trees and powerlines, cause powerful surf that can damage the coast and, in some cases, run ships aground. They can also dump hundreds of millimetres of rain, causing flash flooding and riverine flooding. Mr White told Daily Mail Australia: 'It forms occasionally, usually once a year. But this particular one is quite strong and close to the coast winds are up to 135kmh and rain up to 200mm.’ Fire rescue in Narrabeen, in Sydney's northern suburbs, were called to a number of properties where storms had brought down trees . Ferry services have been cancelled at Parramatta (pictured) while services between Manly and Circular Quay have also been stopped . ‘This one is probably the strongest since 2007 and it is also going to be the longest lasting one,’ Mr White said. ‘They normally move away after 12 hours but this one is going to stick around for 24- 36 hours, which is unusually long for an East Coast Low.’ East Coast Lows draw strong, moisture-laden winds across the coast, which cause heavy rain to fall when they are uplifted by the hills and ranges that run parallel to the coast. On Monday night 24 Sydney suburbs incurred 100mm of rainfall, with Blacktown hit hardest, thanks to the latest East Coast Low. An estimated 100,000 homes are without power on Tuesday morning across Sydney, the Central Coast and Hunter region. Winds of at least 100km/h lashed parts of the east coast, causing this tree to fall on a car in East Gosford, on the NSW Central Coast, on Monday with a driver and passenger inside. They were treated for only minor injuries. They were treated for minor injuries by paramedics. The SES is preparing for damaging winds to hit parts of NSW over the next two days . A pedestrian is drenched while crossing the street in the Sydney central business district during heavy rain on Monday . And a floodwater rescue operation is underway in Hunter area where there have been wind gusts of up to 125km/h - levels recorded in category two cyclones. State Emergency Services Deputy Commissioner Steve Pearce told the ABC on Tuesday the police and NSW Fire and Rescue had been called in to help the SES on the 2400 call-outs they've received so far, with many more expected in daylight when people can see the damage around their homes. 'We've had 24 hours of relentless gale-force winds. I haven't seen this wind damage for years,' Mr Pearce said. Some have speculated this week’s East Coast Low will be the worst in five years, while meteorologist with Weatherzone Rob Sharpe told the Sydney Morning Herald: ‘This is going to be our most significant east coast low since spring.’ ‘The last major one that has affected Newcastle was in 2007. East Coast Lows were common in the 1970s but became less common in the 90s,’ Mr White said. A ship makes its way out to sea in Sydney on Monday. The Bureau of Meteorology has been issued for Sydney Closed Waters, the Hunter Coast, Sydney Coast, Illawarra Coast, Batemans Coast and Eden Coast . The SES had responded to about 15 jobs on Monday morning, mainly in Sydney metro area . ‘If it is to the north of Newcastle the max effect occurs all the way down to Wollongong, which is in the vicinity of the nation where most people live so it causes the most damage.’ In June 2007 bulk carrier Pasha Bulker ran aground near Newcastle amid wind gusts up to 124km/h. Other notable east coast lows occurred in October 2004, when there were mean wave heights off Sydney of 5m with a maximum height of about 10m. In August 1998, more than 300mm of rain fell over four days in Sydney and Illawarra, 420mm at Beaumont and 401mm at Kangaroo Valley. In May 1974, 165km/h gust at the Newcastle Nobbies saw bulk carrier the Sygna run aground. And in August 1857, the Dunbar wrecked at South Head killing 121, with only one person surviving. A commuter wades through a flooded train station in Sydney's central business district on Tuesday morning amid wild weather . Winds as powerful as a category two cyclones have lashed the Hunter region of New South Wales, with the SES is receiving 200 calls an hour as wild weather continues to hit large parts of the state . TUESDAY . WEDNESDAY . THURSDAY . FRIDAY . SATURDAY . Pedestrians shelter under umbrellas from heavy rain in Sydney on Monday. Rain and damaging winds averaging 55 to 70 km/h with gusts to about 100 km are forecast to develop along the coastal fringe of the Sydney Metropolitan, Hunter and Illawarra regions . Snow has started to fall at Perisher in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales . Perisher will see a snow shower or two on Monday with a maximum temperature of three degrees celcius . On Tuesday there will be a 30 per cent chance of a snow shower with temperatures expected to sit between -1 and 3 degrees . The first major snowfall of the year has happened at the ski fields at Thredbo, in southern New South Wales near the Victoria border . The area's forecast says to expect possible snow showers in areas above 1200m and temperatures between -2 and 3 degrees . | Main problem was that the Bureau of Meteorology could not forecast exactly where the storm would form .
Storm was forecast to gather between Port Macquarie and Newcastle, but it formed just north of Newcastle .
It then covered 150km south from Newcastle to Wollongong where a third of Australia’s population live .
When the storm hit it caused the maximum amount of destruction because of it being a huge suburban area .
Budget cuts also meant the Bureau of Meteorology did not have as many resources at its disposal .
'It’s just economics. Weather balloons can now only be used in a limited number of places,' says climate specialist .
Emergency services admitted on Tuesday they were shocked by the severity of the storm .
Their teams were overwhelmed by a weather system that changed very rapidly .
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The FBI have recovered one of the gold bars stolen in a $5 million armored truck robbery in North Carolina last month. Investigators say the location the bar was found - somewhere in South Florida - has provided them with a big break in the case. 'This confirms that there is a South Florida nexus to this,' Justin E. Fleck, supervisory special agent of the squad leading the investigation, told ABC News. 'We believe that additional gold bars from the robbery may still be in South Florida and we continue to need the public’s help in solving this crime.' The highway heist occurred on March 1 in Wilson County, almost halfway into the truck's journey from Miami to Boston. Police have previously said they suspected it was an inside job because the 18-wheeler truck - owned by transport company TransValue - pulled over when one of the two armed guards on board 'felt sick'. Big break: The FBI say they recovered this 26-pound gold bar - worth up to $500,000 - somewhere in South Florida, which has provided a big break in their investigation into last month's highway heist in North Carolina . The guards said that after the vehicle stopped they were approached by three armed men driving a white van who ordered them to lay on the ground. The men spoke in Spanish and said they were 'policia.' The trio tied the guards' hands behind their backs and marched them into nearby woods before taking 275lbs of gold. The gold totaled $4.8 million, but the truck was carrying about $10 million worth of metal, so the thieves left half the load - mostly silver - behind. Suspects: Police previously shared sketches of the suspects thought to be male and possibly Hispanic who allegedly bound the hands of the driver and the passenger. There are three suspects altogether . White van: Two security guards working for Transvalue Inc of Miami were reportedly approached by three armed men driving a white van, pictured here, after pulling over on the interstate . Wilson County Sheriff Calvin Woodard Jr. admitted last month the story was suspicious. 'There is suspicion at this time that this could be an inside job due to the circumstances of the robbery,' a Wilson County Sheriff's Office detective wrote in a search warrant obtained by ABC. 'The fact that the truck was robbed immediately upon it pulling over at an unannounced stop is suspicious in and of itself,' the document added. 'It is also suspicious because there are no markings on the side of the truck that would indicate the type of cargo contained therein. 'The suspects also went directly to the trailer and found the gold which was in unmarked five gallon buckets. It is not believed that this is a random act due to the nature and facts of this robbery.' Police are now seeking a search warrant for the phones of the armed guard who felt sick because of the suspicious nature of the case. Search: Armed robbers are suspected of stealing $5 million in gold from an 18-wheeler taking the precious from Florida to Massachusetts on Interstate 95. Above, deputies investigate a wooded area near the road . Location: The men 'ordered the guards to lie on the ground, tied their hands behind their backs and marched them into nearby woods, before taking 275lbs gold' Cone: This photo is of a traffic cone that was positioned behind the truck as suspects allegedly removed gold from the vehicle after breaking a lock on the back . Investigation: Wilson County Sheriff Calvin Woodard Jr, pictured, said that differing stories from the guards about the armed robbery had led to suspicions over their accounts of the heist . Woodard shared sketches of the three suspects who allegedly bound the hands of the driver and the passenger. Meanwhile, a photo was shown of a traffic cone that was positioned behind the truck as suspects allegedly removed gold from the vehicle after breaking a lock on the back. The traffic cone had the marking of a company that only does work in Florida, according to ABC. Woodard said the driver and the passenger, who speak little English, are not suspects, but both men have been interviewed separately several times by police. He added that the driver and the passenger did violate their company’s policies by exiting the vehicle without their firearms and leaving the firearms inside the truck. Wilson County Sheriff's Deputies investigate an area near Interstate 95 in Wilson, North Carolina, on Monday . Investigation: The Federal Bureau of Investigation has joined in the search for the robbers, thought to be male and possibly Hispanic. Neither of the guards was injured during the 'very rare incident', TransValue said . A reported 275lbs of gold were stolen and silver was also being carried in the truck, which was stopped near mile marker 114 on the highway. Locks on the back of the truck were sawed off, according to WITN. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has joined in the search for the robbers, thought to be male and possibly Hispanic. The metal was owned by Republic Metals Corporation in Opalocka, Florida, according to a search warrant. TransValue, which specializes in transporting valuable goods and money between financial centers, keeps goods they move insured for up to $100 million. A $50,000 reward is on offer for information leading to an arrest. Shortly after the heist confused drivers told 911 dispatchers that they saw uniformed drivers run into the North Carolina highway with their hands bound, motioning for help, according to recordings. | Heist occurred March 1 in Wilson County, North Carolina .
Armored truck traveling from Miami to Boston was robbed by three men .
275 pounds of gold worth nearly $5 million stolen .
A 26-pound gold bar worth $500,000 now recovered in South Florida .
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The guards had pulled over because one felt sick .
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The U.S. put the first man on the moon, but in a strange twist of history it appears the Russians may have beat America in settling Oregon. Experts proposed this new theory in a recently released 200-page report on the Molalla Log Cabin, a structure they believe could have been built as early as 1795 - ten years before Lewis and Clark reached the Pacific Ocean. Historic building repairer Gregg Olson and architectural historian Pam Hayden have been analyzing the log cabin for seven years and say it is unlike anything else found in Oregon. Secrets hidden in wood: Experts believe the Molalla Log House (above) was constructed as early as 1795 - a decade before Lewis and Clark reached the Pacific Ocean . One of a kind: The construction of the log cabin is unlike pioneer building methods at the time - suggesting it was instead made by foreigners . Russians in America: Historic building repairer Gregg Olson and architectural historian Pam Hayden believe the house could have been used by a small settlement of Russians sent to the Willamette Valley as farmers to feed fur traders in Alaska . Passion project: Gregg Olson (pictured), of Historic Building Repair, has spend seven years working on the Molalla Log Cabin . The cabin's intricate construction is not consistent with pioneer building methods, suggesting it was created by foreigners, and more specifically Russians. The way the logs are tightly interwoven, secured without nails and leaving no gaps to fill, is similar to Russian log cabins of the same time period, when Catherine the Great was sending envoys to Alaska to boost the fur trade. Olson and Hayden hypothesize that the 18-foot-wide cabin could have been a home for a small group of 10 to 50 Russian settlers sent to Oregon's Willamette Valley as farmers to feed the fur trappers on Alaska's Kodiak Island. Looking for a home: Above, a view of the cabin before its roof collapsed and it was moved indoors in 2008. Olson and Hayden are currently trying to find a permanent place to house the cabin . The first mobile home: Olson discovered that the original builders of the cabin wrote numbers into the boards, so that the structure could be disassembled and reassembled . Expert craftsmanship: The boards fit perfectly together so that nothing is needed to fill in the gaps and winterize the structure for winter . Many uses: Throughout its storied life, the Molalla Log Cabin has been used as a home, animal shelter, machine shed and granary . Preserved: The structure was made a historical landmark in 1991 and moved in doors in 2007 when the wood was starting to succumb to the elements . Current home: Above, the structure as it sits today in a storage facility where Olson has been working to preserve the cabin . 'The unique construction and extraordinary craftsmanship of the Molalla Log House offer fascinating clues to a mystery that we didn't even know existed about the earliest white exploration and settlement of the Pacific Northwest,' Peggy Moretti, executive director of Restore Oregon, a non-profit helping fund the research, told the Oregonian. 'It may well add a new chapter to our history and we hope more evidence will be uncovered to further substantiate Pam and Gregg's very compelling theory,' Moretti added. Olson and Hayden are now hoping to find a permanent location to house the structure, as well as someone with a deeper knowledge of European construction to analyze the cabin. Russian expansion: Russian merchant Grigory Shelikhov founded a fur trading settlement on Kodiak Island in 1784. Above, a rendering of the port . Business on the Alaska frontier: Above, a 1794 drawing of the Russian fur trading post in Kodiak, Alaska . Tsarina: Russia's Catherine the Great encouraged the expansion of her empire to Alaska for fur trading . Above, a map shows where Russian traders set up fur trading business in Alaska, and their possible farming settlement near Molalla Oregon . Throughout its storied life, the Molalla Log Cabin has been used as a home, animal shelter, machine shed and granary. It was made a historic landmark in 1991 and moved to a storage facility in 2008 to protect it from further erosion. The oldest evidence of habitation in are the Fort Rock and Paisley Caves in Lake County, Oregon, which date back 13,200 years. By 8,000 BC there were settlements throughout the state. The first Europeans to venture to Oregon were led by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo in 1543. By the 1770s, Oregon had become a valuable port for trading to Asia. In the wake of Lewis and Clark's expedition, which reached the Pacific Ocean in November 1805, French Canadian trappers and missionaries started arriving in the eastern part of the state. Their presence in Oregon's early pioneer history is evidence in the many French names throughout the state including Malheur Lake, the Grade Ronde and Deschutes rivers and the city of La Grande. | New report says Molalla Log Cabin could have been built as early as 1795 .
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Inter Milan manager Roberto Mancini insists that reports Xherdan Shaqiri is set to leave the club this summer are 'completely made up'. The Switzerland international joined the Italians from Bayern Munich in January for a fee in the region of £12million, signing a four-and-a-half year contract. The 23-year-old made a fine start to his Inter career but has tailed off in recent weeks and has found himself dropped to the bench for the previous two Serie A matches. Xherdan Shaqiri joined Inter Milan from Bayern Munich in the January transfer window . And it has been suggested that Inter are looking to offload the attacking midfielder at the end of the season, but Mancini has rubbished the speculation insisting Shaqiri can have a big future in Italy. 'This Shaqiri thing is completely made up,' he told reporters. 'We bought Shaqiri last January because we think that he can have a big future at Inter. Then during the season, there might be a moment when a player's form drops, and there are other players that in that moment are able to step in. So that's the only situation going on right now. 'Shaqiri has our full confidence. He is our player. Then he has also changed his team, so it's normal that he might struggle at a certain stage. Shaqiri has been dropped to the bench by Roberto Mancini in recent matches . 'It's not that he can join a new club and altogether be the one that single-handedly wins games by himself. 'He will always have a drop in form at a certain stage so in that moment there are other players ready to step in - they are normally there for that reason. So one only plays when he deserves to play. 'We bought Shaqiri because we believe in his qualities,' Mancini added. The Inter boss insists Shaqiri will not be leaving the club despite reports to the contrary . 'Then if Bayern [Munich] decided to sell him, it's because they have so many players that eventually they have reached the conclusion that Shaqiri is a young player and that he needs to play. 'Inter could be the right solution for him and we are happy about this. I am sure that Shaqiri next season will achieve great things.' | Xherdan Shaqiri joined Inter Milan from Bayern Munich in January this year .
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A Conservative party candidate has defended photographs which show him trying to lick a female friend's breasts saying they were taken on a night out with friends and show him being a normal, sociable person. Liam Marshall-Ascough is standing to be an MP in Stoke-on-Trent central, which had a 5,500 Labour majority in 2010, and is a traditional Labour stronghold. The candidate, who is gay, is pictured on the open profile of his Facebook page appearing to lick a female friend's breasts. Underneath the picture a friend commented 'drunko'. But Mr Marshall-Ascough has insisted the photos, taken seven years ago, just show him out having fun with close friends 'like a normal person' and do not undermine his ability to do the job. He also said they show he is able to interact with people - important to the role of a politician. Liam Marshall-Ascough, pictured seven years ago on a night out with a close friend, insists the pictures show him enjoying himself like any normal person in their twenties and do not undermine his ability to do the job . 'You are still allowed to go out with your friends,' he told MailOnline. 'I think it's really important that you have a balance. You are not just about politics, but you actually interact with people. 'You can balance your social life and your professional life' Other photographs show him out drinking and posing with several female friends under the title 'more random nights out', and with and colleagues at Virgin Atlantic where he works as a steward. Mr Marshall-Ascough is also seen posing with David Cameron and outside the front door of Number 10, in pictures on the site. 'I'm a normal person,' he added in response to claims that some people felt the pictures showed a lack of judgement and responsibility. 'I grew up in a council house and I have a job that's cabin crew. It's a very sociable job and I'm a very sociable person. 'I think that's important. 'One of the things that I love about being cabin crew is you get to interact with people from every walk of life, and I think that's really important to the job of a politician. 'People want politicians these days who are normal people.' Mr Marshall-Ascough is a Conservative candidate for Stoke-on-Trent central, a traditional Labour stronghold . Several photographs show Mr Marshall-Ascough enjoyong nights out with his friends . Mr Marshall-Ascough, now 35, said the pictures had been taken seven years ago when he was out with close friends and was enjoying himself like most people in their twenties. He also added that he is not drinking to excess in any of the pictures, or doing anything wrong. 'I don't hide the fact I'm a normal person, and people want politicians who are normal,' he added. 'I'm definitely not going out at the moment. I'm too busy. 'You have to remember these pictures were taken in my twenties, when I was out like other people. Now I am in my thirties. 'Sometimes you make misjudgements when you are younger and you learn from these and grow up, using these experiences.' Mr Marshall-Ascough said he is able to balance his personal and professional life to interact with people . The Crawley borough councillor hasn't used any privacy settings on his social media profile, so the images are viewable by the public. The 35-year-old has also recently been seen on the campaign trail, supporting other Conservative party candidates. He faces a challenge to get elected in his constituency, which has been a Labour stronghold since the 1950s. His female friend, who appears in one of the photos but did not want to be named, said: 'It was taken seven years ago and it was harmless fun. It just happens to be a picture taken out of context. There was nothing untoward. It was all very innocent and Liam is a really professional person.' Mr Marshall-Ascough courted controversy last year when he told his local newspaper that he did not believe there was a cost of living crisis. He said he felt an extra food bank was not needed in the borough because he believed there was no food poverty, as shown by the fact it was 'difficult' to book a table in Crawley on a Friday or Saturday evening. Mr Marshall-Ascough, who studied Archaeology and History at the University of Southampton, made a start in politics in 2012 when he was elected to the council. He was picked as the Conservative party candidate for Stoke-on Trent in October last year and insisted he will not be standing down as a councillor for Southgate, where he has a seat until 2016. He also insisted that residents of Southgate - located almost 200 miles from Stoke-on-Trent, will not suffer if he is elected as an MP. He described being chosen to stand as an MP as 'an honour and a privilege'. | Liam Marshall-Ascough is a Tory candidate for Stoke-on-Trent Central .
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The son of a Labour councillor who was stopped at the Turkish border and arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences has been released without charge. Waheed Ahmed, the 21-year-old son of councillor Shakil Ahmed, was accused of trying to sneak into Syria with eight of his relatives and was arrested when he landed in the UK earlier this week. Greater Manchester Police confirmed that six people - a 21-year-old man arrested at Birmingham Airport, two women and two men aged between 22 and 47 held at Manchester Airport, plus a 30-year-old man arrested in the Rochdale area, have been released without charge. Scroll down for video . Released: Waheed Ahmed, the 21-year-old son of councillor Shakil Ahmed, has been released without charge . University student Waheed, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, and eight of his relatives - including four children ranging from a one-year-old baby to an 11-year-old - were stopped on the Turkish border with Syria on April 1. They were arrested by Turkish police within walking distance of the border in the town of Reyhanli. Waheed was deported by the Turkish authorities and flown back to Britain on a plane packed with holidaymakers on April 14. He was held at Birmingham Airport by anti-terrorism police. The following day, four of his family members - two women aged 22 and 47, and two men aged 22 and 24, were held at Manchester Airport after being brought back to the UK from Turkey. Late on Monday, a 30-year-old man from Rochdale was arrested. Waheed Ahmed, 21, is the son of Rochdale Labour councillor Shakil Ahmed (pictured above with Ed Miliband) Waheed Ahmed, a university student from Rochdale, Greater Manchester was arrested at Birmingham Airport . The four children on the trip aged one, three, eight and 11, have also been flown back to the UK. Labour councillor Shakil Ahmed arriving back at his home today bur he refused to comment on his son's arrest . Police have said the six people arrested on suspicion of commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism have been released without charge. A force statement read: 'No evidence was uncovered to suggest any imminent threat to the communities of Rochdale or the UK.' Waheed's father Shakil Ahmed, a bakery delivery driver who has been pictured with party leader Ed Miliband, is a councillor in Rochdale. Earlier this month, Mr Ahmed told the Daily Mail he believed his son had been on holiday with other relatives when they were stopped. In a statement Councillor Shakil Ahmed said: 'My son is a good Muslim and his loyalties belong to Britain, so I don't understand what he's doing there. 'If I thought for a second that he was in danger of being radicalised, I would have reported him to the authorities. 'He's studying a degree in politics and sociology at Manchester University and has a good future ahead of him.' The territory on the Syrian side of the stretch of border that they were attempting to cross is controlled by the Nusra Front, the Syrian branch of Al Qaeda. Greater Manchester Police and the North West Counter Terrorism Unit began an investigation after news of the arrests emerged. Five houses, including that of Ahmed’s father, were searched as part of attempts to establish why the group apparently tried to enter Syria. Shakil refused to comment when he was contacted by MailOnline today. Waheed Ahmed was deported by the Turkish authorities and flown back to Britain on a plane packed with holidaymakers on April 14 . | Waheed Ahmed, son of a Labour councillor, was stopped at Turkish border .
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A senior Indonesian government official has praised the firing squad that executed Bali Nine pair Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. ABC News reports that Indonesian attorney-general H.M. Prasetyo applauded Chan and Sukumaran's executioners for their work. 'All shots were done perfectly. These executions were carried out smoothly and in order - much better than the first round of executions in January,' he said. Scroll down for video . Indonesian attorney-general H.M. Prasetyo (right) applauded Chan and Sukumaran's executioners for the good job that they did . Mr Prasetyo (second right) said that 'all the shots were done perfectly' at the execution . The Indonesian attorney-general believed that Wednesday morning's execution was much better than one carried out in January . Mr Prasetyo declared it was necessary to fight drug crime in the country, as he dismissed Australia's withdrawal of its ambassador as a 'momentary reaction'. He visited Nusakambangan on Wednesday, hours after Bali Nine pair were executed with other drug offenders. 'I would like to say that an execution is not a pleasant thing. It is not a fun job,' he said. 'But we must do it in order to save the nation from the danger of drugs. We are not making enemies of counties from where those executed came. What we are fighting against is drug-related crimes. Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Australia will withdraw its ambassador to Indonesia in an unprecedented diplomatic response to the executions of Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan . Indonesian president Joko Widodo failed to return Australian PM Tony Abbott's phone calls about the Bali Nine in March . 'Therefore, I would like to offer my condolences, on the execution of those who were on the death row, to their families, to their home countries. 'Once again, we are not against the countries, but we are fighting a war against the horrible drug crimes that threaten our nation's survival.' Mr Prasetyo shrugged off diplomatic backlash from Australia after Prime Minister Tony Abbott slammed the executions as 'cruel and unnecessary' and announced he would withdraw Australia's ambassador to Indonesia Paul Grigson. 'The Netherlands have done the same thing in the past. Brazil has done the same thing,' he said. 'I think this is just a momentary reaction, and this will be settled within the diplomatic sphere.' Indonesia's Vice President Jusuf Kalla said withdrawing an ambassador was a normal diplomatic protest. 'Within a month or two, they will come back. That's the signal of protest, we did that too,' he said, referring to the time Indonesia withdrew its ambassador to Australia in 2013 over a phone tapping scandal. Prasetyo said the executions would serve as a warning to others. 'This is a warning for others, don't even try to commit these drug crimes, to think a thousand times, that Indonesia will be strict, will be harsh on drug crimes,' he told reporters in Cilacap. 'The result of the second execution was better, more orderly and more perfect than the last,' he said, referring to executions carried out in January and noting the bodies were treated more 'humanely' this time. Indonesia's President Joko Widodo raised his nation's sovereignty when asked about Australia withdrawing its ambassador. 'Our sovereignty must be respected,' he told reporters. Rest in peace: Myuran Sukumaran (foreground) and Andrew Chan (back) were executed . 'We're ready to respect the sovereignty of other countries as well.' Mr Abbott announced Australia's unprecedented diplomatic response on Wednesday morning, just hours after the Bali Nine duo were put to death despite pleas for their deaths to be reconsidered. 'Australia respects the Indonesian system, we respect Indonesia's sovereignty but we do deplore what's been done and this cannot simply be business as usual,' Mr Abbott said. 'For that reason once all the courtesies have been extended to the Chan and Sukumaran families our ambassador will be withdrawn for consultations.' Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Australian consular officials in Indonesia will arrange for the men's bodies to be repatriated to Australia, ensuring that they are treated with 'appropriate dignity and respect'. 'And I expect to be able to discuss further aspects of our relationship with Indonesia when our ambassador Paul Grigson returns to Australia at the end of this week,' Ms Bishop said. The consul general Majel Hind will formally identify the bodies. Ms Bishop hasn't ruled out cutting Australian aid to Indonesia in protest over the executions of Chan and Sukumaran. Australia's ambassador to Indonesia Paul Grigson will return to Australia at the end of this week . Foreign Minister Julie Bishop (left) said Australian consular officials in Indonesia will arrange for the men's bodies to be repatriated to Australia, ensuring that they are treated with 'appropriate dignity and respect' Australia gives Indonesia about $600 million in aid annually, and is its second largest international benefactor behind Japan. Asked if Australia would respond to the executions by reducing the aid budget, Ms Bishop said it was under different consideration to diplomatic actions such as recalling the ambassador. 'Any announcement to the aid budget will be made at budget time in early May,' she told reporters in Canberra. Mr Abbott stressed that Australia has a 'very important' relationship with Indonesia. 'But it has suffered as a result of what's been done over the last few hours,' he said. 'Whatever people think of the death penalty, whatever people think of drug crime, the fact is that these two families have suffered an appalling tragedy and I'm sure that every Australian's thoughts and prayers will be with those families at this time.' The Prime Minister said he understood people's anger at the executions, but said the government did not want to make a difficult situation worse. 'So I would say to people yes, you are absolutely entitled to be angry but we've got to be very careful to ensure that we do not allow our anger to make a bad situation worse,' he said. 'The relationship between Australia and Indonesia is important, remains important, will always be important, will become more important as time goes by. 'While this is a dark moment in the relationship I am confident that the relationship will be restored for the great benefit of both our countries.' Opposition Leader Bill Shorten acknowledged Australians had the right to be outraged but rejected talk of boycotts. 'I don't and we shouldn't hold ordinary or individual Indonesian people responsible," he said. 'What Australians need to do is campaign against the death penalty wherever it exists.' Backlash begins: At 6am AEST, hundreds of Twitter users were already pledging to 'boycott Indonesia' Should Australia respect Indonesia's decision to execute Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan? Should Australia respect Indonesia's decision to execute Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan? Now share your opinion . The executions by firing squad occurred at 3:25am AEST on Wednesday evening and came despite months of pressure from the Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. Senior officials were already angered by a series of snubs from the Indonesians. President Widodo repeatedly refused to return Mr Abbott's phone calls on the issue. Ms Bishop was also angered by the Indonesians' decision to announce the executions were going ahead on Anzac Day, one of Australia's most solemn days of remembrance. The Bali Nine duo's families released a short statement on Wednesday morning. 'Today we lost Myuran and Andrew. Our sons, our brothers. In the 10 years since they were arrested, they did all they could to make amends, helping many others,' it read. 'They asked for mercy, but there was none. They were immensely grateful for all the support they received. We too, will be forever grateful.' Following the executions, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said: 'Indonesia has not just robbed two young men of their lives but robbed itself of two examples of the strengths of its justice system.' Other Labor MPs condemned the killings, with Opposition frontbencher Tony Burke saying 'Lives lost. Nothing gained' and Federal Labor MP Anthony Albanese saying 'RIP Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran - a tragic loss of human life on a very sad day.' Greens Leader Christine Milne said: 'The lives of these two Australians have been ended by firing squad at the direction of the Indonesian government. We in Australia must continue to advocate for an end to capital punishment.' Stern words: Julie Bishop has pleaded for the Indonesian government not to execute Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran for months . Joko Widodo, the president of Indonesia, is widely regarded as weak. He has ignored international pressure to cease executions of foreign drug convicts . Immediately following the executions, parliamentary secretary Steven Ciobo tweeted: 'There are few greater displays of abuse of power and regressive thinking than the death penalty #RIP', tweeted. He was joined by western Sydney backbencher Fiona Scott, who said: 'The death penalty is barbaric and inhumane torture. Murder is murder.' Brazil already recalled its ambassador in January when one of its citizens was executed by Indonesia. But Indonesia forged ahead with more executions overnight, killing six others - including a Frenchman - and shrugging off pressure from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. There is also the potential for other ramifications from Australia. Top human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson has suggested Australia could withdraw its $600 million of aid to Indonesia per year and redirect it to Nepal. 'Nepal needs it more,' said Mr Robertson, who accused Indonesia of breaching international law in three instances. Ms Bishop and her Labor counterpart, Tanya Plibersek (right), have been a united force in their opposition to the executions . In an interview with ABC's 730 program on Tuesday evening, Ms Bishop refused to detail the consequences for the Indonesian government. 'I don't intend to focus on the consequences,' she said. 'But of course, should these executions proceed in the manner that I anticipate, of course there will be have to be consequences. I don't want to go into the details.' After months of pleading with the Indonesians - even offering a prisoner swap, paid by Australia - officials still worked on Mr Widodo until the last moment. Late on Tuesday evening, the Australian embassy in Jakarta circulated an extraordinary joint statement with the European Union and French government addressed to Mr Widodo. The statement said: 'It is not too late to change your mind.' But with the exception of Filipino convict Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso - who was spared - Mr Widodo did not. | H.M. Prasetyo praises firing squad that carried out Bali pair's executions .
Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were killed on Wednesday morning .
'These executions were carried out smoothly and in order,' Prasetyo says .
Hundreds take to social media to urging people to #BoycottIndonesia .
Tony Abbott will withdraw Australia's ambassador to Indonesia .
Indonesia's AG dismissed the move as a 'momentary reaction'
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If Virgil van Dijk is absent from the shortlists for this season’s Player of the Year awards, Celtic will surely fire off a stiff missive seeking clarification on the reasons. The prospect of a Treble evaporated last Sunday, an afternoon Ronny Deila now describes as the worst of his career. ‘I sat and stared at the walls,’ said the Norwegian of the aftermath. Eight points clear of Aberdeen with five games left to play, however, his outlook is suddenly brighter. Dundee's Simon Ferry (left) tussles for possession with Celtic's James Forrest (right) on Wednesday night . Celtic's Jason Denayer (left) challenges Greg Stewart (right) during the Scottish Premiership match . Dundee's Paul McGinn (left) and Celtic's James Forrest (right) battle for the ball at Den's Park on Wednesday . Dundee (4-4-2): Bain, McGinn, Konrad, McPake, Dyer, Ferry (Davidson 69), McAlister, Harris (Tankulic 59), McGinn, Stewart, Heffernan . Subs not used: Letheren, Clarkson, Black, Wighton, Colquhoun . Booked: Ferry, McPake . Scorers: McAlister 87 . Celtic (4-4-2): Gordon, Ambrose Emuobo, van Dijk, Denayer, Izaguirre (Tierney 81), Bitton, Brown, Forrest (Commons 76), Armstrong, Mackay-Steven, Griffiths (Guidetti 76) Subs not used: Stokes, Scepovic, Zaluska, Fisher . Scorers: Mackay-Steven 32, van Dijk 63 . Referee: Calum Murray . Attendance: 8, 908 . A fourth successive title looks to be a question of when and not if. It could even happen at Pittodrie on May 10, where van Dijk scored the most significant of his impressive 10-goal haul back in November. He was at it again last night, thrashing home his second 20-yard free-kick in as many games. Ever the perfectionist, his manager still wants more. ‘Virgil has shown that ability also last season with his free-kicks. We can also see it in training, so he has to use it more. ‘It became a very good night and we have put ourselves in a very good position. Eight points ahead with five games to go — and the goal difference as well. We just have to keep on performing and putting pressure on Aberdeen.’ Last Sunday, van Dijk’s early strike against Inverness was overtaken by events. Here, his thrashing effort past Dundee keeper Scott Bain earned Celtic the two-goal lead which ultimately repelled a late rally from the hosts. Jim McAlister’s goal in the 87th minute was too little, too late. Celtic's Gary Mackay-Steven (top) jumps over the challenge from Dundee's Willie Dyer (bottom) Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths (right) goes close with an effort on goal against Dundee on Wednesday night . Celtic had claimed the lead in 32 minutes and, with painful predictability, it was laced with more refereeing controversy. It was fairly mild stuff in contrast with Sunday — and the irony of Celtic being the beneficiaries here will be lost on no one. This is a week when Scottish referees are destined to be hoist by their own petard. A week when every error, minor or major, will be punished to the maximum. The row over the Josh Meekings’ hand-ball in the Scottish Cup semi-final defeat rumbles on but there will be no Parkhead postage stamps wasted this time. There will be no disputing the free-kick which teed up Gary Mackay-Steven’s superbly struck opener. Paul Hartley may have other ideas. ‘There were some decisions which I thought were quite bizarre,’ said the Dundee manager. ‘Referees are always under pressure but after what’s happened the last few days, the scrutiny is always going to be on them.’ It was Calum Murray’s turn to be placed in football’s equaivalent of a thumbscrew last night. A nondescript 32 minutes had passed without incident or urgency when a promising move by the visitors was interrupted by a barge on Mackay-Steven 30 yards from goal. It was a free-kick. Murray, rightly, played a good advantage before Leigh Griffiths immediately tripped over the ball and lost possession. The loss of the advantage was self-inflicted, yet to howls of derision from the home support, Murray pulled the play back for a Celtic free-kick. What came next was inevitable. Stuart Armstrong thumped a long ball towards the back post, van Dijk headed it firmly across the area and Mackay-Steven gathered on the edge of the box, rasping the ball into the top corner. Dundee’s sense of injustice was merely compounded by a penalty claim before half-time when Jason Denayer bumped into Greg Stewart. It wasn’t a penalty. Yet manager Hartley’s pursuit of the officials reflected a broader frustration with his team. Afterwards he bemoaned the lack of ‘cutting edge’ from his team. He wasn’t wrong. Stuart Armstrong (right) is challenged and sent hurtling to the ground by Dundee's Ferry at Den's Park . Mackay-Steven fires Celtic into the lead with a cool finish following a snaking run through the Dundee box . Against a Parkhead side missing Adam Matthews and Stefan Johansen, the Dark Blues struggled to make inroads until the late McAlister strike. Celtic were little better in the opening stages. The opening goal from Mackay-Steven relaxed them markedly. Griffiths was unable to turn the ball back into the net from an acute angle after Emilio Izaguirre’s cross was nodded across the face of the goal by James Forrest. The disputed free-kick changed things. With the lead they had cherished, Celtic seized the game by the scruff of the neck. They should have made it two in 43 minutes. Nir Bitton’s scuffed, mishit shot from the edge of the area fell kindly at the feet of Forrest in an onside position. The winger had time and opportunity to drive it home, but hit an unconvincing effort at just the right height for Bain to pluck the ball out of the air. Denayer’s clash with Stewart — a nondescript affair unworthy of a spot kick — provoked the ire and frustration of Hartley. Celtic had undeniably enjoyed a break from the referee for their first. There could be no real complaints over the free-kick which reaped their second in 63 minutes. James McPake clattered into Armstrong 20 yards from goal. It was the same proximity as last Sunday’s opener at Hampden — and the same devastating result. Like Ryan Esson for Inverness, the Dundee keeper had little or no chance of stopping the van Dijk free-kick which killed the game. The Dutchman stepped up and thrashed the ball into the top of the net. The game, to all intents and purposes, was done. Late on, Substitute Luka Tankulic miscued from close range after van Dijk made a hash of a downward defensive header, but McAlister finished in composed fashion with three minutes to play after Paul McGinn’s progress down the right flank ended in a low cross. Celtic survived. ‘It always becomes a little bit more nervy at the end,’ said a relieved, buoyant Deila, ‘but there weren’t too many chances. We were maybe a little bit naive, but we won the game and that was the most important thing.’ Griffiths is held off by Dundee's Thomas Konrad (right) during the Scottish Premiership match on Wednesday . Celtic defender Virgil van Dijk doubles Celtic's lead with a stunning free-kick against Dundee at Den's Park . Van Dijk is mobbed by his team-mates as they celebrate a 2-0 lead over Dundee at Den's Park . | Celtic beat Dundee 2-1 away at Den's Park on Wednesday night .
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Tony Pulis has discussed pre-season plans with Saido Berahino in an indication he plans to keep the striker beyond the summer transfer window. Berahino is likely to be away with Gareth Southgate’s England under 21 side in the Czech Republic until late June so Pulis has begun his preparations early. West Bromwich Albion were open to bids of £20million for Berahino in January and the 21-year-old has said he would leave to fulfil his desire to play in Champions League football. West Brom manager Tony Pulis has talked pre-season plans with Saido Berahino in an indication the England under 21 striker will remain at The Hawthorns beyond the summer . Berahino has been linked with a move away from West Brom after saying he wants to play European football . Pulis said: ‘Hopefully he's away with the under 21s so I have had a chat with him about pre-season and the time he'll have off but I haven't spoken about anything else to him. ‘I think the kid is happy here, he has played that way and certainly worked that way. We're more than happy to have him here because he has been very good.’ Berahino shares the same agent as Raheem Sterling, Aidy Ward, who was criticised by Brendan Rodgers over the Liverpool player’s contract stand-off. Pulis said: ‘Agents can have a massive influence on players in lots of respects. My argument to that is in the same in life, you get good agents and you get bad agents. Berahino is likely to be included in the England under 21 squad for this summer's European Championships . Berahino scored a vital goal in England's under 21 play-off with Croatia back in October . 'Professional footballers have been given a gift and they have a lifespan of about 10-12 years. We should never forget that. To be the best is what they should be aiming for. ‘If I had an agent I'd just say, 'Look after the money, make sure when I finish this job I have enough to look after my family'. I wouldn't be talking to my agent about football.’ Pulis added: ‘I can’t speak for Sterling and I can't speak for the agent as I haven't dealt with that but the one thing I have said about Saido, he has been fantastic here. ‘There's been a real change in his attitude, his commitment to everything we've tried to do has been brilliant.’ | Pulis has spoken with his striker about pre-season plans .
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The hunt for missing flight MH370 will be extended, with government officials from Australia, China and Malaysia deciding to double the search area. The airplane, which spectacularly vanished last year with 239 people on board, is believed to have crashed in the Indian Ocean off Australia's west coast. By expanding the search area for the downed plane, the mission to recover it could go on for another 12 months, according to government officials. Scroll down for video . Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 disappeared while travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on-board . The expanded search will 'cover the entire highest probability area identified by expert analysis', Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss. He made the announcement after meeting with Malaysian transport minister Liow Tiong Lai and Chinese transport minister Yang Chuantang on Thursday. 'We're confident we're searching in the right area,' Mr Truss told a press conference. 'I'm very confident that we have the best search equipment in the world and if the aircraft is in the area that we're looking, we will find it. 'The high resolution of the pictures that the ministers have been shown today gives us a high level of confidence that, if there is any piece of the aircraft that's within the range of these vehicles, they will pick it up and be able to identify it.' Mr Truss added all those involved in the search were determined to do everything possible 'to give answers to the families of the loves ones who've been lost'. The news came weeks after fresh testimonies from a small island community in the Maldives reignited reports the plane could have crashed more than 5,000 kilometres away from the official search led by Australian authorities. Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss (L), Malaysia's Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai (C) and Chinese Transport Minister Yang Chuantan (R) shake hands after the MH370 joint press conference at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur . Locals from the island of Kudahuvadhoo, located in the southern area of the Dhaalu Atoll in the Maldives, reported witnessing 'a low-flying jumbo jet' on the morning of March 8 last year. They believed they had identified red and blue markings, similar to those of the missing plane, on a large passenger jet which flew over the island on the morning of the MH370's disappearance, according to the Weekend Australian. 'I'm very sure of what I saw on a very clear and bright day, and what I saw was not normal- the plane was very big, and low,' Ahmed Shiyaam said. Mr Truss added that all those involved in the search were determined to do everything possible 'to give answers to the families of the loves ones who've been lost' The search zone for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will be doubled if nothing is found in the huge undersea area now being scanned for wreckage . Locals from the island of Kudahuvadhoo in the Maldives reported witnessing 'a low-flying jumbo jet' on the morning of March 8 last year when MH370 disappeared . Kudahuvadhoo is located in the southern area of the Dhaalu Atoll, in the Maldives, in the Indian Ocean . 'I did not know until later that other people saw it too. I don't know if it's the Malaysia plane.' Abdu Rasheed Ibrahim said he saw the plane flying towards him over the water, and did not know at the time that it could be the missing Malaysian Airlines flight. 'I didn't know that a plane was missing,' Mr Ibrahim said. The search has focused on 60,000 square kilometres of deep ocean off the coast of Western Australia . The search for the missing plane has been headed up by the Joint Agency Co-ordination Centre . The expanded search will 'cover the entire highest probability area identified by expert analysis', Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss . 'I went straight home and told my wife about it. I told my family, 'I saw this strange plane'. 'This is the biggest plane I have ever seen from this island...I have seen pictures of the missing plane- I believe I saw the plane...I strongly felt those people who were searching should come here.' Acoustic scientists from Curtin University refuse to rule out the possibility that 'distinctive' data they recorded from the area at the assumed time of the crash may have come from the impact of the aircraft as it hit the Indian Ocean. A detailed map of the search was released by the Australian government . Dr Alec Duncan and his associates from the university's Centre for Marine Science and Technology began investigating a low-frequency underwater sound signal which was recorded west of Rottnest Island just after 1:30 am UTC on March 8. 'Data from one of the IMOS (Integrated Marine Observing System) recorders showed a clear acoustic signal at a time that was reasonably consistent with other information relating to the disappearance of MH370,' Dr Duncan said in a statement released by Curtin University. 'The crash of a large aircraft in the ocean would be a high energy event and expected to generate intense underwater sounds.' Curtin University Centre for Marine Science and Technology's Dr Alec Duncan began investigating a low-frequency underwater sound signal . Malaysia's civil aviation chief, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman declared the crash an accident . Dr Duncan said that the noise may have been due to a geological event, including a small earth tremor, but the timing piqued the interest of his research team. The crash was officially declared an accident by Malaysia civil aviation chief Azharuddin Abdul Rahman earlier this year. 'Based on all available data as well as circumstances ... survivability in the defined area is highly unlikely. It is therefore with the heaviest heart and deepest sorrow that we officially declare Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 an accident,' Mr Rahman said. It is more than one year since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing. Here is a timeline of the main events since the plane disappeared. 2014 . March 8 . The Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 takes off from Kuala Lumpur at 12.41am local time bound for Beijing, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew. The plane is last seen on military radar at 2.14am, heading west over the Strait of Malacca. Half an hour later the airline reveals to the public that it has lost contact with the plane. The plane was due to land at around 6.30am. March 10 . Vietnamese aircraft search for a plane door spotted in their waters but find nothing. A day later the hunt is widened to cover a 115-nautical mile radius involving 34 aircraft and 40 ships from several countries. March 13 . Malaysian authorities expand their search for the missing jet into the Andaman Sea and beyond after acknowledging it could have flown for several more hours after its last contact with the ground. March 15 . Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak says the missing airliner was deliberately diverted and continued flying for more than six hours after losing contact with the ground. March 8 to April 24 . The search area covers the South China Sea, the Straits of Malacca, the Andaman Sea and the southern Indian Ocean. April 24 . The search and rescue phase becomes a search and recovery phase, with it moving a few days later to an underwater phase using an autonomous underwater vehicle and a bathymetry survey covering an area around 430 miles (692km) long and 50 miles (80km) wide. June 2014 . Australian authorities issue a preliminary report in which they theorise that MH370's crew became incapacitated, possibly due to oxygen starvation, with the plane continuing on autopilot. August 28 . Australia's deputy prime minister, Warren Truss, says the aircraft 'might have turned south a little earlier than we have previously expected'. September 19 . After a four-month lull, it is announced that the underwater search, involving depths of up to 3.7 miles (6km), would resume at the end of September. October 2014 . The new underwater search involves ships dragging sonar devices called towfish through the water about 330ft (100m) above the seabed to hunt for wreckage. The towfish are equipped with jet fuel sensors and can transmit data to those on board the vessels. 2015 . January . Senior Boeing 777 captain Simon Hardy suggests the missing aircraft's final resting place is in the Indian Ocean just outside the far south-western edge of the core search area. January 28 . Malaysia's Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) officially declares the incident 'an accident'. The DCA says it had concluded the aircraft exhausted its fuel 'over a defined area of the southern Indian Ocean'. The DCA adds that efforts to find the plane will continue. March 7 . Malaysia's transport minister, Liow Tiong Lai, says data will be re-examined and a new plan formulated if the plane is not found by the end of May. April 14 . Search area expanded by government officials in charge of the hunt for MH370. | Search area for missing flight MH370 doubled by government officials .
Extended search area means hunt for plane could run for another year .
Comes after Maldives locals said they saw a low-flying jet on day of crash .
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A violent Jamaican drug dealer who evaded deportation for years before he launched a frenzied hammer and knife attack on a young woman in front of her six-year-old daughter could spend the rest of his life behind bars. Lloyd Byfield, 48, pursued a relationship with 26-year-old Leighann Duffy before he armed himself with a claw hammer and a large red handled kitchen knife and smashed his way into her flat in Walthamstow, east London, on September 1 last year. After pleading guilty to murder, he was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 26-and-a-half years by Judge Nicholas Cooke who told him he may never be released. Monster: Violent drug dealer Lloyd Byfield (left) who evaded deportation for years launched a brutal and frenzied knife and hammer attack on Leighann Duffy, 26, when he burst into her flat in Walthamstow, London . Judge Cooke told Byfield he must have had a 'heart of stone' to have killed Ms Duffy despite the presence of the young girl who was herself attacked when she tried to intervene. During the Old Bailey hearing, Judge Cooke also expressed his 'unhappiness' at the failure of authorities to deport Byfield back to Jamaica when he attacked another woman with a chisel and was jailed for burglary in 2005. He said the murder could have been prevented if he had been sent back to Jamaica then. Byfield came to the UK in 2000 and was granted indefinite leave to remain on June 29, 2004 after getting married to a British woman despite being in another relationship with the mother of his child, Patricia White. Nine days before leave was granted, he stabbed Ms White with a chisel. Two months later, he broke into her husband's home and ransacked it. In March 2005 he was jailed for 30 months after pleading guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and burglary. He was ordered to be deported on May 29, 2007. At the hearing, Judge Cooke said: 'I do not know whether when you were in custody any steps were taken to minimise the risk which was represented to women, particularly those with whom you had a relationship. 'It is on any view essential that when men are sentenced for crimes of domestic violence the underlying risk to women is addressed. If it was, it was not successfully addressed. 'You were to be deported but for reasons which cannot be explained to me that was never actioned with the result you were here and able to kill a woman.' Byfield claimed he was in love with Ms Duffy and that she was sleeping with other men. But Judge Cooke said: 'That is not love. Love is caring and cherishing. This was obsessive, possessive, brutality mirroring a wholly wrong attitude to women. 'This was the pinnacle of domestic violence, a scourge which effects the lives of women and children.' Byfield was arrested days after the knife attack when he stopped a PCSO in Walthamstow High Street (pictured) saying he was wanted by the police. He told the officer 'the devil came into my head' Byfield had previous convictions for dealing cannabis in Jamaica and continued to do so in the UK, the Old Bailey heard. He had been staying with a friend in Hackney in the days leading up to the killing but was thrown out on August 31 last year. Byfield repeatedly tried to contact Leighann Duffy but she did not answer his calls until the next day. Prosecutor Crispin Aylett QC said: 'It seems that Miss Duffy had some sort of relationship with this defendant. 'The defendant appears to have become fixated with Leighann Duffy in the weeks leading up to the murder.' Byfield was captured on CCTV travelling from Hackney to Walthamstow in the early morning of September 1. He appears to have spoken to Miss Duffy several times up until 2.33pm and launched his attack some time before 3pm. He banged 18 times on the front door of the flat and then burst into the victim's living room and stabbed her in the arm and neck. When she begged him to stop, he replied: 'Shut up, I don't love you any more. I hear you are sleeping with other men.' Her six-year-old daughter tried to intervene but was hit on the arm and forced away. Witnesses saw Ms Duffy stagger out of her home bleeding heavily shouting 'help me, help me' as the killer fled the scene. She was taken by London Air Ambulance to University College Hospital but died of her injuries two days later. A post-mortem at Walthamstow Mortuary gave the cause of death as a stab wound to the neck. The six-year-old girl received treatment at the scene for an injury but did not need to go to hospital. The murder weapons were recovered from the scene and Byfield was quickly identified as a suspect, police said. During the Old Bailey (pictured) hearing, Judge Cooke expressed his 'unhappiness' at the failure of authorities to deport Byfield back to Jamaica when he attacked another woman with a chisel in 2005 . He was arrested days later when he stopped a PCSO in Walthamstow High Street saying he was wanted by the police. He told the officer: 'I've done it, I'm not going to fight it. When you love someone, you are not supposed to hurt them but love can make you do stupid things. I think the devil came into my head.' Despite confessing to the officer, he later refused to answer questions. However, forensic evidence at the scene, phone records and witness accounts provided 'overwhelming evidence' of his guilt, police said. Byfield, of no fixed address, showed no reaction as he was led to the cells today. Members of the victim's family shouted 'scumbag' and 'I hope you rot in hell' from the public gallery. Leighann's mother Ann Kerr said in a victim impact statement read out to the court by the prosecutor: 'The day Lloyd Byfield broke into Leighann's house and attacked and murdered her completely ripped an entire family apart and our family will never be the same again. 'Leighann was a joyous woman who loved to laugh. Since Leighann was murdered the whole family has suffered immense depression with terrible recurring nightmares.' Detective Chief Inspector Glen Lloyd, from the Homicide and Major Crime Command, said: 'This was a despicable attack on a woman at home with her young child - a place where she was entitled to feel safe. 'Byfield has shown callous and murderous intent by forcing his way in and then proceeding to inflict fatal injuries on Leighann Duffy in a pre-planned attack. 'Byfield was motivated by jealously as he had previously wished to pursue a relationship with Duffy.' | Lloyd Byfield, 48, launched hammer and knife attack on Leighann Duffy, 26 .
The drug dealer smashed into her flat when she did not answer his calls .
Stabbed her 14 times before her six-year-old daughter, who tried to stop it .
Court told how Byfield was ordered to be deported back to Jamaica in 2007 .
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West Ham are determined to ensure their season does not end with a whimper, according to defender Carl Jenkinson. The Hammers' once promising campaign has tailed off, with a run of just one win in 11 Barclays Premier League games seeing the club slip from Champions League contention to mid-table. Their latest disappointing result came at Manchester City on Sunday as they went down to an insipid 2-0 defeat. Carl Jenkinson holds off the challenge from Jesus Navas during West Ham's 2-0 defeat by Manchester City . West Ham defender Jenkinson challenges Aleksandar Kolorov during the clash at the Etihad on Sunday . With Europe now not realistic and relegation not an issue, the Hammers would now seem to have little to play for but Jenkinson insists the remaining five games are not meaningless. The 23-year-old, who has enjoyed a successful season-long loan from Arsenal and could make the switch permanently, said: 'People in our dressing room are fired up. If you came in the changing room after the game you'd see that. 'People aren't resting on their laurels, people ain't happy finishing mid-table. We want to kick on. We have got something to prove now because we have been on a bad run of games and we want to put that right. We owe that to ourselves and the fans.' West Ham were never in the game at the Etihad Stadium, losing after a bizarre own goal from James Collins and a swift counter-attack strike from Sergio Aguero before half-time. James Collins scored a comical own goal to give Manchester City the lead on Sunday . Enner Valencia and Kevin Nolan did have late chances after City lost momentum following injury to David Silva but they were generally lacklustre throughout the contest. Jenkinson felt the visitors paid the price for their mistakes but does not feel the team are much doing much differently from the early part of the season. He said: 'I wouldn't want to blame it on luck but a few things haven't gone our way lately and we have conceded some late goals. 'I think this was a different story - we made a couple of mistakes and got punished. Sergio Aguero doubled the lead for the champions as they ran out comfortable winners . 'Of course we have got to work on our performances but if you look at the last 10 games, our performances haven't been bad at all. 'We have had some really good performances but teams have scored late goals against us and we have ended up getting a point instead of three. It has been a bit frustrating. 'I just think early on in the season we were finishing everything. Everything we got was going in the back of net and at important times of the game. 'We have gone ahead in recent games but never killed the games off and have ended up conceding cheaply towards the end of the game. Of course that is a real kick in the teeth. 'It is not nice blaming things on luck - you make your own luck - but that has been the story of our last couple of months.' | West Ham were beaten 2-0 by Manchester City at the Etihad on Sunday .
The Hammers have only won once in their last 11 Premier League games .
Carl Jenkinson said the players are not resting on their laurels .
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Ever since Pippa . Middleton and Kim Sears stepped out armed with their trusty Aspinal of London handbags, they have fast became the season's must-have arm candy. But if the Marylebone tote's super slick design and clutch of celebrity fans wasn't enough, it just got better. The British brand has called on international style icon Olivia Palermo to design a limited edition handbag. Olivia Palermo, who found fame on reality TV show The City, has teamed up with luxury British brand Aspinal of London to design a tote . Aspianal of London Olivia Palermo limited edition Marylebone tote . Limited edition- hurry up! Visit site . With Pippa Middleton and Victoria Beckham both being long term devotees, Aspinal of London handbags have been on our sartorial radar for a while now. But the British heritage brand has stepped up its game a notch for its latest venture, a collaboration with one of our favourite fashionistas, Olivia Palermo. Let us introduce you to the 'Tech Tote', a fusion of technology and style, this patent leather mock croc handbag in a rich chocolate brown comes with a built in phone/ tablet charger- how genius is that?! What’s more, all of the profits of the sale of this handbag go to ADCAM, a charity that works to develop cooperation projects and social responsibility initiative- click right to get yours now. But you best be quick as this is a limited edition piece and is sure to be a sell-out! Del Mano Large Faux Crocodile Tote at Amazon . Visit site . Tignanello Houston Street Leather Croco Shopper at Macy's (now $113.40) Visit site . (No reviews) Be the first to WRITE A REVIEW DETAILS SHIPPING INFO NEED HELP? From the Dahlia Melbourne Collection. A roomy silhouette made from sumptuous exotic embossed leather. Adjustable double handles, about 9" to 11" Top zip closure One outer open pocket One tassel accent Protective metal feet Two inner zip pockets Two inner open pockets Two pencil/pen loops One key clip Lined 12” W x 10” H x 5" D Leather Lining: polyester/cotton Imported SHOW MORE WEB ID #: 0170-L15151 ADD TO WISH LIST ONLINE CHAT $255.00 SELECT COLOR: Pecan Black Dahlia Pecan SIZE: One Size One Size QUANTITY ADD TO BAG free 2-day shipping & free returns learn more | sign in . Visit site . Brahmin Melbourne large duxbury satchel at Nordstrom . Visit site . The fashionista, who found fame on The City, has created a Marylebone TechTote, which features luxury amazon brown mock-croc leather and brown hair calf, complete with a dusty pink suede lining and gold hardware. Catering to busy women on the go - like Olivia herself - the tote features an integral juice pack and cable paths so you can charge your phone and tablet on the move. The bag contains a built-in high-capacity battery that claims to recharge your poor energy-sapped phone whilst stylishly concealing any of the wires. But if you want to snap up Olivia's style, you better move quickly because there's only 30 in existence. Olivia's £995 Marylebone TechTote features luxury amazon brown mock-croc leather and brown hair calf, complete with a dusty pink suede lining and gold hardware - and even comes with a built-in phone charger . Proving that she's as charitable as she is chic, 100 per cent of the sales of the £995 tote will go to ADCAM, a charity that works to develop cooperation projects and social responsibility initiatives. Olivia, who is a long-time supporter of ADCAM, said: 'Working with Aspinal and having them lend their support to ADCAM a charity whose initiative I support has been a stylish and meaningful experience.’ She's a globally renowned style icon and recently designed her own footwear collection for Aquazzura so it's hardly surprising that Olivia is considering her own fashion range. Last year, the stylish 28-year-old, pictured, left, at the Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup and, right, at London Fashion Week, admitted that she has accounted for a label in her ten year plan . The stylish star, who shot to fame on MTV's The City, has hinted at plans to make a foray into designing. In an interview last year with The Edit, Net-a-Porter's online magazine, the 28-year-old admitted that she has accounted for a label in her ten year plan. 'I would love to start my own [fashion] house but it’s not the right time. I feel like I can do it in stages and when the timing is right to do it, then I will,' she revealed. And she's had plenty of practice; Palermo has already designed a footwear collection, modelled for some of fashion's biggest names and has been managing her own website since 2011. Kim Sears, left, has been spotted carrying the £1,395 Marylebone tote in Ivory Saffiano and Mouse Python at Wimbledon. Pippa, meanwhile, favours the £795 monochrome version, right . Kim Sears, the queen of courtside fashion, has been spotted carrying the £1,395 Marylebone Tote in Ivory Saffiano and Mouse Python while at Wimbledon. Pippa, meanwhile, favours the £795 monochrome or £750 Deer Saffiano versions. Other famous fans of . the luxury British brand include Millie Mackintosh, who is often spotted . with her Marylebone tote, as well as Amanda Holden, and Mollie King, who has a satchel named after her. Millie Mackintosh and Mollie King are fans of Aspinal - Mollie even has a satchel (pictured right) named after her . | Olivia, 28, has teamed up with luxury British brand to create £995 bag .
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Chelsea midfielder Willian wants his team-mates to take confidence from Saturday's win against Stoke as they close in on the Premier League title. Jose Mourinho's side are seven points clear at the top of the table after beating the Potters 2-1 at Stamford Bridge courtesy of goals from Eden Hazard and Loic Remy. And Willian, who played a part in Remy's winner, believes the Blues must continue in the same vein if they are to stay at the summit. Chelsea midfielder Willian weaves his way past Ryan Shawcross during his side's 2-1 win on Saturday . The Brazilian wants his team-mates to remain focused in their final eight games of the season . Speaking to club website chelseafc.com, Willian said: 'I think we played very well [against Stoke], we have confidence and possession and we have to continue in the same way. 'We have to continue to be strong and concentrate and we have to get points game by game and this is the way. 'Now we have to stay focused and stay strong because there are difficult games coming and we have to prepare.' Loic Remy is mobbed by his Chelsea team-mates after scoring the winning goal against Mark Hughes' side . Blues boss Jose Mourinho has given his squad the confidence to perform, according to Willian . Mourinho won two Premier League titles with Chelsea during his first spell at Stamford Bridge and Willian is convinced that his manager will play a key role during their remaining eight games. 'He [Joe Mourinho] is a great manager and he gives confidence, he gives everything to the players and we try to win all the games,' added the Brazilian. 'He explains what we have to do on the pitch and he is a very good coach and he has history in football so I am very happy to work with him.' | Chelsea beat Stoke 2-1 on Saturday to go seven points clear at the top .
Willian wants his side to play in the same manner in their last eight games .
The Brazilian has praised Jose Mourinho for giving his squad confidence .
READ: Mourinho hails Remy as striker stakes claim to replace Costa .
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Celtic could win the Scottish Premiership title against closest rivals Aberdeen on May 10 – if both teams win all their games beforehand. The Parkhead side face Kilmarnockat Parkhead on Wednesday night with the chance to go eight points clear. And winning their subsequent games – with Aberdeen doing likewise – could see Ronny Deila’s team win their fourth successive championship in the north east. Celtic will not play a Saturday league tie after the Scottish Professional Football League's announcement . The possibility emerged after the SPFL unveiled their post-split fixtures this morning. The Parkhead side have two Friday night fixtures against Dundee and St Johnstone – and won’t play another game on Saturday at 3pm this season. If Celtic wrap up the league flag they will be presented with the trophy before their final home game against Inverness Caledonian Thistle on May 24, the final day of the season. Aberdeen will play St Johnstone in their final game, with the top six completed by a Dundee derby. The Scottish Premiership leaders face nearest rivals Aberdeen at Pittodrie on Sunday, May 10 . The final round of bottom six ties could be held on the night of Friday May 22. The team which finishes eleventh will be consigned to a two-leg play-off against the winners of the Championship play-off. With St Mirren 10 points adrift at the foot of the table with just 15 points left to play for Motherwell will begin their quest to leapfrog Ross County out of the play-off spot with a local Friday night derby against Hamilton. The Fir Park side face Partick Thistle on the final day of the season, while St Mirren face Hamilton. | The SPFL have announced their post-split fixtures .
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We've had an ale made from yeast grown in beard hair, a beer that features barley from the International Space Station, and a 67.5 per cent alcohol brew that comes with a warning tag. And while the craft beer revolution has seen connoisseurs knock back their interesting ales and small batch brews, news of the latest offering might put off even the biggest of fans. Promising to make the hardiest of stomachs turn before even a sip is supped, this new craft beer will be brewed from human sewage. Recycling gone too far? US alcohol regulators have approved plans for beer brewed from human waste . Production of the beer has been approved by alcohol regulators in Oregon, US, and will be made from waste gathered by sewage treatment firm Clean Water Services. The company will treat the effluent before handing it over to microbrewers who will turn it into a tasty tipple. According to a 50-page report which was handed to alcohol regulators, the sewage would pose 'very low human health risk' and would be treated to 'very high standards'. There will only be ten barrels of beer made and it won't be available in shops but there is talk of mass production if the drink proves popular. In the report, Robert Baumgartner, an assistant director at Clean Water Services, told regulators it was designed to 'raise awareness of the reusable nature of all water'. 'By highlighting craft beer, a product Oregon is known for around the world, the project will seek to engage... people everywhere in a conversation about water,' he continued. The scheme, which is backed by The Oregon Brewers Guld and Oregen Brew Crew, is proving to be highly unpopular with state residents. According to The Mirror, Resident Dorothy Shoemaker said: 'The water meets drinking water requirements, but does it smell and taste good?' Elizabeth Graser-Lindset added: 'There is plenty of clean water in Oregon. 'Let's let the ground do the purifying as water sinks a hundred or more feet to the water table. 'DON'T use recycled water in alcoholic beverages.' 1. Snake Venom beer brewed by Brewmeister's Brewery Armageddon which contains 67.5 per cent alcohol. The beer comes with a warning tag telling you not to drink too much and costs $80 (£54) a bottle. 2. Brewdog's End of History - a special limited edition Belgian blonde ale - is a 50 per cent ABV which sold for $765 (£510) a bottle. There were only 12 bottles made, and each was encased in a taxidermied body of a weasel or squirrel. 3. Sapporo Space Barley made with barley that was on the International Space Station and sold for $100 (£68) for a six pack. 4. Starting them young, Hello Kitty beers - which were aimed at the younger market - have half the alcohol of a Budweiser and come in fruity flavours such as passion fruit, banana and peace. 5. Rogue Ale's The Beard Beer is made from yeast grown in the beard of the company's master brewer, John Maier. | Beer made from waste gathered by sewage treatment firm in Oregon, US .
Alcohol regulators in the state approved production of up to ten barrels .
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